Jun 12, 2023 Special Board Meeting

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE BUSINESS.

I'M SORRY, THE SPECIAL BUDGET MEETING OF THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT'S IN HERE, THE BIG CROWD THAT HAS FORMED AND THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING ONLINE.

TODAY IS JUNE THE 12TH AND THE TIME IS 6:01 P.M.

A QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.

ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT.

ALL RIGHT. ANY GREEN SHEETS.

OKAY. NOTHING FOR PUBLIC FORUM.

ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR ONE AGENDA ITEM FOR THE EVENING, THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.

[C. 1. 2023-2024 Budget Workshop Randy Rau]

I KNOW DOCTOR WRIGHT HAS SOME THINGS HE WANTS TO MENTION AS WELL.

UM, AND I KNOW EVERYBODY IN HERE KNOWS THIS, SO I'M KIND OF JUST PREACHING TO THE CHOIR A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WANT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.

THERE ARE WAY MORE UNKNOWNS THAN KNOWNS AT THIS POINT.

I THINK THERE'S I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS MEETING AND FOR ME, IT'S A LOT OF MORE BUDGET KICKOFF THAN IT IS EVEN WORKSHOP BECAUSE WE CAN CERTAINLY ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS WE WANT. BUT MY ANTICIPATION IS AS WE WORK THROUGH THE QUESTIONS TONIGHT, THEY'RE MORE GOING TO BE GATHERED FOR ANSWERING LATER.

IF AN ANSWER IS KNOWN, IT'LL BE GIVEN.

BUT WE ARE REALLY BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE AT THIS POINT FOR WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S JUST NOT MUCH.

AND SO DOCTOR WRIGHT AND TEAM I THINK, HAVE DONE WHAT THEY CAN.

BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AS WE WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE MATERIAL, SOME BROAD BASED ASSUMPTIONS.

BUT I DO THINK SOME OF THE FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS ARE THERE, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR CONVERSATION, KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE AT AS A TEAM AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD TO GET THROUGH THIS BUDGET SESSION.

WE DO HAVE SOME DEADLINES WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AS WELL, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE STATE DOES.

AND RANDY WILL WALK US THROUGH THOSE WHEN HE COMES UP.

SO ANYWAY, I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO ESTABLISH THAT AS SOME GENERAL PARAMETERS.

AND DOCTOR WRIGHT, I KNOW YOU HAD SOME THINGS TO SHARE AS WELL.

THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

BARBARA, IF YOU COULD PUT UP THE SLIDE SHOW FOR US.

I WANT TO DISCUSS PAGE ONE.

I KNOW EVERYBODY IS ANXIOUSLY AWAITING OUR COMP PLAN AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND FOR THAT.

SO I WANTED TO REALLY TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE'RE WORKING FROM.

AND THEN ALSO WE'LL MENTION SOME OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

I KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OUTLINE OF WHAT THAT IS LOOKING LIKE AND AND TALK YOU THROUGH THAT.

SO AS WE LOOK HISTORICALLY FOR WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, I'M REALLY PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO AS FAR AS COMPENSATION FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. AND AND AND SO WHEN WE ANALYZE MARKET VALUE, WE ARE AHEAD IN MOST OF THE POSITIONS AS FAR AS PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS.

WHERE WE ARE LACKING IS IN OUR AUXILIARY POSITIONS.

AND SO AS YOU'LL SEE ON THIS SHEET, WHAT I'VE ASKED OUR TEAM TO TO REALLY LOOK AT IS MOVING THE FLOOR FOR AUXILIARY FROM 1452, WHICH HAS BEEN OUR BASELINE UP TO $16 AN HOUR.

AND THIS PARTICULAR YEAR YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR TEACHERS MEDICAL INSURANCE IS GOING UP SO THAT THE THE BENEFIT PACKAGE, ALONG WITH THE TEACHERS RETIREMENT PIECE IS ABOUT $3 AN HOUR.

SO WHEN YOU COUPLE OUR SALARY AND OUR BENEFITS FOR OUR AUXILIARY PEOPLE, IF WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE THE FLOOR TO $16 AN HOUR, THAT EQUATES TO $19 AN HOUR.

AND SO AS WE WENT AROUND TALKING TO OUR EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE DISTRICT DURING OUR BOND TALK TOURS, WE TOLD THEM WE WANTED TO DEAL WITH THE COSTCO EFFECT AND REALLY BEING COMPETITIVE WITH ALL OF THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY IN THIS AREA.

AND COSTCO WAS STARTING OFF AT 1725 AND AND STARTING OFF AROUND THAT 19, INCLUDING THOSE BENEFITS, I THINK WOULD ALLOW US TO TO TO RECRUIT QUALITY EMPLOYEES IN OUR AREAS.

ALSO, WHEN WE LOOKED IN THE PAST AT THE AREAS WHERE WE HAD OUR GREATEST SHORTAGES, IT WAS DEALING WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION PARAPROFESSIONALS AS WELL AS INSTRUCTIONAL PAIRS.

AND WE HAD THE GREATEST TURNOVER AMONGST THOSE POSITIONS.

SO WE'RE ALSO BUILDING A TEMPLATE SO THAT WE MOVE THE FLOOR FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PAIRS TO $18 AN HOUR.

PLUS THE BENEFIT PACKAGE WOULD TAKE THEM TO $21 AN HOUR AND THEN SPECIAL ED PARIS, THE FLOOR WOULD BE AROUND 20, TAKING THOSE TO 23.

AND SO WE THINK WE COULD BE REALLY COMPETITIVE.

AND SO AS WE ANALYZE THE TASB PAY MAINTENANCE AND WE SEE WHERE WE'VE MADE PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL TIERED COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR ALL EMPLOYEES TO TRY TO GET EVERYTHING IN LINE.

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SO ON ONE MODEL WE'RE LOOKING AT 4% FOR AUXILIARY INCREASES, 3% FOR TEACHERS AND A 2% FOR ADMIN.

ON THE OTHER MODEL, WE'RE LOOKING AT A 3% FOR AUXILIARY, A 2.5% FOR TEACHERS AND A 1% FOR ADMIN.

AND WE WE STILL FEEL THAT IN EITHER ONE OF THOSE SCENARIOS IT WOULD KEEP US AHEAD OF MARKET VALUE BECAUSE WE'VE TAKEN GREAT STRIDES IN ORDER TO BE AHEAD OF THE CURVE.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK BELOW ON THAT FIRST PAGE, YOU'LL SEE OUR HISTORICAL COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, AS I REFLECTED ON THIS, I'M GLAD THAT DURING THE GREATEST INCREASE OF INFLATION THAT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE SOONER BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN IN OUR EMPLOYEES POCKET AND AT THEIR DISPOSAL MORE SO THAN JUST GIVING IT ALL AT ONE TIME.

SO YOU CAN SEE IN IN THE FISCAL YEAR IN OF 20, WE GAVE 3%, 21, 4.5%, 22, 6.5.

AND THEN THIS PAST YEAR, 7%.

SO THE AVERAGE OVER FOUR YEARS HAS BEEN 5.25%, WHICH IS VERY HEALTHY.

AND SO WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

SO THE REASON THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL UNKNOWNS.

NUMBER ONE, THE LEGISLATURE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

SO I WAS VERY OPTIMISTIC, AS I'VE MENTIONED MANY TIMES, THAT AS THEY WENT INTO SESSION, WE HAD A $33 BILLION SURPLUS.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WITH THE GOVERNOR'S CREATION OF THE TASK FORCE VACANCY COMMITTEE FOR TEACHERS THAT WE WOULD ADDRESS THE ISSUE.

AND THERE WAS THERE WAS NO ACTION.

BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE OVERALL BUDGET THAT THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE SENT THE GOVERNOR THERE IS $4.5 BILLION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.

THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN THEY'RE USING VOUCHERS TO HOLD THIS BUDGET HOSTAGE.

AND SO WE DON'T KNOW WHICH BILL WILL ULTIMATELY COME FORWARD AND THAT THEY'LL AGREE ON.

WE FEEL LIKE THEY'LL CALL A SPECIAL SESSION EITHER IN AUGUST OR IN SEPTEMBER, BUT WE CAN'T RELY ON ANY OF THAT.

THEN THE OTHER PIECE IS, AS RANDI AND I ARE ANALYZING OUR FUND BALANCE, WE KNOW THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR A LONG TIME, WE ALWAYS ADOPT A DEFICIT BUDGET, BUT THEN WE PUT MONEY BACK IN.

THIS YEAR, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE A DEFICIT BUDGET.

AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT OF WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW.

BUT WE KNOW THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MAINTAIN THAT 25% OF OPERATING COSTS IN FUND BALANCE.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SET ASIDE THE OPENING OF ELEMENTARY NUMBER 16, WHICH WILL BE IN THE ANTHEM SUBDIVISION.

THAT'S GOING TO COST AROUND $4 MILLION.

AND THEN TWO YEARS AFTER THAT, WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP ELEMENTARY NUMBER 17, WHICH IS OVER OFF OF GRIST MILL.

AND THAT'S BY THAT TIME WILL BE PROBABLY $4.5 MILLION.

AND THEN THE BIG ONE WILL BE AROUND 29 MAX.

RIGHT. TO OPEN UP THE FOURTH COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO RESERVE AROUND 12 TO 15 MILLION FOR THE NO SIDE IN OUR FUND BALANCE.

SO JUST WANTED TO PLANT THAT SEED.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT RANDY AND I ARE WORKING FROM AND AND YOU GUYS, YOU ALL UNDERSTAND STATE FINANCE AND IN SCHOOL FINANCE IN PARTICULAR, IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT BAROMETER BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS A MOVING TARGET.

SO WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON BUDGET THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THE STATE WAS PREDICTING IN STATE AID FOR US $72 MILLION COUPLED WITH OUR LOCAL TAXES.

AND WHEN I LOOKED AT OUR OUR WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO SETTLE UP NOW.

SO THAT WAS LAST JUNE LOOKING AT.

JUNE THE 9TH OF THIS YEAR, OUR STATE AID IS LOOKING MORE LIKE 45 MILLION.

SO THE DIFFERENCE IS OUR LOCAL PROPERTY VALUES WENT UP.

AND OUR STATE CONTRIBUTION GOES DOWN, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE.

HOW MUCH EXACTLY GOING TO BE BECAUSE THEY PRORATE BASED ON ON CERTAIN FORMULAS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE GET A FAST GROWTH SCHOOLS ALLOTMENT.

AND RANDY AND I WERE THINKING IT WAS GOING TO BE AROUND 4.5 MILLION.

WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY PRORATED A MILLION, SO THEY JUST ARBITRARILY TOOK OFF $1 MILLION FROM OUR FAST GROWTH ALLOTMENT.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ADD MORE FAST GROWTH SCHOOLS.

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AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WERE WE'RE BUDGETING ON.

AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER PLACES WHERE THEY PRO-RATE IT AS WELL.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT AT YOUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE AND YOU ALL ALL KNOW WE'VE HAD HAD ISSUES WITH OUR ATTENDANCE.

WE OUR GOAL WAS 96% THIS PAST YEAR AND WE ENDED UP AT 92.7.

AND SO FOR EVERY PERCENTAGE THAT WE'RE DOWN, IT COSTS US ABOUT $1.5 MILLION.

AND SO COUPLED WITH THE YEAR BEFORE, THE FIFTH AND SIXTH, SIX WEEKS, THOSE ARE AREAS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO RECOVER FROM.

AND SO RANDY AND I ARE LOOKING AT THAT.

BUT AS YOU KNOW, OUR BUDGET IS MADE UP OF 86% PERSONNEL COST, RIGHT.

SALARIES. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IT'S SO CRUCIAL THAT WE ALLOW CHRISTINA NOW THAT SHE'S NEW, TO COME IN AND LOOK AT OUR STAFFING ALLOCATIONS PER CAMPUS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY EXCESS BECAUSE IF WE DO, WE CAN ADJUST. RIGHT NOW, THIS IS THE TIME TO DO IT.

AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN ADJUST THAT BOTTOM LINE.

AND SO THE REASON THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE COMP PLAN FOR YOU TONIGHT AND THE BOTTOM LINE TONIGHT IS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE US PROBABLY 3 TO 5 MORE DAYS TO GET THERE AND WE'LL HAVE THAT FOR YOU ON THE 20TH.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE A WE'LL HAVE THE COMP PLAN AND WE'LL HAVE THAT BOTTOM LINE AND WHAT WE THINK OUR OUR HIT TO FUND BALANCE IS GOING TO BE.

AND SO WHEN WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT DETAILS TONIGHT, WE WANTED TO KEEP IT AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.

AND I SUSPECT THAT WE'LL HAVE TO AMEND THIS BUDGET COME AUGUST OR COME SEPTEMBER BECAUSE OF WHAT THE STATE IS GOING TO DO.

AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE WILL GET AN INCREASE.

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT'S GOING TO BE.

AND SO THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE SEEING AND WHAT I'M SHARING WITH YOU IS VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE.

JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THE TOTAL IMPACT OF FUND BALANCE AT THIS TIME.

SO THAT'S BASICALLY THE OVERVIEW I WANTED TO SHARE WILL.

ALL RIGHT.

SO DO YOU WANT RANDY TO COME UP NOW AT THIS POINT OR AND I'LL LET HIM TALK US THROUGH THE REVENUE.

ALL RIGHT, MR. RAU.

OKAY. SO LOOKING AT SORRY, LOOKING AT THE REVENUE SUMMARY, BASICALLY, AS DR.

WRIGHT ALLUDED, OUR REVENUE COMES FROM TWO MAJOR SOURCES.

IT'S OUR LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES AND OUR STATE, OUR STATE AID.

AND THOSE HAVE AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP.

SO AS YOUR PROPERTY VALUES GO UP OR YOUR TAX TAXES GO UP, THEN YOUR STATE REVENUE IS GOING TO GO DOWN.

WHAT WE DO HAVE TO DO THIS YEAR OR SINCE HOUSE BILL THREE WENT INTO EFFECT A COUPLE BIENNIUMS AGO IS WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT A FUNDING LAG.

IN THE OLD DAYS WE GOT FUNDED FROM THE STATE BASED ON THE CONTROLLER'S VALUES.

THOSE WERE OUR ACTUALLY A YEAR BEHIND WHAT THE ACTUAL VALUES WERE UNDER HOUSE BILL THREE.

THEY GOT RID OF THE FUNDING LAG, WHICH IS ANOTHER THING THAT DR.

WRIGHT WAS KIND OF ALLUDING TO IS WE USED TO BENEFIT FROM THAT BECAUSE WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO COLLECT TAXES ON A HIGHER VALUATION, BUT GET STATE AID ON A YEAR A YEAR BEHIND.

SO NOW THAT WE HAD THAT FUNDING LAG HAS GONE AWAY, YOU HAVE TO ESTIMATE WHAT THE CONTROLLER'S VALUES ARE GOING TO BE FOR THE TAX YEAR THAT YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO COLLECT TAXES ON.

AND THEN THAT COMES AT THE END AS PART OF THE SETTLE UP.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR TOTAL TAX COLLECTIONS THAT WE'RE ESTIMATING FOR THIS BUDGET.

WE'RE LOOKING AT 140 MILLION AND OUR STATE AID IS ESTIMATED AT 55.

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NOW, KEEP IN MIND, WE BUDGETED LAST YEAR AT 95%, BUT WE'RE WE'RE GETTING PAID ON 92.

ON THIS NEXT SLIDE.

THESE ARE THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE USE GOING INTO OUR REVENUE ESTIMATIONS.

WE LOOKED AT OUR DEMOGRAPHERS REPORT AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AT 23,443.

THAT WAS PRESENTED TO Y'ALL GUYS IN DECEMBER WHEN THE DEMOGRAPHERS CAME OUT AND DID THEIR PRESENTATION.

NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT AN AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE AT 93%, WHICH EQUATES TO A FUNDING NUMBER OF 21,272.

THE WAY YOU GET TO THAT IS YOU HAVE TO YOU TAKE THE NUMBER OF KIDS OR STUDENTS THAT THE DEMOGRAPHER PRESENTED.

YOU HAVE TO BACK OUT HALF OF YOUR EARLY CHILDHOOD.

YOU HAVE TO BACK OUT HALF OF YOUR PRE-K.

WE HAVE ROUGHLY I WENT BACK THREE YEARS AND DID AN AVERAGE, BUT WE HAVE ROUGHLY 50.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THIS IS THE RIGHT TERM, BUT I CALL THEM DROP INS.

BUT THEY ARE STUDENTS THAT GET LESS THAN TWO HOURS OF SERVICE AND THEY'RE USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH LIKE SPEECH.

KIDS THAT COME IN, THOSE NUMBERS ARE ALL INCLUDED IN THE DEMOGRAPHERS REPORT OF 23,443, BUT WE HAVE TO BACK THEM OUT, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT IS THE TRUE FUNDING NUMBER.

ONCE YOU GET THAT RESULT, THEN YOU TAKE YOUR YOUR ATTENDANCE PERCENTAGE, WHICH.

WE USED TO WHEN I FIRST STARTED WITH THIS DISTRICT AND WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT HISTORY, WE WERE AVERAGING 95 PLUS 95.5, 95% ATTENDANCE RATE.

WHEN WHEN COVID HIT THAT I MEAN, THAT WAS A, YOU KNOW, AN ANOMALY.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AND TRY TO COMPARE YEAR OVER YEAR, THAT WAS A HUGE ANOMALY.

AND IT AFFECTED OUR DISTRICT TO THE TUNE OF OF ABOUT THREE PERCENTAGE POINTS ON ON ATTENDANCE.

WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT DR.

WRIGHT WAS ALLUDING TO THE PRIOR YEAR.

WE WERE HELD HARMLESS ON THE FIRST THROUGH THE FOURTH SIX WEEKS, BUT NOT THE FIFTH AND THE SIXTH.

WELL, THE FIFTH AND SIXTH SIX WEEKS OF THAT PARTICULAR YEAR WERE DOWN AROUND 90%.

SO IT HAD THE EFFECT OF PULLING OUR OVERALL ATTENDANCE WAY DOWN, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE HELD HARMLESS.

SO WE LOST THREE AND A HALF, ALMOST $4 MILLION JUST IN THAT YEAR.

THAT I MEAN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, LIKE YOU THINK ABOUT SALARIES, IT KIND OF PERPETUATES ITSELF OVER TIME.

SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THE NUMBER, THE 21 TO 72.

AND THAT'S I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A VERY CONSERVATIVE NUMBER.

UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

ANYTHING ABOVE THAT WOULD JUST BE ADDED TO THE BUDGET.

BUT I'D MUCH RATHER COME IN AND SAY 93% AND THEN COME BACK AND SAY, OH, WOW, WE GOT AN EXTRA PERCENTAGE, THEN HAVE TO DO THE OTHER.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR PROPERTY VALUES FOR STATE AID CALCULATION, WE'RE LOOKING AT $18.6 BILLION.

IT'S ABOUT A 20% INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR.

AND WHAT THAT WILL HAVE THE EFFECT OF DOING UNDER CURRENT LAW WOULD BE TO REDUCE OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE ON THE NORTH SIDE. AND TENTATIVELY, I'M LOOKING AT MAYBE AROUND $0.76.

SO ALMOST $0.09 GOING DOWN.

THE PROPERTY VALUES FOR THE TAX REVENUE THAT WE GOT FROM THE OUR CERTIFIED ESTIMATES FROM ALL THREE OF OUR TAX OFFICES COMES IN AT 18.8. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR TOTAL TAX RATE.

THE MOE AND THE INS.

THAT'S WHERE WE WE GOT THE AMOUNTS ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE.

OF THE 146 42 AND THEN PLUGGING THOSE NUMBERS INTO THE TEMPLATE, THE 55 731.

NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS TELLING CABINET AND TELLING DR.

WRIGHT IS THOSE TWO NUMBERS ARE IN ESSENCE, THAT'S YOUR BUDGET.

THAT'S PROBABLY 95% OF OUR TOTAL REVENUE.

WE GET SOME REVENUE FROM OUR SHARS MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENTS, WE GET SOME REVENUE FROM OUR INTEREST, WHICH, YOU

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HERE IS WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $2.5 MILLION IN INTEREST REVENUE, WHEREAS JUST TWO TWO YEARS AGO IT WAS MAYBE 400,000. SO AT LEAST WE'RE GETTING SOME SOME EXTRA DOLLARS THERE.

BUT WHEN YOU ADD UP ALL THE OTHER ITEMS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE A TOTAL OF 5 TO $6 MILLION ADDED TO THESE NUMBERS.

I'LL KIND OF PAUSE IF THERE ARE ANY ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR.

DEAN, DO WE WANT TO STOP HERE FOR QUESTIONS OR DO YOU WANT HIM TO CONTINUE ON? YEAH. WHY DON'T YOU JUST KEEP GOING? WE'LL GET TO THE END. AND I'M SURE THERE WILL BE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

OKAY? AND SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF A BAR GRAPH THAT I'VE I'VE GOT THE DATA BACK TO 2017, BUT THIS KIND OF SHOWS OUR ENROLLMENT TO OUR ADA.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT EVEN THOUGH OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, IT'S REALLY WHAT WE GET PAID ON IS THE RED BAR.

AND IT'S IT'S IT'S SOMEWHAT LOWER.

THESE ARE OUR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT VALUES VERSUS THE STATE VALUES.

AND NOW THAT WE HAVE TO.

BASED SOME ESTIMATED YEAR OVER YEAR.

AT THE SAME TIME, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW THEY'RE THEY'RE REALLY SIMILAR.

THE ONE THING I'LL KIND OF POINT OUT IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE LIGHTER BLUE BAR IS YOUR IS YOUR STATE VALUES AND THE DARKER BLUE BAR ARE YOUR LOCAL VALUES.

AND SO. THIS THING HAS A POINTER TO IT.

WRONG BUTTON. OKAY, NEVER MIND.

IF YOU LOOK AT 2024, THIS IS KIND OF THE FUNDING LAG THAT WE DON'T GET ANYMORE.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT 2024, YOU CAN SEE THE DARK BLUE BAR ARE THE TAX COLLECTIONS.

WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE LIGHT BLUE BAR ARE THE STATE VALUES THAT THE STATE WOULD HAVE PAID US ON.

SO THE STATE WOULD HAVE PAID US ON LESSER VALUES, WHICH MEANT WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN MORE STATE MONEY AND WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN MORE OF THE MONEY THAT WE NORMALLY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN JUST FROM TAX COLLECTIONS.

AND SO THAT'S THE FUNDING LAG, YOU KNOW, AND IT USED TO BENEFIT DISTRICTS QUITE A BIT BECAUSE YOU'RE PAID HIGHER AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT JUST KIND OF KEEPS GOING.

BUT THAT THAT LOOPHOLE MORE OR LESS WAS WAS CLOSED AND IN HB THREE AND.

2019. AND THEN THIS IS OUR TAX RATE.

YOU CAN SEE FROM 2016 ALL THE WAY TO 2019, TAX RATE WAS WAS LEVEL WAS THE SAME YEAR OVER YEAR.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ON THE.

NO. REALITY IS WE CAN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING ON THE NO NOW BECAUSE THE STATE MANDATES TO US WHAT OUR TAX RATES GOING TO BE THIS YEAR.

IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REPORT THE VALUES TO TEA.

IN ABOUT A FIVE DAY PERIOD HERE AT THE END OF JULY, 1ST OF AUGUST.

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT COMING BACK WITH A SPECIAL SESSION AND INCREASING THE EXEMPTION.

THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THAT RATE.

SO IT'S INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE SOME OF THE TIMELINES THAT ARE IN PLACE IS WE GET THOSE CERTIFIED VALUES, WE HAVE TO REPORT THEM TO TEA.

TEA TELLS US WHAT OUR RATE IS.

I BRING THAT BACK TO Y'ALL FOR THE AUGUST BOARD MEETING WHERE YOU HAVE TO ADOPT THE RATE.

I GOT TO SEND THAT RATE TO OUR TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR SO SHE CAN SEND OUT TAX BILLS IF I'M NOT EXPECTING TO, YOU KNOW, IF A SPECIAL SESSION ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER. HOW AM I GOING TO GET A RATE SET AND TO HER IN TIME TO GET TAX BILLS GOING OUT SO THAT WE CAN COLLECT REVENUE? AND IF THAT POSTPONES THE PROCESS AND PUSHES IT OUT, IF YOU ALL GO BACK AND LOOK AT OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHERE I DO THAT ONE GRAPH AND I'M SHOWING YOU THE FUND BALANCE GOING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THERE'S A IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE $20 MILLION AREA, I'VE NEVER DIPPED BELOW 20 MILLION.

THIS MAY BE THE FIRST YEAR THAT I DIP DOWN THERE JUST BECAUSE OF CASH FLOW PURPOSES BECAUSE OF WHAT THE STATE'S DOING.

THIS IS ALL FOR ME.

I'M VERY ANAL AND I LIKE MY NUMBERS AND EVERYTHING TO BE PROPER.

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SO WE'VE KIND OF ALLUDED TO IT, BUT WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS.

REVENUE LOSSES, A 1% ATTENDANCE VARIANCE EQUALS APPROXIMATELY 1,000,005.

IN FISCAL YEAR 2022, WE LOST ALMOST $4 MILLION JUST FOR NOT BEING HELD HARMLESS FOR THE FIFTH AND SIXTH WEEKS.

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, OUR ATTENDANCE WAS 97 OR EXCUSE ME, I WISH IT WAS 97.

92.73. WE BASED OUR BUDGET ON 95.

SO WE WERE LOSING ABOUT $3 MILLION JUST IN THAT THAT GAP RIGHT THERE.

THESE ARE SOME PENDING ITEMS ARE ANTICIPATED POSSIBLE REVENUE ADJUSTMENTS.

WE'VE HEARD, BUT NOTHING'S BEEN CONFIRMED THAT WE MAY GET AN ADDITIONAL GOLDEN PENNY TAKING US FROM FIVE CURRENTLY TO SIX. AND SO WHEN I ESTIMATED THAT YIELD PER PENNY, IT WAS AT 1,000,008.

NOW THAT GOLDEN PENNY IS WEIGHTED TO THE AUSTIN YIELD.

OUR YIELD PER PENNY IS JUST A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF 1,000,008.

SO IF IT IS VALUED AT THE AUSTIN YIELD, THEN IT MAY BE SOMEWHERE CLOSER TO LIKE TWO, 2.2.

POSSIBLE PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION.

I SPOKE ABOUT THAT IMPLICATIONS SETTING THE TAX RATE.

WE DO HAVE A SAFETY AND SECURITY ALLOTMENT THAT COULD HOPEFULLY HELP OFFSET SOME SECURITY MANDATES.

NOW, AT THE TIME WE DID THIS PRESENTATION, THERE WAS NO DOLLAR AMOUNT DETERMINED.

BUT WHAT I DID HEAR THIS MORNING IS THAT THEY WERE SAYING $15,000 PER CAMPUS FOR A DISTRICT.

AND I THINK DR.

WRIGHT, YOU SAID 10 OR 10 PER STUDENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO THAT WILL DEFINITELY HELP.

BUT IT WILL THAT'S ONLY IT'S A SPECIFIED AMOUNT, SO WE CAN ONLY USE THAT IN A CERTAIN AREA.

HB 2105 THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOTMENT.

WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF WAITING FOR TEA TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS GOING TO BE INTERNALLY.

OUR FOLKS HAVE DETERMINED OR GUESS THAT THAT COULD BE 3.9, COULD BE AN ADDITIONAL MILLION NINE.

ON TOP OF THAT, THE MILLION NINE WOULD HAVE TO BE USED FOR SPECIAL ITEMS, CERTAIN WORKBOOKS, CERTAIN THINGS THAT TEA LIST.

BUT THE BUT THE 3.9 WE COULD USE TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE PAID OUT OF THE BUDGET.

THE 4.5 BILLION DR.

WRIGHT HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT OR CHRISTINE, OUR NEW CHIEF, H.R., IS GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE STAFFING NUMBERS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT OVER BUDGETING DUE TO TO STAFFING NUMBERS THAT ARE INFLATED OR NOT INFLATED ARE CORRECT OR INCORRECT.

THIS TIME, NOT KNOWING THE REAL IMPACT ON THE FUND BALANCE.

WE PUT A HOLD ON ANY TYPE OF WISH LIST POSITIONS.

AND I THINK DR.

WRIGHT HAD WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK, THE ONLY PROGRAM CHANGE FOR THE 2024 FISCAL YEAR IS MOVING ORCHESTRA TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

SO WITH ALL OF THAT, WE'RE KIND OF IN THE PREDICAMENT THAT WE ARE.

I HATE COMING HERE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO GIVE SOLID NUMBERS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT IN MY NATURE.

YOU KNOW, I LIKE ALL MY STUFF TO BE LOCKED DOWN AND ALL MY DUCKS IN A ROW.

I'VE NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH A BUDGET LIKE THIS IN MY 30 YEAR CAREER DEALING WITH STUFF LIKE THIS, I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE.

WHERE YOU KNOW, THE STATE IS AT ONE POINT THE STATE TOOK, YOU KNOW, FOUR AND A HALF, $5 BILLION AWAY FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND WE WERE PRORATED ON OUR OUR FUNDING, NOT JUST THE WHOLE OR EXCUSE ME, THE FAST GROWTH ALLOTMENT AND SOME OF THOSE BUT THE ACTUAL FOUNDATION MONEY WE WERE PRORATED ON.

I THOUGHT AT THAT TIME THAT WAS PROBABLY THE WORST.

AND I THINK THIS THIS SESSION IS KIND OF SURPASSED THAT BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S JUST UP IN THE AIR.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE STRUGGLING THROUGH AND I'LL JUST KIND OF THROW A PLUG FOR THE BOND THAT JUST PASSED.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW ERP SYSTEM IN THAT BOND.

WE REVIEWED A COUPLE OF SYSTEMS AND WE'LL PROBABLY BRING THAT TO THE BOARD IF WE HAVE A JULY MEETING OR AT THE LATEST AUGUST WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION.

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SO TRYING TO LOCK DOWN A NUMBER CAN BE CHALLENGING SOMETIMES.

YOU KNOW, I MADE THE COMMENT TO DR.

WRIGHT TODAY, YOU KNOW, SINCE I FIRST STARTED WITH THIS DISTRICT.

NOBODY HAS EVER REALLY, EVER BEEN ABLE TO TELL ME THIS IS HOW MANY STAFF WE HAVE.

WE'VE ALWAYS KIND OF BUDGETED WAY HIGH ON THE PAYROLL.

AND THEN WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO COME IN AND PUT MONEY BACK.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE DR.

WRIGHT WAS ALLUDING TO, IS WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THE HABIT OF ADOPTING A DEFICIT BUDGET, BUT ALWAYS PUTTING MONEY BACK.

AND THEN YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT REALLY TRUE, YOU KNOW, A DEFICIT WHEN WE PUT MONEY BACK.

BUT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE NUMBERS AS BEST AS WE CAN TO THIS POINT.

WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FINE TUNE.

TUNE THEM SOME.

THE NEW ERP SYSTEM.

WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT UP AND ROLLING, WE'LL AND IF, YOU KNOW, WE SET IT UP THE RIGHT WAY, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO AT ANY POINT IN TIME, BE ABLE TO RUN A REPORT AND KNOW NOT ONLY THE THE NUMBER OF STAFF THAT WE HAVE, THE VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE, BUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

SO THAT'S JUST ME THROWING A LITTLE PLUG OUT THERE FOR THAT.

BUT. I GUESS THAT'S KIND OF IT IN A NUTSHELL AT THIS POINT.

DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY ANY QUESTIONS? I'M SURE YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

RANDY. THANKS. I MEAN, I KNOW YOU LIKE ALL YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW, BUT I THINK THAT YOU'RE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN WITH WHAT YOU KNOW AT THIS POINT.

SO I APPRECIATE IT. BUT YES, WE'LL START WITH QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT, MR. RAU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION AND I KNOW THAT.

I MEAN, YOU'RE DOING THE BEST THAT YOU CAN.

WE'RE DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN.

SO THANK YOU. THERE'S A LOT TO CHEW ON.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, A LOT THAT IS STILL NEEDED TO BE DECIDED.

I WANT TO GO TO THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT VERSUS THE REFINED AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE GRAPH.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

2021, THAT GAP RIGHT THERE SEEMS TO BE THE SMALLEST IN TERMS OF ENROLLMENT VERSUS THE REFINED.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE WERE HYBRID AT THAT TIME, RIGHT AS FAR AS ATTENDANCE.

YEAH. DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOR 22 AND 23 THE WHAT OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE WAS BROKEN DOWN BY YEAR.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THE NUMBERS.

SURE, I CAN. I CAN PROVIDE THAT.

I MEAN, THE GRAPH IS BASED ON THE NUMBERS I ALREADY HAVE OUT THERE.

RIGHT. OKAY.

AND MAYBE. MAYBE THAT'S SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND I MISSED IT. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, 21 WAS THE YEAR WE DID GET HOLD HARMLESS.

RIGHT. AND SO THAT WAS WHY IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.

RIGHT. BUT IF WE GO BACK.

THAT WAS A WHOLE YEAR TOO.

SO 95, IF WE FORECAST IT RIGHT, WE BUDGETED ON 95% AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

BUT OUR TREND IS THAT WE'VE ONLY HAD 93% OR 92.73 LIKE WE HAD THIS PAST YEAR.

WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE CLOSER.

AND 93 MIGHT BE AGGRESSIVE.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE.

BUT I MEAN, AT WORK I HAVE ATTENDANCE ISSUES ALL THE TIME.

AND WE'RE A SMALLER, YOU KNOW, EXAMPLE COMPARED TO WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAYS EMPLOYEES.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY AMBITIOUS NUMBER.

IF THE TREND LINE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS IS SHOWING THAT OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE IS LESS THAN 93%.

YEAH. THE.

PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, WE WERE AT A SOLID 95.

RIGHT. WE WERE GOOD THAT PANDEMIC YEAR.

WE WERE HELD HARMLESS FOR THE WHOLE AMOUNT.

SURE IT WAS.

AND THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO PREDICT BECAUSE I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK, IT WAS EITHER 21 OR 22, MAYBE BOTH OF THOSE YEARS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER OR NOT.

WE'VE HAD ESSER ONE, RIGHT? WE'VE HAD ESSER TWO AND THEN WE HAD ESSER THREE.

WELL, ESSER THREE IS THE ONE WE'RE FINISHING UP THIS YEAR.

AND THAT WAS JUST, I WANT TO SAY FREE MONEY, BUT THERE WERE NO STRINGS NECESSARILY ATTACHED TO THAT.

ESSER ONE. WE GOT ABOUT 1,000,008.

WE HAD TO APPLY FOR IT.

IT WAS FEDERAL DOLLARS, BUT THE STATE SAID, OH WE'RE GOING TO WITHHOLD 1,000,008 OF YOUR FOUNDATION MONEY.

WELL, THE WAY THEY DID THAT IS THEY ADJUSTED OUR ADA DOWN.

SO WHEN YOU TRY TO COMPARE THAT YEAR, IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE AN ESSER ADA AND YOU HAVE A REAL ADA THAT WAS TURNED IN.

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STATE CAME IN AND SAID, OH, YOU'RE GETTING 7.7 WE'LL WITHHOLD 7.7.

SO 21-22 THOSE ARE WEIRD YEARS BECAUSE IT'S AN ESSER FUNDING.

I DO HAVE THE NUMBERS AND I CAN GO BACK AND AND, AND.

SUPPLY THOSE.

THE. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION, RANDY.

I APPRECIATE THAT. THE OTHER THING THAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE US CONSIDER AND I KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO ADOPT A BUDGET AND THEN HAVE TO COME BACK AND AMEND, BUT WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT BASED ON WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DOES OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

BUT THAT 92.7, 92.73, THAT THAT PROBABLY WAS NOT A TREND AT ALL.

SO WE JUST HAD A DROP OFF AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

I MEAN, WHAT WAS OUR, YOU KNOW, FIRST SIX WEEKS OR SECOND, SIX WEEKS? I'M SURE THE TREND LINE FOR THE YEAR WAS PROBABLY ON PAR TO WHAT WE ENDED WITH.

IS THAT A GOOD ASSESSMENT? I CAN GO BACK AND LOOK, I HAVE THE REPORTS, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, I ALWAYS TRY TO JUST PICK A POINT IN TIME, RIGHT? I'M CONSISTENT YEAR OVER YEAR.

AND SO THE 92.73 IS WHAT WE ENDED WITH, RIGHT? UM, TYPICALLY THE TREND IS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, YOUR ATTENDANCE IS SOMEWHAT A LITTLE HIGHER, RIGHT? AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR IT KIND OF TAILS OFF BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S READY TO GET OUT OF SCHOOL.

BUT WE WEREN'T AT 95%.

WE WEREN'T AT 95% AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

NO. RIGHT.

WE MAY HAVE BEEN MAYBE A LITTLE.

AND FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WE ACTUALLY IMPROVED BY ABOUT 2.3%.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS I'VE TALKED TO THE SURROUNDING SUPERINTENDENTS, THEY WERE FINISHING THIS YEAR AT AROUND 90%, 91%, AND WE WERE ALMOST AT 93%.

SO ALTHOUGH WE LOST A LOT OF REVENUE, WE WERE CELEBRATING THE FACT THAT WE HAD INCREASED BY ALMOST THREE PERCENTAGE POINTS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THAT'S WHERE WE GOT DINGED LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE GOT HELD HARMLESS FOR THE FIRST FOUR SIX WEEKS AT 95.

RIGHT? BUT OUR REAL ATTENDANCE OVERALL WAS AROUND 90.

AND SO THE THE FIFTH AND SIXTH SIX WEEKS WERE AT 90.

SO THAT HAD THE EFFECT OF, YOU KNOW, PULLING IT ALL DOWN TO ALMOST AVERAGING LIKE 92, 93.

SO, SO KNOWING THAT THERE IS NO MORE HOLD HARMLESS.

AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAD GONE BACK AND TRIED TO FIGHT, YOU KNOW, TO GET SOME OF THAT HOLD HARMLESS FOR THAT FIFTH AND SIX WEEKS THAT WAS GOING TO BE WAS IT GOING TO BE ANOTHER MILLION, ANOTHER 1.5 MILLION THAT WE WERE EXPECTED BACK IN OUR IN OUR FUNDING, KNOWING THAT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF IF WE WERE AT 90% IN SOME OF THOSE CASES OR AT 91%, INCLUDING IN COMPARISON TO SOME OF THE SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AGAIN, I THINK 93% MIGHT BE A BIT AGGRESSIVE.

UM, I KNOW THAT WE'RE PRELIMINARY.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING JUST KIND OF AT A HIGH LEVEL.

AND LET'S SAY THAT WE FINALIZE A BUDGET AND IT IS AT 93%.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROJECTING TO HAVE 93% AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, 93% EXCUSE ME.

AND WE START OFF THE SCHOOL YEAR LOWER.

WE NEED TO COME BACK AND REASSESS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHAT WE CAN REALISTICALLY PROJECT.

AND ONE OF THE REPORTS THAT I WAS SHOWING DR.

RIDE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I KIND OF DUSTED OFF SOME OF MY OLD FILES FROM MY PREVIOUS DISTRICT.

AND ONE OF THE REPORTS I USED TO TAKE TO THE BOARD WAS AT THE END OF EACH SIX WEEKS, I TOOK AN ATTENDANCE REPORT THAT I HAD COMPARED TO WHAT I ACTUALLY HAD BUDGETED.

AND SO YOU COULD SEE, YOU KNOW, HERE'S MY ADA NUMBERS AND MY SPED NUMBERS AND MY CTE NUMBERS AND HERE'S WHERE WE ARE THROUGH THE FIRST SIX WEEKS, SECOND AND THIRD AND KIND OF THE VARIANCE.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WAS KIND OF TOYING WITH, DUSTING OFF AND BRINGING TO Y'ALL AS PART OF MY FINANCIAL REPORT AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME, AT THE END OF THE SIX WEEKS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO SHOW US AND THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.

I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO SHOW US AGAIN HOW WE'RE TRENDING.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF, YOU KNOW, AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY BASEBALL SEASON, EVERYBODY'S BATTING A THOUSAND, RIGHT? BUT YEAH.

SO. OKAY, GOOD INFORMATION.

THANK YOU AGAIN. AND THAT'S I'M NOT FINGER POINTING AT ANYBODY.

I JUST I'M YOU KNOW, I WANT US TO BE WISE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE REALLY PROJECTING TO BE OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

SO THANK YOU. JUST TO CLARIFY, TRUSTEE VELA YOU WANT THE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE COMPARISON FOR YEARS? 21 TO 23.

YEAH, THE NOT THE ESSER AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, BUT THE ACTUAL DAILY ATTENDANCE.

AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE WOULD BE GOOD.

GOT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WHO'S UP? YEAH, GO AHEAD.

MRS. OROSCO. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT, DR.

WRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR POINTING THIS OUT ABOUT COMPENSATION AND HOW OUR HISTORICAL COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN ABOVE THE REGIONAL AREA AND HAVE REALLY HELPED OUR EMPLOYEES.

SO FIRST OF ALL, I MEAN, JUST KUDOS TO THAT, BECAUSE WE HISTORICALLY HAVE MOVED THE BAR WHERE WE USED TO BE THE LAST RANKING

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WE HAVE THIS BOARD AND PREVIOUS BOARD AS WELL HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RANK NUMBER ONE AND WE ARE RANKED NUMBER ONE WHEN IT COMES TO MOSTLY ALL AREAS OF PAY EXCEPT MAYBE LIKE ZERO YEAR.

SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING AND GREAT NEWS.

SO STARTING OFF WITH THAT WONDERFUL.

RIGHT NOW, HISTORICAL COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS, I THINK ONE THING YOU DID NOT MENTION, DR.

WRIGHT, WAS I BELIEVE IT WAS 2021 WHEN WE DID TWO DISTRIBUTIONS OF THAT LIVING COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.

CORRECT? WE DID A 1% AND THEN 3% OR VICE VERSA THAT WE DID.

SO IT'S NOT UNHEARD OF THAT WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND KNOWING, YOU KNOW, HOW GRIM THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE, BUT THEN THERE'S A BOOST AT THE END.

WE MIGHT GET THAT.

WE MIGHT NOT GET THAT.

WE DON'T KNOW.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S SHAMEFUL THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND OUR GOVERNOR HAS HELD US HOSTAGE AND IS REALLY TRYING TO DESTROY PUBLIC EDUCATION. IT IS SHAMEFUL AND EMBARRASSING THAT WE'RE IN THIS STATE THAT WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE.

SO WHAT CAN WE DO? SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE IN REGARDS TO THAT.

WHAT IS WITHIN OUR CONTROL? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AND I KNOW MISS RUNKLE WILL TAKE THIS INFORMATION AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS INFORMATION YET IS WHEN WILL WE KNOW ABOUT THAT GOLDEN PENNY? BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE AMOUNT.

DO YOU NEED? ONE OF OUR MIKES? I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. OH, OKAY.

JUST WIGGLE IT.

IF THE STATE WOULD FUND US AND WE COULD GET BETTER MIKES.

AMEN. AMEN.

SPEAK IT RANDY RAU.

BUT. HELL IN.

MY GOD, I'M SHOWING MY OLD AGE AND TRYING TO FIX THE MIC.

I FORGOT YOUR QUESTION.

WHEN WILL WE, DO YOU KNOW WHEN WE'LL KNOW ABOUT THAT GOLDEN PENNY.

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO CALL A SPECIAL SESSION, AND SO.

OKAY, SO IT'S TIED TO THE SPECIAL SESSION AS WELL.

OKAY. SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE WAITING FOR.

SO EVERYBODY'S IN LIMBO.

ALL 1200 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS ARE IN LIMBO AND WAITING FOR THE GOVERNOR TO STOP THROWING THIS TANTRUM AND ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING FOR PUBLIC ED.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME? YES. THANK YOU FOR CONFIRMING WHAT WE KNOW.

YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO ONE THING THAT WE MIGHT KNOW, DOCTOR WRIGHT, IS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY ALLOTMENT.

YOU SAID, MR. RAU, THAT YOU HEARD THIS MORNING.

BUT DO WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL AMOUNT? WE DON'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL AMOUNT.

BUT AT OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FROM LAST WEEK, REGION 13, THAT'S WHAT MO CASEY WAS TALKING ABOUT.

IS THE ESTIMATE IS EXCUSE ME, THE ESTIMATE IS 15,000 PER CAMPUS AND $10 PER STUDENT.

SO. OKAY, SO THAT'S AND THAT'S ENROLLMENT, NOT ADA.

YES, THAT'S SO MY BACK OF THE NAPKIN MATH IS ABOUT $660,000 IS WHAT THAT WILL EQUATE TO.

OKAY. AND I KNOW THAT I HAD REQUESTED THIS INFORMATION, BUT IT SAID THAT IT WAS STILL PENDING.

I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT OUR SALARY SAVINGS WAS FOR THE YEAR.

I KNOW THAT YOU ALL WE VISITED ABOUT THAT, RIGHT, DOCTOR WRIGHT.

SO I STILL SAW IT PENDING ON QUESTIONS.

SO IF AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME RIGHT NOW, BUT I KNOW THAT WAS A HUGE PART OF OUR BUDGET LAST YEAR WHEN IT CAME TO INCREASING THE COMPENSATION TO 7% THAT HELPED US.

SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

AND I KNOW THAT CHRISTINA IS SCRUBBING AND DOING ALL KINDS OF STUFF OVER THERE CHRISTINA, AND WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION.

BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE A CRITICAL PIECE, I THINK.

AND THEN I KNOW WE'RE DOING A HIGH OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET.

HOWEVER, YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT BUDGET WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT COMPENSATION, RIGHT? AND KNOWING WHAT WE NEED TO ADOPT.

WE REALLY NEED TO KIND OF HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT COMP.

I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT DR.

WRIGHT AND TEAM HAS COME UP WITH IN REGARDS TO THE DIFFERENTIATED TIERS.

I THINK THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO US.

FOR MANY YEARS AND FOR MANY YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, WE HAVE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT A LIVING WAGE AND ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR AUXILIARY STAFF BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE GETTING THE PAY THE LESS AMOUNT.

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WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO.

BUT I LIKE THE APPROACH THAT HR AND TEAM AND DR.

WRIGHT WITH HIS VISION HAS PUT TOGETHER.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE HELPFUL WHEN WE DIFFERENTIATE THAT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COMP PLAN THAT TASB SALARY STUDY SHOWED, I DID HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT IN REGARDS TO SO MANY OF OUR AUXILIARY NOW, I DON'T KNOW, NUMBERS TIED TO THE POSITION. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE SUBMITTED.

BUT SEEING HOW MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE UNDER MARKET SALARY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT IN THE UPPER ADMINISTRATION THAT ARE ABOVE MARKET SALARY BY DOUBLE DIGITS.

BUT THEN WE HAVE AUXILIARY STAFF THAT IS BELOW AND IT'S CHANGED A LOT.

IT IT DOES NOT LOOK AS BAD AS IT USED TO.

IT USED TO BE TERRIBLE WHERE WE WERE -25 AND SO ON.

WE HAVE REALLY MADE CHANGES.

AND I'M SO PROUD OF OUR TEAM AND DR.

WRIGHT AND HIS TEAM FOR FOR WORKING ON THAT AND ADDRESSING THOSE EQUITY ISSUES AND MAKING IT EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS.

I KNOW LAST YEAR WHEN WE DISCUSSED COMPENSATION, WE SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT ANY ALLOCATED MONEY THAT WE PUT TO THE SIDE WOULD ADDRESS EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS FOR OUR AUXILIARY STAFF.

SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN WITH THIS TIERED PLAN, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT INCREASING SOME OF THOSE STIPENDS THAT ARE LISTED.

AND I HAVE SUBMITTED THESE, SO I WON'T GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.

BUT FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STOOD OUT WAS ON PAGE FIVE ABOUT THE MASTER'S DEGREE STIPEND.

THAT'S AT $1,300.

I THINK I RECEIVED THAT STIPEND WHEN I WORKED HERE OVER 11 YEARS AGO.

RIGHT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE CHANGED THAT.

BUT ADDRESSING THINGS LIKE THAT, LOOKING AT THE CORRELATION BETWEEN VACANCIES AND THAT STIPEND.

SO, MS. CORSON, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.

I SENT THESE QUESTIONS IN TO YOU AS WELL TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD THEM.

BUT ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE DOUBLE DIGIT BELOW MARKET NUMBERS, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME AND I BELIEVE KNIGHT AND MS.. CORSON, I TO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH TASB, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE YOU'RE IN A GOOD SPOT WHEN IT'S 90% OF MARKET.

IS THAT CORRECT, RANDY RAU, ERIC OR I'M SORRY, DR.

WRIGHT OR MS.. CORSON.

YEAH. TYPICALLY THE THRESHOLDS KIND OF AROUND THAT 95 PERCENTILE.

SO YOU WANT TO GO 95% TO 100%.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN STRIVING TO DO, IS GET TO THE 100%.

SURE. AND WE'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB AT MAKING THOSE HUGE GAINS.

RIGHT. AND CLOSING THOSE GAPS.

BUT HAVING THOSE DOUBLE DIGITS, THOSE NEGATIVE DOUBLE DIGITS MAKE ME ARE VERY CONCERNING.

SO I DEFINITELY THINK THAT SOME OF IT WILL BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THAT DIFFERENTIATION TIER PLAN THAT YOU ARE PROPOSING.

SO WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS AFTER WE APPLY THAT, WHERE DOES THAT TAKE US? DOES THAT MOVE THE NEEDLE FROM -11% OR -25% LIKE SOMEONE WAS ON HERE TO, WHAT, ZERO, 10%? WHERE ARE THEY AT? SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT VISUAL OF WHERE THAT WOULD TAKE US IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE THAT I POINTED OUT THAT WERE IN THE DOUBLE DIGITS.

S, YOU KNOW, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST, DISTRICT ASSESSMENT COORDINATOR, OUR MARKET BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AND OTHER TEACHER JOB POSITIONS AS WELL, OUR CLERICAL AND TECHNICAL POSITIONS AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT POSITIONS AND AUXILIARY POSITIONS THAT WERE LIKE -17% THAT SOME WERE STARTED.

SO DEFINITELY WANT TO LOOK AT THAT.

AND YOU KNOW, I SUBMITTED THE QUESTION.

SO THEY WILL BE THERE FOR YOU ALL TO LOOK AT THE SPECIFICS, LOOKING AT ALSO STIPENDS AND WHAT IS THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASING STIPENDS FOR OUR BILINGUAL TEACHERS.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS LISTED IN THE STUDY AS WELL ON PAGE 35.

AND WE DO SEE THAT AREA DISTRICTS HAVE INCREASED THEIR BILINGUAL STIPEND AS WELL, HIGHER THAN OURS NOW, LIKE, ARE THEY JUST ADOPTED THEIR BUDGET AND THEIR COMPENSATION AND HAVE INCREASED IT.

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SO LOOKING AT THAT AND WHAT IS THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THOSE VACANCIES LIKE IS THAT A NEED STILL? BECAUSE THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HUGE NEED FOR US IS BILINGUAL VACANCIES FILLING THOSE POSITIONS.

AND WE EVEN WENT AS FAR AS BRINGING PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES TO COME TEACH WHEN THAT HAS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THAT MIGHT BE BETTER SERVED TRYING TO GROW OUR OWN AND TRYING TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN THE BILINGUAL TEACHERS THAT WE DO HAVE.

RIGHT? SO I HAVE SUBMITTED THAT QUESTION TO SEE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

WHAT IS THAT CORRELATION THERE? AS WELL AS WITH SELF-CONTAINED VACANCIES? THAT'S ANOTHER AREA THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY IMPROVE UPON.

SO THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE LIKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THESE STIPENDS, THESE ARE LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE CARE OF, THAT WE CAN HELP RETAIN AND RECRUIT SOME OF THESE MUCH NEEDED POSITIONS.

UM, AND AS FAR AS ESSER IS CONCERNED, I WANT TO AND WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS RIGHT, DOCTOR, RIGHT ABOUT WHEN WE DID OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES, MAKING SURE BECAUSE WHEN I LOOKED AT THE PENDING AND IT SAID ON HERE WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL PROGRAM ITEMS LISTED, IT MADE ME A LITTLE NERVOUS.

RANDY YOU MADE ME SUPER NERVOUS BECAUSE I WAS THINKING, OKAY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO OUR ESSER POSITIONS? AND WHILE ESSER POSITIONS WERE NOT GUARANTEED, WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT EVERY SINGLE SHOWCASE THAT I ATTENDED, AND I DID ATTEND ALL OF THEM.

SO EVERY CAMPUS SAID THE SAME THING.

WE NEED OUR ESSER POSITIONS, WHICH ARE OUR INTERVENTIONISTS AND OUR BEHAVIOR FOLKS, RIGHT? THAT IS SOMETHING.

NO, THEY'RE LIKE NO BRAINER.

THE DATA SHOWS IT HERE.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SO TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PLAN, WHETHER IT'S DR.

RIGHT, MISS CARSON, OR MR. RAU, TALK TO ME ABOUT THE PLAN FOR THOSE POSITIONS.

I KNOW THEY WILL NO LONGER BE FUNDED BY ESSER, BUT WHAT IS THE PLAN IN KEEPING THOSE SUPPORTS IN PLACE FOR OUR CAMPUSES? WELL, I CAN'T SAY BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING AT THE STAFFING SHEETS TODAY AND I THINK THE ESSER POSITIONS WERE UNDER THE CATEGORY CALLED SUPPORT, WHERE YOU HAD INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND INTERVENTIONISTS AND THOSE WERE ALL THOSE WEREN'T TOUCHED.

SO THOSE ARE PART OF THE CURRENT BUDGET.

THEY'RE IN THERE. SO.

MR. RAU ARE YOU TELLING ME WHAT I.

ARE YOU TELLING ME WHAT I WANT TO HEAR HERE? I THINK I'M TELLING YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR.

AND IT'S THE TRUTH AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

YES. WELL, THEN LET ME STEP IN AND TELL YOU WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR.

DANG. DON'T RUIN IT, DR.

WRIGHT. PART OF IT.

BUT THEY'RE STILL BUILT INTO THE BUDGET.

BUT THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHERE WE ACTUALLY ARE WITH ALL OF OUR STAFFING NUMBERS.

OUR GOAL, FIRST AND FOREMOST WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RETAINED ALL STAFF THAT WERE FUNDED WITH ESSER FUNDS.

THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THEY'LL BE IN THOSE SAME POSITIONS.

AND SO WE MOVED THEM INTO A GENERAL FUND POSITION.

SO THEY ALL STILL HAVE THEIR JOBS, BUT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE THEIR ESSER FUNDED POSITIONS.

OKAY. SO SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT.

AND SO IT'S DEBATABLE BASED ON WHAT THE BOTTOM LINE SHOWS.

I DON'T LIKE DR. WRIGHT'S ANSWER.

I KNOW BECAUSE IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THEM HAVING AND RETAINING THEIR POSITION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GUARANTEE THEM A POSITION.

SO I'M NOT CONCERNED AND I'M NOT COMMITTED TO THAT PER SE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNEW TAKING THAT POSITION THAT IT WAS A 2 TO 3 YEAR GIG.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE RETAINING THEM IN A POSITION.

BUT MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY WAS MAKING SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE SUPPORTS NEEDED TO OUR CAMPUSES, AND THOSE SUPPORTS ARE INTERVENTION AND BEHAVIOR SUPPORT.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND I KNOW MS..

SEDILLO AND AND HER TEAM ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SUPPORTS EITHER WITH SOME OF THESE PEOPLE OR THROUGH A PROGRAM TYPE CHANGE.

AND SO REALLY, I'M JUST EXCITED THAT RANDY FINALLY GOT TO BE POOH AND I GOT TO BE EEYORE FOR A CHANGE.

WELL, NOT REALLY.

I LOVE RANDY BECAUSE I LIKED HIS ANSWER.

YES. OKAY.

THAT YOU CALLED HIM POOH.

I'M LIKE DR. WRIGHT.

DON'T BE CALLING RANDY RAU POOH.

SO IF YOU IF YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF WINNIE THE POOH, YOU KNOW WINNIE THE POOH IS THE POSITIVE, UPBEAT.

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OH, NO, NO, NO, NO.

LIKE A POOPY DIAPER.

BUT I'M EEYORE, I'M ALWAYS THE, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT'S BRINGING, YOU KNOW, THE GLOOM AND DOOM.

AND THAT'S KIND OF MY JOB, RIGHT? WELL, YOU GOT ME SUPER EXCITED, RANDY RAU AND DR.

WRIGHT RUINED IT. SO I'M HOPING.

WHEN WILL WE KNOW SOMETHING? DR. WRIGHT, WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE? THE PLAN.

YOU KNOW, WHILE WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE THE PLAN, KNOWING THE PLAN AND BEING INFORMED OF HOW WE CAN SUPPORT OUR CAMPUSES THAT HAVE TOLD US, THAT HAVE SHOWN US THROUGH DATA THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

SO EVERYBODY THAT'S A MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZATION NEEDS TO BE CALLING GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S OFFICE RIGHT NOW IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

YOU KNOW, I'M EXTREMELY UPSET, FRUSTRATED, AND INSTEAD OF BEING FRUSTRATED AT OURSELVES, THE ONLY PEOPLE TO BE FRUSTRATED WITH ARE THE PEOPLE UNDER THE PINK DOME.

I MEAN, THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM WITH THE SURPLUS MONEY AND THEY DIDN'T.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTROL WHAT WE CAN CONTROL AND THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

AND WE'RE STILL HOPEFUL THAT THAT 4.5 BILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED IN AN APPROPRIATE WAY SO THAT THESE TYPES OF THINGS CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO ARTICULATE THAT WE NEED TO TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON THOSE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF THEIR BUSINESS IN AUSTIN.

I AGREE WITH YOU 100%.

WE DEFINITELY NEED TO CONTINUE ADVOCATING AND SPEAKING OUT.

AND AS ALL DISTRICTS ARE IN A SIMILAR POSITION, WE REALLY NEED TO BAND TOGETHER AND HAVE OUR VOICE HEARD WITH THE GOVERNOR AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

SO I AGREE WITH YOU.

WHAT CAN WE CONTROL? I KNOW WE CANNOT CURE IT UNLESS WE TAKE ACTION.

RIGHT. BECAUSE WHAT WE DO AND HEAR A LOT OF IS WE HEAR A LOT OF TALK, A LOT OF COMPLAINING.

BUT THEN WHEN THE DAY COMES, PEOPLE DON'T VOTE.

PEOPLE DON'T GO OUT AND HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD.

SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO DO THAT.

BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WHAT IS WITHIN OUR CONTROL.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, DOCTOR, WRIGHT.

WHAT IS WITHIN OUR CONTROL, WITHIN OUR PARAMETERS? WHAT CAN WE THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX ON AND I KNOW YOU ARE REALLY GREAT AT DOING THAT AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE LIKE THE BEST SUPERINTENDENT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, BECAUSE YOU CAN DO THAT.

YOU AND YOUR TEAM CAN DO THAT.

YOU ALL HAVE BUILT A GREAT TEAM THAT CAN THINK DIFFERENTLY AND THINK OF SOME CREATIVE APPROACHES WHILE USING SITE BASED DECISION MAKING.

LET ME PUT THAT CAVEAT ON THERE.

USING SITE BASED DECISION MAKING AND GETTING THAT INPUT AND FEEDBACK NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A CREATIVE PLAN.

SO ON THAT NOTE, MY LAST QUESTION IS, AND I HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED 20 QUESTIONS, BUT MY LAST QUESTION IS YOU MADE ME A LITTLE NERVOUS, DOCTOR WRIGHT, WHEN YOU SAID, OH, WE'LL HAVE THE COMP PLAN FOR YOU ON I DON'T HAVE MY PHONE.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TODAY IS ON THE 20TH.

WHEN IS THE 20TH? OKAY. WELL, I DO NOT WANT IT ON TUESDAY BECAUSE I NEED TO REVIEW IT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES IS MAKING SURE TO HAVE ITEMS IN A TIMELY WAY.

AND WHILE WE CANNOT CONTROL THE LEGISLATURE AND SPECIAL SESSION AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, WE REALLY NEED TO BE IF YOU EXPECT ME TO VOTE ON TUESDAY, I NEED A COMP PLAN TO LOOK OVER BEFORE TUESDAY ON THE DAIS OR BEFORE TUESDAY A.M..

SO I DON'T KNOW.

FRIDAYS OFF MIGHT NOT BE A GOOD THING.

I DON'T KNOW. I CAN'T TELL.

I JUST NEED TO KNOW THAT WE WILL GET THE COMP PLAN IN A TIMELY MANNER AND I DON'T MEAN BY WEDNESDAY.

I CAN BE FLEXIBLE WITH THAT, BUT WE NEED TIME TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE THERE WERE LOTS OF DISCREPANCIES IN OUR COMP PLAN FROM LAST YEAR AND A LOT OF THINGS WE HAD TO GO BACK AND FIX AND THINGS THAT HAD UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT WE WERE DOING WITH THE BEST INTENT.

BUT AGAIN, WHEN WE GET RUSHED AND GET COMP PLANS AT THE LAST MINUTE, IT'S VERY EASY TO MAKE A MISTAKE ON OUR PART, ON YOUR PART, ON EVERYBODY'S PART.

SO I JUST.

I'M ASKING FOR A MORE, GIVE US SOME TIME TO LOOK AT IT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

I'M GOING TO COME TO THE LEFT SIDE NOW.

MR. SEVERANCE. OKAY.

THANKS. APPRECIATE ALL THIS INFORMATION.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M A I ECHO WHAT ESPERANZA WAS MR.

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BUT I DO FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD JUST STICK TO CONTROLLING WHAT WE CAN CONTROL AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT.

WE DON'T GO TOO FAR OUT OF AN ASSUMPTION THAT SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE REALLY DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

I'M SURE. I THINK THE GOLDEN PENNY IS PROBABLY PRETTY CLOSE TO HAPPENING.

PROBABLY WILL HAPPEN OUT OF THE 4.5 BILLION THAT'S KIND OF HELD HOSTAGE RIGHT NOW.

WHAT WOULD BE OUR PORTION OF THAT IF WE IF THAT WAS RELEASED BACK? DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF THAT? IF THERE'S NOT MONEY TAKEN OUT FOR VOUCHERS, IT WOULD BE ABOUT $100 INCREASE PER BASIC ALLOTMENT.

SO IT WOULD GO FROM 6160 TO 6260.

AND IF THEY'RE PLANNING ON TAKING ANY PART OF THAT, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT FOR EVERY $100.

WELL, IT COULD BE MORE.

IT COULD IT COULD GO UP TO TO 400 IF THEY DON'T TAKE OUT MONEY FOR FOR VOUCHERS AND FOR THE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'VE LISTED ON THERE, THAT BEST CASE SCENARIO WOULD BE A $400 INCREASE PER STUDENT.

THE WORST CASE COULD BE LIKE WE SAW IN HOUSE BILL 100, WHICH WAS ABOUT $50 PER PER ADA.

SO THAT'S THE THING.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW. SO MAYBE ONE AND A HALF TO $4 MILLION.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.

YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, RANDY, BACK ON THE REVENUE SUMMARY ON PAGE, I GUESS THE NEXT PAGE HERE, YOU TALKED, YOU KNOW, THE 140 MILLION PLUS THE 55 FSP ALLOCATION AND YOU SAID THAT'S PROBABLY OUR BUDGET.

I MEAN, THE STARTING POINT FOR WHAT OUR BUDGET IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

AND THEN IF WE YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IF WE'RE GOING TO ADD THE WHEN YOU PRESENT THIS BACK ON NEXT WEEK, YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS ON THE COST OF LIVING ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS TO US TO LOOK AT OR IS IT JUST GOING TO BE JUST ONE THAT WE TALK ABOUT THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT AS A GROUP TONIGHT, OR DO WE WANT TO BRING A COUPLE? I DON'T KNOW HOW EASY IT IS TO, YOU KNOW, CHANGE THE ASSUMPTION AND CHANGE A WHOLE PLAN, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT GETS TO THE COMP SIDE.

I'M NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, IF THOSE SYSTEMS AREN'T TIED TOGETHER, IF THAT'S EASY FOR YOU TO DO LIKE THAT, LIKE IT IS FOR RANDY.

ON COST OF LIVING ACROSS THE BOARD.

I DON'T KNOW. THE CHALLENGE IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER NUMBER OF STAFF BECAUSE ONCE THE STAFF IS IN, IN THE TEMPLATE THAT I HAVE, IT'S REAL. DOCTOR WRITES I MEAN, I JUST GO IN THERE AND.

CHANGE THE PERCENT AND IT FILTERS THROUGH.

EVERYTHING CHANGES SO THAT THE CHALLENGE IS JUST MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE THE RIGHT NUMBER OF STAFF.

RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHAT MRS COURSE IT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH AND KIND OF SCRUB.

AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME POSITIONS THAT WE'VE ALLOCATED HAVEN'T FILLED AS PART OF WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH, BUT IF YOU HAD TO MAKE A GUESS OF THOSE POSITIONS THAT ARE ALLOCATED, THEY'RE NOT FILLED BUT HAVEN'T BEEN FILLED FOR LONGER THAN TWO YEARS, WOULD THAT BE A GOOD WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE THOSE OUT OF THE BUDGET.

WOULD THAT BE A WAY TO TO TO LOOK AT THAT? AND I'M KIND OF LEADING THE WITNESS WITH A QUESTION A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE IF INSTEAD OF IF THOSE ARE IN THERE AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN FILLED FOR TWO YEARS, THEN, YOU KNOW, CAN WE REALLOCATE THOSE DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET FOR SOME OF THESE ESSER POSITION AREAS WITHIN THE SCHOOLS? SO IT MIGHT NOT BE MORE DOLLARS, YOU'RE JUST REALLOCATING POSITIONS MAYBE THAT ARE TWO YEARS OLD THAT HAVEN'T BEEN FILLED AND ALLOCATING THOSE DOLLARS TO THESE POSITIONS BACK TO THE CAMPUSES.

LIKE AN ESSER STANDPOINT, I KNOW THAT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE SOME OF THE BUDGET DOLLARS OUT, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG THAT ESSER NUMBER WAS.

AND AND IF THAT'S SOME OF THE WAY WE COULD PLAY WITH THE NUMBERS TO ALLOCATE THOSE POSITIONS BACK ON CAMPUSES.

ONLY IF THOSE SOME OF THOSE THOSE POSITIONS WERE CAMPUS POSITIONS, NOT MAYBE ADMIN POSITIONS.

DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE? POSSIBLY. IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT, TOO.

IT DOES, AND RANDY AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN THEY'RE SCRUBBING IT RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE TRYING TO REMOVE ALL THOSE ONES THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A LONG TIME THAT WE WERE UNABLE TO FILL.

AND WE HAD THE DISCUSSION THAT IF WE SCRUBBED THOSE AND WE GET, YOU KNOW, AS ACCURATE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, THEN IF FOR SOME REASON WE NEED THREE EXTRA CUSTODIANS, WE JUST COME TO YOU GUYS AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED THREE EXTRA CUSTODIANS, AND THEN SO YEAH, WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT AND TRYING TO REMOVE AS MANY FROM THE BOOKS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

OKAY. I'LL SAY THAT IN BUILDING THE BUDGET FOR PAYROLL, WHAT I DID WAS IF YOU GOT A CHECK IN APRIL AND MAY, YOU'RE IN THE BUDGET.

SO WE KIND OF ALREADY TOOK A LOOK AT THOSE POSITIONS THAT WERE NOT FILLED OR HAD HISTORICALLY NOT BEEN FILLED AND TRIED TO PUSH THOSE TO THE SIDE TO KIND OF TALK

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WRIGHT WAS SAYING. OTHER WORDS, WE'RE TAKING THOSE ESSER JOBS AND THEY'RE GOING AWAY.

BUT YOU'RE JUST REPURPOSING THOSE PEOPLE INTO POSITIONS THAT ARE ALREADY ALLOCATED, NOT FILLED.

YES, RIGHT. SO WE WANT TO OUR FIRST GOAL WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE LOST THEIR THEIR LIVELIHOOD.

AND SO WE WE BROUGHT THOSE INTO THE GENERAL BUDGET AND THEN WE LOOKED AT ACTUAL SPEND VERSUS BUDGET BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BUDGET IS A PLACEHOLDER.

ACTUAL SPEND IS REAL.

RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT RANDY'S BEEN TAKING A LOOK AT.

AND SO WE MADE SURE THAT THOSE ESSER POSITIONS WERE FUNNELED BACK IN.

AND SO NOW THAT'S WHAT CHRISTINA IS DOING, IS SHE'S LOOKING CAMPUS BY CAMPUS DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT, AT THOSE POSITIONS AND SEEING HOW THAT MATCHES UP TO OUR STAFFING RATIOS.

SO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 22 TO 1 ON MOST CAMPUSES, 20 TO 1 AT OTHERS, HIGH SCHOOLS, 25 TO 1.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE REGULAR ALLOCATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT TO SEE WHERE WE EITHER HAVE EXCESS OR WHERE WE HAVE DEFICIT.

AND AND THEN WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE RECONCILE THOSE POSITIONS.

AND THEN THAT'S GOING TO HELP US SEE WHERE WE ACTUALLY ARE AND THROUGH ALL OF THAT UP.

AND THAT WILL HELP US MAKE A DECISION.

SO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT COULD WE LOOK AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCENARIOS? YES, WE CAN.

WE JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER OF STAFF IS.

AND THEN RANDY'S RIGHT.

I GO IN AND I'LL SAY, HEY, RANDY, IF WE DO A 4% FOR ALL AUXILIARY STAFF, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND HE'LL SAY, OKAY, WELL, WE HAVE 552 AUXILIARY STAFF, 4%.

AND THEN LIKE WITHIN THREE MINUTES HE CAN GET ME A NUMBER AND AND THEN I'LL SAY, OKAY, TAKE TAKE THIS OFF.

LET'S, LET'S LOOK AT MOVING THE FLOOR TO 16.

AND THEN ONCE WE GET IT THERE, WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE IMPACT TO OUR BUDGET? AND THEN SO THAT WE HAVE AND WE HONOR EXPERIENCE AMONGST ALL THE PEOPLE IN THAT PAY BAND.

IF YOU ADD $0.10 PER HOUR TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND HE'LL DO THE NUMBERS. HE'LL GO, OH, HEY, THAT'S $89,000 OR WHATEVER IT IS.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE SCENARIOS.

AND AND SO, YES, HE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

AND SO WE CAN PRETTY MUCH RUN ANYTHING, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ACCURATE UNLESS OUR STAFF COUNT IS TOTALLY ACCURATE.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO TRUE UP RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE WE THINK WE HAVE SOME DISCREPANCIES.

YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND ON THE PENDING YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT ADDING ADDITIONAL WISH LIST POSITIONS TO THE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW, THE ADMIN OR ON CAMPUSES.

BUT I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW, UM THERE'S FORMULA DRIVEN FOR POSITIONS, RIGHT? SO THE NUMBER OF KIDS ON A CAMPUS DRIVES HOW MANY BAND DIRECTORS OR WHATEVER.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN BY CAMPUS THAT ARE POSITIONS THAT WERE FORMULA DRIVEN, THAT SAYING THAT WE NEED TO ADD THEM, BUT THEY HAVE NOT YET BEEN FILLED.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S IF WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE.

BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW BAND IS GROWING SO YOU KNOW, AS A BAND THOSE BAND NUMBERS BY CAMPUS OR THEATER NUMBERS BY CAMPUS, ATHLETIC NUMBERS BY CAMPUS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL IS FORMULA DRIVEN WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, BUT IT'D BE I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT IS ALREADY READY TO BE FILLED, HASN'T BEEN FILLED, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, WISH LIST JOBS.

SURE. SO I'M A LITTLE BIT SHORTER THAN THAN RANDY.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH.

HI. UM, SO WE BEGAN OUR AUDIT TODAY EARLY THIS MORNING, FIRST THING, AND GOING ALL DAY.

OUR FIRST ROUND WAS REALLY TAKING A LOOK AT NUMBERS AND A LOT OF THAT IS RECORDED MANUALLY AND IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLACES BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.

AND SO PART OF IT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS IT THAT CAN WE CONTROL, WELL, FIRST, LIKE WHAT ARE ALL THE PIECES THAT WE HAVE, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THIS BIG PUZZLE AND WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE EVERY PIECE HAS A PLACE.

DO WE HAVE EXTRA PIECES? DO WE HAVE ALL THE RIGHT PIECES? AND SO FIRST, LIKE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, OUR PCNS AND FIGURING OUT LIKE, WHAT DO WE REALLY HAVE? AND THEN FROM THERE, THE NEXT PHASE OF THAT, THAT NEXT LAYER IS WHAT DOES OUR PROJECTION LOOK LIKE AND AND WHAT ARE WE STAFFED FOR AND ARE WE STAFFED APPROPRIATELY? AND IS THAT ALIGNED WITH THE TASB MODEL? YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ELEMENTARY ALL THE WAY TO HIGH SCHOOL.

AND IT'S NOT JUST TEACHERS.

I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT CLERICAL STAFF.

I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS JUST TO SEE, ARE WE APPROPRIATELY STAFFED, ARE WE UNDERSTAFFED SOMEWHERE? COULD WE, YOU KNOW, PUT SOMEBODY OVER HERE BECAUSE WE'RE UNDERSTAFFED?

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WE HAVE TO TO HAVE GOOD DATA.

AND SO I WAS REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF DR.

WRIGHT'S SUPPORT TO TAKE THIS TEMPORARY PAUSE TO TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THESE NUMBERS AND ASK QUESTIONS.

AND I'M NOT DOING THIS BY MYSELF.

I'M WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN FINANCE.

I'M WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN SPED.

I MEAN, I AM WORKING WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE CAMPUS BASED ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE AND PROGRAM EXPERIENCE.

I AM NOT DOING THIS BY MYSELF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF OF WHAT WE HAVE.

AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT, THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO ALLOCATE OUR RESOURCES.

I MEAN, WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS DOING, BUT WE CAN MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS AS POSSIBLE WITH WITH WHAT WE KNOW.

AND SO JUST GETTING THOSE RIGHT CORRECT NUMBERS IS THE LIKE THE NECESSARY FOUNDATION FOR US TO HAVE A A SOLID FRAME FOR NEXT YEAR.

WELL, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALL THAT.

SO THANK YOU. WELL, LET ME TELL YOU, I'M GLAD I'M HERE, TOO.

I'M HAVING A LOT OF FUN.

WHILE YOU'RE STILL THERE. I HAVE A QUESTION, TOO, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND LOOKING AT ON THE COMP PLAN FOR THE AUXILIARY POSITIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE FROM IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE FROM 1452, WE'RE GOING TO RAISE IT UP, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BE THOUGHTFUL WITH THE REST OF THE PAY BAND, TOO.

IF WE'RE MAKING A HUGE JUMP ON THE FRONT SIDE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR A YEAR OR TWO OR A YEAR OR THREE OR WHATEVER, SOME OF THAT, THOSE WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE THEM ALL THE SAME WAY. BUT I THINK WE MIGHT WANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL WITH THAT.

I KNOW WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THAT LAST YEAR WITH DOING THE ON THE BUS DRIVERS.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.

YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE RAISING IT UP, WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT SOME COMPRESSION ALL THE WAY THROUGH JUST AT LEAST ON THE FIRST FEW YEARS.

RIGHT. THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING RANDY TO TO GO IN AND ADJUST THOSE BY.

ALL RIGHT. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IF YOU DO $0.10 MORE PER HOUR FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE OR $0.20 OR A QUARTER, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS YOU GO THROUGH? AND SO HE HAS THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.

AND SO WE'RE IT WON'T BE IT WON'T BE APPLES TO APPLES, BUT IT'LL BE AS FAIR AS WE CAN POSSIBLY.

YEAH. NO, I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IT ACROSS THE BAND, NOT JUST JUMP THE FIRST YEAR AND THEN NOT LOOKING AT THE REST OF IT.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE WHEN IT COMES BEFORE NEXT WEEK WITH STIPENDS AND WHATNOT.

BUT I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, RANDY, I KNOW EEYORE, YOU GOT IT.

YOU'RE DOING I KNOW IT'S I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE HARD, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU LEVERAGING THAT TO KEEP US, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP US AT AT A REASONABLE STARTING POINT AND THEN GOING FROM THERE AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF THIS OTHER STUFF COMES THROUGH.

AND THEN WE CAN IF WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND READJUST, WE CAN.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU, MISS PETREA.

THANK YOU. I WAS MAKING MORE NOTES.

UM, THANKS. I'VE HAD THE BENEFIT OF HEARING OTHER FOLKS TALK, SO I'LL KEEP MY QUESTIONS SUCCINCT, AND I APOLOGIZE, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SUBMIT ANY QUESTIONS, I'VE BEEN TRAVELING.

I DO WANT TO KIND OF FOLLOW UP WITH WHAT MS. OROSCO WAS SAYING WITH SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL FOLKS.

I KNOW THAT WE POINTED OUT AUXILIARY EMPLOYEES IN TERMS OF THE COMPENSATION PLAN AND BRINGING THEM UP.

AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS AS A BOARD LAST YEAR, AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

SO I AM SUPER PUMPED THAT THIS YEAR THIS IS OUR FOCUS AND I HOPE THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE OUR FOCUS.

WE HEAR A LOT FROM OUR PARAS, AND I LOVE THAT DR.

WRIGHT HAS A PLAN FOR DIFFERENTIATING OUR PARAS BETWEEN SPED PARAS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THERE'S A REPORT IN BOARD BLOG OF THE OPENINGS THAT WE HAVE AND VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE FOR PARAS AND THERE'S A LOT.

SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS WILL HOPEFULLY ENTICE PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR THOSE POSITIONS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS.

AND WHEN I HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE NEW PLANS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE, IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR WITH OUR ESSER FOLKS THAT WE'RE SLOTTING IN PARAS WHEN WE CAN'T REALLY FILL OUR PARAS RIGHT NOW.

SO AND I WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT PARAS OR I'M SORRY, ESSER POSITIONS IN A IN A MINUTE AS WELL.

BUT SO I'M GLAD THAT THOSE ARE ON THERE.

AND SO JUST FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING AT HOME, THOSE ARE ALL BUS MONITORS, CHILD NUTRITION, CUSTODIAL HEAD CUSTODIAN, SECURITY MONITOR, WHICH WE HEAR A LOT FROM OUR SECURITY MONITORS.

I CAN MAKE MORE MONEY AS A CUSTODIAN THAN I CAN AS A SECURITY MONITOR.

THAT IS SHAMEFUL. AND WE NEED TO FIX IT.

IF WE'RE GOING TO VALUE SAFETY AND SECURITY AROUND HERE.

WE NEED TO PAY OUR SECURITY MONITORS APPROPRIATELY.

AND I KNOW I SUSPECT MISS [INAUDIBLE] IS ADVOCATING THAT VEHEMENTLY, AS SHE SHOULD.

SO I'M GLAD WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.

AS MS.. OROSCO SAID, THERE ARE SOME IN IN DOUBLE DIGITS AND SHE ALREADY BROUGHT UP PAGE NINE, WHICH WERE THE CLERICAL FOLKS.

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SO ANOTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SPED PARA DIFFERENTIATION, WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES BEFORE WHERE WE HAVE REALLY GOOD INTENTIONS AND WE SORT OF SAY THINGS FROM THE DAIS AND PEOPLE HEAR SOMETHING ELSE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, TEAM WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING, WE DID A GRADE LEVEL STIPEND.

REMEMBER WE HAD THIS GREAT IDEA, WE HAD THIS GRADE LEVEL STIPEND.

AND THEN PEOPLE SAID, WELL, WHAT ABOUT PRE-K? WELL, WHAT ABOUT SPECIALS? WELL, WHAT ABOUT THIS? AND SO WE WANT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE SAY SPED PARAS, THAT PEOPLE AT HOME KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

WHAT ABOUT A DEAF SUPPORT SPECIALIST, FOR EXAMPLE? LIKE DO EMPLOYEES KNOW WHO THESE THESE PEOPLE ARE? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT CONSTITUTES A SPED PARA.

WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS IN OUR DISTRICT SUPPORTING SPED AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER IS GOING THROUGH THOSE INDIVIDUAL FOLKS THAT WE DON'T HEAR LATER DOWN THE LINE.

WELL, I SUPPORT NICHE PROGRAM AT X CAMPUS.

I THINK OF MYSELF AS A SPED PARA, BUT I DIDN'T GET I DIDN'T GET THAT.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING VERY INTENTIONAL AND VERY CAREFUL WHEN WE SAY VERY GENERALLY AROUND HERE, SPED PARA ARE GETTING $20 AN HOUR VERSUS REGULAR PARA BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT COULD COME BACK TO BITE US IF WE'RE NOT REALLY, REALLY CAREFUL IN HOW THAT IS WORDED AND COMMUNICATED TO OUR STAFF.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE MS. COURSON.

OH, ABSOLUTELY, CLARITY IS KINDNESS, AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU'RE COMMUNICATING A CHANGE TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THAT CHANGE IS, WHY IT'S TAKING PLACE AND WHO IT'S IMPACTING. AND SO WE'LL MAKE SURE TO TO HAVE CRYSTAL CLEAR COMMUNICATION ON THAT.

AND JUST I WANTED TO COMMENT ABOUT OUR AUXILIARY EMPLOYEES.

WE ECHO WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND WHAT YOU'RE FEELING IN WATCHING ALL OF THOSE GRADUATIONS.

RECENTLY, I WAS REFLECTING JUST NOT ONLY OF THE TEACHERS WHO HAVE TAUGHT THESE STUDENTS, BUT I WAS THINKING ABOUT EVERY CHILD NUTRITION WORKER THAT FED THEM, THE CUSTODIAN WHO KEPT THE CLASSROOMS CLEAN, THE MAINTENANCE STAFF WHO MADE SURE THAT THE LIGHTS WERE ON, THE TECHNOLOGY STAFF WHO MADE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS WORKING. AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTE AND INVEST IN OUR STUDENTS.

AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THEM, THAT THEY ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR OF OUR THOUGHTS.

WELL, I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT MR. SEVERANCE SAID. I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE, BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT AS WELL.

AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE TO TO HELP US TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE AND SO MANY OF OUR STAFF THAT IMPACT OUR KIDS LIVES ARE NOT JUST IN THE CLASSROOM.

SO THAT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK MY NEXT QUESTION IS GOING TO BE FOR MS..

SEDILLO, BUT MAYBE NOT.

AND SO I WANT TO SWITCH OVER TO THE ESSER POSITION.

SO WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AND WE GOT SOME EMAILS AND WE ASKED WE ASKED DR.

WRIGHT ABOUT THIS AND MAYBE WE WEREN'T AS SPECIFIC AS WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE DR.

WRIGHT WAS VERY ADAMANT THAT, YES, WE WILL KEEP OUR ESSER PEOPLE.

BUT WHAT WE DIDN'T ASK AS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION WAS, AND WILL THEY STILL BE IN THE SAME JOB? BECAUSE THE ANSWER TO THAT I AM WORD ON THE STREET IS NO, NO, THEY WILL NOT HAVE THE SAME JOB THEY HAD.

AND SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS..

SEDILLO IN TERMS OF INTERVENTION FOR HB 4545, HAVE WE BEEN USING ANY OF OUR ESSER FUNDED POSITIONS TO DO INTERVENTION FOR HB 4545? WE DID. GOOD EVENING.

YES, IN THE PAST, WE USED OUR ESSER INTERVENTION POSITIONS TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS WHO NEEDED THE HP 4545 INTERVENTION.

AND SO GOING FORWARD, WHO WILL DO THAT? MORE THAN LIKELY THE INTERVENTION TEACHERS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AT EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES.

AND WE KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE SOME CHANGES WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE WILL NEED TO OFFER OUR STUDENTS.

AND SO THAT MAY HELP WITH THE REDUCED NUMBER OF STAFF.

SO WE'RE NOT ASKING CLASSROOM TEACHERS TO STAY AFTER COME EARLY TO DO HP 4545.

NOT AT THIS TIME.

THAT IS NOT OUR PLAN.

OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL.

AND ON THE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S TALK BETWEEN GEN ED BEHAVIOR AND SPED BEHAVIOR, AND THOSE ARE HANDLED DIFFERENTLY.

AND IT'S A COMPLICATED MATRICES, I FEEL LIKE OF SUPPORT.

AND WE'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL PROFESSIONALS IN OUR DISTRICT RECENTLY BETWEEN MS..

BROWN'S PRESENTATION.

MS.. VELAZQUEZ HAS BEEN HERE AND WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

DR. DAWSON CAME AND PRESENTED TO US, AND THERE'S A LOT OF ANXIETY IN OUR DISTRICT ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH BEHAVIOR NEXT YEAR, BOTH GEN ED AND SPED FROM OUR TEACHERS.

I'M FEELING IT. WE'RE HEARING FROM FOLKS AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON THIS, AND I JUST WANT TO LOOK AT DR.

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SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S A CHANCE? THERE'S A CHANCE THAT WE COULD KEEP THEM.

YES. IF ALL THINGS ALIGN, THE STARS ALIGN.

EVERYTHING BOILS DOWN TO MONEY.

RIGHT. AND HOW YOU PRIORITIZE IT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY.

AND SO DOES THAT GO INTO MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE CONTINUES TO WORK AND YOU GIVE THEM A COST OF LIVING INCREASE SO THAT YOU CAN RETAIN THEM? OR DO YOU DO YOU BRING THAT AMOUNT DOWN A LITTLE BIT SO THAT YOU CAN HIRE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE? SO, I MEAN, IT'S A TRADE OFF.

YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, BUT YOU CAN DO SOMETHING.

AND SO WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.

BUT YOU'RE TELLING ME THERE'S A CHANCE.

AND THE SORRY, NOBODY'S GETTING MY REFERENCE THAT I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP SAYING UNTIL I FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE CHANCE AFTER THE SPECIAL SESSION THAN I DO ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

TEACHING POST COVID IS HARD.

IT'S DIFFERENT. IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD.

WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF RESIGNATIONS OF FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR VARIOUS REASONS.

RIGHT. BUT WHAT I JUST KEEP HEARING IS IT'S JUST DIFFERENT.

IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT WORLD POST COVID, ESPECIALLY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

EMERGENT TREE I HEAR IS GREAT.

BUT IT THERE'S SOME WORK INVOLVED, SOME NOTE TAKING INVOLVED.

AND OUR ESSER FUNDED BEHAVIORAL SPECIALISTS WERE HELPING WITH THAT.

SO DOES THAT GO BACK ON THE TEACHER AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR IT, BUT I'M HOPEFUL THAT IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT INTERVENTION AND BEHAVIOR, I'M JUST ECHOING EVERYTHING, MS. OROSCO SAID.

BUT I HAD WRITTEN ALL THESE NOTES AND SO I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THEM, AND I HEARD A GLIMMER OF HOPE IN DR.

WRIGHT'S VOICE THAT WE WANT TO KEEP THEM EMPLOYED.

SO MAYBE WE OFFER THEM A CONTRACT AS SOME OTHER THING, BUT THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THEY COULD BE MOVED INTO BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE, WHICH IS WHAT THEY WANTED TO BE DOING AND WHAT THE ALL THE SHOWCASES CLEARLY SAID THEY WANTED.

AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE THOSE SHOWCASES ARE THE PRINCIPAL'S OPPORTUNITY TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR NEEDS.

AND THAT'S HARD FOR THEM.

THEY DON'T ASK FOR A LOT.

THEY DON'T.

THAT'S THEIR ONE CHANCE.

AND IF EVERY AND I HAVEN'T BEEN TO A SHOWCASE, I LEAVE THAT TO MISS OROSCO THE EXPERT AT SHOWCASES.

BUT IF SHE'S SAYING AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE ADVOCATING FOR, I MEAN THAT'S VERY TELLING.

SO I HOPE THAT THERE'S A WAY WE CAN DO THAT.

IF NOT, MY FEAR IS THAT THIS BOARD IN OCTOBER IS GOING TO BE OVERRUN WITH FOLKS THAT ARE AT THEIR WIT'S END AND WANTING TO LEAVE TEACHING.

AND I DON'T WANT THAT.

NONE OF US WANT THAT.

SO MAYBE WE'RE ALL GETTING WORKED UP FOR NOTHING.

THAT'S ALSO A POSSIBILITY AND IT'S ALL GOING TO BE FINE AND GREAT.

AND THE NEW PLAN OF ATTACK IS GOING TO BE FANTASTIC.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THOSE WORDS, WHICH I KNOW IS A LOT.

SO THANK YOU, MISS SEDILLO.

I APPRECIATE YOU REMINDING US ABOUT THE HB 4545, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO DO THAT, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. ARE THOSE NUMBERS GOING DOWN OR ARE WE IS IT GETTING BETTER? AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE LATEST INFORMATION I RECEIVED IS THAT THEY WERE REDUCING THE NUMBER OF MINUTES FOR STUDENTS WHO NEEDED THE HP 4545.

SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT BILL TO JUST SHOW WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED.

I'M NOT SURE IT'S BEEN SIGNED, SO THAT'S WHY IT MAKES ME NERVOUS TO EVEN SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE.

AGAIN, IT'S STILL TENTATIVE.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. RAU. ON THE FUND BALANCE DEFICIT FROM LAST BUDGET, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE SAYING WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE VERSUS WHAT THE DEFICIT BUDGET WE ADOPTED LAST YEAR AND WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE TO DIP INTO FUND BALANCE TO COVER? THE WHOLE. SO EXCUSE ME.

SO THE BUDGETED DEFICIT ON THE FUND BALANCE WOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT DOWN TO ABOUT 52 MILLION AND CURRENTLY I'VE GOT ESTIMATED LIKE 54 EIGHT TENTATIVELY.

THAT'S MY BEST GUESS RIGHT NOW, TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT WE STILL HAVE LEFT TO SPEND ONE MORE ROUND OF PAYROLL, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO.

I'M SAD TO SAY THAT IT'S A DECREASE, BUT I'M HOPEFUL THAT IT'S NOT WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.

THANK YOU, MS.. PETREA.

MS.. RUNKLE. YEAH, THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT GOING ALMOST LAST IS EVERYBODY ASKS ALL THE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MISS CORSON, FOR TAKING MY CALL TODAY.

WE SPOKE QUITE A BIT. I THINK I INTERRUPTED Y'ALL'S MEETING MR. RAU THIS AFTERNOON.

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THANK YOU, MRS. OROSCO FOR TALKING ABOUT THE STIPENDS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS OR ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAD WITH MISS CORSON TODAY WAS LOOKING AT THOSE STIPENDS, SPECIFICALLY THE MASTERS, THE DOCTORATE, THE BILINGUAL AND THE SPED STIPENDS.

BUT I DO JUST WANT TO ECHO OFF OF WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT NOT GETTING A COMP PLAN UNTIL TUESDAY.

I CAN'T APPROVE A COMP PLAN IF WE DON'T GET IT TILL TUESDAY, I WON'T DO THAT.

SO I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW.

YOU ALL KNOW THAT I LIKE TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING AND HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO LOOK AT IT, AND THAT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR ME.

SO JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE NOW, INTERVENTIONIST BEHAVIORAL SPECIALIST, ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

I DON'T NEED TO SAY THAT MORE THAN WHAT THE OTHER TRUSTEES HAVE SAID.

WE'VE HEARD IT EVERY TIME WE GO TO CAMPUS.

EVERY TIME SOMEONE CALLS US, IT'S USUALLY ABOUT BEHAVIOR OR CALLS ME.

IT'S USUALLY ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT BEHAVIOR OR INTERVENTION.

SO WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO PROTECT THOSE POSITIONS AS BEST AS WE CAN.

I'M GOING TO THROW US FOR A LITTLE LOOP A LITTLE BIT.

I DO WANT TO SEE WHAT THE BUDGET IMPLICATIONS ARE.

IF YOU WERE TO MOVE THE FLOOR FOR AUXILIARY TO 17 AN HOUR VERSUS 16, SAME THING FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL PARAS MOVING THAT FROM 18 TO 19.

AND SAME THING WITH THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PARAS FROM 20 TO 21.

I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT COSTCO IS PAYING $17 AN HOUR WITHOUT BENEFITS AND THAT $3 EXTRA IS PART OF THAT BENEFIT PACKAGE.

BUT IT'S A VERY DIFFERENCE WORKING AT COSTCO THAN WORKING IN HAYS CISD.

WE'VE THESE POSITIONS GO THROUGH A LOT ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO I WANT TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE TO THAT.

SO IF YOU WOULD PROVIDE THAT.

SAFETY AND SECURITY POSITIONS.

I HAD THIS WRITTEN DOWN ALSO.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST BUDGET WHEN WE WERE KIND OF WAITING TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH SAFETY AND SECURITY, WHAT MONEY WAS GOING TO COME TO US.

OBVIOUSLY, OUR STATE IS I MEAN, THEY CARED ABOUT IT LAST YEAR.

THEY'RE TAKING SOME TIME STILL CARING ABOUT IT.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE SECURITY POSITIONS PAID WHAT THEY'RE PAID.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, IF I'M IF I'M I WANT TO ANYTHING BELOW $16 AN HOUR I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH.

SO THE $15 AN HOUR, THAT'S A BASE ON SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS.

I WANT TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AT 16.

I KNOW THAT WE'RE IN A DEFICIT.

AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE.

WHAT ELSE? BACK TO ATTENDANCE.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS A HUGE.

THIS HAS BEEN DEVASTATING TO US WHEN IT COMES TO ATTENDANCE.

AND DR.

WRIGHT, I KNOW THAT YOU AND I HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ATTENDANCE BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD INSTANCES ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHERE MAYBE THERE'S SOME EVENTS GOING ON AND KIDS DON'T SHOW UP TO SCHOOL THAT DAY BECAUSE THERE'S A BIG DANCE GOING ON OR A BIG EVENT GOING ON OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

WHAT ARE OUR PLANS TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, PUT SOME TEETH BEHIND SOME ATTENDANCE POLICIES, WHETHER THAT IS, YOU KNOW, DANCES IF YOU DON'T COME TO SCHOOL THE DAY OF A DANCE, YOU DON'T GET TO COME TO THE DANCE.

THAT'S THE WAY IT USED TO BE WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL.

YOU HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL.

SO HAVE WE HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT TO REALLY KIND OF GET THOSE KIDS IN SCHOOL ON A DAILY BASIS? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE SICK, YOU'RE SICK.

WE DON'T WANT YOU AT SCHOOL WHEN YOU'RE SICK.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF SITUATIONS WHERE THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS SICK.

AND SO I WANT TO KIND OF FIX THAT, TOO.

AND HOW WE AND HOW WE LOOK AT THAT AT A CAMPUS LEVEL.

SO JUST TO THROW THAT OUT THERE, OBVIOUSLY I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS WITH COMP.

I'M GOING TO HAVE MORE.

WE HAD A LOT LAST YEAR AND TO WHAT MRS OROSCO SAID, WE DID HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES AFTER GETTING IT.

SO I DO WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME ON THAT.

WE'VE DONE REALLY, REALLY GREAT AS A BOARD AND THE PRIOR BOARDS OF SALARY INCREASES AND YOU KNOW, OUR EMPLOYEES ARE SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO US. I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME.

WHEN WE TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF US AND THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND THAT'S TRUE.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE WITH THE GOVERNOR AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE DONE TO US.

IT'S REALLY SAD.

I'M CONSTANTLY HARASSING THEM, EMAILING THEM AND ALL OF THE THINGS I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO.

A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAVE WITH PEOPLE, SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN REALIZE THAT WE ARE FUNDED ON ENROLLMENT OR ATTENDANCE AND NOT ENROLLMENT. AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE THE CONVERSATION, THEY'RE LIKE, OH, WHAT, THAT THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

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THIS IS SCARY.

THESE ARE OUR CHILDREN.

PEOPLE NEED TO CARE ABOUT THAT.

OUR GOVERNOR IS A FATHER.

HE SHOULD CARE ABOUT THAT.

SO WE NEED TO I WANT OUR EMPLOYEES LISTENING TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF YOU AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE TAKEN CARE OF.

BUT PLEASE HELP US BY ADVOCATING FOR OUR DISTRICT, YOURSELVES AND OUR STUDENTS, BY, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT TO THEM AND HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.

THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION.

I'VE SUBMITTED SOME QUESTIONS AND I'VE HAD SOME MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU AND I'M GOING TO HAVE MORE.

BUT IF YOU GUYS CAN PROVIDE THOSE NUMBERS WHENEVER YOU CAN, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

BEFORE WE GET TO FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, MR. BOYCE, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU.

MR. RAU, MS. CORSON.

I KNOW TRYING YOUR BEST, DESPITE THE INABILITY OF THOSE IN AUSTIN TO GET THINGS DONE.

I FIRST WANT TO ECHO WHAT RAUL SAID ABOUT AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

PROJECTING BASED ON OUR BUDGET OFF 95% DOES SEEM A LITTLE BIT HIGH.

YOU KNOW, BASING IT OFF, PERHAPS 93% MIGHT BE MORE REALISTIC CONSIDERING WE FELL 2.27% BELOW WHERE WE PROJECTED INITIALLY.

AND I'LL ALSO SAY I DID JUST TO NOTE, ASK MISS CORSON, ABOUT SPECIFIC JOB DESCRIPTIONS.

I TRY TO GO OVER THE POSITIONS TO SEE WHAT WE'RE PAYING THEM, WHETHER IT'S BELOW OR ABOVE MARKET VALUE.

SPECIFICALLY, THE MUSIC THERAPIST POSITION, WHICH WE ARE PAYING WELL ABOVE MARKET VALUE.

I'M JUST CURIOUS TO SEE TO KNOW WHAT THAT ROLE IS.

AND ANOTHER ONE THAT I NOTICED WE ARE PAYING BELOW MARKET VALUE WAS FOR THE PARENT INVOLVEMENT LIAISON.

CONSIDERING PARENT INVOLVEMENT IS CRUCIAL IN MAKING SURE KIDS ACHIEVE ACADEMICALLY.

I DEFINITELY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT POSITION IS.

I WASN'T ABLE TO FIND THAT ONLINE ON THE HAYS CISD SITE, BUT I DID SUBMIT THAT QUESTION MS. CORSON THANK YOU.

I DO WANT TO REFER TO PAGE 17.

I REALLY LIKE THE INCREASE IN PAY FOR STARTING TEACHERS, A $2,300 INCREASE.

FOR A YOUNG TEACHER, THAT CERTAINLY IS A BIG DEAL.

IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT I THINK THAT DOES CERTAINLY INCREASE THE CHANCE THAT WE GET YOUNGER, MOTIVATED TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT.

SO I CERTAINLY LIKE MODEL TWO JUST BY LOOKING AT IT ON PAPER.

AND I DO WANT TO APPLAUD THE STRATEGY BY DR.

WRIGHT AND THE DISTRICT BY TRYING TO ATTRACT MORE EXPERIENCED TEACHERS.

WE ARE VERY HIGH AS FAR AS COMPETITIVENESS IN THE AREA ON THAT FRONT.

SO THAT'S A GREAT STRATEGY.

I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT THAT.

BUT STARTING TEACHER PAY, I THINK THAT PUTS US RIGHT, RIGHT BEHIND DRIPPING SPRINGS.

AS FAR AS STARTING TEACHER PAY, I THINK IT'S GREAT ABOVE AUSTIN ISD, NEW BRAUNFELS ISD AND SAN MARCOS ISD.

SO I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC.

I DO WANT TO ASK SPECIFICALLY IN THIS, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT TEACHER STIPENDS.

I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE WITH GRADUATE DEGREES, WITH MASTER'S DEGREES AND JUST ON RECORD.

I IN NO WAY WANT TO EMULATE WHAT DRIPPING SPRINGS IS DOING, BUT I NOTICED THAT THEY DO PAY A HIGHER STIPEND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE MASTER'S DEGREES IN SPECIFIC AREAS. FOR EXAMPLE, A HISTORY TEACHER OR HISTORY GRADUATE.

A GRADUATE IN HISTORY WITH A HISTORY MAJOR WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE.

THEY IF THEY'RE TEACHING HISTORY IN GRADE SCHOOL, THEY GET A HIGHER STIPEND.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THAT'S WHAT THAT ENTAILS.

BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED PAYING ADDITIONAL MONEY IN STIPEND TO THOSE WHO HAVE SPECIFIC EXPERTISE IN THOSE SUBJECT AREAS? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE CONSIDERED OR IS THAT IS THAT SOMETHING WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS OF THAT? ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT? I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE IT IN ANY OF THE MODELS THAT WE WE'VE WORKED ON, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT JUST TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACT IS, BECAUSE IT WAS KIND OF LIKE WHAT DR.

WRIGHT WAS SAYING. FOR ME, IT'S JUST COPYING THE AMOUNT OVER AND IT FILTERS THROUGH AND IT WILL, YOU KNOW, PROOF OUT WHAT THE AMOUNT IS.

IT'S JUST MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE, THE RIGHT FOLKS OUT THERE OR THE THE RIGHT STAFF SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GET AS ACCURATE AN AMOUNT AS POSSIBLE. ABSOLUTELY.

AND AS FAR AS OTHER QUESTIONS, I'VE SUBMITTED THEM TO THE BOARD BLOG ALREADY OR TO THE DOCUMENT RELATED TO THE BUDGET.

BUT AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL DOING ALL THIS WORK DESPITE NOT KNOWING WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO DO.

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MR.. VELA. YEAH.

THANK YOU. I WANTED TO GO BACK REAL QUICK TO THE PROPOSED FOR AUXILIARY TO BE AT $16 AN HOUR.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T COME BACK LATER ON AND SEE SOME POSITIONS THAT, OH, WE FORGOT A PART TIME WHATEVER POSITION.

SO WE'RE SAYING $16 IS GOING TO BE THE THE FLOOR FOR ANY OF OUR POSITIONS, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO OKAY, MAYBE IT WASN'T LAST YEAR, BUT IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO THAT WE HAD RAISED THE FLOOR AND THEN WE CAME TO BUDGET CYCLE AGAIN AND THERE WAS POSITIONS THAT WERE AT 11 OR $12 AN HOUR.

AND I WAS IT WAS A HEAD SCRATCHER.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE. SO THE ONLY ONES THAT WE DIDN'T ADDRESS BEFORE WERE THE ONES THAT WERE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

SO LIKE OUR OUR DAYCARE WORKERS, RIGHT.

THAT HAS TO BE PASSED ON IN THE FORM OF TUITION TO OUR TEACHERS WHO PAY THESE DAYCARE WORKERS.

AND SO IF WE MAKE THAT MOVE, THEN JUST KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A COMMENSURATE INCREASE IN THEIR TUITION.

AND SO WE JUST HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO DO THAT IF WE WANT TO BRING EVERYONE UP, EVERYONE THAT IS PART OF THE GENERAL FUND AND THAT'S NOT A PART OF AN ENTERPRISE FUND.

WHEN WE SAY 16, THAT'S WHO WE'RE BRINGING UP THE FLOOR.

THE REST OF THEM, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE A CONSCIOUS DECISION ON PART OF THE BOARD IF WE WANT TO BRING UP THE DAYCARE WORKERS, WHICH I THINK WE SHOULD, THEN IN TURN WE CAN'T SUBSIDIZE THAT BECAUSE IT'S A GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS.

WE WOULD HAVE TO RAISE THE TUITION RATE IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

BUT WE CAN DO THE CALCULATIONS FOR THAT AND THEN PASS THAT ON TO THOSE THAT WANT TO UTILIZE THOSE SERVICES.

OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU, DR.

WRIGHT, FOR CLARIFYING BECAUSE I JUST I REMEMBER THERE WAS SOME POSITIONS THAT STUCK OUT.

I WAS YEAH, THE CHILDCARE, OKAY.

THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. BUT SOMETHING TO DEFINITELY CHEW ON BECAUSE I MEAN, ANYBODY THAT WORKS FOR THE DISTRICT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FAIRLY COMPENSATING THEM FOR MARKET VALUE AND AGAIN, BEING A DISTRICT OF CHOICE.

AS FAR AS THE EMPLOYER OF CHOICE, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE REGION.

SO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MRS. OROSCO. THANK YOU.

AND MR. VELA, YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE WERE POSITIONS THAT WERE NOT CORRECT, AND NOT JUST THE DAYCARE WORKERS.

THERE WAS OTHER POSITIONS ALSO THAT WERE NOT ON THE LEVEL THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO, HENCE THE DISCUSSION.

MS. PETREA AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT MESS WITH COMPENSATION, RIGHT? SO THAT WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

NOW, JUST HISTORICALLY, JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME INFORMATION.

HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO INCREASE THE PAY FOR EXPERIENCED TEACHERS BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD A LOT ALL OUR MONEY BEFORE DR. WRIGHT WAS PUT INTO THAT 0 TO 3 YEAR TEACHER EXPERIENCE, WHICH WAS NOT A GREAT APPROACH.

AND BEST PRACTICE DOES SHOW THAT EXPERIENCED TEACHERS IS WHERE YOU KIND OF WANT TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN FROM.

SO WE VALUE THOSE EXPERIENCED TEACHERS AND THAT'S WHY WE PUT A HUGE CHUNK OF MONEY IN THAT CLOSING THAT CURVE.

REMEMBER, WE HAD THAT HUGE CURVE ON THERE.

BUT I DID SUBMIT A QUESTION TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO INCREASE THE ZERO YEAR JUST A BIT.

BUT AGAIN, FOCUSING ON WE KNOW THAT MOST TEACHERS THAT COME IN AT ZERO YEAR EXPERIENCE USUALLY WILL LEAVE BY YEAR THREE.

SO THAT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TO RETRAIN AS WELL.

SO JUST A LITTLE HISTORICAL INFORMATION ON THEN ON THAT STIPENDS ARE TIED TO VACANCIES AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE PUT STIPENDS IN PLACE AND I'M SURE THOSE WILL SHOW UP IN THE COMP PLAN WHERE WE HAVE TARGETED HIGH NEED AREAS.

SO WE DON'T JUST DO STIPENDS BASED ON THE POSITION, BUT ON THE NEED.

LIKE WE FOCUSED ON LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL WITH CERTAIN STIPENDS AND WE FOCUS AT SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH STIPENDS AS WELL.

SO WE WERE VERY INTENTIONAL AND STRATEGIC IN THE STIPENDS THAT WE DO ALLOCATE RIGHT, THAT WE DO GIVE TO OUR EMPLOYEES. AND I THINK THAT THOSE I, I KNOW I SUBMITTED A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS ABOUT STIPENDS AND I THINK MS. RUNKLE DID AS WELL.

SO JUST KNOWING THAT, MAKING SURE THAT WE DIFFERENTIATE PER DISTRICT BECAUSE ONE DISTRICT CAN BE SO MUCH DIFFERENT THAN ANOTHER DISTRICT IN OUR COUNTY. SO WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

SO STIPENDS ARE TIED TO VACANCIES AND THAT HIGH NEED AREA.

I WANTED TO ALSO SAY, MS..

CORSON, YOU UNDERSTAND OUR INTENT.

AND SO THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE BEFORE, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE VERY CLEAR WITH OUR INTENT, WE HAD SITUATIONS LIKE THAT THAT WOULD COME UP WITH THAT GRADE LEVEL STIPEND.

AND OH, WE DIDN'T GIVE IT TO THE SPECIAL ED PERSON, WE DIDN'T GIVE IT TO THE SPECIAL TEAM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REALLY CONSIDERED A GRADE LEVEL TEAM.

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SO UNDERSTANDING OUR INTENT AND MAKING SURE TO GET CLARIFICATION IF YOU NEED TO WHEN WE'RE TALKING BECAUSE WE DO TALK AND SAY YES YEAH THE SPED PARAS AND THIS AND THAT.

SO JUST MAKING SURE IF YOU NEED CLARIFICATION, PLEASE STOP US AND ASK US BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE ASSUME THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY SOLID, STRONG MINDSET ON BEING EMPLOYEE FRIENDLY.

THAT IS WHY WE'RE THE NUMBER ONE EMPLOYEE FRIENDLY DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR WRIGHT AND TEAM FOR MAKING THAT A REALITY.

SO KNOWING THAT, THAT IS OUR PHILOSOPHY, AND KNOWING THAT INTENT.

OKAY MR. RAU, I JUST NEED TO TELL YOU, I KNOW YOU'RE SUPER SAD BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS DEFICIT, RIGHT? AND YOU'RE, LIKE, SUPER SAD AND WE'RE ALL SUPER SAD.

BUT LET US NOT FORGET WHAT WE HAVE DONE THESE PAST YEARS WITH ADDING TO THE FUND BALANCE.

EVERY SINGLE YEAR WE HAVE ADDED TO THE FUND BALANCE.

WE HAVE DECREASED OUR TAX RATE FOR FIVE YEARS DOCTOR WRIGHT AT $0.20.

THAT IS AMAZING WORK TEAM, AMAZING WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE TOGETHER.

SO I KNOW YOU'RE SAD, BUT THINK OF THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD AND DO GOOD THINGS TOGETHER.

AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

OKAY. I WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID IN PASSING BY MS. SEDILLO. SO DON'T THINK I DIDN'T HEAR YOU MS. SEDILLO. IN REGARDS TO HB 4545, LET'S GO.

OKAY, SO THE MINUTES MIGHT BE DECREASING.

DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LESS KIDS TO SERVE.

IN ACTUALITY, AND EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, BEFORE HB 45, WHICH THERE WAS BEFORE WE GOT ASKED AT EVERY SHOWCASE, WE NEED INTERVENTIONISTS, WE NEED BEHAVIOR SUPPORT.

SO ONLY BECAUSE MAYBE WE'RE GOING TO DECREASE BASED ON WHAT THE BILL SAYS AND THEY'RE CHANGING IT TO GIVE US SOME MORE WIGGLE ROOM.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE NEED IS NOT THERE AND IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THOSE TEACHERS, OUR TEACHERS ARE GOING TO NEED LESS SUPPORT AND OUR INTERVENTIONISTS ARE GOING TO NEED LESS SUPPORT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO SERVE SO MANY STUDENTS.

SO KEEPING THAT IN THE FOREFRONT, I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE, OH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SPACE TO MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND BECAUSE HB 4545 MINUTES ARE DECREASING.

THE NEED IS GETTING HIGHER AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

THEY MIGHT NOT MEET THE QUALIFICATION OF HB 4545 AS IT IS STATED, BUT THEY NEED THAT SUPPORT IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND IT'S SUCH A HUGE INDICATOR OF THE SUCCESS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AND IN COLLEGE CAREER, MILITARY READINESS.

SO WE KNOW THAT CORRELATION.

SO WE CANNOT TAKE OUR EYE OFF THE BALL, IF YOU WILL.

RIGHT. BECAUSE JUST WHEN WE THINK THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING GOOD FOR US, GIVING US SOME WIGGLE ROOM AND OH, WELL, THAT'LL HELP WITH HAVING LESS INTERVENTIONISTS TAKING CARE OF THESE PRECIOUS CHILDREN OF OURS.

REALLY. THE REALITY IS IT HAS BEEN THERE ALL THIS TIME.

WE JUST WERE NOT MANDATED TO SERVE THEM THE WAY WE WERE SERVING.

SO KEEPING THAT IN MIND TEAM THAT EVEN THOUGH THOSE MINUTES MIGHT DECREASE DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO SERVE AS MUCH AS OR MORE THAN WE HAVE BEEN SERVING.

AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT MS. SEDILLO BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THE TEAM THAT I KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOING TO ADD ALL THAT OTHER PART TO IT ABOUT MAKING SURE WE TAKE CARE OF OUR FOLKS.

I APPRECIATE THE ADVOCACY BECAUSE IF IT WERE UP TO ME, WE'D HAVE MORE INTERVENTION TEACHERS ON CAMPUS TO HELP SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING.

SO FOR ME, IT'S ABOUT NOT NECESSARILY HAVING THIS ADDITIONAL STRESSOR OF HOUSE BILL 4545.

AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT THE LEDGE YOU KNOW HEARD TEACHERS AND AND UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS JUST THIS IS AN ADDED ADDITIONAL STRESSOR TO HOLDING THE ACCELERATED LEARNING COMMITTEES AND DISCUSSING STUDENT NEEDS.

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AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND KNOWING THAT ACCELERATED LEARNING IS CORRELATED TO POINTS THAT WE ARE JUDGED ON, RIGHT? SO HAVING THAT ACCELERATED LEARNING AND HAVING THOSE STUDENTS GO THROUGH THAT GROWTH GIVES US ADDITIONAL POINTS THAT WILL GIVE US OUR OVERALL RATING. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS WELL.

WHILE WE'RE NOT THE END ALL BE ALL ABOUT STAAR, WE KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE THE BEST.

AND ACCELERATED LEARNING IS TIED TO HOW WE ARE JUDGED AND HOW THEY ARE JUDGED AND HOW THEY ARE PERCEIVED AND PROVIDING THE SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE FUTURE.

RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND MAKING SURE WE DON'T LOSE ANYTHING IN TRANSLATION WHEN IT COMES TO OUR INTENT.

THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS OROSCO.

SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK THROUGH KIND OF IN THE SAME ORDER TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY FOLLOW UP.

AND THEN I'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO ADD AT THE END.

SO, MR. SEVERANCE, YOU HAVE ANYTHING? GO AHEAD. THEN I JUST WANTED WANTED TO ASK YOU, DR.

WRIGHT, I KNOW LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT DEPARTMENT BUDGETS YET, AND I KNOW THAT'S PART OF THIS PROCESS.

I KNOW LAST YEAR THE PROPOSED BUDGET VERSUS THE YEAR BEFORE WAS ABOUT $4.5 MILLION INCREASE.

WHAT WHAT HAVE WE DONE WITH CAMPUS BUDGET OR DEPARTMENT BUDGETS THIS YEAR? WHAT DIRECTION HAVE YOU GIVEN THEM ABOUT THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST YEAR? AND THE BUDGET FOR FOR THEIR DEPARTMENTS AT THIS POINT? I'VE ASKED THE WHOLE FIRM ON ON WHAT WE SPENT THIS YEAR AND AND NOT TO ADD ANYTHING TO IT.

OKAY. AND SO ONE THING I WANT TO JUST ALL THE DEPARTMENTS LIKE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT GOING FORWARD LIKE IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE GOING TO ASK FOR SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF BUDGET SEASON, I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR YOU TO BE THINKING AHEAD AND PUTTING THAT INTO THIS BUDGET, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE VOTED ON OUTSIDE OF BUDGET SEASON THAT WE APPROVED.

I DON'T THINK WE DIDN'T APPROVE ANY OF IT, BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ROLLED THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET.

I DON'T WANT TO COME NEXT YEAR AFTER WE APPROVE THIS BUDGET AND THEN GET A REQUEST FROM THE DEPARTMENT THAT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE CAMPUS BUDGET.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE REQUESTS THEY DID THIS PAST YEAR AND MAKING SURE THAT ANY FORESIGHT THEY HAVE FOR COMING THIS YEAR IS JUST GOING TO BE RULED EARLY. SO WE'RE NOT JUST APPROVING SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF A BUDGET SEASON.

I DON'T THINK WE REALLY LOOK AT THE IMPACT DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR WHEN WE DO THAT.

YEAH. AND I'VE ASKED THAT THEY BE REALLY MINDFUL OF HOW WE CAN PROTECT THE M&O BUDGET.

AND SO LIKE MISS DEPARTMENT ANYTHING WE CAN TAKE OUT OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS DOLLARS THAT AREN'T TIED TO M&O, LET'S TRY TO DO THAT.

ANYTHING IN MAX'S DEPARTMENT THAT WE CAN TAKE OUT OF BOND OR BOND INTEREST THAT'S TIED TO A HVAC PROJECT OR A FLOORING PROJECT OR WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, LET'S DO THAT. ANYTHING IN JERRY'S DEPARTMENT THAT MAY CAN UTILIZE THIS NEW HB THREE FUNDING, LET'S DO THAT.

ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO PROTECT THE THE M&O BUDGET AND OPERATIONS BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN EITHER GIVE COMPENSATION INCREASES OR CONTINUE WITH SOME OF THESE TYPES OF POSITIONS THAT WE KNOW WE NEED.

JUST TRYING TO PROTECT THOSE THE BEST THAT WE CAN.

THANK YOU. AND OF COURSE, THINGS ARE GOING TO COME UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

I MEAN, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT JUST GENERALLY THINGS THAT WE ASK FOR ON A YEARLY BASIS, I'D LIKE FOR IT TO ALL BE DONE IN THIS IN THIS SEASON.

AND THEN THE FOLLOW JUST TO YOU MIGHT BE ADDRESSING THIS LATER, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL OF THIS ON MONDAY AND 20TH, LIKE ARE WE VOTING ON THIS ON THE 20TH, LIKE COMP PLAN AND BUDGET OR WE'RE JUST GETTING IT ON MONDAY AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IT THE NEXT? OR ARE WE GOING TO DO A SPECIAL MEETING AFTER THE WORKSHOP AND THEN THE THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS? SO WE HAVEN'T DONE AGENDA SETTING YET, BUT MY INTENT IS THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE THE INFORMATION.

WE'LL HAVE WORKSHOP DISCUSSION ON THE 20TH WITH VOTING ON THE 26TH.

OKAY. 20TH. PERFECT. TUESDAY.

YEP. GOT IT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. MRS. RUNKLE. YES.

YOU REMINDED ME ABOUT CAMPUS BUDGETS.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CAMPUS BUDGETS.

MR. RAU, YOU AND I AND ALSO MS..

SEDILLO AND DR.

WRIGHT. I WE WERE TOLD THAT THE DAOS WERE GOING TO SIGN OFF ON THE CAMPUS BUDGETS, AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BY NOW.

SO IF YOU CAN PLEASE PROVIDE EACH CAMPUS BUDGET TO THE BOARD AND, AND THAT BUDGET LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THE BUDGET THAT YOU PROVIDE US THE OVERALL BUDGET.

RIGHT? SO WHAT THEY SPEND, WHAT THEIR BUDGET IS FOR, INSTRUCTION OR ATHLETICS, ALL OF IT.

I WANT THE FULL PICTURE.

YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR I FELT UNCOMFORTABLE GOING INTO BUDGET WITH NOT KNOWING THE SPECIFICS OF THE CAMPUS BUDGETS.

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SO IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE PROVIDE THE CAMPUS BUDGETS THAT HAVE BEEN SIGNED OFF BY THE DAYS ON BOARD BLOG, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THANKS. OKAY.

MR. FLORES ANY FOLLOW UP RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. A COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO WALK THROUGH REAL QUICK.

FIRST, SINCE YOU MENTIONED I'M GOING TO START WITH CAMPUS BUDGETS.

DR. WRIGHT, YOU AND I HAD A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

I THINK YOU SHARING MAYBE YOUR PHILOSOPHY AROUND CAMPUS BUDGETS WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE BOARD TO HEAR, BECAUSE FOR ME, IT REALLY MADE ME PAUSE ABOUT SOME MAYBE PREVIOUS OPINIONS THAT I HAD ABOUT THOSE. SO I THINK HEARING FROM YOU WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.

ALL RIGHT. SO THE PHILOSOPHY THAT WE'VE EMBARKED UPON AND YOU MAY DISAGREE WITH ME, BUT IT'S WORKED FOR ME FOR YEARS IS IS WE ALLOCATE PER PUPIL AND EXPENDITURE.

AND RANDY HAS A GREAT TEMPLATE THAT I WANT HIM TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS ON THE 20TH.

AND SO DO YOU HAVE THAT YOU CAN PULL UP NOW IN YOUR LAPTOP OR NO? NO, AM I PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT BECAUSE I'D LOVE TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.

AND THEN I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH IT.

A VISUAL? YEAH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT, RANDY.

THAT'S FINE. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

I'LL EXPLAIN IT. SO, LIKE, THERE IS A IS A PRECISE DOLLAR AMOUNT PER PUPIL, AND THEN WE GIVE THAT TO THE PRINCIPAL AND THEIR CAMPUS LEADERSHIP TEAM.

AND WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THEY ADDRESS THE NEEDS BASED ON WHAT THEY HAVE.

SO IT MAY NOT LOOK THE SAME AT ELM GROVE AS IT DOES AT SCIENCE HALL, AS IT DOES AT SUNFIELD, AS IT DOES AT CAMINO.

AND I CAN TELL YOU, WHEN I WAS AN ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL IN A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, ONE YEAR I MAY HAVE IN MY CFO USED TO TO ALLOCATE PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES TOO AND THEN BASICALLY WE GIVE THEM THE AUTONOMY TO PUT IT IN WHATEVER CATEGORY THEY FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOALS.

BECAUSE HERE, HERE'S MY PROBLEM.

IF WE GIVE THEM A LINE ITEM AND WE SPECIFY AND ONE CAMPUS IS GOAL, MAY BE WE NEED TO INCREASE SCIENCE SCORES AND SCIENCE PROFICIENCY.

ANOTHER CAMPUS MAY BE WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT EVERYTHING AND WE WANT ENHANCE MUSIC OR ART.

AND SO BY GIVING THEM THE AUTONOMY TO ADDRESS THOSE GOALS, WHAT WE SHOULD DO AS A TEAM OF EIGHT IS TELL THEM WHAT WE WANT TO SEE ACHIEVED AND THEN GIVE THEM THE AUTONOMY TO SPEND THEIR MONEY TO DO SO.

BECAUSE OTHERWISE, IF YOU SAY, I WANT EVERYBODY TO GIVE THE SAME THING AND THEN THEY DON'T ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS, THEN WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IS A BUILT IN EXCUSE. AND SO I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

SO WHAT I DO WANT IS FOR THE DAO TO BE MINDFUL OF WHAT THAT CAMPUS NEEDS AND WHERE THEIR THEIR NEEDS ASSESSMENT TAKES THEM AND AND THEN BUILD THEIR STRATEGIES UPON THAT AND THEN TARGET THEIR DOLLARS BASED ON THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE PHILOSOPHY WE'VE HAD.

AND SO I EXPLAINED IT TO WILL AND TO BYRON WHEN, WHEN THEY WERE ABLE TO DROP BY THE OTHER DAY.

AND THAT'S KIND OF JUST MY PHILOSOPHY AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE WONDERFUL AND GET ALL THE INPUT FROM THE END USERS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE THAT ARE GOING TO NEED A LOT OF SUPPORT.

AND THE ONES I THINK YOU'VE SEEN ARE THE ONES THAT NEED A LITTLE EXTRA SUPPORT.

AND SO BUT I THINK IT'S EASIER TO SUPPORT THOSE THAT NEED IT THAN TRYING TO SPECIFY FOR ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES AND TRYING TO DO A UNIFORM APPROACH. AND I'M TOTALLY IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.

I DIDN'T I'VE NEVER MEANT THAT WHEN I WHEN WE GET A CAMPUS BUDGET THAT I WANT IT ALL TO LOOK THE SAME.

I KNOW THAT EVERY CAMPUS IS DIFFERENT AND ALL THE NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT.

MY POINT TO THIS IS THAT WHEN WE'RE APPROVING A NUMBER, A BUDGET NUMBER AND WE ARE IN THE POSITION THAT WE ARE IN, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT I'VE SEEN THEIR BUDGETS, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO THIS OR ALLOCATING TO THIS, AND IT'S DIFFERENT BY CAMPUS.

THAT'S OKAY. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THEIR BUDGET IS.

THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.

AND AS FAR AS OTHER CAMPUSES GO, I MEAN, YEAH, WE'VE GIVEN THEM AUTONOMY, BUT WE ALSO HAD HAYS HIGH SCHOOL THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS HAD ATHLETICS THAT WERE WAY OVER LIKE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY, WAY OVER THAN A CAMPUS THAT HAD WAY MORE STUDENTS AND WAY MORE ATHLETES. AND THAT WENT ON FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN JUST THIS PAST YEAR AND THANK GOODNESS WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, PATTY AND LANCE NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE

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BUT WE ALLOCATED MONEY FOR UNIFORMS. AND I'M LOOKING AT IT AND I'M GOING, WAIT A SECOND MCCORMICK DIDN'T GET UNIFORMS. WHY IS IT SAYING THEY DID WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE ON PAPER AND ON A BUDGET THAT THEY GOT UNIFORMS? AND HAD I NOT HAD A STUDENT THAT WENT TO THAT SCHOOL, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CALL THAT OUT AND SAY, NO, NO, NO, NO, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

SO NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT THEM BACK IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T MAKE SURE THAT THEY SPENT THE MONEY THE WAY THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO SPEND THE MONEY.

SO I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.

AND SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.

BUT I FOUND QUITE A BIT OF MISTAKES LOOKING AT THOSE AND THINGS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT BY DAOS IF THEY WERE SIGNING OFF ON THEM.

SO I JUST IF I AM IF I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROVING A BUDGET FOR EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR IN THIS DISTRICT, THEN I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THOSE CAMPUS BUDGETS LOOK LIKE.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THEY ALL HAVE TO LOOK THE SAME.

THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO LOOK THE SAME.

THAT'S OKAY.

BUT IF I'M IF I'M APPROVING A BUDGET, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE HOW THEY'RE SPENDING THE MONEY, TOO.

THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

THANK YOU. MS. RUNKLE.

I HAVE JUST A COUPLE MORE THINGS.

ARE YOU GOING TO STAY ON CAMPUS BUDGETS? OKAY, GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, ON CAMPUS BUDGETS, YES.

FOR US TO GET A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THAT WOULD BE PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE.

AND ALSO TO INCLUDE WITH THAT IS WHEN THE CLT VOTED TO APPROVE THAT BUDGET, I THINK WOULD BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE BEFORE IT GOES TO THE DAO FOR SIGN OFF, YOU SHOULD BE DOING.

WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO SITE BASED DECISION MAKING WHERE IT GOES TO CAMPUS LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR THEM TO SIGN OFF ON THE WAY THE BUDGET IS ALLOCATED. AND MS. SEDILLO DID A WONDERFUL JOB OF DOING THAT WHEN SHE WAS MY PRINCIPAL.

SO I KNOW AND WHEN I WAS ON DIFFERENT CLT'S AS WELL.

SO HAVING THAT HIGH LEVEL TRANSPARENCY I THINK IS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE.

OF COURSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO MICROMANAGE A CAMPUS BUDGET BECAUSE THAT IS NOT OUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY.

BUT WE CAN LOOK AT IT AND SEE HOW IT'S BEEN APPROVED, AND I THINK THAT'S PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS OROSCO.

OKAY. MR. RAU, THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT FUND BALANCE TONIGHT, BUT I WANT TO BE REAL CLEAR, ESPECIALLY I THINK EVERYBODY UP HERE PRETTY MUCH UNDERSTANDS.

BUT FOR FOLKS WHO MAY BE LISTENING AT HOME, I WANT IT FLUCTUATES DURING THE YEAR.

AND WE DO HAVE TO PULL FROM THAT FUND TO COVER EXPENSES UNTIL WE SETTLE WITH THE STATE FOR HOW SO? IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW YOU MANAGE THAT FUND AND WHAT THE THE RISK WE RUN, ESPECIALLY WITH OPENING SCHOOLS OF THAT COMING DOWN TOO LOW AND THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT COULD HAVE ON THE DISTRICT.

SURE. UM.

SO FOR FOR OUR DISTRICT.

WE GET OUR REVENUE FROM TAXES AND WE GET SOME REVENUE FROM THE STATE.

THE STATE CLASSIFIES DISTRICTS IN ONE OF THREE WAYS DIFFERENT PAYMENT METHODS.

AND WE'RE ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE, A PAYMENT METHOD TOO, WHICH MEANS WE'LL GET SOME STATE REVENUE IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND WE DON'T GET ANY MORE STATE REVENUE UNTIL APRIL.

IN DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY.

THAT'S WHEN WE GET THE BULK OF OUR TAX REVENUE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE LATEST FINANCIAL REPORT THAT I HAD PROVIDED.

APRIL, YOU'LL KIND OF SEE THAT ONE FUND BALANCE CHART.

YOU'LL SEE WHERE IT KIND OF STARTS LOW OR KIND OF AT A POINT IT KIND OF DIPS LOW IN THOSE MONTHS I JUST REFERRED TO.

BUT THEN IN DECEMBER, YOU TAKE A REAL BIG INCREASE AND IT'S STILL HIGH IN FEBRUARY, BUT THEN IT STARTS GOING BACK DOWN LIKE THIS.

SO REALLY IN APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR TAX YEAR.

WE ONLY GET MAYBE $750,000 FROM THAT POINT FORWARD.

THAT'S WHY THE STATE THEN STARTS KICKING IN AGAIN IN APRIL TO KIND OF KIND OF SMOOTH THAT ALONG FOR CASH FLOW PURPOSES.

SO. YES.

MR. MCMANUS IS CORRECT.

IT'S IT'S NOT ONLY IS IT CRUCIAL TO HAVE A FUND BALANCE TO MANAGE YOUR CASH FLOW SO THAT YOU HAVE MONEY TO PAY FOR YOUR BILLS AND THOSE SHORT MONTHS.

UH, IT'S ALSO PRUDENT TO HAVE IT FOR YOUR BOND CREDIT RATING.

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AND IF WE DO HAVE A DECREASE IN FUND BALANCE, THEN WHEN WE HAVE THOSE PHONE CALLS WERE YOU KNOW, THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS IT'S BEEN ME AND 20 PEOPLE ON THE OTHER LINE.

THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION THEY ASK.

AND SO THEN I EXPLAINED TO THEM AND WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST THAT A DECREASE IN FUND BALANCE OR A BIG ITEM COMING OUT OF FUND BALANCE HAS BEEN BECAUSE OF A ONE TIME EXPENDITURE.

SO. NO THAT'S GOOD, THANK YOU.

SO, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS, BUT TO GO BELOW 25% AS A NEW NUMBER SAY WE DECIDED, OKAY, WE WANT TO BE A 20% DISTRICT AS A DISTRICT THAT HAS MANY YEARS OF BONDING AND BUILDING AHEAD OF IT, THERE COULD BE SIGNIFICANT LONG TERM COSTS TO DOING THAT.

AND I JUST WANT FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND THAT'S NOT A POT OF MONEY THAT WE CAN JUST DRAW DOWN TO ZERO AND THEN SLOWLY BUILD IT BACK UP OVER TIME.

BUT THERE COULD BE SOME REAL NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES TO GOING BELOW CERTAIN THRESHOLDS.

AND I APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION THAT YOU PAY TO THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

THE NEXT THING I WANT TO MENTION IS ON THE MONEY, THE SAFETY AND SECURITY MONEY.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE INCOME 15,000 PER CAMPUS, $10 PER STUDENT.

THAT'S NOT JUST FREE MONEY.

THERE'S SOME STRINGS ATTACHED TO THAT, EITHER DR.

WRIGHT OR MS..

SKROCKI. DOES SOMEBODY WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT COMES ALONG WITH THAT? MS. SKROCKI COMING TO THE HOT MIC.

STEPPING OVER THE CORDS.

MORE WORKERS COMP STUFF GOING ON.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I'M TOO OLD AND BRITTLE TO DO THAT.

REALLY, WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT VARIOUS CAPACITIES, SUCH AS OUR PANIC TECHNOLOGY, MAKING SURE OUR FENCING IS GOOD, OUR EXTERIOR DOOR NUMBERING AND GATING.

WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENFORCING ALL OF OUR POLICIES, WHICH INCLUDE OUR EXTERIOR DOORS BEING LOCKED, SECURED.

WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR LOCKS BEING CHANGED AND HOW WE MANAGE SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

SO IT'S VERY SPECIFICALLY TIED TO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH IN SENATE BILL THREE, AND MANY OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE, BUT THEY'RE REALLY PUTTING A LOT MORE STRINGENT GUIDELINES ON THAT.

SO WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING FOR THAT AND HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD OVER THE LAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF TO START A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS.

SO ME AND MY TEAM HAVE REALLY SAT DOWN.

WE'VE LITERALLY GONE OUT, WE'VE COUNTED DOORS, WE'VE COUNTED WINDOWS, WE HAVE SPREADSHEETS.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE TEAM AS WELL.

I KNOW HOW MUCH FENCING I NEED.

I KNOW WHERE IT NEEDS.

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FACED WITH, I THINK, IS, IS WHAT EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE FACED WITH IS CONTRACTORS AND LABOR AND THE COST FOR THE SUPPLIES. WE'RE ALREADY FINDING JUST IN CAMERAS ALONE THAT THE PRICE HAS GONE UP EXPONENTIALLY FROM THE TIME THAT WE PLANNED WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER FOR CAMERAS.

SO WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE BUDGETED FOR 500 CAMERAS NOW BECAUSE OF A COST EXPENSES FINDING LABOR.

RIGHT. WE MAY ONLY BE ABLE TO BUY 200 CAMERAS.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PEEL BACK AND LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET THE MOST BANG FOR THE BUCK IN THOSE AREAS.

SO WE'RE FINDING THAT THOSE AREAS ARE REALLY JUST GOING HAND IN HAND WITH WHAT WE PRIORITIZE AS WHAT'S GOING TO GIVE US THE BEST FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMPONENT OF EACH OF OUR INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT SOME WHERE WE'VE GOT IMMEDIATE NEEDS FOR FENCING AND GATING, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR PRIORITY.

AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'LL OUTREACH AND SEE HOW FAR WE CAN MAKE MAKE THE DOLLAR GO RIGHT.

SO I FEEL LIKE DOCTOR WRITES BACK OF NAPKIN MATH OF WHAT WAS IT, 600 PLUS THOUSAND IS WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD PLAN FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT AND TO ENHANCE OR REPAIR SOME SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUES THAT WE'RE FINDING ON OUR CAMPUSES.

IS THAT IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. PERFECT.

THANK YOU. SO, RANDY, ONE MORE FOR YOU AND THEN I'LL BE DONE.

THE INTEREST EARNINGS ON THE BONDS.

WHAT WHAT SORT OF THINGS CAN WE DO WITH THAT? HOW MUCH FREEDOM DO WE. I DON'T I JUST DON'T REMEMBER.

WHERE CAN WE SPEND THAT? SO WE WE CONTACTED OUR BOND COUNSEL A WHILE BACK AND ASKED THEM THAT QUESTION.

AND ESSENTIALLY, YOU CAN SPEND THE BOND INTEREST IN THE SAME WAY THAT YOU DEFINE HOW TO SPEND THOSE BOND PROCEEDS.

SO WHATEVER THE BOND COVENANT WAS FOR A PARTICULAR BOND, YOU CAN SPEND THE INTEREST IN THAT WAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DR.

WRIGHT BROUGHT UP WAS LIKE HVAC TYPE REPAIRS, FLOORING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

I DON'T RECALL THE SPECIFIC BOND, BUT I DO REMEMBER THAT WAS IN ONE OF THE BONDS.

AND SO AS LONG AS IT IS, IT FOLLOWS THE BOND COVENANT AND WHAT WAS PUT OUT TO THE VOTERS, THEN WE CAN USE THAT INTEREST IN THAT SAME WAY.

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I MEAN, DO WE HAVE SOME FREEDOM WITH THAT MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF OF THOSE NEEDS OR IS IT LOCKED INTO EXACTLY THE BOND ITEMS THAT WERE ON THAT PARTICULAR BOND WHERE THE INTEREST IS BEING EARNED FROM? OR IS THERE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH THAT? I CAN CHECK WITH JERRY, OUR BOND COUNSEL, JUST TO TRY TO GET SOME MORE SPECIFICS.

I'D HATE TO SAY SOMETHING AND THEN THAT IT CAN BE LATER.

THAT'S FINE. SO LET ME FOLLOW UP ON THAT FOR YOU.

I, I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE YEARS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING UNDER CUSHIONS FOR FOR COINS.

RIGHT? AND SO WHEREVER WE CAN FIND MONEY TO OFFSET SOME OF THOSE MID-YEAR SURPRISES THAT WE GET SOMETIMES TO FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, THAT IF THAT COULD SIT THERE AS A KITTY, IF YOU WILL, THAT WE COULD DRAW FROM, THAT COULD HELP THE OVERALL BUDGET, I THINK QUITE A BIT, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE DOLLARS THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO.

SO OKAY, THAT OH, ONE MORE THING.

I'M COMFORTABLE JUST HEARING SOME OF THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT.

I THINK A TIGHT STAFFING FORECAST AND THEN COMING TO THE BOARD FOR FUNDING FOR NEW HIRES IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A GOOD PROCESS TO FOLLOW THIS YEAR RATHER THAN MAYBE FUNDING JUST HAVING SOME AVAILABLE POSITIONS SORT OF PRE FUNDED.

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAYBE TIGHTEN THAT UP.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE ALL WORKING ON THOSE STAFFING LEVELS RIGHT NOW AND IT'S GOING TO COME TO US SOON.

SO. OKAY.

ANY FOLLOW FOLLOW UPS? OKAY, WE ARE ADJOURNED.

THEN AT 8:08 P.M..

OUR NEXT MEETING IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 20TH, RIGHT HERE AT THE [INAUDIBLE] ROOM AT 5:30 P.M..

[E. UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS TUESDAY, June 20, 2023 @ Kunkel Room at Historic Buda Elementary Campus - 5:30 pm June 26, 2023 @ Kunkel Room at Historic Buda Elementary Campus - 5:30 pm Official Board of Trustees information may be obtained at www.hayscisd.net]

LET ME SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME.

JUNE. THAT'S OKAY. I WROTE SOMEBODY'S EMAIL TODAY AND SAID JUNE, JULY AND TYPED IN JUNE.

SO WHATEVER. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.