[00:00:01]
TAY MCKENZIE, YOU ALL CAN HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY, GREAT.[A. CALL TO ORDER]
GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE BOARD MEETING FOR THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.A QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT.
AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL ADJOURN TO A CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS
[B. CLOSED SESSION]
OPEN MEETINGS ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551, SUBCHAPTER D AND E OR TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 418.GOOD EVENING. WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.
A QUORUM HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED.
ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT.
AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO BEGIN OUR MEETING WITH A TRIBUTE TO BELOVED LONGTIME COMMUNITY MEMBER, ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE NAMESAKE OF CHAPA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE LEARNED LAST LAST WEEK THAT ARMANDO CHAPA PASSED AWAY.
HE SPENT 30 YEARS HERE IN OUR DISTRICT.
HE SERVED AS A COUNSELOR AND A MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO HONOR MR. CHAPA.
THANK YOU. WE KNOW HE WILL BE MISSED, BUT THE HONOR AND LEGACY AND THE IMPACT HE HAD ON THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN WILL BE WITH US FOR GENERATIONS.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, WHICH WILL BE LED BY SECRETARY MERIDETH KELLER.
PLEDGE]. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MRS. KELLER. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR MISSION STATEMENT AS READ BY VICE PRESIDENT RAUL VELA.
THE MISSION OF HAYS CISD IS TO NURTURE STUDENTS TO BECOME EXTRAORDINARY CITIZENS THROUGH UNIQUE PERSONAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES, THROUGH AN INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS, WHILE CELEBRATING OUR DIVERSITY AND LEGACY.
THANK YOU. AND OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT WILL BE READ TONIGHT BY TRUSTEE ESPERANZA OROSCO.
THE BOARD WILL SERVE AS DISTRICT AMBASSADORS.
BE PROFESSIONAL, COLLABORATE AS A TEAM AND RESPECT THE BODY CORPORATE.
PROMOTE DISCUSSION AND RESPECT EACH OTHER AND ASSUME POSITIVE AND NOBLE INTENTIONS.
NEXT UP IS OUR SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
[G. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT]
DR. WRIGHT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.TONIGHT, I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE FROM OUR BOARD AND STUDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY PANEL.
WE GOT TO MEET LAST THURSDAY, AND IT'S USUALLY MY BEST TIME OF THE MONTH WHEN I GET TO MEET WITH ALL OUR KIDS THERE.
THEY ARE SO HONEST AND I CAN ASK THEM ANYTHING AND THEY WILL GIVE ME A REAL RESPONSE.
AND SO AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD INTO NEXT YEAR, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BLOCK SCHEDULING SYSTEM THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS, AND WE HAVE A SEVEN PERIOD SCHEDULE AND YET WE HAVE EIGHT PERIODS WITH AN ADVISORY BUILT IN.
AND A LOT OF THE KIDS WERE TELLING ME THEY FELT LIKE THAT THAT ADVISORY 90 MINUTE PERIOD WAS A WASTE OF TIME AND THAT WE COULD USE IT BETTER.
AND SO AS WE WORKED ON POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS, WE DECIDED THAT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME KIDS THAT BECAUSE OF THE COVID YEARS THAT ARE CREDIT DEFICIENT, WE PRESENTED THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDING ONE MORE CLASS, AN EIGHTH PERIOD SO THAT STUDENTS COULD GET EIGHT CREDITS OR WHEN THEY NEED TO DOUBLE BLOCK THEIR FINE ARTS OR THEIR ATHLETICS, THEY WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SO, AND THAT WOULD ALLOW SOME STUDENTS TO CATCH UP AND OTHERS TO DOUBLE BLOCK, AND YET OTHERS THAT WANT JUST TO HAVE TIME TO STUDY FOR AN AP CLASS OR SAT PREP OR ACT PREP, THEY COULD DO THAT.
AND SO WE HAVE AGREED THAT WE'LL HAVE PRETTY MUCH A COLLEGIATE MODEL SO THAT THEY WOULD GO TO THE SAME CLASS ON MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY AND THEN ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.
SO THEY WOULD GO, AND I KNOW DR.
WATSON'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS, SO I'M NOT GOING TO USE ALL THE PROPER LANGUAGE.
I'LL LET HIM GIVE YOU GUYS A SCHEDULE, BUT SO IT'LL BE ALTERNATING.
SO IT'LL BE LIKE MONDAY, WEDNESDAY CLASSES AND TUESDAY THURSDAY CLASSES.
AND THEN ON FRIDAY WE'RE STILL TRYING TO ASCERTAIN WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST AT EACH
[00:05:01]
CAMPUS. THE STUDENTS SUGGESTED AND IT WAS LIKE AN 8 TO 6 VOTE THAT WE HAVE A C DAY ON FRIDAYS WHERE THAT EACH OF THE CAMPUSES WOULD MEET WITH ALL EIGHT OF THEIR CLASSES THAT WAY IF THEY HAVE A PEP RALLY SCHEDULE OR JUST A CHECK IN DAY.BUT THEY ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTOOD NOT TO ALLOW THE TEACHERS TO ALL HAVE TESTS ON FRIDAY.
AND AND SO WE TOLD THEM WE WE WOULD WORK THAT OUT.
AND, AND THEN THE OTHER THE THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE JUST CONTINUE WITH.
SO IF YOU GO A, B, A, B, NEXT, YOU WOULD GO A AND THEN WHATEVER IT ENDS UP.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE DEBATING ON WHETHER WE SHOULD HAVE A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE TWO AND IT SHOULD BE A C OR A ROTATION.
AND SO THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION.
WE'RE GOING TO LET THE PRINCIPALS MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS ON THAT FRIDAY. BUT PRINCIPALS, IF YOU'RE LISTENING, THEY DID VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE C, BUT WERE WILLING TO COMPROMISE BECAUSE THEY ALSO TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WITH THE BLOCK SCHEDULE THAT IF A TEACHERS CONFERENCE PERIOD DOESN'T LINE UP WITH THAT DAY, THEY MAY MISS THEIR CONFERENCE PERIOD AND SO ON.
SOME WEEKS THEY MAY ONLY HAVE TWO CONFERENCE PERIODS A WEEK, BUT IF YOU HAD A C PERIOD, THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR CONFERENCE PERIOD AT LEAST THREE TIMES A WEEK.
AND THE KIDS RECOGNIZED THAT THAT WAY THE TEACHERS WOULD BE BETTER ABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR NEEDS AND BE AVAILABLE FOR THEM IF THEY HAD MORE PREPARATION TIME AND THOUGHT THE QUALITY MIGHT MIGHT BE ENHANCED AS WELL.
AND SO IT'S AMAZING HOW THOUGHTFUL THESE KIDS ARE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU EVER WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH, YOU JUST NEED TO ASK THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE TRENCHES. AND SO WE DID.
SO KIDS THAT ARE JUNIORS AND SENIORS, IF THEY HAVE ALL OF THEIR CREDITS AND THEY'RE CAUGHT UP, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE A PERIOD OFF DEPENDING ON WHERE IT FALLS IN THEIR SCHEDULE. AND SO I KNOW WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD TO ADD THAT EIGHTH CLASS. AND SO I'M SURE WE'LL BE COMMUNICATING THAT SOON.
AND THE NEXT THING THAT WE DISCUSSED WITH THEM IS WITH OUR 100% HAYS INITIATIVE.
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO GET KIDS MORE AND MORE INVOLVED.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS PRESENTED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WAS THE.
ABILITY TO ALLOW KIDS TO BE A PART OF CLUBS OR VOLUNTEER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE.
AND I KNOW RIGHT NOW YOU CAN EARN A GRADUATION CORD FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS.
BUT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT, AND THE KIDS SAID THAT THEY BELIEVE WE SHOULD MANDATE THIS AND ASK FOR EACH KID TO HAVE AT LEAST A MINIMUM OF 10 HOURS A YEAR VOLUNTEER SERVICE.
AND THAT COULD BE ON THEIR CAMPUS.
THAT COULD BE FOR A CIVIC ORGANIZATION.
IT COULD BE DISTRICT WIDE LIKE AT HAYS HOPE TO GO OR CLOTHES CLOSET.
IT COULD BE FOR THE ROTARY CLUB, THE KIWANIS CLUB, THE LIONS CLUB, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT'S GIVEN EACH ONE OF US SO MUCH. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DEBATING AND THEY ALL VOTED.
AND IT WAS UNANIMOUS THAT WE WOULD DO TEN VOLUNTEER HOURS PER YEAR.
AND THEY ASK, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T GET IT, SAY, YOUR FRESHMAN YEAR, COULD YOU DO 20 YEAR SOPHOMORE YEAR? AND WE AGREED THAT, YEAH, YOU COULD DO THEM ALL AT ONE TIME IF YOU WANTED TO, OR YOU COULD WAIT TILL YOUR SENIOR YEAR LIKE A LOT MAY DO AND PROCRASTINATE AND DO ALL 40 AT ONE TIME. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH THAT, BUT THERE WILL HAVE TO BE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CORD. ADRIANNA, IN ORDER TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE 150 AND THE 40.
BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE SMART ENOUGH TO FIGURE THAT OUT, SO THAT'S EXCITING.
THE NEXT THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, I POINT BLANK, ASK THEM THE QUESTION, HOW COME HIGH SCHOOL KIDS DON'T LIKE WEARING THEIR ID BADGES? AND ONE YOUNG LADY RAISED HER HAND AND SHE SAID, DR.
AND I SAID, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? SHE GOES, I JUST DON'T LIKE MY PICTURE, SO I'M NOT GOING TO WEAR MY ID.
AND CAN YOU ALL DO A BETTER JOB OF TAKING PICTURES OR GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT OUR OWN PICTURE? AND I SAID, WELL, LET ME CHECK ON THAT.
SO WE ARE VISITING WITH LIFE TOUCH AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO.
TIM HAD A GREAT IDEA AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE CUSTOMIZING AND LIKE YOU DO YOUR LICENSE PLATES WHERE YOU HAVE CUSTOM LICENSE PLATE YOU CAN ENHANCE AND THEN MIGHT BE GOOD FOR THE CAMPUS ACTIVITY FUND AS WELL.
BUT WE'RE GOING, TO LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A PICTURE THAT THEY LIKE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN ONE YOUNG LADY SAID IF AND I THINK SHE WAS A JUNIOR, BUT SHE MISSED PICTURE DAY.
AND SO THEY WENT BACK TO THE PICTURE FROM THE YEAR BEFORE.
[00:10:03]
AND SO IT WAS LIKE HER SOPHOMORE PICTURE AND SHE DIDN'T THINK SHE LOOKED SO GOOD OR SOPHOMORE YEAR, BUT SHE LOOKS GOOD NOW.SO SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GOT UPDATED.
SO WE TOLD THEM WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT.
AND THE LAST THING THAT THEY WANTED US TO TAKE A LOOK AT IS COME UP WITH A SOLUTION FOR THE VAPING PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
THEY THINK THAT CLOSING RESTROOMS AT EACH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS TO PREVENT VAPING IS CAUSING PEOPLE TO BE REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE AS FAR AS GOING TO THE RESTROOM.
AND THEY WANT US AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO OPEN THE RESTROOMS DURING PASSING PERIODS SO THAT IF YOU'RE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FIRST FLOOR OR VICE VERSA.
SO I TOLD THEM WE WOULD LOOK INTO A SOLUTION FOR THAT.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT WAS GREAT CONVERSATIONS AND I ENJOYED VISITING WITH THEM AND I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OVER HERE, MRS. KELLER? DR.
WRIGHT, I JUST, I WANT TO SHOUT YOU OUT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THOSE KIDS FOR SURE FEEL HEARD BY YOU. THEY LEGIT DO.
AND THEY FEEL HEARD AND THEY, THAT REALLY MATTERS AND THAT THAT SEEPS INTO THE CULTURE IN OUR SCHOOLS ALSO AND THAT SPREADS.
I MEANT TO ASK THIS THE OTHER DAY WHEN WE WERE IN THERE.
BUT ARE WE? WILL THAT BE CONSIDERED FOR LIKE THE CLASSES THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE MORE THAN 90 MINUTES? COULD YOU DO YOU KNOW, CTE CLASSES SOMETIMES HAVE THE DOUBLE BLOCK.
COULD YOU DO ALL OF THAT AT ONE TIME OR IN ONE DAY? I KNOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT JUST FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS FOR LIKE YOUR BAND STUDENTS AND YOUR ATHLETIC KIDS. SO THAT WAY THEY CAN MEET EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE REALLY DIDN'T GET INTO CTE.
THERE MAY BE A DR. WATSON QUESTION THAT HE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH LATER, OR ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THAT NOW, DR. WATSON? AND IT MIGHT BE TOO MUCH OUT OF THE GATE, RIGHT? BUT MAYBE EVENTUALLY THAT'S SOMETHING.
DR. WATSON, YOU WANT TO COME UP TO THE MIC? IF YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE SPEAKING TONIGHT, MAKE SURE IT'S TURNED ON AND TEST IT.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH, IT'S ON.
WE COULD LOOK AT SOME SITUATIONS AND SCENARIOS WHERE STUDENTS IN THEIR PRACTICUM CLASSES, IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THEM TO BE DOUBLE BLOCKED.
RIGHT. AND I COULD SEE WHERE THAT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LATE-ISH, APRIL NOW IT'S TAX DAY.
DID YOU ALL DO YOUR TAXES? IT'S IT'S LATE.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO GET THAT ALL TOGETHER DONE.
YOU KNOW, AND I ALSO AM CONCERNED FOR OUR COUNSELORS.
WHERE ARE YOU? FOR THE COUNSELORS.
BECAUSE TELL ME ABOUT THE WORKLOAD, ABOUT CHANGING THE MASTER'S SCHEDULE AT THIS TIME AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR THEM.
I'M FOR IT. DON'T GET ME WRONG.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S OUR? WHAT, DO WE NEED TO SUPPORT THEM SOMEHOW.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? SO AT THIS POINT, WE'VE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THIS WORK FOR QUITE A WHILE AND THE MASTER'S SCHEDULES ARE BEING BUILT PURPOSEFULLY TO BE ABLE TO.
WORK? YEAH. WORK WITH THE STUDENTS AND BEING ABLE TO CHANGE THE SCHEDULES.
WE DO KNOW THAT WITH DOUBLE BLOCKING OF FINE ARTS, ATHLETICS AND SOME OF THOSE CLASSES, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE AT LEAST A THIRD OF THE STUDENTS, IF NOT MORE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE QUITE A FEW STUDENTS THAT MAY NEED SOME INTERVENTION CLASSES THAT WILL BE DOUBLE BLOCKED AS WELL.
SO THIS FIRST YEAR, WE EXPECT MAYBE A THIRD OF THE STUDENTS TO HAVE AN EIGHTH PERIOD.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME OF THE SENIORS AND POSSIBLY JUNIORS WITH OFF PERIODS.
THAT'S GOING TO BRING THAT NUMBER DOWN.
SO IT'LL BRING THE WORKLOAD DOWN? CORRECT? WITH THESE OTHER SCHEDULE DEFINERS? YES. RIGHT.
SO AT JONSSON HIGH SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE, BEEN WORKING THERE QUITE A BIT AND JUST ENSURING THAT THE NUMBERS OF THE STUDENTS AND LEVELING AND.
OH, YEAH. AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAND SCHEDULE THOSE STUDENTS.
BUT WE DO KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY THIS FIRST YEAR, ABOUT 30% OF THE STUDENTS.
OKAY. OKAY. AND THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH THERE.
I KNOW THAT TODAY I GOT MY CHILD'S SCHEDULE CONFIRMATION THING.
[00:15:03]
WHAT IS IT? WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY? YEAH. WHAT'S IT CALLED? SCORE. COURSE SELECTION, LIKE FINAL.LIKE, I RECEIVED THAT AS A PARENT TODAY.
SO HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK IS THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND AUDIT ALL THE STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE DOUBLE BLOCKED AND THEN THOSE ARE GOING TO BE BACKED OUT.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE NEEDING INTERVENTION CLASSES, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO THE SENIORS AND OR POTENTIAL OR INCOMING SENIORS AND JUNIORS TO SEE IF THEY WANT OFF PERIODS.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A LIST OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE LEFT OVER, AND THEN WE'LL REACH BACK OUT TO THEM TO SEE IF THEY WANT TO TAKE AN EIGHTH PERIOD CLASS.
WELL, ARE YOU ALLOWED TO JUST NOT DOUBLE BLOCK YOUR ATHLETICS OR FINE ARTS? I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SITUATIONS THAT THAT COULD BE THE CASE.
LIKE, LET'S SAY I WANT TO MAKE MY KID TAKE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, ASTROPHYSICS AND SOME OTHER THINGS. CAN WE? CAN I DO THAT? YEAH.
I MEAN, BUT IS THAT AN OPTION OR DO YOU TRULY WANT TO MAINTAIN THE DOUBLE BLOCKING? LIKE, WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO BE? SO FOR THIS FIRST YEAR, IT WOULD BE IDEAL TO MAINTAIN THE DOUBLE BLOCKING THAT'S DONE PURPOSELY FOR OUR THE DOUBLE BLOCKING ALLOWS OUR ATHLETIC KIDS TO BE IN ATHLETICS EVERY DAY.
OUR BAND STUDENTS BE IN BAND EVERY DAY, ALL THE FINE ARTS THAT THEY NEED, THE REPETITION THAT WE FEEL THAT IF THEY WEREN'T IN A DOUBLE BLOCK, THAT'S GOING TO BE A DISADVANTAGE TO THEM IN THOSE PROGRAMS. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE TALKING POINTS ARE, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE TALKED ABOUT NOW.
SO I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HEAR ALL THAT AND THE INFORMATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.
AND YOU'LL BE GETTING SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN THE BOARD BLOG AS WELL.
I'M SUPER SAD THAT I MISSED THE MEETING.
IT IS ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR FROM OUR STUDENT ADVISORY AND I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT THEY WANT TO DO THE VOLUNTEER PIECE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IS VERY MEANINGFUL AND DISTRICTS ALL OVER THE STATE ARE DOING IT.
SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO VOLUNTEER SERVICE.
ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE OVER HERE ON MY LEFT? ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
AND IT MAY BE A DR. WATSON QUESTION ON THE OFF PERIODS.
I KNOW YOU SAID THERE'S ABOUT WELL, WE'RE DEALING WITH ABOUT 30% OF KIDS THAT MAY NEED TO BE HAD SCHEDULED IS, I THINK, WHAT I HEARD.
ARE WE GOING TO BE TALKING TO THOSE KIDS, STUDENTS, ABOUT PATH OR READ 180 INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING, HEY, YOU GET AN OFF PERIOD IF THEY'RE TAKING CLASSES OR AP CLASSES? I KNOW PATH IS SOMETHING WE HAVE OFFERED IN THE PAST, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE A GREAT JOB OF MARKETING IT AND TELLING KIDS ABOUT IT.
SO COULD THIS BE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE COULD HAVE KIDS DO THAT INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING AN OFF PERIOD? YES, WE'RE ACTUALLY EXPLORING A FEW DIFFERENT OPTIONS RIGHT NOW TO TO GIVE STUDENTS ANOTHER THING TO CONSIDER BEFORE GETTING AN OFF PERIOD.
WE WOULD LIKE OUR STUDENTS TO BE CCR COMPLIANT, MEANING THAT THEY HAVE MET THE STANDARDS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS BEFORE WE JUST GIVE THEM AN OFF PERIOD.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR PREP AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AS WELL.
WHAT ABOUT CORNELL NOTES? I'M JUST JOKING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT.
SO MRS. KELLER BROUGHT SOMETHING UP THAT WE DID TALK ABOUT.
SO I JUST WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD AND HAVE YOU TALK ABOUT IT.
AND SO SAY, I WANT TO JUST TAKE ANOTHER AP CLASS INSTEAD OF DOING THE THE FINE ARTS DOUBLE BLOCK OR THE ATHLETIC DOUBLE BLOCK, KNOWING HOW OUR GPA SYSTEM IS SET UP RIGHT NOW, THE COHORT COMING UP IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.
BUT IF I WANT TO JUST ADD ANOTHER AP SCIENCE CLASS OR WHATEVER, AM I GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT TO HELP BOOST MY GPA? WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO REVISIT THAT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE FINALIZE ANYTHING, BECAUSE WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT SOME STUDENTS COULD END UP TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT SYSTEM AND PLAYING A LITTLE BIT OF THE GPA GAME, AND THAT WOULD BE AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME MEASURES TO DO THAT.
FOR EXAMPLE, I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, BUT ANYTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE REGULAR SEVEN COURSE SCHEDULE, THEN IT MAY NOT COUNT FOR THEIR GPA.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
MOVING FORWARD, THOUGH, WITH OUR INCOMING FRESHMEN, THE GPA SCALE HAS CHANGED AND I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO AFFECT AS MUCH AS IT IS WITH OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CURRENT SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS AND SENIORS.
[00:20:01]
OKAY. THANK YOU. MRS. KELLER? WELL, NOW I GOT SOME THINGS.WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE CAN'T CHANGE EIC, SO YOU CAN'T EVEN.
YOU CAN'T TAKE AWAY THAT GPA IF A KID DOES TAKE A CLASS.
BUT. I WANT TO FLIP THE SCRIPT ON WHAT YOU ALL WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE SOME KIDS ARE NOT TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OR PLAY A GAME OR GAME THE SYSTEM OR JUST FOR GPA.
SOME KIDS REALLY DO LOVE MATH OR SCIENCE OR FOREIGN LANGUAGE OR WE HAVE SUCH A MYRIAD OF AWESOME. OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS.
I KNOW THAT MY KID IS GOING TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL HAVING NOT TAKEN CLASSES THAT I KNOW HE IS INTERESTED IN BECAUSE THERE JUST ISN'T ROOM IN THE DAY TO BE IN ATHLETICS AND ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS.
SO HE'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GET TO TAKE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE OR AP PSYCHOLOGY.
THERE JUST ISN'T ROOM FOR ALL OF THAT.
SO I KIND OF WANT TO FLIP THE SCRIPT ON WHAT THAT SOUNDS LIKE BECAUSE IT'S NOT A GAME.
IT'S, THERE'S KIDS THAT REALLY LOVE IT.
I MEAN, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT.
IT'S SORT OF QUASI DOUBLE BLOCKED; RIGHT? BUT MY KID COULDN'T DO THAT BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY CLASS PERIOD THAT AP COMPUTER SCIENCE WAS OFFERED AND HE HAD TO TAKE IT FOR A SECOND YEAR OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE.
SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WIGGLE ROOM THERE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING AN OPEN MIND ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
IT IS OUR INTENTION TO PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH THIS SCHEDULE.
AND I THINK IN SOME INSTANCES STUDENTS CAN WORK WITH THEIR COACHES POTENTIALLY AND THINGS CAN BE WORKED OUT ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
YEAH. BUT WE CAN'T TAKE AWAY THE GPA.
IF A CHILD TAKES THE CLASS, IT'S GOING TO COUNT IN THEIR GPA.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? ON THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT? ALL RIGHT.
NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC FORUM.
[H. PUBLIC FORUM]
THAT'S THE POLICY OF THE BOARD THAT IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IN PUBLIC FORUM, THEY MUST COMPLETE AND SUBMIT THE GREEN SHEET.THIS FORM IS AT THE ENTRANCE OF OUR BOARD MEETING.
ALL RIGHT. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT AUDIO FROM PUBLIC FORUM IS RECORDED AS PART OF THE RECORDING OF THE ENTIRE BOARD MEETING AND IS PUBLISHED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE WITHOUT ALTERATION. A PERSON WHO CHOOSES TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC FORUM IS CONSENTING TO THE ONLINE PUBLICATION OF THEIR COMMENTS.
WE HAVE ONE GREEN SHEET TONIGHT.
COME TO THE MIC. YOU WILL HAVE 5 MINUTES.
WRIGHT, ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, OTHER DISTRICT FRIENDS IN THE GALLERY.
I'M HELPING LEAD THE TEAM, LAUNCHING A STRING ORCHESTRA HERE IN HAYS CISD, AND I'D LIKE TO SINCERELY THANK THE BOARD AND OTHER DISTRICT STAKEHOLDERS FOR SUPPORTING THE ADDITION OF ORCHESTRA TO OUR ELECTIVE OFFERINGS.
I BELIEVE I SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE ORCHESTRA TEAM IN SAYING WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE HAYS COMMUNITY AND ITS ORCHESTRAS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL AT FUTURE DISTRICT ORCHESTRA EVENTS AS THE PROGRAMS GROW AND WE ESTABLISH A TRADITION OF SUCCESS FOR THE ORCHESTRAS OF HAYS CISD.
AFTER A SOMEWHAT ROCKY START LAST YEAR IN THE MIDST OF COVID, WE'RE BEGINNING TO ACQUIRE INVENTORY, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND THE NECESSITIES TO HELP BUILD ENROLLMENT AND EXECUTE SUCCESSFUL CONCERT EVENTS.
TO THE DELIGHT OF OUR HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, WE'RE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR'S.
WE GROW THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE AND EXPAND OUR CONCERT OFFERINGS AND BEGIN TO PARTICIPATE IN UIL CONCERT AND SIGHT READING COMPETITION WHILE INTRODUCING NEW AND HIGH PROFILE ORCHESTRA EVENTS TO THE DISTRICT'S PERFORMANCE CALENDAR, INCLUDING A SPECIAL PROJECT.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE A BEGINNING STRING FEST.
I'VE GOT MY EYE ON THE NEW AMPHITHEATER AT CITY PARK OVER THERE, AND WE'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO INVITE A FIFTH GRADE AUDIENCE TO THAT.
GROWING THE ORCHESTRA PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY IN OUR COMMUNITY HAS PROVEN TO REQUIRE MORE THAN JUST GOOD CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION.
IT HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY EDUCATION ENDEAVOR, AND WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE ORCHESTRA TEAM, HAVE ISOLATED AND INEXPLICABLY MISSING COMPONENT IN OUR LAUNCH EFFORT, NAMELY THE FREE STARLIGHT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERTS THAT USED TO BE HOSTED AT THE HAYS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER PRIOR TO COVID.
THE STARLIGHT SYMPHONY IS AN ALL VOLUNTEER NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATION WHICH HAS BEEN PROVIDING FREE PROFESSIONAL QUALITY ORCHESTRA ENTERTAINMENT TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND
[00:25:04]
GREATER HAYS COUNTY FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS NOW.PRIOR TO COVID, THE SYMPHONY WAS UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE DISTRICT AS THE ORCHESTRA IN RESIDENCE FOR THE HAYS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
AND THE PERFORMANCES HAVE TRADITIONALLY INVOLVED LOCAL PERFORMERS, INCLUDING HAYS CISD FINE ARTS FACULTY, THROUGH ITS FREE PUBLIC CONCERTS, WHICH HAVE ALWAYS FEATURED THE INVOLVEMENT OF LOCAL INSTRUMENTAL CHOIR AND DANCE STUDENTS FROM OUR SCHOOLS.
THE ORCHESTRA HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AND BUILD THE LOCAL SUPPORT THAT PROVIDED FOR THE INCLUSION OF ORCHESTRA IN OUR DISTRICT.
THE MEMBERS OF THE HAYS ORCHESTRA TEAM FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR ONGOING EFFORT THAT THE DISTRICT RESUME ITS SUPPORT FOR THE STARLIGHT SYMPHONY'S REHEARSALS AND PERFORMANCES BY PICKING UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF AND RENEWING THE RESIDENCY FOR THE SYMPHONY.
WHILE IT'S PERFECTLY UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THE SYMPHONY WAS NOT ALLOWED TO REHEARSE OR PERFORM IN THE PARK DURING THE 2021 SEASON, THE ORGANIZATION WAS INEXPLICABLY DENIED REHEARSAL OR PERFORMANCE SPACE FOR 2122 HERE THIS YEAR, WITH NO PARTICULAR EXPLANATION, THOUGH, THERE WERE STILL YEARS LEFT ON THE SYMPHONY'S RESIDENCY CONTRACT WITH THE DISTRICT AND TRYING TO DISCOVER WHY THIS VALUABLE COMMUNITY ARTS ASSETS BEEN DENIED REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE SPACE IN THE PARK.
I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO HEAR CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS IN THE FINE ARTS REGARDING THE SYMPHONY'S FACILITY USE AND HAVE DIALOGED WITH THE SYMPHONY BOARD AS WELL.
ON EXAMINATION, I FEEL OUR LOCAL CONCERNS EXPRESSED REGARDING THE SYMPHONY'S USE OF THE FACILITIES ARE NOT CONGRUENT WITH MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE SYMPHONY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER CALENDAR AND OR STARLIGHT SYMPHONY OPERATIONS.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE MINUTE NOTICE.
I THINK I CAN WRAP IT IN THAT.
THE SYMPHONY'S ACTUAL PERFORMANCE FACILITY NEEDS THROUGH A TYPICAL SEASON ARE EXTREMELY MINIMAL AND DON'T CONFLICT WITH LOCAL PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS PREFERRED PERFORMANCE DATES. WHILE THE ORGANIZATION'S REHEARSAL NEEDS, FORMALLY SUPPORTED BY THE PACT, CAN EASILY BE ACCOMMODATED ON A LOCAL CAMPUS WHERE I'VE ALREADY SECURED THE WILLING COOPERATION OF LOCAL FINE ARTS PERSONNEL, I FEEL STRONGLY THAT ANY MISGIVINGS ON THE PART OF DISTRICT FINE ARTS STAFF REGARDING THE STARLIGHT SYMPHONY'S USE OF PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ARE LARGELY BASED ON ERRONEOUS INFORMATION AND A LACK OF COMMUNICATION.
ON BOTH SIDES, WHICH CAN BE EASILY REMEDIED.
AS A MEMBER OF THE HAYS CISD FINE ARTS TEAM, WHO IS ALSO AN UNCOMPENSATED PERFORMER FOR THE SYMPHONY AND A BOARD MEMBER.
I'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER MYSELF AS A COMMUNICATIONS LIAISON SUCH THAT WE MAY FIND A WAY TO ACCOMMODATE THE ORGANIZATION, WHICH I FEEL HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND IS SUCH A NECESSARY COMPONENT IN THE OVERALL COMMUNITY EDUCATION PIECE FOR THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF ORCHESTRA IN OUR SCHOOLS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME TO SPEAK ON THAT TOPIC.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND I'M EASY TO FIND.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. JARRETT.
WE CAN'T ACTUALLY HAVE A DIALOG, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT AND SPEAKING ON THIS TOPIC. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD OF
[I. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES]
TRUSTEES. I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.MRS. OROSCO AND THEN MRS. RUNKEL.
THAT SCARED ME. THANK YOU, MS. PETREA. I ALREADY SUBMITTED A QUESTION ABOUT THE STARLIGHT SYMPHONY, SO JUST SOME FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, MRS. OROSCO. MRS. RUNKLE? I WAS JUST GOING TO REQUEST FOLLOW UP INFORMATION ON THE SAME THING ON STARLIGHT SYMPHONY, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, TEAM.
[J. CAMPUS RECOGNITION - SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 25, 2022]
J CAMPUS RECOGNITION FOR HEMPHILL.NEXT UP IS ITEM K STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT.
[K. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT - APRIL 18, 2022 HB 4545 update on 2021-2022 intervention efforts]
THIS IS ON HOUSE BILL 4545.WE'RE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE TONIGHT ON THAT TEAM.
YOU HAVE A SHORT POWERPOINT IN YOUR FOLDER, IN YOUR PACKET ON PAGE TEN.
I THINK MR. MCDANIEL IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT WITH US.
[00:30:02]
ALL RIGHT, DEREK MCDANIEL, DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION.PRESIDENT PETREA, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
DR. WRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON HOUSE BILL 4545 AND ACCELERATED LEARNING.
HOUSE BILL 4545 WAS THE LEGISLATION THAT HAD NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCELERATED LEARNING, AND IT REALLY PUT IN PARAMETERS AND DEFINE THOSE FOR US ABOUT WHAT CONSTITUTED ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION, WHO COULD PROVIDE THAT INSTRUCTION, HOW MANY HOURS AND SO FORTH.
AND SO I'LL START WITH JUST KIND OF A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND THEN MOVE IN TO THE REQUIREMENTS AND WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR.
SO HOUSE BILL 4545 ELIMINATED THE STUDENT SUCCESS INITIATIVE, WHICH WAS THE RETEST OPPORTUNITY FOR FIFTH AND EIGHTH GRADE IN MATH AND READING.
IT ALSO ELIMINATED THE AUTOMATIC RETENTION OF STUDENTS WHO DID NOT PASS ANY OF THE THREE ADMINISTRATIONS FOR FIFTH GRADE, EIGHTH GRADE MATH AND READING.
SO IT ELIMINATED STUDENT SUCCESS INITIATIVE.
GRADE PLACEMENT COMMITTEES, WHICH WERE A PART OF SSI, GOT TRANSFORMED INTO ACCELERATED LEARNING COMMITTEES, AND ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION IS NOW REQUIRED FOR ANY STUDENT WHO DID NOT PASS A STAAR OR AN EOC ASSESSMENT FOR ANY CONTENT AREA FOR 30 HOURS WAS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME REQUIRED FOR STUDENT ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION, SO A FEW OF THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS INSTRUCTION MUST INCLUDE TARGETED INSTRUCTION OF THE TEKS AND MEET STUDENTS INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. BASICALLY SAYING YOU NEED TO USE DATA TO CREATE A STUDENT'S LEARNING PLAN. IT HAD TO SUPPLEMENT NORMAL INSTRUCTION.
SO IF I PULLED A SMALL GROUP OF STUDENTS IN MY CORE CLASS, THAT DID NOT CONSTITUTE ADDITIONAL MINUTES.
RIGHT? BECAUSE EVERY STUDENT GOT THAT SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION.
SO IT HAD TO BE IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT HAD TO BE A MINIMUM OF 30 HOURS PER TEST PER STUDENT. SO EVERY TEST THAT A STUDENT DID NOT PASS, THEY HAD TO RECEIVE THAT 30 HOURS.
SO IF THEY FAILED TO TEST, THAT WAS 60 HOURS, 30 IN EACH SUBJECT AREA.
AND UNLESS THE PARENT AGREES TO A LARGER GROUP, ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION MUST BE PROVIDED INDIVIDUALLY OR IN A 3 TO 1 STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO.
IT MUST BE PROVIDED BY A PROFESSIONAL WITH TRAINING.
SO YOU COULDN'T HAVE A STUDENT MENTOR GROUP, RIGHT? LET'S GO HAVE PARTNER TUTORING.
THAT DID NOT CONSTITUTE HOURS THAT COUNTED TOWARDS HOUSE BILL 4545.
AND STUDENTS MAY NOT BE REMOVED FROM ANY CORE OR ENRICHMENT CLASS TO RECEIVE THAT ACCELERATED LEARNING OR RECESS.
RIGHT. SO I COULDN'T REMOVE A KID FROM PE OR A SPANISH CLASS OR FROM A SCIENCE CLASS TO RECEIVE MATH INSTRUCTION.
IT HAD TO BE IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THOSE OTHER OTHER CORE CURRICULUM.
SO WHAT DID WE DO? HOW DID WE MEET THIS? SO TO MEET OUR STUDENT'S INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND THE NEW REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH, THE FIRST THING WE DID WAS WE HIRED ADDITIONAL INTERVENTIONIST WITH OUR ESSER FUNDS.
WE TRAINED THOSE TEACHERS, THEY WERE ASSIGNED GROUPS, AND THEY IMMEDIATELY STARTED WORKING WITH STUDENTS, TRACKING DATA PROGRESS, MONITORING AND PROVIDING THAT INSTRUCTION THROUGH OUR INTERVENTION CLASSES.
TEACHERS ALSO PROVIDED INSTRUCTION BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL, SO THOSE THAT TUTORING HOURS DID COUNT BECAUSE THAT WAS IN ADDITION TO WHAT THEY RECEIVED IN THE CORE INSTRUCTION.
AND WE DID OUR ACCELERATED LEARNING COMMITTEES IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, WHICH WAS THE STUDENT, THE PARENT, THE TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATOR AND SO ON WERE NOW PART OF THE ACCELERATED LEARNING COMMITTEE.
A FEW OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACED WITH HOUSE BILL 4545, SUMMER SCHOOL OF 2021 DID NOT COUNT TOWARDS OUR HOUSE BILL 4545 HOURS.
WE, THAT LEGISLATION CAME DOWN AFTER WE HAD COMPLETED OUR SUMMER SCHOOL.
SO THAT WAS A BIG CHALLENGE BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO TAP INTO SUMMER SCHOOL.
THE 30 HOURS OF ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION PER STUDENT PER TEST WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THAN YEARS PRIOR.
DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, THE SHEER NUMBER OF STUDENTS REQUIRING ACCELERATED LEARNING WAS GREATER THAN ANYTHING THAT WE HAD SEEN BEFORE.
THE 3 TO 1 STUDENT TEACHER RATIO COULD REALLY ONLY BE PROVIDED BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL.
AND SO PARENTS HAD TO SIGN A LETTER THAT SAID THAT THEY WOULD ALLOW THEIR STUDENT TO RECEIVE INSTRUCTION IN A GREATER STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO.
THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS, IT WAS ABOUT 6 TO 10 STUDENTS IN THOSE SESSIONS FOR ACCELERATED LEARNING AND THEN SCHEDULING AND COMPLETING ALL OF THE ACCELERATED LEARNING COMMITTEE MEETINGS WAS QUITE A CHALLENGE THAT OUR CAMPUSES HAD TO THINK THROUGH IN EARLY ON IN THE YEAR. SO OUR NEXT STEPS MOVING FORWARD, THE BIG ONE IS SUMMER SCHOOL.
SUMMER SCHOOL WILL BE COUNTED FOR ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION FOR OUR STUDENTS THIS YEAR.
IT'S GOING TO HELP US OUT QUITE A BIT THAT WE CAN IMMEDIATELY MEET THOSE STUDENTS NEEDS AND GET THEM READY FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.
DATA FROM CBA'S UNIVERSAL SCREENERS, OUR INTERIMS AND OUR BENCHMARKS ARE CURRENTLY BEING USED TO PREDICT AND IDENTIFY STUDENTS WHO ARE POSSIBLE CANDIDATES THAT NEED SUMMER SCHOOL ACCELERATED LEARNING.
AND CAMPUSES ARE KIND OF LEARNING WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DIDN'T WORK WITH OUR MASTER SCHEDULES AND GETTING CREATIVE WITH HOW DO WE FIND THAT TIME.
BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, WE CAN'T PULL THEM OUT OF FOUR CLASSES.
[00:35:01]
THEY'RE ELECTIVE CLASSES.WE HAVE TO DO IT IN ADDITION TO THAT.
AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, ALSO, OUR ACCELERATED LEARNING WILL START IMMEDIATELY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT OUR ESSER INTERVENTIONISTS HIRED, WE'VE GOT THE DATA.
THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE IN AUGUST OF THIS PAST YEAR.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT WE CAN GET THOSE PLANS MOVING FORWARD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR STUDENTS FOR PARTICIPATING IN AN ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION THAT'S QUITE A REQUIREMENT FOR THEM.
AND FOR THEM TO SHOW UP TO MEET THOSE HOURS AND TO LEARN WHAT THEY NEEDED TO LEARN IS A BIG CREDIT TO THEM. SO I WANT TO THANK OUR STUDENTS.
I CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK OUR PARENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE ACCELERATED LEARNING COMMITTEE MEETINGS. AND AND LASTLY, I CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK OUR TEACHERS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS WHO, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE GIVEN THESE REQUIREMENTS THE WEEK BEFORE SCHOOL, SAID HERE, YOU'VE GOT TO DO THIS.
AND THEY THEY HAD TO GET CREATIVE.
THEY HAD TO PROBLEM SOLVE, THEY HAD TO FIND SOLUTIONS.
AND THEY DID THAT. AND SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK OUR TEACHERS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS FOR DOING THAT.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAD A LOT OF EXTERNAL CHALLENGES AS WELL THIS YEAR, DELTA, OMICRON, WEATHER DELAYS, I MEAN, YOU NAME IT, THERE WAS CHALLENGE AFTER CHALLENGE THAT KEPT THEM FROM PROVIDING THAT INSTRUCTION.
BUT THEY DID IT AND THEY POWERED THROUGH.
THEY DID IT. AND WE'RE READY FOR STAAR, WHICH STARTS IN TWO WEEKS FOR US.
THREE WEEKS. AND SO WHEN I SPOKE TO YOU GUYS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, I SAID THERE WAS THREE MANTRAS THAT REALLY WE BELIEVED IN IN THIS DISTRICT COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC.
THE FIRST ONE WAS THIS IS GOING TO BE A MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT.
AND WE CERTAINLY STILL BELIEVE THAT.
AND WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THAT IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE A QUICK FIX TO MAKE UP WHAT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE UP. OUR SECOND MANTRA WAS FOCUS ON INDIVIDUAL STUDENT GROWTH AND CAMPUS ACHIEVEMENT WILL COME.
WE HAVE PREACHED, WE HAVE LIVED BY IT.
IT'S ABOUT INDIVIDUAL STUDENT GROWTH.
WHAT DOES THIS CHILD NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL? WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO PUT THAT IN PLACE? AND WE CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT THE LAST ONE IS WHAT STUDENTS KNOW IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS HOW STUDENTS LEARN.
LET'S FIND OUT HOW THEY LEARN, WHICH WAY THEY LEARN BEST, AND LET'S CONTINUE TO MODEL THAT AND MEET THEIR NEEDS.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW AND RECAP OF WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH HOUSE BILL 4545. AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH, TEAM QUESTIONS OVER HERE? MRS. RUNKLE? YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, JUST WHEN YOU THINK THAT THEY CAN'T PUT ANYTHING ELSE ON OUR TEACHERS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS, THEY DO.
BECAUSE, I MEAN, WHY NOT JUST KEEP DOING MORE? SO WITH THE SUMMER SCHOOL SAY OUR STUDENTS, THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT DO NOT ATTEND SUMMER SCHOOL WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE SOME OF THAT.
AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO START THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
AND I SEE WHERE WE HAVE CAMPUSES ARE EXPLORING ADDITIONAL AND CREATIVE WAYS TO EMBED IN ACCELERATED LEARNING.
I JUST KIND OF WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT INSTRUCTION.
THAT'LL BE OUR INTERVENTION CLASSES BEFORE SCHOOL TUTORING, AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING ADVISORY CLASSES WAS THE WAY THAT WE DID IT THIS YEAR AS WELL.
SO ALL OF THOSE ARE WIND TIME.
WHAT I NEED TIME YOU'LL FIND IN A LOT OF OUR ELEMENTARY, WE'LL JUST GOING TO HAVE TO GET CREATIVE AND FIND TIME IN THE DAY.
WE CANNOT PULL THEM FROM CORE.
WE CAN NOT PULL THEM FROM ELECTIVES.
SO ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE IDENTIFIED PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL YEAR? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PLAN FOR THEM IF THEY'RE NOT ATTENDING SUMMER? ABSOLUTELY, YES, WE'LL HAVE THAT LIST AND WE'LL GET AS MANY OF THEM AS WE CAN IN SUMMER SCHOOL. BUT BY NO MEANS IS THAT UNDERSTOOD.
AND THEN I WAS GOING TO ASK WHAT MAKES UP THE COMMITTEE? BUT YOU ADDRESS THAT. THANK YOU.
AND JUST THANK YOU TO OUR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS FOR CONTINUING TO DO THE HARD WORK AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING ON MORE AND MORE THINGS THAT WE CONTINUE OUR LEGISLATORS CONTINUE TO PUT ON THEM. THANK YOU, GUYS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. MCMANUS? IS THERE A LIKE A [INAUDIBLE], IT WAS SENT.
I MISSED IT. FORGIVE ME FOR ASKING THIS, BUT IS THERE A DETAILED REPORT LIKE A BY CAMPUS BY SUBJECT WHERE WE MAYBE STRUGGLED? I MEAN, ARE WE FILING SOMETHING THAT'S THE OFFICIAL STATE OF TEXAS, HB 4545 HAYS CISD REPORT THAT COULD BE PROVIDED TO US? I'M JUST KIND OF WOULD LIKE TO DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE HAVE OUR DOCUMENTATION HAS TO BE KEPT IN [INAUDIBLE] AND SO WE CAN START PULLING THAT. I'M JUST CURIOUS WHERE OUR REAL HOT SPOTS ARE AND THE THINGS WE'RE REALLY STRUGGLING WITH. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE SEEING THAT.
DID YOU GET. DID YOU? WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT DATA.
ANYTHING ELSE OVER HERE ON MY LEFT? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MRS. KELLER? THANK YOU FOR ALL THE AWESOME THINGS YOU SAID ABOUT OUR PEOPLE, WHO OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS. EVERYBODY'S WORKING SO HARD.
I 100% KNOW THAT TEACHERS WANT TO DO THIS.
[00:40:01]
THEY WANT THEIR STUDENTS TO HAVE GROWTH.AND THEY I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S WHY THEY'RE THERE, HOW THEY DO IT AND THE RESTRICTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND THE NUMBER OF HOURS AND ALL OF THAT IS EXTRAORDINARILY COMPLICATED. I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE GONE INTO THIS.
AND MAN, OUR PEOPLE ARE AMAZING.
MICHELLE, I AM FREEZING COLD ALSO.
MAX CLEAVER, IT'S TOO COLD IN HERE.
BRING A JACKET. BUT OKAY, SO SUMMER SCHOOL, THAT'S GOING TO BE WHERE IT'S AT? YES, MA'AM. LAST YEAR IT WAS A COME ONE.
COME ALL. WE WANT EVERYONE IN SUMMER SCHOOL.
HOW IS THAT GOING TO LOOK THIS YEAR? IS IT GOING TO BE MUCH DIFFERENT OR IT'S VERY TARGETED OR WHAT? WE'RE USING DATA RIGHT NOW TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL STUDENTS TO PUT IT ON THEIR RADAR THAT YOU MAY NEED TO BE REQUIRED TO COME TO SUMMER SCHOOL.
AND WE WANT TO OFFER THAT FOR YOU AS BEST WE CAN.
BUT WE WANT TO GET AS MANY OF THEM IN SUMMER SCHOOL SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THEM READY FOR AUGUST. RIGHT. THE GOAL IS TO GET THEM READY FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.
AND SO WE'LL OFFER IT AND ENCOURAGE AS MANY OF THEM AS WE CAN TO TO GET THERE.
BUT TO MRS. RUNKLE'S POINT, IF THEY CAN'T MAKE IT TO SUMMER SCHOOL, WE DO HAVE A PLAN FOR THEM STARTING IN AUGUST THAT WE WILL GET THOSE INTERVENTIONS.
WELL, I'VE JUST I'VE NOTICED THAT I'VE HEARD FROM PARENTS THAT THEY ARE ALREADY ASKING ABOUT SUMMER SCHOOL, THINKING THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE LIKELY GOING TO NEED IT.
THEY HAVEN'T HEARD. WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? I DON'T KNOW. I CAN GET BACK WITH YOU IN.
YEAH. IF YOU DON'T KNOW JUST AT ANY TIME SOMETIME BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT WEEK WOULD BE REALLY GOOD. I THINK JESUS GOMEZ MAY HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT, MRS. KELLER. HELLO? YEAH, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT NOW.
I'M WORKING WITH THE SUMMER SCHOOL FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL THIS SUMMER.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THEIR BENCHMARKS FOR LOOKING AT THEIR CBAS, ANY KIND OF PREDICTOR THAT SHOW THAT THE CHILD MIGHT NEED SOME HELP AND NEED IN THE SUMMERTIME.
SO WE'RE GOING TO INVITE AS MANY AS WE CAN.
YEAH, IT'S ABOUT 67% REALISTICALLY SHOW UP, RIGHT? WE HOPE TO GET THOSE LETTERS OUT BY THE END OF APRIL.
RIGHT. OKAY. I WANT EVERYONE TO GO TO SUMMER CAMP.
WHAT ABOUT TEACHER INPUT? ARE YOU ASKING TEACHERS TO SUBMIT WHO THEY THINK NEEDS TO GO TO SUMMER SCHOOL? WHETHER YOU'RE ABLE TO CRAM? THAT'S THE ONE THAT STARTS THE LIST WITH US.
HERE'S A LIST OF THE KIDS IN SEVENTH GRADE AND THEN THE TEACHERS WILL REVIEW IT AND SEE IF THERE'S THESE ARE THE KIDS THAT NEED TO BE IN THERE.
UH HUH. WHAT ABOUT NOT, I MEAN, I'M SORRY.
MAYBE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND YOU.
DO YOU MEAN THAT TEACHERS ARE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU THAT THEY THINK, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE LIST AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE WE MISSED OR ANYONE THAT WE NEED TO INVITE, SOMEONE THAT YOU THAT THEY MISSED, NOT WHO YOU'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED. BECAUSE YOU'LL KNOW THAT BASED ON DATA.
YES, MA'AM. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT A KID THAT YOU MAY YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE WAS THE ONE DAY OR I MEAN, WHATEVER.
SO THE TEACHERS WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
OKAY. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING EVERYBODY WITH ALL OF THESE RULES.
GOOD WORK, MRS. OROZCO. THANK YOU.
CAN YOU ALSO PROVIDE A BREAKDOWN OF THE INTERVENTION IS BY CAMPUS AND WHETHER THEY'RE BILINGUAL, CERTIFIED? I SEE THAT YOU HIRED 21 ADDITIONAL INTERVENTIONISTS, SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT AND WHAT KIND OF TIMELINE WE'RE LOOKING AT SENDING THOSE LETTERS OUT AT THE END OF APRIL FOR SUMMER SCHOOL.
HOW ABOUT THE HIRING PROCESS FOR SUMMER SCHOOL? BECAUSE OF SHORTAGES? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY ON TOP OF THAT.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE? I KNOW THAT WE'VE HIRED OUR PRINCIPALS, AND AS SOON AS WE HIRE THE PRINCIPALS, I BELIEVE THEY'LL START INTERVIEWING TEACHERS.
MARY. MARY NOBLE WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
GOOD EVENING. IT'S A TAG TEAM EFFORT.
I AM OVERSEEING OR I'M HELPING WITH ELEMENTARY SUMMER SCHOOL.
SO FOR THE ELEMENTARY PIECE I KNOW WE PUT OUT, WE ASKED TEACHERS IF THEY WERE INTERESTED.
WE WERE SO AFRAID. YOU KNOW, OUR TEACHERS ARE STRESSED.
THEY'VE WORKED SO HARD THIS YEAR.
ONE CAMPUS, WE HAD OVER 100 TEACHERS INTERESTED AND THE OTHER, I THINK WERE IN THE SIXTIES AT THIS POINT.
IN FACT, WE'VE GOT SUB LISTS GOING.
WE'VE GOT SOME TEACHERS THAT JUST WANT TO WORK A WEEK HERE, A WEEK THERE.
SO WE'RE KIND OF PATCHING TOGETHER SUPPORT.
SO AT THIS TIME, AT LEAST FOR THE ELEMENTARY.
BUT IF WE HAVE 500,000 KIDS SHOW UP, THEN WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE TEACHERS.
SO. SO WE MIGHT STILL NEED MORE.
SO IF WE HAVE TEACHERS LISTENING THAT ARE STILL INTERESTED, IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO LET US KNOW THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED. BUT AT THIS TIME WE HAVE NO.
WE'RE KIND OF LIKE BROTHERS AND SISTERS ATTEMPTS.
BUT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE 97 TEACHERS THAT'S ALREADY REACHED OUT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, 55.
SO WE DON'T FEEL THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SHORTAGE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP, WE WANT THEM TO KEEP SIGNING UP AND LETTING US KNOW.
PERFECT. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
I KNOW ONE THING THAT I ALWAYS ASK EVERY YEAR AND I'LL TALK ABOUT IN COMPENSATION IS
[00:45:02]
MAKING SURE THAT WE GIVE AN INCREASE TO OUR SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN OVER 15 YEARS OR SO.SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.
BUT I WANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DR. PÉREZ-GONZÁLEZ? OH. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN PUT INTO SB 4545, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT CAUGHT EVERYBODY BY SURPRISE AT THE ONSET OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. BUT I WANTED TO THANK OUR TEACHERS OUT THERE BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN WORKING EXTREMELY HARD. I'VE HEARD FROM THEM WHEN THIS FIRST CAME ON, I WAS LIKE, CAN YOU BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE DOING THIS, DA DA DA DA DA? SO JUST THANK YOU A SHOUT OUT TO THEM FOR ALL OF THE WORK THEY'VE DONE WITH THE SUPPORT FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT.
AND I LOVE YOUR MANTRAS BECAUSE I WOULD ALWAYS TELL MY ADMINISTRATOR THINGS HAPPEN SLOWLY, ONE DAY AT A TIME, BUT YOU'LL SEE THE SUCCESSES IN THE END.
THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS OR POINTS OF CLARIFICATION.
SO HB 4545 WAS PASSED KIND OF PRE-COVID; CORRECT? WAS IT DURING COVID? THEY PUT THIS ON DURING COVID.
READING ACADEMIES WAS PRE-COVID.
BUT THEY GOT TO CONVERGE TOGETHER, RIGHT.
OKAY. SO WE HEARD FROM TEA LATE JUNE THAT SOMETHING WAS COMING DOWN AND THEN THE DETAILS ROLLED OUT. AUGUST 15TH, I THINK, IS WHEN KEVIN SAID, WE NEED TO MEET AND THAT'S WHEN WE FOUND THE DETAILS. RIGHT.
AND THANK GOD FOR ESSER FUNDS.
AND SO I WANTED TO ASK YOU, YOU SAID YOU'VE HIRED AND WE WERE WORRIED THAT THESE BECAUSE THESE ARE SORT OF TEMPORARY-ISH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TEMPORARY POSITIONS, NOT FOREVER POSITIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME HIRING FOR THOSE.
SO IS THAT 100% FILL RATE AT THIS POINT? I DON'T KNOW. I CAN CHECK. I'VE HEARD 21, NOT 100% FILL.
BUT CLOSE WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT 21, I FELT THAT FEELS LIKE A LOT BUT IT'S PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH. I KNOW IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
I FEEL LIKE AND HE WAS SAYING IT UNDER HIS BREATH, YOU KNOW, JUST WITH EVERYTHING THAT THE TEACHERS ARE DEALING WITH.
AND I KNOW THAT OUR LEGISLATORS HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS, BUT THIS WAS A LOT THIS YEAR.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DID TEAM TO SUPPORT WHAT WE HAD TO DO FOR THIS INITIATIVE.
ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? TEAM ON THIS MATTER.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA.
[L. CONSENT AGENDA]
IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. WE WILL VOTE ON THESE NEXT WEEK.DOES ANYONE WANT TO PULL AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. AND I WILL SAY ON L-4, THE TEKS CERTIFICATION FORM IS ON BOARD BLOG IF YOU WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME LOOKING AT THAT.
ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE SOME ACTION ITEMS TO VOTE ON TONIGHT, M-1 ON PAGE 36.
[M.1. Consideration and possible action, if any, resulting from closed session]
OF YOUR AGENDA.SO THAT'S GOING TO BE ITEMS FROM CLOSED SESSION.
THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THE BOARD MOVED TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS FOR ADMINISTRATORS, CERTIFIED PROFESSIONALS AND PROFESSIONALS FOR THE 2022-2023 AND 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEARS, INCLUDING EXISTING CABINET MEMBERS, DEPUTY ACADEMIC OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AS PRESENTED.
MOVED. MOVED BY MR. VELA. SECONDED BY MRS. OROSCO. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
I ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES 7-0.
DR. WRIGHT, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? ANYTHING ON THAT ONE? ARE WE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE? LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE, SHALL WE? ALL RIGHT. PERFECT.
M-1B. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR DEPUTY ACADEMIC OFFICER AND DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS POSITION. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD MOVED TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT FOR THE DEPUTY ACADEMIC OFFICER AND THE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS AS PRESENTED AND MOVED BY MRS. RUNKLE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES 7-0.
NOW, DR. WRIGHT WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
ALL RIGHT. SO, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE DAVID PIERCE, WHO HAS BEEN OUR HIGH
[00:50:04]
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.DAVID HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
AND WE ARE SO EXCITED THAT HE'S GOING TO STAY WITH OUR HAYS CISD FAMILY AND BE ABLE TO ADVANCE HIS CAREER.
I KNOW HE'S GOING TO HAVE SO MUCH TO OFFER IN TERMS OF COACHING.
OUR PRINCIPALS DON'T KNOW WHO WHO YOU'RE GOING TO BE ASSIGNED YET, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS AND I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU IN YOUR CURRENT CAPACITY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND YOUR FUTURE CAPACITY.
AND SO FOR THOSE OF YOU AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL THAT ARE WORRIED, SO SO DAVID IS GOING TO TAKE THE PLACE OF SAMMI KINSEY, WHO IS RETIRING.
AND I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE JUST TO THANK SAMMI, BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN REMARKABLE.
SO. SO, SAMMI, YOU CAN TELL WE LOVE YOU AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU.
AND WE'LL WE'LL BE CELEBRATING SAMMI TOWARD THE END OF THE SEMESTER, AND HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN COME AND SHOW HER YOUR APPRECIATION.
WE'RE GOING TO MISS HER. SHE'S, LIKE, THE ULTIMATE VOICE OF REASON.
BUT WHAT I LIKE IS DAVID'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO PICK HER BRAIN BEFORE SHE LEAVES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO LEAD HAYS HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAND THOSE DIPLOMAS TO EACH ONE OF THE KIDS THAT HE'S BEEN WITH FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT MOVE.
AND SO CONGRATULATIONS, DAVID.
NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, LANCE MOFFITT.
LANCE, IF YOU WOULD MIND, STANDING.
SO SO LANCE IS COMING TO US FROM FREDERICKSBURG ISD HAS BEEN THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND HEAD FOOTBALL COACH THERE FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS, I BELIEVE.
AND AND WHAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT LANCE IS THAT CONSISTENTLY ALL OF THE TEAMS ARE AWESOME AND HE SUPPORTS GIRLS ATHLETICS AS WELL AS BOYS ATHLETICS AND FINISHED IN THE LONE STAR CUP, WHICH IS VERY PRESTIGIOUS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, TOP 25 EVERY YEAR, TOP TEN MANY YEARS. AND AND THIS YEAR FREDERICKSBURG IS NUMBER THREE IN THE STATE FOR LONE STAR CUP.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I HAD THE GOOD PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH HIM BEFORE AND I LOVE IT WHEN YOU GET TO SEE THE DIFFERENT TEAMS ADVANCE TO THE REGIONAL LEVEL AND TO THE STATE LEVEL.
AND YOU ALL KNOW, I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT COMPETITIVE AND I THINK HE MAY BE EVEN MORE SO.
SO I CAN TELL YOU HE LOOKS FORWARD TO LISTENING AND LEARNING ABOUT HAYS CISD AND IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO, LANCE, WELCOME TO THE HAYS CISD FAMILY.
AND AND THEN THE BETTER HALF OF HIS FAMILY, THEY'RE HERE WITH HIM AS WELL.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE HIS WIFE, CARA.
CARA, IF YOU WOULD, STAND AND WAVE.
SHE IS A FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND WORKS FOR, I GUESS YOU STILL WORK FOR DELTA, DON'T YOU? AND SO SHE SHE'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD AT SUPPORTING LANCE AND ALL OF HIS ENDEAVORS AND SEEING HER AT PRETTY MUCH ALL THE DIFFERENT EVENTS AND AND THEN THE APPLE OF HIS EYES SITTING BESIDE HIM, HIS DAUGHTER LANDRY.
AND LANDRY IS A GRADUATE OF TEXAS A&M AND WORKS IN THE BASKETBALL OPERATIONS FOR AND DON'T BE WHOOPING, JESUS, BUT ANYWAY, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF UT PEOPLE HERE, TOO.
AND I KNOW THEIR SON GRADUATED FROM UT, SO THEY'RE KIND OF A HOUSE DIVIDED, BUT THEY STILL LOVE THEIR SON AND THEIR DAUGHTER.
BUT ANYWAY, WELCOME ABOARD, LANCE.
WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU IN THE FAMILY HERE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING GREAT THINGS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH, DAVID PIERCE AND LANCE MOFFITT.
WE'RE EXCITED FOR YOUR NEXT CHAPTER FOR SURE.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR BARD UNITS, WHICH IS NOT A TYPO.
[M.2. Consideration and possible approval of Bard unit replacement in portable buildings]
WE'VE CONFIRMED THIS CAPITAL B CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF BARD UNIT REPLACEMENT AND PORTABLE BUILDINGS.I'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS FIRST.
MRS. RUNKLE? MR. CLEAVER, YOU'RE ON DECK.
GOOD EVENING. SO I KNOW WE'VE REMOVED SOME CANVASES.
YES. TOM GREEN, CHAPA AND BARTON? THAT'S RIGHT. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW WE CAME OF THAT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING? WELL, YES, MA'AM.
THOSE PARTICULAR THE ONES THAT ARE REMAINING ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO MOST LIKELY STILL NEED THE PORTABLES WHEN THE WHEN THE BOND IS DONE.
[00:55:01]
WHEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT TOM GREEN, BARTON AND CHAPA, WE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO MAKE A DECISION ON THAT.AND, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY MOVING FORWARD, IF WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE OUR INVENTORY ON PORTABLES, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO START BECAUSE THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR OLDER ONES.
AND SO JUST KIND OF PUMPING THE BRAKES ON THOSE THOSE ITEMS TO SEE HOW THE BOND HOW THE BOND PROJECTS ACTUALLY PAN OUT.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY STUDENTS IN THOSE PORTABLE BUILDINGS.
BUT BY THE TIME, ONCE TOM GREEN HAS THE IMPACT OF THE SUN FIELD REZONING.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD MOVED TO APPROVE SI MECHANICAL FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF EIGHT BARD UNITS AND PORTABLE CLASSROOMS IN THE AMOUNT OF $63,038, PLUS AN OWNER'S CONTINGENCY FOR A TOTAL PROJECT AMOUNT OF $66,190, AS PRESENTED BY MRS. KELLER, SECONDED BY MRS. OROSCO. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES 7-0.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CLEAVER. ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR ACTION ITEMS FOR THIS EVENING.
THE NEXT ITEMS UNDER 18 WILL BE VOTED ON FOR NEXT MONDAY.
AND THE FIRST ITEM ON N-1 IS THE POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE.
[N.2. Consideration and possible action, if any, resulting from closed session]
AND THESE ARE ITEMS FROM CLOSED SESSION.I SUSPECT WE DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT.
MOVING ON PAGE 42, THIS IS CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION REGARDING
[N.3. Consideration and possible approval of resolution regarding compensation of staff affected by the fire at Johnson High School]
COMPENSATION OF STAFF AFFECTED BY THE FIRE AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL ON PAGE 42.ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM TONIGHT? DR. WRIGHT, IS THERE A RESOLUTION THAT GOES WITH THIS? THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
YEAH. AND IT'S A RESOLUTION JUST KIND OF LIKE WE'VE HAD FOR SOME OF THE OTHER WEATHER DAYS. AND SINCE THIS WAS AN EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE, IT'S THE SAME CONCEPT.
WE'LL GET YOU A COPY OF THAT RESOLUTION AS SOON AS WE CAN.
MEDINA, YOU'LL PROVIDE THE BOARD THE COPY OF THE RESOLUTION? FANTASTIC. OKAY.
NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA IS IN FOR THIS IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF
[N.4. Consideration and possible approval of 2021-2022 Compensation Plan Amendments]
COMPENSATION PLAN AMENDMENTS.FRIENDS, I HAVE SOMETHING TO PASS OUT.
BUT MRS. KELLER'S COMING AROUND AND SHE'S GOT SOME DOCUMENTS FOR YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THIS AGENDA ITEM, FRIEND.
MEDINA'S GOING TO EXPLAIN HOW WE'RE GOING TO JUST MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THIS.
SO. ONCE YOU HAVE THAT DOCUMENT FROM MRS. KELLER, WE'LL HAVE MR. DR. MEDINA PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW THIS WILL CHANGE FOR OUR VOTING NEXT MONDAY.
SO THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PETREA, DR.
SO THE OBJECTIVE THAT I HAD FOR THIS WAS MULTIFACETED.
THE FIRST THING IS ON THE COMPENSATION PLAN.
THERE'S A NEED TO DO SOME REORGANIZATION IN SOME DEPARTMENTS.
AND WITH THAT REORGANIZATION COMES SOME CHANGE IN TITLES, CREATION OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS. AND SO WHAT I AM SEEKING IS THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY TO ADD THESE TITLES IN THE FUTURE, IF NOT NOW, TO OUR COMPENSATION PLAN.
SO I'M REALLY SEEKING AUTHORITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE REORGANIZATION SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO POST SOME OF THESE ARE VERY TIME SENSITIVE AND CRITICAL REQUESTS.
AND SO IF IT'S THE BOARD'S WISH, WE CAN ADD THOSE TITLES WHEN WE DO THE BIG COMPENSATION PLAN ADOPTION LATER THIS JUNE.
BUT I DO SEEK THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD TO TO BEGIN TO POST AND TO BEGIN TO HIRE THOSE POSITIONS. SO THOSE INCLUDE ONE IS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS.
THIS IS WHEN INDIVIDUALS BEGIN TO CONTEMPLATE A CHANGE IN TERMS OF IN THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, WE ARE HAVING TO DO SOME RESTRUCTURING IN THERE.
AND THAT'S THE COORDINATOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE COORDINATOR OF VIP AND PARTNERSHIPS
[01:00:06]
IN HUMAN RESOURCES.THIS IS A POSITION THAT I HAD.
WE ARE NEEDING TO RECLASSIFY IT TO ATTRACT AND HOPEFULLY RETAIN SOMEONE TO SUPPORT US IN OUR COMPENSATION, OUR WORK AROUND COMPENSATION PLAN AND AND SO FORTH.
ALSO THERE IS THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
WE'RE LOOKING TO REMOVE A POSITION AND TO ADD A DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS TO SUPPORT KIND OF THE CAPACITY BUILDING WITH THAT DEPARTMENT AND ENHANCE OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND SUPPORT. ALSO, THE CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS THERE IS ALSO WE DO HAVE A NEED FOR AN ASSISTANT MARIACHI DIRECTOR TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM NOT ONLY AT LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THE ENTIRE FEEDER SCHOOL PROGRAM.
AND LASTLY, BUT NOT LEAST IS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT A AT A WEEKEND TYPE OF CUSTODIAL RATE. WE HAVE A CHALLENGE WE'VE SEEN A CHALLENGE IN STAFFING.
WHENEVER WE HAVE WEEK, WEEKEND EVENTS OR AFTER SCHOOL EVENTS WHERE WE HAVE ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO USE OUR FACILITIES.
AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE AND IT'S VERY TYPICAL IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO HAVE A MORE COMPETITIVE RATE.
THE OTHER ONE THAT IS NOT ON HERE IS THE BOARD APPROVED A FOCUS CAMPUS INCENTIVE TO HELP US STAFF OUR HIGH NEED CAMPUSES.
AND THAT IS AN ITEM THAT YOU DID ALREADY APPROVE.
HOWEVER, WE DIDN'T BRING IT BACK THE COMPENSATION BACK TO YOU TO ADD IT.
SO THE AT A MINIMUM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AMENDED TO THE COMPENSATION PLAN ARE THE ITEMS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY TAKEN ACTION ON, WHICH IS ONE IS THE FOCUS CAMPUS INCENTIVE.
ANOTHER, THERE IS A CORRECTION OF A POSITION THAT FOR SOME REASON WAS NOT INCLUDED IN OUR COMPENSATION PLAN.
YES. AND IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.
IT'S THE ITEM THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.
AND SO THOSE ARE TWO IMMEDIATE KIND OF THINGS THAT EXIST CURRENTLY.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT POSITION.
WE'RE CURRENTLY YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED THAT FOCUS CAMPUS COMPENSATION.
SO THOSE DO REFLECT WHAT IS IN PLACE NOW IN THE FUTURE.
WE DO HAVE THE OTHER ITEMS THAT OTHER POSITIONS THAT I'VE JUST DISCUSSED SO I CAN PRESENT TO THE BOARD TWO DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE, TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT CORRECTIONS TO THE EXISTING PLAN.
AND THEN JUST I WOULD LIKE TO SEEK AUTHORITY FROM THE BOARD TO BEGIN STAFFING AND RECRUITING AND POSTING FOR THE OTHER POSITIONS AND PRESENT A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM.
I HAD PLANNED TO DO IT IN ONE, BUT I, IN HINDSIGHT, IT MAY NOT BE THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH IT, GIVEN THAT WE WANT TO HAVE MINIMAL CHANGES TO OUR COMPENSATION PLAN AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS.
MRS. KELLER? THANK YOU FOR TRYING TO CLEAN ALL THIS UP AND THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT ALL OF THIS.
IT'LL BE GOOD IN THE LONG RUN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STRUGGLE ABOUT HOW TO DO IT HERE. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT IN THE LONG RUN.
SO I WANT TO SEEK SOME CLARITY.
THE FIRST THING IS WE'LL START.
I'LL START WITH NOT LEAST, VERY IMPORTANT CUSTODIAL RATE.
IS THIS A PASS THROUGH CLASS, A PASS THROUGH COST THAT WILL THEN BE PICKED UP BY THE PEOPLE WHO RENT OUR FACILITIES? YES. WHEN WE, IT'LL BE A PART OF OUR AGREEMENT AND THERE BE A MINIMUM OF AN HOUR RATE.
AND AS THE LONGER THEY USE OF OUR FACILITIES AND THE LONGER THE NEED IS THERE.
WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES A CUSTODIAN IS REQUIRED FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT WHEREAS SOMETIMES IT'S AT THE BEGINNING AND.
LIKE A SET UP OR A TEAR DOWN? RIGHT. SO WE'LL HAVE TO EVALUATE THAT.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL COMMUNICATE AS WE ENTER INTO THE AGREEMENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU NEED TO ADD.
THEY DESERVE THE INCREASE HERE FOR SURE.
THEN MY NEXT POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
WELL, OKAY, ACTUALLY, I JUST WANT TO PITCH THIS IDEA AND SEE IF YOU LOVE IT, WHICH I SUSPECT YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT.
OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE HANDLED COMPENSATION A MYRIAD OF WAYS, AND NOW WE UNDERSTAND ALL OF OUR HOLD HARMLESS STRINGS, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO BE FINE ABOUT.
RIGHT, DR. WRIGHT? WE'RE FEELING REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR REALLY GOOD COMPENSATION PACKAGE.
WELL, WHAT ABOUT BRINGING THAT IN MAY FOR A VOTE TO THE TEAM AND THEN THE FINAL BUDGET IN JUNE, RATHER THAN WAITING AND DOING COMPENSATION? BECAUSE WE'VE DONE IT LIKE THAT BEFORE.
IN FACT, MARIBEL, I THINK YOU PRESENTED THAT.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM ALREADY.
THERE SHOULD BE A SECOND AGENDA ITEM THAT'S JUST SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO COMPENSATION.
[01:05:04]
IN THE DISCUSSION, WE'VE HAD AROUND 7% AS WELL AS THE INCREASE IN THE BILINGUAL STIPEND.SO THERE IS A SECOND AGENDA ITEM WITH THE GOAL WAS TO DO IT SOONER THAN THAT.
I MEAN, I LOVE THAT IDEA THAT MUCH.
JUST SAYING OUR INTENTION, I MEAN, BRINGING THE FULL COMPENSATION PLAN AND HAVING THE BOARD VOTE ON THE FULL COMPENSATION PLAN BECAUSE IF YOU GUYS DO THAT IN MAY, THAT MAY ALLEVIATE SOME OF YOUR HIRING THINGS, RIGHT? YOU'LL ALREADY HAVE IT PREPARED TO OFFER YOUR CONTRACTS, WHICH IS WHY WE DID IT IN MAY IN YEARS PAST.
WHEN WE WERE REALLY NEEDING TO UP OUR GAME TO GET THE BEST TALENT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL HAVE IT READY, BUT I THINK IT'S AN ISSUE OF BEING READY, BUT I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE SOONER WE CAN DO THAT, THE BETTER.
I WILL SAY THAT IN TERMS OF DISTRICT ACROSS THE BOARD, KIND OF COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS, IF WE CAN GET THEM OUT EVEN SOONER.
WE HAVE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS THAT THEY ANNOUNCED THEIRS IN MARCH.
OH, SURE. I'M HOPING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ANNOUNCE OUR 7%.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE FOR SURE GOING TO ANNOUNCE OUR 7%.
I JUST DON'T IT'S A MATTER OF LIKE VOTING ON IT SO THAT YOU HAVE LIKE, JUST I JUST WANT YOU TO HAVE ALL THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO YOU FOR YOUR HIRING.
THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS, SO WE, WE, I GUESS SOME OF IT I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S SOMETIMES THERE'S SOME CONTROVERSY ABOUT 226 VERSUS 230.
ARE YOU GUYS MOVING BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE THINGS? YOU'RE CONFIDENT IN YOUR 226 VERSUS 230 ON THESE JOBS AND MOVING FORWARD, OR WERE YOU WANTING TO PLAY WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT? SO IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF DAYS WE'RE CONFIDENT, IN THE NUMBER OF DAYS, THE THING THAT WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS AND TRYING TO WORK THROUGH IS THE CHANGE IN START DATES, START DATES OF THOSE CALENDARS.
OKAY, BUT THE NUMBER OF DAYS ARE GOING TO REMAIN THE SAME? THAT IS CORRECT. AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A CHANGE IN THE START DATES.
YES. SO THAT SUPERVISORS ACTUALLY STARTED AT THE SAME TIME THAT THEIR EMPLOYEE STARTS.
RIGHT. BUT IN SOME CASES, LIKE THE EMPLOYEES THERE MIGHT BE ON A 230 WHEN THE SUPERVISOR IS ON A 226.
RIGHT. SO THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS LINE UP.
THAT'S PART OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND STUDYING.
BUT WE DO KNOW THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE EVERYONE START ON THE SAME TIMELINE.
OKAY. I'M JUST SAYING THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE THIS NEXT WEEK FOR AN EARLY RELEASE OF POSITIONS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SOLID ON WHAT THOSE CONTRACT DAYS, WHAT THOSE NUMBER OF DAYS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
YES. AND SO JUST TO KIND OF SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO YOUR POINT, TRUSTEE KELLER, IS THAT OUR SUPERVISORS ARE TYPICALLY EXEMPT EMPLOYEES.
AND IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE NOT THERE FOR THE 230.
THEY WILL TYPICALLY WORK THOSE ADDITIONAL FOUR DAYS, BUT THEY RECEIVE THOSE AS NON DUTY.
OUR OUR NONEXEMPT EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE GETTING PAID FOR ALL OF THOSE.
FOR EVERY MINUTE? RIGHT. OKAY.
THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IF WE'RE MOVING I SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD WITH A TRANSMITTAL THAT YOU COULD PROBABLY GET TO US PRETTY EARLY THIS WEEK ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE FOR AN EARLY RELEASE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR OUR 22-23 COMPENSATION PACKAGE. AND I FULLY SUPPORT SUPPORT THAT PLAN.
I WANT TO VERIFY THAT I KNOW WHAT I AM SEEING HERE BEFORE WE GO AWAY.
SO WE ARE ADDING DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS AND A DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS FOR? THAT'S CORRECT. I'M SORRY.
THAT WAS THAT ACTUALLY COULD HAVE BEEN CONCERNING TO PEOPLE.
WE'RE GOING TO ADD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS.
AND YOU WANT THAT FOR EARLY RELEASE? CORRECT. AND WE'RE GOING TO ADD BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL THREE FOR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. AND YOU WANT THAT FOR EARLY RELEASE, RIGHT? IS THAT CORRECT? WHERE ARE YOU? TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNICAL ANALYST.
YES. BUT I'M FOR SOME REASON, I'M MISSING IT ON MY AGENDA ITEM.
BUT IT'S THE THIRD THING DOWN, IT SAYS ADD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR UNDER UNDER BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL SCALE. VERY FIRST ONE.
OKAY. MAYBE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT VERSION, BUT YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
I MAY BE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT VERSION THAT I PRINTED FOR MYSELF.
OKAY. SO ARE WE ON? ARE WE ON THE SAME PAGE? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
OH, I FOR SURE. WELL, THANK YOU.
WANT TO GET THESE? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
OKAY. THEN WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO CORRECT THIS ON OUR VOTE ON THE COMPENSATION THAT
[01:10:08]
YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN TO US THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW FOR THE CORRECTION OF BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL FOR.THAT IS CORRECT. RIGHT. SO THAT'LL BE ON THE COMP PLAN.
OKAY. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS NEXT THING, THIS IS FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
YOU HAVE REMOVED BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL FOR AND ADD BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL FOR AND CHANGE UP SOME OF THESE THINGS. AND THAT'S ALL SORT OF BUDGET NEUTRAL? YES. RIGHT. SO MAYBE YOU CAN HAVE MR. SAVOY SEND US ABOUT WHETHER THAT'S A NEED OR WHATEVER AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE SOMETIME BEFORE THE.
DO YOU WANT TO TALK RIGHT NOW? IS THAT WHAT THAT SIGNAL IS? YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW? I ALSO HAVE A FOR HIM OF THE REORGANIZATION PROPOSAL.
WOULD YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH.
DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT, TIM, OR DO YOU WANT TO SEND IT TO US? WELL. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE ON REMOVE BUSINESS.
PROFESSIONAL FOUR, ADD BUSINESS.
IT'S BEEN ABOUT A WEEK SINCE I WROTE THIS, SO I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO REMEMBER WHAT I SAID. I MEAN, THIS IS HOT FOR YOU.
SO REALLY THERE'S KIND OF TWO PHASES ON THE.
THIS ALL GOES BACK AND IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN ALL YOUR OTHER POSITION STUFF BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO INVOLVE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE PROCEED.
ANGIE MENDEZ HAS RETIRED AND SO WE HAVE A POSITION THAT HAS BEEN IN HOUSE THAT IS THE LIAISON/DIRECTOR FOR THE FOUNDATION, WHICH IS ALL UNDER A SEPARATE EMU BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE FOUNDATION. SO ULTIMATELY THIS MIGHT RESULT IN THE BOARD TAKING A LOOK AT THE MOU IF WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES.
SO THAT'S KIND OF ALL PHASE TWO.
SO I BROKE IT UP INTO TWO THINGS.
TWO THINGS THAT DON'T REALLY AFFECT THE FOUNDATION DIRECTLY IS TO TAKE THE DIRECTOR POSITION THAT WAS EVER COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND MAKE THAT A GENERAL COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR TO SO WE CAN GET A SECOND BACK UP PERSON TRAINED ON ELECTION THINGS AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER HIGH LEVEL GENERAL COMMUNICATION PRACTICES.
SO I WOULD REPLACE THAT EXISTING DIRECTOR POSITION WITH A GENERAL COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN I WOULD REPLACE THE COMMUNICATION COORDINATOR POSITION WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND MAKE THAT A COORDINATOR OF VOLUNTEERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
WHAT THAT WOULD DO WOULD BE HAVE SOMEBODY DEDICATED PRIMARILY TO OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
IT WOULD ALSO HANDLE SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIPS STUFF WE DID THAT WOULD NOT FOUNDATION RELATED LIKE A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CHAMBER AND IN THAT TYPE OF THING.
MENTORING, BY THE WAY, WILL GO TO THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT'S A SPECIALTY.
AND YES, MENTORS ARE VOLUNTEERS, BUT NOT ALL THE VOLUNTEERS ARE MENTORS.
AND THE CNI DEPARTMENT IS BETTER EQUIPPED TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE KIDS WHO ARE GOING TO WANT TO BE PAIRED WITH A LONG TERM COMMITTED PERSON WHO'S GOING TO BE A MENTOR.
SO WE'LL HELP THEM WITH MARKETING, ALL OF THAT.
BUT THEY'LL THEY'LL DO THE ASSIGNMENTS.
THAT WOULD BE PHASE ONE THEN THAT LEAVES THE OK; WHAT ABOUT THE FOUNDATION? AND SO I HAVE A PHASE TWO PROPOSAL IN HERE THAT I WROTE AND I JUST KIND OF SCRATCHED OUT SOME NOTES BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE FOUNDATION, SO NONE OF THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED OR ANYTHING. IT'S JUST KIND OF JOTTED DOWN ON SOME A POTENTIAL OPTION TO WHERE THE FOUNDATION COULD FULFILL A LONG STANDING GOAL LIKE 11 YEARS AGO.
I KNOW WHEN I CAME HERE IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE DREAM FOR THE FOUNDATION TO BE ABLE TO BE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT, TO HAVE THEIR OWN PERSON.
THIS WOULD BE A WAY TO MAYBE PHASE.
I DON'T I DON'T THINK THEY'RE IN A POSITION TO DO IT THIS YEAR.
BUT THERE'S A SLOW PHASE IN WHERE WE WOULD ACTUALLY CREATE A POSITION AND IT WOULD BE PHASED IN TO WHERE THE FOUNDATION WOULD COVER THE COST OF THAT.
THAT'S THE OPTION I'VE KIND OF SPELLED OUT HERE.
THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE THAT WE COULD ALSO CREATE A POSITION THAT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE PHASED OUT. THAT WOULD JUST BE SOMETHING THAT THE DISTRICT PROVIDED FOR THE FOUNDATION.
THAT IS A MODEL THAT SOME DISTRICTS HAVE.
SO THAT I WILL LEAVE UP TO THE THE GREATER MINDS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE FOUNDATION BOARD AND THAT'S GOING TO NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCUSSION, BACK AND FORTH WITH TWO DIFFERENT GOVERNING BODIES, IF YOU WILL, AND RESULTING IN AN MOU.
AND SO THE EASY PART, PHASE ONE IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR NOW.
REALLY, IF I COULD, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE THOSE POSITIONS ON EARLY RELEASE BECAUSE IF WE WAIT TILL JULY ONE TO HIRE YOU KNOW, THEN YOU GET LATE IN JULY BEFORE THEY CAN START WITH THEIR TWO WEEK NOTICE AND ALL OF THAT.
AND WE WILL BE RIGHT IN THE THICK OF THINGS LIKE SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE OUR BACK TO SCHOOL MENTOR, I MEAN OUR VOLUNTEER TRAINING FOR OUR BOOSTER CLUBS AND PTAS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO, IF THAT'S INCLUDED, THEN THAT'D BE GREAT.
CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING, THOUGH, MR.
[01:15:01]
SAVOY? SO THEN ON THESE POSITIONS, IF.DR. MEDINA WANTS TO BRING A THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE FOR A FINAL VOTE IN MAY.
DOES THAT CHANGE YOUR OPINION ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU'LL WANT THOSE POSITIONS TO BE EARLIER RELEASED? THERE'S A BIG.
IF WE CAN. IN MAY AND THE END OF JUNE.
IF WE CAN DO THE WORK TO POST IN THE TWO WEEKS THAT'S REQUIRED TO BE POSTED AND THEN GENERALLY THE WEEK OR TWO TO DO INTERVIEWS AND FOLLOW UP INTERVIEWS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, A WEEK OR TWO, I THINK IF AS LONG AS THEY CAN COME ON BOARD AND RIGHT THERE AT THE BEGINNING OF JULY, THEN I THINK WE WOULD BE OKAY.
SO YEAH, IF THE POSITIONS WERE APPROVED IN MAY AND WE COULD ADVERTISE THEM AND GET EVERYTHING IN PLACE AND JUST TELL THE CANDIDATE THAT IS SELECTED THAT YOU WOULD START SOMETIME RIGHT AFTER JULY ONE? I THINK WE'D BE FINE.
SO THEN DR. MEDINA, BACK TO THE ORIGINAL QUESTION.
SO WE'LL IF IF YOU WANT TO DO MAY COMPENSATION, THEN WE WOULD WANT TO WE DON'T NEED TO ADD THESE. AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO A JUNE COMPENSATION, WE WOULD WANT THESE TO BE EARLY RELEASED? DO I HAVE THAT UNDERSTOOD APPROPRIATELY? YES. YES.
SO YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A PERCENTAGE YOU WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW AND.
YEAH, I WAS I WAS THINKING THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A 7%.
MEDINA. SO THEN BACK THE COMPENSATION COORDINATOR.
SAME WITH THIS. YOU WANT TO RELEASE THE BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL FIVE COMPENSATION ADMINISTRATOR? THAT'S CORRECT.
OKAY. SO IT'S ONE, TWO, THREE, POTENTIALLY FOUR OR FIVE, FOUR.
ONE, TWO, THREE FOUR FOR SURE.
OKAY. THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE REMOVE AND ADD YOU THOSE YOU ALSO WANT FOR EARLY RELEASE FROM RANDY'S DEPARTMENT.
I THINK I HAVE THAT WELL UNDERSTOOD.
AND THEN POTENTIALLY THESE OTHERS FROM MR. SAVOY'S DEPARTMENT, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU ADMINISTRATORS DECIDE ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH OUR AWESOME COMPENSATION PACKAGE AND THEN.
OH, THE P CARD PERSON? YES. YOU WANT THAT ON EARLY RELEASE ALSO? THAT IS CORRECT.
LEGIT. THAT'S AN EARLY RELEASE.
SO WITH THE P CARD THAT WE'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE, THERE'S A COST OFFSET WITH THE P CARD ADMINISTRATOR. RIGHT NOW, WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING OTHER FEES AND PAYMENTS THROUGH SOME OF THAT, AND I KNOW THAT MR. AL IS HERE AND THAT LEGITIMATELY IS LIKE THERE IS NO THERE'S AN OFFSET DOLLAR FOR A DOLLAR ON THAT ONE. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S WE KNOW WE HAVE THE NUMBER THERE.
AND THEN THE STIPENDS, THESE ARE FOR NEXT YEAR? THAT IS CORRECT. AND YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO ADVERTISE THE AWESOME STIPENDS. THAT'S RIGHT.
RIGHT. WE LOVE PUBMED AND WE SUPPORT ALL OF THIS.
YOU KNOW, YOU'LL WANT THAT LISTED IN SOME WAY FOR NEXT WEEK.
ALSO, THE EARLY RELEASE, WHAT THE ASSOCIATED SALARIES ARE, THE NUMBER OF CONTRACT DAYS, AND AN EARLY RELEASE OF INFORMATION RELATED TO AN APPROVAL OF PRE APPROVAL OF THE STIPENDS. YES, RIGHT.
THAT'S CORRECT. SO I THINK THAT THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.
I LOVE IT. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THAT.
I WANT TO TALK JUST FOR A MINUTE AFTER I TELL YOU HOW GREAT IT IS.
THANK YOU FOR CARING ALL ABOUT THAT.
SO WHOEVER IS WRITING BUDGET IMPACT ZERO YOU ALL, THAT IS NOT A BUDGET IMPACT OF ZERO.
IT'S NOT. SO I WANT TO BE REAL CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT WE SAY THERE.
WHEN WE WHEN WE REMOVE A BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL THREE AND WE ADD IT TO A BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL FIVE, MAYBE WE'RE NOT MAKING A BUDGET AMENDMENT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T FILLED THAT POSITION OR WHATEVER.
BUT IN THE GRAND SCHEME, IT ABSOLUTELY DOES IMPACT THE BUZZ BUDGET BECAUSE THAT IS THAT IS SAVINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET FROM HAVING THE POSITION THAT WASN'T FILLED, THAT WON'T BE THEN REALIZED AND IT'S ALREADY BUILT INTO OUR BUDGET.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE REAL COOL IN THE FUTURE.
I MEAN LIKE EXTRA COOL IF YOU WANT TO BE SUPER COOL TO WRITE DOWN WHAT THE BAND IS THERE, AND WHAT THAT CHANGE WILL BE SO THAT IT'S REALLY CLEAR TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING A LOOK AT IT. IT'S, I MEAN, MOVING FROM BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL THREE TO BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL FIVE, NO ONE'S GOING TO BELIEVE THAT THAT'S JUST BUDGET NEUTRAL IN THE LONG RUN BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT.
[01:20:01]
BUT IT WOULD BE AWESOME FOR US TO SEE THAT.AND I KNOW THIS BOARD IS SUPER GOOD ABOUT WANTING TO LIKE, COME ON, WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL THE THINGS. IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
WE'RE GOING TO HIRE PEOPLE, WE'RE GOING TO PAY THEM REALLY WELL, AND WE ARE GOING TO LOVE ON OUR EMPLOYEES.
BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO LIST IT OUT WITH THAT, WHAT THAT INFORMATION IS.
I PROBABLY HAVE SOMETHING ELSE.
I THINK THAT'S IT. BUT I'LL WRITE ALL THAT DOWN THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
SO, SO IT'S THE SAME AS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND NOT JUST WHAT'S ON HERE.
DID I HIT IT ALL? DID I GET IT? WHAT DID I MISS? NOT THIS YEAR.
IT'LL BE FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT I THINK.
I THINK SO. IT FEELS LIKE A REALLY GOOD PLAN TO BREAK THIS UP.
FIX IT A LITTLE BIT. MRS. OROSCO? THANK YOU, MS. KELLER, FOR MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT CLEARER.
I WAS REALLY CONFUSED BECAUSE THE TITLE SAYS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL FOR 2122 COMPENSATION PLAN AMENDMENTS.
SO THERE'S TWO THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED FOR THIS YEAR THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED? THAT'S CORRECT. AND THEN MOST.
MOST OR ALL THE ONES LISTED ARE FOR APPROVAL FOR NEXT YEAR.
YES. YOU SEE THE CONFUSION ON THE TRANSMITTAL SHEET.
ABSOLUTELY. AND I'M TOTALLY THROUGH ME.
SO THANK YOU FOR GOING THROUGH THAT LIST.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL ARE, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
AND MAKING THESE CHANGES AND REMOVING AND ADDING AND THE ONES THAT ARE BUDGET NEUTRAL ARE FANTASTIC. I LOVE THAT.
SO GREAT JOB. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT TRANSMITTAL SHEET, JUST TO BE CLEAR, TRANSMITTAL SHEETS AND ON THE SUB, AN EXTRA DUTY PAY FOR THE CUSTODIAL RATE.
SO, MR. CLEAVER, I'M ASSUMING THAT OUR AGREEMENTS WILL BE CHANGED TO REFLECT THAT? BECAUSE CURRENTLY IT'S 25; CORRECT? AND SO HOW ABOUT IF ANYBODY HAS ALREADY SIGNED A ONE YEAR LEASE WITH US? WILL THEY GET AN AMENDED LEASE AGREEMENT STATING THAT THEIR COST IS GOING UP TO $40? WE WILL DO THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ROLLING OUT A WHOLE NEW PROGRAM IN THE FALL.
JERRY SCHROCK HAS BEEN KIND OF SYSTEMATICALLY GOING THROUGH THE CAMPUSES, STARTING WITH WHAT ARE WE GOING TO RENT, HAVING THE MEETINGS WITH THE PRINCIPALS, AND WE'RE GOING TO IT'S GOING TO BE AN OUTWARD FACING CALENDAR, SIMILAR TO LIKE WHEN YOU GET A MOVIE TICKET OR GET A CAMPSITE.
SO WHAT'S AVAILABLE IS ON THE WEBSITE.
BUT AS WE ROLL THAT OUT, THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT.
I'LL MAKE A NOTE AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE ASSESS THAT NEW RATE.
BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD BEEN I KNOW I BROUGHT IT UP SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN COVID FIRST STARTED ABOUT THAT CLEANING RATE; RIGHT? SINCE OUR CUSTODIANS WERE DOING EXTRA CLEANING AND SPRAYING AND FOGGING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF ABOUT INCREASING THAT RATE.
SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE FINALLY SEEING THAT INCREASE.
SO THAT'S GREAT. AND ANOTHER THING ON HERE, ONE THING I DIDN'T SEE ON HERE WAS I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE COLOR GUARD.
DR. MEDINA? YES, WE'VE HAD ONGOING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE COLOR GUARD.
I DO WANT TO JUST TABLE THAT DISCUSSION FOR NOW, SIMPLY BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ALL THE CABINET MEMBERS ON IDENTIFYING ALL THE DISTRICTS REQUESTS.
SO YOU'LL GET THAT TO US LATER.
YEAH, SOME KIND OF RECOMMENDATION AROUND THAT, WHETHER WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH IT OR NOT, BUT WE'RE JUST NOT FINISHED WITH THOSE DISCUSSIONS AT THIS POINT.
SO IT'S STILL BEING DISCUSSED.
DR. WRIGHT AND THEN YOU ALL WILL BRING THAT TO US LATER.
FANTASTIC. I'M REALLY EXCITED AND I KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM ON THE BILINGUAL STIPEND, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, DR.
MEDINA, FOR FIXING THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE STARTED WE TRIED SOMETHING DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, MS. SEDILLO BROUGHT SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO US.
AND WE WERE VERY HAPPY AND PLEASED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE THAT BILINGUAL STIPEND, YOU KNOW, BUT IT HAD A TIER LEVEL.
SO YOU START WITH SOMETHING AND THEN YOU IMPROVE UPON IT.
SO I LOVE THIS IMPROVEMENT OF $7,100 BILINGUAL STIPEND ACROSS THE BOARD.
TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RETENTION PIECE BECAUSE WE ALSO GAVE A RETENTION OF $4,500. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO THE DAIS.
SO NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE $1,500 RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE THAT YOU APPROVED AS A BOARD, BUT WE ALSO PROVIDED IT TO OUR EXISTING BILINGUAL STAFF WHO ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING A STIPEND. SO THAT IS THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US OF THAT.
OKAY. SO IT'S A 1500 RECRUITMENT THAT BILINGUAL EDUCATORS GET, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE 7100 FLAT RATE.
THAT'S RIGHT. SO IN EFFECT, YOU HAVE THE $7100 OUR TEACHERS CAN CURRENTLY LOOK FORWARD
[01:25:03]
TO. THE $7100 OF THE BOARD APPROVES IT IN ADDITION TO THE RETENTION INCENTIVE FOR 1500 DOLLARS. SO THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.FANTASTIC. AND I KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM THAT I CAN TALK ALL ABOUT IT, BUT IT WAS LISTED HERE, SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
GREAT. ANYTHING ELSE? MR. VELA? YEAH.
DR. MEDINA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE INFORMATION.
I JUST WANTED TO REVISIT OR TALK ABOUT THIS ON PAGE SEVEN OF THE HANDOUT THAT YOU GAVE US. I REMIND ME BECAUSE I KNOW THAT AS A BOARD WE HAVE DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO RAISE THE MINIMUM HOURLY WAGE OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE DISTRICT AND THE CHILDCARE.
THEY DON'T SEEM TO MEET THAT QUITE YET.
SO WE DID BRING EVERY OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES, OUR CHILDCARE PROVIDERS ARE ACTUALLY THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT ENTERPRISE.
AND SO WE DON'T HAVE NECESSARILY DIRECT CONTROL OVER THOSE RATES.
WE DO PUBLISH THEM SIMPLY BECAUSE WE TRY TO RECRUIT FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT TAPPING INTO PERHAPS SOME OF THE RESERVES, BUT MR. RAU IS PROBABLY OUR CFO IS BEST SUITED TO ADDRESS THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC.
OKAY. YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION, ACTUALLY, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WASN'T OVERLOOKING THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE WE DO TRY TO BE AS EMPLOYEE FRIENDLY AS WE CAN.
OK. MRS. RUNKLE? MRS. OROSCO, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE COLOR GUARD.
I HAVE THAT SAME QUESTION, AND I HAD ASKED DR.
SO I DO LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT COLOR GUARD WHEN WE DISCUSS COMPENSATION AGAIN, BUT ALSO THE STIPEND.
THANK YOU FOR THINKING OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO GO BACK TO LOOKING AT THE STIPENDS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
YOU AND I HAD THAT CONVERSATION TODAY, TOO.
WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT COMPENSATION, BECAUSE I STILL FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STIPENDS ARE EXTREMELY LOW.
SO THAT'S JUST HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO LOOKING MORE AT THAT WHEN WE DISCUSS COMPENSATION.
I DID PULL A MARKETING THAT THE TEAM ACTUALLY MS. HALL PULLED A MARKET ANALYSIS FOR US RIGHT BEFORE WE CAME IN.
I'LL SEND THAT OVER TO THE BOARD SO THAT YOU HAVE THAT.
IT IS IN I HEAR YOUR SENTIMENT AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE DID DO THE MARKET ANALYSIS AND.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, DR. MEDINA, DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
NEXT UP, WE HAVE L, I'M SORRY, M-5 ON PAGE 45.
[N.5. Consideration and possible approval of Cost of Living Adjustment and Bilingual Stipend increase for the 2022/2023 school year.]
AND THIS IS COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT AND THE BILINGUAL STIPEND.ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SIDE? MRS. OROSCO? FANTASTIC THAT YOU'RE DOING IS 7100 FLAT RATE OF BILINGUAL STIPEND INCREASE.
AWESOME. WE'RE GOING TO BE HIGHER THAN ALL THE OTHER FOLKS IN THE AREA.
AND THEN THAT $1,500 RECRUITMENT PIECE IS WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU, DR. MEDINA, FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN IN FINALIZING THAT, DR.
WRIGHT, AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
ANYTHING ELSE OVER HERE? DR. PETTUS GONZALEZ.
I JUST HAVE TO SECOND WHAT MY COUNTERPART HERE HAS SAID.
NEVER HAVE I SEEN SUCH A HIGH STIPEND FOR A BILINGUAL TEACHER.
SO. AND I KNOW THAT THEY WORK EXTREMELY HARD.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN ENSURING THAT THIS STIPEND IS AT THE RATE THAT IT IS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU TO OUR TEACHER STAFF.
PERFECT. ANYTHING ELSE OVER HERE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? MRS. KELLER? SO, ERIC, TELL US EVERYTHING.
ALL YOUR SUPERINTENDENT FRIENDS ARE SAYING ANYTHING TO TELL US ABOUT THAT.
ARE THEY GOING TO TRY TO MATCH US WHEN WE DO THIS? I JUST MADE THE COMMENT UNDER MY BREATH THAT WHEN WE GO 7100, THE COMPETING NEIGHBORS WILL PROBABLY TRY TO GO 7200.
SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES WHEN IT COMES OUT IN THE WASH.
BUT WE DO WANT TO TRY TO LEAD IN THE AREAS IN WHICH WE CAN.
AND SO, YEAH, THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO LIKE US TOO MUCH.
GOOD JOB. HAYS CISD ADMINISTRATORS SO HAPPY.
AWESOME. YEAH, I THINK 7500 SOUNDS LIKE A ROUNDER NUMBER, BUT.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL SEE WHAT OTHER.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST PART OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPLORING FOR OUR COMPENSATION PLAN. SO THANK YOU FOR GETTING ALL OF THIS TO US.
AND I APPRECIATE THE MARKET RESEARCH ON THE OTHER DISTRICTS.
NOW WE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
OKAY. NEXT UP, THIS IS N-6 CONSIDERATION OF OUR GNP 3 FOR THE 2021 BOND PACKAGE.
[N.6. Consideration and possible approval of GMP 3 for 2021 Bond Bid Package 8 - Hays HIgh School Improvements]
[01:30:05]
THIS IS EXCITING. HAYS HIGH SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS.THIS IS OUR THIS IS A BIG PRICE TAG.
IT'S IN THE BOND. THIS IS OUR SCIENCE LABS.
AND YOU'VE GOT SOME DIAGRAMS IN YOUR DAIS FOLDER.
SO, MR. CLEAVER, ARE YOU HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THIS? I THINK OUR ARCHITECT FRIENDS HERE AS WELL.
YES. YES, MA'AM. THEY ARE PERFECT.
O'CONNELL ROBERTSON, WE APPRECIATE YOU.
HI, BARTLETT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR AWESOME SCIENCE LABS, MR. MCMANUS? IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE; RIGHT? YES, SIR. SO IN A WHILE, I LOVE SEEING ALL THE DIAGRAMS AND ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS AND ALL OF THAT. I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE CONSTRUCTION PRICE.
WAS IT JUST FINDING OUT ONCE YOU FINALLY GOT IN THERE WHAT IT WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO COST OR WAS THERE A SCOPE CUT? WELL, I DON'T THINK IT WAS A SCOPE CUT.
I THINK IT WAS OUR ABILITY TO NOT HAVE TO CHANGE AS MANY CORRIDOR WALLS WE HAD INITIALLY THOUGHT THAT.
SO WE'RE STILL SATISFYING ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THE TEACHERS PARTICIPATED IN AND HELPED DESIGN AND THOUGHT THROUGH AND ALL OF THAT.
AND I'M VERY HAPPY THAT MR. PIERCE IS HERE BECAUSE HE WAS WITH US THE WHOLE TIME.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A I BELIEVE, A THREE PHASED.
I KNOW IT'S THREE GNPS, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PHASES OF WORK.
IT IS A VERY DETAILED PROCESS TO GET THROUGH THIS.
THEY'VE BEEN GREAT PLANNING PARTNERS AND IT'S A TOUGH, TIGHT SCHEDULE PROJECT, BUT WE CAN GET IT DONE. OKAY.
AND JUST REMIND ME WHAT WHAT IS THE START AND STOP ON THAT.
NOT EACH PHASE, JUST THE BOOKENDS OF IT.
. JUNE OF 22 TO OCTOBER OF 23.
BYRON SEVERANCE IS ALSO HERE FROM THE FEOC.
AND I KNOW THEY WORKED REALLY HARD, AS THEY SAID, TO LISTEN TO TEACHERS TO GET THIS RIGHT FOR OUR SCIENCE LABS.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ON THIS ITEM? WE'RE GOING TO VOTE NEXT WEEK.
NEXT UP IS OUR 2021 BOND PROJECT BID PACKAGE NINE FOR CHAPA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SIMON
[N.7. Consideration and possible approval of the 2021 Bond Project - Bid Package 9 Chapa Middle School and Simon Middle School]
MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS IS ON PAGE 63 OF YOUR PACKET.AGAIN, WE HAVE OUR FOLKS HERE FROM OUR ARCHITECT COMPANY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND OUR GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM TEAM? WELL, I'M SO EXCITED. WE'RE GOING TO GET FINE ARTS FACILITIES AT THESE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
I KNOW THEY'RE PUMPED ABOUT IT, SO THANK YOU.
I'LL JUST JUST WANT TO GET A REMINDER.
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO FINISH THIS UP? IS THIS GOING TO BE THE SUMMER CHAPA AND SIMON? UH HUH. NO, NO. THIS IS FOR CHAPA AND BARTON.
I'M SORRY. YOU'RE RIGHT. CHAPA AND SIMON.
I GET THAT FROM. LET'S SEE, CHAPA AND SIMON.
THE NEXT TIME YOU'LL SEE US IS GNP, AND THAT WILL BE IN TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST.
GOT IT. OKAY. SO WE'RE A LITTLE WAYS OUT ON THAT ONE.
AND IF I COULD IF IN YOUR IN YOUR DAIS FOLDER, THERE'S THE COLORFUL CHART FOR THE? YES. 22 BOND LOOK AHEAD.
I'D JUST LIKE TO REALLY QUICKLY SAY, YOU KNOW, AS YOU READ THAT THE GREEN MEANS WE HAVE WE'RE AT GMP, YOU KNOW, THE ORANGE, WE'RE AT DD IN BLUE, BOTH LIVE OAK AND WALLACE, WE ARE IN SCHEMATIC DESIGN.
AND SO JUST AS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS BEFORE, YOU KNOW, THE CHAPA AND SIMON, IT'S, YOU KNOW, AT SD, IT WAS OVER BUDGET.
WE'RE STILL OVER BUDGET AT D D BUT YOU CAN SEE OUR OUR GMP FOR HAYS HIGH SCHOOL.
WE ACTUALLY SAVED A LITTLE MORE MONEY.
SO WE CAME IN AT, WITH AN $8 MILLION PROJECT CONTINGENCY.
THAT'S THE CONTINGENCY OUTSIDE OF THE PROJECT.
NOT NOT THAT'S WITHIN THE GNP.
AND IF YOU GO ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT PROJECT CONTINGENCY IS. EVEN WITH THE OVERAGE FROM CHAPA AND SIMON PLUGGED IN THERE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE. OUR GOAL IS, SO THE WAY THIS WILL KIND OF ROLL OUT, WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR APPROVAL
[01:35:02]
OF SD AT LIVE OAK AND WALLACE NEXT MONTH IN MAY.SO THAT'LL GET US A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD.
YOU KNOW, THAT SD ESTIMATE IS SORT OF THAT FIRST REALLY DEEP DIVE WITH CONTRACTOR INPUT, SUBCONTRACTOR INPUT.
AND SO AS WE MOVE TO THE RIGHT AND COMPLETE THAT, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT CONTINGENCY IS GOING TO CARRY US THROUGH. AND SO MY POINT IS, YOU STILL HAVE SEVERAL MORE CHECK UPS BEFORE YOU. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ANOTHER COUPLE OF CHECK UPS AT LIVE OAK AND WALLIS FOR SCHEMATIC.
AND WE HAVE ONE MORE LOOK AT CHAPA AND SIMON FOR GMP.
SO YOU HAVE A FEW MORE TIMES TO HAVE A SAFETY SAFETY VALVE.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THIS OUT.
MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION? WHEN YOU USE 11 BY 17 PAPER, CAN YOU MAKE THIS, LIKE, 20 POINT FONT SO I CAN READ IT? OH, MY OLD EYES.
THANK YOU. THIS IS SUPER HELPFUL, THOUGH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE CHAPA AND SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL FINE ARTS FACILITIES WE ARE AT? THE BID PACKAGE PHASED THEIR.
[N.8. Consideration and possible approval of roofing repair and waterproofing at Barton Middle School and Performing Arts Center]
AND THIS IS OUR ROOFING, REPAIR AND WATERPROOFING AT BARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.AND BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT WEEK, WE ACTUALLY THAT NUMBER WILL BE DOWNGRADED.
I JUST GOT THE THE REVISED PRICE TODAY.
AND IT'S, IF I'M DOING MY MATH RIGHT, IT'S GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE AROUND LIKE THAT, 135 OR 137. THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE.
YEAH, WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST WORKING WITH THEM.
WE'RE NEGOTIATING. OKAY, NICE.
AND THEN REMIND US, WAS THIS JUST WEAR AND TEAR? YES. JUST.
YEAH, IT'S THE BUILDINGS. WHAT ABOUT 17 YEARS OLD? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THE PACK.
YEAH, THE WELL. YES, THE PACK.
17 YEARS OLD. BARTON'S EVEN OLDER.
IT'S THE SEAMS ON THE METAL ROOF.
RIGHT. THAT'S ALL THAT. IT'S THE SEAMS ON THE METAL ROOF.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME COPING CAP AND THEN THAT THIS WE WANT TO PUT THE WATERPROOF COATING ON THE FLY LOFT? THE CURTAIN LOFT AND THEN SOME NEW DOWNSPOUTS.
IF ON THE FRONT OF THAT BUILDING, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY, BUT THE DOWNSPOUTS ARE JUST LITTLE STUBS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE WATER JUST RUNS DOWN THE BUILDING AND MAKES AN AWFUL MESS.
I DON'T KNOW. SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT WE'RE GOING TO FIX THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO FIX THAT. WE'RE GOING TO FIX THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? MRS. KELLER? SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT HOW AWESOME THIS IS, BECAUSE THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE BEGINNING OF NOT HAVING TO HAVE A $7 TRILLION BOND TO DO MAINTENANCE WORK THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING ALL ALONG.
AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT THIS BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION IS SUPPORTING THIS AS WE GO.
AND THE MORE WE CAN DO THIS, THE BETTER IT IS FOR OUR TAXPAYERS AND OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING THE WORK DONE QUICKLY.
ANYTHING ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL VOTE NEXT WEEK.
NEXT UP IS CONSIDERATION OF A UTILITY EASEMENT FOR THE PEDERNALES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE AT
[N.9. Consideration of a Utility Easement for the Pedernales Electrical Cooperative (PEC) at Hays High School]
HAYES HIGH SCHOOL, PAGE 87 OF YOUR PACKET, AND THIS IS ITEM NUMBER N-9.ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM ALSO FOR MAX CLEAVER? OKAY. WE WANT TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, TEAM.
NO. OKAY. IF YOU NEED TO TAKE A BREAK.
GO FOR IT. ALL RIGHT, WE ARE JAMMIN.
NEXT UP IS CAFETERIA TABLES FOR JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL.
[N.10. Consideration and possible approval of purchase of cafeteria tables for Johnson High School]
THIS IS ON PAGE 97 OF YOUR PACKET.WE'VE GOT SOME EXPLANATION HERE ABOUT THE GROWTH THERE AT JOHNSON AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE SEATS IN THE SAME SQUARE FOOTAGE.
AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT LIVE OAK GOT THE OR MAY BE GETTING THE TABLES FROM JOHNSON AND THEY'RE SUPER PUMPED ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S ALSO IN OUR RIGHT UP HERE.
SO I'LL OPEN THIS UP FOR QUESTIONS.
MRS. RUNKLE? NOT A QUESTION I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY.
IT IS OVERCROWDED OVER THERE AT JOHNSON.
I KNOW THEY NEED SEATS AT LUNCH.
I KNOW THAT. IT'S SO FUNNY WHEN YOU HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THE KIDS ABOUT THE LUNCH HOUR, THEY GO TO THE SAME TABLE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY KNOW EVERYBODY SITS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SEAT.
AND SO I KNOW THAT IT'LL BE THEY'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING CARE OF THIS.
ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, THERE'S LIKE A BENCH ALONG, YOU KNOW, AT JOHNSON.
THERE'S LIKE THIS, LIKE, BUILT IN ALMOST BENCH THING.
THAT'S WHERE MY DAUGHTER, I FEEL LIKE, SITS AND A LOT OF KIDS BECAUSE THERE'S THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT NOT ENOUGH SEATING THERE.
[01:40:02]
SO THANKS FOR TAKING CARE OF THAT.[N.11. Consideration and possible approval of procurement of district communication system upgrades from Beckwith Electronic Systems LLC]
THANK YOU, MR. CLEAVER.THIS IS OUR PROCUREMENT OF DISTRICT COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM UPGRADES WITH BECKWITH ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS. THIS IS ON PAGE 99 OF YOUR AGENDA PACKET AND YOU'LL NOTICE THIS IS A BOND ITEM THAT WE HAVE HERE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, THIS IS AN ITEM WITH THE PURCHASE OF TECHNOLOGY, SUPPLIES AND
[N.12. Consideration and possible approval of purchase of technology supplies and equipment from GTS Technology Solutions]
EQUIPMENT FROM GTS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS.AGAIN, THIS IS PART OF A BOND.
I'M SURE SHE IS SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR LAST ACTION ITEM FOR VOTE NEXT WEEK AND THIS IS PURCHASE OF
[N.13. Consideration and possible approval of purchase of technology equipment from Apple]
TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT FROM APPLE.AGAIN, MRS. BORRESON IS HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THIS IS ALSO A BOND ITEM N-13 PAGE 105 OF YOUR PACKET.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, MRS. BORRESON, SINCE YOU'RE HERE.
SO WE SPENT 520,000 LAST YEAR WHERE WE'RE SPENDING 300,000 THIS YEAR.
I'M ASSUMING THAT WAS GETTING US UP TO THE 1 TO 1.
WANTING TO KNOW WHAT'S THE LAG TIME NOW FROM APPLE? ARE WE GETTING THINGS? I KNOW I THINK WE'RE DON'T WE GET KIND OF PREFERENTIAL SHIPPING FROM APPLE AS AN EDUCATION INSTITUTION OR IS IT STILL REALLY, REALLY, REALLY BACKLOGGED? NOT REALLY, BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON PRODUCTION.
AND SO WE'RE SEEING ABOUT A 3 TO 4 MONTH DELAY ON APPLE AND SAME WITH DELL.
SO WE'RE STILL THREE OR FOUR MONTHS BEHIND? RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY, WE HAVE THE DEVICES.
SO THIS IS, OF COURSE, TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? PERFECT. THANKS, MR. BORRESON.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE INFORMATION ITEMS 01.
[O.1. FIRST READING - FDB(LOCAL) Intradistrict Transfer Policy]
THIS IS A FIRST READING ON FDB LOCAL.THIS IS OUR INTRA DISTRICT TRANSFER POLICY.
WE'VE GOT SOME FOLKS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU'LL SEE THE RED LINE OF THE PROPOSED POLICY ON PAGE 107 AND 108.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SIDE? MRS. KELLER? YES. MS. PRICE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS.
DO WE HAVE ANY STUDENTS WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THIS RIGHT NOW? OUR OLD POLICY, WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE ANYBODY IMPACTED.
WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF ANY IT'S PREVENTATIVE.
SO IF ANYTHING WERE TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE OR SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH A STUDENT WHO'S ON A TRANSFER, THAT'S NOT MARIACHI TO GET US OUT OF THAT CONFLICT.
OKAY. BUT YOU'RE NOT UP AGAINST A TIMELINE FOR ANYTHING RIGHT NOW? NO. WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THIS IN PLACE BEFORE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR STARTS.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS TRANSFER POLICY? LANGUAGE. AMENDED LANGUAGE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS JUST OUR FIRST READING ON THIS ITEM.
[O.2. Review of Budget Timeline for 2022-2023 Budget including discussion of budget priorities]
NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR BUDGET TIMELINE ON PAGE 110.[INAUDIBLE] YOU'LL SEE SOME BUDGET WORKSHOP TBD DATES IN EARLY JUNE.
I'LL BE COMMUNICATING AROUND ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL DATES FOR THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THIS BUDGET TIMELINE? OKAY, GREAT.
NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
[O.3. Financial Statements]
PAGE 113.MR. RAU IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
TEAM ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. NEXT UP O-4 QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.
[O.4. Quarterly Investment Report]
THIS IS ON PAGE 128.ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? GOING ONCE. ALL RIGHT.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS O-5 UPDATE ON CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION PROJECTS IN THE
[O.5. Update on construction and renovation projects in the district]
DISTRICT. THIS IS ON PAGE 133 AND MR. CLEAVER IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON ALL THE PROJECTS GOING IN IN THE WORKS AROUND THE DISTRICT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? MRS. RUNKLE? UM. WHEN I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, DID YOU NARROW DOWN A GOOD TIME FOR US TO GO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS? OH, YEAH, I CAN.[01:45:01]
I SECOND THOUGHT. WHEN DO YOU ALL WANT TO GO? SERIOUSLY? WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS KIND OF PARLAY THOSE IN WITH THE REGULAR MEETINGS.YEAH, WE CAN. I'LL JUST GET THEM ON THE.
ON THE CALENDAR AS SOON AS I CAN.
OKAY. AND THEN FLOAT YOU ALL A COUPLE OF DATES TO SEE WHAT THE BEST WHEN WE CAN GET THE CRITICAL MASS. YEAH.
I'M OKAY WITH, YOU KNOW, CHUMMING OR BEING INVOLVED IN THOSE TOO, WHEN THEY'RE SCHEDULED.
SO IT MAKES IT EASIER ON EVERYONE.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. BUT I'M EXCITED TO GO SEE THEM.
SO IF YOU'LL JUST LET US KNOW THOSE DATES AND WHEN THEY ARE, THEN WE CAN GET THEM ON OUR CALENDARS. THANK YOU.
OKAY, MRS. KELLER, MY PREFERENCE IS THAT THOSE ARE BEFORE MAY 16TH.
OKAY. THAT'S WHY I SAID, DULY NOTED.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, AND WE PROBABLY A LOT OF US WOULD LIKE TO GO AND WE CAN ONLY HAVE THREE AT A TIME. SO IF WE CAN GET A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DATES, OPTIONS FOR THE TEAM, IF IF YOU WANT TO, WE CAN COORDINATE THAT WITH.
IS THERE A PROJECT OR PROJECT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE THAN ANOTHER OR CAN YOU OUTLINE TELL ME? I MEAN, ARE YOU JUST WANT SEE ALL OF THEM OR? OKAY. WELL, I'D LIKE TO SEE ALL OF THEM AT SHEETROCK STAGE.
SO SHEETROCK OR BETTER IS WHERE I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING OTHER PEOPLE MAY HAVE OTHER OPINIONS, BUT WE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT TO YOU.
IT'S IN MY BACK OF MY CAR AND I'M READY.
IS IT PINK? IT'S NOT PINK, BUT I COULD SPRAY PAINT IT, I GUESS.
YEAH. THAT'S SUSIE. MINE'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING ELSE.
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON CONSTRUCTION ITEMS? I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO THINK ABOUT A CONSTRUCTION ITEM.
ANYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ANY? NO. THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT'S DONE A GREAT JOB GETTING OUR FURNITURE COMING THIS WAY.
AND SO WE'VE GOT THE FURNITURE ON THE SCHEDULE AND WHEN IT'S GOING TO LAND.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? SUN, FIELD? ALL OF THEM. ALL.
OH, RIGHT. IN GREEN? YES. I JUST SHOWED YOU ALL OF THOSE.
GOT IT. PURCHASING HAS DONE A GREAT JOB GETTING THAT ALL SCHEDULED.
THAT'S THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THERE.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, JUST THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES ARE JUST EVERY DAY ON SOMETHING.
IF IT HAS TO DO WITH HVAC OR ELECTRIC OR METAL, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES ARE JUST THERE EVERY DAY.
BUT BARTLETT IS THE RIGHT CONTRACTOR.
THEY'VE GOT THAT DEEP BENCH AND THEY'RE JUST MAKING IT HAPPEN.
WELL, AT LEAST OUR FURNITURE DOESN'T REQUIRE SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS.
OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON CONSTRUCTION ITEMS? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
[O.6. Report on the Continuing Education Requirements for Board Members under Senate Bill 1566]
O-6 IS OUR REPORT ON CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR BOARD MEMBERS UNDER SENATE BILL 1566. BY LAW, BOARDS MUST ANNOUNCE CONTINUING TRAINING HOURS COMPLETED BY OUR SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES. I'LL BE DOING THAT NEXT WEEK AS IT'S REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED AT THE MEETING PRIOR TO THE ELECTION OF TRUSTEES.OUR NEXT MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON APRIL 25TH.
[Q. UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS]
THAT'S NEXT MONDAY RIGHT HERE IN THE KUNKLE ROOM AT 5:30 P.M.AT THIS TIME, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
IT'S 9:08 P.M.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.