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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE HAYS CISD SPECIAL BOARD MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES.
[A. CALL TO ORDER: Establish a quorum]
WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU LISTENING ONLINE AND THOSE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.TODAY IS MONDAY, MARCH 6TH, 2023, AND THE TIME IS 6:01 P.M..
A QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT.
FIRST UP ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC FORUM MRS. GLORIA, DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC FORUM? OKAY, NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEM.
[C. CONSENT AGENDA]
WE HAVE ONE ITEM AND IT'S ON PAGE FIVE.AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO TURN THE PROVERBIAL GAVEL OVER TO MR. VELA. ALL RIGHT.
DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ITEM? OKAY. I'M GOING TO READ THE SUGGESTED MOTION.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE.
MR.. VELA. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO CANCEL THE TRUSTEE AT LARGE ELECTION? SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, MS. OROSCO THE AT LARGE POSITION, THERE WAS ONLY ONE CANDIDATE THAT FILED.
AND SO THERE'S NOT A NEED TO HAVE AN ELECTION.
WE WOULD. PRESUME THAT THE PERSON THAT FILED IS ELECTED AND WOULD WOULD RESUME THEIR POSITION ON THE NEXT TERM FOR THE SEAT FOR THE AT LARGE POSITION.
BUT IF THERE IS A CONTESTED AT LARGE, THEN YOU CANNOT CANCEL ANY OF THE SINGLE MEMBERS.
THOSE NAMES WOULD HAVE TO APPEAR ON THE BALLOT AND RECEIVE AT LEAST ONE VOTE TO BE IN OFFICE.
THEY CHANGED THE LAW LAST SESSION OR SESSION BEFORE LAST.
NOW, WITH US HAVING A BOND, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S LEGALLY A SEPARATE ELECTION, BUT BECAUSE IT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH A CANCEL AT LARGE, THE NAME OF THE CANDIDATE WHO IS UNOPPOSED AND DECLARED ELECTED WILL APPEAR ON THE BALLOTS AS A CANDIDATES THAT ARE UNOPPOSED AND DECLARED ELECTED.
FANTASTIC. I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT CLARIFICATION FOR OUR PUBLIC.
MS. PETREA HAS BEEN UNOPPOSED BEFORE, SO WE HAD TO CANCEL IT AT THAT TIME AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO GET IT ON THE RECORD FOR OUR PUBLIC.
THANK YOU MR. SAVOY FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE ORDER CANCELING THE MAY 6TH, 2023 AT LARGE TRUSTEE ELECTION AND DECLARE THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE ELECTED.
SO MOVED. MOVED BY MRS OROSCO.
EXCUSE ME. ANY DISCUSSION? CONGRATULATIONS. MS. PETREA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR CONTINUING TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE.
I WILL PASS IT BACK OVER TO YOU, MR. VELA. I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING OVER FOR THAT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. SAVOY FOR HELPING TO EXPLAIN THAT.
OKAY. NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR FIRST INFORMATION ITEM.
[D.1. Discussion of Districtwide Intruder Detection Audit Report Findings Jeri Skrocki]
THIS IS OUR DISCUSSION OF DISTRICT WIDE INTRUDER DETECTION, AUDIT REPORT FINDINGS TEAM.MS. SKROCKI IS HERE TO GIVE US SOME INFORMATION ON THIS ITEM.
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FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR BY THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER SPECIFICALLY.THEY HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT THEY CAN ASSESS AGAINST A DISTRICT AND I SAY AGAINST IT'S BASICALLY AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR CERTAIN THINGS THEY CAN SURMISE OR INCLUDE GENERAL FINDINGS, WHICH THEY HAVE INCLUDED AS NO FINDINGS DOCUMENTED BY THE INSPECTOR AT THE TIME OF THE AUDIT.
THEY CAN ALSO FIND FOR UNEXCUSED UNSECURED ACCESS GAINED INTO THE SCHOOL UNSECURED EXTERIOR DOORS.
THEY CAN ALSO FIND FOR UNSECURED CLASSROOM DOORS ONLY IF THE DISTRICT HAS A POLICY IN HAYS CISD DOES HAVE A POLICY FOR INTERIOR CLASSROOM DOORS AND IT CAN ALSO FIND FOR DOCUMENTATION OF WEEKLY EXTERIOR DOOR SWEEPS WAS NOT OBSERVED.
SO IN THAT CASE, WHAT I WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE DID RECEIVE A NOTICE OF FINDING ON ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT INCLUDED AN UNSECURED CLASSROOM DOOR FOR THAT SPECIFIC CAMPUS.
THERE WERE NO OTHER FINDINGS ON THE CAMPUS.
WE DO HAVE POLICY THAT ALLOWS FOR DOORS TO BE LOCKED.
THEY HAVE TO BE LOCKED WHEN STUDENTS ARE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES.
ALTHOUGH WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS OUR POLICY DOES INCLUDE SOME EXCEPTIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE MAYBE BREAKOUT SESSIONS AND WE HAVE STUDENTS OUT IN THE HALLWAY AND THE TEACHER IS OBSERVING KIDS BECAUSE THEY'VE BROKEN OUT INTO SMALL GROUPS. THEY'RE IN VARIOUS AREAS, MAYBE IN THE HALLWAY DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE CLASSROOM OR NEAR THE CLASSROOM.
IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, WHAT WE HAD IS WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THIS PARTICULAR DOOR.
I CONTACTED THE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE MY QUESTION WAS, ARE YOU LOOKING AT OUR SPECIFIC POLICY TO MAKE ASSESSMENTS IN REGARDS TO THIS? THEY ADVISED THAT THEY WERE CLEARLY JUST LOOKING FOR A DOOR, WHETHER IT WAS OPEN OR NOT, AND IF STUDENTS WERE PRESENT.
SO THEY DIDN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ANY OTHER GUIDELINES THAT WERE PART OF OUR PARTICULAR POLICY.
ULTIMATELY, THE OUTCOMES IN THIS SITUATION, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WE HAVE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS WHICH ADDRESS THAT THROUGH OUR DISTRICT POLICY ON HOW WE ADDRESS AN ISSUE WHICH RESULTS AFTER WE CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION INTO THAT INDIVIDUAL'S GUIDELINES, WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE.
SO WE DO THOSE ON EACH VIOLATION THAT POTENTIALLY HAS BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER.
WE DID HOLD THAT MEETING IN REGARDS TO THIS AS WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO DO.
AND THEN OUR FINAL PIECE OF THIS IS THE REVIEW IN OPEN SESSION, WHICH AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS, THEN I WILL RESPOND TO TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER BY TAKING ALL OF THIS INFORMATION AS IT'S REDUCED TO WRITING AND UPLOADING IT INTO THEIR PORTAL FOR COMPLIANCE TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE AUDIT REQUIREMENTS AS DESIGNATED BY THE DISTRICT.
SO ULTIMATELY, THIS IS THE LAST STEP IN COMPLETION OF THE EVENT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN ON THE AUDIT HOW MANY DOORS, HOW MANY THINGS CAN HAPPEN WHERE YOU FAIL AN AUDIT? JUST THOSE FOUR THINGS THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
SO THAT'S UNSECURED ACCESS GAIN INTO THE SCHOOL UNSECURED EXTERIOR DOORS AND UNSECURED CLASSROOM DOOR ONLY IF THE DISTRICT HAS A POLICY AND WE ARE NOT DOING OUR WEEKLY EXTERIOR DOOR SWEEPS AND DOCUMENTATION BUT ONE DOOR YOU FELL.
THEY MAY WALK A LITTLE BIT FARTHER, BUT THEY GO AS FAR AS THAT.
THERE'S NO PARALLELS OR DIFFERENT TIERS OF IT.
OKAY, TEAM. OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS.
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SKROCKI? MS. OROSCO? MS. SKROCKI. HOW MANY AUDITS HAVE BEEN DONE IN OUR DISTRICT UP TO THIS POINT? WE HAVE HAD 13 AUDITS DONE BY THE DISTRICT.SO OUT OF THOSE 13, WE HAVE HAD ONE THAT HAD SOME FINDINGS.
AT THIS POINT, I'M PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR EVENT.
I THERE ARE SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT I WILL BRING TO YOU AT A LATER BOARD MEETING.
OKAY. BUT WE HAVE HAD 13 THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
WE ARE DOING THOSE WITH 100% COMPLIANCE.
AND SO WHEN YOU DO FIND A FINDING SUCH AS THIS, THAT THERE'S AN INTERIOR DOOR THAT HAS NOT BEEN CLOSED, WHETHER IT FOLLOWS OUR POLICY OR NOT, DEPENDING ON BREAKOUT, WHAT REMEDIATION IS DONE TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
I KNOW YOU DO THE TRAINING, BUT DO WE TAKE OTHER STEPS TO ENSURE THAT THE STAFF KNOWS HOW SERIOUS THIS IS? WELL, I'LL JUST SAY I'M THE ONE WHO DOES THE TRAINING, SO I'M VERY POINTED WITH EVERYONE ON THE EXPECTATIONS.
PEOPLE ARE VERY RECEPTIVE TO IT.
THE REALITY, IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE OFFS.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE ISSUES IN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAY ARISE.
KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHEN YOU SAY IF WE HAVE A POLICY, DO YOU HAVE AN OPEN, UNLOCKED DOOR? THAT IS JUST ALL THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE NUANCES OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
AND SO IF WE MAY HAVE AN ISSUE OR A CIRCUMSTANCE THAT DOESN'T MEET OR DOESN'T.
I GUESS NOT COMPLY WITH OUR STANDARDS.
THAT DOESN'T MATTER FOR TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER.
IT'S THE DOOR WAS OPEN AND THERE WERE KIDS PRESENT.
THEY DON'T TAKE ANYTHING ELSE INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS IT'S CERTAINLY A CONSTANT REMINDER.
EVERY TIME I DO THAT WITH NEWSLETTERS, I DO THAT WITH COMMUNICATION.
MY INTERNAL TEAM IS ALSO DOING SITE VISITS AND ALSO GIVING THE REPORTS TO THOSE CAMPUSES AND THEN, OF COURSE, TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AS WELL. SO WE ARE REACHING OUT AND WE ARE MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE THIS THE NEW NORMAL, IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE IT'S A VERY NEW DYNAMIC TO THE DISTRICT. BUT I THINK WE'RE MAKING GREAT HEADWAY.
THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE HICCUPS IN THE ROAD.
AND IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED FROM US IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE 100% PASSING THESE AUDITS? OR IS IT GOING TO BE HUMAN ERROR, IF YOU WILL? I THINK WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE THAT MOMENT.
I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE THAT PERFECT STORM WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE A HICCUP HERE AND THERE.
I'M SHARING MY SITE VISITS AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS IT ON A CAMPUS BY CAMPUS BASIS.
WE WILL GO OUT TO PTA MEETINGS, WE'LL GO TO PD AND VARIOUS THINGS IF NECESSARY.
IF NECESSARY, I WILL HAVE LITTLE I CAN HAVE ONE OFFS WITH GROUPS AS WELL IF NECESSARY, BUT THUS FAR I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GETTING WE'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS TALKING TO SOME OF MY PARTNERS WHO ARE IN MY POSITION IN OTHER DISTRICTS.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS WE'VE BEEN HAVING.
SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE DEFINITELY ON ON THE FORWARD TRACK ON BEING COMPLIANT.
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. VELA. MS. SKROCKI THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION.
BECAUSE MANY OF OUR TEACHERS WILL TEACH AT MULTIPLE CAMPUSES.
SO WE FEEL THAT THE TRAINING THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN IS COMPLETELY CLOSED OUT.
IT'S ACTUALLY DONE BEFORE STUDENTS ARE LET IN THE BUILDING.
GREAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY ON THAT.
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IT'S NOT JUST AN AUDIT.THIS IS, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP ANYBODY OUT OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT SHOULDN'T BE ON CAMPUS.
AND IT'S IT'S THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAYBE RESISTANT TO IT.
BUT I THINK WHEN WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY STAND IN FRONT OF THEM AND REALLY COMMUNICATE AND EXPRESS A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES, I'M FINDING THAT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE BEING RESPONSIVE.
RIGHT. OKAY. WELL, GREAT JOB AGAIN TO YOU AND THE REST OF THE TEAM.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS WILL BE A THING THAT IS BEHIND US.
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MS. OROSCO. MS. SKROCKI, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
I KNOW WE HAD A HUGE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS DURING GOVERNANCE CAMP AND WITH SAFETY AND SECURITY BEING A FOCUS NOW, SOME DISTRICTS ARE LISTING OUT THE CAMPUSES THAT HAVE HAD FINDINGS.
AND WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO SHARE THE CAMPUS NAME WITHOUT THE ACTUAL FINDINGS OR NOT TO SHARE ANY OF THAT AT THIS TIME? SO I THINK IT'S A MIXED ISSUE.
I THINK THERE ARE GOING TO BE FOLKS WHO WANT AND DEMAND THAT INFORMATION.
BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT I WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING OUR POLICY.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK IT'S A DISSERVICE TO THAT CAMPUS IN THAT IF WE START IDENTIFYING THIS DOOR WAS LEFT UNLOCKED OR THESE DOORS WERE LEFT UNLOCKED, WE'RE NOT DOING A FULL CAMPUS AUDIT WHEN THEY'RE THERE, THEY GO UP UNTIL THEY FIND SOMETHING AND THEY'RE NOT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE NUANCES OF WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE.
SO MY GOAL IN THIS WOULD BE LETTING THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT WE HAVE A FINDING IT DIDN'T INVOLVE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR SPECIFICALLY WHEN TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER COMES OUT.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HAYS CISD HAS GONE ONE STEP FURTHER.
MANY DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE AN INTERNAL POLICY ABOUT KEEPING THEIR DOORS LOCKED.
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WILL SAY TO ANYBODY WHO ASKS, WE DID A GREAT JOB.
WE HAD NO EXTERIOR DOORS OPEN.
WE ARE DOING OUR AUDIT SWEEPS, WE'RE DOING GOOD THINGS.
AND WE WENT ONE STEP FURTHER IN HAYS CISD AND WE'RE ALSO LOCKING AND CLOSING DOORS.
SO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF GRACE TO KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO MANAGE THE ONE OFFS THAT WE HAVE.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE BEFORE THEY DECIDE UP NORTH TO MAKE THAT MANDATORY.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT OUR TEAMS ARE ALSO DOING AN AUDIT, IF YOU WILL, AND ARE IN CHARGE OF CHECKING DOORS ON THE DAILY, IF NOT WEEKLY BASIS.
CORRECT. SO I WILL TELL YOU, THEY HAVE TO DO WEEKLY DOOR SWEEPS.
OUR CAMPUSES, I WOULD SAY DO DOOR SWEEPS EVERY DAY.
MANY OF OUR CAMPUSES HAVE ACTUALLY INCLUDED STUDENTS INTO THE PROCESS.
THEY BOUGHT THEM SECURITY VESTS AND THEY HELP.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED AS WELL.
SO WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS IT'S NOT JUST THE SCHOOL.
IT IS OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, WHETHER THAT'S FIRE OR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO YOUR COMMUNITY IS OUT THERE YANKING ON DOORS AND THEY ARE DOING GOOD THINGS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND SO ULTIMATELY, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY ALL THINGS HAYS THIS COMMUNITY IS GETTING IT.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LEARNING CURVE THERE AS WELL.
SO I KNOW THAT WE ARE AHEAD OF THE GAME IN A LOT OF AREAS.
SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.
YOU'RE WELCOME, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU, MISS KHAKI. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND LETTING US KNOW ABOUT THIS FINDING.
[D.2. Discussion of Budget Priorities of the Board of Trustees for the upcoming 2023-2024 School Year Randy Rau]
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ALL RIGHT, TEAM. UP NEXT, WE HAVE OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES DISCUSSION, JUST LETTING YOU KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO ROLL.AND THEN AFTER THEY'VE KIND OF GIVEN US SOME HIGHLIGHTS AND LET US KNOW WHAT THEY'RE THINKING, THEN WE WILL START OUR DISCUSSIONS FOR WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS A PRIORITY IN THE BUDGET, KNOWING THAT LOTS OF THINGS CAN CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE ACTUALLY ADOPT A BUDGET, ESPECIALLY IN A LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHEN THINGS ARE ALL KINDS OF WONKY DURING THAT TIME.
SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE A PRESENTATION.
I HAVE LISTED WHAT I CONSIDER THE BUDGET PRIORITIES TO BE JUST AS A STARTING PLACE.
OBVIOUSLY, TONIGHT IS YOUR NIGHT SO THAT WE CAN BUILD IN THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS.
AND AS YOU KNOW, MANY THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
AND SO WHAT I WANT TO START WITH IS A TEN YEAR PROJECTION THAT IS TIED TO WHAT MAX HAS AS FAR AS HIS TEN YEAR FACILITY.
LOOK AHEAD, BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IS THAT SHOULD THE BOND PASS, THIS MAY, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE OPENING OF THE SCHOOL IN THE ANTHEM SUBDIVISION.
AND FOR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, YOU CAN BASICALLY RESERVE ABOUT $4 MILLION OF NO COST.
AND AND THEN EXTRAPOLATING ALL THE WAY OUT TO 2029, SHOULD ALL THE DIFFERENT BONDS AND DESIGN FEES AND ALL THE THINGS PASS, THEN WE'LL NEED TO SAVE ABOUT 14 MILLION FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOUR'S OPENING IN 2029.
AND SO RANDY'S BEEN WORKING ON A TEN YEAR LOOK AHEAD.
AND IT WAS HIS IDEA TO DO THIS.
AND SO WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO IS HE'S GOING TO SHOW YOU THE TEMPLATE.
AND THEN UNDERNEATH WE'RE GOING TO TAKE WHAT YOU SAY TONIGHT AND WE'RE GOING TO TIE THOSE IN AS FAR AS ASSUMPTIONS ARE CONCERNED IN ORDER TO BUILD WHAT THE BUDGET WILL BE THIS YEAR.
AND THE REASON THAT I AM THROWING THAT NUMBER OUT RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE OUR ATTENDANCE IS HORRENDOUS AND OUR REVENUE IS DOWN BIG TIME COMPARED TO HOW IT'S BEEN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WITHOUT HOLD HARMLESS.
AND YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS WELCOME MORE THAN THAT.
AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN MOST GENEROUS THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
WE DID OVER 4% OF 6.5% AND THEN A 7% THE LAST THREE YEARS.
BUT THIS YEAR, YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUR ATTENDANCE FOR THE FIFTH SIX WEEKS AND THE SIXTH SIX WEEKS OF LAST YEAR, WE LOST AROUND 3 MILLION, $3.5 MILLION.
AND SO THAT CAME OUT OF OUR FUND BALANCE.
AND THEN THIS YEAR WE BUDGETED FOR CLOSE TO 96%.
AND SO RANDY AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT 3 MILLION TO $3.6 MILLION IN THE HOLE FROM THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THAT. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE MADE THE DECISION TO BRING IN OUR ESSER FUNDS FOR THIS YEAR TO BACKFILL THE BUDGET BECAUSE OF OUR ATTENDANCE BEING SO BAD FROM LAST YEAR.
AND SO GIVEN THAT WE'VE HELD 10% OF THE BUDGET AND GIVEN THAT OUR ATTENDANCE IS SO LOW, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BUYING DOWN OUR FUND BALANCE.
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE USED TO AND I'LL PAT RANDY ON THE BACK AND YOU GUYS ON THE BACK.
THIS YEAR, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT.
BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT COST OF LIVING HAS REALLY INCREASED.
NOW, THE GOOD THING THAT WE'RE HEARING IN THE LEGISLATURE IS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO CONSIDER FUNDING ON ENROLLMENT, AND THEY ALSO ARE GOING TO CONSIDER RAISING THE BASIC ALLOTMENT. AT THIS TIME, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
I THINK WE COULD SEE ANYWHERE FROM AROUND $239 ALL THE WAY UP TO $1,000 PER KID.
AT THIS TIME, I MEAN, IT'S JUST KIND OF UNKNOWN.
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AND SO RANDY AND I ARE JUST WORKING OFF OF OUR CURRENT FORMULA.THEN THE NEXT THING IS HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD AN OPTION FOR A ZERO COST HEALTH CARE PREMIUM FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
AND THEN IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT OUR DEMOGRAPHERS REPORT, IT LOOKS LIKE AT THE AT KIND OF THE MID RANGE PACE FOR GROWTH, NOT THE LOWER THE HIGH, WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING AROUND 1400 STUDENTS NEXT YEAR AND SO OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL NEED TO BUILD IN THE FTES FOR GROWTH AND WE'LL PROBABLY PRESENT THOSE TO YOU FOR EARLY RELEASE AT THE MARCH THE 27TH MEETING JUST SO THAT WE CAN GET AHEAD AND START RECRUITING INDIVIDUALS.
AND SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE OVERALL AND THEN I WANTED RANDY TO SHARE WITH YOU HIS.
FOR ALL PERSONS. IF YOU WANT TO COME UP TO THE MIC.
UNLESS YOU TAKE IT OVER IN THIS KIND.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THAT DR.
I JUST KIND OF WANTED YOU ALL TO TAKE A GLANCE AT IT.
AND WHAT WE DID IS WE WENT BACK AND WE TOOK THE AUDIT DATA FROM EACH YEAR.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IN THE FIRST FEW COLUMNS, YOU'LL SEE WHERE IT SAYS FISCAL YEAR ENDING 630, 2021, 2022, AND THEN.
EXCUSE ME, 20, 21 AND THEN 22.
THOSE ARE THE AUDITED NUMBERS.
THOSE ARE WHAT WE ENDED THE YEAR WITH.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE OUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGET THAT WE HAVE, AND THAT'S WHAT'S CALLED BY BUDGET YEAR ENDING 630 23. AND THAT WAS THE BUDGET THAT WAS ADOPTED THIS PAST JUNE.
AND. THIS NEXT COLUMN, THE BUDGET YEAR 2024.
BEST GUESS AT THIS TIME, THE NUMBERS ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE TO HEART.
THEY'RE JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU THE FLOW OR THE.
I GUESS THE RATIONALE IN WHAT WE WOULD WE'D BE LOOKING AT AFFECTING OUR FUND BALANCE IF WE CONTINUED BASED ON THE HISTORICAL TRENDS.
WHAT I WANT TO DO IS EXPAND ON THIS AND UNDER EACH ONE OF THE COLUMNS IS TO SHOW YOU ALSO THE PROPERTY VALUE, THE CONTROLLERS VALUE, HOW THOSE HAVE GROWN OVER TIME, THE TAX RATE, THE YIELD PER PENNY, AND THEN MARRY THIS UP WITH MAX'S TEN YEAR PLAN SO THAT IF WE ARE OPENING UP A NEW SCHOOL IN 2024, 2025, THEN NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE ITEMS. TO KEEP THE DISTRICT RUNNING, BUT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION NEW TEACHERS.
INCREASING UTILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AGAIN, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT KIND OF STARTED JUST.
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BUT YEAH, I JUST. I KIND OF WANTED Y'ALL TO SEE WHAT I WAS TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER AND SEE IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY SUGGESTIONS, THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT WOULD LIKE TO SEE ME ADD.YOU CAN ALMOST HAVE IT TO WHERE IT'S LIKE A CHEAT SHEET.
SO IF YOU'RE ASKED IN THE PUBLIC, WELL, WHAT'S OUR FUND BALANCE? WELL, HERE IT IS. WHAT'S OUR TAX RATE THERE? YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE THERE.
SO IT'S KIND OF A SUMMARY OF ALL THE DIFFERENT SPREADSHEETS THAT I'VE CREATED AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I KIND OF HAVE IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD, BUT JUST TRYING TO PUT THEM ON PAPER.
AND I THINK WE HAD A MEETING A WHILE BACK.
I KNOW TRUSTEE SEVERANCE WAS THERE AND TRUSTEE MCMANUS AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I KIND OF FLOATED AT THAT TIME WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE BOND IS, YOU KNOW, WE GO OUT AND WE LOOK AT THE GROWTH AND WE HAVE THE BOND.
A OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND MAX'S TEN YEAR PLAN.
BUT THIS IS REALLY THEN TRYING TO.
TO CREATE A BUDGET FAR INTO THE FUTURE AND THEN LIST OUT THOSE ASSUMPTIONS AND THEN AS THEY CHANGE, BE ABLE TO BRING THAT BACK SO THAT YOU ALL CAN CAN SEE THAT UPDATED AS WE GO ON.
AND AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T HAVE THE TEN YEAR PLAN TO LAY OVER THIS.
WE'RE JUST KIND OF WE KNOW THAT THAT'S OUT THERE.
RIGHT. AND THAT'S STILL A MEETING THAT MAX AND I NEED TO HAVE.
I WAS TRYING TO GET THIS SQUARED AWAY FIRST SO THAT THE NUMBERS ALL TIED AND MADE SENSE.
AND THEN WE WOULD WALK THAT FORWARD WITH EITHER TREND ANALYSIS OR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW ARE GOING TO OCCUR AND THEN OVERRIDE THE THE FORMULAS TO PLUG THOSE THOSE NUMBERS IN.
OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS.
WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE TEAM FOR SOME DISCUSSIONS.
IT IS KIND OF DISCONCERTING TO SEE THAT FUND BALANCE GO DOWN EACH YEAR.
WE'RE USED TO SEEING THAT GO UP.
SO. ALL RIGHT, TEAM FOR BUDGET PRIORITIES, ASIDE FROM THE ONES WE'VE HEARD OR IN, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYBODY ON ON THESE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED AS WELL.
BUT ADDITIONAL BUDGET PRIORITIES.
I'LL START WITH MR. VELA OVER HERE ON MY LEFT AND THEN DR.
PÉREZ-GONZÁLEZ MR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION.
AND TO MS. PETREA'S POINT, YEAH, I MEAN, WE DEFINITELY CAN LOOK AT NUMBERS AND SEE THE TREND IS NOT GOING THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT IT, BUT I WANT SOME CLARIFICATION.
WHAT IS A HEALTHY NUMBER PERCENTAGE WISE TO BE AT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FUND BALANCE? LIKE WHAT'S OUR TARGET? SO THE TARGET ACTUALLY IS IN BOARD POLICY AND THAT'S TO HAVE IN RESERVES AT LEAST 25% OF THE BUDGET FOR ANY GIVEN YEAR.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO ADD ON THERE, TOO.
I'M GLAD YOU REMINDED ME ABOUT THAT.
YOU REMINDED ME AS WELL THAT IT'S IN OUR POLICY.
SO I GUESS YOU HAVE ROUGHLY WHAT IS THAT 25% NUMBER, THE 25? WE OFFHAND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE ARE MEETING IT THIS YEAR.
I HAVE THAT ON ANOTHER SPREADSHEET.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M WANTING TO DO WITH THIS, IS TRY TO OKAY ALL THIS DATA TOGETHER INTO ONE.
AND JUST KIND OF IN THAT NEBULOUS IDEA THERE, IF WE WERE TO FORECAST BASED ON WHAT NEXT YEAR WOULD LOOK LIKE, ARE WE GOING TO STILL BE MEETING IT AT THAT POINT? OR IS IT'S ROUGHLY IT'S GETTING TO I MEAN, IT IT'S SCARY.
I MEAN, I'VE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE SOME ANALYSIS BEFORE WHERE NONE OF THE ASSUMPTIONS EVER GET CHANGED AND THEN THEY'LL WIND UP BEING, YOU KNOW, DEFICIT FUND BALANCE.
YOU KNOW, IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE YEAR AND THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.
THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE. WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE MONEY.
SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP MITIGATE THAT.
AND THOSE MAY BE LESS THAN WHAT THE THE HISTORICAL PROJECTIONS ARE.
BUT ULTIMATELY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT I'M HOPING TO BE ABLE TO TELL WITH THIS IS WHEN YOU GO FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT THAT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THE STORY THE NUMBERS SHOULD TIE BACK TO TO THE STORY OF THE DISTRICT.
YES, SIR. ONE MORE QUESTION, MR.
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RAU. WHEN IT COMES TO, LIKE OUR CREDIT, OUR FINANCIAL RATING, WHAT ARE WE RATED AT RIGHT NOW? WE'RE A ONE.WE ACTUALLY INCREASED THAT RATING ON THIS ON THE PAST BOND SALE THIS PAST AUGUST? YES, SIR. GREAT.
SO I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING SALARIES.
AM I ABLE TO BRING THAT UP NOW? OKAY. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, APOLOGIES.
AND I NOTICED THE 3% COST OF LIVING, HOPEFULLY.
UM, BUT WITH THAT SAID, I KNOW THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO WE HAD CONCERNED CONCERNS FROM ONE OF OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS AND OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT. AND BEING THAT I WAS A PARAPROFESSIONAL BACK IN THE DAY, IT SEEMS LIKE FOREVER IN 1983.
AND I KNOW THE MULTIPLE HATS THAT THEY WEAR.
AND I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, IS THAT A DOLLAR A YEAR? AND THEN I STARTED THINKING IT COULD HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN.
BUT THEN I LOOKED AT THE YEARS AND, YEAH, IT'S IN THAT VICINITY SOMEWHERE.
SO WITH THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE'RE ABLE TO PROPOSE AN UPGRADE, YOU KNOW, AN INCREASE IN THE COST OF LIVING TO POSSIBLY, I DON'T KNOW, 18 I DON'T KNOW.
I KNOW OUR NUMBERS ARE IN THE NEGATIVE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEM MAKING A BEING ABLE TO LIVE ON THEIR SALARY.
AND I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO RETAIN OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS HERE IN HAYS CISD.
PLUS I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO FILL SOME OF THOSE SHORTAGES THAT WE'RE HAVING NOWADAYS.
AND SO WITH THAT SAID, THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.
BUT THAT'S THOUGHT NUMBER ONE.
OR MAYBE IT'S A QUESTION ARE OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS ON A TIERED SCALE BASED ON EXPERIENCE, BASED ON EDUCATION CERTIFICATES? I KNOW I HAD CERTAIN CERTIFICATES WHEN I WAS A PARAPROFESSIONAL.
HOW DO WE HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, LISTED? BECAUSE I WENT BACK TO OUR REVIEW FROM LAST YEAR, AND NEEDLESS TO SAY, I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING.
SO IF SOMEBODY CAN CLARIFY THAT FOR ME, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT OR MAYBE CREATE ONE FOR THEM, YOU KNOW? YEAH. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THOUGH, THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL PAY SCALE, BUT WE DISCUSSED THAT IN CABINET TODAY ABOUT CREATING ONE FOR THEM BECAUSE THEN THAT ORGANICALLY TAKES CARE OF ITSELF AND HELPS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE IDEA OF COMPRESSION.
IF YOU DO RAISE THE THE BEGINNING SALARIES UP TO SAY, 18, 19, 20 FOR THE DIFFERENT AREAS, THEN THEN WE COULD BUILD IN A SCALE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE WITH OUR TEACHERS OR OUR BUS DRIVERS, THAT TYPE OF THING.
I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE THAT DR.
I MEAN, ALL OF US BUS DRIVERS, EVERYBODY IS AN INTEGRAL PART TO STUDENT SUCCESS.
SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT COST OF LIVING GO UP TO HOPEFULLY 18 OR SO.
WE'LL TAKE A LITTLE MORE, AND I'M SURE THAT MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS WOULD BE IN SUPPORT.
DO YOU THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE? YEAH, I DID. I LIMITED MY QUESTIONS TO THIS, BUT THANK YOU, DR.
PÉREZ-GONZALEZ, FOR OPENING UP THE DISCUSSION FURTHER BECAUSE DR.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT PHRASING THAT IT WAS.
WE KNOW THAT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF STUDENTS AND STAFF, FOR THAT MATTER, I MEAN, ARE IMPORTANT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR INTERVENTIONISTS.
WHAT THOUGHTS DO YOU HAVE WITH WITH THAT? I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S CRUCIAL FOR US TO BE THE PREMIER DISTRICT THAT WE CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO BE.
YEAH, FOR SURE. I WOULD BE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
WE ALSO DISCUSSED THAT IN CABINET TODAY.
AND AND I KNOW MISS SEDILLO AND THE DAS ARE WORKING WITH OUR PRINCIPALS ABOUT ABANDONING THINGS THAT WE DON'T USE OR DON'T GET A LOT OF BANG FOR OUR BUCK AS FAR AS LIKE SOFTWARE PACKAGES ARE CONCERNED, BECAUSE WE WOULD RATHER HAVE THE SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF PEOPLE THAN
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STUFF IF THAT STUFF IS BEING UNDERUTILIZED.AND, AND SO YEAH, WE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED THE NEED FOR THE, THE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT PAIRS THAT AT ELEMENTARIES AND THE THE SUPPORT SPECIALISTS FOR FOR MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL AS THE THE INTERVENTIONISTS.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF REPURPOSING AND RECLASSIFYING SO THAT WHEN CERTAIN POSITIONS LEAVE, WE WILL LOOK AT MAYBE NOT FILLING SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE DON'T FEEL ARE AS IN HIGH DEMAND WITH SOME OF THESE OTHERS.
AND AND THEN OF COURSE, IT DEPENDS ON, ONCE AGAIN WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DOES AND HOW MUCH REVENUE IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO US, HOW FAR WE CAN PUSH THAT. SO IT'S DEFINITELY ON THE RADAR.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP.
THANK YOU. I'LL STAY OVER HERE ON MY LEFT.
MS. RUNCLE, YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YES, MR. RAU. HAS EVERYONE MET WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT? HAS THAT BEEN COMPLETED? YES. OKAY. SO HAVE WE BEEN GIVEN THE REQUEST FROM THOSE DEPARTMENTS OF THEIR NEEDS? AS FAR AS IT RELATES TO STAFFING.
NOT YET. THAT'S IN THE WORKS, EVERYBODY.
DEPARTMENT'S BEEN MET WITH TO WORK ON THAT AND THAT'S DUE BACK TO US EARLY APRIL.
OKAY. IF YOU CAN PROVIDE THE BOARD MS. OROSCO IF YOU'LL TAKE NOTE OF THIS, IF WE CAN BE PROVIDED A LIST OF ALL OF THE POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED BY THE DEPARTMENTS, NOT WHAT WE'RE.
THINKING ABOUT OR DISCUSSING, BUT WHAT'S BEEN REQUESTED.
THANK YOU, DR. WRIGHT, FOR SPEAKING OF THE INTERVENTIONISTS, THE BEHAVIORAL SPECIALISTS.
WE KNOW THAT WE NEED THESE INDIVIDUALS ON OUR CAMPUSES.
THOSE POSITIONS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THEM ON OUR CAMPUSES.
YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT WE HEARD FROM SPECIAL EDUCATION.
WE'VE GOT SOME DEFICITS THERE.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT THAT WE NEED TO FIX.
SO I DO WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT YOUR PLAN IS IF YOU GUYS CAN PROVIDE THAT TO US.
DR. WRIGHT AS SOON AS YOU KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
ESMERALDA GONZALEZ'S POINT ON HOURLY WAGES, WHETHER IT'S PARAPROFESSIONALS OR I MEAN, LAST WEEK, OUR LAST MEETING, WE SPOKE ABOUT CUSTODIAL STAFF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN TODAY, YOU CANNOT LIVE ON A LIVING WAGE AT 14, $15 AN HOUR.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY AM FOCUSED IN ON AND SEEING HOW WE GET OUR HOURLY EMPLOYEES UP TO A LIVING WAGE. BUT ALSO ASIDE FROM THAT, LOOKING ANOTHER, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME IS ALSO TAKING A LOOK AT OUR CAMPUS BUDGETS.
I KNOW THAT WE DID HAVE SOME CAMPUSES IN THIS IN THIS BUDGET YEAR THAT WHERE THERE WERE FUNDS ALLOCATED THAT PROBABLY GOT ALLOCATED MORE FUNDS THAN THEY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BASED ON PRIOR BUDGETS OR WHATNOT.
SO I AM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE CAMPUS BUDGETS LOOK LIKE.
WE DO NEED TO CARE ABOUT THAT.
THE CAMPUSES NEED TO CARE ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S PROBABLY SOME TRAINING THAT PROBABLY NEEDS TO HAPPEN IF THEY IF OUR CAMPUSES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE CREATING THOSE TYPES OF BUDGETS FOR THE CAMPUS. CAN YOU SPEAK TO ME WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, RANDY, ON A CAMPUS WITH A CAMPUS BUDGET? SO YOU GIVE THEM THEIR FUNDS.
HOW DOES THAT FUNNEL THROUGH? SO, YES, WE BASED ON WHAT WE DO, IS WE TAKE THE NUMBERS FROM THE DEMOGRAPHER FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR AND I TRY TO BACK INTO A FUNDING ADA AND USE THE ATTENDANCE PERCENT.
AND WE HAVE AN ALLOCATION PER KIDDO AT THE ELEMENTARY AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEN WE ADD TO THAT OUR COMPENSATORY EDUCATION ALLOTMENT.
AND THEN ON A COUPLE OF THE CAMPUSES, THEY HAVE SOME ITEMS LIKE A.
FUENTES, FOR EXAMPLE, WE GIVE THEM AN EXTRA ALLOCATION BECAUSE.
YEAH. SO WE TAKE ALL OF THAT, WE ADD IT UP, AND THEN WE GIVE THEM THEIR, THEIR AMOUNT PER CAMPUS.
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ON GO OVER THAT FORUM.THEY CAN USE THAT AS A GUIDE TO HELP BUILD THEIR BUDGET AND ALLOCATE THAT AMOUNT WHERE THEY NEED.
THEN IF THERE ARE LIKE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES THAT ARE WHAT I CALL KIND OF OFF THAT, YOU KNOW, OFF CYCLE, THEN THERE'S A KIND OF A. I WANT TO CALL IT A WISH LIST.
BUT IF THERE WERE IN NEED OF DESKS OR THEY WERE IN NEED OF CHAIRS OR SOMETHING, THEN THEY CAN PUT THAT DOWN ON THE BOTTOM AS A LUMP SUM ALLOCATION THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN THEY TURN THEIR BUDGETS IN FOR VETTING AT THE CABINET LEVEL.
OKAY. SO WHEN WOULD CAMPUSES HAVE THEIR BUDGET FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR? WHEN WOULD THAT BE COMPLETED? SO THEY'RE DUE TO US THROUGH THAT PORTAL.
I WANT TO SAY IT'S THE SECOND WEEK OF APRIL.
SO. AND WE GAVE THEM THEIR ALLOCATION.
IT WAS BACK. IT WAS LIKE MID FEBRUARY.
OKAY. CAN YOU PROVIDE US WITH THE CAMPUS BUDGETS WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU? SURE. AND I SAY LIKE, I KNOW THAT EARLIER IN THE YEAR WE HAD ASKED FOR LIKE I THINK IT WAS MRS PETREA HAD ASKED FOR ART BUDGETS FOR THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, AND WE GOT IT AND IT WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THERE WERE SOME CAMPUSES THAT WERE ALLOCATING VERY LITTLE AND SOME CAMPUSES THAT WERE ALLOCATING QUITE A BIT, EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBERS SHOWED THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE GETTING A LARGER AMOUNT.
SO I JUST WANT US TO REALLY CARE ABOUT THOSE AS WE'RE DOING THE CAMPUS BUDGETS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE REALLY ARE ALLOCATING THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT NEED TO BE ALLOCATED.
I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO HEAR FROM ART TEACHERS AND I KNOW NOBODY ELSE DOES THAT.
THEY'RE HAVING TO PAY FOR SUPPLIES OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS FOR THINGS.
BUT THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY FOR RIGHT NOW.
YOU WHEN YOU'RE AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL AND YOU'VE GOT FINE ARTS OR YOU'VE GOT ATHLETICS, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY CONTROLLING WHAT THAT AMOUNT LOOKS LIKE AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL. SO THEY'RE HAVING HAVING TO DIAL IN ON THEIR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS ALSO.
SO YEAH, AND IF I MAY, JUST TO GIVE SOME INFORMATION, THE CAMPUS BUDGETS OR THE CAMPUS ALLOCATION THAT WE COME UP WITH, THAT WE GIVE TO THE CAMPUS IS THE ALLOCATION THAT'S CONTROLLED BY THE PRINCIPAL.
ATHLETIC COORDINATORS AT EACH CAMPUS, OR PATTI AND HER FOLKS.
THEY MAY ALLOCATE IT AT A DEPARTMENT LEVEL, BUT THEY IT'S FOR THE CAMPUSES.
SUSIE MITCHELL, FOR EXAMPLE, CTE.
SHE DOES A CTE BUDGET AND SHE SETS A BUDGET UP FOR EACH ONE OF THE CAMPUSES.
AND THEN SOME OF THE ACCOUNTS THEY'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE.
JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST INFORMATION.
IS THAT. THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS, I GUESS, OF WHAT A CAMPUS BUDGET COULD BE.
AND I CAN CERTAINLY GET YOU ANY ANY ONE OF THEM OR ALL OF THEM JUST IF YOU'LL PROVIDE THEM ALL TO US WHENEVER THEY PROVIDE THEM TO YOU IN APRIL, THAT'D BE GREAT.
DID THE DOORS SIGN OFF ON THOSE BUDGETS? UM, I.
SO MOVING FORWARD, THEY ARE GOING TO SIGN OFF ON THEM AND APPROVE THEM.
THAT'S GREAT. THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT RECOMMENDATION.
OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MCMANUS. HAVE A MILLION QUESTIONS, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO ASK THEM ALL FOR NOW.
NO. SO JUST SOME THINGS FOR CLARIFICATION.
ONE IS, ERIC, YOU MENTIONED THE 1400 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS THAT ARE PROJECTED FOR NEXT YEAR.
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HOW DID WE END UP THIS YEAR? WHERE ARE WE LINING UP WITH PROJECTION VERSUS ACTUAL? STUDENT ENROLLMENT.WE'RE RIGHT ON NUMBER OF STUDENTS.
YEAH, WE'RE ACTUALLY RIGHT ON TARGET.
WE ARE OKAY FROM WITH THE DEMOGRAPHER, BUT LIKE RANDY SAID, OUR ATTENDANCE JUST DIDN'T WORK.
AND THEN THE NEW ONE AND MAX AND I WERE REALLY KIND OF TAKEN BACK BY THE NUMBER OF SECONDARY STUDENTS THAT THEY ARE PROJECTING COMPARED TO THE OLD DEMOGRAPHER.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THAT NEW NUMBER COMING FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
I DO THINK THAT WE'RE FACING UNPRECEDENTED TIMES.
THIS IS MY ONE LITTLE SOAPBOX MOMENT FOR THE NIGHT.
I THINK PUBLIC EDUCATION IS UNDER VICIOUS ATTACK BY OUR LEGISLATORS.
RIGHT. SO AS I THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS, I WONDER WHAT EVEN IMPACTS VOUCHERS WILL HAVE, RIGHT? THEY'RE GOING TO HAPPEN.
I MEAN, I'D BE SHOCKED IF THEY DON'T.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT.
UM, I THINK PULLING DOWN FUND BALANCE HAS BEEN STRATEGIC BY THE LEGISLATURE.
MY CONCERN IS I LOOK AT YOUR ESTIMATES AND BY THE WAY, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
BUT AS WE GET TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OVER THERE OF 35 MILLION ENDING FUND BALANCE VERSUS A BUDGETED EXPENDITURES OF 246, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A 14% BALANCE.
SO THAT'S IN VIOLATION OF BOARD POLICY.
SO MY QUESTION FOR, I GUESS, PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPER POLICY WONK, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING WHAT DO WE DO? DO YOU JUST PASS A VOTE AND SAY, HEY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT ANYMORE OR WE LOWER IT TO 10%? I MEAN, I'M NOT REAL SURE WHAT THE PROCEDURAL STEPS ARE BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY THE YEAR BEFORE IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT IT WILL ACTUALLY DROP BELOW THAT 25%.
SO IT'S IMMINENT WITHOUT ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR OUR SCHOOLS, THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO WHILE I'M NOT OPPOSED TO MAKING POLICY ADJUSTMENTS TO ADAPT TO THE REALITY THAT'S IN FRONT OF US, I JUST THINK WE NEED TO BE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PREPARED FOR HANDLING THAT SORT OF THING. OTHERWISE, WE'RE JUST ALL GOING TO SIT AROUND AND LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND NOT BE REAL SURE WHAT TO DO.
YEAH. AND I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND READ THE POLICY.
BUT WHAT I RECALL IS THAT IT'S NOT A HARD LINE.
IT'S A BEST PRACTICE POLICY, OKAY? AND I KNOW WHEN WE HAVE THOSE RATING CALLS WITH FITCH AND MOODY'S, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, THEY ALWAYS ASK THAT TYPE OF QUESTION.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A FUND BALANCE POLICY.
IT'S GOOD PRACTICE TO HAVE THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU TRY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO HIT THAT.
BUT LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN LIGHT OF, YOU KNOW, CURRENT EVENTS AND UNCERTAINTIES, YOU KNOW, DO WE DO WE AMEND THAT POLICY TO, SAY, 20% OR SOMETHING? IT'S JUST ALWAYS BEEN GOOD BUSINESS PRACTICE TO HAVE AT LEAST THREE MONTHS OPERATING EXPENDITURES.
AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR WHEN THEY DO THAT IS A DISTRICT IN OUR STATUS WHERE WE'RE CONSIDERED.
OH GOSH, I THINK IT'S A PAYMENT TYPE TOO, WITH TEA, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS WE GET SOME STATE FUNDING IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND THEN WE DON'T GET ANY MORE STATE FUNDING UNTIL APRIL.
AND SO THAT'S SUPPOSED TO HELP US CASH FLOW WISE.
AND THEN WE GET OUR TAX DOLLARS IN DECEMBER AND IT GOES BACK UP.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE RATING AGENCIES ARE LOOKING FOR IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PAY OUR BILLS AND EVERYTHING UNTIL WE GET THOSE THAT MONEY IN FOR CASH FLOW NEEDS.
OKAY. TWO MORE DATA POINTS AND I'LL BE DONE.
ONE IS THE 3% COLA BALLPARK DOLLAR COST FOR THAT.
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LAST YEAR, ABOUT 3% WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON THAT WAS ABOUT FOUR, $4.5 MILLION.OKAY. SECOND ONE IS ZERO COST.
BALLPARK. SO I THINK THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT PROBABLY SOMEWHERE AROUND 400 TO 425 PER PERSON, DEPENDING ON WHAT COMES OUT WITH ON THE NEW RATES.
WHAT DID WE WHAT DID THAT COST? WHAT DID THAT COST THE DISTRICT THIS YEAR? IT'S A PLAN. I'M GOING TO PULL OUT MY LITTLE HANDY PHONE CALCULATOR.
PUBLIC MATH. SO I WILL WHILE HE'S DOING THAT.
I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO BELOW 25% JUST FOR OPERATING COSTS.
JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THIS THIS MODEL.
AND SO PROBABLY FOUR 4 MILLION IS IS IS THE 3% AND THEN . THE HEALTH CARE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE TOTAL OF THAT IS, BUT FOR THE 0%.
BUT IT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF AN OVERALL BIG PICTURE, BUT THAT'S FINE.
BUT THAT 25% IS HUGE TO RETAIN AND WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU GET TO THAT POINT, IF YOU FIND YOURSELF GETTING CLOSE TO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, 86% OF OUR BUDGET IS IN PERSONNEL.
THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO START CUTTING POSITIONS DUE TO ATTRITION TO GET TO THAT POINT.
YEAH. JUST LAST THING AND I'LL BE DONE IS YOU ASKED WHAT ELSE WE WOULD BE AND IT'S BEEN MENTIONED, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT FOR ME, ONE OF OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES HAS GOT TO BE KEEPING WHAT WE'VE BEEN PAYING WITH OUR ESSER FUNDS FOR INTERVENTIONISTS AND WHATNOT.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW WE FIND THAT, HONESTLY, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE REALLY ROBUST IN OUR CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION BECAUSE IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLY BENEFICIAL TO OUR STUDENTS.
AND MR. MCMANUS WHAT WE BUDGETED THIS YEAR ON HEALTH INSURANCE.
AND THAT'S 100% THAT'S BASED ON IF EVERY EMPLOYEE TAKES IT.
AND HISTORICALLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY AROUND 80, 83% OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT TAKE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. SEVERANCE. OKAY, AWESOME.
THANK YOU. SO A COUPLE OF I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BECAUSE I'M CURIOUS.
SO BYE 23 IS KIND OF WHERE WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO FINISH THIS YEAR.
AND THEN BYE 24 IS THE IS BASED ON WHAT WE THINK BASED ON.
WHERE ARE WE GOING TO FINISH NEXT YEAR, ASSUMING THE LEGISLATURE DOESN'T COME BACK WITH ANY MORE FUNDING TO SUPPORT TO HOLD THE HARMLESS FOR LAST YEAR? IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
WHEN IS THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION? IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE. WHEN WILL WE FIND OUT? IT'LL BE IN MAY.
SO WHAT I'M AFRAID IS, LIKE, WHAT I DON'T WANT TO TURN THIS INTO IS LIKE A BUDGET OF TWO DIFFERENT BUDGETS, LIKE A PARALLEL WHERE WE'RE DOING ONE BASED ON IF WE'RE GOING TO GET IT, AND THEN ONE BASED ON WE'RE NOT.
AND I'M KIND OF WITH MR MCMANUS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THIS.
SO NOT EVERY POSITION THAT'S ALLOCATED IN THE DISTRICT IS FILLED AT THIS POINT, RIGHT? SO THESE BUDGET NUMBERS FOR 24, DO THEY ASSUME THAT WE'RE 100 THOSE POSITIONS ARE 100% FILLED FOR THIS NEXT YEAR? YES. OKAY.
YES. RIGHT. SO I GUESS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PROCESS IS BY DEPARTMENT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, STAFFING BY DEPARTMENT.
ALLOCATED STAFFING BY DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN THE THIRD BUCKET WOULD BE LIKE, WHAT? WHAT WOULD BE YOUR REQUEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT FOR NEXT YEAR? AND LET'S JUST LOOK AND SEE.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT TOTAL DOLLAR IS OF BUDGETED, NOT FILLED NOW AND THEN WHAT THE REQUEST IS JUST TO KIND OF WRAP MY HEAD AROUND WHAT THAT NUMBER WOULD LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE GOT STAFFING SHORTAGES ALL OVER THE DISTRICT AND I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
PÉREZ-GONZÁLEZ WITH THE PROFESSIONAL DISCUSSION AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT MS.
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RUNKEL TO IS LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE HOURLY POSITIONS GOING FORWARD.UM, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THE FORMAT OF THIS MEETING TODAY IS JUST, I GUESS HIGH LEVEL STUFF.
SO THAT'S JUST TOTALLY SEPARATE.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY REPOSITIONING POSITIONS.
SO WOULD THAT BE REPOSITIONING POSITIONS AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL OR POSSIBLY REPOSITIONING UNALLOCATED POSITIONS IN THE I CALL IT THE CORPORATE.
THAT'S NOT CORPORATE, BUT THE ADMINISTRATION LEVEL MAYBE POSITIONS THAT AREN'T ALLOCATED HERE, MAYBE ALLOCATING THOSE IF THEY'RE NOT FILLED TO ALLOCATE THEM TOWARDS THE CAMPUS TO HELP WITH SOME OF THIS. IS THAT KIND OF WHAT YOU MEAN BY REPOSITIONING? YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING WE'LL BE LOOKING AT EVERY DIFFERENT EVERY DIFFERENT GROUP OF POSITIONS.
JUST SAY IT AGAIN. LIKE I REALLY SECOND LIKE WHAT WILL WAS SAYING ABOUT JUST BEING REALLY CAREFUL BECAUSE YOU DON'T I WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL WHAT WE CAN CONTROL.
I MEAN, I HATE TO I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THAT TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND THEN WE KIND OF PLAN ON A PATH THAT WE HAVE TO DO SOME MAKE SOME OTHER CHANGES DOWN THE ROAD.
SO I APPRECIATE WILL SAYING THAT.
SO I THINK AT THIS POINT THAT'S I GUESS THAT'S IT FOR NOW, UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE.
NO. AND YOU REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING ELSE TOO, THOUGH.
JUST WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THE LIKE THE FTES JUST FOR GROWTH.
SO WITH 1400 STUDENT GROWTH JUST IN, JUST FOR TEACHERS, IT WOULD BE 56 NEW TEACHERS AND I USE THE AVERAGE OF 60,000 AND THAT'S 3.3 MILLION.
AND SO A 3% COLA IS 4 MILLION PLUS 3.3 JUST FOR FOR NEW STAFFING.
AND THEN OUR TOTAL OF NEW REVENUE IS ABOUT 8.6.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST HAVE TO I MEAN, AND WE CAN REPURPOSE SOME THINGS.
BUT JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU A GENERAL OVERVIEW.
BECAUSE I HATE TO KIND OF YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE HOLE BASED ON WHERE ARE NOW, EVEN THOUGH WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THE GROWTH, IF WE TAKE CARE OF THE GROWTH, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE IN THE HOLE.
SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
DR. WRIGHT CAN YOU CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ESSER FUNDS? I KNOW WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM TEACHERS AND OTHER STAFF SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TOLD THIS ESSER FUNDS WERE GOING TO CONTINUE FOR THREE YEARS AND NOW IT'S BEING PULLED BACK. CAN YOU CLARIFY FOR THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, BUT THEY YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT HAVE MISSED SOME OF OUR CONVERSATIONS.
YEAH. SO WHEN WE FIRST RECEIVED THE ESSER FUNDS, WE ALSO WERE RECEIVING HOLD HARMLESS FOR ADA AND THE PROJECTIONS THAT MS. STEPHANIE NORRIS GAVE US WAS THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS FOR ONE MORE YEAR, THIS YEAR AND THEN THE NEXT.
BUT THEN WHEN WE DIDN'T RECEIVE HOLD HARMLESS FUNDING FOR ADA FOR THE FIFTH AND SIXTH SIX WEEKS OF LAST YEAR, AND THEN WITH THE ATTENDANCE FOR THIS YEAR, WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO TO PLUG A HOLE.
AND SO ORIGINALLY WE DID PLAN TO DO IT AN ADDITIONAL YEAR.
BUT THEN THE ATTENDANCE BEING WHAT IT IS, WE DECIDED THAT IT WAS BETTER TO GO AHEAD AND AND STOP THE BLEEDING, SO TO SPEAK, AND PLUG THE HOLE NOW AND THEN FIGURE OUT A WAY IN THE FUTURE TO FUND THESE POSITIONS.
AND WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IS THROUGH ATTRITION IN OTHER AREAS, REPURPOSING AND CREATING THESE POSITIONS UNDER THE GENERAL BUDGET INSTEAD OF SPECIAL BUDGET THAT WAS RECEIVED FROM ESSER.
AND SO INSTEAD OF PAYING US HOLD HARMLESS, THEY BASICALLY WANTED US TO USE OUR OWN.
AND TO WILL'S POINT, I BELIEVE THEIR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO BY GET THESE FUND BALANCES DOWN.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'VE CREATED ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO OUR INTENT WAS TO CONTINUE FOR THREE YEARS.
BUT STATE GOVERNMENT HAD A DIFFERENT IDEA AND THEY WANTED TO SABOTAGE PUBLIC EDUCATION ONCE AGAIN.
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AND SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY TO DO IT AND MAKING US USE OUR MONEY TO FILL IN THAT BLACK HOLE RIGHT.THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS ARE ESSER POSITIONS WERE A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS AND FELT UNSURE AND FELT LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TOLD THIS, BUT THEY DIDN'T HEAR THAT OTHER PART.
NOW, I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT DR.
WRIGHT HAD ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT AND KNEW, AND WE ALL KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THOSE POSITIONS ARE.
AND WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK.
NOW, I DID ATTEND ALL THE SHOWCASES, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
WRIGHT TALKED ABOUT ATTENDANCE IMPACTING ALL THE NEEDS AND WANTS.
MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE AVERAGING ABOUT 92%.
THERE IS A FEW THAT WERE AT 96%, LIKE JUST A FEW.
BUT ON THE MOST PART, OUR ENROLLMENT IS I MEAN, OUR ATTENDANCE IS DOWN FOR SURE.
SO THAT'S REALLY GOING TO IMPACT US.
BUT WHILE I APPRECIATE THAT FTES FOR GROWTH, WHICH IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE WE DO NEED THAT, I KNOW NEGLEY ELEMENTARY IS BUSTING AT THE SEAMS WITH EVEN MORE THAN MORE STUDENTS THAN WE THOUGHT WERE GOING TO BE THERE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND I THINK I'VE HEARD IT HERE TONIGHT ABOUT HOW WE'RE ALL COMMITTED TO THE INTERVENTIONISTS, TO KEEPING OUR INTERVENTIONIST AND BEHAVIOR SPECIALISTS AND SO ON, ESPECIALLY OUR MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT THAT WE BROUGHT ON THROUGH ESSER FUNDS AS WELL.
WE KNOW HOW IMPERATIVE THAT IS, AND IT'S SHAMEFUL THAT OUR STATE GOVERNMENT IS NOT ALLOWING FOR THAT RIGHT, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE UNFUNDED MANDATES COMING OUR WAY.
AND SO WHILE THE SESSION MIGHT END IN MAY, BYRON, ONE THING THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT, I THINK ONE YEAR WE WENT ALL THE WAY UNTIL AUGUST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO BECAUSE THEY HAD SPECIAL SESSIONS, SPECIAL SESSION.
SO WE WERE IN LIMBO WITH WHAT OUR COMPENSATION WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
SO ONE YEAR WE ACTUALLY SAID WE ARE GOING TO FUND 1%.
AND THEN LATER ON, I MEAN, 1% WILL GUARANTEE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR COMPENSATION.
AND BASED ON WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT SPECIAL SESSION, WE WILL INCREASE AND EVEN DR.
WRIGHT YOUR COMPENSATION WAS BASED ON THAT AS WELL.
SO EVERYBODY WAS IN IT TOGETHER.
I DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE A 4% INCREASE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES WITH COST OF LIVING AND SO ON.
I DEFINITELY WANT TO STRIVE TO GET THERE.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, RANDY, IS ON YOUR LITTLE CHEAT SHEET HERE, NOT ONLY TO INCLUDE WHAT PERCENTAGE THAT FUND BALANCE IS AT LIKE WE LIKE YOU MENTIONED, BUT ALSO TO INCLUDE I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST FOR 3%, 3.5% AND 4%.
I WANT TO HAVE THAT COST RIGHT THERE IN THAT IN A COLUMN WHERE WE CAN SEE IT.
BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE DONE IT FOR US BEFORE.
YEAH. CAN YOU SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME? THE PERCENTAGES, THAT 3%, 3.5% AND 4%, WHAT IS THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? WHAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE HERE WITH REAL MONEY? BECAUSE IN ISOLATION, 3.5 MILLION, 4 MILLION OR THIS OR THAT, THAT'S IN ISOLATION.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO THE ENDING FUND BALANCE.
YOU KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN ACTUALITY.
OKAY. AND OF COURSE, WITH THAT 4% INCREASE THAT I AM REALLY GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR, I DEFINITELY COST OF LIVING HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE EVERY YEAR DISCUSSED AND THE BOARD HAS SUPPORTED A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
I'M SORRY, NOT COST OF LIVING, A LIVING WAGE FOR OUR AUXILIARY STAFF.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DONE TREMENDOUS WORK ON.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH, RIGHT? WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT.
WE'VE BEEN ADDRESSING IT LITTLE BY LITTLE.
LAST YEAR WE LOOKED AT OTHER MAYBE HIGHER POSITIONS.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR AUXILIARY STAFF AND FOCUS ON BRINGING THEM UP TO A LIVING WAGE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO GET FROM TASB DR.
WITH THAT COMPENSATION AND I'LL WRITE IT DOWN ON HERE.
JENNIFER PRESENTED TO US LAST TIME.
I'M SORRY. I WAS GOING TO INTERJECT.
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YOU JUST SPURRED A THOUGHT.SO COSTCO IS ABOUT TO OPEN AND AND THEIR STARTING WAGE IS $17 PER HOUR.
AND SO WHEN YOU SAID THE TASB MODEL, I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO GET COMPS WITH THE BIG BOXES AROUND HERE AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE COMPETING WITH, BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE WE COMPETING, I MEAN, I LOOKED AT THE TASB STUDY AND WE AND TO DR.
MS POINT, WE MOVED FROM A LITTLE OVER $11 TO ALMOST $15 AND IT GOT US UP TO THE AVERAGE FOR REGIONS 13 AND 20. BUT WHEN YOU COMPARE THAT TO WHAT PRIVATE EMPLOYERS ARE PAYING, WE'RE STILL BEHIND.
AND WHAT'S GREAT IS THAT YOU'RE IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF KYLE AND YOU HAVE ACCESS TO LOTS OF INFORMATION AND THE GREATER SAN MARCOS PARTNERSHIP AS WELL, WHERE WE CAN ATTAIN THAT INFORMATION ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO I'LL PUT TASB STUDY SLASH RIGHT, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND WE'VE ALWAYS ADVOCATED FOR NOTHING LESS THAN 20 FOR OUR AUXILIARY STAFF.
WE KNOW THAT'S A DOMINO EFFECT.
HOWEVER, LAST YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT PHASING IT IN.
I DON'T FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO BE SUCH A GREAT AMOUNT, BUT WE VOTED ON AN EQUITY ADJUSTMENT ABOUT $200,000. SO I WANT TO SEE WHERE THAT MONEY WENT TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS, BECAUSE WE HAD SAID THAT EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS WOULD BE SOLELY FOR OUR LOWER TIER WORKERS AND NOT ANY ADMINISTRATION PIECE OTHER THAN THE APS.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TARGETING AND FOCUSING AND BEING STRATEGIC WITH THE MONEY THAT WE DO HAVE, BECAUSE I KNOW WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH ROOM TO WORK WITH, RIGHT? SO THAT'S GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT PIECE AS WELL.
AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CAMPUS BUDGET AND MS. RUNKEL BROUGHT THE CAMPUS BUDGET UP AND IT'S GREAT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, RANDY, BECAUSE AS THEY'RE PUTTING THIS CAMPUS BUDGET, IT SHOULD NOT BE IN ISOLATION WITH JUST THE PRINCIPAL AND THE BOOKKEEPER.
THEY SHOULD BE BRINGING IT TO CAMPUS LEADERSHIP TEAM AND HAVING THAT ROBUST DISCUSSION THERE AND GETTING SOME SITE BASED DECISION MAKING ON THE CAMPUS BUDGET. SO I WANT TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, THAT TIMELINE WHERE CLT FITS IN INTO THIS PROCESS, BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS THAT CLT HAS NOT BEEN UTILIZED TO THE BEST OF WHAT THEY WERE INTENDED TO.
I MEAN, THAT'S A TO THING THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING SIDE BASED DECISION MAKING.
SO THAT'S ONE GOOD THING THEY'VE DONE, RIGHT? SO DEFINITELY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN ALSO SO PROVIDING US WITH A SUMMARY OF WHAT COMMON STAFFING CAMPUSES ASK FOR.
SO CAMPUSES, WHEN WE WENT TO THESE SHOWCASES, YOU KNOW, CAMPUSES ASKED FOR THINGS FROM AS SMALL AS A DESK OR SOME BLINDS.
BUT I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT STAFFING, WHAT ARE THEIR COMMON STAFFING? AND I KNOW I ACTUALLY REQUESTED THAT BEFORE AND I HAVE ALL THE SHOWCASES WERE POSTED TO OUR BOARD BLOG SO WE CAN READ THEM.
BUT AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THEM ONE BY ONE, I'M LIKE, OKAY, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF WHAT ARE THE COMMONALITIES HERE? I KNOW THAT INTERVENTIONIST WAS A COMMONALITY AND BEHAVIOR WAS A COMMONALITY.
SO WHAT ARE THOSE COMMONALITIES WITH STAFFING? SO WE CAN REALLY WRAP OUR MIND AROUND WHAT THOSE STAFFING POSITIONS LOOK LIKE.
THERE WAS ONE OFFS THAT PEOPLE WANTED THIS OR THAT, BUT ACTUAL COMMONALITIES, RIGHT? AND SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.
AND THEN I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHEN YOU BRING OUT THIS PLAN ABOUT THE INTERVENTIONISTS AND BEHAVIOR AND SO ON, WHAT ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU ARE SUGGESTING? I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HEARD THAT WE ARE NOT MEETING ALL OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION MINUTES, SO WE NEEDED TO BE MORE CREATIVE BECAUSE WE WEREN'T HIRING. WE THERE WAS A SHORTAGE AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO HIRE ALL THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PAIRS THAT WE NEEDED.
SO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.
SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO KNOW THAT AS WELL.
AND MR. MCMANUS HAS A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE POLICY CHANGE AND DR.
WRIGHT I KNOW YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD KEEP IT AS IT IS.
HOWEVER, I DON'T WANT TO JUST KEEP IT AND IT NOT MEAN ANYTHING.
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SO CAN WE GET SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM OUR FINANCIAL FOLKS ON THAT AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THAT 25% FOR OVER A DECADE AT LEAST, AND THINGS WERE WAY DIFFERENT BACK THEN AND NOW IT'S VERY DIFFERENT.RIGHT. AND WE JUST GOT TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT.
DR. WRIGHT, UM, ALSO BACK UP CAMPUS.
SO MY PRIORITIES DEFINITELY ARE 4% INCREASE LIVING WAGE FOR OUR AUXILIARY AND KEEPING ALL OUR KEEPING OUR BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONISTS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT FOR OUR DISTRICT.
THANK YOU, MR. SEVERANCE. SORRY, I THAT PROMPTED ME SOMETHING THAT I WROTE DOWN WHEN COURTNEY WAS TALKING, BUT I DIDN'T GET TO NUMBER 13 BECAUSE WE SAID BUDGETS, NOT COMPENSATION ON THE WITH THE CAMPUS, WITH THE CAMPUS BUDGETS.
SO TO YOUR POINT, TALK TO ME ABOUT THE FINE ARTS BUDGETS AND THE ATHLETIC BUDGETS.
OKAY. SO MY QUESTION, JUST LIKE SO I'M CURIOUS ON HOW WE HOW WE DO THE FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS.
DO WE HAVE A WE LOOK AT THE ATHLETICS BUDGET THAT WE AGREE UPON AND THEN THAT BUDGETS GETS SPLIT UP AMONGST THE SCHOOLS BASED ON ENROLLMENT IN ATHLETICS, ENROLLMENT IN FINE ARTS OR IS IT I MEAN, I KNOW IT COSTS A BASE AMOUNT TO PROBABLY RUN A FOOTBALL PROGRAM AT ALL THE CAMPUSES, BUT THEN DO WE ADJUST THE BUDGETS BASED ON THE ENROLLMENT IN THOSE SPECIAL AREAS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL WITHIN FOOTBALL AND FINE ARTS? WILL THEY GET MORE MONEY IF THEY HAVE MORE KIDS PARTICIPATING IN THOSE PROGRAMS? YEAH, WE HAD SAT DOWN WITH LANCE A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR SO AGO, AND WHAT HE DOES IS HE'S KIND OF PUT TOGETHER SOME NUMBERS AS FAR AS MAYBE LIKE AN ALLOCATION.
HE'S KIND OF LOOKED AT SOME OTHER DISTRICTS AND HE SITS DOWN WITH THE ATHLETIC COORDINATORS AT EACH ONE OF THE CAMPUSES AND HE GOES OVER THEIR NEEDS AND THEY HASH THEIR BUDGET OUT.
I WILL SAY, THOUGH, THAT IN ATHLETICS, THERE ARE CERTAIN PARTS OF THE BUDGET, PROBABLY 65, 70% OF IT, THAT IS JUST.
A LOT OF IT DEALS WITH STUDENT TRAVEL.
A LOT OF IT IS REFEREES, OFFICIALS, SECURITY.
YOU MAY HAVE LIKE ONE HIGH SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE.
THIS IS MAYBE NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE, BUT THEY MAY HAVE FIVE, 5 OR 6 KIDS ON THE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM AND ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL. THEY MAY HAVE 12.
WELL. THEY STILL NEED THE SAME NUMBER OF REFEREES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I KNOW LANCE IS LOOKING AT THAT AND TRYING TO BREAK THOSE OUT.
UM. I KNOW THAT PATTI MS. MORENO, SHE'S GOT AN ALLOCATION THAT SHE USES AND AND SHE SITS DOWN AND SHE COMES UP WITH THE FINE ARTS BUDGET.
AND SO WE'RE AS I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK NECESSARILY ON THEIR BEHALF, I'D ALMOST WANT TO DEFER TO THEM TO LET THEM EXPLAIN IT BECAUSE THEY COULD PROBABLY GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL THAN WHAT I'M.
SAYING HERE, RIGHT? I MEAN TO ESPERANZA.
POINT LIKE AS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
LIKE I KIND OF WHAT I REALLY BECAUSE I MEAN, I'VE BEEN TO A BUNCH OF CAMPUSES I'VE BEEN I FEEL LIKE I'M ON CAMPUSES A LOT AND IT'S ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE PRINCIPAL AND THEN DEPARTMENT HEAD AND THEN NOW AND THEN SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND THERE'S JUST A DISCONNECT SOMETIMES BETWEEN WHAT THEY WANT, WHAT THEY NEED AND WHAT THEY GET.
SO SOMETIMES I AGREE THAT SOMETIMES A NO IS JUST A NO OR A YES IS A YES.
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AND THE TEACHERS THE STAFFING WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT AND TALK ABOUT BUDGET NEEDS.AND SO THEN THERE'S EVERYONE HAS SOME KIND OF SIGN OFF.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF WE DO THAT NOW.
I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE IF THE DAYS OR THE END POINT IN THAT, BUT I REALLY WOULD LIKE IT TO BE A MORE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT SO THEN EVERYONE CAN BE ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE, WELL, I ASKED FOR IT, I JUST DIDN'T GET IT OR WELL, YOU DIDN'T GET IT BECAUSE X, Y, AND Z, WE CAN YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT EVERYONE HAS ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY CAN COMMUNICATE AT ONE TIME.
SO IT'S JUST EVERYONE'S INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.
I'M NOT SURE THAT CONVOLUTES IT.
I KNOW YOU GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED THAT SOMETIMES IT CAN BE PRETTY COMPLICATED, BUT I REALLY WOULD LIKE IF I GO ON A CAMPUS AND, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR, IT'S LIKE, YEP, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE BUDGET. EVERYONE ON THE CAMPUS AGREED THIS IS THE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
SO. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE CAMPUS BUDGET AND THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE COLLABORATIVE SIDE.
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I MEAN, I WAS GOING TO ASK DOCTOR, WRIGHT, LIKE WHERE THAT CONVERSATION HAS CONTINUED WITH A PER ATHLETE ALLOCATION BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT FOR CTE. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT FOR FINE ARTS.
AND THANK GOODNESS WE HAVE COACH MOFFITT AND COACH GIBBS HERE BECAUSE THEY REALLY HAVE TAKEN THE TASK ON REALLY DIALING IN ON WHAT THESE BUDGETS LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE WHEN THEY GOT HERE, THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
SO HE'S CLEANING IT UP. BUT IF YOU CAN KIND OF SPEAK TO LIKE WHERE HE'S AT IN THAT PROCESS AND KIND OF AND BECAUSE I KNOW HE'S TALKED ABOUT FUNDING PLAYS A BIG PART IN THAT AND HOW IT IS DIFFERENT FROM CTE AND FINE ARTS, IF YOU CAN JUST SPEAK TO THAT.
AND THEN JUST LIKE RANDY MENTIONED, FOR EVERY TEAM THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE OFFICIALS.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE GREATEST COST OF INFLATION IS HITTING US NOW BECAUSE OF MILEAGE AND BECAUSE OF WHAT WE HAVE TO PAY, BECAUSE WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF OFFICIALS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, BECAUSE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO GET YELLED AT ALL THE TIME.
BUT SO HE'S HAVING TO BUILD IN LIKE A UNIFORM COST FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT CONTESTS THAT WE HAVE, BUT ALSO A PER PARTICIPANT COST. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE EVERY FOUR YEARS WE HAVE A REPLACEMENT CYCLE FOR THE UNIFORMS. AND SO THEN HE PLUGS THOSE IN ACCORDING TO WHERE THE NEED IS FOR EACH OF THE FEEDER PATTERNS.
SO HE'LL HAVE SPECIFICS ON THAT.
AND HE'S GOING TO TRY TO APPLY THE SAME THING.
WONDERFUL. AND THE ONLY LAST THING I'LL SAY IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD, TOO, AS FAR AS CAMPUS BUDGETS GO, AS IT RELATES TO TRANSPORTATION, WE HAVE SOME CAMPUSES THAT ARE FURTHER OUT, RIGHT? AND SO SOMETIMES THEIR TRANSPORTATION COSTS ARE MORE THAN MAYBE ANOTHER CAMPUS GOING TO THE SAME PLACE.
I THAT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO.
I DON'T KNOW HOW REAL THAT IS.
I WOULD IMAGINE IF THEY'RE BEING CHARGED BY THE MILEAGE, IT PROBABLY IS REAL, BUT THEY NEED WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING DINGED FOR THEIR CAMPUS BEING FURTHER AWAY.
SO THAT IS FACTORED IN AS WE LOOK AT TRANSPORTATION COSTS FOR THOSE CAMPUSES LIKE YOU LAND OR, YOU KNOW, CAMINO REAL, THOSE CAMPUSES. SO IF HE COULD JUST MAKE SURE HE PAYS ATTENTION TO THAT AS WELL.
THAT'S FINE ARTS THAT'S THE CAMPUS IN GENERAL.
AND OUR DAYS THAT HAVE CAMPUSES THAT ARE A LITTLE FURTHER OUT THERE.
MS. RUNKLE ARE YOU REFERRING TO? LIKE WHEN THEY START THE CLOCK, SO TO SPEAK, ON.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY BILL US.
HUH? OKAY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEADHEAD, RIGHT? DEADHEAD TO THE FIRST STOP.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CAMPUSES THAT ARE FURTHER OUT AREN'T HAVING TO.
THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO PAY MORE MONEY FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT THEY'RE JUST A LITTLE FURTHER.
I THINK SHE'S TALKING ABOUT EVENTS.
OKAY. FOR EVENTS, BECAUSE REGULAR TRANSPORTATION IS CALCULATED.
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PAC OR NEGLEY. TO THE PAC.BARTON TO THE PAC, THAT TYPE OF THING.
RIGHT. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN SHARED WITH ME FROM CAMPUSES.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY KNOW THAT IT'S A QUESTION REALLY.
JUST SO OR WHAT TYPE OF FORMULAS ARE WE USING FOR EXTRACURRICULAR TRIPS OR EVENT TRIPS FOR CAMPUS BUDGET PURPOSES.
YEAH. OR FOR FINE ARTS OR ATHLETIC FINE ARTS OR ATHLETICS.
PÉREZ-GONZÁLEZ, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? A QUICK QUESTION, MR. RAU. WHAT HAPPENED? BACK TO CAMPUS BUDGETS? WHAT HAPPENS IF THE CAMPUS DOESN'T USE UP ALL OF THE MONIES THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO THEM? DO THEY GO BACK INTO OUR FUND? WHAT HAPPENS? BECAUSE I KNOW IT.
SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO, YES, WE DON'T ROLL BUDGETS OVER.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE DO ROLL OVER IN THE SCHOOL BOARD, YOU ALL USUALLY APPROVE THAT SOMETIME AROUND AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER IS ANY POWS THAT WERE NOT FILLED.
SO LIKE IF A CAMPUS SUBMITS A PO AND IT'S AT THE END OF APRIL AND FOR WHATEVER REASON THERE'S A DELAY IN FILLING, THE PO WILL ROLL THAT FORWARD WITH THE ASSOCIATED BUDGET FROM THE CAMPUS.
BUT WE DON'T ROLL OVER CAMP REMAINING CAMPUS BUDGETS.
IT'S JUST THAT'S WHAT THEY SPENT.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE'RE LOOKING MORE LIKE AT THREE AND ONE HALF MILLION FROM THAT DEFICIT? FROM THIS PAST YEAR, IT WAS $11 MILLION DEFICIT.
OH, OKAY. AND THEN HALF OF THAT WOULD ROUGHLY BE FIVE AND A HALF.
11 IS A BIGGER NUMBER THAN SEVEN.
STILL CUT IN HALF. I LIKE THAT.
JUST TO REITERATE ONE MORE TIME.
DR. WRIGHT FOR THOSE LISTENING AT HOME.
R ESSER CURRENT ESSER POSITIONS GOING TO HAVE THEIR JOBS NEXT YEAR.
YES OR NO? THEY WILL HAVE A JOB IN THE DISTRICT SOMEWHERE.
BUT WE'LL WE'RE STILL WORKING THAT OUT RIGHT NOW.
PERFECT. THANK YOU. AND I HAVE A SIMILAR QUESTION TO MS. OROSCO. THIS IS PROBABLY FOR MS. SEDILLO. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY TOO EARLY POTENTIALLY, BUT PHILOSOPHICAL CHANGES IN ANY MODELS FOR ENRICHMENT AND TO ADDRESS HB 4545.
I KNOW WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT HOW TO REVAMP SUMMER SCHOOL, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT, TO SAVE SOME MONEY AND TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS AND TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY THAT IMPACT KIDS POSITIVELY. SO I'M OPEN TO HEARING WHAT MODEL CHANGES WE MAY BE LOOKING AT.
I AM ABSOLUTELY IN FAVOR OF HELPING TO SEE OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS EARN A MUCH HIGHER HOURLY WAGE.
AS YOU MENTIONED, COSTCO IS STARTING AT 17.5 FOR PART TIME.
I LOVE 18 AND I LIKE A TIERED APPROACH FOR, YOU KNOW, GEN ED VERSUS SPED VERSUS SOME OF OUR HIGHER NEEDS SPED OR SLC.
I DID WANT TO ASK IF WE AND I CAN'T REMEMBER, I THINK WE MAY ALREADY DO THIS FOR OUR BUS AIDES.
DO WE TEAR THOSE BASED ON WHAT KIND OF BUS THEY'RE ON? DOES ANYBODY KNOW? OFFHAND? I FEEL LIKE WE DO BUT I FOR SPED MONITORS VERSUS ANOTHER JUST LIKE THE GEN ED BUS DOES ANYBODY KNOW I'M LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM.
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THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I ALSO AM GLAD TO HEAR SOME MORE DISCUSSION AROUND CAMPUS BUDGETS JUST BECAUSE MR. RAU IS AMAZING WITH NUMBERS, I GET THE IMPRESSION MR, MCMANUS AND MR. SEVERANCE ARE ALSO VERY GOOD WITH BUDGETS AND NUMBERS.AND I THINK THAT ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP OUR PRINCIPLES, WHETHER THAT'S GETTING SOMEONE ON OR THAT GROUP LOOKING AT THAT DAO IS LOOKING AT THAT, HAVING A SECOND PAIR OF EYES TO WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO LOOK AT EVERY CENT THAT WE SPEND AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SPENDING IT RESPONSIBLY AND THAT IT'S IMPACTING KIDS AND NOT THAT WE AREN'T ALREADY DOING THAT, NOT THAT WE AREN'T, BUT SOME.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE LINE ITEM SOMEBODY LOOKING AT.
I ALSO AM SO EXCITED THAT COACH MOFFAT AND COACH GIBBS AND PATTY MORENO AND MR. ADAM ARE HERE BECAUSE IT MAKES ME FEEL A LOT BETTER THAT OUR ATHLETICS AND OUR FINE ARTS BUDGETS ARE BEING LOOKED AT AND IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY SCRUTINIZING THEM, I THINK THEY ARE. I FEEL LIKE THEY ARE BECAUSE THEY'RE ADVOCATING FOR WHAT WHAT CAMPUSES NEED.
DR. WRIGHT I STILL ALWAYS GO BACK TO I DIDN'T KNOW WE NEEDED A COACH MOFFITT UNTIL WE HAD ONE.
YOU KNOW, IN THE LEGISLATURE, I MEAN, WE COULD HEAR SOME THINGS PAST BEFORE MAY.
I'M OF THE OPINION THAT WE WON'T AND IT'S GOING TO BE DRAGGED, MAYBE DRAGGED INTO A SPECIAL SESSION.
WE'LL SEE. BUT WE HAVE DONE THAT.
AND I DON'T WANT TO GO OVER A 3% PERSONALLY.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN BARELY SUSTAIN A 3% BASED ON WHAT I'M SEEING.
I WANT ESSER TO STAY AND I WANT OUR PARAS AND OUR CUSTODIANS TO BE PAID A LOT MORE.
AND TO DO THAT, I THINK 3% IS PUSHING IT.
IF DR. IS RECOMMENDING 3%, I WILL GO WITH THAT.
SEE WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE FALL.
BUT I'M NOT COMFORTABLE DOING THAT BASED ON ALREADY SEEING WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE.
SO THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT ABOUT THREE VERSES, 4%.
AND I THINK THOSE WERE ALL OF MY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, MOST OF WHICH WERE COMMENTS.
LET ME JUST REMIND EVERYBODY, WE PASSED AN $11 MILLION DEFICIT BUDGET LAST YEAR.
BUT TO MR MCMANUS POINT, THE LEGISLATURE IS TRYING TO MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO SURVIVE.
THEY DO REALLY WANT IF WE GET FUNDING, IT WILL BE ATTACHED TO VOUCHERS.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED AND THAT WILL IMPACT US FINANCIALLY AS WELL.
MS. RUNKLE, YOU HAVE SOMETHING? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY TO SPEAK TO THAT.
SINCE WE ARE IN A LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE TELL EVERYONE THAT'S LISTENING, OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFF, OUR PARENTS EMAIL, CALL OUR YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND TELL THEM THAT THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOBS AND GET TO WORK, THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
WE NEED TO PROVIDE FOR OUR STAFF.
AND WE CAN'T DO THAT WHEN THEY'RE PLAYING GAMES.
WHERE DO WE EVEN START? GREG ABBOTT, TEA, MIKE MORATH.
ERIN ZWIENER WHO AM I LEAVING OUT? SORRY. DONNA CAMPBELL I WILL HAPPILY POST THEIR PHONE NUMBERS AND THEIR EMAILS AND ALL OF THE ABOVE BECAUSE WE WANT YOU TO REACH OUT TO THEM. WE WANT YOU TO ADVOCATE FOR NOT ONLY HAYS CISD BUT PUBLIC EDUCATION.
WHAT ALL OF MY TRUSTEES HERE HAVE SAID, NOT JUST TONIGHT, BUT IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, THAT WE ARE UNDER ATTACK AND IT IS TIME TO STAND OUR GROUND AND WE NEED TO BE VOCAL AND WE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND OUR STUDENTS IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS.
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PETREA. I APPRECIATE IT.ALL RIGHT. I WAS GOING TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT JUST ON THE ATTENDANCE THING, BECAUSE.
AND I RUN INTO PEOPLE AND PARENTS AND EVEN TEACHERS THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT'S HOW WE ARE FUNDED.
AND FOR EVERY PERCENTAGE WE GO UP, WE BASICALLY GET ENOUGH MONEY TO GIVE ANOTHER PERCENT RAISE.
IF YOU WERE FOLLOWING THAT MATH THAT WE WERE DOING EARLIER.
EVERYONE TO COME TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT. ALL RIGHT.
ANYTHING ELSE, TEAM? IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES, I THINK WE'VE DONE MS. OROSCO AND DR.
TEXAS PTA ALREADY TOOK A STAND ON THAT AND WE NEED TO ALL WORK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION GETS THE SUPPORT IT NEEDS FOR THE 5.5 MILLION CHILDREN IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO, DR. WRIGHT, IF YOU CAN PLEASE MAKE THOSE BROCHURES AVAILABLE.
WE DO HAVE THAT HE PASSES OUT AT TAXPAYER TUESDAY AND AT PTA MEETINGS.
AND FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE YOU KNOW, ON OUR WEBSITE, WE ADOPTED THEM ALREADY.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY HAVE TO EDUCATE OUR FOLKS ABOUT.
AND WITH SOME TALKING POINTS AND WHO TO CONTACT SO WE CAN HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION ALL TOGETHER.
MS. OROSCO. THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION.
WE DON'T HAVE OUR ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING FURTHER COMMENTS.
WE DON'T HAVE A RECAP OF QUESTIONS, BUT I KNOW MS. OROSCO HAS BEEN DILIGENTLY CAPTURING QUESTIONS.
TEAM. IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
IF YOU THINK OF SOMETHING TOMORROW, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS TO DR.
WRIGHT OR TO MR. RAU OR TO ANYONE ELSE ON THE CABINET THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR QUESTION.
ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NOTHING ELSE.
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE HERE MARCH 27TH, WHICH FEELS LIKE A LONG TIME FROM NOW.
[F. UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS]
AT 5:30 P.M.WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:38 P.M.
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