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WE'RE GOING TO START NOW OUR APRIL 14TH STUDY SESSION AGENDA, AND I'VE GOT SOME THINGS THAT I HAVE TO SAY.
SO THE TIME IS NOW, 6:10, AND I CALL THE APRIL 14TH, 2026 STUDY SESSION OF THE EANES ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER.
MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? YES, WE DO.
MY NAME IS KIM MCMATH AND I AM PRESIDENT OF THE EANES ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION, I WELCOME ALL OF YOU.
WE'VE GOT A GREAT AUDIENCE HERE.
I WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO TONIGHT'S MEETING.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY SESSION IS FOR THE BOARD TO DELIBERATE AND VOTE ON MATTERS LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY MATTERS LISTED.
AS ALWAYS, WE'RE COMMITTED TO ENSURING A RESPONSE.
RESPECTFUL, AND A CONSTRUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT.
WE ASK FOR THE SAME COURTESY IN RETURN.
WHAT I SAY HERE IS PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ANY OUTBURSTS OR DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.
WE'VE GOT A GREAT TEAM HERE, AND I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT I'M SURE WE ARE GOING TO HEAR SOME APPLAUSE LATER ON IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT WHEN SUPERINTENDENT KONECKI REPORTS ON A NUMBER OF THINGS, INCLUDING YOU GUYS SITTING OUT HERE.
TYPICALLY THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE MEETING, BUT TONIGHT WE HAD NO ONE SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO I'M GOING TO MOVE INTO JUST WELCOMING YOU TO THE MEETING.
YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME, YOUR SENIORS, YOUR HIGH SCHOOLERS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE ENTIRE OPEN MEETING IF YOU'D LIKE.
AND YOU LISTEN TO THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD.
I DON'T EXPECT THAT YOU HAVE TO.
YOU'VE GOT STUDIES AND YOU'VE GOT SCHOOL TOMORROW.
SO YOU ARE WELCOME TO LEAVE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME AND YOU'LL JUST EXIT IN THE DOORS BEHIND YOU.
AS ALWAYS, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK OR ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SAY TO THE BOARD AFTER THIS MEETING, AND ESPECIALLY TO YOUR STUDENTS, YOU ARE WELCOME TO REACH OUT TO ANY OF THE TRUSTEES HERE THROUGH THE EMAIL TRUSTEES AT EANESISD.NET.
WE'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO MEET WITH STUDENTS.
WE'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO MEET WITH THEIR PARENTS.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT AND GETTING TO SEE EVERYONE AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED INTEREST IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR SCHOOLS.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
]AGENDA WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
THIS IS ONE OF OUR STUDY SESSIONS.
TYPICALLY, WE WOULD NOT HAVE A LOT OF RECOGNITION IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT AT A STUDY SESSION.
WE FELT THAT THIS WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT OCCASION, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TIMING RECENTLY.
AND YOU ALL GOT TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN LAST MONTH, TRUSTEES AND TEAMMATES, WITH OUR GIRLS' BASKETBALL PROGRAM.
BUT WE NEED TO SEGUE TO ANOTHER AMAZING TEAM THAT'S HERE WITH US TONIGHT, AND THAT WAS OUR MEN'S VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM.
AND COACH IS HERE WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW I SEE BACK THERE, INCLUDING SOME OF OUR HELPERS.
OUR MEN'S VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM HAD AN INCREDIBLE SEASON IN THEIR OWN RIGHT THIS YEAR.
THE CHAPS WON 32 GAMES, THEY WON A DISTRICT TITLE, A REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, AND THEY WERE STATE FINALISTS.
THIS, AGAIN, IS A REMARKABLE FEAT AT THIS LEVEL OF COMPETITION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM COACH AND SOME OF OUR PLAYERS, I HOPE, HERE IN A MINUTE.
FRAME THIS AROUND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WHICH IS STUDENT PERFORMANCE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL AGAINST THE BEST COMPETITION, WHETHER IT'S ACADEMICS, THE ARTS, OR ATHLETICS.
OUR TEAMS EXCEL AND THEY ARE FOCUSED ON TEACHING LEADERSHIP SKILLS.
THEY ARE TEACHING TEAMWORK AND IT GOES BEYOND THE COURT.
THIS TEAM HAS DONE A SERVICE LEARNING IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY SPEND COUNTLESS HOURS WITH EACH OTHER.
AND YOU GET TO SEE THAT PRODUCT ON THE COURT DAY IN AND DAY OUT AND WHAT A PRODUCT IT WAS.
SO GENTLEMEN, ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HERE, CONGRATULATIONS.
AND, COACH, IF YOU WOULD COME UP AT THIS TIME, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU SHARE SOME THOUGHTS AND MAYBE SOME INTRODUCTIONS FOR US AS WE CELEBRATE YOU.
FIRST, BEFORE WE GET TO THE TEAM.
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THAT'S TOO COOL.GOOD MEMORIES THAN ANYTHING BECAUSE OF THE STEPS ALONG THAT WE EVER DOUBTED OURSELVES TO FACE TO GET TO THAT GAME.
AND LIKE MR. KONECKI SAID, IT GOES TO THE LEADERSHIP, NOT ONLY OF THE TEAM.
THE TEAM AND COACHES AND EVERYBODY ELSE WANTED US TO SAY THAT WHEN...
BEING HERE AT WESTLAKE AND IN THIS COMMUNITY IS THAT WHEN YOU START TO GO THROUGH A SEASON AND YOU MAKE A RUN, THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE I'VE BEEN IN OTHER PLACES WHERE YOU PETITION, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOOTBALL DOES WELL AND EVERYBODY CELEBRATES THEM.
THE SOCCER WINS THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP AND EVERYBODY CELEBRATES THEM.
AND IT'S EVERYBODY CELEBRATING ONE ANOTHER.
WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES.
TEAMMATES TO HELP US ALONG THE WAY SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL FOR THAT SO I'M JUST GOING TO INTRODUCE THE GUYS ONE BY ONE THEY CAN COME UP AND I THINK THEY HAVE A PIN.
ALRIGHT SO WE'LL START IN THE BACK ROMAN WARD JACKSON NOBORSKI, CHARLIE SMITH, REED BERGER AND AS WE GET TO GUYS THAT WERE RECOGNIZED FOR AN AWARD DURING THE SEASON, I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY SOME OF THE THINGS.
AND WE TALK ABOUT IT IN BASKETBALL QUITE A BIT.
ANYTIME SOMEBODY IS RECOGNIZED, IT WASN'T BECAUSE THEY PUT THE TEAM ON THE BACK, IT'S BECAUSE THE TEAM LIFTED THEM UP.
AND SO ANYTHING THAT AN INDIVIDUAL RECEIVED IS ONLY BECAUSE OF WHAT THEIR TEAMMATES ALLOWED THEM TO RECEIVE.
POWELL FRICKENSMITH, SECOND TEAM, ALL DISTRICT.
MACK MARTIN, FIRST TEAM, ALL DISTRICT, ALL REGION, AND ALL TOURNAMENT AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
MAYIM GOWAL, STRIP, DREW KARSIK, BLAKE KANATI, FIRST TEAM, ALL DISTRICT.
HE'S ALSO GOING TO RECEIVE A PIN FOR HIS BROTHER JOEL CANNATI WHO COULDN'T BE WITH US BECAUSE HE'S ON A COLLEGE VISIT TODAY.
ALEX ALLEN, DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR THE DISTRICT.
ALSO BLAKE AND BRAYDEN WERE VOTED TEAM CAPTAIN BY THEIR TEAMMATES THIS YEAR.
AND THEN FINALLY BO OGDEN, HE WAS MVP OF THE DISTRICT, ALL REGION, ALL STATE, ALL TOURNAMENT, THE STATE TOURNAMENT, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL GUYS THAT WERE ALL ACADEMIC NOT ONLY FOR TABC BUT TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION.
WE'VE GOT SOME GIFTS HERE FOR YOU WE WANT TO PASS OUT.
COACH POLANCO, JOHN POLANCO, SORRY, I DON'T KNOW.
GABE LACOMBE, STEVE AYALA, THREE OF THE ASSISTANTS, AND THEN COACH HUDSON, ONE OF OUR OTHER COACHES WHO ACTUALLY IS A WEST STATE GRAD, COULDN'T BE WITH US TONIGHT.
SO SORRY, I FORGOT THE COACHES.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS, AND I THINK WE WANT TO GET A GROUP PHOTO IF WE CAN.
SO, CLAUDIA, WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME DIRECTIONS WHILE YOU'RE ALL UP HERE.
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TRUSTEES, YOU WANT TO JUMP IN THAT PHOTO, PLEASE? TRUSTEES, ALSO.THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYBODY FOR YOUR TIME.
WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH THE BUSINESS.
IS THERE SOUND BACK BEHIND US, OR DID IT STOP? I THOUGHT I HEARD ALMOST LIKE A VICTORY SONG WITH THE BASKETBALL.
MAYBE IT'S JUST BECAUSE I WAS THINKING OF THE PICTURE THERE.
ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT TONIGHT.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, OUR VAUNTED ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, MOLLY MAY, WILL BE RETIRING SOON.
WE'VE MADE A TRANSITION HERE THAT WILL BEGIN BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
AND I AM HAPPY AND PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THIS EVENING THE NAMING OF OUR NEW CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, MS. KIMBERLY DUEREL.
KIMBERLY HAS SERVED EANES ISD FOR FOUR YEARS AS HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.
BRINGS MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION TO HER NEW ROLE.
IN THIS ROLE SHE'LL LEAD THE DISTRICT'S ACADEMIC VISION SUPPORTING CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION AND PROGRAMS THAT DRIVE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ACROSS EANES ISD.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR HER CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AS A PART OF THE TEAM ALREADY AND THE POSITIVE IMPACT SHE HAS HAD AND WILL HAVE ON STUDENT STAFF IN THE EANES ISD COMMUNITY SO WE WANT TO WELCOME KIMBERLY TO HER NEW ROLE.
THAT TRANSITION WILL BEGIN IN EARNEST AFTER MAY 11TH AND THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALSO FINDING THE NEXT GREAT PRINCIPAL AT HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? YES, KELLY.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT MY KIDDOS WENT THROUGH HILL COUNTRY WHEN
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MS. JARRELL HAD FIRST STARTED.SHE DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF REALLY ELEVATING THE CULTURE THERE, ELEVATING OUR STUDENTS, THEIR VOICES, THEIR OWNERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY, AND I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED.
NOT HAVING CHILDREN AT HILL COUNTRY, BUT I KNOW THAT TRANSITIONS ARE HARD.
BUT I THINK THAT MS. TERRELL IS UP FOR THE JOB.
[5.1 Bond and BAC committee planning]
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS OUR NEXT AGENDA PORTION, WHICH IS OUR DISCUSSION PORTION OF THE AGENDA.AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE BOND AND BOC COMMITTEE PLANNING.
CHRIS, ARE YOU GOING TO BE LEADING THIS DISCUSSION? YES.
YOU'LL BE SHOCKED AT HOW FAST IT IS.
SO THERE ARE STILL TWO QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD NEEDS TO ADDRESS HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, AND I KNOW WE'VE THROWN THEM TO YOU AGAIN, BUT I WANTED TO PUT THEM UP IN BIG PRINT.
THEY KEEP THE TOP OF YOUR MIND.
NUMBER ONE, TO DETERMINE WHAT SIZE YOU THINK THIS BOND OUGHT TO BE.
AND TWO, TO APPOINT A BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ACTUALLY COME UP WITH THE PACKAGE THAT YOU'LL VOTE ON.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IS COME UP WITH A CHARGE FOR THE BACK.
AND I TOOK A QUICK STAB AT IT.
THE LANGUAGE DOESN'T HAVE TO MATCH THIS BY ANY MEANS.
ALL YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS GIVE DIRECTION TO THE BAC.
BUT WHAT I DO THINK IS IMPORTANT IS THAT YOU DISTINGUISH, ONE, THE TOTAL SIZE OF THE PACKAGE, AND, TWO, THE PORTION OF THAT PACKAGE IS GOING TO BE DEDICATED TO THOSE REGULAR M&O PROJECTS THAT WE DO ON A REGULAR BASIS.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION INTERNALLY, AND WE BELIEVE THAT $100 MILLION IS APPROPRIATE.
AND SO REALLY, I THINK WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS DECIDE WHAT SIZE PACKAGE FOR THAT TRANSFORMATIVE PORTION OF THE BOND YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH.
WE'VE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT THE BAC COMPOSITION.
SO WE HAD A DISCUSSION WITH TOM EHLER, WITH VLK ARCHITECTS, WHO ALSO, OF COURSE, LED THE LERF PAC.
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, HE'S DONE A LOT OF THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
WE'VE DONE QUITE A FEW OF BACS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT M&O PROJECTS, AND SO WE'D KIND OF LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS ON A TWO-TRACK SYSTEM.
AND SO TOM'S IDEA IS THAT LARGER IS BETTER WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT TRANSFORMATIVE BOND.
WE WOULD PROBABLY EXTEND AN INVITATION TO ALL CURRENT BAC MEMBERS AND WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THAT SOMEWHAT.
SEVERAL OF THEM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S MOST, BUT MANY OF THEM HAVE ALREADY TOLD US THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN CONTINUING ON AND BEING A PART OF A BAC.
A FEW HAVE SAID THAT THEY DON'T THINK THAT THEY CAN COMMIT TO THAT TIME FRAME, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME CORE OF THOSE MEMBERS WHO ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE.
I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THOSE LRFPC MEMBERS AND SEE WHICH OF THOSE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN CONTINUING, AND THEN ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL MEMBERS THAT YOU FEEL WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WE THINK SOMETHING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 30 MEMBERS IS PROBABLY ABOUT RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT DISTRICT LIAISONS LISTED ON THERE.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT A PART OF THE COMMITTEE.
WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, JUST BE THERE AS LIAISONS.
TO HELP GUIDE THE COMMITTEE, BUT WE WOULDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE VOTING PRIVILEGES ON THE COMMITTEE.
AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT HAVING A SUBSET OF THAT COMMITTEE THAT WOULD FOCUS ON THE M&O PORTION, AND THAT WOULD JUST BE THOSE CURRENT BAC MEMBERS WHO HAVE ROLLED OVER, WHO ARE USED TO DEALING WITH THESE M&O-TYPE BONDS, TO EXAMINE THAT.
AND NOW, HOW MUCH TIME IS THAT GOING TO TAKE? RIGHT NOW, WE BLOCKED OFF QUITE A BIT OF TIME IN THE FALL TO LOOK AT THIS.
WE HAVE, I THINK, COMMITTED 11 MEETINGS.
WE'RE GUESSING PROBABLY ROUGHLY THREE HOURS EACH.
WE DON'T THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE TO TAKE THAT MANY.
WE'RE HOPING THAT IT WILL BE FEWER THAN THAT.
WE WANTED TO GIVE OURSELVES SOME LEEWAY THAT IF WE GET
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TO THE POINT AT THE END OF IT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO RUN OUT OF TIME, IN OTHER WORDS.IF WE GET DONE EARLY, THAT'S DOABLE.
IF WE GET DONE LATE, THAT'S BAD.
SO THE IDEA IS TO SHOOT FOR REALLY FRONT-LOADING A LOT OF THOSE MEETINGS EARLY ON, AND THEN IF WE NEED TO, HAVING SOME MORE LATER ON.
BUT IF THERE'S NOT A NEED TO, THEN IT MIGHT END.
THE BAC COULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU AS A BOARD SOONER, WHICH WOULD ALLOW YOU MORE TIME TO CONTEMPLATE IT, MANIPULATE IT IF YOU CHOOSE TO.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM.
JUST ONE FOLLOW-UP TO REINFORCE SOMETHING THAT CHRIS SAID.
FOR ANYBODY WHO IS WATCHING OR SEES THE SLIDE, UP TO 30 MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, ARE THINKING THERE, OF COURSE, IS THAT NOT EVERYONE MAY ACCEPT AN INVITATION OR HAVE THAT TIME COMMITMENT.
AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THIS QUESTION COME UP WITH FORMER LRF PAC MEMBERS AND BOC MEMBERS ABOUT TIME COMMITMENT, FLEXIBILITY AS WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT OTHER INITIATIVES THAT ALIGN TO THIS, BUT MAYBE YOUR CONVERSATION IS HAPPENING IN PARALLEL.
WE DON'T BELIEVE WE'LL NEED ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS.
WE THINK THERE CAN BE A LOT OF ROBUST DIALOGUE IN THESE MEETINGS, ESPECIALLY NOTING THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WOULD FOCUS ON THE BOC.
M&O PORTION VERSUS THE MORE MAYBE TRANSFORMATIVE STRATEGY OF THE WORK OF THE LRF PAC FROM THE PREVIOUS COMMITTEE.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE HERE? OKAY.
AND THAT'S ADMINISTRATION TOO, TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATION.
YOU MENTIONED THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD.
ALSO HAVE ON IT NEW COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS SELECTED BY THE BOARD.
HAVE WE FIGURED OUT WHAT THAT PROCESS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BOARD TO SELECT THOSE MEMBERS? I BELIEVE FROM THE DIALOGUE WE HAD BEFORE, WE'VE BEEN FIELDING NAMES FROM THE TRUSTEES TO LOOK OVER THE LISTS, AND THEN WE WOULD BE PUTTING OUT A ONE-PAGE KIND OF INTEREST APPLICATION FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO THEN RESPOND TO THAT INVITATION TO CONSIDER MEMBERSHIP ON THE BACK.
ASIDE FROM SOME OF THE INITIAL PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE CURRENT BACK BUT WE HAD JUST DISCUSSED MAKING SURE THAT THEY WERE FORMALLY INVITED INTO THE PROCESS ONE PIECE OF FEEDBACK I'VE BEEN GETTING FROM THE COMMUNITY IS THAT THERE'S A PERCEPTION THAT SOMETIMES IT'S THE SAME PEOPLE WHO END UP ON COMMITTEES OVER TIME AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY TO AT LEAST PUT SOMETHING OUT AND POTENTIALLY IT COULD BE SAYING REACH OUT TO A TRUSTEE.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, THEY CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT, SOME MORE ANSWER QUESTIONS, SO THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO'S NEVER BEEN ENGAGED BEFORE, AND WE CAN THEN DECIDE IF THERE'S SOMEONE THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO SUGGEST TO.
WE HAVE A FORM WE CAN PUT ON THE WEBSITE, AND I THINK WE CAN ECHO WHAT YOU JUST SAID ALOUD IF THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYONE.
THE FORM THAT WE'VE USED IN THE PAST FOR ANY DISTRICT COMMITTEE, THE INTEREST IN SERVING FORM, THAT'S WHERE WE COLLECT ALL THE, AND PEOPLE CAN INDICATE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN A SPECIFIC ROLE.
ARE WE GOING TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN ANY OTHER WAY BESIDES IN THIS BOARD MEETING THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT? YEAH, OF COURSE.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU, WE ALREADY, WE HAVE A PROCESS, WE'VE USED THE PROCESS FOR YEARS ON EVERY DISTRICT COMMITTEE.
IF SOMEHOW PEOPLE STILL AREN'T AWARE OF IT, I GET IT.
IT'S HARD TO GET ON PEOPLE'S RADAR, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? KELLY? OKAY, SO JUST TO CLARIFY, SO TODAY YOU'RE JUST LETTING US KNOW THAT WE WILL BE COMING TO THAT FINAL CONCLUSION OF THAT.
WHERE YOU HAD THE BLANKS, SO IT WAS LIKE BLANK AMOUNT WITH $100 MILLION OUT FOR M&O, AND THAT WILL BE DECIDED IN MAY.
AND SO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THAT NOW? I'LL LEAVE THAT TO MR. KONECKI, BUT I BELIEVE YOU CAN DECIDE IT WHENEVER YOU CAN DECIDE IT.
I THINK PART OF OUR THINKING WAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE DOING SOME MORE PRESENTATION APRIL 28TH AND THEN AT THE MAY WORK SESSION REALLY KIND OF TACKLING THAT, UNLESS YOU WANT TO DIALOGUE ABOUT IT NOW? NO, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, JUST BECAUSE I REALIZE THERE'S LIKE A LOT OF OTHER INFORMATION THERE, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE GETTING AT THE 28TH MEETING THEN.
OKAY, SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT LIKE WHAT IT COSTS TO BUILD A BUILDING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
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OKAY.I'LL JUST ADD, YOU KNOW, HAVING GONE THROUGH A COUPLE OF BONDS, AS WE LOOK AT, AS WE PROPOSE TO A BACK WHAT THAT BOND SHOULD BE, WE'RE NOT DRAWING A LINE IN THE SAND.
I MEAN, IN THE PAST, THE DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD TO THE BACK HAS BEEN, THIS IS WHAT WE'D LIKE YOU TO LOOK AT.
AND THEN WHEN THE BOARD VOTES ON CALLING A BOND IN JANUARY, SO IF WE FOLLOWED A TIMELINE OF LOOKING AT MAY OF 27, THE BACK WOULD DO ALL OF THEIR WORK, AND THEY WOULD BE PRESENTED WITH VARIOUS SCENARIOS, AND THEY WOULD COME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND AT THAT POINT, THE BOARD CAN GO UP OR DOWN OR TAKE THAT CONSIDERATION INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO IT'S NOT A DEFINITIVE NUMBER.
I MEAN, WE'RE GIVING THEM AN IDEA OF A NUMBER, BUT THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SHOULD BE COMING BACK.
THAT COMMITTEE NEEDS TO BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WITH CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TAKES AND CALLS THE BOND.
OKAY, SO TO BE CLEAR THEN, THEY'LL COME TO US WITH...
THEY'LL SAY, LIKE IF WE WERE, I'M JUST GOING TO THROW SOMETHING OUT THERE, RIGHT? IF WE WERE TO SAY, HEY, WE HAVE A $700 MILLION PACKAGE, BUT $100 MILLION COMES OUT DEDICATED TO M&O, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT $600 MILLION AND BE ABLE TO TELL US WHAT WE COULD GET FOR THAT THEN? YES, EXACTLY.
THEY'LL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEET THE CHARGE, AND THEN YOU CAN WEIGH THEM, AND ULTIMATELY YOU'LL VOTE ON THOSE.
BUT PRIOR TO THAT, I WILL BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THAT NUMBER BECAUSE I WILL HAVE PRESENTATION AT THE END OF THIS MONTH THAT'S GONNA TELL ME LIKE TO BUILD IF WE WANTED TO BUILD A PARKING GARAGE OR RENOVATE THIS BUILDING OR WHATEVER THERE'S AN APPROXIMATE COST FOR THAT SO I COULD MAKE I COULD ADD IT ALL UP YOU'LL HAVE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THAT INFORMATION IN THE FUTURE NOT JUST AT THE END OF THE MONTH OKAY JUST BECAUSE THIS WAS DECIDED IN MAY SO OKAY YEAH LAURA YEAH, SO KIM, I'VE ALSO BEEN THROUGH A FEW OF THESE BONDS AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT UNTIL WE CALL FOR THE BOND IN JANUARY, THAT EVERYTHING IS, NOTHING IS SET.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY AND THINGS CAN CHANGE.
WE'VE MADE ADJUSTMENTS, THE BOARD HAS MADE ADJUSTMENTS ON PAST BONDS.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO THE BOARD SET A MAINTENANCE BOND AND CHARGED THE BACK WITH PUTTING TOGETHER A MAINTENANCE BOND.
DURING THAT TIME PERIOD THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT AND A LOT OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND WE ENDED UP ADDING ON THE AQUATIC CENTER, THE WRESTLING CENTER, AND THE ROBOTICS CENTER.
AND THAT WAS, WE GOT THOSE AMAZING FACILITIES.
WE HAD STARTED, LIKE I SAID, IT WAS...
THE BOARD JUST WAS LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO DO A MAINTENANCE BOND.
AND THEN WE ALL WORKED TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND CAME OUT WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL BOND THAT WAS ABLE TO SERVE MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND I THINK ALSO THE SOLAR PANELS.
THE SOLAR PANELS WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT CAME ON THAT WAS SORT OF AN EXTENSION OF THE ORIGINAL CHARGE OF THE BOARD.
SO WHERE WE START IS NOT NECESSARILY WHERE WE END UP.
BECAUSE THE BACK IS GOING TO DO ALL THIS WORK, THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO DO ALL THIS WORK, AND GIVE US ALL THIS FEEDBACK, AND THEN WE WILL ASSEMBLE THE BOND.
I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT, AND I THINK YOU SAID IT BETTER THAN I DID.
YES, ORGANICALLY, THE BACK HAS A CHARGE, BUT THOSE THINGS HAVE MOVED, AND THEY'VE BUILT ON WHAT THAT BACK IS SUPPOSED TO DO, BECAUSE THEY'RE DIGGING INTO THE...
IN AN AREA WHERE WE CANNOT, AND THEY COME BACK, AND THEY, JUST LIKE WE, GET COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
AND YOUR EXAMPLE OF SOLAR PANELS AND THE VARIOUS FACILITIES WERE ORGANICALLY BUILT FROM COMMUNITY INPUT AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISM.
AND SO TO BUILD ON THAT, MY QUESTION WOULD BE...
WHAT IS OUR PLAN TO BEYOND THE BACK TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE PROCESS? MY PORTION OF THE ANSWER IS THAT AS WE ENTER INTO THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE BEGINNING WITH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, WE'RE GOING TO BE FIELDING INTERVIEWS,
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FOCUS GROUPS, QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS THROUGHOUT, WHICH IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO GAIN INPUT AND FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE THAT WE'LL COLLECT AND SHARE.ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM ADMINISTRATION OR TRUSTEES? I SEE JOHN.
CHRIS, JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, SO THE HUNDRED MILLION THAT'S MAINTENANCE.
IF, AND I BELIEVE FROM A PAST MEETING YOU SAID THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WIGGLE ROOM IN THE CURRENT BOND MEANING THAT THE LAST BOND WE DID, WE PLANNED IF IT HAD TO BE FIVE YEARS WE'D BE OKAY, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
OKAY, SO THEN IF I CARRY THAT THROUGH AND TELL ME IF THIS IS RIGHT, THAT BASICALLY IF WE DON'T PASS A BOND BY MAY OF 28, SO NOT 27, MAY OF 28, WITH AT LEAST $100 MILLION IN MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, THEN SOME OF THAT IS GOING TO START COMING OVER TO THE M&O SIDE OF THE BUDGET BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO HAVE AC.
AND IF THE BOND DOESN'T PASS, WE'RE PAYING FOR IT NOW TO M&O.
POST MAY 28, IF A $100 MILLION MAINTENANCE BOND HASN'T PASSED, THEN THAT WILL GRADUALLY START SHIFTING BACK OVER TO THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS SIDE.
I WOULD GUESS THAT ACTUALLY THERE WOULD BE SOME REALLY HARD DECISIONS TO BE MADE BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIG EXPENSES THAT WOULD BE IN THAT MAINTENANCE BOND WOULD BE LIKE STUDENT DEVICE REPLACEMENT, WHICH CAN RUN, WHAT IS IT, $30 MILLION ROUGHLY? AND SO.
OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE AN EXTRA $30 MILLION LAYING AROUND IN THE M&O BOND OR IN THE M&O BUDGET.
AND SO IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE ONE BY MAY 28TH, I DON'T THINK THAT WE WOULD SAY, OKAY, WE'RE NO LONGER A ONE-TO-ONE DISTRICT.
I THINK THE INTENT WOULD BE WE'VE GOT TO MAKE THIS THING LAST FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
BUT EVENTUALLY THERE WOULD COME A TIME WHEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE CALL SAYING WE'RE NO LONGER A ONE-TO-ONE DISTRICT OR WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE OUR MODEL SOMEHOW.
SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS, OBVIOUSLY, THE AC GOES OUT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT.
SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE'D HAVE TO MAKE HARD CHOICES IF WE NO LONGER HAVE THE BONDS TO PAY FOR THEM.
AND THE MAY 28TH DATE IS THE RIGHT DATE WHERE AFTER THAT IS WHEN YOU START TO SEE SOME OF THOSE CONSEQUENCES.
SO THEY ARE REALLY, WHEN I LOOK AT THAT, THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT BUCKETS.
I MEAN, THERE IS A LOT OF PAIN IF THAT $100 MILLION DOESN'T HAPPEN.
SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
SO THEN JUST AS I THINK ABOUT ON THE TRANSFORMATIVE SIDE, SO ONE, I KNOW THE 900, ACTUALLY TO BACK UP, THE 900 MILLION NUMBER THAT WE'VE HEARD HAS 100 MILLION BAKED INTO IT.
THAT'S MAINTENANCE AND OPS AND 800 BALLPARK-ISH OF TRANSFORMATIVE, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.
JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TALK IN THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF AN $800 MILLION BOND.
MY GUESS IS THERE MAY NOT BE A MAJORITY AROUND THIS TABLE THAT'S IN FAVOR OF AN $800 MILLION BOND, BUT WE'LL SEE.
AND SO PUTTING THAT OUT THERE, I PERSONALLY HAVE DOUBTS THAT AN $800 MILLION WOULD PASS.
AND SO I THINK WE ARE LIKELY LOOKING AT A LOWER AMOUNT.
ONCE WE START TO DISCUSS THAT ON THE TRANSFORMATIVE SIDE, SO THAT'S ONE THOUGHT I WANTED TO SHARE THE NEXT SO MY AND THIS IS REALLY FOR THE BOARD MY ONE OF MY PRIORITIES FOR PUTTING A BOND UP IS THAT IT PASSES I DON'T WANT TO PUT A BOND OUT THAT DOESN'T PASS I DON'T THINK ANYBODY AROUND THE TABLE WANTS TO PUT OUT A BOND THAT DOESN'T PASS SO FOR ME ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HELPS MAKE THAT BOND PASS IS NOT VOTING ON A BACH UNTIL JUNE.
I THINK WE SHOULD PUNT ON THIS AN EXTRA MONTH TILL JUNE BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE AT MINIMUM ONE NEW BOARD MEMBER AROUND THE TABLE AND I THINK THEY WILL BE VOTING FOR CALLING A BOND OR NOT IN JANUARY AND TO MAXIMIZE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THIS BOND PASSES AND HOPEFULLY COMES OUT OF THE BOARD 7-0 BECAUSE I THINK GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY WITH A 7-0 VOTE SENDS A STRONG SIGNAL BEHIND A BOND AND SO I WANT JANUARY OF 27 TO BE A 7-0 VOTE COMING OUT WITH THE BOND.
I THINK THE BEST CHANCE OF THAT IS ALLOWING THE BOARD THAT'S GOING TO BE VOTING ON THAT TO VOTE FOR THE BAC.
SO I WOULD BE A BELIEVER IN NOT DOING IT IN MAY AND GOING ONE MONTH LATER UNTIL
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JUNE SO THAT THE BOARD THAT'S GOING TO BE VOTING IN JANUARY CAN BE THE ONE TO CALL THE BAC.AND FROM THE TIMELINE, WE'RE NOT MEETING UNTIL AUGUST ANYWAY, SO THAT SHOULDN'T THROW THE TIMELINE OFF.
IS THAT RIGHT, CHRIS? SHOULDN'T IMPACT THE TIMELINE.
I KNOW EXEC DETERMINES WHEN THAT COMES UP, BUT JUST AS MY OPPORTUNITY TO THROW THAT OUT, THAT'S A THOUGHT THAT I THINK MAXIMIZES THE LIKELIHOOD OF A BOND PASSING.
AND THEN JUST, SO IF YOU LOOK AROUND AT OUR BUILDINGS, THERE'S NO DOUBT SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE.
NEARING THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE.
LIKE WE HAVE TO INVEST IN SOME OF THESE FACILITIES.
I DON'T KNOW YET THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT I WOULD WANT TO DO, WHICH IS WHY I WANT TO SEE A LOT OF THE SAME STUFF THAT KELLY WAS TALKING ABOUT OF SEEING THOSE NUMBERS COME OUT.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU SAID TO ME, X, YOU KNOW, DO THIS OR THAT, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SEE HOW THAT WOULD, BASED UPON THE NEW APPRAISED VALUES WE GOT, HOW WE THINK THAT WOULD AFFECT THE TAX RATE AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT INDIVIDUAL...
PEOPLE WOULD BE PAYING ON AVERAGE MORE FOR IT WHAT WOULD WE GET FROM IT SO I STILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THAT SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE WHAT KELLY SAID THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT SAME DATA TO HELP INFORM THE CONVERSATION SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE USEFUL AS WELL AND THEN AND THIS IS I GUESS JUST I'LL DIRECT THIS TO THE BOARD JUST FOR US TO THINK THROUGH AND THIS CAME UP AT THE LAST MEETING I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS AROUND SOME OF THE STRATEGIC THINGS THAT ARE BAKED INTO THIS.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE SPENT A LOT OF THE FORMER BOARD BEFORE CATHERINE AND I JOINED, SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE BLEND BECAUSE THAT WAS CLOSING ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES AND IT WAS BLENDING TWO CAMPUSES TOGETHER.
WE HAVE NOT HAD A NIGHT WHERE WE SAID, TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CLOSING EANES ELEMENTARY IN THE FUTURE AND BLENDING IT INTO A NEW CEDAR CREEK.
THAT WILL BE BUILT BRAND NEW, AND THIS IS THE FACILITY, AND LET'S INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO THE BOARD MEETING TO TALK ABOUT IT.
AND SO CHARGING A BAC WITHOUT THE BOARD HAVING TALKED SOME OF THAT THROUGH, I KNOW I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS.
I STILL WANT TO WRESTLE THROUGH THAT WITH THE BOARD.
AND SO TO ME, WHEN WE'VE DONE MAINTENANCE BONDS IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD A CLEAR CHARGE OF.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS BOND.
I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS AROUND STRATEGIC THINGS LIKE THAT THAT I WANT US TO WRESTLE THROUGH AS A BOARD.
AND SO IT WON'T STAND IN THE WAY NECESSARILY OF ME DOING A BAC, BUT I'D WANT THAT BAC TO KNOW THAT THAT DECISION ISN'T BAKED YET.
AND SO EVEN IF THEY'RE WRESTLING THROUGH IT, IT ISN'T BAKED YET, UNLESS WE MOVE IT UP AND WE PUT IT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AND WE TALK IT THROUGH AND WE MAKE A DECISION AND THEN GO TO THE BAC WITH IT, THEN IT IS BAKED, OR AT LEAST RELATIVELY.
SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A QUESTION THAT I THINK IS BAKED INTO THE LONG-RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION THAT WE AS A TEAM OF SEVEN HAVE NOT REALLY GIVEN ITS DUE DILIGENCE.
SO IT DOESN'T MEAN I'M AGAINST IT OR FOR IT.
I'M JUST SAYING YOU CLOSE THE OLDEST CAMPUS IN THE ENTIRE STATE.
THAT SHOULD BE A CONVERSATION THAT THE BOARD HAS.
AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT GETTING RID OF THE PROPERTY AND IT WOULD MOVE INTO A CHILDHOOD CENTER AND WOULD STILL BE USED BUT IT WOULDN'T BE A ELEMENTARY CAMPUS AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT I'VE SAID BEFORE IS SO MUCH OF THIS PLAN IS BAKED AROUND OUR ENROLLMENT THAT WE FORESEE FOR THE FUTURE AND THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I'VE HIT ON THIS I KEEP BANGING THIS DRUM BUT DO WE WANT TO GRADUALLY SHUT OFF THE TRANSFER FLOW INTO THE DISTRICT AND SHRINK DOWN TO A MORE RESIDENT POPULATION WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE DISTRICT WHAT PROGRAMS WOULD WE HAVE TO GIVE UP BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE SCALE TO DO IT ANYMORE UM BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU WHAT WHAT YOU CAN DO AS A SMALLER DISTRICT IS LESS THAN A BIGGER OR DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO TRANSFERS OR UM YOU KNOW, HAVE A STRATEGY THAT BRINGS IN MORE RESIDENT KIDS, AND WE WANT TO STAY IN THE LOW TO MID-SEVENS.
SOME OF THESE BIG PICTURE STRATEGIC THINGS INFLUENCE WHAT WE WOULD DO AS A...
WHAT WE WOULD CHARGE A BOX WITH PERHAPS OR AT LEAST THE BOX GOING TO WRESTLE THROUGH IT AND NEED TO KNOW THAT THESE THINGS ALSO AREN'T BAKED WHEN THEY COME BACK TO US WITH A RECOMMENDATION SO I SAY ALL THIS TO SAY BIG PICTURE WE NEED NEW FACILITIES THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT I'M PHILOSOPHICALLY A SUPPORTER OF A BOND IN MAY OF
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27 BECAUSE YOU CAN JUST GO AROUND THE DISTRICT AND SEE THAT WE NEED TO INVEST IN OUR FACILITIES WHAT AMOUNT I DON'T KNOW 900 FEELS WAY TOO HIGH FOR ME, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT AMOUNT.BUT I ALSO KNOW I HAVE STRATEGIC QUESTIONS THAT WE AS A BOARD HAVEN'T WRESTLED THROUGH YET THAT I WANT TO HAVE TIME TO WRESTLE THROUGH.
AND THE SAME THING I BROUGHT UP THE LAST TIME WE TALKED AT THE LAST MEETING AND JUST WANTED TO HIT ON THOSE AGAIN BECAUSE I STILL HAVE SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
I THINK THERE'S MAYBE SOME DISCUSSION FROM KELLY AND THEN DIANE, AND THEN I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS JUST TO RESPOND BACK TO YOU, JOHN.
YEAH, I WANTED TO RESPOND BACK TO WHAT JOHN HAD BROUGHT UP.
OKAY, SO ONE THING I CAN SAY THAT HELPED ME OUT A LOT WITH UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE LERF PAC HAD DONE, BECAUSE I WASN'T ON THAT COMMITTEE EITHER, IS I RE-WATCHED THE VIDEO PRESENTATION THAT HOLLY AND CRAIG DID, BECAUSE IT'S VERY THOROUGH, AND I PICK UP, I'M SERIOUS, I'VE WATCHED IT LIKE FOUR OR FIVE TIMES.
I PICK UP SOMETHING NEW EVERY TIME I WATCH IT, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH IN THERE.
ONE HUGE THING I REALLY, AND I REALLY REITERATED IT TO THEM WHEN THEY WERE HERE, WAS THAT THEY DID TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANS AND PRIORITIES AND PUT THEM INTO THAT BECAUSE THEY ENGAGED THE SCHOOLS.
LIKE THERE'S PICTURES OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, FORGE TRAIL AND HOLLY REED AND HER STAFF AND HER STUDENTS, LIKE IDENTIFYING LIKE WHAT THEY WANT FROM A SCHOOL, WHAT THEY LOVE TO SEE TO LEARN, THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW.
I ALSO MET WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM THAT COMMITTEE AND HAD ONE-ON-ONE TALKS WITH THEM ABOUT HOW THEY CAME UP WITH THOSE PACKAGES, AND I FOUND THAT REALLY HELPFUL TO ANSWER, LIKE, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE BRINGING UP, I'VE HAD THOSE ANSWERED FROM THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
SO, AND I KNOW IT'S HARD BECAUSE, LIKE, WHEN DO WE, OUTSIDE OF THIS, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IT, RIGHT? SO I'VE MET WITH THE DIFFERENT MEMBERS AND THE RESEARCH THEY DID.
FOR EAMES ELEMENTARY, THEY'RE YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY PRESENTED THAT, THERE WAS A VISION THERE OF TRYING TO ENHANCE OUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRESCHOOL AS WELL, WHICH IS PART REVENUE GENERATING, PART TALENT ATTRACTION, BECAUSE WE DO OFFER THAT TO OUR, YOU KNOW, TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF.
AND THEN PART JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW OUR OWN, RIGHT, WHICH ARE ALL IN OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.
AND THEN THE BUILDINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVE...
FLEXIBLE ENROLLMENT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT TRANSFERS BECAUSE THESE ARE FLEXIBLE BUILDINGS WHERE IT MAY HOLD 800 BUT YOU IF YOU HAVE 500 IN THERE YOU STILL ONLY HAVE ONE ADMINISTRATION RIGHT SO THEY REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT HOW WE CAN NOT HAVE TO FOCUS ON WHAT A DEMOGRAPHER HAS TOLD US AND DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR US UM WE CAN BE MORE FLEXIBLE AND THEN WHEN WE'RE USING AND TRANSFERS THEIR MORE JUST TAKING A CLASSROOM TO THE RIGHT SIZE INSTEAD OF LIKE REALLY RECRUITING LIKE A FULL SET OF KINDERGARTNERS OR SOMETHING RIGHT SO IT WAS REALLY TAKING INTO THE STRUGGLES THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE VERY SPECIFICALLY NOT NOT GENERICALLY AT ALL UM AND THEN I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATED UM THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE IN THE EDUCATION MARKET, BUT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR US.
TO HAVE THESE REVENUE SOURCES THAT IN THIS A COMBINATION OF SAFETY AS WELL RIGHT LIKE THE BOTTOM OF THE BUILDING WAS SHARED SPACE THE UPPER PART WAS FOR THE CLASSROOMS THINGS THAT LIKE I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT AND HOW AMAZING THAT COULD BE FOR US ESPECIALLY KNOWING HOW SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE LAID OUT AND THEY'RE SO STRETCHED OUT RIGHT UM THE PARKING OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN A GREAT THING AND WHO YOU KNOW WHO KNOWS THAT COULD BE REVENUE UM I JUST I THINK IT'S KIND OF PREMATURE TO SAY THIS BOND WON'T PASS IF IT'S THIS MUCH WHEN WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD THAT JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY HAS IDENTIFIED THIS 900 MILLION DOLLARS WHICH I THINK IS REALLY STRANGE UM THAT DOESN'T MAKE THAT THE NUMBER RIGHT AND LIKE WE CAN'T SAY A NUMBER WON'T WORK IF WE DON'T KNOW THAT WOULD BE LIKE LOOKING AT A HOUSE AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THE MARKET AND SAYING I WOULD NEVER PAY TWO MILLION FOR THIS HOUSE OOPS IT'S WORTH 2.5 SO YOU CAN'T DO THAT UNTIL WE GO THROUGH THE NUMBERS, WHICH WE'VE...
SO UNLESS I MISSED THAT, THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE, DID WE GO THROUGH THE NUMBERS? I'M GOING TO, I MEAN, SO FROM A GOVERNANCE STANDPOINT, OUR DISCUSSION.
TONIGHT AND 5-1 IS BOND AND BACK COMMITTEE PLANNING.
IT'S NOT THE SUBSTANCE OF THE BOND.
IT'S NOT THE NUMBER OF THE BOND.
IT'S PLANNING THE COMMITTEES THAT WORK ON THIS.
SO I'D LIKE TO KEEP US ON TRACK IN TALKING ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT COULD BE
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IN THE BOND BECAUSE, AGAIN, THAT'S THE PROCESS THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS GOING TO GO THROUGH IN THE NEXT SEVEN, EIGHT MONTHS.AND PULLING A BAC TOGETHER AND HAVING AGENDA, POSTED AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE ON THERE.
SO, I MEAN, I'D REALLY LIKE TO FOCUS US BACK TO COMMITTEE PLANNING.
CAN I JUST SAY SOMETHING FOR CLARITY FOR ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING ALSO IS WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING A BAC TOGETHER.
WE'RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO TALK ABOUT A TRANSFORMATIVE STRATEGY FOR A BOND ADVISORY COUNCIL, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE, WHICH WOULD BE THE BAC.
JUST AGAIN, I KNOW WE HAVE SO MANY ACRONYMS AROUND HERE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING CLEAR FOR THE COMMUNITY WHO MAYBE DON'T KNOW AND HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH THE PROCESS BEFORE.
I MEAN, WERE YOU FINISHED? I'M ALL DONE THEN.
DIANE? OKAY, SO THAT WILL SHORTEN MY COMMENTS, BUT I KNOW THAT WE ARE.
GOING TO ALSO HAVE STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATES, SO MAYBE I'LL SHARE, I'LL HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT AFTER WE'RE INITIATING THAT PART OF THE DISCUSSION.
REGARDING THE BACK, I JUST WANT TO, I GUESS, SUPPORT THIS CONCEPT OF WAITING UNTIL JUNE, SINCE IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT HAS TO HAPPEN IN MAY.
IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO DELAY THAT, I DO VERY MUCH UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, JOHN, AND WANTED TO CHIME IN ON THAT ONE.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THIS TOPIC.
I MEAN, I'LL RESPOND TO THAT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, AS I'VE TALKED TO VARIOUS NEW TRUSTEES THAT HAVE COME IN, EVERYBODY, MYSELF INCLUDED, TALKS ABOUT A LEARNING CURVE AND WHAT WE LEARN AND WHAT YOU SEE FROM OUTSIDE AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU BRING IN.
AND I THINK WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO ASSESS WHO WOULD BE THE PEOPLE.
TO SIT ON A COMMITTEE, YOU GUYS ARE CALLING A BOND, IF IT'S A MAINTENANCE AND BOND OR A STRATEGIC BOND, BUT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO CALL THE BOND, THE TRUSTEES ARE.
BUT THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMITTEE IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THING, AND THAT'S PEOPLE THAT WE ALL KNOW AS SITTING TRUSTEES THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS THAT COULD BRING THEIR EXPERTISE TO...
SITTING ON A BACK AND COULD UNDERSTAND THE TIME COMMITMENTS, UNDERSTAND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO FORM A GOOD BACK AND MAKE THESE GOOD DECISIONS ALONG WITH ADMINISTRATION.
I SEE A DIFFERENT, I LOOK AT IT DIFFERENTLY, THAT TO NO ONE'S DISCREDIT COMING ONTO THE BOARD, I DON'T KNOW THAT SOMEONE COMING ONTO THE BOARD WITH A PERCEPTION OF WHAT THE BOARD IS, THAT YOU KNOW, THAT MAY CHANGE OVER TIME IS GOING TO BRING THE DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE IN, YOU KNOW, IN A BOARD MAKEUP.
SO THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY OPINION, MAYBE IN THE MINOR.
WELL, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND SAY, JOHN, I'M LISTENING TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I'M GOING TO INTERPRET THAT, WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE READY TO FORM A BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE YET.
NOT JUST POSTPONING UNTIL JUNE, BUT I'M A STRONG BELIEVER THAT WE HAVE AN ORDER OF OPERATION PROBLEM RIGHT NOW, THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SIMULTANEOUSLY WORKING THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ASKING A BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO BE FORMED.
AND, I MEAN, 11 MEETINGS, THREE HOURS MINIMUM EACH MEETING.
30 PARTICIPANTS THAT'S 990 HOURS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS TIME IN A PLAN WE SET A DOLLAR AMOUNT THEY GO COME BACK WITH A PLAN THAT I BELIEVE IS ALSO FLAWED I'M GOING TO SAY ON THE RECORD THAT I BELIEVE CURRENTLY THE LONG-RANGE FACILITY PLAN IS FLAWED UM CAPITAL PLANS ARE THESE CAPITAL BUILDINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE DURABLE THINGS THEY HAVE TO LAST OUR DISTRICT 40 50 YEARS YOU AND I THINK WHEN WE THINK ABOUT TEXAS AND THE EXTREME HEAT THAT WE SEE IN THE SUMMERS AND OUR CHILDREN ARE OUTSIDE, I THINK 30, 40 YEARS FROM NOW WHEN, YOU KNOW, SEPTEMBER, IT'S 110, 120 DEGREES.
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO EXPECT IS NOT THREE-STORY BUILDINGS WHERE STUDENTS ARE ENCAPSULATED IN BUILDINGS.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS A MOVEMENT TOWARDS TREE-LINED CANOPIES, LARGE SUNLIT ROOMS, THINGS WHERE YOU'RE USING THE ECOLOGICAL VIEW.
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I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE OUTDOOR SPACES WHERE YOU'VE GOT MORE TREE-LINED.PATHWAYS BETWEEN CLASSROOMS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY WHAT I THINK IS MORE LIKE WHAT WE'VE GOT WITH EANES ELEMENTARY RIGHT NOW.
IT'S THE MOST OUTDOOR, NATURAL SPACE, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING REVOLUTIONARY IN OUR THINKING, AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO THAT BY SAYING, HEY, BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE, HERE'S A DOLLAR LIMIT.
I REALLY BELIEVE WITH KIRK'S LEADERSHIP THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT OUR LONG-TERM STRATEGY FOR THE DISTRICT AND WHERE WE WANT TO BE NOT JUST IN TWO TO THREE YEARS BUT 10 YEARS, 12 YEARS, 30 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE THESE DECISIONS AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE FIVE, SIX TIMES BIGGER THAN ANYTHING WE'VE EVER CONSIDERED BEFORE.
AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING THESE THINGS SIMULTANEOUSLY, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MISS.
WE'RE DOING A DISSERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE DOING A DISSERVICE TO THE FOLKS WE'RE ASKING TO SIT THROUGH HOURS AND HOURS OF MEETINGS, 11 EVENING MEETINGS OF THEIR WEEK.
I JUST THINK WE HAVE AN ORDER OF OPERATION PROBLEM.
I ALSO HEARD HOLLY AND CRAIG SAY WHEN THEY PRESENTED A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT THE LONG-RANGE FACILITY PLAN, THIS URGENCY.
AND I ALSO WANT TO CAUTION US FROM HAVING A FALSE SENSE OF URGENCY GIVEN.
HOW MUCH IS AT STAKE IF WE MESS UP? RUSHING INTO A PLAN, RUSHING INTO A BOND, REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE, TO HAVE OUR COMMUNITY NOT GET BEHIND IT, TO THEN HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD WITH A SMALLER BOND, OR TO PUT, TO JOHN'S POINT, A $100 MILLION MAINTENANCE BOND AT RISK, IS NOT WORTH IT TO ME.
SO MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE LET'S...
GIVE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS ITS DUE.
LET'S GIVE IT THE PUBLIC ATTENTION IT NEEDS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT OUR DISTRICT TO LOOK LIKE FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS BECAUSE THAT'S HOW LONG OUR BUILDINGS LAST.
WE JUST HAD, OR WE ARE CELEBRATING, HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL'S 50-YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
SO, AGAIN, I THINK A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I SAID IT'S NOT THAT WE CAN'T WALK AND CHEW GUM.
IT'S JUST THAT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GIVE THINGS THE ATTENTION THAT THEY DESERVE, AND I THINK OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS THAT CRITICAL TO OUR LONG-TERM FUTURE SUCCESS.
AND I DON'T WANT TO BE A TRUSTEE THAT GOES RUSHING THROUGH A DUAL PROCESS AND END UP CREATING BUILDINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, OUR NEWEST CAMPUSES.
BARTON CREEK AND BRIDGEPOINT, RIGHT? BRIDGEPOINT, I THINK, IS A LITTLE BIT, ONE YEAR YOUNGER.
WHAT I SAW, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, COMING OUT OF THE LONGREACH FACILITY, THE LRF PAC, WAS THAT WE NEEDED TO PUT AN EXTENSION ON THAT BUILDING, AND IT ALREADY HAS EXCESS CAPACITY.
I JUST, I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANT TO BE AS A DISTRICT.
DO WE WANT TO HAVE TRANSFERS? I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR TRANSFERS, BUT NOT ALL OF YOU ARE, NOT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY IS.
WE WANT TO FUTURE PROOF OUR DISTRICT, WHICH KELLY SAID I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT, BUT WHAT DOES FUTURE PROOFING OUR DISTRICT MEAN? SO I THINK THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE HAVE TO WRESTLE THROUGH FIRST BEFORE WE START TALKING ABOUT SPENDING DOLLARS.
SO MY QUESTION IS, ARE THERE ANY CAPITAL DECISIONS THAT THE TRUSTEES COULD MAKE WITHOUT FORMING A BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE YET? THAT IS A SMALLER IN SCOPE WHERE WE COULD SAY IT SEEMS OBVIOUS THAT XYZ CAMPUS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, THAT THE MANDATE OF THE FACILITY AND ITS NEEDS ARE SUCH THAT WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE IT IN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT ALL, THAT WE AS TRUSTEES, AS THE ULTIMATE DECISION MAKERS AND THE GOVERNORS OF THE DISTRICT COULD MAKE THAT DECISION IN OPEN MEETING AT THE END OF A STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEN SET THE GUIDE WORK FOR THE BIGGER TRANSFORMATIONAL THINGS ONCE WE TAKE CARE OF ANY IMMEDIATE NEEDS.
SO THAT WOULD BE THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I HAVE A LOT OF THOUGHTS, BUT WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO DISCUSS WHAT IS
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ON THE AGENDA, AND WE SHOULD NOT BE DISCUSSING THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN POSTED, AND A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.HAVE NOT BEEN POSTED AND THAT IS UNFAIR TO OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS WITHOUT THEM BEING NOTIFIED THESE ARE IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN AND THEY WILL HAPPEN UM I ALWAYS SAY THERE'S ALWAYS A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING BECAUSE THERE'S THERE'S ALWAYS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE HEARD SOMETHING AND THERE'S ALWAYS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS.
SO I JUST, Y'ALL KNOW I AM A POLICY NERD.
SO I THINK IT'S REAL IMPORTANT THAT WE STICK TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
I HAVE ONE COMMENT WITH REGARDS TO THIS NOTION OF THE BOND AND BACK COMMITTEE PLANNING.
I THINK THERE'S TWO THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD BASED ON WHAT I'M HEARING THAT ARE MAYBE OPEN QUESTIONS.
ONE IS WE BUILT SOME FLEXIBILITY INTO WHEN THE BACK COULD BE FORMED, AND I THINK WE HEARD TONIGHT THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO.
LISTEN TO TRUSTEES ABOUT THAT AND WHEN THAT DECISION WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE THE SECOND THING IS AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT TOPIC, RIGHT? WE ARE USING COMMITTEE MAKEUP AS KIM SAID FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TRUSTEES WITH CHARGES AND DEFINE CHARGES ONCE THOSE COMMITTEES ARE FORMED TO BRING THE EDUCATION AND BRING INPUTS FORWARD AND WE'RE IN A PERIOD WHERE WE HAVE DONE AN ALL CALL TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND THAT WAS A CHARGE FROM THE TRUSTEES TO ME AND THE NOTION THAT WE ARE GOING TO LEAN INTO COLLECTING MORE INPUT THAN WE'VE EVER COLLECTED AS A SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND THEN NOT USE IT IS SOMETHING I THINK ALSO THAT WE ALL HAVE TO BE VERY CONSIDERATE ABOUT IN HOW WE GO ABOUT THAT AND WHAT WE DO WITH THAT INFORMATION STRATEGICALLY.
IN A WINDOW AND PERIOD OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS WHERE WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO BE COLLECTING MORE INPUT AND FEEDBACK THAN WE HAVE BEFORE ABOUT A RANGE OF TOPICS.
AND SO I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO CAREFULLY WEIGH THAT ASK WITH THE RESPONSES AS WE'RE MAKING STRATEGIC DECISIONS.
SO MAYBE THIS IS JUST HOW I READ THE AGENDA, BUT I BELIEVE I'VE BEEN FULLY IN THE SPIRIT OF THE AGENDA BECAUSE IT SAYS BOND I READ THIS AS BOND PLANNING AND BACK COMMITTEE PLANNING SO TO ME I THINK EVERYTHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TODAY IS AROUND PLANNING OF THE BOND TO ME IT'S SQUARE IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT'S HERE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BOND AND BACK COMMITTEE PLANNING SO TO ME I THINK IT'S PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE AND CLEAR THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE BOND TONIGHT BECAUSE THERE'S THE BACK COMMITTEE BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO PLANNING THE BOND CHRIS'S PRESENTATION WAS ON BOND PLANNING.
SO I DON'T, TO ME, ANYTHING RELATED TO THE BOND, I PERSONALLY BELIEVE FALLS SQUARELY IN THE AGENDA.
THAT'S JUST ME PERSONALLY, BUT THAT'S HOW I...
JOHN, I WENT AND GOT LEGAL COUNSEL'S ADVICE ON GETTING INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT WOULD BE IN THE BOND IS NOT IN THE SPIRIT OR WHAT WAS POSTED.
WELL, I'LL JUST SAY AS A BOARD MEMBER, I FIND THAT CONFUSING.
BUT THANK YOU FOR THE CORRECTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD AS PLANNED WITH CREATING THE BACK BECAUSE I ALREADY KNOW FROM TALKING TO SOME OF OUR CURRENT BACH AND LONG RANGE MEMBERS THAT ARE PLANNING TO GO AHEAD.
THEY SAID THAT THEY DID NEED TO LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE AND THEY DID NEED TO PLAN AHEAD FOR THAT.
AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A BIG CONSIDERATION THERE AND IT'S A BIG COMMITMENT.
AND SO THE MOST AMOUNT OF TIME WE CAN GIVE PEOPLE TO DO THAT IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
I, YEAH, I DEFINITELY THINK I WOULD LIKE TO STAY ON TRACK AND KEEP US MOVING FORWARD IN THE.
CREATING THE BACK BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT MEMBERS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN THERE AND WE'LL FILL IT WITH A FEW EXTRAS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE OUR 30 PEOPLE AND I THINK WE'RE READY TO GO.
AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE, HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONVERSATION AS TO WHETHER HYBRID MEETINGS ARE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS TO TAKE PLACE? BECAUSE IN THE PAST, I'VE MENTIONED THIS IN A PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING,
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AND I THINK IT WOULD INFLUENCE SOMEONE'S ABILITY TO COMMIT POTENTIALLY TO THIS.TO ME, THAT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUE, AND I GUESS THE BACKS LEADERSHIP.
ANSWER ON THAT SOMETIME SOON BECAUSE I THINK IT DOES IMPACT SOMEONE'S COMMITMENT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY CAN COMMIT TO THIS.
WELL, I THINK THAT THAT NEEDS, I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE THE BACK FORM, SO WE DON'T HAVE LEADERSHIP.
SO HOW, HOW WILL YOU WANT, OH, THE, THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE HAS TO DECIDE.
I MEAN, ONE ISSUE, THE WAY THAT TOM EHLER HAS DESCRIBED THE PROCESS THAT HE'S WORKED WITH IS THAT THIS LARGER GROUP, 30 PEOPLE, GETS DIVIDED UP INTO SUBGROUPS, AND THEY KIND OF WORK TOGETHER AT TABLES.
I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT, NOT NECESSARILY SAY IMPOSSIBLE.
THE TECHNOLOGY, I'LL ANSWER, I'LL LEAVE TO CHRISTY.
WE CAN CERTAINLY ASK, BUT I AGREE WITH WHAT CHRIS SAID.
THE APPROACH THAT VLK AND HIS FACILITATORS BROUGHT TO US IS THAT IF WE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS APPROACH, THAT IT IS.
SMALL GROUP WORK DESIGNATED ON SPECIFIC TOPICS.
SO IT WOULD BE CHALLENGING TO OFFER IT VIRTUALLY OR AT LEAST HYBRID.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO ASK THEIR FACILITATORS WHO DO THIS ALL OF THE TIME WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
BUT WE COULD ASK IF THAT'S AN OPTION.
AND I COULD ALMOST ENVISION A PROCESS WHERE CERTAIN MEETINGS DO HAVE TO BE IN PERSON AND MAYBE SOME AREN'T.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
[5.2 Strategic plan updates]
OKAY.WE WILL MOVE ON TO STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATES, WHICH IS AGENDA ITEM 5.2.
CHRIS, YOU GOT THE CLICKER? YOU WANT TO ADVANCE THAT OR SOMEBODY? PLEASE.
WE'VE GOT THE SLIDE THAT WE NEED.
I THINK WE WERE ALL TOGETHER LAST WEEK AND FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT WATCH THE THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING OR PAY ATTENTION ONLINE WE ARE EXCITED TO KICK OFF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.
WE DID AN ALL-CALL LAST WEEK AT THE STATE OF THE SCHOOLS AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD ABOUT 15 RESPONSES TO THAT ALL-CALL GOOGLE FORM THAT WAS SHARED.
WE ARE WORKING EXTERNALLY TO GATHER THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING.
THAT 15 OR SO INCLUDES A HANDFUL OF STUDENTS ALREADY WHICH IS AWESOME AND AS WE ALL KNOW WE ARE GOING TO PUT STUDENTS AT THE CENTER OF THIS STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS IN EVERY WAY SHAPE OR FORM WITH THEIR PARTICIPATION.
WE HAVE INTERNAL TEAMS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING.
MOLLY AND A CORE GROUP HAVE MET ONCE, WE'LL CONVENE AGAIN.
WE ARE WORKING ON ROSTERS OF OUR OWN INTERNAL STAFF MEMBERS WHO WILL PARTICIPATE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS, FACILITATORS THAT WILL BE NAMED SOON, AND HOW WE WILL USE OUR INITIAL BATCH OF VISION TEAM INVITEES TO START TO FORM THAT VISION TEAM IN THE NEXT MONTH.
SO, TRUSTEES, I'VE ASKED YOU TO SHARE SOME NAMES.
WE HAVE FIELDED SOME FROM THE COMMUNITY FROM THE FORUM ALREADY.
I HAVE FIELDED MANY IN MY ENTRY PLAN MEETINGS FROM DIFFERENT GROUPS ACROSS CAMPUSES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BRING THAT GROUP TOGETHER IN FRONT OF YOU.
WE'LL BE EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THAT GROUP BY MAY, ALONG WITH A CORE TEAM AND SOME OF OUR OTHER SUBGROUPS THAT WILL BE WORKING TO KICK OFF STUDENT FOCUS GROUPS, SOME INTERVIEWS.
JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, WE WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF REALLY FOCUSED INTERVIEWS THAT BEGIN NEXT WEEK THAT ARE VIRTUAL.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME ADULTS.
WE WILL HAVE SOME SMALL STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES COMING IN EARLY MAY AS WE CLOSE OUT A SCHOOL YEAR AND OF COURSE WE HAVE BEGUN AN OUTREACH TO ALUMNI TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS THAT I HAVE HELD.
WE ARE GOING TO ALSO LOOK AT THE FORMATION AND FIRST TEAM MEETING FOR THAT VISION TEAM AS WE HEAD INTO LATE MAY AND WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM RETREAT IN LATE MAY WHERE OUR ENTIRE TEAM INTERNALLY WILL BE WORKING ON HOW THAT PROCESS CONTINUES TO LOOK ROBUST IN JUNE, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER AS WE RETURN FROM THE SUMMER MONTHS.
SO A LOT OF PLANNING GOING ON INTERNALLY AND A LOT OF OUTREACH GOING ON EXTERNALLY, AND WE'RE STARTING TO GET THAT FEEDBACK OF WHO WANTS TO BE INVOLVED, WHICH WE REALLY APPRECIATE.
THERE YOU GO AGAIN IF YOU'RE INTERESTED THERE'S A QR CODE AND A LINK AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANYBODY TELL US WHAT'S NICE ABOUT THIS IS YOU CAN INTERSECT AND TELL US HOW MUCH TIME YOU'D LIKE TO SPEND TO PARTICIPATE AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT
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FOR PEOPLE AGAIN I WANT TO REITERATE WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A LARGE SCHOOL COMMUNITY WE HAVE A LOT OF UNIQUE FAMILIES IN THIS COMMUNITY SOME HAVE MULTIPLE CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS SOME HAVE NO CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS AND WE ALSO HAVE MULTI-GENERATIONAL FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REACH AS WELL AS THOUSANDS OF ALUMNI SO THIS IS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUTREACH AND TO COLLECT AS MUCH INPUT AS POSSIBLE AND I HOPE STUDENTS WHO PAY ATTENTION CONTINUE TO CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL ON SOME OF THOSE HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEES THANK YOU MR. KANICKI ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS KELLY I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT ADDING THE STUDENTS INTO THIS AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THEY DO SO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THEM.CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO ALUMNI AND HOW WE'RE GETTING THAT GROUP IN BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A NEW AMPLIFIED VOICE.
ONE, I MET WITH THE LEADERSHIP FROM THE EANES EDUCATION FOUNDATION MEMBERS.
THEY HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WORKS ON ALUMNI AND MET WITH THEM, AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY GRACIOUS TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION AND DATA WITH ME.
I ALSO RECENTLY MET WITH THE RED APRON BRIGADE, THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR TEAM, AND I LEARNED ABOUT THEIR HISTORY, AND THEY HAVE ALUMNI MEMBERS, AND THEY HAVE A DATABASE THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO SHARE.
WE HAVE A VERY STRONG NETWORK OF VOLUNTEERS, AS YOU KNOW, AROUND THE DISTRICT, AND THOSE ARE JUST TWO HIGHLIGHTS.
AND OF COURSE, I MET WITH REX HOOVER, AND HE KNOWS EVERYBODY.
SO I AM GARNERING MEETING AFTER MEETING THROUGH ALUMNI AND ASKING THOSE ALUMNI TO CONNECT ME WITH OTHER ALUMNI.
WE HAVE SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.
OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTORS AND THAT TEAM HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL.
DAVID POOLE AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL.
AND, OF COURSE, SOME OF THE PARENTS WE MET ALONG THE WAY THROUGH THE ENTRY PLAN HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL.
BUT THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, ONE OF THE CHARGES FROM THE TRUSTEES THAT I TRIED TO ECHO LAST WEEK IS WE NEED TO DRAMATICALLY SCALE UP AND EXPAND OUR CELEBRATION, RECOGNITION, AND STORYTELLING ABOUT OUR ALUMNI ACROSS ALL GENERATIONS.
AND WE NEED TO INVITE THEM BACK IN AND BUILD AND REBUILD SOME RELATIONSHIPS.
AND SO THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY DURING THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.
YEAH, I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE ALUMNI WORK THAT'S GOING ON.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING MORE ABOUT THAT.
CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON YOU'VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT TOUCHING EVERY STUDENT WITH YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
DID THIS GO OUT? LIKE EVERY STUDENT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT TO SHOW INTEREST OR YOU KNOW SECONDARY STUDENTS OR HOW DID THEY BECOME AWARE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY WELL WE'RE KIND OF BATTLING STAR TESTING RIGHT NOW AND SO WE I DIDN'T SEND THE PARENT SQUARE TODAY BUT I NEED TO I NEED TO LOOK AT THE STAR SCHEDULE BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING TOMORROW I KNOW THERE'S TESTING TOMORROW SO JUST WORKING AROUND THAT SCHEDULE BUT YES WE'LL SEND A PARENT SQUARE TO 6 THROUGH 12 AND IS THAT ALSO PARENT SQUARE THAT'S BEING USED FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL TO EXPRESS INTEREST? WELL, FOR FAMILIES, PEOPLE WHO ARE IN PARENT SQUARE.
I DON'T HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN PARENT SQUARE.
SO STUDENTS AND PARENTS, OKAY.
AND THEN I GUESS I THINK THAT'S COMMUNITY-WISE, IS THAT YOUR QUESTION? YES, YES.
HOW ARE YOU YOU'RE READING MY MIND.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S THE WAY WE TRY TO GET IT OUT THERE, ANYTHING THAT WE TRY TO GET OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE KIDS IN OUR SCHOOLS.
BUT I DEFINITELY MENTIONED THOSE PEOPLE.
YEAH, AND DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WE NORMALLY WORK WITH, THE CHAMBER, THE ROTARY, AS YOU MENTIONED, ALL THE GROUPS THAT HE WORKS WITH.
JUST TRYING TO GET OUT THERE AS MUCH AS WE CAN THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL.
ANYONE IN ALL I CAN SHARE SAY WE ALSO HAVE A GROUP WE HAVE ALL THE FAITH LEADERS IN THE DISTRICT OR IN OUR AREA AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER GROUP THAT WE CAN HIT A COMMUNITY YEAH, THANK YOU.
THIS REMINDS ME OF THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH THE RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS WORK ABOUT MAPPING THE COMMUNITY SO MAYBE WE CAN I CAN SHARE A FEW MORE THOUGHTS ABOUT GROUPS THERE BUT WE'RE JUST STARTING THAT PROCESS AND I THINK IT COULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADVOCACY TO BE WEAVING IN THOSE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING FOR THAT EFFORT INTO THIS MY OTHER QUESTION I THINK THIS IS THIS FITS WITHIN THE
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DISCUSSION IS AND YOUR EXCITEMENT AROUND ALL THESE COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS AND KIRK YOU AND I WERE AT AN EVENT WHERE A ALUMNI WAS TALKING ABOUT CHAT FEST AND THE EXCITEMENT AROUND THE START OF THE YEAR IN YOUR TIMELINE AND PLAN DO YOU ENVISION YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT TOWN HALLS AND FOCUS GROUPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT DO YOU ENVISION SOME SORT OF SOMETHING THAT WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO WEAVE THIS BOND PROCESS INTO STRATEGIC PLANNING WHERE PEOPLE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO? VISUALIZE WHAT COULD BE THE FUTURE OF THE DISTRICT AND AND LEARN ABOUT THE YOU KNOW THE COST BENEFITS POTENTIALLY OF INVESTING IN FACILITIES LIKE WHAT IS THAT EDUCATIONAL? EFFORT LOOK LIKE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT DO I WANT, DO I WANT FOUR SCHOOLS, OR DO I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD STICK WITH FIVE, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE FINANCIAL REASONS TO MAYBE BE THINKING ABOUT THIS AS WELL.DO YOU ENVISION THAT HAPPENING? YES, I DO.
ONE, WE WON'T CALL THEM TOWN HALLS.
THOSE HAVE A POLITICAL OVERTONE, SO WE WON'T USE THAT LABEL JUST AS A CLARIFICATION.
WE WILL BE USING ADVISORY MEETINGS AND SOME FORUMS AND INTERVIEWS WHEN IT COMES TO A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.
THE POLITICAL PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS IS WE ALL HAVE TO LISTEN TO EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS, AND THEY'LL TELL US ALL OF THOSE OPINIONS ABOUT THOSE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD, AND OUR CORE PLANNING TEAM WILL PUT RESOURCES IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.
AND THOSE RESOURCES WILL ALLOW THEM TO DIALOGUE AND THEN ALSO LEAVE ROOM FOR THEM TO ASK FOLLOW-UP AND DEEPER QUESTIONS SO THAT THAT THEN INFORMS THE WORK OF THE CORE TEAM THROUGH EACH PHASE.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY THAT INFORMATION GETS FED UP TO THE VISION TEAM WHO WILL HELP ARTICULATE IT AND ULTIMATELY BRING IT TO THE BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN RECOMMEND THAT YOU'VE HAD A ROBUST PROCESS. FANTASTIC. BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT EARLIER, KELLY, THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE. AND WATCHING IT OVER AND OVER. YOU DO LEARN MORE, BUT PEOPLE DON'T MAYBE HAVE THE TIME TO DO THAT OR THE INTEREST IN DOING THAT. SO THE MORE THAT WE CAN PUT THINGS IN FRONT OF THEM VISUALLY IN PERSON, I JUST LOVE THAT IDEA. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD.
GOOD QUESTIONS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
[6.
ACTION - CONSENT AGENDA
]EVERYONE. WE WILL MOVE INTO THE ACTION PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.AND DO I HAVE A MOTION? KELLY? THANK YOU. I DIDN'T THINK SHE WAS EVER GOING TO CALL ON ME. I WAS LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ACCEPT THE CONSENT, APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS POSTED. I HAVE A MOTION BY KELLY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A SECOND BY JOHN. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO I HAVE A MOTION BY KELLY AND A SECOND BY JOHN. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS POSTED? THE MOTION PASSES 6-0. THIS WAS
[7.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
]A SHORT MEETING. WE HAVE UPCOMING MEETINGS APRIL 28TH AND THEN MAY 12TH OF 2026 HERE IN THE BOARDROOM, AND WE WILL NOT BE RETURNING INTO CLOSED SESSION. IS THAT CORRECT? SINCE I MISSED CLOSED SESSION.WE WILL NOT BE ADJOURNING INTO CLOSED SESSION. WE WILL ADJOURN TONIGHT AT 723. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.