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CALL TO ORDER
]6.06 AND I CALL THE MAY 26, 2026 REGULAR MEETING OF THE EANS ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER.[2.
ESTABLISH A QUORUM
]QUORUM? YES, WE DO.ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS CATHERINE WALKER, PRESIDENT OF THE EANS ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION, WELCOME EVERYONE WHO IS WITH US TONIGHT.
AND TO THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING IN AT HOME.
THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING IS FOR THE BOARD TO DELIBERATE AND VOTE ON MATTERS LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
AS ALWAYS, WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING A RESPECTFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND EXPECT THE SAME COURTESY IN RETURN.
PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ADVERSE OR DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.
APPLAUSE IS ALWAYS WELCOME FOR THOSE BEING RECOGNIZED DURING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
DURING EVERY MEETING, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THAT THERE IS NO ONE, THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR TONIGHT.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE ENTIRE OPEN MEETING.
TO LISTEN TO THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD.
IF YOU DECIDE TO LEAVE EARLY, PLEASE DO SO QUIETLY AND TAKE ANY CONVERSATIONS OUTSIDE.
AS ALWAYS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK ABOUT ITEMS DISCUSSED TONIGHT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL THE TRUSTEES AT TRUSTEES AT EONSISD.NET.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE TONIGHT AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED INTEREST IN SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOLS.
WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN OUR AGENDA WITH THE EANS ISD MISSION STATEMENT.
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.
ALL RIGHT, WE WILL NOW MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
HE WILL LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR US.
LINCOLN JUST FINISHED THIRD GRADE AT EAMES ELEMENTARY.
HIS FAVORITE HOBBY IS MATH, AND AT NIGHT YOU MIGHT SEE HIM AT TEXAS HONEYHAM WHERE HE WORKS ON THE WEEKENDS.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[5.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
]ALL RIGHT, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.I THINK THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU ALL, WE WERE ON A STAGE AT THE MOODY CENTER CELEBRATING APPROXIMATELY 700 GRADUATES FROM THE BEST PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THAT WAS AN AWESOME EVENING, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR GRADUATES AND FAMILIES.
TONIGHT, OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT IS GOING TO FOCUS ON SOMEONE YOU JUST MET, LINCOLN HURLEY, AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE CALLIE FRAZIER, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT FOR THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.
CALLIE IS HERE TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE LINCOLN, EANES ELEMENTARY STUDENT, FOR HIS AMAZING PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.
SO CALLIE, WOULD YOU JOIN US, PLEASE? SO WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE AND THANK YOU SO
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VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE LIVES THAT YOU HELPED.AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
CAN WE GET A PICTURE? COME ON UP, LINCOLN.
CONGRATULATIONS LINCOLN WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP PROJECT? NO? THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO HELPED.
ALRIGHT STEVE AND LINCOLN AND REALLY JUST WANT TO SAY ONE OTHER WORD.
OUR BASEBALL TEAM JUST FINISHED THEIR SEASON UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT BEFORE GRADUATION AND I KNOW THEY WISH THEY WERE STILL PLAYING BUT KUDOS TO OUR BASEBALL TEAM FOR MAKING THE REGIONAL SEMIFINALS AND AND STRETCHING THAT INTO A THIRD GAME.
THEY HAD A REALLY GOOD RUN AT THE END OF THE SEASON AND CONGRATS TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR REPORT SECTION OF THE MEETING TONIGHT.
YES, AND OUR FIRST UPDATE IS ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE'RE TAKING THIS OUT OF ORDER TONIGHT.
[7.3 Strategic Plan update]
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ITEM 7.3, THE STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE, AND WE HAVE MS. KIMBERLY DURRELL AND MS. LAURA COOKSON.MANY FAMILIAR FACES SITTING ACROSS, BUT I'M KIMBERLY DURRELL, CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, AND SITTING NEXT TO ME IS LAURA KOKSON, AND SHE'S OUR DIRECTOR OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO JOIN YOU THIS EVENING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF OUR DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLANNING.
IF I WERE TO SUM IT UP IN ONE WAY, THIS WORK IS ABOUT ONE THING.
IT'S MAKING SURE THAT THE FUTURE OF EGINS ISD IS NOT JUST SHAPED BY THE VOICES OF LEADERS, BUT THAT IT IS ACCOMPANIED BY THE VOICES OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS, OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, OUR FACULTY, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, LAURA AND OTHER DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN PLANNING OUT THIS PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS TRANSPARENT, THAT IT WAS INCLUSIVE, BUT AT THE HEART OF IT, IT WAS STUDENT-CENTERED.
WHEN WE BEGAN REVIEWING OUR CURRENT STRATEGIC BOARD PRIORITIES, A QUESTION THAT KEPT ON COMING TO OUR MINDS WAS, WHAT DOES LEARNING NEED TO LOOK LIKE FOR THE FUTURE? WHAT DO OUR LEARNERS NEED IN YEAR 2040 AND BEYOND? AND WHILE OUR CURRENT STRATEGIC BOARD PRIORITIES, THERE'S A LOT OF STRENGTH IN THEM, WE RECOGNIZED THAT THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE COULD PAUSE, WE COULD SHARPEN OUR FOCUS, WE CAN BEGIN LISTENING TO...
WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SAYING THEY NEED, ENSURE THAT THEY ARE HAVING THESE PERSONALIZED LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN THE CLASSROOMS THAT WILL SHAPE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AS THEY MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANS, THEY'RE IMPORTANT AND THEY ONLY WORK TRULY WHEN ALL STAKEHOLDERS HAVE A PART OF IT, WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE OWNERSHIP IN THIS PLAN AND A PART THAT I THINK I WANT TO ECHO AND REPEAT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS THE FACT THAT THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS WE ARE INTENTIONALLY EMBEDDING STUDENT VOICES WE ARE DOING THIS PLANNING WITH STUDENTS NOT JUST FOR OUR STUDENTS.
OKAY GREAT SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE GLIMPSE INTO WHAT'S HAPPENED SO FAR AND THIS PROCESS REALLY WAS LAUNCHED WHEN SUPERINTENDENT KONECKI AT THE STATE OF THE SCHOOLS
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SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY HIS VISION FOR A STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.SINCE THEN, WE'VE LAUNCHED AN INTEREST SURVEY TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT AND EXPRESS AN INTEREST IN SERVING THEIR DISTRICT IN THIS WAY.
AND THEN OVER ABOUT THE COURSE OF A MONTH, PEOPLE WERE ASSIGNED TO THOSE COMMITTEES.
SO USING THAT INTEREST SURVEY, DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR AND CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR NOMINATIONS, WE'VE COMPILED COMMITTEES OF MEMBERS, SOME OF WHICH YOU SEE BEHIND ME, WE'LL INTRODUCE YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.
AND THOSE INVITATIONS WERE SENT OUT AND THEN TONIGHT IS OUR NEXT BIG MILESTONE WHERE WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU A BIT OF AN UPDATE IN WHAT'S HAPPENED.
WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S COMING NEXT IN THE FUTURE AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS EVENING.
SO THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE PARTICIPATION THAT IS OCCURRING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
SO WE SENT A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED INVITATIONS TO INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE ON A COMMITTEE.
THAT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY FOR PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED.
THERE WILL BE MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO GIVE FEEDBACK THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WHETHER THAT'S FILLING OUT SURVEYS, FILLING IT IN A SPOT ON A FOCUS OR ADVISORY GROUP, SO MUCH MORE TO COME.
BUT SO FAR YOU CAN SEE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE DIFFERENT TEAMS THAT ARE REPRESENTED THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
EVERY TEAM WILL BE MADE UP OF A MIX OF ALL THOSE STAKEHOLDERS.
SO WE'LL HAVE OUR VISION TEAM, CORE TEAM, A COMMS TEAM, A DATA TEAM.
SO THERE ARE REALLY IT'S A HOLISTIC REALLY APPROACH TO THIS.
IT'S NOT ONE SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE LEADING THE WORK.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF COMMITTEE WORK.
WITHIN THAT YOU CAN TELL OUR COMMUNITY IS EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE AND THAT REALLY EXCITES US.
SO WE'VE HAD OF THOSE INVITATIONS THAT WENT OUT A 96% RESPONSE RATE TO WANTING TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS AND WITHIN THAT 100% OF THOSE PEOPLE ACCEPTED THEIR SEAT.
SO WE KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS EAGER TO BE INVOLVED AND WE ARE EXCITED TO HEAR THEIR FEEDBACK.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A FEW OF THE TEAMS AND TONIGHT IS THE VISION TEAM AND THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE SITTING BEHIND US.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SCREEN THAT THIS TEAM IS MADE UP OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING STUDENTS, PARENTS, STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A CRITICAL ROLE WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO SYNTHESIZE THE INFORMATION, THE FEEDBACK AND THE INPUT THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN AND WORK TO CREATE A COMMON LANGUAGE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A VISION AND MISSION AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH EANS.
THEIR ROLE IS ALSO GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY COME TO YOU IN NOVEMBER WITH WHAT WE HOPE TO BE THAT FINAL STRATEGIC PLAN AND THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE ACTION ON AND VOTE ON HOPEFULLY IN DECEMBER AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THEIR WORK WILL BE RECOGNIZING THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE DISTRICT, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE ALIGNED TO OUR STRENGTHS, BUT AGAIN, ALWAYS BEING A LISTENER TO OUR STUDENT VOICES.
WE HAVE INVITED MANY MEMBERS OF THE VISION TEAM HERE BEHIND US.
AND SO WE JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM.
IF YOU ARE PART OF OUR VISION TEAM, IF YOU COULD JUST STAND.
SO NOT ALL MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED ARE HERE, BUT WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THOSE THAT DID JOIN US THIS EVENING.
CAN WE JUST POINT OUT AGAIN WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS, KIMBERLY, IF THAT'S OKAY, IF THE STUDENT LEADERS ON THE VISION TEAM ARE HERE, COULD YOU STAND UP JUST SO WE COULD SEE IF YOU'RE HERE? THERE WE GO.
I THOUGHT I SAW A COUPLE OF YOU HERE.
THE WORK YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
YES, WE'RE EXCITED TO WORK AND WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND TIME AS YOU'RE MOVING US FORWARD IN OUR PLANNING.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A PHOTO OP AT THE END IF THAT'S OKAY.
THE CORE TEAM IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER ASPECT.
THERE'S SORT OF LIKE THE ENGINE BEHIND IT ALL.
THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF BEHIND THE SCENES WORK, PARTICULARLY THIS SUMMER.
WHERE WE'RE PUTTING IN STRUCTURES FOR ENGAGEMENT, PLANNING AGENDAS, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE PLANS FOR ALL CAMPUSES AND STUDENTS TO BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS.
AND THE FINAL AND MORE EXCITING PART IS OUR STUDENT LEADERSHIP.
I LIKE MR. KANEKI HOW YOU POINTED THAT OUT.
IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE NAMES OF STUDENTS THAT ARE ON THE SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT SEVERAL DIFFERENT GRADES ARE REPRESENTED HERE AS WELL AS STUDENTS ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT IT ECHOES THE IMPORTANCE THAT THIS ISN'T JUST SOMETHING THAT THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM ARE DOING, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE TAKING OWNERSHIP.
THEY'RE GOING TO GROUND US IN OUR DECISION MAKING.
THEY WILL BE A PART OF DISCUSSIONS, FACILITATING SURVEYS.
THEY'LL PROBABLY CHALLENGE SOME OF OUR ADULT ASSUMPTIONS OF THINGS THAT WE THINK THAT THEY NEED AND WILL KEEP US MOVING FORWARD.
SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE A PART OF THIS AS WELL.
AND I DO SEE A STUDENT BACK THERE AT LEAST THAT'S ON THE CORE TEAM THAT MAYBE DIDN'T GET TO STAND FOR VISION.
SO I THINK ANY OTHER STUDENT LEADERS, PLEASE STAND.
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YEAH, JUST TO REITERATE, TOO, LOOKING AT THIS LIST, YOU'LL NOTICE WE'RE STILL GOING TO EMBED STUDENTS K THROUGH 5 AND THEN 6 THROUGH 8 A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.BUT THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A COUPLE OF OUR OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO ENGAGE.
AND WHEN THE LEADERS HERE ARE TALKING ABOUT ADVISORY MEETINGS VERSUS FOCUS GROUPS VERSUS FORUMS, THOSE WILL ALL LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT THERE'LL BE STUDENTS THAT HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE EMBEDDED.
AND AT SOME POINT, EVERY STUDENT IN THE DISTRICT WILL BE ASKED TO GIVE INPUT INTO THE PLAN.
OKAY, SO LOOKING AHEAD AT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? WE KNOW OVER THE SUMMER, OUR STUDENTS ARE TAKING A MUCH-DESERVED BREAK, AND WE'RE GOING TO LET THEM.
BEHIND THE SCENES WORK THAT HAPPENS FROM DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS REALLY TO PREPARE FOR AUGUST WHEN WE'LL HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
SO I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT DESIGNING THE PROCESS, DESIGNING AGENDAS, THAT SORT OF THING, THAT ONCE WE START IN AUGUST, WE WILL REALLY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH OUR FIRST CORE TEAM MEETING.
AND FROM THERE, THAT WILL LAUNCH A CALENDAR OF MEETINGS FOR ALL OF OUR COMMITTEES.
AND REALLY WHAT THAT MEANS, I DON'T JUST MEAN MEETINGS, I MEAN FEEDBACK CYCLES.
TO GATHER FEEDBACK AND THEN SYNTHESIZE THAT INPUT AND GUIDE US WITH MORE QUESTIONS TO ASK AND MORE AREAS TO DIVE INTO WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT WILL OCCUR OVER A COUPLE OF MONTHS THROUGH THE FALL.
AND THEN IN NOVEMBER, THIS COMMITTEE, THEY MAYBE DON'T KNOW IT YET, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE ONES UP HERE NEXT TO TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT THEIR PROPOSED PLAN IS.
YOU WILL HEAR UPDATES BEFORE THAT.
IT'S NOT THAT YOU WON'T HEAR FROM US AGAIN UNTIL NOVEMBER, BUT THAT WILL BE THE NEXT REALLY BIG MILESTONE AT THE BOARD MEETING.
WHERE THEY'LL BE SENDING YOU THEIR PROPOSED STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THEN IN DECEMBER THAT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO ADOPT THAT PLAN.
SO WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'LL HAVE THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY.
THIS IS TO MR. KONECKI IN A BIGGER PICTURE PERSPECTIVE.
I'VE HAD QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT IT FEELS LIKE THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS RUNNING IN PARALLEL WITH THE STRATEGIC COMMITTEE AND HOW CAN WE DO A BOND PLANNING WITHOUT BEFORE WE GET A STRATEGIC OUTPUT AND HELP US UNDERSTAND AND HELP THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND HOW THESE TWO PROCESSES RELATE TO EACH OTHER AND HOW THEY WORK INDEPENDENTLY AND HOW WE CAN DO THIS IN PARALLEL.
SO IF YOU WOULD GO BACK TO THE TIMELINE FOR A MOMENT, PLEASE, LAURA.
YEAH, SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE, AND I THINK YOU HEARD LAURA MENTION, IS BY THE TIME THAT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING VISION TEAM COMES TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE VERY CLEAR BY NOVEMBER 17TH.
PRIOR TO THAT, THE BOARD WILL HAVE HAD DIALOGUE FROM AUGUST THROUGH NOVEMBER, AND YOU WILL KNOW WHAT THE VISION AND THE MISSIONS AND THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ARE.
IN DRAFT FORM BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE MIDDLE TO END OF OCTOBER.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT MOVING IN PARALLEL TO A SEPARATE BOND ADVISORY COUNCIL PROCESS, WHICH MAY ALSO HAVE A BEGINNING POINT AROUND THE START OF A SCHOOL YEAR IN AUGUST, MR. SPRADLEY, BY THE TIME THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD COME TO YOU, THE MISSION AND VISION WOULD BE BAKED IN, AND IF THE BOARD CHOSE TO APPROVE THE STRATEGIC PLAN, IT WOULD BE KNOWN BY DECEMBER 8TH.
WHEREAS THE BACK PROCESS MAY NOT BE FINALIZED AND MAY NOT BE APPROVED OR TAKEN UP BY THE SCHOOL BOARD UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY OF 27, POSSIBLY EVEN INTO THE VERY BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY.
WHILE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT TRACK THROUGHOUT THE MONTHS WITH THE MEETINGS, THE FEEDBACK CYCLES WILL BE DIFFERENT AND THE ACTION STEPS WILL BE DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF PRESENTING INFORMATION TO THE BOARD.
IT'S CRUCIAL, ACTUALLY, THAT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING GROUP BE ABLE TO.
FEED THE BACK WITH VISIONS AND MISSIONS BEFORE THEY FINISH THEIR WORK, WHICH THEY'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JOHN? WELL, FIRST, THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THIS.
I THINK THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY.
I MEAN, THIS IS SOME OF THE STUFF THAT GETS ME REALLY ENERGIZED IS THINKING ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE.
YOU KNOW, FIVE, 10, 15, 20 YEARS DOWN THE LINE AS WE PREPARE, YOU KNOW, OUR CURRENT STUDENTS AND THE NEXT GENERATION FOR A FUTURE THAT WE'RE STILL IN MANY WAYS SEEING AS IT EVOLVES AND NEW THINGS ARE POPPING UP EVERY YEAR.
AND SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROCESS.
I THINK ONE QUESTION I HAD IS IF THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE WOULD, AS A BOARD, WOULD LIKE THE STRATEGIC COMMITTEE TO WRESTLE THROUGH AND GET FEEDBACK
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ON AND THINK THROUGH.WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR US TO SEED THAT TO Y'ALL SO YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP VET SOME OF THESE IDEAS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY ALREADY? AND MAYBE EVEN SOME IDEAS OF OUR OWN THAT Y'ALL COULD HELP VET THROUGH THE PROCESS.
HOW WOULD THAT BEST WORK THROUGH WHAT Y'ALL ARE ABOUT TO LAUNCH? TWO MAIN METHODS, GREAT QUESTIONS, MR. TROY.
ONE, FEED THE INFORMATION DIRECTLY TO ANY MEMBER OF THE CORE TEAM, AND MEMBERS OF THE CORE TEAM WILL BE TAKING UP THE BIG QUESTIONS AND THE METHODOLOGY BEHIND THE ACTIVITIES THAT THE OTHERS ARE WORKING THROUGH.
AND NUMBER TWO, OF COURSE, AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, PARENT, TRUSTEE, ADMINISTRATOR, STAFF MEMBER, TEACHER, BUS DRIVER, COOK, GET INVOLVED, AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO OBVIOUSLY OBSERVE, SIT IN.
BE A PART OF THESE MEETINGS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF AS A PARENT SITTING IN AN ELEMENTARY ADVISORY MEETING ONE MONTH AND MAYBE THE NEXT MONTH ASKED TO DO A SURVEY OR AN INTERVIEW ONLINE OR VIA PHONE TO, YOU KNOW, COMING TO A BOARD MEETING TO TALK THROUGH SOME DIALOGUE.
SO THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF WAYS FOR YOU TO DO THAT.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO FEED THE CORE TEAM WITH INFORMATION OR IDEAS, THAT GROUP IS GOING TO BE WAREHOUSING ALL THAT, COLLECTING IT, AND THEN DISSEMINATING IT OUT THROUGH ACTIVITIES.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
JUST ONE QUESTION, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS.
I'M EXCITED JUST AS JOHN VOICED HIS EXCITEMENT.
ENGAGEMENT WAS ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES IN WHAT WE LOOK FOR IN MR. KONECKI, AND HE IS DEFINITELY CHARGING AHEAD WITH THAT.
RESPONSES, THE SURVEYS, ALL OF THE COMMUNITY INPUT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, IS THAT JUST FROM OUR PARENT GROUPS, OR ARE WE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT EVEN MORE BROADLY INTO THE COMMUNITY TO, AS YOU SAID, ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS? YES.
I MEAN, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO GET FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM BEYOND JUST OUR BUILDINGS AND OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE DIRECTLY IN OUR BUILDINGS.
SO IN FACT, ON SEVERAL OF THE COMMITTEES, YOU'LL FIND THAT THERE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT DO NOT HAVE A STUDENT IN OUR SCHOOL AND MAYBE NEVER EVEN HAVE HAD A STUDENT IN OUR SCHOOL BUT STILL WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS SO WE ARE ALREADY DOING THAT JUST THROUGH GAINING THAT COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP OF REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE BEYOND JUST OUR BUILDINGS TO SEE WHERE THAT INTEREST LIES AND THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY BEYOND JUST THOSE WHO HAVE STUDENTS HERE SO BEYOND THE RESIDENTS AS WELL THE THE OTHER LAYER TO THAT WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE AND THAT TRUSTEES UH WE'VE DIALOGUED ABOUT IS WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEKING INPUT FROM YOUNG ALUMNI AND ALUMNI ACROSS ALL DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS.
WE HAVE A HUGE OPPORTUNITY IN THE DISTRICT TO RE-ENGAGE ALUMNI, AND WE HAVE TALKED TO SOME RECENT GRADUATES ALSO ABOUT BEING INVOLVED.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO CAPTURE ALUMNI FEEDBACK, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE NOT JUST IN COLLEGE NOW, BUT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND THOSE FURTHER DOWN THE LINE.
AND SO WE'LL BE MAKING A CONCERTED EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO ALUMNI.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION BY JENNIFER.
FORGIVE MY IGNORANCE ON THIS, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS.
IS THERE A BLUE-CHIP STANDARD STRATEGIC PLAN OUT THERE THAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE EMPLOYED, OR MAYBE IT'S FRAGMENTS FROM MULTIPLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT MAYBE ARE USING, THAT WE'RE USING AS SORT OF A NORTH STAR GUIDING PRINCIPLE IN THIS, OR WHAT, OR NOT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
YOU KNOW I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE CREATING AN ORGANIC PROCESS THAT WORKS BECAUSE OF EAN'S UNIQUENESS AND WHAT WE HEARD FROM TRUSTEES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMING IN TO THE SPRING ABOUT BEING IN A LISTENING MODE AND SO YES WE'VE STUDIED TOP PERFORMING DISTRICTS WE'VE STUDIED OTHER DISTRICTS THERE ARE OTHER PLANS IN PLACE THIS DISTRICT HAD A STRATEGIC PLAN AND HAS STRATEGIC PRIORITIES THAT HAVE WORKED IN THE PAST THERE IS THE WHEEL THERE ARE THINGS THAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THAT LEAD DIRECTLY TO STUDENT OUTCOMES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT.
BUT THE IDEA HERE WITH THE LISTENING IS TO TRY TO HAVE ORGANIC FEEDBACK CYCLES THAT LEAD THE WORK TO THE NEXT STEP SO THAT THAT LANGUAGE BECOMES OUR COMMON LANGUAGE AND OUR PLAN AND IS NOT BASED ON A TEMPLATE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN SOME CASES MANY PUBLIC SCHOOLS MIGHT JUST USE BECAUSE THEY NEED A TEMPLATE.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE A SYSTEM AND SOME PROCESSES IN PLACE THAT WILL LEAD TO.
WHAT I HOPE IS AN ORGANIC FEEL AND AS MUCH INPUT COLLECTED AS POSSIBLE AND THERE IS SOME PRECEDENT WITH SOME OTHER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE DONE SIMILAR WORK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH IN CLOSING I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ON THIS.
IT'S MORE OF A PROCESS QUESTION HOW DO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT TEAMS HANDING OFF INFORMATION AND SHARING IT? FOR EXAMPLE, IT SOUNDS LIKE
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THE VISION TEAM'S REQUEST AND THE WORK THAT IS REQUIRED IS A BIG AND HEAVY LIFT, AS WELL AS THE CORE TEAM.AND SO HOW DO YOU SEE THAT TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE TO WALK THROUGH ALL OF THEIR DISCOVERIES AND ALL OF THE INPUT AND ALL OF THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT THEY'VE GATHERED TO TRANSFER OVER TO THE CORE TEAM, WHICH I THINK IS ALMOST LIKE ENABLING, MAKING THE PLANS TO ENABLE THESE CHANGES? GREAT QUESTION.
SO THE TEAM, THE CORE TEAM MEMBERS, AS LAURA SAID, ARE KIND OF LIKE THE MACHINE TO THIS, BUT ALL OF THE INFORMATION FLOWS THROUGH THEM FROM THE ACTIVITIES UP TO THE VISION TEAM.
THE VISION TEAM ULTIMATELY GETS THAT INPUT, THOSE INPUTS EACH PHASE, AND THEN THEY DISSEMINATE INFORMATION BACK DOWN THROUGH THE CORE TEAM, WHICH THEN LEADS TO ACTIVITIES FOR THE NEXT PHASE.
WE THINK WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT PHASE THREE TIMES BEFORE YOU'LL SEE THE DRAFT DOCUMENTS AND PLANS, AND IF WE NEED A FOURTH, WE'LL ADAPT AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
BUT EVERYTHING FLOWS UP TO THE VISION TEAM AND THEN BACK DOWN THROUGH THE CORE TEAM WHO THEN HELP US WITH ACTIVITIES AND METHODS BASED ON THE LANGUAGE AND THE FEEDBACK THAT'S DEVELOPING.
I THINK WE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT.
AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY HERE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT'S JOINED UP HERE ON THE CORE TEAM OF THE VISION TEAM.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME THIS EVENING.
YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD DO A GROUP PHOTO IF THAT'S OKAY.
AND, TRUSTEES, IF YOU DON'T MIND HERE BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
THANK YOU, KIMBERLY AND LAURA.
ALL RIGHT WE'RE GETTING OUR ROOM SET BACK UP WE HAD TO MOVE SOME TABLES AND CHAIRS AROUND FOR THAT LARGE GROUP PHOTO.
[7.1 SSHAC annual report]
WE WILL MOVE BACKWARDS IN TIME TO THE SCHOOL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, ALSO KNOWN AS SHAC, ANNUAL REPORT.AND WE HAVE MS. MOLLY MAY AND LORI LEE HERE.
THE LEGENDARY MOLLY MAY IS HERE TO SHARE HER FINAL SHAC REPORT.
IT'S NOT MY FINAL BOARD REPORT.
YES, SO WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT SHAC.
SO FIRST I WANT TO START OFF THIS YEAR JUST THANKING ALL OF OUR SHAC MEMBERS.
I DID LIST OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO SAY BOTH ON DLT, WHICH I ALSO OVERSEE IN SHAC, OUR STUDENTS THESE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN SO
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IMPACTFUL.THEY JUST, THEY'RE SUPER ENGAGED.
THEY COME WITH LOTS OF IDEAS, LOTS OF GREAT QUESTIONS.
THEY REALLY ELEVATE THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE ON BOTH OF THOSE COMMITTEES.
SO I WANTED TO I MAKE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THOSE STUDENTS TONIGHT AND THEN ALSO ANGELA BLUER WHO IS OUR SHAC CHAIR SHE IS AMAZING SHE'S BEEN VERY ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS ALSO VERY HELPFUL IN LEADING SHAC SO I WANTED TO GIVE HER A SHOUT OUT AND THEN LORI AND I CO-CHAIR IN TERMS OF ADMINISTRATION ALONG WITH HEIDI SAUER WHO WITHOUT HEIDI PROBABLY WE WOULD BE VERY DISORGANIZED AND SO HEIDI IS KIND OF THE ENGINE BEHIND THE WORK WE DO AND SO APPRECIATE.
EVERYONE, ALL OF OUR SHAC MEMBERS, BUT A SHOUT OUT TO THEM, ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING.
I WILL NOT READ THIS, BUT JUST AN OVERVIEW, YOU KNOW, THE SHAC IS ONE OF THOSE COMMITTEES, OR IT'S ACTUALLY A COUNCIL THAT'S REQUIRED BY LAW.
AND DURING CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, THINGS ARE ADDED BOTH TO KIND OF THE DUTIES AND ROLES OF WHAT SHAC IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING.
SO YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY THERE RECENTLY IN 2021.
WITH THE ADDED TOPICS THAT SHAC IS SUPPOSED TO ADDRESS AND TALK ABOUT AND SCHOOLS ARE OBVIOUSLY SUPPOSED TO BE ADDRESSING AND THEN JUST AS RECENTLY AS 2023 ADDING THINGS AROUND OPIOIDS AND FENTANYL ADDICTION AND I WILL JUST POINT OUT WE HAVE A LITTLE ASTERISK THERE BY SHAC SO IN THE STATE WHEN YOU LOOK AT SHAC IT'S JUST ONE S BUT WE ADDED THE S FOR SAFETY MANY MANY YEARS AGO BEFORE EVEN I THINK LAURA SO IT TYPICALLY DEALS WITH HEALTH, BUT WE HAVE INCORPORATED THE SAFETY ASPECT OF THAT ALSO.
YOU'LL SEE THE PURPOSE OF SHAC WITH YOUR COORDINATED HEALTH SCHOOL AND THEN THE PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AT AROUND NUTRITION, HEALTH SERVICES, A SAFE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, STAFF WELLNESS, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, SO ALL OF THOSE AREAS.
AND WE SPEND TIME EACH YEAR, YOU KNOW, FOCUSING ON THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS BASED ON THE PRIORITIZATION OF WHAT'S KIND OF GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT AND WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS BRINGING TO US.
WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW JUST QUICKLY KIND OF THE TOPICS THAT WE DISCUSSED THIS YEAR.
SO YOU'LL SEE IN SEPTEMBER WE STARTED OFF WITH BILLS FROM THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT IMPACTED SCHOOLS.
AND THAT'S ALWAYS KIND OF A CHALLENGE EVERY YEAR TO FIGURE OUT.
HOW WE TAKE WHAT WAS PASSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THAT CORRECTLY.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVES ACROSS ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES AND ALSO HONORED OUR SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH WITH MANY ACTIVITIES AROUND THE DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT AS A TOPIC FOREFRONT IN OUR MINDS.
SO IN OCTOBER, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE DID OUR FENTANYL POISONING AWARENESS MONTH.
WE ALSO HAD THE LANDON-PAYTON ACT, AND OUR VERY OWN CHRISTY SAYLORS CAME AND DID THE CYBER SECURITY IN EANS ISD, OR CYBER SAFETY, I SHOULD SAY, IN EANS ISD.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE.
WE HAVE CHARLOTTE HATCHENBERG, WHO WORKS FOR THE DISTRICT IN OUR CHILD NUTRITION DEPARTMENT, AND SHE IS A REGISTERED DIETITIAN.
AND SO THIS YEAR, WE REALLY DOVE INTO THE WELLNESS PLAN COMPONENTS FOR OUR CHILD NUTRITION AND NUTRITIONAL PROMOTION, NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT GOALS FOR OUR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN SCHOOLS, AND WE REALLY HAD GREAT CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMITTEE.
THESE GOALS ARE SET BY TASB, AND EVERY YEAR WE DO REVIEW THEM, BUT I FELT LIKE THIS YEAR WE REALLY HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION AROUND ALL OF THEM.
SO IN JANUARY, WHEN WE WELCOMED OUR SUPERINTENDENT, MR. KONECKI, WE ALSO HAD A REALLY GREAT CONVERSATION AROUND THOSE WELLNESS GOALS FOR CHILD NUTRITION WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF CHILD NUTRITION, RICHARD MALLARD, AND AGAIN, CHARLOTTE HATCHENBERG.
SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A REALLY ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CAFETERIAS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF INPUT FROM OUR STUDENTS, WHICH IS REALLY, ALWAYS REALLY GOOD INPUT FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY HAVE GREAT LUNCHES.
IF YOU HAVEN'T EVER EXPERIENCED THAT, YOU HAVE TO GO OVER AND CHECK IT OUT.
THEY ARE ALWAYS RAVING ABOUT THAT.
SO IT REALLY WAS AROUND THE SMARTER LUNCHROOM MOVEMENT,
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AND WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.DID WE HAVE ONE MORE BACK? YES.
AND THEN IN MARCH, WE HAD OUR TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.
AND THEN WE DID PREVIEW AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR POLICE CHIEF AROUND OUR SUMMER REUNIFICATION PLANS BECAUSE WE ALWAYS DO A LARGE EXERCISE IN THE SUMMER WITH OUR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS.
AND TALK ABOUT REUNIFICATION AND GO THROUGH A LITTLE PROCESS.
AND THEN TO KIND OF WRAP UP OUR WELLNESS PLAN, WE ALSO HAD SOME CAFETERIA TOURS THAT WE TOOK PEOPLE ON, SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT.
OUR GROUP GOT TO GO OUT AND SEE THE CAFETERIAS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS AND REALLY EXPERIENCED WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN OUR CAFETERIA AND THE FOODS THAT ARE OFFERED.
AND THEN WE ALWAYS WRAP UP IN MAY.
IF YOU HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A SHACK HEROES CELEBRATION, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME NEXT YEAR.
IT'S ALWAYS A REALLY WONDERFUL CELEBRATION.
WE ACTUALLY TAKE NOMINATIONS FROM OUR COMMITTEE OF ANYBODY WHO HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND, AND THAT COULD BE STUDENTS, STAFF, COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE ALWAYS HAVE GREAT TURNOUT WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE, I MEAN, ALL LEVELS.
OF SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE DONE IN THE COMMUNITY OR IN THE SCHOOLS.
AND I THINK WE HAD 15 PEOPLE THAT WE CELEBRATED THIS YEAR, ALL VARIOUS LEVELS OF ANYTHING THAT THEY MAY HAVE HAPPENED AT SCHOOL.
LIKE WE'VE HAD SOMEONE, A TEACHER WHO CAME IN, A CHILD WAS CHOKING.
I MEAN, IT'S ALWAYS REALLY GREAT, INSPIRATIONAL THINGS.
IN THE COMMUNITY WHO COME AND SERVE US AS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND WE ALWAYS HAVE A WONDERFUL TURNOUT.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME THIS YEAR, AND THE SHERIFF, I BELIEVE, AND PEOPLE OF WESTLAKE.
AND SO IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT TIME THAT WE HAVE.
SO PLEASE, YOU KNOW, COME AGAIN AND ENJOY IT WITH US.
AS A FORMER SHAC COMMITTEE MEMBER, I FONDLY RECALL THOSE MEETINGS, AND I WANTED TO ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
ONE OF THE FIRST ONES IS ABOUT THE NUTRITION AND THE GOALS THAT WERE SET, AND IT SAYS IN HERE THAT THE GOALS ARE SET BY TASB AND THE OBJECTIVES WERE, I GUESS, DISCUSSED BY THE SHAC.
AS PART OF THIS UPDATE TO THE WELLNESS PLAN.
IS THIS NOW FINALIZED AND IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE, OR WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? WE'RE STILL FINALIZING ALL OF IT.
SO THIS YEAR WE SPENT SOME TIME KIND OF WORKING ON IT.
TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR WE GOT A SMALLER SUBCOMMITTEE TOGETHER TO WORK ON THAT, SO WE'RE FINALIZING ALL OF THOSE GOALS, AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THE WELLNESS PLAN.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A PHYSICAL EDUCATION COMPONENT THAT THEY'LL TALK ABOUT MORE IN THE FALL, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A FINISHED AND COMPLETE WELLNESS PLAN THAT WE WILL SHARE WITH THE BOARD.
OR SOMEONE WILL SHARE WITH THE BOARD.
AND THE GOALS ARE SET BY THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARD? WE DON'T SET THE GOALS OURSELVES? SO THEY SET THE BROADER GOALS, AND THEN UNDERNEATH THOSE YOU HAVE THE OBJECTIVES AND KIND OF YOUR ACTIVITIES.
BUT REALLY THE GOALS ARE ALIGNED SPECIFICALLY IF YOU'RE ON THE SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM, WHICH EANS IS NOT.
SO WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY, BUT WE ALWAYS KIND OF KEEP TO THOSE MAIN GOALS.
THEY'RE BROAD ENOUGH GOALS THAT YOU CAN REALLY CUSTOMIZE THOSE TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN YOUR OWN DISTRICT.
BUT ANYONE WHO'S ON THE NATIONAL LUNCH PLAN, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THOSE SPECIFIC GOALS IN ORDER TO HAVE THEIR FUNDING.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THOSE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OUR GOALS IN THE PAST.
AND IF WE GO BACK ONTO THE PLAN FOR ANY REASON, WHICH WE COULD, WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALIGNED.
AND SO FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, PAST PLAN FROM 2019 THAT WE'RE UPDATING, DO WE REFLECT BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE GOALS AND SAY HOW WELL WE MET THEM OR IF THERE'S AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO IMPROVE OR IS THAT PART OF THIS PROCESS? YES.
AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE PRETTY WELL.
THEY'RE NOT AS MEASURABLE AS I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME OF OUR NEW GOALS TO BE.
YOU KNOW, EDUCATION AND PROMOTION OF HEALTH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I DO THINK WE'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OF THAT IN THE DISTRICT, FOR SURE.
AND THAT LEADS INTO MY NEXT QUESTION ABOUT WHAT YOU CALL THE SMARTER LUNCHROOM MOVEMENT.
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IS THAT OUR OWN TERM? THAT IS NOT.IS THIS, THE CHALLENGE IS ALWAYS, AND I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO RICHARD MALLARD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND I HEAR FROM THE STUDENTS THAT THE FOOD IS GREAT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THERE'S THAT TENSION OF, YOU KNOW, THE HEALTHY FOOD VERSUS THE FOOD THAT TASTES BETTER VERSUS, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THE GOAL OF THE SMARTER LUNCHROOM MOVEMENT? WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO WITH THAT? ARE WE MAKING OUR CAFETERIAS HEALTHIER WITH LESS? SUGAR OR YOU KNOW I WOULD SAY WE DEFINITELY ARE UM YOU KNOW AND RICHARD AND YOU KNOW CHARLOTTE CAN SPEAK TO MORE SPECIFICALLY WHAT EXACTLY ARE ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT YOU KNOW PRODUCTS THAT THEY LOOK AT AND HOW THEY DO THAT BUT YES THERE'S DEFINITELY YOU KNOW A GOAL TO HAVE HEALTHIER CHOICES MORE CHOICE THAT STUDENTS CAN YOU KNOW MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S YOU KNOW YOU WALK IN AND THERE IS THE FRESH FRUIT AND THE VEGETABLES AND YOU KNOW THAT'S A SMALLER SIZE OF SOMETHING IF YOU'RE BUYING, YOU KNOW, SOME CANDY OR SOMETHING, WE DON'T NEED THE GIANT SIZE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT WHILE WE WERE GOING AROUND TO THE CAMPUSES WAS THAT SOME OF THE VENDING MACHINES ARE KIND OF COMPETING WITH CHILD NUTRITION FOR EVEN BOTH MONEY AND INTEREST OF STUDENTS.
AND SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO AROUND VENDING MACHINES BECAUSE IF IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE NOT WANTING TO SELL IN THE LINE, IT SHOULDN'T BE IN OUR VENDING MACHINE.
SO THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AROUND THAT TOO.
SO THERE IS, AND IF YOU TALK TO RICHARD, HE WILL TELL YOU THERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT TENSION, RIGHT, BETWEEN WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A SUSTAINING ENDEAVOR FINANCIALLY, BUT YOU'RE WANTING HEALTHY CHOICES AND SO YOU'RE HAVING OPTIONS FOR KIDS.
AND SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, OF THAT.
I THINK SOME PEOPLE WOULD WALK IN AND SAY DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE CHIPS OR, YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE A DESSERT KIND OF THING, BUT THAT IS STILL OFFERED.
AND WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS ENCOURAGE OUR FAMILIES TO BE ENGAGED WITH THEIR OWN STUDENT AND WHAT THEY WANT THEM TO EAT OR NOT EAT.
BUT I WOULD SAY FOR SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT HOW TO MAKE THE HEALTHIER CHOICE WHEN BUYING VARIOUS PRODUCTS.
AND THEN MORE SCRATCH COOKING WHENEVER THEY CAN.
I THINK THAT'S BEEN A CHANGE REALLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS IS MORE OF THE SCRATCH COOKING.
WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FROM JENNIFER.
OKAY, THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL, FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS.
MY SAMPLE SIZE, ADMITTEDLY, IS ONE CAFETERIA AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT MY DAUGHTER ATTENDS, SO I APOLOGIZE.
I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS IS REPRESENTATIVE OR NOT.
SOMETHING THAT HAS ALWAYS STOOD OUT TO ME WHEN I'VE VOLUNTEERED IN THE LUNCHROOM AND HAD PARENT-DAUGHTER LUNCHES THERE AND WHATNOT IS THE AMOUNT OF EYE LEVEL SO.
I'VE JUST GOT TO CALL IT JUNK, RIGHT? LIKE THE SALTY SNACKS, THE BIG BRANDS BASED HERE IN DALLAS, UP IN DALLAS.
YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I DON'T WANT TO CALL ANYBODY OUT AND GIVE THEM MORE ATTENTION.
BUT THEY ARE JUST VERY PREVALENT.
AND SO, NUMBER ONE, THEY'RE VERY EASY FOR KIDS TO GRAB AND JUST THROW ONTO THEIR TRAY.
LOTS OF IMPULSE BUYING OPPORTUNITY AT THE END, RIGHT, WITH THEIR POINT OF PURCHASE.
AND SO THERE'S THE FACT THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
NUMBER ONE, BUT NUMBER TWO IS I HAVE YET TO SEE PRICES ON THESE ACTUAL ITEMS FULLY PUBLISHED.
LIKE, I MEAN, I CAN'T SEE THEM, AND I'VE WALKED THROUGH THE LINE A FEW TIMES.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE IS THE HEALTHY EATING COMPONENT, BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO THE FINANCIAL AWARENESS, I THINK, RIGHT? SO IF I, AS A PARENT, AM TELLING MY CHILD, OKAY, YOU CAN SPEND $6 TODAY, AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET HER JUST BASED ON WHAT'S POSTED AS THE ENTREE FOR THE DAY.
BUT THEN IF SHE SNEAKS IN SOME EXTRA.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE, HOW CAN WE TEACH OUR KIDS NOT ONLY TO EAT RESPONSIBLY BUT ALSO TO SPEND WISELY? IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT? THAT WAS ACTUALLY A BIG CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD.
SO THE MARKETING AND THE PROMOTION OF THIS, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE HAD THEIR OPINION.
AND I KNOW THAT REALLY CHARLOTTE AND RICHARD ARE LOOKING AT THAT.
I THINK THAT WAS REALLY BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION ABOUT.
LIKE, WHAT IS THE COST? MY KID SPENT $13 TODAY AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY BOUGHT.
AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND REALLY MAKING THOSE LISTS THAT ARE ONLINE.
I THINK THEY DO SOME OF THAT ONLINE IN WHERE YOU CAN CHOOSE WHAT YOUR CHILD CAN OR CAN'T EAT IN THE CAFETERIA.
REALLY MAKING THOSE VERY CLEAR.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THAT AND GETTING THAT OUT PROMOTIONALLY TO OUR PARENTS.
GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE PARENTS SO THAT,
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I'M ASSUMING IT'S LIKE A TAKE-HOME RESOURCE THEN THAT WE CAN USE TO EDUCATE OUR KIDS SO THAT THEY'RE EMPOWERED WITH APPROPRIATE INFORMATION TO MAKE WISE BUYING DECISIONS? YES, I THINK IT WOULD BE ONLINE.ALL RIGHT, KELLY AND THEN JOHN.
I WANT TO SAY, TOO, THAT WHEN I VISITED THE ELEMENTARY CAFETERIAS, I ALWAYS LIKE HOW YOU GUYS HAVE THE SIGNAGE THERE FOR WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENTS, AND THEN YOU ENCOURAGE THEM TO PUT THE RIGHT AMOUNTS OR CHOOSE THE RIGHT AMOUNTS OF, LIKE, VEGETABLE VERSUS PROTEIN AND SUCH.
SO I'VE ALWAYS REALLY APPRECIATED THAT GUIDELINE AND ENCOURAGED MY STUDENTS TO LOOK AT THAT AND USE THAT WHEN MAKING DECISIONS AS WELL.
I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE LANDON-PAYTON ACT.
AND MY QUESTION ON THAT IS THAT I KNOW NOW THAT THE STUDENTS IN SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 7TH AND 12TH ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT CPR OR THE CARDIAC EMERGENCY RESPONSE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING AND TRAINING, NOT NECESSARILY CERTIFICATIONS.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE, WHERE WE INTRODUCE IT, LIKE IF WE'VE EVER THOUGHT OF INTRODUCING IT INSIDE LIKE THE HEALTH CURRICULUM OR IN ANY OF THE LEADERSHIP TRAINING, LIKE IN BAND, WE HAVE A LEADERSHIP THERE CALLED TILT.
AND THOSE STUDENTS ARE VERY EQUIPPED WHERE MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE AED USAGE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TRAINER FOR THAT AND SUCH.
BUT JUST WONDERING LIKE WHERE WE'RE OFFERING THAT TRAINING TO OUR STUDENTS JUST TO HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE EMPOWERED WITH THAT EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE TO UTILIZE THE DEVICE BECAUSE EVERY SECOND MATTERS.
SO THEY DO DO IT THROUGH THE HEALTH PROGRAM HERE IF THEY TAKE HEALTH WE DO HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS TAKE HEALTH ONLINE SO THAT'S A LITTLE TRICKY FOR US WHICH IS THEN WHEN WE HAVE TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GET IT IF THEY'RE NOT IN THAT HEALTH CLASS.
TO YOUR POINT, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE TRAINED AND CERTIFIED, SO A LOT OF IT IS JUST SORT OF AN OVERALL EDUCATION, BUT WE ACTUALLY PREFER THEM TO BE CERTIFIED IF THEY CAN BE.
OUR CERT PROGRAM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IS AMAZING, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE TRAINERS THAT CAN COME IN AND DO THAT, AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT.
THIS PARTICULAR ACT IS AROUND A CARDIAC RESPONSE TEAM.
OF ADULTS AT THE CAMPUS AND THEY HAVE TO BE TRAINED VERY DIFFERENTLY AND THERE'S A PROTOCOL AND YOU HAVE TO RUN DRILLS.
SO SIMILAR TO HOW WE HAVE FIRE DRILLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT WON'T BE WITH CHILDREN, BUT IT'LL BE WITH THE ADULTS WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO THAT TEAM.
AND SO LESLIE BOLDRICK, WHO'S OUR LEAD NURSE, SHE'S KIND OF LEADING THAT ON ALL THE CAMPUSES.
SO THEY'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED WHO ON THE CAMPUSES ARE GOING TO BE TRAINED AND WHAT THOSE TEAMS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
AND THEN THEY'LL RUN DRILLS AND PRACTICES.
WE HAVE TO TURN IN OUR PROTOCOLS.
TO THE LOCAL EMS SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT OUR PROTOCOLS ARE.
THEY KNOW WHERE, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE BRINGING THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT, BUT THEY NEED TO KNOW WHERE OUR EQUIPMENT IS ON THE SCHOOLS.
SO IT'S KIND OF A, IT'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER IN TERMS OF WHAT THE STAFF ARE REQUIRED TO DO, BUT YES, WE ALSO TRY WHENEVER WE CAN TO TRAIN OUR STUDENTS.
AND IF THEY'RE, I THINK THAT'S AN INTERESTING POSSIBILITY.
LIKE IF I THINK THE BAND OR SOMEONE REACHES OUT, WE CAN TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET STUDENTS.
YOU KNOW TRAINED YEAH BECAUSE I MEAN IF THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT FOR GRADUATION IT COULD BE HELPFUL AND THEN IN MY EXPERIENCE THE UM THE REPETITION IS A REALLY GOOD REINFORCER OF BECAUSE LIKE THE FIRST TIME I USED THE AED I WAS VERY SHOCKED BY IT UM BUT NOT LITERALLY THAT WAS OF COURSE THE OTHER PERSON BUT AFTER THAT AND UH BUT AFTER THAT I WAS DEFINITELY UH IT GETS YOU REINFORCE IT MORE AND MORE HOPEFULLY NO ONE EVER HAS TO USE IT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I ALSO LOVE EMPOWERING THESE STUDENT LEADERS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND GIVING THEM THIS OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING AND SAVE SOMEBODY'S LIFE, I THINK, IS SUPER FUN.
SO IT WAS SOMETHING I WANTED TO THROW OUT.
JOHN? JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BACK ON THE LUNCHROOMS AND THE FOOD.
SO YOU MENTIONED THAT WE'RE DOING MORE OF A MOVEMENT TOWARDS SCRATCH COOKING.
IS THAT AT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES? DOES THAT INCLUDE THE ELEMENTARY AND THE MIDDLE? I KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, A BIG FOCUS AT HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S A BIGGER FOCUS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT YES, WHERE POSSIBLE, THEY ARE TRYING TO DO MORE OF THAT AT THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
AND ALONG THOSE LINES, SO DO WE CURIOUS HOW WE GATHER FEEDBACK FROM THE STUDENTS BECAUSE, LIKE YOU ALL, I HEAR PHENOMENAL THINGS FROM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
I HEAR A LITTLE MORE MIXED AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, FOR EXAMPLE.
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HOW WE GATHER THAT FEEDBACK AND HOW THAT FLOWS THROUGH BASED UPON THAT.AT HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHEN I GOT TO SERVE LUNCH, I ALSO LEARNED THAT ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE COLLECT FEEDBACK IS THROUGH TASTE TESTING, AND THAT OUR CHEFS BRING FOOD OUT TO THE STUDENTS AND ASK THEM FOR IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK, AND THEN THEY DECIDE WHETHER TO TEST LAUNCH A PRODUCT OR NOT THAT THE STUDENTS WEIGH IN ON IMMEDIATELY, AND THEN ONCE THEY DO THAT, THEY TEST THEM AGAIN, SO THEY GET SOME PRE-INFORMATION AND THEN SOME POST-EATING INFORMATION.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT WAY TO INTRODUCE NEW HEALTHY OPTIONS INTO THE MENU OVER TIME BASED ON STUDENT DEMAND AND ALSO WITHIN THE GUIDELINES THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON.
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT MADE IT VERY INTERACTIVE WITH THE STUDENTS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS COOL.
THAT AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S JUST, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR CHILD NUTRITION FOLKS, I THINK THAT KIND OF.
ARE ABLE TO GIVE FEEDBACK TO OF WHAT'S GETTING EATEN, WHAT'S NOT GETTING EATEN, DAYS THAT THE KIDS ARE A LITTLE BUMMED OUT.
SO I THINK THAT SOME OF IT IS JUST THAT MORE OF THAT KIND OF FEEDBACK.
WE HAVEN'T TYPICALLY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SURVEYED THE KIDS AT, LIKE, THE ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, BUT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE NEED TO KIND OF LOOK AT AND SEE WHAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN.
BUT DEFINITELY THEY DO SOME OF THAT TASTE TESTING TO SEE HOW THINGS KIND OF FLY.
AND I WOULD IMAGINE IT'S EASIER TO GET FEEDBACK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THAN IT IS TO ASK A KINDERGARTNER ABOUT IT.
BUT I WAS CURIOUS BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, A DESIRE TO BE FEEDBACK-DRIVEN.
AND AS I SAID, YOU HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A MIX, I WOULD SAY, AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL THAN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT I LOVE THAT WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THE SCRATCH COOKING AND THEN EXPLORING HOW THAT FLOWS THROUGH, I THINK, IS FANTASTIC.
I APPLAUD Y'ALL BECAUSE I ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL HEARING GREAT FEEDBACK FROM IT.
ALL RIGHT ANYONE ELSE ALL RIGHT.
WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING TODAY I WAS ALSO ON THE SHACK FOR ONE BRIEF YEAR AND I LEARNED SO MUCH AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT NUTRITION BUT THE THING THAT STOOD OUT FOR ME WHEN I WAS ON THE SHACK WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATING ABOUT THE DANGERS OF FENTANYL AND HOW IT CAN GET HIDDEN IN DRUGS AND THERE'S A PIN AND JUST A LITTLE BIT THE SIZE A DOSE OF THE TIP OF A PIN COULD IS LETHAL AND SO I JUST TOOK THAT ONE TO HEART AND THAT LED TO SOME REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS AT HOME SO THANK YOU AND ON THAT NOTE THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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ALL RIGHT WE WILL PROCEED TO DISCUSSION REPORTS 7.2 WHICH IS A BACK UPDATE.WE HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS WE WERE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS EVENING AS A GENERAL UPDATE, ONE OF WHICH, TRUSTEES, OVER THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF, WE'VE COLLECTED SEVERAL NOMINATIONS AND INTEREST FIELDED FROM FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, SOME OF WHOM WERE A PART OF THE LRFPAC COMMITTEE OR LONG RANGE FACILITIES PLANNING COMMITTEE THAT HAD MET IN THE PAST, OBVIOUSLY FROM CANVASSING OUR CURRENT BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERS SOME OF WHOM I THINK I SEE OUT HERE THIS EVENING AND MEMBERS OF OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE AND ALSO NEW PARENTS AND FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY PARTNERS WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN A POSSIBLE BOND ADVISORY COUNCIL PROCESS AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DIALOGUE ABOUT THAT I THINK TWO QUESTIONS CAME UP AFTER OUR LAST UPDATE WE'VE HAD SEVERAL...
FEEDBACK ROUNDS WHERE CHRIS OR CHRISTY OR MYSELF HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH AND TALKING TO PEOPLE.
YOU ALL HAVE HAD SOME INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK WHAT WE'VE HAD IS TWO MAIN QUESTIONS FORM.
ONE, WHAT WOULD BE THE TIMELINE OF A BACK PROCESS? AND WHEN I ANSWERED A QUESTION EARLIER WITH JAMES, IT REMINDED ME AGAIN ABOUT THE TIMELINE ITSELF, AND THERE ARE PROS AND CONS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD BEFORE.
FOR MAYBE THINKING ABOUT THIS.
SO IF YOU, AGAIN, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LOOKING AT THE SCREEN, YOU CAN TAKE SOME POTENTIAL IDEAS FROM A TIMELINE.
THIS WOULD BE ONE POTENTIAL TIMELINE FOR A BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE FORMATION THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE IN THE FALL OF 2026, HEADING TO A POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM BY A SCHOOL BOARD IN THE FUTURE.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU COULD CHANGE THIS POTENTIAL TIMELINE BASED ON THE PROS AND CONS YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE TIMELINE.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE FIELDED OVER THE LAST MONTH AND A
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HALF IS, WHAT WOULD BE THE RATIONALE FOR A POTENTIAL TIMELINE IN THE FALL? AND WE WHAT I WOULD HARKEN BACK TO IS SOME OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE DISCUSSION WE HAD IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH.IF YOU'LL RECALL WHEN WHEN CHRIS AND CHRISTIE WERE PRESENTING LAST TIME ABOUT WHAT THE TIMELINE COULD LOOK LIKE AND WHY WE MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL TIMELINE IN TERMS OF APPROVALS IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD AND WHEN THOSE WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN.
IF HYPOTHETICALLY THE BOARD WANTED TO BE ON THE BALLOT AT SOME TIME IN THE EARLY.
PART OR MAY OF 27, THEN WE HAD TO BACKWARD PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT LED TO THIS POTENTIAL TIMELINE.
IF THE BOARD WOULD CHOOSE TO HAVE A TIMELINE WHERE THEY WERE ON THE BALLOT FOR A HYPOTHETICAL BOND AT SOME OTHER TIME IN THE FUTURE, LATER IN 27 OR IN 28, THAT DIALOGUE KIND OF ENTERED THE DISCUSSION WHEN A QUESTION CAME UP ABOUT THINKING AHEAD ABOUT OUR BUDGET AND THE PAST BOND AND THE WORK THAT THE CURRENT BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WAS DOING ON A BOND.
AND HOW THAT BOND HAD BEEN STRUCTURED, WHICH I THINK MR. SCOTT EXPLAINED, AND WAS THERE SOME NOTION OF A CUSHION OR NOT IN THAT TIMELINE.
AND THEN RECENTLY WE'VE HAD SOME DIALOGUE ABOUT WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THE LEGISLATIVE PLANKS TO BE WHEN THE NEXT SESSION BEGINS AND WHETHER OR NOT ANY OF THOSE ACTIONS THAT WE MIGHT ANTICIPATE OR HEAR COMING OUT OF LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS.
HEARINGS AND TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE AND BONDING, WHETHER THOSE THINGS MAY INFLUENCE WHETHER OR NOT THE TIMELINE SHOULD BE THIS POTENTIAL TIMELINE OR ANOTHER TIMELINE.
I THINK THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT HAVE KIND OF COME UP IN THE DIALOGUE SINCE THE LAST UPDATE.
AND IF I'M MISSING ANY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS IN CANVASSING MEMBERS OF THE CURRENT BOC, THE LRFPAC MEMBERS, AND POTENTIAL NEW MEMBERS INTERESTED IN HELPING WITH A FUTURE BOND ADVISORY PROCESS.
I THINK THE CHARGE THAT I TOOK AND THAT OUR TEAM TOOK FROM THE GROUP WAS SEE WHAT THE LEVEL OF INTEREST IS, AND WE HAVE HAD AN OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE RESPONSE TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CANVASSED.
ALSO, WE HAVE HEARD IDEAS ABOUT WHAT SHOULD THAT FACILITATED PROCESS LOOK LIKE.
AND SO THE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION WAS, HOW MANY AND WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE? WHAT WOULD AN ACTUAL BOND ADVISORY PROCESS LOOK LIKE? AND SO WE TALKED THE LAST TIME THAT WE WERE HERE AND CHRIS AND CHRISTY EXPLAINED THE IDEA OF THE FORMATION OF AN ADVISORY TEAM THAT WOULD COME IN AND FACILITATE MEETINGS THAT WOULD OCCUR DURING THIS TYPE OF PROPOSED TIMELINE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE OUTLINED ON THIS SLIDE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIX MAIN MEETINGS FOLLOWED BY SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE SCHOOL BOARD BY THAT BOND ADVISORY COUNCIL.
SO THAT WAS ANOTHER QUESTION THAT CAME UP LAST TIME IS HOW MANY MEETINGS, WHAT WOULD THE PROCESS LOOK LIKE, WHO WOULD FACILITATE IT? FOLLOWING THAT, WE GOT SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, WELL, WHO ARE THE ADVISORS AND HOW WOULD THE ADVISORY LOOK? AND SO WE HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE ADVISORY TEAM WHO HAD PROPOSED COMING TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD IN EARLY AUGUST.
AFTER WE PAUSED IN JULY, THAT IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED.
AND THEN WE GOT A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION FROM SOME BOC MEMBERS IN THE LAST WEEKS OF, COULD WE ALSO LEARN ABOUT THE ADVISORY PROCESS AND HAVE THAT TEAM COME? AND I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO GAUGE THAT, CORRECT, DR.
SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF OUR CURRENT BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO LEARN ABOUT THAT ADVISORY GROUP AND GIVE SOME FEEDBACK AS WELL.
I THINK THAT KIND OF CATCHES US UP TO YOU WHERE WE ARE TODAY BASED ON THE PRIOR DIALOGUE.
IF I MISSED SOMETHING, CHRIS OR CHRISTY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
DID I CAPTURE THAT? SO WHAT WE WANTED TO, I THINK, REITERATE TONIGHT, TWO THINGS.
MOVING FORWARD, SHOULD THE SCHOOL BOARD CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE PROCESS, THIS IS A FACILITATED PROCESS BY AN ADVISORY GROUP YOU WOULD LEARN FROM AND VET IN EARLY AUGUST.
WHETHER YOU WANTED TO ENTER INTO THAT PROCESS OR NOT.
IF YOU DID, THIS IS WHAT A POTENTIAL TIMELINE WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL OF 2026.
YOU CAN AMEND OR CHANGE OR MODIFY THAT TIMELINE, OR YOU COULD HALT ANY WORK WITH A POTENTIAL BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE ALSO.
HOWEVER, I THINK THE LARGER PICTURE IS YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT INTEREST GROUPS TO THINK ABOUT.
YOU'VE GOT THE TIMELINE PROS AND CONS TO THINK ABOUT.
AND YOU'VE GOT NOT ONLY OUR CURRENT BUDGET SITUATION, BUT ALSO IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO THINK ABOUT.
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INTO THE FALL AND THE SPRING OF 2027.AND WE DON'T KNOW THE IMPACT OF LEGISLATION YET, BUT WE BELIEVE WE'LL HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THAT THIS SUMMER DURING THE INTERSESSION AND THE EARLY SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE.
SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS MAY BECOME MORE CLEAR BY AUGUST.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, JOHN.
SO AS I'M, I AM CURIOUS, AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN A PART OF A BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHEN WE'VE DONE THE MAINTENANCE BONDS IN THE PAST, HAS IT BEEN A SIMILAR MEETING CADENCE IN A SEMESTER PROCESS? YOU KNOW, SO HERE I'M LOOKING AT THE SLIDE.
IT'S KIND OF A KICKOFF IN AUGUST, RECOMMENDATION BY DECEMBER, SIX MEETINGS, AND THEN THE REC.
IS THAT ROUGHLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF WORK AND CADENCE THAT A MAINTENANCE BOND HAS DONE IN THE PAST? ROUGHLY.
THE WAY WE'VE DONE THOSE M&O PROGRAMS IN THE PAST IS WE TYPICALLY WILL BREAK UP ALL OF THE PROJECTS INTO WHAT WE CALL TABLES, KIND OF SIMILAR TYPE PROJECTS.
AND WE WILL SPEND ONE MEETING GOING THROUGH EACH OF THOSE TABLES, LINE BY LINE, LOOKING AT THEM.
WE WILL SPEND FOUR MEETINGS GOING THROUGH THE FOUR TABLES.
AND THEN WE'LL TYPICALLY HAVE A FIFTH MEETING WHERE WE COME IN.
AND USUALLY THE AMOUNT OF THE PROJECTS IS GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT THAT OUR CURRENT TAX RATE WILL SUPPORT.
IN 2023, WHICH OF COURSE WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS IN 2022, WE HAD SOMETHING LIKE 150 SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF PROPOSED PROJECTS.
WE HAD A BUDGET OF $130 MILLION.
AND SO THAT LAST MEETING IS SPENT BY THE BAC PRIORITIZING AND CHOOSING AMONGST THOSE WHICH ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PROJECTS TO DO.
WHICH ONES ARE WE GOING TO ELIMINATE? WHICH ONES ARE WE GOING TO SCALE BACK? SO.
TIMELINE LOOKS ABOUT THE SAME, BUT THE PROCESS LOOKS DIFFERENT.
I THINK ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS, SO TIMELINE ROUGHLY THE SAME, SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE ONE LESS MEETING, IF I FOLLOWED CORRECTLY.
IS THERE ANY REASON TO THINK THAT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE OF A TRANSFORMATIONAL BOND, THAT'S MORE THAN JUST MAINTENANCE LEVEL, BUT A BIGGER PLAN? THAT WE WOULD NEED MORE THAN A SEMESTER TO DIG INTO IT IN ORDER TO REALLY WORK THROUGH ALL OF THAT OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT THAT WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE BY THE LONG-RANGE FACILITY PLANNING COMMITTEE? AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT IN A SEMESTER.
I THINK I WOULD ACTUALLY WHAT I WOULD SAY MR. TROY THE FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION IS OR THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION IS I THINK OUR CURRENT BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAS ACTUALLY DONE A LOT OF WORK ALREADY AND SO THE WHAT I THINK CHRIS SHARED EARLIER WAS THE DEFINED M&O PORTION OF A TRANSFORMATIONAL BOND.
THAT PROCESS IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE MUCH, AND THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO THAT THAT A LOT OF OUR SAVVY COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ALREADY UNDERSTAND WHO HAVE A HISTORY BEING INVOLVED.
WHAT I WOULD GUESS, WHAT I WOULD SAY PERSONALLY, IS SOME OF OUR LRF PAC MEMBERS AND NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THEY WOULD GET EDUCATED THROUGH A PROCESS LIKE THIS.
THAT MAYBE SOME BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD ALREADY UNDERSTAND, BUT FOR THAT TRANSFORMATIONAL PART OR THE NEW OR SUPPLEMENTAL ADDITIONS THAT ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A SIMILAR PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING, SIMULATING, AND RANK ORDERING PRIORITIES TO BUILD BOND SCENARIOS TO THEN BRING FORTH.
CHRIS, DO YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT OR CHANGE THAT? NOT REALLY.
SO, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW WE HAVEN'T DONE A BOND LIKE THIS IN DECADES.
I BELIEVE THE LAST TIME WE ACTUALLY BUILT A NEW BUILDING WAS 1996 SO IT'S BEEN 30 YEARS.
KRISTI AND I WEREN'T HERE THEN AND BUT VOK ASSURES US THAT THIS PROCESS HAS WORKED IN MANY OTHER DISTRICTS BEFORE.
THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH IT AND THEY AND THEY KIND OF SET THE TIMELINE ON IT.
I MEAN, I THINK MY TWO QUESTIONS ON THIS PROCESS WAS, ONE, AROUND THE TRANSFORMATIONAL
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ASPECT OF IT.AND IT'S SUCH A BIG OPPORTUNITY THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT.
AND SO NOT WANTING TO, WANTING TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE IT THE TIME IT NEEDS, GIVEN HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.
AND THEN I THINK MY SECOND ONE IS BACK TO THE QUESTION THAT JAMES MENTIONED THAT HE'S HEARD FROM FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY AROUND THIS, THE STAGING OF CAN WE DO BOTH IN PARALLEL OR DO WE NEED TO DO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING FIRST AND THEN THE AND THEN THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE? I WILL SAY THAT THAT'S A QUESTION I'M WRESTLING THROUGH TOO.
THAT IS ONE THAT WHEN I LOOK AT THE TIMELINE OF A DECEMBER 8TH PROPOSED VOTE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEN WE HAVE THE HOLIDAYS, AND THEN WE COME BACK IN JANUARY, AND THEN LATE JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY, TO VOTE ON THE RECOMMENDATION TO CALL A BOND.
I'LL SAY THAT FEELS TIGHT TO ME, AND SO I AM JUST PROCESSING THROUGH AND THINKING THROUGH THAT TIMELINE BECAUSE THAT FEELS TIGHT.
THAT FEELS TIGHT TO ME AND WANTING THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE STRATEGIC PLANNING ASPECT INFLUENCE IT.
AND SO PART OF WHY I WAS ASKING IS, YOU KNOW, GIVEN IT'S TRANSFORMATIONAL, FOR EXAMPLE, DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO TO FORM A BOK NOW, BUT HAVE IT WORK FOR LONGER? AND SO THAT IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD HAVE LONGER TO WORK THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATION SO IT COULD START TO DO SOME OF THE WORK NOW AND THEN FACTOR IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR.
HALFWAY THROUGH THE PROCESS AND BECAUSE I'M SURE SOME OF IT WE NEED TO DO REGARDLESS AND SOME OF IT WHAT COULD BE INFLUENCED BY THE STRATEGIC PLAN SO IT WAS THERE A WAY TO STILL HIT THE GROUND RUNNING NOT LOSE ANY MOMENTUM BUT GIVE THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND AND ALLOW FOR THE STRATEGIC PLANNING TO INFLUENCE IT SO NOT ADVOCATING FOR THAT I'M JUST LETTING THE BOARD KNOW THAT THAT'S WHERE MY HEAD IS RIGHT NOW AND I AM PROCESSING THROUGH AND THINKING THIS THROUGH.
AND WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING WHAT OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAD TO SAY ON IT AS WELL AS I'M PROCESSING IT THROUGH ON MY OWN.
AND, OF COURSE, WHAT STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE TO SAY AS WELL.
WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM JENNIFER AND THEN DIANE.
WELL, MY QUESTION IS RELATED TO WHAT JOHN WAS ASKING.
I'M ALSO FEELING THAT IS A CONDENSED AGAINST, I GUESS, IN MY.
IN MY WORLD VIEW ALSO IT FEELS CONDENSED.
BUT I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE THAT COULD BE MITIGATED IF THE BOND ADVISORY GROUP OR OTHERS IN THE KNOW WHO'VE GONE THROUGH A SIMILAR PROCESS BEFORE HAVE BUILT IN, LET'S SAY THE BOARD GETS THE PRESENTATION ON DECEMBER 8TH THIS YEAR, ARE THERE SUBSEQUENT MONTHS WHERE THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE, GO BACK WITH FURTHER QUESTIONS, ADDENDUMS, ET CETERA? I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS, I GUESS, SORT OF THE STATIC DEADLINE OF AN ELECTION IN MAY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ALSO WORK IN ALIGNMENT WITH.
BUT IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS SPILL INTO THE NEW YEAR, THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR, IS THAT UNDERSTOOD? I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT IT'S BUILT IN.
YEAH, I THINK DEFINITELY THERE IS.
TIME AND THERE ARE SEVERAL MEETINGS THAT OCCUR.
OBVIOUSLY THE BOARD HAS SEVERAL OPTIONS.
THEY COULD HEAR RECOMMENDATIONS AND CHARGE THE GROUP WITH MORE WORK.
THEY COULD HEAR RECOMMENDATIONS AND CHOOSE NOT TO ACT ON THEM AT ALL.
THE BOARD COULD GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS AND DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD OR NOT.
I BELIEVE BASED ON THE TIMELINE WE LOOKED AT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT THE LATEST, THE EARLY PART OF FEBRUARY WITH A SPECIAL MEETING PROBABLY OR SOMETHING TO MAKE AN ACTION.
ITEM VIABLE FOR MAY, BUT THERE WOULD BE TIME IN SEVERAL MEETINGS TO HAVE SOME OF THAT DIALOGUE AND FEEDBACK HOWEVER YOU PERCEIVE THAT AND THEN THE BOARD STILL HAS AN OPTION ABOUT WHETHER THEY WANT TO TAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS OR NOT.
I THINK THE ADVISORY GROUP WILL OBVIOUSLY ADVOCATE FOR THE FORMULA THAT THEY'VE USED WITH OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE PAST TO SUCCESS.
JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION THAT IS NOT ONE ARCHITECT.
PUTTING PEOPLE THROUGH A PROCESS THAT IS AN ADVISORY TEAM THAT FACILITATES THIS PROCESS.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT ALSO FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WHAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT DO FOR YOU WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING THE TIMELINE.
BUT YES, YOU WOULD HAVE SOME TIME TO STILL DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THE INFORMATION.
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THOUGH.THE CUTOFF IS EARLY FEBRUARY TO MAKE IT ON TIME FOR MAY.
AND IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, BECAUSE I GUESS THAT FEELING OF YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION BY THIS DAY, AND IF THE MOMENTUM IS THERE AND THE COMMUNITY IS SUPPORTIVE OF A TRANSFORMATIONAL BOND, WHATEVER THE AMOUNT IS TO COVER WHATEVER FACILITIES, ET CETERA, BUT THEY STILL DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION, ARE THEY ABLE TO, I DON'T WANT TO SAY PUNT, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY WAIT UNTIL MAY OF THE FOLLOWING CALENDAR, CORRECT, OR NO? ARE THEY ABLE TO VOTE? WELL, YOU COULD CALL A BOND LATER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO MEET THAT TIMELINE TO CALL A MAY 20.
IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO CALL ONE FOR MAY, RIGHT, THEN YOU COULD PUNT TECHNICALLY TO A LATER TIMELINE.
IF THIS IS THE PROCESS IN PLACE AND YOU PUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE SHELF AND DON'T ACT, THERE'S ALSO THE POSSIBILITY THEN THAT SOME OF THE PRIORITIES OR INFORMATION CHANGES BEFORE YOU THEN READDRESS THAT.
AND THAT'S ALSO A CONSIDERATION, I THINK, FOR ALL THE TRUSTEES.
WE HAVE DIANE AND THEN KELLY AND THEN JOHN.
DO YOU HAVE A FOLLOW-UP? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THE ELECTIONS HAVE TO BE MAY OR NOVEMBER.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU'VE PROVIDED HERE TONIGHT.
I THINK ALL OF US WANT TO BE ABLE TO VOTE IN LATE JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY, IF WE ARE VOTING THEN ON SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL WE HAVE GREAT INFORMATION ON.
MR. KONECKI, YOU MENTIONED THIS ADVISORY GROUP COMING TO THE BOC ON JUNE 22ND.
IS THAT WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY? SO THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOME SORT OF INFORMAL PRESENTATION OR SOME KIND OF PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION, ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THAT DATE, AND THEN THE SAME GROUP WOULD COME.
IN EARLY AUGUST POTENTIALLY? YEAH, I'LL LET DR.
I BELIEVE ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY WAS GOING TO COME IN JUNE BECAUSE OF REQUESTS BY SOME BOC MEMBERS TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THIS PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT WORK THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST, BUT WE WOULD HAVE THE FULL TEAM HERE IN EARLY AUGUST.
THE FACILITATOR IS COMING TO PRESENT TO THE BOC JUNE 22ND DURING THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING.
THEN THE GROUP OF THE TEAM WILL PRESENT TO THE BOARD ON THE PROCESS IN AUGUST OKAY AND THEN WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS WALKING THROUGH YOU KNOW HOW THEY BELIEVE BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE IN OTHER DISTRICTS WHY THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A DOABLE PROCESS NOT THAT WE HAVE TO DO IT BUT WHY THEY BELIEVE IT'S DOABLE AND THE BAC WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN AND ASK QUESTIONS CORRECT, AND NOT TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS ADVISORY GROUP IN ANY WAY EXCEPT TO SAY THAT THIS IS A PROCESS THAT IS A KIND OF A TEMPLATED PROCESS THAT IS, I'M SURE, USED NOT JUST BY THIS ADVISORY BUT BY OTHERS AND HAS BEEN USED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR YEARS BEFORE WITH OTHER DISTRICTS, SOME VERY SIMILAR TO EANS AND SOME WITH GOOD RATES OF SUCCESS, AND I THINK THAT'S SOME OF WHAT WE'LL HEAR.
WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM A FULLER GROUP IN EARLY AUGUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW.
THE BOARD CAN ALSO ASK QUESTIONS AND UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
KELLY, AND THEN JAMES, AND THEN KATE.
SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY ALSO BROUGHT UP THE POSSIBLE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES IS BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT MAKING THE VOTING ONLY IN NOVEMBER.
SO THEN WE'D ONLY HAVE ONE OPPORTUNITY A YEAR FOR A BOND.
WE DON'T WANT TO RUSH ANYTHING BECAUSE OF LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, LIKE, WE WANT TO BE MINDFUL THAT IT'LL START TO LIMIT WHEN WE CAN DO THINGS.
AND THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT...
IT IS VLK IS THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT FOR PLANNING A BOND, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT DO IT THAT WE'VE MET.
TALKING TO OTHER DISTRICTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GO TO SLI, AND YOU CAN TALK TO OTHER DISTRICTS AND THEIR PROCESS AND HOW THEY UTILIZE THESE ADVISORY ROLES TO HELP THEM BUILD THE BOND AND HOW SUCCESSFUL THEY ARE AND WHY THOSE ARE IN PLACE.
IT'S A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE THEY NEED TO DO THE BUILDING AND WE NEED THE BUILDING.
AND SO THEY JUST HAVE THIS VERY WELL-OILED MACHINE OF HOW TO MAKE THESE THINGS SUCCESSFUL.
BUT ONLY TO WHAT THE DISTRICT WANTS RIGHT UM SO AND A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THAT IN A I DON'T KNOW WHAT YEAR WAS BUT I REMEMBER WHEN THERE WAS A BOND OUT THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAD PUT OUT FOR, WAS STARTING TO TALK ABOUT A BOND, AND SOME PARENTS GOT TOGETHER AND WE
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ADVOCATED FOR A POOL, WRESTLING, AND ROBOTICS TO BE ADDED TO THIS PRETTY SIMPLE BOND.AND WE TURNED IT INTO A VERY EXTENSIVE BOND THAT HAS CLEARLY MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE HERE IN EAMES.
AND SO ONCE AGAIN, PUTTING THINGS OFF AND NOT ADDRESSING THEM OR BRINGING THEM UP WHEN WE NEED THEM OR WHEN THEY'VE BEEN RESEARCHED AND IDENTIFIED AS SOMETHING THE STUDENTS NEED WOULDN'T BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR STUDENTS.
AND SO THAT BOND DID GET A LOT OF TRACTION BECAUSE IT WAS FOCUSED ON THE STUDENTS AND BECAUSE IT WAS WHAT THE STUDENTS NEEDED AND IT HAS HELPED A LOT OF STUDENTS.
SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING ELSE TO THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE NERVOUS ABOUT A BIG BOND, BUT THAT THE BIG BOND DOES HELP IN A BIG WAY A BIG AMOUNT OF STUDENTS.
CAN I JUST SAY, JUST FOR CLARITY, TOO, I THINK THIS HAS COME UP AND I THINK IT'S VALID AND FAIR, RIGHT, IS ONE, THERE CURRENTLY IS NO BOND.
TWO, THERE IS NO AMOUNT ESTABLISHED.
THREE, AND THAT GOES FOR MNO OR TRANSFORMATIONAL.
THREE, EVERYBODY MAY HAVE IDEAS ABOUT IT.
AND FOUR, THAT'S EXACTLY WHY THERE SHOULD BE AN INCLUSIVE PROCESS SO THAT THE TRUSTEES CAN GET GOOD RESEARCH, EDUCATION, RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE THOUGHTFUL DECISIONS.
AND SO THIS IS A PROCESS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO CONSIDER AS A SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO LEAN INTO OR LEAN OUT FROM.
AND SUCCESSFUL BONDS, I THINK, ARE EVIDENCE THAT THE FORMULA WORKS WHEN PEOPLE LEAN IN, REGARDLESS OF THE TIMELINE.
SO, JOHN, I AGREE THAT IT WORRIES ME.
AND, JENNIFER, YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT.
AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME KNOWN RELIEF VALVES, SO TO SPEAK.
IF WE HEAR FROM THE COMMITTEE THAT THEY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THEY HAVE THE TIME TO DO THE WORK, WE CAN SUPPORT THEM IN EXTENDING THAT TIMELINE IF WE NEED TO, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
I WILL SAY THAT HAVING GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS A COUPLE OF TIMES AS A CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE IN 2018-19 FOR THAT BOND, AND THEN ON THE BOARD IN THE 22 OR 23, I DIDN'T SEE HOW THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS GOING TO DO IT.
THE LIST SEEMED TOO BIG, AND THE TIMELINE SEEMED TOO SHORT.
AND I WILL SAY THAT I THINK THEY DO AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF WORK.
AND PROBABLY LATE INTO THE NIGHT, AND KJ CAN SPEAK TO THAT, AND THEY DISCUSS THESE THINGS AND THEY LOOK AT THEM IN DETAIL.
AND I WILL BET, CHRIS MENTIONED OUR LAST BUILDING CONSTRUCTION WAS IN 1996.
I BET THEY DIDN'T EVEN RUN A BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
IT WAS ALL ON THE BOARD TO DO ALL THAT HOMEWORK.
SO I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT THE BAC DOES.
I THINK WE NEED TO PUT IT INTO THEIR HANDS, AND I THINK THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF PROFESSIONALS HELPING THEM WHO'VE DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES.
WHO CAN HELP GUIDE THE PROCESS, BUT WE NEED TO RELY ON OUR COMMUNITY TO COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, TIME OUT.
WE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THIS, AND WE'D LIKE TO PAUSE.
AND I THINK THAT'S A PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE THING FOR THE BOARD TO HEAR AND LOOK AT.
AND I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, TOO, BY THE WAY, WE AS TRUSTEES, WE RELY ON THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO GO INTO A LOT OF GREAT DETAIL.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THOUGH, WE STILL GO THROUGH IT WITH A FINE-TOOTH COMB OURSELVES AND PULL OUT THINGS.
AND THIS HAPPENED IN THE LAST CYCLE WHERE WE SAID, WHOA, WE DON'T WE DON'T SEE THE VALUE IN THIS THING.
WE NEED TO SPEND THAT MONEY A DIFFERENT WAY.
AND SO WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF HOMEWORK TO DO ON TOP OF THAT.
AND I THINK THAT WE ALL NEED TO FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE HAVE A TIMELINE AND THAT IT WILL WORK.
RIGHT NOW, THIS IS THE BEST VIEW OF A TIMELINE.
AND I THINK THAT WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH THIS.
BUT LIKE I SAID, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A RELIEF VALVE THAT IF IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK, WE ACCEPT THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK AND WE GO DOWN A DIFFERENT PATH.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO REITERATE THE SIMILAR CONCERNS I THINK THAT JOHN HAS.
I THINK WE'RE PULLING TOGETHER, WE'RE ASKING A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COME TOGETHER FOR THIS HUGE INITIATIVE AROUND THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO FIND OUT WHERE THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO GO AND I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF VERY LARGE DECISIONS TO MAKE FROM A STRATEGIC STANDPOINT AND I THINK WHERE WE GO ON THIS BOND SHOULD REFLECT OR THIS, YOU KNOW, PROPOSED BOND SHOULD REFLECT THAT.
AND SO I AM CONCERNED THAT WE'RE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE A LITTLE BIT ON THIS.
AND I THINK THAT THE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU JUST MENTIONED, WE AS THE BOARD NEED TO BE EDUCATED AS WE'RE DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT TO PUT THIS FORWARD.
AND I SEE WHAT WOULD COME OUT OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEES, THAT PROCESS AND THAT REPORT WOULD BE EXACTLY THE TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT
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I WOULD WANT TO HAVE IN ORDER TO BE.I'M ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT I THINK IS IS THE RIGHT PATH FORWARD AND YOU LAYER ON TOP OF THAT ESPECIALLY THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT IS A 30 YEAR SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T DONE IN 30 YEARS.
I MEAN, THIS IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING AND IT SHOULD REALLY BE REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT AND OPINIONS.
ANYONE ELSE? NO, GO AHEAD KELLY.
I WANT TO SAY TO YOU THAT I'M IN PLANNING TO GET WHERE WE ARE NOW, THE STRATEGIC OUTSIDE OF THE LRF PAC, THERE WAS ALSO SATELLITE GROUPS ON EACH CAMPUS THAT CREATED THE PLAN THAT YOU SEE THAT WAS PRESENTED BACK IN MAY.
SO IT WASN'T JUST THE LRF PAC, WHICH WAS A HUGE, AMAZING GROUP, BUT IT WAS ALSO SATELLITE CAMPUS COMMITTEES.
SO THERE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
THERE WAS A FOREST TRAIL COMMITTEE.
AND I REMEMBER SEEING PICTURES FROM IT.
AND THE FOREST TRAIL COMMITTEE INCLUDED.
TEACHERS, STAFF, STUDENTS, ADMINISTRATION, AND THEY ALL TALKED ABOUT THEIR CAMPUS, WHAT THEIR CAMPUS LOVED, WHAT THEIR CAMPUS NEEDED TO SUCCEED.
SO ALL OF THAT INPUT, PLUS THE PARENTS, I'M SORRY, ALSO FROM THAT CAMPUS, BECAUSE I KNOW MY HUSBAND SERVED ON THE HIGH SCHOOL ONE.
AND SO THEY WERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY GOT TO TOUR THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THERE WAS A VERY EXTENSIVE, COMMUNITY, STUDENT, AND STAFF INPUT ON TOP OF THAT PRESENTED TO THEN THE LRF PAC AND THEY TOOK THAT INFORMATION TO CREATE WHAT THEY KNOW.
KRISTI, CHRIS, IS IT ANY FEEDBACK? IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE GROUP TO PRESENT IN JUNE? JUNE BOARD MEETING INSTEAD OF AUGUST.
DID THEY GIVE YOU ANY PREFERENCE OR I THINK IT JUST MAY BE MORE COMFORTABLE FOR THE TRUSTEES IF THE ADVISORY GROUP PRESENTED AT THE JUNE? MEETING AND THEN GAVE PEOPLE SOME TIME TO DIGEST AGAIN BEFORE WE CAME BACK IN EARLY AUGUST IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY I WILL CHECK WITH THEM RIGHT NOW.
ALL RIGHT, I WILL GO AHEAD I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AS WELL AS JUST THOUGHTS AND THE TWO TOPICS TONIGHT BOTH STROKES DEED THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AND FORMING AND PURSUING A BOND ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL DUTIES FOR OUR TRUSTEES AS A BODY OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.
AND SO PART OF STRATEGY IS TWO PARTS.
WHAT GAME DO YOU WANT TO PLAY AND HOW DO YOU WANT TO WIN THE GAME? AND SO OBVIOUSLY NONE OF US WANT TO PUT FORWARD A BOND THAT'S GOING TO FAIL OF ANY SIZE, WHETHER IT WOULD BE A MAINTENANCE-ONLY BOND OR SOMETHING MUCH, MUCH LARGER THAT INCLUDED A REFRESH AND RENEWAL OF SOME OF OUR VERY, VERY OLD BUILDINGS.
SO IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT TO SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY WILL WHOLEHEARTEDLY GET BEHIND.
ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS IS, TO YOUR POINT, KIRK, IS THE TIMING.
IS A MAY VOTE MORE LIKELY TO PASS VERSUS A NOVEMBER VOTE? AND MAYBE THAT'S BOLSTERED.
EITHER ONE IS BOLSTERED BY HOW MUCH INFORMATION WE GET FROM OUR COMMUNITY, FROM THE BACK, FROM THE FORMER LRF PAC MEMBERS, AND FROM...
THE OTHER ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WHO'VE RAISED THEIR HAND AND SAID THEY'D LIKE TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO ABOUT SOME GUARDRAILS AND HOW DO TRUSTEES PROVIDE SOME GUARDRAILS.
SO I RECALL WITH THE LRF PAC THAT IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, TELL US ALL OF THE NEEDS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
AND I GET THE SENTIMENT THAT THAT IS MAYBE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR A BOND, THAT IT'S NOT AN OPEN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THE THINGS, BUT THE TRUSTEES SHOULD PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE ON.
WHAT TO TACKLE AND WHAT NOT TO TACKLE.
AND I KNOW, JOHN, YOU'VE BROUGHT THIS UP IN PUBLIC SESSION BEFORE.
YOU HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT ENROLLMENT AND ABOUT TRANSFERS AND ABOUT WHAT ABOUT THE EANS CAMPUS.
THERE'S SOME REALLY BIG, HEADY CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE.
SO I WOULD SAY AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THOSE THINGS AND GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO A BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE SO THAT THEY WILL BE SUCCESSFUL WHEN WE BRING SOMETHING FORWARD.
AND THAT THE PUBLIC HEARS THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
AND I'M NOT SURE YET HOW THAT HAPPENS IF WE'RE RUNNING IN PARALLEL PATHS BECAUSE I COULD ALSO SEE THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE TAKING ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
THIS IS MY LINE OF THOUGHT BECAUSE I, NOW AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, I DON'T WANT TO PUT FORWARD A BOND THAT WOULDN'T PASS.
I WANT IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND I WANT US AS TRUSTEES AND A TEAM OF EIGHT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD SAY TO YOUR POINT IS THE TRUSTEES CAN GIVE CHARGES AND GUARDRAILS TO THE ADVISORY GROUP AND SO I THINK GETTING THEM TO PRESENT AND SHARE WITH YOU
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IS A NATURAL NEXT STEP AND THEN YOU BEING ABLE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS OF THEM, THIRD-PARTY FACILITATORS AND EXPERTS, AND THEN WORK SOME OF THAT OUT FOR YOURSELVES TO LET US KNOW WHAT THE WILL OF THE BOARD IS ON THOSE GUARDRAILS BECOMES VERY IMPORTANT.AND THEN I THINK ONCE THOSE GUARDRAILS ARE ESTABLISHED, THEY THEN GET COMMUNICATED, NOT JUST THROUGH THE ADVISORY, BUT THROUGH THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO THE COMMITTEE, ULTIMATELY WHOM ARE GOING TO TRY TO DO THEIR VERY BEST TO REPRESENT THE WHOLE OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO GIVE THE BOARD THOUGHTFUL FEEDBACK.
AND I THINK WE HAVE A VERY SAVVY GROUP OF MEMBERS, AS I SAID BEFORE, NO MATTER WHAT COMMITTEE THEY WERE A PART OF OR WHO THEY ARE, THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER.
THE CHARGES TO THEM AND THEN ALSO THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY THEY COLLECT AND GIVE OVER TIME REGARDLESS OF WHICH TIMELINE YOU CHOOSE AND I THINK SOME OF THOSE UNKNOWNS I WOULD JUST REITERATE WE WILL KNOW MORE ABOUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE SUMMER ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE LEGISLATIVE SIDE I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO TO GAIN A LITTLE MORE AWARENESS OF WHERE WE THINK THOSE THINGS ARE HEADING UM TOTALLY CAN CONTINUE TO VET AND TAKE FEEDBACK FROM THE CANVASSED COMMITTEE MEMBERS ALL OF WHOM HAVE SHOWN WILLINGNESS OR INTEREST TO SUPPORT THE BOARD AND GIVE THEM FEEDBACK ABOUT POSSIBLE TIMELINE AND THEN LEARN WHAT YOU ALL HAVE AS FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS AS YOU'VE MET THAT ADVISORY GROUP WHO I THINK YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD GIVE THEM THE TIME TO SHARE WITH YOU SO THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST HEARING IT FROM US ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR FOLLOW-UPS ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS PORTION OF THE MEETING TONIGHT.
[7.4 2026-27 Budget update]
OH, DO WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE? OH, WE DO.7.4, BUDGET UPDATE WITH MR. CHRIS SCOTT.
THE TITLE OF THIS ONE IS A BIT OF A MISNOMER.
THERE'S REALLY NO UPDATE SINCE LAST TIME.
BUT I DID WANT TO GO OVER A FEW THINGS WITH YOU THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR NEW MEMBERS AS THEY GET THEIR FEET UNDER THEM AND WILL BE ASKED TO VOTE ON A BUDGET IN ANOTHER MONTH.
SO WHAT YOU SEE UP HERE IS A BUDGET TIMELINE OF THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN.
AND TONIGHT YOU SEE APPROVE THE COMPENSATION PLAN.
AND YOU KNOW THAT IN THE LAST FEW MEETINGS, MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU HAS BEEN TO POSTPONE MAKING A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO GIVE A RAISE, AND I'M GOING TO REITERATE THAT RECOMMENDATION LATER IN THIS MEETING, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY WHEN WE GET THERE.
BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DO IS THAT YOU WAIT UNTIL AUGUST TO MAKE THAT DECISION, BECAUSE THERE'S STILL QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE BUDGET.
YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN IN JUNE.
THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE HEARING AND ADOPTION OF THE GENERAL FUND DEBT SERVICE AND CHILD NUTRITION BUDGETS, THOSE THREE THINGS ARE STATUTORY AND THEY WILL HAPPEN ON THE SAME NIGHT.
AND THEN FINALLY, IN AUGUST, THAT'S WHEN YOU WILL ADOPT THE TAX RATE, THE M&O AND THE INS TAX RATES.
AND THAT HAPPENS, THAT CANNOT STATUTORILY HAPPEN UNTIL AFTER WE GET THE MCR, THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE FROM.
TEA, WHICH IS DETERMINED ONCE WE HAVE THE CERTIFIED VALUES FROM TCAD, WHICH STATUTORILY HAVE TO BE TO US BY JULY 25TH.
AND SO WE'LL GET THOSE FROM TCAD BY JULY 25TH.
TEA WILL THEN COME BACK VERY QUICKLY AND GIVE US WHAT THE MCR IS.
AND THEN WE'LL COME TO YOU IN AUGUST IN ORDER TO ADOPT THOSE TAX RATES.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT IN AUGUST, WE TYPICALLY DO.
IT COULD BE AS LATE AS SEPTEMBER, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU LIKE TO GET DONE AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN BECAUSE THERE'S STILL A LOT OF STEPS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN AFTER THAT.
I TALKED TO YOU BEFORE ABOUT SOME OF THE UNKNOWNS IN THIS BUDGET.
THE TAV GROWTH, WE NOW HAVE SOME IDEA WHERE WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE WITH THAT, BUT THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME MOVEMENT.
AND SO IF YOU REMEMBER THE STARTING POINT LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR WERE LESS THAN 0.1%.
DIFFERENCE FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M STILL SHOWING A 0% CHANGE TO OUR TOTAL TAX BASE THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST YEAR.
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DEPENDENT ON NUMBER ONE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO ARE APPEALING THEIR THEIR TAX BILLS AND THEIR SUCCESS RATE.AND SO THAT IS NOT HANDLED BY TCAD.
THAT'S HANDLED BY THE APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD, WHICH IS INDEPENDENT OF TCAD.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WILL BE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL FIND OUT IN JULY.
AND SO IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE THAT THAT COULD BE, INSTEAD OF A 0% GROWTH, IT COULD BE A POSITIVE 1.5, 2% GROWTH, MAYBE NEGATIVE 1.5, 2%.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE ANY MORE THAN THAT 2% RANGE.
BUT JUST KEEP IT IN MIND THAT 1% WOULD SWING THE BUDGET BY ABOUT $170,000, SO 2%, $340,000 ROUGHLY.
THE TEA SPED FORMULAS, THEY'VE ALREADY TOLD US THAT THE SPED FORMULAS THAT ARE GOING TO APPLY TO US IN THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR, THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO TELL US HOW THEY WORK UNTIL NEXT JUNE AFTER THE FACT.
SO WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE IN OUR FAVOR, THAT WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY ON THAT.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, BUT I THINK IT COULD BE SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE BUDGET TO BE A LITTLE BIT ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE.
THEY HAVE SAID THAT THERE WILL BE A HOLD HARMLESS.
NOBODY WILL GET LESS THAN WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE UNDER THE OLD TEA FORMULAS.
AND SO WE EXPECT THAT THAT WILL BE TO OUR FAVOR, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW WHAT IT IS UNTIL AFTER YOU'VE ADOPTED THE NEXT BUDGET.
BUT REALLY THE IMPORTANT ONES, THE ONES THAT.
YOU KNOW, WOULD KEEP ME UP AT NIGHT, WOULD BE THE LAST TWO THERE.
NUMBER ONE, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO ENROLLMENT AND WHAT IS THE VOUCHER IMPACT? WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET.
AND SO YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN IN A MULTI-YEAR DECLINE.
WE'VE TRACKED THAT AS CLOSELY AS WE CAN ON HISTORICALLY HOW OUR CLASSES HAVE CHANGED FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
AND SO WE'RE PROJECTING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT NOW ABOUT 770 7,428 I THINK IS THE NUMBER WE'RE USING IN THE BUDGET, WHICH IS PROBABLY ABOUT 80 TO 90 KIDS FEWER THAN WHAT WE HAD THIS YEAR.
A DECLINE, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE IT COULD BE GREATER THAN THAT BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE VOUCHER LAW IS GOING TO AFFECT.
WE DO KNOW THAT SOME FAMILIES WHO CURRENTLY HAVE STUDENTS ENROLLED HAVE APPLIED, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE BEEN GRANTED THOSE AWARDS YET.
AND WE ALSO DON'T KNOW THAT IF THEY HAVE BEEN GRANTED THEM, WHETHER THEY APPLY JUST TO KEEP THEIR OPTIONS OPEN AND THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO TAKE THEM.
BUT THAT COULD IMPACT THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT COME IN AND OF COURSE THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT ARE HERE IMPACTS HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE SECOND THING THAT I'VE GOT HIGHLIGHTED THERE IS THE STAFF REDUCTION THROUGH ATTRITION AND SO THAT FIRST ROUND OF CUTS THAT WE LOOKED AT THROUGH THE FALL AND THEN INTO THE EARLY WINTER MOST OF THAT WAS MOST OF THE SAVINGS WE WERE GOING TO GET FROM THAT WAS BASED ON A NATURAL TURNOVER AND ATTRITION SO WE KNOW THAT HISTORICALLY SCHOOLS HAVE TURNOVER 15 TO 20 PERCENT PER YEAR.
SO WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TURNOVER.
BUT WHERE THOSE PEOPLE WHERE THOSE TURNOVERS HAPPEN WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET HOW MUCH WE BUDGETED FOR.
SO WE SAID WE WOULD PROBABLY GET 50 OUT OF THE TOTAL OF 69 POSITIONS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.
BUT AS YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOME SOME TEACHERS ARE MORE FUNGIBLE THAN OTHERS.
SOMEBODY WHO WAS TEACHING THIRD GRADE, IF WE LOSE A THIRD GRADE TEACHER AND WE STILL NEEDED A THIRD GRADE TEACHER AND WE HAD SOMEBODY, WE DIDN'T NEED ONE IN THE FOURTH GRADE, WE CAN MOVE THEM TO THIRD GRADE.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY THE WAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE WORKED FOREVER BECAUSE CLASS SIZES ARE ALWAYS DIFFERENT AND WE MOVE TEACHERS AROUND.
THEY MIGHT TEACH THIRD GRADE FOR A WHILE AND THEN WE JUST DON'T NEED THAT MANY THIRD GRADE TEACHERS ANYMORE.
AND SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY REAL CONCERN THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO MEET OUR...
ANY REDUCTIONS THAT WE MIGHT SEE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, BUT AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY ALTOGETHER.
YOU CAN'T TAKE, IF YOU HAVE EXCESS ENGLISH TEACHERS LEAVE AND YOU NEED TO FILL ONE IN, YOU CAN'T TAKE A SCIENCE TEACHER AND PLUG THEM IN AND HAVE THEM TEACH ENGLISH, MORE THAN LIKELY.
AND SO YOU MAY OR MAY NOT GET ALL OF YOUR ATTRITION THAT YOU WERE EXPECTING, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW UNTIL...
REALLY AT THE LAST MOMENT, WE'LL HAVE STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE RESIGNING ALL THROUGH THE SUMMER.
SO WE ALREADY KNOW SOME OF THOSE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW ALL OF THEM.
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OF TIMES BEFORE, WE KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY DISTRICTS WHO ARE DOING THIS RIGHT NOW.SO LAKE TRAVIS, AUSTIN, HAYES, ROUND ROCK, ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.
WHERE TEACHERS MIGHT ORDINARILY SAY JUST CHOOSE TO MOVE TO BECAUSE IT'S MORE CONVENIENT TO THEIR HOME THAT MIGHT NOT BE AN OPTION FOR THEM AND SO WE MIGHT NOT HAVE THE TURNOVER THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE AGAIN THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE SO WITH THAT CAVEAT IN MIND BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO END UP ON ON THE SAVINGS I FEEL I FEEL LIKE THE LIKELY, ON THE FIRST TWO THAT I MENTIONED, WHERE WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, PLUS OR MINUS, I THINK THAT'S ROUGHLY A WASH.
BUT ON THOSE LAST TWO, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND MY ADMONISHMENT OR MY RECOMMENDATION REMAINS THE SAME, IS THAT I KNOW THAT SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE STATED PUBLICLY THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO ADOPT A DEFICIT BUDGET.
AND MY FEAR WOULD BE THAT IF WE COME IN AND SAY, OH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHOWING A BUDGETED DEFICIT OF $600,000 AND WE'RE PROJECTED SURPLUS, EXCUSE ME, A PROJECTED SURPLUS OF 1.6 MILLION PROJECTED OR A BUDGETED SURPLUS OF 600,000.
WE COULD GIVE A 2% RAISE AND WE WOULD EXPECT THAT TO PERFORM AT A BREAK EVEN POINT.
AND SO MY CONCERN WOULD BE THAT YOU GO IN THERE THINKING YOU'VE ADOPTED A NEUTRAL BUDGET, AND WE FIND OUT IN THE FALL, ONCE WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO GO ON, THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVEN'T.
YOU'VE ADOPTED A DEFICIT BUDGET, WHICH IS WHY MY RECOMMENDATION REMAINS THE SAME.
LET'S WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FALL WHENEVER WE KNOW WHAT OUR ENROLLMENT IS, WHEN WE KNOW HOW MUCH SAVINGS WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET THROUGH ATTRITION.
AND IF THE NUMBER IS SUPPORTED AT THAT POINT, I THINK YOU COULD GO IN IN AUGUST, GIVE THE RAISE, AND WE COULD PROBABLY MAKE IT HAPPEN BEFORE TEACHERS GET THEIR FIRST PAYCHECK UNDER THE NEW CONTRACT.
THEIR FIRST PAYCHECK WOULD BE IN SEPTEMBER.
AND SO, AGAIN, THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION, AND I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS? JOHN? CHRIS, THIS IS YOUR LAST MEETING, RIGHT? IT IS.
CAN YOU, BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS VOTING ON A BUDGET IN A MONTH, AND IT'LL BE WITH YOUR SUCCESSOR AT THE HELM, COULD YOU JUST WALK US THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF HOW YOU'RE ENSURING HE'S UP TO SPEED AND ABLE TO GUIDE US THROUGH THAT PROCESS? SURE.
SO THE REASON, WHAT I'D HOPED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU TONIGHT WAS AN UP-TO-DATE.
SO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN UP TO THIS POINT HAS BEEN BASICALLY LOOKING AT WHAT WAS OUR PAYROLL LAST YEAR OR THE CURRENT YEAR, THE ONE WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, AND THEN GOING IN THERE AND DOING A SUBTRACTION ESSENTIALLY.
YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE'RE LOSING X NUMBER OF PEOPLE, AVERAGE COST IS THIS, SUBTRACTING THAT OUT.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS AN ESTIMATE, AND THIS IS ALWAYS THE CASE UP UNTIL THE FINAL MEETING.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS? AT THIS POINT, ONCE YOU HAVE COMMITTED TO IN THE MAY MEETING, IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A RAISE OR NOT, THEN WE GO THROUGH THE FULL PROCESS.
WE ROLL FORWARD EVERYBODY WHO'S STILL HERE.
THOSE WHO AREN'T HERE BUT WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE, WE PUT A PLACEHOLDER NUMBER IN THERE, ESSENTIALLY THE OLD PERSON.
THOSE THAT WE AREN'T REPLACING, WE TAKE OUT.
AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS AN IN-DEPTH KIND OF.
IT'S A HARD PROCESS THAT YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THAT LINE BY LINE LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT PERSONNEL AND MAKING INDIVIDUAL CALLS ON THAT POSITION IS BEING REPLACED OR IT'S NOT BEING REPLACED AND IF IT'S ALREADY BEEN HIRED, WHAT IS THE NEW SALARY ETC? AND SO ALWAYS WHAT YOU'LL SEE GOING FROM THE THE MAY PRESENTATION TO JUNE IS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SWINGS.
SO HERE AGAIN, I'M SHOWING YOU $600,000 BUDGETED SURPLUS, 1.6 MILLION PROJECTED SURPLUS.
BUT THAT NUMBER THAT I COME WITH TO YOU, OR THAT IN THIS CASE PETE COMES TO YOU WITH, IN JUNE WILL BE A COUPLE HUNDRED GRAND OFF
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OF THAT, PLUS OR MINUS.WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHICH WAY IT WILL GO, BUT IT WILL DEFINITELY SWING BECAUSE THE NUMBERS THAT WE USE WON'T BE THE EXACT ESTIMATES THAT WE USED TO CREATE THE BUDGET.
AND SO WHAT I'M DOING NOW IS I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET IT, THE BUDGET, EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE NOW WILL BE DONE BEFORE I LEAVE.
AND I'M GOING TO BE MEETING WITH, PETE WILL BE BACK IN THE DISTRICT.
HE'S BEEN HERE THREE TIMES ALREADY AND HE'LL BE HERE AGAIN THURSDAY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE DAY WORKING ON IS LOOKING AT WHAT STILL HAS TO BE DONE AND MAKING SURE THAT HE KNOWS HOW TO GET IT DONE.
HE'S DONE THIS MANY, MANY TIMES BEFORE.
HE JUST NEEDS TO KNOW WHERE WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING STORED AND WHERE TO FIND THE DATA AND ESSENTIALLY ASK MARIA.
THAT'S THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.
BUT YEAH, PETE WILL BE ABLE TO PICK UP THE MANTLE PRETTY EASILY AND FINISH THAT OFF.
AND LIKE I SAID, I'M GOING TO GET AS FAR AS IT CAN BE GOTTEN BEFORE HE GETS HERE.
WELL THANK YOU UH AND ALSO JUST THANK YOU FOR UH ALL YOUR MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DISTRICT UH AND UH AND YOU'RE LEAVING US WITH A GOOD BUDGET TO VOTE ON I AND I APPRECIATE YOUR RECOMMENDATION UH AND IT MAKES SENSE I'VE BEEN ONE OF THOSE WHO HAS BEEN NOT WANTING TO VOTE FOR A DEFICIT BUDGET AND SO I I TAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO HEART SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND FOR ALL YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND WISH YOU WELL THANK YOU ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE JENNIFER AND THEN KATE AND THEN KELLY.
THANK YOU, CHRIS, FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE AND FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE, I THINK, TO HELP THE NEWBIES GET UP TO SPEED QUICKLY.
I KNOW YOU SAID THAT STAFF MEMBERS ARE LIKELY TO RESIGN ALL THROUGH THE SUMMER, AND IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE WE'RE IN THIS WAIT OUT, AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING THE SAME THING.
TO RELY ON HISTORICAL DATA FROM THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW, JUST SAY FIVE OR SIX YEARS, WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS, JUST MORE THAN ONE YEAR.
ARE YOU ABLE TO SAY AS A PERCENTAGE THE AMOUNT OF RESIGNATIONS THAT HAPPEN IN JUNE AND JULY, AND IF POSSIBLE, NOT JUST A PERCENTAGE, BUT ALSO THE ABSOLUTE NUMBER FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE GETTING UP TO SPEED ON THAT STILL? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
IT'S NORMALLY NOT REALLY HIGH, BUT WE STILL COULD HAVE.
10 TO 20 PEOPLE THAT ARE RESIGNING.
YEAH, MY QUESTION WAS ACTUALLY IN THE SAME VEIN.
WHERE ARE WE ON THE 50 WE WERE HOPING TO HAVE RESIGN IN POSITIONS THAT WE ARE NOT PLANNING TO REACH? SO WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT, I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER IN MY, 80 PEOPLE WHO'VE RESIGNED IN THE DISTRICT, BUT WE DO STILL NEED TO FILL SOME OF THOSE ROLES.
SO I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THE POSITIONS.
KELLY? I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TOO.
I REMEMBER YOU COMING AND PRESENTING AT BOOSTER CLUB MEETINGS AND TEACHING US SO MUCH ABOUT SCHOOL FINANCE AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WISDOM YOU'VE IMPARTED ON US.
I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE PROFESSIONALISM AND COMMITMENT I'VE SEEN FROM OUR STAFF THROUGH ALL THESE CHANGES.
I'VE REALLY NOTICED THAT AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE I KNOW CHANGE IS HARD.
I'M GOING TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE AS A NURSE WORKING IN THE HOSPITAL.
AND WHEN I FIRST STARTED NURSING, WE HAD A RATIO OF ONE NURSE TO SIX PATIENTS.
AND THEN THE HOSPITAL DECIDED THEY NEEDED TO SAVE SOME MONEY, AND THEY CHANGED OUR STAFFING RATIO TO ONE NURSE HAD EIGHT PATIENTS.
AND SO THAT WAS A NEW SET OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND ROLES THAT WE HAD TO TAKE ON AND MORE.
AND SO THAT WAS A BIG CHALLENGE.
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ABOUT THAT, AND I THINK ABOUT US BALANCING OUR OWN STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND SAYING WE WANT TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, BUT WE WANT TO HAVE A STABLE WORKFORCE, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR FIRST TWO PRIORITIES, SUCCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS, AND THEN STAFF SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT.I WOULD LIKE, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSIDER THE SALARY INCREASE SOONER THAN LATER AND I THINK COMPENSATION RECOGNIZES THIS INCREASED DEMAND AND THIS INCREASED RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON ALL OF OUR STAFF ACROSS THE CAMPUS NOT JUST TEACHERS ALL OF OUR STAFF IS GOING TO BE FEELING INCREASED DEMAND AND RESPONSIBILITIES SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD TO KEEP CONSIDERING US VOTING IN A SALARY INCREASE IN JUNE.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, YOU NEED TO DO IT TONIGHT.
WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THAT INTO THE BUDGET IF YOU WAIT UNTIL JUNE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE AN ACTION ITEM TO...
DELIBERATE AND VOTE ON NOW OR LATER FOR A SALARY VOTE.
I THINK WE COULD POINT JAMES YOU WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING BUT I WILL ADD THAT THERE ARE MANY TIMES THAT THE BOARD EXPRESSES GUIDANCE WITHOUT A VOTE IF HE HEARD MULTIPLE MEMBERS SAY I'D LIKE TO GIVE A CONSIDER A RAISE OF X PERCENT HE CAN GO DO THAT.
SO GOING BACK, CHRIS, THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU FOR ALL THESE YEARS.
I THINK THIS IS THE EIGHTH BUDGET THAT I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT AND VOTE ON.
I TRULY APPRECIATE, AS A RECOVERING FINANCE GUY MYSELF, I DO APPRECIATE YOUR CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO BUDGETING, AND YOU'VE GUIDED US VERY WELL EVERY TIME WE'VE DONE A BUDGET, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
I THINK YOU'RE GUIDING US VERY WELL RIGHT NOW, AND I WOULDN'T QUESTION ANYTHING YOU SAID TONIGHT.
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, I HAD SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ON OUR CAMPUSES, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT HAPPENED AS WE WOUND THINGS DOWN, FROM CONCERTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL TO THE 50TH CELEBRATION OVER AT HILL COUNTRY, WHICH WAS AMAZING.
AND IN THAT PROCESS, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO INTERACT WITH A LOT OF OUR EDUCATORS AND OUR STAFF MEMBERS.
AND THESE AMAZING PEOPLE, AND I THINK IT WAS ALLUDED TO, I THINK KELLY KIND OF ALLUDED TO IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE SORT OF DOWNSIZING THAT WE'RE DOING NOW, THE WORK DOESN'T GO AWAY.
AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ASKING A LOT OF PEOPLE TO TAKE ON A LOT MORE WORK.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S, I THINK WE SIT HERE AND WE TALK ABOUT NOT HAVING AN IMPACT ON CHILDREN, KEEPING THESE CHANGES AS FAR AWAY FROM STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE.
I THINK THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST IMPACTS WE WILL HAVE ON OUR STUDENTS NEXT YEAR IS A WORKFORCE THAT HAS TAKEN ON MORE WORK AND HAS NOT BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THE DEDICATION THAT THEY'VE PUT INTO THIS WORK.
I MET SOME AMAZING PEOPLE WHO ABSOLUTELY LOVE WHAT THEY DO AND I DON'T THINK THEY'RE THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO SAY I DON'T GET A RAISE I'M LEAVING.
NO THEY LOVE WHAT THEY DO BUT I ALSO THINK AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE AS A BOARD WHEN WE SIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT WANTING TO IMPROVE TEACHER RETENTION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUT IN THE PUBLIC WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WE WANT TO HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE PAID AT LEAST ON PAR WITH OTHER DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA.
THIS IS THE TIME WE PUT LITERALLY OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS.
THIS IS THE TIME WHERE WE SAY WE WANT THIS COMPENSATION INCREASE.
LEADERS HAVE TO TAKE LEAPS OF FAITH.
YOU'RE NOT LYING TO US ON THE NUMBERS.
AND I TRULY APPRECIATE THE CAUTION YOU'RE GIVING US.
SOMETIMES LEADERS HAVE TO TAKE A STEP FURTHER, TAKE ALL THE BEST INFORMATION THEY HAVE, AND WORK TOGETHER IN THIS BIGGER PICTURE.
AND THAT'S WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW.
AND I'D REALLY, I WILL, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY NEVER, BUT I WOULD FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT IN JUNE TO VOTE FOR A BUDGET THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE SOMETHING FOR OUR STAFF.
I GET IT, WE CAN COME BACK IN AUGUST.
THAT'S NOT A GUARANTEE EITHER.
AND THERE'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY JUST AS MANY VARIABLES AND UNKNOWN IN AUGUST AS THERE ARE TODAY.
SOME OF THE ONES TODAY WILL BE KNOWN, BUT WE'LL HAVE NEW ONES THAT ARE UNKNOWN.
I HAVE FAITH IN FINDING NEW REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES.
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I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FAITH THAT THE STATE'S GOING TO COME THROUGH ON THE SPED.AND SO, THEREFORE, I WOULD BE WILLING TO LEAD AND TAKE THAT STEP OF FAITH AND SAY, I'D LIKE TO PUT COMPENSATION INCREASE INTO THE BUDGET NOW.
I THINK OUR HARDWORKING STAFF WOULD APPRECIATE THAT TODAY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO 2%.
I'M GOING TO PUT IT OUT THERE AS A NUMBER.
I REALIZE THAT THAT HURTS THE BUDGET A LOT.
BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE US DO THAT BECAUSE I THINK OUR STAFF DESERVES THAT.
I'M ALSO STRUGGLING WITH NOT, AND KELLY.
WITH PAUSING ON POTENTIAL RAISES.
SO I WOULD BE ANOTHER VOICE TO ADD INTO THAT CONSIDERATION FOR PASSING A BUDGET THAT DOES INCREASE SALARIES NOW RATHER THAN LATER.
THE LEAP OF FAITH TERM, I THINK, IS A GOOD ONE TO USE HERE.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF PAINFUL CUTS.
WE'VE DONE THE BEST THAT WE COULD.
AND I THINK NOW IT'S A TIME TO TURN THE CORNER AND LOOK FORWARD AND BELIEVE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE CHANGE COMING WITH NEW REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES AND SUCH THAT WILL HELP US STILL RESPONSIBLY SUSTAIN OUR BUDGET, BUT ALSO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE WORK ON THEM.
ANYONE ELSE? JENNIFER AND THEN JOHN AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION.
AT THE RISK OF BEING REDUNDANT, I AGREE WITH CALLIE AND JAMES AND DIANE AND IN NO WAY DO I THINK THAT THIS COMPROMISES MY STAND ON FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PASSING A BALANCED BUDGET, BUT I THINK THAT WE'VE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN AS FAR AS BRINGING UP MONEY AND THE OPPORTUNITY WITH REGARD TO EXPENSE CUTS THAT WERE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED AND THEN ALSO JUST WITH THE REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE AND AGAIN MY CONCERN IS THAT THE 10 TO 20 LIKELY TO RESIGN IN JUNE AND JULY MIGHT BE OUR ABSOLUTE 10 TO 20 BEST TEACHERS.
AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO BANK THAT IT'S THE BOTTOM 2 TO 3 PERCENT TEACHERS THAT ARE RESIGNING, THAT IT'S THE BEST ONES THAT ARE GETTING SOME COMPELLING OFFER THAT THEY'VE RESISTED THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AND THEY'VE REACHED THEIR BREAKING POINT.
SO I MAY BE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE THAN OTHERS HERE.
OUR STAFF IS WHAT MAKES EVERYTHING POSSIBLE IN OUR DISTRICT.
THEY SHOW UP, THEY POUR THEMSELVES INTO OUR KIDS.
WE HAVE THE BEST DISTRICT IN THE STATE.
WE HAVE AMAZING STAFF WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES EACH AND EVERY DAY.
AND IT PAINS ME, IT PAINS ME TO SAY THAT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GIVE HIM A RAISE THIS YEAR.
TRULY, IT ABSOLUTELY PAINS ME.
WE HAVE BEEN ERODING OUR FUND BALANCE FOR YEARS.
AND HERE, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, AND WITHOUT GOING INTO SPECIFICS, THE SURPLUS THAT WE HAVE HERE IS LARGELY DUE TO A ONE-TIME REVENUE GENERATION.
IT IS NOT A LOT OF LIKE ONGOING CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE IN ORDER TO GET US FROM A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT TO A 1.6 SURPLUS.
SO THERE ARE MULTI-MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF SAVINGS IN HERE.
BUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A SURPLUS AND NOT A ZERO, LIKE...
BASICALLY NET NEUTRAL BUDGET, BUT A SURPLUS IS DUE TO A ONE-TIME REVENUE COST.
I MEAN, ONE-TIME REVENUE GAIN.
AND TO TURN AROUND AND RIGHT OFF THE BAT PUT THAT INTO STAFF RAISES, I GET THE REASON BEHIND IT.
I REALLY DO, BECAUSE OUR STAFF ARE POURING THEMSELVES INTO OUR KIDS, AND NOTHING MATTERS MORE THAN OUR STAFF.
I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S FINANCIALLY PRUDENT AND I THINK IT PUTS THE DISTRICT WHERE LIKE THE VERY FIRST
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TIME WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA WE SPEND IT RIGHT OFF THE BAT AND I BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY HAS ALSO TOLD US THEY WANT A BALANCED BUDGET AND TO COME RIGHT OUT AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO A DEFICIT BUDGET AND TO TAKE A ONE-TIME REVENUE GAIN AND PUT IT INTO RAISES, WHICH WILL COMPOUND THAT CHART THAT CHRIS SHOWED US.IF WE DO A 2% RAISE NOW, THE NUMBERS GET WORSE NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER THAT BECAUSE RAISES COMPOUND EVERY YEAR.
AND SO THE NUMBERS WILL GET FURTHER IN THE RED FOR A YEAR FROM NOW AND TWO YEARS FROM NOW.
I WOULD RATHER TAKE A BEAT, REBUILD OUR FUND BALANCE, AND THEN BE AGGRESSIVE WITH RAISES A YEAR FROM NOW AND LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUE GENERATION CAPABILITY AS WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT AND TRY TO COME OUT EARLY FOR A RAISE IN THE SPRING OF 27.
UM LIKE I WOULD I THINK THAT IS THE FINANCIALLY SOUND THING TO DO I THINK IT SERVES OUR DISTRICT BEST AND I WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE HEART BEHIND THE DESIRE TO INVEST IN OUR STAFF I DON'T THINK IT IS A WISE AND PRUDENT MOVE TO MAKE AT THIS POINT.
AND I THINK I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO, LIKE, AT SOME POINT, THE DEFICITS HAVE TO STOP.
WE CAN'T KEEP DOING DEFICIT BUDGETS.
LIKE, AT SOME POINT, WE HAVE TO TAKE A TOUGH VOTE AND NOT VOTE FOR A DEFICIT BUDGET.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO JUST THINK ABOUT THAT.
IF WE ARE DOING A RAISE, I WILL COME OUT NOW AND SAY I UNDERSTAND THE SPIRIT, BUT I WOULD NOT VOTE FOR THAT BUDGET IN JUNE.
AND RESPECTFULLY ASK THE BOARD TO THINK ABOUT THAT, AND I WILL LISTEN TO WHAT YOU ALL HAVE TO SAY AS WELL, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S THE WISE THING TO DO.
I WAS GOING TO GO NEXT, BUT KATE, GO AHEAD.
THE DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON THIS, AND I'M KIND OF SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE ON IT, THE 2% BE, IF THERE WAS A 2% ACROSS.
2% WOULD COST SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 1.5 TO 1.6 MIL.
I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF MIDDLE GROUND THAT WE COULD TAKE WHERE, AS OPPOSED TO AN ACROSS-THE-BOARD SALARY INCREASE, WE COULD HAVE SOME SORT OF A BONUS, BOTH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND...
SOME OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING THAT FOR RETENTION BONUS TYPE SCENARIOS.
SO I THINK THAT THAT MAYBE IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER BECAUSE I DO SEE JOHN'S POINT WHERE IF WE GO AHEAD WITH A FULL 2% INCREASE NOW, IT'S A COMPOUNDING ISSUE.
AND I THINK IF WE TAKE A MIDDLE GROUND APPROACH LIKE THAT WHERE IT'S MORE OF A BONUS STRUCTURE, WE CAN SEE HOW SOME OF THESE CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING PLAY OUT.
AND KIRK, I THINK YOU'VE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB OF GETTING US.
AND CHRIS, YOU AS WELL, GETTING US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET.
AND I SEE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS TO COME THAT COULD REALLY IMPROVE WHERE WE ARE WITH SOME OF OUR REVENUES.
SO WE COULD TABLE THAT DISCUSSION ON THE FULL RAISE WHILE ALSO AT THIS POINT STILL PROVIDING SOME REWARD FOR THESE TEACHERS THAT WE'RE ASKING TO TAKE ON ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AS WE DO TRANSITION AND REDUCE STAFF SIZE.
I'M GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE FIRST TO THANK CHRIS SCOTT FOR HIS MANY YEARS AT EANS, AND BOTH FORMALLY AS SOMEBODY WHO WATCHED THESE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS WITH BATED BREATH, AND THEN NOW AS A TRUSTEE, KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT WITH CHRIS SCOTT AND UNDERSTANDING THE CADENCE THAT HE'S PROVIDED AND THE CLARITY AND THE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHAT THESE ARE, TRADEOFFS, THAT WE ALL HAVE TO MAKE.
NO RAISES RETENTION RISK UM CHRIS HAS ALWAYS LED FROM MY PERSPECTIVE WITH AS MUCH TRANSPARENCY AND INSIGHT INTO THIS PROCESS SO THAT TRUSTEES BOTH BEFORE I WAS ON THE BOARD COULD MAKE THE BEST DECISION THAT THEY KNEW HOW AT THE TIME SO I WANT TO START WITH THAT CHRIS THANK YOU UM SO I AGREE WITH JOHN THIS IS THE FIRST BALANCED BUDGET WE'VE HAD IN EIGHT YEARS AND IT WAS
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SIGNIFICANT AND IT WAS HARD FOUGHT, AND IT WAS NOT EASY.I'VE HAD TO ANSWER COMMUNITY EMAILS NOW WITH FAMILIES WONDERING ABOUT TEACHERS AND BELOVED STAFF THAT THEY KNOW THAT MAY NOT BE RETURNING NEXT YEAR.
THOUGH I DO WONDER, AND MAYBE THIS COULD BE A STATUTE, SO I WANT TO ASK, CHRIS, WHEN YOU PRESENT A BUDGET, DOES IT HAVE TO BE A ONE BUDGET FOR THIS GENERAL FUND, OR ARE YOU ABLE TO PRESENT US WITH? OPTIONS TO VOTE ON AT THE TIME THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE A VOTE? I COULD PREPARE IT TWO WAYS.
I DO HAVE TO PUBLISH A SUMMARY IN THE NEWSPAPER.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT TWO WAYS, I WOULD PROBABLY PUBLISH THE ONE SHOWING THE RACE IN THE NEWSPAPER SO YOU COULD ADOPT SOMETHING LESS THAN THAT, BUT YOU COULDN'T ADOPT SOMETHING EASILY MORE THAN THAT.
SO WE CAN DO THAT, AND HERE I'M COMMITTING PETE TO MORE WORK.
BUT THAT IS A POSSIBILITY, AND WE HAVE DONE IT BEFORE.
WITH REGARDS TO THE RAISES THAT THE STATE IT WAS PART OF OUR LEGISLATIVE SESSION LAST YEAR THAT TEXAS CAME IN AND SAID, IF YOU'VE GOT TEACHERS WHO ARE TWO TO FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND FIVE PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, THEY WILL RECEIVE AN INCREASE OF X DOLLARS.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INCREASES FOR OUR STAFF, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE TEACHERS WHO ARE NOT IN THIS ALLOTMENT FROM THE STATE AND OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT RAISES FOR EVEN THOSE TEACHERS WHO ARE ALREADY GETTING THE ALLOTMENT FROM THE STATE? THAT WOULD BE DETERMINED.
I WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD, THAT EVERYTHING.
IF YOU SAID 2%, I'M SURE THAT WE WOULD MOVE EVERY STAGE 2%.
SO THE WAY WE SHOW THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT IS WE SHOW A BASE SALARY, THEN WE SHOW THE TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT AS A SEPARATE, AND THEN A TOTAL ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY THOSE TEACHERS WHO ARE MOVING INTO THEIR THIRD YEAR OF TEACHING ARE GOING TO GET THAT $2,500 BUMP, AND IF WE ALSO GAVE THEM A 2% ON TOP OF THAT, THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER.
THOUSAND, TWELVE HUNDRED, I'M NOT SURE THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
AND BY THE SAME TOKEN, SOMEBODY MOVING FROM THEIR FOURTH YEAR TO THEIR FIFTH YEAR WOULD MOVE FROM THE $2,500 TRA TO THE $5,000 TRA.
SO THE NUMBERS YOU QUOTED TO KATE A WHILE AGO THAT A 2% RAISE WOULD COST THE DISTRICT $1.5 TO $1.6 MILLION WAS 2% TO ALL TEACHERS AND STAFF.
SO THERE MIGHT BE PART OF OUR MIDDLE GROUND APPROACH IS TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATION WHO WERE NOT IN, NOT RECEIVING OF THIS INCREASE FROM THE STATE ALLOTMENT.
THERE COULD BE A SCENARIO WHERE IT'S LESS THAN THE $1.5 MILLION TO $1.6 MILLION.
AND SO, MR. KONECKI, I THINK YOU HAD PROVIDED US WITH MAYBE A SPREADSHEET OR A TOOL WITH SOME LEVERS THAT WE COULD.
FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, TOGGLE AND MANIPULATE AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF MERIT INCREASES AND WHATNOT ON OUR BUDGET.
AM I REMEMBERING THAT CORRECTLY? YEAH, I THINK WHAT CHRIS AND I DID WAS WE TRIED TO SHOW YOU THE SLIDE THAT YOU SAW THIS EVENING WITH A THREE-YEAR PROPOSED BUDGET THE LAST TIME HE PRESENTED.
AND THEN AGAIN, YOU'RE SEEING THAT TONIGHT AS WELL.
AND THEN WE ALSO PROVIDED YOU A SIMULATION WHERE THE 2%, BECAUSE AS YOU ALL RECALL, WE BUILT IN 4% IN THIS.
THREE-YEAR FORECAST, 2% THE NEXT YEAR AND 2% THE THIRD YEAR.
WHAT WE DID WAS WE PROVIDED YOU A SIMULATION WHERE WE SHIFTED THAT BACK TO THE CURRENT PROPOSED BUDGET AND THE BUDGET FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND LEFT THE THIRD YEAR AT 0%.
SO WE PROVIDED THAT SIMULATION.
WE HAVE NOT PROVIDED A SIMULATION WITH A STIPEND OR WITH A CARVE-OUT GROUP TO THIS POINT.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE COULDN'T.
WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO WORK ON THAT.
ALL RIGHT, SO AS I'M JUST VERBALIZING WHAT I HEAR, A FULL RAISE OF 2% TO ALL TEACHERS AND ADMIN WOULD BUST THE BUDGET, AND POTENTIALLY WE WOULD BE BACK IN DEFICIT RANGE AFTER ALL THIS HARD WORK IN EIGHT YEARS.
I WOULD SAY IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY BUST IT, BUT I THINK IT PROBABLY WOULD.
SO THAT'S WITHOUT HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT PREDICTING THE FUTURE, I WOULD SAY THAT BECAUSE OF THOSE LAST TWO ITEMS OF THE FOUR THAT I SHOWED YOU, I THINK THEY'RE FAR MORE LIKELY TO SWING AGAINST US THAN TO SWING FOR US.
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SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT YOU WOULD PROBABLY BE PASSING A DEFICIT BUDGET IF YOU PASSED IT WITH A 2% RAISE.ALL RIGHT, MY LEGAL FRIENDS WOULD SAY MORE LIKELY THAN NOT WE WOULD SEE THAT WE'VE BUSTED OUR BUDGET BACK TO A DEFICIT.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER.
BUT TIMING IS OF THE ESSENCE AND OF COURSE WHAT IS PUBLISHED PUBLICLY IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT I WANT TO ADD BEFORE I CONTINUE THAT I BELIEVE AND I HAVE THOUGHT THIS FOR A WHILE THAT EEF AND THE DONATIONS TO EEF HAVE SUFFERED BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD BALANCED BUDGETS AND THERE'S JUST BEEN THIS CURIOSITY AMONG THE COMMUNITY ON ARE WE FUNDING DEFICIT BUDGETS AND I'VE NEVER BELIEVED THAT WAS THE CASE I BELIEVE THAT EVERY DOLLAR THAT COMES FROM EEF HAS BEEN USED AS WISELY AS WE KNEW HOW AT THE TIME AND THEY WENT TO OUR TEACHERS AND EXACTLY AS WE SAID BUT NEVERTHELESS I I DO BELIEVE THAT THE DONATIONS THERE HAS BEEN SOME INHIBITING FACTOR WITH THE DEFICIT BUDGETS AND DONATIONS FROM EEF AND I BELIEVE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD AND CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THAT IT IS A SHOW OF GOOD FAITH THAT THE DISTRICT HAS A BALANCED BUDGET UM AND AS WE TALK ABOUT BONDS OF COURSE AND WE WANT BONDS OF WHATEVER WE DETERMINE TO PASS, THAT IT IS A SHOWING OF GOOD FAITH TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE ALSO BEING GOOD FINANCIAL STEWARDS AND WE'RE BALANCING OUR BUDGET.
SO THAT'S JUST ANOTHER FACTOR LAYING OUT THERE.
THERE ARE EXTERNALITIES TO THE DECISIONS WE HAVE TO MAKE REGARDING TEACHERS' SALARIES AND BALANCED BUDGETS.
SO I LAY THAT PREFACE OUT THERE TO JUST THINK THAT IF THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS FOR US, WHETHER IT'S A PARTIAL INCREASE FOR TEACHERS THAT ARE NOT COVERED BY THE TEXAS TEACHER ALLOTMENT.
OR IF THERE'S TO KATE'S POINT A ONE-TIME PAYOUT FOR X DOLLARS THAT WOULD NOT BREAK THE BUDGET.
I THINK WE WOULD ALL PERHAPS LIKE TO SEE THOSE AS WE COME TO VOTE ON A BUDGET COMING UP IN JUST A FEW WEEKS.
JENNIFER? I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AS MUCH OF A QUESTION AS JUST...
MAYBE CLARIFICATION, FIRST WHEN KELLY SPOKE AND THEN JAMES.
MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RAISES FOR TEACHERS, SPECIFICALLY STUDENT-FACING ROLES.
AND I FEEL LIKE IN THE COURSE OF OUR DIALOGUE, IT SOMEHOW HAS JUMPED TO EVERYBODY, WHICH I DON'T, I MEAN, BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IN PUBLIC, I JUST, I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO CLARIFY THAT VERY MUCH.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S GOT TO BE A THIRD WAY TO MAKE THE RIGHT, MAKE A SALARY COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENT FOR OUR TEACHERS, STUDENT-FACING ROLES, AND STILL MAINTAIN A BALANCED BUDGET, BECAUSE I JUST, I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
I NEED TO STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD.
YEAH, I WANTED TO CHIME IN WITH TWO THINGS.
I ALSO THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN WHO WE'RE CONSIDERING HERE, BUT I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION OR MAYBE PROVIDE A LITTLE CLARIFICATION.
CHRIS, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THIS.
THE TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT, BECAUSE YOU'RE SPECIFYING PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTSIDE OF THAT, THAT WAS PROVIDED LAST YEAR ACCORDING TO TENURE, AND IT'S SUSTAINED IN PERPETUITY, SUPPOSEDLY, BY THE LEGISLATURE, BUT IT'S A ONE-TIME INCREASE.
SO THE TEACHERS WHO GOT THAT BUMP IN THEIR SALARY FROM X TO Y LAST YEAR WILL STAY AT BUT THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL RETENTION BONUS.
AND I DON'T KNOW, WHEN I HEARD YOU, I WASN'T SURE IF THAT WAS TOTALLY CLEAR, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S UNDERSTOOD, THAT RETENTION GOES ON BUT IT STAYS FLAT.
SO JUST TO LOOP BACK AROUND, YES, I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME ROLES WHERE I WOULD LOOK FOR GUIDANCE FROM ADMINISTRATION, QUITE FRANKLY, AND HR.
ARE THERE PEOPLE WHO WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHO ARE IMPACTING OUR STUDENTS WHO WE ARE YOU KNOW SEEING POTENTIALLY LEAVE WHO WE THINK WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE AND IS THERE A GROUP IN WHICH WE COULD GET GUIDANCE FROM ADMINISTRATION WHO KNOW A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT WHETHER THERE'S CONCERNS WHERE YOU THINK SOME LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDS SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLY DIRECTED POTENTIALLY AT THE STIPEND AND NOT AS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW CONTINUES TO BUILD OVER TIME SO I'M MUDDLING THROUGH THIS AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION.
I HEAR YOU JOHN ABOUT AND KATHERINE ABOUT THE BALANCED BUDGET BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO LOSE SOME GREAT TEACHERS.
I WILL SAY THAT AS FAR AS SEPARATING OUT TEACHERS AND NON TEACHERS, TEACHERS MAKE UP LITTLE OVER 50% OF OUR STAFF BUT THEY MAKE UP MORE THAN 70% OF OUR PAYROLL AND SO EXCLUDING THOSE NON TEACHERS WHO ARE PRIMARILY MADE UP OF HOURLY EMPLOYEES IS IT
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DOESN'T SAVE YOU A LOT OF MONEY BUT I THINK IT BUYS YOU SOME HARD FEELINGS I WOULD REITERATE WHAT CHRIS JUST SAID AT THE END THERE AND MAYBE I'LL SAY THREE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE UNPOPULAR TO DIFFERENT GROUPS FIRST THIS MAY BE UNPOPULAR TO MY ADMINISTRATIVE COLLEAGUES BUT DISTRICTS THAT STRUGGLE WITH BUDGETS DO CARVE OUT THOSE INCREASES AT TIMES AND I WOULD NOT SUGGEST THAT YOU DO THAT LONG TERM BECAUSE OF THE HARD FEELINGS THAT CHRIS JUST MENTIONED, WHERE WE ARE HERE TO STEWARD AN ENTIRE ORGANIZATION AND ALL OF OUR HUMAN TALENT, AND THAT INCLUDES LEADERSHIP.THE SECOND THING I WILL SAY MAY NOT SOUND GREAT TO SOME TRUSTEES OR ALL TRUSTEES, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF WOULD APPRECIATE WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY, WHICH IS THEY ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT, IF NOT MORE SO, IN MANY WAYS, ON A DAILY BASIS.
TO BUILD THE CLIMATE AND CULTURE OF THIS NUMBER ONE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TEXAS AND TO CARVE THEM OUT WOULD BE A GRAVE ERROR IN AN ERA WHERE FINDING HOURLY WORKERS IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME POSITIONS.
YOU THINK IT'S HARD TO FIND AN AP BIOCHEMISTRY TEACHER.
LET'S TRY TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO SPECIALIZES IN HVAC FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT RIGHT NOW.
SO I THINK THAT WE JUST NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN WE DO CONSIDER THE WHOLE PICTURE AND WE TALK ABOUT ITEMIZING PEOPLE, THAT THAT IS A CONSIDERATION FOR ALL.
AND I DON'T MEAN THAT AS A CRITICISM.
THE THIRD THING I WOULD SAY, AND THIS MAY NOT SOUND POPULAR TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, IS THAT I ALSO THINK STRATIFYING OR CREATING ANY KIND OF METHOD.
WHICH ALLOWS THERE TO BE A PERCEPTION THAT WE WOULD TREAT A PART OF OUR TEACHING STAFF AS DIFFERENT FROM ANOTHER PART.
I HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN STRUCTURALLY IN CONTRACTS, SALARY STEPS, AND METHODS THAT DISTRICTS HAVE USED IN OTHER STATES AND IN TEXAS OVER TIME.
AND TO CHRIS'S LAST POINT AGAIN, IT CREATES HARD FEELINGS THAT LAST THROUGH A GENERATION OF EMPLOYEES.
SO I WOULD ALSO JUST CAUTION AGAINST THINKING ABOUT BREAKING OUT OR CLASSIFYING GROUPS OF TEACHERS AMONGST ONE ANOTHER WHEN WE ARE WORKING AT A TIME WHERE EVERYBODY IS TELLING US HOW HARD IT IS TO BUILD THE PIPELINE, ONBOARD AND RETAIN AND INVEST, ESPECIALLY IN NEW OR LESS EXPERIENCED TEACHERS, BUT ALSO THOSE WHO ARE VETERANS AND HAVE BEEN HERE FOR DECADES.
STILL FEEL THAT THEIR VALUE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED.
AND WHAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES IS THESE THINGS PIT OUR ORGANIZATION AGAINST ITSELF.
AND WHAT WE DON'T EVER WANT TO DO SOCIALLY, PROFESSIONALLY, TALENT-WISE IS CANNIBALIZE OURSELVES.
SO I THINK YOU HAVE A HARD DIALOGUE HERE AND HARD DECISIONS TO MAKE.
BUT I THINK IT'S UP TO ME TO SAY TO YOU, I'M HERE TO STEWARD AND PROTECT ALL EMPLOYEES.
I ALSO THINK ALL EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF.
LORI AND ABBY AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A PLAN TO TRY TO ADDRESS THIS IDEA OF GETTING BACK TO TOP-TIER SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
I THINK YOUR THREE-YEAR PROPOSAL SIGNALED THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT INCREASES IN THE FUTURE.
AND SO YOU HAVE ALREADY SAID THAT INCREASES TO SALARY ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU ASKED US TO BUILD THEM INTO A THREE-YEAR FORECAST.
AND WE'VE DONE THAT ALL SPRING.
AND OUR STAFF ALSO KNOWS THAT.
SO I THINK, RIGHT, LIKE JUST TAKING THE BIG PICTURE HERE, WE CAN LOOK SHORT TERM AT ONE DECISION OR WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK AT A THREE YEAR PICTURE.
AND WE CAN ADJUST AND SIMULATE AND MOVE SOME PARTS AND PIECES.
AND THEN TO CHRIS'S POINT, AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, THERE ARE ALSO UNKNOWNS.
SOME OF THOSE UNKNOWNS COULD BE TO THE DETRIMENT OF A BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
SOME OF THEM COULD BE POSITIVE.
WE CAN'T JUST MAKE A DECISION BASED ON UNKNOWNS ALL THE TIME.
AND I ALSO THINK TO KATE'S POINT EARLIER, AND SOME OF YOU HAVE REITERATED IT, WE CAN LOOK STRATEGICALLY SHORT TERM.
IF 1.6 IS A NUMBER THAT EQUATES TO 2% AND YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE, YOU SEE THE NUMBER THERE.
WE CAN, AGAIN, SIMULATE SOME THINGS FOR YOU.
AND I WOULD SUGGEST, AS CATHERINE DOES, YOU KNOW, WE GET THAT INPUT FROM YOU AND THOSE QUESTIONS NOW SO THAT WE CAN SHOW YOU THOSE SIMULATIONS AHEAD OF TIME.
THAT WAS A FAIRLY LENGTHY DISCUSSION.
ANY CLOSING THOUGHTS? I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT MY DIRECTION IS HERE.
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NO MATTER WHAT.OR ACTUALLY, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOUR DIRECTION TO PETE IS.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD THE BUDGET SHOWING 0%.
SHOULD I ALSO BUILD ONE WITH A 2% RAISE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER? OR I ALSO HEARD IN THERE THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT DOING LIKE A ONE-TIME BONUS PAYMENT.
THERE ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF OPTIONS THAT HE'S GOING TO HAVE TIME TO PUT TOGETHER.
AND SO WHAT IS IT YOU WANT ME TO PUT TOGETHER? JAMES? I WOULD PROPOSE, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE PETE TOO MUCH.
I THINK YOU OUGHT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A 0%, PERHAPS A 1%.
I THINK YOU GAVE US A 2% IN SOME BACKUP MATERIAL RECENTLY.
YES, THE ESTIMATES ARE EASY TO PUT TOGETHER.
THE ACTUAL PROPOSALS THAT YOU'LL CONSIDER ON JUNE 23RD ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO PUT TOGETHER.
USUALLY ONE IS THE NUMBER THAT I'M LOOKING FOR, BUT I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE MORE THAN THAT THIS YEAR.
SO YOU'VE GIVEN US A TWO, PERHAPS PUT TOGETHER A ONE.
I THINK YOU'VE GIVEN US A TWO.
DO YOU AGREE? I'VE GIVEN YOU AN ESTIMATE, BUT THE STEPS WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO PREPARE THE ACTUAL BUDGET THAT YOU'LL ADOPT, WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT FOR EACH OF THESE SCENARIOS.
AND I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE BONUS PIECE.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE AN ANSWER UNLESS YOU JUST WANT TO TELL THEM TO PUT TOGETHER A ONE AND A ZERO.
ZERO AND TWO AND IN THE MIDDLE COULD BE THE ONE TIME.
BONUS TO ALL EMPLOYEES THAT TO KATE'S POINT IS NOT GOING TO COMPOUND YEAR OVER YEAR AND MESS UP FUTURE YEAR BUDGETS BUT DOES POTENTIALLY EAT A LITTLE BIT INTO HOPEFULLY WOULDN'T BE A DEFICIT.
CAN I JUST CLARIFY BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD WHAT KATE SAID CORRECTLY.
I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY ONE PERCENT PLUS A STIPEND OR DID YOU JUST SAY ONE THE EQUIVALENT OF ONE PERCENT? I WAS THINKING THE EQUIVALENT OF ONE PERCENT.
BECAUSE YOU SAID SOME DISTRICTS HAD DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR AND I THOUGHT YOU WERE RELYING ON A SIMILAR EXAMPLE.
THAT'S WHY I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.
WELL, THERE WAS ANOTHER SCENARIO THAT I HEARD ABOUT ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT PROVIDING A START OF THE YEAR STIPEND OR BONUS, WHATEVER YOU'RE CALLING IT, AND THEN KIND OF SPLITTING IT TO KEEP THE, YOU KNOW, RETENTION PIECE IN IT FOR THE END OF THE YEAR.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S MORE OF THE IDEA OF LOOKING AT WHAT THE BUDGET WILL ALLOW, WHAT FLEXIBILITY WE HAVE THERE AND WHAT THAT NUMBER LOOKS LIKE.
AND THEN ALSO JUST THE IDEA OF NOT HAVING IT COMPOUND SOMETHING.
AND IT GIVES US MORE TIME THEN.
SEE WHERE THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES WE'RE LOOKING AT.
BUT I THINK, CHRIS, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL US IS AN ESTIMATE IS ONE THING, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO IN AND PREPARE A FULL BUDGET, THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER BALL OF WAX.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M SAYING.
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR US TO MAXIMUM TWO.
SO WE WANT TO TRY AND NARROW IT DOWN.
ALL RIGHT, JOHN AND THEN JENNIFER.
AND THEN, CHRIS, LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED FROM US AFTER THIS.
MR. KONECKI, ARE YOU CONCERNED WITH A WAIT UNTIL AUGUST ON THIS PER THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION? DO YOU BELIEVE WE NEED TO ACT IN JUNE? I THINK IT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD WHETHER YOU WANT TO ACT OR NOT, BUT I DO THINK THAT YOU'VE SEEN THE 0% AND THE 2%.
SO WHAT I WOULD SAY IS IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE ANY DIALOGUE YOU ALL NEED TO HAVE, WHAT I'M HEARING IS THE ONE, AND THEN YOU CAN GET A BETTER FEEL FOR HOW YOU MIGHT FEEL ABOUT WHERE THIS BUDGET WOULD LAND.
I ALSO THINK TO CHRIS'S RECOMMENDATION, YOU CAN ALWAYS ACT LATER, AND I'VE HEARD THAT THERE'S AN APPETITE FOR ACTING NOW AND LATER TONIGHT.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO SIMULATE THE AMOUNT YOU DON'T HAVE WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
TO CONSIDER WHETHER YOU ACT OR NOT.
YOU SAID THAT REALLY ELOQUENTLY.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY SINCE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE BEEN TOLD 2% IS THE BUDGET BUSTING, BUT WE DON'T KNOW YET THE 1%, IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO SEE SOME ACTUALITY AROUND THAT, TO HAVE GREATER COMFORT LEVELS.
SO A 0% AND A 1%? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING?
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YES, SO 1% THOUGH AS A ONE-TIME.WELL, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY AGAIN.
ARE YOU TALKING AN ESTIMATE OR A FULL BUDGET? I'M TALKING FULL BUDGET.
I DON'T THINK YOU MEET AGAIN BEFORE YOU NEED TO ADOPT THE BUDGET.
THIS IS WHAT IS PRESENTED TO US IN JUNE.
WE WILL BE AT THAT MEETING, AND WE WILL BE VOTING ON IT.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE THE OPTIONS THAT ARE VIABLE OPTIONS THAT WE WILL BE VOTING ON.
2%, 1% IN THE MIDDLE, BUT AS A ONE-TIME BONUS.
AND JAMES AND DIANE WANT TO CLARIFY.
I THINK WE'RE SAYING, SAY, DON'T SHOW US ONE IF THERE'S A MAJORITY.
DON'T SHOW US ZERO IF THERE'S A MAJORITY SAYING WE WANT AT LEAST ONE.
BUT I WOULD SAY 1% AS A PAY RAISE AND 1% AS A BONUS.
ONE-TIME PAYMENT, RIGHT? THEORETICALLY, THE MATH WOULD COME OUT THE SAME, WHERE YOU WOULD SEE THE IMPACT AS FUTURE YEARS.
EXACTLY, YOU'D SEE THE FUTURE YEAR IMPACT.
IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO DO A ONE-TIME PAYMENT AT A FLAT RATE, LIKE YOU SAY $1,000 FOR TEACHERS AND $500 FOR OTHER STAFF.
IT GETS REALLY TRICKY WHEN WE START LOOKING AT HOURLY BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL ON DIFFERENT PAY SCALES.
AND FOR US TO DO A MIDPOINT, IT LOOKS REALLY WONKY AND PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY DID YOU GET $200 AND I GOT $250 OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
SO I THINK WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE-TIME PAYMENTS, IT'S EASIER TO MAKE IT A FLAT RATE.
THAT'S JUST KIND OF OUR EXPERIENCE.
AND I DID GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU.
IT'S REALLY, WE HAVE 33 FTES TO THE 50 THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OPTIMIZE THIS YEAR.
IS, A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR LAST SUGGESTION, IS THERE A WAY TO DO THE SALARY? YES, WE CAN DO.
WOULD THAT BE? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
AND NORMALLY WHEN WE DO THE SALARIED EMPLOYEES, SO IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A TEACHER PAY RAISE, THE WAY TO DO THAT NORMALLY IS LIKE A 1% ON THE MIDPOINT.
SO WE LOOK AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE SALARY SCHEDULE, LIKE 15 YEARS, AND WE TAKE THAT AMOUNT AND DO THE 1% AND THEN GIVE EVERYBODY THAT AMOUNT FOR THE TEACHER PAY SCALE.
AND THEN YOU COULD DECIDE ANY OTHER, IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT THAT ADMINISTRATIVE OR AUXILIARY PAY SCALE, LIKE WE HAVE SOME OF OUR COUNSELORS ON A DIFFERENT PAY SCALE THAN OUR TEACHERS, RIGHT? YOU COULD ALWAYS JUST GIVE A FLAT AMOUNT FOR THAT ADMINISTRATIVE PAY SCALE, JUST LIKE YOU WOULD THE, SO WE CAN MIX IT UP AND DO HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE.
IN AN EFFORT TO TRY AND WRAP THIS UP, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY PRESSING, I'M HEARING 0%, WHICH WE HAVE NOW FACING US.
WE HAVE A 1%, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND MIGHT BE MORE DIFFICULT, SO PERHAPS SOMETHING $1,000.
AND THEN A 2% TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
GIVEN THAT THAT WOULD CONSUME WHAT WE'VE SEEN AS OUR BALANCED BUDGET.
WE MAY BREAK EVEN, WE MAY NOT, BUT WE NEED TO SEE IT AND VOTE.
IS THAT ROUGHLY IT? WELL, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHEN YOU SAY THAT, ARE YOU SAYING ESTIMATES OR ARE YOU SAYING FULL BUDGET? WE'LL HAVE TO PREPARE THESE, THE FULL BUDGET, YES.
I FEEL COMFORTABLE DEDICATING PETE TO DO THAT.
ALL RIGHT, DIANE HAD ONE LAST QUESTION.
DID I HEAR YOU DIRECT A $1,000 STIPEND? IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? THAT WAS AN OPTION IN LIEU OF 1% BECAUSE 1% GOT, I THINK, TICKY-TACKY IN FIGURING OUT A NUMBER.
SO IF YOU MADE $100,000, A 1% STIPEND WOULD BE $1,000, RIGHT? SO.
REALISTICALLY WHAT WOULD A PROPER STIPEND AMOUNT BE? I GUESS WHAT I'M...
I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT IT, BUT I'M...
WE'LL PLAY AROUND WITH IT AND WE'LL TRY TO GET IT TO BE THE NUMBER ADDS UP TO ROUGHLY WHAT 1% IS, AND IT MIGHT BE, I WOULD GUESS WE'LL PROBABLY DO SOMETHING LIKE $500 AND $250, BUT WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
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SO THE DIRECTIVE IS DISCRETION TO THEM TO DECIDE WHAT THE STIPEND AMOUNT.I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, THOUGH, HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE WANTING THE ZERO? BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM WORK UP THE ZERO BUDGET AND THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON SO FAR THAT HAS BEEN SHOWN INTEREST IN THE ZERO BUDGET WORKUP, IS IT APPROPRIATE TO DO THAT, OR WOULD IT BE BETTER TO DO THE OTHERS? I THINK THE REASON FOR A ZERO PERCENT BUDGET IS WE DON'T YET KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD IDEA.
DISCRETIONARY NUMBER WOULD PROVIDE US WITH A BALANCED BUDGET OR NOT SO WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT ZERO PERCENT IS A BALANCED BUDGET SO THAT WOULD BE ONE REASON TO KEEP IT GO AHEAD BUT CHRIS PART OF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IS WE MAY NOT KNOW FULLY TILL AUGUST HENCE WHY YOU ORIGINALLY YOU WON'T KNOW FULLY UNTIL LATER THAN THAT BUT WE'LL HAVE A MUCH BETTER IDEA IN AUGUST IN AUGUST, OKAY.
SO THERE ARE MATERIAL, THERE'S MATERIAL INFORMATION GAINED BETWEEN JUNE AND AUGUST? YES.
JUST TO CLARIFY, IS THE MATERIAL INFORMATION GAINED BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST THE HOPEFULLY EXTRA 17, OKAY.
HOW MUCH SAVINGS WE GET FROM PERSONNEL, IT'S HOW MANY STUDENTS WE HAVE ENROLLED, IT'S WHAT THE CERTIFIED VALUES COME IN AT, AND OF COURSE THE OTHER, ONE OF THE OTHER UNKNOWNS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE SPECIAL ED ALLOTMENTS.
WE WON'T KNOW, WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW THAT, BUT THAT IS AN UNKNOWN.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE IF WE'RE HAVING AND WORK UP A FULL BUDGET.
LIKE, ARE, YOU KNOW, DO WE STILL NEED THE ZERO? I GATHER THAT WE DID BECAUSE IT IS A BALANCED BUDGET.
AND EVEN CHRIS SAID THAT THAT WAS HIS RECOMMENDATION.
THAT'S WHAT THEY PROVIDED TO US TODAY WAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR A ZERO PERCENT BUDGET.
AND TO YOUR POINT, PERHAPS WE COULD PASS.
0% NOW WITH SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE DO NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT'S OUR BASELINE.
AND THERE WILL BE, AT THE FUTURE MEETING, THERE WILL BE OPTIONS FOR US TO DISCUSS.
AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK FOR, NOT FOR CHRIS, BUT FOR OUR NEW CFO.
I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN, IT'S ALSO A LOT OF WORK FOR CHRIS, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT CHRIS HAS DONE, AND I THINK WE'RE PUTTING SOME CLOSURE ON THIS, IT SOUNDS LIKE, AT THIS POINT, AND WE'VE GOT SOME WORK THAT THE TEAM CAN WORK ON AND CHRIS AND PETE CAN WORK ON FOR US.
ALSO, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT OTHER DISCUSSION ACTION ITEMS TO ADDRESS AND I WOULD BE REMISS OF NOT THANKING CHRIS FOR HIS TIME AND SERVICE TO EANS. I KNOW THAT HE'LL CONTINUE TO WEIGH IN ON THESE THINGS BEFORE HE TRANSITIONS.
HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF HELPING PETE AND THE TEAM TO TRANSITION AND DURING WHAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, A LOT OF HARD DECISION MAKING THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
A LOT OF HARD PERSONNEL DECISIONS THIS SCHOOL YEAR THAT IMPACTED THE ENTIRE TEAM, AND CHRIS HAS DONE THAT WITH CLASS.
MOLLY IN THE BACK THERE HAS ALSO DONE THAT, AND WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF INSTITUTIONAL EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE AND GOOD ADVICE GIVEN TO TRUSTEES OVER THE YEARS WITH THE HISTORY THESE TWO HAVE.
AND AGAIN, THIS WAS EVIDENCE AGAIN TONIGHT.
I THINK CHRIS IS TRYING TO GIVE YOU HIS BEST CRYSTAL BALL WITH SOME UNKNOWNS, AND REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE, CHRIS.
[8.1 Discuss and consider approving and directing Superintendent to sign th...]
ALL RIGHT NOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO OUR DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM SECTION OF OUR BOARD MEETING.WE WILL MOVE TO 8.1 WHICH IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING AND DIRECTING THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SIGN THE COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE AGREEMENT WITH WACWA LLC.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I THINK EVERYONE'S GETTING TO THAT SLIDE.
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ALL RIGHT.I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE AGREEMENT WITH WACWA LLC AS PRESENTED AND THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT BE DIRECTED TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT ON THE DISTRICT'S BEHALF.
MOTION BY JOHN AND SECONDED BY JAMES.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC? I'LL JUST MENTION, TRUSTEES, TO THIS POINT, WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR SOME TIME ON APPROVING A SETTLEMENT AND AGREEMENT WITH WACWA.
THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT OUR TAXPAYERS FUNDED GENEROUSLY IN THE PAST.
AND LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING STEWARD AGAIN IN THE FUTURE ON THE DISTRICT SIDE, THE EANS AQUATICS FACILITY AND THE EANS AQUATICS CENTER.
WITH THIS, I THINK IT'S A STEP FORWARD FOR OUR OPPORTUNITY WITH OUR STAFF TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[8.2 Request to approve contract of Hill Country Middle School Principal]
ANY NAYS? OKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES 7-0.ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION ITEM 8.2, THE REQUEST TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MR. KONECKI.
OH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? KELLY MAKES THE MOTION.
I RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR EMPLOYMENT OF MORGAN PECCARELLI AS PRINCIPAL FOR HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
ANY DISCUSSION? AGAIN, TRUSTEES, JUST FOR SOME INFORMATION, YOU ALL ARE AWARE THAT WE WENT THROUGH A MULTI-STAGE PROCESS.
WE SCREENED MULTIPLE APPLICANTS, AND WE HAD OUR CANDIDATES AND FINALISTS MEET WITH STUDENTS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY.
THE HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL IS AN INCLUSIVE PROCESS WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF, AND WE WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS TO HELP FIND AND SELECT THE NEXT GREAT PRINCIPAL OF HILL COUNTRY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE ARE MORE THAN CONFIDENT THAT MORGAN PECCARELLI WILL DO A GREAT JOB AS A LEADER FOR US.
SHE UNFORTUNATELY COULD NOT BE HERE THIS EVENING BECAUSE OF SOME TRAVEL PLANS, BUT WE WILL WELCOME HER SOON WITH YOUR APPROVAL, AND I AM IMPRESSED AND PROUD TO RECOMMEND MORGAN.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
[8.3 Request to Approve 2026-27 District Improvement Plan]
IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MS. MOLLY MAY, AND I'LL ASK IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE, I'LL READ IT.
IT'S 8.3, REQUEST TO APPROVE THE 2026-27 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS PRESENTED FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? DIANE? ALL RIGHT.
MOLLY? I HAVE TWO IN THE END OF JUNE.
SO YOU ALL HAD THE DIP TO REVIEW AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT.
I'M GOING TO JUST KIND OF GO OVER SOME THEMES.
BUT BEFORE I BEGIN, I JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS.
SO EVERY YEAR THE DISTRICT LOOKS AT THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND DEVELOPS GOALS.
WE DO THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TEACHING AND LEARNING TEAM, THE PRINCIPALS.
WE ALSO BRING THIS TO THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM.
THEY REVIEWED THIS ALL AT OUR LAST MEETING.
AND THEY HAVE INPUT AND THEN RECOMMEND THAT THIS GO TO THE BOARD.
SO THIS HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM, PRINCIPALS, AND OUR TEAM.
THIS YEAR WE DID SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN DEVELOPING THE DIP IN THAT WE HAVE, AND I'LL ADMIT THAT WE DID THIS, USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
WE TOOK OVER 50 DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT, AND THAT WAS TAPER REPORTS.
STAR DATA, EARLY LITERACY DATA, CCMR, CATE, EVERY REPORT, RESULTS-DRIVEN ACCOUNTABILITY, ALL OF THAT.
THREW THAT INTO CHAT-GPT AND WAS, LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF OUR THEMES.
LET'S LOOK AT A COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
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AND FROM THAT, WE WERE REALLY ABLE TO GET SOME IDEAS.OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW THAT CHAT-GPT IS NOT PERFECT, SO I WILL SAY THAT OUR TEAM WENT THROUGH IT WITH A FINE-TOOTH COMB AND REALLY LOOKED AT IT AND MADE SURE THAT WE...
WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH BOTH THE INTERPRETATIONS, WHAT DATA GOT PUT IN, BUT WE REALLY USED THAT COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT THEN TO DRIVE THE DIP THIS YEAR.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THE DIP LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, AND I'LL GO KIND OF JUST AGAIN LOOKING AT SOME OF THE THEMES.
SO SPECIFICALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE BUILT THIS PLAN AROUND IS AROUND GROWTH FOR EVERY STUDENT.
ACHIEVEMENT A LOT AND WE KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS ACHIEVE WELL AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PROUD OF IN OUR DISTRICT BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS GROWTH AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS GROWTH FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AND EVERY SINGLE STUDENT SO I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THIS PLAN, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THINGS AROUND LITERACY MATH TELPATH CCM ARE EMERGENT BILINGUAL SPECIAL EDUCATION.
WE'RE LOOKING AT GROWTH JUST NOT OKAY CAN YOU PASS THE STAR OR WHAT'S OUR PASSING RATE BUT IN THOSE INDIVIDUAL GROUPS? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR GROWTH OF THAT? STUDENTS FOR THOSE STUDENTS AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY INCORPORATED WELL INTO THE PLAN THIS YEAR THE OTHER THEME THAT EMERGED FOR US WAS LOOKING AT BASICALLY RIGOROUS EXPECTATIONS BUT ALSO SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT SO AGAIN YOU SEE THAT IN OUR TALKING ABOUT ADVANCED PATHWAYS ADVANCED COURSE WORK CCM OUR PATH PATHWAYS BUT THEN ALSO SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS IN INTERVENTION INCLUSIVE PRACTICES, WHAT DOES OUR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT LOOK LIKE.
SO BASICALLY THAT EXCELLENCE THAT WE EXPECT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PUSHING OUR STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE SUPPORT SYSTEMS IN PLACE SO THAT THEY CAN BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS WE EXPECT THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE.
WE ALSO SEE IN THE DIP THIS YEAR A LOT AROUND INSTRUCTIONAL QUALITY.
SO WE BELIEVE OBVIOUSLY IN A DISTRICT AS IN A DISTRICT IN CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
SO YOU'LL SEE THINGS IN THE DIP AROUND.
STRENGTHENING OUR CORE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES, LOOKING AT INSTRUCTIONAL ROUNDS, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES, OUR CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT, AND SO REALLY EMPHASIZING STRENGTHENING TEACHER CAPACITY IN ORDER TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES.
WE ALSO LOOK AT THE USE OF DATA AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF GROWTH MEASURES IN THERE.
DIANE, I HOPE YOU SAW A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE IN THIS DIP, THAT THINGS ARE MUCH MORE MEASURABLE.
THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.
BEING ABLE, I WILL TELL YOU, TO TAKE LARGE VOLUMES OF DATA AND BE ABLE TO ANALYZE THAT QUICKLY AND EASILY HELPS US AND HELPED MAKE THIS, TO ME, A MUCH MORE MEASURABLE DOCUMENT THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
SOME THINGS ARE STILL A LITTLE HARD TO MEASURE.
SOME THINGS ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SURVEY OR YOU'RE LOOKING AT PERCEPTION.
BUT WE TRIED WHENEVER WE COULD TO REALLY LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS.
AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS DEFINITELY.
AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO JUST SEE WHEN YOU LOOK AT PERSONS RESPONSIBLE, THIS HASN'T CHANGED IN THE DIP, BUT YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS IS A DISTRICT DOCUMENT.
SO PARENTS, TEACHERS, THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES, THE COUNSELORS, SPECIAL ED STAFF, EVERYBODY HAS A ROLE IN WHAT OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE SPECIFIC GOALS, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THEM.
I KNOW THAT WE ARE OBVIOUSLY ENGAGING IN A STRATEGIC PLAN OVER THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS.
I THINK THAT THIS DOCUMENT SERVES THAT WELL.
I DON'T SEE, BECAUSE I WAS ASKED BY SOMEONE, LIKE, ONCE YOU FINISH THE STRATEGIC PLAN, ARE YOU GOING TO COME BACK AND TOTALLY REDO THE DIP? I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT.
I THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE...
OTHER PARTS OF THE DIP THAT WE MIGHT, SOMETHING MIGHT BE INCLUDED.
THERE ARE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE IN THE DIP.
YOU'LL SEE THINGS AROUND, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE FAFSA.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THINGS AROUND BULLYING COMMITTEES, THINGS LIKE THAT HAVE TO STAY IN THE DIP.
I ALSO THINK THAT WHAT WE HAVE IN HERE IS FOUNDATIONAL.
AND I DON'T SEE THAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN NECESSARILY WOULD NEGATE THIS, BUT IT COULDN'T, BUT I SEE IT ACTUALLY PROBABLY ENHANCING THIS MOVING FORWARD.
SO THAT IS THAT, AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFICS OR ANYTHING ELSE.
ALL RIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? SEE YOU, JAMES.
I'M SITTING NEAR DIANE NOW, SO I HAVE TO ASK DATA QUESTIONS HERE.
NO, SERIOUSLY, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS.
IT'S A GREAT DOCUMENT, AND I REALLY LIKE SEEING THE MEASURABLE PIECES
[02:40:02]
OF THIS.MEASURABLE I GET THAT A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS ONE ONE IS WE HAD A DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN LAST YEAR HAS SOMEONE GONE BACK AND SAID YES WE WE ACCOMPLISHED THIS OR WE GOT CLOSE OR WHAT DO WE DO I GUESS I'M LOOKING FOR THE HOW DO WE CLOSE THE LOOP ON THIS AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THE ASSESSMENT OF HOW WE DID AGAINST LAST YEAR'S PLAN AND THEN I'M TO ADD INTO THAT I THINK I'D LOVE TO SEE AT SOME POINT AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE AT SOME POINT, TWO OR THREE MONTHS INTO THE YEAR, SIX MONTHS INTO THE YEAR, WHAT, MAYBE A COUPLE OF TIMES, WHERE WE JUST GET MAYBE A TRAFFIC LIGHT.
WE'RE GREEN HERE, WE'RE YELLOW HERE, WE'RE RED HERE.
AND I GET IT, THIS IS 100% ADMINISTRATIVE, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT THAT, I THINK WE WANT TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND SO I DON'T WANT ALL THIS GREAT WORK TO JUST FALL ON THE FLOOR.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU IGNORE IT, BUT WE'D LOVE TO SEE AT THE OTHER END OF IT TO SAY, LET'S CELEBRATE THE THINGS WE ACCOMPLISHED AND PLACES WHERE WE GOT CLOSE.
WE HAVEN'T HISTORICALLY PRESENTED THAT INFORMATION.
WE LOOK AT THAT TO SEE WHERE WE NEED TO GO FOR NEXT YEAR.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT VERY EASILY IN A SUMMARY DOCUMENT THAT I COULD GET TO THE BOARD.
UM JUST FOR YOU GUYS BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT TO SEE KIND OF HOW THAT HOW THAT ENDS UM WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT AND DIANE AND THEN KELLY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS AND OF COURSE I DID RECOGNIZE RIGHT OFF THE BAT THAT IT LOOKED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT QUITE FRANKLY I DID NOT EXPECT YOU TO COME AND TELL US THAT YOU USED AI IN THE PROCESS.
SO KUDOS TO YOU ALL, AND KUDOS FOR USING YOUR CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS TO NOT JUST TAKE IT AT FACE VALUE.
AND THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THE PROCESS A BIT.
I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION HERE, AND IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T QUESTION THE NUMBERS THEMSELVES, BUT I SEE THINGS LIKE A 10% HERE AND A 5% AND A 3%.
PRINCIPLES AND EVERYONE WAITED ON AND SAID, YES, WE THINK THAT WE SHOULD INCREASE BY 3% ON THIS METRIC.
IT WAS SOMETHING WE LOOKED AT REALLY CAREFULLY BASED ON KIND OF THE TREND OF THE DATA OVER TIME, WHERE WE THOUGHT, LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE REALLY THINK WE CAN GROW.
THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM FOR GROWTH.
WHERE THIS ONE IS A SMALLER POPULATION, LESS ROOM FOR GROWTH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS EACH ONE OF THOSE WERE LOOKED AT VERY CAREFULLY AND WHY THE NUMBERS LOOK DIFFERENT.
AND 3%, YOU KNOW, I KNOW MIGHT NOT.
SEEM LIKE THAT'S A LOT, BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT GROUP OF STUDENTS AND THEN LOOKING AT 3% OF THAT, THAT IS MORE OF A SIGNIFICANT JUMP.
WELL, I'M EXCITED TO SEE US ACHIEVE SOME OF THESE METRICS.
KELLY? I WAS LOOKING AT THE INCREASED STUDENT PERCEPTION OF RELEVANCE AND ENGAGEMENT IN LEARNING AS MEASURED BY THE STUDENT CLIMATE SURVEYS.
SO THE RECENT SURVEYS THAT WE TOOK WILL KIND OF BE OUR BENCHMARK AND THEN WE'LL DO THEM AGAIN AT THE END TO ASSESS THAT.
AND I LOVE THAT BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT TIME TO START THE BENCHMARK NOW AND THEN WE'VE MADE SOME CHANGES AND WE CAN EVALUATE THOSE IN OUR NEXT SURVEY.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I DON'T HAVE THE STARTING POINT, AND SO IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO SAY WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE INCREASE WOULD BE, BUT WE WOULD EXPECT TO DO THAT.
AND THAT'S US ASKING THOSE SAME QUESTIONS, AND WE NEED TO ASK SOME OF THOSE SAME QUESTIONS YEAR AFTER YEAR SO WE REALLY CAN SEE THAT.
I ANTICIPATE THAT THE ANSWERS SPECIFICALLY AROUND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THOSE CLIMATE SURVEYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF INPUT TOO THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN THIS YEAR WITH OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR ENGAGEMENT.
AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE COUNSELING TEAMS AT EACH CAMPUS WILL DOCUMENT AT LEAST ONE EXAMPLE IN WHICH A PROGRAM OR SERVICE WAS ADDED, ALTERED, OR REMOVED BASED ON STUDENT RESPONSES TO ANNUAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
I THINK THAT REALLY STRUCK HOME WITH ME RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE CHANGES WE ARE MAKING ON OUR CAMPUSES AND THE COUNSELING SERVICES IS ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT'S BEEN AFFECTED AND HOW YOU KNOW WE WE DO NEED A WAY TO MONITOR TO SEE IF THOSE CHANGES WERE RIGHT FOR OUR STUDENTS UM YOU KNOW ANOTHER THING RELATED TO THAT IS LIKE WE WORKED REALLY HARD ON OUR CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND A PART OF THAT WAS IDENTIFYING OUR STUDENTS AT RISK AND PROVIDING THEM WITH YOU KNOW EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AT LIKE THE TLC FOR EXAMPLE WHERE THEY COULD HAVE UM THEY COULD HAVE A SMALLER CAMPUS
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AND HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THERE.AND SO IT WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET THAT COUNSELING TEAM FEEDBACK SO WE CAN MONITOR TO SEE IF THOSE CHANGES ARE, IN FACT, AFFECTING ABSENTEEISM, WHICH WAS A GOAL OF OURS, BECAUSE THAT ALSO AFFECTS OUR REVENUE.
UNDERSCORE WHAT JAMES SAID THAT SEEING THE THE UPDATE ON LAST YEAR WITH THE IN THE TRAFFIC LIGHT KIND OF DASHBOARD STYLE THAT AND THAT WOULD CARRY WEIGHT WITH ME TOO THANKS I JUST LIKE TO SAY TRUSTEES AGAIN I KNOW WE DID THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER BUT WANT TO THANK MOLLY FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN THIS AREA I WANT TO THANK ALL THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM MEMBERS AND ALL THE BUILDING STAFF MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATORS THAT WEIGH IN ON THIS, WE ALSO HAVE STUDENTS ON THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM, WHICH IS REALLY, AS MOLLY SAID EARLIER, EMPOWERING FOR EVERYBODY TO HEAR AND SEE THROUGH THEIR LENS AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF HOURS THAT GO INTO THIS, AND MOLLY HAS STEWARDED IT FOR SOME TIME. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK BEYOND JUST THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN APPROVAL, AGAIN, IT'S APPROPRIATE. I KNOW MOLLY KEEPS SAYING SHE'S GOT DAYS AND DAYS TO WORK LEFT. YOU THIS MAY BE ONE OF THE LAST TIMES WE GET TO SAY PUBLICLY, MOLLY HAS LEFT HER MARK ON THE CULTURE OF THIS DISTRICT IN SO MANY WAYS. THIS DOCUMENT IS JUST ONE LITTLE PIECE OF THAT EVIDENCE OVER TIME IN HER LEADERSHIP, AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE IT.
IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE WORK AND MOVING A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER TIME TO DEVELOP AND IMPACT CHILDREN IN A POSITIVE WAY.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT. NOW THIS IS AN ITEM WE WILL VOTE ON. GOING BACK IN MY NOTES, JAMES, YOU MADE THE MOTION, AND DIANE SECONDED. IF THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[8.4 Request to Accept the Chap Club donation]
SO THE MOTION CARRIES 7-0.THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO 8.4, WHICH IS A REQUEST TO ACCEPT THE SHAP CLUB DONATION. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? KELLY. I RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACCEPT THE TOTAL DONATION OF $197,550 FROM THE WESTLAKE SHAP CLUB BOOSTER ORGANIZATION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY JOHN. ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? KELLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SHOP CLUB'S SUPPORT OF OUR ATHLETICS AND MY OWN STUDENT BENEFITS FROM THIS AND THE STIPENDS THAT OUR COACHES RECEIVE, AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. I ALSO REGULARLY DONATE TO THE SHOP CLUB, AND THIS IS WHY, BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY DO, AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? JAMES. I'D JUST ADD, AND IT'S IN OUR COMMENT SHEET HERE, I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC CAN GET A VIEW OF WHERE ALL THIS MONEY IS GOING. IT'S IN THE RECORD THERE.
BUT I DID WANT TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT A DONATION, ESPECIALLY THIS LARGE, THANK YOU, SHOP CLUB, IS THAT PER OUR BYLAWS, ANY DONATION LARGER THAN $24,999 HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD. I'VE NEVER BEEN HERE WHEN THE BOARD REJECTED A DONATION. AND, YOU KNOW, I GET IT. BUT, YEAH, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS DONATION, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE VOTING ON IT, BECAUSE IT'S OUR POLICY TO VOTE ON IT. ALL RIGHT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THANK YOU FOR THAT, JAMES.
ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[9.
ACTION - CONSENT AGENDA
]SO THAT CARRIES 7-0. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BY JAMES. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.AND A SECOND. SECOND BY KELLY. ANY DISCUSSION? DOESN'T APPEAR WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE
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IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION[10.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
]CARRIES 7-0. ALL RIGHT.UPCOMING MEETINGS FOR THE BOARD WILL BE ON JUNE 8, 2026. THAT'S ACTUALLY A MONDAY. THE FOLLOWING MEETING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 23RD, 2026, AT WHICH POINT WE DISCUSS THAT WE VOTE ON OUR BUDGET. IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS TONIGHT, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 8.57 P.M.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.