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          GOOD EVENING THE TIME IS NOW 5:00 PM, AND I CALL THE JUNE 26TH MEETING OF THE EANES ISD
BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER. 
          [1. 
CALL TO ORDER
]
MADAM SECRETARY DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? YES WE DO. 
          [2. 
ESTABLISH A QUORUM
]
THANK YOU WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 55
1.071 AND 
          [3. 
CLOSED SESSION
]
551.074. WE WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00 PM THANK YOU FOR COMING. 
          [4. 
RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION (Approximately 7:00 p.m.)
]
GOOD EVENING THE TIME IS NOW 7:13 PM, AND WE WILL NOW RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION. 
          I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE GOOD EVENING TO THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE WATCHING AT HOME. 
          I AM KIM MCMATH, AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND TO BEGIN TONIGHT'S MEETING OF
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I'D LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK DOCTOR JEFF ARNETT FOR HIS NINE YEARS OF DEDICATED LEADERSHIP
TO EANES, FIRST AS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND MOST RECENTLY AS OUR SUPERINTENDENT,
DOCTOR ARNETT'S LEADERSHIP AND STRONG COLLABORATION WITH STUDENTS, WITH STAFF STUDENTS,
OUR COMMUNITY IN THIS BOARD HAS MADE A LONG LASTING, POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR DISTRICT. WE ARE VERY SAD TO LOSE HIM,
BUT WE WISH HIM THE VERY BEST AS HE RETURNS TO THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM IN NEW YORK. DOCTOR ARNETT, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY,
WE THANK YOU. 
          ALSO, I WANTED TO TELL THE COMMUNITY THAT THE BOARD'S GOAL IS TO HAVE AN INTERIM LEADER IN
PLACE BY JULY 31ST, 2025, TO COINCIDE WITH DOCTOR ARNETT'S LAST DAY WITH EANES ISD. 
          THE INTERIM LEADER WILL PROVIDE STABILITY FOR OUR TEACHERS,
STAFF AND STUDENTS AND WILL SERVE UNTIL A PERMANENT SUPERINTENDENT IS HIRED. 
          WHILE THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH IS UNDERWAY,
THE DISTRICT HAS ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AN RFQ FOR AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM TO LEAD THE PROCESS TO HIRE A PERMANENT SUPERINTENDENT. 
          THIS PROCESS WILL INCLUDE COMMUNITY INPUT AND IS ANTICIPATED TO FORMALLY LAUNCH LATER THIS
SUMMER, ALLOWING FOR INPUT FROM FAMILIES, STAFF, ADVOCATES AND THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAVE SET UP A SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH PAGE ON THE EANES ISD WEBSITE TO UPDATE THE
COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. 
          THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACTIONS THAT WE CAN TAKE AS A BOARD,
AND THE BOARD IS READY FOR THIS TASK. 
          FINALLY, WE'LL GET ON TO THE BOARD AGENDA. NOW,
THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S MEETING IS FOR THE BOARD TO DELIBERATE AND VOTE ON MATTERS LISTED ON ITS AGENDA. THE DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO TREATING EVERYONE HERE WITH RESPECT,
AND WE EXPECT THE SAME IN RETURN. 
          THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS LATER IN THE MEETING AND WE HAVE A FORMER
TRUSTEE WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY WE KNOW WHERE THE EXITS ARE. 
          THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND FOR YOUR INTEREST IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOLS. 
          AND WITH THAT, WE WILL START OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING. 
          AND THE FIRST, WE WILL START WITH OUR MISSION STATEMENT,
WHICH IS 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. NEXT, WE WILL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE SO IF YOU WOULD
JOIN ME. 
          I 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 AND AT THIS POINT, I WILL TURN OVER OUR AGENDA TO DOCTOR ARNETT FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S
REPORT. 
          [7. 
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
]
ALL RIGHT EVEN THOUGH IT'S SUMMER, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF GOOD AND POSITIVE THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU
THIS EVENING I'LL BE VERY BRIEF IN MY HIGHLIGHTS, 
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BUT I ALSO WANTED TO THANK ONCE AGAIN OUR EANES EDUCATION FOUNDATION. 
          AT OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, THEY WERE HERE IN PERSON TO PRESENT TO YOU THE CEREMONIAL CHECK
FOR $2.2 MILLION. 
          BUT THEY FORMALIZED THAT GIFT AND ACTUALLY PRESENTED THE ACTUAL CHECK TO OUR BUSINESS
OFFICE THIS WEEK. 
          SO $2 MILLION REPRESENTS A GIFT TO OUR OPERATIONAL BUDGET. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER $205,000 REPRESENTS THE GIFTS THAT THEY MADE TO MOST OF OUR EDUCATORS
AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO WE CONTINUE TO BE GRATEFUL TO EANES EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR ITS GENEROSITY. 
          I WANT TO THANK THEIR BOARD AGAIN, WONDERFUL COLLEAGUES AND TREMENDOUS PARTNERS OF THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          TAM ARA WILL IS HERE TONIGHT REPRESENTING THE EEF BOARD AND AGAIN,
WE'RE GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          AND FOR THE 11TH YEAR, EANES ISD HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST COMMUNITIES FOR
MUSIC EDUCATION. 
          THIS IS AN ANNUAL AWARD, A RECOGNITION THAT IS GIVEN BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC
MERCHANTS AND THEIR FOUNDATION FOR THE 11TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR NOW HAS REPRESENTED EANES ISD, AND I THINK THIS SPEAKS TO OUR CULTURE OF FINE ARTS AND THE
APPRECIATION THAT WE HAVE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          SO I WANTED TO THANK MANY STAFF AND STUDENTS,
OBVIOUSLY, WHO HAVE HELPED US EARN THIS DISTINCTION ONCE AGAIN. 
          AND SUMMER IS NOT ONLY A TIME FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING,
FOR OUR EDUCATORS, OUR STAFF, BUT ALSO FOR OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
          AND I KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU, I THINK, HAVE RETURNED FROM VARIOUS ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE TEXAS
ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS AND THEIR SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, EITHER IN SAN ANTONIO OR IN FORT WORTH. AND JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU AND THANK YOU ON
BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS YOU CONTINUE TO LEARN AS WELL. 
          AND WE APPRECIATE THE DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU INVEST IN YOUR OWN LEADERSHIP,
AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR THAT AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR THIS EVENING. 
          THANK YOU, DOCTOR ARNETT. TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DOCTOR ARNETT? OKAY 
          [8. 
OPEN FORUM
]
AND WE HAVE ONE FORMER TRUSTEE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THIS EVENING WHO WILL BE AFFORDED THREE
MINUTES TO SPEAK. 
          MRS. BALTHAZAR, WELCOME BACK YOU COULD NOT STAY AWAY VERY LONG. 
          I THINK WE NEED BIT. I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT DOCTOR JEFF ARNETT. 
          JEFF, THERE ARE NUMEROUS QUALITIES THAT YOU HAVE THAT MAKE YOU AN ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING
SUPERINTENDENT, BUT THE ONE THAT I PROBABLY APPRECIATE MORE THAN ANY OTHER IS YOUR LOVE OF HISTORY. 
          AND OF PERSONAL STORIES AND HOW WELL YOU CAPTURE THOSE,
SHARE THOSE, AND TELL THOSE. 
          I LOVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR LEARNING, SHARING,
AND CELEBRATING THE HISTORY OF THIS UNIQUE AREA. 
          IN YOUR EISD OFFICE THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT SAID BASEBALL AND SHOWED HOW MUCH
YOU LOVE BASEBALL. 
          SO I HOPE THAT WHEN YOU GO TO THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME,
YOU WILL HAVE THINGS IN YOUR OFFICE THAT SHOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE EDUCATION AND SCHOOL. 
          SO FROM THE EANES HISTORY CENTER, I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO PRESENT TO YOU THAT MIGHT
DECORATE YOUR OFFICE. 
          FIRST OF ALL, I'M BRINGING YOU YOUR OWN COPY OF THIS WONDERFUL BOOK,
EANES PORTRAIT OF A COMMUNITY, SIGNED BY LINDA VANCE, THE AUTHOR. BUT THIS PARTICULAR COPY OF THE BOOK IS UNIQUE BECAUSE IT HAS ONE ADDITIONAL PAGE IN IT. AND AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE IT SAYS HISTORY
WRITTEN BY DOCTOR JEFF ARNETT IN EANES ISD 2016 TO 2025. 
          AND THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF FUN THINGS THAT I REMEMBERED FROM OVER TIME. 
          THE ROLLING WHEEL POWERPOINTS THAT YOU BROUGHT TO US [LAUGHTER]. 
          THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE BOARD A LONG TIME MAY NOT REMEMBER THOSE THINGS. 
          OR THE THE ADVENTURES OF FLAT JEFF. BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY WONDERFUL INITIATIVES THAT
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL AND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED WITHOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          SO WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THIS PARTICULAR VERSION OF THIS BOOK WITH THE HISTORY YOU WROTE
AND AS A BOOK MARKER FOR YOU. 
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WE HAVE A FLAT, JEFF, TO GO ALONG WITH IT. THANK YOU FOR THE HISTORY THAT YOU MADE HERE. 
          THE SECOND THING I HAVE, AND ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SNEAK THAT PICTURE IN? I LOVE THIS PICTURE THIS IS A FABULOUS PICTURE BECAUSE JEFF IS HAVING SO MUCH FUN. 
          AND THE REASON HE'S HAVING FUN IS BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL,
BY THE WAY, AND HE'S STANDING IN FRONT OF EANES ELEMENTARY AND HE IS RINGING THE CHILDREN IN. WHICH IS THE OLD FASHIONED WAY OF SAYING GETTING SCHOOL STARTED. 
          AND WHAT HE HAS IN HIS HAND IS A SCHOOL BELL THAT WE KNOW WAS USED AS FAR BACK AS 1903,
IN THE EANES SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS [LAUGHTER] THIS IS A REPLICA,
I GUARANTEE IT. 
          BUT IT WILL ALLOW YOU TO CONTINUE THE TRADITION. 
          THE WONDERFUL TRADITION YOU STARTED OF RINGING THE CHILDREN IN IN EANES ISD FOR NINE
WONDERFUL YEARS THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. 
          THAT'S A GREAT REPLICA BACK. IF I COULD JUST SAY, I AM HUMBLED THAT ELLEN WOULD TAKE TIME TO RETURN TO THE BOARD
MEETING TONIGHT. 
          AND ROB HARGETT, ANOTHER TRUSTEE, AS WELL. YOU KNOW,
BOTH OF YOU ARE PILLARS IN THE HISTORY OF THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IN THE PANTHEON OF TEXAS PUBLIC EDUCATION. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE I AM DEEPLY HONORED. 
          THANK YOU ELLEN AND THANK YOU, DOCTOR ARNETT. 
          WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR REPORTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA. 
          AND WE HAVE OUR MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT BY MARIA ROCKSTEAD THANK YOU MARIA. 
          [9.1 Monthly Financial Report and Budget Amendment(s) for the Period Ending...]
GOOD EVENING WE HAVE OUR BIG END OF YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE INCLUDE IN OUR REPORTS FOR THE
GENERAL FUND. 
          WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS, AS A REMINDER, WHAT THE BOARD IS REQUIRED TO APPROVE THE BUDGET
BASED ON A FUNCTIONAL LEVEL. 
          SO WHAT WE DO AT THE END OF THE YEAR IS WE GO THROUGH AND CLEAR OUT ANY OVERAGES WE MIGHT
HAVE MOVED ANY PLACES WHERE WE HAD EXCESS FUNDS, MOVE THOSE AROUND, BUT THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH. 
          WE MAKE CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH IN EACH ONE OF THOSE FUNCTION
CODES, SO THAT WE DON'T GO OVER BUDGET IN THOSE AREAS. 
          THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TEA LOOKS AT ONCE WE SUBMIT OUR FINAL AUDITED REPORT. 
          AND IN ANY INSTANCE WHERE A FUNCTION CODE IS OVER. 
          WE RECEIVE A LETTER FROM THEM TELLING US THAT WE WERE OVER AND TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT THAT
TYPE OF STATEMENT. 
          WHAT DO YOU SEE ON. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF CLEARING OUT THOSE OVERAGES
AND THEN MAKING SURE THERE'S ENOUGH WITHIN EACH FUNCTION. 
          THERE ARE SOME INSTANCES WHERE YOU CAN SEE ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE ON THE REVENUE SIDE. 
          AND IN A COUPLE OF THOSE INSTANCES THERE'S AN OFFSET A DIRECT OFFSET ON THE EXPENDITURE
SIDE AS WELL. 
          SO FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WAS SUBMITTED IS INCREASING THE
BUDGETED FUND BALANCE DEFICIT BY $260,000. AND SO THAT'S CHANGING THE FUND BALANCE DEFICIT FROM A $4.2 MILLION TO $4.46
MILLION. 
          AND THEN IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND SAME THING. 
          WE'RE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS FOR ACTUAL DATA AND FOR RELATED TO TAX COLLECTIONS AND THE
ESSENCE OF THE SERIES 2015 BONDS, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH. AND SO THE CHANGE DECREASES THE BUDGETED FUNDS SURPLUS
BY $2.6 MILLION, MOVING UP FROM $7.8 MILLION TO $5.25 MILLION. 
          AND THEN FOR THE CHILD NUTRITION, THERE WASN'T ANY NECESSARY AMENDMENTS THAT NEEDED TO BE
COMPLETED FOR THAT FUND, WE HAD, OF COURSE, DONE THE MID-YEAR REVISION IN DECEMBER OR IN JANUARY. 
          AND SO WE DIDN'T FEEL THAT ANYTHING WAS NEEDED AT THAT POINT. 
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AND THEN AS FAR AS WHERE WE ARE YEAR TO DATE SPEND,
IT IS PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WITH WHERE WE WERE AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEES, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DID NOT REQUEST A MOTION DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE FROM THE BOARD? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS AND BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE PERIOD
ENDING IN MAY 31ST, 2025. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THE MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MARIA. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE 
          [10.1 PUBLIC HEARING Regarding 2025-26 Proposed Budget & Tax Rate The Bo...]
2025 -2026 PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE AND WE HAVE CHRIS SCOTT,
OUR CFO THANK YOU CHRIS WELCOME. 
          GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES AS YOU KNOW, THE CULMINATION OF THE BUDGET PROCESS IS TONIGHT,
WHERE YOU WILL BE ASKED TO ADOPT THE GENERAL FUND, THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND, AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. 
          AT THE FUNCTION LEVEL AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING WHERE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
CAN MAKE ANY COMMENTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO. 
          AND FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE, A COPY OF THE BUDGET IS BY THE FRONT DOOR IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO PICK UP A COPY. 
          THEY'RE ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN REVIEWING THAT AT HOME. 
          THANK YOU CHRIS I THINK THAT COMES AT THE END. OKAY THANK YOU SO I BELIEVE THE PROCESS IS I'LL GIVE THE PRESENTATION YOU OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING,
AND THEN YOU'LL MAKE A MOTION. 
          SO WE'RE AT THE END OF THE BUDGET CALENDAR. AND ACTUALLY,
WE MIGHT IMMEDIATELY AFTER LOOKING AT THE BUDGET TONIGHT, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO STEP BACK AND CONSIDER THE COMPENSATION PLAN BECAUSE WE BELIEVE WE
HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION NOW THAT YOU GUYS CAN MAKE THAT DECISION. AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE OUR STAFF START IMPLEMENTING WHATEVER YOU DECIDE
ON. 
          SO THAT ONE ITEM THAT WAS IN MAY OF 2025 THAT WE ENDED UP POSTPONING WE'RE GOING TO
REVISIT TONIGHT. 
          SO AS A PART OF THIS, WE NEED TO REVIEW THE ESTIMATED TAX RATE AND REMEMBER,
THIS IS AN ESTIMATED TAX RATE. 
          BECAUSE THE FINAL TAX RATE IS GOING TO BE DEPENDENT ON THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE,
WHICH IS A RATE THAT TEA WILL GIVE US, BUT THEY CAN'T GIVE US THAT UNTIL WE GET THE CERTIFIED TAXABLE VALUES FROM TCAD,
WHICH ARE DUE IN JULY. 
          AND SO THIS IS A PROCESS THAT FOR THOSE OF US WHO ADOPT THE BUDGET IN JUNE WE TALK ABOUT
THE ESTIMATED TAX RATE AND THEN YOU'LL ACTUALLY ADOPT THE TAX RATE IN AUGUST, ALTHOUGH IT COULD BE ADOPTED AS LATE AS SEPTEMBER 30TH. 
          ALTHOUGH WE HISTORICALLY BRING IT TO YOU AT THE SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST. 
          SO I JUST TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF THAT,
WHICH WAS THE, THE MAXIMUM COMPRESS RATE. 
          AND THAT'S A FUNCTION OF STATE LAW THAT AS THE PROPERTY VALUES IN THE STATE GROW THE TIER
1 VALUES TAX VALUES ARE COMPRESSED. AND SO THE STATE WILL TELL YOU WHAT THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE. 
          WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE. 
          WE'RE PROBABLY RIGHT ON THE NOSE, BUT WE CAN'T ACTUALLY SAY WHERE IT IS. 
          AND SO THE NUMBER THAT WAS PUBLISHED IS ACTUALLY THIS YEAR'S TAX RATE,
NOT THE EXPECTED COMPRESSED TAX RATE. 
          THAT'S BECAUSE YOU CANNOT ADOPT A TAX RATE THAT IS HIGHER THAN WHAT WAS PUBLISHED. 
          AND SO WE PUBLISH AT THE CURRENT TAX RATE KNOWING THAT IT'S GOING TO COMPRESS. 
          BUT HOW MUCH IT COMPRESSES CAN VARY A LITTLE BIT FROM WHAT WE THINK IT'S GOING TO. 
          SO LIKE I SAID, THAT WILL COME TO YOU IN AUGUST. 
          BUT THERE ARE TWO PARTS OF THE TAX RATE. SO THERE'S THE M & O PORTION OF WHICH THE MCR IS
THE BIGGEST PART OF IT. 
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SO FOR US THIS YEAR, THAT'S $68.55 AND THAT'S THE PART THAT GETS RECAPTURED. 
          AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, YOU HAVE THE GOLDEN PENNIES WHICH YOU'VE ADOPTED PREVIOUSLY,
AND THE COMMUNITY HAS APPROVED. 
          SO WE HAVE 8 GOLDEN PENNIES ON TOP OF THAT TO MAKE UP THE TOTAL M&O RATE. 
          AND THEN THE I&S RATE IS ADDED ON TOP OF THAT. 
          THE EANES ISD RATE IS AT 12¢ CURRENTLY. THE MAXIMUM RATE THAT CAN BE ADOPTED IS 50¢. 
          HOWEVER, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING A CHANGE AT THIS TIME. 
          SO WE'VE PUBLISHED AT 12¢ IF YOU DECIDE OVER THE SUMMER FOR SOME REASON THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE A HIGHER TAX RATE THEN WE'LL REPUBLISH IN THE NEWSPAPER SO THAT YOU CAN DO THAT. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS OR SO,
OUR TAX RATE HAS DECLINED ALMOST EVERY YEAR. 
          IN FACT, OTHER THAN 20, 18, 19, IT HAS BEEN EVERY YEAR. 
          AND THAT'S DUE PRIMARILY TO THE COMPRESSION THAT YOU SEE. 
          SO BACK A LITTLE OVER TEN YEARS AGO, WE WERE AT $1 FOR TOTAL,
NO RATE. 
          AND NEXT YEAR, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT OUR RATE WILL BE 71.2 $0.03 AND A TOTAL TAX RATE OF
83.2.03, WHICH IS MORE THAN $0.05 LOWER THAN IT IS THIS YEAR AND CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN WHAT WE
WERE TEN YEARS AGO. 
          LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND. SO AS WE'VE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY THE
BUDGET WAS PREPARED BASED ON OLD LAW BECAUSE THE LAW HB TWO THAT'S CHANGING THE SCHOOL FUNDING SYSTEM WAS NOT FINALIZED UNTIL
TOO LATE FOR US TO INCLUDE IT HERE. AND IN FACT, WE STILL DON'T KNOW FULLY WHAT EVERYTHING MEANS. 
          AND SO I THINK I MENTIONED TO YOU LAST TIME THAT WE MET THAT WE WERE ON WE HAD THE FIRST
CUT OF A OF A TEMPLATE TO ESTIMATE HB TWO REVENUE. ABOUT A WEEK LATER, I GOT CUT TO REVISION TWO. 
          AND JUST THIS WEEK I GOT REVISION THREE. IT'S STARTING TO GET CLOSER TO WHERE I THINK IT
OUGHT TO BE. 
          AND SO I EXPECT THAT BY THE TIME WE COME BACK IN AUGUST THAT I'LL PROBABLY BE ON REVISION
5 OR 6, AND IT'LL PROBABLY BE PRETTY CLOSE AT THAT TIME. 
          BUT ONE THING WE DO KNOW IS THAT OUR TOTAL TAX BASE DECLINE THIS YEAR BASED ON THE
ESTIMATE IN APRIL AND AGAIN, THAT WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER WE THIS WAS BASED ON A 3.8% DECLINE,
WHICH WAS THE ESTIMATE IN APRIL. 
          BUT WE'LL HAVE THOSE FINAL VALUES IN JULY, AND IT'LL PROBABLY BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN
THAT. 
          I'M HOPING THAT IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THE 3.8%. 
          BUT WE'LL SEE. BUT ON TOP OF THAT THERE WAS ALSO A LAW PASSED WHICH INCREASED THE
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM $100,000 TO $140,000. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO TAKE APPROXIMATELY $400 MILLION. 
          A LITTLE BIT LESS OFF OF OUR TAXABLE VALUE. SO THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT US GOING ON. 
          MOVING FORWARD. THERE WERE SOME HOLD HARMLESS WAS PUT IN PLACE. 
          BUT AS WE KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE, THOSE HOLD HARMLESS,
NEVER COMPLETELY HOLD US HARMLESS. 
          AND SO THAT WILL BE KIND OF A LEARNING EXPERIENCE TO SEE HOW THAT SHAKES OUT. 
          AND AT SOME POINT, THOSE WILL BE SUNSETTED IN AND WE'LL JUST WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH
WHATEVER THE NEW HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS. 
          AND THOSE HOLD HARMLESS WILL EVENTUALLY BE PHASED OUT. 
          SO EXCLUDING RECAPTURE WITH ALL THE THINGS ALL THE MOVES THAT YOU GUYS MADE THIS YEAR,
OUR TOTAL BUDGETED EXPENDITURES DECREASED BY ABOUT 2.6% OR $2.5 MILLION. 
          ABOUT 1.8 MILLION OF THAT WAS FROM PERSONNEL. 
          HOWEVER, IT'S REALLY HIGHER THAN THAT. AND LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY. SO IN LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET WE HAD A GRANT FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE ABOUT $700,000 WORTH OF POLICE SALARIES OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND
BUDGET INTO THIS GRANT. 
          SO THIS YEAR, WE'VE MOVED THEM BACK IN. AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY LINE
ITEM, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S GONE UP QUITE A BIT. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY SO IF YOU,
IF YOU IGNORE THE THAT $700,000, THEN THEN ACTUALLY WE SAW A REDUCTION OF ABOUT $2.5 MILLION,
WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT SHY OF WHAT WE WERE ESTIMATING WE WERE GOING TO GET FROM OUR CHANGES. AND THAT MOSTLY CAME FROM WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER, WE WEREN'T FIRING ANYBODY. WE WERE WE WERE JUST USING WHATEVER NATURAL
ATTRITION OCCURRED. 
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WELL, IN SOME OF THE PLACES, NAMELY THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS WE DIDN'T HAVE NEARLY AS MUCH
ATTRITION AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO. WHICH GOOD. WE LIKE WE LIKE TO KEEP OUR TEACHERS,
BUT BAD IN THAT WE DIDN'T. 
          WE WEREN'T ABLE TO REALIZE THOSE SAVINGS. OBVIOUSLY,
IF THOSE TEACHERS RESIGN OVER THE SUMMER THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE AND EVENTUALLY WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU THOSE SAVINGS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IF
THEY HAPPEN. 
          AND I AND I WANT TO COP TO A MISCALCULATION. IF YOU SEE ON THAT SECOND BULLET,
I SAY THAT OUR TOTAL PERSONNEL EXPENSES WERE ABOUT 85.4% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. I DIDN'T DOUBLE CHECK MY NUMBERS. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY 87.5. SORRY ABOUT THAT. EXCLUDING RECAPTURE AND PAYROLL EXPENSES,
ALL OTHER GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES DECREASED BY ABOUT 5.2. REMEMBER IF 87.5% IS IN PAYROLL, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT. 
          THAT'S NOT PAYROLL. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO DECREASE THAT. 
          AND THAT'S PRIMARILY RELATED TO OUR SOLAR PV PANELS COMING FULLY ONLINE NEXT YEAR. 
          SO THAT'S WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT'S GOING TO OFFSET ABOUT $700,000 WORTH OF ENERGY
PAYMENTS. 
          AND SO JUST AN OVERALL LOOK AT IT WE'RE LOOKING AT A BUDGETED DRAW IN FUND BALANCE OF
ABOUT $7.1 MILLION. 
          IN THIS I'M ONLY SHOWING YOU BUDGET. I'M NOT SHOWING YOU EXPECTED PERFORMANCE. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST AS A GENERAL RULE LIKE MARIA EXPLAINED TO YOU A WHILE AGO,
WE WE BUDGET AT THE FUNCTION LEVEL. 
          AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S SOME EXCESS MONEY IN THERE THAT WE CAN'T WE CAN'T GET IT TOO TIGHT
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE MONEY AROUND AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T EXCEED OUR BUDGET AT THE FUNCTION LEVEL. 
          AND SO WE GENERALLY ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL OVERPERFORM BUDGET BY ABOUT $1 MILLION. 
          IT RANGES FROM MAYBE 650 700,000 TO MAYBE 1.3 OR 4,
DEPENDING ON THE YEAR. 
          SO A MILLION IS A GOOD ROUGH ESTIMATE OF WHERE IT NORMALLY COMES IN. 
          THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. SO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND IS KIND OF WEIRD FOR DISTRICTS THAT ARE. 
          JULY 1ST FISCAL YEARS BECAUSE THE BIGGEST PAYMENT THAT WE MAKE IS A PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST
PAYMENT THAT WE MAKE IN AUGUST. 
          SO WE MAKE THAT PAYMENT WITH MONEY THAT WE COLLECTED IN THE PRIOR YEAR. 
          AND SO IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT OUR FUND BALANCE ON THE,
THE DEBT SERVICE FUND AT THE END OF THIS MONTH AND JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS, YOU WOULD SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A,
A FUND BALANCE OF SOMEWHERE AROUND $27 MILLION. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE A $27 MILLION FUND BALANCE. 
          IT'S BEST TO THINK OF IT AS IS WHAT IS YOUR FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF AUGUST? EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A JULY 1ST FISCAL YEAR, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DEBT SERVICE
FUND BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THOSE PAYMENTS GET MADE. 
          AND SO AT THE END OF AUGUST, OUR FUND BALANCE WILL BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT $5
MILLION, WHICH IS ABOUT WHERE WE'VE BEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. IT'S ACTUALLY GOING DOWN A FEW
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE MADE THAT WE HAD THAT ONE BOND. 
          THAT WAS IT WAS ONE OF THE 2015 A'S THAT WE AND THAT INCREASED OUR PAYMENT TOTAL PAYMENTS FROM, FROM THIS YEAR'S COLLECTIONS TO JUST MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY
COLLECTED BY A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT WE EXPECT THAT EVERY YEAR WILL FLUCTUATE JUST A LITTLE BIT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS YEAR. ALSO THIS YEAR WE WILL BE GOING OUT IN FACT, LATER THIS IN THIS MEETING WE'LL HAVE SOME DOCUMENTS FOR YOU TO APPROVE AND,
AND FOR KIM AND KELLY TO SIGN OFF ON SO THAT WE CAN SELL THE REMAINDER OF THE 2023 AUTHORIZATION. 
          SO IF YOU REMEMBER THAT THE TOTAL AUTHORIZATION OF THAT WAS 130 PLUS MILLION. 
          WE SOLD 75 MILLION OF THEM IN 2023. AND THE REMAINING 56 MILLION WE'RE GOING TO SELL THIS
SUMMER. 
          AND SO THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE OUR, OUR PAYMENT. 
          BUT THAT WILL BE UNDER, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL BE PAID. 
          THE FIRST PAYMENT WILL BE PAID WITH THE MONEY THAT WE'RE COLLECTING THIS YEAR,
AND AT $0.12, WE'RE COLLECTING PLENTY OF MONEY TO MAKE THAT PAYMENT. 
          SO HERE'S WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT IT THIS YEAR. 
          AND SO OUR ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW IS THAT OUR FUND BALANCE. 
          AGAIN, LOOKING AT IT, AUGUST TO AUGUST WILL INCREASE BY ABOUT $400,000 NEXT YEAR. 
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AND THEN FINALLY THE CHILD NUTRITION BUDGET. KEEPING IN MIND THAT THAT OUR GOAL ON THE
CHILD NUTRITION BUDGET IS ALWAYS NOT TO MAKE MONEY, BUT JUST TO BREAK EVEN. AND WE WENT OFF OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH AND BREAKFAST PROGRAM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. 
          AND BUT I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE DENYING KIDS WHO
QUALIFY FOR THEIR FREE MEALS. 
          AND SO WE STILL COLLECT THAT, THAT INFORMATION,
AND WE PROVIDE THOSE MEALS. 
          IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR IT RATHER THAN GOING THROUGH THE FEDERAL PROGRAM. 
          AND THIS ALLOWS US SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY. AND IN THE,
IN THE TYPES OF MEALS WE CAN SERVE. 
          AND, AND WE FOUND THAT THE THAT WE'RE GETTING MUCH MORE PARTICIPATION FROM OUR STUDENTS
THIS WAY. 
          WE DID LOAN FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SOME MONEY TO THE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM LAST YEAR
BECAUSE THEY WERE THEY DID NOT BREAK EVEN. 
          AND I NOTICE I SAY LOAN AND NOT GIVE. AND SO THEY'RE MAKING A PAYMENT BACK TO THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT THIS YEAR, AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT THEY'LL PAY BACK THE REST OF THAT AT THE END OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AND YOU CAN FROM WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE AGAIN NOT LOOKING FOR PROFIT,
JUST LOOKING FOR BREAK EVEN. 
          AND WE'VE, WE'VE SET THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. SO THE BUDGETED SURPLUS IS ABOUT $100,000. 
          OH. ONE THING. AGAIN, I'VE SAID THIS MULTIPLE TIMES ALREADY,
BUT IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET THAT I GAVE YOU, THE VERY FIRST PAGE SHOWS YOU THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT YOU'RE ADOPTING WHICH IS THE BUDGETS
AT THE, AT THE FUNCTION LEVEL. BUT IN THE BACK THERE IS MORE DETAIL ON ALL OF THESE BUDGETS THAT
YOU CAN, YOU CAN REVIEW AND, AND OF COURSE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY WELCOME TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THOSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BUT THIS IS IF YOU ASK WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE ADOPTING, IT'S THIS ON THE VERY FIRST PAGE, AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 
          THIS SO THAT THAT'S ALL THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT BEFORE YOU. 
          BUT I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF HB TWO. 
          BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH NEXT YEAR. 
          AND LIKE I SAID WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET OUR ESTIMATES DOWN. 
          AND SO KEEP IN MIND THIS IS AN ESTIMATE BUT WE THINK IT'S FAIRLY ACCURATE. 
          AND SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT. 
          SO THE, THE BIG INCREASE IN MONEY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS RELATED TO THE TEACHER
RETENTION ALLOTMENT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE FOR US ABOUT $2.6 MILLION. 
          AND THIS IS FOR TEACHERS WHO HAVE IN THEIR FIFTH OR HIGHER SCHOOL YEAR,
THEY'RE GOING TO GET A RAISE OF $5,000 PROVIDED BY THE STATE. 
          AND SO THAT WORKS OUT TO BE ABOUT A 2.5, $2.6 MILLION. 
          NOTICE THAT OUR REQUIRED EXPENDITURES, THOUGH,
ARE GOING TO BE MORE THAN THAT. THIS IS BECAUSE THE STATE HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO TRS, AS YOU KNOW AND THE EMPLOYEE HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE A
CONTRIBUTION TO TRS. 
          HOWEVER, THE STATE ONLY MAKES A CONTRIBUTION UP TO THE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE. 
          AND SO THAT MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE IS ACTUALLY CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN WHAT WE PAY AND
ANYTHING HIGHER. 
          IF WE PAY ANYTHING HIGHER THAN THE MINIMUM REQUIRED SALARY THAT THE STATE SAYS,
THEN WE PAY THE STATE'S PORTION OF TRS. 
          AND SO THE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE IS, BY STATUTE,
SET TO ADJUST ANY TIME THAT THE BASIC ALLOTMENT IS ADJUSTED. 
          HOWEVER, THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THE BASIC ALLOTMENT,
AND THE BASIC ALLOTMENT WAS ONLY ADJUSTED $55. 
          AND SO THERE'S VERY LITTLE CHANGE TO THE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE. 
          AND SO ESSENTIALLY ANY INCREASE THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM THE TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT THE
INCREASED TRS PAYMENT IS GOING TO BE ON US. SO THAT'S THE BULK OF THAT, ROUGHLY $300,000 ADDITIONAL THAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE IS
TRS PAYMENTS. 
          BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER LITTLE BITS AND PIECES OF FICA TAXES THAT,
YOU KNOW, THAT THE DISTRICT PICKS UP THAT, THAT ARE ALSO ON US. AND SO WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT THAT'S ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD BE. 
          AND WE SEE THE SAME THING ON THE NON ADMIN SALARY ALLOTMENT. 
          AND SO THIS ALLOTMENT IS BASED NOT ON THE THE THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS LIKE THE
TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT IS BUT IT IS GIVEN TO US ON A PER ADA BASIS. AND SO, AS YOU WELL KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR ADA IS GOING TO BE. 
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WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT OUR ENROLLMENT IS GOING TO BE. AND OUR ADA WILL BE A FUNCTION OF
THAT. 
          DEPENDING ON WHAT OUR ATTENDANCE LOOKS LIKE,
ETC.. 
          SO WE'RE ESTIMATING RIGHT NOW THAT OUR NON ADMIN SALARY ALLOTMENT WILL BE SOMEWHERE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF $312,000. 
          THAT'S BASED ON 7300 KIDS, WHICH IS WHAT WE BASED THIS YEAR'S BUDGET ON. 
          LAST I KNEW, WE WERE ACTUALLY, WE HAD MORE KIDS THAN THAT ENROLLED FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          AND AND WE ANTICIPATE USUALLY DURING THE SUMMER,
WE PICK UP 50 TO 100 KIDS. 
          AND SO IT WOULDN'T BE OUT OF LINE FOR US TO PICK UP TO BE AT 7400 KIDS NEXT YEAR. 
          AND THEN THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 7000 ADA,
GIVE OR TAKE NEXT YEAR. 
          WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL NEXT YEAR. BUT SAME IDEA MOST OF THAT TRS PAYMENT IS GOING TO BE
PICKED UP BY US. 
          AND SO WE'RE SHOWING THAT THAT $312,000 IS GOING TO HAVE A COMPONENT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE
TO BE PAID ON TOP OF THAT BY US. 
          WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE IN THE SECOND COLUMN. THE $55 BASIC ALLOTMENT CHANGE DOES RELATE,
DOES GIVE US SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY, ABOUT $460,000. THE ALLOTMENT FOR BASIC COST,
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE BASIC ALLOTMENT IS ABOUT $773,000. THAT'S A NEW ONE. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY BASED ON ENROLLMENT. 
          SO THAT'S, I THINK, PROBABLY A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT THAT,
THAT WE'RE GETTING SOME MONEY FROM THE STATE BASED ON ENROLLMENT, NOT ADA. THERE'S A NEW INITIAL EVALUATION ALLOTMENT. 
          AND SO WE EVALUATE KIDS ON A CONSTANT BASIS. NEW EVALUATIONS TO SEE IF THEY QUALIFY FOR
SPECIAL ED SERVICES. 
          AND HISTORICALLY WE DON'T GET ANY MONEY FOR THAT. 
          THAT'S JUST THE COST BORNE BY THE DISTRICT. HB 2 PROVIDED $1,000 PER EVALUATION. 
          LAST YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 250 EVALUATION EVALUATIONS,
OBVIOUSLY. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WILL BE THIS YEAR, BUT THAT'S A GOOD ESTIMATE WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR. 
          SO SO THAT'S WHERE THE 250,000 CAME FROM. AND THEN FINALLY THE SCHOOL SAFETY ALLOTMENT. 
          SO THAT'S AN INCREASE FROM WHAT IT WAS. SO OUR,
OUR PREVIOUS IT'S ROUGHLY DOUBLE WHAT THE OLD SCHOOL SAFETY ALLOTMENT WAS. 
          SO THAT STILL DOESN'T PAY FOR OUR POLICE FORCE,
BUT OBVIOUSLY IT HELPS. 
          SO TOTAL AND TOTAL NEW FUNDS TO THE DISTRICT SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 4.5 MILLION. 
          TOTAL REQUIRED EXPENDITURE IS ABOUT 3.2. AND SO THE DIFFERENCE, I WENT TOO FAR. SO THE DIFFERENCE GIVES US ABOUT IF WE WERE EXPECTING A BUDGETED DEFICIT OF 7.1 UNDER THE OLD LAW WE ANTICIPATE UNDER
HB TWO TO BE 5.7. 
          OF COURSE, THAT WILL CHANGE IF WE ACTUALLY DO COME IN AT 7400 STUDENTS. 
          THEN THAT'LL BE LOWER STILL. AND WE'LL KNOW MORE. 
          AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A NEW ESTIMATE COME AUGUST. 
          BUT FOR RIGHT NOW BASED ON ALL THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE USE IN HB TWO OR,
EXCUSE ME, USING THIS BUDGET WE ANTICIPATE ABOUT A $1.4 MILLION SWING IN OUR FAVOR BECAUSE OF HB TWO. AND I THINK NOW YOU WOULD OPEN IT UP FOR ANY COMMENTS FROM
THE AUDIENCE. DO I HAVE A, AUDREY DO I HAVE A SCRIPT? NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC FORUM ON THIS. 
          OKAY, WE WILL THEN MOVE ON. AND I THINK AT THIS 
          [11.1 Discussion and Possible Adoption of the Proposed 2025-26 Budget]
TIME I COULD TAKE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD ON THE 2025-26 BUDGET AND TAX RATE. AND THEN WE CAN HAVE WE CAN HAVE QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS. 
          TRUSTEES DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BY JAMES. 
          I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE PROPOSED 2025-26 GENERAL FUND,
DEBT SERVICE FUND AND CHILD NUTRITION BUDGETS AT THE FUNCTION LEVEL AS PRESENTED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? MOTION BY JAMES. SECOND BY DIANE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS AT THIS TIME? 
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JAMES. JAMES. CHRIS, REAL QUICK, JUST TO CONFIRM THIS. 
          THE BUDGET NUMBERS THAT THAT WE HAVE IN THIS PRINTED PACKET THAT YOU PROVIDED US,
THIS DOES NOT REFLECT THE NEW FUNDS THAT YOU JUST WENT OVER COMING FROM THE LATEST LEGISLATION, CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT, THIS IS BASED ON THE LAW PRIOR TO HB TWO,
AND IT DOES NOT ASSUME THE COMPENSATION CHANGE AT THIS POINT, BASED ON OUR LAST MEETING, WE SAID HOLD COMPENSATION. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. AND DO YOU KNOW WHERE THIS LEAVES THE GENERAL FUND OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD
OR THE FUND BALANCE? I WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK MY MEMORY ON THAT,
BUT I BELIEVE IT WOULD TAKE US JUST BELOW THE 25% THRESHOLD. 
          THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BY TRUSTEES HERE? CATHERINE. CHRIS. I'M NOTICING THAT OUR OVERALL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE IS DROPPING YEAR OVER YEAR BY ABOUT 20 MILLION. 
          20 MILLION, $200,000. CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT TO THE GOLDEN PENNY VALUE
BECAUSE OF PROPERTY TAX VALUES ARE DROPPING, THEN THE GOLDEN PENNY VALUE IS DROPPING. 
          AND WHAT THAT MEANS THIS YEAR? SURE. SO HERE,
I'LL MAKE THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WASN'T IN PLACE. 
          AND SO IF WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE 3.8% PROJECTED DECLINE IN THE TAXABLE BASE LAST YEAR
WE COLLECTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $17 MILLION ON THE GOLDEN PENNIES. SO 3.8% OF THAT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
OF DOING DOING SOME QUICK MATH IN MY HEAD ABOUT $680,000. 
          SO ANY IMPROVEMENT WE SEE WILL OBVIOUSLY HELP US THAT AGAIN,
I'M, I'M MAKING THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE HOLD HARMLESS THAT WILL BE PUT IN PLACE WILL MAKE US WHOLE ON THAT SO THAT THE LOSS WILL
ONLY BE THAT 3.8%. 
          BUT IF THE THE THE HOLD HARMLESS. DOES NOT HOLD US COMPLETELY HARMLESS. 
          THEN. THEN IT COULD BE MORE THAN THAT THAT WE LOSE. 
          OKAY. SO A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT STUDENT ENROLLMENT,
BUT THESE WERE THE PRELIMINARY STUDENT ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, SO THEY'RE NOT THE FINAL ONES. CORRECT. WHAT WOULD SAY A SCENARIO LOOK LIKE WHERE WE LOST? I THINK WE DID LOSE STUDENTS, BUT LET'S SAY ANOTHER 1% OF STUDENTS. 
          I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU RUN YOUR MODELS, BUT BY PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN YOUR STUDENT POPULATION, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO OUR BUDGET NUMBER? WE USUALLY TALK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENS
IF WE LOSE 50 KIDS OR 100 KIDS. 
          OKAY. SO IF WE WERE TO LOSE 100 KIDS IF YOU JUST LOOKED AT THE BASIC ALLOTMENT,
THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 600 TO $700,000, BUT SOME OF THOSE KIDS ARE OBVIOUSLY SPECIAL ED,
ETC. 
          AND YOU GET MORE MONEY FROM THEM. AND SO IN THAT CASE,
WE DON'T ACTUALLY LOOK AT OUR ADA, WE LOOK AT OUR WADA, WADA WHICH IS HIGHER THAN YOUR ADA. 
          SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY A HUNDRED KIDS,
PROBABLY WORKS OUT TO BE 110, 120 WADA. 
          AND SO 20% MORE THAN THAT. SO YOU'RE PROBABLY TALKING $800,000,
100 KIDS, MORE OR LESS. 
          OKAY. SO IT WORKS IN BOTH WAYS, OBVIOUSLY. SO 100 KIDS MORE PLUS 800,000,
-100 KIDS -800,000. 
          AND OUR FISCAL YEAR STARTS JULY 1ST. CORRECT. 
          25. SO IF WE WERE NOT TO PASS THE BUDGET TODAY,
WHAT HAPPENS? I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A STATE STATUTE THAT SAYS IF YOU DON'T ADOPT THE
BUDGET, THEN WE CAN'T OPERATE THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          I'VE NOT HEARD OF ANYBODY EVER DOING THAT BEFORE,
SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE HAMMER WOULD BE, BUT I'M, I'VE WORKED WITH TEA AND ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE A HAMMER AND IT WOULD
HURT. 
          BUT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT HAMMER WOULD BE. 
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YEAH, JUST ASSUMING THAT WE CAN'T OPERATE IN OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR UNLESS THERE'S AN
ADOPTION. 
          YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. YES. THANK YOU, CATHERINE. 
          WE HAVE JOHN TROY, WHO IS ON VIDEO, AND I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS EARLIER FOR THE AUDIENCE. 
          BUT TRUSTEE JOHN TROY IS JOINING US BY VIDEO. 
          AND TRUSTEE LAURA CLARK IS NOT ABLE TO JOIN TONIGHT. 
          JOHN, DID YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS? I DO, AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM YOU CAN HEAR ME? YES. OKAY, GREAT. SO, CHRIS YOU SAID THIS THE BUDGET DEFICIT THAT WE HAVE FOR THE GENERAL FUND THAT WE'RE ALREADY BAKING IN EEF'S CONTRIBUTION THIS COMING YEAR,
RIGHT AT THE $2 MILLION LEVEL. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. THE MONEY THAT THEY GIVE IN JUNE ACTUALLY APPLIES TO
THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEIR CONTRIBUTION IS FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET. 
          OKAY, SO THE MONEY WE JUST RECEIVED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS IS THE MONEY THAT'S IN THIS
UPCOMING YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          CORRECT. OH, TERRIFIC. OKAY. AND THEN WHAT ENROLLMENT DID YOU SAY THIS WAS BASED ON THIS
COMING YEAR'S BUDGET? 7250. IS THAT RIGHT? IT'S BASED ON 7300. IT'S NOW 7300. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THEN ON ONE OF THE SLIDES YOU HAD THE YOU HAD YOU TALKED ABOUT
THE BUDGETED DEFICIT VERSUS THE PROJECTED BUDGET PERFORMANCE. 
          CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE DISTINCTION THERE? SURE. 
          SO BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AT THE FUNCTION LEVEL,
AND I BELIEVE IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 11,
12 SEPARATE FUNCTIONS. 
          AND NONE OF THOSE FUNCTIONS CAN EXCEED THE BUDGETED AMOUNT. 
          OR ELSE, AS MARIA SAID, WE'LL GET A LETTER FROM TEA TELLING US,
PLEASE DON'T DO THAT. 
          WE BUDGET IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE CAN MOVE MONEY AROUND AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T EXCEED
IT AT THE FUNCTION LEVEL. 
          AND AS A RESULT, THEN WE CAN'T BUDGET QUITE AS TIGHT AS WE MIGHT OTHERWISE IF IT WAS JUST
ONE NUMBER. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE COME OUT BETTER AT THE, THE 4.7 LEVEL. 
          OH, OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. THANK YOU. KIM,
I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          WHAT WOULD THE PROCESS BE IF WE SPLIT THESE INTO THREE SEPARATE VOTES RATHER THAN OR SPLIT
THE VOTES RATHER THAN VOTING ON ALL THE BUDGETS AT THE SAME TIME, DO WE JUST SPLIT THE MOTIONS, OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? I'D NEED TO GET COUNSEL. I THINK THAT WE'VE POSTED THIS AGENDA IN THIS WAY. 
          SO I LET'S SEE WHAT ORDER YOU PULL UP. THE WHAT THE MOTION LOOKED LIKE THE GO BACK TO THE
SLIDE THAT HAD WHAT IT IS HE'S WANTING TO SPLIT IT. YEAH. BECAUSE THE MOTION RIGHT NOW IS TO ADOPT. 
          SORRY, IS TO ADOPT THE TOTAL BUDGET. AND YOU'RE,
AND HE'S WANTING TO, JOHN, WHAT ARE YOU WANTING TO SAY? HE WOULD LIKE TO SPLIT THE GENERAL FUND, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND,
AND THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'D MEET THE DEFINITION OF PASSING A
OPERATED BUDGET IF YOU. 
          I THINK IF THEY ALL HEAR I'M NOT A LAWYER, BUT I WOULD THINK SO LONG AS THEY ALL PASSED,
THEN THAT WOULD SATISFY THE REQUIREMENT. 
          SO I MEAN, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO. 
          I'D LIKE TO SPLIT THE GENERAL FUND OFF FROM THE OTHER TWO. 
          SO TO PROVIDE CONTEXT. I'M OBVIOUSLY I'M A NEW BOARD MEMBER,
WASN'T HERE IN THE SPRING WHILE A LOT OF THE WORK WAS DONE TO LEAD UP TO THIS. BUT THIS IS A MASSIVE HIT TO THE FUND,
TO THE FUND BALANCE. 
          AND IT'S ONE THAT I'LL JUST SAY, IF I HAD BEEN ON THE BOARD,
I WOULD HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING THAT WE TOOK STRICTER EFFORTS. 
          WE MADE HARDER DECISIONS AND WE FOUND A WAY TO SHAVE OFF THE DEFICIT. 
          I KNOW THE BOARD WRESTLED WITH AND MADE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS,
AND I GREATLY VALUE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT PROCESS. 
          I THINK WE DIDN'T GO FAR ENOUGH. I THINK WE NEEDED TO CUT MORE. 
          AND THIS IS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HITTING OUR FUND BALANCE THAT I'M JUST CAN'T PERSONALLY
SUPPORT. 
          AND SO I AM PERSONALLY GOING TO BE A NO ON THE GENERAL FUND,
BUT I'M GOING TO BE A YES ON THE OTHER TWO. 
          AND IT IS MY HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE, AS WE WORK FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET THAT WE CAN DO A
BUDGET WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT THESE 
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COSTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AND HOW WE CAN GENERATE REVENUE AND WHAT WE CAN DO IN
THE ENROLLMENT PIECE. 
          SO LOOKING AT THE REVENUE, THE ENROLLMENT, THE CUTTING OF COSTS SO THAT WE CAN DO A BUDGET
THAT AT MINIMUM BREAKS EVEN AND IDEALLY HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPLUS FOR THE UNEXPECTED. THAT WOULD BE MY HOPE FOR THE 26-27 YEAR. 
          AND I'M PREPARED TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS ALONGSIDE THE REST OF THE BOARD,
TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND GET COMMUNITY INPUT AND ADMIN INPUT AND WRESTLE THROUGH THAT. 
          AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE HARD. AND I THINK I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE GOT TO DO. 
          I RECOGNIZE THAT HERE WE ARE AT THE END OF JUNE,
AND THE TIME HAS PASSED ON THAT. 
          AND SO IT IS WHAT IT IS AT THIS POINT. BUT AS A RESULT I'M A NO ON THE GENERAL FUND,
BUT I WOULD BE A YES ON THE OTHER TWO. 
          HENCE WHY I WOULD WANT TO SPLIT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU,
JOHN. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF YOU I MEAN, I THINK PROCEDURALLY,
JOHN, WHAT YOU WOULD THEN DO IS MOVE TO SEPARATE OUT THE GENERAL FUND FROM THE REST AND SEE IF YOU GET A SECOND TO HAVE THAT BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY. 
          NOW THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO. OKAY. 
          WELL, WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, KIM, I KNOW WE'RE STILL HAVING DISCUSSION,
BUT WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, I WOULD MAKE THAT MOTION. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JAMES? YEAH. 
          I'M STRUGGLING WITH. I AM NOT OKAY NOT VOTING FOR A BUDGET. 
          IF SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION FOR A NUMBER TO PASS A SPECIFIC NUMBER FOR A BUDGET,
I THINK THAT FORCES THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE DEEP CUTS AS THEY SEE FIT IN ORDER TO FIT INTO THAT
BUDGET. 
          SO OUR DUTY AS A BOARD IS TO GIVE THE ADMINISTRATION A BUDGET,
AND THAT'S EVEN REQUIRED BY LAW OR STATUTE OR CODE THAT WE PROVIDE OUR ADMINISTRATION WITH A BUDGET. 
          SO IN MY MIND, THERE IS NO OPTION TO NOT PROVIDE A BUDGET. 
          SO THIS IDEA OF VOTING DOWN THE GENERAL FUND,
YOU CAN YOU ONE WOULD VOTE TO NOT SUPPORT THAT NUMBER, BUT PRESUMABLY ONE WOULD PRESENT AN ALTERNATIVE NUMBER THAT WOULD THEN GET VOTED ON OR
NOT. 
          AND SO I PERSONALLY I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH GOING AGAINST STATUTE. 
          I'M NOT COMFORTABLE NOT PROVIDING OUR ADMINISTRATION WITH A BUDGET. 
          IF SOMEONE WANTS TO PROPOSE A NUMBER, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT NUMBER AND THE IMPACT IT WOULD
HAVE UPON ADMIN, I THINK. I THINK THAT WOULD BE THEORETICAL THEN NOT DEALING WITH THE NUMBERS. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENT, DIANE? THANK YOU, THANK YOU CHRIS. 
          WE ARE INDEED IN VERY DIFFICULT TIMES OF COURSE. 
          AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, JOHN. HOWEVER I JUST,
YOU KNOW, I'M WITH YOU ON THIS ONE. WE NEED TO BE ENABLING OUR DISTRICT TO FUNCTION. 
          I DID WANT TO PRIOR TO THAT COMMENT, I JUST HAD A FEW,
YOU KNOW, RESPONDING TO THAT COMMENT. 
          I HAD A FEW SMALL THINGS I WANTED TO ADD. I HAD REACHED OUT TO CHRIS BECAUSE I IF YOU LOOK
AT SOME OF THESE FUNCTIONS AND OBJECTS, IT'S NOT ALWAYS OBVIOUS WHAT THE WORDS MEAN. SO I NEEDED,
YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF REMINDER. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WITH ATHLETIC ACTIVITY,
I WAS LOOKING AT THAT GOING, WELL, THAT'S GOING DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT WHY ARE EXTRACURRICULAR AND CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES GOING UP? AND, YOU KNOW, YOU WILL RECALL THAT ONE OF THE THINGS,
THE SMALL THINGS WE DID WAS TO TALK ABOUT AN INCREASE IN THE FEES THAT OUR PARENTS ARE PAYING. YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE DONE,
AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOESN'T ADDRESS A LOT OF IT, BUT THAT IS A $300,000 INCREASE THAT WE'RE SEEING THERE. 
          IT ISN'T THE CASE THAT WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE ATHLETIC FEE,
WHICH WAS WHAT HAD CONFUSED ME. 
          THAT'S. THAT'S IN FACT, THE TICKETS TO ATHLETIC ACTIVITY. 
          SO MAYBE THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WE CAN STILL BE CONSIDERING OVER THIS NEXT YEAR. 
          MAYBE WE CAN INCREASE OUR YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY SOLD,
I GUESS, OUR SEASON TICKETS. 
          BUT MY POINT HERE IS MOSTLY THAT I AM HOPING THAT AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THIS YEAR,
WE ARE CONTINUING TO JUST SEEK OUT WAYS THAT DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE'RE PASSING PERHAPS THIS BUDGET,
WE CAN FIND ADDITIONAL SAVINGS IN HERE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND WE WILL BE NEEDING TO HAVE SOME VERY DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS,
OF COURSE, THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR. 
          THANK YOU. DIANE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? KELLY. 
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I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THE BUDGET. 
          WE HAD TO MAKE REALLY TOUGH CHOICES THIS YEAR. 
          AND I APPRECIATE YOUR GUIDANCE ON THAT AS WELL. 
          I KNOW I SAW IN HERE PLANS TO INCREASE SOME OF THE PRICES ON OUR FOOD. 
          AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT STUDENT FEES. AND SO I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALREADY CONTINUED TO TRY
TO IMPROVE THAT REVENUE. 
          I KNOW RECENTLY WE HAD A MOVIE FILMED HERE, AND THAT WAS VERY EXCITING. 
          AND I'M SURE THAT REVENUE IS ALSO COMING IN. SO I SEE THE CREATIVITY AND I APPRECIATE WHAT
YOU'RE DOING. 
          AND I DO SUPPORT THIS BUDGET. AND I DIDN'T KNOW. 
          I JUST THOUGHT WE SHOULD PROBABLY CALL THE QUESTION. 
          OKAY. WE HAVE CALLED THE QUESTION. I'LL SECOND THAT CALL. 
          THE QUESTION. THANK YOU. I HAD COMMENTS TO MAKE,
BUT I THINK THERE'S BEEN. 
          I'M SORRY. THERE'S NO DEBATE ON THE QUESTION. 
          I GUESS I NEED AUDREY'S HELP. I MEAN, SO, JOHN,
ARE YOU PROPOSING THAT YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE AN AMENDED MOTION? WE HAVE TO IMMEDIATELY VOTE ON A CALL. 
          THE QUESTION TWO THIRDS VOTE MEANS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ORIGINAL VOTE IMMEDIATELY
WITH NO DEBATE. 
          THANK YOU. WE'VE CALLED THE QUESTION AND SECONDED BY KELLY AND SECONDED BY JAMES. 
          AND ALL IN FAVOR? YES. IT'S NOW PASSED 4 TO 0 FOUR TWO. 4 TO 2. ALL RIGHT. WE VOTE ON. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. 
          THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY JAMES AND SECONDED BY DIANE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF PASSING THE ALL THE PROPOSED 2025-26 BUDGET. 
          AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NAY, NAY. THE BUDGET PASSES 4 TO 2. 
          OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS STAFF COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR 20 25-26. 
          [11.2 Request to Approve Staff Compensation and Benefits for 2025-26]
AND WE HAVE. LAURI LEE. DO WE HAVE? THANK YOU,
LAURI. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR. 2025-26 COMP EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS? KELLY. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO IMPLEMENT THE
DISTRICT COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PLAN FOR THE 20 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR IS AS FOLLOWS. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM AT ONCE? MOTION ONE. APPROVED SALARY INCREASES AS DESIGNATED BY STATE FOR THE TEACHER RETENTION
ALLOTMENT IN HB TWO, WHICH INCLUDES ONLY CLASSROOM TEACHERS, TEACHERS WITH 3 TO 4 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE,
$2,500. 
          TEACHERS WITH FIVE PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. $5,000. 
          MOTION TWO, APPROVE SALARY INCREASES OF 1% ACROSS ALL EMPLOYEE CATEGORIES THAT ARE
CONSIDERED SUPPORT BY DEFINITION OF HB TWO. OH I'M SORRY,
I'M GOING TO CORRECT THAT. 
          I BELIEVE IT WAS 1.1 ACROSS ALL EMPLOYEE CATEGORIES THAT ARE CONSIDERED SUPPORT BY
DEFINITION OF HB TWO, AND ARE PARTIALLY FUNDED BY ADA. THIS INCLUDES TEACHERS WITH 0 TO 2 YEARS OF TEACHING
EXPERIENCE. 
          ALL NURSES AND LIBRARIANS. MOTION THREE APPROVED SALARY INCREASES OF 1% ACROSS ALL
EMPLOYEE CATEGORIES THAT ARE CONSIDERED ADMINISTRATIVE OR OTHER BY DEFINITION OF HB TWO. 
          MOTION FOUR, APPROVE MAINTAINING THE DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION TO EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS AT
$473 PER MONTH. 
          I HAVE A MOTION BY KELLY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. A MOTION BY KELLY AND A SECOND BY JAMES. 
          THANK YOU, LAURI. AND THANK YOU, CHRIS. OH THANK YOU CHRIS. 
          CHRIS DECIDED TO JOIN ME, SO I APPRECIATE THAT A LOT OF THESE NUMBERS WERE GIVEN TO ME BY
HIM. 
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SO I ALWAYS APPRECIATE US WORKING TOGETHER. BUT WE WANTED TO HE HAD TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT
ON THE CONVERSATION OF THE TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT AND EXACTLY WHO THAT FUNDED AND THE GROUPS THAT ARE THERE,
AND SO WE WANTED TO BRING THAT FORWARD AND SHOW IT TO YOU. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT FUNDED THE AT THE HB TWO IS THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND THAT ARE THOSE ARE
TEACHERS WORKING FOUR HOURS OR MORE PER DAY, AND THEY MUST BE A CERTIFIED TEACHER. AND SO THAT WOULD GIVE THE $2,500 FOR THE 3 TO
4 YEARS AND 5000 FOR THE FIVE PLUS YEARS. 
          THEN WE MOVED TO THAT KIND OF PARTIALLY FUNDED GROUP,
THE SUPPORT GROUP, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, LARGER AND A LITTLE MORE VAGUE, BUT WE'VE REALLY DRILLED DOWN TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHO
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IN THIS GROUP IS OBVIOUSLY THOSE TEACHERS FROM 0 TO 2 YEARS, ANY OF OUR COUNSELORS, OUR SCHOOL BASED THERAPISTS,
OUR LIBRARIANS, OUR NURSES, INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, AND ALL THOSE SPECIALIZED POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO OUR OPTICS, OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST, ANY OF OUR BEHAVIOR SPECIALISTS. 
          AND THEN WHEN THEY START TALKING ABOUT OTHER SUPPORT STAFF,
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THOSE GROUPS THAT WE KNOW. 
          AND WE, YOU KNOW, WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS,
OUR CHILD NUTRITION, OUR TRANSPORTATION, THAT IS IN THAT OTHER SUPPORT GROUP STAFF,
OUR TEACHING ASSISTANTS, OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS. 
          SO ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE IN THIS GROUP TOGETHER THAT ARE PARTIALLY FUNDED. 
          THEN WE MOVE TO THAT NON FUNDED GROUP. AND THAT ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP WOULD INCLUDE,
YOU KNOW YOUR PRINCIPALS, YOUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, OBVIOUSLY THOSE THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL WHO ARE AT CENTRAL
ADMINISTRATION AND ANYBODY IN A SUPERVISORY ROLE. 
          SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THOSE SUPERVISORY ROLES,
WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET THERE ARE SOME MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAT ARE IN THOSE SUPERVISORY ROLES. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION THAT ARE IN A SUPERVISORY ROLE. 
          SO WE HAVE OTHERS IN THOSE GROUPS THAT WE ARE KIND OF PIECING OUT TO SHOW YOU. 
          WE OBVIOUSLY VALUE OUR SUBSTITUTES IN. EVERY YEAR WHEN WE GIVE A RAISE,
WE ALWAYS GIVE COMPENSATION TOWARDS OUR SUBSTITUTES TO, AND THEN WE TRY TO BE VERY COMPETITIVE IN OUR STIPENDS. 
          AND SO WE'VE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, LOOKED AT OUR STIPENDS AND MADE SURE THAT THAT RECEIVES A
RAISE TO SO WE DON'T FALL BEHIND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          WHICH I THINK THEY'RE FINALLY TURNED. SO THIS WAS THE KIND OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD
SEEN EARLIER FROM CHRIS TO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF IT, BUT IT DOES GIVE THAT MINIMUM STATE. AND IN THE OPTION ONE,
WHAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO PAY. 
          NOW, AS CHRIS MENTIONED, THERE'S THAT ON ON BEHALF PIECE THAT'S NOT FUNDED THROUGH THE
STATE OF TEXAS. 
          BUT THE DISTRICTS WERE EXPECTED TO PICK UP LOCALLY. 
          AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THOSE TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN ORANGE? THEN WE LOOKED AT OUR SUPPORT INCREASE WITH THE 1.1 AND FOR EVERYONE. 
          SO THAT GAVE ALL OF OUR GROUPS THE 1.1% AT THE 430,000. 
          AND THEN WE LOOKED AT THAT BY ROUNDING IT UP A LITTLE BIT AND JUST SAYING 1.5 FOR ALL
DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS WOULD LOOK LIKE. 
          AND THEN I DID BRING THIS THIS WAS AN, AN ORIGINAL SLIDE PRESENTATION,
BUT I WANTED TO BRING IT FORWARD AS WE JUST STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND SHOWING WHAT SOME OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING. 
          YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE. IT GAVE US SOME HISTORICAL LOOK,
AND WE LOOK AT IT EVERY YEAR. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF OUR DISTRICTS ARE STARTING TO KIND OF STEP OUT THERE AND MAKE
THOSE DECISIONS WITH THEIR BUDGET ALSO. 
          AND WE JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT FORWARD AND SHOW YOU WHAT INDIVIDUALS ARE DOING. 
          OBVIOUSLY, EVERYONE IS ADOPTING THEIR HB2 WITH THEIR TEACHERS,
BUT YOU'LL SEE SOME PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THEIR OTHER STAFF. 
          SO WE WANTED TO ALLOW YOU TO SEE THAT TODAY. I THINK WE MOVE TO QUESTIONS AND I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, THE KEY TAKEAWAY IS WE VALUE OUR STAFF,
AND WE JUST BROUGHT THIS FORWARD SO WE CAN MAKE OUR DECISIONS TODAY. 
          YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE GO, WE GO AWAY FOR THE SUMMER. 
          MAYBE WE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION TO THEM. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU LAURI. THANK YOU CHRIS. AND YES, YOU'RE GOING AWAY FOR THE SUMMER IS A WHOLE
WEEK. 
          IT SOUNDS LIKE, FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICE. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TRUSTEES? I SEE JAMES AND KELLY. JAMES AND KELLY. THANK YOU. 
          OH, BOY. HOW IS THE CHRIS MENTIONED THAT IN SOME OF THE REDUCTIONS THAT WE SOUGHT TO MAKE, 
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WE WERE LOOKING AT USING NATURAL ATTRITION, RETIREES AND MOVES AND SUCH TO HELP REDUCE
STAFF. 
          BUT HE MENTIONED THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE WEREN'T SEEING THAT MUCH. 
          CAN YOU TALK TO THE OVERALL RATE OF ATTRITION THIS YEAR VERSUS,
SAY, PRIOR YEARS? HOW IS THAT LOOKING? AND YEAH, THE TREND ON THAT. 
          YEAH, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY LOWER IN OUR ATTRITION THIS YEAR. 
          WE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, AT ONE OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS,
WE ONLY HAD A COUPLE OF RESIGNATIONS. 
          SO THAT'S WONDERFUL. DOESN'T HELP US WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET. 
          THAT IS DEFINITELY GOOD FOR THE SCHOOL. AND SO WE'VE PROBABLY HAD ABOUT 20 POSITIONS THAT
WE FELT LIKE WE COULD SAVE, THAT WE COULD KEEP THAT WERE REALLY ALONG THE PLC LINE AND NOT
REALLY ASSOCIATED ALL WITH BLEND. 
          BUT REALLY, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT SECONDARY CAMPUSES,
WE HAD ASKED THEM, YOU KNOW, TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK, A HARD LOOK AT POSITIONS. WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM ARE ARE HARD TO FILL. 
          THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, VERY SPECIALIZED. AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO FILL THEM. 
          BUT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE CORE COURSES,
WE WERE MAKING SURE THAT OUR CAMPUSES WERE REDUCING THOSE IN, IN, IN ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THEIR CLASS SIZES. 
          THANK YOU. ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAD I WAS REACHED OUT TO BY A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY WHO
AND YOU BROUGHT UP SUBSTITUTE PAY A MINUTE AGO. 
          AND ONE OF THE COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK THAT THAT THEY GAVE WAS THAT WE DO A 30 DAY SORT OF
TRIAL OR SOMETHING WHERE OUR PAY FOR SUBSTITUTES JUMPS UP AFTER 30 DAYS. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? YES. IT DOES INCREASE AFTER 30 DAYS. 
          WE WE DID THAT AS AN INCENTIVE MANY YEARS AGO,
BUT IT INCREASES IN THE DAILY RATE AFTER THEY HAVE WORKED IN OUR DISTRICT FOR 30 DAYS. 
          BUT WE DO HONOR THOSE WHO, I MEAN, WHO WORK FOR US ALL YEAR AND THEN COME BACK THE NEXT
SCHOOL YEAR IF THEY'VE BEEN ONE OF THOSE WORKERS AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, TAUGHT IN OUR CLASSROOMS EVERY DAY,
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HONOR THAT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER RATE FOR THEM WHEN THEY COME IN. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MANY OF THEM SERVE US IN LONG TERM POSITIONS,
AND THEY'RE DOING THE THE WORK OF A TEACHER WHEN THEY GO IN AND DO A LONG TERM ROLE AS MAYBE MATERNITY OR SOMEBODY HAS A HEALTH ISSUE. 
          SO WE REALLY WANT TO HONOR THAT WITH A HIGHER RATE. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT, I SUPPORT THAT. THE COMMENT THAT THEY MADE WAS THAT THEY START OUT AT
$165 A DAY AT AISD, OR COME HERE FOR $129 A DAY. AND THAT, THAT,
THAT GAP, REALLY THEY WOULD CHOOSE AISD OVER COMING HERE. 
          BUT MAYBE THE BIGGER QUESTION IS, ARE WE STILL HAVING THE SAME CHALLENGES GETTING
SUBSTITUTES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. 
          AND AND IF WE ARE, THEN I CERTAINLY WOULD SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT LOOKS AT COMPENSATION IN
ORDER TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO CHOOSE THINGS. 
          AND WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND BRING THAT FORWARD TO Y'ALL. 
          BUT I, I REALLY FEEL THAT WE'VE SEEN IT. WE'VE SEEN OUR OUR FILL RATES GET BETTER. 
          WE HAVE A VERY DEDICATED COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO COME IN AND SUBSTITUTE HERE. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THE HIGHER PAY RATE AND THAT DRIVING YOU TO GO TO AUSTIN. 
          OBVIOUSLY, I THINK IT'S A IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PLACE TO WORK. 
          AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WE STILL WANT TO HONOR THEM WITH PAY. 
          YEAH, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JAMES KELLY. 
          OKAY. SORRY. I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I KIND OF I DID LIKE TWO DIFFERENT,
AMOUNTS IN MY MOTION. 
          BECAUSE I REMEMBER SEEING THE 1.1%, BUT THEN LATER I SEE IT'S 1.5 AND SOMEHOW I MISSED
THAT. 
          SO THAT 1.1 IS TO MAKE US WHOLE WITH THE MONEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING FROM THE
STATE. 
          SO WE HAVE TO AT LEAST GIVE 1.1 TO THAT GROUP OF SUPPORT STAFF. 
          THE 1.5 IS REALLY JUST KIND OF A ROUNDING PIECE FOR CHRIS TO JUST KIND OF MOVE EVERYBODY
UP TO 1.5. 
          BUT YES, IF WE DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT,
WE COULD ADOPT THE TEACHERS, WE COULD ADOPT THE 1.1 FOR OUR STAFF, AND THEN WHATEVER YOU SEE FIT FOR THE REST OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP. 
          OKAY. SO, KELLY, WE'D HAVE TO AMEND THE MOTION THAT YOU MAKE. 
          SO MY MY OTHER SO WE HAVE OUR THREE OPTIONS HERE. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO AND I APPRECIATE ALL, YOU KNOW,
THE THREE. 
          SO YOU WOULD LEAN MORE TOWARDS THE OPTION THREE RECOMMENDATION. 
          JUST TO HAVE THE EVEN 1.5 ACROSS TO I'M JUST ASKING,
LIKE WHERE WHICH WHICH DIRECTION YOU WOULD KIND OF LEAN IN TO 
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FOR, FOR THE, FOR. WELL, I'LL ALWAYS ADVOCATE FOR MORE FOR OUR STAFF. 
          I THINK THE 1.5 IS REALLY JUST TO KIND OF MOVE THAT INTO A WHOLE NUMBER. 
          WE ALL LIKE WORKING A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH SOMETHING LIKE 1.5 THAN WE WOULD,
YOU KNOW, 1.1. 
          BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE DEFINITELY THE DECISION OF THE ADMINISTRATION. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER IT AS A BOARD. 
          OKAY. AND I AGREE WITH YOU. LIKE, I DEFINITELY VALUE OUR STAFF,
OUR EDUCATORS, OUR CAMPUS LEADERS WHO WEREN'T INCLUDED IN THIS SESSION FOR COMPENSATION OR FOR RAISES. AND ALSO DUE TO,
YOU KNOW, DOING OUR STRATEGIC SUMMIT TOGETHER IN OUR DISCUSSIONS THERE. OUR BOARD PRIORITY WAS STAFF SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND SO TO SUPPORT AND RETAIN AS YOU ARE PROVING,
WE ARE DOING OUR TOP QUALITY STAFF. 
          I WOULD LEAN TOWARDS THIS 1.5% RECOMMENDATION. 
          THANK YOU KELLY. THANK YOU KELLY. NEXT WE HAVE CATHERINE,
FOLLOWED BY DIANE AND THEN JOHN. 
          OKAY, THIS IS JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. IF WE WERE ACCEPTING HB TWO CONTRIBUTIONS AND
FUNDING AS IS, WHICH WAS THE BASED ON THREE AND FOUR YEARS AT 2500 EACH,
AND TEACHERS WITH FIVE PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN 5000 SUPPORT STAFF, WHICH INCLUDES TEACHERS UP TO TWO YEARS AT 1.1. 
          THAT MEANS THERE WAS NO FUNDING FOR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF INCREASES. 
          SO IF WE DO ADOPT A PAY RATE THAT INCLUDES A FUND FOR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF THAT COMES OFF
OF EANES BUDGET, THAT THERE'S NO FUNDING FROM THE STATE FOR THAT. 
          SO IT'S PURELY ON THE BACKS OF THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE JUST ADOPTED. 
          YOU ARE CORRECT. YES. AND THEN THE DIFFERENT LEVELS. 
          I GUESS WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS NOW, IF WE INCREASE ABOVE 1.1 TO 1.5,
THE AMOUNT THAT YOU'VE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN IS SIMPLY THE INCREMENTAL AMOUNT THAT EANES WOULD BE ABSORBING INTO THE BUDGET. YES. CORRECT. 
          ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CATHERINE. DIANE. THANK YOU. I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION,
BUT I THINK IT'S A POINT WORTH MAKING. AND IT GOES BACK TO THE FUND BALANCE THAT WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT EARLIER, CHRIS. YOU KNOW THIS THE 317, WE JUST WE HAVE TO DO IT. 
          WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE. AND THE JUMP TO 604,
FOR EXAMPLE, IS SMALL IN COMPARISON TO THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS. 
          BUT IT'S IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, ALMOST $300,000. 
          EARLIER WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE,
YOU DIDN'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER FOR US. 
          BUT TO ME, THAT INDICATES AT LEAST THAT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IT AS A RAINY DAY FUND,
BUT WE ALSO THINK ABOUT IT AS A CASH FLOW ENABLER AS WE GET TOWARDS THE END, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE START COLLECTING OUR TAXES AGAIN. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY CONCERN ABOUT CASH FLOW AT THIS POINT? CASH FLOW. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE WILL BE AN ISSUE THIS YEAR. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW CLOSE WE'RE GOING TO GET? I BELIEVE OUR LOW POINT IN THIS IN THIS PAST YEAR WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND MAYBE 7 OR $8
MILLION. 
          AND THAT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER. SO NOVEMBER IS ALWAYS THE LOW POINT. 
          AND SO IF WE WERE TO GET LOW, THAT'S WHEN IT WOULD BE AND WHATEVER YEAR. 
          IF THE IF THERE EVER BECOMES A YEAR WHERE WE HAVE A CASH FLOW ISSUE,
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR. PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN NEXT YEAR. 
          BUT IT COULD POSSIBLY BE CLOSE, DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS. 
          OKAY. AND IN THAT SITUATION, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD BE PASSING BUDGETS THAT WOULD PUT US
THERE. 
          WE HAVE TO THEN GO OUT AND BORROW MONEY AT, YOU KNOW,
AN INTEREST RATE THAT WOULD NOT BE FAVORABLE TO US, OBVIOUSLY. RIGHT THERE THERE ARE SOME MECHANISMS THAT WE COULD DO. 
          HOPEFULLY WE DON'T GET THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          DIANE. JOHN. THANK YOU. AND SO JUST TO GO BACK TO THE OPTIONS HERE. 
          SO THE IN OPTION ONE, THE 317 130, THAT'S IN A WAY,
AN UNFUNDED MANDATE, RIGHT? MEANING WE HAVE TO DO IT NO MATTER WHAT. AND THE STATE,
I MEAN, I GUESS THEY DID INCREASE IN THE OTHER ALLOTMENT, YOU KNOW, BY A TINY AMOUNT. BUT IN GENERAL, THAT'S A REQUIRED AMOUNT. 
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WE HAVE TO DO IT. SO, LIKE, OUR BASELINE IS WE'RE CONTRIBUTING 317 OUT OF THE GENERAL. 
          I MEAN, OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE NO MATTER WHAT. 
          RIGHT? YES, YOU ARE CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. SO IT'S AN EXTRA 113,000. 
          IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THOSE WHO WEREN'T FUNDED BY THE STATE GET FUNDED AT THE SAME LEVEL
AS THE STATE IS FOR THAT FOR THAT PARTIALLY FUNDED GROUP. 
          YES. CORRECT. OKAY. AND I AND THAT GROUP YOU SAID,
INCLUDES ESSENTIALLY THE MAIN BUCKETS WERE CENTRAL OFFICE SUBSTITUTES AND LIKE, PRINCIPALS AND FOLKS LIKE THAT. 
          YES. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. I MEAN, JUST MY SPEAKING TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS FOR ME I KNOW IT WOULD BE A HUGE MORALE KILLER TO BASICALLY GIVE RAISES TO SOME AND NOT ALL. 
          AND WE'RE ALREADY FORCED BY THE STATE TO GIVE UNEQUAL RAISES ACROSS THE BOARD AND TO NOT
NECESSARILY DO IT IN THE WAY WE WOULD IF WE, AS A BOARD, WERE TO DO IT. IT'S IT'S BEING DIRECTED THAT THIS IS HOW YOU HAVE TO DO IT. 
          AND IT'S A COMPETITIVE MARKETPLACE. WE WANT THE BEST TALENT HERE IN EANES. 
          AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS BALANCING WHAT WE CAN AFFORD WITH WHAT WE WANT TO DO THAT'S RIGHT FOR
OUR STAFF SO THAT WE RECRUIT AND RETAIN THE BEST. 
          AND SO YOU KNOW, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF LONGER TERM LOOKING AT YOU KNOW,
DOING A STRATEGIC COMPENSATION REVIEW AND PARTNERSHIP WITH ADMIN TO SEE WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE. IF WE WANT TO MAKE ANY MORE STRATEGIC OR
SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES. 
          BUT FOR ME, AT THIS MOMENT, I WOULD LEAN TOWARDS THE 1.1% IT AND BASICALLY MATCH. 
          SO OPTION TWO, IN EFFECT, IT BASICALLY ENSURES THAT EVERYBODY GETS SOMETHING IT ENSURES
THAT THERE'S NOT A GROUP THAT WE DON'T FUND AT ALL. 
          AND IT ALSO WHILE EVERY PENNY COUNTS. AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THIS ALLOWS US TO ENSURE
EVERYBODY GETS A RAISE FOR ONLY AN INCREMENTAL $113,000. AND SO IN OUR SIZE BUDGET, I THINK WE CAN SWALLOW THAT. 
          AND SO I WOULD LEAN TOWARDS OPTION TWO. THE REASON I WOULD NOT LEAN TOWARDS OPTION THREE
IS YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT. WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL CHALLENGES. THAT'S AN
ADDITIONAL $175,000 COMING OUT OF THE BUDGET. 
          AND WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT CUTS EVERYWHERE. 
          AND SO TO ME, IT'S NOT WORTH NOT GIVING A GROUP ANY RAISE IN ORDER TO SAVE THE MONEY. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD GO TO OPTION TWO. IT FEELS LIKE A COMPROMISE POSITION WHERE
EVERYBODY GETS A RAISE. 
          WE'RE DOING THAT ONE GROUP EQUALLY. AND WE'RE ALSO KEEPING AN EYE ON THE BUDGET,
SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF OPTION TWO. 
          THANK YOU, JOHN. JAMES. I JUST WANTED TO ASK AGAIN. 
          REMIND ME, WHAT WAS THE MOTION? WHAT WAS THE PRESENT IN THE MOTION AGAIN? THE PERCENT WAS THE 1.1 ACROSS ALL EMPLOYEES FOR THE FULLY FUNDED ADA OR PARTIALLY FUNDED
ADA. 
          AND THEN ON MOTION THREE IT WAS 1%. DOES THAT ALIGN WITH ANY OF THESE OPTIONS OR YOU WOULD
NEED TO AMEND TO GET ALIGNED? IT WOULD. YEAH. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AMENDED TO 1.1 OR 1.5. 
          WELL, WE CAN MAKE A MOTION. WE CAN MAKE A MOTION FOR ANY PERCENT. 
          BUT I THINK WHAT I HEAR YOU SAY, KELLY, AS YOU WANTED,
ARE YOU ASKING TO AMEND YOUR MOTION TO 1.1 FOR MOTION TWO AND MOTION THREE? I WAS ANSWERING JAMES QUESTION. 
          I HAVE NOT MADE FOR AN AMENDMENT. ANY OTHER TRUSTEE COMMENT. 
          I'VE GOT A COMING. MY COMMENT IS IN, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AS THE MONEY THAT THE STATE HAS GIVEN US, WHICH THE STATE HASN'T GIVEN US,
OR RAISED THE DAILY ALLOTMENT IN A WHILE. 
          SO I WHILE I APPRECIATE THAT WE'VE GOT 2.8. I MEAN,
OUR BUDGET IS IN PART TO FUND OUR STAFF AND I THINK STAFF DOES DESERVE A RAISE IF IT IS THE WILL OF THE BOARD TO GO WITH SOMEWHERE
AROUND OPTION 
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TWO. I WOULD PREFER TO KEEP SALARY FOR THE PARTIALLY FUNDED STAFF AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AT A CONSISTENT RATE UP,
NOT BREAK IT UP. 
          AND SO I WOULD I WOULD MOVE TOWARDS AMENDING THAT. 
          FROM AN OPTICS STANDPOINT, I. I DO THINK ALL OF OUR STAFF DESERVES A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN
OUR BUDGET MIGHT ALLOW. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALWAYS SAID THOSE OF US NEW TO THE BOARD,
THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR A FEW YEARS AND, AND EVERYONE LIVING IN THIS COMMUNITY, THAT EANES IS GREAT BECAUSE OUR STAFF IS SO GREAT
AND OUR ADMINISTRATION IS SO GREAT. 
          AND YOU KNOW, I DO WISH THAT WE WERE IN A BETTER POSITION. 
          THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE. SO. SO MY WISH IS ALWAYS A WHOLE LOT MORE. 
          AND I KNOW THAT IN YEARS PAST, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LOOK AT WAYS TO COMPENSATE OUR,
OUR EMPLOYEES IN, IN A BETTER WAY. BUT I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF AS MUCH MONEY AS WE CAN. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT $200,000 IS GOING TO SWING ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. 
          IN OUR BUDGET. BUT IF IT IS THE WILL OF THE BOARD. 
          TO GO WITH THE 1.1. THEN I WILL GIVE OUR STAFF AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 
          I SEE CATHERINE AND THEN JAMES AND KELLY. 
          SINCE TYPICALLY WHEN WE GIVE RAISES ANNUALLY,
SOMETIMES WE LIKE TO DO IT, EVERYONE GETS THE SAME. 
          IT'S A PERCENTAGE INCREASE. AND THEN SOMETIMES I RECALL THAT WE'VE GIVEN TEACHERS OVER THE
YEARS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PERSON INCREASE RANGE INCREASE THAN ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. IN THIS CASE, WE'RE KIND OF BEING FORCED TO GIVE REALLY DIFFERENT RANGES ACROSS
MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS OF TEACHERS AND ADMIN. AND I'M I'M WONDERING ABOUT HOW MANY TEACHERS FALL INTO EACH OF THE CATEGORIES IN
OUR STUDENTS. 
          IN OUR POPULATION, HOW MANY TEACHERS HAVE 0 TO 2 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE? I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE IT HANDY OR BALLPARK. 
          VERSUS THE 3 TO 4 VERSUS THE FIVE PLUS YEAR. BECAUSE THAT MIGHT JUST HELP US UNDERSTAND
HOW MANY TEACHERS ARE BENEFITING FROM A HIGHER PERCENT AND THE HIGHER NET NUMBER. SO WE WERE WE WERE JUST TRYING TO GUESS OVER HERE TALKING. 
          SO IT MIGHT NOT HAVE CAUGHT EVERYTHING. I'M SORRY,
BUT WE THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS ABOUT 400 IN THAT FIVE PLUS GROUP AND THEN ABOUT 100 IN EACH OF THE OTHER GROUPS. SO I HOPE THAT KIND OF ANSWERS THE QUESTION. 
          I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE I MISSED. AND THEN FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE STANDPOINT,
HOW MANY EMPLOYEES IS THAT COVERING? GOODNESS. THAT'S PROBABLY ALSO ABOUT A HUNDRED EMPLOYEES. 
          YEAH. AND I'M ASKING BECAUSE IT'S WE THIS IS REALLY TIERED. 
          SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW MANY LIKE THOSE BRACKETS OF EMPLOYEES THAT ARE GETTING THE
DIFFERENT. 
          SO THE ONLY TIME WE'VE EVER GIVEN A A DIFFERENT PERCENTAGE WAS ALSO IN 2019 WHEN THE THE
LEGISLATURE CAME WITH MANDATES OF WHAT WE HAD TO GIVE, WE TRADITIONALLY GIVE ACROSS THE BOARD RAISES. 
          AND THAT'S JUST BEEN KIND OF NORMAL WILL OF OUR BOARD AND OUR ADMINISTRATION TO IT WAS
VERY YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST BEEN MORE COMMON. WE'VE HAD AT TIMES WHEN WE'VE HAD TASB COME IN,
THEY MAY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN PAY GROUPS, BUT MOST, MOST EVERY TIME WE'VE GIVEN A RAISE,
IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          OKAY. CATHERINE. THANK YOU. I HAVE JAMES AND THEN KELLY AND DIANE. SO ONCE AGAIN, THE I AM GRATEFUL TO OUR LEGISLATORS FOR PROVIDING FUNDING AND DIRECTING IT WITH THE IDEA OF TEACHER RETENTION. 
          I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A HUGE IMPORTANT TOPIC TO ADDRESS IN OUR STATE,
I REALLY DO. 
          KIND OF FOLLOWING ON WHAT SOME OF CATHERINE WAS SAYING. 
          I DO WISH THAT THEY WOULD ALLOW FOR LOCAL CONTROL OF THOSE FUNDS. 
          AND THERE ARE OVER A THOUSAND SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS TEXAS IN ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT
SIZES AND DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. 
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AND, AND THE IDEA THAT THEY CAN SIT IN AUSTIN AND DECIDE WHAT'S BEST FOR EVERY TINY
DISTRICT, EVERY GIANT DISTRICT IN THE STATE BUGS ME. YOU KNOW,
WE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE ACROSS THE BOARD AND USE THE FUNDING THAT THEY GAVE, INSTEAD OF SENDING THE MESSAGE THAT THEY DON'T VALUE EVERYONE WHO WORKS IN PUBLIC
EDUCATION EQUALLY, WHICH I THINK IS INAPPROPRIATE. HAVING SAID THAT AS KIM SAID,
I WOULD PREFER TO LINE THE AMOUNTS UP IN A ROUND ONE NUMBER. I THINK THAT WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT WE WOULD PREFER TO GIVE
MUCH MORE. 
          I THINK THE REALITY OF THAT, THOUGH, OF OF GOING TOWARD THE POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE
AROUND REDUCING THE BUDGET. 
          HAND IN HAND WITH PAYING MORE EQUALS THAT WE HAVE FEWER PEOPLE. 
          AND THAT MEANS EVERYONE DOES MORE WORK. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYONE WOULD AGREE TO DO
10% MORE WORK IN ORDER TO GET 5% PAY RAISE. IT'S A TOUGH THING TO THINK ABOUT. 
          I THINK MOST EVERYONE IS WAY OVERWORKED AS IT IS,
AND I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO KEEPING OUR OUR DISTRICT FUNCTIONING AS WELL AS IT DOES. BUT WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT A BUDGET THAT'S 87% PEOPLE PAY AND WE NEED TO
REDUCE IT BY 7%, 8%. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CUTS TO PEOPLE AND IT COULD BE PAY CUTS,
WHICH IS NOT THE WAY WE WANT TO GO. IT COULD BE HEADCOUNT CUTS, WHICH IS NOT IDEAL EITHER BECAUSE IT MEANS
EVERYONE WORKS MORE. 
          SO IT'S A TRICKY IT'S A TRICKY, DIFFICULT SITUATION WE'RE IN. 
          AND WE FACE THIS ALMOST EVERY YEAR. BUT FOR ME,
I WOULD NOT VOTE FOR A MOTION. 
          I THINK I SECONDED THE MOTION. I WOULD NOW VOTE FOR A MOTION THAT HAD DIFFERENT NUMBERS
LIKE THAT. 
          SO I'D PREFER TO GET THOSE LINED UP, SO I'LL STOP THERE. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JAMES. KELLY AND THEN DIANE. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SEE THE SLIDE AGAIN OF, THE OTHER DISTRICTS COMPENSATION REALLY QUICK. 
          WE DID HAVE IT ON THAT. KELLY, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? I'M SORRY. I CAN'T SEE THAT ONE. YEAH, I JUST CAN'T. 
          NO, NO NO, NO. HERE. I JUST GOT A NEW CONTEXT. 
          I STILL CAN'T SEE IT. I KNOW I HAVE CONTACT PROBLEMS,
TOO. 
          WE SAW THAT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. OH, GREAT. SO WE HAVE A RANGE HERE IN THE,
IN THE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE ALREADY VOTED. SO JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS RANGE,
WE HAVE A FEW THAT CAME IN AT THE 1% WE HAVE. I MEAN, IT DOES RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 3.5. 
          AND OUR MOST COMPETITIVE, LIKE NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS APPEAR TO BE AROUND 1 OR 2%. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY. THAT'S LAST YEAR. THE TO THE LAST COLUMN IS NOT. 
          IT'S TO BE DETERMINED. 
          I DID HEAR FROM A FRIEND WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE HUDDLE BOARD. 
          HUDDLE IS NOT ON THIS LIST. AND WE PROBABLY DON'T COMPETE FOR THEIR PEOPLE. 
          BUT THEY GAVE THEY VOTED A 1%. KELLY, IS THAT IT? THANK YOU. KELLY. I JUST WANTED DIANE. YEAH. I'M REMINDED BY A COMMENT THAT JAMES MADE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO. MAYBE IT WAS JUST THE LAST ONE ABOUT HOW
TEACHERS ALSO THINK ABOUT OTHER PARTS OF THEIR COMPENSATION PACKAGE, AND I WAS ACTUALLY JUST TALKING TO A TEACHER WHO HAS RECENTLY LEFT THE DISTRICT BECAUSE
SHE MOVED, AND SHE WAS SAYING THAT ONE OF THE REASONS SHE CHOSE EANES OVER LAKE TRAVIS,
FOR EXAMPLE, WAS BECAUSE OF THE INSURANCE. YOU KNOW, THAT WE DO BETTER THAN OTHERS IN THAT SPACE. 
          SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE ARE NOT THE ONLY THINGS THAT
TEACHERS ARE CONSIDERING WHEN THEY COME. 
          BUT TO THE POINT, YOU KNOW, MATCHING. I'M, I DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE THE NUMBERS MATCH UP
TO, YOU KNOW, A FEW OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT JOHN TALKED ABOUT A JUST A MORALE KILLER IF WE
DO NOTHING FOR SOME. 
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SO I'M, I'M FINDING MYSELF LANDING IN THE 1.1 FOR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RANGE. 
          ENJOY IT. I WISH WE COULD DO MORE. I WISH I COULD VOTE TO DO MORE. 
          IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, ALREADY VOTED FOR A DEFICIT BUDGET,
AND IT'S JUST REALLY HARD TO DO THAT. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. 
          DO WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT MOTION? I WILL I WILL AMEND IT. I WOULD JUST LIKE CLARIFICATION AS TO WHAT YOU ARE FINDING THE WILL OF
THE BOARD TO BE JUST TO BEFORE I DO THAT. 
          OKAY. WELL, WHAT I, WHAT I HEAR IS THAT THERE'S A A SENSE THAT MOTION TWO AND MOTION THREE
SHOULD BE CONSISTENT. OKAY. SO I WILL AMEND MOTION NUMBER THREE. 
          WHERE TO SAY APPROVE SALARY INCREASES OF 1.1% ACROSS ALL EMPLOYEE CATEGORIES THAT ARE
CONSIDERED ADMINISTRATIVE OR OTHER BY DEFINITION OF HB TWO. OKAY, YOU HAVE A MOTION AND AMENDED MOTION BY KELLY, SECONDED BY JAMES. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. 
          THE AMENDED MOTION. I HAVE THREE. AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LAURIE. THANK YOU, CHRIS. 
          OUR NEXT DISCUSSION AGENDA ITEM IS COMMITTEE CHARTER UPDATES. 
          I'M GOING TO BEGIN AND THEN LET CHRIS TAKE WHAT I THINK WILL BE THE BULK OF YOUR
CONVERSATION. 
          IN RECENT TIME, THE BOARD HISTORICALLY HAS COMMISSIONED OR CHARTERED THREE COMMITTEES. 
          WE'VE HAD THE DEI ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE LONG RANGE FACILITIES PLANNING COMMITTEE,
AND THE BOND OVERSIGHT OR BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON THIS EVENING WILL BE THE CHARTER FOR ONE COMMITTEE. 
          AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE DEI ADVISORY COMMITTEE,
WHICH HAS BEEN CHARTERED BY THE BOARD, MUST BE SUNSET IN COMPLIANCE WITH SENATE BILL 12, WHICH WAS RECENTLY PASSED. THAT LEGISLATION PROHIBITS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM IMPLEMENTING OR
PROMOTING POLICIES OR CURRICULA THAT FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. SO INSTEAD OF THAT COMMITTEE CONTINUING ACCORDING TO ITS PREVIOUS
CHARTER, THAT WOULD BE A REFORMED ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE A BOARD CHARTER
AND WILL REDIRECT ITS FOCUS TO STUDENT BELONGING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          SO THAT IS ONE CHARTER THAT WE BELIEVE WOULD SUNSET. 
          THEN OF COURSE, YOU HAVE THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE. THAT COMMITTEE
PRESENTED ITS WORK TO THE BOARD ON MAY THE 20TH, AND NOW THE PLAN IS FOR THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE AND ITS CHARTER TO ALSO
BE RETIRED BY MERGING SELECT MEMBERS OF THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE WITH A BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THAT LEAVES US WITH ONE COMMITTEE,
AND THAT'S THE CHARTER THAT CHRIS SCOTT IS PREPARED TO REVIEW WITH YOU THIS EVENING, THE BOARD RECEIVED A REDLINE VERSION OF THAT CHARTER WITH THE RECOMMENDED
CHANGES. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE ONLY COMMITTEE CHARTER THEN THAT WE WOULD FOCUS ON IN THIS EVENING'S
CONVERSATION AND THE ACTION THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER FOR TONIGHT. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'LL LET CHRIS KIND OF WALK THROUGH WHAT ARE THE KIND OF SURFACE LEVEL EDITS
TO THE THE CHARTER, AS YOU HAVE KNOWN IT? BECAUSE THERE ARE A FEW WITH THE MERGER OF THE LONG RANGE FACILITY
PLANNING COMMITTEE INTO THOSE EFFORTS BEGINNING THIS NEXT FALL. 
          CHRIS, I DON'T HAVE THAT RED LINE IN FRONT OF ME. 
          BUT SINCE I CREATED IT, I CAN PROBABLY REMEMBER WHAT IT SAID. 
          THE WAY THE BOC CHARTER WAS PREVIOUSLY WRITTEN IT GAVE THE BOARD THE AUTHORITY TO ASSIGN
TO THE BOC THE TASK OF EVALUATING NEW PROJECTS FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE BOND. 
          IT DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY CALL THAT A BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE,
ALTHOUGH INFORMALLY, THAT'S WHAT WE CALLED THEM WHEN THEY WERE SERVING IN THAT CAPACITY. THE RED LINE JUST MAKES THAT EXPLICIT THAT THAT'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. 
          IT ALSO PREVIOUSLY IN THE BOC CHARTER, IT GAVE THE BOARD THE ABILITY TO APPOINT ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS AS IT SEES FIT WHO, WHO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OR SKILLS THAT, THAT THEY DEEM WOULD BE IMPORTANT. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS JUST CALLS THAT OUT AGAIN. MAKING IT EXPLICIT THAT THAT THAT CAN BE FOR
THE BACK AND THAT WHEN THE BOC 
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IS SERVING AS A BACK THE BOARD CAN, IF THEY SO CHOOSE A POINT A NEW OR DIFFERENT
CHAIRPERSON. 
          SO IN THE CASE OF THE MERGING OF THESE, BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF A UNIQUE SITUATION WITH
THE, THE MEMBERS OF THE PC JOINING OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANT KNOWLEDGE OF,
OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          IF THE BOARD CHOSE TO MAKE ONE OF THOSE NEW MEMBERS THE CHAIR DURING DURING THE TIME OF
SERVING AS A BACK THAT SPECIFICALLY GRANTS YOU THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. CHRIS. I GUESS BEFORE WE HAVE QUESTIONS,
I ASK FOR A MOTION ON THIS AND THEN DISCUSSION. A MOTION BY KELLY. I MOVE THAT THE EANES ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT AN UPDATED CHARTER THAT WILL
CONVERT THE CURRENT BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE INTO A 2025-26 BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I HAVE A MOTION BY KELLY. 
          DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY DIANE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS? JAMES I THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD HAS TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. 
          IN. WHERE IS THIS LOCATED? A NUMBER THREE MEMBERSHIP AND STRUCTURE. 
          LETTER I RESIGNATIONS ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE. IT SAYS ITEM C THERE. 
          THAT'S A LOT OF LETTERS AND NUMBERS, BUT IT SAYS A MEMBER BECOMES INELIGIBLE TO SERVE IF
AND THERE ARE TWO OTHER THINGS, AND THEN C MISSES 50% OR MORE OF BOC MEETINGS IN A CALENDAR YEAR. 
          AND THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ON THE BOARD BEFORE ABOUT ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE
BOARDS, FOR THESE COMMITTEES, AND NOT NOT AS A PUNISHMENT OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN TO SAY THERE ARE
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO FILL OUT APPLICATIONS TO SERVE ON THESE COMMITTEES, AND IT JUST SEEMS WRONG THAT WE ALLOW SOMEONE'S NAME TO CONTINUE TO BE PUBLISHED AS A
MEMBER OF THAT COMMITTEE IF THEY'RE NOT ATTENDING AND HELPING, AND DON'T RESIGN FROM THE COMMITTEE WHEN THEY'RE UNAVAILABLE. 
          AND I'M JUST WONDERING, AND I'M JUST OPENING,
I GUESS THIS IS REALLY A QUESTION FOR BOARD MEMBERS WHO BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE. 
          IS, IS THIS LETTER C IS THAT SUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS THAT? AND CHRIS, WHAT IS THE PROCESS. DO YOU NOW SIT AT THE END OF A CALENDAR YEAR AND GO AND
LOOK AT ATTENDANCE SHEETS? I'M GUESSING THE REALITY THAT IT WE. WE CAN DO THAT. 
          WE TYPICALLY DON'T. HISTORICALLY, WE'VE HAD VERY HIGH ATTENDANCE. 
          IT'S IT'S UNUSUAL FOR SOMEONE NOT TO BE AT THE MAJORITY OF THE MEETINGS. 
          YEAH. I THINK IT'S JUST BEEN FRUSTRATING FOR US WHO HAVE APPOINTED THESE PEOPLE THAT WHEN
THEY BUT THEY DON'T SHOW UP, WE WE NEED TO GO TO THE NEXT CANDIDATE. WE NEED TO FIND THE PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY WHO'S
WILLING AND AVAILABLE TO SERVE. AND I, I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THIS MEETS THAT. 
          I GUESS I'M ASKING THE BOARD. ARE WE HAPPY WITH THIS? IS THERE SOME OTHER LANGUAGE THAT THAT WE'D RATHER PUT HERE? OKAY, SO I HAVE AFTER JAMES, AND I KNOW YOU'RE ASKING THE BOARD,
BUT WE'VE GOT AN ORDER HERE. 
          WE HAVE JOHN, AND THEN WE HAVE DIANE, AND THEN WE HAVE KELLY. 
          JOHN. I'M SORRY, CAN I OH, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE THE MOTION WAS TO CREATE A BACK UP. 
          I THINK YOU MIGHT ALSO NEED LANGUAGE TO ADOPT THE THE AMENDMENTS TO TO THE CHARTER. 
          DID DID I HEAR THAT? OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. CHRIS. 
          JOHN, DID YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I DID, YES, THANK YOU. I MEAN, JAMES, I'LL START WITH YOURS. 
          I MEAN, I ABSOLUTELY HEAR WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. 
          I THINK I'M OKAY WITH IT AS IT AS IT STATES,
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT IT HASN'T BEEN A PROBLEM IN THE PAST. 
          BUT BUT I HEAR WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. AND IF IT BECOMES A PROBLEM IN THE PAST,
I MEAN, IT BECOMES A PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE, I'D BE ALL FOR CHANGING IT,
BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE OKAY. 
          NOW, ON THAT POINT. PERSONALLY MY QUESTION AND THIS IS FOR CHRIS AND THE BOARD IS,
WELL HOW HAS IT WORKED IN THE PAST WHEN? SO FOR EXAMPLE,
THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE DID PHENOMENAL WORK. 
          THEY WORKED HARD FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. THEY CAME UP WITH GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS. 
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WE AS A BOARD HAVE NOT WRESTLED THROUGH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS YET. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVEN'T DECIDED YET WHEN WE WANT TO GO FOR A BOND. 
          IS IT IN MAY, IS IT NEXT NOVEMBER OR IS IT LATER? ALL IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS FOR US TO HAVE. AND SO,
CHRIS, HOW DOES IT WORK FOR A NEWLY FORMED BOC? LIKE, HOW MUCH OF THAT DO THEY NEED TO KNOW? DO THEY NEED TO KNOW THE WILL OF THE BOARD AS
FAR AS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE EANES ELEMENTARY,
WHICH WAS A RECOMMENDATION AND MERGE IT WITH CEDAR CREEK, LIKE, DO THEY NEED TO KNOW SPECIFICS LIKE THAT? IN, IN OUR VISION FOR TIMELINE OR IS PART OF OR WHEN FOLKS JOINED THE BOC,
DID THEY REALIZE THAT A LOT OF THAT HASN'T BEEN DETERMINED YET, AND THEY ACTUALLY BRING US INFORMATION AND HELP US MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. 
          HOW HAS IT WORKED IN THE PAST AND HOW HAVE YOU SEEN IT WORK BEST? I'LL TAKE THAT IN TWO PARTS. HOW IT'S WORKED IN THE PAST HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT,
BECAUSE ALL THE BACKS THAT I'VE BEEN A PART OF TO THIS POINT HAVE BEEN WHAT WE CALL MAINTENANCE AND EFFICIENCY BONDS, WHERE WE BRING FORWARD A BUNCH OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE
BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE DISTRICT THE BOARD AND TYPICALLY, WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME WAS WE HAD SOMEWHERE IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 150, $160 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS. WE OUR TAX RATE COULD SUPPORT A BOND UP TO 130 MILLION. 
          AND THAT'S THAT WAS THE DIRECTION THAT THE BOARD GAVE TO THE TO THE BACK WAS TO TAKE THOSE
$160 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS AND CUT IT DOWN TO 130 WHICH THEY DID. AND AND WE WOULD COME TO YOU EACH MONTH AND SAY,
THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. 
          AND THEN FINALLY THEY MADE A FINAL RECOMMENDATION. 
          AND THAT WAS WHAT THE BOARD CALLED AND WHAT WAS PASSED. 
          THIS ONE WILL BE DIFFERENT. THE LAST TIME WE WE BUILT THE SCHOOL WAS IN 1996. 
          AND SO YOU'VE SEEN THE, THE FPC RECOMMENDATION,
WHICH IS EXTENSIVE AND IF ADOPTED IN FULL, WOULD COMPLETELY CHANGE WHAT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES LOOK LIKE. 
          SO WHEN WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE PROCESSES LIKE WHAT WE GO THROUGH WENT THROUGH WITH THE 2023
BOND, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WORKED HARD FROM AUGUST THROUGH DECEMBER TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION IN
JANUARY IN ORDER TO TAKE THIS MASSIVE SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND NARROW IT DOWN TO A
RECOMMENDATION AND THAT PERIOD OF TIME, OR EVEN IN A YEAR, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU SAY. 
          I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE INCUMBENT ON THE BOARD TO BE VERY PRECISE IN WHAT IT IS THAT
THEY'RE ASKING THE BANK TO DO. 
          IF AND I'LL GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES. AND SO HISTORICALLY YOU KNOW,
YOU'VE GIVEN THEM A NUMBER. 
          THIS IS THE NUMBER WE WANT YOU TO HIT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD DO ON THIS ONE
AS WELL. 
          AND SO I CAN TALK TO YOU FURTHER ABOUT THAT. THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN DO. 
          IF YOU LEAVE YOUR, YOUR EANES TAX RATE AT $0.12,
IF YOU ARE WILLING TO INCREASE IT, YOU CAN DO MORE. 
          BUT I WOULD WANT YOU TO TELL THE BACK. WHAT IS THE NUMBER THEY'RE WORKING FOR? AND SO JUST LOOKING AT THE LRFPC RECOMMENDATIONS AND KNOWING WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE COST OF
BUILDING SCHOOLS. 
          THAT WHOLE PLAN CAN'T BE DONE AT $0.12. EVEN IF WE SAY,
LET'S DO IT OVER TEN YEARS. 
          AND SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE INCUMBENT ON YOU TO SAY WE THIS IS WHAT WE WANT YOU TO CUT
THIS TO. 
          THIS IS OUR PRIORITY. MAYBE YOUR PRIORITY IS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 
          IF YOU SAY OUR PRIORITY IS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND LEAVING OUR TAX RATE AT $0.12 I THINK
THE BACK CAN COME UP WITH THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT AND A LOT OF WORK. BUT THEY CAN DO IT. 
          IF YOU SAID OUR OUR PREFERENCE IS THAT YOU FIRST FOCUS ON THE HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND IT'S THE $0.12. AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY CAN DO. 
          OR WE'RE WILLING TO INCREASE THE EANES TAX RATE BY THIS AMOUNT. 
          THAT CAN COME UP WITH IT. BUT IF YOU JUST SAY THE LRFPC WHICH SPENT,
AS YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF YEARS DEVELOPING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AND YOU JUST ASK THEM, PLEASE EVALUATE THEM. I DON'T THINK YOU'LL END UP WITH A
RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU CAN ACT ON WHEN THE TIME COMES. 
          AND SO IF THE GOAL IS TO SAY, HERE IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS. 
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YOU KNOW, BASED ON YOUR RECOMMENDATION I THINK THEY CAN THEY CAN DO THAT. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK. BUT THE MORE OPEN ENDED THAT CHARGE IS,
THE LESS LIKELY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ACTIONABLE RECOMMENDATION. AND I COULD ECHO THAT. I WOULD SAY WE'RE NOT ASKING THE TRUSTEES TONIGHT
TO DEFINE THAT DIRECTION, BUT THAT WILL BE NEEDED VERY SOON. 
          IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, BY AUGUST, PROBABLY SEPTEMBER AT THE LATEST,
SO THAT WHEN THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE DOES BEGIN ITS WORK IN THE FALL, THEY KNOW ABSOLUTELY WITH CERTAINTY AND CLARITY WHAT THE BOARD'S DIRECTION IS FOR THEIR
WORK AS THEY GO INTO THIS PROCESS, AS CHRIS SAID. AND THANK YOU, DOCTOR ARNETT AND CHRIS,
THAT THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. IS THERE ANY REASON, CHRIS,
IN YOUR OPINION, TO WAIT TO FORM THE BOC UNTIL WE AS A BOARD ARE PREPARED TO GIVE THAT DIRECTION OR WHAT ARE YOUR
THOUGHTS ON THAT? I GUESS, AND I'LL ELABORATE. MY CONCERN IS IF IT TAKES US,
YOU KNOW, TWO, THREE, FOUR MONTHS TO, TO FIGURE OUT OUR DIRECTION TO GIVE THE BOC. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WISE TO JUST HAVE A
COMMITTEE SITTING IDLY BY WAITING. 
          AND AND I'M CURIOUS YOUR REACTIONS THERE. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON IT. 
          IF YOU WANT A RECOMMENDATION TO CALL AN ELECTION FOR MAY OF 2026,
YOU WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THAT CALL. 
          AT THE END OF JANUARY OR FIRST PART OF FEBRUARY OF 2026. 
          THE BACK WOULD NEED TO START WORKING AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE IN THE FALL,
LIKE, LIKE, OKAY, LIKE ARNETT SAID, AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER. AND SO SO YES, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A REALLY TIGHT TIME FRAME. 
          IF, ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU THINK THAT YOU WANT TO CALL IT AT A LATER TIME,
MAYBE IN NOVEMBER OR OF 20, 26 OR EVEN MAY OF 2027. THAT GIVES YOU MORE TIME,
NUMBER ONE, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS YOU WANT THEM TO DO, AND IT GIVES THE BACK MORE TIME TO ACTUALLY DO IT. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. CHRIS. SO THAT'S I MEAN, I GUESS THAT'S A QUESTION I'LL PUT TO THE BOARD
AS WE, AS WE GO AROUND. I MEAN, I AM I'M IN FAVOR OF MOVING TOWARDS A BOND. 
          LET ME BE CLEAR ON THAT. I ALSO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU WHEN YOU RALLY VOLUNTEERS. 
          IT'S AS CHRIS SAID, IT'S BEST TO GIVE CLEAR GUIDANCE ON WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO SO THAT
THEY CAN MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT. 
          AND SO IT DOES OCCUR TO ME THAT WE MIGHT BE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE,
AND IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE FOR US TO, AS A BOARD, COME UP WITH THAT CLEAR DIRECTION SO THAT WE CAN THEN ENTRUST THE BOC TO MOVE
ON IT. 
          AND CREATING A BOC. AND THEN THEY SIT AND WAIT FOR US TO GIVE THAT DIRECTION,
OR EVEN WORSE, START WORK WITHOUT THAT DIRECTION THAN WE GIVE IT TO THEM LATER. 
          AND THEN IT MADE SOME OF THEIR WORK UNNECESSARY. 
          THAT'S MY FEAR. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIKE KIM,
I KNOW YOU HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE WITH THE BOC. 
          I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO HEAR YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND BEING NEW TO THIS PROCESS. 
          I'M OPEN TO ADDITIONAL COUNSEL AND IDEAS ON IT. 
          BUT THAT THAT'S THE THE CONCERN I'M WRESTLING THROUGH. 
          AND I'LL PAUSE THERE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          JOHN. I HAVE DIANE, AND. THANK YOU. A LOT OF A LOT OF THINGS TO WRESTLE WITH HERE. TO THE QUESTION ABOUT ATTENDANCE THAT JAMES THREW OUT THERE. 
          I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT COMMITTEES IN GENERAL AND
ATTENDANCE. 
          AND I THINK IT'S GENERALLY BEEN GOOD FOR THE BOC. 
          I HAVEN'T SERVED ON A BOC OR A BAC. YOU KNOW,
THERE'S SOME OTHER COMMITTEES IN MIND WHEN POSING THAT QUESTION, SO, YOU KNOW, TO SEE AND HEAR THE 50%. I THINK IF WE JUST. 
          I'M OKAY WITH THAT. I THINK IT SITS WELL. I THINK IF WE HAVE LEADERS OF THESE COMMITTEES
WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR EXPECTATION IS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO BE DOING ROLL CALL OR WHATEVER,
BUT PEOPLE WILL GET A SENSE OF WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING AND THEY CAN ADDRESS THAT AS NEEDED. 
          SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WITH RESPECT TO THE BACK AND WHEN TO FORM
IT AND ALL THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT TIMELINES AND WHAT THE BACK IS DOING. 
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WE DON'T WANT IT JUST SITTING IDLE. I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION AND APOLOGIES IF THIS GOT
ANSWERED ALREADY, BUT IS IT TRUE? YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SHIFT OUR BOC INTO A BAC,
IT MEANS IT'S NO LONGER OPERATING AS A BOC. 
          AND THE WORK THAT THE BOC HAS BEEN DOING DOESN'T NEED TO BE DONE. 
          CAN SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THAT? SURE. WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. 
          AND SO WHEN THE BOC AND THE BAC ARE SERVING CONCURRENTLY,
WHAT WE'VE TYPICALLY DONE IS WHEN WE HAVE ACTION ITEMS THAT WE NEED THE BOC TO CONSIDER. 
          USUALLY WE WILL START OUR MEETINGS AT 6:00. AND SO IF WE WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS WE
WOULD CONVENE A BOC MEETING AT 5:30. 
          AND THOSE WHO ARE BAC MEMBERS, BUT NOT BOC MEMBERS,
WOULD NOT NEED TO COME UNTIL SIX. 
          WE DO AN ABBREVIATED MEETING FROM 530 TO 6. AND THEN WE ADJOURN THAT MEETING AND THEN
RECONVENE AS THE BACK AT 6:00. 
          SO WE DON'T WE MEET FEWER TIMES. BUT IF WE NEED TO MEET,
THAT'S THE WAY WE DO IT. 
          AND HOW LONG ARE THESE MEETINGS? TYPICALLY. WHEN WHEN WHEN IT'S SERVING AS THE BACK THEY
GO A LONG TIME. 
          SO IN 2023, I THINK THEY WENT USUALLY 6 TO 9, SOMETIMES A LITTLE LATER. WE MET WE WERE MEETING ONCE A MONTH FOR THAT. 
          CHRISTY AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT. WE SUSPECT THAT FOR THIS BAC,
WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO MEET AT LEAST TWICE A MONTH, MAYBE MORE. IF WE WANTED TO DO IT ALL IN ONE SEMESTER. 
          SO THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT BASED ON,
ON WHAT GUIDANCE YOU WANTED TO GIVE TO THE TO THE BAC. 
          AGAIN, YOU KNOW IF YOU END UP DECIDING THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO CALL FOR MAY OF 2026,
THEN THAT GIVES MORE TIME AND WE CAN HAVE MEETING THOSE MEETINGS SPREAD OVER A LONGER TIME AND MAYBE NOT AS DENSE AS THEY AS
THEY WOULD BE OTHERWISE. 
          THANK YOU. SO THIS MIGHT NOT BE A QUESTION FOR YOU,
CHRIS, BUT MAYBE YOU HAVE THOUGHTS. 
          IS THERE A BENEFIT TO HAVING PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED ON THE BOC,
SERVING ON THE BACK? IS THAT EXPERIENCE IMPORTANT FOR THE CONVERSATIONS THAT A BANK HAS. 
          I THINK IN THIS CASE IT WOULD BE, SO WE BASICALLY GOT TWO PARTS. 
          SO IF WE SERVE AS A BAC, THE ANY, ANY BOND PACKAGE WE DID WOULD,
WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TWO COMPONENTS. 
          IT WOULD HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION COMPONENT, AND THEN IT WOULD HAVE THE MAINTENANCE AND
EFFICIENCY COMPONENT THAT HAS THE, YOU KNOW, THE REGULAR REPLACING OF THE IPADS AND THE END OF LIFE THINGS THAT WE DO ON ALL
OF THOSE BONDS. 
          IT WOULD HAVE FEWER OF THEM IF WE'RE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE IF WE'RE REPLACING AN ENTIRE SCHOOL
BUILDING, THEN WE DON'T NEED TO REPLACE ITS ROOF. AND SO THERE WILL BE SOME MODIFICATION TO SOME OF
THAT. 
          AND SO WE'LL STILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE CURRENT BOARD
MEMBERS, BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE DO ON THOSE TYPES OF BONDS. 
          AS FAR AS LOOKING AT THE BACK AND LOOKING AT THE LRFPC RECOMMENDATIONS,
I STILL THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THOSE BOC MEMBERS ON THERE. 
          IF WE IF WE JUST BRING THE IF WE JUST LET THE MEMBERS LOOK AT IT NOW,
THEY BASICALLY DONE THE ENTIRE THING. 
          SO THEY'VE THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF SWEAT EQUITY IN THIS. 
          AND WHERE THEY'VE BEEN GOING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS LOOKING AT THIS,
I THINK IT'S WOULD BE NOT JUST IMPORTANT FOR YOU, BUT IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE SOME DIFFERENT EYEBALLS ON IT AS WELL. 
          WHO HAVEN'T BEEN A PART OF THE LRFPC, WHO ARE LOOKING AT IT FRESH AND CAN AND CAN MAKE
DECISIONS WITH A CLEAN SLATE. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW. AND,
YOU KNOW, I WONDER WE HEARD THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, I'VE BEEN TO ALL THOSE MEETINGS. 
          WE HEARD THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THEN THE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE COMMITTEE. THE HEAD OF
THE COMMITTEE SAY, IS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE ARE GETTING COMMUNITY INPUT. AND TO ME, AS A, YOU KNOW, SITTING HERE HAVING TO SAY WHETHER I WANT TO INCREASE THE TAX RATE
OR NOT, I FEEL LIKE I CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT MORE COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THIS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE DO ONE? YOU KNOW, INTERWEAVE THESE. AND IS THERE A WAY TO USE OUR BACK TO POTENTIALLY HELP US WITH
THAT GATHERING OF COMMUNITY INPUT? AND IF WE IF WE DO DECIDE THAT WE NEED TO STRETCH THIS PROCESS OUT A LITTLE BIT LONGER,
MAYBE THE INITIAL PROCESS IS MAYBE THAT MAYBE THEY CAN HELP US WITH THAT. 
          BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, TRUSTEES, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE OUT THERE YOU KNOW,
GATHERING ALL OF THAT OURSELVES. 
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SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT I'M PERSONALLY WRESTLING WITH IS,
IS THIS BAC IS GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, AS YOU'VE ALREADY SAID. AND MAYBE THE PROCESS THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH IS NECESSARILY
GOING TO INCLUDE A FEW ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT A BAC HASN'T DONE BEFORE. 
          SO I GUESS, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE JUST ASKING FOR MY OPINION IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT CALL A MAY
2026 ELECTION. 
          YOU NEED TO MAKE THE DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT THE RATE IS INCREASED,
IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          I DON'T THINK THERE'S ENOUGH TIME TO DO IT. BETWEEN AUGUST AND DECEMBER I THINK THAT'S
GOING TO BE A PROBABLY A COUPLE OF MONTH PROCESS JUST TO DECIDE IF WE WANT TO DO THAT. THEY PRESENT THE RECOMMENDATION TO YOU. 
          YOU DECIDE. YES, WE WANT TO DO THAT. AND THEN THAT LEAVES NOT ENOUGH TIME TO PUT TOGETHER
THE PACKAGE. 
          AND SO TO ME I SEE YOUR POINT ENTIRELY THAT. YES. 
          LET'S HAVE A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION. IF THAT'S THE CASE,
I THINK YOU'RE MAKING THE DECISION THAT TO TO PUSH THE, THE THE BOND ELECTION TO A LATER TIME. OKAY. THAT'S IT FOR MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. DIANE. I'M KELLY AND THEN CATHERINE,
AND I'LL HAVE SOME COMMENTS. 
          A NUMBER OF COMMENTS. SO I HAD I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT PART THREE. IN THE BEGINNING, IT WAS A NUMBER OF MEMBERS,
AND IT SAYS THE BOC WILL BE COMPRISED OF UP TO 15. 
          SHOULD WE DO WE NEED TO ADJUST THAT LANGUAGE OR TAKE THAT OUT OR ANYTHING,
SINCE IT HAS LIKE THIS NUMBER OF MEMBERS THAT MORE HAS TO DO WITH THE INITIAL COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE. A BOC TYPICALLY WILL SERVE 3 TO 4 YEARS. 
          AND SO WE EXPECT ATTRITION AS PEOPLE MOVE IN THERE AND THEIR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES CHANGE. 
          AND SO WE WE'VE ACTUALLY WE STARTED OUT AT 16 AND NOW WE'RE DOWN TO,
TO 12. 
          WE'VE LOST A COUPLE. AND THE THE TRIGGER FOR US IS IF THE NUMBER GETS DOWN TO NINE WE
WOULD COME TO YOU AND ASK YOU TO APPOINT NEW MEMBERS. UNLESS WE'RE, LIKE,
FOUR MONTHS FROM FINISHING OFF THE COMMITTEE ANYWAY. 
          AND SO I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO CHANGE THAT. 
          LONG STORY SHORT, I THINK I THINK THE THE STARTING AT 15,
ALLOWING SOME NATURAL ATTRITION THROUGH THE YEARS HAS BEEN WORKING FINE. 
          OKAY. I AGREE ON RECOMMENDING THAT THE ATTENDANCE CHANGE. 
          I KNOW AFTER SERVING ON THE TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE BOC,
VERY BRIEFLY IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE MEMBERS THERE. 
          I'M ON THE WESTLAKE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD. 
          WE HAVE A TWO MISSED MEETINGS. AND THEN YOU GET A NOTICE THIS WARNING OF ATTENDANCE. 
          AND THEN IF YOU HAVE A THIRD, YOU'RE EITHER REQUESTED TO RESIGN OR YOU'RE VOTED BACK IN BY
THE OTHER MEMBERS. 
          BUT I THINK IT JUST BECAUSE THESE ARE THESE ARE WE HAVE MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS FOR THESE
POSITIONS. 
          IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY ATTEND AND GIVE THEIR INPUT,
AND IT'S ACTUALLY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY AS THEY SIGN A CONTRACT SAYING THEY ARE REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF EANES ISD
CITIZENS, STUDENTS, CAMPUSES AND TAXPAYERS. THEY SHOULD BE GETTING INPUT FROM PEOPLE AND BRINGING IT
BACK. 
          SO I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A STRICTER ATTENDANCE POLICY. 
          DIANE, I REALLY LOVED YOUR COMMENTS. I THINK WE REALLY LEANING INTO THE IMPORTANCE OF
THESE BOARD MEMBERS MORE AND THEM TOUCHING THE COMMUNITY AND BEING THOSE AS REPRESENTATIVES AND REMINDING THEM OF THAT. YEAH. 
          THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST THAT GREAT ASSET TO US. 
          AND IN ADDITION TO HOW WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE THIS WHOLE EXTRA GROUP
THAT DOES IT IS SO KEY. 
          AND THEN, JOHN, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION THAT YOU POSED TO US BEING ON HAVING BEEN ON THE
TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE BOC WE DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE MONTH. AND SO I THINK GETTING A STRONGER COMMITMENT FROM THE NEXT GROUP WOULD BE REALLY
IMPORTANT, INCLUDING THIS ATTENDANCE AND OUR ALSO OUR INITIAL MEETINGS WHERE THEY ALREADY KIND OF
HAVE THIS MOMENTUM STARTED FROM THESE TWO DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. OUR INITIAL MEETINGS, WE JUST KIND OF GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. WE GO
AROUND THE ROOM, WE TALK WE BREAK OUT IN SMALL GROUPS AND WE DISCUSS 
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YOU KNOW, WHO LIKE OUR BACKGROUND AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          THAT REALLY HELPS US UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER AND LEAN ON EACH OTHER WHEN WE ARE HAVING THESE
DEEP CONVERSATIONS. 
          SO I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO PUT OFF JOINING THESE GROUPS TOGETHER WHERE THEY CAN AT LEAST
GET STARTED WITH THAT FAMILIARITY. 
          AND ONCE AGAIN, AS DIANE SAID, JUST LEANING IN TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS GROUP AND THE
WORK THAT THEY DO. 
          AND I'M JUST REALLY I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO DEEPLY COMMITTED
COMMITTEES WORKING TOGETHER FOR, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTING ALL OF US. I WILL SAY THAT HOLLY AND CRAIG DID COME AND GIVE THE
PRESENTATION THAT THEY GAVE TO YOU TO THE BOC COMMITTEE A WEEK OR SO AGO. AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BOC WERE VERY EXCITED AND ASKED A LOT OF REALLY
EXCELLENT QUESTIONS. 
          AND I AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE READY TO GO WHENEVER YOU GIVE THEM A THE CHARGE. 
          I HAD A PERSON FROM THE COMPANY THAT REACHED OUT TO ME AND SAID THAT HOW GREAT IT WAS,
AND THE QUESTIONS WERE SO GOOD. 
          AND I SAID, LIKE, IF YOU TOOK A VOTE RIGHT NOW,
HOW DO YOU THINK THE GROUP WOULD VOTE ON PUTTING A BOND FORWARD? AND SHE SAID, PROBABLY 5050. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS AMAZING BECAUSE THERE'S STILL SO MANY
QUESTIONS OUT THERE. 
          THERE'S STILL SO MUCH TO LEARN AND THERE'S SO MUCH THERE'S SOME GREAT WORK TO BE DONE. 
          AND SO I JUST YEAH, I'M JUST VERY IMPRESSED WITH THIS. 
          THE GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT TOGETHER AND THE WORK THEY'RE DOING. 
          THANK YOU, KELLY. CATHERINE. THANK YOU. I'LL MOVE THIS CLOSER. 
          THE, I REALIZE THAT THE POINT OF THIS IS TO SAY THAT WE ARE CHANGING THE VERBIAGE HERE TO
INCLUDE THE BAC LANGUAGE, WHICH WAS NOT HERE BEFORE, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE
PROPOSING MIGHT GET ADDED TO THIS CHARTER. 
          THAT'S NOT HERE PRESENTLY, UNLESS I'M MISTAKEN. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE APPROVING THIS PENDING THESE OTHER CHANGES. 
          IN WHICH CASE I'D LIKE TO MAYBE PROPOSE A FEW MORE OR JUST MY THOUGHTS HERE. 
          OKAY, SO I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY REASONABLE TO SAY,
HEY, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME CHANGE IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE OR WHATEVER YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND
WHEN YOU INITIALLY PLAN TO. 
          SO WE'D ASK THAT YOU STEP DOWN AND WE CAN FIND ANOTHER ACTIVE COMMUNITY MEMBER TO ATTEND. 
          BUT WHAT I NOTICED HERE, AND I KNOW IN MANY OF OUR COMMITTEES,
THERE'S NOT AN ABILITY TO ATTEND REMOTELY. 
          AND SO I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE THAT ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS IS ATTENDING REMOTELY TONIGHT. 
          I THINK THIS IS I MEAN, 2025, WE'RE IN A POST-COVID ENVIRONMENT. 
          A LOT OF US HAVE THE OPTION IN OUR WORKING ENVIRONMENT TO WORK REMOTELY WHEN NECESSARY. 
          AND IT WOULD SEEM LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO INSTILL AN ATTENDANCE MANDATE,
THAT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT PERHAPS WE ALLOW A PROVISION FOR A COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO ATTEND REMOTELY AS WELL. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE JUST MY FIRST REQUEST OR REQUESTED CHANGE. 
          AND THE OTHER ONE IS I ALSO KNOW THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO TEXAS OPEN
MEETINGS ACT, SO THEY'RE NOT UNDER THE SAME AUSPICES THAT WE ARE. 
          BUT I WOULD SAY I THINK PEOPLE WATCH OUR BOARD MEETINGS. 
          IT'S EASY BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHEN THEY'RE HAPPENING A BOC OR A BAC OR THE LRFPC MEETINGS
WERE RECORDED. 
          THEY WEREN'T TELEVISED. WHEN THEY'RE HAPPENING,
THEY ARE OPEN SO PEOPLE CAN COME AND ATTEND, BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO WATCH AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE RECORDING,
BUT IT IS QUITE SOMETHING TO LISTEN TO A 2 OR 3 HOUR MEETING WHEN THERE'S NO VISUALS TO GO ALONG WITH IT VERSUS HAVING EITHER A RECORDED MEETING THAT INCLUDES THE
PRESENTATIONS THAT ARE BEING SHARED OR A TELEVISED MEETING LIKE WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW, WHERE PEOPLE CAN WATCH THE MEMBERS AND HOW THEY INTERACT AND HOW
THEY'RE RESPONDING PHYSICALLY AND VERBALLY TO WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED. AND I THINK BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE BONDS OVER
THE NEXT FEW YEARS WILL BE LIKE NOTHING WE'VE EVER DONE BEFORE. 
          AND I SAID BEFORE THAT WE NEED TO RETHINK HOW WE DO OUR BACK AND OUR BACK. 
          THIS IS THE TYPE OF THING THAT I'M THINKING WE TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO IF
THEY WANT TO WATCH WHAT'S GOING ON IN THESE CONVERSATIONS, IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO WATCH ALONG AT HOME OR HAVING INSTEAD OF A RECORDED MEETINGS,
VIDEOED MEETINGS. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE MY TWO SUGGESTIONS FOR THE CHARTER. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW HARD THAT IS. AS AS A TECH GUY. 
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I AGREE WITH YOU. YEAH. LET'S DO THAT. BUT I WOULD OBVIOUSLY NEED TO TALK TO OUR IT
DEPARTMENT TO SEE WHAT GOES INTO THAT, BUT I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY DOABLE IN SOME FORM. 
          THANK YOU, CATHERINE. DIANE, YOU HAD ANOTHER QUESTION? WELL, I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND TO THAT. I WOULD VERY MUCH SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE CAN
HAVE A HYBRID OPTION TO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS. 
          WE TALK ABOUT HOW WELL THE FPC COMMITTEE OPERATED,
BUT I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT A LOT OF THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAD TO MISS VARIOUS TIMES. 
          WE HAD ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO WERE ABLE TO ATTEND. WE BROKE INTO SUBCOMMITTEES. YOU KNOW,
I SUSPECT THAT MOST PEOPLE HAD OVER 50% ATTENDANCE, BUT THERE ARE PROBABLY A FAIR NUMBER OF THEM WHO WOULD HAVE JOINED IN REMOTELY IF THEY
COULD HAVE. 
          SO IF WE HAVE A WAY OF DOING THAT, I WOULD HIGHLY SUPPORT IT. 
          I DO KNOW THERE'S A COST THOUGH, SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO CONSIDER. THERE'S
A COST TO VIDEOING THESE MEETINGS FOR EXAMPLE. 
          BUT THERE'S BENEFITS. SO IT'S ANOTHER BUDGET ISSUE. 
          WE MIGHT WANT TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE BENEFITS AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          SO THAT WAS MY ONLY THOUGHT THAT I WANT TO SHARE. 
          THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? TRUSTEES I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. 
          YOU KNOW, HAVING SERVED AND WE'VE GOT THREE TRUSTEES THAT HAVE SERVED ON BOX IN THE PAST. 
          I DO LIKE THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES. I THINK THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE TABLE OF CREATING THIS
UNIQUE BOC TO BAC COMBINED LFR. COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT THE GREAT WORK BOTH AT THE BAC IS DONE BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A MAINTENANCE PORTION OF ANY BOND IN IN THE
FUTURE, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE TRANSFORMATIVE WORK THAT'S GONE FORWARD IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          TO TO SOMEONE'S QUESTION, YOU KNOW, THERE IS THE ABILITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT OUR BOC
MEETINGS, IN FACT, BACK IN 2019, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT THAT BOND WAS CHANGED TO ADD EVEN MORE TO IT BECAUSE OF PUBLIC INPUT. SO THERE IS ALWAYS THE ABILITY FOR PUBLIC
INPUT. 
          I SO I AS THE, AS THE MOTION WAS PRESENTED, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS. 
          I THINK THAT THIS IS IN LINE WITH WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO. 
          TO THE, I GUESS, SOME QUESTIONS AROUND HOW WE'RE GOING TO FORMAT IT AND WHAT THE BOARD IS
GOING TO DIRECT THIS COMMITTEE TO DO. 
          I THINK THAT WE DON'T NEED TO DECIDE. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT HERE IN ON OUR AGENDA. 
          WE DON'T NEED TO DECIDE THAT. I THINK THAT THAT CAN BE DECIDED SOON IN AUGUST. 
          AND WE CAN. AS TRUSTEES, WE CAN REFLECT ON THAT. 
          BUT THAT THAT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE IN MY MIND AS TO THE QUESTIONS OR THE,
THE THE SUGGESTIONS ON ATTENDANCE AND AND VIDEO ATTENDANCE. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT HAVING SERVED ON THOSE COMMITTEES,
YOU KNOW, AND, AND IN MY PERSONAL LIFE, ATTENDING VIDEO MEETINGS,
YOU KNOW, THAT IS TODAY'S WORLD. 
          SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE AMENDMENTS. 
          I DON'T HAVE THE ANY PROBLEM. AS SUGGESTED, I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY HERE
TO LOOK AT THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND CONTINUE THAT WORK. 
          AND THERE MAY BE SOME SOME QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS ON WHEN THE BOND MAY BE CALLED AND
WHAT THE BOND IS IS CONSIST OF. BUT BUT TO ME, THAT'S NOT WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA RIGHT NOW. 
          I THINK THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OR AND THE MOTION ON THE TABLE IS WOULD BE SOMETHING
I CAN SUPPORT. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, JOHN? OKAY. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER AND WE HAVE A MOTION BY KELLY,
SECONDED BY DIANE WITH AMENDMENTS. KIM, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. 
          CHRISTY AND I ARE TALKING ABOUT TO CLARIFY, ARE YOU ALL TALKING ABOUT ALLOWING FOR
COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO ZOOM IN AND PARTICIPATE REMOTELY, OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ALLOWING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO
WATCH A LIVE STREAM. 
          WELL, I. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I MEAN, I, I DIDN'T MAKE THE THE ZOOM. 
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I, I WOULD THINK WHAT I HEARD WAS COMMITTEE MEMBERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE
REMOTELY. 
          I, I THINK AS DIANE SAID, AND AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL NIGHT,
THERE'S COST INVOLVED WITH PUTTING TOGETHER SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR ALL OF OUR COMMITTEES, AND I WOULDN'T BE IN FAVOR OF THAT. 
          BUT IF THERE WAS AN AUDIO RECORDING IN SOME WAY I WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO THAT. 
          CATHERINE, IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE ASKING FOR? WELL,
IT WAS ACTUALLY BOTH THE TWO THINGS. 
          THAT FIRST PIECE IS THAT THERE WOULD BE A ZOOM OPTION FOR PARTICIPANTS WHO COULDN'T MAKE
IT IN PERSON, PHYSICALLY AT THE LOCATION, AND THE SECOND WAS TO HAVE A RECORDED VIDEO SESSION. 
          IF YOU'RE I KNOW THIS ISN'T ZOOM TECHNOLOGY,
BUT I ASSUME IT'S A DE MINIMIS FEE TO RECORD THESE THINGS. 
          BUT YOU ALL KNOW BETTER THAN I DO. I'LL DEFER TO CHRISTY BECAUSE I THINK THE CONCERN IS
THIS IS NOT. 
          THERE. IT'S IT'S A TWO FOLD KIND OF QUESTION. 
          TO ALLOW THE PARTICIPANTS OR THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY IS ONE THING. 
          SO WE HAVE A COMPUTER, WE SET IT UP MUCH LIKE JOHN'S DOING RIGHT NOW. 
          AND THEY CAN INTERACT WITH THE GROUP. IF WE'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO RECORD,
STREAM OR POST THAT INFORMATION REGARDLESS IF A MEMBER IS REMOTE OR NOT. 
          THAT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT SETUP, AND WE WOULD PROBABLY WANT CLARIFICATION ON WHICH
COMMITTEES YOU WANT THAT RECORDED, STREAMED AND POSTED. TO KIND OF HELP US WITH THE SETUP AND THE WORK TIME FOR GETTING THAT
VIDEO EDITING, ADDING CAPTIONING TYING THE DEMONSTRATION OR THE PRESENTATION WITH THE VIDEO. 
          SO WE WOULD JUST NEED SOME LEEWAY OR SOME OPTIONS OR SOME GUIDANCE ON WHICH COMMITTEES YOU
WANT TO SEE THIS HAPPEN. THANK YOU. CHRISTY. WE HAVE A COMMENT BY JAMES. 
          I DON'T THINK WE HAVE EXACT WORDING FOR THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS,
BUT PERHAPS WHAT WE DO IS PASS THE MOTION AS IT WAS MADE WITH A REQUEST TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO LOOK AT POSSIBLE WAYS TO PROVIDE DIAL IN TO RECORD,
IF POSSIBLE. 
          I KNOW THAT OUR OUR NEW BOARD MEETING ROOM IS SET UP WITH CAMERAS,
AND THERE MAY BE A WAY TO TRANSITION THAT INTO SOME SORT OF YOUTUBE BROADCAST OR EVEN A RECORDING THAT GETS UPLOADED TO YOUTUBE. PERHAPS I'M JUST. 
          BUT I THINK THAT AT THIS TIME, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE EXACT WORDING,
AND UNLESS WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE THE ADMINISTRATION TO DO THESE THINGS THAT THE, THE THE MOTION GO FORWARD WITH THE WORDING AS PRESENTED WITH A REQUEST THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION PLEASE LOOK AT WAYS TO DO THIS AND COME BACK TO US IF THERE ARE ATTENDANCE CHALLENGES THAT WE MAY WANT TO ADDRESS WITH ADDITIONAL WORDING. 
          BUT BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOT THE WORDING FOR AN AMENDMENT. 
          I THINK THE REMOTE PARTICIPATION LIKE CHRISTY SAID,
WILL BE EASY. 
          AND I DON'T BELIEVE YOU PROBABLY EVEN NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE. 
          WE CAN JUST DO THAT. THE I THINK CHRISTY HAS,
I THINK THE BIG THE BIG ISSUE ON STREAMING OR RECORDING THE PRESENTATION FOR PEOPLE TO REVIEW LATER IS GOING TO BE THE,
THE SINKING OF THE, THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION WITH WITH THE RECORDING. 
          AND THAT MIGHT BE HARDER. SO WE CAN WORK ON THAT. 
          THAT WOULD BE FINE. I'D LIKE CHANGE THIS, BUT SUGGESTION. 
          THAT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY KELLY AND A SECOND BY DIANE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. 
          OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS CONSIDERATION TO JOIN THE SOCIAL MEDIA LITIGATION. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PARTICIPATE IN MULTIDISTRICT
LITIGATION INVOLVING YOUTH, SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE AND RELATED LITIGATION AND ENTER INTO A CONTINGENCY FEE CONTRACT WITH
EILAND AND BONNIN, PC AND O'HANLON, DEMERATH AND CASTILLO PC TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT. 
          DO I HAVE A SECOND? THAT WASN'T THE MOTION THAT I SAW. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT IN MY. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION BY JAMES AND A SECOND BY KELLY. 
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IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD THAT THE BECAUSE THIS IS A LEGAL MATTER,
THE BOARD DISCUSSED THIS IN A PREVIOUS CLOSED SESSION, AND WE HAD A ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS. 
          SO THAT MAY BE WHY YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW,
BECAUSE WE'VE HAD OUR CONVERSATIONS AROUND THESE LEGAL MATTERS IN CLOSED SESSIONS. 
          THANK YOU JAMES. I'LL ALSO ADD THAT THIS IS LITIGATION THAT IS NATIONWIDE. 
          AND IT IS WITH THE HOPE TO BENEFIT OUR CHILDREN. 
          SO I HAVE A MOTION BY JAMES. SECOND BY KELLY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. THE MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. 
          THANK YOU. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS SECOND READING AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF BOARD POLICY. 
          CW LOCAL NAMING RIGHTS POLICY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BY KELLY. ACTUALLY, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO WING IT BECAUSE IT IS A SECOND READING. YES. OKAY. YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO THE SECOND READING OF THE POLICY UPDATE,
CW LOCAL NAMING RIGHTS. 
          SURE. BUT IT SAYS NO FORMAL ACTION IS TAKEN AT THIS MEETING. 
          YEAH, THAT WAS JUST AN ADMINISTRATIVE MISTAKE. 
          OKAY I MOVE THAT THE BOARD WILL HEAR THE SECOND READING OF THE. 
          NAMING RIGHTS POLICY. I'M CONFUSED. 
          IT'S SO IT'S A AND I APOLOGIZE FOR IT. A MOTION TO APPROVE CW LOCAL AS REVISED. WHAT? ALL THE RED LINES ARE WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME,
AND THEN I HIGHLIGHTED IN TEAL REVISIONS I GOT FROM TRUSTEES AFTER THE FIRST READING. 
          SO I MOVE TO APPROVE THE POLICY UPDATES TO THE CW LOCAL,
INCLUDING THE CHANGES MADE AFTER THE FIRST READING THAT ARE NOW HIGHLIGHTED. 
          I HAVE A MOTION BY KELLY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY DIANE. ANY DISCUSSION? WE HAD ROBUST DISCUSSION LAST TIME. 
          DIANE. AND THEN JOHN. OKAY. SO I'VE. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS POLICY. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS EXCEPT TO SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT A
LITTLE TWEAK IN SOME WORDING JUST IN CONVERSATION WITH SOME OTHERS TO CLARIFY THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE EANES EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND THE
EANES ENDOWMENT. 
          BECAUSE THE EANES ENDOWMENT IS A SEPARATE 501 C3 WITH A SEPARATE BOARD AND A SEPARATE
MISSION, AND IT WOULD JUST BE A LITTLE BIT CLEANER. SO IF WE COULD THAT WAS IN CONVERSATION WITH
PEOPLE WITH THE F. 
          SO JUST IF WE. SO ONE OF THE EDITS THAT YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT IS ANY REFERENCE. 
          THERE'S NO REFERENCE TO ANY BOARD. IT'S EANES ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES THROUGHOUT WHENEVER
I'M REFERRING TO EANES ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
          SO IS THAT. NO, THIS IS ABOUT THE EANES EDUCATION FOUND AT EEF SO IF YOU LOOK AT SO ON
PAGE, I GUESS I NEED SOMETHING SPECIFIC. PAGE THREE. 
          YEAH. FOR EXAMPLE, PAGE THREE WHERE IT SAYS THE EANES EDUCATION FOUNDATION,
THE FOUNDATION TO ACCEPT GIFTS. 
          I THINK THE REQUEST AND IT'S NOT ORIGINATING FROM ME WAS JUST TO MAKE IT EVEN CLEANER,
YOU KNOW, TO SPECIFY EANES EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND EANES ENDOWMENT,
BECAUSE THE ENDOWMENT IS A SEPARATE 501C3 THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE ACCEPTING YOU KNOW, DONATIONS FOR NAMING RIGHTS. 
          SO IT WAS. SORRY. I THINK THIS IS KIND OF COMING IN AT THE 11TH HOUR. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO YOU KNOW,
MAKE THAT CHANGE, BUT MAYBE, MAYBE A POSSIBILITY IS TO ADOPT THIS WITH 
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THE THE WE DID ADD WE DID ADD THAT SENTENCE AT THE END THAT'S UNDERLINED WHERE IT SAYS THE FOUNDATION SHALL REFER TO AND SHALL INCLUDE ITS SUBSIDIARIES,
INCLUDING THE FOUNDATION'S ENDOWMENT, SO THAT WHEN IT SAYS THE FOUNDATION, IT REFERS TO NOT ONLY THE EANES EDUCATION FOUNDATION, BUT ALSO THE SUBSIDIARY OF THE ENDOWMENT. I THINK THE POINT IS A SUBSIDIARY IS A
STANDALONE ENTITY. 
          AND JOHN, MAYBE. MAYBE YOU CAN SPEAK. I MEAN,
I ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO MAKE A SIMILAR COMMENT, DIANE. SO, I MEAN, AND I DO THINK THAT IS WORTH CLARIFYING,
THAT THE ENDOWMENT IS NOT A SUBSIDIARY. 
          AND SO I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD REFER TO IT THAT WAY BECAUSE IT HAS ITS OWN STANDALONE
BOARD. 
          IT'S ITS OWN LEGAL ENTITY. IT IS IN NO WAY SUBSERVIENT TO EEF OR UNDER THE CONTROL OF EEF
LEGALLY SPEAKING. 
          AND SO MAYBE THAT'S ONE AUDREY. WE COULD. I MEAN,
AT MINIMUM, WE SHOULD REMOVE IT AND SAY THE FOUNDATION SHALL REFER TO IT BASICALLY IS SHALL REFER TO THE EANES EDUCATION FOUNDATION OR THE EANES EDUCATION
ENDOWMENT. 
          YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO IT THAT WAY. BECAUSE BECAUSE IT'S NOT A SUBSIDIARY. 
          WOULD THAT WORK? WELL, I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON IF YOU WANT TO. 
          SO WE DEFINE IN THAT SAME PARAGRAPH THE EANES EDUCATION FOUNDATION AS THE FOUNDATION. 
          SO IF YOU'RE WANTING TO HAVE THE FOUNDATION,
ALSO REFER TO THE FOUNDATION'S ENDOWMENT, WHICH DOESN'T MAKE SENSE GIVEN THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT'S A COMPLETELY SEPARATE ENTITY. 
          SO I GUESS SO THEN I WOULD AGREE WITH DIANE THAT WE HAVE TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE I DO. 
          I WOULD I WOULD SUPPORT THIS. I MEAN, IN DIANE,
IT I'M, I DON'T MEAN TO STEP ON YOUR TOES HERE. 
          SO I'M HAPPY TO YIELD THE TIME BACK I APOLOGIZE. 
          I WOULD I, I WOULD, I WOULD PREFER FOR THIS POLICY TO ALLOW FOR EITHER THE EANES EDUCATION
FOUNDATION OR THE ENDOWMENT TO ACCEPT DONATIONS AND THAT THEY DON'T ALL HAVE TO FUNNEL THROUGH THE FOUNDATION. 
          SO I DO THINK THE POLICY SHOULD SPECIFY THAT,
THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS WORKING WITH BOTH ORGANIZATIONS AND THAT EITHER MAY BRING FORWARD A NAMING RIGHTS POSSIBILITY FOR OUR CONSIDERATION,
AND WE, AS A BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MAY CHOOSE TO WORK WITH EITHER ONE TO MOVE FORWARD A DONATION AND A NAMING RIGHT. 
          IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING AS WELL, DIANE? EXACTLY WHAT I WAS SAYING. 
          THANK YOU FOR SAYING IT BETTER. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? KATHERINE? I CONCUR WITH DIANA. WITH JOHN ONLINE,
I CAN DEFINITELY SEE JUST STRIKING THE LESSONS THAT REFERS TO THE FOUNDATION AND ADDING A SECOND SIMPLE SENTENCE THAT JUST SAYS THAT EITHER OR THE
FOUNDATION OR THE ENDOWMENT. 
          KELLY. WE DID MAKE THIS ADJUSTMENT UNDER THE DIRECTION AND WITH THE INCLUSION OF THE EANES
EDUCATION FOUNDATION DIRECTOR AND BOARD PRESIDENT AT THE TIME WHO HAD RECOMMENDED THIS. 
          AS THE BOARD. ALTHOUGH THE FOUNDATION DOES HAVE ITS OWN SEPARATE. 
          INSTEAD OF BEING A 5013C, IT HAS ITS OWN SEPARATE NUMBER AND DESIGNATION. 
          IT DOES FALL UNDER AND IS DIRECTED BY THAT BOARD STILL. 
          SO. I MEAN, IT IS IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ENDOWMENT HAS ITS OWN BOARD AND IS NOT
DIRECTED BY THE F BOARD OF DIRECTORS. OKAY. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL. 
          I MEAN, THANK YOU. SO TO KELLY'S POINT, WE DID MEET WITH EEF ABOUT THIS. 
          AND THIS IS THEIR SUGGESTED LANGUAGE. SO I WONDER IF WE NEED TO HAVE A SEPARATE MEETING
BECAUSE I HATE CONVERSATION WITH EEF AS WELL MOST RECENTLY. 
          SO I IT'S NOT YOU KNOW. YEAH. CREATION. SO I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT
AND CLARIFY. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO PASS THE POLICY,
BUT THE CAVEAT THAT WE MIGHT TWEAK THAT LANGUAGE OR IF OR WHAT THE PROPER PROCEDURE IS HERE, OR DO WE PASS IT AND THEN COME BACK. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S F BOARD MEMBERS AND
I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE SPEAKING TO, BUT I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING TO THE HEAD OR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING EEF AND THIS IS THEIR
SUGGESTED LANGUAGE 
          [02:25:03]
I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO BE INCORRECT EITHER,
BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO TABLE A POLICY FOR NAMING RIGHTS IF THERE ARE POSSIBILITIES TO HAVE NAMING RIGHTS ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT. 
          I MEAN, THIS THIS PARAGRAPH IS SAYING THAT THE DISTRICT IS WORKING WITH F TO ACCEPT GIFTS. 
          JUST DO WE NEED TO GET SO TECHNICAL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          THE CREATION OF, YOU KNOW, EEF AND SEPARATE ENTITIES. 
          AND THAT'S I DON'T THINK THE SPIRIT OF NAMING RIGHTS IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT
GIFTS FOR NAMING RIGHTS FROM THE ENDOWMENT. I GUESS I'M WONDERING WHY WE'RE HAVING A REAL TECHNICAL
DISCUSSION WHEN THE SPIRIT OF NAMING RIGHTS IS THE DISTRICT HAS A PROCESS TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNER F
IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD IN GRANTING NAMING RIGHTS. IS ONE OPTION TO PASS IT AS IS AND THEN POTENTIALLY AMENDED AFTER ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS. 
          YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN AUGUST, JUST CLEAN IT UP A LITTLE BIT IF NECESSARY. OKAY. 
          CATHERINE HAD A COMMENT, AND I THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR AUDREY IN TERMS OF TECHNICALLY
PASSING. 
          OH, OF COURSE. I MEAN, WE WE'RE ABOUT TO DO THAT AND PRESUMABLY WITH THE STUDENT CODE OF
CONDUCT. 
          SO, YEAH, I MEAN, I JUST I DEFER TO THE BOARD. 
          HOW I, I DON'T KNOW THE INS AND OUTS OF EEF,
SO I DON'T I HESITATE TO GIVE MY OPINION AS TO HOW THIS SHOULD BE WRITTEN. 
          AND THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I, I HAVE CATHERINE AND THEN KELLY AND THEN WE PROBABLY NEED TO PASS
A POLICY. YEAH. JUST THINKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE FOUNDATION DOES AND THE
WAY IT'S STRUCTURED AND THE WAY FAMILIES WHO GIFT AND DONATE THAT GENERALLY, THAT FULL AMOUNT IS DONATED EACH YEAR,
OR THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY IS DONATED EACH YEAR TO THE SCHOOL, WHEREAS AN ENDOWMENT HAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FUNCTION,
RIGHT? IT'S TO RETAIN MONEY AND THEN CREATE SOME SORT OF ANNUITY AT A POINT WHEN IT'S
SUSTAINABLE. 
          AND SO RIGHT NOW, OUR ENDOWMENT IS SMALL IN COMPARISON TO THAT ANNUAL F DONATION,
BUT EVENTUALLY IT WON'T BE. AND SO I THINK THE CONCEPT OF SEPARATING THEM OUT FUTURE PROOFS THE POLICY FOR A LATER
STATE WHEN THE ENDOWMENT IS OF SIZE AND WHEN IT MATTERS. THANK YOU, KATHERINE KELLY. I ALSO AS AS TRYING TO DEFINE IT AS A SUBSIDIARY. THERE'S ALSO,
YOU KNOW, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DANA, IS ALSO OVER BOTH OF THESE AS A WHOLE AS IT FALLS UNDER THE F UMBRELLA. 
          SO AND THEN I ALSO AGREE WITH YOU THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US MOVE THIS FORWARD SO THAT WE
CAN START TO LOOK AT NAMING RIGHTS AS WE JUST LOOKED AT OUR BUDGET, AND WE KNOW WE NEED FUNDS, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS REVENUE IF WE HAVE
PERSONS WHO WOULD LIKE TO NAME SOMETHING AND GIVE US THAT GRANT. 
          SO YEAH. OKAY. 
          JOHN, I JUST AUDREY, CAN CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM AT THE AT THE MOMENT WITH THE WAY THE POLICY
IS WRITTEN NOW, IF IF SOMEONE APPROACHES THE ENDOWMENT, WHICH IS A SEPARATE ORGANIZATION AND WANTS TO WORK
WITH THE ENDOWMENT TO DO NAMING RIGHTS, AND THE ENDOWMENT WANTS TO BRING IT TO US AS THE,
YOU KNOW, MEANING IT'S NEVER GOING TO PASS THROUGH F, IT'S GOING TO PASS THROUGH THE ENDOWMENT. DOES THE AGREEMENT AS WRITTEN IN YOUR LEGAL
OPINION ALLOW FOR THAT? YES, BECAUSE THE FOUNDATION IS ALSO DEFINED AS THE FOUNDATION'S ENDOWMENT. 
          SO AS LONG AS AS LONG AS YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS CURRENTLY ALLOWS FOR MONEY TO FLOW THROUGH
EEF OR THROUGH THE ENDOWMENT. 
          THEN I BECAUSE I AGREE WITH THE SENTIMENT THAT WE NEED TO GET THIS OUT THERE NOW AND START
RAISING MONEY. 
          THEN I AM ALL FOR PASSING IT KNOWING THAT IT COULD FLOW THROUGH EITHER ENTITY. 
          AND THEN WE COULD WE CAN CLEAN IT UP AT A LATER DATE TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE EXPLICIT,
A LITTLE MORE CLEAR. 
          BUT AS LONG AS WE AS A BOARD ARE ALL AGREEING THAT THIS AGREEMENT. 
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AND OUR ATTORNEY HAS ADVISED THAT THIS AGREEMENT ALLOWS FOR BOTH,
THEN I'D SAY LET'S LET'S PASS IT AND CLEAN IT UP AFTERWARDS. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE. 
          I MADE THE MOTION. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION BY KELLY AND A SECOND BY DIANE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? THE MOTION. I. THE MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. 
          OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE SECOND READING AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE STUDENT CODE OF
CONDUCT. 
          WE HAVE A REDLINED VERSION BASED ON FIRST READINGS AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION. 
          AND MOST OF THESE ARE STATUTORY CHANGES SIMILAR TO THE POLICY WE JUST LOOKED AT. 
          I RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK FROM TRUSTEES AND ALL OF THAT NEW FEEDBACK FROM OUR LAST MEETING
IS HIGHLIGHTED IN TEAL. 
          AND I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S JUST ONE THING, A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN PAGE SEVEN AND I BELIEVE
IT WAS PAGE 49 WITH REGARD TO THE TRANSFERRING OF STUDENT DISCIPLINE RECORDS. AT ONE PLACE WE HAD THAT THEY WILL TRANSFER TO THE NEWLY
RELEASED DISTRICT VERSUS SCHOOL AND DISTRICT SEEM TO IMPLY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT VERSUS IF A PRIVATE SCHOOL WERE TO REQUEST. 
          THANK YOU. AUDREY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES? WE DIDN'T MAKE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT THE
STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AS PRESENTED. I HAVE A MOTION BY KELLY. I HAVE A SECOND BY DIANE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? I MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. 
          OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF DOCTOR ARNETT RETIREMENT. 
          AND DOCTOR ARNETT. DO WE HAVE ANOTHER? WE HAVE ANOTHER PAGE. 
          I WAS I WAS ASKED WELL WE HAVEN'T. I WAS ASKED TO WELL,
TO READ THIS BY YOUR CABINET. 
          AFTER NINE YEARS OF VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND STRONG COLLABORATION WITH STAFF AND THE
COMMUNITY, EANES ISD SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR JEFF ARNETT HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT EFFECTIVE JULY
31ST, 2025. DURING HIS TENURE, THE DISTRICT SUCCESSFULLY PASSED THE 2023 BOND,
PAVING THE WAY FOR TRANSFORMATIVE INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE EXPANSION OF THE LEARNING CENTER,
STRENGTHENED STUDENT PROGRAM SUPPORT, AND INITIATED A LARGE SCALE SOLAR ENERGY PROJECT AND SIGNIFICANT ENHANCEMENTS TO CAMPUS
SAFETY AND SECURITY. 
          HE OVERSAW THE CREATION OF THE FIRST EANES ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT,
ENSURING AN ARMED OFFICERS PRESENT ON EACH OF THE NINE CAMPUSES. 
          MOST RECENTLY, HE LED THE DISTRICT'S ENTRY INTO THE STATE'S TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT
PROGRAM, ESTABLISHING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHER RECOGNITION AND COMPENSATION. 
          THANK YOU, DOCTOR ARNETT. AND WITH TREPIDATION. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE RIGHT TO ACCEPT THE RETIREMENT OF DOCTOR JEFF
ARNETT? I WILL. I WILL MAKE THIS MOTION EVEN THOUGH I DON'T WANT TO. 
          I MOVE THE BOARD, ACCEPT THE PROPOSED RETIREMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT,
DOCTOR JEFF ARNETT. 
          I HAVE A MOTION BY KELLY. A SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND BY DIANE. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? KELLY. I'LL BE BRIEF, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. 
          YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION. YOU ARE A MENTOR TO MANY. 
          AND THE THING I'LL REMEMBER THE MOST OUTSIDE OF WHAT I TOLD YOU EARLIER TODAY,
IS YOUR ABILITY TO LISTEN AND REALLY MAKE SOMEBODY FEEL HEARD, 
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AND I WILL TRY TO PRACTICE THAT AND TRY TO BE LIKE,
BE LIKE JEFF. 
          AND JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. KELLY. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS? JOHN. I JUST WANTED TO SECOND THAT. 
          I HAVE NEVER KNOWN EANES IS WITHOUT DOCTOR ARNETT. 
          NEVER. I MEAN, MY OLDEST IS A RISING SEVENTH GRADER,
AND SO HE HAS BEEN A FIXTURE OF THE DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY FROM DAY ONE. 
          HE IS AN HONORABLE MAN. A MAN OF THE HIGHEST INTEGRITY HAS PROVIDED PHENOMENAL LEADERSHIP
TO THE DISTRICT. 
          AND I THINK BACK TO WHEN HE WAS BROUGHT ON. WE HAD JUST GONE,
SORRY. 
          WHEN HE WAS BROUGHT ON AS SUPERINTENDENT. WE HAD JUST GONE THROUGH COVID. 
          IT WAS A DIFFICULT TIME. AND WE NEEDED SOMEBODY WHO COULD HELP BRING THE COMMUNITY
TOGETHER, WHO COULD LISTEN, WHO WAS RESPECTED, WHO WE ALL KNEW HAD THE BIGGEST HEART IN THE WORLD
AND A BRAIN TO MATCH. 
          AND HE WAS THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB. I WASN'T ON THE BOARD,
BUT IF I HAD BEEN, I WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR HIM. 
          I WAS EXCITED WHEN HE GOT THE JOB AND I KNEW OUR DISTRICT WAS IN GOOD HANDS. 
          HE IS LEAVING INCREDIBLE SHOES TO FILL. I THINK THE WORLD OF HIM. 
          I WISH YOU WELL DOCTOR ARNETT. AND I HOPE WE CAN FIND AND I AM CONFIDENT WE WILL BUT I
HOPE WE CAN FIND A SUPERINTENDENT WHO'S HALF AS GOOD AS YOU. 
          AND IF SO, THEY'LL BE ONE OF THE BEST IN THE STATE. 
          AND SO I THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE, AND I WISH YOU WELL AND LOOK FORWARD TO STAYING IN
TOUCH. 
          THANK YOU, JOHN. I THINK THAT THE ENTIRETY OF THE TRUSTEES WISHES YOU WELL. 
          WISHES. OH. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY, DIANE. WE ALL WISH YOU WELL. 
          DIANE AND THEN JAMES. SORRY, BUT OF COURSE I CAN'T NOT SAY SOMETHING. 
          YOU KNOW, START WITH THE THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DEVOTING YOUR LIFE TO THIS JOB
FOR THE LAST 10 OR 9 YEARS. 
          YOU KNOW, I'M SO HAPPY TO HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH YOU FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW YOU OVER MANY YEARS PRIOR WHILE YOU
WERE A DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND ALSO, OF COURSE, THE ROTARY CLUB. WE WERE GOING TO MISS YOU DEARLY THERE AS WELL. 
          AND YOU KNOW, YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO IS DEDICATED,
SELFLESS, TIRELESS, SEEMINGLY, YOU KNOW, WE ALL STILL SUSPECT THERE'S CLONES OUT THERE RUNNING AROUND. 
          YOU KNOW, JUST EVER PRESENT AND UNFLAPPABLE AND UNIFYING FOR OUR DISTRICT. 
          I THINK UNIFYING IS SO KEY IN WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US. 
          YOU'VE BEEN A TRUE LEADER. YOU'VE KEPT STUDENTS,
STAFF AND COMMUNITY ALWAYS IN MIND WITH EVERY DECISION. 
          YOU'VE LED US THROUGH SOME REALLY DIFFICULT TIMES AS WELL. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, A BOARD MEMBER, I'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A CLOSER VIEW THAN SOME OF OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          AND SO BUT EVEN STILL, I DON'T THINK I FULLY UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH YOU'VE POURED INTO THIS. 
          I KNOW YOU'VE POURED IN A LOT, BUT NO ONE EXCEPT FOR YOU REALLY UNDERSTANDS THAT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE LEAVING,
WE'RE GOING TO BE CARRYING ON A LOT OF WORK THAT YOU SET THE GROUNDWORK FOR. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE THE TRUSTEES AND THE COMMUNITY TO DO THAT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU BACK IN TOWN TO VISIT,
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT SOME OTHER REASONS TO COME BACK. YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF KIDS HERE, TOO. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING. 
          THANK YOU, DIANE. JAMES. YEAH, I'LL BE VERY BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH THIS. 
          YOU DON'T ENJOY THIS DOCTOR ARNETT THAT, I. I FIRST GOT TO WORK. 
          I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH YOU FOR SEVEN YEARS. 
          AND STARTING WITH OUR ENVISIONING ALMOST FORGOT WHAT WE CALLED IT. 
          AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. AND ALL I CAN SAY IS REAL QUICK,
I APPRECIATE THE EXAMPLE. 
          YOU HAVE BEEN TO OUR STUDENTS AND TO OUR COMMUNITY,
AND I THINK THAT WILL LIVE ON HERE. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO STAYING IN TOUCH WITH YOU. AND I REALLY DO WISH YOU THE BEST AND
HOPE THAT YOU FIND FULL RETIREMENT BEFORE TOO LONG. 
          AND ENJOY SOME TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, JAMES. CATHERINE. ALL RIGHT. DOCTOR ARNETT,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR NINE YEARS WITH EANES. 
          MY YOUNGEST IS IN FOURTH GRADE, AND MY OLDEST IS HEADING INTO EIGHTH. 
          AND LIKE JOHN, WE DON'T KNOW EANES WITHOUT YOU. 
          I'VE COME TO REALIZE THAT BEING A SUPERINTENDENT,
IT'S YEOMAN'S WORK. 
          AND SO I WANTED TO TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO READ WHAT THAT DEFINITION MEANS. 
          [02:40:03]
YEOMAN'S WORK. IT SAYS YEOMAN'S WORK REFERS TO HARD,
VALUABLE, AND OFTEN UNGLAMOROUS WORK TYPICALLY DONE TO SUPPORT A CAUSE OR GROUP REQUIRING SIGNIFICANT EFFORT AND DEDICATION. IT EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF DILIGENT,
HANDS ON EFFORT, OFTEN WITHOUT IMMEDIATE RECOGNITION OR REWARD. 
          AND I CAN'T THINK OF A DEFINITION TO BETTER DESCRIBE YOUR PAST NINE YEARS. 
          SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOCTOR ARNETT, CAN I SAY SOMETHING? YES. THIS IS MY LAST OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FROM THIS MICROPHONE. 
          AND I WANT THE TRUSTEES, INCLUDING JOHN AND LAURA,
WHO ARE NOT WITH US IN PERSON TONIGHT, TO KNOW THAT SITTING NEXT TO YOU AT THIS DAIS HAS BEEN AN IMMENSE PRIVILEGE,
AND IT'S A RESPONSIBILITY THAT I'VE ALWAYS TAKEN SERIOUSLY. 
          I HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR YOUR SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP,
AND I LOOK TO MY FAR LEFT AT AROUND THE ROOM AND MY COLLEAGUES ON THE CABINET, THE STAFF I HAVE NEVER WORKED WITH A FINER,
MORE DEDICATED AND HARD WORKING LEADERSHIP TEAM. 
          THEY ARE THE GLUE THAT HOLDS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOGETHER. 
          SO THANK YOU. LIKE ALL OF THEM AND ALL OF YOU,
WE DO WHAT WE DO FOR THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES, AS WELL AS OUR EMPLOYEES WHO CALL THIS GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT THEIR HOME,
WHETHER BY RESIDENCE OR VOCATION. 
          I'VE SAID THAT I AM TERRIBLE AT SAYING GOODBYES BECAUSE WHEREVER I AM,
I DEVELOP SUCH A DEEP AFFINITY FOR THE PEOPLE AND OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIPS. AND WHILE NOT ALWAYS PERFECT,
OUR EFFORTS TOGETHER ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS ARE TIMELESS AND GENUINE AND REWARDING. 
          AND YOU HAVE REWARDED ME WITH THE BEST NINE YEARS IN MEMORIES OF MY CAREER AND I THANK YOU
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. 
          SO THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU, DOCTOR ARNETT THAT VERY SOMBER AND BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS. 
          AND THANK YOU. I SECOND YOUR APPRECIATION OF YOUR CABINET. 
          I'M GLAD THAT THEY REMAIN HERE, THAT WE HAVE A MOTION BY KELLY AND A SECOND BY DIANE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? A MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. 
          OUR LAST ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA? I HAVE A MOTION BY DIANE. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          MOTION BY DIANE. SECOND BY JAMES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. OUR NEXT, WHILE THE DISTRICT TAKES A BREAK AND CLOSES NEXT WEEK, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE HAS UPCOMING MEETINGS AUGUST 5TH
AND A SPECIAL MEETING AUGUST 19TH. IN A REGULAR MEETING. 
          WE MAY, AS POSTED BY LAW, HAVE CERTAIN SPECIAL MEETINGS TO WORK TOWARDS GETTING IN PLACE
AN INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT, AS WELL AS STARTING A SEARCH FOR OUR NEXT PERMANENT SUPERINTENDENT. 
          AND WITH THAT, AT 9:56, WE STAND ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.