Jan 16, 2024 Agenda Workshop

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OKAY, WE ARE BACK.

[A. CALL TO ORDER: Establish a quorum]

WE'RE BACK ON LINE.

WE'RE GOING TO REWIND A LITTLE BIT HERE.

THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE WITH US, YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO HEAR DR.

[G. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT]

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO BACK IT UP AND GO.

SO DR. WRIGHT TAKE IT AWAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND GOOD EVENING.

I DO APOLOGIZE TO THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE.

I WILL, SPEED IT UP A LITTLE BIT THIS TIME.

SO, FIRST OF ALL, GIVE YOU AN ENROLLMENT UPDATE.

WE ARE AT 23,421 STUDENTS, AND THAT'S 21 AWAY FROM OUR DEMOGRAPHERS TOTAL.

OUR ATTENDANCE IS 93.6%, AND, NEXT, I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO TWO OF OUR ALL-STATE MUSICIANS FOR HAYS HIGH SCHOOL BAND, SCOTT FOWLERS TRUMPET, 10TH GRADE, AND FOR LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR.

BROOKE STERLING, ALTO, TWO 12TH GRADE, AND THEIR DIRECTORS ARE JOHN [INAUDIBLE] FOR HAYS HIGH SCHOOL BAND, LEO GARCIA, LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO ACHIEVE ALL STATE STATUS IN MUSIC IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, ONLY THE TOP 2% OF ALL MUSICIANS WHO INITIALLY AUDITIONED BECOME ALL STATE MEMBERS.

SO LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO BROOKE AND SCOTT.

NEXT, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR STATE FUNDING SITUATION, AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD SEVERAL OR A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS.

I THINK BYRON AND ESPERANZA WENT TO OUR TASB GRASSROOTS, MEETING, THIS PAST WEEK TO DISCUSS LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED ALL OF YOU TO ADVOCATE FOR STATE FUNDING TO BE RELEASED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT GOVERNOR ABBOTT IS GOING TO DELAY CALLING ANY FUTURE SPECIAL SESSIONS BECAUSE HE WANTS TO PRIMARY OUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT VOTED AGAINST VOUCHERS AND ALSO VOTED TO IMPEACH OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE WON'T HAVE ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE SESSION UNTIL JANUARY OF 2025.

SO, IF YOU'RE SO INCLINED, GIVE THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE A CALL.

ASK THEM TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

GIVEN THE FACT THAT INFLATION IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH, SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES ARE ARE VERY CHALLENGING, AND THERE ARE HELP WANTED SIGNS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND AND THIS BOARD HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN TAKING CARE OF RAISING WAGES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT EACH YEAR IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND AND NOW WE'RE AT A TIME WHERE IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE HAVE MORE MONEY THAT WILL INFUSE OUR SYSTEM. SO, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THEM.

NEXT THING, WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR CHEERLEADING SQUADS FROM EACH OF OUR THREE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS.

EACH EACH SCHOOL MADE PROGRESS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AND THE SQUADS FROM JOHNSON AND HAYS HIGH SCHOOL FINISHED IN THE TOP TEN IN THE FINALS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE CHEERLEADERS AND THEIR DIRECTORS AND COACHES.

THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB, AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, BEING A PART OF THE UIL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WAS SO EXCITING WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A CONTEST JUST FOR CHEERLEADERS, BECAUSE SO OFTEN THEY JUST SUPPORT EVERYBODY ELSE'S TEAM, AND FOR ONCE, THEY GET TO PERFORM ON THEIR OWN AGAINST OTHER CHEERLEADING SQUADS FROM ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.

NEXT, I WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON WHETHER A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE ASKING WHY DIDN'T WE JUST MOVE THE TIME BACK TODAY AND START LATER AND LATER? WELL, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOU HAVE TO GO A MINIMUM OF FOUR HOURS IN ORDER TO GET CREDIT AND FUNDING, AND SINCE WE HAVE A THREE TIERED BUS ROUTE, IF WE WOULD HAVE BACKED OUR START TIME UP TO SAY, 10:30, OUR ELEMENTARY KIDS WOULD HAVE STILL HAD TO STAND OUT IN THE COLD TO CATCH A BUS AROUND 8:30, AND

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GOOD THING IS, IS WE HAVE BANK MINUTES AND SO WE WON'T HAVE TO MAKE UP TODAY.

HOWEVER, I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER DAY OF BANK MINUTES SO HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE TO USE THAT, BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WONDERING IF WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE THIS DAY UP, WE WILL NOT.

NOW, AS FAR AS TOMORROW IS CONCERNED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NORMAL DAY.

TALKING TO THE METEOROLOGIST, THE TEMPERATURE SHOULD BE AROUND 20, AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SUNNY WITHOUT THE WIND.

WIND CHILL FACTORS, LIKE WE HAD TODAY.

SO BUNDLE UP IF YOU DO HAVE TO GO TO A BUS STOP.

20 DEGREES IS STILL COLD, BUT AT LEAST IT'S NOT GOING TO FEEL LIKE IT'S BELOW ZERO LIKE IT DID TODAY.

AS FAR AS OUR BUILDINGS ARE CONCERNED, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T LOSE POWER, WE HAD VERY MINIMAL DAMAGE, IF AT ALL.

WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH A COUPLE OF FIRE SPRINKLERS.

THAT PROBABLY WEREN'T SEALED REAL GOOD, BUT WE HAVE TRASH CANS UNDER AND WE'VE REPLACED THOSE, SO NO, NO MAJOR DAMAGE THIS TIME LIKE WE DID WITH WINTER STORM URI.

SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT, AND THEN LASTLY, IT'S BOARD RECOGNITION NIGHT, AND SO I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICLY THANK EACH OF THESE SEVEN ELECTED OFFICIALS.

BEING A BOARD MEMBER IS OFTENTIMES A THANKLESS POSITION FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVEN'T EVER BEEN HERE PEOPLE ARE QUICK TO BE A MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK AND TO JUDGE EVERY SINGLE DECISION, AND AND OFTENTIMES THEY DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THESE PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY MAKE A DECISION, AND SO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EACH, EACH OF YOU, SEVEN FOR, SACRIFICING YOUR TIME WE TALK ABOUT SERVICE ABOVE SELF ALL THE TIME AND YOU GUYS ARE THE EPITOME OF THAT. SO THANK YOU.

FOR FOR REALLY ANSWERING THE HIGHER CALL AND, AND DOING RIGHT BY OUR KIDS AND OUR COMMUNITY, OUR STAFF AND, AND REALLY PREPARING OUR FUTURE WORLD TO BE A BETTER PLACE AND AND IT'S NOT EASY.

NOT ANYBODY CAN DO IT, AND SO I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, AND SO I KNOW SOME OF YOU DON'T LIKE GETTING THESE PLAQUES, BUT WE'RE GOING.

TO PRESENT YOU, EACH WITH A PLAQUE, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL DISPLAY IT PROUDLY, AND, AND THEN AT SOME POINT IN THE MEETING, WE WERE EXPECTING ANOTHER ANOTHER GIFT THAT HOPEFULLY YOU WILL ENJOY AS WELL.

SO I'M GOING TO MOVE AROUND TO THE FRONT.

I KNOW DAVID'S HERE AND WANTS TO TAKE PHOTOS AND SO, GIVE ME JUST A SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST GOING TO READ THE FIRST PLAQUE, AND THESE ARE JUST IN THE ORDER THAT, CHIEF COMMUNICATION OFFICER TIM SAVOY HANDS THEM TO ME AND IT SAYS LOCALLY ELECTED COMMUNITY CONNECTED.

THAT'S THE THEME FOR SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH FOR JANUARY OF 2024, AND IT THE FIRST ONE THAT I HAVE IS FOR VANESSA PETREA, AND IT SAYS FOR DEDICATED LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC EDUCATION AND CONTINUING SERVICE TO THE CHILDREN OF THIS COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU.

HEY, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE INDIVIDUALS OR DO YOU WANT TO TAKE ONE GROUP? WE'LL JUST DO A GROUP. WE'LL DO A GROUP.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT, AND NEXT WE'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO JOHNNY FLORES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU.

BYRON SEVERANCE, COME ON DOWN.

THANK YOU SIR. I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ESPERANZA OROSCO.

THANK YOU. YES.

COURTNEY RUNKLE.

THANK YOU, COURTNEY.

WE APPRECIATE YOU. ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO READ THEIR TITLE? SECRETARY AND THEN VICE PRESIDENT, RAUL VELA, JUNIOR VICE PRESIDENT.

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ABSOLUTELY, AND PRESIDENT WILL MCMANUS.

SIR. ALL RIGHT, NOW EVERYBODY COME DOWN AND DAVID'S GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE.

ALL RIGHT.

TEAM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR.

WRIGHT FOR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT?

[H. SAFETY & SECURITY REPORT - Discussion of Districtwide Intruder Detection Audit Report Findings]

SHE WILL DO THAT NEXT WEEK.

THAT BRINGS US TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR TAPR, MISS SEDILLO.

[I. PUBLIC HEARING - Annual Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR)]

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING.

WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS GOING. THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT. YOU GOOD? YES, SIR. OKAY, TAKE IT AWAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MCMANUS.

DR. WRIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND THANK YOU FOR SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.

DR. WRIGHT MENTIONED A SECOND GIFT.

THIS IS NOT IT, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD.

THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE REQUIRES EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO PUBLISH THIS ANNUAL REPORT.

FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS AS WE GO THROUGH THE REPORT.

THIS IS A LINK LIST TO THE APPROPRIATE REPORTS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.

FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, WE ALSO INCLUDE A GLOSSARY FOR THE TAPR.

THE TAPR IS THE FIRST PART OF THE ANNUAL REPORT.

THE COVER PAGE USUALLY SHOWS THE DISTRICT'S A THROUGH F RATING AND SPECIAL EDUCATION DETERMINATION LEVEL.

THIS YEAR IT'S BLANK.

BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, DUE TO THE TEMPORARY INJUNCTION ORDER FOR THE A THROUGH F LAWSUIT, DISTRICTS AND CAMPUSES ACROSS THE STATE STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ASSIGNED AN ACCOUNTABILITY GRADE.

ALSO SHOWN, LIKE I SAID, BUT HOT OFF THE PRESSES AS OF LAST THURSDAY.

WE DID RECEIVE OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DETERMINATION LEVEL OF A ONE DASH MEETS REQUIREMENTS.

THAT DOESN'T SOUND GREAT, BUT THAT IS THE BEST SCORE THAT WE CAN GET FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THAT REPORT WITH YOU ALL.

NEXT MONTH FOR THE RDA PIECE, BUT HUGE SHOUT OUT TO MICHELLE VELASQUEZ AND OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM.

WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.

ALSO A REMINDER ABOUT THE TAPR.

ALL OF THIS IS OLD DATA, SO WE'VE SHARED WITH THE BOARD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS THESE DATA PIECES BECOME AVAILABLE.

THE NEXT SESSION IS THE TEAM'S FINANCIAL STANDARDS REPORT, WHICH ARE PREPARED BY THE TEA DIVISION OF SCHOOL FINANCE.

THIS IS SHARED ANNUALLY WITH THE BOARD AS PART OF THE BUDGET ADOPTION PROCESS FOR THIS REPORT.

THIS WOULD BE THE FINANCIAL DATA APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD IN THE FALL OF 2021.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS LAGGING DATA.

THE 2022 FIRST, WHERE FIRST STANDS FOR THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS.

OUR RATING FOR HAYS CISD WAS AN A SUPERIOR, AND THAT INCLUDES OUR 2022 A THROUGH F RATING OF A B.

NEXT, IT SHOWS THAT TEA ASSIGNED ACCREDITATION STATUSES TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE 19-20 SCHOOL YEAR.

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INCLUSION OF OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS IS ALSO A REQUIREMENT IN THIS ANNUAL REPORT, AND AS YOU KNOW, CIPS ARE APPROVED BY THE BOARD EACH FALL.

THE FIFTH PART OF THE ANNUAL REPORT IS INFORMATION ON VIOLENT OR CRIMINAL INCIDENCES.

DUE TO THE RISING CASES OF FENTANYL INCIDENCES, WE DID HAVE 11 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE VIOLATIONS, THAT WERE THAT WERE FELONIES IN 22-23, AS IN ANY YEAR, WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN THE HARD WORK FOR ALL OF OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, COUNSELORS, SROS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS DO TO WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS SAFE.

NEXT WE HAVE THE STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS FOR OUR CLASS OF 2020; THE DATA SHOWN ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS DATA IS COMPILED BY THE TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD.

THE MOST CURRENT REPORT THAT OFFERS FOR THE CLASS OF 2020.

BECAUSE THIS REPORT IS SUCH LAGGING INFORMATION, WE WILL NOT SEE THE EFFORTS OF OUR CURRENT SENIORS AND THE WORK OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE DOING RIGHT NOW WITH CCMR UNTIL JANUARY OF 2027.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY LAGGING PIECE, AND NEXT.

THIS IS A BONUS SLIDE. I LIKE TO START INCLUDING THIS ONE EVERY YEAR.

SINCE UT AND THE AGGIES ARE PLAYING FOOTBALL AGAIN NEXT YEAR, AND YOU KNOW, TEXAS STATE AND UTSA ACTUALLY WON THEIR BOWL GAME.

THIS SHOWS WHERE OUR CLASS OF 2022 ENROLLED IN THE FALL OF 2022 ACROSS THE STATE IF THEY WENT TO COLLEGES IN STATE.

SO WE LIKE THIS REPORT THAT WE WANT TO START SHARING WITH YOU ALL YEARLY.

GETTING CLOSE TO THE END.

THIS SHOWS THAT WE HAVE SHARED OUR PROGRESS AND MEETING HOUSE BILL THREE REQUIRED BOARD GOALS.

WE REVIEW THOSE GOALS.

WE REVIEW THAT DATA WITH YOU ALL IN AUGUST, AND OUR GOALS WERE IMPROVED IN SEPTEMBER, AND THIS LAST PIECE IS JUST THE TAPR GLOSSARY.

IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL THINGS TAPR, AND FINALLY, ALL OF THIS REQUIRED INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE POSTED ON OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

OKAY, TEAM, QUESTIONS.

MISS OROSCO. I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS, BUT REALLY, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE ANNUAL REPORT WHERE YOU LIST OUT SOME OF THE UNIVERSITIES AND SUCH, AND THEN IT TALKS ABOUT LIKE OTHER PUBLIC FOUR YOUR INSTITUTION, OTHER PUBLIC TWO YEAR INSTITUTION FOR OUR STUDENTS ENROLLED.

IS THERE NOT A SECTION FOR OTHER LIKE PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS? BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES.

RIGHT, AND TRYING TO CAPTURE SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS, BECAUSE I HEAR A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO TRINITY, INCARNATE WORD AND, AND SUCH.

RIGHT. WILL WE BE CAPTURING THAT INFORMATION FOR THIS? WE JUST HAD THE STUFF THAT'S IN STATE, AND SOME OF THAT PRIVATE STUFF IS NOT REPORTED TO THE STATE THROUGH THIS, THROUGH THE TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD.

SO SOME OF THAT WE JUST DON'T GET.

SO THAT IS GOOD QUESTIONS.

OKAY, SO, BUT CAN YOU DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT TO SEE.

YES, WE CAN ATTAIN IT SOME.

YES. WE WERE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THAT WITH DR.

WATSON AND STUFF EARLIER TODAY.

SO YES, I DID HAVE THAT QUESTION.

WHAT OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD, AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT.

I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THIS TAPR REPORT AND HOW MUCH IT LAGS, AND THE INFORMATION IS.

IT'S GOOD TO REFLECT ON, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY CURRENT AND IT IS LATER THIS YEAR THAN IT NORMALLY IS.

SO. YES, MA'AM. SO IT'S VERY DIFFERENT.

ACTUALLY THE ACTUAL TAPR REPORT BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT THE ACTUAL TAPR REPORT.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS THAT WE WERE DOING SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE STATE.

RIGHT. SO I REALLY LIKE SEEING THE DETAILED TAPR REPORT, WHICH ANYBODY CAN LOOK AT ONLINE.

YOU CAN PULL IT AT ANY TIME, BUT JUST WHERE WE ARE PERFORMING IN REGARDS TO CTE WE ARE PERFORMING AT A HIGHER LEVEL THAN THE STATE.

WE'RE AT 33.9 WHILE THE STATE IS AT 26.5.

CAREER AND TECH NINE THROUGH 12TH GRADE WERE AT 79.5, WHERE THE STATE IS 72.3.

SO AWESOME WORK THERE, AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WHERE WE ARE IDENTIFYING SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AT A HIGHER RATE THAN THE STATE, AND THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE.

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HOWEVER, WE ARE MAKING SURE TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.

SO THOSE WERE LIKE SOME PRETTY COOL THINGS, THAT WE CAN SEE IN THIS TAPR REPORT, AND OF COURSE, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AND SCORES ON HERE, BUT THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS TONIGHT, AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO REFLECT BACK ON.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

MS. RUNKLE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I AND I KNOW WE'VE ALSO SEEN THE CAMPUS INFORMATION AS WELL, ALL 700 PAGES OF IT.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT, YES, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO, PUT A WHOLE LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THINGS THAT AREN'T REALLY CURRENT, AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT UNTIL JANUARY 2027 IS PRETTY WILD, BUT I DO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT INCREDIBLY PROUD OF OUR DISTRICT ON WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE WERE THEN, TO OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM, MICHELLE VELASQUEZ, MELISSA CORONA, THEY DO AMAZING WORK, AND THAT TEAM HAS DONE REMARKABLE THINGS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND WE KNOW THAT THE FOCUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ADDING TO THAT PROGRAM AND NOT TAKING AWAY, BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE KIDS.

SO ONE, JUST SHOUT OUT TO THEM AND OBVIOUSLY OUR CTE DEPARTMENT.

JUST TO ECHO OFF OF WHAT MRS. OROSCO SAID, CTE, THEY DO NOT EVER SURPRISE US.

THEY CONTINUE TO DO AMAZING WORK, AND WE'RE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING WHEN THEY ARE LEAVING THIS DISTRICT.

THANK YOU FOR THIS. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK ON IT, AND I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. MR. VELA. YEAH.

ALSO WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT.

THEY WORK SO HARD. IT'S REALLY A PLEASURE TO HEAR ALL THE REPORTS.

JUST THE OUTREACH THAT THEY DO, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY EXCITED TO HELP AND SUPPORT ANY, ANY ACTIVITIES THAT THEY HAVE.

DO WE KNOW WHEN THE RATINGS, WHEN IS THAT GOING TO SETTLE OUT? I KNOW THAT'S BEEN, PAUSED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THAT? AND THERE WAS A FEBRUARY DATE, WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO COME AND MEET WITH THE JUDGE AND DO SOME STUFF, BUT, DR.

WRIGHT YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE INFORMATION THAN I DO AT THE CURRENT MOMENT.

YEAH. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL JUST FILED A MOTION TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS, AND AND SO THE A JUDGE IS SUPPOSED TO HEAR THAT, BUT, THEY'RE SAYING WE PROBABLY WON'T GET RESULTS UNTIL LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT, DR.

WRIGHT, AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THE.

THE TARGETS ARE GOING TO BE MOVED AND PROBABLY NOT TO OUR FAVOR BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I GUESS WOULD WE WANT TO TRACK BOTH WHATEVER THE NEW RATING SYSTEM IS, AS WELL AS WHAT THE OLD SYSTEM TO SAY.

HEY, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN WE WOULD HAVE MET OUR GOAL HAD SOMETHING NOT CHANGED THAT WAS BEYOND OUR CONTROL.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT.

I GUESS WHEN WE FINALLY DO GET TO THAT POINT.

YES, SIR. I DO THINK WE COULD DO THAT.

IF WE EVER GET.

WE'LL TRY TO GET IT AS CLOSE TO APPLES TO APPLES AS WE CAN, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME THAT WE JUST WON'T BE ABLE TO COMPARE BECAUSE HERE'S SOME ENTIRELY NEW MEASURES AND NEW TESTS.

OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU, BUT I DO THINK WHEN WE GET THE 2024 RATING, WHICH SHOULD BE AUGUST OF THIS YEAR FOR ALL THE WORK THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING NOW, WE SHOULD SEE SOME HUGE GAINS. SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED.

YEAH I'M HOPEFUL NOW THAT THEY WON'T GIVE US A RATING BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO LONG AND THEY USE LAST YEAR AS A BASELINE, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE APPLES TO APPLES AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

SO I HOPE THAT WILL BE THE CASE OKAY.

THANK YOU. MISS PEACHTREE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.

YES. I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, TAPR REPORT.

EVEN THOUGH THE INFORMATION I KNOW, DOES LAG, AND I SUBMITTED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CAPTURE SOME OF OUR FOLKS AS THEY THEY GRADUATE.

I KNOW MS. SEDILLO IS GOING TO, LET THE BOARD KNOW SOME OF THOSE EFFORTS.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT I KNOW MS. OROSCO SAID SOME BEATING THE STATE, BUT I ALWAYS CARE ABOUT THE REGION, AND I KNOW I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, AND IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 12 OF 32, OUT OF THOSE 32, STAR GRADE GRADE FOUR, GRADE FIVE, GRADE SIX ALL THE WAY.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT SAYS ALL ALL GRADES, ALL EL OR WHATEVER.

LISTEN, OUT OF 32 ROWS HERE, 27 OF US, 27 OF THESE ROWS SHOW US EITHER AT MOSTLY ABOVE THE REGION, AND THAT MAKES ME SUPER PROUD, AND AND IS A TESTAMENT TO WHY WE ARE AND HAVE BECOME UNDER DR.

WRIGHT'S LEADERSHIP AGAIN A DESTINATION DISTRICT.

SO GREAT JOB TO ALL OF THE FOLKS IN C&I, OUR TEACHERS, THE STUDENTS, LOVE HEARING ABOUT OUR SPECIAL ED.

RANKING. THAT'S HUGE.

WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN THAT.

SO. GREAT JOB, AND I KNOW OUR FRIENDS DOWN THE STREET AT AISD ARE HAVING ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE WITH SPED.

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THIS IS. THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE NEED TO BE GOING, AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE THIS.

I KNOW WE WANT IT TO BE BETTER.

I KNOW WE WANT TO BE AN A DISTRICT.

I HATE THAT THEY'RE HOLDING THIS HOSTAGE.

I THINK WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A DISTRICT HAD THEY JUST KEPT THE PARAMETERS, WHAT THEY HAD BEEN AND INSTEAD OF MOVING THE GOAL POST AT THE LAST MINUTE AND THEN RETROACTIVELY TRYING TO MAKE US FIT A NARRATIVE THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION IS FAILING, WHICH IS WHAT I'M PRETTY SURE THE GOVERNOR IS TRYING TO DO.

WE ARE NOT FAILING.

WE ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS.

OUR KIDS ARE THRIVING, AND THESE NUMBERS ARE MOVING IN AN UPWARD TRAJECTORY.

SO I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF THIS WORK.

THANK YOU. OH, ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU.

MR. SEVERANCE.

YEAH WHAT I LOVE WITH THIS BOARD IS WE'RE ALL DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB IN FINDING THE GREAT INFORMATION IN THIS WEALTH OF DATA.

TO TACK ON WHAT VANESSA WAS SAYING, MISS PETREA, WAS SAYING IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT ALL GRADES, ALL SUBJECTS IN READING, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, I MEAN, WE'RE DOING BETTER THAN WHAT THE STATE'S DOING.

I KNOW WE WANT TO BE BETTER IN THE REGION, BUT WE'RE ALSO BEATING THE REGION AND THE MAJORITY OF THESE CATEGORIES.

SO, I'M VERY PROUD THAT WHAT WE'RE HOW WE'RE GOING IS LIKE WE'RE GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND DR.

WRIGHT'S POINT, IF WE STAY UNRATED AND WE COMPARE THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN EVEN GREATER.

SO, I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT, I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK.

I KNOW THESE TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF DO A LOT OF HARD WORK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MAKE SURE THESE NUMBERS ARE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING BY KIDS, RIGHT? BY KIDS, AND WE'RE EDUCATING KIDS AND THEY'RE DOING GREAT.

SO WE JUST DON'T CELEBRATE THAT ENOUGH, AND IT'S NICE WHEN WE GET THESE REPORTS AND WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT.

SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE IT.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

MR. FLORES. YES, I DEFINITELY WANT TO ECHO THE SAME SENTIMENTS.

I MEAN, A LOT OF THIS DATA, IT APPEARS LIKE JUST NUMBERS TO FOLKS, BUT IT REALLY REPRESENTS THE HARD WORK OF OUR TEACHERS, DR.

WRIGHT AND HIS TEAM, MARIVEL SEDILLO AND ALL THE DAOS, BUT, AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE RIGHT AT OR OUTPERFORMING, THE STATE IN MANY OF THESE AREAS, PARTICULARLY FOURTH GRADE ELA, MATH, FIFTH GRADE ELA READING, MATHEMATICS, BUT ALSO I COMBED THROUGH THE ALMOST 700 PAGE TAPR REPORT, AND I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES, LIKE SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL FROM 22 TO 23.

IT WAS ABOUT, THERE WERE GROWTH.

THERE WAS GROWTH IN SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE MATH, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT, AND THAT'S DEFINITELY AN AREA THAT A LOT OF SCHOOLS STRUGGLE WITH.

SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE HARD WORK OF THE TEACHERS, BECAUSE THIS DATA CERTAINLY CAN AFFECT EVERYTHING THEY DO, FROM LESSON PLANNING, TO EXTRA DATA MEETINGS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY GREAT WORK AND, AND HIGHLIGHT ALL THE EXCELLENT WORK OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE DOING ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THE ONLY THING I WANT TO ADD IS, AND ALL THIS IS GREAT.

THE ONLY, BUT THAT I HAVE TO THROW OUT THERE IS WE CAN'T FORGET THE DANGER THAT FENTANYL CONTINUES TO REPRESENT TO OUR STUDENTS, AND WHEN I SEE THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS THAT WERE ON THAT REPORT, I'M HEARTBROKEN OVER THAT.

SO I JUST DON'T WANT PARENTS TO FORGET THAT IT'S STILL OUT THERE.

IT'S STILL A THING, AND I'M ALSO VERY PROUD OF THIS DISTRICT AND THE LEADERSHIP ROLE THAT WE HAVE TAKEN, NOT JUST IN OUR REGION, THE STATE, BUT NATIONALLY AS WELL.

WE ARE A DISTRICT THAT HAS BEEN LOOKED AT AS ONE, AND I'LL GIVE DR.

WRIGHT CREDIT FOR THIS. HE SAID VERY EARLY ON, WE WERE GOING TO GET IN FRONT OF IT AND NOT BE AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT IT, AND WE'VE DONE THAT, AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY SUPER PROUD OF ALL OF THESE ACADEMIC MEASURES, BUT WE'VE LOST SOME STUDENTS ALONG THE WAY, AND I TEAR UP A LITTLE BIT EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT IT.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO FORGET THAT IS STILL A THING THAT WE ARE FIGHTING AND WE NEED TO KEEP DOING THAT, BUT ALL IN ALL, THE TAPR REPORT, ABSOLUTELY GREAT WORK BY EVERYBODY INVOLVED. SO, ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. MR. BALLENGER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

TEAM WE ARE UP TO J PUBLIC FORUM.

[J. PUBLIC FORUM]

[K. CAMPUS RECOGNITION - Sunfield Elementary School (Scheduled for presentation January 22, 2024)]

THAT BRINGS US TO CONSENT AGENDA.

[L. CONSENT AGENDA ]

OKAY. VERY GOOD.

THAT TAKES US UP TO M1.

[M.1. Consideration and possible adoption of academic school calendars for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 School Years]

IT IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF ACADEMIC SCHOOL CALENDARS FOR THE NEXT TWO SCHOOL YEARS 24-25 AND 25-26 MR. SAVOY IS MAKING HIS WAY UP TO THE PODIUM FOR QUESTIONS.

LOOK OVER HERE TO MY RIGHT, MR.

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WRIGHT. MR. SAVOY, HOLD ON JUST A MOMENT.

I'M SORRY. DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION OR ARE YOU JUST INTRODUCING YOURSELF? I WAS SAYING GREETINGS AND GOOD TIDINGS, BUT I CAN DO THAT AGAIN.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE I KNOW IF YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO LET YOU GO, BECAUSE I WAS.

I GOT AHEAD OF YOU A LITTLE BIT.

OH, OKAY. WELL, NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT WAS DIFFERENT.

GO AHEAD. OKAY, FLORES, HOLD YOUR QUESTION.

SO WE, HAVE THE NEXT TWO SCHOOL CALENDARS, THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, TO BE VOTED ON NEXT MONDAY, I THINK.

IS THE MEETING. YEP. NEXT MONDAY.

THEY BASICALLY FOLLOW THE SAME PATTERN THAT WE'VE HAD THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

THERE ARE SLIGHT DIFFERENCES.

WE ADDED, BECAUSE THE IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW THE MATH WORKS OUT ON IT BASICALLY YOU START WITH THE END IN MIND AND YOU AND YOU START WITH, WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT ON MEMORIAL DAY AND YOU BACK IT UP.

A NUMBER OF DAYS TO ACCUMULATE THE MINUTES YOU NEED FOR INSTRUCTION.

THE REAL HARD NUMBER ON THERE, THOUGH, IS THAT STAFF HAVE TO WORK 187 DAYS.

WE'RE NOT WE WOULD NOT REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DAYS FOR OUR TEACHERS, AND WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BY LAW.

SO YOU HAVE TO COUNT ONCE YOU TAKE ALL THE BREAKS OUT 187 DAYS BACKWARDS, THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT IN 25-26, BUT, WE DID ADD AN EXTRA STAFF WORKDAY ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, IF YOU'LL NOTE.

BECAUSE SORT OF NOW THAT WE'VE FIXED OCTOBER A LITTLE BIT ON BEING THE LONG STRETCH, THE NEW DOLDRUMS, IF YOU WILL, WHERE EVERYONE FEELS NEEDS A BREAK IS KIND OF IN THAT LONG SEPTEMBER STRETCH FROM LABOR DAY INTO, THE FIRST PART OF OCTOBER.

SO THAT IS A DIFFERENT WE, CONTINUED WITH THE FIVE DAYS KIND OF BREAK AROUND, RIGHT AFTER HALLOWEEN, SPECIFICALLY IN NOVEMBER 2024, WE, HALLOWEEN IS ACTUALLY A SCHOOL DAY, BUT THEN AFTERWARDS IT'S NOT, AND WE WANTED TO STRETCH THAT END SO THAT OUR KIDS WERE OFF NOVEMBER 5TH, TUESDAY OF THIS YEAR, 24.

THAT IS THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEAR OR DAY, AND, THEY USE A LOT OF OUR BUILDINGS; THEY HAVE TO FOR POLLING LOCATIONS.

WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO GET THEM OUT OF BUILDINGS WHERE STUDENTS ARE BECAUSE OUR NEW REQUIREMENTS, OBVIOUSLY, FOR SAFETY AND PERIMETER SECURITY, ARE COMPLETELY IN CONTRADICTION TO HAVING OPEN POLLS AND LETTING PEOPLE COME IN.

YOU CAN'T RAPTOR THEM.

YOU CAN'T DO A BACKGROUND CHECK WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE, AND SO, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, BUT JUST JUST IN CASE WE DON'T GET THERE, IN NOVEMBER, WE WANT TO BE OFF ON THAT DAY BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE OBVIOUSLY A HUGE TURNOUT AT THAT POINT, AND THERE MAY BE SOME EMOTIONS ATTACHED WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

THAT PROBABLY WOULD BE BETTER IF OUR STUDENTS WEREN'T IN THE BUILDING.

SO THAT WAS, THIS YEAR, THE, 2526.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE, IS STILL THAT SAME PATTERN.

WE DID REDUCE THAT OCTOBER BREAKDOWN FROM FIVE DAYS TO FOUR, AND WE ARE OFF ON HALLOWEEN AGAIN THAT YEAR, WE TALKED WITH THE DLT, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE ADDRESSED.

IDEALLY, WE'D HAVE HALLOWEEN ITSELF OFF AND THE DAY AFTER ORIGINAL GOAL, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT IS THE DAY AFTER.

SO IT'S JUST GOING TO MATTER KIND OF WHERE IT FALLS IN THE WEEK, BECAUSE IT SORT OF FLOATS AROUND AND MAKES IT HARD TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT, BUT YOU'LL NOTE ON HERE AND THIS HAS SPARKED A LOT OF ATTENTION, THIS CALENDAR, WHEN YOU COUNT 187 DAYS BACKWARDS FROM GETTING OUT ON MEMORIAL DAY, ACTUALLY PUTS THE REQUIRED STAFF START DAY JULY 31ST.

WE'VE DENOTED THAT AS AN EXCHANGE DAY, WHICH IS ALSO EXPLAINED IN THE FINE PRINT DOWN THERE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CALENDAR THAT AN EXCHANGE DAY IS EFFECTIVELY A DAY THE DISTRICT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

THAT EXCHANGE DAY IS FOR TEACHERS WHO HAVE TO GO TO CONFERENCES AND STUFF ON THEIR OWN TIME, IN THE SUMMER, OR EVEN IF THEY'RE GRADING, WE KNOW THEY'RE GRADING PAPERS.

THEY'RE PROFESSIONAL, THEY'RE WORKING ALL THE TIME.

SO THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE THEY JUST HAVE TO SORT OF CERTIFY THAT I WORKED MY HOURS AND I DID MY 187 DAYS, BUT WE HAVE TO SHOW 187 DAYS ON THE CALENDAR.

THE ONLY WAY TO MOVE THAT INSIDE THE AUGUST THROUGH MAY WOULD BE TO PICK A DAY THAT TEACHERS ARE NOT ALREADY WORKING.

SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A DAY THAT WE'RE ALREADY OFF AND JUST SHOW IT AS AN EXCHANGE DAY.

BECAUSE IF YOU TOOK A DAY THAT'S ALREADY LIKE A STAFF DAY.

NOW YOU'RE DOWN TO 186.

THE MATH HAS TO WORK. YOU GOT TO ADD A DAY IN ORDER.

THAT DAY HAS TO BE SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY'RE OFF.

SO I DON'T I THINK IT'S REALLY JUST AN ON PAPER KIND OF THING, BUT THAT ALSO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH DLT, THE BIG THING FOR BOTH CALENDARS AND I'LL BE DONE WITH MY CHANGES SORT OF SUMMARY, IS THAT WE HAVE ADDED FIVE MINUTES TO THE ELEMENTARY BELL SCHEDULE TO WHERE THEY WOULD GET OUT AT 3:00 INSTEAD OF 2:55, AND THAT HAS TO DO

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WE NEED THAT.

YEAH, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT EXTRA TIME BUILT IN SO THAT WE MEET THE PRESERVATION OF THE 450 MINUTES, AND THAT'S BASICALLY THE DIFFERENCE.

IT DID GO TO THE STUDENT ADVISORY PANEL WHEN STUDENTS SUGGESTED THAT WE TRY TO TAKE THE MONDAY AFTER SUPER BOWL OFF, WE FLOATED THAT WITH THE DLT.

WE TOOK A VOTE ON IT. IT DID NOT PASS.

SO THE FRIDAY BEFORE PRESIDENT'S DAY WILL REMAIN THAT FRIDAY, AS OPPOSED TO THE MONDAY, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SUPER BOWL MONDAY.

WE HAVE IT IN SURVEY RIGHT NOW TO ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS.

I JUST SENT A REMINDER OUT WITH OUR ANNOUNCEMENT, REMINDER THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE OPEN TOMORROW IN A NORMAL SCHEDULE.

I PUT ANOTHER LINK ON THERE.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 982 AT LAST CHECK PEOPLE WHO'VE TAKEN THE SURVEY, 65% OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE PARENTS, 24% ARE TEACHERS AND 10% ARE OTHER EMPLOYEES AND THERE'S ABOUT 1% OF STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE KIND OF BLENDED IN THERE.

SO FAR, WE HAVE A 84.1% FAVORABLE RATING ON THE 24-25 CALENDAR, AND THEN WE HAVE 85.6 FAVORABLE ON THE 25-26. THANK YOU, MR. SAVOY. NOW TO MR. FLORES. I CERTAINLY WOULD SECOND, TAKING THE DAY AFTER THE SUPER BOWL OFF, BUT ONLY IF THE COWBOYS ARE IN THERE, WHICH WILL NEVER HAPPEN ANYWAY, SO I GUESS IT'S TOO SOON.

WELL WE THAT WAS IT WAS CONTINGENT UPON THE COWBOYS BEING IN IT WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, AND THAT'S I'M A COWBOY FAN, BUT HONESTLY, I REALLY LIKE I'M JUST FOCUSING ON THE 24-25 SCHEDULE.

I THINK THERE ARE PLENTY OF DAYS BUILT IN FOR BOTH FAMILIES AND TEACHERS.

FOR EXAMPLE.

THE DAY AFTER HALLOWEEN.

I'M SURE A LOT OF PARENTS WOULD APPRECIATE HAVING THAT NEXT DAY OFF.

OBVIOUSLY, SOME FOLKS GO TRICK OR TREATING WE WERE THE ENVY OF THE REGION LIKE THIS WAS THIS CALENDAR HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS KIND OF BEING PERFECTED FOR ABOUT A DECADE AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH DLT AND VARIOUS CALENDAR COMMITTEES, AND WE'VE ADDED DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE, HEY, LET'S EXPAND SOME BREAKS HERE AND THERE, AND IT WAS THE LAST CYCLE, LIKE TWO YEARS AGO, THAT SOMEONE SAID, LET'S DO THE DAY AFTER HALLOWEEN, AND WE MADE IT WORK, AND I PROMISE YOU, EVERYBODY, I WISH OUR DISTRICT WAS LIKE, HEY AND YOU ALSO GAVE, NOVEMBER 4TH AND FIFTH FOR TEACHERS TO INPUT DATA, DO LESSON PLANNING.

SO THAT RIGHT THERE IS FIVE DAYS NOT HAVING STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM, AND I THINK BURNOUT IS REAL WITH TEACHERS, AND I THINK HAVING THOSE DAYS.

YOU KNOW THE MID FALL I THINK REALLY WILL HELP TEACHERS CATCH UP, WHICH WILL BRING IN LESS STRESS FOR TEACHERS AS WE GET INTO THOSE FALL MONTHS.

I ALSO NOTICED VALENTINE'S DAY FALLS ON A FRIDAY.

THAT DAY IS A HOLIDAY.

IT LOOKS LIKE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ON THE 14TH, AM I RIGHT? YES. THAT'S NOT TIED WITH VALENTINE'S.

THAT'S ACTUALLY OFFICIALLY TIED WITH PRESIDENT'S DAY.

OKAY. WE USED TO. PRESIDENT'S DAY USED TO JUST BE A STAFF WORKDAY, AND WE WENT AHEAD AND GAVE EVERYBODY ACTUAL PRESIDENT'S DAY OFF AND PUT THE WORKDAY THE FRIDAY BEFORE, BUT THERE'S ALSO TWO, OFF DAYS ON LET ME SEE THESE OR ON A DAY ON THE 17TH OFF AS WELL.

SO THAT RIGHT THERE IS A FOUR DAY VALENTINE'S DAY WEEKEND FOR THOSE FOR STUDENTS.

FOR STUDENTS, OF COURSE.

YEAH, BUT THIS BEING SAID, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF BUILT IN DAYS TO AVOID BURNOUT.

AGAIN, I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC, AND OBVIOUSLY LINING UP SPRING BREAK WITH UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.

CERTAINLY. GREAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE AND I REALLY APPROVE THIS CALENDAR.

SO THANK YOU, AND UT HAS PUBLISHED THEIR SPRING BREAK FOR THE NEXT 4 OR 5 YEARS, WHICH, HAS BEEN OUR PROBLEM KIND OF IN THE PAST, THAT THEY'LL COME OUT AND ONE WILL CHANGE OR THE OTHER BUT AND FOR THIS NEXT 24-25, WE ALIGN WITH UT AND WITH ACC AND INFORMALLY, BECAUSE A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE WORKING ON THEIR CALENDARS WITH MOST OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE AREA.

MS. RUNKLE.

THANK YOU, MR. SAVOY AND DLT AND EVERYONE THAT WAS A PART OF, CREATING THE CALENDAR.

I'M IN COMPLETELY SUPPORT OF THE CALENDAR.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK, THOUGH, ON THE SURVEY RESULTS.

WILL YOU SHARE THAT WITH THE BOARD WHEN YOU HAVE THAT? YES. BECAUSE ABOUT, THERE'S A COMMENT FEATURE LIKE YOU CAN COMMENT ON IT AND, PROBABLY 20, 25% OF THE PEOPLE HAVE LEFT COMMENTS.

I'LL JUST MAKE A PDF, I'LL EXPORT IT AND SEND IT TO YOU ALL WHEN IT CLOSES TOMORROW AT NOON.

OKAY, AND SO I KNOW THAT YOU SENT IT OUT TO FAMILIES.

YES, AND THE LINK. WHAT ABOUT STAFF?

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YES, BUT THAT KIND OF FALLS IN LINE BECAUSE IF YOU COMPARE OUR FULL PARENT AUDIENCE OF PROBABLY 40 OR 50,000 TO OUR STAFF AUDIENCE OF 3000, IT IT COMES OUT.

OKAY. SO ANYONE LISTENING THE SURVEY IS STILL AVAILABLE.

YOU CAN TAKE IT IN THROUGH NOON TOMORROW? THROUGH NOON TOMORROW. OKAY. PERFECT, AND THEN YOU'LL SEND US THE SURVEY RESULTS BY.

YES. WHEN? 12:02. [CHUCKLING] NO.

I WILL-- THAT DAY OR THE NEXT DAY? OH, YEAH.

IT'LL BE TOMORROW OR, THE NEXT DAY.

OKAY. AWESOME, AND THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU, FOR TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ELECTION YEAR SAFETY AND SECURITY IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY HERE.

WE OBVIOUSLY CANNOT PREDICT CRAZY, AND SO WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF ARE SAFE.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR MAKING SURE THAT WAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT OTHERWISE I'M VERY IN FAVOR OF THIS CALENDAR, AND I HOPE OUR STAFF IS TOO, BECAUSE IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.

SO THANK YOU.

MR. VELA. ALL RIGHT, MR. SAVOY, YOU ACTUALLY TOOK ONE OF MY LINES BECAUSE, CALENDAR COMMITTEE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT MISS PETREA HAD PUT ME ON, AND I THOUGHT WE WERE CRAZY WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT TAKING A FULL WEEK OFF HERE AND THERE, AND I'M LIKE, HOW DOES THIS WORK? AND I'VE HEARD FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE, AT VARIOUS CONFERENCES, AND THEY WANT TO BECOME A DISTRICT OF INNOVATION JUST FOR THE CALENDAR.

SO, KUDOS TO US FOR LEADING IN THAT WAY, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

WE GET TO THE FESTIVE DAYS THE HALLOWEEN, VALENTINE'S, EASTER, HAVING A FULL WEEKEND FOR EASTER.

SO, SO JUST A GREAT JOB, AND I THINK IT IS STRATEGIC THAT OUR SCHOOL CALENDAR, WE GO HARD FOR A FEW WEEKS, AND THEN THERE'S A BREAK, AND THEN WE GO HARD AGAIN.

THERE'S A BREAK. SO IT, REALLY, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT OUR ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN, MAYBE KIND OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS NOW THAT WE'VE EXPANDED SOME OF THOSE EXTRA WEEKENDS IN COMPARISON TO MAYBE WHAT IT WAS PRE-COVID, JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY GAINS ON THOSE AFTER THOSE WEEKENDS.

THAT'D BE INTERESTING TO LOOK AT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS YEAH, YOU'D HAVE TO TAKE THE COVID SKEW OUT OF IT, THOSE TWO PANDEMIC YEARS AND I THINK THE YEAR AFTER WHERE EVERYONE'S STILL, BUT YEAH IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO LOOK AT.

SO OKAY.

THANK YOU.

MS. PETREA.

YEAH. JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT MR. VELA'S SAYING, I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS TOO.

SO MAYBE LIKE THE DAY AFTER HALLOWEEN AND LIKE 2017, 2018, 2019 VERSUS THE DAY AFTER.

I MEAN, I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE THE DATA.

THE DAY AFTER AFTER HALLOWEEN OR WHATEVER.

THE DAY AFTER, WELL, IT WAS ON A WEDNESDAY, I THINK, THIS PAST YEAR.

SO I MEAN, HOPEFULLY WE'RE HAVING LESS I MEAN, AND THAT'S REALLY WHY WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.

THEY CAN THE, OUR PEIMS STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM DOES ALL THE ATTENDANCE STUFF, AND THEN WE CAN WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU.

I'M, I'M SUPER PUMPED ABOUT THIS CALENDAR, AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE BURNOUT.

REMEMBER DURING COVID WE'LL TAKE A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE.

A LOT OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE THERE WILL REMEMBER THIS, THAT WE WERE BASICALLY ALLOWING STUDENTS TO TURN IN WORK UNTIL THE FRIDAY OF THE NINE WEEKS, AND THEN WE WERE EXPECTING TEACHERS TO LIKE, GRADE ALL THOSE PAPERS.

DO YOU ALL REMEMBER THIS? AND SO THEN WE HAD THIS GREAT IDEA OF LIKE BASICALLY MAKING EVERY FRIDAY OF THE END OF THE NINE WEEKS, LIKE A STUDENT HOLIDAY AND A STAFF WORK DAY, AND WHICH I THINK WAS BRILLIANT. WE I MEAN, DR.

WRIGHT WAS SO AWESOME THAT WE WERE LIKE, CAN WE DO IT? LET'S DO IT, AND WE LEARNED THROUGH THAT LIKE, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, WE NEED MORE BURNOUT BREAKS IN HERE, AND SO I THINK MR. SAVOY AND THE DOT HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF LIKE, WELL, WHAT COULD THAT LOOK LIKE? AND THEN THE SPRING BREAK IS ALWAYS CONTROVERSIAL, AND I THINK WE'VE, IF UT IS PUBLISHING THEIR CALENDAR FOR FIVE YEARS, I THINK THEY'VE GOTTEN THE HINT THAT WE SORT OF REVOLVE AROUND THEM AND WE NEED THEM TO.

YEAH, ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.

THEY DIDN'T BUDGE ON IT, AND I WROTE AND I'LL TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY.

I BET THAT THEY WOULDN'T BUDGE AGAIN.

SO WE MOVED OURS, AND THEN THEY DID ACTUALLY CAPITULATE TO EVERYBODY ELSE, AND SO WE MOVED OURS BACK LAST YEAR, BUT IT SHOULD BE SOLVED, GIVEN THAT THEY'RE PUBLISHED FOR A LONG TIME. YEAH, AND JUST SHOW THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT.

OBVIOUSLY UT ALIGNS A LOT OF TIMES WITH SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST.

OBVIOUSLY ACC USUALLY FALLS IN LINE WITH UT.

WE'VE GOT KIDS THAT ARE IN DUAL CREDIT CLASSES THAT ARE THROUGH ACC OR THROUGH UT, ONRAMPS, AND YOU DON'T WANT OUR KIDS WORKING.

YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT WORK AT ACC OR WORK AT UT.

ANYWAY, SO IT'S NICE WHEN ONE PERSON CAN ONE ENTITY CAN KIND OF, AND THEN WHEN ALL THE OTHER LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BECAUSE WE HAVE PARENTS THAT, THAT HAVE KIDS IN OTHER DISTRICTS AND EMPLOY, EXCUSE ME, EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE, STUDENTS IN OTHER DISTRICTS OR LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND SO IT'S REALLY HARD WHEN THE

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RIGHT, AND WE I MEAN, CAN'T ACCOMMODATE THAT FOREVER IF AISD DECIDES TO DO SOMETHING WONKY.

SORRY, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY WILL.

I ALSO REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF TAKING THE TUESDAY ELECTION DAY OFF.

I KNOW THAT MAKES THIS, BREAK A LITTLE BIT LONGER THIS 24-25 VERSUS 2526, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY SMART THAT WE'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE IT IS.

THE TRAFFIC IS CRAZY.

WE DO USE OUR CAMPUSES, A LOT OF THEM FOR POLLING, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAY YES TO THOSE REQUESTS IS MY GUESS MORE [INAUDIBLE] TO SAY LIKE, HEY, WE'RE CLOSED.

THAT WORKS OUT.

SO GREAT THINKING ON THAT.

I DO THINK ON THE 25-26.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. ON THE JULY 31ST, JULY 31ST, TWO THINGS WE HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY HEARD, THIS IS I NEED MORE TIMES BEFORE CHRISTMAS TO DO ALL MY CHRISTMASSY THINGS WITH MY FAMILY.

SO WE'LL HEAR THINGS ABOUT THAT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COME BACK EARLIER, SINCE THE FIRST LANDS ON A WEDNESDAY, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT TO THE THIRD.

TO MOVE THAT ALL THE WAY UP TO THE 16TH AND THEN GET OUT ON THE 13TH.

I THINK THAT JUST DOESN'T WORK.

NO, YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO, AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE DID ONE YEAR LIKE SO THE WAY CHRISTMAS IS THIS YEAR, IT'S ON A THURSDAY.

YOU WANT TO DO TWO WEEKS TOGETHER SO THAT THEY'RE WRAPPED AROUND THREE WEEKENDS FOR A TOTAL OF 16 DAYS.

NOW THERE'S SOME MORE FOR STUDENTS, BUT FOR STAFF IT'S THE 16 DAYS IF YOU DO A SHORT WEEK AND THEN ONLY ONE WEEK OFF AND THEN A SHORT WEEK, IT'S REALLY 14 DAYS IN A ROW, AND MENTALLY IT FEELS LIKE YOU WERE ONLY OFF FOR A WEEK.

WE DID THAT ONE YEAR AND EVERYBODY CAME BACK LIKE ON A THURSDAY AFTER NEW YEAR'S FOR TWO DAYS, AND THEN IT WAS LIKE, OH, WE CAN'T DO THAT AGAIN, AND SO THAT'S BEEN KIND OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH THE PAST TEN YEARS.

THAT'S NOT REALLY NOT REALLY A GOOD THING TO DO AND IT JUST SORT OF DEPENDS A LOT OF TIMES WHERE CHRISTMAS FALLS AS TO HOW MANY DAYS BEFOREHAND.

YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

I SUSPECT WE WILL SEE SOME.

DROP OFF IN ATTENDANCE ON THE 20TH AS PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET OUT OF TOWN, BUT THAT'S IT'S REALLY WELL AND ON THIS ONE PARTICULARLY LIKE YOU COULDN'T REALLY I MEAN, I GUESS YOU COULD TAKE THAT FRIDAY THE 19TH OFF, WHICH DOESN'T REALLY GIVE YOU MUCH MORE TIME AND SCOOT THAT STUFF BACK, BUT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO RUN INTO THE NEW YEAR'S DAY THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE OFF AND YOU'D HAVE TO COME BACK ON THE FRIDAY THE SECOND AND IT WOULD AGAIN, IT SPLITS THAT TWO WEEKS.

OH IT'S TERRIBLE. YOU NEED ALL THOSE WEEKENDS IN THERE.

YEAH. TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE A LONGER BREAK.

SO SO I GET THAT, AND THEN THE OTHER THING YOU ALREADY ADDRESSED, WHICH IS THE JULY 31ST START.

SO MAKING THAT AN EXCHANGE DATE IS.

VERY REASONABLE, I FEEL LIKE.

OTHER THAN I HAD THE QUESTION ABOUT THE COMMENTS.

WAS THERE ANY FROM THE FEEDBACK? WAS THERE ANY LIKE TRENDING COMMENTS THAT YOU COULD SHARE? I HADN'T LOOKED AT THEM.

I JUST HAPPENED TO SEE 1 OR 2 THAT HAD POPPED UP, BUT I HAVEN'T I HAVEN'T REALLY LOOKED AT IT.

ONE ONE OF THE COMMENTS WAS IT'S FINE.

ONE OF THEM WAS ABOUT THE 31ST.

THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO GRAB THAT ONE.

I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT IN DLT ALSO.

I MEAN, YOU COULD MOVE IT.

I GUESS TECHNICALLY YOU COULD MOVE IT FROM THE 31ST OF JULY TO LIKE JANUARY 2ND, THE FRIDAY THERE, BUT IT STILL WOULD LOOK, I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO LOOK WEIRD WHEREVER IT GOES, AND IT'S BECAUSE THE MEMORIAL DAY IS SO EARLY WE'RE ALREADY OUT, LIKE IN THE 2020 EARLY 20S, IF YOU WILL, ON THE DATES IN MAY.

WE'RE OUT LIKE THE KIDS ARE OUT THE 21ST.

SO SOMETIMES MEMORIAL DAY IS LIKE, NOT UNTIL THE 29TH, AND THEN YOU START A LITTLE LATER IN AUGUST.

OKAY. SO YEAH, I MEAN AND THEN YOU.

YEAH, AND THEN YOU WOULDN'T BE IN THE JULY THING.

I'VE LOOKED AT THE 25-26 CALENDAR, AND SO YOU SAID EARLIER, IT HAS TO BE A DAY THAT THEY'RE ALREADY.

YEAH, IF THEY'RE ALREADY SCHEDULED TO WORK THEN WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS JUST SUBTRACTING A TOTAL ONE DAY FOR THEM TO WORK, AND NOW YOU'RE DOWN TO 186.

THAT'S THE LEGISLATURE DID A HUGE, HUGE FAVOR TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHEN THEY WENT TO INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES INSTEAD OF DAYS.

THAT GIVES US A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FLEXIBILITY TO BUILD THESE BREAKS IN, AND YOU STILL GET THE INSTRUCTION TIME IN.

THEY DID NOT CHANGE THE PART OF THE LAW ABOUT TEACHER CONTRACTS BEING 187 DAYS INSTEAD OF EQUIVALENT MINUTES, SO YOU STILL PHYSICALLY HAVE TO PUT YOU HAVE TO SHOW ON HERE 187 DAYS THAT THE TEACHERS ARE WORKING.

SO BY THE TIME YOU START WITH WHERE YOU WANT TO END AND YOU BACK IT UP, IT JUST HAPPENED TO FALL ON THE 31ST THIS YEAR.

OKAY. NOT THIS YEAR, BUT THE 25-26.

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OTHERWISE. I MEAN, I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT.

I WE SHOULD BE THE ENVY OF SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.

GREAT JOB.

MR. SAVOY.

MR. SEVERANCE.

THANK YOU. SO WHEN I SAW THE EXTRA FIVE MINUTES TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE GETTING MORE RECESS OR WE'RE GETTING MORE LUNCH, BUT I GUESS WE'RE JUST GETTING MORE MINUTES, BUT DID THAT CHANGE? THE MINUTES CHANGE THIS YEAR? IS THAT WHY THAT HAPPENED? DID THE NUMBER OF MINUTES WHY DO WE HAVE TO ADD FIVE MORE MINUTES? I'M GOING TO HAVE MARIBEL COME AND EXPLAIN WHY WE ADDED IT.

IT JUST FROM THE TOTAL MATH.

IT DOES ADD MORE MINUTES INTO THE BANK.

SO WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME AT AND I THINK ON THE BOTTOM BACK OF THAT, IT'LL SHOW YOU THE TOTAL MINUTES.

I DON'T THINK ELEMENTARY.

WE STILL HAVE MORE MINUTES AT MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT THAT'S KIND OF BY DESIGN FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, BUT IT DOES ADD MORE MINUTES.

YEAH. SO GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

DR. WRIGHT, PRESIDENT MCMANUS.

SO, BYRON, THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR AND YEARS BEFORE, OUR PRE-K TEACHERS WERE NOT PART OF THE ROTATION, AND SO THIS WILL ALLOW US AND WHEN I SAY ROTATION TO GET A CONFERENCE PERIOD AND SEND THEIR STUDENTS TO SPECIALS LIKE ART, MUSIC AND PE, ADDING THOSE EXTRA FIVE MINUTES WILL ALLOW US TO GIVE OUR PRE-K TEACHERS A CONFERENCE PERIOD, A REAL CONFERENCE PERIOD, AND NOT ONE WHERE OUR AIDES HAVE TO TAKE THE STUDENTS OUTSIDE FOR STRUCTURED PLAY.

SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT BY DESIGN, IF WE ADDED FIVE EXTRA MINUTES, IT WOULD ALLOW US TO PUT OUR PRE-K TEACHERS IN THAT ROTATION.

OKAY. GOT IT. THAT MAKES SENSE.

I WAS JUST HOPING FOR RECESS, BUT I GUESS THAT'LL WORK TOO.

YOU DON'T EXPECT TO HAVE TO CHANGE THAT LIKE EVERY YEAR, RIGHT? I MEAN, NO, ONE OF THE THINGS AND LET ME ALSO ADD TO WHAT I JUST EXPLAINED.

SO IN THE PAST, WHEN WE ADDED FIVE EXTRA MINUTES TO THE CONFERENCE PERIOD, IT WOULD ALLOW OUR TEACHERS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL TO HAVE A BUILT IN PLC EVERY OTHER WEEK WITHOUT TAKING ANY TIME FROM THE 450 MINUTES, AND SO THAT WAS A BUILT IN PLC TIME BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY WANT THAT.

SO THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW OUR PRE-K TEACHERS TO HAVE A REAL CONFERENCE PERIOD AND TO BE PART OF THE PLC SCHEDULE, AND ALSO ADDING THE FIVE EXTRA MINUTES.

WE CAN ALSO HAVE OUR THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE TEACHERS HAVE A 55 MINUTE CONFERENCE PERIOD SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A WEEKLY PLC BUILT IN.

SO WHEN YOU BREAK DOWN THE MINUTES, IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO HAVE THOSE PLC CONVERSATIONS ONCE A WEEK WITHOUT IT INTERFERING AND TAKING AWAY FROM THE 450 REQUIRED MINUTES AND SO JUST THOSE EXTRA FIVE MINUTES WERE GOING TO ALLOW US TO DO THAT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING.

SO APPRECIATE IT.

MISS OROSCO.

WELL, MS. SEDILLO, SINCE YOU'RE UP THERE, MAYBE YOU CAN CLARIFY.

I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED, RIGHT? I WAS A PRE-K TEACHER AND I HAD A CONFERENCE, AND I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS THAT YOU SAID PRE-K TEACHERS DON'T HAVE A CONFERENCE.

THAT'S SCARY.

HOW CAN THEY NOT HAVE A CONFERENCE? THEY THEY'VE HAD A CONFERENCE PERIOD, BUT MANY OF THEM HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO SPECIALS, AND SO DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PRE-K STUDENT, PRE-K CLASSES, THEY'VE NOT BEEN ON THAT ROTATION.

THEY'VE HAD TO EITHER SEND THEIR KIDS TO, THE LIBRARY COUNSELOR, HAVE THE PRE-K AIDES ALSO JUST PROVIDE THEM WITH THAT TIME, LIKE PULL THEM FOR STRUCTURED PLAY SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE THAT BUILT IN UNINTERRUPTED 45 MINUTES AT A MINIMUM.

SO SOME OF OUR TEACHERS HAVE NOT HAD THAT.

SO WE'VE HAD WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD IN THAT TIME, LIKE AT HEMPHILL WHERE WE'VE HAD A LOT MORE PRE-K TEACHERS AND OUR NUMBERS WERE A LOT SMALLER SCHOOL WIDE, BUT AT OTHER CAMPUSES LIKE CAMINO, WE'VE NOT HAD THAT STRUCTURED TIME BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, THE NUMBER OF ROTATIONS, AND SO IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT, AND SO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT STRUCTURED CONFERENCE PERIOD, WE HAVE TO ADD THAT TIME AND THEN IT ALSO GIVES THEM THAT PLC TIME AS WELL.

SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT THEY HAVEN'T HAD A CONFERENCE PERIOD, BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PART OF THE ROTATION IN THE SAME WAY KINDER THROUGH FIFTH GRADE HAVE BEEN.

THAT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

SO YOU TERRIFIED ME WHEN YOU SAID, OH NO, NO, THEY'VE HAD IT.

THEY JUST DID NOT GO TO LIKE SPECIALS ON A REGULAR BASIS ON A DAILY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

YOU'RE WELCOME. I APOLOGIZE, I WOULD HAVE A REAL ISSUE IF THEY WERE NOT RECEIVING A CONFERENCE TIME, REGARDLESS IF THEY GO TO SPECIALS OR NOT.

RIGHT? HAVING A CONFERENCE TIME IS VERY IMPORTANT.

THANK YOU.

I'M SO GLAD YOU CLARIFIED THAT.

YES, AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF PLCS, IT'S GREAT.

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SO I'M GLAD THAT THE MINUTES ARE GOING THERE, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, BYRON, MAYBE THOSE EXTRA FIVE MINUTES CAN BE ADDED TO RECESS.

I AM ALL ABOUT THAT LIFE, SO LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN AND MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS GET THAT TIME TO REALLY HAVE THAT UNSTRUCTURED PLAY.

RIGHT. SO IMPORTANT FOR THEIR MINDS.

I KNOW IN ELEMENTARY, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU, MISS SEDILLO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO DIE ALREADY.

TIM SAVOY, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

HAVE YOU HAD ANY FEEDBACK ON THE DECEMBER.

I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT ALL OF THAT, BUT WITH DLT, WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION WITH THAT? WITH DECEMBER HOLIDAYS STARTING SO LATE THIS TIME? I MEAN, I KNOW THE REASON I CAN'T 100% REMEMBER IF IT CAME UP IN DLT.

I KNOW ONE OF THE COMMENTS WAS THAT STARTS LATE.

LIKE WHEN I PULL UP THE RESULTS COMING IN, THERE'S A LITTLE GRAPH FOR THE YES NO QUESTIONS ON THE SURVEY, AND THEN THERE'S A WINDOW OF ABOUT THE LATEST LIKE 4 OR 5 COMMENTS, AND THAT WAS ONE THAT I JUST HAPPENED TO CATCH.

IN THERE I DON'T.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU DO WITH THE CHRISTMAS, THOUGH.

AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF LIKE IT FLOATS AROUND IN THERE.

IT'S SORT OF SOME YEARS.

IT'S A LITTLE LATER, LIKE WHEN IT'S ON A SUNDAY, YOU GOT THAT WHOLE LIKE THIS PAST ONE.

WE HAD A WHOLE WEEK.

YES, AND THEN CHRISTMAS IS ON US, BUT WHEN CHRISTMAS IS EARLIER IN THE WEEK TO KEEP THOSE TWO.

I THINK IT'S STILL MORE CRITICAL TO HAVE THOSE TWO FULL WEEKS TOGETHER, THAN TO TRY TO DO A SHORT WEEK, ONE WEEK OFF AND THEN A SHORT WEEK.

SURE. IT MAKES SENSE.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE DLT DISCUSSION WAS ON THAT SINCE I WAS--HELP ME OUT, ERIC.

DO YOU REMEMBER I WAS IN PRESENTATION MODE AND I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH SOME STUFF, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT OKAY, IT DIDN'T. IT DIDN'T COME UP.

SO I KNOW, DR.

WRIGHT, YOU'RE MEETING WITH THE ASSOCIATIONS THIS WEEK.

OKAY. SO MAYBE WE'LL GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THEM AND SEE SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.

I KNOW IDEALLY IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER.

IT JUST SEEMS SO SHORT YOU'RE OFF THE 23RD AND CHRISTMAS IS THE 25TH AND IT DOES SEEM A LITTLE RUSHED, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE 16 DAYS ALTOGETHER MAKES SENSE. SO THANK YOU FOR ARTICULATING THAT, AND SOME OF THE OTHER FEEDBACK THAT WOULD WOULD BE A CONSIDERATION IN THERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT LIKE THAT FIVE AND SIX. THOSE ARE THE TWO STAFF WORKDAYS.

I MEAN YOU COULD THEORETICALLY MOVE THOSE TO LIKE THE 18TH AND 19TH OF DECEMBER, BUT THEN YOU'RE COMING STRAIGHT OUT OF BREAK WITH KIDS.

SO THERE'S NOT THERE'S NOT A HEY, LET ME GET MY STUFF TOGETHER AND GET BACK IN THE GROOVE AND GET PREPARED FOR THE KIDS TO COME BACK FOR THE TEACHERS, BUT ALSO, YOU'RE STARTING TO SORT OF ERODE SOME OF THE INSTRUCTION DAYS IN THE FALL SEMESTER.

NOW, THE FALL SEMESTER IS ALREADY SHORTER THAN THE SPRING SEMESTER SO THAT WE CAN END AT CHRISTMAS.

IT'S ONLY SHORTER BY FIVE DAYS.

THERE'S 82 DAYS IN THE FALL SEMESTER AND 87 IN THE SPRING, AND THAT KIND OF WORKS OUT BECAUSE OF ALL THE TESTING THAT HAPPENS IN THE SPRING.

SO YOU SORT OF REALLY DO HAVE ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME IF YOU WERE TO TRY TO MOVE SOME OF THOSE DAYS, YOU WOULD YOU WOULD REALLY START LOOKING AT KIND OF UNRAVELING SOME STUFF THAT AND THAT'S A SWITCH I WAS I WAS THINKING ABOUT WAS JUST THE NOVEMBER RIGHT.

IF MOVING THAT NOVEMBER 4TH AND FIFTH DOWN, TO END SCHOOL EARLIER IN DECEMBER BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ADDING MORE DAYS AT YOU'RE OFF, YOU'RE JUST PUTTING THEM MOVING THEM DOWN.

WHICH ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FOR NEXT YEAR OR 25-26.

THAT'S UP HERE AT 24-25.

LET ME LOOK AT THAT REAL QUICK, AND I CAN TELL YOU THE OKAY, THAT'S THE ELECTION DAY.

YOU WOULD HAVE KIDS IN SCHOOL.

WANT THE FIFTH? YES. SO YOU JUST WANT TO GROUP THEM TOGETHER? YEAH. I MEAN, I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S GOING TO BE OFF THAT FRIDAY AFTER HALLOWEEN AND THEN COME TO SCHOOL ON A MONDAY TO BE OFF AGAIN ON A TUESDAY.

I THINK OUR ATTENDANCE ON MONDAY WOULD BE ABYSMAL, AND IT WOULD BE STUFF THEY'D HAVE TO REPEAT ANYWAY.

I SEE, YEAH SO IT'S A LITTLE BETTER.

SO IT STARTS TO KIND OF GET A LITTLE BETTER EVERY YEAR FOLLOWING IT'S ON THE 20TH, WE GET OUT.

OKAY AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR IT'S THE 19TH.

I THINK THE NEXT YEAR AFTER THAT IT'LL BE THE 18TH AND IT KIND OF CYCLES AROUND.

THE ONLY OTHER THING YOU COULD DO, YOU COULD TAKE THE 7TH OF JANUARY AND INSTEAD OF HAVING THE TWO DAYS, YOU COULD PUT IT ON THE 20TH AND THEN BE OFF ON THE 19TH.

MAKE THAT A FOUR DAY WEEK FOR KIDS.

THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING.

I'M DOWN FOR THAT.

I WOULD THINK. LET'S SEE, I'M DOING MATH PUBLICLY, AND THAT SHOULD BALANCE OUT THE TOTAL MATH, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF LIKE A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THINK ABOUT, OH, LET'S

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IT'S VERY, VERY SPECIFIC THOSE OLD NUMBER PUZZLES WHERE IF YOU SLIDE ONE NUMBER, YOU GOT TO SLIDE ALL THE OTHER NUMBERS.

THAT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU MOVE A DAY ON THE CALENDAR, IT'S GOT TO KIND OF MOVE AROUND.

I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY TAKE THE SEVENTH THAT WAY.

YOU AT LEAST HAVE A DAY WHEN YOU COME BACK AND YOU COULD GET OUT ON THE 19TH, AND THEN THAT WOULD MAKE THE SEMESTER BALANCE FROM 81 TO 80. EIGHT DAYS, I THINK, WHICH IS.

WHICH IS STILL ABOUT BECAUSE YOU FIGURE YOU LOSE ABOUT FIVE DAYS FOR TESTING ANYWAY.

SO IT'S STILL ABOUT AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE THAT EXTRA DAY.

YEAH. THAT FRIDAY. YEAH.

SO I MEAN, I CAN CONSIDER THAT I GUESS IT WOULD BE A MATTER OF BOARD CONSENSUS OR OBJECTION OR ANYTHING IF I DON'T SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.

WANTS TO LOOK AT YOUR HEAD.

CONSENSUS OR NOT, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY OBJECTING SO I COULD MOVE ON THE 20TH JANUARY 7TH, 2025 STAFF DAY. NOW IT WOULD STILL BE A STAFF DAY THOUGH.

IT HAS TO FOR MATH.

IS THAT FINE? YOU THINK? SO, MISS OROSCO, MAY I ADD SOMETHING JUST REAL QUICK? OKAY, SO MY ONLY THOUGHT IS, IS IT CAUSING TOO SHORT OF A TIME BETWEEN COMING BACK ON DECEMBER THE 2ND? IS THERE ENOUGH TIME TO GET EVERYTHING DONE UP TO THE WHETHER IT'S 17TH, 18TH OR 18TH, 19TH FOR EARLY RELEASE DAYS AND TESTING AND ALL THE THINGS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO ON THE NOT BECAUSE THOSE PINK AND GREEN.

WELL, THE GREEN DAY IS THE END OF THE [INAUDIBLE], BUT ALL THOSE PINK AND PURPLE DAYS, ESPECIALLY THE 20TH, THAT IS A HALF DAY REALLY FOR EVERYONE.

SO YOU DO GET OUT THAT HALF DAY.

IF WE WERE TO MAKE THAT A STAFF WORK DAY, YOU WOULD BUMP THE PINK AND PURPLE DAYS TO THE 17TH, 18TH AND 19TH.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF A FOUR DAY STUDENT WEEK IS ENOUGH FOR FINALS.

IT WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR FINALS.

OKAY. YEAH.

GREAT SOLUTION, MR. SAVOY. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE JANUARY 7TH TO DECEMBER 20TH IN THE 2024, AND THAT PUTS THE KIDS OUT ON THE 19TH.

SO IT'S NOT WE DON'T RUN INTO THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN NOW IN 2025, BECAUSE THE 19TH IS THE DAY THEY GET OUT, JUST BY THE WAY, THE CHRISTMAS FALLS.

SO I THINK WE LEAVE THAT ONE THE SAME.

OKAY, AND HERE'S THE EASIEST WAY TO LOOK AT THAT EXCHANGE DAY FOR 24-25. IN ORDER FOR THE MATH TO WORK, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT BLUE EXCHANGE DAY, AND IT HAS TO REPLACE A RED DAY, WHICH TEACHERS WOULD BE OFF.

THEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY TAKING THAT DAY AND ADDING IT BACK INTO THE WORK SCHEDULE BETWEEN THE START OF SCHOOL IN AUGUST AND MAY, AND AND I CAN SHOW IT ANYWHERE, BUT I MEAN, ARE WE SHOWING IT ON GOOD FRIDAY AS AN EXCHANGE DAY? ARE WE SHOWING IT ON THE MONDAY OF THANKSGIVING? I DON'T KNOW IF IT LOOKS ANY BETTER ANYWHERE ELSE, AND I WONDER IF MAYBE PERCEPTION IS REALLY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WHEN A TEACHER SEES THIS AND SAYS, I HAVE TO COME BACK JULY 31ST, EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT SAY IT UNTIL YOU'RE BLUE IN THE FACE, IT'S AN EXCHANGE DAY.

IT MIGHT LOOK BETTER SOMEWHERE ELSE.

YEAH.

I MEAN, I COULD PUT IT LIKE ON THIS, IF WE CAN GO TO THE 24-25 ON THE SCREEN, 25-26.

I'M SORRY. 25-26.

I MEAN, THE ONLY DAYS THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE WOULD BE LIKE FEBRUARY 16TH, BUT THAT WOULD SHOW A STILL A FOUR DAY, STUDENT HOLIDAY, BUT THEN IT WOULD BE TWO STAFF DAYS AND NOT A FULL THREE DAY WEEKEND.

I MEAN, IT KIND OF WOULD BE IF YOU USE YOUR EXCHANGE DAY, BUT.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW THOUGH.

THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PD DAY THOUGH, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE USE.

THAT'S KIND OF THE BIG PD DAY ON THE FALL WANT TO DO IT ON GOOD FRIDAY.

YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE SPRING BREAK LOOK LIKE IT'S FOUR DAYS.

YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT ON MLK DAY.

YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANY OF IT FOR A RED.

RIGHT? SO IT'S GOT TO BE FOR A RED.

I COULD DO IT ON 25TH.

ON WHICH 1ST MAY, 25TH OF 2026.

NO, THAT'S MEMORIAL DAY, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THAT'S THE ONE HOLIDAY IN LAW THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY FORBIDDEN FROM HAVING SCHOOL.

YOU CAN'T EVEN USE IT AS A--IT'S IN RED, SO.

I KNOW YOU CAN'T USE IT AS A WEATHER MAKEUP BECAUSE THAT WOULD PEOPLE USED TO USE THAT AS THEIR WEATHER MAKEUP DAY BEFORE THE MINUTES WHERE YOU COULD BUILD THEM IN, AND THEY PASSED A LAW THAT YOU CAN'T YEAH.

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I COULD SHOW IT ON THE MONDAY OF THE THANKSGIVING WEEK, BUT THEN PEOPLE, IF IT'S A PERCEPTION THING, PEOPLE MIGHT LOOK AT IT AND SAY, WAIT, I DON'T GET A WHOLE WEEK AT THANKSGIVING. MAYBE YOU SHOULD CONSIDER OCTOBER 13TH OR SEPTEMBER 1ST.

SO OCTOBER 13TH IS THE BIG FALL CONFERENCE.

IT'S TEACHER PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE.

WELL, THE 10TH IS YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT THAT YOU KNOW WHAT? LET ME BACK THAT UP.

IT WOULD BE I COULD DO PRESIDENTS DAY OR I COULD DO OCTOBER BECAUSE.

THERE IS STILL THE STAFF BECAUSE THE STAFF PD DAY IN FEBRUARY IS REALLY THE 13TH, AND THEN WE WOULD JUST HAVE THE EXCHANGE DAY THAT NO ONE OKAY, LET ME DO THAT.

DOES ANYONE CARE WHICH ONE WE DO? NO, LET ME DO OCTOBER BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF SANDWICHED IN WHAT FEELS LIKE MORE BREAKS.

IF YOU DO FEBRUARY, YOU DON'T GET ANYTHING OFF THAT YEAR, AND IN A PERCEPTION, IT'S REALLY A DAY OFF.

YEAH. IT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, LOOK, WE KNOW YOU'VE PUT THAT TIME IN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, EITHER SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE YOU HAD TO GO TO LIKE CREDENTIALS TO KEEP YOUR CREDENTIALS IN PLACE OVER THE SUMMER OR JUST A LITTLE CLEANER.

RIGHT? YEAH. IT'S A LITTLE. YEAH, I THINK SO.

LET ME, LET ME DO THAT THEN FOR 25-26, WE'LL MOVE THE JULY 31ST EXCHANGE DAY TO THE 13TH OCTOBER 13TH SOUNDS GREAT, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO ON OUR BACK END TO KNOW THAT'S NOT, AND THIS IS FOR PRINCIPALS AND EVERYTHING AND SEE AND I THAT'S NOT REALLY A DAY TO PUT ANYTHING ON LIKE HEY WE'RE HAVING A BIG TRAINING BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO WE SHOULD EXPECT EVERYONE WILL--C&I IS DEFINITELY GOING TO COMMUNICATE THAT OUT.

GOOD CALL, MISS PETREA, ON THE OCTOBER 13TH.

THANK YOU, MR. SAVOY, FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY.

MS. RUNKLE. WELL, TEACHERS ARE DEFINITELY LISTENING.

SO I HEARD FROM SOME THAT ARE IN FAVOR OF RECESS.

SO THROWING THAT OUT THERE, IF YOU WANT TO ADD A FEW EXTRA MINUTES TO RECESS; THEY'RE ALL IN FAVOR.

SO WE'RE SITTING HERE MAKING CHANGES, AND WE ALREADY HAVE A SURVEY THAT'S BEEN PUT OUT, AND SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO HANDLE THAT? WELL, I THINK THESE CHANGES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY WILL ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE GOT.

TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'VE PUT OUT COMMUNICATION, THAT WE HAVE A SURVEY BASED OFF OF THESE DATES, AND NOW WE'VE CHANGED IT UP EVEN SLIGHTLY, AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

WELL, I THINK THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE THAT WHEN YOU PUT IT OUT THERE, THAT YOU WILL PROBABLY MAKE CHANGES BASED BASED ON, LIKE BECAUSE THEN IF WE'RE IF WE RESUBMIT IT AND RESURVEYED, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN IF WE MADE ANOTHER CHANGE.

I KNOW, I HEAR YOU, OKAY.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT AS WE'RE SITTING HERE MAKING A CHANGE, THAT'S THE REALITY OF WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN OUT.

I THINK WE JUST CONTINUE WITH THE SURVEY CLOSING TOMORROW AND THAT WE SAY, HEY, FOR EVERYONE WHO COMMENTED THAT WE DIDN'T GET OUT IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS, WE MADE A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT. SO WE'VE ACCOMMODATED THAT CONCERN, AND THEN FOR THOSE THAT HAVE COMMENTED ABOUT THE 31ST OF JULY, WE COULD SAY, HEY, WE HEARD YOUR FEEDBACK.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE CHANGES EVEN AFTER THE SURVEY BECAUSE IT SHOWS YOU DON'T.

YOU'RE NOT LOCKED IN. IT'S NOT A DOG AND PONY SHOW.

WE REALLY ARE TAKING FEEDBACK, AND SO I THINK BEING ABLE TO MAKE THE CHANGES AND YEAH, I KNOW IT'S SORT OF MID SURVEY BUT IT'S KIND OF TAIL END OF THE SURVEY. THE BIG SPIKE WAS WHEN WE FIRST SENT IT OUT.

SO OKAY WELL I'M IN FAVOR OF IT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S COMMUNICATED THAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING.

SO THANKS.

MR. PETREA.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT MR. SAVOY SAID. I THINK IT WOULD BE, A DISSERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY IF WE SURVEYED THEM ALL.

WE KNOW THAT THIS WE ALREADY ARE GETTING THIS FEEDBACK AND WE MADE NO CHANGES.

I THINK IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE THE CHANGES, AND THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE CHANGES BASED ON SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING.

SO I THINK IT'LL BE OKAY, AND ONCE THEY SEE THE FINAL, THEY'RE GOING TO BE THEY'RE GOING TO BE PLEASED AND THEY'RE GOING TO FEEL HEARD.

YEAH. I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S GOING TO SAY NO.

I WANTED TO GET OUT ON THAT FRIDAY.

I DON'T WANT THE EXTRA DAY.

WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. I CAN REMEMBER MISS KELLER BEING LIKE, WE'RE NOT STARTING ON A MONDAY.

WE'RE NOT STARTING AND YOU WERE LIKE, OKAY, WHAT DO WE WANT TO START? AND WE MOVED IT TO WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY BECAUSE STARTING ON A MONDAY IS HARD AND WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.

IT IS, LIKE I SAID, ALL OF THESE LITTLE CHANGES THAT YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVE BEEN SORT OF DEVELOPING IN OUR CALENDAR FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS, AND I THINK WE'RE WORKING TOWARD A PRETTY COOL CALENDAR.

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I THINK THAT GIVES TEACHERS THAT DATA DAY TO TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF THEIR DATA, THEIR CLASSROOMS ON THAT VERY LAST DAY BEFORE THEY GET TO GO ON BREAK.

I THINK THAT'S A THAT'S A WISE IDEA, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, KIDS WILL COME BACK FROM CHRISTMAS BREAK, BREAK ON TUESDAY, JANUARY THE 7TH, CORRECT? YES. OKAY.

NO. THAT'S GREAT. I JUST THOSE LISTENING JUST SO THEY CAN BE CLEAR ON THAT CHANGE, BUT I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH IT.

I THINK THAT'S A SMART IDEA, AND, TO ALLOW KIDS TO GET OFF ON THE 19TH AND YEAH, I CERTAINLY AGREE.

YOU KNOW WHAT? NOW THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IT, WHAT YOU JUST SAID ON THE DATA DAY, IF.

LET ME BARBARA, LET ME LOOK AT THE 25-26 AGAIN.

SORRY TO BOUNCE BACK AROUND.

DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT CHANGE ALSO SO THAT THERE'S ONE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS TO CLOSE THE SEMESTER OUT AND ONE DAY COMING OUT OF CHRISTMAS TO GET READY? OKAY. BECAUSE I CAN ROLL THAT.

I CAN ROLL THAT BACK FOR BOTH OF THOSE.

YEP, AND JUST REAL QUICK, WILL, I THINK THAT'S TEACHERS GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO GET THEIR CLASSROOMS IN ORDER TO CLEAN THEM OUT, TO GET THEIR DATA IN BEFORE THEY GO ON BREAK.

I KNOW TEACHERS LOVE TO JUST GET EVERYTHING DONE BEFORE THEY CAN NOT THINK ABOUT THEIR JOBS FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND UNWIND, SO I THINK IT'S VERY SMART.

NO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SAVOY. ALL RIGHT.

I'M GOING TO.

BIO BREAK OR ARE WE GOOD? WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.

SO WE'RE ON PAGE 40 I'M SORRY.

TEAM ON M2, THAT'S GOING TO BE NEXT WEEK.

[M.2. Consideration and possible approval of K-4 Class Size Waivers]

WE'LL HAVE THAT READY FOR US, NEXT WEEK.

SO WE ARE ON M3, PAGE 46.

[M.3. Consideration and possible approval of the purchase of Additional Marching Band Uniforms for Johnson High School Band - FJ Miller]

THIS IS ALWAYS THE MIC ADJUSTMENT GAME WHEN WHEN YOU TO SHOW UP, IT'S AWESOME.

MISS MORENO, TAKE IT AWAY.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD DR.

WRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR JANUARY APPRECIATION MONTH.

WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING AT OUR EVENTS, AND SO I ALWAYS ENJOY SEEING YOU OUT THERE.

SO TODAY WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU A BTS FOR PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL UNIFORMS, 100 ADDITIONAL UNIFORMS TO JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL BAND DUE TO GROWTH, UPCOMING EIGHTH GRADERS COMING IN AND NEEDING SOME MORE SIZES TO OUTFIT US FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, NOT JUST ONE YEAR.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT UNTIL THE GAP FOR THE NEXT ROTATION OF UNIFORMS. OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, JASON ADAM, HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH THE DIRECTORS AND THE NUMBERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE HAD SOME BOARD QUESTIONS AND WE DID ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THOSE YET, BUT WE DID ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

NOW, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, ON THE BTS FOR THE JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND UNIFORMS, MISS PETRIE, I DON'T HAVE THEM YET, BUT IN MY IN YOUR DEFENSE, I SUBMITTED THOSE, KIND OF LATER IN THE PROCESS TODAY.

SO I'LL BE SURE TO LOOK AT THOSE QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES BEFORE WE VOTE NEXT WEEK.

THE ONLY ONE I DID WANT TO KIND OF MAYBE TALK ABOUT ON RECORD TODAY.

JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.

MAYBE TWO OF THEM.

SO THIS IS THE STANDARD MARCHING UNIFORM, NOT THE SHOW UNIFORM.

CORRECT? CORRECT. YES.

SO WE DON'T KNOW THE SHOW THAT'LL THAT'LL COME LATER, AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS ABOUT, CONCERT SEASON.

SO I VOLUNTEERED WITH THE UNIFORM CREW THIS YEAR WHEN THEY WERE FRANTICALLY GETTING EVERYONE SIZED UP FOR THEIR, CONCERT SEASON, WHICH ARE THE FANCY DRESSES AND KIND OF THE TUXEDO LOOK FOR THE BOYS, AND, IT WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF NEW FOLKS EVEN THIS YEAR, AND, AND THEY WERE SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO BE EVEN MORE NEXT YEAR, AND A LOT OF KIDS ARE KIND OF THE SAME SIZE.

SO WE SORT OF RAN OUT OF THE SAME SIZE JACKET ON, LIKE THE SECOND DAY OF THE FOUR DAYS FOR UNIFORM SIZING.

I WAS LIKE, NOT EVEN WANTING TO MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH CHILDREN BECAUSE WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THEIR SIZES.

SO, ARE THERE HAVE THERE BEEN REQUESTS ALSO FOR CONCERT SEASON AND INCREASING THAT SUPPLY? YES AND NO. WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BAND DIRECTORS THERE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT.

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YEAH. ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS WITH THE CONCERT.

WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE OF GOOD THINGS.

ONE THING IS THE BAND, CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA IS PURCHASED ALL USING THE SAME STYLE.

SO IF WE RUN SHORT ON ON SIZES AND SAY, HEY, LET'S GO TO CHOIR, THEY HAVE SOME EXTRAS WE CAN BORROW, GO TO ORCHESTRA, WE CAN BORROW.

SO THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE MAKE THAT WORK.

THE OTHER POSITIVE THING IS THE CONCERT UNIFORMS ARE MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE THAN THE MARCHING UNIFORMS. YOU CAN GET A DRESS FOR 60 TO $70 OR CONCERT DRESS TUXEDO SET THE SCHOOL PRICE ABOUT $100, SO IF YOU NEED TO PURCHASE AN EXTRA DOZEN, IT'S NOT A HUGE SUM LIKE A MARCHING UNIFORM WOULD BE. SO WE CAN TYPICALLY HANDLE THAT FROM OUR YEARLY BUDGET ALLOTMENT.

YEAH, I KIND OF FIGURED IT MAY NOT EVEN COME TO US.

IT'S IF IT'S UNDER 50,000, IT'S NOT GOING TO COME TO US, BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT SPRING NEXT YEAR, IF THEY'RE ADDING 100 FOR MARCHING SEASON, THAT THEY'RE KIND OF THINKING THROUGH THAT AS WELL.

CORRECT? YES. THE OTHER FORTUNATE THING ABOUT CONCERT BLACK UNIFORMS IS THOSE ARE EASILY, VERY READABLE, AVAILABLE QUICKLY AS OPPOSED TO MARCHING BAND UNIFORMS THAT WE WOULD NEED 6 TO 9 MONTHS LEAD UP TIME TO ACTUALLY MAKE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO KNOW AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

MR. SEVERANCE. THANK YOU.

YEAH, I MEAN, JOHNSON'S GROWING, AND I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING MORE THAN WHAT WE NEED BECAUSE OF THE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT EXTRA JUST IN CASE BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE FUNDING ON IT.

IT'S FROM 2017 BOND INTEREST.

I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH USING BOND INTEREST, BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT BOND INTEREST AND THE ACCOUNTS THAT THESE ARE COMING FROM.

IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN THESE INTEREST BOND INTEREST ACCOUNTS, LIKE WHAT DO WE USE THE BOND INTEREST FROM THAT BOND? BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE BONDED JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL.

ARE THERE ANY FUNDS LEFT IN THAT BOND FUND? I MEAN, I'D JUST LIKE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION ON WHEN WE DO THESE THINGS, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.

WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THINGS WORK BECAUSE OF FUNDING HOW DO WE DECIDE WHAT BUCKETS THESE COME OUT OF? AND THEN HOW CAN MAYBE JUST WE AS A BOARD UNDERSTAND, LIKE HOW MUCH IS IN THESE BUCKETS LIKE AND WHAT THE THRESHOLD IS TO WHAT WE'RE SPENDING OUT OF THEM.

SO SINCE YOU GUYS HAVE ASKED THAT QUESTION, RANDY HAS STARTED INCLUDING IT IN YOUR FINANCIALS.

IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 87, IT HAS THE INTEREST PERIOD EARNINGS, AND AND YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE TWO CATEGORIES FOR 2017, AND SO IT WILL EASILY SUPPORT THAT, BUT IF YOU'LL REMEMBER WE STARTED JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL WHEN WE OPENED IT UP WITH JUST TWO GRADE LEVELS, AND WE KIND OF BUILT IT OFF OF OUR EXISTING BANDS THAT WE HAD IN THE DISTRICT, AND THEY HAVE SURPASSED THAT EXPECTATION AND SO THAT ORIGINAL PURCHASE WAS MADE OUT OF THAT, AND SO BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING ADDITIONAL KIDS AND IT'S A LEGAL USE OF THAT FUND, AND THAT'S WHAT IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS SHOWS YOU THE ACTUAL MONEY THAT IS AVAILABLE AND, AND BASED ON YOUR ON YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, WE'RE GOING TO CREATE AN EXPENDITURE PAGE AS WELL, AND ADD TO THIS SO THAT YOU ALL CAN TRACK IT MOVING FORWARD.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I WAS I WAS LOOKING AT THAT, DETAILED QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT, AND I KIND OF FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHERE YOU WERE WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY.

SO THEN MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT IS PROBABLY MAYBE WE'D ASK IT LATER, BUT SO IF THERE'S $8.8 MILLION STILL IN THAT 2017 CONSTRUCTION BUCKET, IS THAT ALL INTEREST ACCRUED FROM THAT ORIGINAL BOND, OR IS THAT JUST BOND DOLLARS THAT WEREN'T.

THAT'S A RANDY QUESTION.

RANDY, YOU WANT TO COME AND MAYBE THAT'S NOT FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM.

SO I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO OFF TOPIC THERE, BUT I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANT TO I'LL SAVE THAT QUESTION FOR LATER, BUT THANK YOU FOR POINTING IT OUT.

SO THAT'S WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM IS THOSE BUCKETS.

SO I APPRECIATE AND THEN WHEN WE MAKE THOSE DECISIONS TO PULL THOSE BUCKETS, WERE JUST BASED ON WHATEVER HAS THE MOST MONEY.

LIKE FOR EXAMPLE FOR 17 TIED IT BACK OKAY.

YEAH. YES.

SO GOT IT. SORRY. THAT'S OKAY.

I JUST WANT TO SAY MISS RUNKLE, LET'S CAPTURE LIKE IN THE QUESTION SOMETHING SPECIFIC TOWARDS THAT FOR BOARD BLOG, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.

MR. SEVERANCE. WAS THAT IT? YEAH, THAT WAS IT.

THANK YOU. YEAH. MS. RUNKLE.

OKAY. YEAH. SO, THANK YOU, FOR PRESENTING TONIGHT ON THIS.

SO I'VE ACTUALLY, DR.

WRIGHT, YOU AND I HAVE ACTUALLY HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BOND INTEREST.

THE BUCKET, RECENTLY, AND I, IF YOU'VE SEEN MY QUESTIONS ON BOARD BLOG, THEN I'VE ASKED IF WE ACTUALLY HAVE A POLICY AS IT RELATES TO BOND INTEREST SPENDING AND WE DON'T, AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S PRACTICAL ACROSS DISTRICTS.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT OTHER DISTRICTS DO, AND I'M NOT IMPLYING THAT WE DO ANYTHING NOT OF UP TO PAR WITH OUR BOND INTEREST SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, BUT, I DO AND THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU AND I HAVE HAD, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW WHERE THIS MONEY IS, AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ADDING IT TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

MS. RUNKLE THIS REALLY NEEDS TO STAY SPECIFICALLY ABOUT BOND--IT IS, IT'S ABOUT THIS, IT'S ON HERE AS THE FUNDING SOURCE, SO I CAN TALK ABOUT IT.

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NO PROBLEM. OKAY, THEN I WILL SAVE THAT UNTIL THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

WE'LL ALL HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS AFTER THIS MEETING ABOUT IT, BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ADDING IT TO THE LIST.

MS. RUNKLE WHEN WE GET TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, YOU ARE WELCOME TO BRING IT UP AT THAT TIME.

I CAN STILL BRING IT UP UNDER THIS AGENDA ITEM BECAUSE THAT'S THE FUNDING SOURCE.

I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT IT AT THAT POINT.

THAT'S TOTALLY FINE, BUT I'M PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF ALLOWED TO BRING IT UP UNDER THIS AGENDA ITEM, IF THAT'S WHAT THE FUNDING SOURCE IS UNDERSTOOD. HAS YOUR QUESTION BEEN ANSWERED? YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO ADD IT TO THE NEXT AGENDA.

WE'RE GOING TO ADD IT TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

OKAY. VERY GOOD.

ANYBODY ELSE? OH, I'M SORRY, MR. VELA, YOU HAD SOMETHING.

[INAUDIBLE] MR. ADAM.

THANK YOU, AND OF COURSE, I LOVE OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAMS. JUST REMIND ME AGAIN OF THE CYCLE.

THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT WE HAVE UNIFORMS. WHAT'S THE TIME PERIOD AGAIN? YEAH, WE TRADITIONALLY DO, EIGHT YEAR UNIFORM CYCLE FOR MARCHING BAND UNIFORMS, AND THEN JUST A QUESTION.

OBVIOUSLY HAVING A BAND STUDENT, IN HIGH SCHOOL, HOW MANY TIMES DO THEY ACTUALLY WEAR THE BAND UNIFORM NOT THE SHOW UNIFORM JST AS ESTIMATING. YEAH, IT VARIES A LITTLE BIT FROM THE DIRECTOR'S PREFERENCE AND THE BAND PROGRAMS. WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO WEAR THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SOMETIMES IN THE EARLY PART OF THE SEASON WHEN IT'S REALLY HOT, WE'VE NOTICED THEY LIKE TO WEAR SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT COOLER, LIKE A A POLO SHIRT OR SHORTS WHEN IT'S 100 AND SOMETHING DEGREES OUTSIDE.

SURE, BUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO WEAR THEIR FULL UNIFORM.

IT'S BEEN THE TREND THE LAST FEW YEARS, ESPECIALLY IN COMPETITIVE MARCHING BAND, IS GETTING SOME CUSTOM TOPS THAT GO WITH THE UNIFORM THAT RELATES TO THE SHOW THEME, AND PART OF THEIR EVALUATION AT CONTEST IS THE VISUAL PERFORMANCE AND HOW THAT THEME IS CONVEYED TO THE JUDGES.

SO PART OF GETTING THESE CUSTOM TOPS, OR A SPECIAL WRAP THAT GOES ON THEIR HAT THAT MATCHES THE THEME GIVING THEM THAT FREEDOM TO DO THAT HELPS THEIR SCORING AT CONTESTS.

SO SOMETIMES THEY'LL WEAR THE CERTAIN PARTS OF THE TRADITIONAL UNIFORM AND THEN SWITCH IT OUT, PUT A DIFFERENT SHIRT ON OR A DIFFERENT HAT WRAP, AND JUST FOR THE CONTEST PART OF IT, OR POSSIBLY THE FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE CONTEST, BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR, KIND OF LIKE A DRESS REHEARSAL, RIGHT? OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. ADAM. BECAUSE AGAIN, BEING A BAND PARENT, I KNOW THAT.

I MEAN, MY SON LOOKS GREAT IN THE BUTTON THAT WE GET TO WEAR OR THE PICTURES BUT BUT WITH THE THEME OF EACH SHOW, AND WE KNOW THAT THEY WILL CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR, BUT WITH THE THEME, IT SEEMS THAT WHEN THEY GET THAT SPECIAL TOP THAT MIGHT BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO BE GOING WITH THE THEME TOP.

I JUST MAYBE MORE STRATEGIC LONG TERM.

LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF UNIFORMS ARE KIND OF A THING OF THE PAST JUST BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE GETTING INTO MORE THEME SHOWS JUST SOME THOUGHTS.

YEAH. WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW, LIKE WITH THESE UNIFORMS FROM JOHNSON, THEY'RE VERY, THEY'RE CUSTOMIZABLE.

SO LIKE THE JACKET IS BASICALLY SLEEVELESS.

SO YOU CAN HAVE DIFFERENT COLOR SLEEVES.

THE HATS HAVE WHERE YOU CAN PUT A DIFFERENT WRAP ON THEM.

THE PLUMES FOR EXAMPLE, THIS ONE HAS TWO DIFFERENT PLUMES.

YOU COULD WEAR A WHITE PLUME ON TOP OR A BLACK PLUME, AND THERE'S AND PART OF THAT BECAUSE THE TRENDS CONSTANTLY EVOLVE WITH MARCHING BAND.

SO IT'S BALANCING THAT.

YOU'RE RIGHT. HAVING A COMPETITIVE SHOW TOP OR MAYBE 2 OR 3 YEARS FROM NOW, THAT TREND MIGHT FADE AWAY AND THEY MIGHT SAY, OH, WE WANT TO SEE SOMETHING MORE TRADITIONAL, AND AND SO YOU KIND OF HAVE TO BALANCE THAT, HAVING SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE, BUT ALSO BE PREPARED TO BE COMPETITIVE, AND I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF US BEING COMPETITIVE.

LIKE PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY QUESTION THAT I'M NOT, I JUST ARE WE BETTER OFF SPENDING MONEY FOR UNIFORMS THAT AGAIN, WE MIGHT USE ONCE OR TWICE A SCHOOL YEAR OR JUST JUST SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.

RIGHT, SO THE MAIN PART OF THE UNIFORM IS THE PANT, THE [INAUDIBLE].

OKAY. SO THE PANTS IN THE OVERALL SUSPENDERS, AND SO THAT PART STAYS EVEN WHEN WE HAVE OUR CONTEST SHOW THAT PART STAYS THE SAME.

IF WE'RE JUST CHANGING THE VEST TOP PART, WHICH IS NOT AS EXPENSIVE, AND A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS THAT STUDENTS BUY THEM THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY KEEP THEM.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

MR. FLORES AGAIN.

I'M GLAD WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THESE KIDS.

I MEAN, THE JOHNSON BAND WAS ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST IN SYNC, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE LARGEST MARCHING BANDS I'VE EVER SEEN.

ANNUALLY. HOW MANY? HOW MANY MEMBERS, NEW MEMBERS ARE WE ADDING TO THAT MARCHING BAND? I MEAN, JOHNSON'S GROWING, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE MARCHING BAND.

HOW MANY NEW MEMBERS, WE ANTICIPATE RIGHT NOW, HAVING AN INCOMING CLASS OF ABOUT 100, FRESHMEN FOR NEXT YEAR, PRE ENROLLMENT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, SO WE'RE NOT WE CAN'T GIVE YOU EXACT NUMBERS ON THAT, BUT WE ANTICIPATE ABOUT 100 NEW STUDENTS.

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DO WE HAVE PLENTY OF UNIFORMS TO FIT THESE KIDS? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT'S WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THIS QUANTITY IS THE THEY'RE IN THEIR FIFTH YEAR OF THE UNIFORM.

TYPICALLY WE'D GO THROUGH AN EIGHT YEAR UNIFORM CYCLE.

SO THIS NUMBER'S TO GET THEM THROUGH THE NEXT THREE YEARS TO THAT EIGHT YEAR POINT, AND WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD QUANTITY FOR THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. AGAIN I WANT TO JUST WHILE YOU'RE UP HERE, COMPLIMENT YOU BOTH ON THE FANTASTIC FINE ARTS PROGRAM ACROSS THE BOARD.

I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

THAT LOOKS LIKE IT. THANKS.

THANKS SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ON GOING HERE.

WE'RE ON PAGE 49.

[M.4. Consideration and possible approval of the purchase of Utility Vans for Child Nutrition - Mac Haik Auto Group]

IN YOUR DAIS FOLDER THERE'S A VEHICLE PURCHASE ORDER BACKUP THAT HAS GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION IN IT.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR MR. CLEAVER? MR. SEVERANCE, MY ONLY QUESTION IS WAIT.

HOLD ON. WHO'S COMING? WHO'S COMING UP TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS? RANDY. OKAY, MR. RAU, COME ON UP.

GO AHEAD BYRON. THANK YOU.

RANDY. OKAY, SO MAYBE FOR ME AND MAYBE FOR THOSE LISTENING, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE REASON WHY THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF OF WHY WE'RE DOING THIS? BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT. IT'S NOT COMING OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND.

IT'S COMING OUT OF SOMETHING ELSE.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT, SINCE WE PREVIOUSLY GOTTEN APPROVAL FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TDA TO SPEND DOWN THE FUND BALANCE TO THE PROPER LEVEL BY PURCHASING TWO NEW VANS TO REPLACE OUR AGING FLEET.

YES. SO IN OUR CHILD NUTRITION FUND, WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT IN FUND BALANCE.

WE HAVE EXCESS FUND BALANCE.

SO WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO USE THAT PART OF IT.

OF THAT PART OF THAT PLAN WAS TO PURCHASE THE VANS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TONIGHT.

AS AND WHEN YOU GO OVER A CERTAIN THE REASON THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AG IS, IS MENTIONED IS WHEN YOU GO OVER A CERTAIN DOLLAR THRESHOLD, $5,000, WHAT'S CONSIDERED A CAPITAL ITEM, CAPITAL EXPENSE, YOU HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AG TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN GO OUT TO PROCURE IT.

OKAY, SO THIS IS NOT TO BE.

IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE TO SPEND THIS MONEY ON WHERE THE FLEET IS AGING AT THIS POINT.

WE DO. THOSE VANS ARE VERY OLD.

WE DID REPLACE THEM, BUT THIS ISN'T JUST A REGULAR.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO SPEND WE'RE GOING TO BUY TWO VANS BECAUSE WE NEED TWO VANS.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND THIS FUND BALANCE DOWN [INAUDIBLE] RULES, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT MONEY TO BUY NEW VANS.

IT'S NOT GOING TO COME OUT OF OUR GENERAL OPERATING FUND.

RIGHT, AND AS PART OF THE WHEN YOU HAVE EXCESS FUND BALANCE UNDER THE FEDERAL LAWS, IN ORDER TO KEEP YOUR CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM AS A NONPROFIT, YOU HAVE TO PRESENT A PLAN TO SPEND DOWN THE FUND BALANCE.

SO THAT WAS ALSO PART OF THE PLAN WHERE THEY IDENTIFIED THE NEED TO PURCHASE THOSE TWO VANS.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE JUST GOING TO WHAT CAN WE SPEND? WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO OUT AND BUY TWO VANS, AND THERE'S SOME FORETHOUGHT PUT INTO COMING UP WITH THAT PLAN FOR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AG.

OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

THANK YOU, MR. FLORES. I MEAN, THE ORDER LOOKS GREAT.

MY ONLY QUESTION, AND THIS MIGHT BE MORE FOR TRANSPORTATION.

RANDY, HONESTLY, WHAT DO WE DO WITH OUR AGING FLEET? THOSE VANS THAT ARE BEING REPLACED? I'M JUST CURIOUS, ARE THEY PUT TO USE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE DISTRICT, OR DO WE, HOW DOES THAT WORK? WELL, IF THEY'RE BOUGHT WITH FEDERAL FUNDS, WHICH THE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM IS A FEDERAL FUND, YOU CAN'T USE THEM IN ANOTHER AREA.

IF YOU SELL THEM AS SURPLUS PROPERTY, THEN THAT MONEY HAS TO GO BACK TO THAT PROGRAM.

SO THESE VANS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO STILL BE USED BY CHILD NUTRITION, ALBEIT IN A MUCH LESSER CAPACITY, BUT IF WE DO AUCTION THOSE OFF DOWN THE ROAD, THEN THAT MONEY HAS TO GO BACK INTO THE PROGRAM AS IT RELATES TO FEDERAL FUNDS.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION.

OKAY. IT LOOKS LIKE IT.

THANK YOU, MR. RAU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

[M.5. Consideration and possible approval of the purchase of Propane and Propane Dispensing Equipment and Accessories]

MAX CLEAVER, COME ON DOWN AND TELL US WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS THIS PURCHASE OF PROPANE AND PROPANE DISPENSING EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES.

WALK US THROUGH IT. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. ON PAGE, LIKE YOU SAID ON PAGE 50, THERE'S ALSO A BIG, BIG PACKET IN YOUR FOLDER.

YES, SIR. YEAH. WE PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED THE AMERIGAS PROPOSAL.

SO WE CURRENTLY BUY OUR PROPANE AT THE RV.

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WE'VE BEEN FILLING THEM UP AT THE 21 RV PARK LONGHORN RV PARK ON 21, AND WE PAY RETAIL PRICE FOR THAT FUEL, AND SO WE PUT OUT AN RFP, AND WE HAVE AN OPTION OF A THREE YEAR TERM OR A FIVE YEAR TERM WHERE WE GET A TURNKEY PROPANE TANK AND ALL THE DISPENSING EQUIPMENT BROUGHT TO US AND INSTALLED, AND ON PAGE 51, YOU CAN SEE THE PRICES WE PAY.

EVERYONE WE BASE THE ACTUAL GAS PRICE ON THE MOUNT BELLEVUE SPOT PRICE, AND THAT VARIES EVERY WEEK, AND WE GET A PUBLICATION EVERY THURSDAY THAT SAYS WHAT THAT IS, AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER PART OF THE CONTRACT, AND IT SEEMS SIMPLE, BUT THAT IS IT.

THERE'S AN AMERIGAS MARKUP, AND THAT'S TO USE THEIR NETWORK AND TRUCKS AND PERSONNEL AND INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO GET THAT GAS TO US, AND SO WE WOULD BE GOING FROM A A RETAIL PRICE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 285 AND 375 DOWN TO A POTENTIAL PRICE IF WE WERE ABLE TO, GET THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAX INCENTIVES TO SOMEWHERE UNDER A DOLLAR TO SOMEWHERE IN THAT 95 CENT RANGE AND SO, I'VE SPOKEN TO THE TO THE VENDOR TWICE ASKING HIM JUST VARIOUS WAYS WHEN SOMETHING SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

IS IT? THAT'S IT. THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO IT.

THEY OWN THE EQUIPMENT.

IF SOMETHING BREAKS, THEY FIX IT.

IN THE MEANTIME, IF THE EQUIPMENT'S DOWN, YOU CAN SEE AGAIN ON PAGE 51 THAT MOBIL DIRECT FUELING.

THEY WOULD BRING THEIR TRUCKS OUT IN AND FUEL US ON SITE.

SO, THAT'S IT.

WE ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND, I BELIEVE, A FIVE YEAR TERM, AND THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. MS. RUNKLE.

I WAS ACTUALLY CALLING YOU, MR. CLEAVER, TO ASK YOU THE EXACT SAME THING.

OKAY, WHAT IS THE CATCH HERE? AND HE HAD JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH THEM ASKING THE SAME THING, SO I LISTEN, I THIS IS ALL GREAT.

ANYTIME WE CAN SAVE MONEY, ANYTIME WE CAN MAKE IT EASIER FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DRIVE CLEAR ACROSS TOWN.

THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE BENEFITS OF IT.

SO GREAT WORK FROM OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM AND PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX I REMEMBER WHEN WE APPROVED THESE PROPANE BUSSES AND HERE WE ARE NOW TAKING CARE OF THIS PIECE OF IT AND IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY REMARKABLE AND AMAZING WORK.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALWAYS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND I APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS. MR. SEVERANCE. THANKS, HEY, MAX.

I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST CAME TO THIS.

I REMEMBER THE GENTLEMAN WHO APPLIED FOR THE GRANT.

WE GOT THE BUSSES AND THEN I THINK THE NEXT PART WAS HE'S STILL WORKING ON THE GRANT FOR THE FILLING ITSELF.

SO I GUESS THAT GRANT WENT AWAY OR WE DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR IT.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH BUSSES.

I THINK MAYBE ALL OF THE ABOVE.

WE JUST WITH TEN BUSSES WERE NOT AS ATTRACTIVE AS OTHERS THERE'S SOME FLEETS THAT RUN HUNDREDS OF PROPANE BUSSES.

WE'RE GOING TO WELL AT THIS POINT, WE WON'T HAVE TO TRY.

FOR THE FUELING ANYMORE, BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE THE FUELING, WE MIGHT BE MORE LIKELY TO GET BUS GRANTS.

IT'S KIND OF A CHICKEN OR THE EGG THING.

THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION. LIKE, YOU KNOW HOW MANY? I MEAN, I KNOW WE'VE ALLOCATED A BUNCH OF BUSSES.

WE'VE GOT BUSSES ALLOCATED FOR A LONG TIME.

WE HAVEN'T BOUGHT YET, BUT NONE OF THOSE ARE PROPANE BUSSES AT THIS POINT.

NO, SIR. NO, SIR.

WE, CASSANDRA IS WATCHING THIS, AND IF THERE IS ANOTHER GRANT AVAILABLE, WE COULD TAKE THE FUNDS THAT ARE REMAINING.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE. WE DIDN'T BUY ALL THE BUSSES IN THAT 23 BOND.

THERE'S STILL A FEW LEFT.

IS THAT RIGHT? A FEW LEFT, AND, IF THERE WAS A GRANT AVAILABLE, WE COULD ROTATE BUY THOSE PROPANE AND PROPANE AND BUY MORE OF THEM INSTEAD OF LESS DIESEL BUSSES.

OKAY. TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

IT YOU KNOW, IT JUST IT REALLY DOES, BUT THE TRANSMITTAL PART IS I WAS CONFUSED THE PART SO USED FOR USE 35,000 GALLONS IS AN ESTIMATE THROUGH JULY OF LAST YEAR WE'VE ONLY DONE.

I'M CALCULATING ABOUT 14,000 GALLONS THROUGH HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR.

THAT WAS JUST MY BASED ON WHAT PART OF WHAT OUR PROPANE IS, WE DON'T USE THEM DURING THE SUMMER RIGHT NOW.

BECAUSE THE LONGHORN RV PARK IS NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT US FUELING DURING THE SUMMER.

SO WE DON'T USE THEM FOR OUR SUMMER SCHOOLS.

WE DON'T USE THEM FOR FIELD TRIPS BECAUSE THEY ONLY HAVE CERTAIN TIMES THAT WE CAN FUEL.

SO WE PROJECT THAT IF WE HAD OUR OWN FUELING STATION, WE CAN ACTUALLY USE OUR PROPANE BUSSES MORE, WHICH WE NEED TO.

WE HAVE TO RUN THEM AT LEAST 10,000 MILES A YEAR FOR TCEQ GRANT.

SO THAT'S PART OF THE PROJECTION AS WELL, THAT THESE ARE A MINIMUM THAT WE HAVE TO BUY OUT OF THIS.

SO IF WE DON'T MAKE 35,000 GALLONS, IT'S NOT GOING TO MATTER.

LIKE WE COULD DO 10,000 GALLONS.

IT'S JUST THERE'S NO PENALTY FOR NOT, NO THERE'S NO PENALTY FOR UNDER BUYING, AND ONCE WE REACH I BELIEVE IT'S, 38 GALLONS?

[01:35:06]

THAT'S $0.03 LESS.

RIGHT. OKAY, SO, AND THEN SO FROM THE FISCAL IMPACT, YOU HAVE AS, AS A BUDGET GENERAL FUND, AND THEN OUR SUGGESTED MOTION SAYS ANNUAL VALUE OF 45,850 AND 52,850.

THERE'S NO GENERAL FUND OPERATING IMPACT WITH THIS TRANSMITTAL, RIGHT? SO WE'RE NOT SPENDING ANY MONEY TO DO THIS.

THAT'S CORRECT. JUST THAT WE'LL STILL BE BUYING FUEL, BUT THAT COST OF THE FUEL WILL INCLUDE THE FUEL AND THE FUELING STATION, AND SO THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL VALUE IN YOUR SUGGESTED MOTION IS JUST.

YEAH, THAT WAS THE RANGE, AND BECAUSE WHEN WE, WHEN WE, WROTE THIS AGENDA ITEM, WE HAD NOT ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE CONTRACT AND TALKED TO HIM THE SECOND TIME.

OKAY. SO THAT 45 NUMBER IS THE THREE YEAR AND THE 52 IS THE FIVE YEAR.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND THE FIVE YEAR AFTER WE TALK TO HIM, BUT OKAY.

THIS WAS SUBMITTED PRIOR TO US HAVING THAT SECOND CONVERSATION.

DO WE NEED TO HAVE THAT IN THE MOTION, THAT ACTUAL NUMBER? OKAY. YEAH. OKAY, BUT THEN NEXT WEEK, IF WE DO THE FIVE YEAR, THAT WILL BE THE FIVE YEAR NUMBER.

OKAY, AND THEN MY LAST, MY LAST QUESTION IS I'VE ALREADY I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS.

OH, CAN THEY JUST DO MOBILE DIRECT FUELING FOR US FOR $1.97? THEY CAN ALSO DO THAT IF THE EQUIPMENT GOES DOWN THAT IS THE PLAN.

OR IF A BUS IS OUT ON A FIELD TRIP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT RIG ROLLS OUT AND FUELS THEM BACK UP, BUT THAT'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO PUT IN THE MOBILE FUEL, THE FUELING STATION TO GET THAT $1.97 PRICE.

WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO PHYSICALLY, ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAS TO PHYSICALLY DISPENSE THE FUEL IN ORDER TO GET THAT 37 CENT FEDERAL TAX INCENTIVE.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M REALLY GOING FOR, IS NOT EVEN THAT $1.31, BUT LIKE $0.94.

THAT'S WHAT I'M REALLY GOING FOR.

GOT IT, AND BUT THE DIRECT FUELING WE JUST COULDN'T HAVE THEM.

WE JUST COULDN'T HIRE THEM TO COME DO OUR BUSSES FOR $1.97 INSTEAD OF LONGHORNS THREE.

WE COULD WE COULD IF THEY COULD SUPPORT IT, WE PROBABLY COULD I WE HAVEN'T ASKED THEM THAT THOUGH.

I WOULD JUST BE CURIOUS IF THEY COULD DO THAT IF WE DIDN'T DO THIS, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUY BUSSES DOWN THE ROAD, WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THAT ON A BOND OR ANYTHING ELSE, THEN I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW IF WE ARE GOING TO BUY BUSSES, LET'S DO IT.

IF IT'S ZERO COST TO US, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

WE CAN CONTROL IT, BUT IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO BUY ANY MORE BUSSES, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH BUSSES COST NOW, THOSE FUEL, I MEAN, THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT $110,000 THAT THEY WERE IN THE GRANT NOW.

YEAH. I HADN'T LOOKED AT THE COST.

PROPANE BUSSES ARE RUNNING RIGHT NOW ABOUT 176.

OKAY. OKAY.

AWESOME. I LIKE, TURNKEY.

I LIKE WHAT DOESN'T COST US ANY MONEY, AND WE GET TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT DOWN THE ROAD, SO.

OKAY. THANKS FOR WORKING THROUGH THAT WITH ME.

MS. PETREA.

ALL RIGHT, SO 176,000 FOR A PROPANE BUS.

CAN YOU REMIND US WHAT A DIESEL BUS COST? DID YOU SAY 156? YEAH. IT'S ABOUT 156 AND USUALLY, PROPANE.

IF YOU GET, WELL, PROPANE, YOU CAN GET FASTER RIGHT NOW THAN A DIESEL BUS.

IT'S ABOUT SIX MONTHS WITH THAT VENDOR.

WHEREAS A DIESEL BUS IS RUNNING ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, FROM ALL OF THE VENDORS, BUT THEN PROPANE, YOU'RE ALSO ABLE TO GET GRANTS FROM.

SO YOU MAY BE ABLE TO KNOCK THAT BY ABOUT HALF.

OKAY. OR THIRD OFF.

YEAH. THAT WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS IF WOULD WE ADD MORE PROPANE BUSSES IF WE HAD THIS FUELING, OPTION.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THE ANSWER IS YES, AND MAYBE EVEN GRANTS COULD HELP US GET THOSE.

CORRECT. CORRECT.

YEAH, AND JUST RIGHT NOW THERE'S A BIG PUSH FOR ELECTRIC BUSSES.

SO THERE'S NOT. YEAH. THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT PROPANE GRANT.

WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE. SOLAR BUSSES.

WHAT ARE WE. WHAT'S GOING TO BE NEXT.

THE WINDMILL BUSSES.

RIGHT. PERFECT.

YEAH. NO THERE ARE ELECTRIC BUSSES OUT THERE.

WE'VE BEEN APPROACHED TWICE ABOUT ELECTRIC BUSSES AND WE ARE INTERESTED BUT IT HAS TO BE AT THE RIGHT COST BECAUSE THOSE BUSSES ARE STILL ACTUALLY, EVEN MORE, THEY'RE IN THAT 300,000 PLUS RANGE, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF GRANTS FOR THEM, BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS JUST NOT THERE AT ALL, AND SO I DON'T WANT TO GET OUT, AND APPARENTLY IN THE COLD WEATHER, ELECTRIC VEHICLES DON'T DO SO GREAT.

OR IN THE HOT WEATHER OR IN THE HOT WEATHER OR WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER RUNNING.

WELL, THIS SEEMS REALLY, REALLY GREAT.

MY ONLY QUESTION IS, WHY DIDN'T WE DO THIS SOONER? WE JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT GOING ON.

YEAH, YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT GOING ON? YEAH, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT.

WELL, I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING THIS, AND I KNOW OUR DRIVERS ARE GOING TO BE, EXCITED WE'RE DOING THIS.

WE HAVE, I'M GUESSING, STILL A LITTLE BIT OF LAND OVER THERE AT THAT FACILITY.

WHERE IS IT GOING TO GO EXACTLY? IN THAT PACKET? THERE IS ACTUALLY A SKETCH IN THE PROPOSAL PACKET.

THERE'S A SKETCH. IT GOES PRETTY CLOSE TO THE FUELING STATION TO THE CURRENT FUELING STATION.

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SO THERE WAS ALREADY SPACE FOR IT.

SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO CUT THROUGH ANY OF THE CONCRETE OR ANYTHING OUT THERE.

THEY'RE ABLE TO JUST TIE IN TO THE ELECTRICITY AT OUR FIELD BUILDING, AND SO IT'LL HOPEFULLY, I THINK, WHEN WE TALK WITH THEM IN THIS LAST MEETING, ONCE EVERYTHING'S APPROVED AND CONTRACTS ARE SIGNED, WE WOULD HAVE A FUELING STATION PROBABLY WITHIN 4 TO 6 WEEKS.

WOW. WELL, I MEAN, IT IS A WORLD CLASS TRANSPORTATION FACILITY.

SO, THANK YOU FOR FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.

SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING TO HELP US SAVE SOME MONEY FOR SURE.

MR. VELA. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL, AND, YEAH.

EXCITING. FUEL STORAGE.

SO WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR, LIKE, I KNOW WE GOT TO DO AN ANNUAL OR EVERY TWO YEAR INSPECTION ON FUEL TANKS.

THIS COMPANY, THEY WILL DO THAT.

WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THAT.

ALL THE RAILROAD COMMISSION PAPERWORK AND EVERYTHING IS ON THEM.

OKAY, SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT $0.59 PER PER GALLON BECAUSE I TOO AM LOOKING FOR THE CATCH.

LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, AND THEN OUR FUEL HANDLERS, I MEAN, WE HAVE TO BE LICENSED OR WE GOT TO GO THROUGH TRAINING TO BE A FUEL.

THEY PROVIDE THAT TRAINING.

OKAY. SO SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME TIME COST ON ON THAT.

I MEAN OUR STAFF IS ALREADY GOING TO THE RV PARK TO FUEL.

SO WE ARE PAYING OUR STAFF TO SIT THERE AND WAIT FOR THEIR PERSON TO COME OUT.

SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE IT DONE QUICKER.

SO OKAY. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD ACTUALLY, IT WOULD STILL BE COST NEGATIVE.

OKAY. I'M HAVING A PERSON TRAINED A SHOP STAFF AND.

PROBABLY THOSE DRIVERS SO THAT THEY CAN FEEL GOOD AND THEN IN THE EVENT OF A LEAK OR SOMETHING, WHAT'S THE RESPONSE TIME? I MEAN, THAT'S GOING TO BE A FIRE DEPARTMENT CALL OR NOW THAT WHAT'S THE EMERGENCY? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND I DO NOT KNOW, BUT YES, THAT WOULD BE MY FIRST CALL WOULD BE 9-1-1.

YEAH, BUT WE CAN FIND OUT ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] WHAT HAPPENS THERE.

[INAUDIBLE]. WELL, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE COST SAVINGS FOR SURE, AND YOU KNOW THE PHRASE TURNKEY, I MEAN, IT HAS DIFFERENT MEANINGS, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT REALLY IS A GREAT, I THINK, INVESTMENT FOR US.

THE I THINK I'VE GOT ONE MORE NOTE HERE THAT I THINK THE WHEN I TALKED TO THE GUY THAT REALLY KIND OF SOLD ME THEIR DEPOT WHERE THEY ACTUALLY PICK THE FUEL UP IS IN HUTTO AND THEY'RE ALREADY IN UHLAND TWICE A WEEK, AND SO THIS IS ADDITIONAL BUSINESS FOR THEM.

SURE. SO THEY'RE ALREADY THEY'RE ALREADY THERE, AND IF I NEED TO REFILL THE PROPANE ON MY BARBECUE PIT CAN I? [CHUCKLING]. YEAH OKAY.

THANK YOU. YOU CAN HOOK UP TO A BUS.

[CHUCKLING] OKAY. IT LOOKS LIKE THE ONLY THING I WANT TO ADD IS JUST A QUESTION THAT DOES NOT NEED TO BE ANSWERED TONIGHT, BUT IT POPPED IN MY MIND AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THESE BUSSES IS JUST HAVE THEY RUN AS EXPECTED, INCLUDING LIKE MAINTENANCE AND ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS? AGAIN, I FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SEE ON BOARD BLOG, JUST KIND OF AN IDEA OF HOW THEY PERFORMED.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. TEAM WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL DO ALL THE THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH BONDS.

[INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, HERE WE GO.

WE'RE BACK. WE ARE ON PAGE 52, THE FIRST OF THREE AGENDA ITEMS FOR,

[M.6. Consideration and possible approval of Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) 1 and 50% Construction Document (CD) Estimate for 2023 Bond Bid Package 2 for improvements at Johnson High School]

THIS ONE IS THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, GMP NUMBER ONE AND 50% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT ESTIMATE.

FOR IMPROVEMENTS.

I'M SORRY. BOND BID PACKAGE, TWO IMPROVEMENTS AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL, MR. CLEAVER. YES, SIR.

SOME DRAWINGS OF WHAT? THAT BASICALLY THE GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THAT IS.

YOU CAN SEE, ON PAGE 53, THE GMP IS 42 OR, EXCUSE ME, $4.2 MILLION, AND THEN THEY ALSO INCLUDE THAT 50% CD TO KIND OF PROVE UP THAT WE ARE STILL WITHIN BUDGET.

SO WHEN YOU ADD GMP ONE AND THEN THE 50% CD ESTIMATE, YOU'RE AT 49, 167 563 TO MAKE THE TOTAL PROJECT STAY THE SAME PRICE OF THE 61 SIX, AND WE HAVE A CONTINGENCY REMAINING OF ABOUT $3.69 MILLION.

NEXT MONTH WILL BE GMP TWO.

WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE A GMP TWO FOR A SITE PACKAGE, AND THEN IN MARCH WOULD BE GMP THREE FOR THE BALANCE OF THE WORK.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE GOT, JASON ANDERS HERE WITH HUCKABEE AND THEN CONNOR WADE AND TREVOR FLYNN WITH [INAUDIBLE] HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THAT I CAN'T ANSWER. OKAY.

TEAM QUESTIONS.

I'M LOOKING AT YOU, BYRON.

[01:45:08]

ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, THAT IS M6.

WE ARE NOW ON PAGE 54, WHICH IS M7.

[M.7. Consideration and possible approval of the purchase of Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment for 2023 Bond Bid Package 6 for Kyle Elementary and Tom Green Elementary]

THIS IS FOR FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT FOR 2023.

BOND BID PACKAGE SIX AT KYLE ELEMENTARY AND TOM GREEN ELEMENTARY.

MR. CLEAVER, TELL US WHAT THIS ONE'S ABOUT.

YES, SIR. SO, BACK OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, YOU ALL APPROVED, THE BOARD APPROVED ONE, TWO, THREE, ABOUT SIX VENDORS AND SOME PROJECTS, SO APPROVED THE VENDORS, GOING FORWARD THAT WE USED, AND THEN THE 23 BOND HAS $1.5 MILLION OR 750,000 A PIECE FOR KYLE AND TOM GREEN, AND ON PAGE 55, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE, STAFF WORKED WITH, DR.

MICHAEL WATSON, WORKED WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND THE PROJECT TEAM AND THE CAMPUS STAFF TO COME UP WITH A COUPLE OF LISTS THAT WE, LAST WEEK PROVIDED YOU ALL A LONG LIST THAT ACTUALLY HAVE PICTURES OF EACH INDIVIDUAL ITEM ON THERE.

ALL TOLD, WE'RE IN BUDGET.

AGAIN, THE TOTAL BUDGET WAS ABOUT 1.5.

WE'RE AT 1.4 WITH A 3% CONTINGENCY.

YOU CAN SEE THAT, KYLE, THE KYLE ESTIMATE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE TOM GREEN ESTIMATE, BUT IF YOU REMEMBER, WE ALSO HAVE PREVIOUSLY ALREADY PROVIDED THE CAFETERIA TABLES AT TOM GREEN.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE. THAT WAS ABOUT $100,000 TICKET ITEM JUST RIGHT THERE.

SO THIS IS SCHOOL OUTFITTERS AND, I THINK THAT'S, ALL WE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT ONE.

DR. MICHAEL WATSON AND HIS TEAM DID A GREAT JOB, AND SO DID THE, PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO GET THIS ONE.

GET THIS ONE PUT TOGETHER.

MR. SEVERANCE.

MAX, I APPRECIATE YOU STANDING UP HERE BY YOURSELF ON THIS ONE, BUT HOWEVER, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A THIS IS A I MEAN, THIS IS AN EQUIPMENT PACKAGE THAT C&I REALLY PUT TOGETHER.

I MEAN, YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT GETTING IT SOONER, BUT GENERALLY THE, I APPRECIATE THAT OUR C&I DEPARTMENT IS NOW INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.

I THINK THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW, YOU SHOULD BE PICKING OUT FURNITURE THAT'S NOT YOU KNOW, I THINK YOUR EXPERTISE IS BUILDING THIS STUFF FAST AND ON TIME AND UNDER BUDGET.

SO, I APPRECIATE THE LEVEL OF DETAIL.

TYPICALLY, WE DON'T GET INVOLVED IN THE FFA SIDE OF WHEN WE DO THESE PROJECTS, BUT BECAUSE OF WE DECIDED TO BREAK APART AND ACTUALLY DO AN EQUIPMENT UPDATE FOR THESE TWO CAMPUSES AHEAD OF A MASTER PLAN REMODEL DOWN THE ROAD.

I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A PEEK OF IT NOW, BECAUSE I AM WHO I AM.

I DID GO THROUGH, LIKE EVERY LINE OF THAT PACKAGE TO LOOK AT IT JUST BECAUSE I'M IN THE FURNITURE BUSINESS, AND I WAS LIKE, THAT'S I LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT STUFF.

CERTAINLY THAT'S WHY WE PROVIDED IT.

I'M NOT RECOMMENDING MY AMISH COME AND BUILD ANYTHING.

I'M JUST SAYING, LIKE, I CAN APPRECIATE QUALITY FURNITURE AND I CAN.

SO SOME OF THE PRICING, MOST OF IT SEEMS LIKE NOTHING SURPRISES ME.

HOWEVER, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE'RE IF ARE WE PROCURING THIS FURNITURE FROM THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE SAW TODAY THAT ARE ON BOARD BLOG LIKE ARE WE ARE WE ARE THEY TAKING THAT DOCUMENT AND THEY'RE GOING TO ORDER THAT FURNITURE BASED ON THAT DOCUMENT.

OR DO WE KNOW? AND MY QUESTION IS BECAUSE ON LINE 119 ON THE KYLE ELEMENTARY.

FOLDER. IT HAS A BAR STOOL FOR $1,016.89.

HOWEVER, THAT SAME BAR STOOL ONLINE 152 FOR THE TOM GREEN PACKAGE IS ONLY $293.67.

I BELIEVE IT'S A TYPO, AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS OF HOW WE'RE PROCURING AND IF THE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO BE BASED ON THAT DOCUMENT, WE PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN FOR SOMEBODY TO TAKE A PEEK AT IT AGAIN, AND GO AHEAD, I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT YOU'RE LOOKING AT BECAUSE AS WITH EVERYTHING, THERE'S VERSION CONTROL, AND THE FIRST DOCUMENT HAD TAX, AND SO WE GOT THAT ONE TAKEN OFF, AND THEN THE SECOND DOCUMENT HAD THEY WERE TAKING THE INSTALLATION PRICE THAT WAS A LUMP SUM NUMBER AND AMORTIZING IT ON EVERY LINE, AND SO I'M GOING TO ANSWER, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'LL FIND OUT.

I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE JUST GO BASED ON THAT NUMBER, THAT WE'RE NOT BEING TIED TO A NUMBER, THAT IF IT'S WRONG, IT'S JUST WRONG.

AND THEN WE WILL CHECK THAT OUT.

GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY ON TOM GREEN LINE 154 VERSUS LINE 155.

I WOULD SUGGEST MOVING ALL OF THAT TO LINE 155 INSTEAD OF LINE 154.

OKAY, WE'D SAVE ABOUT $400 PER, SOFA TABLE IS WHAT I CALL THEM.

JUST MY TWO CENTS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, BUT JUST, THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

I THINK I KNOW THESE CAMPUSES ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT.

I KNOW THEY GET TO ACTUALLY PICK SOME NEW FURNITURE IN A LONG TIME COMING.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

YES, SIR. MS. RUNKLE.

[01:50:01]

I HAD QUESTIONS ALSO.

FIRST I WANT TO JUST ASK MAX WHEN YOU JUST YOU MENTIONED THAT PRICES HAVE CHANGED.

HAVE PRICES CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU AND I SPOKE, OR WHEN DID PRICES CHANGE? NO, THE TAX WAS REMOVED FROM, BUT I DON'T THINK ANY PRICES HAVE CHANGED NOW SINCE YOU AND I SPOKE.

WE ARE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF OTHER LINE ITEMS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR ALTERNATE PRODUCTS THAT MIGHT MEET THAT SAME NEED.

OKAY, AND SO I DON'T PRETEND TO KNOW WHAT ALL OF THE ITEMS ARE ON THIS ITEM LIST.

I MEAN, I LOOK AT PRICES, I LOOK AT VARIOUS OTHER ORDERS ON OTHER CAMPUSES, AND WHEN THINGS DON'T SEEM TO LINE UP A LITTLE BIT, THEN I HAVE A QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING A LOOK AT IT.

I'LL LOOK FOR THOSE RESPONSES, BUT I KNOW FBOC ARE YOU GOING TO BE SUBMITTING THESE LISTS TO FBOC? OK I KNOW YOU GUYS MEET TOMORROW EVENING.

YES WE DO, AND I HAVE A STICKY NOTE IN THIS, BOOK RIGHT HERE TO DO THAT.

OKAY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT FBOC OK TAKES A LOOK AT THIS AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE DOING REALLY A CAMPUS REFRESH.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE ADVOCATED FOR EVEN WELL, BEFORE I WAS A BOARD MEMBER, AND I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING NEW, AND SO THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE EYES OF A PRINCIPAL OR A CAMPUS STAFF, AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY'RE A PART OF THAT WHOLE REFRESH PROCESS SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AS WE DO OTHER REFRESHES ACROSS THE DISTRICT, AND SO MY QUESTION IS AND DR.

WATSON, MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER OR JUST SUBMIT THE QUESTIONS LATER IS WHO EXACTLY WAS INVOLVED? I KNOW YOU SAID PRINCIPALS, BUT DID YOU DO CAMPUS SURVEYS WHERE ALL OF THE CAMPUS, HAD INPUT AND, AND VARIOUS THINGS? IT'S HARD TO JUST TAKE INPUT JUST FROM A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHEN YOU'RE DOING A BIG REFRESH LIKE THAT.

I THINK, ONLY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE WORKED THERE FOR SO MANY YEARS THAT MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAN ANOTHER, AND BEFORE YOU ANSWER THAT, I'LL JUST SAY THIS.

THE ONE THING I DID NOT SEE ON THIS LIST, AND I KNOW I'VE SPOKE WITH MISTER CLEAVER ABOUT IT, AND MRS. SEDILLO IS, AND DON'T LAUGH AT ME.

IS A CURTAIN A STAGE CURTAIN, FOR TOM GREEN? THAT IS, I THINK, THE SAME CURTAIN, SINCE THE OPENING OF THAT CAMPUS, AND IT'S NOT EVEN THE SAME COLOR OF THAT SCHOOL, AND SO I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST WALKED IT, I SAID, HEY, MAX, WHENEVER WE DO A REFRESH, CAN WE LOOK AT THIS CURTAIN? AND HE SAID, WELL, IF YOU REMEMBER, I REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID THAT DAY.

HE SAID, WELL, WE CAN JUST CLEAN IT, AND I SAID, NO, MAX, IT'S WELL PAST CLEANING.

[CHUCKLING] IT'S WE'RE AT THE LET'S GET A NEW ONE, TIME FRAME.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A CONVERSATION OR IF THEY WERE JUST SO CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE THEY WERE AT WITHIN THAT BUDGET, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY ON THAT CAMPUS.

SO IF YOU'LL JUST TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

YEAH, THAT'S NO PROBLEM. I KNOW IT'S CAME UP A FEW TIMES AND THE CURTAINS COME FROM A DIFFERENT VENDOR.

SO WE DEFINITELY CERTAINLY VISIT THAT AGAIN.

AS FAR AS GETTING FEEDBACK, EACH CAMPUS HAD COMMITTEES, SO THEY USED THEIR GRADE LEVEL TEAMS, AND THEN IT WAS BROKEN UP FROM EACH GRADE LEVEL TO TALK TO THE TEACHERS, TO GET DOWN TO THE NITTY GRITTY TO SEE WHAT THEY WANTED.

WE HAD A TEAM OF TEACHERS AND STAFF ALSO TOUR SUNFIELD TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE FURNITURE ACTUALLY LOOKED LIKE, AND THEN THEY WERE SENT, SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS, AND IT WAS DEFINITELY A COMMITTEE DECISION FOR EACH OF THE CAMPUSES TO IDENTIFY NOT ONLY THE NEEDS, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE FINISHES ON SOME THINGS.

OKAY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. I'M SO EXCITED.

I KNOW THAT THEY ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT IT'S IMPORTANT TO WHEN YOU GO TO A CAMPUS WHERE YOU WORK TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE WORKING.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE STUDENTS WHEN THEY GO, WHEN THEY GO TO CAMPUS AND THEY GO AND VISIT OTHER CAMPUSES FOR THEM TO HAVE THINGS THAT OTHER CAMPUSES HAVE.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ALL OF THE NICE THINGS.

THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] MISS OROSCO.

THANK YOU. I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM STAFF, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A VERY LONG TIME, MAKING SURE THAT WE ASK THOSE STAKEHOLDERS AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION FROM STAFF IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE WORKING IN THE TRENCHES.

SO IT'S GOOD TO INFORM FBOC OF WHAT THE COMMITTEE HAS DECIDED, THE ACTUAL PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING IN THE CLASSROOM TO SEE HOW IT'S REALLY GOING TO WORK AND HOW THEY'LL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE.

SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH US.

[01:55:01]

MS. PETREA.

WHEN DO WE EXPECT THE FURNITURE TO ARRIVE? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION I'LL GET WITH PURCHASING, AND I WOULD IMAGINE IN THAT 6 TO 8 WEEK OR LONGER, OKAY ON AN ORDER THAT BIG AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT'S GOING IT'S GOING TO ARRIVE OVER TIME AS WELL.

IT WON'T ALL JUST ARRIVE.

IT'LL BE KIND OF SPREAD OUT, BUT I'LL GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER IDEA OF THAT, AND THEN WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR MOVING IN THE NEW AND OUT WITH THE OLD? YOU KNOW, WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION IN AND IT'S SUCH GREAT TIMING.

THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY JUST RETIRED, AND SO YEAH, IT'S A CHALLENGE WE'VE ACTUALLY TALKED WITH IT'S GOING TO BE AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL FIX.

WE'RE GOING TO WE'VE GOT SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS WORKING ON ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO FIX THAT BECAUSE IT'S A BIG DEAL, AND IT'S NOT JUST THERE.

WE'RE ALSO MOVING WHEN WE MOVE INTO THE ASC, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FURNITURE EVERYWHERE THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH.

SO. RIGHT, BUT YOU'RE YEAH, HOPEFULLY MOSTLY ASC.

IT'S LIKE A NEW BUILD, NEW FURNITURE, BUT LIKE WHEN WE MOVED FOLKS OUT OF THEIR OLD PLACES AND INTO THE NEW PLACE, WELL, A LOT OF FURNITURE.

WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT IS LIKE, I'M A CLASSROOM TEACHER, I HAVE 30 DESKS.

I GOT TO GET RID OF THEM AND THEN I'M WE'RE GOING TO GET NEW ONES, AND THEN AND BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW THIS, THEY COME IN ALL KIND OF PLASTIC WRAP AND CRAZINESS.

I HELP SOME TEACHERS AT ELM GROVE, WRAP THEM AND IT'S A WHOLE THING.

THE TEACHERS HAD TO DO THAT THEMSELVES.

SO I'M JUST LIKE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THAT.

OH NO THIS THE PRICES YOU SEE ARE FULLY INSTALLED.

THEY KNOW NO TEACHERS WILL BE DOING ANY UNWRAPPING OR THROWING ANYTHING AWAY.

THAT WAS I, THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO BUILD SOME OF THEIR LITTLE DESKS.

NO NO NO NO WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT I HELP THEM.

I KNOW THAT HAPPENED.

OKAY. WELL THAT'S GREAT.

I KNOW SOMETIMES WE HAVE FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND TEAMS COME OVER, SO IF YOU GET IN A BIND, I'M SURE THIS COMMUNITY WILL GLADLY COME OUT AND HELP IN ANY WAY THEY NEED TO BECAUSE THEY ARE EXCITED, BUT THEY GET LESS EXCITED WHEN THEY HAVE TO DO HEAVY LIFTING AND PUT THINGS TOGETHER.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY, MISS OROSCO, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN ACCURATE TIMELINE OF WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THESE PIECES TOGETHER.

BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD AN ISSUE AT DAHLSTROM WHERE ITEMS WERE JUST SITTING THERE WAITING TO BE BUILT, AND THEY WERE NOT HAZARDOUS, BUT IT WAS A HAZARD FOR THE KIDS IN THE WAY WALK BY THERE, AND THERE WERE CRITTERS AND EVERYTHING AND THEY JUST STAYED THERE FOR MONTHS NOT BEING BUILT.

SO PLEASE GET A FIRM A DATE ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE BUILT.

EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

I THINK THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT CLOSES OUT THAT ONE.

SO NOW WE ARE ON OUR LAST ONE WHICH IS ON PAGE 56.

[M.8. Consideration and possible approval of the Design Development for 2023 Bond Bid Package 7 for improvements at Impact Center and Tobias Elementary]

OKAY, SO, WHILE, WHILE I'M TALKING, JARED CAN COME TO THE MIC TO RUN THROUGH THE SLIDES, BUT THIS IS THE BID PACKAGE.

SEVEN IS THE, BID PACKAGE THAT, STARTED WITH LEE LEWIS, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO FINISH THE JOB.

THEY GOT US THROUGH SD, AND THEN WE BOUGHT THE.

YOU ALL APPROVED THE CO-OP PURCHASE OF THE EQUIPMENT.

SINCE THEN, BARTLETT COCKE DID AGREE TO PICK THE PROJECT UP, AND IN GOING FROM SD TO DD WE CONTINUED TO IDENTIFY NEEDS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE SCOPE LOOKS LIKE. SO WE HAVE, INCREASED THE PRICE, FROM THAT, AT SD PLUS CO-OP WAS 8.6 AND NOW DD PLUS THE CO-OP EQUIPMENT IS AT 10.6 OR ABOUT $2 MILLION ADDITIONAL.

I PROVIDED A MEMO TO YOU ALL LAST WEEK ABOUT WHERE THOSE WHERE THOSE ITEMS SPECIFICALLY CAME FROM.

YOU KNOW, WE DETAIL THE INTERIOR RENOVATIONS AT IMPACT, AND THAT WAS SOME ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICAL WORK AND TILE THE SITE IT IMPACT WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS, WE WERE BASICALLY JUST, PUTTING AN OVERLAY OVER WHAT WAS THERE AS FAR AS THE ASPHALT AND DRIVES, AND SINCE THEN WE'VE ADDED A BUS LOOP, WE'VE ADDED, A DETENTION POND.

SO SOME SCOPE HAS CHANGED, BUT IT'S BECAUSE THE, NEEDS WERE CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED, AT TOBIAS, THERE'S, THIS PARTICULAR DD, ESTIMATE INCLUDES A ROOF TEAR OFF VERSUS A FULL TEAR OFF VERSUS, THE PREVIOUS THAT INCLUDED SAVING SOME OF THE INSULATION.

WE HAVE SOME, WE FLEW A DRONE, AND WE'LL HAVE SOME, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN ACTUALLY SAVE THAT INSTALLATION OR NOT.

ALSO AT TOBIAS, THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL ELECTRICAL WORK THAT WASN'T ACCOUNTED FOR.

THE ESCALATION FOR THE FUTURE SITE WORK, WE BELIEVE, BECAUSE NOW WE ARE, IN THE EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE.

[02:00:04]

SO, THE COST HAS GONE UP FROM SD TO DD.

IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE CHANGED CONTRACTORS, IT'S BECAUSE WE'VE IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL SCOPE, ADDITIONAL NEEDS FROM WE LAST WEEK, WE ALSO PROVIDED YOU ALL WITH WHAT'S CALLED A CVO LOG OF COST VALUE OPTIONS LOG AND THAT SORT OF GIVES YOU THE PROCESS WE USE GOING FORWARD TO FIGURE OUT HOW BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT TIME WE SEE YOU ALL, HOW WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE THE COST OF THAT PROJECT. SO THERE'S STILL SOME OPTIONS.

WE'RE JUST NOT THERE YET.

WE'RE JUST AT DD, BUT WITH THAT SAID, JARED'S GOT SOME SLIDES TO GO THROUGH, THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. YOU SHOULD HAVE A PACKET HERE IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL OF THE EXISTING DRAWINGS.

IT IS DIVIDED IN TWO HALVES.

THE FIRST HALF IS TOBIAS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AS YOU GO THROUGH THESE DOCUMENTS, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT, OVERALL THE SCOPE OF WORK, PREDOMINANTLY THE ROOFING WORK, WHICH IS ALSO PAIRED WITH THE MEP REPLACEMENT WORK. THAT IS ONE WHERE WE ARE DOING THE ADDITIONAL RESEARCH, THE INFRARED SCANNING, TO CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN DO AN OVERLAY VERSUS A FULL TEAR OFF AND REBUILD.

WE HAVE THE WALK IN COOLER FREEZER REPLACEMENT WITHIN THAT, AND THEN AS WELL, THEN WE'RE REPAIRING ONE OF THE PLUMBING LINES, IN THE EXISTING BUILDING.

THAT'S ROUGHLY ON PAGE FOUR OF THE PDF, ON THE SCREEN.

SO SCOPE OF WORK THERE HAS NOT CHANGED DRAMATICALLY.

OVERALL THEN AS WE LOOK AT THE IMPACT CENTER.

SO IF WE'LL ADVANCE THE SLIDE I THINK, TWO.

HERE WE GO.

SO IMPACTS CENTER, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE OVERALL DEMOLITION PLAN AND REALLY KIND OF STEP BACK AND WERE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE OVERALL COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT IMPACT CENTER AND ULTIMATELY ALSO LOOKING AT THE PLANNING.

SO WE ARE PROVIDING A CONCEPT FOR THE FUTURE.

SO THIS IS THE DEMOLITION PLAN MOVING A FEW THINGS.

I REALLY WOULD HIGHLIGHT THE SECOND SITE PLAN THAT SHOWS THE EIGHT PORTABLES AT THE NORTH END.

SO THAT'S ROTATING ONE OF THE EXISTING PORTABLES, MOVING A NEW PORTABLE AND THEN RELOCATING THREE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION SITE HERE, ULTIMATELY TO BUILD OUT THE FULL CAPACITY OF THE CAMPUS FOR AN INTERIM.

THAT WOULD GIVE THEM MULTIPLE YEARS OF GROWTH WITHIN THERE, AND THEN REALLY TRYING TO LOOK THROUGH THE DESIGN OF THE SITE AND DROP OFF TO SEPARATE PARENT AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. WE ARE LOOKING AT DISCUSSING NOT ONLY WITH TCEQ BEING OVER THE SITES ACTUALLY SPLIT BETWEEN THE RECHARGE AND THE CONTRIBUTING ZONE, BUT AS WELL, THERE'S A RIGHT OF WAY ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SHEET OF THE PAPER THAT IS DEDICATED TO THE COUNTY FOR THE WATER TOWER.

WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY SHIFTING THAT.

SO YOUR TRANSPORTATION FACILITY AND THIS COULD BECOME ONE PROPERTY.

WE'RE EVALUATING WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S FEASIBLE OR NOT, BUT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT IMPACT CENTER AND UNCERTAIN ABOUT THE DISTRICT A WHOLE, BUT TRYING TO FIND WIN WINS WHERE WE CAN.

SO AS MAX INDICATED, WE HAVE THE FINAL PAGE IS THEN THE INTERIOR WORK.

SO IT SHOWS THE TWO BATHROOM RENOVATIONS, THE NURSE AND THE FOOD SERVICE RENOVATION AND THEN WE'RE CONVERTING WHAT IS, IN ESSENCE, THE EXISTING KIND OF FOOD SERVICE AREA THAT'S OUTSIDE INTO A CONFERENCE ROOM, ALL MEETING THE NEEDS.

TOBIAS, AND THIS WORK WILL OCCUR THIS SUMMER.

IN SUMMER OF 24, SITE WORK WOULD OCCUR.

SUMMER OF 25 IS THE GOAL.

SO WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE SCOPE OF WORK.

OH, YEAH, I MISSED THE MECHANICAL WORK, MR. FLORES. SO LOOKING AT THE INTERIOR, INCLUDING THE INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING THE KITCHEN, THE CLINIC, THE RESTROOMS, ALL THIS SAYS IT'S GOING TO, BEGIN SUMMER OF 24 AND COMPLETE THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SUMMER OF 25 OR EARLIER IF THE FACILITY CAN REMAIN OPERATIONAL DURING CONSTRUCTION.

SO OBVIOUSLY, MY QUESTION IS WHAT THE POSSIBILITY IS OF IMPACT REMAINING OPERATIONAL TO GET THIS, DONE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE? I KNOW THAT THERE'S CERTAIN PROCEDURES THAT IMPACT CENTER FOLLOWS.

SO IS IT DOABLE TO HAVE THIS CONSTRUCTION GOING ON WHILE IMPACT IS STILL NOT THE INTERIOR STUFF? CAN YOU CLICK BACK TO THE SITE PLAN WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE CAN TAKE.

THAT EXISTING SITE PLAN RIGHT THERE AND MAKE THAT OCCUR WHILE IT'S OPERATIONAL, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE POSSIBLE.

THE MAIN REASON IS BECAUSE THAT MAIN DRIVE RIGHT DOWN THE CENTER, I JUST DON'T SEE US BEING ABLE TO DO THAT SAFELY.

SO WHEN WE WROTE THAT WAS STILL A POSSIBILITY.

THEN WE HAD ANOTHER MEETING, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.

SO SUMMER OF '25 SEEMS LIKE A THAT'S PROBABLY REALISTIC.

[02:05:01]

SO TO MAKE SURE TO SEE THAT I WAS KIND OF TRYING TO PICTURE THAT IN MY HEAD WORKING ON THE BATHROOMS AND THE CLINIC AND THE NEW CLASSROOMS, AND SO LIKE THIS SUMMER WE COULD, IF YOU COULD VISUALIZE, WE COULD GET THE INTERIOR WORK DONE AND LIKELY GET, OH, SORRY, GET THOSE PORTABLES MOVED IN AND ALIGNED.

THE ONES THAT ARE SHADED THERE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY ACTIVITY IN THEM, BUT THEY WOULD AT LEAST BE PUT THERE FOR THE FUTURE AND READY TO GO.

SO WE CAN PROBABLY GET SOME OF THE SITE WORK DONE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN GET THE ACTUAL PARKING LOTS DONE.

YES, SIR, AND AGAIN, I THINK I'M GLAD THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO HAVE ADEQUATE FACILITIES, ESPECIALLY THE WALKWAYS ON THE OUTSIDE.

OBVIOUSLY COMING IN SOMETIMES ONE AT A TIME, VERY SLOWLY, HAVING PROTECTION FROM THE RAIN.

SUPER IMPORTANT. OBVIOUSLY, THE BATHROOMS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, BUT, YEAH, AND AGAIN, I'M EXCITED TO GET THIS DONE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, BEING A GROWING DISTRICT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE GROWING NUMBERS AT THE IMPACT CENTER, BUT THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

MS. PETREA. FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY I REALLY LIKE YOUR NEW PRESENTATION DOCUMENTS.

THEY'RE VERY NICE.

OKAY, SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND, MAX.

WHY? WHY DID WE COMBINE IMPACT AND TOBIAS INTO ONE AGENDA ITEM? OKAY, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND I'LL ANSWER IT THIS WAY.

WHEN WE SET UP AND I'LL ANSWER IT, YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE THIS ONE AS WELL IN YOUR FOLDER.

THIS IS OUR BOND. LOOK AHEAD.

WE TRY TO PACKAGE THESE IN PACKAGES THAT MAKE THEM DELIVERABLE AND THAT THEY JUST SEEM TO BE A IT WAS JUST A GOOD FIT WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT HOW ALL THESE WENT TOGETHER, THOSE BID PACKAGE SIX AND SEVEN WERE BOTH A LITTLE AWKWARD, BUT THAT'S ABOUT THE BEST FIT WE COULD MAKE AND MAKE THEM APPROXIMATELY EQUAL PACKAGES.

OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW.

THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE IN THE BOND DOCUMENTS, WE HAD A LINE ITEM FOR IMPACT OF $1.5 MILLION, AND I'M ASSUMING WE'RE OVER THAT FOR IMPACT, BUT I DON'T KNOW BY HOW MUCH JUST BY LOOKING AT THIS, AND SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE THIS G TABLE BREAKDOWN JUST FOR TOBIAS VERSUS IMPACT.

OKAY, AND AND THEN IT'S HARD FOR ME TO KNOW IN TERMS OF WHAT WE TOLD THE TAXPAYER, HOW MUCH OF HOW MUCH WAS ALLOCATED TOWARD TOBIAS.

SO I KNOW WE HAVE A 42 POINT 9 MILLION GENERAL DISTRICT MAINTENANCE, REHAB, WHICH INCLUDES ROOFS AND PARKING LOTS AND THINGS.

SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE ARE YOU PULLING THIS ADDITIONAL MONEY FROM? BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING IN THE KYLE TOBIAS FUENTES AND HEMPHILL FOR FUTURE EXPANSION.

WE ONLY HAD 2.795.

WHEN YOU SAY PULLING ADDITIONAL MONEY, WHAT ARE YOU WELL, WHAT I'M SAYING WELL, WHAT I'M TRYING TO LIKE 1.5 MILLION FROM IMPACT.

IS GONE. YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY BREAK THAT DOWN FOR YOU.

WE HAVE THAT BROKEN DOWN.

I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU. OKAY, AND THEN, AND THEN THE SAME THING WITH TOBIAS.

LIKE I'M ABSOLUTELY DOES IT IS IT FALLING UNDER THAT 42 MILLION LINE ITEM? IS IT FALLING UNDER THE 2.7 MILLION LINE ITEM IN PROPOSITION A? I YEAH, I CAN, I CAN ABSOLUTELY BREAK IT DOWN WHERE ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES AND PARTS AND HOW WE BUILT THE BUDGET.

OKAY. THAT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL.

YEAH. BECAUSE WE WE.

THE VOTERS.

TRUST US TO VOTE, AND THEN IT GETS IT GETS HARDER TO FOLLOW THAT.

IF I DIDN'T KEEP EVERY SINGLE BOND BROCHURE, WHICH, BY THE WAY, TRUSTEES, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU DO THAT.

I COULD NOT KEEP TRACK OF THIS.

SO, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE COULD JUST UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH FOR IMPACT, HOW MUCH FOR TOBIAS AND WHAT KIND OF LINE ITEMS IN THE 2023 BOND IT'S COMING OUT OF.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT ABSOLUTELY MAKES SENSE.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

THERE MAY BE A SPREADSHEET IN HERE THAT I DIDN'T.

I KNOW YOU REFERENCED.

WE ARE SPREADSHEET RICH, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S IN THERE.

I CAN GET YOU A SPREADSHEET WITH IT THOUGH.

NO I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT TO YOU, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING ALREADY KNOW WE HAVE THAT.

WE HAVE THE DATA FOR SURE.

OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU.

MISTER SEVERANCE. OKAY, THANKS.

THANK YOU, MISS PETREA, FOR ASKING FOR THAT, BECAUSE I JUST HAD A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS.

I HAD A BUNCH OF THINGS AS TO.

THINGS I WANT TO ASK ABOUT, BUT I THINK I'LL ASK SOME QUESTIONS THIS WEEK IF I GET SOME CLARIFICATION FROM NEXT WEEK, BUT JUST FROM BIG PICTURE STUFF.

SO THE ARCHITECTURE NUMBER FROM ORIGINAL BUDGET TO THE END IS UP, BECAUSE THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE PROJECT IS UP IN THE PERCENTAGE OF ARCHITECT FEES WENT UP AS

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SO THAT'S WHY THE FEES ARE THAT ARE HIGHER AT THE END, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. WE DIDN'T ADJUST FF&E FEES AS A PERCENTAGE ALL THE WAY ACROSS.

YEAH, I TOOK I KEPT, HELD FF&E STEADY FROM THE ORIGINAL BUDGET, BUT THE OTHER THE ARCHITECT FEE DOES, IT'S PART OF BASED ON CONSTRUCTION OKAY CONSTRUCTION, AND I THINK ONCE WE SEE WHAT VANESSA WAS ASKING ABOUT BREAKING IT OUT, BE EASIER TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT BUT MY SMALL THING IS ON THIS RIGHT HERE ON BARTLETT'S COST VALUE OPERATIONS LOG SHEET, WHICH I LOVE, BY THE WAY.

THANK YOU. IT SAYS IMPACT SITE REDUCE COVERED WALKWAY CANOPIES BY 50%.

WHERE ARE WE REDUCING CANOPIES BY 50%.

THAT'S CALLED A VALUE OPTIONS LOG.

WE DON'T ACCEPT ALL OF THEM.

SO THAT WOULD BE ONE THAT I HEARD VERY CLEAR THAT WE WANT EVERYONE COVERED UP, AND THAT ONE ONE WOULD BE ONE WE WOULD NOT ACCEPT.

SO WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY YOU HAVEN'T DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

THIS IS JUST THINGS. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT HEY, HOW COULD YOU SAVE SOME MONEY? HERE'S SOME ITEMS. SO THE COVERED WALKWAY IS CURRENTLY FROM THE BUILDING TO THE FIRST PART OF THE PORTABLES, THAT WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE FIRST FLOOR, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HANG A LEFT AND CATCH THE OTHER TWO, AND THEN THE GRAY IS DOWN THE ROAD.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THOSE CANOPIES AT THAT POINT.

IS THAT WHAT THIS IS TELLING ME? THE WHAT THE CANOPIES.

BY THE GRAY PORTABLES THAT AREN'T THERE YET.

YEAH. IF WE WOULDN'T PUT THEM IN IF THEY'RE NOT, IF THEY'RE NOT ACTIVE, BUT WE ARE GOING TO EXTEND THOSE CANOPIES AND ROTATE THAT PORTABLE THAT THE PRINCIPAL WANTED.

IT ROTATED FOR VISIBILITY.

OKAY. GREAT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, AND I'LL JUST I'LL WAIT TO SEE THE COST BREAKDOWN JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE ACTUAL OVERAGES IS.

YES, SIR. BY PROJECT LIBERTIES WE'LL DO IT THAT WAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ONE? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

OKAY, TEAM THAT CLOSES OUT THE ACTION ITEMS THAT WE WILL ADDRESS NEXT WEEK.

WE'RE NOW TO, SECTION N, INFORMATION ITEMS.

[N.1. Review and discussion of Board Operating Procedures]

THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

I PUT IN HERE, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE WHAT WE'RE STILL OPERATING UNDER IS DATED 2022-2023.

SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS JUST SORT OF GAUGE THE GET A FEEL FROM THE BOARD ABOUT HOW OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THESE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT, PROBABLY NEEDS AN ANNUAL UPDATE SHOULD, WE WENT A LONG TIME WITHOUT REALLY ADDRESSING IT, AND THEN WE HAD GOTTEN IN A GOOD CADENCE OF UPDATING THESE, AND JUST AS A REMINDER, EVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING, WE DIDN'T DO IT OVER THE SUMMER BECAUSE THE SUMMER WAS CRAZY WITH LEDGE STUFF AND WEIRD CALENDARING THINGS GOING ON, AND WE JUST WE JUST DIDN'T GET TO IT.

WE FELT LIKE THERE WERE SOME HIGHER PRIORITY ITEMS TO WORK ON.

I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A FEW OPTIONS FOR HOW WE CAN DO THIS, AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF THROW THEM OUT THERE.

I'D LIKE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FOR WHERE FOR WHERE YOU GUYS ARE WITH THIS.

WE CAN ADD THIS AS A REGULAR ITEM IN AN ACTION SECTION AND JUST BEAT IT TO THE GROUND AND WORK THROUGH IT.

IT WOULD MAKE FOR A LONG MEETING, BUT WE CAN DO THAT.

I CAN CALL A SPECIAL MEETING, AND WE CAN ADDRESS IT THAT WAY.

WE COULD HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE WORK INDIVIDUALLY AND SEND SUGGESTED REVISIONS TO BARBARA THAT SHE WOULD COMPILE, AND WE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT AND THEN MEET AND PROBABLY AS A REGULAR ITEM TO ADDRESS AND DISCUSS THOSE.

OR AS A LAST OPTION, WE COULD DECIDE THAT WE'RE SO LATE IN THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO DEFER THIS TO THE SUMMER.

WE'RE GOING TO DECIDE AS A GROUP THAT WE'RE GOING TO SAY, THIS IS ALSO NOW THE 2023-2024 BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND READDRESS IT IN THE SUMMER FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

I'M REALLY OPEN TO WHAT THIS TEAM WOULD LIKE TO DO FOR HOW WE ADDRESS THESE, AND SO WE'LL JUST I'LL ASK MISS RUNKLE.

THANK YOU, WILL.

I ACTUALLY TO GO BACK.

I MEAN, THIS WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO DISCUSS IN THE FALL.

I HAD ASKED FOR THIS TO BE ADDED AS AN AGENDA ITEM IN AUGUST.

I ASKED AGAIN BEFORE CHRISTMAS, AND HERE WE ARE, AND IT'S NOW AN INFORMATION ITEM, SO I COMPLETELY APPRECIATE IT BEING ADDED AS AN INFORMATION ITEM, BUT I HAD ASKED FOR IT TO BE ADDED AS AN ACTION ITEM WE ARE HELD TO FOLLOWING THESE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, AND CURRENTLY THE BOARD WILL ANNUALLY REVIEW ITS BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND BOARD ETHICS POLICY BBF LOCAL.

BY OCTOBER, THE BOARD WILL CONDUCT A SELF-EVALUATION IN CLOSED SESSION.

ADHERE TO BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES WILL BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE EVALUATION INSTRUMENT.

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WE DON'T EVEN HAVE OUR CURRENT BOARD MEMBER, JOHNNY FLORES, LISTED, AND IT CURRENTLY READS 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS AS AN ACTION ITEM.

I HAVE SPENT THE TIME RED LINING IT.

I'M HAPPY TO SUBMIT WHAT, SOME OF MY, RECOMMENDATIONS TO BARBARA, IF THAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR EVERYONE ELSE BUT AGAIN, LIKE LESS, LESS IS MORE, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN HERE THAT ONE OR DUPLICATES OR TWO HOLDING US TO THINGS THAT BY LAW, WE DON'T TECHNICALLY HAVE TO BE HELD TO.

SO THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT I WANT TO HAVE, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THAT, BUT I WANT TO BE REAL CLEAR, LIKE, I HAVE ASKED FOR THIS TO BE AS AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THE REASONING, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT DOING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THIS BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, AND I'M A DO WHAT WE SAY, SAY WHAT WE DO GAL AND THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS IT NOW AND WE MOVE ON.

I DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

I ADORE ESME, BUT IT'S NOT OKAY TO NOT HAVE OUR CURRENT BOARD MEMBER LISTED IN, OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. SO, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SUBMIT THEM.

SO I'D LIKE TO IT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD.

WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS FINE.

I AM OPEN.

MISS PETREA. THANK YOU, MISS RUNKLE.

YEAH, I, I ONCE THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA.

READ THROUGH THEM AND REALIZED HOW MUCH OF THIS WE ARE NOT DOING, AND I AGREE, KIND OF LESS IS MORE, AND MAYBE THIS SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE EVERGREEN SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

OR IF WE DO, IT'S PRETTY ROTE AND EASY, AND I WAS PRESIDENT WHEN WE APPROVED THESE, AND I HAVE A LOT OF REGRETS ABOUT WHAT WE WHAT RIGID RULES WE PLACED ON OURSELVES.

I LOVE THE PICTURES.

I THINK WE DID A GREAT JOB REDESIGNING IT, BUT I THINK WE PUT A LOT OF INFORMATION IN HERE THAT WE MAY NOT WANT TO HOLD FUTURE BOARDS TO, OR EVEN OURSELVES TO THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY COVERED BY THE LAW, THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY KIND OF PART OF OUR PROCEDURES THAT MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE TO SPELL OUT AND THERE ARE SOME LIKE SORT OF DUPLICATIVE THINGS THAT WE CAN JUST SHARPEN OUR PENCILS AND DO BETTER.

I TO WORRY, WILL, THAT THIS WILL BE A FOUR HOUR MEETING.

BECAUSE MAYBE NOT EVERYONE AGREES THAT IT NEEDS TO BE MORE EVERGREEN AND LESS IS MORE.

MY THINKING LOGISTICALLY IS THAT YOU ASK FOR FOLKS TO SEND THE RED LINE TO BARBARA AND SEE HOW FAR APART WE ARE, AND THEN MAKE THE DECISION AS PRESIDENT WHETHER IT NEEDS TO BE A SPECIAL MEETING OR IF WE CAN KNOCK THIS OUT IN AN HOUR.

THAT WOULD BE MY THOUGHT.

IT COULD END UP BEING A SPECIAL MEETING IF WE ARE SO FAR APART.

I'VE TAKEN THE TIME TO DO SOME RED LINES, AND I'M HAPPY TO SEND THOSE, BUT BUT, YEAH, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, AT THE VERY LEAST, WE NEED TO GET RID OF ESME AND AND MISTER FLORES SHOULD JOIN OUR BOARD, ON OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, A LOT OF THIS, I THINK CAN BE REDACTED AND JUST MADE SIMPLER AND CLEANER AND MAYBE A LITTLE MORE EVERGREEN SO THAT IT'S NOT A SPECIAL MEETING EVERY YEAR.

OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? MR. SEVERANCE? YEAH. YEAH.

FOR ME, IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR LIKE SOLUTION SIDE, I WOULD SAY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT.

I MEAN, WE HAVE TO SPEND SOME TIME, I GUESS, TO CLEAN THIS UP TO GET SOME PICTURES CHANGED OR WHATEVER FOR THIS YEAR BUT CAN WE DO IT LIKE IN GOAL SETTING WHEN WE DO OUR SPECIAL MEETING? WHEN WE DO THAT, I MEAN, IF WE DO THE RED LINING KIND OF GET SOME ADJUSTMENTS MADE, CHANGE ALL THE PICTURES OUT, GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE INVOLVED, LIKE DO THAT IMMEDIATELY, BUT AND THEN AND THEN MAYBE WE DO THAT IN THE SUMMER TO GET IT ON A REGULAR ON A REGULAR BASIS.

IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A REGULAR BASIS, LIKE DOING IT AT THAT POINT, I DON'T KNOW.

I'M KIND OF DON'T DO THIS EVERY YEAR.

THIS MIGHT BE A ONE TIME CLEANUP AND THEN A REVIEW AT SOME POINT, BUT, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST AT LEAST CHANGING THE PICTURES, GETTING THE CONTENT RIGHT, PICTURES, AND THEN OUR CURRENT CURRENT STAFF OR CURRENT TRUSTEES AND THEN, AND THEN JUST DOING IT OVER THE SUMMER WHEN WE DO EVERYTHING ELSE AND JUST TRY TO CHANGE OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND ALL THAT WE DO, JUST KIND OF DO IT AT THAT TIME.

THAT IS MY TWO CENTS.

OKAY, MISS OROSCO. IT IS BEST PRACTICE TO REVIEW IT ANNUALLY, AND WE HAD DONE SOME OF IT IN THE PAST, BUT WE FINALLY GOT A REALLY ROBUST

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WE GOT A REALLY ROBUST AND WE'RE ACTUALLY REALLY THE ENVY OF A LOT OF DISTRICTS BECAUSE IT IS DETAILED AND IT'S VERY SPECIFIC.

SOME THINGS ARE VERY SPECIFIC AND OUTLINED THERE.

SO I DEFINITELY THINK WE NEED TO REVIEW IT ANNUALLY.

IT'S IMPORTANT MOST PEOPLE DO IT, AND WHEN I TRAIN BOARDS WE DO IT DURING GOAL SETTING OR THEIR TEAM BUILDING, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.

THEY MIGHT HAVE TWO DAYS OF TEAM BUILDING OR HAVE TEAM BUILDING MORE THAN ONCE, SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT.

I KNOW THIS WAS KIND OF PUT TO THE SIDE WHEN WE HAD GOAL SETTING, BECAUSE SO MUCH GOES INTO GOAL SETTING, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY I WAS KIND OF PUT OFF, BUT DEFINITELY WE NEED TO REVIEW ANNUALLY.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT DO NEED TO BE TWEAKED, AND I THINK IF WE HAVE SAID THEM AND THEY ARE IN BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND WE'RE NOT DOING THEM, AND THAT'S ON US, AND WE NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE FOR NOT DOING THEM RIGHT OR NOT HOLDING EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT, BUT DEFINITELY MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THIS ON FOR FEBRUARY SO WE CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT, BRING OUR THOUGHTS TOGETHER, AND THEN SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.

DO WE NEED TO RE ARE WE SO FAR OFF AND TALK ABOUT IT, GO THROUGH IT.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT I KNOW WHEN I WAS PRESIDENT WE DID THIS AND I KNOW IN VANESSA WAS PRESIDENT, WE DID THIS.

WE WENT THROUGH PAGE BY PAGE AND LOOKED AT EVERYTHING TO SEE WHAT WHAT NEEDED TO BE TWEAKED AND ALL, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SPEND THAT TIME ON IT, TO REALLY DISCUSS IT, BECAUSE SOMETIMES FOLKS DON'T KNOW THE INTENT BEHIND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE IN HERE.

THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN PART OF THE DISCUSSION OF WHY SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE HERE AND WHY IT'S BEST PRACTICE.

SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

OKAY. SO I WILL OWN THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR US BEING WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THIS TODAY.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

IT JUST IT IS WHAT IT IS, SO, BUT WE STILL NEED TO ADDRESS IT.

I DO AGREE THAT WAITING IS NOT IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO ADDRESS THIS, BUT I LIKE THE IDEA THAT LET'S JUST TRY SOMETHING, AND SO MAYBE BECAUSE I'VE READ IT AS WELL, I'VE MADE SOME MARKUPS OF SOME THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

SO WHY DON'T WE SEND THOSE TO BARBARA? I'LL HAVE HER COMPILE THOSE.

I WILL LOOK AT IT, AND WITH MISS PETREA'S SUGGESTION, WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD ONE, IS JUST IF WE ARE MILES APART, WE'LL SCHEDULE A SPECIAL MEETING AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT AND WE'LL WORK THROUGH IT.

LIKE MISS OROSCO SAID WHEN WE DID THIS BEFORE, WE LITERALLY GO PAGE BY PAGE AND WE WORDSMITH IT TO, WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD BE, BUT IF WE LOOK AT IT AND GO WE CAN MAKE THIS AN AGENDA ITEM, WE'RE ALL REALLY PRETTY CLOSE.

IT'S JUST SOME SEMANTICS AND WE CAN KNOCK IT OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY.

I DO THINK FEBRUARY IS PROBABLY THE RIGHT TIME FRAME FOR GIVING US ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT THAT, AND GIVING BARBARA ENOUGH TIME TO SORT OF COMPILE IT ALL INTO A SINGLE WORKING DOCUMENT.

SO ARE WE IN AGREEMENT THAT WE COULD WORK THAT PLAN THAT WAY? OKAY. VERY GOOD.

SO, BARBARA, YOU'RE UP.

ALL RIGHT, TEAM, THANK YOU, AND AGAIN, I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS BEING SO LATE, AND WE WILL JUST WORK FOR THAT NOT TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME WITH THAT.

OKAY. SO NOW WE'RE UP TO PAGE 82.

[N.2. Update on District Bond, Construction, and Renovation Projects]

YES, SIR. I HAVE A FEW THINGS, AND I BET YOU CAN GUESS ON WHAT THEY'RE ON.

THE UPDATES ON THE, THE FIELDS FOR HAYS HIGH SCHOOL AND JOHNSON.

THE GO DATE WAS JANUARY 15TH.

WHERE ARE WE ON THOSE TURF FIELDS ON THE INSTALLATION? YEAH, I THINK THE WEATHER HAS AT LEAST DELAYED US THE THREE DAYS.

CAN I GET YOU A WRITTEN UPDATE? YES, SIR. JUST SPECULATING.

WE CAN DO THAT, AND OBVIOUSLY.

LEHMAN. HIGH SCHOOL. I PASSED BY THERE EVERY DAY, AS IS PROBABLY RAUL.

YOU SEE THOSE GUYS WORKING OUT THERE AND VARIOUS ELEMENTS.

HOW ARE WE LOOKING ON THAT ON EARLY MARCH? IS THAT STILL? THEY WERE ACTUALLY.

I DROVE BY THERE TODAY.

THERE WAS ONE, ONE VEHICLE THERE AT ABOUT 330, AND SO LET ME GET YOU THE A WRITTEN ALSO WANT TO THANK I DO NOT WATCH KYLE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR FUN BUT I WAS WATCHING ON JANUARY 2ND.

NATE WAS REPRESENTING KYLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND HE SPOKE ON GETTING A PERMIT FOR, CONSTRUCTION CREWS TO BE OUT THERE UNTIL 12 A.M., UNTIL MIDNIGHT, WORKING TO GET THESE FIELDS READY FOR OUR KIDS.

SO THANK YOU, NATE, FOR REPRESENTING AND AND SPEAKING FOR THE DISTRICT AND THAT, IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED, FROM WHAT I REMEMBER.

YES, SIR.

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SO, I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF CONTACT FROM PARENTS.

JUST ASKING ME ABOUT IT, AND I DO APPRECIATE THE, LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL PRACTICE SCHEDULE BEING PUT OUT BY BARBARA, FOR THE SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL TEAMS. THEY'RE HAVING TO REALLY ADJUST.

THEY ARE. I PLAN ON GOING AND LOOKING AT A PRACTICE MYSELF, EITHER WITH MISTER MOFFIT OR JUST SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW THEY'RE USING THE BLACKSTONE, BLACK STAR COMPLEX, AND MY LAST QUESTION FOR YOU, MAX.

THERE IS A ROAD BOND COMING UP IN 2024 AT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, IN HAYS COUNTY, AND THERE'S CERTAINLY WE HAVE NO RAMAGE ELEMENTARY COMING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 17 AND THE ROADS ON BUNTON LANE ARE CERTAINLY INADEQUATE, AND IT IT COULD CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR OUR FAMILIES TRAVELING TO AND FROM SCHOOL OUT THERE. THE ROADS ARE JUST NOT REALLY BUILT FOR THAT INCREASE IN CONGESTION.

SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT CAN THIS DISTRICT DO TO LOBBY FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT, THOSE ROADS OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR OUR FAMILIES, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, LIKE, WHAT THE DISTRICT CAN DO TO LOBBY FOR IF THERE'S A ROAD BOND.

WE CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO GET THOSE ROADS IMPROVED ON THE EAST SIDE.

OKAY, AND GRIST MILL, HEIDENREICH, I THINK THOSE ARE CITY OF KYLE ROADS.

IT'S VERY CONFUSING.

GRIST MILL IS, I BELIEVE.

YES, SIR. YES, SIR. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT COULD BE DONE FOR THE DISTRICT TO SAY.

HEY, OUR FAMILIES NEED SAFE ROADS OUT THERE.

BECAUSE IF YOU GO ON BUNSON LANE, FAR OUT, IT IS LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

YES, SIR. YES, SIR. IT'S PRETTY DANGEROUS.

SO I JUST WOULD HOPE THE DISTRICT IS MAKING THEIR CASE FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THAT'S REALLY ALL I GOT IS WHAT CAN BE DONE TO LOBBY TO HAVE SOMETHING PUT ON THAT ROAD BOND AND, AND.

YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY.

NEXT UP IS. OH, I'M SORRY, MISS PETREA.

GO AHEAD. SO, MR. SEVERANCE AND I WERE OUT AT THE, THE POWERLIFTING COMPETITION THAT JOHNSON HOSTED AND AS WE WERE DRIVING OUT, WE PASSED BY THE SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL LOOKING SO GREAT.

IT WAS AWESOME. WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE TAKEN A LITTLE STRIP OF TURF FROM THE TRASH.

JUST AS A SOUVENIR.

IT'LL LOOK GOOD. IT'LL LOOK REALLY GREAT UNDER SOME AMISH FURNITURE.

YEAH, BUT IN LOOKING AT THAT SOFTBALL FIELD, IT HAS THIS WEIRD, LIKE, THE WAY IT SLANTS, AND I'M ASSUMING THEY'LL BE DOING SOMETHING WITH THE DRAINAGE, BUT IT ALMOST LIKE, GOES DOWN LIKE THE.

OKAY, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? THE DIRT BEHIND THE OUTFIELD ON THE SOFTBALL FIELD KIND OF SLANTS DOWNWARD TO WHERE IF IT AND THERE'S REALLY WHICH CAMPUS ARE WE TALKING I'M SORRY.

JOHNSON. OKAY. JOHNSON SOFTBALL FIELD.

YOU OUGHT TO GO LOOK AT IT AND MAKE SURE THERE'S A DRAINAGE PLAN, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW THE WATER IS JUST GOING TO GO STRAIGHT ON TO THE OUTFIELD, AND I'M SO ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW IF MR. SEVERANCE HAS COMMENTS ABOUT THAT.

THERE IS A LITTLE DRAINAGE THING.

WELL, YOU CAN'T CROSS TALK ME, BUT I'M SURE MR. MCMANUS WILL CALL ON YOU, BUT, AND MAYBE HIS WORDS WILL BE BETTER BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

MR. SEVERANCE.

MY APOLOGIES. TRUSTEE.

NO, IT'S JUST THE DRAINAGE.

LIKE FROM THE SIDEWALK. THAT'S WE HAD THEY HAD PROBLEMS WITH WATER STANDING IN THE OUTFIELD BEFORE BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE'S A SLOPE FROM THE SIDEWALK DOWN TO THE FIELD THAT'S LIKE A TEN, 15FT STRAIGHT DOWN, BUT THERE'S NO, LIKE, DITCH TO CATCH THE WATER BEFORE IT GETS THE FIELD TO RUN IT TO THAT LITTLE DRAIN.

THAT'S THE LEFT. SO SHE WAS JUST CONCERNED.

WE WERE JUST CONCERNED THAT THE DRAINAGE STILL HAD SOME YOU KNOW, GRADING TO DO, BUT TAKE IT I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT OKAY.

WE'LL DO IT. MAKE SURE THERE'S NOT STILL STANDING WATER ON THAT ON THE FIELD WHEN IT'S FIRST BASE SIDE OR THIRD BASE OKAY.

FIRST BASE OKAY. FIRST BASE SIDE.

YEAH OKAY. OKAY.

I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY ELSE FOR THIS ONE.

SO WE'RE IN THREE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORTS OR IN FOUR, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

OH, YOU'RE BACK TO THREE OKAY.

[N.3. Quarterly Investment Reports]

OKAY. SO, I'M GOING TO GO BACK.

CAN I TALK ABOUT BOND INTEREST NOW? I MEAN, I COULD HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT ON THE LAST AGENDA ITEM, BUT I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO CLEAN THIS UP.

ONE, MR. RAU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ADDING THIS TO THE, REPORTS.

I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT I WANT TO BACK UP BECAUSE THAT KIND OF JUST KIND OF TOOK A TURN, AND THAT'S NOT HOW I WANTED THAT CONVERSATION TO GO.

I DON'T CERTAINLY WANT TO IMPLY THAT ANYTHING IS HAPPENING WITH BOND INTEREST BUCKETS, BUT WHAT I DO,

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WRIGHT AND I HAVE HAD, AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY SOME OF THIS IS ON NOW THE REPORTS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I WANT TO TAKE THAT A STEP, JUST A STEP FURTHER . IT'S OUR JOB TO KNOW WHERE EVERY DOLLAR IS IN THIS DISTRICT AND THAT'S TAXPAYER MONEY, AND SO WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT NOT EVERYTHING COMES TO THIS BOARD THAT IS UNDER $50,000, I WANT A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN BOND INTEREST, AND I KNOW THAT DR.

WRIGHT, YOU AND I HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THAT, AND YOU'VE BEEN OPEN TO THAT CONVERSATION, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT I AM WANT EVERYTHING TO CHANGE ON WHAT COMES TO US OR EVERYTHING COMES TO US.

WHAT AM I TRYING? I DON'T I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY THAT I WANT TO CHANGE THE THRESHOLD LIMIT, BUT I DO WANT TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING AS IT RELATES TO BOND INTEREST.

SO, I DO THINK THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, BUT I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE TO APPROVE AND SPEND MONEY WHEN WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S IN THAT BUCKET AND HOW IT'S BEEN SPENT AND WHAT'S BEEN SPENT UNDER $50,000 AND AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT ANYTHING EVERYTHING'S TIED TO A BOND, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE OVERSIGHT OF THAT AS WELL, AND THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

SO THAT'S WHAT I TRIED TO SAY AT THAT LAST AGENDA ITEM.

BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE 2017 BOND INTEREST AS A FUNDING SOURCE, THEN I WANT TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT FUNDING SOURCE AND WHAT'S IN IT AND HOW IT'S SPENT AND WHAT IS SPENT THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY AT THAT LAST AGENDA ITEM, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO APPROVE ITEMS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN IT.

SO THANK YOU. RANDY, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BOND INTEREST OR IF SOMEBODY ELSE HAS ANOTHER OPINION.

I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU HOW DO YOU ALL FEEL? ARE YOU ALL OKAY WITH THAT? MISS PETREA HAS HER HAND UP FOR A STATEMENT.

GO AHEAD, MISS PETREA. THANK YOU.

YES, I KNOW, I DEFINITELY HAVE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BOND INTEREST AS A REVENUE SOURCE, AND I SUBMITTED THOSE, AND, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AS A BOARD AS TO WHAT OUR PHILOSOPHY IS AROUND THE BOND INTEREST AND HOW WE'RE USING IT.

CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE THRESHOLD.

I GET IT THAT IT'S A RELATIVELY NEW REVENUE SOURCE FOR US, AND SO I DID KIND OF LOOK AROUND TEXAS TO SEE IF ANY OTHER DISTRICTS HAD A POLICY ON BOND INTEREST.

THEY DON'T I'M NOT SAYING WE NEED ONE, BUT I THINK AS A BOARD, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS AROUND, YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT WHAT IS OUR PHILOSOPHY? IS IT ONLY GOING TO BE FOR PROJECTS? IS IT GOING TO BE FOR ANYTHING? IS IT GOING TO BE FOR TO PLUG HOLES THAT ONLY DR.

WRIGHT SAYS IS APPROPRIATE? LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

SO YOU, YOU AND I HOPE, I HOPE I THINK WE CAN AGREE ON THAT.

LIKE JUST A PHILOSOPHY AROUND THIS.

YOU SAID PAGE 87 WAS, KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF BOND INTEREST.

IS THAT CORRECT? AND OUR BOARD BOOK.

YEAH. EXCUSE ME.

YES. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT PAGE SHOWS ALL OF OUR, REMAINING INVESTMENTS.

OKAY, AND I JUST READ THIS.

I'M JUST GOING TO BE HONEST, AND SO MAYBE THERE'S EITHER, A TUTORIAL OR AN EASIER WAY TO UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE I READ THIS AND I GO STRAIGHT TO THE, THE BOTTOM RIGHT, WHICH IS $6.8 MILLION, AND I'M ASSUMING THAT'S NOT BOND INTEREST.

NO, THAT'S REMAINING INVESTMENT.

THAT'S CORRECT. TOTAL OF EVERYTHING.

I'M NOT A MATH PERSON, RANDY, AND SO, I MIGHT NEED SOME HELP UNDERSTANDING.

WHERE DO I LOOK AT TO SEE BOND INTEREST? AND AS IT'S ACCRUING, I KNOW WHAT BOND INTEREST IS, AND I SEE THAT THERE'S PERIOD EARNINGS.

SO I'M ASSUMING THAT IT'S PART OF THAT, BUT MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE US, EITHER AN EASIER SUMMARY OF BOND INTEREST OR TELL US HOW TO READ THIS SPREADSHEET.

MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE ALREADY KNOWS, AND I'M JUST NOT VERY SMART.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M HAVING A HARD TIME DEDUCING FROM THIS WHAT OUR BOND INTEREST LOOKS LIKE, AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW KIND OF HOW MUCH WE'VE HAD, HOW

[02:35:01]

THIS BOARD DOESN'T, UNLESS IT COMES TO US OVER 50,000, AND THE FBOC MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT.

I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST LOOKING AT JESSICA TO MAKE FACES, AND SO WE JUST WANT TO SORT OF UNDERSTAND AND BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OF THE PUBLIC IF THEY ASK US, LIKE, WHAT'S UP WITH BOND INTEREST? WHAT ARE YOU? IS THAT YOUR NEW RAINY DAY FUND? I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

WELL, I CAN, I GUESS, KIND OF TELL YOU WHAT I'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

MAYBE DR. WRIGHT CAN SPEAK TO THAT, TOO.

AT MY, MY PREVIOUS DISTRICTS, AND HERE WE BUDGET THE BOND PROCEEDS.

SO IF WE HAVE A $350 MILLION BOND, YOU BUDGET $350 MILLION.

ANY INTEREST EARNED OVER AND ABOVE THAT NEVER GOES TO THE BUDGET UNLESS THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE PROJECT PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH THE PROJECT WOULD SAY, HEY, WE NEED EXTRA MONEY FOR FF&E OR HEY, WE'RE SHORT HERE.

YOU KNOW, THE INTEREST HAS ALWAYS BEEN USED FOR ME AT MY IN MY PAST AS A MEANS TO HELP OFFSET UNFORESEEN COSTS, AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THE END, WE WOULD ALWAYS COST IN THE ACTUAL BOND.

CORRECT. SO LIKE, IF YOU YOU HAVE SOME COST YOU BUILD IN CONTINGENCY, YOU BUILD IN FF&E SOMETIMES, YOU MAY COME SHY OF THE MARK THAT YOU, THAT YOU PLAN ON AND BOND INTEREST CAN BE USED TO HELP, WITH THAT.

OUR BOND COUNSEL HAS TOLD US ON SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST THAT BOND INTEREST IS BASICALLY BOND PROCEEDS.

YOU HAVE TO USE IT IN THE METHOD OF THE COVENANT WITH THE VOTERS.

IF YOU SAY YOU'RE, BUILDING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IF THAT WAS YOUR BOND, THEN ANY INTEREST ON THAT CAN BE USED TO HELP OFFSET COSTS.

IF THOSE CAME IN HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED OR WITH FF&E IN SOME CASES, THAT'S HOW I'VE HANDLED IT IN THE PAST. I THINK WE'VE KIND OF DONE A SIMILAR JOB HERE WHERE, INTEREST HAS ALWAYS BEEN SET TO THE SIDE, AND THEN ANY TIME THAT HAS BEEN USED, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A CONVERSATION, WITH, WITH MAX, I THINK FBOC IT GETS INVOLVED, DR.

WRIGHT, AND THEN ULTIMATELY IT COMES TO THE BOARD AND THEN YOU ALL SAY YES OR NO BUT THE BOND INTEREST IS NEVER, PART OF THE BUDGET.

IT'S ALWAYS TO THE SIDE AND IT NEVER GETS BROUGHT IN TO THE BUDGET UNTIL THE BOARD HAS, HAS BLESSED IT. THAT'S KIND OF BEEN THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.

IS IT IN WRITING? NO. COULD IT BE IN WRITING? YES. I MEAN, YOU COULD CODIFY THAT.

I'VE NOT SEEN IT IN ANY OTHER DISTRICTS THAT I'VE BEEN AT WHERE WE'VE HAD IT, HAD IT.

SPELLED OUT LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S THAT'S KIND OF ALWAYS BEEN THE STANDARD PROTOCOL THAT WE'VE USED IN THE PAST, AT LEAST SPEAKING FOR ME, I DON'T KNOW IF DR.

WRIGHT WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT FROM DISTRICTS HE'S WORKED AT, BUT THOSE ARE THOSE WERE MY PAST DISTRICTS, MY PAST SUPERINTENDENTS.

YEAH. NO, NO, RANDY, I'VE EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING, AND IT'S BEEN SUCH A LONG DRY SPELL.

THIS WE ARE FINALLY STARTING TO REALIZE, INTEREST MONEY.

WE HAVEN'T HAD IT BEFORE UNTIL RECENTLY, AND IT'S GOTTEN BETTER AND BETTER JUST BECAUSE THE MARKET'S FINALLY A LITTLE BIT BETTER, AND, BACK IN MY EARLIER YEARS, WHEN THE MARKET WAS GOOD, THE EQUIVALENT TO THE FBOC AND THE BOARD WOULD EARMARK ADDITIONAL PROJECTS IF WE HAD A WINDFALL.

IF WE HAD SHORTCOMINGS, WE PLUGGED IN GAPS WITH IT AS ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

SO BASICALLY, WE WOULD RANK THE LIST AND LIKE THE NEXT THREE THINGS THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE LIST WOULD THEN BE CHARGED WITH THAT IN THE FUTURE, BY THE BOARD FOR USING THAT INTEREST MONEY, OR IF YOU RAN INTO SOME PROBLEMS OR YOU HAD GROWTH AND YOU NEEDED MORE FURNITURE AT THE SITE THAT THE BOND WAS APPROVED ON, YOU WOULD WOULD USE THAT AS AN ALLOWABLE EXPENSE BUT YEAH, AS RANDY'S DESCRIBING, IS HOW I'VE USED IT TOO, BUT I DON'T SEE WHY WE COULDN'T JUST CREATE A SPREADSHEET, AND IDENTIFY THE BEGINNING, THE EXPENDITURES AND THEN THE BALANCE.

[02:40:04]

I MEAN, MY VERY FIRST BOARD REPORT.

18 YEARS AGO LOOKS VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I DO NOW, AND SOME OF IT IS, IS WE BORROW FROM EACH OTHER.

HEY, I LIKE THE WAY THAT LOOKS, AND I'LL PULL THAT IN.

SO, I MEAN, THIS IS BY NO MEANS SOMETHING THAT'S SET IN STONE.

I'M ALWAYS OPEN FOR SUGGESTIONS.

THE REPORT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT THERE THAT IS BY THAT REPORT SPECIFICALLY, IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO BY LAW, AT LEAST QUARTERLY.

SO WHAT YOU SEE IS THE BEGINNING OF THE QUARTER AND END OF THE QUARTER AND THEN THE EARNINGS FOR THE QUARTER.

CAN I ADD ANOTHER COLUMN IN THERE AND SHOW EARNINGS CUMULATIVE INCEPTION TO DATE.

YES. IN SOME INSTANCES IT IT WILL PRESENT A CHALLENGE AND SOME IT WON'T BECAUSE OF OUR CURRENT SYSTEM AND THE WAY THE BONDS HAVE BEEN SET UP IN THE PAST. SOME OF THEM ARE SET UP MULTI YEAR, SOME OF THEM WERE NOT, AND SO WHEN THEY WEREN'T SET UP MULTI YEAR, I LITERALLY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING AND DO ONE YEAR AND ADD TO THE NEXT AND ADD TO THE NEXT.

SO CAN IT BE DONE.

YES, BUT I'M OPEN TO, TO ANY OF THAT.

WELL, AND I APPRECIATE YOU ADDING ON TO THE MARCHING BAND UNIFORM TRANSMITTAL BOND INTEREST AS THE FUNDING SOURCE, BECAUSE THEN AT LEAST WE KIND OF KNOW YOU COULD HAVE JUST PUT 2017 BOND.

I'M SURE WE WOULD ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT, THAT'S HELPFUL TO SEE, AND YEAH, ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO MAKE THIS.

I ACTUALLY REALLY LIKE THIS REPORT, AND NOW THAT I'M KIND OF DIGGING INTO IT A LITTLE BIT, I UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE INCEPTION TO PRESENT KIND OF COLUMN AS WELL.

MR. SEVERANCE, AND THEN MRS. OROSCO. YEAH, I THINK, THANKS, RANDY.

I MEAN, WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED IT AS BOND INTERESTS ON OUR TRANSMITTAL.

SO SOMEWHERE YOU'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED WHAT THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS TO SEPARATE THOSE BUCKETS FROM, LIKE, PRINCIPAL VERSUS YOUR INTEREST WILL BE GREAT JUST TO SEE WHAT THE YOU KNOW, WHAT THE MONEY IS GENERATING THAT AND KEEP THAT INTEREST MONEY SEPARATE.

I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TOO, BUT A BIGGER QUESTION FOR ME IS LIKE IT SAYS IN THE 2008 CONSTRUCTION, IT'S A LONG TIME AGO.

THERE'S 211, $730,000.77.

IS THERE ANYTHING LEFT FROM THE 2008 BOND THAT WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED? TO MY UNDERSTANDING, I'M KIND OF LOOKING AT MAX.

I THINK THAT THERE WAS A A PORTION THAT WE HAD TO PAY FOR SOME KIND OF ROAD IMPROVEMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OUT OF THAT BOND, AND THAT MAY WE MAY HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT.

I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE 2017 BUCKET, IT SAYS THAT WE'VE GOT $8.8 MILLION STILL IN THAT, AND SO FOLLOW UP QUESTION WOULD BE IF ON THE 2017 BOND, WHAT HASN'T BEEN COMPLETED OR ARE WE STILL WE PRETTY MUCH DONE WITH THAT 2017 BOND, AND I GUESS MY BIGGER QUESTION IS, CAN WE AT SOME POINT SAY WE'RE DONE WITH THAT BOND? WE HAVE THIS MONEY LEFT OVER, IT'S TIME TO RETURN IT BACK TO THE TAXPAYERS AND REDUCE OUR DEBT INSTEAD OF KEEPING IT CARRYING IT FORWARD.

UNLESS INTEREST RATES ARE SUCH THAT THROUGH A PERIOD OF TIME, IT MAKES SENSE TO DO IT, BUT I WOULD RATHER I WOULD RATHER JUST RETURN IT, BUT I DON'T, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO GET SOME BETTER CLARIFICATION OF ALL THOSE PROJECTS WE FINISHED.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING LINGERING OUT THERE ON THOSE, ON THOSE, THOSE BONDS THAT WE'D HAVE TO TIDY UP BEFORE WE DID THAT.

SO JUST.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S LEFT AND WHAT WE COULD IF WE COULD DO THAT ON THESE OLD BONDS.

THANK YOU. MRS. OROSCO. THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS.

YES, I DO NEED A TUTORIAL ON FIGURING OUT HOW TO READ THIS CORRECTLY.

I KNOW IN THE PAST THAT IT HAS COME TO US.

WELL, IT GOES TO FBOC FIRST TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE USING BOND INTEREST FOR, MAKING SURE THAT IT IS TIED TO THE PROJECT THAT THE VOTERS VOTED ON.

SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW IN ORDER TO EXPEND THAT MONEY, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. SO I FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT, THAT IT DOES GO THROUGH A PROCESS.

IT GOES TO OUR BOND COUNSEL.

YOU ALWAYS CHECK WITH OUR BOND COUNSEL TO MAKE SURE IT CAN BE SPENT OUT THAT WAY, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S COME UP BEFORE.

I THINK IT WAS LIKE WITH BUSSES OR SOMETHING.

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND WE HAD TO BRING IT UP.

CAN WE USE BOND INTEREST FOR THAT? I KNOW YOU HAVE TO CHECK AND CROSS YOUR T'S, DOT YOUR I'S WITH BOND COUNSEL AND YOU ALSO SHARE THAT WITH FBOC TO SAY WHERE YOU'RE SPENDING

[02:45:05]

SO IF WE CAN MAKE SURE MAYBE HAVE A SIMPLER FORM OR TEACH US HOW TO READ THIS, I THINK IT'S GREAT.

IT'S GREAT TO BE INFORMED OF WHERE OUR MONEY IS GOING AND EVERYTHING, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE IS CHECKS AND BALANCES IN ORDER TO EXPEND THAT FUND.

SO IT'S NOT JUST DR. WRIGHT SAYING WE'RE GOING TO EXPEND IT.

YOU NEED TO CHECK, MAKE SURE AND ALSO SHARE IT WITH YOUR FBOC.

SO I FEEL REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, MOVING FORWARD TO CONTINUE THAT PRACTICE, BUT YES, DEFINITELY GET SOME MORE INFORMATION IS ALWAYS GREAT. THANK YOU.

MR. VELA. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION.

I APPRECIATE THE CONCERNS BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT, BUT I ALSO TRUST I MEAN, WHAT IF OUR RATINGS HAS BEEN OUR AUDIT RATINGS, WE'VE BEEN EXEMPLARY OR THE HIGHEST RATING WE CAN GET WHEN IT COMES TO ACCOUNTING.

SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

IF THERE IS A PIECE THAT IS NEW TO US, I MEAN, IT DOES TAKE SOME SOME CONVERSATION, AND I THINK WE'RE THE WE HAVE THE RIGHT TEMPERAMENT ON OUR TEAM TO, TO BRING UP THOSE, THOSE CHALLENGES.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING SOME CLARITY, AND IF WE NEED TO DIG IN DEEPER, WE CERTAINLY WILL, AND I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE.

IF ANYBODY WANTS TO STOP BY, I MEAN I CAN GET REALLY NERDY WITH SOME OF THE, THE, THE STATEMENTS AND STUFF AND I MEAN, EVEN WHEN WE DO, IF YOU DO YOUR BOARD GOALS AND I KNOW WE HAVE TO COME AND PRESENT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, WE EVER WANT TO HAVE A BOARD TRAINING OR I CAN TAKE 30 MINUTES, AN HOUR, GO OVER THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

WHATEVER YOU ALL NEED.

OKAY. A COUPLE OF THINGS, THAT I'M THINKING, I'M GOING TO USE A I'M NOT AN ACCOUNTANT.

I MIGHT USE AN ACCOUNTANT AND TERM WRONG.

SO JUST OVERLOOK THAT, RANDY.

IT'LL ALL BE OKAY.

I DO THINK I WANT TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING DR.

WRIGHT SAID VERY EARLY TONIGHT, WHICH IS THE FACT THAT WE, NOT JUST WE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO BE HUNTING FOR MONEY, ESPECIALLY UNTIL THE NEXT, REGULAR SESSION.

IS CALLED TO ORDER AND MIGHT ADDRESS SOME SCHOOL FUNDING.

I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS GOING TO REPLACE THAT.

IT'S NOT NEARLY ENOUGH MONEY TO DO SO, BUT WE'RE APPROPRIATE TO WHERE MISS OROSCO SAID AND WHERE BOND COUNSEL SAYS, YES, YOU CAN USE IT FOR THAT.

WE MAY FIND OURSELVES HAVING TO MAKE USE OF WHATEVER IS IN, INTEREST EARNINGS.

WE ARE IN AN UNUSUAL FINANCIAL TIME WHERE INTEREST RATES ARE UP, BUT THEY WILL START COMING BACK DOWN, AND SO I'M OF THE OPINION THAT WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WHILE IT'S HERE AND WHATEVER LEGAL WAYS THAT LOOKS LIKE, IF WE WANT TO WRITE A STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE AROUND HOW TO DO THAT BY ALL MEANS, DR. WRIGHT, I THINK YOU CAN WORK WITH THE TEAM AND COME UP WITH THAT AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THE BOARD NEEDS TO SIGN OFF ON, THEN, THEN THEN WE CAN.

I HEARD WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT LESS IS MORE, AND SO I WORRY A LITTLE BIT THAT WE MIGHT OVER STRUCTURE THIS THING FOR WHAT CAN AND CAN'T BE DONE WHERE AT LEAST FOR ME.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHO SAID IT, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF TRUST IN OUR TEAM TO, TO WORK THOSE THINGS OUT.

ME PERSONALLY, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN CHANGING THE THRESHOLD FOR WHAT COMES TO THE BOARD, BUT THIS IS WHERE THESE ACCOUNTING TERMS DO YOU KEEP, LIKE A BOND INTEREST INCOME, LIKE A PNL THAT'S JUST FOR BOND INTEREST INCOME THAT ACTUALLY HAS LIKE MAYBE A CHECK REGISTER OF SORTS TIED TO IT LIKE A LEDGER WHERE IT SHOWS AND IT COULD JUST BE INCLUDED EVERY TIME IN THIS PACKET TO WHERE WE CAN THUMB THROUGH IT REAL QUICK AND GO, WHAT WAS THAT? AND THAT WOULD LEAD TO A QUESTION RATHER THAN ALL OF THOSE MAYBE NECESSARILY HAVING I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ASKED FOR THAT.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT TO GET TO THAT POINT, BUT A REFERENCE DOCUMENT AND I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH EVERYBODY ELSE, I CAN UNDERSTAND ABOUT MAYBE 10% OF THIS DOCUMENT. SO I'M GOING TO COME MEET WITH YOU AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS THING AND FIGURE IT OUT, BUT, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SEE A REAL SIMPLE LEDGER. I THINK DR.

WRIGHT SAID LIKE A SPREADSHEET.

THIS IS WHERE WE STARTED. THIS IS WHAT WE SPENT.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'VE EARNED AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT.

I CAN ET THOSE SIMPLE TERMS I HAVE THAT.

YEAH. YES, SIR. SO THAT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL.

SO THAT THOSE ARE THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.

ANYBODY WANT TO ADD ON TO THAT, MISS RUNKLE.

YEAH. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, THIS ISN'T ABOUT TRUST.

I ABSOLUTELY TRUST YOU, RANDY.

I TRUST YOUR ENTIRE TEAM 1,000%.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TRUST, AND THIS IS NOT NICKELS AND PENNIES.

THIS IS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

SO IF YOU ARE GOING TO BRING, ANYBODY'S GOING TO BRING US OR ME AN AGENDA ITEM WITH THE FUNDING SOURCE OF 2017 BOND INTEREST OR ANY BOND INTEREST,

[02:50:05]

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS ON THIS TRANSMITTAL AND ON THIS DOCUMENT.

SO THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TRUST.

I 1,000% TRUST YOU GUYS.

THIS IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN, WHEN WE HAVE TAXPAYERS AND OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE COMING TO US AND ASKING US WHAT'S IN THAT BOND BUCKET, INTEREST BUCKET.

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT INSTEAD OF SAYING, OH, I APPROVED $75,000 AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S IN IT OR WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.

THAT'S IRRESPONSIBLE OF ME AS A TRUSTEE, AND I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

SO I'M GOING TO CALL YOU THIS WEEK, AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE ME THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING.

I'M HAPPY TO COME TO YOUR OFFICE IF THAT MAKES IT EASIER, BUT I FULLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS, AND I THINK THAT A TUTORIAL WOULD BE HELPFUL AND A GREAT FROM INCEPTION TO NOW, DETAILED ACCOUNTING OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

AGAIN, I WANT TO BE REAL CLEAR.

I AM NOT SAYING THAT ANYTHING HAS TRANSPIRED HERE THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE TRANSPIRED.

I 1,000% BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING IS TIED TO A BOND, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE APPROVING SOMETHING, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S IN THAT BUCKET.

SO I JUST WANT TO END ON THAT.

SO THANK YOU I APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

I BELIEVE THAT CLOSES OUT INVESTMENT REPORTS.

[N.4. Hays CISD Financial Statements]

OH, I'M SORRY, RFIS.

[O. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES]

IS THERE ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED ON? OKAY. SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WE'RE GOING TO SKIP THE RECAP AND WE WILL GET THOSE PUT ON BOARD BLOG.

[P. RECAP OF QUESTIONS]

[Q. UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS]