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>> GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.
[C. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION]
WELCOME TO EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE.THE TIME IS 6:27 PM A QUORUM HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED.
ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT.
WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED
[D. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAGS]
BY BOARD SECRETARY COURTNEY RUNKLE.>> THANK YOU, AND NOW FOR OUR MISSION STATEMENT READ BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT, RAUL VELA.
[E. MISSION STATEMENT]
>> THE MISSION OF HAYS CISD IS TO EDUCATE, VALUE, AND NURTURE STUDENTS THROUGH INNOVATIVE AND PERSONALIZED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES WHILE CELEBRATING OUR DIVERSITY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH NOW FOR OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT.
[F. SOCIAL CONTRACT]
MR. FLORES, WOULD YOU MIND READING THAT FOR US?>> THE BOARD WILL SERVE AS A DISTRICT AMBASSADORS AS SOON POSITIVE AND NOBLE INTENTIONS, COLLABORATE AS A TEAM AND RESPECT THE BODY CORPORATE, PROMOTE DISCUSSION AND RESPECT EACH OTHER'S PERSPECTIVES. BE PROFESSIONAL.
WE'RE NOW UP TO SUPERINTENDENT AND SAFETY REPORT, DR. WRIGHT.
[G. SUPERINTENDENT & SAFETY REPORT]
>> THANK YOU, SIR. I'M GOING TO GO OVER TO THE PODIUM SO I CAN SEE THE SCREEN AND I'M GOING TO SHARE A PRESENTATION WITH YOU.
I'II START TONIGHT'S REPORT OFF WITH OUR ENROLLMENT.
AS OF LAST FRIDAY, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 23,308 STUDENTS OFFICIALLY ENROLLED, AND THEN WHEN WE PULLED OUT THE NO-SHOWS AND THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN TO CAMPUS, WE'RE AT 22,833, AND SO WE HAVE RIGHT AROUND 500 KIDS THAT ARE FORMALLY ENROLLED, BUT HAVEN'T SHOWN UP YET.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO GET KIDS.
I KNOW TALKING TO SEVERAL PRINCIPLES TODAY WE CONTINUE TO ADD, AND SO PROBABLY THE MAGIC DAY WILL BE AFTER LABOR DAY AND WE'LL GET CLOSER TO THAT NUMBER.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN UPDATE WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED.
NEXT, I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU GUYS AS BOARD MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY ABOUT OUR ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, AND THIS IS THE 2023 EARLY ACCOUNTABILITY ESTIMATES, AND BIG THANKS TO KEVIN MALANDRUCCOLO, OUR DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR GETTING THESE NUMBERS TOGETHER.
BUT AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AND THE COMMISSIONER CHANGED SOME OF THE CRITERIA, AND SO THINGS ARE GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THEY HAVE THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND SO WANTED TO GO OVER SOME POTENTIAL NUMBERS AND SOME TOPICS WITH YOU TONIGHT.
THE MAJOR CHANGES TO THE TIEA A-F SYSTEM WILL BE THAT THE DISTRICT RATING IS GOING TO CHANGE, WHEREAS IT USED TO TAKE ALL KID SCORES AND AGGREGATE THEM TOGETHER.
NOW IT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON EACH CAMPUS SCORE AND THEN TIED TOGETHER WITH A NEW FORMULA THAT WE DON'T KNOW YET, AND SO THAT'S FORTHCOMING AND THEN THE CCMR,
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WHICH IS THE COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS SCORE.THE THRESHOLD FOR LAST YEAR WITH A TWO-YEAR LAG IN THIS WAS THAT THEY WANTED 60% OF OUR STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE A CCMR DESIGNATION, AND THIS YEAR THE COMMISSIONER WANTED TO MOVE IT UP 60-88%, AND SO THAT'LL HAVE A HUGE BEARING ON WHAT OUR HIGH SCHOOL RATING WILL BE, AND SO THAT WILL BE A CHANGE, AND THEN ENGLISH ONE AND SPANISH TO ENGLISH TESTERS WILL NOW BE CALCULATED FOR ACADEMIC GROWTH, AND SO WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT GOES MOVING FORWARD.
HOW DID OUR STUDENTS DO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR TREND DATA FROM 2017 TO NOW, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS JUST THE MEATS AND MASTERS.
THIS IS READING, 56% OF OUR STUDENTS MET BEFORE AND 58% MET THIS YEAR WITH THE NEW CRITERIA, AND REMEMBER FOR READING, WE INTEGRATED WRITING AS WELL, AND SO WRITING IS PROBABLY THE MOST DIFFICULT TASKS THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE, AND SO WHEN WE INCORPORATED IT, WE REALLY THOUGHT WE MAY SEE SOME TRENDING DOWN AND WE ACTUALLY SAW AN INCREASE AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE STATE AVERAGE WAS 52%, OUR DISTRICT AVERAGE WAS 58% FOR MEETS AND MASTERS, AND THEN ON MATH, THIS IS 3-8, AND ALGEBRA 1, WE WERE AT 46% MEETS AND MASTERS.
THE STATE WAS 43% MEETS AND MASTERS.
THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE NEW CRITERIA IS THAT IT APPEARS THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE IMPROVED ACROSS THE BOARD IN ALL AREAS.
WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CUT SCORES ARE GOING TO BE YET, AS FAR AS WHAT A-F IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
BUT THERE'S A GREAT CHANCE THAT WE ARE GOING TO IMPROVE ACROSS THE BOARD IN ALL AREAS AND THEN RECEIVE LOWER LETTER GRADES.
HERE ARE THE STATE VERSUS HAYS CISD RESULTS, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE BEAT THE STATE IN EVERY AREA, OR AT LEAST TIED WITH THE STATE, EXCEPT FOR SEVENTH GRADE MATH, AND IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, IT WAS A DISTRICT CHOICE TO ELEVATE AND TO MOVE KIDS INTO ADVANCED MATH, AND SO OUR SEVENTH GRADE MATH TYPICALLY DOES TAKE A HIT, BUT IT'S WORTH IT IN THE LONG RUN BECAUSE OUR KIDS CAN TAKE HIGHER MATH COURSES, AND SO IT GIVES YOU A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE RESULTS OVERALL, AND SO LOTS OF GREEN, LOTS TO BE PROUD OF.
THE NEXT THING I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'VE INCREASED OUR NUMBERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
NUMBER OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN ONE OR MORE COLLEGE ALIGNED COURSES.
IN 2018, WE HAD 1,451 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAD 2092 AP CREDITS.
2018, WE HAD 939, WE INCREASE TO 1,124, AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ALL OF OUR INFORMATION FROM AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR OUR DUAL CREDIT.
WE'RE WAITING ON IT. BUT ON RAMPS FROM UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HAS REALLY GOTTEN POPULAR AND WE HAD 336 STUDENTS EARNING CREDITS FOR UT ON RAMPS, AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALLY THOSE UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS ONCE WE GET AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
BUT THOSE CCMR READINESS SKILLS ARE REALLY TRENDING UP, AND SO I APPLAUD OUR COUNSELORS AND OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS FOR ADVISING OUR KIDS TO GO IN THESE PARTICULAR PATHWAYS, AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT OUR INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATIONS JUST OUTSTANDING FROM 2022, WE'RE AT 403, WHICH I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH, BUT WE MORE THAN DOUBLED AT 949 AND SO THAT MEANS THAT WE HAD 949 OF OUR SENIORS THAT EARNED AT LEAST ONE INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATION.
ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT ABOUT A-F? THESE ARE OUR VERY EARLY ESTIMATES AND THE DISTRICT SCORE, KEVIN HAD TWO DIFFERENT ONES.
LAST YEAR AS A DISTRICT, WE WERE A VERY HIGH B WE SCORED AN 87.
HE'S PREDICTING NOW THAT WILL EITHER BE A 78, 79 OR AN 80.
BUT DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH DOMAIN 2 AND DOMAIN 3.
TYPICALLY WE DO REALLY WELL IN DOMAIN'S 2 AND 3 AND SO WE'RE NOT SURE HOW THE CCMR RESULTS ARE REALLY GOING TO IMPACT US BECAUSE THERE'S THE LAG AND ALSO THERE'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH IN THE READING BECAUSE THE WRITING IS NOW INCORPORATED.
A LOT OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY PROGRESSED REALLY WELL
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AND SHOWN GROWTH IN DOMAIN 2 ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SHOW AS MUCH THIS YEAR.I'LL LET YOU LOOK AT THE VERY EARLY ESTIMATES ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THEN YOU CAN USE THE OLD RULES TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE WOULD HAVE FARED MOVING FORWARD.
HIGH-SCHOOL ESTIMATES WITH THE NEW RULES.
YOU CAN SEE HAYES JOHNSON AND LAYMAN DOMAIN 1; 84, 81, 68 AND THEN 87, 82, 72 IN DOMAIN 2 ACADEMIC GROWTH.
THE WAY THE STATE WORKS, THAT IS THEY TAKE THE HIGHER OF THE TWO.
WITH THE HIGHER WE OBVIOUSLY LAST YEAR, HAYES WAS AN A, JOHNSON WAS AN 89, AND LAYMAN WAS AN 83, I THINK LAST YEAR.
ALMOST ALL OF THEM WOULD DROP BECAUSE OF THE NEW CRITERIA.
BUT IF WE WOULD HAVE APPLIED THE OLD RULES TO THIS, WE WOULD HAVE HAD A 94, 91, 83 SO SIGNIFICANT GAINS ACROSS THE BOARD AND A LOT TO BE PROUD OF.
OUR MOTTO IS ALWAYS BEEN GROWTH FOR ALL AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO JUST BRING UP TO THE BOARD.
THERE ARE SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT HAVE JOINED A COALITION.
BASICALLY TO SUE THE STATE TO FREEZE A-F BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION VIOLATED CHAPTER 39 BECAUSE HE DIDN'T RELEASE THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, METHODS, AND PROCEDURES PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL YEAR.
I'M LOOKING AND GATHERING INFORMATION TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MAY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN AS WELL.
IT'S LIKE THE GAME IS ALREADY OVER AND THE RULES HAVEN'T BEEN SET AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO APPLY THEM AFTER THE FACT.
I THINK THE BEST ANALOGY THAT I RECEIVED WAS LAST YEAR THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WON A SUPER BOWL.
WELL, AFTER THE FACT, NFL CHANGES THE RULES AND SAYS INSTEAD OF JUST NEEDING OR HAVING FOUR DOWNS TO MAKE A FIRST DOWN, GET 10 YARDS.
WE'VE DECIDED THAT YOU ONLY GET THREE, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND JUST GIVE YOU THREE.
THE CHIEFS HAVE TO FORFEIT THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP BECAUSE WE CHANGED THE RULES AFTER THE SEASON WAS ALREADY OVER.
THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE HAVING TO DO.
WHEN YOU TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS TO THE PUBLIC, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY TOUGH BECAUSE ALL THEY'RE GOING TO SEE IS THAT A, B, C, D, OR F. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE COMMISSIONER CHANGES THE RULES AND WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE RULES OF THE GAME WERE PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
THE LAWSUIT WAS FOUNDED BY KINGS VALLE ISD AND THERE'S A COALITION THAT THE LEGAL COUNSEL IS NICK MADDOX OF THE O'HANLON LAW FIRM.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO LOOK INTO AND GET YOU MORE INFORMATION, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO SO.
I THINK THERE ARE ENOUGH DISTRICTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN IT NOW THAT IT WILL MOVE FORWARD AND A JUDGE WILL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT THE COMMISSIONER VIOLATED THE LAW OR NOT.
THAT BEING SAID, I WILL OPEN UP ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE ON ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT I JUST DISCUSSED.
>> THANK YOU. DR. WRIGHT, HAVE MORE OF JUST A COMMENT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY IF WE'RE GOING TO JOIN THIS LAWSUIT OR NOT.
BUT WHEN WE'RE PRESENTING DATA TO THE BOARD INTO THE PUBLIC THIS YEAR, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE JUST LIKE YOU DID TONIGHT AND NEEDS TO BE THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD'VE BEEN AND THEN THIS IS WHAT IT WILL BE JUST SO WE'RE LEADING WITH THE SUCCESS THAT WE'RE SEEING THE UPTURN SO WE'RE NOT GOING BACKWARDS.
THEN I KNOW YOU'RE DOING THAT TONIGHT, BUT I THINK WITH DATA GOING FORWARD, I THINK WE HAVE TO PRESENT IT BOTH WAYS JUST SO WE CAN CALIBRATE AND MAKE SURE WE KNOW EXACTLY THAT IF WE'RE TRENDING, WE'RE TRAINING PROPERLY.
IF WE'RE GOING DOWN, WE CAN KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GOING DOWN NOT BY JUST CHANGING A LETTER GRADE SO THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
>> I READ SOMEWHERE IN HERE TO BORROW MR. SEVERANCE'S POINT THAT WE CAN'T ADVERTISE WHERE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN.
>> YEAH. TEA SAYING THERE'S NO WAY TO HAVE A COMPLETE APPLES-TO-APPLES COMPARISON.
>> HOW ABOUT MR. MCDANIEL, HE DID IT FOR US.
>> WELL, WE HAD A RED DISCLAIMER ON THERE THAT SAYS THAT WE CAN'T, BUT WE TRIED TO GET AS CLOSE AS WE COULD USING ALL THE DIFFERENT INDICATORS THAT WE COULD MATCH UP.
>> YES. WELL, I AM VERY FRUSTRATED WITH
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TEA MOVING THE GOALPOST TO USE ANOTHER SPORTS ANALOGY ON US.WE WERE IN 87 AND I WAS HOPING THAT WE WOULD HAVE AN A. I KNOW THAT IS YOUR GOAL AS SUPERINTENDENT THE DISTRICT IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THIS BOARD'S GOALS IS TO BE AN A DISTRICT.
LOOKS LIKE WE GOT THERE BASED ON THE OLD METRICS.
IF WE COULD SEE, I LOVE THESE CHARTS.
THEY'RE SUPER SIMPLE AND EASY.
BEATING THE STATE IS TABLE STAKES.
I DON'T REALLY CARE WHETHER WE BEAT THE STATE.
WE USED TO NOT BEAT THE STATE.
THERE WAS A TIME AND THAT WAS A SAD TIME FOR OUR DISTRICT.
WE ARE DOING VERY WELL AS COMPARED TO THE STATE.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE AS A LINE ON HERE FOR REGION 13.
I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL TO SEE.
ANYTIME YOUR TEAM BRINGS DATA TO US, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE REGION 13 DATA OR THE LINE FOR REGION 13.
MY OTHER QUESTION IS, WILL AND THIS MAY COME LATER ONCE WE GET IT.
BUT ON THE CCMR DATA FOR AP TEST OR AP CLASSES ON RAMPS DUAL CREDIT, CTE CERTIFICATIONS.
WE LIKE TO SEE THIS BROKEN DOWN BY CAMPUS.
AS YOU KNOW, CERTAIN CAMPUSES STRUGGLE WITH THAT RECRUITING PIECE.
I THINK IT'S BETTER, BUT I WANT TO SEE THAT DATA AS IT HAS TRENDED, HOPEFULLY UP AT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.
BUT SEEING THIS LUMPED IN TOGETHER DOESN'T TELL THE FULL PICTURE.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT BROKEN DOWN BY CAMPUS.
THAT MAY BE COMING TO US AT A LATER DATE.
I KNOW THIS IS NOT OUR CCMR REPORT.
THIS IS JUST YOUR SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
SO JUST A REMINDER ABOUT THAT TO YOUR TEAM.
I ALSO WANT TO JUST BRAG ON WE'VE GOT SOME NEW PRINCIPALS IN THE DISTRICT, FIRST-YEAR PRINCIPALS WHO DID VERY WELL.
I WANT TO CALL OUT TINA SALAZAR AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL.
WHAT A GREAT STORY TO TELL THERE OF SUCCESS.
WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO CLEARLY ON SOME OF OUR OTHER CAMPUSES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS REPORT.
I DO THINK IT'S HELPFUL FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE.
I'M GLAD THERE ARE FOLKS HERE TONIGHT THAT ARE LEARNING WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST.
>> MS. RUNKLE, DID I SEE YOUR HAND UP? YOU'RE GOOD. MR. RAUL.
>> THANK YOU, DR. WRIGHT, AND THANK YOU TO KEVIN FOR PUTTING THIS DATA TOGETHER.
I THINK THAT REALLY IS IMPORTANT TO SHOW ALL THE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE MADE.
OVER 60% AND I THINK IT'S CLIMBING NOW TO MORE THAN 60% OF THE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS HAVE DROPPED A LETTER GRADE WITH THE NEW CRITERIA, WHICH IS STILL NOT CLEARLY DEFINED.
IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING FOR DISTRICTS ALL OVER THE STATE TO HAVE TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND SAY, OH, WHAT WERE THE RULES AGAIN? BECAUSE THE RULES CHANGE AFTER THOSE SENIORS GRADUATED AND NOW THOSE CCMR RULES HAVE CHANGED.
THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS THAT.
I AM ALL ABOUT GETTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS LAWSUIT, GETTING MORE INFORMATION AND SEEING HOW WE CAN MOVE THAT FORWARD OR WHO WE CAN PARTNER WITH.
I THINK IT'LL BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO US.
I THINK IN THE PAST YOU HAVE INCLUDED THE REGION SCORES, SO THAT'S A GREAT IDEA TO BRING THAT BACK UP, MS. PETRI, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE STATE AND THE REGION RESULTS.
BUT THERE IS SO MANY POSITIVES THAT HAVE COME OUT AND SO MUCH GROWTH THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS DONE IN OUR CAMPUSES HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD.
I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THAT TIME AND ENERGY AND EFFORT THAT ALL OUR DISTRICT STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES HAVE MADE TO MOVE US FORWARD. THANK YOU.
>> NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO A SAFETY AND SECURITY REPORT WITH MS. JERRYS GRACCHI.
SORRY, JERRY. [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING]
>> GOOD EVENING YOU ALL. I WANTED TO ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR TRAFFIC PLANS.
I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN A VERY BIG TOPIC IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FROM THE CAMPUSES.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN OVERVIEW AND OUR PUBLIC TO REALLY GIVE YOU A GOOD ILLUSTRATION OF WHY WE ESTABLISHED SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE DID.
ON THIS SUMMER, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID IS I WAS HAVING MEETINGS WITH CITY OFFICIALS AS WELL AS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN REGARDS TO A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC THAT SURROUNDS MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MANIFESTED ITSELF WAS A LOT OF COMPLAINTS THAT WE WERE HEARING ABOUT COMMUNITIES IN RESIDENCES THAT LIVE VERY NEAR OUR SCHOOLS, AND THAT WAS NOT ONLY INDICATIVE OF OUR MAIN THOROUGHFARES LIKE FM1626150967,
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BUT WAS ALSO IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.WHAT WE WERE FINDING IS THAT QUEUE LINES STARTED VERY EARLY AND OFTENTIMES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE SEEING LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONDING TO WAS DISTURBANCE TYPE CALLS WHERE THEIR DRIVEWAYS WERE BEING BLOCKED, PEOPLE WERE ILLEGALLY PARKING.
THEY WERE PARKING IN A WAY WHERE THEY WERE FACING THE WRONG DIRECTION ON A ROADWAY.
THEY WERE BLOCKING BUSINESSES, THEY WERE UTILIZING THE AREAS THAT WERE UTILIZED FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS BY PARKERS OR PEOPLE THAT WOULD TRADITIONALLY BE WALKERS OR THEY WERE BUS ELIGIBLE, BUT WE'RE BEING PICKED UP BY FOLKS.
IN THE COURSE OF THOSE MEETINGS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ESTABLISHED ALONG WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION CREW WAS FIGURING OUT A WAY THAT WE CAN EXPEDITE ALL OF OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS, WHICH WAS OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR BUSES, INCLUDING OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, OUR FIRE OFFICIALS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP, BUT IN ONE OF OUR RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS, IS WE WERE SO CROWDED, ON PUBLIC ROADWAY WITH PEOPLE STANDING IN THE ROADS AS WELL AS CARS ILLEGALLY PARKED, THAT EMERGENCY VEHICLES WOULD NOT.
IF WE HAD HAD A HEART ATTACK AT A HOSPITAL, GETTING AN AMBULANCE TO THAT LOCATION WOULD HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY CATASTROPHIC.
AS A RESULT OF THAT AND WORKING WITH TRANSPORTATION, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND IS OUR BUS RIDERS ARE OFTENTIMES ON OUR BUSES FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
AS WE KNOW, MANY OF OUR BUSES HAVE DUAL-PURPOSE.
THEY'RE GOING TO RUNS AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL RUNS.
AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE LOOKED AT THAT AS WELL AS INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ON OUR ROADWAY, WHERE WERE WE LACKING INAPPROPRIATE SIDEWALKS, WHERE WE HAVE A NO QUEUE LINE ON THE SIDE OF A PUBLIC ROADWAY, WHERE WE HAD TRAFFIC GOING INTO AN ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS CAME INTO PLAY AND THEN WHAT MY TEAM DID IS WE WENT ALONG WITH TRANSPORTATION AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO EVERY ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES AND WE DID A SITE VISIT TO REVIEW THEIR QUEUE PLANS, THEIR MORNING DROP-OFF AND THEIR AFTERNOON PICKUP PLANS.
WITH THAT, WHAT WE DID IS WE MADE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ACROSS THE DISTRICT IN REGARDS TO HOW WE WERE GOING TO MANAGE THOSE QUEUE PLANS.
WITH THAT, WHAT OUR GOAL WAS BOTTOM LINE IS, OUR BUS RIDERS ARE OFTENTIMES ON OUR BUSES THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME, THOSE ARE KIDS THAT ARE GETTING HOME VERY LATE.
IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR A KID TO BE TO BE ON THE BUS FOR OVER AN HOUR.
ULTIMATELY, WHAT OUR DECISION WAS IS WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET OUR QUEUE LINES FOR OUR BUSES MOVING FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS.
AFTER THAT, WE WENT AND WE PRIORITIZED OUR PARENTS WHO ARE IN OUR QUEUE LINES.
THAT WAS TO GET AS MUCH TRAFFIC OFF OF OUR PHYSICAL ROADWAYS AS WE POSSIBLY COULD IN RESPECT OF THE COMMUNITY AND LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS WHO WERE ALSO HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS MANAGING A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE HAPPENING, COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO RUN RATE TRAFFIC DISTURBANCES, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS DRIVING INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE.
ROAD RAGE IS ALIVE AND WELL IN HAYS COUNTY.
FROM THAT STANDPOINT, OUR GOAL WAS TO GET ANYBODY WHO WAS IN THAT PARENT QUEUE LINE MOVING.
THE ONE THING IS SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN DO IN ANY CAMPUS CAN DO IS WE CAN CONTROL OUR WALKERS.
WE CAN KEEP THEM IN AIR CONDITIONING AND WE CAN KEEP THEM SAFE AND SECURE.
OUR GOAL BOTTOM LINE WAS TO GO AHEAD AND GET AS MUCH TRAFFIC OUT OF THE PATH OF WHERE OUR WALKERS WERE BEING RELEASED TO.
THOSE KIDS TYPICALLY ARE GOING TO GET HOME THE SOONEST BECAUSE THEY TYPICALLY ARE GOING TO LIVE CLOSEST.
BUT OUR GOAL WAS TO PREVENT ANYBODY FROM HAVING TO DEAL WITH EXTRA TRAFFIC ON THE ROADWAY SO WE WANT TO EMPTY OUR PARKING LOTS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE ALL HEARD OF A TRAILER VERY TRAGIC SITUATION IN ST. MARCUS AND BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE OUR PARKING LOTS WERE AS SAFE AS WE COULD.
WE HAVE ALSO INSTITUTED TRAINING ANY SINGLE PERSON WHO UTILIZES TRAFFIC CONTROL IN ANY OF OUR SCHOOLS ALSO WENT TO A REQUIRED TRAINING AS WELL ON THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO MANAGE THAT.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE MOST POPULAR, BUT IT IS BASED IN SAFETY AND SECURITY.
MY GOAL IN ALL OF THESE IS TO BE A GOOD STEWARD TO OUR COMMUNITY AND AS RESPONSIBLE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO OUR STUDENTS IN GETTING THEM THERE.
I JUST ASKED FOR THE PUBLIC'S GRACE, PATIENCE WHILE WE WORK OUT THE LOGISTICS OF THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL, IT ALWAYS BECOMES A LITTLE SMOOTHER AS TIME GOES ON, WE WILL BE EVALUATING THOSE QUEUE LINES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND MANAGING WILL BE TWEAKING AND WE'LL BE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AS WE GO.
BUT OUR GOAL, 100% IS TO MAKE THOSE CROSSINGS 100% SAFE.
I'LL TELL YOU ONE PARTICULAR CAMPUS THAT I WENT OUT AND WE HAD SOME NEGATIVE COMMENTS COME IN ON IT WENT OUT AND DID A SITE ASSESSMENT AT THAT PARTICULAR CAMPUS AND WHAT WE FOUND IS MOST OF THE ANGRY PARENTS THAT WAS THERE THE FIRST DAY AND UNDERSTANDABLY, I WAS GOING TO GO SPEAK WITH THEM.
THEY HAD GONE THROUGH THE PARENT QUEUE LINES.
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ULTIMATELY, I HAD VERY FEW PARENTS STILL LEFT AT THE LOCATION IN QUESTION.BUT THE MOST DISTURBING THING FOR ME WAS ONE PARTICULAR KINDERGARTEN STUDENT, ACTUALLY, THE MINUTE HIS PARENTS WERE PARKED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SCHOOL IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND IN THE MINUTE HE SAW HIS PARENTS, HE RAN OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY.
THAT FOR ME WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC HAD WE NOT HAD THE PLAN IN PLACE THAT WE WERE UTILIZING, CROSSWALK WASN'T UTILIZED.
THEY WERE PARKED IN A POSITION WHERE THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY GET TO THEIR STUDENTS.
THAT TO ME SAYS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND I FEEL IT IS JUSTIFIED IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.
BUT KEEP IN MIND EVERYTHING IT WILL ALWAYS BE REVIEWED, WILL BE TWEAKED AND ADJUSTED AS NECESSARY.
I DID WANT THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS TO KNOW EXACTLY WHY WE HAD DONE THE CHANGES THAT WE HAD.
>> THANK, SHERRY. THOSE IN THE EMAIL THAT WENT OUT RECENTLY REGARDING THE PROCESSES FOR PARENTS WALKING THEIR CHILDREN TO CLASSROOMS AND THE PROCESSES THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH FOR YOUR SECURITY AND SAFETY REASONS.
COULD YOU PLEASE JUST FOR THOSE LISTENING AND FOR THE PUBLIC AND PARENTS TO JUST CLARIFY THE REASONING AND JUSTIFICATION FOR THEM?
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
WHAT WE WANTED TO DO AND WHAT WE STILL CONTINUE WANT TO DO IS 100% ACCOUNTABILITY OF ALL PERSONS IN OUR CAMPUS BUILDINGS.
THE REALITY IS THAT THE MOST BUSY TIME OF ANY PARTICULAR SCHOOL DAY IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE THAT TIME WHEN WE HAVE OUR DOORS OPEN AND WE'RE LETTING OUR SCHOOLCHILDREN IN OUR LUNCHES WHERE OFTENTIMES WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN TO VISIT HAVE LUNCH WITH THEIR STUDENTS AND ALSO THE RELEASE TIME.
OUR GOAL IN ALL OF THAT IS TO RESTRICT MOVEMENT AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, SO THAT WE HAVE 100% ACCOUNTABILITY.
WITH THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WHAT WE DID IS WE ALLOW PARENTS TO WALK THEIR CHILDREN ACROSS, AND CERTAINLY THAT'S MOSTLY OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, OBVIOUSLY, MIDDLE SCHOOLERS ARE TOO COOL FOR THAT AT THAT POINT.
BUT OUR GOAL WAS, IN FACT, TO HAVE THOSE FOLKS WALKING THEIR KIDS TO CLASS.
BUT WHAT WE DID IS WE ENHANCED PERSONNEL ON CAMPUS AND SO WHAT WE DID IS ANYBODY WHO WAS NOT ASSIGNED TO A PARTICULAR TASK WAS OUT LOOKING, OBSERVING, WE MADE ANNOUNCEMENTS, MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE SWEEPING THE AREA WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR PARENTS TO LEAVE.
BUT BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE WORKING ON HAVING OUR KIDS ASSERT THEIR INDEPENDENCE, MAKING THAT TIME AND THOSE MINUTES COUNT FOR THE TEACHER SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE RESIDUAL PARENTS HANGING IN THE CLASSROOM.
THAT WE'RE PROMOTING THAT EFFICIENCY.
WE'RE REMOVING PEOPLE FROM THE HALLWAY AND QUITE FRANKLY, TAKING THE ABUNDANCE OF FOLKS FROM THE FRONT OFFICE WHERE THEY'RE JUST DEALING WITH RUPTURING, WHICH IS OUR BACKGROUND CHECK, IF YOU WILL, AND TRYING TO ELIMINATE THAT AND GET OUR FRONT OFFICE STAFF DOING THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE.
THERE WAS SOME MISCOMMUNICATION BY SOME CAMPUSES WHO DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE LOGISTICS WITH THAT, THERE WAS DEFINITELY A BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATION.
WE RESENT A VERY DETAILED LISTING OF WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE SO THAT WE CAN REAFFIRM THAT WITH ALL OF THE CAMPUSES, SO THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY ABSORB THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE MISCOMMUNICATION AT FIRST, BUT WE RIGHTED THE SHIP, IF YOU WILL.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
>> YES. ON THAT SAME ISSUE, I KNOW THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY SEVERAL PARENTS, MYSELF TOO.
I WAS SHOCKED. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE'RE MAKING THIS SWITCH.
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS WAS EMBEDDED JUST THROUGH YOUR OFFICE OR THE SAFETY COMMITTEE OR WHO HAD A SAY IN THIS CHANGE.
ALSO, I UNDERSTAND THE SAFETY PIECE TO IT, THE SAFETY COMPONENT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND THAT'S PARAMOUNT.
THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE, OKAY, IF THIS IS FOR SAFETY REASONS, FINE.
BUT RESIDUAL PARENTS AND SWEEPING THEM FOR OFFICE NOT TO HAVE SO MANY PARENTS CHECKING IN OR FOR TEACHERS TO GET EVERY MINUTE, I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN ACCURATE STATEMENT THERE BECAUSE WHEN THE BELL RINGS, WE HAVE TO LEAVE THE BUILDING.
THERE WAS ALREADY A PROCESS FOR THAT.
JUST DEALING WITH THE SAFETY AND COMPONENT, THAT MAKE SENSE.
BUT TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT WAS VETTED THROUGH AND WHY THAT WAS DECIDED SO LATE IN THE GAME.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP WITH MOST OF OUR FRONT OFFICE STAFF IS THEY ARE INUNDATED WITH PEOPLE WAITING IN THE FRONT OFFICE.
FOR MANY OF YOU, WHAT YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE IS THAT THE FRONT OFFICE SCREENING, OR WHAT WE CALL LOGGING FOLKS IN WHEN THEY SCAN THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE, WHAT THAT DOES IS IT SOLELY CHECKS SEX OFFENDER DATABASE FOR ACTIVE SEX OFFENDERS, IT DOESN'T GO INTO THE BACKGROUND AND DO A COMPREHENSIVE BACKGROUND CHECK.
ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE WANTED TO DO AND WE SEE IS THAT IT WILL OR MAYBE BECAUSE CHILD CUSTODIAL THINGS, THOSE ARE INTERIOR TYPE OF ACTIVITIES, ETC.
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BUT WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM MANY OF OUR OFFICE STAFF IS IT GOT OVERWHELMING IN THE FRONT OFFICE WITH THE SHEER VOLUME OF PEOPLE.THERE WAS A LOT OF ISSUES WITH CONTROL, PEOPLE WERE COMING IN THE FRONT OFFICE.
I HAVE PREACHED TO EVERY ONE OF OUR FRONT OFFICE STAFF THAT THAT FRONT OFFICE IS YOURS TO CONTROL.
IF YOU NEED TO PUT A SIGN ON THE DOOR THAT SAYS ONLY TWO PEOPLE AT A TIME THAT I'M ONLY GOING TO SERVICE BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, THAT IS A BREACH POINT IN ANY OF OUR CAMPUSES.
I NEED YOU TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT PERSON AND BE ABLE TO SEE THEIR HANDS, THEIR WASTE BAG, THEIR BAGS, AND WHAT THEIR FACE LOOKS LIKE, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR INTENT IS THERE FOR A REASON.
IT'S VERY EASY TO SEE SOMEONE COULD SLIDE IN BEHIND SOMEONE WHERE WE'RE JUST BUZZING THE DOOR AND WE'RE NOT PHYSICALLY LOOKING AT THE PERSON THAT IS COMING INTO THAT DOOR.
I KNOW THAT YOU'LL HEAR, WELL WE HAD PEOPLE STANDING AT THE DOOR.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU, THE MINUTE YOU ENGAGE AND ARE COMMUNICATING WITH SOMEBODY, YOUR ATTENTION IS DIVERTED AND IT'S VERY EASY TO WALK IN BEHIND SOMEONE.
THE GOAL IS THAT WE WANT TO HARDEN OUR EXTERIORS IN A WAY THAT IT MAKES IT A VERY UNATTRACTIVE TARGET AND MAKES US IN THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE CONSCIOUS OF EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY PERSON THAT'S WALKING INTO OUR BUILDINGS.
IT WAS NOT ONLY THE ASSESSMENT OF WHAT I HAVE BEEN INSTITUTING FOR THE YEAR, BUT IT WAS ALSO AN EVALUATION OF WHAT WE HEARD FROM OUR CAMPUSES AS WELL AS MY TEAM AND FROM THE POPULATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL IN THINGS THAT THEY WERE SEEING AS WEAK POINTS AS THEY WERE DOING ASSESSMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
>> WHY SO LATE? BECAUSE THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL NEWSLETTER WENT OUT, AND THAT'S A HUGE CHANGE.
I KNOW A LOT OF PARENTS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. I SUPPORT IT.
I HATE IT. I HATE THAT WE HAVE TO DO IT. I HATE IT.
I LOVE WALKING MY CHILD TO SCHOOL, SO I HATE IT.
BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IN FRONT OF IT AND MAKE SURE WE GIVE PEOPLE ENOUGH NOTICE TO UNDERSTAND THESE DRASTIC CHANGES COMING.
>> I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE.
IT WAS ROLLED OUT AND IT WAS GIVEN TO THE CAMPUSES.
THERE WAS SOME MISCOMMUNICATION THAT CAME IN REGARDS TO THE CAMPUSES.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS SOME OF THE CAMPUSES HEARD IT, THEY HEATED IT, AND IT WAS EMPLOYED IMMEDIATELY, OTHER CAMPUSES DID NOT.
WHAT ULTIMATELY ENDED UP HAPPENING IS, WHEN I STARTED DISCOVERING WHAT WAS OCCURRING AND THE INCONSISTENCIES IN CAMPUSES, I INITIATED CONTACT WITH OUR TEAMS AND SAID, WHERE IS THIS INFORMATION COMING FROM? I MADE IT VERY CLEAR.
DR. WRIGHT AND I STOOD IN FRONT OF THE TEAMS AND WE DID DISCUSS IT WITH EVERYONE.
I FOUND THAT THERE WAS SOME MISINFORMATION THAT HAD BEEN FORWARD TO SOME OF THE CAMPUSES.
WHAT YOU FIND IS A DISPARITY AS SOME CAMPUSES WERE FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES, ETC.
THOSE CAMPUSES DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN WE SEND IT OUT.
OTHER CAMPUSES, IT WAS GOING TO BE A HUGE POLARIZING EVENT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN THE WAY IT WAS TRAINED.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE TO OUR SAFETY.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, AN ADULT INCONVENIENCES ASIDE.
THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, IS TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE, SO I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T HAVE A STUDENT ANYMORE AT ELEMENTARY.
BUT I REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAYS OF ELM GROVE, WHICH HAS ONE BUS TOPS AND YOU HAVE 700 KIDS, BACK THEN IT WAS 860 KIDS.
I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT PARKED IN WHISPERING HOLLOW BECAUSE THERE WERE SIDEWALKS GOING EVERYWHERE AND NOT ENOUGH ROOM IN THE QLINE.
YOU'VE GOT, LET'S SAY 700 PARENTS TRYING TO PICK UP THEIR KID AT THE SAME TIME.
NOW WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO THAT QLINE.
BUT WHEN YOU START LINING PARENTS UP ON 1626, IT'S A RECIPE FOR DISASTER AND WE JUST HAD A FATALITY RIGHT IN FRONT OF WHISPERING HOLLOW BECAUSE ALL-BLACK COLONY IS A MESS.
ARE WE NOT ALLOWING THAT AT ALL? ARE WE JUST TELLING PARENTS TO BE SMARTER AND FOLLOW THE LAWS, LIKE FACE YOUR CAR THE RIGHT WAY? ARE WE SAYING, IF YOU LIVE IN GARLIC CREEK TOO BAD, SO SAD, YOU CANNOT PARK RIGHT HERE?
>> WHAT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU IS IF YOU MAKE CONTACT WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY DEAL WITH THE BLOCKAGE OF SUBDIVISION, ETC.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE DYNAMIC OF RELEASING WALKERS TO THE BACKSIDE OF ELM GROVE WHERE THEY ARE GOING STRAIGHT INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY LIVE IN, THAT IS NOT HOLDING THOSE PARTICULAR SETS OF STUDENTS.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE RELEASED BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT WALKING ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS.
THEY'RE ABLE TO CUT THROUGH THAT AREA AND DEAL WITH IT SO THAT WE ARE RUNNING THE QLINE SIMULTANEOUSLY ON SOME CAMPUSES.
TAKE, FOR INSTANCE, BLANCO VISTA.
BLANCO VISTA IS THE DREAM OF EVERY CAMPUS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS A CAMPUS ON ALL FOUR SIDES.
IF WE COULD HAVE A PERFECT CAMPUS THAT WE HAD THAT MAKEUP THAT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO RELEASE SIMULTANEOUSLY SOME WALKERS AND SOME NOT.
TOM GREEN AND SOME OF THOSE OTHERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUSH SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITIES SIMULTANEOUSLY IF WE'RE
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NOT CROSSING THE PARKING LOT OR PUBLIC ROADWAYS.BUT AGAIN, YOU LOOK AT TOM GREEN, ANYBODY WHO'S WALKING ACROSS TOM GREEN ROAD, THAT'S OUR PARENT QLINE.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS PUSH ANY OF THOSE CHILDREN ACROSS THAT QLINE.
THAT'S WHY WE DID A SITE VISIT ON EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS TO EVALUATE AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THOSE AND DO OBSERVATIONS.
I SET MY TEAM OUT THIS AFTERNOON TO ACTUALLY DO AN OBSERVATION.
>> WELL, I WAS AT TOBIAS ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, AND THE RE-ROUTING THAT YOU'VE DONE THERE, I THINK IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT.
I APPLAUD ALL THE EFFORTS HELPING THESE ADMINISTRATORS WHO LIVE ON OR HAVE CAMPUSES ON VERY BUSY ROADS.
A LOT HAVE NO BUS SERVICE LIKE YOU SAID, AND CHILDREN ARE DARTING OUT INTO VERY BUSY STREETS THAT ARE INCREASINGLY CROWDED.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE SIGNS AT THE FRONT OFFICE.
I MEAN, EVERY NEWSLETTER I'VE EVER GOTTEN FROM MY KID'S SCHOOL IS LIKE, YOU CANNOT BE IN THIS OFFICE TO PICK UP YOUR KID FOR DOCTOR APPOINTMENT OR OTHER SUCH BUSINESS AFTER X TIME.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO GET BACK TO.
I DON'T LIKE HAND IN THE FACE SIGN, YOU CAN'T COME IN HERE, I WANT OUR FRONT OFFICE FOLKS LIKE TO YOUR POINT, ONE I WANT THEM TO BE SUPER FRIENDLY, THAT IS THE FIRST IMPRESSION OF OUR DISTRICT FOR A LOT OF OUR FOLKS.
BUT ALSO WANT TO EMPOWER THEM TO EDUCATE FOLKS LIKE, HEY, UNLESS IT'S AN EMERGENCY, YOU SHOULD NEVER PICK UP YOUR KID OR BE IN HIS OFFICE AFTER X TIME BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS ABIDED BY.
I KNEW TO MAKE THOSE DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS OR GO PICK HER UP FOR LUNCH AND HAVE HER SITTING IN THE HOUSE FOR AN HOUR AND THEN GO TO THE DOCTOR APPOINTMENT, LIKE PARENTS WILL FIGURE IT OUT.
IF YOU SAY YOU CAN'T COME IN HERE AND PICK UP YOUR KID AND CHECK IN AND THEN WALK TO THEIR CLASS AND GO GET THEM OR WHATEVER YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF SIGNS OF SAYING, SORRY, TWO PEOPLE IN HERE, THAT'S JUST ME.
>> WHAT ARE THE WAYS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS IT'S NOT A SIGN.
HEY, ONLY TWO PEOPLE, IT'S PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH ME, WILL BUZZ YOU IN ET CETERA.
I THINK OUR OFFICE TOSS DOES A FABULOUS JOB OF THAT.
BUT AGAIN, SOME OF THEM THE WAY OUR SETUP IS, SOMETIMES IT'S NOT AS EASY TO SEE.
YOU MAY HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S A LITTLE PERSON SITTING AND THEY'RE RELYING ON A CAMERA.
SOMETIMES IT'S HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO SAY BE PATIENT WITH ME, I'LL BUZZ YOU IN.
IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING HAVE A SEAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY.
>> OKAY. SOME OF THOSE VESTIBULE ARE HOT?
>> OKAY. THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT AND APPLAUD YOU FOR DOING IS WORKING OUT THE BACK GATE AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL.
EVERY YEAR WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND GETTING CARS OFF OF 967 AND WE HAD SOME MEETINGS AROUND HERE TO TRY TO DO THAT.
THANK YOU FOR ALSO TRYING TO GET BUSES OUT THAT BACK GATE AT JOHNSON.
HAVE WE HEARD FROM THOSE NEIGHBORS? ARE THEY ANGRY WITH US YET?
>> NOT YET. BUT WE'RE ONLY ALSO SENDING THE BUSES THAT WAY.
OUR HOPE IS AS SOON AS THE LIGHT AT JURIES LANE IN 967 BECOMES FUNCTIONAL, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO REALLY UTILIZE THAT AND AGAIN FOR OUR BUSES AND PUSH ALL OF OUR BUSES IN THE LOCATION.
HUGE PROPS TO ONE OF AT SORROSES WHO'S SITTING IN THE BACK AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY WORKED VERY HARD IN MANAGING THAT TRAFFIC DYNAMIC, WE DID A LOT OF CHANGES AT JOHNSON TO TRY TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF ACTIVITY ON OUR ROADWAYS AND SO IT DOES MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE.
>> I AM IN FAVOR OF PHASE 2, WHICH IS IF YOU LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OR ELLIOT RANCH OR I MEAN, THOSE KIDS ARE HAVING TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND TOO, AND THEY LIVE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE.
I GET IT THAT WE MAY HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL PARKING TAG OR SOME WAY TO VET THAT.
BUT I AM IN FAVOR OF CARS THAT PEOPLE LIVE THERE AND GET CARS OFF OF 967.
I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WE GET HIT ABOUT WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? WHY? THE HISTORY IS THAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD DID NOT WANT A VARSITY STADIUM THERE, THEY DID NOT WANT CARS POURING OUT OF THERE AT FRIDAY AT MIDNIGHT, AND I GET THAT.
BUT WE ALSO DID NOT MAKE ANY PROMISES IN PERPETUITY AND WE WERE ONLY TWO GRADES THEN AND NOW WE'RE AT 2,800 KIDS.
MR. MCMANUS REACHED OUT TO SOMEBODY THERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF TAKING CARS OFF OF 967.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER FOLKS THAT MAY HAVE FEELINGS ABOUT THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
PLANS TO SEE THAT PHASE II WHEN JERRY'S LAY LIGHT IS THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL THE BUSES THAT WAY AND MAYBE THE FOLKS THAT LIVE RIGHT THERE.
>> I THINK IT'S KEY FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS TO KEEP LOOKING AT OUR COMMUNITIES WAY CAN WE CAN MAKE OUR CAMPUSES LONGER QUEUE LINES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
I AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP ADJUSTING TO OUR NEW NORMAL.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING AN OPEN MIND ABOUT ALL OF THAT.
>> JERRY THANK YOU. ONE CHANGE IS HARD.
ANYTIME WE IMPLEMENT CHANGE AND CHANGE LIKE THIS,
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THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME GROWING PAINS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE UPSET, BUT I THINK IN THE END IT WILL ALL WORK OUT AND PEOPLE WILL BE GRACIOUS THAT YOU DID AND YOU HAD THE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU DID.I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY TO THE JOHNSON TRAFFIC, THE BACK GATE IS AWESOME.
TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THAT UP THOUGH TO STUDENTS THAT LIVE BACK THERE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY MAN THAT GATE ALL THE TIME AND I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE'S MANNING THAT GATE NOW WITH BUSES GOING OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT CARS AREN'T SLIPPING THROUGH IT.
THEN THE LAST THING I JUST WANT TO SAY, I WANT TO GO ON RECORD WITH THIS.
THE LIGHT IN FRONT OF JOHNSTON HIGH SCHOOL.
IS IT CURRENTLY ON AND WORKING IN 24/7 OR IS IT STILL ON IT'S TIMER?
SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN THE COMMUNITY CAN YOU ALL WEIGH IN ON THAT BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ON 24/7. FREDY DO YOU KNOW?
>> OKAY. AWESOME. WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF BIOTA.
BIOTA PD WHO JOINED US AND DR. WRIGHT AND JERRY TRYING TO ADVOCATE FOR THOSE LIGHTS TO BE ON 24/7.
I KNOW THAT I HIT THEM UP ALL THE TIME.
WE WANT THEM ON 24/7 SPECIFICALLY WHEN THEY WEREN'T ON I'LL TELL YOU WHEN WE WERE AT JAG JAM BERRY AND WE HAD BEEN TRYING TO GET THOSE LIGHTS TURNED ON.
THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT IN FRONT OF JOHNSON WITH ONE OF OUR STUDENTS AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF THAT SCHOOL.
HAYS COUNTY, IF YOU ARE LISTENING AND TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, I KNOW YOU WERE MEETING THIS WEEK TO TURN THOSE LIGHTS ON 24/7 AND I AM GOING TO BE HITTING YOU UP AT THE END OF THIS WEEK, MAKE SURE YOU DO.
>> WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO SEE THAT, THANK YOU.
>> GARY, THANKS FOR THE UPDATE AS ALWAYS.
WHAT DID WE DETERMINE THAT TOP A MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE I KNOW DAISY LANE SCIENCE HALL, I MEAN THAT WHOLE AREA RIGHT THERE IS A MESS.
ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY YOU CAN GIVE US FOR THIS.
>> I TALKED TO MR. ESTRADA WITH HAYS COUNTY TRANSPORTATION.
THEY ARE DEFINITELY MAKING HEADWAY OVER THERE, BUT WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING ANYTIME SOON.
THEY ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH IT, HE GIVES US UPDATES, BUT MOST OF THOSE UPDATES ARE REALLY JUST ABOUT MAKING THOSE CHANGES.
I MEAN, RIGHT NOW IF YOU'RE ANYWHERE IN THAT AREA BETWEEN 2001 IN ANY OF THAT, IT IS JUST REPEATED. JUST DETOUR.
THEY ARE WORKING HARD, BUT AS OF YET, I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DATE AND HE'S NOT BEEN ABLE TO GIVE ME THAT.
WE GET GREAT PICTURES OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THEY'RE DOING GOOD THINGS AND THEY'RE WORKING REALLY HARD BUT WE DO GET MARSH LANE OPEN AT FURGARVILLE SO THERE'S A PLUS.
>> THANK YOU. MS. ROCKY, THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF OUR MEETING.
[H. PUBLIC FORUM ]
AS A REMINDER, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IN PUBLIC FORUM MUST HAVE COMPLETED THE GREEN SHEET LOCATED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE MEETING ROOM PRIOR TO THE BOARD RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION.PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN BOARD MEETINGS IS LIMITED TO THE PUBLIC FORUM PORTION OF THE MEETING AS PROVIDED IN BOARD POLICY BED LOCAL.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE AUDIO AND VIDEO OF PUBLIC FORUM IS RECORDED AS PART OF THE RECORDING OF THE ENTIRE MEETING AND IS PUBLISHED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE WITHOUT ALTERATION.
A PERSON WHO CHOOSES TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC FORUM IS CONSENTING TO THE ONLINE PUBLICATION OF THEIR COMMENTS.
MS. GLORIA, DID WE RECEIVE ANY OTHERS? JUST THE ONE. THANK YOU.
MR. LELAND LORO, YOU MAY COME AND SPEAK AND YOU'LL HAVE 5 MINUTES.
>> THANKS EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE.
IF I COULD MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ON THE LAST SPEAKER.
I'M ACTUALLY ONE OF THOSE PARENTS THAT DO WALK MY DAUGHTER TO CLASS EVERY CHANCE I GET.
WHEN I GOT THE LETTER, I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED AS WELL, BUT I'M GREATLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE FACT THAT THE STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN.
I FIND IT PRETTY ANGRY JUST THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER GOVERNMENT FACILITIES THAT ARE MUCH MORE SECURE THAN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND I THINK THAT'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
ANY PROGRESS IN THAT DIRECTION I TRULY APPRECIATE.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SAID THAT I WAS GOING TO SEND A SEPARATE EMAIL ACTUALLY WHEN I GOT THAT LETTER.
I ALSO HAD SENT AN EMAIL ABOUT THIS PREVIOUSLY.
THIS IS ABOUT THE CURRENT POLICY IN PLACE THAT DENIES HOMESCHOOLERS THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN UIL ACTIVITIES.
AS I JUST MENTIONED, I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT GOES TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN HAYS COUNTY,
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AND I HAVE A SON THAT WENT TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHEN WE MOVED HERE, HE HAD GONE FOR A YEAR AND HE'S HOME-SCHOOLED FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, INCLUDING THIS YEAR.I'M JUST WONDERING IF I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF YOU GOT THE CHANCE TO READ MY EMAIL OR NOT, IT WAS LONG AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU ARE PRETTY BUSY.
JUST TO REITERATE SOME OF THE POINTS, AS A TAXPAYER, FIRST AND FOREMOST, ALSO KNOW IT'S MY TAXES WENT UP SIGNIFICANTLY THIS YEAR, KIND OF HURT.
I WANT TO REITERATE THE IMPORTANCE THAT I BELIEVE THAT IS THE EQUAL ACCESS FOR CHILDREN IN HAYS COUNTY TO HAVE THE ACCESS TO UIL ACTIVITIES.
I'M NOT HERE TO COMPARE HOMESCHOOLING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT THE INTENT.
MY SON WAS DOING ACTUALLY VERY WELL WHERE HE WAS GOING, HE WAS DOING WELL ACADEMICALLY, HE MADE FRIENDS THERE.
WHEN WE MADE THE DECISION TO LET HIM HOMESCHOOL, WE JUST FOUND IT TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE MEANS OF EDUCATION FOR HIM.
I NOTICED IN THE HAYS COUNTY MISSION STATEMENT THAT THE PERSONALIZED EDUCATION IS ONE OF THE GOALS, SO I THINK THERE'S ROOM FOR THAT.
I DON'T THINK THAT AS TAXPAYERS AND PARENTS, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN WHETHER OUR KIDS GET TO HAVE ACCESS TO UIL ACTIVITIES AND THEN WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE BEST MEANS OF EDUCATION FOR THEM.
I DON'T THINK THAT DENYING THEM THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS OR OTHER EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IS FAIR.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EVER IT HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP BEFORE.
I KNOW THAT THE STATE LAW, I BELIEVE GOT PAST THAT, I THINK IT WAS IN 2021.
THIS IS STILL A RELATIVELY NEW THING.
WHEN IT FIRST BEGAN, IT LOOKED LIKE 21 SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE OPTED INTO ALLOWING HOMESCHOOLERS TO PARTICIPATE.
IT'S GROWN SINCE THEN, I BELIEVE IT'S CURRENTLY 36 SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ALLOW HOME-SCHOOLERS TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL.
I AM NOT ASKING FOR ANY SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR THESE STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED.
I BELIEVE IN MERIT-BASED SYSTEM.
I STILL UNDERSTAND THAT THEY SHOULD BE SHOWING UP, THEY SHOULD STILL HAVE TO TRY OUT, THEY SHOULD STILL HAVE TO EARN THEIR SPOT ON ANY COURT OR FIELD.
BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO PLEASE, BETWEEN NOW AND THE 28TH TO DO DUE DILIGENCE AND TRULY LOOK INTO THIS SO THAT WE CAN BRING MORE PEOPLE INTO THE FOLD OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD HELP STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY OVERALL.
IF I COULD REALLY QUICK, I JUST NOTICED A POSSIBLE, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS A TYPO, WHERE IT DOES MENTION THE ACTION ITEMS FOR THE 28TH, SAYS, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE DENIAL OF PARTICIPATION OF NON-ENROLLED STUDENTS IN HAYS COUNTY EXTRACURRICULAR OR UIL ACTIVITIES.
THE WAY I READ THAT IT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE THE DENIAL IS THE DEFAULT.
NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT CURRENTLY IT ALREADY IS, SO I WAS JUST CONFUSED ABOUT THE VERBIAGE ON THAT, ALMOST AS IF I JUST NOTICED THAT NOTHING ELSE IN THERE WAS PHRASED THAT WAY.
I'M I READING THAT CORRECTLY OR WHAT'S THAT?
>> DR. WRIGHT, DO YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN JUST THE LANGUAGE? JUST A QUICK CLARIFICATION FOR WHY THAT'S THERE.
>> YES. BECAUSE IN THE AGENDA LANGUAGE, YOU EITHER HAVE TO PROVE OR YOU HAVE TO DENY IT.
DEPENDING ON WHICH DIRECTION THE BOARD DECIDES TO GO, THAT'S THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE USE.
>> I APPRECIATE. ONCE AGAIN, THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND FAIR WHEN TAKING THIS INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT FOR NOW AND NEXT WEEK, I'D GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
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>> WE'RE HAVING A GREEN SHEET, HAIL MARY HERE.
>> THAT'S OKAY, WE'RE NICE PEOPLE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, SO IT'S FINE.
MR. WILLIAM BILL WARD, YOU MAY COME UP AND SPEAK.
>> SORRY, MY HANDWRITING IS BAD.
>> THAT'S OKAY. YES, YOU WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES SINCE THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED AGENDA.
>> I'LL GET ONTO THAT. FIRST, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.
THESE ARE NEW GLASSES, I APOLOGIZE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS BILL WARD.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I'M A SINGLE FATHER OF FIVE KIDS THAT ATTEND HAYS CISD SCHOOLS IN KYLE.
MY KIDS HAVE ATTENDED HAYS CISD SCHOOL SINCE 2013.
I SERVE ON THE PTA BOARD FOR FUENTES ELEMENTARY AS SECRETARY.
I'M ALSO A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
WHY AM I HERE TODAY? I PRIDE MYSELF ON BEING A FATHER THAT IS VERY ACTIVE IN MY CHILD'S EDUCATION.
MY CHILDREN ALL READ FOR 30 MINUTES WHEN THEY GET HOME FROM SCHOOL AND I ASSIST THEM WITH THEIR HOMEWORK WHEN NEEDED.
ALL MY CHILDREN PARTICIPATE IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING NJROTC, CHEER, MARIACHI BAND, DANCE, AND THANKS TO FUENTES ELEMENTARY FINE ARTS.
I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK BRIEFLY AGAINST THE NEW DISTRICT POLICY BARRING PARENTS FROM ENTERING SCHOOLS IN THE MORNING.
I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT PARENTS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION BETTER THEIR STUDENTS AND ELEVATE THEM TO NEW EDUCATIONAL HEIGHTS.
AN ARTICLE FROM THE ANNIE E CASEY FOUNDATION STATES, "STUDENTS WHOSE PARENTS STAY INVOLVED IN SCHOOL HAD BETTER ATTENDANCE AND BEHAVIOR, GET BETTER GRADES, DEMONSTRATE BETTER SOCIAL SKILLS, AND ADAPT BETTER TO SCHOOL." I HAVE NOTICED THIS FIRSTHAND WITH MY CHILDREN.
TAKING MY ELEMENTARY CHILDREN'S SCHOOL IN THE MORNING TO SIT WITH THEM AND EAT BREAKFAST WITH A MUCH-NEEDED TIME FOR THEM TO MENTALLY PREPARE FOR SCHOOL AND GET INTO A LEARNING MODE.
I WOULD DISCUSS WITH THEM WHAT SPECIAL CLASSES THEY HAD FOR THE DAY AND WOULD ENSURE THAT THEY ARE PREPARED WITH ANY SUPPLIES THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE.
WALKING THEM TO CLASS WAS NOT DEPRIVING THEM OF THEIR "IMPAIRMENT OF OUR STUDENTS TO MANAGE THEIR INDEPENDENCE. " RATHER, IT WAS SOME MUCH-NEEDED TIME TO SAY GOOD MORNING TO THEIR TEACHERS AND HAVE THAT MINUTE OR TWO OF INTERACTION.
THOSE COUPLE OF MINUTES OF INTERACTION WITH MY KIDS, TEACHERS HAVE PROVEN INVALUABLE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
TEACHERS WOULD POINT OUT ANY CONCERNS OR GIVE PRAISE FOR HOW MY CHILD OR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ACTING AND PERFORMING IN CLASS.
MY MISSION THROUGH SERVING ON THE PTA BOARD FOR FUENTES ELEMENTARY IS TO GET MORE PARENTS, ESPECIALLY FATHERS, ENGAGED IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION.
BARRING PARENTS FROM THIS CRUCIAL TIME OF THE DAY WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND INTERACTION WITH THEIR TEACHERS IS A HUGE HIT THE PARENT INVOLVEMENT.
THE NEW POLICY SIDE SCHOOL SAFETY IS THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THE CHANGE IN THIS POLICY.
I AM HERE TODAY TO TELL THE BOARD THAT I'M A FATHER WHO'S DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION.
I'M NOT A CRIMINAL AND DO NOT POSE ANY SAFETY RISK TO THE SCHOOL.
I BELIEVE THIS IS TRUE OF MOST PARENTS WHO BRING THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
SUMMARILY BARRING PARENTS FROM AN ALREADY CLOSED CAMPUS IS HURTING YOUR STUDENTS, YOUR PARENTS, AND YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE SECURED WITH A SINGLE ENTRY POINT WHERE AN ID MUST BE SHOWN AUTHORIZATION CHECK, AS WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT AND A BADGE ISSUED WHERE I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE THE HAYS CISD VIP PROGRAM WHERE FURTHER BACKGROUND CHECKS ARE PERFORMED TO ENSURE CONTINUED SAFETY.
AS THIS POLICY STANDS, THE ONLY TIME THAT VISIT OUR CHILDREN IS DURING LAUNCH OR SPECIAL EVENTS WHICH OFFERED NO INTERACTION WITH TEACHERS.
HOW LONG BEFORE PARENTS ARE BARRED FROM LUNCH? WHERE DO WE AS A COMMUNITY DRAW THE LINE BETWEEN SAFETY AND PARENTS RIGHTS TO BE INVOLVED WITH THEIR KIDS EDUCATION? BARRING PARENTS FROM SCHOOLS IS NOT THE ANSWER TO INCREASE SAFETY.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IS THE KEY TO BETTER SAFETY.
AS A PTA BOARD MEMBER, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SEVERAL COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT CAN HELP ACTUALLY IMPROVE AND ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS.
ONE GROUP IS WATCH DOGS, WHICH STANDS FOR DADS OF GREAT STUDENTS.
FROM THEIR WEBSITE, IT SAYS, OUR PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOL CAMPUSES HELP PROVIDE POSITIVE MALE ROLE MODELS FOR THE STUDENTS, DEMONSTRATING BY THEIR PRESENCE THAT EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT.
MEANWHILE, WE PROVIDE EXTRA SETS OF EYES AND EARS TO ENHANCE SCHOOL SECURITY, REDUCE BULLYING, AND PROVIDE A GREATER SENSE OF CAMPUS SAFETY, AND ALLOWING STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TO FOCUS ON LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION.
I'M CURRENTLY WORKING ON GETTING A CHAPTER STARTED AT MY SCHOOL, SO IT IS FUENTES ELEMENTARY.
IN CLOSING, IT IS MY SINCERE HOPE AND PRAYER THAT THE BOARD HAD ANY LISTENING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY HERE MY PLEAD AND STOP THIS NEW POLICY, AND ALLOW PARENTS BACK ON CAMPUS AND TO NEVER BAR US FROM BEING INVOLVED IN OUR CHILD'S EDUCATION.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND PATIENCE.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, IT'S NOT BOARD POLICY, IT IS A ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE, JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE USING THE RIGHT LANGUAGE THERE FOR THAT.
MR. WARD, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.
>> I TURNED IT OFF NOW I'M BACK. UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTION, I'M GOING TO SHUFFLE THESE AROUND A LITTLE BIT, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW GUESTS HERE TONIGHT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO
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GET BACK ON THE ROAD BEFORE WE GET BACK ON SCHEDULE.WE'RE GOING TO JUMP WAY AHEAD HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY UP TO J10,
[J.10. Consideration and possible approval of the 2023 Bond Installation of Artificial Turf at Baseball and Softball Fields for Hays High School and Johnson High School Max Cleaver]
AND WE'RE GOING TO GET YOUR GUEST GOING FIRST.MAX, IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE UP HERE FOR QUITE A BIT.
TEN IS THE BOND INSTALLATION OF ARTIFICIAL TURF AT THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS FOR HAYS HIGH SCHOOL AND JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE GUESTS HERE FOR THIS ONE, CORRECT?
>> NO, SIR. ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE, I PUT SOMETHING AT YOUR DAIS TABLE.
WE OPEN THOSE BIDS TODAY AT THREE O'CLOCK.
ON THAT PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM I'M GOING TO MY [OVERLAPPING]
>> YES, SIR, THAT SAYS DRAFT, YES SIR.
WHICH PAGE IS THAT ON? PAGE 112.
WE OPEN THOSE TODAY AT THREE O'CLOCK.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WHAT WE HAD WRITTEN IN THERE IS THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE THE COST INFORMATION AT THE TIME OF THE MEETING.
IF YOU'LL GO TO THIS PARTICULAR SPREADSHEET, YOU CAN SEE THE ORIGINAL BUDGET IN THE FIRST COLUMN, THEN THE JOHNSON BUDGET IN THE SECOND, THE HAYS BUDGET IN THE THIRD, THE COMBINED BUDGETS IN THE FOURTH, AND THEN WE RECEIVED THREE BIDS TODAY, AND SO THAT FIFTH COLUMN HAS THE CONSTRUCTION COST FOR THE MIDDLE BID, AND I DID THAT JUST AS A PLACEHOLDER.
NOW WE CAN SHOW YOU WHERE THE MIDDLE BID CAME IN.
THE BUDGET WAS 5.3 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, AND THE BIDS CAME IN AT 6.5.
WE WENT DOWN THROUGH THERE AND ZEROED OUT THE FF&E BECAUSE THERE WON'T BE ANY FF&E FOR THE TURF, AND WE APPLIED THE 5% ARCHITECT FEE.
IT WAS DRAWN IN AT 6.5, AND WE APPLIED THE 5%.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE STARTING THIS PROJECT.
THOSE TWO PROJECTS ARE ABOUT $439,000 OVER BUDGET IN THAT FIFTH COLUMN, YOU CAN SEE THE CONTINGENCY AT NEGATIVE 439.
THERE WERE FOUR ALTERNATE BIDS, AND THEY WERE BASICALLY FOR THE FENCING TO RAISE SOME FENCING AND DO SOME THINGS AND SOME ADDITIONAL CONCRETE WORK.
WE DON'T THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE NOW, BUT ONE OF THE ALTERNATE BIDS WAS TO DO A BATTER'S EYE IN THE CENTER OF THE OUTFIELD FENCE, AND SO WE DO BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO NEGOTIATE FOR THAT PIECE.
THOUGH WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE YOU TONIGHT IS THE FACT THAT WE OPENED, WE'VE GOT THREE RESPONSES, AND WE ARE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 440 AND ABOUT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OVER BUDGET.
I DID THIS SPREADSHEET LIKE I DID THE 2021 BOND, SO I SHOWED YOU GOING FORWARD ASSUMING IF WE'RE LAYMAN LANDS OR BARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL LANDS, IF WE CONSIDER THIS AS A PACKAGE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU WOULD HAVE A CONTINGENCY REMAINING OF ABOUT $600,000, SO WE'RE STILL SOLVENT ON THIS PROJECT, BUT WE STILL GOT A LOT TO GO.
BETWEEN NOW AND THIS COMING THURSDAY WHEN WE HAVE TO PUT THIS IN THE BOOK, WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL.
I KNOW COACH, AT SOME POINT, I BELIEVE THAT THEY'VE FUND-RAISED SOME MONEY TO PUT A SMALL PATCH OF ARTIFICIAL TURF ON THE BASEBALL DIAMOND, IS THAT RIGHT? AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT COACH HOWARD, THEY RAISED SOME MONEY TO DO THAT?
>> I THINK THEY PUT THE HOME PLATE MAYBE.
>> IS THAT GOING TO BE ABLE TO REMAIN? JUST COACH HOWARD KNOW THAT. DO THEY KNOW THAT? I THINK THEY RAISED SOME MONEY TO PUT THAT ON, AND THAT WASN'T TOO LONG AGO THAT THEY DID THAT.
I JUST LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT.
>> THE SPECIFICATIONS CALL FOR THAT TO BE REMOVED AND THE THING TO BE REDONE.
>> HE'S AWARE THAT ALL THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL COACHES WERE PART OF THE DESIGN PROCESS ALL THE WAY ALONG.
HE AND I DISCUSSED THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
>> CAN YOU FIND OUT HOW MUCH THEY PAID FOR THAT?
>> I LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH THEY FUND-RAISED, WHERE THOSE FUNDS CAME FROM.
I JUST HATE TO TAKE THAT OUT OR NOT RELOCATE IT SOMEWHERE ON THE PROPERTY, I DON'T KNOW, SOME WAY, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO GO WITHOUT SAYING IT OUT LOUD THAT I THINK THERE WAS SOMETHING DONE THERE TO GET SOMETHING FUNDED OUTSIDE OF.
ANYWAY, JUST IF YOU FIND OUT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU.
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WE'RE APPROVING THE CONSTRUCTION FOR HAYS HIGH SCHOOL AND JOHNSON.
THE REASON FOR THE DELAY IS THE WATERLINE, CORRECT?
>> YES, SIR, AND THERE'S JUST A WHOLE LOT MORE SCOPE THERE.
AT JOHNSON AND HAYS, IT'S JUST THE ACTUAL ARTIFICIAL TURF, AND AT LAYMAN IT'S THE BLEACHERS AND THE PRESS BOX AND THE CONCESSIONS, SO IT'S ALL THE BUILDINGS AND EVERYTHING.
IT'S JUST A LONGER LEAD TIME TO GET ALL THE DESIGN DONE.
WE WANT TO BRING THAT TO YOU NEXT MONTH.
>> YES, SIR, AND WE'RE STILL ALL GOOD FOR JANUARY 15TH?
>> WE SURE ARE. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY IN ALLOWING US TO OPEN THIS AT 3:00 PM TODAY TO GET IT.
WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT YES, WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.
[J.11. Consideration and possible approval of the 2023 Bond Adaptive Playground Improvements at Buda Elementary School]
CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL.THIS IS THE ADAPTIVE PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS AT BUDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE FROM T.F. HARPER TONIGHT?
>> I DON'T KNOW. NATE, DO THE T.F.
HARPER? WE DO NOT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT.
>> THE 2023 BOND HAS A PROJECT FOR ADAPTIVE PLAYGROUNDS FOR $2.4 MILLION.
STAFF PREVIOUSLY AT BUDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INSTALLED A TEMPORARY PATH FOR A STUDENT, AND SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS GET THIS PROJECT MOVING FIRST AS A PILOT PROJECT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PORT IN PLACE PROCESS AND HOW THAT WORKS.
BASICALLY, THIS HAS BEEN A WHOLE YEAR IN THE MAKING.
THERE'S A STUDENT THERE THAT ACTUALLY HAS BEEN USING OUR TEMPORARY FACILITY AND WE WANT TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS QUICKLY.
THEN OCR WILL GET ON BOARD TO DO THE BALANCE OF THE WORK FOR THE REMAINING OF THE SCHOOLS.
J12, SCHEMATIC DESIGN PACKAGE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 17.
[J.12. Consideration and possible approval of the 2023 Bond Schematic Design Package for Elementary School 17 Max Cleaver]
>> WE DO HAVE GUESTS HERE FOR THAT.
>> THESE HAVE REAL PAGE NUMBERS ON THEM?
>> THEY DO. [LAUGHTER] THEY'RE ARABIC NUMERALS.
THEY'RE NOT ROMAN NUMERALS, THEY'RE REAL NUMBERS AND THEY DON'T HAVE LEADING ZEROS.
HERE WE HAVE JASON ANDRES HERE FROM HACCABI.
THE 2021 BOND HAD THE DESIGN FEES FOR THIS SCHOOL.
WE ALWAYS TRY TO HAVE ONE IN THE HOPPER READY TO GO.
THIS SCHOOL WILL BE ON THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE DISTRICT DOWN THERE OFF GRIST MILL ROAD.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET WAS $60 MILLION AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE SD CAME IN AT ABOUT 51 MILLION.
ONE OF THE LARGEST THINGS THAT WERE CONTRIBUTING THAT TOO, IS THAT WE ARE BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY.
WE'RE TRYING TO, INSTEAD OF LAND THIS IN '26, WE'RE TRYING TO LAND THIS IN '25.
THAT'S THE IMPACT OF MOVING THAT THAT YEAR.
I THINK WE JUST GOT SOME GOOD SUB INPUT AS WELL.
THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW MINOR CHANGES BASED ON OUR LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE LAST SCHOOL, SO JASON ANDRES WITH HACCABI.
>> THANK YOU, MAX. DR. RYAN, ESTEEMED BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR ELEMENTRICAL 17.
IT IS A PROTOTYPE OF ELEMENTRICAL 16 AND IT WILL BE RELATIVELY SHORT CONVERSATION BECAUSE FROM A BILLING STANDPOINT, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN PREVIOUSLY ON ELEMENTRICAL 16.
LIKE MAXWELL SAID, WE HAVE DONE SOME LESSONS LEARNED.
WE DID AROUND TWO OF THAT WITH STAFF. WE DID GET SOME FEEDBACK.
MOST OF THAT WAS JUST CASEWORK CHANGES, CABINET TREE, MAKING THE WORK ROOMS WORK A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR THEM, THE FRONT RECEPTION DESK.
WE ARE GOING TO GET THAT STUFF INCORPORATED.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN THE PLANS, IT SHOULD LOOK QUITE FAMILIAR TO YOU.
DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT? [NOISE] WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SKIP AHEAD BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THIS BRIEF TO PAGE 9.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE PAGE NUMBERS FOR YOU.
THE ONE THING THAT IS NOT THE SAME OBVIOUSLY IS THE SITE.
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WE'RE TAKING YOUR PROTOTYPE FLOOR PLAN AND WE'RE FITTING IT INTO THE SITE THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US.IT IS A LITTLE BIT ON THE SMALL SIDE FROM SOME OF THE OTHER ONES THAT WE'VE HAD ON PREVIOUS SCHOOLS.
THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A SWITCHEROO DONE WITH US WITH THE DEVELOPER, THEY TOOK SOME OF THE LAND AWAY, BUT WE'VE MADE IT WORK.
TO ORIENT YOU, THIS IS A PART OF THE 700 BUTTON DEVELOPMENT.
THIS PURPLE BOX RIGHT HERE IS THE SCHOOL SITE.
THIS LITTLE WAVY ROAD RIGHT HERE DOWN THE CENTER IS GRIST MILL ROAD, WHICH IS THE MAIN ROAD THAT GOES THROUGH THAT WHOLE DEVELOPMENT.
UP HERE AT THE TOP YOU SEE THE GRIST MILL ROAD, IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE BUILDING IS FRONTING.
SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS SCHOOLS, WE'VE GOT THE BUSES COMING IN THE FRONT.
WE HAD THE ABILITY TO DOUBLE STACK IF NEEDED.
WE'VE GOT A DRIVEWAY LINED UP WITH THE STREET ACROSS THE WAY FOR A NICE CLEAN INTERSECTION THERE.
AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED TONIGHT, QUEUING IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG CONCERN.
WITH LAND THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE, WE'VE CREATED WHAT WE AFFECTIONATELY CALLED THE F1 TRACK ON THE SITE WITH ALL THE AVAILABLE LAND THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE CREATED A DOUBLE STACK LANE THAT ACTUALLY COMES BACK WRAPS AROUND.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU TAKE GO-KARTS OUT HERE, MIGHT BE A LOT OF FUN.
UNLESS WE WERE TO JUST DOUBLE BACK ON IT AND IT STARTS TO GET REALLY WONKY, THAT IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF QUEUING THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY GET ON THE SITE WITH ALL THE OTHER AMENITIES.
WE'VE GOT THE PLAYGROUNDS WHERE THEY TYPICALLY ARE WITH YOUR SCHOOLS.
ONE THING THAT'S BETTER ON THIS LAYOUT THAT I BELIEVE, THAN THE PREVIOUS SCHOOLS, IS THAT THE PLAY-FIELDS ARE ACTUALLY DIRECTLY ACCESSIBLE WITHOUT HAVING TO CROSS A DRIVE.
THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT WITH KIDS.
IT IS ROUGHLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF AREA AS THE PREVIOUS PLAY-FIELD, IS JUST MORE RECTANGULAR THAN THE PREVIOUS ONES.
THE TRACK THAT GOES AROUND IT SHOULD BE ROUGHLY THE SAME LENGTH AS THE ONES THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE.
THEN THE WAY IT'S LAID OUT IS THIS PARKING LOT WHICH WILL BE USED BY STAFF.
THEY CAN COME IN AND THEY CAN GET TO THE PARKING LOT AND GO OUT WITHOUT HAVING TO DO THE WHOLE RACE TRACK IN ORDER TO NAVIGATE IT, SO LAYS OUT PRETTY EFFICIENTLY.
WE'VE INCORPORATED THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY STANDPOINT ON PREVIOUS SCHOOLS.
WE'VE GOT A GATE HERE ON THE BACK SERVICE DRIVE.
THE DUMPSTERS HAVE BEEN MOVED OUT SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE OPEN TO ALLOW THE TRASH TRUCKS TO GET INTO ACCESS THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SITE PLAN? FLOOR PLAN, LIKE I SAID, REALLY HASN'T CHANGED MUCH.
>> HOLD THAT. LET'S DO ALL QUESTIONS AT [OVERLAPPING].
>> JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE DID INTEGRATE INTO 16 THAT HAD BEEN INCORPORATED IN THIS ONE AS WELL.
SOME OF THOSE IMPORTANT STUFF IS, WE'VE GOT THE SRO OFFICE WORKED IN DOWN HERE, WE'VE GOT THE TOILET OFF THE WAITING ROOM AND WE'VE GOT THE TOILET BACK HERE OFF OF THE DINING AREA.
FROM A FLOOR PLAN STANDPOINT, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REDUCTIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF GLASS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT HAD BEEN INCORPORATED AS WELL.
WE'VE ALREADY ENGAGED IN SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH JERRY AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO TALK THROUGH ALL OF YOUR STANDARDS AS THEY EVOLVE.
THIS WAS ANOTHER POINT WAS WE ADDED THESE DOORS HERE TO SEPARATE OFF THE TOILET.
PREVIOUSLY IT WAS SHARED, THERE REALLY WASN'T THAT BUFFER.
NOW THERE'S A LITTLE VESTIBULE THERE THAT STUDENTS CAN GO INTO AND HAVE ACCESS TO THAT RESTROOM.
I THINK THERE WAS SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOISE BETWEEN THOSE SPACES.
WE HAD THE ISOMETRICS SHOWING YOU HOW EVERYTHING PLAYS OUT WHICH I KNOW THAT YOU-ALL REALLY LIKE AND THEY JUST LOOK COOL. ARCHITECTS LIKE THEM TOO.
THE LIBRARY VOLUME AGAIN IS THE PART DOWN VERSION.
ELEMENTRICAL 17 HAD SOME CLEAR STORY LIGHTS AROUND IT.
IN THEIR PLACE IN ORDER TO GET NATURAL LIGHT, WE DO HAVE WHAT ARE CALLED SOLAR TUBES.
NATURAL LIGHTS COMING DOWN THROUGH THOSE.
THAT'S WHAT THESE LITTLE ROUND ELEMENTS ARE THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IN THIS.
THEY LOOK LIKE LIGHTS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY NATURAL LIGHT COMING IN AND NOT ARTIFICIAL LIGHT.
ONE CHANGE THAT WE DID MAKE AND THIS WAS IN REACTION TO WHAT YOU ALL ARE FEELING AND EVERY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE STATE IS FEELING, IS THE COST OF THINGS GOING UP AT A RADICAL PACE THAT'S HARD TO STOMACH.
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR ANY POSSIBLE WAYS THAT WE CAN TO REDUCE THE COSTS ON THE PROJECT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE CHANGED THE VOLUME OF THE CAFETERIA.
WE BROUGHT IT DOWN LOWER, INSTEAD OF IT BEING A SLOPED METAL ROOF NOW IS WHAT WE CALL A LOW SLOPE ROOF.
YOU'LL SEE IT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT, WHAT LOOKS LIKE ON THE OUTSIDE.
THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE BUS SIDE.
THIS USED TO BE A DRAMATIC SLOPING METAL ROOF.
THE ROOF ACTUALLY EXTENDED OUT TO CREATE THE CANOPY.
NOW WE'VE MADE IT A MUCH SIMPLER LOW SLOPE ROOF.
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CHANGED SOME OF THIS TO METAL PANELS AND THEN WE HAVE A PREFABRICATED ALUMINUM CAN MAYBE WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE SHADE OVER THAT AS WELL.WE HAVE GOTTEN FEEDBACK THAT THERE'S ALMOST TOO MUCH NATURAL LIGHT COMING INTO THE SPACE WHEN THEY'RE DOING PRESENTATIONS, SO WE'RE WORKING ON ADDING SOME MECHANICAL SHADES THAT WILL HELP CLOSE THAT OFF AND GIVE THEM MORE CONTROL OVER THOSE LIGHTS.
WE DID POP UP THE FRONT ENTRY A LITTLE BIT.
WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS CANOPY IN AT THE ELEVATION BETWEEN THE WINDOWS, IT WAS HITTING RIGHT AT WHERE THE PREVIOUS ELEVATION WAS.
IT ALSO GIVES THE FRONT ENTRY A LITTLE BIT MORE INTUITIVE PROMINENCE, SO PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO GO WHEN THEY'RE WALKING UP TO THE SCHOOL.
THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL SHOULD LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN PREVIOUSLY ON ELEMENTRICAL 16.
WE ARE ON SCHEDULE AND AS MARK SAID, WE ARE UNDER BUDGET.
>> NOW YOU'RE READY FOR QUESTIONS.?
MR. FLORES WAS FIRST. [OVERLAPPING]
YES. THE MAIN DRIVE THE CAMPUS WOULD LEAD ONTO BUTTON LANE, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THE MAIN DRIVE DIRECTLY ACCESSING OUR CAMPUS?
>> WITH THE BUSES WOULD ENTER JUST WHERE THE DRIVE LANE WOULD START, WOULD BE THE FRONT OF THE CAMPUS, WOULD LEAD OUT TO BUTTON LANE.
>> IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE OUT TO GRIST MILL ROAD.
>> BUTTON LANE IS ACTUALLY PRETTY FAR AWAY.
THIS IS ACTUALLY BUTTON LANE UP HERE.
THIS IS GRIST MILL GOING RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THAT DEVELOPMENT AND THAT'S OUR SITE.
>> SURE. THAT MAKES ME FEEL MUCH BETTER.
I DRIVE THIS ROAD EVERY DAY. [OVERLAPPING].
>> BUTTON LANE, IT'S A VERY NARROW ROAD.
[BACKGROUND] THE FACT THAT THE FRONT GO OUT TO GRIST MILL, THAT MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE BETTER BECAUSE THE CONCERN IN THAT AREA WOULD CERTAINLY BE THE TRAFFIC.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY PLANS FROM MAYBE THE COUNTY OR CITY OF KYLE AS FAR AS GETTING THOSE ROADS WIDENED FOR SAFETY REASONS.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S A GREAT LOOKING CANVAS.
BUT OF COURSE, MY CONCERN WAS JUST I GUESS THAT FALLS OUT OF YOUR SCOPE, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I SUBMITTED SOME QUESTIONS AND SOME OF THE ONES THAT I DIDN'T GET ANSWERED, I'M GOING TO ASK NOW AND THEN ONE I JUST THOUGHT UP.
WHEN YOU SHOWED THE CAFETERIA, IT LOOKED LIKE THE FLOOR WAS A LAMINATE.
ARE WE STILL DOING POLISHED CONCRETE ON OUR FLOORS? YOU KNOW I'M TALKING ABOUT?
>> YES. RIGHT NOW THE PLAN IS TO DO POLISHED CONCRETE.
WE ARE HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE FINISHED PRODUCT AND YOU DON'T WANT TO STICK WITH THAT.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW TO TALK ABOUT IT.
>> OKAY. WHAT WE SEE IN YOUR PICTURE, IGNORE THAT BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE [OVERLAPPING]
COULD STILL STAY POLISHED CONCRETE AND STILL BE APPLICABLE, BUT SOMETHING MIGHT CHANGE AS WELL.
>> THEN SHOW ME LEVEL ONE AND POINT OUT TO ME THE BREAK ROOM FOR TEACHERS.
THE ONLY ONE I FOUND WAS THAT ONE RIGHT NEXT TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE.
THAT'S TYPICALLY NOT WHERE TEACHERS WANT TO HANG OUT.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S WHERE WE DID THAT FOR THE SUN-FILLED. IS THAT THE SAME?
>> YES. I THINK MOST OF THEM PROBABLY GO UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR ONE BECAUSE BOTH OF THEM ACTUALLY GOT ON SUN-FILLED, GOT SOME REALLY NICE IMPROVEMENTS THANKS TO THE DEVELOPER.
WHAT THE ABSOLUTE STAIRS ONE IS BIGGER AND A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE. THEY PROBABLY GOT THAT ONE.
>> I KNOW THAT IT'S HARD FOR TEACHERS GO UP AND DOWNSTAIRS ALL DAY AND GET THAT FAR AWAY FROM THEIR CLASSROOMS USUALLY.
USUALLY, IF YOU TEACH ON LEVEL 1, YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO THE BREAK ROOM ON LEVEL 1.
I JUST COULDN'T FIND ANOTHER ONE OTHER THAN THAT SMALL ONE.
THEN OF COURSE THEIR WORK ROOM IS OVER THERE WHICH MAY ALSO SERVE AS A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK AREA.
>> I WILL ALSO SAY THAT [OVERLAPPING], I WAS LIKE, LET'S GO ON, THEY HAPPENS.
THIS IS MORE OF A CAMPUS LOGISTICS THINGS, SO WE DON'T REALLY GET INVOLVED IN THAT.
BUT THERE HAVE BEEN TALKS, PARTICULARLY WITH DR. MIKE ROBERTS ABOUT HOW SOMETHING'S BEING HANDLED ABOUT THE PLANNING ROOMS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE.
THEY'RE NOT USED ALL THE TIME.
THEY'RE GREAT FOR COLLABORATION, FOR TEACHERS TO PULL OUT.
THEY'RE GREAT FOR, THEY WANT TO HANG OUT AND THEY DON'T HAVE SINKS AND REFRIGERATORS AND THAT STUFF IN THEM.
BUT IF IT'S A PLACE FOR THEM TO HANG OUT AND THAT'S IT.
>> SOMEHOW LIKE MICROWAVES AND STUFF OR A COFFEE POT OR WHATEVER.
THAT IS A GOOD POINT WHERE THEY HAVE THOSE PLC PLANNING ROOMS THAT THEY COULD ALSO USE FOR LUNCH BREAK OR WHATEVER.
THEN I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS LIKE DINOSAUR PRINT FOR CURTAINS.
ARE WE DECIDING THEIR MASCOT? WHAT IS THAT ABOUT?
>> THAT'S ONLY IN THE CLINIC AND THAT'S JUST TO GO THAT'S LIKE THE NURSING CURTAINS.
>> IT'S REALLY JUST MEANT TO BE A FUN, PLAYFUL THINGS THAT KIDS THAT ARE NOT FEELING WELL.
>> IN ANY GLASS AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANTED TO JUST KNOW THAT'S JUST KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE NURSING.
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>> WE CAN CLARIFY THAT ON THE NEXT UPDATE FOR YOU THAT THAT'S THE NURSING CURTAINS ONLY.
>> PERFECT. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.
>> HEY, JASON. THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION.
AGAIN. WE'RE ON ABOUT 11 ACRES ON THIS LAND?
>> ELEVEN ACRES IS WHAT WE'RE USING?
>> WE'RE ABLE TO USE ALL 11 ACRES.
WE DIDN'T LOSE ANYTHING TO ANY RETENTION POND, [OVERLAPPING] WE HAVE A REGIONAL DETENTION POND ON THIS ONE, WHICH IS VERY BENEFICIAL CONSIDERING THE SITE SO SMALL ALLOWS US TO GET.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE'RE UNDER BUDGET.
WHAT ARE THE BIGGER THINGS BY WE ARE UNDER BUDGET, WHAT LED TO THAT?
>> I'M SORRY, WHAT'S THE QUESTION?
>> WELL, WHAT MAX SAID I THINK IS THE BIGGEST THING, WHICH IS THAT WE'RE SPEEDING IT UP BY A YEAR.
INFLATION IS FACTORED IN TO ALL THE BUDGETS.
AT THIS POINT, WE'VE SLOWED DOWN ON INFLATION, BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT ABOUT A HALF OF PERCENT A MONTH AND SO YOU ADD THAT UP OVER 12 MONTHS AND IT ADDS UP REAL FAST.
>> YOU'RE NOT CHARGING EXTRA FOR THE F1 TRACK THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN IS WHAT YOU'RE?
>> LET'S TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS.
YES. THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT QUICK FIVE-MINUTE RECESS.
I'LL EXPLAIN WHAT'S HAPPENING WHEN WE COME BACK. YES, FIVE MINUTES.
WE'RE BACK. THANKS FOR LETTING US DO THAT.
ADMIN WHO WALKED OVER THERE WITH US, SINCERELY APPRECIATE THAT.
I THINK THAT MEANT A WHOLE LOT TO THAT FAMILY.
WE ARE ON J13, WHICH IS THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PACKAGE FOR LAYMAN.
[J.13. Consideration and possible approval of the 2023 Bond Schematic Design Package for Lehman High School Max Cleave]
I DO BELIEVE THERE'S ANOTHER GIANT BINDER IN FRONT OF YOU, SO TAKE IT AWAY.>> THAT ONE'S EVEN MORE JONATHAN LAST ONE YOU HAD SO LITTLE BIT MORE STUFF TO SHOW ON THIS ONE.
HELLO AGAIN. WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR THE ADDITIONS, RENOVATIONS TO LAYMAN HIGH SCHOOL.
STARTING ON PAGE 15, YOU'VE GOT YOUR SITE PLAN, WHICH YOU ALSO HAVE UP HERE ON THE SCREEN.
WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO MAJOR ADDITIONS TO THE EXISTING CAMPUS.
ONE IS YOUR AUDITORIUM THEATER ARTS ADDITION.
THE OTHER ONE IS A CTE ADDITION.
THE TRIPPING OF THE BASEBALL SOFTBALL FIELD IS NOT IN OUR PROJECT, BUT YOU HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT AS YOU ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT THE SAME COMPANY CEO IS ALSO DOING THE TRACK AND THE RETAINING WALL ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
WE'RE SHOWING THAT. BUT WE'RE DOING THE PARKING AND OVERFLOW OR PARKING AND DRIVE IMPROVEMENTS, BAND PRACTICE AREA, ROTC PAD BEHIND THE STADIUM.
ONE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE OVERALL STRATEGY FOR THIS CAMPUS, I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS ASKED ABOUT HOW WE'RE AFFECTING PARKING WITH OUR ADDITIONS, IS THE AUDITORIUM AND THE CTE ARE OBVIOUSLY SITTING ON TOP OF EXISTING PARKING, SO YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE THAT PARKING.
THE PLAN HAS BEEN SINCE THE BEGINNING IS THAT THIS OVERFLOW PARKING AREA IS GOING TO BE STRIPED FOR BAND PRACTICE AND STRIKES AS AN ROTC PAD.
RECURRENTLY, THE BAND PRACTICES UP IN THIS CORNER RIGHT HERE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONTRACT RIGHT NOW, ABOUT TIMING ON THAT.
WE WANT TO BUILD THAT NEW BAND PRACTICE FIRST SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THOSE STUDENTS OVER TO PRACTICE IN THAT AREA AND FREE UP ALL THAT PARKING FROM THE BEGINNING SO THAT THE CONSTRUCTION HAS MINIMAL TO NO IMPACT ON THE OVERALL PARKING FOR THE CAMPUS.
I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE STILL IN SOME DEBATES ABOUT WHERE WITHOUT THE BAND PRACTICES AT THIS END OR THIS END THOUGH IT'S REALLY AN OVERALL GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS DOESN'T REALLY AFFECT US.
THAT MIGHT CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE SHOWING IN THE SITE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE SHOWING THE FUTURE WORK THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT, BUT DIDN'T MAKE IT IN OR DIDN'T PASS IN A BOND.
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE DO, WE DON'T PRECLUDE YOU FROM YELLOW TO DO THAT STUFF IN THE FUTURE.
WE ARE DASHING ALL THAT STUFF ENDS.
YOU ALL CAN SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PLAN AROUND AND WHY WE'RE DOING SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
AT THIS POINT, WE ARE NOT EXPECTING THE WORK TO DRAMATICALLY IMPACT THE TRAFFIC FLOW AS IT RELATES RIGHT NOW.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE'VE STARTED SOME DIALOGUES WITH THE CAMPUS AND SOME OTHER STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT MAYBE FINDING SOME WAYS TO IMPROVE THAT.
IT'S NOT REFLECTED IN THE DOCUMENT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S CONVERSATION IS STILL ONGOING, BUT THERE HAS BEEN TALK ABOUT ALLOWING PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO COME AND USE THIS NEW DRIVE THAT WE'RE USING, THIS WRAPPING AROUND THE AUDITORIUM TO BE A RELIEF VALVE FOR FOLKS THAT ARE WAITING TO GET BACK OUT ONTO THE ROAD AND HAD THIS DIRECTION RATHER THAN HAVING TO GO UP TO THE LATE.
AGAIN, YOU MAY SEE A FEW TWEAKS TO THAT STUFF GOING ON.
BUT RIGHT NOW THE GENERAL PLAN IS TO KEEP THE BUS FLOWING IN THE BACK AROUND THE CIRCLE.
SPED BUSES ARE IN DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW.
AS FAR AS I KNOW RIGHT NOW, THAT'S GOING TO STAY THE SAME AND THEN PARENTS WILL BE COMING AROUND ON THE WEST SIDE.
WE ARE EXPANDING THE EXISTING TOUCH UPON
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ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN CHANGED WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF OUR CIVIL ENGINEER IS THAT WE WERE SHOWING TO DO A SEPARATE DETENTION POND.BUT IT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE, MORE ECONOMICAL TO ACTUALLY FLIP FLOP THAT WHAT THE ROADS THE ROADS ACTUALLY GOING TO PUSH UP AGAINST THE PROPERTY LINE.
THIS IS YOUR EXISTING DETENTION PONDS SITTING RIGHT HERE.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO EXPAND THE EXISTING ONE.
IT'S JUST EASIER. IT MAKES MORE SENSE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SITE PLAN OR DO WE WANT TO WAIT TO THE END? SORRY.
>> SORRY, I HAVE IT. THIS IS THE AUDITORIUM AND THEATER ARTS ADDITION.
TO ORIENT YOU RIGHT NOW OVER HERE AT THIS END, YOU'VE GOT YOUR EXISTING THEATER ROOM AND DANCE, AND YOUR GYMS ARE DOWN HERE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT.
THERE'S A MAIN CORRIDOR THAT RUNS ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL THAT WE ARE TYING INTO.
CONTINUING DOWN, WE'VE GOT BACK-OF-HOUSE STUFF BEHIND THE STAGE, SO THIS IS SCENE SHOP, THEATER, CLASSROOMS, MAKEUP ROOM, STORAGE ROOMS. I WILL SAY THAT THERE'S ONE CHANGE THAT HAS BEEN MADE SINCE THIS DOCUMENT WAS PUT TOGETHER, WHICH IS THAT TECH THEATER IS PROBABLY GOING TO INTEGRATE UP INTO SCENE SHOP THAT WE A LITTLE BIT OF STUFF WE DO THERE TO MAKE THAT WORK.
BUT TECH THEATER DOES A LOT OF STUFF WITH IT ANYWAYS, SO THAT MAKES LOT OF SENSE.
THEN THE THEATER AND TECH ROOM WILL BE COMBINED INTO A 40 BY 40 BLACK-BOX CLASSROOM SPACE.
IT WON'T BE A FULL-BLOWN BLACK-BOX BUT IT WILL BE A VERY FLEXIBLE MULTI-PURPOSE SPACE THAT WILL FUNCTION AS A CLASSROOM AND A SMALL PERFORMANCE AND PRACTICE SPACE.
THAT DRIVE UP HERE AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE LEADS TO THE BACKLOADING AREA WHERE WE HAVE GARAGE DOORS GALORE GOING ON HERE, SO WE HAVE ONE INTO THE SET STORAGE, ONE INTO THE SCENE SHOP, ONE INTO THE HALLWAY.
WE GOT ONE GOING ACROSS THE HALLWAY.
WE ARE GOING TO FLIP THIS SO THOSE GARAGE DOORS A LINE ACROSS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO ZIGZAG CROSS THE HALLWAY TO GET THERE.
THEY HAVE A STRAIGHT SHOT FROM THE SCENE SHOP INTO THE STAGE.
THEY HAVE A STRAIGHT SHOT FROM THE SET STORAGE ONTO THE STAGE.
MOVING BIG STUFF AROUND SHOULD BE ABOUT AS EASY AS IT CAN GET BACK THERE.
THE STAGE ITSELF IS QUITE GENEROUSLY SIZE, INCLUDING THE PROSCENIUM OPENING.
WE'RE STILL IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE YOU DO A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY FOR SPOKEN WORD VERSUS MUSIC.
BUT WE THINK WE CAN ADJUST SOME OF THAT STUFF WITH THE CURTAINS TO MAKE IT MORE MULTIPURPOSE.
WE'RE DOING FULL ELECTRIC RIGGING, WHICH IS THE MOST MODERN WAY TO DO IT SO THAT KIDS ARE GOING TO GET TO LEARN THE MOST MODERN TECHNOLOGY FOR THE RIGGING.
WE HAVE SEATING FOR 800 PLUS OR MINUS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH A SEATING COMPANY RIGHT NOW TO HELP US WITH A FINAL LAYOUT SO WE'LL KNOW WHAT THAT FINAL COUNT IS GOING TO BE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FIRST TWO ROWS OF THAT BEING REMOVABLE SO THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE USABLE AS A PSEUDO ORCHESTRA PIT SO MUSIC IS SET UP IN THE FRONT FOR THE PERFORMANCES THAT NEED THAT.
IT'S SET UP WITH A LOW SLOPE FOR THE FRONT SECTION AND THEN THE BACK SECTION GETS STEEPER SO WHAT YOU'VE TYPICALLY SEEN IN AUDITORIUMS THAT'S FURTHER, YOU GET AWAY, THAT LINE OF SIGHT GETS A LITTLE STEEPER.
THEN TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT SPACE.
ONCE YOU PUT SITTING ON A SLOPE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF DEAD SPACE UNDERNEATH IT SO WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE THE USE OF THAT.
UNDERNEATH THAT, WE'VE GOT RESTROOMS, WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GENEROUS-SIZED OFFICE OR PSYCHO SESSIONS AND CONCESSIONS STORAGE, AND AN OFFICE WITH A SEPARATE STORAGE FOR THE OFFICE AND THEN SOME SUPPORT SPACE.
WE HAVE TWO STAIRS LEADING UP TO THE UPPER LEVEL, FLANKING EITHER SIDE OF THE LOBBY.
FROM A FUNCTIONAL STANDPOINT, THIS SET OF DOORS RIGHT HERE THAT'S BLOCKING OFF THE HALLWAY, THE INTENT THERE IS THAT WE DIDN'T WANT STUDENTS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE THEATER JUST WHEN THEY'RE COMING AND GOING AT THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE DAY SO THOSE DOORS WILL BE LOCKED DOWN AND THEY WOULD ACTUALLY COME OUT THIS SET OF DOORS AND AROUND THAT PARKING IS ACTUALLY OVER HERE TO THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.
SORRY, MOVING ON. [LAUGHTER] SECOND-FLOOR TIER IS WE HAVE A VERY NICELY SIZED CONTROL ROOM AND IT ACTUALLY HAS A LIFTING IT FOR HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBILITY BECAUSE IT IS THE INTENT FOR THIS TO BE USED BY STUDENTS SO WE'RE REQUIRED TO MAKE IT HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE.
DIRECT ACCESS FROM THE LOBBY SPACE AS WELL AS DIRECT ACCESS FROM THE HOUSE.
WE HAVE SOUND AND LIGHT VESTIBULE IS ON BOTH SIDES, AN ELEVATOR AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THE STAIRS ARE WORKING.
THIS GIVES YOU A NICE OVERVIEW OF HOW THE SEATING IS WORKING.
>> THIS IS PROBABLY A GOOD SPOT TO STOP AND LET'S FOCUS BACK ON THE THEATER FOR A MOMENT THEN WE'LL GET INTO THOSE GOODS.
>> LET'S BACK IT UP TO PAGE 5.
WHAT I WANT TO SAY JUST AS A INITIAL STATEMENT IS THAT I AM SO EXCITED.
LAYMAN HAS BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
I WAS SO EXCITED TO DIG INTO THESE PLANS AND I WANT TO HAVE AN EYE FOR
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THE FUTURE AND I WANT THIS BOARD TO HAVE AN EYE FOR THE FUTURE AND NOT JUST BUILD FOR OUR CURRENT NEEDS, BUT BUILD FOR OUR FIVE-YEARS OUT NEEDS AND SO THAT WE'RE NOT ADDING THINGS AND WISHING WE HAD DONE THINGS DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE I PREDICT WHEN WE HAVE THIS AT LAYMAN, WE WILL HAVE A FULL-BLOWN TECH THEATER PROGRAM.WE COULD HAVE TWO SECTIONS OF TECH.
WE CAN HAVE MULTIPLE THEATER TEACHERS.
WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT BEFORE BUT THAT I FEEL LIKE COULD VERY EASILY COME WHEN WE BUILD SOMETHING AS AMAZING AS THIS.
I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AS YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT OFFICE SPACE, WHO'S USING IT? DO WE HAVE ENOUGH? ALL OF THAT WHICH I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING FROM YOU.
BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE BAND HALL PRACTICE FIELD, THE NEW PROPOSED LOCATION AND CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE THE BAND HALL IS IN RELATION TO WHERE THE NEW PRACTICE FIELD IS?
>> I'M GOING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT YOU SENT?
>> YEAH. THE SIDEWALKS AND GIANT MARIMBAS IS WHAT I THINK ABOUT WHEN I SEE PRACTICE FIELDS.
KNOWING THAT OUR CHILDREN HAVE TO AND SOMETIMES IN EIGHT-DEGREE WEATHER, LUG AND PUSH ALL THESE.
THEY ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THEIR PERCUSSION OVER THERE AT LAYMAN.
THEY HAVE [LAUGHTER] QUITE A BIT OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY HAVE TO MOVE IN AND OUT, SO YES.
>> I ACTUALLY RAN THE CALCS FOR YOU AND ANSWERED YOUR QUESTIONS.
FROM THIS POINT WHERE THERE'S A SET OF DOUBLE DOORS HERE, THERE'S A SINGLE DOOR OUT HERE, WHICH SHOULD MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT SHORTER.
BUT REALLY THE DOUBLE DOORS IS WHERE I MEASURED FROM COMING OUT OF THE MAIN BAND HALL, NOT THE SECONDARY BAND HALL.
COMING AROUND HERE USING THIS EXISTING SIDEWALK AND CONNECTING OVER TO THE CLOSEST POINT ON THE BAND PRACTICE IS ABOUT 760 FEET.
SEEMS LIKE A LONG WAYS BUT ALSO I MEASURED FROM THIS POINT RIGHT HERE, OVER TO DOWN HERE AND OVER TO WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS 980 FEET.
>> OKAY. THAT'S AN IMPROVEMENT.
>> WE HAVE SHAVED OVER 200 SQUARE FEET OR 200 LINEAR FEET OFF OF THE TRAVEL THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW.
[OVERLAPPING] THAT'S AN IMPROVEMENT, IT'S STILL A LONG WAYS.
>> STILL A LONG WAY AND I KNOW HAY USES LIKE 10 FEET KNOWING WHERE THEIR BAND HALL.
JOHNSON IS A LITTLE BIT OF A HALL BUT NOT MUCH, BUT THEIR HALLWAYS ARE SO CRAZY.
THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
LET'S GO TO PAGE 6 AND CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT THE OFFICE SPACE FOR THE TECH THEATER AND THEATER? IS IT CUSTOMARY TO NOT HAVE SEPARATE OFFICES AND HAVE THOSE BE JOINED?
>> WE DO IT ALL DIFFERENT WAYS IT DEPENDS ON WHICH TEACHERS AND WHERE THEY WANT TO BE.
WE HAD A SPECIFIC REQUEST FOR AN OFFICE IN THE BACK HERE, WHICH THIS IS GOING TO GET ADJUSTED WHEN WE MAKE THIS INTO A BLACK BOX IT'S NOT GOING AWAY.
BUT WE ALSO HAD A VERY SPECIFIC REQUESTS FOR AN OFFICE UP AT THE FRONT THAT WOULD HAVE A VIEW OUT TO THE ENTRYWAY IN THE LOBBY SPACE.
>> IS THAT FOR OUR TICKETING VESTIBULE? IS THAT FOR A STAFF PERSON? WHO IS GOING TO OCCUPY THAT OFFICE?
>> THE EXPLANATION THAT WE RECEIVED WAS THAT TICKETING IS ALMOST ALL DIGITAL AT THIS POINT, SO THERE IS NO PAPER TICKETS, THERE'S NO TICKET WINDOW, TICKET BOOTH ANYMORE.
>> BUT THAT IS NOT ENTIRELY TRUE BUT OKAY.
>> THEY SAID IF THERE WERE THOSE FEW OCCASIONS WHERE THAT WAS NECESSARY THEY WOULD BRING IN A TEMPORARY TABLE, THEY DIDN'T NEED TO BUILD A TICKET BOOTH.
BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY STARTED OUT TALKING ABOUT DOING A TICKET BOOTH AND THEN IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THAT WAS A WASTE OF SQUARE FOOTAGE, PROBABLY TURNED INTO A STORAGE ROOM.
BUT I THINK THIS OFFICE IS INTENDED TO BE MULTIPURPOSE, SO IT'S INTENDED TO, IF PEOPLE NEED TO NEED INTERACT WITH POTENTIALS, PEOPLE COMING TO VISIT, OR THEY NEED A PLACE TO TOUCHDOWN AND COLLABORATE AND WORK ON A COMPUTER.
>> HERE'S WHAT I KNOW, THE LAYMAN THEATER TEACHER IS BRAND NEW, I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT PERSON IS, THE JOHNSON THEATER TEACHER IS ALSO RELATIVELY NEW IN OUR DISTRICT BUT LAURIE STEWART HAS BEEN A THEATER TEACHER FOR 31 YEARS AND HAS WORKED IN OUR DISTRICT FOR SIX YEARS.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR FROM HER BECAUSE SHE HAS BIRD EYE AND HAZE.
THIS WILL BE USED BY MULTIPLE PEOPLE AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS FROM THE END USER, DO WE NEED A TICKETING VESTIBULE? BECAUSE EVERY EVENT I GO TO THE PACK THEY HAVE TO SET UP A TABLE AND THERE'S A QR CODE AND IT'S A WHOLE THING, AND SO UNLESS SOMETHING'S CHANGED WITH HOW WE HAVE PEOPLE COME IN THERE'S ALWAYS SOME TABLES SETUP.
>> CORRECT. GOOD EVENING BOARD. I'M PATTY MUENO.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS.
GOOD EVENING, DR. WRIGHT AND TRUSTEES.
I DID PULL IN THE BRAND-NEW LAYMAN HIGH SCHOOL THEATER DIRECTOR MARY FORNIER, AND SHE HAS HAD A LOT OF INPUT ON THIS, BEEN AT SEVERAL MEETINGS AND YES, I DID PUT IN PULL IN LAURIE STEWART ALSO FROM HAYS HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE'S BEEN IN SEVERAL MEETINGS.
WHENEVER SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND A MEETING I HAD A SEPARATE MEETING WITH HER ONE ON ONE TO GET HER CAUGHT UP AND GET HER FEEDBACK.
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THEN I ALSO PRESENTED THE ENTIRE PLAN TO ALL OF THE FINE ARTS STAFF IN AUGUST, INCLUDING THE THEATER TEACHERS AND THEY HAD SOME SEPARATE TIMES TO WORK TOGETHER AND HAVE SEEN THIS.THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND JUST WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
>> I AM SUPER EXCITED, I DON'T WANT TO NOT THINK OF THE FUTURE AND EVERYONE'S SO EXCITED TO GET SOMETHING THAT WE FORGET WHAT WE MIGHT NEED DOWN THE ROAD.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE SPACE BETWEEN THE SET STORAGE AND THE STAIRS, IT'S JUST THIS BIG DEAD AREA.
IS THAT AN ARCHITECTURE FREE FEATURE OR COULD THAT BE MORE STORAGE? COULD THAT BE OFFICES? MAYBE THERE'S AN OUTSIDE PICTURE THAT YOU WANT TO SHOW ME.
IT'S MORE OF AN ACOUSTICAL FEATURES, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO BE VERY COGNIZANT ABOUT WHEN YOU BUILD A ROUNDED THEATER, YOU'LL NOTICE WE HAVE THESE DOUBLE WALLS EVERYWHERE ALL THE WAY AROUND, AND THEN WE HAVE THESE VESTIBULE IS THAT WE DO AT THE ENTRY POINTS.
IT'S ALL ABOUT TRYING TO GET SOUND ISOLATION, SO IF YOU'VE GOT TRUCKS GOING AROUND ON THIS ROAD OUTSIDE, OR IF A CROWD OF PEOPLE ARE GATHERING OUT HERE AND TALKING LOUD ON EITHER SIDE OR IN THE HALLWAYS OR IN THE LOBBY, YOU DON'T WANT THAT TO BLEED INTO A PERFORMANCE THAT'S GOING ON OR EVEN DURING PRACTICE THAT CAN BE VERY DISTRACTING.
ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS WHAT WE CALL A DOUBLE WALL CONSTRUCTION TO HELP MITIGATE THAT.
>> JUST TO REMIND THIS BOARD, I WAS ON THE BOARD WHEN WE OPENED THE CTE HALL AT LAYMAN THAT BUILDING, AND HERE WE ARE, WE'RE GOING TO UPGRADE IT.
I'VE ONLY BEEN ON THE BOARD SIX YEARS.
THAT'S WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO IN ANOTHER SIX YEARS IT'S LIKE, OH MY GOD, NOW WE HAVE 400 KIDS AND TECH THEATER AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO PUT THEM.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR CTE AUTO TECH, BUT I DON'T KNOW MR. CLEAVER IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN THAT BUILDING OPENED, THE CTE BUILDING AT LAYMAN? WERE YOU HERE? IT'S NOT BEEN THAT LONG AND HERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ADDING ONTO, WHICH IS AWESOME BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO BE IN OUR CTE PROGRAMS. MY THINKING IS, I KNOW EVERYONE IS LIKE 800 THEATER BUT DO WE HAVE ALL THE THINGS?
>> I THINK IT'S A VERY ASTUTE QUESTION AND IT'S ONE, THAT I'LL GO BACK AND SIT DOWN WITH PATTY AND THE REST OF THE CREW AND WE'LL FOCUS ON THAT QUESTION.
ARE WE REALLY THINKING THROUGH THE NEXT FIVE YEARS?
>> I THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE DOUBT, THE TICKETING BOOTH THING BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS A WEIRD THING AND MAYBE WE DON'T NEED THEM, BUT I DON'T KNOW, MS. MARINA YOU HAVE SOME RATIONALE BEHIND THAT.
>> I CAN ACTUALLY MAKE A SUGGESTION.
THE CONCESSION STAND WILL SERVE AS A CONCESSION STAND/ TICKETING BOOTH.
BUT AT THE DOORS WAS A HOMETOWN TICKETING WE STAND AT THE DOORS WAS A MOBILE TABLE.
WE MOVE TO TABLE WITH THEIR INVERSE SCANNING PEOPLE AT THE DOORS, AND THEN IF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A TICKET I HAVE EXTRA LAPTOPS, EXTRA CHROMEBOOKS SETUP AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO THEY CAN GET ONLINE AND DO IT.
WE WANT TO TAKE A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF CASH, WE CAN TAKE SOME CASH IF NEEDED.
BUT WITH THE ONLINE SYSTEM PEOPLE DO IT ON THEIR CELL PHONES OR I PROVIDE A LAPTOP AND THEY DO IT THERE AND WE ASSIST THEM WITH THAT.
THAT CONCESSION STAND HAS A LOT OF SPACE AND CAN DUB IT'S BOTH AND THEN THEIR STORAGE SPACE BEHIND IT ALSO.
>> I KNOW OUR BLACKBOX AT JOHNSON HAS A LITTLE TICKET BOOTH AND IT'S SUPER CUTE, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF WHAT THE MODEL RATIONALE WAS FOR THIS. THANK YOU.
>> I WILL SAY TICKET BOOTHS ARE GOING BY THE WAYSIDE FOR ATHLETIC FACILITIES, FOR THEATER FACILITIES.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I DID ONE. IT'S YOUR SEVERANCE.
>> A COUPLE OF THINGS I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN AND I AGREE ABOUT THE STEPS ARE LESS THAN WHERE THEY ARE NOW, BUT WHAT'S THE GRADE OF THAT RAMP? IS THAT A STEEP RAMP THAT GOES DOWN TO THERE? OR IS IT ALREADY THERE? IS THAT A NEW RAMP THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD?
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD A NEW RAMP.
RIGHT NOW IT STOPS BUT BASICALLY RIGHT WHERE THIS LINE IS, RIGHT HERE IS WHERE THAT WALL IS.
>> WE CAN TAKE IT, WHAT ARE THOSE BIG THINGS? WERE THEY THE MARIMBAS?
>> YES. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AN 85 POUND PERSON WITH ONE MARIMBA AND WE'RE GOING TO GRADE IT TO WHERE THEY CAN CONTROL IT ALL THE WAY DOWN THE RAMP.
>> WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
ONE IS THROUGH RAMPING AND WITH THE RAMPING WE DO PRETTY SHALLOW RAMP RIGHT THERE, THEY'RE BASICALLY HANDICAP RAMPS.
BUT THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO INCREASE THE GRADE OVER HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO SLOPE IT UP, PICK THE BRING YOUR GRADE UP BECAUSE WE GOT TO GET ALL THE WATER OVER HERE.
IT'S KILLING TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE IT UP TO MINIMIZE HOW MUCH OF RAMPING THEY HAVE TO DO AND THEN WHEN WE DO THAT, THEY'LL BE WIDE RAMPS AND THERE'LL BE RELATIVELY SHALLOW.
>> YOU'RE ALREADY THINKING WAY AHEAD OF US.
SECOND THING IS, I SEE YOUR TICKET BOOTH BUT I'M ALSO GOING TO RAISE YOU A PROGRAM THAT SUZY DOESN'T EVEN KNOW SHE HAS YET, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SELL FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS BOOTH AT EVERY ONE OF THESE SHOWS FOR ALL THE PERFORMERS CAN COME IN, AND THEY CAN BUY FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR
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THIS BRAND NEW FLORAL ARRANGEMENT AREA WE'RE GOING TO BUILD IN THE CTE BUILDING.IT'D BE NICE IF WE HAD A SPACE IN THAT OFFICE AREA WHERE IT'S A ROLL UP DOOR LIKE A CONCESSION WINDOW, THAT WE CAN EITHER DO TICKETING IF WE WANT TO OR THIS WAY OR WHATEVER.
OR WE CAN SELL FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR FUNDRAISING AT ALL OF THESE PERFORMANCES, BECAUSE NINE TIMES OUT OF 10 I'M ON THE WAY TO MY DAUGHTER PERFORMANCE AND I'M LIKE, I'VE GOT TO GO TO H-E-B AND GET A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS.
IF WE HAD A PLACE THAT WE COULD DEDICATE TO THAT.
IT'S SOME WAY LIKE A WINDOW THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
THEN THE LAST THING IS THE DOORS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, THE ROLL UP DOORS, ARE THESE LIKE RV GARAGE SIZE DOORS FOR PROPS THAT CAN BE MOVED AROUND FROM OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING, FROM WHATEVER TRUCK DUMPS THEM UP? THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THEM IN 100 PIECES AND GET THEM INTO DOORS TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, ALL THE WOLF FOOT HEIGHT ALL THE WAY ROUND.
>> WE'RE TRYING TO GET 14 FEET IF WE CAN DEPEND ON STRUCTURE BUT 12 FOOT MINIMUM BY 12 FEET WIDE.
>> PERFECT, YES THANKS THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW.
>> JASON. LAYMAN IS RIGHT IN MY BACKYARD AND WE'RE A BAND FAMILY AND FIRING THESPIAN AS WELL.
A QUICK QUESTION, HOW MANY PARKING SPOTS ARE WE LOSING FROM THE TOP SECTION?
>> I WISH I HAD THE ANSWER FOR YOU ON TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I DON'T BUT I CAN GET IT FOR YOU.
>> I'M NOT COMPLAINING, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS, THAT'S WHY I LIVE WITH THE BAND.
>> I DO FEEL QUITE CONFIDENT YOU'LL HAVE A NET GAIN ON THE OVERALL CAMPUS.
YOU'LL HAVE A NET GAIN IN THE AREA, THEN THAT MEANS STUDENT PARKING AREA AS WELL.
BUT I'LL GET THE ACTUAL NUMBERS FOR YOU.
>> SOUNDS GOOD. THEN WHAT LIGHTING ARE WE GOING TO HAVE DOWN ONE THE BANDYARD FIELD?
>> WE'RE GOING TO LIGHT IT SIMILAR TO A PARKING LOT BUT YOU CAN'T PUT LIGHT POLES IN THE MIDDLE OF A BAND PRACTICE AREA, SO WE HAD TO A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR THAT.
THERE WILL BE LIGHTING WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE LIGHT POLES ON THE PERIMETER, THEY PROBABLY GOT TO BE A LITTLE BIT TALLER.
THEN WE WOULD TYPICALLY DO IS BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S SPACED FURTHER APART, BUT IT'LL BE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO A TENNIS COURT I GUESS.
>> I'M THAT 85 [INAUDIBLE] THAT HAS ROLLED A MARIMBA SO I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING ABOUT THAT, MR. SEVERANCE BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN FUN WHEN HE HAD PUSHED UP HILL.
I'M KIDDING. THIS IS EXCITING, I'M EVEN LOOKING AT PAGE 21, THAT'S A REALLY NICE VIEW OF THE FINISHED [OVERLAPPING].
>> I KNOW, [LAUGHTER] YOU GAVE ME THE ANSWER SO I'M LOOKING AT [LAUGHTER].
>> IT'S ALWAYS THE DANGER OF THE HANDOUT.
MAX ACTUALLY REMINDED ME I DO WANT TO POINT THIS OUT, YOU SEE IT IN THE FLOOR PLANS A LITTLE BIT, BUT IF YOU ALL REMEMBER THAT THERE'S A FUTURE MULTIPURPOSE INDOOR SPACE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO GO ON THIS CAMPUS, THE CTE EDITION AND THE NEW AUDITORIUM HAVE ALL BEEN DESIGNED AROUND LEAVING THE SPACE AVAILABLE FOR THAT.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT A RELATIVELY BASIC AS WE DON'T SPEND A BUNCH OF MONEY ON IT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GET TORN OUT LATER.
BUT SOMETIMES A NICE PLAZA GATHERING SPACE.
JERRY HAS REMINDED US THAT WHEREVER STUDENTS GATHERED NEEDS TO BE FINANCED, SO WE'LL HAVE A FENCE THERE SO THAT THEY'RE ENCLOSED,WE'RE GOING TO MAKE USE OF THAT SPACE.
BUT THE REASON THAT WE HAVE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE SOME WEIRD NOTCHES AND STUFF IN THE WALL, IS ALL BECAUSE THEY WERE PLANNING AROUND THAT FUTURE SPACE.
>> THIS MIGHT BE MORE OF A MAX CLEAVER QUESTION, BUT IT DOES PERTAIN TO THIS TO CONSTRUCTION.
WHAT ARE WE TARGETING AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION STARTING ON THIS NEW AUDITORIUM?
>> YES, THAT IS ON SCHEDULING.
>> THE REASON I ASK IS WHEN I'VE MENTIONED THIS, THE CITY OF KYLE JUST APPROVED A FOUR-WAY TO LAYING AROUND ABOUT TO BE PUT AT LAYMAN ROAD AND FONTAN LANE, WHICH WAS DUE TO START IN SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS, WHICH IS FROM WHAT I CAN TELL RIGHT AROUND THAT TIME FRAME.
IT SEEMS TO BE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND WITH CONSTRUCTION GOING ON BY THE CITY OF KYLE, BY THE WAY, LITTLE TO NO INPUT FROM THE DISTRICT BEFORE THEY TOOK THIS VOTE, AND THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AT THE AUDITORIUM.
I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONFUSION, AND CHAOS IT COULD CAUSE AN ALREADY BUSY INTERSECTION.
IN ADDITION TO THE CROSSWALKS THAT ARE CROSSING LAYMAN RODE AROUND ABOUT TEND TO SPEED UP TRAFFIC.
I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO IF THERE'S ANY CORRELATION BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE CITY IN REGARDS TO BOTH CONSTRUCTIONS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME?
>> YOU JUST MADE ME AWARE OF THAT, BUT I DO WANT TO LOOK INTO THAT.
>> YES, SIR. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE THAT WATER LINE COMING THROUGH THERE TOO.
IT'S GOING TO BE A GIANT MASS THERE FOR A WHILE, BUT WE WILL COORDINATE IT AND OUR PARTNER,
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BARTLETT COCKE WILL DO A CONSTRUCTION LAY DOWN SITEMAP AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S VETTED TO MINIMIZE THAT IMPACT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION.WE'LL HAVE A CONSTRUCTION LAY DOWN MAP THAT'S FULLY VETTED BY THE PRINCIPAL AND THE SITE PEOPLE.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAN AS POSSIBLE.
>> THE CITY OF KYLE DID REACH OUT TO US THIS WEEK AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THEIR ENGINEER AND WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
HOPEFULLY, I THINK IT WAS FOR JERRY, MIKE, AND I.
WE SHOULD MEET WITH THEM EITHER THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK.
WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET YOU GUYS ON THAT.
>> OTHER THAN THAT, I LIKED THE DESIGN.
I'M, PLEASED WITH IT AND I THINK LAYMAN'S CERTAINLY BEEN WAITING FOR IT AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK NOW.
>> THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO CTE.
MR AND MRS. JAGO, WHO STOOD IN FRONT OF YOU ALL A WHILE BACK AND REQUESTED THREE CLASSROOMS AND SOME TEACHER TOILETS AT CTE.
WE'RE GETTING THEM SLIGHTLY MORE THAN THAT.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING TWO CLASSROOMS AND A FLORAL LAB AND TWO TEACHERS TOILETS AND SUPPORT SPACE. WRONG BUTTON.
RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A MAIN CORRIDOR GOING BACK INTO THE CAMPUS WITH A GYMS BEING IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER, AND IT WORKED OUT JUST REALLY NICELY FOR US THAT IT JUST HAPPENED TO ALIGN WITH THE FRONT OF THE BUILDINGS SO WE CAN GET A NICE STRAIGHT SHOT CORRIDOR.
RIGHT NOW THIS IS YOUR EXISTING RECEPTION FOR VET TECH.
THIS IS AN AUTO I GUESS A MULTI-PURPOSE CLASSROOM.
ONE OF THE REQUESTS MADE WAS TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE OF THE AUTO TECH CLASSROOMS BE DIRECTLY OFF OF THE SHOP SPACE.
THIS IS A WINDOW RIGHT NOW. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT A GARAGE DOOR AND THEY HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE AUTO TECH.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE OTHER AUTO TECH ACROSS THE HALL.
IF THEY WANTED TO CUT THROUGH THEY CAN FOR LITTLE MORE DIRECT ACCESS OR THEY CAN GO OUT AND AROUND.
FLORAL IS SET UP IN A LAB STYLE.
THIS PORTION OF THE L, YOU'LL SEE IT BETTER IN THE JOHNSON PLAN, BUT THEY CAN STILL FURTHER ALONG, BUT THIS PORTION OF THE L IS ACTUALLY A MOBILE TABLE, AND ALL THOSE TABLES CAN MOVE OUT TO THE CENTER AND BE PUT TOGETHER FOR GROUP WORK OR FOR PREP WORK THAT WILL HAVE SOME PREP SINKS, LARGE SINKS FOR FILLING BUCKETS AND CLEANING, AND THEN THIS BACKSTORIES ROOMS IS GOING TO BE A COMBINATION OF SHELVING FOR DRY STORAGE AND REACHING COOLERS FOR COOL STORAGE.
THEN WE HAVE ADDED THIS SET OF DOORS RIGHT HERE AS PART OF THIS.
THE IDEA BEING THAT THERE WILL BE AFTER HOURS VISITS TO POTENTIALLY THE FLORAL LAB AS WELL AS THE VET TECH SO THOSE DOORS CAN BE LOCKED AND FOLKS CAN COME IN AND HAVE ACCESS TO THAT SPACE.
LOCK THESE DOORS AND THESE DOORS AND LIMIT THEM TO NOT BE ABLE TO GO FURTHER INTO THE BUILDING.
>> YEAH. LET'S PAUSE HERE FOR QUESTIONS ON THESE. MS. PATRICK.
>> WHAT'S UP WITH THE DOUBLE DOORS RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER ON THE AUTO TECH, YOU SAID VESTIBULE, IS THAT A LITTLE RECEPTION AREA OR WHAT IS THAT?
>> NO, THAT'S ACTUALLY REQUIRED BY CODE.
WHENEVER YOU HAVE A HIGH USE DOOR THAT GOES TO THE EXTERIOR, THEY REQUIRE YOU TO BUILD A VESTIBULE AND IT'S INTENDED TO MINIMIZE ENERGY LOSS WHEN YOU OPEN THE DOORS AND LET AIR CONDITIONING OUT.
SOMEBODY DID THE STUDIES ON IT SO THAT'S HOW IT WORKS [OVERLAPPING]
>> IT'S FEEL LIKE A TIGHT LITTLE AREA FOR STUDENTS TO BE POURING THROUGH.
>> YEAH. THE ANTENNA IS THAT THE INSIDE DOOR STAY UNLOCKED? ACTUALLY, THEY'RE BOTH REALLY UNLOCKED FROM THE INSIDE, BUT YOU JUST PUSH ONE SET OF DOORS, GO THROUGH AND PUSH TO THE OTHER.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE WAY THAT THEY WOULD EXIT THROUGH THE FRONT OF MOST OF YOUR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THAT CONTROLLED ENTRY VESTIBULE.
>> WELL, I KNOW THIS IS EXCITING FOR OUR STUDENTS, SO THANK YOU FOR GOING THROUGH IT.
>> TO CONTINUE ON THE SPIRIT OF PLANNING AHEAD.
I KNOW THIS AUTO TECH, THE BOTTOM LEFT AUTO TECH THAT'S GOING TO BE ATTACHED TO THE CURRENT AUTO TECH BAYS.
CAN WE JUST GO AHEAD AND PUT A GARAGE DOOR ON THE FRONT AND JUST SET IT UP TO WHERE IF WE WANT TO ADD A BAY, WE COULD JUST AN ADD A BAY.
IF THEY NEEDED ANOTHER SPOT TO WORK.
I'M NOT ADVOCATING TAKING AWAY A CLASSROOM THAT WE'RE JUST BUILDING, BUT I'M SAYING FOR THE FUTURE.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE CANOPY GOING ALL THE WAY ACROSS THAT NEW ADDITION, BUT I WOULD SAY LET'S JUST MAKE THAT CANOPY GO ACROSS THAT WHOLE NEW EDITION AND MAKE A GARAGE DOOR ON THE FRONT.
YOU CAN DO END TO THE OTHER SHOP AS WELL, BUT JUST LEAVE YOURSELF THE OPPORTUNITY IF THEY JUST WANT TO DRIVE A CAR IN THERE, SHUT THE DOORS AND DO SOME ON THE GROUND LOOKING OR I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T WORK ON CAR EXTENSIVELY [OVERLAPPING].
I JUST FIGURE IF WE COULD JUST SCALE IT TO A POINT WHERE IF WE WANTED TO EXPAND IT DOWN THE ROAD THAN WE CAN OR THEY CAN JUST LEAVE IT AS A CLASSROOM AS LONG AS THEY WANT.
>> WELL, IN ALONG THAT SAME LINE OF THINKING.
WHEN WE DO THE NEW MULTIPURPOSE INDOOR SPACE IS PROBABLY GOING TO END UP SOMEWHERE ABOUT RIGHT HERE.
FOR THAT WALL, IT'S THE INTENT WOULD BE THAT THERE WOULD BE A CORRIDOR THAT CONNECTS ACROSS TO THE THEATER OR AUDITORIUM ACROSS THE WAY, AND WE'D MASTER PLAN THEN SOME ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL CLASSROOM SPACE THERE,
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SO IF YOU HAD TO MOVE THAT AUTO TECH CLASSROOM.>> MASTER PLAN PLACE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> SCALABLE AND GIVES THEM ONE MORE BAY NOW IF THEY WANT IT WITH THE ADDITIONAL CLASSROOM AND THEY INCREASE VOLUME OR THE ATTENDANCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET DOWN THE ROAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WHEN YOU'VE POINTED OUT AND I FORGOT TO MENTION IT, BUT WE DO HAVE THIS NEW CANOPY GOING ACROSS THOSE AND OTHER REQUESTS FROM THE ARGOS THAT IS 25 FT DEEP, WHICH IS ROUGHLY THE DEPTH OF A BAY.
THE IDEA IS THAT THEY COULD MOVE OUTSIDE AND HAVE ESSENTIALLY A WHOLE ANOTHER ROW OF BAY WORKING OUTSIDE, ASSUMING IT'S NOT AS HIGH AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, BUT IN ALL THAT'S ENCLOSED WITHIN A FENCE ALREADY, SO IT'S ALREADY NICE AND SECURE SO THEY CAN BE THEIR GARAGE DOORS OPEN.
>> PROBABLY DOWN HERE ON THE LOCATION PLAN IS PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO SEE IT.
A1 OVER HERE IS YOUR NEW AUDITORIUM ADDITION GOT DANCE HERE ON THE CORNER, AND THEN RIGHT NEXT TO THAT AS THEATER.
WE'RE GOING TO GUT AND REDO THAT WHOLE SPACE.
JUST BLOW IT OUT AND START OVER.
IT'S GOING TO BECOME THE ORCHESTRA MARIACHI HALLS.
WE'VE GOT BOTH OF THEM ARE ABOUT 2,000 SQ FT, WHICH IS THE SIZE THAT WAS REQUESTED, AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME SUPPORT SPACE IN-BETWEEN WAS THOUGH WE'VE GOT A JACK AND JILL OFFICE HAS SHARED STORAGE AND A COUPLE OF SHARED PRACTICE ROOMS. ONE, THEY'RE FUNCTIONAL SPACE FOR WHAT WE ARE SAYING THAT THEY ARE, BUT THAT ALSO PROVIDES AN ACOUSTICAL BUFFER BETWEEN THE TWO HALLS.
THOSE ARE GOING TO HAVE WALLS THAT GO TO DECK AND ACOUSTICAL TREATMENTS.
THE DOORS WILL BE ACOUSTICAL DOORS.
ALL OF THAT TO TRY TO MINIMIZE SOUND BLEED BETWEEN THESE TWO PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON THE OUTSIDE.
EACH SPACE HAS AN ENSEMBLE ROOM ASSOCIATED WITH IT, AND THEN THE SPACE LEFT OVER IS GOING TO BE USED FOR STORAGE.
ORCHESTRA IS GOING TO ADD THIS EXISTING SET OF DOUBLE DOORS SO THERE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING BIG THINGS IN AND OUT.
MARIACHIS IS GOING TO HAVE THE EXISTING GARAGE DOORS AND THERE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING BIG THINGS IN AND OUT OF THEIR STORAGE ROOMS. ANY QUESTIONS?
I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND LEAVING THE SOUND PROOF BETWEEN THE TWO, BUT IT SURE WOULD BE NICE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MOVE THE PRACTICE TOWARDS AND OFFICES ON A PERIMETER WALL AND GIVE YOURSELF THE FLEXIBILITY, BECAUSE IF MARIACHI GROWS LARGER THAN ORCHESTRA, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SCALE OUT A LARGER MARIACHI ROOM THAN AN ORCHESTRA.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT IT'D BE NICE IF THERE WAS A WAY, AND I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT TOO.
YOU SAID SOUNDPROOFING, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU WOULD SOUND PROOF THAT IF IT WAS A SEPARATE WALL, BUT JUST TO THINK ABOUT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LARGER MARIACHI PROGRAM OR LARGER ORCHESTRA PROGRAM, IT'D BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST THAT SPACE ACCORDINGLY DOWN THE ROAD, SHOULD WE NEED TO.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD WORK FROM A SOUNDPROOFING STANDPOINT.
>> WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT ONE. OKAY BUT YEAH, JUST JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE.
>> HAVE A QUESTION PROBABLY FOR MS MORENO.
MS MORENO HAS SAID 2,000 SQ FT WE'RE SAYING IS ENOUGH.
I KNOW THAT MARIACHI CONTINUES TO GROW YEAR OVER YEAR.
IS THAT GOING TO BE A BIG ENOUGH? I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN PRACTICE SPACE RIGHT NOW, BUT IS THAT ENOUGH?
>> YES. WE HAVE STUDIED BAND HALL, SECOND BAND HALLS, ORCHESTRA HALLS, AND MARIACHI SPACES.
THAT IS A VERY GENEROUS REHEARSAL HALL.
MARIACHIS ARE LIMITED TO 25, AND AN ENSEMBLE BY URL STANDARDS AND OTHER STANDARDS.
YOU CAN ADD MORE ENSEMBLES, BUT YOU CANNOT GET LARGER THAN THAT. OKAY?
>> THEN WE HAVE OUR ISOMETRIC VIEWS THAT EVERYBODY LOVES THIS ONE'S ACTUALLY REALLY PARTICULARLY COOL WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN AUDITORIUM.
WE DO HAVE ROOFING REPLACEMENT AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, SO THIS IS REALLY JUST A GRAPHIC TO REMIND ME TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THAT.
THEN WE GET TO THE REALLY FUN STUFF.
THIS IS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT SOME THREE-DIMENSIONAL RENDERINGS OF WHAT THE ADDITIONS WILL LOOK LIKE.
WE WENT THROUGH AN EXERCISE WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS SHOWING THEM SOME WHAT WE CALL PRECEDENT IMAGES, WHICH ARE JUST OTHER BUILT FACILITIES OR DESIGNED FACILITIES AND SAID, WHAT DO YOU LIKE AND DON'T LIKE? THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE ENDED UP LANDING ON A COUPLE OF, YOU'D PROBABLY CONSIDER THEM RELATIVELY OBVIOUS DIRECTIONS THAT WE NEED TO GO.
ONE IS, IS THAT WE NEED TO MATCH THE MATERIAL TO THE EXISTING CAMPUS.
THEN THERE WERE OTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW THE COLUMNS LOOK AND HOW MUCH GLASS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
BUT IN PARTICULAR, WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO UPDATE THE IMAGE OF THE CAMPUS.
AS YOU'RE DRIVING UP TO THE CAMPUS COMING FROM THE 35 SIDE, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST THING YOU SEE.
IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION OF THE SCHOOL.
WE HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF A GATEWAY BUILDING TO SET PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO SEE.
THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF AN AERIAL VIEW OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE ROAD.
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THEN THIS IS REALLY WHAT YOU WOULD SEE FROM THE ROAD, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE FROM THE PARKING LOT SIDE.BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT THE STONE AND WE HAVE THE BRICK WITH THE BANDING WITH THE INTENT TO MATCH THOSE MATERIALS FROM THE EXISTING SCHOOL.
THE STRAIGHT THIN COLUMNS WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT EVERYBODY REALLY LIKED, SO WE INCORPORATED THAT RHYTHM INTO IT.
THEY LIKED THE CORNER GLASS, SO WE'VE DONE THAT.
WHAT'S NICE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION FOR THE CORNER CLASS IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF IT IS FACING NORTH, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT WEST, WHICH MEANS THAT A SOLAR HEAT GAIN IS GOING TO BE LESS.
NOT TO MENTION, WE HAVE A NICE BROAD CANOPY THERE TO HELP BLOCK IT OFF.
THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR A MARQUEE SIGNS THAT THEY COULD ADVERTISE SHOWS AND STUFF THAT ARE COMING UP.
THIS IS STILL PROBABLY UP FOR DISCUSSION AND FOR THIS PRESENTATION WE LOCATED OVER THE FRONT DOORS.
SEEMED LIKE THE RIGHT PLACE TO PUT IT, BUT STAKEHOLDERS MAY DISAGREE, SO WE CAN MOVE THAT AROUND WHERE THAT MAKES SENSE.
THEN WE HAVE WHAT I LIKE TO CALL THE DRAMATIC ARCHITECTURAL SHOT.
BUT WHAT THIS SHOWS IS THAT THE SIDE THAT'S GOING TO BE FACING THE ROAD IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE A LAYMAN HIGH-SCHOOL SCIENCE.
AGAIN, AS YOU'RE DRIVING UP, PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE MARQUEE SIGN OR SOME OTHER SIGNAGE TO KNOW WHICH CAMPUS ARE DRIVING UP ON.
THE SURFACE IS UNDERNEATH THE OVERHANG.
EVERYBODY REALLY LIKED THE IDEA OF SOMETHING THAT WAS SOFTER AND WARMER.
IT'S GOING TO BE METAL, SO IT'S GOING TO BE LOW MAINTENANCE, BUT IT'S GOING TO HAVE A WOOD TONE TO IT, SO IT'LL WARM IT UP PRETTY NICELY.
WE'RE WORKING ON SOME TYPE OF A PLAZA SPACE OUT HERE IN FRONT.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY DESIGNED THAT YET.
THE ONE THING THAT PATTY HAS ASKED FOR IS MAKE SURE IT GETS IN THERE SOME TYPE OF A DROP-OFF, PULL OFF SPACE SO THAT FOLKS CAN BE DROPPED OFF AND GO INTO THE THEATER IF THEY NEED TO.
>> THIS MAY ACTUALLY BE A QUESTION FOR MARK.
AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD AND EXPAND WITH LOTS OF GLASS, WHO IS MAINTAINING THE GLASS? HOW'S IT BEING CLEANED? WHO'S PAYING FOR THAT? ARE WE ON SOME TYPE OF RECYCLE WHERE WE CLEAN THE WINDOWS? WHAT'S THE COST OF IT? BECAUSE I KNOW, FOR INSTANCE YOU LOOK AT JOHNSON, THOSE WINDOWS, I DON'T KNOW WHEN'S THE LAST TIME THEY'VE BEEN CLEANED BUT THEY'RE DIRTY.
>> BRANDON PORTER HAS GOTTEN A NEW MACHINE FROM UNGER WHO IS I GUESS THE LEADER IN WINDOW CLEANING.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT ON OURSELVES INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DO A CONTRACTOR, BUT HE'S FOUND THE MACHINE I BELIEVE THAT'LL DO IT.
WE JUST HAVE TO GET THE CYCLE.
I THINK AT JOHNSON, WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET UP THERE AND AGITATE THOSE WINDOWS.
I THINK THAT THEY'RE JUST SO DUSTY AT THIS POINT THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE TO MAYBE EVEN DO SOME SCRAPING ON SOME OF THEM.
>> IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE AS A DISTRICT PAYS OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IT'S COMING OUT OF THE CAMPUS?
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT AS A DISTRICT.
THE CAMPUS WOULDN'T HAVE ANY FUNDING FOR THAT.
THAT WILL BE OUT OF THE CUSTODIAL BUDGET.
NOT MAINTENANCE BUDGET, CUSTODIAL BUDGET.
>> PERFECT. THAT'S ALL I HAD. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHO MAINTAINS CLEANING OF ALL OF THIS PLAQUE.
>> THAT CLOSES OUR DISCUSSION ON LAYMAN, WHICH WAS J13.
NEXT BIG PACKET IS J14, AND THIS IS FOR JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL.
MARK, DO WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM CORE HERE?
>> YES. BOB SURVY FROM CORE IS HERE.
HE'S THEIR EXECUTIVE PERSON FOR THIS PROJECT.
THIS IS THE FIRST PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN FOR A CM AT RISK PROJECT THAT IS NOT BARTLETT, AND THIS WAS FROM OUR LATEST SELECTION.
WE NOW HAVE THE FOUR DIFFERENT CM RISK OPPORTUNITIES IS GO ROUND.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE POINTED OUT, WE ALSO HAVE DEREK AND LAURA HERE FROM BARTLETT COCKE AS WELL, SO FOR THE OTHER PROJECTS.
>> THIS IS JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS.
WE HAVE TWO MAJOR ADDITIONS PLAN FOR THIS CAMPUS.
I THINK YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE LAYOUT WITH A BIG SWEEPING DRIVE IN THE FRONT.
I WANT THIS BEING YOUR FRONT DOOR.
THE FIRST EDITION IS ON THE END OF THE EXISTING FINE ARTS WING, AND IT'S GOING TO HOUSE YOUR NEW BAND HALL AND YOUR MULTIPURPOSE INDOOR SPACE.
AGAIN, WE'RE STARTING TO SHOW DASHED LINES FOR FUTURE, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE AUDITORIUM AND FUTURE MARIACHI HALL THAT WOULD GO THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT BLOCKING THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS BROUGHT UP ABOUT 18-WHEELERS DROP-OFF AND ACCESS.
RIGHT NOW THIS IS AN EXISTING CURB CUT THAT DOES THAT.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS YET, BUT THIS PORTION OF THIS TRIANGLE RIGHT HERE IS GOING TO BE SET UP WITH DROP-OFF IN PARKING FOR 18-WHEELERS BEHIND THE HALL.
THE SECOND EDITION IS GOING TO BE AN ACADEMIC AND CTE ADDITION THAT'S DONE ON THE BACK.
IT DOES COVER UP A LITTLE BIT OF PARKING.
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WE'RE GOING TO ADD THAT PARKING BACK HERE ON THE PERIMETER AS PART OF OUR REWORK OF CREATING THE PEDESTRIAN PORTION IN FRONT OF THAT BUILDING.BUT IN GENERAL, YOU CAN SEE ARCHITECTURALLY WE'VE ACTUALLY MIMICKED THE GESTURE OF THE EXISTING ARCHITECTURE.
YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE RENDERINGS TO TRY TO MAKE THAT DIGITAL FEEL LIKE IT WAS A PART OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN.
WE'RE DOING MAX CLEAVER BOULEVARD BACK HERE BECAUSE HE HAS ASKED US REPEATEDLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MAKES IT INTO THE PROJECT.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAMPUS HAS REALLY BEEN ASKING FOR IS A CONNECTING DRIVE BACK HERE FOR CONVENIENCE PURPOSES.
WE'RE PULLING IT TIGHT TO THE BUILDINGS SO THAT WE DON'T IMPACT EXISTING PRACTICE FIELDS OR THE ABILITY TO DO THE FUTURE MULTIPURPOSE PAVILION.
WE ARE DOING A LITTLE BIT OF STORMWATER RETENTION.
THIS GRAPHIC IS A LITTLE BIT OLD NOW BECAUSE WE'VE DETERMINED WE CAN ACTUALLY DO IT RIGHT HERE OFF THE EXISTING ONE, RATHER THAN DOING IT UP HERE IN THIS CORNER, SO MUCH LESS IMPACT ON YOUR EXISTING FIELD EVENTS.
THIS IS THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE ACADEMIC AND CTE EDITION.
IT HAS A CULINARY LAB AND THAT IS SET UP WITH RESIDENTIAL-STYLE WORKSTATIONS.
WE WERE TOLD BY SUZY THAT THEY HAVE 270, SOME ODD STUDENTS, JUST FRESHMEN SIGNED UP FOR THAT PROGRAM.
RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE A TINY LITTLE LAB DOWN HERE THAT I THINK MAYBE HAS EIGHT OR 10 STATIONS.
THEY'RE GOING TO USE THAT. THEY'RE GOING TO FILL IT UP.
A COUPLE OF GENERAL CLASSROOMS ACROSS THE WAY.
WE'VE GOT OUR CORE SPACE WITH THE RESTROOMS AND SERVICE SPACES.
WE'VE GOT A FLORAL LAB, WHICH SHOULD LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DOING OVER AT LEHMAN WITH THE INTENT BEING EQUITY BETWEEN THE TWO.
THIS ONE, YOU CAN SEE THOSE MOBILE TABLES A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY ON THE LAYOUT.
WE'VE ACTUALLY STARTED SHOWING THE COOLERS, REACHING COOLERS AND THE STORAGE AREA, AND THE BIG SINKS.
WE'VE GOT VET TECH AND HAS A DEDICATED CLASSROOM WITH DIRECT ACCESS.
THEN THE VET TECH LAB IS ACTUALLY BASED OFF THE EXISTING VET TECH LAB AT LEHMAN RIGHT NOW.
FOR EQUITY PURPOSES ONE, THEY JUST REALLY LIKE IT.
I THINK IT WORKED REALLY WELL, BUT FOR EQUITY PURPOSES, WE WERE ASKED TO TRY TO MIMIC THAT AS BEST WE COULD.
FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE, IT SHOULD LOOK VERY SIMILAR.
IT HAS KENNELS WITH WASHER, DRYER, REFRIGERATOR AND SINK, AND ALL THE SUPPORT STUFF.
IT ALSO HAS A LOBBY SPACE WITH A RECEPTION DESK AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
WE WENT AND LOOKED AT LEHMAN, WE WANT TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT LIKE LEHMAN, BUT THEY SAID THEY NEED MORE STATIONS.
THERE'S 15 AT LEHMAN, WE'RE ABLE TO GET 18 HERE SO WE ARE ABLE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE'VE GOT TWO NAIL STATIONS AND THEN THERE WAS STILL A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM LEFT OVER IN THE MIDDLE SO WE'VE GOT AN ISLAND WITH THE COUNTERTOP AND STORAGE UNDERNEATH PLACE WHERE THEY CAN PUT THEIR HOT TOWEL MACHINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE'VE GOT A WASHER DRYER AND A LITTLE BIT OF STORAGE TUCKED AROUND THE CORNER AND IT ALSO HAS A LOBBY SPACE, A DEDICATED CLASSROOM, AND THEN LOCKERS.
SIMILAR TO LEHMAN, WE'VE GOT LOCKERS IN THE CLASSROOM SPACE.
THEY LIKED THAT, IT WORKS REALLY WELL.
BUT THE OVERALL LAYOUT STRATEGY FOR THIS IS THAT THOSE ARE BARBERING AND VET TECH ARE TWO PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF AFTER-HOURS VISITORS AND SO WE ADDED THIS SET OF DOORS HERE, AND WE'VE GOT A GATE ACROSS HERE THAT ARE CLOSE DOWN THE STAIRS SO THAT BASICALLY CLOSES OFF TO JUST THIS CORRIDOR RIGHT HERE.
VISITORS CAN COME IN UNDERNEATH THE NICE COVERED PORCH, COMING THROUGH THIS SET OF DOORS, THEY CAN GO INTO VET TECH OR THEY CAN GO INTO BARBERING.
THEY CAN LEAVE BACK OUT THE SAME WAY THEY CAME OR THEY CAN LEAVE AT THE END AS WELL.
WE PULLED THIS ADDITION OFF OF THE EXISTING BUILDING.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF REASONS THAT WE DID THAT.
ONE IS IT DOESN'T BLOCK THE WINDOWS TO THE EXISTING BUILDING AND WE GOT BLOCKING THE VIEW BECAUSE APPARENTLY, IT'S A REALLY NICE VIEW LOOKING AT THAT DIRECTION.
BUT WE'RE NOT BLOCKING THE NATURAL LIGHT.
FROM A CONSTRUCTABILITY STANDPOINT OF COURSE TOLD US THAT THEY THINK THAT'S A WHOLE LOT EASIER TO CONSTRUCT TOO, IT'S A WHOLE LOT LESS CHALLENGES, WE'RE CONNECTING TO THE EXISTING BUILDING AND WE GET A REALLY NICE COURTYARD AND THAT COURTYARD IS GOING TO BE MULTIPURPOSE.
IF YOU KNOW THE LAYOUT, THESE ARE YOUR EXISTING ART LABS RIGHT HERE.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO OUTSIDE, THERE'S A TON OF WORK OUTSIDE.
THE BUILDINGS ARE GOING TO SHADE THAT AREA, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE DIRECT LIGHT.
ART LIKES INDIRECT LIGHT, SO THAT'S GOING TO FUNCTION REALLY WELL FOR THEM.
FLORAL CAN COME OUT HERE AND WORK.
WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A LITTLE ANIMAL AREA WITH FENCING SO THEY CAN BRING THE ANIMALS OUT HERE.
THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE DOORS JUST OFF OF THE CORRIDOR SO THAT GENERAL POPULATION CAN ALSO USE IT AS WELL.
THERE WILL BE IT'S NOT SHOWING YET, BUT THERE WILL BE A FENCE OVER HERE FOR SECURING IT OFF.
IF YOU'RE WONDERING THE CTE WALL THAT'S EXISTING RIGHT THERE IS ABOUT RIGHT HERE SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS AROUND THIS ADDITION TO BE ABLE TO GET TO IT FROM THE OUTSIDE.
RATHER, WE DO NOT PLAN ON PUTTING GRASS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THERE SO NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING MOWERS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. SECOND FLOOR.
>> JUST PAUSE. THERE WAS A LOT TO TAKE IN RIGHT THERE.
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I JUST WANT TO SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ON THAT PAGE AND ALL OF THAT.>> I'M SURE THE ANSWER IS YES, BUT I JUST WANT TO GET CONFIRMATION THAT SUSIE MICHEL, OUR CTE DIRECTOR, HAS WEIGHED IN ON ALL OF THESE LAYOUTS.
>> OKAY. I THINK I'VE HAD ABOUT SIX MEETINGS WITH HER AT THIS POINT.
>> [LAUGHTER] WELL, SHE IS SUCH A BIG ADVOCATE FOR BARBERING AND IT'S SUPER EXCITING TO SEE THAT.
>> ACTUALLY WE MET WITH KATIE AND THE TWO TEACHERS AS WELL.
>> GREAT. I KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT.
THE OUTDOOR AREA RIGHT NOW IS WAY FAR AWAY.
THE VET TECH, WHICH WAS A POOR DESIGN, AND NONE OF THE ARCHITECTS THAT DID THIS ARE IN THE ROOM, SO I CAN SAY THAT.
[LAUGHTER] I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT OUR VET TECH STUDENTS WILL HAVE SOMETHING EASIER TO ACCESS WITH THEIR ANIMALS.
I THINK THAT MAY BE ALL I HAVE FOR THIS PAGE.
I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE RANDOM RESTROOMS. I'M ASSUMING ARE STAFF RESTROOMS, BUT THERE'S A ONE HAULER HERE AND A ONE HAULER UP THERE.
>> YES. WITH ONE OTHER ADDED BONUS, WHICH IS THAT IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN AFTER HOURS TO GO TO ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS AND THEY HAVE A RESTROOM THEY CAN GO TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEND THEM BACK TO THE REST OF THE BUILDING.
>> SECOND FLOOR. WE'VE GOT A PACK OF SIX CLASSROOMS OVER HERE AND THEN WE'VE GOT A FOUR-PACK OF SCIENCE CLASSROOMS OR SCIENCE LABS WITH SHARED STORAGE.
THESE ARE ALL GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE SCIENCE LABS YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW.
THEY WORK VERY WELL. THEY REALLY LIKED THE LAYOUT.
THE WHITE TABLES ARE MOBILE, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON FLORAL SO REALLY ALL THE BUILT-IN STUFF IS AROUND THE PERIMETER.
THE WHOLE CENTER OF THE ROOM IS REALLY OPEN AND FLEXIBLE.
THEY'LL HAVE ALL THE AMENITIES THEY NEED TO GO WITH THEM, FUME HOODS AND EYEWASHES, AND ALL THE SAFETY STUFF THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, INCLUDING A DEMONSTRATION FOR THE TEACHER.
THESE ARE ALL FOR ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME SCIENCE LABS.
THEN THE THIRD FLOOR, ANOTHER PACK OF SIX CLASSROOMS AND TWO MORE OF THOSE SCIENCE LABS.
IT'S ANOTHER FOUR-PACK AS SCIENCE LABS, BUT TWO OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY'RE ACTUALLY CAN BE DEDICATED TO BIOMED.
RIGHT NOW YOUR BIOMED PROGRAMS ARE ON THE THIRD FLOOR SO IT MADE A LOT OF SENSE TO PUT THEM ON THE THIRD FLOOR SO THEY'LL BE RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THE OTHER EXISTING SPACES THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR COLLABORATION.
ONE THING THAT HAS CHANGED ON THIS SINCE THIS PRESENTATION WAS PUT TOGETHER IS THAT THIS OPEN TO BELOW SPACE IS NO LONGER OPEN TO BELOW.
ON BOTH OF THE SECOND FLOOR AND THE THIRD FLOOR, WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO ENCLOSE THAT SPACE.
WE WILL HAVE A WALL ACROSS THERE, BOTH FLOORS AND THAT'S GOING TO BECOME A MULTI-PURPOSE SPACE.
IT CAN BE FOR A SMALL BREAKOUT SPACE.
ACTUALLY, IT'S ALMOST THE SIZE OF A CLASSROOM HONESTLY, IT'S PRETTY BIG.
BUT IT COULD BE FOR COLLABORATION, IT COULD BE FOR, WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE TEACHER WORKROOMS, BUT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT MAYBE TRYING TO WORK TEACHER WORKROOMS IN OVER HERE WHERE WE'RE CONNECTING TO THE EXISTING BUILDING.
HONESTLY, RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHO GETS THAT SPACE.
ALL WE KNOW IS WE WANT TO MAKE IT USABLE AND NOT OPEN UP A LITTLE.
>> JASON, ON THE THIRD FLOOR, LOOKS LIKE THE ELEVATOR IS MARKED OUT.
IS THAT JUST THE DESIGN? I PRESUME THAT THE ELEVATOR GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE THIRD FLOOR.
>> IT DOES. YEAH, IT'S RIGHT THERE.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S EXED OUT ON MY BOOK.
>> SORRY. THAT'S AN ARCHITECT THING THAT'S INTENDED TO SHOW THAT IT'S A SHAFT THAT GOES THE FULL HEIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE ME LIKE, THAT'S WHAT THESE GUYS OVER HERE ARE THESE WHAT SEEMED LIKE DEAD SPACES, THOSE ARE SHAFTS FOR MECHANICAL DUCTS.
>> ARE THESE SCIENCE LABS LIKE THE HAYS HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE LABS?
>> ARE THESE LABS THE SAME AS HAYS HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE LABS THAT WERE JUST BUILT?
>> YEAH, IF THERE ARE LAB LECTURE COMBO, THAT'S A QUESTION, YES.
I'D HAVE TO GO LOOK AT HAYS TO SEE EXACTLY HOW THEY'RE LAID OUT AND SEE HOW CLOSELY ARE WE REALLY MEANT BASED MORE OFF OF THE JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE LABS.
>> I DON'T REMEMBER THE DIFFERENCE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WERE SIMILAR WITH ALL THE GLASS MARKS.
>> WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH GLASS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE INTO THE EDUCATIONAL SPACES.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD ONE MEETING WITH JERI AND SEVERAL FOLKS ABOUT IT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH GLASS, HOW WIDE IS IT WITH STEEL HEIGHTS, WHERE WE'RE PUTTING SECURITY, GLAZING, ALL THAT STUFF IS ALL HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
>> WALKING HAYS HIGH SCHOOL AND LOOKING AT THEIR SCIENCE LABS, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT DID COME OUT BY SEVERAL OF THE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.
ALL THE GLASS THAT WAS BY THE DOORS. IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
HOWEVER, AGAIN NOT COMPROMISING THAT SAFETY AND SECURITY PIECE THAT WAS A CONCERN AND THEY WERE TOLD YOU CAN PUT A CURTAIN.
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WELL, CURTAINS ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING.>> JOHNSON HAS THE SAME SITUATION.
OUR CONVERSATIONS WERE AROUND JOHNSON BECAUSE WE INITIALLY JUST WE WERE TRYING TO MIMIC WHAT THE JOHNSON RIGHT NOW AND THEY HAVE SOME PRETTY BIG WINDOWS THERE AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS NOT THE DIRECTION THAT WILL BE GOING.
NOW IT'S REALLY JUST A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE'S THE GLASS, HOW MUCH OF THE GLASS.
>> GREAT. I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE THAT WAS A CONCERN.
THE OTHER THING IS ON ALL THESE NEW RESTROOM BILLS, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE LOCKS WHERE THEY CAN BE LOCKED AND LIGHTS, THEY DO NOT GO OFF AND ON BUT ARE ACTUALLY LIGHTS AT STAY ON BECAUSE THAT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE RESTROOMS THAT WERE DONE AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL JUST RECENTLY BY THE SCIENCE LABS WHERE THEY COULDN'T WALK.
ADMINISTRATORS COULD NOT LOCK THESE RESTROOMS.
>> ARE WE TALKING ABOUT STAFF RESTROOMS OR?
>> NO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STUDENTS RESTROOMS. HE COULD NOT LOCK. THERE WAS A DEADBOLT BECAUSE THEY REUSED THE DOORS.
ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE OUR RESTROOMS HAVE LOCKS AND THAT THEY HAVE THE CORRECT LIGHTING.
>> I HAVE TO TALK TO OUR ENGINEERS ABOUT THE LIGHTING.
THERE IS A COURT REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT LIGHTING ON A TIMER SO THAT IF THERE'S NO ACTIVITY GOING ON IN THE RESTROOM.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT TIMER CAN BE SET.
>> THERE WAS SWITCH KIDS COULD ACTUALLY TURN IT OFF AND ON AND PLAY WITH THE LIGHT AND SO I'M LIKE, WHAT IN THE WORLD, WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS?
>> THAT'S JUST A PRANK GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> FOR HAYS HIGH SCHOOL AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE.
I KNOW SOME OF THAT STUFF HAS BEEN DONE, BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE ON THAT.
I THINK JERI HAS SOMETHING TO ADD TO THAT.
>> YES, MA'AM. I DID RECEIVE YOUR QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THAT, THERE'S A FIRE CODE COMPONENT THAT INVOLVES THAT WE CAN'T PUT THE LOCKS ON THE INSIDE, ETC.
THAT'S WHY WHEN WE TEACH IN OUR SRP PROTOCOL, WE TEACH YOU TO HIDE, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, IN THE RESTROOMS. THAT'S ACTUALLY PULLING YOURSELF UP ONTO THE TOILET ITSELF.
THAT'S ACTUALLY ADDRESSED IN OUR ISSUE.
THAT'S ALSO WHY IN OUR TRAINING WE TELL PEOPLE TO SELF EVACUATED IF AT ALL POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE RESTROOM IS NOT THE IDEAL TO HIDE IN THAT CAPACITY.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DEAL WITHIN THE CAFETERIA, THEM GYMNASIUM, AND SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE AREN'T ABLE TO PUT THAT LOCKING MECHANISM ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DOOR LIKE THAT AND BECAUSE OF FIRE CODE ISSUES.
>> I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT A LOCK ON THE OUTSIDE WHERE ADMINISTRATORS CAN ACTUALLY LOCK THE DOOR AND CLOSE RESTROOMS DOWN IF NEEDED?
>> WE DID NOT HAVE A LOCK FOR ADMINISTRATORS TO DO THAT.
IT WAS JUST OPEN AND A FREE FOR ALL.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S LOOKED AT AND THE LIGHTING IS TAKEN CARE OF AS WELL?
>> THANK YOU, AND THE HOT WATER.
IS THERE GOING TO BE HOT WATER AND THESE SCIENCE LABS?
>> THERE WAS NO HOT WATER IN THE HAYS HIGH-SCHOOL SCIENCE LABS?
>> YES, WE'RE ACTUALLY REQUIRED BY CODE NOT TO PROVIDE HOT WATER OR ARE THEY SAY IT'S TAPED WATER, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE HOT WATER TO MAKE TAPED.
>> THAT IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
>> I THINK AT SOME POINT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO SEE HOW MANY DESKS FIT IN THESE CLASSROOMS. WHEN WE PUT THEM IN THE CLASSROOMS IN JOHNSON ARE REALLY SMALL AND WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THAT UNTIL THEY WERE HERE.
WHAT ARE THE DIMENSIONS AND HOW MANY DESKS WILL FIT IN THOSE CLASSROOMS?
>> THE NUMBER OF DESKS REALLY DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF DESK, BUT I CAN JUST GIVE YOU SQUARE FOOTAGES.
THE CURRENT JOHNSON CLASSROOMS WERE ALL 700 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS THE TEA MINIMUM AND THESE ARE ALL 800 SQUARE FEET.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE DO FOR OUR TYPICAL STARTING POINT FOR GENERAL CLASSROOMS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. THEN IT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION ON YOUR OPEN TO BELOW SPACE THAT YOU JUST CLOSE IT IN AND MAKE IT SOMETHING.
>> BECAUSE I JUST FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO USE IT FOR SOMETHING, AND IF IT'S JUST A COLAB SPACE, THAT ALWAYS ENDS UP BEING A SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUE.
MCCORMICK DOESN'T REALLY USE THEM.
OTHER THAN DOWN IN THE CTE HALLWAY AND JOHNSON AT LUNCH, I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH THEY USE THEM THERE.
THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION IS FIGURE IT OUT A WAY TO CLOSE THEM IN.
I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT GLASS AND ALSO DOORS, LIKE WE'VE SEEN THIS MISMATCH OF DOORS WITH GLASS AS WE DO SOME OF THESE EXPANSIONS.
JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE BEING CONSISTENT OR AT LEAST CHECKING WITH MS. KOKI ABOUT WHAT KIND OF DOORS AND THE GLASS.
THERE'S TWO SIDES OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY ARGUMENT.
YOU DON'T WANT TEACHERS IN THERE ALONE WITH CHILDREN WITHOUT ANY KIND OF I CAN'T WALK BY AND NEVER SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THE OTHER THING I'LL SAY IS I KNOW WE PUT MONEY IN THE BOND FOR PILOTING OUR BADGE ENTRY FOR OUR SMART TAGS WITH BATHROOMS.
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IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD DO WITH THESE BATHROOMS AS A PILOT IF YOU ARE ADDING HERE OR IS THAT JUST?>> WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THE BATHROOMS. THAT'S A NEW ONE FOR ME, BUT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE CLASSROOMS.
>> TO MS. OROSCO'S POINT WE HATE HAVING TO LOCK OUR BATHROOMS, BUT WE HAVE A VAPING PROBLEM AND WE HAVE A CHILD MAKING BAD DECISIONS AND BATHROOM PROBLEM.
IT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL IF THEY HAD TO BADGE IN BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY CAN'T HAVE CAMERAS IN THERE, BUT WE CAN USUALLY NARROW DOWN A TIMEFRAME AND THEN FOLKS ARE HAVING A BADGE IN AND OUT OF BATHROOM OR AT LEAST BADGE INTO THE BATHROOM.
IT CAN HELP US IDENTIFY SOME PROBLEMATIC SITUATION.
THAT WAS OUR THOUGHT WITH TRYING IT AT SECONDARY AND I THINK DOCTOR I DON'T KNOW IF YOU-ALL LOOKED INTO IT WAS EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF MONEY OR IT JUST WAS A NON-STARTER, I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE DID PUT SOME MONEY IN THE BOND FOR THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO START THIS, BUT THEN AT THE STUDENT ADVISORY PANEL, I KNOW SOME OF YOU FOLKS WERE THERE, WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT POSSIBLY DO TRYING IT AT SOME OF THE BATHROOMS BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE LOCKING OUR BATHROOMS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO, THERE'S SOME ISSUES THERE.
>> I CAN'T THINK OF ANY REASON WHY YOU CAN'T DO IT, SO WE CAN.
>> AT ELEMENTARY 16, WE'RE PILOTING THE CLASSROOM DOORS AND SO I HAVE NOT PERSONALLY FOUND THE SYSTEM THAT DOES THE RESTROOM CHECK.
I'M SURE THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE BECAUSE SECURITY GUARDS HAVE TO HIT FOBS.
THERE'S SOMETHING THERE, WE JUST HAVE TO FIND IT.
>> I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TELL THEM ABOUT BUC-EE IDEA.
>> YES. BASICALLY ON IF YOU LOOK AT THE MEN WHILE ALL OF THESE RESTROOMS, SO WOMEN'S RESTROOMS, IT'S NOT SUCH A BIG DEAL.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE BOTH THE PRIVACY AND HELP WITH NOT PASSING DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE RESTROOMS, THAT BU-CEE'S STALL IDEA OF FLOOR TO CEILING IN BOTH THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S.
IN THE WOMEN'S IT'S ONE FOR ONE BECAUSE THERE ARE NO URINALS, BUT IN THE MEN'S ROOMS URINALS COUNT AS A FIXTURE.
WE'RE JUST GOING HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT THE COUNT DOES FOR THE MEN'S ROOM, BUT THAT ELIMINATES A LOT OF PROBLEMS. ALL THE RESTROOMS WOULD BE THE SAME.
NO URINALS, JUST ALL TOILETS, ALL STALLS AND IT JUST FUTURE-PROOF SAYS.
>> ANOTHER THING THAT I WANT TO ADD TO THAT IS WE'VE ACTUALLY REDESIGNED THIS ALREADY, SO WE'RE READY TO SHOW IT TO YOU.
THIS DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THIS ANYMORE, BUT THE WAY IT'S WORKING OUT IS IS THAT WE'VE GOT THE RESTROOMS HERE WITH THE STALLS THAT MAX JUST MENTIONED.
THEN WE PULLED THE SINKS OUTSIDE OF THE RESTROOMS. THERE'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE CORRIDOR RIGHT HERE TO GET BACK TO THE WOMEN'S ROOM.
ELEVATORS MOVED UP TO THIS CORNER AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE STAFF TOILET UP HERE, BUT SO BASICALLY YOU COME INTO A CORRIDOR.
EVERYBODY USES THE SAME SINKS.
THEY COME OUT OF THE RESTROOMS. THINKS THAT GIVES YOU MORE SUPERVISION.
FOLKS THAT ARE USING THE SINK.
THEN ALL YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING INTO THE STALLS AND LIKE MAX SAID, IT'S A TOILET PARTITION.
IT'S THE SAME MATERIAL AS THE TOILET PARTITION IS JUST THAT INSTEAD OF IT STOPPING A FEW FEET OFF THE GROUND AND A FEW FEET BELOW THE CEILING, IT GOES FLOOR TO CEILING.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE BU-CEE'S EXPERIENCE WHICH THEY BUILD WALLS WITH TILE.
THAT'S VERY EXPENSIVE, YOU CAN DO IT WITH THE MORE ECONOMICALLY.
>> THE IDEA CAME OUT OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO IMPROVE IMPACT CENTER.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE SAME STYLES FOR IMPACT CENTER.
THAT'S WHERE THE IDEA ACTUALLY CAME FROM.
>> DO YOU HAVE A RED AND GREEN LIGHT?
>> [LAUGHTER] I THINK YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET IT ON THE DOOR HANDLE.
I THINK OCCUPIED AND UNOCCUPIED.
>> IF YOU WANT TO GO FOR BU-CEE'S.
>> YEAH. I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY TAKING A LOT LONGER THAN WE ALL WOULD LIKE, BUT I JUST HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS, SO BEAR WITH ME.
AS THIS IS A GENERAL QUESTION FOR JOHNSON.
I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN SOME EMAIL TRAFFIC ABOUT PASSING PERIODS AND STAIRWELLS AND WHATEVER.
I KNOW THAT I'VE SENT A COUPLE OF EMAILS ABOUT, IS THERE A WAY IN THIS? MAYBE NOT ANSWERED HERE, THIS MORE TO TALK ABOUT AFTER THIS MEETING.
BUT LIKE I SAID, MAYBE USE THAT SPACE THAT MRS. PETREA SAID TO TAKE OUT MAYBE PUT ANOTHER STAIRWELL IN SOME WAY TO ADD MORE ACCESS FROM UPPER JOHNSON TO THE LOWER FLOORS BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE PASSING BIRDS CAN BE PRETTY TIGHT.
ESPECIALLY, WE'RE ALREADY WAY OVER OUR LIMIT AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THIS TO TRY TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT STUFF.
BUT I THINK IF WE CAN INCORPORATE EITHER SOME MORE STAIRS INTO THIS SECTION, AND THEN WHILE WE'RE AT JOHNSON DOING CONSTRUCTION, MAYBE LOOKING AT MAYBE ADDING ANOTHER STAIRWELL.
I'M NOT AN ARCHITECT. BUT IF WE COULD JUST TALK ABOUT THAT AS A BIGGER ISSUE.
>> BUT I WANT TO SIT DOWN WITH BRETT AND GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THOSE CHALLENGES ARE WITH THAT.
I NEED TO DO IT ON A HEADCOUNT ANALYSIS, BUT I DID JUST BECAUSE I GOT THE QUESTION YESTERDAY,
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BUT I LOOKED AT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT THE STAIRWELLS ARE SERVING.YOUR FIRST QUESTION WAS, HOW WIDE ARE THE STAIRWELLS? THE EXISTING ONES RANGE FROM SIX TO EIGHT FEET WIDE DEPENDING ON WHICH STAIRWAY YOU GO TO.
OURS ARE GOING TO BE SIX FEET ON THE STRAIGHT RUN STAIR AND SEVEN FEET ON THE OTHER ONES WE'RE IN THE SAME RANGE IN TERMS OF STAIR WIDTH.
BUT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT THOSE STAIRWELLS HAVE TO SERVE.
I WANT TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE FROM SQUARE FOOTAGE STANDPOINT, THERE'S FIVE TIMES AS MUCH SQUARE FOOTAGE SERVED BY FIVE STAIRS, IT'S LIKE FOUR AND HALF STAIRS AND THEN WE'RE DOING TWO.
WE'VE GOT HALF AS MANY STAIRS, BUT A FIFTH OF THE AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE.
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEED IS REALLY THERE.
BECAUSE IF IT'S REALLY BASED OFF- [OVERLAPPING]
>> I WISH WE GO TOGETHER RIGHT BEFORE LUNCH AND JUST TAKE IT AND WE GET.
>> WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT MADE IT BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH STAIRS FOR THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SERVE IN THE MAIN BUILDING.
WHEREAS IN THIS ONE, I DON'T WANT TO BUILD TOO MANY STAIRS AS WELL.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE SPACE TO ADD A STAIR? LIKE JUST LET'S JUST ADD ANOTHER ONE.
IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING IN THE MAIN CAMPUS WALL WHERE THEY'RE ADDRESSING WHAT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY CROWDED CAMPUS.
FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS, HAVE BEEN ASKED PEOPLE TO JUST THAT AT ONE TIME.
WELL, THAT'S MY TWO CENTS, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.
>> ANOTHER PART OF THIS PROJECT IS EXPANDING THE COSMETOLOGY PROGRAM.
THE FLOOR PLAN THAT YOU SEE RIGHT NOW, THIS IS IN THE VERY CENTER OF THE BUILDING, RIGHT AS YOU COME THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR.
RIGHT NOW, THIS IS THE MAIN QUARTER AS YOU COME INTO THE BUILDING, THIS IS THE FRONT DOOR INTO THE COSMETOLOGY LAB ITSELF.
RIGHT NOW, THE COSMETOLOGY LAB ENDS WHERE THAT DASHED LINE IS RIGHT NOW.
THIS REMAINING SPACE RIGHT HERE IS CURRENTLY VET TECH AND THIS IS CURRENTLY ISS.
BRETT HAS SAID THAT HE'S GOING TO FIND ANOTHER PLACE FOR ISS.
HE'S GOT A COUPLE OF IDEAS ON WHERE THAT'S GOING TO WORK.
THAT AUTOMATICALLY ADDS ANOTHER COSMETOLOGY CLASSROOM.
HE'S ALSO ALLOWED THEM TO TAKE OVER THE EXISTING MAKERSPACE, WHICH IS OWNED BY THE LIBRARY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE GREAT FOR THEM BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF POWER AND ALL OTHER STUFF THAT THEY NEED SO THEY CAN DEMONSTRATE ALL THEIR TOOLS AND STUFF.
THEN THE REMAINING SPACE WHERE VET TECH IS, WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL COSMETOLOGY STATIONS, SHAMPOOING STATIONS, NAIL STATIONS.
IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS FEEL LIKE A COHESIVE SUITE, WE ACTUALLY TOOK OUT A STORAGE ROOM THAT'S RIGHT NOW DIRECTLY OFF OF THE EXISTING COSMETOLOGY CLASSROOM.
WE'RE GOING TO SUPPLEMENT STORAGE WITH A WHOLE LOT OF CASEWORK GOING AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE SPACE.
>> THEN THE FINE ARTS ADDITION.
ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THE FIRST FLOOR.
YOU HAVE THE BAND HALL ITSELF.
THE PARAMETERS THAT WE WERE GIVEN FOR THAT IS THAT THEY NEEDED 60 BY 90 CLEAR, WHICH MEANS THAT STUFF COULDN'T BE STICKING INTO THAT.
THIS IS LAID OUT RIGHT NOW AT 64 BY 95 AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO INSTRUMENT STORES ALL AROUND THE PERIMETER AND STILL MAINTAIN THAT NICE CLEAR 60 BY 90 SPACE.
THE INITIAL REQUEST WAS FOR ALL PRACTICE BASED TO BE ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
WE HAVE TWO CHOICES WHEN IT COMES TO HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBILITY.
ONE IS IS THAT WE PUT IN AN ELEVATOR WHICH COMES WITH 150, $200,000 PRICE TAG.
OR WE CAN PUT EQUIVALENT SPACE ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
WHAT WE DID IS WE PUT ONE SMALL PRACTICE ROOM, ONE MEDIUM SIZED PRACTICE ROOM AND ONE ENSEMBLE ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND THAT SURGERY HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
THEN WE HAVE THE STAIRS GOING UP TO THE UPSTAIRS.
WE HAVE AN OUTDOOR STORAGE ROOM WITH A GARAGE DOOR.
THAT'LL BE NICE AND CONVENIENT. WE'VE ACTUALLY MASTER PLAN THIS SO THAT MARIACHI, WHEN IT HAPPENS, WE'LL GO ON THIS CORNER.
THIS WILL BECOME THE MARIACHI STORAGE AND WE'D ADD ANOTHER OUTDOOR STORAGE WHEN WE DO THAT EXPANSION, THEN THE MULTIPURPOSE INDOOR SPACE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE COURT LAYOUT IS BASED OFF OF YOUR EXISTING AUXILIARY GYM.
ONE THING THAT WE'VE DONE IS WITH YOUR EXISTING GYM ACTUALLY HAS FIVE FEET OF RUNOFF SPACE ALL AROUND.
THE GROUP THOUGHT THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT TIGHT, SO THEY WANTED 10 FEET ALL THE WAY AROUND.
THAT DEFINE THE SIZE OF THE ROOM WHICH IS MORE THAN ENOUGH SPACE FOR ALL THE FINE ART STUFF THAT'S GOING TO NEED TO HAPPEN IN THERE.
WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RETRACTABLE SEATING THAT'S GOING GO IN THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MIRRORS ALONG THIS WALL WITH A CURTAIN ACROSS THEM SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE NOT BEING USED FOR FINE ART SPACE AND THEY'RE THROWING BALLS AND STUFF AROUND THAT'LL HELP PROTECT THEM, KEEP THEM FROM GETTING BROKEN.
WE HAVE A LITTLE STORAGE ROOM OFF OF THAT AS WELL.
THEN WE HAVE STAIRS GOING UP TO A CROW'S NEST.
GO AHEAD AND SHIFT OVER TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
WE'RE CAPTURING SOME SPACE ABOVE THE CEILING ON THE GROUND FLOOR CORRIDOR, WHICH NORMALLY WOULD JUST BE DEAD SPACE.
THEN YOU CAN SEE THERE'S THREE OPENINGS IN THE WALL RIGHT HERE.
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THE IDEA IS THAT THE FINE ARTS FOLKS CAN GO UP, GET A VINTAGE POINT FROM A HIGHER POINT OF VIEW.THE THREE LOCATIONS ARE ONE IS DEAD CENTER AND THEN THREE OF THEM ARE BASICALLY AS FAR AS WE CAN GET THEM FROM SIDE TO SIDE.
ON THE BAND SIDE, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ENSEMBLE ROOM, ONE MORE MEDIUM PRACTICE ROOM FOR MORE SMALL PRACTICE ROOMS. THIS LOCATION RIGHT HERE WHERE THE CORRIDOR DEAD ENDS IS ACTUALLY A CROW'S NEST LOCATION FOR THE BAND DIRECTOR AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP AND LOOK FROM A BAND TOWER VINTAGE POINT FROM THERE AS WELL.
THEN THERE WAS A REQUEST TO ADD A DOOR HERE BETWEEN SO THAT THERE CAN BE SOME FLOW BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THESE SPACES.
WE HAVEN'T SHOWN IT YET, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN REQUESTS TO ADD IN LIKE HASH MARKS, LIKE FOOTBALL FIELD MARKINGS, SO THAT THEY CAN PRACTICE THIS AS THOUGH THEY'RE ON A FIELD.
DIFFERENT THINGS, EVEN OUT IN THE CORRIDORS.
THEY'RE PLANNING ON MAKING USE OF EVERY SQUARE INCH THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CREATING FOR THEM.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FINE ARTS EDITION?
WHAT'S THE FLOOR SERVICE CAN BE IN THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM?
>> THEY WON'T HAVE TO PULL OUT THE MATS OR ANYTHING TO DO ANYTHING COLOR GUARD LIKE WE HAVE TO DO AT JOHNSON, THERE'S STILL GOT TO DO MATS? IS THE FLOOR WE CAN PUT IT THERE AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DO MATS.
THEY WILL HAVE TO DO FLOOR ON TOP OF THE FLOOR EVERY TIME WE WANT TO?
>> YES, BECAUSE THIS SPACE IS BEING SHARED BY DANCE AND COLOR GUARD.
THE STANDARD IN THE COLOR GUARD INDUSTRY AND FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME, IS YOU HAVE A GYM FLOOR AND WE HAVE STORAGE IN THERE SO WE COULD STORE THE HEAVY VINYL FLOORS IN THE GYM AND THAT WAY JUST BRING THEM OUT AND ROLL THEM OUT AND NOT HAVE TO MOVE THEM DOWN FROM-
>> THAT STORAGE RIGHT THERE IS FOR A VINYL FLOOR BECAUSE THOSE FLOORS ARE 300 POUNDS EACH.
>> THEN THE OTHER OBSERVATIONS I HAD IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT CURRENT BAND HALL AND THEATER SPACE.
I BELIEVE MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WHEREVER YOU HAVE A ROLL UP DOOR IN THE CURRENT THEATER OUTS AND EXTERIOR ROLL UP DOOR AND THE BAND ROLL UP DOOR YOU'RE GOING TO WANT A ROLL UP DOOR THAT GOES INTO THESE NEW SPACES BECAUSE WHERE THE TRUCKS ARE GOING TO BE LOADING OR UNLOADING PROPS FOR BAND, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET THROUGH THIS ENTIRE SPACE AND WE CAN'T HAVE THOSE TWO DOUBLE DOORS.
DID YOU GET TAKE THE BAR OFF AND THEY GET THE LITTLE METAL THING THAT GETS CAUGHT UP ON INSTRUMENTS OR WHATEVER.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE EGRESS OF PROPS FROM OUTSIDE BAND TRUCK TO INSIDE STORAGE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS SPACE BECAUSE THERE'S A TON OF STORAGE.
THE OLD PLACE IN THE OLD WORLD, THE CURRENT IS NOW FOR THESE KIND OF ITEMS. BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THEM TO A TRUCK? LIKE IF I PULL UP IN A BOX TRUCK FROM THEATER, HOW AM I GOING GET FROM THE BOX TRUCK TO THE THEATER SPACE?
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BLACK BOX THEATER CURRENTLY NOT THE FUTURE THEATER.
>> RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT IN A BETTER?
>> LIKE FUTURE, FUTURE BOND THEATER OR-
>> OR, I'M TALKING ABOUT CURRENT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE'RE GOING BE LIVING IN FOR THE NEXT, HOWEVER LONG.
>> I NEED TO LOOK AT THAT, WHOLE SCHEMATIC BETTER AND I WANT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION CORRECTLY.
MAYBE YOU AND I COULD GET TOGETHER AND LOOK AT THAT BETTER.
WE CAN SEE RIGHT HERE [OVERLAPPING].
>> YOU ARE GOING TO BE BACKED UP, IN THE TOP LEFT CORNERS WHERE THE TRUCKS ARE GOING TO NOSE INTO.
TEMPORARILY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE MARIACHI ROOM IS EVENTUALLY GOING TO BE.
IF THAT'S WHERE THE TRUCKS ARE GOING TO BE, THEY'RE GOING BE PARKED IN A WAY WHERE THE BAND TRUCK TRAILER DOORS CAN OPEN, EXTEND ALL THE WAY OUT.
THEY'RE GOING BE ABLE TO EXTEND OUT AND YOU'LL LOAD TRAILERS DIRECTLY FROM THE BAND HALL SPACE.
THAT'S GOING TO HAVE DOORS, SOME DOORS THERE TO GET OUTSIDE.
>> OUTDOOR STORAGE AREA RIGHT NOW HAS A GARAGE DOOR AND A FOUR FOOT DOOR.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO COME OUT THAT DOOR AND THEN THAT WAY.
AS LONG AS WE TALK ABOUT THE THEATER, GETTING FROM INSIDE THE BAND HALL CURRENTLY NOW TO THE NEW BAND HALL, WE'RE GOING TO NEED GARAGE DOOR TO GARAGE DOOR.
>> THESE FOLKS TELL ME THAT THEY WOULD PREFER THAT OVER THE DOUBLE DOORS THEN THAT'S AN EASY STAFF OUT.
RIGHT NOW, THIS IS YOUR EXISTING GARAGE DOOR TO COLOR GUARD.
THIS IS YOUR EXISTING GARAGE DOOR TO THE BLACK BOX, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE HAVE THIS LONG CORRIDOR HERE SO THEY CAN DROP OFF AT THESE DOORS AND BRING THAT STUFF DOWN. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I CAN GET FROM THAT DOOR TO THE TRUCKLOAD.
>> BUT I CAN'T THEATER FROM THAT DOOR TO THERE WITH A GARAGE DOOR?
>> WE ACTUALLY DID LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN ADD A GARAGE DOOR ON THIS WALL RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS REALLY THE ONLY EXTERIOR WALL THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE BLACK BOX [OVERLAPPING] BUT RIGHT NOW,
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THE FINISHED FLOOR OF THAT IS ACTUALLY DOWN BELOW THE GRADE OUTSIDE, AND SO DOING THAT, THAT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.WE'D HAVE TO BASICALLY CUT OUT ALL THE DIRT, GET IT BACK DOWN TO GRADE.
WE DID LOOK AT THAT, IT'S JUST EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
THE IDEA IS THAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY COME IN THROUGH THESE DOORS OR THROUGH THESE DOORS BACK HERE.
>> WE STILL HAVE SOME TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT, SO I'LL SAY THANKS, WILL.
>> THANK YOU. I ALSO WAS LOOKING AT THIS SCHEMATICS OF THE FRONT OF THE BAND HALL AND COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHERE THE 18-WHEELERS BACK IN, AND THAT'S A HUGE CONCERN.
WE HAVE PARENTS THAT DRIVE THOSE 18-WHEELERS ARE NOT PROFESSIONAL 18-WHEELER DRIVERS, AND THEY NEED TO BE REAL CLOSE.
>> IMAGINE RIGHT NOW THIS WHOLE TRIANGULAR SPACE OF AREA RIGHT HERE, SO JUST IMAGINE THAT'S ALL CONCRETE.
WE HAVEN'T LAID IT OUT YET WITH ALL THE TURNING AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S GOING TO REPLACE.
RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PADDOCK RIGHT HERE, SO THAT'S GOING TO REPLACE THAT PADDOCK OVER THERE, AND THAT'LL BE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR NOT ONLY DROPPING STUFF OFF AND ON, BUT THERE'S ALSO BEEN A QUESTION ABOUT PARKING 18-WHEELERS AS WELL.
>> WE HAVE A PARKING ISSUE AT JOHNSON ANYWAY, AND RIGHT NOW THE BAND DIRECTORS ALL PARK IN THAT SPACE WHERE YOU'RE BUILDING THAT NEW STRUCTURE, SO WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO PARK? RIGHT NOW, THIS IS ALL SENIOR PARKING AND PAINTED AND THAT'S THE BAND PRACTICE FIELD UP THERE.
THERE'S NO STAFF PARKING AVAILABLE CURRENTLY, AND YOU CANNOT HAVE THEM PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE, IT SEEMS WEIRD.
>> WE WILL FIND SPACE FOR THEM.
>> YOU'VE GOT TEXTS AND PRIVATE LESSON TEACHERS AND BAND DIRECTORS, AND COLOR GUARD.
THEN 18-WHEELERS, HOPEFULLY, YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A PLAN.
CAN WE GO BACK TO THE BAND HALL SCHEMATICS? I SUBMITTED 1,000 QUESTIONS THAT I DON'T HAVE ANSWERS TO YET AND I KNOW WE'LL GET THEM.
BUT I WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD TO SAY, I FEEL IT'S WEIRD THAT THERE'S NO OFFICES FOR OUR DIRECTORS IN THESE BAND HALL.
JOHNSON HAS THE BIGGEST BAND IN THE DISTRICT, AND MY DAUGHTER IS IN THAT BAND, AND I KNOW HOW CRAZY CROWDED IT IS.
IN THE LOCKER ROOM, I ALSO DON'T SEE ANY LOCKER STORAGE HERE.
A LOT OF KIDS DON'T EVEN GET A LOCKER BECAUSE IT'S INSANE.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE COLOR GUARD STORAGE BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS.
WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT ALL THEIR STUFF? I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE END-USERS FOR THIS BAND HALL WERE CONSULTED.
BECAUSE IT SEEMS WEIRD TO ME THAT IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF PRACTICE ROOMS AND ENSEMBLE ROOMS AND NO BAND DIRECTORS.
WHEN WE COULD HAVE A LOT MORE BAND DIRECTORS.
IT'S AT 300 AND SOMETHING RIGHT NOW OR ACTUALLY, WE HAVE THE NUMBERS? IS IT 205? THAT FEELS LOW.
[OVERLAPPING] WELL, THE 49 WITH COLOR GUARD, 205 FEELS LOW BECAUSE THERE'S 100 FRESHMEN IN THE BAND THIS YEAR.
I TRUST THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT, BUT I FEEL OVER TIME, IT'S JUST GOING TO GROW.
WE CAN HAVE ASSISTANT ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR.
MARIACHI WILL, OF COURSE, THEY'LL HAVE THEIR OWN.
TALK TO ME ABOUT THE RATIONALE, ABOUT WHY WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY OFFICE SPACE.
WHEN THIS IS MY UNDERSTANDING, WILL BE THE PRIMARY BAND HALL FOR THE BAND, NOT THAT?
>> THE DIRECTOR OF BANDS, AND THE BOOKKEEPER ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WING, AND SHE HAS THE RAPTURE AND HELPS PEOPLE GET IN, SO PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO COME IN THROUGH THAT AREA AND THEN COME IN.
THE BAND DIRECTOR'S NUMBER 1 REQUEST WAS A LARGER INSTRUCTIONAL SPACE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF BIG OFFICES AND THEY COULD HOLD 2, 3, 4 PEOPLE, BUT WE ONLY HAVE SINGLES IN THEM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM THERE FOR GROWTH IN THE CURRENT HALLWAY.
BUT THE NUMBER 1 REQUEST THAT THIS BAND HAS MADE CLEAR TO ME IS INSTRUCTIONAL SPACE.
WHEN YOU PUT THE 200 BAND MEMBERS AND THE 50 COLOR GUARD MEMBERS ALL IN ONE SPACE, THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH 60 BY 90, AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ADDRESSING.
THE STORAGE ROOM ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE IS GOING TO BE INSTRUMENTS STORAGE, AND THE BAND HALL HAS ENOUGH SPACE THAT WE COULD PUT LOCKERS, AND/OR RACKS AROUND THE PERIMETER AND STILL NOT IMPINGE ON OUR 60 BY 90 SPACE.
WE'RE THINKING THE WIND ENSEMBLE WOULD KEEP THEIR LOCK OR INSTRUMENTS IN THERE,
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THEN THE REST OF THE BAND WOULD KEEP IT IN THE CURRENT SPACE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BAND DIRECTORS, AND THE PRIORITY WAS THE INSTRUCTIONAL SPACE, SO THAT'S WHY THE OFFICES ARE VERY GENEROUS AND SO WE CAN LIVE WITH THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
>> WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE KIDS THAT EAT LUNCH IN HERE AND YOU'VE GOT NO PLACE FOR SUPERVISORY ADULTS TO BE OTHER THAN SITTING IN WITH THEM.
RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE TO KNOW THEY HAVE GLASS, THE FOLKS CAN WORK DURING LUNCH, AND HAVE KIDS IN THE BAND HALL FOR LUNCH.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS, WAS THERE A MEETING, ARE THERE SIGN-UP SHEETS? WAS THERE MINUTES THAT MISS.
RUNKLE CAN SEND US FOR THESE MEETINGS? BECAUSE I CAN'T IMAGINE JOEY LUCY DOESN'T WANT AN OFFICE ANYWHERE NEAR HIS BAND HALL.
I JUST CAN'T MAKE SENSE OF THAT.
IF THAT'S WHAT HE SAID, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IN WRITING FROM HIM, THAT THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS.
>> WE'RE HAPPY TO GO BACK AND REVISIT WITH THEM, BUT YES, WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE THAT.
>> I THINK THAT CLOSES OUT. JOHNSON.
>> YEAH, WE'VE GOT THE RENDERINGS AT THE END.
THIS IS A SHOT OF WHAT THE ACADEMIC CTE ADDITION WILL LOOK LIKE.
AGAIN, REFLECTING THE EXISTING ARCHITECTURE OF THE BUILDING.
WE'RE ACTUALLY CHOOSING TO TAKE THE METAL PANEL MATERIAL THAT IS ON THE MAIN ENTRY PORTION THAT WE'RE COVERING UP SO WE'RE JUST PULLING THAT OUT TO THE FRONT OF THE NEW ADDITION SO IT CAN CONTRAST WITH THE BRICK ON THE REST OF THE BUILDING THAT EVERYBODY IS STILL GOING TO SEE.
WE ARE HAVING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUCTURAL GYMNAST OVER HERE ON ONE END, THERE'S AN EXISTING PRIMARY POWER LINE THAT COMES UNDERGROUND THAT HAS AN EASEMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EXTEND THE BUILDING OVER THE TOP OF.
GETS US THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE NEED, BUT THEY CAN STILL ACCESS IT IF THEY NEED TO.
THEN THE ADDITION FOR THE FINE ARTS IS GOING TO MIMIC THE EXISTING WING PRETTY CLOSELY WITH THE ALTERNATING SHADES AND STYLE OF STONE AND THEN THE WINDOWS AND CANOPIES.
WE WANTED TO LOOK NICE, BUT AT SAME TIME WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND TOO MUCH MONEY ON IT IF THERE IS A FUTURE PLAN TO ADD AN AUDITORIUM.
BUT THIS SHOULD BE ACTUALLY VERY SIMILAR BUT WITH LESS GARAGE DOORS THAN WHAT YOU SEE RIGHT NOW AS YOU PULL IT INTO JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL.
>> I THINK YOU GET TO STAY UP THERE THOUGH.
[J.15. Consideration and possible approval of Educational Specifications for Elementary and High School Campuses Max Cleaver]
THERE WAS AN EXTRAS BOTH.I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN OUR DIETS FOLDER OR NOT, I APOLOGIZE.
I KNOW IT WASN'T MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE.
>> EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS, THIS IS A NEW REQUIREMENT FROM TEA THAT WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY GENERATE THESE AS PART OF EVERY PROJECT THAT IS DONE.
WHAT WE'VE PROVIDED AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY COMBINE, SO WE'VE COMBINED ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS PROJECTS INTO ONE DOCUMENT JUST TO TRY TO BE EFFICIENT BECAUSE OTHERWISE THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF REDUNDANCY.
WE'VE DONE ONE FOR THE EDUCATIONAL CAMPUS FOR ELECTRICAL 17.
THE TEA HAS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS SO IT GETS A LITTLE BIT FORMULAIC WITH A TEMPLATE THAT WE'RE USING SO YOU HAVE YOUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THAT GOES THROUGH ALL OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT THE DOCUMENT CONTAINS.
I WOULD SAY PROBABLY ABOUT 75% OF THIS DOCUMENT IS STUFF YOU ALREADY KNOW.
TEA JUST WANT YOU TO DOCUMENT IT.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR MISSION STATEMENT IS, YOUR VISION STATEMENT IS, WE'VE ACTUALLY PUT YOUR BELIEFS IN HERE AS WELL.
THEN UP AT THE TOP IS WHERE YOU REALLY START TO SEE SOMETHING THAT STARTS TO GET A LITTLE SPECIFIC TO WHAT THIS CAMPUS IS ABOUT.
HOW MANY STUDENTS AS A WHOLE? WHAT GRADES IS IT GOING TO SERVE? HOURS OF OPERATION? JUST SOME VERY BASIC INFORMATION THAT TEA WANTS YOU TO DOCUMENT.
THEY WANT YOU TO DESCRIBE HOW YOU ARE PROVIDING INCLUSIVE DESIGN, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SAT DOWN WITH MR. DO AND SEVERAL OTHER DOS AND OTHER FOLKS TO REALLY TALK THROUGH HOW Y'ALL ARE.
THIS IS REALLY HOW YOU-ALL ARE DOING IT NOW, THIS IS NOT HOW YOU-ALL ARE PLANNING ON DOING.
YOU-ALL ARE ALREADY DOING THESE THINGS.
TEA JUST WANT YOU TO WRITE IT DOWN AND SHOW THEM WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
OBVIOUSLY SAFETY AND SECURITY IS A BIG PART OF ALL SCHOOL DESIGN RIGHT NOW.
THEY HAVE SOME THINGS THAT, YOU-ALL KNOW,
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TEA MANDATES THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, THINGS LIKE DOOR NUMBERING, SECURITY CAMERAS, VISITOR MANAGEMENT AT YOUR PRIMARY INJURY, THINGS LIKE THAT.YOU-ALL ALREADY HAVE ANY OP SO THAT'S ALREADY HANDLED AS WELL.
THIS IS JUST OUTLINING ALL THE STRATEGIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE USED ON THIS PROJECT FOR MEETING ALL OF THOSE SECURITY REQUIREMENTS.
THEN AS PART OF THE ELEMENTARY THING, SO WE HAVE THE BASICS.
THE MINIMUM THING YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO JUST TO CHECK THE BOX FOR TEA.
WE WANT THIS TO BE A DOCUMENT THAT'S ALSO USEFUL.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT'S GOING TO EVOLVE OVER TIME SO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD STUFF TO IT AT ANY POINT THAT YOU WANT OR CHANGE ANYTHING THAT'S IN HERE AS YOU-ALL MIGHT CHANGE YOUR PHILOSOPHIES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE INCLUDED IN THE ELEMENTARY ONE IS WE WORKED ON A DOCUMENT TO CREATE A LIST OF STANDARDS FOR EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT YOU-ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
IT'S REALLY INTENDED FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT'S ALSO INTENDED IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO AND DO RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO AN EXISTING CAMPUS, TO DO IT WITH A MINDSET OF FALLING WITHIN THE STANDARDS OF EQUITY BETWEEN ALL THE CAMPUSES.
THAT'S WHAT THE MODERNIZATION STANDARDS PORTION OF THIS IS.
IT WAS ACTUALLY A SEPARATE DOCUMENT THAT WE FOLDED INTO THIS ONE BECAUSE IT JUST MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
THOSE ARE ALL ITEMS THAT AGAIN, THAT IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS THAT IS NOT A COMPLETE LIST, BUT IT IS STUFF THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE FPLC ON THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THEN LASTLY, YOU HAVE YOUR CAPACITY ANALYSIS, WHICH IS JUST A REALLY BASIC LISTING OF HOW MANY CLASSROOMS YOU THINK YOU NEED, HOW MANY SPECIAL EDUCATION SPACES NEED, AND THE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY THAT THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE.
>> OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ELEMENTARY DOCUMENT? CARRY ON.
>> THEN WE'RE GOING TO RINSE AND REPEAT FOR HIGH-SCHOOLS.
NOT A LOT OF DIFFERENCE. ALL THE REQUIREMENTS ARE GENERALLY THE SAME.
INFORMATION IS GENERALLY THE SAME FOR ALL THE STUFF THAT YOU-ALL ALREADY KNOW.
AGAIN, THEY WANT TO KNOW YOUR ENROLLMENT GRADE THIRD, HOURS OF OPERATION.
WE'VE CONFIRMED ALL OF THAT. AGAIN, INCLUSIVE DESIGN IT'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
OBVIOUSLY OLDER KIDS HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS THAN YOUNGER KIDS SO WE ADJUSTED THAT WORDING TO REFLECT WHAT GELS NEEDS ARE.
SECURITY IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT IN GENERAL, A LOT OF THE SAME STRATEGIES THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE.
WE HAVE IT IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT STARTING A SIMILAR MODERNIZATION STANDARDS FOR HIGH-SCHOOLS, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
THAT DOCUMENT HAS NOT BEEN GENERATED YET SO THAT'S WHY IT SAYS IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF BEING DEVELOPED AND IT WILL BE ADDED TO THIS DOCUMENT WHEN IT'S READY TO BE INCLUDED.
THEN CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION.
>> THEN I SEE THIS DOCUMENT TURNING INTO LIKE SO WHAT'S THE AMOUNT OF STEPS FROM THE BAND HALL THAT WILL BE ACCEPTABLE FOR US WHEN WE BUILD THE NEXT HIGH-SCHOOL FROM THE PRACTICE AREA TO WHATEVER? LIKE TO BE THAT SPECIFIC WITH ACCEPTABLE INFORMATION THAT WE COULD JUST LEARN FROM BECAUSE WHO KNOWS, HIGH-SCHOOL NUMBER 6 GETS AROUND, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE HERE, BUT WE HAD A DOCUMENT THAT SAID WHAT WE FEEL LIKE IT'S OUR BAND SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TRAVEL MORE THAN 600 STEPS FROM THE BAND HALL TO GET TO THE PRACTICE AREA OR WHATEVER.
I THINK THOSE ARE THE LITTLE THINGS THAT THIS DOCUMENT CAN JUST START TO CAPTURE.
AS WE GET IT, IT JUST GOES IN THESE DOCUMENTS AND THEN WE JUST TRY TO KEEP FROM MAKING MISTAKES.
NOT THAT WE'RE MAKING MISTAKES, BUT JUST SO WE HAVE THE INFORMATION NOW THE ROAD.
>> SET YOUR STANDARDS. YEAH, AND TEA HAS A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF INFORMATION YOU HAVE TO HAVE IN HERE.
IT DOESN'T TELL YOU THAT THERE'S STUFF WE CAN'T PUT IT IN HERE.
THEY WANT IT TO BE A DISTRICT SPECIFIC DOCUMENT THAT YOU WILL BE USING.
THEY DON'T WANT IT TO GO ON A SHELF AND JUST BE FORGOT ABOUT.
WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU-ALL FEEL WOULD BE USEFUL WHEN YOU'RE DOING FUTURE PROJECTS, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO GO IN HERE.
>> JUST TO MR. SEVERANCE'S POINT, I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SOME STANDARD SPECS LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL SHOULDN'T HAVE MANHOLES UPSTAIRS, FOR EXAMPLE.
BUT WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU IS THAT WE HAVE TO DO ONE OF THESE FOR EVERY SINGLE PROJECT.
>> I THINK WE CAN LEARN AND CARRY OVER AND EVOLVE BASED ON THAT.
BUT I AGREE WITH MR. SEVERANCE, IT'S A GOOD EXERCISE FOR US TO REALLY MAYBE DIG IN THESE AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SOME STANDARDS THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE ARE COMMUNICATED.
ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT TO THE PUBLIC IN HERE BECAUSE PEOPLE ALWAYS FREAK OUT ABOUT THE JOHNSON NUMBERS AND HAYS AND LAYMAN COME IN.
BUT OUR FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY IS 2,784, BUT OUR ACTUAL MAX CAPACITY IS 3,480.
THAT MESSAGE DOESN'T GET SAID ENOUGH, PEOPLE FREAK, THEY FREAK OUT BECAUSE THEY HEAR IT WAS BUILT FOR
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2,250 AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE EXPANDING TO 2,800.BUT IN ACTUALITY, AND MY SON WAS IN HAYS HIGH SCHOOL AT 2020 WHEN THEY WERE 3,000 KIDS.
IT CAN BE DONE, IT'S NOT IDEAL AND WE DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN THAT FOR VERY LONG.
BUT FOR FOLKS THAT ARE REALLY PANICKED THAT WE ARE OVER THE 2,250, FEAR NOT, THE FUNCTIONAL MAX CAPACITY IS ACTUALLY, I SHOULDN'T SAY FUNCTIONAL, THE MAX CAPACITY IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THE FUNCTIONAL.
>> JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE MAX CAPACITY IS BASICALLY IDEAL.
THAT MEANS THAT EVERY SINGLE SEAT IN EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM IS FILLED EVERY SINGLE PERIOD FOR EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEK.
>> MAYBE WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR LANGUAGE AROUND HERE.
BECAUSE WE TELL THE PUBLIC WE'RE GOING TO BUILD EVERY HIGH SCHOOL FOR 2,800 AND THEN THEY SEE THE NUMBERS ARE ALREADY AT 2,800 AND THEY'RE PANICKED.
>> WELL, AND SO THE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY, THE PERCENT UTILIZATION IS REALLY WHAT CAN FLUCTUATE.
THE PERCENT UTILIZATION IS HOW TIGHT DO THEY SET UP THE DAILY SCHEDULE? HOW MANY KIDS PER CLASSROOM DO THEY HAVE FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS? OR CERTAIN PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 30 KIDS PER CLASSROOM, CERTAIN ONES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 15.
THE WAY THAT WE'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT IS THAT IT HELPS TO GAUGE WHAT I LIKE TO CALL, WHEN THE PAIN STARTS TO SET IN.
PAIN MEANS THAT YOU'RE STARTING TO HAVE OVERSIZED CLASSES.
PAIN MEANS YOU'RE TRYING TO TRAVEL MORE TEACHERS, YOU'RE HAVING TO BRING IN PORTABLES.
THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO STRETCH YOUR CAPACITY OF YOUR BUILDING ABOVE THE 2,800.
BUT THAT'S PAINFUL, THAT COMES WITH SIDE EFFECTS.
THEN AT SOME POINT, YOU-ALL HAVE A DISTRICT PHILOSOPHY ON WHEN THAT TRIGGERS, IT'S TIME TO DO A NEW SCHOOL.
>> THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
>> I THINK THAT CLOSES OUT ED SPEC CONVERSATION. THANK YOU.
>> APPRECIATE IT. TIM, I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME JUMP AROUND THE AGENDA A LITTLE BIT.
WE STILL HAVE SOME GUESTS HERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND GO TO J3,
[J.3. Consideration and possible approval of the denial of Participation of Non-Enrolled Students in Hays CISD Extracurricular or UIL Activities Marivel Sedillo, Lance Moffett, Patty Moreno]
WHICH IS THE NON ENROLLED STUDENTS PARTICIPATION.I'M NOT SURE WHO'S PRESENTING ON THAT.
WE ASK AFTER WE GOT THE REQUEST TO LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF ALLOWING NON-ENROLLED STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN UIL.
I ASKED OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, LANCE MOFFETT AND OUR FINE ARTS DIRECTOR, PATTY MORENO TO POLL THE DIRECTORS AND THE COACHES, AND TALK TO THE DISTRICT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE INDIVIDUALS, TALK TO OUR OPPOSING DISTRICTS THAT WE COMPETE WITH AND UIL, AND JUST BRING BACK ALL THE GREAT INFORMATION.
WHICH ONE OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO START WITH YOUR FINDINGS? LADIES FIRST? PATTY, COME ON DOWN.
>> GOOD EVENING. I LET JASON ADAM TAKE A LEAD ON THIS PROJECT, SO I'M GOING TO TURN THINGS OVER TO HIM.
BUT WE DID SEND OUT A GOOGLE SURVEY TO THE FINE ARTS DIRECTORS, AND SO WE HAVE SOME RESULTS ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU. WE PULLED ALL OF OUR SECONDARY FINE ARTS PROGRAMS THAT PARTICIPATE IN UIL ACTIVITIES.
WE HAD RESPONSES BACK FROM ALL OF OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES IN ALL AREAS OF PARTICIPATION.
THE RESULTS SHOWED THAT IT WAS 95% OF THE DIRECTORS IN THOSE AREAS SHOWED EITHER THEY WOULD BE OPPOSED TO THIS OR HAD FURTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE THEY COULD BE IN FAVOR OF THIS.
THEY HAD QUESTIONS INCLUDING THINGS OF HOLDING STUDENTS ACCOUNTABLE.
HOW DOES THE FUNDING WORK FOR THIS? THINGS ALONG THAT NATURE.
IF KIDS, THEY DO A LOT OF PREPARATIONS DURING THEIR CLASS TIME THROUGH THE DAY TO LEAD INTO AFTER-SCHOOL EXTRACURRICULAR REHEARSALS.
A LOT OF LOGISTICAL CONCERNS OF HOW IT REALLY WORK OUT.
THEN THERE'S ONLY 5% THAT SAID RIGHT NOW THEY WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS AS FAR AS FINE ARTS ACTIVITIES.
THAT WAS THE SUMMARY OF THE FINE ARTS TEACHERS.
>> WE TAKE A SIMILAR SURVEY OF ALL 200 PLUS COACHES.
MAJORITY OF OUR COACHES WERE OPPOSED TO ALLOWING HOMESCHOOL PARTICIPATION.
WE BROKE IT DOWN INTO DEEPER BREAKDOWN.
WE LOOKED AT LEADERSHIP COACHES, ALL OF OUR HEAD COACHES, OUR CAMPUS COORDINATORS.
THE PERCENTAGE WENT UP IN OPPOSITION TO IT AS WELL.
WE ALSO TOOK A SURVEY OF AUSTIN METRO, SAN ANTONIO METRO SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
WE FOUND THAT THREE DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA, WIMBERLEY, SALADO AND HUTTO, ALL ALLOW FOR THIS.
WE LOOKED AT SOME COMPARISON DATA WITH THEM.
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THEY ALL ALLOW OPEN ENROLLMENT AS WELL.WE SPOKE TO SOME OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT INS AND OUTS OF PROBLEMS. WE IDENTIFIED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT SIMILAR TO THINGS WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT.
FOR INSTANCE, HOME-SCHOOL KIDS, 60 MINUTES A DAY IS ALLOWED FOR ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION.
IN HUTTO, THEY MENTIONED THAT THEY HAD INDIVIDUAL SPORT KIDS THAT WERE GETTING PRIVATE INSTRUCTION DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.
WHICH IF YOU REQUIRE THEM TO COME TO THE ATHLETIC PERIOD AS WELL, NOW WE'RE NOT SURE IF THAT'S A VIOLATION OF UIL RULES OR NOT BECAUSE THAT HASN'T BEEN DEFINED YET.
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE OPPOSE THE PARTICIPATION OF HOMESCHOOL PARTICIPANTS IN ARE JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH MISINFORMATION ABOUT HOW IT'S GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED AND HOW THE RULES ARE GOING TO BE APPLIED AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
THEN ALL THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR DISTRICT, DR WRIGHT ALREADY MENTIONED THIS.
NONE OF OUR DEC AFFILIATED DISTRICTS, WHICH IS 125A FOR HAYS AND LAYMAN, 266A FOR JOHNSON, AND THEN 255A FOR ALL THE OTHER SPORTS AT HAYS.
NONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS ARE ALLOWING IT AS WELL, NOR IS AUSTIN ISD OR ANY OF THE SCHOOLS WE PARTICIPATE.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE MAKING THIS RECOMMENDATION BASED ON WHAT OUR STAKEHOLDERS FROM OUR COACHING PERSPECTIVE AND ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU. QUESTIONS. MRS PETREA?
>> WE HAD A SPEAKER COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT THIS TODAY AND MENTIONED THEIR TAX DOLLARS.
CAN YOU REMIND US IF ANY FUNDING GOES TO THE DISTRICT FROM STUDENTS IF WE WERE TO ALLOW THIS?
LEGISLATURE PASSED LEGISLATION ALLOWING FOR $1,500 PER ACTIVITY.
BUT WE'RE STILL NOT SURE WHERE THAT FUNDING IS COMING FROM AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE SOURCED.
AND SO THAT'S STILL SOME OF THE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF THE OWNER.
>> WHO CAN CLEAR THIS UP FOR US?
>> WHO CAN CLEAR THIS UP FOR US? DO WE HAVE FRIENDS AT DEA, IS IT UIL [OVERLAPPING]
>> I'LL HAVE TO FIND WITH DR. WRIGHT.
>> I KNOW DR. WRIGHT KNOWS THE PEOPLE AT UIL.
>> SO THIS JUST PASSED THIS SESSION AND WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE RULES YET.
JUST LIKE WE'RE GETTING SO MUCH INFORMATION JUST AFTER THE FACT BECAUSE IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE COMMISSIONERS, THE COMMISSIONER HAS TO VET IT, THEN IT HAS TO COME OUT AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS $1,500 PER ACTIVITY WILL FLOW IF THEY PASS SOMETHING IN THE SPECIAL SESSION, IT'S BEING HELD HOSTAGE ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE BECAUSE OF VOUCHERS AND SO IT'S UNCERTAIN WHEN AND IF THAT MONEY IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE RELEASED.
BUT I THINK THAT ISN'T THE CONCERN THAT WE HEARD FROM OUR COACHES AND DIRECTORS AS MUCH AS WE ARE STILL WAITING AND I'M A MEMBER OF UIL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
I'M STILL WAITING FOR CLARIFICATION TO SEE IF NON-ENROLLED STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE HELD TO THE SAME CRITERIA THAT ENROLLED STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE HELD BECAUSE COACH MOFFAT MADE A GOOD POINT.
OUR COACHES ARE REALLY WORRIED, ESPECIALLY AT THE VARSITY LEVEL THAT SAY A KID IS AN EXCELLENT GOLFER, NOT ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, AND ONLY COMES FOR THE ATHLETIC PERIOD, WHICH IS 60 MINUTES AND THAT'S ALL THAT'S ALLOWED PER DAY.
THEN HE HAS A PRIVATE INSTRUCTOR AND DURING THE TIME THAT THE OTHER KIDS ARE ACTUALLY IN SCHOOL, THIS KID GETS TWO OR THREE MORE HOURS OF INSTRUCTION.
IS THAT GOING TO PENALIZE THE REST OF THE TEAM AND CAUSE THEM TO FORFEIT BEING ABLE TO ADVANCE TO THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT OR THE STATE TOURNAMENT, THAT TYPE OF THING AND THAT HADN'T BEEN CLEARLY DEFINED YET.
JUST, THERE ARE A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS THAT ARE MAKING OUR PEOPLE REALLY UNEASY, AND I THINK WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO GET MORE CLARIFICATION BEFORE PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
>> WELL, A LOT OF KIDS HAVE PRIVATE TUTORS FOR ALL THE THINGS AND WHETHER IT'S A BAND OR THEY PLAY AAU BASKETBALL ON THE OFF-SEASON OR WHATEVER.
MAYBE I JUST DON'T RECOGNIZE WHAT THE CONCERN IS, BUT I DO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE DOUBLE BLOCK.
THESE ATHLETIC PERIODS AND THESE BAND PERIODS, THESE FINE ARTS IS A HEAVY TIME COMMITMENT.
THEN LIKES FOOTBALL FOR EXAMPLE, THEY PRACTICE FROM 6:00-8:00 AM THEN THEY HAVE A DOUBLE BLOCK AND THEN THEY PRACTICE FROM 5:00-7:00 OR WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S BANANAS.
LOOK, I HOME SCHOOLED MY KID IN MIDDLE-SCHOOL WE DID NOT LIVE IN HAYS CISD, AND SO THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIM TO DO OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
THERE WERE CO-OPS AND LITTLE LEAGUES, AND YMCAS AND ALL THE THINGS.
WOULD WE HAVE TO OPEN THIS UP TO CHARTER STUDENTS IF
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WE WERE TO DO THIS OR IS IT NARROWLY WRITTEN ABOUT HOMESCHOOL? MAYBE WE CAN GET THE LAW.>> YEAH. IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR HOMESCHOOL PARTICIPATION BECAUSE IF THEY'RE ENROLLED IN A PRIVATE OR A CHARTER, THEN THEY DO HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR ACTIVITIES.
>> DONE. BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF CHARTERS DON'T HAVE ACTIVITIES THAT'S ONE OF THEIR DEFICIENCY.
THANK YOU FOR SURVEYING FOLKS AROUND.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A HUGE RUSH OF PEOPLE ASKING FOR THIS, SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY WE WERE DENIED.
ARE WE UNDER SOME TIME-FRAME TO VOTE ON THIS NEXT WEEK?
>> NO. WE CAN VOTE ON IT AT ANY TIME.
FOR SUB VARSITY PARTICIPATION, YOU HAVE TO VOTE EACH YEAR ON OR BEFORE.
I BELIEVE IT'S AUGUST THE 1ST IF YOU'RE GOING TO CHOOSE TO BRING IT INTO CONSIDERATION FOR VARSITY ELIGIBILITY.
>> GOT IT. ACTUALLY WE HAVE A LOT MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS.
IN TERMS OF LIKE THE RULING AND WHAT ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE MIGHT COME OUT ABOUT THIS LAW. THANK YOU.
>> DR. WRIGHT, AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS.
HAVE WE EVER ALLOWED FOR THIS IN THIS DISTRICT BEFORE?
>> NO, MA'AM. NOT UP TO THIS POINT.
>> OKAY. FROM NOW UNTIL MONDAY, ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME MORE AND TRY TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THE FUNDING PIECE, BUT ALSO SOME MORE LEGAL CLARIFICATION?
>> THAT'S THE PROBLEM. I DON'T THINK IT EXISTS.
NO WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE COMMISSIONERS INTERPRETATION AND HE HASN'T DELIVERED ON THAT YET.
>> JUST ONE MORE POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
DID YOU SAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE SPECIAL SESSION IN OCTOBER?
>> I THINK IT'S A PART OF THE FUNDING PIECE.
>> THE EXTRA 4.5 BILLION THAT IS SUPPOSED TO GO TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, I THINK THAT'S A PIECE OF THAT.
WE'LL HAVE TO GET FURTHER CLARIFICATION TO MAKE SURE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD.
>> WE MIGHT THINK ABOUT WAITING ON THIS UNTIL AFTER WE CAN GET SOME MORE GUIDANCE.
BUT MY QUESTION AGAIN, AND WE WEREN'T GETTING A FLOOD OF FOLKS WANTING TO DO THIS.
I DO WANT PEOPLE TO GO TO OUR SCHOOLS AND I HOPE THAT OUR FRIEND HERE, SAW ALL THE AMAZING THINGS GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOLS AND MAYBE YOU JUST WANT TO BE IN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT I GET IT THAT THAT'S AN INCENTIVE.
>> IN THE OTHER PIECES IS ONCE WE GET INFORMATION FROM THE COMMISSIONER AND FROM THE SPECIAL SESSION, WE CAN ALWAYS BRING IT BACK UPON REQUEST.
>> THAT'S HELPFUL TOO. THANK YOU.
>> JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF SOMETHING, MS. PETREA SAID ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF WHETHER IT'D BE AAU BASKETBALL, SELECT BASEBALL.
A LOT OF THE SCOUTING THAT GOES ON FROM DIVISION 1 COLLEGES GOES ON AT THOSE TOURNAMENTS NOWADAYS, UNLIKE WHEN I PLAYED MANY DECADES AGO.
BUT I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH THE EQUALITY OF TREATMENT, THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR THEIR KIDS.
BUT AS A TRUSTEE, HAYS CISD, I DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE THE SAME SET OF STANDARDS AND RULES FOR OUR STUDENT ATHLETES.
IN ADDITION TO BEING A TOP QUALITY ON THE FIELD, A STUDENT EXEMPLIFIES GREAT BEHAVIOR IN THE CLASSROOM.
THAT BEING SAID, I CERTAINLY WOULD WANT TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR KIDS HERE IN THE DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE GROWING DISTRICT ADDING 1,000 KIDS PER YEAR FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF KIDS COMING IN AND 100% HAYS IS PART OF THAT, IS GETTING KIDS ENROLLED IN THIS EXTRA CURRICULAR SPORTS, FINE ARTS.
I DEFINITELY WOULD WANT TO, AS A TRUSTEE, DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THOSE KIDS.
I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN AND THE ARGUMENTS, BUT AS A TRUSTEE, I CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR OUR KIDS IN THE DISTRICT.
>> I WILL SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT I DO OPPOSE OPENING IT UP FOR OUR HOMESCHOOL STUDENTS.
I DO BELIEVE OUR FOCUS SHOULD BE ON OUR HAYS CISD STUDENTS, AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS SPACE.
WE DO WANT A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER AS WELL, THE SPACE.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SO MANY BONDS GOING ON BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR OUR ATHLETES WHO DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR OUR THEATER, WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH SPACE.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ENROLLED IN HAYS CISD, AND JUST WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD FOR THAT.
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>> I BELIEVE THAT CLOSES OUR DISCUSSION ON J3.
TEAM, WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF THINGS ON HERE, 1030 IS OUR OPERATING PROCEDURE CUTOFF FOR NEW ITEMS. I THINK WE CAN GET SOME OF THIS DONE, BUT I JUST WANT TO PREPARE ALL OF YOU THAT WE WILL PROBABLY END UP NEXT WEEK HAVING TO COVER SOME OF THIS ON THE FLY AND VOTE AT THE SAME TIME.
WHAT I THINK WE'LL DO IS JUMP BACK UP TO CONSENT.
[I. CONSENT AGENDA]
HEY, WE'RE BACK TO THE BEGINNING.WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE AND ASK WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.
PROCUREMENTS. WE HAD THE MEMO FROM DIANE BORISON, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE TECHNOLOGY PROCUREMENTS? THE MOU WITH COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON DISCUSSION ON THAT, MR. SEVERANCE?
>> YEAH. I THINK I HAD SUBMITTED A QUESTION ASKING ABOUT FOR SOME DATA HOW WE DID LAST YEAR AND THERE'S SEEMS TO BE A LAG IN THE DATA FROM WHEN WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS.
I'M JUST CURIOUS AS, DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS NOW OR CAN WE WAIT UNTIL WE GET THE DATA TO SEE HOW EFFECTIVE THAT HALF-A-MILLION DOLLARS WAS OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO NOW? I'M JUST CURIOUS.
>> GOOD EVENING. SO TYPICALLY IT'S REQUIRED FOR US TO VOTE ON THIS NOW, THIS YEAR, THE DATA IS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE LEG BECAUSE THE STATE DATA IS ALSO BEHIND A LITTLE BIT.
WE CAN LOOK AT HISTORICAL TRENDS AND PROJECT TO SEE IF IT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE OVER TIME.
THERE ISN'T GOING TO BE A WHOLE LOT OF SUBSTANTIAL VARIANTS ANYWAY IN THE DATA AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH IT.
WE DO HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY REPORTS.
IT'S NOT AS DETAILED AS THE REPORTS THAT WE WILL GET LATER ON BUT WE HAVE PROVIDED SOME PRELIMINARY REPORTS WITH DATA FOR THE CAMPUSES.
>> IN THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE LISTED AND WE GET GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THEM RIGHT NOW SAYING THAT THEY SUPPORTED THIS.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT CONTINUE AND THEY FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE BEST USE OF THOSE DOLLARS ON THEIR CAMPUS.
>> THERE ARE CAMPUSES THAT HAVE CIS DO LIKE HAVING CIS WE DID DO SOME SHIFTING AROUND WITH A COUPLE THAT WE FELT THAT WE COULD USE MONEY AND MORE EFFICIENT WAYS.
BUT YES, OVER AND ABOVE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT HAVE CIS AND OTHER CAMPUSES WOULD PREFER TO KEEP CIS.
>> CAN WE DO A QUICK SURVEY OVER THE WEEK JUST TO FIND OUT, HEY, HOW DID IT WORK LAST YEAR? HOW MANY TIMES YOU SEE SOMEBODY? JUST A PERSONAL FEELING OF HOW IT WORKED OUT.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A BAD PROGRAM.
I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT ABOUT IT AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'S BEEN WELL-RECEIVED.
IF IT'S EFFECTIVE IN THE CAMPUS HAS LIKE IT THEN I'M A YES, BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON IT.
>> HOW LONG HAVE WE HAD CIS HERE?
>> I CAN FIND OUT, I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG WE'VE HAD.
>> AS LONG AS I REMEMBER PROBABLY, WOW, WHEN I WAS A TEACHER, THEY'VE BEEN HERE SO PROBABLY OVER 20 YEARS.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A FORMALITY BECAUSE THEY ALREADY STARTED AT OUR CAMPUSES.
IT REALLY IS A FORMALITY, IT'S LIKE THEY ALREADY STARTED WORKING IN OUR CAMPUSES WITH OUR STUDENTS.
>> I WOULD ALSO WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE SCHOOLS ARE COMPLETELY STAFFED, BECAUSE I KNOW LAST YEAR WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH HAYS HIGH SCHOOL AND NOT BEING STAFFED FOR OVER HALF A YEAR.
I KNOW THIS TIME THEY MOVED THE CHOPPER PERSON OVER TO HAYS HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE'S AMAZING.
SHE DOES GREAT WORK THROUGH THE CLOTHES CLOSET AND OUR HAYES HUB TO GO PROGRAM.
I DO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CIS PROGRAM, MAKING SURE TO ASSIST STUDENTS THAT ARE ON THEIR ROSTER, IF YOU WILL.
I KNOW THAT PIECE OF IT THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE NEEDS AND THEY HAVE
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WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CLOTHES CLOSET AND HAYES HOPE TO GO TO FILL SOME OF THOSE NEEDS AND I'M STILL WAITING FOR SOME INFORMATION.I DON'T THINK I GOT THE FINAL, THEY USUALLY DO A VERY LONG REPORT FOR US ON WHAT THEY HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE SUCCESSES AND SO ON.
I KNOW THEY STRUGGLED BECAUSE OF THE STAFFING.
I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE STAFFING PIECE. THANK YOU.
>> QUESTION I HAD, I NOTICED ON THE PRELIMINARY REPORT IT TALKED ABOUT AND YOU MAY HAVE ALLUDED TO IT.
IT SAID 13 SCHOOLS BUT WE'RE FUNDING FOR 11.
>> THIS YEAR WE'VE DONE A CHANGE WITH JOHNSON AND IMPACT, AND THEN WE'RE DOING SOME THINGS INTERNALLY FOR THOSE CAMPUSES.
CIS HAS A CAP OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THEY CAN ACTUALLY SERVE ON THEIR CASELOAD AND WITH THE RISING ENROLLMENT AT JOHNSON, IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO PUT A CAP THERE.
THE IMPACT, WE ALSO HAD SOME OTHER AREAS THAT WE FELT THAT WE COULD ADDRESS THE STUDENTS BETTER ESPECIALLY WITH MY MOBILE POPULATION.
>> I KNOW THEY PROVIDE JUST MUCH NEEDED SERVICES, I DO AGREE WITH THE STAFFING ISSUE.
I THINK IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, JUST PUT THEM ON BOARD BLOG A QUICK BLURB OF HOW WE'RE TAKING THOSE ON INTERNALLY AT JOHNSON AND IMPACT.
I DON'T NEED A LENGTHY REPORT AND YOU JUST THE PROCESSES WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE TO NOT LET SOME THINGS JUST SLIP AWAY FROM US.
>> DO WE STILL HAVE THAT AMAZING PERSON IN IMPACT THAT DOES RESTORATIVE JUSTICE?
>> WE DO HAVE SOME AMAZING PEOPLE, THE IMPACT AND YES, THE ONE THAT'S DOING RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IS STILL THERE.
>> THAT'S SO POWERFUL AND IMPACTFUL FOR FOLKS THAT ARE OVER THERE.
HEARING THAT WE TOOK A CIS AWAY FROM IMPACT GIVES ME A LITTLE HEARTBURN BUT KNOWING THAT SHE'S THERE MAKES ME FEEL A LOT BETTER.
WE USE ONE OF THE AS ARE FUNDED POSITIONS.
>> LAST YEAR AND AS WE BROUGHT THEM BACK ON, THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH THOSE POSITIONS.
>> WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. LET'S JUMP TO I3.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SHAC, THE STUDENT HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE. MS. ROSCOE?
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO MAKE OUR SHAC MORE ROBUST AND MORE DIVERSE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND THAT THE BY-LAWS WERE ALSO FINALLY LOOKED AT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? CERTIFIED TEACHER APPRAISERS AND FUTURE CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATORS I4 ANY QUESTIONS, AND DISCUSSION.
FIVE WORKERS COMP. MS. ROSCOE.
FOR THE RECORD, I WILL BE ABSTAINING SINCE I WORKED FOR TASB.
>> VERY GOOD. MOVING ON TO SIX, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF OUR INVESTMENT OFFICERS DISCUSSION.
THEN ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO START HAVING MORE MEETINGS WHEN WE'RE ALL VERY SLEEPY AND TIRED.
LET'S JUMP NOW TOO, I'M A LITTLE HESITANT TO GO TO J4.
[J.4. Consideration and possible approval of the Student Code of Conduct for the 2023-2024 School Year Marivel Sedillo]
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAVE BUT I'LL ASK IS THERE SOME STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT QUESTIONS, COMMENTS PREPARED TO DISCUSS? YES, JAKE, I'M SORRY, J1 IS BEING PULLED, IT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK THE FUTURE.WE'RE GOING TO SKIP J2 UNTIL NEXT WEEK, NOTHING ON STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.
SHOCKED AND SUGAR AND AS THEY SAY.
THIS IS CONCERNING THE HB114, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THE NEW CONSEQUENCES ESSENTIALLY FOR VAPING, WHICH WILL MOVE A KID INTO ISS, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S NOT A DISCIPLINARY ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM.
THERE'S NOT SPACE IN THAT PROGRAM, THEY WILL BE MOVED TO ISS ACCORDING TO THIS NEW LAW.
MY QUESTION IS AS FAR AS OUR ISS SPACE AT EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES, WILL THIS AFFECT THE SPACE WE HAVE IN ISS BEING THAT THIS NEW LAWS AND EFFECT.
I THINK IT WAS ACCORDING TO A COMMUNITY IMPACT ARTICLE THAT WAS
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ABOUT 166 VAPING OCCURRENCES ON CAMPUSES.I DON'T KNOW HOW ACCURATE THAT IS.
IN MARCH OF 2023, THAT ARTICLE CAME OUT.
THAT SEEMS TO BE PRETTY HIGH NUMBER.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF WE HAVE SUFFICIENT SPACE.
>> WELL, IF YOU'RE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT E-CIGARETTES IS THE ONE THAT MOSTLY GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY STAYING AT ISS.
WE HAD 125 IN OUR DISTRICT LAST SCHOOL YEAR.
THAT'S THE DATA THAT'S TELLING US AND BASED UPON OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SYSTEM PRINCIPLES, AT THE MOMENT, IT HASN'T RISEN UP AS A CONCERN.
THAT CONVERSATION HAS TAKEN PLACE BUT THERE'S NOT BEEN ANYONE WHO'S SPOKEN OUT WITH REGARDS TO WE CAN'T DO IT.
THEY ACTUALLY SEEM TO BE IN FAVOR OF MAKING SURE WE CAN CONTINUE THE PROGRESSIVE AND RESTORATIVE APPROACHES TO SUPPORTING STUDENTS ARE MAKING THAT CHOICE.
>> I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I ACTUALLY DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
BECAUSE IT'S SO LATE TONIGHT, I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO IT.
BUT DR. WRIGHT, IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THIS CAN I REACH OUT TO DOCTOR THIS MORNING AND GO OVER SOME OF THOSE THINGS WITH HIM.
IS THAT OKAY? TOMORROW MORNING OR TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
>> MR. ROSCOE, WILL YOU PLEASE DOCUMENT THOSE QUESTIONS.
>> I'LL PUT ON BLOG ABSOLUTELY, FOR SURE.
BACK ON J2 JUST FOR A SECOND NOT FOR DISCUSSION, BUT IN YOUR BOARD OLDER IS A SIMPLE RESOLUTION HAVING TO DO WITH THAT AS PROVIDED BY TASB.
JUST THERE TO READ THROUGH, GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT'S GOING TO END UP LOOKING LIKE.
>> NOW WE'RE TO THE J5, THE SECOND READING AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF REVISIONS TO POLICY FEA ON PAGE 92.
[J.5. Second Reading and possible adoption of revisions to Policy FEA (Local) Marivel Sedillo]
THE SECOND READING OF THIS, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE PRODUCING THE NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE ABSENCES.ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? MS. OROSCO.
>> DR. JOHNSON, MAYBE YOU CAN JUST CLARIFY.
I KNOW WE HAD A COUPLE OF PARENTS REACH OUT WHERE THERE WAS SOME UNCLEAR OR MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN CAMPUS STAFF AND PARENTS.
I JUST WANTED TO CHECK ON WHAT TRAINING IS BEING DONE WITH THAT FRONT STAFF OR WITH THE PEIMS CLERK OR OTHER STAFF THAT DEALS WITH OUR FAMILIES THAT MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ABSENCES.
>> ABSOLUTELY. ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS WE'LL DO AS SOON AS YOU APPROVE IT IS MEET WITH OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE AND THEY CAN COMMUNICATE IT APPROPRIATELY.
DANA BROWN HAS ALREADY SET UP SOME LANGUAGE AND ALSO SOME INTERACTION WITH HER TEAM TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE APPROPRIATE UNDERSTANDING AND IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL TRAINING THAT'S NEEDED SHE'LL WORK WITH THEM ACCORDINGLY.
>> GREAT. I THINK THAT TRAINING PIECE IS GOING TO BE HUGE.
MAKE SURE THEY CLEARLY COMMUNICATE TO OUR FAMILIES WHAT IT ACTUALLY MEANS [OVERLAPPING].
>> ABSOLUTELY. I'VE ALREADY SENT COMMUNICATION TO ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS WITH REGARDS TO OUR FOCUS IS GETTING OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL, NOT ON ENROLLING THEM, BUT GETTING THEM TO SCHOOL.
>> JUST ONE MORE COMMENT ON THAT.
WITH THE TRAINING AT JUST THE CUSTOMER SERVICE SIDE OF HOW THEY'RE DELIVERING A MESSAGE.
YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE ENROLLED AFTER FIVE DAYS, IT'S LIKE THERE'S EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. IT'S NOT JUST A STEADFAST.
I MEAN, I'VE GOT SOME COMMENTS LIKE, WELL, THEY'VE JUST SAID, I WANT A ROLE.
WELL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE SIDE IS NOT JUST NO FROM SOMEBODY AT THE FRONT DESK.
IT'S GOING TO GO TO SOMEONE, THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT AND THEN GET BACK AND THEN MAKE A DECISION NOT JUST STRAIGHT IF YOU MISS ONE DAY THIS AND IT'S OVER.
>> I THINK IT'S PARAMOUNT TO REMEMBER WE'RE IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY.
WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND WE SERVE OUR STUDENTS, AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEING CONVEYED TO OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND I KNOW DANA'S WORKING ON THAT WITH HER TEAM.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK.
>> J6, DISPOSAL AND DESTRUCTION OF OBSOLETE VOTING MACHINES.
[J.6. Consideration and possible approval of the Disposal and Destruction of Obsolete Voting Machines Tim Savoy]
QUESTIONS? NO, DON'T, NO.>> I HAVE A 15-MINUTE PRESENTATION ON IT.
>> YOU ARE FORBIDDEN FROM SPEAKING.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, POINT OF ORDER ON MR.
>> SEVEN IS THE DEMOGRAPHIC SERVICES.
[J.7. Consideration and possible approval of Demographic Services for Hays CISD]
THIS IS THE JUST ANNUAL RENEWAL FOR PASA.>> HI, MR. CLEAVER. I KNOW WE SWITCHED DEMOGRAPHIC SERVICES THIS YEAR TO PASS UP.
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>> I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME CONSTERNATION BY THIS BOARD AND OTHERS ABOUT NOT GETTING THOSE REPORTS MORE OFTEN.
JUST WANTED TO KNOW HOW THAT'S BEEN WORKING OUT.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE TRADE-OFF IS WORTH IT WITH ACCURACY? OR WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT WE USED TO GET FROM OUR DEMOGRAPHER VERSUS WHAT WE'RE GETTING NOW?
>> I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN WE USED TO GET THE QUARTERLY UPDATES, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS MIGHT CHANGE BY TWO OR FOUR OR SIX STUDENTS OR SOME LOW NUMBER.
I ACTUALLY THINK THE ANNUAL IS BETTER BECAUSE THEY DO A DEEPER DIVE TALKING TO LOCAL PEOPLE INSTEAD OF JUST COUNTING FROM A SATELLITE IMAGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR USING STATISTICAL METHODS, SO THEY ACTUALLY PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL.
DR. RIGHT HE'S BEEN TRACKING THE NUMBERS EVERY DAY.
HE HAS IT ON HIS BOARD AND THEY'RE WITHIN THAT TWO PERCENT RANGE RIGHT NOW AND SO PROBABLY AFTER LABOR DAY, THEY'LL GET EVEN.
>> THEY'RE REAL CLOSE. ACCORDING TO YOUR WHITEBOARD.
>> SO FAR SO GOOD. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT WHEN WE HAVE OUR BUDGET ISSUES, OUR BUDGET SHORTFALLS, AND SO WHEN I PICKED UP THE PHONE AND CALLED THE OWNER, THEY VOLUNTARILY IN THEIR CONTRACT, THEY CAN DO AN ACCELERATION CLAUSE BASED ON WHATEVER THEY'RE SLIPPING MY MEMORY NOW WHAT IT'S CALLED THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, BUT SHE VOLUNTARILY REMOVED THAT FOR THIS YEAR, SO I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.
THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
>> ANYBODY ELSE ON THAT ONE? NEXT STEP IS REAL ESTATE BROKER SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT.
[J.8. Consideration and possible approval of the selection of Real Estate Broker Services for Hays CISD Max Cleaver]
ANY QUESTION ON THAT? MR. SEVERANCE.>> ARE WE GOING TO GET RFQ FROM JB STANFORD?
WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE THREE PROPOSALS.
ONE WAS DEEMED INCOMPLETE, AND SO WE'VE GOT ONE FROM CBRE, WHICH IS THE LARGEST REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE FIRM IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THEN FROM SANFORD, SANFORD JB, SANFORD HERE LOCALLY.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND BOTH AND WE DO A POOL BECAUSE I THINK CBRE HAS SOME TOOLS THAT MIGHT POTENTIALLY SERVICE FOR GETTING GOING FORWARD WITH OUR FACILITY RENTAL PLAN.
THEY HAVE SOME TOOLS THAT MIGHT HELP US PUT A VALUE, A COST VALUE ON WHAT OUR RENTALS MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH THEY SHOULD COST.
WHEN IT COMES TO FINDING LAND AND PROPERTIES, I DON T KNOW THAT IT'S A BAD IDEA TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE ENTITY LOOKING FOR US.
>> NO. I AGREE. MAYBE I MISSED IT BUT I DIDN'T REMEMBER SEEING THE PSEUDO C VRE PROPOSAL, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THE.
>> THE PHYSICAL PROPOSAL, YESTERDAY WE GOT ONE LET ME MAKE SURE YOU ALL GET THAT.
>> YES, I DIDN'T, I WAS GOING TO ASK THE SAME THING.
>> YES, SIR. I THINK AN INSTANT IN THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, PUT THOSE ONLINE, BUT YEAH, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE ABSOLUTELY GOT ONE.
>> I JUST HAVE A QUICK COMMENT.
I WANT YOU TO PUT ON YOUR PROSPECT OR HAT AND FIND SOME LAND FOR US, BECAUSE IT'S NOT GETTING ANY CHEAPER AND THIS WAY BEFORE MY TIME, SOMEBODY IN THIS DISTRICT WENT OUT AND BOUGHT ALL LAND AND WHERE WE HAVE SOME LAND NOW, WHICH IS FANTASTIC FOR OUR GROWTH.
BUT I SUSPECT WE'LL NEED MORE GIVEN OUR DEMOGRAPHER'S 20-YEAR PROJECTION OR WHATEVER.
I'M HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE OF, LIKE YOU SAID, HAVING A POOL AND HAVING A FEW PEOPLE WORK ON OUR SIDE.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT, YET THE LAST TIME THAT WE DID THIS, I DID SOME RESEARCH AND I FOUND THAT AN OLD CARTER SHERIFF, MIMO AND WE'RE BACK IN EARLY 2000S, WE HIRED A STARBUCK COMPANY AND THERE WERE A BUNCH OF JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL SITE, CARPENTER HILLS SITE, THE YULEN SCHOOL SITE, ALL THOSE LARGE TRACKS THAT WE'RE ENJOYING NOW, THAT WOULD BE MY GOAL IS TO SET US UP FOR THAT NEXT ROUND.
>> I LOVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
J9, BOND STAGE LIGHTING EQUIPMENT,
[J.9. Consideration and possible approval of the 2021 Bond Stage Lighting Equipment and Electrical Infrastructure for Dahlstrom Middle School - Ogden Lighting Max Cleaver]
AND ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DAHLSTROM MIDDLE SCHOOL.[J.16. Consideration and/or action to approve an Agreement for the Purchase of Attendance Credit (Netting Chapter 48 funding) (Option 3 Agreement) and to delegate contractual authority to the Superintendent Randy Rau, Dr. Eric Wright]
MR. RAU. YOU OVER THERE? HE DID DISAPPEARED. OH, SOMEBODY WAKE HIM UP.[03:15:04]
[LAUGHTER] PUT ON YOUR SPLAINER HAT AND TELL US WHAT THIS THING IS ALL ABOUT.IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE DIAS FOLDER? I DON'T RECALL SEEING ANYTHING.
>> THE DISTRICT WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO THAT PART OF OUR FUNDING EXCEEDS THE LIMIT FOR WHAT'S CONSIDERED TO BE EXCESS REVENUE.
I WILL STRESS THAT THESE ARE BASED ON CURRENT LAW ESTIMATES.
THEY'RE NOT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE DRAMATIC REDUCTION IN OUR TAX RATE BECAUSE TEA, LIKE THE DISTRICT, WAS BOUND BY CURRENT LAW AND THEY ARE WAITING ON THE LEGISLATURE TO PASS THEIR TAX RELIEF ACT AND THEIR PROPERTY HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
BUT BECAUSE PART OF OUR FUNDING EXCEEDS THE LIMIT, WE GOT PUT ON THE LIST.
BEING PUT ON THE LIST FOR US MEANS WE HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH A COUPLE OF EXTRA HOOPS IN ORDER TO PASS OUR TAX RATE.
WE'VE ALREADY JUMPED THROUGH THE FIRST HOOP AND I'VE GOT A LETTER FROM TEA SAYING THAT WE CAN PROCEED WITH OUR TAX RATE ADOPTION.
THE SECOND HOOP IS THE CONTRACT THAT'S IN THE AGENDA IS FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE AND GRANT DR. WRIGHT THE APPROVAL TO NEGOTIATE TO PAY BACK ZERO.
I THINK WHEN DR. WRIGHT FIRST VISITED ABOUT IT, I PROBABLY SAW HIM AS UPSET AS I THINK I'VE EVER SEEN HIM BECAUSE IT'S LEGISLATIVE HOOPLA IN ITS SIMPLICITY.
>> BASICALLY WE'RE CAUGHT IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE PREDICAMENT?
>> ANY QUESTIONS? DR. WRIGHT, YOU WANT TO ADD?
>> YES. WE WERE PUT ON A LIST BASED ON THE PREVIOUS FORMULA.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO OWE ANY MONEY.
WHEN I TALKED TO THE LADY AT TEA, I TOLD HER THAT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHY WE HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING ALONG IS BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE SO BUREAUCRATIC IN NATURE.
SHE SAID, BUT I HAVE TO DO MY JOB.
WE SAID OKAY, BECAUSE THEY SAID WE COULDN'T PASS OUR TAX RATE AND MOVE FORWARD UNTIL WE HAD THESE TWO FORMS FILLED OUT, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN BUREAUCRACY.
SHE SAID SHE REALIZED THAT WHEN WE ADOPT OUR NEW TAX RATE, WE WOULD BE VERY FAR FROM BEING PROPERTY WEALTHY.
I TOLD HER, I SAID IT'S A WASTE OF YOUR TIME.
SHE SAID, YES, BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT. THERE YOU GO.
>> IS WHAT RECAPTURE LOOKS LIKE IF WE HAD TO DO IT?
>> WE'LL JUST BREAK IT DOWN BECAUSE THIS IS A COMPLICATED WHAT YOU'VE LAID OUT.
WE'VE NEVER SEEN THIS, I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS.
>> HOPEFULLY YOU'LL NEVER HAVE TO SEE IT AGAIN.
>> WE ARE GOING TO RECAPTURE ZERO? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US?
>> THIS IS JUST THE TEA GOBBLEDYGOOK BUREAUCRACY? WELL, I TRUST MR. RAU, HE IS A GREAT CPA.
WON ALL KINDS OF AWARDS FOR HIS ACCOUNTING PROWESS, SO I'M GOING TO TRUST THAT BETWEEN DR. WRIGHT'S ADVOCACY TEA, AND YOUR BRAIN.
MIGHT FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT THIS, BUT I HATE THAT WE EVEN HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
I NEVER WANT TO SEE RECAPTURE AT THIS DISTRICT.
>> I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT REALLY SIMPLE WITHOUT GETTING REAL MUDDY INTO IT.
BUT JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW CLOSE WE WERE, THE LIMIT, WE WERE ONLY ABOUT TWO BUCKS OVER PER YIELD.
IT'S JUST ONE COMPONENT OF OUR FUNDING SOURCE.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND IS THE TAX RATE THAT THEY
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BEING TEA CALCULATED WAS 71 AND HALF CENTS.THEY'RE DOING IT BASED ON THE $40,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, WHICH THAT SHOULD PASS IN NOVEMBER TO BE 100.
>> WITH OUR CONTINUED GROWTH, IF WE CONTINUE TO ADD A THOUSANDS OF 1,400 KIDS PER YEAR AND WITH THE VALUE ESTIMATE GOING DOWN IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE BASED ON WHAT RANDY AND I LOOKED AT, THERE'S NO WAY WILL RECAPTURE DISTRICT.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? I'M TRYING TO GET THROUGH OUR J ITEMS HERE TEAM.
[J.17. Consideration and possible acceptance of the Certified Tax Values for Hays, Caldwell, and Travis Counties Randy Rau]
SO J 17, CERTIFIED TAX VALUES.RANDY, HOW CLOSE TO THIS END UP TO WHAT YOU THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE?
>> WE WERE ABOUT WITHIN A COUPLE OF PERCENTAGE POINTS.
>> J 18. THE DOCUMENTS IN THERE JUST UNDERSTAND,
[J.18. Consideration and possible adoption of the 2023-2024 Tax Rate Randy Rau]
THERE'S SOME WE HAVE TO READ THE WHOLE THING NEXT WEEK AND THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A PROCESS TO GET THROUGH, BUT NOT A BIG DEAL, BUT ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.MR. SEVERANCE, SHE THREW UP THE HALT SIGN.
>> THEN J 19 IS WE HAVE TO [LAUGHTER] ACCORDING TO TASK B,
[J.19. Consideration and possible endorsement of an individual to serve on the TASB Board of Directors - Region 13, Position B Board Matter]
WHERE WE'RE A LITTLE EARLY ON OUR ENDORSEMENT OF MARY JANE HENDRICK.SHE SENT ME A NICE EMAIL JUST ASKING IF WE WOULD DO IT AGAIN.
I SAID ABSOLUTELY, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU.
WE WILL KNOCK THAT OUT NEXT WEEK AND WHIP OUT THE OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT FORM AND ALL OF THOSE GOOD FUN THINGS.
ANY ISSUE WITH US PAUSING HERE AND HANGING THE INFORMATION ITEMS NEXT WEEK FOR THE FIRST PASS ON THOSE? WE'RE GOOD? WITH NO OBJECTIONS, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 10:18 PM.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.