Oct 24, 2022 Board Meeting

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TESTING. TESTING. OH, YES, WE ARE UP.

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

[A. CALL TO ORDER: Establish a quorum]

WHILE WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, WE HAD TO SORT THROUGH.

WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT AND THOSE LISTENING ONLINE.

TODAY IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 24TH.

THE TIME IS 5:57 P.M..

A QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT.

[B. CLOSED SESSION]

THE TIME IS 5:57 P.M..

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.

[C. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION - immediately following Closed Session]

WE'RE HAPPY THAT YOU ARE HERE.

THE TIME IS 7:14 P.M..

A QUORUM HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED.

ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

WE ARE RUNNING ABOUT 30 MINUTES BEHIND BECAUSE OF SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES EARLIER IN OUR MEETING.

AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AS LED BY OUR BOARD SECRETARY ESPERANZA OROSCO.

[D. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAGS]

NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR MISSION STATEMENT, WHICH WILL BE READ BY OUR BOARD VICE PRESIDENT RAUL VELA.

[E. MISSION STATEMENT]

[F. SOCIAL CONTRACT]

ASSUME POSITIVE AND NOBLE INTENTIONS, COLLABORATE AS A TEAM AND RESPECT THE BODY CORPORATE, PROMOTE DISCUSSION AND RESPECT EACH OTHER'S PERSPECTIVES AND BE PROFESSIONAL.

AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT UP IS OUR SUPERINTENDENT REPORT, WHICH DR.

[G. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT]

NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC FORUM.

[H. PUBLIC FORUM ]

AND REALLY QUICKLY, I WILL I KNOW MS..

WRISTON KNOWS THE DRILL, BUT I WILL READ IT ANYWAY.

AS A REMINDER, PUBLIC FORUM IS SORRY.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN BOARD MEETINGS IS LIMITED TO THE PUBLIC FORUM PORTION OF THE MEETING AS PROVIDED IN BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ANY AUDIO AND VISUAL, 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 ONLINE PUBLICATION WITHOUT ALTERATION OF THEIR COMMENTS.

MS. WRISTON, YOU WILL HAVE 5 MINUTES.

MAKE SURE THAT'S ON. I DON'T THINK IT'S ON.

FLIP IT ON AND THEN TAP ON IT.

PERFECT. IT'S ON.

OKAY. SO, MADAM PRESIDENT, DR.

WRIGHT AND BOARD MEMBERS, I'M MARTHA WRISTON, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS GOING ON 19 YEARS NOW IN THE DISTRICT.

AND IT IS MY LAST YEAR.

I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ACTING UPON OUR REQUEST LAST YEAR TO HIRE ADDITIONAL SLPS AND RECRUIT EARLY.

AS A RESULT, WE RECRUITED A GREAT GROUP OF HARDWORKING, WELL-EDUCATED AND EXPERIENCED SLPS.

HOWEVER, I'M NOT SURE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THEM.

I'M HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF OUR NEW SLP TEAM MEMBERS BY PRESENTING TO YOU THEIR LETTER TO THE BOARD.

IT STATES.

WE WANT TO START BY SAYING HOW ELATED WE WERE TO BECOME PART OF THE FAST.

ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.

WE WERE EXCITED TO GET STARTED.

HOWEVER, WE'VE BEEN FACED WITH A DIFFICULT SITUATION IN WHICH WE HAD NEVER ENCOUNTERED IN OTHER DISTRICTS.

OUR CONCERNS REGARDING THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND THE 7% SALARY INCREASE THAT WAS DISCUSSED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD ON APRIL 25TH, 2022, TO BE IMPLEMENTED THIS SCHOOL YEAR UPON BOARD VOTE APPROVAL IN JUNE 2022.

AS THE NEW HIRES, WE WERE NEVER AWARE OF WHAT WE WOULD GET PAID UNTIL OUR FIRST PAYCHECK.

UPON INITIAL HIRE, WE ALL SPOKE TO HR REPRESENTATIVES WHO PROVIDED NEW HIRE EMPLOYEES BOTH VERBAL AND WRITTEN INFORMATION REGARDING AN INCREASE IN OUR BASE SALARY, PENDING THE APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE 7% INCREASE.

AND IT WAS APPROVED AT THIS BOARD MEETING DATED FIVE 2522.

IT WAS STATED, QUOTE, REPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY COMMUNICATE THAT RECRUITING AND RETAINING EMPLOYEES IS BECOMING MORE CHALLENGING.

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AS SUCH, WE HAVE AN IMMEDIATE NEED TO COMMUNICATE A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT TO CURRENT AND FUTURE EMPLOYEES.

PRIOR TO THE BUDGET ADOPTION OF JUNE 2022 AND PRIOR TO AND EXCUSE ME, ANY POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES RESIGNATIONS.

A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT WILL HELP OFFSET INCREASES IN CENTRAL TEXAS, END QUOTE.

FURTHERMORE, IT STATED, QUOTE, AN EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT WILL ALLOW OUR DISTRICT TO COMMUNICATE THE INCREASE TO ANY PROSPECTIVE APPLICANT AND IMPROVE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. HOWEVER CONTRADICTORY TO THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED SCHOOL BOARD MEETING DOCUMENTATION EMAILS FROM HR PERSONNEL, THE 2223 COMPENSATION PLAN IN VARIOUS NEWS OUTLETS, NEWS OUTLETS.

WE AS NEW HIRES, ARE NOT RECEIVING THE 7% INCREASE.

NEW HIRES FIRST HR EMAIL RECEIVED THE DAY OF THEIR INITIAL PAYCHECK.

STATED CONTRADICTORY NEW PERCENTAGE GUIDELINES.

THE EMAIL READ HAYS CISD FAMILY.

MANY EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE THEIR FIRST 20 TO 23 PAYCHECKS TODAY, AND WITH THAT COMES THE BOARD APPROVAL 7% INCREASE OF THE MIDPOINT FOR RETURNING EMPLOYEES. THIS DEMONSTRATES ENTRAPMENT OF NEW HIRES INTO THE DISTRICT WITHOUT ANY TRUE INTENTIONS OF THE NEWLY CREATED HR POD EXCUSE ME, THE NEWLY CREATED HR PODCAST, THE HAYES BEAT REPORTED AT THE 2020 MARK THAT ONLY RETURNING EMPLOYEES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE 7% RAISE AND NEW EMPLOYEES, WHICH AGAIN IS CONTRADICTORY TO THE BOARD'S DISCUSSION.

NO TEAM MEMBERS RECEIVED EMAIL DOCUMENTATION FROM DR.

MEDINA, DATED FOR 2722, INFORMING US ALL THAT HAYS CISD EMPLOYEES WILL BE PERMITTED, PROVIDED A 7% MIDPOINT INCREASE OF THEIR PROSPECTIVE PAY GRADES OR PAY SCALES. ADDITIONALLY, THIS EMAIL DETAILED HOW TO CALCULATE THE INCREASE IN SALARY BASED ON PAY GRADE PAY SCALE.

SINCE JUNE 2022, THE NEW HIRES HAVE MADE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT HR TO GET AN UPDATED SALARY RATE.

WE WORKED FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF AUGUST WITHOUT HAVING CONCRETE ANSWERS ON WHAT OUR SALARY WAS GOING TO BE.

SEVERAL EMAILS WERE SENT TO MULTIPLE HR REPRESENTATIVES TO ONLY RECEIVE SALARY DISCREPANCIES, CONFUSION ON WHO TO SPEAK TO, AND VARIOUS CONCERNING RESPONSES SUCH AS I DON'T KNOW, AND IF THERE IS A LACK OF HR PERSONNEL SO THAT WE CANNOT ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS.

WHEN WE DID RECEIVE ANSWERS, THEY WERE CONFLICTING SEVERAL INACCURACIES.

BUT WITH ONE THING IN COMMON NO NEW HIRES RECEIVE A 7% INCREASE.

INSTEAD, WE WOULD RECEIVE 3.5 INCREASE, FOR WHICH THERE IS NO DOCUMENTATION EXPLAINING THE DECREASE PROMISED.

WAS THIS DECISION MADE ARBITRARILY? WHO MADE THIS DECISION? SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE WO OC, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT INCLUDED NEW HIRES MET WITH DR.

MEDINA FOR 2 HOURS ON SEPTEMBER 27, 22.

THEY DID NOT GET THEIR ANSWERS, THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

THEY ASK WHAT IN WRITING? I'M JUST KIND OF SUMMING UP NOW WHAT IN WRITING? THEY HAD NONE TO PROVIDE AT THIS TIME, DR.

MEDINA SAID. THAT'S QUOTED.

THEY HAD OTHER QUESTIONS, MAINLY ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE, AND THAT'S MY TIME.

I CUT THIS AND I CUT THIS, AND I CUT THIS TO MAKE THE 5 MINUTES AND I DIDN'T.

SO I'VE MADE ALL OF YOU A COPY OF THIS LETTER THAT I WOULD GIVE TO YOU.

PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. STEVENS. WE'LL PASS THOSE AROUND.

THANK YOU, MR. WRISTON.

I APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

NEXT UP. I SEE.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR CAMPUS RECOGNITION.

[I. CAMPUS RECOGNITION]

KATHY FAULKES IS HERE.

YES. AND DR. MICHAEL WATSON, ARE YOU GOING TO START US OFF? YES. ALL RIGHT. TAKE IT AWAY, PRESIDENT PETRIE.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DR.

RIGHT. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF MY JOB TO GET TO INTRODUCE THESE CAMPUSES, TO COME UP HERE AND SHOWCASE THEMSELVES.

I'VE GOT MS.. FOX HERE WITH SEVERAL OF HER STAFF.

WE'VE EVEN GOT SOME STUDENTS HERE.

SO I'M EXCITED FOR YOU TO GET HERE ALL ABOUT ELM GROVE AND THE AWESOME THINGS THEY'RE DOING.

A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO ELM GROVE.

THEY'VE BEEN DOING SEL BEFORE I EVEN KNEW WHAT SEL WAS.

THEY'RE A LIGHTHOUSE CAMPUS NOW, SO THEY'RE DEFINITELY BEEN A LEADER IN THE DISTRICT.

I HAD A DAUGHTER THAT WENT THROUGH THERE.

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AND THEY'RE IN A CAMPUS AGAIN THIS YEAR, SO.

GOOD EVENING. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

IT IS ALWAYS SUCH A GREAT PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO BRAG ABOUT THE AMAZING STUDENTS AND STAFF THAT WE HAVE AT ELM GROVE.

I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE IN HAYS FOR 18 YEARS.

JUST CRAZY. I'M GETTING REALLY OLD.

15 OF THOSE YEARS HAVE BEEN AT ELM GROVE.

I STARTED AS INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIST IN AP AND THEN PRINCIPAL A FEW YEARS INTO MY PRINCIPAL YEARS AT ELM GROVE, WE CAME ACROSS A PROGRAM CALLED LEADER AND ME.

THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING THINGS FOR ELM GROVE.

I THINK OVER THE YEARS, WATCHING IT GROW HAS BEEN AWESOME.

LEADER IN ME TAKES STEPHEN COVEY'S SEVEN HABITS AND BRINGS THEM INTO THE CLASSROOM AND ONTO THE CAMPUS, AND IT FOCUSES IN ACADEMICS AND ENVIRONMENT AND IT'S JUST REALLY BROUGHT A LOT TO US.

NOT ONLY DOES IT FOCUS ON LEADERSHIP AND EMPOWERMENT OF OUR STUDENTS, BUT IT ALSO FOCUSES ON LEADERSHIP AND EMPOWERMENT OF OUR STAFF.

SO REAL QUICK, I WANT TO INTRODUCE JUST SOME TEACHER LEADERS THAT WE HAVE ON CAMPUS.

FIRST, MY STUDENT COUNCIL SPONSORS SAT UP, DON CHRISTIAN AND MONICA MCCRACKEN AND TAMARA PATRICK.

ALSO, WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A LIGHTHOUSE TEAM THAT THAT KIND OF GUIDES OUR PROGRESS IN LEADER AND ME AND OUR ALISA ISOM AND KAREN THOMAS AND SAMANTHA BUNCHY.

AND NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A STAFF LIGHTHOUSE TEAM, WE ALSO HAVE A STUDENT LIGHTHOUSE TEAM THAT BREE HERNANDEZ HAS DONE AMAZING WITH.

AND WE HAVE KIMBERLY NORTON HERE, TOO, WHO HAS PROBABLY BEEN A CHAIR ON ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE HAD.

BUT RIGHT NOW SHE IS CO-CHAIRING OUR EMERGENT TREE BEHAVIOR.

WE ALSO FOCUS ON EMPOWERMENT OF OUR STUDENTS, WHICH THE GREAT THING FOR ME IS THAT I GET TO TURN IT OVER TO STUDENTS TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT ELM GROVE.

WE HAVE OUR STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

MS.. FOX. MS..

FOX PULL THE MIC OUT OF THE DEAL SO THEY CAN JUST HOLD IT.

HERE WE GO. HI, MY NAME IS BRYNN CODY.

I AM ELM GROVE STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

HI, I'M BRYCE LAKES AND I AM ELM GROVE STUDENT COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT.

HI, I'M ATHENA CATE FROM ELM GROVE, STUDENT WHITE HOUSE.

YEAH. OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS LOVE TO LEARN AND LEARN TO LEAD.

WE HAVE BEEN A LEADER IN ME SCHOOLS SINCE 2012 AND RECOGNIZED AS A LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOL SINCE 2017.

AND ONE OF OUR WIGS IS TO GET LEGACY STATUS AND IN WIGS MEANS WILDLY IMPORTANT GOALS.

SOME OF OUR WEEKS IS TO GET THREE READING PLUS LESSONS DONE EVERY WEEK IN SEVEN DREAMBOX DONE EVERY WEEK.

LEADERSHIP DAY IS A DAY WHERE WE COME AND LEARN ABOUT THE SEVEN HABITS.

STREAM NIGHT IS WHERE WE PRACTICE ALL OUR SKILLS AND SYNERGIZE.

CLUBS IS A FUN ORGANIZATION WHERE WE GET TO LEARN WHAT WE WANT.

HABIT DAYS ARE ARE WHERE WE HAVE ASSEMBLIES AND BUDDIES IN CLUBS. EAGLE COUNCIL IS A PROGRAM IN WHICH WE HELP THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY.

STUDENT LIGHTHOUSE ALSO HELPS AROUND THE SCHOOL.

GIRL START IS A PROGRAM FOR GIRLS TO LEARN ABOUT STEM.

OFFICE LEADERS HELP DELIVER PACKAGES TO OUR TEACHERS.

SAFETY PATROL HELPS STUDENTS GET WHERE THEY NEED TO BE SAFELY.

BREAKFAST BUDDIES EAT LUNCH WITH YOUNGER KIDS AND HELP THEM THROW THEIR FOOD AWAY PROPERLY.

GREETERS STAND AT THE ENTRIES AND SAY GOOD MORNING AND HAVE A GOOD DAY.

CLASSROOM BUDDIES IS WHERE YOU HANG OUT WITH YOUNGER KIDS AND DO FUN ACTIVITIES.

SCIENCE LEADERS HELP MS..

ENGLISH FROM 7:15 TO 7:30.

CHOIR IS WHERE YOU SING WITH DIFFERENT GRADES AND PERFORM AND PERFORM IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.

PTA HELPS HER SCHOOL WITH SO MANY AREAS.

THEY RAISE MONEY FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ELM GROVE EAGLE.

I START BY GETTING OUT OF MY CAR.

WALKING ALL THE WAY THROUGH SCHOOL, I CAN SEE ALL THE PEOPLE SMILING AND SAYING, GOOD MORNING.

I SEE MY FRIENDS. I WALK BY THE OFFICE PAST THE LIBRARY.

I CAN'T WAIT TO GET MY TEACHER.

I KEEP GOING DOWN THIS HALLWAY.

WE HAVE REALLY LONG CALLS AT ELK GROVE, BUT IT'S REALLY GOOD FOR US TO HAVE LOTS OF STEPS IN EACH DAY.

OH, SECOND GRADE HAS A SWEET SHOP GOING ON AND THERE'S SKELLY THE SKELETON.

THE HALLWAYS ARE FULL OF SMILING FACES.

EVERYONE IS EXCITED TO START ANOTHER DAY AT ELM GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SOME OF US BRING OUR LIKES.

THAT'S REALLY COOL.

LIGHT THAT LIGHTS UP.

SOME OF US RIDE, SOME OF US RIDERS SCOOTERS.

SOME OF US JUST WALK ON OUR TWO FEET.

WE ALL GET TO SCHOOL IN DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT SOMEHOW WE ALL MAKE IT OUR WAY TO GO AT ALL ELM GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SAFETY PATROL IS OUTSIDE HELPING US.

WE PUT OUR BIKES UP IN AND WALK IN SAFELY, MAKING SURE WE ARE WALKING.

WE HAVE LOTS OF SMILING FACES OF THE DOOR OF THE DOORS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.

SOME SCHOOL'S GOING TO START SOON.

WE GET GOT TO GET TO CLASS BY 7:35.

BUT FIRST I NEED TO STOP AT THE CAFETERIA AND GET MYSELF SOME BREAKFAST, YUM, CEREAL AND PROTEIN AND A FRUIT AND ALL THE YUMMY FOODS TO GET MY BODY READY FOR SCHOOL.

WE HAVE THE BEST CAFETERIA PEOPLE.

TIME FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO START.

OF COURSE, WE SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE EVERY SINGLE MORNING BECAUSE WE ARE ALL PROUD TO BE AMERICANS.

AND THEN WE FOLLOW IT UP WITH THE TEXAS FLAG, BECAUSE OF COURSE, WE'RE PROUD TEXANS.

AND THEN WE ALWAYS GET TO DO THE ELM GROVE PLEDGE, WHICH IS A GREAT REMINDER OF EACH DAY THAT WE ARE ALL LEADERS THAT STRIVE TO DO OUR BEST.

AND THEN THE DAY HAS TO GET STARTED.

SOME OF US START IN THE LIBRARY AND RETURN OUR OWN BOOKS BECAUSE WE ARE LEADERS AND THEN CHECK OUT NEW BOOKS.

WE GOT A NEW LIBRARY THIS SUMMER AND IT IS LIKE 70% READY.

OUR WONDERFUL LIBRARIANS FIGURE OUT A WAY FOR US TO STILL CHECK OUT BOOKS WITHOUT BOOKSHELVES.

THEY WERE VERY CREATIVE.

SPEAKING OF CREATIVE, WE ALSO HAVE A NEW MAKERSPACE, WHICH IS FULL OF REALLY COOL AND COLORFUL THINGS FOR US TO DO TO STRETCH OUR MINDS EVEN MORE.

KIDS ARE LEARNING EVERYWHERE.

THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.

THEIR PHONICS GOING ON, THERE'S READING GOING ON, AND THERE'S WRITING GOING ON.

KIDS ARE HELPING EACH OTHER IN CLASSROOMS. THERE IS ENOUGH JUST NOTHING BUT FUN TEACHERS WORKING WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES SAFE.

AND MUSIC IS UP PLAYING GAMES, SINGING IN A CIRCLE.

OH NO. DO RAY ME FA SO LA TI DA.

LOTS OF COLORFUL INSTRUMENTS IN THE MUSIC ROOM, LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL SINGING, COOL WALL DECORATIONS ALL ARE ALL OVER THE SCHOOL.

INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES, OUR MISSION STATEMENT AT THE FRONT OF OUR CLASS.

EACH CLASSROOM CREATES THEIR OWN MISSION STATEMENT EACH YEAR TO LIVE BY.

OUR SCHOOL MISSION STATEMENT IS LOVE TO LEARN, LEARN TO LEAD.

WE ALL ARE IN THE HALLWAYS AT ALL TIMES IN WALKING, FOLLOWING OUR EXPECTATIONS.

YEP, DOORS ARE ALWAYS SAFE.

KIDS ARE USING LAPTOPS EVERYWHERE AND PENCILS AND PAPER ACTIVITIES.

OH, THAT WAS A TEACHER THAT POPPED IN FOR A FRIDAY SURPRISE.

OUT TO RECESS, SWINGING AND PLAYING AND JUMPING AND KEEPING OUR BODIES VERY, VERY ACTIVE DURING RECESS.

OH, SOMEONE [INAUDIBLE] WE LOVE SEEING ALL OF OUR FOUNDATIONAL LEARNING FRIENDS.

WE ALL FOLLOW ALL THE EXPECTATIONS OUT AT RECESS, TOO.

TIME TO GO BACK INSIDE.

LEADERS OPENED THE DOOR TO FOR EVERYONE.

ALL ELM GROVE LEADERS HAVE A LEADER ROLE AND SOME ALSO HAVE A SCHOOL LIBRARY.

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THIS IS WHAT'S EXPECTATIONS HERE TO FOLLOW TOO.

YUM. IT'S PIZZA.

WE NEED OUR VEGETABLES.

OF COURSE. WE SCAN OUR BADGES AND GET OUR KETCHUP.

WE WALK VERY CAREFULLY TO OUR TABLES, MAKING SURE NOT TO SPILL OUR FOOD.

OH, YUMMY LUNCHES.

WE HAVE A NICE NEW CAFETERIA THIS YEAR, TOO.

AND WITH NEW TABLES AND MORE ROOM.

PIZZA. YUM.

ALL THE YUMMY LUNCH BOXES ON FRIDAY WE GET THE SPECIAL CANS.

WE GOT THE PE GOING ON WHERE WE STAY PHYSICALLY ACTIVE.

WE ARE RUNNING THE MILE ALREADY.

THERE'S ART CLASS FULL OF KINDS OF COLORFUL THINGS, LOTS OF COLORING, PAINTING AND DRAWING.

OOO THE COLOR.

WE ARE SO COOL AND BEAUTIFUL.

THIS ART ROOM HAS AND WILL SEE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL MASTERPIECES.

WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE TWO ROOMS FULL OF COMPUTERS, SO TECHNOLOGY IS ONE OF OUR SPECIALS.

WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE STEM IN OUR SPECIAL ROTATION AS WELL.

SHE HAS CONTRACTS AND BEHAVIOR PLANS ALL OVER.

WE ARE ALWAYS DOING SOMETHING FUN AND ENGAGING IN HERE.

AND THAT'S OUR DAY.

IT'S TIME TO GO HOME.

KIDS LINE IN THE HALLWAY TO HEAD OUT HOME WITH THEIR BACKPACKS, READY TO AND LISTENING EARS.

IT IS TIME TO HEAD OUT.

NAMES ARE CALLED AND YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR.

YAY! FIRST ONE IN LINE TODAY.

IT'S BEEN A FABULOUS DAY AT ELM GROVE.

WE ARE LUCKY TO BE EAGLES AND LUCKILY WE HOP ON THE BUS.

NOT BEFORE WE SCAN OUR BADGES AGAIN, BECAUSE WE'RE BEING VERY SAFE HERE AT ELK GROVE, HEADING BACK TO THE PERFECT SEAT.

AND THAT'S A WRAP ON ANOTHER DAY HERE AT ELM GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

[APPLAUSE] THAT WAS AMAZING. DID YOU ALL KNOW JERRY [INAUDIBLE] WAS GOING TO BE HERE AND SO PROUD OF EVERYBODY.

SO FANTASTIC.

YAY! HELLO.

WE WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE, SO DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

TEAM, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DR. PEREZ GONZALEZ.

I'M JUMPING AT THIS CHANCE.

I JUST LOVE LOVE IT.

I ACTUALLY I MISS BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.

I WAS A TEACHER FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.

AND I WENT INTO HOW YOU YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ARE LITTLE, LITTLE ONES.

YOU GUYS ARE OUR FUTURE.

YOU GUYS ARE OUR DOCTORS AND LAWYERS.

I USED TO TELL MY KIDS, AND WHENEVER I GOT OLD, YOU ALL WERE GOING TO BE THE ONES TAKING CARE OF US.

SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

TEACHERS AND FACULTY, THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING THEM TO TAKE THE CHANCE TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE.

AMAZING. TO THE PARENTS, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE, BEING THEIR FIRST TEACHERS.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY HATS OFF TO YOU GUYS.

KUDOS. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST TAKING ME BACK TO WANTING TO BE BACK ON THE OTHERS.

DR. WRIGHT IS LOOKING AT ME.

BUT ANYWAYS, KUDOS TO YOU MS. FOX. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AT ELM GROVE.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO VISITING YOUR CAMPUS SOME DAY.

THANKS. AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANYTHING ELSE OVER HERE ON MY LEFT? MRS. RUNKEL? NO QUESTION.

JUST COMMENTS.

CONGRATULATIONS, ELM GROVE.

YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AMAZING WORK.

YOUR RATING IS AMAZING.

YOU KIDS. THIS IS THE BEST PART OF OUR MEETING.

I HOPE YOU GUYS KNOW THAT.

THIS IS WHAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS.

YOU ALL KEEP DOING AMAZING THINGS.

AND YOU, THE NARRATOR OF THIS VIDEO, YOU HAVE A COMEDIAN WANT TO BE A COMEDIAN.

YOU'RE YOU'RE REALLY FUNNY.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR COMING AND SPEAKING TO US AND SHOWING ALL OF THE AMAZING THINGS THAT YOU DO AT GROVE.

WE SEE IT FROM THE OUTSIDE AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS DO FOR THE REST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.

GREAT JOB, GUYS.

THANK YOU, MR. COLE. MR. VELA.

YEAH, A GREAT JOB.

JUST EXCITED TO BE HERE AND GET TO HEAR ABOUT THE DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ELK GROVE EAGLE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH US.

AND I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU ARE STICKING AROUND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATES SINCE WE HEARD ABOUT THE 70% COMPLETE ON THAT LIBRARY.

THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT.

70%, I HEARD THEM SLIDE THAT IN 70%.

ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE ON THE SIDE, THE COMMENTS OVER HERE? MR. SEVERANCE.

YEAH, THANKS. THANKS FOR COMING TONIGHT.

I MEAN, THIS CAMPUS IS A LITTLE BIT SPECIAL TO ME.

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YOU KIDS ARE GETTING, YOU'RE IN A GOOD SPOT.

YOU'RE DOING GOOD THINGS. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING HERE AND SPEAKING TONIGHT.

STUDENT LED.

WE CAN ALL BE PARENTS AND WE CAN LEAD IT.

BUT THE FACT THAT STUDENTS ARE LEADING THAT THING IS IMPORTANT.

THANKS TO THE STAFF. YOU GUYS ARE GREAT.

I RECOGNIZE A BUNCH OF FACES OUT THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THAT 30% GAP CLOSED ON YOUR LIBRARY.

SO THANKS FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT, Y'ALL.

APPRECIATE IT.

COME UP HERE AND SAY HELLO.

HI. PENNY MINCO.

YES. ALL RIGHT, MR. OROSCO, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO QUESTION. JUST THANK YOU FOR BEING OUT HERE.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE PROGRAMS IS WHEN I GO SEE THE FOURTH GRADERS DO THEIR OWN SINGING AND PROGRAM THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER.

AND IT'S AMAZING TO SEE AND VISIT TO SEE ALL THE CLUBS THAT ARE INITIATED BY STUDENTS.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I HAD MY DAUGHTER WENT THROUGH ELM GROVE AS WELL.

SO I HAD ONE THAT WENT THROUGH ELM GROVE.

SO SUPER EXCITED TO SEE YOU EAGLES OUT HERE.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

AND I'LL JUST I'LL JUST CLOSE BY SAYING SIMILARLY, I HAD A DAUGHTER THAT WENT THROUGH ELM GROVE, SO IT'S A VERY SPECIAL CAMPUS TO ME AS WELL.

AND THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW MY DAUGHTER KNOW THAT SHE DOESN'T NEED ANY HELP BEING A LEADER.

BUT IT DID HELP HER.

AND SHE'S A SOPHOMORE IN HIGH SCHOOL NOW AND SHE WANTS TO BE A TEACHER BECAUSE OF YOU GUYS.

SO, YEAH, SHE ALSO WANTS TO BE A PRINCIPAL.

LIKE, IT DEPENDS ON WHO SHE'S TALKING TO.

BUT I THINK SHE DOES WANT TO BE A PRINCIPAL.

I THINK SHE'D BE AN AMAZING ONE.

AND YOU GUYS ARE SETTING SUCH A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT LEADERS CAN LOOK LIKE AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL.

AND I JUST I LOVE THE MAGIC OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

AND YOU'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF ENCAPSULATING WHY LEADER IN ME IS SO GREAT.

AND I KNOW THAT DEIDRE GUINN AT DAHLSTROM HAS CARRIED THE TORCH NOW, AND THEY'RE DOING LEADER IN ME AT DAHLSTROM, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.

AND IT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP THERE AT ELM GROVE.

SO GREAT JOB.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE THAT DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

MR. SAVOY IS GOING TO BOSS US AROUND.

OOPS.

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OKAY, AWESOME JOB, ELM GROVE.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW TO OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT THAT WAS PRESENTED LAST WEEK.

[J. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT]

I KNOW WE JUST RECEIVED THIS REPORT RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING, SO I WILL HAVE QUESTIONS AND I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT THEM ELECTRONICALLY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. NOTHING TO VOTE ON TONIGHT ON THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT, MS. RUNKLE. I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE THE COMMENT.

I DO, WE JUST GOT THIS.

SO THERE'S A LOT TO DIGEST.

SO I TOO WILL BE SUBMITTING QUESTIONS.

PERFECT. ALL RIGHT.

[K. CONSENT AGENDA ]

UNLESS WE WANT TO PULL AN ITEM TEAM, I'LL LOOK TO MY LEFT.

ANYTHING WE NEED TO PULL.

ON MY RIGHT. ANYTHING TO PULL.

ALL RIGHT. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS PRESENTED.

MOVED BY MR. VELA, SECONDED BY MRS. RUNKLE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.

ANY OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA, WE'RE GOING TO START ON L1.

[L.1. Consideration and possible approval of the District Improvement Plan]

TEAM, THIS IS OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM, MRS. OROSCO? AND JUST AGAIN, I DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT SINCE I JUST RECEIVED THE INFORMATION.

I WILL HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS.

EVEN THOUGH WE'RE VOTING TONIGHT, I WILL HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS ON THE DIP.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ARE YOU COMFORTABLE VOTING ON IT TONIGHT? YES, I AM. OKAY, MR. SEVERANCE, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I BELIEVE THE MISSION STATEMENT IS STILL.

THE MISSION STATEMENT IS STILL.

YES, THE MISSION STATEMENT IS STILL WRONG.

THERE'S AN UPDATED VERSION IN OUR DAIS FOLDER.

I PUT IT IN MY BOOK. I GOT IT.

I DON'T HAVE THAT.

OH, IS IT ON HERE? OH, IT'S.

AND THEN THE.

UNLESS IT'S ON A SEPARATE PIECE OF.

YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S RIGHT.

SO THE ONE IN YOUR DAIS FOLDER, THE ONE I HAVE, DOES SHOW THE NEW MISSION VISION CORE BELIEFS.

OKAY, GOOD. WELL, THAT MAKES IT EASIER TO VOTE ON.

THE VISION IS RIGHT.

AND THE BELIEFS IT DOES SAY ADOPTED ON AUGUST 29TH.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS ITEM? ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, MRS. OROSCO. I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT GTI AND HAVING SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT INFORMATION IS.

DO YOU WANT TO JUST ASK THOSE QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ON THE OPEN? AND I KNOW I WANTED IT IN THE VIP, SO THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO SEE IF ANYTHING WAS INSERTED IN THE DIP.

ALL RIGHT, MRS. CEDILLO, DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION? GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PRESIDENT PETREA AND DR.

WRIGHT. MRS. OROSCO, YOU DID ASK FOR THAT.

FOR SOME REASON, THE QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED WAS NOT CAPTURED IN THE QUESTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED.

HOWEVER, I SENT YOU AN EMAIL AND IT IS A TENTATIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR GT MODEL AND ASSESSMENT TIMELINE.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR EMAIL, I HAVE SAID TO YOU THAT, BUT I'M GOING TO NEED JUST A FEW MORE DAYS TO UPDATE IT BECAUSE I HAD SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS

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I'M ACTUALLY NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT.

I'M ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT I HAD TALKED ABOUT INSERTING THAT INFORMATION IN THE DIP ITSELF.

I KNOW THAT I HAD ASKED SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT I TYPED OUT ABOUT GT AND THE TIMELINE AND SO ON, BUT ALSO CAPTURING THE INFORMATION ON HOW WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH THE SUB POPS AND INCREASING THAT AND HAVING THAT PLAN OUTLINED.

SO IS IT IN HERE? IT IS NOT IN THE DIP, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS GO AHEAD AND SEND IT TO STEPHANIE SO THAT IT'S ALSO INCLUDED IN OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

SO THEN I WOULD LIKE TO PULL IT AND NOT VOTE ON IT TONIGHT SINCE THAT INFORMATION IS CRITICAL.

HAVING THAT PLAN OUTLINED ON HOW WE WILL BE SERVING THE SUB POPS IN OUR GT AREA.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL NEED TO SEE IF WE HAVE CONSENSUS FROM THE BOARD TO PULL THE ITEM.

MR. SEVERANCE, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION READY? RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK IS IT'S SORT OF A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT.

RIGHT. THAT GETS CHANGED QUITE A BIT OVER TIME.

DOES IT GET IS IT DOES IT AT ANY POINT, DOES IT BECOME JUST LIKE CONCRETE AND SET IN STONE AND SUBMITTED TO TEA OR IS THERE ANY OTHER REASON WHY? VERY FLUID DOCUMENT.

OK, MRS. OROSCO.

WHILE IT IS A LIVING DOCUMENT AND I AM VERY AWARE OF THAT, WE ARE STAMPING THIS AND THAT IS A HUGE PIECE THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE IMPORTANCE AND THE URGENCY OF IT AND BY INCORPORATING IT IN THIS CURRENT DIP.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MRS. RUNKLE, HOW IS THE QUESTION ASKED? WHEN DID YOU ASK THE QUESTION? BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN RECALL YOU EVEN ASKING THAT.

DURING DISCUSSION, I TALKED ABOUT IT AND I TALKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT PUTTING IT IN THE DIP.

IN THAT CASE, I'LL SECOND HER.

OKAY. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WILLING TO PULL IT FOR NOVEMBER.

I'LL LOOK AROUND. WE CAN ALWAYS VOTE ON IT.

MR. MCMANUS.

I'M JUST WONDERING, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE WHETHER WE VOTE ON IT NOW OR IN NOVEMBER? I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING TO EXECUTE ON THESE STRATEGIES ANYWAY, I WOULD ASSUME.

SO I'M THINK A FORMAL WEIGHTING ON A FORMAL STAMP OF APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD IS PROBABLY OKAY.

I DON'T SEE WHY YOU WOULD WAIT TO EXECUTE ON THE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THERE.

MR.. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT TRIGGERS..

YEAH CAN I ADD THAT WE ACTUALLY PULLED IF YOU LOOK ON THE VERY LAST PAGE, IT'S CALLED POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS, AND WE GOT SOME UPDATED INFORMATION FROM 806 TECHNOLOGIES WHO HELPS US WITH OUR DIP AND CIPS.

AND THEY ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED PULLING THINGS THAT WERE MORE OF A COMPLIANCE PIECE FROM THE MEASURABLE PART AND PUTTING THOSE PIECES AT THE VERY END.

SO YOU'LL SEE DYSLEXIA IS BACK HERE AT THE BACK.

AND SO WE DO HAVE, I BELIEVE IT'S HER DYSLEXIA HANDBOOK THAT'S LINKED.

AND SHE TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS SHE'S DOING.

SHE'S ALSO, TISH HAS ALSO A REALLY GREAT SURVEY THAT SHE'S PUT OUT TO THE CAMPUSES ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON CAMPUSES AND GT.

VANESSA RIGHT. I SEE THAT FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED REVIEW DATE COMPLETED BY COMPLETED.

BUT THERE'S NOTHING, IT'S JUST POLICIES.

IS THAT WHAT THIS IS? JUST A LIST OF POLICIES.

IT'S LIKE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AS A DISTRICT TO ADDRESS THESE REQUIRED ELEMENTS.

OKAY. BUT IS THERE ANY OTHER REASON WHY WE COULDN'T WAIT TILL NOVEMBER TO GET THIS UPDATED? IS THERE ANY OTHER THINGS THAT ARE TRIGGERED, THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS, ANY OTHER THINGS THAT ARE AFFECTED IF WE WERE TO PUSH THIS TO NOVEMBER? WELL, WE ARE REPORTING ON IT IN OCTOBER.

WE DO REPORT ON IT QUARTERLY IN OUR FIRST REPORTING PERIOD IS HERE AT THE END OF OCTOBER REPORTING HOW JUST ON PROGRESS ON THESE STRATEGIES.

TO WHOM? IT'S JUST INTERNAL TO US.

OKAY, SO THEN I THINK IF WE HAVE CONSENSUS, I'M GOING TO LOOK AROUND TO WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER.

I WOULD PREFER THAT WE HAD FULL SUPPORT OF THIS AS OPPOSED TO NOT.

BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT THAT CAN BE UPDATED AT ANY TIME.

MRS. RUNKLE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROBLEM THAT I SPECIFICALLY HAVE IS ASKING FOR THINGS AND ASKING FOR QUESTIONS AND THEN THEM NOT GETTING ANSWERED OR US NOT SEEING THEM, AND THEN US COMING TO THE DAIS AND FINDING THAT OUT.

AND THEN THAT'S THE PROBLEM I HAVE.

WE HAVE TO BE MORE CONSISTENT ABOUT HAVING OUR QUESTIONS, BEING ABLE TO SEE WHAT THOSE ARE AND NOT GETTING THINGS AT THE DROP OF A HAT AS SOON AS WE WALK IN HERE.

[00:40:06]

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL PULL THIS ONE.

VOTE ON IT IN NOVEMBER.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF LEGAL SERVICES FOR HAYS CISD.

[L.2. Consideration and possible approval of Legal Services for Hays CISD]

DR. WRIGHT, DID YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON THIS ITEM? YES. WE RECEIVED 11 TOTAL ROCKS, AND WE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD FIRMS ACROSS THE STATE THAT ACTUALLY SUBMITTED PROPOSALS AND QUALIFICATIONS.

AND SO WE WERE THANKFUL OF THAT.

WE HAVE SINCE BEEN ABLE TO VET THE DIFFERENT FIRMS AND THE CABINET RECOMMENDATIONS, AND YOU HAVE A COPY OF THIS IN YOUR DAIS FOLDER FOR GENERAL REPRESENTATION, HR, FINANCE AND SPECIAL ED.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING EICHENBAUM, WARDELL, HANSON, POWELL AND MUNOZ FOR COMMUNICATIONS, ELECTIONS AND BOND.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING ORRICK, HERRINGTON AND SUTCLIFFE AND FOR CONSTRUCTION, LAND AND EASEMENTS, WE ARE RECOMMENDING ROGERS, MORRIS AND GROVER . OK. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD MOVED TO APPROVE THE LEGAL SERVICES FOR HAYS CISD AS PRESENTED.

SO MOVED. MOVED BY MR. MCMANUS, SECONDED BY MR. VELA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE, ANY OPPOSED.

ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

ALRIGHT, AND I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T POINT OUT WE HAVE, YOU DO HAVE THIS PAPER IN YOUR DAIS FOLDER.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE EASEMENT FOR PEDERNALES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE.

[L.3. Consideration and possible approval of easement for Pedernales Electric Cooperative at Wayside Subdivision]

TEAM, THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD MOVE TO GRANT A NON-EXCLUSIVE UTILITY EASEMENT TO PEC AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AS PRESENTED.

MOVED BY MR. MCMANUS, SECONDED BY MR. SEVERANCE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.

ANY OPPOSED, MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

[L.4. Consideration and possible adoption of minor changes to the School Attendance Zones]

THIS IS IN CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF MINOR CHANGES TO THE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ZONES.

ADD SOME ACTIVITY THIS WEEK YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ON OUR BOARD BLOG.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD MOVE TO ADOPT THE CHANGES TO HAYS CISD SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ZONES AS RECOMMENDED.

MOVE BY MR. MCMANUS, SECONDED BY MR. VELA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.

AND HE OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE GMP FOR THE 2021 BOND PROJECT.

[L.5. Consideration and possible approval of Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) for 2021 Bond Project - Bid Package 10 Live Oak Academy]

THIS IS ON PAGE 122 OF YOUR PACKET.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE FOLKS FROM O'CONNELL ROBERTSON HERE TONIGHT.

WE HAVE MAX CLEAVER IS HERE.

ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? WE ALSO HAVE SOME GIANT PAPERS OVER HERE THAT I'M SURE WE'VE SEEN BEFORE.

MS. PETREA, CAN YOU GIVE ME ONE MINUTE? I'M JUST LOOKING THROUGH TO SEE IF MY QUESTION WAS ANSWERED.

SURE. I'M JUST LOOKING THROUGH IT.

MR. SEVERANCE. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, IT SAYS COMMENTS RECEIVED.

I MEAN, MAX, YOU DID RUN THIS BY THE FBOC.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT CHECKED THAT WE DID, BUT BUT WE DID TALK TO THE BOSS ABOUT I MEAN, I'M SURE WE DID.

GOOD EVENING. I BELIEVE WE DID.

I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE AGENDAS.

BUT IF WE DIDN'T, IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY WITHIN BUDGET.

YEAH, I JUST WANT TO. I JUST DIDN'T.

I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE THE NUMBERS LIKE WE HAD DONE THIS LAST YEAR AS WELL, BUT I JUST DIDN'T BECAUSE I NORMALLY MAKE THE STATEMENT IN WRITING IF WE DO.

AND SO I'M THINKING WE DIDN'T, BUT I CAN VERIFY WHETHER WE DID OR NOT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

MRS. OROSCO. SO ON MY QUESTION THAT I ASKED, I ASKED ABOUT THE OUTLETS RIGHT FOR LIVE OAK AND I SHOWED YOU ON THE PAPER THE LITTLE BLACK DOTS TO SEE THOSE WERE OUTLETS.

BUT THE ANSWER HERE IS NOTED.

IS THERE AN ACTION ITEM HERE? THAT WAS THE RESPONSE I RECEIVED, SO I DID NOT GET MY QUESTION ANSWERED ABOUT THE OUTLET SINCE THAT WAS A CONCERN FOR OTHER BUILDS.

[00:45:05]

BECAUSE I REMEMBER RESPONDING TO THE TO THAT..

YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THOSE LITTLE BLACK DOTS WERE AND THAT THEY MIGHT BE OUTLETS.

SO, I MEAN, THAT'S A RESPONSE ON WHAT WE RECEIVE THIS TODAY.

I THOUGHT I HAD RECEIVED ONE.

MAYBE I DIDN'T FORWARD IT.

I CAN CHECK. NOTED.

IS THERE AN ACTION ITEM HERE? RESPONSE BY MR. CLEAVER ON 10/21.

AND SO YOU JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE BLACK DOTS ARE.

NO, I WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY OUTLETS ARE AT LIVE OAK AND IF THEY ARE APPROPRIATE, SINCE WE HAVE HAD CONCERNS RAISED BY OTHER BUILDS OF THE LACK OF OUTLETS.

SO YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION FOR ME LATER.

BUT THAT IS WHAT THE RESPONSE I RECEIVED WAS.

OKAY. SO THE IT SAID IDENTIFY OUTLETS AND MAKE SURE THE ROOM IS BEING RENOVATED, THAT ALL ROOM IS TOUCHED AND NOT LEFT UNDONE. AND SO THE INTENTION THERE IS THAT WHEN WE WE WILL ACTUALLY MEET WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND AS THAT FURNITURE PLANS DEVELOP, ONE OF THE ITEMS YOU'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT IS TO APPROVE THE FURNITURE VENDOR.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE ONE MORE TO LOOK AT THE OUTLETS WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FURNITURE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL RIGHT. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD MOVED TO APPROVE THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FROM BARTLETT COCKE CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,473,203 FOR THE 2021 BOND IMPROVEMENTS AT LIVE OAK ACADEMY, DESIGNED BY O'CONNELL ROBERTSON ARCHITECTS AS PRESENTED.

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

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

ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP IS L6.

[L.6. Consideration and possible approval of the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) for 2022 Bond Project Elementary 16]

THIS IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE GMP FOR THE 2022 BOND PROJECT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 16.

OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM HUCKABEE ARCHITECTS ARE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ALONG WITH MR. CLEAVER. TEAM, DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? MR. SEVERANCE.

ON MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE ALTERNATIVES INCLUDED IN THE GMP, ALTERNATE 1A FOR THE CLASSROOMS. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK, BUT SO CAN YOU TELL ME AGAIN WHEN THOSE IF WE'RE APPROVING THIS, WHEN DO THOSE GET FACTORED IN, WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO DO THEM OR NOT? HOW ARE WE GOING TO KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING THOSE CLASSROOMS? YES, SIR. THIS PRESENTATION, THIS GMP OF 448606127 INCLUDES THOSE SIX ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS. THANK YOU. SO THE BUILD WOULD BE 47 CLASSROOMS TOTAL AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY.

THE BASE BID WAS 41.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THE 47 BECAUSE WE CAN AFFORD THE EXTRA SIX.

SO IN THE SCOPE, THE ORIGINAL SCOPE, THE INTENTION, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO DO THE WHOLE SCOPE? THE BASE BIT WE WANTED TO, AND THAT WAS THE PLAN.

BUT THE BASE BID WAS THE 41 CLASSROOMS IN CASE IT DIDN'T COME IN LIKE IT DID.

GOTCHA. THAT WAS THE PLAN TO TRY TO MITIGATE IF THE PRICE DIDN'T COME IN.

RIGHT. BUT WHEN WE ORIGINALLY SET FORTH THE SCOPE OF THIS SCHOOL, IT HAD 47, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO FULFILL THE SCOPE, THE ORIGINAL SCOPE THAT.

GREAT. SO IT'S A THE PROTOTYPE SUNFIELD HAS 47 CLASSROOMS. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MR. OROSCO.

MAX, I HAD SOME QUESTIONS.

I KNOW THAT YOU PUT FOR US IN THE INFORMATION ABOUT SUNFIELD.

RIGHT? LESSONS LEARNED FROM SUN FIELD.

AND SOME THINGS WERE HIGHLIGHTED LIKE WE WILL INCLUDE OR WILL DO IN-HOUSE, OR THAT YOU HAD YOU PROVIDED SOME INFORMATION ON LESSONS LEARNED FOR SUNFIELD, BUT THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE REALLY GOOD IDEAS AND GOOD SUGGESTIONS, AND THERE IS NO COMMENT TO SEE IF IT WAS GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THIS NEW BUILD OR NOT.

THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF THAT WAS BLANK, SO CAN WE MAKE SURE TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT, ON WHAT IS CROSSING OVER, IF YOU WILL, TO THIS NEW BUILD? YES, MA'AM.

WHAT FOR SURE IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND HOW YOU ARE PROCESSING THAT INFORMATION AND SOME THINGS.

WE'RE LIKE NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE, NO, WE WON'T DO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT ALSO THE REASONING BEHIND IT, RIGHT? BECAUSE I MEAN, THERE WERE SUGGESTED OR LESSONS LEARNED FOR A REASON.

YES, I KNOW. THEY TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE SPACING AND INCLUDING MAYBE WATER FOUNTAINS OR THERE'S RESTROOMS THAT THAT WOULD BE VERY REASONABLE AND THEN OTHER THINGS LIKE CUBBIES AND SUCH.

SO IF YOU CAN JUST MAKE SURE TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH ALL THOSE LESSONS LEARNED, RIGHT?

[00:50:07]

IT WAS REALLY GOOD INFORMATION TO CAPTURE ALSO.

SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH US.

YES, MA'AM. MR. SEVERANCE? YEAH. SORRY.

I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. AS RELATES TO SAFETY AND SECURITY, DID WE DETERMINE THAT WE WERE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS SCHOOL, WITH THE INTERNAL KEY LOCKS ON THE CLASSROOMS? OR WERE WE GOING TO DO KEYS ON THIS ONE OR WERE WE GOING TO IMPLEMENT? WHERE WE LAND ON THAT? I'M JUST GOING TO A REFRESHER.

YES, SIR. ON PAGE 128, THE ANSWER IS YES.

WE'RE GOING TO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SCHOOL WHERE WE DO THE PILOT FOR THE KEYLESS ENTRY ON ALL CLASSROOM DOORS, ALL STUDENT AREAS, IF YOU WILL, YOU KNOW, LIBRARY, GYM, CLASSROOMS. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT SAFETY ENHANCEMENT ALLOWANCE OF $231,000.

THAT'S ACTUALLY FOR THE THE CONDUIT AND BOXES AT EACH OF THOSE DOORS.

AND THEN BACK ON PAGE 127, IF YOU LOOK INTO THE ACTUAL DETAIL OF HOW WE'RE PROPOSING TO PAY FOR THIS, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE SORT OF WHITTLED BACK THE FF&E AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND FEES NUMBERS TO A LEVEL THAT WE BELIEVE IS COMFORTABLE ENOUGH THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DELIVER SUNFIELD WITH, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT MOVING FORWARD AND YOU CAN SEE THERE MIDDLE OF PAGE 127 THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO AUGMENT THOSE FF&E AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND FEES BUDGETS WITH CHILD NUTRITION FUNDS, SAFETY FUNDING AND BOND INTEREST INCOME AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO WE BELIEVE WE'RE FUNDED AT A LEVEL THAT WE CAN DELIVER THE PROJECT, BUT WE HAVE WHITTLED BACK FF&E AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND FEES AND FRANKLY ADDED A LITTLE MORE STUFF, IF YOU WILL, THAN MORE AMENITIES THAN WAS ON SUNFIELD.

AND THAT WAS SORT OF WHAT WE BASED THE BUDGET ON.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND SO JERRY HAS SEEN THE PLANS AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE WORKING WITH HER TEAM ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND MAPPING IT OUT.

YES, GMP INCLUDES THE PIPE AND THE BOXES, THE CONDUIT, AND THEN FF&E IS WHERE WE WOULD ACTUALLY PULL THE ELECTRONICS FROM TO ACTUALLY RUN THE SYSTEM.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SAYING IF IN THE FUTURE THE WE'RE GOING TO BOLSTER AND WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THE FF&E AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND FEES WITH THE ADDITIONAL CHILD NUTRITION FUNDS, SAFETY FUNDING AND INTEREST INCOME AS NEEDED.

BUT AS IT STATED, WE BELIEVE WE CAN DELIVER IT JUST.

LIKE IT IS. BUT WE DO WANT THE CAVEAT THAT MOVING FORWARD THAT WE HAVE THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES TO MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE IF WE NEED IT.

NOT IN THE GMP, THOUGH, THE GMP WILL STAND AS IT IS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE ENROLLMENT, CAN YOU REMIND PEOPLE AT HOME LISTENING, WE HAVE 47 CLASSROOMS, WHAT OUR ENROLLMENT WILL LOOK LIKE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 16? YES, MA'AM.

THE CAPACITY WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OVER 900.

I WANT TO SAY LIKE 936.

BUT I CAN GET YOU THAT EXACT NUMBER, JUST A LITTLE OVER 900, 926.

926, PERFECT, THANK YOU, JASON, I'M ASSUMING THAT WAS YOU FROM THE GALLEY.

ON THE SUNFIELD LESSONS LEARNED.

THAT WAS A VERY INTRIGUING DOCUMENT, AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE KIND OF LIKE WHAT'S NEXT? HOW HOW MIGHT WE ADDRESS THIS? AND I ALSO LOVE THAT THEY SAID, WE LOVE THIS.

YES, DO THIS AGAIN.

IT WASN'T ALL JUST CRITIQUES.

IT WAS. AND I HOPE THAT JASON'S GOTTEN TO SEE THAT OR THE FOLKS AT HUCKABEE BECAUSE IT'S SUPER HELPFUL AND THE FBOC.

SO I'M LOOKING AT MS. BEDWELL AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU'VE SEEN THAT WONDERFUL.

ONE THING I KNOW THAT WE THAT WAS ADDRESSED IN THE DOCUMENT, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW ARCHITECT THINGS WORK IF THIS GMP SOLIDIFIES EVERYTHING, BUT THOSE STAIRS ARE A CONCERN.

AND SO HAVE WE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO ARCHITECT THE STAIRS SO THAT THEY ARE NOT AS STEEP AND NOT AN ISSUE? YES, MA'AM. THEY'LL BE THE SAME PITCH.

THEY'LL BE THE SAME PICTURE AS FAR AS HOW THEY, YOU KNOW, THE STEEPNESS OF THEM.

BUT I THINK MAYBE THE DIFFERENT NOSING, THE NOSING THAT GOES IN THE TREAD, I THINK WE'VE IDENTIFIED MAYBE A BETTER NOSING TO PUT ON THEM BECAUSE IT'S JUST AN EMBEDDED NOSING IN THE CONCRETE.

OKAY. YEAH. I WALKED HIM.

I DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE ESPECIALLY STEEP, BUT THEY FELT SMALL.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S CALLED.

WHO WERE MY CONSTRUCTION FRIENDS THEN WHEN YOU STEP ON IT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE IT FELT LIKE IT COULD BE LONGER OR SOMETHING.

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

SO MAYBE JASON, I KNOW YOU'RE HERE IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THIS QUESTION FROM HUCKABY, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IF YOU'VE HAD ANY THOUGHTS AROUND THAT? THE HEIGHT OF THE STEP IS CALLED THE RISE AND THE LENGTH OF IT.

WILL YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF ON THE MICROPHONE FOR PEOPLE AT HOME? HI, JASON ANDERSON HUCKABY, CAN SEE EVERYBODY.

[00:55:03]

OH, WE CAN'T CARE ABOUT WE CAN'T CHANGE IT ALL ON THE FLY.

THERE'S A LITTLE VARIATION IN THE RISE.

IT'S BETWEEN SIX AND SEVEN INCHES THE RUNS 11.

THE REASON THEY DO THAT IS BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS FIGURED OUT THAT THAT IS A MAGICAL PROPORTION OF WHAT IS SAFE AS TO WALK UP AND DOWN.

AND IT'S BEEN ENSHRINED IN CODE.

SO THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS FOR LIKE REALLY GRAND STAIRS LIKE THAT.

BUT THOSE ALL HAVE SOME CAVEATS THAT COME WITH THEM AS WELL.

BUT FOR A STANDARD EGRESS STAIR, THEN THOSE ARE ALL PRETTY WELL SAID.

SO THE RISE AND THE RUN ARE ENSHRINED IN CODE IS WHAT I HEARD.

YES, WITH SOME VARIATION, I DO THINK.

YEAH, THEY CAN'T BE TOO SLIPPY OR TOO GRIPPY.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST TEXTURE FOR OUR STAIRS, CORRECT? YEAH. LIKE LIKE MAX SAID, WE DID CHANGE THE WAY THE NOSING WORKS AND HOPING THAT MAYBE PEOPLE ARE CATCHING THEIR FOOT.

YEP. ON THAT NOSING IS A POSSIBILITY, BUT THE STEEPNESS AND EVERYTHING THAT'S.

I MEAN, ALL THE STAIRS IN THE ENTIRE SCHOOL ARE ALL THE SAME ESSENTIALLY.

SO WE WEREN'T QUITE SURE EXACTLY WHAT WE COULD CHANGE ON THAT AND STILL STAY WITHIN CODE.

BUT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE A FEW OTHER MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO IT TO HOPEFULLY MAKE IT A LITTLE.

LET'S TRY. OKAY. AND THEN WE DID HEAR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S KIND OF SOME INCONSISTENCY WITH FURNITURE AND SOME OF THE CLASSROOMS, WHICH I GUESS IS AN FF&E THING THAT WE CAN ADDRESS.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE DOCUMENT.

SO DEFINITELY WANT THAT TO FEEL EQUITABLE BECAUSE JUST WE'RE SO USED TO OUR OTHER PROTOTYPE WITH SOME OF THOSE BUILT IN THINGS THAT MAYBE WE JUST ASSUME SOME OF THAT WOULD BE THE SAME.

SO DEFINITELY WANT TO CARE ABOUT THAT FOR 16, AND I THINK YOU ARE WORKING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THAT FOR SOME PEOPLE.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, TEAM, BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS ITEM? MRS. OROSCO.

SO MAX, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN, VOTING ON THE GMP? TELL US SPECIFICALLY WHAT IT MEANS.

SO WE WOULD WRITE A CONTRACT WITH BARTLETT COCKE FOR THEM TO WRITE A SUBCONTRACTS WITH THEIR SUBS IN THAT AMOUNT TO DELIVER THE PROJECT.

AND WITHIN THAT AMOUNT, THERE IS ABOUT 1.3 4.5 MILLION OF OWNER AND CONTRACTOR CONTINGENCY.

AND THEN THOSE THAT SAFETY ALLOWANCE THAT YOU SEE ON PAGE 128.

CAN ANY CHANGES BE MADE? CHANGES CAN BE MADE. YOU ASKED THAT EVERY TIME.

I SHOULD BE PREPARED. YES. I TOLD YOU.

I'M GOING TO ASK YOU EVERY TIME AFTER I'VE SEEN NEW BUILDS.

CHANGES CAN BE MADE AT ANY TIME ON A PROJECT.

THE FURTHER YOU GET ALONG, THE MORE EXPENSIVE THEY ARE.

AND IN SO YEAH, CHANGES CAN BE MADE.

I WOULD SAY MINOR CHANGES AT THIS POINT.

NOTHING MAJOR COULD BE DONE AT THIS POINT.

AND AGAIN, JUST REFLECTING ON THE SUNFIELD, LESSONS LEARNED BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING THAT IS BEING TRANSFERRED OVER OR IF IT'S REASONABLE OR COST EFFICIENT TO TRANSFER ALL THOSE SUGGESTIONS OVER.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU, BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO BACK THROUGH THAT LIST AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA OVER HERE, LIKE THE CUBBIES OR HAVING, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. AND THEN YOU SAY, WELL, IT'S GOING TO COST US MORE MONEY NOW TO ADD THOSE CUBBIES OR TO ADD WATER FOUNTAINS.

SO I DON'T WANT TO LOSE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ANY CHANGES THAT ARE THAT ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A MONETARY IMPACT.

RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU.

SO CAN WE STILL MAKE CHANGES WITHOUT IT COSTING ANYTHING IF WE VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT? YOU, NO, IT WILL ALL IT WILL COST YOU MONEY IF YOU MAKE CHANGES.

AFTER VOTING ON THIS TONIGHT? RIGHT. SO THEN WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF VOTING ON THIS TONIGHT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUN FIELD LESSONS FOR. RIGHT.

WHAT WE PROVIDED, IF IT DIDN'T SAY WE'RE MOVING IT TO THAT SCHOOL, THEN IT'S NOT IN THERE.

SO I CAN GET THAT TO YOU REAL QUICK.

IF IT DIDN'T SAY WE'RE MOVING IT OVER, IT'S NOT COMING OVER.

BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF THAT WAS BLANK, SO WE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

SO IF IT WAS BLANK, IF IT DIDN'T SAY, WE'RE PUTTING IT IN, IT'S NOT IN THERE.

SO THERE WERE SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS THAT WERE LEFT BLANK, RIGHT FROM LESSONS LEARNED.

I MEAN, THERE WAS A LOT I MEAN, MAYBE HALF.

YES, MA'AM. YOU KNOW, SO THAT CAUSES ME SOME PAUSE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE CAUGHT UP AGAIN WHERE IT'S LIKE WE CAN'T MAKE ANY CHANGES.

IT'S GOING TO BE TOO COSTLY TO MAKE ANY CHANGES.

YET WE DIDN'T CAPTURE EVERYTHING THAT WE NEEDED TO CAPTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BUILDING THE BEST I MEAN, PROTOTYPE B RIGHT.

I MEAN, BECAUSE THERE'S CHANGES IN THIS PLAN, WE THINK THAT THIS GNP INCLUDES THOSE ITEMS WE CAN AFFORD, AND WE TRIED TO HIT THE BIGGEST ITEMS ON THAT LIST, BUT THERE'S LITTLE TWEAKS THAT CAN BE MADE, RIGHT? LIKE, NOT LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT, VANESSA, THE FURNITURE PIECE, BUT NOT SO MUCH THE FURNITURE.

[01:00:03]

OKAY. SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN, MAX? SO IF WE VOTE YES TONIGHT, THEN THOSE OTHER THINGS CANNOT BE CHANGED ANYMORE.

YEAH. NO, YOU ASK, COULD THEY BE CHANGED FOR FREE? AND THE ANSWERS? THEY CANNOT BE CHANGED FOR FREE.

THINGS CAN ALWAYS BE CHANGED IN A PROJECT, BUT IT JUST WILL COST MONEY.

SURE. SO THIS IS OUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ANY CHANGES? NO, MA'AM. WE CAN MAKE CHANGES..

FOR FREE MAX.

I DON'T WANT TO PAY ANY MORE MONEY.

YEAH, WE CAN MAKE CHANGES UNTIL THE PROJECT'S DONE.

YOU CAN MAKE CHANGES THE ENTIRE TIME, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO VET THAT LESSONS LEARN LIST TO SEE IF WE CAN GET ANYTHING ELSE IN THERE WITH THESE FUNDS.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE SO WE DON'T COST MORE.

RIGHT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES AND THINK, OH YEAH, THE STAIRS, WE COULD HAVE DONE THIS TO THE STAIRS, FOR EXAMPLE.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO.

ARE YOU TELLING ME WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE WITH ALL THE LESSONS LEARNED? THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING YOU.

YES, MA'AM. I BELIEVE WE DID.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? AND ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT THEY POINTED OUT AND WE HEARD ABOUT IN OUR WALK OR RECENT WALKTHROUGH WAS THE BATHROOM DOOR SITUATION.

IT LOOKED LIKE THAT WAS GETTING ADDRESSED, CORRECT? I DON'T BELIEVE WE I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT ONE.

I DON'T THINK WE DID ADDRESS THE BATHROOM DOORS.

JASON. SO THERE'S TWO CLASSROOMS, SHARE A BATHROOM, BUT THERE'S ONLY A DOOR ON ONE.

SO THEN PEOPLE HAVE TO GO IN THE OTHER CLASSROOM TO ACCESS THE BATHROOM.

YEAH. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT WE ACTUALLY HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR WHAT WE CAN DO ON THAT THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.

SO WE JUST NEED TO NARROW IT DOWN AND SEE IF THERE'S ONE THAT WANTS TO BE IMPLEMENTED.

OKAY. YEAH, BECAUSE MR. MCROBERTS, WHEN WE WALKED THROUGH IT WITH THE DAO, WE'RE PRETTY ADAMANT THAT THAT NEEDED TO BE FIXED FOR THE NEXT ONE. SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE NEED FIXED.

AND I WANT TO VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT IT TO BE $54 MILLION IN NOVEMBER OR WHATEVER THE GROWING RATE OF INFLATION IS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

BUT THAT IS SOMETHING AND I'M LOOKING BACK AT THE [INAUDIBLE] YES.

SO IT'S JUST KIND OF A WONKY, SHARED BATHROOM.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN IT, BUT YEAH, IT'S..

SO I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE CONTINGENCY MONEY THAT MAX IS MENTIONING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT MONEY CAN BE SPENT ON ARE SOME OF THESE CHANGES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO IF THERE IS A DECISION MADE ON ADDING DOORS AT THE RESTROOMS, THEN THAT MONEY IS THERE FOR MAKING THOSE CHANGES WITHOUT CHANGING THE GMV.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO HOLD YOU TO THAT, JASON.

WE'RE GOING TO FIX THOSE BATHROOM DOORS FOR SURE.

MONEY. YEAH. AND IT IS MEANT TO COVER OTHER THINGS AS WELL.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT IS INTENDED TO BE IS FOR OWNER REQUESTED CHANGES.

SO. OKAY.

AND LIKE I SAID, I WANT TO VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE I KNOW WE NEED TO GET THINGS UNDERWAY.

WHAT'S OUR TARGET DATE TO OPEN THIS FALL, 2024? YES, MA'AM. JULY OF 2024.

FALL OF 24, YES, MA'AM.

OKAY. YEAH.

IN ORDER FOR THAT TO EVEN POTENTIALLY BE A REALITY, I THINK WE NEED TO GET MOVING WITH OUR SUBS.

BUT WE MAY NEED TO.

FIGURE OUT SOME OF THESE PRIORITIES, PRIORITIES FOR THIS.

MRS. OROSCO.

SO I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS TONIGHT.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO USE A CONTINGENCY MONEY TO FIX SOMETHING WE SHOULD HAVE PLANNED AND FIXED, RIGHT? SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE NO ON THIS TONIGHT.

I DO WANT THIS TO BE BUILT, BUT I WANT US TO DO MORE PRE-PLANNING AND MORE THINKING ABOUT IT AND NOT JUST SAY, HEY, WE CAN USE THAT CONTINGENCY MONEY TO FIX ANYTHING THAT WE FORGOT TO FIX.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S OKAY.

SO I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS TONIGHT.

BUT THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.

ALL RIGHT. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD MOVED TO APPROVE THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE OF $44,860,127 SUBMITTED BY BARTLETT COCKE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 16 DESIGNED BY HUCKABEE ARCHITECTS AS PRESENTED.

MOVE BY MR. MCMANUS, SECONDED BY MR. VELA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.

ANY OPPOSED.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE 6 TO 1.

ESPERANZA OROSCO IS THE NAY VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF OUR FF&E FOR THE DISTRICT WIDE

[L.7. Consideration and possible approval of Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment (FF&E) District wide]

LOTS ON THIS, VERY EXCITING.

THIS IS ON PAGE 130 OF YOUR BOARD PACKET.

[01:05:05]

OPENING UP FOR QUESTIONS.

SAME AS LAST WEEK.

MR. SERVERANCE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES, I DIDN'T.

LAST WEEK I DID NOT ASK THIS QUESTION.

AND I AND LOOKING AT IT NOW, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

SO THE FF&E FOR LIVE OAK AND THE GMP, WE JUST VOTED ON THE FF&E WAS 523-124 AND IN THE BREAKDOWN ON PAGE 131, IT SAYS THE BREAKDOWN YOU HAVE FOR THIS WAS 526-460 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 16 WHICH WE JUST VOTED ON, THE GMP, WE HAVE FF&E AT 2.3 MILLION.

BUT ON THIS BREAKDOWN YOU HAVE IT AT 3.052786.

YES, SIR. AND THEN WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON THE GMP FOR THE ACADEMIC SUPPORT CENTER, BUT IT'S IN THIS BUCKET AS WELL.

IS THAT GOING TO.

IT'S AN ESTIMATE. IT'S AN ESTIMATE.

AND SO CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THE DIFFERENCES IN THOSE NUMBERS BASED ON WHAT WE JUST VOTED ON? YES, SIR. ES SIXTEENTHS THE EASIEST ONE TO DESCRIBE? WE BASICALLY REMOVED FF&E DOLLARS TO STAND UP THE GMP FOR ELEMENTARY 16, THE LIVE OAK ACADEMY, ONE THAT IS A PERCENTAGE DRIVEN THING.

SO THEN WHEN THE GMP WENT DOWN FROM LAST WEEK TO THIS WEEK, THE ASSOCIATED 7% ALSO WENT DOWN TO FIVE FROM 526 TO 523. AND I JUST DIDN'T CHANGE IT IN THAT DOCUMENT AND THEN ASC THAT WAS THE MOST RECENT PUBLISHED, PUBLICLY PUBLISHED NUMBER THAT WE WENT OVER WITH THE BOARD, OH GOSH, ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO AT THE AT THE SD APPROVAL.

CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT THE THAT NUMBER IS THE SAME AS WHAT IT SAYS HERE? WHICH NUMBERS SIR? WHATEVER YOU PRESENTED BACK IN MAY OR YOU JUST SAID WE PRESENTED THIS BACK TO THE BOARD, I DON'T RECALL THAT ACTUAL NUMBER, SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT.

BUT BUT ON THE BUT ON THE GMP, WE JUST VOTED ON FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 16.

ON PAGE 127, THE FF&E, IT'S THIS 2.3 MILLION.

IT DOESN'T, IT'S, IT'S OKAY FOR US THEN TO BE LISTING IT ON PAGE 131 AS 3.052.

THE CONCEPT WOULD BE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SPENT 2.25 SEVEN AT SUNFIELD.

WE'VE ASKED FOR 2.3 AT ELEMENTARY 16.

THIS NUMBER, LIKE I SAID, THAT WAS JUST DRIVEN.

THAT'S A PERCENTAGE DRIVEN.

SO WE COULD GO BACK UP TO THAT NUMBER.

WE COULD ACTUALLY GO BACK UP TO THAT NUMBER IF NEEDED.

SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LOWER THAT TO B TO B TWO THREE, IF THAT WOULD BE DESIRABLE, WE CAN WE CAN DO THAT.

BUT THAT NUMBER IS JUST A PERCENTAGE DRIVEN NUMBER FROM THE ORIGINAL GMP, 7% FROM THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION, ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF 3.9 MILLION, 39 MILLION.

YOU KNOW THAT AS THE AS WE GO ON THE COST JOURNEY, IT GOES UP AND DOWN.

SO IT WAS RIGHT THERE.

THREE, FIVE, TWO WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 50% CD AND THEN WHERE WE WERE AT GMP.

SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S RIGHT IN THERE, RIGHT IN THAT 30.

SO IT WAS AT 3,021,000 AT 50% CD.

AND THEN AT SOME POINT LAST WEEK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AT 3,052,000.

AND THEN WE WHITTLED IT DOWN TO MAKE THE GMP WHOLE.

OKAY. WALK ME THROUGH IT.

WHAT I MEAN, DO YOU? I JUST NEED TO KNOW, LIKE WE APPROVED 2.3 ON THE GMP.

IT DOESN'T SAY 3.052.

I'M NOT SAYING I WANT TO DO LESS, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE.

WHATEVER WE AGREE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE CONSISTENT ON WHAT WE AGREED TO DO ON THE FF&E PURCHASE.

YES, SIR. I WOULD LEAVE IT THEN, AS IT'S STATED THERE, TO GIVE US THE THE TO GIVE US SOME ABILITY TO GO UP ON THE SAFETY ITEMS. AND IF THE CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION ITEMS COME IN HIGHER, THAT WOULD GIVE US SOME FLEXIBILITY.

BECAUSE THAT NUMBER IS PERCENTAGE DRIVEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PERCENTAGE DRIVEN NUMBER.

SO THAT'S WHY LIKE ON PAGE 127, YOU CAN SEE THAT FF&E NUMBER IS A MOVING TARGET AS WE GO THROUGH THE THE COST JOURNEY.

SO THAT'S WHY IT CHANGES BECAUSE IT WAS JUST A SNAPSHOT IN TIME WHEN I DID THE THE DOCUMENT ON PAGE 131.

AND SO IT JUST DIDN'T GET CHANGED IF THAT WOULD IF THAT WOULD MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER TO CHANGE THAT NUMBER, WE SURE CAN.

WELL, I'D JUST LIKE THE OPINION OF THE BOARD AND WHAT WE SHOULD DO THERE.

[01:10:02]

MR. MCMANUS. SO MAX, HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SPENT.

SO MY BEST GUESS RIGHT NOW ON SUNFIELD, WE SPENT 2.25 MILLION.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN 30% INCREASES.

WE'VE SEEN 0% INCREASES, YOU KNOW, 2% INCREASES.

AND SO THE WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET THIS GMP DONE FOR 16.

YOU KNOW, IT'S PERCEIVED IT'S CONCEIVABLE THAT YOU WOULD SPEND MORE THAN 2.3.

AND THAT WAS THE WAY WE WROTE THE GMP THAT WROTE THE DOCUMENT FOR ELEMENTARY 16 IS THAT WE WOULD GO BACK AND AND, YOU KNOW, USE CHILD NUTRITION FUNDS, BOND INTEREST, INCOME AND SAFETY FUNDING SHOULD WE NEED IT.

AND SO I WOULD RECOMMEND ON FF&E ON PAGE 131 LEAVING THAT IS 16 NUMBER SOMEWHERE HIGHER THAN 2.3 MILLION.

SO THESE ARE SEPARATE BOND BUCKETS, RIGHT? YES, SIR. SO CONCEIVABLY, COULD YOU SPEND, SAY, 5.3, IS THAT WHAT I MEAN SO IS IT 2.3 IN THE GMP PLUS 3.05 TO IN THIS BOND BUCKET? NO, SIR, IT'S THE SAME.

HOW WOULD WE KNOW THAT IF WE DIDN'T ASK THOSE QUESTIONS? AND I'M STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED AS TO THE SEPARATE LIST AND HOW MUCH THE DISTRICT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO SPEND ON THINGS AND WHICH ONE OF THESE BUCKETS OF MONEY IS KIND OF TRUMPING THE OTHER.

YES, SIR. YOU COULD IF YOU WANT TO, IF WE'VE GOT TO DO IT THAT WAY, I WOULD SAY LET'S MAKE IT THE SAME AS THE ONE ON PAGE 127. WELL, THAT'S FINE.

I'M, I'M MORE CONFUSED THAN I AM CONCERNED AT THIS POINT.

SO WHY IS IT IN BOTH PLACES? BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO ESTABLISH A SPEND LIMIT.

AND THOSE ARE FF&E NUMBERS FOR THE PROJECTS, WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH A SPEND LIMIT.

SO THE SPEND LIMIT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT LISTED IN THE GMP AT 3.052, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU WANTED AT.

YES, SIR. THAT WOULD BE THE THE BUDGET WAY TO DO IT AT THE 7%.

OKAY. SO THE MECHANICS OF THIS THING, WHEN WE TAKE THESE BONDS OR I MEAN, THEY'RE OUT THERE, HOW ARE THESE COMING INTO, LIKE DIFFERENT BUCKETS? I'M JUST I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED AS THE MECHANICS OF HOW THAT'S ACTUALLY WORKING IF WE'RE TAKING THE SCHOOL OUT AT THE GMP, BUT WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT AN EXTRA 700,000 BUCKS FLOATING AROUND OVER HERE.

I'M SORRY, WHERE WHERE'S THE EXTRA 700 FLOATING AROUND? WELL, YOU'VE GOT 3.052 AND YOU'VE GOT 2.3 ON THE GMP.

YEAH. THERE'S NOT AN EXTRA 700 FLOATING AROUND.

SO WHERE IS IT? OKAY, SO THEN WALK ME THROUGH THAT.

OKAY, SO WE HAD, WE STARTED AT THE GO TO PAGE 127.

YEP. SO AT 50% CD WE WERE AT 3,021,000 OF FF&E.

THAT'S JUST A PERCENTAGE.

I'M WITH YOU. YEP.

AND SO THEN AT THAT POINT, WE STARTED GOING, OKAY, THIS GMP COULD COME IN HIGHER.

WE MIGHT HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR THIS.

AND SO WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT SUNFIELD AND SUNFIELD WE'VE SPENT 2.25 IN FF&E AND 4.64 IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND FEES.

SO THE FF&E NUMBER WE BACKED UP.

WE JUST WE JUST HAND JAMMED THESE NUMBERS TO MAKE THE GMP WORK AT THAT POINT.

SO WE PUT IN 2.3 TO COVER THE FF&E AND 667 WAS THE BALANCE.

AND SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THAT GMP NUMBER ON 127.

AS FAR AS THE MECHANICS OF IT GO, ON PAGE 131, I LITERALLY DIDN'T PULL THE SPREADSHEET AND PUT IT BACK ON THIS PAGE.

SO THE MECHANICS, IN OTHER WORDS, MY THESE DOCUMENTS DON'T JUST AUTO POPULATE EVERYWHERE.

WHEN WHEN A BUTTON IS CHANGED IN ONE PLACE, WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHANGE THEM EVERYWHERE.

SO WE COULD SPEND MORE THAN 2.3.

AND IF WE DO, THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM CHILD NUTRITION OR BOND ISSUE OR INTEREST INCOME OR.

OR SAFETY MONEY.

I UNDERSTAND WHY WE DID IT.

I JUST KIND OF A BAD LOOK.

I MEAN, MY IN MY OPINION, IT'S I JUST I MEAN, WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO SPEND 2.3 ON FF&E, AND I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DID IT.

I'M REALLY NOT COMPLAINING AS MUCH AS I AM.

I JUST, I'M A LITTLE WORRIED IT DOESN'T REALITY MAY NOT MATCH WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT LISTED ON THE AGREEMENT WITH WHOMEVER WE'RE BUYING IT FROM, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW. IT JUST LOOKS ODD TO ME.

I'M COMFORTABLE VOTING FOR THE SNIDE.

I'M GOING TO DO THAT.

BUT IT JUST I DON'T KNOW.

THE NUMBERS JUST ARE A LITTLE WONKY AND I'M HAVING TROUBLE TRACKING THEM.

SO I WORRY THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE PUBLIC MIGHT HAVE TROUBLE TRACKING THESE THINGS.

WHAT'S IT ALL FOR? I THINK WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO VERY CLEARLY ARTICULATE, IF WE GO ABOVE THAT 2.3 WHERE THAT MONEY CAME FROM AND WE SURE BETTER NOT EXCEED

[01:15:07]

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU. AND TEAM, I DID MENTION THIS DURING AGENDA SETTING THAT THEY SHOULD MATCH.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE COUPLE OF WEEKS SINCE AGENDA SETTING, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE HAVE BEEN AND THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PART OF IT BECAUSE IT WAS CONFUSING TO ME READING IT. AND SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT LIVE OAK SHOULD BE 523.

MR. CLEAVER, IS THAT CORRECT? IT CAN BE, YES, MA'AM.

OKAY. SO THAT MAKES MORE SENSE.

I'M LESS CONCERNED ABOUT ES16 BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES, ALTHOUGH IT IS A LITTLE CONFUSING THAT IT'S LISTED AS THREE HERE AND 2.3 THERE. AND AGAIN, I MENTIONED THIS LAST WEEK.

WE NORMALLY DON'T SEE FF&E UNTIL LATER AND WE'RE HAVING TO DO IT KIND OF AT THE SAME TIME AS GMP, WHICH IS NOT USUALLY OUR TIMELINE OR OUR PROCESS. I DO THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO KIND OF SEE IT.

AND I EVEN ASK, WHY DO WE EVEN HAVE TO DO THIS AS A SEPARATE THING? IT'S ALREADY IN THE GMP.

WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO THIS SEPERATE? BUT WE DO.

WELL, IT'S BECAUSE THE CONTRACT WITH WORTHINGTON IS OUT.

AND SO WE HAVE WE HAVE TO HAVE A NEW VENDOR TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.

SO YOU'RE NOT ALONE TO BE CONFUSED? I WAS ALSO CONFUSED.

SURE. DR. WRIGHT. AND SO AFTER LISTENING TO THE DISCUSSION ON MONDAY NIGHT, WE KNEW THAT WE WANTED TO MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS THAT ELEMENTARY 16.

AND SO MAX AND I DISCUSSED THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT.

AND EVERYTHING ALWAYS LEADS IN THE IN THE BOOK.

BUT SO MAYBE THIS WILL MAKE SENSE.

SO ON PAGE 131 ON H, WE SHOULD CHECK THE OTHER BOX AND THEN PUT THAT THE OTHER 700,000 IS COMING FROM BOND INTERESTS AND CHILD NUTRITION BECAUSE THAT GETS US TO THAT 3 MILLION.

BUT WE WANTED TO GUARANTEE THAT WE GOT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS BECAUSE TO BUILD THOSE NOW VERSUS TRYING TO ADD THEM LATER.

AND WHEN MAX AND I WENT OUT ON THE BOND TALK TOUR, WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO REPLICATE WHAT WE HAD AT SUNFIELD AND THAT'S THE THE 900 CAPACITY.

SO WHEN MAX AND I DISCUSSED THIS LATER THIS WEEK, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS? WE CAN DO IT MULTIPLE WAYS.

AND I SAID, TAKE IT DOWN TO 23, AND THEN WE'LL GET THE OTHER 700,000 FROM CHILD NUTRITION AND FROM BOND INTEREST AND WE'LL EARMARK THAT MONEY.

BUT WE WANTED IT IN THIS OVERALL FF&E CONTRACT BECAUSE WORTHINGTON'S RAN OUT.

IT'S A FIVE YEAR DEAL AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS CAPTURED HERE, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE ADDED THE FUNDING SOURCE UNDER H.

WELL, YES, OR MAYBE FOUR S 16 ONLY.

RIGHT. OKAY. SO WHAT I'M HEARING AS WE VOTE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THIS UP A LITTLE BIT, THIS TRANSMITTAL SHEET, THE LIVE OAK ACADEMY LINE ITEM SHOULD BE $523,124. THE OTHER NUMBERS STAY THE SAME.

HOWEVER, H UNDER OTHER WOULD BE CHECKED AND THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR ES16 WILL COME FROM CHILD NUTRITION AND FUND BALANCE AND INTEREST.

WHAT DO WE CALL THAT INTEREST THAT OUR LUCKY POT OF INTEREST.

BOND INTEREST INCOME, BOND INTEREST INCOME.

OUR BUCKET OF INTEREST.

YES. OKAY.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM? ALL RIGHT. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD APPROVED MULTIPLE VENDORS TO FACILITATE THE PURCHASE OF FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT FOR GENERAL FUND PURCHASES AND BOND PROJECTS AND AUTHORIZE THE BOND THRESHOLD SPENDING LIMIT, AS DISCUSSED.

SO MOVED. MOVED BY MR. VELA. SECONDED BY MR. MCMANUS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

GREAT JOB, TEAM. THAT CONCLUDES OUR ACTION ITEMS FOR THE EVENING.

OKAY, NEXT UP, WE HAVE M1 AND TEAM THIS IS OUR OUTSIDE COUNSEL FOR THE

[M.1. Discussion and input regarding Outside Counsel for the Hays CISD Board of Trustees]

WHAT I'D LIKE FOR EVERYONE TO DO IS TO SEND MS..

GLORIA AN EMAIL OF YOUR TOP THREE, AND THEN THE BOARD OFFICERS ARE GOING TO INTERVIEW. MAYBE OUR TOP TWO OR THREE CHOICES AND THEN REPORT BACK A RECOMMENDATION IN NOVEMBER.

[01:20:08]

GLORIA CAN PROVIDE THOSE.

I THINK MOST OF YOU HAVE THEM OR YOU CAN PERUSE THE RFPS ONLINE.

MRS. RUNKLE, YOU HAVE A QUESTION.

NOW, WOULD YOU ALSO LIKE US TO SEND THEM TO BOARD SECRETARY AS WELL? NO. OKAY.

NO, JUST TO MISS GLORIA.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM? ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

[M.2. Discussion and input regarding 2023 Hays CISD Legislative Priorities]

RIGHT. DO YOU WANT TO TALK ON THIS ITEM? YES. THANK YOU.

SO THANKS TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR FOR RANKING AND SENDING IN YOUR TOP TEN PRIORITIES.

MS.. GLORIA TOOK ALL OF YOUR CHOICES AND LIKE, CAPTURED ALL THE NUMBER ONES.

NUMBER TWO IS NUMBER THREE'S AND THEN ALL THE TOP TEN THAT MADE THE LIST.

AND SO THESE ARE THE TOP TEN, NOT IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER.

AND THEN WE USED THE HEADERS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.

SO IF AND WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO DISCUSS WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS WILL HAVE KIND OF CATEGORIES.

BUT THESE ARE THE TOP TEN FROM THE BOARD THAT MADE OUR LIST.

OKAY. I THINK THIS IS A PRETTY STRONG LIST.

SOME OF MINE DIDN'T MAKE IT, BUT I'M OKAY WITH THE LIST THAT WE CREATED AS A TEAM.

SO THANK YOU FOR SUBMITTING YOUR PRIORITIZED LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, TEAM.

MRS. OROZCO.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE DISTINCTION THAT THEY'RE NOT RANKED BECAUSE WE JUST SAID TEN.

WE DIDN'T RANK THEM RIGHT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW EVERY ONE LIKE HOW MANY TALLIES EACH ONE GOT BECAUSE LIKE THIS ONE, THE WHICH ALL OF THEM WERE WONDERFUL THAT YOU BROUGHT TO US THE SUPPORT KEEPING THE TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM IN DEFINED BENEFIT.

I'M REALLY SURPRISED TO SEE THAT IT MADE THE CUT AND THERE WERE SO MANY OTHER ONES THAT WERE, I MEAN, REALLY HIGH UP THERE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW THEY WERE CHOSEN.

AND WHICH ONES DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT.

RIGHT? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE SOME THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT THAT WE'VE SELECTED.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, TEAM? BUT GREAT. OH, WHAT? ONE MOMENT. YEAH. BUT I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT START.

THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE ADVOCATING FOR SUCH PRIORITIES.

I THINK THAT WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE TO HELP MAKE THAT DECISION BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT SOME REALLY STRONG CONTENDERS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YEAH, I DIDN'T KNOW WHO E.W.

AND MS WAS AT FIRST, AND THEN I REALIZED THAT'S ERIC, RIGHT? SO GREAT.

YES, I KNEW THAT.

BUT IT WAS NICE TO SEE THAT YOU HAD PINNED YOUR OWN.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? PERFECT. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE MOVING ON NOW.

DISCUSSION AND INPUT REGARDING THE NEW ACADEMIC SUPPORT CENTER TEAM.

[M.3. Discussion and input regarding the New Academic Support Center]

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TONIGHT FOR THIS MR. SEVERANCE AND THEN MRS. OROSCO. YEAH.

THANKS, MAX, FOR ANSWERING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO PEOPLE.

THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE.

LOOKS LIKE IT DID DECREASE.

WE HAVE YOU SAID 300 CURRENT BOTH FULL TIME ON ITINERANT AND 59 FUTURE IS THE WAY THAT WE ORIGINALLY BUILT IT AND THEN THE ESTIMATED NOW IS 258 CURRENT AND 65 FUTURE EMPLOYEES.

SO THE 42 CURRENT EMPLOYEES..

PLUS 280 GUESTS AND ITINERANTS.

SO I PROBABLY NEED TO BREAK OUT THE 300 WHAT THAT WAS IN TERMS OF CURRENT AND ITINERANTS.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE PROBABLY RUNNING AGROUND.

YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S JUST A LOT OF I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT CHANGED? JUST YOU TOOK ITINERANTS OUT.

IS THAT ALL THAT WE DID? IT'S A SUM.

SO LET ME GET THE NUMBERS WITH THE FINAL NUMBERS WERE.

SO YOU NEED TO BREAK DOWN BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL PROGRAMING WITH THE HOW MANY WERE ITINERANT, HOW MANY WERE FULL TIME.

AND THEN WHAT WHAT CHANGED WITH THE ITINERANTS COMING OUT? JUST THAT WAS JUST A DECISION THAT WE JUST FELT LIKE THEY NEED TO BE OUT IN THE OUT ON THE FIELD MORE OR THEY DIDN'T NEED A PERMANENT OFFICE? RIGHT THROUGH THE SIX MEETINGS WITH CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION.

YES SIR. AND THEN I DID END UP GOING BACK TO PAGE FIVE OF 16 FROM THE AUGUST 22.

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BUT AND SHAME ON ME FOR NOT LOOKING AT IT THEN.

BUT THE BOND CALCULATIONS FOR FULL TIME USERS REVISE VERSUS WHAT WE ORIGINALLY PUT TOGETHER.

I KNOW SOME OF IT CHANGED.

THERE'S SOME DELTA, THERE'S 4% LESS IN COMMUNICATIONS, SEVEN IN TECHNOLOGY, ONE IN OPERATIONS, THREE IN HR.

AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE 69 AND CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION AND THEN FINANCE ACTUALLY OVER.

MAYBE. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THOSE LIKE? WHAT ARE THOSE DELTAS LIKE? WHAT ARE THOSE? WHERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE GOING THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING IN THERE NOW? OR WHERE ARE THOSE BUCKETS? I CAN'T SIT HERE AND TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT IF YOU'LL AFTER THE MEETING, YOU'LL SHOW ME WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

IT'S ON PAGE FIVE OF 16 FROM THE AUGUST 22 OCR PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD.

AUGUST 2022.

OKAY. I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

AND YOU TOLD ME THAT'S WHERE HE TOLD ME IT WAS.

OKAY. AND WHAT DO YOU AND YOU WANT TO KNOW? THE DELTAS, I JUST CURIOUS THE DELTAS.

I MEAN WE BOOKED AT IT AT 323-258 FULL TIME, 65 FUTURE AND 280 AND THEN NOW IT'S DIFFERENT.

I'M JUST CURIOUS THAT THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, WE ALL MET WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND EVERYONE SAID THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY NEED, THIS WILL THEIR FUTURE IS GOING TO BE.

SO IF THOSE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY NOT THE SAME, I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHAT CHANGED AND WHY IT CHANGED.

GOT IT. I JUST WANT TO DO WHAT WE SAY AND SAY WHAT WE DO.

THAT'S IT. JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE ACTUALLY SUPPORTING ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND WHAT THEIR CURRENT GROWTH IS AND WHAT THEIR FUTURE GROWTH IS PLAN TO BE TO SUPPORT A DISTRICT OF OVER 30,000 KIDS IN PROBABLY LESS THAN TEN YEARS.

YES, SIR. AWESOME.

THANK YOU. MS. OROSCO, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES, I KNOW THAT.

HOPEFULLY OCR IS GOING TO GIVE ME A TOUR OF SOME BOARD ROOMS SINCE THAT WAS CANCELED PREVIOUSLY AND WE COULDN'T JUST MAKE SOMETHING WORK.

SO I'M HOPING TO GET THAT BEFORE OUR NEXT NOVEMBER MEETING.

I HOPE TO GO VISIT SOME BOARD ROOMS. YES, MA'AM. HAVE YOU PROVIDED AVAILABILITY? I SURE HAVE. OKAY, PERFECT.

ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON SAFETY AND SECURITY INITIATIVES DISTRICT WIDE.

[M.4. Update on safety and security initiatives district wide]

TEAM DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. [INAUDIBLE]? MS. OROSCO. I JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT OR IF YOU CAN SHARE WITH US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEW CAMPAIGN FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. I KNOW WE'VE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AND WE SAW SOME GREAT POSTERS GOING OUT ON THE NEW ELEMENTARY [INAUDIBLE].

SO THAT'S TIM SAVOY'S BRAINCHILD THAT HE WE TALKED ABOUT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE WERE SEEING SOME QUESTIONS THAT WERE COMING UP, SPECIFICALLY, A LOT OF IT DEALING WITH HALLOWEEN AND SOME VARIOUS THINGS, ESPECIALLY WITH RAINBOW, FENTANYL AND THOSE ISSUES.

MR. SAVOY DID A QUEST TRYING TO LOCATE SOME SORT OF REALLY MATERIALS TARGETED TOWARDS OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITHOUT GOING TO EXTREME.

ULTIMATELY, WHAT HE FOUND WAS THAT THERE WAS NOTHING REALLY OUT THERE.

SO IN GREAT TIM FASHION, HE DID WHAT HE ALWAYS DOES AND HE CREATED THE POSTER.

I WILL TELL YOU, WE HAD A LOT OF FUN WITH HIM TALKING ABOUT HIS DANCING PILL.

IF SOME OF YOU ALL REMEMBER OUR DANCING CANDY FROM THE DRIVE IN MOVIE THEATER DAYS, I'M PROBABLY DATING MYSELF.

BUT TIM WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS CLIP ART THAT HE WAS ABLE TO ADDRESS.

BUT WE ACTUALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THAT TO SHAC, AND IT WAS WONDERFULLY RECEIVED BY EVERYBODY.

WE'RE HEARING REALLY POSITIVE THINGS FROM FOLKS IN REGARDS TO THAT IN THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL, HAS REALLY SUPPORTED US IN THAT PARTICULAR AVENUE.

WE'RE WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY ON OUR VIDEOS.

WE'VE WORKED WITH MR. LEOS AND WE'RE LOOKING VERY CLOSE TO HAVING OUR NEXT TWO VIDEOS READY TO THROW ONTO OUR SITE AND REALLY SPEND SOME TIME EDUCATING AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

AND OF COURSE, OUR HOSTED EVENT AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH.

SO THE ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM, IS IT GOING TO BE ROLLED OUT THROUGH THE COUNSELORS AT THEIR HOME CAMPUS OR IS IT OUTSIDE PERSON GOING TO COME? SO WHAT WE ARE WORKING WITH IS REALLY AN EDUCATION PIECE THAT WE ARE PUTTING ON THE WEBSITE ONLY.

AND REALLY THE ISSUE THERE IS, IS WE ARE TRYING TO OUTREACH TO PARENTS TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEIR CHILDREN, BECAUSE CERTAINLY OUR GOAL IS, IS THAT'S A CONVERSATION AT THAT YOUNG AGE FOR PARENTS TO DECIDE WHAT IS APPROPRIATE AND WHAT ISN'T.

OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AVAILABLE, THE RESOURCES THAT ARE THERE.

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SO WE'RE REALLY HAVING TO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND REALLY LOOK FOR THAT AVENUE.

MOST OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH IS THE TEEN AGE, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU CAN HAVE A CHILD WHO REACHES INTO A, YOU KNOW, A SIBLING OR A PARENT'S BACKPACK OR THEIR ROOM AND TAKE SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULDN'T.

AND SO OUR GOAL IS REALLY TO TARGET THOSE POSTERS TO THE KIDS WHO READ THAT IS HAVING IT IN OUR NURSES CLINIC AND ALSO IN LIKE OUR FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE HALLWAYS. AND THEN REALLY THERE WAS THE QUESTION OF JUST READING THE POSTER TO THE KIDS IN CLASS AND REALLY JUST THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT TAKING ANYTHING, REALLY JUST GOING OVER LINE BY LINE, WHAT IS ON THE POSTER? WONDERFUL. MR. SAVOY, YOU DID AN AWESOME JOB ON THAT POSTER.

IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.

YES. AND HOPEFULLY, MAYBE HE'LL COME UP WITH A COLORING BOOK.

THEN HE COULD ALSO DISTRIBUTE.

THAT WOULD BE FUN.

YOU ARE GOING TO DO A COLORING BOOK.

WE WILL WORK WITH HIM TO GET A COLORING BOOK OUT THERE.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

AND HE HAS NOTHING ELSE TO DO.

I'M SURE THAT'S RIGHT.

EXCUSE ME. SORRY, SORRY, SORRY.

WE DO HAVE A COLORING BOOK ACTUALLY.

IT'S NOT ONE WE DID, THOUGH.

I CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT.

IT'S WHEN WE ORDERED THAT YOU CAN IMPRINT, BUT IT'S KIND OF A GENERIC SAY NO TO DRUGS COLORING BOOK, THAT'S REALLY COOL.

I COULDN'T GET IN TOUCH, BUT YOUR LITTLE PILLS WERE REALLY ADORABLE AND EFFECTIVE, SO SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. [INAUDIBLE]? I JUST I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, MS. GARGI, BEFORE YOU GO.

SO YOU MENTIONED THE SHAC AND WE DON'T GET TO TALK ABOUT THEM VERY MUCH HERE AS A BOARD.

BUT I WANTED TO ASK YOU, HOW MUCH OF THE FIGHTING FENTANYL CAMPAIGN OR SOME OF THE THESE RECENT ISSUES HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE SHACK? DO WE TALK TO THEM ABOUT THESE ISSUES? SO NOT THIS PAST MEETING, BUT THE MONTH BEFORE WHEN WE REALLY WERE CHAMPIONING THE KIND OF THE INTEGRATION OF THIS, I ACTUALLY DID A PRESENTATION FOR SHAC ABOUT OUR FENTANYL PROGRAM. WE HAD VERY GOOD FEEDBACK, VERY RECEPTIVE, OUR SHAC MEMBERS SPECIFICALLY.

IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE DURING THE SHAC MEETING, THIS PAST MEETING DATE THAT WE HAD, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP BY SHAC WAS THAT WE WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WAS ANYTHING FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOLKS AVAILABLE, ETC.

AND SO IT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO BE ABLE TO SAY, WELL, AS A MATTER OF FACT, LET ME SHOW YOU THIS POSTER THAT WE JUST HAD COMPLETED.

AND SO THEY EVEN SAW IT BEFORE WE HAD ACTUALLY PUBLISHED IT.

SO IT WAS IT WAS IT WAS INCREDIBLY WELL RECEIVED BY EVERYBODY.

AND THEY WERE SUPER EXCITED THAT WE WERE REALLY KIND OF ALMOST READING THEIR MINDS, IN EFFECT, WHAT THEY WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR FROM US.

SO VERY PROUD OF OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND I THINK WE'RE VERY DIALED IN TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS ARE AND REALLY MAKING HEADWAY IN TRYING TO AT LEAST COMBAT THIS HORRIFIC, TRAGIC, AWFUL PANDEMIC THAT IS BEFALLING OUR COMMUNITY AND IT'S COSTING KIDS THEIR LIVES.

AGREED. WELL, SO I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE POSTERS AS WE TOUR CAMPUSES, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE HALLS, NURSES, CLINICS, MAYBE NOT CAFETERIA, BECAUSE THAT'S MORE ALL AGES.

CORRECT. WE'RE TARGETING THE FOURTH, FIFTH GRADE HALLWAYS AND OUR OUR NURSES CLINICS THERE AT THE PRINT SHOP, I BELIEVE.

NOW, IS THAT CORRECT? THE POSTERS, YES.

OKAY. WE'VE GOT THE ORDER. SO MAYBE NOT THIS WEEK, BUT SOON.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE HOW FAST ERIC CAN GET TO THEM.

AND JUST SO THE COMMUNITY KNOWS, THE DISTRICT SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT YOU HELPED TO SPEARHEAD IS HAPPENING THIS WEDNESDAY.

YES. RAUL VELA AND I SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE ALONG WITH SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FOLKS IN THE DISTRICT.

AND WE WILL SEND A RECAP OF THAT MEETING TO THE ENTIRE BOARD AFTER THAT IS COMPLETED.

SO YOU'LL HAVE AN UPDATE.

AND SO I APPRECIATE MS. [INAUDIBLE] GETTING THOSE ORGANIZED AND GETTING US ALL TOGETHER.

YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE? OK, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[M.5. Update on bond, construction, and renovation projects in the district]

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CLEAVER? MRS. RUNKLE. HOW DO YOU PLAN TO ADDRESS THE 30%, MR. CLEAVER? WELL, IF I'M DOING MY MATH RIGHT, I MISSED EITHER A WALL OR A ROOF OR A PORTION OF A WALL OR A ROOF.

RIGHT. SO, YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

I HAVE TO GO SEE THAT YOUNG PERSON AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE MISSING.

CAN YOU JUST GIVE US LIKE, A REAL QUICK BRIEFING ON WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR STILL PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL OUTSTANDING? ABSOLUTELY. I THANK YOU.

LAST WEEK I HAD ASKED DEREK TO KIND OF PICK THIS BACK UP.

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MCCORMICK 100%.

WITH THE REMAINING PUNCH ITEMS. LEHMAN ABOUT 60% PENDING NEXT SUMMER WORK.

HAYS HIGH SCHOOL, ABOUT 18% AND SIMON AND CHAPA.

NO PERCENTAGES YET WORKING THROUGH SUBMITTALS AND PROCUREMENT AND THEN SUNFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOLLOW UP WITH FOLLOW UP WORK COMPLETING WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, INCLUDING THE DISPLAY CASES, REMAINING ELECTRICAL PANELS AND INSTALLATION OF PERMANENT MAIN SWITCHBOARD.

SO WE'RE JUST STILL ROLLING ALONG ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. SEVERANCE, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YEAH.

YOU SAID YOU MENTIONED LEHMAN AT 60%.

IS THAT TIED WAY BACK TO ROOF AND HVAC? THAT'S RIGHT. THAT WE'RE.

IT'S A TWO SUMMER PROJECT.

GOTCHA. ROOF AND HVAC.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS.

ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE ELECTRICAL PANELS AT THE SUNFIELD.

I DID NOT REALIZE THEY WERE COOKING ALL THEIR FOOD RIGHT HERE IN THIS CAMPUS EVERY SINGLE DAY, BECAUSE THEIR CAFETERIA DOESN'T WORK YET AT SUNFIELD BECAUSE OF A VERY, VERY TRICKY ELECTRICAL PANEL THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON FOR HOW MANY WEEKS SINCE WELL BEFORE THIS? I MEAN, I HEARD 80 WEEKS OR SOMETHING RIDICULOUS A YEAR.

I MEAN, ELECTRICAL PANELS WENT IN A YEAR AGO.

YEAH. SO IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.

AND THEY SAID IT WITH A SMILE AND IT'S FINE AND WE'RE IT'S FINE.

I'M LIKE, YOU'RE DOING WHAT? YOU'RE MAKING FOOD WHERE? RIGHT HERE. OH, IN IN THIS CAMPUS.

OKAY. SO IT SOUNDED LIKE THAT MIGHT BE COMING SOON, BUT BETWEEN NOW AND IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.

YES, MA'AM. OH, MY GOSH.

OH, MY GOSH. OKAY.

WELL, LISTEN, THEY LOVE THAT CAMPUS AND THEY ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE IN THERE.

AND SO THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH THE INCONVENIENCE, AS IT WERE, TO COOK ALL THEIR FOOD HERE.

BUT AND KUDOS WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO FIGURE IT OUT AND SO THAT WE CAN OPEN THE CAMPUS.

THIBODEAUX HE'S HE PRETTY RESOURCEFUL.

YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S AMAZING.

SO AWESOME.

I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED DAHLSTROM.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALMOST DONE.

WE'LL DRIVE BY THERE A LOT.

DECEMBER IS STILL.

ARE WE THINKING EARLY? I KNOW YOU SAID EARLY, BUT THEN YOU DIDN'T WANT TO SAY IT OUT LOUD.

YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD.

BEFORE I SAY THAT, LET ME GET A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION, IF I CAN SAY THAT OUT LOUD.

YES. I THINK YOU SHOULD HEDGE YOUR BETS.

MR. MCMANUS THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE OUT EARLY TODAY.

AND HE MADE THE MISTAKE OF SAYING THAT BEFORE WE HAD 30 MINUTES OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES TONIGHT.

SO I THINK SO.

I THINK THOSE ARE MY ONLY QUESTIONS ABOUT CURRENT PROJECTS.

ANYTHING ELSE, TEAM? ALL RIGHT.

WELL, WE DO GET OUR SUNFIELD, MAGICAL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, WILL YOU LET US KNOW? ABSOLUTELY. MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE PARTY WHEN THEY CAN OFFICIALLY CHRISTEN THEIR OVENS OVER THERE AT SUNFIELDS.

HAVE SOME SNACKS. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

[M.6. Financial Statements]

AND ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. AL.

OK PERFECT.

TEAM WE DO WE NEED TO GO BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION.

DO WE WANT TO DO THAT NOW? YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT AFTER ALL OF THAT.

OK, ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'LL DO REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FOR THE FROM THE BOARD.

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

WHEN ARE EMPLOYEES MADE AWARE OF THEIR COMPENSATION FOLLOWING THE BOARD'S APPROVAL OF ANY PERCENT INCREASE.

FOLLOWING THE BOARD'S APPROVAL OF A SALARY INCREASE.

ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT, MS.

[O. RECAP OF QUESTIONS]

I DO HAVE A FOLLOW UP FROM LAST WEEK ON THE DIP.

HOW MANY STUDENTS OF THE 11,895 APPLICATIONS PROCESS WERE FREE AND HOW MANY WERE REDUCED? THE NEXT QUESTION IS ON HR.

WHY ARE NEW SPLS NOT RECEIVING THE 7% INCREASE IN PAY? WHAT IN ACTION PLAN? WHAT IS ACTION PLAN ON ADDRESSING UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS AND INCORPORATING THAT INTO OUR DIP?

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LIKE WHAT WILL BE DONE IN SCHOOL NUMBER 16 AND NOT BEING INCLUDED IN SCHOOL 16 AND WHY? WHAT IS BREAKDOWN BETWEEN ACTUAL AND ITINERANTS? AND THEN WANT TO KNOW, AND ALL OF THIS HAS THE AGENDA ITEM RELATED.

WANT TO KNOW THE DELTAS OF THE NUMBERS THAT ARE NOT THE SAME IN REGARDS TO PAGE 516 OF THE OCR AUGUST PRESENTATION AND WHEN OUR EMPLOYEES KNOWN WHEN WILL OUR EMPLOYEES KNOW? WHEN OUR EMPLOYEES KNOW THEIR COMPENSATION FOLLOWING THE BOARD'S APPROVAL OF SALARY INCREASE? AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT.

OK, ANYTHING NOT ON THEIR TEAM, WE NEED TO ADD? OKAY. GREAT JOB, MR. OROSCO. THANK YOU FOR RECAPPING THAT.

ALL RIGHT, AT THIS TIME, WE ARE GOING TO CONVENE BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION AND WE

[CLOSED SESSION]

THE TIME IS 8:55.

ALL RIGHT, WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.

[RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION]

AND WE HAVE ONE MORE THING ON OUR AGENDA AND THAT IS TO BE ADJOURNED.

OUR NEXT MEETING IS NOVEMBER 14TH IN THE [INAUDIBLE] ROOM AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 9:36 P.M..

[Q. UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS]