Aug 04, 2022 Special Board Meeting

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ALL RIGHT.

[A. CALL TO ORDER:]

WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT IN PERSON AND LISTENING ONLINE.

TODAY IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 4TH, AND THE TIME IS 5:30 P.M.

A QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.

ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT.

AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL ADJOURN TO A CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551, SUBCHAPTER D AND E OR TEXAS GOVERNMENT

[B. CLOSED SESSION (Part 1 of 2) ]

THE TIME IS 5:31 P.M..

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AGAIN.

I WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU FOR ATTENDING AND LISTENING ONLINE TONIGHT.

THE TIME IS 6:25 P.M..

A QUORUM HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED.

EVERYONE IS HERE TONIGHT FROM THE BOARD.

FIRST UP ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR SUPERINTENDENT REPORT, DR.

[D. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT]

AND GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

TONIGHT ON MY REPORT, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THE ENROLLMENT CURRENTLY WITH STUDENTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY COMPLETELY REGISTERED AND THOSE THAT ARE IN THE REGISTRATION PORTAL 22,654 STUDENTS.

SO WE'RE UP ABOUT 1,000 STUDENTS FROM THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.

AND AS YOU KNOW, AFTER LABOR DAY, WE TEND TO GET MORE AND MORE KIDS.

SO I REALLY THINK AT SOME POINT THIS YEAR WE'LL PROBABLY HIT THE 23,000 MARK.

SO I WANTED EVERYONE TO BE AWARE THAT WE ARE AHEAD OF OUR DEMOGRAPHERS REPORT.

SHOULD ALL OF THESE STUDENTS COMPLETE THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS AND SHOW UP ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

AND THE THE DEMOGRAPHER HAD US ABOUT 22,450.

AND SO WE ARE ALREADY 200 KIDS AHEAD OF OF WHAT THEY PROJECTED.

SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ON IT.

AND AND SO IT MAY BE THAT WE NEED TO ADD MORE FTES AS WE MOVE FORWARD JUST BECAUSE OF NECESSITY TO STAFF OUR CLASSROOMS. AND AS FAR AS OUR STAFFING IS CONCERNED, HR AND OUR PRINCIPALS AND DIRECTORS ARE REALLY WORKING HARD TO GET TO MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR VACANCIES ARE FILLED.

AND AT LAST CHECK, WE HAD ABOUT 32 TEACHING POSITIONS UNFILLED, AND I THINK WE HAD PROBABLY AT LEAST A DOZEN IN THE QUEUE TO BE HIRED.

AND SO WE SHOULD BE DOWN BELOW 20 BY THE TIME THAT SCHOOL STARTS NEXT WEEK.

SO THAT'S POSITIVE.

AND COMPARED TO A LOT OF THE OTHER LARGE DISTRICTS IN THE AREA, WE'RE WELL AHEAD.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO GIVE THE INCREASED COST OF LIVING RAISE SO THAT WE COULD ATTRACT AND RECRUIT INDIVIDUALS TO HAYS CISD. NEXT, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME ALL OF OUR NEW EMPLOYEES, NEW TO THE DISTRICT.

WE HAD A LUNCHEON FOR THEM TODAY AND IT WAS OUTSTANDING.

I THINK WE HAD OVER 250 NEW EMPLOYEES AND SO THAT'S AROUND 7% THAT ARE NEW TO THE DISTRICT.

AND SO IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE THEIR FACES.

THEY WERE FULL OF SPIRIT AND ENERGY AND WE HAD LOTS OF GOOD SPEAKERS AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU THAT WERE ABLE TO ATTEND AND AND WELCOME THEM TO HAYS CISD. AND THEN TOMORROW, JUST A REMINDER TO YOU AND TO THE PEOPLE LISTENING, WE HAVE CONVOCATION, WHICH IS GOING TO BE AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE ARE GOING TO FEED ALL 3,000 PLUS STAFF MEMBERS AND WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED THIS PAST YEAR.

AND IT'S JUST A WAY THAT WE CAN GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND SAY THANK YOU.

AND THE FOUNDATION WAS NICE ENOUGH TO ALLOW US TO HIRE THE [INAUDIBLE] AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE [INAUDIBLE] COME AND AND WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR LAST YEAR AND THEN GET IN A GREAT FRAME OF MIND FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

AND THEN I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE CLOTHES CLOSET FOR HAYS CISD THAT MS. OROSCO RUNS FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND, AND I GOT TO ACTUALLY WORK WITH A COUPLE OF FAMILIES AND CHECK THEM OUT.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T EVER BEEN OR IF YOU'RE LISTENING AND YOU KNOW OF PEOPLE OR IF YOU'RE IN NEED OF CLOTHES FOR BACK TO SCHOOL, IT'S SUCH AN AWESOME ENVIRONMENT.

IT'S JUST LIKE GOING SHOPPING IN A DEPARTMENT STORE.

SO YOU GET 30 MINUTES TO GO AND CHOOSE FIVE OUTFITS AND THEN YOU GET TO CHECK OUT.

AND SO IT'S PRETTY AMAZING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER THAT TO OUR KIDS.

AND AND WHEN I WAS ABLE TO CHECK THE KIDS OUT, THEY HAD THE BIGGEST SMILES ON THEIR FACE AND THEY WERE SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE NEW CLOTHES TO START THE YEAR.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT HELPS THEM WITH THE POSITIVE MINDSET.

SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND SO THANKS TO MS. OROSCO AND HER TEAM FOR FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE THEY SPEND COUNTLESS HOURS THERE AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR WORKING IN HELPING STOCK AND FOR YOUR DONATIONS TO THAT.

AND AND IF YOU'RE OUT AND LISTENING AND YOU GOT SOME EXTRA MONEY AND YOU WANT TO DONATE, GREAT PLACE TO DONATE.

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THIS IS GOING TO BE IN A NEWSLETTER THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO RELEASE TOMORROW.

BUT I WANTED TO GIVE EVERYONE A HEADS UP JUST AS A PART OF ENHANCED SAFETY AT OUR CAMPUSES.

BEGINNING THIS SCHOOL YEAR, ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT DELIVERIES FOR MEAL DELIVERY SERVICES OR RESTAURANTS FOR STUDENT LUNCHES.

AND SO CAMPUSES ALSO WILL NO LONGER HAVE DROP OFF TABLES FOR MEALS.

WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT MEALS WERE BEING DROPPED OFF AND WE COULDN'T IDENTIFY WHO THEY WOULD NEED TO GO TO.

AND THEN WE FOUND SOME PARAPHERNALIA IN THERE, SUCH AS VAPE PENS AND PILLS THAT PEOPLE WERE WERE SLIDING IN FROM DELIVERY SERVICES.

AND SO IN AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW DELIVERY SERVICES ANYMORE TO DROP OFF MEALS.

HOWEVER, PARENTS MAY STILL BRING OUTSIDE FOOD FOR THEIR CHILDREN IF THEY PLAN TO DELIVER THE MEALS DIRECTLY TO THEIR CHILDREN DURING THEIR DESIGNATED LUNCH PERIOD.

ALL GUESTS ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW EXISTING SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND CHECK IN WITH AN ID AND WITH AN ID THROUGH THE FRONT OFFICE, JUST LIKE YOU WOULD IN ANY OTHER WAY.

AND THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN KIND OF PATROL WHAT'S COMING IN AND GOING OUT.

AND IF YOU WANT TO COME HAVE LUNCH WITH YOUR KID.

AS ALWAYS, WE STILL ENCOURAGE THAT.

WE JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE OUTSIDE MEAL DELIVERY SERVICES DO THIS ANY LONGER.

AND NEXT, WE ARE MAKING AN ADJUSTMENT WITH OUR CELL PHONE POLICIES.

THIS REALLY CAME FROM OUR STUDENT ADVISORY PANEL AND FROM OUR TEACHER [INAUDIBLE].

WE FOUND THAT WE WERE NOT BEING CONSISTENT IN OUR CLASSROOMS AS FAR AS WHO ALLOWED CELL PHONES TO BE USED AND WHO DIDN'T.

AND THEN WHEN WE DISCUSSED IT, WE WERE LIKE EVERY EVERY KID HAS ACCESS TO A COMPUTER.

NOW WE'RE 1 TO 1.

SO WE NO LONGER NEED TO BRING YOUR OWN DEVICES OR CELL PHONES IN ORDER TO GET ON THE INTERNET AND DO RESEARCH.

AND SO THE NEW GUIDELINES AND OUR PRINCIPLES WILL GO OVER WITH KIDS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

BUT STUDENTS MAY USE THEIR CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL.

SO ONCE THE FIRST BELL STARTS, THEY WON'T BE ALLOWED TO USE THOSE PHONES.

THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO KEEP THEM ON THEIR PERSON JUST FOR SAFETY REASONS.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO ASK THAT THEY TURN THEM ON AIRPLANE MODE AND NO LONGER USE THOSE SO THAT IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, WHEN THE TIME IS APPROPRIATE, WE WILL ALLOW THEM TO USE THOSE DEVICES. AND SO PRINCIPALS WILL HAVE DISCRETION DURING LUNCH TIME IF THEY WANT TO ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO USE THEIR PHONES DURING LUNCH WHEN IT'S A NON INSTRUCTIONAL PERIOD.

THAT WAY I THINK WE CAN HAVE CONSISTENCY, WE CAN FOCUS ON ON LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOCAL POLICY F AND CE LOCAL WHERE YOU GUYS APPROVED THE ABILITY TO CHARGE A $10 FINE FOR THE CONFISCATION OF DEVICES.

AND SO WE HAVE ALL THAT PROTOCOL IN PLACE.

IT WILL BE IN THE HANDBOOK AND WE WILL ALSO CAREFULLY DELIVER THIS NEW INFORMATION TO KIDS WHEN THEY RETURN.

AND SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A WIN WIN.

TEACHERS HAVE CONSTANTLY BEEN BATTLING THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THE CELL PHONES AND THE CLASSROOM.

AND SO I THINK THIS WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET KIDS ENGAGED.

AND LIKE I SAID, IF THEY NEED TO RESEARCH, THEY CAN USE THEIR LAPTOPS OR CHROMEBOOKS IN ORDER TO DO SO.

AND AND I BELIEVE PRESIDENT PETREA.

THAT'S IT. OTHER OTHER THAN TO SAY WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE LOTS OF CHALLENGES WITH SAFETY AND SECURITY, WITH COVID STILL AROUND, WITH MONKEY POX, WITH EXCESSIVE HEAT, WITH THE DROUGHT, WITH YOU NAME IT.

BUT LIKE I TOLD ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS, IT'S A IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE OUR SKILLS AND TALENTS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO PROBLEM SOLVE AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO A NEW YEAR.

GREAT. THANK YOU, DR. WRIGHT.

AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, JERI SKROCKI IS GOING TO PRESENT LATER.

SHE ALSO GOING TO COVER CELL PHONE AND FOOD DELIVERY SERVICE BECAUSE I ALMOST THINK WE MAY WANT TO HOLD SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

ABSOLUTELY. I THINK SHE'LL ADDRESS THAT AS WELL.

OKAY, GREAT. SO, TEAM, IF WE WANT TO HOLD ON THOSE QUESTIONS, WE CAN FOR WHEN JERI PRESENTS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DR.

WRIGHT ON HIS SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.

ALL RIGHT. FANTASTIC.

THANKS SO MUCH. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO PUBLIC FORUM.

[E. PUBLIC FORUM]

MR. SAVOY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER GREEN SHEETS TURNED IN TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT. AS A REMINDER, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IN PUBLIC FORUM MUST HAVE COMPLETED THE GREEN SHEET.

IF YOU DON'T SIGN UP WITH THE GREEN SHEET, YOU AREN'T ABLE TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

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BED 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 WITHOUT ALTERATION. A PERSON WHO CHOOSES TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC FORUM IS CONSENTING TO THE ONLINE PUBLICATIONS OF THEIR COMMENTS AND MAY BE ON KXAN TONIGHT, I CAN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES.

SO, AMANDA HARGRAVE, YOU'RE UP.

AND YOU'LL WANT TO TAP ON THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE.

PERFECT. THANK YOU, DR.

WRIGHT AND THE BOARD FOR HOLDING A SPECIAL MEETING TODAY RELATED TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR, I CAME TO SPEAK TO YOU AS A SCIENTIST, WIFE, SISTER AND MOTHER REGARDING MY CONCERNS RELATED TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY DURING THE DEADLY COVID 19 DELTA SURGE.

THERE ARE A COMPLEXITY OF ISSUES RELATED TO HEALTH AND SAFETY AS WE ENTER THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR, EVEN MORE SO IN THE CONTEXT OF THE KILLINGS IN UVALDE IN MAY. TODAY I'M HERE TO LISTEN AND LEARN HOW YOU PLAN ON HELPING MAKE OUR SCHOOLS SAFER THIS YEAR.

I SUPPORT THE ADDITION OF THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

I DO HOPE THERE IS SOME CONSIDERATION FOR ADDED MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT POTENTIALLY.

TOO OFTEN THESE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS CAN BE CARRIED OUT BY STUDENTS AND NOT ALWAYS AN INTRUDER.

I AM INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE REGARDING THE CELL PHONE POLICY.

MY DAUGHTER IS IN ELC, SO SHE'S TOO YOUNG FOR A CELL PHONE UNLESS SHE'S TAKING SELFIES OR FACETIMING HER GRANDPARENTS.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT I DO NOT SUPPORT THE IDEA OF ARMING TEACHERS AND AGREE WITH DR.

WRIGHT ON THAT MATTER.

I BELIEVE OUR TEACHERS HAVE ENOUGH RESPONSIBILITIES AS IT IS AND WE TEND TO CONTINUE TO PILE THOSE ON.

ADDITIONALLY, RESEARCH DONE AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TRAINING CENTER HAS SHOWN THAT THIS COULD LIKELY ADD MORE CONFUSION AND AN ALREADY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

I HAVE PERSONALLY WITNESSED REALLY GOOD SECURITY AT THE CAMPUSES I HAVE VISITED.

HAVING A DAUGHTER IN ELC, I HAVE NEVER ARRIVED TO PICK HER UP AND THERE HAVE BEEN UNLOCKED DOORS OR SOMEBODY, I DON'T KNOW, LETTING ME IN.

SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND TO RECOGNIZE THOSE CAMPUSES, TEACHERS AND STAFF FOR ENSURING THE SECURITY OF OUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND HOLDING THIS SPECIAL MEETING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. HARGRAVE.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS TONIGHT.

[F. REVIEW SAFETY AND SECURITY PROTOCOLS]

JERI SKROCKI WILL BE PRESENTING TO THE BOARD.

GOOD EVENING, Y'ALL.

ALL RIGHT. SAFETY AND SECURITY, A VERY BIG TOPIC AND A REALLY APPRECIATED THE GUEST SPEAKER TALKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS AS WELL AS DR.

WRIGHT. TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT ACTIVE SHOOTER.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SO MANY OTHER THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY AND SECURITY IN OUR DISTRICT.

THINGS THAT MANIFEST ITSELF, WHETHER IT'S AN ACTIVE SHOOTER.

BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES THINGS SUCH AS OUR WEATHER EVENTS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE MONITORING THOSE THINGS, OUR TRAFFIC AREAS.

THAT'S OFTENTIMES A SITUATION THAT MANY OF US COMPLAIN ABOUT IS UNNECESSARY AREAS IN TRAFFIC AND DEALING WITH THOSE THINGS.

BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, THE MANTRA OF SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, DO SOMETHING, AND I WILL COMMIT 100% THAT EVERYONE WHO IS WATCHING, ANYBODY WHO HEARS ME OR WE ALL ADDRESSES THAT WE'RE ALL SAFETY AMBASSADORS.

IT IS INCUMBENT ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US TO NOT RELY SOLELY ON DISTRICT OR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT.

IT'S EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US IN OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABIDING BY THE RULES AND THAT WE ARE ALSO DOING SOMETHING, WHICH MEANS THAT IF WE SEE IT, WE NEED TO SAY SOMETHING AND WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP.

SO THAT BEING SAID, FROM THERE, WHAT WE'LL DO IS.

BARBARA, CAN YOU HIT THE NEXT SLIDE? WE ALL SEE IT.

THIS IS THE MOST HORRIFIC TRAGEDY THAT ANY OF US WILL HAVE TO EVER WITNESS IT.

AT LEAST WE HOPE EVIL EXISTS IN THIS WORLD AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO TO ERADICATE IT AND DO AWAY WITH IT.

BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS MAKE OURSELVES THE MOST UNATTRACTIVE SOFT TARGET AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

THESE 21 PEOPLE SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES.

FOR US IT HAS TO BE A LEARNING POINT.

IT HAS TO BE. WE CANNOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES.

WE HAVE GOT TO DO BETTER AND WE CAN DO BETTER AND WE WILL DO BETTER ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS WITH CAMPUSES.

I HAVE VISITED A LOT WITH OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAMS AS WELL AS AS OUR LEADERSHIP STAFF.

WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS YOU HAVE VERY, VERY LEGITIMATE DEDICATION AND 100% COMMITMENT ON EVERYONE THAT I HAVE TALKED TO TO MAKE THE THE

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SO MANY OF THESE THINGS WE'RE ALREADY DOING.

BUT IT'S REALLY JUST A COMMITMENT TO NOT BECOME COMPLACENT AND TO REALLY RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT PIECE THAT WE TEND TO JUST GO, OH, IT'S JUST CONVENIENT. I'M JUST RUNNING OUT TO THE DOOR, OR, HEY, IT'S JUST FOR A SECOND.

AND REALLY THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS AND REMIND EVERYONE.

WE START WITH THE NUMBER ONE WAY THAT I CAN FIND FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW WHO BELONGS.

AND THAT'S OUR OUR ID SYSTEM.

AND THAT'S NOT JUST OUR ID SYSTEM FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT IT'S ALSO OUR STAFF.

JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A SHIRT ON THAT SAYS HAYS CISD, I STILL WANT YOU TO HAVE YOUR DISTRICT ID TAG.

I WANT TO SEE THAT DISTRICT ID TAG HANGING AROUND YOUR NECK SO THAT I CAN SEE YOU.

I DON'T WANT IT TUCKED IN A POCKET.

I DON'T WANT IT AROUND YOUR WAIST.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZE THAT SOMEONE BELONGS.

I DON'T WANT PICTURES OVER YOUR PICTURE, SO I CAN'T SEE YOUR FACE BECAUSE I NEED TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU BELONG WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, THAT TIME AND EFFORT THAT YOU ARE ON OUR CAMPUS AND RECOGNIZING THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE BELONG.

AND I APPRECIATE THE BOARD SO MUCH IN LAST YEAR REALLY ADVOCATING FOR THIS AND MAKING THIS HAPPEN FOR US.

IT'S JUST A QUESTION NOW.

WE HAD A LOT OF GROWING PAINS LAST YEAR WITH THE SYSTEM.

COVID REALLY AFFECTED US ADVERSELY WITH HAVING PICTURES IN A TIMELY MANNER BECAUSE WE HAD SO MANY CHILDREN OUT BECAUSE OF COVID AND WE DIDN'T HAVE PICTURES OR WE HAD WE HAD KIDS WITH MASKS ON, WHICH CERTAINLY MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE WHO THEY ARE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ID PICTURE.

SO WE HAVE STRESSED THAT COMPLETELY AS WELL AS WITH ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE IDS BEING READILY AVAILABLE AND EMPOWERING EACH OF OUR STAFF TO CALL PEOPLE OUT WHO DON'T HAVE THEM, AND QUITE FRANKLY, TO ADDRESS IT IMMEDIATELY.

YOU DON'T HAVE AN ID, THEN LET ME ESCORT YOU TO THE OFFICE AND ADDRESSING THAT, WORKING WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM ON WHAT THE DIRECTIONS ARE FOR OUR STUDENTS IF THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR IDS AS SOON AS THEY BOARD THE BUS, WHAT WHAT THEIR GOAL IS AND REALLY INTEGRATING WITH ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS SO THAT THEY'RE ALL AWARE OF WHAT THAT EXPECTATION IS. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW AND HAVE HEARD ON THE NEWS AND IT HAS PLAYED QUITE A BIT, IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF MANDATES THAT HAVE COME DOWN THIS SUMMER AS A RESULT OF THE UVALDE TRAGEDY.

WE HAVE DEALT WITH ISSUES THROUGH GOVERNOR ABBOTT, THROUGH TEA, AS WELL AS THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER THAT INCREASED OUR SUMMER MANDATES AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THIS SUMMER.

ONE OF THOSE THINGS INCLUDED THE SUMMER TARGETED PARTIAL SAFETY AUDIT.

I JUST FINISHED ALL OF THE AUDITS FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THIS PAST YEAR, BUT WHAT THEY DID IS THEY HAD A REQUISITE 50 QUESTIONS THAT THEY WANTED US TO REVISIT ON EVERY SCHOOL CAMPUS, AND I'M IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING THOSE NOW.

WE DO HAVE 26 CAMPUSES, SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT.

WE DO HAVE A COMPLIANCE DATE, I BELIEVE, BY SEPTEMBER 9TH FOR SUBMISSION, BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO TAKE SOME BOOTS ON THE GROUND ACTIVITY FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF IT.

ADDITIONALLY, WE WERE REQUIRED TO DO AN EXTERIOR DOOR SAFETY AUDIT.

IT WAS AN EXTREMELY LABOR INTENSIVE ENDEAVOR WHICH WAS LITERALLY GOING TO EVERY SINGLE EXTERIOR DOOR IN THE DISTRICT AND DOING AN INSPECTION BASED ON ALL OF THE CRITERIA THAT THEY ESTABLISHED FOR US.

I'M GOING TO RIGHT NOW GIVE THE HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SRO TEAM A HUGE, HUGE PROPS.

LIEUTENANT RIFFE AND SERGEANT YOUNG, AS WELL AS SERGEANT TORRES ACTUALLY HELPED ME WITH MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

THEY GOT SOME OF THEIR SROS, PULLED THEM OUT OF OTHER ASSIGNMENTS AND HELPED US ESTABLISH THAT.

SO WE WILL BE 100% COMPLIANT WITH THAT.

AND IT'S JUST A QUESTION NOW OF SUBMITTING THAT REPORT.

WE DID LOCATE SOME DOORS THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY DO SOME THINGS WITH, BUT WE IMMEDIATELY PUT IN WORK ORDERS ON THOSE THINGS AND THEY'RE USUALLY JUST LIKE CLOSERS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

BUT THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN ITS TOTALITY.

WE JUST HAVE TO DO THE SUBMISSION.

THE DISTRICT SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING HAS BEEN SCHEDULED, SO THAT HAS BEEN PUT ON THE AGENDA.

THE AGENDA HAS BEEN POSTED.

AND SO THAT WILL BE OCCURRING HERE, I BELIEVE, WEEK AFTER NEXT.

SO THAT WILL BE HAPPENING AS WELL.

AND THEN WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE HAVE BEEN IN SO MUCH OF AND I FEEL SO SORRY FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.

THEIR BRAINS ARE FULL.

THEY'RE FULL. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND ADDRESS WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION.

AND THEN I'M THROWING IN ALL THIS SAFETY THINGS AND VARIOUS AREAS THAT THEY NEED TO DO AND THEIR BRAINS ARE FULL, MY BRAIN IS FULL AND I JUST HAVE THE SAFETY STUFF.

BUT WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF TRAINING AND THAT WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER AS WELL ABOUT OUR BEHAVIORAL.

ASSESSMENT PIECE, AS WELL AS OUR DRILL MANAGER AND HOW WE'RE HANDLING THE REUNIFICATION PIECE.

BUT THAT ALSO INCLUDES MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT OUR OPERATIONAL GUIDES ARE AND WHAT OUR GUIDELINES ARE.

AND SO WE CAN I CAN DO A MUCH MORE DEEP DIVE INTO THAT.

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WITH THAT BECOMES THAT DRILL MANAGEMENT PIECE.

WE WE ACTUALLY PURCHASED THROUGH ANOTHER MODULE IN THE RAPTOR SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES A DRILL MANAGER PIECE.

BUT THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT THIS DRILL MANAGER PIECE, WE DIDN'T OPT INTO IT LAST YEAR, WE DIDN'T UTILIZE IT.

BUT WHAT IT WILL ALSO DO, IT ALLOWS OUR STAFF TO INITIATE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS VIA THE CELL PHONE APP.

AND IT'S AN INCREDIBLY WONDERFUL FEATURE THAT BASICALLY WE HAVE A FREE APP.

THEY DOWNLOAD WITH THEIR STUDENT CREDENTIALS, THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO THEIR BUILDING.

THEY SEE SOMETHING THAT REALLY REQUIRES AN APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THEY BASICALLY PULL UP THEIR LOG IN AND IMMEDIATELY CAN INITIATE THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION PIECE THAT'S NECESSARY.

THEY WILL ALSO BE RECEIVING THOSE SAME NOTICES IF ANYBODY INITIATES.

SO WHETHER IT COMES FROM THE OFFICE LOGGED INTO A COMPUTER OR SOMEONE ELSE ACTIVATES, IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO GET EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS TO OUR STAFF IMMEDIATELY.

THAT TAKES OVER A LOT OF THE AREAS SUCH AS OUR PLAYGROUNDS, BATHROOMS, CAFETERIAS DURING LUNCH TIME, WHICH ARE ALL VERY LOUD AND CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT TO HEAR PA ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S A WONDERFUL ADVANTAGE TO THAT PROGRAM AND WE ARE ACTUALLY ROLLING THAT TRAINING OUT TO STAFF NEXT WEEK.

WE HAVE THE VERY LARGE GROUP MEETINGS AND SO OUR PARTNERS AT RAPTOR WILL BE DOING A ZOOM PRESENTATION FOR OUR TEACHERS ON HOW TO DO THAT NEXT WEEK.

WE ALSO HAVE INSTITUTED THE SUMMER ALL OF OUR STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL UPDATES, WHICH MEANS THAT WE DID ALL OF OUR CAMPUS VISITS, INCLUDING ALL OF OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION.

WE INTEGRATED ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE PLANS, UPDATED OUR MAPS AND OUR ZONES.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAD LAW ENFORCEMENT BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS ASSISTING WITH WITH UPDATING THOSE PLANS AND ADDRESSING THAT.

SO, AGAIN, HUGE PROPS TO HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THEIR TEAM.

IT WAS A REALLY INTENSIVE, LABOR INTENSIVE EFFORT.

BUT THEY THEY ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE ALONG WITH THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

STANDARD REUNIFICATION METHOD.

WE AGAIN THIS SUMMER, WE UPDATED ALL OF OUR REUNIFICATION MATERIALS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW PEOPLE IN THE PAST HAVE GONE WELL, WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE WHAT OUR REUNIFICATION PLAN, THE BEAUTY OF OUR PLAN SPECIFICALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE I LOVE YOU GUYS WEBSITE, THEY ACTUALLY ADOPTED THE PLAN THAT OUR CORE TEAM PUT TOGETHER.

BUT WHAT'S SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT TEAM FOR YOU GUYS TO KNOW IS WE'VE ALREADY PREDETERMINED REUNIFICATION SITE LOCATIONS.

WE HAVE LITERALLY DOWN TO HOW MANY CONES AND BARRICADES DO WE NEED AT THAT SITE.

AND WE HAVE AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH OUR SISTER SCHOOLS, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION, ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUNCTION THAT.

I KNOW MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT WELL, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

THE BEAUTY IS WE HAVE A TIM SAVOY AND I'M GOING TO SHOUT OUT PROPS TO TIM AND HIS COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION.

BUT IF THERE IS ANYBODY WHO KNOWS HOW TO COMMUNICATE IN A CRISIS, IT IS TIM SAVOY.

WE WORK HAND IN HAND THAT MESSAGES IS 100% COLLABORATED ON WITH US IN HAND IN HAND WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

WE'RE GOING TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO PEOPLE.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.

BUT I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DETAILS AND THE NUANCES OF THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE KIND OF THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE'RE KEEPING A LITTLE BIT CLOSE TO OURSELVES IN THE EVENT WE HAVE A SITUATION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR PLAN IS IN PLACE AND NOT BEEN COMPROMISED.

WE'RE ALSO TAUGHT A LITTLE BIT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS OUR PROPPED DOORS I IN THIS EVER SINCE I STARTED ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FOUND WHEN I STARTED IS THAT OUR SECURITY TEAM WOULD OFTENTIMES GO OUT AND THEY WOULD SEE THINGS, BUT IT WAS NEVER GETTING SENT TO THE CAMPUSES, SO THEY NEVER KNEW THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE ON THEIR CAMPUSES.

SO WE INSTITUTED BASICALLY A DAILY REPORT WITH THE NIGHT GUYS AND I REQUIRED THEM TO START TAKING PICTURES OF VIOLATIONS AND THEN I WOULD FORWARD THEM TO THE CAMPUSES BECAUSE WHAT BETTER WAY TO SHOW THAT THERE WAS A SECURITY BREACH OR SOME ISSUES AND OFTENTIMES IT WAS A WEDGE IN A DOOR OR CONE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT WAS FOUND, YOU KNOW, AT MIDNIGHT, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS WE MADE RAPID STRIDES IN FIXING SO MANY OF THOSE THINGS, BUT THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.

MANY OF US KNOW AND CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE BETTER AT IT.

I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO SEVERAL CAMPUSES AND DURING THEIR PD AND IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED.

PEOPLE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING IT AND WE HAVE REALLY EMPOWERED THEM TO SAY IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO CALL PEOPLE OUT AND ADDRESS IT AND TO FIND IT AND DO IT.

LOOKING AT CAMERAS TO FIND OUT WHO IS DOING IT AND WE HAVE TO START ADDRESSING IT.

SO OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU IS CERTAINLY THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO BETTER ON THAT PIECE OF IT.

AND I FEEL THAT WE HAVE HAD A VERY RESPONSIVE COMMITMENT.

I WILL TELL YOU, LANCE MOFFITT HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH WITH LANCE, AS WELL AS AS PATTY MORENO WITH FINE ARTS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THOSE AREAS WHERE

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AND SO BOTH OF THEM HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE WITH THEIR TEAMS AS WELL AND A COMMITMENT TO THAT.

AND WE'VE WORKED OUT SOME REALLY GOOD SOLUTIONS.

SO JUST KNOW THAT THAT WAS ONE OF OUR BIG AREAS THAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT.

BUT I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD PROCEDURES IN PLACE.

SO STAND BY.

WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE GETTING IT.

WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE. GO BACK, BARBARA.

DAILY WEEKLY CHECKS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE STATE HAS ALSO REQUIRED IS THAT WE ARE NOW GOING TO HAVE TO DO WEEKLY REPORTS ON EVERY SINGLE EXTERIOR DOOR, ON EVERY SINGLE BUILDING THAT HAS STUDENT INSTRUCTION. SO WE I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR DEPUTY ACADEMIC OFFICERS.

WE'VE GOT A PROCESS IN PLACE.

WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT AND FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT DOES.

I'M GOING TO PRE POPULATE MOST OF THESE FIELDS SO THEY WILL LITERALLY KNOW THIS IS THE LIST OF ALL YOUR DOORS.

THIS IS THE LIST OF ALL YOUR BUILDINGS.

GO DO GOOD THINGS.

THIS WILL BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AT THE INTRUDER ALERTS AND THE AUDITS BY TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER, THEY WILL REQUIRE US TO BE ABLE TO PROVE THAT WE HAVE DONE THEM AND THEY WILL THEY WILL REQUIRE US TO HAVE WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION.

SO IT IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER BURDEN, OF COURSE, ON OUR STAFF.

BUT I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN GET IT DOWN INTO A WORKABLE SITUATION WHERE WE DON'T WE DON'T TAX PEOPLE AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

AND AGAIN, IF WE CAN GET EVERYBODY DOING THEIR PART, IT SHOULD BE A VERY RAPID PROCESS.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE ARE INSTITUTING IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF ANY ISSUES.

WHAT WE WANT IS WE WANT TO CATCH IT BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE DOES.

AS I TOLD YOU BEFORE, THOSE AUDIT CHECKS BY TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER, I APPRECIATE AND I WANT THEM TO FIND AND POINT OUT, BUT IN A PERFECT WORLD, I'D LOVE FOR THEM TO COME AT EVERY ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES AND NOT FIND A SINGLE ISSUE.

AND THAT'S MY GOAL. AND SO STAY TUNED AND YOU WILL KNOW.

BUT ONE OF THE PROCESS WILL INVOLVE THAT INTRUDER DRILL WILL OR THAT THAT INTRUDER AUDITOR WILL COME TO THE CAMPUS.

HE WILL START HE OR SHE WILL START CHECKING DOORS.

IN THE EVENT THAT THEY FIND A DOOR OR A DOOR IN NEED OF IT, THEY IMMEDIATELY GO UP TO THE FRONT OFFICE.

THEY ADDRESS THE THE PERSON ON CAMPUS THAT THEY CAN GET, PREFERABLY THE PRINCIPAL.

IF NOT THE PRINCIPAL, IT'LL BE THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

THEY BASICALLY HAVE TO SIGN THE FORM THAT THIS WAS WHAT THEY FOUND.

THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY THEN REQUIRED TO NOTICE DR.

WRIGHT IN WRITING WHAT OCCURRED.

SO WE WILL HAVE INSTANT NOTIFICATION AT THE TIME OF WHAT THE ISSUE IS.

SO WE WILL BE MONITORING THAT AS WELL.

WE HAVE HAD WONDERFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH THEM IN REGARDS TO THAT AND I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT THEY'VE GOT A VERY GOOD PROCESS.

I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF FOLKS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT, OH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY SHOT OR THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN AND DO THESE JUST HORRIBLE, YOU KNOW, VERY GANG BANGING AND BANKING ON DOORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THEY HAVE A VERY, VERY GOOD SYSTEM IN PLACE AND THEY'RE VETTING THEIR FOLKS AND THEY'RE TRAINING THEM VERY CLEARLY.

SO IT WILL BE AS NON-INTRUSIVE, BUT THEY'RE STILL GOING TO TRY TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE WEARING BACKPACKS OR CARRYING BAGS OR WEARING HOODIES OVER THEIR HEADS SO THAT YOU CAN'T SEE.

BUT LET'S FACE FACTS.

WE'VE GOT TO WE'VE GOT TO TEST OUR SYSTEMS. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE HERE TO DO, IS REALLY AND NOT TO GET US IN TROUBLE, BUT TO REALLY GET US TO RECOGNIZE WHERE THOSE ISSUES ARE GOING TO BE.

AND SO WE CAN CORRECT THEM.

THIS IS THE BIG ONE. AND I KNOW I HEARD EARLIER, TOO, THAT PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, PIECE? AND I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE SO MANY OF US RECOGNIZE AND REALIZE THAT THERE ARE SIGNS, SIGNALS AND THERE'S LEAKAGE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF A PERSON WHO IS EITHER GOING TO DO HARM TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT REALLY EMBRACED ME WITH WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THIS WAS THE FACT THAT THROUGH SENATE BILL 11, WE KNEW WE WERE ALL REQUIRED TO HAVE A BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM.

BUT IN MY RESEARCH, WHAT I FOUND IS WHERE WE TEND TO FALL APART ON THESE IS REALLY THE DOCUMENTATION PIECE AND THE TRACKING AND HOW DO WE SUSTAIN THAT.

AND SO ULTIMATELY WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE NAVIGATE 360 PROGRAM, WHICH IS BASICALLY A PROGRAM THAT IS ALLOWING US TO INTEGRATE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT AREAS TO DO THEIR PART.

AND SO WE HAVE A CORE TEAM THAT WE HAVE TRAINED, WHICH WE HAVE THE REQUIRED TRAINING THAT IS IS OFFERED THROUGH TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER.

IT'S AN EIGHT HOUR TRAINING AND OUR CORE TEAM THEN WILL CONDUCT THOSE CAMPUS BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENTS, AND THAT'S DONE BY REFERRALS.

THAT MAY BE A DISCIPLINE ISSUE.

THAT MAY BE AN ALERT THAT WE GET.

IT MAY BE A TEACHER WHO SAYS, HEY, THIS KID'S JUST NOT ACTING.

IT'S JUST REALLY ACTING STRANGE.

OR A COACH WHO'S SAYING, MAN, I'M REALLY WORRIED.

OR EVEN A FRIEND WHO SAYS, HEY, HE BROKE UP WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND, HE'S JUST REALLY DEPRESSED, ETC.

THERE'S ANY WAY. AND THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO ALLOW US NOT ONLY TO LOOK AT ACTIVE BEHAVIOR THAT IS THREATENING IN NATURE, BUT IT IS ALSO GOING TO DEAL WITH SELF HARM.

SO IT'S SUICIDAL IDEATION AND IT'S ALSO THREAT BASED THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GRASP

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AND SO THAT IS REALLY SUPER WELL RECEIVED AS WELL.

SO JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S HAPPENING.

WE DID ROLL OUT THE POLICY AND PROCEDURES.

WE HAVE THE FORUMS. AND AS I GO IN FRONT OF DIFFERENT GROUPS, I AM LETTING THEM KNOW ABOUT THIS AND THE MECHANISM FOR REFERRAL AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW OUR BEAUTY OF THIS.

AND I TALKED TO DR. WRIGHT ABOUT THIS AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE WHERE THE STATE OF TEXAS IS FAILING IN A LOT OF REGARDS IS THAT, QUITE FRANKLY, WE NEED LEGISLATION TO REALLY ADDRESS THE FACT THAT IF WE HAVE A STUDENT WHO DOES HAVE SOME ISSUES, WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE THEM SOMEONE ELSE'S PROBLEM AND LET THEM TRANSFER OR DROP OFF.

WE NEED TO SHARE OUR BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENTS AND OUR ISSUES WITH OUR STUDENTS, WITH OTHER DISTRICTS.

I DON'T WANT TO RECEIVE A STUDENT THAT HAS PROBLEMS BECAUSE OH YEAH, LET'S JUST LET HIM GO AND VICE VERSA.

IN MY IN A PREVIOUS LIFE I DID THAT IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WE, YOU KNOW, LET'S FIRE TERMINATE SOMEBODY, RIGHT.

OR GET RID OF HIM AND MAKE THEM SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROBLEM.

WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE MISSING THE BALL.

AND I IMPLORE IF ANYBODY IS LISTENING.

OUR LEGISLATURE NEEDS TO PASS LAWS.

WE NEED TO WE NEED TO HAVE THIS MANDATED THAT THESE ISSUES AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT PUTTING A LABEL, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT LET'S MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET SERVICES AND OUTREACH AND LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THESE KIDS WHO ARE IN CRISIS BEFORE THEY GET TO A POINT THAT THEY'RE BUYING A WEAPON AND DOING THINGS THAT CAN'T EVER BE UNDONE.

SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT PIECE OF IT.

AND THAT SHARE WE SHARE OUR EDUCATIONAL RECORD, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO REALLY RECOGNIZE THAT THE IMPORTANCE THAT WE CAN'T LET THEM DROP THROUGH THE CRACKS IF THEY IF THEY DROP OUT OF SCHOOL, WHERE ARE WE GETTING THE HELP FOR THEM? AND THAT'S WHERE OUR ANONYMOUS REPORTING APP COMES IN.

AND YOU GUYS KNOW VERY WELL THAT THIS AGAIN FOR ME, RIGHT? SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.

THAT'S MY MANTRA. AND I'M GOING TO KEEP SAYING IT.

THE IWATCH TEXAS APP THAT WAS ROLLED OUT.

AND I WILL TELL YOU AND AS I SAID BEFORE, IT HAS CERTAINLY BEEN VERY HELPFUL FOR US ON A LOCAL LEVEL.

BUT WHAT WE WILL SEE IS I THINK YOU'LL SEE A BIG PUSH FOR IWATCH IN THE COMING MONTHS THROUGH GOVERNOR ABBOTT AS WELL, THROUGH ERIC THE AUSTIN REGIONAL CENTER, WHICH BASICALLY HELPS US WITH THOSE INVESTIGATIONS.

SO WE ARE CONTINUING THAT PARTNERSHIP AS WELL AS OUR HAYS HOPE LINE.

AND THEN WE ARE ROLLING OUT A CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM, AS I TOLD YOU ALL LAST TIME ON ALL THE CAMPUSES.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO INTEGRATE HOW ALL THOSE PIECES WORK.

AS WE TALKED LAST TIME AS WELL ABOUT THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, OUR VETERAN CERT PROGRAM AND OUR CAMPUS PROGRAM.

OUR HOPE WAS TO ROLL IT OUT TO EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T GET NEAR THE APPLICANT.

SO IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED AND WANTS TO TO JOIN, BY ALL MEANS, PLEASE SHOW SOME INTEREST GET ONLINE AND FILL OUT.

BUT WHAT WE DO HAVE IS ENOUGH.

WE'RE GOING TO PILOT THIS PROGRAM AT CAMINO REAL ELEMENTARY.

WE'RE GOING TO START IT IN SEPTEMBER.

AND SO WE IT'LL BE THE FIRST, I THINK TUESDAY, MONDAY'S A STUDENT HOLIDAY AND THEN THAT TUESDAY.

SO WE WILL BE TESTING THE PROGRAM.

WE'LL KIND OF HONE IT. WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS.

READY TO TALK TO MS. SOLIS.

AND WE'RE EXCITED.

WE'RE SUPER EXCITED WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

HUGE PROPS TO BRANDON [INAUDIBLE] AND MIKE JONES FOR THIS PROGRAM AND THIS BRAINCHILD THAT THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER.

SO STAY TUNED. WE'LL COME BACK AND LET YOU KNOW HOW THAT GOES AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME GREAT THINGS TO REPORT.

BARBARA.

A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS AND LOOK AT.

WE ALL HEARD AND WE ALL SAW IN UVALDE WE DON'T HAVE KEYS.

WE DON'T HAVE KEYS. WHAT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, IN HAYS COUNTY, WE DO HAVE KEYS.

WE HAVE KNOX BOXES THAT ARE ON THE OUTSIDE OF EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS.

AND WE'VE ZONED EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS TO A REQUISITE NUMBER OF AREAS, INCLUDING WITH MAPS, SO THAT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS CAN VERY EASILY MAP A SCHOOL, RESPOND TO A SPECIFIC AREA, BE ASSIGNED, AND THEY HAVE APPROPRIATE KEYS TO ADDRESS THAT PARTICULAR ZONE.

WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD AND THAT'S PART OF OUR SRP PROGRAM.

BUT WHAT WE ARE ALSO DOING IS WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

WE RELY ON FIRE, EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT, BASICALLY FIRE DEPARTMENTS, OPEN KNOX BOXES, THOSE ARE FIRE.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AN OPTION.

I'VE TALKED WITH OUR LOCKSMITH, JODY LEE.

WE'VE COME UP WITH A PRETTY GOOD OPTION FROM SOME EXTERIOR MOUNTED BOXES THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN ACCESS, WHICH WOULD BE SOME EXTERIOR PROXY CARDS.

SO I'M WORKING WITH MR. TIMMONS AND HE'S HERE, AND I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU, HE'S BEEN A GEM THAT IS ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING MEN IN THE DISTRICT WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING MY PHONE CALLS ALL THE TIME AND ALL OF MY QUESTIONS.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO FUND BECAUSE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF SO THAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET IN AS QUICK AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE DISTRICT AT DOOR EXTERIOR DOOR SIGNAGE.

WE IT IS VERY SPECIFIC ON WHAT THE SIGNAGE HAS TO BE DONE.

WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 700 CAMPUS DOORS.

AND WHEN I SAY CAMPUS DOORS, I'M TALKING ABOUT OPENINGS.

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I'M CALLING THAT RIGHT NOW, ONE DOOR, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE I'M LABELING THAT.

BUT IN EFFECT, I'LL BE ABLE TO COME GIVE YOU A ROCK SOLID.

HOW MANY NUMBER? EXACT NUMBER WE DO AFTER I DO THE INPUT ON THE DATA SHEET.

BUT WE HAVE TO LABEL BASED ON TEXAS ADMINISTRATION CODE AND THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE, WHICH MEANS THE NUMBERS HAVE TO BE FOUR INCHES HIGH AND HALF AN INCH WIDE.

HOWEVER, ERIC OVER AT THE PRINT SHOP SAID HE CAN DO IT AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

SO I WAS JUST TALKING TO MR. CLEAVER ABOUT THIS, AND I EXPECT THAT THAT WILL BE DONE VERY SOON.

WE'LL HAVE THE EXTERIOR NUMBERS AND THE INTERIOR NUMBERS.

BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS OUR TEAM, OUR SWAT COMMANDERS AND OUR PATROL PARTNERS OVER HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ACTUALLY CAME OUT AND WORKED WITH US IN REGARDS TO THAT.

SO WE HAVE A GOOD TIGHT AND WE ARE WE ARE PUTTING OUR BASICALLY WE ARE NUMBERING THE WAY LAW ENFORCEMENT WANTS US TO NUMBER.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, THAT'S WHO WE NEED TO NUMBER FOR AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

JUST A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT I'M JUST KIND OF BRIEFLY TOUCH ON.

I KNOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS.

WE HAVE FULL 100% ACCOUNTING OF OUR RADIOS NOW, AND WE'RE ADDING TO OUR RADIOS, WHICH IS THE BIG HARRIS RADIO, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT'S THE LCR RADIO.

EVERY TIME I HAVE SOME EXTRA MONEY, I'M PURCHASING ADDITIONAL RADIOS BECAUSE THOSE ARE REALLY ARE OFTENTIMES OUR KEY.

THAT'S THE WAY WE CAN TALK TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

BUT ALSO WE CAN HAVE WHAT WE CALL PATCH CHANNELS.

WE CAN ACTUALLY USE A COMMON CHANNEL AND WE CAN ALL TALK TOGETHER.

AND THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING.

THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN DISTRIBUTED ALONG WITH A GUIDELINE ON HOW TO USE THE RADIO BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW HOW TO USE IT.

WE'RE ENHANCING AGAIN, MAKING SURE THAT VISITOR PROCESS IN THE VOLUNTEER IN THE VPS PROCESS, THE IMPORTANCE OF SIGNING IN AND SIGNING OUT, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE CAN UTILIZE SOME ACCESS AND THOSE KIOSKS TO HAVE THEM IN APPROPRIATE PLACES.

BUT MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE FUNNELED TO THE FRONT AND HARVEST ONE [INAUDIBLE] TIM'S [INAUDIBLE] DIRECTOR DIRECTOR JUST FINISHED SOME SIGNAGE FOR ME.

SO WE ARE ALSO ADDING TO EVERY SINGLE DOOR, SOME EXTERIOR SIGNAGE THAT BASICALLY DIRECTS EVERYONE TO THE FRONT OFFICE AND ALSO WARNS EVERYBODY, NO CIGARETTES, NO TOBACCO, NO WEAPONS, NO DRUGS.

AND THEN ONE ON THE INSIDE THAT SAYS MAKE SURE YOU PUSH IT SHUT AND MAKE SURE IT'S LOCKED AND CLOSED.

SO THOSE WILL BE COMING VIA THE PRINT SHOP AS WELL.

WE'VE FORMED OUR SECURITY TEAMS. WE ARE WORKING ON DOING SOME IN-HOUSE INTRUDER DRILLS AND WE'LL GET THAT AS SOON AS I CAN GET MY STAFF IN PLACE, WE'LL BE DOING THOSE AS WELL AS CONDUCTING SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL CAMPUS TRAINING. AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, EVERYBODY'S HEAD'S FULL RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND REVISIT A LOT OF THOSE THINGS SO THAT WE CAN [INAUDIBLE].

BUT I WILL TELL YOU, MOST OF THE TEAMS ARE EMAILING ME AND SAYING, HEY, WHERE WE AT? OR CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THIS? SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO COME INTO PLAY.

ALL RIGHT. AS YOU WELL KNOW, I PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL REGARDING SRO STAFF FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

I CAME FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I KNOW THE THE ISSUES THAT ABOUND RIGHT NOW WITH STAFFING, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND THE SHEER INABILITY TO HIRE.

BUT QUITE FRANKLY, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT TAKES WHEN YOU HAVE TO HIRE AND TRAIN AN INDIVIDUAL AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IS EXTREMELY LONG PROCESS.

NOT TO MENTION RIGHT NOW WE'RE DEALING WITH SHORTAGES IN AREAS SUCH AS OUR JAIL.

AND SO WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE ACTUALLY PULLING STAFF IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND SOME OF OUR SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS IN ORDER TO STAFF SOME OF THESE ABSOLUTE AREAS. BUT I ALSO WILL TELL YOU, I WANT GOOD QUALITY AND I WANT THE BEST OF THE BEST WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHO IS REPRESENTING OUR KIDS.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE GIVES US THAT.

THEIR TRAINING IS REMARKABLE.

IT'S EXCEPTIONAL. THEY PARTNER WITH ALERT.

AND I WANT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE THERE.

I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY WHO'S LOOKING FOR A SECOND CAREER AND JUST TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT A PAYCHECK.

I WANT SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE A GUN.

I WANT SOMEBODY WHO CAN RUN AND I WANT SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO GO TO THE FIGHT.

AND ACTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET IT.

SO WHAT WE DID IS WE I PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL.

I ACTUALLY TALKED TO DR.

WRIGHT I TALKED TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

I TALKED TO COMMISSIONER JONES IN REGARDS TO MY PROPOSAL, WHICH INCLUDES ASKING FOR THREE SROS, THAT WOULD BE UNIFORMED OFFICERS IN A MARKED PATROL CAR. AND THEY WOULD RESPOND TO OUR 15 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BY SECTORIZING THEM INTO THREE DISTRICTS.

THOSE THREE DISTRICTS BASICALLY WOULD BE THEIR PATROL DISTRICT AND THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.

SO THEY WOULD HANDLE ANY DRILLS, CRISIS ISSUES, POTENTIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUES, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, TRAFFIC ISSUES FOR THOSE FIVE SCHOOLS.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, IF NECESSARY, YOU KNOW THERE WAS AN ISSUE.

SOMETHING CAME UP AT ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THEY NEEDED A BACKING UNIT OR SOMETHING HAPPENED.

THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE MOBILE PATROL UNITS I SECTORIRIZED THOSE BASED ON FARTHEST POINTS SO I COULD GET THE SHEER SMALLEST FOOTPRINT AVAILABLE ON HOW THAT

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GOT THE NOD FROM COMMISSIONER JONES.

BUT WE WE ANTICIPATE HAVING THAT IN PLACE.

BUT AGAIN, IT WILL REQUIRE STAFFING BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE GET THAT AND WHEN WE GET IT.

SO AT THIS POINT, I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT TIMEFRAME.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY WITH OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO GET THAT DEDICATED WORK SPACE IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

I'M SUPER PROUD OF SOME OF THE CAMPUSES.

THEY PUT UP SIGNS AND DIFFERENT STUFF, SO IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE.

AND THEN OF COURSE, AS WELL WITH THE STAFFING, I'VE BEEN TALKING LONG AND HARD WITH THE TEAM ABOUT THE SHEER VOLUME OF WORKLOAD THAT WE ARE SEEING.

THAT'S NOTHING NEW.

BUT THERE'S SO MUCH NOW THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING THAT WE CAN DO BETTER.

AND IN TALKING TO DR.

WRIGHT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FELT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IS REALLY RECOGNIZING THAT HOW DO WE DO THAT BREAKDOWN OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND HOW DO WE HANDLE MAKING SURE EVERYTHING GETS DONE TO THE LEVEL THAT WE WANT IT TO AND EXPECT.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE ADDITION OF OF ANOTHER STAFFING, ANOTHER COORDINATOR AND SAFETY WOULD REALLY HELP WITH THAT.

AND WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT WE HAVE NIGHT SHIFT PATROLS, WE HAVE AUDITS, WE HAVE EXTERIOR DOOR CHECKS, WE HAVE EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO TRAINING AND COMPLIANCE, DRILL MANAGEMENT AND QUITE FRANKLY, BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS SUCH A HUGE PIECE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

THE ADDITION OF THAT PERSON WOULD REALLY HELP SHORE UP THAT ALL OF THESE BOXES ARE REALLY NOT JUST GETTING CHECKED, BUT REALLY GETTING A DEEP DIVE.

AND THAT'S WHAT OUR GOAL IS, IS TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ESTABLISHING VERY CLEARLY A GOOD, THOROUGH PATH, TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE DOING IS THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO. I WOULD RATHER MY PEOPLE GO OUT REGULARLY AND BE CATCHING A DOOR AND BEING ABLE TO DEAL WITH IT AND ADDRESS IT RIGHT THEN AND THERE THAN TO WORRY ABOUT SOMEBODY ELSE BEING ABLE TO CATCH IT. WE HAVE TO GET AGGRESSIVE.

WE HAVE TO BE FIRM WITH WITH FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

I THINK ONE MORE SO AND THEN JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW, I'M DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH WITH OUR DIRECTORS AND DIFFERENT FOLKS.

WE'RE DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH.

AND AS FAR AS FORECASTING AND ANTICIPATING FUTURE NEEDS FOR BUDGET AND GROWTH WITHIN THE DISTRICT, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL KINDS OF AREAS REGARDING SPEED BUMPS, CAMERAS, DIFFERENT ACCESS CONTROL IDEAS THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH GATES INCLUDING PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICLE GATES, FENCING AGAIN, MORE LIGHTING OR REPLACING LIGHTING.

SOME OF OUR WALL PACKS ARE GETTING REAL DIM.

MY GUYS HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO GO OUT AND START MAKING NOTES OF WHERE AREAS ARE DEEP AT NIGHT, WHERE IT'S DARK, AND WHERE CAN WE CAN PLUS UP.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME DIFFERENT ACCESS CONTROL BUILDINGS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME INTERIOR DOOR UPDATES, THINGS LIKE PROXY CARD READERS LOCKS.

WHAT CAN WE DO? WE'RE KIND OF DOING A DIVE INTO AN ATTENDANCE CONTROL SYSTEM.

WE'RE USUALLY UTILIZING OUR IDS WITH THE WITH THE BARCODES TO BE ABLE TO SEE IF WE CAN UTILIZE SOME OF THOSE THINGS FOR MAYBE POTENTIALLY ATTENDANCE IN THE CLASSROOM.

CERTAINLY THE BIG THING THAT WE'VE HEARD ON THE NEWS, OF COURSE, IS THE PANIC BUTTONS, ETC..

SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE DIVING INTO AS WELL.

WE'RE WE'RE WAITING PATIENTLY TO SEE WHAT FEDERAL FUNDING LOOKS LIKE FOR SOME OF THESE, TALKED ABOUT SOME VARIOUS THINGS ABOUT AUDIBLE ALARMS AND THEN CAMPUS MONITOR POSITIONS.

OF COURSE, THAT'S A CHEAPER OPTION, BUT CERTAINLY A VERY PLAUSIBLE OPTION TO BEING ABLE TO HAVE A FORCE MULTIPLIER, AN ADDITIONAL PERSON BEING ABLE TO WALK THOSE AREAS.

SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE'RE RESEARCHING AND WE'RE WORKING ON AND CERTAINLY WILL BE BRINGING TO THE DISTRICT SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS.

WE CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HEAR FROM OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, WHICH IS OUR TEACHERS, STAFF AND OUR ADMIN TEAM, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BRING ME SOME GREAT IDEAS, LIKE EVERY TIME I TALK TO THEM, I SAY, LET ME KNOW, LET ME HAVE IT.

AND SO REALLY THAT'S THAT'S SUM TOTAL OF WHAT I GOT FOR YOU.

I WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT CELL PHONES AND FOOD DELIVERY, TOO, BECAUSE I PROMISED OUR TEAM YOU WOULD.

AND I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME BACKGROUND ON THAT AS WELL.

SO DR.

WRIGHT, I THINK, ASKED ME IN MY INTERVIEW BY BACK WHEN IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD WANT TO DO, WHAT WOULD BE MY GOAL? AND I TOLD HIM CELL PHONES.

I TOLD HIM THAT.

AND KEEP IN MIND, I WAS THE SUPERVISOR WHO I ALSO COMMANDED THE SROS.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINTS THAT I HEARD FROM MY SRO TEAM AT THAT TIME WAS THE SHEER VOLUME OF AND ALMOST LIKE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, BUT QUITE FRANKLY, BULLYING AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE OCCURRING ORIGINATED FROM CELL PHONES AND IT BECAME A PROBLEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

AND I WANT TO TELL YOU, IN THE THREE YEARS THAT I'VE HELD THIS POSITION, I HAVE CONTINUED TO HEAR THAT SAME, SAME MANTRA.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT WE SEE IS, IS AND I'VE WATCHED TEACHERS WHO HAVE DEALT WITH KIDS WHO ARE NON-COMPLIANT, THAT HAVE EARBUDS IN AND THEY'RE NOT LISTENING AND THEY'RE UTILIZING THAT TO DISENGAGE.

I WANT I WANT US TO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT'S FREE FROM PEOPLE GETTING TEXTS AND BULLYING TYPE MESSAGES AND BEING

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WE'RE TAKING SORT OF THESE BUNNY TRAILS IN DIFFERENT AREAS.

AND I TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE WE HAVE TO HAVE CELL PHONES.

IT'S WONDERFUL. I HAVE A KID.

I HAVE TWO KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF THEM AS WELL.

BUT I MAKE IT VERY CLEAR, I DON'T TEXT THEM DURING PERIODS.

I DON'T WANT I DON'T WANT TO DISTURB THEM.

AND THE REALITY IS, IS IS WE'RE AT THAT POINT, WE HAVE DEVICES AVAILABLE FOR THEM.

I KNOW WE WERE IN A SITUATION WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE UTILIZE THEM IN THE CLASSROOM.

WE'RE NOT THERE.

AND I WANT THAT CONCENTRATION TO REALLY GET BACK TO THE EDUCATION PIECE.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, THEY THEY CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR US ALL THE TIME.

I INVITE ANY ONE OF YOU TO GO TO A CAMPUS AND TALK TO AN SRO ABOUT CELL PHONES AND YOU'LL HEAR THE SAME THING.

AND SO THIS WAS REALLY SOMETHING THAT I CHAMPIONED VERY STRONGLY I BELIEVE IN.

I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

I KNOW IT'S NOT POPULAR BY A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT I WILL ALSO CHALLENGE YOU TO GO TALK TO SOME TALK TO A LOT OF TEACHERS.

AND THEY'RE SUPER STOKED ABOUT THIS ONE MESSAGE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT I FEEL LIKE IT'S TIME.

IT'S TIME. I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY HAVE SOME DISENGAGEMENT AND SOME MORE ENGAGEMENT IN THE CLASSROOM AND REALLY GET AWAY FROM TIK TOK AND INSTA AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WHATSAPP AND JUST THESE VARIOUS AREAS BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HARBORING SOME REALLY BAD ENVIRONMENTS THAT I THINK WE CAN STEM.

I CAN'T CONTROL WHAT THEY DO ONCE THEY LEAVE THE BUILDING.

BUT BUT I THINK WE ARE THERE WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT WE EXPECT FROM OUR STUDENTS IN THE BUILDING.

AND THEN AS FAR AS LUNCHES, I TALKED TO DR.

WRIGHT ABOUT THIS AS WELL. AGAIN, I'M SOMEBODY AS A MOM THAT I WENT AND WOULD TAKE AND HAVE LUNCH WITH MY KID ALL THE TIME.

MY KID'S AN ATHLETE AND IN BAND AND IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR ME TO DROP OFF FOOD FOR THEM, BUT IT'S USUALLY AFTER SCHOOL AND I GET IT.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IS WE'RE FINDING IS A LOT OF OUR FOLKS ARE GAMING THE SYSTEM.

AND WHEN I SAY THAT, IT MEANS I DON'T WANT TO WAIT IN LINE.

SO YOU COME PICK UP THE LUNCH ON THE SIDE DOOR.

I GET DOORS PROPPED OPEN BECAUSE MOM OR DAD DOESN'T WANT TO GET OUT OF THE CAR.

SO THE DOOR GETS PROPPED OPEN.

THEY RUN OUTSIDE TO GO GET THE LUNCH AND NOW I'VE GOT UNSECURED DOORS AND I SEE IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

I WATCH IT REGULARLY ON CAMERAS, WE DEAL WITH IT, WE ADDRESS IT, WE TRY TO ADDRESS IT.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN TEACHERS WHO'VE LET KIDS LEAVE THE CLASSROOM TO GO PICK UP THINGS.

IT'S TIME, I CAN TELL YOU, I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL ADMINISTRATORS ABOUT INTERCEPTING LUNCHES OUTSIDE WHERE THEY'LL GRAB IT.

PEOPLE WILL DRIVE OFF AND INSIDE THE BAG.

WE'RE DEALING WITH NARCOTICS DELIVERIES, VAPE DELIVERIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND WE'VE GOT TO CONTROL IT.

WE'VE GOT TO AND SO WE WE TOSSED AROUND SEVERAL DIFFERENT IDEAS, BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT ENGAGEMENT WHERE PARENTS COULD STILL COME IN AND DO THAT.

AND ULTIMATELY THE DEPUTY ACADEMIC OFFICERS CAME.

WHAT I THINK IS A REALLY GOOD SOLUTION.

AND THAT'S THAT YOU CAN STILL DO THAT, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO DO A 1 TO 1 EXCHANGE.

WE'RE GOING TO RAPTURE YOU IN BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE PERSON WHO'S ON THAT LIST TO DELIVER THAT FOOD.

AND THEN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT HAND OFF.

THE SROS WERE ACTUALLY GETTING A LOT OF FOLKS COMING IN SAYING SOMEBODY STOLE MY LUNCH OFF THE TABLE AND WANTING THEM TO INVESTIGATE THE THEFT.

AND WE'VE GOT A BETTER USE OF OUR TIME FOR OUR STAFF AS WELL AS OUR ADMINISTRATORS.

THEY DON'T NEED TO BE LOOKING AT CAMERAS TO FIGURE OUT WHO TOOK YOUR CHICK FIL A.

AND SO IT'S AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT IT'S IN A POSITION WE INVITE PARENTS.

PLEASE, BY ALL MEANS, COME HAVE LUNCH WITH YOUR KID OR YOU CAN DROP IT OFF.

JUST KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT IN THE FOYER OR TO HAND THAT LUNCH OFF.

SO IT'S STILL THERE. IT'S STILL AN OPTION.

BUT WE'RE ALSO WE HAVE GOT TO RECOGNIZE THAT DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE IS A LEGITIMATE ISSUE.

AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW AND YOU MAY READ IN HERE, WE ARE SEEING SIGNIFICANT FENTANYL OVERDOSES IN HAYS COUNTY.

WE ARE LOSING LOSING PEOPLE, RESIDENTS HERE, INCLUDING STUDENTS.

AND IF YOU LOOK IN THE THE MEDIA, JUST UP THE ROAD IN NEW BRAUNFELS, COMAL COUNTY, IT IS BECOMING CATASTROPHIC THERE.

WE ARE SEEING IT. I'M WORKING WITH I ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING WITH CHIEF BARNETT OR A PHONE CALL WITH CHIEF BARNETT TODAY ABOUT SOME PSA THINGS.

BUT THE COUNTY, AS WELL AS LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, IS REALLY LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY CAN GET THE MESSAGE OUT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING LOCALLY.

SO STAY TUNED. THAT'LL BE HAPPENING AS WELL.

LAW ENFORCEMENT IS WORKING VERY DILIGENT, BUT AS YOU WELL KNOW, THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT THEY'RE SORT OF IN THE WIND, BECAUSE WHAT DO WE HAVE THAT MAKES THAT SUPER EASY? CELL PHONES. VERY HARD TO TRACK.

SO. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JERI.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT US TODAY.

A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROACTIVE MEASURES THAT YOU'VE YOU'VE TAKEN THINGS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THAT CONTINUES TO BE A HUGE ADVANTAGE.

I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE IN HAYS COUNTY, HAVING WORKED AT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND YOU HAVE CONTINUED THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.

COMMISSIONER JONES IS HERE TONIGHT IN OUR MEETING, WHICH IS ALSO HELPFUL BECAUSE WE THAT PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH WITH THE COUNTY ALLOWS US TO HAVE

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AND SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE ALSO WILL SEE SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF THERE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO OUR TEAM.

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. I'LL HOLD ON AND LET THE TEAM ASK THE QUESTIONS.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO JUST AT THE OUTSET SAY THANK YOU.

THIS IS A LOT. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT HOW MUCH THE STATE WAS PUSHING DOWN ALREADY.

I THOUGHT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WOULD BRING THAT IT'S GOING TO BRING MORE.

WE KNOW THAT HOPEFULLY WITH FUNDING ATTACHED IS THE HOPE.

YES. ALL RIGHT, TEAM, I KNOW WE HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS.

I'M GOING TO START OVER HERE ON MY LEFT, BUT I'LL COME BACK IF YOU'RE NOT READY.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY OVER HERE READY ON MY LEFT.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO TO MY RIGHT, MR. SEVERANCE. ALL RIGHT.

HEY, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF LOT GOING ON.

A LOT OF BIG FEELINGS, A LOT OF IMPORTANT THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.

BUT I AGREE WITH MRS. PETREA. I JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY GOOD HANDS.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT THAT WE STILL HAVE TO DO A LOT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

BUT I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING.

I FEEL REALLY GOOD THAT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD THING.

WE'VE BEEN DOING A REALLY GOOD THING.

THERE'S JUST SOME THINGS NOW THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP BUILDING ON AND KEEP IMPROVING AND GETTING BETTER WITH.

SO JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US.

A COUPLE OF THINGS I KNOW, LIKE I'VE STOOD OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS, I'VE BEEN LOCKED IN VESTIBULES TRYING TO GET IN.

SO I FEEL PRETTY GOOD THAT WE'RE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB WITH DOORS.

BUT I DO KNOW THAT ON THE VOLUNTEER SIDE WITH BAND, I WAS A BIG, BIG IN THE BAND.

I KNOW ATHLETICS. I MEAN I, I'M REALLY THAT'S SOMETHING TO REALLY HAVE TO REALLY HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT BECAUSE I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S AFTER SCHOOL.

WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO, YOU KNOW, ON A ON A TRIP FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS WERE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, GO INTO A GAME.

AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT 30 OR 40 VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE IN AND OUT OF THE BAND HALL.

I WILL RAISE MY HAND AND SAY THAT I DIDN'T ALWAYS GO AND GET TO THE FRONT TO GET A STICKER AND I DIDN'T ALWAYS CHECK OUT WHEN I LEFT.

I JUST GOT ON THE TRAILER AND WE JUST WENT.

SO THE KIOSK, THE VESTIBULES, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING MAYBE SOME MOBILE, SOME REMOTE AREAS TO CHECK IN AND CHECK OUT, MAYBE SOME THUMBPRINT SCANNER.

WE CAN THUMBPRINT IN THUMB, PRINT OUT SOMETHING THAT'S SUPER EASY FOR VOLUNTEERS, BUT I JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF HARD WITH DOORS JUST BEING LOCKED, KEEPING THEM LOCKED ANYWAY.

SO THAT'S JUST I CAN ADDRESS THAT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE A VERY COMPREHENSIVE BACKGROUND THROUGH OUR VOLUNTEERS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROCESS WHERE WE WERE KIND OF NEEDING SOME ADDITIONAL HELP WAS BASICALLY PROVIDING A ABILITY FOR THOSE VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO WEAR THEIR IDS.

THEY'RE ON CAMPUSES, THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE HANDLING THINGS.

YOU'RE GOING IN AND OUT OF OUR BUILDINGS.

AND SO WE DO HAVE A NEW COORDINATOR THAT MR. SAVOY HAS IN REGARDS TO THAT PARTICULAR ASPECT.

WE HAVE VERY GOOD, STRINGENT GUIDELINES, BUT THAT IS GOING TO BE A HARD PUSH THIS YEAR.

AND I HAVE VISITED WITH OUR FINE ARTS FOLKS AS WELL BECAUSE I TOO AGREE WITH YOU.

WE DO, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE I WON'T GO INTO THE DETAILS AS FAR AS WHAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE.

I CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT I CAN KIND OF, I THINK, ALLEVIATE SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS.

OKAY, GOOD. AND A COUPLE MORE THINGS AS RELATES TO THE FOOD DELIVERY.

I MEAN, I GET IT. LIKE I MEAN, I THINK THREE YEARS AGO THERE WASN'T SUCH A THING AS LIKE REALLY FOOD DELIVERY, BUT LIKE COVID AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEN WE HAD EASY LIKE YOU CAN ORDER FOOD FROM ANYWHERE NOW.

SO IT JUST BECAME LIKE A THING REALLY FAST AND REALLY QUICK AND IT WAS JUST KIND OF HARD TO MANAGE.

I THINK I DO FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT ALL BLACK OR WHITE TOO.

LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE EXCEPTIONS.

THERE'S GOING TO BE THERE NEEDS TO BE A WAY FOR PARENTS TO HAVE ACCESS TO TALK TO A PERSON IN THE SCHOOL THAT CAN BE IN CHARGE OF OKAY.

SO THERE'S AN EXCEPTION FOR WHATEVER REASON.

I MEAN, WE HAVE 23,000 KIDS.

THERE'S GOING TO BE REASONS WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME DELIVERIES NEED TO BE MADE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT IN PLACE, THAT IT'S JUST NOT NO, IT'S JUST.

OKAY, I HAVE A WEIRD FOOD, SOMETHING.

MY KIDS HAD IT FOR ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS COMING OUT OF COVID.

AND SO WE HAD TO HAVE SOME SPECIAL ANYWAY, 100%.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CAMPUSES ARE SET UP LIKE SOMEWHAT IDENTIFIED ON CAMPUS TO HANDLE THOSE SPECIAL REQUESTS.

SO IT'S NOT WELL IS IT THE SECRETARY IS THE PRINCIPAL, IS IT YOU KNOW, IS IT YOU KNOW, WHO ARE THEY GOING TO TALK TO TO GET THAT APPROVAL, YAY OR NAY? SO THEN WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THAT NEED SPECIAL CAN CAN 100% THAT'S ACTUALLY COME UP AS A QUESTION ALREADY.

AND IT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.

THEY'RE WORKING ON WHETHER THAT'S A DESIGNATED PERSON OR A PROCESS THAT WILL BE PART OF THE COMMUNICATION.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT LIKE SOMEBODY DROPPING OFF MY DAUGHTER FORGOT HER LUNCH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE ARE TALKING REALLY ABOUT THOSE OUTSIDE TYPE OF FOOD DELIVERIES WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO WE DON'T WANT TO ASSUME CONTROL OF OF DELIVERIES IN THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

WE DON'T WANT THAT TABLE.

BUT IF WE HAVE IF MOM DROPS OFF A LUNCH AT 10:00 IN THE MORNING, WE'RE GOING TO GET IT TO THE STUDENT RIGHT THEN AND THERE.

BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE ISSUES AND CERTAINLY SPECIAL REQUESTS.

THE CAMPUSES ARE PREPARING IN ANTICIPATION OF THOSE.

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I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT. ALL RIGHT.

CELL PHONES. HERE'S MY TALK ABOUT CELL PHONES.

OH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROBABLY SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD.

LIKE WE CAN JUST KEEP THAT IN BACKPACKS.

NOT REALLY TO WORRY ABOUT THERE.

MIDDLE SCHOOL. KIND OF LIKE THAT'S WHERE THE CELL PHONES START AND KIDS ARE STARTING TO CARRY THOSE THINGS AROUND.

SO I THINK I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE OKAY WITH JUST SAYING NO CELL PHONES.

BUT I DO HAVE TO SAY, LIKE FOR MY KIDS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, LIKE IT WAS, THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE THEM AT LUNCH.

RIGHT. AND THEY JUST CAME FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THEY DON'T HAVE RECESS ANYMORE.

THEY GOT TO GET THE WIGGLES OUT. SO LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF LIKE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S NOT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE IT ALL DAY, BUT I MEAN, I JUST THINK WE MIGHT WANT TO EASE INTO LIKE HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTE IT, ESPECIALLY AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, BECAUSE EVENTUALLY OVER TIME.

IF YOU GET THEM, IT'S A LONG GAME, RIGHT? SO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE'RE GOOD.

WE GET THEM TRAINED UP IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOOD.

THEY GET TO HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN HERE WE ARE, ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE JUST GOING TO SAY, THAT'S IT.

NO CELL PHONES AND HIGH SCHOOL LIKE STARTING THIS YEAR.

I FEEL LIKE THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF HARD TO CONTROL AND KIND OF HARD TO MANAGE.

AND I KNOW I DON'T DISAGREE THAT DURING IN-CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONAL TIME THAT TEACHERS NEED TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY NO, CONFISCATE OR WHATEVER.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SUPPORT THOSE TEACHERS AND FOLLOW THROUGH.

LIKE IF THE TEACHER SAYS TAKE IT UP, THEN WE'RE GOING TO BACK THEM UP.

WE'RE GOING TO. BUT I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE LIKE IN ROOM TRANSFER IN BETWEEN CLASSES, KEEP PEOPLE OFF THE PHONES EVENTUALLY, BABY, WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE. BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW.

LIKE, IS IT JUST GOING TO BE LIKE IF YOU SEE A CELL PHONE IN THE HALLWAY, WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE IT UP.

OR IS IT REALLY GOING TO BE LEFT UP TO THE CAMPUSES AND THEN TEACHERS WITHIN THE CLASSROOMS TO SAY, NOPE, NO CELL PHONES RIGHT NOW? I'M JUST CURIOUS. I MEAN, BECAUSE I KNOW FOR LAST YEAR, LIKE MY SON HAD, IT WAS LIKE HOMEROOM ADVISORY AIDE LUNCH AND THEN ACADEMICS IN THE AFTERNOON.

AND SO THAT'S A LONG TIME IN THOSE CLASSES NOT TO HAVE IT.

I MEAN, I DON'T THINK HE WAS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M JUST TRYING TO GET WRAP MY HEAD AROUND HOW IF WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT'S GOING TO BE INDEPENDENT BY TEACHERS DECISIONS OR WE JUST IS THAT THE HARD, FAST RULE WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE AM I CRAZY? AM I? I JUST I DON'T KNOW.

I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG THAT'S A BIG ASK.

AND I SUPPORT IT DURING THE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.

BUT I JUST I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT LIKE THROUGH ON.

MR. GOMES HAS BEEN LEADING THE COMMITTEE AND WORKING ON THE RULES AND THE PROTOCOL FOR THIS.

WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE AT FIRST, BUT WE DID HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL LAST YEAR THAT FOLLOWED THESE SAME PROCEDURES AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I'LL USE IT AS AN INCENTIVE AT LUNCH TIME FOR KIDS TO TO BE ABLE TO USE IT AT LUNCHTIME, WORKED GREAT.

HIGH SCHOOL ALL THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AGREE THAT IT IS A LONG TIME FOR FOR THE STUDENTS TO GO WITHOUT THE PHONE.

SO AT LUNCH TIME, THEY'RE GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO USE IT DURING LUNCHTIME.

THAT WILL GIVE THEM THAT 30 MINUTES OF BEING ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

IT IS A SHIFT IN MINDSET.

BUT, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE SAFETY AND THE THINGS THAT WE WERE ENCOUNTERING LAST YEAR WITH KIDS BEING ABLE TO TEXT, I'VE GOT SOMETHING I NEED TO GET RID OF.

HEY, SO-AND-SO'S COMING. MEET ME IN THIS BATHROOM.

I'LL, I'LL HAND IT OFF TO YOU.

THOSE TYPE OF THINGS WERE ACTUALLY OCCURRING.

SO IT'S FOR THE SAFETY OF THE CAMPUS.

BUT WE DO KNOW AND AGREE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE SETTING THOSE EXPECTATIONS.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER IT EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY OF THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

AND WE DON'T WANT TO PUT OUR TEACHERS IN A POSITION WHERE, HEY, THAT'S WHY WE TOOK THE LANGUAGE OFF.

IF IT'S ALLOWED BY THE TEACHER, THEY DON'T HAVE AN OPTION.

IT'S PART OF THE POLICY THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEM PUT UP.

THEY CAN'T HAVE THEM ON AN AIRPLANE MODE.

SO IF THEY WANT TO USE THEIR CLOCK OR WHATEVER THEY WATCH, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TO TEXT OR GET ON IT IN BETWEEN CLASS PERIODS.

YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST I STILL FEEL LIKE THAT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.

I MEAN, TO SAY ALL OF A SUDDEN THESE KIDS HAVE BEEN HAVING CELL PHONES SINCE THEY WERE IN NOW THIRD GRADE OR WHATEVER, THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE IT AWAY.

IN CLASSROOM STRUCTURAL TIME I GET IT.

TAKE THEM OUT, PUT THEM AWAY.

BUT IF A TEACHER SAYS, HEY, ONCE YOU PULL YOUR PHONE OUT, WHATEVER, I MEAN, ARE WE GOING TO I JUST WANT TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY WITH IT ENFORCE IT.

BUT IT JUST IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE SUPPORTING THE TEACHERS THAT ACTUALLY OR ANYBODY THAT ACTUALLY ENDS UP TAKING A PHONE AWAY, THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO FOLLOW IT THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF.

YES, SIR, WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER POLICY, WHETHER IT BE DRESS CODE, IT TAKES EVERYONE ON BOARD TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE IT PROPERLY.

AND THERE MAY BE A SITUATION WHERE THE TEACHER DOES ALLOW THAT.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE TEACHER HAS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY, BUT THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO USE THEM.

WE HAVE THE 1 TO 1 DEVICE, SO THERE'S NO REASON TO PULL THEM OUT.

I'VE BEEN IN HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOMS LAST YEAR AND THEY'VE GOT A CHROMEBOOK SITTING THERE AND THEY'RE SITTING THERE WITH THE LITTLE PHONE.

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OH YEAH, WHEN I TURN MY BACK YOU'RE OVER ON YOUTUBE OR YOU'RE ON SOMETHING ELSE.

SO WE KNOW THAT THAT THAT OCCURS, BUT WE'RE HOPING IT'S GOING TO BE WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE, BUT I THINK WE'LL GET THERE.

AWESOME. WE'RE READY FOR IT. OKAY, GREAT.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO TO MR. OROSCO.

I KNOW, MRS. RUNKLE, YOU'RE READY TOO.

YES, WE'RE ON THIS SIDE, SO WE'LL BE THERE IN A SEC.

BUT TALKING ABOUT CELL PHONES, WE ACTUALLY DID THIS BEFORE, SO IT'S NOT NEW.

BEFORE COVID, WE DID HAVE POLICY IN PLACE WHERE STUDENTS DIDN'T HAVE THE USE OF THEIR CELL PHONES AND WE WERE TRAINED IN TRAINING THEM TO DO IT.

AND THEY DID A GOOD JOB.

YES, THERE WAS CHALLENGES, BUT THEY WERE CAPABLE OF DOING IT BECAUSE THAT WAS THE EXPECTATION.

SO AS LONG AS WE SET THE EXPECTATIONS AND WE FOLLOW THROUGH, THEN IT WILL EVENTUALLY WORK OUT.

SO I DO HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT IT WILL WORK OUT.

ONCE WE ARE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE, SET THOSE EXPECTATIONS AND KEEP IT AT OUR EXPECTATIONS.

THEN IT'LL WORK OUT. SO IT'LL TAKE A MINUTE.

YES, MA'AM. I WANT TO THANK YOU, MRS. OROSCO, FOR BRINGING THAT UP, BECAUSE WE DID BRING THAT POLICY IN IN 2018, RIGHT AFTER DR.

WRIGHT AND I GOT HERE.

SO IT WAS SOMETHING WE HAD TO ADJUST TO.

AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE NOW IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE GREEN AND RED SHEET, YOU KNOW, WHERE KIDS WITH EXPECTATIONS THAT HAVE IT OFTEN.

I REALLY FEEL LIKE DURING LUNCH TIME IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD TIME FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PULL IT OUT AND USE IT.

BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

YES. AND I REALLY LIKE THAT YOU TOOK THE TEACHER PART OUT OF THERE BECAUSE THEN YOU DON'T MAKE THE TEACHER THE BAD PERSON, YOU KNOW, SO YOU TAKE THAT OUT OF THE EQUATION.

SO THAT WAS REALLY SMART TO DO THAT.

SO I TOTALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN HEARING FOR YEARS AFTER WE GOT AWAY FROM IT BECAUSE OF COVID, WE'VE BEEN HEARING SO MUCH FROM TEACHERS AND STAFF ABOUT HOW IT IS SUCH A DISTRACTION AND A HINDRANCE TO THE LEARNING PROCESS.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE HERE BECAUSE IT'S A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THEY NEED TO LEARN.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO US.

MS. SKROCKI I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THANK YOU, MR. GOMEZ ABOUT THE VET CERT PROGRAM, THE PILOT PROGRAM AT CAMINO REAL.

TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IT ENTAILS.

OKAY. SO WHAT OUR PLAN IS, IS WE ALL KNOW WE UTILIZE VOLUNTEERS AT OUR CAMPUSES.

IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE PARENTS OUT HELPING WITH DROP OFF AND PICKUP.

BUT WE WANTED TO GO ONE STEP FURTHER AND WITH THAT INCLUDED THESE FOLKS WHO ARE READILY IDENTIFIABLE, BEING ABLE TO DO SOME OF OUR EXTERIOR PATROLS.

SO BASICALLY GOING THROUGH THE PARKING LOTS, THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT THE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING OUT THERE AND DIRECTING TRAFFIC.

RIGHT. BUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY ARE PUTTING THEMSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE THEY'RE A FORCE MULTIPLIER.

THERE ARE ANOTHER SET OF EYES, BUT THEY'RE A TRAINED SET OF EYES WHO ARE GOING THROUGH AND MEETING ALL OF THE CRITERIA THAT THE CERT PROGRAM ENTAILS, INCLUDING ISES TRAINING THROUGH FEMA, AND THEN ALSO SPECIALIZED TRAINING THAT THEY PUT ON THROUGH THE CERT PROGRAM.

AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND TARGETED THOSE THINGS BASED ON CAMPUS TYPE ACTIVITIES.

AND SO THAT AND THEN OF COURSE, THEY'LL BE CARRYING LAW ENFORCEMENT RADIOS AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT IF AND WHEN THEY SEE THINGS IN ORDER TO HAVE THEM ADDRESS AND DEAL WITH THE PARTICULAR ISSUE.

AND IN THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL, WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS A WAS A GOOD LOCATION TO START THIS PROGRAM.

OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS, WE THEY'RE RIGHT ON TOP OF MAYBE A LOT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WHETHER IT'S RIGHT IN THE CITY LIMITS, ETC..

AND I HAD TALKED TO MS. [INAUDIBLE] ABOUT THIS EARLIER AND OF COURSE, COVID HAPPENED.

AND SO IT KIND OF DOOR BUT BUT IT REALLY, TRULY IS SPECIALIZED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE VETTED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AND REALLY HAVE ENHANCED TRAINING.

THEY'RE GOING TO GET THAT PIECE.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ROAM AROUND INSIDE THE SCHOOLS.

THIS IS EXTERIOR ONLY.

SO THEY ARE NOT INTERACTING WITH THE KIDS OTHER THAN THEY MAY BE OPENING DOORS OR DIRECTING TRAFFIC.

ESPECIALLY DURING DROP OFF AND PICK UP TIMES.

AND THOSE ARE, AS WE WELL KNOW, ONE OF OUR MOST DANGEROUS TIMES WHEN WE HAVE KIDS OR PARENTS DROPPING OFF, DARTING.

IMAGINE IF YOU HAD AN ADULT, AN EXTRA ADULT WHO COULD BE STRAPPING IN SOME OF OUR LITTLES AND BEING ABLE TO SHORTEN THAT LINE.

AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS WE HAVE A LOT LESS VERY ANGRY PEOPLE BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE PEOPLE THROUGH TRAFFIC FASTER.

AND THEN I WON'T HAVE PEOPLE TRYING TO GO AROUND OR HEY, COME WALK AND MEET ME OVER HERE AND THEN RUN BETWEEN CARS AND COME GET MY CAR HERE.

MY KID'S A WALKER.

AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO REALLY SEE IF WE CAN GET THE STAFF AND THEY WON'T BE THERE ALL DAY.

YOU'RE TYPICALLY GOING TO SEE DROP OFF PICKUP TIMES.

IF THEY HAVE SOME TIME DURING LUNCH OR RECESS, THEY MAY BE COMING AROUND AND DOING THOSE THINGS WHERE THEY'RE WALKING AROUND THE PERIMETER OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN REALLY AND THEY'LL BE WEARING VERY DISTINCTIVE CLOTHING.

YOU'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE.

YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR THEIR DISTRICT OR THEIR THEIR COUNTY ID THE ENTIRE TIME.

SO IT IS AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE BACKGROUNDS ON ALL OF THEM AS WELL AS PART OF THAT PROGRAM.

SO IT'S VERY CONTROLLED.

BUT [INAUDIBLE] HIGH WITH THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN HEADING UP THAT ASSIGNMENT.

I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT IF YOU CAN JUST TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN ABOUT THE US MARSHAL PROGRAM BECAUSE THAT KEEPS COMING UP AND IT WAS ADDRESSED LAST TIME.

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YES, MA'AM. BUT BUT YES, THE MARSHALS PROGRAM.

OF COURSE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ABOUT ARMING TEACHERS AND THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS, I THINK DR.

WRIGHT SUMMARIZED IT BEAUTIFULLY WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT.

THE FACT IS, IS THAT BY NATURE, WE SEE OUR EDUCATORS ARE NURTURERS.

BUT JUST IMAGINE FOR JUST A SECOND BEING IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO COMES INTO A CLASSROOM AND THAT YOU KNOW, AND THEY WANT TO DO YOU HARM AND THEY'RE STANDING THERE WITH A WEAPON. IMAGINE FOR JUST A SECOND HAVING TO BE IN A POSITION FOR A STUDENT THAT I KNOW AND I'VE WORKED WITH FOR YEARS, AND THEY'RE HOLDING A GUN.

AND I EITHER HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TO SHOOT THAT INDIVIDUAL.

RIGHT AND REALLY TRYING TO VERSUS I'M GOING TO TALK THEM DOWN AND THEN TO TALK ABOUT THE THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT, THE WILLINGNESS, THE BEING ABLE TO BE VERY CONFIDENT IN THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITIES AND THE SKILLS TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO DO AND HIT EXACTLY WHO YOU NEED TO HIT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THAT PSYCHOLOGICAL PIECE, WHICH IS YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MENTALLY PREPARE TO TAKE SOMEONE'S LIFE.

AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT THAT ARE WILLING TO DO THAT.

YOU CERTAINLY ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME THAT THAT WOULD CHAMPION THAT.

BUT WE'VE HEARD OVERWHELMINGLY IS THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR STAFF DOES NOT WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE ARMING TEACHERS.

LIKE I SAID, I THINK WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT TO INVITE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS INTO OUR AREA, RESPONDING.

WE'RE INVITING THEM. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE GOOD ENHANCED PRESENCE.

AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S GOING TO BE A VISUAL PRESENCE THAT OUR COMMUNITY WILL APPRECIATE.

AND DO YOU KNOW IF WE HAVE RECEIVED THE WATCHDOG PROGRAM? I KNOW WE HAVE IT ON SOME CAMPUSES.

ARE WE GETTING MORE OF THOSE PROGRAMS INTO OUR CAMPUSES? MAYBE THE DA'S KNOW OR [INAUDIBLE] KNOW.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF THOSE PROGRAMS PRIOR TO COVID AND WE JUST HAVEN'T BROUGHT THEM BACK LIKE DADS ON PATROL.

I THINK AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

BUT WE WILL APPROACH THOSE.

AND WITH HIS GUIDANCE, WE'LL SEE IF WE IMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE AND GET THEM GOING AGAIN.

AND JUST ANOTHER WAY TO KIND OF HAVE MORE PEOPLE BOOTS ON THE GROUND KIND OF STUFF.

OK THANK YOU, MR. GOMEZ. AND THEN I HAD SOME QUESTIONS AND MAYBE YOU CAN OR CANNOT ANSWER THIS, BUT TALKING ABOUT PORTABLES, PORTABLES IS A HUGE ISSUE.

WE STILL DO HAVE A LOT OF PORTABLES.

WE'RE A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT.

WE CANNOT BUILD FAST ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S OUT OF PORTABLES.

CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT SECURITY OF PORTABLES? SURE. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, A BRICK AND MORTAR BUILDING IS CERTAINLY GOING TO BE THE OPTION THAT WE WOULD WANT TO GO TO EVERYWHERE.

BUT YOU'VE HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD AS FAR AS GROWTH IS GOING TO IS GOING TO ESTABLISH SOME OF THE ISSUES.

WE GO BACK TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SAFETY PROGRAMS AND THAT GOES TO DOORS MAKING SURE THEY'RE LOCKED AND SECURED.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT KNOCKING ON DOORS AS TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND KIDS.

WE DON'T WANT TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE A CHILD COME OPEN THE DOOR.

AND SO IT'S TRAINING PORTABLE FOLKS TO REALIZE AND RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT.

WE HAVE BUDDY SYSTEMS IN PLACE.

WE HAVE EYES ON WHEN CHILDREN HAVE TO MOVE IN BETWEEN PORTABLES IN THE MAIN BUILDING.

AND WE HAVE SOME MECHANISMS IN REGARDS TO HOW THAT MOVEMENT HAPPENS.

AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THOSE DETAILS, BUT WE HAVE DEALT WITH A LOT OF THOSE.

BUT AGAIN, PROPPED LOCKED DOORS, FENCING GATES AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE CLOSED, LOCKED AND SECURED.

A FENCE AND A GATE DOES ABSOLUTELY NO GOOD IF YOU DON'T SECURE THE LOCK.

AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE AND REMEMBER TO DO.

IT'S NOT A PERFECT SCENARIO, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY MANAGE IT.

BUT THEN I GO BACK TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE PERIMETER CHECKS AND THOSE EXTERIOR PATROLS, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WATCHING OUR CAMERAS AND LOOKING AT IT, HEY, WHY IS THAT GUY HANGING OUT BY THE FENCE? WE NEED TO GO ADDRESS IT OR WE NEED TO CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SAY, I'VE GOT A SUSPICIOUS PERSON OUT THERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING.

AND IT MAY BE SOMETHING EXTREMELY INNOCENT.

HE'S MAKING A PHONE CALL OR HE'S HAVING A FIGHT WITH HIS BEST FRIEND.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING TO HIS DOG UP IN HEAVEN, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS? BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING NOT ONLY DO THOSE CAMERAS WORK FOR US IN A SITUATION WHERE WE LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT OCCURRED, THEY ALSO HELP US ACTIVELY MONITOR THINGS AS THEY ARE OCCURRING.

BUT I NEED PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT CAMERA IS MY FRIEND AND THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT I CAN IDENTIFY.

SO IT'S REALLY MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S RECOGNIZING, HEY, IF SOMETHING DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT, THAT MEANS EVERYBODY FROM OUR CHILD NUTRITION TO A BUS DRIVER DRIVING BY TO A TEACHER OR SOMEBODY WHO'S VISITING THE CAMPUS, WHO'S THERE TO TO TO DO TUTORING OR VISIT THEIR KID AND SAY, HEY, THERE'S A GUY SITTING OUT IN THE PARKING LOT JUST SITTING THERE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY HE'S OUT THERE, BUT I CAME IN TO DROP OFF MY KIDS LUNCH AND IT'S MAKING ME REALLY NERVOUS AND GIVING THEM THE POWER TO SAY, I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE TELL

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YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME. TELL ME. GO CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. A LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL ROLL OUT THERE FOR SOME GUY SITTING IN A BACK PART OF A PARKING LOT IN A SCHOOL.

THAT'S NOT RIGHT. AND WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT.

AND TALKING ABOUT CAMERAS, ARE YOU GOING TO BE BRINGING TO US TO PURCHASE MORE CAMERAS? OH, YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM.

WE'RE ALL ABOUT IT.

AND ALSO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FOOTBALL GAMES AND OTHER EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

YOU KNOW, DURING COVID, WE HAD SOCIAL DISTANCING.

WE WENT TO CLEAR BAGS, YOU KNOW, AND SO ON FOR SECURITY REASONS.

WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ENSURE MORE OR HAVE MORE SAFETY MEASURES? SO COACH MOFFITT ACTUALLY TALKED TO ME ABOUT THIS TODAY AT JOHNSON.

AND SO WE ACTUALLY HE AND I ARE GOING TO BE MEETING ABOUT WHAT THAT POLICY LOOKS LIKE IN THAT COMMUNICATION PIECE.

SO TO BE TO BE DETERMINED.

BUT STAND BY. THAT IS COMING.

HE AND I ARE GOING TO VISIT AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH WHAT SOME OF THOSE PROTOCOLS AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND THE EXPECTATIONS ARE GOING TO BE FOR OUR EVENTS, INCLUDING POTENTIAL SECURITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

DEFINITELY AND I KNOW WHEN YOU BRING BACK SOME MORE RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO INCLUDE THOSE RADIOS THAT YOU PURCHASE WHENEVER YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA MONEY.

MM HMM. YES. OKAY.

SO WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE US GETTING THIS LIST SO WE CAN APPROVE IT AND PURCHASE IT, GET IT IN PEOPLE'S HANDS? SO WHAT WE HAVE ASKED THE CAMPUSES TO DO IS TO GO THROUGH AND GIVE AN ASSESSMENT IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT AREAS OF WHAT THEY FEEL IN A PERFECT WORLD IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD WANT NEED, INCLUDING JUSTIFICATIONS.

WITH THAT, OF COURSE, THERE'S A TRIAGE PROCESS THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR FOR US.

BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT CANNOT BE DONE BY THE DISTRICT.

AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT PRICING AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE COSTS.

AND SO I'M WORKING WITH MR. CLEAVER AND HIS TEAM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

ALSO, MARK TIMMONS IS IS IS THE PERSON THAT I'M REALLY RELYING ON HEAVILY IN REGARDS TO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN ABSOLUTE BUT I'M TELLING YOU, THE CAMPUSES HAVE PRETTY MUCH, I THINK, FINISHED FOR THE MOST PART, THEIR WISH LISTS.

AND THEN WE ARE PRIORITIZING AND WE'RE LOOKING AT IT.

I THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA.

IF I REMEMBER MAX, WE'VE GOT.

THE GOT MOST OF IT PRETTY, PRETTY CLEAR AWAY.

SO I ANTICIPATE AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, THERE WILL BE SOME THINGS.

I'LL BE ABLE TO COME TO YOU NEXT MONTH OR LATER THIS MONTH AND BE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, THESE ARE THINGS THAT ABSOLUTELY ARE NEED TO GO NOW.

NOW, SOME OF THE BIGGER PROJECTS, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE LABOR INTENSIVE.

SURE. LIKE THE ELECTRONIC.

PUT THE BADGES FOR THE DOORS.

FOR THE INTERIOR DOORS.

YES, MA'AM. THE GATES AND THE KIOSKS OR THE GATE ARMS AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE GUARD CONTROL SHOCKS.

AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE MUCH MORE PRICEY.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MR. MCMANUS. YOU'RE GOOD, MR. RUNKLE. WOW.

THANK YOU, JERI.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH AND YOUR TEAM, YOU GUYS WORK SO HARD.

YOU'VE WORKED HARD ALL SUMMER LONG, REALLY, YOU KNOW, GOING TO ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES AND NARROWING DOWN EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

I GOT TO SEE YOU IN ACTION TODAY.

TALKED TO A CAMPUS AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED AND IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED BY EVERYONE IN THE ROOM.

AND THAT CAMPUS DID REALLY WELL IN TALKING TO THEIR OWN STAFF ABOUT THEIR EXPECTATIONS, TOO.

AND IT WAS IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE MAKING YOUR ROUNDS TO EVERYBODY IN THIS DISTRICT AND GIVING THEM THE SAME SPEECH THAT YOU'VE BEEN GIVING TO CAMPUSES LIKE YOU DID TODAY, BECAUSE THEY ALL SHOULD HEAR YOU FIRSTHAND.

I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE CAMPUS CRIME STOPPERS.

CAN YOU KIND OF I KNOW THAT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL CURRENTLY DOES THAT.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US HOW IT WORKS AT HAYS AND WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE AT THE OTHER CAMPUSES? YES, MA'AM. SO CAMPUS CRIME STOPPERS IS AN OFFSHOOT OF ACTUAL CAMPUS CRIME STOPPERS, AND IT'S ADMINISTERED WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE IN HAYS COUNTY.

AND THEN DEPUTY RAMIREZ ACTUALLY HANDLES HAYS CAMPUS CRIME STOPPERS.

DEPUTY LOZANO BASICALLY STARTED THE PROGRAM AS WELL AT JOHNSON.

BUT IT IS A SELF FUNDED PROGRAM THAT WE DEAL WITH WITH DONATIONS.

WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE ISSUES AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT IT, BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IS WE DON'T WANT TO COMPETE WITH HAYS HOPE LINE, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT TO COMPETE WITH AUSTIN REGIONAL OR OUR IWATCH WE HAVE TO CAMPUS CRIME STOPPERS REALLY IS I KNOW A CRIME OCCURRED AND I KNOW WHO DID IT OR I THINK I HAVE INFORMATION.

LET ME MAKE THIS ONLINE REFERRAL.

IT'S NOT THE PLACE THAT YOU HEY, SOMEBODY'S GOING TO SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL TOMORROW BECAUSE IT'S OF COURSE NOT.

IT'S NOT MONITORED 24/7.

AND SO REALLY, IT'S ABOUT I HAVE INFORMATION THAT A CRIME OCCURRED.

AND THEN IF THAT INFORMATION LEADS TO THE REST, ETC., OR CRIMINAL ACTION, THEN YOU POTENTIALLY GET PAID OUT FOR THAT.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY A VERY DIFFERENT NUANCE TO WHAT CRIME STOPPERS DOES WITH THAT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE VERSUS ACTIVE THREAT, PEOPLE IN CRISIS, ETC., WITH

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THE SAME THING WITH HAYS HOTLINE.

SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT PAYING A MONETARY FIGURE AND IT'S USUALLY DEPENDENT ON WHAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY, WHAT CRIME, THE LOSS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THANK YOU. AND THEN I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE CELL PHONE DISCUSSION.

I AM GOING TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT DOES EXCEPTIONALLY WELL ON A CELL PHONE POLICY.

AND THAT'S MCCORMICK.

I HAVE A INCOMING SEVENTH GRADER AT MCCORMICK, AND IT IS IT WORKS AT THAT CAMPUS.

THE KIDS KNOW WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE.

THE STAFF, THE TEACHERS, EVERY NOTE.

EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE AND IT WORKS.

THEY KNOW WHEN THEY CAN USE THEIR CELL PHONES, THEIR GIVEN TIME.

SO I KNOW THAT IF MCCORMICK CAN DO IT, THEN ANYONE IN THIS DISTRICT CAN DO IT.

AND IF THEY NEED HELP, I KNOW THAT THEY CAN RELY ON MR. CRUZ TO HELP, GIVE THEM SOME POINTERS ON HOW IT WORKS OVER THERE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WHILE WE HAVE WE WORRY ABOUT OUR STUDENTS ON THEIR PHONES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THE SAME THING GOES FOR OUR STAFF AND OUR TEACHERS ON THEIR CELL PHONES, TOO.

I MEAN, I HEARD YOU TALK TODAY AT A PRESENTATION AND YOU EVEN GAVE AN EXAMPLE OF HAVING, YOU KNOW, TEACHERS TALK AND BE ON THEIR PHONE WHEN YOU'VE GONE IN AND WALKED TO SCHOOL.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR STAFF AND OUR TEACHERS ALSO TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN OUR STUDENTS WHAT WE'RE TELLING OUR STUDENTS, THEY ARE WATCHING WHAT WE DO AS ADULTS, TOO, AND THEY HAVE TO LEARN FROM US.

SO WE NEED TO WE NEED TO FOLLOW THAT ACROSS THE BOARD.

THE DRILL MANAGEMENT PIECE I SAW YOU COVERED TODAY WAS PRETTY AWESOME.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HOW THAT KIND OF WORKS OUT.

I KNOW THAT THE STAFF WAS REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT, SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO ALSO SAY ABOUT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT LOCK BOXES, THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE PRETTY IMMEDIATE BROUGHT TO US.

YES, MA'AM. SO GOOD TO SEE THAT.

VERY QUICKLY, JODI LEE IS WORKING ON THAT AS WE SPEAK.

OKAY, GOOD. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE YOU SAID, MRS. SKROCKI ABOUT IF YOU SAY SOMETHING, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON CAMPUSES RIGHT NOW THAT AREN'T STUDENTS, BUT THEY ARE OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF.

I WALKED CAMPUSES TODAY AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT I'M GOING TO SEE SOMETHING AND I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING.

IF YOU HAD A DOOR WEDGE ANYWHERE ON YOUR CAMPUS, IT GOT THROWN AWAY TODAY THAT I SAW.

JUST GET RID OF THEM.

WE DON'T NEED THEM ON OUR CAMPUS.

I SHOT PUT A LOT.

I MEAN, I SAW ONE AND I KICKED IT AND THREW IT IN THE TRASH.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY WE NEED THEM.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY DOOR WEDGES OR ANYTHING IN YOUR SCHOOL, JUST THROW THEM OUT.

YOU HAVE A BODY THAT CAN OPEN THE DOOR FOR YOU AND HOLD IT OPEN.

BUT I AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TEAM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU BRINGING BACK TO US SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PAY FOR TO GET DONE.

AND I KNOW THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO COMPLETELY WAIT AND RELY ON OUR LEGISLATORS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US THE MONEY THAT IS NEEDED TO GET THESE THINGS DONE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

I APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MRS. RUNKLE. MR. VELA. MR. SKROCKI, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I HAVE PLENTY OF QUESTIONS, SEVERAL OF WHICH I'LL SAVE FOR OUR CLOSED SESSION.

BUT THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR LEADING EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY.

I FELT BAD BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT MY PHONE A LITTLE WHILE AGO TO LOOK AT OUR MISSION STATEMENT RIGHT AGAIN AND JUST THE THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT THAT. THE TWO OF THE TOP THREE STATEMENTS THAT WE SAY THAT WE BELIEVE DECISIONS ARE STUDENT FOCUSED.

RIGHT. WE WANT OUR STUDENTS LEARNING AND A SAFE AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT IS ESSENTIAL.

AND SO THOSE ARE THE TWO COMPETING OR THE TWO PRIORITY THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

WE KNOW THAT EVIL IS OUT THERE, BUT WE ARE POSTURING UP WHERE WE NEED TO.

AND WHAT I'M HEARING, DR.

WRIGHT AND MS. SKROCKI IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ACCOUNTABILITY IS GOING TO BE THERE.

THE COMMITMENT IS THERE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THE THINGS THAT WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO THESE AUDITS, WHEN IT COMES TO THE COMPLIANCE, WHEN IT COMES TO THE CHECKLIST AND DRILLS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO THANK YOU FOR LEADING THAT.

I ALSO HEARD IF YOU WERE LISTENING ONLINE, ANYBODY LISTENING? HEY, ONE OF THE GREAT WAYS TO GET ON CAMPUS IS TO VOLUNTEER.

SO IF YOU WANT TO BE THERE AND BE A BAND PARENT AND WHAT HAVE YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PLUG IN ON THAT.

CERT, SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE THAT ACTUALLY IS SOMETHING THAT I WROTE DOWN.

AND I'M PROUD TO BE A VETERAN.

AND I CERTAINLY AFTER ONE OF OUR LAST MEETINGS WENT ON, THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR HAYS COUNTY, A COUPLE OF HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH.

SO MAYBE IF WE CAN GET SOME SOME REAL SIMPLIFIED HOW TO'S BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU GET REDIRECTED TO THE FEMA WEBSITE TO CREATE A LOGIN THERE, YOU GET REDIRECTED BACK TO HAYS.

AND YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY TECH SAVVY, BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO I WILL GET WITH BRANDON AND WE WILL WORK THROUGH THOSE.

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AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT AND, YOU KNOW, FUN AND SUPPORTIVE OPPORTUNITY.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THERE'S WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH.

YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID AND RESPONDING TO THAT.

AND MAYBE WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THIS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION IF NEEDED.

BUT WHAT KNOW WHAT TRAININGS DO WE OFFER WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH, FIRST AID OR RESPONDING TO THAT? I KNOW WE HAVE PLENTY OF FRONTLINE STAFF THAT ARE SEEING A CRISIS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE THERE.

SO SO JUST WHAT OFFERINGS ARE WE GIVING TO OUR STAFF? SO I'LL DEFER TO WATSON BECAUSE THAT REALLY IS A BIG PART OF IT.

WE COLLABORATE.

MS. GONZALES AND I AS WELL.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT IS A HUGE PART OF WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS GETTING SO.

OKAY, GREAT. HELLO.

GOOD EVENING, DR.

WRIGHT, PRESIDENT PETREA, THE REST OF THE BOARD.

SO WE ARE OFFERING A VARIETY OF TRAININGS FOR OUR STAFF IN ORDER TO WORK WITH STUDENTS THAT MAY BE HAVING SOME ISSUES.

FOR EXAMPLE, TODAY WE HAD PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID TRAINING, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED FOR COUNSELORS AND NURSES ON CAMPUS.

SO THERE ARE A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE.

WE HAVE SOME WE USED SOME ESSER FUNDS TO HIRE SOME MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO BE DEPLOYED TO CAMPUSES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.

AS WE KNOW THAT COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, THERE ARE A LOT OF NEEDS THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM OUR STUDENTS THAT WEREN'T THERE PRESENT OR WEREN'T PRESENT PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, QUITE AS EXTREMES THAT WE'RE SEEING NOW.

GREAT. I THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT, DR.

WATSON. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST ALL THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING, NOT JUST FROM A SECURITY STANDPOINT, BUT ALL THE EPIDEMICS, PANDEMICS, DRUG EMERGENCIES AND THINGS THAT I MEAN, WE'RE FACING AT LARGE JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY IS.

AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON BUILDING A MORE ROBUST SEL PROGRAM AND CULTURE WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS WITH SOME PROPER TRAINING.

AND WE USE SOME ESSER FUNDS TO HIRE A PERSON TO LEAD THAT CHARGE AS WELL, TO ENSURE THAT OUR CAMPUSES HAVE THE SUPPORT TO IMPLEMENT WITH FIDELITY A SEL PROGRAM.

WONDERFUL. OKAY, GREAT.

I'LL SAY, LIKE I SAID, I'LL SAVE THE REST OF MY QUESTIONS FOR CLOSED SESSION.

AND OUR EMPLOYEES ALSO GO THROUGH SAFE SCHOOLS TRAINING TO IDENTIFY SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR, ANY TYPE OF OUTCRY TYPE ISSUES. AND SO THERE'S MULTIPLE TRAININGS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GO THROUGH.

YOU KNOW. ONE MORE COMMENT. THANK YOU, DR.

WRIGHT. AND I WANT TO ECHO WHAT THE REST OF THE BOARD.

YOU KNOW, WE AS A TEAM, WE'VE I THINK WE'VE DEMONSTRATED THAT WE ARE WILLING TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

SO WHEN WE DO GET THESE WISH LISTS, I MEAN, CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE'RE READY TO TAKE ACTION WHERE APPROPRIATE.

SO THANK YOU. THANKS SO MUCH.

ANYBODY ELSE? MRS. OROSCO, MRS. SKROCKI I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. SORRY.

DR. PÉREZ-GONZÁLEZ. SORRY, SORRY.

GO AHEAD. IT'S ALL GOOD.

NO WORRIES. OKEY DOKEY.

JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

AS FAR AS I KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS AN APP THAT TEACHERS WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE.

DO THEY HAVE THE WI FI CAPABILITY THAT THEY NEED? AND IF THEY DON'T WILL YOU BE BRINGING SOMETHING SOMETHING TO US SO THEY CAN MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE ROUTERS OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY NEED ON CAMPUS? TYPICALLY, WE HAVE RELATIVELY GOOD SIGNALS ON OUR CAMPUS.

I WANT TO. MS. MORRISON, ARE YOU HERE TO TALK ABOUT WI FI CAPABILITIES ON CAMPUSES? PERFECT. COME ON UP.

SO WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? I'M JUST I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE'VE GOT THIS APP THE TEACHERS WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS.

SAY SOMETHING, DO SOMETHING, SO ON.

DO THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY AS FAR AS THE WI FI THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE IT TO SEND OUT THE SIGNAL? BECAUSE SOME TEACHERS HAVE MENTIONED THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO CALL OUT.

SO FOR NEEDING ROUTERS OR NEEDING TECHNOLOGY.

IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE OUR SCHOOLS HAVE ALL OF THOSE PARTICULARS? YES, OF COURSE, WE DO HAVE WI FI AT EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS WITH 100% COVERAGE ON IN EVERY ROOM.

WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME AREAS THAT HAVE A HIGH SATURATION OF MOBILE DEVICES WHERE WE'RE GOING BACK AND HAVING TO UPDATE THOSE THE ACCESS POINTS.

IN THE LAST BOND WE HAD WIRELESS UPGRADES AND SO WE'RE SHIFTING SOME OF THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES.

WE TAKE THOSE ACCESS POINTS AND THEN SHUFFLE THEM DOWN SO THAT THERE'S A HIGHER DENSITY IN THE ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS. YOU MAY HAVE MORE ACCESS POINTS TO COVER, BUT ANY TIME IF THERE'S IF IT'S NOT COVERING 100% OF THE CAMPUS, WE NEED TO DO A WORK ORDER AND DISCOVER WHY.

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THE APP RUNS TOTALLY ON WI FI, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TURN CELLULAR WI FI ON.

BUT THEY SHOULD DO THAT JUST SO THAT THEY HAVE EXTENDED RANGE AND DON'T USE THEIR CELL PLANS.

AND HAVE WE SHARED THIS WITH ADMINISTRATION SO THAT THEY CAN I MEAN, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S LISTENING TODAY, SO THEY'RE HEARING IT RIGHT FROM YOU, WHICH IS AWESOME.

HAS IT BEEN SHARED WITH ADMINISTRATION SO THAT THEY CAN TRICKLE IT DOWN TO TEACHERS? SO THAT WAY EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE? YES, WE WE DO.

WE DON'T SEND SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY OUT.

WE ALWAYS TRY TO COMMUNICATE.

IF THERE'S EVER AN ISSUE, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

WE CAN'T FIX SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.

SO WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE TO SUBMIT A WORK ORDER.

IF THERE IS AN AREA THAT'S NOT GETTING THE THROUGHPUT THAT YOU THAT YOU NEED TO TO HAVE MULTIPLE DEVICES, WE WHEN WE ADDED, YOU KNOW, 21,000 DEVICES, THAT'S THAT'S A LOT OF DEVICES HITTING THOSE ACCESS POINTS.

SO WE HAVE GONE BACK AND STARTED TO TO ADD ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.

WE DON'T NECESSARILY COMMUNICATE THAT.

WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE CAMPUS AS WE'RE DOING THE UPGRADES, BUT WE DON'T GET TOO TECHNICAL AND TRY TO EXPLAIN BECAUSE IT'S SO VARIABLE.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING THAT DAY, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DOWNLOAD, WHAT ARE YOU ACCESSING? SO IT'S IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN PREDICT WHAT SITUATION THEY'RE GOING TO ENCOUNTER.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT. ABSOLUTELY.

AND LET'S SEE.

CAMERAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OF COURSE. I HAD A QUESTION ON CAMERAS.

ARE CAMERAS AT THE ENTRY AT THE ENTRY POINTS ON OUR CAMPUSES? YES, MA'AM, WE DO.

AND THEN I HAVE A MONITOR SET UP AT THE FRONT DESK SO THAT OUR STAFF CAN NOT ONLY SEE THE PERSON WHO'S IN THE LOBBY BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO SEE ON THE CAMERA.

RIGHT. SEE WHAT THEY HAVE, A GLOBAL LOOK.

BUT THEN WE ALSO TRAIN THEM AS WELL TO NOT ONLY LOOK AT THAT CAMERA, BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE PERSON WHO'S THERE.

WE'VE ACTUALLY ROLLED OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTROLLING THAT.

WE WE'VE VISITED ON THE CAMPUS LEVEL WITH DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY WALK IN THE OFFICE AND HELP YOU BY BUZZING SOMEONE IN CONTROLLING THAT CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT.

IF YOU ONLY WANT TWO PEOPLE IN THERE OR ONE PERSON BECAUSE YOU'RE SUPER BUSY OR YOU'RE SHORT KNOWING THAT I SEE YOU.

BUT AGAIN, GETTING THEM TO REALIZE YOU ARE THE GATEKEEPER OF THAT CAMPUS, AND I'LL BE WITH YOU AS SOON AS I CAN.

AND SO WE HAVE VISITED WITH ALL OF THE CAMPUSES ABOUT THAT, AND THAT HAS BEEN REALLY EMPOWERING FOR THEM AS WELL TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE GET VERY IMPATIENT. DO YOU SEE ME OUT HERE AND THEY'RE KNOCKING AND BEATING ON THE DOOR? BUT THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE JUST BASICALLY TOLD THEM, HEY, PUT SOME SIGNAGE UP FOR SAFETY REASONS.

WE LIMIT ACTIVITY IN THE OFFICE.

WE SEE YOU. WE WILL GET TO YOU AS SOON AS WE CAN.

JUST BE POLITE ABOUT IT AND WE'LL JUST DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR MR. GOMEZ. AS FAR AS THE PHONES, I'M SO SORRY.

IT'LL BE A SIMPLE ONE, I'M SURE.

MR. GOMEZ, I'M JUST ONE.

I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BOTH OF YOU, FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR SECURITY AND SAFETY.

AS FAR AS THE PHONE, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE STUDENTS MAY BE ABLE TO USE THEM AT LUNCHTIME.

NOW, ARE ALL CAMPUSES GOING TO BE DOING THE SAME? IS IT ALL THE SAME POLICY FOR ALL CAMPUSES? YES, MA'AM. ONE CAMPUS GOING TO DO ONE THING ANOTHER.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT AGAIN.

ANYBODY ELSE OVER HERE? OKAY. OKAY, MRS. OROSCO. THEN I'LL GO BACK TO MRS. RUNKLE.

JERI I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE SAFETY COMMITTEE.

RIGHT. I KNOW IT WAS.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ONE THAT WAS MANDATED.

YES, MA'AM. IT'S VERY SPECIFIC.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHEN IT WAS MANDATED, WHEN IT CAME ABOUT, HOW MANY TIMES YOU'RE REQUIRED TO MEET AND HOW COVID IMPACTED THAT AS WELL? YES, MA'AM. SENATE BILL 11, THAT WAS THAT PASSED IN 2019, BASICALLY DESIGNATED THE DISTRICT SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

WITH THAT, IT WAS VERY SPECIFIC AS FAR AS THE MAKEUP AND THE COMPOSITION OF THAT PARTICULAR TEAM.

IT INCLUDED THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND OTHER MEMBER OF THE BOARD.

IT INCLUDED LAW ENFORCEMENT REPRESENTATIVE AS WELL AS SAFETY PERSON FROM THE CAMPUS.

IT INCLUDED THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

AND IN THIS CASE, WE BASICALLY HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

IT INVOLVED THE DYNAMIC OF A PARENT COMPONENT AS WELL AS SOME TEACHER EMPLOYEES.

WE DID WE HAD WE HAD A MEETING.

UNFORTUNATELY, COVID HIT VERY STRONG, FAST AND FURIOUS.

WE DID NOT HAVE WE'VE HAD ONE MEETING.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, THAT IS ON ME 100%.

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AND IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S THAT'S MORE OR LESS BEEN PUT TO THE BACK BURNER AS FAR AS THE MEETING.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO IN REGARDS TO THAT WHICH WAS UPDATING OUR OUR EMERGENCY OPERATION PLAN, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THE REQUIRED DRILLS AND AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT THE DRIVING FORCE THAT WE WERE DOING, INCLUDING COMPLYING WITH OUR BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENT, SUBMISSIONS TO THE STATE, MAKING SURE THAT OUR AUDITS WERE DONE.

SO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING INTO ARE ALL THINGS THAT I HAVE IN FACT MADE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO.

AND OFTENTIMES WE'RE JUST REPORTING TO THEM, TO THE BOARD THROUGH THAT PIECE.

BUT YES, WE DO HAVE OUR MEETING AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO MEET THREE TIMES A YEAR, ONCE EACH SEMESTER AND ONCE DURING THE SUMMER.

WE DO HAVE OUR OUR FIRST MEETING SCHEDULED AND I WISH I COULD IT'S EITHER THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT GETTING UP AND KICKED OFF.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS, OF COURSE, IS I HAD TO MAKE SURE WE HAD PEOPLE THAT WERE WILLING TO TO SERVE ON IT.

SO THAT PARENT PIECE, I REACHED OUT TO OUR CAMPUSES TO GET SOME OF THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MRS. RUNKLE? YES.

WHEN I WAS SPEAKING EARLIER, I DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO HELP THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND PROVIDING US ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.

I KNOW THAT TIMES ARE TOUGH RIGHT NOW, AND TO BE ABLE TO JOIN AND BE COMMITTED TO HAYS CISD AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS IS VERY APPRECIATIVE. AND WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER JONES, FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND SUPPORTING THAT.

THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY.

COMMISSIONER JONES HAS BEEN HAS BEEN WONDERFUL AND REACHING OUT TO ME AND REALLY COMMUNICATING.

YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT WERE AND REALLY ADVOCATED FOR US AND SAT DOWN AND REALLY LISTENED TO MY PROPOSAL AS WELL AS IS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

AND IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE TO SEE THE IMPORTANCE THAT THEY ARE LAYING ON THE STUDENTS SAFETY AND WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP.

SO I'M EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE AS WELL.

THANKS SO MUCH, MRS. RUNKLE.

I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU AND MR. GOMEZ. YOU'RE GOING TO GET CALLED UP, SO JUST BE ON DECK.

SO WE'VE SEEN SOME THINGS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN A CRISIS.

WHO IS THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF ON A CRISIS SITUATION? ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL US THAT IT DOES IT DEPEND ON THE SITUATION? IT ALWAYS DEPENDS. SO WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU DEAL WITH INCIDENT COMMAND IS ALSO KNOWN.

IT CAN BE KNOWN AS UNIFIED COMMAND.

DEPENDING ON THE COMPLEXITY OF A SITUATION, AN INCIDENT COMMANDER COULD SIMPLY BE AN AP OR A PRINCIPAL ON A CAMPUS, DEPENDING IF IT'S A SMALL SITUATION, MAYBE A FIGHT IN THE CAFETERIA. YOU'RE NOT REALLY CALLING A BUNCH OF TROOPS IN NOW IN THE EVENT OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION.

AND LET'S SAY THAT'S THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO OFTEN FIND IS THE MORE AGENCIES YOU BRING IN, THEY ARE EACH GOING TO HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION.

AND SO WHAT YOU WILL HAVE IS, LET'S SAY, FOR INSTANCE, I HAVE FIRE RESPONSE, EMS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WELL, THEY'RE RESPONDING TO A DISTRICT LOCATION.

SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IS THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INCIDENT COMMANDER FOR EACH OF THOSE DIVISIONS, INCLUDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND ULTIMATELY, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF INCIDENT IT IS, WILL DEPEND ON WHO THE INCIDENT COMMANDER, IF IT'S AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION, YOU'RE LIKELY GOING TO SEE THAT THE INCIDENT COMMANDER IS GOING TO BE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, BECAUSE THAT'S THE CRUX OF IT.

IF IT IS A LARGE FIRE, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE A FIRE AGENCY IS GOING TO BE THE INCIDENT COMMANDER, WHOEVER THAT AREA OF JURISDICTION IS.

SO INCIDENT COMMAND WILL FLUCTUATE.

BUT WHAT WE WANT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT A REPRESENTATIVE FROM ALL THOSE AREAS THAT ARE INVOLVED PROVIDE A COMMANDER.

THEN, OF COURSE, IF WE HAVE JUST SOMETHING, LET'S SAY, FOR INSTANCE, AT GRADUATION, GRADUATION IS REALLY A DISTRICT EVENT.

SO IN THAT TYPE OF SITUATION, YOU HAVE A DESIGNATED INCIDENT COMMANDER WHO HANDLES ALL THINGS FOR THAT.

AND AS WE KNOW, THAT'S MRS. PRICE AT OUR GRADUATIONS.

MRS. PRICE SERVED AS THE INCIDENT COMMANDER IN THOSE SITUATIONS, AND SHE WAS THE CONNECTION WITH ALL OF THE GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS.

SO IT REALLY DEPENDS.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SOMEBODY NECESSARILY.

IT'S THE BOSS AND AN INCIDENT COMMANDER.

LIKELY DR. WRIGHT WOULD NOT BE THE INCIDENT COMMANDER IN A SITUATION.

HE IS THE PERSON THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO RELY ON TO COMMUNICATE AND DO SO MANY THINGS.

HE'S THE FACE OF THE DISTRICT, SO HE'S THE ONE WHO'S GOING TO BE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY TO LET THEM KNOW AND KEEP HIM UPDATED.

WHO'S THE INCIDENT COMMANDER? IT'S THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND PERSON THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND WORK WITH THOSE AGENCIES.

YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE ME. IT COULD BE IT JUST IT REALLY IT COULD BE A DEPUTY ACADEMIC OFFICER.

IT'S JUST REALLY GOING TO DEPEND ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

WHAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IS THE FIRST PERSON ON SCENE THAT IS THE HIGHEST RANKING PERSON MAINTAINS INCIDENT COMMAND, ASSUMES INCIDENT COMMAND UNTIL THEY ARE RELIEVED.

WE ARE. THAT IS PART OF WHY IT'S SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR OUR STAFF, ESPECIALLY AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL, TO GO THROUGH THOSE FOUR FEMA COURSES SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE BASICS AND THE LOGISTICS OF INCIDENT COMMAND AND UNIFIED COMMAND.

AND YOU CAN LOOK AT ME IN THE EYE CONFIDENTLY AND SAY THEY WILL NEVER BE A CONFUSION ABOUT WHO'S IN CHARGE OF A CRISIS SITUATION.

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LET ME TELL YOU, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A WONDERFUL FIRE, TALK ABOUT INCIDENT COMMAND AND WHO KNOWS IT, I WILL TELL YOU ALL DAY LONG.

FIRE HAS GOT IT AND THEY'VE DONE IT.

WE'VE ALWAYS DO IT AND WE TRY OUR BEST.

BUT WHAT I WILL TELL YOU AND WE'RE GETTING BETTER EVERY TIME, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS WE DO AFTER ACTION REPORTS AND WE DEBRIEF.

WE'VE HAD TWO SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

THEY BOTH INVOLVED FIRE RESPONSE, AND WE HAD A VERY CLEAR MEETING AND AN AFTER ACTION REPORT WHICH WE DISSEMINATED TO PEOPLE.

AND WE LEARNED FROM EVERY TIME WE ALWAYS WHEN I TELL YOU AS FAR AS ARGUING OVER WHO'S IN CHARGE, THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM.

IT'S ALWAYS USUALLY ABOUT SHARED COMMUNICATION AND HOW DO WE TALK TO EACH OTHER AND PEOPLE NOT RECOGNIZING THE ROLES.

AND I'LL BE REAL BLUNT, WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT AS A DISTRICT.

WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT.

WE UNDERSTAND IT NOW.

AND THAT'S PART OF WHY WE'RE DOING THE FEMA TRAINING.

FIRST RESPONDERS GET IT.

WE'RE BEHIND THE CURVE, BUT WE'RE FIXING IT 100%.

WE WILL TYPICALLY SEE OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, THEY UNDERSTAND THEY WORK TOGETHER.

THEY TRAIN THIS ALL THE TIME.

WE'RE THE WEAK LINK.

BUT I FEEL LIKE THE WEAK LINK THAT IS IS VERY MANAGEABLE.

WHEN I SAY THAT, I MEAN WE COME UP TO THEM AND TELL THEM, HEY, WE CAN GET YOU CAMERA VIEWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE NEED SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS.

AND SO, YES, IT'S ALWAYS IT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE, BUT WE ALWAYS ARE GOING TO DO OUR CERTAIN LEVEL BEST.

AND THAT'S WHY WE TRAIN.

WELL, IT'D BE MY PREFERENCE FOR YOU TO BE THE BOSS OF IT EVERYWHERE.

BUT I KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE.

SO I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE GETTING PEOPLE TRAINED UP ON HOW THIS WORKS AND WHAT TO DO IN THOSE SITUATIONS.

SO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT QUESTION.

WE'VE HEARD THAT IN THE COMMUNITY ASKING US IF WE KIND OF HAVE OUR ACT TOGETHER ON THAT.

I'M CONFIDENT THAT THAT YOU'RE ON THAT PIECE.

SO THAT'S THAT'S GOOD.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER THINGS.

I'M GOING TO GET TO CELL PHONES PROBABLY LAST.

ON THE SIGN IN THING.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON THE VOLUNTEER SIDE AND WE AS A BOARD VISIT ALL KINDS OF CAMPUSES.

AND IT'S VERY INCONSISTENT WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE SIGN IN.

AND SOME DAYS IT'S A BINDER WITH A PIECE OF PAPER AND OTHER DAYS IT'S A GOOGLE FORM, WHICH, BY THE WAY, IS REALLY EASY TO SIGN IN, NOT SO EASY TO SIGN OUT.

RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU, AS YOU'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT WITH THE DOS, TO GET A CONSISTENT WAY TO FILL.

AND WE'RE ALWAYS KIND OF THE WEIRD ONES.

THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU ARE YOU AN EMPLOYEE OR EMPLOYEE? NO, WE'RE A VOLUNTEER.

ARE YOU A PARENT? NO, I'M NOT A PARENT.

SO, LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF.

YOU CAN FIX THIS. I KNOW IT.

I'M CONFIDENT. SO GET SOME CONSISTENCY AROUND VOLUNTEER CHECK IN.

AND TO BYRON'S POINT, MR. SEVERANCE, HIS POINT ABOUT FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS.

WHEN I GO AND I'M WRITING A BUS FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE BAND, I'M A BAND BUS.

I JUST WEAR THIS BECAUSE IT'S EASIER.

BUT NOT ALL THE PARENTS HAVE THIS.

AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE SCHOOLS WHERE THE FOLKS, THE PTA PRESIDENTS THERE ALL DAY, EVERY DAY OR THE BAND BOOSTER PRESIDENT, THEY GET A LITTLE SOMETHING BETTER THAN THE STICKER.

SO I THINK WE'RE DOING SOME OF THOSE THINGS I HIGHLY RECOMMEND, IF WE CAN, ON OUR NEW VIP, NEW VOLUNTEER PERSON THAT WE COULD DO SOME MAYBE BETTER.

THAT'S EVERY TIME WE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED OUR THE ID TAGS SPECIFICALLY, JUST LIKE WE HAVE WE'VE GOT A SMART TAG PRINTER AND ALL OF THAT.

AND SO THE VETTING PROCESS AND MR. SAVOY AND I'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE LOGISTICS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND THAT'S THE PLAN, INCLUDING ENHANCED KIOSK AREAS.

I DO HAVE SOME SOLUTIONS AS FAR AS THE VISITOR PIECE OF IT, WHICH WE WILL WE WILL GET OUT TO ALL THE CAMPUSES AND ADOPTED OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT THAT AND HANDLE IT.

AND SO WE JUST NEED TO WE JUST NEED TO PUSH IT OUT FOR EVERYBODY.

I'M WITH YOU, I, I LIKE PAPER.

SIGN IN. I'LL BE REAL BLUNT WITH YOU.

IF YOU HAVE AN INCIDENT WHEN YOU'RE HAVING TO ACCOUNT FOR EVERYBODY ON CAMPUS AND YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE IT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET A LIST FROM RAPTOR.

THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO GRAB THAT SIGN IN SHEET AND THEY'RE GOING TO SEE WHO THE PEOPLE ARE.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SAME PEOPLE ARE ALSO SIGNED OUT.

AND SO IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THAT PIECE TO BE ROLLED OUT AND THAT THAT ONE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE TOUGHER BECAUSE PEOPLE I HAD TO PARK OVER HERE AND I DON'T WANT TO GO CHECK OUT, SO I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE OUT THAT SIDE DOOR.

SO I GOT A PROCESS.

I GOT A WAY TO FIX IT. IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME WORK AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, THOUGH.

I GET IT. OKAY.

AND ABOUT WEDGES AND DOORS.

SO DAVID PIERCE TOLD ME A FUNNY STORY TODAY WHEN WE WERE WALKING AROUND.

HE SAID IT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL.

HE IS NOT THE PRINCIPAL THERE ANYMORE, BUT HE WAS HE SAID THEY HAD SUCH A BIG PROBLEM WITH ROCKS.

AND OF COURSE, THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, FOUR DIFFERENT BUILDINGS OR MORE THAT HE GAVE THE STUDENTS A BUCKET AND HE WOULD GIVE THEM THEY GOT TO LEAVE 20 MINUTES EARLY IF THEY COULD FILL THAT BUCKET WITH WEDGES AND ROCKS AND THINGS THAT THEY WERE USING ALL OVER THE CAMPUSES.

HE SAID, I SAID, MAN, THAT WORKED.

THEY ALL OF A SUDDEN GOT RID OF ALL THE ROCKS AROUND THE HAYS HIGH SCHOOL THAT PEOPLE WERE USING TO SHOVE IN DOORS.

JUST A THOUGHT.

I WANT TO GIVE DAVID PIERCE.

THE BUCKET BRIGADE.

I LIKE IT. YEAH, YEAH.

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HE GOES, WELL, WHAT IF WE GET TWO BUCKETS? HE GOES, YOU GET 40 MINUTES.

AND I'M JUST SAYING HE KEPT THAT A SECRET.

YEAH, NO, HE JUST HE I'M RATTING HIM OUT ABOUT IT NOW.

WE WON'T TELL THE AUDITORS OF OUR MINUTES ABOUT THAT, BUT ANYWAY, THAT COULD WORK.

ALL RIGHT. SO I TALKED ABOUT THAT.

OTHER PEOPLE HIT THAT.

THAT'S GREAT. BAND SOLUTIONS.

YOU'RE RIGHT. FINE ARTS.

I WAS THERE TODAY.

WE WERE WE WERE AT JOHNSON AND I I SNUCK OVER BECAUSE I WAS ALREADY IN LEGALLY JERI TO SEE MY DAUGHTER.

AND THEY WERE TELLING ME SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAD COME UP WITH TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR DOOR POPPING PROBLEMS, LATE NIGHT, EARLY LOAD IN, WHAT DO WE DO? AND SO I REALLY JUST APPLAUD YOU FOR BEING CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE AND WORKING WITH OUR FINE ARTS AND NOT JUST SAYING, NO, WE CAN'T DO THAT, BUT YEAH, WE CAN DO THIS AND WE CAN DO THAT.

AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TEAM BEING CREATIVE ON THAT.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S TALK ABOUT FOOD DELIVERY.

I HAVE I HAVE A LOT OF FEARS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BURDEN OUR FRONT DESK STAFF WITH, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF SCHOOL.

THOSE FOLKS ARE INUNDATED WITH PEOPLE GETTING THEIR BRACES TUNED UP AND THEIR DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THE FRONT DESK ABOUT.

AND WE ARE ABOUT TO PUT ON THEM A LOT.

NOT ALL CAMPUSES ARE FOOD DELIVERY CRAZY, BUT SOME OF THEM, SOME OF THEM ARE.

AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE HELPING OUR FRONT DESK STAFF WITH THAT BURDEN, BECAUSE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. AND THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET CRANKY FAST AND I DON'T BLAME THEM BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LINE OUT THE DOOR OF MAMAS AND DADDIES THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL. AND I'LL TELL YOU, THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS IF WE'RE DOING 30 MINUTE LUNCHES AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL WITH 2800 KIDS THERE AND LITTLE JOHNNY CAN'T EAT, WE'RE GOT WE ARE GOING TO HEAR IT THIS BOARD.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO GET AHEAD OF LUNCH LINES, 30 MINUTE LUNCHES.

SO TELL ME EVERYTHING.

OKAY. I'VE JUST EMAILED ALL THE PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WHAT YOU GUYS DISCUSSED ON THE UPDATES TO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

BUT WE'VE BEEN VISITING PRIOR TO THIS THING.

ONCE YOU GUYS APPROVE IT, WE'LL SEND IT OUT.

I DID JUST A WHILE AGO, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME CHALLENGES.

WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME CAMPUSES THAT.

EVERYBODY GETS A LUNCH DELIVERED.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE UP THERE MANNED IN THE FRONT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT EARLY.

AS SOON AS THOSE KIDS START COMING ON CAMPUS, I'M HOPING THAT AT THE SATURDAY EVENT AT JOHNSON, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DISCUSS TO GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. I KNOW MR. SAVOY SENDING IT OUT ON THE DISTRICT NEWSLETTER, I BELIEVE, TOMORROW AFTERNOON, SO COMMUNICATION IS GOING TO BE THE KEY TO GET IT OUT.

BUT WE DO AGREE THAT WE NEED TO GET FOLKS IN THERE THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL TO HELP THE FRONT OFFICE STAFF OUT.

JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE WE KNOW, THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL REQUIRES A LOT MORE HANDS ON DECK DURING ENTRY TIMES AND TRANSITION TIMES.

AND WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.

BUT WE'RE READY FOR IT.

WHAT I'M HEARING IS I'M GOING TO PACK MY DAUGHTER'S LUNCH FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL, AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE ELSE TO DO THE SAME.

MY DAUGHTER IS A DOORDASH UBEREATS JUNKIE, AND IT'S A PROBLEM.

I'M GOING TO SAVE A LOT OF MONEY WITH THIS NEW POLICY AND I'M HAPPY ABOUT IT.

SO YEAH, AND I THINK JUST BECAUSE OF COVID AND THE LINES AND WHATEVER WE'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE LAX ABOUT, IT'S SO EASY TO ORDER STUFF NOW.

AND I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE A THING, BUT IT IS A THING.

AND WHEN I HEARD THAT WE WERE GETTING PILLS INTO SCHOOLS AND VAPE PENS, I WAS HORRIFIED.

SO I'M ALL ABOUT STOPPING THIS.

I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT.

I'M SORRY. OH, YEAH, YEAH.

VODKA AND THE SONIC DRINKS.

WHO WOULD THINK THAT, WHO WOULD DO THAT? I DON'T KNOW, BUT YES.

AND THEN THE THEFT.

RIGHT. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.

AND I DID HEAR THAT HAYS MAY HAVE DONE AWAY WITH THEIR TABLE LAST YEAR.

SO. SO THE OTHER PART OF THIS.

THAT I JUST GOT SIDETRACKED AND CAN'T REMEMBER NOW.

THE [INAUDIBLE] PLAN WE TALKED ABOUT.

WHAT? NO I'M NOT DOING CELL PHONES YET.

OH, LIKE THE BOOSTERS.

LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, WHAT NOW? I CAN'T ORDER CHICK FIL A OR MY PIZZAS FOR MY BAND STUDENTS.

WE'RE NOT SAYING NO FOOD DELIVERIES EVER.

AMEN. WE'RE SAYING DURING THE LUNCHTIME OR FOR STUDENTS.

SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR WE KNOW, WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME CONCESSIONS FOR ATHLETICS, ESPECIALLY IN JUNIOR HIGH CAMPUSES WHERE THEY PLAY AT 4:30-5:00.

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SO THE PRINCIPALS ARE TRYING TO ORGANIZE ONE PERSON TO GET ALL THAT DONE OR A CERTAIN TIME THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO COME IN.

AND WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE SAY THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PARENTS OF SEVENTH GRADE VOLLEYBALL AND THEY'RE BRINGING ALL THE LUNCHES IN OR WE HAVE A CERTAIN TIME THAT THEY'RE BRINGING AND DROPPING THEM OFF.

BUT WE KNOW WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SOME CONCESSIONS FOR THOSE THINGS.

BUT YOU CAN'T SAY JUST THE LUNCH TIME, BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE.

MY DAUGHTER AND A LOT OF OTHER KIDS HAVE BAND AFTER SCHOOL.

AND SO THEN THEY DELIVER DINNER TO THEMSELVES.

SO YOU CAN'T JUST SAY IF YOU'RE TRYING TO AVOID THE DINNER DELIVERY FOR INDIVIDUAL BENEFIT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WANT TO SAY THAT.

BUT THESE STUDENTS ARE SMART.

THEY'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIGURE THIS DO A LOOPHOLE.

SO JUST JUST KNOW THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE LUNCH TIME.

STUDENTS DO THIS MAYBE IN THE MORNING WHEN THEY GET THERE EARLY, THEY DELIVER THEMSELVES BREAKFAST AFTER THE SPORTS WORKOUT OR WHATEVER.

SO IT'S MORE THAN JUST LUNCH, I THINK THAT WE'RE SEEING THIS.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY, GREAT.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S TALK ABOUT CELL PHONES AND EARBUDS.

I WANT TO SAY THIS AND EARBUDS A ZILLION TIMES, BECAUSE EVERY TIME I DO WALKTHROUGHS, A LOT OF KIDS ARE WEARING ONE EAR IN MAYBE TWO.

AND THAT MAKES ME SAD TOO THERE.

AND IT'S HARD TO POLICE THAT.

AND I I'M GLAD WE'RE GOING TO BE REAL STRONG IN OUR COMMUNICATION OF EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE WE ARE WE ARE GOING TO GET SOME PUSHBACK.

AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM PARENTS.

WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT? EMAIL US, CALL US TEXT US.

WHAT SPECIFIC PARTS OF THIS ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT AND HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THEM? BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE HARD.

I AM USED TO A LOT OF COMMUNICATION WITH MY DAUGHTER DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. YES, I CAN WEAN MYSELF OFF, BUT I AM ADDICTED TO MY PHONE AND I KNOW A LOT OF US ARE WE? THIS IS THIS IS THIS IS MY COMPUTER, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M AWAY FROM MY COMPUTER.

SO AND I ALSO LIKE TO PLAY GAMES ON MY PHONE.

RIGHT? SO I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WEAN EVERYONE OFF OF DOING THIS.

BUT IF PEOPLE HAVE 504 PLANS, IEPS, WHERE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED, I WANT US TO BE FLEXIBLE AND LISTEN TO THAT, THE COLUMNS PLAN THE EXPECTATIONS.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW LIKE THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF SCHOOL, WE'LL DO THE RUNNING.

WE GENERALLY OFFER A LOT OF GRACE THE FIRST WEEK OR TWO UNTIL WE GET IT FULLY IMPLEMENTED AND EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ALREADY IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT IS NO HATS, NO HOODIES.

YEAH, WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ENFORCING THAT.

WHAT ABOUT MY HAIR? BECAUSE I CAN HIDE MY EARBUDS WITH MY HAIR.

WELL, THAT'S TRUE. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO BE MORE VIGILANT SAYING EVERYBODY.

BUT WE ALL ARE AWARE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE GOING TO FACE BY IMPLEMENTING THIS.

THESE KIDS ARE SMART. I DON'T HAVE TO GIVE THEM ANY IDEAS.

I MEAN, YEAH.

SO I DO WANT TO HEAR WHAT PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT BECAUSE WE ARE ALREADY STARTING TO HEAR FROM PARENTS DURING THIS MEETING, WHICH I AM FINE WITH.

I WANT TO KNOW WHY.

WHAT SPECIFICALLY ARE YOU NOT ON BOARD WITH, DON'T UNDERSTAND OR WANT MORE CLARIFICATION ON AS TO HOW WE CAN. MAYBE WE'RE JUST NOT THINKING OF THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THIS, IS ALL I'M SAYING, BUT WE HAVE DONE IT BEFORE.

WE GOT NEWS COVERAGE WHEN WE DID IT BEFORE WE PASSED FNC LOCAL, PRIOR TO COVID, WE STARTED FINING PARENTS OR YEAH, THE PARENT HAD TO PHYSICALLY GO UP TO THE SCHOOL.

I THINK THAT WAS ACTUALLY MORE PAINFUL TO OUR PARENTS THAN THE MONEY BECAUSE THEY WERE MAD THAT THEY PHYSICALLY HAD TO GO TO THE SCHOOL.

DO YOU ALL REMEMBER THIS? YES.

THAT'S WHEN WE HEARD FROM THEM AND THEY WERE LIKE.

LITTLE JOHNNY HAS HIS $10.

GIVE HIM HIS PHONE BACK. NO, MA'AM.

YOU HAVE TO COME UP HERE AND GET IT.

YES, MA'AM. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY.

IT'S ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE KIDS AT THE SCHOOLHOUSE.

AND WE KNOW THAT THOSE THOSE THINGS ARE STILL IN PLACE AS FAR AS THE SAME OF THE THE CONSEQUENCES FOR FOR VIOLATION, THEY HAVEN'T CHANGED.

WELL, AND I'LL HAVE MS. SKROCKI TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT.

THIS IS NOT A SECRET, I DON'T THINK.

BUT WHEN WE HAD ALL OF THOSE FALSE ALARM SCHOOL SHOOTING BUSINESS HAPPENED AT JOHNSON, ALL OF THAT WAS GOING AROUND DURING THE SCHOOL DAY ON SNAPCHAT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE SCREENSHOTS OF THE SNAPCHAT WERE GOING AROUND.

WE WERE LOCKING DOWN JOHNSON OVER AND OVER, ALL BECAUSE OF A FALSE ALARM ON THEIR CELL PHONES DURING THE DAY.

YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

AND SO THAT DOES BECOME A HUGE PROBLEM.

AND THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION NOT ONLY AFFECTED JOHNSON, BUT ULTIMATELY IT SPILLED OVER INTO HAYS, BARTON, DAHLSTROM AND LEHMAN.

AND SO WE WERE RUNNING CIRCLES AND WE HAD ALREADY NEGATED THAT THAT WAS A ILLEGITIMATE NON THREAT.

IT HAD ACTUALLY BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAD HAPPENED OVER ALMOST A YEAR AGO OUT OF STATE, BUT IT CREATED SUCH A LIFE OF ITS OWN AND WE, WE WERE HAVING TO DEAL WITH JUST

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I MEAN, IT WAS LITERALLY, I THINK THREE DAYS WHERE PEOPLE WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, TWEAKING THE POSTING AND THAT CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM.

AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, OR WE'LL GET PICTURES OF PEOPLE IN DOING THINGS INAPPROPRIATE WITH PHONES AS WELL.

AND SO WE'VE DEALT WITH AND HAD TO ADDRESS THAT AS WELL, WHERE PEOPLE ARE USING THEIR PHONES IN POTENTIALLY LOCKER ROOMS AND OTHER SETTINGS THAT IT'S JUST NOT APPROPRIATE.

AND SO THAT'S WORK FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

AND THAT BECOMES A WHOLE ISSUE OR WE'RE SHARING PICTURES THAT OUR GIRLFRIEND OR OUR BOYFRIEND SHARED THAT PROBABLY WE WOULDN'T WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO SEE.

AND SO THEN IT BECAME A VERY EMOTIONAL MESS AND TOIL DURING SCHOOL.

AND THEN THE BULLYING BECOMES EXTREMELY HARD TO REEL BACK IN AND WE DON'T NEED TO BE SPREADING THOSE TYPES OF THINGS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

WE NEED THEM TO CONCENTRATE ON WHAT'S AT HAND.

AND THOSE THINGS DO CREATE A LIFE OF THEIR OWN.

AND IT'S IT'S VERY DISHEARTENING TO SEE.

YES, THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT TIME SPENT CHASING FALSE ALARMS IS SOMETHING I WANT PARENTS TO HEAR BECAUSE WE NEED THEM FOCUSED ON ACTUAL THREATS.

AND SO PUTTING THOSE PHONES ON AIRPLANE MODE IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL IN ALLEVIATING SOME OF THAT MESS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'LL BE EXCITED TO SEE HOW THIS ROLLS OUT.

I HOPE THAT IT IS.

WE'RE ALL READY AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD, GOOD START TO SCHOOL, BECAUSE I KNOW IF YOU COMMUNICATE EXPECTATIONS, YOU SET THE BAR AND YOU AND THEN AND THEN THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE CHALLENGES YOU, THE TEACHER, AND THEN YOU PUT THE HAMMER DOWN, THEY'LL KNOW YOU MEAN BUSINESS.

AND WE GOT YOUR BACK RIGHT BOARD.

AWESOME. WE HAVE A GREAT COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE GREAT STUDENTS. I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE AS BAD AS WE WERE ANTICIPATING.

YES, WELL, WE'RE JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT WE'RE WE SUPPORT YOU.

OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE TEAM ON THIS MATTER? ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.

TIME IS 8:16.

YOU WANT TO COME BACK IN ABOUT 5 TO 7 MINUTES.

ALL RIGHT, TEAM, WE READY? OKAY, IT IS 8:28.

WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.

[G. CONSENT AGENDA]

UP NEXT IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEM.

THIS IS ON SMART TAGS.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.

MR. CLEAVER IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

TEAM, THIS IS OUR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF STUDENT ID CARD SUPPLIES.

THIS IS ON PAGE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT 9 OF YOUR AGENDA.

ALL RIGHT, MR. CLEAVER'S HERE.

ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS THAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GET ANSWERED ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD OF HAYS CISD APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF STUDENT ID CARD SUPPLIES FROM SECURED MOBILITY DBA SMART TAG IN THE AMOUNT OF $114,380 AS PRESENTED.

SO MOVED. SECOND. MOVED BY MRS. RUNKLE, SECONDED BY MR. VELA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT UP IS H ONE.

[H.1. Consideration and possible action, if any, resulting from closed session]

THIS IS ON PAGE 12 OF YOUR AGENDA.

THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO CONTRACTUALLY EMPLOY THE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES, THE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES TWO ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AT LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE RECLASSIFICATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY AS PRESENTED. SO MOVED.

MOVED BY MR. MCMANUS, SECONDED BY DR.

PÉREZ-GONZÁLEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.

ANY OPPOSE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

DR. WRIGHT, YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT OUR NEW HIRES AND OUR RECLASS? YEAH. PLEASED TO DO SO.

HAPPY TO HAVE JULIE ROSALES JOIN US AS A NEW AP AT LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE COMES TO US WITH SEVEN YEARS OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL EXPERIENCE.

AND SO, JULIE, WELCOME TO OUR TEAM.

ALSO AT LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL, ANOTHER ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, PATRICIA FUENTES, AND SHE'S COMING TO US WITH TWO YEARS OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL EXPERIENCE.

SO WELCOME TO OUR TEAM, TO BOTH OF OUR NEW LEHMAN APS.

[01:55:01]

BRYAN DAWSON, AND HE COMES TO US WITH FOUR YEARS AS AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, 14 YEARS AS A CAMPUS PRINCIPAL, IN FOUR YEARS AS AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

AND SO WE'RE SO PLEASED TO HAVE DR.

DAWSON JOIN OUR FAMILY FOR OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES.

WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MEGAN BENTHALL.

SHE HAS CURRENTLY BEEN OUR NURSE AT DAHLSTROM MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SHE HAS BEEN THERE FOR 5 YEARS.

SHE HAS 4 YEARS AS A NON SCHOOL NURSE AND 8 YEARS AS A SUPERVISOR AT A REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.

AND SO, MEGAN, WELCOME.

AND WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE TAKING OVER TO THAT POSITION AND SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU.

SO FINALLY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MEGAN [APPLAUSE].

YOU WANT TO STAND UP AND SAY HI? ALL RIGHT. AND FINALLY, WE HAVE A RECLASSIFICATION AND CONGRATULATIONS.

JERI SKROCKI. WE ARE RECLASSIFYING HER POSITION FROM DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY TO CHIEF SAFETY AND SECURITY OFFICER.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, JERI [APPLAUSE].

GREAT JOB BOARD.

I AM PROUD OF US.

THIS IS A BIG, BIG DEAL.

AND MEGAN BENTHALL. BENTHALL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

WE'RE EXCITED FOR YOU.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON.

I THINK EVERYBODY HEARD TONIGHT WHY JERI IS THE BOSS OF IT AND DESERVES TO BE CHIEF OF WHATEVER.

SHE'S AMAZING.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT A THE COMP PLAN ADJUSTMENT BECAUSE OF THE RE CLASS FOR JERI. AND THE SUGGESTED MOTION FOR THAT IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL PORTION OF THE 2022-2023 COMPENSATION PLAN TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE RECLASSIFICATION OF DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY TO CHIEF SAFETY AND SECURITY OFFICER AS PRESENTED.

SO MOVED I'LL GIVE THAT ONE TO RUNKLE.

THERE WERE SOME HARMONIES GOING ON.

YOU'LL HEAR THAT. AND I'LL SAY MR. VELA SECONDS THAT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSED.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

THAT'S THE MONEY PIECE FOR MS. JERI SKROCKI. GOOD JOB, TEAM.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR THREE ADDITIONAL SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER ITEM.

[H.2. Consideration and possible approval of the addition of three (3) School Resource Officers]

MOVED. MOVED BY MRS. OROSCO. SECONDED BY MR. VELA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS, MR. JONES. COMMISSIONER JONES, THANK YOU FOR STAYING TONIGHT FOR THIS VOTE.

AND WE EXPECT THAT YOU'LL DO YOUR PART AND WE'LL COME BACK AND HAVE AN MOU AFTER THIS VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

YAY! GOOD JOB.

THREE NEW SROS COMING TO HAYS.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF AN ADDITIONAL FTE.

[H.3. Consideration and possible approval of an additional FTE for the position of Coordinator of Safety and Security]

WE HEARD FROM JERI TONIGHT ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.

SO WE'VE ALREADY.

JUST TO REMIND YOU, WE ALREADY APPROVED ONE COORDINATOR POSITION AS PART OF THE COMP PLAN.

I THINK THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OR HAVE JUST HIRED THAT PERSON.

THIS WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL COORDINATOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY TO SUPPORT OUR TEAM LED BY JERI.

AND THIS IS ON PAGE 17 OF YOUR AGENDA.

NO, THAT'S NOT RIGHT 17.

YEP, THAT'S RIGHT. 17 OF YOUR AGENDA.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL RIGHT. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE ADDITIONAL FTE FOR THE POSITION OF COORDINATOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY AS PRESENTED.

MOVED, MOVED BY MRS. OROZCO, SECONDED BY MR. SEVERANCE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

OH, SORRY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.

ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT UP, PAGE 19.

[H.4. Consideration and possible adoption of a Resolution to provide Paid Sick Leave as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic]

WE HAD SOME CHANGES TO THIS RESOLUTION THAT YOU SAW DURING THE COURSE OF THE WEEK.

THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT THE BOARD RESOLUTION FOR THE CREATION OF COVID LEAVE ALLOTMENT AS PRESENTED.

[02:00:02]

I JUST WANT A QUICK SUMMARY FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

ABSOLUTELY. DR.

MEDINA. DR.

WRIGHT CAN GIVE IT ABSOLUTELY.

IF WE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS. DR.

MEDINA IS ALSO AVAILABLE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO WE FINALLY GOT THE GUIDANCE FROM TEA AS TO HOW MANY DAYS EMPLOYEE WOULD NEED TO BE OUT OR A STUDENT WOULD NEED TO BE OUT WITH A POSITIVE, POSITIVE COVID TEST.

AND SO LAST YEAR, BECAUSE OF QUARANTINING AND THE LACK OF VACCINES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE GAVE TEN DAYS THIS YEAR SINCE EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS ARE ONLY GOING TO HAVE TO BE OUT FIVE DAYS AFTER THEY TEST POSITIVE.

WE WANTED TO SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES ONCE AGAIN.

AND SO BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE OUT FOR FIVE DAYS WITH A POSITIVE PCR TEST, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SUPPORT THEM.

AND SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE GIVE FIVE ADDITIONAL DAYS FOR COVID LEAVE THAT WOULD BE RETROACTIVE TO JULY ONE OF THIS YEAR AND EXTEND THROUGH JUNE THE 30TH OF THIS YEAR.

AND IS THIS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES OR JUST VACCINATED EMPLOYEES? DR. WRIGHT. IT IS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

PERFECT. MRS. OROZCO.

DR. WRIGHT CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR OTHER DISTRICTS STILL CONTINUING THIS PRACTICE? ARE WE A LITTLE DIFFERENT? TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

I HAVEN'T HEARD AT THIS POINT THAT ANYBODY ELSE IS OFFERING, BUT I WOULD SUSPECT THAT AFTER IF YOU APPROVE THIS, OTHERS WILL FOLLOW SUIT.

GREAT. SO WE ARE THE LEADER OF ALL THINGS.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, DR.

WRIGHT. PERFECT.

YES. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR ACTION ITEMS FOR THE EVENING.

GREAT JOB. NEXT UP, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND SEVERAL OF US WENT TO VISIT SOME CAMPUSES TODAY.

[I.1. Update on construction projects]

DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US AN UPDATE OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS? WHAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE? I CAN CERTAINLY OPEN IT UP.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ON.

SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON THE 2021 BOND AND WE'RE KIND OF COMING IN TO THE STATION.

WE'RE GETTING HERE. WE'RE GOING TO GET HERE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE PROJECTS DONE.

AND I DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING TO THE TOURS THIS MORNING BECAUSE IT KIND OF HELPS HELPS ME.

Y'ALL GOT TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

AND YOU DON'T JUST HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.

BUT WE TOURED NEGLEY AND MCCORMICK AND TOM GREEN THIS MORNING.

I WOULD HAVE TO SAY DISTRICT WIDE.

YOU KNOW, THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR TEACHERS ARE IN AT ALL THE CAMPUSES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FOUR PACK THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND SUN FIELD.

AND BY MONDAY, 8/8 BY MONDAY THE EIGHTH, I THINK AROUND 90 TO 95% OF OUR TEACHERS WILL BE IN.

WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WELL.

THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN WORKING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF SIX, EIGHT WEEKS, SIX HOURS, SIX HOURS, SIX DAYS A WEEK, AND NOW THEY'RE TO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

AND SO WE ARE WORKING THIS WEEKEND.

WORTHINGTON FURNITURE IS ALSO WORKING THIS WEEKEND.

YOU KNOW, THE FURNITURE STAGED IN A CAFETERIA OR A LARGE PLACE.

AND SO AS THOSE ROOMS FINISH, THEY'RE MOVING STUFF INTO THOSE ROOMS. SO WE'VE GOT WORTHINGTON WORKING THIS WEEKEND AND THE CONTRACTORS WORKING THIS WEEKEND.

SO AS YOU ALL SAW TODAY, SOME OF THOSE CAMPUSES ACTUALLY GOT ENTRY TODAY.

WHILE WE WERE THERE, THEY WERE ACTUALLY ENTERING NEGLEY IS ACTUALLY GOING TO MS. CROWTHER WAS VERY DIPLOMATIC AND NEGOTIATING ONE MORE DAY.

SO SHE WAS GOING TO GET IN ON MONDAY, BUT SHE NEGOTIATED A SUNDAY, A SUNDAY ENTRY.

AND SO THAT'S THAT WAVE.

AND THEN TOMORROW MORNING AT 8:00, WE'RE GOING TO TOUR BARTON ELM GROVE AT 8:40 AND DAHLSTROM AT 9:20.

SO THAT'S THAT'S THE STUFF WE'RE WORKING ON.

AND THEN THE OTHER PART I WANTED TO REPORT IS THAT IN THE AUGUST BOARD MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING FORWARD THE GMP FOR CHAPA AND SIMON AND THEN ALSO THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS FOR LIVE OAK AND WALLACE.

AND SO WE ARE LITERALLY COMING TO THE END OF THE PROJECTS AND I'LL BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU HOW THE PROJECT CONTINGENCIES LOOKING.

WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME EARLY, EARLY RELEASE OF SOME OF THOSE EARLY THE CREDIT CHANGE ORDERS.

WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME OF THAT BACK EARLY TO MAKE THIS THING SOLVENT AND IN THE BLACK.

AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU ALL ALL THAT IN AUGUST AT THE AUGUST MEETING.

BUT FOR I GUESS SO TO CHARACTERIZE WHERE WE ARE NOW ON ON THE ON THE MOVES, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MINIMIZE STRESS.

[02:05:04]

WE ARE, LIKE I SAID, DOING OUR BEST TO GET EVERYONE IN BY 8/8 AND THERE'LL BE A FEW STRAGGLING TILL NEXT WEDNESDAY 8/10 BUT SO 90, 95% WILL BE IN BY MONDAY.

AND THEN 100%, 99% WILL BE IN BY NEXT WEDNESDAY.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE QUIET AND TAKE QUESTIONS OR HOW YOU WANT TO DO IT.

ALL RIGHT, MRS. OROZCO, TAKE IT AWAY.

MR. CLEAVER, I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT NOT GETTING INTO THE CLASSROOM, RIGHTFULLY SO.

TEACHERS ARE VERY ANXIOUS AND NERVOUS.

THEY WANT TO SET UP THEIR CLASSROOMS FOR MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT JUST ABOUT THE DELAY, JUST LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT THE WHY THE WHY THERE IS A DELAY IN THAT GETTING INTO THE CLASSROOM? BECAUSE I KNOW WE WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM IN BY JULY 31TH.

AUGUST 1ST. YEAH, I WAS I WAS LOOKING AT THAT LIKE SOME OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A MIXED BAG.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THE ORIGINAL SUN FIELD SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION WAS AUGUST 1.

I THINK NEGLEY WAS ACTUALLY JULY 31.

BARTON WAS AUGUST OR IS AUGUST 28TH.

ELM GROVE IS SEPTEMBER 23RD.

YEAH, SO THEY'RE AHEAD AND AUGUST 28TH WAS THE ORIGINAL SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE.

AND MCCORMICK MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS ALSO AUGUST 28TH.

SO SOME OF THESE WERE AHEAD AND TWO OF THEM WERE BEHIND.

BUT I MEAN, JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHY ARE WE LATE? SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, LABOR ISSUES, PEOPLE, SUBCONTRACTORS NOT HOLDING THEIR CONTRACTS, NOT DOING WHAT THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

BARTLETT PICKING UP THE SLACK, JUST WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC CONDITIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. CLEAVER.

AND I KNOW SOMETIMES WE FORGET THOSE KIND OF DETAILS OR WHY.

I MEAN, STILL, DOES IT MAKE US LESS ANXIOUS? BUT AT LEAST WE UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS OCCURRING AND TALK ABOUT THE SUPPORT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE TO TEACHERS AND CAMPUSES.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CAMPUSES THAT WEREN'T CLEANED YET BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T CLEAN, BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING FLOORING DONE.

WHAT IS THE APPROACH THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT FLOORS ARE CLEAN, WALLS ARE CLEAN AND PEOPLE CAN GET INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO, YOU KNOW, LET'S TAKE, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE TOM GREEN OR ANY OF THE CAMPUSES THAT HAD SORT OF A FULL SHUTDOWN WHILE THEY WERE SHUT DOWN.

THOSE THOSE CAMPUSES, THOSE CUSTODIANS, FOR INSTANCE, WOULD GO TO ANOTHER CAMPUS AND HELP THEM.

AND SO IT'S CALLED TEAM CLEANING.

AND SO NOW THAT THEY'RE DONE, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER CAMPUS COME OVER AND HELP TOM GREEN SO THAT RECIPROCATE.

AND SO THAT'S THE PROCESS THERE.

AND I'M ACTUALLY SENDING SOME EMAILS TO FIGURE OUT WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE, AT WHAT TIME IN THE MORNING TO GET THAT DONE.

AND SO IT'S A TEAM CLEANING APPROACH BECAUSE THERE'S NO REASON FOR THOSE CUSTODIANS TO HANG OUT AT A CAMPUS ALL SUMMER IF THERE'S NOTHING TO DO IF THEY IF THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY, FOR INSTANCE, WHAT DO YOU DO THERE? SURE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE CAMPUSES KNOW THAT ARE GOING TO BE RECEIVING HELP WITH CLEANING AND MOVING FURNITURE ITEMS, CORRECT? OH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. WE HAVE BOTH CONTRACTORS AND AND OUR STAFF ARE GOING TO BE AUGMENTING ALL THAT.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU.

MADAM PRESIDENT, MAY I ASK COMMISSIONER JONES A QUESTION ABOUT CONSTRUCTION RELATED TO MCCORMICK MIDDLE SCHOOL? ABSOLUTELY. COMMISSIONER JONES, SINCE YOU'RE STILL HERE, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

MCCORMICK, YOU SAID? YES.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER JONES TODAY, WHEN WE TOOK A TOUR OF MCCORMICK MIDDLE SCHOOL, IT WAS SO DIFFICULT TO GET INTO MCCORMICK MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE ROAD BEING TORN UP.

CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF THAT? AND THE REASON IT WAS THAT WAY TODAY AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY.

IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE CONCENTRATING SOLELY ON THAT PART TO MAKE SURE IT'S READY FOR OPENING DAY OF CLASSROOMS. SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS FAST THAT THAT WAS THE PRIORITY WAS TO GET THE GET THE ENTRANCES READY FOR THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAD SO MUCH ACTIVITY THERE.

THIS IS PROBABLY THE SHORTEST WORKING SUMMER WE'VE EVER HAD AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING ROADS.

WE REALLY WORK HARD TO TIME CONSTRUCTION AROUND OUR SCHOOLS DURING THAT.

USUALLY IT'S A 12 WEEK WHAT TURNED IN TO BE ABOUT AN 8 WEEK SUMMER.

SO BUT IT SHOULD BE.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY RAIN DELAYS, SO IT SHOULD BE READY ON TIME.

AND THEN JOHNSON AND ANOTHER WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT JOHNSON.

ALSO, MY BIGGEST CONCERN WITH JOHNSON IS THAT WE GOT THE TWO THE CONCRETE BARRIERS TAKEN OUT BECAUSE EVERY DAY WE HAD SOMEBODY GO A LONG WAY IN THERE AND YOU'RE NOT BACKING OUT OF THOSE THINGS. SO THOSE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND THAT PART'S BEEN DONE.

HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU BACK GO IN IT WRONG? THOSE BARRIERS WERE PRETTY SCARY.

I DIDN'T THINK MY CAR WOULD FIT THROUGH THERE.

AND JUST ON [INAUDIBLE] YOU KNOW, THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THEY'RE MAKING ON JOHNSON ARE JUST GOING TO BE I KNOW IT'S TAKING A WHILE, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE WELL WORTH THE WAIT.

AND THOSE ARE GOING INTO OAK FOREST.

AND ALL THROUGH THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG IMPROVEMENT.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A LOT LESS ACCIDENTS AND OUR KIDS WILL BE A LOT SAFER.

[02:10:01]

THAT'S WHEN WE PASS. THAT'S THE DATE WE GAVE THEM, AUGUST 11TH.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER JONES.

SOMETIMES CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE ARE LIKE MY WIFE AND THEY DON'T LISTEN TO EVERYTHING COMMISSIONER JONES, WHAT'S WHAT'S THE OVERALL COMPLETION DATE FOR DAISY LANE? BECAUSE THAT'S PRETTY THE DAISY LANE DO YOU KNOW THE OVERALL COMPLETION FOR THE WHOLE THING? WE'RE ABOUT PROBABLY 13 MONTHS, RIGHT.

MY ONLY DISAPPOINTMENT, I REALLY THOUGHT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO OPEN UP LOIS LANE EARLIER, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE BECAUSE OF THE TOPOGRAPHY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO OPEN THEM UP ABOUT THE SAME TIME.

SO BUT ONCE WE GET LOIS LANE OPEN, THAT'S GOING TO SAY SO MUCH, THE BUS TRAFFIC AND ALL, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ANYMORE.

AND WE'RE COMING BACK THERE STRAIGHT TO DAISY.

SO THAT'S OUR BIGGEST PUSH TO GET THAT DONE.

WE'VE GOT PEOPLE DRIVING ON IT NOW, BUT DAISY, WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT 13 MONTHS FROM COMPLETE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE WHATEVER IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE BEHIND [INAUDIBLE] HOSPITAL, DAISY, THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE ALL THE WAY TO HILLSIDE TERRACE.

AND OUR NEXT TWO BIG PROJECTS ARE HILLSIDE TERRACE AND WINDY HILL ROAD.

WE'VE GOT THEM, ENGINEER. WE JUST GOT TO FIND CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS.

OKAY. GREAT. AND IS [INAUDIBLE].

IT IS. IT'S RUNNING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

IS THAT THE COUNTY, THOUGH? AND I MAY. YEAH.

YEAH. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT ONE.

YEAH. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE MY BACK WAY OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE ALREADY DRIVEN THAT STRETCH, BUT I'VE SEEN PEOPLE ON IT.

IT IS IT IS IT A NICE CUT THROUGH? YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT'S ONE OF THE PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR TEN YEARS OR SO, AND I'M REALLY ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT IT DOES FOR 967.

YES, YES.

YEAH, WELL, ANYTHING OUR BUS DRIVERS NEED YOU LET ME KNOW.

WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THEM. ALL RIGHT? OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON CONSTRUCTION UPDATES? I JUST WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER JONES FOR THAT UPDATE.

YES. I MEAN, THE JOHNSON ROAD LOOKED REAL GOOD TODAY.

IT WAS STRIPED AND EVERYTHING.

IS IT DONE PRETTY MUCH? OKAY, THAT'S AMAZING.

WE GOT A LOT OF TEENAGE DRIVERS GOING DOWN THAT ROAD AND THAT WAS THOSE BLOCKADES WERE MAKING ME REAL NERVOUS.

AND ESPERANZA OK, ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? OKAY. THANK YOU.

HEY, THAT IS AWESOME.

THANK YOU, MR. CLEAVER. WE DO HAVE CONVOCATION TOMORROW.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT BOARD WE'LL SEE SOME OF YOU AT OUR CAMPUS TOURS IN THE MORNING.

WE ALSO HAVE A FUN TIME ON MONDAY.

IF YOU'RE COMING OUT TO SEE TRANSPORTATION, THEY'RE HAVING A BACK TO SCHOOL BASH.

WE'RE INVITED TO GO TO THAT AS WELL.

ANYTHING ELSE? WHAT'D YOU SAY? [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S RIGHT.

SO, TEAM, IT'S 8:49 P.M..

[B. CLOSED SESSION (Part 2 of 2) ]

AND JERI SKROCKI, YOU'RE COMING WITH US.

WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.

IT'S 9:58 P.M..

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

MRS. OROSCO, CAN YOU TAKE ANY NOTES WE MAY GET FROM THE BOARD? PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. ANY REQUESTS, MR. VELA? YEAH.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

I WANT SOME INFORMATION ON OUR REV TRACK SYSTEM.

SO THE PAYMENT THAT PARENTS CAN MAKE TO THE SCHOOL, JUST THE CONVENIENCE FEE.

AND THEN ALSO, WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR REFUNDS? I'M HEARING THAT THERE'S PROBABLY SOME SOME HOOPS THAT WHAT IS IT, INADVERTENT CONSEQUENCES OF MAYBE A DECISION THAT WAS MADE.

AND SO THE REV TRACK SYSTEM.

AND ALSO CLARIFICATION ON WHEN SOMEBODY CAN PAY WITH A PERSONAL CHECK, WHEN THEY CAN PAY WITH CASH.

ANY LIMITATIONS ON THAT? SO JUST JUST GIVING A GOOD OVERVIEW OF THAT SYSTEM, OF THAT PROCESS.

OKAY. GREAT.

THANKS SO MUCH. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT, TEAM. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CAMPUS TOURS TOMORROW.

WE HAVE CONVOCATION EXCITING.

AND THEN MONDAY WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION.

AND THEN MONDAY NIGHT WE HAVE SUMMER SCHOOL GRADUATIONS.

I HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU AT ALL THE THINGS.

IF WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE, WE ARE BACK HERE ON AUGUST 15TH AT 9 A.M.

FOR OUR TEAM BUILDING AND GOAL SETTING.

SO AT THIS TIME AT 9:59 P.M., WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.