[A. CALL TO ORDER: Establish a quorum] [00:00:05] ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE BOARD MEETING OF THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES. EXCUSE ME. WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND WELCOME TO THOSE LISTENING ONLINE. TODAY IS MARCH 18TH, 2024 AND THE TIME IS 5:30 P.M.. A QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. ALL BOARD, ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PRESIDENT WILL MCMANUS, WHO HAD A PRESCHEDULED CONFLICT. [B. CLOSED SESSION] AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WILL ADJOURN TO A CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT. TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551 SUBCHAPTERS D AND E, OR TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 418. 183F. THE TIME IS STILL 5:30 P.M.. [C. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION - immediately following Closed Session] GOOD EVENING. WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION. AGAIN, I WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU IN ATTENDANCE AND EVERYONE LISTENING ONLINE. THE FIVE. THE TIME IS 6:25 P.M.. A QUORUM HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED. ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WILL MCMANUS. WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY BOARD SECRETARY COURTNEY RUNKLE. [D. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAGS] ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS RUNKLE. OUR MISSION STATEMENT TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE READ BY VANESSA PETREA. [E. MISSION STATEMENT] THE MISSION OF HAYS ISD IS TO EDUCATE, VALUE AND NURTURE STUDENTS THROUGH INNOVATIVE AND PERSONALIZED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES WHILE CELEBRATING OUR DIVERSITY. THANK YOU, MISS PETREA, AND OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT WILL BE READ TONIGHT BY ESPERANZA OROSCO. [F. SOCIAL CONTRACT] THE BOARD WILL SERVE AS DISTRICT AMBASSADORS, ASSUME POSITIVE AND NOBLE INTENTIONS, COLLABORATE AS A TEAM AND RESPECT THE BODY CORPORATE, PROMOTE DISCUSSION AND VALUE EACH OTHER'S PERSPECTIVES AND BE PROFESSIONAL. THANK YOU, MISS OROSCO. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR WRIGHT FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT REPORT. [G. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT] HEY, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. I HAVE SEVERAL THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT. DO YOU GUYS REALIZE THAT WE HAVE AMAZING STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT, AND THEY THEY ACCOMPLISH SOME OUTSTANDING THINGS. AND SO I WANT TO START WITH. HONORING CRYSTAL MARTINEZ, WHO IS OUR FOUR TIME STATE CHAMPION POWERLIFTER. AND SHE DOESN'T KNOW THIS YET, AND I'M SURE SHE DOESN'T WATCH OUR BOARD MEETINGS ONLINE. I'M GOING TO GO SURPRISE HER WITH A SUPERINTENDENT COIN OF EXCELLENCE AT LEHMAN WITH MOSES. BUT GET THIS, SHE WAS FIRST IN HER WEIGHT CLASS, 535 POUNDS. SQUAT, 315 POUND BENCH, 460 POUND DEADLIFT. AND SHE WAS THE BEST OVERALL LIFTER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND SHE LIFTED A TOTAL OF 1,310 POUNDS. SO GIVE. BUT TO WIN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ONE TIME IS HARD, TWO TIMES IS EVEN HARDER, THREE TIMES IS AMAZING AND THE FOUR PEAT IS JUST FANTASTIC. SO SO PROUD OF CRYSTAL. AND THEN THE THE GIRLS TEAM FROM LEHMAN FINISHED THIRD AS A TEAM IN THE STATE AND SO, SO VERY PROUD OF THEM AND SO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THEM. AND THEN THIS PAST WEEKEND, OUR HAYS WINTERGUARD WON THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN SAN ANTONIO FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE. SO WANTED TO GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT. AND THEN ALSO ALL THREE OF OUR CHOIRS FROM LEHMAN JOHNSON AND HAYS RECEIVED SUPERIOR RATINGS FOR CONCERT AND SIGHT READING. AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT AND OUR CHOIR DIRECTORS. THEY WERE OUTSTANDING. AND THEN COMING OUT OF THE BREAK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS OR NOT, BUT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE OUTSTANDING KIDS, BUT WE HAVE REALLY GOOD PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THIS DISTRICT. AND SO TONIGHT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. THEY ARE COMING OFF OF THE TZEPORAH AWARDS AND, AND THEY'RE CALLED STAR AWARDS. SO IT SAYS THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THE ACADEMY AWARDS OR THE GOLDEN GLOBES OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THEIR EQUIVALENT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR COMMUNICATION. AND SO WE WE WERE ABLE TO WIN TWO BEST IN STATE, TEN GOLD AWARDS, SIX [00:05:04] SILVER AWARDS AND TWO CERTIFICATES OF MERIT FOR THEIR WORK OVER THE PAST YEAR. AND SO THE GOLD HONORS INCLUDED A POSTER FOR ELEMENTARY FENTANYL AWARENESS CREATED BY TIM SAVOY, HARVEST GOODRICH, JERI SKROCKI, AND LINDA ROSEBROCK. AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER POSTER THAT WON GOLD ABOUT URGENT INFORMATION ABOUT FENTANYL BY THE SAME INDIVIDUALS. AND THEN WE WON PRINT MATERIALS IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH. AND AND THAT WAS ALSO BY THE SAME GROUP I JUST MENTIONED. AND THEN TIM SAVOY HAD A PIECE ON REAL AND PRESENT DANGER THAT HE WROTE THAT WON GOLD. WE WON THE BEST PHOTO IN THE GOLD CATEGORY FOR SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY BY MOSES LAOS. AND MOSES ALSO WON PHOTO ON TEAMWORK, A PHOTO ON THE HUNDREDTH DAY OF SCHOOL AND MUSIC TO OUR EARS. AND THEN THE VIDEO AND TRAINING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL THAT DEA IS ACTUALLY USING NOW. AND THEY, THEY REFERENCED THIS IN MANY DIFFERENT PLACES ACROSS THE NATION. AND IT'S EVEN GONE INTERNATIONAL WAS THE FENTANYL OVERDOSE VIDEO THAT WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA THAT WE SHARED THAT WON GOLD AND THAT WAS BY MOSES AND JERRY. AND THEN FOR THE SPECIAL EVENT CATEGORY THE AMBASSADOR AWARDS PROGRAM WE WON GOLD ON IT. AND THAT WAS THE COLLECTION OF THE ENTIRE TEAM HARVEST. KIANA GLAZE, WHO'S NO LONGER WITH US, LINDA ROSEBROCK, MOSES, DAVID, TIM AND JERRY. AND THEN MOVING ON THE CRYSTAL AWARD, THEY WON IT FOR THE VOLUNTEERS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROGRAM FOR THE PARENT INVOLVEMENT AND VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. AND THAT WAS KIANA. AND THEN WE WON THE PLATINUM AWARD FOR OUR FIGHTING FENTANYL AND ACCIDENTAL CAMPAIGN. THAT WAS THERE WERE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE ENTIRE TEAM. THEN SILVER HONORS. WE WON THE PRINTED MATERIALS AND LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH ON URGENT INFORMATION, AND THEN OUR HANDBOOK AND MANUAL FOR OUR HAYS CISD BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE MANUAL HARVEST GOODRICH THAT WON SILVER VIDEO GENERAL EVENT THE FUTURE IS OURS. THE LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL ROBING CEREMONY BY MOSES WON THAT ONE SILVER. AND THEN THE 50TH LINE, WHICH WAS THE CELEBRATION OF THE HISTORY OF THE HAYS HIGH STEPPERS THAT WON SILVER BY MOSES, AND THEN THE E-NEWSLETTER FOR THE BACK TO SCHOOL NEWSLETTER AND TIP SHEET BY TIM HARVEST AND LINDA THAT WON SILVER. AND THEN MOSES OF HIS PICTURE HAVING A BALL IN SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY WON SILVER. SO GUYS, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COMPARE ACROSS THE STATE AND IF ANYBODY EVEN GOT CLOSE TO US, BUT I JUST WANT WANTED TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU, MR. SAVOY AND YOUR TEAM FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL. AND SO, BARBARA, IF YOU'LL CUE UP THE DRONE VIDEO, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE. FIRST HAND. THIS WAS TAKEN THIS AFTERNOON. AND YOU CAN SEE THE TURF ON THE BASEBALL FIELD. AND AND SO A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO LET THIS PLAY FOR JUST A SECOND. AND THAT WAY OUR VIEWERS AT HOME CAN CAN CHECK IT OUT AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM. AND SO AS YOU WATCH THIS, THIS IS THE SOFTBALL FIELD. TURF WILL BE PUT ON TOMORROW. STARTING WITH THE WARNING TRACK. IT'S ABOUT HALF THE SIZE OF THE BASEBALL FIELD, SO IT SHOULDN'T TAKE THAT LONG. AND BASEBALL, THEY ARE COMPLETING THE STANDS, AND THEY'LL PUT THE PRESS BOX ON. AND SO WE SHOULD BE READY FOR FIRST PITCH FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE LAYMAN BASEBALL FIELD. WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS THEY'RE PUTTING DOWN THE SAND AND THE RUBBER TO GIVE IT THE NICE BOUNCE THAT IT HAS. AND YOU CAN SEE THE THE BIG BLUE MONSTER HAS BEEN PUT UP. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE REALLY CLOSE TO THE STREET, SO WE HAVE AN ELEVATED FENCE FOR THAT COMPLEX. AND YOU CAN SEE THE BULLPENS ARE FINISHED, THE DUGOUTS ARE FINISHED. THEY HAVE TO PUT IN THE BACKSTOP, THE REST OF THE STANDS AND THE PRESS BOX. BUT THEY'LL HAVE IT DONE THIS WEEK, AND THEN THEY'LL MOVE OVER TO THE SOFTBALL FIELD. AND THEY HAVE A CREW OF 18 MEN THAT WILL BE WORKING ON PUTTING THE TURF DOWN ON THE SOFTBALL [00:10:03] FIELD. SO IT SHOULD BE DONE ON THE ON THE TIME SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY GIVEN. AND SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING OUR KIDS BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS COMPLEX. BUT LIKE I SAID, I THINK A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE PROGRESSING, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF BAD WEATHER DAYS BUILT IN, WE'RE STILL STILL GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT TIMELINE. AND SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AS WELL. THANK YOU. BARBARA. NEXT WAS RELEASED TODAY THAT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS NAMED THIS WEEK'S EMPLOYER PARTNERSHIP WITH HAYS CISD AND KYLE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND SO OUR FIRE ACADEMY WON THIS WEEK'S ACCOLADES. AND SO THANK YOU, SUSIE, FOR NOMINATING THEM. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH OUR FIRE ACADEMY WE HAVE HAD JUST IMMENSE SUCCESS WITH THAT PROGRAM. AND WE HAVE FIREFIGHTERS THAT AS SOON AS THEY GRADUATE THAT ARE BEING HIRED AT ALL THE LOCAL FIRE STATIONS AROUND US. AND, AND IT'S ONE HECK OF A PROGRAM. YOU YOU GET HIRED WHEN YOU'RE 18, YOU CAN WORK FOR 20 YEARS, RETIRE WHEN YOU'RE 38, AND THEY'LL HELP PAY FOR YOUR SCHOOL. AND YOU CAN GO HAVE A SECOND CAREER. IT'S ALMOST LIKE GOING INTO THE MILITARY. AND NOT MANY ARE NOT ALL OF OUR PARENTS ARE AWARE THAT THIS PROGRAM PROGRAM EXISTS. AND SO IT'S A IT'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE. SO I'M SO GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS BEFORE SPRING BREAK, AS YOU KNOW, I WAS INVITED BY SENATOR CORNYN TO GO TO WASHINGTON, DC TO SPEAK TO A SENATE PANEL ON ON FENTANYL BECAUSE OF MR. SAVOY AND HIS TEAM'S FIGHTING FENTANYL CAMPAIGN. AND AND I WAS THERE WITH PEOPLE FROM DELAWARE THAT WERE SPEAKING OF THE, OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY'RE HAVING. AND, AND SO IT WAS REALLY NICE TO HAVE A BIPARTISAN ISSUE THAT EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES IS A IS A DANGER TO, TO HUMAN LIVES. AND, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE INFIGHTING FROM THE DEMOCRATS OR THE REPUBLICANS. EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER FOR THIS ISSUE. AND I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. BUT I WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT I WAS ABLE TO GO AND REPRESENT TEXAS AND HAYS CISD. AND I REALLY DO THINK THAT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHEN THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. AND SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT MORE RESOURCES FOR FOR TREATMENT FACILITIES. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR OTHER, OTHER WAYS TO STOP DEALERS FROM GETTING AND SMUGGLING FENTANYL INTO OUR COUNTRY. AND, AND THE THE NEWEST THING IS THEY ARE NOW. MIXING WITH FENTANYL XYLAZINE, WHICH IS A ANESTHESIA FOR HORSES. AND AND THE SCARY THING ABOUT IT IS NARCAN WON'T BRING A PERSON BACK IF THEY OVERDOSE REMIT. SO I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW AND SO I'VE PASSED THAT ON TO OUR TEAM SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO IF IT GETS DOWN INTO TEXAS. THAT'S HAPPENING. FROM CANADA DOWN AND NOT FROM MEXICO UP YET. AND SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT. BUT APPRECIATE THE BOARD FOR SUPPORTING ME IN THAT ENDEAVOR AND WAS GLAD TO BE ABLE TO GO. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY REPORT. ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR, I DEFINITELY HAVE A LOT TO CELEBRATE AND TALK ABOUT. SO LOOKING FOR QUESTIONS. MR. FLORES, I JUST THANKS FOR HIGHLIGHTING ALL OUR, OUR WONDERFUL KIDS IN THE DISTRICT AND OUR STAFF, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, DOCTOR WRIGHT, FOR TRAVELING TO WASHINGTON AT THE INVITATION OF SENATOR CORNYN AND AND LEADING THE FIGHT AGAINST FENTANYL, WHICH AFFECTS ALL OF OUR, OUR FAMILIES AND OUR KIDS. AND THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING US SO WELL IN WASHINGTON, DC AND, AND AND SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THIS AND LEADING THE WAY, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY, THE OTHER QUESTIONS. AM I RIGHT OVER TO MY LEFT. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. DOCTOR. RIGHT. THANK YOU. I JUST AND A LOT TO CELEBRATE. GREAT JOB TO ALL THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR STUDENTS. FOR THE COMMUNICATION TEAM, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER TO SAY WHAT THEY DIDN'T WIN. BUT BUT GREAT JOB ON ALL THOSE THINGS. AND YES, THANK YOU FOR JUST CONTINUING TO MARCH FORWARD ON THE FENTANYL FIGHT. SO. ALL RIGHT, TEAM NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS OUR PUBLIC FORUM. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO WE ARE MOVING PAST THAT. IF YOU MISSED OUT ON THAT, YOU WANT TO CATCH US NEXT WEEK. MONDAY. SAME TIME. [I. CAMPUS RECOGNITION] NEXT WEEK, TEAM, WE WILL DO OUR CAMPUS RECOGNITION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALL LOVE SO MUCH TO SEE OUR SCHOOLS IN ACTION. SO, KYLE ELEMENTARY SO WE'LL BE READY FOR THAT. AND MOVING ON TO LETTER J, OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT. [J. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT] AND THIS LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE MISS SEDILLO IN TEAM COMING UP. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DOCTOR RIGHT ALONG THE SAME THEME. WE HAVE JUST SO MUCH TO BE PROUD OF AND I'M PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR CNI TEAM, OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR PARENTS, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO SUPPORT STUDENT [00:15:10] ACHIEVEMENT. SO I AM SUPER PROUD OF THEM. AND SO TONIGHT, MR. KEVIN MALANDRUCCOLO COULD NOT WAIT TO COME UP HERE AND SHARE ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT OUR KIDS ARE DOING AND HOW WELL OUR STAFF IS DOING IN PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR THE STAAR TEST. SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM. AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME OTHER FOLKS HERE THAT SUPPORT ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND ALL THE DATA THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. AND SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO KEVIN. SO, KEVIN. I'M VERY EXCITED. YOU HAVE NO IDEA. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US. GOOD EVENING. FOR THIS MONTH'S STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT UPDATE WE'RE PROVIDING YOU WITH A LECTURE. THIS ON. SORRY. PROVIDING YOU WITH A TON OF DATA FOR CB2 AND OTHER MIDDLE OF THE YEAR DATA, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER REPORTS THAT RECENTLY POSTED. THIS SLIDE SHOWS ALL THE DATA INCLUDED IN THE REPORT. FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ALL THE SLIDES ABOUT TEN SLIDES TOTAL, BUT OUR TEAM IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE REPORT. THESE FIRST FEW SLIDES ARE A LITTLE BIT OF BRAGGING ON OUR CAMPUSES, WITH THIS FIRST ONE SHOWING DECEMBER EOC RETESTING RESULTS. WE'VE GONE BACK FOR AS LONG AS THERE HAVE BEEN DECEMBER EOC TESTING, AND WE'VE NEVER DONE SCORES LIKE THIS. WE'VE NEVER HAD SCORES AS POSITIVE. TO ME, THE BIGGEST NUMBER THAT STEPS THAT STANDS OUT ON THIS IS THE 144 ALGEBRA ONE TESTERS AT LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL. SO THESE ARE KIDDOS THAT HAVE TRADITIONALLY STRUGGLED IN MATH YEAR OVER YEAR, AND THEY GOT OVER HALF OF THOSE STUDENTS TO TO PASS AT EOC. SO THAT THAT IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND NEEDLESS TO SAY, FOR ALL THESE NUMBERS, WE'RE PROUD OF OUR INTERVENTION EFFORTS AT ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES. NEXT. WE HINTED AT THIS BACK IN JANUARY, BUT THESE ARE THE FORMAL RESULTS DRIVEN ACCOUNTABILITY, OR RDA DETERMINATION LEVELS SHOWING A ONE AT ALL FOR ALL AREAS. A ONE IS THE BEST THAT WE CAN GET, AND FOR AT LEAST THE LAST 5 OR 6 YEARS, WE'VE NEVER HAD THE HIGHEST RATING ON EACH ONE OF THESE, MEANING WE DON'T HAVE TO SUBMIT A SUPPORT PLAN TO TIA OR MEET WITH TIA ON ON THE VARIOUS THINGS. SO AGAIN, WE'RE PROUD OF OUR TEAMS FOR THIS ONE. THE TEA PEER KINDER READINESS REPORT. FOR STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED PRE-K WITH US DURING THE 2122 SCHOOL YEAR. 12.2% MORE WERE KINDER READY LAST YEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THIS REPORT HAS BEEN PRETTY INCONSISTENT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT THIS SHOULD BE CLOSER TO GETTING BACK TO SOMETHING THAT'S MORE USEFUL FOR US TO TRACK FOR ALL FUTURE YEARS. SO GOING UP 12.2% AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT. THAT LEADS TO SOME MIDDLE OF THE YEAR DATA. STARTING WITH OUR WHERE OUR PRE-K KIDS ARE NOW WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR BUILDINGS LOOKING AT THEIR LETTER NAME, LETTER SOUNDS, DATA. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE MADE IMPROVEMENTS IN PRETTY MUCH ALL AREAS AT ALL CAMPUSES FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. ONE THING THAT LOOKS ODD ON THIS ONE IS THAT BLANCO VISTA SPANISH DATA. THE NUMBERS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME FOR THE BEGINNING. THAT'S NOT A TYPO. THOSE NUMBERS JUST HAPPEN TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME. BUT AGAIN, PROUD OF THE WORK OUR PRE-K TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ARE DOING. NEXT. JUST A QUICK CMR UPDATE. WE'RE HAPPY THAT WE'RE KEEPING PACE WITH OUR CURRENT SENIORS BEING AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. AT THE SAME TIME HUGE SHOUT OUT TO DOCTOR WATSON, JOY PHILPOTT, SUSIE MITCHELL, MARISA GONZALEZ, CAMPUS ADMIN, COUNSELORS AND TEACHERS FOR CONTINUING TO DO A FABULOUS JOB OF KEEPING THAT MOMENTUM GOING WITH CMR. FOR OUR SENIOR CLASS WHO HAVE NOT MET CMR CRITERIA YET WE'RE UTILIZING THE TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE PREP COURSE TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE TSE TWO TEST. AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF POSITIVE RESULTS WITH THAT COURSE AND WITH THE TSE TWO TEST, ALONG WITH PUSHING THOSE IBCS FOR THE CTE PIECES. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, WHILE THIS SLIDE ONLY TALKS ABOUT OUR SENIORS WE ARE PRIORITIZING ADVANCED COURSEWORK WITH OUR YOUNGER STUDENTS TO EVENTUALLY INCREASE AP DUAL CREDIT AND ON RAMPS PARTICIPATION. THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN GRADES SIX THROUGH 12 WHO HAVE ENROLLED IN AT LEAST ONE ADVANCED COURSE HAS INCREASED FROM 37% IN 2122 TO 49% FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. HAYS HIGH SCHOOL HAS INCREASED FROM 38 TO 57% JOHNSON FROM 42 TO 51%, AND LEHMAN FROM 34 TO 40% OVER THAT SAME TIME PERIOD. SO THE IDEA IS WE WANT TO PUSH THOSE ADVANCED COURSES TO GET STUDENTS CMR READY BEFORE THEIR SENIOR YEAR, AND THEN WE TRY TO CATCH THEM UP AT THE END FOR [00:20:09] ANYBODY THAT THAT WE MIGHT HAVE MISSED. JUST A FEW MORE SLIDES THAT WE WANT TO SHARE BEFORE WE OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS. WE'VE SHARED THIS FOR THE LAST 5 OR 6 YEARS IN THIS WAY, LOOKING AT CBA ONE AND CBA TWO DATA. THIS SHOWS THE GAINS MADE ACROSS THE DISTRICT FOR CBA TWO. WE KNOW WE CAN'T DIRECTLY COMPARE A CBA TWO TO A CBA ONE BECAUSE THEY COVER DIFFERENT CONTENT, BUT WE WE DO WANT TO CELEBRATE WHERE WE CAN. OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ARE DEFINITELY DOING BETTER IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THINGS STAR 2.0 IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THAT IMPLEMENTATION. THE LAST THING THAT WE WANTED TO SHOW WAS THIS SLIDE TO SHARE SOME WRITING DATA FOR OUR RECENT BENCHMARKS. WHEN STAR CHANGED IN THE SPRING OF 2023 EVERY STUDENT FROM GRADE THREE ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH ENGLISH TWO MUST WRITE AN EXTENDED, CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE. AN ESSAY THAT'S WORTH TEN RAW SCORE POINTS. WE ONLY HAVE ELEMENTARY TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT. BECAUSE SECONDARY, IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER. THEY HAVE MORE KIDS TO GRADE. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT TO YOU ALL ALONG WITH OTHER BENCHMARK DATA WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. BUT THIS CHART SHOWS THE NUMBER OF ZEROS. SO STUDENTS SCORE IN THE LOWEST SCORE OUT OF TEN. SO THE NUMBER OF ZEROS ON LAST YEAR'S BENCHMARK AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, SPRING STAR AND THE CURRENT BENCHMARK THAT WE JUST TOOK, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS IN THE BOTTOM LEFT. IN THE 2023 BENCHMARK, 886 THIRD GRADERS SCORED A ZERO ON THEIR EXTENDED CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE THAT DROPPED DOWN TO 543 ON STAR. WHERE WE'RE AT NOW FOR THIS BENCHMARK WAS 633 ZEROS. SO IF WE SEE THOSE SAME TRENDS, WE SHOULD SEE SOME HUGE JUMPS IN READING THIS THIS YEAR. FOR THIS CHART, YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT COHORT DATA. SO THAT 543 WHO SCORED A ZERO ON THIRD GRADE STAR FOR THEIR FOURTH GRADE BENCHMARK, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT 359 ZEROS. SO THAT'S JUST LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM. WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PULL FROM THE TOP ON THAT, AND WE'RE SEEING SOME GREAT THINGS WITH WRITING. I WAS TALKING TO SOME ENGLISH ONE TEACHERS A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND THEY MENTIONED THE QUALITY OF WRITING AND PROVING. THEY'RE SAYING THIS GROUP OF FRESHMEN WAS PROBABLY THE STRONGEST WRITERS THAT THEY'VE EVER SEEN FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. WE DUG ON TO A LOT WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, THINGS ABOUT CHANGES WITH THE A THROUGH F SYSTEM. BUT WE KNOW THAT BUILDING THE BETTER WRITERS IS ONLY GOING TO HELP OUR STUDENTS TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL LATER IN LIFE. SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THIS WRITING DATA AND THE WORK OUR TEACHERS AND TEAMS ARE DOING WITH THAT. LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE ALL THE READING AND MATH BENCHMARK DATA WITH YOU ALL. AND THEN THE REMAINING SLIDES. IT'S JUST A TON OF CHARTS. IT SHOWS SECONDARY CBA TWO AND A BUNCH OF MIDDLE OF THE YEAR DATA FOR EM CLASS AND MAP. BUT OUR TEAM IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE THAT SLIDE UP. WE LIKE THAT SLIDE. KEVIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION TEAM. I'LL LOOK OVER HERE TO MY LEFT. ANY QUESTIONS? MR. EVANS. YEAH, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE I APPRECIATE. TRUSTEE. PETREA ASKED SOME GREAT QUESTIONS. I THINK THAT ANSWERED A LOT OF THOSE ALREADY, BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE ADDITIONAL. JUST TO REFRESH MY MEMORY MAYBE THIS IS A SUSIE QUESTION, BUT IT SAYS IBCS ARE ALSO BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT TO EARN AS A REQUIREMENT ARE SET TO CHANGE EACH YEAR FOR THE NEXT 3 OR 4 YEARS. REMIND ME WHAT'S CHANGING ON THAT FUNDAMENTALLY. AND IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT OUR GOALS OF 6,065% FOR THAT WHOLE. IT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO AFFECT THAT. IT WILL IMPACT CHANGING IN THOSE ITEMS. IT'S GOING TO CHANGE LIKE A LITTLE BIT EACH YEAR OVER AT LEAST OVER THE NEXT 3 TO 4 YEARS. THIS YEAR, NOT ONLY DO STUDENTS HAVE TO EARN THE IBC, BUT THEY HAVE TO HAVE A COMPLETER. ONE OF THE ADVANCED. SORRY. THERE WE GO. COME TO THE MIC. SO THIS YEAR THEY HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE COURSE IN THE PROGRAM OF STUDY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IBC, WHERE BEFORE THEY JUST HAD TO HAVE AN IBC. NEXT YEAR THEY'LL HAVE TO HAVE TWO COURSES IN THAT PROGRAM OF STUDY, AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR THEY'LL HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST THREE COURSES FOR AT LEAST FOUR CREDITS IN THAT PROGRAM OF STUDY FOR IT TO COUNT. OKAY. SO. YOU ALL KNOW I'M RETIRING AND MY SUCCESSOR. PLEASE DON'T BE TOTALLY UPSET WITH THEM WHEN THE NUMBERS GO DOWN, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT GOING TO BE THEIR FAULT. SO THE TEA IS MAKING IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT. SO CAN WE GET YOU TO SPEAK INTO THE MIC A LITTLE CLOSER? THANK YOU. YEAH. NO, TEA IS MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT, SO PLEASE REMEMBER THAT IN THE UPCOMING YEARS. [00:25:02] OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, MAYBE COME BACK AND REVISIT THAT JUST WITH SCHEDULING FOR AS WE GET FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE MORE CLASSES I WASN'T GOING TO WORK OUT WITH. YEAH, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THEM IN THAT PROGRAM OF STUDY AND TRY TO KEEP THEM LIKE FIND REALLY TALK TO THEM IN MIDDLE SCHOOL ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO SO THEY CAN GET IN THE RIGHT PROGRAM TO START WITH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. SOMETHING WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO GOING FORWARD. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. MY NEXT QUESTION WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DATA, TALK TO ME ABOUT THIRD GRADE JUST AS A WHOLE. IS THAT OUR COVID KINDER BABIES WITH THIRD GRADE READING ACROSS THE BOARD, IT SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE PROBLEMATIC, NOT JUST REALLY ISOLATED. WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT'S ATTRIBUTED TO? A LOT OF THINGS. A LOT OF THESE. IT'S OUR KIDDOS. FIRST TIME TO TAKE OUR CBAS. IF YOU WE COULD PROBABLY PROVIDE SOME HISTORICAL DATA, BUT HISTORICALLY. THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF RED ALL OVER THIS, NOT JUST THIRD GRADE. SO I THINK THIRD GRADE IS STILL, YOU KNOW, STRUGGLING TO TO CATCH UP A LITTLE BIT. BUT BY THE TIME WE GET TO FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE THEY'RE JUST DOING SO MUCH BETTER. SO IN THE PAST, YOU FEEL LIKE THIS IS A PRETTY SIMILAR CHART TO WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR WITH THESE SAME KIDS THAT WERE IN FOURTH GRADE AND THIRD GRADE, AND THEN THEY JUST WERE ABLE TO ADVANCE OUT OF, I THINK, IN TRADITIONAL YEARS. ALL ALL OF THIS ELEMENTARY DATA, WE'VE SEEN A LOT MORE RED ON THE BOARD. WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU, THOUGH. I JUST WAS CURIOUS. I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IF THERE'S IF THIS IS JUST PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE KINDER COVID KIDS THAT MIGHT NEED A LITTLE EXTRA HELP. I MEAN, SO ANOTHER PIECE ON THAT FOR THOSE CBA ONES AND TWOS. AND IT GOES BACK TO THIS CHART. OUR THIRD GRADERS DO STRUGGLE MORE WITH THE WRITING PIECES. SO IF WE'RE GETTING ZEROS ON THOSE CBAS FOR THE WRITING THAT THAT'S GOING TO DROP DOWN THOSE PERCENTAGES. AS WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WAY LESS KIDS AT THE MEETS AND MASTERS LEVELS ON THOSE THINGS. SO IT'S IT'S BUILDING THOSE SKILLS, AND IT DOES JUST TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR SOME OF THOSE. OKAY. I'LL SUBMIT SOME MORE QUESTIONS THIS WEEK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MISS RUNKLE. THANK YOU. KEVIN, I KNOW THAT YOU LOVE TO PRESENT DATA. SO I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, I WANT TO CELEBRATE THE GAINS BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME MAJOR, HUGE GAINS HERE. AND WE'RE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS, AND OUR DEPARTMENTS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO I WANT TO ASK YOU, THOUGH, ON THE RESULTS DRIVEN ACCOUNTABILITY RDA ON THAT DISTRICT REPORT THE MANUAL. I KNOW THAT THEY POSTED IT FOR US LATER THIS AFTERNOON, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO GO INTO, BUT I'D LIKE TO DIVE MORE INTO THAT REPORT AND UNDERSTAND IT MORE. SO IF IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO REACH OUT TO YOU TOMORROW TO GO, UNLESS YOU WANT TO PULL THAT REPORT UP. AND IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO DIVE THROUGH THAT, I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND IT, AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND IT. CAN I GO BACK? I DON'T THINK I CAN PULL IT UP HERE, BUT. THE MAIN THING. IT'S NOT GOING BACK. SORRY. I'M NEARLY THERE. THE MAIN THING ON THAT WITH THE COMPLETE REPORT THAT'S THAT'S LINKED THERE IS YOU REALLY NEED TO GO LINE BY LINE WITH THE RDA MANUAL. THAT'S THAT'S ATTACHED TO THAT. OKAY. AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, BUT WE WILL BE HAPPY TO LOOK AT THAT. OKAY. I FIGURED IT WAS PROBABLY A PRETTY LENGTHY CONVERSATION. I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TO YOU BECAUSE I DEFINITELY WANT TO UNDERSTAND IT. SO. RIGHT IT IS. IT IS BY FAR THE MOST DIFFICULT OF THE DATA SETS THAT WE GET. SO TO UNDERSTAND. I MEAN, REGARDLESS, I MEAN THAT D ONE I'M SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF ALL OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS. CONGRATULATIONS. AND ALL OF THE HARD WORK AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE. SO A COUPLE OF WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A COUPLE LITTLE AREAS OF HOT SPOTS THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING. WE KNOW THAT INTERVENTION IS WORKING. WE PROBABLY HAD TALKED TO MRS. SEDILLO. I'M GLAD. MR. STEVENS BROUGHT UP THE THIRD GRADE. THAT WAS A CONCERN I HAD THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER TODAY. AND BUT, I MEAN, EVEN IN THOSE, THERE'S STILL SOME, SOME GAINS, RIGHT. AND SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE IMPROVEMENTS. SHOUT OUT TO YULIN BECAUSE YULIN DID SOME GREAT GAINS. I MEAN, THEY THEY MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND I WANTED TO I WANTED THEM TO KNOW THAT I NOTICED THAT ON HERE. SO SHOUT OUT TO YULIN SILENT SCIENCE HALL IN SOME AREAS. FIFTH GRADE READING. WAY TO GO. THAT WAS PRETTY AWESOME. COLLEGE BRIDGE, CMR DOCTOR WATSON, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SHOUT OUT. THANK YOU. YOU AND I WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD SOME STUDENTS THAT WERE NOT PASSING THE TSE, AND THEY WENT TO AN ORIENTATION AT A COLLEGE, AND THEY WERE TOLD THAT IF THEIR DISTRICT JOINED A PROGRAM CALLED THE TEXAS COLLEGE BRIDGE, THEN WE COULD GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO PASS THAT TEST BEFORE THEY GOT TO THEIR NEXT PATH. [00:30:03] AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER ON THAT. AND DOCTOR WATSON, YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB GETTING THE MOU TOGETHER. SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SHOUT OUT FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT. OUR STUDENTS ARE DEFINITELY BENEFITING FROM THAT. AND THANK YOU. LAST THING, LOTS OF WRITING. I WAS AT A HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, AND I WAS IN AN ENGLISH CLASS, AND THEY WERE WRITING, AND I ASKED THEM, I WAS LIKE, HEY, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? WRITING? WE WRITE ALL THE TIME, AND I'M LIKE, THAT'S GREAT. WE LOVE IT. THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO HEAR. SO YES, WE'RE DEFINITELY SEEING IT AND WE'RE SEEING IT HERE IN THE DATA. I JUST AGAIN THERE'S THERE'S SO MANY GREAT THINGS. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US TODAY. I AM SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR DEPARTMENTS. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. YOU GUYS ARE WORKING HARD AND AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUT AND AND ADDRESS AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO ADDRESS THEM. WE MAKE DECISIONS BASED OFF OF DATA. AND THIS IS HOW WE MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT TO US. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. MR. FLORES. AND THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THIS DATA. I'M ACTUALLY WANT TO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE OUR PRE-K KIDS AND THE 12.2% INCREASE IN KINDERGARTEN, YOU KNOW, KIDS BEING KINDERGARTEN READY SO THEY COULD SUCCEED RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE. I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC. AND I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, OUR PRESCHOOL TEACHERS, OUR FAMILIES, OUR KIDS ESPECIALLY. AND OF COURSE, IT TAKES A LOT. YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT 15 MINUTES OF READING A NIGHT YOU KNOW, GETTING YOUR KID HOOKED UP TO PHONICS JUST REALLY PROMOTING GROWTH. AND I WANT TO SHOUT OUT CAMINO REAL AND BUDA ELEMENTARY FOR FANTASTIC GROWTH AT THE PRE-K LEVEL. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, THOUGH YOU KNOW, THE NOT SO MUCH GROWTH AT SCIENCE HALL AT THE PRE-K LEVEL. THERE ARE SOME GAPS, I THINK, THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. AND WHAT IS THE UNIFORMITY LOOK LIKE? AND OUR PRE-K LESSONS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE USING BEST PRACTICES AT ALL OUR CAMPUSES. THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. WE MIGHT HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU ON ON THAT ONE. THAT'S OKAY. ABOUT. LIKE CONSISTENCY AMONG THIS IS JUST A UNIFORMITY IN OUR PRE-K LESSONS BECAUSE THERE IS SOME GREAT GROWTH, FOR EXAMPLE, AT CAMINO REAL IN THE BUDA ELEMENTARY, BUT AT SCIENCE HALL, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A GAP. YOU KNOW, WE COULD DEFINITELY HAVE SOME MORE GROWTH THERE. JUST WHAT IS BEING DONE AS FAR AS UTILIZING BEST PRACTICES AT ALL OUR PRE-K SCHOOLS? WELL, I WISH I COULD TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT OUR PRE-K TEACHERS ARE DOING TO HELP SUPPORT EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE UTILIZING BEST PRACTICES. BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO GET BACK WITH YOU TO ASK MISS LASHAWN GAINES, BECAUSE SHE WORKS WITH OUR PRE-K TEACHERS, LIKE ALMOST DAILY. AND I'D LIKE TO ASK HER EXACTLY WHAT SHE'S DOING OTHER THAN MAKING SURE THAT TEACHERS ARE UTILIZING BEST PRACTICES. AGAIN, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IS HUGE. FOCUSING ON PHONEMIC AWARENESS, PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS NUMERICAL FLUENCY, NUMBER SENSE. I KNOW THAT THEY'RE HONING IN ON THAT. AND THEY UTILIZE THEIR ASSESSMENTS. THEY PULL SMALL GROUPS. THEY'RE DOING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS TO MAKE SURE KIDS ARE MAKING PROGRESS. AND THEY ASSESS TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE ON TRACK TO MAKE PROGRESS. BUT JUST TO BE MORE SPECIFIC AND TO PROVIDE YOU WITH PROBABLY WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR BEYOND WHAT I'VE JUST SHARED, I'D LIKE TO ASK HER TO SHARE A FEW MORE THINGS ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING. PLEASE DO. WE'D LOVE TO SEE THAT. AND JUST MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE IN CCISD FOR A VERY LONG TIME. ABSOLUTELY. RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE. THEY'RE READY TO GO. AND THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OR JUST EXPRESS A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN ON OUR MAP SCORES FROM BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TESTING TO MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, EXCEPT FOR IN THIRD GRADE. THERE APPEARS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A DROP. IS THERE ANY REASON WHY THAT MIGHT HAPPEN OR WHY THAT OCCURRED? I'M GONNA LET. I'M EXCITED TO RESPOND TO THAT, BUT I'M NOT. I'M SORRY. I WOULD LOVE TO RESPOND TO THAT BECAUSE WE WERE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT MAP SCORES TODAY AND OVERALL WE ARE MAKING AVERAGE GAINS. I KNOW IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT WAY ON THE THE PERCENTAGES, BUT I'M GOING TO ALLOW KEVIN AND OR DEREK MCDANIEL, WHO IS ALL OVER MAP SCORES AND BELIEVES IN THEM AND BELIEVES THAT THAT IS THE BEST UNIVERSAL SCREENER WE HAVE. TO REALLY GIVE AN EXPLANATION OF HOW WE CAN UTILIZE THOSE SCORES AND THE STRONG CORRELATION BETWEEN THAT. AND OUR STAR PERFORMANCE. AND AGAIN, I THINK IT'S A IT'S A GREAT SCREENER. I'M EXCITED. I TOOK A PRACTICE TEST EARLIER. I INTENTIONALLY DID THAT BECAUSE I WANT TO UNDERSTAND IT BETTER, BUT I KNOW THAT MY TEAM IS ACTUALLY DELVE IN DEEPER. AND SO I'M GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT RESPONSE. SHOUT OUT FOR TAKING THAT TEST AS OUR DEPUTY, DEREK. SO OUR MATH CONTINUES TO BE A CONCERN FOR US THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING. WE HAVE REALLY THREE BASIC COMPONENTS DAILY PROBLEM SOLVING, NUMERICAL FLUENCY, AND THEN TEXT BASED LESSONS. [00:35:06] WE'RE CONTINUING TO TRY AND PROVIDE THAT ON A DAILY BASIS FOR OUR KIDS TO BE SUCCESSFUL ON MATH. THE THING I WILL SAY ABOUT MAP IS WE DO FEEL LIKE IT IS OUR MOST ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF DATA FOR OUR STUDENTS. IT IS A VERY, VERY GOOD TEST. I WILL SAY THAT MAP HAS NOT REFORMED SINCE PRIOR TO COVID, SO THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE SEEING ARE COMPARED TO STUDENTS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WHEN THEY WERE SUPPOSED THEY REFORM EVERY FIVE YEARS AT MAP, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO REFORM IN 2021 OR 2022, I BELIEVE, AND THEY HAD TO PUT IT ON PAUSE BECAUSE THEY SAID ACROSS THE NATION, MATH SCORES ARE JUST TOO INCONSISTENT. AND SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO NORMALIZE THAT DATA. SO WHILE WE DO FEEL LIKE IT IS A GOOD SCREENER, WE DO FEEL LIKE THAT IT MAY BE A LITTLE UNDERREPRESENTED FOR WHERE WE ARE POST COVID. EXCUSE ME, PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT VELA. CAN WE GET THAT ON THE SCREEN, WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? SURE. TOWARDS THE END, I THINK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE NORMED PRE-COVID. SO WHEN WE REACHED BACK OUT TO ASK HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE? TOWARDS THE. OUR MAP. YEAH. TOWARD THE END. IT'S JUST COMING. THE MAP. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT MATH, CORRECT? MATH? MATH? YES. THAT'S WHAT OUR MAP SCORES, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S THE CONTENT. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE REFERENCING. YES. MAP IS FOR OUR ASSESSMENT FOR MATH. THIS ONE. RIGHT. OH OKAY. GREAT. THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO LOOK AT. RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO THOSE WHILE WE DO FEEL LIKE IT IS AN ACCURATE ASSESSMENT, IT HASN'T BEEN NORMED SINCE AFTER COVID. WE HAVE REACHED OUT AND ASKED. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A TIMELINE. THEY'RE WAITING FOR THAT DATA TO BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSISTENT NATIONWIDE BEFORE THEY'RE NORM. SO WE'RE KIND OF JUST IN THIS HOLDING PATTERN. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON DAILY PROBLEM SOLVING, NUMERICAL FLUENCY AND TEXT BASED LESSONS. NOW, I APPRECIATE IT. I MEAN, I'M JUST OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT TO CELEBRATE WITH THIS DATA, AND I APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORWARD WITH THIS. AND YOU ALWAYS WANT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE'RE FINDING THOSE GAPS IF THEY EXIST AND ADDRESSING THEM. BUT I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. WE'RE TRYING. ALL RIGHT, MISS PETRIE. AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DID SUBMIT QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR GETTING BACK TO ME ON ON MOST OF THOSE. TEAM, I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT REPORTS WE GET ALL YEAR. PRIOR TO DOCTOR WRIGHT COMING HERE, WE DIDN'T DO CBAS. WE WENT INTO BENCHMARKS COMPLETELY BLIND. AND THEN WE HOPE FOR THE BEST, AND WE DIDN'T REALLY GIVE OURSELVES MUCH TIME TO PREPARE FOR ACTUAL TEST THERE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. AND I KNOW I'VE HEARD FROM PARENTS ABOUT THE TESTING FATIGUE, AND THERE'S TOO MANY TESTS. AND AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT. BUT IT IS SUPER HELPFUL BECAUSE WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE PROGRESSING AND GROWING, AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE BEST DATA THAT WE GET TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING. AND WHEN WE FIRST STARTED DOING THESE, I DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ACTUALLY ALIGN WITH WHAT WE WOULD SEE ON SOME OF THE STAR TESTS, BUT THEY DO THEY THEY BEAR OUT PRETTY WELL. AND COVID KIND OF WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DISRUPTION, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE BACK ON TRACK. I ASKED SOME OF MY QUESTIONS, BUT IF YOU WILL BRING UP PAGE TEN AND TEAM IF YOU WILL HELP THE SPEAKERS AND REFERENCE THE PAGE NUMBERS. SO MR. OROSCO DOESN'T HAVE TO INTERRUPT THE SPEAKERS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. SO I'M ON PAGE TEN. AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR FOURTH GRADE TEAM TEN ON THE SLIDESHOW. IT SHOULD BE OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. YEAH. KEEP GOING BACK. I'M GETTING THERE. RIGHT THERE. RIGHT. SO IF YOU LOOK AT AND IT WENT DEAD BY SCREAM THAT ONE. YES. SO IF YOU LOOK DOWN THE FOURTH GRADE MATH, IT IS MOSTLY BLUE AND GREEN. WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLE. SO I WANTED TO JUST ASK IF THE FOURTH GRADE VERTICAL ALIGNMENT TEAM, IF THEY MEET, IF THEY I MEAN, WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING, WE NEED TO REPLICATE AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN COPY ACROSS THE DISTRICT BECAUSE IT IS SO CONSISTENTLY BLUE AND GREEN FOR THE MOST PART, FOR THAT FOURTH GRADE MATH TEAM. SO I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THEM. AND THEN IF YOU WILL, FLIP TO PAGE 11. SO YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS THE NEXT ONE. RIGHT. SO THIS EXTENDED CONSTRUCTION RESPONSE DATA. SO I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR SEVEN YEARS AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IN THE WORLD THIS DATA WAS REPRESENTING UNTIL YOU TALKED ABOUT IT. SO I DIDN'T REALIZE THESE WERE GOLF SCORES AND THEY NEEDED TO GO DOWN. RIGHT. THAT'S NOT NORMALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. SO IT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS. [00:40:04] AND I'M JUST GOING TO ASK THE DUMB QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE ASKING LIKE, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? I HAD NO IDEA THAT WE WERE LOOKING FROM A ZERO AND THEN NOT A ZERO. SO IF YOU CAN ADD A LEGEND OR SOME KIND OF EXPLANATION FOR WHAT THIS DATA WAS REPRESENTING, THAT'D BE SUPER HELPFUL. I UNDERSTAND IT PERFECTLY NOW THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT IT. AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS I KNEW THAT THIS WAS COHORT DATA, BUT I WAS LIKE. IS GOING DOWN GOOD. IT'S GREEN, SO I GUESS IT'S GOOD. AND I DIDN'T SUBMIT ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, I'M JUST GOING TO ASK FROM THE GUYS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE. SO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS KIND OF A NEW THING THAT WE'RE DOING, MORE WRITING BECAUSE THE STAR, THE NEW STAR INSPIRES MORE WRITING, WHICH MR. RUNKLE AND I AGREE, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO DO MORE WRITING, SO THAT'S FINE. OKAY, SO THEN THE NEXT TWO SLIDES, BUT STOP ON THE NEXT ONE. SO THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL DATA ALSO SO MUCH BLUE AND GREEN HERE. OKAY. SO SINCE THE LEDGE IS NOT HERE FOR THOSE WATCHING IN THE AUDIENCE, BLUE IS AMAZING. GREEN IS ALSO REALLY AMAZING. AND SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAMS BECAUSE THIS IS HUGE, HUGE, HUGE GROWTH. AND I'M EXPECTING GREAT THINGS AS WE ROUND OUT THE YEAR FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. AND THEN THE SAME IS TRUE WHEN YOU FLIP IT AGAIN TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL. ALSO LOTS AND LOTS OF BLUE AND GREEN. FOR ENGLISH, ENGLISH TWO, ALGEBRA, BIOLOGY AND US HISTORY. SO. BRAVO! I SUBMITTED MOST OF MY QUESTIONS, BUT I DID WANT TO GIVE SOME SHOUT OUTS TO ALL THE GREAT WORK HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MR. OROSCO. THANK YOU. CAN YOU PUT IT ON THE KINDERGARTEN READINESS SCREEN OR SLIDE, WHICH IS PAGE FIVE? SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BEING KINDA READY FOR QUITE SOME TIME, RIGHT. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT 12.2 INCREASE. BUT JUST TALK ME THROUGH THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY. SO 180 STUDENTS ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOL AS ACCORDING TO THAT LEGEND, RIGHT? CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SO HOW MANY KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS IN ALL DO WE HAVE? I THINK IT'S USUALLY SITTING AROUND 1500 TO 1600 PER GRADE LEVEL. SO THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD INFORMATION TO KNOW AS WELL. LIKE HOW MANY IN ALL KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS DO WE HAVE IN COMPARISON TO ONLY 180 THAT ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOL? RIGHT. THAT FOR 80 TYPE OF PRE-K FOR 80 OR MORE SCHOOL DAYS, CORRECT? YES, YES. SO I WOULD LIKE THAT INFORMATION. SO IT WON'T BE IN ISOLATION BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF LIKE IN ISOLATION. SO IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO REALLY DECIPHER WHAT WAS HERE. I KNEW THE 12.2 WAS GREAT, RIGHT? BUT I NEED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO IF YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AND HAVE THAT WHOLE CONTEXT TOGETHER, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. SO LET'S LET'S MOVE TO PAGE EIGHT. COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS. THIS HAS REALLY BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SINCE I GOT ON THE BOARD WAY BACK IN 2016, RIGHT? WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT IT, AND IT IS GREAT TO SEE THAT INCREASE FROM 37% TO 49%. I'M SO GLAD THAT DOCTOR WRIGHT AND THE WHOLE TEAM REALLY CARED ABOUT THIS AND REALLY WORKED ON INCREASING THAT AND CLOSING THOSE GAPS IN BETWEEN SCHOOLS. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON SOME OF THOSE DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT OVERALL WE SEE THAT NUMBER INCREASING. SO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT TONIGHT. MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU ALL CAN GET BACK. WITH US. I MEAN, IT'S GREAT BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN PUSHING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT THAT CLOSES UP. RIGHT. SO WE'RE SEEING THAT WE'RE SEEING SOME GAINS, SOME HUGE GAINS FROM 28% TO 40%, WHICH IS AMAZING. SO WHAT ELSE IS ON THAT PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCREASE EVEN FURTHER? RIGHT. WHAT ADJUSTMENTS ARE WE MAKING? I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT MORE THINGS. WE HAVE HELPED BY SUPPLEMENTING. AT LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL. BUT TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PLAN, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE THUS FAR THAT HAS HELPED US INCREASE FROM 28% TO 40% BECAUSE BELIEVE YOU ME, BEFORE JANUARY 22ND, BACK IN 2016 WHEN I WAS HERE, THOSE NUMBERS. WERE HORRENDOUS AND WERE SHAMEFUL. [00:45:03] RIGHT? RIGHT AND UNDER, DOCTOR RIGHT. AND HIS LEADERSHIP, KNOWING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, THAT GAP HAS BEEN CLOSING. BUT I JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT THAT PLAN HAS LOOKED LIKE, WHAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED TO HELP THAT ALONG, AND HOW CAN WE DO MORE AND BE BETTER EVERYWHERE ACROSS THE BOARD. SO IF YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT. WE CAN ALSO SHARE OUR CURRENT STUFF THAT AS OF TODAY, THESE THESE WERE BACK IN JANUARY. BUT WE'VE ALSO DONE A LOT MORE IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL AS IT'S AROUND 75%. JOHNSON'S AROUND 66% AND LEHMAN'S AROUND 46%. SO THERE ARE SOME BIG CREASES AFTER ON THIS THAT WE CAN PROBABLY CLEAN UP AND GET TO Y'ALL AS WELL. BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GAINS SINCE SINCE JANUARY, SINCE WE PUT THESE TOGETHER, TOO. SO A LOT OF THAT IS IS FOR SENIORS IS GOING TO BE THAT TSE TWO TESTING FROM THAT COLLEGE BRIDGE PREP OR IBCS FOR THE KIDS THAT ARE IN THOSE PATHWAYS AND EARNING THOSE IBCS. BUT WE CAN GUARANTEE THERE'S A, THERE'S A CONSTANT EFFORT TO, TO LOOK AT THIS MONTHLY WE'RE MEETING WITH HIGH SCHOOL ADMIN TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TRACKING EVERY SINGLE KID AND WE WANT EVERY KID TO, TO GRADUATE, HOPEFULLY COLLEGE AND CAREER READY, BUT AT LEAST HAVE ONE OR THE OTHER FOR SURE. SO AND MILITARY THAT'S AND MILITARY IS COMING BACK THIS YEAR AGAIN. IT WAS IT WAS IT GOES ON FOR A MINUTE AND BACK FOR A SECOND. WE'LL SEE HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR THAT. EVERYBODY WILL BE CONSISTENT IN DOING HOPEFULLY CORRECT. AND I KNOW THAT'S WHY WE GOT AWAY FROM THAT. AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT CLOSING THAT GAP, NOT JUST IN CMR, WHICH IS JUST ONE PIECE, BUT ALSO IN HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE TAKING APS ON RAMP, DUAL CREDIT, ALL OF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY CONCERNING TO THE BOARD WAY BACK WHEN. AND SO I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD ON THAT. AND THANK YOU TO SUSIE MITCHELL AND HER TEAM, WHO'S REALLY BEEN PUSHING THESE IBCS NOW LIKE MISTER SEVERANCE HAD TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE HUGE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH THAT LEVEL OF INTENSITY WITH THE PROGRAM OF STUDY WHERE YOU HAVE TO TAKE THOSE LEVEL THREE, LEVEL FOUR COURSES IN ORDER TO BE READY. RIGHT? SO THAT IS REALLY GOING TO CHANGE THINGS AND IT'S REALLY GOING TO KNOCK US DOWN. AND THOSE WERE HUMONGOUS CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TO CMR. RIGHT? CORRECT. SO JUST REFRESHING OUR MINDS EVERY TIME YOU PRESENT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REMIND US, HEY, REMEMBER WHEN AN A WAS THIS AND OF COURSE THERE'S A PIN ON IT BECAUSE OF THE LAWSUIT. AND WE'RE FLESHING OUT SOME THINGS AND MAYBE THERE'LL BE SOME CHANGES. I DON'T KNOW. BUT GOING FROM THAT LEVEL. WHERE, WHERE? CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, SUSIE WAS LIKE IN THE 60S TO BE AN A, AND NOW IT'S LIKE A 88%. 60 88% IS NOW AN A, SO THAT'S A HUGE CHANGE. THAT'S A HUGE. WITH THE PROGRAMS OF STUDY COMING INTO PLACE AND THE SUN SETTING OF COURSES, YOU KNOW WHERE BEFORE A LOT BLESS YOU. WHERE A LOT OF YOUR IBCS COULD BE DONE WITHOUT EVEN TAKING ANY COURSE. RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHY TIA WAS CLOSING THAT GAP IN MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS WERE NOT AND DISTRICTS WERE NOT PLAYING THE SYSTEM. BUT IT THAT'S GOING TO HURT OUR NUMBERS TOO WITH THOSE SUNSETTING COURSES. SO BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE THE GAINS. BLESS YOU. WOW. EVERYBODY'S SNEEZING AND COUGHING AROUND HERE. AS FAR AS PAGE TEN. THE. YOU KNOW, WE DO SEE THAT THIRD GRADE IS STRUGGLING. AND YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, USUALLY WE SEE MUCH MORE RED. WHILE THAT MIGHT TRUE, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THIRD GRADE AND WHAT ADJUSTMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO ADDRESS THIS. RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY SCARY SEEING ALL OF THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE THINGS WORK ITSELF OUT AND SO ON. BUT WHAT ADJUSTMENTS ARE BEING MADE? SO IF YOU CAN ARTICULATE THAT, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE CAMPUSES THAT ARE SEEN BACK TO BACK RED, RIGHT, OR NOT MAKING THOSE GAINS, NOT CHANGING OVER TO GREEN OR BLUE OR WHAT HAVE YOU. WHERE? WHAT ADJUSTMENTS ARE BEING MADE. OKAY ON PAGE 11. THE EXTENDED CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE DATA. THANK YOU, MISS PETRIE, FOR TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AS WELL AND FOR THE QUESTIONS YOU SUBMITTED. WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS, I WAS LIKE. HOLY HECK, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? BECAUSE IT'S NOT LABELED. AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANY OF THIS MEANS. SO JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND, YOU ARE SAYING ON THAT FIRST COLUMN, FOR EXAMPLE, THIRD GRADE 23 [00:50:09] BENCHMARK, THERE WAS 886 STUDENTS THAT RECEIVED A ZERO WRITING SCORE. CORRECT. AND YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO A FOUR CORRECT. OR IS IT A THREE OR WHAT IS IT? THE HEIST IS A FIVE, AND THEN THEY DOUBLE IT. SO IT'S IT'S TEN POINTS, SO IT'S A ZERO THROUGH FIVE RUBRIC. OKAY, SO FIVE IS WHAT, LIKE MASTERS, IF YOU WILL. RIGHT. YES, MA'AM. EQUIVALENT TO SO WHAT IS MEETS WHAT DO YOU HAVE. WHAT IS A MEET SCORE I WOULD SAY AT A MINIMUM OUR KIDS SHOULD BE GETTING A THREE. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO KNOW BECAUSE WHEN I SEE 886 STUDENTS RECEIVED A ZERO, I WONDER OUT OF HOW MANY STUDENTS. RIGHT? SO KNOWING THE ACTUAL AGAIN, WHOLE NUMBER, LIKE WE HAVE 2,003RD GRADE STUDENTS, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL KNOWING SOME CONTEXT INSTEAD OF SEEING IT IN ISOLATION. SO IF YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT THAT WOULD BE REALLY NICE BECAUSE THEN I CAN SEE OH, AND EVEN THE BREAKDOWN. RIGHT. 886. GOT A ZERO. BFD GOT A ONE. 7 MILLION. GOT A TWO OR A THREE, RIGHT? THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. SO WE CAN SEE THAT INFORMATION. IF YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME TONIGHT, BUT IF YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION FOR US. SO YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE THAN ONE SLIDE. RIGHT. SO IF YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF IT IT'S GOOD OR BAD. I SEE THE DECREASES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT OVERALL. AND HOW MANY STUDENTS AND ARE OUR STUDENTS MOVING BACK? YOU KNOW, DID THEY GET A FOUR AND NOW THEY'RE AT A ZERO? I MEAN, I WANT TO SEE WHAT THAT MOVEMENT AND THAT FLOW LOOKS LIKE, RIGHT, RIGHT. SO THAT WOULD BE GOOD INFORMATION TO HAVE. THAT IS GOOD FEEDBACK. THIS IS A NEW CHART THAT WE THAT WE PUT OUT I LOVE IT KEVIN THIS IS SO GREAT TO HAVE THIS THIS IS A STARTING POINT RIGHT. WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS BEFORE. AND OF COURSE WE DIDN'T DO THIS BEFORE BUT WE DIDN'T. WE NEVER TALKED ABOUT WRITING. SO THIS IS GREAT TO HAVE. SO PLEASE KNOW THAT IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FLESH IT OUT TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER FOR US TO UNDERSTAND AND FOR THE FOLKS OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND AS WELL. THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW. I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THAT INFORMATION, AND MAYBE I'LL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AT A LATER DATE. THANK YOU. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. PRIVILEGE OF GOING LAST. YOU'VE HEARD ALL THE CRITIQUES AND ALL THE TOUGH QUESTIONS AND EVEN SOME THAT I WOULD HAVE HAD. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A GREAT TEAM. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW GREAT THIS LOOKS. I MEAN, THESE NUMBERS ARE AMAZING. AGAIN, GOING BACK TO HOW WE STARTED OUT, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO OUR STAFF. AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN ECHOED BY EVERYBODY HERE ON THE BOARD. I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE WERE CRITICAL BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHO WE ARE, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, REALLY EXCITING NUMBERS. AND I THINK PUTTING SOME OF THE FEEDBACK ON JUST THE DATA REFERENCES TO MISS RUNKLE'S POINT EARLIER, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE DATA DRIVEN AND IT'S NOT JUST BASED ON ONE TEST OR ONE ASSESSMENT BUT REALLY GREAT JOB. THOROUGH. I'M EXCITED FOR WHERE WE'RE HEADED. PERSONALLY, CLASS OF 2024, SHOUT OUT TO YOU GUYS. I MAY HAVE A SON GRADUATING THIS YEAR, BUT ANYWAY, SO YEAH, IT'S NICE TO SEE THOSE CMR'S, YOU KNOW, PERCENTAGES COMING UP. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL. SO AGAIN, GREAT JOB. I KNOW YOU HAD LOTS OF GREAT QUESTIONS THAT WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING SOME OF THAT TO US AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. HEY, I WANT TO THANK KEVIN AND THE CNI TEAM FOR GETTING THIS THESE NUMBERS TOGETHER. AND I DO SEE A LOT OF POSITIVE GROWTH. AND I SEE AREAS THAT THAT WE WE CAN WORK ON, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. BUT I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS OF BEING A SUPERINTENDENT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT ONE OF MY DISTRICTS HAS EARNED A ONE IN RDA ACROSS THE BOARD. THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT'S EVER HAPPENED. SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. THAT'S VERY HARD TO DO. AND AND I IT JUST DAWNED ON ME IN 20 YEARS, I DON'T THINK THAT'S EVER HAPPENED. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOCTOR. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, TEAM WE ARE MOVING ON TO LETTER K CONSENT AGENDA. [K. CONSENT AGENDA ] DOES ANYBODY NEED ANYTHING PULLED? I'M LOOKING TO MY LEFT. I AM LOOKING TO MY RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE MOVING ON. LOOK AT THIS. GOOD JOB. TEAM. WE'RE MOVING INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS NOW. [L.1. Conduct an election for Place 4 of the Education Service Center, Region 13 Board] ITEM L ONE. CONDUCT AN ELECTION FOR PLACE FOUR OF THE EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER, REGION 13. THIS IS A BOARD MATTER. ANY QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT. MISS PETRIE. OKAY, I NOTICED IN OUR DICE FOLDER THAT WE HAD [00:55:06] SOME RESUMES COME TWO ANYWAY. YES, I APOLOGIZE. I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT. THE BOARD. SO THIS IS THE EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER. IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANY OF THESE PEOPLE, I MEAN, I ASSUME. I MEAN, I CAN READ A RESUME AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE A MAKE A RECOMMENDATION WHEN WE COME TO VOTE FOR THIS. BUT I WOULD. LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OPINIONS OR KNOWS ANYBODY ABOUT THIS. OKAY. AND LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS A BOARD MATTER, SO WE CAN. WE CAN PLAN TO VOTE NEXT WEEK, BUT ARE THERE ANY OTHER RESUMES OR IS THIS THE ONLY ONES WE HAVE? OKAY, SO THE PEOPLE DOWN HERE, THE WE JUST CARE ABOUT PLACE FOR WE DON'T CARE ABOUT PLACE. OH WELL PLACE ONE AND SEVEN DON'T OKAY. SO JUST PLACE FOR HAS THE HAS TWO PEOPLE RUNNING. GOT IT. OKAY. AND WE HAVE ONE INCUMBENT AND ONE NEWCOMER. GOT IT OKAY. RIGHT. THAT'S ALL. THANKS MISS OROSCO. YOU KNOW, I CANNOT REMEMBER EVER VOTING FOR THIS BEFORE. IS THIS NEW DOCTOR RIGHT? IT'S JUST RARE THAT THERE'S A CONTESTED ELECTION. USUALLY, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD. AND SO IT IT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD THING THAT WE HAVE SOME COMPETITION THIS YEAR, BUT WE HAVEN'T I DON'T THINK SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE HAD A CONTESTED CONTESTED RACE SINCE 2016 WHEN I GOT ON THE BOARD. I DON'T REMEMBER EVER COMING TO US. SO IT IS A BOARD MATTER. SO WE COULD TAKE ACTION OR NOT TAKE ACTION. THAT IS WHATEVER THE WILL OF THE BOARD IS. SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE RESUMES OF, OF THESE TWO, AND JUST WANTED MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN TAKE ACTION OR NOT, WHICH WE HAVE DONE FOR OTHER ITEMS THAT OUR BOARD MATTER AS WELL. THANK YOU. WE'RE READY. LOOKING TO MY LEFT. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, TEAM, WE ARE MOVING ON. ITEM L2. [L.2. Consideration and possible adoption of a resolution regarding Superintendent of the Year Nomination] WE'RE ON PAGE 27. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION REGARDING SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR NOMINATION. LOOKING OVER TO MY LEFT. WE. I MISS MISS OROSCO. I LOOKED TO MY RIGHT, MISS OROSCO. HE WAS STILL COUNTING HIS AWARDS BACK THERE. WAS DESIGNING THE DISPLAY CASE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EXPAND IT, I KNEW IT. I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE TEAM TOO. AND JERI SKROCKI OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY, WHICH IS A SEPARATE SORT OF DIVISION. SHE'S CHIEF OF OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY. THEY ALSO PLAYED AN ESSENTIAL ROLE. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED HER NAME, BUT I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT'S ALSO WE'RE KIND OF WE'RE DOING SOMETHING NEW WITH OUR COMMUNICATION AND SAFETY AND THE NEW BUILDING. WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM. SO IT MAY BE A FIRST IN TEXAS, BUT WE THINK THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION WE DO IS OUR CRISIS STUFF. SO THAT'S KIND OF THAT. SO ANYWAY, SORRY A LITTLE OFF TOPIC, BUT YES, WE DO HAVE A RESOLUTION HERE TO NOMINATE DOCTOR ERIC WRIGHT FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR. THIS IS ONE OF THE COMPONENTS THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THIS NOMINATION. THE MAIN THE MAIN NOMINATING DOCUMENT, IF YOU WILL. IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE DID THE BOARD. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DID THE BOARD, WE HAD, LIKE A 100 PAGE BOOKLET. I WAS KIND OF HOPING WE COULD DO THAT, BECAUSE I'VE GOT AT LEAST A HUNDRED PAGES OF AWESOME STUFF TO TALK ABOUT, AND THAT ERIC'S DONE DOCTOR. RIGHT? BUT THAT IS NOT HOW THIS ONE WORKS. THIS ONE WORKS WITH A FORM FOR A GENERAL DISTRICT TWO PAGE FORM, THEN A ACADEMIC SCORES FORM, AND THEN THERE'S A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD, AND THEN THERE'S A LETTER FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT THAT WILL WRITE. BUT IT CAN ONLY BE SIX PAGES LONG, AND IT HAS TO BE A CERTAIN SIZE FONT WITH ONE AND A HALF SPACES AND ONE INCH MARGINS. SO THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO SQUEEZE 100 PAGES WORTH OF STUFF IN LIKE THREE POINT FONT ONTO, YOU KNOW, TABLOID PAPER. BUT ANYWAY, SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE RESOLUTION. MR. OROSCO I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I'M JUST SUPER EXCITED THAT IT'S FINALLY COMING TO US, RIGHT? I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO NOMINATE DOCTOR WRIGHT SINCE HE WALKED IN THE DOOR, BUT THERE'S CRITERIA THAT HAS TO BE MET. AND I KNOW WHEN I WAS PRESIDENT, I WANTED TO NOMINATE HIM FOR IT. HE HAD NOT BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH FOR HIM TO BE INCLUDED. SO WE KIND OF HAD TO WAIT. AND THEN WE HAD THE PANDEMIC AND SO ON. SO IT IS A LONG TIME COMING, DOCTOR WRIGHT, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE LEADING OUR DISTRICT. [01:00:07] THERE IS NOBODY BETTER TO LEAD OUR DISTRICT. AND I HAVE BEEN IN THIS DISTRICT FOR OVER 20 YEARS, SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS COME TO US. AND I WAS GOING TO SAY, TIM, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU MANAGE TO KEEP IT THIS SHORT, BUT KNOWING THAT THERE IS SET CRITERIA FOR THE RESOLUTION AND IT'S A TEMPLATE KIND OF THING, AND WE CAN'T REALLY DEVIATE, LIKE FOR OUR HONOR BOARD, WHEN WE DID GET NOMINATED AND BECAME AN HONOR BOARD IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHERE YOU HAD THAT BEAUTIFUL PACKET, WE CAN'T DO THAT FOR DOCTOR WRIGHT. SO MAYBE THAT COULD JUST BE LIKE AN ADDENDUM THAT WE POST ON OUR WEB SITE. WE CAN YEAH. IT SAYS IT SAYS NO OTHER PAGES WILL BE SUBMITTED. AND YOU KNOW WHAT I LIKE TO DO BECAUSE WE IN THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT LIKE TO DO VISUAL AND. YES. AND I THINK PEOPLE LIKE TO SEE PICTURES AND EXAMPLES AND LINKS. AND WE DID THAT WITH THE BOARD FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS. THIS ACTUALLY ALSO SAYS WE CAN SUBMIT THREE PICTURES. ONE HEADSHOT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, ONE ONE PHOTO OF HIM INTERACTING WITH STUDENTS, AND WE HAVE TO SUBMIT ONE OF HIM WITH THE BOARD, WHICH WE WILL TAKE NEXT WEEK. SO WE WERE GOING TO DO IT TONIGHT, BUT WILL'S NOT HERE, SO SO SO BE BE PREPARED NEXT WEEK FOR JUST A GROUP PHOTO THAT WE'LL HAVE OF THE BOARD WITH WITH DOCTOR WRIGHT FOR THE SUBMISSION. COURTNEY, WE SHOULD BE SO LUCKY. YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE HONOR BOARD PICTURE. THAT WAS DURING MASK TIME. WE HAD TO, LIKE, SPREAD EVERYBODY OUT. YEAH. YES, WE HAD MASK AND WE HAD NO WARNING, SO AT LEAST WE'RE GETTING A WEEK'S NOTICE. CAN YOU PUT IT ON OUR CALENDAR, MISS BARBARA? A REMINDER, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL GOING TO FORGET ABOUT THAT. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY WANT US TO CONSIDER DOING SOME TYPE OF ADDENDUM FOR OUR WEBSITE. I DON'T CALL IT AN ADDENDUM, BUT DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT DOCTOR WRIGHT SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT DOCTOR WRIGHT HAS DONE FOR OUR DISTRICT, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY. NOW THAT HE'S ALL OVER THE PLACE, IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO SHOWCASE AND HIGHLIGHT ALL THE WORK HE HAS DONE, ALL THE PARTNERSHIPS. WE CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON AND ON. I KNOW ALL THE TIME WE DO SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION AND WE RENEW HIS CONTRACT. LIKE WE CAN ONLY TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO SAY SOME OF THE ACCOLADES THAT HE HAS. BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO CAPTURE ALL OF THAT. SO PLEASE DON'T I THINK. YEAH, THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY I WAS GOING TO SAY IT'S A CHALLENGE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING A BIG BOOK TOGETHER. BUT THE BOOK ON THE BOARD AND THE SUBMISSION, IT JUST SORT OF CAME TOGETHER. AND IT WAS AS LONG AS IT WAS LONG. YES, BECAUSE OF ALL THE STUFF WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS. AND I HAVE IDEAS AND IF Y'ALL THINK OF ANY IDEAS, JUST EMAIL ME, BECAUSE I'M COMPILING SORT OF A LIST OF TOPICS, IF YOU WILL. AND IT'S GOING TO BE WAY LONGER THAN WE COULD EXPLAIN AND EXPAND ON IN. SIX PAGES. SO THEN I'M GOING TO KIND OF WRITE IT. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO JUST EDIT OUT AND WE'LL GET IN THERE WITH THE THIS, YOU KNOW, SURGICAL SCALPEL ON EVERY LITTLE WORD THAT WE USE TO TRY TO SQUEEZE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN INTO THE SIX PAGES. SO IT'S ALMOST HARDER TO WRITE A SHORTER VERSION THAN IT WOULD BE. BUT THEY HAVE VERY SPECIFIC RULES, AND I DON'T WANT TO RISK US GETTING BOOTED OUT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS. THE DIRECTIONS FOLLOW THE RULE. LET'S DO THAT. BUT AFTER NO THAT'S NOT I'LL HAVE. YEAH. AND WE'LL HAVE THAT BIG ONE THAT WILL SHOWCASE AND HIGHLIGHT EVERYTHING. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A BIG ONE. AND THEN WE CAN PUT THAT ON THE WEB. AND THEN I'LL USE HIGHLIGHT, PUBLISH IT ON THE WEBSITE. I DON'T WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE AND SAY, OH, YOU DIDN'T FOLLOW THE RULES. AND NOW ALL OUR JUDGES SAW THE ONE ON YOUR WEBSITE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YEAH, I'D BE DISQUALIFIED FOR ANY REASON. SO KEEP IT UNDER WRAPS UNTIL WE SUBMIT EVERYTHING. AND WE COULD GET ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES IN LOS ANGELES LIKE THEY DO FOR THE OSCARS, WHERE THEY GO AND THEY GET UP THE JET, AND I'M JUST KIDDING. WE DON'T NEED THAT BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO WIN IT BECAUSE HE'S AWESOME AND IT'S CRYSTAL CLEAR. AND I CAN I CAN SAY THAT IN YES. WELL, AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. TIM, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO WHEN THE BOARD SAID, LET'S DO THIS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME, SO THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT, MISS PETRIE? YES. THANK YOU. DECEMBER 7TH. 2017 IS A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY FOR HAYS CISD, BECAUSE THAT'S THE DAY WE HIRED DOCTOR WRIGHT, AND IT'S ALSO THE DAY IT SNOWED IN OUR COUNTY, AND THE DAY THE GUY BACKED INTO MY BRAND NEW JEEP THAT I HAD FOR A WEEK REMEMBERS. BECAUSE HE GOT HER. YEAH, HE GOT HER. I WAS SITTING IN THERE WITH AN DIXON ON A CONFERENCE CALL ABOUT CLOSING FOR SNOW. I'M JUST WE HAVE BEEN WANTING TO DO THIS FOR SOME TIME. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HONOR YOU. YES, YOU NEED TO WIN. I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED THAT WHEN HE DOES WIN, THEY'RE GOING TO START KNOCKING ON HIS DOOR EVEN MORE THAN THEY ALREADY ARE TO TRY TO RECRUIT HIM AWAY. BUT WE'LL WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT. [01:05:01] I THINK YOU HAVE YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE POSITION A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS TO APPLY. AND THEN ONCE YOU WIN, YOU CAN'T LEAVE THAT POSITION, RETIRE OR ANYTHING 20 YEARS FOR 15 YEARS AFTERWARDS. PERFECT. PERFECT. THAT IS THAT IS THE DEAL. OKAY. WELL, NOW THAT I KNOW THAT I AM MORE IN FAVOR OF DOING THIS YES. I'M SAD THAT WHEN I WAS PRESIDENT, WE DIDN'T GET TO DO THIS FOR SURE. BUT IT WAS KIND OF A WONKY TIME. AND I'D HATE THAT. IT'S THIS RIGID THING I'M WITH MISS OROSCO. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING? I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE ONE OF THOSE AMAZING VIDEOS THAT MOSES DOES. AND YOU NARRATE IT WITH YOUR SILKY SMOOTH RADIO VOICE. JIM, I CAN SEE IT NOW. IT'D BE AMAZING. AND IT CAN BE ON OUR. AND MAYBE THAT'S WHEN HE WINS. IT'S LIKE THE RIGHT THIS MINUTE. TIM SAVOY VERSION. WHERE BECAUSE HE'S NOT GOING TO WANT TO TALK ABOUT HIMSELF WHEN HE WINS THIS. ANYWAY, WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF OURSELVES. I'M SUPER PUMPED ABOUT THIS. I'M SO GLAD THAT THIS DAY HAS COME AND I'M HELPFUL. I'M GLAD THAT YOUR SCHEDULE IS IN A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN DO IT. YES, YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WHEN HE WINS IT, WE'LL HAVE THAT VIDEO CALLED RIGHT ON. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LOOKING AROUND, SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, DOCTOR WRIGHT WHISPERED INTO MY EAR A LITTLE WHILE AGO HOW AWKWARD THIS WAS. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE'S PRETTY HUMBLE. LINDA. DOCTOR, I WE KNOW WE GIVE YOU SOME, SOME TOUGH CRITIQUE AS WELL, SO PLEASE TAKE THIS AS A SHOUT AND A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE THAT WE ALL BELIEVE IN YOU, SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. SAVOY. ALL RIGHT MOVING ON TO L THREE. [L.3. Consideration and possible approval of an Interlocal Agreement between Hays CISD and the Lower Colorado River Authority] CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN HAYS CISD AND THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY. WE HAVE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION IN YOUR DYESS FOLDER. AND THIS IS AN ITEM BROUGHT TO US BY JERRY SKROCKI. SO, MISS SKROCKI, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US A QUICK RUNDOWN ON THIS ONE? CHIEF SKROCKI, EVERYBODY. GOOD EVENING. I ALSO BOUGHT MISS NORRIS UP WITH ME BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN MY RIGHT HAND IN ALL OF THIS. WHEN WE STARTED SEEING A LOT OF THE SAFETY INCENTIVES THAT WERE REALLY BEING ADDRESSED WITH ALL OF US, WE REALIZED VERY QUICKLY WITH MY COMMUNICATIONS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT OUR RADIO PLATFORM WAS BECOMING OUT OF DATE PRETTY RAPIDLY. TECHNOLOGY WITH EVERYTHING IS GOING TO ALWAYS INCREASE. SO WE DID PREPARE DURING OUR BOND PREPARATION IN OUR TALKS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING WHAT WE WERE GOING TO NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO INTERFACE WITH OUR LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS, THE RADIOS THAT WE UTILIZE IN OUR FLEET, WHICH IS OUR BUS TRANSPORTATION, AS WELL AS THE RADIOS USED BY OUR STAFF AT OUR CAMPUSES, HAVE THE ABILITY, AND THEY'RE THE SAME RADIO THAT ARE ACTUALLY USED BY OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, FIRE, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMS. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHAT YOU'RE FINDING IS THAT CURRENTLY YOU'RE DEALING WITH A WITH A WITH A 700 BANDWIDTH. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE ARE INCREASING THAT SO THAT OUR FOOTPRINT IN BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS, WITH THEM IN THE EVENT OF A CRISIS, BUT ALSO IN THE EVENT THAT THEY ARE IN OUR BUILDINGS, THEY HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE AS THEY ARE COMING TO ASSIST IN ANY KIND OF A CRISIS. AS WE KNOW, WITH ANY KIND OF RADIO INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE LIMITED BY CONCRETE, METAL AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH THAT. BUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE ANTICIPATED THESE NEEDS WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THEM, AND BOTH IN OUR OUR GRANT PACKAGES AS WELL AS OUR BOND, WE, WE PREPPED FOR THIS. AND SO THAT BEING SAID, OUR BIGGEST GOAL IN ALL OF THIS IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO A THOROUGH ASSESSMENT OF ALL OF OUR CAMPUS AREAS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE GETTING THE BEST COVERAGE THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN. SO IMAGINE IN A PERFECT WORLD, RIGHT. AND I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF TRY TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS I CAN, IS THAT EACH OF THESE BUILDINGS HAS ITS OWN ABILITY. JUST LIKE IF YOU HAVE YOUR RADIO ANTENNA IN YOUR BEDROOM, RIGHT? YOU MAY BE ADJUST IT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE GOT IT IN THE BEST POSITION SO THAT YOU GET THE BEST RECEPTION THAT YOU POSSIBLY CAN. WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT TO SEE WHERE THOSE ANTENNAS OR THOSE BOOSTS NEED TO BE DONE, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING THE BEST COVERAGE. IMAGINE AS WELL, AS OFFICERS ARE RUNNING DOWN THE STREETS, THEY'RE ALSO GETTING A BOOST FROM AN ANTENNA THAT'S ON ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS MANAGE. SO US IN BEING ABLE TO GET GOOD, QUICK COMMUNICATION WITH EVERYONE. SO STEPHANIE WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS WITH JULIA CROWE WITH LCRA. SHE'S BEEN WONDERFUL IN ALL OF THIS AS WELL AS ANSON AND EVERYONE. BUT OUR GOAL IN THIS IS REALLY TO SUBCONTRACT WITH LCRA, WHO ARE RADIO EXPERTS, TO UTILIZE THEIR [01:10:09] OUTSOURCING COMPANIES TO GIVE US THAT BID, IF YOU WILL, ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WHERE WE NEED TO PLACE IT. WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE THE ANTENNAS NEED TO GO. AND THEN FROM THERE, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS START INCORPORATING WHERE THAT TRIAGE NEEDS TO HAPPEN, WHAT LOCATIONS ARE MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE THE WEAKEST. AND THEN FROM THERE WE WOULD START THE SYSTEMATIC REPLACEMENT OF OUR FLEET. WELL, FIRST OUR HANDHELDS, WHICH ARE THE PORTABLE ONES THAT YOU'LL OFTEN SEE ADMIN OR LAW ENFORCEMENT CARRYING. I THINK SAM'S PROBABLY GOT ONE ON HIS HIP IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. AND THEN OF COURSE WE WILL START TARGETING OUR FLEET VEHICLES AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. GRECH. I LOOK OVER MY LEFT. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. LOOKING OVER TO MY RIGHT, MR. FLORES JR. YOU TALKED ABOUT AN ASSESSMENT. JUST, YOU KNOW IN ALL AREAS OF OUR DISTRICT. LIKE, HOW LONG WOULD THAT TAKE TO JUST DO THAT OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS. SO OUR GOAL IN THIS WAS WE WERE GIVING THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE US THE BIDS BY THE END OF MAY. IS THAT CORRECT? AND THEN WHAT OUR TARGET IS, IS TO DO THAT THIS SUMMER AND START ANTICIPATING GOING IN AND LOOKING AT ALL THOSE BUILDINGS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME ROOF CLIMBING AND ALL THAT STUFF. SO WE'RE WE REALLY WANTED THEM TO DO IT WHEN IT WAS HOT AS POSSIBLE ON THE ROOF. AND AS YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN AREA THAT PEOPLE MIGHT OVERLOOK IN REGARDS TO SAFETY AND TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF, I MEAN, NOT OR THIS WASN'T DONE RIGHT. WHAT COULD BE THE CONSEQUENCES ESSENTIALLY, AS FAR AS COMMUNICATION IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATE TO DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND ETC.. SO FROM MY HISTORY AND MY EXPERIENCE, WHAT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU AS AN OFFICER WHO IS CALLING FOR HELP OR NEEDS FIRE EMS NEEDS IT NEEDS SOMEBODY TO ASSIST. THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN TRYING TO COMMUNICATE ON THAT RADIO, AND IT'S LIKE A BRICK THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE BETTER OFF THROWING IT AT THE WALL THAN YOU ARE USING IT. AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE THAT WE MAKE INSTANTANEOUS EFFORTS TO GET PEOPLE TO US AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO RUN TO A WINDOW. WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO BE TEXTING, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PUSH THAT MIC AND BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE TO US AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, JERRY, FOR ANSWERING THAT. JUST SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND THOSE LISTENING, CAN UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF OF OF APPROVING THIS. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AS WELL. MR.. ALL RIGHT. TEAM. YEAH. JERRY, I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. I JUST POPPED UP IN MY HEAD THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE CYCLE ON OUR RADIOS. WHO DO WE HANDLE THAT? FIRST OF ALL, IS THAT SO WHAT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU IS RICHARD OVER IN OUR FLEET AND WORKS FOR TRANSPORTATION IS MY GO TO. MR. RODRIGUEZ HAS BEEN HANDLING THAT AS OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED. HE'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB. WE'VE BEEN PIECEMEALING OUR RADIOS TOGETHER FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. WE ACTUALLY HAVE NOW AN INVENTORY PROCESS. WE WE PICK THEM UP IN THE SUMMER. WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE ANTICIPATING ALL OF THOSE THINGS. BUT THEY'RE AT THE END OF THEIR LIFE CYCLE. THEY'RE 100% AT THE END OF THEIR LIFE CYCLE, LIKE WE. BUT I DO HAVE DISTRICTS WHO ARE SAYING, HEY, WE'LL BUY YOUR OLD RADIOS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, IS PIECING THEM TOGETHER. WE'RE JUST TOO BIG TO CONTINUE ON THAT WE WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH. AND IT'S IT'S THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE. AND I WILL TELL YOU. IS THAT WHAT YOU'LL FIND ON THE BANDWIDTH OF THE RADIOS THAT WE'RE USING? ULTIMATELY FCC IS GOING TO OPEN UP THOSE BANDWIDTHS. AND SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THOSE ARE GOING TO BE OPEN BANDS AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THEY'LL START SELLING THEM TO BUSINESSES AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO WANT TO USE IT, LIKE MAYBE A TRUCKING COMPANY OR A CONCRETE COMPANY. AND SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IS OUR, OUR, OUR BANDS AREN'T GOING TO BE SECURE. AND THEY NEED TO BE. WE DON'T NEED PEOPLE TO KNOW WHERE OUR BUSSES ARE OR WHERE SOMETHING IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP CONFIDENTIAL. AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF GOING TO THIS. THIS SERIES AS WELL, IS BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF THE ISSUES WITH THE FCC. AND I'LL JUST SAY THIS. OUR RADIO IS ACTUALLY BEING PHASED OUT BY LCRA. IT IS OLD TECHNOLOGY. I SAW THIS COMING. AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO ANTICIPATE AND PLAN FOR. AND LUCKILY, WE'RE AHEAD OF THE CURVE. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, TEAM, WE ARE MOVING ON. [L.4. Consideration and possible approval of the purchase of Barbering Equipment and Supplies for Hays High School CTE - Kaemark] ITEM L FOUR, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF BARBERING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR THE HAYS HIGH SCHOOL CTE. AND THIS IS BROUGHT TO US BY MARIVEL SEDILLO. WE GOT SOME SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION IN OUR DIESE FOLDERS. LOOKING OVER HERE TO MY RIGHT, MISS PETRI HAS A QUESTION. SO, MISS SADIE, ARE YOU COMING UP TO THE. MICROPHONE FOR US. AND MISS MITCHELL. ALL RIGHT, MR. PETRIE. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT, MISS MITCHELL. YOU DIDN'T INTRODUCE YOURSELF EARLIER. SO THIS IS OUR AMAZING CTE DIRECTOR, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW. OH. THANK YOU. SHE SAYS SHE'S RETIRING, ALTHOUGH I'M NOT SURE WE SHOULD LET HER LEAVE, BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. [01:15:07] I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THIS BETTER, SO I DID SUBMIT SOME QUESTIONS. I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSES I GOT AND JUST YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS. THIS. WHILE IT'S NOT AN IMMEDIATE NEED, THE FACT THAT WE CAN DO THIS NOW AND SAVE SOME MONEY BECAUSE IT'LL BE 30, 30%, PROBABLY MORE EXPENSIVE. IT KEEPS GETTING. EVERYTHING'S GOING UP. I APPRECIATE THE THE CREATIVE SOLUTION TO USE GRANT FUNDS. WE KNOW WE'RE IN KIND OF A BUDGET SHORTFALL HERE, AND WE HAVE SOME GRANT FUNDS THAT CAN BE UTILIZED TO DO THIS. AND FRANKLY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BARBERING AT LEHMAN. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BARBERING AT JOHNSON. ONCE THE EXPANSION IS DONE. AND SO HAYS IS GOING TO BE LIKE, WHAT ABOUT US? WE GOT KIDS. YOU SAID REMIND ME THE NUMBERS OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ENROLLED NOW VERSUS THE STUDENTS THAT ARE. SO WE ACTUALLY STARTED THE FRESHMAN CLASS THIS YEAR BECAUSE YOU CAN GO THE FIRST ONE MAYBE TWO YEARS. THAT'S MOSTLY BOOKWORK. SO WE STARTED THE CLASS THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH THE FRESHMEN. WE HAVE 23 OF THEM THAT WILL CONTINUE TO THE SOPHOMORE CLASS NEXT YEAR THAT HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED. AND WE HAVE 44 EIGHTH GRADERS THAT ARE REGISTERED ALREADY FOR NEXT YEAR TO BE FRESHMEN IN THE CLASS. PERFECT. SO WE'RE GROWING THE PROGRAM. YEAH. SO WE'RE GROWING IT. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO AND AND REMIND ME IT'S WHEN THEY'RE JUNIORS IS WHEN THEY REALLY NEED THE BY THE TIME THEY'RE JUNIORS THEY REALLY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR OWN SPACE. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE COSMETOLOGY SIDE, BUT IT'S FULL ALL DAY. AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ONE AND A HALF TEACHERS THERE RIGHT NOW OF COSMETOLOGY. SO THAT SPACE IS FULL AND IT ONLY HAS 15 STATIONS. SO AND YOU HAVE 25 IN A CLASS. SO WE'RE FULL OVER THERE. WE REALLY NEED ANOTHER SPACE FOR BARBERING. AND SO THE PLAN IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'RE GOING TO RETROFIT AN OLDER CLASSROOM. SO WE CAN PROBABLY DO THIS OURSELVES. YEAH. IT'S AN OLD SCIENCE LAB. AND WHICH WHICH CONSTRUCTION GUYS. IT'S A BEING USED FOR BIOMED RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. WHEN YOU GO IN THE DOORS ON THE A BUILDING IN THE OR C BUILDING C BUILDING C BUILDING WHERE WE GO TO THE MEDIA ROOM. YEP. RIGHT. WHEN YOU GO IN TO THE LEFT YOU HAVE THE COSMETOLOGY. SO THIS ONE WILL BE RIGHT TO THE RIGHT STRAIGHT ACROSS THE HALL. IT'S BEING USED FOR BIOMED RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ALSO JUST REDID A BUNCH OF SCIENCE LABS. SO WE HAVE MORE SCIENCE SPACE NOW FOR THEM. RIGHT. THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT ROOM, IT'S A LAB, SO IT'S LARGE, BUT IT ALSO HAS WATER ALREADY, WHICH I THINK IS A BIG DEAL. BUT I'M NOT THE CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE. BUT I KNOW WHEN WE DID LEHMAN, WE RETROFITTED FOR BARBERING. IT HAD NO WATER, SO WE HAD TO, LIKE, JACKHAMMER DOWN THE HALL TO ADD WATER. SO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY CONSTRUCTION. IT'S PROBABLY MUCH EASIER TO ALREADY HAVE THAT WATER LINE THERE. AND IT'S ALREADY A LAB, SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION TO DO BECAUSE WE'RE BASICALLY JUST TAKING OUT THE COUNTER SPACE AND PUTTING IN THE FURNITURE. OKAY, BUT IF BECAUSE MR. CLEAVER HAS GOT A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS GOING ON. SO I KNOW THE TIMELINE SAID WE COULD DO IT THIS SUMMER, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DON'T ACTUALLY NEED TO DO IT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING YEAR. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WE DO HAVE SOME EXTRA PERKINS GRANT MONEY RIGHT NOW. NO, I'M SAYING I'M SAYING YOU BUY THE EQUIPMENT, BUT. SO THAT. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY. I MEAN, MAYBE THOSE THINGS GO HAND IN HAND BECAUSE OF COST. MAYBE IF THEY CAN'T DO THE CONSTRUCTION RIGHT AWAY, AT LEAST IF WE BUY THE FURNITURE WHILE WE HAVE THE MONEY, THE MONEY HAS TO BE SPENT AND THE FURNITURE IN OUR HANDS BY THE END OF JULY. CORRECT? STEPHANIE. SO WHILE WE HAD THE MONEY, I WOULD SUGGEST GO AHEAD AND BUY THE FURNITURE AND THEN AS SOON AS THEY CAN DO THE CONSTRUCTION. I KNOW THEY'RE VERY BUSY. THEY CAN GET THAT DONE. AND THIS QUOTE THAT'S IN OUR OUR FOLDER, MR. CLEAVER I'M GOING TO LOOK AT YOU IS DOES THIS INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION COSTS AS WELL AS EQUIPMENT COSTS, OR IS IT JUST KMART IS JUST THE FURNITURE INCLUDING THE DELIVERY AND SETUP? OKAY. SO THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR CONSTRUCTION. YES. OKAY. OKAY. BUT WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO IT OURSELVES AS WOULD BE. AND HAVE WE DONE THAT BEFORE. HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO WHEN WE RETROFITTED BEFORE. GOOD EVENING. DUNN. WHICH PART OURSELVES? I'M SORRY. SO I'M, I'M JUST HOPING WE CAN KIND OF DO THIS OURSELVES. INSTALL THE FURNITURE OR THE THE PROJECT ITSELF, THE SCIENCE LABS. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY ARCHITECTS AND ALL THE REST. THAT WAS THE PLAN. YES, MA'AM. WE'VE ALREADY ACTUALLY MET WITH HUCKABEE OUT THERE, AND THEY'VE DONE AT LEAST ONE, I THINK MAYBE TWO DESIGNS. AND I THINK YOU PICKED THE DESIGN YOU LIKE BEST, THE NUMBER ONE DESIGN. AND SO I MY UNDERSTANDING WAS WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO ADD THIS TO THE IF, IF, IF THE CONCEPT IS IS APPROPRIATE, WE'RE GOING TO ADD THIS TO THE HAYS HIGH SCHOOL GMP THAT WOULD BE BRINGING TO YOU IN APRIL. WE WOULD ADD THIS AS AN ALLOWANCE SO THAT WE COULD BRING THIS AND DELIVER THIS THIS SUMMER. [01:20:05] GOT IT. AM I MISSPEAKING IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. AND REMIND ME WHAT ELSE IS ON THAT GMP, THE HAYS HIGH SCHOOL WEIGHT ROOM. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S THAT'S HELPFUL. SO WE'LL. WE'LL KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS AT THAT REALLY SOON. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. I THINK THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MISS OROSCO. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND UTILIZING SOME OF THAT GRANT MONEY NOW AND THAT SALARY SAVINGS, IT'S REALLY SMART. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS STUFF AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET BECAUSE USUALLY THE COMPANY NEEDS TO INSTALL IT. RIGHT. AND THEY NEED TO SET IT UP OR, OR THE WARRANTY, YOU KNOW ISN'T ANY GOOD. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA TO GET A LEG UP ON THIS, RIGHT. AND GET IT STARTED. SO I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. GET IT. GET THE FURNITURE. LET'S GET IT STARTED. BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT SPACE CAN BE UTILIZED FOR OTHER THINGS. DEALING WITH BARBERING IN THE MEANTIME A GOOD PLACE FOR THEM TO GET THEIR FEET WET. MAYBE THEY'RE NOT USING EVERYTHING, BUT AGAIN, COST IS GOING TO BE CHEAPER NOW, SO I CAN SEE HOW THIS CAN WORK OUT. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GETTING THAT GRANT MONEY. AND UTILIZING THAT SALARY SAVINGS. STEPHANIE AND SUSIE, THANKS. THANK YOU. RIGHT LOOKING AROUND. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT, I THINK I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I TURN ON MY LIGHT HERE. ALL RIGHT, TEAM WE'RE MOVING INTO THE NEXT CLEAVER PORTION OF THE SHOW NOW ITEM L FIVE, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE [L.5. Consideration and possible approval of the Assignment of an Architect to provide Design Services through 50% Construction Documents (CD) for 2021 Bond-Interest-Earnings-funded Additions and Renovations at Barton Middle School, Chapa Middle School, Simon Middle School and Wallace Middle School] ASSIGNMENT OF AN ARCHITECT TO PROVIDE DESIGN SERVICES THROUGH 50% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR THE 2021 BOND INTEREST EARNING, FUNDED ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS AT BARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, CHAPEL MIDDLE SCHOOL, SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WALLACE MIDDLE SCHOOL. MR. CLEAVER, THIS IS ON PAGE 47. YEAH. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. THAT'S A VERY LONG TITLE. IT SURE IS. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SAID IT ALL THAT. YES, SIR. SO THE I GUESS THE CRUX OF THIS MATTER IS, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE NEW DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT THAT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, SOME ADDITIONAL STUDENTS COMING IN THE TEN YEAR PERIOD. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ADVANCE THE DESIGN OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ADDITIONS. WALLACE MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS ACTUALLY PREVIOUSLY ON THE 21 BOND, FOR INSTANCE. AND IT WAS REMOVED PRIOR TO THE BOND ACTUALLY COMING TO FRUITION. BUT PUT THESE BACK ON ADVANCE THE DESIGN, BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING A WE'RE DOING A BOND EVERY OTHER YEAR. THAT'S OUR PLAN. AND WE HAD A 2026 BOND PLANNED. AND THEN WHEN WE DECIDED TO NOT DO THE 26 BOND, WE EITHER HAD TO MOVE STUFF TO 25 OR TO 27. AND SO IN ORDER TO DELIVER THESE SCHOOLS BY 2029 AND SYNC THAT UP WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL FOR AND THAT THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL TYPO IN HERE. I HAD WRITTEN HIGH SCHOOL FIVE, ITS COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL FOUR OR HIGH SCHOOL FIVE IF YOU COUNT LIVE OAK. BUT THE CONCEPT WOULD BE TO ADVANCE THOSE DESIGNS SO THAT WE SYNC THAT UP, SYNC UP THE THOSE ADDITIONS, AND BUY US A LITTLE BIT OF, OF TIME SO THAT WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO BUILD MIDDLE SCHOOL SEVEN UNTIL THE TIME COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL FOUR COMES ONLINE. SO WE ONLY HAVE ONE GIANT ZONING ACTION. AND I ONLY HAVE TO DO THAT ONE TIME. AND SO THE ASK HERE IS TO HIRE OCR TO DO THE DESIGNS THROUGH ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 50% CDD SO THAT WE ARE SHOVEL READY FOR THAT 2025 BOND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'LL LOOK OVER HERE TO MY LEFT, MR. SEVERANCE. YEAH. THANKS, MAX. I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS TO US. YOU KNOW, I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THIS ARCHITECT ARCHITECTURE BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET TO A BOND. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE US DOING THIS. I KNOW WE HAVE THE CADENCE. IN THE PAST, WE'RE DOING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, HAVE BEEN DOING ARCHITECTURAL FEES FOR THOSE AHEAD OF WHEN WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED THEM. THIS KIND OF FEELS LIKE IT'S KIND OF THE SAME, THE SAME THING. SO I'M CURIOUS, WOULD IT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE DO THIS AS A BOND REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION INSTEAD OF A BOND INTEREST? GO, MAYBE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS IN THE NEXT BOND, MAYBE WE WE CAN PAY FOR IT NOW, BUT THEN REIMBURSE OURSELVES LIKE WE'VE DONE WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST BEFORE. AND SOME ARCHITECT FEES, I BELIEVE, A WHILE AGO. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, WE COULD MAYBE LOOK TO DO FOR, FOR THIS FOR THIS ITEM INSTEAD OF USING BOND INTEREST MONEY. I THINK WE COULD, BUT I THINK THE CONCEPT IS, YOU KNOW, WE WE USUALLY CAME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND FOR THOSE ITEMS. [01:25:02] AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT IS NOT A GOOD FUNDING SOURCE. AND SO WE WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND TRYING TO DO DO INTEREST EARNINGS. NOW WHAT WE ARE CHECKING ON IS CAN WE COULD WE DO A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION ON THE INTEREST EARNINGS. RIGHT. THAT WOULD BE YOU'LL CHECK IN LOOK INTO THAT. YES SIR. OKAY. THAT'S IT I MEAN I LOVE DOING THIS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT I KNOW WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT COSTING AND PRICING AND HOW EXPENSIVE THINGS CAN BE, BUT THE MORE THAT WE CAN DO WITH THE PLANNING ON THE FRONT SIDE, I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE CAN GET THE COST ON THE FRONT SIDE. AND SO I'M A BIG SUPPORTER OF THIS. I THINK, YOU KNOW, EITHER WAY THAT WE DO IT, I THINK IT'S GREAT. BUT IF WE COULD UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT AS A RESOLUTION, I'D PROBABLY LIKE TO DO THAT IF, IF IT'S POSSIBLE ON THE BACK TO THE BOND SIDE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR THAT. THANKS, MAX, I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT, MISS RUNKLE. THANK YOU, MR. CLEAVER. OKAY, SO SAY WE DID NOT HOLD OFF ON MIDDLE SCHOOL. SEVEN. WHAT IS IT ON THE PLAN FOR NOW? IF WE'RE NOT DOING THIS. WHAT YEAR? MIDDLE SCHOOL SEVEN. WE WOULD NEED TO ADVANCE IT. I BELIEVE WE WOULD NEED TO PUT MIDDLE SCHOOL SEVEN ON THE 25 BOND. SO IT'S IT'S WE NEED THE SEATS AT MIDDLE SCHOOL SEVEN. AND IT SEEMS LESS DISRUPTIVE TO BUILD THE SEATS AT THE EXISTING MIDDLE SCHOOLS, THE SIX SCHOOLS, THAN TO BUILD THAT SEVENTH. AND SO THAT WAS THE CONCEPT AROUND BRINGING THOSE UP TO THE 1200 CAPACITY LEVEL. I'M JUST REAL CONCERNED ABOUT THE CAPACITY AT MCCORMICK MIDDLE SCHOOL AND AT SIMON. AND, YOU KNOW, BOTH OF THEM. BUT MCCORMICK SPECIFICALLY, I MEAN, WE'RE ALREADY I MEAN, WE'RE ALREADY UP THERE. AND SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS, I MEAN, BUILDING WISE. BUT, I MEAN, THERE'S THINGS WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO ADDRESS FROM AN ACADEMIC STANDPOINT, MR.. SEDILLO FOR CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION WITH THAT MANY STUDENTS ON CAMPUS. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT MCCORMICK STRUGGLES NOW WITH THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT THEY HAVE IN STAFFING. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO ADDRESS HOW WE ACCOMMODATE THAT MANY STUDENTS WITH STAFFING AT THOSE CAMPUSES AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THAT PLAN IS. YES, MA'AM. ON PAGE 48 YOU CAN SEE THE CHART THAT KIND OF SHOWS THE GROWTH, RIGHT. AND THERE'S A PARAGRAPH OR A SENTENCE ACTUALLY THAT SAYS ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE COULD DO IS CONSIDER SOME PRE ZONING. SO IN OTHER WORDS WHERE PEOPLE DON'T LIVE NOW. YEAH. WHERE THERE'S NO HOUSES. NOW YOU COULD SAY IF A HOUSE YOU KNOW IS BUILT HERE IT WILL GO TO X, Y Z CAMPUS. SO WE COULD DO SOME PRE ZONING OUT OF MCCORMICK AND SIMON. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD, YOU KNOW POTENTIALLY TALK TO THE DEMOGRAPHER ABOUT. YEAH I MEAN I THINK THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD. IF THAT'S WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT QUITE INTO THE INTO THE DISTRICT YET. BUT ALSO I STILL WANT TO SEE HOW CURRICULUM IS GOING TO ADDRESS THAT, THAT NUMBER OF KIDS, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND HAVE THIS MANY KIDS OVER CAPACITY. I MEAN, MCCORMICK, I MEAN, YOU SAID 2829. IS THAT WHEN WE'RE EXPECTING TO BUILD THIS OPEN? YES. WELL, TRYING TO SYNC IT UP IN 29 2930. OKAY. SO AT THAT, I'M SORRY. YES, MA'AM. TO BUILD THE ADDITIONS, WE WANT TO BRING THEM ON IN 27, 28 AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL. FOR IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. 7 IN 29. YEAH. SO AT THAT POINT, 2829 MCCORMICK IS AT 1892. THAT'S RIGHT. SO WE'D HAVE TO DO SOME PRE ZONING OUT OF A LOT OF STUDENTS. SO YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THAT PLAN IS. THAT'S REALLY ALL. AND LASTLY FOXX WHAT WAS FOLKS TAKE ON THIS. WHAT WAS THE CONVERSATION WITH THE FBS TEAM? I THINK THEY UNDERSTOOD THIS AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE SEATS ARE NEEDED, I BELIEVE. AND THERE WAS NO THERE WAS NO HESITATION AROUND IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU GUYS CAN JUST GIVE US WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHERS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR A PRE ZONING SCENARIO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. BUT ALSO, MISS LYDIA, IF YOU CAN LET US KNOW. ON YOUR SIDE, TOO. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MR. FLORES, I'M ACTUALLY JUST GOING TO ECHO WHAT TRUSTEE RUNKLE MENTIONED ABOUT MCCORMICK. THE POSSIBILITY OF MCCORMICK BEING GROSSLY OVERCAPACITY OVERCAPACITY ESSENTIALLY BY THE 25, 26 SCHOOL YEAR. AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO SUPPLEMENT THAT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PLAN SOONER RATHER THAN LATER AS TO WHERE KIDS WILL GO AND WHERE WE CAN MOVE THEM AROUND UNTIL THE 29, 30 SCHOOL YEAR. SO BECAUSE THAT COULD CERTAINLY AS, AS MR. RUNKLE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER QUALITY EDUCATION, RIGHT, WHICH IS OUR GOAL. AND THIS ALSO CAN BE SAID ABOUT SIMON TO A LESSER EXTENT HOW ARE WE GOING TO SUPPLEMENT THEM? AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING A BURDEN ON OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR EDUCATORS. SO IF THAT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, WORKED OUT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, AND TO HAVE A PLAN ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, IF WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO ALONG WITH HAVING MIDDLE SCHOOL [01:30:03] SEVEN READY BY 2930, THEN THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MISS PETRIE. ALL RIGHT, REMIND ME WE'VE GOT MCCORMICK RIGHT NOW, BUILT TO 1200 CAPACITY, AND WE WE CALL THAT. WHAT DO WE CALL THAT? LIKE OUR FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY? THAT'S RIGHT. BUT WHAT'S OUR MAXIMUM CAPACITY? SO THAT THAT NUMBER IS ABOUT 80%. SO YOU WOULD DO THE 1200 TIMES YOU KNOW, ANOTHER 20%. SO WHAT'S THAT? ANOTHER EIGHT? I'M NOT DOING PUBLIC MATH. YEAH. PUBLIC MATH MAKE ME DO THE PUBLIC MATH. YEAH. 1400 1440, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, MAYBE. OKAY, SO I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE FREAK OUT ABOUT JOHNSON, TOO. FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY AND MAXIMUM CAPACITY ARE DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT IT IS A CONCERN. AND RIGHT NOW, THIS 1192 NUMBER THAT'S ON OUR DYESS FOLDER. DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? I JUST SAID A MINUTE AGO, YEAH. 1192 IS THAT HER? IS THAT THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT THAT WHAT WE'RE THINKING? I WAS TRYING TO BRING UP KLAERNER CURRENT ENROLLMENT. I'M SORRY, WHICH WHICH NUMBER ARE YOU LOOKING AT? 48. YOU'VE GOT MCCORMICK AT 1192. SO YOU'RE YOU'RE UNDER FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY RIGHT NOW AND YOU'RE NOWHERE NEAR MAXIMUM CAPACITY. YOU DON'T GET THERE UNTIL PROBABLY 26, 27 POTENTIALLY NEXT YEAR. 1360. SO KIND OF LIKE WHAT WAS RUNKLE SAYING? IT'D BE REALLY HELPFUL TO KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS GROWTH IS HOMES THAT AREN'T EVEN BUILT YET. BUT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SUNFIELD? RIGHT. BECAUSE IF YOU YOU MOVE INTO SUNFIELD AND YOU'RE BUILDING A HOUSE THERE, YOU'RE YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO ASSUME YOU'RE GOING TO MCCORMICK. BUT I MEAN, I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I FEEL LIKE WE'VE WE'VE DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR, LIKE, ONCE WE REACH CAPACITY AT, YOU KNOW, AT A, AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, ANYBODY ELSE OUTSIDE OF YOUR YOU'RE GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE. I MEAN, CLEARLY DAHLSTROM NUMBERS ARE, ARE FAIRLY LOW. SO MY GUESS IS THAT THAT'S A CAMPUS WE'D LOOK AT. SENDING PEOPLE TO POTENTIALLY WALLET. I MEAN, YEAH, MAYBE ALL OF THEM, EXCEPT FOR SIMON AND AND MCCORMICK HAVE WOULD HAVE A LOT OF SPACE. AND REZONING ONCE WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE BECAUSE THIS REZONE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS GOING TO BE A BIG ONE, DISRUPTIVE AND MASSIVE. AND I PRAY THAT I AM NOT ON THIS BOARD WHEN THAT HAPPENS, FRANKLY. SO AND WE'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE THAT MY KID MOVED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, MOVED MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND MOVED HIGH SCHOOLS. YOU KNOW, I WAS THE FIRST I WAS THE FIRST CLASS AT CARPENTER HILL, AND THEN I WAS THE FIRST CLASS IN MCCORMICK, AND THEN I WAS THE FIRST CLASS AT. IT'S DISRUPTIVE TO HAVE TO MOVE A LOT. AND AND MY, MY KIDS MOVED A LOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAM THAT MOVED A LOT THAT WE WERE PART OF. AND THAT'S DISRUPTIVE. MY KID WENT TO THREE DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF PROGRAM CHANGES AND MOVES. SO I THINK ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE THE NUMBER OF REZONES WE DO AND PRE ZONE LOVE IT. SO I THINK I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH UNDEVELOPED LAND ARE WE TALKING ABOUT. OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE STREET BEHIND A STREET THAT'S ALREADY THERE AND MCCORMICK AND FOR SUNFIELD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT THAT MAKES ME A LITTLE MORE NERVOUS. BUT BUT HEY, WE COULD DO THAT TOO. WE COULD JUST SORT OF SAY, LIKE, MCCORMICK IS CLOSED. PRETTY. THAT'S KIND OF LIKE FOR TRANSFERS WHEN WHEN IT HAPPENS, TRANSFER TRANSFERS. BUT, YOU KNOW, NEW FAMILIES. YOU GOT TO BE IN THE CURRENT ZONE. YOUR ADDRESS HAS TO BE CURRENTLY ZONED TO MCCORMICK. OR DO WE WAIT TILL WE GET TO THAT 1400 NUMBER? I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN THAT THAT'LL BE FOR FOR YOU GUYS ON CABINET TO DECIDE. ANYTIME WE GET OVER 1300, I'M. I GET A LITTLE NERVOUS. I DON'T I DON'T LOVE THAT. BECAUSE WE'RE TELLING THE PUBLIC THAT THE CAPACITY IS 1200, RIGHT? SO WHEN YOU GO OVER THE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY NUMBER I THINK IT'S A LITTLE DISINGENUOUS TO, TO FOLKS AT HOME BECAUSE THEY DON'T THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S THERE'S ACTUALLY MORE CAPACITY. IT'S JUST INCONVENIENT FOR TEACHERS, FRANKLY. NO, YOU'RE YOU'RE SPOT ON. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT CHART ON PAGE 48, THE 20 2728 NUMBER, IT'S 7153, THE TOTAL NUMBER. AND THEN IF YOU JUMP TWO COLUMNS TO THE RIGHT TO 29, 30, THAT 8200 NUMBER THAT WE WOULD BE EATING INTO THAT, THAT EXTRA CAPACITY THAT, THAT FROM GOING FROM THAT FUNCTIONAL TO THAT MAX CAPACITY DURING THOSE TWO YEARS. RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, I'M GLAD WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS. MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION ON THIS AND MAYBE I DON'T. MAYBE I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. SO WE ALREADY HAVE MCCORMICK BUILT UP TO 1200. [01:35:03] THAT'S CORRECT. SO THEY'RE NOT PART OF THIS OCR DESIGN? THAT'S CORRECT. THIS IS JUST FOR THE FOUR REMAINING THERE AT BARTON CHOPPA, SIMON AND WALLACE. SIMON AND WALLACE. RIGHT. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU, MR. CLEAVER. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MISS OROSCO. THANKS, MAX. YES, MA'AM. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT FUNCTIONAL AND MAX CAPACITY, RIGHT? BECAUSE FUNCTIONAL IS HOW YOU CAN STILL EDUCATE STUDENTS, AND YOU STILL HAVE A LITTLE TINY WIGGLE SPACE. THAT'S RIGHT. MAX CAPACITY IS STUFFING THEM TO THE GILLS. SO WE GOT TO BE REAL CAREFUL WITH THAT, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE CAN HAVE A LARGER MAXIMUM CAPACITY THAT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OR BEST PRACTICE FOR EDUCATING STUDENTS. THAT'S RIGHT. SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND MINDFUL OF THAT, BECAUSE WHILE WE WANT TO WAIT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE WANT TO WAIT AND KIND OF REZONE AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN THROUGH REZONING BEFORE AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO. I AM OF THE MIND FRAME THAT I RATHER HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL SOONER THAN LATER, AND WHILE IT WILL CAUSE HEARTBURN, THERE WILL BE SOME DISRUPTION. WHAT CAN WE DO TO MITIGATE THAT? BUT BRINGING ON THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOONER? I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THESE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY HUGE FOR MCCORMICK AND SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL ESPECIALLY. THEY WILL BE IMPACTED TREMENDOUSLY. AND EVEN THOUGH WE CAN FIT SOME MORE STUDENTS IN THERE, I MEAN, GOING TO MCCORMICK RIGHT NOW WHERE THEY'RE AT 1192 AND THE FUNCTIONAL IS 1200. THAT'S A REALLY HARD ASK. AND AND NOT JUST FOR YOU KNOW, INCONVENIENCE OF ADULTS, BUT FOR THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES. I KNOW I WOULD NOT WANT MY CHILD TO BE IN A CLASSROOM OF 40 OR 50 OR BEING STUFFED INTO A SMALLER AREA FOR CLASSES. SO I THINK THAT PREZONING WILL BE HELPFUL AND WE CAN DO A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. RIGHT. BUT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. LIKE MISS PETREA SAID, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THE DEMOGRAPHER SAY ABOUT ARE THOSE STREETS BUILT ITS INFRASTRUCTURE THERE? ARE THE HOUSES GOING UP. THIS IS NOT SOME PIE IN THE SKY. OH, WELL, WE THINK THEY'LL BE TWO POINT OR 1.2 CHILDREN COMING OUT OF THERE. AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE BUILT UNTIL 4 OR 5 YEARS. LIKE IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S DEVELOPING AND GOING ON? I THINK LOOKING AT THAT DATA WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE THEN IT CAN BE LIKE, OH, THAT REALLY IS IN THE FUTURE, OR WOW, THOSE HOUSES ARE UP AND THEY ARE BEING SOLD AS WE SPEAK AND THAT CHILD WILL BE OF AGE READY TO GET THERE. RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. SO I, I DEFINITELY WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, GETTING DATA ON THAT AND WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE TO GET THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL ON THERE FOR THE 2025 BOND SOONER RATHER THAN LATER? JUST FINDING OUT THAT DATA SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THERE'S PROS AND CONS TO EVERYTHING, PROS AND CONS TO PUTTING ON THE 2025, PROS AND CONS TO WAITING. THERE'S GOING TO BE PROS AND CONS TO EVERYTHING. SO I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF SEE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO FIGURING THAT OUT. OKAY. AND MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT LEAST I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I, AND I KNOW ALL MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE WHEN MAKING A DECISION, AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW. AND SAYING, OH, LET'S JUST HOLD OFF FOR REZONING BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD. YES, IT IS SUPER HARD AND CONTENTIOUS AND, YOU KNOW, DISRUPTIVE TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. BUT WHAT CAN WE DO? WELL, IS THERE A PLAN THAT WE CAN DO WHERE. YES, WE'LL DO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SOONER. THIS IS HOW WE'LL APPROACH THE REZONING. WE GOT TO THINK DIFFERENTLY. RIGHT. THERE'S ALWAYS A DIFFERENT WAY TO LOOK AT IT. AND ALSO WHAT IS PLAN B? WHAT IS PLAN B IF THE BOND DOESN'T GO THROUGH? WHAT IS OUR PLAN B? HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT. SO I ALSO WANT TO SEE WHAT A PLAN B LOOKS LIKE. IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, IF THE VOTERS SAY NO. WHAT IS OUR PLAN B? WE CAN'T WAIT, RIGHT? WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING, MAYBE A SKELETON FRAMEWORK OR SOMETHING TELLING US, WELL, IF IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT. SO ALSO LOOKING AT THAT ASPECT AS WELL. SO AGAIN, MORE INFORMATION WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE. [01:40:02] ALL AT ONE TIME TO MAKE A REALLY SOUND DECISION. IF IF OUR PHILOSOPHY IS WAIT OR DON'T WAIT BECAUSE WE NEED THOSE SEATS NOW, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. I LIKE YOUR CONCEPT OF BOTH BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE SEATS. YES. SO THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MISS RUNKLE. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE LAST THING. I'LL ASK ONE LAST QUESTION. SO HAVE YOU HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE PRINCIPALS ABOUT THIS PLAN SPECIFICALLY? I KNOW MR. VEGA IS NEW TO SIMON, BUT MR. CRUZ AND I KNOW HE'S LISTENING TO THESE MEETINGS. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE 1200 SEAT CONCEPT, WE WE STARTED BACK THEN. I HAVEN'T HAD A CONVERSATION SINCE WE WENT OUT THE GATE AND SAID, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. OKAY. THEY PROBABLY I MEAN, HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THIS, AND I WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE. I MEAN, I HAVE A MY SON GOES TO MCCORMICK, SO I'M AT MCCORMICK PROBABLY MORE THAN THAN MOST CAMPUSES. BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHEN I'M THERE, AND EVEN FROM AN ADMINISTRATOR AND STAFFING POINT, THEY FEEL THE THE KIDS, EVEN WITH THE EXPANSION THAT WE DID AT MCCORMICK. SO I'M REAL NERVOUS ABOUT HOLDING OFF ON MIDDLE SCHOOL SEVEN. SO I'M GOING TO NEED TO SEE ALL OF THIS DATA QUICKLY. SO. THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. OKAY, MISS PETRIE. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT VELA. RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANT TO THROW DOWN ABOUT REZONING, JOHNSON IS CURRENTLY 519 STUDENTS ABOVE 2250 CAPACITY. IT IS BUILT FOR 2250 AND IT HAS CURRENTLY 27. 69 STUDENTS THERE. THAT'S 519 STUDENTS ABOVE CAPACITY. IF YOU WANT TO START THROWING DOWN ABOUT REZONING, YOU OUGHT TO LOOK AT JOHNSON RIGHT NOW. I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO DO THAT. WE'RE BUILDING IT TO 2800 NEXT YEAR. IT'LL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR CONSTRUCTION AND WE'RE BUILDING IT TO CAPACITY OF 2800. IT'S AT 2769 RIGHT NOW. IT'S GOING TO BE OVER 3000. WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THAT. SO JUST BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT FUNCTIONAL AND MAXIMUM. THE TEACHERS AT JOHNSON ARE AMAZING. AND WHEN THEY HAVE AN OFF PERIOD THEY SHARE THEIR CLASSROOMS. THERE'S NOBODY STUFFED IN CLOSETS. THEY'RE NOT HAVING CLASS IN HALLWAYS. THEY HAVE THE SPACE. AND THESE CLASSROOMS ARE BUILT TO BE ABLE TO BE FUNCTIONAL THAT WAY. IT'S NOT AWESOME. THEY HAVE TO SHARE SPACE. BUT I WANT YOU TO TO RECOGNIZE THAT JOHNSON RIGHT NOW IS 519 OVER. RIGHT. AND IT'S GOING TO BE OVER THE MINUTE WE GET THIS CONSTRUCTION DONE AT JOHNSON. THERE ARE NO PORTABLES AT JOHNSON. DESPITE WHAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD RECENTLY, THERE'S NO PORTABLES THERE. THERE'S JUST BUILDING SPACE. AND WE'RE GOING TO BUILD AN AMAZING EXPANSION OVER THERE. AND I KNOW THIS ISN'T ON THE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ZONING. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THE FUNCTIONAL VERSUS MAXIMUM CAPACITY AND WE CAN DO IT. IT'S NOT AWESOME, BUT WE CAN DO IT. THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY. ALL RIGHT, MISS OROSCO. YES. AND MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM DISCUSSION ON OUR PHILOSOPHY. RIGHT? AND IF WE NEED TO LOOK AT REZONING, MAYBE THAT'S A DISCUSSION FOR US TO HAVE. BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS WE NEED TO LOOK AT. AND THERE'S THAT DOMINO EFFECT AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT WE ALWAYS RUN INTO. BUT YEAH, ASIDE FROM THAT, LIKE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NEGLEY WHO JUST HAD AN EXPANSION. RIGHT. AND WHAT DO WE EXPAND IT TO? MAX, WHAT IS THE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY AT NEGLEY? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK, BUT IT'S WE WENT TO THAT 900 ISH OKAY. SO AND THE MAX CAPACITY IS THAT THAT IS THE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY OF 900. SO IT WOULD GO UP FROM THERE. YES. SO THE MAX CAPACITY IS WHAT 1200 ISH. OKAY. 12 1230 SO CURRENTLY THERE'S 1019 PLUS STUDENTS. THEY KEEP COMING TO NEGLEY. SO WE'RE OVER THE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY. WE HAVEN'T REACHED THE MAX CAPACITY. BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. OUR PORTABLES ARE WE DO HAVE PORTABLES OUT THERE. NOT ALL GRADE LEVELS ARE TOGETHER. YOU KNOW OF COURSE WE HAD TO MOVE PRE-K OUT OF THERE. WE HAD TO MOVE SOME SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS OUT OF THERE. WE HAD TO MOVE A LOT OF THINGS. SO IT'S NOT SUPER COHESIVE. AND IT MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST PRACTICE EITHER. AND SO YEAH, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. AND AND AGAIN, FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY DOESN'T MEAN IT'S THE BEST THING WE CAN MAKE IT WORK. AND TEACHERS ALWAYS TRY THEIR HARDEST TO MAKE IT WORK. [01:45:03] BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY IN FRONT OF IT. AND MAYBE WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS DONE IT THAT WAY OR WE HAVEN'T DONE IT PERFECTLY. BUT WHEN YOU KNOW BETTER, YOU DO BETTER. AND IF WE KNOW WHAT SOME LESSONS LEARNED FROM OUR MISTAKE AT JOHNSON WITH NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW FAST IT WAS GOING TO GROW AND HOW MUCH MORE ROOM WE NEEDED, THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT MOVING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR OTHER SCHOOLS AND HOW THEY'RE BEING IMPACTED ALREADY. I MEAN, WE'RE FAST GROWTH. LIKE DOCTOR WRIGHT ALWAYS SAYS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP GROWING UNTIL WHAT, YEAR 2051 OR WHAT, DOCTOR. RIGHT. 20, 71, 2070. SO HE'LL BE A RIPE OLD AGE OF 80, STILL RUNNING THE DISTRICT. SO WE JUST NEED AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS RIGHT ABOUT WHAT WE WANT MOVING FORWARD. MAYBE WE CANNOT FIX WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, BUT MOVING FORWARD, WHAT CAN WE DO? HOW CAN WE GET AHEAD OF IT? WE HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH GROWTH. SO WHAT CAN WE DO? RIGHT. SO JUST KEEPING THAT IN MIND WITH THE EXPANSIONS THAT WE HAVE DONE AND HOW THEY HAVE ALREADY REACHED THEIR CAPACITY, THEIR FUNCTIONAL OR NOT THEIR MAX CAPACITY, BUT FUNCTIONAL IS LIKE CRAZY TIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, WHILE THEY MIGHT NOT BE IN CLOSETS OR OUTSIDE BECAUSE THEY NEED TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, HAVING HOW DOES IT IMPACT OUR ACADEMICS? IT GOES BACK TO ACADEMICS AND LEARNING. WHEN YOU HAVE A ROVING TEACHER OR SCHOOLS OR STUDENTS THAT HAVE TO SHARE ROOMS AND SO ON, SO MANY PHILOSOPHICAL THINGS TO DISCUSS, AND WE CAN HAVE THAT AT A LATER DATE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP THAT EXAMPLE OF NEGLEY UP AS WELL, TO KEEP IN MIND. MR. FLORES, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH MISS PETREA ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT REZONING CAN BE SO CONTENTIOUS AND MANY FAMILIES CAN BE DISRUPTED AND JUST DISRUPTION ACROSS THE BOARD THAT REZONING ONCE IS WOULD PROBABLY BE PREFERABLE. BUT I WANT TO GO BACK TO AND YOU MAY GIVE ME SOME HISTORICAL CONTEXT WHERE WE MIGHT POSSIBLY, ONCE WE APPROACH. AND THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT THE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY TO THE MAX CAPACITY WHEN WE DO GET TO THAT DANGEROUS LEVEL. IN A FEW YEARS AT MCCORMICK, MOVING KIDS AROUND TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. IS THERE AN EXAMPLE THAT WHERE WE'VE DONE THAT IN HAYS CISD? AND IF NOT, DOCTOR WRIGHT, IS THERE ANOTHER EXAMPLE YOU CAN USE IS THAT USUALLY WORK OUT PRETTY WELL AS FAR AS ALLEVIATING SOME OF THE, THE THE DANGERS OF BEING OVER CAPACITY UNTIL THAT SCHOOL IS BUILT. YEAH. SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PRE ZONING AND WHERE DEVELOPMENTS AREN'T BUILT YET. YOU PRE ZONE AND OUR PREFERENCE IS ALWAYS TO KEEP THEM WITHIN THEIR EXISTING FEEDER PATTERN. SO IF IT WERE MCCORMICK THEY WOULD BE PRE ZONED TO DAHLSTROM. AND THAT WAY THEY ALL END UP AT JOHNSON WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO END UP IN. FOR SIMON IT WOULD BE CHAPA BECAUSE THERE IS CAPACITY AT EACH ONE. AND SO YOU WOULD PRE ZONE ALL YOUR NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO GO THERE AND, AND THAT'S HOW YOU MAKE IT WORK. BUT THEN IF, IF FOR SOME REASON THEY ACCELERATE THE CONSTRUCTION THEN WE MIGHT HAVE TO EVEN CONSIDER REZONING AS MUCH AS PEOPLE WOULDN'T LIKE IT. BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING IS HAVING A DISTRICT WIDE REZONE WITH THE OPENING OF COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL FOR AND, AND AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD LOOK AT EVERY ELEMENTARY, EVERY MIDDLE AND EVERY HIGH SCHOOL ALONG WITH THE OPENING OF MIDDLE SCHOOL SEVEN. AND AND SO THAT ONE'S GOING TO BE BIG, BUT WE COULD DO ONE JUST FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS FOR YEARS EARLIER AND PERHAPS SOME, SOME OVERCAPACITY ELEMENTARIES JUST TO MAKE IT WORK FOR LIKE 4 OR 5 YEARS. THAT'S WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO THAT. BUT IF WE CAN DO IT WITH PRE ZONING, THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT. EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE IN SUNFIELD VERY WELL MIGHT HAVE TO DRIVE BY MCCORMICK TO GO TO DAHLSTROM IN THE NEW PHASES. I MEAN, BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU DO TO TO BUY YOURSELF TIME INSTEAD OF HAVING KIDS GO TO PORTABLE PORTABLE CLASSROOMS. THANK YOU. AND I DO AGREE WITH A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL. AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES VOTERS DO HAVE BOND FATIGUE. AND HAVING A PLAN B IS A FANTASTIC IDEA. JUST SO WE KNOW, YOU KNOW IN THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE IF THAT WERE TO OCCUR, THEN WE KNOW AT LEAST WHAT DIRECTION WE NEED TO GO IN. BUT AND ALSO AN EMERGENT STRATEGY HAVING TO ADAPT, HAVING TO REZONE YOU KNOW, BETWEEN NOW AND 29, I THINK WOULD BE FANTASTIC. BUT I JUST WANTED TO JUST GO BACK OVER THAT, THAT IDEA OF SENDING KIDS TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK I HEARD NOBODY MOVED TO HAYS CISD UNTIL 2070. TOTALLY KIDDING. TEAM, WE'VE BEEN SITTING FOR A COUPLE HOURS. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SUGGEST THAT WE GO AND TAKE A LET'S GO AND TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK. ALL RIGHT, TEAM. WELCOME BACK FROM THAT MUCH NEEDED BREAK. WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM L SIX. [L.6. Consideration and possible approval of Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) 3 for 2023 Bond Bid Package 2 for Improvements at Johnson High School] CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE GMP THREE FOR THE 2023 BOND BID PACKAGE. [01:50:07] TWO FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL. MR.. CLEAVER. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BEFORE I GET INTO THAT, I WANT TO JUST POINT OUT THAT AT YOUR AT YOUR PLACE, THERE'S THE BOND. LOOK AHEAD AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS. AND AGAIN, WE DO THE THE BID PACKAGE CONCEPT. SOME BID PACKAGES COME IN UNDER BUDGET. SOME COME IN OVER BUDGET WITH THE GOAL OF GETTING ALL OF THE BID PACKAGES ACROSS THE THE FINISH LINE. LOOKING AT THIS, ALL THESE ARE ACCURATE, WITH EXCEPTION OF BID PACKAGE TEN, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER BECAUSE WE DID SOME ADDITIONS, WE MADE SOME ADDITIONS TO THE PRESENTATION AT THE LAST MOMENT AND THEY DIDN'T REFLECT IN HERE. BUT WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT OUR BOND BUDGET IS HEALTHY. OVER ON THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN, THE CONTINGENCY COLUMN IS WHAT I LIKE TO ALWAYS POINT YOU ALL TO. THAT WENT UP AGAIN LAST MONTH BECAUSE WE SOME OF OUR GMPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING TONIGHT WENT DOWN AGAIN IN PRICE. AND SO WE WE'RE AT A HEALTHY LEVEL RIGHT NOW. I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU ALL THAT BEFORE GETTING IN SPECIFICALLY TO TO AGENDA ITEM L5 ON JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL. SO TONIGHT FOR JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL, THIS IS ACTUALLY GMP THREE. YOU KNOW, GMP ONE WAS THE STEEL PACKAGE, GMP TWO WAS THE SITE WORK. AND GMP THREE CONTAINS THE BALANCE OF THE WORK. WE HAVE JASON WITH HUCKABEE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. AND ALSO FROM CORE WE HAVE CONNOR WADE AND TREVOR FLYNN IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS FOR THEM AS WELL. AND BARBARA, DID WE HAVE ANY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO, TEAM, I'M LOOKING TO MY RIGHT, MISS PETRIE. HI THERE. THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THE MAX CLEAVER SHOW TONIGHT. JASON FROM HUCKABEE. AND THEN WHO DO WE HAVE FROM FROM CORA, WE HAVE CONNOR WADE AND TREVOR FLYNN. HELLO. WELCOME. WELCOME TO OUR MEETING. OKAY, SO I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED. WE'VE ALREADY DONE QUITE A BIT OF WORK ON THIS, AND I AM TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF WHAT I KNOW COULD BE A POTENTIAL PROBLEM. SO I SUBMITTED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT PARKING, AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A LOT OF KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE DID WHEN 1626 WAS BEING BUILT AND ELM GROVE WAS A DISASTER, AND WE KEPT HAVING TO JUST SAY, IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH IT. IT'S GOING TO IT'S LIKE A KITCHEN RENOVATION THAT YOU GOT TO LIVE THROUGH TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE. BUT SO THESE ARE SOME OF MY QUESTIONS. AND JUST FOR THOSE LISTENING AT HOME, I DON'T HAVE A RESPONSE TO THESE, BUT I KNOW I'LL GET THEM. WELL, FIRST I WANT TO KNOW. SO THERE'S FENCING THAT'S ALREADY GONE UP ON THE EAST SIDE STUDENT LOT. SO TEAM MEMBERS, THE THE STADIUM SIDE OF THE PARKING, WHICH IS WHERE STUDENTS AND STAFF PARK. I KNOW WE'RE LOSING SOME PARKING BEHIND WHERE AUTO TECH IS, BUT TALK TO ME ABOUT WHY THERE IS FENCING ALL THE WAY ON, YOU KNOW, TOWARD THE ROAD. ON THAT STUDENT LOT. GOOD EVENING. THAT IS FOR TEMPORARY PARKING. SO I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, I THINK BEING FOR STAFF MAINLY SO FREEING UP SOME MORE SPACES FOR SOME OF THE SPACES THAT WE'RE TAKING AWAY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION, ADDING THEM OVER THERE TEMPORARILY. IT'S NOT PERMANENT PARKING THAT WE WOULD BUILD AS PAVING. IT WOULD JUST BE GRAVEL. OKAY. WELL, MAKE SURE SO THERE'S SOME SENIOR SPOTS THERE RIGHT IN THE FRONT FACING THE KIND OF FACING THE WEST. BUT THEN THERE'S THIS. LIKE. AND THEN THE SECOND ROW OF PARKING. THERE'S JUST AN ORANGE FENCE THAT GOES IN A STRAIGHT LINE. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE. BLOCKING ANYTHING. IT'S JUST KIND OF A STRAIGHT LINE FOR NOW. OH CONNOR. MAYBE. IT SOUNDS LIKE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION FENCING THAT. YEAH, I HAD NOT SEEN MUCH OF THAT LOT IS GOING TO BE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT AN AREA OF THE PARKING LOT THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE IMPACTED. YEAH. THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS NOT TO IMPACT THE MAIN LOT, ONLY THE WHAT I WOULD CALL THE NORTH LOT, WHICH IS THE BEHIND THE CTE. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WERE GOING TO BLOCK OFF A FEW SPOTS FOR, FOR PODS OR FOR LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, LIKE A CONSTRUCTION RV OR SOMETHING. BUT WE CAN'T AFFORD REALLY TO LOSE ANY SPOTS IN THAT EAST STUDENT LOT. SO I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHY THERE WAS ANY FENCING THERE RIGHT NOW. YES. SO ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD WHEN WE WERE TALKING THROUGH PUTTING THIS TEMPORARY PARKING IN WAS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD SEPARATION BETWEEN STAFF PARKING AND STUDENT PARKING. AND SO THERE'S KIND OF ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DISTRICT, WITH MAX AND NATE ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO SEPARATE THAT, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT ANY OF THE HANDICAPPED PARKING THAT'S UP FRONT IN THAT PARKING LOT IS STILL MADE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY. SO THAT TEMPORARY FENCE IS PROBABLY STILL IN PROGRESS AS WE JUST MOBILIZED LAST WEEK ON SITE. BUT OKAY, WE'LL CONTINUE TO COORDINATE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING SPACES AWAY FROM STUDENTS THAT NEED TO HAVE THEM. THE INTENT IS TO PROVIDE PARKING FOR THE STAFF THAT'S BEING DISPLACED FROM WHERE OUR CONSTRUCTION TRAILER IS GOING TO GO. [01:55:02] OKAY. GOT IT. AND THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. SO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD ASKED AND THIS IS FOR THE, FOR THE DISTRICT IS THE CURRENT PARKING CAPACITY AT JOHNSON, THE PROPOSED PARKING CAPACITY DURING CONSTRUCTION, THE POST CONSTRUCTION, PARKING CAPACITY HOW MANY STUDENT PARKING PASSES HAVE BEEN ISSUED THIS SCHOOL YEAR? HOW MANY STAFF MEMBERS CURRENTLY ARE AT JOHNSON OR PARK AT JOHNSON? AND THEN I KNOW WE'RE DOING SOME FINE ARTS TEMPORARY PARKING LOT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE DISPLACED BECAUSE WE'RE BUILDING THEM A NEW BAND HALL AND THE NEW FINE ARTS GYM. SO THERE'S THEY NEED SOME SPACE. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A PLAN FOR THAT. BUT I ALSO THINK MR. CLEAVER, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO CREATE SOME KIND OF LONG RANGE PARKING PLAN FOR THIS CAMPUS, JUST GIVEN THE, THE SHEER NUMBERS AND THE INCREASED NUMBERS WE'RE GOING TO SEE EVERY YEAR. AND WE MAY NEED TO GET CREATIVE. MY DAUGHTER HAS A JEEP. SHE WANTS TO PARK ON THE GRASS. WE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH BIG OLD TRUCKS. YES, AND WE MAY NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE ABOUT THAT, I DON'T KNOW. THEN YOU ALSO HAVE A ROAD THAT'S ABOUT A MILE LONG THAT GOES OUT TO HAYS COUNTRY OAKS. COULD WE PARK ON ONE SIDE OF THAT? COULD STAFF PARK ON ONE SIDE OF THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW WE WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT EXIT. AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GET CRANKY WHEN WE START OPENING THAT BACK GATE. BUT MAN, WHEN I'VE RUN THAT ROAD ON A5K, I'M LIKE, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF CONCRETE FOR NOT MUCH USAGE. SO I'M JUST BEFORE. SO WHO ON THE CAMPUS HAS BEEN KIND OF ATTENDING THESE MEETINGS AND ADVOCATING FOR PARKING OR CARING ABOUT THIS? WE'VE GOT ALL THOSE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU REQUESTED AS FAR AS ALL THE ATTENDEES. AND SO IT'S BEEN THE PRINCIPAL, THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, JAVIER. JAVIER. TRANSPORTATION'S BEEN IN IT. ARE THEY CONCERNED AT ALL ABOUT PARKING? AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO'S FREAKING OUT ABOUT THIS? WE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT PARKING TO ADDRESS THAT. THAT CONCERN, AND WHAT WE WERE TOLD BY BRETT WAS THAT ON A DAILY BASIS, JUST EVERYDAY SCHOOL, HE'S NEVER HAD THE PARKING LOTS BE FULL. WHAT HE SAID HIS CONCERN IS, IS WITH EVENTS, WHICH I THINK YOU YOU ACTUALLY RAISED THAT CONCERN AS WELL. YEAH. THE. YEAH. WE HOST BECAUSE IT'S OUR FLAGSHIP SCHOOL BECAUSE IT'S NEW LIKE WE HAD WE HAD A COLOR GUARD COMPETITION THERE ON SATURDAY WITH SCHOOLS ALL OVER THE STATE. YOU'VE GOT BUSSES THAT COME, YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE PEOPLE. SO SO THEN THEY END UP OPENING THE BAND LOT FOR THOSE KIND OF EVENTS, AND THEN THE BAND GETS FUSSY ABOUT THEIR LOT GETTING. SO YEAH, ACCORDING TO BRETT, THE WAY, THE WAY THAT IT FLOWS IS EVEN ON EVENTS THEY DON'T NECESSARILY FILL. EVERY SPOT IN THE ENTIRE PARKING AREA IS AVAILABLE ON THE SITE. WHAT THEY HAVE CHALLENGES WITH IS THEY HAVE CONCERNS. THEY HAVE CHALLENGES WITH CONVENIENT PARKING, WHICH MEANS THAT IF THEY'RE DOING AN EVENT IN THE GYM, THEN THE WEST PARKING LOT IS WHERE EVERYBODY WANTS TO PARK. WELL, AND YOU'RE YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO LOSE THEIR LITTLE CONVENIENT SIDEWALK WE MADE FOR THEM, REMEMBER? MR. CLEAVER. SO WHEN YOU PARK IN THE FRONT RIGHT NOW, THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE SIDEWALK THAT WE CREATED WHERE THOSE LITTLE SILOS ARE THAT THAT KIND OF FLANKS THE OR LIKE RUNS ALONGSIDE THE BUILDING, BUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THE FINE ARTS GYM AND THE MARIACHI OR, I'M SORRY, THE ORCHESTRA AND THE FINE ARTS GYM, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE PROBABLY THAT ACCESS TO THAT SIDEWALK THAT. NO, WE STILL HAVE THE SIDEWALK. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A LITTLE LONGER WALK, BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO AROUND THE NEW ADDITION. IN ADDITION, LIKE RIGHT NOW, THEY JUST HAD TO GO WHERE THE THE CURRENT BUILDING DURING CONSTRUCTION, I'M GUESSING DURING CONSTRUCTION. YOU'RE RIGHT. IT WILL GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO ANY OF THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. WE WHAT WE'VE DONE IS TO HOLD OFF ON HOSTING ALL OF OUR TOURNAMENTS AND WHATNOT AT THAT CAMPUS. I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A WAR ZONE OVER THERE. I FEEL LIKE WE DO HAVE TWO THINGS IN THE PROJECT THAT WE'VE DONE TO ADDRESS THE WHAT WE'LL CALL THE THE WEST SIDE CHALLENGE PARKING, RIGHT, WHICH IS ONE IS ADDING WE'RE GOING TO ADD A SIDEWALK FROM CARPENTER HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL PARKING TO OR ELEMENTARY. SORRY. PARKING TO THE THE JHS CAMPUS PARKING. THERE ARE FOLKS THAT DO THAT RIGHT NOW. THEY THEY THAT'S CONSIDERED MORE CONVENIENT. AND THEY'RE WALKING THROUGH THE DRAINAGE DITCH RIGHT NOW IN ORDER TO GET OVER TO JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL. SO WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW THERE'S ACTUALLY AN ARCHITECTURAL THEORY THAT YOU LET THE PEOPLE MAKE THE TRAILS AND THEN YOU PUT IN THE SIDEWALKS. SO WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF DO THAT. AND SO THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING IS, IS THAT THE NORTH PARKING LOT VERY RARELY GETS USED FOR EVENTS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE GYM, BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY TO WALK AROUND THAT PORTION OF THE BUILDING. SO WE'RE ADDING A SIDEWALK AROUND THERE AS WELL, WITH THE HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL PARK IN THAT NORTH PARKING LOT. AND IT'S ACTUALLY NOT AS FAR AS PEOPLE THINK TO WALK FROM THAT NORTH. RIGHT. LIKE TO WALK WHERE THE KIND OF THE WEIGHT ROOM IS AND AROUND. CORRECT? YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. I KIND OF LIKE THAT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANKS FOR CARING ABOUT IT. I'M JUST I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM FOLKS AS THAT FENCING STARTS TO KIND OF GET PUT UP WHEN. YEAH. AND I PROVIDED MAX FOR THE ANSWER TO ALL THE NUMBERS QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE ASKED ON REALITY SETS IN. I SEND THAT TO HIM TODAY, SO YOU SHOULD GET IT SOON. BUT I'M JUST WORRIED. JUST LIKE CONSTRUCTION OR NO CONSTRUCTION WE'RE GOING TO. WE MAY NEED MORE PARKING. I JUST I'M HAVING A I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, THOUGH. [02:00:03] OVER THERE ON THE STADIUM SIDE. I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE EVER SEEN IT COMPLETELY FULL OVER THERE. YEAH. AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ON OUR LIST OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND SPOKE ABOUT THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN AT JOHNSON. SO I WOULD ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT FUTURE PLANS, PARKING PLAN. I WOULD SAY IT'S IN DISCUSSION. OKAY. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? TO MY RIGHT. MOVING OVER TO MY LEFT. ALL RIGHT, TEAM, WE'RE MOVING ON. OKAY. MOVING ON TO L SEVEN. [L.7. Consideration and possible approval of Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) 1 and Construction Document (CD) for 2023 Bond Bid Package 4 for Improvements at Lehman High School] CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE GMP ONE AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT CD FOR 2023 BOND BID PACKAGE FOR OR IMPROVEMENTS AT LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL. MR. CLEAVER. TAKE IT AWAY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. WE HAVE JASON AGAIN HERE WITH HUCKABEE AND THEN BARTLETT CAUCUS HERE. WE'VE GOT DEREK EVEN AND SEAN STEVENS AND THEN KIND OF A BLAST FROM THE PAST. WE'VE GOT TRENT BALES BACK WITH US AND GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ. WE'RE REAL HAPPY ABOUT THAT. TO SEE THEM HERE. THIS THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THEY USED TO BE. WE HAVE ONE GMP. AND IT SEEMS THAT AT THIS POINT, EVERYTHING WORKED OUT VERY NICELY IN TERMS OF THE PRICING AT THIS POINT. IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, WE MOVED SOME OF THE ITEMS FROM BID PACKAGE 11 ATHLETICS. WE MOVED THAT RETAINING WALL INTO BID PACKAGE FOUR AT LEHMAN. AND THAT'S WHY YOU WOULD SEE THE THE BUDGET HAD INCREASED THE OVERALL BUDGET. BUT AT THIS POINT YOU CAN SEE WE'RE LOOKING FOR A GMP AT AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 51,000,008 28 937 AND THAT LEAVES US WITH A HEALTHY, HEALTHY CONTINGENCY OF ABOUT $9.5 MILLION SO THAT THIS PROJECT IS, IS DOING WELL. AND LIKE I SAID JASON IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND SO IS THE BARTLETT COCKE TEAM. ALL RIGHT, TEAM, I WILL LOOK TO MY LEFT FIRST. MR. SEVERANCE. YEAH, THANKS. MAX, QUICK QUESTION. WHAT'S THE TIMING OF THIS STARTING CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS PROJECT, FOR THIS PORTION OF THIS PROJECT? PRETTY SOON BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE A PERMIT, WHICH IS A VERY BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND SO ONCE THE GMP IS APPROVED, NOTICE TO PROCEED IS ISSUED. THEN THEY'LL GET READY TO GET STARTED AND THEN COUNT ON THE SAME LINE OF QUESTIONING FROM MISS PETRIE WHEN WE START FENCING OFF AREAS, BECAUSE WE GOT TO PUT IN CONSTRUCTION THE THE PARKING AND THE BAND PAD DOWN BELOW THE WHEN IS THAT? WHEN IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETE? THAT BY THE END OF THIS WORKING IN THE NEW THE NEW BANFIELD DOWN HERE VERSUS I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT THAT AWAY. I BELIEVE THE GOAL OF THAT IS BY THE END OF THE SUMMER. OH OKAY. SO IT'LL BE DONE IN THE SUMMER. SO WHEN THIS STARTS WHAT ABOUT. SO IT HAS TO HAPPEN. THAT'S YEAH. IT'S FIRST IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT HAPPENS OUT OF THE GATE. SO DO YOU HAVE A TIMING ON THAT. LIKE WHEN THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETE. YOU KNOW SUMMER BAND STARTS PROBABLY MIDWAY THROUGH THE SUMMER. I MEAN PROBABLY SOONER THAN THAT. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO START MARCHING PRETTY QUICK. SO PROBABLY WANT TO TALK TO THE CAMPUS AND MAKE SURE YOU GUYS GOT A GOOD TIMELINE ON WHEN THAT'S GOING TO START FOR THEM. SO IT'S NOT DISRUPTIVE. SO WE'RE GOING TO START ON THE NEW BAND LOT IMMEDIATELY. COME NEXT MONTH. AND WHAT WE'VE TALKED TO THE CAMPUS ABOUT IS LEAVING THAT EXISTING ONE OPERATIONAL UNTIL WE GET THAT ONE FINISHED. SO IT'S A SMOOTH TRANSITION. I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN GET THIS ONE DONE BY THE TIME THEY DO START UP IN THE SUMMER, BUT WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THAT ONE ACCESSIBLE FOR THEM. IN THE CASE THAT WE DON'T AND THAT WAY THEY'LL ALWAYS HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO AND THEN WE'LL RESTRIPE THE OTHER ONE FOR, OKAY, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE WITHOUT A FIELD AT ANY POINT. AND THE SAY THAT AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE WITHOUT A BAND PARKING LOT TO. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THEN ARE WE GOING TO MOVE THE TOWER FROM THE OLD LOT TO THE NEW ONE? WE'RE GETTING A NEW TOWER. BRAND NEW TOWER. TOWER IS NOT MOVING, OKAY? IT'S AT THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE. IT'S AT THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE. AND WE'VE DESIGNED IT TO BE EQUIVALENT TO HAYS HIGH SCHOOL. I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MOVING OVER HERE TO MY LEFT. MR.. TO MY RIGHT. EXCUSE ME, MR. FLORES. THE FIRST THING, I DIDN'T SEE ANY PROJECT MILESTONES ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AS FAR AS SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS A DATE? FOLLOW 25. FOLLOW THE 25. THE FOLLOW 25. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN ALSO, THIS IS NOT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE BASEBALL SOFTBALL PROJECT, BUT FENCING AROUND THE OUTFIELD WALL AND THE BASEBALL FIELD, WHICH WOULD SEPARATE THE I GUESS WOULD BE LEHMAN ROAD AND THE BASEBALL FACILITY THERE, JUST FENCING THAT. I MEAN, IT MAY AS WELL GO ALL THE WAY AROUND, BUT THIS LITTLE GAP RIGHT HERE. YES, SIR. THERE'S THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A 20 FOOT WALL RIGHT. A 20 FOOT WHITE WALL, WHICH CAN BE OBVIOUSLY A GREAT PLACE FOR GRAFFITI ARTISTS TO COME AND, AND HAVE THEIR WAY. [02:05:08] BUT A CHAIN LINK FENCE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SOME KIND OF BARRIER. JUST. YES, SIR. AND ALL THE HIGH SCHOOL PLANNING ON ALL THE MASTER PLANNING, WHAT THE ARCHITECT'S GOING TO DO, WHAT HUCKABEE HUCKABEE IS GOING TO DO FOR US IS IN THE CIVIL SET, THE CIVIL SHEETS. THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO ADD A SHEET THAT'S FOR ALL THE FENCING. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP COORDINATE THE EFFORT THAT MISS SKROCKI HAS WITH ALL THE SECURITY FENCING. AND SO THERE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A SECURITY FENCING SHEET IN THE IN THE SET OF PLANS. YES, SIR. AND THE START DATE IS THIS SPRING. CORRECT. FOR THIS PROJECT IMMEDIATELY NEXT MONTH. OKAY. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE OVER HERE? OKAY, A QUICK QUESTION ON THIS ONE. GENTLEMEN, REMIND ME ON THE NEW BAND FIELD. WHAT'S THE LIGHTING SETUP GOING TO BE? LIGHTING? YEAH. IT'S LIT. IT'S GOT POLE LIGHTING. UNLIKE, IT'S SIMILAR TO PARKING LOT LIGHTING, EXCEPT THAT IT'S NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BAND PRACTICE AREA, SO IT'LL BE ON THE PERIMETER. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. [L.8. Consideration and possible approval of the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) 2 and Design-to-Date (DD) for 2023 Bond Bid Package 7 for improvements at Tobias Elementary School and Impact Center] ITEM L EIGHT, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE GMP TWO AND DESIGN TO DATE RD FOR 2023 BOND BID PACKAGE SEVEN FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT TOBIAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE IMPACT CENTER. ALL RIGHT, MR. CLEAVER. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. SO WE'RE CHANGING GEARS. THIS IS THE OCR TEAM. JARED STERZINGER IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT THE TEAM HERE TONIGHT IS DOUG DAWSON AND CASEY NICHOLSON AND JAINA DUKE. AND THIS EVENING THE TEAM FROM THE TEAM FROM I'M JOSH FROM BARTLETT. OAK BARTLETT IS HERE. I'M SORRY. NEVER MIND. SO OK. CHANGING GEARS HERE. WE'VE GOT THEM HERE TONIGHT. GNP ONE. WE DID BACK IN. LET'S SEE WHEN WE DID GNP ONE WAS THE HVA EQUIPMENT. IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT LEE LEWIS STARTED AND WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETE. AND THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A GNP THREE, AND THAT WILL BE THE IMPACT CENTER PARKING LOT. AND SO THAT WITH THE LONG LEAD ITEMS WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. AND SO OCR IS HERE AND THEY'VE PUT A HARD COPY AT YOUR PLACE. AND WE ALSO HAVE IT AT THE BOARD. AND SO DOUG, ARE YOU HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT, TEAM, I'LL START TO MY RIGHT. NO QUESTIONS. OKAY. COME OVER HERE TO MY LEFT. ALL RIGHT. YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB SO FAR, SO WE HAVE NO QUESTIONS. NICE AND EASY. WAY TO GO, DOUG. GOOD JOB. WOW. ALL RIGHT, TEAM L9 CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE DESIGN TO DATE. [L.9. Consideration and possible approval of the Design-to-Date (DD) for 2023 Bond Bid Package 10 for Adaptive Playgrounds] DH FOR 2023 BOND BID PACKAGE TEN FOR ADAPTIVE PLAYGROUNDS. ALL RIGHT, MR. CLEAVER. YES, SIR. SO THE APPROACH HERE AND I'M GOING TO JUST SORT OF READ THIS. THE APPROACH WAS TO PROVIDE EQUITY FOR UP TO THREE PLAYGROUNDS, ENSURING THE ROUTES, ACCESS AND EQUIPMENT ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ADA AND TDLR. NOW, WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS ON THE GROUND IS WE'LL BE CONVERTING SOME REGULAR SWINGS TO SOME BUCKET SWINGS. THERE'LL BE SOME ADDITIONAL COVERS, AND THEN EACH CAMPUS WILL EITHER BE EQUIPPED WITH A SPINNER OR A BOAT APPARATUS, WHICH IS AN INCLUSIVE PLAY SET. AND SO Y'ALL HAVE THIS AGENDA OR YOU HAVE THIS PRESENTATION, THE LIKE I SAID, THE IT WAS IT'S 100% ACCURATE. THE VERY LAST PAGE, WE ADDED THAT THE SPINNERS AND BOAT APPARATUS. AND SO THAT'S WHY THE THE DATA CONTAINED ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS NOT EXACTLY THE SAME NUMBER IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT NUMBER. MA'AM. YES, YES. AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION NOW. SO DOUG, TAKE IT AWAY. GOOD EVENING. I'M DOUG DAWSON WITH O'CONNELL ROBERTSON, AND I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO STAND UP HERE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL TONIGHT. SO GREAT TO MEET EVERYBODY. THERE'S QUITE A FEW SLIDES HERE, SO I WILL DO MY BEST TO GET THROUGH THEM QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY. BUT AS MAX SAID REALLY THE GOAL WITH THIS PROJECT WAS TO PROVIDE THOSE ADA IMPROVEMENTS AND ACCESSIBILITY ENHANCEMENTS UP AT UP TO THREE OF THE PLAYGROUNDS AT EACH OF THE CAMPUSES. SO REALLY, THAT'S LOOKING AT THE ACCESSIBLE ROUTE, THE EQUIPMENT SWINGS SOME COVERS OVER SOME OF THOSE PLAY AREAS AS WELL AS FALL PROTECTION. AND SO WE HAD A VERY ROBUST PROCESS WITH SITE VISITS AND MEETINGS WITH THE DISTRICT, ENGAGEMENT WITH THE DOWS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS THE PRINCIPALS AND GETTING ALL THEIR FEEDBACK. [02:10:01] AND LIKE I SAID, THERE'S SEVERAL IMAGES OF DIFFERENT CAMPUSES THROUGH HERE, SO I'LL KIND OF TICK THROUGH THESE AS I GO THROUGH. BUT GENERALLY LOOKING AT YOUR NEWER CAMPUSES AS THAT STANDARD. AND THEN AT EACH ONE OF THESE, YOU'LL SEE IN THE SLIDES WE ANALYZED, WHAT DID EACH OF THOSE PLAY STRUCTURES HAVE FROM A, YOU KNOW, COVER EQUIPMENT AND FALL PROTECTION STANDPOINT? AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE STRATEGIES AND THE DOCUMENTATION OF HOW DO WE GET THERE, HOW DO WE MAKE EVERYTHING EQUAL ACROSS UP TO THREE OF THOSE PLAY AREAS AT EACH CAMPUS. SO SOME OF THE CAMPUSES HAD 2 OR 3 PLAY AREAS, SOME HAD 4 OR 5. AND JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING AN EQUAL SOLUTION ACROSS ALL. YOU'LL SEE WE DID UP TO THREE. SO AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS OF EACH ONE OF THESE CAMPUSES HERE. BUT REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE FIVE ELEMENTS, THE ROUTE, THE EQUIPMENT THE SWINGS A COVER AND FALL PROTECTION. SO IF THERE'S ANY ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT. ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO TO HERE TO MY LEFT SIDE. HERE. OH, YEAH. YEAH. WE GOT SOME QUESTIONS THOUGH, MISS RUNKLE. OKAY, WE WILL WAIT. GO AHEAD. YEAH. AND THEN AND BASICALLY, AFTER ALL THE SLIDES FOR EACH OF THE CAMPUSES HERE, THERE IS A SUMMARY SLIDE THAT IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO READ AS FAR AS HOW ALL OF THAT COMES TOGETHER. SO WE'LL GET THERE EVENTUALLY. THERE YOU GO. SO YOU CAN SEE THE LIST THERE. OF ALL THE CAMPUSES, WHICH CAMPUSES ARE RECEIVING WORK ON ALL FIVE OF THOSE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS? SO THE ROUTE ON THE LEFT ALL THE WAY TO FALL, PROTECTION ON THE RIGHT, AND THEN YOU TOTALED DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. OKAY, NOW WE'LL GO TO MR.. RUNKLE. I AM SO INCREDIBLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND I CAN'T WAIT TILL THEY'RE ALL DONE. SO A QUESTION. I KNOW SEINFELD'S NOT ON HERE BECAUSE THAT WAS THE NEWEST CAMPUS. IS THERE ANYTHING AT SEINFELD THAT WE LEARNED THAT WE ARE ADDING AT THESE OTHER CAMPUSES, AND THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO ADDRESS AT SEINFELD? TWO, AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS? AND MAX, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL. BUT GENERALLY USING THOSE NEWER CAMPUSES KIND OF AS THE STANDARD THAT WE'RE APPROACHING THESE RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS WITH. SO REALLY IT'S JUST FOCUSING ON THOSE ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS. SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S NOT OTHER THAN THE SPINNER AND THE BOAT ON CERTAIN ITEMS, THEY'RE GENERALLY NOT LOOKING AT EQUIPMENT. IT'S MOSTLY ROUTES, FALL PROTECTION AND COVERS. OKAY. SO AS FAR AS EQUIPMENT GOES, THOUGH, MR. CLEAVER, IS THERE ANYTHING SIGNIFICANTLY THAT'S MISSING THAT'S GOING TO BE PUT AT OTHER CAMPUSES? NO, MA'AM. OKAY. SUNFIELD HAS IT. ALL THESE THESE CAMPUSES WILL KIND OF EMULATE THAT. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING WE'VE LEARNED FROM SUNFIELD THAT WE NEEDED TO ADD OR CHANGE AS WE MOVED ALONG. I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE EAGERLY EXCITED AND WAITING FOR THIS ALSO. WE WANT TO SUPPORT ALL OF OUR KIDS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR KIDS HAVE THE ACCESS AND ABILITIES THAT EVERY STUDENT DOES ON OUR CAMPUSES, AND THIS IS A GREAT MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. AND I THANK THE FDOC AND YOUR TEAM AND EVERYONE THAT THAT MADE THIS A PRIORITY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WELCOME TO PRESENTING TO US TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. SERVANCE. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOW TO READ YOUR CHARTS FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THESE ARE ADDICTIVE PLAYGROUNDS. COULD YOU GO TO THE ELM GROVE ELEMENTARY PLAYGROUND? LET'S SEE. IT IS BACK. WELL. YEAH, THAT MIGHT BE EASIER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO SO I'M ASSUMING YOUR GRID IS YOU'VE IDENTIFIED THE AREAS WITHIN THE GRID, AND THEN YOU'VE IDENTIFIED THINGS WITHIN EACH GRID THAT ARE IN THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO. AND THEN IF IT'S IN RED, THAT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING YOU'RE ADDING TO THAT SPACE. YES. SO SOME WHITE THE ADAPTIVE PLAYGROUND LIKE FOR EVERY ONE, ONE LARGE PLAY STRUCTURE THAT'S ALREADY THERE. IS THAT WHAT THAT MEANS? AM I READING THAT RIGHT. SO SO IN AREA ONE WE'RE JUST GOING TO ADD WE'RE GOING TO ADD ONE ACCESSIBLE ROUTE. AND WE'RE GOING TO ADD RUBBER PROTECTION FOR PROTECTION. BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT MRS PETREA AND I WERE AT THE GRAND OPENING OF THAT AND ESPERANZA THAT, AT THAT, THAT ADAPTIVE PLAYGROUND. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN AREA FOUR, WE'RE ADDING A COVER TO THAT, AND THEN WE'RE ADDING A RUBBER SERVICE, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE TAKING AWAY ANYTHING THAT WAS ALREADY PREVIOUSLY THERE. RIGHT. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THESE CHARTS AREN'T UPDATED TO SHOW THAT THE BOAT WILL ALSO BE ADDED, THAT THE CHART AT THE END SHOWS THE BOAT ADDED THESE. [02:15:06] THESE DON'T SHOW THAT. SO WHEN WE HAD THE CONVERSATION AT THE END, WE DECIDED, WITH THE HELP OF THE SPECIAL ED TEAM THAT YES, THE SPINNER OR BOAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS. OKAY, GREAT. NO, I JUST REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, ELM GROVE, I THINK I'M NOT SURE THEY PIONEERED THIS, THIS CONCEPT FOR US, BUT I THINK THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB BRINGING IT TO THE LIGHT AND BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION ACROSS THE DISTRICT. I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TO TAKE THIS ACROSS EVERYWHERE AND JUST MAKE IT PART OF OUR STANDARD. BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON WHAT THEY DID OUT THERE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY OF THAT AWAY OR WE'RE JUST MAKING IT EVEN BETTER. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHTY. COMING ON OVER THIS WAY, MR. OROSCO. SO LOOKING AT THE INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS NEEDS CHART THAT YOU HAVE ON THERE, YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT THE REMOVED DAYCARE EQUIPMENT AT -300,000 OR SUBTRACTING 300,000. WHICH PAGE ARE YOU ON? THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. WELL, THIS IS DIFFERENT. THAT ONE'S UP THERE. OKAY. IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, IT SAYS INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS NEEDS IS THE CHART THAT I'M LOOKING AT, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE A PAGE NUMBER, SO I CAN'T TELL YOU. OKAY, I REMEMBER THIS. WE HAD A CONVERSATION GO UP. THEY HAD TAKEN PICTURES. AND WHEN, WHEN THEY WHEN THEY WENT OUT AND STUDIED IT, I BELIEVE THE DAYCARE EQUIPMENT THAT WAS ACTUALLY ELC EQUIPMENT AND IT WAS THEY WERE QUESTIONED IF THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THAT EQUIPMENT AND I AND WE DECIDED NOT TO. SO THAT'S SO AT THAT THAT IS NOT IN THERE THAT, THAT THAT SHOULD NOT BE 300,000. THEY HAVE LIKE TINY TOT. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHY WE SAID THAT'S, THAT IS NOT IN THIS, THAT IS NOT PART OF THIS. SO THIS PAGE IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU HAVE OVER THERE. YES, MA'AM. THE WHAT IS THE MOST UPDATED? THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE MOST UPDATED. ARE YOU GIVING ON THE SCREEN BOOK. LOOK AT YOU. SO THEN THIS IS NOT THE NEWEST STUFF. THE. THAT IS CORRECT. THE YOUR NAME AGAIN. I'M SORRY DOUG. I'M SORRY. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? DOUG. DOUG. DAWSON. DON'T GIVE ME OLD STUFF. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. WE GOT ME CONFUSED ON THE. YOU GOT ME CONFUSED. OKAY, GREAT. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS OROSCO. DOUG. SHE ALSO MEANT WELCOME TO HAYS ISD IS WHAT SHE MEANT FOR THAT. SO THESE WERE PRINTED BEFORE THIS, AFTER THE SLIDES WERE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS HIS FIRST TIME WE GOT TO BREAK THEM IN. YOU'RE RIGHT. WE'VE DONE IT TO EVERYBODY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE THAT BOARD. WE WILL PROVIDE THE MOST. WE'LL GET YOU THE ACCURATE THING JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT SOME ACCURATE ON THAT ONE AND SOME ACCURATE ON THIS ONE. WE'LL MAKE SURE IT IS THE ACCURATE VERSION. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. CLEAVER I FEEL LIKE THIS DISTRICT HAS COME A LONG WAY WITH PLAYGROUNDS, BECAUSE I CAN REMEMBER BEING ON PGA'S AND FUNDRAISING TO MAYBE GET A COVER ONE DAY FOR A PLAYGROUND. SO THE FACT THAT WE'RE DOING THIS IS IS SO FANTASTIC. AND AND I LOVE THAT, THAT WE ARE AN INCLUSIVE DISTRICT AND WE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL KIDS CAN GO AND PLAY AND ENJOY OUR OUR FACILITIES AND OUR PLAYGROUNDS. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF THE BOAT? YOU KEEP SAYING THIS BOAT LIKE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS. DO WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT BOAT AT THE FIRST COUPLE SLIDES? I THINK I KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT THEN MISS OROSCO HAD ME DOUBT MYSELF. IS IT THAT CIRCLE THING? IT'S LIKE. IT'S LIKE A THING THAT JUST KIND OF ROCKS BACK AND FORTH. THAT'S THE SPINNER. THE SPINNER. OKAY, I THINK IT'S. YEAH. WE CAN. WE'LL GET YOU A PICTURE OF A BOAT. OKAY, SO IT'S NOT JUST. WE DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF IT. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? BECAUSE Y'ALL KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT LIKE WE KNOW WHAT IT IS. OKAY. OKAY, NOW I FEEL A LITTLE BETTER. ALL RIGHT, GET US A PICTURE OF THE BOAT. BECAUSE THOSE THOSE SOUND EXCITING. AND IF YOU'RE ADDING THEM TO EVERYTHING, I HAD SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS FROM MR. SEVERIN SAID WE WE'VE WE'VE DONE SOME WORK IN ELM GROVE, BUT CLEARLY WE GOT A LOT MORE TO DO. AND I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD THAT, THAT ELM GROVE PTA FOR KIND OF HELPING START SOME OF THAT, THAT CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD AND, AND AND THAT BECAME OUR STANDARD. AND THAT'S NOW OUR STANDARD AS WE OPEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT OUR PET PROGRAM. DO WE? I KNOW WE HAVE PLAYGROUNDS AT SOME OF THOSE LIKE AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL. AND IT'S KIND OF SAD AND DEPRESSING. AND THEIR LITTLE PLAYGROUND DO WE HAVE WE LOOKED AT THAT IS THAT THAT IS NOT PART OF THIS. IF WE COULD LOOK AT THAT, IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU ALL WOULD LIKE US TO, I MEAN, I'D SURE LIKE TO HEAR FROM OUR OTHER TRUSTEES. BUT WHEN I DRIVE BY THAT, I ALWAYS AM THINKING. I FEEL LIKE THEY NEED A LITTLE UPGRADE OVER THERE AT THE AT THE PET PROGRAM. [02:20:01] OKAY. THAT'S IT. THAT'S OROSCO. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP, MISS PETREA. I DON'T EVEN THINK WE HAVE ONE AT LEHMAN. AND I KNOW WE HAD A PET PROGRAM AT LEHMAN, BUT THEN IT WAS REMOVED BECAUSE THE NUMBERS WERE SO LOW. AND I KNOW THEY HAVE IT AT HAYS THAT SHARES IT WITH LIVE OAK STUDENTS, AND I THINK IT'S ONLY AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL. RIGHT. BECAUSE THE NUMBERS WERE LOW, WHICH IS SO GREAT. THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE LOW. IT'S A GREAT THING. I WAS PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY ACTION FOR LIKE 15 YEARS OR SOMETHING, AND WE RUN THE PET PROGRAM. SO IT'S GREAT THAT OUR NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. IT IS. AND THERE WAS LIKE, ALL THAT CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AROUND IT. SO A LOT OF IT WAS BLOCKED OFF AS WELL. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO BE A PERMANENT SITE FOR THEM DOCTOR. RIGHT. THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME. SO DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE OR WHAT THE PLAN IS MOVING FORWARD, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN GET A COST ON TO SEE WHAT IT DOES COST TO TO UPDATE THAT. AND MAYBE OUR PARTNERS AT COMMUNITY ACTION WOULD FUND SOME OF THAT OR, YOU KNOW, WOULD MATCH US TO SOME EXTENT BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE GRANT MONEY TO DO THAT, AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN OURS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DOUG, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. TALK TO ME ABOUT THE FALL PROTECTION ON THE ON THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. YEP. SO THIS IS BASICALLY REPLACING AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE I'LL SAY THE FALL PROTECTION THAT IS TO THE NEW STANDARD. SO PROVIDING THAT SURFACE, IT KIND OF GOES HAND IN HAND WITH EVERYTHING FROM YOUR ACCESSIBLE ROUTE ALL THE WAY TO THE EQUIPMENT. SO MAKING SURE THAT THE FALL PROTECTION AROUND THE EQUIPMENT COMPLIES WITH THE STANDARDS OF YOU KNOW, IF THE CHILD WERE TO FALL OFF LIKE A SLIDE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THAT FALL PROTECTION IS ADEQUATELY, YOU KNOW, SPACED AWAY AWAY FROM THE EDGE OF THAT EQUIPMENT TO HELP WITH THAT IMPACT. SO THIS FALL, PROTECTION IS ADDRESSING IT AT ALL OF THOSE CAMPUSES AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EQUIPMENT AND AREAS OF FALL PROTECTION REQUIRED, OR WHY THOSE NUMBERS ARE SO DIFFERENT. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BIG PICTURE. RUBBERIZED SURFACE. YEAH. BUT IT'S GENERALLY IT'S AN ACCESSIBLE RUBBERIZED SURFACE THAT, OKAY, YOU CAN WALK ON, IT'S NOT LIKE MULCH OR, YOU KNOW, GRAVEL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND ON AND THANK YOU. ARE ANY OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS ARE THEY ACCESSIBLE WITH SOMEBODY IN A MOBILITY DEVICE? SO YEAH, WITH THIS, WITH THIS FALL PROTECTION ENHANCEMENT, IT IT IS LIKE COMPLETELY ADA COMPLIANT. SO IT WOULD BE FOR ANYBODY IN ANY SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WHEELCHAIR OR OTHER MOBILITY DEVICE THAT WOULD NEED TO ACCESS THAT EQUIPMENT OR AND THEN AS WELL AS WITH THE ACCESSIBLE ROUTES TO THE PLAYGROUNDS. OKAY. RIGHT. SO THE I MEAN, WE DON'T WANT ANY SLIPS, TRIPS AND FALLS. I DEFINITELY I DEFINITELY GET THAT. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE THE SPINNING. I DON'T I WANT TO SAY MERRY GO ROUND. THE SPINNER RIGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. CLEAVER. OUR AGE IS SHOWING. OH, DID DID I PASS IT? GOT IT. WE HAVE A PICTURE THAT I SAW IT. I'LL GET GOOD AT THIS. MAKE SURE WE KEEP IT IN THE NEXT UPDATE AS WELL, PLEASE. ALMOST THERE. THERE WE GO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT I SAW A LITTLE WHILE AGO. AND I SEE A MOBILITY DEVICE RIGHT THERE. RIGHT. THE YOUNG LADY. SO IF WE HAVE A CHILD THAT'S IN A MOBILITY DEVICE, THEY'RE ABLE TO GET ON THAT WITH THEIR MOBILITY DEVICE, AND WE'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THEM. LITERALLY. IT'S JUST WHAT YOU SEE THERE. IT'S IT'S SEAMLESS. IT'S A SEAMLESS TRANSITION RIGHT THROUGH THERE. IT'S YOU KNOW, OR EXCUSE ME RIGHT THERE. THERE'S NO NO TRANSITION. YOU JUST ROLL RIGHT ON THERE OR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD A WALKER OR A CANE OR WHATEVER, YOU CAN GET RIGHT ON THERE. OKAY. IT'S RIGHT. IT'S FLAT. GREAT. FLUSH. WONDERFUL. OKAY. AND THEN. AND THEN SOMEBODY AGAIN. IF IF I'M IN A WHEELCHAIR OR A POWER CHAIR OR WHAT HAVE YOU. I MEAN, I CAN SIT BACK AND I CAN JUST ENJOY THE LITTLE YOU CAN ME AROUND AND THERE'S SOME SAFETY STRAPS AND IT'S A SAFE. IT'S A, IT'S A SAFE EVENT. OKAY. AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR STRAPPING THAT MOBILITY DEVICE ON IN THIS. IN THIS CASE I THINK THIS CHILD RIGHT HERE IS DOING IT. OKAY. BECAUSE OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. I HAVE A JOB OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE DO TONIGHT, AND SO I YEAH, THESE THINGS INTEREST ME A LOT. SO. YEAH. OKAY. GREAT. JUST. YEAH, JUST THINKING ABOUT THESE THINGS. WE NEED ACCESSIBILITY AND EQUALITY, AND I'M ALL FOR THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO DON'T HAVE SOME INJURIES AND LIABILITIES LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD. AND, YOU KNOW, OUR UNIFIED CHAMPIONS DOCTOR WRIGHT SAID CAN BE THAT. AND SHAMELESS PLUG. THEY HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP. MAKE SURE YOU'RE THERE. I HEARD THEY HAVE A GREAT DJ THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE TOO, BUT ANYWAYS ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. SO. OKAY. GREAT. I WILL POINT OUT THAT ALSO SHOWS THE TYPE OF RUBBERIZED SURFACE THAT YOU GET WITH THE WITH THE FALL PROTECTION. [02:25:01] YES, SIR. ALL IN THERE. SO. GREAT. OKAY. YEAH. EXCITING. I AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO RAIN ON THIS. I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT IS GREAT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE FINISHED PRODUCTS. SO. OKAY. TEAM, WE'RE MOVING ON TO L TEN. [L.10. Consideration and possible approval of the Assignment of Construction Manager At-Risk (CMAR) for 2023 Bond Bid Package 12, Comprehensive High School #4] CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE ASSIGNMENT OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. CMAA FOR 2023. BOND BID PACKAGE 12, COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER FOUR. MR. CLEAVER, GIVE US THE GOOD NEWS. YES, SIR. WE ARE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER THE TEAM. SO THIS AGENDA ITEM AND THE NEXT ONE TO FOLLOW WE'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER THE TEAM FOR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL FOR YOU KNOW, WE WENT FROM WE HAVE SEVERAL CM AT RISK CONTRACTORS NOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT BARTLETT AND WE'VE GOT CORE AND WE'VE GOT JACKSON. AND, YOU KNOW, BASED ON PAST PERFORMANCE AND AND OUR EXPERIENCE, WE WANT TO RECOMMEND BARTLETT COCKE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK FOR HIGH SCHOOL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL FOR AND THIS IS BASED ON THE, THE ACTUAL RFQ THAT WE DID BACK IN MAY OR. I'M SORRY, WHEN DID WE DO THAT RFQ? IT'S IN THE THE WRITING HERE. MAY HAVE LET'S SEE. GOSH, I'M SORRY. IT WAS THE ONE WE JUST DID. APRIL. 2023. YEAH. SO THAT WAS FROM THE APRIL OF 2023 RFQ THAT WE'RE MAKING THE SELECTION. ALL RIGHT. MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION. MAKING A RECOMMENDATION. TURNING OVER HERE TO MY RIGHT FOR ANY QUESTIONS, MISS PETRIE. MR. CLEAVER, CAN YOU REMIND US THROUGH THE CMR WAS FOR JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL? IT'S BARTLETT. OKAY, THANKS. LOOKING TO MY LEFT. ALL RIGHT, TEAM, WE'RE MOVING ON. ITEM L 11, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE ASSIGNMENT OF ARCHITECT FOR THE 2023 BOND BID PACKAGE [L.11. Consideration and possible approval of the Assignment of Architect for 2023 Bond Bid Package 12, Comprehensive High School #4 and Architects for Future Bond Work, as needed] 12 COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER FOUR. AND ARCHITECT FOR FUTURE BOND WORK AS NEEDED, MR. CLEAVER. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. SO WE THE OUR DEPARTMENT, THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT PUT OUT AN RFQ FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, FOR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL, FOR AND FUTURE WORK, AND WE RECEIVED 12 12 SUBMITTALS. WE PUT A TEAM TOGETHER, A SEVEN MEMBER EVALUATION COMMITTEE. WE EVALUATED THE 12 SUBMITTALS. WE PUT A MATRIX TOGETHER AND WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND HUCKABEE ARCHITECTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL FOR. AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BRING TWO OTHER ARCHITECTS INTO OUR STABLE. AND THAT WOULD BE VLK AND PBC FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE WORK. AND WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT OCR IS ALSO STILL ONE OF OUR ARCHITECTS. THERE'S A FUTURE OR THERE'S ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM IN HERE LATER THAT TALKS ABOUT THEM. SO AT THAT POINT WE WOULD HAVE HUCKABEE, VLK, PBC AND OCR AS OUR AS OUR ARCHITECTS GOING FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. LOOKING OVER TO MY LEFT. MISS RUNKLE. THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE UNPOPULAR. SO AS WE GET INTO THE DESIGN OF HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER FOUR, LIKE, WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL. OKAY. SPECIFICALLY WHERE THE STADIUM IS AND THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLY ARE ADDRESSING THE CURRENT ISSUES THAT WE HAVE AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE AGAIN AT THE NEXT HIGH SCHOOL. ABSOLUTELY. AND I'LL, YOU KNOW, JASON COULD SPEAK TO THAT. BUT YES, WE WILL TAKE LESSONS LEARNED AND USE THE MOMENTUM THAT WE HAVE FROM THESE OTHER MASTER PLANNING. YOU KNOW, OTHER, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT MASTER PLANNING PROJECTS TO TO INFORM THAT PROJECT. CAN WE GET A LIST OF LESSONS LEARNED FROM FROM JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL IF IF THERE WAS ONE, IF THERE WAS SEPARATED INTO HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER FOUR. OKAY. THAT CAN BE PART OF THE PROCESS. THAT COULD BE A PART OF THE JASON AND THE BACK SHAKING HIS HEAD. YES. IT'S LIKE HE ALREADY HAS THAT LIST. YES. SWEET. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET THIS UNDERWAY BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE, IT'S THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF WORK DAYS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S ABOUT 1200 WORK DAYS BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME WE OPEN THIS, WHICH ISN'T A WHOLE LOT. AND SO OUR OUR PROCESS HERE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE HUCKABEE HAS SOME GOOD CONSULTANTS. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE CONSULTANTS. THEY USE IN PARTICULAR THEIR CIVIL ENGINEER. AND WITH THIS PROCESS, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO IS PUT THEM TO WORK TO VERIFY THAT THAT THAT HIGH SCHOOL SITE IN TRAVIS COUNTY IS INDEED THE NEXT HIGH SCHOOL SITE. AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS THE SITE THAT WE THAT THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT. AND SO THAT'LL BE THE FIRST THING THEY DO IS TO VERIFY THAT SITE AS WELL. [02:30:01] WELL, IN THE CITY OF BUDA ARE CURRENTLY HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ON ROAD PROJECTS. THAT'S CORRECT IN THAT AREA. SO HAVE YOU MADE CONTACT WITH THEM? AND SET UP A TIME TO DISCUSS WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE SO THAT WE'RE NOT WORKING AGAINST EACH OTHER? YES, MA'AM. WE WE MET WITH THEM LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE SPRING BREAK, AND IT'S CR TEN AND CR 11. THOSE ARE THE PROJECT NUMBERS. AND SO, YEAH, IT'S THE IT'S BASICALLY THE EXTENSION OF MAIN STREET GOING EAST AND THE EXTENSION OF TURNERSVILLE ROAD GOING NORTH. AND SO THE GREAT PART OF THAT IS IT GIVES US A, A ROAD ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT SITE AND THE ENTIRE WEST EXCUSE ME, EAST SIDE OF THAT SITE. SO WE'LL HAVE A REALLY GOOD ACCESS THERE IF WE, IF WE, IF WE PLAN IT. RIGHT. OKAY. WONDERFUL. YEAH. I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE, I'VE RECOGNIZED IS THAT IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE WORK IN SILOS SOMETIMES, WHETHER IT'S CITY, COUNTY, HAYS. AND I MEAN, AS FAST AS THIS DISTRICT IS GROWING, WE ALL HAVE TO BE PARTNERING AND HAVING ABSOLUTELY OFTEN AND NOT EVERY QUARTER OR ONCE A YEAR OR WHATEVER IT IS, THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO BE HAPPENING VERY OFTEN WITH THE CITY OF BUDA, CITY OF KYLE AND HAYS COUNTY. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ABSOLUTELY, THAT WAS WITH THE CITY, THE COUNTY ENGINEER AND THEIR ENGINEERING TEAM, OKAY, THAT THEIR CONSULTING ENGINEERING TEAM. OKAY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CLEAVER. AND TEAM. ALL RIGHT, COME ON OVER HERE. TO MY RIGHT, MR. OROSCO. MAX. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. I DON'T THINK HUCKABEE OR VLK OR PBC WERE OUR ARCHITECTS FOR JOHNSON, CORRECT? NO. THAT'S CORRECT. JOHNSON. ARCHITECT WAS STANTEC. OH, OKAY. SO THAT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE THERE. WE HAVE SOME NEW ARCHITECTS COMING INTO THIS, AND THEY KNOW OUR PHILOSOPHY AND WHAT WE TALK SO MUCH ABOUT. SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AS THAT IS PLANNED OUT. BUT ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS EVER A DEBRIEF ON LESSONS LEARNED FROM JOHNSON. SO IF THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE THOSE ARCHITECTS CAN GATHER TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS THINGS LIKE OUTLETS THE SIZE OF THE ROOMS, GLASS, SO ON, BUT AND THEN TAKING ALL THE SAFETY AND SECURITY INTO ACCOUNT. BUT KNOWING OUR PHILOSOPHY, THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. ALSO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL NUMBER FOUR. AND SOME OF THAT IS IN TRAVIS COUNTY. IS THAT CORRECT? IF WE HAVE A SITE, IF THE SITE WE BELIEVE IS THE BEST SITE IS SELECTED. YES, MA'AM. IT'S FULLY LOCATED IN TRAVIS COUNTY, 100%. OKAY. SO THOSE ARE COUNTY ROADS. THEY ARE AT THIS POINT, I BELIEVE SO I BELIEVE THEY ARE BOTH CLASSIFIED AS COUNTY ROADS. OKAY, SO THEN WE'LL NEED TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH TRAVIS COUNTY. ABSOLUTELY. WE HAD A WE HAD A VERY LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THE COMMISSIONERS FROM ONE COUNTY HAND OFF AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH COMMISSIONERS FROM ANOTHER COUNTY AND HOW THAT WORKS IN AND I'LL NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION TO UNDERSTAND IT, BUT I BELIEVE IT DOES WORK SOMEHOW. YES, IT DOES WORK. AND IF YOU NEED HELP WITH THAT, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL TALK TO YOU OFFLINE ABOUT THAT. OKAY. BUT YEAH, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE THESE NEW ARCHITECTS THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH, SOME OF THEM THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH, THAT HAVE SHOWN AND PROVEN, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY CAN GET THE JOB DONE. AND HOPEFULLY THERE'S VALUE ENGINEERING THAT WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. AND THEY UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T LIKE GLASS. YEAH. RIGHT. THAT'S YES MA'AM. I THINK THERE'S SOME ABSOLUTE SYNERGY TO WITH THAT MOVEMENT. JUST KEEP YOU KNOW THEY'VE BEEN WORKING HUCKABEE'S BEEN WORKING ON OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. AND I THINK WHAT YOU JUST SAID, ALL OF THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. NOW, I DON'T KNOW, PBC PBC IS A LONG STANDING TEXAS FIRM THEY'VE BEEN IN, BUT THEY'RE NEW TO US. THEY ARE NEW TO US NEW TO US, BUT NOT NEW TO THE AREA OR THE REGION. AND I'VE HEARD OF BLC, BUT ARE THEY NEW TO US NOW? THE COMPANY IS NEW TO US, BUT SOME OF THEIR KEY STAFF MEMBERS ARE NOT NEW TO US AT ALL. SOME OF THEIR KEY STAFF MEMBERS HAVE BEEN WORKING IN HAYS PROJECTS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS DECADES, BUT NOT THE ONES FROM. THE ARCHITECT BEFORE, RIGHT? THEY ARCHITECTS CHANGE. CHANGE PEOPLE. THEY CHANGE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. SO THERE'S JUST PEOPLE EVERYWHERE? ABSOLUTELY. OF OUR RELATIONSHIPS. ABSOLUTELY. AND THE SUCCESSES THAT WE'VE HAD IN OUR DISTRICT AND OUR BUILDING. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANKS. ALL RIGHT, MISS PETRIE. THANK YOU, MR. OROSCO, FOR TAP DANCING AROUND THAT VERY WELL. SO IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT YOU BUILD A COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND SO I WANT TO KNOW, HAS HUCKABEE BUILT A HIGH SCHOOL IN TEXAS RECENTLY? [02:35:02] IF SO, WHERE AND CAN WE TOUR IT? WE WE CAN I THINK MULTIPLE JASON'S HERE. THE CLOSEST ONE I BELIEVE IS COMAL OR GO AHEAD, SIR OR. YEAH, YEAH, WE BUILT SEVERAL IN TEXAS RECENTLY. AND YEAH, PART OF OUR PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH WITH Y'ALL WOULD INCLUDE TOURS. NOT ONLY OF DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE A HUCKABEE PROJECT. IF Y'ALL WANT TO GO SEE ANY HIGH SCHOOL THAT'S BEEN DONE. DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO YES, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO FACILITATE THAT. OKAY. THAT. YEAH. NO, THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE THE PROTOTYPE FOR, FOR SUNFIELD, BEING ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND AND TOUR THE SCHOOL IN GENERAL WAS, WAS VERY HELPFUL. YES. WE CARE ABOUT VALUE ENGINEERING. AND THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ABOUT JOHNSON. SO AS YOU I MEAN, I WAS JUST THERE SATURDAY AND ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS FROM ALL OVER TEXAS WERE JUST OOHING AND AAHING OVER HOW AMAZING THAT SCHOOL IS. AND A LOT OF IT'S THAT CTE BEING ON DISPLAY IS HUGE. AND SO FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO AGAIN FROM JOHNSON. INCLUDING A LOT OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY CONCERNS THAT THAT LOOK GREAT AS AN ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE, BUT NOT SO GREAT IN PRACTICE. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ABOUT JOHNSON THAT I THINK WE COULD DEFINITELY REPLICATE. BUT WE ALSO NEED TO PASS A BOND. AND SO DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA, JASON, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR GUESS? $122 MILLION TO BUILD JOHNSON. WHEN WE PASS THAT BOND IN 2017, WHAT WOULD IT COST TO BUILD THAT SCHOOL TODAY? JUST THAT SCHOOL, I WOULD PROBABLY SAY IT'S APPROACHING 300 MILLION. YEAH. BECAUSE WE'RE ESTIMATING RIGHT NOW FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOR TO BE ABOUT 330 MILLION, BUT IT'S FOR 2800 KIDS. JOHNSON WAS FOR 2200. SO. OKAY, SO. SO ABOUT 300 MILLION TODAY, YOU THINK? OKAY. YEAH, A LITTLE LESS THAN THAT, BUT YEAH. THAT'S. I FEEL LIKE THAT'S FAIR. SO WE DON'T WANT TO BUILD ANOTHER TAJ MAHAL. BUT I DO LIKE GLASS BECAUSE I LIKE NATURAL LIGHT. BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE A BALANCE. YEAH. I DON'T WANT IT TO FEEL LIKE A PRISON. I DON'T KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF TIME FOR THIS. BUT I'M JUST. I'M JUST SAYING, LIKE, I KNOW WHAT WE DON'T LIKE IS, IS 100 FOOT CEILINGS AND. ENCASED IN GLASS, I THINK IS. SO OUR PROCESS IS GOING TO INVOLVE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS. I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE A IT'S GOING TO INVOLVE A LOT OF NOT ONLY LOOKING AT JOHNSON, BUT LOOKING AT LEHMAN AND LOOKING AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL. THERE ARE THINGS THAT THOSE SCHOOLS THAT ARE WORKING REALLY WELL THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED. IT'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANYTHING AS GOSPEL JUST YET. WE KNOW A LOT OF THINGS THAT JERRY WANTS AND DOESN'T WANT, BUT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACK AND ASK QUESTIONS AGAIN JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS NEW SCHOOL. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING TO GO IN THE SCHOOL. WE HAVE TO VOTE TO APPROVE YOU FIRST. I'M GOING TO IF WE GET SELECTED, WE ARE GOING TO DO ALL OF THIS STUFF. YEAH. AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE TO SEE HUCKABEE ON HERE AND, AND THESE OTHER ARCHITECTS THAT I, I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH. SO YEAH, I'M, I'M, I'M GETTING A LITTLE AHEAD OF MYSELF AS WELL, BUT I WAS GLAD TO SEE YOUR NAME ON THIS AND CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT A HIGH SCHOOL FOR. IT'S NOT FAR BEHIND. THAT THAT JAB WAS FOR DOUG. SO HE KNOWS THAT WE GIVE IT TO EVERYBODY. SO ANYWAYS, SO GOT YOUR BACK DOUG. ALL RIGHT, MISTER FLORES. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS. I KNOW WHEN FROM WHAT I REMEMBER. AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WHEN JOHNSON WAS BUILT, THERE WERE TWO OPTIONS. CORRECT. IT WAS THIS THE SITE OF JOHNSON NOW OF NINE, SIX, SEVEN. AND THEN TURNERSVILLE ROAD IS THERE WAS THERE A SITE BE LOOKED AT FOR HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER FOUR? I'M JUST CURIOUS JUST TO COMPARE IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER SITE LOOKED AT OR ANY OTHER OPTION. WHAT WE DID WAS WE WENT TO THE COMMITTEE, TO THE FDOC COMMITTEE WITH THE DATA WE HAD FROM THE LAST TIME THAT THEY DID THAT, THE PUBLIC SELECTION COMMITTEE AND SITE TWO, THAT TRAVIS COUNTY SITE WAS SUCH A CLOSE SECOND THAT WE SAID TO THE COMMITTEE, IS THERE A REASON TO REINVENT THE WHEEL? IS THERE A REASON TO GO FURTHER THAN THIS VERY CLOSE NUMBER TWO SITE? AND THEY SAID, NO, I DON'T THINK SO. THEY BELIEVE THE THE ISSUE AT THE TIME WAS FIRE PROTECTION. AND WE HAVE SINCE GOTTEN WITH THE ISDS. AND I THINK WE'VE PROVEN THAT UP. WHAT THE WHAT THE RESPONSE TIME IS. AND SO WE, WE DIDN'T LOOK AT A SECOND SITE UNTIL WE PROVED THAT THAT SITE THAT CAME IN VERY CLOSE SECOND IS IS NOT A GOOD SITE. THAT WAS OUR THAT WAS SORT OF OUR RATIONALE AND OUR PROCESS. YES, SIR. AND REMIND ME AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL, WAS THERE A LAND ISSUE ON THE LAND THAT WAS ACTUALLY BUILT ON? I MIGHT HAVE HEARD THAT WHEN I VISITED THE CAMPUS. IT'S JUST BUILT ON THE EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE. THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO GO THREE STORIES INSTEAD OF SPREADING IT OUT. YES, SIR. JUST BECAUSE OF THE WATER ISSUE. [02:40:03] YES, SIR. I GUESS THAT WAS MY QUESTION. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BUILD, YOU KNOW, BEING JUST MINDFUL OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IN THE GROUND, MAKING SURE IT'S, IT'S IT'S ADEQUATE, YOU KNOW, TO BUILD THE STRUCTURE. AND THEN ALSO WHAT I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, KNOW THE LESSONS LEARNED, NOT HAVING THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF SOME OF MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS FROM JOHNSON. RIGHT. AND WHAT WE COULD LEARN FROM THAT, AND ALSO THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE INCENTIVE TO IMPROVE ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HAYS CISD SCHOOL. I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF PARTIES INVOLVED IN DISCUSSION, BUT I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY IMPERATIVE. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S THAT'S THAT DUE DILIGENCE WITH OUR ENGINEER, FOR SURE. YES, SIR. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. TEAM. WE ARE MOVING ON. ITEM L 12. [L.12. Consideration and possible approval of the Elevator Modernization at Hays High School Building C for Career and Technical Education - Thyssen Krupp Elevator] CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE ELEVATOR MODERNIZATION AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING. SEE FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. MR. CLEAVER. YEAH, THIS IS A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD ITEM. THE ELEVATOR IN THE HAYS HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING. SEE, IS IT PAST ITS USEFUL LIFE CYCLE? WE GOT SOME QUOTES TO EITHER MODERNIZE OR PUT A WHOLE NEW ELEVATOR IN. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST VALUE IS FROM THYSSENKRUPP TO MODERNIZE THAT PARTICULAR UNIT. AND WE ARE WORKING ON THE BOARD. QUESTION. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A PERFECT ITEM TO LOOK AT A CYCLE REPLACEMENT, AND WE WILL PUT THAT DATA TOGETHER FOR YOU ON OUR WHAT OTHER ELEVATORS WE HAVE AND WHAT THE WHAT THEIR USEFUL LIFE CYCLE IS LOOKING LIKE. BUT SO THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST IS TO ACTUALLY PULL THIS OUT OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS FUNDS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE TO GOT TO FIX IT. LOOKING TO MY RIGHT FOR ANY QUESTIONS, MISS PETRIE. YEAH, BECAUSE I'M HOPING YOU TELL ME THAT SHELTON STADIUM IS CLOSE TO ITS END OF LIFE. I WILL, I WILL FIND OUT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OVER HERE? TO MY RIGHT. OKAY. MOVING OVER TO MY LEFT, MR. SEVERANCE. YEAH. MAX, JUST ONE QUESTION. NOW, WHEN YOU SAY PRAYER, YOU'RE SPENDING A $47,000. WAS THAT JUST HOW MUCH WE'VE SPENT TO MAINTAIN THAT ELEVATOR TO KEEP IT OPERATIONAL LAST YEAR? NO, SIR. THAT WOULD BE EVERYTHING WE SPEND FOR THYSSENKRUPP. AND WE HAVE, LIKE, A CONTRACT WITH THEM. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHICH PIECES WE DO BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ELEVATOR PHONE, THERE'S ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE AND THERE'S ELEVATOR INSPECTION. AND I THINK THEY THAT'S FOR ALL OF OUR DISTRICT WIDE. YES, SIR. I WAS LIKE, NO, SIR. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MONEY. YEAH. NO, NO, WE WE WOULD HAVE. NO SIR. THAT'S FOR THE DISTRICT WIDE. AND THYSSENKRUPP IS ONE OF OUR PARTNERS THAT DOES ALL THE ELEVATORS. THANKS, MAX. ALL RIGHT, TEAM MOVING ON. [L.13. Consideration and possible approval of Bond-Interest-Earnings-funded Repair and Improvements of the Floor at the Johnson High School Weight Room - BSN Sports] L 13. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF BOND INTEREST. EARNINGS FUNDED. REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENTS OF THE FLOOR AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL. JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL WEIGHT ROOM. YES, SIR. SO THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO YOU KNOW, USE INTEREST EARNINGS FROM THE 2017 BOND TO REPAIR THE FLOOR AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL WEIGHT ROOM. AND AT THE SAME TIME REMOVE SOME WALLS TO MAKE THE THE SPACE A LITTLE MORE USABLE. WE'RE SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR THE FLOOR REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT BECAUSE IT'S OVER 50,000. BUT WE SHOW THE WALL DEMOLITION PATCH AND REPAIR JUST AS A COURTESY, BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE PROJECT. AND WE WERE RECOMMENDING SPENDING THE INTEREST EARNINGS. SO WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE ENTIRE PICTURE AT ONCE. AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO GO WITH BSN SPORTS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 90,403 FOR THE FLOOR REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT. ALL RIGHT, MR. FLORES. I CERTAINLY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE WHAT WE'RE SPENDING OUR BOND INTEREST MONEY ON. I KNOW WITH THIS ITEM CAME UP LAST MONTH AND WE WERE GIVEN A SCOPE OF WHAT BOND INTEREST FUNDS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SPENT. AND SO THIS DOES CORRELATE WITH THE 2017 BOND BUILDING OF JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL. YES, SIR. THAT'S THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. AND I MEAN, I GUESS BY THAT LOGIC, I MEAN, WE COULD PRETTY MUCH SPEND THIS BOND INTEREST FUNDING ON PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING BECAUSE IF IT WERE, IT HAD TO HAVE BEEN CONTEMPLATED IN THE BOND. SO IN OTHER WORDS, I'LL GIVE YOU JUST A LIKE A RIDICULOUS EXAMPLE. WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND SAY, OH, LET'S BUILD SOME COVERED PARKING, BECAUSE THAT WASN'T CONTEMPLATED IN THE BOND. BUT THE WEIGHT ROOM WAS CONTEMPLATED IN THE BOND FOR 2200 STUDENTS. AND NOW WE HAVE 2800 STUDENTS. YES, SIR. AND THE FLOOR IS FAILING BECAUSE WE KNOW IF WE'RE SPENDING BOND INTEREST MONEY IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOND COVENANTS AND INTENDED PURPOSES. I MEAN, IT'S IT IT'S JUST HARD TO LINE THAT UP. [02:45:01] SPENDING 90,000 ON A WEIGHT ROOM THAT OPENED FIVE YEARS AGO. AND IT JUST, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY WOULD WANT TO SPEND BOND INTEREST FUNDS ON MANY THINGS, BUT I'M AFRAID THIS MIGHT OPEN THE DOOR TO SPENDING ON THINGS THAT BOND THE BONDS WERE NOT INTENDED FOR. OKAY. AND THAT'S MY CONCERN WITH THIS BECAUSE I KNOW, LIKE I SAID, IT'S ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD AND MAYBE A NARROW SPENDING ON THE FLOOR, LIKE YOU SAID. BECAUSE I WHEN I VISITED JOHNSON, I DEFINITELY SAW THE FLOOR MYSELF. BUT THE DEMOLITION OF WALLS AND MORE OF AN EXTENSIVE RENOVATION I AM A LITTLE BIT HESITANT ON THAT. BUT THAT'S WHAT I STAND. AND CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUES, THOUGH THAT YOU, THAT YOU SPOKE OF AND THE WALLS, NOT NOT BASICALLY LOAD BEARING? YEAH. THE WALLS AREN'T A SAFETY ISSUE AT ALL. THEY ARE JUST BASICALLY THEY NEED TO PULL THE WALLS OUT TO MAKE A LARGER OPEN SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE MORE STUDENTS. THE FLOOR IS THE SAFETY ISSUE WHERE IT'S DELAMINATING. IT'S JUST A TRIP HAZARD. YES, SIR. AND AGAIN, YEAH, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO COME BACK FIVE YEARS LATER AND SPENDING, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER 90,000 ON, ON RENOVATING THE WEIGHT ROOM IS JUST I'M JUST A LITTLE, A LITTLE HESITANT TO USE BOND INTEREST FUNDS FOR THIS. BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M, I AM COGNIZANT OF SAFETY ISSUES AS WELL. THAT'S ALL I GOT, RIGHT? MISS PETRIE DO YOU DO YOU KNOW WHO THE VENDOR WAS THAT WE USED FOR THE FLOORING? WHEN WE PUT WHEN WE BUILT JOHNSON? PROBABLY A SUB SUB CONTRACTOR. I DON'T, BUT WE CAN FIND THAT OUT FOR YOU. JUST SO WE DON'T. IT WAS NOT BSN. OH, YEAH, I FIGURED THAT. I FIGURED YOU'D DO THAT. AND THEN WILL YOU UPDATE THIS? BECAUSE I KNOW THE FB OK HAD ALREADY BEEN CONTACTED. BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON ON OUR TRANSMITTAL, THEY WEREN'T EXED OUT AS BEING CONTACTED. AND YES, WE ABSOLUTELY TOOK THIS TO THEM. AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY ARE TRYING AND AND BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION OUT THERE, WE JUST NEED MORE TIME TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT IT AND TALK TO THE COMMITTEE. SO WE HAVE STARTED A SORT OF FOLLOW UP MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO DO A LUNCH ZOOM IN ADDITION TO OUR NIGHT MEETING THAT WE HOLD IN THIS ROOM. WE'RE GOING TO DO A REGULARLY SCHEDULED LUNCH ZOOM. AND THAT'S WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. WE TALKED ABOUT IT ON MARCH 1ST AT LUNCHTIME ON A ZOOM. OKAY. AND THEN CAN YOU CONFIRM THERE'S STILL $826,654 IN BOND INTEREST FROM THE 2017 BOND? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. IT'S OROSCO. HEY, MAX. I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD. I CAN BE TOTALLY WRONG, BUT I CAN SEE WHERE IT CAN LOOK LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A STRETCH TO USE THAT BOND INTEREST FOR THIS WEIGHT ROOM, RIGHT? SO I'M JUST WONDERING. IF THERE IS ANY BOND INTEREST MONEY OUT THERE FOR LIKE THE LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL WEIGHT ROOM, RIGHT? IF WE HAD ANY PROJECTS THAT COULD BE SEMI-RELATED TO THAT AS WELL. RIGHT. BECAUSE WE HAVE THE HAYS HIGH SCHOOL ONE THAT'S BEING DONE. WE HAVE THIS ONE NOW THAT'S COMING UP. RIGHT? AND I LIKE THAT YOU ARE CREATIVE AND ARE USING THE BOND INTEREST FOR THIS AND SAYING, WELL, IT WAS BUILT FOR THE SCHOOL OVERALL. YOU KNOW, SO MANY YEARS BACK. SO I'M JUST WONDERING OUT LOUD IF THERE IS ANYTHING. TO TIE A WEIGHT ROOM AT LEHMAN TO ANY BOND INTEREST BECAUSE OF A PROJECT THAT WAS DONE AT LEHMAN. I'M JUST WONDERING, OKAY, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS THE CASE OR NOT. AND IF THERE IS NOT. THEN HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT? RIGHT. BECAUSE WEIGHT ROOMS CAME UP IN OUR BOND DISCUSSION. THAT'S RIGHT. AND WE SAID NO TO THE THREE WEIGHT ROOMS BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF MONEY. RIGHT. AND THEN SO THEN IT WAS HAYS HIGH SCHOOL REALLY NEEDED IT BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS A FLOORING ISSUE WITH THAT AS WELL. RIGHT. REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS SOME FLOORING AND NOT ENOUGH SPACE AND ALL THIS STUFF. I THINK IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE FLOOR AND THE HVAC AND ALL THIS STUFF, AND THERE WASN'T ENOUGH SPACE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. AND THEY HAD BEEN ASKING FOR A LONG TIME. I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE PLAN IN ADDRESSING A WEIGHT ROOM FOR LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL. SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS WEIGHT ROOM. YES, MA'AM. SO IF YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO US, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. [02:50:02] OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. RUNKLE. I'M. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. I'M ACTUALLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS. AND I'LL TELL YOU THE REASONS WHY. SO THIS WAS ALREADY ON THE FORECAST FOR FB. OK IS WEIGHT ROOMS. AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT WASN'T JUST HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WERE THAT'S ON THE LIST. IT'S ALSO MIDDLE SCHOOLS. BECAUSE IF YOU GO AND YOU VISIT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL WEIGHT ROOMS THEY ARE TERRIBLE. THEY ARE TINY. TINY. AND YOU CANNOT STRENGTHEN ATHLETES IN THOSE WEIGHT ROOMS WITHOUT GETTING REAL CREATIVE. AND OUR COACHES HAVE TO GET REAL CREATIVE. SO WEIGHT ROOMS ARE A PROBLEM. THEY'VE BEEN A PROBLEM. IT'S SOMETHING THAT FOLK HAS TALKED ABOUT AND HAS PUT ON OUR PLAN. WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT WHEN HAYS HIGH SCHOOL GOT BROUGHT UP ON THE WEIGHT ROOMS I SUPPORTED THAT. I WAS VERY WORRIED ABOUT LEHMAN AND JOHNSON, THOUGH. AND I'M GLAD MRS OROSCO BROUGHT THIS UP. BECAUSE YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT WAYS TO FIND THINGS THAT ARE FORECASTED ON OUR FB OK LIST AND HOW WE CAN PAY FOR THOSE. SO JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL, WHEN YOU GO IN IT, WE HAVE AND THANKS FOR I THINK IT WAS LANCE THAT PROVIDED THESE NUMBERS. BUT WE HAVE AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE 1265 ATHLETES ON THAT CAMPUS. THOSE ARE THE LATEST NUMBERS THAT WE'VE GOT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAS CHANGED. IF YOU GO INTO JOHNSON, I HAVE A SON THAT GRADUATED FROM JOHNSON. I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH ATHLETICS AND THAT THAT WHOLE AREA, IT IS NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR THE ATHLETES AND THE CAMPUS THAT WE HAVE. SO TEARING DOWN THOSE WALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THESE FLOORING MAKES SENSE BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY GIVES THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM WHEN THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE IT NOW. I HAVE ALWAYS. I'VE SAID THAT IF I DO THINK LEHMAN NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED THE WEIGHT ROOM, I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW. LEHMAN HAS 649. STUDENTS IN ATHLETICS ACCORDING TO THESE NUMBERS, BUT WE DO NEED TO ADDRESS THAT. IS THIS ARE THESE BREAKING DOWN THESE WALLS WHILE WE'RE HAVING TO FIX THESE FLAWS? GREAT. YES, ABSOLUTELY. BUT, I MEAN, WE STILL HAVE TO GO FURTHER THAN THAT. WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT AREN'T ABLE TO EXCEL AND, YOU KNOW, STRENGTHEN AND DO ALL THE THINGS THAT THESE COACHES WANT TO DO BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE SPACE. I MEAN, WE ALSO HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE BEING TAKEN OUT IN THE FIELD OR OUT IN THE RIGHT, OUTSIDE OF THE THE WEIGHT ROOM TO WORK OUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ROOM IN THE WEIGHT ROOM. SO THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO GET CREATIVE WITH BOND INTEREST, THEN I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. AS LONG AS THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ON THE FORECAST OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE, THIS IS ONE OF THEM. BUT IT'S ACTUALLY IN A BIGGER SCOPE. RIGHT? WE IT WASN'T JUST TAKING DOWN WALLS AND DOING FLOORING, IT WAS PUTTING IN A NEW WEIGHT ROOM BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ONE BIG ENOUGH. BUT AGAIN, THOSE MIDDLE SCHOOL WEIGHT ROOMS, IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN IN IN THESE MIDDLE SCHOOL WEIGHT ROOMS, THEY ARE TERRIBLE. YOU CAN NOT BUILD PROGRAMS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AND BUILD STUDENTS UP, WHETHER IT'S STRENGTHENING THEM AND TRAINING THEM IN THE CURRENT CONDITIONS AND FACILITIES THAT THEY HAVE. ANY COACH WILL TELL YOU THAT ANY PRINCIPAL WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT HAS A MIDDLE SCHOOL WEIGHT ROOM THAT IS THE SIZE OF IT TODAY. SO WEIGHT ROOMS HAVE BEEN A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION. AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WEIGHT ROOMS, THEN LET'S HAVE A BIG CONVERSATION ABOUT WEIGHT ROOMS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST. IT'S NOT JUST THE HIGH SCHOOLS. THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, TOO. YES, MA'AM. BUT MY POINT TO THAT IS IF I'M OKAY WITH GETTING CREATIVE WITH BOND INTEREST, AS LONG AS THESE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE FORECAST AND WE'RE JUST. GETTING CREATIVE WITH THE MONEY INSTEAD OF HAVING TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY FROM TAXPAYERS. SO AND AGAIN GO IN THERE ON A DAY WHERE YOU'VE GOT AN ENTIRE GYM FULL OF ATHLETES AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL IN A WEIGHT ROOM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME OF DAY YOU WENT IN THERE. BUT EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN IN THERE, THEY ARE, LIKE, PACKED LIKE ANTS. AND IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE. SO I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS. BUT I ALSO THINK THAT TO MRS. OROZCO'S POINT, THAT WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL THAT NEEDS TO GET ADDRESSED, TOO. I'M NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ONE RIGHT NOW WITH THE CURRENT NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE. IF THESE NUMBERS ARE ACCURATE. BUT JOHNSON WITH 1300 ATHLETES. THAT WEIGHT ROOM ISN'T ISN'T ADEQUATE ENOUGH? YES, MA'AM. SO. AHMET MR. SERVANTS. YEAH. THANKS, MAX. I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS TO US. I KNOW YOU KNOW, AS A DISTRICT, I KNOW THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF OF OF MAINTAINING OR. I KNOW THIS BOARD DOES A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO MANAGING AND MAINTAINING AND PROTECTING OUR BOND DOLLARS. AND I DO I DO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, BOND INTEREST NOW IS HAS BECOME AN ITEM FOR US, AVAILABLE TO US. [02:55:07] JUST BECAUSE THE INTEREST RATES ARE GREAT. WE HAVE WE HAVE A DEFICIT COMING FROM OUR FROM OUR STATE, FROM FROM FUNDING FOR SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. WE'RE KIND OF IN A HOLE RIGHT NOW. AND SO I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE DO AS A DISTRICT THAT MAKE SENSE TO USE THIS KIND OF MONEY AND BOND INTEREST. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME, LIKE IT WAS BUILT FOR 2200 KIDS. WE'RE AT 2700 KIDS. BY THE TIME THIS COMES ONLINE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE OVER 3000 KIDS. THIS IS GOING TO HELP US BRIDGE IT, BRIDGE GAP TEMPORARILY TO GET TO GET THESE ATHLETES A LITTLE BIT BREATHING ROOM IN THOSE AREAS. AGAIN, WE DIDN'T DESIGN NO ONE IN THIS ROOM DESIGNED THIS FACILITY, YOU KNOW, SO I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THAT FLOOR WASN'T DESIGNED FOR 2800 KIDS. AND PROBABLY THE THE AGGRESSIVE WAY THAT COACH HOFFMAN IS USING THOSE, USING THOSE KIDS AND WEIGHTS. AND IT PROBABLY WASN'T DESIGNED PROPERLY TO BEGIN WITH. SO I'M NOT GOING TO YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO PUNISH THE KIDS FOR, FOR THAT. BUT I DO THINK IF THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN, WE CAN FILL SOME GAPS, TEMPORARILY MOVE SOME WALLS THAT AREN'T LOAD BEARING, THAT ARE JUST I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE THERE ANYWAY. TAKE THEM OUT, ADD A FEW MORE RACKS. I THINK IT KIND OF HELPS BRIDGE OUR BRIDGE THE GAP TO GET US WHERE WE NEED TO BE, AND THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MEET OUR KIDS WHERE THEY'RE AT. LIKE, IF THIS IS A NEED THAT WE GOT, WE NEED TO WE NEED WHAT THEY'VE GOT, THE NEED WE HAVE AT THAT SCHOOL. I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW WE SHOULD PROBABLY TRY TO USE THESE FUNDS. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS. AND I THINK THE, THE TIMING OF THIS IS GOING TO PROVIDE SOME IMMEDIATE RELIEF FOR A PROGRAM THAT'S JUST PROBABLY TWICE AS BIG AS WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE WHEN WE OPENED THE DOORS. SO THANKS FOR THANKS FOR THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS TO IT, THIS TO IT. AND I DO THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO TO NOT COVER ALL OF IT WITH BOND INTEREST, BUT, BUT THE 33,005 29 MAYBE. LOOK AT THAT. IN CONSTRUCTION. WHERE'S THAT 33,529 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COMING FROM THE OPERATING THE GENERAL FUND. WE WERE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION THAT IT CAME FROM BOND INTEREST, EARNINGS, THE WHOLE. 123 932 CORRECT. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. GREAT. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DANCE AROUND. BUT THANK YOU FOR SAYING IT. OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MR. FLORES. AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ON THE 2023 BOND JUST BEFORE I WAS EVEN ON THE BOARD ON THE PLANNING WORKSHEET, THE INITIAL PLAN WAS TO HAVE THE OUTDOOR PAVILIONS AND THE THREE WEIGHT ROOMS BUILT FOR ALL THREE SCHOOLS AND ESSENTIALLY HAYS. I'M SORRY. LEHMAN AND JOHNSON WERE LEFT OFF, AND HAYS WAS LEFT ON THE ON THE FINAL BOND. CORRECT. IS THERE IS THERE ANY PLAN TO PUT THOSE WEIGHT ROOMS BACK ON THE 2025 BOND OR ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME SOME TALK ABOUT A NEW JOHNSON WEIGHT ROOM. AM I AM I AM I RIGHT THAT THAT IS CORRECT. AND I THINK DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR LANCE, BUT I BELIEVE HE IS MOVING FORWARD WANTING THOSE ADDITIONAL WEIGHT ROOMS ON THIS NEXT BOND. OKAY. I MEAN, AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND, YOU KNOW, 90 K ON NEW FLOORING, RENOVATIONS, KNOCKING WALLS DOWN AND WE WE MAY IN FACT GET THIS ON A NEW BOND. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AGAIN, IF WE LOOK AROUND THE DISTRICT AND THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES THAT WE COULD FIND A THOROUGH ASSESSMENT ARE IS THIS THE BEST WAY TO SPEND OUR BOND INTEREST MONEY? I'M JUST ASKING THAT QUESTION. AND ON LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU, MISS OROSCO, FOR BRINGING THAT UP. I DID HEAR FROM STUDENTS AND ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL WEIGHT ROOM, HOW IT WAS INADEQUATE FOR THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THEY HAD, EVEN THOUGH JOHNSON OBVIOUSLY HAS WAY MORE STUDENTS. SO SO THERE IS IT WOULD BE NICE TO TAKE A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE CONDITION OF THAT WEIGHT ROOM. RIGHT. AND IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT ONE SIDE HAVING THIS OR THAT. IT'S JUST REALLY JUST TAKING A THOROUGH ASSESSMENT BEFORE WE SPEND BOND INTEREST MONEY AND MAKING SURE WE'RE ADDRESSING THE MOST PRESSING NEEDS IN THE DISTRICT. BECAUSE I KNOW THIS BOND INTEREST FUNDS ARE IT'S BRAND NEW. THANKS TO MISS RUNKLE AND MISS PETREA, YOU REALLY JUST EDGING OUT THE SCOPE OF HOW WE COULD SPEND THIS MONEY. AND AGAIN, I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION IS IF IT MIGHT COME UP ON A NEW BOND IN 2025 IS THIS THE BEST WAY TO SPEND THE MONEY? NOW, THAT'S MY QUESTION. MISS PETRIE. YEAH. I WANT TO BE REAL CLEAR. THIS IS. THIS IS A BAND-AID OVER. BASICALLY A FAULTY FLAW WITH SAFETY CONCERNS. WE STILL NEED. A BRAND NEW WEIGHT ROOM AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL AND A BRAND NEW WEIGHT ROOM AT LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL. LET US BE VERY CLEAR. WE AS A TEAM, WE WE THE HAYS WEIGHT ROOM MADE THE BOND. AND IF I COULD DO IT OVER AGAIN, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE ADVOCATED FOR ALL THREE OF THEM TO GO ON THE BOND. BUT IT WAS CONTENTIOUS. AND I YOU KNOW, I ADVOCATED HARD FOR THE HAYS HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE IT IS DILAPIDATED. AND FOR 20 YEARS THEY HAVE ASKED FOR A NEW WEIGHT ROOM. SO I. IT IT. THAT WAS A MUST. JOHNSON IS SURVIVING, BUT TO MISS RUNKEL'S POINT. I MEAN, IT COULD LITERALLY BE THE FRESHMAN WEIGHT ROOM AND AND THEN EVERY, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S THEY HAVE OVER A THOUSAND ATHLETES. [03:00:05] THEY'VE, THEY'VE RETROFITTED ANOTHER ROOM INTO, LIKE, A WEIGHT ROOM FOR THE GIRLS. LIKE IT'S INSANE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT STATE CHAMPIONS, WEIGHT POWERLIFTERS AT LEHMAN. CERTAINLY THEY THEY NEED A NEW WEIGHT ROOM. NOBODY'S NOBODY'S ARGUING THAT. AND YES, THE 2025 BOND SHOULD ABSOLUTELY HAVE WEIGHT ROOMS FOR ALL THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS. LET'S GET THIS RIGHT. THIS IS LITERALLY LIKE A BAND-AID, DUCT TAPE OVER A SITUATION THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE THEY'RE BLOWING OUT WALLS AND THEY'RE REDOING THE FLOOR. I MEAN, THIS IS A NO BRAINER. AND AND THE BOND INTEREST, I MEAN, I APPRECIATE MR. FLORES. YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED TO TO CARE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE SCOPE. BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE 2017 BOND AND I KNOW WE HAVE $826,000 SITTING THERE. I DO THINK THAT'S A IT'S A GOOD USE. WE SPENT $122 MILLION ON A SCHOOL THAT'S FOUR YEARS OLD WITH A NONFUNCTIONING WEIGHT ROOM. SO I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A NO BRAINER. WE NEED TO. WE NEED TO PLUG THAT HOLE AND FIX THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. THIS IS SO WHEN WEIGHT ROOMS COME UP AGAIN. NO, NOBODY NEEDS TO SAY, WELL, WE JUST FIXED JOHNSON. WE JUST DID. WE JUST WE JUST GAVE THEM $120,000. NO, NO, THIS IS A A BAND-AID RIGHT NOW. THIS OROSCO. SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, RIGHT? IF IT IS JUST A BAND AID APPROACH AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO IT, IF WE DO HAVE IT IN A BOND AND IT MOVES FORWARD. IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO GET WORK DONE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET WORK DONE AT A BOND, LIKE, IS THAT A GOOD THING? ARE THEY GOING TO DESTROY THE FLOOR AND START FROM SCRATCH? YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SPEND MONEY AND THEN SEE IT DESTROYED OR DISMANTLED OR WHAT HAVE YOU, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A WHOLE NEW WEIGHT ROOM. SO I THINK PRIORITIZING WHAT OUR BOND INTEREST MONEY GETS US IS REALLY IMPORTANT. BUT IT MIGHT BE TIED SPECIFICALLY TO THIS SCHOOL AND THIS TYPE OF WORK. RIGHT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE ELSE WE COULD USE THAT BOND INTEREST FROM THAT BOND. RIGHT. IF YOU ALL ALREADY HAVE A RUNNING LIST OF ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD FUND, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DO HAVE TO PRIORITIZE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO PRIORITIZE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THIS SMALL BUCKET OF MONEY. WELL, I MEAN, IT'S A LARGE BUCKET, BUT SMALLER THAN IT WOULD TO COVER EVERYTHING OUT THERE THAT WE NEED TO DO, OR THAT'S ACTUALLY TIED TO THE BOND, BECAUSE THERE IS CRITERIA SPECIFIC THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW IN ORDER TO USE BOND INTEREST MONEY. SO WHILE I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE SAFE FLOORS AND SO ON I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK ALSO AT THOSE FLOORINGS AT LEHMAN THAT ARE OLDER. I KNOW MR. VELA HAD SAID THAT THEY WERE STILL OKAY AT THAT TIME WHEN WE DISCUSSED IT, BUT WHERE ARE WE NOW? RIGHT WHERE ARE WE WITH THOSE FLOORS AND AND SO ON TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SAFE THERE AS WELL. SO DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT IS WHAT THAT RUNNING LIST LOOKS LIKE, WHAT WE CAN USE FOR BOND INTEREST MONEY WHERE WE CAN USE THAT AND UTILIZE THAT. I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT NEEDED. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN LOOK AT EVERYTHING, LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE AND DOES THIS. SO THIS IS JUST FLOORS AND. WALL REMOVAL AND SO ON. PATCH REPAIR. THIS DOESN'T NOT EVEN INCLUDE EQUIPMENT. DOES IT INCLUDE THE WEIGHTS OR ANYTHING. SO THEY HAVE A BIGGER SPACE BUT DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVE NEW EQUIPMENT, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. I CAN FIND OUT FROM COACH WHAT THEIR EQUIPMENT PLAN IS. YES. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NUMBERS OF ATHLETES FOR EACH SCHOOL AND IT'S GIANT AT JOHNSON. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF ATHLETES. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS HOW MANY ACTUALLY UTILIZE THE WEIGHT ROOM. RIGHT? I KNOW IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO, BUT WHEN I WAS ON THE TENNIS TEAM, WE NEVER USED THE WEIGHT ROOM. I KNOW WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS IN ATHLETICS, SHE NEVER UTILIZED THE WEIGHT ROOM. SO THERE'S ONLY SPECIFIC SPORTS THAT MIGHT BE UTILIZING THAT WEIGHT ROOM. SO I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS THAT ARE UTILIZING THE WEIGHT ROOM CONSISTENTLY. RIGHT. NOT A ONE OFF LIKE. OH, ONCE A MONTH WE GO IN THERE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL. TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE PERCENTAGE WISE, BECAUSE THOSE NUMBERS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE HIGHER AT JOHNSON BECAUSE OF THE ENROLLMENT THERE. SO WHAT DOES THAT CORRELATE TO WHAT LEHMAN HAS AND WHAT THEY'RE USING. [03:05:05] AND AND JOHNSON AS WELL I'M NOT SAYING I'M OPPOSED TO THIS. I WOULD JUST LIKE MORE INFORMATION. THANK YOU, MISS RUNKLE. I THINK I MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT FOR YOU IF I KNOW STEVE HOFFMAN. EVERY ATHLETE IS IN THAT WEIGHT ROOM, EVERY SINGLE ATHLETE. IT IS A REQUIREMENT OF ALL SPORTS FROM THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. I BET THAT HE WOULD SAY THAT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS A BAND-AID. AND IT DOESN'T FIX THE THE PROBLEM. BUT I WANT TO I WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT BOND INTEREST BECAUSE. DOCTOR. RIGHT. WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHO ACTUALLY IS LOOKING AT THIS FORECAST OF PROJECTS AND LOOKING AT BOND INTEREST AND BONDS AND WHO IS EVALUATING WHERE WE PRIORITIZE. LIKE, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE Y'ALL'S HANDS FULL WITH ALL OF THESE PROJECTS GOING ON, BUT WHO'S REALLY TAKING A DIVE INTO THOSE PROJECTS AND LOOKING AT HOW WE ADDRESS THEM IN BOND INTEREST SO THAT WE AREN'T GOING TO THE TAXPAYERS AND ASKING FOR MORE MONEY WHEN WE CAN USE EXISTING MONEY THAT WE HAVE. I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO ASK TAXPAYERS FOR MORE MONEY IF WE CAN FIND WAYS TO USE MONEY THAT WE HAVE. THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF MONEY IN THAT BOND INTEREST. SO IF IT CAN BE TIED TO THINGS THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO, THEN WE NEED TO BE USING IT AND NOT TURNING AROUND AND ASKING FOR MORE MONEY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO'S ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THAT AND WHO'S DETERMINING WHERE WE FALL ON PRIORITIZING EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS. ON THAT TEN YEAR PLAN. OKAY. AND I KNOW YOU HAVE AN FDOC MEETING COMING UP. SO THAT WEDNESDAY NIGHT CONVERSATION FOR THEM TO. I'M SURE THEY'RE LISTENING. BUT YEAH, I MEAN, THE WEIGHT ROOMS ARE A PROBLEM. I FEEL TERRIBLE EVERY TIME I GO UP THERE AND I WALK INTO THAT GYM OR INTO THAT WEIGHT ROOM, AND I SEE AS MANY KIDS AS I DO IN IT, AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THAT, THAT THEY NEED TO DO. THESE MAY BE JUST ATHLETES AND KIDS THAT PLAY SPORTS TO SOME PEOPLE, BUT THESE ARE KIDS THAT THE ONLY REASON THEY GO TO SCHOOL IS FOR ATHLETICS, AND THEY MOVE ON TO OTHER PATHS BECAUSE OF THEIR TALENTS AND THEIR SPORT. SO THIS IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ANYTHING ELSE TO ME. NOT EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT AND WE NEED TO CARE ABOUT IT. SO IF YOU'LL GIVE US THAT LIST, THAT'D BE GREAT, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT CONTINUOUSLY. TEAM. I'M GOING TO CHIME IN ON THIS ONE NOW AS WELL. WE DID HAVE ALL THREE HIGH SCHOOLS ON ON THE BOND FOR WEIGHT ROOMS AND, YOU KNOW, THE OUTDOOR PAVILIONS TO GIVE US MORE TRAINING SPACE AND ALL THESE OTHER GREAT THINGS. AND WE HAD HEARD FROM LOTS OF PARENTS, LOTS OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT THE, AT THE BOND TALKS. AND I THINK THE TEA LEAVES, IF WE HAD THEM WERE SHOWING THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO GET ALL OF THESE THINGS PASSED. AND SO WE DID THE IMMEDIATE AND I REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY TELLING THE PUBLIC, HEY, TRUST US, LEHMAN WE HEAR YOU, WE KNOW THAT YOU NEED A NEW WEIGHT ROOM. JOHNSON. WE KNOW THAT YOU NEED A WEIGHT ROOM. WE CAN ONLY ASK FOR THAT TRUST SO MANY TIMES. RIGHT. AND WE GOT TO SHOW ACTION. SO I THINK THAT'S WHY THERE IS SOME SOME GOOD. VIEWPOINTS. YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL WE'RE ALL SAYING THE SAME THINGS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT TO US. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SCHOOL IT IS. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE OUR NEEDS. AND SOME OF THESE ARE BAND AID FIXES FOR NOW. SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE FUTURE BONDS, BUT WE'VE GOT TO BE CREATIVE AND DELIVER WHAT WE SAID. OR AT LEAST I'M SAYING THIS FOR ME, I WANT TO I WANT TO DELIVER ON WHAT I ASKED THE PUBLIC TO SAY. TRUST US THAT IF WE IF WE'RE NOT GIVING YOU RIGHT NOW LEHMAN A NEW WEIGHT ROOM OR WE'RE NOT GIVING YOU JOHNSON A NEW WEIGHT ROOM, THAT'S NEEDED, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF YOU NEXT LIKE THAT. THOSE WERE THE WORDS THAT I REMEMBER SAYING. SO I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, BE CREATIVE ON THIS. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WITHIN, YOU KNOW, THE CONTEXT OF HOW WE CAN USE THAT BOND INTEREST. AS WE'VE BEEN LEARNING ABOUT THESE LAST SEVERAL MEETINGS. AND I'M SO THANKFUL THAT WE JUST CONTINUE TO CHEW ON THESE THINGS. BUT WE HAVE WE HAVE SOME GROWTH ISSUES AND, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS, YOU KNOW. YES. MISS PETREA, THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER. YOU KNOW, JUST ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS AND SO, SO THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE ANSWER RIGHT NOW, BUT BUT I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ALL CHIMING IN BECAUSE WE NEED WE NEED OUR PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THAT WE HAVE THE SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITY'S INTEREST AT HEART. SO. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. L 14. [L.14. Consideration and possible approval of Easements for the City of Buda, Onion Creek Trail] CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF EASEMENT FOR THE CITY OF BUDA AND THE ONION CREEK TRAIL. NOT TRAIN AS IT SAYS UP THERE WITHOUT ANY CREEK. DOESN'T HAVE A TRAIN. BUT ANYWAYS. ALL RIGHT, IT'S LATE. THIS IS NOT A BOND ITEM AND I'M NOT ASKING TO SPEND ANY MONEY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND SO WHAT? THIS IS THE CITY OF BUDA HAS COME TO US ABOUT AN ONION CREEK TRAIL PROJECT. [03:10:05] AND THERE ARE TWO. AND I DON'T KNOW IF BARBARA, IF YOU HAVE THE ANY ANY THE DRAWINGS UP, BUT THAT THERE ARE TWO PIECES OF PROPERTY VERY TWO TRACKS, 1.094 ACRES AND THE OTHER 0.13 ACRES. SO BOTH TOGETHER LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN ACRE. AND IT'S FOR THE TRAIL HEAD. IT'S. OR A PORTION OF THE TRAIL HEAD FOR THAT ONION CREEK TRAIL SYSTEM. AND SO THEY'VE ASKED FOR US TO FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER TWO RECREATIONAL TRAIL EASEMENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A PORTION OF THE ONION CREEK TRAIL SYSTEM AND AUTHORIZE THE SOUP AND BOARD PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENTS. SO THERE'S A PACKAGE OF INFORMATION THAT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, THE WHY WHO'S GOING TO MAINTAIN IT? THE CITY OF BUDA WILL ACTUALLY MAINTAIN THE TRAIL HEAD. THERE'LL BE A BENCH THERE. THERE'LL BE A TRASH CAN THEY MAINTAIN. THERE WE GO. AND SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT SHOWS. THERE WE GO. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE CITY PARK RIGHT THERE IN THE CENTER, THE ROUND PART PORTION WHERE IT SAYS CITY PARK. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE OUR ELEMENTARY IN THAT YELLOW TRIANGLE, AND THAT'S THE TRAIL HEAD THAT THE BLUE, THE BLUE LINE OR THE BLUE SWATCH THROUGH THERE REPRESENTS ONION CREEK. AND SO RIGHT THERE, THAT LITTLE YELLOW STRAIGHT YELLOW LINE THAT JOINS THE RED LINE, THAT'S THE ACTUAL BRIDGE ON 967. AND SO THE TWO LITTLE PIECES ARE AT LOW, BOTH AT LOWER BUDA. AND BARBARA, IF YOU WOULD GO THROUGH THERE'S ACTUALLY A ONE MORE. SO THERE YOU GO. THERE'S THE CORNER. THAT'S SORT OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. THAT'S THE PARKING LOT AT LOWER BUDA WHERE THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE HAVE THE MOTORCYCLE TRAINING. SO THAT'S SORT OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE TAKING OFF FROM THERE. WE'RE NEGOTIATING WITH THE CITY ON HOW MUCH THEY'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN. I'M, I'M TRYING TO GET THEM TO MAINTAIN THAT ENTIRE GREEN AREA YOU SEE THERE. AND I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THERE WITH THEM IF YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING. ONE MORE. SO THERE'S THAT SHOWS YOU THE LITTLE BOLLARDS THAT WOULD BE AT THE TRAIL TO PREVENT, YOU KNOW, OR TO HELP PREVENT GOLF CARTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON THE TRAIL. NEXT SLIDE TRAIL MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY. YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT WOULD BE THE CITY OF BUDA PARKS AND REC. AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, THERE'S THE ACTUAL TWO LITTLE PIECES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THE RED ONE ON THE LEFT IS CORRESPONDS TO THE RED BOX ON THE CENTER MAP, AND THE BLUE BOX ON THE RIGHT CORRESPONDS TO THE BLUE BOX IN THE CENTER MAP. SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY IT. AND THAT WOULD BE THE, THE REQUEST WOULD BE FOR THAT EASEMENT. ALL RIGHT, TEAM LOOKING TO MY LEFT. ANY QUESTIONS? COMING OVER TO MY RIGHT, MISS PETRIE. AS THE CITY WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO YOU LATELY, MR. CLEAVER. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. I FEEL LIKE WE FINALLY HAVE SOMETHING. YES, MA'AM. LEVERAGE? YEAH. OVER THE CITY OF BUDA. WHAT DO WE WANT IN RETURN? OTHER THAN OUR GRASS BEING. YEAH, WE NEED THEY NEED TO MOW THAT WHOLE AREA RIGHT THERE. THAT'S. OTHER THAN THAT, IS THAT ALL WE GOT? THAT ALL THE LEVERAGE WE GOT. LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. THINK ABOUT IT, JERRY. I'M HEARING FENCE. I DON'T KNOW, I'M HEARING SOMETHING. WELL, I DO LIKE TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CITIES. YOU KNOW, WE DO. BUT I ALSO KNOW THESE CITIES CAN BE A LITTLE TRICKY WITH US, AND THEY SOMETIMES FORGET WHO WHO HELPS THEM OUT IN THESE THINGS. SO OKAY, WELL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE BEING NICE TO YOU, MR. CLEAVER. YES, MA'AM. THEY HAVE BEEN. AND THE TEAM TOO. THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE NOT MAKING OUR PERMITS. TAKE FOUR YEARS TO GET TO GET DONE OR ANYTHING. OKAY. BECAUSE I LIKE, WHEN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LEVERAGE OVER THESE CITIES. PUTS US IN A GOOD SPOT. I LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE OWE ME STUFF. RIGHT? YEAH. I WANT THEM TO REMEMBER IT, TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT FOR THEM. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAD. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING? NONE. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE MOVING ON. MR. CLEAVER. GOOD JOB WITH THE MAX CLEAVER SHOW THERE. HEY. THANK YOU. I THINK I GET TO SIT DOWN, MAYBE DON'T GO FAR. ALRIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR INFORMATION ITEMS. [M.1. First Reading of proposed Amendment 8 to the Hays CISD District of Innovation Plan] ITEM M ONE. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT EIGHT TO THE HAYS CISD DISTRICT INNOVATION PLAN. AND PLEASE WELCOME CHRISTINA COURSON. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS COURSON? MR. FLORES? THANK YOU, CHRISTINA. AND I KNOW THAT THIS CAME UP EARLIER IN THE YEAR, IN THE FALL, WHEN TEACHERS WERE TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COVER CLASSROOMS ON THEIR PLANNING PERIODS DURING THEIR PLANNING PERIODS. BUT AT THAT TIME WHAT WAS THE COMPENSATION FOR TEACHERS THAT CHOSE TO COVER CLASSES THAT NEEDED COVERAGE DURING THEIR PLANNING PERIODS? [03:15:01] THEY WOULD BE COVERED FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY COVER THAT CLASS PERIOD. SO IT'S JUST DIVIDING THAT DAY BY CLASS PERIODS. AND THEN HOWEVER MANY CLASS PERIODS IS HOW MUCH THEY WERE PAID. YES, MA'AM. AND AT THE CAMPUSES THAT THIS WAS TAKING PLACE AT, I KNOW WALLACE MIDDLE SCHOOL. WAS IT EFFECTIVE? YOU KNOW, TEACHERS VOLUNTEER IN THEIR PLANNING PERIODS TO COVER. CERTAINLY. SO WITH THIS IT WASN'T JUST WALLACE. I MEAN, SECONDARY SCHOOLS ON THE WHOLE WERE THE ONES THAT WERE MOST IMPACTED IN, IN THE REALIZATION OF THE ONGOING USE OF, OF THE CONFERENCE PERIODS. AND SO IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT MAKES FOR EASIER OPERATIONS ON THOSE SECONDARY CAMPUSES. AND THE BENEFIT IS, IS THAT FOR THOSE WHO ARE WILLING AND WANT TO VOLUNTEER, THEN YOU HAVE A CERTIFIED TEACHER COVERING THAT TIME PERIOD WHEN WE'RE NOT ABLE TO BRING IN A SUB. SO THE STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM THAT AS WELL. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD GIVE US COVERAGE FOR THAT AND TO, FOR, YOU KNOW, TO ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACHERS TO VOLUNTEER TO DO THAT. AND AND ONLY IF THEY'RE INTERESTED. AND ANY TIME THAT THEY VOLUNTEER AND AND THEY'RE APPROACHED AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S A WEEK THAT THEY REALLY NEED TO USE THAT CONFERENCE PLANNING TIME FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING THAT THEY CAN AT ANY TIME SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS ISN'T THIS ISN'T A GOOD TIME FOR ME. I CAN'T HELP OUT THIS TIME AND THAT THERE COULD BE NO PRESSURE OR RESENTMENT FOR THAT. THIS IS THIS WOULD BE PURELY VOLUNTARY. YES. AND FROM OUR END, I MEAN, I KNOW TEACHERS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, I CAN DEFINITELY SPEAK TO THIS, ESPECIALLY MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS. YOU'RE PUMPED UP. YOU'RE READY TO GO ONCE A YEAR GOES ALONG, ESPECIALLY DEEP INTO THE FALL. AND WHEN STAR SEASON COMES, YOU NEED THAT PLANNING PERIOD. YOU NEED THAT TIME, RIGHT? IS THERE A DANGER IN TEACHERS VOLUNTEERING TO DO THIS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND THEN KIND OF BACKING OUT AND LEAVING US A LITTLE BIT MORE SHORTHANDED? THERE'S ALWAYS A RISK FOR THAT, RIGHT? I MEAN, I THINK THAT AS TIME GOES ON MAYBE THEY'RE BURNT OUT. MAYBE THEY DO IT SO OFTEN, MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE COULD STEP UP AND DO IT. I MEAN, OVER TIME, THEY IF THEY WANT TO USE THEIR PLANNING PERIOD, THEY SHOULD USE THEIR PLANNING PERIOD. YES, MA'AM. AND THIS IS A WAIVER FOR US TO BE ALLOWED BE ALLOWED TO DO THIS, RIGHT? YES. THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TEACHERS WHO ARE INTERESTED, WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND AT ANY TIME STILL SAY NO IF THE TIME THAT THEY'RE APPROACHED IS NOT A GOOD TIME FOR THEM. YES, MA'AM. AND WAS THERE A LOT OF INTEREST FROM, FROM TEACHERS WANTING TO, TO TAKE THIS ON WHEN IT WAS HAPPENING, I GUESS, YES, THERE, THERE ARE TEACHERS WHO WHO USE IT AND IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO, TO MAKE A LITTLE EXTRA. THERE'S, THERE ARE SOME TEACHERS LIKE I PRESENTED TO DLT. AND THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT, WELL, WHAT ABOUT THOSE TEACHERS WHO REALLY DO NEED THAT PLANNING TIME AND MAYBE SHOULDN'T. AND THE PRINCIPALS KNOW THEIR TEACHERS AND THEY SHOULD KNOW THEIR STUDENT GROWTH. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY WOULD KNOW WHO MAYBE SHOULDN'T BE APPROACHED BASED ON THAT. AND THAT COULD BE A LOCAL DECISION. YES, MA'AM. AND I LIKE THIS OPTION MAINLY BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE ON A TEACHER SALARY AND HAVING THEM, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO EARN THIS EXTRA COMPENSATION IF THEY'RE UP FOR IT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. AND WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THE THE SUBSTITUTE POOL. AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING AN ITEM TO US LATER ABOUT POSSIBLE INCENTIVES TO GET MORE SUBS INTO THE DISTRICT, BUT BUT I CAN TOTALLY SUPPORT THIS IDEA. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, MISS OROSCO. I WAS JUST MISS CORSON, I DO LIKE THE FLEXIBILITY OF THIS. I DO LIKE THIS AMENDMENT. HAVING THE FLEXIBILITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP SAYING VOLUNTEER. YOU CAN SAY NO. BEING VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT. MOVING FORWARD, I THINK THIS CAN I MEAN, WE'RE DOING IT. SO NOW WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT AMENDMENT TO COVER WHAT WE ARE DOING TO MAKE SURE WE CAN PAY OUR STAFF THAT VOLUNTEERS. AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT POINT TO MAKE SURE, JUST LIKE HOW WE DO WITH CLASSES THAT WILL TAKE ON THAT 23RD OR 24TH STUDENT, MAKING SURE IT'S NOT LIKE A FIRST YEAR TEACHER OR FIRST YEAR A TEACHER TO OUR DISTRICT AND HAVING THAT CRITERIA, RIGHT, SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT ON A GROWTH PLAN, THOSE FOLKS CANNOT SUBMIT THEIR NAME TO VOLUNTEER FOR THIS. SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOOD THAT YOU HAVE FOCUSED ON THAT AND HAVE HAVE THOSE GUARDRAILS IN PLACE AS WELL. SO MAYBE THAT NEEDS TO JUST BE MAYBE ARTICULATED IN A LITTLE BIT MORE OR IT'S ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE OR WHATEVER WORKS BEST. [03:20:04] BUT THOSE ARE GOOD THINGS TO CONSIDER. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND AGAIN, BEING CREATIVE WITH THAT RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS GET THE BEST POSSIBLE. I KNOW AS A TEACHER, WHEN I DIDN'T HAVE SUB COVERAGE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO DIVIDE ALL MY KIDS. AND USUALLY SINCE I WAS BILINGUAL, WE COULDN'T DIVIDE IT EVENLY. SO OUR MY BILINGUAL COUNTERPARTS HAD TO HAVE TEN AND 10 OR 11 AND 11 KIDS, WHICH MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO LEARN. SO HAVING ONE TEACHER COME INTO THE CLASSROOM AND KEEP THE KIDS TOGETHER, THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY IN THE SECONDARY AS WELL AS ELEMENTARY. BUT I CAN SEE THAT WORKING OUT REALLY NICELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS PETRIE. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY, I'M OVER HERE. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU, MISS CORSON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. TEAM M2 UPDATE ON DISTRICT SAFETY AND SECURITY INITIATIVES. [M.2. Update on District Safety & Security Initiatives] MISS CRAIG DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS CRAIG? ALL RIGHT, MISS CROCKER, YOU HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. M3 REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF THE DESIGN PROCESS FOR THE 2023 BOND BID PACKAGE 12 FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT FUENTES ELEMENTARY, [M.3. Review and Discussion of the Design Process for 2023 Bond Bid Package 12 for Improvements at Fuentes Elementary, Hemphill Elementary, Kyle Elementary, and Tom Green Elementary] HEMPHILL ELEMENTARY, KYLE ELEMENTARY AND TOM GREEN ELEMENTARY. MR. CLEAVER, WELCOME BACK. HEY. THANK YOU. I GOT A DRINK OF WATER. SO, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TONIGHT. THIS IS A PRESENTATION FROM O'CONNELL ROBERTSON. IT'S GONE THROUGH SEVERAL GROUPS. IT'S GONE THROUGH THE BOC. IT'S GONE THROUGH THE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS. IT WAS BASICALLY A AN EXERCISE USED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE DIRECTION. IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE WE'RE STARTING THIS PROJECT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH IT. IT'S SORT OF A A B C, YOU KNOW, A CHOICE EXERCISE. AND SO TAKE IT AWAY. YOU GOT IT. HEY. ALRIGHTY. HELLO AGAIN. SO AS MAX MENTIONED, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT HERE ON THESE FOUR CAMPUSES TO DISCUSS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN, I THINK, AS IT COMES TO ANY OF THEIR NEEDS AND GOALS. SO SITE VISITS MEETINGS WITH PRINCIPALS AND DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF COURSE PERFORMING AND FINE ARTS, SAFETY AND SECURITY, TALKING ABOUT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SPOKE AS WELL. SO WE'VE HAD REALLY GREAT ENGAGEMENT AND DISCUSSIONS. I WILL JUST POINT OUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES, ROUGHLY FROM A SCHEDULE STANDPOINT, WE'RE STILL IN THAT THIS IS THAT PLANNING PHASE. SO WE'RE NOT EVEN INTO SCHEMATIC DESIGN YET. THIS IS REALLY THAT INFORMATION GATHERING. AND WHAT IS THE RIGHT STRATEGY FOR EACH CAMPUS? BUT THEN TENTATIVELY LOOKING AT THAT OVERALL SCHEDULE THAT WOULD PUT DESIGN THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, PERMITTING AND BIDDING IN THAT SPRING OF 25 TIME FRAME WITH CONSTRUCTION STARTING NEXT SUMMER. SO JUST SUPER HIGH LEVEL SCHEDULE ON THAT SIDE. SO REALLY USING OUR THE PROGRAM THAT Y'ALL HAVE WITH YOUR NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IS OUR GUIDING POINT. SO WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE OLDER CAMPUSES DON'T HAVE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OR THE CLASSROOM QUANTITIES THAT MEET THE PROGRAM OF YOUR NEWER CAMPUSES. SO WE'RE USING THAT PROGRAM TO TO REALLY GUIDE THE DISCUSSION AND THE ALIGNMENT WITH THESE POTENTIAL CONCEPTS HERE. SO REALLY THAT CENTERS AROUND FIVE TOPICS. THAT'S CAPACITY PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS, SAFETY AND SECURITY, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, AND THEN CAMPUS SPECIFIC UPGRADES THAT MAY HAVE COME ABOUT THROUGH THAT DISCUSSION. AND SO YOU'LL SEE HOW THAT SHAKES OUT AT EACH CAMPUS HERE IN A MOMENT. BUT LOOKING AT IT GLOBALLY, YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS IN EACH OF THE CAMPUSES HERE. SO ADMIN, SPECIAL EDUCATION, OF COURSE, CLASSROOM QUANTITY IS REALLY YOUR ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST COMPONENTS OF THAT. YOU KNOW, RESTROOMS. AND THEN OF ALL THE THINGS UP THERE ON THE RIGHT, OBVIOUSLY LOOKING TO REMOVE PORTABLES WHERE POSSIBLE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ANY SORT OF EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED AS PART OF THAT. SO AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST LOOKING AT THINGS KIND OF AT A HIGH LEVEL, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MISSING ANY OF THOSE PROGRAMMATIC COMPONENTS. HERE'S A LIST OF SOME OF THE CAMPUS SPECIFIC FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT THROUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS. SO EVERYTHING FROM YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL ADULT RESTROOMS TO LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TYPE PROJECTS, WHETHER IT'S ROOFING OR, YOU KNOW, WINDOW SYSTEMS OR THINGS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH THIS WHOLE LIST HERE. SO GETTING INTO THE ACTUAL CAMPUS SPECIFIC CONTENT THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN, BUT GENERALLY LOOKING AT AGAIN, THE EXISTING FACILITY AND HOW IT COMPARES TO YOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STANDARDS. SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE NUMBERS IN THE RED KIND OF REPRESENT AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IT MEANS IT WOULD TAKE TO SUPPORT A 900 STUDENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. [03:25:05] SO THAT CAPACITY NUMBER YOU SEE THERE, 720 PLUS 180, THERE'S YOUR ONE, THERE'S YOUR 900. AND THEN THE SQUARE FOOTAGE NUMBER, THAT PLUS 46,000 IS ALIGNING WITH THAT 116,000 THAT YOU SAW ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS DISCUSSION ON BOTH IN, IN THIS CASE, HEMPHILL AND FUENTES AGAIN, MAX MENTIONED, WE TALKED ABOUT A MULTITUDE OF STRATEGIES, AND THE GROUP REALLY LANDED ON A COMBINATION, REALLY, OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS SHOWN IN STRATEGIES ONE AND TWO. AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL YOU KNOW, KIND OF LOOKING AT WHAT COULD BE POSSIBLE ON THESE CAMPUSES. STRATEGY ONE GENERALLY ALIGNS WITH ALIGNS WITH WHAT WAS DONE AT ELM GROVE. YOU CAN SEE THE RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS THERE ON THE LEFT. AND THEN STRATEGY TWO WAS LOOKING AT, WELL, WHAT IF WE DID SOMETHING MAYBE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST. AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO EXPLORE THESE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A ALMOST LIKE A HYBRID APPROACH POTENTIALLY FOR ANY OF THOSE CAMPUS SPECIFIC UPGRADES THAT MAY BE NEEDED. AND LOOKING AT THE POLL INFORMATION OF THE GROUP AGAIN. SO THIS WAS A POLL THAT WE HAD DONE WITH THE FDOC TO GET THAT FEEDBACK. AND YOU CAN SEE IT WAS ALMOST A ALMOST A DIRECT SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE FOR BETWEEN STRATEGIES ONE AND TWO. SO WE'RE PUSHING FORWARD AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW, WHAT THOSE SPECIFIC PRIORITIES ARE AND HOW WE INCORPORATE THAT. QUINTUS AGAIN VERY SIMILAR. IS AGAIN STRATEGY ONE IS SIMILAR TO ELM GROVE. THEY'RE ALMOST IDENTICAL IN TERMS OF THE FLOOR PLAN. SO THE NEEDS ARE VERY SIMILAR. AND AGAIN, THE, THE GROUP PRETTY WELL BALANCED IN TERMS OF HOW THE STRATEGY APPROACH. HAD ONE LOOKS LIKE WE HAD A SLIGHTLY STRONGER PULL TOWARDS STRATEGY ONE. BUT YOU KNOW, GENERALLY EXPLORING SORT OF A COMBINATION OF THOSE THERE. SO KYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STARTS TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE UNIQUE. AGAIN, STUDENT CAPACITY GOING TO 900 BY ADDING 130. THAT DOES REQUIRE 19 ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS. SO IF YOU COMPARE THAT CLASSROOM QUANTITY TO YOUR ELEMENTARY STANDARD. SO WHAT THAT STARTS TO LOOK LIKE AND WHAT WE, WHAT WE DISCUSSED WITH THE GROUP WAS ACTUALLY FOUR OPTIONS. EVERYTHING FROM A MORE MINOR YOU KNOW, PRESERVING SOME OF THOSE EXISTING BUILDINGS ON SITE TO A COMPLETELY NEW CAMPUS. WE KIND OF SPREAD THE GAMUT OF OPTIONS THERE JUST TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, NO STONE LEFT UNTURNED AND REALLY LANDED ON. OOPS. SO THAT ONE'S GONNA. SHOW IT HERE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THE GROUP PRETTY STRONGLY LANDED ON TOOBY. AND YOU'LL SEE ON THIS NEXT SLIDE WHAT THAT ENTAILS. BUT DID WANT TO POINT OUT THE KIMBRA BUILDING WAS UNANIMOUSLY NOTED TO YOU KNOW, REMAIN AND BECOME A DEDICATED DISTRICT SUPPORT FACILITY. SO TO BE HERE IN THE MIDDLE. RIGHT. IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST IN TERMS OF THE ADDITIONS. AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE JUST DIAGRAMMATICALLY IS THAT IT IS HELPING CENTRALIZE A LOT OF THAT PROGRAM, GET THE BUILDING TO BE UNDER MORE UNDER ONE ROOF. SO IT DOES YOU KNOW, ELIMINATES THE GYM IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THAT SITE PLAN, AND IT CREATES A MORE CONNECTED FACILITY OVERALL. AND THEN LASTLY HERE, TOM GREEN AGAIN ABOUT 186 STUDENTS. THAT'S PLUS 15 CLASSROOMS TO GET TO THAT 47 CORE CLASSROOM COUNT. SO AS WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WERE AND THE STRATEGIES THERE, AGAIN, IT WAS KIND OF A SIMILAR STRATEGY, ONE, DOING SOME MINOR WORK ALL THE WAY TO STRATEGY THREE REPLACEMENT CAMPUS. AND YOU KNOW, HERE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPLIT AMONGST THE GROUP. STRATEGY THREE HAD THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE NUMBER. BUT, YOU KNOW, REALLY IT WAS, YOU KNOW, 15% AMONGST THE OTHER ONES. SO YOU'RE BETWEEN KIND OF 45 AND 53 BETWEEN THE, THE THREE OUTLIERS AND STRATEGY THREE. SO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A SPLIT THERE AMONGST THE GROUP. SO WE'RE, SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY PROCEEDING DOWN ONE PATH AT THIS POINT, BUT IT'S CONTINUING TO EXPLORE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING MORE INFORMATION AND GATHERING YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER FEEDBACK. SO THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AND A LOT OF SLIDES. SO YEAH. THANK YOU. AS A MATTER OF FACT, DO WE HAVE THIS PRESENTATION? I DON'T BELIEVE WE WERE GIVEN. OKAY. WE DID SEE IT. OKAY. YEAH, IT SHOULD BE IN THERE. IT'S IN THE IN THE BOOK. IN THE BIG BOOK THAT WE GOT EARLIER. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. YES. THAT WAS THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT CAME UP. SO TEAM, JUST IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE SUBMIT QUESTIONS. THIS IS AN INFORMATION ITEM. WE'RE NOT VOTING ON ANYTHING, BUT UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING REALLY PRESSING, I DON'T WANT TO STIFLE ANYBODY'S QUESTIONS. [03:30:08] OKAY, SO WE'LL SUBMIT THEM. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DOUG, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION. OF COURSE. ALL RIGHT. [M.4. Update on District Bond, Construction, and Renovation Projects] ITEM M FOR ANY MORE UPDATES ON DISTRICT BOND CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION PROJECTS FOR MR. CLEAVER, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WAS LEFT OUTSTANDING FROM THE OTHER UPDATES THAT WE GOT? MR. FLORES TAKE A GUESS WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT, MAX. LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL FIELDS. I JUST I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR FOR YOUR HARD WORK. I KNOW IT'S BEEN. WE RAN INTO SOME WEATHER DAYS. THERE'S BEEN SOME OBSTACLES, BUT I WAS ABLE TO WALK ON THE TURF FOR THE FIRST TIME THE OTHER DAY, SEE THE LOGOS. AND IT LOOKS FANTASTIC. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO FRIDAY NIGHT AND AND BEING THERE FOR THEIR FIRST HOME GAME. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND NATE FOR YOUR HARD WORK, FOR BEING COMMUNICATIVE TO TO THE PARENTS WHO HAVE BEEN PATIENT. THEY ARE TWO AND OH IN DISTRICT PLAY, I THINK, AS IS HAYS HIGH SCHOOL AND I THINK JOHNSON IS AS WELL. SO SO WE HAVE SOME GOOD TEAMS, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. I THINK I ALREADY ADDRESSED THE FENCE SITUATION. THAT BUTTONED UP? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE. BUT AGAIN, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S HARD WORK. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD DEAL. MISS RUNKLE. MR. CLEAVER THE FENCING AT MCCORMICK. DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE? AS WELL? YES, MA'AM. WE ARE WAITING. NOT WAITING. WE'RE WORKING ON A RIGHT OF ENTRY AGREEMENT WITH THE NEIGHBOR, AND THEN WE CAN. I THINK WE'RE READY TO GO. SO PRETTY MUCH IT. WE'VE GOT OUR THREE QUOTES, AND WE JUST GOT TO GET THE RIGHT OF ENTRY DONE, AND WE CAN GET MOVING. SO WHEN DO WE THINK THAT WE'LL HAVE THAT COMPLETED. CAN I CAN I GET YOU AN ANSWER IN WRITING TOMORROW. OF COURSE. OKAY. YEP. AND THEN LASTLY, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME THE SCHEDULE THAT I GOT ON THE MARQUEE SIGN. THERE WAS SOME WORK THAT WAS GOING TO BE DONE, I BELIEVE, THIS WEEK OR OVER SPRING BREAK. IS THAT CORRECT? I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK. I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY, BUT THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORK. TIMELINE SAID THAT THERE WAS SOME WORK BEING DONE EITHER OVER SPRING BREAK OR LIKE THE WEEK RIGHT AFTER SPRING BREAK. SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF WE WERE STILL ON SCHEDULE WITH THOSE MARQUEE SIGN INSTALLS. AT THIS POINT, YES. I HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN ANY INFORMATION THAT WE'RE NOT ON THAT SAME SCHEDULE, BUT WE CAN WE WILL VERIFY THAT AS WELL. OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO BE IN SOME REAL TROUBLE FROM SOME CAMPUSES, KNOW THAT THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD. THEY'RE ALL MOVING FORWARD FOR SURE. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU, MR. CLEAVER I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. THIS OROSCO. OKAY. MR. CLEAVER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, SIR. ALL RIGHT. TEAM M5 HAYS RSD FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. [M.5. Hays CISD Financial Statements] ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ROWE OR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN SUBMIT? ALL RIGHT, MR. ROWE, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ITEM. [N. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES] AND ANY REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FROM FROM OUR BOARD. LOOKING OVER TO MY LEFT. LOOKING TO MY RIGHT, MR. FLORES. YEAH. JUST ANY UPDATES ON HIRES FOR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS OR OR JUST IN THE DISTRICT FROM THE FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY? JUST ANY UPDATES ON THE HIRING FOR THOSE? GREAT. RIGHT? SEE MY NUMBER IS RUNKLE HAS BEEN DILIGENTLY TYPING ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS OVER THERE, SO I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE HER DO A RECAP TONIGHT. [P. UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS] OUR NEXT MEETING IS COMING UP ON MARCH 25TH, 2024, RIGHT HERE IN THE ROOM AT 5:30 P.M.. IF THERE'S NOBODY OPPOSING, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 10:09 P.M.. THANK YOU. AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.