Apr 17, 2023 Board Meeting

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>> [BACKGROUND] CAN ANYBODY HEAR ME?

[A. CALL TO ORDER: Establish a quorum]

WELCOME TO THE HAYS CISD BOARD WORKSHOP MEETING FOR THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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

WELL, TODAY IS MONDAY, APRIL 17TH AND THE TIME IS 05:32 PM.

A QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.

EVERYONE IS HERE EXCEPT FOR BYRON SEVERANCE WHO HAD SOME PRE-SCHEDULED TRAVEL THIS WEEK.

AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL ADJOURN TO

[B. CLOSED SESSION]

[C. CLOSED SESSION]

THE TIME IS 05:33 PM. GOOD EVENING.

WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.

[D. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION]

A QUORUM HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED, ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TRUSTEE BYRON SEVERANCE.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED, THE TIME IS 06:46 PM.

WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AS LED BY

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

>>

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[F. MISSION STATEMENT]

>> THE MISSION OF HAYS CISD IS TO EDUCATE, VALUE, AND NURTURE STUDENTS THROUGH INNOVATIVE AND PERSONALIZED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES WHILE CELEBRATING OUR DIVERSITY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, TRUSTEE VELA.

NEXT UP IS OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT,

[G. SOCIAL CONTRACT]

>> THE BOARD WILL SERVE AS DISTRICT AMBASSADORS, 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.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OUR SUPERINTENDENT REPORT IS NEXT.

[H. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT]

>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. HEY, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

WANTED FIRST OF ALL, GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE AS OF TODAY.

TODAY WE CHECKED IN AT 22,439 STUDENTS AND SO WE CONTINUE TO GROW.

OUR ATTENDANCE IS HOLDING PRETTY STEADY AT 92.83% WHICH IS DOWN FROM OUR NORMAL 96% BUT FELT A LITTLE BIT BETTER WHEN YOU COMPARE YOURSELF TO SOME OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND YOU.

WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS, AND SO THAT MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER BUT STILL NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE SO HOPEFULLY THE LEGISLATURE WILL TAKE CARE OF US WITH SOME RELIEF ON THAT AND FUND BASED ON ENROLLMENT.

WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I HAVE A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE MEETING AND MY SUPERINTENDENTS MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, AND SO OUR NEXT MEETING ON THE 25TH, I WILL PROVIDE A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FOR EVERYONE.

THEN JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT A WEEK FROM TODAY, EARLY VOTING BEGINS FOR OUR BOND ELECTION AS WELL AS OUR TRUSTEE ELECTION AND THEN THE GENERAL ELECTION IS ON MAY THE 6TH SO IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, SO I WANT YOU TO PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR.

THEN JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

OUR LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL PERCUSSION TEAM ARE THE STATE SILVER MEDALIST.

THEY WON THAT HONOR AT THE TCGC STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL PERCUSSING TEAM.

[APPLAUSE] THEN WE HAVE SOME TRACKS STARS IN OUR MIDST AND SO WE HAD ATHLETES FROM EACH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS QUALIFY FOR THE AREA AROUND OF THE STATE TRACK AND FIELD MEET, AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE KIDS CONTINUE TO PROGRESS THROUGH THAT.

THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO WISH GOOD LUCK TO THE HAYS HIGH SCHOOL ONE-ACT PLAY TEAM.

THEY GO TO THE REGIONAL CONTEXT THIS THURSDAY, SO THEY'RE ONE STEP AWAY FROM THE STATE MEET AND WE HAVEN'T EVER HAD A TEAM ADVANCE BEYOND THAT SO LET'S WISH THEM WELL, FINGERS CROSSED AND I'M SURE THAT THEY WILL HAVE A OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE. THAT'S MY REPORT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. TEAM, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT? WELL I JUST WANT TO BRAG ON OUR INDOOR PERCUSSION TEAM BECAUSE I WENT TO THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

MR. VELA'S SON IS IN THAT EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT IN PERCUSSION

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I'M TALKING ESPERANZA.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME RIGHT NOW? YES I JUST WANTED TO BRAG ON LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL, IT WAS REALLY COOL I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE I WAS A LITTLE FREAKED OUT BECAUSE YOUR KID PLAYS SAXOPHONE AND THERE HE WAS UP THERE DOING THIS INDOOR PERCUSSION THING AND IT'S LIKE IN A GYM AND I WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY BECAUSE IT'S IN THE SPRING AND MARCHING BANDS ENOUGH PEOPLE AS A BAND MOM MARCHING BAND IN THE FALL IS ENOUGH AND THEN LEHMAN TAKES IT TO A WHOLE ANOTHER LEVEL IN THE SPRING WITH THIS INDOOR PERCUSSION BUSINESS, WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO GO, YOU SHOULD GO. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY?

>> SURE I'LL CHIME IN THANK YOU.

MS. PETREA, MS. OROSCO WILL GET TO YOU IN A MINUTE, JUST KIDDING.

[LAUGHTER] THESE ARE THE KIDS THAT WERE TALKING.

I REMEMBER ONE OF THE KIDS JUST SHARING HIS HEART SAYING THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW, LAST YEAR LEHMAN FINISHED 10TH IN THE STATE AND SO IT'S A REALLY BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT THIS YEAR'S MUSIC WAS A LOT TOUGHER, THE MARCHING PIECES WERE TOUGHER AND HE SAID IT LITTLE BY LITTLE, EACH MUSIC, WELL MAYBE WE CAN MAKE IT TO STATE.

WELL, MAYBE WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN AGAIN AND AS THEY WERE ANNOUNCING THE TOP 15 SCHOOLS IN THE DIVISION THEY SAID NUMBER 15, NUMBER 14, SO WHEN THEY GOT TO ABOUT NUMBER 10 I STARTED RECORDING JUST FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND EACH ONE IT JUST GOT CLOSER AND CLOSER I WAS LIKE WE GOT A MEDAL.

ANYWAYS GREAT JOB TO MS.GONZALEZ IS IN CHARGE OF THE DRUM LINE, NATE SMITH, OF COURSE BAND DIRECTOR AND MR. WEISAKI ALL PARENTS HAD VOLUNTEERED.

IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENT AND JUST THE COHESIVENESS THAT THEY WERE AS A TEAM, SO EXCITED TO BE THERE.

>> YES THANKS SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I WANTED TO BRAG ON THAT AND THEN I BELIEVE OUR TRACK TEAMS ARE GOING WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN GEORGETOWN IS THAT WHAT YOU? [OVERLAPPING]

>> FIVE DAYS IN GEORGETOWN? FIVE DAYS?

>> IS IT FIVE OR SIX?

>> I THINK SIX DAYS IN GEORGETOWN.

I COULD BE WRONG BUT IT'S THIS WEEK, THIS WEEK FOR TRACK AND THURSDAY FOR ONE ACT, SO BY THE TIME WE MEET AGAIN NEXT WEEK, WE SHOULD HEAR SOME THINGS.

YES. AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON

[I. PUBLIC FORUM ]

[J. CAMPUS RECOGNITION]

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND TEAM TONIGHT.

WE HAVE SOME GUESTS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE AND WE VALUE THEIR TIME AND PROBABLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN GET HOME AT A REASONABLE HOUR.

WE WILL ALL BE HERE TILL LATE IF THAT'S OKAY.

BUT I DO WANT TO HAVE OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION UPDATE FIRST.

[K. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT]

>> THERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

BOARD PRESIDENT PATREA, AND DR. WRIGHT.

I AM SUPER EXCITED ABOUT YOU HEARING ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM HAS DONE FOR OUR STUDENTS THIS YEAR AND EVERY YEAR.

WE HAVE ALL THESE WONDERFUL FOLKS.

I WANT THEM TO STAND UP, COME ON.

I WOULD LOVE FOR MICHELLE TO INTRODUCE EACH OF THEM BECAUSE THEY ALL PLAY A SPECIAL ROLE IN SERVING OUR CHILDREN AND OUR STAFF EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THEY'RE DOING SOME GREAT WORK.

THIS TIME I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MICHELLE, OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF SPECIAL EDUCATION.

MICHELLE, IT'S ALL YOURS.

>> GOOD EVENING.

LET ME INTRODUCE THIS AMAZING STAFF.

I HAVE BRENDA BONDURANT, WHO IS OUR COORDINATOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.

I HAVE DEANNE HOSCHEK WHO'S OUR PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES COORDINATOR, VICTORIA TREVINO IS OUR RESPD.

SOUNDS LIKE REFPCT, BUT IT STANDS FOR REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR THE DEAF, COORDINATOR.

I HAVE MARGARITA LEONARDONIUS WHO WORKS AS OUR COORDINATOR FOR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE SERVICES, ALONG WITH OTHER SERVICES AS WELL.

THEN WE HAVE JENNIFER WILMA, WHO IS OUR MOTOR SERVICES COORDINATOR.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE FROM OUR TEAM MISSING THIS EVENING.

OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, THEY HAD OTHER THINGS GOING ON THIS EVENING. THANK YOU.

>> WE JUST SUPPORT THEM, WE LOVE THEM.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

>> WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS.

FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS IN HAYS CISD, WHEN YOU ARE AVAILABLE FOR EVENTS AND WHEN YOUR PRESENCE SPEAKS VOLUMES NOT ONLY TO OUR STUDENTS, BUT TO OUR FAMILIES AND TO OUR STAFF HERE IN HAYS CISD SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I WANT TO SHARE A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU FROM OUR DEPARTMENT.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE 16% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE

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THIS IS AN INCREASE, A SLIGHT INCREASE.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE WERE AT 13.2%.

THIS SCHOOL YEAR, OF ALL THE TRANSFERS THAT CAME INTO HAYS CISD, WE HAD 599 OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO WERE ALREADY RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES IN THE PREVIOUS DISTRICT THAT THEY ATTENDED.

WE HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF REFERRALS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION EVALUATION THIS YEAR AT 1218.

HOWEVER, NOT ALL OF THOSE EVALUATIONS ARE COMPLETED BECAUSE SOME STUDENTS MOVE AWAY OR PARENTS DECLINE EVALUATION AND SO FORTH.

OF THOSE REFERRALS, AS OF APRIL 12TH, WE HAVE 721 OF THOSE EVALUATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

OUR ELIGIBILITY RATE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS 96% SO THE TEACHERS THAT ARE SENDING IN THESE REFERRALS ARE SENDING IN THE RIGHT STUDENTS.

THIS IS ALSO AN INCREASE FROM OUR PREVIOUS RATE OF ELIGIBILITY IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS.

BY THE END OF JUNE, WE HAVE 252 INITIAL EVALUATIONS THAT NEED TO BE COMPLETED AND THEN AFTER A CERTAIN DATE, ANY REFERRALS THAT COME IN IN APRIL, AFTER A CERTAIN DATE IN APRIL, THOSE EVALUATION TIMELINES ARE THEN DUE IN AUGUST.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE SOME OF THOSE EVALUATIONS COMING IN.

ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE ON OUR DASHBOARD THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.

I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO CLICK THAT LINK FOR YOU GUYS, BUT YOU CAN GO AND DO THAT.

IT IS ON OUR MAIN WEBSITE FOR HAYS CISD.

MAYBE NEED TO NEED TO TURN THIS ON.

ONE OF OUR BIGGEST INITIATIVES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS HAS BEEN TO INCREASE COMMUNICATION WITH ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING OUR PARENTS AND OUR FAMILIES.

NOT JUST COMMUNICATION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT ALSO EDUCATING OUR STAKEHOLDERS.

WE'VE HAD LOTS OF EVENTS THIS YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD SOME OF YOU ATTEND OR ALL OF YOU HAVE ATTENDED SOME OF THESE EVENTS.

WE'VE BEEN REALLY EXCITED TO SEE YOU THERE.

WE HAD FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME EVER IN SEPTEMBER A PARENT FAIR, WHERE WE EDUCATED OUR FAMILIES ABOUT CHILD FIND AND ALL OF THE SERVICES AT HAYS CISD PROVIDES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRIVATE OT AND SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL OT.

WE HAD ALL OF OUR STAFF THERE AND WE HAD ABOUT 52 FAMILIES WHO ATTENDED THAT NIGHT, WHICH WAS JUST REALLY AMAZING.

WE'VE NEVER HAD AN EVENT LIKE THIS BEFORE.

WE'VE ALSO PARTNERED UP WITH THE CITY OF KYLE TO VOLUNTEER AT ALL OF THEIR EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND WE'VE HAD A GREAT TIME DOING THAT.

THE VERY FIRST TIME IN A COUPLE OF YEARS WE BROUGHT BACK AND SET COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT IT'S PROBABLY BEEN ABOUT 10 YEARS, WE BROUGHT BACK TALK FEST.

TALK FEST IS AN EVENT THAT WE PUT ON FOR OUR STUDENTS TO USE AN AUGMENTATIVE ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO SHARE THEIR VOICE.

ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WERE PREPARED BY OUR SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS REQUIRED OUR STUDENTS TO USE THEIR DEVICE IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE.

DR. WRIGHT WAS THERE.

WE LOVED HAVING HIM THERE.

WE HAD ALSO PARTNERED UP WITH OUR FRIENDS AND OUR STAFF AT THE CNI DEPARTMENT WHO ALSO CAME AND VOLUNTEERED THAT DAY. WE HAD A BLAST.

WE HAD GREAT FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS AND PARENTS WHO ATTENDED AND OUR STUDENTS.

ALSO FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME EVER, WE HAD A TRANSITION FARE IN HAYS CISD.

TRANSITION FARE WE BROUGHT IN THESE ARE SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS POST HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAD DISABILITY RIGHTS THERE PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT GUARDIANSHIP FOR STUDENTS.

WE HAD PROJECT SEARCH FROM SETON ASCENSION HOSPITAL.

WE HAD BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT SIDE THERE AND OTHER SERVICES AVAILABLE IN OUR HAYS COUNTY FOR OUR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AFTER THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

AGAIN, FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME EVER, WE HAVE A SPECIAL EDUCATION PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE ENJOYED OUR MEETINGS ALL YEAR LONG.

WE HAVE OUR LAST MEETING NEXT WEEK AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE COME UP WITH, WHICH ARE REALLY VALUABLE INFORMATION AND WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD WITH THEM TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOME THINGS THAT WILL MAKE OUR SERVICES BETTER.

THEN FINALLY, LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE HERE, WE BROUGHT TO YOU UNIFIED CHAMPION SCHOOLS IF YOU REMEMBER THAT.

OUR GOAL WAS TO BECOME THE VERY FIRST DISTRICT IN TEXAS WHO IS HONORED TO BE A UNIFIED SCHOOLS DISTRICT.

WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY.

WE HAVE 13 CAMPUSES WHO HAVE JOINED US SO FAR.

WE'VE HAD LOTS OF FUN WITH A LOT OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY PUT ON,

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WE JUST HAD A GREAT TIME.

WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY TO BE THERE. WE'RE ALMOST THERE.

ALSO WE ARE GETTING READY FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS, WHICH IS THIS WEEKEND ON SATURDAY.

WE HAD THE BIGGEST DELEGATION OF SPECIAL ATHLETES AT LAST YEAR'S EVENT WITH ABOUT 138.

OUR DELEGATION HAS NOW GROWN TO 160.

WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO BE THERE ON SATURDAY. IT'S AN ALL DAY EVENT.

THE FIRST EVENT STARTS AT 07:30.

IF YOU LIKE TO VOLUNTEER WITH US WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU.

THE VERY LAST THING I WANT TO SHARE IS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME WITH UNIFIED CHAMPIONS, WE'VE PUT ON A 5K.

WE HAD MANY OF YOU OUT THERE PARTICIPATE WITH US.

MR. ROBERT BELLAH OUR IN-HOUSE DJ WAS THERE FOR US.

YES. WE HAD SOME RUNNERS, WALKERS.

WE ALSO HAD SOME SLEEP WALKERS.

WE PARTICIPATE IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.

IT WAS A FABULOUS EVENT.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO BRING THAT BACK AND BE BIGGER THAN THIS YEAR.

THOSE ARE HIGHLIGHTS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. TEAM WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR OUR SPOTTY. MS. ROKU.

>> I WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU ALL ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT BECAUSE I LOVE ALL THINGS SPECIAL EDUCATION.

I KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS DO EACH AND EVERY DAY.

I HAVE TWO CHILDREN IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, ONE THAT ACTUALLY JUST GRADUATED.

I KNOW THE STRUGGLES AS A PARENT BUT ALSO AS TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND PEOPLE THAT REALLY SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY.

I WANTED JUST TO COMMENT ON THE COMMUNICATION PIECE WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION.

I AS A PARENT, GOING THROUGH HAVING A SENIOR THAT GRADUATED LAST YEAR.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I STRUGGLED WITH WAS KNOWING WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.

WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS? WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT I CAN DO OR NOT DO? WHAT DO ARDS LOOK LIKE? THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

I LOVED THAT YOU CAME OUT WITH THE NEWSLETTER IN YOUR TEAM BECAUSE IT IS SO INFORMATIVE.

I LOVE GETTING THEM. I LOVE SEEING THE INFORMATION ON THEM.

THEY ARE HELPFUL TO FAMILIES.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT ALSO THE STUDENT ADVISORY PANEL.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND STAFF ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT ARE REALLY COMMUNICATING WHAT IS HAPPENING, NOT JUST ON THEIR CAMPUSES, BUT ALSO WHAT IS HAPPENING AT HOME AND THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE SAYING.

THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT.

I DO LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING HOW YOUR UPCOMING MEETINGS GO AND EVEN THE ONES IN THE PAST.

IF YOU GUYS WOULD PROVIDE US JUST WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DISCUSSED AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS WORK ON IN THOSE ADVISORY MEETINGS.

BUT ALSO IF YOU WILL LET US KNOW WHO'S ON THOSE COMMITTEES SO THAT WE CAN SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AND BEING THAT VOICE FOR YOUR STUDENTS OR YOUR CHILDREN.

I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH.

YOU GUYS DO SO MUCH.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE CHILD.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

ONE-CHILD SOMETIMES CAN MAYBE FEEL LIKE 10, 15 CHILDREN.

I UNDERSTAND THAT AND SO JUST THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SPEAKING TODAY.

>> THANK YOU. WE WILL HAVE A SUMMARY FROM OUR PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR YOU GUYS.

>> WONDERFUL. OH, AND JUST ONE MORE THING.

THE 5K.

YES, WE DID THAT THIS YEAR AND I THINK THIS WAS THE LARGEST 5K.

IN FACT, I EVEN REMEMBER SEEING MS. CORONA.

SHE WAS STANDING AT THE TABLE AND SHE WAS JUST IN TEARS BECAUSE SHE WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE THERE SUPPORTING, SO JUST KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU GUYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. VELA.

>> YES, THANK YOU TO THE TEAM.

YOU ALL DO A WONDERFUL JOB AND IT'S AMAZING TO JUST SEE THE GROWTH, THE REFERRALS, THE ELIGIBILITY.

I'M GLAD THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE REALLY BEING EFFECTIVE IN THEIR REFERRALS.

AS WE'VE MENTIONED FOR ANY OTHER EVENTS, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US? HOW CAN WE SUPPORT? HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HELPING ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDING SPREAD?

>> YOUR PRESENCE SPEAKS VOLUMES FOR OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS.

>> GREAT. JUST KEEP THE INVITES COMING AND WE WILL DO AS BEST AS WE CAN.

>> YES.

>> THANK YOU.

>> DR. GONZALEZ, YOU HAVE SOMETHING?

>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE IT SEEING THE NUMBERS.

YOU ARE VERY METICULOUS IN GIVING US THIS INFORMATION. VERY THOROUGH.

I DID GO TO YOUR DASHBOARD AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE COOLEST THING.

I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE HOVERING BUT IT WAS SO COOL ONCE YOU DID BECAUSE YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THE SCHOOL, THE NUMBERS MAY HAVE DIFFERENT COLORS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO GET THIS INFORMATION TO US.

>> THANK YOU. WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT OUR TECHNOLOGY TEAM THAT IS WORKING WITH US.

IS JUST PHASE 1. WE HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION THAT WILL BE UPLOADED ON THAT DASHBOARD.

>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

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>> MRS. ROSCO.

>> CAN YOU PROVIDE A LIST OF ALL THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING WITH UNIFIED CHAMPIONS? HE SAYS THERE IS 13 CAMPUSES, IF YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT LIST, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS ON THE 599 TRANSFERS, WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM? ARE THEY COMING FROM ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR OR THROUGHOUT THE STATE? WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM?

>> YES. ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR.

WE HAVE A MAJORITY OF STUDENTS COMING FROM THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT.

WE ALSO HAD A LOT OF STUDENTS COME IN FROM OUT-OF-STATE THIS YEAR.

>> I'LL SUBMIT THAT QUESTION FOR THE SPECIFICS ON THAT.

THEN ALSO, I AM PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO SEE THAT 16% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE IDENTIFIED WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES WAY ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE.

THEN YOU CALLING ATTENTION TO HOW 96% ARE ELIGIBLE.

I KNOW WHEN I WAS A TEACHER, IT WAS SO HARD TO GET SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

IT WAS JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS TO TRY TO GET THOSE SERVICES AND THEN CONSTANTLY BEING DENIED.

I'M SO GLAD TO SEE THAT 96% ARE ALL ELIGIBLE.

YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS VERY COSTLY.

SPECIAL EDUCATION IS VERY COSTLY AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE PUTTING KIDS FIRST AND TAKING CARE OF OUR KIDS AND PROVIDING THEM THE SERVICES THEY NEED, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

>> WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT WITHOUT OUR TEACHERS.

WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD WITH THE ACADEMIC SUPPORT TEAM, WITH DEBBIE BROWN'S TEAM TO COME UP WITH AN MTSS PROCESS AND EDUCATE OUR CAMPUSES ABOUT THE PROCESS AND FOLLOW THAT PROCESS WITH FIDELITY SO THAT THOSE REFERRALS THAT ARE COMING IN ARE REFERRALS THAT ARE TRULY NEEDED.

>> MR. MCMANUS.

>> LOTS OF NICE THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID.

I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT THOSE, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS.

I THINK THE WORK THAT YOU DO IS POWERFUL AND IT IMPACTS OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YES. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.

EVERYBODY GOOD? ON THE EVALUATIONS, ABOUT HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO EVALUATE A STUDENT?

>> I KNEW YOU'RE GOING TO ASK THAT QUESTION.

I'M GOING TO LET DEANNE COME UP HERE.

WHERE ARE YOU? SHE WILL HAVE THE BEST INFORMATION FOR YOU BECAUSE I WILL PROBABLY MAKE THAT.

>> FROM AN INITIAL REFERRAL, ONCE THE PARENTS CAN SEND, WE HAVE 45 SCHOOL DAYS TO COMPLETE THE EVALUATIONS.

IF THE STUDENT HAS THREE OR MORE ABSENCES WE CAN ADD BASE TO THAT TIMELINE.

BUT IN COMPLETING, DEPENDING ON TYPE OF VALUATION AND LD EVALUATION, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 15-20 HOURS FOR TESTING AND THEN REPORT WRITING.

IT COULD BE 17-18 HOURS ON AN LD ON SOMETHING LIKE A PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION OR AUTISM EVALUATION YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

NOT AS MUCH TESTING TIME, BUT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT A LOT MORE REPORT WRITING TIME BECAUSE YOU'RE SYNTHESIZING A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND IT'S VERY IN-DEPTH SO SOMETIMES SOME OF THOSE REPORT WRITING ARE 30, 40 HOURS, DEPENDING ON THE EXTENT OF IT.

IT'S QUITE A LENGTHY PROCESS.

>> THAT WAS MY POINT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE AT HOME LISTENING HERE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT, WITH 721 EVALUATIONS ALREADY COMPLETE, LET'S SAY THAT'S 17 HOURS AVERAGE, THAT'S 12,250 HOURS OF TIME THAT OUR STAFF HAS TO TAKE CORRECT TO EVALUATE STUDENTS AND OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH HAVE GOTTEN THEMSELVES IN TROUBLE WITH TEA, WITH THIS AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT HERE.

BUT IT IS A LOT OF HOURS AND YOU ONLY GET 45 DAYS.

I'M HAPPY TO SEE HERE WE ONLY HAVE 284 EVALUATIONS OUTSTANDING THAT ARE DUE BY JUNE 30TH, SO BRAVO.

THIS IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING THAT I THINK EVERYONE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THAT AND WE'RE DOING THIS AND IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S ALSO TIME-CONSUMING FOR OUR FOLKS.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO EVALUATE OUR STUDENTS AND TO MEET THESE DEADLINES, 45 DAYS SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY LONG TIME WHEN YOU'RE A PARENT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE.

MY SON HAS AUTISM.

HE WAS MORE ON THE 504 SIDE BECAUSE HE WAS SUPER HIGH-FUNCTIONING AND THAT'S THE WAY WE DECIDED TO GO.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE RIGHT WAY OF LOOKING BACK, BUT THIS IS WHAT IT IS.

I KNOW THAT CAN BE A LONG TIME FOR PARENTS.

WHEN THEY HEAR 45 DAYS, IT FEELS LIKE A LONG TIME.

BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF STEPS.

YOU WANT TO BE THOROUGH. YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST RUSH THROUGH THIS.

IT DOES TAKE SOME TIME TO GET ALL OF THEM DONE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE EVALUATION PIECE AND STAYING ON TOP OF THAT BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A LOT.

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>> AGAIN, EVERY THREE YEARS STUDENTS HAVE TO BE RE-EVALUATED.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT EVALUATION AGAIN.

IT'S NOT A ONE-AND-DONE THING.

IT'S EVERY THREE-YEAR, WE HAVE TO INVESTIGATE THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITIES AND FREQUENTLY WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE SPEECH IMPAIRED EARLY IN LIFE AND THEN ACADEMIC STRUGGLES, COMES, SO THOSE STUDENTS ARE BEING EVALUATED, SO A CONSTANT BATTLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE EVALUATIONS ARE ON TIME AND OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE RIGHT NOW.

BUT THAT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PUSHED THEMSELVES TO THE LIMIT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THINGS DONE IN A TIMELY FASHION.

>> WELL, I FEEL LIKE YOUR SUPERHEROES FOR DOING ALL OF THIS, TO BE HONEST. THANK YOU.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO COME TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU INVITE US TO. I LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

WE'RE SO HAPPY GUYS ARE HERE WITH US ON THE TEAM.

DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE?

>> I WAS JUST GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH DEANNE.

EXPECTATIONS ARE SET REALLY HIGH IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND THEY'VE BEEN MET ABOVE AND BEYOND AND WHEN SHE SAID THAT, IT TAKES A LOT OF HOURS, WE HAVE EVALUATION STAFF.

LSSP'S, SOPS, DIE-HARDS, ALL OF OUR ITINERANT FOLKS WHO EVALUATE ARE PUTTING IN THOSE HOURS WORKING WELL INTO THE EVENING AFTER THEY'VE COME HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES, WORKING ON WEEKENDS.

WE'D EVEN HAD SITUATIONS WHERE EMERGENCIES HAVE HAPPENED AND PEOPLE ARE WORKING IN A HOSPITAL ROOM.

WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE COMPLETING ALL OF THOSE EVALUATIONS ON TIME.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT [INAUDIBLE] YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE?

>> I MEAN THAT GOES BACK TO WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT, YOU DON'T HAVE JUST ONE CHILD.

SOMETIMES THAT ONE CHILD HAS DIFFERENT DISABILITIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON AND THAT ONE CHILD COULD FILL MAYBE LIKE 15 CHILDREN AND WHATNOT.

WE DO NOT WANT OUR STAFF PUSHED TO THE LIMIT.

THAT'S WHY RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION IS IMPORTANT AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AS A BOARD, ARE MAKING SURE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE POSITIONS THAT WE AREN'T MAKING IT TO WHERE OUR STAFF ARE BEING PUSHED TO THE LIMITS BECAUSE THESE ARE OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS.

THEY STRUGGLE MORE THAN THE AVERAGE STUDENTS.

WE KNOW THAT, SO JUST DEANNE'S POINT, BUT ALSO TO GO BACK TO WHAT I SAID EARLIER.

WE DON'T WANT YOU PUSH TO THE LIMITS.

WE UNDERSTAND.

I MEAN, MS. PETREA LAID OUT THE HOURS.

THAT'S A LOT OF HOURS.

I MEAN, WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT TO HELP US WITH TESTING BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN PUSHED TO THE LIMIT AND PAST.

WE CARE ABOUT THAT. WE'RE GOING TO CARE ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YES, MR. UNCLE, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME ABOUT OUR AGENDA ITEM THAT'S COMING UP TO GET YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF HELP THERE, MR. MCMANUS, YOU HAD SOMETHING?

>> YOUR QUESTION MADE ME THINK OF JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

THE 599 TRANSFERS, ARE THEY EVALUATED AGAIN OR DO THEY COME IN AND WHAT SAYS THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN EVALUATED, OR DO THEY START THE WHOLE PROCESS OVER?

>> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. IF A STUDENT TRANSFERS INTO OUR DISTRICT FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TEXAS, OR A PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT TEAM WILL REVIEW OR SERVICES TEAM WILL REVIEW THE EVALUATION AND EITHER ACCEPT IT OR NOT.

IF WE NEED MORE INFORMATION, WE MAY REQUEST A NEW EVALUATION.

ANY STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING FROM OUT-OF-STATE, THAT EVALUATION DOES HAVE TO BE REVIEWED TO MAKE SURE IT MEETS THE TEXAS GUIDELINES.

IF IT DOESN'T, THEN WE DO A RE-EVALUATION.

>> THANK YOU. THEN THE SECOND ONE IS, I'LL JUST ASK THIS WAY.

HOW DO YOU PARTNER WITH THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY? LIKE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF SCHOOL WITH THEIR PRIVATE DOCTORS, HOW DOES THAT INFLUENCE HOW YOU'RE DOING THESE EVALUATIONS?

>> WE DO REQUESTS CONSENTS FROM OUR FAMILIES IF THERE'S ANY MEDICAL ISSUES OR CONCERNS TO SPEAK WITH THEIR PHYSICIANS AND OUR PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES TEAM DOES COMMUNICATE WITH THEM, GATHER INFORMATION.

THERE ARE SPECIFIC FORMS THAT WE USE, BUT WE DO GATHER ALL THAT INFORMATION NEEDED FOR THE ASSESSMENT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

HOW'S THAT AUTISM GRADE GOING?

>> IT'S FABULOUS.

WE ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO SPEND THE REST OF OUR MONEY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS SO THAT WE HAVE ALL OF OUR CLASSROOM SETUP FOR NEXT YEAR.

>> AWESOME. GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

ANYTHING ELSE, TEAM? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] WE'RE GOING TO MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND TEAM.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE UP ITEM NUMBER M8,

[M.8. Consideration and possible approval of the selection of Construction Manager At-Risk (CMAR) for Future Bond Projects]

TEAM, THIS IS ON PAGE 54 OF YOUR BOARD BOOK.

WE'VE GOT SOME FOLKS HERE TONIGHT THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

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MR. CLEAVER, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANY WORDS BEFORE WE JUMP INTO QUESTIONS?

>> YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING.

THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

YES, ON PAGE 54, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SELECTION OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR FUTURE BOND PROJECTS.

WE ACTUALLY DIRECT SOLICITED 12 VENDORS AND WE DID RECEIVE FOR RESPONSES.

IT WAS REALLY REFRESHING TO HAVE ALL FOUR QUALIFIED RESPONSES.

ALL THE FOUR VENDORS, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THEM, WE LOOKED AT THEM AND THEY'RE ALL QUALIFIED.

THEY EVEN CAME TO THE PRE-BID CONFERENCE WHICH WAS AT MANDATORY, AND THEY'RE ALL HERE TONIGHT TO HEAR THIS CONVERSATION.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THEM.

BARTLETT CORE WAS IN THAT GROUP.

THEY GOT A 25-YEAR TRACK RECORD WITH THIS PROVEN ABILITY DELIVER, AND JUST A DEPTH OF STAFF AND SUBS.

SEAN AND SCOTT ARE HERE TONIGHT FROM BARTLETT CORE, THAT'S BOB SURVEY.

THEIR PROJECT LEADERSHIP TEAM IS REALLY OUTSTANDING.

THEY ACTUALLY HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT WERE IN MY POSITION AND NIGHTS POSITION AT NUMEROUS LARGE CENTRAL TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE DELIVERING THAT PRODUCT PROJECT.

>> CAN I ASK THAT WHEN YOU SAY THEIR NAMES THAT THEY STAND.

I KNOW WE ALREADY SAID BARTLETT COCK SO THEY CAN THEY STAND UP [OVERLAPPING] JUST TO SHOW OUR FOLKS HERE WHO'S HERE TONIGHT.

>> YEAH, SEAN STEVENS AND SCOTT STEITZ FROM BARTLETT.

THEN WE HAVE BOB SURVEY FROM CORE RIGHT HERE.

THEN WE HAVE JOE GODADDY AND BRIAN PARMA FROM JACKSON CONSTRUCTORS, AND THEN WE HAVE PATRICK SERRANO FROM LEE LEWIS CONSTRUCTION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BOB AND HIS TEAM, LIKE I SAID, WITH CORE THE LEADERSHIP TEAM THEY PUT TOGETHER AND THE ARCHITECT REFERRALS FOR WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DELIVER WAS OUTSTANDING.

JACKSON AND LEE LEWIS, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THEM ON, THEY ALSO ARE QUALIFIED.

BASICALLY, THEIR PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AND ALL THEIR PROCESSES AND THEIR SOLICITATION PACKETS WERE FANTASTIC.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING PUTTING THEM ON THE EXPANSIONS THAT FUENTES AND HEMPHILL THAT ARE THOSE FUTURE BOND.

THIS IS THE DESIGN DOLLARS FOR 23 AND A FUTURE CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS.

WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THEM FOR THOSE PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AND DO A SOFT START WITH THEM IF YOU WILL, TO LEARN ABOUT THEM.

WE WERE MAKING A DISTINCTION BETWEEN MAJOR PROJECTS AND MINOR PROJECTS.

MAJOR WOULD BE SAY, 10 MILLION AND ABOVE.

THAT'S WHERE WE'RE DRAWING A LINE.

WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF THESE SPECIFIC COMPANIES FOR THESE SPECIFIC PROJECTS WE HAVE LISTED ON PAGE 55, AND THEN AUTHORIZATION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO NEGOTIATE THOSE CONTRACTS AND THEN ALSO AUTHORITY FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ASSIGN PROJECTS FOR MINOR PROJECTS, THINGS UNDER $10 MILLION.

WE TRY TO BUNDLE OUR PROJECTS INTO AS CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK PACKAGE, BUT SOMETIMES THEY'RE LIKE ONE-OFF PROJECTS THAT DON'T FALL IN THOSE BUNDLES.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING AUTHORIZATION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO CHOOSE THAT METHOD AND NEGOTIATE THAT CONTRACT.

>> JUST TO BE CLEAR ON ALL OF THESE PROJECTS FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM ARE CONTINGENT UPON THE MAY 6 BOND ELECTION, CORRECT?

>> YES, MA'AM. THAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE MOTION.

>> CORRECT. TEAM, DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MR. CLEAVER? MR. MCMANUS?

>> THANKS. I WON'T ASK AS MANY QUESTIONS AS TRUSTEE SEVERANCE PROBABLY WOULD, BUT I'LL DO MY BEST.

>> WE'VE BEEN ANSWERING SOME OF THOSE ON LOG.

>> I SAW THE LIST. I WILL SAY TO ALL THE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE HERE, I ACTUALLY DID LOOK THROUGH ALL THE PROPOSALS AND THEY WERE ALL VERY WELL DONE.

THAT WAS GREAT JOB BY ALL OF THEM.

I APPRECIATED THE THOROUGHNESS OF ALL OF THOSE.

A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, AND ONE IS I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO MAYBE EXPLAIN FOR ME, BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE AS WELL.

HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I REMEMBER MAYBE IN A LONG TIME HAVING MULTIPLE GENERAL CONTRACTORS WORKING FOR US SIMULTANEOUSLY UNDER CMAR ON MAJOR PROJECTS.

TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU AND THE TEAM PLAN TO MANAGE THAT?

>> YEAH. THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION.

I BELIEVE WITH NATE WINDSAW, WHICH HERE HE'S BRINGING JUST A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF JUST CALMNESS AND DELIVERY.

WE HAVE NATE, WE HAVE TWO PROJECT MANAGERS, AND THEN IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, SHOULD THE BOND PAY US, YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW US TO HAVE

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MOST IMPORTANTLY THOUGH, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT FROM OUR SIDE.

THE REASON WE WANT TO DO THIS IS WE HAVE A $2.2 BILLION 10-YEAR PLAN.

EVEN IF YOU ARE THE LARGEST CONTRACTOR IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, $2.2 BILLION WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE THAN ONE CONTRACTOR TO DELIVER THAT, I BELIEVE.

IT JUST PUTS US IN A POSITION TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SUBCONTRACTOR MARKET AND WHO THE SUBCONTRACTORS ARE.

IT'S JUST GOING TO BE ADVANTAGEOUS IN ANY WAY WE LOOK AT IT.

>> THEN MY SECOND ONE IS, WE'VE OPERATED UNDER A CMAR FOR A LONG TIME.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR OPINION OF WHY YOU THINK THAT'S STILL THE BEST PROJECT DELIVERY METHOD FOR US OR WERE OTHER THINGS CONSIDERED BEFORE WE WENT THIS DIRECTION?

>> THE REASON I LIKE CMAR RISK IS BECAUSE WHEN WE DO A PROJECT, I GET TO COME UP TO THIS PODIUM AND TALK TO YOU ALL AT LEAST TWICE, SOMETIMES THREE TIMES ABOUT WHERE THE BUDGET IS.

ON A CMAR RISK, WE HAD THE TEAM AND THE ARCHITECT, AND WE ACTUALLY DEVELOP THOSE PLANS AND WE GET PERIODIC UPDATES AS WE GO.

WHEN IT COMES TO WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH DESIGN, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE IN BUDGET OR OUT OF BUDGET AS THE CASE MAY BE, AND KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

WE GET A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE ON BID DAY.

WHEREAS IT COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL, WE DO THE PLANS, WE GET A PRICE BACK ON BID DAY, AND THEN WE'RE FLAT-FOOTED, IF IT'S OVER BUDGET.

THEN WE'RE SCRAMBLING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

WHEREAS THIS PROCESS, WE DEVELOP THE PROJECT INSTEAD OF JUST GET WHAT WE GET ON BID DAY.

THAT'S JUST MY ANECDOTAL WAY OF PUTTING THAT.

THEN YOU HAD A PART TWO TO THAT QUESTION THOUGH.

I THOUGHT MAY BE.

>> DID THE TEAM REALLY CONSIDER OTHER DELIVERY METHODS RATHER THAN JUST CMAR RISK?

>> FOR THE MAJOR PROJECTS, NOT REALLY.

JUST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SET UP FOR IT NOW, WE COULD DO IT.

IN OTHER WORDS, A CMAR RISK, THEY ACTUALLY ADVERTISE IN THE PAPER, TAKE THE SUB BIDS, EVALUATE THE SUB BIDS, PUT THE PACKAGE TOGETHER, AND THAT'S THE GMP.

WE WOULD DO ALL OF THAT.

WE HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE HAVE ESTIMATORS AND TEAMS OF PEOPLE IN THE WAR ROOM DOING THAT, WE WOULD HAVE TO SET THAT UP.

AT THIS POINT TO CMAR RISK DOES THAT ON OUR BEHALF.

>> THAT'S ALL I HAVE, AND I'M SURE BARTLETT WE'LL HAVE MORE. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.

>> GOOD JOB HARNESSING YOUR INNER BYRON THOUGH.

[LAUGHTER] MR. RUNCLE. ANYTHING? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.

MAYBE JUST ONE QUESTION, ONE COMMENT.

ON POINTERS AND HEMPHILL, THOSE ARE SISTER SCHOOLS, THEY'RE SIMILAR AND BEFORE WHEN WE DID THE ELM GROVE EXPANSION, WE USED OCR AS THE ARCHITECT AND THEN BARTLETT AS THE CMAR.

MY ASSUMPTION IS THERE WILL BE SOME, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAVE SOME MONEY BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A PLAN FOR SOME OF THAT.

>> ON THE DESIGN SIDE, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS FOR OCR TO DO THE DESIGN ON FOOT IS IN HEMPHILL.

>> GREAT. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE STARTING OVER AT THE CMAR LEVEL AS WELL? THAT'S JUST THEY'RE JUST MANAGING THE SUBS AND DOING ALL THAT, CORRECT? MAYBE I DON'T KNOW WHAT A CMAR DOES.

MAYBE YOU NEED TO EXPLAIN THAT TO ME.

>> THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, THEY ACTUALLY BID ON OUR BEHALF.

WE PAY THEM THREE DIFFERENT WAYS.

WE GET PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, THAT'S WHAT WE ACTUALLY WORK WITH THE ARCHITECT AND DO THESE SD BID DD.

WE ALSO PAY THEM A CONSTRUCTION FEE AND THEN WE PAY THEM GENERAL CONDITIONS.

THEY MANAGE THE CONSTRUCTION ON OUR BEHALF 100 PERCENT.

WHEREAS IF WE HAD A COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL, WE WOULD DO ALL OF THE BIDDING, ALL THE EVALUATION, AND ALL OF THAT.

>> WITH THE SUBCONTRACTORS?

>> DIRECTLY WITH THE SUBCONTRACTORS.

>> I'M WITH YOU. I CARE ABOUT ALL THOSE SUBCONTRACTORS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL SAVINGS AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SOME OF THAT.

WELL, I'M EXCITED FOR SOME NEW FOLKS AND ARE TO WORK WITH US.

>> WE ARE TOO.

>> I ALSO LOOKED AT THE PROPOSALS AND THOUGHT THEY WERE PRETTY IMPRESSIVE AND AS A PROPOSAL MANAGER, I HAVE A REALLY BIG APPRECIATION FOR THE TIME THAT GOES INTO THOSE, FRANKLY.

I APPRECIATE THAT WE GOT TO SEE THOSE AND UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE CAPABILITIES OF THESE NEW COMPANIES.

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WE KNOW YOU'VE BEEN AROUND A WHILE. MRS. OROSCO.

>> QUICK QUESTION, MR. CLEAVER.

FOR THE CMAR FOLKS, YOU'RE GOING TO DO AN AMAZING JOB WITH OUR HVAC BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SO MANY ISSUES WITH OUR HVAC IN OUR EXPANSIONS AND NEW FACILITIES.

BUT I'M HEARING BARLEY COG ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.

CORE AND JACKSON AND LEE LEWIS, YOU ALL ARE GOING TO DELIVER WORKING HVAC SYSTEMS. COMMITMENT? OKAY, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD ISSUES AT EVERY SINGLE NEW BUILD AND EXPANSION AND THAT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING.

I'M GLAD THAT YOU ALL ASSURED US OF THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. CLEAVER.

>> YES, MA'AM.

>> WE WON'T MAKE THEM SET THE AC AT THE TEMPERATURE THAT ESPERANZA REQUESTS THIS ROOM TO BE AT.

>> JUST A WORKING ONE.

>> I CARE MOSTLY ABOUT LIGHTS AND AV, SO THAT'S WHAT I CARE ABOUT.

>> I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO USE TRUE NORTH AS OUR CONSULTANT.

>> MRS. RANKL?

>> WHY WE'RE CALLING PEOPLE OUT HERE.

OCR Y'ALL ARE GOING TO GIVE US 3D RENDERINGS OF EVERY DRAWING MOVING FORWARD?

>> THEY'RE NOT HERE TONIGHT. MR. CLEAVER CAN PASS ALONG SOME MOTION.

>> OCR THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THE ISOMETRICS.

>> FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE, RIGHT?

>> WE SAW THEM ONLINE.

>> WE JUST WANT TO SEE THEM ONLINE.

>> ON THE FULL PLAN ISOMETRICS.

>> EVERY FUTURE ONE.

>> YES, MA'AM.

>> OKAY.

>> YES.

>> THAT COULD BE WILL, HE SAID.

>> THANKS, HUCKABEE.

>> THERE YOU ARE.

>> OKAY, PERFECT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? WE'LL VOTE NEXT TUESDAY ON THIS ITEM?

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> ALL RIGHT WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU ALL.

>> WELL, NOW THAT I SEE JASON FROM HUCKABEE HERE NOW I FEEL COMPELLED TO MOVE UP ANOTHER ITEM.

ALL RIGHT, THAT ONE IS PAGE 50, TEAM.

[M.6. Consideration and possible approval of Selection of Architect for Future Bond Projects]

YEAH, I'LL DO SEVEN AS WELL BECAUSE THEY'RE THE SAME.

WELL, THEY HAVE THE SAME ARCHITECT STUFF GOING ON.

ALL RIGHT, TEAM. MR. CLEAVER IS HERE.

THESE ARE OUR ARCHITECTS.

HUCKABEE ARCHITECTS IS PROPOSED FOR NEW ELEMENTARY 17 AND 18 AND THE RENOVATION AND EXPANSION OF HAZE, JOHNSON, AND LEHMAN AND THEN WE'VE GOT O'CONNELL ROBERTSON FOR THE RENOVATION AND EXPANSION OF KYLE ELEMENTARY, TOM GREEN, FUENTES, AND HEMPHILL.

ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS? JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS ALSO CONTINGENT UPON OUR MAY 6 BOND ELECTION.

>> THAT IS, AND I THINK MAYBE THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY PUBLICLY IN FRONT OF THIS GROUP IS THERE IS STILL ONE MORE MAJOR ARCHITECT SELECTION ON THE 23 BOND, AND WE BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE COMING LATER AND THAT'S THAT HIGH SCHOOL 4.

WE THINK THAT SHOULD BE ITS OWN SOLICITATION FOR BOTH THE ARCHITECT AND THE CONSTRUCTOR.

IT CAN BE. WE HAVE THAT OPTION.

I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE THAT IS A MAJOR.

>> I LIKE THAT.

>> BUT WE DON'T HAVE HIGH SCHOOL 4 ON THE BOND, SO DON'T FREAK ANYBODY OUT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S JUST THE DESIGN FEES.

>> OKAY, JUST THE DESIGN, YES.

ALL RIGHT ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM TEAM? MRS. RANKL.

>> BUT SINCE NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARCHITECTS.

ALL THE ARCHITECTS ARE GOING TO HAVE THOSE DRAWINGS LIKE WE REQUESTED, RIGHT?

>> YES.

>> THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN LAST TIME.

THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING THIS UP.

REMEMBER, WE HAD A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT DIDN'T, AND I HAD THESE WONDERFUL DRAWINGS THAT I WAS LOOKING AT AND I KNEW WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT AND OTHERS THAT I DIDN'T AND I HAD TO BOTHER A BUNCH OF PEOPLE.

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO THAT.

>> YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY GET THAT.

>> I DON'T NEED THIS FOR A LIVING.

>> THE ISOMETRICS FOR ALL THE FLOOR PLANS, CORRECT?

>> PERFECT. THANK YOU.

I KNEW I WOULD COUNT ON YOU, JASON.

>> MRS. OROSCO HAS ANOTHER SUGGESTION FOR OUR DOCUMENTS THAT WE GET FROM OUR ARCHITECTS.

>> ALSO THAT WE HAVE PAGE NUMBERS THAT ARE CORRECT ON WHAT WE RECEIVE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE PAGE NUMBERS AND WE WE'RE GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

>> NO PAGE NUMBERS, THAT'S A VERY BAD, HARD REQUEST. NO, JUST KIDDING [OVERLAPPING].

>> EXACTLY, SUPPER HARD.

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>> WE CAN DO THAT.

>> WE ARE EASY MR. CLEAVER.

>> WE CAN DO PAGE NUMBERS.

>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION. [OVERLAPPING] I KNOW BEFORE WE HAD AN ARCHITECT, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME.

AN ARCHITECT THAT'S SPECIALIZED ON HISTORICAL PLACES AND WASN'T OUT OF BUTOH, ARE WE USING THEM?

>> STEVE BUTLER IS STILL HERE AND HE STILL ACTUALLY DOES WORK WITH US RIGHT NOW.

HE'S DOING 21 BOND.

NEXT MONTH WE'RE BRINGING YOU HANDWASH STATIONS FROM FUENTES AND HEMPHILL, SO HE DOES SOME OF THE SMALLER PROJECTS FOR US.

>> OKAY, GREAT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS REMEMBERING.

>> YES, MA'AM. HE IS ACTUALLY STILL ON THE LIST.

MATTER OF FACT, RIGHT HERE IN SECTION D ON PAGE 50, AN A&E DESIGN GROUP WERE APPROVED FOR THE SAME IN JANUARY.

>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING. IT WAS A&E.

>> YES, MA'AM. A&E DESIGN GROUP.

>> OKAY, PERFECT. THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW. THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, WE WILL VOTE ON THIS NEXT TUESDAY.

THEN WE'LL GO TO M7: CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE METHOD OF PROCUREMENT FOR MAJOR 2023 BOND PROJECTS.

TEAM, THIS IS ON PAGE 52.

MR. CLEAVER IS UP AGAIN.

YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT THIS ONE?

>> YES, MA'AM. THAT BASICALLY, BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IN THIS ORDER IN THE BOOK.

NEXT WEEK, IF YOU ALL CHOOSE TO VOTE FOR THIS, YOU'D VOTE FOR THIS ONE FIRST BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO VOTE FOR THE METHOD OF PROCUREMENT, AND THAT WOULD BE SEEING THEM AT RISK AND BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY SELECT THE ACTUAL VENDOR, SO THAT'S ALL THAT THIS ONE IS ABOUT.

SOMETIMES YOU CAN ACTUALLY COMBINE THOSE TWO AGENDA ITEMS, BUT WE JUST KEPT THEM SEPARATE.

>> I APPRECIATE A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM, MR. CLEAVER, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

ALL RIGHT TEAM ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CLEAVER ON THIS ITEM? MRS. RANKL?

>> BYRON HAS ASKED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON HERE ON THE HANDOUT THAT WE GOT.

THERE'S NOT RESPONSES ON HERE.

THEY'RE ALREADY ON BOARD BLOG.

ARE YOU ALL POSTING THOSE IN THE NEXT?

>> I STARTED DOING THEM LATE THIS AFTERNOON, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY MADE THAT CUT THAT PROBABLY WENT OUT EARLIER.

>> WE'LL HAVE IT.

>> YES, MA'AM.

>> OKAY, PERFECT. OKAY, THANKS.

>> IT IS REALLY CENTERED AROUND THE OTHER METHOD OF PROCUREMENTS, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.

WE ACTUALLY DO USE JOB ORDER CONTRACTING, CO-OP PURCHASING IN SOME CSP.

I THINK WE USED TO USE A LOT MORE CSP, BUT I THINK THE CO-OP PURCHASING HAS GOTTEN SO MUCH BETTER BECAUSE WE CAN GET CO-OP QUOTES VERY SIMILAR TO HOW WE GET BIDS IN, BUT WE GET QUOTES FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY VETTED AND WE KNOW THEY'RE LEGIT.

>> OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT GREAT.

WELL, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING ON THESE ITEMS NEXT TUESDAY.

ALL RIGHT, TEAM. NEXT UP, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE UP OUR SMART TAG SYSTEM ITEM.

THIS IS AN INFORMATION ITEM IN N2.

WE'VE GOT SOME FOLKS FROM OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HERE AND THEY USUALLY HAVE TO GET UP AT 03:30 IN THE MORNING SO LET'S GET THEM GOING.

THIS IS OUR UPDATE ON OUR SMART TAG SYSTEM TEAM,

[N.2. Update on Hays CISD Smart Tag Systems - Transportation and Safety & Security]

>> SMART TAGS AT PAGE 78.

>> MR. CLEAVER, ARE YOU GOING TO START US OFF?

>> YES, MA'AM. I'M HERE JUST TO INTRODUCE EVERYBODY.

THIS IS A TEAM EVENT AND SPEAKING OF TEAM, I WANT TO THANK TRUSTEE RUNKLE FOR BEING THE SMARTTAG CHAMPION AND CONTINUING SINCE WE GOT THIS THING UNDERWAY, TO CONTINUE TO APPLY THAT VERY KIND BUT STEADY PRESSURE TO KEEP MOVING.

I APPRECIATE IT QUITE A LOT.

I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE JERRY [INAUDIBLE].

SHE'S GOING TO KICK IT OFF AND TALK ABOUT IT JUST THE USE OF STUDENT ID CARDS IN GENERAL.

BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND IS TRANSPORTATION IS WHERE WE'RE PILOTING SMARTTAG BUT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER PLACES IN THESE CAMPUSES WE COULD PROBABLY USE THEM TO JUST BE BETTER.

WITH US NOW WILL BE JERRY [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN PHILLY BUNILLA, THE DIRECTOR WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT.

CASSANDRA IS ALSO HERE.

CASSANDRA BEA, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, VERONICA GARCIA, WHO IS ACTUALLY OUR SMARTTAG SPECIALISTS.

I BELIEVE THIS IS HER FIRST BOARD PRESENTATION, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I'M A SIT OUT.

>> GOOD EVENING. WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS EXPLAIN TO Y'ALL JUST VERY BRIEFLY AN OVERVIEW IS THAT WHEN WE STARTED AND WE ADOPTED SMARTTAG THROUGH OUR BUS PORTAL IN TRANSPORTATION, WE ALSO COINCIDE WITH A LOT OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMPONENTS THAT WE WERE STARTING TO SEE.

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AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT BLURRY EXAMPLE UP AT THE CORNER OF THAT IS REALLY WHAT EACH OF OUR SMARTTAG LOOKS LIKE.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE OUR CAMPUS LOGO ON IT, IT'S GOING TO HAVE OUR STUDENTS PICTURE.

IT'S GOING TO IDENTIFY THEM BY THE PARTICULAR CAMPUS, AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO IS WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE ABILITY TO SEE OUR KIDS AND SEE WHAT THEIR NAMES WERE.

WE FOUND VERY QUICKLY IF WE MADE THERE FIRST NAME BIGGER, IT HELPED WITH NAME RECOGNITION WITH OUR STAFF, THEY IMMEDIATELY COULD SEE THAT AND START ADDRESSING OUR KIDS BY NAME, HAD THEIR LAST NAMES RIGHT A LITTLE BIT SMALLER BECAUSE THAT WASN'T AS IMPORTANT FOR US.

IT DESIGNATED THEM BY THEIR GRADE AND WHAT THEIR ACADEMIC YEAR WAS THAT THEY ARE WEARING AN ID.

THEN OF COURSE, IT HAD THEIR STUDENT ID NUMBER, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED INTO THEIR INDIVIDUAL BARCODE.

THAT BARCODE IS ACTUALLY THEIR STUDENT ID NUMBER.

WHAT WE FIND IS THAT A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS NEEDS TO MEMORIZE THAT NUMBER AND THOSE THINGS.

BUT WHAT WE REALLY WANTED TO DO IS REALLY START HAVING OUR KIDS FROM THE MINUTE THEY STEPPED INTO SCHOOL TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO START WEARING THAT ID.

WHAT WE FOUND VERY QUICKLY IS, SHOWED A LOT OF OWNERSHIP, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY COOL THAT THEY WERE GETTING TO DO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THE OLDER KIDS WERE DOING AND THAT THEIR PARENTS AND THEN WE'RE NAVIGATING.

THAT IS BY THE TIME WE GET 12 YEARS IN THOSE LITTLES THAT WE STARTED WITH ARE GOING TO KNOW AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH WEARING THAT ID.

OUR GOAL BOTTOM LINE IS WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT BECAME OUR STANDARD.

THIS LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WHAT WE DID IS WE INSTITUTED THAT IN OUR PARENT AND STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT ABOUT MANDATORY IDS.

LIKE ANYTHING, WE KNOW THAT IT'S AN UPHILL BATTLE AT FIRST, SOMETHING NEW IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR ALL OF US BUT THAT HELPED WITH OUR IMMEDIATE STUDENT RECOGNITION.

WHAT WE DID IS WE IMPLEMENTED SOME SAFETY FEATURES IN THE DESIGN.

WHAT YOU WILL FIND IS EACH SCHOOL YEAR, THE COLOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR AND THE SCHOOL NAME WILL ACTUALLY CHANGE, SO THAT WE KNOW AND WE CAN IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZE IF THERE'S SOMEBODY IN A C WEARING SOMETHING RED AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN I SEE THAT LITTLE RED ONE AND THEN I SEE ALL THE REST ARE BLUE, I KNOW IMMEDIATELY THAT'S SOMEONE WHO'S WEARING LAST YEAR'S ACADEMIC ID.

THAT BRINGS US TO THAT ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE, LET'S ASK SOME QUESTIONS AND LET'S LOOK AT THAT.

IT ALSO REALLY STARTED DEALING WITH THAT PREPARATION FOR THE FUTURE.

I PROMISE YOU YOU CAN'T GO INTO TESLA OR VAST MAJORITY OF ANY BUSINESS NOWADAYS WITHOUT HAVING AN ID WEARING IT IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.

THE REALITY IS THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO INSTITUTE WITH OUR KIDS AND GETTING THEM USED TO THAT EXPECTATION.

IT'S ALSO AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PART OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND STUDENT ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR REUNIFICATION PLAN IN THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE TO REUNIFY.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR KIDS AWAY FROM CAMPUS, ETC.

THIS IS A VERY QUICK AND EFFICIENT WAY TO SCAN OUR KIDS IN AND GET THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO GO AND THEN HAVE THEM ACCOUNTABLE WITH OUR PARENTS AT THAT LOCATION.

REALLY IN TRANSPORTATION AND I'LL SEGUE IN JUST A SECOND WHAT WE DID IS WELL AS POINT-OF-SALE TYPE PURCHASES WITH LIBRARY, WHERE PEOPLE CHECK OUT BOOKS, LUNCH ROOM, ETC.

WE'RE LOOKING AND WE'VE INSTITUTED IN ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS.

NOW OUR STUDENTS ARE SCANNING THEIR ID AND IT'S POPULATING THOSE AREAS.

WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET OUR STUDENTS IN OUR CAMPUS IS ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE WEARING THESE IDS AT ALL TIMES.

IT'S REALLY BOILING DOWN TO A LOT OF US ALL POLICING THAT WHEN WE'RE ON CAMPUSES, WHERE'S YOUR ID? WHERE'S YOUR ID? LET ME SEE YOUR ID.

IT'S A LOT OF REPEAT OBVIOUSLY.

BUT I THINK OUR GOAL IN ALL OF THIS IS REALLY GETTING PEOPLE ESTABLISHED TO UNDERSTAND THAT TRANSPORTATION, WHILE IT'S A PART OF IT, QUITE FRANKLY, STARTS WITH A CAMPUS ACCOUNTABILITY AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR LEADERSHIP TEAMS ON EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES IS STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE IDS AND HOLDING EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

THAT MEANS LEADING BY EXAMPLE AS ADULTS AS WELL, THAT OUR STAFF ISN'T HAVING THEM HANGING OUT OF POCKETS OR DOESN'T WEAR THEM, SO IT REALLY BOILS DOWN TO ALL OF US DOING IT AND WEARING IT IN THE SAME WAY.

THAT BOTTOM LINE IS, I WANTED YOU GUYS TO JUST SEE AN OVERVIEW OF IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN THE TRANSPORTATION PIECE.

BUT BOTTOM LINE IS, THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED WITH IT AND WHAT I WANT TO DO IS NOW TRANSITION OVER BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE HOME OF SMARTTAG WAS UNTIL WE ADOPTED IT FROM THE ID PORTION OF IT.

AT THAT POINT, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR WONDERFUL, FABULOUS, HARDWORKING TRANSPORTATION TEAM.

>> THANK YOU, JERRY. GOOD EVENING.

MADAM PRESIDENT THANK YOU FOR REARRANGING THE AGENDA FOR US, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE UPDATES RIGHT NOW WITH TRANSPORTATION, WE HAVE 79 REGULAR AND ROUTES, 34 SPECIAL NEEDS ROUTES.

WE TRANSPORT ROUGHLY ABOUT 10,000 RIDERS.

THAT IS HALF OF WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN ACTUAL DISTRICT.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE RUN ABOUT ROUGHLY THREE MILLION MILES AT REGULAR ED, SPECIAL ED, LEAD ACTIVITIES, TUTORIAL,

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OF COURSE, WE HAVE NOW SMARTTAG ON THE DISTRICT WEB PAGE WHERE OUR PARENTS CAN JUST GO IN THERE AND WILL DIRECT THEM HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THE PARENT PORTAL.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE ABOUT 2,100 RIGHT NOW PARENTS REGISTERED FOR THE SMARTTAG PROGRAM PORTAL.

HOPEFULLY THOSE NUMBERS WILL INCREASE.

DEFINITELY, WE NEED TO SPREAD THE WORD MORE OUT THERE SO PARENTS CAN JOIN AND THEY CAN GET THOSE RECOGNITION.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE LADIES.

VERONICA, CASSANDRA WHO'S GOING FIRST? [LAUGHTER].

>> I'M VERONICA GARCIA, AS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE.

I'M REALLY EXCITED. I JOINED THE TEAM OF TRANSPORTATION ON FEBRUARY 1ST.

WE HAVE A ONE MAJOR UPDATES TO TALK ABOUT OTHER THAN ME AND THAT'S SOME OF THE NEW FEATURES THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED SO FAR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

AS OF SEPTEMBER 7, WE HAVE THE IMPLEMENTED SOME REALLY COOL FEATURES.

THE FIRST ONE THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE PARENT NOTIFICATIONS.

SMART LOCATE, REAL-TIME NOTIFICATIONS AND SCHEDULED NOTIFICATIONS ARE THE THREE THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON RIGHT NOW.

CURRENTLY WITH SMART LOCATE, SMART TAG WILL SEND A TEXT IN THE MORNING WHEN THE BUS IS APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE BUS STOP.

THEN WHEN THE STUDENT RIDES THE BUS HOME IN THE AFTERNOON, IT'LL SEND AN ALERT WHEN IT'S 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM THAT STOP IN THE AFTERNOON.

MS. BEER HAS A TEST CHILD IN THE SYSTEM, IT'S HER DOG AND SHE IS ABLE TO SEE THAT THOSE ALERTS ARE GOING IN AND OUT THE WAY THEY SHOULD SO SHE HAS AN IDEA OF WHAT OUR PARENTS ARE EXPERIENCING ON A DAILY BASIS.

ANYTIME THERE'S A DISRUPTION WITH THE PARENT ALERTS, I'M ABLE TO TROUBLESHOOT WITH THE PARENTS.

THE MAJORITY OF THE ISSUES WE CAN HANDLE IN-HOUSE, BUT ANY THAT I CAN'T WE'RE ABLE TO REFER TO SMART TAG SUPPORT.

THEY'RE GREAT AND THEY ALWAYS RESPOND WITHIN THE SAME DAY AND TYPICALLY DO RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES WITHIN THE SAME DAY.

WE ALSO HAVE REAL-TIME NOTIFICATIONS.

THIS FEATURE WAS SWITCHED ON ON SEPTEMBER 7TH OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

FOR EXAMPLE WHEN THE BUS IS RUNNING LATE OUR DISPATCHERS CAN PUSH OUT A NOTIFICATION TO OUR PARENTS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THE BUS IS GOING TO BE BEHIND, NOT GOING TO BE AT THE BUS STOP AT THE TIME THAT THEY TYPICALLY ANTICIPATE IT.

ALSO, IF THERE ARE ANY TYPES OF ISSUES OUR DISPATCHERS JUST HAVE THAT FEATURE AT THEIR DISPOSAL TO USE.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE HAVE, AS MR. BUNIA MENTIONED, 2,105 PARENTS REGISTERED WITH SMART TAG.

WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT THESE NUMBERS WILL RISE BECAUSE IT REALLY HELPS OUR PARENTS TO REMAIN CONNECTED WITH THEIR STUDENTS ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL AND ON THEIR WAY HOME.

WE ALSO HAVE SCHEDULED NOTIFICATIONS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT SWITCHED ON SO FAR THIS YEAR.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO PUSH THAT OUT PROBABLY NEXT WEEK, I THINK.

THE COOL THING ABOUT THE SCHEDULED NOTIFICATIONS IS THAT ANY TIME A STUDENT BOARDS THE SCHOOL BUS AND THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR SMART TAG, IT WILL SEND AN ALERT TO THE PARENTS SO THEY KNOW THEY'VE STARTED THEIR SCHOOL DAY AND THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR ID SO WHEN THEY GET TO CAMPUS, THEY NEED TO GO AND GET A NEW TAG MADE FOR THEM.

THE THING THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT IS THE THRESHOLD.

OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO SEND THOSE ALERTS WE'RE THINKING MAYBE ONCE A WEEK, BUT THEY CAN BE SENT OUT ONCE A WEEK.

THEY CAN BE SENT OUT DAILY OR THEY CAN BE SENT OUT MONTHLY.

WE DON'T WANT FOR THERE TO BE SO MANY TEXT NOTIFICATIONS OR EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS THAT IT BECOMES LIKE WHITE NOISE.

WE WANT IT TO BE MEANINGFUL AND IMPACTFUL.

BUT WE ALSO NEED PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND HOW OFTEN THEIR STUDENTS ARE BOARDING THE SCHOOL BUS WITHOUT THEIR TAGS.

AS OF TODAY, APRIL 17TH, WE HAVE 722 STUDENTS IN DISTRICTS THAT DON'T HAVE SMART TAGS.

IT SOUNDS LIKE A BIG NUMBER BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT 22,000 STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE IN ENROLLMENT, IT'S REALLY A VERY SMALL NUMBER.

TODAY, WE HAD 2,374 STUDENTS MANUALLY LOADED ONTO THE SCHOOL BUS, MEANING THEY BOARDED THE BUS WITHOUT THEIR SMART TAG.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME REALLY COOL DRIVER FEATURES THAT MS. BEER IS GOING TO DISCUSS.

>> SO FAR DRIVER FEATURES PRE AND POST TRIP IS SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN DO THROUGH SMART TAG.

ON THE TABLET WHEN THEY GO OUT TO THEIR BUS IN THE MORNING, THEY PRE-TRIP THE BUS, THEY CAN MARK ANYTHING THAT IS WRONG WITH THE BUS OR LIKE IF A LIGHT ISN'T WORKING,

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OUR SHOP IS ABLE TO SEE THAT.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING TO TRY TO BRING INTO OUR FLEET PROGRAM BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT AND SEEING IF THE PROGRAMS CAN TALK TO EACH OTHER OR IF THERE'S OTHER PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT WILL TAKE THAT INFORMATION SO IT WILL MAKE THAT WORK ORDER FOR THE SHOP TO HAVE.

THEN THE POST-TRIP AS WELL.

WHEN THEY FINISH AND THEY GET BACK TO THE YARD, THEY HAVE TO POST-TRIP IT IN CASE ANYTHING, THEY NOTICED SOMETHING OR LIKE AN AC STOP WORKING OR A WINDOW HAD AN ISSUE, THEY CAN MARK ALL OF THAT AND UPDATE THAT ON THEIR POST-TRIP FOR THE SHOP TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

OUR SEATING CHART IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE MOVED TO BEING COMPLETELY ON SMART TAG.

THE DRIVERS WILL ASSIGN THE STUDENTS TO THEIR SEAT IN SMART TAG, BOTH AM AND PM.

IT'S EXTREMELY HELPFUL WHEN WE HAVE OUR SUBSTITUTE DRIVERS ON THE BUS BECAUSE THEN THEY KNOW WHERE THOSE STUDENTS SIT AND THEY CAN'T BE LIKE, OH, NO, I SIT IN SEAT THREE WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO SIT IN SEAT ONE OR THEY GO, NO, I'M AT THE BACK OF THE BUS.

THAT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL FOR OUR SUBSTITUTE DRIVERS BECAUSE AS THE STUDENTS AND USE THEIR BATCH TO GET ON THE BUS OR AS WE MANUALLY LOAD THEM, THAT INFORMATION COMES UP WHEN IT SHOWS US THE STUDENT PROFILE, WHAT THEIR SEAT ASSIGNMENT IS SO WE'RE ABLE TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THOSE KIDS GET TO THEIR SEAT.

SOMETHING THAT WE JUST STARTED ROLLING OUT, WHICH VERONICA WILL TOUCH IN A FEW SLIDES OR THE NEXT SLIDE IS SMART CONDUCT AND THAT IS WHERE WE DO OUR STUDENT REFERRALS.

I WILL LET HER TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET OVER THERE AND THEN PICKING OUR ROUTE REGARDLESS OF THE DAY.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST TURNED ON.

WE DON'T DO A LOT OF CALENDAR BASED ROUTING.

MOST OF OUR ROUTES ARE ROUTED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY UTILIZE THIS WHEN WE STARTED OUR SUMMER SCHOOL NOW ROUTES OR THE SATURDAY SCHOOLS AND WE HAD ONE CAMPUS THAT RAN THEIR SUMMER SCHOOL NOW ON A THURSDAY EVENING.

INSTEAD OF OUR ROUTING TEAM HAVING TO ADD THAT ROUTE AND MAKE IT A THURSDAY AND COPY THOSE OVER, OUR DRIVERS WERE ABLE TO AND THEY GOT TO THE CAMPUS THAT EVENING, JUST GO AND PICK THAT PARTICULAR ROUTE.

THAT'S NORMALLY JUST A SATURDAY ROUTE AND PICK IT FOR THURSDAY.

IT HELPED OUR ROUTING TEAM NOT TO HAVE ADDITIONAL WORK AND REDO THE ROUTES AND COPY THEM ALL OVER.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T USE A TON OF BUT IT WAS GREAT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TEST THAT FEATURE OUT AND SEE HOW IT DID WORK FOR OUR TEAM.

WITH OUR SMART TAG CAMPUS PORTAL, WE HAVE CAMPUS STUDENT ALERTS.

THESE ALERTS ALLOW THE CAMPUS TO SEND A MESSAGE DIRECTLY TO THE BUS DRIVER AS SOON AS THE STUDENTS SWIPES ONTO THE SCHOOL BUS.

THIS IS REALLY COOL.

WE SEE THIS MORE AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL BUT IF THERE'S EVER A STAY AWAY AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO STUDENTS THAT RIDE THE SAME SCHOOL BUS AS SOON AS THE CAMPUS FINDS THIS OUT, THEY CAN TYPE THIS MESSAGE IN FOR THE TWO STUDENTS INVOLVED AND AS SOON AS THOSE STUDENTS BOARD THE BUS AND SWIPE, THAT MESSAGE WILL POP UP AND ALERT THE DRIVER THAT THOSE SEATING ARRANGEMENTS NEED TO BE CHANGED.

IT ALSO WILL ALLOW FOR LAST-MINUTE TRANSPORTATION CHANGES.

AS WE KNOW THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY AT THE PRIMARY LEVEL, A PARENT MIGHT CALL AND THEN SAY, OH MY GOSH, MY KID, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PICK THEM UP, THEY NEED TO GO TO THE CARPOOL LINE TODAY, THEY CANNOT BOARD THE SCHOOL BUS.

SOMETIMES THOSE MESSAGES DON'T MAKE IT TO OUR TEACHERS ON TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE BUSY TEACHING IN THE CLASSROOM AND THEY GET OVERLOOKED.

THIS WILL ALLOW THE CAMPUS TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE BUS DRIVERS SO AS SOON AS THAT STUDENT ATTEMPTS TO BOARD THE SCHOOL BUS, IT'LL SAY, HEY, LITTLE JOHNNY IS GOING TO RIDE HOME IN THE CAR TODAY, PLEASE HAVE THEM GET OFF OF THE SCHOOL BUS.

I CREATED A INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO AND SEND IT OUT ON MARCH 31ST TO ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS FOR THEM TO SHARE WITH THEIR SMART TAG DESIGNEES ON CAMPUS.

THE SMART TAG INTERFACE WILL CHANGE ON APRIL 22ND SO THE LOOK IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

AT THAT POINT IN TIME, I'LL CREATE A NEW VIDEO WITH NEW INSTRUCTIONS AND PUSH IT OUT TO ALL OF OUR CAMPUS ADMIN AND SMART TAG DESIGNEES.

AS OF TODAY, I HAVE VISITED EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS IN DISTRICT.

THE POINT OF THE VISIT REALLY WAS TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO LET THEM KNOW WHO I AM AND THAT 100% OF MY FOCUS IS SMART TAG.

I GOT TO KNOW EACH INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS AT EACH CAMPUS THAT IS IN CHARGE OF SMART TAG.

I WAS ABLE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THEM AND CHECK TO SEE HOW THEY WERE DOING ON SUPPLIES BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR WITH THE CARDS AND THE LINEARITIES IN ALL THE ACCESSORIES THAT WE SUPPLY THROUGH SMART TAG.

WE ALSO HAVE SMART DISMISSAL AS AN OPTION FOR OUR FEATURE.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN RIGHT NOW.

HOWEVER, IT'S A COOL THING THAT WE WANT TO BRING INTO

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IT'LL ALLOW THE PARENT TO GO INTO THE PARENT PORTAL, SEND A MESSAGE TO THE CAMPUS ABOUT A TRANSPORTATION CHANGE.

THE CAMPUS WILL THEN RECEIVE THE MESSAGE AND PUSH IT OUT TO THE HOMEROOM TEACHER.

WITHIN ONE HOUR OF DISMISSIBLE TIME, AN EMAIL WILL GO TO EACH TEACHER FOR THE CHILD AFFECTED.

IF FOR SOME REASON THE TEACHER DOESN'T RECEIVE THAT MESSAGE BECAUSE SHE'S BUSY TEACHING AS A FAIL-SAFE AN ALERT WILL ALSO GO TO THE BUS DRIVER, LETTING THE BUS DRIVER KNOW OF WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE.

SMART CONDUCT. THIS IS REALLY COOL.

SMART CONDUCT IS THE ELECTRONIC EQUIVALENT OF THE PAPER DISCIPLINE REFERRAL.

IT WAS ROLLED OUT ON JANUARY 20TH FOR OUR SIMON MIDDLE-SCHOOL DRIVERS, FOR ALL OF THE CAMPUSES IN THEIR ROUTES.

AFTER WORKING THROUGH OUR PROCESSES AND REVIEWING THE FEEDBACK FROM THE DRIVERS, WE DECIDED IT WAS GREAT AND WE STARTED INITIATING TRAINING FOR THE REST OF OUR DRIVERS.

AS OF TODAY, JAMIE, KELLER AND MICHAEL PINKER, A COUPLE OF EARLY DRIVERS HAVE TRAINED ALL BUT 10% OF OUR DRIVERS ON SMART CONDUCT.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE SMART CONDUCT DASHBOARD LOOKS LIKE.

IT'S HARD TO SEE, BUT THERE IS ONE LINE FOR A DISCIPLINE REFERRAL.

THE SECOND LINE IS AN HONORABLE REFERRAL.

SMART CONDUCT ISN'T JUST FOR DOCUMENTING UNDESIRABLE BEHAVIORS, IT'S ALSO BEING USED BY OUR DRIVERS TO RECOGNIZE HONORABLE BEHAVIORS AND WELLNESS.

THIS IS REALLY COOL BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE TALKING WITH TRUSTEE RUNKLE LAST WEEK ABOUT THE REASONS THAT SMART CONDUCT IS SO COOL, SHE POINTED OUT THAT OUR BUSES ARE LIKE CLASSROOMS ON WHEELS AND OUR DRIVERS ARE LIKE THE TEACHERS AND OUR RIDES ARE LIKE THEIR STUDENTS.

SMART CONDUCT REALLY ALLOWS FOR OUR DRIVERS TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR STUDENTS.

THEY SEE THEM TWICE A DAY EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND THEY NOTICE THINGS THAT MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT NOT NOTICE.

THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIKE I SAID RECOGNIZE THE UNDESIRABLE BEHAVIORS, RECOGNIZE THE GOOD BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO SEE AGAIN AND ALSO WELLNESS.

MS. VELA IS GOING TO DISCUSS THE WELLNESS FEATURE AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT.

OUR WELLNESS FEATURE, LIKE VERONICA SAID, IS THAT OUR DRIVERS DO SEE OUR STUDENTS COMING FROM THEIR HOUSE OR GOING TO THEIR HOME IN THE EVENING.

SOMETIMES WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THINGS THAT POSSIBLY THAT'S NOT SEEN ON CAMPUS OR THE KIDS MAY BE TELLING US THINGS LIKE I DIDN'T GET TO EAT BREAKFAST THIS MORNING, OR THINGS ARE REALLY BAD AT HOME, AND SO THE DRIVERS ARE ABLE TO DO THIS WELLNESS REPORT AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT INFORMATION TO THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION AND THE COUNSELOR SO THAT THEY CAN FOLLOW UP ON ANY OF THOSE THINGS MAYBE THAT WE'VE SEEN OR THAT THEY'VE HEARD, THAT WE FEEL THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CAMPUS TO KNOW.

WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYONE USED THE WELLNESS FEATURE YET OTHER THAN TESTING IT, BUT WE HAVE HAD THEM USE THE HONOR, WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE, AND SO OUR TEAM PASSES OUT ALONG TO THE CAMPUSES AND TO THE PARENTS.

BECAUSE THE SYSTEM WILL ALLOW THEM TO EMAIL THE PARENTS THOSE AND REPORTS AS WELL.

THEN JUST THE LAST THING TO TALK ABOUT.

PART OF WHAT HAS ALWAYS EXCITED ME ABOUT SMART TAG; I USED IT IN MY PREVIOUS DISTRICT AND I WAS EXCITED TO COME HERE AND USE IT AS WELL, IS THAT SMART TAG CAN REALLY HELP US TO GO PAPERLESS.

TWO OF THOSE THINGS THAT, ONE THING WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS AND ONE THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING IS FOR OUR SHARS REPORT AND OUR TEA REPORT FOR STUDENT LEADERSHIP.

OUR SHARS REPORT IS HOW WE TAKE ATTENDANCE FOR OUR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS AND WHAT THEY TURN IN FOR OUR MEDICAID FUNDING.

FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR WE ARE STILL DOING THAT ONE ON PAPER AS WELL, BUT WE HAVE TALKED WITH THE TEAM AND WE'RE GOING TO GO PAPERLESS FOR THE SUMMER ROUTES FOR THAT, THEN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR EVERYTHING WILL BE PAPERLESS THERE.

IT REALLY HELPS OUT FOR OUR DRIVING TEAM BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY MARK THE RIGHT THING OR WRITE THE CORRECT THING LIKE ABSENT OR NOT BECAUSE IT'S ALL THESE LETTERS AND YOU HAVE TO DO IT JUST PERFECT IN THIS LITTLE SQUARE.

IF YOU MAKE ONE MISTAKE, TWO WEEKS AND YOU HAVE TO REDO THE WHOLE PAPER.

THIS WILL TAKE AWAY FROM THAT AND THERE WILL BE ABLE TO JUST PULL THAT REPORT.

I THINK IT'S MONTHLY OR WEEKLY, THEY HAVE THOSE TWO OPTIONS.

THEN FOR THE TEA REPORT, SO NORMALLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING FOR STUDENT VERIFICATION IS WHEN YOU PICK

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YOU HAVE TO TAKE ATTENDANCE, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME.

BY USING SMART TAG IT'S ALREADY TAKING ATTENDANCE FOR US.

WHAT SMART TAG DOES IS ABOUT A WEEK AFTER SCHOOL LETS OUT, IT GOES THROUGH ALL OF THE DATA AND IT PICKS YOUR TWO HIGHEST DAYS FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR OF RIDERSHIP.

YOU HAVE THOSE DAYS AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE DAYS YOU WOULD HAVE NORMALLY PICKED, SO IT HELPS US WITH OUR FUNDING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE MOST RIDERSHIP TO BE ABLE TO TURN IN FOR OUR TEA REPORT.

I THINK THAT IS ALL THAT WE HAVE IN THIS POWERPOINT.

DO YOU-ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

THIS IS VERY INFORMATIVE.

I WILL START WITH MRS. OROSCO.

>> GREAT. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SMART PARENT PORTAL, AND HOW YOU ONLY HAVE 2,100 REGISTERED OR SO.

EVEN IF YOUR CHILD DOESN'T RIDE THE BUS, SHOULD PARENTS REGISTER FOR THAT PARENT PORTAL SINCE IT SHOWS LUNCH AND IT SHOWS LIBRARY AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS?

>> WE WANT TO SHOW THE LUNCH AND THE LIBRARY BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE SMART TAG WORKS FOR THE STUDENTS.

MY SMART BADGES ARE LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT WHERE I HAVE THIS THERE'S A BARCODE.

THAT STUFF WILL NOT SHOW UP ON SMART TAG BECAUSE IT'S THE BARCODE GOING TO WHATEVER POINT OF SALE SYSTEM THAT THE CAMPUS HAS.

WE DO RECOMMEND FOR ALL PARENTS TO SIGN UP FOR SMART TAG BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO EVENTUALLY HAVE EVEN IF THEY'RE RIDING A BUS FOR A FIELD TRIP THAT WE UTILIZE THIS SO THAT WE KNOW WHEN STUDENTS ARE ON THE BUS FOR A FIELD TRIP IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS, AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO TAKE ATTENDANCE WHEN THEY'RE COMING BACK OFF.

A LOT OF OUR DRIVERS DO USE IT, WE HAVE A FIELD TRIP ROUTE IN THERE, SO THAT IT DOESN'T TELL THEM WRONG BUS IS HOW THIS SYSTEM WORK, BUT IT WILL HELP US IN THE LONG RUN.

THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING. THAT'S WHY WE SAY WE WANT EVERY PARENT TO SIGN UP FOR IT BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU COULD BECOME A BUS RIDER.

>> WHEN YOU REGISTER YOUR STUDENT, WE'RE GOING TO BE HITTING THOSE REGISTRATION DAYS AND IT TELLS YOU RESELECT IF YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSPORTATION.

IS THAT LINKED TO SIGN UP FOR SMART PORTAL IN THAT REGISTRATION PIECE, OR IS IT TOTALLY SEPARATE WHERE WE NEED TO GO SEARCH IT ONLINE TO TRY TO REGISTER?

>> THAT IS SOMETHING I DO NOT KNOW, BUT I WILL FIND OUT THE ANSWER FOR YOU.

>> GREAT.

>> BECAUSE JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT AS EASY AND CONVENIENT TO OUR PARENTS IS WE HAVE TO FILL OUT ALL THAT REGISTRATION INFORMATION, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE THAT WE COULD CAPTURE IT SO WE CAN ENTER IT RIGHT THERE AND THEN.

YOU ANSWERED THIS.

THE REAL NOTIFICATIONS IS JUST RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION THEN.

>> YES. THE REAL-TIME NOTIFICATIONS. YES, MA'AM.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'M REALLY EXCITED WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SMART TAG FOR YEARS AND YEARS, SO I'M HOPING THAT EVERYBODY GETS ON BOARD AND WHEN OTHER QUICK QUESTION.

IT IS A NON NEGOTIABLE MANDATORY FOR ALL CAMPUSES TO BE USING IT, CORRECT?

>> CORRECT.

>> THEN ALL CAMPUSES SHOULD BE USING IT?

>> CORRECT.

>> ARE ALL CAMPUSES USING IT?

>> WE DO FIND THAT THERE ARE SOME CAMPUSES THAT DON'T USE IT AS OFTEN AS WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO.

PART OF THAT IS WHAT VERONICA HAS HER GOING AROUND TO THE CAMPUSES AND FINDING OUT WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR CHALLENGES OR WHY IT MAY NOT BE WORKING FOR THEM SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.

>> GREAT. THEN I KNOW THAT MS. DIANNE THROUGH ILT WILL ALSO ADDRESS IT TO MAKE SURE THAT HER ADMINISTRATORS KNOW THAT IT IS NON-NEGOTIABLE AND WE SHOULD BE DOING IT AS A SAFETY MEASURE.

LIKE MS. GRACCHI TALKED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR REUNIFICATION AND SUCH HOPEFULLY WE'LL NEVER NEED TO USE IT, BUT I THINK MR. THEO IS HERE.

MR. THEO, ARE YOU STILL HERE? DAOS ALSO ARE LISTENING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ADMINISTRATORS KNOW IT IS A NON-NEGOTIABLE AND THAT WE MUST USE EVERY MEANS NECESSARY TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE. THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. THEN JUST A REAL NOTE ON THE REAL-TIME NOTIFICATIONS, I WAS IN DISPATCH THIS MORNING AND WE HAD SOME BUSES THAT WERE RUNNING LATE, AND SO WHEN WE SEND THOSE REAL-TIME NOTIFICATIONS, THE WAY THAT WE TRAIN THE STAFF THAT WAS BEFORE VERONICA CAME.

WE DO IT TO WHERE IT'S A TEXT OVER EMAIL.

IT'LL TEXT ALL THE PARENTS THAT ARE REGISTERED IN THE PORTAL, AND THEN IT'LL EMAIL THE PARENTS.

ANY PARENT WHO ISN'T REGISTERED IS STILL GETTING THAT NOTIFICATION, IT JUST MAY GO TO THEIR EMAIL.

THEY MAY NOT SEE IT RIGHT AWAY, BUT WE ARE UTILIZING THAT.

ALL PARENTS ARE STILL GETTING THE MESSAGE, IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW THEY'RE GETTING IT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE RIGHT MR. CLEAVER, MS. BRONCO HAS BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR SMART TAG AND ROLLING OUT THE SYSTEM TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL, WHICH WE'RE GETTING CLOSER.

MS. BRONCO I KNOW YOU PROBABLY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AS WELL.

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>> THANK YOU-ALL FOR BEING HERE SO MUCH AND THANKS FOR TAKING YOUR TIME OUT LAST WEEK TO MEET WITH ME BEFORE THIS AND GOING THROUGH SOME OF THESE THINGS, I WON'T GO BACK AND HASHTAG ALL OF THE THINGS ABOUT SMART TAG THAT WE HAVEN'T LAID OUT AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PUSH OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE VERONICA AND VERONICA IS HERE AND SHE'S FRESH AND SHE'S NEW TO IT.

SHE IS GOING TO CHAMPION THIS PROGRAM AND IT IS GOING TO ROLL OUT AND IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING AND ALL OF THE THINGS.

BUT I DO WANT TO SAY LIKE TO GO BACK TO WHAT MRS. GROGGY SAID EARLIER AND HAVING SAT IN A MEETING WITH YOU GUYS AND GOING THROUGH EVERYTHING, THIS ISN'T JUST TRANSPORTATION AND TO SPEAK TO MRS. OROSCO.

YOU HAVE HAD SOME STRUGGLES WITH GETTING TRAINING DONE AT SOME OF THESE CANVASES.

THAT CAN'T BE A WALL THAT YOU HIT EVERY TIME YOU GO TO A CAMPUS.

THAT IS GOING TO BE DR.

RIGHT I BEG YOU, WE'VE SPENT SO MUCH TIME ON THIS PROGRAM AND WE ALL HAVE SPENT SO MUCH TIME ON THIS PROGRAM THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO CARE ABOUT IT.

BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO JUST THAT TRANSPORTATION PIECE.

THERE'S BEEN MORE CONVERSATIONS.

I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A PRINCIPAL TODAY THAT SAID, ''HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SCANNERS IN CLASSROOMS TO CHECK ATTENDANCE.

THERE WAS AN ISSUE AT ONE CAMPUS WHERE A PARENT COULDN'T FIND A STUDENT AT A GAME.'' IMAGINE HAVING THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR ID TO EVERY GAME AND YOU SCAN IN YOUR ID AT THE GAMES SO WE KNOW WHO'S ACTUALLY ON OUR CAMPUSES AT GAMES.

WE HAVE TO GET TO THE CULTURE OF THIS CAMPUS WHERE THAT IS EVERYTHING WE DO AND I NEED EVERYBODY IN THIS DISTRICT TO BE ON BOARD NOW AND BEFORE THIS YEAR ENDS BECAUSE NEXT YEAR THERE ARE NO EXCUSES TO NOT USE SMART TAG.

I WILL PERSONALLY COME SCREAM AT YOU AT YOUR CAMPUSES IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO USE IT, I'M REALLY NOT JOKING.

IT IS NOT FAIR TO OUR DRIVERS TO HAVE TO WAIT.

HOLD ON. WHERE'S THAT NUMBER? HOW MANY MANUAL LOADS WERE THERE? TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR MANUALLY LOADS.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT EVEN DOES TO OUR ROUTES? THAT STALLS OUR BUS DRIVERS FROM GETTING TO THE NEXT CAMPUS.

ALL OF THE PARENTS THAT WANT THEIR KIDS TO GET HOME ON TIME OR WANT TO GET TO CAMPUS ON TIME WE NEED THEIR IDS, MY KIDS, ONE OF THOSE INCLUDED.

WE'RE WORKING ON IT IN THIS VELA I PROMISE.

BUT I TELL YOU PLEASE LISTEN TO US, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE MR. DAO IS LIKE EVERYBODY HAS TO CARE ABOUT THIS.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT TODAY, VERONICA, WE KNEW THAT THIS PROGRAM WAS NOT A PROGRAM THAT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE RAN WITHOUT SOMEBODY THAT WAS STRICTLY FOR SMART TAG.

IT'S JUST TOO BIG WITH THIS MANY STUDENTS.

THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING TONIGHT.

THIS IS IMPORTANT TO SHOWCASE, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THIS.

YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET SOME QUESTIONS.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERY CAMPUS, IF Y'ALL ALL SEND OUT NEWSLETTERS, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN THE INSTRUCTIONS IN YOUR NEWSLETTERS OF HOW TO ACCESS SMART TAG.

THERE'S MY SPIEL FOR THE NIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

>> AWESOME. THANK YOU, MS. BRONCO.

ANYONE ELSE ON THIS ONE, MR. VELA AND THEN DR. GONZALEZ?

>> YES. WELL, GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE DISTRICT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I LIKE TO NERD OUT AS A TRANSIT NERD.

QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS HERE SO BEAR WITH ME.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, HOW ARE WE DOING STAFFING, WISE BUS DRIVER WISE HOW ARE WE DOING? WHEN WE GET THIS 78, WHAT WAS IT 70 ROUTES AND THEN 20 ROUTES.

>> WE ONLY HAVE TECHNICALLY THREE OPEN ROUTES RIGHT NOW.

>> GOOD.

>> WE'RE DOING GREAT ON OUR BUS DRIVER RECRUITMENT.

WE HAVE OUR STAFFING COORDINATOR WHO'S DONE A GREAT JOB AND OUR TRAINING TEAM, WHO'S DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF HAVING THOSE THAT COME IN WITHOUT A CDL, GETTING THEM TRAINED AND READY TO GO.

>> THANK YOU. THAT WAS MY NEXT GOOD SEGUE INTO MY NEXT QUESTION.

THE TRAINING PROGRAM, AND OBVIOUSLY I'M GOING TO CATER THIS MORE TOWARDS THE SMART TAG, BUT HOW MUCH TIME DO WE SPEND ON DOING SMART TAG WITH OUR NEW OPERATORS OR EVEN IN-SERVICE TRAINING? I KNOW WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME ONGOING TRAINING AS WELL.

>> WHEN OUR NEW DRIVERS COME IN, AFTER THEY GET THEIR CLP, THEY'RE RIDING ALONG WITH THEIR TRAINER ON THE BUS.

THE TRAINER IS DOING, I'M SHOWING YOU HOW TO DO SMART DRIVE RIGHT HERE.

WE'RE GOING OVER IT.

IF THEY HAVE ANY ISSUES, THEY'RE ABLE TO TROUBLESHOOT IT TOGETHER AND SHOW THEM HOW THAT WORKS ON THERE.

THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF THE ON-THE-JOB TRAINING AS THEY'RE RIDING ALONG ON THE BUS WITH VERONICA COMING ON.

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THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON, SO WE DON'T WANT TO OVERWHELM THEM.

THEN WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE THEN TALK TO THEM AFTERWARDS ABOUT OKAY, LET'S DO A FORMAL TRAINING WITH YOU GUYS ABOUT THIS.

>> RIGHT THERE, HOW LONG IS THE TRAINING FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAS THEIR CDL AND HAS OTHER ENDORSEMENTS?

>> WHAT WE DO IS WE WHEN A DRIVER COMES IN WITH THEIR CDL, THEY DO A REFRESHER TRAINING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO DRIVE A BUS, WHICH IS USUALLY ABOUT A TWO HOUR DRIVING THING.

THEN IT DEPENDS IF THEY'VE COME FROM A DISTRICT THAT HAS SMART TAG OR NOT.

THERE ARE A LOT THAT DO HAVE SMART TAG.

IF THEY DON'T HAVE SMART TAG, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE ABOUT AN HOUR TRAINING WITH THEM OF JUST GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS, SHOWING THEM HOW TO TROUBLESHOOT THINGS.

IF THEY'VE COME FROM A DISTRICT THAT HAS SMART TAG, IT'S WHEN THE TRAINERS RIDING WITH THEM WHILE THEY'RE GETTING TO KNOW THE ROUTE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SEE, DO THEY ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO DO IT.

>> GREAT, SO THREE OPEN ROUTES.

I IMAGINE WE HAVE SOME STANDBY OR EXTRA BOARD DRIVERS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I MIGHT CALL THEM RANDOMLY.

>> WE HAVE OUR LEAD DRIVERS THAT HELP COVER OUR EXTRA ROUTES, OUR MECHANICS.

WE HAVE OUR EVERYDAY CALL-OUTS, SO WE HAVE OUR SUPERVISORS, OUR COORDINATORS, WE ALL HAVE OUR CDL.

I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO OUT THE OTHER DAY, BUT THEY SAID NO, YOU CAN DO DISPATCH. [LAUGHTER]

>> GREAT. ON THAT NOTE, WHEN A MECHANIC OR SOMEBODY WHO'S USUALLY IS NOT ON THE ROAD OR BEHIND THE WHEEL, DO WE DO REFRESHERS FOR SMART TAG?

>> THEY'VE HAD THEIR REFRESHER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

WHAT OUR MECHANICS RIGHT NOW ARE DOING IS THEY'RE THE MORNING MECHANICS.

THEY'RE NORMALLY DRIVING IN THE AFTERNOON, SO AFTER THEIR SHIFT, SO THEY'RE ALREADY HAVE AN ESTABLISHED ROUTES AND THEY USUALLY ARE SHARING IT WITH ANOTHER MECHANIC.

ONE HAS IT IN THE MORNING AND ONE HAS IT IN THE AFTERNOON OUTSIDE OF THEIR SHIFTS.

THEY'VE GOTTEN LOTS OF SMART TAG PRACTICE, IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THEY ASK US.

BUT OUR MECHANICS ARE DOING AMAZING WITH USING SMART TAG.

THEY LOVE IT BECAUSE THEN THEY KNOW WHO THE KIDS ARE AND THEY KNOW WHERE THEY GET OFF.

[LAUGHTER]

>> THEY CAN GIVE THOSE COMMENDATIONS RIGHT ON SMART TAG BEHAVIOR.

PRE-TRIP AND POST-TRIP. WHAT DOES THE SMART TAG SYSTEM? HOW LONG DO WE ALLOW FOR A PRE-TRIP AND A POST-TRIP.

>> IN THE MORNING FOR THE PRE-TRIP OR WHEN THEY GO OUT TO THE BUS, IT'S A 15 MINUTES [OVERLAPPING] AND THEN IT'S A 10-MINUTE POST-TRIP.

>> DOES SMART TAGS SAVE US ANY TIME FROM BEFORE WE USED TO DO ANYTHING WITH SMART TAG OR WAS IT ALWAYS 10 AND 15?

>> [INAUDIBLE]

>> OKAY. THEN AS FAR AS JUST THE NETWORK OR THE TECHNOLOGY ITSELF, HAVE WE EVER GOT AN ALERTED THAT SMART TAG WAS DOWN OR THE SCANNERS ARE DOWN.

HOW DO WE ADDRESS THOSE TECHNICAL ISSUES?

>> I THINK THERE'S ONLY BEEN ONE DAY THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT THE SMART TAG NETWORK HAD AN ISSUE.

BUT THEY WORKED ON IT VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE AT TRANSPORTATION AT 5:45 AND THEN, THEY NOTICED IT RIGHT AWAY AND THEY WERE CALLING ME AND SO WE WERE REACHING OUT TO SMART TAG IF THEY WERE AWARE OF IT.

BUT IT'S USUALLY SMART TAG.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF BUILT-IN TO THEIR NETWORK BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE RELYING ON THEM.

>> THEN OBVIOUSLY I'M IN A SMART TAG READER.

IS THAT A SAFE YET OR DOES IT TAKE A BUS DOWN TO THE SMART TAG READER IS NOT WORKING.

DO YOU SWAP OUT THE BUS?

>> NO, THE TABLET ALSO HAS A READER ON IT.

FOR ANY REASON THE LITTLE BLUETOOTH READER DOES NOT WORK.

THE DRIVER IS ABLE TO USE THE BACK OF THEIR TABLET TO READ THE STUDENT BADGES.

>> AWESOME. GOOD DEAL.

THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING ON THE VIDEO.

THEN YOU SAID APRIL, ANYTIME THAT TECHNOLOGY CHANGES, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT DEPARTMENT, BUT ESPECIALLY PEOPLE THAT RELY ON THE TABLETS OR RELY ON THE SOFTWARE FOR BEING PROACTIVE ON THE VIDEO.

I KNOW THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT. I CAN GO ON AND ON.

I KNOW EVERYBODY'S GETTING BORED OF TRANSIT TALK.

BUT WHEN YOU HEAR WORDS LIKE RIDERSHIP AND THINGS THAT ARE THREE MILLION MILES.

THAT'S AWESOME, THAT IS AMAZING.

I PROBABLY HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL SUBMIT THOSE AS WELL.

BUT THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR A VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION.

>> ONE OF THE QUESTIONS YOU ASKED IS THAT PART OF THE TRAINING.

THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH TRAINING.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> WE HAVE LEARNED THAT INSTEAD OF DOING 250 PEOPLE TOGETHER AND TRY TO GO THROUGH SMART TAG, WE'RE DOING NOW SMALL GROUPS BECAUSE THE RETENTION TIME THEY'RE WONDERING AND LOOKING AND LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES.

NOW WE'RE CUTTING THE TRAINING TO SMALL GROUPS 2025.

THAT WAY THEY HAVE OUR ATTENTION AND WE HAVE THEIR ATTENTION BECAUSE IT HAS FAILED.

WE HAVE FAILED. WE HAVE BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IS THERE AND WE HAVE NOT DONE WHAT WAS PART OF US TO DO.

THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO IT IS GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND SAY, HERE'S THE REFRESHER.

THEN OF COURSE, IT'S MUCH AND WE DON'T WANT TO ENFORCE SOME OF THE CONSEQUENCES. WE CAN. [OVERLAPPING]

[01:25:01]

AGAIN, WE HAVE LEARNED FROM ONE BIG GROUPS TO SMALL GROUPS AND THEN MORE ON A ONE-ON-ONE.

>> YES, SIR.

>> WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT NOW, BUT I WANT TO GET THERE AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? SANDRA WILL SPEND SOME TIME WITH VERONICA.

HOPEFULLY, THOSE THINGS WILL IMPROVE.

>> ACTUALLY, DID WE DO AS DAILY SAFETY MESSAGE WITH OUR GROUP? LIKE IS THERE SOME REMINDER OF WATCHING YOUR CROSSWALKS?

>> WE DO. WE ALSO HAVE A MONTHLY MEETING WHERE OUR CTE AND TRAINING COORDINATOR WILL REMIND THEM TO COME IN.

THOSE ARE PART OF THAT WE DO EVERY MONTHLY.

>> YEAH. I IMAGINED THAT SMART TAG WOULD ALSO BE PART OF THOSE. GOOD. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. MR. VELA.

DR. GONZALEZ.

>> I JUST NEED TO SAY MY FATHER WAS A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER AND I REMEMBER HIM BRINGING THE BUS BECAUSE WE LIVED OUT IN THE COUNTRY.

THE WAY THAT HE CHECKED EVERYBODY ON WAS A CLIPBOARD.

THE GOOD OLD-FASHIONED WAY, WHICH I USED TO DO AS A TEACHER, JUST MAKING SURE THAT MY KIDS WERE GETTING ON THE BUS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING TO THE RIGHT ROUTE.

MY QUESTIONS, I SEE A LOT OF ADVANTAGES TO THIS PROGRAM AND I HOPE THAT EVERYONE OUT THERE, I'M ECHOING THIS RANK.

WELL, PLEASE SIGN UP.

DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IN ORDER SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL SAFELY AND BACK TO YOU AS WELL.

BUT MY ONE QUESTION IS, DOES THIS PROGRAM BY ANY CHANCE TELL THE TEACHER, ONCE THEY LEAVE THE BUILDING IN THE AFTERNOON, THERE'S A LET THE TEACHER OR THE PRINCIPAL KNOW ALL THE KIDS HAVE MADE IT HOME SAFELY? JUST CURIOUS.

>> THE CAMPUSES ARE ABLE TO GET ON THEIR CAMPUS PORTAL AND THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE ONCE THEY'RE BUSES ARE ALL CLEAR.

>> IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH LIFE360, I KNOW MOST PEOPLE HAVE THAT APP ON THEIR PHONE SO THEY CAN WATCH THEIR LOVED ONES ON THE MAP IN REAL TIME.

IT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

IF YOU OPEN UP THE MAP IN THE CANVAS PORTAL, YOU CAN WATCH THAT LITTLE SCHOOL BUS LEAVING YOUR CAMPUS AND MAKING IT TO THE DESTINATION AT HOME.

I KNOW A LOT OF PARENTS LIKE MYSELF INCLUDED, ARE OBSESSIVE ABOUT KNOWING WHERE MY CHILD IS AT ALL TIMES ON MY TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE MADE IT FROM POINT A TO POINT B SAFELY.

IT'S A GREAT REASON FOR PARENTS TO GET ONBOARD WITH THE PORTAL AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THOSE NOTIFICATIONS ON THEIR PHONE VIA TEXT MESSAGE OR VIA EMAIL.

>> THAT IS A GREAT THING ABOUT THE CANVAS PORTAL IS THAT THE CAMPUSES CAN GET ON AND IT WILL HELP A LOT WITH THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE IF THEY LOGIN.

THEY SEE JUST THEIR ROUTES.

THEY ONLY SEE THE ONES THAT ARE FOR THEIR PARTICULAR CAMPUS.

THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE ONCE ALL THE KIDS ARE UNLOADED FROM THAT BUS OR FROM ALL OF THEIR BUSES.

THEY ALREADY KNOW WHEN THEY'RE CLEAR WITHOUT HAVING TO TRY TO CALL IN TO DISPATCH OR INTO TRANSPORTATION AND TO VERIFY THAT THEY'RE ALL CLEAR, THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT THROUGH SMART TAG THROUGH THEIR PORTAL.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> MR. MICHAEL, YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE?

>> JUST LAST COMMENT JUST BECAUSE PHILLY, YOU MADE A COMMENT THAT I DISAGREE WITH AND THAT WAS I THINK HE SAID WE FAILED AND THAT'S NOT TRUE.

I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR LIKE I HAVE BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE I HAD LOST CHILD IN THIS DISTRICT. I KNOW WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE.

BUT YOU COULD HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT THIS PROGRAM DOES WITHOUT A DEDICATED PERSON TO REALLY CHAMPION BEHIND THAT.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT REALLY QUICK.

YOU COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS PROGRAM OR ROLLED THIS PROGRAM OUT WITHOUT SOMEBODY DEDICATED TO DO THAT.

THIS IS A FRESH START TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY AND ALSO INCORPORATE IT ACROSS THE BOARD AND OUR DISTRICT.

THAT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US.

I DON'T WANT ANYONE FEELING LIKE ANYONE'S FAILED HERE BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN ROLLED OUT QUICKER.

WHAT I HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN IT ROLLED OUT QUICKER.

SURE, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE VERONICA AND YOU GUYS I SEE WHAT YOU GUYS DO EVERY DAY.

WE HAD JOEL DRIVING BUSES AT TIMES.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD HAVE ROLLED OUT AS SMART TAG PROGRAM WHILE YOU WERE ALSO ON A BUS? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SAY THAT. THANK YOU.

>> ANYBODY ELSE?

>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS. I LOVE THIS SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW.

YES. I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS PROCUREMENT, WHICH SEEMS LIKE A WHILE BACK, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PROMISES MADE AND THEY HAVE DELIVERED.

IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN THAT WAY THAT A TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT DOES ALL THE THINGS THAT IT SAYS IT'S GOING TO DO IT.

IN FACT, IT DOES SO MANY THINGS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO PLAY CATCH-UP TO ROLL IT ALL OUT.

IT IS A LITTLE BIT CONVOLUTED BECAUSE IT IS TRANSPORTATION, BUT IT'S ALSO SAFETY AND SECURITY.

THAT'S TWO CHIEFS, THAT'S TWO VERY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WHERE A VERY BIG ORGANIZATION.

LIKE MY STRUGGLE, I WANT TO APPLAUD YOU GUYS FOR FIGURING THIS OUT.

IF THIS TOUCHES SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, AND I KNOW CASSANDRA, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE ALL THAT LONG.

[01:30:02]

THEN I GET TO ROLL OUT A NEW TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE.

AWESOME. I APPLAUD YOU FOR COMING IN AND REALLY CHAMPIONING THIS.

BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE SAID, YEAH, I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I HAD LEARNED THIS OTHER JOB I'VE JUST TAKEN.

THEN I APPLAUD YOU GUYS FOR NOTICING LIKE, HEY, WE MAYBE NEED ONE PERSON JUST SOLELY FOCUSED ON THIS BECAUSE WE DO HEAR THINGS AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, THAT THERE ARE CHALLENGES BECAUSE THEY'RE BUSY DOING OTHER THINGS TOO.

BUT FROM, WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRINT IDS OR RUN OUT OF THE SUPPLIES OR WHATEVER.

IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY DEDICATED TO THIS THAT'S WILLING TO GO TO CAMPUSES, WILLING TO TRAIN THE PEOPLE, FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE DEFICIENCIES.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING OUR DISTRICT AND HELPING US BECAUSE WE KNOW WE NEED IT.

>> LUCKILY, SHE WAS IN THE DISTRICT.

SHE JUST [INAUDIBLE]. [LAUGHTER]

>> WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?

>> I WAS OVER AT MNO FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS BEFORE I CAME TO TRANSPORTATION AND BEFORE THAT I WAS AT LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS.

ACTUALLY, JUST GOT MY TENURE PIN.

>> I LOVE THAT.

>> EVERYTHING IS FAIRLY LEVEL WELL.

>> YES, EVERYTHING. YOU DO SPEAK SO CONFIDENTLY LIKE YOU KNOW THIS DISTRICT AND YOU LOVED THIS DISTRICT ALREADY, SO THAT CAME ACROSS THAT YOU DIDN'T FEEL NEW AND YOUR FIRST TIME HERE AT A BOARD MEETING PRESENTING, SO GREAT JOB THERE.

I AM ALL ABOUT REDUCING PAPERWORK AND NOT HAVING A CLIPBOARD ON THE BUSES.

THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.

IF YOU NEED ANY OF US TO BE TEST PARENTS, WERE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

I DON T THINK MY DAUGHTER WANTS TO RIDE THE BUS ANYMORE BECAUSE SHE CAN GET HER LICENSE IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS, BUT MAYBE SOME OTHER FOLKS THAT GIVES RIDE THE BUS.

I'M SERIOUS. TAKE US OUT. WE COULD BE TEST PEOPLE FOR YOU-ALL FOR THOSE NOT IN POSITION.

>> IF YOU HAVE AN ANIMAL, WE CAN MAKE YOUR ANIMAL A TAG TO RIDE THE BUS.

THAT'S LITERALLY ON US [LAUGHTER].

>> I HAVE THREE.

>> BUTOH BUS, HE RIDES TO MY HOUSE OR TO STOP IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY LOAD HIM EVERY DAY AND UNLOAD HIM.

>> THAT'S HILARIOUS.

MRS. ROSCO IS ONTO SOMETHING AND I'M HOPING MR. DO OVER THERE IS PAYING ATTENTION BECAUSE THIS REGISTRATION PIECE IS REAL AND IT'S ALL THINGS IN ONE.

I THINK OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS REGISTRATION PIECE THAT WE HAVE TO VERIFY THAT WE DON'T HAVE TUBERCULOSIS.

ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE READ THE HANDBOOK.

WHAT WE COULD DO IS HAVE A PAGE ON THAT.

WHEN THE TRANSPORTATION DO YOU RIDE THE BUS, DO YOU NOT, WHATEVER.

GREAT. HERE IS WHERE WE BROWSE OUT TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT, WE BROWSE OUT TO OTHER THINGS.

CAN WE NOT BROWSE OUT TO THE SMART TAG PORTAL TO SIGN UP RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS GETTING AT.

I'M TRACKING WITH HER AND I THINK THAT'S A BRILLIANT IDEA, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO NOW HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH YET ANOTHER DEPARTMENT AND OUR GIANT ORGANIZATION.

THAT IS TECHNOLOGY.

NOT THAT YOU ARE ALREADY DOING THAT BECAUSE IT'S A TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCE.

BUT I DO THINK ANYTIME WE CAN HELP OUR PARENTS AT THE ONE-STOP SHOP AND WE'RE ALREADY ASKING THEM ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.

IT SEEMS ODD TO ME THAN WHEN YOU TELL THEM, AND BY THE WAY, YOU GOT TO GO TO THE A TO Z PAGE AND CLICK ON "SMART TAG" TO THEM BEYOND THE PORTAL.

FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY MAKE US REGISTER OUR KIDS FOR NEXT YEAR LIKE RIGHT NOW.

BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL WAIT AND NOT DO IT UNTIL LATER.

IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN BUNDLE THAT OUT, THAT'D BE GREAT.

HOLD ON. DON'T LET ME LOSE MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT HERE.

I SAID THAT, I AGREE THIS IS A NON NEGOTIABLE.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS OF THOSE 2,300 PEOPLE THAT HAD TO MANUALLY ENTER THEIR THING, CAN WE GET A BREAKDOWN BY CAMPUS? IS THAT EASY? BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY TRENDS DEVELOPING IN SAID MANUAL ENTRIES.

THAT WILL BE HELPFUL TO US.

ALSO IF WE CAN EVER TALK ABOUT CONSEQUENCES.

MAYBE THERE'S A GRACE PERIOD OR RAMP UP PERIOD.

THE FIRST MONTH OF SCHOOL, IT'S FREE.

AFTER THAT, IT'S $1 A TIME.

EVERY TIME. THEN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

BUT WE NEED TO INSTITUTE SOME CONSEQUENCES FOR THESE SMART TAGS NOT BEING AROUND OR AVAILABLE OR LOST IDS.

WE HAD A PROCUREMENT FOR 40,000 ID TAGS.

WE ONLY HAVE 22,000 KIDS.

THAT'S A LOT OF ID TAGS.

IF I GOT TO LOSE MY YMCA CARD EVERY DAY AND GET A NEW ONE, I WOULD PROBABLY DO THAT.

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I DON'T KNOW. JUST A THOUGHT.

I DON'T KNOW IF DR. WRIGHT, YOU'VE TALKED TO ANYBODY ABOUT THAT OR THERE'S SOME THOUGHTS TO THAT, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT THRESHOLD LOOKS LIKE.

IT CAN BE VERY LOW.

I JUST NEED SOMEONE TO CARE ABOUT IT.

MY PARENTS ARE GOING TO YELL AT ME IF I LOSE MY ID AGAIN, BECAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO MOTIVATE MY KID.

>> WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING AND WE'RE ANALYZING WHAT SOME OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING.

THERE'S OUR NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH IS THE ONLY ONE THAT IS ACTIVELY REINFORCING CONSEQUENCES FOR NOT HAVING SMART TAG IDS.

NOW WE DO HAVE THEM PAY FOR LOST IDS TO RECOUP THOSE FUNDS.

BUT WE ARE WORKING ON COMING UP WITH A PROGRAM OF CONSEQUENCES THAT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT YOUR REGULAR ID WOULD BE ON THE CAMPUSES.

>> WE'RE USED TO SEEING THAT WITH LIBRARY BOOKS AND THAT THING, SO I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER.

I THINK THAT WAS AT THE END AND YOU SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT, BUT WHAT WOULD BE REALLY MOTIVATING FOR PARENTS MAY BE, AND I KNOW THIS IS A HUGE PANDORA'S BOX.

BUT THE FRIDAY NIGHT SLEEP OVER, IF I CAN PUT MY KID ON A BUS AND DO THE PARENT PERMISSIONS AND SEND HER SOMEWHERE ELSE, I KNOW THAT FEATURE IS IN HERE BECAUSE I REMEMBER ASKING THE SMART TAG DUDE WHEN HE WAS HERE, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

IS IT POSSIBLE WHEN YOU HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM BOTH PARENTS?

>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN SMART DISMISSAL?

>> I THINK SO.

>> I'M TRUSTING YOUR UNCLE HAD ASKED US TO DO SOME MORE INFORMATION AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT, IS VERIFYING THAT THEY'RE NOT PUTTING STUDENTS ON BUSES WHO AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE GOING HOME.

I THINK THAT'LL BE A QUESTION THAT WE DO NEED TO ASK, SO WE'LL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION ONCE WE REACH OUT TO SMART TAG TO SEE.

BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE RIDING HOME ON ANOTHER BUS.

>> BUT IF THEY LIVE IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY ALWAYS READ THE SAME BUS, FRANKLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE PARAMETERS ARE, BUT THEY JUST NEED TO GET OFF AT A DIFFERENT STOP BECAUSE THEY'RE SPENDING THE NIGHT WITH SO AND SO AND PARENTS HAVE SOME WAY OF GIVING APPROVAL.

I DON'T KNOW THAT MAYBE HISTORY SOUNDS LIKE.

THEN THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I REALLY LIKE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE FIELD TRIP AND STUFF BECAUSE I SERVE AS THE BUS CHAPERONE FOR THE BAND QUITE A BIT.

DEPENDING ON WHO I GET ON THERE WITH, THE BUS DRIVER MAKES ME FILL OUT A CLIPBOARD WHEN I ALREADY HAVE A CLIPBOARD BECAUSE I'M THE BED THE BUS CHAPERONE.

I ALREADY HAVE ALL THE NAMES AND ALL THE THINGS AND THE SEAT NUMBER AND THEN I GOT TO FILL OUT ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE THE BUS DRIVER WANTS ME TO FILL OUT THEIR FORM.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO ME. DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW I'M NOT A KNOWN LIAR.

MAYBE THERE'S THE SMART TAG SITUATION COULD HELP WITH SOME OF THAT REDUNDANCY WHEN YOU'RE A BUS CHAPERONE OR THE FIELD TRIP MOM OR WHATEVER IT IS, BECAUSE THAT DOES HAPPEN.

>> WELL, WE'LL LOOK AT THAT AND I WILL PROVIDE YOU FEEDBACK ON IT.

>> COOL, AWESOME. ANYTHING ELSE? GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> TEAM, LET'S TAKE A QUICK FIVE-MINUTE BREAK.

ARE WE BACK READY? IT'S 832.

WE ARE BACK. I HOPE.

[BACKGROUND] I'M GOING TO HAVE TO USE MY TEACHER VOICE TO GET US BACK ON TRACK.

I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE ALL NIGHT, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE'RE GOING TO STILL MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND.

[M.4. Consideration and possible approval for Special Education Evaluation Services by Trinity Educational Services]

M4 IS THE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL EDUCATION EVALUATION SERVICES BY TRINITY EDUCATION SERVICES.

TEAM, THIS IS ON PAGE 42 OF YOUR PACKET.

THIS IS THE AGENDA ITEM WE MENTIONED EARLIER IN OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT THAT IS GOING TO PROVIDE SOME HELP FOR DIAGNOSTICIANS AND DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATIONS.

I'M I SAYING THAT RIGHT? I'M NOT SURE I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT.

WILL YOU CHECK TO MAKE SURE THIS MICROPHONE IS WORKING? I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO TURN IT ON AND TAP ON IT AT THE PODIUM.

WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

MICHELLE, ARE YOU GOING TO BE ANSWERING QUESTIONS? FURTHER UP ON THE MIC, THERE'S A LITTLE SWITCH. IT MAY BE COVERED.

>> THERE WE GO.

>> PERFECT.

>> YOU WANT TO COME WITH ME?

>> TEAM, DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? WE'RE LOOKING FOR APPROXIMATELY $78,262 TO HELP WITH CONTRACTED SERVICES. MRS. RANKL.

>> WE TOUCHED ON THIS EARLIER WHEN YOU GUYS WERE PRESENTING ON SPECIAL EDUCATION.

[01:40:03]

>> SURE. SOME OF IT COMES FROM NEED FOR FMLA MONEY.

WE HAD SOME STAFF OUT AND WE HAD TO COVER THEIR TIME AT HIGH SCHOOLS AND THEN AT HIGH SCHOOL YOU HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND A LOT OF EVALUATIONS TO DEAL WITH.

IN GENERAL ARE INCREASING ASSESSMENT NEEDS EVERY YEAR AND THIS YEAR HAS BEEN QUITE HIGH.

WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH EXCEEDED OUR AVERAGE.

OUR AVERAGE IN PAST YEARS PRE-COVID WAS ABOUT 600 EVALUATIONS, AND NOW WE'RE DOING AT ABOUT ALMOST 1,000.

IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THIS YEAR AND THEN IT JUST SEEMS TO BE CONTINUING ON BECAUSE WE HAVE A BETTER MTSS PROCESS SO THE REFERRALS ARE COMING THROUGH AND THEN WE ARE SEEING THAT HIGH INCREASE OF STUDENTS QUALIFYING TOO, SO WE NEED THOSE MONEY TO DO RE-EVALUATIONS TOO.

>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY JUST THE COMMENT EARLIER WAS OUR STAFF IS WORKING AND SO THIS ALSO HELPS WITH THAT PROCESS.

>> BRINGING THIS TO US, I'M HAPPY TO VOTE ON THIS NEXT WEEK.

>> THANK YOU. MR. VELA.

>> I THINK I HEARD EARLIER THAT THE RE-EVALUATIONS ARE EVERY THREE YEARS. IS THAT CORRECT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> WE HAVE THAT CYCLE AS AN ADDITIONAL REFERRALS.

>> THEY ARE EVALUATED EVERY YEAR.

WE HAVE 3,000 SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.

WE'RE EVALUATING 1,000 OTHER STUDENTS.

>> HAS THE COST OF AN EVALUATION IF WE REFER IT TO A THIRD-PARTY, HAS THAT COST GONE UP AS WELL JUST AS OBVIOUSLY ANYTHING ELSE?

>> WE DON'T GET MORE MEDICAID MONEY FOR IT AS MUCH AS I WISH WE DID, BUT YES OF COURSE WITH TECHNOLOGY AND THE NUMBER OF THINGS WE EVALUATE FOR AND JUST THE TEST KITS AND AVAILABILITY OF TECHNOLOGY IT HAS INCREASED AND SO THE MONEY IS DEFINITELY MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT FOR EVALUATION COSTS.

>> THE $40,000, THE ADDITIONAL THAT'S REQUESTED.

WE'RE NOT ONLY GOING TO HIT OUR GOALS BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE A DELIVERABLE BY A CERTAIN DATE, BUT THE RECURRING HOW MANY EVALUATIONS IS THAT GOING TO GIVE US PER YEAR?

>> WE'VE ALREADY SPENT ALMOST 50,000, SO IT'S JUST THE ADDITIONAL TIME TO MEET THOSE 630 EVALUATIONS.

WE'RE CONTRACTING ABOUT 27-630 EVALUATION OUTS TO HELP STAFF SO THEY CAN HAVE SOMEWHAT OF A SUMMER HOPEFULLY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> MS. ROSCOE.

>> DOES THAT CHANGE THE TIMELINE? DO YOU EXPECT THEM TO BE DONE SOONER SINCE YOU'RE CONTRACTING THEM OUT?

>> THEY HAVE UNTIL 6:30 TO COMPLETE THE EVALUATIONS.

ON 6:30 EVALUATIONS, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE ART BY 95.

THEY WILL GET THEM DONE, BUT FOR 6:30 EVALUATIONS THE REQUIREMENT IS JUST THAT WE HAVE THE PARENTS OF THE COPY OF THE EVALUATION FOR 6:30.

THEY CAN GET IT DONE ANYTIME FROM THE LAST CONTRACT SAY TO 6:30.

>> IT DOESN'T MOVE UP SERVICES THEN.

>> NO, BECAUSE WE'LL BE IN THE SUMMER, SCHOOL DAYS IS FOR EVALUATION.

>> I KNOW THEY'RE DUE JUNE 30TH.

I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO, IF WE CONTRACT THAT OUT TO SOMEONE, CAN WE TELL THEM, HEY, WE WANT THEM DUE BY MARCH OR WE WANT THEM DUE EARLIER SO WE CAN ACTUALLY START THE PROCESS AND GET SERVICES AND TAKE CARE OF OUR STUDENT'S NEEDS SOONER OR RATHER THAN LATER.

>> OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN'T DEMAND A CONTRACT AGENCY COMPLETE EVALUATIONS IN A QUICKER FASHION.

WE CAN HOPE THEY CAN.

WE TRY TO EVALUATE IN THE MOST TIMELY FASHION THAT WE CAN.

WE TRY TO HAVE THOSE EVALUATIONS ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

THE ARTS CAN BE HELD, BUT ULTIMATELY WE'RE BOUND BY THE 45 SCHOOL DAY TIMELINE AND CONTRACTORS TEND TO NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE THINGS UP BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT JUST DOING OUR EVALUATIONS, THEY'RE DOING CONTRACT EVALUATION FOR OTHER DISTRICTS TOO.

>> IN THE FUTURE MAYBE WE CAN START CONTRACTING OUT SOONER WITH THEM.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, HERE I GET 1/3 DONE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

I'M JUST GIVING AN EXAMPLE, ANOTHER $1,500 OR THEY RUN $1,500 ON AVERAGE BUT JUST TRYING TO MOVE THAT TIMELINE ALONG.

I KNOW YOU HAVE 45 DAYS TO DO IT, BUT AGAIN WE DON'T HAVE TO USE ALL 45 DAYS IF WE DON'T HAVE TO.

WE CONTRACT IT OUT AND THEY'RE ABLE TO GET IT DONE SOONER.

THAT'S ALWAYS A LOT BETTER AND A BENEFIT FOR OUR KIDS.

I'M ALWAYS LOOKING AT TIMELINES AND LOOKING AT WHAT CAN WE DO?

[01:45:03]

IT'S GREAT TO BE COMPLIANT AND WE HAVE THAT 45 DAYS WE HAVE UNTIL JUNE 30TH, GREAT AND OUR STAFF IS ALREADY DOING A LOT, BUT I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE CONTRACT FOLKS.

IF WE CAN HAVE MAYBE SOME EXPECTATIONS FOR THEM TO MOVE THINGS ALONG SOONER FOR NEXT YEAR NOT FOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAD THEM.

>> WE HAVE BEEN CONTACTING THEM ALL YEAR. IF THEY'RE ABLE TO COMPLETE IN THE EARLY, THEY DO.

WE JUST HAVE TO REVIEW THEM AND THEN WE HAVE THE ART AND TIMELY FASHION.

THE GREAT THING ABOUT OUR ART FACILITATORS IS WE MAKE SURE WE TRY TO MOVE THAT ART UP BY TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE DUE DATE OF THE ART AFTER THE EVALUATION IS COMPLETED, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THOSE SERVICES TO KIDS AS SOON AS WE CAN.

>> THEN THEY WILL START OUT THE NEW YEAR WITH [OVERLAPPING] SERVICES BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 5TH?

>> SEPTEMBER 5TH. HOPEFULLY WE TRY TO HAVE THEM AS MANY AS WE CAN ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

OBVIOUSLY, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH 45/45, AND HAVING THOSE ARTS TOO BUT WE TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO COMPLETE THOSE EVALUATIONS, GET THE STUDENTS SERVICES SO WE CAN HAVE AS MANY SERVICES FOR STUDENTS BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

>> SURE. SERVICES IS VERY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU.

I DO THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE TO APPROVE THIS AND TRY TO HELP SUPPORT IN WHICH WAY WE CAN AND HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR YOU'LL GET MORE ASSISTANCE AS WELL. THANKS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING NEXT TUESDAY.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE AND STICKING AROUND.

>> THANKS.

>> ALL RIGHT, TEAM. NEXT UP, WE HAVE ONE MORE TRANSPORTATION ITEM AND WE'VE GOT SOME FOLKS HERE FROM TRANSPORTATION.

[M.5. Consideration and possible adoption of a Resolution Declaring Hazardous Walking Routes]

THIS IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION DECLARING HAZARDOUS WALKING ROUTES.

THIS IS ON PAGE 44.

TEAM, YOU ALSO HAVE A PRESENTATION IN YOUR FOLDER FOR HAZARDOUS ROUTES.

MR. CLEAVER HAVE THE FLOOR.

>> YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CASSANDRA COME BACK UP.

BASICALLY, I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM EACH TIME.

AS OUR DISTRICT GROWS, SOMETIMES ROADS ARE COMPLETED, SOMETIMES ROADS ARE DEMOLISHED, SOMETIMES SIDEWALKS ARE PUT IN.

DIFFERENT THINGS OCCUR AND STUDENTS, WHERE THEY PREVIOUSLY HAD TO RIDE A BUS, ARE ABLE TO WALK.

WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A QUICK PRESENTATION THAT SHOWS AREAS THAT HAVE CHANGED THIS YEAR.

THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE FOR TRANSPORTATION CHANGES NEXT YEAR.

IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS TO LAY OUT FOR THIS COMING AUGUST.

WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CASSANDRA BARRETT AGAIN

>> GOOD EVENING AGAIN, EVERYBODY.

THIS IS THE HAYS CISD DESIGNATED HAZARDOUS AREAS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AS THE BOARD WE HAVE TO DO EVERY SINGLE YEAR IS DESIGNATE OUR HAZARDOUS AREAS SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FUNDED PROPERLY FOR SOME OF THE ROUTES THAT WE DO RUN.

JUST SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO RIDE A BUS.

PER TEA GUIDELINES, STUDENTS WHO LIVE TWO OR MORE MILES AWAY FROM THEIR ZONE SCHOOL OF ATTENDANCE ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE TRANSPORTATION.

STUDENTS WHO LIVE LESS THAN TWO MILES HAVE TO HAVE A HAZARDOUS TRAFFIC CONDITION FOR US TO RECEIVE ANY FUNDING FOR THAT.

WHAT ARE HAZARDOUS TRAFFIC CONDITIONS? THE HAZARDOUS TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ARE WHERE A ROAD IS CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS, JUST STUDENT PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

STUDENTS MUST WALK ALONG OR ACROSS A FREEWAY, AN EXPRESSWAY, AN OVERPASS OR UNDERPASS.

THERE'S NO WALKWAY PROVIDED AND/OR THE STUDENTS MUST CROSS AN UNCONTROLLED MAJOR TRAFFIC ARTERY.

NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS WITHOUT A SIDEWALK ARE NOT CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS TO PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.

UNDERSTANDING BUS SERVICE AND HAZARDOUS ROUTES.

LIKE MR. CLEAVER SAID, AS OUR DISTRICT CONTINUES TO GROW, THE HAZARDOUS ROUTE LIST WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE.

SOMETIMES NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION WILL REQUIRE US TO HAVE A BUS ROUTE FOR AWHILE, BUT THEN WE MAY HAVE TO REMOVE TRANSPORTATION ONCE THAT HAZARDOUS CONDITION ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE A SAFE PATH TO SCHOOL.

WE RECEIVE FUNDING OR THE TRANSPORTATION ALLOTMENT TO OPERATE OUR BUS SERVICE.

THE REGULAR PORTION OF THIS ALLOTMENT IS FOR STUDENTS WHO LIVE MORE THAN TWO MILES AWAY FROM SCHOOL.

THE STATE ALSO PROVIDES FUNDING OF UP TO 10% OF THE DISTRICTS REGULAR TRANSPORTATION ALLOTMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION OF CHILDREN WHO LIVE WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE SCHOOL THEY ATTEND, WHO WOULD BE SUBJECT TO HAZARDOUS TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IF THEY WALKED TO SCHOOL.

IF A BUS ROUTE LOSES THE CONDITION THAT IS NOT ALLOWED IT TO QUALIFY AS HAZARDOUS, THE ROUTE IS NO LONGER ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE HAZARDOUS ROUTE FUNDING FROM THE STATE.

[01:50:07]

[NOISE] FOR LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL, THE FOLLOWING AREA FOR OUR PROJECTION IS NO LONGER CLASSIFIED AS HAZARDOUS, AND THAT IS THE SADDLE CREEK APARTMENTS.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE ABOUT 12 STUDENTS THAT ARE THERE.

THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS SHOWS THE PICTURE.

THE GREEN LINE SHOWS YOU WHERE THE NEW SIDEWALK WAS PUT IN FOR THESE STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL SAFELY TO LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL.

FOR HAYS HIGH SCHOOL AND LIVE OAK ACADEMY, AND THEN I'LL ALSO BUNCH IN BARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH IS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

THE PLUM CREEK APARTMENTS WOULD NO LONGER BE CLASSIFIED AS HAZARDOUS BECAUSE THE SIDEWALK HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND THAT WOULD IMPACT SIX STUDENTS.

BUT THE FOLLOWING AREA WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS HAZARDOUS AND IT'S THAT NEW PLUM CREEK SUBDIVISION ACROSS FROM HAYS HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A SAFE PATH, AND SO IS THE SAME FOR BARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THAT'S FIVE STUDENTS AT THE PLUM CREEK APARTMENT THAT WOULD BE LOSING TRANSPORTATION, AND CURRENTLY ONE STUDENT IN THE PLUM CREEK SUBDIVISION.

THIS IS THE MAP OF THAT ONE FOR YOU GUYS.

THE REASON THAT THE PLUM CREEK WOULD BE CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS IS BECAUSE RIGHT THERE IN THE GREEN CIRCLE, THAT IS WHERE THERE IS A CROSSWALK ON THAT SOUTH SIDE OF THAT INTERSECTION.

BUT BECAUSE THEY LIVE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION, THERE'S NO WAY FOR THEM TO CROSS THERE.

THERE'S NOT A CROSSWALK AT THAT LOCATION.

IT IS A DITCH, SO THERE'S NO WAY FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET ACROSS.

THEY CANNOT GET ACROSS TO THE SOUTH SIDE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A CROSSWALK THERE.

WE DID REACH OUT TO THE CITY OF KYLE ROAD BOND PROJECT MANAGER AND ASKED IF THERE WERE PLANS FOR THEM TO PUT A CROSSWALK ANYWHERE, ESPECIALLY RIGHT THERE IN THAT PINK CIRCLE BECAUSE IT'S FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE LIGHT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSS.

RIGHT NOW THERE WAS NO PLANS.

WE DID SPEAK WITH MS. JERRY AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, BUT IT'S NOT FOR THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS IS US JUST PRE-PLANNING FOR YOU AND ELEMENTARY, THERE'S A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD GOING ACROSS HIGH ROAD CALLED PRODERA, AND THERE'S NOT A SAFE WAY FOR THEM TO CROSS HIGH ROAD.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS THAT WOULD IMPACT, BUT WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND PRE-PLAN IN CASE STUDENTS DO MOVE INTO THERE WHEN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD DOES START GETTING HOUSES BUILT, WHICH THEY ARE STARTING ON THERE.

WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT HAPPENS.

FOR ELM GROVE ELEMENTARY, WE'RE SAYING THAT NO LONGER CLASSIFIED AS HAZARDOUS WOULD BE THE COLON COUNTRY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SUMMER POINT SUBDIVISION.

THIS IMPACTS APPROXIMATELY 52 STUDENTS WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO THE BUS, BUT WE HAVE ONLY ABOUT 30 STUDENTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY UTILIZING BUS SERVICE RIGHT NOW.

WHAT CALLING COUNTRY, IF YOU SEE IN THAT GREEN CIRCLE UP THERE AT THE TOP, ORIGINALLY THAT ROAD WAS NOT THERE, SO IT DID NOT HAVE A CONNECTION OVER FOR THEM TO HAVE A SAFE PATH TO ELM GROVE ELEMENTARY, BUT THAT STREET IS OPEN NOW.

THAT WOULD MAKE THAT THEIR SAFE PATH, AND THEN THAT GREEN LINE, IT'S JUST A STRAIGHT LINE, BUT IT'S REALLY A SQUIGGLY SIDEWALK THAT GOES FROM THE SUMMER POINT NEIGHBORHOOD OVER TO ELM GROVE, AND THAT IS THEIR SAFE PATH TO SCHOOL AS WELL.

FOR WINTERS ELEMENTARY, THIS IS WHERE THE SADDLE CREEK APARTMENT AGAIN.

THE SAFE ROUTE HAS BEEN CREATED WITH THAT LARGE SIDEWALK.

IT IS APPROXIMATELY 13 STUDENTS.

THIS AGAIN IS THE SAME PICTURE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL ONE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE THAT SAFE PATH TO SCHOOL. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> TEAM, MR. VELA.

>> THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION.

ANOTHER REST OF OUR CAMPUSES AREN'T INCLUDED, I'M SURE THAT ESPECIALLY WITH DAISY LANE, YOU'VE GOT.

>> CORRECT, WHAT WAS SENT TO YOU GUYS? THERE ARE OTHER CAMPUSES THAT HAVE TRANSPORTATION ALREADY.

NONE OF THOSE ARE CHANGING.

THESE ARE JUST THE ONES THAT ARE CHANGING.

>> YEAH. I WAS THINKING OF CHOPPER AND ALL THAT SO ANYWAYS, WHAT IS OUR PROCESS? HOW DO WE IDENTIFY, DOES THIS COME FROM JUST TRANSPORTATION ONLY OR CAN A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ALSO REPORT, HEY, THERE'S NEW CONSTRUCTION GOING ON OR THE SIDEWALK IS NO LONGER ACCESSIBLE.

HOW DO WE GO ABOUT REPORTING CHANGES?

>> IT'S A COMBINATION OF EVERYTHING.

WE HAVE A HAZARD TECH THAT'S ON OUR TEAM.

HE IS A BUS DRIVER AS WELL,

[01:55:01]

HE GOES OUT TO ALL THE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS.

HE MAPS ALL OF THOSE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS.

IF HE HAS CONCERNS, HE WILL TAKE OUR ROUTE COORDINATORS OUT THERE WITH HIM SO THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT THE AREAS THAN THEY START REACHING OUT TO ANY OF THE PROJECT MANAGERS FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION TO SEE WHAT THOSE CHANGES MIGHT BE SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE IF AN AREA MAYBE BECOMING HAZARDOUS.

UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT HAPPENS IS IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD STARTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND IT MAKES THEM MORE HAZARDOUS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

WE CANNOT MAKE ANY CHANGES.

YOU CAN ONLY DO IT ONCE FOR THAT WHOLE SCHOOL YEAR.

BUT SOMETIME, IF WE HAVE TO ADD TRANSPORTATION SO THAT PLUM CREEK SUBDIVISION ACROSS FROM HAYS HIGH SCHOOL, WE ALREADY HAVE TRANSPORTATION READY IF ANY OF THOSE STUDENTS NEED TO RIDE THE BUS, NO ONE'S UTILIZING IT YET, BUT WE DO HAVE IT SET UP SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE JUST TAKE IN AND WE DON'T GET TO COUNT THOSE MILES OR THOSE STUDENTS IN OUR TEA REPORT, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO OFFER THOSE SERVICES TO THOSE STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE THEY GET TO SCHOOL SAFELY.

>> INTERESTING, BUT ARE THERE ANY LEGISLATIVE I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED OUR PRIORITIES, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO A SITUATION LIKE THAT, BECAUSE OF OUR GROWTH, BECAUSE OF JUST THE EXPANSION OF ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE WE LOOKING INTO ANYTHING THAT CAN HELP US WITH THAT FUNDING.

>> NO TECHNIQUE. MOST OF THE TIME AT THE LEGISLATURE, THEY'RE NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN DEALING WITH TRANSPORTATION, AS THEY TELL US, IT'S NOT A SEXY TOPIC THAT'S GOING TO GIVE THEM VOTES.

JUST BEING HONEST AND SO THERE AREN'T ANY NEW BILLS THAT I'M AWARE OF.

MAX, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING FILLING KNOW I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING NEW.

WE WERE HOPEFUL THAT THEY WOULD INCREASE THE AMOUNT THAT THEY PAY PER MILE BECAUSE OF THE INCREASES WITH FUEL AND ALL OF THAT STUFF, BUT NOTHING.

>> OKAY, BUT ABOUT 48 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE USING BUSES SO IT IS IMPORTANT.

I KNOW YOU'RE NOT SAYING THAT IT'S NOT IMPORTANT. I JUST KNOW.

>> I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT IMPORTANT.

I'M JUST SAYING THE STATE DOESN'T WANT TO FUND IT.

THE STATE FUNDS ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF ALL OF OUR COSTS AND THEN WE PICK UP THE OTHER TWO-THIRDS LOCALLY.

>> THEN FOR THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A HUGE EXPANSION, CONSIDER RANTS WHICH IS RIGHT OUTSIDE MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

ARE WE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF KYLE? ARE WE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF BEAUTIFUL JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ACCESSIBLE PATHWAYS.

WE HAVE APPROPRIATE SIDEWALKS.

>> ANYTIME WE HAVE A DEVELOPER WE DO AND FOR INSTANCE, CONSIDER RANCH.

THERE'S ACTUALLY A WALK PATH BETWEEN SOME OF THE HOUSES THAT WILL COME UP INTO THE LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL BACK IN LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY.

YES, WE WORK WITH EVERY DEVELOPER.

WE'RE WORKING WITH A DEVELOPER AROUND YOU LAND ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE STREET SO EVERY PERSON WE DEAL WITH, WE TRY TO GOOD WALK PATH AND GOOD PLACES FOR BUS STOPS AS WELL.

>> YEAH. WHAT'S COMING TO MIND IS, BB ROAD, HIGH ROAD, WHEN WE HAVE LOTS OF STOPS AND THERE.

WE DO A HUB TYPE STOP WHERE WE STOP AND THEN SOME KIDS WILL THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS AND I KNOW YOU HAVE.

>> OUR ROAD IS THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS?

>> DO WE STOP AT EVERY ADDRESS POINT.

>> ON HIGH ROAD FOR YOU IN ELEMENTARY THAT IS HAZARDOUS AND SO WE DO STOP THAT IS WITHIN OUR TWO MILES.

>> LET ME REPHRASE MY QUESTION SO EVERY STUDENT THAT RIDES ON HIGH ROAD, WE DROPPED THEM OFF IN FRONT OF HIS OR HER, LIKE CURB OR CURB BASICALLY.

>> FOR THE NORMAL ROUTES, FOR THE AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORIALS, WE LOOK AT THOSE [OVERLAPPING].

>> THAT CONCERNS ME A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS AND POTHOLES.

HE GOT PEOPLE THAT IT'S 30 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH THERE AND PEOPLE ARE DRIVING 50, 60 MILES AN HOUR.

>> THE WHOLE ALL THE HIGH ROAD IS A HAZARDOUS.

>> FOR SURE?

>> I LOOK AT THAT AND FOR OUR ELEMENTARY ON HIGH ROAD, IF YOU'RE DRIVING THE OTHER DIRECTION, YOU'RE GOING TO BE STOPPING, YOU SEE THAT BUS COME IN AND THEY'RE STOPPING AT EVERY DRIVEWAY AS IT COMES DOWN.

>> THE TRASH TRUCK STOPS AT EVERY STOP?

>> [LAUGHTER] YES, IT DOES. THE CARS CAN GO AROUND THE TRASH TRUCK.

>> GOOD. THANK YOU.

>> DR. GONZALEZ.

>> ACTUALLY, PRESIDENT PETRI, MR. CLEAVER ANSWERED THE QUESTION BECAUSE IT WAS ALL ABOUT YULEN AND HIGH ROAD AND ABOUT SPEAKING SOMEONE WHO I KNOW THAT'S NOT DEVELOPED YET, BUT IF WE WERE ALREADY TALKING TO HIMSELF, FUTURISTIC.

BUT YOU'VE ANSWERED THE QUESTION.

>> YES, MA'AM. AND ON THE ONE ON HIGH ROAD IN PARTICULAR, JERRY, THAT'S A COUNTY ROAD.

AND SO THE COUNTY ROAD, IT'LL BE PROBABLY A LITTLE EASIER TO GET A CROSSWALK IN ON ACCOUNTING RULES.

SAY 2770, WHICH IS A STATE ROAD SO WE'LL KEEP WORKING WITH ALL OF THESE ENTITIES.

>> GLAD TO HEAR. THANK YOU.

[02:00:05]

I THINK I MISSED THE MAP FOR THE BARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL AREA.

CAN YOU SHOW ME WHERE THAT HIDDEN OAKS SUBDIVISION IS?

>> WAS IT ON THE MAP FOR THE BARTON?

>> YES.

>> HIDDEN OAKS SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY CHANGES.

IT SAYS FM 27, 70 HIDDEN OAKS, APPROXIMATELY 50 STUDENTS.

>> THAT ONE IS NOT HAVING ANY CHANGES TO THAT.

>> THAT ONE IS GOING TO STAY HAZARDOUS?

>> YES, MA'AM.

>> BUT THE ONES THAT ARE CHANGING ARE THOSE PLUM CREEK ONES? PLUM CREEK APARTMENTS?

>> YES, MA'AM AND THEN WE'RE ADDING IN THE PLUM CREEK SUBDIVISION.

>> ADDING ACROSS THE STREET AND SO ON THAT YOU DON'T THINK A CROSSWALK WOULD BE BUILT RIGHT THERE OR DRAWN UP.

JERRY, TELL US EVERYTHING. [LAUGHTER]

>> I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE CITY OF KYLE AND THE COUNTY AS WELL AS TEXT DOT.

WE'VE ENTERTAINED THE ISSUES THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY DEALING WITH THE COLORS CROSSING AREA.

THERE IS NO SIDEWALKS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COLORS CROSSING.

THE CITY OF KYLE HAS JUST APPROVED THOSE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.

I BELIEVE THEY'RE ADDING TWO STOP SIGNS, WHICH WILL ALSO ENCOMPASS THAT AREA.

I SUSPECT THAT THEY WILL BE ACTIVE BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, BUT I HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY DISCUSSING THAT.

THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS OF COURSE, PLUM CREEK PHASE, WHICHEVER PHASE THAT IS AT THIS POINT, I'M DEALING WITH SOME OF THE JACK SEE HAYES TRAFFIC BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE KIDS ARE NOT GOING TO WALK BACK DOWN TO GO BACK NORTH, IF YOU WILL.

WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT, BUT IT IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE TEXT DOT AND THOSE ISSUES THAT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED IN THE CITY OF KYLE'S ET J.

BUT TRYING TO NAVIGATE THE COUNTY, THE CITY AND TEXT DOT.

BUT I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT THE CITY OF KYLE RECOGNIZES THAT ISSUE SO THEY WILL BE ADDING SIDEWALKS TO THE NORTH SIDE OVER THERE, AS WELL AS THOSE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES ON COLORS CROSSING AND THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THEIR AGENDA, I THINK TWO MEETINGS AGO SO THERE WILL BE SOME IMPROVEMENTS SPECIFICALLY HERE.

>> OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU, JERRY. ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, I'M GOING TO GIVE EVERYONE A HISTORY LESSON BECAUSE AS SOME OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, I LIVE IN GARLIC CREEK.

ONCE UPON A TIME, THE CITY OF UTA CAME TO THE CITY OF BUDDHA.

THE CITY OF BUDDHA WAS APPROACHED BY A WELL-MEANING COMPANY WHO WILL REMAIN NAMELESS AND DECIDED THAT THEY NEEDED A BRIDGE BETWEEN ELM GROVE AND WHISPERING HOLLOW.

THAT BRIDGE WENT IN AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GET INPUT FROM EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, THE SCHOOL, THE PTA, AND NONE OF THAT HAPPENED, THE BRIDGE WENT IN AND 700 HOMES LOST BUS SERVICES, INCLUDING GARLIC CREEK.

THIS HAPPENED IN 2014.

EVERYONE WAS REAL MAD ABOUT IT.

IT HAPPENED IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT AND NOBODY KNEW AND IT MADE ALL THE PAPERS AND YOU CAN GOOGLE IT ON YOUR OWN TIME TO LEARN ALL ABOUT HOW GARLIC CREEK WAS SPRING HOLLOW AND THAT AREA.

LOST BUS SERVICES IN A VERY ABRUPT TIME.

WE MOVED TO GARLIC CREEK AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT MY DAUGHTER HAD TO DRIVE LIKE WALK 1.7 MILES THROUGH TWO NEIGHBORHOODS, NINE DIFFERENT CROSSWALKS, A GREEN BELT WITH ALL ANIMALS BECAUSE I LIVE ON IT AND I SEE SAID ANIMALS.

I THOUGHT THIS IS JUST DUMB.

THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE ALL THE CARDS YOU HAVE ON 967 AND1,626 BECAUSE ALL THE PARENTS AND GARLIC CREEK RECAP TO DRIVE OTHER CHILDREN.

IN THAT TIME, COLIN COUNTRY FOUGHT HARD AND GOT THEIR BUSES BACK.

THIS DISTRICT HELPED THEM.

WE WORKED WITH TEA.

THIS STREET THAT YOU'VE GOT CIRCLED HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE.

I LIVE HERE. I DRIVE THIS.

THIS IS NOT A NEW STREET.

THIS IS NOT NEW INFORMATION.

COLIN COUNTRY FOUGHT TEA TO KEEP THEIR BUSES BECAUSE THEY ARE WAY TOO FAR AWAY TO WALK.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO READ THE ARTICLE FROM JUNE 4TH, 2014 FROM THE HAYES FREE PRESS ENTITLED YOUTUBERS BUS SERVICE TO CONTINUE, AND IT TALKS ALL ABOUT HOW COLIN COUNTRY GOT THEIR BUSES BACK AFTER OUR DISTRICT CONSULTED WITH TEA TO GET THEM BACK.

THEY WILL NOT BE HAPPY ABOUT THIS BECAUSE

[02:05:03]

I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THIS PLACE, I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS AROUND.

BUT I REMEMBER IT WAS BEFORE I WAS ON THE BOARD AND IT WAS ONE OF THE MANY REASONS I RAN FOR SCHOOL BOARD BECAUSE I WAS ANGRY ABOUT IT AND DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.

I'VE COME TO LEARN HOW HAZARDOUS ROUTES WORK AND HOW THE STATE OF TEXAS DOESN'T WANT TO PAY FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION AND MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR US.

BY THE WAY, A HAZARDOUS ROUTE IS BASICALLY CROSSING 35.

I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS LENORE NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS FROM HAYS HIGH SCHOOL GETTING BUSES OR BEING CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS BECAUSE MY SON STARTED AT TOBIAS ELEMENTARY.

I LIVED IN POST-STROKE AND ON 150, THERE WAS NO CROSSWALK, THERE WERE NO SIDEWALKS, THERE WAS NO LIGHT, AND THERE WAS NO BUS.

I WAS TOLD YOU ARE TO WALK YOURSELF ACROSS 150, AND WE DID.

PEOPLE WITH STROLLERS WALKING ACROSS, AND YOU KNOW HOW BUSY THAT ROAD IS TODAY.

CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE IT? I CALL TEXT DOT AND SAID, CAN YOU ALL PUT LIKE A CROSSWALK HERE? NOW THERE'S A LIGHT AND IT'S TOO LATE FOR LANES AND ALL THE THINGS.

IF THAT'S ALMOST BUSIER, I WOULD SAY THEN 2770 IN FRONT OF HAYS HIGH SCHOOL.

I AM SHOCKED THAT THAT IS NOT HAZARDOUS WHEN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN HAD TO WALK ACROSS 150 FROM POST OAK TO GO TO TOBIAS ELEMENTARY.

THAT'S WEIRD TO ME. I'M GLAD MR. VELA ASK THE QUESTIONS HE DID BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS, WHO DETERMINES WHO WERE AWARE OF THE HAZARDOUS ROUTES? I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS AS IS BECAUSE I KNOW THE HISTORY OF THIS, MAYBE TOO MUCH.

IF SOMETHING ELSE HAS CHANGED BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALL THOSE SIDEWALKS AROUND OUTGROW BETWEEN GARLIC CREEK AND SO THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO BRING ME TO SAY.

THIS IS WHY COHEN COUNTRY.

I ONLY SAW THIS TODAY, TO BE FAIR.

I'M JUST NOW EXPLODING A LITTLE BIT AND SAYING MY HISTORY LESSON.

BUT IF THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT'S CHANGED, WHICH HASN'T PS BECAUSE HISTORY HAS BEEN HERE A LONG LONG TIME, THIS CANNOT STAND. THERE'S THAT.

FEEL LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE. OH, YES. THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE.

I AM VEHEMENTLY AGAINST SIDEWALKS.

I NEED EVERYONE TO KNOW THIS.

YOUR CITIES, YOUR EVERYBODY THAT WANT SIDEWALKS, YOU WILL LOSE BUSES.

IF THEY PUT SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF DAHLSTROM, ACROSS FROM 1626, DAHLSTROM AND JOHNSON AND CARPENTER HILL WILL LOSE BUSES.

JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WHEN I'M GONE AND SOMEBODY THINKS IT'S A GREAT IDEA AT THE CITY OF BUTOH TO PUT IT IN SIDEWALKS TO CONNECT IN FRONT OF DOLLAR GENERAL AND SONIC AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO DAHLSTROM, WE WILL LOSE BUSES.

WHEN MARK JONES WAS IN OFFICE, I WOULD MAKE SURE HE REMEMBERED THAT ABOUT ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS AND HE WOULD ASSURE ME, YES, NO, NO, WE'RE NOT BUILDING SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF DAHLSTROM BECAUSE THEY WILL BE EXPECTED TO.

THAT'S NOT HAZARDOUS ACCORDING TO THE STATE.

YOU CAN LOOK UP WHEN THIS WAS ALL HAPPENING UNFORTUNATELY, I HAD TO DO A LOT OF HOMEWORK ON FIRST GO AND OTHER DISTRICTS THAT MAKE THEIR KIDS WALK BASICALLY ACROSS HIGHWAYS.

IT'S CRAZY. THAT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.

THAT'S THE STATE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE DECIDED TO DO.

THEY DON'T WANT TO FUND THIS. THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

I LOOK FORWARD ALL OUT SINCE SOME QUESTIONS IN BUT I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS.

WE ARE GOING TO BE THIS IS ONE BUS 30 WRITERS AND COLIN COUNTRY.

I MEAN, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.

MS. ROSCOE, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP.

>> YES. HAZARDOUS ROADS IS ALWAYS A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE.

WE'VE HAD THIS ISSUE, I THINK DR. WRIGHT, WHEN YOU FIRST GOT HERE IN JANUARY, DR. WRIGHT AND I STOOD OUTSIDE OF BARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE CROSSING AREA THERE BECAUSE THEY HAD JUST TAKEN BUS SERVICES AWAY FROM PLUM CREEK IN MID YEAR, WHICH WAS CRAZY.

WE KNOW WE ARE LIMITED IN WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO AND WHAT WE CAN AND CAN APPROVE, CAN AND CAN'T APPROVE, BECAUSE IT'S HARD.

WE SEE IT ALL THE TIME AND PLUM CREEK WAS A HUGE ONE WHEN THEY TOOK AWAY BUSES BECAUSE THE CITY OF KYLA HAD GREAT INTENT WITH BUILDINGS SIDEWALKS AND A RECEIVED A GRANT TO BUILD SIDEWALKS, AND THEN THAT'S WHY WE TOOK THE SERVICE AWAY.

YOU ARE RIGHT, MS. PETRI, WE SHOULD NEVER BUILD SIDEWALKS.

BECAUSE IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT WE CANNOT

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IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING TRANSPORTATION DOES.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS AWARE OF WHAT THE LIMITATIONS ARE BASED ON THE STATE.

BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A NO BRAINER.

THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS THERE SO YOU WOULD THINK WE CAN DO BUS SERVICE THERE, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER AREA THAT WE DO NOT PROVIDE BUS SERVICE FOR AND IT IS THOSE ARE SOME FAST ROADS AND YES, TO BE AS WE PUT IN CROSSING GUARDS TO HELP ALLEVIATE THAT WHEN THAT WAS GOING ON.

BUT I GET RIGHT ACROSS HAYS HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE LIVING IN NORTH PLUM CREEK MIGHT BE GOING TO BARTON.

THEY MIGHT NOT JUST BE GOING TO HAYS HIGH SCHOOL AND HAVE AN EASY CROSS BUT MIGHT BE GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BARTON OR EVEN MAYBE TO NIGGLY.

IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING WHAT THE STATE PUTS US IN, THE BUYING THE STATE PUTS US IN SO WE'LL SEE HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AWESOME. THANK YOU, MR. BAILEY?

>> YES, PRESIDENT PETRI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT HISTORY LESSON BECAUSE MY BACKGROUND, I MEAN, I LOOK FOR ACCESSIBLE PATHWAYS BECAUSE OF THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY THAT I'M IN SO I APPRECIATE TALKING ABOUT THAT.

I KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY A CHALLENGE BETWEEN WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NEEDS AS WELL AS WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS BALANCES ARE IN THERE.

WHO DEEMS A ROUTE AS HAZARDOUS? DO WE HAVE THAT RIGHT.

>> THE DISTRICT ONE, YES.

>> I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A GUIDELINE OR A CHECKLIST OR SOME SITE EVALUATION THAT SAYS, HEY, THIS, WE'VE ALREADY MAPPED IT.

WE KNOW THAT SIDEWALK IS SAFE ALL THE WAY THROUGH OR WHAT HAVE YOU?

>> WHEN PLUM CREEK, I WILL SAY THAT MR. BONILLA, I WENT OUT AND WALKED PLUM CREEK TWO YEARS AGO AT ONE POINT IN TIME SO THAT HE COULD MAKE SURE THAT THE PATH FROM SOME OF THE APARTMENTS TO THE SCHOOLS WAS SAFE.

IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON IT, HE'LL GO OUT I'LL GO OUT, OUR HAZARD TECH, THEY'LL GO OUT AGAIN. OUR ROUTING TEAM WILL GO OUT.

WE'LL HAVE SEVERAL OF US GO OUT AND JUST LOOK AT ALL OF THE CONCERNS AND VET IT, WHETHER WE DO FEEL THAT IT DOES NEED HAZARDOUS OR THAT IT DOESN'T MEET HAZARDOUS.

>> OKAY. THEN AS FAR AS THE TWO MILE THRESHOLD AND THANK YOU FOR EDUCATING ME ON THIS.

IS IT BASED ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE STREET CROSSES OR WHAT IF I LIVE ON THE VERY BACKSIDE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD AND I ACTUALLY AM 2.1 MILES FROM THE SCHOOL, BUT MY NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET THERE?

>> THAT'S CORRECT. IF YOU LIVED 2.1 MILES AWAY, YOU WOULD GET TRANSPORTATION.

BUT IF THE PERSON ACROSS THE STREET, IF THEIR HOUSE WAS 1.99 MILES, THEY WOULD NOT RECEIVE TRANSPORTATION.

YOU MAY HAVE A BUS GOING INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD AND PICKING UP AT THE BACK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> SURE.

>> FOR SOME STUDENTS AND NOT PICKING UP FOR OTHER STUDENTS.

>> OKAY. I DON'T MEAN TO OPEN UP ANOTHER CAN OF WORMS ON THAT, BUT I MEAN, WE HAVE THAT PRETTY WELL MAPPED OUT AS.

>> YES.

>> YES. WHEN WE CHECKING THE WALK PAST ONE FOR EVERY HAZARD IS TRULY THE DISTANCE.

YOU LIVE IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IS FROM THE ENTRANCE OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, WHATEVER THEIR ADVERSARIES.

TO WALKING TO.

>> THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, THE ENTRANCE OF THIS BUT A NEIGHBORHOOD.

THERE'S MULTIPLE ENTRANCES AND NEIGHBORHOODS IN SOME CASES?

>> CORRECT.

>> YEAH.

>> YEAH. THERE'S ONE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT STARTING TO BUILD AND THERE'S FOUR HOUSES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WILL RECEIVE TRANSPORTATION, WHEREAS THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE AND THE WALK PATH AND IT'S LIKE FOUR RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

>> WOW. OKAY. I ALSO HEARD TONIGHT THAT IF WE CONTACT TEA WITH CONCERNS THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY, AND YOU SAID THAT THE TRANSPORTATION WASN'T SEXY? IT WAS. I DIGRESS. THANK YOU.

>> YOU DIGRESS?

>> [INAUDIBLE]

>> MS. PETRI, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THAT HISTORY LESSON BECAUSE I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE COLIN COUNTRY STORY BEHIND THAT.

THANKS FOR SHARING THAT.

ACTUALLY, I THOUGHT THAT AN AREA WAS HAZARD AS A PARENT GOING THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD THIS YEAR AND I EMAILED AND THEY SENT SOMEONE OUT TO LOOK AT IT.

IT REALLY WASN'T IN THEIR EYES.

I THOUGHT IT WAS, BUT IT WASN'T.

I HAVE SEEN THAT HAPPEN IN THE DISTRICT.

BUT WHAT ARE THE CONVERSATIONS LIKE, WHO IN TRANSPORTATION OR MAX OR IS IT JERRY THAT ARE HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS WITH, WE HAVE A NEWLY ELECTED COMMISSIONER, SO IT'S NO LONGER MARK JONES THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY MAKING SURE HE'S MAKING SURE THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS, BUT WHO'S HAVING THOSE CONSTANT CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY, WITH THE CITY AS IT RELATES TO OUR ROUTES IN OUR ROADS?

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WHO'S HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS THEY CHANGE AND COME UP?

>> WELL, WE CONSTANTLY REACH OUT TO JERRY. WE DO.

WE EVER IN DOUBT, WE RIGHT AWAY REACH OUT TO MAX AND JERRY.

WE NEED HELP, WE NEED GUIDANCE, HOW DO WE GO FROM HERE? USUALLY THE FIRST THING IS, AGAIN, IT'S A PROCESS.

WE SEND OUR HAZARD TECH.

THEY'RE USUALLY THE ONES OUT THERE CHECKING FIRST, AND THEN OUR SAFETY AND TRAINING COORDINATOR, AND THEN CASSANDRA AND I, THEN WE WALK.

WE INVITE THE PARENT, YOU KNOW WHAT, COME AND WALK WITH US, SHOW US WHAT YOU CAN TURN DARK AND WE WALK.

IF IT'S AT 5:45 IN THE MORNING, WE WALK AT 05:45 IN THE MORNING SO WE CAN SEE WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE.

WE DO HEAR A LOT OF THE REQUESTS.

WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF DOGS. THEY'RE LOOSE DOGS.

YOU GOT TO MOVE THE STOP.

WE DO REACH OUT TO ANIMAL CONTROL SO THEY CAN HELP US OUT.

THE CDE, THEIR VIEW TO KYLE, THE COUNTY, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS NOT A HAZARDOUS WELL, IT'S DARK.

AGAIN, WE USE TEA GUIDELINES.

THIS IS THE CRITERIA FOR HAZARDS ROUTE.

THIRTY TWO YEARS IN TRANSPORTATION, I WISH I CAN TRANSPORT ALL 22,000 STUDENTS.

BUT AGAIN, WE JUST USE THE GUIDELINES AND THIS IS WHAT WE GO BY.

>> WELL, THANK YOU. AGAIN, MS. PETRI, THANKS FOR SHARING THAT.

I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN THE BACKGROUND BEHIND THAT.

I STILL HEAR FROM GARLIC PARENTS [LAUGHTER] AND I DON'T EVEN LIVE THERE.

DIDN'T LIVE THERE. I WILL TELL YOU THIS THOUGH.

IT WOULD BE A LOT NICER IF WE HAD ALL THOSE STUDENTS ON BUSES BECAUSE IT WOULD MAKE THOSE ROADS A LOT EASIER.

BUT THEN WE'D OPEN UP A WHOLE CAN OF WORMS ALL OVER THE DISTRICT TOO.

>> FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, NATE AND I DEAL WITH THE OFFICIALS FROM A PERMITTING OBJECTIVE.

I DON'T MEAN TO BE THIS GUY, BUT SIDEWALKS ARE ACTUALLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND THEY'RE REQUIRED.

TO GET A PERMIT, YOU GOT TO PUT THEM IN THAT.

THAT'S OUR ISSUE THAT WE'VE GOT TO WORK THROUGH IF WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE SIDEWALKS.

BUT THEN JERRY WORKS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE.

I THINK WE TRIED TO HIT IT FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES.

>> WELL, WHAT I HEARD TONIGHT IS THAT AS PARENTS AND AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS DISTRICT, IF WE SEE OR WE THINK THAT THERE'S AN AREA THAT HAS HAZARDOUS, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS REACH OUT TO TRANSPORTATION AND YOU GUYS WILL INVESTIGATE THAT AND DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ADDRESSED THAT.

I WILL SAY BASED OFF OF HEARING MRS. PETRI THIS EVENING, AND THAT HISTORY LESSON AT COLIN COUNTRY, I DON'T WANT TO RELIVE THAT IF WE'VE ALREADY REHASHED THAT.

WE DO NEED TO GO BACK AND PROBABLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT DOING SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MS. OROSCO?

>> WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO DEFINITELY BALANCE THAT OUT.

BECAUSE IF WE DO IT FOR ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT FOR ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THAT'S WHAT HAS BEEN THE ISSUE IN THE PAST.

WE NEED TO TAKE EVERYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE'RE MAKING THE BEST CHOICES AS MUCH AS WE CAN BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE HEARD BEFORE.

YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSES COMING INTO A MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN YOU DON'T BUZZ ANYBODY AROUND.

WE ALWAYS HEAR, THAT'S OUR TAXPAYER MONEY THAT IS GOING IN THERE.

WE NEED TO TAKE ALL THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE IT DOES OPEN UP OTHER PROBLEM ISSUES, AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS SAYING I WANT THAT AS WELL.

TAKING ALL THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION ACTUALLY WHEN A RECOMMENDATION IS MADE TO US.

IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT.

OF COURSE WE WEREN'T GOING TO CROSS OUR T'S DOT OUR I'S, MAKING SURE WE DO RIGHT AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH THE CRITERIA WE HAVE.

JUST LOTS OF THINGS TO CONSIDER.

>> MS. OROSCO YOU HAVE SOMETHING?

>> YEAH, I JUST WANT TO BE REAL CLEAR ON WHERE I STAND ON THIS.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT WHOEVER SCREAMS THE LOUDEST THEY GET THEIR WAY.

I'M SAYING THAT WHAT I HEARD IS THAT TEA WAS INVOLVED IN THIS ALREADY, SO THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED.

IF TEA WAS INVOLVED IN THIS AND THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED, I DON'T WANT TO GET BACK INVOLVED IN IT.

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WE HAVE TO TREAT EVERY SUBDIVISION EXACTLY THE SAME AS WE DO OTHERS.

I'M SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT JUST THIS SPECIFIC SUBDIVISION, IF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED THROUGH TEA.

>> WE'LL DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND LOOK UP AND SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND FROM TEA, AND WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN FROM THEM BECAUSE I WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF ANYTHING FROM TEA.

>> I HAVE A HARD TIME REMEMBERING LAST WEEK, SO I APPRECIATE YOU FINDING THAT FROM 2014.

I DID GO BACK IN THE ARCHIVES, I FOUND THE EMAIL AND I JUST SHARED IT WITH YOU, DR. WRIGHT, AND I GUESS YOU CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE BOARD ON BOARD BLOG.

WHERE WE DID SEND THAT OUT, AND IT LOOKS LIKE FROM WHAT WE HAD SAID AT THE TIME, WHICH I DON'T DOUBT THE ACCURACY AND TRUTH TO IT IS THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WENT TO TEA AND THAT WE NOTED IN THERE THAT IT WAS UNIQUE IN OUR DISTRICT.

THERE WERE NO OTHER KNOWN AREAS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT HAD A WALK.

IT'S THE WALK PATH WAS LESS THAN TWO MILES BUT THE ACTUAL ROUTE, IF YOU WENT BY THE ROADWAY, THE NEAREST ROADWAY WAS LONGER AND THEY RULED THAT WE COULD USE THE ROADWAY IN DECLARING THAT THAT WAS THE DISTANCE AS OPPOSED TO THE WALKING THROUGH THERE.

WE NOTED THAT THAT WAS THE ONLY PLACE THAT WE WERE AWARE OF IN THE DISTRICT WHERE THERE WAS A WALK ROUTE SHORTER THAN THE ACTUAL ROADWAY TO GET TO THE SCHOOL.

THAT WAS AT THE TIME, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD STILL BE THE CASE.

>> THANK YOU FOR DIGGING UP THAT EMAIL, MR. SAVOY, FROM 2014.

THAT'S AMAZING.

YES. I DO REMEMBER SOME THINGS Y'ALL.

[LAUGHTER] YES, GO AHEAD.

>> I GUESS THE QUESTION IS LET'S FIND OUT IF THAT'S STILL VALID AND IF NOTHING HAS TO CHANGE AND WE CAN RULE WITH THE SAME AND STILL RECEIVE OUR FUNDING FOR THAT.

WE COULD USE TERMS ARCHIVED ARTICLE TO STAND FIRM.

IF WE'RE THE ONES MAKING THE DECISION AND WE KNOW IT'S ALREADY BEEN BLESSED, THEN WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE.

>> WE WILL DO THAT RESEARCH.

>> I WOULD ALSO HAVE YOU LOOK AT THAT TOBIAS 150, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO LINARO HAZE, LIKE TO ME THAT JUST SEEMS WEIRD.

MAYBE IT'S A BIGGER ROAD, MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE IT'S LIKE BACK THEN 150 WAS JUST LIKE A TWO LANE ROAD AND 27 MAYBE THERE'S A REASON, BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO KNOW WHY HIGH SCHOOLERS CAN'T WALK ACROSS THE STREET WHEN ELEMENTARY KIDS HAD TO WALK ACROSS A MAJOR HIGHWAY.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A SUBJECTIVE THING OR IF THERE WAS SOME CRITERIA THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF.

MAYBE IT'S THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE ROAD. I DON'T KNOW.

>> LET ME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.

AT TOBIAS IT IS FM150, EXCEPT FOR WHERE THE CROSS-WALK IS.

>> BACK IN THE DAY, THERE WAS NO CROSSWALK, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

>> ONCE A CROSS WALK GOES IN HERE, IT'LL BE JUST LIKE BURLESON STREET WAS FOR KYLE ELEMENTARY.

TRANSPORTATION WILL GO AWAY.

IT'S HERE TEMPORARILY JUST BECAUSE-

>> THEY'RE BUILDING A CROSSWALK?

>> I BELIEVE JERRY SAID THEY'RE MAYBE PUTTING IN TWO STOP SIGNS.

THERE'LL BE A STOP SIGN, OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE, AND ACROSS WALK-.

>> IN FRONT OF HAYS HIGH SCHOOL THERE IS GOING TO BE A STOP SIGN? ON KOHLER'S [OVERLAPPING].

>> WE DON T KNOW ABOUT JACK SEE HAYES TRAIL YET.

WHAT JERRY SAID IS IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO GET ANYBODY, LET ALONE A HIGH SCHOOLER TO WALK SOUTH, TO WALK BACK NORTH.

>> I SEE. YEAH.

>> GOING TO NEED CROSS-WALK SOMEWHERE UP MY HAYS HIGH SCHOOL.

>> YES. PERFECT. THAT MAKES MORE SENSE TO ME. THANK YOU.

>> JUST ON PAGES 47, 48, AND 49, THAT'S THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE HAZARDOUS ROUTES.

THE PRESENTATION JUST SHOWS THE CHANGES [OVERLAPPING]

>> I APPRECIATE THE CHANGES, YES.

>> ANYTHING ELSE TEAM? MR. BAILEY, YOU HAVE SOMETHING?

>> YEAH. MR. CLEAVER, YOU MENTIONED A LITTLE WHILE AGO, OF COURSE, AS NEW BUILD OUTS ARE COMING, THAT PER CODE THERE HAS TO BE SIDEWALKS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CAREFUL.

I KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE INTERESTS OF OUR STUDENTS, BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE CAREFUL THAT AS A PARTNER IN THE COMMUNITY, SIDEWALKS ARE ACCESSIBLE PATHWAYS TO SOMEBODY IN A MOBILITY DEVICE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LIMITING SOMEBODY'S, OTHERWISE THEIR ACCESS TO ENJOY PARKS OR ENJOY THE THINGS THAT WE GET TO DO, SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT POINT UP.

AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENTS THAT EVERYBODY IS SHARING AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS A PRETTY WELL-DISCUSSED TOPIC NOW, AS WE SAID A FEW MINUTES AGO AND AGAIN, THIS SHOWS YOU THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPORTATION AND PATHWAYS AND SAFETY,

[02:25:04]

>> YEAH. ALSO, THERE'S A SCHOOL IN COLINA SD THAT IS OUT ON A ROAD LIKE 150 AND THERE'S A SIDEWALK JUST IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL ONLY.

THERE'S NO SIDEWALK ON THE WEST PROPERTY OR THE EAST PROPERTY, BUT JUST RIGHT THERE AND THAT'S THE SIDEWALK TO KNOW WHERE IT STARTS SOMEWHERE.

IT'S A TOUGH THING FOR SURE.

>> MR. SAVOY, YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE?

>> I WAS JUST GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT I TOLD CABINET.

WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, I WAS THE 1.9 MILER [LAUGHTER], SO I HAD TO WALK TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

BACK IN LATE 1970S ON MY WAY TO SECOND GRADE, ONE DAY I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FASTER IF I USE MY NEW ROLLER SKATES TO GO TO SCHOOL.

THERE I WAS ALL ZIPPING ALONG AND I MADE IT TO THE SCHOOL AND RIGHT BEFORE I GOT TO THE CROSSING GUARD TO CROSSOVER TO THE SCHOOL AT 1.8 MILES, I TRIPPED ON A LITTLE ROCK BECAUSE IT GOT CAUGHT ON MY WHEEL ON THOSE OLD 1970S SKATES AND I FACE PLANTED AND RIPPED KNEE HOLES IN MY CORDUROYS, MY TOUGH SKINS.

I WAS SUPER EMBARRASSED AND DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO KNOW, SO I SKATED BACK HOME REALLY FAST AND I WOUND UP BEING LATE TO SCHOOL THAT DAY, SO I HAVE A PERSONAL TRAUMATIC EVENT THAT REMINDS ME TO ALWAYS BE COGNIZANT OF OUR 1.9 MILERS.

THAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE [OVERLAPPING].

>> DON'T CALL THEM SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, THEY ARE NOT SAFE ROUTES, THAT IS THE BRANDING AND MARKETING.

THANK YOU TIM SAVOY FOR SHARING THIS STORY [LAUGHTER].

IT'S NOT SAFE.

NO, THEY'RE NOT SAFE.

HALF THE TIME THEY'RE FLOODED, THERE'S HAZARDS, PEOPLE PARK IN FRONT OF SIDEWALKS, NONE OF THE SIDEWALKS ARE OPEN BECAUSE PEOPLE'S CARS ARE PARKED IN THERE BECAUSE THEIR DRIVEWAYS ARE TOO SMALL BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT FIVE CARS IN YOUR DRIVEWAY.

IT'S NOT SAFE. YES. ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS WONDERFUL TOPIC? YES. MY DAUGHTER DID WALK TO SCHOOL.

[BACKGROUND] DON'T GET ME STARTED ABOUT THOSE BUS STOPS BEING A HALF-MILE AWAY FROM PEOPLE'S HOUSES.

I'M JUST JOKING, WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING THERE.

[LAUGHTER] YES.

I'LL SHOW YOU PICTURES OF MY GOLF CART. WHAT?

>> ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT NOW? [LAUGHTER]

>> YES. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO CONSENT IF WE'RE READY FOR THAT.

THANK YOU FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR BEING HERE.

I KNOW YOU HAVE AN EARLY MORNING.

WE'LL GO BACK TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING TO CONSENT TEAM.

[L. CONSENT AGENDA]

L2D, TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIES, AND L2E COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS UPGRADE.

L3, OUR MOU WITH THE HAYS EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

MR. MCMANUS WANTS TO PULL THAT.

THEN WE HAVE L4 BUDGET AMENDMENT.

MOU WITH THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS ON PAGE 27 OF YOUR PACKET.

MR. TIM SAVOY IS BACK WITH US, AND CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THIS. MR. MCMANUS.

>> THANK YOU. A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE IS FIRST, JUST THANK YOU TO THE FOUNDATION FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS.

IT'S A LOT OF WORK, AND YOU RAISE A LOT OF MONEY AND HELP A LOT OF KIDS OUT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I'M ALSO GLAD TO SEE THIS UPDATED.

I THINK THE LAST TIME IT WAS DONE, THE MAIN WAY WE COMMUNICATED WAS EITHER SMOKE SIGNALS OR FACTS, I'M NOT SURE.

>> I WAS STILL ROLLER SKATING IN CORDUROYS.

>> PROBABLY, YES.

THAT'S GREAT. THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE IS, PEOPLE MAY BE CURIOUS AND I WANT SOMEONE TO EXPLAIN WHY IT MATTERS THAT, BECAUSE IT SEEMS ODD BUT THERE'S A VERY GOOD REASON, WHY FOUNDATION, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OR OTHER EMPLOYEES ARE ALSO DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND HOW THAT HELPS US MAYBE ATTRACT CANDIDATES TO THOSE ROLES?

>> SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I THINK A SIMILAR ANSWER ON WHAT MR. VELA ASKED ABOUT, WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG TO GET TO THIS? WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT DIFFERENT MODELS AND OUR GOAL HAS BEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I KNOW IT WAS IN OUR FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN IN 2009,

[02:30:02]

IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO EXPEND ALL OF THEIR MONEY ON STAFF AND IT WOULDN'T BE DISTRICT EXPENSE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

A PROBLEM THERE IS THAT IF YOU HAVE ONE OR TWO EMPLOYEES, THERE'S JUST NO WAY YOU CAN REALLY OFFER A DECENT BENEFIT PACKAGE, SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ATTRACT THE TOP TALENT.

ALSO, A LOT OF FOLKS WHO WORK IN SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATIONS ARE ALSO HIRED.

THIS IS A MODEL THAT A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS USE WHERE THE DISTRICT WILL PAY FOR THE STAFF IN RETURN, AND IT'S IN THIS MOU THAT THE FOUNDATION THEN RETURNS A GREATER VALUE IN TERMS OF DOLLARS THAT THEY GIVE BACK TO THE DISTRICT.

THAT ALLOWS YOU TO OFFER THE TRS BENEFITS BECAUSE THEY ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT.

WE STARTED OUT LOOKING AT A MODEL OF IF WE DID LIKE A FIVE-YEAR WEAN OFF PERIOD WHERE THE DISTRICT GRADUALLY WITHDREW A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE EVERY YEAR.

SO EVENTUALLY THE FOUNDATION WOULD BE COMPLETELY PAYING FOR THEIR OWN STAFF MEMBER.

THEY HAD A CONSULTANT, AND I THINK THEY WENT THROUGH ALL THE RECORDS IN THE FALL AND DETERMINED THAT FINANCIALLY THEY'RE NOT IN A POSITION YET TO DO THAT.

BECAUSE OUR LAST MODEL THAT WE HAD HERE WAS WHERE WE HAD AN EMPLOYEE IN THE DISTRICT THAT WAS HALF ASSIGNED, HALF THE AMOUNT OF WORK THEY DID WAS ASSIGNED TO THE FOUNDATION.

THE OTHER HALF TO VOLUNTEERS WHERE WE'VE GROWN SINCE THEN AND SO NOW WE HAVE A FULL-TIME VOLUNTEER PERSON TO FREE UP A FULL-TIME POSITION FOR THE FOUNDATION, AND WE LOOKED AT, IS THIS THE TIME TO WEAN THE PERSON OFF? THAT DIDN'T WORK. THEN WE LOOKED AT, CAN WE DO A MODEL WHERE THE DISTRICT PAYS FOR THE FOUNDATION PERSON, THEN THE FOUNDATION IN RETURN GIVES MORE MONEY BACK AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS TO THE DISTRICT.

BUT THEN BECAUSE WE HAVE NO INTEREST, I THINK IN THE DISTRICT NECESSARILY OF BEING UP IN WHAT THEY DO.

THEY DO A GREAT JOB AND IT WOULD BE AWESOME IF THEY COULD JUST PICK THEIR PERSON AND DO THE EVALUATIONS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF BECAUSE THAT'S WHO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH.

BUT THAT GOT KICKED BACK FROM OUR ATTORNEYS BECAUSE THAT WOULD TECHNICALLY BE A GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS.

YOU CANNOT PAY PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS TO PAY FOR A SALARY FOR SOMEONE AND HAVE THAT PERSON REPORT TO A SEPARATE ENTITY.

BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE PAYING FOR ANOTHER ENTITIES.

THEN THAT BRINGS US BACK TO THIS MODEL WHERE THEY WOULD THEN REPORT TO US SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS, AND IT'S NOTED IN HERE.

IT'S ONLY NOTED FOR CLARIFICATION LIKE COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS OF PUBLIC INFORMATION AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE JUST PUTTING IN AN MOU.

ACTUALLY, IF IT WEREN'T WEREN'T IN HERE, IT STILL DOESN'T MEAN IT DOESN'T APPLY. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS.

IF THERE'S A MIXED MODEL WHERE YOU'RE USING TAX DOLLARS, THEN THEY ARE SUBJECT TO LARGE EXTENT OF BEING UNDER THE PUBLIC INFORMATION MODEL UNLESS THERE'S AN EXCEPTION THAT WE CAN CITE FOR ANY PARTICULAR REQUEST.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. LAST THING IS I NOTICED IN THE MOU IT SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE AN ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE FOUNDATION TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.

CERTAINLY NOT ASKING IF THE MOU WILL BE REWRITTEN, BUT I WOULD LIKE A REPORT ONCE IN THE FALL AND ONCE IN THE SPRING.

>> LET ME SEE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT SECTION AND NUMBER THAT IS? I KNOW IT'S IN THERE.

>> YOU FOUND AN EMAIL FROM 2014, TIM GO. [LAUGHTER]

>> D2.

>> THERE YOU GO. [OVERLAPPING]

>> COST-BENEFIT. [OVERLAPPING] THAT WOULDN'T PRECLUDE MORE.

THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY MINIMUM REQUIREMENT, IN OTHER WORDS, IT DOESN'T SAY THEY CAN ONLY DO AN ANNUAL.

WE COULD LOOK AT IT FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT THEY'RE AT LEAST REQUIRED TO DO AN ANNUAL.

>> CORRECT. [OVERLAPPING] THEY CAN COME IN AS OFTEN AS THEY WANT.

>> THE OTHER REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE THE FOUNDATION BOARD HAS ALREADY ADOPTED THIS SO IF WE CHANGE ANY LANGUAGE, THEN THEY'LL GO BACK TO THEM FOR ADOPTION.

>> I DON'T NEED ANY LANGUAGE I JUST THINK INFORMALLY. [OVERLAPPING]

>> JUST INFORMAL.

>> YEAH.

>> OKAY, SO WE DON'T NEED TO SEND THIS BACK.

>> THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

>> EVERY SIX MONTHS.

>> THANK YOU, MR. MCMANUS.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS? COMMENTS? MRS. RANKL.

>> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST COMMENTS.

THE BOARD HAS GIVEN ME THE ROLE AS THE BOARD REPRESENTATIVE ON THE FOUNDATION.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M HAPPY THAT IT'S FINALLY HERE.

WE'VE GOTTEN HERE.

[02:35:02]

I THINK THAT WITH ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN GENERATE A LOT OF FUNDS IN THIS DISTRICT FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS, AND I THINK WE CAN ALL MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

I'M GLAD IT'S HERE.

I'M GLAD IT'S FINALLY AT A POINT WHERE WE CAN HIRE OR GET TO A POINT OF HIRING AN ED.

BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO MAKE EVERYONE'S LIVES A LOT EASIER BOTH AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL AND AT THE FOUNDATION LEVEL.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS, MR. SAVOY, AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS GETS TO US.

I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MRS. RANKL. MRS. OROSCO.

>> YES. THANK YOU, MR. SAVOY.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS ADVOCATING FOR THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO US.

I KNOW BECAUSE OF YOU, IT HAS GROWN AND HAS BECOME STRONG TO HELP SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES WITH PROFESSIONAL GRANTS, TEACHER OF THE YEAR, AND OTHER THINGS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT GROW AND GET BIGGER AND BETTER. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANY CREDIT.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WORK A LOT OF HOURS AND HAVE FOR A LONG TIME NAMES YOU ALL KNOW FROM YEARS AND YEARS ON THE FOUNDATION THAT HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB.

IT'S A GREAT FOUNDATION AND IT GETS A LOT OF SUPPORT.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

THE MAIN DIFFERENCE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WE'RE REFRESHING THE MOU TO REFLECT HOW WE OPERATE IT.

BUT THE BIG CHANGE IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, IF YOU ADOPT THIS A FULL-TIME PERSON DEDICATED WITH NO OTHER DISTRACTIONS BUT TO FOCUS ON THE FOUNDATION.

WITH THE GROWTH IN THE BUSINESSES AND ALL OF THE STUFF THAT YOU SEE COMING IN AND I WON'T NAME ANYBODY BY NAME BECAUSE WE'LL BE KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR PROBABLY [LAUGHTER] TO ASK YOU TO JOIN, BUT WE'VE GOT A TON OF GROWTH HERE AND WE CAN REALLY HARNESS THAT.

THE BEAUTY IS WE HAVE A TON OF BUSINESSES.

THEY'RE STANDING IN LINE TO HOW DO WE GET INVOLVED.

HOW CAN WE HELP THE DISTRICT? BECAUSE THE DISTRICT HAS THAT REPUTATION.

I'LL JUST LEAVE WITH ONE FINAL THOUGHT ON WHAT I'M SAYING NOW IS THAT KEITH WHO WENT TO THE LAKE TRAVIS ISD FOUNDATION SAID THAT THEY AUCTIONED OFF A PUPPY FOR $25,000.

I THINK THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN A CHALLENGE [LAUGHTER] TO SEE IF WE CAN GET $30,000 FOR A PUPPY AT OUR NEXT GALA.

IF MY DOG DOESN'T START BEHAVING THEN WE MAY AUCTION HER OFF.

[LAUGHTER] WE MAY AUCTION OFF SCOUT.

[LAUGHTER] IT MAY COST YOU.

>> WE'LL TAKE ALL THE IDEAS FROM OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS.

I DO WANT TO JUST THANK YOU MR. SAVOY, AND THE BOARD AT THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN WITHOUT AN ED FOR SOME TIME, HIRED A CONSULTANT, AND HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THIS MOU AND HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.

IT'S A NEW DAY FOR THE FOUNDATION AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE.

I'M GLAD THAT OUR DISTRICT IS GOING TO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SOLELY FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING THE FOUNDATION WITHOUT, IN YOUR WORDS, ALL THE OTHER DISTRACTIONS.

BECAUSE WE HAVE FULL-TIME PEOPLE DOING THOSE JOBS NOW, WHICH IS AWESOME.

THEN THAT PERSON WILL HAVE A DEDICATED ASSISTANT WHICH IS ALSO GOING TO BE COVERED BY THE DISTRICT AND BENEFITS.

I THINK HAVING THOSE TWO POSITIONS PAID FOR BY THE DISTRICT IS A GREAT WAY TO POUR THE FOUNDATION TO GET GOING.

I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHO WANTS TO COME WORK FOR US AND DO THIS JOB.

>> I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME.

I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT THIS HAS ALSO BEEN A PROCESS WITH THE CURRENT FOUNDATION PRESIDENT THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH EXTENSIVELY.

I KNOW THAT'S A VOLUNTEER POSITION LIKE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS, BUT THERE'S BEEN A TON OF JUST DISCUSSIONS, PLANNING, THINKING, HOW DO WE WORK THROUGH THIS AND MAKE THE BEST MODEL THAT WORKS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I REALLY THINK WE'RE THERE.

AT SOME POINT, MAYBE ONE DAY IN THE FUTURE THERE'LL BE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY A HUGE BENEFIT PACKAGE EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISTRICT.

WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT WE JUST MIGHT BE.

NONETHELESS, HAVING THE ADDED DEDICATED STAFF FOR THE FOUNDATION THERE SHOULD BE NO LIMITS FOR SURE.

>> I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT PRESIDENT, I HEAR HE'S SUPER HOT.

>> IT WAS A LITTLE TOUGH TO WORK WITH AT TIMES, BUT I HAD TO PUT UP WITH HIM.

[LAUGHTER] HE WAS REALLY INSTRUMENTAL.

IT JUST FEELS TO ME THAT THIS HAS BEEN MORE THAN A ONE-YEAR THING.

I THINK WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT

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IT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS. IT'S BEEN IN THE DISCUSSION.

>> IT'S BEEN A LABOR OF LOVE, MR. SAVOY.

>> YEAH, BUT I REALLY DO THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE POISED TO SEE JUST SOME AMAZING STUFF HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT.

THIS FOUNDATION IS THE CHIEF VEHICLE FOR OUR INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY DIVE IN AND BE CONNECTED AND PART OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SHARE IN ALL THE SUCCESSES OF THE KIDS AND THE TEACHERS.

TO REALLY ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE TO THAT AND MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

>> DR. WRIGHT HAS SOMETHING TO SAY TOO.

>> I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

WE HAD UPDATED YOU GUYS VOTE ON THE LAST MONTH FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FOUNDATION AND A SPECIALIST FOR THE FOUNDATION, THOSE JOBS HAVE BEEN POSTED, AND MOVING FORWARD WE'LL GIVE ALL THOSE APPLICATIONS TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE FOUNDATION.

THEY WILL VET THOSE AND THEN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION BOARD AS A WHOLE AND THEN IN TURN THEY'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO ME, AND THEN IN TURN I'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU.

HOPEFULLY, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT RECOMMENDATION AT THE MAY MEETING OR THE JUNE MEETING, DEPENDING ON HOW THAT TIMELINE WORKS.

I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THE NEXT STEPS FOR MOVING FORWARD.

>> I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. IT'S A DIRECTOR-LEVEL POSITION SO THE BOARD WOULD DO THE ULTIMATE SIGNING OFF ON THE HIGHER END.

>> ABSOLUTELY. THEN ONE LAST PLUG, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FOUNDATION, OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT IS NEXT MONDAY, THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION TOURNAMENT.

I THINK THERE ARE STILL SOME OPENINGS FOR SOME SPONSORSHIPS, AND SO IF YOU'RE LISTENING OUT THERE AND YOU HAVE SOME MONEY BURNING A HOLE IN YOUR POCKET FEEL FREE TO HELP OUT OUR FOUNDATION.

>> I'VE NEVER BEEN ALLOWED TO GOLF BECAUSE THE LIABILITY OF MY GOLFING GAME MAY WIND UP COSTING THE FOUNDATION MORE THAN THEY WOULD RAISE [LAUGHTER] IN THE EVENT.

>> I'M THINKING IT CAN'T BE MORE TRAUMATIC THAN THE CORDUROY STORY.

>> THAT'S RIGHT. [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING] YOU HAVE TO TUNE IN TO THE NEXT MEETING TO HEAR THE GOLFING STORY.

>> I HAVE HEARD THERE MAY BE SOME OPENINGS IF YOU HAVE A TEAM FOR THAT GOLF TOURNAMENT ON MONDAY.

HOPEFULLY, WE'LL HAVE GOOD WEATHER.

WE'VE HAD A HISTORY OF WACKY WEATHER DAYS ON THAT [LAUGHTER] GOLF TOURNAMENT.

ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT ITEM? THANKS, TEAM. WE LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING ON THAT NEXT WEEK.

NEXT UP WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DOWN TO M2.

[M.2. Consideration and possible approval of the 2023-2024 Instructional Materials Allotment and Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Form]

THIS IS ON PAGE 38 OF YOUR BOARD PACKET.

TEAM, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? [INAUDIBLE] IS HERE.

DEREK MCDANIEL IS HERE.

NO QUESTIONS. GREAT. THEN WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG IN ORDER.

OUR NEXT ITEM WOULD BE,

[M.3. Consideration and possible approval of Hays CISD Expedited Waivers through School Year 2025]

WE'RE ACTUALLY NUMBER 3, WE ARE TAKING OUT.

WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT ANYMORE, SO WE'RE SKIPPING THAT ONE.

WE ALREADY DID 4 AND 5, AND 6, 7, 8 SO NEXT UP IS 9.

[M.9. Consideration and possible approval of an Electrical Easement for Pedernales Electric Cooperative at Elementary School 16]

THIS IS ON PAGE 56. MAX CLEAVER IS HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

TEAM, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CLEAVER? MOVING ON. NUMBER 10, THIS IS POSSIBLE ADOPTION AND ABANDONMENT OF AN ELECTRICAL EASEMENT

[M.10. Consideration and possible adoption and abandonment of Electrical Easements for Pedernales Electric Cooperative at Hays CISD Academic Support Center]

THIS IS ON PAGE 63 AND THIS IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION THERE.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM TEAM? NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF A GMP CHANGE ORDER,

[M.11. Consideration and possible approval of a GMP Change Order for 2021 Bond Project Sunfield Elementary]

TEAM DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MR. CLEAVER? YES, WE DO. MR. MCMANUS HAS A QUESTION.

>> MR. CLEAVER, I'VE LOOKED AT THIS THING A DOZEN TIMES AND IF I MISSED IT, JUST TELL ME WHICH PARAGRAPH IT IS, BUT WHAT'S THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS?

>> YES, THE 2021 BOND.

>> THERE'S CONTINGENCY SOMEWHERE.

>> YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. I SENT YOU ALL A BOND LOOK AHEAD. THE LONG SHEETS.

>> TELL ME WHAT I'M LOOKING AT THEN.

>> THE ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE TIME I ACTUALLY SUBMITTED THIS DOCUMENT ON PAGE 66, YOU CAN SEE THE ARCHITECT FEES FOR GMP CHANGE ORDER 1 OR 2.3 ON YOUR BOND.

[02:45:07]

IT WAS JUST A MATHEMATICAL ERROR, SO THEY WENT DOWN TO 2.1.

THAT LEAVES THE ENTIRE PROJECT OVER BUDGET BY 124 INSTEAD OF 279.

THEN IF YOU TRACE THIS ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 700.

>> MAX, YOU LEFT TOO MUCH MARGIN ON THE SIDE.

I NEED A BIGGER FONT ME.

>> YES, YOU'RE RIGHT.

THAT WE'RE GETTING CLOSE BECAUSE IT'S A 728.3 IN THE TOTAL.

>> I TRUST YOU.

>> NOW AS WERE STARTING TO CLOSE OUT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, FOR INSTANCE, THE 4-PACK WOULD BE THE NEXT ONE TO GO.

JUST WHAT WE DID HERE TO BE SUN-FIELD NORMALLY WE GET IT CREDIT CHANGE ORDER.

BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M AWARE OF THAT WE DIDN'T GET A CREDIT CHANGE ORDER AND IT WAS ACTUALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN WE PAID THE BILLS, IT WAS ALL HAD TO DO WITH THE ELECTRIC AND THE GENERATORS.

YOU REMEMBER WE GENTLY USE SWITCH GEAR TO OPEN THE SCHOOL AND THEN WE PUT NEW SWITCH GEAR AND OVER CHRISTMAS.

>> I DO WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT WHEN THIS CAME UP, THAT WE WENT AND TOURED SUN FIELD.

IF I HAD BEEN WAGERING WITH SOMEONE THAT THAT SCHOOL WAS GOING TO MAKE THE DATE, I WOULD'VE BEEN LIKE NO WAY.

IT WAS A HECK OF AN EFFORT BY A LOT OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING BARTLETT COP TO GET THAT THING OPEN.

WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND MORE MONEY, BUT THERE WAS NO WAY IT WAS GOING TO MAKE IT OTHERWISE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT. THANKS FOR THAT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. MR. MCMANUS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? MOVING ON.

[M.12. Consideration and possible approval of HVAC Duct Replacement at Hays High School Bales Gym]

MR. CLEAVER IS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

TEAM, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, MRS. OROSCO?

>> YES, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

IT'S A LONG TIME COMING.

I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT THIS IS GOING TO GET DONE.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN ISSUES WITH SOME LEAKS, THE AC NOT WORKING, AND EVERYTHING.

WHAT TIMELINE ARE WE LOOKING AT?

>> THIS WILL BE SUMMER WORK AS SOON AS WE CAN GET IN THERE.

>> IT'LL BE READY FOR AUGUST.

>> YES, MA'AM. THAT IS ABSOLUTE, LET ME MAKE SURE I'M NOT TELLING YOU THAT TOTALLY SENTIMENTAL LINE HERE.

LET ME SEE IF IT'S ON YOUR SHARING.

I'M GOING TO SAY THIS SUMMER AND THEN I'M GOING TO VERIFY THAT THAT STATEMENT IS CORRECT, BUT THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY REASON IT WOULDN'T BE THIS SUMMER.

MEANING READY FOR THE FALL SEMESTER.

>> SURE. YOU DON'T ANTICIPATE IT BEING USED OVER THE SUMMER?

>> WE WILL MAKE SURE WE WORK WITH THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T INTERRUPT AND GYM FLOOR REFINISHING OR CAMPS OR ANY OF THAT.

WE'LL MAKE SURE WE THREAD THE NEEDLE IN.

>> I'M SURE IF THEY WANT H BAG DONE, THEY'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES.

>> THEY DO. ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WORK WITH THIS REALLY WELL.

>> YES, DEFINITELY.

YOU'LL GET BACK TO ME WITH THAT.

>> YES, MA'AM.

>> THANK YOU.

>> OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT CONCLUDES THAT SECTION OF OUR AGENDA.

[N.1. Provide information regarding Texas College Bridge]

DR. WATSON JOY PHILOPER AND MARISSA ARE SLATED TO GIVE THIS INFORMATION ITEM TO US.

IT'S ON PAGE 77 WHO'S GOING TO GIVE IT? THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE DRAWN STRAWS BACK THERE DR. WATSON.

>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT PETRI, DR. WRIGHT, BOARD.

THANK YOU TO TRUSTEE RONCO WE WENT ON AN EXPEDITION TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THE TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE.

I WANTED TO REPORT THAT WE'RE MOVING AT A PRETTY QUICK PACE.

THE TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE IS A COLLEGE PREP PROGRAM WHICH WOULD PROVIDE STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED A SATISFACTORY LEVEL WAIVER FOR ABOUT 80 PLUS COLLEGES IN THE STATE.

PRIOR TO SIGNING AN MOU LAST WEEK WITH TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE, WE HAD OUR MOU FOR COLLEGE PREP WITH ONLY ACC.

THIS WILL NOW OPEN UP ACCESS TO STUDENTS TO ATTEND A LOT MORE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE FOR COMPLETING COLLEGE PREP.

CURRENTLY, WE'RE IN THE PHASE OF IDENTIFYING STUDENTS WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE THE HOPE IS TO GET SOME TEACHERS TRAINED WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS SO WE CAN GET SOME KIDS ENROLLED AND THEN THEY CAN END UP WORKING ON THIS

[02:50:03]

ULTIMATELY, UNDERSTAND THAT THE COLLEGE PREP PROGRAMS, THE GOAL IS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BECOME TSI, READY, PASS THE TSIA TEST OR THE SAT, ACT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

BUT WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WE NEED A BILL TO PROVIDE SOME OTHER SUPPORTS FOR THE STUDENTS.

THAT'S ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW THANKS TO MS. PHILPOT FOR DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

I GOT A MESSAGE ABOUT TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE.

I WASN'T COMPLETELY FAMILIAR WITH IT.

I WENT DOWN AND VISIT IT WITH HER AND WE WENT TO TOWN ON IT.

I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO US AND I SAID, WE ARE COMPILING LISTS OF STUDENTS ALREADY.

>> AWESOME. MR. [INAUDIBLE]

>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

DR. WATSON, MS. PHILPOT, MR. DIOR, I LITERALLY SPRING THIS ON YOU GUYS IN ONE DAY, AND I SAID, HEY, WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT WENT AND VISITED ORIENTATION ON A COLLEGE AND THEY WEREN'T TSI READY OR THEY NEEDED TO TAKE TSI AND THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS COLLEGE BRIDGE PROGRAM THAT OPENED IT UP TO SO MANY MORE STUDENTS.

BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT NOT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS GO TO ACC.

SO MANY OF THEM GO BEYOND.

LITERALLY WE HAD AN MOU, I THINK LIKE AN A DAY AND IT WAS MOVING EXTREMELY FAST, AND THERE ARE STUDENTS.

RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE SENIORS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT CAN QUALIFY TO JUMP ON THIS PROGRAM.

IT WILL SAVE THEM MONEY BUT ALSO, WE'VE NOW GIVEN THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH THIS AND COMPLETE THIS.

I THINK THEY HAVE UNTIL THE END OF JUNE TO DO IT.

SO THANK YOU GUYS.

IT REALLY IS GOING TO BENEFIT A LOT OF SENIORS THIS YEAR AND YOU COULDN'T HAVE MOVED QUICKER.

I MEAN, IT WAS PRETTY QUICK, SO THANK YOU.

I KNOW YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON HAVING TEACHERS ASSIGNED TO THOSE STUDENTS.

WHAT IS THE COMMUNICATION PIECE LOOK LIKE? IS THERE GOING TO BE A BROADCASTED EMAIL THAT GOES OUT TO ALL SENIOR PARENTS OR TO ALL STUDENTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DESIGNATED THAT THEY WOULD BENEFIT FROM.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURE EVERY SINGLE STUDENT THAT IS A CURRENT SENIOR THAT CAN TAKE UP THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS DONE BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO SAVE THEIR FAMILIES A LOT OF MONEY.

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

JOY IS WORKING ON A LETTER TO START SENDING OUT.

OUR FIRST LINE OF COMMUNICATION IS GOING TO BE TO THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY INDICATED THEY'RE GOING TO ONE OF THOSE 80 COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT LIST TO SEE WHICH ONES HAVE NOT MET TSI YET AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SEND COMMUNICATION TO THEM, TO INVITE THEM INTO THIS COURSE.

ALSO WORKING WITH THAT, WE'RE PLANNING ON WHAT WE CAN DO FOR NEXT YEAR'S COHORT AND HOW CAN WE GET AHEAD OF THAT TO GET THEM ENROLLED INTO THE CLASS IN THE FALL AND THE SPRING SO THEY CAN WORK ON IT THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND THEN EVEN POSSIBLY HAVING SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS DO SOME THINGS IN THE SUMMER BUT WE'RE WORKING ON SOME LOGISTICS ON THAT AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AGAIN, YOU GUYS ROLLED THIS OUT REALLY QUICK AND I APPRECIATE IT.

IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT A LOT OF KIDS. THANKS.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

YOU MENTIONED MOU AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD IS AWARE A LOT OF MOUS COME TO THE BOARD, WHY THIS ONE WOULDN'T?

>> BECAUSE THERE WAS NO COST.

WE ONLY BRING THE MOUS THAT ARE GOING TO COST MORE THAN 50,000.

IF THERE'S NO COST AT ALL, THEN I CAN PROCESS THOSE REALLY QUICKLY.

>> YOU SHOULD HAVE LED WITH THAT. THIS IS FREE.

[LAUGHTER] YES.

THIS IS A FREE RESOURCE FOR OUR KIDS.

THANK YOU, MRS. RANKL FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION.

LISTEN, WE DON'T DEAL IN HIGHER ED EVERY DAY, WE DON'T KNOW, AND SO WHEN WE LEARN THINGS, WE GET TO DO BETTER THINGS.

I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.

LOOKING INTO THIS, I ALSO WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION PIECE AND WONDERED IF WE CAN USE SCHOOL LINKS.

IS THERE LIKE A POP-UP OR IS THERE SOME WAY WE CAN? BECAUSE I KNOW KIDS ARE GETTING USED TO USING SCHOOLING'S FOR COLLEGE THINGS. I DON'T KNOW.

>> YES, WE CAN.

FOR THIS INSTANCE, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK AT A QUICKER PACE AND TARGET THE STUDENTS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY.

>> MAYBE NEXT YEAR?

[02:55:01]

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.

WE WILL BE BROADCASTING OUT.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON SOME OF THOSE PLANS BUT WE HAVE BEGAN TO IDENTIFY AND WE DO HAVE A LIST FROM A COUPLE OF THE CAMPUSES ALREADY, OF THE STUDENTS WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM.

>> IS THERE ANY COST TO THE STUDENTS WHEN THEY SIGN UP TO DO THIS?

>> NO. THIS IS FREE FOR STUDENTS AS WELL.

>> WELL, THIS IS GREAT.

>> IT'S SELF-PACED.

>> YEAH.

>> THE TEACHER TRAINING PIECE WILL COME.

THE TEACHERS ARE THERE TO MONITOR THE STUDENTS AND THEN SUPPORT THEM IF THEY STRUGGLE ON PIECES OF IT.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, IS GETTING THE TEACHERS TRAINED.

>> THIS IS ONLY FOR TSI?

>> THIS WOULD GRANT A TSI WAIVER FOR THE STUDENTS IN THIS COLLEGES.

HOWEVER, THE INTENT OF THE PROGRAM IS COLLEGE-PREP, WOULD BE TO WORK ON THE SKILLS TO GET YOU TO PASS THE TSI ASSESSMENT.

>> GOT IT. LOVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TEAM FOR THIS ITEM? WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE. YOU'RE JUST LETTING US KNOW THIS.

WE'VE GOT THIS NEW COOL THING COMING.

PERFECT. THANK YOU, DR. WATSON.

SO SMART TIE WE DID.

NEXT UP WE HAVE JUST GENERAL UPDATE ON SAFETY AND SECURITY INITIATIVES.

[N.3. Update on Safety and Security Initiatives District Wide]

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. GRACCHI? TEAM, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT BOND CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION PROJECTS IN THE DISTRICT?

[N.4. Update on Bond, Construction, and Renovation Projects in the district]

>> MR. CLEAVER I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION.

I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT ROAD IN FRONT OF MCCORMICK FOREVER.

BUT CAN WE FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE WITH COMPLETING THAT ROAD DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF MCCORMICK?

>> DAISY LANE?

>> THE DAISY LANE PROJECT?

>> YES. LIKE IT IS STILL MESSED UP.

I MEAN, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THAT FINISHED LAST YEAR, IT WASN'T.

BUT CAN WE SEE WHERE THEY ARE WITH THAT?

>> WITH THE STATUS? YEAH. SURE, CAN.

>> THANKS.

>> WELL, 1626 TOOK FOREVER. BUT I'M WITH YOU.

I THOUGHT DAISY LANE WOULD BE DONE BY NOW.

DR. WRIGHT WANTS TO GO BACK [NOISE] TO SAFETY AND SECURITY.

>> THIS IS GOOD NEWS, SO I'D LIKE TO SHARE GOOD NEWS WHEN I CAN.

WE HAD THREE TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER AUDITS AT BLANCO VISTA, MCCORMICK MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND CARPENTER HILL ELEMENTARY WITH NO FINDINGS.

SO SHOUT OUT TO EACH ONE OF THOSE CAMPUSES AND THANK YOU SECURITY TEAM.

[APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU, DR. WRIGHT. YES, THAT IS WORTH CELEBRATING.

BUDGET CALENDAR. TEAM,

[N.5. Update on 2023-2024 Budget Calendar]

FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM WE WILL DO NEXT WEEK.

[N.6. Financial Statements]

[N.7. Report of Continuing Education Requirements for Board Members under Senate Bill 1566]

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

[P. RECAP OF QUESTIONS]

>> PLEASE PROVIDE BREAKDOWN OF THE 599 REFERRALS INTO OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.

DO ALL PARENTS REGISTER FOR SMART PARENT PORTAL? DO WE GET REAL NOTIFICATIONS, IF NOT TRANSPORTATION RELATED VIA SMART TAG? CAN WE HAVE SMART TAG, PARENT PORTAL REGISTRATION LINK, EASIER TO ACCESS ESPECIALLY DURING THE OPEN REGISTRATION PERIOD? CAN WE GET A BREAKDOWN OF THE 2,300 PLUS MANUAL ENTRIES BECAUSE STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE THEIR IDS? CAN SMART TAG HELP THE PARENT VOLUNTEER WHEN CHAPERONING FIELD TRIPS, BAN TRIPS? WHEN WILL BELLS JIM DUCT REPLACEMENT START AND BE FINISHED? WHAT IS THE COMMUNICATION TO ALL SENIOR PARENTS REGARDING TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE? PLEASE PROVIDE THE COMMUNICATION ON TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE.

PLEASE PROVIDE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ENROLL FOR TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, AND WHAT IS THE STATUS OF DAISY LANE ROAD?

>> THANK YOU, MRS. OROSCO.

WELL, OUR NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO BE TUESDAY,

[R. UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS]

WE'RE ADJOURNED AT 9:55 PM.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.