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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.
[A. CALL TO ORDER]
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT AND THANKS TO THOSE LISTENING ONLINE.ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WILL MCMANUS.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY OUR BOARD SECRETARY ESPERANZA OROSCO.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR MISSION STATEMENT WHICH WILL BE READ BY OUR BOARD VICE PRESIDENT RAUL VELA. THE MISSION OF HAYS CISD IS TO NURTURE STUDENTS TO BECOME EXTRAORDINARY CITIZENS THROUGH UNIQUE PERSONAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES, THROUGH AN INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS, WHILE CELEBRATING OUR DIVERSITY AND LEGACY.
AT THIS TIME OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT WILL BE READ BY DR.
PÉREZ-GONZÁLEZ. 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.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA ITEM IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND APPLICATION FOR OPTIONAL FLEXIBLE SCHOOL AT LIVE OAK ACADEMY.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY DURING OUR PUBLIC HEARING? OK. JUST GOING TO GET TO MY AGENDA PAGE HERE.
[H. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT]
NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.DR. WRIGHT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT.
I WAS GOING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE WITH OUR STAR RESULTS.
AND SOMEHOW SOMETHING HAPPENED IN OUR PORTAL TODAY AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO EXTRACT THAT INFORMATION. AND SO WE STILL JUST HAVE OUR EOC SCORES THAT I SHARED WITH YOU AT LAST MONDAY'S MEETING. AND SO JUST SO THAT THE BOARD IS IS AWARE, WE'RE BLESS YOU.
WE'RE EXPECTING TO RECEIVE THOSE PROBABLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
AND AS SOON AS WE GET THOSE, WE WILL PASS THOSE ON TO YOU AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
WE WE GOT SOME SCORES, BUT WE WERE WAITING ON THE ON THE STATE'S RESULTS SO THAT YOU WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO COMPARE THOSE TO.
AND SO HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, MR. MELANDRI TOLD US THAT WE WOULD HAVE THOSE.
SO WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON THAT AND THEN ALSO WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR BASEBALL PLAYOFFS. SO JOHNSON BEAT CEDAR PARK ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SO THEY ADVANCED TO THE REGIONAL SEMIFINALS FOR CLASS FIVE A IN REGION FOUR.
AND SO THEY NEXT PLAY SHERI LAND PIONEER, AND THAT WILL BE IN CORPUS CHRISTI AT CAVERNOUS BASEBALL PARK.
AND THAT STARTS THURSDAY AT SEVEN, FRIDAY AT SEVEN, AND THEN IF NEED BE, A GAME AT NOON ON SATURDAY. AND SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW SO TWO SERIES AWAY FROM POTENTIAL STATE STATE TOURNAMENT SO JUST GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER AND THEN OF COURSE, FINALLY WE HAVE FOUR MORE DAYS. IS IT FOUR? NO, THREE MORE DAYS OF SCHOOL NOW.
TODAY, I GUESS IT'S IN THE BOOKS.
SO THREE MORE DAYS, KIDS GET OUT ON THURSDAY.
AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON OUR END OF THE YEAR CHECKLIST AND GETTING READY FOR THE SUMMER AND PREPARING FOR NEXT YEAR ALREADY.
AND SO SINCE THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING BEFORE WE GET OUT FOR FOR SCHOOL, JUST WANT TO WISH ALL THE KIDS A HAPPY AND SAFE SUMMER VACATION AS WELL AS OUR IS OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF. AND THAT IS MY SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.
ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANKS SO MUCH.
[I. PUBLIC FORUM]
MOVING ON. NEXT UP IS PUBLIC FORUM.THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO THIS PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF OUR MEETING.
AS A REMINDER, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IN A PUBLIC FORUM MUST HAVE COMPLETED THE GREEN SHEET LOCATED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE MEETING ROOM PRIOR TO THE BOARD RECONVENING IN OPEN SESSION.
IF YOU DID NOT SIGN UP, YOU WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN BOARD MEETINGS IS LIMITED TO THE PUBLIC FORUM PORTION OF THE MEETING AS PROVIDED IN BOARD POLICY.
LOCAL. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE AUDIO AND VIDEO OF PUBLIC FORUM IS RECORDED AS PART OF THE RECORDING OF THE ENTIRE MEETING AND IS PUBLISHED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE IN ITS
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ENTIRETY WITHOUT ALTERATION.A PERSON WHO SPEAKS IN PUBLIC FORM IS CONSENTING TO THE ONLINE PUBLICATION OF THEIR COMMENTS. TONIGHT, WE HAVE TEN SPEAKERS AND WE HAVE 30 MINUTES ALLOTTED FOR PUBLIC FORUM.
SO EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK AND YOU'LL SEE A TIMER TO HELP YOU.
ALL RIGHT. SO OUR NEXT OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS IDA MUSGROVE.
THERE'S LIKE A THING AT THE TOP AND THEN TAP ON IT, MAKE SURE IT'S ON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO COME SPEAK TO YOU VERY QUICKLY.
MY NAME IS HEIDI MUSGROVE, AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MANY PARENTS FROM THE JOHNSON BAND COMMUNITY, BOTH BAND AND GUARD, AND OUR DIRECTOR, MR. LUISITA. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THAT GROUP, AND I'M HERE TO AND I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ACTUALLY BEING IN THAT POSITION SINCE THE SCHOOL OPENED.
SO I BRING THAT UP ONLY BECAUSE I THINK I'M HERE TO TO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR VOTE FOR I BELIEVE IT'S ITEM FOUR, WHICH ARE THE THREE GUARD POSITIONS, TEACHING POSITIONS AT EACH OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
I'M HERE. MY DAUGHTER IS PART OF THE GUARD, AND I'M HERE SAYING THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH JOHNSON, THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT ALL OF US HAVE BEEN HAVING FOR A LONG TIME, AND FOR THIS BOARD TO FINALLY MAKE IT COME TO FRUITION FOR EACH OF THE SCHOOLS WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
AND WE JUST REALLY WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I DO WANT TO SAY AN ON RECORD, A PARTICULAR THANK YOU TO MS..
PATTY MORENO, WHO I THINK HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN COMING OUT AND TALKING TO US, TALKING TO YOU ALL, AND HELPING CONNECT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE PROBABLY STRUGGLING WITH CONVEYING BEFORE NOW.
AND I DO WANT TO SAY TO OUR MR. LUCIDO, OUR HEAD BAND DIRECTOR, THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS PLAN FOR THIS FOR THIS LONG PERIOD OF TIME. AND WE HAVE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT COLOR GUARD IS A VERY CHALLENGING SPORT.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE DANCE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE MAYBE, MAYBE SOME GYMNASTICS ABILITIES, SOME ACROBATIC ABILITY, AND IN ORDER TO BE COMPETITIVE.
AND SO REALLY, WHILE AND THAT'S OH, I'M SORRY.
THAT'S ALSO WHILE THEY HAVE TO SPIN A FLAG AND TOSS RIFLES AND SABERS.
SO THEY ALL DO THAT AT THE SAME TIME AND GET SOME STUDENTS OUT HERE.
SO MOST OF OUR STUDENTS DON'T HAVE THAT BACKGROUND.
THEY DON'T COME IN WITH THAT KIND OF SKILL SET.
AND IN FACT, OUT OF THE CURRENT 47 MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE, ONLY ABOUT SIX OF THEM HAVE SOME DANCE BACKGROUND. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE REALLY DO NEED SOMEONE WITH EXPERTIZE AND SKILL TO HELP THAT TEAM.
YOU KNOW, EACH OF THESE TEAMS GET TO THAT LEVEL OF SUCCESS THAT I KNOW THAT YOU ALL VERY MUCH SUPPORT.
AND I GUESS THE LAST THING I'D SAY IS, YOU KNOW, I WILL AND I I'LL ALSO THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING RECOGNIZING OUR JV AND VARSITY TEAMS RATHER RECENTLY WITH THE COIN OF EXCELLENCE. I KNOW THE DISTRICT IS VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT THIS BOTH THESE TEAMS WENT TO STATE THIS YEAR.
OUR JV TEAM WAS THE ONLY JV TEAM THAT COMPETED AT THEIR DIVISION AND THEY CAME IN THIRD. THEY PLACED WITH BRONZE AND OUR VARSITY TEAM ACTUALLY CAME IN FIRST IN STATE AND ACTUALLY PLACED SIXTH IN THE NATION.
AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO INTO A GUARD BEING ANY GUARD PROGRAM BEING THAT SUCCESSFUL.
BUT IT CERTAINLY STARTS AND ENDS WITH SOMEONE THAT'S HIGHLY SKILLED, SOMEONE THAT'S FULL TIME. AND SO, AGAIN, WE THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THESE POSITIONS AT EACH OF THE THREE CAMPUSES HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MUSGROVE.
AND OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE LESLIE ALLEN.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LESLIE ALLEN.
MY HUSBAND DAVID AND I HAVE LIVED HERE IN KYLE FOR 20 YEARS.
WE ARE THE PARENTS OF FOUR CHILDREN, THREE OF WHICH HAVE ALREADY GRADUATED FROM HAYS, AND OUR YOUNGEST IS SET TO GRADUATE IN 2024.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ADD MY VOICE TO THE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CREATION OF THE COLOR GUARD DIRECTOR POSITIONS AT THE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS.
I SERVED AS THE BAND BOOSTER PRESIDENT AT HAYS FROM FALL OF 2018 TO SPRING 2021.
TO HAVE A LOT OF BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE WITH THE DIRECTORS AND WITH THE PROGRAM AS A VOLUNTEER AND AS A GUARD PARENT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
MISS ELLIE MARTINEZ HAS WORKED AS THE DIRECTOR OF OUR COLOR GUARD.
SHE HOLDS A DEGREE IN DANCE, AND OVER TWO DECADES OF DANCE AND COLOR GUARD EXPERIENCE WITH NO OFFICIAL GUARD POSITION AVAILABLE HAS BEEN NECESSARY FOR HER TO WORK AS A PARAPROFESSIONAL IN THE DISTRICT.
ON TOP OF DIRECTING OUR HIGH SCHOOL COLOR GUARD THIS YEAR, SHE LED OUR VARSITY PROGRAM TO THE TEXAS COLOR GUARD CIRCUIT STATE CONTEST.
IN ADDITION TO HER WORK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, SHE REACHED OUT TO OUR FEEDER SCHOOLS, WALLACE AND BARTON, AND WAS ABLE TO OFFER THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY TO KIDS FROM SIXTH TO EIGHTH GRADES, TEACHING THEM THE GUARD BASICS, AND ULTIMATELY CREATING TWO CADET COLOR GUARD TEAMS. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO COMPETE AS WELL.
I RECOGNIZE THE ISSUE IS NOT ABOUT WHO IS THE DIRECTOR, BUT WHY WE NEED A FULL TIME GUARD DIRECTOR. SINCE THERE'S NO DEDICATED DIRECTOR POSITIONS AT THE THREE SCHOOLS, IT'S BECOME NECESSARY AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS FOR THE BAND BOOSTERS TO PAY THE GUARD DIRECTOR SALARY WITH FUND RAISING MONEY, TAKING AWAY SIGNIFICANT FUNDS NEEDED
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FOR THE BAND AND GUARD PROGRAM AS A WHOLE.WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF, IN A PARTICULAR YEAR THESE BOOSTER FUNDS WERE NOT AVAILABLE? WE WOULD SURELY LOSE AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR BAND PROGRAM AS WELL AS ALL THE KIDS IN COLOR GUARD.
OUR DISTRICT CURRENTLY HAS THE LOWEST BAND AND GUARD ENROLLMENT FEES IN THE AREA, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT KEPT THAT WAY TO ALLOW ANY AND ALL STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. IF THIS DIRECTOR SALARY IS COVERED BY THE DISTRICT, IT WOULD ALLOW BOOSTER FUNDS TO BE SPENT ON OTHER VITAL THINGS MARCHING TECHNICIANS, EQUIPMENT, PROPS, PRIVATE LESSONS, FINANCIAL HELP FOR ENROLLMENT FEES FOR THE STUDENTS WHO COULD NOT AFFORD TO BE IN THE PROGRAM.
AS ADULTS, WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS DURING THESE HIGH SCHOOL YEARS FOR KIDS TO FIND A PLACE TO BELONG.
SOMETHING TO KEEP THEM ENGAGED.
AND ACTIVITY THAT WOULD REQUIRE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.
SOMETHING TO HELP MOTIVATE KIDS TO KEEP THEIR GRADES UP.
NOT ALL KIDS CAN PLAY AN INSTRUMENT, BE A HIGH STEPPER, A CHEERLEADER, A DEBATE CHAMPION, OR A FOOTBALL STORE.
COLOR GUARD PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE OTHER KIDS TO DEVELOP THEIR SPECIFIC TALENTS AND TO BELONG SOMEWHERE.
WHEN MY DAUGHTER REESE FOUND COLOR GUARD, SHE FOUND HER PLACE, AND THIS HAS CHANGED HER HIGH SCHOOL CAREER FOR THE BETTER.
A PERMANENT GUARD DIRECTOR AT THESE THREE SCHOOLS WILL KEEP THE PROGRAMS ALIVE AND ALLOW THEM TO FLOURISH.
IS MY HOPE TONIGHT THAT YOU WILL TAKE THESE CONSIDERATIONS AND ALLOW THE CREATION OF THE FULL TIME COLOR GUARD DIRECTOR POSITIONS AT EACH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
ALLEN. APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS REECE ALLEN.
I'M CURRENTLY A SOPHOMORE AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL AND HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE COLOR GUARD PROGRAM FOR TWO FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
THIS PAST YEAR, I HAVE SERVED AS A LIEUTENANT IN THE PROGRAM AND NEXT YEAR WILL SERVE AS A CAPTAIN.
I'M HERE TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE IN THE COLOR GUARD PROGRAM AND WHY I FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A COAST GUARD DIRECTOR AT THE HAYS HIGH SCHOOL.
I BEGAN DANCING AT THREE YEARS OLD.
I WAS ON THE BARTON DANCE TEAM AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE BARTON BAND DURING MY MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS. AT THE END OF MY EIGHTH GRADE YEAR, I TRIED OUT FOR HIGH STEPPERS BUT DID NOT MAKE THE TEAM. I WAS DISCOURAGED.
MY OLDER BROTHER LUKE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL BAND AT THE TIME AND SUGGESTED I TAKE A LOOK AT THE COLOR GUARD PROGRAM.
HE SAID I COULD STILL USE MY DANCE EXPERIENCE AND COULD ALSO BE A PART OF THE BEST THING ON CAMPUS.
I WAS UNSURE BECAUSE I HAD NO EXPERIENCE TOSSING A FLAG OR SPINNING A RIFLE OR DANCING ON THE FIELD IN BETWEEN 200 BAND MEMBERS.
BUT MISS MARTINEZ WAS EXTREMELY ENTHUSIASTIC TO WELCOME NEW MEMBERS AND TOLD ME SHE WOULD TEACH ME EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO KNOW.
BEING A PART OF THE HAYS BAND AND COLOGUARD PROGRAM HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH.
I HAVE LEARNED SO MANY NEW SKILLS AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MASTER SKILLS I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD MASTER. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE IN LEADERSHIP ROLES, LEADING AND TEACHING AND MENTORING, WHICH I HAVE, WHICH I KNOW WILL HELP ME IN THE REST OF MY LIFE.
I HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO KEEP MY GRADES UP, WHICH DEFINITELY MAKES MY PARENTS HAPPY.
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE PHYSICALLY TESTED AND CHALLENGED, WHICH HAS HELPED ME LEARN TO KEEP MYSELF HEALTHY.
AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE AROUND AMAZING PEOPLE IN THE BAND AND THE COLOR GUARD.
MANY OF THEM WILL BE MY LIFELONG FRIENDS.
MS.. MARTINEZ ENCOURAGES US TO BE RESPONSIBLE HUMANS, TO BE KIND AND RESPECTFUL. SHE SHOWS US BY HER EXAMPLE WHAT HARD WORK LOOKS LIKE.
SHE HAS A YOUNG FAMILY, A FULL TIME JOB IN THE DISTRICT, AND IS STILL ABLE TO TEACH US, LEAD US AND ENCOURAGE US ALL YEAR LONG.
ALTHOUGH WE PERFORM WITH THE BAND AT EVERY FOOTBALL GAME AND MARCHING CONTEST IN THE FALL, COLOR GUARD DOESN'T END THERE.
WE HAVE AN ENTIRELY SEPARATE SEASON FROM JANUARY TO APRIL, PERFORMING AND COMPETITIONS EVERY WEEKEND DURING THOSE MONTHS.
THIS PAST YEAR, OUR VARSITY QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE CONTEST.
THAT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF US.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY FOUR GUARDS GUARD TEAMS TO IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND TWO AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL THAT MS..
DISTRICTS. OUR BAND DIRECTORS ARE AMAZING, BUT THEY ARE NOT COLOR GUARD DIRECTORS.
THE GUARD PROGRAM AT HAYS WOULD NOT EXIST WITHOUT THE SPECIFIC ROLE OF COLOR GUARD DIRECTOR. AND IF WE WERE TO LOSE OUR DIRECTOR BECAUSE OF PAY OR LACK OF AN ACTUAL JOB, IT WOULD BE DEVASTATING.
IN ORDER FOR OUR COLOR GUARD DIRECTOR TO BE ABLE TO STAY COMMITTED AND FOCUS ON OUR TEAM, I FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE BEST FOR THE PERMANENT COLOR GUARD DIRECTOR POSITION TO BE CREATED AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, REECE ALLEN.
NEXT UP, WE HAVE JESSICA BEDWELL.
GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, DR.
WRIGHT AND BOARD. THIS IS NOT MADE FOR TALL PEOPLE.
SO I AM ALSO HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF COLOR GUARD BEING A FULL TIME POSITION WITH THE DISTRICT. I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A COLOR GUARD KID.
I NEVER HAVE. BUT SOME OF MY FAVORITE KIDS ARE COLOR GUARD KIDS AND.
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I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS TO TAKE THIS CHANCE TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT WITH HOW OUR GUARD DIRECTORS ARE PAID.IT HAS BEEN A MAJOR ISSUE IN ANGST ABOUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO KEEP MATT MARTINEZ BECAUSE WE ALL LOVE HER DEARLY.
I DON'T I COULDN'T EVEN PUT INTO WORDS THE AMOUNT OF WHAT SHE BRINGS TO OUR PROGRAM, I GUESS. YES, SHE DOES COLOR GUARD, BUT WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING TO PAY HER WON'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO THE THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND SPIRIT THAT SHE PUTS INTO WHAT SHE DOES.
AND SO I'VE I'VE HAD BAD KIDS SINCE SHE HAS COME IN.
AND I HAVE SEEN IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WHAT SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH OUR COLOR GUARD KIDS, BOTH HOW THEY PERFORM ON THE FIELD, BUT ALSO THE CHARACTER BUILDING THAT SHE DOES THAT IS, OF COURSE, PRICELESS.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS BEDWELL.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY $0.02 TO THE DISCUSSION OF ESTABLISHING A COLOR GUARD DIRECTOR AT XERXES HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.
FIRST, SOME DETAILS ABOUT MYSELF.
I AM THE PROUD MOTHER OF A SOPHOMORE RJ AND A SENIOR SOLEIL AT HAYES HIGH SCHOOL.
I WILL NOT CRY. I WILL NOT CRY.
I HAVE WORN MANY HATS TO ASSIST OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT MY KIDS ACADEMIC CAREERS AT HAYS FROM CONTINUED PTA PIZZA INVOLVEMENT.
NUMEROUS COMMITTEES, INCLUDING BOND OVERSIGHT TO CURRENTLY SERVING AS A BOARD MEMBER OF BOTH THE HAYES BAND BOOSTERS AND NEWLY ELECTED TO THE HAYES ATHLETIC BOOSTERS.
MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN IN THE GUARD FOR ALL FOUR YEARS OF HER HIGH SCHOOL CAREER.
HER JUNIOR YEAR, SHE SERVED SERVED AS CAPTAIN, AND HER SENIOR YEAR SHE WAS APPOINTED COLONEL OF THE GUARD HAS TRULY BEEN A LIFELINE FOR MY DAUGHTER.
SHE GREW INTO THE DYNAMIC POWERHOUSE SHE IS TODAY THROUGH THE TAPESTRY OF THE HAYES COLOR GUARD PROGRAM. AND THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE KEEN LEADERSHIP OF MRS. MARTINEZ, THE MASTER MASTERMIND BEHIND THE GUARD'S GREATNESS.
SOLEIL HAS ACHIEVED ACCEPTANCE TO NUMEROUS HIGH LEVEL COLLEGES AND SCHOLARSHIPS, WHICH I BELIEVE MRS. MARTINEZ PLAYED AN INTRICATE ROLE IN DEVELOPING SO LATE TO A LEADERSHIP LEVEL THAT MADE ALL THAT ATTAINABLE.
SOLEIL WAS EVEN ABLE TO GET MRS. MARTINEZ INSIGHT INTO THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL OF GUARD, WHICH SHE PLANS TO AUDITION FOR LATER THIS SUMMER AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY.
ALL THANKS TO HER DIRECTORS, STELLAR COACHING AND ENCOURAGEMENT.
BUT SELECT STORY IS NOT UNIQUE.
I HAVE PERSONALLY WITNESSED THE SAME FOCUS AND ATTENTION TO EACH STUDENT SHE ENCOUNTERS.
SHE'S NOT ONLY WORRIED ABOUT HOW THEY TOSS THAT FLAG OR SPIN THAT RIFLE, BUT WHO THEY WANT, WHO THEY BECOME ONCE THE LIGHTS OF GUARD DIMINISH.
WHEN MRS. MARTINEZ FIRST CAME TO HAYES, I NOTICED RIGHT AWAY HOW SHE CONNECTED WITH THE STUDENTS IN A WAY THAT NOT ONLY MADE THEM FEEL THAT THEY COULD TOSS THAT RIFLE 20 TIMES IN THE AIR, BUT THAT THEY WERE ACCEPTED FOR WHO THEY WERE.
SHE'S TRULY IN THE MIDST OF BUILDING A POWERHOUSE WITH HER INITIATION OF THE EVER GROWING AND AWARD WINNING CADET PROGRAM.
THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL GUARDS WHERE THEY WENT TO STATE AND JV MOVING UP A CLASS LEVEL.
BUT OUR BAND AND GUARD PROGRAM STRIVES FOR GREATNESS, AND GUARD IS VITAL TO THE BAND PROGRAM'S SUCCESS.
WITH THAT IN MIND, WE MUST PUT THE RESOURCES IN PLACE TO HAVE A SOLID HOME FOR A GUARD DIRECTOR WITH MRS. MARTINEZ.
YOU MAY WONDER WHY I'M BRINGING THIS UP.
I'M OUT OF HERE. I HAVE A SENIOR GUARD MEMBER.
RIGHT. WELL, IT IS THAT IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT TO OUR DISTRICT, TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
I URGE THE SCHOOL BOARD TO PLACE MRS. MARTINEZ IN A DESIGNATED GUARD POSITION AT HAYES HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE'S EARNED THAT ROLE WITH HER ACHIEVEMENTS, FOCUS AND IMPACT.
IT IS BEYOND THE SERVED ON BEHALF OF A SENIOR PARENT WHO HAS TRULY WITNESSED THE GREATNESS OF HER TUTELAGE AND CARE FOR EACH STUDENT SHE ENCOUNTERS.
I ASKED FOR THE MUCH NEEDED COLOR GUARD DIRECTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION BE PUT IN PLACE AT HAYES HIGH SCHOOL WITH MRS. MARTINEZ. IT IS TIME AND LITERALLY IT'S TIME.
BOARD MEMBERS. FIRST OF ALL, MY NAME IS SALLY JOHNSON, A GRADUATING SENIOR FROM HAYES HIGH SCHOOL AND THE FORMER COLONEL OF THE HAYS COLOR GUARD.
I HAVE LEARNED, PERFORMED AND LED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ONE MRS. MARTINEZ FOR THREE YEARS NOW.
AS SUCH, I CAN SAY WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY THAT SHE DESERVES A PERMANENT POSITION AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT SHE IS SO ENERGETICALLY SERVED.
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I MET MRS. MARTINEZ AT THE END OF MY FRESHMAN YEAR.I WAS NERVOUS AND UNSURE ABOUT MY FUTURE AND COLOR GUARD.
I DIDN'T KNOW THE TEAM WAS THE PLACE FOR ME OR IF IT WAS WORTH ALL THE SWEAT AND TEARS.
BUT MRS. MARTINEZ SHIFTED MY ENTIRE PERSPECTIVE.
SHE TRANSFORMED THE PROGRAM INTO A FUN PLACE TO CHALLENGE MYSELF AND SHOW MY TRUE COLORS OF PRIDE. SHE PUSHED ALL OF US TO HER LIMITS AND SOUGHT OUT THE UNIQUENESS IN EVERY PERFORMER WHEN SHE SAW SOMEONE STRUGGLING.
SHE REFUSED TO LEAVE THEM BEHIND.
SHE NEVER ASKED FOR PERFECTION.
AND WHEN PUSH CAME TO SHOVE, SHE REMIND OF US.
SHE REMINDED US OF WHO WE ARE.
STRONG YOUNG WOMEN AND MEN WHO COULD TAKE EVERY CRITIQUE AND SETBACK AS A DARE TO DO BETTER. BE BETTER.
AFTER THAT FIRST YEAR, THE TRANSFORMED COLOR GUARD PROGRAM, I KNEW I WANTED TO SAY.
I WANTED TO LEARN ALL I COULD FROM THIS AMAZING WOMAN.
UNDER MRS. MARTINEZ, I HAVE GAINED SO MUCH.
SHE HAS TAUGHT ME TO STAND UP FOR MY BELIEFS, TO LISTEN AND EMPATHIZE WITH OTHERS, AND TO ALWAYS GIVE 110%.
I WANT TO BE THE CONFIDENT YOUNG WOMAN I AM TODAY WITHOUT HER FERVENT GUIDANCE.
TEACHING, ENCOURAGING, NURTURING.
ISN'T THAT THE PUREST DUTIES OF A TEACHER? I CAN TELL YOU WITH PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT MRS. MARTINEZ CARES FOR THE ACTIVITY AND HER STUDENTS WITH A FIERY PASSION, A PASSION THAT WOULD BE SHAMEFUL TO DISMISS.
I HOPE THAT MYSELF AND OTHER STUDENTS HAVE COME OUT OF THE PROGRAM ARE SOLID PROOF OF SUCH A THE POWER OF SUCH A BEAUTIFUL MIND AND HOW THAT CAN SPREAD TO THE PEOPLE AROUND US. MR. AND MRS. MARTINEZ HAVE THREE WONDERFUL CHILDREN WHO SHOULD GROW UP SECURE, KNOWING THE POSITIVE IMPACT THEIR PARENTS HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY AND SEEING THAT IMPACT BE REWARDED. LET MRS. MARTINEZ CONTINUE TO BLESS THE LIVES OF STUDENTS LIKE ME.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE CAITLIN MCINTYRE.
HELLO. MY NAME IS CAITLIN MCINTYRE AND I AM A PART OF THE SEVENTH GRADE, IN SEVENTH GRADE AND PART OF THE HAYS CADETS TEAM.
SO BEING IN COLOR GUARD FOR THESE PAST TWO YEARS HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL TO ME IN MY DEVELOPMENT, BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY.
COLOR GUARD HAS TAUGHT ME PATIENCE TO KEEP TRYING TO GET THAT TOSS, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU DROP IT ON YOUR HEAD, BECAUSE THAT REALLY HURTS AND TO GIVE IT YOUR ALL.
BEING A PART OF THIS GUARD HAS GIVEN ME THAT OUTLET TO JUST TO JUST LOSE MYSELF IN THE MUSIC AND CHOREOGRAPHY WHEN I'M ON STAGE WITH THOSE JUDGES WATCHING ME.
NOTHING ELSE MATTERS BESIDES THE FLAG IN MY HAND AND THE STEPS I NEED TO DO WITH IT.
AND OF COURSE, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT OUR AMAZING DIRECTOR, MRS. MARTINEZ. MR. MARTINEZ HAS WORKED ENDLESS HOURS TO PLAN OUR CHOREOGRAPHY, TO CUT OUR MUSIC, AND, OF COURSE, TO WAKE UP EARLY, TO BE AT OUR PRACTICES AND COMPETITIONS ON SATURDAY MORNINGS, SOMETIMES WITH HER THREE KIDS IN TOW.
SHE'S VOLUNTARILY PUT IN SO MUCH OF HER TIME AND EFFORT TO GET THIS TEAM IN TIP TOP CONDITION. SHE'LL WORK ONE AND ONE ON ONE WITH US OVER AND OVER TO LEARN HOW TO DO ANYTHING THAT WILL MAKE US SUCCESSFUL.
MY MOM TOLD ME THAT MRS. MARTINEZ WAS NOT A FULL TIME INSTRUCTOR.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT ALL THE WORK THAT SHE DOES FOR US WAS ON THE SIDE.
MY BAND INSTRUCTOR INSTRUCTORS SHOULD HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT THAT THEY DO.
NO, SORRY. MY BAND INSTRUCTORS ARE FULL TIME EMPLOYEES AND I BELIEVE THAT MY COLOR GUARD INSTRUCTORS SHOULD HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT THAT I DO THAT THEY DO.
I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THE COLOR GUARD PROGRAM AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL VOTE YES TO HAVE A FULL TIME POSITION FOR COLOR GUARD INSTRUCTORS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CAITLIN.
NEXT UP, WE HAVE MANDY MCINTYRE.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, FOR NOT ONLY ME TO PARTICIPATE, BUT FOR THESE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS TO GET A SENSE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN ACTION.
I APPRECIATE IT. MY NAME IS MANDY MCINTYRE.
AND MY CHILD, CAITLIN, WHO YOU JUST MET, HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE HAYS CADET PROGRAM FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS AT BARTON AS AN OBOE PLAYER AT BARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE WIND ENSEMBLE. WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AHEAD FOR WAYS IN WHICH CAITLIN COULD PARTICIPATE IN THE MARCHING BAND PROGRAM.
AND WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL COLOR GUARD LAST YEAR, IT SEEMED LIKE THE PERFECT SOLUTION.
HAVING CHILDREN EXPERIENCE COLOR GUARD IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ALLOW MANY THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE WHAT IS LATER IN HIGH SCHOOL A BIG COMMITMENT.
IT ALSO ALLOWS THEM TO ENTER MARCHING BAND IN HIGH SCHOOL, WELL EQUIPPED WITH THE SKILLS
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NEEDED TO BE COMPETITIVE.MS.. MARTINEZ, AS YOU'VE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN, HAS BEEN ESSENTIAL IN TEACHING AND MANAGING THIS CADET PROGRAM.
COLOR GUARD UNDER HER CARE IS WELCOMING, INCLUSIVE AND CHALLENGING THREE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS BUILDING GOOD FOUNDATIONS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS.
HER TEAMS HAVE SHOWN THAT HER CONSISTENT LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN VITAL, AND THEY'VE DONE QUITE WELL AT THE COMPETITIONS THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND IN THE WINTER.
AS MANY OF YOU MAY RECOGNIZE, BUILDING STRONG PROGRAMS TAKES MOMENTUM AND TIME.
THESE DIRECTORS WORK VERY HARD TO BUILD PROGRAMS, AND THIS NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL CADET PROGRAM THAT MS.. MARTINEZ IS ESTABLISHED IS A GREAT FEEDER OPPORTUNITY, AND HAVING A FULL TIME POSITION SECURED WOULD PROVIDE FREEDOM AND STABILITY IN ORDER FOR HER TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM EVEN BETTER.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT A FULL TIME COLOR GUARD INSTRUCTOR AT EACH OF THE SCHOOLS COULD ONLY ENHANCE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE ALREADY WITH EVEN LESS RESOURCES THAN THEY HAD.
I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO PLEASE SUPPORT AND VOTE YES ON APPROVING FULL TIME COLOR GUARD POSITIONS. THANK YOU.
NEXT UP, WE HAVE MICHELLE WYNNE.
FIRST, LET ME TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES STAFF IN THE COMMUNITY.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PROPOSED COLOR GUARD DIRECTOR POSITION IN THE DISTRICT. I AM MICHEL WYNNE AND I HAVE A QUIRKY 10TH GRADE DAUGHTER WHO IS AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL WHO'S ALWAYS STRUGGLED ACADEMICALLY AND WITH SELF CONFIDENCE, AND SHE IS IN COLOR GUARD AS A MEMBER OF THE GUARD.
SINCE EIGHTH GRADE AND UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF ALI MARTINEZ, JAY HAS MADE STRIDES SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY, AND AS SHE HAS SAID, SHE'S FOUND HER PEOPLE.
THE CURRENT BANDING GUARD PROGRAM AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL IS ONE OF HIGH CALIBER, WITH DIRECTORS THAT UNDERSTAND THAT BUILDING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IS KEY TO SUCCESS.
FURTHERMORE, THE PRESENT GUARD DIRECTOR, MS..
MARTINEZ, WHO'S MENTOR TO SEVERAL STUDENTS, INCLUDING MY OWN, WORKS DILIGENTLY TO IMPROVE AND GROW OUR CURRENT PROGRAM, AND HER SALARY COMES FROM BOOSTER FUNDS.
AS A RESPONSIBLE DISTRICT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO INVEST IN THE PROGRAMS THAT WE VALUE, ONES THAT PROVIDE POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR ALL STUDENTS.
I BELIEVE THE GUARD PROGRAM IS ONE SUCH VALUABLE PROGRAM BECAUSE STUDENTS ENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL TO EXPLORE THEIR INDIVIDUALITY.
THEY SEARCH FOR A PLACE TO BELONG.
IT'S A UNIQUE PROGRAM IN THAT THE PROGRAM INVITES STUDENTS FROM SIXTH THROUGH 12TH GRADES AT ANY POINT IN THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL AND ACADEMIC JOURNEY, REGARDLESS OF THEIR SKILL LEVEL. STUDENTS BUILD CONFIDENCE AND APTITUDES WHICH ARE APPLICABLE ACROSS CURRICULUM. AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, I BELIEVE IT IS IMPERATIVE WE FUND THE POSITION OF COLOR GUARD DIRECTOR.
DOING SO WOULD ENSURE THAT BAND FEES REMAIN LOW AND BOOST YOUR MONEYS FUND OTHER REQUIREMENTS. SUSTAINING A SUCCESSFUL MUSIC PROGRAM IN ADDITION TO DISTRICT SUPPORTED DIRECTOR WOULD HELP TO VALIDATE THE GUARD PROGRAM AND LEGITIMIZE THE POSITION WITH BACKING FROM THE DISTRICT.
ALTHOUGH A PART OF THE BAND PROGRAM PARTICIPATING ALONGSIDE MUSICIANS DURING THE SUMMER AND FALL, COLOR GUARD REQUIRES A DIRECTOR WITH SPECIALIZED SKILLS.
LEGITIMIZATION INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF A QUALITY DIRECTOR RETENTION, WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR BUILDING STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS, BAND AND GUARD COLLABORATION, DESIGNING AND PROGRAMING, RECRUITMENT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SKILL DIFFERENTIATION.
IT'S MY HOPE THAT OUR AS OUR DISTRICT GROWS, BAND AND GUARD WILL NOT ONLY GROW IN THE QUANTITY OF PARTICIPATION, BUT CONTINUE TO GROW IN THE EXCELLENT QUALITY OF ITS PROGRAMING. ESTABLISHING AN OFFICIAL COLOR GUARD DIRECTOR POSITION GUARANTEES THE SUCCESS OF THE WHOLE MUSIC PROGRAM THROUGH PROVIDING POSITIVE MENTORSHIP FOR ALL STUDENTS AND FURTHER ENSURES HEALTHY OUTLETS EXIST FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO MAY BE SEEKING A PLACE TO BELONG AND A SCHOOL FAMILY TO CELEBRATE THEIR UNIQUENESS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MS..
WYNN. NEXT UP, WE HAVE MADELINE BISHOP.
HELLO. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
I HAVE TWO CHILDREN IN THE HAYS PROGRAM.
MY SON IS IN SIXTH GRADE AT BARTON, AND MY DAUGHTER IS A 10TH GRADER AT HAYES, BOTH OF WHICH ARE IN THE FINE ARTS PROGRAM.
MY SON IS IN BAND AS WELL AS MY DAUGHTER.
WE HAVE WATCHED OUR PROGRAMS GROW AND BECOME THESE AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCES ON THE
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FIELD, AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE FOR THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS WHEN MY OTHER KIDS GET TO GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM AS WELL.SO I AM HERE TO SUPPORT AND HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL SUPPORT FULL TIME POSITIONS AT ALL THREE CAMPUSES.
MS.. BISHOP. THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS TONIGHT.
AND JUST WANT TO LET OUR SPEAKERS KNOW WE ARE GOING TO BE VOTING ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT.
IT'S ITEM FOUR IF YOU WANT TO STICK AROUND FOR A LITTLE BIT.
[J. CAMPUS RECOGNITION - Barton Middle School]
NEXT UP, WE HAVE J OUR CAMPUS RECOGNITION.IT'S ALL ABOUT BARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL TODAY AND WE HAVE MR. LLOYD HERE TONIGHT.
ARE YOU GIVING OUR PRESENTATION? AND WE LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME MATERIALS IN YOUR DYAS FOLDER TEAM FOR BARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL. DR.
WATSON ALSO COMING TO THE PODIUM.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A BLESS YOU.
TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO INTRODUCE MR. LLOYD AND HIS TEAM HERE AT BARTON.
HE'S GOT TEAM QUEEN HERE OF THE VIDEOS.
I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING GOOD FOR BARTON, MISS SNYDER.
I JUST WANT TO REITERATE ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT BARTON'S DONE THIS YEAR, AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO GET SOME MORE RESULTS BACK FOR THEM.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE OUTSTANDING.
THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER A FANTASTIC TEAM AND THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR.
AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. LLOYD. ALL RIGHT.
SO WE'LL GO THROUGH A QUICK PRESENTATION TO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
AND THEN THERE'S A SHORT VIDEO AT THE END THAT'S KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGED.
ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THE TRANSITION TO ONLINE LEARNING, MR. ANGELO AND OUR STAR TEAM HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE ALL THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL ON THE STAR TEST.
AND FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, WE'VE GROWN TO 90% MASTERS FROM 74% MASTERS AND ALGEBRA ONE LAST YEAR. TOPAZ SCORES.
YOU CAN SEE STATE, DISTRICT, CAMPUS.
WE'VE GOT A PRETTY FOCUSED PROGRAM AND DOING VERY WELL.
AND 14 OF OUR 53 STUDENTS WILL EXIT THIS YEAR.
THAT'S DUE IN LARGE PART TO THE LADY BEHIND ME, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACH, MS..
IVAN SCHNEIDER, AND HER PROGRAM HOCKEY TUESDAYS AND JUST ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS KNOW HOW TO LISTEN, SPEAK AND DO EXTREMELY WELL ON THE TOPAZ TEST.
THE ONE THING THAT GETS THEM RIGHT NOW ARE YOU WANT TO PLAY THE VIDEO? IT WOULD BE WAY TOO LONG. OH, I'M SORRY.
THERE'S. THERE'S ONE AT THE END.
SPEAKING AS THE HARDEST PART FOR OUR ELLS, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR FOCUS FOR NEXT YEAR. IT'S THE ONE THING THAT'S KEPT SOME OF THEM BACK FROM EXITING THIS YEAR.
NO. THE VIDEO WILL BE AT THE END SO WE CAN CLICK THROUGH ALL THE VIDEOS THAT ARE EMBEDDED. THERE'S ONE AT THE VERY END.
YES, MA'AM. SO THIS IS GET MORE MATH.
IT'S THE MATH PROGRAM THAT BARTON HAS BEEN FORTUNATE TO USE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO USE NEXT YEAR.
SO THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, OUR BOBCATS, ALL THE WAY FROM SIXTH GRADE TO ALGEBRA ONE, HAVE DONE 736,000 QUESTIONS.
AND AS I MENTIONED ON THE NEXT SLIDE, IT'LL SHOW THAT EVERY TEACHER ON OUR CAMPUS THAT IS IN MATH IS IMPLEMENTING THAT.
THE ONE THAT'S LOWER IS OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACH.
AND THAT'S JUST SHE WAS ADMINISTERING THE EXAM.
READING PLUS WAS THE DISTRICT'S READING PLATFORM.
THIS YEAR THERE WAS TWO DISTRICT COMPETITIONS, AND BARTON WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WIN BOTH OF THEM.
THE FIRST ONE BEING GENERAL OVERALL USAGE.
AND WE GOT A BARBECUE BY MR. GOMES. AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE IS STUDENT PERFORMANCE.
SO SCORING 80%, WE WON ALL THREE GRADE LEVELS, SIX, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH IN THE DISTRICT FUNDED KONA ICE FOR ALL OF OUR BOBCATS AS WELL.
WE'VE ALWAYS DONE THE STAR CAMP AT BARTON THIS YEAR.
THE FOCUS WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET DR.
BUT IT WAS A BOOT CAMP AND WE FOCUSED MORE ON WE FOCUS MORE ON GETTING STUDENTS TO MASTER. SO WITH ALL OF THE BUBBLE KIDS FOR CAMP, SO IT WASN'T JUST GETTING STUDENTS TO PASS, IT WAS GETTING EVERYBODY TO MOVE UP ONE LEVEL, WHICH WAS SOMETHING A UNIQUE STRATEGY WE TRIED THIS YEAR.
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HATE BARTON'S BOBCAT CAMP, BUT WHEN WE WENT, I LOVED IT AND
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HE GOT TO SKIP CLASS.IT WAS UNBEKNOWNST TO HIM. HE WAS DOING 3 HOURS OF MATH A DAY, NOT ONE.
WE'VE ALSO HAD A SOCIAL STUDIES CAMP THAT'S KIND OF GAMES, BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY EMBEDDED INSTRUCTIONAL THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE SCIENCE CAMP.
WE HAD A NEW SCIENCE TEACHER ON CAMPUS AND SHE WANTED TO DO THE SAME THING.
SO ONCE AGAIN, ALONG WITH SCHNEIDER, SHE DID THAT.
AND BASED ON THE INITIAL RESULTS WE'VE GOT FROM STAR, WE DID EXTREMELY WELL IN BOTH OF THOSE, MAYBE TO THE POINT OF GETTING A DISTINCTION.
OUR FOCUS AT BARTON IS TO GET TO MASTERS, AND OUR SEVENTH GRADE ADVANCED TEACHER STARTED A MASTER'S CLASS ON THE WEEKENDS AND SHE HAD MANY STUDENTS PARTICIPATE.
AND 11 OUT OF THE 16 THIS IS VOLUNTARY CAME IN ON SATURDAY, ACTUALLY GOT TO ADVANCED MASTERS ON THE STAR TEST WHEN THEY WERE ALREADY THEY WERE JUST AT MEET'S.
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO GROW THAT PROGRAM NEXT YEAR.
SOCRATIC SEMINAR IS GOING TO BE OUR GT FOCUS FOR NEXT YEAR AND WE'VE ALREADY GOT SOME TRAINING PLANNED FOR THE SUMMER, BUT OUR SEVENTH GRADE ELA TEAM WHO INCREASED THEIR MASTER SCORES, 32% IMPLEMENTED THAT THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT CAMPUS WIDE NEXT YEAR.
OUR SPOTLIGHT WILL WERE MAGAZINES.
OUR TEACHER WAS ACTUALLY OUT ON MATERNITY IN TWO DAYS WHEN SHE CAME BACK.
THEY HAD THEIR PRESENTATIONS AFTER SCHOOL AND THE KIDS DID AN AMAZING JOB FOR JUST BEING COMMUNICATING WITH HER THROUGH SCHOOL.
YOU. WITH THE MOVE TO A ONE IN ONE DEVICES, WE NO LONGER NEED SOME OF OUR COMPUTER LABS.
SO WE TRANSITIONED ONE TO A LIVE LEARNING LAB, WHICH IS VERY COOL.
THE KIDS LOVE IT AND IT'S KIND OF A REWARD SYSTEM FOR SOME OF OUR KIDDOS WHO GO DOWN THERE AND SEE SOME SOME ANIMALS AND PLAY WITH THEM AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
PBS ARE TWO ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS THERE.
MR. MIZE AND MR. VIGNEAULT HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB ACKNOWLEDGING STUDENTS.
YOU CAN SEE HIM WITH HIS MICROPHONE THERE THAT HE DOES NOT NEED BURSTING INTO CLASSES AT THE END OF THE DAY, ACKNOWLEDGING STUDENTS.
AND THEN JUST A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS.
WE'RE BIG ON THEMED DRESS DAYS AND WE HAVE A GREAT PARTICIPATION.
OUR PTA DID AN AMAZING JOB THIS YEAR AS WELL.
WE AWARD THE FIVE TIME BARTON ACADEMIC CHAMPIONS THIS YEAR.
HAFNER, WHO'S BEEN OUR LEAD FOR ALL FIVE OF THOSE IN A ROW.
YOU CAN GO TO NEXT. THIS YEAR, THE SPELLING BEE.
WE HAD THE SPANISH ONE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THE TWO DISTRICT CHAMPIONS FOR OUR SPANISH SPELLING BEE.
SO CAN'T LOOK FORWARD TO THAT GROWING BACK NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
NEXT TO MISS NEWHALL. YOU KNOW, LEARNING A COUPLE OF OUR STAR TEACHERS THERE WHO ARE GOING TO LEAD OUR EIGHTH GRADE TEAMS TO GETTING DISTINCTIONS THIS YEAR AND PROBABLY SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES.
OUR GTX SPOTLIGHT SIXTH GRADE TEACHER MS..
AND THEN OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR WAS MR. PHILLIP DE LA SANTOS. HE'S OUR THEATER TEACHER ON CAMPUS.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF AMBASSADOR AWARDS, AN INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE, AND MISS BRIDGET MADDOX AND OUR CROSSING GUARD. I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL SEEN MR. HENDERSON. WE HAD TWO HAYS EDUCATION GRANTS THIS YEAR.
WE HAD TO L L LEARNERS ONCE AGAIN, MS..
SCHNEIDER AND MS.. NEWHALL, AND THEN WE HAD A PUG AWARD FOR OUR STEM TEACHER, MS..
A COUPLE OF OUR KIDDOS IN THE GTG PROGRAM.
ONE TELESCOPE YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE FUTURE CITIES IN SPACE AND THEN OUR DYSLEXIA TEAM WITH THREE MISSIONS, THEY'VE CONSISTENTLY DONE EXTREMELY WELL ON THEIR READING GAMES AND THIS YEAR THEY GOT SECOND IN THE STATE.
ALL RIGHT, THEN. WE'VE GOT A SHORT VIDEO KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
THERE'S A PARTY GOING ON RIGHT HERE.
A CELEBRATION FOR LAUGHS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO BRING YOUR GOOD TIMES AND YOUR LAUGHTER TO WE GONNA CELEBRATE YOUR PARTY WITH YOU.
COME ON. LET'S ALL CELEBRATE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME, SIR.
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WE GO CELEBRATE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.LET'S CELEBRATE. THERE'S A PARTY GOING ON RIGHT HERE AND DEDICATION THE LAST THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO BRING YOUR GOOD TIMES AND YOUR LAUGHTER TO WE.
GO CELEBRATE AND PARTY WITH YOU.
COME ON. LET'S ALL CELEBRATE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.
YEAH. YEAH. WE GO CELEBRATING AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? 3.0 ROUND.
IT'S A CELEBRATION OF GOOD TIMES.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A. LET'S CELEBRATE.
IT'S ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GOOD TIME TONIGHT.
LET'S CELEBRATE. IT'S ALL RIGHT.
LET'S CELEBRATE. IT'S ALL RIGHT.
I LOVE THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING WITH US, MR. LLOYD. WE MAY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
DON'T GO TOO FAR OR COMMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO HEAR.
I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS ON MY LEFT.
THE STRUGGLE. I'LL JUST SAY COMMENTS.
NO QUESTIONS. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT BARTON A FEW WEEKS AGO AND I WENT INTO THE CLASS AND THE STEAM CLASS AND IT WAS PRETTY AWESOME.
MRS. CASSETTE WAS AWESOME AND THE KIDS LOVED HER AND THEY WERE SO ENGAGED.
YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB.
EVERYTHING WE JUST SAW WITH THERE TRULY IS FAMILY AT BARTON AND THAT SHOWS.
TO WATCH AN ENTIRE YEAR JUST FLASH BEFORE YOUR EYES WAS PRETTY COOL AND I LOVE THE LIVE LEARNING LABS I WANT TO THAT'S I DIDN'T SEE THAT WHEN I WAS THERE I NEED TO COME SEE THAT. SO I'M GOING TO COME CHECK THAT OUT.
AND TO ALL OF YOUR TEACHERS AND YOUR STUDENTS AND EVERYBODY ELSE LISTENING WHILE I HAVE A CHANCE. I HOPE YOU HAVE AN AMAZING SUMMER AND GREAT JOB.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT YEAR. ALL RIGHT.
ANYONE ELSE? MR. VELA, PRINCIPAL LLOYD, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
THEY HAVE. THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM.
IT'S LIKE AN EXCLUSIVE CLUB NOW, SO THEY HAVE TO BE AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER.
SO THERE'S ONLY 53 THAT GET IN AND THEY COME IN.
IT'S OPTIONAL, BUT THEY ALL WANT TO COME.
WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION, THEY COME IN AND THEY'RE EATING, LITERALLY EATING TACOS AND PRACTICING. L L YOU SAW THE SCREENS AND THEY HAVE THE COMPUTERS IN FRONT OF THEM AND THEY'RE JUST GOING THROUGH THE TEST AND PRACTICING BECAUSE THEY WANT TO EXIT AS BADLY AS WE WANT THEM TO EXIT. SO WE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS THIS YEAR AND I THINK NEXT YEAR IS
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GOING TO BE ASTRONOMICAL AS TO HOW WELL THE STUDENTS DO.HE JUST TOOK ME BACK TO THE TALKIES AND MY FIFTH GRADE YEARS, AND I WAS A BILINGUAL TEACHER. AND DO THEY LOVE THEM? AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA THAT THEY'RE LEARNING AS THEY'RE ENJOYING AND PARTAKING.
SO KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR TEACHERS FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH YOUR STUDENTS.
ANYTHING OVER HERE, MR. SEVERANCE? THESE ARE THE KIND OF PRESENTATIONS THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD NOW FROM MY SECOND MEETING.
THIS IS THE THIRD CAMPUS RECOGNITION.
AND I LOVE I WANT TO SEE MORE OF THIS.
I LOVE HOW MUCH FUN YOUR CAMPUS SEEMS TO BE HAVING.
AND IF YOU WANT TO INVITE ME TO ANY OF THIS THIS STUFF, JUST SEND ME AN EMAIL, CALL ME.
I WOULD LOVE TO COME TAKE A PEEK AROUND MAYBE NEXT YEAR WHEN YOU GET A KICKING OUT AGAIN. BUT JUST WAY TO GO.
THIS IS GREAT. AND TAKIS, FOR THE RECORD, AS MY FIRST TIME THIS YEAR TO HAVE THOSE BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER LOVES THEM AND Y'ALL CAN KEEP THEM.
BUT I APPRECIATE I KNOW THAT THEY'RE THERE.
THEY'RE WILDLY POPULAR, BUT I PROBABLY WOULD JUST PASS ON THAT EVENT.
BUT I CAN COME TO ANY OTHER ONES, SO THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE, MRS. OROZCO? YES.
I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO GO TO BAHRAIN AND ATTEND SEVERAL OF YOUR SHOWCASES, SO IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE HOW YOU'RE JUST STRIVING TO ALWAYS IMPROVE, RIGHT? YOU ALL DO A WONDERFUL JOB OUT THERE ENGAGING YOUR STUDENTS AND SO MANY GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU ACTUALLY.
I SEE THAT YOU WERE DOING READING PLUS.
RIGHT. AND YOU ALL KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK HIGHER THAN ALL THE OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS. BUT I DON'T SEE YOU ON THE LIST TO HAVE READING.
PLUS, NEXT YEAR, IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU ALL ARE NOT DOING READING? PLUS NEXT YEAR? TO MY UNDERSTANDING, EVERYBODY IS DOING READING.
PLUS NEXT YEAR WE WERE FOR SURE DOING READING.
PLUS NEXT YEAR, IF IT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S OFFERED FOR US, IT'S ON OUR AGENDA THAT WE'LL DISCUSS READING PLUS A LITTLE BIT LATER FOR LETTER LL3L IT JUST SAYS LAMAN JOHNSON AND ELM GROVES.
SO THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE, WHAT IN THE WORLD? Y'ALL ARE DOING SO GREAT WITH THAT.
BUT THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS ON MY READING PROGRAM, READING PLUS.
OK. SO ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLS WILL HAVE IT.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW, SINCE YOU ALL ARE DOING SO GREAT WITH THAT.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT GET MORE MATH? I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE DOING IT EXCLUSIVELY.
CORRECT. AND YOU ALL HAVE SEEN GREAT RESULTS WITH THAT.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE SHARING THOSE BEST PRACTICES WITH THE OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS? I KNOW THERE'S DREAMBOX THAT'S MANDATED, BUT YOU'RE REALLY GETTING SOME BANG FOR YOUR BUCK WITH GET MORE MATH. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? YEAH, MY TEACHERS OBVIOUSLY LIKE IT.
WE GOT IT TWO YEARS AGO FOR FREE BECAUSE THEY IT WAS COVERED AND THEY WERE ROLLING OUT PROGRAMS. WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH WITH SOME AS THEIR MONEY LAST YEAR TO USE IT AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE EXCELLENT MATH TEACHERS.
THEY JUST LIKE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT GET MORE MATH OFFERS FOR THEM AND THEY CAN GET THE STUDENTS MOTIVATED TO DO IT.
SO THAT'S WHY I GOT TO TELL MY TEACHERS.
IT'S NOT THE ONLY REASON, YOU'RE THE MAIN REASON, BUT THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL FOR US AND I LIKE THAT WE'RE USING IT ALL THE WAY FROM SIXTH GRADE TO ALGEBRA, SO EVERY MATH TEACHER ON OUR CAMPUS HAS BOUGHT INTO IT.
AND THAT CAN BE THE THE MOST DIFFICULT THING WITH SOME PROGRAMS IS NOT WHETHER IT'S A GOOD OR BAD PROGRAM, IT'S WHETHER YOUR TEACHERS BUY IN.
AND RIGHT NOW, MY TEACHERS HAVE BOUGHT INTO THAT PROGRAM.
OKAY, GREAT. I'M JUST WONDERING AND I'LL WRITE THIS DOWN AS A QUESTION.
I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE TRAINING FOR OUR STAFF LATER IN THE YEAR, DURING THE SUMMER AND TEACHERS ARE DOING THE TRAINING, IT WOULD BE PRETTY AMAZING IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, WHICH YOU MAYBE HAVE ALREADY TRAINED OTHER TEACHERS ON THIS AND THE BENEFITS OF USING THIS, THAT WOULD BE PRETTY EXCITING TO SEE.
AND ALSO PASSING THOSE BEST PRACTICES, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOUR SCORES ARE SO AMAZING AND YOU ALL HAVE DONE REALLY GOOD STUFF WITH MATH THERE.
THANK YOU. OH, COME ON UP TO THE MIC.
SEE, I KNEW SOMEBODY COULD ANSWER MY QUESTION.
INTRODUCE YOURSELF ON THE MICROPHONE.
YVONNE SCHNEIDER, INSTRUCTIONAL COACH ON CAMPUS.
TINA ZIFF IS GOING TO BE DOING GET MORE MATH FUSION SO SHE CAN SHOW ALL THE OTHER TEACHERS WHAT IT IS. ALSO ON THE VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE KIDS TELLING WHAT THEY LIKE ABOUT GET MORE MATH AND HOW IT BENEFITS THEM.
AND IT'S STRICTLY FROM THE KIDS.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW.
ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. BRAVO.
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I KNOW THOSE BARBECUES FROM GOMEZ ARE HIGHLY COVETED, SO.GOOD JOB GETTING ONE OF THOSE.
IT'S REALLY GOOD. AND WHOEVER HAS THIS BETTER CALL MALL.
THIS IS GENIUS. I AM OBSESSED WITH BETTER CALL SAUL.
SO WHOEVER DID THAT, KUDOS TO YOU.
I NEED ONE OF THESE SHIRTS THAT CODY.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT. CODY MEYERS HAS SO MUCH ENERGY.
I'M SO GLAD THAT HE IS BACK IN OUR DISTRICT AND WORKING AT BARTON.
HE HAS SO MUCH ENERGY AND I KNOW WHEN HE WAS AT DAHLSTROM, HE JUST WAS ALL ABOUT DAHLSTROM. AND I KNOW THAT HE'S NOW A BOBCAT AND I'M SURE HE IS ALL ABOUT BEING A BOBCAT.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING ALL OF THIS WITH US.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR.
THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME. YEAH.
ANYTHING ELSE? DR. WRIGHT, WERE YOU GOING TO SAY SOMETHING? NO. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE UP AN ITEM TEAM IN FOR WHICH YOU'VE GOT SOME
[N.4. Update on Shelton Stadium Scoreboard Installation and Press Box Construction]
INFORMATION HERE IN YOUR DYAS FOLDER.MR. MOFFITT, THIS IS YOUR ITEM.
WE'RE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE ON OUR SCOREBOARD INSTALLATION AT SHELTON STADIUM AND THE PRESS BOX CONSTRUCTION THERE.
WRIGHT AND BOARD. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE THE RENDERING. THAT'S THE MOST CURRENT RENDERING OF THE SCOREBOARD THAT'S GOING TO GO UP. JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME DATES.
JUNE 20TH TO JULY 1ST IS OUR INSTALLATION DATE FOR THE SCOREBOARD.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET TOMORROW TO TALK ABOUT MARKETING, BUT THE PROJECT LEADER FROM VCR NOW HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY, SO HE CANCELED.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO MEET NEXT WEDNESDAY OR JUNE 1ST.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A SITE VISIT, WALK AROUND, LOOK, CHECK ON ELECTRICAL, THAT KIND OF THING, AND THEN WE'LL MEET ALSO ABOUT THE MARKETING PACKAGE AND GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT MARKETING ASPECTS OF THE SPONSORSHIPS.
AND SO THAT'S THE SCOREBOARD INFORMATION AS I KNOW IT, AS THIS MOMENT.
HE GAVE ME A TOUR OF THE STADIUM TODAY BECAUSE I HADN'T BEEN UP IN THE PRESS BOX AND AROUND THE STADIUM YET.
I'VE BEEN ON HAYS CAMPUS A BUNCH ALREADY, BUT I HADN'T BEEN UP IN THE PRESS BOX, SO HE GAVE ME A TOUR OF THE WHOLE FACILITY.
AND SO THAT SEGUES INTO THE RENOVATION OF THE PRESS BOX, WHICH WILL START IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE INSTALLATION OF THE SCOREBOARD.
YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT DESIGN LAYOUTS.
MR. AGNEW AND I WENT THROUGH ALL THAT TODAY.
ESSENTIALLY, WE HAVE TO CREATE A SCOREBOARD OPERATIONS PLACE BECAUSE THE COMPONENTS THAT GO WITH THE SCOREBOARD HAVE TO HAVE HVAC ALL THE TIME.
AND SO IT'S GOING TO GO INTO THE FA, THE FA, I GUESS AS I'M LOOKING AT MY FAR LEFT, THAT END OF THE TOP, THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE PRESS BOX, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO RECONFIGURE WHERE OUR HOME COACHES SIT AND MOVE SOME PEOPLE AROUND ON THAT SECOND FLOOR AND THEN ON THE FIRST FLOOR WHERE YOU GUYS TYPICALLY SIT AND HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR SEATS.
WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOME NEW CHAIRS AND TIDY IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, ALL THE POLLS HAVE BEEN ISSUED AND EVERYTHING'S READY TO GO ON THAT.
WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE FINALIZATION OF THE SCOREBOARD SPONSORSHIPS.
AND I SPOKE TO SUZY MITCHELL TODAY, THE CTE COORDINATOR, ABOUT THE AV BROADCASTING CLASSES AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO TRAIN THOSE TEACHERS AND THAT WILL COME IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE INSTALLATION.
THEN THE COMPANY WILL SEND SOMEONE ON SITE TO TRAIN OUR TEACHERS SO THAT WE CAN TRAIN OUR KIDS IN THE OPERATION OF THE SCOREBOARD AND THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS.
AND THEN WHEN WE HOST OUR FIRST GAME, THEY WILL SEND A TECHNICIAN OR TWO WITH US JUST TO MAKE SURE, SINCE IT'LL BE THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE IT, HOW TO GO THROUGH IT.
WRIGHT. YEAH, JUST A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
MITCHELL AND ALL OF THE BROADCAST JOURNALISM TEACHERS, THE THE CONTROL BOARD WILL BE THE EXACT SAME CONTROL BOARD THAT THE KIDS UTILIZE ON EACH OF THE CAMPUSES THAT HAYS, LEHMAN AND JOHNSON.
AND THAT WAY THEY'LL HAVE FAMILIARITY.
AND THE TRAINING PROCESS WON'T TAKE SO LONG.
AND THAT'S ONE REASON WE DECIDED TO GO WITH THIS COMPANY SO THAT IT WOULD BE LIKE THE ONES WE HAVE INSTALLED ON OUR CAMPUSES.
AND, AND, AND WE ARE PLANNING AS A PART OF OUR GAME WORKER SYSTEM OF PAYING THE GAME WORKERS. SO WE WILL HAVE THREE CAMERAS, ONE AROUND THE 50 AND THEN TWO AROUND THE 10 TO 20 RANGE ON THE FIELD.
AND AND THEN WE'LL HAVE WE'LL HAVE A GAME PRODUCER THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE DOING INSTANT REPLAYS. THEY'LL THEY'LL DO ALL OF THE THE COMMERCIALS.
THE KIDS ON CAMPUS WILL DO ALL THE ADVERTISING AND THE COMMERCIALS PRIOR, AND THEN THEY'LL LOAD THEM DURING THE GAMES AND AND THEN WE'LL ACTUALLY FILM THE PREGAME, WE'LL FILM THE BAND MARCHING AND ALL THE DIFFERENT EVENTS.
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AND THEN WE'LL HAVE PROBABLY A SPONSOR OF THE WEEK AND WE'LL ALLOW THAT PERSON TO, TO SHARE PREGAME AS WELL.AND I REALLY LIKE THE COMPONENT OF HOW WE'RE TYING OUR CTE BROADCAST JOURNALISM CLASS INTO INTO THE EVENTS. AND NOT ONLY WILL IT BE FOR FOOTBALL, IT WILL BE FOR FOR BAND MARCHING CONTESTS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HOST AT THAT STADIUM.
AND SO I THINK IT'LL BE A HUGE VALUE ADD AND I THINK IT'LL HELP US ATTRACT PLAYOFF GAMES AS WELL. AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE THE COST TO RENOVATE THE THE STADIUM IS GOING TO BE AROUND 15,000 OR LESS IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, TO MAKE IT CONDUCIVE, THAT'S BUYING THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT AND PUTTING UP THE WALLS IN THERE TO TO GET THAT CONTROL PANEL SET UP, BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE TO BE 72 DEGREES OR LESS TO KEEP THE ELECTRONICS SAFE.
AND AND THAT'LL ADD TO THE LONGEVITY.
SO IT'S GOING TO ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS.
OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HANG OUT. WE MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE TEAM.
I APPRECIATE THE RENDERING HERE.
AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE WE'VE SEEN THE SCOREBOARD.
SO I INVITED MR. MOFFITT TONIGHT TO JUST GIVE US AN UPDATE.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
I KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE EXCITED TO SEE THAT IT'LL BE READY WHEN WE START THE SEASON IN THE FALL.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE TEAM ON THIS ITEM? MR. SEVERANCE YEAH, I THINK THIS IS GREAT.
I WAS IN THE AUDIENCE AND I BELIEVE THAT THE TOP PART ONLY HAD THE ABILITY TO HAVE THREE MASCOTS. AND I SEE THAT WE'VE NOW MADE IT TO WHERE IF AND WHEN WE GET TO SIX HIGH SCHOOLS, EACH ONE OF THOSE BARS CAN HOUSE A MASS SO IT CAN GROW AS OUR DISTRICT GROWS.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO ON THE MARKETING SIDE OF IT, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS WHENEVER YOU GET DOWN TO THE.
SURE. I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG PART OF FUNDING THIS PROGRAM ITSELF. SO THE RANGE FROM $25 TO $250000 SEEMS PRETTY LIGHT TO JUST HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THAT WHAT THAT LEVEL OF COMMITMENT MEANS TO DIFFERENT VENDORS.
SO ANYWAY, I THINK IT'S GREAT.
I CANNOT WAIT TILL THIS THING IS UP AND GOING.
WE SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. IT'S GREAT.
ALL RIGHT. I LOVE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND THEN MR. VELA. YEAH, IF YOU CAN JUST WHENEVER YOU GUYS DISCUSS WHAT THAT MARKETING PLAN IS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, IF YOU GUYS WILL JUST PUT IT ON BOARD BLOG FOR US ALL TO SEE, THAT'D BE AWESOME.
THIS IS REALLY EXCITING. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE FIRST GAME OUT OF SHELDON STADIUM AND THIS NEW SCOREBOARD.
EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE JEALOUS.
WHO DOESN'T HAVE IT? ALL RIGHT, MR. VELA. ALL RIGHT, COACH MOFFITT.
SO, YEAH, IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THE PROGRESS AND DEFINITELY SOME, SOME GOOD TANGIBLE DATES.
NOW REMIND ME OF ARE WE GETTING A PR SOUND WITH THIS AS WELL? I MEAN, IS IT THE HIDDEN THAT'S THE HIDDEN THING THAT NOBODY EVER THINKS ABOUT WHEN YOU DO THIS, YOU REDO THE SOUND AND THEN WHEN THEY HOOK THE SOUND UP, IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, RIGHT? OH, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
OKAY, GREAT. YEAH, I'M EXCITED AS WELL.
AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO ENHANCE NOT ONLY THE SPORTS BUT THEN THE FINE ARTS EVENTS AS WELL. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
WIRELESS MIKES FOR ALL OVER THE STADIUM AS WELL AS A MIKED UP OFFICIAL.
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THEM WHEN THEY DO PENALTIES AND THAT KIND OF THING.
I WANT TO VOLUNTEER IS ONE OF THE HYPE MEN FOR ONE OF THE GAMES TO DAY AND I'M SURE.
THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
ANYTHING ELSE OVER HERE? ALL RIGHT. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO BRING THAT UP.
THE A HIDDEN GEM IN ALL OF THIS IS THAT SHELTON STADIUM IS GOING TO GET A MUCH NEEDED SOUND EQUIPMENT UPGRADE, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
YOU BET. THE PRESS BOX, CONSTRUCTION, WHEN WHEN IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE DONE? THAT WILL START ON JULY 5TH.
OKAY. THE SCOREBOARD INSTALLATION WILL FINISH ON JULY 1ST, WHICH IS A FRIDAY, JULY 4TH ON MONDAY.
SO WE'LL START ON TUESDAY AFTER JULY 4TH IS WHAT THE PLAN IS.
AND THAT'S ABOUT, I THINK WE SCHEDULED TO OR THEY TOLD US TWO WEEKS AND WE GAVE THEM FOUR WEEKS TO GET THE RENOVATION DONE.
GOT IT. I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO MR. GOMEZ AND MR. AGNEW FOR COACHING ME UP ON THIS TODAY.
THEY'VE DONE MOST OF THE WORK ON THIS, SO THEY DID A GREAT JOB.
OK BACK TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED AGENDA.
WE ARE ON CONSENT AT THIS TIME.
[K. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT]
ACTUALLY, WE WE HAVE THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT THAT'S ON THE AGENDA FROM LAST WEEK.WE HAD A GREAT PRESENTATION FROM THE UNIFIED CHAMPION SCHOOL AND THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE IN OUR CAMPUSES.
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TEAM DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? MRS. RONCO NO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS.I LEFT EARLY BECAUSE I WENT TO THE JOHNSON SCHOLARSHIP AND AWARD CEREMONY FOR MY SON AND I WATCHED IT AND IT WAS SO AMAZING AND I AM SO SORRY I MISSED IT IN PERSON, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY PUBLICLY THAT IT WAS AWESOME.
IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FOR OUR DISTRICT AND I'M SO PROUD OF SPECIAL EDUCATION.
[L. CONSENT AGENDA]
OKAY. NEXT UP, CONSENT AGENDA.DID YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH THESE? ONE BY ONE? ARE WE HAPPY TO PULL THEM AS NEEDED? MRS. OROSCO. I JUST WANT TO PULL L.
ANYTHING ELSE TEAM THAT WE NEED TO PULL FOR DISCUSSION.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT ONE AND THEN DO A MOTION.
MR. UNCLE, DO YOU WANT TO PULL ONE? YEAH, I'M GOING TO PULL L3LL3L READING PLUS AN H IS TEXTBOOK WAREHOUSE, CONSUMABLE TEXTBOOKS.
ANYTHING ELSE, STEVE? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL START WITH L3H.
40 OR 41, DEPENDING ON WHAT BOOK YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
THIS IS A TEXTBOOK WAREHOUSE, CONSUMABLE TEXTBOOKS.
DR. RIGHT. I KNOW THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS EARLIER.
WERE YOU ABLE TO OBTAIN THE INFORMATION THAT I HAD REQUESTED? NO, MA'AM, I WAS NOT.
SO WE'LL NEED TO ASK TRAVIS, I GUESS, AND SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT INFORMATION OR PERHAPS DELAY THIS AND THEN AND THEN GET THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE SEEKING.
I WOULD BE HAPPY IF THIS WAS DELAYED.
I KNOW THAT I STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT INTENTIONAL USE OF CONSUMABLE WORKBOOKS, SO THANK YOU FOR PULLING IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. DOWN TO WL THREE WL READING PLUS.
MRS. RUNKLE, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
SO MY QUESTIONS ARE I KNOW THAT IT'S WE'RE ROLLING IT OUT TO ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES, ELM GROVE, JOHNSON AND LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL.
I HAD SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE HIGH SCHOOL READING PLUS AND THE GRADE LEVELS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZING.
I HAVE HEARD A LOT OF THINGS FROM VARIOUS PEOPLE THAT ARE THE OLDER GROUPS LIKE THE JUNIORS, THE SENIOR GROUPS THAT ARE GETTING A LOT OF THEIR READING PLUS ASSIGNMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN ENGLISH THREE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT'S PROBABLY THE PAID VERSIONS.
MAYBE THAT'S THE FREE VERSIONS THAT THEY MAY BE GETTING.
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
OKAY. SO THE INTENT IS TO ONLY USE READING PLUS FOR THOSE GRADE LEVELS AT THOSE CAMPUSES. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR REQUEST.
I'LL LOOK INTO THE 11TH AND 12TH GRADE.
AND DR. WRIGHT, TO GO BACK TO THE TEXTBOOK WAREHOUSE, IF THE REQUEST WAS FOR BY CAMPUS, WE DO HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
WE CAN PULL IT, BUT WE DO HAVE THE INFORMATION FOR WHAT SURVEYS WERE REQUESTED BY CAMPUS. I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT, SO WE'LL JUST PULL IT.
NOW. I'M JUST GOING TO WAIT FOR THAT INFORMATION.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, MRS. RUNKLE, ARE YOU ASKING IF.
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE INTENT OF USING, UTILIZING, READING PLUS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. I WANT THAT UNDERSTANDING.
WELL, WE'RE VOTING ON IT, THOUGH.
SO, I MEAN, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS.
I UNDERSTAND UTILIZING IT FOR, YOU KNOW, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
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I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE IDEA OF USING IT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS.YES, I THINK I CAN HELP CLEAR SOME OF THAT UP.
AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL, WE'RE LOOKING AT USING IT IN THE NINTH AND 10TH GRADE FOR SOME OF OUR INTERVENTION CLASSES.
IT WILL NOT BE USED ACROSS THE ENTIRE CAMPUS LIKE IT WAS LAST YEAR, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE USED ACROSS THE ENTIRE GRADE LEVELS AT NINTH AND 10TH EITHER.
IT'S GOING TO BE ASSIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR STUDENTS THAT NEED SOME INTERVENTIONS, AND LEHMAN IS GOING TO BE JUST THE NINTH GRADE STUDENTS TO HELP THEM CONTINUE WITH WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME GOOD TRACTION WITH IT AND THEN CONTINUING WITH NINTH GRADE AT LEHMAN.
OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND IF IT WAS INTERVENTION THAT IT WAS BEING USED FOR THE OLDER LIKE THE ENGLISH THREE AND THE ENGLISH FOUR THAT WE'RE UTILIZING IT, RIGHT? SO THIS YEAR WILL BE STUDENTS IN NINTH AND 10TH RATHER THAN HAVING OC THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SPAN OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
OKAY. ARE WE READY TO VOTE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF L3H.
SO THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS OF THE BOARD MOVED TO IMPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS DISCUSSED MOVED MOVE BY MR. VELLA, SECONDED BY MRS. RUNKEL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
I ANY OPPOSE MOTION PASSES 6 TO 0.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS, ITEM M1A, WE ARE GOING TO PUT ON HOLD.
WE WILL BE GOING BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION FOLLOWING THIS AGENDA AND WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT ONE ITEM TO CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF EARLY RELEASE OF BUDGET NEUTRAL
[M.2. Consideration and possible approval of early release of budget neutral positions to be included in the 2022-2023 compensation plan]
POSITIONS. THESE WILL BE IN THE 2022 2023 COMPENSATION PLAN.TEAM THIS IS IN YOUR DYAS FOLDER.
THERE ARE NEW AGENDA ITEMS, NEW TRANSMITTAL SHEETS FOR THESE.
THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR AT THE BOTTOM IS PAGE 87.
SO FIND THE ONE THAT SAYS 87 AT THE BOTTOM.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT HAS SOME PARAPROFESSIONAL AND SOME BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL PHYSICIANS ON THERE.
DR. MEDINA IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
WE'VE BEEN THIS IS THE ITEM THAT WE PULLED LAST WEEK AND WE BROKE IT UP AND WE ADDED SOME MORE DETAIL. I APPRECIATE DR.
MEDINA'S WORK ON THIS THIS WEEK TO GET THE TEAM SOME MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.
WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS FOR DR.
HELLO, RITA. THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT WITH ME, WITH ALL OF MY QUESTIONS TO THIS PROCESS. SO I UNDERSTAND NOW THAT THE PAIR OF PROFESSIONAL PC CARD ADMINISTRATOR, THAT'S A $46,653 PAY GRADE, THAT'S HOW MUCH THAT POSITION PAYS.
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE OFFSET BY THE RECLASSIFICATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND TO NOW DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING AND THEN THE CREDIT CARD INCOME REVENUE TO OFFSET ALL THAT. SO JUST MY QUESTION IS RIGHT NOW, THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE THAT'S BEING RECALIBRATED OR RECLASSIFIED TO THE DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING, THAT POSITION IS NOT FILLED NOW OR SHE'S ANNOUNCED HER RETIREMENT.
SHE HAS ANNOUNCED HER RETIREMENT.
AND SO AS SOON AS SHE RETIRES, WE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE BUDGETARY FUNDS TO USE THAT TO OFFSET THE NEW PICARD ADMINISTRATOR.
THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? THIS IS OROSCO ON PAGE 88.
I JUST NEEDED SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNICAL ANALYST.
IT SAYS THAT THERE ARE TWO POSITIONS BEING ELIMINATED TO RIGHT.
SO THE TIME AND ATTENDANCE SPECIAL IS 46,000 AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, 28,000 FOR A TOTAL OF 75,311. IS THAT THE EXACT AMOUNT THAT THIS NEW POSITION WILL BE PAID? NO, IT IS NOT.
SO THE WHEN WE HIRE THE NEW INDIVIDUAL, OF COURSE, WILL BE BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE.
AND SO THESE ARE JUST ESTIMATED AMOUNTS.
IT'LL ALL DEPEND ON WHO'S RECOMMENDED, WHO IS ULTIMATELY HIRED FOR THE POSITION, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT AN ESTIMATED COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
IT SAYS THE POSITIONS THAT WOULD BE ELIMINATED AND THE AMOUNT TIED TO THOSE POSITIONS ELIMINATED.
BUT IT DOES NOT GIVE ME A ESTIMATED VALUE TO THAT NEW POSITION.
BUT IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET PAID BASED ON EXPERIENCE, THEN IT
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WOULDN'T REALLY BE NEUTRAL.SO WHAT WE DO IN ESTIMATING IT AND IT'S IT'S A AN EDUCATED TYPE OF APPROACH AND WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE THE MINIMUM AND WE TAKE THE MIDPOINT AND WE TAKE AN AVERAGE.
SO, LINDA, LET ME INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR DEPUTY HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER.
LINDA, DO YOU MIND CALCULATING THAT VERY QUICKLY? SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL TAKE THE MINIMUM, WE'LL TAKE THE MIDPOINT AND WE'LL TAKE THE AVERAGE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD TAKE TYPICALLY PRESENT TO THE BOARD AS AN APPROXIMATE AMOUNT.
IT'S OUR BEST ESTIMATE AT THE TIME WHEN WE HAVE A VACANT SEAT AND TRUSTEE SEVERANCE.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE WE GOT THE 46,000.
SO I GUESS I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE'S NOT AN ESTIMATED VALUE NEXT TO THAT POSITION.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE RECLASSIFICATION ONE WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE BEING RECLASSIFIED TO ONE DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING, THERE'S AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF 89,007.
SO I HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT TIED TO THAT.
HOWEVER, WITH THIS POSITION, THERE IS NOT A NUMBER TIED TO IT.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE? ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.
AND THAT'S A THAT'S I NEGLECTED TO INCLUDE THAT.
BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THE COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO POSITIONS IS AT LEAST 74, 75,000.
AND WE KNOW THAT THE BP THREE WILL NOT COME IN AT AT THAT AMOUNT.
SO WE KNOW THAT THE ELIMINATION OF THESE TWO POSITIONS WOULD, IN EFFECT, CAUSE THIS TO BE NEUTRAL. BUT I NEGLECTED TO PUT THE COMBINED AMOUNT AND THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT SO IT WOULD NOT EXCEED WHAT IT WOULD NOT EXCEED THAT 74,000.
IT'S THE 46,000 PLUS THE 28,000, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.
YES, MA'AM. IT WOULD NOT EXCEED.
SO WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT THE NEW POSITION WOULD BE AT APPROXIMATELY 61,000.
AND THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO IS APPROXIMATELY 74, 75,000.
SO WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT IT'S GOING TO COMPLETELY MAKE IT NEUTRAL.
SO THEN FOR THE RECORD, YOU ARE ASKING FOR 61,309 FOR THAT POSITION? YES, MA'AM. SO I JUST WANT TO NOTE IT FOR THE RECORD, AS IN THE CASE WITH THE PICARD ADMINISTRATOR, THERE IS ALSO NOT AN ACTUAL NUMBER.
IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A NUMBER TIED TO IT.
IN THE BEGINNING, IT SAYS RECLASSIFYING.
THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AT THE CURRENT SALARY OF 116 K TO A DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING WILL OFFSET THE BUDGET IMPACT BY 46,653.
BUT AGAIN, THERE IS NOT A SALARY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS POSITION AS YOU HAVE IN THE OTHER POSITION LISTED.
SO WHAT IS THE AMOUNT? 46,000. SO THIS PEAK HARD ADMINISTRATOR, FINANCIAL SPECIALIST WILL NOT EXCEED $46,653.
WE ARE KEEP IN MIND THAT THAT IS AN ESTIMATE IN THE WAY WE THE WAY WE PROVIDE THAT ESTIMATE IS WE TAKE THE MIDPOINT AND THE MINIMUM AND WE TAKE THE AVERAGE AND SAY ON AVERAGE WE ANTICIPATE THAT IT'LL BE ABOUT THIS MUCH.
KEEP IN MIND THAT UNTIL WE HIRE SOMEONE, UNTIL WE KNOW THEIR EXACT EXPERIENCE.
SO I NEED A NUMBER FOR THE RECORD, YOU SHOULD BRING US A NUMBER LIKE YOU DID FOR THAT OTHER POSITION, RIGHT? SO I NEED TO TIE YOU TO A NUMBER HERE.
I LOVE ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE SAYING.
YES, BUT A NUMBER HAS TO BE TIED TO A POSITION, SO NOT TO EXCEED.
TELL ME, WHAT IS IT AGAIN? TRUSTEE OROSCO IS LIKE YOU GOT ME.
YOU GOT ME THE SALARY FOR THE OTHER ONE.
SO THEN YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET ME THE WAY WE DID.
THE OTHERS IS THE SAME EXACT METHODOLOGY.
WE TAKE THE MINIMUM, WE TAKE THE MIDPOINT, AND WE CREATE AN AVERAGE.
AND SO THE AVERAGE THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED TO THE OTHER ON THE OTHERS IS THE EXACT METHOD, SAME METHODOLOGY.
SO ON THIS CASE WE WOULD TAKE THE TO THE MIDPOINT IN THE MINIMUM, IN WHICH CASE WE WOULD HAVE PUT AND I PUT ON THERE AT 46,000 BELIEVE IT WAS IT JUST SAYS IT WILL OFFSET THE BUDGET IMPACT OF 6650 AND THAT'S THE BUDGET IMPACT.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT IT'LL BE APPROXIMATELY $46,653.
CORRECT? THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
YES. BECAUSE I WANT TO VOTE ON A DOLLAR AMOUNT.
I DON'T WANT AN ESTIMATE, SOME LOFTY NUMBER OR SOME PIE IN THE SKY NUMBER THAT YOU JUST BRING OUT OF THE AIR. I WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M VOTING FOR, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CORRECT.
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SO YOUR SKILL PARAPROFESSIONAL FOR THE PICARD ADMINISTRATOR NOT TO EXCEED $46,653.THAT ADDING THE DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING IS AT $89,007, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. AND THEN YOU ALSO SAY THE SAME THING.
I'M GETTING A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE ALSO.
SO IN FINANCE ON THAT LAST LINE, IT SAYS THE ADDITIONAL CREDIT CARD REVENUE COUPLED WITH THE SAVINGS FOR RECLASSIFYING THIS WILL.
RECLASSIFYING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AT THE CURRENT SALARY OF APPROXIMATELY 116,000 TO A DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING WILL OFFSET THE BUDGET IMPACT OF 46,653, BUT THEN UNDER RECLASSIFICATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO THE DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING.
SO SOMETHING'S NOT JIVING HERE BECAUSE UNDER RECLASSIFICATION YOU ALSO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL CREDIT CARD REVENUE COUPLED WITH THE SAVINGS FROM RECLASSIFYING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AT THE CURRENT SALARY OF APPROXIMATELY ONE EXACT WORDING.
THIS IS A COMBINED APPROACH OF TWO THINGS.
NUMBER ONE IS WE ARE TAKING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND WE ARE DOWNGRADING THAT AS SOON AS SHE BECOMES SHE'S RETIRING AND THERE WILL BE A SAVINGS THERE BECAUSE HER CURRENT SALARY IS APPROXIMATELY 116,000.
THAT COMBINED WITH THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WE ANTICIPATE GETTING FROM THE P CARD AND THE ADDITIONAL REBATES FROM THE P CARD, THOSE TWO COMBINED TO CREATE THIS P CARD ADMINISTRATOR, WHICH WE'RE ESTIMATING IS GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY 46,653.
AGAIN, IT'S AN ESTIMATE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THE BORDER NUMBER.
RIGHT. AND SO IN THE ABSENCE OF NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHO IS GOING TO BE HIRED IN THE LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE, THIS IS OUR BEST ESTIMATE AND WE TAKE AN AVERAGE.
IT'S THE OFFSET OF THE RECLASSIFICATION DOWNWARD WRITE ALL AND ALSO THE P CARD, THE SAVINGS FROM THE OR THE ANTICIPATED REVENUE FROM THE P CARD.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WILL CREATE AN ENTIRE OFFSET OF $46,653.
SO THEN WHAT YOU ARE SAYING JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM CLEAR BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST SAYING THAT CAUGHT THERE'S A CORRELATION BETWEEN THEM AND THAT'S WHY YOU KIND OF PUT IT ON BOTH. YES, IT'S A COMBINED PACKAGE.
YES, MA'AM. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
OKAY. SO YOU ARE TELLING ME WE ARE ADDING A P CARD ADMINISTRATOR FOR $46,653, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. NOW WE ARE ADDING A DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING FOR $89,007, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. AND THEN WE ARE ADDING ON THIS AND I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE, AND THEN WE ARE ADDING A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNICAL ANALYST.
OK. THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW.
I NEEDED THE NUMBERS FOR EVERY SINGLE THING BECAUSE IT WAS NOT LISTED AS SUCH, SO IT WAS CONFUSING. OK.
THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP, DR.
MEDINA. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD MOVED TO APPROVE THE EARLY RELEASE BUDGET NEUTRAL POSITIONS ITEMS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE 2020 223 COMPENSATION PLAN, AS PRESENTED SOME MOVED BY MRS. RUNKEL. SECONDED BY DR.
PÉREZ-GONZÁLEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MRS. OROZCO.
HOW ARE WE EARLY RELEASING THESE POSITIONS? AND I UNDERSTAND THE STANDARD VERBIAGE.
THERE'S A SHORTAGE IN EVERYTHING, RIGHT? BUT THE ONES WHERE WE REALLY ARE SEEING AN IMPACT ON WHAT'S CLOSEST TO KIDS, TEACHER POSITIONS, OF COURSE, BUS DRIVERS AND SO ON.
BUT LIKE A PICARD ADMINISTRATOR AND A DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING AND A TECHNICAL ANALYST, THOSE ARE HIGH NEED AREAS THAT NEED TO URGENTLY BE FILLED.
I THINK YOU RAISE A GOOD POINT, TRUSTEE OROSCO THAT IF I WERE TO PRIORITIZE THE POSITIONS OR I WOULD SAY IT'S THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO IMPACT THE CLASSROOM IMMEDIATELY. HOWEVER, I ALSO DON'T WANT TO MINIMIZE OR MARGINALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE POSITIONS AS WELL.
WE KNOW THAT OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE IS RETIRING.
WE KNOW THAT WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT POSITION.
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WE KNOW THAT WE NEED THE DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING.IS THERE ANYTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE CLASSROOM? NO. ARE THESE IMPORTANT? I WOULD SAY FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO BUT I RESPECT THE THINKING.
AND DEFINITELY NO ONE'S MARGINALIZING IT.
BUT WE DO HAVE PRIORITIES, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE ONCE WE WE RELEASE AND VOTE ON THESE POSITIONS, WE'RE TIED TO THAT MONEY FOREVER.
AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD OUR BUDGET MEETING TO DISCUSS WHERE WE WANT TO PUT ALL OUR DIFFERENT MONEY IN.
RIGHT. WE ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN ALLOTTED AMOUNT OF MONEY TO WORK WITH FOR PERSONNEL.
SO TYING US IN THESE POSITIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING EARLY RELEASE SOME THAT I AM 100%.
COLOR GUARD, INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, ALL THAT IS, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
BUT SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE REMOVED LIKE THAT AND BEING TIED TO THIS MONEY IS MAKING ME NERVOUS BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE WHOLE PICTURE YET.
WE HAVEN'T HAD OUR BUDGET MEETING, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE EQUITY ADJUSTMENT PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS UP TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
RIGHT. SO I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS ABOUT THIS.
DR. WRIGHT CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO WHY THE URGENCY TO TO CONSIDER THESE TONIGHT? WELL IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, BECAUSE THEY ARE CONSIDERED BUDGET NEUTRAL.
AND AND WE WE'VE BEEN OPERATING OFF OF A CERTAIN SUM OF MONEY FOR EACH POSITION WE'RE JUST RECLASSIFYING.
AND AND OBVIOUSLY THE SOONER THAT WE GET ORGANIZED, THE BETTER PRODUCT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO OFFER DOWN THE ROAD.
AND SO IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, I'M TOTALLY ON BOARD WITH IT JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO MAKE US MORE EFFECTIVE.
AND WE'RE JUST REPURPOSING TO TO MAXIMIZE THOSE, THOSE PARTICULAR POSITIONS.
AND SO IT'S NOT GOING TO COST US ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY IN THE BUDGET.
SO I'M TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF THIS ONE.
AND THEN SOMETHING TO CONSIDER TOO.
THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE ADDED 1000 STUDENTS THE YEAR BEFORE LAST.
WE'VE ADDED 1200 STUDENTS THIS YEAR.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH, YOU'RE TALKING 4 TO 5% EACH YEAR. AND SO AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY DO WE ADD ADDITIONAL TEACHERS, BUT WE ADD ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS TO SUPPORT THE CLASSROOM AND AND SOME OF THESE POSITIONS.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND, YOU KNOW, IN TALKING TO MR. RAO, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET TO THOSE REVENUE ESTIMATES, BUT THAT ADDITIONAL 1200 STUDENTS WILL MEAN AN ADDITIONAL 5% INCREASE ON OUR ON OUR OVERALL REVENUE AS WELL.
SO WE'RE TYING THAT INTO TOGETHER JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE GET BIGGER, WE STILL HAVE A GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. AND I LIKE THAT.
RIGHT, BECAUSE IT'S MORE OF A NEUTRALIZED.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO REFLECT BACK ON TODAY, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR MOVING FORWARD AND SAY, OH, LET'S JUST EARLY RELEASE EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE DID IT LIKE THAT LAST YEAR.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY COGNIZANT OF THAT.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT NO HARM, NO FOUL, THIS IS MORE BUDGET NEUTRAL.
SO IT REALLY WON'T IMPACT THE BUDGET.
YEAH. AND YOU JUST JOGGED A THOUGHT.
SO ORIGINALLY IT ALL CAME CAME ABOUT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY POSITION THAT HAD A DOMINO EFFECT INTO THE CLASSROOM FOR, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE HAVE AN AP POSITION, OFTENTIMES INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES WILL APPLY FOR THOSE POSITIONS AND THEN TEACHERS WILL MOVE FROM A TEACHING POSITION TO AN INSTRUCTIONAL COACH POSITION, AND THEN THAT FREES UP A CLASSROOM. SO ANYTHING THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO DOMINO INTO THE CLASSROOM, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE GETTING AHEAD OF IT.
AND SO WHEN YOU PUT THESE THINGS OUT, ALL OF THE BUDGET MANAGERS ARE LIKE, WELL, SINCE YOU'RE PUTTING THIS OUT AND BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN IMPACT TO THE BUDGET, CAN WE PUT OURS OUT TOO? BECAUSE WE ALSO WANT TO CAPITALIZE ON THE TALENT POOL BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, EVERY PLACE YOU GO, YOU SEE HELP WANTED SIGNS AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET OUT FRONT OF OF THAT SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO BEAT EVERYBODY TO THE PUNCH AND GET QUALITY PEOPLE. SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, RIGHT? THERE'S THE NEUTRAL, NO HARM, NO FOUL.
AND THEN THERE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE SHORTAGES THAT REALLY DO NEED TO BE VOTED ON AND ACTION TAKEN IMMEDIATELY.
WELL, AND THEN THERE'S THE THIRD PILE OF JUST LIKE MISCELLANEOUS STUFF THAT CREPT IN, THAT CREEPED IN.
AND WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY TONIGHT.
IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU, DR..
RIGHT. THAT'S A TOUGH QUESTION.
TO THE PEOPLE THAT RECOMMENDED THESE.
HOWEVER, SOME ARE MORE TIMELY THAN OTHERS.
YES. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW.
THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP.
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OKAY. THANK YOU, DR. MEDINA, FOR THIS PART.ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE UP EM FOUR.
[M.4. Consideration and possible approval of early release of new allocations and stipend to be included in the 2022-2023 compensation plan]
SO WE'LL SKIP DOWN PAST HIM THREE.AND YOU SHOULD HAVE THIS ALSO IN YOUR YOUR FOLDER.
SO THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF EARLY RELEASE AND NEW ALLOCATIONS AND STIPENDS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE 2022 2023 COMPENSATION PLAN.
SO WE HAVE SOME TEACHER TGT INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, WE HAVE THREE COLOR GUARD TEACHERS, INCLUDING THREE 5000 STIPENDS FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
WE HAVE SIX MIDDLE SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WHO WILL BE FOCUSED ON SPEED, 500 FOR LPAC AND ARDS.
WE HAVE THREE INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES TO SUPPORT OUR CTE CLASSROOMS. WE'LL HAVE A AN HR COORDINATOR FOCUSED ON PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND THEN IN MAINTENANCE ON OPERATIONS, WE'VE GOT A SAFETY AND SECURITY COORDINATOR, AN M.A.
RECEPTIONIST, WHICH I'VE LEARNED THEY'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE, AN HVAC TECH THREE, A PLUMBER, ATHLETIC GROUNDS POSITIONS, TWO OF THOSE AND ONE SECURITY MONITOR TO BE DISTRICT WIDE ALONG WITH.
SOME REMOVAL AND ADDING THE SECURITY MONITOR.
WE SAW THAT. AND THEN IN UNDER TECHNOLOGY, WE'VE GOT A DATA PROGRAMMER AND A NETWORK SECURITY ENGINEER.
SO LOTS OF POSITIONS ON THIS ITEM TO BE EARLY RELEASED.
THESE AGAIN, ARE NEW APPLICATIONS.
THAT HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY DR.
MEDINA IS HERE TONIGHT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.
YOU READY? MRS. RUNKEL. THIS MAY BE FOR YOU, DR.
MEDINA, OR MAYBE MR. CLEAVER, BUT THE ATHLETIC GROUNDS PHYSICIANS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING AND WHY THESE PHYSICIANS ARE COMING TO US? ABSOLUTELY.
SO THE VISION BEHIND THIS THIS ITEM IS IS ONE OF EQUITY AND EQUALITY.
WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR GROUNDS RECEIVE THE SAME KIND OF ATTENTION, THE SAME TYPE OF TLC ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.
SO THIS ACTUALLY WILL PROVIDE TWO GROUNDS PEOPLE AT EACH OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND ONE SUPERVISOR TYPE OF LEAD ROTATING THROUGH ALL OF THE SCHOOLS.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, YOU KNOW, THE ATTENTION THAT OUR GROUNDS NEEDED ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND SO THIS HELPS US REALIZE THAT VISION AND TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THEM ARE EQUALLY MAINTAINED AND IT'S ISSUE EQUITY, RIGHT? SOME OF OUR GROUNDS NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE LOVE AND ATTENTION THAN THE OTHERS.
I DON'T KNOW, MAX, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT.
MR. CLEVELAND. ANYTHING ELSE? JUST LASTLY, I HAD REQUESTED THE BE 2022, 2023 STAFFING BENCHMARKS AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT YET. SO IF YOU GUYS COULD PLEASE GET THAT ON BOARD BLOGS SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL TO LOOK AT.
SURE. SO MY UNDERSTANDING TRUSTEE WRINKLE WAS THAT YOU HAD REQUESTED THE RECENT TAB SALARY STUDY THAT WAS DONE.
WE DID NOT ENGAGE IN A STAFFING STUDY THIS YEAR.
SO I CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE YOU WITH THE WITH THAT.
WHAT I'M REFERRING TO IS LIKE ON THESE SPECIFIC POSITIONS, LIKE THE HVAC, THE PLUMBER, THE ATHLETIC GROUNDS POSITION, THOSE POSITIONS SPECIFICALLY YOU POINT OUT PER TAB, 2022, 2023 STAFFING BENCHMARKS.
YOU REFER TO THAT IN THREE POSITIONS.
NOW, I KNOW. SO YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT OUR RECENT STUDY.
YES, ABSOLUTELY. I CAN PROVIDE YOU THAT.
I WOULD TELL YOU JUST IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, MAX, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP ME.
BUT I KNOW THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE HVAC, I BELIEVE THEY'RE RECOMMENDING 1 TO 380000 SQUARE FEET.
AND THEN FOR THE PLUMBER, ONE FOR EVERY 390,000 SQUARE FEET ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
THESE THESE TWO PARTICULAR ONES THAT I'M REFERRING TO, THE HVAC TECH THREE AND THE PLUMBER STILL DOESN'T QUITE GET US THERE.
TRUSTEE RUNKLE BUT IT'S A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT FACILITIES AREN'T BEING MAINTAINED.
YOU KNOW, WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE STANDARD HOURLY EMPLOYEES AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO TO SUPPORT A FULL RECOMMENDATION FOR ADDITIONAL FTES THERE.
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BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY, IF THERE ARE PARTICULAR POSITIONS THAT YOU WANT, STAFFING, STUDY OR THE THE GASB RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STAFFING, WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE YOU IF YOU CAN JUST BE SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF WHAT POSITIONS YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, WE CAN DO THAT.I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO SEE IT ALL.
OKAY. IT WOULD BE A DATA DUMP FROM TSB.
I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT TO ADD SOMETHING ON THE ATHLETIC GROUNDS.
WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IS WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE MORE ACCOUNTABILITY AND MORE PRIDE IN OUR FIELD IF WE HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE DEDICATED AND COMMITTED TO CERTAIN HIGH SCHOOL. SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE A LOT MORE PRIDE IN OUR STAFF, AS WELL AS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COACHES AND THE GROUNDS CREW.
SO I THINK WE'RE GETTING A LOT BIGGER BANG FOR OUR BUCK AND WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE WE JUST NEED ADDITIONAL HELP TO MAINTAIN THE LEVEL THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE.
I ALSO JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT THAT IT IS ALSO PART OF A REORGANIZATION THAT THESE GROUNDS PEOPLE WILL NOW REPORT TO THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT THAT WILL PROVIDE US THE EXPERTIZE IN THE MAINTENANCE AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE APPROACHING THAT WORK IN THE RIGHT WAY. OKAY, PERFECT.
ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE ON MY LEFT? AM I RIGHT, MRS. OROSCO? THANK YOU. MISS PETRIE, I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS.
THANK YOU FOR BREAKING THEM UP.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BREAKING THEM UP INTO, LIKE, FOUR DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND EVEN MORE SO, I THINK IT COULD BE BROKEN UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.
RIGHT. SO I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE POSITIONS.
AND AGAIN, CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THE URGENCY FOR. AND SO I'M FINE WITH THAT.
I, I HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE OTHER ONES, RIGHT.
THE NEED FOR US TO AGAIN EARLY RELEASE THOSE POSITIONS SPECIFICALLY.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT TECHNOLOGY ON PAGE 93.
SO I WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED BECAUSE LAST WEEK WE WERE TOLD FOR THE TECHNOLOGY DATA PROGRAMMER, THE COST WOULD BE 79,993.
AND NOW IT SAYS THAT THE BUDGET IMPACT IS ONLY 66,107.
SO I WAS CONFUSED INTO THE TO WHY IT CHANGED.
I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHY I CHANGE.
I MEAN, IT'S GREAT. I MEAN, I LIKE SAVING MONEY, BUT WHY THE CHANGE? SO THANK YOU FOR THAT ADDRESS.
IT GIVES ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY THAT.
SO THE DOCUMENT THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU LAST WEEK WAS CORRECT.
THESE DOCUMENTS WENT THROUGH MANY ITERATIONS TO GET THEM IN, IN A VERY COMPREHENSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AND TO YOU TONIGHT THAT THE DATA PROGRAMMER HISTORICALLY WE STARTED WITH A SOFTWARE TYPE OF SPECIALIST POSITION WHICH WAS AT A 61,000.
BUT WHAT WE PROVIDED YOU LAST WEEK IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED, AND THAT IS THE DATA PROGRAMMER. IT IS AT VP FIVE AND IT IS AT 70 9993.
I DID SEND SOMEWHAT OF A LATE BOARD UPDATE ON THAT THIS AFTERNOON AND I REGRET THAT I DIDN'T SEND IT SOONER.
OKAY. SO THEN THIS IS INCORRECT HERE ON THIS 1.93.
OKAY. WELL, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ERROR AND IT IS CORRECT FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.
ALSO, I KNOW THAT I KNOW YOU AND I SPOKE AND TALKED A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT ACTUAL JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR THESE POSITIONS THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD.
SOME OF THEM ARE NOT NEW, BUT THERE ARE A FEW THAT ARE NEW THAT THERE IS NOT JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR JUST 1 TO 3 SENTENCES ABOUT.
RIGHT. SO I KNOW AS YOU'RE PLANNING FOR NEW POSITIONS, YOU ARE FIGURING OUT WHAT THE DUTIES ARE AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WEREN'T PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION, BECAUSE I KNOW I SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED FOR JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND IT'S NOT HERE.
TRUSTEE OROSCO. YOU DID ASK FOR THAT.
AND I TO IN AS MUCH AS I WOULD HAVE BEEN WOULD HAVE WANTED TO PRESENT EVERY SINGLE JOB DESCRIPTION TONIGHT. IT WAS JUST NOT GOING TO GIVE ME SUFFICIENT TIME.
I DO KNOW AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW AND I WANT THE BOARD TO KNOW THAT WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. WE SIT WITH EACH PERSON THAT'S REQUESTING THEM AND LOOK AT AN EXISTING POSITION AND WE SAY, WHAT IS DIFFERENT, WHAT IS NOT? AND WE ENGAGE IN THAT KIND OF ANALYSIS TO THEN BE ABLE TO SAY, THIS IS APPROXIMATELY WHERE WE BELIEVE THE PAY GRADE SHOULD BE AND THIS IS HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST.
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THE OTHER THING THAT WE TELL THEM IS WE SAY, DO YOU HAVE EXISTING OFFSETS? IS THERE IF YOU'RE WANTING TO ADD HERE.WHERE ELSE CAN WE FIND THE OFFSETS SO WE'RE NOT COMING TO THE TABLE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY? SO THAT'S PART OF OUR PROCESS AS WELL.
YOU'LL ALSO WANT TO KNOW THAT WE TIE THEM TO OUR BOARD GOALS, WE TIE THEM TO DEPARTMENT GOALS, BUT IT'S A PROCESS.
AGAIN, I WISH I HAD EXACT JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR YOU TONIGHT, BUT I DON'T.
IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT, I WANTED YOU TO HAVE, ALTHOUGH IN SOME CASES FOUR OR FIVE SENTENCES, IT'S THE GIST OF WHAT THIS POSITION IS GOING TO BE DOING.
SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF PULLING ANYTHING THAT IS NEW, THAT DOES NOT HAVE A JOB DESCRIPTION, PULLING IT AND MAYBE BRINGING IT BACK DURING OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP.
MAYBE AT THAT TIME WOULD BE A MORE APPROPRIATE TIME BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS $1.4 MILLION THAT WE'RE TYING UP.
AND WE'RE THE OTHER ONE THAT DR.
RIGHT SPOKE TO WAS NO HARM, NO FOUL.
THIS ONE DOES HAVE A HUGE IMPLICATION ON OUR BUDGET, $1.4 MILLION THAT ONCE WE COMMIT, WE DO COMMIT. RIGHT.
IT'S NOT JUST FOR ONE YEAR, IT'S FOREVER.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN DOING THAT BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE TO DO THINGS IN ISOLATION. I DON'T WANT TO RELEASE THESE POSITIONS $1.4 MILLION AND THEN GO INTO BUDGET WORKSHOP WITH MR. RAO ON JUNE 2ND.
AND WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING, BUT IT'S LIKE, OH, WE ONLY HAVE $1.5 MILLION.
WE COULD HAVE DONE THAT, BUT TOO LATE.
YOU KNOW, IT JUST SEEMS VERY MUCH IN ISOLATION.
MEDINA. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THIS PROCESS THIS TIME AROUND, KNOW, WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET BACK INTO THINGS.
AND I FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE VOTING ON ALL OF THESE IN ISOLATION.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A TIME CRUNCH, RIGHT, FOR YOU AND YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO GET ALL THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS.
SO I WOULD I WILL LIKE TO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE POOL ANY THAT DON'T HAVE A JOB DESCRIPTION, THAT ARE NEW AND PULL THOSE UNTIL WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH A CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION.
DEFINITELY. TONIGHT I'LL HAVE MORE DISCUSSION, BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION AS TO READ AS SUCH.
LET'S SEE WHAT THE TEAM WANTS TO DO.
I PERSONALLY DON'T NEED A JOB DESCRIPTION TO VOTE ON THESE TONIGHT, BUT I'M OPEN TO WHAT OTHER TRUSTEES WANT TO DO.
PERFECT. I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS FOR HIM.
SO YOU SAID THE TECHNOLOGY ONE WAS 70 9993.
CAN YOU TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS HUMAN RESOURCE POSITION, THE H.R.
COORDINATOR BECAUSE I KNOW WE JUST DID A POSITION IN APRIL FOR H.R.
IT WAS AN EXISTING POSITION THAT WE RECLASSIFIED.
SO YOU RECLASSIFIED AND YOU REORGANIZED, RIGHT? HR WAS PART OF THE REORGANIZATION THAT I PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. BUT I CAN'T SPEAK TO THIS POSITION.
SO FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT IN IN EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT I'VE WORKED IN AND I HAVEN'T WORKED IN MINNY RICHARDSON AND OUR NEIGHBORS DOWN THE STREET WHOSE NAME I WON'T MENTION, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR A DEPUTY OR A DIRECTOR TO HAVE SOME KIND OF ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT IN OUR OFFICE.
OUR DEPUTY HAS NO ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.
OUR DIRECTOR HAS NO ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.
SO THE TASK OF OF TAKING CALLS TO BE TIMELY, TO DO ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF PIECES THAT'S MISSING, WE RELY ON ON EACH OTHER, QUITE FRANKLY, IN VISITING WITH THEM AND IN PLANNING FOR THIS COMING YEAR, WE SAID, IS IT MORE IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OR IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, TO TO FOCUS ON SOMEONE THAT CAN HELP US FOCUS ON COMMUNICATION, ENGAGEMENT, EDUCATION? THOSE THREE THINGS ARE SO CRITICAL.
I FEEL LIKE THIS YEAR, IF I WERE TO.
THAT IF I COULD HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO BE ABLE TO DO BETTER COMMUNICATION TO HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE CHANGES THAT AFFECT ALL EMPLOYEES IN THE DISTRICT AND HAVE A VERY SYSTEMIC, SYSTEMATIC WAY OF COMMUNICATING WITH OUR EMPLOYEES.
IT'S A VERY BIG CHALLENGE TO TAKE THAT ON.
AS WE'VE APPROACHED THE END OF THE YEAR, I HEAR MORE AND MORE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES WOULD HAVE WANTED TO STAY ON THE HAYS ADVANTAGE PLAN.
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I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THERE WAS.A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATION AND AND I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO DO I WANT US TO DO BETTER BY OUR EMPLOYEES WITH EDUCATION.
THAT'S A BANDWIDTH ISSUE WHEN WE'RE HAVING TO TACKLE THE DAY TO DAY.
IF ONE OF US IS OUT FOR A DAY, IT LITERALLY SHUTS DOWN MANY ASPECTS OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
THE OTHER PIECE IS ENGAGEMENT.
HOW DO WE ENGAGE WITH OUR EMPLOYEES? AND THOSE ARE THREE CRITICAL PIECES THAT I THINK ARE SO IMPORTANT.
ENGAGEMENT AROUND POLICY IS ENGAGEMENT.
YOU KNOW, I ENVISION US BEING ABLE TO BRING POLICIES EVERY YEAR TO THE BOARD, BUT HAVING COMMITTEES OF EMPLOYEES THAT INFORM OUR CURRENT PRACTICES, ALL THAT TAKES TIME AND ENGAGEMENT. WE DON'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH FOR THAT.
SO IS IT MORE IMPORTANT FOR ME TO COME UP HERE TO SAY, HEY, LISTEN, IT'S I WANT A SECRETARY FOR OUR DIRECTOR, I WANT A SECRETARY FOR OUR CEOS, LIKE OTHERS IN THE DISTRICT, HAVE PROBABLY EASIER TO JUSTIFY.
BUT IS IT STRATEGIC? I DON'T KNOW. THE OTHER THING IS WE'RE EXPANDING.
I CAME TO YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO TALK ABOUT THE THAT WE WOULD HAVE CORE FUNCTIONS THAT WE WOULD WORK ON.
WE WOULD HAVE GROWTH AREAS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO EXPAND, AND THEN THAT WE WOULD HAVE AREAS THAT WE WOULD EXPLORE.
WITH MY PRESENTATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, I COMMITTED THAT WE WOULD BE EXPLORING INTERNATIONAL PIECES.
WE'VE DONE THAT. WE'VE ESTABLISHED OUR PROGRAMS WITH SPAIN, WE'VE ESTABLISHED A PROGRAM WITH MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA.
PRESENTING IT AND GETTING GOING IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
DOING THE WORK IS HARD AND IT'S AND IT TAKES TIME.
THE BANDWIDTH IS THE ISSUE THERE.
I COMMITTED TO, YOU KNOW, EXPLORING, EXPANDING AND ENGAGING IN THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE HAVE DEPARTMENTS THAT WORK ON THAT.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT WITH SOME SUPPORT FROM A COUPLE OF DIRECTORS IN MARIBEL'S OFFICE.
BUT ONCE WE EXPAND DISTRICT WIDE, WHICH IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, ON AVERAGE, A RECOGNIZED TEACHER WILL EARN 30 $880.
ON AVERAGE, WE HAVE SOME CAMPUSES THAT WORK AT A REST AS A RECOGNIZED TEACHER WILL EARN SIX, SEVEN, $8,000.
SO WE EXPANDED TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT WITH THE SUPPORT OF DR.
PEREZ HERE, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED OUR FIRST COHORT OF NATIONALLY BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS. THAT SHOULD BE A DREAM FOR MANY OF OUR TEACHERS HERE.
GETTING IT GOING IS ONE THING.
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND TWO OF HER MEETINGS OF THE SIX.
SHAME ON ME. IT'S A BANDWIDTH ISSUE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO I MAYBE I SHOULD ASK FOR A FOR A SECRETARY, BUT WE'RE HAVING A IT'S A BANDWIDTH ISSUE.
AND I THINK IF WE CAN HAVE SOMEONE TO HELP US LIFT THE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNICATION, THE ENGAGEMENT, THE EDUCATION, I THINK OUR EMPLOYEES WOULD BE BETTER SERVED.
AND THAT'S WHAT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, BECAUSE IT IS IT DOES SAY WE NEED DEDICATED ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, YET THIS IS A COORDINATOR POSITION.
RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHAT CAUSES ME TO HAVE SOME PAUSE WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND YOU DON'T KNOW THIS, DR. MEDINA BUT HISTORICALLY WE HAD BEEN CRITIQUED BEFORE.
WRIGHT. DR. WRIGHT DID AN AMAZING JOB OF CUTTING ART BECAUSE WE WERE VERY TOP HEAVY, HEAVY. YOU KNOW, WE CAME IN, WE WERE AUDITED BY THE STATE.
WE'RE A VERY TOP HEAVY DOCTOR.
AND HE DID AN AMAZING JOB FIXING THAT.
SO I I'M VERY COGNIZANT OF IT.
RIGHT, BECAUSE I LIVED THROUGH IT AND NOT EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD WAS HERE DURING THAT TIME, BUT WE EXPERIENCED IT.
SO THEN WHEN I START SEEING ALL THESE COORDINATOR POSITIONS, COORDINATOR, COORDINATOR OR COORDINATOR, IT MAKES ME EXTREMELY NERVOUS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S NOT A JOB DESCRIPTION ATTACHED TO JUSTIFY IT.
RIGHT? BECAUSE IF I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IT AND I'M READING ALL OF THIS AND I HAVE ACCESS TO THIS, WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS DOES OUR COMMUNITY HAVE? AND I TOTALLY GET THAT IT MIGHT BE REALLY NEEDED, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN JUSTIFY IT IN WRITING.
MEMORIALIZING IT IN WRITING IS DIFFERENT THAN JUST VERBALIZING IT RIGHT, HAVING SOMETHING CONCRETE.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM, WHERE I LIKE TO BE, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING IN WRITING, BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN REFER COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR ANYONE ELSE TO WHAT OUR PLAN IS.
AGAIN, I DON'T WORK IN PIECES.
I LIKE TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE AND SEE WHAT IS THE WHOLE GAME PLAN, RIGHT? WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THESE POSITIONS? I DON'T JUST WANT TO BE ADDING POSITIONS HERE AND THERE.
YES. AND DR. WRIGHT MADE A FANTASTIC POINT.
AND I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS EARLIER ABOUT THE GROWTH IN OUR DISTRICT AND NEEDING TO SUPPORT THAT GROWTH.
AND THAT'S THE THINGS WE NEED TO HEAR IS HOW ARE THESE POSITIONS GOING TO SUPPORT OUR GROWTH? BECAUSE, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE JUST LISTED.
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YES. WITH ONE OR TWO SENTENCES.HOW DO. SUPPORT OUR GROWTH AND HOW DO THEY INDIRECTLY IMPACT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT? BECAUSE ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE, OUR JOB IS TO IMPACT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
THAT IS OUR TRUE NORTH AND EVERYTHING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY SHOULD IMPACT THAT.
SO I'M NOT OKAY WITH JUST A VERBAL I NEED IT IN WRITING.
I NEED SOMETHING CONCRETE AND A PLAN ABOUT IT.
SO I MEAN, THOSE ARE SOME CLARIFICATIONS THAT ARE DEFINITELY NEEDED.
YOU CALL IT ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, BUT THEN YOU LABEL IT AS COORDINATOR.
SO THEN THEY GET PAID AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
SO THINGS LIKE THAT IS WHAT ARE NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST NOT MAKING ME FEEL REALLY SURE MOVING FORWARD WITH EVERYTHING.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL.
TRUSTEE OROSCO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE AS SOMEONE STILL KNEW, FINISHING OUT THEIR YEAR FIRST YEAR IN HAYS, I THINK THAT FIRST I WANT TO SAY THAT THE APPROACH OF EARLY RELEASE, I HOPE, BECOMES A PART OF WHAT THE BOARD CONTINUES TO DO.
I HEAR THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE COMMUNICATED STRATEGY AND UNDERSTANDING.
AND CERTAINLY WHEN I WORK WITH MR. RAO NEXT YEAR IN DEVELOPING THAT BUDGET, PERHAPS THAT'S WHAT WE DO IS WE COMMUNICATE IT IN THAT BUDGET CALENDAR OF EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO BE COMING AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND WHY AND HOW IT'S TIED TO THESE PARTICULAR AREAS.
RIGHT? SO LISTENING TO YOU REALLY HELPS ME AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS BOARD, HOW YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE, HOWEVER, I'M SURE THAT OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AGREE WITH YOU IN HOW TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION IN A TIMELY MANNER, I THINK IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT.
SO I DO RESPECT THE THE EXPECTATION IN THE COMMUNICATION OF WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
I REALLY DO. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? MRS. OROSCO ON THAT ITEM.
ANYTHING ELSE? MR. SEVERANCE? OKAY.
I HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.
FIRST OF ALL, I THINK I NEED TO GO TO HAYS HIGH SCHOOL AND MEET THIS COLOR GUARD DIRECTOR, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS PRETTY AWESOME FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD.
OKAY, SO I LOOK AT I LOOK AT THIS IN A COUPLE OF WAYS, RIGHT? SO BUDGET ITEMS, BUDGET REQUESTS, ALL THESE ITEMS, I'M SURE THESE ARE THINGS THAT THESE ALL THE DEPARTMENTS NEED.
I THINK THIS IS REALLY I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH THIS.
HOWEVER, I'VE NEVER BEEN THROUGH A BUDGET CYCLE WITH THE DISTRICT BEFORE AND WE'RE NOT DOING THAT UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
SO IF WE LOOK AT IT FROM A RETAIL ENVIRONMENT, SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO OPEN THE FRONT DOOR LIKE, WELL, I NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT SOMEONE THAT TO BE THERE WITH A KEY TO OPEN THE DOOR TEACHERS CURRICULUM THINGS THAT WE NEED TO EARLY RELEASE FROM A JOB STANDPOINT BECAUSE WE NEED TO GO MAKE SURE WE GET THE BEST THAT'S AVAILABLE THAT'S OUT THERE SO THEY DON'T GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT NOW WHEN IT RELATES TO MINUTES AND OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THOSE AREN'T IMPORTANT OR NEEDED DECISIONS, BUT WITH BUDGET IMPACTS AND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OVER A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS AND I HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH A BUDGET WORKSHOP YET FOR NEXT YEAR, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE RATIONALE DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP FOR THOSE POSITIONS, BECAUSE I DON'T NECESSARILY FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO NEED THOSE TO OPEN THE DOOR TO GET US OPEN FOR NEXT YEAR. NOT SAYING THE JOBS AREN'T IMPORTANT OR THESE THESE POSITIONS AREN'T NEEDED. BUT I DO FEEL LIKE I FROM EARLY RELEASE STANDPOINT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO EARLY RELEASE MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONS, TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN RESOURCES, BUT I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE WE NEED TO DO THE CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD WHEN WE START THE NEW YEAR, START THE NEXT SEMESTER. SO THAT'S JUST MY TWO.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN BREAK THOSE UP.
I KNOW ESPERANZA HAD MENTIONED THAT.
SO THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION IF WE COULD DO THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE, MR. FALLIN, DID YOU EVER END UP.
I'LL TAKE ON A SMALLER AMOUNT HERE.
BUT THE SEATS THAT WE'RE SAYING THAT WE ANTICIPATE THE INCREASE ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.
WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM? YES. SO WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL ANTICIPATED, I BELIEVE IT'S ONE POINT.
IT'S A OVER $1,000,000 THAT WE ANTICIPATE FROM OUR PROGRAMS GROWING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL REVENUE COMING IN. HOWEVER, WE'RE REQUIRED TO USE, I BELIEVE IT'S 55% IF MEMORY SERVES CORRECT ON A DIRECTLY ON ON THE PROGRAM ITSELF.
AND THEN THERE'S DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS.
BUT NO, MR. VELA, THAT WE DO ANTICIPATE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS COMING IN FROM FROM THE ALLOTMENT AND THAT TYPICALLY WILL COME.
WE'LL HAVE A SETTLE UP IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
SO AND MR. ROWE JUST NODDED HIS HEAD.
SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'LL BE SOME OFFSET.
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AND SO I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE IT A NEUTRAL COST NEUTRAL BECAUSE IT IS AN INCREASE.IT'S NOT TAKING SOMETHING ELSE AWAY.
SO THAT'S WHY I PLACED IT IN IN THIS CATEGORY.
AND I TOO WAS LEANING THAT I DIDN'T NECESSARILY NEED JOB DESCRIPTIONS, BUT JUST TO KIND OF TAG ALONG TO MS..
OROSCO OVER THERE. WHAT POSITIONS DO WE NOT HAVE A JOB DESCRIPTION FOR? JUST SO I CAN MARK THAT DOWN ON MY NOTES? WELL, IT'S MAINLY IN TERMS OF POSITIONS THEMSELVES.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVEN'T, ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, WE HAVEN'T HAD SPECIFICALLY THESE GET DISTRICT WIDE TYPE OF INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND THE SECOND LINE OR STIPENDS. THE NEXT AREA, WE DO HAVE JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS NOT SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED IN THIS MANNER.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL JOB DESCRIPTIONS.
WE DO HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE JOB DESCRIPTIONS.
THE THIS THE WAY I WOULD WANT TO HAVE THIS HUMAN RESOURCE POSITION, I WOULD WANT TO REALLY TAILOR THE JOB DESCRIPTION.
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. WE DO HAVE HR SPECIALIST POSITIONS, HR COORDINATOR JOB DESCRIPTIONS, BUT I WOULD WANT THIS ONE TO BE VERY, VERY TAILORED TO WHAT WE NEED IT TO DO IN TERMS OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COORDINATOR.
I DON'T. LINDA, DO YOU KNOW OF THAT? WE DO. THANK YOU. DO YOU MIND COMING UP HERE FOR ME FOR JUST A SECOND? DON'T BE SHY. THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A RECEPTIONIST JOB DESCRIPTION.
WE HAVE PLUMBER. WE HAVE GROUNDS.
WE HAVE. THE DISTRICT WIDE SECURITY.
YES, BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR OR FIVE OF THOSE.
AND THE OTHER IS A RECLASSIFICATION OF THE SECURITY MONITORS.
SO WE DO HAVE THAT DATA PROGRAMMERS CURRENTLY IN THE IN THE COMPENSATION PLAN AND THE NETWORK SECURITY.
THIS WOULD BE A NEW JOB WITH THIS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE WE DO HAVE THAT ONE.
I APOLOGIZE THE NETWORK SECURITY ENGINEER, SO THAT WE DO HAVE THAT JOB DESCRIPTION.
SO DOES THAT ANSWER DOES THAT HELP A LITTLE BIT? MR. VELA YES, SIR.
THANK YOU, MRS. ROCKWELL. MRS. HALL. MS.. HALL DID SAY THAT WE DO.
SHE HAS DRAFTED SOME, BUT THEY'RE JUST NOT FINALIZED.
THANK YOU. WE WORKING ON THEM, BUT IT'S JUST NOT QUITE THERE.
OK THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THIS AND SPLITTING ALL OF THIS UP.
OK I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION POSITIONS COMING FORWARD TONIGHT.
I DO WANT TO HEAR FROM MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY IS.
BRANSON AND MR. CLEAVER? MR. CLEAVER. I AM.
I DON'T NEED JOB DESCRIPTIONS.
BUT I DO SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENT AS I YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY LARGE AMOUNT BEFORE A BUDGET MEETING, AND I'M A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION POSITIONS 1,000% IN SUPPORT OF THOSE RIGHT NOW.
I'M EVEN IN SUPPORT OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES POSITION RIGHT NOW.
BUT I DO WANT TO HEAR FROM MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THESE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT.
WE ARE NOT CRIPPLING YOUR DEPARTMENTS BY TABLING THESE.
I MEAN, THIS IS JUST GETTING KIND OF GETTING AHEAD OF THE CURVE.
I UNDERSTAND. I WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THE POSITIONS OR NOT TABLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK TO THEM FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY.
I'M WILLING FOR ME TO PROCEED WITH CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION AND THE HR POSITION.
I ALL OF THESE POSITIONS, I BELIEVE, ARE IMPORTANT AND YOU WANT TO FILL THEM.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT HR PROBABLY COULD USE A LITTLE HELP IN THAT DEPARTMENT, SO I'M WILLING TO SUPPORT THAT NOW.
WITH THAT SIMILAR LOGIC, THE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COORDINATOR IS.
YES, I MEAN, I AGREE WITH YOU.
I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT TO WITH THE AMOUNT OF KIDS AND STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT. THAT IS ANOTHER ONE.
BUT I'M SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS ON THIS BOARD BECAUSE NOW WE'RE TAKING PIECES OF THIS AGENDA.
I KNOW THAT THAT NEEDS TO GO FORWARD NOW.
THAT'S WHERE I STAND ON THE OTHER ONES AND JUST KIND OF WAITING.
I DO WANT TO ADD THAT THE THAT THE SAFETY POSITION IS THERE'S IT'S PROPOSED THAT AN F-4, WHICH IS A CLASSROOM, AU3.
IT'S THE SAFETY IS IT THAT I'M TRYING TO RECEIVE WHERE THE CLASS IS, THE SECURITY
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DISTRICT, SECURITY MONITOR DISTRICT, IT'S ON PAGE 93.IT'S A RE CLASSROOM, AN A THREE TO AU4.
THERE IS A REQUEST FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE, A UE4.
ON PAGE 92, WE PROPOSE THAT AN F-4 AS A RE CLASS AND SO KNOW THAT THERE I BELIEVE WE HAVE FOUR OR FIVE ADDITIONAL ONES CURRENTLY IN THAT POSITION.
WE'RE LOOKING TO RE CLASS BECAUSE THE WORK HAS INCREASED AND WE CAN'T HIRE AU3.
TRUSTEE OROSCO. YES, THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE, RIGHT? OF THE DISTRICT IS EXPANDING.
I MEAN, NEW COMMUNITIES, NEW SCHOOLS, NEW EVERYTHING IS JUST THE NEED IS THERE.
WE JUST CAN'T HIRE IT IN A U3.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO APPROVE THAT ONE, THAT YOU APPROVE THE RE CLASS OF THE OTHERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY SITTING IN THAT POSITION.
I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE. I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE LONG WINDED, BUT.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, I'M GOOD RIGHT NOW, MRS. OROSCO. OKAY.
MARTIN. I TOTALLY LOST TRACK OF THAT.
BUT THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT, MR. CLEAVER AS WELL. AND OF COURSE, FRIENDS, IT'S NOT OVER.
WE'RE NOT SAYING WE'RE KILLING THESE POSITIONS.
BRING THEM BACK NEXT WEEK DURING BUDGET TIME.
THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR, IS TO SEE THINGS IN A WHOLE PICTURE, NOT IN ISOLATION.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO, LIKE, NOT DO SOME OF THESE THINGS.
WE'LL PROBABLY VOTE YES ON EVERYTHING, EXCEPT THERE NEEDS TO BE CLARITY.
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE TO THE TAXPAYER, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE NEED TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE.
SO WHEN THERE IS NOT COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY OR THERE'S CONFUSION OR MAYBE, OH, WE JUST NEED TO CLEAR UP A FEW THINGS.
WE CAN VISIT THIS NEXT WEEK WHEN WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR BUDGET.
IT IS VERY HARD TO MAKE A 1.4 MILLION DECISION RIGHT NOW WHEN WE DO NOT HAVE THE COMPLETE VIEW OF THE BUDGET.
SO I DEFINITELY AM IN FAVOR OF MOVING THE CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION TONIGHT, REVISITING THE OTHER ITEMS, BECAUSE YOU DO NEED TO OFFER CLARITY ON THAT HR POSITION, WHETHER IT'S ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, IF IT'S A COORDINATOR, OR IF IT'S GOING TO BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL THAT IS GOING TO SUPPORT YOUR DEPARTMENT.
NO ONE SAYING YOU DON'T NEED IT OR ALL THE OTHER THINGS ARE NOT NEEDED.
THEY ARE THEY CAN COME BACK NEXT WEEK.
WE HAVE MEETINGS IN JUNE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE EARLY RELEASE OF NEW ALLOCATIONS AND STIPENDS FOR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE 2020 223 COMPENSATION PLAN.
AND WE HAVE A MOTION FOR JUST CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION.
YOU WANT A SECOND IT? YEAH. OKAY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WELL, MR. VELA, I DO WANT TO GO BACK AND REVISIT NOW THE SECURITY ASPECT.
I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT THAT IS OUR TOP PRIORITY IS SAFETY.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO ENTER THE SUMMER MONTHS, WHICH IS ALSO WHEN FOLKS CAN BE A LITTLE MORE IDLE.
SO. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE WOULD DO THE CURRICULUM FOR SOME MOTION ON THE FLOOR. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
YOU WANT TO AMEND IT? YES, I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND IT.
GO. HOW DO YOU WANT TO AMEND IT? SO I WOULD LIKE TO CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION AS PROPOSED BY TRUSTEE OROSCO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE THE TWO M.A., THE THE ADDITIONAL SECURITY MONITOR AND IN THE RE CLASS OF THE OTHER SECURITY POSITIONS.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO INCLUDE THE SECURITY MONITOR DISTRICT WIDE AND THE SECURITY MONITOR CLASS.
I SECOND THAT SECONDED BY MRS. RUNKEL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT, MRS. OROZCO. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN VOTE ON NEXT WEEK.
I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING.
SO IT'S NOT GONE. SECURITY IS NOT GONE.
SO JUST KNOW THAT, MR. VELA, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL THESE POSITIONS NEXT WEEK, WE CAN VOTE ON THAT THEN.
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SO JUST BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION IN CASE YOU THOUGHT IT WAS DEAD OR IT WAS GOING AWAY.MR. VELA NO, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.
ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF AMENDING THE MOTION.
ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES, FIVE ZERO.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? PLEASE READ THE NEW MOTION.
SO THE NEW MOTION WILL READ THAT THE BOARD MOVED TO APPROVE THE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED, AND ALSO ADD THE SECURITY MONITOR DISTRICT WIDE AND THE RECLASSIFICATION OF THE SECURITY MONITOR FROM.
ALL RIGHT. THAT'S A MOTION IN THE SECOND WE ARE MOVING TO APPROVE THE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION POSITIONS, WHICH INCLUDE THE POSITIONS LISTED ON PAGE 91 AND THE POSITION AT THE BOTTOM OF 92.
A.U FOR ONE SECURITY MONITOR DISTRICT WIDE AND THE CLASS OF THE SECURITY MONITOR TO AEW FOR. 33.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.
SO THAT MEANS THAT THE HR POSITION WE HAVE.
YEAH. AND I HAD ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, BUT I GOT A LITTLE DISTRACTED BY PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE, SO I'LL ASK THEM LATER.
I'M OF APPROVAL. YAY! HR COORDINATOR WE WANT TO SEE ON JUNE 2ND AS A THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY POSITIONS.
WE'LL SEE THOSE ON JUNE 2ND WITH OUR BUDGET MEETING.
CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW TO PROVIDE ALL THE INFORMATION? YES. SO WE'LL NEED JOB DESCRIPTIONS, DR.
MEDINA. WE'LL GET JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO STAY HERE ALL NIGHT.
Y'ALL ARE FREE TO GO ANY TIME YOU WANT.
OKAY? CAN WE WANT TO TAKE A BREAK? YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK.
DR. WRIGHT IS HEADED THIS WAY, AND WE ARE ALSO.
ALL RIGHT. WE ARE. WE REMEMBER, TEAM, WE'RE GOING TO BACK UP AN ITEM.
[M.3. Consideration and possible approval of early release of stipends and substitute pay to be included in the 2022-2023 compensation plan]
THIS IS A CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF EARLY RELEASE, RELEASE OF STIPENDS AND SUBSTITUTE PAY, WHICH WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE 2022 2023 COMPENSATION PLAN.THIS IS ALSO IN YOUR DYAS FOLDER.
SO AT THIS TIME YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PAGE 89.
THIS INCLUDES THE STIPEND FOR THE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS STIPEND.
WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE ANY OF THOSE TEACHERS AT THIS TIME.
AN OUT OF COUNTRY MENTOR STIPEND, A GUEST TEACHER INCENTIVE PAY ARE ALL INCLUDED ON THIS ITEM.
MAXIMUM FISCAL IMPACT AND COST WILL BE $115,000.
ALL RIGHT. I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.
JUST TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GUEST TEACHER INCENTIVE.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? I'M TRYING. I MEAN, I READ IT, BUT I'M TRYING TO PICTURE IT IN MY HEAD.
SO WALK ME THROUGH WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, FIRST OF ALL, RECRUIT AND RETAIN AND APPRECIATE, RECOGNIZE.
WE HAVE LONG, LONG TERM GUEST TEACHERS THAT WORK WITH US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE HAD SOMEONE THAT WAS WITH US, MY GOSH, FOR OVER 190 DAYS, WORKING AT THE SAME RATE OF PAY ALL YEAR LONG, WAS ENGAGING, WAS BASICALLY THE TEACHER AT THAT TEACHER GUESS
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RATE. TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING FOR HER WAS NOT IN MY AUTHORITY TO DO IT WAS THIS PARTICULAR GUEST TEACHER HAD THE BOARD HAD SOMETHING IN THE COMPENSATION PLAN TO REWARD TEACHERS LIKE THIS INDIVIDUAL I THINK WOULD HAVE BEEN THE RIGHT THING TO DO.SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT ANY TEACHER THAT WORKS FOR MORE THAN 90 DAYS OUT OF THE SCHOOL YEAR COULD BE AT ANY LOCATION, ANY SITE.
THEN WE WOULD GIVE YOU $10 FOR EVERY DAY ABOVE 90 DAYS.
AND SO RIGHT NOW, OUR GUEST TEACHERS IN JULY RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION.
IT'S THE ONLY MONTH OUT OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WHERE THEY GET NO PAY.
SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE IF THE BOARD WERE TO APPROVE THIS THIS EVENING, WE WOULD IDENTIFY THOSE TEACHERS.
I GAVE YOU A LITTLE BIT ON THE HIGHER END.
OUR RECENT POLL WAS AT ABOUT 86 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS.
BUT WE THINK BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE TOOK TO TWO BENCHMARKS, ONE IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN WE JUST TOOK ONE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND IT WAS AT ABOUT 86,000 TO BE ABLE TO SAY AND THE REASON I DID 100, BECAUSE I ANTICIPATE THAT SOME GUEST TEACHERS NEXT YEAR ARE GOING TO WANT TO DO THIS RIGHT, ARE GOING TO WANT TO.
AND SO I WANT TO BE SURE TO PLAN AHEAD FOR THEM.
IN JULY, THEY WOULD RECEIVE LIKE A BONUS, LIKE A CHECK SAYING, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COME BACK. WE APPRECIATE YOU.
SO IN GENERAL, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT APPROACH AND IT'S ABOUT THANKING, REWARDING AND RECOGNIZING AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE 38 TEACHERS THAT MEET THAT MEET THIS CRITERIA.
I KNOW THAT WE DID THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, IT WAS ABOUT 86,000.
SO I ANTICIPATE THAT IT'LL GO UPWARDS OF 100,000 GOING INTO NEXT YEAR.
BUT HOW MANY TEACHERS WOULD THAT BE FOR THIS YEAR? SO YOU WERE AT 38 IN FEBRUARY.
I DON'T. CAN YOU GIVE ME THAT LATER? DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.
SURE. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW BECAUSE THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME TO DO SO MANY DAYS RIGHT NOW.
CURRENTLY WE DO HAVE SOMETHING WHERE WE PAY GUEST TEACHERS MORE.
AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT THEY DO INCREASE.
TELL ME WHERE THAT THRESHOLD IS.
YES. SO IT IS ACTUALLY IN OUR COMPENSATION PLAN, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND ME JUST FLIPPING OVER TO. SO I'M NOT FIBBING THE DIET.
I DON'T LIKE NUMBERS FOR SURE.
OUR CURRENT COMPENSATION PLAN.
AND DR. MEDINA, IF YOU CAN'T FIND IT, THAT'S OKAY.
THAT'S OKAY. I WANT TO SAY WE START AT 120, BUT IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER IT'S A GUEST TEACHER, A CERTIFIED TEACHER OR NOT.
SO OUR GUEST TEACHERS CURRENTLY ARE AT 120.
IT RANGES, RIGHT? SO THEN YOU HAVE A LONG TERM WITH NO CERTIFICATION, GOES UP TO 130 WITH CERTIFICATION, THEN GOES OUT 140.
AND THEN WE HAVE A LONG TERM WITH WITH THE RIGHT CERTIFICATION IN THAT PARTICULAR CONTENT AREA WOULD BE 150.
SO SOMEONE THAT IF THEY HAD JUST THE RIGHT CERTIFICATION IN THE POSITION, IF THEY EARNED IF THEY WORKED 90 DAYS ABOVE 90 DAYS FOR EVERY ONE OF THOSE DAYS, THEY WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE MAKING 160, WHICH IS, I THINK, REALLY VERY, VERY COMPETITIVE.
I KNOW THAT WHEN I WAS IN A PRIOR DISTRICT, ALL THE LAYERED INCENTIVES COULD BE UPWARDS OF $200.
SO WE KNOW THAT OUR NEIGHBORS JUST TO THE NORTH, YOU KNOW, HAVE COMBINED TYPES OF INCENTIVES THAT CAN EXCEED.
WELL, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TRIED BEFORE DOING INCENTIVES, LIKE FOR IF IT WAS WE USED TO DO IT FOR CAMPUSES THAT WERE FAR AT THE FAR END OF OUR DISTRICT, THAT NOBODY WANTED TO TAKE THOSE JOBS. RIGHT. BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO FAR SOUTH OR TOO FAR EAST AND TOO FAR WEST AND SO ON. DO WE STILL DO THAT? DO WE STILL GIVE IT FOR CERTAIN CAMPUSES? IF YOU GO TO CERTAIN CAMPUSES, YOU'LL GET AN EXTRA AMOUNT.
WE HAVE NOT TAKEN THAT APPROACH.
TRUSTEE OROSCO. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, THE WAY I'VE WORKED WITH THOSE CAMPUSES IS I HAVE WORKED WITH THE CAMPUSES TO IDENTIFY KIND OF SOMEONE THAT IS WILLING TO COME EVERY DAY BECAUSE WE KNOW AND YOU USE THEM AS A FLOATER BECAUSE WE USED TO DO THAT.
SO WE DID PAY THEM A DIFFERENT AMOUNT IF THEY WERE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DISTRICT.
WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO APPRECIATE OUR GUEST TEACHERS AND HOPEFULLY OUR SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHERS AS WELL, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
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AND THAT'S ON PAGE 16 OF OUR CURRENT COMPENSATION PLAN.THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OR COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT.
PÉREZ GONZALES. I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD SAY SOMETHING.
I'M WONDERING ABOUT WHAT? YES. I JUST LIKE THE FACT THAT THERE'S A NATIONAL AWARD CERTIFIED TEACHER STIPEND TO RECOGNIZE THE TEACHERS THAT ARE WORKING EXTREMELY HARD RIGHT NOW.
IN HAYS, WE HAVE SEVEN TEACHERS THAT ARE IN CANDIDACY WORKING ON THEIR NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION. IF WE GET FIVE, THAT WILL BE AWESOME.
SO, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE HAVE SOME THAT WANT TO FINISH OFF IN ONE YEAR.
SO IT'S JUST GOOD TO SEE THAT THEY WILL BE RECOGNIZED FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK BECAUSE GETTING NATIONAL CERTIFICATION IS THE HIGHEST CERTIFICATION A TEACHER CAN ATTAIN, WHICH I HAVE, AND I'M THRILLED TO SAY THAT.
AND AND THESE TEACHERS HAVE BEEN COMMITTED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST THREE MONTHS SINCE MARCH. AND THEY'VE WORKED WITH ME FOR 2 HOURS.
AND, OF COURSE, THROUGH TEXAS NATIONAL BOARD COALITION FOR TEACHING, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT.
AND WE SUPPORT ALL TEXAS EDUCATORS THAT WANT TO ACHIEVE THEIR CERTIFICATION.
SO THIS HAS BEEN A DREAM OF MINE SINCE I WAS HERE IN 2008.
AND IT'S JUST WONDERFUL THAT THIS DISTRICT IS NOW RECOGNIZING THESE TEACHERS OR WILL EVENTUALLY RECOGNIZE THESE TEACHERS FOR THEIR NHBC CERTIFICATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
I KNOW IT'S A GOOD WORK THAT YOU DO TO HELP SUPPORT NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS.
BE EXCITED TO SEE THOSE TEACHERS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT FOR SURE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION? ALL RIGHT. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD MOVED TO APPROVE THE EARLY RELEASE OF STIPENDS AND SUBSTITUTE PAY TO BE INCLUDED IN THE 2022 2023 COMPENSATION PLAN, AS PRESENTED A MOVE MOVED BY MRS. OROZCO, SECONDED BY DR.
PÉREZ-GONZÁLEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON THEN TO IN FIVE.
[M.5. Consideration and possible approval of bus driver pay to be included in the 2022-2023 compensation plan.]
THIS IS CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE BUS DRIVER PAY.THIS IS ALSO IN YOUR DYAS FOLDER.
IT IS THE PAPER WITH 91 AT THE BOTTOM.
AND WE HAVE A PAY SCALE ALONG WITH IT.
DR. MEDINA WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS FOR THIS ITEM AS WELL.
DR. WRIGHT, JUST GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THIS ITEM FIRST.
I'M SORRY. WHAT IS IT LOOK LIKE? I CANNOT FIND IT.
IT. IT WAS STAPLED TO THE BACK OF THAT BIGGER PACKET THAT YOU GOT IN YOUR DYAS FOLDER. AND SO IT WAS.
ALL OF THEM WERE TOGETHER. THE ONE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH THE.
YEAH. IT HAS THIS ON THE BACK OF IT.
IT SHOULD BE THE LAST THING ON IT.
EVERYBODY HAVE THEIR ROOMS. GREAT. OKAY. GOOD.
ALL RIGHT. SO I WANTED TO COMMEND DR.
MEDINA AND MAX CLEAVER FOR WORKING WITH THE TRANSPORTATION LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AND LISTENING TO THEIR THOUGHTS.
AND AND ONE OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WAS THAT WE BEGIN OUR BUS DRIVER PAY SCALE AT $20. AND SO THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO DO THAT.
AND LOOKING AT WHAT OUR COMPETITORS AROUND THE SURROUNDING AREA ARE OFFERING, WE'RE RIGHT IN THE BALLPARK.
THIS WILL INCREASE OUR MIDPOINT AVERAGE TO 2734 WITH OUR MAXIMUM OF $38.59.
SO THE RAISE THAT OUR BUS DRIVERS WILL SEE ON AVERAGE WILL BE A DOLLAR AND $0.91 PER HOUR. SO IT'S ALMOST A $2 PER HOUR INCREASE.
AND SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THIS WILL HELP US RETAIN AND RECRUIT FUTURE BUS DRIVERS, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT ALL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE AND IN THE NATION ARE EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH THIS. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR WORKING WITH THE TLC AND GIVING THEM A LITTLE TLC. AWESOME.
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HAPPY TO SEE THIS ITEM.MR. BAILEY, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? OF COURSE I DO.
AS SOMEBODY WHO EXPERIENCES A DRIVER SHORTAGE AS WELL.
MEDINA, WHAT EFFORTS ARE WE DOING NOW? HAVE WE HAD JOB FAIRS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON BUS DRIVERS? YES. AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO HAVE ANOTHER HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
SO WE KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD THE VACANCIES HAVE RANGE.
I WANT TO SAY WE HAVE 21, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, CURRENTLY, I MAY HAVE PUT IT IN THE TRANSMITTAL AS FAR AS VACANCIES.
AND SO AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS WILL NOT ONLY HELP RECRUIT, BUT ALSO HELP RETAIN THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE.
WE DO KNOW I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE STILL HAVE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF HOURS.
AND WE KNOW THAT AT THIS POINT.
AND FOR THE IF THEY'RE LISTENING NOW AND THEY MAY BE, IS THAT AT THIS TIME WE DO NOT INTEND TO LOWER THE 8 HOURS UNLESS AN INDIVIDUAL SPECIFICALLY IS ASKING TO DO LESS THAN 8 HOURS. WE YOU KNOW, WE DO ANTICIPATE THE MONITORS INCREASING THEM TO SIX.
I MEAN, YEAH, FROM 5 TO 6 BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS A NEED THERE.
SO FOR FOUR TLC MEMBERS OUT THERE LISTENING, THAT'S I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A WIN WIN SITUATION.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE TAKING CARE OF ON IN THE BACKGROUND, THE ADMINISTRATIVE END.
THIS IS THE BIG ONE. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT OUR TRANSPORTATION DRIVERS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF EARNING AN ADDITIONAL DOLLAR FOR.
SO IT'LL BE 295 IF THEY MEET THE ATTENDANCE INCENTIVE REQUIREMENTS.
SO IT GETS PEOPLE HERE AND SO THAT POTENTIALLY ALMOST UPWARDS OF THREE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. SO AND I KNOW, DR.
MEDINA, YOU WERE ANTICIPATING MY NEXT QUESTION BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED RETENTION.
SO HAVE WE DONE A DEEPER DOVE INTO THOSE 26 VACANCIES? YOU KNOW WHAT? THE REASONS FOR THE ATTRITION.
WE KNOW THAT LIKE ANY INDUSTRY OUT THERE THAT IS PROMOTING, I MEAN, YOU CAN LOOK EVERYWHERE. I MEAN, I KNOW AMAZON ANYWHERE THAT'S LOOKING FOR A DRIVER, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR DRIVERS. SO WE KNOW THAT'S A NEED NOT ONLY IN EDUCATION, BUT CONTINUES TO BE IN OTHER INDUSTRIES AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, COMPENSATION IS ONE PIECE.
AND SO WE WANT TO ENSURE WITH THE TLC THAT ALSO WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND BENEFITS SUCH AS THE ATTENDANCE INCENTIVE, YOU KNOW, ARE MARKETED.
AND SO IT'S NOT A A SILVER BULLET FOR SURE, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS NOT GOING TO HURT.
YEAH. SO JUST, JUST TO CALL OUT, YOU KNOW, TO THOSE THAT MIGHT BE LISTENING, OF COURSE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YES, YOU CAN GO DRIVE FOR SOME OF THOSE OTHER DELIVERY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR BUS DRIVERS ARE DELIVERING THE MOST PRECIOUS CARGO YOU CAN DELIVER AND THAT'S OUR STUDENTS.
I THINK ANYBODY IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, YOU KNOW, LET'S LET'S PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND LET'S GET THESE SPOTS FILLED.
ANYTHING ELSE OVER HERE THIS RUNKLE? NO. WELL, YOU LET US KNOW WHEN YOU GUYS ARE HAVING THE JOB FAIR FOR TRANSPORTATION SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO YOU TO KIND OF HELP THAT DEPARTMENT RELAY THAT.
I KNOW THAT IT TOOK A LOT TO LISTEN AND KIND OF COME TOGETHER TO GET EVERYBODY.
AND THIS IS A GREAT STEP IN THIS.
AND I LIKE JUST WHAT MR. VELA SAID. YOU GUYS CARRY OUR PRECIOUS CARGO AROUND ALL DAY LONG, AND OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO US.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR LISTENING TO THEM.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
THANK YOU. HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS.
PLEASURE. THANK YOU. THANKS SO MUCH.
ANYTHING OVER HERE ON MY RIGHT, MR. SEVERANCE? OKAY.
ON THE SCALE, BUS DRIVER PLACEMENT SCALE.
THAT MEANS LIKE THAT IS IF YOU COME AND YOU HAVE ONE YEAR EXPERIENCE, THAT'S WHERE YOU START OUT. THAT'S WHAT THE SCALE IS.
WHATEVER EXPERIENCE YOU COME INTO THE DISTRICT FOR IS WHAT WHAT YOU GET PLACED.
CORRECT. SO HELP ME WITH THIS SCENARIO.
SO LAST YEAR, HOW MANY NEW DRIVER, BRAND NEW DRIVERS DID WE HIRE? GOSH, MORE THAN ONE.
SO PERFECT. SO WE HIRED THEM AT 1735, 7%.
SOMEBODY COMES OUT NOW, NEW DRIVER GETS HIRED.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE HIRED AT $20 AN HOUR.
WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T THAT WERE HIRED LAST YEAR? WE WILL PLACE THEM ON THE NEW THE NEW SCALE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED.
SO THE WAY THE SCALE WAS CREATED BY MR. RAO, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE EACH OF OUR INDIVIDUAL DRIVERS AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE BETTER OF THE TWO.
RIGHT, IN TERMS OF IF THEY'RE NOT IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT SEVEN POINT INCREASE, PERCENT INCREASE. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY GET IF THAT'S THE HIGHER AMOUNT.
SO THIS THE THE WAY THE SKILL WAS CREATED WAS NOT CREATED TO ADVERSELY IMPACT.
[02:20:05]
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I DID MATH FROM 0% EXPERIENCE TO FIVE YEARS TO TEN YEARS TO 15 TO 20 AND THE ZERO TO 5 TO 10 WE HIRED LAST YEAR, PLUS THE 7% RAISE THEY'RE MAKING LESS THAN WHAT YOUR NEW SKILL IS.SO YOU ARE GOING TO BE TAKING OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES AND GIVING THEM THEY'RE GOING TO NOT BE MAKING LESS THAN PEOPLE THAT WERE HIRING STRAIGHT ON.
THAT IS CORRECT. AND SO THE NEW INCREASE IS 1.91, WHEREAS BEFORE IT WAS ONE POINT.
AND I BELIEVE THE FISCAL IMPACT IS THERE'S A 60,000 INCREASE TO THE BUDGET TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, MAKE THAT SO THAT WE CAN BUMP OUR EXISTING DRIVERS FORWARD.
SO LIKE IF THEY WERE MAKING THE $17 LAST YEAR AND THEY, THEY WERE WITH ZERO YEAR EXPERIENCE, THEN THEY WOULD JUMP TO THAT 2025 MARK.
AND SO THEY WOULD SEE MORE THAN A 7% INCREASE IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
THAT'S GREAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF I MISSED THAT, I APOLOGIZE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT.
OKAY, GREAT. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD ON THAT.
YES, SURE. SO TRUSTEE SEVERANCE, THAT'S THE SAME QUESTION THAT WE GET FROM THE TEACHER SKILL ALL THE TIME.
AND SO WHAT I WANT OUR TEACHERS OUT THERE TO HEAR IS THAT THEY'RE GETTING THAT MIDPOINT INCREASE AT 7% AND THAT THE THE SCALE ITSELF IS A HIRING IN SCALE.
RIGHT. IT'S HOW WE PLACE PEOPLE AS WE'RE HIRING IN.
SO I KNOW THAT CAUSES SOME CONFUSION.
AND THAT'S A GREAT POINT YOU BRING UP, MR. SEVERANCE. SO THAT'S GOOD TO BRING IT UP, BECAUSE WE CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH, RIGHT, ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE MAKING THOSE EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE IT'S NOT. I DIDN'T I SKIPPED OVER THIS 60 K BEING FOR EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS.
SO IF I DIDN'T READ THAT, THEN PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING OR WATCHING THIS SCALE MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT. SO, MR. SEVERANCE, THAT'S A WONDERFUL POINT THAT YOU BRING UP.
YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO DO THINGS TO HELP OUR EMPLOYEES AND WE TRY TO DO RIGHT BY THEM, BUT SOMETIMES THERE'S UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHEN YOU GET YOUR EQUITY GAPS WHERE YOU SEE THOSE GAPS.
AND WE HAVE TO FIX THOSE EQUITY ISSUES.
AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE ABOUT IT.
AND WE NEVER WANT WE'RE THAT'S NOT OUR INTENTION.
WE WANT TO RAISE EVERYBODY UP.
SO WE JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT OUR INTENTION IS, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE EVERYBODY UP AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PIT SOME A NEW PERSON AGAINST SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS. AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP SAYING OVER AND OVER.
SO THANK YOU FOR ARTICULATING THAT.
AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT VERY CLEAR.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE SEEN SCALES ALL THE TIME AND IT'S STILL NOT CLEAR TO ME AFTER 20 PLUS YEARS OF LOOKING AT PAY SCALES.
RIGHT. SO IF WE CAN SOMEHOW PUT IT ON OUR SCALE.
YES. COMMUNICATE IT BETTER, WHETHER IT'S WITH A COORDINATOR OR AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, YOU KNOW, BUT COMMUNICATING THAT AND CONVEYING THAT INFORMATION OUT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE CONFUSION AND MISCOMMUNICATION HAPPENS.
AND THEN WE GET PEOPLE THAT DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE GETTING PAID BECAUSE IT'S CONFUSING. SO, YES, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THE COLLABORATION, DR.
WRIGHT AND THE FOUNDATION OF TRUSTS THAT YOU HAVE SET UP WHEN YOU GOT HERE AND WORKING WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE WORKED WITH TRANSPORTATION SINCE I FIRST STARTED IN THE DISTRICT AS UNION PRESIDENT BACK IN 2003.
AND WE'VE ALWAYS HAD SOME ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH IN TRANSPORTATION.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE ADMINISTRATION EXTREMELY CARES ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TRANSPORTATION.
AND NO, IT'S NOT PERFECT AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PERFECT OVERNIGHT.
BUT WORKING TOGETHER, WE ARE DEFINITELY STRONGER AND CAN GET MORE ACCOMPLISHED.
WRIGHT AND MAX CLEAVER, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND DR.
MABENA HAS NOW JOINED WITH THAT AS WELL.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMITMENT TO MAKING THAT CHANGE TO MAKE IT A MORE POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL.
SO THANK YOU. WHY? ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
ONE, THANK YOU FOR THE 8 HOURS.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FOR FOLKS.
WE HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CONSTERNATION ABOUT THE EIGHT VERSUS SIX. I'M GLAD THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME AUTONOMY AND SOME DECISION MAKING ON THE PART OF THE EMPLOYEE IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME.
THAT'S EXACTLY CORRECT. THAT'S FANTASTIC.
AND TO TRUSTEE BYRON'S POINT, YES, THERE WAS ALSO PUBLIC SPEAKERS TALKING ABOUT THAT DIFFERENTIAL AND THAT THAT EQUITY THAT, YOU KNOW, FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE TEN YEARS
[02:25:01]
WERE BARELY MAKING A LITTLE BIT OVER WHAT PEOPLE WERE BRAND NEW.SO I'M GLAD WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE THOSE MARKET ADJUSTMENTS TO BRING EVERYBODY TO A MORE EQUITABLE RATE.
YES. WHAT WAS REALLY AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT SAYING THAT IN THE PAST YOU WERE WHAT THEY SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR WAS JUST NOT TO INCREASE THE STARTING RATE TO 20 AND NOT DO ANYTHING TO ANYONE ELSE, BUT TO ADOPT A PAY SCALE THAT INCREASED TO 20 AND ADDRESSED EVERYONE ELSE TO SOME DEGREE.
CORRECT. AND SO THIS WAS A TWO STEP, A TWO COMPONENT APPROACH TO THIS SCALE.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING AGREEABLE TO SEPARATING THIS OUT TO ONE ITEM.
I THINK IT DESERVED ITS OWN TRANSMITTAL SHEET, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM MR. VELA. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE AN INCREASE TO THE STARTING RATE OF PAY FOR BUS DRIVERS FROM 1735 TO $20 PER HOUR AS PRESENTED BY SECOND.
MOVED BY MR. VELLA, SECONDED BY MRS. RUNKEL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR I ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.
PERFECT. NEXT UP AN M AS IN MARY SIX.
[M.6. Consideration and possible approval of 2021 Bond Project - Bid Package 10 Live Oak Academy Renovations Schematic Design]
CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE 2021 BOND PROJECT.THIS WAS ON PAGE 88 LAST WEEK.
MR. CLEAVER IS HERE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL AGENDA ITEMS WITH US FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD MOVED TO APPROVE THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR THE 2021 BOND IMPROVEMENTS AT LIVE OAK ACADEMY, DESIGNED BY O'CONNELL ROBERTSON ARCHITECTS AS PRESENTED MOVED BY MRS. RUNKEL, SECONDED BY MR. SEVERANCE. AND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.
NEXT STOP, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE 2021 BOND PROJECT FOR WALLACE
[M.7. Consideration and possible approval of 2021 Bond Project - Bid Package 11 Wallace Middle School Renovations Schematic Design]
MIDDLE SCHOOL.SOME OF THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD MOVED TO APPROVE THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN OF THE 2021 BOND IMPROVEMENTS TO WALLACE MIDDLE SCHOOL, DESIGNED BY O'CONNELL ROBERTSON ARCHITECTS AS PRESENTED MOVED BY MRS. RUNKEL AND SECONDED BY MRS. OROSCO. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED, MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.
NEXT UP, THIS IS A CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF TWO BGP MICROCHIP
[M.8. Consideration and possible approval of the purchase of two BGP MicroTik Routers from Integration Partners as part of the 2021 Bond]
ROUTERS FROM INTEGRATION PARTNERS AS PART OF THE 2021 BOND.THIS WAS ON PAGE 92 LAST WEEK.
THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD MOVED TO APPROVE THE USE OF 2021 BOND FUNDS TO PURCHASE TWO BGP MICRO ROUTERS FROM INTEGRATION PARTNERS IN THE AMOUNT OF $57,076 AS PRESENTED MOVE BY MRS. RUNKEL, SECONDED BY MR. VELA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR I ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.
NEXT UP CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF AGILE MINE'S INTENSIFIED ALGEBRA ONE
[M.9. Consideration and possible approval of Agile Minds Intensified Algebra I Course for Tier 2 and Tier 3 Intervention at Lehman High School]
COURSE FOR TIER TWO AND TIER THREE INTERVENTION AT LAYMAN HIGH SCHOOL.THIS WAS ON PAGE 96 OF OUR AGENDA LAST WEEK.
WE HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION IN A PRESENTATION FROM OUR FOLKS IN OUR CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT, AND MS..
ZUNIGA WAS ALSO HERE FROM LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM TEAM? ALL RIGHT. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD MOVED TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF AGILE MINDS, INTENSIFIED ALGEBRA ONE COURSE FOR THE AMOUNT OF $77,994 AS PRESENTED SO MOVED BY MR. VALA, SECONDED BY MRS. RUNKEL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
I AND HE OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.
ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER TEN UNDER ACTION ITEMS ON PAGE 98 FROM LAST WEEK IS OUR
[M.10. Consideration and possible adoption of FDB(LOCAL) - Intradistrict Transfer Policy]
UPDATED BOARD POLICY IMPACTING INTRA DISTRICT TRANSFER POLICY.THIS IS POLICY ADOPTION EF DB LOCAL.
THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD MOVED TO ADOPT LOCAL POLICY REVISION.
[02:30:06]
OKAY. HANG ON A SECOND.THIS IS FBC AND MY IT SAYS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
IT'S. FDB I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK AT THIS MOTION.
THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD ADOPT LOCAL POLICY REVISION TO FDB LOCAL INVOLVING INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS AND CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS AS PRESENTED TO ME BY MRS. RUNKEL, SECONDED BY MR. VELA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR I ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO INFORMATION ITEMS.
[N.1. Review Budget Timeline]
WE HAVE A BUDGET TIMELINE IN YOUR DYAS FOLDER.THANK YOU, MR. RAO, INCLUDING OUR JUNE 2ND WORKSHOP.
ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR REVISED BUDGET WORKSHOP SCHEDULE CALENDAR? MRS. OROSCO SO HOW SOON WILL WE BE GETTING INFORMATION BEFORE OUR JUNE 2ND MEETING? SO SPEAKING WITH MR. RAU, HE'S WORKING ON THAT THIS WEEK AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT TO US ON THURSDAY. AND OUR HOPE IS WHEN YOU GUYS COME TO GRADUATION CEREMONIES, WE'LL HAVE A COPY FOR YOU TO TO REVIEW ALL NEXT WEEK SO YOU'D HAVE IT IF YOU CAN PICK IT UP SOONER, YOU CAN HAVE IT AS OF PROBABLY THURSDAY EVENING OR FRIDAY MORNING, CORRECT, RANDI.
AND IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO WAIT, WE'LL BRING IT TO YOU ON TUESDAY AT GRADUATION.
SO YOUR CHOICE, YOU CAN PICK IT UP SOONER OR WE CAN GET IT TO YOU AT GRADUATION.
SO WILL YOU LET US KNOW WHEN IT'S READY ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY SO WE CAN PICK UP? ABSOLUTELY. AND AND THEN IN BETWEEN SESSIONS, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT HAVING A WORKSHOP OR ANYTHING AT GRADUATION, BUT YOU'LL HAVE THAT.
AND YOU CAN ALWAYS ASK RANDY QUESTIONS AT GRADUATION.
GREAT. SO MR. RAO WILL BE READY FOR ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE.
THANK YOU. MIGHT NEED OUR OWN LITTLE CONFERENCE ROOM THERE AT GRADUATION FOR MR. RAU TO TAKE OUR MEETINGS INDIVIDUALLY WITH OFFICE HOURS.
MR. RAO, YOUR OFFICE, OUR SCHEDULE WILL HAVE A LITTLE SIGN UP, GENIUS, FOR YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. THIRD QUARTER INVESTMENT REPORT.
ALL RIGHT. WE'VE ALREADY DONE IN FOUR.
IN FIVE. WE HEARD FROM MAX KLEBER LAST WEEK ON THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR THE NEGLEY RELIEF SCHOOL. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? AND THEN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
[N.6. Update on construction projects]
MR. SEVERANCE.YOU DON'T GET UP, BUT MAYBE YOU DO HAVE TO GET UP.
YEAH. GO, GO, GO. SO, LIKE, I KNOW WE'RE DOING A BUNCH OF TOURS.
I APPRECIATE THE TOURS THAT YOU'VE SET UP FOR US.
I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT LIKE HOW WHEN YOU SET THOSE UP, LIKE HOW WERE YOU? WHAT DETERMINES WHAT THE TIME IS GOING TO BE? I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE, YOU KNOW, ME, MAX.
I WOULD LOVE TO COME TO EVERY CONSTRUCTION TOUR, BUT EVERY ONE OF THEM IS AT LIKE 1:00 IN THE DAY. SO THAT'S LIKE, OH, I MEAN, I WORK AN HOUR AWAY, SO IT'S LIKE A WHOLE IT'S LIKE I'M GONE FOR THE DAY IF I COME TO HIM.
SO I'M NOT SURE THERE'S A WAY.
MAYBE YOU COULD ASK, LIKE WE COULD KIND OF GET A WHAT WORKS FOR US.
MAYBE IN THE MORNING WE COULD KNOCK IT OUT IN THE MORNING AND THEN I COULD GO TO WORK.
I WANT TO COME, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE I'M NOT SUPPORTING.
BUT I MEAN, IT'S JUST FIVE DAYS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
I JUST CAN'T DO IT. SO MAYBE THAT'S JUST ME JUST ASKING IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO MAYBE SCHEDULE IN THE MORNING OR ASK US WHEN IT WOULD BE WORK FOR US SO WE CAN.
WE WERE SCHEDULING THEM WITH THE OCM MEETINGS, JUST TRYING TO PUT THEM ON THE SAME TIME THAT THE ARCHITECT AND THE ENGINEERS AND EVERYONE WOULD BE THERE JUST SO THAT EVERYONE COULD BE THERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
AND WE I THINK WE ALL STARTED ASKING US FOR TOURS IN LIKE JANUARY.
SO WE WANTED TO GET SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS QUICKLY AND THEN SO WE CAN DO ANOTHER ONE THIS SUMMER. AND THEN IS MORNINGS MORE CONVENIENT? OR I'M JUST ONE PERSON, SO BUT I WOULD SAY MORNINGS WOULD BE, WOULD BE WAY BETTER FOR, FOR I'M SEEING A BUNCH OF HEADS SHAKING MAYBE.
YEAH, MAYBE MORNINGS WOULD BE BETTER AND IT'S COOLER TOO.
OKAY. YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY WORK ON A SECOND ROUND OF TOURS WITH BETTER TIMES.
MR. JUNCO, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DID IT AND WHY YOU DID IT THAT WAY.
[02:35:02]
AND THEN WHEN I SAW THE TIMES, I WAS LIKE, WELL, DANG IT, THEY'RE AT 1:00 IN THE DAY.AND SO, YES, THEY ARE DIFFICULT FOR ME AS WELL.
I HAVE TO LITERALLY TAKE A HALF A DAY TO BE ABLE TO GO TO SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. SO I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IF WE COULD MOVE THOSE TO THE MORNING IF THE REST OF THE BOARD IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
AND SOMETIME THIS SUMMER, JUST GIVE US SOME DATES AND LET US KNOW WHAT WORKS FOR YOU AROUND. SCHEDULE TWO IS PERFECT, BUT MORNING IS ALWAYS GREAT AND THANK YOU FOR SCHEDULING THOSE. I APPRECIATE IT.
AND WE DO HAVE ONE TOMORROW AT ELM GROVE AND I'LL BE DOING TRANSPORTATION INTERVIEWS, SO I WILL MISS YOU ALL IF YOU'RE COMING THERE TOMORROW.
I DON'T RECALL THE ALMAGRO FUND, BUT YES, I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH DOING IT EARLY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WEATHER.
WHEN WE WERE AT SUN FIELD I THOUGHT I ALMOST DIED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT WAS A MILLION DEGREES. SO WE CAN SCHEDULE THEM EARLY SO WE CAN GO TO WORK AFTER.
ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ONE, DR.
PÉREZ-GONZÁLEZ? WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I LOVE TO COME, BUT RIGHT NOW, MY DOCTOR'S NOT ALLOWING ME TO GO TO THE TOURS.
THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY, I HOPE TO GET OUT THERE.
YEAH, WE WOULD BE GLAD TO HAVE YOU OUT THERE.
THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT ROLLING AROUND ON THE.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, TEAM, AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION.
[B. CLOSED SESSION]
SO WE WILL STOP HERE AND WE WILL IN THE TIME IS 928.WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN TO A CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5517 CHAPTERS D AND E OR TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 418.
ALL RIGHT. ARE WE BACK UP? READY TO GO, MISS GLORIA? PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALREADY ESTABLISHED A QUORUM.
EVERYBODY IS HERE TONIGHT EXCEPT FOR MR. MCMANUS. WE ARE GOING BACK TO ACTION ITEM M ONE.
[M.1. Consideration and possible action, if any, resulting from closed session]
A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FROM CLOSED SESSION.THIS IS ON YOU HAVE THIS IN YOUR DYAS FOLDER THE TRANSMITTAL SHEET LOOKING AT POSITIONS FOR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION, DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION AND PLANNING, THE HAYS HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.
TWO ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL, THE JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC DEAN AND THE KYLE ELEMENTARY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD MOVED TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO CONTRACTUALLY EMPLOY THE DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION AND PLANNING, THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, THE HAYS HIGH SCHOOL, PRINCIPAL JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC. DEAN JOHNSON, HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND THE KYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, AS PRESENTED MOVE BY MRS. OROZCO, SECONDED BY MR. SEVERANCE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR I ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRY SIX ZERO.
DR. RYAN, DO YOU WANT TO TALK TO US ABOUT OUR NEW POSITIONS? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME THESE SEVEN INDIVIDUALS TO THE HAYS CISD FAMILY.
AND I WILL START WITH THE DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION AND PLANNING.
IT'S NATE WENZEL, WHICH THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION IS HARVEST COATS.
THE ASSISTANT ONE OF THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS FOR JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL IS COREY MEDULLA, ANOTHER ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL IS NICOLE CREEK, THE ACADEMIC DEAN FOR JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL IS JENNIFER LAZAR, THE NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR KYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS KRISTIN SEIBEL, AND THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF HAYS HIGH SCHOOL IS TEENA SALAZAR.
SO WELCOME TO THOSE SEVEN INDIVIDUALS.
AND IF YOU SEE THEM, YOU GUYS ARE STILL UP AND WATCHING THIS.
PAT THEM ON THE BACK TOMORROW.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PRESS RELEASES.
MR. SAVOY IS TELLING US FIRST THING IN THE MORNING THOSE ARE GOING TO GO OUT MID MID-MORNING. MR. SAVOY IS GOING TO GET THAT READY TO GO.
WE'RE SUPER EXCITED FOR ALL OF THESE POSITIONS.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR STAYING UP LATE WITH US TONIGHT.
WE HAVE THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TEAM.
[02:40:01]
I HAVE ONE.OH, YOU HAVE ONE, MRS. OROSCO.
OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT WERE SENT TO THE PRINCIPALS WITH REGARD TO OUR EIGHTH GRADE PERIOD AND POTENTIAL SCHEDULE ALTERATIONS.
ANY. MR. SEVERANCE, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES. SO WE'RE GOING INTO THE BUDGET WORKSHOP NEXT WEEK.
I'D LIKE TO JUST HAVE I MEAN, I HAVE PROBABLY 80 PAGES OF PIECES OF PAPER, THE STUFF THAT I'VE REQUESTED FOR THE PAST TWO MEETINGS GOING INTO THIS THAT IN ITEMS I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE'RE BRINGING TO THE NEXT MEETING, WE HAVE THOROUGHLY BROUGHT ALL THE RATIONALE MATERIAL, SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO CHASE IT DOWN AGAIN. I THINK MR. BROWN HAS COMMITTED TO GETTING US BUDGET DOCUMENTS BY FRIDAY.
ANY OTHER REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION? MR. ROSCOE, DID YOU HAVE A REQUEST? I DO HAVE A REQUEST, BUT I LOST IT IN ALL MY PAPERS, SO I WILL WRITE IT DOWN AND SUBMIT IT TO. OH YES, I DO HAVE IT.
PLEASE PROVIDE INFORMATION TO PARENTS AND THE BOARD ON WHAT APPS ARE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS TO USE AT HOME FOR THE SUMMER.
IS THAT A REQUEST FOR COMMUNICATION OUT TO TO PARENTS OR JUST INQUIRY? I WOULD LIKE THE INFORMATION AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PARENTS RECEIVE IT AS WELL.
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE JUNE 2ND.
THAT WILL BE OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP HERE IN THE CONCORD ROOM AT 530.
ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 10:48 P.M..
THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.