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>> I THINK WE'RE ALL HERE NOW.
[A. CALL TO ORDER]
GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE WORKSHOP MEETING OF THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING HERE, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER, AND WELCOME TO THOSE ALSO LISTENING ONLINE.
TODAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 20TH, 2023, AND THE TIME IS 5:34 P.M. A QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT.
WE'RE GOING TO GO NOW TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY BOARD SECRETARY COURTNEY WRINKLED.
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
>> THANK YOU. OUR MISSION STATEMENT WILL NOW
[C. MISSION STATEMENT]
BE LEAD BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT ROBIN NOVELLA.>> THE MISSION OF HAYS CISD IS TO EDUCATE, VALUE AND NURTURE STUDENTS THROUGH INNOVATIVE AND PERSONALIZED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES WHILE CELEBRATING OUR DIVERSITY.
[D. SOCIAL CONTRACT]
ITEM D OR SOCIAL CONTRACT, MS. RUNKLE.>> THE BOARD WILL SERVE AS DISTRICT AMBASSADORS.
ASSUME POSITIVE AND NOBLE INTENTIONS, COLLABORATE AS A TEAM AND RESPECT THE BODY CORPORATE.
PROMOTE DISCUSSION AND RESPECT EACH OTHER'S PERSPECTIVES, AND BE PROFESSIONAL.
>> THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO E PUBLIC HEARING WHICH WILL BE HELD NEXT WEEK.
THEN, DR. WRIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO YOUR SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
[F. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT]
>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
TONIGHT I JUST HAVE ONE ITEM ON MY LIST I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE SPRING 2023 END-OF-COURSE EXAMS FROM EACH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
IN YOUR DIAS FOLDER, YOU WILL FIND THIS SHEET, AND THEN, OR IF YOU PREFER TO LOOK AT IT ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THAT AS WELL.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET YOUR MAGNIFIER IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IT AT YOUR STATION.
I AM EXCITED TO SHOW YOU THE GROWTH FROM THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS.
AND OF COURSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CRITERIA FOR A THROUGH F IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE OR WHERE THE CUT SCORES.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE SHEER GROWTH IN OUR CAMPUSES FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT BECAUSE I'M TRULY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS, AND OUR STAFF DID THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
JUST WANT TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS TO YOU SO YOU CAN SEE THE WAY THAT WE HAVE THE DATA BROKEN OUT.
WE HAVE THE STATE, THE REGION, AND THEN HAYS CISD, AND THEN WE HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL HIGH-SCHOOLS, THE THREE COMPREHENSIVE, AND THEN LIVE OAK ACADEMY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT LIVE OAK ACADEMY, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT A LOT OF KIDS DON'T COME UNTIL THEIR JUNIOR OR SENIOR YEAR.
THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE SKEWED BECAUSE YOU MAY ONLY HAVE FIVE KIDS TAKING AN END-OF-COURSE EXAM AT A TIME.
THOSE LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
BUT LET'S START WITH ENGLISH 1.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE APPROACH, THE APP UNDER 2023, THE STATE WENT UP FROM 63 PERCENT TO 71 PERCENT.
IN HAYS CISD WENT UP FROM 63 PERCENT TO 77 PERCENT.
SO WE WENT UP 14 PERCENT IN ENGLISH 1.
THEN YOU CAN SEE BELOW, HAYS HIGH SCHOOL WENT FROM 73 PERCENT TO 86 PERCENT.
JOHNSON WENT 70 TO 85 PERCENT, AND LAYMAN WENT FROM 48 PERCENT TO 63 PERCENT.
TREMENDOUS GAINS IN THOSE AREAS.
THEN WHEN WE MOVE OVER TO ALGEBRA, THE STATE WENT UP FOUR PERCENTAGE POINTS AND APPROACHES FROM 74 TO 78, THE DISTRICT WENT UP THREE PERCENTAGE POINTS, FROM 81 TO 84.
YOU CAN SEE HAYS HIGH SCHOOL WENT 82 TO 88, JOHNSON 86 TO 89, AND LAYMAN WENT 57 TO 65 PERCENT.
BIOLOGY. THE STATE INCREASED BY SEVEN PERCENTAGE POINTS.
THE DISTRICT WENT 87 TO 92 PERCENT.
HAYS HIGH SCHOOL, 87 TO 93, AND WE KEPT THE SAME SCORE, 95 PERCENT AT JOHNSON.
THEN LAYMAN WENT 79 TO 86 PERCENT.
ENGLISH 2, WAS AN AREA THAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AS WELL.
THE STATE WENT GAIN, LET'S SAY THEIR GAIN WAS THREE PERCENT.
THE DISTRICT'S GAIN WAS SEVEN PERCENT.
HAYS HIGH SCHOOL WENT FROM 75 PERCENT TO 85 PERCENT.
LAYMAN WENT UP FIVE PERCENTAGE POINTS TO 69 PERCENT.
THEN US HISTORY OF THE STATE WAS 89 TO 95, AND THE DISTRICTS WAS 91 TO 95.
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JOHNSON 94 TO 97, AND LAYMAN WENT 87 TO 92.TREMENDOUS GROWTH ACROSS THE BOARD IN THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS AND THE THE KICKER FOR OUR RATING [NOISE]
>> WILL BE HOW THE STATE DECIDES TO ROLL IN CCMR CUT SCORES.
IF THEY MOVE FROM THE 60 THRESHOLD FOR AN 80 TO 88 PERCENT FOR A, WE MAY HAVE DEMONSTRATED ALL THIS EXCELLENT GROWTH, BUT OUR GRADE FOR THE CAMPUS MAYOR MAY STAY THE SAME OR MAY GO DOWN OR COULD GO UP.
I DON'T KNOW, WE'LL SEE HOW THE CUT SCORES GO.
BUT OVERALL, OUR TARGET AREAS FOR THIS YEAR WERE ENGLISH AND ALGEBRA.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAD GAINS ACROSS THE BOARD.
THE CONTENT SPECIALISTS, THE DAOS, ALL THE TEACHERS THAT WORKED IN THESE AREAS WORKED EXTREMELY HARD AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO DO EVEN BETTER EACH YEAR, BUT I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AT THIS TIME AND I'LL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
>> EXCUSE ME. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MR. VELA?
>> DR. WRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT GREAT NEWS FOR OUR THREE HIGH SCHOOLS.
I KNOW THAT YOU SAID LIVE OAK, OF COURSE THE NUMBERS GET A LITTLE SKEWED.
JUST OUTSTANDING WORK FOR ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
YES, TO YOUR POINT, MANY OF US JUST CAME OFF OF OUR ANNUAL TRAINING AND WE KNOW THAT THE RATING SYSTEMS ARE GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT FOR US, BUT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON WHETHER IT WAS GROWTH.
THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US OF THAT AND I KNOW WE'LL HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN.
ONCE CAMPUS WRITINGS DO COME OUT BASED ON THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE FOR THIS YEAR.
BUT AGAIN, KUDOS TO OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND TO THE ACHIEVEMENT THAT THEY DID. GOOD JOB.
>> DR. WRIGHT, HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY UPDATES ON WHEN WE WILL BE RECEIVING THE WHAT-IF SCORES FROM TEA.
>> WE HAVE THE WHAT IF SCORES AS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR WHERE IT'S CONVERTED, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CUT-OFFS SCORES ARE GOING TO BE THIS YEAR.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO BE ABLE TO SAY.
I CAN JUST TELL YOU THIS AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU ON BOARD BLOG IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE.
BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EDUCATE OUR PUBLIC ON THE CHANGE IN A THROUGH F. BECAUSE JUST LIKE YOU SEE HERE, WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED GROWTH ACROSS THE BOARD.
BUT BECAUSE THE CHANGE OF SCALE SCORES AND JUST CUT SCORES AND CCMR SCORES, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS ARE GOING TO CAUSE THOSE LABELS OR THOSE RATINGS TO CHANGE.
AS FAR AS THIS DATA IS CONCERNED, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BUT WE KNOW HOW WE SCORED LAST YEAR AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE COMPARED TO THIS YEAR.
LIKE LAST YEAR, OUR DISTRICT RATING WAS AN 87 AND OUR WHAT-IF SCORE USING LAST YEAR'S DATA WOULD BE AN 80.
WE WENT DOWN SEVEN POINTS ON JUST THE DIFFERENT CRITERIA.
THEN SOME SCHOOLS ACTUALLY DID BETTER. SOME DID WORSE.
BUT WE'LL SHARE THOSE WITH YOU GUYS.
I THINK WE GOT THOSE LAST WEEK OR SO.
>> GREAT. ALSO WHEN SHARING THAT WITH US, THAT'LL BE GREAT.
BUT ALSO WHAT IS THE COMMUNICATION PLAN MOVING FORWARD ON HOW TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL, AS BOARD MEMBERS IS MAKING SURE THAT AND I KNOW LOTS OF US WENT TO TRAINING AND MORE GOING THIS WEEK.
WE CAN HELP EDUCATE AND COMMUNICATE THAT INFORMATION TO OUR PUBLIC IF YOU CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
>> YES. WE WERE RECEIVED IN THE LAST COMMISSIONERS MEETING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENTS, A TEMPLATE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, BUT I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TILL WE GET CLOSER TO THE RELEASE, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SHARE THE INFORMATION AND HAVE SUMMER SLIDE WITH OUR ADULTS AS WELL.
I'M PROBABLY GOING TO DO THAT CLOSER TO THE RELEASE DATE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE AROUND SEPTEMBER 25TH, I THINK.
PROBABLY THE WORKSHOP MEETING IN SEPTEMBER IS WHAT I WAS THINKING.
OR IF YOU ALL THINK WE SHOULD DO IT AT THE SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST, MAYBE.
I'LL TAKE FEEDBACK FROM YOU GUYS AS TO WHEN YOU ALL WANT TO HEAR IT.
BUT I WAS THINKING EITHER LATE AUGUST OR EARLY SEPTEMBER.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES. THANKS FOR GOING THROUGH THIS, DR. WRIGHT, AND I'M JUST GLANCING AT THIS, AND LOOKING AT THE REGION NUMBERS AS WELL.
I WAS CONCERNS IN OUR NUMBERS LAST YEAR AND THIS IS INCREDIBLE GROWTH FOR OUR DISTRICT.
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I'M SUPER PROUD OF ALL THE WORK THAT I KNOW HAPPENS IN THE CLASSROOM WITH ADMINISTRATORS, WITH YOUR PLCS AND CONTENT COORDINATORS AS YOU MENTIONED, DAO, SO GREAT WORK ALL AROUND.I DON'T REALLY CARE AS MUCH ABOUT THE STATE NUMBERS AS I DO THAT REGION NUMBERS.
I FOCUS ON THOSE QUITE A BIT CLOSER AND I LIKE TO SEE US BEATING OUR REGION, FRANKLY.
GREAT JOB. JUST TO REMIND FOLKS, WHEN ARE THE ELEMENTARY NUMBERS COMING OUT?
>> MODIBO SAID AUGUST THE 11TH.
>> AUGUST 11TH. IN TERMS OF THE TIMING OF THE COMMUNICATION, THIS MAY NOT WORK, BUT I KNOW MR. SAVOY'S TEAM PUTS OUT AN INCREDIBLE BACK-TO-SCHOOL NEWSLETTER.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT THE EDUCATION OF, I THINK PEOPLE ARE, HAVEN'T REACHED SCHOOL.
COMMUNICATION FATIGUE QUITE YET.
THEY MIGHT READ THAT THING, COVER TO COVER.
MAYBE THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A TEASER IN.
IF NOT THE WHOLE THING. I DON'T KNOW, JUST A THOUGHT.
BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER THE TIMING.
IT'S USUALLY PRETTY CLOSE TO SCHOOL STARTING. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>> SOUNDS GOOD. MR. SAVOY, I CAN TELL HE'S TAKING NOTES ON HIS COMPUTER BACK THERE.
WE WILL DISCUSS IT AS A TEAM AND DECIDE WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC.
>> MR. SAVOY, WE'D LIKE AN FAQ FOR THE WEBSITE FOR ALL THINGS A THOROUGHOUT.
>> THANK YOU, MR. SAVOY. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON THAT ONE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TO CONSENT.
[H. CONSENT AGENDA ]
I'LL JUST CHECK WE'RE ON EACH ONE OF THESE WITH YOU AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION ON.H2A, WHICH IS THE DELL INFRASTRUCTURE AND CYBERSECURITY SERVICES.
>> I'M SORRY. I DID MISS PUBLIC FORUM.
I'LL JUST SAY NO ONE SIGNED UP SO WE'RE GOOD.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? MR. SEVERANCE?
>> THANK YOU. I KNOW I DIDN'T GET MY HAND UP EARLY ENOUGH FOR H2A, SO I'LL COME BACK WITH A QUESTION THEN AT THE VERY END.
BUT FOR H2B, I JUST WANT TO TALK THROUGH THE NEXT PROBABLY I HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE NEXT THREE OF THESE.
HOW MANY WORKBOOKS WERE LEFT OVER FROM LAST YEAR, IF WE HAVE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION?
>> I CAN SHARE WITH YOU CUMULATIVE NUMBERS OF HOW MANY WORKBOOKS ARE ON CAMPUSES CURRENTLY.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM THAT'S ON CAMPUS IS LEFT FROM SPECIFICALLY LAST YEAR, BUT WE DID AN AUDIT OF THE CAMPUSES FOR THESE WORKBOOKS SPECIFICALLY, AND AN ACHIEVEMENT FROM OUR COURT TO SEE HOW MANY WE HAD ON CAMPUS.
THEN WE ADJUSTED OUR PURCHASING BASED ON THAT.
TRAVIS, WILL YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF-
>> -FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE?
>> TRAVIS SMITH, THE COORDINATOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
>> IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE DO, IS THIS A RENEWABLE ASSET THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR?
>> YES. I THINK WE'RE ON YEAR 6 FOR THIS.
>> DO YOU HAVE SOME PREVIOUS DATA THAT SUPPORTS THAT THESE WORKBOOKS ARE WORKING?
>> DEREK MCDANIEL, EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION.
WE MONITOR WOULD BE THROUGH OUR IN-CLASS UNIVERSAL SCREENERS WHERE WE WOULD MONITOR THE GROWTH ON OUR PHONICS PROGRAM.
YES, WE CONSTANTLY MONITOR THAT.
YES, THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS THAT IT IS ASSISTING OUR STUDENTS IN THEIR K-2 PRIMARY LEVEL AND THEN AS THEY GO UP THROUGH THIRD THROUGH FIFTH.
>> MAYBE YOU CAN SHARE SOME OF THAT WITH US-
>> -FOR THE NEXT MEETING, THAT'D BE GREAT.
>> THEN IT SAYS THAT YOU WILL SURVEY CAMPUS LEADERSHIP AFTER EACH OF THE YEAR'S RESULTS.
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DO YOU HAVE THAT SURVEY FROM LAST YEAR COMPLETED?>> I BELIEVE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WORKBOOK SURVEY, THE AUDITS THAT WE DO.
>> YES, WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
>> OKAY, GREAT. I'D LOVE TO SEE ALL THAT GOING IN FOR NEXT WEEK.
>> WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION LAST YEAR AND I KNOW I'VE SUBMITTED THESE QUESTIONS ALREADY, SO I WON'T TAKE TOO MUCH TIME.
BUT AS FAR AS SEVERAL OF THESE, I THINK IT'S B AND D ON THE WORKBOOKS, I DID ASK FOR THE USAGE BECAUSE WE WERE SEEING THESE CONSUMABLES BEING USED INCORRECTLY SO WHILE THE PHONICS PROGRAM MIGHT BE WORKING, NOT NECESSARILY THE WORKBOOK.
THOSE WORKBOOKS WERE GOING HOME AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THAT IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY WRITING IN THEM.
I DID ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT TO SEE HOW WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE BEING UTILIZED ON A DAILY OR WEEKLY BASIS AND NOT JUST WHEN THERE'S A SUB OR NOT JUST AT THE END OF THE YEAR GIVING IT TO KIDS.
I'VE ALREADY REQUESTED THAT, BUT JUST TO REMIND MR. SEVERANCE OF THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I HAD THE SAME ONES. THANK YOU.
>> I ALSO SUBMITTED QUESTIONS, PARTICULARLY, I'D LIKE TO SEE A SAMPLE OF THOSE WORKBOOKS PRIOR TO NEXT WEEK.
THEN THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON HERE.
IF YOU'LL JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE QUESTIONS THAT GOT ANSWERED RELATED TO THESE WORKBOOKS THEY GET ANSWERED BEFORE-
>> -NEXT WEEK, THAT'D BE HELPFUL BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE WERE QUITE A FEW.
BUT ALSO WHILE WE'RE ON THIS SUBJECT OF WORKBOOKS, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
>> RECENTLY WE JUST DID A DISTRICT SURVEY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS, THE STUDENT SURVEYS ACROSS THE DISTRICT IS THERE WERE A LOT OF COMMUNICATION FROM STUDENTS ABOUT NEEDING TO GET OUT OF A CHROMEBOOK AND WANTING TO FOCUS ON MORE ENGAGING LESSONS, NOT SO MUCH PAPER, BUT NOT SO MUCH IN FRONT OF THE COMPUTER.
I KNOW THAT THESE WORKBOOKS ARE A GREAT THING AND I KNOW YOU HAVE ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM FOR AN ONLINE STEMSCOPES.
CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW WE ARE MAKING THE BALANCE FOR THAT WHEN IT COMES TO WHETHER IT'D BE WORKBOOKS OR TEACHING IN THE CLASSROOM AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AS A BALANCE FROM IN-PERSON OR THROUGH A COMPUTER? BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM STUDENTS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT.
>> I THINK YOU SAID IT RIGHT. IT IS A BALANCE.
WITH BLENDED LEARNING, IT IS TRULY A BLEND OF ONLINE LEARNING AND PAPER-PENCIL WORKBOOKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WITH THE PANDEMIC, I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN OUT OF BALANCE AND WE'RE SLOWLY TRYING TO GET BACK INTO THAT BALANCE WHERE WE'RE PROVIDING ENGAGING LESSONS, HANDS-ON MATERIALS, PAPER-PENCIL.
DOES ONLINE SUPPORT SERVE A PURPOSE? ABSOLUTELY. BUT WHEN WE RELY TOO HEAVILY ON IT AND WE SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THERE, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE OUT OF BALANCE.
YES, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CAMPUSES THIS PAST YEAR.
HOW DO WE GET BACK TO A MORE BLENDED, BALANCED APPROACH THAT'S GOING TO SERVE OUR KIDS AND STILL BE ENGAGING FOR OUR STUDENTS? BUT WE KNOW IT'S A CONCERN AND WE'RE-.
>> CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE TO THE BOARD WHAT THAT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL? I WANT TO SEE WHEN WE GO INTO THE SCHOOL NEXT YEAR THAT WE DO HEAR FROM STUDENTS AND STUDENTS ARE TELLING US THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE IN FRONT OF A CHROMEBOOK THE ENTIRE CLASS PERIOD.
>> STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE LOOKING AT A CHROMEBOOK THEIR ENTIRE CLASS PERIOD.
SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS HAVE BLOCK SCHEDULES.
THAT'S A LONG PERIOD ALL THE TIME TO BE IN FRONT OF A CHROMEBOOK.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS OR THERE ARE LESSON PLANS THAT INVOLVE MORE PROJECT-BASED LEARNING AND MORE HANDS-ON THAN JUST SITTING IN FRONT OF A CHROMEBOOK.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I CAN TELL YOU WITH THE BLOCK SCHEDULING AT 90 MINUTES, WE HAVE PROVIDED TRAINING ON HOW TO CREATE A 90-MINUTE ENGAGING LESSON.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT IN AUGUST WHEN OUR TEACHERS COME BACK BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S AN AREA FOR IMPROVEMENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STUDENTS THAT COMPLETED THOSE SURVEYS BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE THING THAT I REALLY TOOK FROM ALL OF THE SURVEYS FROM ALL CAMPUSES IS THAT I DID FIND A LOT OF THOSE COMMENTS.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN FRONT OF A CHROMEBOOK. THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE ON THAT ONE? MR. SEVERANCE, JUST BECAUSE- OH, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING?
>> WE'RE ON B BUT I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO A.
>> MR. SEVERANCE, YOU SAID YOU HAD SOMETHING ON A WE CAN GO BACK.
>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO REAL QUICK WITH DIANNE,
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I WANTED TO SAY TWO THINGS.I REALLY APPRECIATE WHEN YOU HAVE ITEM ON THIS AGENDA THAT YOU ALSO PROVIDE THIS ONE-PAGE, A VERY DETAILED, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, WHY YOU'RE ASKING FOR IT, THE REASON AND THE WHY.
I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY HELPFUL.
SOMETIMES I WISH SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS MIGHT DO THE SAME WHEN THEY'RE DOING PROCUREMENT REQUESTS.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT FIRST OF ALL.
BUT MY ONLY QUESTION RELATED TO THIS IS I SEE THIS AMOUNT IS $250,000 LESS THAN LAST YEAR.
IS THAT GOING TO BE AN ONGOING? ARE WE GOING TO SEE THIS SAME COST FOR THE YEAR PRIOR OR WHY WAS IT SO MUCH CHEAPER THIS YEAR THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR? JUST CURIOUS. YOU CAN ANSWER THAT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IT TODAY, BUT JUST AS A QUESTION.
UNLESS YOU GOT IT. YEAH. COME ON UP. YEAH.
>> I HAVE TO SAY JUST FOR EVERYONE FOR TONIGHT, WE DID GET THIS AGENDA LATE THURSDAY, SO I PURPOSELY DID NOT SUBMIT QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE OFF ON FRIDAY, THEY'RE OFF ON THE WEEKEND, THEY'RE OFF ON MONDAY.
I AM GOING TO BE ASKING SOME QUESTIONS TONIGHT THAT I CAN ALSO SUBMIT AS WELL.
BUT SO THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO RESPECT ADMINS TIME FOR THE WEEK AND EVERYTHING ELSE. TAKE IT AWAY.
>> AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, THE COST IS ADDITIONAL.
I'M NOT AWARE OF THE SUBTRACTION, OF COURSE.
SO I WOULD HAVE TO SEE IT AGAIN.
>> PRIOR YEAR YOU HAD LISTED AT 689,000 AND THIS YEAR REQUESTING 436.
>> I DID NOT SEE THOSE NUMBERS.
I WAS FOCUSED MAINLY [OVERLAPPING]
>> GREAT JOB FOR LOWERING IT BY $200,000.
>> I WISH I COULD CREDIT TAKE FOR IT.
>> IF YOU JUST WANT TO JUST SHOOT US AN EMAIL ON BOARD BLOG, THAT'D BE GREAT, JUST [INAUDIBLE].
>> MR. SEVERANCE, THAT QUESTION WAS ASKED, AND SO IT'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN OUR BOARD QUESTION, SO WE SHOULD BE GETTING OUT ALREADY.
>> VERY GOOD. ANYBODY ELSE ON THAT ONE? LET'S GO FORWARD TO H2C, THE FOUNDATIONS, RESOURCE KITS. MS. PETREA.
>> JUST A REMINDER TO FOLKS, IS THIS NEW OR DIFFERENT FROM THINGS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST? WE'VE DONE STEM SCOPES ALL THE YEARS.
THIS IS NOT A NEW THING, CORRECT?
>> THIS IS NEW FOR MATHEMATICS.
WE'VE DONE STEMSCOPES WITH SCIENCE AS FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
WE'RE NOW ADDING MATHEMATICS UNDER STEM SCOPES FOR ELEMENTARY.
>> HAVE THE MATHS TEACHERS BEEN INFORMED OF THAT?
>> WE USED OUR MATH COMMITTEE, WHICH IS MADE UP OF TEACHERS, INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, ADMINISTRATORS.
THEY WERE OUR REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR THE MATH MATERIALS FOR THIS ADOPTION.
WE CALL IT AN OFF CYCLE MINI ADOPTION BECAUSE IT'S NOT A FULL ADOPTION THAT'S ON THE PROCLAMATION FROM THE STATE.
BUT THIS IS OUR GAP YEAR FUNDING FOR ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS.
>> OFFICIALLY, THIS WAS OUR HMH TEXAS GO MATH ADOPTION THAT THE EIGHT YEAR SUBSCRIPTION HAS ENDED.
THE STATE HAS NOT COME THROUGH WITH THE NEW ADOPTION SO WE'RE IN WHAT'S CALLED THE GAP YEARS.
UNTIL WE GO THROUGH A NEW PROCLAMATION, THREE, FOUR YEARS AWAY IS WHAT THE CURRENT SCHEDULE IS.
SOMETHING CHANGED TODAY. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE IN.
THIS IS FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE GAP YEAR BETWEEN ADOPTIONS.
>> IS ANY PART OF THIS PART OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL ALLOTMENT LEGISLATION THAT'S HAPPENING? IS THERE GOING TO BE A LIST OF APPROVED VENDORS? IS THIS ON THAT? I'M GETTING OUT WITH THIS.
>> WE'RE STILL TRYING TO DECIPHER WHAT JUST CAME OUT FROM THE STATE WITH 1605.
TRAVIS WENT TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CONFERENCE LAST WEEK AND GOT THE MOST UPDATED INFORMATION.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOTMENT FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR THESE RESOURCES.
DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO IT BRIEFLY BECAUSE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT?
>> AS THE SPOE. ALL OF THIS LEGISLATION IS NEW.
THE TEA AND NOW THE SPOE HAVE TO NOW TAKE THIS LEGISLATION AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO ENACT IT WITH POLICY.
THEY HAVE TO BUILD OUT SOMETHING THAT ENACTS ALL OF THIS.
IN 1605, THERE'S $40 PER STUDENT PER YEAR ALLOTMENT THAT IS ON TOP OF OUR IMTA FUNDS.
THAT DOESN'T TOUCH OUR IMTA FUNDS.
FOR A DISTRICT OUR SIZE, THAT'S ABOUT $900,000.
>> WILL YOU TELL PEOPLE WHEN IMTA STANDS FOR?
>> INSTRUCTION MATERIAL AND TECHNOLOGY ALLOTMENT.
>> ON TOP OF THAT WE'LL BE RECEIVING $40 PER STUDENT PER YEAR THAT ROLLS AND DOES NOT HAVE TO BE SPENT IN THE YEAR THAT IT IS ACQUIRED, WHICH IS GREAT.
>> LIKE A CELL PHONE PLAN AND THEY JUST ROLL FORWARD?
>> YES. ACROSS A BIENNIUM, WE'LL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $1.8 MILLION OF OUR REGULAR ALLOTMENT.
THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS THAT THAT $40 PER STUDENT
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PER YEAR IS TO BE USED ON PURCHASING THINGS ON SPOE LIST.THERE IS NO SPOE LIST RIGHT NOW. IT DOESN'T EXIST.
>> THAT'S WHAT I'M NERVOUS ABOUT IT.
WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS AND POTENTIALLY THE LIST COULD HAVE NOT STEMSCOPES ON IT.
>> I DON'T THINK THERE'S REALLY THAT MUCH OF A DANGER OF THAT HAPPENING.
I KNOW THAT SPEAKING WITH STEMSCOPES, THEY WERE GOING TO SUBMIT THIS FOR THE MATH ADOPTION.
NOW, WITH THIS NEW LEGISLATION, THE WHOLE ADOPTION PROCESS AS IT STOOD BEFORE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE REWORKED.
WE WERE IN THIS CALENDAR WHERE WE KNEW 10 YEARS OUT WHAT WAS GOING TO BE HAPPENING.
BUT NOW MATERIALS HAVE TO BE REVIEWED UNDER NEW STANDARDS AND IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THAT MONEY, THEY HAVE TO BE REVIEWED UNDER THE NEW PROCESS.
THE CURRENT K-12 SCIENCE ADOPTION THAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN NEXT YEAR AS GRANDFATHERED IN, EVERYTHING ELSE PRIOR REMAINS THE WAY THAT IT WAS.
WE COULD SPEND OUR IMTA FUNDS ON IT, BUT WE CANNOT SPEND THIS ADDITIONAL MONEY ON ANY OF THOSE UNTIL THEY'VE BEEN REVIEWED IN THE NEW PROCESS.
>> DID YOU NEED YOUR JOB TO BE HARDER? IS THAT WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> WELL, MY ORIGINAL LINE OF QUESTIONING IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SURPRISING TEACHERS WITH SOMETHING NEW AND THAT WE'VE DONE THAT OVER THE YEARS, AND THEY DON'T APPRECIATE IT.
I'LL JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ISN'T GOING TO HIT OUR MATH EDUCATORS AND THEY WON'T KNOW OR WON'T BE TRAINED ON HOW TO USE IT?
>> NO. THERE'S A WHOLE SPRING SEMESTER WHERE THE COMMITTEE MET.
THEY WERE TO GO BACK AND TALK TO THEIR CAMPUSES.
WE'VE MET WITH INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, WITH ADMINISTRATORS.
THIS HAS BEEN A WHOLE PROCESS THIS SPRING TO GO THROUGH THIS ADOPTION.
>> THEN THIS 1605 HAS THROWN A WRENCH INTO IT A LITTLE BIT?
>> WE'VE BEEN WATCHING 1605 ALL SEMESTER STILL TRYING TO DECIPHER EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS.
THE MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION IS WHAT TRAVIS SCOTT LAST WEEK WHEN HE WENT TO THE CONFERENCE AND SPOKE TO THE DA.
>> WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS NEXT WEEK AND YOU FEEL OKAY ABOUT THAT?
>> YES. WE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT IT.
>> I KNOW WE GOT LUCKY WITH SCHOOLOGY WHEN THEY MISTAKE.
BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR LUCK DOESN'T RUN OUT WITH THE STATE LISTING.
WE HAVE RUN INTO THIS BEFORE WHERE WHATEVER WE CHOSE WASN'T APPROVED OR WHATEVER.
>> THE PREDICAMENT THAT WE'RE IN THIS TIME.
IS WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? IF WE CAN ONLY ADOPT THINGS ON THIS LIST AND THERE'S NOTHING ON THIS LIST, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? WE COULD JUST GOING TO WAIT AROUND.
MARY JUST TOLD ME THAT IN SEPTEMBER THEY'RE ADDRESSED IN 1605 WITH STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, SO THAT CAME OUT TODAY.
>> MY BEST GUESS WHEN IT SAYS THEY WON'T, THEY'LL GIVE US THIS YEAR AND THEN THEY'LL ENACT WHATEVER THE LIST IS PROBABLY SEPTEMBER 1 OF '24, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING.
YOU HEARD ANYTHING DIFFERENT TRAVIS?
>> IT'S BASICALLY JUST WHAT MAKES THE LIST IS AND IT'S UP IN THE AIR.
IT'S NOT FOLLOWING ANY CALENDAR LIKE WE HAVE OUR NORMAL PROCESS.
WE KNOW K-12 SCIENCE AND CTE IS COMING NEXT YEAR.
WE KNEW BEFORE TWO YEARS LATER WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A K-12 MATH ADOPTION.
NOW, THE ONLY THING THAT LEGISLATION SAYS IS THAT THE SPOE AND TEA HAVE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO REVIEW UP TO AT LEAST 200 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS PER YEAR.
THEY DON'T DEFINE WHAT IS ONE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL.
ANYBODY CAN SUBMIT FOR THIS, WE COULD DEVELOP IN-HOUSE MATERIALS AND SUBMIT THEM FOR STATE APPROVAL SO IF THAT'S HAPPENING AND THEY'RE GETTING MATERIALS COMING AT THEM FROM ALL ANGLES.
WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO MAKE THAT LIST I'M NOT SURE.
>> THAT'S A GREAT POINT, TRAVIS.
MY COMMISSIONERS CALLED THIS PREVIOUS THURSDAY.
WE TALKED ABOUT 1605 AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND HE SAID, BECAUSE THE QUESTION WAS POSED, WHAT IF SOME OF OUR MATERIALS THAT WE'VE ALREADY PURCHASED BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A LIST? HE SAID, WELL THEN YOU JUST SUBMIT IT AND THEN WE'LL EITHER APPROVE IT OR WE WON'T.
BUT HE SAID THE MAJORITY OF THOSE PUBLISHERS ARE ALREADY IN LINE BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR LIVELIHOOD.
HE FEELS LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THEM WILL BE APPROVED.
BUT IF FOR SOME REASON THEY'RE NOT, THEN WE CAN RESUBMIT AND ASK FOR APPROVAL FOR A ONE-YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO GET BUY-IN AND TO MAKE SURE OUR MATH EDUCATORS ARE EXCITED AND WANT TO ADOPT THIS.
EVERY K THROUGH FIVE MATH EDUCATOR ALREADY KNOWS ABOUT THIS.
NO SURPRISES. YOU, PINKY PROMISE?
>> YES. WE'VE REVIEWED ON CAMPUSES. YES.
>> OKAY. THEN I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.
>> ANYBODY ELSE ON C? MR. SEVERANCE.
>> THANK YOU, MS. PETREA, FOR CLEARING SOME OF THAT STUFF UP.
I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
BUT MY MAIN QUESTION IS, SO CAN YOU SEPARATE OUT THE COST OF THE FOUNDATION KITS, THE ONE-TIME COSTS?
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IF WE BUY ONE TIME THIS YEAR, THEN WHAT IS GOING TO BE OUR RECURRING COSTS NEXT YEAR? BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE 83K FROM GO MATH AND THE VARIETY OF DISTRICT PROVIDED SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES TO TEACH MATH WAS WHAT THE SPEND WAS THIS YEAR.IF YOU TAKE OUT THE FOUNDATIONAL KITS, THEN WHAT'S OUR REOCCURRING GOING TO BE NEXT YEAR? ASSUMING THAT THEY LET US PICK IT UP TO CONTINUE TO USE IT.
>> I THINK IT'S AROUND 70. I CAN CALCULATE IT FOR YOU, BUT IT'S AROUND 70-80, I BELIEVE.
>> THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE AN INCREASED COST WITH THIS NEW PROGRAM THAN GO MATH, IF WE KEEP IT GOING FORWARD ON A REOCCURRING BASIS?
>> WHEN WE ADOPTED GO MATH IN 2015, THEY BOUGHT THE EIGHT-YEAR LICENSE?
>> ONE TIME AND THAT PAID FOR EVERYTHING AND THEN THAT EXPIRED.
>> SO IT'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY TWICE AS MUCH, AND THE FOUNDATION KITS ARE ABOUT $70,000 OF THAT.
>> I CAN TOTAL IT UP, BUT I THINK IT'S [INAUDIBLE].
>> YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. THEN WHEN WE'RE TRYING SOMETHING NEW, I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHEN DO YOU GO BACK AND EVALUATE IF IT'S WORKING? AFTER THE FIRST CBA, IS THAT ENOUGH TIME TO SEE IF SOMETHING'S WORKING? DO YOU HAVE TO WAIT TO THE SECOND CBA TO GET TO THE WHOLE YEAR? DO YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT TWO YEARS? WHAT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO COME BACK AND SAY IF THIS IS ACTUALLY WORKING?
>> BY THE SPRING SEMESTER, I HOPE TO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF THINGS THAT WENT WELL IN THE FALL SEMESTER AND THINGS THAT ARE WORKING FOR US AND THEN MAKING ADJUSTMENTS IN THE SPRING.
>> SO WE GET SOME REPORT BACK IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY ON HOW IT'S GOING?
>> WE WOULD BE ABLE TO REPORT HOW AUGUST TRAINING WENT, HOW IMPLEMENTATION WENT, AND HOW FOR SEMESTER MONITORING.
>> GREAT. I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT.
>> JUST SOME FOLLOW-UP ON ANY NEW THING THAT WE ROLL OUT TO SEE HOW IT'S DOING.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANKS. APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU, MR. SEVERANCE. MS. OROSCO.
>> THIS IS THE SAME LAYOUT AS SCIENCE STEMSCOPES OR IS IT COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LAYOUT?
>> NO, IT'S NOT A DIFFERENT LAYOUT.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT JUST BECAUSE OF THE CONTENT, BUT THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF IT IS THE SAME.
WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS OUR TEACHERS WANT TO [OVERLAPPING]
>> SURE. THEN IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN TRANSFER WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED TO DO WITH SCIENCE STEMSCOPES, IT'LL BE EASY TO TRANSFER FOR THE MATH STEMSCOPES.
>> I DID SCIENCE STEMSCOPES, AND I LOVED IT.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THEY CAN TRANSFER THAT KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO WORK THAT.
ALSO I KNOW ATTENDING THE SHOWCASES, LOTS OF PEOPLE SPOKE ABOUT NEEDING THAT EXTRA SUPPLEMENTAL MATH SUPPORT, AND SPECIFICALLY, THEY DID MENTION MATH STEMSCOPES.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED AND TALKED ABOUT.
I REALLY LIKED HEARING ABOUT THEM.
>> STEMSCOPES WAS OUR OVERWHELMING FAVORITE AT ELEMENTARY.
THE FAMILIARITY WITH THE PROGRAM WAS ONE OF THE REASONS.
THEN THEY GAVE US DEMO ACCESS FOR MATH, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD SCIENCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE HAD TEACHERS THAT HAD ACCESS AND WERE ALREADY USING IT THROUGHOUT THE SPRING, PICKING AND CHOOSING LITTLE LESSONS, THAT REALLY HELPED.
>> WHILE YOU CAN SHOW US THE IMPLEMENTATION AND THE TRAINING, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SHOW US, WE'VE MADE THIS MANY GAINS BECAUSE OF MATH STEMSCOPES.
THAT'S UNREALISTIC TO HAVE THAT PIECE IN JANUARY.
>> SURE, BUT WE'LL TALK TO TEACHERS AND WE'LL GET ANECDOTAL FEEDBACK [OVERLAPPING] AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT YES, MA'AM, YOU'RE CORRECT.
>> NOW, DATA-DRIVEN [OVERLAPPING]
>> USUALLY TAKES AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS TO SEE IF A PROGRAM IS WORKING OR NOT.
>> ANYBODY ELSE ON THAT ONE? LET'S GO TO H2(D), THE CONSUMABLE WORKBOOKS. MS. PETREA.
>> I AM ALSO INTERESTED IN JUST HEARING FROM TEACHERS, BUT I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY ANECDOTALLY, I'VE VISITED A LOT OF CLASSROOMS WHERE THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF USING HMH.
IT'S PRETTY ENGAGING, AND I SEE THE TEACHERS USING IT AS A GROUP LESSON, INDEPENDENT READING, SMALL GROUP, TABLE TIME READING, AND IT'S PRETTY AWESOME.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT TEACHERS ARE USING IT.
I'M SURE THERE ARE SOME THAT DON'T FOR WHATEVER REASON, BUT I THINK THE EXPECTATION FROM OUR CONTENT COORDINATORS AND OUR PLCS IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING THESE.
IT IS A HEFTY PRICE TAG, BUT I WAS HAPPY TO SEE IT'S FOR FOUR YEARS OF BOOKS, WHICH FEELS LIKE A LOT.
MAYBE THAT PRICE TAG WAS A LITTLE JARRING.
BUT AS LONG AS PEOPLE ARE USING IT, AGAIN, TO GO WITH MS. RUNKLE SAID, GET AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER AND READ AN ACTUAL BOOK THAT HAS SPACE IN THE MARGIN FOR NOTES AND THINGS, I THINK IT'S A GOOD RESOURCE FOR SURE FOR TEACHERS.
NOT REALLY A QUESTION, JUST A COMMENT.
>> THAT'S GOOD. ANYBODY ELSE? LET'S GO ON AHEAD TO H3, CONTRACTS, MOUS, AND AGREEMENTS.
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THIS IS OUR ANNUAL RESOLUTION OF RECOGNIZING THE 4H ORGANIZATION OF HAYS COUNTY.AS A HAYS CISD EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY AND NAMING THE HAYS COUNTY EXTENSION AGENTS AS ADJUNCT FACULTY MEMBERS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ONE? VERY GOOD. THAT TAKES US TO H4, BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
H5 HAS BEEN PULLED, THAT'LL COME BACK TO US AT A LATER DATE.
H6 IS EXPEDITED WAIVERS THROUGH SCHOOL YEAR 2025.
SIX A IS FOR THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT WAIVER.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? SIX B IS THE PREGNANCY-RELATED SERVICES ON CAMPUS.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THAT TOPIC. VERY GOOD.
OUR LAST ONE IN CONSENT IS H7, CONSIDERATION OF THE RATIFICATION OF THE MASONIC CORNERSTONES AT HAYS CISD SCHOOLS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE EITHER.
THAT TAKES US OUT OF CONSENT AND UP TO SECTION I OR ACTION ITEMS. THERE'S NOTHING UP FOR A VOTE TONIGHT.
ALL THIS WILL BE VOTED ON NEXT WEEK.
WE'RE GOING TO JUST JUMP RIGHT INTO THIS.
OR I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A HEADS-UP TEAM.
THE MEAT OF THIS IS AT THE END OF THESE ITEMS, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WILL SPEND, I'M SURE, A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TONIGHT.
ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU WANT, BUT THOSE AT THE END ARE, I'M SURE, WHERE MOST OF OUR TIME IS GOING TO BE SPENT.
I1, RESOLUTION FOR THE JUNETEENTH FEDERAL HOLIDAY.
[I.1. Consideration and possible adoption of a Resolution for the Juneteenth Federal Holiday]
QUESTIONS. I2, THE HAYS CISD FACILITY RENTAL RATES AND AGREEMENTS TEMPLATE.[I.2. Consideration and possible approval of Hays CISD Facility Rental Rates and Agreement Template]
CONSIDERATION OF THAT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? MR. SEVERANCE AND THEN MS. OROSCO.>> ON THE RENTAL AGREEMENT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE HAYS CISD COLUMN, I WENT THROUGH ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND I COULDN'T SEE, WHEN WE HAVE A HAYS CISD EVENT ON CAMPUS OR IS THE CAMPUS REQUIRED TO HAVE AN ADMIN PRESENT AT ALL OF THOSE FUNCTIONS? DOES ANYBODY KNOW IF THAT'S A MANDATE OR PART OF THIS FACILITY AGREEMENT?
MAX, YOU'RE GOING TO INJURE SOMEONE SOMEDAY? YES, IT WAS.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OVERNIGHT IN AREAS WHERE WE'RE UTILIZING A FULL USE OF THE BUILDING, TYPICALLY THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDRESSED IN THAT POLICY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT WE WERE INCONSISTENT IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS BY CAMPUS, BY CAMPUS.
OUR EFFORTS REALLY COME DOWN TO TWO THINGS.
ONE THAT'S MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD A POLICY AND WE HAD RATES THAT WERE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD.
THE PROCESS WILL REALLY ENCOMPASS THAT VERY LENGTHY DOCUMENT WHICH HAS ALL OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ON IT, BUT WHICH WILL BENEFIT OUR FACILITY RENTALS IF YOU WILL, BUT WILL ALSO HELP OUR STAFF TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE.
THE BEAUTY OF THE NEW SYSTEM WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOME THINGS AUTO-POPULATED, AND IT IS ALL ONLINE.
IT'S VERY EASY OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU'RE DOING A FORM, DON'T FORGET TO CHECK A BOX.
BUT THIS SYSTEM WHICH WE'RE INTEGRATING INTO AN ONLINE PLATFORM WILL ALLOW YOU TO SEE THAT FIRST-LEVEL OF ANY RENTAL WILL INCLUDE CAMPUS APPROVAL.
WHO WILL NEED TO OVERSIGHT, LOOK AT THAT, DEAL WITH THOSE THINGS THEN IT WILL GO TO A SECOND TIER WHICH WILL OF COURSE GO TO THE COORDINATOR WHO WILL CHECK FOR INSURANCE RATES.
THERE WILL BE A DUAL PROCESS WITH THAT.
MANY OTHER CAMPUSES MAY ALSO INCLUDE, LET'S SAY OUR HIGH SCHOOLS BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE BIGGER ONE.
WE HAVE AN ATHLETIC EVENT AND SO OFTENTIMES OUR ATHLETIC COORDINATOR, WHOEVER OUR HEAD COACHES UTILIZE IN THAT POSITION, THEY'LL LOOK AT THEIR CALENDAR, CHECK TO SEE IF IT'S DONE.
THEN IT MAY BE A SECOND-TIER LEVEL ON THAT PARTICULAR CAMPUS, MAYBE LIKE THE CAMPUS SECRETARY OR SOMEONE WHO WILL LOOK AT IT.
AGAIN, MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TWO LEVELS HAVE BOTH INSURED IT BECAUSE WE MAY HAVE DUAL-PURPOSE.
WE MAY BE USING THE CAFETERIA AS WELL AS MAYBE ONE OF THE FIELDS.
IT'S REALLY GOING TO TAKE TWO PEOPLE TO LOOK AT IT.
OUR GOAL IN ALL OF THIS IS TO AUTOMATE IT AND ADDRESS THOSE THINGS LIKE MANDATORY CUSTODIAL, MAKING SURE THAT ADMINISTRATORS ARE THERE, AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE PROPERLY COMPENSATED.
MAKING SURE THAT OUR FACILITY IS CLEAN, IT'S TAKEN CARE OF, THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING THE CONTACT IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING ISN'T THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
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THAT'S OUR HOPE IS TO GET ALL OF THAT SHORED UP AND GET AWAY FROM THE PAPER, WHICH TENDS TO JUST NOT BE AS EFFICIENT.>> WHEN YOU'RE TYING THESE FACILITY AGREEMENTS TOGETHER, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S JUST STICK TO A HAYS CISD EVENT.
IS THERE ON THE PAPERWORK, DOES IT SAY LIKE FROM AC STANDPOINT, I MEAN, I KNOW HOW MANY TIMES WE'RE ON CAMPUS FOR AN EVENTS AFTER AND IT'S HOTTER BECAUSE THE AC WASN'T TURNED ON OR WE DIDN'T GET THAT INFORMATION.
IS THAT GOING TO BE A PART OF THIS AGREEMENT WHERE IF THE EVENT STARTS AT 06:00 O'CLOCK AND WE SHUT THIS STUFF DOWN FOR ENERGY SAVINGS AT 04:00, ARE WE JUST GOING TO LEAVE THE AC ON SO IT'S COOL FOR THE EVENT OR DOES IT HAVE TO COOL DOWN? THAT'S A WHOLE STEP THAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THAT LOOP IS GOING TO BE CLOSED WITHOUT HAVING ANYONE TO MAKE A PHONE CALL TO POUR ALBERT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ON EVERY EVENT, HEY, CAN YOU TURN THE AIR ON? WHATEVER CAMPUS IT IS.
>> THE BEAUTY OF THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS IS THAT BEFORE WHAT WE WERE DOING IS WE WERE DOING TWO PARALLEL SYSTEMS. WE WERE DOING FS DIRECT, WHICH WAS FACILITY RENTAL.
WE WERE DOING OUR FACILITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
YOU HAD TO GO INTO BOTH OF THOSE SYSTEMS. THEY WEREN'T TALKING TO EACH OTHER.
WHAT WE DID IS WE PURCHASED THE SYSTEM THAT WE'LL NOW INTEGRATE THOSE TWO SYSTEMS. WHAT WE FOUND IS OUR FACILITY DIRECT, WHICH IS OUR FACILITY RENTAL PROGRAM, WASN'T BEING UPGRADED.
IT'S A VERY OLD SYSTEM AND THEY WEREN'T WORKING ON ANY LONGER.
WHAT IT WILL DO IS AUTO-GENERATE THOSE THINGS.
IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE WORK ORDERS IN THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
WE FORWARD 30 MINUTES AHEAD OF AN EVENT, 30 MINUTES AFTER AN EVENT.
BUT YES, IT WILL INTEGRATE ALL OF THOSE THINGS FOR MOST EFFICIENCY.
NOW, AS FAR AS IF THAT EVENT STARTS AT 6:30, THAT WOULD BE UP TO ALBERT IF HE JUST LEAVES IT ON, IF THAT MAKES SENSE AND HIS CREW TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TURN IT OFF AT 4:30 AND THEN TURN IT RIGHT BACK ON IT, 5:30.
>> BUT NOW HE'S GOT A CALENDAR OF ALL THAT.
>> -SHOULDN'T BE PROGRAMMED IN.
IF ESPERANZA AND I VISITED CAMPUS AND SHE GETS HOT, I DON'T HAVE TO TEXT ALBERT AND ASK HIM ABOUT IT.
>> THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK.
NOW KEEP IN MIND FOLKS THE GOAL HERE AS WELL AS WE'RE STILL BUILDING THE SYSTEM SO WE HAVEN'T ROLLED IT OUT YET BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST STAGE IS GETTING ALL OF THIS BUILT AND PUT INTO THE SYSTEM.
THAT MEANS I NEED TO GET THE STANDARDS IN THERE.
I NEED TO GET THE INDEMNITY AGREEMENT IN THERE.
I NEED TO GET THE RIGHT STRUCTURE IN THERE.
ONCE WE DO THAT, THEN IT'S A ROLLOUT TO TRAINING OF ALL OF THE CAMPUSES, WHICH I WAS JUST ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS ON AND REALLY TRYING TO BOW DOWN WITH INDIVIDUAL FOLKS.
I CAN TELL YOU FOR SOMEBODY WHO HASN'T LOOKED AT THE SYSTEM, THE NEW SYSTEM IS JUST, IT'S VERY EASY.
IT'S TABBING YOU THROUGH TO THE NEXT QUESTION YOU ANSWER.
OUR GOAL IS REALLY TO MAKE THE SYSTEM EFFICIENT AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT UTILIZING GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS, THAT WE'RE GETTING BACK THE MONEY THAT WE NEED TO, IN REGARDS TO TURNING ON THE AIR AND UTILIZING A SYSTEM AND CERTAINLY NOT CREATING MORE WORK FOR OUR STAFF AND OUR CUSTODIANS BY THE FACT THAT THERE WASN'T ANYBODY TO CLEAN UP AND WE DON'T WANT THEM TO COME INTO WORK AT 5:00 A.M. AND FIND THAT THE CAFETERIA AS CHAOS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY IS BUILT IN.
>> THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MS. OROSCO AND THEN MS. RUNKLE.
DO WE LOOK AT COMPARABLE PRICES IN OTHER DISTRICTS, ARE WE THERE?
>> HAVE YOU MET ME? [LAUGHTER]
>> I NEED TO TRUST THE VERIFY.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT OUR LOCAL PARTNERS.
I WAS LOOKING AT SAN MARCOS CALLED DRIPPING SPRINGS.
I LOOKED AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
I LOOKED AT AINS. I LOOKED AT NEW RUNKLE, SO I LOOKED ALL UP AND DOWN I-35 CORRIDOR AS WELL AS SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR SIZE.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS WE WERE VERY INTENT ON MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE, I DON'T WANT TO SAY GOUGE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE RECOUPING OUR COSTS.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE MEETING WHAT ARE FINANCIAL OBLIGATION WAS TO TURN ON THE AIR, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS STILL COST-EFFECTIVE AND INEQUITABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL, WE WANTED TO DO THAT AND SO OUR GOAL WAS THAT.
WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS I ACTUALLY HAVE A BOOK IN MY OFFICE WITH ALL OF THAT PRINTED OUT.
WHEN WE DID THAT, WE SAT DOWN AND AS A TEAM WE DID LITERALLY A SPREADSHEET OF WHAT IT COSTS CONNIE AND MAX'S TEAM.
WE WORKED REALLY HARD ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE BEING VERY FAIR.
ON THAT NOTE, SOME OF THE DISTRICTS HAVE WOW, THEY'RE VERY HIGH.
>> ONCE THIS IS APPROVED, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO ROLL THIS OUT? WHAT IS THE ROLL-OUT LOOK, LIKE TIMELINE?
>> CURRENTLY, I'M WITHOUT A POSITION WHICH WAS THE ONE THAT WAS UTILIZING AND HELPING ME WITH THIS BUILD.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING INDIVIDUAL.
ONCE THAT HAPPENS, MOST OF IT IS BUILT.
WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THESE FORUMS AND THE APPROVAL PROCESS TO GET THAT FINISH DONE.
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MY GOAL IS AS SOON AS WE GET THAT FINISHED OR TO MEET WITH ALL OF THE CAMPUS INDIVIDUALS ON A ONE-ON-ONE BASIS.WE'RE GOING TO TRAVEL TO ALL 26 CAMPUSES, SIT DOWN WITH THAT GROUP OF FOLKS.
I EXPECT THAT OUR GOAL WILL BE PROBABLY TWO TO THREE WEEKS TO GET EVERYBODY TRAINED TO GET THEM SQUARED AWAY AND THEN HOPEFULLY HAVE EVERYTHING COMPUTERIZED AND DONE.
BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT DATE UNTIL I GET THAT PERSON IN THAT POSITION AND FINISH THE BUILD.
MY GOAL IS TO HAVE IT DONE EARLY WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH, IF NOT TWO MONTHS OF SCHOOL STARTING.
>> THEN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME EXPECTATION OF APPROVALS, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD ALWAYS STOP THE PROCESS.
WHEN YOU NEED TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE CAMPUS, AND THEN YOU NEEDED TO SUBMIT THE PAPER AND WAIT FOR APPROVAL.
I KNOW I WAITED THREE WEEKS AND WAS NEVER CONTACTED, SO I HAD TO SWITCH MY EVENT SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY NOTIFICATION OR APPROVAL OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE MAYBE THAT BUILT-IN IN OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ON WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS FOR THE CAMPUS, WHAT TURN AROUND, ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE IN ORDER TO APPROVE THAT? THEN THE APPROVAL ON THE DISTRICT SIDE OR WHOEVER IS MANAGING THAT SYSTEM AND MAKING SURE THAT NOTIFICATION GOES OUT IN A TIMELY MANNER BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF GAPS WERE WITH THE PAPER.
HOPEFULLY, WE WON'T HAVE THAT ISSUE AT ALL WITH THIS ONLINE PLATFORM.
>> YES. PAPER LIKE ANYTHING BY THE TIME YOU SCAN IT AND GET IT TO SOMEONE, OFTENTIMES THAT CAN TAKE A DELAY AND WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON IN A POSITION MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE CREATED SOME REDUNDANCIES IN THE PLATFORM THAT INCLUDE EMAILING MULTIPLE PEOPLE AT A CAMPUS.
IN OTHER WORDS, LET'S SAY MAYBE IT'S THE SECRETARY AND THE TEAM'S CLERK WHO ARE BOTH GETTING THAT EMAIL.
THE TEAM'S CLERK DOESN'T HANDLE THEM BECAUSE THE SECRETARY HANDLES THEM.
BUT IF THEY KNOW THAT PERSON IS OUT AND THEY'RE NOT, IT'S GOING TO GO DIRECTLY POPULATING TO THEIR BOX TO SAY, HEY, YOU HAVE A FACILITY RENTAL AGREEMENT THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT.
IT ALSO WILL POPULATE TO OUR COORDINATOR SAYING, HEY, WE'RE WAITING ON THIS.
THAT'S PART OF THE BELLS AND WHISTLES OF THIS PROGRAM THAT WILL ELIMINATE SOME OF THAT WAIT TIME.
THERE'S ALWAYS A HUMAN ELEMENT.
LET'S SAY, FOR INSTANCE, WORST-CASE SCENARIO, WE SHUT DOWN THE DISTRICT FOR THREE DAYS.
SOMEBODY MIGHT NOT CHECK THEIR EMAILS AND IT MAY HAVE SOME DELAYS.
BUT I'M HOPING WHAT THAT REDUNDANCY BUILT IN AND IT ELECTRONICALLY BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL ARE USED TO SEEING THINGS IN AN EMAIL FORMAT.
THAT SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE HITTING YOU AND SAYING, HEY, YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THERE.
>> TO TIME THAT AGAIN TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES SO THEY KNOW WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS.
THE CAMPUS KNOWS THEY HAVE 72 HOURS TO RESPOND TO THAT NOT JUST SITTING THERE IN YOUR BOX WAITING FOR AN APPROVAL.
MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU ALL CAN DISCUSS AND WORK OUT.
THAT'S NOT FOR ME TO DECIDE, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY NEEDS TO LOOK AT BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THAT PIECE.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ON WHAT THE EXPECTATION OF APPROVAL TIME LOOKS LIKE AND ALSO TALK TO ME A LITTLE ABOUT THE SAFETY FOR AFTER-SCHOOL EVENTS RELATED TO THIS FACILITY RENTAL BECAUSE WE OFTEN HAVE FACILITY RENTALS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE A PTA MEETING, THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE A BAND PERFORMANCE OR SO ON.
PEOPLE PROP THE DOORS OPEN IN ORDER TO GET INTO THESE EVENTS, INTO BOY SCOUTS, INTO WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME RIGHT NOW, BUT SOMETHING TO CONSIDER ON HOW YOU WILL MANAGE THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEING MANAGED RIGHT NOW.
HOW THAT WILL WORK AS WELL FROM THE SAFETY SIDE OF THINGS.
IN RELATION TO FACILITY RENTALS.
I ALREADY SUBMITTED OTHER QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS AS WELL. THANK YOU.
>> JERRY, I SUBMITTED A LOT OF QUESTIONS EARLIER TODAY ABOUT THIS SPECIFICALLY WHAT MR. SEVERANCE ASKED WAS ABOUT OVERNIGHT EVENTS.
IF YOU CAN JUST LET US KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS GOING TO BE FOR THAT, WHETHER IT'S ADMINISTRATION, CUSTODIAN, SECURITY, SROS, WHATNOT, BUT ALSO HOW WE DEAL WITH BEHAVIOR.
WHEN BAD THINGS ARISE, WHEN THERE'S AN EVENT GOING ON AT SOMEBODY HAS RENTED OUT, WHAT IS THE DISTRICT'S ROLE IN THAT AND HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT FROM A DISTRICT STANDPOINT.
IF YOU CAN JUST LET US KNOW THAT, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO GET THOSE ANSWERED BEFORE?
>> YES, MA'AM. WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
IT'S SO FLUID, AND I WILL SAY A BIG PART OF THAT IS GOING TO ROLL BACK TO THE CAMPUSES TO MAKE A DECISION ADMINISTRATIVELY, WHAT DO WE NEED TO HAVE AVAILABLE.
I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE USING RESTROOMS AND WE'RE GOING TO USE IN THE CAFETERIA, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE SOMEBODY IS THERE TO CLEAN AND TAKE CARE OF IT.
THE BUILDING IS BEING UNATTENDED.
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KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU START INTEGRATING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PIECE, THERE'S AN EXTRA CHARGE FOR THAT AND SO WE HAVE TO ROLL THAT COST TO OTHER FOLKS.THERE WILL BE SOME CAMPUS DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE AND THOSE DEPENDING ON IF THOSE VIOLATIONS ARE THERE, THEN IT MAY BE IF IT'S ON THE RENTER, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT THROUGH THE RENTAL FACILITY PROGRAM BUT IT MAY INVOLVE DEALING WITH SOME OF THE CAMPUSES THROUGH THEIR DEPUTY ACADEMIC OFFICER TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS IF THEY GOT OVERLOOKED.
>> THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I HAD ASKED WAS TO PROVIDE US WHAT THAT FORM LOOKS LIKE, WHETHER IT'S ONLINE OR NOT, THAT THE APPLICANT HAS TO FILL OUT.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONFUSION WITH THAT.
SOME SCHOOLS SAY YOU HAVE TO PICK OR YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE EVERY LITTLE AREA YOU'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZING EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN THE SAME VICINITY OF EACH OTHER AND YOU HAVE TO DRAW IT OUT AND ALL OF THESE THINGS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO FILL OUT IT'S THERE.
THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO CREATE A BUNCH OF LITTLE DIAGRAMS ON THE SIDE OR WHATNOT.
>> THERE IS NO FORM AND SO I DID RESPOND TO THAT.
THERE IS NO FORM. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PAPER.
YOU'RE NOT DOING THOSE THINGS.
THERE'S NO CHECK LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO GO IN AND YOU'RE GOING TO CHECK.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS, IS REALLY A PULL-DOWN MENU FOR ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO ELIMINATE JUST WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
>> PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WILL WAIT FOR THOSE RESPONSES.
>> FORGIVE ME IF I'VE JUST MISSED THIS SOMEWHERE.
FOR EXAMPLE, HVAC, IF YOU'RE DOING IT AFTER SCHOOL EVENT, IS THAT CANNOT BE SOMEWHERE ON OUR FEE LIST?
>> HVAC IS CONSIDERED PART OF THE RENTAL FEE IN THE TIERS THAT WE MADE A DECISION.
THAT HVAC IS AUTOMATICALLY BUILT INTO OUR FEES ON HOW WE CAME TO THOSE AMOUNTS.
>> IF I'M A PTA AND I'M HAVING AN AFTER HOURS PTA MEETING, THERE'S NOT A FEE FOR THAT?
>> RIGHT. YOU WOULD BE IN A TIER 1 WHICH WOULD BE A CAMPUS EVENT WHICH WOULD NOT BE CHARGED BECAUSE THERE'S A DIRECT REFLECTION IN A TIER 1 EVENT TO A BENEFIT TO THE CAMPUS.
SO THAT FALLS UNDER A TIER 1 EVENT.
SO PTAS, TUTORING, THOSE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES ARE GOING TO BE TIERED DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR ORGANIZATION IS.
>> SO IT'S LIKE $15 FEE BASED ON THIS FEE SCHEDULE?
>> YEAH. YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE OLD FEE SCHEDULE BUT PTA WOULD NOT BE A CHARGE.
NOW, A PTA FUNDRAISING EVENT WHERE MAYBE WE'RE UTILIZING THE CAFETERIA, WE NEED TO HIRE CUSTODIANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE WOULD LOOK AT IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO PAY OUR STAFF FOR THAT EXTRA DUTY.
>> THEN TO MS. RUNKLE'S POINT, I LOVE A PICK LIST.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA, BUT WHAT I'M NOT SEEING ON HERE AND MAYBE BECAUSE THIS ISN'T FULLY BUILT OUT OR EXHAUSTIVE AND WE'VE HEARD ISSUES ABOUT THIS.
LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE JOHNSON CTE HALLWAY IS NOT ON HERE.
HAYS HIGH SCHOOL ACTUALLY HAS THREE GYMS AND IT ONLY SAYS PRACTICE GYM IN MAIN GYM.
SO IT'S NOT BALES AND THERE'S NOT THREE GYMS FOR HAYS.
OR FOR LAYMAN, THERE'S A BIG GIANT HALLWAY THAT YOU COULD USE FOR WHATEVER.
RESTROOMS AREN'T ON HERE WHICH I THINK HOPEFULLY THEY PROBABLY WOULD BE ON A PICK LIST.
THE BLACK BOXES AT MIDDLE SCHOOLS AREN'T ON HERE, THE STAGES AREN'T ON HERE, WE'RE GETTING BLACK BOXES AT MIDDLE SCHOOL, SO THAT MAY BE LATER.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE NOT SEEING IS THAT LIST.
WE'VE MET LAST YEAR AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, I MET WITH EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS AND WHAT WE DID IS WE DESIGNATED ALL OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ARE AVAILABLE FOR RENTAL IN THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL.
I PRE-DEPLOYED AND THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN POPULATED ON OUR PULL-DOWN LIST, SO THE BLACK BOXES ARE THERE.
IS IT SILVER GYM? IS IT BLUE GYM? IS IT BALES? IS IT THE LAYMAN LOCKER HOUSE? ARE WE GOING TO USE THE COMPETITION GYM OR THE PRACTICE GYM? THE LIBRARIES, AND SO ALL OF THOSE HAVE BEEN DONE.
THE ONLY THING WE DIDN'T PRE-POPULATE WAS INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOMS BECAUSE THAT IS BASED ON THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL.
OFTENTIMES WILL MAKE CONTACT WITH TEACHERS INDEPENDENTLY AND SAY, HEY, I WANT TO USE THE SECOND GRADE HALLWAY, WHO'S WILLING TO USE? NOW THE NEXT TIME IT'LL BE THE THIRD GRADE HALLWAY, WHICH TEACHER IS WILLING TO LET US USE, AND WE BASED THAT ON THE CAMPUS WILL INPUT THAT.
YOU'VE GOT REAL BIG RESTROOMS AND THEN YOU'VE GOT RANDOM TWO HAULERS OVER HERE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN PICK THERE.
I WANT THOSE BIG MAIN RESTROOMS AVAILABLE FOR MY EVENT.
>> WE DIDN'T INCLUDE RESTROOMS TO BE CHOSEN.
WE BASICALLY LEFT THAT FOR THE CAMPUS TO DECIDE WHAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED BASED ON THE RENTAL SPECIFICALLY.
I'M JUST GOING TO WARN YOU IF THEY SAID, WELL, YOU DIDN'T PICK RESTROOMS AND SO YOU DON'T GET THEM.
>> WE DIDN'T INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL THAT SHOULD BE IF YOU'VE RENTED THE BUILDING, YOU ALSO HAVE THAT, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY ADDRESS THAT.
>> THE OTHER THING I DON'T SEE ON HERE AND IT'S REFERENCED IN THE AGREEMENT AND THEY'RE BULLETED, SO I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT POINT IT IS,
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BUT SOUND EQUIPMENT AND PA SYSTEMS AND THAT KIND OF THING, IS THAT SOMEWHERE ON YOUR FORM?>> WE MADE CONTACT WITH ALL OF THE CAMPUSES IN REGARDS TO THAT, AND THEY WERE VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO THAT PIECE OF IT.
IF SOMEONE WANTED TO COME IN AND THEY COULD BRING IN AN EXTERNAL SPEAKERS AND TECHNOLOGY CAN PROBABLY WEIGH IN ON THIS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF REPAIRS AND A LOT OF ISSUES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN REGARDS TO RUNNING OF OUR EQUIPMENT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS LIKE AT PARK, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A TECHNICIAN ON.
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BRING IN ANYTHING, AND SO WE ARE NOT FACILITATING THAT.
IT'S THE SAME WITH LIKE OUR LOCKER ROOMS AND SOME OF THE WEIGHT ROOMS AND THOSE AREAS, LIKE LOCKER ROOMS AREN'T GOING TO BE RENTED OUT UNLESS IT'S A UIL OR A SPECIFIC EVENT THROUGH ATHLETICS.
WE DID GET VERY JUST DRILL DOWN ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
>> I'M JUST SAYING IF SOMEBODY WERE TO USE THE BLACKBOX THEATER, FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEBODY FROM TECH WOULD NEED TO BE INVOLVED OR HELP.
SAME THING IF YOU'RE USING SOME OF THOSE CAFETERIA, I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE YOU JUST BRING IN YOUR OWN SYSTEM AND I AGREE THAT WE NEED A TIGHTER HANDLE ON THE USAGE OF THAT.
BUT IF WE HAVE THE OPTION TO PAY SOMEBODY IN IT OR AT LEAST GET PERMISSION FROM THE CAMPUS OR GET SUPPORT.
I COULD SEE THEM JUST TRYING TO BOOTLEG IT AND DO IT THEMSELVES AND THAT'S WHAT I ALSO DON'T WANT.
>> I'M 100 PERCENT IN AGREEMENT, AND I THINK THERE'S AREAS IN THERE TO ADD THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION.
I WANT A TECHNICIAN, I REALLY WANT TO UTILIZE THOSE SYSTEMS AND THE CAMPUS CAN CERTAINLY DEAL WITH THAT AND THEN THOSE ARE ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE TO HAVE THAT PERSON COVER.
>> I THINK I ANSWERED MY OWN LAST QUESTION BECAUSE IT SAYS LE, WHICH I HEAR YOU SAY ALL THE TIME AND THEN I FORGET WHAT IT MEANS.
LAW ENFORCEMENT SECURITY BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU WHAT ABOUT AN SRO, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALREADY ON HERE.
>> I WILL SAY THE PARK HAS BEEN DOING WONDERFUL JOB AS WELL.
PATTY HAS WORKED REALLY HARD ON MAKING SURE THAT THE PARK EVENTS HAVE HAD APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT COVERAGE.
HAVING THOSE BLINKY LIGHTS THERE AND PEOPLE ABIDING BY THE TRAFFIC LAWS HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL FOR THAT AND SO WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE COMPLIANCE WITH FOLKS.
THEY'RE DEFINITELY BECOMING A LITTLE BIT MORE AWARE.
>> LOVE IT. MY LAST QUESTION IS BACK TO WHAT MS. OROSCO WAS SAYING IN TERMS OF LIKE THE PERMISSIONS AND WHO HAS TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS.
BECAUSE I SEE IN OUR AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE NOT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO SELL ANYTHING AS PART OF THE LICENSE PERIOD OR WHATEVER AND I CAN SEE THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY, ALL DAY.
PTAS OR BOOSTERS, THEY ARE SELLING NACHOS, THEY ARE SELLING WHATEVER.
>> ULTIMATELY THE CAMPUS IS GOING TO LOOK AT AND DO FIRST EVENT AND GO, WE'RE LOOKING AT T-SHIRTS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.
I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE.
LET'S SAY, FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE CONTRACTING WITH A DANCE COMPETITION, THAT'S PART OF THE FEE FOR THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF OUR CONTRACT WITH THEM FOR THE FACILITY RENTAL.
THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE ONE-OFFS, BUT WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT GLOBALLY THESE ARE THE GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
>> YOU'LL HAVE TO THINK AHEAD BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE DAY BEFORE THEY THINK I HAVE A GREAT IDEA TO SELL FLOWERS AND I DIDN'T PUT THAT IN MY, OR BALLOONS WHICH AREN'T ALLOWED USUALLY IN OUR CAMPUSES.
WELL, IT'LL BE A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FOLKS.
>> OUR BOTTOM LINE IS, IS WE WANT TO HAVE A STREAMLINE POSITION BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THIS FIRST YEAR IS GOING TO DEFINITELY BE A LEARNING CURVE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TWEAK, ADJUST, GIVE PEOPLE A LOT OF GRACE UNTIL WE WORK OUT THE BUGS LIKE ANY NEW PROGRAM.
>> I THINK I LIED. TWO MORE QUESTIONS.
ONE, THIS LAST BULLET JUST SAYS ALL TURF GUIDELINES.
I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE IT WAS MEANT TO BE.
>> LIKE A HANGING FRAGMENT OR SOMETHING.
>> IS THAT THE VERY LAST PAGE? YES, MA'AM, I'LL FIX IT.
>> THEN THE LAST THING IS, DO WE MAKE ANYONE SIGN THIS, IS LIKE I'M ACKNOWLEDGED, I GUESS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OR LIKE A LITTLE CLICK BUTTON, AND YES.
>> ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES ON EVERYTHING, SO EVERYTHING IS THERE.
THE BEAUTY OF THIS AS WELL, I'M GOING TO BE WORKING WITH MR. RAU AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PAY ELECTRONICALLY SO WE WON'T HAVE TO BE WORRYING ABOUT CHECKS AND A LOT OF THOSE THINGS IS SO THEY'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY ONLINE.
>> THAT'S GREAT EXCEPT FOR SOME PTAS AREN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE WHILE SOME OF THEM DO, BUT.
>> WE'LL STILL TAKE THEIR CHECKS.
>> OKAY. YOU WILL STILL TAKE CHECKS?
>> OKAY. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. SORRY. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT.
>> SORRY, I KNEW I FORGOT SOMETHING.
I KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING THIS ONLINE, BUT IS THERE GOING TO BE A CALENDAR? I KNOW MR. CLEAVER HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, WHERE THERE'S A CALENDAR SO YOU CAN SEE IF THERE'S A TENTATIVE EVENT HAPPENING,
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SO YOU CAN SCHEDULE AROUND THAT.>> THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
IT CREATES SOME WORK FOR THE CAMPUSES BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PRE-POPULATE THEIR PARTICULAR EVENT.
BUT WHAT WAS VERY NICE IS THERE'LL BE A FORWARD-FACING CALENDAR THAT I WANT TO RENT A GYMNASIUM AT SCIENCE HALL.
I'M GOING TO GO IN THERE AND IT'S GOING TO SHOW IT'S ALREADY RENTED.
I CAN'T DO SCIENCE HALL, SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER TO FLICKR.
AT SOME OTHER, BUT THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF IT.
NOW I WILL TELL YOU THAT'S PART OF WHY WE ALSO HAVE FIRST-LINE OF APPROVAL TO THE CAMPUS BECAUSE THINGS COME UP AND YOU DIDN'T REALIZE I FORGOT TO PUT MY SCIENCE FAIR IN.
I CAN'T DO A RENTAL ON SATURDAY BECAUSE WE'RE SETTING UP SCIENCE FAIR ON FRIDAY.
IT WILL CAUSE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK FOR THE CAMPUSES ON THE FRONT END, BUT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO, LIKE DURING BASKETBALL SEASON, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANY RENTALS BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE USING THE GYMS EVERY NIGHT SO THE CAMPUS WOULD HAVE TO GO IN AND BLOCK OUT THAT THE CAMPUS IS USING IT THE ENTIRE TIME.
ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE SOME FRONT-END WORK, THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THIS AS WELL AS A FORWARD-FACING DISTRICT CALENDAR THAT WILL SHOW THE CAMPUS AND IF THAT AREA THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR RENTAL, AND WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ENCUMBER.
>> THAT'S ANOTHER PART OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES THAT THEY EXPECTATION IS FOR THEM TO FILL THAT BECAUSE WE'VE TRIED THAT IN THE PAST WITH CALENDARS.
MR. SAVOY, WHERE WE ACTUALLY PAID A STIPEND FOR A PERSON TO POPULATE THEIR CAMPUS CALENDAR THAT'S STILL WASN'T BEING DONE.
JUST TO BE CLEAR THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO INPUT THIS INFORMATION?
>> YES, THAT'S PART OF OUR TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WE'RE BUILDING.
>> NOT JUST THEIR INFORMATION, BUT IF SOMEBODY SUBMITTED ALREADY, IT SAYS TENTATIVE BECAUSE IT'S WAITING FOR APPROVAL, BLOCKING THAT OUT [OVERLAPPING] [INAUDIBLE]
>> WHEN SOMEONE COMPLETES AN APPLICATION AND GRAZE IT OUT TO BASICALLY SHOW THAT IT'S TAKEN OFFLINE.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? I ACTUALLY WANT TO TOUCH ON THE CALENDARS FOR A SECOND AS WELL ONLY BECAUSE TO REITERATE WHAT MS. OROSCO SAID, IT'S BEEN QUITE A CHALLENGE TO GET ANY ORGANIZED CALENDARING TO GO ON IN THIS DISTRICT.
I ACTUALLY HOPE THIS WORKS OUT REALLY WELL BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF SYSTEMS OUT THERE.
IF WE COULD COMMIT TO ONE PLACE TO KEEP THINGS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
MY SECOND QUESTION, THOUGH IS, YOU KEEP TALKING ABOUT CAMPUS APPROVAL, BUT JUST GOING BACK BECAUSE I HAVE FORGOTTEN WHAT YOU SAID.
WHAT DOES THAT SECOND LEVEL LOOK?
>> WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THE HIGH SCHOOLS WILL TYPICALLY BE A TWO-LEVEL APPROVAL.
LET'S TAKE FOR INSTANCE, ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS.
BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT DANCE AND CHEER AND BAND, AND SO YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT DIRECTORS, AND THEN THE SAME THING WITH ATHLETICS.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS TYPICALLY THEY'LL APPROVE IT AT THEIR LEVEL, AND THEN IT'LL TYPICALLY GO IN JOHNSON'S CASE LIKE IT GOES TO CLAIRE.
SHE'LL DO CLICK ONCE SHE DOES HERS THAN IT COMES TO US.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT THEY'VE SET UP ON THAT CAMPUS, IT DOESN'T AFFECT US ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BECAUSE IT'LL GO TO ALL THREE OF THEM.
THERE'LL BE SOME INTERNAL WORKINGS THAT THEY WILL DO.
WE WANT TO GIVE AS MUCH CONTROL TO THE CAMPUSES AS WE POSSIBLY CAN WITHOUT BLOGGING IT DOWN.
NOW, MOST OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS NOT A PROBLEM.
IT'S TYPICALLY GOING TO TWO PEOPLE IN THE FRONT OFFICE BECAUSE WE MADE THEM COME UP WITH TWO PEOPLE ON EVERY CAMPUS AT THE MINIMUM.
THAT'S WHAT THE TWO-TIER LOOKS LIKE.
HOW ARE MUSLIM OR MIDDLE SCHOOLS? WERE FINE WITH JUST MAKING CONTACT WITH ATHLETICS OR FINE ARTS, AND SO THEY JUST WANTED TO KEEP THAT ONE-TIER.
>> I APPRECIATE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO TRAINING, BUT I DO AGREE ALSO, I THINK SOME ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES TO PUT SOME TEETH TO MAKING THESE REQUIRED THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE- [OVERLAPPING]
>> -SOMEBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY TO FIND THIS NICE NEW SYSTEM AND THEN NOBODY GETS BACK TO THEM.
WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.
SOMEBODY WAITS, VERY GOOD STUFF.
>> THAT'S OUR GOAL. WE'RE CREATING THE TRAINING MANUAL NOW.
>> VERY GOOD. MR. CLEAVER, YOU MUST AS WELL MAKE YOUR WAY UP HERE.
ALL RIGHT, THE MAX CLEAVER, SHOW.
[I.3. Consideration and possible approval of the Custodial Services Staff Augmentation Agreement]
WHICH IS A CUSTODIAL SERVICES STAFF AUGMENTATION AGREEMENT.ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ONE? SEVERAL QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.
VERY GOOD. YOU CAN ASK IT NOW IF YOU WANT.
>> I'VE ANSWERED SEVERAL OF THE QUESTIONS ALREADY ON THE BLOG [OVERLAPPING]
>> THE ONLY ONES I HAVEN'T ANSWERED OR WHICH DISTRICTS LOCALLY.
I SAW A PAMPHLET EARLIER BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE, SO THAT ONE, AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY CAN'T FILL THEM EITHER? I THINK THE ANSWER WAS PRORATE, BUT I'M GOING TO GET THAT ANSWER FOR SURE.
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>> MAX, WERE QUICK, SO I HAD TO DO ONE OF THESE AGREEMENTS BEFORE FOR ONE OF MY OTHER BUSINESSES AND THE LAUNDRY LIST OF STUFF THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A HUGE LIST OF WHAT THEY DO ONCE A WEEK, FIVE TIMES A WEEK.
I HAD JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION ON APPLY FINISHED SAID STRIP ALL SURFACES AND APPLY NON-STICK, BUT THAT'S LIKE THAT WHOLE CAMPUS'S POLISHED CONCRETE.
MY WHOLE QUESTION IS, THIS IS THE SAME THING I ASKED THE GUY THAT WAS DOING MY HOUSE, LIKE IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET VALUE FROM THAT ITEM THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE REALLY USED AND APPLIED IT TO ANOTHER DAY OR TWO SOMEWHERE ELSE? I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE MICRO-MANAGING THIS A LITTLE BIT. I'M NOT TRYING TO DO THAT.
I'VE BEEN THROUGH THESE AGREEMENTS WHERE THEY HAVE A HUGE LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS THEY DO, AND THEY END UP NOT DOING HALF OF THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT NEEDED.
JUST WANTED TO HAVE LANGUAGE THAT SAID THAT WE GET A LITTLE CREDIT BACK ON SOME OF THAT STUFF OR MAYBE NOT.
>> I CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT OBVIOUSLY YET.
MOST OF THE SURFACES, I CAN'T THINK OF A SINGLE PLACE WE WAX OVER THERE.
COULD BE WRONG BUT THERE IT MIGHT BE.
>> IT JUST CAUGHT MY EYE JUST THAT STRIP ALL SURFACES.
MAX CLEAVER IS A KING OF POLISHED CONCRETE, SO WE'RE GETTING RID OF ALL THAT STRIP OF WAXING.
THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STARTING THIS FOR NEXT YEAR, CORRECT?
>> THEN IS THERE A TRIAL PERIOD THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE INTO BEFORE WE'RE ALL IN, OR WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE ALL IN?
>> THE CONTRACT IS FOR A ONE-YEAR PILOT.
WE HAVE A 30-DAYS NOTICE FOR CAUSE, WE CAN GET OUT.
>> I WOULD LOVE FOR BRETT AND LAURA OVER THERE TO EVALUATE THAT WITHIN THE 30 DAYS AND JUST MAKE SURE IT'S WORKING BEFORE WE JUST JUMP INTO 30 DAYS.
>> THOSE TWO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED SINCE DAY ONE, AND MATTER OF FACT, EARLY ON, WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS, WE SAID WE DON'T WANT TO CAUSE A PANIC.
BRETT BROUGHT US THIS IDEA INITIALLY, AND THEN WE SAID WE DON'T WANT TO PANIC ANYONE.
WE TOLD HER, WE TALKED TO THE CAMPUS.
WE TRIED TO STAFF UP FOR WELL, SINCE FEBRUARY, I BELIEVE WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS IN FEBRUARY, AND WE JUST HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO STAFF UP OVER THERE.
>> NO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM 100 PERCENT OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION LIKE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OR NOT CONTINUE IF IT'S NOT WORKING OUT. THAT'S ALL I ASK.
>> FOR SURE, YEAH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE WITH SOME DIDN'T WORK.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. MS. RUNKLE?
>> THAT WAS MY CONCERN, IS BEING SUCKED IN FOR A YEAR AND NOT LIKING IT 60 DAYS IN, VERY FAMILIAR WITH ABM.
I KNOW PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE, SO I'M VERY ANXIOUS TO GET THESE QUESTIONS ANSWERED THAT I SUBMITTED TODAY.
THE GENTLEMAN THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO, HE'S NOT LOCAL, CORRECT?
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRACY?
>> NO. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT CITY IS IN BUT HE'S NOT IN AUSTIN I BELIEVE.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF LOCAL ABM PEOPLE THAT HANDLE THIS EXACT THING.
I'M JUST A LITTLE CURIOUS AS TO WHY WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM ANOTHER STATE INVOLVED IN LOOKING AT THIS CAMPUS AND NOT SOMEONE WHO IS LOCAL.
>> WE HAVE ANOTHER GENTLEMAN I CAN'T CALL HIS NAME RIGHT NOW BUT HE IS THE LOCAL GUY.
>> WILL YOU PROVIDE ME THE NAMES?
>> THEN ALSO THE BENEFITS PACKAGE.
I WAS ALSO SHOCKED TO SEE THAT THEY HAVE A BENEFITS PACKAGE.
>> THAT'S IT. THAT WAS MY OTHER ONE THAT IS NOT ANSWERED.
>> THEN I WILL JUST WAIT FOR THOSE QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED, BUT I AM ANXIOUS TO GET THOSE RESPONSES.
>> I SUBMITTED QUESTIONS ON THIS AS WELL, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO ASK, AND MAYBE MS. COURSON COULD ALSO HELP ME OUT WITH THIS IS LOOKING AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND BEING SUCCESSFUL AT WITH THEIR $ 24-AN-HOUR PAY AND DIFFERENTIATING PAY FOR OUR CUSTODIANS WHO MIGHT GO TO A HIGH-NEEDS CAMPUS, WE DO DIFFERENTIATE PAY FOR OTHER AREAS.
MAYBE I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD TRY THAT, MS. COURSON? LOOKING AT A HARD-TO-FILL AREA BECAUSE YOU ARTICULATE IT, WHY JOHNSON IS VERY HARD TO FILL WITH CUSTODIANS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF SPACE THAT THEY HAVE TO CLEAN, AND I WONDER IF WE COULD ACTUALLY MAYBE TRY PROVIDING THAT OR PROVIDING AN INCENTIVE FOR CUSTODIANS TO GO THERE.
>> MAY I ADDRESS ONE THING FIRST, YOU MENTIONED $24 AN HOUR.
THAT IS THE ON-DEMAND PRICING.
THAT'S IF WE NEEDED PEOPLE TO COME IN LIKE AN EMERGENCY AND JUST PICK UP THE PHONE AND GET PEOPLE.
I ASKED THE QUESTION BECAUSE THEY MENTIONED A LIVING WAGE AND WE TALK ABOUT A LIVING WAGE A LOT.
THEIR LINE WORKERS ARE GOING TO BE AROUND 17 AN HOUR.
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INSTEAD OF 248 DAYS THERE ONE OF THE KEY LITTLE NUGGETS HERE IS THEY DO A 260-DAY CONTRACT. THAT'S A KEY.THAT WORKS OUT TO ABOUT 35,000 A YEAR, AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, OUR LINE CUSTODIANS AT PAY GRADE 3 ARE READ AT 35,000 A YEAR, BUT ON A 248-DAY, THEY'RE PROPOSING A LIVING WAGE FOR THEIR SUPERVISORS IS ABOUT 22 AN HOUR AND OUR SUPERVISOR AT A PAY GRADE 5 IS ABOUT $19.65 AN HOUR AT MIDPOINT.
WITH THE DIFFERENTIATION, WHAT I HAVE DONE IN OTHER DISTRICTS SUCCESSFULLY, WE HAVEN'T DONE THE STAFFING PROBLEMATIC PIECE, BUT WE HAVE DIFFERENTIATED THE LEADERSHIP AT AN ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A 20-PERSON CREW AND YOU'RE THE LEADER, THAT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN A THREE OR FOUR-PERSON CREW LIKE AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
I KNOW YOU HAD A QUESTION FOR HER, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU.
>> DEFINITELY WITH BOTH OF YOU THINKING ABOUT IT.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO EXPLORE, TO SEE IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR US TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN I SAW THE $24 AN HOUR DEAL, I DIDN'T SEE THE $17 AN HOUR.
>> THAT WASN'T FROM THE CONTRAST I ASKED I WAS LIKE, WHAT ARE THEY PROPOSING TO PAY THEIR WORKERS? I WAS CURIOUS.
>> BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT ON EXHIBIT B OR IT'S AT $24 AN HOUR, IT WILL BE PAYING.
>> ON-DEMAND PRICING, THAT'S THE NEXT.
>> I JUST WONDER WITH MR. CLEAVER'S EXPERIENCE ALREADY DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR, RIGHT MR. CLEAVER?
>> WITH MS. COURSON EMPLOYEE FRIENDLY MINDSET, THEN MAYBE WE CAN MEET SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE AND SEE WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE DID IT FOR SUBS THAT WERE GOING TO CAMINO REAL AND BLANCO VISTA, WHICH WERE THE FURTHEST AREAS IN OUR DISTRICT AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET SUBS THERE, SO WE DIFFERENTIATED PAY FOR THAT.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER TO THINK ABOUT IF IT WOULD HELP WITH OUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL.
JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THAT I WANTED TO SHARE.
>> WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE OPEN TO THAT FEEDBACK AND THAT CREATIVITY.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF FOR HIGH-NEEDS POSITIONS IN GENERAL, TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN INCENTIVIZE INTEREST IN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND EXAMINE IT ALONG WITH OUR OTHER FACTORS TO SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE.
>> MR. CLEAVER, I'M SURE THAT THIS QUESTION MAY HAVE BEEN ASKED, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF NOT, BUT THE PRIOR YEAR SPENDING OF 112,000, THAT INCLUDES THE 10 VACANCIES, DOES THAT INCLUDE ANY OVERTIME THAT WE MIGHT HAVE SPENT?
>> NO, SIR. THAT ACTUALLY INCLUDES NO CUSTODIAL WORK AT ALL.
IF YOU'LL LOOK ON PAGE WHAT IS IT, 77, THE VERY FIRST PAGE OF THEIR PROPOSAL.
WE USE THEM FOR HVAC AND MECHANICAL SERVICES.
WE'VE USED THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES LAST YEAR FOR SOME PRETTY BIG WORK.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
DO WE KNOW WHAT OUR COST SAVINGS WERE BASED ON NOT HAVING THOSE 10 ADDITIONAL CUSTODIAL STAFF FILLED?
>> I COULD DO SOME PUBLIC MATH REAL QUICK, 10*35,000 AT MIDPOINT.
>> PLUS THE THREE DOLLARS AN HOUR FOR THE, REMEMBER FROM LAST WEEK.
>> YES SIR? RIGHT AROUND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO SPEND.
>> THE 10 THAT WE HAVE NOW, YOU CAN ANSWER THIS LATER, BUT WHAT'S THE LONGEVITY OF THE TENDER THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY? I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT OUR ATTRITION RATE IS THOSE.
>> KEEP WORKING AND I'M LIKE WE ARE NOT MUCH LONGER. NO, NOT REALLY.
A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN HERE A WHILE AND THEY'RE HARD WORKERS AND THEY NEED HELP.
BUT YOU JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE STAFF LOOKS LIKE THERE?
>> JUST THE RANGE OF TENURE WITH EACH ONE OF THEM AND WE WANT TO GET THEM THE HELP THAT THEY NEED, WHETHER IT'S OUR EMPLOYEES OR IF WE'RE CONTRACTING IT OUT. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING OUT, SIR.
>> MR. CLEAVER, JUST REAL QUICK ON THIS ONE FOR ME, I JUST THINK SAYING IT FROM THE MICROPHONE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE AMENDED THE CONTRACT TO INCLUDE THE SAME BACKGROUND CHECK AND YOUR SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR CONTRACTED EMPLOYEES AS WE DO OUR OWN IS IMPORTANT.
IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT JUST FOR A MOMENT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. THAT WE WILL ACTUALLY RUN THEM THROUGH OUR BACKGROUND CHECK USING OUR HR DEPARTMENT,
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SO THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT OUR EMPLOYEES DO.>> SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE ON CAMPUS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE?
>> ANYBODY ELSE ON THIS ONE? MR. CLEAVER IS ALL FUNNY TONIGHT.
[I.4. Consideration and possible adoption of a 2023 Bond Reimbursement Resolution (Part 1 of 2) ]
MR. CLEAVER, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I4 IS THE OVERALL RESOLUTION FOR THE DETAILED ITEMS THAT ARE 5, 6, 7, AND 8.>> THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS IN THERE AND WE'LL CIRCLE BACK, BUT THEY'RE INCLUDED IN NUMBER 4, CORRECT?
IN OTHER WORDS, OUR BOND PASSED SUCCESSFULLY, AND LIKE IN THE 21 BOND, ONCE WE GO THROUGH AND ACTUALLY SELL THE BONDS, IT'LL BE MID-AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET THE FUNDS IN THE BANK TO SPEND.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE GATES EARLY AND START MOVING, SO WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE SOME BILLS THAT COME DUE BEFORE THEM.
>> PERFECT. TEAM, I THINK WE'RE DONE UNLESS THERE'S AN OBJECTION IS I'D LIKE TO START WITH I5 AND THEN GO THROUGH I5 THROUGH EIGHT AND THEN WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO FOUR, WHICH IS THE HEADER FOR THOSE THINGS, AND SEE IF WE CAN WRAP IN YOU THAT UP.
[Items I.5. - I.8.]
WHICH IS THE FLOORING ABATEMENT PROJECTS, AND SEE WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON FLOORING.>> MS. OROSCO, WE'RE GOING TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT WHEN THINGS WILL BE DONE.
ARE YOU WANTING TO COMMIT TO THAT ON THE MICROPHONE?
>> THAT WILL BE DONE THIS SUMMER.
>> YOU'VE PUBLICLY COMMITTED, SO.
>> IN PLENTY OF TIME FOR A SMOOTH TRANSITION FOR ALL STAFF TO MOVE BACK INTO THEIR SPACES WITH NO SWEAT.
>> IS THAT WHAT YOU TOLD ME ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] AND ELM GROVE EXTENSION?
>> THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
>> PLENTY OF TIME FOR STAFF TO GET IN.
>> YES MA'AM. IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THERE'S A 10-DAY NOTIFICATION PROCESS THAT'S BEEN PUT IN WITH THE HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL HAVE PROVED THIS NEXT WEEK AND IF IT'S APPROVED NEXT WEEK, WE'RE MOVING NOW.
>> CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE A TIMELINE OF EACH ONE OF THESE PROJECTS?
>> ANYTIME PEOPLE HEAR THE WORD ASBESTOS, THEY MAYBE IT'S JUST ME HAVING WORKED IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FIRM, HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ANXIETY, I GUESS, ABOUT ASBESTOS AND WE HAVE CHILDREN IN OUR BUILDINGS.
TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR PEOPLE.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY ABATEMENT MEANS YOU'RE GETTING RID OF IT, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
BUT DO WE ALLOW ANYBODY IN OUR BUILDINGS WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS WORK? IF THAT'S THE CASE, DO WE KNOW IF THEY'RE SCIENCE CAMPS OR ANYTHING GOING ON THIS SUMMER THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED?
>> SURE. I'D START BY SAYING THERE'S TWO TYPES OF MATERIAL.
THERE'S FRIABLE AND NON-FRIABLE AND FLOORING TILE IS NON-FRIABLE, MEANING THAT UNLESS IT'S SANDED OR DRILLED OR SOMETHING DONE INCORRECTLY TO IT, IT WON'T RELEASE FIBERS INTO THE AIR.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING, SO THIS IS NON-FRIABLE MATERIAL.
>> NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT FLUFFY AND FIBERS, IT'S A HARD SURFACE, IT'S TILE, AND THEN THE MASTIC THE GLUE THAT HOLDS IT.
YES, THAT PART IS STICKY, VERY STICKY.
ASBESTOS SUITS THE GOOD GLUE THAT ACTUALLY STICKS.
>> NO, IT'S A FULL CONTAINMENT.
THEY PUT PLASTIC ON THE WALLS.
THERE'S ONE ENTRY POINT TO GO IN AND ONE ENTRY POINT TO GO OUT AND THERE'S PEOPLE THAT MONITOR THE AIR FOR SAFETY.
IT'S A VERY PRESCRIPTIVE PROCESS AND THERE'S INSPECTORS FROM THE STATE THAT ROAM AROUND AND SO IT'S A VERY PRESCRIPTIVE PROCESS THAT YOU FOLLOW.
>> DO WE KNOW OF ANYBODY WHO'S BEING MISPLACED FOR THIS ACTIVITIES?
>> NO, MA'AM. I DON'T THINK SO ON THESE PARTICULAR AREAS.
>> MAX, WHERE ON THESE CAMPUSES IS THIS WORK BEING DONE? WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS THIS? AND THEN ON THE 2023 BOND WHAT BUCKET OF FUNDS ARE YOU ASKING WERE IN THAT BOND ARE WE- YOU ASK THIS MONEY FOR?
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED TONIGHT.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY DELIVERED TO THE FBOC INTO THE PUBLIC AND TO EVERYONE ON NOVEMBER 2ND 2022.
PROBABLY ERRONEOUSLY I CALL THIS HVAC, BUT ALBERT IS OVER MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING AND SAFETY.
SO WHEN HE PUT HIS LIST TOGETHER, HE PUT HIS LIST TOGETHER FOR EVERYTHING.
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ON THAT LIST, IT'S MECHANICAL, ELECTRIC, PLUMBING, AND SAFETY AND SECURITY ITEMS. SO THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL ALSO SEE LIKE THE BARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, I THINK YOU HAD THE QUESTION ABOUT MARK MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORT LIGHTING THAT WAS ALSO ON DELIVERED NOVEMBER 2ND, 2022.YOUR SET. WHAT WAS YOUR OTHER PART OF QUESTION? YOU HAD TWO QUESTIONS.
I MEAN, WE JUST LEFT DAHLSTROM FROM A FULL REMODEL THAT TWO YEARS, I BELIEVE, WE'VE HAD TWO SUMMERS, SO NOVEMBER 22, I THINK WE COULD HAVE DONE THIS WHILE WE WERE THERE AND I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHY WE DIDN'T DAHLSTROM MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> YEAH, IT JUST WASN'T ON THE RADAR.
THIS IS MAYBE STARTED DELIMINATING SINCE THEN, I CAN'T SPECULATE.
>> WHERE'S THIS FLOORING IN THERE? IT WON'T GET YOU A MAP. JUST TELL YOU DESCRIBE IT RIGHT NOW, BUT I'LL GET YOU A MAP ON THAT.
>> OKAY. I MEAN, THE GOOD THING IS THAT YOU BUDGET WHAT YOU BUDGETED VERSUS WHAT THE PROJECT CAME IN AT.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE UNDER BUDGET, WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THESE PROJECTS ARE, I KNOW TOM GREEN ELEMENTARY.
I MEAN, WE DID FLOORING PROJECTS THERE ON 2017 BOND. I'M PRETTY SURE.
>> WELCOME TO THE FBOC COORDINATING UNCLE.
I JUST DON'T REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT THIS.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT.
MAYBE THE ONE WITH THE FBOC SAID ABOUT IT IN NOVEMBER OF 2022 AND I THINK YOU'RE HAVING A MEETING THIS WEEK?
>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ANY OF THIS STUFF WITH THEM?
>> THIS ONE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT.
ALL OF THE ONES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.
>> ALL OF THEM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT WILL BE DISCUSSED.
YES. GOOD. AWESOME. THANK YOU.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS ONE, MS. OROSCO.
>> THAT WAS MY QUESTION IS MAKING SURE THAT THE FBOC WAS GOING TO BE BROUGHT IN ON THIS TOMORROW AND AT THEIR MEETING.
I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT CAN YOU ANYONE ELSE BECAUSE TOM GREEN IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, THE FLOORING IS DIFFERENT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY WE'D HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH TOM GREEN THAN WE DO OTHER CAMPUSES?
>> ABSOLUTELY. THE KIND OF CONSTRUCTION TOM GREEN IS, THE SUBFLOOR IS NOT THE TRADITIONAL HARD TYPE CONCRETE.
IT'S A SOFTER MATERIAL THAT CAN'T BE POLISHED.
AND SO WE HAVE TO PUT A FLOOR COVERING ON IT.
>> THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
>> WHY DO I FEEL LIKE WE JUST REPLACED THE FLOOR AT TOM GREEN? AM I LOSING MY MIND?
>> NO, MA'AM. NOT AT ALL. THIS WOULD BE A CONTINUATION OF THAT WAS IN THE CORRIDORS.
NOW WE'LL HAVE A PLACE TO PUT THE STUFF IN THE CLASSROOM.
>> YOU'RE SO SMART, MR. CLEAVER.
>> LET'S JUMP UP TO I6, WHICH IS THE ROOF REPAIR AT HISTORIC BUDA UPPER CAMPUS.
ANYBODY WANT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE?
>> JUST ABOUT THE WHOLE CAMPUS ITSELF.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT DOING ANYMORE WORK DOWN LOWER CAMPUS.
SO LIKE HOW OFTEN ARE WE ACTUALLY HAVING TO DO WORK AT THAT UPPER CAMPUS? IS THIS LIKE A ONETIME.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IN FIVE YEARS, I BELIEVE WE'VE DONE ANY MAJOR REPAIR IT CALLED, I'M SURE SO GOOD.
>> IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE.
>> WELL, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF METAL ROOF. THAT'S GOOD.
THEN ITS SLOPE MOST OF ITS SLOPED AND SO THAT'S ALSO GOOD.
>> BUT YEAH, THIS IS ACTUALLY OVER THE AREAS WITH I6 ON THE EXITS.
BUT YOU WILL HAVE READ OVER THIS AIR CONDITIONER AREA UP HERE.
IN THE AIR CONDITIONER AREA UP HERE IS WHERE WE'RE TALKING.
>> I'LL JUST CARRY YOU ALL TO YOUR ROOM.
THIS IS SUCH A GEM OF A CAMPUS AND IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR LOTS OF PEOPLE TO MOVE IN ALL AROUND US.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THAT RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION I POSED ON THAT, WHICH IS GREAT.
I LOVE THAT PEOPLE ARE USING THIS FACILITY AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO KEEP IT MAINTAINED, I THINK IS A WISE INVESTMENT, SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS TO US AND THIS IS ALSO GOING TO THE FBOC, I'M ASSUMING?
>> ABSOLUTELY. THIS WILL BE FOR INFORMATION BACK IN THE DAY WHEN MR. MADISON WHEN WE STARTED THAT AND STARTED ROLLING WITH THE RULES OF THE THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN BUDGET YEAR FOR INFORMATION ONLY.
THEN WE ASKED FIRST BECAUSE SOME CONSENSUS IF THINGS ARE A LITTLE WONKY OR OUT OF BUDGET.
>> WELL, THAT MAKES SENSE. JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MESS WITH OUR BEAUTIFUL CEILING TILES.
>> I'M NOT TOUCHING ANYTHING. IN MATTER OF FACT, I BELIEVE THIS PARTICULAR ROOF REPAIR MIGHT INCLUDE SOME OF THE SOFFIT.
IF YOU LOOK THERE, YOU SEE SOME DETERIORATING SOFFIT AND SOME FACIAL BOARD AND SOME WERE SO IT'S NOT JUST THE ROOF MEMBRANE ITSELF.
>> I THINK EVEN ONCE THE BOARD MOVES TO THE SHINY NEW BUILDING AT SOME POINT, I JUST LOVED THE IDEA OF MAINTAINING THIS FACILITY IS IT'S
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A BEAUTIFUL PLACE AND PART OF THE BEAUTY COMMUNITY AND NEEDS TO BE KEPT UP.SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT.
>> LET'S GO NOW TO I7, WHICH IS WATER WELL REPAIRS AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? I8 THE ENGINEERING CONTRACT FOR HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL RENOVATIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE, MR. SEVERANCE.
>> SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE TURF AT THE THREE BASEBALL SOFTBALL FIELDS.
DOES THIS ENGINEERING, IS THIS THE ARCHITECT, I GUESS, OF THESE PROJECTS, INSTEAD OF WE DO AN ARCHITECT FOR SEVEN PERCENT.
THESE ARE GOING TO BE AN ENGINEERING FEE FOR FIVE PERCENT.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT ARCHITECT, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THIS ENGINEER, WE'RE JUST DOING ONE.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. AND IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE JUST THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU NORMALLY SEE.
NOW HOW WE NORMALLY HIRE THE ARCHITECT.
>> THEN THEY HIRE THE ENGINEER.
>>THIS IS MOSTLY ENGINEERING, SO WE'RE HIRING AN ENGINEER AND THEY'RE HIRING THE ARCHITECT FOR THOSE ONE OR TWO LITTLE SHEETS THEY NEED.
>> WITHIN THEIR FIVE PERCENT, THEY'RE DOING THE HIRING AND THE OTHER SIDE.
>> THAT WOULD BE FOR THINGS LIKE HOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO RESTAURANT CONCESSIONS? THE CIVIL ENGINEER'S NOT GOING TO DRAW THAT. THAT'LL AN ARTIST.
>> IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SEVEN PERCENT, WILL BE FIVE PERCENT ON THESE PROJECTS.
>> THAT'S INCLUDES THE ARCHITECT UNDER ENGINEERS CONTRACT.
>> NOW THINK BACK TO 2000 AND WHENEVER I MET YOU AND YOU HAD TO COME TO THE FBOC AND TURN OFF TURF AT THAT TIME.
NOW, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THE REASON THAT CAME ABOUT IS BECAUSE JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL WAS GOING TO GET TURF AND WE WERE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THE NEW HAYS HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SOFTBALL COMPLEX.
THAT WASN'T GOING TO GET TURF.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE THIS ALL CAME UP.
SO MY QUESTION IS FOR YOU, IS JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL ENGINEERED ALREADY FOR TURF AND OR IS HAYS HIGH SCHOOL ALREADY ENGINEERED FOR TURF OR IS IT GOING TO BE TWO PROJECTS?
>> YOUR RECOLLECTION IS CORRECT.
BOTH PROJECTS STARTED AS NATURAL GRASS.
AT SOME POINT WERE CHANGED TO ARTIFICIAL TURF AND THEN WENT BACK TO NATURAL GRASS.
SO I'M GOING TO ANSWER YOU THIS WAY.
BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME ENGINEERING AND OR DRAINAGE DONE ON BOTH JOHNSON IN HAYS.
WE'RE GOING TO RELY ON THIS ENGINEER TO DETERMINE TO WHAT DEGREE IT HAS BEEN DONE IN WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO TAKE IT FROM THERE.
BUT YES, THERE WAS SOME AMOUNT OF WORK DONE BUT WHEN WE WENT BACK FROM ARTIFICIAL TURF BACK TO GRASS, YOU TAKE SOME OF THAT DRAINAGE OFF, YOU PUT TOPSOIL BACK.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. SO THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGES GOING BACK.
BUT WE KNOW WHERE THAT INFORMATION IS IN THE ENGINEER'S LOOKING AT THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE A REAL DETERMINATION.
>> BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I KNOW PEOPLE WILL SAY, WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S EXPENSIVE FOR THE TURF, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME WORK.
IT'S NOT LIKE A NO SAME MARKETS AND THEIR BOND, THEY JUST PASS.
I'D READ THAT TODAY THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN ABOUT $1 MILLION TO REPLACE THEIR TURF, BUT THEIR STADIUM, THAT'S A TURF REPLACEMENT.
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO MORE THAN JUST THROW A TURF DOWN ON THESE FIELDS TO GET THEM READY TO GO OUT, RIGHT?
>> IT'LL BE LIKE A SECTION OF CRUSHED LIMESTONE THAT'S BUILT UP AS THE DRAINAGE FIELD IN ALL THE ALL THE DRAINAGE MAT AND THE DRAINAGE PIPE, ALTHOUGH BUT.
>> WE'RE CLOSER THAN ZERO STARTING FROM ZERO.
>> I BELIEVE THAT TO BE THE MAIN THING WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE WITH FROM THE ENGINEER IS WHETHER THE STORM WATER WAS SIZED FOR.
>> BECAUSE I KNOW AT JOHNSON LIKE THAT POOR SOFTWARE SOFTBALL FIELD LIKE WHEN IT RAINS, I MEAN, THEY'RE LITERALLY USING A SHOT BACK AND THE OUTFIELD TO GET RID OF.
>> THAT'S RIGHT IN AN ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELD HAS LESS OF A CROWN AND SO IT'S FLATTER THAN IT PROBABLY SHOULD BE AS A NATURAL GRASS.
>> THAT'S IT FOR THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAX.
>> MR. CLEAVER DOES REMIND ME AND I'M SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY FOR LAYMAN.
I KNOW THAT THE PRACTICE, THE MARCHING PAVEMENT IS GOING TO BE TORN UP.
WHAT'S THIS GOING TO AFFECT THE LAYOUT OF THE BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL FIELDS?
>> SO THE ALLIANCE REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY IS A GIANT NEW WATER LINE.
IT'S ACTUALLY YOU GET TO BE 52 INCH WATER LINES THAT ARE INSIDE OF A 56 INCH SLEEVE.
THE TIMING DOESN'T SET UP JUST PERFECTLY.
THEIR CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE DOESN'T SET UP JUST EXACTLY RIGHT WITH OURS.
SO WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM AND PROPOSED TO HIM AND WE SAID, HEY, IF YOU ALL GET IN HERE EARLY,
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YOU ALL CAN COME IN HERE AND USE EXCAVATING EQUIPMENT AND JUST DIG THIS THING UP AND BE DONE WITH IT.THEY SAID THAT'S GREAT. AND WE WILL STILL HONOR YOUR TIME.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO HONOR YOUR TIME, BUT THEY STILL WANT TO DO A TRENCHESLY , THEY DON'T WANT TO OPEN THE TRENCH.
THEY WANT TO DO IT TRENCHESLY OFFLINE.
I'LL SHARE HOW THEY ACTUALLY DIG SOME OF THESE BY HAND, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
BUT THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO HONOR OUR TIMELINE AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE IT SO THAT BOTH ALL OF THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS ARE ACTUALLY DONE.
SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION BY JANUARY 15TH, 2024 IN TIME FOR THE SEASON.
>> I'LL SUBMIT OTHER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GETS COMPLETED, BUT ALSO KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THAT OTHER HUGE.
>> RIGHT. IS DIRECTLY, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LINE IN THE SAND WE HAVE TO DRAW AT SOME POINT IN TIME WHERE WE EITHER EXECUTE OR DON'T EXECUTE THE ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELD.
IF WE CAN'T, FOR WHATEVER REASON, EXECUTE THE ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELD ON THE BASEBALL FIELD ONLY, OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO GET EVERYTHING ELSE DONE, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, EVERYTHING ELSE EXCEPT THAT FIELD.
BUT WE BELIEVE IF THE STARS WILL ALIGN, WE CAN GET IT DONE BECAUSE THEY'RE WILLING TO COME IN HERE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND GET JUST THAT ONE LITTLE SECTION DONE.
>> OKAY. NOW IF THE STARS DON'T ALIGN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANYTHING COMING BACK TO US ABOUT COSTS.
WE KNOW THE MATERIALS CONTINUED TO INCREASE AND LABOR AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
>> YOU'RE SAYING IF WE GET DELAYED, WOULD THAT INCREASE THE COST OF THE PROJECT?
>> IT COULD, BUT WE'LL HAVE EVERYTHING PURCHASED.
THAT'S MY GOAL AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD THE MEETING EARLY WITH THAT WATER AUTHORITY.
>> YEAH. I'D REALLY LIKE US TO LOCK IN WHATEVER PRICES.
WE KNOW THAT THINGS WITH CONSTRUCTION DON'T ALWAYS GO ACCORDING TO PLAN.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE EXCESSIVE HEAT.
WE CAN GET EXCESSIVE RAIN ALL OF A SUDDEN AND THAT'S GOING TO SLOW DOWN THESE PROJECTS AS WELL.
>> IT'D BE ABOUT A FOUR-MONTH CONSTRUCTION TIME.
WE'D BE TRYING TO COME TO THE BOARD SEPTEMBER WITH A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
>> WE KNOW THAT OUR BOND PASSED.
WE HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE BONDS THAT HAD BEEN PASSED.
I'D LIKE TO LOCK IN PRICES WHERE WE CAN.
>> WE'RE GOING TO DO IT FOR THAT PRICE.
>> YES, SIR. PLEASE [LAUGHTER]
>> MS. PETREA AND THEN MR. FLORES.
>> THE GREAT TURF DEBATE GOES BACK WELL BEFORE WE EVER BROKE GROUND ON JOHNSON.
BEFORE I WAS ON THE BOARD, I REMEMBER GOING TO BOARD MEETINGS AND HEARINGS.
MS. OROSCO WOULD BE THE ONLY SURVIVING BOARD MEMBER OF THAT BOARD TALKING ABOUT TURF.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME HISTORY.
THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TURF FOR A LONG TIME AND THE TIME JUST WASN'T RIGHT FOR OUR DISTRICT.
THE BOARD HAD BEEN GIVEN A PRICE FOR WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN THE 2017 BOND.
I'M LOOKING AT THE 2017 BOND BROCHURE.
WE HAD A $3.6 MILLION PRICE TAG FOR SOMETHING, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT WAS IT, BUT IT WAS GOING TO BE EVERYWHERE.
IT'S GOING TO BE HAYES, LAYMAN, AND JOHNSON, WHICH I THINK IS WHY JOHNSON HAS THE SUB-FLOORING, WHATEVER YOU CALL THAT UNDERNEATH.
TURF HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION FOR AT LEAST SIX YEARS.
WE HAVE AN FBOC MEMBER, JAMES JOSEPH, WHO COULD NOT GET ANYBODY TO LISTEN.
IT TURNS OUT HE WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME, AND THE TIME IS NOW BECAUSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, WE KNOW NOW WATER IS AN ISSUE.
OUR KIDS WERE MAINTAINING THEM.
WE HAD KIDS COME TO OUR BOARD MEETINGS TELLING US WE'RE MAINTAINING OUR OWN FIELDS.
MR. CLEAVER HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB TRYING TO FIND PEOPLE TO MAINTAIN OUR GRASS, BUT WE'RE NOT PROFESSIONAL-GRADE GRASS KEEPERS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUSINESS, AS IT TURNS OUT.
I KNOW MR. CLEAVER, YOU'RE PROBABLY TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT DO WE TURF, OR DO WE NOT TURF? I'M HAPPY TO SEE.
>> WHEELS ARE TURNING TOWARDS TURF.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO THINK OF SOME MORE ALLITERATIONS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A COMMENT THAT DIDN'T START WITH JOHNSON.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YOU WERE ON THE FBOC.
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YOU MAY HAVE REMEMBERED MR. JOSEPH. I DON'T KNOW.>> JUST WANTED TO ROLL THAT BACK FOR YOU.
IT STARTED BEFORE THAT AND WE JUST COULDN'T GET IT DONE, I THINK WITH THE MONEY THAT WE HAD ALLOCATED, SO WE HAD TO START OVER. THAT'S ALL.
>> YES, SIR. I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THE TIMELINE BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, KIDS GET BACK FROM CHRISTMAS BREAK, BASEBALL TEAMS ARE READY TO GET INTO FULL PRACTICE.
THERE ARE PROBABLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY FROM SCRIMMAGING.
THANK YOU FOR LAYING OUT THAT CLEAR TIMELINE.
JANUARY 15TH SEEMS LIKE A GOOD SPOT.
I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ON THE FALL.
NOW, IN OCTOBER, IN ADDITION TO USING THE BATTING CAGES, USING THE FIELD TO TAKE INFILLED NOT FILLED DOING DRILLS, HAS THERE BEEN COMMUNICATION WITH THE BASEBALL COACHES AND WITH MR. MOFFETT AS FAR AS WOULD KIDS STILL HAVE ACCESS TO FIELDS ON CAMPUS TO PRACTICE, OR WILL ALL THESE PROJECTS BE TAKING PLACE AT THE SAME TIME AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION?
>> TWO-PART QUESTION. YES. LANCE AND THE COACHES HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AND WE'VE HAD A KICKOFF MEETINGS FOR ALL THESE ALREADY.
BUT I WANT TO YIELD TO HIM AND GET WITH HIM TO MAKE SURE TO ANSWER THAT THOROUGHLY.
YES, THEY'RE GOING TO ALL BE GOING ON AT ONCE, SO THEY WILL NEED TO MAKE SOME ALTERNATE PLANS FOR SURE FOR PRACTICE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT WE WILL HAVE THAT, THAT WE'LL PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR YOU ON THAT.
>> YES, SIR. ALSO IN THE WINTER AND EVEN IN THE FALL, SELECT BALL TOURNAMENTS DO GO ON ON THE WEEKENDS.
CONSIDERING IT'S $1,200 PER GAME IF THEY WANT TO USE A FIELD, HAYS CISD BASEBALL, OR SOFTBALL FIELD, THOSE WON'T BE AVAILABLE IN THE FALL OR WINTER, CORRECT, FOR TOURNAMENTS OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION?
>> THAT'S RIGHT. THEY WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. YES, SIR.
>> YES, SIR. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WORKING ON THIS.
I HEARD RECENTLY THAT THE SOFTBALL GIRLS OVER AT LAYMAN, WHERE ACTUALLY HAD A GROUP CHAT GOING FOLLOWING THE PASSING OF PROP B.
I THINK A LOT OF KIDS IN THE DISTRICT ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
I THINK IT IS GOING TO DRAW MORE REVENUE INTO THE DISTRICT BEING THAT IT'S GOING TO ATTRACT MORE SELECT BALL TOURNAMENTS, SUMMER TOURNAMENTS THAT WANT TO USE OUR FACILITIES.
BUT THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IN GETTING TURF ON THOSE FIELDS.
>> IT'S AN EXCITING PROJECT. WE'RE EXCITED. YES, SIR.
>> YES. I DON'T LIKE TO REHASH ALL THAT TURF INFORMATION, BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, IN REGARDS TO THAT, THAT WAS A LAST-MINUTE THING THAT CAME TO US AFTER THE FBOC HAD ALREADY MADE A RECOMMENDATION.
THEN DURING OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS IS WHEN WE STARTED HEARING ABOUT IT, BUT IT WAS NOT FOR THE LEGITIMATE REASONS THAT WERE PUT TOGETHER THIS TIME AROUND.
THAT WAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALL GAME, VERY CONTROVERSIAL, VERY EXPENSIVE AT THAT TIME.
NOW, I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT THE FBOC HAS DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE WITH LANCE TALKING ABOUT THAT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT BECAUSE DROUGHTS WERE NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL BACK THEN.
NOW WE HAVE BEEN HIT HARD WITH GLOBAL WARMING AND SO ON.
THAT HAS REALLY MADE US HAVE TO LOOK AT TURF AS AN ALTERNATIVE.
THEN YOU CAN GO BACK AND LISTEN TO ALL THOSE HEATED MEETINGS IN PUBLIC FORUMS WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT HER, BUT NO NEED TO DISCUSS THAT NOW.
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT THING FOR OUR DISTRICT, BUT WE WERE NOT WRONG THEN, I WILL STILL VOTE NO ON THAT, BUT IT'S NEITHER HERE OR THERE.
>> THANK YOU. MR. FLORES, YOUR MICROPHONE IS ON.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS-UP. THERE YOU GO.
YEAH. I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER VERY FONDLY THE DAYS OF BEING THE CHAIR OF THE FBOC AND HAVING THESE INITIAL TURF [LAUGHTER]
>> I COULD HAVE OCCASIONAL NIGHTMARES ABOUT THAT.
JUST VERY QUICKLY, WHEN I FIRST MET LANCE MOFFETT, IT WAS SHORTLY THEREAFTER, HE SAYS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT TURF AND I WAS LIKE, NO.
BUT I CHALLENGED HIM AND SEVERAL ON THIS BOARD DID AS WELL TO SAY, LOOK, IF IT MAKES SENSE, YOU'VE GOT TO PUT IN THE WORK TO DEMONSTRATE TO US WHY IT MAKES SENSE, HOW IS IT BETTER FOR STUDENTS, HOW DOES IT MAKE US BETTER STEWARDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ALL OF THESE THINGS.
THEY PUT TOGETHER A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DATA THAT JUST MADE SENSE.
JUST AGAIN, HATS OFF TO THEM FOR DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB OF WORKING THAT PROPOSAL UP.
THAT WAS VERY GOOD. MS. RUNKLE.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, TAKE AWAY JUST THE ENVIRONMENTAL PIECE OF IT TOO, BUT AS A PARENT THAT HAD A BASEBALL KID THAT PLAYED BASEBALL, SAFETY TOO.
WE WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR DOWN THE ROAD AND TO OTHER TOWNS TO PLAY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A PLAYABLE FIELD.
AND THIS IS GOING TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP OUR KIDS AND OUR DISTRICT ON OUR OWN FIELDS, NOT HAVING TO FIND PLACES TO GET ON A BUS AND TRAVEL AN HOUR HERE,
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AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF THERE, WHEREVER.THAT IS WHAT I AM MOST EXCITED ABOUT, IS KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFER IN ON OUR OWN CAMPUSES. THANK YOU, GUYS.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND I KNOW I'VE HEARD FROM BASEBALL COACHES AND BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL KIDS AND THEY'RE THRILLED.
TO YOUR POINT ON THE MESSAGING, I'M SURE THERE WERE LOTS OF THOSE MESSAGES GOING AROUND AND ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS TELLING THEIR PARENTS TO GET OUT AND VOTE. THANKS.
>> ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO BACK NOW TO I4,
[I.4. Consideration and possible adoption of a 2023 Bond Reimbursement Resolution Max Cleaver (Part 2 of 2) ]
WHICH IS THE OVERALL RESOLUTION.I WANT TO POINT OUT ON PAGE 88 OF YOUR AGENDA THAT THERE'S MORE THAN JUST, AND MR. CLEAVER, I WANT YOU TO SPEAK TO EACH OF THE ITEMS ON THERE IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND REAL QUICKLY.
WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THEM IN DETAIL, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE THAT DIDN'T COME WITH SEPARATE TRANSMITTERS AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT THOSE AND EXPLAIN WHY.
>> LET'S SEE THE SURVEY AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL AND LHS.
THE REASON THAT I DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY HAVE A LINE ITEM TONIGHT IS THAT IT'S LIKELY GOING TO BE UNDER 50 AND AS FAR AS THE SURVEY, THAT'S A TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY, WE HAVE TO JUST KNOW WHAT WHAT THE LAYER OF THE LAND LOOKS LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE CAN DESIGN THE DRAINAGE.
WE'LL ALSO DO A TREE SURVEY, TOPO SURVEY, AND BOUNDARY SURVEY JUST TO KNOW WHERE THINGS ARE LOCATED.
INSTALLATION OF SECURITY FENCE AT MCCORMICK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I SAID IT WAS LIKELY LESS THAN 50 AND WE GOT OUR FIRST QUOTE FOR ABOUT 1,400 LINEAR FEET OF SIX-FOOT CHAIN LINK.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, CHAIN LINK IS PROBABLY GOING TO SURVIVE THE BEST IN THE SHIFTY GROUND.
IT WAS LIKE 38K WITHOUT SLATS.
I THINK WE CAN GET THAT DONE UNDER 50 AS WELL.
THE DESIGN FEES, THAT ONE WAS ON AN ITEM, REPAIRS TO WATER WELL REPAIRS AND OTHER ONES WERE ON THERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? MS. RUNKLE?
I WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE ACTUALLY, I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT THIS, THAT THERE'S AN RV PARK THAT JUST RECENTLY GOT BUILT, BEAUTIFUL RV PARK AND THE OWNER IS A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING, GREAT, VERY INVESTED INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR DISTRICT.
BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF PARENTS THAT WERE NERVOUS ABOUT THAT RV PARK GOING UP AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DIDN'T JUST HAVE KIDS WANDERING OFF AND THEN WANDERING OFF ON TO OURS.
IF YOU'RE AT MCCORMICK AND YOU WERE AT THE BACK, ALL OF OUR KIDS PRACTICE SOCCER AND WHATNOT ON THOSE FIELDS AND IT AS RIGHT UP TO WHERE THAT LINE IS THAT THE RV PARK.
THE RV PEOPLE COULD JUST PUT THEIR HANDS OVER AND SHAKE HANDS WITH OUR STUDENTS IF THEY WANTED TO.
YOU AND I WENT OUT THERE, MET THE OWNER AND DROVE AROUND AND LOOKED AT THAT.
FOR ANYONE THAT IS LISTENING, THAT LIVES OVER AND THAT HAS STUDENTS THAT GO TO MCCORMICK, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS.
IT'S SAFER FOR OUR KIDS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SAYING WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, BUT ALSO IT HELPS THE OWNER OF THE RV PARK KEEP OUR KIDS OUT OF HIS PROPERTY TOO.
I DO WANT TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, THE DESIGN, IF YOU CAN PROVIDE THE FENCING AND WHATNOT.
THAT RV PARK WAS BUILT IN THE KYLE ETJ.
I HAVE BIG FEELINGS ABOUT ETJ'S AND HOW OUR COMMUNITY IN CITY OF KYLE AND THE CITY OF BUDA COMMUNICATE WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WHEN THINGS ARE GOING TO BE BUILT RIGHT ON TOP OF OUR SCHOOLS.
WE DID NOT GET NOTICED THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING.
WE COULD HAVE VERY MUCH GOTTEN AHEAD OF THIS AND MADE SURE THAT THIS SECURITY FENCE WAS DONE BEFORE THAT RV PARK WAS EVEN OPEN, AND WE WERE NOT GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY.
WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS AFTER IT WAS ALREADY BEING BUILT.
I KNOW THAT I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY OF KYLE AND WITH THE CITY OF BUDA, AND I HOPE THAT SOME OF THEM ARE LISTENING.
BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO BUILD THINGS AND AN ETJ THAT IS SITTING ON THE PROPERTY OF ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES, WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE SOME CONVERSATIONS SO THAT WE CAN GET AHEAD OF THESE THINGS.
BECAUSE THAT RV PARK WAS OPENED IN JANUARY.
IT HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE FOR OUR PRINCIPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE KEPT KIDS OFF OF THEIR PROPERTY AND VICE VERSA.
I JUST DON'T EVER WANT TO BE PUT IN THAT POSITION AGAIN.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ALWAYS PROTECTED FROM THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALSO HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY OF BUDA AND CITY OF KYLE AS WELL, AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY BRING YOU IN ON THESE CONVERSATIONS.
I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T SAY NO, YOU CAN'T BUILD THAT.
WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THE COMMON COURTESY OF LETTING US KNOW WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING AND WHAT'S COMING ON.
>> YES, MA'AM. I THINK OUR COMMUNICATIONS ARE IMPROVING.
>> IF NOTHING ELSE, JUST BECAUSE OF THE SHEER VOLUME.
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>> ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE THINGS THAT COME UP.
THE BIG TAKEAWAY FROM THIS IS JUST COMMUNICATE WITH US SO THAT WE CAN GET AHEAD OF IT AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE PROTECTED AND OUR STAFF. THANK YOU.
BUT TO THE BUTTE RV PARK, IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
MY GRANDMOTHER WAS VISITING FROM OHIO FOR THREE WEEKS.
SHE BRINGS HER RV ALL THE TIME AND TRAVELS AND SHE STAYED THERE AND HAD AN AMAZING TIME.
I'M GLAD THAT THEY'RE INVESTED INTO OUR SCHOOL AND I KNOW THAT HE IS.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, MAXIMUM, WE'RE BACK ON THIS.
THE DESIGN FEES FOR THE BASEBALL SOFTBALL ARTIFICIAL TURF, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SOLD THIS BOND YET, THIS GROUP THAT WE'RE HIRING ON I8 FOR THE FIVE PERCENT, THIS IS LIKE THEIR FIRST DRAW.
>> NO. THAT SHOULD BE THE FIRST PHASE.
THAT WOULD BE ALL THE WAY THROUGH DESIGN.
>> BUT OUT OF THEIR FIVE PERCENT.
>> THAT'S AN ESTIMATED TWO-AND-A-HALF PERCENT ON THAT, ABOUT 15 MILLION.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT DESIGNED FEES AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO PAY THEM FIVE PERCENT.
THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY COMING OUT OF THERE.
>> YES, OUT OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE WHOLE PROJECT IS 15 MIL AND SO THAT'S THE WHOLE PROJECT.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO GET HALF OF THAT, IT'S THEIR FIRST DRAW, SO TO SPEAK.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. BECAUSE THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ON THE CLOCK NOW FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS.
WE'VE HAD AT LEAST A HALF A DOZEN MEETINGS.
>> GREAT. THANKS FOR CLARIFYING.
>> ANYTHING ELSE ON FOUR, WHICH IS THE OVERALL BOND REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION? ONE MORE.
>> MAX TEAM TO ME TODAY AND SAID THAT AT THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD, WE'D LIKE TO ADD POSSIBLY ONE MORE ITEM, ORCHESTRA INSTRUMENTS.
MADISON PATIO, WE'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT AS WELL FOR PUTTING IT ON NEXT WEEK SINCE WE HAVE THIS REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION AND THE FACT THAT THE INSTRUMENTS ARE IN ORDER TO GET THEM ORDERED AND TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS ON TIME FOR THE NEW PROGRAMS. WE NEED TO GET THOSE IN THE PIPELINE.
>> IT'S A 2023 BOND, IT'S 700,000.
AGAIN, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT IF WE WERE TO PUT THE PURCHASE ORDERS IN NOW, I WOULDN'T ANTICIPATE THAT WE WOULD HAVE ALL $700,000 DUE BY AUGUST 15TH BECAUSE SOME OF THEM WILL TAKE LONGER TO GET HERE.
WITH THAT SAID, IF MIGHT NOT BE THAT FULL AMOUNT, BUT THE CONCEPT IS WE'D LIKE TO GET THEM ORDERED FOR THOSE THAT DO COME IN, WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THEM.
WE'D LIKE TO ADD FOR NEXT WEEK, IF POSSIBLE, 700,000 OR WHATEVER NUMBER WE COME UP WITH TO GET TO THE INSTRUMENTS.
>> IS THERE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS THAT'S BEEN PUT ON BOARD BLOG OR AND OUR DIAS FOLDER OR THIS IS THE FIRST THAT'S BEING BROUGHT TO US?
>> I BELIEVE ADDY HAS SOME COPIES RIGHT NOW TO GIVE TO YOU ALL TO LOOK AT, NOT NECESSARILY NOW, BUT FOR YOUR INFORMATION, SHE HAS SOME FOR YOU-ALL TO HAVE IF YOU WANT IT. HAVE SOME OUT.
>> IF YOU'VE GOT SOME STUFF, LET'S GET THEM.
>> THIS WASN'T MADE FOR SHORT PEOPLE.
GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS, TRUSTEES, AND DR. WRIGHT.
THE INSTRUMENTS WERE PASSED WITH THE 2023 BOND, $700,000.
WE'RE GOING TO START HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA FOR THE FIRST TIME COME AUGUST.
WE'LL HAVE OUR FIRST GROUP OF ORCHESTRA STUDENTS COMING UP.
A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT IS FOR THAT, WE ALSO JUST HAVE INSTRUMENTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL BAND PROGRAMS FOR GROWTH.
THE FIRST PAGE WHICH IS JUST A SUMMARY PAGE IS REDUNDANT.
IF YOU TURN THE FIRST PAGE OVER TO SECOND PAGE, THEN YOU HAVE THE OFFICIAL BTS.
>> OBVIOUSLY, IF WE'RE STARTING OUR ORCHESTRA PROGRAM IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME INSTRUMENTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS COMING TO US LATE, BUT I'M APPRECIATIVE THAT IT'S COMING TO US.
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I THINK ON THE TRANSMITTAL WE PROBABLY WILL WANT TO MARK AS A 2023 BOND INSTEAD OF THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION ULTIMATELY, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING?>> THEN I MIGHT CHANGE THAT JUST SO THAT IT'S CLEAR TO THE TEAM, AND I KNOW WE'LL GET MORE OFFICIAL VERSION OF THIS NEXT WEEK WHEN WE VOTE.
THESE INSTRUMENTS ARE EXPENSIVE, TIM.
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO KNOW WHAT ONE CELLO COSTS, FOR EXAMPLE.
WHILE I AM EXCITED FOR ORCHESTRA TO COME TO OUR DISTRICT, IT'S BEEN BUILDING THROUGH THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
THIS IS A UNIQUE OFFERING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
NOT SURE WHY THE TIMING WAS WHAT IT WAS, BUT I KNOW THESE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTIONS ARE FAST AND FURIOUS ONCE WE GET A BOND PASSAGE AND WE START THINKING ABOUT ALL THE THINGS, I JUST WOULD CAUTION YOU TO THROW THESE OUT AS LAST-MINUTE.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S REASONS FOR IT. I'M SURE THERE ARE.
BUT MY SUSPICION IS THERE ALL KINDS OF PROJECTS OUT THERE THAT ARE LIKE, WHAT ABOUT US? COULD WE HAVE THROWN ALL AWAIT ROOMS IN THERE, COULD WE HAVE THROWN THIS IN THERE? I'M JUST MAKING THINGS UP, BUT THIS IS A HEFTY PRICE TAG, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THESE INSTRUMENTS ARE NOT CHEAP.
BUT I AM FULLY UNSUPPORTED THIS, I DON'T LOVE THAT WE'RE GETTING IT RIGHT NOW.
>> MR. VELA AND THEN MR. FLORES.
>> YEAH, DEFINITELY WANT TO ECHO MS. PETREA'S SENTIMENT, WE WANT TO BE A LITTLE BETTER PREPARED.
>> AGAIN, ANOTHER EXCITING FINE ARTS LAUNCHED, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BREAKDOWN.
I DO WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH CELLO COST.
AGAIN, THAT'S WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A HEFTY LIFT.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? DOES THAT 12 BUDS AT TWO TUPLES? JUST THE LAYOUT OF EACH, WHAT WE'RE GETTING FOR OUR SPEND ON THIS.
IT'LL BE NICE TO HAVE THAT BREAKDOWN. THANK YOU.
>> YEAH, THESE SEEM LIKE THE DISTRICT IS PURCHASING QUALITY INSTRUMENTS, PARTICULARLY FROM STRAIGHTEN MUSIC.
I'VE MADE MANY PURCHASES THERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, BUT MY QUESTION IS, I CERTAINLY ECHO MR. VELA AS FAR AS SEEN US AHEAD OF TIME, WHICH SHOULD BE PREFERABLE, BUT ARE THE HIGH SCHOOLS EQUIPPED WITH ADEQUATE STORAGE FOR THESE INSTRUMENTS, WHICH WILL CERTAINLY HELP TO MAINTAIN THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE CERTAINLY BREAKABLE AND THE WEAR AND TEAR CAN CERTAINLY TAKEN EFFECT AND HAVE A FINANCIAL IMPACT ON US LATER? BUT THAT'LL BE MY QUESTION.
>> GREAT QUESTION. WITH THE BOND 2023 BEING APPROVED, WE ARE ADDING ON LIKE A JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL, A NEW BAND HALL, A LARGER BAND HALL.
THEN THE ORCHESTRA WILL MOVE INTO ONE OF THE OLDER BAND HALLS, WHICH WILL HAVE ENOUGH STORAGE.
WE ARE INCLUDING STORAGE FOR THOSE INSTRUMENTS.
THESE INSTRUMENTS DO HAVE TO KEEP AN AIR CONDITION WELL-MAINTAINED STORAGE PLACES.
AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL AND LAYMAN HIGH SCHOOL, TEMPORARILY UNTIL WE BUILD ANOTHER FACILITY FOR THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE THE CHOIR ROOM.
ORCHESTRA WILL HAVE TO BE TAUGHT DURING THE CONFERENCE PERIOD OF THE CHOIR ROOM.
WE'RE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT DEPENDING ON EACH SITUATION AND WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM.
>> THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. I UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO GET THE STORAGE FACILITIES BUILT AS LONG AS THERE'S A PLAN TO HAVE THEM STORED SOMEWHERE WHERE IT DOES MAKE SURE THEY'RE MAINTAINED.
>> BECAUSE ORCHESTRA INSTRUMENTS ARE MORE DELICATE THAN BAND INSTRUMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING HER ABOUT THE QUALITY ALSO.
SIX GRADERS, WE BUY BEGINNER LEVEL INSTRUMENTS, THEN WE BUY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL FOR SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS.
NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO MORE ADVANCED INSTRUMENTS.
THE PRICE TAG NORMALLY GOES UP AS WE MOVE INTO THE ADVANCED INSTRUMENTS.
>> THANK YOU. TOUCH ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TIMELINE OF WHEN WE HOPE TO GET THESE ITEMS.
>> I HAVE A MASSIVE SPREADSHEET THAT I WILL SHARE WITH THE BOARD ON THE BAND INSTRUMENTS AND THAT I BELIEVE IT'S THREE TUPLES FOR THAT PRICE FOR IT THERE.
THE TIMELINE IS DIFFERENT PER INSTRUMENT AND PER VENDOR.
STRAIGHT MUSIC IS HANDLING A LOT OF THE EASTMAN LEVEL 5 INSTRUMENTS I BELIEVE WE'RE GETTING.
IT DEPENDS, LIKE THESE VIOLINS MIGHT COME IN ON TIME, OR AT LEAST SAY, WE HAVE FIVE VIOLINS; TWO MIGHT COME IN WITHIN A MONTH, BUT THEN THE NEXT THREE WE MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT THREE MONTHS.
I CAN'T GIVE A PREDICTION FOR EACH INSTRUMENT AND EACH VENDOR.
>> WHEN DOES ORCHESTRAS START AT HIGH SCHOOL? IS IT GOING TO START IN AUGUST?
>> ARE WE GOING TO BE READY FOR AUGUST?
>> WE'RE GOING TO TEMPORARILY SHIFT AND SHARE SOME MIDDLE-SCHOOL INSTRUMENTS.
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SO WE MIGHT HAVE SOME HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PLAYING INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED, BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE IT WORK ACROSS THE DISTRICT UNTIL WE CAN GET THE HIGH-SCHOOL INSTRUMENTS IN PLACE.>> WHY LAST MINUTE? [LAUGHTER]
>> WHY LAST MINUTE? [LAUGHTER]
>> DR. WRIGHT, SOMEBODY ANSWER ME.
>> YES. THE BOND PASSED IN MAY, AND THEN I WORKED WITH PURCHASING ON THE FORMAL BID PROCESS, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE LAST STEP TO COMPLETE.
THEN I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS HAD TO GO TO A BOND REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS ALSO, I THOUGHT I WOULD BE READY TO ROLL SOON AS THE FORMAL BID PROCESS WAS DONE.
>> THEN DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW HOW YOUR BOARD IS, HOW WE ARE, WE LIKE THINGS IN A TIMELY MANNER WITH LOTS OF ADVANCE NOTICE.
I DON'T NEED TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW US.
MAKING SURE THAT THIS TRANSMITTAL IS TWEAKED TO BE CORRECT BECAUSE IT'S NOT.
THEN ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE DO HAVE, IF YOU CAN ATTACH A TIMELINE, YOU SAID YOU HAVE A SPREADSHEET, A TIMELINE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE READY TO GO IN AUGUST.
I'M WORRIED ABOUT TAKING AWAY FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL.
DO YOU HAVE IT ALL FIGURED OUT SO YOU'LL TELL US THE PLAN ON MAKING SURE THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL IS NOT BEING DEPRIVED OF THEIR INSTRUMENTS IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL? THIS HAS BEEN DEFINITELY A SLOW PROCESS, BUT THANK YOU, DR. WRIGHT AND TEAM FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ORCHESTRA.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT SINCE 2016 OR BEFORE.
WITH DR. WRIGHT COMING ON BOARD, HE MADE SURE THAT THIS WAS DEFINITELY GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT'S SO EXCITING BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN HE FIRST INITIATED IN ELEMENTARY, EVERYBODY WANTED IN HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT AWAY.
EVEN THOUGH IT HAS BEEN PHASED IN, WE'RE FINALLY HERE AND VERY EXCITED THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. THANK YOU.
I KNOW THE STORAGE OF THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A HUGE INVESTMENT.
LAYMAN HIGH SCHOOL IS GOING THROUGH AIR CONDITIONING REPLACEMENTS THIS SUMMER, SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TIMING OF IT DOESN'T ALSO CORRESPOND OR CORRELATE TO THE AIR CONDITIONING OUTAGES THAT'LL BE AT OUR WONDERFUL LAYMAN HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS.
>> WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH AREAS THAT ARE NOT BEING AIR-CONDITIONED OR THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.
THEY WILL HAVE AREAS TO STORE IN THE COOL.
>> YES, I TOO WANT TO SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THE COST OF ALL OF THE INSTRUMENTS.
BUT I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY, NOW WE KNOW, NOW YOU KNOW.
I APPRECIATE AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ALL OF THIS HAPPEN AND IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT.
YOU'RE GOING TO JUGGLE PEOPLE AROUND AND EVERYONE'S GOING TO MAKE DO IN THE TIME-FRAME THAT WE HAVE.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU FOR, ONE, BRINGING THIS TO US AND BRINGING JUST ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS TO LIFE AND TOGETHER.
BUT I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPENED.
BUT IF YOU'LL JUST PROVIDE THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO US ALL. THANK YOU.
>> MAX, DR. WRIGHT OR MAYBE RANDY, CAN YOU REFRESH EVERYONE'S MEMORY OF WHY WE'RE HAVING TO DO THIS NOW.
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO SELL THE BOND, WE DON'T USUALLY DO THIS? USUALLY, WE PASS THE BOND AND THEN THE PROJECT START OCCASIONALLY.
ARE WE LATE SELLING THE BOND, ARE WE NOT ABLE TO SELL THE BOND? EXPLAIN TO US WHY THIS IS COMING TO US.
WHAT KNOW ABOUT PATTIES, I DON'T LOVE GETTING THIS NOW, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THESE ARE ACTUAL THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED IN AUGUST AND I'M SURE THERE WAS SOME ASSUMPTION THAT THIS BOND WOULD BE SOLD SOONER AND IT'S NOT BEING SOLD SOONER.
BUT CAN YOU TALK TO WHY WE'RE HAVING TO DO THIS? WE TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS.
>> BASED ON THE ELECTION TIMELINE, ONCE THE ELECTION IS CANVASED AND CERTIFIED, YOU HAVE TO GIVE 30 DAYS OR SO FOR APPEAL.
THEN YOU HAVE TO GET WITH YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND GO TO THE BOND MARKET TO SELL.
THE EARLIEST THAT WE COULD DO THAT IS IN AUGUST.
THESE PROJECTS DEAL WITH TIMELINESS, AND SO WE WANTED OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE BASEBALL, SOFTBALL FIELDS, THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT.
I'LL OWN THE FACT THAT PATTY'S BRINGING THIS TO THE TABLE NOW BECAUSE SHE WASN'T AWARE THAT WE WERE DOING THE BOND REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION.
WHEN WE DISCOVERED THAT SHE HAD PLACED THE PROCUREMENT FOR THE INSTRUMENTS ON THE JULY MEETING INSTEAD OF NOW, WE REACHED OUT TO HER AND ASKED HER TO GO AHEAD AND BRING IT IN.
WE KNEW YOU WEREN'T GOING TO BE HAPPY, BUT I WANTED THE KIDS TO HAVE IT AND SO I'D RATHER TAKE MY LUMPS AND MAKE SURE THAT KIDS HAVE THEIR INSTRUMENTS.
IT'S NOT ON PATTY, IT'S ON US,
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BUT WE JUST NOTICED THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE ON A FUTURE LIST BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T KNOW AND I DIDN'T WANT TO PROLONG THE PROCESS FOR GETTING THOSE INSTRUMENTS IN AND HAVING TO USE AND BORROW FROM MIDDLE SCHOOLS.BECAUSE OF THAT, I THINK SHE WASN'T AWARE OF THE BOND REIMBURSEMENT AND THEN WE WERE AWARE THAT SHE WAS PLACING IT IN JULY.
SO WE WERE LIKE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND SEE IF THE BOARD WILL TAKE ACTION ON THIS FOR JUNE BECAUSE IF SO, THAT SAVES US ABOUT 30 DAYS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE.
WE KNEW YOU WEREN'T GOING TO BE HAPPY, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU ALL LOVE KIDS AND YOU WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS FOR KIDS.
THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THE FOR THE TIMELINESS ISSUE ON OUR PART.
>> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CLARIFYING THAT, DR. WRIGHT.
BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT I KNOW ABOUT PATTY, THESE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT ON AND THESE ARE ABSOLUTELY NEEDED.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT WHERE IT'S AN UNUSUAL SITUATION WITH SOME PART.
I WANT TO GET TIMED OUT BEFORE WE GET STARTED NEXT YEAR, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> THIS IS AT LEAST THE THIRD OR FOURTH REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE THAT THE BOARD HAS ACTUALLY DONE FOR ALL THESE BONDS.
ONLY QUESTION I HAVE, AND IF YOU SAID IT ONCE ALREADY, I APOLOGIZE.
BUT WHAT WAS THE PROCUREMENT METHOD? WAS THIS COMPETITIVE, BY BOARD, CO-OP?
>> FOR THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, I BELIEVE IT WAS.
>> YES, WE WORKED WITH THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO GO THROUGH A FORMAL BID PROCESS.
YES, THE TRANSMITTAL WILL NEED TO BE CLEANED UP A LITTLE BIT, BARBARA.
>> TO FBOC MEETING, MR. CLEAVER, CAN YOU JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU GO OVER WITH THE FBOC COMMITTEES THIS ENTIRE PROCESS AND WHY IT'S COME TO US THIS WAY?
>> THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION? ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT AND WHAT'S ON IT TOMORROW NIGHT.
>> ANYTHING ELSE ON THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION? LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO, WHERE ARE WE?
[I.9. Consideration and possible adoption of an Amendment to the Plum Creek Development Agreement Max Cleaver ]
WE'RE I9, THE PLUM CREEK DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ONE? MAX, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU JUST REAL QUICK BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN THIS THING BEFORE AND I KNOW THIS IS AN UPDATE OF REMAINING THINGS TO BE DONE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S THIS ONE?
>> WOULD YOU JUST DO THE 30,000-FOOT VIEW OF THE PURPOSE OF THIS WHOLE THING AND WHY WE'RE SEEING IT AGAIN?
>> YES, SIR. BASICALLY, AS THAT UPTOWN KYLE IS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY, THEY'RE TRYING TO CLEAN IT UP BECAUSE THERE ARE STREETS COMING IN, THERE'S DRAINAGE COMING IN AND THIS AGREEMENT DATES ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2008.
WITH ALL THE MOVEMENT THAT'S GOING ON, THEY JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO PUMP THE BREAKS AND SAY WHAT ARE WE DOING? IT'S JUST TO SAY, WHAT DOES KYLE STILL HAVE TO DO? WHAT DOES THE DISTRICT STILL HAVE TO DO? KYLE, BASICALLY STILL HAS TO EFFECTUATE A RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR SIDEWALKS ALONG KOHLER'S CROSSING.
WE HAVE TO ALLOW THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ON KOHLER'S CROSSING.
WE HAVE TO GRANT A VARIABLE ACCESS EASEMENT WITHIN THE DEDICATION AREA AND THAT'LL BE SATISFIED BY THAT PENDING RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION THAT WE DID FOR CROMWELL STREET BACK IN JANUARY.
YOU ALL APPROVED THAT AND THEN IT WENT TO THE CITY.
I BELIEVE THERE WERE SOME PERSONNEL CHANGES AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT EVER GOT TO CITY COUNCIL.
ONCE THAT'S APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, A LOT OF THIS WILL BE CLEANED UP.
THAT'S THAT SECOND BULLET POINT.
THEN THE THIRD BULLET POINT IS JUST TO COOPERATE WITH PLUM CREEK AND YOU ALL WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT.
THEN THEIR OBLIGATIONS ARE TO PUT THE SIDEWALK ALONG KOHLER'S CREEK.
THEN THEY ALSO ARE TO CONTINUE DOING THE, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.
THEN JUST WE HAVE TO GRANT ANY ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS THAT ARE NOT UNREASONABLE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT SUMMARY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THAT? MS. OROSCO.
>> MR. CLEAVER, REFRESH MY MEMORY.
IS THIS WHEN MAYOR TRAVIS MITCHELL CAME ON FAJITA NIGHT FOR THAT LAND SWAP? IS THAT PART OF THAT?
>> I CAN'T REMEMBER IF HE WAS HERE.
THIS WAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHEN ROSE MEMORIAL PARK OPENED.
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>> YES, MA'AM. DIRECTLY ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PARK, DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE PARK AND THE NEW PARK.
>> YES. WE FED MAYOR MITCHELL A WONDERFUL FAJITA DINNER THAT NIGHT.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE DIDN'T REMEMBER OUR PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE WHEN WE WENT TO THE OPENING OF HEROES PARK, THEY DID NOT MENTION US AS A PARTNER AT ALL.
JUST FOR THEM TO NOTE THAT ONE OF THE KEY PLAYERS IN THAT IS HAYS CISD.
HAD WE NOT SWAPPED THAT LAND, IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN BUILT OUT TO THE BEAUTIFUL SPACE THAT WE HAVE NOW.
IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY FORGOT THAT.
BUT I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE BRINGING THIS BACK TO THEIR MEMORY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CLEAN THIS UP AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT OUR OBLIGATIONS ARE. THANK YOU.
[I.10. Consideration and possible approval of an additional easement to Pedernales Electric Cooperative at the Hays CISD Academic Support Center]
THE ADDITIONAL EASEMENT TO PEC AT THE NEW HAYS CISD ACADEMIC SUPPORT CENTER.ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ONE? YES. IT'S IN YOUR DIAS FOLDER.
THERE'S A LOVELY MAP SHOWING THIS.
>> IF YOU ALL DRIVE AROUND THE SIDE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE ACTUALLY IN ACTION.
YOU'LL SEE TEMPORARY POLES UP AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF GOING ON OVER THERE.
>> MAX, DO YOU EXPECT ANY MORE OF THESE OR IS THIS JUST THE LAST ONE?
>> I BELIEVE THAT TO BE ABOUT IT.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANYTHING ELSE.
[I.11. Second Reading and Possible Adoption of TASB Policy Update 121 Affecting Local Policies]
THAT WILL BE OUR SECOND READING OF THE POLICY UPDATE 121.
WHEN WE GET TO INFORMATION ITEMS, WE'LL CHECK THE BOX FOR THE FIRST READING OF THE POLICY UPDATES.
WE'RE GOING TO SKIP I11 FOR NOW.
THAT BRINGS US TO I12, THE BOARD CALENDAR.
[I.12. Consideration and possible approval of the Hays CISD 2023-2024 Board Meeting Calendar]
YOU'LL FIND THAT ON PAGE 119.IF YOU WANT TO FLIP TO THAT PAGE AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
ONE TWENTY IS WHERE THE ACTUAL CALENDAR IS.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE'VE GONE BACK TO TWO MEETINGS PER MONTH FOR ALL OF OUR MONTHS EXCEPT FOR DECEMBER, WHICH IS THE TRADITIONAL ONE-MEETING MONTH, AND NOW THERE IS A SPOT ON THERE FOR A JULY MEETING THAT WE WILL HAVE. MS. PETREA.
>> SINCE WE ALREADY KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A JULY 2023 MEETING, COULD WE ADD THAT TO THIS AS FAR AS OUR VOTE GOES? IS THAT GOING TO BE WEIRD? IT MIGHT HELP SET THE PRECEDENT FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE IF THIS ROLLS TO JUNE 30TH, WE'LL HAVE THAT JULY ON BOTH ENDS.
>> ADD IT TO THIS LIST AT THE TOP? I'M GETTING A THUMBS UP FROM MS. GLORIA AND [INAUDIBLE].
>> OR WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT, IS JULY GOING TO BE OUR NEW CALENDAR DAY? EITHER WAY, I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE JULY ON THIS ONE.
DO WE WANT THE BOARD TO DO THIS EVERY JUNE AND THEN STOP? OR IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO DO IT TO JULY AND THEN OUR JULY MEETING NEXT YEAR, WE'LL DO THE NEW CALENDAR.
I'M JUST VERBALLY PROCESSING, MR. MCMANUS.
>> BUT I DO THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ADD THE JULY 1 ON HERE.
>> WHICH IS THE 24TH, I BELIEVE, JULY 24TH? NO.
I LOST TRACK OF WHO GOT HANDS UP THERE REAL FAST, SO WE'LL GO OVER HERE. MR. SEVERANCE.
>> I'M LOOKING AROUND FOR MR. SAVOY.
I DON'T SEE HIM, BUT I DO HAVE A REQUEST.
MAYBE, MS. GLORIA, YOU CAN TAKE THIS.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ALL OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS ONTO EACH OF OUR CAMPUS CALENDARS ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITES.
OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE ALREADY PREEMPTED BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, SO SCHEDULING OF EVENTS, GRADUATIONS, AWARDS, OR CEREMONIES, THEY CAN TRY TO AVOID THIS.
IF WE CAN GET THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT. THAT'S IT. THANKS.
>> YES, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
ALSO ADDING THEM TO OUR CALENDARS SO WE CAN HAVE THEN DESIGNATED ON OUR PERSONAL CALENDARS THAT WE GET AS A BOARD.
THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS ON NOVEMBER 27TH.
I KNOW WE USUALLY JUST HAVE ONE MEETING.
I WAS JUST WONDERING, AND DR. WRIGHT, MOSTLY TO YOU, IF WE SHOULD MOVE THAT TO NOVEMBER 28TH BECAUSE IT'S USUALLY HARD COMING BACK FROM A VACAY AND THEN HITTING IT HARD ON THAT MONDAY NIGHT.
WE'VE HAD THAT ISSUE BEFORE WHERE WE'VE HAD MEETINGS RIGHT AFTER THEY'VE BEEN GONE FOR A WEEK AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO PREPARE AND HAVE EVERYTHING READY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST NOVEMBER 28TH FOR OUR MEETING.
DR. WRIGHT, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS, AND TEAM OF COURSE?
>> I THINK COMING OFF OF THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS, THAT WOULD BE WELCOMED.
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I'M LOOKING AROUND IF NONE OF YOU HAVE VARSITY BASKETBALL PLAYERS BECAUSE THAT'LL BE A TUESDAY NIGHT CONTEST.USUALLY, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO ORGANIZE AROUND SCHEDULES AND DOESN'T LOOK LIKE.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WILL HAVE A VARSITY BASKETBALL PLAYER, SO I THINK THAT'D BE A GREAT IDEA.
>> GREAT. I LOVE MS. PETREA'S IDEA OF STARTING WITH OUR JULY MEETING SINCE THAT IS THE BEGINNING OF OUR SCHOOL YEAR OR ACADEMIC YEAR.
I THINK THAT'S SO APPROPRIATE.
I'M REALLY EXCITED SEEING THESE LITTLE ASTERISKS HERE SAYING WE MIGHT BE IN OUR NEW BUILDING.
MAX CLEAVER, IS THAT REAL, THAT WE MIGHT BE IN OUR NEW BUILDING IN MAY? I WAS SHOCKED.
>> I JUST SAID TO CRACK OPEN A JOLLY RANCHER.
I'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT. THAT'S POSSIBLE, BUT JUNE IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
>> MAX CLEAVER, ARE YOU CONFIRMING MAY 13TH WE WILL BE IN AND READY TO ROLL.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE ONE QUICK LOOK BACK AT MY PARTNER HERE.
>> IT'S A VERY AS JARED SAID, IS A FLUID SITUATION.
>> STOP IT MAX CLEAVER, I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO TIM SAVOY RIGHT NOW.
>> CAN YOU KEEP US POSTED ON THE TIMELINE AND MAKING SURE [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE'RE GOING TO FINISH THE BUILDING, WE MOVE IN.
WE MOVE EVERYBODY OUT OF THE OTHER BUILDING, AND THEN WE START THE DEMO OF THE PARKING LOT, SO IT'S A PHASE TWO.
>> JUST AS LONG AS WORTHY IN THERE MAY 13TH AND WE'RE READY TO GO FOR OUR MEETING.
VIDEO IS READY, AUDIO IS READY.
>> YEAH. JUST A REAL QUICK OBSERVATION AND WHEN YOU ALL SAY CUBBIES RIGHT NOW I'M THINKING OF THE CHICAGO CUBS, BUT ANYWAYS, I FORGOT THAT WAS THE THROWBACK TO THE BEST PRACTICE OF OTHER DISTRICTS.
ALSO SOME OTHER DATES TO CONSIDER.
STONE IT OUT THERE. SOME OF US MAY OR MAY NOT CARE.
AND THEN APRIL 22 IS EARTH DAY ON A DAY THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD CUT DOWN CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY AND JUST THROWING THOSE OUT THERE.
>> SHORTER MEETING ON APRIL 22ND, AND TAX DAY. THANK YOU.
>> IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A 10 MINUTE RECESS.
WE'LL BE BACK HERE AT 07:56 OR SO.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, WE ARE BACK AT 7:59.
WE'RE GOING TO GO BY 13 AND 14. WE'LL COME BACK TO IT.
I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GO DOWN UNLESS ANYBODY HAS A PROBLEM WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO DOWN TO OUR INFORMATION ITEMS SO THAT WE CAN CLEAR THAT SECTION PRETTY QUICKLY, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO COMP AND BUDGET.
[J.1. First Reading of TASB Policy Update 121 Affecting Local Policies]
LET'S START WITH J1.THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF TASB POLICY UPDATE 121 AFFECTING LOCAL POLICIES.
DR. WRIGHT, YOU ALWAYS REPORT IN ON FEEDBACK FROM EITHER THE TEACHER OR GROUPS OR YOUR SUPERINTENDENT COMMITTEE, ANY ANY FEEDBACK ON THIS ONE?
>> SO WE'RE ACTUALLY MEETING WITH THE WARD REPS ON THURSDAY IN-BETWEEN THIS MEETING AND SO WE'LL BE GIVING YOU FEEDBACK FROM THAT THIS ONE.
AS ALWAYS, WHAT'S IN BLUE IS NEW AND WORKS IN RED HAS BEEN DELETED, AND SO WILL GET YOU MORE FEEDBACK AFTER THURSDAY'S MEETING IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING.
>> THANK YOU, TEAM. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? MR. SEVERANCE?
>> JUST A SPECIFIC CVA LOCAL AND CVP LOCAL.
THE DIFFERENCES ON WHAT WE'RE CHANGING AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO DO VERSUS WHAT THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN WITH BEING CHANGED, LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. MS. PETREA.
>> ALL RIGHT. SINCE WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT COMP AND BUDGET, I JUST WANT TO DRAW EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TO DEA LOCAL ON MID-YEAR PAY INCREASES.
>> THIS IS ON PAGE 138 OF YOUR BOARD BOOK AND IT'S DEA LOCAL.
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I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A LAWYER HERE, BUT MAYBE MS. COURSON OR SOMEBODY CAN JUST TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT MID-YEAR PAY INCREASES MEANS FROM DEA LOCAL.SO AFTER OUR COMP PLAN GOES INTO EFFECT, IF A PAY INCREASE WERE TO HAPPEN IN SAY, JANUARY, IS THIS THE POLICY THAT IS USED FOR THAT KIND OF PAY INCREASE? I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S DR. WRIGHT OR I'M ASSUMING MS. COURSON, MS. SEDILLO.
I JUST WANT MORE CLARITY ON THIS SECTION.
>> THERE'S A SWITCH AT THE TOP. UP HIGHER.
>> THERE WE GO. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE ANSWER IS YES.
>> SO THE QUESTION IS, IF WE APPROVE A PAY INCREASE OF SAY, THREE PERCENT AND AN EMPLOYEE GETS A THREE PERCENT.
BUT THEN DR. WRIGHT, SOMEBODY DECIDES THEY NEED ANOTHER THREE PERCENT OR FOUR PERCENT OR WHATEVER.
THIS IS THE POLICY BY WHICH THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNEW THAT.
NOPE, THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING IT UP.
A CONTRACT EMPLOYEES MAY BE INCREASED.
THIS IS UNDER CONTRACT EMPLOYEES.
ANY SUCH CHANGES IN PAIN THAT DO NOT CONFORM WITH THE COMPENSATION PLAN SHALL REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WHAT YOU THINK IT DOES.
THIS ACTUALLY DOES ALLOW THE SUPERINTENDENT TO BECAUSE THE COMPENSATION PLAN HAS BANDS.
IT DOESN'T JUST SAY THREE PERCENT PERIOD, END OF STORY.
NO OTHER DOLLARS CAN BE GIVEN TO THIS EMPLOYEE AND IT GIVES DR. WRIGHT SOME FREEDOM.
IF SOMEBODY WERE TO AND HE CAN EXPLAIN THIS BETTER.
BUT IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT COMES IN IN JANUARY, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY TRYING TO LEAVE THE DISTRICT AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THEY STAY AND WE'RE TRYING TO BE COMPETITIVE, THAT THING.
THIS IS THE POLICY BY WHICH HE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.
>> BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF THERE ARE ANY NOTED ERROR, SO SAY WE HAVE EMPLOYEES FROM ALL DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS AND IF THEIR SERVICE RECORD THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO US AS INCORRECT, THEN THIS POLICY GIVES ME THE AUTHORITY TO ADJUST THAT TO THE CORRECT AMOUNT.
SO LIKE IF THEY WERE ONLY GIVEN CREDIT FOR 14 YEARS IN OUR INITIAL APPLICATION PROCESS AND REVIEW, BUT THEY REALLY HAD 16 AND WE CAN PROVE IT UP THEN IT GIVES US THE AUTHORITY TO ADJUST IT.
>> DR. WRIGHT, DOES THIS ALSO INCLUDE MARKET ANALYSIS CHANGES ALSO? IF YOU COME IN AND YOU SEE THAT SOMEONE IS BEING UNDERPAID OR SOMEONE IS COMING IN AT A CERTAIN POSITION THAT IS LEVEL WITH OTHER POSITIONS AND WE HAVE TO CHANGE THAT OR LOOK AT THOSE SALARIES.
DOES IT STILL FALL INTO THAT SAME?
>> TYPICALLY, MARKET ANALYSIS ADJUSTMENTS ONLY HAPPEN WHEN WE DO UPDATED COMPENSATION PLANS.
OCCASIONALLY, IF WE HAVE THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET, THEN THE SUPERINTENDENT DOES HAVE THE RIGHT TO READJUST THOSE SALARIES FOR MARKET VALUE AS LONG AS IT'S NOT EXCEEDING THE BUDGET THAT THE BOARD APPROVED.
>> OKAY. FOR ME PERSONALLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FEEL ABOUT THIS, BUT WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT BUDGET AND COMPENSATIONS, AND WE PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THIS.
WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PEOPLE THAT WE APPROVE HIRES AND THOSE COMPENSATIONS.
WE CARE A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THEM.
I'M NEVER COMFORTABLE APPROVING A BUDGET IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, AND THEN FINDING OUT MID-YEAR THAT PEOPLE THAT WE APPROVE HAVE GOTTEN RAISES AND HAS CHANGED THE BUDGET AND US NOT BE AWARE OF IT.
IT DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT, BUT SO WHAT I WOULD ASK, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW OTHERS FEEL ABOUT THIS, IS THAT ESPECIALLY WITH POSITIONS THAT WE APPROVED IS JUST BEING MADE AWARE OF WHEN THAT IS OCCURRING AND GOING ON.
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>> WE CAN MAKE SURE TO COMMUNICATE THAT WITH YOU, ABSOLUTELY.
>> I ACTUALLY WANT TO GO A STEP FURTHER.
THIS IS LOCAL POLICY WHICH WE ARE IN CHARGE OF.
WE CAN MODIFY THIS, AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GET LANGUAGE FROM OUR LAWYER TO CLEAN THIS UP.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO JUST GET NOTICE AFTER THE FACT THAT CHANGES WERE MADE WHEN WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE COMPENSATION BUDGET CYCLE, AND HAVE APPROVED THAT.
DR. WRIGHT WILL BE WITH US FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS UNTIL HE RETIRES, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT WITH DR. WRIGHT, BUT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT TEN YEARS FROM NOW IN OUR FUTURE, MAKING SURE WE HAVE A SOLID PLAN AND JUST BEING AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE WITH ALL OUR EMPLOYEES, MAKING SURE THAT WE KNOW WHEN THERE IS A MID-YEAR INCREASE AND SO ON.
MR. MCMANUS, IF YOU CAN CHECK WITH OUR LAWYER TO GET LANGUAGE, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO MS. COURSON AND GET LANGUAGE FROM TASB.
>> ON THIS, BUT ALSO CHECKING WITH OUR BOARD ATTORNEY ON CLEANING THIS UP, I THINK WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL, SO THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY FOR US NOT TO KNOW WHY ARE WE DOING BUDGETING COMP? WHY DO WE HAVE THESE BANDS WHEN THINGS ARE GOING TO BE CHANGED OFF THE CUFF.
REGARDLESS IF IT'S A GOOD IDEA OR NOT, AND LIKE I SAID, WE JUST NEED TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE WHEN DR. WRIGHT RETIRES IN 10 YEARS.
IF WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION BEFORE NEXT WEEK, THAT WE VOTE ON THIS AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT LANGUAGE TO SEE IF THAT IS MORE FEASIBLE.
DR. WRIGHT, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT OF GETTING SOME CLARITY HERE?
>> YEAH. CAN YOU GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE AS TO WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE INCLUDED IN THE POLICY SO THAT WE CAN ASK THEM TO CRAFT THAT, AND THEN TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS IS LEGAL.
>> BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY MISLEADING THE WAY IT IS HERE.
BECAUSE I REALLY THOUGHT ALL THESE YEARS THAT IT REQUIRES BOARD APPROVAL, TO MAKE ANY CHANGES.
I JUST WANT TO BE DOING WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE IT SAYS.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHALL REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL AND I GUESS IN THE END THE OTHER PART WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY [INAUDIBLE] PAY INCREASE AND MAYBE THAT'S SOME OLD HOLDOVER FROM BEFORE.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY MID-YEAR PAY INCREASES ACTUALLY DO COME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE WHAT I'M ASKING?
>> IT DOES AND WE CAN LOOK AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT DEA LEGAL HAS TO SAY BECAUSE IF IT COVERS IT, THEN YOU MAY NOT NEED A LOCAL POLICY.
>> YEAH FOR SURE. LEGAL TRUMPS LOCAL.
BUT IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS REFERRING TO SHALL REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT IT IN LEGAL.
>> SO YOU JUST WANT THEN ANY POSITION THAT COMES TO THE BOARD AS A HIGHER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS [OVERLAPPING]
>> AND NOT FOR THE ONES THAT YOU GUYS DELEGATE TO ME, FOR TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, NURSES, ETC?
>> I'M TALKING ABOUT MID-YEAR PAY INCREASES.
I'M TALKING ABOUT, SO MS. COURSON AND I DON'T WANT HER TO LEAVE BECAUSE SHE IS FABULOUS, AND I DECIDE, NOT ME, BUT IF I WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT, NOW IT'S GOING TO GIVE HER $30,000.
IN ISOLATION WITHOUT HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.
THAT'S AN ISSUE, WE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT, AND IT IS A TAXPAYER MONEY, AND SO WE SHOULD MAKES ME FEEL LIKE A GIFT OF FUNDS EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT, BUT IT MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE NOT SO CLEAN, SO I WOULD LIKE TO CLEAN THAT UP.
DEPENDING ON WHAT LEGAL SAYS, HOW CAN WE CLEAN THAT UP AND CHECK WITH TASB FOR LANGUAGE, CHECK WITH OUR BOARD LAWYER AS WELL.
>> FOR CLARIFICATION PLEASE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE INTENDING FOR THIS APPROVAL TO COME TO THE BOARD ONLY FOR THOSE POSITIONS THAT I WOULD NORMALLY BRING TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL?
>> YEAH, AND [INAUDIBLE] CUSTODIAN, YOU'RE GOING TO BUMP THE CUSTODIAN BY 50,000,
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FOR EXAMPLE, THAT SHOULD COME TO THE BOARD.ANY MID YEA- INCREASES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
>> THAT WOULD MEAN ANY EMPLOYEE, EVEN HOURLY EMPLOYEES.
>> WE HAVE A COMPENSATION PLAN, ANY BAND FOR A REASON SO WE SHOULDN'T BE SHIFTING IN THAT BAN UNLESS YOU GO TO ANOTHER POSITION, CORRECT? UNLESS YOU'RE HIRED AS A TEACHER IN MID-YEAR, YOU MOVE UP TO A COUNSELOR, FOR EXAMPLE, OR AN INSTRUCTIONAL COACH OR A COORDINATOR OR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS MID-YEAR, THAT'S REASONABLE BECAUSE IT IS A SHIFT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT ANY PAY INCREASES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, NOT A PROMOTION.
>> DOES THAT INCLUDE ADJUSTMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DISCOVER THAT SOMEBODY WASN'T PROPERLY CALCULATED ON THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE AND WE NEED TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT FOR THAT.
WOULD AN ADJUSTMENT TO THAT WHICH COULD BE AN INCREASE, WITH THAT NEED TO COME TO THE BOARD BY VIRTUE OF IT JUST BEING AN INCREASE OR ARE YOU MEANING ONLY IN THOSE CASES WHERE WE'RE MAKING A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE?
>> WELL, THAT'S IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
SIGNIFICANT TO SOME PEOPLE MIGHT MEAN 1,000 TO OTHERS IT MIGHT MEAN 10,000.
SO I WOULD LIKE ALL PAY INCREASES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, MID-YEAR PAY INCREASES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO COME TO US.
SO IF WE CAN INQUIRE ABOUT THAT, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
>> MS. PETREA, THEN MS. RUNKLE.
>> MS. COURSON, THANK YOU, MRS. OROSCO FOR BRINGING SOME CLARITY TO THAT.
I'M SURE IT'S PROBABLY A RARE PRACTICE. I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE NOT, BUT IF YOU COULD JUST LOOK AT THE LAST TWO YEARS, LET'S JUST SAY HOW MANY MID-YEAR INCREASES WERE GIVEN.
I DON'T NEED THE DOLLAR TOTAL, BUT JUST HOW MANY WERE DONE? NOT BECAUSE OF A STEP INCREASE, BUT BECAUSE WE DID A MID-YEAR INCREASE.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE DONE THAT? I GUESS IS WHAT I'M ASKING.
>> MID-YEAR, MEANING ANY PAY ADJUSTMENT OR A SIGNIFICANT PAY INCREASE.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE ARE A LOT OF ADJUSTMENTS THAT OCCUR TO TWEAK SOMETIMES AND SO I JUST WANTED TO [OVERLAPPING]
>> ANY MID-YEAR THAT HAD TO BE APPROVED BY SAID, NEXT LEVEL MANAGER OR ABOVE.
>> SO THERE ARE A LOT Y'ALL ASK FOR THAT INFORMATION AND WE PROVIDED TO YOU ON THE BLOG AND ON THAT SHEET.
IT GOES FROM EVERY POSITION CLASSIFICATION.
AND IT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY ADJUSTMENTS WE HAVE TO MAKE FOR YEARS OF SERVICE AND ALL THE ONES THAT CAME TO US WERE BECAUSE OF YEARS OF SERVICE ADJUSTMENTS.
>> SO YEARS OF SERVICE ADJUSTMENTS WOULD BE A GOOD NUMBER TO USE?
>> YEAH, JUST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION WHEN WE MADE THE DECISION AT THE TIME AND WHEN WE DID THE YEARS OF SERVICE, THE SALARY INCREASED COMMENSURATE TO WHATEVER THAT YEAR OF SERVICE WITHIN THEIR PAY BAND.
>> SO THE NUMBER OF PAY ADJUSTMENTS IN THE PAST TWO-YEAR THAT WERE MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENTS. I'M SORRY.
>> THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ASKING. I'M SORRY.
WHAT I'M ASKING IS ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT.
ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF STEP INCREASES, SOMEBODY'S STEP INCREASE CHANGES IN DECEMBER.
GREAT. WONDERFUL. I'M ASKING ABOUT ANYTHING BEYOND THAT PROCESS.
HOW MANY TIMES DO WE DO THAT? THIS IS STILL QUITE A BIT.
>> YEAH. SO IF WE JUST DO A THREE-YEAR LOOK BACK, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> SO I KNOW WE HAVE A PERSON IN HR WHOSE SOLE JOB IS TO CALCULATE SALARIES.
I'M HOPING WE'RE GOING TO GET BETTER AT THIS.
I DO KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THERE'S DELAY IN GETTING RECORDS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS AS MY UNDERSTANDING.
I ACTUALLY DISAGREE WITH MS. OROSCO.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE EVERY SINGLE ADJUSTMENT THAT HAPPENS TO A TEACHER BASED ON RECORDS THAT ARE JUST LAGGING BEHIND, AND THEN WE HAVE TO CLEAN THAT UP.
I AM MORE INTERESTED IN SEEING MID-YEAR INCREASES THAT ARE OF EMPLOYEES THAT COME TO THE BOARD, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER HOLDUP FRANKLY.
AND I DON'T WANT TO BE THE BOTTLENECK FOR THAT FOR THAT PROCESS.
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THE ISSUE WITH THE LANGUAGE IS THE WORDS WITH THE COMPENSATION PLAN.SO THE COMPENSATION PLAN TO YOUR POINT HAS THOSE BANDS AND ANYTHING WITHIN THOSE BANDS IS FAIR GAME WITHOUT COMING TO THE BOARD.
AND I DO FEEL LIKE IT IS DISINGENUOUS TO DO ALL THIS WORK.
AND THEN YOU COULD GO TO THE TOP OF THAT BAND WITHOUT COMING BACK TO THE BOARD, EVEN THOUGH IT IMPACTS THE BUDGET, IT IMPACTS A LOT OF THINGS.
BUT MY GUESS IS SOME OF THOSE TEACHER ADJUSTMENTS, OR NURSE, OR LIBRARIAN OR COUNSELOR, OR CUSTODIAN ARE PRETTY MINOR.
ALTHOUGH IT IS A BUDGET IMPLICATION.
SO I MEAN, I GET WHY YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE THAT.
I'M TRYING NOT TO CAUSE MORE WORK THAN IT NEEDS TO BE.
IF IT'S THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
BUT WHEN YOU TALK TO THE LAWYER, MR. MCMANUS, IT'S THAT WITH THE COMPENSATION PLAN IS THE PROBLEM.
DO WE NEED TO REWRITE OUR COMPENSATION PLAN? I'VE SEEN OTHER DISTRICTS DO IT VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN WE DO IT, AND DON'T HAVE AS WIDE OF BANDS.
SO YOU TAKE AWAY THAT FLEXIBILITY.
MAYBE AT THAT ADMINISTRATOR BAND WHERE AP START.
YOU JUST HAVE I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THIS, BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE YEARS OF SERVICE AND YOU HAVE DIFFERENT AP SALARIES.
BUT I'M HOPING THE LAWYER DOES HAVE SOME ADVICE ON HOW WE CAN TIGHTEN THIS UP.
I THINK YOU'RE HEARING THE INTENT OF THIS IN OUR MINDS IS THAT IT COMES TO US.
>> BUT THE LANGUAGE ITSELF HAS SOME WIGGLE ROOM THAT MAYBE WE CAN CLEAN UP.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IT'S THE WIDTH, THE COMPENSATION PLAN.
SO EITHER REWRITE THE COMPENSATION PLAN OR FIGURE OUT A WAY TO CHANGE THIS.
>> WELL, ARE YOU ALL GOOD WITH ANY MID-YEAR INCREASE REGARDLESS OF THE REASON FOR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU GUYS HIRE WILL COME TO THE BOARD.
>> SO WITHOUT SPEAKING FOR THE BOARD THAT MY PREFERENCE IS I'M YES, I'M GETTING YESES ON THIS SIDE.
>> THEN WE CAN JUST ASK JENNIFER POWELL AND GET HER TO CRAFT LANGUAGE TO ADDRESS THAT.
>> ONLY FOR THOSE THAT WE BRING TO THE BOARD? AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY?
>> FOR THE POSITIONS THAT THE BOARD APPROVES AND THEY DON'T DELEGATE.
>> SOUNDS GOOD. I WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
I'LL REACH OUT TO TASB AND GET A RECOMMENDATION ON THE LANGUAGE.
>> YEAH. I WAS JUST GOING TO THANK YOU DR. WRIGHT FOR SAYING THAT.
BECAUSE I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY WE DO NEED TO CLEAN IT OUT, BUT I ONLY REALLY TRULY CARE ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE APPROVAL ON HIRING.
BUT ALSO IT'S NOT JUST, I WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT SAYING MID-YEAR, BECAUSE WE CAN HAVE SOMEBODY IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER THAT IS WORKING IN OUR DISTRICT AND MOVES TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT WHERE NOW WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT WHOLE DEPARTMENTS SALARIES AND BASE THEIR SALARIES OFF OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FROM THAT INDIVIDUAL THAT'S COMING INTO THAT DEPARTMENT.
SO IT COULD BE ALL YEAR, SO YOU CAN HAVE THAT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
BUT TO THE POINT IS IF WE'RE PROVING A BUDGET, WE'RE PROVING COMP AND WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF IMPROVING SOME OF THESE EMPLOYEES, THEN I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE WHENEVER THERE ARE CHANGES BEING MADE TO THE COMP PLAN THAT WE'VE APPROVED.
>> SURE. WE'LL GET THAT LANGUAGE AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU FOR REVIEW.
>> YES. I'M DEFINITELY GOOD WITH THE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE COMPENSATION PLAN.
SO NOT SO MUCH THE PEOPLE WE APPROVE BECAUSE WE ONLY GET A CERTAIN LEVEL AND ABOVE.
BUT ANYBODY THAT'S IN THE COMPENSATION PLAN THAT WE ADOPT.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT, MS. PETREA, YOU SO I'M DEFINITELY GOOD WITH THAT.
SO MS. COURSON IS GOING TO ASK TASB FOR INFORMATION AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO ASK OUR BOARD ATTORNEY AS WELL. THANK YOU.
>> ANYBODY ELSE ON THIS ONE? MR. VELA?
>> I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO GO BACK AND CLEAN UP MY QUESTION NOW.
OF THOSE MOVING FORWARD THAT WOULD COME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE DONE THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS? THAT SHOULD BE A SMALL NUMBER, I WOULD WRITE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. GOT IT? THANK YOU.
>> YOU HAVE A NEW QUESTION. WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD OVER HERE? I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION AS WELL ON MR. CLEAVER,
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I KNOW YOU PROBABLY LOVE TALKING ABOUT INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS. THERE WAS A LITTLE LANGUAGE IN HERE THAT I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DO.IF YOU COULD COME UP TO THE MICRO QUICK AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS IS.
IN CLB LOCAL TEAM ON PAGE 133 IS WHERE I'M AT.
I'M WAITING ON YOU MR. CLEAVER. THAT'S FINE.
YOU TELL ME WHEN YOU'RE READY.
>> SECOND PARAGRAPH, LAST SENTENCE, IT SAYS THESE TACTICS SHALL INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE JUDICIOUS USE OF PESTICIDES.
THAT'S A LITTLE RED FLAG FOR ME.
>> THE JUDICIOUS USE OF PESTICIDES.
WHAT DO WE DO FOR OUR WHOLE IPM? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?
>> ABSOLUTELY. THE STATE WOULD RATHER US NOT USE POISON, PERIOD, AND SO WE DO A LOT OF MONITORING AND YOU SEE THESE LITTLE MONITORING TRAPS, A LOT OF GLUE BOARDS AND THEN WHEN WE DO HAVE TO USE PESTICIDE, THAT GREEN, YELLOW, AND RED LIST PRODUCTS AND WE TRY TO STEER AWAY FROM THE RED, BUT SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO USE THE RED.
YOU'RE ALLOWED TO, YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP A RECORD.
BUT SO WHERE WE CAN WE USE NOTHING.
IN OTHER WORDS, REMOVE THE ANT COLONY INSTEAD OF POISON THEM KIND OF THING.
THAT'S THE JUDICIOUS USE OF PESTICIDES JUST MEANS YOU USE AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE.
>> WE'RE NOT JUST OUT FOGGING CLASSROOM.
>> WE ARE NOT? WE BAIT WHENEVER POSSIBLE BECAUSE BAITS ARE ON THE GREEN LIST SOMETHING THAT THE BUGS GO PICKUP IS BETTER THAN TRYING TO SPRAY POISON ON THEM.
>> LOTS OF PESTICIDES AROUND STUDENTS MADE ME A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE.
YES. WE BAIT WHENEVER POSSIBLE AND USE GREEN LISTS.
MANY OF THE RED LISTS HAVE TO DO WITH SOME OF OUR ATHLETIC CHEMICALS, THE PRE-EMERGENCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE'S JUST NO WAY AROUND IT.
>> ACTUALLY, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE STUDENT WELFARE FREEDOM FROM BOOLEAN.
THIS IS MORE FOR DR. WRIGHT 144.
IT SAYS PERIODIC MONITORING OR LET ME REFER TO REPORT FORMAT.
IS THAT A REPORT MAY BE MADE ORALLY OR IN WRITING.
NOW, IN WRITING IS AT PREFERABLE, DR. WRIGHT, IN REGARDS TO JUST KEEPING DOCUMENTATION OF INCIDENTS THAT MAY HAPPEN WOULD BE MY FIRST QUESTION.
>> YES, OUR DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES COMPILES ALL THE INFORMATION AND THEN CAN PULL THOSE REPORTS AND THEN THEY GIVE US ALSO THROUGH OUR PMS FOR 25 REPORT, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT INCIDENTS THAT OCCUR IN BULLYING IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS REFLECTED ON THAT REPORT.
>> YES, SIR. THEN THERE'S THE ADDITION HERE IS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL PERIODICALLY MONITOR THE REPORTED COUNTS OF BULLYING INCIDENTS AND IT NOTES THAT A DECLINE IN REPORTS MAY MEAN AN IMPROVEMENT AS FAR AS BOOLEAN OR A DECLINE IN CAMPUS CULTURE BECAUSE OF A DECLINE IN OPENNESS TO REPORT INCIDENTS.
I GUESS WHEN THEY SAY PERIODICALLY, IS THAT EVERY NINE WEEKS THAT YOU GAUGE A TEMPERATURE AS FAR AS BULLYING INCIDENTS.
IS THERE A MECHANISM FOR STUDENTS TO REPORT BULLYING ANONYMOUSLY? THAT IT'S JUST MORE CLARIFICATION.
I ASSUME THERE IS. I WAS JUST WANT TO GET UP TO DATE ON THAT.
>> YES, THERE IS AN ANONYMOUS REPORTING MECHANISM THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AND THEN AS FAR AS THE PERIODIC MONITORING, I USUALLY DO IT IN DECEMBER AND THEN AGAIN IN JUNE.
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP, MR. FLORES, I ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION ON THE SAME POLICY ON THE CHILD DEVELOP ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU COULD SHARE WITH US DR. WRIGHT WHEN YOU GET THAT WRITTEN, THAT SEEMS LIKE A NEW MINIMUM STANDARD ON PAGE 143 IN BLUE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT PROMPTED THE CHANGES OF THIS POLICY, BUT WE DO GET A LOT OF CALLS FROM PARENTS AND THE WORD BULLYING GETS THROWN AROUND A LOT.
IT'S GOOD TO JUST KNOW WHERE TO REFERENCE THIS POLICY, FRANKLY.
BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU KNOW WHY THIS HAS BEEN ADDED, THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS TO DEVELOP ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THAT MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR BULLYING PREVENTION ARE IMPLEMENTED.
I FEEL LIKE WE DO A LOT OF THINGS AND SO IT MAY JUST BE SORT OF ENCAPSULATION OR MEMORIALIZATION OF WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING, WOULD BE MY GUESS, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
>> YEAH. WE'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE DO AND THE STEPS THAT WE TAKE IN THE PROGRESSION.
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THEN ALSO THE REPORTING, ANONYMOUS VEHICLES AND THINGS THAT WE OFFER TO KIDS AND THEN HOW WE ROLL THAT OUT ACROSS THE DISTRICT.MADIVILLE PLEASE CAPTURE THAT ONE FOR DR. DAWSON.
>> YEAH. SAME PAGE, SAME POLICY.
WHEN SOMEBODY IS ALLEGED TO HAVE BULLIED SOMEBODY ELSE, IT SAYS THAT WE WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME AFTER THE INCIDENT IS REPORTED IS WHEN A PARENT WOULD BE NOTIFIED OF SOMEBODY WHO WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE ENGAGED IN BULLYING ACTIVITY.
CAN WE BETTER DEFINE THAT? IF WE'RE NOTIFYING WHAT IS IT ON THE THIRD BUSINESS DAY, PARENT OF AN ALLEGED VICTIM, WHY WOULDN'T WE ALSO NOTIFY THE ALLEGED BULLYING PARENT WITHIN THAT THIRD BUSINESS DAY?
>> YEAH, USUALLY OUR PROCEDURE IS TO NOTIFY BOTH PARTIES AND SO I'M NOT REAL SURE WE'LL HAVE TO DIVE INTO THAT ONE A LITTLE DEEPER.
>> WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO THE ALLEGED TO HAVE ENGAGED THE PARENTS COULD ALSO BE NOTIFIED WITHIN THAT THIRD BUSINESS DAY.
JUST GO AHEAD AND MIRROR EACH OTHER.
>> OKAY. THE LAST SENTENCE OF THAT PARAGRAPH.
IT SAYS THE PRINCIPAL OR DESIGNEE SHALL ALSO NOTIFY A PARENT OF THE STUDENT ALLEGED TO HAVE ENGAGED IN CONDUCT WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME AFTER THE INCIDENT IS REPORTED.
THEN WE CONFIRM THAT THIRD BUSINESS DAYS IS WHAT I'M SUGGESTING.
>> I HOPE THAT IF ANYONE IN OUR CAMPUS KNOWS THAT THERE'S BULLYING GOING ON, THEY'RE NOT WAITING ANY DAYS TO NOTIFY A PARENT, OR MAYBE THERE'S AN INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, SOMETIMES THOSE DON'T TAKE THAT LONG.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT A DAY ON THERE.
I WANT TO SAY IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU'VE COMPLETED YOUR INVESTIGATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT THREE DAYS, THAT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME AS A PARENT.
IF MY KID IS BEING BULLIED, I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT IMMEDIATELY SO THAT I CAN TAKE THE PROPER MEASURES AT HOME TO ENSURE THAT THE SAFETY AND THE MENTAL HEALTH OF MY CHILD IS PROTECTED AND EVERY OTHER CHILD.
>> WELL, I THINK THE OVERVIEW THAT DR. DAWSON WILL PROVIDE WILL GIVE YOU OUR TIMELINES THAT WE CURRENTLY ADHERE TO.
THIS SAYS IF IT IS CONFIRMED, ONCE WE HAVE AN OUTCRY, THEN WE INVESTIGATE IMMEDIATELY, AND THEN BOTH PARTIES ARE NOTIFIED USUALLY WITHIN 24 HOURS.
THIS SAYS ONCE IT'S CONFIRMED, SO THE WAY I'M INTERPRETING THIS, YOU'LL TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, IS THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED INVESTIGATING AND IT'S BEEN PROVEN AND CONFIRMED THAT AN INCIDENT DID TAKE PLACE.
AT THAT POINT, THEN WE SHOULD BE CALLING THE DISCIPLINARY CONSEQUENCES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZING TO HELP CORRECT THE BEHAVIOR.
>> JUST, AGAIN, TO CLARIFY, THE NOTICE TO A PARENT WHETHER SAID CHILD ENGAGED IN BULLYING ACTIVITY OR IS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN BULLIED, THEY ARE NOTIFIED THAT THERE'S BEEN A REPORT.
THAT'S NOT THE FINAL REPORT THAT'S NOT THE OUTCOME OR THE DISCIPLINES.
THIS IS JUST SAYING, HEY, YOUR SON OR YOUR DAUGHTER WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN BULLIED OR YOUR SON OR YOUR DAUGHTER WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE BULLIED ANOTHER STUDENT.
I'M SAYING THAT THE TIMELINE FOR THAT REPORT SHOULD BE THE SAME, WHETHER IT'S IMMEDIATE OR WE'RE SAYING IF WE'RE GIVEN BY THE THIRD BUSINESS DAY HAVE TO REPORT.
I WANT THAT TO BE THE SAME WHETHER YOU'VE ALLEGED TO HAVE ENGAGED IN THE ACTIVITY.
>> MS. PETREA, THEN MR. FLORES.
>> MAYBE WE WANT TO HEAR FROM DR. DAWSON BEFORE WE MAKE THAT CHANGE.
THE WAY I'M THINKING THROUGH THIS IS IF YOU HAD A REALLY BIG INVESTIGATION AND YOU DON'T WANT TO TIP OFF THE BULLY THAT THIS IS HAPPENING, THAT THERE'S AN INVESTIGATION HAPPENING, YOU OBVIOUSLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THE VICTIM'S PARENTS KNEW, BUT MAYBE THERE'S A REASON YOU'RE NOT TELLING THE BULLY'S PARENTS.
I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN THIS, IN INVESTIGATING THESE KINDS OF ACTIVITIES, AND I FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY THAT IS THERE MIGHT BE A REASON WHY IT'S REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME VERSUS THIRD DAY.
I DON'T KNOW. I AGREE THAT IT SEEMS WEIRD THAT IT'S NOT CONGRUENT, BUT I ALSO FEEL LIKE MAYBE THERE'S A REASON FOR IT.
BEFORE WE JUST CHANGE IT, MAYBE DR. DAWSON OR MS. GRACCHI OR SOMEBODY COULD TELL US WHY THAT IS WITHIN THE WEEK,
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NOT RIGHT NOW. IT'S FINE.>> I CERTAINLY CAN RESPECT THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS BECAUSE ANY TEACHER WOULD KNOW WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH KIDS, SOMETIMES THERE'S THINGS SAID, YOU HAVE TO DO AN INVESTIGATION TO FIND OUT IF IT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENED OR IF IT'S TRUE BY TALKING TO BOTH STUDENTS.
I RESPECT THAT AND I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY THE RIGHT WAY TO GO IN A TIMELY FASHION.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE DESCRIPTION AS FAR AS HAZING THREATS, TAUNTING, TEASING, CONFINEMENT, NAME CALLING, ET CETERA.
YOU SEE THE DESCRIPTIONS OF BULLYING.
NOW, IN INCIDENTS, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT HAS TO DO WITH RACE OR HOMOPHOBIA, FOR EXAMPLE, DOES THAT FALL UNDER THE SAME UMBRELLA AS FAR AS BULLYING IS CONCERNED?
>> YES. AND IT INCLUDES CYBER AS WELL.
IT'S FACE-TO-FACE AND IT'S ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED OR ELEMENTS.
>> IT'S BEEN A MINUTE, BUT I THINK WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN THIS BEFORE.
IT'S BEEN AWHILE, SO IT'D BE GOOD TO GET A REFRESHER ON BOARD BLOG OF MAYBE THE ENTIRE NOTIFICATION POLICY, WHATEVER DR. DAWSON'S FOLLOWING TO GUIDE WHAT OUR CAMPUSES ARE DOING.
I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WHOLE THING.
I DO THINK, TO MR. FLORES IS POINT, MAYBE THAT EXAMPLES SECTION NEEDS A LITTLE EXPANSION TO INCLUDE SOME THINGS, WE SAY THEM, BUT THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY SPELLED OUT HERE IN POLICY AND THEY MIGHT NEED TO BE, LIKE, CYBER AND WHATNOT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE ALL OF THAT. ANYTHING ELSE? THAT IS BY FAR THE LONGEST WE'VE EVER SPENT ON A TASB POLICY UPDATE, SO GREAT JOB TEAM, THAT WAS AMAZING.
[Items J.2. - J.5. ]
>> I CHECKED WITH THE REST OF THE GROUP THAT NORMALLY PRESENT SOME INFORMATION ITEMS AND THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THERE FOR THIS WEEK FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY, BOND, CONSTRUCTION, AND ALL THAT, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORTS, BUT I WILL THROW IT OUT TO IF ANY OF YOU CAME WITH A BURNING QUESTION FOR ANY OF THOSE INFORMATION ITEMS. WE'LL GET THE APPROPRIATE PERSON UP HERE AND HOPEFULLY, MR. CLEAVER'S DONE WITH HIS JOLLY RANCHER IF HE NEEDS TO COME BACK.
[I.14. Consideration and possible approval of the Hays CISD Compensation Plan for the 2023-2024 School Year]
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK UP TO I AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH I14.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE COMP PLAN.
THEN WE'LL GO FROM THE COMP PLAN INTO BUDGET.
I KNOW EVERYBODY'S GOT QUESTIONS AND THOUGHTS AND THINGS WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT, AND THAT'S FINE.
RATHER THAN JUST THROWING HANDS UP, WE ARE GOING TO GO IN A PARTICULAR ORDER.
>> [INAUDIBLE] THE PRESENTATION.
>> YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PRESENTATION, BUT I'M JUST GIVING THE TEAM A HEADS UP THAT I'VE GOT AN ORDER THEN I'M GOING TO CALL ON YOU, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT READY, THAT'S OKAY.
WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL GO AROUND AS MANY TIMES AS WE NEED TO TO GET EVERYBODY'S QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS SATISFIED FOR THE EVENING.
WHATEVER ORDER WE GO IN FOR COMP, WE'LL GO THE OPPOSITE WAY FOR BUDGET SO THAT EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO BE EARLY IN THE CONVERSATION.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET'S DO THE PRESENTATION FOR COMP. MS. COURSON.
>> GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT, TRUSTEES, AND SUPERINTENDENT DR. WRIGHT.
THIS EVENING, I BRING BEFORE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR '23/'24.
EXCELLENT. BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT COMPENSATION, I WANTED TO JUST ANCHOR OUR DISCUSSION ON THE BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE '23/'24 SCHOOL YEAR.
WE KNOW THAT WE'VE SUFFERED A $3 MILLION LOSS IN THIS LAST YEAR DUE TO LOW ATTENDANCE.
WE WERE SHORT OF OUR GOAL OF THIS PAST YEAR OF 95 PERCENT, AND THAT'S A $3 MILLION LOSS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE DISTRICT SUFFERED NEARLY A $4 MILLION LOSS DUE TO NOT BEING HELD HARMLESS AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2022.
WE ARE THIS YEAR EXPERIENCING THE EXPIRATION OF ESSER FEDERAL FUNDS THAT HAD SUPPORTED THE DISTRICT.
IN THAT PROCESS, THE DISTRICT ABSORBED THE STAFF THAT WERE ESSER FUNDED, THOSE WHO WERE INTERESTED IN REMAINING WITH THE DISTRICT, AND THEY WERE ABSORBED INTO OTHER FUNDS,
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EITHER LOCAL FUNDS OR TITLE FUNDS, OR GRANT FUNDS, AND REMAIN WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT.OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, THE LEGISLATURE HAS IDENTIFIED $4.5 BILLION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATIONS, BUT THAT'S BEING HELD FOR NOW UNTIL SPECIAL SESSION.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS LIKELY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE FACE AS A DISTRICT AND THAT YOU FACE AS A BOARD AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE DECISIONS ON THE COMPENSATION PLAN.
FIRST, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS FORTUNATE WE'VE HAD A BOARD WHO HAS PROVIDED GENEROUS COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
YOU SEE INCREASE EVERY YEAR IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS AVERAGING 5.5 PERCENT.
HAY CISD IS LEADING THE PACK, FRANKLY, IN THE AREA WHEN IT COMES TO COMPENSATION.
IN LOOKING AT THE TASB MARKET STUDY, WE SEE THAT WHILE WE ARE BELOW ON THE ZERO YEAR SALARY, WE'RE BELOW MARKET WE'RE AT 51,750, AND THE MARKET MEDIAN IS AT 53,000.
BUT IF YOU FOLLOW THE RED LINE, YOU SEE THAT VERY INTENTIONALLY, WE ARE ABOVE MARKET MEDIAN FOR OUR EXPERIENCED TEACHERS, AND I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN AN INTENTIONAL STRATEGY BY THE BOARD.
YOU GUYS ARE LEADING IN THIS AREA AND OUR STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM THAT.
STILL, AS WE DO LOOK AT THE COMPARISON, WE RANK NUMBER 16 IN OUR TASB STUDY FOR OUR ZERO YEAR TEACHER SALARY.
WHILE IT IS LOWER BY DESIGN, OUR LOWEST SALARY IS NOT VERY COMPETITIVE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT TO CONSIDER IN OUR COMP PLAN.
ADDITIONALLY, THE MASTERS STIPEND, I DON'T KNOW HAS EVER BEEN ADJUSTED.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY ANYBODY WHO COULD IDENTIFY WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY ADJUSTED.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, IF EVER, AND THAT'S AT 1,500, THE DOCTORATE STIPEND AT 4,000.
WHAT WE ALSO KNOW IS THAT IN TAKING A LOOK AT THE TASB STUDY, WHAT WAS LOUD AND CLEAR WAS THAT WE NEEDED TO LIFT OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS, OUR AUXILIARY, AND OUR SPED AIDS TO BRING THEM TO A LEVEL OF COMPENSATION THAT WAS EMPLOYEE FRIENDLY.
ANOTHER CONSIDERATION WAS THAT TRS RELEASE THE RATES FOR HEALTH INSURANCE AND WHILE WE EXPECTED TO SEE A DECREASE IN COST, WE IN FACT SAW AN INCREASE, SO YOU SEE THAT THE EMPLOYEE ONLY ZERO COST PLAN WAS $364 AND IT IS INCREASED TO 395.
THAT INCREASE IS, OF COURSE, SHARED ACROSS THE DIFFERENT BOXES AND THE DIFFERENT PLANS SO OUR RESPONSE IS GOING TO WANT TO BE TO INCREASE THAT CONTRIBUTION TO CONTINUE TO OFFER A ZERO COST HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN FOR OUR STAFF BECAUSE THEY DESERVE THAT.
THAT SAME 395 IS APPLIED IN THE OTHER PLANS FOR EMPLOYEES AND SPOUSE AND CHILDREN AND SO ON.
BUT WE'RE ABLE WITH OUR RESPONSE TO KEEP A ZERO COST EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN.
IN TERMS OF OUR HOURLY EMPLOYEES, THEY RECEIVE AN INCREASED CONTRIBUTION AS WELL IN OUR DISTRICT RESPONSE TOWARDS BENEFITS.
BEFORE THIS INCREASE, THE EQUIVALENT BENEFIT CONTRIBUTION ON AN HOURLY EMPLOYEE WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO DOLLARS AN HOUR ON TOP OF THE SALARY THAT THEY EARNED.
WITH THIS INCREASE IN RATE, WE ARE GOING TO CONTRIBUTE THREE DOLLARS ON TOP OF THEIR HOURLY SALARY THAT GOES TOWARDS BENEFITS.
NOW THIS ONLY OCCURS WHEN THEY ELECT THE BENEFITS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR ANYONE WATCHING.
GIVEN OUR BUDGET SITUATION AND GIVEN THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR COMPENSATION, WE HAD TO NARROW THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE COULD BEST PUT OUR RESOURCES TOWARDS IN THIS INITIAL CONVERSATION OF COMPENSATION.
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WE EXPECT THAT WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS WHEN THE LEGISLATURE HAS MADE THEIR DECISIONS AND WE WILL COME BACK.THIS IS THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT WE THINK WE CAN BUILD ON GIVEN THE BUDGET SITUATION.
WE WANT TO INCREASE PARAPROFESSIONAL PAY TO A MINIMUM OF $16 AN HOUR.
THAT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $19 AN HOUR WITH A THREE DOLLARS BENEFIT IF SOMEBODY ELECTS TO TAKE THE BENEFITS.
ADDITIONALLY AUXILIARY PAY AT MINIMUM $16 AN HOUR, SO WE'RE RAISING THE FLOOR, AND INCREASING IN STRUCTURAL PARAPROFESSIONAL HOURLY PAY TO $18 AN HOUR MINIMUM.
FOR OUR SPED AIDS, OUR SPED PARAPROFESSIONALS RAISING THEM TO A MINIMUM OF $20 AN HOUR.
OTHER ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE COM PLAN IS WE WANT TO INCREASE THAT ZERO-YEAR TEACHER SALARY TO $53,000.
YOU REMEMBER THAT WAS THE MARKET VALUE, THAT'S WHAT TASB SUGGESTED AND IS WHAT WE ARE ALSO SUGGESTING.
THAT WOULD BRING US TO MARKET.
WE WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE THE MASTER STIPEND FROM $1,500-$2,000.
WE WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE THE DOCTORATE STIPEND FROM $4,000-$4,500.
WE WANT TO ENSURE AS AN EMPLOYEE-FRIENDLY ORGANIZATION THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A ZERO-COST HEALTHCARE OPTION FOR OUR STAFF AND SO WE WILL INCREASE OUR CONTRIBUTION TO OFFSET THE RISE IN COST AND WE RECOMMEND PROVIDING A TIERED COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE TO EMPLOYEES.
THIS IS A DEPARTURE FROM WHAT YOU SAW IN THE MODELS IN THE TASB PAY PLAN.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE TASB STUDY, BUT AS HAS BEEN SAID BY THIS BOARD BEFORE, HAYS CISD DOES ITS OWN THING.
MAKES THE BEST DECISION FOR OUR STAFF BASED ON THE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING A TIERED COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE THAT PRIORITIZES THOSE WHO DESERVE IT THE MOST AND NEED IT THE MOST.
FOR THIS REASON, WE TOOK THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, WE BUILT TWO DIFFERENT COMPENSATION PLANS.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO ARE THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES FOR COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS.
WE HAVE THREE PERCENT IN DRAFT A, THREE PERCENT FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS AUXILIARY AND BUSS DRIVERS, 2.5 PERCENT INCREASE FOR TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS, AND 1.1 PERCENT FOR ADMINISTRATION AND BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THOSE ADJUSTMENTS ARE OFF THE NEW MID-POINT JUST TO BE CLEAR.
IN DRAFT B, YOU SEE HIGHER PERCENTAGE INCREASE; FOUR PERCENT FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS, AUXILIARY, AND BUS DRIVERS, THREE PERCENT FOR TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS, TWO PERCENT FOR ADMIN BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS.
YOU SEE HERE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PAYROLL ESTIMATE.
THIS IS NOT FUND BALANCE OR ANYTHING ELSE.
THIS IS JUST THE PAYROLL ESTIMATE PART.
OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU A LARGER PICTURE OF THAT IMPACT TO THE FUND BALANCE, BUT THE APPROXIMATE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO DRAFTS IS $1.1 MILLION.
THIS TIME I'M READY FOR QUESTIONS.
>> GREAT JOB, MS. COURSON. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.
MAYBE DR. WRIGHT, YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING?
>> YEAH. JUST WE TRIED TO BRING YOU THE SOLID BONES OF THE PROGRAM.
WE KNOW THAT WE STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS TO ANSWER FOR YOU GUYS AND WE'RE TAKING THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT IT'S THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG THING.
WE NEED GUIDANCE FROM YOU BEFORE WE CAN START APPLYING CERTAIN THINGS TO CERTAIN POSITIONS.
I KNOW WE'RE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THOSE POSITIONS THAT WERE BELOW MARKET VALUE FOR TASB.
BUT ONCE WE KNOW WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN FAVOR OF THE THREE PERCENT OR THE FOUR PERCENT FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS, THEN WE'LL KNOW HOW TO APPLY THAT.
WITH MOVING THE FLOOR, WE'LL KNOW IF THAT BRINGS US IN LINE WITH MARKET VALUE.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS YET,
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JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE THREE PERCENT OR FOUR PERCENT.I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFIC CLASSIFICATIONS OF EMPLOYEES AND WE'LL ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THEM YET UNTIL WE HAVE AN ASSUMPTION.
WE'VE GIVEN YOU LIKE I SAID, THE BONES OF IT AND WE GOT TO ADD A LITTLE MEAT AND SOME SKIN AND SOME SOME HAIR AND ALL THAT STUFF TO IT AS WE GO.
>> YEAH. MAX ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT MAKING THE SAUSAGE.
WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE FINISHED PRODUCT, BUT WE'RE NOT TOTALLY THERE YET.
JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S THE CASE.
THE OTHER THING IS, AND YOU CAN PAT YOURSELVES ON THE BACK.
THE REASON THAT WE'RE HAVING TO BE REALLY MINDFUL OF THE BUDGET, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE THE BEST EMPLOYEE FRIENDLY DISTRICT AROUND.
WE WANTED TO PAY ABOVE AVERAGE.
WELL, WE'VE GOTTEN TO THAT POINT.
ONE THING THAT I'VE LEARNED THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS OUR DISTRICT ALWAYS HISTORICALLY, BECAUSE WE'RE A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT, HAS APPROVED FAST GROWTH ALLOCATIONS AND WE USUALLY BRING THOSE TO YOU IN THE SPRING.
WELL, WHEN WE ABSORBED THE [INAUDIBLE] POSITIONS BACK INTO THE GENERAL BUDGET, AND PEOPLE ARE HAPPY HERE AND THEY'RE NOT LEAVING, THEN IT CAUSES A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXCESS STAFFING RATIO.
I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE NUMBERS TOTAL FOR OUR ATTRITION YET, BUT WE ALREADY HAD.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR TAPER REPORT AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE TURNED IN PIMM'S, USUALLY THE STATE AVERAGE IS AROUND 18 PERCENT AND OURS HAS BEEN AROUND 13 PERCENT.
I SUSPECT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN LOWER THAN THAT THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
WE WANT TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN PEOPLE.
JUST KNOW THAT WHATEVER IS APPROVED TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS.
IF THE DEMOGRAPHER SAYS WE NEED 50 POSITIONS NEXT YEAR, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO ASK YOU TO EARLY RELEASE THOSE UNTIL WE FIND OUT WHAT OUR TURNOVER RATE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
BEFORE WE USED TO USE TREND DATA, AND THE TREND DATA HAS BEEN ACCURATE UNTIL NOW.
BUT I'M GUESSING THAT EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE TELLING FRIENDS TO COME AND WORK IN OUR DISTRICT IS PAYING OFF AND THEY'RE STAYING HERE.
OUR ATTRITION RATE IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE.
BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK TO DO ON OUR END.
WE'VE BEEN SCRUBBING EVERY STAFFING SHEET FROM EVERY CAMPUS AND DEPARTMENT LOOKING AT WHERE WE CAN POSSIBLY SAVE POSITIONS.
CHRISTINA, HER TEAM, AND BONNEVILLE AND THE DAOS HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT ALONG WITH ALEX AND RANDY, AND SO APPRECIATE THEM FOR TAKING THEIR TIME IN DOING THAT.
JUST WANTED TO PAINT THAT PICTURE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU, DR. WRIGHT. BEFORE WE START WITH QUESTIONS, DR. WRIGHT, WOULD YOU MIND ANSWERING HOW MUCH NEW MONEY HAVE WE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET? I BELIEVE THE ANSWER IS ZERO.
>> YEAH, I WAS THINKING THAT WAS A TRICK QUESTION WHEEL, BUT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY AND WE'RE STILL HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL GET SOME IN THE SPECIAL SESSION, BUT THIS BUDGET ISN'T BASED ON THAT OTHER THAN GOLDEN PENNY YIELD THAT THEY HAVE APPROVED GLOBALLY.
THERE'S 4.5 BILLION THAT IS OUTSTANDING, THAT IS BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY VOUCHERS AND WE'LL SEE IF THEY WORK OUT A SOLUTION OR NOT, BUT AT THIS POINT WE'RE NOT GOING TO COUNT ON IT.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS ZERO.
I'M GOING TO START TO MY RIGHT, AND MRS. OROSCO, YOU ARE UP FIRST.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WAY YOU'VE LAID THINGS OUT.
I THINK YOU REALLY GET OUR INTENT IN OUR MINDSET THAT THIS BOARD HAS, SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.
FOLKS THAT KNOW ME, KNOW THAT I WANT A SEVEN PERCENT INCREASE.
SIX PERCENT AT MINIMUM IS DEFINITELY WHERE IT'S AT, BUT THAT'S A LOFTY DREAM RIGHT NOW, I KNOW.
KNOWING WHERE WE'RE AT NOW AND THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE, IT'S A NO-BRAINER FOR ME TO PICK DRAFT B, IF WE COULD NOT HAVE A SIX PERCENT, BUT DR. WRIGHT, IF BY CHANCE WE WERE TO GET AN INCREASE WITH A SPECIAL SESSION, WE WOULD DO WHAT WE DID BEFORE AND COME BACK AND VOTE ON AN INCREASE.
CORRECT? LIKE WHEN WE HAD TO BREAK THAT DOWN INTO TWO THINGS, TWO PERCENT INCREASE.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE DID BEFORE, BUT AT THAT TIME WE HAD A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ONE.
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I WOULD SAY WHAT WE WOULD DO IS, RIGHT NOW WE WOULD BE DIPPING INTO OUR FUND BALANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE THAT FOUR, THREE, TWO, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS APPROVED.BUT THIS YEAR I'M GOING TO SAY WE PROBABLY NEED TO PUT THAT MONEY BACK INTO THE FUND BALANCE SO THAT WE CAN BE SUSTAINABLE FOR THE OPENING UP OF NEW SCHOOLS AND MOVING FORWARD.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU BREAKING MY HEART.
>> I GOT TO BE EOR TONIGHT, HANNAH.
OUT OF THESE OPTIONS, DEFINITELY DRAFT B IT WOULD BE A NO-BRAINER FOR ME.
IT REMINDS ME WHEN STUDENTS MASTER THE STAR.
IT'S VERY HARD TO SHOW THAT GROWTH WHEN YOU'RE AT MASTERS.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET TO THAT 100 PERCENT, AND YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN IF YOU WILL.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD TO HELP US MAINTAIN AND ELEVATE SOME OF THESE POSITIONS, SO I CAN DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS TYPE IN INCREASE FOR THE MASTERS AND THE DOCTORATE.
I KNOW WE HAVE NOT HAD AN INCREASE IN THAT MASTERS SINCE I WAS A TEACHER.
BACK IN 2013 IS WHEN I QUIT TEACHING HERE.
IT HAS BEEN AT LEAST 10 YEARS OF DOING THAT, SO I DO LIKE THAT STIPEND.
THE ONLY QUICK QUESTIONS THAT I WILL HAVE IS JUST THE BILINGUAL STRIPING.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT.
I THINK THAT'S STILL PENDING QUESTION AND OF COURSE, I JUST WANT TO ARTICULATE FOR THE RECORD WHAT I ALREADY SHARED WITH YOU, MS. COURSON AND DR. WRIGHT ABOUT THOSE MARKET SALARY, THOSE POSITIONS THAT ARE UNDER AND ARE NEGATIVE.
I REALLY WANT SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND I KNOW YOU'LL GET SOME MORE INFORMATION TO US ONCE YOU SEE WHERE WE GO WITH THIS.
THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON.
TODAY I KNOW I'VE ASKED MILLION QUESTION ALREADY, BUT THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
DR. WRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR LEADING THE WAY AS ALWAYS AND BEING 100 PERCENT BEHIND OUR MINDSET AND BEING 100 PERCENT HAYS CISD.
YES, I WOULD LOVE TO DO A SEVEN PERCENT.
BUT AS OF NOW I'M GOOD WITH DRAFT B. THANK YOU.
>> MS. COURSON, THANK YOU. I AGREE.
I THINK THIS IS A VERY THOROUGH PLAN.
I DO HAVE SOME QUESTION. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE LOVE OUR STUFF HERE AT HAYS CISD.
I'M SURE YOU ARE DEFINITELY NOT VERY ACCUSTOMED TO THAT.
HERE, WE HAVE SOME GREAT FOLKS IN THE CLASSROOM, GREAT ADMINISTRATORS, GREAT SUPPORT STAFF, AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
WE DO SUCH A GREAT JOB, AND I KNOW THAT I'VE ONLY BEEN A PART OF THIS BOARD FOR A LITTLE BIT OVER THREE YEARS NOW.
BUT WE'VE DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB THAT EVEN ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS TO THE NORTH OF US POSTED OUR COMP GRAPH ON THEIR WEBSITE.
WE GOT SHOWN THAT A COUPLE OF MEETING AGO AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS SUCH AN HONOR TO OUR DISTRICT AND WHAT WE ARE DOING.
DR. WRIGHT I HEARD AN AMAZING STATISTIC, ACTUALLY A VERY ALARMING STATISTIC THAT HAVE $33 BILLION SURPLUS THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING WITH WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION.
NOT JUST THAT 4.5 THAT'S BEING HOSTAGE.
SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SIDE OF THE AISLE YOU SIT ON, $33 BILLION THAT HAS NOT GONE TO PUBLIC EDUCATION, SECURITY, AND ALL THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE IMPORTANT.
SO GET ON THE PHONES, GET YOUR EMAILS OUT THERE.
I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER TALKED ABOUT ANYTHING POLITICAL. GO AHEAD, SIR.
>> AND THE STATE IS KEEPING $8.2 BILLION FROM LOW ATTENDANCE ACROSS THE STATE THIS YEAR.
THE STATE AVERAGE WAS RIGHT AROUND 90 AND THEY BUDGETED FOR NORMAL WHICH IS AROUND 94 PERCENT FOR THE STATE AND COLLECTIVELY THROUGH ALL CHARTERS, THROUGH ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
IT'S AROUND 8.2 BILLION THAT I THINK JERRY WENT TO A CONFERENCE A DAY AND THEY WERE ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO USE THAT MONEY TO REALLOCATE IT FOR THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO DO SPECIAL ISOLATED ITEMS FOR.
I KNOW DURING OUR MEETING WITH THE COMMISSIONER I SAID, WHY DON'T YOU BE A GREAT COMMISSIONER AND GO AHEAD AND GIVE US THE MONEY THAT YOU HAD BUDGETED FOR US BECAUSE AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE'RE STILL IN A PANDEMIC BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR UNTIL LAST WEEK, HADN'T RELEASED HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR THE PANDEMIC.
>> AGAIN $33 BILLION THAT THEY HAD A CHANCE TO SOMETHING WITH HASN'T BEEN DONE YET.
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DOES THIS INCLUDE THE OTHER ADJUSTMENTS ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE? THE FIRST YEAR ARE ZERO.YOUR TEACHER SALARY, IS THAT INCLUDE IN THE CALCULATIONS?
>> DO YOU MEAN THESE ADJUSTMENTS HERE? ARE THESE THE ONES WE WERE TALKING ABOUT?
>> YEAH, THOSE ADJUSTMENT AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE AS WELL.
>> IN BOTH PLANS THOSE ADJUSTMENT ARE IN THERE AS THE BONDS.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT REGARDLESS.
IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND IT'S OUR DESIRE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
>> THEN THE NEXT SLIDE AFTER TO THAT ONE.
AGAIN, SO THOSE ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN DRAFT A AND DRAFT B?
>> YES, SIR. EVERY ONE OF THOSE POINTS IS CONSIDERED IN BOTH DRAFTS.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO PLANS ARE THE PERCENTAGES APPLIED FOR THE COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE.
EVERYTHING ELSE REMAINS IDENTICAL.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
>> I WILL ALWAYS WEIGH ON OUR STAFF.
AGAIN, YOU'RE INVESTING IN OUR STUDENTS BY INVESTING IN OUR STAFF.
JEFF B, HEADS AND SHOULDERS ABOVE DRAFT A? WHAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD WRITTEN DOWN? WE JUST WANT TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE ENOUGH AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE INVESTED IN STUDENTS, YOU'RE NOT DOING THIS BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING TO GET RICH SO DOING THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A CALLING TO INVEST IN THE NEXT-GENERATION SO I APPRECIATE ALL THAT THEY DO.
I DON'T EVEN CONSIDER DRAFT A WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO DRAFT B.
>> YES, SIR. WHAT'S REALLY WONDERFUL ABOUT HAYS CISD, IS THAT WE HAVE A SCHOOL BOARD AND A DISTRICT THAT IS PAYING OUR EDUCATION AS PROFESSIONALS AND THAT'S A POINT OF PRIDE, TO SEE SO MANY EXPERIENCED TEACHERS HERE IN OUR DISTRICT SERVING OUR STUDENTS THE STRATEGIES YOU'VE PUT INTO PLACE AND THE GENEROUS RAISES THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS HAVE REALLY MADE US THE DISTRICT TO CHASE.
>> MS. PETREA THEN MS. RUNKLE.
>> AWESOME JOB LOVE IT GAVE US A REALLY GOOD STARTING POINT WITH DRAFT A AND B. I'M ANNOYED WITH THE LEGISLATURE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO CAPTURE ALL OF THOSE COMMENTS.
HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO ASK. I KNOW WHEN THINGS GET TIGHT, IN MY EXPERIENCE, WE START TO GET CREATIVE ON HOW WE MIGHT STAFF AND SO I JUST WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT RATIOS [OVERLAPPING]
>> CLASS RATIOS, WAIVERS, AND ROOM FOR GROWTH.
HAVING BEEN HERE BEFORE DR. WRIGHT CAME ON, THERE WERE A LOT OF CONSTERNATION ABOUT THIS FROM TEACHERS, FROM PRINCIPALS AND I'VE BEEN IN A CLASSROOM WHERE THIS HAPPENED ON BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT WHERE TEACHERS GET MOVED AROUND AT THE LAST MINUTE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SEE THE WHITES OF THEIR EYES.
THEY'LL LOVE THIS MENTALITY BECAUSE WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS THE SECOND WEEK OF KINDERGARTEN YOU HAVE TO BREAK UP CLASSROOMS. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT ASSURANCES YOU CAN GIVE US JUST BECAUSE PARENTS MAY NOT HAVE GONE TO THE REGISTRATION SITE AND DONE THE THING AND THE PMS CLERK, THEY'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THOSE NUMBERS.
WHAT RATIOS ARE WE LOOKING AT FOR SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT WE KNOW ARE GOING TO GROW.
>> IN TAKING A LOOK AT RATIOS, OF COURSE, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT DIFFERENT STRATEGIES DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF SCHOOLS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE KNOW THAT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THERE ARE FORMULAS THAT WE MUST ABIDE BY THE 22:1.
IN OUR DISTRICT, WE'VE IDENTIFIED CAMPUSES THAT NEED SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT SO THAT THE BOARD HAS PROVIDED A RATIO OF 20:1 IN THOSE CLASSES TO TRY TO PROTECT THAT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND THE CAMPUSES THAT NEED IT MOST.
THERE HAS BEEN A HISTORY OF PROTECTING THAT FOR STUDENTS AND ALSO FOR TEACHERS.
AS WE'RE FACING THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS AND CHALLENGES, THE GROWTH AND MR. RAU, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS IN A BIT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT A DEFICIT BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS THAT I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF MY PRESENTATION.
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FROM KINDERGARTEN, THE FOURTH-GRADE, I WONDERED IF THE BOARD MIGHT CONSIDER AN IDEA SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE WITH SUBSTITUTES BEFORE, AND TEACHERS WHERE THEY COULD GET PAID EXTRA FOR TAKING ON SOME EXTRA STUDENTS, WHEN THERE WAS A SUB SHORTAGE.WHAT IF WE COULD PROVIDE A SUPPLEMENTAL PAY THAT'S A K4 CAPACITY SUPPLEMENTAL PAY.
WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE IS THAT WE COULD SURVEY TEACHERS BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT TO FORCE A TEACHER TO DO THIS.
IT WOULD BE VOLUNTARY WHERE WE COULD SURVEY TEACHERS TO SAY, IS THERE ANYBODY THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN COMPETENT IN BEING ABLE TO TEACH A FEW MORE STUDENTS IN YOUR CLASS IF GROWTH REQUIRES US TO DO SO.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT $75,000 FOR EVERY FTE WITH THE SALARY AND THE BENEFITS BUT WHAT IF IN THIRD GRADE YOU ONLY HAVE FOUR EXTRA STUDENTS BEYOND THIS 22:1 PER CLASSROOM.
WHAT IF WE COULD TAKE THOSE FOUR STUDENTS AND INSTEAD PUT THEM IN A CLASSROOM OR CLASSROOMS OF TEACHERS THAT HAVE IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS BEING INTERESTED IN TAKING ON AN ADDITIONAL STUDENT CAPPING IT 25, WE WOULD NEED TO CAP IT AND ONLY WITH PRINCIPAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL BECAUSE THE PRINCIPALS KNOW THE EDUCATORS WHO ARE BEST PREPARED BECAUSE WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO AS WE FACE THIS CHALLENGE IS TO SACRIFICE INSTRUCTION FOR OUR STUDENTS.
COULD WE IDENTIFY TEACHERS WHO ARE INTERESTED, GET PRINCIPAL FEEDBACK TO POTENTIALLY INSTEAD OF BRINGING ON $75,000? FTE, BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUR STUDENTS AND NOW WE HAVE TO CHANGE ALL THE CLASSES AGAIN, TO BRING THE OTHER RATIOS DOWN.
WHAT IF WE COULD JUST DO THIS K4 CAPACITY SUPPLEMENTAL PAY APPLY FOR THE WAIVER.
WE COULD MAKE IT OF COURSE, WHERE WE COME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL, WE CAN INVOLVE YOU IN ANY WAY THAT YOU WISH TO BE INVOLVED.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS AN IDEA THAT I'VE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO OUR BUSINESS OFFICE STAFF.
I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO SOME OF OUR HR SPECIALISTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS.
I WANT TO GET THAT SITE-BASED FEEDBACK FROM OUR END-USERS, THE PEOPLE THAT IT WOULD IMPACT TO SEE WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN VISITING WITH OUR LEGAL COUNSEL, I UNDERSTAND THAT ANOTHER THING WE'D WANT TO DO IS TO COLLABORATIVELY AND CLEARLY DEVELOP CRITERIA FOR THIS JUST TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR HOW PEOPLE ARE SELECTED SO THERE ISN'T A CONFLICT LATER ON OR A POTENTIAL GRIEVANCE.
I THINK THAT WHEN WE INVOLVE THE PEOPLE WE SERVE IN THAT PROCESS, WE'RE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A PROCESS THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE SO THAT WOULD BE THE IDEA.
POTENTIALLY COULD SAVE SOME MONEY LAST YEAR WE HAD, I THINK, 23 ELEMENTARY TEACHERS THAT CAME FROM GROWTH AFTER THE YEAR.
COULD WE HAVE SAVED SOME MONEY WITH AN IDEA SUCH AS THIS.
>> WELL, I APPRECIATE YOUR CANDOR WITH THIS IDEA, I KNOW THAT MY FELLOW TRUSTEES MAY HAVE SOME FEELINGS ABOUT IT.
I KNOW THAT TRADITIONALLY WE HAVE IT APPROVED WAIVERS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, BUT WE KNOW IN JANUARY WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPLIT UP A COSTUME AND IF GROWTH HAPPENS, IT HAPPENS.
I'LL BE INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT OTHER FOLKS THING I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF PRINCIPAL APPROVAL, SOLICITING FOR TEACHER INPUT.
IF THAT IS REAL, I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT THAT TO BE REAL BECAUSE I TALK TO TEACHERS SOMETIMES THAT TELL ME THEY HAVE 10 KIDS IN THEIR CLASS THAT ARE SPED OR HAVE INCLUSION SUPPORT.
THAT'S A LOT. TWENTY-TWO IS PLENTY WHEN YOU HAVE NEARLY HALF YOUR CLASS THAT NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS.
I THINK IT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER GIVEN OUR FINANCIAL GOALS AND CHALLENGES.
FRANKLY, WOULDN'T BE MY FIRST CHOICE, BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING SOME THOUGHT TO IT AND LAYING OUT SOME PARAMETERS AND NOT JUST SAYING, HEY, WE'RE DOING THIS.
THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DECIDED TO DO, SAVE MONEY, BECAUSE I DON'T T THINK I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF IT, BUT MAYBE WITH SOME INTENTIONALITY.
YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK TO MR. OROSCO AFTER THIS, MR. MCMANUS AT SOME POINT.
BUT I JUST KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THAT ONCE THINGS START TO GET TIGHT,
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RATIOS START TO GET LOOKED AT AND ROOM FOR GROWTH GOES OUT THE WINDOW.>> PRINCIPALS HAVE TO START LOSING TEACHERS AND MOVING THEM AROUND TO PLACES THEY DON'T WANT TO GO.
TO DR. WRIGHT'S POINT, WE HAVE A GOOD PROBLEM.
OUR GOALS OF RETAINING OUR EMPLOYEES IS WORKING AND I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.
>> IF I COULD PLEASE, THAT'S JUST FOR ELEMENTARY AND I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RATIOS WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'VE BEGUN CONVERSATIONS WITH PRINCIPALS, OF COURSE, DURING THIS PROCESS OF LOOKING AT STAFFING AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE APPROPRIATELY STAFFED NOT OVERSTAFFED OR UNDERSTAFFED FOR THAT MATTER.
WE WOULD NEED TO THINK ABOUT INCREASING SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS IN CLASSES IN HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME AT SOME OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS FOR WHAT WE HEAR.
KIDS ARE ALREADY SITTING ON THE FLOOR AND WINDOW SILLS AND OTHER PLACES.
I THINK THERE ARE SOME HIGH SCHOOLS THAT HAVE LOWER NUMBERS THAT MAYBE THAT IS A THING.
ONCE YOU GET OVER 30 KIDS, IT GETS REAL HARD TO MANAGE A CLASSROOM OF HIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN.
>> CERTAINLY. IN THIS PROCESS TOO, KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT CURRENT VACANCIES, HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS OF, DO WE REALLY NEED THIS VACANCY FILLED? NOT PRESSURING PRINCIPLES, JUST ASKING FOR THEIR FEEDBACK AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN WELL RECEIVED.
THEY'VE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE DURING THIS PROCESS.
THEY HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE URGENCY AND THE IMPORTANCE.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE PRINCIPALS FOR BEING SO SUPPORTIVE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM CLOSELY ON STAFFING MATTERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, NOT JUST NOW, BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS WITH OUR RESOURCES.
>> IF THAT ENDS UP BEING LIKE A CTE CLASS DOESN'T GET FILLED, WOULD WE ALLOW FOR TRANSFERS TO GO TO A DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS SO THAT THEY COULD GO TO THAT CLASS? I'M JUST MAKING SCENARIOS UP ON MY HEAD BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE ARE THE CLASSES THAT THERE MIGHT BE A ONE-OFF AND YOU MAY NOT FILL IT OR YOU HAD AN OPENING AND YOU'RE MAYBE NOT GOING TO FILL IT.
I JUST WOULD HATE FOR A KID TO SHOW UP, AND I'LL JUST USE VET TECH AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE IT'S A TERRIBLE EXAMPLE.
EVERYONE WANTS TO TAKE VET TECH.
BUT IF YOU GOT TO JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL, THEY DIDN'T HAVE VET TECH THAT YEAR.
WOULD WE ALLOW TRANSFERS INTO ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL? I'M ASSUMING WE WOULD, BUT JUST KNOW THAT IF WE'RE DECIDING WE'RE NOT GOING TO FILL POSITIONS FOR WHATEVER REASON, THOSE BECOME DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PARENTS THAT HAVE SIGNED THEIR KIDS UP FOR THOSE CLASSES THAT MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE.
>> SURE. I'M MAKING SURE TO NOT ONLY HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH PRINCIPALS, BUT I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SPED DIRECTORS.
I'VE REACHED OUT TO THE DIRECTOR OF CTE, SO MAKING SURE THAT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL ADJUSTMENTS, AND INVOLVING THE PRINCIPALS, BUT ALSO THE LEADER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE PROGRAMS ON THE CAMPUSES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MISSING OUT ON A PERSPECTIVE THAT COULD HAVE AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE.
>> GREAT. LET'S MOVE ON TO STIPENDS.
I HAVE A PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION THAT I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT.
ALL OF THESE FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS STIPENDS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL MAKE ME BANANAS.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN JUST A SALARY SCHEDULE FOR THESE FOLKS, IS IT ALWAYS A STIPEND AT OTHER DISTRICTS?
>> I HAVE SEEN STIPEND LISTS AT OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE QUITE AS IMPRESSIVE AND VARIED.
THE STIPENDS ARE THERE TO MEET THE NEED OF HARD TO FILL.
>> WELL, YOU SAY THAT, BUT LET'S LOOK AT IT.
LET'S LOOK ON PAGE 16 FOR YOU'VE GOT THE HIGH SCHOOL BAND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
THE BAND DIRECTOR IS NOT ON HERE BECAUSE I THINK THEIR SALARY IS SET SEPARATELY.
BUT YOUR BAND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THOSE FOLKS SPEND HOURS AND HOURS AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES.
MY GUESS IS THAT'S THE STIPEND THERE FOR WHY WE DO THAT.
BUT WE KNOW THAT TO BE THE CASE FOR ALL OF THESE PEOPLE, SO I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S JUST AN IDEA AND THOUGHT.
IF THIS IS NORMAL, THIS IS NORMAL.
IT JUST FEELS WEIRD THAT WE JUST HAVE ALL THESE STIPENDS WHEN WE FEEL LIKE WE COULD JUST ROLL IT INTO THEIR SALARY.
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BUT MAYBE THERE'S A REASON WE DON'T DO THAT.I SEE WE HAVE CHOIR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, THEATER ASSISTANT HIGH SCHOOL.
I DON'T THINK WE ACTUALLY HAVE THESE PEOPLE AT MOST OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, MAYBE WE JUST HAVE THESE STIPENDS.
CAN WE FIND OUT IF, AND I THINK THE SAME IS TRUE.
I SAW A DANCE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT POSITION BEING FTE.
MAYBE IT'S A RANDOM TEACHER THAT GETS THIS TYPE OF, BUT CAN WE FIND OUT AT ALL THREE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS WHO IS SERVING AS THE CHOIR, THEATER, AND DANCE ASSISTANT DIRECTORS? BECAUSE I SEE WE HAVE STIPENDS FOR THEM.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF WE ACTUALLY HAVE ANY PEOPLE DOING THOSE JOBS.
THEN ON MY COLOR GUARD, 5,000.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS 5,000 IS WHAT WE MEANT ONLY BECAUSE THIS BECAME AN FTE POSITION LAST YEAR.
I DO KNOW THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME AWAY AS WELL IN BOTH THE FALL AND THE SPRING.
IT IS LOWER THAN THE BAND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, WHICH SEEMS ODD TO ME, BUT CAN WE JUST CONFIRM THAT THE COLOR GUARD $5,000 STIPEND IS NECESSARY.
I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE WE JUST ADDED THAT AS AN FTE POSITION THIS YEAR.
>> JUST TO BE CLEAR, I'M GOING TO FIND OUT FROM EACH OF THE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS FOR THE CHOIR, THEATER, AND DANCE PROGRAM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR STIPENDS THAT WE IN FACT HAVE THAT POSITION.
IF WE DON'T, THEN WE STRIKE THAT FROM THE LAW.
>> NO. I DON'T WANT TO STRIKE IT.
I WANT TO KNOW IF ANYBODY'S ACTUALLY HELPING THEM, WHO GOT PAID THAT STIPEND.
>> OKAY. SO DO WE HAVE ANYBODY RECEIVING?
>> DO WE HAVE ANYBODY? YEAH. DON'T TAKE IT OUT.
>> THEN FOR COLOR GUARD, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SEE IF THAT'S NECESSARY GIVEN THE WORK IT SOUNDS LIKE IN THE LAST YEAR WITH THE SALARY OF THAT INDIVIDUAL.
>> YEAH, AND I'M SAD MS. MORENO'S GONE, BECAUSE THIS PERSON ALSO MAY BE REQUIRED TO GO DOWN TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL.
THERE MAY BE A REALLY GOOD REASON WHY THAT'S $5,000.
>> WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THE STIPEND?
>> YEAH, THE REASON FOR THIS STIPEND. THANK YOU.
LET'S GO BACK UP TO DISTRICT FOLKS.
MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FROM A CDO. WHO IS THAT? IS THAT YOUR ART TEACHER LEAD? THIS IS ON PAGE 16. AGAIN, I JUST WENT UP TO THE DISTRICT FOLKS.
IT STARTS WITH CAMPUS WEBMASTER, DISTRICT CONTENT LEAD, DISTRICT LEAD LIBRARIAN, NEW ADMINISTER.
THE DISTRICT CONTENT LEAD, WHO IS THAT? IS THAT FOR DIFFERENT CONTENTS SPECIALIZATIONS? THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN CNI PEOPLE, RIGHT?
>> RIGHT. THIS IS LIKE OUR LEAD PE TEACHER, MUSIC.
>> DO THEY HAVE A JOB DESCRIPTION AND WHO HOLDS THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING, AND HOW DOES THAT POSITION MOVE AROUND?
>> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE DO HAVE A LIST OF RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE TO COVER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THEY ACTUALLY REPORT TO DEREK.
>> OKAY. BECAUSE $2,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER JOB DESCRIPTION THEY HAVE IF THEY'RE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHATEVER THAT IS.
THEN I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION FOR NEW TEACHER ADVISOR AND NEW TEACHER MENTORS.
MS. COURSON, AS YOU'RE NEW IN THE DISTRICT, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU FIND OUT WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT THAT IS OR I GUESS WHAT'S THE DEAL WOULD AS WELL.
WE KNOW WHO THOSE FOLKS ARE AND THAT THEY HAVE A JOB DESCRIPTION AND THAT THEY ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT THEIR JOB IS TO DO.
I MEAN, $400 ISN'T A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
I THINK THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.
>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT LET ME START OF WITH, DR. WRIGHT, CAN I GET YOUR OPINION ON THE K4 CAPACITY INCENTIVE?
>> I THINK IT'S A MARVELOUS IDEA.
AS LONG AS WE HAVE TEACHER BUY-IN AND THEY FEEL CONFIDENT IN TEACHING 23 INSTEAD OF 22.
IT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MORE MONEY GIVEN THE TEACHER SHORTAGE ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW.
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IF WE CONTINUE TO GROW, AT SOME POINT, WE PROBABLY WILL.WE KNOW THAT'S THE GOVERNOR CALLED FOR THE TEACHER TASKFORCE VACANCY COMMITTEE AND TO TRY TO MEET THE SHORTAGE DEMANDS AND SO I THINK THIS IS A WAY THAT WE CAN DO THAT TOO.
INSTEAD OF JUST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR TRYING TO CAST THE NET TO SOMEONE THAT HASN'T BEEN HIRED, YOU'LL PROBABLY FIND A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH, BUT I THINK IF YOU HAVE YOUR NUCLEUS OF STRONG TEACHERS, THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT AN EXPERIENCED, WELL TRAINED TEACHER IN FRONT OF THE STUDENTS MORE SO THAN YOU WOULD IF YOU TRY TO TAKE WHAT'S LEFT OUT THERE IN THE CANDIDATE POOL.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND I APPLAUD CHRISTINA FOR COMING UP WITH IT.
WHEN SHE BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION, I WAS LIKE, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I TOLD HER THOUGH, I SAID CALL ESPERANZA AND TALK TO THE TEACHER ORG LABS AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA.
>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR OPINION ON THAT.
I KNOW THAT I SAW THAT AND I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS AND I CALLED YOU ON FRIDAY AND YOU WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH ME.
I TO APPRECIATE YOU THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.
>> INCLUDING ONE OTHER REASON I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, BECAUSE IF I AM IN A CLASSROOM, SAY I HAVE FOUR THIRD GRADE TEACHERS, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I GET FOUR NEW STUDENTS AND THEN WE HIRE EXTRA TEACHER, THEN IT'S LIKELY THAT FOUR KIDS FROM ALL FOUR OF THOSE CLASSES HAVE TO GET REMOVED AND IF THEY'VE ALREADY BONDED WITH THAT TEACHER, THAT'S SUCH A DIFFICULT TRANSITION FOR A YOUNG KID.
THIS WOULD ALLOW THEM TO STAY PUT AND IT DOESN'T IMPACT DIFFERENT KIDS.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD ARGUMENT AS WELL.
>> I APPRECIATE IT BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE FULL CREDIT.
YOU ALL HAVE DONE THIS WORK WITH THE SUBSTITUTES LAST YEAR, THIS IS ANOTHER WAY TO APPLY THAT SAME CONCEPT.
I KNOW THAT OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE FACING OTHER FINANCIAL CONCERNS DIFFERENT THAN THE ONES THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS TOO.
I DON'T WANT TO PRETEND THAT I FULLY CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA ON MY OWN.
I'M TAKING INSPIRATION AND FINDING AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THOSE TWO TOGETHER TO BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS.
>> THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT BUY IN IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
BUT ALSO YOU TOUCHED ON THE CAMPUS APPROVAL OR PRINCIPAL APPROVAL.
>> COURTNEY WILL YOU LEAN TO THE MIC, PLEASE?
>> SORRY. YOU TOUCHED ON PRINCIPAL APPROVAL ALSO.
WOULD YOU ALSO HR, ALSO HAVE A SECOND LINE OF APPROVAL ON HOW THAT HAPPENS? LIKE WHO ELSE IS INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS?
>> WE CAN ABSOLUTELY BE INVOLVED IN THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FIRST OF ALL, THE PROCESS IS BEING FOLLOWED, IT'S BEING FOLLOWED FAIRLY AND BECAUSE WHEN IT'S NOT THE STUDENTS ARE THE ONES THAT GET HURT.
>> -TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE BEST LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND SITUATION POSSIBLE AND SO ABSOLUTELY WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER HR LAYER OF THAT OVERSIGHT.
AS I'M HERE, YOU CAN EXPECT THAT FINANCE AND HR ARE GOING TO BE HAVING CONVERSATIONS REGULARLY AND FREQUENTLY ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT WE MAKE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE LOCKSTEP AND HAVE A FULL AWARENESS OF WHAT'S GOING ON ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
>> WELL, I KNOW THAT I WOULD IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD CHOOSES TO DO, I KNOW THAT I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE KNOWING THAT THERE IS ANOTHER SECOND LAYER OF APPROVAL ON THAT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GET CREATIVE ON A CAMPUS FOR THE WRONG REASON.
>> JUST BEING REALLY CAUTIOUS FOR THAT.
TO GO TO MASTERS AND DOCTORATE STIPENDS, THANK YOU FOR THIS.
I CAN TELL YOU I RECEIVED A VERY LENGTHY EMAIL BACK IN MARCH THAT I SHARED WITH DR. WRIGHT FROM A TEACHER THAT HAS BEEN IN OUR DISTRICT FOR OVER 15 YEARS.
THE ENTIRE TIME THAT HE'S BEEN IN THIS DISTRICT THOSE HAVE NEVER CHANGED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER PRIOR TO THAT THAT IT HADN'T CHANGED, BUT I KNOW THAT AT LEAST IN THE LAST 15 YEARS IT HAS NOT.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS CHANGE AND THANK YOU, DR. WRIGHT AND TEAM FOR LISTENING AND MAKING THAT CHANGE.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT STIPENDS.
I KNOW THAT MTSS STIPEND IS NEW, WE'RE BRINGING IT TO US THIS YEAR.
I WILL SAY I WAS A LITTLE SADDENED TO SEE THE THOUSAND DOLLARS AS THE STIPEND WHEN I'M LOOKING AT OTHER STIPENDS AND I'M NOT GOING TO CALL THOSE OUT THAT RECEIVED THE SAME AMOUNT, THAT NECESSARILY THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY OR THOSE THINGS ACTUALLY GETTING DONE.
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OUR MTSS COORDINATORS, I WANT TO VALUE WHAT THEY DO AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT $1,000 IS GREAT.I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.
IF WE WANT TO GO INTO DETAIL OFFLINE ABOUT SOME OF THESE OTHER $1,000 STIPEND THAT YOU WANT ME TO COMPARE THEM TO, I'M HAPPY TO.
THERE'S OTHER QUESTIONS I SUBMITTED ON STIPENDS.
I DON'T NEED TO KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE THAT I REALLY WANTED TO POINT OUT.
ALSO, THE IMPACT TEACHER STIPEND.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME WE'VE LOOKED AT STIPENDS FOR TEACHERS THAT IMPACT, WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON AT IMPACT.
BEHAVIOR IS THROUGH THE ROOF, WE'RE SENDING LOTS OF KIDS TO IMPACT.
I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
IT SHOULDN'T BE TWO BUDGET IMPACT.
IF WE CAN JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND REEVALUATE THAT STIPEND, THAT'S ONE I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE? I DID NOTICE WE STILL HAVE SOME 1452 AN HOUR ON HERE WITH SUBSTITUTES.
I AM NOT IN SUPPORT OF THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HOURLY RATE INCREASE. LET ME GO THERE.
CUSTODIAN SUBSTITUTE, CHILD NUTRITION SUBSTITUTE, AND ELC CHILDCARE PROVIDER SUBSTITUTE.
SUBSTITUTES, WE KNOW THAT WE NEED SUBSTITUTES.
>> STRUGGLE SOMETIMES FINDING THEM.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CARE ABOUT THOSE EMPLOYEES TOO.
ANYTHING LESS THAN I SAID, $16 AN HOUR IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR ME, BUT IF WE CAN JUST TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.
>> CERTAINLY I'M PUTTING IT IN.
>> WHAT ELSE? THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT I ASKED ON BOARD BLOG ON THE 12TH.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT RESPONSE YET, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED OR NOT.
MAYBE MS. GLORIA OR MR. RAU, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
I JUST WANT TO SEE THE IMPLICATIONS.
WHEN I ASKED FOR THE DOLLAR INCREASE TO WHAT YOU'VE PROPOSED ON THE PARAPROFESSIONAL AUXILIARY PAY, INSTRUCTIONAL PARAPROFESSIONAL PAY AS PER PARAPROFESSIONAL PAY, I WANT TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WITH A VERSION B.
>> FOR SURE. I THINK WE CAN SPEAK TO THAT AND I WANT TO FIRST ADDRESS THE BOARD TO SAY THAT MR. RAU AND I WERE SO FOCUSED ON GETTING THE BUDGET AND COMP PLAN PREPARED THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION.
SO KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, WE PROMISE.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH THAT.
>> MS. RUNKLE, THAT QUESTION WAS ANSWERED LATE THIS-
I DO HAVE THE NUMBERS HERE IF YOU WANT ME TO JUST LET YOU KNOW OR YOU CAN READ IT ON BOARD BLOG.
>> UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO HEAR IT RIGHT NOW, BOARD BLOG IS FINE. THAT IS ALL I HAD.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M ABSOLUTELY IN FAVOR OF VERSION B, I WISH WE COULD DO MORE.
EVERYONE DESERVES SO MUCH MORE.
HOPEFULLY OUR LEGISLATORS AND ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WILL START TO CARE MORE ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO DO MORE IN THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.
BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
THIS IS YOUR FIRST BUDGET IN COMP WITH US AND YOU HAVE DONE A REMARKABLE JOB.
I LOVE THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT YOU HAVE CREATED WITH THE DEPARTMENTS, THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU HAVE BUILT IN THE SHORT TIME THAT YOU HAVE BEEN HERE.
WE VERY MUCH SEE THAT YOU ARE EMPLOYEE FRIENDLY AND YOU MIRROR EXACTLY WHAT WE DO AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW INCREDIBLY APPRECIATIVE WE ARE OF THAT.
WE HAVE NEEDED THAT AND YOU ARE HERE AND YOU ALSO CAN'T GO ANYWHERE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
>> FIRST OF ALL, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR PREPARING ALL THIS CONSIDERING THE INACTION BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
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I KNOW IT WAS CERTAINLY DIFFICULT, BUT I'M GOING TO COME OUT AND SAY THAT I DO SUPPORT DRAFT B BECAUSE I THINK ANY INCREASE IN COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS, OBVIOUSLY SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN VERSION B MAKES A DIFFERENCE.I APPLAUD THE DISTRICT, AS I MENTIONED LAST MEETING FOR PRIORITIZING EXPERIENCED TEACHERS.
BUT EVEN WHILE DOING THAT, THEY ARE ALSO RAISING THE PAY FOR INCOMING YOUNGER TEACHERS WHO CAN LEARN FROM THOSE EXPERIENCED TEACHERS IN REGARDS TO MANAGING CLASSROOMS, TO BEING PROFICIENT AND DISTINGUISHED.
SO NOT ONLY HAS THE DISTRICT PRIORITIZED EXPERIENCED TEACHERS, THEY ARE ENCOURAGING YOUNGER TEACHERS TO COME INTO HAYS CISD, SO I APPLAUD THAT.
CONSIDERING THE ELIMINATION OF THE [INAUDIBLE] POSITIONS, SOME OF THEM, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO BRING IN YOUNGER TEACHERS AND TO MAKE THEM WANT TO STAY.
THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS IN REGARDS TO THE K-4 CAPACITY INCENTIVE.
THIS IS MORE FOR CLARIFICATION.
WHAT'S THE EVALUATION PROCESS FOR TEACHERS WANTING TO TAKE THAT ON AND HAVING A LARGER RATIOS? ARE CERTAIN TEACHERS AVAILABLE TO OR ABLE TO APPLY FOR THAT? OR DOES THIS HAVE TO BE A TEACHER THAT'S PROFICIENT OR DISTINGUISHED IN CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT? OR CAN ANY TEACHER APPLY FOR THIS OR ARE THEY CHOSEN BY THE CAMPUS OR DISTRICT?
>> THAT'S WHERE I REALLY WANT TO ENGAGE A DIVERSE GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP THAT CRITERIA.
JUST THINKING ABOUT IT, I FEEL THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT THE TEACHER THAT TAKES ON THE EXTRA STUDENTS IS WELL-PREPARED TO DO SO.
FIRST OF ALL, WE WANT THE STUDENTS TO HAVE AN OUTSTANDING LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
BUT NUMBER 2, WE WANT TO SET OUR TEACHERS UP FOR SUCCESS.
TEACHING IS HARD WORK, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SET UP FOR SUCCESS.
SO PART OF IT IS FINDING OUT WHO'S INTERESTED BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO FORCE THIS ON ANYONE.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD, I THINK IT SHOULD JUST BE VOLUNTARY.
THEN THOSE CASES WHERE WE HAVE GRADES THAT NOBODY IS INTERESTED OR WILLING, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT STAFFING.
FIRST, THEY NEED TO BE INTERESTED AND WE CAN SURVEY THAT INTEREST.
BASED ON THAT INTEREST, HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP OF, WELL, WHAT ARE THE PIECES THAT NEED TO BE IN PLACE TO SET THE STUDENTS UP FOR SUCCESS AS WELL AS THE TEACHERS? THEN ON TOP OF THAT, BY DEVELOPING THAT CRITERIA, THEN EMPOWERING THE PRINCIPALS TO TAKE A LOOK AND REVIEW AGAINST THE CRITERIA IF THAT PERSON IS QUALIFIED OR WELL PREPARED TO TAKE ON THE EXTRA STUDENTS.
OF COURSE, WITH THE FEEDBACK OF THE BOARD TO CREATE EXTRA LAYERS OF REVIEW TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD, IN THE CLASSROOM, AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL AND AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, THAT EVERYBODY IS ON BOARD.
I THINK THAT ALSO HELPS THE BOARD FEEL BETTER ABOUT THOSE DECISIONS BECAUSE WE'D HAVE TO APPLY FOR WAIVERS FOR THOSE CLASSROOMS STILL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON THE FRONT END JUST LIKE WE DO WHEN WE BRING IN NEW HIRES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE PROCESS SO THAT WE HAVE THE OUTCOME THAT'S INTENDED.
>> ALSO, I WANT TO ECHO SOMETHING MS. PETREA SAID ABOUT NEW MENTOR OR NEW TEACHER MENTORS.
CERTAINLY TO FIND OUT HOW VALUABLE THAT POSITION IS AS FAR AS HOW OFTEN ARE THEY MEETING WITH NEW TEACHERS? WHAT'S THE FEEDBACK FROM THOSE NEW TEACHERS THAT ARE GETTING THAT ADVICE AND GUIDANCE FROM THOSE TEACHER MENTORS? I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT AS WELL.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION, BUT I'M IN FAVOR OF OBVIOUSLY OF DRAFT B BECAUSE I THINK ANY INCREASE IS SOMETHING.
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE STILL WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE DOES, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP OUR TEACHERS HAPPY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MR. FLORES. MR. SEVERANCE?
>> GREAT THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE SOME GENERAL OPERATIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE TEAM HERE.
WE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS TODAY TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE LIKE SAUSAGE PLAN B FOR THE ADMIN TEAM TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT ANY ADJUSTMENTS WE'RE GOING TO DO SPECIFICALLY THE TASB STUDY,
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ANY STIPEND ADJUSTMENTS WE'RE GOING TO DO, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GO BACK WITH YOUR TEAM THIS WEEK AFTER WE GIVE YOU A GENERAL CONSENSUS OF DRAFT A OR B.THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT ALL BACK TO US, ANSWER ALL THESE QUESTIONS FOR OUR BOARD MEETING NEXT MONDAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS TO APPROVE GOING FORWARD, AM I SAYING THAT OUT LOUD PROPERLY? MY QUESTION IS AND I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WITH NEW INFORMATION, IF WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THIS, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT DOWN THE ROAD WHENEVER THE FINANCIAL SESSION BECOMES CLEAR, CORRECT?
>> YOU ARE CORRECT AND IF THERE IS A SPECIAL SESSION AND SAY WE WERE TO RECEIVE MORE REVENUE, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO BRING THE BUDGET BACK TO YOU AND IF THERE ARE ANY OUTLYING AREAS THAT WE MISSED OR WE DIDN'T ADDRESS, WE WOULD BRING THAT BACK TO YOU IN THE COMPLAINT AS WELL.
THE GOAL IS LIKE THE OUTLIERS THAT ESPERANZA MENTIONED JUST A MINUTE AGO, SOUNDS LIKE THAT THE MAJORITY OF YOUR IN FAVOR OF DRAFT B SO WE'LL APPLY DRAFT B'S NUMBER TO THE MARKET VALUE FOR THOSE AREAS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS BELOW BY TASB AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION TO SHOW YOU WHERE THAT'S AT AND THEN IF IT'S NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH THAT ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASE OR WE MAY HAVE TO MOVE THEM INTO A DIFFERENT PAY-BAND, SO WE'LL UPDATE YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION AS WELL, BUT YEAH YOU'RE CORRECT.
>> BECAUSE I KNOW COMP AND BUDGET ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS BUT THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMP IN A SECOND BUT TOGETHER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMP RIGHT NOW.
>> COMP IS 85 PERCENT OF YOUR OPERATING BUDGET.
>> LOOKING AT THE FUND BALANCE DEFICIT ON PLAN A VERSES PLAN B, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE $15.5 MILLION ADJUSTMENT TO OUR FUND BALANCE.
I JUST HAVE SOME NUMBERED QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS.
FROM DRAFT 1A TO DRAFT A, THAT'S ABOUT $750,000 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR CURRENT BUDGET AND IF WE DO DRAFT A FROM LAST YEAR.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DRAFT A AND DRAFT B, BUT FROM BEFORE THIS, IS ABOUT $750,000 AND THEN FOR EVERY PERCENTAGE POINT IN ATTENDANCE WE MAKE UP FOR NEXT YEAR, THAT'S ABOUT $1.5 MILLION IN MAKE UP, CORRECT? WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS, I'M A DRAFT B FAVORITE IF WE'RE TAKING A VOTE ON MARKET SCORE, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT $60 MILLION DRAFT FUND BALANCED DEFICIT IS A HUGE NUMBER AND THAT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE IF WE HAVE TO DO THIS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
I JUST WANT TO BE AS CAUTIOUS AS WE CAN, WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, I DO WANT TO DO THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LEAVING OURSELVES SOME FLEXIBILITY.
I'M REALLY TALKING ABOUT ON THE BUDGET SIDE, NOT THE COMP PLAN, BUT ON THE BUDGET SIDE [INAUDIBLE] FLEXIBILITY THAT WE'RE NOT PINING OURSELVES INTO A CORNER THAT WE CAN'T GET OUT OF.
NOW AFTER I'VE SAID THAT AND TALKED ABOUT WE CAN ADJUST IT DOWN THE ROAD, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE K4.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, I REALLY DO, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A BUNCH OF RULES TO IT.
LIKE IF THEY GET THE KIDS AND THEN THE KIDS GO AWAY, THAT WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO TAKE THE MONEY AWAY ONCE WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WE'D PROBABLY HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS TO ADD.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, IT GIVES TEACHERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE MORE MONEY, I WOULD LOVE TO TEACH MORE KIDS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S SOME PRETTY GOOD BOUNDARIES WE SET UP ON THAT.
THEN I HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE STIPEND, IT'S THE GT LIAISON, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THAT POSITION IS IN THE DISTRICT AND WHO RECEIVES THAT? IF YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST SAY IT OUT LOUD.
>> I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT I WILL FIND OUT FOR YOU.
YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO RECEIVES THE GT STIPEND? WHAT WERE YOUR OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> I JUST WANT TO KNOW IS THAT FOR A TEACHER THAT'S GONE TO TAKE THE TRAINING FOR THE 30 HOURS, THE TRAINING EVERY YEAR, THE CERTIFIED TEACHER ON CAMPUS THAT TEACHES THE GT, I'M JUST CURIOUS OF WHO GETS THAT STIPEND.
>> SURE, I'LL FIND OUT WHAT QUALIFIES SOMEBODY FOR THAT STIPEND AND HOW MANY WE HAVE.
>> THAT'LL BE GREAT, BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT EVERY CAMPUS SHOWCASE THAT,
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WELL, I DIDN'T GO TO ALL OF THEM, ESPERANZA, BUT I WENT TO A LOT OF THEM THAT I COULD.THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS LOOKED AT, NUMBER OF GT KIDS OR WHATEVER.
I DO KNOW THAT THESE GT SPECIALISTS ON CAMPUS HAVE TO GO RECEIVE 30 HOURS OF TRAINING TO DO THAT.
THEY HAVE ALSO, IF YOU'RE A TEACHER THAT ISN'T CERTIFIED YET, YOU STILL HAVE TO GO GET SOME TRAINING, THERE'S SOME CONTINUING EDUCATION TO DO, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY GT TEACHERS WE HAVE ON CAMPUS, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO GROW THOSE NUMBERS, IT MIGHT BE NICE IF WE LOOKED AT A GT STIPEND.
I'M NOT SAYING IT HAS TO BE $1,200, BUT SOME STIPEND FOR TEACHERS THAT WANT TO ENGAGE IN THE GT PROCESS MIGHT BE A WAY TO HELP US WITH THOSE NUMBERS ON CAMPUSES, SO I'D LIKE TO JUST UNDERSTAND THAT WHOLE PROCESS IF THAT'S OKAY.
THEN ON THIS COMP PLAN BUDGET, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT OF POSITIONS THAT ARE IN THE PLAN THAT AREN'T FILLED, WHAT THAT NUMBER IS, IF WE GO WITH DRAFT B.
IF YOU'VE GOT 60 POSITIONS THAT ARE ALLOCATED, I KNOW YOU'VE GONE THROUGH SOME OF THAT LIST AND WE'VE TAKEN SOME OF THAT STUFF OUT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT TOTAL NUMBER IS THAT'S IN THE PLAN THAT HASN'T BEEN ALLOCATED, BUT WE'RE LEAVING THERE BECAUSE IF THINGS CHANGE, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THEN TO FILL THAT POSITION IF WE NEED IT, SO I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE TOTAL NUMBER AND LIST OF POSITIONS THAT ARE VACANT RIGHT NOW?
>> I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT OF ALLOCATED SALARIES THAT AREN'T FILLED THAT'S IN THIS NUMBER, IS IT A MILLION? IS IT 2 MILLION? IS IT HALF-A-MILLION? JUST WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.
I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW SO THAT I CAN WRAP MY HEAD AROUND WHAT ALL THE COMPONENTS OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
>> I KNOW A GUY WHO IS REALLY GOOD WITH NUMBERS.
>> I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD. I JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS OUT THERE THAT ARE ON THIS LIST.
THERE'S MUCH MORE TO COME TONIGHT.
FOUR OF US ARE GOING TO BE GONE TOMORROW THROUGH SATURDAY, SO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING THE QUESTIONS TOGETHER.
IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO GET THEM SOONER THAN LATER AND NOT THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
THEN WE CAN'T TALK TO ANYBODY UNTIL THE MEETING ON MONDAY.
>> WE WILL WORK VERY HARD ON THIS QUESTION.
I WILL TELL YOU I'LL BE HIRING PEOPLE ALL DAY TOMORROW, BUT I HAVE AN OUTSTANDING TEAM TO HELP WITH THAT.
>> NO PRESSURE. I DO THINK YOU'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE REASON FOR THESE QUESTIONS IS TO GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO FEEL MOST CONFIDENT ABOUT THE DECISION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF.
SO WE UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY OF THAT AND WE WILL WORK VERY HARD TO ANSWER THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> THANK YOU. I THINK WE ALL AGREE, WE WOULD FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT IT'D BE NICE TO GET THE INFORMATION SOONER THAN LATER, SO THANK YOU.
LET'S GO FOR SOME FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS, SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY.
>> I'LL GO LAST LAST. YOU GO AHEAD.
IS SO DIFFICULT WHEN WE CAN GET ANYTHING ON FRIDAY.
SO WE'RE REALLY GOING TO NEED TO RETHINK THAT FOR NEXT YEAR ABOUT FRIDAYS OFF DURING BUDGET TIME.
DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.
BUT IN REGARDS TO SUPPLEMENTAL PAY FOR THE CLASSES, FOR THE WAIVERS-
>> YES. FOR CAPACITY AND HAVING WAIVERS.
WE DON'T APPROVE WAIVERS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
EVEN WHEN I WAS A TEACHER UNDER TWO SUPERINTENDENTS BEFORE, I ACTUALLY ASKED FOR A WAIVER BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE MY STUDENT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE THEM FROM THE TWO-WAY DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM.
AND I BEGGED FOR A WAIVER AND THEY TOLD ME NO.
I REALLY LIKED THE CREATIVITY THAT YOU ARE BRINGING FORWARD BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I'M AN ANTI-WAIVER PERSON, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY SOLID APPROACH TO ALLOW TEACHERS TO MAKE MORE MONEY AND SETTING THOSE GUARDRAILS IN PLACE BECAUSE I LIKE GUARDRAILS AS MUCH AS ANYBODY ELSE.
HAVING THOSE GUARDRAILS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO IT, NOT JUST FOR THE MONEY, BUT THEY WANT TO DO IT, CAN MANAGE IT.
AND MAKING SURE THERE'S NO FAVORITISM INVOLVED IN THAT BECAUSE THAT IS ONE PIECE THAT ALWAYS COMES UP.
SO HAVING THAT CRITERIA IN PLACE,
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I THINK WILL BE VERY HELPFUL.AND ANOTHER THING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER IS THE LACK OF SPACE IN SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS TO ADD ANOTHER TEACHER.
WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, NEGLY THAT HAS OVER 1,000 STUDENTS.
THEY HAVE ZERO SPACE TO ADD ANOTHER TEACHER.
SO UNLESS WE WANT TO START BUYING PORTABLES AND MOVING PORTABLES AROUND, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION TO BE IN WHEN YOU'RE FAST GROWTH.
SO WE NEED TO THINK OF THOSE COSTS ASSOCIATED AS WELL.
SO I KNOW, AGAIN THAT YOU UNDERSTAND OUR INTENT AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT WAIVERS.
I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW OUR INTENT AND OUR PHILOSOPHY, SO I DO TRUST THAT YOU WILL DO EVERYTHING NECESSARY TO HAVE A SITE-BASED DECISION-MAKING PROCESS.
>> WE BUY-IN FROM STAKEHOLDERS, WHETHER THAT IS THROUGH DLT, WHICH IS AN EASY WAY TO GO BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE SO MANY TEACHERS ON THAT AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND SO ON THAT CAN MAYBE BRING A DIFFERENT LENS THAT CAN HELP.
THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
BUT I AM ALL ABOUT CREATING OPPORTUNITY AND CREATING SOLUTIONS AND NOT ALWAYS DOING IT THE WAY WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT, JUST BECAUSE IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT WORK WITH SOME PARAMETERS.
AS FAR AS GT GOES, I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON IT REAL QUICK.
AS YOU GET THOSE NUMBERS AND EVERYTHING, THERE USED TO BE A TIME WHEN ALL OUR TEACHERS WERE GT CERTIFIED, WHICH WAS A FABULOUS APPROACH TO HAVE AND I KNOW MS. SEVILLE HAS HAD CONVERSATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ABOUT DOING THAT.
WE ALL HAD TO BE CERTIFIED SO WE COULD SERVE ALL THE STUDENTS IN THAT CLUSTER.
SO WE HAVE A CLUSTER METHOD RIGHT NOW.
SO DESIGNATED PERSON FOR THE GRADE LEVEL USUALLY HAS A CLUSTER OF STUDENTS, MAYBE OR MIGHT HAVE ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO FIVE, SEVEN STUDENTS.
YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE THAN ONE GT TEACHER PER GRADE LEVEL THAT WILL SERVE THOSE STUDENTS.
SO I DON'T KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT THAT STIPEND ASSOCIATED BECAUSE IT DOES DEPEND ON NUMBERS.
I KNOW THEY ARE ALSO IN CHARGE OF PUTTING TOGETHER A GT SHOWCASE, WHERE THEY CAN SHOWCASE SOME OF THIS WORK.
SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO FIND OUT HOW MANY FOLKS ARE IN THERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT THAT I BRING UP EVERY SINGLE YEAR, WHICH I HAVEN'T DONE, MY FELLOW TRUSTEES BECAUSE FOLKS HAVE NOT UNDERSTOOD IT.
RIGHT, DR. WRIGHT? COMPRESSION. THE COMPRESSION OF THESE SALARY SCHEDULE.
AND WE MIGHT HAVE TO SAVE THAT FOR NEXT YEAR.
BUT HAVING THE TIME TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT AND FLUSH THAT OUT BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT CONCEPT FOR FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND, EVEN PEOPLE IN HR TO UNDERSTAND, BUT TALKING FROM THE EMPLOYEE FRIENDLY SIDE OF THINGS, IT IS AN AMAZING THING TO DO AND WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF IT, BUT NOT ENOUGH WHERE YOU COMPRESS THAT STEPS AND GIVE LONGEVITY PAY FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE BEYOND STEP 20.
THERE'S A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT HAVE DONE IT.
I JUST WANT TO PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET.
I KNOW IT'S TOO LATE FOR THIS TIME, BUT DEFINITELY AFTER ALL THIS BUDGET SEASON IS OVER, LOOKING AT THAT AS ANOTHER APPROACH TO MAKE US THE BEST EMPLOYEE-FRIENDLY ORGANIZATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I WANT THAT TITLE AND WE ARE VERY CLOSE.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU.
>> WE'RE GOING TO GET ONE OF THOSE BIG WRESTLING BELTS THAT SAYS WORLD CHAMPION ON IT.
MR. VELA, YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL?
>> I ALSO DID THE CHAMPIONSHIP POSE.
>> YEAH, JUST A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS.
ON THE CAPACITY SUPPLEMENTAL PAY, IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT, NOT THE WAIVER RATIO PAY.
WHAT I THINK I WOULD REALLY WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT IS HAVING FIRST YEAR TEACHERS DO THAT.
I COULD SEE THEM FEELING OBLIGATED TO SAY YES AND NOT WANTING TO SAY NO TO THEIR PRINCIPALS.
I ALMOST WANTED TO JUST SAY FIRST YEAR TEACHERS AREN'T ELIGIBLE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW DLT OR OTHERS WILL FEEL ABOUT THAT, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE A FIRST YEAR TEACHER, HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW, WHATEVER THEIR PROBATIONARY CONTRACT PERIOD IS, FIVE YEAR, FOUR, THREE YEARS, WHATEVER THAT IS, BUT WE MAY NOT HAVE THAT LUXURY IN EVERY GRADE LEVEL TO ONLY HAVE TEACHERS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FIVE YEARS OR WHATEVER.
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BUT I THINK CERTAINLY FIRST YEAR TEACHERS I WOULD WANT TO PROTECT.I JUST WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT AS WE WERE ALL DISCUSSING.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT ARE.
>> WELL, I THINK THAT BEING A FIRST YEAR TEACHER IS DIFFICULT IN AND OF ITSELF AND WE WANT TO SET OUR TEACHERS UP FOR SUCCESS.
SO I SHARE YOUR CONCERNS AND I'M SURE IN SPEAKING WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS WE COULD FIND WHAT EVERYBODY'S FEELING ABOUT THAT AND CREATE SOME BOUNDARIES ACCORDINGLY DEPENDING ON THAT.
>> GREAT. ANOTHER STIPEND I THINK WE NEED TO CREATE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR AND IT DIDN'T GET ANY TRACTION AND I'M GOING TO PUT MY FOOT DOWN THIS YEAR AND WE CAN DO IT THIS WAY.
COULD DO THIS THE EASY WAY OR THE HARD WAY.
BUT CLASS SPONSORS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL DO A TON OF WORK.
THE SENIORS CLASS SPONSOR DOES A LOT MORE THAN THE FRESHMEN CLASS SPONSOR, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TO SEND US A JOB LISTING OF WHAT THEY DO, FRESHMEN, SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR, AND SENIOR.
IN MY MIND, IT'S A MINIMUM OF $500 FOR WHAT ALL THE THINGS THEY DO.
IF YOU'VE HAD A SENIOR, I'M PREACHING TO THE CHOIR AND YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW MUCH THEY DO, BUT IT'S PROM, THE JUNIOR ONE DOES A LOT TOO BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THE JUNIOR SPONSOR DOES THE PROM, THEY DO THE STUDENT COUNCIL, THEY'RE CLASS REPS.
IF THAT'S NOT CONSISTENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND MAYBE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, BUT I CONTINUE TO HEAR, AND WE HEARD IT LAST YEAR, WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST YEAR AND IT NEVER HAPPENED.
BUT OUR CLASS SPONSORS THAT ARE DOING GRADUATION, THAT ARE DOING PROM, DO AS MUCH WORK OR MORE THAN OUR WEBMASTERS FRANKLY, I WOULD SAY.
THEY WERE MAKING $1,000 A YEAR.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
I WILL ASK FOR FEEDBACK AND SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ACROSS THE DISTRICT AT THE DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY ON THAT, YOU SAID HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TO SEND THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS.
CAN I JUST SUGGEST THAT THEY ACTUALLY CLASS SPONSORS SEND US WHAT THEY DO.
>> RIGHT. I'M SURE THE PRINCIPAL IS GOING TO HAVE TO GET THAT AND IT'S ALL.
>> HAVE CLASS SPONSOR INPUT ON THE LIST.
>> YEAH. BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BET THAT THEY PROBABLY DO WAY MORE THAN THE PRINCIPAL THINKS THEY DO.
MS. RUNKLE, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER FOLLOW-UP FOR ME? MS. FLORES? MR. SEVERANCE? A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR ME. THEY'LL BE QUICK.
I LOVE THE K TO FOUR DO FOR FLEX PLAN OR WHATEVER NAME.
I THINK IT'S OUT OF THE BOX THINKING.
I THINK THAT IT'S GREAT AND I TOTALLY TRUST LIKE MS. OROSCO AND HER EXPERIENCE AS A TEACHER.
WHEN I HEAR HER COMPETENCE AND THAT KIND OF PLAN, IT'S GREAT, AND SO I FULLY SUPPORT THAT.
THE CLASS SPONSOR STIPEND IS A GREAT IDEA.
ESPECIALLY THE UPPER CLASSES, THEY REALLY SPENT A BAZILLION HOURS DOING THINGS, AND I THINK THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO SUPPORTING, GETTING PEOPLE EVEN INTERESTED IN DOING THAT, BUT IT IS A TON OF WORK.
AS FAR AS GETTING ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS, WE'RE UP AGAINST SOME TIGHT WINDOW HERE.
CHIEFS, DR. WRIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO ANSWER SOME EMAILS ON FRIDAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU. THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN FAST AND FURIOUS.
IT'S BUDGET SEASON, WE'VE GOT A BIG VOTE COMING UP.
SO SATURDAY, SUNDAY YOU GET AN EMAIL.
I WOULD JUST ASK, I THINK THIS BOARD DOES A VERY GOOD JOB OF NOT PESTERING.
YOU MAY GET PESTERED SOME THIS WEEKEND.
SO IF YOU COULD HELP US OUT AND NOT WAIT UNTIL MONDAY WHEN YOU COME IN, BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO MAKE FOR A WILD DAY AND IT COULD ACTUALLY HELP US BE EFFICIENT AT OUR MEETING ON MONDAY IF WE GET SOME OF THAT KNOCKED OUT.
IF YOU COULD HELP US OUT WITH THAT, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
AS FAR AS THE DRAFT PLANS, I'M ALL FOR DRAFT B. I HAVE ENORMOUS HEARTBURN OVER OUR FUND BALANCE. I'M WORRIED.
AND SO IF ADDITIONAL REVENUE COMES IN, I HOPE IT DOES, I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL.
I'M INCLINED THAT, DR. WRIGHT JUST SAID EARLIER, WE'VE GOT TO REPLENISH FUND BALANCE FIRST.
THIS IS A DISTRICT THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILDING THINGS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, MUCH LONGER THAN ANY OF US WILL BE ON THIS BOARD.
I ASSURE YOU, THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING THINGS.
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WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR ABILITY TO PROTECT BONDS AT THE HIGHEST RATING THAT WE CAN, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT WILL SAVE OUR TAX PAYERS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.THAT'S JUST MY TWO SENSE ON THAT, AND FOR B, I WOULD JUST SAY THIS ABOUT A AND THAT 1.1 MILLION DOLLARS THAT'S SITTING THERE.
THERE IS ALWAYS THE UNEXPECTED THAT HAPPENS AFTER THE YEAR STARTS.
WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT ALL THESE ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN.
THE ONLY PLACE THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND THAT IS THE FUND BALANCE.
AND SO THIS IS GOING TO GO DOWN EVEN FURTHER, AND WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THIS MORE AS WE GET TO BUDGET.
I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT, THAT THIS IS SO RISKY AND I'M GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE WITH YOU AND WE ARE GOING TO GO.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING IT'S RISKY.
MAYBE THERE IS A MIDDLE GROUND IN THERE SOMEWHERE.
MAYBE THERE IS A WAY TO SET ASIDE A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT SAYS, OKAY, WE THINK OUR UNEXPECTED IS GOING TO BE THIS AMOUNT, AND WE ARE JUST GOING TO SET THAT OVER THERE AN IMAGINARY COUCH CUSHION THAT WE CAN PULL FROM WHEN WE NEED IT.
I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD HERE.
THAT'S MY TWO CENTS ON COMPENSATION.
TEAM, IT'S LATE IS EVERYBODY FEELING OKAY? WE GOT TO GRIND THROUGH THIS. MS. RUNKLE.
>> ONE QUESTION, YOU TOUCHED ON BEING AVAILABLE OVER THE WEEKEND AND ON FRIDAY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT CAN I ALSO ASK THAT SAME FROM MRS. GLORIA, IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT GET SENT TO HER IN THAT TIME PERIOD THAT THOSE IMMEDIATELY GET UPLOADED TO BOARD BLOG BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE TRAVELING IN OUR CONFERENCES AND I WILL BE LOOKING FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT COME THROUGH IN THE MEANTIME.
>> EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO JUST FIGURE IT OUT AND WE'LL GET IT DONE.
IT'S A GOOD TEAM, ALL OF US, AND WE'LL GET IT DONE.
OKAY, LET'S TAKE FIVE MINUTES.
WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT BUDGET.
[I.13. Consideration and possible approval of General Fund, Debt Service Fund, and Food Service Fund budgets and approval of the budget for additional accelerated instruction pursuant to HB 5 requirements]
>> BOARD. IT'S 10:00. HERE WE GO.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS BUDGET DISCUSSION AND WE'RE GOING TO BE BETTER FOR IT.
WE ARE ON I13, TARGET HAVE 900 POST-IT NOTES NOW STUCK TO MY AGENDA.
>> THANK YOU. IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER THIS REAL QUICK BUT I'M GOING TO SAY THIS PRESENTATION IS THE SAME PRESENTATION AS WE HAD ON THE 12TH THE ONLY THING WE DID WAS WE ADDED THE TWO SCENARIOS AND [INAUDIBLE] ALREADY PICKED THE SCENARIO,I'M JUST GOING TO SWITCH RIGHT ON OVER TO IT, AND SHOW YOU.
WE HAVE THE ESTIMATED BEGINNING FUND BALANCE OF 54.8 THAT HAS COME IN SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN WHAT OUR BUDGET DEFICIT WAS TO THE TURN WHAT I'M HOPING, THINKING ESTIMATING AT THIS POINT IS ABOUT $2 MILLION BETTER THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED.
THE REVENUE ESTIMATES THOSE TIED BACK TO THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE PRESENTED ON THE 12 IS AT 93 PERCENT, THE 21.788, THE PAYROLL 206 MILLION, THAT IS WHAT MS. COURSON SHOWED YOU ON DRAFT B, SO THAT HAS THREE PERCENT, TWO PERCENT, FOUR PERCENT TEARED COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, IT HAS THE BRINGING THE FLOOR UP TO 16, AND THEN THE 18TH AND THE 20 IN THERE.
I WAS ASKED OFFLINE THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET AT THIS POINT, WHICH INCLUDES ALL CAMPUSES, ALL DEPARTMENTS, EVERYTHING THAT'S NON-PAYROLL.
WHEN WE INITIALLY PUT THIS BUDGET TOGETHER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND GOT EVERYTHING ADDED UP AND SAW WHAT THE ANTICIPATED DEFICIT WAS.
WE NEED TO RE-EVALUATE, LOOK AT POSITIONS, LOOK AT THE STAFFING.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MS. COURSON HAS BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS AND THEN DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB.
SHE'S ALREADY FOUND SOME AREAS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO NOT HAVE TO INCLUDE.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE ALSO BROUGHT THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET DOWN AS LOW AS WE THOUGHT WE COULD, GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE'RE IN, AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WERE PITCHED BY A COUPLE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE TO HELP MAX HIS BUDGET OUT.
MAYBE LOOKING AT BOND INTERESTS TO HELP MS. EDIOS,
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BUDGET OUT TO LOOK AT THE IMA FUNDS OR IMT, WHATEVER THAT ACRONYM IS.TECHNOLOGY ALSO TRYING TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE BOND INTERESTS.
ANY SAVINGS THAT WE FIND GOING FORWARD THAT MAY COME FROM THE LEGISLATURE, AS FAR AS I'M LOOKING AT FIRST AND FOREMOST, I NEED TO GET THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
I WAS ASKED HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO LAST YEAR? WELL, LAST YEAR WE STARTED OFF WITH A ROUGHLY 34 MILLION OPERATIONAL BUDGET.
WE HELD BACK 10 PERCENT, WHICH BROUGHT IT DOWN TO ABOUT 31 AND CHANGE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO OPERATE ON THAT.
NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 30 MILLION.
THAT'S ABOUT A MILLION DOLLAR DECREASE.
TO PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE, THE INITIAL ASKS, EXCUSE ME, THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET WAS CLOSE TO 43 MILLION.
I CAN GIVE THE NUMBERS AND THE DETAIL AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT WHEN I'M GOING FROM THIS WAY, THIS WAY TO THIS WAY IN ORDER TO GET THAT PIN DOWN AND TRYING TO PRORATE WHERE THE CUTS ARE GOING TO COME FROM AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING.
I DO ASK THAT YOU BEAR WITH ME AS I'M TRYING TO GET SOME OF THESE NUMBERS TOGETHER.
BUT IN ORDER TO GET THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT, AT LEAST TO GIVE YOU SOME ASEMBLANCE OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, WE HAD TO GO WITH A VERY HIGH LEVEL LOOK AT IT.
WHAT WE'RE HOPEFUL AND CABINET TODAY WE HAD TALKED ABOUT SOME NUMBERS, THE FOUR-AND-A-HALF BILLION.
DR. RIDE HAD SAID THAT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM MAYBE WE DON'T KNOW, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM $100 ADDED TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT OF $400 AT IT, SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A $2,000,000 SWING TO AN $8,000,000 SWING.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DOES.
I'M GOING TO USE THE TERM THAT MAX AND JERRY, THIS IS A FLUID BUDGET.
>> RIGHT NOW, I'M DROWNING IN THIS FLUID.
THIS IS NOT A FUN PROCESS, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE BOARD SUPPORT AND MR. MCMANUS, YOU SAID WE'RE A TEAM AND IT FEELS GOOD TO AT LEAST BE SUPPORTED EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE TO BRING BAD NEWS.
I DID SEE ON THE NEWS THIS MORNING, SAN MARCOS WAS LOOKING AT A $26 MILLION DEFICIT SO MISERY LOVES COMPANY, AT LEAST WE'RE NOT THAT BAD.
BUT MY HOPE WITH THIS BUDGET IS WITH THESE NUMBERS HERE TO EXPAND ON IT LIKE WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IN THE PAST WITH OUR COMPARATIVE SHEETS, HAVE OUR PRESENTATION FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND HAVE ALL THAT MONDAY NIGHT BASED ON THESE NUMBERS WITH THE INTENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK IN AUGUST.
ONCE WE REALLY LOOK AT THE POSITIONS, IF THERE'S ANY MORE SAVINGS, WE CAN FIND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE HAVE TO ADD HOPEFULLY, THAT COULD BE OFFSET WITH ADDITIONAL REVENUE COMING IN.
BUT AT THIS POINT IN JUNE, THIS IS OUR BEST SHOT AT IT AND WE WILL HAVE TO COME BACK IN AUGUST TO CHANGE IT.
OR I GUESS IF THE SPECIAL SESSION ISN'T UNTIL SEPTEMBER, IT MAY BE SEPTEMBER.
I JUST GOT AN E-MAIL LATE AT THE START OF THE BOARD MEETING AND I DIDN'T GET TO LOOK AT IT ALL.
I'M TRYING TO DO THIS FROM MEMORY JUST REAL QUICK LOOKING, BUT THEY HAD SAID THAT THE SENATE PUSHED OUT SOME PROPERTY TAX REFORM.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE HAVING TO TAKE THAT TO THE VOTERS FOR THE VOTERS TO APPROVE, AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, WHAT THEY WERE SAYING AND THIS WAS FROM OKC GROUP IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE BASED ON CURRENT LAW AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO A REVISE TAX LEVY SOMETIME LATE NOVEMBER.
HOW MANY OF US OWN HOMES HERE, YOU'RE PAYING TAXES THROUGH YOUR ESCROW THAT'S AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK? THESE PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT THIS TYPE OF STUFF.
SO THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE STARTING WITH 54.8 ESTIMATE OR ENDING WITH 38.2 ESTIMATE.
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AND THAT'S NOT OUR 25 PERCENT, AND I AGREE WITH MR. MCMANUS AS AS AN ACCOUNTANT, AS A NUMBERS GUY, THIS MAKES ME WANT TO THROW UP.BUT I DO AGREE WITH EVERYBODY HERE THAT WE NEED TO DO THE BEST FOR THE EMPLOYEES, WE NEED TO DO THE BEST FOR THE KIDS, WE NEED TO ADOPT A BUDGET.
I JUST WISH THE STATE WOULD ADOPT THEIR BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.
I KNOW I SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY ON THIS BOARD THAT, WE THINK THAT YOU ARE DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB, AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
I JOKINGLY ASKED YOU WHEN I CAME IN IF YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE IS OKAY, BUT I ASKED THAT BECAUSE I KNOW HOW PERSONAL THAT YOU TAKE THIS, AND HOW SERIOUS IT IS TO YOU, AND I THINK THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE ACCURACY THAT YOU ATTEMPT TO PRESENT TO US, AND I'VE NEVER THOUGHT ONCE SINCE YOU STARTED HERE THAT THERE WAS ANY HIDDEN AGENDA OR FLUFFING THESE NUMBERS, OR TRYING TO PUT ONE OVER ON THIS BOARD, AND THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME PERSONALLY, AND I KNOW IT DOES TO EVERYBODY ELSE SITTING AROUND THIS DYESS AS WELL.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH SOME QUESTIONS.
MR. SEVERANCE WAS SUPER PATIENT WITH COMPETENCE, SO HE GETS TO LEAD US OFF.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU, MR. MCMANUS.
HERE WE ARE. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR OPERATIONAL BUDGET IS 30 MILLLION 200, AND YOU PAIRED THAT DOWN, AND YOU ALSO SAID LAST MEETING THAT THERE'S NOTHING NEW.
WHAT THE BUDGET WAS LAST YEAR, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE INCREASED THIS YEAR.
I STILL WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS THAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR VERSUS WHAT THEY WERE LAST YEAR.
I KNOW YOU PAIRED THEM DOWN, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT FOR MS. SEDILLO, IN THIS MEETING ALONE, WE'VE HAD TWO PROCUREMENT REQUESTS.
ONE'S FROM IT, AND ONE FROM CNI.
THE IT WAS $200,000 BELOW BUDGET.
MS. SEDILLO'S, THREE PROCUREMENT REQUESTS WERE OVER $465,000 BASED ON WHAT WE SPENT LAST YEAR ON THESE SAME ITEMS. I'M A BIG BELIEVER IF IT'S GOOD FOR THE EDUCATION OF KIDS, I'M A BIG SUPPORTER OF THAT.
BUT WHAT I WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS ON, IS IF WE GO THROUGH THIS, AND WE PROVED THIS $30 MILLION OPERATIONAL BUDGET, AND THEN PENNIES COME AVAILABLE, AND THEN FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO AUTOMATICALLY JUST GO BACK, AND THEN JUST PUT IT RIGHT BACK IN THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET.
I'M WITH MR. MCMANUS WHERE WE NEED TO SHORE UP FUND BALANCE FIRST WITHIN A REASON.
OF COURSE, THINGS ARE GOING TO BRINGING IT TO COME TO US.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BE UNREASONABLE, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE A FREE-FOR-ALL BACK TO ALL THE WISHLIST UP THAT YOU HAD TO SAY NO TO.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE NUMBER YOU STARTED OUT, BUT I'M SURE IT WAS SOME NUMBER OF WAY HIGHER THAN $30 MILLION, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S THINGS THE DEPARTMENTS NEED TO DO TO RUN THEIR BUSINESS, SO I'M BEING SENSITIVE TO THAT.
BUT I STILL WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS ARE.
I KNOW WE GOT AN EMAIL TODAY WITH A BUNCH OF LINKS THAT DIDN'T WORK, EXCEPT I GOT A COUPLE OF GOOGLE LINKS MAYBE, AND THEY WEREN'T REALLY WHAT I THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE JUST IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE YOU DID LAST YEAR WITH A CIRCLE GRAPHS, AND THE COLORS, AND ALL THE THINGS.
BUT JUST TOTAL CNI BUDGET LAST YEAR, CNI'S WHAT'S THE NUMBER OF THIS $30 MILLION, AND THEN ALSO SENSITIVE DEPARTMENTS.
IF THE BUDGET IS GOING TO BE DOWN, WHAT ARE WE GETTING RID OF? WHAT ARE WE SAYING NO TO? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S OUR JOB TO GET THE MINUTIAE, BUT I'M SAYING, MS. SEDILLO JUST BECAUSE SHE HAD A REQUEST TODAY.
LIKE WHAT ARE YOU GIVING UP AND CNI, AND YOUR TOTAL BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR TO AFFORD A $465,000 SPENT INCREMENTAL TO WHAT YOU SPENT LAST YEAR ON THESE THREE ITEMS, BUT THEN YOU'RE ALSO HAD TO GIVE UP SOMETHING ELSE? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THAT DETAIL OR IF WE EVEN THERE YET OR IF YOU'RE STILL PUTTING THE SAUSAGE IN THE GRINDER OR WHATEVER FIGURING IT OUT.
BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW THAT.
>> I'M [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE CASING TO HOLD THE SAUSAGE.
>> RIGHT. BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE QUESTIONS OTHER THAN I JUST LIKE TO SEE THE NUMBERS.
I APPRECIATE THE THE PARING IT DOWN, BUT I DO KNOW THAT IF WE GET MADE WHOLE, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE A FREE-FOR-ALL BACK TO THE BOARD, AND THEN EVERY MEETING WE'RE JUST DOING THESE OTHER ADD-ONS THAT ARE JUST PROCUREMENT REQUEST NO ONE DOWN THE ROAD.
>> I THINK WE CAN GIVE YOU A GOOD LIST OF THE ALLOCATIONS THAT WE WERE TAKING OUT OF ANOTHER FUND OTHER THAN THE GENERAL BUDGET.
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SHE HAD A LOT OF SOFTWARE, A LOT OF PROCUREMENTS FOR THE DIFFERENT WORKBOOKS, THAT TYPE OF THING.WE DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME WHAT THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FUND WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
IT WAS TOTALLY RESTORED AT 3.9 MILLION FOR OUR DISTRICT, PLUS WE'RE GOING TO GET 40 ADDITIONAL DOLLARS PER ADA, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 20 PER ADA, AND SO WE TOOK THOSE DOLLARS OUT OF HER GENERAL FUND, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM OUT OF THE IMA WHEN WE BRING THOSE TO YOU.
SHE HAD LIKE $1.6 MILLION WORTH OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT WERE BUILT IN THAT WE JUST REALLOCATED TO THE OTHER FUND.
THAT'S ONE WAY WE'RE DOING IT, AND THEN TO RANDY'S POINT, ANYTHING THAT CAN TIE BACK INTO A CAPITAL PROJECT, THEN LET'S NOT USE THE GENERAL FUND AND LET'S USE THOSE DOLLARS WHERE, AND WHEN POSSIBLE.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT CLARITY. I'M JUST CURIOUS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME MORE OF THAT DETAIL JUST BEFORE NEXT WEEK OR FULLY VOTE ON IT. THANK YOU.
>> I KNOW THAT I MET WITH ALEX IN MY DEPARTMENT THIS AFTERNOON, AND WE WERE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER SOME OF THE CAMPUS BUDGETS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE DID HAVE SOME OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS TRYING TO PAIR IT DOWN, SO I DON T THINK THAT WOULD BE THAT DIFFICULT TO AT LEAST GET A SIDE-BY-SIDE AT A HIGH LEVEL.
>> THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP LAST MEETING.
WAS, AS NOTED LAST MEETING, WE TOOK A LOSS OF ABOUT $3 MILLION.
DUE TO ATTENDANCE, WE CAME IN BELOW WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE AT 95 PERCENT.
ARE WE BASICALLY IN THIS BUDGET AGAIN ON 95 PERCENT?
>> NO. IN FACT, IF WE GO BACK ON THE ASSUMPTIONS HERE, IF YOU LOOK DOWN ON THE SECOND LINE, THE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, WE HAVE IT AT 93.
WE HAD IT AT 95 FOR THE YEAR WE'RE ENDING, BUT GOING FORWARD, WE HAVE IT FOR 93.
>> YES, SIR. I MISSED THAT NUMBER.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION ON THAT, SO THANK YOU.
>> TEAM, JUST TO POINT OUT REAL QUICK, IN YOUR DIET FOLDER IS THIS SHEET.
THIS IS ALL THE CAMPUS ALLOCATIONS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING TO EACH CAMPUS FOR CAMPUS BUDGETS.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT REAL QUICK. MS. RUNKLE, YOU'RE UP.
>> MR. RAU, LET ME TRY TO PULL THIS UP, BUT WHAT IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ALL OF THE CAMPUS BUDGETS IS THAT ON THE SHEET? 2.9.
>> THAT'S WHY I CARE ABOUT CAMPUS BUDGETS.
A GREAT DEAL AND HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT IN EACH CAMPUS.
I'M NOT TRYING TO GET IN THE WEEDS OF THINGS, BUT I AM TRYING TO GET IN THE WEEDS OF THINGS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN HOW SOME OF THESE CAMPUS BUDGETS HAVE NOT BEEN DONE THE WAY THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
I HAD A LENGTHY CONVERSATION WITH DR. WRIGHT TODAY AND MRS. SEDILLO, SO I THINK WE HAVE A PLAN ON HOW I FEEL MUCH BETTER ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH NOT APPROVING THIS WITHOUT HAVING A REAL CAMPUS BUDGET THAT WE SHOULD.
I KNOW WHAT WAS PRODUCED, WHICH IS THE AMOUNT THAT YOU GAVE US, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEEDED FROM YOU.
BUT THEN THAT DOESN'T TELL HOW THEY ALLOCATE ALL OF THAT.
WHEN I CALL DR. WRIGHT TODAY, WE TALKED ABOUT CAMPUS LEADERSHIP TEAMS LOOKING AT THESE BUDGETS AND CREATING THESE BUDGETS AND IMPROVING THEM.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DR. WRIGHT AGREED AND MRS. SEDILLO IS THAT EVERY CAMPUS IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL NEED TO CREATE THEIR CAMPUS BUDGETS AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST WITH THEIR CAMPUS LEADERSHIP TEAMS. THEN AT OUR AUGUST MEETING, WHAT IS GOING TO COME TO US ARE THE FINALIZED CAMPUS BUDGETS, WHICH LOOKS LIKE WHAT YOU GIVE US, LIKE THE GRAPH AND HOW THIS GETS SPENT HERE AND THIS GETS SPENT HERE, IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE THAT.
WHAT ELSE? MAKING SURE THAT CLT SIGNS OFF ON IT.
THEN JUST MAKING SURE THAT IT COMES BACK TO US SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT IN AUGUST.
AND DR. WRIGHT, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD WAS BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT A BUNCH OF MONEY DOESN'T GET SPENT FROM NOW UNTIL AUGUST? THOSE TEAMS THAT HAVEN'T HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND I WAS TOLD BY DR. WRIGHT THAT HE'S GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS TO BE REAL CAREFUL ABOUT HOW THEY SPEND THE MONEY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I SAY THAT THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY.
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CONSIDERING WHERE WE ARE, WE DO NEED TO CARE ABOUT EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR.THAT IS A HUGE NUMBER AND I'M GOING TO CARE ABOUT THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT IT IS ALLOCATED EQUITABLY, BUT ALSO BASED OFF OF NUMBERS AND WHATNOT AT THOSE CAMPUSES.
ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THE DAOS ARE SIGNING OFF ON IT.
>> YEAH, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY FAIR.
WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS WHEN THE TEACHERS ARE BACK, THEY COME BACK TWO WEEKS BEFORE STUDENTS START, WE'LL CALL FOR A CLT MEETING, WE'LL SHARE THE BUDGET, WE'LL ALIGN IT WITH THEIR NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THEIR GOALS.
THEN THE DAOS WE'LL SIGN OFF ON IT.
THEN IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, WE'LL GET WITH THE DAOS AND THE PRINCIPALS AND RANDY AND ALEX WILL BE MONITORING EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE IT'S A REASONABLE EXPENDITURE THAT ACTUALLY WILL GO WITH THEIR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
>> THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND HEARING ME ON THAT.
I FELT MUCH BETTER ABOUT VOTING ON THIS KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MORE HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW ON THAT IN AUGUST.
THANK YOU FOR THAT AND MRS. SEDILLO.
>> I THINK MY ONLY QUESTION IS, I KNOW BYRON SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE THOSE CHARTS AND GRAPHS FROM LAST YEAR, BUT I GUESS I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO SEE THEM.
BUT I THINK IF WE GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING LIKE A COMPARISON, I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC.
THAT CAN JUST BE A SPREADSHEET OF SIMILAR TO YOUR BUDGET AMENDMENT CATEGORIES IN BUCKETS.
MAYBE JUST SEEING THE COMPARISON FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE 30 MILLION DOLLARS BROKEN DOWN.
IT IS THIS HELPFUL TO SEE HOW EACH DEPARTMENT BREAKS DOWN.
THAT WAS MY ONLY REQUEST/QUESTION.
GREAT JOB. I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS SAID.
IT'S A SAD DAY WHEN OUR FUND BALANCES 38 MILLION GOING DOWN.
BUT I FEEL LIKE THIS BOARD WILL BE PROTECTIVE.
WE KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME CAMPUSES WE HAVE TO OPEN.
WE KNOW WE HAVE TO BE IN PRESERVATION MODE OF OUR FUND BALANCE GOING FORWARD AND IN THIS CLIMATE, IF OUR PAYMENT FINANCIAL SITUATION DOES NOT CHANGE AND THE STATE DOES NOT HELP US, THE DAYS OF SEVEN PERCENT RAISES MAY BE OVER, WHICH IS A REALLY SAD THING AS WELL. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, MS. PETREA. MR. VELA.
>> MR. RAU OR MR. RAU AS YOU'VE BEEN CALLED BEFORE.
>> MY BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER.
>> THAT'S IT. HEY, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT THERE WAS A 33 BILLION DOLLARS SURPLUS THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING WITH.
JUST THOUGHT I'D MENTIONED THAT.
>> DR. WRIGHT JUST KNOWING THAT SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET, WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE ARE GOING TO BE REIMBURSEMENTS OR WISH TO ANTICIPATE THAT THERE'S A REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS.
WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROACTIVE, THAT WE ACT EARLY ON THOSE PROCESSES, ESPECIALLY I THINK SECURITY IS ONE THAT'S ANTICIPATED TO BE, AGAIN, A REIMBURSEMENT, NOT THAT WE'RE GETTING MONEY DIRECTLY FROM THE STATE BUT THAT WE WILL ASK FOR THAT MONEY TO BE REIMBURSED.
I'M SURE YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THIS, BUT JUST REMINDING ALL OF OUR STAFF THAT WE'VE GOT A PLAN AND WE'VE GOT TO ACT EARLY ON THOSE PROCESSES.
I'VE ALSO HEARD THAT THE ARCHAIC WAY OF FUNDING US IS FOR THE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
ARE YOU GETTING ANY INKLING THAT THERE MAY BE CHANGING SOON? HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER? I KNOW MR. RAU, LAST TIME WE SPOKE ABOUT SOME OF YOUR GRAPHS OR SOME OF YOUR TRACKING LIKE A SNAPSHOT FOR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO INCLUDE MOVING FORWARD.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK FOR THAT, CORRECT?
>> YES. I ANSWERED THAT QUESTION ON BOARD BLOG.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE IT.
>> I DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE YET, I'M SORRY.
BUT I WANT US TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE LOOK AT OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, WE GET TO KNOW WHAT THE TREND IS.
ARE WE HITTING THAT 93 PERCENT? ARE WE NOT? IF WE'RE NOT, THEN WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE DOING MIDYEAR? BAD PHRASE TONIGHT, BUT MID-YEAR, WHAT ADJUSTMENTS ARE WE GOING TO MAKE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT IF WE'RE FALLING SHORT OF THAT 93 PERCENT ADA PROJECTION?
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRACKING IT EVERY SIX WEEKS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
>> YEAH. ABOUT EVERY SIX WEEKS. AGAIN, WE'RE PROJECTING.
WE'RE SAYING THAT, HEY, OUR BUDGET IS GOING TO BE X AMOUNT, AND IF WE'RE FALLING SHORT ON THAT, THEN WHAT ARE WE DOING AT THAT POINT?
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HOPEFULLY, THAT'S NOT THE CASE, BUT I DO WANT US TO BE NIMBLE AND JUST BEING PRUDENT WITH OUR SPENDING.AS EVERYBODY HAS ALREADY SAID, I'M STATING THE OBVIOUS HERE, BUT I THINK IT IS OKAY FOR US TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT MID-YEAR.
I THINK IT IS OKAY FOR US TO COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO TIGHTEN OUR BELT ONE MORE NOT, SO WHAT ARE WE DOING? SOMEBODY ONCE TOLD ME THAT FINANCIAL PEOPLE, FOLKS, THEY DON'T LIKE TO SEE ALL THESE BIG SPINS, THESE BIG DIPS AND HIGHS AND LOWS, THEY WANT TO SEE A FLAT LINE.
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST SPENDING ALL THE MONEY UPFRONT AS SOMEBODY HAD MENTIONED EARLIER.
BUT THAT WE ARE ALLOCATING OUR SPENDING AND OUR NEEDS APPROPRIATELY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THAT WAS IT. ACTING EARLY ON THOSE REIMBURSEMENTS AND THEN BEING READY TO ADJUST IF NEEDED.
BUT I KNOW THAT OUR CAMPUSES ARE GOING TO BE VERY CREATIVE IN GETTING SOME ATTENDANCE.
INSTEAD OF DOING, I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IF WE NEED TO BE A HOTLINE MAKING PHONE CALLS WITH PEOPLE, WHETHER OR NOT THEY KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HAVING TRANSPORTATION IN YEARS PAST, SAYING GOING OUT THERE AND DOOR KNOCKING SAYING, HEY, WE NEED YOU IN CLASS.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ALL OUT FRONT TO INCREASE OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE BECAUSE WHEN STUDENTS ARE IN CLASS, THEY'RE LEARNING.
WE HAD SOME GREAT SCORES EARLIER.
WE HEARD SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING, AND WE WANT TO SEE MORE OF THAT AND NOT HAVE TO HAVE THESE TIGHTEN UP ABOUT DISCUSSIONS MUCH MORE.
BUT I THINK IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD POSITION.
WE'RE VERY POISED IN COMPARISON TO OTHER DISTRICTS, BUT YES, WE ALSO NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF WHAT THE FUTURE INVESTMENTS AND SPENDING WILL CALL BOARD. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MR. VELA. MRS. OROSCO.
>> MR. RAU, YOU'D HAVE TOTALLY SPOILED US WITH HIS PIE CHARTS AND THOSE GRAPHS, AND NOW WE'RE BEGGING FOR THEM AGAIN.
I KNOW IT'S CRAZY AND HECTIC TIME.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A CRAZY HERE.
EVERY TWO YEARS WE'RE IN THIS SPOT WHERE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATOR.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PASS.
TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE IF YOU CANNOT DO THAT.
WE REALLY HAVE TO PRIORITIZE WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IT BECAUSE WE'RE ASKING FOR A MILLION THINGS, BUT WE GOT TO PRIORITIZE AND SEE WHAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE BUDGET, WHAT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR COMP, AND UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT A MINUTE BECAUSE WE NEED THE REAL MEAT TO GET TO OUR DECISION.
I THINK WE ARE UNDERSTANDING THAT BECAUSE WE DO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
WE DO WANT A LOT OF STUFF WE JUST GOT TO PRIORITIZE.
WE CANNOT OVERBURDEN OUR STAFF EITHER WITH SO MANY REQUESTS THAT DO NOT IMPACT THAT BOTTOM LINE.
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU BEING WILLING TO DO THAT.
AS FAR AS CAMPUS BUDGETS AND EVERYTHING.
I KNOW BEFORE CLT WOULD START PRIORITIZING IN APRIL, MAY, THIS IS A DIFFERENT APPROACH, BUT IT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY AFTER OUR GOAL SETTING DOCS ARE RIGHT.
ONCE WE HAVE OUR GOALS AND THEN CAMPUS WILL BE ALIGNED TO OUR GOALS, THEN THEY CAN TRACK THEIR MONEY.
BUT I KNOW SOME DECISIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE WITH PRINCIPLES ALREADY SAYING TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
WE CUT YOU'RE FINE ARTS BUDGET.
MAYBE WE NEED SOME FOLLOW UP ON THAT, SINCE THESE DECISIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE FOR THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR.
WE MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE THEM REVISIT THAT APPROACH SINCE YOU'RE SAYING THAT CLT WILL MEET IN AUGUST AND HAVE THAT APPROVAL.
JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE FOR ILT MIGHTY BELL AND SUCH.
I DON'T KNOW IF VANESSA WAS THERE, BUT WE'VE ADOPTED A DEFICIT BUDGET BEFORE.
AS SAD AS YOU ARE, I AM REALLY SAD TOO, WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY.
>> THAT'S BECAUSE YOUR NAME MEANS HOPE.
LOOK AT YOU RANDY RAU, YOUR IMPRESSIVE.
BUT I JUST WANT US TO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN SOME VERY HORRIBLE SPOTS BACK IN 2011 WHEN WE HAD TO RIFF OVER 200 STAFF MEMBERS.
WE HAD TO DO MAKE THOSE HARD DECISIONS.
I WASN'T ON THE BOARD IN 2011.
BUT AS UNION PRESIDENT, I KNOW HOW IT FELT AND I SPOKE AT EVERY MEETING.
[04:35:02]
KNOW THAT WE CAN OVERCOME THIS.WHAT CAN WE CONTROL? THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON.
AS SAD AS WE ARE, WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO RIGHT BY OUR KIDS.
PLEASE TAKE THAT TO HEART BECAUSE I KNOW YOUR LITTLE HEART IS REALLY SOGGY RIGHT NOW AND SO IS OURS.
LET'S JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS.
THE DEPARTMENTAL COMPARISON, GREAT IDEA.
CHARTS AND STUFF ARE NICE, BUT THE YEAR OVER YEAR WOULD BE SUPER-HELPFUL.
I LIKE THIS IDEA OF THIS MID-YEAR CORRECTIONS BASED UPON A TENANTS TRENDS OR WHATEVER.
I THINK YOU OUGHT TO ALREADY HAVE SOME THINGS HIGHLIGHTED ON THE BUDGET AREAS OF IF THIS THEN THAT SCENARIO PLANNING THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT SCRAMBLING AT SOME POINT, BUT GO AHEAD AND IDENTIFY IT.
THIS IS AN AREA WE CAN TIGHTEN UP A LITTLE BIT IF WE HAVE TO.
IF YOU COME UP WITH THAT LIST, IT'D BE HELPFUL TO SEE THAT ON BOARD BLOG JUST SO THAT JUST SO THAT WE KNOW.
I KNOW WE HAVE TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, AND OTHERWISE WHO PAY ATTENTION TO THESE MEETINGS. THIS IS HARD.
IT IS, AND EVERYBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO PARTICIPATE.
MR. VELA SAID IT, WE HAVE TO TIGHTEN OUR BELTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU, BUT WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT AS BEST WE CAN EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO.
THE MONEY JUST MAY NOT BE THERE THIS YEAR TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO, BUT TO MRS. OROSCO'S POINT, I THINK THAT THIS BOARD AND DR. WRIGHT, YOU AND YOUR TEAM CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE HOW VALUABLE OUR STAFF IS.
I THINK THAT JUST SPEAKS VOLUMES.
IT HAS BEEN YEARS OF ARDUOUS HARD WORK TO GET THAT DONE AND IT'S PAYING OFF.
I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL, AND WE CAN DEAL WITH ALL THESE OTHER THINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST THINGS AND WE'LL FIGURE THOSE THINGS OUT.
BUT OUR PEOPLE, OUR STUDENTS, OUR FAMILIES MATTER MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
IF WE'RE LIFTING THEM UP, ALL THE OTHER STUFF WILL GET SORTED OUT AT THE END OF THE DAY.
ANYWAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THAT.
IS THERE ANYBODY ANY LAST-MINUTE BUDGET STUFF? LET'S WRAP THESE THINGS UP HERE.
SURELY NOBODY HAS ANY ADDITIONAL RFIS,
[K. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES]
BUT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU, ANYWAY.IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO COURTNEY THOUSANDTHS PROBABLY QUESTION THAT SHE'S HAD TO TYPE IN? GO AHEAD.
>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION, BUT TRUST ME, I'M NOT WAITING FOR THIS ANSWER THIS WEEK. KNOW THIS.
I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE ON PRE-K ENROLLMENT AND WHERE WE ARE WITH PRE-K. THAT'S IT.
>> WAIT, SORRY. ONE MORE THING.
I WANTED TO UPDATE ON THE TEXAS COLLEGE BOARD.
>> WHAT WAS THAT LAST ONE? SAY THAT AGAIN.
>> UPDATE ON THE TEXAS COLLEGE BOARD.
>> TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE, SORRY.
>> YEAH. OKAY. I'M GOING TO HAVE COURTNEY READ ALL THE QUESTIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO SKIP RECAP OF QUESTIONS.
YOU'LL SEE THOSE ON BOARD BLOG.
[M. UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS]
OUR NEXT MEETING IS MONDAY, JUNE 26TH, RIGHT HERE IN THE KUNKEL ROOM AT 5:30 PM.AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 10:33 PM.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.