Apr 25, 2022 Board Meeting

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ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING.

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

A QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.

ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RAUL VELLA, WHO IS OUT OF TOWN DUE TO A WORK OBLIGATION.

[B. CLOSED SESSION]

THE TIME IS 5:37 PM.

ARE WE READY TO GET GOING? THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

GOOD EVENING. WE'RE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.

THE TIME IS 6:15 P.M..

I HAVE SOME SAD NEWS TO REPORT THAT WE'VE HAD I THINK SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE HEARD WE DON'T KNOW MUCH, BUT IN BUDA THERE WAS A DOUBLE FATALITY ACCIDENT ON 967, KIND OF RIGHT AROUND THE RUSH HOUR TIME.

AND SO THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR THOSE FAMILIES AFFECTED.

AND I JUST WANTED TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO THINK ABOUT OUR FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY TWO FATALITIES HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY TODAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HONORING THOSE FAMILIES.

AND I KNOW WE'LL HEAR MORE DETAILS AS THE DAYS GO BY.

JUST A SAD DAY IN OUR COMMUNITY, FOR SURE.

WE'LL TRANSITION NOW AND GET INTO OUR AGENDA.

WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE HERE FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'VE COME OUT TO OUR MEETING THIS EVENING AND WE WILL START OUR MEETING WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AS SAID BY OUR BOARD SECRETARY, MERIDETH KELLER.

THANK YOU, MRS. KELLER. NEXT UP IS OUR MISSION STATEMENT, WHICH WILL BE READ BY MERIDETH KELLER.

THANK YOU, MRS. PETREA.

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, MRS. KELLER. YOU MIGHT NOTICE THE THEME TONIGHT.

OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT WILL BE READ BY MERIDETH KELLER.

OKAY. I WON'T FEEL LIKE MAKING THIS ONE UP AS I GO.

OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT IS 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. THANK YOU, MRS. KELLER. APPRECIATE THAT.

NEXT UP, WE'LL HAVE OUR SUPERINTENDENT REPORT, DR.

[G. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT]

I'M JOKING. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE TORCH HAS BEEN PASSED.

HEY, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TONIGHT.

JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

WE STARTED EARLY VOTING FOR OUR BOND ELECTION AND TRUSTEE ELECTION TODAY.

IT WILL RUN FROM TODAY UNTIL THE GENERAL ELECTION ON MAY THE 7TH.

AND I THINK THE EARLY VOTING STATIONS ARE OPEN FROM 8 TO 5.

AND SO IF YOU NOTICE, I'M SPORTING MY I VOTED STICKER JUST, YOU KNOW, AS A GOOD ROLE MODEL TONIGHT.

AND SO I WANTED TO REMIND YOU OF THAT AND ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU HAVE IN ORDER TO VOTE FOR THOSE ELECTIONS.

ALSO, THE STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ELECTION IS ON THE BALLOT.

AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF UPDATES.

AS FAR AS OUR UIL COMPETITIONS ARE CONCERNED, YOU KNOW HOW COMPETITIVE WE ALL ARE AND WE HAVE SOME TEAMS THAT ARE ADVANCING IN TRACK AND FIELD AND ALSO BASEBALL, SOFTBALL.

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SO HAYS HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL IS CO DISTRICT CHAMPS AND THEY PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT AT DRIPPING SPRINGS AGAINST BOWIE TO DETERMINE WHO WILL GET THE NUMBER ONE [INAUDIBLE].

AND THEN JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL HAS ALREADY MADE THE PLAYOFFS AND THEY WILL PLAY THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AGAINST GEORGETOWN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL HAS TWO BASEBALL GAMES LEFT AND THEY COULD FINISH AS HIGH AS DISTRICT CHAMPS OR COULD GET A LOWER [INAUDIBLE], DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEXT TWO BALLGAMES.

SO BE LOOKING FOR THAT.

AND THEN JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ON WEDNESDAY WE WILL BE GOING TO LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL TO AWARD THE STATE POWERLIFTING CHAMPION TWO YEARS RUNNING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S COIN OF EXCELLENCE.

AND BY RIGHT THIS MINUTE SEGMENT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT, IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO WIN ONE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

BUT WHEN YOU WIN TWO BACK TO BACK, IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

SO I'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW STRONG THE GIRLS ARE AS I SHAKE THEIR HANDS ON WEDNESDAY.

HOPEFULLY I MIGHT NEED TO WEAR A GLOVE OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW, BUT VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT UPDATE.

OKAY, AWESOME. ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR.

WRIGHT. OKAY, PERFECT.

WE'VE GOT SOME FAMILIES HERE TONIGHT, SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MOVE UP OUR CAMPUS RECOGNITION IF HEMPHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS READY TO GO.

[I. CAMPUS RECOGNITION - SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 25, 2022]

COME ON IN. GOOD EVENING.

IS THAT WORKING? GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT PETREA.

AND BOARD MEMBERS. I'M SO VERY PROUD TONIGHT TO GET TO RECOGNIZE DR.

TRUHILL AND THE STAFF AT HEMPHILL AND THEIR KIDS.

EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE SINCE COVID IS TO BRING KIDS BACK AND MAKE LEARNING FUN AND ENGAGING AND INTENTIONAL.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO TELL ANYMORE BECAUSE DR.

TRUHILL IS GOING TO TELL YOU, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT PETREA, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.

WRIGHT. I'M SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT HEMPHILL, TO START WHERE WE WILL GO OVER OUR MISSION AND OUR VISION.

AND SO OUR MISSION IS THAT WE ARE EMPOWERING OUR STUDENTS TO BE ACADEMICALLY SUCCESSFUL AND RESILIENT LEADERS.

OUR MISSION IS THAT WE ARE FOSTERING LEARNER CENTERED ENVIRONMENT THAT CONTRIBUTES AND CULTIVATES INDEPENDENT, LIFELONG GLOBAL CITIZENS.

AND WE DO HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR FAMILIES HERE JOINING US TODAY.

THE HAWKS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE SOME OF OUR PRE-K STUDENTS.

AND SO THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE.

SO WE ARE THE HAWKS. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR MASCOT.

WE HAVE 400 AND THE NUMBER IS NOT THERE, 459 STUDENTS.

AND WE DO SERVICE A VERY DIVERSE POPULATION OF STUDENTS.

WE DO HAVE FIVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE GROWING IN OUR AREA.

SO WE DO HAVE HOMES THAT ARE STARTING TO CLOSE.

SO OUR POPULATION IS GOING TO BE INCREASING.

AND WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, FOUR YEARS FOR THIS.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT.

WE DO HAVE THE LARGEST PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM IN THE DISTRICT, SO 30% OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION IS OUR PRE-K STUDENTS.

AND SO WE HAVE ABOUT 137 OF OUR PRE-K STUDENTS IN OUR BUILDING.

AND WE HAVE HALF OF THE CLASSROOMS. SO FOUR CLASSROOMS ARE BILINGUAL, FOUR CLASSROOMS ARE MONOLINGUAL.

THIS YEAR, WE WERE ALSO AWARDED THE $10,000 GRANT FOR PROJECT LEAD THE WAY FOR KINDER THROUGH PRE-K THROUGH FIFTH GRADE, WHICH WE WERE SUPER EXCITED FOR.

SO WE DID START THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT LEAD THE WAY WITH THE CURRICULUM AND WE ARE CONTINUING THE GRANT THANKS TO KATIE, WHO COMPLETED A GRANT FOR THE 5000 FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO CONTINUE THAT FOR OUR CAMPUS.

SO OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS DID PUT A LITTLE VIDEO TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT HEMPHILL.

WHEN YOU WALK ONTO OUR CAMPUS, YOU'LL BE GREETED WITH FRIENDLY FACES AND FEEL WELCOMED.

OUR STAFF IS VERY POSITIVE AND IS QUICK TO HELP.

EACH DAY WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE DOOR, I'M GREETED WITH KINDNESS, WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, READY TO TAKE ON THE DAY, NO MATTER THE CHALLENGE.

I LOVE HEMPHILL BECAUSE IT MAKES ME FEEL SAFE.

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT HEMPHILL IS HOW ALL OF THE TEACHERS HERE ARE SO POSITIVE AND WE HAVE SUCH A TEAM MENTALITY.

WE ARE ALWAYS COLLABORATING.

WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT WAYS TO BETTER OURSELVES AS TEACHERS AND ALSO, OF COURSE, BETTER OUR STUDENTS EXPERIENCES AND HOW THEY'RE LEARNING.

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STAFF AT HEMPHILL WORKS INCREDIBLY HARD IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL OUR STUDENTS.

TEACHERS OFTEN MEET TOGETHER TO REFLECT AND PLAN, ENGAGING AND EXCITING LESSONS BASED ON WHAT THEIR OWN STUDENTS OUR INSTRUCTION IS VERY CROSS CURRICULAR, WHICH ALLOWS US TO EFFECTIVELY TEACH STUDENTS TRANSFERRABLE PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS.

I LOVE HOW WE CAN EXTEND THESE SKILLS INTO OUR LITERACY AND MATH STATIONS, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR LITTLE ONES.

WE HAVE THE HOUSES DIFFERENT CLASSES HAVE DIFFERENT COLORS.

OUR HONEST HOUSE IS THE BLUE HOUSE, AND IT'S A AND THE GREEN HOUSE IS THE KIND HOUSE.SO WE PLAY A GAME EVERY MONTH.

LIKE YOU HAVE TO GET POINTS AND IF YOU GET POINTS YOU CAN LIKE WIN FOR A WEEK AND FOR EXAMPLE LIKE SEPTEMBER THEY LIKE ADD UP THE POINTS FOR EACH WEEK IN SEPTEMBER AND THEN THE WINNER AT THE END WILL BE HIGH FLIER IS ME BEING LIKE, YOU'RE A PERFECT HAWK.

YOU ALWAYS FOLLOW THE RULES AND YOU ALWAYS RESPECT EACH OTHER AND YOU ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER AND YOU ALWAYS STAND UP FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

WELL, THE WALLS ARE KIND OF LIKE LEGO BLOCKS FOR LIKE ALL THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GOALS THAT WE ARE ALL, SHOWS ALL THAT HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.

MY SCIENCE I GOT A GOOD GRADE ON MY SCIENCE THIS IS WHEN I GOT I LIKE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE.

I YEAH, BECAUSE I GET TO PLAY AND I GET TO LEARN AND HAVE FUN WITH MY FRIENDS. I LOVE THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY HERE AT HEMPHILL, FROM THE FAMILIES TO THE STAFF, I FEEL LIKE WE ALL HAVE THE SAME GOAL AND THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ENJOYING THEIR LEARNING AND ENJOYING THEIR TIME HERE IN ELEMENTARY.

THAT SENSE OF FAMILY HERE WE ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER FOR ONE END GOAL AND THAT IS OUR STUDENTS.

WE'VE CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT THAT REFLECTS FAMILIES BACKGROUNDS, WHICH LETS FAMILIES KNOW THAT THEY ARE VALUED AT OUR SCHOOL.

I ALSO LOVE THAT HEMPHILL HAS BUILT A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AMONG OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS.

I LOVE HEMPHILL BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF FUN THINGS AND WE HAVE FUN.

I LOVE HEMPHILL BECAUSE WE CAN DO A LOT OF CREATIVITY.

AND I LOVE THE I LIKE HEMPHILL ELEMENTARY BECAUSE IT'S A PLACE TO LEARN AND CULTIVATES YOUNG MINDS TO LOVE, LEARNING, TO BE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS AND ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS.

AND I LIKE WE CAN ALL DO THAT STUFF.

I LOVE WHAT WE DO TO INVOLVE FAMILIES HERE.

WE DO EVENTS IN HOME PROJECTS TO INVOLVE FAMILIES AND INVITE THEM TO BE A PART OF THEIR STUDENTS LEARNING.

AND WE ALSO PROVIDE A LOT OF RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES.

THE THING THAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT HEMPHILL IS THAT THIS IS MY FAMILY.

WE ALL LOVE OUR KIDS HERE AND WE ALL DO OUR BEST EVERY SINGLE DAY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL, JUST TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON BEING 100% HAYS AND SO WE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HEMPHILL HISTORY, WE SENT ONE STUDENT TO THE AUSTIN REGIONAL SPELLING BEE, WHICH WE WERE SUPER

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WE ALSO SENT STUDENTS THIS YEAR TO THE AUSTIN REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR, SO WE WERE ABLE TO SEND FOUR STUDENTS.

AND NEXT YEAR WE'RE HOPING TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER.

SO WE GOT A FIRST PLACE, A SECOND PLACE AND TWO THIRD PLACE WINNERS FOR THE AUSTIN REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR.

WE DID OFFER FALL SEMESTER THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE CLUB.

SO WE HAVE STUDENT COUNCIL THAT'S CURRENTLY ONGOING, ART CLUB, MYSTERY CLUB AND GAMING CLUB.

AND IN THE SPRING SEMESTER, WE TRANSITIONED TO KINDER THROUGH KINDER THROUGH SECOND GRADE CLUBS, AND THAT'S KARATE AND THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WHO GIVES THAT TO OUR CAMPUS FOR FREE, WHICH IS AWESOME.

BOYS AND GIRL SCOUTS WHO HAS BEEN SUPPORTING OUR CAMPUS SINCE 2011.

SO THAT IS A CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP.

LEGO CLUB AND DISC GOLF AND THEN THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE TRANSITIONS TO TUTORING IN THE SPRING SEMESTER.

SO WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE DO HAVE.

PTA IS AMAZING THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT THAT THEY GIVE TO OUR CAMPUS.

WE ALSO HAVE BIKES FOR BOOKS.

WHO HAS BEEN HELPING US THE, I'M GOING TO MISPRONOUNCE THE NAME EVEN THOUGH I PRACTICE IT SO MUCH.

KIWANIS IN KYLE THEY SUPPORT US IN THE FALL AND IN THE SPRING FOR A BIKE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND THIS YEAR, FOR THIS SEMESTER, THEY DID HELP WITH THE DISTRICT INITIATIVE OF INCREASING OUR AMPLIFY MINUTES.

AND SO THEY ARE SUPPORTING OUR BIKE THIS SEMESTER FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED FOR.

WE PARTICIPATE AS A CAMPUS WITH E3 ALLIANCE LITERACY RUBRIC.

AND SO THAT'S ENHANCING OUR LITERACY COMPONENTS.

THAT IS TWO CAMPUSES IN THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY WITHIN THAT COHORT, IT'S HEMPHILL AND TOM GREEN.

WE ALSO DO THE NAEP PARTNERSHIP WITH FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE, AND THAT'S REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE MICRO MESSAGING.

AND WE'RE EXCITED THAT THE REST OF OUR TEACHERS WILL GET THAT TRAINING THAT THE DISTRICT'S PROVIDING THIS SUMMER.

THE OTHER TWO PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ARE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.

SO WE HAVE TEXT TALKS IN FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE, AND THERE IS ONE OTHER CAMPUS, TOM GREEN, WHO ALSO HAS THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE READING IN THE FALL OF 2021. AND THEN THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HAS ALSO STARTED IN THE SPRING SEMESTER WITH PRE-K, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE SOME OF OUR PRE-K FRIENDS HERE TODAY.

THE READ ALOUD ROUTINE.

SO THIS HAS STARTED THIS YEAR IN THE SPRING SEMESTER.

AND SO OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE READ ALOUD ROUTINE AND WE WANTED YOU ALL TO EXPERIENCE THAT WITH US AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE A QUICK LITTLE 20 MINUTE 2 MINUTE VIDEO ON THE PRE-K READ ALOUD ROUTINE.

OH, OKAY. AND JUST BY LOOKING AT THIS BOOK, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? MADISON OH, MY GOODNESS.

MY FAVORITE PART OF THE READ ALOUD ROUTINE IS HOW ACADEMIC VOCABULARY IS TAUGHT WITH STRATEGIES THAT WORK.

FOR EXAMPLE, STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT TO MAKE A GESTURE FOR EACH NEW WORD THEY'RE ALSO EXPECTED TO CREATE A SENTENCE WITH THE WORD.

THESE TYPE OF STRATEGIES DEFINITELY ENHANCE STUDENT LEARNING AND HELPS STUDENTS INTERNALIZE THEIR GRADES.

IT ALSO HELPS STUDENTS PARTICIPATE MORE WHEN THEY SHARE WITH EACH OTHER.

THEY LOVE IT LIKE THEY REMEMBER THE STORIES.

THEY WANT TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT.

THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

I'M GETTING THE DEFINITION AND THE GIST OF THE STORY, AND THEN WE WRITE ALL ABOUT IT AND THEY'RE JUST LITERALLY INTO THE STORY BECAUSE WE SLOW DOWN AND WE READ IT IN PARTS. WE DO VOCABULARY AND THEN WE READ THE WHOLE STORY DEBBIE ARRIVED AND WHAT HAPPENED WHILE THEY WERE WAITING FOR [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

SO THE BOOKS THAT THE STUDENTS WERE SIGNING WERE WAS ACTUALLY THEIR FIRST BOOK THAT THEY PRACTICE WITH THIS READ ALOUD ROUTINE.

IT IS CORDUROY AND THEY DO HAVE THE BOOK FOR YOU ALL AS A GIFT SO THAT YOU CAN EXPERIENCE THAT BOOK ALONG WITH THEM.

YOU GUYS WANT TO COME ON UP? YEAH, COME ON UP. YOU WANT TO DO SOME PICTURES, MR.

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HI, FRIEND.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. WE'LL GET THOSE PICTURES.

OKAY, THAT SOUNDS PERFECT.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GROUP SHOT AFTER WE HAVE THEM.

DON'T WANT TO MESS THEM UP. GOOD JOB, GUYS.

AND THEN STUDENTS DID SIGN THEIR NAMES INSIDE THE COVER OF THEIR BOOK.

AND THIS IS OUR PRE K STUDENTS OF 2021 2022.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

FOR THOSE AT HOME LISTENING, WE ARE GETTING DELIVERED CORDUROY AND A SHIRT WITH OUR NAME ON IT FROM HEMPHILL.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

I LOVE IT.

KINSEY. MS. KINSEY OR DR.

TRUHILL, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THESE? I DO HAVE A BUILDING BLOCK.

WE DO HAVE OUR WALL OF CELEBRATION, AS YOU ALL SAW IN OUR VIDEO.

SO IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CELEBRATE OR A GOAL THAT MAYBE YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED, THAT WE CAN ADD TO OUR WALL.

AND WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE THOSE BACK WITH US.

LOVE THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THAT WAS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.

AWESOME JOB.

[APPLAUSE] YEAH. WE MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU, DR.

TRUHILL. DO YOU WANT TO DO A PICTURE FIRST, MR. SAVOY? AND DO. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

WE'LL DO QUESTIONS FIRST.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

COMMENTS, MRS. OROSCO.

I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO A HEMPHILL FOR BEING OUT HERE.

THAT IS WHERE I STARTED MY CAREER AS A TEACHER AT HEMPHILL ELEMENTARY, AS A HABANERO AND THEN A HAWK.

AND I SEE MANY AMAZING TEACHERS OUT HERE THAT I WORKED WITH, WITH JO ANN ZAVALA, WHO I WAS CO TEACHERS WITH AND WHO WAS MY MENTOR TEACHER. SO THANK YOU, JO ANN ZAVALA, CARLA PEREZ AND I ALSO STARTED AT HEMPHILL WITH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I SEE MARGARET OVER THERE AND SO MANY WONDERFUL FOLKS THAT I STARTED WITH AND YOU ARE DOING AMAZING WORK AND WE LOVE YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT AND TAKING CARE OF OUR CHILDREN.

WE LOVE IT. THANK YOU.

DR. PÉREZ-GONZÁLEZ.

I JUST WANT TO SAY I LOVE, LOVE THE WAY THAT YOUR KIDS ARE AUTHENTICALLY ENGAGED IN THE LEARNING.

IT IS SO MEANINGFUL FOR THEM AND YOU ALL HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH YOU'RE IMPACTING THEM.

I'M SURE YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING OVER AT HEMPHILL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WRIGHT, AND MS. TRUHILL AND MS..

KINSEY HAVE APPROVED FOR US WITH THE UT PARTNERSHIP.

SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL AND OUR TEACHERS ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND REALLY IMPLEMENTING EVERYTHING WITH FIDELITY.

THANK YOU. SO GREAT.

ANYTHING ELSE? MRS. RUNKLE. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS TO START PROJECT LEAD THE WAY.

PLEASE INVITE ME TO COME WATCH BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT.

BUT THANK YOU GUYS TO ALL THE KIDS FOR COMING OUT TODAY.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT MAKES OUR DAY BETTER THAN SEEING YOU GUYS, AND IT JUST MAKES OUR MEETINGS THAT MUCH GREAT.

SO THANK YOU, GUYS. WONDERFUL JOB, HEMPHILL.

ALL OF YOU GUYS Y'ALL ARE DOING AMAZING.

THANK YOU. AND ONE MORE THING.

[APPLAUSE] YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR PARENTS.

AND I KNOW A LOT OF OUR TEACHERS ARE ONLINE WATCHING US AS WELL.

SO SHOUT OUT TO THEM.

YES. NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE, I THINK.

MR. SAVOY, YOU'RE GOING TO BOSS US AROUND.

OK. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE BOARD COME UP HERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO FACE THIS WAY AND WE'RE GOING TO GET EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE IN THE PICTURE.

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ALL RIGHT HEY, AS THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE HERE.

WE'RE ALMOST THERE.

WE'LL GET THIS IN TO SQUEEZE IN A LITTLE BIT.

EVERYBODY SQUEEZE IN.

RIGHT. THAT LOOKS GOOD.

EVERYBODY LOOK AT THE CAMERA AND SAY CHEESE.

ALL RIGHT. YEAH, HANG ON.

HANG ON. YES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE HAD TO MAKE SURE MS. OROSCO'S EYES WEREN'T BLINKING BECAUSE SHE'D BE MAD AT ME.

THANK YOU. THAT'S A YEAH.

THANKS FOR WORKING WITH US.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, OKAY, TEAM, IF YOU HAVE YOUR BUILDING BLOCK, IF YOU WANT TO WRITE SOMETHING ON IT, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THAT TO MRS. KLAERNER AND SHE CAN GET IT TO DR.

TRUHILL AT HEMPHILL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. YOU BET.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, WE'LL.

YEP. YEP.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A SECOND TO GET SETTLED AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC FORUM.

[H. PUBLIC FORUM ]

ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO PUBLIC FORUM.

ITEM H.

MRS. OROSCO IS COMING BACK TO THE DAIS.

BYE EVERYBODY BYE HEMPHILL.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

APPRECIATE IT.

HERE WE GO. PUBLIC FORUM, FRIENDS.

ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IN A PUBLIC FORUM MUST HAVE COMPLETED OUR GREEN SHEET AND TURNING THAT IN.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN BOARD MEETINGS IS LIMITED TO THE PUBLIC FORUM PORTION OF THE MEETING, AS PROVIDED IN BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL I WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT HAS DECIDED TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC FORUM THAT THE AUDIO OF THE PUBLIC FORUM IS RECORDED AS PART OF THE RECORDING OF THE ENTIRE MEETING AND IS PUBLISHED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE WITHOUT ALTERATION.

A PERSON WHO CHOOSES TO SPEAK IN A PUBLIC FORUM IS CONSENTING TO THE ONLINE PUBLICATION OF THEIR COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT, FIRST.

WE HAVE ONE MORE COMING.

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ALL RIGHT BRING THAT ONE UP HERE.

WE'LL HAVE A TIMER.

EACH PERSON WILL HAVE 5 MINUTES.

MRS. KLAERNER WILL HAVE A TIMER UP ON THE BIG SCREEN.

THANK YOU. FIRST, WE HAVE MELISSA TORRES WITMER.

IS IT ON. HELLO.

GOOD EVENING. DR. WRIGHT PRESIDENT PETREA MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS MELISSA TORRES WITMER AND I'M THE TSTA VICE PRESIDENT OF EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS.

I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO SPEAK TO YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR TRANSPORTATION ESPS, AND TO INFORM YOU THAT THERE WILL BE MEMBERS FROM TRANSPORTATION THAT WILL BE SPEAKING AFTER ME. MANY OF OUR TRANSPORTATION MEMBERS ARE AFRAID TO SPEAK UP AND ASK FOR WHAT THEY NEED.

I AM REQUESTING FOR YOU TO PROTECT THEM FROM ANY AND ALL FORMS OF RETALIATION OR FALLOUT IN THE FORM OF REPRIMANDS, SHIFT CHANGES, CHANGES IN THEIR ROUTES, REDUCTION OF THEIR HOURS OR REMOVAL OF ROUTES.

ANYTHING THAT COULD BE CONSTRUED AS A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM.

TRANSPORTATION MEMBERS WHO HAVE JOB TITLES OTHER THAN DRIVER ARE BEING ASKED TO DRIVE ROUTES.

THEY ARE NOT RECEIVING THE DRIVER PAY RATE FOR THEIR TIME SPENT TRANSPORTING OUR STUDENTS.

WE ARE SUPER APPRECIATIVE OF THE 7% RAISE.

HOWEVER, THE PAY SCALE ENDING IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, PAY GRADE ONE STARTS AT $10.31, WITH THE ADDED 7% INCREASE THAT WILL BECOME $11.07. TWO YEARS AGO, SAM MARCUS INCREASED THEIR PAY RATE TO, I BELIEVE, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $13 AND $15 DOLLARS AN HOUR.

DEL VALLE HAS ALSO DONE THE SAME, RAISING THEIR ESP PAY TO $15 DOLLARS.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THESE MATTERS AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND PROTECTION OF THE SPEAKERS FOLLOWING ME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE PATRICIA LETA.

PATRICIA LETA. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS PATRICIA LETA. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY? AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

THERE SEEMS TO BE ANOTHER [INAUDIBLE] BESIDES COVID.

WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF RETALIATION, LIKE [INAUDIBLE] MENTIONED, DISCRIMINATION, BULLYING, EVEN THREATS FOR OUR JOBS.

AND AS FAR AS DR.

WRIGHT, I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TLC THAT YOU BUILT.

BUT EVER SINCE THE FIRST TIME, IT'S CHANGED.

AND IT'S NO LONGER A TEAM LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.

I GUESS IT SHOULD BE CALLED TEAM LEADERSHIP LOYALTY COUNCIL, LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.

BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT WITH THEM, THEN YOU'RE AGAINST THEM.

AND SO WHEN WE TRY TO BRING THE PROBLEMS AND THE ISSUES ABOUT WHAT REALLY IS GOING ON WITH ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, THAT I JUST SAID THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE OTHER THAN WHAT WE NEED.

WHAT CAN WE BRING? WELL, HOW CAN YOU BRING PEOPLE TO WORK? HOW CAN YOU HIRE ANYBODY IF YOU'RE HAVING ALL THAT? YOU JUST CAN'T YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO WORK WITH THIS TYPE OF ISSUES.

WE WANT A REAL GOOD, HEALTHY WORK ENVIRONMENT.

AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF 5 HOURS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE EIGHT? YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S NOTHING BROKEN.

YOU KNOW. WHY TRY TO FIX IT? I MEAN, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT WE CANNOT LIVE UNDER UNDER 5 HOURS A DAY.

WHO CAN WITH ALL THIS, YOU KNOW, GROCERIES, VERY EXPENSIVE GAS, THE TRAVEL AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO EVEN WITH A SPOUSE OR WITHOUT A SPOUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEIR COWORKERS THAT ARE SINGLE PARENTS, YOU KNOW, AND SO.

TOO MANY ISSUES GOING ON.

I GO TO WORK EVERY DAY.

EVERY DAY I TRY TO BE THERE EVERY DAY.

ON TIME. I DO WHAT IS REQUIRED OF ME AS FAR AS THE POLICIES FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH MY TRAINING SKILLS.

AND YET I GET REPRIMANDED.

AND YET. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT IF MY DRIVER IS ABSENT, MY HOURS ARE TAKEN AWAY.

I WORK 8 HOURS.

BUT IF HE'S ABSENT, GUESS WHAT? HOURS GO DOWN TO FIVE.

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I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT A LOT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND TALKED ABOUT THE DEVALUING OF THE EMPLOYEES.

I MEAN, IF YOU SHOW UP AND FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S NOT A COMPLAINT.

IT'S A CONCERN.

WELL, YOU'RE THE ONE BEING REPRIMANDED ABOUT IT.

AND INSTEAD OF HELPING YOU, INSTEAD OF SOLVING THE SOLUTION, I MEAN, YOU'RE THERE TO HELP US SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND INSTEAD YOU'RE BEING REPRIMANDED FOR THAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES GOING ON THERE, A LOT OF TALK THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I MEAN, THE DEPARTMENT IS ON FIRE AND EVERYBODY JUST WANTS TO JUMP OUT OF THERE AND JUST QUIT AND JUST LEAVE.

WELL, HOW ARE WE GOING TO HIRE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO PUT UP WITH THAT? I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THICK SKIN.

YOU KNOW, TO TOLERATE ALL THAT.

BUT WE'RE NOT WE DON'T HAVE TO.

IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN LIKE THAT.

WE BELIEVE IN THE DEPARTMENT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FAITH.

WE WANT TO DO BETTER.

BUT EVERY TIME THERE'S CLOSED DOORS, THEY SHUT IT DOWN.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT THERE, YOU HEAR IT AND SEE IT.

GUESS WHAT? Y'ALL ARE NOT GOING TO KNOW ABOUT IT.

EVERYTHING'S JUST HIDDEN.

IT'S HIDDEN ALL THE TIME.

IT'S I MEAN, IT'S BEEN HAPPENING SINCE YEARS NOW.

AND, YOU KNOW.

I THINK I'LL GIVE A CHANCE TO SOMEBODY ELSE TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, PATRICIA.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS OSCAR CONCHO.

HI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS OSCAR CONCHO.

I WORK IN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

I WORK IN THE SHOP.

I HELP THE MECHANICS, AND I'M ACTUALLY THE PARTS TECHNICIAN.

SO I HELP THEM OUT SO THAT WE CAN KEEP OUR BUSSES RUNNING.

AND I TRY TO DO MY BEST SO THAT WE CAN I CAN DO MY BEST TO SUPPORT OUR DRIVERS SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THEM HAPPY AS WELL AND SAFE.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

SO BEING THAT I WORK IN THE SHOP, I'M JUST HERE TO SUPPORT MY FELLOW COWORKERS.

RIGHT NOW. WHAT THE BIGGEST CONCERN I THINK WE HAVE, ASIDE FROM THE SAME CONCERNS THAT PATRICIA HAS JUST BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE MORALE AND ENVIRONMENT, THERE AT TRANSPORTATION.

THEY'RE ALSO VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE 8 HOURS BEING REDUCED BACK DOWN TO 6 HOURS.

AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF THAT CAME DOWN TO THE TLC BEING INVOLVED AND TRYING TO HELP OUT OUR MONITORS, BECAUSE OUR MONITORS, I BELIEVE, ARE ONLY ON 5 HOURS.

SO. GUARANTEED.

AND I THINK THERE WAS GOODWILL FROM THE TLC IN TRYING TO TRADE OFF 8 HOURS IF THEY WENT DOWN TO 6 HOURS.

AND THAT WAY THEY COULD HELP THE MONITORS TO BRING UP THEIR PAY AND THEIR HOURS UP.

SO I THINK THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THE TLC'S SCOPE TO BE TRYING TO WORK ON PAY AND WORKING ON THE HOURS.

I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE REACHED OUT AND GOTTEN HELP IN ORDER TO FIND THAT HAPPY MEDIUM OR TRULY FIND WHAT THE STAFF AND THE DRIVERS DID NEED AND WANT OR WHAT THE MONITORS ALSO WANTED AS WELL.

I DON'T THINK THAT THE DRIVERS SHOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP ANY OF THEIR TIME.

THEY'RE GUARANTEED 8 HOURS AND I KNOW IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, BUT THIS IS WHY WE'RE BRINGING THIS UP TO YOU NOW SO THAT IT DOESN'T THEY DON'T LOSE THAT.

THEY DEPEND ON THEIR 8 HOURS AND THEY NEED THAT.

THE MONITORS, ON THE OTHER HAND, YES, THEY DON'T GET THE 8 HOURS.

AND LIKE [INAUDIBLE], WHO JUST SPOKE, LOSES SOME OF HER TIME WHEN HER DRIVER DOESN'T SHOW UP OR HER TIME DOESN'T SEEM AS VALID AS A DRIVER'S TIME.

SO FOR HER TO MAKE THE 8 HOURS IN THAT DAY ISN'T AS IMPORTANT TO THE MONITORS AS IT IS TO THE DRIVERS.

BUT MONETARILY WISE, YES, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

HOUR WISE, YES, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW THAT WHEN WE GO GET LOANS AND WE WANT TO PURCHASE A CAR OR BIG ITEMS, THE BIG TICKET ITEMS. THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT YOUR HOURS.

AND WHEN YOU LOOKED UPON AS A PART TIME EMPLOYEE, SOMETIMES IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THOSE APPROVAL FOR THOSE HOURS.

AND THAT'S HOW OUR MONITORS ARE GOING TO BE LOOKED UPON AS A PART TIME EMPLOYEE.

SO I DON'T THINK THE ANSWER WAS QUITE TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE DRIVERS FROM THEIR 8 HOURS.

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THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO GIVE UP ANYTHING.

BUT YET WE SHOULD ELEVATE OUR MONITORS TO WHERE THEY CAN RECEIVE THOSE SAME BENEFITS OF HOURS AS OUR DRIVERS DO AS WELL.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO HELP SUPPORT AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR.

SO I KNOW WE SENT OUT TSTA OUT A SURVEY THAT RECEIVED 334 RESPONSES 16 ALMOST 17% OF THOSE RESPONSES WERE FROM TRANSPORTATION, AND THEY WERE ASKED.

IF THEY WANTED TO.

IF THEY PREFERRED THE 8 HOURS PER DAY OR IF THEY PREFERRED THE 6 HOURS PER DAY.

OF THE TRANSPORTATION RESPONSES 92.6% OF THE TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEES STATED THAT THEY WANTED THAT 8 HOURS FOR THE DAY.

SO IF THIS COMES UP FOR A VOTE AND YOU ALL GO TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS, WE ASK THAT ON BEHALF OF THE 96 OR THE 92.6% OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO FILLED OUT THIS SURVEY, THAT YOU TAKE CARE OF THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY RETAIN THEIR EIGHT HOUR WORKDAYS.

AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN GO FORWARD AND WORK ON MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN GET OUR MONITORS TO THE EIGHT HOUR WORKDAYS AS WELL.

OK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STACEY FRENCH.

HI. MY NAME IS STACEY FRENCH AND I'M A BUS DRIVER IS MY OFFICIAL TITLE.

BUT THEN SLASH CAMERA TECH IS MY SECONDARY TITLE.

FIRST, I HAVE THE ABSOLUTE BEST JOB IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

I DRIVE THE BEST KIDS WHO HAVE THE BEST PARENTS, TO THE BEST SCHOOLS.

BUT THERE'S JUST ONE CONCERN THAT I HAVE.

AND I TALKED I'M A 230 EMPLOYEE.

AND I TALKED TO OTHER 230 EMPLOYEES TRYING TO GET THEM TO COME HERE.

AND THEY TOLD ME, WELL, WHAT'S THE POINT? NOTHING EVER CHANGES.

AND WE'VE BEEN SAYING THE SAME THING FOR YEARS AND NONE OF THEM WANTED TO COME.

SO I WANTED JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S KIND OF THE MORALE.

OKAY. SORRY. AND SO I WORKED FOR THE DISTRICT FOR 12 YEARS.

AND THERE ARE OTHER BUS DRIVERS WITH WHO CAME WITH NO EXPERIENCE, WHO WORKED HALF THE TIME AS ME.

AND THEY'RE MAKING OVER A DOLLAR AN HOUR MORE THAN I'M MAKING.

AND WHAT WE'RE TOLD IS THAT'S BECAUSE WE GET TO 230 DAYS OR 248 TO IT'S THE SAME.

THEY GET PAID LESS ALSO.

AND I DON'T FEEL THAT THAT'S FAIR BECAUSE IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE THAT MY TIME IS LESS VALUABLE, THE TIME THAT I'M SPENT WORKING.

AND SO, YEAH, SO WE JUST ASK THAT WE GET IT JUST TO MAKE IT FAIR.

AND THE OTHER THING ALSO ABOUT THE 230, SO I'M NOT A LEAD DRIVER AND I HAVE A ROUTE JUST LIKE THE DRIVERS THAT ARE GETTING PAID MORE THAN I DO.

AND THE LEAD DRIVERS, THEY DON'T HAVE A ROUTE, BUT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO JUMP ON A BUS AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE AND DRIVE IN THE DARK TO SUB FOR DRIVERS THAT DIDN'T SHOW UP. AND SO I THINK THAT THEIR JOB IS EVEN HARDER AND THEY DEFINITELY NEED TO BE COMPENSATED FOR IT.

AND IT ALSO SEEMS LIKE BECAUSE WORKING THERE FOR 12 YEARS, AS FAR AS THE 230S GO, I'M A NEWBIE.

AND SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE FOCUS IS MORE ON HIRING NEW DRIVERS RATHER THAN KEEPING THE VETERAN DRIVERS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.

AND THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER THING THAT I WISH, THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

THERE ISN'T TRANSPARENCY IN OUR PAY.

SO THERE'S A THING THAT WHATEVER JOB THAT YOU'VE HAD BEFORE YOU WERE HIRED, YOU GET CREDIT, YEARS CREDIT, AND YOU GET A HALF A CREDIT FOR THIS JOB OR THAT JOB.

AND I KNOW THAT MINE IT SHOWS THAT I'VE NEVER WORKED BEFORE HAYS WHICH IS NOT TRUE.

SO SOME PEOPLE ARE GETTING PAID MORE BECAUSE OF THAT.

AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S A TRICK.

AND I DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE A TRICK OR A LOOPHOLE LIKE.

IT JUST I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE.

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LIKE THIS IS WHEN YOU'RE HIRED OR MAYBE H.R., YOU KNOW, EXPLAIN IT TO YOU, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE GETTING PAID WAY MORE THAN US JUST BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, FOR ANY JOB THAT THEY HAD, JUST BECAUSE THEY KNOW ABOUT IT.

SO THAT'S REALLY ALL THAT I WANTED TO SAY.

BUT THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. FRENCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER TONIGHT IS ALMA.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE TONIGHT AND TALK TO YOU.

I'VE BEEN A BUS DRIVER SINCE 2006.

I GOT MY DRIVER'S LICENSE IN SAN MARCOS CISD, AND I ALSO WORK AT TEXAS PREPARATORY SCHOOL IN SAN MARCOS, TEXAS.

AND THEN I CAME TO DRIVE HERE TO HAYS.

AND RIGHT NOW, MY CONCERN IS ABOUT THE 6 HOURS, 8 HOURS.

I WAS PART OF THE TLC, AND I HAD TO GET OUT OF THERE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS BEHIND.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR AGENDA IS, BUT I'M NOT WITH THAT OK.

I AM NOT WITH A GROUP.

IF YOU ARE NOT FOR THE WORKER, I WILL NOT BE WITH YOU BECAUSE I AM A FEARING GOD WOMAN AND I WILL DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS TRUE AND WHAT IS OF GOOD NAME.

MR. WRIGHT, I WAS NOT AGREE WITH THE 6 HOURS YOU WENT AND VISITED US AND YOU SAY THAT WE WANTED THE 6 HOURS.

I WAS NOT AGREEING THAT AND I DID TALK TO THE TLC ABOUT IT AND THEY SAY NO, THAT DRIVERS AND MONITORS ARE THE SAME.

I WANT TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT WE ARE NOT THE SAME.

WE AS DRIVERS HAVE A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY IN OUR ARMS. WE HAVE ALL THE CHILDREN OF ALL THE PARENTS.

I'M SPEAKING AS A MOTHER, TOO.

I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS IN HIGH SCHOOL, ONE IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND ONE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN, TWO IN COLLEGE RIGHT NOW.

SO RIGHT NOW, I'M TELLING YOU THAT WE ARE NOT THE SAME.

MONITORS THEY DESERVE THE 6 HOURS AND A RAISE.

BUT WE AS PARENTS AND ARE BUS DRIVERS, WE HAVE LOTS OF RESPONSIBILITY.

I DO A LOT OF FIELD TRIPS GOING AWAY FROM TOWN, YOU KNOW, GOING TO AUSTIN, GOING TO SAN ANTONIO, GOING DIFFERENT PLACES.

AND, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS WANT TO BRING THOSE CHILDREN SAFE BACK TO THEIR PARENTS.

OKAY. SO WE'RE NOT THE SAME.

WE DESERVE THE 8 HOURS, ALL THE DRIVERS.

AND MONITORS ALSO, DESERVE THEIR 6 HOURS OR PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.

WE HAVE A LOT OF RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE DRIVER.

ANYTHING IS GOING TO BE MY FAULT IF SOMEONE HITS THE BUS IT'S GOING TO BE MY FAULT.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMEONE ELSE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS THE AGENDA BEHIND THE TLC, BUT I'M HERE TALKING FROM EXPERIENCE THAT I WILL NOT I WILL NOT FOLLOW WHAT IS NOT RIGHT.

SO THAT'S WHY I DECIDE TO GET OUT OF THE TLC.

AND ON BEHALF OF THE MONITORS, THEY ALSO DO A LOT THEY HAVE TO CARRY THEIR I ALSO WAS A SPECIAL NEED DRIVER FOR A YEAR BUT I HAD TO GET OUT OF THERE BECAUSE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS AND I DECIDE TO TAKE TO GET THE BIG BUS.

RIGHT NOW, I HAVE 16 ELEMENTARY STUDENTS THAT I TAKE HOME AND ALSO I HAVE LIKE 40 SOMETHING HIGH SCHOOL.

I DRIVE A LONG WAY TO GET TO JOHNSON FROM CAMINO REAL.

AND LET ME TELL YOU, THERE'S MANY TIMES THAT TRUCK DRIVERS ALMOST HIT US.

PLEASE REMEMBER, WE'RE ALSO PARENTS AND WE'RE ALSO WORKERS.

WE CARE. I CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

I CARE FOR MY COWORKERS, TOO.

SO YOU'RE PAYING VERY LOW RIGHT NOW AND YOU WANT TO TAKE AWAY HOURS.

I'M SORRY. THERE'S MANY, MANY DRIVERS IN THE DISTRICT AND THE TRANSPORTATION RIGHT NOW THAT THEY SAY FOR THE NEXT YEAR IF YOU CUT THE 8 HOURS, THEY'RE GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

I KNOW SAN MARCOS ALSO GETS PRETTY GOOD.

PRETTY GOOD. HOW DO YOU CALL IT BONUS ON CHRISTMAS.

BECAUSE I HAVE PEOPLE THAT WORKS THERE.

AND WE I MEAN, YOU ALL ARE MAKING ALL THESE BUILDINGS, YOU'RE BUYING ALL THESE BUSSES, AND YOU MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL.

BUT WE ARE THE ONES THAT TAKE THE KIDS TO THEIR SCHOOL.

PLEASE. THINK ON THIS, WE DO TAKE CARE OF ALL THOSE CHILDREN.

AND I'M SPEAKING AS A MOTHER, AS A COWORKER, AND AS A, I DON'T KNOW, FEARING GOD WOMAN SO REMEMBER THIS, ALL OF YOU THAT IS SITTING HERE AND ON THE BACK TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS REQUIRED.

THAT'S WHY I WAS NOT ABLE TO BE A PART OF THE TLC, BECAUSE I LIKE TO DO THINGS RIGHT AND ORDER THE WAY GOD WANTS US TO DO IT.

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OUR FINAL SPEAKER TONIGHT IS RASPBERRY SALAZAR.

I WANT TO THANK MS. MERIDETH KELLER FOR PROTECTING ALL THE STUDENTS AND PUTTING STUDENTS IN FRONT OF HERSELF.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING FOR THE DISTRICT AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU SO MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, RASPBERRY.

AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS HERE TONIGHT.

WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT ON COMPENSATION.

SO IF YOU WANT TO STICK AROUND AND WAIT FOR THAT, YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO THAT.

ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT, WHICH WE HAD LAST WEEK.

[J. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT]

OKAY. THEN AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME RECOGNIZING MERIDETH KELLER FOR HER 12 YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE HAYS CISD SCHOOL BOARD.

[K. RECOGNITION OF MERIDETH KELLER FOR HER SERVICE TO HAYS CISD]

WRIGHT AND TIM SAVOY.

I HAVE SOME REMARKS.

AND IF THE TEAM IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING, YOU ARE WELCOME TO DO SO AS WELL.

SO WE'LL SPEND A LITTLE TIME DOING MERIDETH KELLER'S FAVORITE THING IN THE WORLD, BEING HONORED AND RECOGNIZED.

[LAUGHTER] WELL, WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE PLAQUES.

FOR 12 YEARS, WE'VE HEARD THAT.

SO WE DIDN'T GET YOU A PLAQUE.

WE DID NOT GET YOU A PLAQUE.

WE GOT YOU THE NEXT BEST THING.

AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND GET IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO SEE ME WALKING UP HERE WITH IT.

THE SUSPENSE BUILDS AS MR. SAVOY GOES TO THE BACK TO GET MRS. KELLER'S [INAUDIBLE]. YES, GO AROUND THERE.

WE DIDN'T GET YOU A PLAQUE BECAUSE WE GOT YOU A WALL POSTER OF A PLAQUE.

[LAUGHTER] AND SO AT THIS TIME, DR. WRIGHT WILL PRESENT THE WALL POSTER OF A PLAQUE TO MS..

KELLER. YEAH, THIS IS SO COOL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE MERIDETH PRIDES HERSELF IN HAVING A WONDERFUL SENSE OF HUMOR, WHICH SHE DOES.

YOU ARE LIKE. YOU ARE, LIKE, REALLY FUNNY.

AND YEAH.

SO ANYWAY, THIS WALL POSTER THAT SHE GETS TO HANG IN HER HOUSE OR WHEREVER, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO, BUT IT SAYS SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE 2010 TO 2022.

BOARD PRESIDENT 2015, 16, 17, 18, 19.

VICE PRESIDENT 2012 2013.

SECRETARY 2011, 2012 AND THEN AGAIN IN 2021 AND 22.

IN APPRECIATION FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE AS A BOARD MEMBER AND FOR THE HAYS CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

YOU HAVE BEEN AN UNSELFISH AND TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR HAYS CISD STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES.

OUR BEST WISHES AND HEARTFELT ADMIRATION ACCOMPANY THIS EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE.

WELL THANK YOU . [APPLAUSE] WE ALSO KNOW THAT YOU DIDN'T WANT A BOWL, SO WE GOT YOU ONE ANYWAY.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE. JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF THESE BOWLS.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF THEM. SO WE'RE DOWN TO LIKE SEVEN OF THEM.

BUT IT'S TAKEN AWHILE ANYWAY.

DOES IT SAY [INAUDIBLE] NAME ON IT? IT MIGHT SAY SOMEBODY ELSE'S NAME, SO DON'T PEEL OFF THE MASKING TAPE.

BUT WE DIDN'T JUST GET YOU A BOWL BECAUSE TRUSTEE OROSCO SAID WE CAN'T JUST GET A BOWL.

PRESIDENT PETREA SAID, YOU CAN'T JUST GET A BOWL.

WE HAD TO GET A BOWL FILLED WITH COOKIES IT SAYS YES.

THAT'S SO GREAT. SO WE COULDN'T GIVE HER JUST A BOWL THAT WAS EMPTY.

SO SHE LIKES TO THINK SHE'S THE FUNNIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD.

I DO.

YES. SO WE MADE SURE TO GET, YOU WANT TO HOLD ONE UP? YES. AND WHAT DOES IT SAY, MERIDETH?

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THIS IS THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD.

YOU GUYS ARE THE GREATEST.

[LAUGHTER] SO WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT BOWL.

I KNOW MS. PETREA IS GOING TO TALK FIRST, AND THEN I'LL SAY SOME REMARKS AFTER MS. PETREA. WELL, AND IF YOU WANT TO GO LAST, MRS. OROSCO, YOU CAN, BECAUSE I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE WILL HAVE SOME WORDS.

SO, MERIDETH, YOUR SERVICE TO THIS DISTRICT AND TO OUR BOARD IS UNMATCHED.

DURING THE 12 YEARS OF SERVICE ON THIS BOARD, YOU HAVE NOT RELENTED FOR EVEN 1 SECOND ON THE MISSION TO PUT THE EDUCATION OF KIDS FIRST.

YOU'VE LAID AN INCREDIBLE FOUNDATION FOR WHAT BOARD SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE.

WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU COULD HAVE REMAINED PRESIDENT FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, BUT INSTEAD YOU MADE IT YOUR MISSION TO RAISE UP LEADERS AND BUILD LEADERSHIP CAPACITY FOR OUR BOARD SUSTAINABILITY AND FOR THE DISTRICT'S LONGEVITY.

GOOD LEADERS LEAD.

GREAT LEADERS RAISE UP OTHER LEADERS.

YES. SHE DESERVES THAT.

YES. [APPLAUSE] YOUR TIME ON THE BOARD HAS NOT BEEN EASY.

OUR DISTRICT HAS FACED MANY CHALLENGES AND CONTROVERSIES DURING YOUR TIME ON THIS BOARD.

HOWEVER, YOU HAVE ALWAYS REMAINED PLUGGED INTO THE COMMUNITY LISTENING, CARING ABOUT THINGS, WORKING DILIGENTLY TO CREATE THE BEST PATH FORWARD.

YES. AND YOU'VE DONE THAT BY PUTTING THE EDUCATION OF KIDS FIRST AND CARING ABOUT THE MORALE OF OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF.

I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MENTORING ME FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS.

I FEEL CONFIDENT HAYS CISD WOULD WILL NEVER HAVE A BOARD MEMBER LIKE YOU, BUT WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO FOLLOW YOUR EXAMPLE.

WE WILL ASK HARD QUESTIONS.

WE WILL HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE.

WE WILL DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE, AND WE WILL DIG IN WHEN THINGS GET HARD.

MOST OF ALL, WE'LL STAY FOCUSED ON OUR MISSION AND NOT GET MIRED IN THE MINUTIA.

MERIDETH, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE BAZILLION HOURS YOU HAVE PUT IN CARING ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND GUIDING OUR ADMINISTRATION.

WE KNOW THAT YOU AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE, SO DON'T CHANGE YOUR PHONE NUMBER ANY TIME SOON.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU, MERIDETH KELLER.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, COURTNEY, YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS? WE'LL JUST GO AROUND THE HORN HERE.

SO THIS IS HARD.

AS A NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER YOU HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO ME.

I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST MET HER OR WHAT, A LONG TIME AGO, SHE SAID, AND I WALKED UP TO HER TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO HER AND SHE GOES, OH, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

AND I SAID, OH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING.

AND SHE GOES, WELL, YOU CARE ABOUT KIDS, AND IF YOU CARE ABOUT KIDS, THEN I LIKE YOU.

AND SO FROM THEN ON, THAT'S JUST WHAT IT WAS WITH HER.

AND WHEN I DECIDED TO RUN FOR SCHOOL BOARD, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE SAID TO ME IS SHE SAID, LISTEN, WE IF YOU DON'T FEEL AFRAID TO COME AFTER US, YOU ALWAYS BE TRUE TO YOURSELF AND ALWAYS STAND UP FOR EVERYTHING.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SHE'S DONE.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HOLD US TO THE FIRE AND YOU'LL BE WATCHING EVERY BOARD MEETING.

I JUST KNOW IT. SHE WILL.

SHE WILL. BUT NO, SERIOUSLY, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO LIVE UP TO YOUR SHOES.

BUT I KNOW THAT WE ARE BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU.

AND THIS DISTRICT IS.

AND I WILL CONTINUE TO LEAN ON YOU FOR ADVICE.

SO THANK YOU. THAT WAS SO NICE.

[APPLAUSE] YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

AN OPPORTUNITY TO EMBARRASS MERIDETH IS AMAZING.

SHE'S JUST AMAZING.

I'VE LOST TRACK OF HOW LONG WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER.

A LONG TIME. AND I JUST.

YOU KNOW. YOU SET THE BAR HIGH AS A BOARD MEMBER, AND YOU ENCOURAGED ME A LONG TIME AGO TO NOT ONLY GET INVOLVED, BUT TO ALWAYS STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DID.

AND YOU'RE AN INSPIRATION, AND IT PROBABLY EMBARRASSES YOU FOR ME TO SAY THAT BUT YOU ARE.

SO I KNOW THAT WE'LL BE OKAY AS A BOARD, BUT I KNOW THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE TAUGHT US WELL, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAYS AHEAD AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.

YOU KNOW, I WROTE A NOTE TO THAT.

I'LL GIVE YOU LATER JUST A LITTLE THANK YOU.

BUT IN THERE, I SAID YOU STARTED THE TURNAROUND.

AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT, ABOUT WHEN THINGS WERE JUST SO BAD IN THIS DISTRICT MERIDETH WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO STEP INTO THE FIRE AND SAY, WE'RE GOING TO FIX THIS.

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AND I KNOW YOU JUST WANT TO WHATEVER.

IT'S ALL. IT'S HARD.

I KNOW. BUT WE ALL LOVE YOU, AND WE'RE.

I WAS HONORED TO SERVE WITH YOU.

AND I KNOW THAT WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO DO WELL BECAUSE OF YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. NO. YOU HAVE TO STAY. DON'T LEAVE YET.

IT'S NOT OVER.

OKAY, WELL, MINE WILL BE SHORT AND SWEET.

I GOT TO KNOW MERIDETH BACK IN DECEMBER.

YEAH, IT'S ONLY BEEN A LITTLE WHILE.

SO [INAUDIBLE].

BUT I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM HER.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO FORGET HER NUMBER, THAT'S FOR SURE, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO KEEP BUGGING HER, BECAUSE HER LEADERSHIP HAS MEANT SO MUCH TO ME OVER THE COURSE OF THESE FEW MONTHS. AND BECAUSE OF HER AND SEVERAL OTHERS, I WILL CONTINUE IN THIS PARTICULAR ROLE EXCUSE ME FOR UNTIL 2023.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE, FOR LISTENING TO ME, BECAUSE I HAD LOTS OF QUESTIONS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW A LOT OF THINGS AS FAR AS SCHOOL BOARD.

I'VE LEARNED A LOT.

SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

CONTINUE TO TOUCH PEOPLE'S LIVES AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO YOU JUSTICE BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH TOO FOR EVERYONE HERE.

THANK YOU. LOVE YOU.

THAT'S IT. [APPLAUSE] I KNOW.

I'M GOING TO SERENADE YOU NOW.

I HAVE NO SPEECH WRITTEN.

I JUST WANT TO THANK MERIDETH.

MERIDETH AND I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR OVER 15 YEARS OR SO.

AND MERIDETH IS THE ONE WHO ALWAYS EPITOMIZED STAND UP FOR SOMETHING OR FALL FOR ANYTHING.

HER TENACITY, HER PASSION HAVE MEANT THE WORLD TO ME.

SHE HAS BEEN NOT ONLY A FRIEND TO THE FAMILY AND OUR BEST FRIEND, BUT ALSO A MENTOR, A TRUE LEADER, SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT YOU PUT EGO TO THE SIDE AND IT'S ABOUT KIDS.

THAT WAS THE MORAL IMPERATIVE THAT SHE LED BY AND CONTINUES TO THIS DAY TO BE TRUE TO YOU.

SO I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT MERIDETH, AND I AM FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE TO HER BECAUSE SHE WILL ALWAYS BE AT MY SIDE THROUGH THICK AND THIN, THROUGH EVERYTHING.

WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A LOT TOGETHER AND THERE IS NO ONE ELSE THAT I WOULD RATHER GO THROUGH ALL THIS BUT MERIDETH KELLER.

SO LOVE YOU.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. WELL, HOLD ON.

I DIDN'T GET TO FINISH WITH MY WORDS, SO I WAITED PATIENTLY TILL THE END.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

AND MY MENTOR ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT YOU SHOULD ALWAYS LEAVE AN ORGANIZATION BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT.

AND YOU DEFINITELY HAVE.

AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS PUT KIDS FIRST.

AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS CHALLENGED THE STATUS QUO, WHICH I LOVE.

AND YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE BAR UP HERE, AND USUALLY YOU'RE ALWAYS THREE STEPS AHEAD OF WHERE I AM.

AND THEN I HAVE TO TAKE JUST A MINUTE TO CATCH UP, BUT THEN I FINALLY GET THERE.

BUT YOU NOT ONLY CHALLENGED ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS, YOU'VE CHALLENGED ME AND YOU'VE CHALLENGED OUR TEAM.

AND SO JUST A LOT OF VALUE ADD AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU.

SO THANK YOU. OKAY.

[APPLAUSE] WE'RE GOING TO DO A GROUP PHOTO, EVERYONE.

WE DON'T LET HER TALK.

WHAT? YEAH.

NO, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH NOW THAT I HAVE THE MICROPHONE SETTLE IN.

I DID A LITTLE BIT OF MATH, SO I GOT ON THE BOARD IN MAY OF 2010.

AND BETWEEN MAY OF 2010 AND MAY OF 2013, I SAID 132,812 WORDS BECAUSE I WENT BACK AND WATCHED THE VIDEOS.

FROM 14 MAY OF 2014 TO NOW TO TODAY WAS 1.5 MILLION ISH SO IN TOTAL IN MY TIME AND WILL YOU'RE GOING TO MISS IT, YOU'RE GOING TO MISS IT 1,716,214 WORDS FOR HAYS CISD AND EVERY ONE OF THEM MATTERS TO ME.

AND I KNOW IT WAS REALLY, REALLY TIRING.

[01:05:02]

I'M JUST GOING TO. [LAUGHTER] SO WHAT ABOUT AIR TRAVEL? YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME AIR TRAVEL.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. WHO'S GOT JOKES? I WANT TO DO THAT ALL DAY.

BUT WHAT YOU GUYS DO HERE IS NOT A JOKE, RIGHT? EVERYTHING HERE MATTERS SO MUCH.

AND I'M GLAD ALL OF YOU ALL ARE STAYING, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE COMPENSATION AND THE EDUCATION OF KIDS.

AND AS LONG AS THAT'S OUR TRUE NORTH, THEN WE'LL ALWAYS LAND WHERE WE NEED TO BY LISTENING AND TALKING AND HEARING EACH OTHER.

I HAVE REALLY FUNNY THINGS TO SAY ABOUT ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATION, REALLY.

I MEAN, I BUT I'M GOING TO SAY THOSE THINGS PRIVATELY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS SETTING.

[LAUGHTER] BUT I APPRECIATE THIS TEAM.

I APPRECIATE THIS BOARD WHO ARE THIS IS AMAZING.

I ONLY FELT LIKE I DIDN'T HAVE TO RUN AGAIN BECAUSE OF THIS ADMINISTRATION TEAM AND THESE BOARD MEMBERS.

I FEEL SECURE THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY.

NOT ONLY IS IT GOING TO BE OKAY, IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER TOMORROW THAN IT IS TODAY.

I PROMISE YOU THAT THIS TEAM IS AWESOME.

IT'S HAYS CISD FOREVER.

IT'S 100% HAYS CISD IN MY HEART.

I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME THAT YOU HAVE ALLOWED ME TO SHARE WITH YOU.

OVER ALL THESE YEARS.

THE SUPPORT HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL AND I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.

IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I HAVE EVER DONE OUTSIDE OF MY FAMILY, FOR SURE, BECAUSE THIS IS MY FAMILY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALSO A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT HER PHONE NUMBER.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL GOING TO BE ON OUR WEBSITE IN THE ARCHIVES.

[LAUGHTER] SO IF YOU EVER WANT TO CALL HER JUST GOOGLE IT.

YES, I HAD TO WRITE AND PRACTICE MY SPEECH OR I WOULD HAVE BEEN BAWLING AND NOT ABLE TO DO THAT.

OK.

THANK YOU, MERIDETH KELLER.

WE'RE GOING TO GET TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS NOW.

[L. CONSENT AGENDA]

I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

YES. MRS. KELLER. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

MOVED BY MRS. KELLER, SECONDED BY MRS. OROSCO. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 6 0.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE HAVE ACTION ITEMS FOR TONIGHT.

[N.1. Consideration and possible approval of resolution regarding compensation of staff affected by the fire at Johnson High School]

THIS IS ON PAGE 40.

WE HAVE A RESOLUTION HERE ABOUT THE STAFF AFFECTED BY THE FIRE AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL.

PAGE 40.

ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MRS. KELLER. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE RESOLUTION REGARDING COMPENSATION OF STAFF AFFECTED BY THE FIRE AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL ON MARCH 24, 2022 AS PRESENTED.

MOVED BY MRS. KELLER, SECONDED BY MR. MCMANUS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 6 0.

[01:10:02]

[N.2. Consideration and possible approval of 2021-2022 Compensation Plan Amendments]

MEDINA. I HAVE A FEELING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A SUMMARY HERE.

ABOUT SOME POSITIONS.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK.

WE'VE CHANGED THIS UP A BIT.

YOU'LL SEE ON THE A DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEM.

SO I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

MRS. KELLER. OKAY, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS.

FIRST, THE COMPENSATION PLAN THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TRULY JUST ABOUT THE FOCUS CAMPUS RECRUITING AND RETENTION INCENTIVE, FOLLOWED THEN BY THE CORE CONTENT AREAS AND ALL TEACHER AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 61, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S HIGHLIGHTED. SO I THINK THAT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE WANTING TO TALK ABOUT IS NOT RELATED TO THIS AGENDA ITEM, BUT THE ONE LATER.

RIGHT. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WE TALKED ABOUT THESE TWO THINGS LAST WEEK AND ASK THAT DR.

MEDINA BREAK UP WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THEN AND PROVIDE TO US HERE.

SO I'M PREPARED TO MAKE THAT MOTION UNLESS THERE'S OTHER DISCUSSION.

PERFECT. NOPE, I DON'T THINK SO.

ANYBODY? ALL RIGHT.

I MOVE THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE 21-22 COMPENSATION PLAN AS PRESENTED.

ALL RIGHT, MOVED BY MRS. KELLER, SECONDED BY MRS. OROSCO. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES 6 0.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF EARLY RELEASE POSITIONS.

[N.3. Consideration and possible approval of early release of new allocations, reclassification(s), stipends and custodial pay to be included in the 2022-2023 compensation plan]

ALL RIGHT, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.

NO QUESTIONS. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE.

OKAY. LET'S TALK ABOUT ON THE MARIACHI ASSISTANT DIRECTOR STIPEND.

TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS. REMIND ME THIS IS NOT A NEW POSITION, RIGHT? WE ARE REPURPOSING A POSITION.

TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT. YES.

TRUSTEE PETREA THAT THIS IS WE CURRENTLY HAVE A POSITION OF IT WAS AN UNUSED ALLOCATION IN IT WAS AN ASSISTANT BAND DIRECTOR.

IT WAS A FOURTH BAND DIRECTOR THAT WAS NOT CURRENTLY BEING UTILIZED IN FINE ARTS THAT WE ARE REPURPOSING IN FINE ARTS, BUT AS AN ASSISTANT MARIACHI DIRECTOR.

AND SO THE ONLY ASK TONIGHT IS TO PROVIDE THE STIPEND OF 8,000 DOLLARS IN MOVING FORWARD AS WE STAFF FOR THIS POSITION.

AND I DO KNOW THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME FOLKS IN FINE ARTS THAT THERE ARE OTHER NEEDS IN FINE ARTS FOR ASSISTANT DIRECTORS AND THEY DON'T HAVE THEM.

AND SO TALK TO ME ABOUT WHY MARIACHI WARRANTS HAVING AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WHERE CHOIR MAY NOT OR THEATER MAY NOT OR BAND AT THIS POINT MAY NOT AT LEHMAN. CERTAINLY.

I'D LIKE TO SHARE A FEW THINGS IN TERMS OF WHAT I'VE OBSERVED.

I'VE ALSO, IF I CAN ALSO HAVE MS. MORENO COME UP TO THE PODIUM, IF THAT'S OKAY, DR.

WRIGHT. I KNOW SHE HAD A FEW COMMENTS THERE.

WE DO KNOW THAT THE MARIACHI PROGRAM, ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE UNIQUE, AND MARIACHI PROGRAM IS NO EXCEPTION.

TYPICALLY A MARIACHI PROGRAM AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF DESIRE FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE PERFORMANCES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE OF EVEN THE NORMAL SCHOOL CALENDAR.

WE MIGHT HAVE THE MARIACHI AT A MOTHER'S DAY EVENT ON A WEEKEND AND MAY HAVE IN THE EVENINGS MAY HAVE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SUMMER OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS, OVER THANKSGIVING. IT'S JUST PART OF THE CULTURE, PART OF THE TRADITION OF HAVING THE MARIACHI PROGRAM THERE.

AND TO HAVE ONE DIRECTOR, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING THOSE WHILE IT'S BEEN MANAGEABLE WE KNOW THAT IT'S HARD ATTRACTING AND RETAINING JUST ONE DIRECTOR IN THAT PROGRAM.

AND WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD FOR SUPPORT IN PROVIDING THIS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TO SUPPORT THOSE DIFFERENT KINDS OF EVENTS.

AND, PATTY, YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD DR.

WRIGHT. SO AS A FINE ARTS DIRECTOR, I WANT ALL OF MY PROGRAMS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

I WANT ALL THE CAMPUSES TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO YOU KNOW IT'S HARD TO BE A SINGLETON HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTOR OF A CHOIR, OF A MARIACHI, OF AN ORCHESTRA, OF A THEATER.

WHEN YOU'RE A SINGLETON, YOU'RE THE ONE PERSON AND YOU'RE TAKING FIVE ENSEMBLES TO CONTEST.

[01:15:05]

I HAVE A VISION EVENTUALLY.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT NUMBERS, BUT I'M ALSO LOOKING AT QUALITY AND I'M ALSO LOOKING AT THE PROGRAM AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROGRAM.

SO IT'S JUST IT'S DIFFICULT.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO FOR ONE, YOU WANT TO DO FOR OTHERS.

SO WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN.

WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THINGS OUT TO HAVE EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAMS FOR EVERYONE.

SO, YES, WE YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, MR. PETREA. I'M SORRY.

THE NUMBERS ARE SIMILAR ACROSS THOSE AREAS THAT YOU ASKED.

WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE I MEAN, AND I LOVE MARIACHI.

I LOVE MARIACHI AND I LOVE THEY DO COME TO A LOT OF COMMUNITY EVENTS.

IT'S AWESOME. IS IT ANY MORE OR THAN CHOIR DURING CRAZY CHOIR SEASON? AND MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.

I JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND AS A BOARD MEMBER, WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT MARIACHI.

SO IT'S HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE DOING MORE PERFORMANCES YEAR ROUND, MAYBE, AS OPPOSED TO JUST UIL SEASON OR JUST CONCERT SEASON OR WHAT HAVE YOU. AND I'LL BE GLAD TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION IN DETAIL A WRITE UP.

OKAY, PERFECT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM TEAM? MRS. OROSCO. YES.

AND CAN YOU PROVIDE THE NUMBERS FOR THOSE PROGRAMS WHEN YOU DO THAT WRITE UP TO SEE WHAT THAT COMPARISON IS.

AND ALSO, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY SOME OF OUR TRANSPORTATION FOLKS THAT TALKED THEY TALKED ABOUT A POSSIBLE STIPEND FOR A LEAD DRIVER.

HAVE WE EVER EXPLORED THAT? DO WE DO IT? HAVE WE EXPLORED IT? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? YES. AND WE DO.

WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE ROLLED IN WHAT WAS A STIPEND.

I UNDERSTAND MS. SEDILLO MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY IN TERMS OF HOW THAT WAS DONE, BUT WE ROLLED INTO THEIR BASE PAY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY BETTER FOR THEM AND WHAT WAS ONCE A STIPEND.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW THE WHOLE HISTORY OF HOW THAT CAME TO BE, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS A PREFERENCE AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE NOW COMING IN MAY NOT HAVE THAT HISTORY OF HOW THAT COMPENSATION WAS ROLLED IN.

BUT I CAN DO A LITTLE RESEARCH AND SEND THE BOARD AN UPDATE IF YOU'D LIKE, TRUSTEE OROSCO.

YES, YOU CAN GIVE US A SUMMARY OF THAT AND LET US KNOW HOW THAT HAS WORKED OUT.

AND OF COURSE, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT LEAD DRIVER, HOW DOES THAT DIFFER FROM DRIVER? RIGHT. AND OF COURSE, WE WANT TO INCREASE PAY FOR ALL OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND I KNOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AT A DIFFERENT TIME.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT STIPENDS.

SO I DO WANT TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE LEAD DRIVER'S STIPEND, HOW IT WAS TAKEN AWAY AND ROLLED INTO BASE.

IF YOU CAN GIVE ME THAT INFORMATION, THAT WOULD BE DEFINITELY HELPFUL TO LOOK AT.

OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE, MRS. KELLER.

YES. THE FIRST THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT RANDY RAU TRIED TO TELL ME THAT EVERYTHING IS BUDGET NEUTRAL.

AND AT ONE POINT, RANDY USED TO BE SCARED OF ME.

AND IT'S CLEAR HE IS NOT ANY LONGER BECAUSE HE KEEPS SAYING THINGS ARE BUDGET NEUTRAL TO ME WHEN HE KNOWS THAT I DO NOT LIKE IT.

BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU ADJUSTING THAT ON THIS PAGE TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCE, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARDS TO THE COMPENSATION COORDINATOR AND ADMINISTRATOR ROLES THERE.

BUT SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS THAT WE'RE JUST EARLY RELEASING THESE FEW THINGS, RIGHT? AND THEN LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ARE HIRING FOR THESE POSITIONS AND THIS IS WHAT THE SALARY WILL BE FOR NEXT YEAR.

THAT'S EXACTLY CORRECT.

SO WE ARE ALL GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT COMPENSATION, AND THAT'S COMING UP ON OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

SO WE'LL HAVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT.

THE THE STIPENDS FOR LIKE WHAT WHEN YOU BROUGHT UP ABOUT MARIACHI AND THEN OF COURSE TO MRS. PETREA'S POINT, EVERYBODY DOES A LOT.

RIGHT? EVERYBODY FEELS THE BURDEN OF THAT ALL THE TIME.

SO IT'S NEVER GOING TO REALLY FEEL FAIR, IT'S NEVER GOING TO REALLY FEEL EQUITABLE.

AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FEEL LESS VALUED THAN OTHERS THAT ARE RECEIVING A STIPEND THAT THEY THINK THEY, TOO, SHOULD GET.

BUT WHAT I REALLY WANT IS FOR THE MONEY TO FOLLOW KIDS.

[01:20:03]

AND IT SUPPORTS, AS MS. MORENO SAID, HAVING THE SUPPORT FROM BOTH THE DIRECTORS, THE ASSISTANT AND THE LEAD DIRECTOR, SUPPORTING KIDS IN ALL OF THESE PERFORMANCES AND ENSURING THAT WE DON'T HOPEFULLY SAY NO TO THE OPPORTUNITIES TO PERFORM BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.

I KNOW THAT WHEN THE LAST DIRECTOR OF THE MARIACHI LEFT, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH HER ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS, AND WHAT CONSTANTLY CAME UP WAS THE DEMAND OF PERFORMANCES AND AND HER, WHILE SHE HAD THE DESIRE TO BE AT EVERYTHING, SHE COULDN'T BE AT EVERYTHING.

AND I KNOW THAT SHE FELT AN INCREDIBLE SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND PRESSURE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO BE AT ALL PLACES, AT ALL TIMES.

AND SO THIS WILL ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO BE THERE, IF NOT SUPPORTED BY THE HEAD DIRECTOR, BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AS WELL.

OKAY. SO I BELIEVE THAT TO BE TRUE BECAUSE THEY ARE AWESOME AND THEY ARE EVERYWHERE AND WE WANT THEM TO KEEP BEING AWESOME AND WE WANT THEM TO KEEP BEING EVERYWHERE.

BUT I DO KNOW THAT ONCE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THINGS LIKE THIS, WE'RE GOING TO START HEARING ALL OF THE OTHER CONVERSATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE WHAT ABOUTS.

RIGHT? SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TALK AND THEN THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT GENERAL COMPENSATION.

BUT BEFORE THE COMP PLAN COMES TO THIS TEAM IN MAY OR JUNE, WHENEVER IT IS THAT YOU DO IT, I THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE, I THINK INFORMATION SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO THIS TEAM SO THAT THEY CAN READILY SPEAK TO THE NUMBERS OF KIDS AND ALL OF THAT.

BECAUSE I PROMISE YOU, AS SOON AS WE VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT ALL THE OTHER THINGS.

SO PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE WELL VERSED ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

SO I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE HAS QUESTIONS.

I JUST HAD ONE MORE COMMENT AND SOMEBODY BROUGHT THIS UP IN PUBLIC FORUM.

SO DR.

MEDINA, ON THE COMPENSATION CALCULATION ALGORITHM SITUATION YOU'VE GOT ON HERE, WE'RE HIRING FOR A COMPENSATION COORDINATOR NOW.

WE'RE ELEVATING THAT TO AN ADMINISTRATOR FOR THAT EXACT REASON TO ADDRESS THAT EXACT ISSUE AND TO AUDIT ALL COMPENSATION.

SO DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT WHILE YOU HAVE A MINUTE? YES. SO WE ACTUALLY ENGAGED IN BENCHMARKING ACROSS DISTRICTS TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING TO BE THAT SWEET SPOT IN TERMS OF SALARY.

WHENEVER THE BOARD ADOPTS ITS COMPENSATION PLAN, WE THIS PERSON IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTUALLY ADMINISTERING, ROLLING OUT, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT WE GET FROM PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR SALARY WAS AFFECTED, QUESTIONS THAT COME UP EVEN HISTORICALLY, MAYBE I WAS YOU HEARD IT THIS EVENING.

WAS I COMPENSATED CORRECTLY FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AND TRYING TO APPROACH COMPENSATION VERY CONSISTENTLY? AND I KNOW THAT WITHIN THIS DEPARTMENT WE HAVE SEEN SOME TURNOVER.

AND I THINK THAT HAVING AN ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES AND PUTTING SOME DOCUMENTS AND PRACTICES INTO PLACE, I THINK IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY CRITICAL.

AND SO I'M HOPING TO TO PUT THOSE IN PLACE SO THAT IT STANDS THE TEST OF TIME AND THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND WE HAVE A WONDERFUL COMPENSATION PLAN.

BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN, THE PROCESSES, THE PROCEDURES TO PROVIDE THE CONSISTENCY, THE QUALITY AND THE EQUITY IN THE PLAN AS WELL.

OKAY. SO ONCE THIS IS VOTED ON, YOU'LL BE POSTING THAT POSITION AND IT'LL BE UP.

OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OH, DR. WRIGHT WANTED TO SPEAK TO THIS ONE.

I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, TOO, WHEN WE LOOK AT COMPENSATION, WE DO CONTRACT OUT WITH TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS SO THAT WE CAN GET A MARKET VALUE BASED ON OUR ENROLLMENT AND BASED ON POSITION.

SO WE DO HAVE STIPEND REPORTS.

WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

AND SO THE ONE THAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED IS A MARKET DRIVEN NUMBER.

AND WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THOSE FOR CHOIR, FOR BAND, FOR ATHLETICS, FOR ACADEMICS.

AND SO THAT'S THE MOST FAIR WAY TO DO THIS, IS BECAUSE OTHERWISE, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU LOVE THE MOST, IS WHAT'S GOING TO DRIVE THAT STIPEND.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT HELPS US MAKE A NEUTRAL DECISION IS IT'S BASED ON 6A, AND 5A HIGH SCHOOLS THAT COMPETE IN THE SAME THING.

AND SO WE'LL BE SHARING THAT WITH YOU BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY MEET ON THURSDAY WITH TASB AND THEIR COMPENSATION TEAM.

AND SO WE'LL BRING THOSE NUMBERS BACK TO YOU SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THESE ARE COMING FROM.

AND THEN WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE WITH ALL OF THE OTHER PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT AREAS IN WHICH THEY WORK.

AND LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A SHORTAGE AREA, THEY MAY PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE OR IF THEY FEEL LIKE THOSE ACTIVITIES OR, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, I GUESS ARE MORE PROLIFIC THAN THEN, THAT SOMETIMES DRIVES THE DIFFERENCE IN THOSE

[01:25:06]

ALL RIGHT. AND I'D BE INTERESTED ON HOW TASB DOES THAT IN TERMS OF PARTICIPATION.

I MEAN, SOME 5A HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE DIFFERENT SIZED PROGRAMS. SO AS LONG AS THEY TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, I THINK THAT'S EXCELLENT DATA TO EVALUATE.

OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MRS. KELLER.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE EARLY RELEASE OF NEW ALLOCATIONS, RECLASSIFICATION, STIPEND AND CUSTODIAL PAY TO BE INCLUDED ON THE 22-23 COMPENSATION PLAN.

ALL RIGHT. MOVED BY MRS. KELLER, SECONDED BY MRS. RUNKEL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE ON PAGE 66 CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF A RECOMMENDATION FOR COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR THE 2022

[N.4. Consideration and possible approval of Cost of Living Adjustment for the 2022-2023 school year]

THIS IS AN EXCITING AGENDA ITEM AND I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

MRS. OROSCO.

MR. MEDINA, DR.

MEDINA, I'M SORRY. I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.

I'M EXTREMELY AND I HAVE ALREADY GONE ON THE RECORD SAYING THAT I LOVE THAT WE'RE DOING A 7% INCREASE.

SO THANK YOU, DR.

WRIGHT, FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD.

I JUST WANT TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT I WANT TO LOOK AT THE PAY GRADES, RIGHT.

BECAUSE ON THE PARAPROFESSIONAL COMPENSATION PLAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT PAY GRADE 1, PP1.

SO IT'S IN OUR DAIS, THIS PAPER.

PAGE FIVE.

AND IT SAYS CURRENTLY NO POSITIONS ARE IN THIS PAY GRADE OF 1071.

I APOLOGIZE HERE.

NO PROBLEM. PAGE FIVE.

PAGE 5. OKAY.

I'M WITH YOU. OKAY.

SO IT SAYS ON GRADE PP1.

IT SAYS CURRENTLY NO POSITIONS IN THIS PAY GRADE.

SO NO ONE IS MAKING [INAUDIBLE] OF ANYONE.

THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

OK. BECAUSE THAT WAS REFERENCE IN PUBLIC FORUM THAT SOMEBODY WAS MAKING 1071.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I KNOW WE WORKED REALLY HARD IN MOVING THAT UP AND NOT HAVING ANYBODY BELOW, YOU KNOW, $12 DOLLARS.

I KNOW THAT. AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE CHILD CARE BECAUSE THAT IS SEPARATE.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE THEIR OWN ENTITY AND THEY PAY DIFFERENTLY.

BUT I KNOW THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US AS A BOARD TO HAVE SOME I MEAN, NOW IT'S EVEN MORE DIFFICULT.

BUT HAVING THAT LIVING WAGE RIGHT AND MAKING THOSE EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS AS WELL, BECAUSE WHEN WE DO A 7% OFF THE MIDPOINT, WHICH IS WONDERFUL, THERE MIGHT IT MIGHT CAUSE SOME EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT AND ADDRESSED.

SO HAVE YOU SEEN THAT WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE THOSE EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS? YES. IN ORDER SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE MERIDETH HAS BEEN HERE, YOU KNOW, SHE HAS BEEN HERE THE LONGEST SERVING BOARD MEMBER, FOR EXAMPLE, AND 12 YEARS PLUS.

BUT THEN I COME IN WITH LESS EXPERIENCE.

WE DON'T GET PAID PEOPLE.

I'M JUST GIVING AN EXAMPLE.

AND THEN I GET PAID MORE THAN HER.

AND I JUST DON'T WANT THOSE THINGS TO HAPPEN.

AND WE WERE VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WORKING WITH [INAUDIBLE] ON HR AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DIDN'T GET THAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT ANY EMPLOYEE TO BE PENALIZED, IF YOU WILL.

SO TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO ADDRESS THAT MOVING FORWARD IF WE STILL SEE THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

SO TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT.

SO FIRST I WANT TO SAY, TRUSTEE OROSCO, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT DISCUSSION BACK UP, BECAUSE I THINK THAT OUR CURRENT WHAT WE PUT OUT ON OUR WEBSITE CAN BE CONFUSING AND MISLEADING.

AND SO ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE WILL MAKE WHEN WE ROLL OUT THE NEW COMPENSATION PLAN IS THAT WE COMPLETELY.

SO OUR PAY GRADE FOUR WOULD THEN BE OUR PAY GRADE ONE SO THAT IT COMPLETELY ELIMINATES THAT CONFUSION.

AND WE'LL DO A DIFFERENT SIDE NOTE FOR OUR CHILDHOOD WORKERS, EARLY CHILDHOOD WORKERS, AND I THINK THAT WILL BE HELPFUL.

WHEN THE BOARD ADOPTED AND VOTED TO INCREASE THE SALARY TO THE STARTING SALARIES TO 14.03, THERE WAS DISCUSSION.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE WOULD ONLY INCREASE THE BASE, BUT WHAT THAT DOES IS IT COMPRESSES.

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WHAT WE DID NOT ACCOUNT FOR AT THE TIME IS WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT COMPRESSION? AND SO IT CAUSED ANXIETY.

IT CAUSED PEOPLE FEELING LIKE WHILE SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE GOTTEN A LARGER PAY INCREASE, OTHERS DID NOT.

AND THAT WAS NEVER PART OF THE OVERALL FIX.

AND SO MOVING FORWARD, WHAT WE'RE STUDYING AND I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM TASB IN TERMS OF THEIR RECOMMENDED MODEL TO DO SOME DECOMPRESSING, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE STUDY REVIEW TO SEE HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THAT MOVING FORWARD.

IT IS COSTLY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT AT ONE POINT THERE WAS A NUMBER THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD AND IT WAS DETERMINED AT THE TIME THAT WE WOULD FOREGO THAT STEP, BUT DEFINITELY THAT WE WOULD INCREASE THE BASE.

I HOPE THAT IS EXPLANATORY.

YES. AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT PHASING IN.

WE KNEW WHERE THERE WAS GOING TO BE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD THOSE EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS.

AND WE WERE TRYING WE HAD TARGETED LIKE THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL FIRST AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TARGET DIFFERENT PARTS THAT WE HAD TO FIX.

SO WE DID KNOW THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE AND THOSE ADJUSTMENTS WOULD COME TO US.

RIGHT? WE HANDLED ONE PIECE OF THAT EQUITY ADJUSTMENT AND ANOTHER PIECE WAS GOING TO COME TO US BECAUSE THERE WAS A HUGE COST ASSOCIATED.

SO WE WERE TAKING IT IN PHASES.

YES. SO ARE YOU GOING TO BRING SOMETHING FORWARD THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR SOME EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS FOR ANOTHER GROUP OR CLASS OF OUR WORKERS? YES. SO WHAT WE HOPE TO BRING TO YOU ARE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF EQUITY ADJUSTMENT, ONE IS TO DEAL WITH THAT COMPRESSION THAT WAS CREATED WHEN WE RAISE THE BASE.

THE OTHER TYPE OF EQUITY ADJUSTMENT IS THIS IS PART OF WHAT REALLY ANY SCHOOL SYSTEM SHOULD BE DOING EVERY YEAR IS TO DO A MARKET ANALYSIS OF THE VARIOUS POSITION TYPES.

AND IF THERE IS A PARTICULAR POSITION THAT FALLS ABOUT 10% FROM THE MARKET THAT WE ADDRESS THAT INDIVIDUAL POSITION TYPE.

AND THAT'S AN EQUITY ADJUSTMENT IN ITSELF, RIGHT? IT'S LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS SO THAT WE KEEP UP WITH THE MARKET.

AND SO THE PLAN IS TO BRING YOU DIFFERENT TYPES OF EQUITY AREAS FOR US TO ADDRESS.

AND WE MAY ADDRESS SOME THIS YEAR, BUT THE GOAL HOPEFULLY WILL BE THAT OVER THE YEARS THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY JUST CHIPPING AWAY.

THAT'S WORK THAT IS NEVER DONE BECAUSE THE MARKET IS ALWAYS SHIFTING.

BUT DEFINITELY THE BIG ONE FOR US RIGHT NOW IS THE COMPRESSION THAT WAS CREATED WHEN WE RAISE THE BASE PAY.

AND SO TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT I KNOW WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS AS A BOARD OF INCREASING BUS DRIVER PAY, RIGHT? SO CURRENTLY WE PAY HOW MUCH.

WE'RE AT $17.35 DOLLARS AN HOUR.

AND WHAT ARE YOU PROPOSING? WE ARE LOOKING AT 20 TO BRING THE BASE TO 20.

AND HERE AGAIN. RIGHT IS IF THE EARLY DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD WITH TLC WAS THAT WE WOULD INCREASE THE BASE TO 20.

ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I DISCUSSED WITH TLC IS THE CAUTIONARY REMARK OF IF WE DO THAT, THERE RIGHT WE'RE GOING TO RUN INTO THE SAME ISSUE THAT WE DID WITH THE OTHER. AND SO SOME OF THE MORE RECENT DISCUSSIONS WITH TLC IS THAT THEY WANT US TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE.

RIGHT. THAT WE JUST NOT SHIFT TO THE 20, BUT WE ALSO DEAL WITH ANY COMPRESSION THAT'S CREATED BY IT.

RIGHT NOW ALSO, MR. RAU, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, IS RUNNING DIFFERENT MODELS WHERE AND ADOPTING A DIFFERENT PAY SCALE THAT WE CAN PUT OUR EMPLOYEES INTO THAT WILL HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMPRESSION, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT.

I HAD HOPED TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT TO YOU THIS EVENING, BUT WE'RE JUST NOT THERE YET.

AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WITH WE'RE VISITING WITH TASB THIS WEEK, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING SOMETHING THAT'S JUST MORE INFORMED.

AND SO I THINK WHAT THE SPEAKER SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE IS NOBLE INTENT.

WE HAD GOOD INTENTIONS ON WHAT WE WERE DOING, RAISING THAT PAY, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO RAISE IT.

BUT THERE'S UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, RIGHT, WHEN YOU CREATE THOSE GAPS AND THOSE EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE AS WELL.

SO WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU WILL BRING THOSE EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS TO US? WELL, WE ARE HOPING THAT ALL OF THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE PRESENTED, HOPEFULLY IN THIS NEXT STUDY SESSION, WORK SESSION FOR THE BOARD, SO THAT THEN WE COULD ADOPT SOMETHING HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF MAY THAT WOULD BE VERY OPTIMISTIC BECAUSE THERE'S STILL THE BUDGETING PROCESS IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.

I KNOW THAT SENIOR CABINET IS PRESENTING DIFFERENT NEEDS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND WE'VE WHITTLED THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO AND

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DR. WRIGHT I'M SURE WE'LL THEN AT THAT POINT MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE BIG HOTSPOTS FOR US THIS YEAR.

NOT THAT ANYTHING ELSE IS NOT IMPORTANT, BUT WHAT ARE THE BIG ONES THAT ARE SURFACING? BECAUSE I MEAN, THE 7% IS AMAZING.

I'M TOTALLY FOR THAT AND WANT TO VOTE FOR THAT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T FORGET THOSE EQUITY PARTS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF, THOSE EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS WE NEED TO DO.

AND I KNOW SOMEBODY HAD ALSO BROUGHT UP THE SHIFT FROM 8 HOURS TO 6 HOURS, AND THAT HAS HURT SOME OF THE WORKERS. HOWEVER, I KNOW THAT WAS AN ONGOING DISCUSSION WITH WORKERS ABOUT HOW SOME WANTED TO MOVE DOWN TO 6. SO TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, DR.

MEDINA OR DR. WRIGHT, THE ONES THAT HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT DOES IMPACT OUR COMPENSATION.

SURE. SO WE KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN EIGHT HOUR WORKDAY FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION DRIVERS.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT NOT EVERYONE DECIDES TO WORK ALL OF THOSE 8 HOURS.

RIGHT. AND SO SOME GO BACK TO 6 HOURS.

LET'S SAY THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO DO MID SHIFT TYPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES, SUCH AS FUELING, SUCH AS WASHING BUSSES, CLEANING OUT BUSSES AND DOING ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AROUND THE FACILITIES THEY WANT THE 6 HOUR DAY.

SO IF WE WERE TO GO BACK TO A 6 HOUR DAY, WE WOULD STILL NEED EMPLOYEES TO HANDLE ALL OF THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND THE OPTION WOULD BE FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO HAVE 8 HOURS, THAT THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK DURING THAT TIME.

SO I THINK THERE IS SOME CONFUSION AROUND THAT.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, PEOPLE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK, YOU KNOW, AND TAKE MORE SHIFTS.

I DON'T KNOW. WE DO HAVE OUR CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAS ANY ADDITIONAL ANYTHING TO ADD.

IS THAT CORRECT? ALL RIGHT.

SO THEN WHAT I'M HEARING AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU, DR.

MEDINA, IS THAT PEOPLE WHO WANT AN EIGHT HOUR SHIFT CAN CONTINUE TAKING AN EIGHT HOUR SHIFT.

THE FOLKS WHO DO NOT WANT AN EIGHT HOUR SHIFT CAN GO TO A SIX HOUR SHIFT.

SO WE'RE OFFERING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO ALL THE TRANSPORTATION FOLKS.

YES. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT IS HISTORICALLY WHAT HAD ALWAYS.

THERE'S ALWAYS THAT NEED TO BE ABLE TO WASH AND FUEL AND TO TAKE ON ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES MID SHIFT IN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

SOMEWHERE I THINK THE COMMITMENT WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE THIS IDEA OF A GUARANTEED 8 HOURS, BUT NOT EVERYONE WANTS A GUARANTEED 8 HOURS.

AND SO I THINK FINDING A HAPPY MEDIUM MIDDLE GROUND THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CAN TAKE ADDITIONAL.

I THINK THAT HAS TO BE THE CLEARER MESSAGE.

IT'S LESS ABOUT THAT WE'RE ON A SIX HOUR SHIFT OR THAT WE'RE AN EIGHT HOUR SHIFT.

IT'S THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ADDITIONAL HOURS TO EARN ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.

SO MAYBE THAT'S OUR FAULT FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY WITH ALL OUR EMPLOYEES.

RIGHT. SO CAN WE PLEASE COMMUNICATE THAT? YES. A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC AND CLEARLY AND LETTING FOLKS KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF TAKING AN EIGHT HOUR SHIFT OR A SIX HOUR SHIFT. SO THEY KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE HEARING, AS WE HEARD TONIGHT, THAT NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT OR THEY THINK IT'S BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM THAT WILL IMPACT THEIR PAY.

SO THAT WOULD BE VERY CONCERNING TO ME, TOO, AS AN EMPLOYEE.

SO CAN YOU PLEASE CONVEY THIS TO THE EMPLOYEES AND REACH OUT, ESPECIALLY WHEN MR. CLEAVER AND HIS DEPARTMENT REACHING OUT ABOUT THIS AND GETTING THAT CLEARED UP.

NOW, WHAT WAS CLEAR TO ME TONIGHT IS I NEED TO MAKE MY WAY OUT THERE OUTSIDE OF THE TLC MEETINGS TO SPEAK TO THOSE THAT BELIEVE THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENTED BY TLC. AND CERTAINLY THAT HAPPENS.

YOU HEARD A FEW PEOPLE TONIGHT THAT FEEL THAT THEY'RE NOT REPRESENTED.

AND SO I'D BE INTERESTED IN LEARNING FROM THEM.

AND I DEFINITELY NEED TO GET OUT THERE AND DO THAT.

OKAY. SO THEN EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS IS COMING TO US.

WE DON'T KNOW WHICH PART, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING US SOME BASED ON THE DATA YOU GATHER.

CORRECT? DR.

WRIGHT AND DR.

MEDINA? YES.

AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE TO CONVEY TO OUR EMPLOYEES THAT THEY DO HAVE ACCESS TO AN EIGHT HOUR SHIFT IF THEY WOULD LIKE IT.

AND IF THEY NEED IT, IF THEY WANT IT, THEY CAN HAVE IT.

AND IF THEY DON'T WANT IT, THEY CAN DO THE SIX HOUR SHIFT.

CORRECT? YES.

OK. VERY GOOD. AND YES, I LOOK FORWARD TO LOOKING AT THE EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THAT.

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OKAY. GREAT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MRS. KELLER. I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT 7%.

I DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT NOBODY ELSE IS DOING BECAUSE IT'S UNHEARD OF.

I MEAN, YOUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH, THEY'RE SITTING AT TWO.

I SEE PEOPLE AROUND US THAT ARE PROUD OF THEIR FOUR.

SORRY FOR ALL Y'ALL AT OTHER PLACES BECAUSE 7% IS AWESOME.

SO I DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE DOING SOMETHING AWESOME BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR PEOPLE AND BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE AROUND US NEEDS TO STEP UP THEIR GAME AND CARE ABOUT [INAUDIBLE].

RIGHT. SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER STUFF, BUT I WANTED TO LEAD WITH THAT AND I WANT TO CLOSE WITH THAT BECAUSE THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS.

WE'VE GOT TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THE PRIZE.

RIGHT. SO, FRANKLY, I WAS SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT 7%.

AND THEN NOW I FEEL LIKE ALL I REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS TRANSPORTATION AND HOW WE GOT TO WE HAVE TO.

Y'ALL NEED TO GET IT TOGETHER AND BRING BACK SOMETHING TO YOUR TEAM, TO THE REST OF THESE FOLKS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHY. BECAUSE WHEN I HEAR THE CONVERSATION ABOUT 230 VERSUS 226 AND HOW IF YOU ARE WORKING AT 230, THAT MEANS YOU GOT MORE MONEY.

THAT'S NOT REAL.

THAT JUST MEANS YOU WORK MORE.

WE CAN'T BE USING THE 230 CONTRACT AS A WAY OF SAYING THAT SOMEBODY GOT A RAISE THAT'S NOT LEGIT.

AND WE ARE ABOUT ONLY JUST BEING LEGIT.

[APPLAUSE] SO WE GOT TO MAKE SURE.

SO SOMEBODY.

Y'ALL SO WHEN YOU ALL LOOK AT THAT, I MEAN THIS BOARD IS AND ADMINISTRATION IS SO EMPLOYEE FRIENDLY AND SO THAT MATTERS, RIGHT.

NOBODY UP HERE WANTS TO HEAR THAT YOU GET TO WORK FOUR MORE DAYS AND THEREFORE THAT'S A RAISE.

SO SOMEHOW CIRCLE BACK WITH THAT AND ALSO CIRCLE BACK WITH HOW THE FOLKS IN THE DEPARTMENT ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU'RE HAVING ABOUT EQUITIZING SOME THINGS AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE ON THIS COMPENSATION PLAN.

EVERYBODY'S GOING TO WANT TO KNOW AND NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THAT.

SO I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.

I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

LAST YEAR WHEN WE DECIDED WE ARE DONE WITH THE NOT LIVING WAGE BUSINESS, WHICH IS WHY WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYBODY IN THOSE LOWER PAY GRADES.

WE SAID WE'RE DONE WITH THAT, BUT I DON'T RECALL SAYING THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE GO.

MY SUGGESTION, BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE TO PUSH IT, IS THAT FIND OUT WHAT THAT COSTS IN TOTALITY TO HANDLE IT AND SEE IF YOU CAN JUST HANDLE IT OUT OF YOUR FUND BALANCE OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THAT PROBLEM JUST EXPONENTIALLY GROWS.

AND SO IT COSTS MORE MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.

BUT THE THING THAT IT COSTS THE MOST IS HOW OUR EMPLOYEES FEEL VALUED, AND THAT IS THE BIGGER PRICE.

SO I THINK YOU SHOULD GET THE WHOLE LOOK AT WHAT WOULD IT TAKE IN ONE FELL SWOOP TO FIX THAT.

SO IT'S CONSEQUENCES OF TRYING TO DO REALLY GOOD THINGS.

RIGHT? BUT WHEN WE KNOW THEM, WE SHOULD TRY TO CORRECT THEM.

BUT TRY I MEAN, EVEN IF YOU CAN'T DO IT ALL IN ONE FELL SWOOP, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE I PROMISE YOU, IT BECOMES EXPONENTIALLY GREATER AS TIME GOES BY. SO ON THIS DRIVER PLACEMENT SCALE THAT WE HAVE FOR 2023, ON PAGE SEVEN, I'M CONFUSED, DR.

MEDINA, BECAUSE I THINK THAT YOU SAID YOU WERE STARTING AT 20.

YES. SO WE. THIS SAYS 17.90.

WE'RE NOT FINISHED WITH THAT BECAUSE AS I SAID, MR. RAU IS IS DOING OTHER MODELS FOR US.

THIS DOES NOT REFLECT WHERE WE WANT TO BE OR WHERE WE'VE COMMITTED TO BE.

BUT THE WHOLE COMPENSATION PLAN IS COMING TO YOU.

HOPEFULLY THE EARLIEST IS MAY IN WHICH WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT.

WE ALSO WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE COMMUNICATING WITH TLC AND ENSURING THAT WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM OUTSIDE OF TLC IS EXACTLY REFLECTIVE.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SURVEY RESULTS.

I KNOW THAT TSTA HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN CONDUCTING SURVEYS, AND I KNOW THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SEND ME THOSE SURVEY RESULTS SO I CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE COMMENTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS. BUT THE DISCUSSION ISN'T FINISHED, RIGHT? OK. OK SO THIS PAGE SEVEN THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WE CAN JUST DRAW A BIG X ON THAT.

[01:45:04]

I'M GOING TO DO SOME SCRIBBLES ON THAT BECAUSE THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE LEGIT HERE IN A MINUTE.

OKAY. SO THEN ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING THEN WITH THE TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, AND NURSES SCHEDULE AS WELL? THAT MIGHT COME TO.

YES. SO WE DO KNOW THAT OUR NEW TEACHER SCHEDULE WILL START AT 51 SEVEN.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE 7% OF THE MIDPOINT IS ABOUT 4,500 DOLLARS 4,528. SO BIG DEAL FRIENDS.

THAT'S A BIG NUMBER.

THAT'S A BIG NUMBER. YEAH, THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

REALLY EXCITING FOR OUR COUNSELORS LISTENING IN.

THAT'S 4,694.

IT'S A BIG DEAL. IT'S A HUGE DEAL.

AND SO JUST WANTED TO SHOUT THAT OUT.

AND WE KNOW THAT THE BUS DRIVER HOURLY RATE AT THIS POINT IS A DOLLAR 72 INCREASE AND SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

OKAY. SO THIS IS ALSO, ARE WE DOING ANYTHING WITH THIS SCHEDULE THAT IS CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR OUR TEACHERS, NURSES AND LIBRARIANS THAT MIGHT MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN HERE 15 YEARS? AND. NO, ACTUALLY, OUR SCHEDULE IS ACTUALLY VERY HEALTHY IN THE MORE EXPERIENCED LEVELS.

OK. AND SO I KNOW THAT THAT WAS A STRATEGIC MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPTED IN VALUING EDUCATORS THAT NOT ONLY BRING THE EXPERIENCE, BUT THE COMMITMENT TO OUR DISTRICT.

AND SO I THINK THAT WE'RE STANDING REALLY WELL WITH OUR TEACHER, COUNSELOR AND LIBRARIAN SCHEDULES.

OKAY. AND 7%, GUYS, THAT IS A HUGE DEAL.

GO TELL ALL YOUR PEOPLE 7% THAT MATTERS.

NO ONE ELSE IS DOING IT.

I PROMISE YOU THAT NO ONE ELSE IS DOING IT.

SO WE HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS TO RIGHT.

MONEY ISN'T EVERYTHING YOU KNOW MONEY WILL GET YOU ONLY SO FAR PEOPLE ARE GOING TO REMEMBER THAT YOU PAID THEM WELL, BUT THEY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.

SO IT'S GOT TO BE BOTH THINGS.

WE'VE GOT TO MAKE THEM KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY DOES FOR KIDS AND WE HAVE TO PAY THEM FOR WHAT THEY DO.

I'M PROUD OF THIS WORK.

I'M SUPER PROUD OF IT.

GOOD JOB. AWESOME.

ANYTHING ELSE? MR. MCMANUS.

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT.

SO IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A CHANGE TO PAGE SEVEN, DOES THAT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE VOTE TONIGHT OR ARE WE STILL I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE OKAY THAT I UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT.

THE BIG ASK TONIGHT IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE 7% OF THE MIDPOINT.

THAT IS THE BIG ASK UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WILL HAVE ASK AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST FROM THE BOARD TO LOOK AT EQUITY ISSUES CAUSED BY THE COMPRESSION, BUT ALSO EQUITY ISSUES THAT ARE A RESULT OF THE CHANGING MARKET.

AND SO THE WORK ISN'T DONE AND WE'LL BRING BACK A COMPENSATION PLAN THAT REFLECTS WHAT THE TASB STUDIES IS TELLING US, BUT ALSO WHAT OUR PEOPLE ARE TELLING US AS WELL.

OKAY, SO YOU'RE JUST WANTING A COMMITMENT FOR THE 7% SO WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT THAT AND GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF IT? THAT'S RIGHT. AND FOR PEOPLE OUT THERE LISTENING, SO ON APRIL THE 30TH IS OUR BIG JOB FAIR.

BOARD MEMBERS YOU'RE INVITED FROM EIGHT TO NOON, COME OUT AND VISIT AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TOUT THAT AT OUR JOB FAIR.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT AND TELL THAT STORY.

GREAT. YEAH, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DO THAT.

JUST A COUPLE MORE QUICK THINGS.

ONE, I JUST YOU KNOW, I HEARD TONIGHT A LOT OF CONCERN AND COMMENTS DURING THE PUBLIC FORUM.

AND THEN I HEAR YOU SAY SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF EMPLOYEES DON'T UNDERSTAND THEIR OPTIONS, THAT'S ON US, THAT'S ON ALL OF US IN LEADERSHIP FOR NOT COMMUNICATING THAT PROPERLY OR WHAT'S EVEN POSSIBLY A LITTLE MORE CONCERNING TO ME IS MANAGEMENT AT THE TRANSPORTATION LEVEL IS INTENTIONALLY COMMUNICATING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU INTENDED TO BE COMMUNICATED. THAT'S TROUBLESOME MORE THAN ANYTHING.

AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU SAID YOU NEED TO GET OUT THERE AND TALK TO PEOPLE AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

I DON'T WANT TO I'M GOING TO SAY WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.

I MEAN, DR. WRIGHT, THIS IS JUST FOR ME TO YOU.

THAT'S GOT TO GET FIXED.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS.

I'M NOT OUT THERE EVERY DAY.

BUT MY GOODNESS, WE'VE HEARD THIS MULTIPLE TIMES, SO SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE.

AND THIS BOARD MEMBER IN PARTICULAR IS GOING TO BE WATCHING THAT SOMETHING IS DONE.

WE'VE GOT TO FIX IT.

THE LAST THING I HAVE IS I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE KELLER.

I THINK THE IDEA OF HANDLING THIS WHOLE ISSUE THAT WE INADVERTENTLY CREATED WITH COMPRESSION AND ALL THAT.

WHAT IS THAT GOING TO COST TO FIX IT? JUST A ONE TIME FELL SWOOP.

LET'S TAKE CARE OF IT. IF IT'S A HUGE, BIG NUMBER, WE MIGHT HAVE TO BITE IT OFF IN CHUNKS, BUT I'D SURE LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

OK. THAT'S ALL FOR ME. THANK YOU.

[01:50:01]

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AM VERY PROUD TO SUPPORT THE 7% INCREASE.

I DO WANT TO ALSO ASK THE MARKET ANALYSIS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT ON THURSDAY, DR.

WRIGHT, OR WE'RE GOING TO START THAT? OKAY. PERFECT, BECAUSE I LOOK FORWARD TO LOOKING AT THAT AND ALL OF THE STIPEND.

YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT STIPENDS JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE MARKET AT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT'S WHERE WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE AT.

AND ALSO TRANSPORTATION.

WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, GUYS, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

AND I STAND WITH MR. MCMANUS THAT THIS NEEDS TO GET FIXED AND IT STARTS FROM THE TOP.

SO I, TOO, WILL BE WATCHING THIS.

BUT WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS AND WE'VE HAD MORE THAN ONE CONVERSATION.

AND I KNOW THAT I'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS AT LEAST A COUPLE IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

SO IF WE COULD GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS, THAT'D BE GREAT.

ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AS WELL.

7%, LOVE IT.

I'M NOT SURE I'VE EVER GOTTEN THAT BIG OF A RAISE.

IT'S A PRETTY BIG WHOOP.

MY LAW FIRM STICK TO, LIKE, 3%.

THAT'S ABOUT IT.

OKAY. SO ON THE TRANSPORTATION THING, SO WE USED TO BE AT 6 HOURS, LET'S, DO A HISTORY LESSON FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW.

THEY USED TO BE AT 6 HOURS AND THERE WERE THINGS WOULD COME TO ME I HAVE FRIENDS THAT ARE BUS DRIVERS AND TRANSPORTATION THAT THERE WERE FAVORITISM WITH WHO GOT THOSE 8 HOURS AND THERE WERE ISSUES WITH PEOPLE WANTED THOSE 8 HOURS AND YOU WERE SAYING, OH, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THE 8 HOURS.

THAT WAS NOT REALITY.

REALITY WAS CERTAIN PEOPLE GOT 8 HOURS AND CERTAIN PEOPLE DIDN'T, SO THEY CHANGED IT TO 8 HOURS.

THE TLC HAD TO BE PUT IN PLACE BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING A LOT OF ISSUES AND CONSTERNATION AROUND LEADERSHIP AND STYLE AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT TRANSPORTATION.

AND SO I APPLAUD DR.

WRIGHT AND MAX CLEAVER FOR SAYING, YOU KNOW, LET'S GET SOME VOICES.

LET'S MEET WITH OUR TLC.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S BEEN SOME GOOD THERE, BUT THERE MAY OBVIOUSLY AS WE HEARD TONIGHT THERE, WE MAY NEED THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE.

SO IT SCARES ME WHEN YOU SAY BECAUSE THE TLC BROUGHT THE 8 HOURS TO US, I THINK THAT'S HOW THAT CAME TO US IS WE CHANGED TO 8 HOURS, BECAUSE THE TLC SAID WE NEEDED 8 HOURS.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING BACK AND IT'S NOT BEEN THAT LONG THAT WE ARE KIND OF FLIP FLOPPING.

SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW AND HAVE SOME WRITE UP FROM SOMEBODY WHAT THE REASONING IS BEHIND SWITCHING BACK SO SOON TO 6 HOURS AND WHAT THE PROCESS IS FOR BEING ALLOWED TO WORK THE 8 HOURS? BECAUSE MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT IT WASN'T AS DEMOCRATIC AS WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING.

AND MAYBE WHEN I HEAR THINGS LIKE RETALIATION AND I DON'T WANT TO BE PUT ON A TAKE A ROUTE FROM ME, OR BE PUT ON A DIFFERENT ROUTE, THAT'S CONCERNING TO ME THAT SOMEONE WOULD EVEN THINK THAT WE WOULD DO THAT TO OUR EMPLOYEES.

SO MAYBE THAT'S JUST ME BEING NAÏVE THAT I DON'T LIVE IN THAT DEPARTMENT, SO I DON'T KNOW.

BUT WE HAVE CERTAINLY HEARD OVER THE YEARS THAT THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES.

SO BUT I WANT YOU TO BE AWARE AND WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE AND TALK TO OUR TRANSPORTATION FOLKS, ASK THEM ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE BEFORE WHEN WE HAD 6 HOURS BECAUSE THERE WERE CHALLENGES FOR SURE.

YEAH, THAT CAME TO A SURPRISE AS A SURPRISE TO US WHEN THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT TLC.

AND I REMEMBER DR.

WRIGHT SAYING, WAIT A MINUTE, YOU JUST GOT WE JUST DID THIS.

AND IT WAS A UNIFIED VOICE FROM TLC THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY WANTED.

AND SO WE DIDN'T MAKE IT UP.

WE WENT ALONG WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND MOVED FORWARD.

AND TONIGHT WE'RE HEARING AND REALLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, I'VE BEEN HEARING THAT IT'S MAYBE NOT REFLECTIVE OF THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY DID DO A SURVEY.

BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE FELT THAT THEY COULD TAKE THE SURVEY AND HAVE THE CONFIDENCE THAT IT WOULD BE ACTED ON.

BUT THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT REASONS.

WE ARE WHERE WE ARE, AND I THINK WE JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.

OKAY. YES, IT SOUNDS LIKE TSTA DID A SURVEY.

I HOPE WE DID A SURVEY.

IF NOT, MAYBE WE CAN REVISIT THAT.

ALL RIGHT. SO ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT ITEM? ALL RIGHT, MRS. KELLER, DO YOU WANT TO.

I DO I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION FOR US? PERFECT.

YES, I MOVE THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION.

I'M STARTING OVER.

I MOVE THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE FOR THE 2022 2023 SCHOOL

[01:55:05]

THAT'S IT.

YES. MOVED BY MRS. KELLER, SECONDED BY MRS. OROSCO. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED.

ALL RIGHT MOTION CARRIES 6 0.

GREAT JOB TEAM.

SO GREAT. YAY. [APPLAUSE]. OKAY.

HAD TO ADJUST IT ON THE FLY.

NEXT UP, PAGE 68.

[N.5. Consideration and possible approval of GMP 3 for 2021 Bond Bid Package 8 - Hays HIgh School Improvements]

THIS IS THE GMP FOR HAYS HIGH SCHOOL.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE GMP? MRS. KELLER? I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE THE 2021 BOND HAYS HIGH SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS GMP THREE FROM BARTLETT-COCKE AS DESIGNED BY O'CONNELL ROBERTSON ARCHITECTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $16,605,407 DOLLARS AS PRESENTED.

MOVED BY MRS. KELLER, SECONDED BY MR. MCMANUS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

OH, I'M SORRY.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT BACK.

MOVED BY MRS. KELLER, SECONDED BY MR. MCMANUS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.

NEXT UP N6, PAGE 83.

[N.6. Consideration and possible approval of the 2021 Bond Project - Bid Package 9 Chapa Middle School and Simon Middle School]

MRS. KELLER.

I MOVE THE BOARD, APPROVE THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE 2021 BOND IMPROVEMENTS FOR CHAPA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL, DESIGNED BY O'CONNELL ROBERTSON ARCHITECTS AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. MOVED BY MRS. KELLER, SECONDED BY MRS. OROSCO. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.

[N.7. Consideration and possible approval of roofing repair and waterproofing at Barton Middle School and Performing Arts Center]

THIS IS THE ROOFING, REPAIR AND WATERPROOFING AT BARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE PAC.

MRS. KELLER.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE TRI LAM ROOFING.

DO I HAVE THAT? OK TRI LAM ROOFING FOR THE ROOF REPAIR AND RESTORATION SERVICES AT BARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE PAC IN THE AMOUNT OF 124,717, PLUS A CONTINGENCY FOR A TOTAL PROJECT COST OF $130,953 AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. MOVED BY MRS. KELLER, SECONDED BY MRS. OROSCO. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.

NEXT UP N8, THIS IS A UTILITY EASEMENT FOR THE PEDERNALES ELECTRIC CO-OP AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL.

[N.8. Consideration of a Utility Easement for the Pedernales Electrical Cooperative (PEC) at Hays High School]

MRS. KELLER.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD GRANT AN ELECTRICAL UTILITY EASEMENT TO PEC AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. MOVED BY MRS. KELLER, SECONDED BY MRS. OROSCO. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.

N9 PAGE 117.

[N.9. Consideration and possible approval of purchase of cafeteria tables for Johnson High School]

MRS. KELLER.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF CAFETERIA TABLES FROM WORTHINGTON CONTRACT FURNITURE LP IN THE AMOUNT OF $110,885 DOLLARS AS PRESENTED.

SECOND.

MOVED BY MRS. KELLER, SECONDED BY MRS. RUNKLE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES.

DO YOU VOTE? OK.

MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.

ALL RIGHT, GREAT JOB. MOVING ON, PAGE 119 N10, THIS IS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF DISTRICT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH BECKWITH ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS.

[N.10. Consideration and possible approval of procurement of district communication system upgrades from Beckwith Electronic Systems LLC]

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE PURCHASES FROM BECKWITH ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS LLC FOR AN ESTIMATED $235,500 DOLLARS AS PRESENTED.

MOVED BY MRS. KELLER, SECONDED BY MR. MCMANUS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.

[N.11. Consideration and possible approval of purchase of technology supplies and equipment from GTS Technology Solutions]

THIS IS ON PAGE 124.

MRS. KELLER.

I MOVED THAT THE BOARD, APPROVE THE PROCUREMENT OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT FROM GTS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS FOR $2,100,000 DOLLARS AS PRESENTED.

[02:00:02]

ALL RIGHT. N12 PAGE 125 OF YOUR AGENDA.

[N.12. Consideration and possible approval of purchase of technology equipment from Apple]

MRS. KELLER.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE PROCUREMENT OF TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT FROM APPLE DISTRICT WIDE FOR $300,000, AS PRESENTED.

MOVED BY MRS. KELLER, SECONDED BY MRS. OROSCO. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE INFORMATION ITEM O1, PAGE 126 OF OUR AGENDA PACKET.

[O.1. FIRST READING - FDB(LOCAL) Intradistrict Transfer Policy]

[O.2. Review of Budget Timeline for 2022-2023 Budget]

ALL RIGHT. O3 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

[O.3. Financial Statements]

OK PERFECT. QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.

[O.4. Quarterly Investment Report]

ALL RIGHT. UPDATE ON CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION PROJECTS.

[O.5. Update on construction and renovation projects in the district]

OKAY. NEXT UP, I'M LOOKING FOR A PAPER FOR THE NEXT ONE, SO GIVE ME A SECOND.

1 SECOND.

I THINK IT'S IN MY OTHER FOLDER.

WELL, IT'S NOT IN THERE.

SO THE LAST ITEM ON THIS CONSTRUCTION REPORT WE'RE GOOD.

[O.6. Report on the Continuing Education Requirements for Board Members under Senate Bill 1566]

WE NEED TO REPORT ON OUR CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT HOURS FOR THE BOARD PRIOR TO OUR ELECTION.

I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE IN GOOD STANDING.

DR. PÉREZ-GONZÁLEZ HASN'T BEEN ON THE BOARD LONG ENOUGH TO BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE.

SHE'S GOT SOME TIME STILL, SO SHE'S AWESOME AND THE REST OF US ARE IN GOOD STANDING.

SO JUST WANTING TO REPORT ON THAT.

OK. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD.

[P. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES]

CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH A COPY OF THE MEETING NOTES FROM THE TLC? LET'S MAYBE GO BACK FOR THE LAST? HOW OFTEN DO THEY MEET? HOW OFTEN DOES TLC? WE CAN'T DO DIALOG.

SORRY. WE'LL FIND OUT. CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE ME THE MEETING MINUTES AND ATTENDEES FOR THE LAST YEAR? OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION? OKAY. MS. PETREA. I DO HAVE A QUESTION? YES. OH, IT'S A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION, NOT A QUESTION.

OH, OKAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO REQUEST SOME INFORMATION ON WHAT MS. KELLER PLANS TO DO AFTER SHE TAKES LEAVE FROM US? [LAUGHTER] OKAY, PERFECT. I'M SURE YOU'LL GET THAT ON THE BOARD BLOG.

OKAY. OUR NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO BE MAY 16TH, RIGHT HERE IN THE KUNKEL ROOM AT HISTORIC BUDA AT 5:30.

[R. UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS]

THANK YOU TO OUR AMAZING BOARD MEMBER, MERIDETH KELLER.

WE WILL MISS YOU.

AND I DON'T REALLY WANT TO END THIS RIGHT NOW, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO SIT HERE FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES.

[02:05:08]

THE TIME IS 8:19 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.