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WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU BEING HERE.
AND WELCOME THOSE OF YOU LISTENING ONLINE.
TODAY IS MAY 20TH, 2024, AND THE TIME IS 5:30 P.M..
A QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT.
[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.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.
[C. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION - immediately following Closed Session]
AGAIN, I WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU IN ATTENDANCE AND EVERYONE LISTENING ONLINE.A QUORUM HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED.
ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT.
LET'S GET STARTED WITH THE PLEDGES BY BOARD SECRETARY VANESSA PETREA.
[D. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAGS]
THANK YOU, MISS PETREA. ALL RIGHT.OUR MISSION STATEMENT WILL BE READ BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT BYRON SEVERANCE.
[E. MISSION STATEMENT]
THE MISSION OF HAYS CISD IS TO EDUCATE, VALUE AND NURTURE STUDENTS THROUGH INNOVATIVE AND PERSONALIZED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES WHILE CELEBRATING OUR DIVERSITY.ALL RIGHT. AND OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT WILL BE READ BY TRUSTEE COURTNEY RUNKLE.
[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.ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS RUNKLE.
OKAY, FOLKS, THAT TAKES US DOWN TO LETTER G, OUR SUPERINTENDENT REPORT, DR.
[G. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT]
WRIGHT. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT VELA.SO FIRST OF ALL, ON MY REPORT, OUR ENROLLMENT FOR THE LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL IS 23,550 STUDENTS.
SO WE'RE STILL UP AROUND 1100 STUDENTS FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
OUR ATTENDANCE RATE IS 93.84%.
AND SO IT'S UP ABOUT 0.84, ALMOST A FULL PERCENTAGE POINT FROM WHERE WE BUDGETED.
AND THEN FINALLY REALLY EXCITED ABOUT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
WE HAVE OUR GRADUATION CEREMONIES AT TEXAS STATE AT STRAHAN ARENA.
ON TUESDAY, WE HAVE A LEHMAN CEREMONY BEGINNING AT 2 P.M.
AND THEN FOLLOWED BY HAYS HIGH SCHOOL AT SIX.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU DR. WRIGHT.
YES. EXCITED ABOUT THE GRADUATION DR.? I DON'T KNOW A COUPLE OF US UP HERE ON THE DAIS ARE NERVOUS.
OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF OUR MEETING.
[H. PUBLIC FORUM ]
AS A REMINDER, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IN PUBLIC FORUM MUST HAVE COMPLETED THE GREEN SHEET LOCATED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE MEETING ROOM PRIOR TO THE BOARD RECONVENING IN OPEN SESSION.IF YOU DID NOT SIGN UP, YOU WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE AUDIO AND VIDEO OF PUBLIC FORUM IS RECORDED AS PART OF THE RECORDING OF THE ENTIRE MEETING, AND IS PUBLISHED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE WITHOUT ALTERATION. A PERSON WHO CHOOSES TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC FORUM IS CONSENTING TO THE ONLINE PUBLICATION OF THEIR COMMENTS.
SO TONIGHT WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS.
EACH ONE OF YOU WILL GET FIVE MINUTES AND WE WILL BRING OUR FIRST ONE UP IS MEGAN JOHNSON.
COOL. HELLO, MY NAME IS MEGAN JOHNSON.
I AM A TEACHER AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL.
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I HAVE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW, AND MY MAIN GOAL OF TODAY IS JUST TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND THE DECISION THAT POSSIBLY COULD BE MADE. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'VE KIND OF BROKEN DOWN MY ARGUMENTS INTO TWO TOPICS HOW INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES HELP TEACHERS AND HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE DISTRICT.SO TO START OFF FIRST, HOW I HELP TEACHERS I SEE US HELP TEACHERS WITH SO MANY THINGS, INCLUDING LESSON PLANS, DIFFERENTIATION IN THE CLASSROOM, AND CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT.
NOW, THIS IS MY BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT HERE BECAUSE AS DR.
WRIGHT JUST SAID, OUR DISTRICT IS GROWING, SO WE'RE HAVING EVEN LARGER CLASS SIZES.
WE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING LEARNING GAPS WITH COVID, AND I'M A SCIENCE TEACHER AND WE HAVE NEW SCIENCE SEATS NEXT YEAR, SO INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES WILL DEFINITELY HELP WITH ALL OF THAT. ALSO, INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HELP BRAND NEW TEACHERS TO THE DISTRICT OR JUST NEW TEACHERS IN GENERAL THAT ARE JUST GRADUATING FROM UNIVERSITIES.
ICS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HELP TRACK DATA FOR CBAS AND STAAR, AND SO THAT FALLS ON THE TEACHERS.
AND THAT KIND OF WRAPS UP MY POINTS WITH ICS HELPING TEACHERS.
MY NEXT POINT IS HOW ICS ARE GOING TO BASICALLY AFFECT THE DISTRICT.
MOST TEACHERS DON'T REALLY SEE THE COORDINATORS ALL YEAR REALLY MAINLY JUST DURING PD.
ALSO THE NEW PLAN WITH THE NEW FIVE ICS THE DISTRICT WILL BASICALLY HAVE AT A DISTRICT LEVEL, I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT OVER TIME THEY WILL FOCUS MORE ON STAAR TESTED SUBJECTS AND EVERYONE ELSE BE KIND OF IGNORED.
AND YEAH, THAT'S MAINLY MY POINTS.
THANK. THANK YOU, MISS JOHNSON.
MIGUEL ZUNIGA. IS THAT? AM I READING THAT CORRECTLY? ALL RIGHT. DR.
MIGUEL ZUNIGA, THE PHD IN THERE.
YOU'RE GOOD. YOU'RE ON. I MOVED IT.
RIGHT. OH, THANK YOU, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND THOSE THOSE NEW MEMBERS AS WELL.
AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THOSE ELECTIONS.
AND THANK YOU ALL MEMBERS AND DR.
WRIGHT FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE.
I AM A CITY OF KYLE COUNCIL MEMBER.
I HAVE TWO KIDS IN THE DISTRICT, ONE AT TOBIAS AND THE OTHER AT LEHMAN.
I'M ON THE LEHMAN CHEER BOOSTER CLUB AND ON THE TOBIAS PTA.
I'M HERE TODAY TO READ A LETTER THAT WAS SENT TO SOME OF YOU AND TO ADMINS OVER SOME CONCERNS, AND WE ARE ASKING FOR COOPERATION THAT IS NEEDED FOR A SUMMER CHEER NCA CAMP.
TO ALL THOSE WHO THIS CONCERNS.
WE ARE NO FARTHER ALONG THAN WE WERE WHEN WE STARTED WITH ANSWERS OR RESOLUTIONS ON NCA CAMP, AND THE OVERALL LONG TERM SUCCESS OF THE LEHMAN CHEER PROGRAM, AND NCA CAMP IS 21 DAYS AWAY.
SEVERAL TIMES WE HAVE ALL BEEN TOLD THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE CALLBACKS, YET WE HAVE NOT.
TO RECAP EVERYTHING AS BRIEFLY AS POSSIBLE.
AS WE ALL KNOW, LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A CHEER COACH.
HOWEVER, MAKING MANDATORY EVENTS AND PARTICIPATION NOT STRUCTURED IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
MIND YOU, IF WE DO NOT PLACE HIGHLY, THE PARENTS WILL ALSO COMPLAIN.
I UNDERSTAND NCA IS STATING THEY CAN BRING CAMP TO US, BUT THIS IS NO WAY CLOSE TO GOING TO CAMP.
THE TEAM IS PUTTING 50% EFFORT RIGHT NOW.
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THIS WILL NOT CHANGE BECAUSE YOU ADD NCA CAMP TO THE TITLE ON THE BAND PRACTICE.COMPETING ALONGSIDE OTHER TEAMS PUSHES YOU AND THE HOURS ARE MUCH LONGER THAN A DAY CAMP AT LEHMAN.
SURE $250 IS CHEAPER, BUT WHY PAY THAT IF WE AREN'T REALLY MAXIMIZING THE REASON BEHIND CAMP AND YOU STILL WON'T HAVE 100% PARTICIPATION BECAUSE NEW MEMBERS DO NOT THINK ANYTHING IS MANDATORY.
OUR OTHER DISTRICT SCHOOLS ARE ATTENDING BECAUSE IT IS MANDATORY.
HAYS ALSO DOES NOT HAVE A COACH AND THEY ARE STILL GOING.
THIS MEANS HOLDING STAFF, PARENTS AND STUDENTS ACCOUNTABLE.
EXPERIENCE IS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM OUR SENIORS.
THIS IS THE LAST YEAR OUR SENIORS WILL GET TO EXPERIENCE CAMP.
I GUARANTEE MAJORITY OF PARENTS WILL FIGHT FOR THEIR CHEERLEADER TO HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY ARE SENIORS, SO THEY NEED TO NOT TAKE IT AWAY FROM OUR CURRENT SENIORS. OPPORTUNITY IS BEING TAKEN.
SOME OF THESE GIRLS WANT TO GO TO CHEER AND COLLEGE.
IT DOES MEAN MORE WHEN YOU'RE AWARDED THAT OUT OF 100 ATHLETES, WE WERE TOLD CAMP WAS SWITCHED DUE TO FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION, WHICH EVERYONE KNEW PREVIOUS TO TRYING OUT FOR THE TEAM.
THIS IS NOT THE ONLY TIME TRANSPORTATION WILL BE NEEDED.
IN FACT, ALL COMPETITION SEASON BESIDES UIL REQUIRES TRANSPORTATION FOR COMPETITIONS.
SETTING THE EXPECTATION THAT THESE THINGS ARE NOT MANDATORY IS UNACCEPTABLE.
AND NEXT YEAR AND EVERY YEAR, THEIR CHEERLEADER CHEERS.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS VERY SAME CAMP AND VERY SAME COST.
AS STAFF, YOU SHOULD WANT TO SET UP YOUR INCOMING COACH TO BE SUCCESSFUL BY HAVING A PREPARED TEAM.
TRANSPORTATION WAS ALREADY STATED SEVERAL TIMES WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE.
WE ARE A CHEER FAMILY AND WE HAVE ENOUGH PARENTS VOLUNTEERING TO CARPOOL.
CURRENTLY, AS IT SETS, WE HAVE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WILLING TO HELP WITH THE COST OF CAMP.
ADDITIONALLY, WE LET ADMINS KNOW YOU CAN ASK VARSITY TO EXTEND DUE DATE A FEW WEEKS AFTER CAMP.
SO WHAT IS THE TRUE CONCERN? WHY HAVE WE NOT TOLD THE TEAM WE WILL BE GOING TO CAMP AND IT IS MANDATORY AND..
YEAH, WE GOT YOUR NOTES, AND THANK YOU.
OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE DANIEL AYALA.
YOU'RE GOING TO PRESS THE BUTTON ON THE RIGHT? YEAH. THANK YOU.
PERFECT. SO MY CONCERN HERE TODAY IS TO TALK ABOUT THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACH POSITION AND THE DECISION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AHEAD OF YOU, WHICH I KNOW IS IN A VERY TOUGH DECISION TO MAKE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WITH THE LEGISLATURE NOT FUNDING US, IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION THAT YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY WEIGH IN THE PROS AND CONS OF EVERY DECISION THAT YOU GUYS MAKE AS A BOARD.
BUT I WANT TO ADD ANOTHER POINT.
AND THAT WOULD BE FROM MORE OF AN EQUITY PERSPECTIVE.
THERE ARE FEW OPPORTUNITIES, AS EDUCATORS THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OF UPWARD MOBILITY, RIGHT? AS TEACHERS, YOU EITHER YOU'RE A TEACHER AND THEN YOU CAN GET A CERTIFICATE, OR YOU CAN GET YOUR MASTER'S DEGREE AND TRY TO BECOME ADMIN OR ANOTHER POSITION OF THAT LEVEL.
BUT TO THAT, BEFORE THAT, THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, RIGHT? THAT REQUIRES MORE MONEY THAT YOU HAVE TO SPEND TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR ABILITY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S JUST A REQUIREMENT OF THE POSITION.
THE IC POSITION IS THAT NEXT RUNG, THAT NEXT STEP THAT YOU CAN TAKE LOGICALLY AND AND FEASIBLY AS AN EDUCATOR, TO KIND OF SHOW WHAT YOU CAN DO AT A EVEN AT A DEPARTMENT WIDE LEVEL, IT DOES NOT COMPARE TO THE SAME LEVEL AS, SAY, A DEPARTMENT CHAIR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS FEASIBLE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES.
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CHANGING PERIODS, THEY WERE ABLE TO COME SEE ME REAL QUICK, DO SOME QUICK ADJUSTMENTS, AND THEN GO BACK TO DOING IN OUR CAMPUS AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL, WE ALREADY HAVE THEM IN A HYBRID POSITION WHERE WE HAVE THEM TEACHING HALF THE TIME, AND WE ALSO HAVE THEM DOING AN IC POSITION THE OTHER HALF THE TIME.THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIONS, RIGHT.
BUT YOU WILL ALSO FIND INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES POSITIONS AVAILABLE.
RIGHT? THAT'S NOT BECAUSE THE DISTRICTS THOUGHT THAT THAT IC NEEDED TO GO OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S BECAUSE IT'S LOGICAL THAT THAT IC POSITION PROBABLY TRANSITION INTO A HIGHER POSITION WITHIN THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY HAVE SHOWN THEIR CAPABILITY AS LEADERS TO FILL IN THE SPOT WITHIN THAT DISTRICT.
GIVE ME ONE QUICK MOMENT. LET ME KIND OF GO DOWN THERE.
SO REALISTICALLY SPEAKING, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES, AS I SAID, AND YOU ARE LIMITING THE PIPELINE THAT WE'RE PULLING FROM AS EDUCATORS. IF YOU MAKE THAT DECISION, I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T NECESSARILY MADE IT, BUT IF YOU MAKE THAT DECISION, THERE'S A PIPELINE THAT YOU PULL FROM.
YOU'RE DEFINITELY NOT ALLOWING FOR A LARGER PORTION OF TEACHERS TO GO UP TO THAT NEXT LEVEL.
MY WIFE IS A TEACHER AT AT NAVARRO ELEMENTARY IN LOCKHART, AND SHE SERVES THE POSITION AS LOVER LEADER, WHICH IS COMBINATION TEACHING COMBINATION, IC VERY SIMILAR TO THE IC, AND IT IS A VALUED POSITION IN WHICH SHE TAKES CARE OF THE ENTIRE CAMPUS ON HER OWN, ON THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
RIGHT. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT TAKES JUST AN INSANE AMOUNT OF TIME OUT OF HER LIFE.
AND THAT PRETTY MUCH TAKES CARE OF MY COMMENTS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME UPCOMING MEETINGS THAT WE WILL BE ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. NEXT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO LETTER I, OUR CAMPUS RECOGNITION.
[I. CAMPUS RECOGNITION - Kyle Elementary School]
AND SO TONIGHT WE'RE RECOGNIZING KYLE ELEMENTARY.SO MS. SEDILLO YOU WANT TO COME AND DO THE ARE YOU DOING THE INTRODUCTION OR NO, DR.
I MIGHT HAVE TO GET USED TO THAT.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT VELA BOARD MEMBERS, DR.
WRIGHT. IT IS MY PLEASURE TONIGHT TO GET TO INTRODUCE KYLE ELEMENTARY, AND I'M GOING TO START OUT BY INTRODUCING THEIR PRINCIPAL. THAT IS JUST ABOUT THREE DAYS AWAY FROM MAKING IT THROUGH HIS FIRST YEAR.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, HE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.
THE TEAM THERE AT KYLE IS AMAZING.
AND I WANT TO GIVE IT UP TO MR. SEAN MAXWELL.
GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT VELA, SUPERINTENDENT DR.
WRIGHT AND TRUSTEES, I AM SEAN MAXWELL.
I AM THE PROUD PRINCIPAL AT KYLE ELEMENTARY.
THIS IS MY AMAZING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL KRISTIN SEIBEL, AND WE CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO SEE ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT KYLE ELEMENTARY AT THIS TIME.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR FUTURE PRINCIPAL CASH.
WELCOME. WELCOME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN TO OUR KYLE PRESENTATION. I'M CASH AND I'M IN PRE-K.
HI, I'M EVERETT AND I LOVE GETTING TO DO THE GT PROJECTS.
HI, I'M CAITLIN AND I LOVE MAKING IT ALL THE WAY TO REGIONALS FOR HAYS HISTORY DAY.
I ALSO JUST FOUND OUT THAT I'M GOING TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR.
HI, I'M XANDER AND I LOVE GETTING TO PLAY AN INSTRUMENTAL ROLE IN OUR MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS.
HI, I'M EVIE AND I LOVED GETTING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FOURTH GRADE NATIVE AMERICAN PROJECTS.
ALL RIGHT. OUR PANTHERS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO COME UP CLOSE TO YOU GUYS.
AND WE HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAND YOU.
AS THEY WALK UP, I'M GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
IT IS A, WE DECIDED ACTUALLY IT'D BE REALLY UNIQUE TO HAND YOU A STACK OF PLAYING CARDS.
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ONE THING VERY SPECIAL ABOUT KES IS ITS RICH HISTORY, AND THAT WE ARE THE OLDEST ACTIVE CAMPUS IN THE DISTRICT, SO WE WANTED YOU GUYS TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF OUR PAST AND PRESENT, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THAT.AS YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND CARD IN YOUR PLAYING CARDS, YOU WILL SEE THAT OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT IS 638 STUDENTS, WITH OUR LARGEST GRADE LEVEL BEING OUR FOURTH GRADE TEAM AT 113. IN ADDITION TO OUR SCHOOL POPULATION BROKEN DOWN BY GRADE LEVEL, YOU ALSO HAVE THE STUDENTS BY PROGRAM LISTED ON THAT CARD.
AS WE TRANSITION INTO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS OUR MISSION STATEMENT.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE LED BY MISS REINIKS KINDERGARTEN CLASS.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LIVE BY AND WE BRING BACK THROUGHOUT OUR SCHOOL DAILY.
OUR PLC THIS YEAR WE ARE WE HAVE A WEEKLY FOCUS WITHIN THE CYCLE.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN MTSS MEETING.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE LOOK AT KIDS INDIVIDUALLY BASED ON DATA.
AND WE MAKE DECISIONS AT AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE MET WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACH, AND WE REALLY HAD THIS COLLECTIVE CONVERSATION AS TO WHAT ARE OUR HOPES FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM, AND HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EMPOWERING OUR TEACHERS TO ENSURE THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY OCCURRING? AND SO WE KNEW PEER TO PEER CONVERSATION WAS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO JUST HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO TALKING BACK AND FORTH THROUGHOUT THOSE LESSONS.
AND SO WE HIGHLIGHTED THE THINK PAIR SHARE STRATEGY.
AND WE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE Q TRIPLE ESSAY STRATEGY.
AND SO WE BROUGHT IN THE THINK, WRITE, PAIR SHARE STRATEGY.
AND THIS HAPPENS IN EVERY SINGLE GRADE LEVEL FROM KINDER ALL THE WAY THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF SENTENCE STEMS SO THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE GIVEN THAT PROPER SUPPORT WHENEVER THEY GO TO RESTATE QUESTIONS BACK TO US OR WRITE COMPLETE SENTENCES ON THEIR PAPERWORK.
WE HAVE MANY STAFF HIGHLIGHTS AND OUR STAFF HAVE ACCOMPLISHED MANY THINGS.
WHAT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE COMMUNITY SCAVENGER HUNT THAT WE DID IN AUGUST WITH OUR TEACHERS AS A TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITY AND COMING IN AND BEING BRAND NEW, WE WANTED TO REALLY BUILD CAPACITY WITH OUR TEACHERS.
WE GOT TO GET EVERYONE TOGETHER.
THEY GOT TO SEE THE DIFFERENT PLACES THAT OUR STUDENTS, OUR PANTHERS, LIVE.
SO THEY GET TO SEE WHERE EVERYONE COMES FROM.
AND ALSO WITH HAVING NEW TEAM MEMBERS, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD TIME TO GET TOGETHER AND REALLY BUILD UP THEIR TEAM, GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND JUST START OFF THE YEAR STRONG. CONTINUING WITH SOME AMAZING CELEBRATIONS THIS YEAR AS WE WANT TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE WORK WE PUT INTO OUR WIN TIME.
WIN TIME STANDS FOR WHAT I NEED TIME.
THIS IS DATA DRIVEN AND IT'S BASED ON STUDENTS ACTUAL NEEDS, OF COURSE.
AND SO WHAT IT IS IS TIME WHERE NO NEW ACADEMIC LEARNING IS OCCURRING, AND THE TEACHERS WORK IN PLCS TO ESTABLISH WHAT GROUPS MIGHT NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, WHETHER IN MATH OR READING OR IF THEY NEED TO WORK ON GT PROJECTS.
AND SO FROM THERE, THEY THEN HIGHLIGHT THEIR STRENGTHS AS EDUCATORS AND THE STUDENTS ACTUALLY GET TO GO OUT INTO THE GRADE LEVEL AND WORK WITH ADDITIONAL TEACHERS WHO CAN HELP KIND OF HONE IN ON THE SKILLS THAT THEY'RE NEEDING.
ANOTHER CELEBRATION WE WANT TO SHARE IS OUR DROP EVERYTHING AND READ.
AND SO WE RECEIVED $1,000 TO GO TOWARD ADDITIONAL NEW BOOKS FOR KYLE ELEMENTARY.
AND SO THE STUDENTS WERE VERY, VERY EXCITED.
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BUT AS ALSO WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND STUDENTS THAT READING BUILDS PASSION AND LOVE.IT'S NOT ABOUT PASSING A TEST.
AND SO THAT WAS A SUPER EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE NUMBER 12 YOU SEE UP THERE IS VERY SPECIAL TO US BECAUSE WE HAD SOME FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS WHO ENTERED THEIR POETRY INTO A CONTEST, AND 12 OF THEM ARE NOW PUBLISHED AUTHORS FROM THAT.
OH, AND THAT'S ME. SO AS YOU KNOW, ATTENDANCE MATTERS.
IT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART AS I KNOW IT'S YOURS AS WELL.
AND SO WE KNOW WE WANT STUDENTS THERE ON CAMPUS.
SO WE DO A LOT OF PROACTIVE STEPS.
AND WHEN WE GET TO TEN, THEN THEY BRING THEM UP AND THEN WE GET TO CELEBRATE THEM.
USUALLY IT'S THANKS FOR POPPING IN AND YOUR CLASS GETS POPCORN OR POPSICLES.
AND THEN WE ALSO TAKE SOME OTHER MEASURES AS WELL.
SO WHENEVER WE KNOW A FAMILY COULD BE STRUGGLING, WE SIT WITH THEM, OUR ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE, WE MEET WITH THEM AND WE SAY, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ARRANGE SOME CARPOOL SITUATIONS AMONGST FAMILIES.
WE'VE SET UP SOME SUCCESSFUL ATTENDANCE PLANS AND THEN WE FOLLOW BACK UP.
FOR OUR SEL COMING IN AND BEING BRAND NEW THIS YEAR.
BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE WANTED TO LOOK AT IT AS A CAMPUS AND REALLY EVALUATE THE CURRENT SEL PROGRAM THAT WAS IN PLACE BASED ON OUR FEEDBACK AND LOOKING INTO SELS.
OUR CAMPUS WOULD WANT IT TO GO WITH LEADER IN ME, AND SO WE ARE IN YEAR ONE IMPLEMENTATION.
THIS YEAR OUR STAFF HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE SEVEN HABITS TRAINING, WHICH IS REALLY HOW ARE WE LIVING THAT AS AN ADULT AND WHAT IS THE SEVEN HABITS LOOK LIKE FOR US IN OUR DAILY LIVES? FROM THERE WE MET AS A LIGHTHOUSE TEAM, WHICH WE HAVE A CORE GROUP OF TEACHERS THAT GET TOGETHER AND WE TALK ALL THINGS LEADER IN ME.
AND WHAT IS WHAT WILL THAT LOOK LIKE FOR KYLE? BECAUSE WE'RE BUILDING THIS FROM FROM YEAR ONE ON, FROM THERE, OUR CAMPUS PARTICIPATED IN OUR CORE ONE TRAINING, WHICH WAS BEGINNING THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE WITHIN OUR CLASSROOM. WE UNFORTUNATELY DID THE TRAINING LATER IN THE YEAR.
SO WE DEVELOPED AS A CAMPUS, LIKE A 2.0 VERSION SO THAT WE COULD BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION RIGHT NOW.
AND SO OUR AWESOME COUNSELOR WORKED TO PUT TOGETHER LESSONS BASED ON THE HABIT.
AND OUR TEACHERS DROP EVERYTHING AND DO THAT DURING OUR SEL TIME.
IN MAY, AFTER SCHOOL ENDS, OUR LIGHTHOUSE TEAM IS GOING TO COME TOGETHER FOR AN ADDITIONAL TRAINING.
AT A GLANCE FOR KYLE AND WHAT WHAT DOES LEADER ME LOOK LIKE IMPLEMENTING AT KES? ALL RIGHT. SO WE ALSO USE EMERGENT TREE WHICH IS A DISTRICT INITIATIVE.
AND OUR STUDENTS RECITE IT EVERY SINGLE MORNING.
AND SO WITH THAT COMES A LOT OF FUN, POSITIVE INCENTIVES FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND THEY GET A LOT OF VOICE AND CHOICE.
AND SO EVERY CLASSROOM HAS WHAT WE CALL A BRAG BOARD.
AS YOU SEE, WE WERE TAPED TO THE WALL.
WE LEARNED A LOT OF IMPORTANT LESSONS.
DON'T LET FIFTH GRADERS TELL JOKES WHEN YOU'RE TAPED TO A WALL.
AND SO BUT IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND THEY HAD A BLAST DOING IT.
IN ADDITION, ONE OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS TO DO IS POSITIVE OFFICE REFERRALS.
ANYONE ON CAMPUS CAN WRITE ONE.
AND THEN WE PUT THEIR PICTURE UP IN THE SCHOOL.
AND SO IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY, AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO HIGHLIGHT GREAT THINGS ON CAMPUS.
OUR GOAL IS TO GET OUR STUDENTS INVOLVED IN ANY WAY THAT THEY CAN OF THEIR INTERESTS.
THIS THIS YEAR WE HAVE SOME CLUBS THAT ARE OFFERED IN THE MORNING, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR PANTHER PATROL.
FOR AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS, WE HAVE GARDEN CLUB, WHICH HAS BEEN AWESOME.
OUR STUDENTS HAVE COMPLETELY TAKEN OVER.
OUR GARDENS. I KNOW THAT IF YOU'VE BEEN TO KYLE, YOU'VE SEEN EACH GRADE LEVEL HAS A GARDEN.
WE ALSO HAVE STUDENT LED CLUBS.
ONE OF THE ONES THAT I'M PROUD OF IS OUR KINDNESS CLUB, WHICH WAS AN IDEA.
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STUDENT LED. THE STUDENTS ARE GOING IN THERE TEACHING KINDNESS LESSONS INTO OTHER CLASSES, AND IT'S BEEN AMAZING.THE OLDER GRADES WILL GET WITH THE LOWER GRADE.
AND SO THAT'S GETTING 100% OF OUR KIDS INVOLVED.
THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SOME, SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR IS THE DISTRICT WIDE SPELLING BEE.
OUR HAYS HISTORY DAY, WHICH WE ARE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE HAD ONE STUDENT ADVANCE ALL THE WAY TO STATE, AND MOST RECENTLY, OUR CHOIR PERFORMED AT HAYS CISD CHILDREN'S CHORAL FESTIVAL.
I WOULD LIKE TO TURN AROUND AND TELL MY STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE.
OUR STUDENTS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.
WE WE MIGHT HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THERE, SO DON'T DON'T GO TOO FAR.
LET ME GO AHEAD AND TURN TO MY RIGHT AND SEE WHAT QUESTIONS.
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WERE GOING TO BRAG ON ALL YOUR ANIMAL SANCTUARIES.
I'M GLAD WE GOT TO SEE IT AT THE END.
YOU HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE ATRIUM IN THE MIDDLE WHERE YOU HAVE HOW MANY TURTLES? THERE'S AT LEAST 12.
I HEARD YOU MIGHT BE GETTING MORE.
THEY MIGHT BE GETTING A FEW MORE.
WE HAVE SOME THAT HAVE NOT MADE THEIR WAY TO THE SURFACE YET.
HOW MANY CHICKENS? OH AFTER THIS.
SO THIS SPRING SEVERAL CLASSROOMS INCUBATED EGGS AND NOT JUST CHICKEN EGGS, BUT DUCK EGGS.
AND SO WE HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF CHICKENS AND DUCKS RIGHT NOW..
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AND I THINK THERE'S SO MANY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME FROM CARING FOR ANIMALS.AND I KNOW MISS JONES DID THAT FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
AND SO I THINK SOME PEOPLE WERE NERVOUS, LIKE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? AND YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF KEEPING THAT GOING.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS DATA.
I REALLY ENJOYED THE PRESENTATION THE WAY YOU DID THIS, THE CARDS, THE KIDS.
YOU GUYS ARE NEW IN THESE LEADERSHIP ROLES AND YOU LOOKING AROUND YOU, MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY WOULDN'T KNOW THAT YOU BOTH ARE RELATIVELY NEW AS PRINCIPAL AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
YOU'VE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT A LONG TIME.
I'VE KNOWN BOTH OF YOU PERSONALLY FOR LONGER THAN I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD.
AND I LOVE THE HISTORY THAT YOU INCLUDED.
I ALSO MY FIRST FRIEND WHEN I MOVED HERE IN 2005 IS NACONA KOENIG AND HER MOM WORKED.
DONNA HELM WORKED AT KYLE ELEMENTARY FOR A LONG TIME, AND SO KYLE ELEMENTARY IS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE WITH A HUGE HISTORY AND LEGACY IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR Y'ALL FOR TELLING THAT STORY AND KEEPING ALL OF THOSE STORIES ALIVE.
ALL RIGHT, MISS RUNKLE. OH THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
YOU GUYS, I WE ARE THE MOST THE BEST PART OF OUR MEETINGS REALLY ARE YOU GUYS.
IT'S NOT EASY TO DO IN FRONT OF A BUNCH OF ADULTS.
AND YOU KNOW, YOUR PRINCIPAL SAID A FUTURE PRINCIPAL, BUT THAT MAY BE A FUTURE PRESIDENT.
SO THERE'S THAT. BUT I'M JUST SO PROUD OF YOU KIDS.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO ASK.
OH, THE MASCOT, WHERE THE MASCOT IS BACK THERE, AND.
AND OUR MASCOT, OUR ROCK STARS.
THEY DO A LOT OF THINGS ON OUR CAMPUSES WITH OUR KIDS.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE HIDING OVER THERE.
WELL, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE TODAY, TOO.
MISTER MAXWELL MY SON WENT TO ELM GROVE, SO I KNOW YOU GUYS FROM ELM GROVE DAYS.
WHEN THIS POSITION CAME UP AT KYLE AND THINGS WERE CHANGING, I WAS SO INCREDIBLY EXCITED FOR YOU AND MRS. PETREA IS RIGHT.
THE DYNAMIC DUO. YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED SO WELL TOGETHER.
YOU WORKED SO WELL TOGETHER PREVIOUSLY.
BUT TO SEE YOU GUYS DO ALL OF THESE FUN THINGS, LIKE TAPING EACH OTHER AND DUNKING EACH OTHER AND DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS, I MEAN, YOU GUYS JUST REALLY HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP AND IT EXPANDS ACROSS THE CAMPUS AND TO THE FAMILIES.
TO, OKAY, SO YOU MENTIONED THE ANIMALS I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE ANIMALS.
ARE THE STUDENTS TAKING CARE OF THE ANIMALS.
SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM, AND SO IT'S A TEAM OF TEACHERS.
BUT THROUGH LEADER IN ME, AND PART OF OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR LIGHTHOUSE TEAM IS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO START TURNING THIS BACK OVER TO STUDENTS TO LET STUDENTS ASSIST WITH? WONDERFUL. SO YOU'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO YOUR SEL.
WONDERFUL. AND THEN THE 12 PUBLISHED AUTHORS THAT WE HAVE, CAN Y'ALL SHARE THAT WORK WITH US? BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEIR WORK THAT'S GETTING PUBLISHED.
SO IF YOU WOULD SHARE THAT WITH US, IT'S A BOOK.
AND SO WE WILL WE'LL GET IT TO YOU.
THANK YOU. THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I LOVE THE POSITIVE REFERRALS.
I THINK IT'S SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU DEAL WITH BEHAVIOR, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE BEHAVIOR THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH AND THE CHANGES SINCE COVID, IT'S SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT WHAT OUR KIDS DO GREAT AT.
AND THEY NEED TO HEAR THAT TOO.
AND SO I LOVE THAT YOU GUYS REALLY MAKE A POINT AND TAKE INITIATIVE ON THAT.
THE 100% HAYS THE MORNING CLUBS, AFTERNOON CLUBS, THE DAY CLUBS.
YOU GUYS ARE REALLY MAKING THAT A PRIORITY TOO.
AND WE WANT EVERY KID INVOLVED IN SOMETHING.
THAT SHOWS THAT YOU'RE TEACHING LEADERSHIP AND HOW TO PRESENT THINGS AND HOW TO NOT GET YOUR WAY, BUT HOW TO PAVE THE WAY. WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY AMAZING.
AND THEN WHAT ELSE? THAT'S IT.
BUT YOU GUYS ARE OUR VERY LAST CAMPUS SHOWCASE OF THE YEAR AND YOU GUYS NAILED IT.
SO THIS IS THE BEST THE BEST OF THE END OF THE YEAR.
PARENTS, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT OF YOUR BUSY DAY LONG DAY TO BRING YOUR YOUR CHILDREN.
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THIS IS WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.DR. WRIGHT. WE GOT SOME NEW CAMPUSES COMING UP RIGHT? SO PRINCIPAL CASH IS DEFINITELY IN THE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT, BUT NO, I MEAN, MR. MAXWELL. MISS SEIBEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE BUILDING SUCH A POSITIVE CULTURE AT KYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
I LOVE THE HOW YOU KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED THE PLCS AND YOUR GRADE LEVEL LEADERS AND REALLY EMPOWERING THEM TO JUST, YOU KNOW, WORK ON THESE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AND BEING IN THE CLASSROOM AND MAKING SURE WE'RE DELIVERING EFFICIENT INSTRUCTION TO OUR KIDS.
ALSO, I LOVE THE TEAM BUILDING ASPECT WITH YOUR TEACHERS, ORGANIZING ACTIVITIES SO THEY CAN BUILD THAT YOU KNOW, THAT COMMUNITY AMONGST EACH OTHER, AND THEY CAN BETTER COMMUNICATE AND AND JUST CREATE UNIFORMITY WITHIN THE GRADE LEVELS.
ALSO, I LOVE THE WIN TIME IDEA.
YOU KNOW, KIDS LEARN DIFFERENTLY AND IT'S VERY EQUITABLE.
I LOVE THAT THE DROP EVERYTHING AND READ.
I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT READERS MAKE LEADERS.
AND ALSO THAT, AGAIN TO COURTNEY'S POINT, THE POSITIVE INCENTIVES, RIGHT? I MEAN, USUALLY, YOU KNOW, PARENTS GET PHONE CALLS AND TEXT MESSAGES ABOUT MAYBE WHEN A KID IS NOT BEING THEIR BEST SELVES, BUT, HEY, THEY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE POSITIVE THINGS AS WELL, AND EMPHASIZING THAT I THINK THAT CREATES JUST A POSITIVE CULTURE.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANKS TO THE KIDS AND THE COMMUNITY FOR SHOWING UP.
ALL RIGHT. MR. SEVERANCE. AWESOME.
THANK YOU. MR. MAXWELL, MS. SIEBEL, GUYS, IT'S BEEN GREAT HAVING YOU GUYS TOGETHER.
I CAN DEFINITELY TELL THAT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THE CULTURE IS STARTING TO CHANGE.
I MEAN, YOU CAN DEFINITELY TELL BY THESE KIDS COMING UP HERE.
THAT'S OUR FAVORITE PART. MS. RUNKLE IS RIGHT TO HAVE THE KIDS COME AND SPEAK.
I MEAN, THIS SHOWS, YOU KNOW, THAT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING THERE, AND TO HAVE THEM COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO SPEAK WITH IN FRONT OF US, I MEAN, WE'RE OLD AND WHATEVER, LIKE, I MEAN, BUT THEY'RE COMING UP OKAY, I FEEL OLD, BUT THEIR ABILITY TO COME UP AND JUST TALK TO US, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT.
THEY WERE VERY COMFORTABLE TALKING TO US ALL THE WAY AROUND.
THEY WERE ASKING US QUESTIONS AS MUCH AS WE WERE ASKING THEM QUESTIONS.
AND THEN I THINK TRUSTEE VELA AND I WERE THERE FOR YOUR FINE ARTS NIGHT, AND WE WERE AROUND WHERE PATRICK WAS HANGING OUT, AND I WAS LOOKING CONFUSED, AND A KID CAME UP AND HE'S LIKE, ARE YOU LOST? OR HE GOES, LIKE, I'M TRYING TO HEAD TO THE KIMBRO ROOM AND YOU'RE WAYFINDING IS FINE.
I'M JUST NOT REALLY GOOD WITH IT YET.
AND HE'S LIKE, AND HE'S LIKE, OH, IT'S RIGHT DOWN HERE.
AND HE GAVE ME LIKE HAVING A SIRI JUST TURN BY TURN DIRECTIONS TO GET WHERE I NEEDED TO GO.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT BECAUSE THE KIDS JUST AREN'T AFRAID TO TALK TO ADULTS.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. SO BEING CONNECTED IS AWESOME.
I MEAN, I DIDN'T SPEAK ABOUT THAT, BUT I LOVE THAT LITTLE ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU HAVE IN EACH YOUR SECTIONS WHERE YOU CAN KIDS, EVERY TIME WE COME ON, THE KIDS COME OUT, GIVE A LITTLE SMALL GROUP GOING ON THAT LITTLE AREA.
AND I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE TURTLES, BUT I THINK YOU ALREADY TALKED ABOUT TURTLES.
WE HAVE SOME NEW TURTLES ON THE WAY.
I THINK THEY'RE NUMBER TWO, MAYBE BECAUSE YOU HAVE BABIES OR YOU'VE HAD BABIES OR..
ALL RIGHT. SO GOOD, BUT I DO I DO APPRECIATE THE STUDENT LED GARDENS.
SO THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, GETTING BACK TO NATURE AND SOME RESPONSIBILITY.
SO HANK WILL BE ON CAMPUS MORE OFTEN THAN A LOT.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HIM NEXT YEAR.
AND THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING, I APPRECIATE IT.
AND THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MR. SIEBEL. I GET TO GO NEXT, I GET TO JUMP.
I'LL JUST START AND JUST SAY JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THE STAFF BEING HERE IN THIS AUDIENCE.
I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING TO SEE SO MANY OF YOU HERE AND TAKING YOUR TIME OUT OF YOUR LONG DAY.
NOBODY'S COUNTING. BUT I KNOW YOU'RE ALMOST THERE, SO IT JUST IT'S JUST.
THANK YOU FOR ALL BEING HERE, STUDENTS.
AS I'M NOT SURPRISED BY IT, BECAUSE I GET TO SEE IT PROBABLY MORE THAN THAN A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE UP HERE, BUT I JUST KNOW HOW INCREDIBLE YOU ARE ON A DAILY BASIS, AND YOU GUYS JUST SHOW IT WITHOUT ANY HESITATION HERE TONIGHT.
SO YOU GUYS DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
SO BE VERY PROUD OF YOURSELVES FOR THAT.
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YEAH. I'M NOT GOING TO EMBARRASS YOU, MISS SEIBEL.AWESOME PRESENTATION. YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.
I CAN JUST SAY YOU KNOW, THE PUBLISHED AUTHORS AND I LOVE YOUR PHRASE, VOICE AND CHOICE IS GREAT.
I LIKE HOW YOU'RE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THIS, MISTER MAXWELL.
JUST REFLECTION ALREADY AND THAT YOU KNOW, SELF REFLECTION AND LOOKING AT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH, SEEING WHAT ALREADY WENT WELL THIS YEAR AND LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER FOR NEXT YEAR, IS YOU'RE ALREADY THINKING 2.0 AND PROBABLY HAVE 3.0, 4.0 IN YOUR BRAIN AS WELL.
SO I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE TURNING AHEAD ON THAT.
I MEAN, THE MAIN THING WITH KYLE ELEMENTARY IS JUST IT'S SUCH AN INCREDIBLE CAMPUS.
BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY AND CULTURE, YOU GUYS ARE THE SPEARHEADS OF THAT OF THAT CULTURE ON CAMPUS.
AND THAT COMMUNITY, THAT HISTORY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THROUGHOUT ALL THE YEARS AND JUST AND I MEAN, YOU BROUGHT IT WITH INCORPORATING EVERYBODY HERE, BUT I KNOW AND I GET TO SEE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY HOW MUCH YOU GUYS PERSONALLY CARE ABOUT EVERY STAFF MEMBER, EVERY STUDENT, EVERY COMMUNITY MEMBER, RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BUILT.
AND, AND IT'S JUST AN EXEMPLARY MODEL FOR WHAT OUR CAMPUSES SHOULD DO IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY.
AND IT'S JUST NOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE STUDENTS TEST SCORES AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MISS OROSCO.
IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL SEEING THE ENERGY COMING OUT OF KYLE ELEMENTARY.
AND I LOVE THE EMPHASIS IN LITERACY.
AND I LOVE ALL THINGS LITERACY.
GREAT. AND I REALLY LOVE HOW YOU'RE GROWING YOUR LEADERS ON CAMPUS.
RIGHT. I THINK ONE OF MY FAVORITE TIMES THAT I WENT TO KYLE ELEMENTARY WAS FOR THE CHRISTMAS DOOR DECORATIONS, RIGHT? WE HAD TWO STUDENTS, RILEY AND OLIVIA, WHO CAME UP WITH AN AMAZING IDEA TO CONTRIBUTE TO HAYS HOPE TO GO.
ALL OF IT WOULD GO TO HAYS HOPE TO GO.
THEY WERE SO COMMITTED TO HELPING REMOVE BARRIERS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND SO THAT WAS REALLY AMAZING.
AND RILEY AND OLIVIA DID WONDERFUL.
AND THEN I SAW THEM AGAIN AT THE HISTORY PROJECT RIGHT AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEY JUST SNUGGLED UP WITH ME AND BYRON.
WE TOOK A PICTURE AND IT WAS GREAT.
THEY WERE JUST SO EXCITED AND ASKED SO MANY QUESTIONS AND WANTED TO KNOW HOW IT WORKED OUT.
AND IT JUST WORKED OUT BEAUTIFULLY.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GROWING LEADERS THIS.
YES. I WANT TO ECHO EVERYBODY'S SENTIMENTS.
THEY'VE SAID EVERYTHING THAT I WANTED TO SAY, EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS.
KIDS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
GREAT JOB. PARENTS. THANK YOU.
STAFF, THANK YOU, MR. MAXWELL. THIS WAS YEAR ONE, CORRECT? ALL RIGHT. SO TAKE A DEEP BREATH, BECAUSE WE EXPECT BIGGER AND BETTER FOR 24-25.
I KNOW I GOT TO MEET WITH YOU ALL RECENTLY, AND I WAS JUST EXCITED TO TOUR THE CAMPUS.
I HAD BEEN ON THE CAMPUS SOME 15 YEARS AGO.
AGAIN, THANK YOU, KYLE ELEMENTARY AND GREAT JOB.
DR.. RIGHT. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY AS WELL.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO GET SOME PHOTOS.
THE OLDEST CAMPUS GOT TO PRESENT IN THE NEWEST FACILITY IN THE FIRST CAMPUS WE'VE EVER HAD AS WELL.
AND AND NOW I THINK MR. SAVOY IS GOING TO TAKE SOME PICTURES.
SO LET'S GET PANTERA AND ALL THE KYLE FAMILY WITH T SHIRTS, KIDS UP FRONT AND LET'S TAKE A PICTURE.
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I'M GOING TO TAKE ABOUT A TWO MINUTE RESET HERE REAL QUICK, ABOUT TWO MINUTES OR SO.ALL RIGHT, TEAM, WELCOME BACK.
YES. THAT'S ALWAYS AN EXCITING TIME OF OUR MEETING TO HEAR THE CAMPUS RECOGNITION.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BRING US TO LETTER J.
[J. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT - Update of District Positive Behavior Intervention Support (Presented May 13, 2024)]
LAST WEEK WE GOT THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT ON POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION SUPPORT FROM DR.DAWSON. SO, TEAM, I GUESS TONIGHT WE'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT MAY HAVE COME UP.
I'LL LOOK OVER HERE TO MY RIGHT, MISS RUNKLE.
DR. DAWSON, IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP TO THE MICROPHONE THERE.
SO IS THAT BEING COMPLETED OVER THE SUMMER? OR IS EVERYBODY UP TO DATE ON ADMINISTRATIVE SPED? THEY SHOULD BE UP TO DATE, BUT THERE'S ALSO RENEWALS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
AND THOSE ARE MONITORED BY DIFFERENT LEADERS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS RUNKLE, MR. FLORES. YEAH, I JUST I WAS JUST BACK TO THE BULLYING, AND I WANT TO THANK MR. SEIBEL, MISS OROSCO FOR, YOU KNOW, ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE THE DATA ON BULLYING AND SENDING US THE SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENT ON BOARD BLOG.
AND THIS DOES ENCOMPASS CYBER BULLYING AS WELL, CORRECT? YES, SIR. OKAY.
YOU KNOW, IF A STUDENT POSTS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT'S DEROGATORY TOWARD ANOTHER STUDENT OFF CAMPUS, WE CAN STILL HOLD STUDENTS ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THEY MAKE THOSE CHOICES. CORRECT? YES. SPECIFICALLY IF IT MAKES A AN IMPACT ON A STUDENT'S ABILITY TO PERFORM OR PARTICIPATE IN A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW MY SECOND QUESTION IS IT'S COMMON UNFORTUNATELY, NOWADAYS WITH IPHONES YOU KNOW, TO POST VIDEOS, RIGHT, OF ALTERCATIONS ON CAMPUSES. AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE ALSO CAN, CAN HOLD STUDENTS ACCOUNTABLE FOR.
AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THEM REMOVE IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
AND IF IT'S POSTED ON A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM, WE CAN ASK THEM TO TAKE IT DOWN FROM THERE AS WELL.
YES. SOMETIMES THEY'RE POSTED ANONYMOUSLY, SO IT'S HARD TO ENFORCE IT.
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THANK YOU FOR THAT. I MEAN, THIS IS A NEW AREA WITH CYBERBULLYING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.MY LAST QUESTION WAS IN REGARDS TO OUR, OUR PLACEMENTS FOR AT THE IMPACT CENTER.
AND I NOTICED THAT ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES HAS ABOUT 15 PLACEMENTS IN REGARDS TO THC OR MARIJUANA, AND 12 OF THOSE HAVE RETURNED FOR THE SAME REASONS.
AND SO MY QUESTION IS, IF A STUDENT WERE TO GET IN TROUBLE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OVER THE WEEKEND FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, OFF CAMPUS, DOES THAT STILL AFFECT THEIR PLACEMENT AND IMPACT? NO, UNLESS THEY'RE CHARGED WITH A FELONY AND THEN IT COULD IMPACT THEIR ADDITIONAL DAYS.
BUT UNLESS IT'S A TITLE FIVE FELONY OR A NON-TITLE FIVE FELONY, THAT'S A HIGHER LEVEL INCIDENT.
A LOT OF IT DOES NOT IMPACT THEIR CONSEQUENCE.
SIR, MAY I INTERJECT IF IT'S OKAY, PLEASE? WITH REGARDS TO THE CYBERBULLYING, THAT'S ONE THING THAT I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO BE ASSERTIVE AND ON TOP OF IT, THEY'VE FOUND MULTIPLE WAYS TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO REPORT IT IF THEY'RE EITHER SUBJECT TO IT OR IF THEY HAVE A FRIEND THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO PROTECT.
I'VE SEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS ON HAYS HOPELINE OR HAYS HOPE WITH REGARDS TO TRYING TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR FRIENDS OR EVEN FOR THEMSELVES WHEN THEY'VE BEEN SUBJECTED TO CYBERBULLYING.
I THINK THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IS, AS THE KIDS HAVE TO REPORT THESE, RIGHT.
WE'RE NOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA COMBING THROUGH THIS.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE KIDS THEMSELVES HAVE TO REPORT.
AND I THINK IT'S A TOUGH AREA. BUT AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
ALL RIGHT, DR. DAWSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. OKAY TEAM, THAT BRINGS US UP TO LETTER K, CONSENT AGENDA.
[K. CONSENT AGENDA ]
WE KNOW THAT LAST WEEK WE HAD SOME ITEMS THAT WERE CONSIDERED NOT AS PART OF CONSENT.SO WE HAVE PULLED THOSE OUT. SO I JUST WANT TO GO DOWN AND LOOK OVER HERE TO MY LEFT.
DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO PULL? ADAM IS TO MY RIGHT.
SECONDED BY MR. FLORES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
[L.1. Second Reading and Possible Adoption of proposed revisions to Local Policy FNCA - Dress Code]
ALL RIGHT, TEAM WE ARE NOW DOWN INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS, STARTING OFF WITH ITEM L ONE ON PAGE 26. ALL RIGHT.OKAY. LOOKING OVER TO MY RIGHT, MISS RUNKLE.
QUICK QUESTION. SO I NOTICED ON BOARD BLOG, THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED ABOUT HATS.
AND THE RESPONSE, I BELIEVE, TO BE INCORRECT.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I CLARIFY.
SO THE QUESTION WAS, HAVE TEACHERS SHARED ANY CONCERNS ABOUT HATS IN THE CLASSROOM AND THEIR ABILITY TO MONITOR STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY DURING ASSESSMENTS? AND THEN SO ON.
THE RESPONSE WAS HATS WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR.
CAN YOU PLEASE CONFIRM THAT THAT IS INCORRECT AND THAT HATS CAN BE WORN FACE FORWARD? TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT IS SO RIGHT.
THE INTENT OF THE BILLS IS TO THE BACK WERE BECAUSE OF THE CAMERA VIEWING.
DR. WRIGHT. AM I INACCURATE ON THAT? OKAY, SO THE INTENT WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CAMERAS, AS THEY'RE WALKING UP AND DOWN THE HALLWAYS, THEIR FACE CAN BE SEEN FULLY.
OKAY. I WAS NOT UNDER THE IMPRESSION AS BEING ON THE DRESS CODE COMMITTEE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE REQUIRING, WERE THAT HATS BE FACED BACKWARDS IN THE HALL. SO IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED THAT WASN'T DISCUSSED WITH THE DRESS CODE ADVISORY PANEL, THEN WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AGAIN. AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE OTHERS, BECAUSE I, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE HAT ISSUE WAS A NON-ISSUE AND THAT THEY WERE WEARING
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HATS AND IT WAS FINE.SO THIS IS THE, I DON'T, I CAN'T TELL IF THIS IS ADMINISTRATIVE.
IF THIS IS THE HANDBOOK, THIS MIGHT BE THE HANDBOOK.
THE HANDBOOK IS ON THE FIRST PART.
AND THEN SO IS THIS LIKE THE HANDBOOK STUFF? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SO IT JUST SAYS HATS FACING STRAIGHT FORWARD OR STRAIGHT BACK.
THAT MUST ALLOW THE FACE AND EARS TO BE VISIBLE TO STAFF AND NOT INTERFERE WITH THE LINE OF SIGHT.
SO IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY SPELL OUT.
RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE CHANGED THE WORDING IS TO ALIGN WITH THAT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
OKAY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO HAVE TO BE AWARE OF IS IF A STUDENT IS WEARING A HAT THAT'S OBSTRUCTING THE VISION OF THEIR FACE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM TO TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO.
OKAY. I MEAN, AND I THINK SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT IS THAT THE HATS ARE ACTUALLY IDENTIFIABLE, BECAUSE IF YOU SAY, WHO'S THE KID IN THE ASTROS HAT? THEY'RE LIKE, OH, THAT'S JAKE, OKAY, WE KNOW THAT GUY.
AND SO WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S REAL OR NOT, I, I'M, I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ON CAMPUS IF THAT WHAT THEY WHAT THEY PREFER.
BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE IN THE HALLWAY.
PUT YOUR HAT BACKWARD, PUT YOUR HAT BACK.
I MEAN, THEY ALREADY HAVE TO SAY, TAKE YOUR HOODIES OFF.
TAKE YOUR HOODIES OFF, TAKE YOUR HOODIES OFF, LIKE, A THOUSAND TIMES.
SO I DON'T WANT TO CREATE A SITUATION WHERE THAT BECOMES, AND THEN IT WILL BE INCONSISTENTLY IMPLEMENTED.
I THINK THE BIGGEST FOCUS IS LINE OF SIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHY WE PUT THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE IS BECAUSE WHATEVER THEY'RE WEARING, IF WE ARE ABLE TO SEE ADEQUATELY THEIR FACE BECAUSE THERE ARE SOMETIMES STUDENTS WHO WEAR IT AND THEY INTENTIONALLY PUT IT DOWN WHERE THE BILL GOT IT, WHATEVER IS BLOCKING THE VIEW OF THEIR FACE.
AND THAT CREATES A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE AS MUCH MAYBE MR. PETREA CAN COME UP HERE WITH THAT HAT ON AND DEMONSTRATE FOR US.
AND I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE HAT COMMENT THAT YOU SHARED WITH REGARDS TO IDENTIFIABLE.
THAT'S GREAT. EXCEPT IF EVERYBODY IF SEVERAL OF THE STUDENTS ARE WEARING THE EXACT SAME HAT, I.E.
SURE, SURE, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.
OKAY, WELL, I JUST WHATEVER WE DO, WE NEED TO BE CLEAR.
THIS ISN'T SUPER CLEAR FOR FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ABIDE BY THIS.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT SUPER CLEAR WHAT LINE OF SIGHT MEANS.
NOT KNOWING ALL THE CAMERA ANGLES.
ANY OTHER OVER HERE? OKAY, MOVING OVER TO MY LEFT.
SO AS FAR AS THE POLICY THAT WE'RE VOTING ON THAT, THAT'S GOOD TO GO.
THAT'S CLEAR. I THINK THE CONFUSION WAS IN HOW YOU OUTLINE THIS, RIGHT.
BECAUSE CURRENTLY WHEN I READ IT AND IT SAYS HEADS FACING STRAIGHT FORWARD OR STRAIGHT BACK, THAT MUST ALLOW THE FACE AND EARS TO BE VISIBLE TO STAFF AND NOT INTERFERE WITH THE LINE OF SIGHT. I DON'T THINK OF CHANGING THE BILL OF THE HAT LIKE, THAT'S DIFFERENT.
BUT IT MIGHT BE PUSHING IT UP OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE POTENTIALLY.
OKAY. BECAUSE WORDED LIKE THIS I THINK IS VAGUE ENOUGH AND CLEAR BECAUSE YOU'RE MISS PETREA IS CORRECT IN SAYING, THEN SOMEBODY'S GOING TO HAVE TO POLICE THE BILL OF A HAT, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO NEED TO GET INTO THAT AS LONG AS THE HAT IS FACING STRAIGHT, YOU KNOW? OF COURSE, WITH THE LINE OF SIGHT, YOU DON'T WANT TO COVER AN EYE, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
BUT. HOW MUCH MORE DETAIL ARE WE GOING TO GET IN THAT.
BECAUSE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE BILL KINDS OF PUTS ANOTHER SPIN ON IT.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IT IS WHAT WAS OUTLINED HERE AND NOT WHAT WAS ANSWERED THERE.
OKAY. BECAUSE I KNOW THIS, WE HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS OVER AND THAT KIND OF THAT RESPONSE KIND OF THREW THE CONVERSATION A BIT OF WHAT WE HAD BEEN WORKING ON FOR MONTHS.
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I THINK THE THE.I'LL GO AHEAD AND GOOD EVENING.
WRIGHT AND PRESIDENT, BOARD PRESIDENT.
VELA. SO I ACTUALLY OWN THAT RESPONSE, AND I THINK I MISSED JUST MAKING IT MUCH MORE CLEARER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH WHAT'S IN THE HANDBOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT AS LONG AS WE CAN SEE THE STUDENTS FACE, REGARDLESS OF HOW IT'S WORN, WE'LL JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY.
SO I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT CONFUSION BECAUSE IT WAS NOT MEANT TO BE CONFUSING.
AND THAT WAS WE WERE NOT IN ANY WAY INTENDING TO CONFUSE ANYONE.
SO I DO APOLOGIZE FOR MAKING IT MUCH MORE CONFUSING.
MR. VELA, MAY I CONTINUE? YES, MA'AM. OKAY.
SO GREAT. SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AGAIN AS WHAT OUR COMMITTEE HAD DISCUSSED.
SO NOW HE KNOWS THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT, OKAY, MR. SEIBEL? YEAH.
I JUST REALLY IS MORE OF A STATEMENT, I GUESS.
AND I JUMPED INTO THIS SUPER LATE.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR ASKING QUESTIONS, PERHAPS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DISCUSSED AT LENGTH, BUT, BUT OVERALL, I'M, YOU KNOW, THE YOU KNOW, WE AS TRUSTEES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING THE POLICY OVERALL TONE OF WHERE WE ARE GOING WITH OUR DRESS CODE AND THINGS, AND THEN WE TRUST YOU ALL TO DO YOUR WORK, TO SET THE ACTUAL HANDBOOK AND GUIDELINES AS TO WHAT IS STRICTLY ALLOWABLE OR NOT ALLOWABLE.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE IN THAT REGARD.
I KNOW MYSELF, I HAVE A, YOU KNOW, AN EIGHTH GRADER.
IT'S VERY TALL, THIN GIRL THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND CLOTHING SOMETIMES.
YOU KNOW, THESE DAYS WHAT TRENDS ARE.
AND MY IDEA OF APPROPRIATENESS MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN EVERYBODY ELSE'S.
AND SO THIS IS JUST, I THINK, A MUCH BROADER WAY TO LOOK AT DRESS CODE.
AND AGAIN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR OUR FOCUS IS ON EDUCATING STUDENTS AND MAKING SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE IN THE CLASSROOM AND RECEIVING THE EDUCATION THAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND I THINK THIS DOES A GOOD JOB OF DOING THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T WANT ANY SITUATIONS LIKE THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH THINGS.
BUT OBVIOUSLY, IF A STUDENT IS TO THE EXTENT OF DISTRACTING IN A CLASSROOM OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, WE WOULD HOPE THAT THEY FELT COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO COMMUNICATE AS FAST AS THEY COULD. GREAT.
YEAH, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF MY CONCERNS, IS JUST AS A FORMER TEACHER WAS MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T LOSE THAT ABILITY TO MANAGE YOUR CLASSROOM AND MANAGE YOUR STUDENTS IN THERE.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? TO MY LEFT? NO. RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, TEAM THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT THE PROPOSED REVISION TO POLICY FNCA LOCAL AS PRESENTED. SO MOVED.
MOVE BY MISS RUNKLE, SECONDED BY MR. SEVERANCE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
[L.2. Second Reading and possible adoption of Proposed Revisions to local policy FFAC - Medical Treatment]
ALL RIGHT, TEAM, WE'RE ON PAGE 28, ACTION ITEM L2 OR SECOND READING AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED REVISIONS TO LOCAL POLICY FFAC, MEDICAL TREATMENT. WE HAVE MISS BENTHOL BACK AT THE MICROPHONE.SO TEAM, WE HEARD THE PRESENTATION LAST WEEK.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL LOOK TO MY RIGHT FIRST.
ALL RIGHT, MISS RUNKLE. I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, MISS PETREA.
I KNOW WE'RE BOTH HOT BRUNETS, BUT DON'T GET US CONFUSED ALREADY, MISS BENTHOL.
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I JUST HAD A THOUGHT.WOULD THAT APPLY TO THAT SITUATION WHERE WHERE OUR BAND STUDENTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, NEEDING ADVIL RIGHT AWAY? BECAUSE PARENTS AREN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE IT NOW.
BOOSTER, I MEAN, I CAN OBVIOUSLY IF I'M THERE, I CAN GIVE IT TO HER.
BUT IF SHE'S AT AN AWAY GAME AND WE'RE NOT THERE OR WHATEVER.
I MEAN, BECAUSE THIS HAS BECOME THIS IS KIND OF BECOMING AN ISSUE WHERE LIKE THE FIRST AID TENTS AT THE BAND, SUMMER BAND WHERE THE KIDS HAVE HEATSTROKE AND ARE ABOUT TO THROW UP, WE CAN'T GIVE HER, WE CAN'T GIVE THEM PEPTO-BISMOL.
WE CAN'T GIVE THEM ANYTHING ANYMORE WHERE WE USED TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF DOLE THAT OUT.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T AND OBVIOUSLY SUMMER BAND IS DIFFERENT, BUT, LIKE, AT A FOOTBALL GAME AND AN ATHLETIC TRAINER FROM THE FIELD COMES AND ADDRESSES STUDENTS IN OTHER PROGRAMS WOULD THAT BE WOULD THAT APPLY HERE? I BELIEVE THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A CONSENT FOR THAT.
SO I WOULD I WOULD NEED TO CIRCLE BACK TO COACH MOFFAT AND MAYBE PATTI MORENO ON THE CONSENT FOR WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR A UIL ACTIVITY.
THAT THE CONSENT IS DIFFERENT FOR THE NURSE'S CLINIC THAT IS SIGNED IN REGISTRATION.
OR WHEN WHEN YOUR STUDENT IS REGISTERED.
RIGHT. SO I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT.
I WOULD I NEED TO CIRCLE BACK TO COACH MOFFAT.
LIKE, I'VE HAD MY DAUGHTER'S FRIENDS COME UP TO ME AND WANT ME TO GIVE THEM ADVIL AND I CANNOT.
AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING BECAUSE OF KIND OF IN THE FENTANYL ERA WHERE WE NEED TO ADDRESS KIDS NEEDS.
OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
AND SO WOULD YOU LOOK INTO THAT AND JUST SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE COULD DO AS PART OF, YOU KNOW, BAND REGISTRATION OR CHEER OR DANCE OR, YOU KNOW, ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ON THESE ON THE FIELD THAT CAN EXPERIENCE ALL KINDS OF MEDICAL ISSUES.
AND, I MEAN, I'VE PULLED MELISSA ENGLISH'S MOM BECAUSE SHE'S A NURSE.
I'VE HAD TO PULL HER IN TO HELP WITH SITUATIONS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS PETREA.
THE OTHER PERSONS OVER TO MY RIGHT.
THEY WERE HERE TO THE LEFT. OKAY, TEAM THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE PROPOSED REVISIONS TO POLICY FFAC LOCAL AS PRESENTED.
MOVE BY MISS RUNKLE, SECOND BY MISS PETREA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
TEAM. THAT TAKES US ON TO PAGE 31.
[L.3. Consideration and possible approval of Request to Apply for a Texas Education Agency State Waiver for Low Attendance]
AND THIS IS OUR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF A REQUEST TO APPLY FOR TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY STATE WAIVER FOR LOW ATTENDANCE.WE HEARD ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK.
ALL RIGHT, TEAM, THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE REQUEST TO APPLY FOR THE TEA STATE WAIVER FOR LOW ATTENDANCE ON JANUARY 23RD, AS PRESENTED.
MOVE BY MISS PETREA, SECOND BY MR. SEVERANCE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? THE OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
I THINK WE ARE ON PAGE 33 NOW.
[L.4. Consideration and possible approval of the purchase of Instructional Materials for Advanced Placement Physics and Advanced Placement Psychology - MPS]
L4, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT PHYSICS AND ADVANCED PLACEMENT PSYCHOLOGY.QUESTIONS OVER HERE TO MY RIGHT, MISS PETREA.
HI MS. SEDILLO, THIS QUESTIONS ARE MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE FOR YOU.
[01:15:04]
I KNOW IN TALKING TO MY DAUGHTER, THAT THE AP PSYCHOLOGY MATERIALS ARE CHANGING QUITE A BIT AND ARE GOING TO BE MUCH MORE SCIENCE BASED THAN THEY ARE PHILOSOPHICAL OR PHILOSOPHY BASED.SO AND I KNOW OUR MATERIALS ARE REALLY QUITE DATED, RIGHT.
SO CAN YOU, CAN YOU TALK TO TO US WHILE HOPEFULLY THE PUBLIC IS LISTENING ABOUT THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HEARD TONIGHT HOW WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT, WHETHER IT'S CONTENT COORDINATORS OR YOUR STAFF WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME MOVEMENT WITH OUR ICS.
ABSOLUTELY. AND I UNDERSTAND OUR TEACHERS ARE REALLY CONCERNED AS WELL AS OUR ICS.
I'M GOING TO NEED JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AS I'M THINKING ABOUT JUST RESTRUCTURING OUR TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE RIGHT LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR EACH OF THE LEVELS ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.
SO I'VE BEEN ENGAGING IN SOME CONVERSATIONS.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RESTRUCTURE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WITH FIVE DISTRICT COACHES AND UTILIZING OUR CURRENT STAFF TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT IS GOING TO BE IMPERATIVE.
LIKE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DEPLOY OUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTING THE PLC PROCESS, THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTING CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTING ADMINISTRATORS WHEN THEY SEE A NEED BASED ON ANY DATA POINT THAT'S COLLECTED.
SO OUR PLAN IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT.
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE MIGHT CHANGE ONLY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE AS MANY STAFF MEMBERS.
BUT WE'LL HAVE TO COME UP WITH A PLAN.
AND I'M HOPING BY OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP BY JUNE 6TH AND I'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY AROUND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND PROVIDE YOU WITH A KIND OF LIKE AN ORG CHART, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT.
BUT BECAUSE OF OUR BUDGET SITUATION, WE'RE HAVING TO PIVOT.
BUT AT THIS POINT, WE'RE HAVING TO, TO MAKE THESE ADJUSTMENTS.
AND WE KNOW THAT OUR TEAM IS LOOKING AT THAT.
WE HAVE ALREADY PLANNED SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THAT SUPPORT TO OUR TEACHERS OVER THE SUMMER DURING HAYS CON, THE JUST IN TIME TRAINING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE A GOOD, STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF THOSE THE CHANGES THAT ARE FORTHCOMING.
SO I WISH I COULD ANSWER YOUR QUESTION THIS EVENING AND REALLY TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW, BUT I'M GOING TO NEED JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, AS THIS IS ALL NEW INFORMATION FOR US TO, TO REALLY CONSIDER AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE OUR, OUR DISTRICT COACHES.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU NEED MORE TIME, BUT ARE YOU COMFORTABLE GOING ON RECORD SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT MORE THAN STAAR TEST GRADES? WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SUPPORT ALL TEACHERS, AND AT TIMES THERE WILL BE YOU WILL SEE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING MORE STAR CORE CONTENT AREAS OR ANY EOC OR ANY STAAR TESTED GRADE.
MY HOPE IS THAT WE, WE PROVIDE THE SUPPORT WHERE SUPPORT IS NEEDED.
AND WE DO SUPPORT OUR NEW TEACHERS.
NO, I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I, SUSPECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO MORE THAN JUST SUPPORT STAAR GRADES.
IF THERE IS A TEACHER WHO'S TEACHING ANY KIND OF AP CLASS, OBVIOUSLY, AND THEY'RE STRUGGLING.
THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SUPPORT THE TEACHER WITH INSTRUCTION.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO DO ALL OF THAT TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S GOING TO JUST BE FOR STAAR TESTED BECAUSE IT'LL BE BASED ON NEED.
YEAH. WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE JUST STAR.
SO I WAS HOPING YOU WERE COMFORTABLE SAYING THAT ON THE RECORD THAT IT WILL BE.
[01:20:05]
MORE QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT.OKAY, TEAM, THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR AP PHYSICS AND AP PSYCHOLOGY FROM BEDFORD, FREEMAN, AND WORTH PUBLISHERS, DBA.
MPS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $77,875.25, AS PRESENTED.
MOVE BY MR. FLORES. SECOND BY MISS PETREA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED.
[L.5. Consideration and possible approval of the purchase of Instructional Materials for Career and Technical Education Course Anatomy and Physiology - B. E. Publishing]
WE ARE ON PAGE 39.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE PURCHASE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON MY LEFT? QUESTIONS, ON MY RIGHT? OKAY.
THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY FROM BE PUBLISHING FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $85,122.30 AS PRESENTED.
SO MOVED. MOVED BY MR. SEIBEL. SECOND BY MISS PETREA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED.
[L.6. Consideration and possible approval of the purchase of Instructional Materials for Career & Technical Education Courses Forensic Science, Food Science, and Cosmetology - Cengage Learning]
EDUCATION COURSE COURSES.FORENSIC SCIENCE, FOOD SCIENCE, AND COSMETOLOGY, CENGAGE LEARNING.
QUESTIONS, MR. SEIBEL. I APOLOGIZE, I ASK THIS QUESTION SUPER LATE ON BOARD BLOG AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT MADE IT ON THERE TODAY, BUT I NOTICED ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM THAT FISCAL IMPACT $90,000.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE PRICE QUOTE THERE, WHICH EQUATED TO THE IMA FUNDED AMOUNT.
AND THEN THERE WASN'T ANY SUPPORTING DOCUMENT FOR THE CTE LOCAL FUNDED AMOUNT PROVIDED.
IT WOULD BE THE REMAINDER OF THAT TOTAL AMOUNT.
THE REMAINDER WOULD HAVE BEEN $26,434.
IT'S JUST ADDITIONAL, SOME ADDITIONAL PRINT BOOKS FOR THE GROWING.
ACTUALLY, I THINK IT'S A NEW VERSION OF THE PRINT BOOK THAT THEY'RE BUYING OUT OF CTE LOCAL FUNDS.
IT'S ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME PUBLISHER.
OKAY. SO IT'S JUST ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT JUST WEREN'T IN HERE.
IT'S OKAY. NEWBIE, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ALL THE LANGUAGE IN HERE.
ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S GO. ACTUALLY, THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD POINT, MR. SEIBEL. I TOO WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE IT SAID THE THE QUOTE WAS FOR 63,000, BUT THE TOTAL AMOUNT WAS 90,000.
SO IS THERE ANOTHER PAGE TO IT THAT GIVES US I THINK TO MAKE THE CONFUSION MAY HAVE COME IN BECAUSE IT'S BEING FUNDED FROM TWO DIFFERENT PLACES, AND WE GOT THE QUOTE FOR THE WE GOT THE QUOTE FOR THE TWO COURSES THAT ARE BEING PURCHASED AND THEN THE FORENSIC SCIENCE, FOOD SCIENCE, AND THEN THE COSMETOLOGY IS BEING PURCHASED OUT OF CTE LOCAL FUNDS.
I THINK THEY GOT THE QUOTE SEPARATELY AND THEN THEY JUST HAVE NOT MADE IT ON TO THAT.
SO CAN YOU PROVIDE THAT QUOTE FOR US? BECAUSE I JUST WASN'T SURE WHAT THAT 26,000 WAS COVERING.
YES. SO I'M GLAD MR. SEIBEL PICKED UP ON THAT.
YES. IT'S GOING TO BE SO. YES.
IF YOU CAN JUST SHARE IT ON BOARD.
WHAT THE OTHER PART IS GOING TO AND, AND YOU SAID, WHAT IS THAT 26,000 GOING TO.
ITS NEW COSMETOLOGY, IT'S MALADY COSMETOLOGY.
IT'S A NEW THEY HAVE THE CURRENT OLD VERSION OF IT RIGHT NOW.
THEY LOVE IT. SO THEY'RE UPPING TO THE NEW ONE.
YEAH. IF YOU CAN JUST PROVIDE THAT.
THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HERE. TO MY LEFT.
ALL RIGHT, TEAM, THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSES FORENSIC SCIENCE, FOOD SCIENCE, AND COSMETOLOGY FROM CENGAGE LEARNING FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $90,090.28 AS PRESENTED.
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MOVED BY MR. FLORES. SECOND BY MISS PETREA.ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED.
[L.7. Consideration and possible approval of the purchase of Instructional Materials for Advanced Placement US History - Cengage Learning]
CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT U.S.HISTORY FROM CENGAGE LEARNING.
HISTORY FROM CENGAGE LEARNING FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75,636, AS PRESENTED BY MS. PETREA. SECOND BY MR. SEVERANCE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED.
[L.8. Consideration and possible approval of the purchase of Instructional Materials for Career and Technical Education Courses Computer Science I and Computer Science II - CodeHS]
CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.COMPUTER SCIENCE AND COMPUTER SCIENCE TWO.
TEAM. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSES, COMPUTER SCIENCE ONE AND COMPUTER SCIENCE TWO.
FROM CODE HS, EXCUSE ME FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 57,227 $220 AS PRESENTED.
SECOND BY MR. SEVERANCE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED.
[L.9. Consideration and possible adoption of a Resolution Declaring Hazardous Traffic Conditions]
ABOUT THIS. MR. FLORES HAS A QUESTION.AND I UNDERSTAND THE BUILDING OF SIDEWALKS COULD CAUSE SOME NEIGHBORHOODS TO LOSE BUS SERVICE.
AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO BUILD A VERY ROBUST TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
BUT I AM AWARE THAT THE CITY OF KYLE PASSED A PRETTY BIG ROAD BOND.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY'RE GOING TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTING.
I'M THINKING ABOUT THE CASITA RANCH NEIGHBORHOOD AND KIDS THAT HAVE ACCESS TO BUS SERVICE EITHER TO FUENTES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR RIGHT NOW TO LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL.
HOWEVER, THE ROAD BOND, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD SIDEWALKS IN THAT AREA.
HAS IT BEEN JUST KIND OF PLANNED OUT OF THE FUTURE? AND WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS COULD POSSIBLY LOSE BUS SERVICE BECAUSE OF THAT? SO WE ACTUALLY MET WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS FROM THE CITY THIS MORNING TO GO OVER THE ROAD BOND PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE AND HOW THEY ARE GOING TO OR HOW THEY COULD AFFECT TRANSPORTATION.
AND THEN FOR US TO MEET IN PERSON ON THE 17TH, ON JUNE 17TH, WE'RE GOING TO MEET IN PERSON WITH THE CITY OF KYLE TO LOOK OVER THOSE MAPS AND AND GO OVER WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR THEIR ROAD BOND.
AS FAR AS ON THE KYLE CITY OF KYLE WEBSITE THAT DO HAVE THE AREAS LISTED.
SO I'M GLAD WE'RE PLANNING FOR THIS AGAIN.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US, YOU KNOW, THIS MORE EXTENSIVE VIEW OF WHAT AREAS COULD, YOU KNOW, BE AFFECTED BY THESE CONSTRUCTIONS? SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS RUNKLE.
THANK YOU, MRS. MAIER, FOR PRESENTING.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT ONE OF THE FUN TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT, AND IT CAN GET A LITTLE DICEY.
SO I JUST YOU AND I HAVE WORKED QUITE A BIT TOGETHER THIS YEAR ON VARIOUS THINGS, AND I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER ON. I AM GOING TO BE VOTING NO ON THIS TONIGHT, AND I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN WHY.
[01:30:05]
I AGREE WITH ALL OF THE HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED.BUT I WANT TO KIND OF GO BACK A LITTLE BIT AND AND KIND OF REFRESH KIND OF SOME MEMORIES OF HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND WHY I'M AT, WHERE I'M AT, WHERE I'M AT. AS IT STANDS TODAY, I DO.
I DO BELIEVE THAT CAMPO DE SOL IS A HAZARDOUS ROAD.
UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE NOT SEEN EXACTLY WHAT THOSE ARE.
THAT'S NOT A VISUAL THAT I HAVE SEEN AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED.
WE STARTED HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IN OCTOBER WITH HAYS COUNTY.
WE HAD ZOOM MEETINGS IN JANUARY AND IN MARCH, WHERE WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT CAMPO DE SOL.
SO WE STARTED SOME OF THE, THE THE PROGRESS OF THE TALKS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED.
AND THEN MULTIPLE EMAILS HAVE GONE ON SINCE THEN ABOUT WHAT ARE THE IMPROVEMENTS TO CAMPO DE SOL.
AND THIS HAS GONE ON QUITE A LONG TIME OF CONVERSATIONS.
AND THE WAY THAT IT IS TODAY, WITH NO CLEAR INDICATION THAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO ADDRESS THIS ROAD IN A TIMELY, FAST MANNER, I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS WITHOUT THE INCLUSION OF CAMPO DE SOL.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THE COUNTY TO PLEASE GIVE US THE ANSWERS ON CAMPO DE SOL.
WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION FOR A LONG TIME.
WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS THAT TRAVEL THAT ROAD, AND WE NEED TO MAKE THAT ROAD SAFER.
IF I HAVE TO SEND THEM AN EMAIL EVERY SINGLE DAY OR SHOW UP AT THEIR BUILDINGS, THAT'S WHAT I WILL DO, BECAUSE I HAVE WAITED AND I HAVE BEEN PATIENT LONG ENOUGH.
AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
BUT THAT IS WHY I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS TONIGHT.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MY RIGHT? QUESTIONS. OVER TO MY LEFT.
ALL RIGHT, TEAM, THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT THE RESOLUTION REGARDING HAZARDOUS TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AND THE CURRENT LIST OF SPECIFIC HAZARDOUS AREAS AS PRESENTED.
MOVED BY MISS PETREA, SECOND BY MR. SEVERANCE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED.
[L.10. Consideration and possible approval of the Assignment of Architect to Provide Design Services through Enhanced Schematic Design for Future Bond Improvements at Hays CISD Middle School Campuses]
18. WE'RE GOING TO PAGE 60.ALL RIGHT. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION.
EXCUSE ME. POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE ASSIGNMENT OF ARCHITECT TO PROVIDE DESIGN SERVICES THROUGH ENHANCED SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR FUTURE BOND IMPROVEMENTS AT THE HAYS CISD MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
ALL RIGHT, TEAM, I'M LOOKING LEFT. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? LOOKING RIGHT.
I KNOW MR. CLEAVER IS NOT HERE.
HE AND I HAVE SPOKE QUITE AT LENGTH FOR THE LAST, WELL, FRIDAY AND THEN TODAY.
SO I THINK HE'S ANSWERED ALL OF MY QUESTIONS.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH, AND THIS MAY NEED TO COME FROM CNI.
AND SO, MRS. SEDILLO WITH THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE WE ARE POTENTIALLY DISCUSSING ABOUT A CAP AND OVERFLOW STRATEGY ON SPECIFICALLY MCCORMICK AND MCCORMICK AND SIMON.
[01:35:11]
I HAVE YOU KNOW, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS AS IT RELATES TO ONE TRANSPORTATION WITH BUSSING KIDS TO A DIFFERENT CAMPUS AND WHAT THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN WITH TRANSPORTATION AND FACILITATING THAT, BUT ALSO WHAT HAS BEEN THE CONVERSATION FROM CNI AND SUPPORTING THOSE CAMPUSES WITH THAT MUCH WITH THAT ENROLLMENT AT THOSE TWO CAMPUSES? SO, MISS RUNKLE, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR CAMPUSES REGARDLESS OF SIZE.
FIRST AND FOREMOST IS SAFETY IS ALWAYS PARAMOUNT WHEN YOU'VE GOT A LOT MORE STUDENTS IN A, IN A, ON A CAMPUS WITH JUST BEING FULLY TRANSPARENT, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS, OR AT LEAST I HAVE NOT HAD A CONVERSATION WITH TRANSPORTATION ABOUT CABIN OVERFLOW PER SE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DO OVER THE SUMMER TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T KNOW WHERE KIDS LIVE.
AND IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT OUR FOLKS CAN DO AND NOT PUT THEM BEHIND ON THEIR NEXT ROUTE.
I WOULD LIKE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO FIND OUT WHAT WE CAN DO OR, AND REALLY, HONESTLY VISIT WITH PRINCIPALS OF CAMPUSES WHERE THERE IS YOU KNOW, A LARGE ENROLLMENT TO FIND OUT WHAT SYSTEMS AND OR STRUCTURES THEY'LL NEED SUPPORT IN SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE KIDS REMAIN SAFE AND KIDS ARE GETTING WHAT THEY NEED ACADEMICALLY.
AND SO I'M GOING TO NEED JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT MY DEPUTY ACADEMIC OFFICER OF MCCORMICK ON THE SPOT RIGHT NOW.
BUT I AM SURE THAT THEY HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN SUPPORT THE CAMPUS.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT, IF THAT IS OKAY.
AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST BECAUSE THAT CAMPUS HAS THE WORST BEHAVIOR.
IT'S BECAUSE OF THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.
WHEN YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER OF STUDENTS.
AND THEN ALSO I WILL JUST I'LL LEAVE ON THIS NOTE.
NATE, AND MAYBE THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AND YOU CAN CLARIFY THIS.
BUT WHEN I SPOKE TO MR. CLEAVER EARLIER TODAY, THE PRIORITIES ON THESE MASTER PLANS, THEY CAN BE MOVED AROUND.
SO WHILE IT MIGHT SAY PRIORITY ONE AND PRIORITY TWO, THAT THEY MAY NOT THAT THAT THAT STUFF MAY GET JUGGLED AROUND A LITTLE BIT. ACCORDING TO MR. CLEAVER TODAY. RIGHT. SO JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE IN PRIORITY ONE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT'LL STAY IN PRIORITY ONE OR WHAT'S IN PRIORITY TWO DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT'LL STAY IN PRIORITY TWO.
WOULD YOU AGREE TO THAT? YES, MA'AM. THAT'S CORRECT.
OKAY, PERFECT. AND THEN ON THE TRANSMITTAL, I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A IT SAYS IN THE UNDER BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH, THE LAST SENTENCE, IT SAYS. ADDITIONALLY, SELECT ACADEMIC, FINE ARTS AND ATHLETIC IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO BE CONSIDERED AT BARTON DAHLSTROM WALLACE FOR INCLUSION IN CURRENT AND FUTURE BOND PLANS.
THAT'S CORRECT. WALLACE SHOULD SAY MCCORMICK.
BUT. SHOULDN'T IT ALSO HAVE SIMON AND CHOPPA? AND NOT BARTEN AND DAHLSTROM BECAUSE BARTEN AND DAHLSTROM AREN'T.
THE WAY IT LOOKS ON THE MASTER PLANNING.
THEY'RE NOT IN FOR THE FALL OF 20 OR 2025.
THAT'S NOT LISTED IN THE MASTER PLANS.
IT LISTS SIMON AND MCCORMICK, NOT BARTON, DAHLSTROM AND WALLACE.
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AT THE TOP AT THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THAT BACKGROUND INFORMATION.WE DO INCLUDE CMS, SMS AND WMS IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
THAT'S FOR CLASSROOM ADDITIONS.
SO THAT WOULD BE CORRECT AT THIS POINT IN TIME BASED ON OUR PRIORITY LIST THAT WE HAVE.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS REFLECTING.
AND SO I THINK THE COMMITTEE WAS GOING TO REVIEW THAT AS WELL TO SEE IF THAT WAS A POTENTIAL.
AND THEN I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE OTHER NOTE ON THE CAP AND OVERFLOW.
WHEN I LAST TALKED TO MR. CLEAVER WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE DEMOGRAPHERS REPORT FOR NEXT YEAR.
THERE WEREN'T ANY CAMPUSES THAT WERE GOING TO BE OVER THE CAP.
SO MCCORMICK WILL THE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY 1236 WERE PROJECTED TO BE AT 1192.
OKAY. SO YOU'RE GOING TO FIX THE TRANSMITTAL? YES, MA'AM. PERFECT.
AWESOME. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.
OKAY, SO I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD AGAIN SAYING IN TERMS OF CAP AND OVERFLOW, KNOWING HOW DISRUPTIVE THIS CAN BE FOR FAMILIES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, MOVING TO OUR DISTRICT WITH SOME EXPECTATIONS OF WHERE THEIR KIDS MAY BE GOING TO SCHOOL.
THERE'S TRANSPORTATION LOGISTICS TO, TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
AND WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AGAIN, JOHNSON IS ABOUT 124% OVER CAPACITY.
AND CAN SOMEONE CONFIRM HAYS HIGH SCHOOL IS STILL 2250? IS THE THE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY? DOES ANYBODY KNOW I'M WAS LOOKING AT THE 2250.
OKAY. SO WHEN MY SON GRADUATED IN 2020 THERE WERE ABOUT 3000 KIDS THERE.
SO JUST GIVING SOME PERSPECTIVE THERE.
AND ACCORDING TO THIS, WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE PRETTY QUICK, SADLY.
AT ABOUT 2026, IF I'M READING THIS RIGHT, WE'LL BE THERE.
SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, AS DR.
WRIGHT SAID, AND TO, TO HOPEFULLY FIGURE OUT A PLAN.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THE OTHER TRUSTEES FEEL, BUT I FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO A CAP AND OVERFLOW AT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND NOT DO THAT AT HIGH SCHOOL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME EXPLAINING TO DO TO OUR FAMILIES.
AND THEN IT BECOMES VERY DISRUPTIVE WITH FEEDER PATTERNS AND AND CONFUSING, FRANKLY, I WOULD THINK.
BUT THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
BUT I DO AGREE THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO FIGURE OUT ACADEMIC SUPPORTS, AND I KNOW WE HAVE RATIOS OR THRESHOLDS THAT TASB SAYS FOR COUNSELORS AND APS AND AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO BUT IF THERE'S OTHER SUPPORTS THAT THEY ASK FOR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO ASK US TO SHOWCASE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, HELP, WE NEED MORE CAFETERIA TABLES. HELP.
WE NEED WHATEVER WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO GET AHEAD OF THAT.
PRIOR TO THE THEM BUSTING AT THE SEAMS, I THINK WOULD BE WOULD BE GREAT.
WE MAY EVEN HAVE TO DO WEIRD SCHEDULING BECAUSE WE NEED FOR LUNCHES OR WHATEVER.
TO GET CREATIVE TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE, THE GROWING PAINS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD.
I DON'T SEE O'CONNELL HERE TONIGHT.
THEY WERE HERE LAST WEEK, BUT I KNOW THAT WE WERE SIGNING THEM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I CALL IT THE SIX PACK. AND I THINK THEY'RE ALSO WORKING ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
I'M NOT SURE IF THEY DO THIS LIKE HUCKABEE DOES, BUT I WOULD LOVE IT IF THEY WHEN WE DO, YOU DO A BUNCH OF DESIGN MEETINGS, RIGHT? ALL THE TIME. YOU'RE HAVING CONFERENCE CALLS WITH STAFF, CAMPUSES, DAOS, DIRECTORS.
IS THERE A WAY TO DO LIKE A, LIKE A WHO WAS ON THE MEETING LOG? COULD THEY START THAT PROCESS SO WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FOLKS ON CAMPUS THAT ARE IN DESIGN CALLS THAT HAVE BEEN INVITED TO DESIGN CALLS THAT ACTUALLY GET TO SHARE SOME INPUT WITH DESIGN CALLS, MAYBE YOU ALREADY DO THIS.
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Y'ALL'S TEAM WHEN PUTTING THIS STUFF TOGETHER.SO HAVE DOUG DAWSON WITH OCR HERE OVER MY LEFT SHOULDER.
SORRY I HAVEN'T MET YOU YET, MAYBE SO MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT SEEING YOU HIDING BEHIND MISS BEDWELL.
YEAH. AND WE'VE, WE'VE WE'VE DONE OUR BEST TO TRY TO TRACK THROUGH THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
WE CAN TRY TO WE'LL BE SURE TO PRIORITIZE THAT.
ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THAT'S ALL I HAD ON THIS ONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. SEIBEL? JUST REAL QUICK IS OUR SPECIFIC MOTION IS ABOUT USING 2021 BOND INTEREST FUNDS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
SO SIMPLE QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD WE BE DOING WITH THOSE BOND INTEREST FUNDS IF WE WERE NOT TO DO THIS TONIGHT? I'M SURE WE COULD FIND SOMETHING TO USE THEM TO.
I DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFIC ANSWER.
RIGHT? SO IF WE WEREN'T TO DO THIS THEN WE WOULD HAVE THAT.
WHAT WOULD WE BE DOING WITH THAT MONEY? OTHERWISE IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE STILL COLLECTING INTEREST.
I'M NOT FOLLOWING WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GO, SIR.
HELLO? CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME REPHRASE THE QUESTION? MAKING IT, I DON'T KNOW.
WILL WE BE PAYING DOWN BOND DEBT WITH IT? OR WHAT WOULD WE EVENTUALLY WE WOULD USE THE MONEY FOR SOMETHING.
SO LIKE, WE'RE MAKING A DECISION NOW TO USE IT FOR THIS PROJECT.
THE OPPORTUNITY COST IS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
IS THAT CORRECT? GREAT ECONOMICS TERM RIGHT THERE FOR.
SIR. I'M GOING TO DEFER THAT TO DR.
WRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR DEFERRING TO ME NATE.
YES, SIR. SO WHAT I ASSUME THAT WE WOULD BE USING IT FOR IS JUST LETTING IT ACCRUE INTEREST AND THEN AND THEN RUNNING IT ACROSS YOU GUYS AS, AS FAR AS WHAT THE WHAT THE MOST PRIORITIZED USE AT THE TIME IS.
I THINK THE GOOD THING IS, IS, IS AS WE ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND THESE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND THE ARCHITECTS GET A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL COST BY LOCKING IT IN.
NOW WE'LL SAVE OURSELVES SOME MONEY ON THE OVERALL COST IN THE FUTURE.
SO I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S WISE TO GET AHEAD OF IT.
AND THAT WAY WE CAN BE TIMELY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
I THINK JUST OVERALL JUST I LOVE THE IDEA THAT WE ARE PROACTIVE AND PLANNING AHEAD.
AND BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING THIS AT SOME POINT, SOMETIME.
AND SO IF WE CAN DO IT NOW AND GREAT.
SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE COULD BE LOSING OUT ON.
MR. SEIBEL, THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION.
AND JUST JUST AS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT BE NEW TO OUR BOND INTEREST CONVERSATIONS, THIS IS A NEW FUNDING SOURCE FOR US, ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE OUR BONDS DIDN'T USED TO MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY, AND NOW THEY DO.
I'LL GIVE YOU A COPY OF THIS PAPER THAT SHOWS SOME OF OUR ACCOUNTING.
AND WE DO HAVE SOME RESTRICTIONS ON THESE ON THE BOND INTEREST FUNDS.
SO WE CAN ONLY PAY FOR THINGS THAT WERE OUTLINED IN OUR 2021 BOND.
SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DATED, BUT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD ABOUT $4.5 MILLION IN THE 2021 BOND INTEREST BUCKET. SO 2.4 ISN'T, I MEAN, AND I DON'T I DON'T THINK ANYTHING ELSE HAS COME TO US RECENTLY.
THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPETING ASKS, BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT IF IT WASN'T OUTLINED IN THE 2021 BOND IT'S IT'S NOT A CONSIDERATION.
AND WE AS A, AS A BOARD, ARE PRETTY ADAMANT THAT THESE THINGS GO BEFORE THE FBOC.
THE DIFFERENT ASKS BECAUSE THERE ARE QUITE A LOT OF THEM AND THAT THE FBOC MEMBERS HELP TO PRIORITIZE WHAT, WHAT THEY THINK IN TERMS OF OUR LONG RANGE PLANNING, WHAT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT TO COME TO US AS A RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE EVERYBODY WILL HAVE THEIR HAND OUT.
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AND WE HAVE TO TRY AND WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS AND WE'VE ACTUALLY UPDATED OUR POLICIES AROUND BOND INTEREST FUNDS.BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF A NEW, DANGEROUS FUNDING SOURCE, FRANKLY.
SO WE CAN WE CAN GET YOU THAT.
AND YOU MAY HAVE EVEN BEEN HERE WHEN THAT THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE YOU COME TO ALL THE BOARD MEETINGS.
SO YOUR QUESTION WAS RIGHT AND AND SMART IN THAT, LIKE, WHAT ELSE COULD WE BE SPENDING THIS ON? PROBABLY A THOUSAND THINGS, I WOULD THINK.
BUT I FEEL I FEEL GOOD ABOUT GETTING AHEAD OF THE ARCHITECTURE FEES.
AND SO I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
AND BUT I DO I DO WANT TO REITERATE THE, THE, THE, THE EXPECTATION THAT THE BOARD HAS THAT WE'RE NOT JUST GIVING THE MONEY TO THE PERSON SCREAMING THE LOUDEST OR YOU KNOW, THAT THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO THE FBOC, AND THAT DR.
WRIGHT AND MR. CLEAVER AND THE CHIEFS IN CABINET ARE BETTING ALL OF THE THE ASKS THAT WE GET SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE.
YOU KNOW, WEIGHT ROOMS IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS MIGHT LOOK MORE LIKE A WANT THAN A NEED, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
I HAVEN'T VISITED ALL OF THEM.
SO WE'LL WE'LL TRUST OUR ADMINISTRATION TO BRING US GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS.
MR. FLORES. THANK YOU, MR. SEIBEL AND MISS PETREA, JUST FOR RE-EMPHASIZING, YOU KNOW, THOSE NEEDS AND HOW METICULOUS WE HAVE TO BE ABOUT SPENDING BOND INTEREST, MONEY AND DR.
WRIGHT, JUST LET ME RECONFIRM HERE FOR THOSE LISTENING.
HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER FOUR HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE ONLINE FALL OF 2029.
YEAH. AND AGAIN, IT'S LIKE THE LONG TERM PLAN IS GOING TO BE SO IMPORTANT.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THIS A LOT IN THE COMING MONTHS AND EVEN YEARS.
AND TO COURTNEY'S POINT, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO JUST DEVELOP A STRATEGY WHERE WE'RE COORDINATING WITH TRANSPORTATION WITH CNI TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DELIVERING OUR SERVICES CORRECTLY AND EFFICIENTLY.
I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED LAST MEETING TWICE AS OPPOSED TO ONCE, RIGHT.
YOU GUYS KNOW MORE THAN I DO THAT IT CAN BE PRETTY CONTENTIOUS AS FAR AS REZONING.
SO THAT WAS THE WHOLE STRATEGY, CORRECT.
LONGTERM? YES. THAT'S CORRECT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THE PRE ZONING AS WELL.
AND THAT'S THAT'S THE HUGE COMPONENT.
AND SO WE KNOW THE AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE BUILT THAT FOR INSTANCE, FEED INTO MCCORMICK AND WE WOULD AUTOMATICALLY JUST GO AHEAD AND MOVE THEM TO DAHLSTROM AND LET THEM KNOW BEFORE THEY BUY THEIR HOUSE THAT THEY WILL GO TO DAHLSTROM, AND THEN THAT THEY WOULD GO TO JOHNSON AND THE WHOLE WHOLE RATIONALE BEHIND IT IS TO KEEP THEM IN THE SAME FEEDER PATTERN, BECAUSE ALL THOSE KIDS ARE GOING TO GO TO HIGH SCHOOL ANYWAY.
AND SO THEN THEY WOULD ALL GO TO LEHMAN AND THAT WAY WE CAN KEEP IT ALL PURE UNTIL YOU KNOW, IN THEORY, THE 29 BOND WHEN MIDDLE SCHOOL SEVEN COMES ONLINE AND HIGH SCHOOL FOUR COMES ONLINE, THEN WE WOULD DO A DISTRICT WIDE REZONE AND ONLY HAVE TO DO IT ONE TIME.
I THANK YOU, DR. WRIGHT, AND TO MISS RUNKLE'S POINT LIKE THAT, COMMUNICATION IS GOING TO BE KEY TO PARENTS AND FOLKS MOVING IN TO WHERE WE REALLY GOT TO GET THE COMMUNITY TO BUY IN TO MAKE SURE, LIKE, HEY, WE'RE DOING THIS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE DISTRICT, BUT I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH WHEN TRANSPORTATION ETC.
BUT BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO JUST GET A CLEAR VIEW AGAIN OF THIS LONG TERM PLAN THAT WE HAVE.
I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION PIECE.
SO WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING TO BUY HOMES, THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO SCHOOL.
SO HOW LIKE WHAT WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR COMMUNICATION ON THIS? DO WE HAVE WE EVEN HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHEN WE WOULD COMMUNICATE TO THE COMMUNITY ON THIS.
PARENTS, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DEMOGRAPHER RIGHT NOW, AND THEY'RE IDENTIFYING THOSE AREAS.
HE CAN GIVE YOU HE'S HE'S OUR GO TO GUY ON THE REZONING.
AND BUT WE'LL, WE'LL GET THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS IDENTIFIED AND THEN WE'LL LET THE DEVELOPERS KNOW SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE GO AND BUY HOUSES, THEY'LL KNOW WHERE THAT'S GOING TO BE AS SOON AS THEY'RE ABLE TO COME ONLINE.
OKAY. SO THE DEMOGRAPHERS ARE WORKING ON THAT NOW.
CORRECT. AND THAT HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT WILL TAKE? I'M NOT SURE WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU OKAY.
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THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT TEAM.
THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE ASSIGNMENT OF O'CONNELL ROBERTSON ARCHITECTS TO PROVIDE DESIGN SERVICES THROUGH ENHANCED SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS AT SIX MIDDLE SCHOOLS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,400,000, AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO NEGOTIATE FEES AND EXECUTE A SATISFACTORY CONTRACT, AS DISCUSSED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED.
MAKE SURE WE TELL MR. DODSON WE'RE LOCKING IN TONIGHT'S PRICES.
OKAY, TEAM, WE ARE ON PAGE 62.
[L.11. Consideration and possible approval of 2021 Bond Stage Lighting Equipment and Electrical Infrastructure for Wallace Middle School - Olden Lighting]
CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE 2021 BOND STAGE.LIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WALLACE MIDDLE SCHOOL FROM OLD.IN LIGHTING.
LOOKING AROUND FOR ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE 2021 BOND PURCHASE OF STAGE LIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WALLACE MIDDLE SCHOOL FROM OLDEN LIGHTING FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED, CAN'T READ THAT, $117,500 AS PRESENTED. MOVED BY MS. PETREA. SECOND BY MISS RUNKLE.
ANY DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
[L.12. Consideration and possible approval of a Utility Easement for the Pedernales Electric Cooperative at Hays High School]
CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF A UTILITY EASEMENT FOR THE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL.AND AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK AS WELL.
I'M LOOKING AROUND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO.
THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED.
EXCUSE ME. GRANT, LET ME START OVER.
MOVED BY MISS PETREA. SECOND BY MISS RUNKLE.
ANY DISCUSSION? FURTHER DISCUSSION.
RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED.
I THINK WE'RE ON PAGE 67, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE
[L.13. Consideration and possible adoption of the Second Amendment to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Plum Creek Uptown District and Agreement to Terminate Certain Instruments and the Fourth Amendment of the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions for Hays CISD Performing Arts Center]
DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR PLUM CREEK UPTOWN DISTRICT AND AGREEMENT TO TERMINATE CERTAIN INSTRUMENTS AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT OF THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR HAYS CISD PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.OKAY, SEEING NONE, HERE WE GO.
THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR PLUM CREEK UPTOWN DISTRICT AND AGREEMENT TO TERMINATE CERTAIN INSTRUMENTS.
AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT OF THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR HAYS CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND AUTHORIZE THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT TO EXECUTE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY AND CONVENIENT FOR THE TRANSACTION AS PRESENTED.
MOVED BY MR. FLORES. SECOND BY MISS PETREA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED.
RIGHT TEAM THAT TAKES US THROUGH ALL OF OUR ACTION ITEMS. GOOD JOB. WE'RE NOW DOWN INTO OUR INFORMATION ITEMS.
[M.1. Discussion of Districtwide Intruder Detection Audit Report Findings]
INFORMATION. ITEM ONE, DISCUSSION OF DISTRICT WIDE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT REPORT FINDINGS.AS WE NEARED THE END OF OUR SCHOOL YEAR, WE FINISHED UP OUR TEA AUDITS.
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WHAT THEY DID WHEN THEY ESTABLISHED THEM THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS THAT THEY HAD THE GOAL OF HAVING 100% OF ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES AUDITED. THEY WERE DOING THAT ACROSS THE STATE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY CAMPUS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT EXTERIOR DOOR AUDIT, THE INTERIOR DOORS CHECKED IF WE HAD A POLICY IN PLACE, WHICH OUR DISTRICT DOES, AS WELL AS A CHECK ON OUR WEEKLY DOOR CHECKS.UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID HAVE A CAMPUS THAT DID HAVE A FINDING REGARDING AN EXTERIOR DOOR OPEN.
THAT WOULD ALLOW AN INDIVIDUAL TO ENTER INTO THE BUILDING FROM THE EXTERIOR FOUND ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY THAT WHAT HAD OCCURRED IS THAT WE HAD IT WAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT RAIN DAY.
AND WITH THAT CAME A LOT OF TRAFFIC COMING IN MUD, ETC..
AND WHAT HAD OCCURRED IS THAT WE DID HAVE SOME STONES THAT GOT CAUGHT IN THE DOOR FRAME ITSELF.
AS WE KNOW, WE DON'T TYPICALLY HAVE A LOT OF RAIN HERE.
AND SO IT WAS SOMETHING THAT IT WAS NOT NOTICEABLE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
WE DID HAVE OUR EMERGENCY MEETING OF OUR DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
JUST LOTS OF PEOPLE JUST VERY INTERESTED IN IN UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMIC.
THANK YOU, MISS SKROCKI. I'M LOOKING TO MY RIGHT.
MR. FLORES. THANK YOU, CHIEF SKROCKI, FOR THAT.
AND THIS BEING THE LAST BOARD MEETING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY AND PUT ON RECORD, LIKE, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE THIS YEAR.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME TOUGH TIMES.
AND BUT YOU'VE BEEN RIGHT THERE.
YOU'VE BEEN INSISTENT, AND YOU HAVEN'T COMPROMISED ON THE SAFETY OF OUR KIDS.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, I KNOW THIS IS THE LAST MEETING BEFORE KIDS LET OUT FOR THE SUMMER.
AND YOUR JOB JUST STARTS UP IN THE SUMMER, RIGHT? ABOUT IMPROVING FOR NEXT YEAR.
BUT I JUST WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR.
FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR PROVIDING SAFETY TO OUR KIDS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
MR. SEIBEL, I ALSO JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT TRUSTEE FLORES SAID AND JUST SAY THANK YOU AND ALL THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS, AND EVERYBODY IS WORKING SO HARD BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS YEAR ONE BASICALLY OF A VERY STRICT PROCESS.
AND I KNOW WE HATE THE TERM AUDIT BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A SCARY WORD TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT IT'S IN ESSENCE WE'RE BEING WE'RE BEING GRADED AND GRADES ARE GOOD BECAUSE WE GET ASSESSED AND WE UNDERSTAND WHERE WE DO WELL AND THINGS WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON.
AND WE FOUND SOME THINGS, I THINK THAT WE FOUND SOME ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT ON THINGS.
AND THAT'S NOT A BAD THING BECAUSE WE'LL BE BETTER.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WELL, MY TEAM 100% CONSISTS OF OUR CAMPUSES.
WITHOUT THEM, THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.
AND SO HUGE PROPS TO OUR TEACHERS AND OUR APS AND OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR STUDENTS FOR MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE WEARING THEIR IDS AND CHECKING THOSE DOORS AND DOING ALL THOSE THINGS. BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE FIND ISSUES.
AND IF WE WERE 100% ALL THE TIME, THEN WE WOULD BREED COMPLACENCY AND COMPLACENCY CAN KILL.
MS OROSCO. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WAS AT A CAMPUS THE OTHER DAY FOR CAREER DAY, AND THE TEACHER WALKED OUT AND THEY CLOSED THE DOOR, SO THE DOOR WAS CLOSED.
SO I TOLD ONE OF THE STUDENTS, OH BECAUSE IT WAS THEY WERE DOING ROTATIONS.
I SAID, OH, WHEN SHE KNOCKS, CAN YOU OPEN THE DOOR? AND HE LOOKS AT ME AND HE'S LIKE, NO, WE CANNOT DO THAT.
AND I SAID, CHIEF SKROCKI WOULD LOVE YOU TO PIECES RIGHT NOW.
TOUCHE. CHIEF SKROCKI, I JUST WANT TO ECHO EVERYBODY'S SENTIMENTS.
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AND I KNOW THAT YOU DEFINITELY ARE ALWAYS BOOTS ON GROUND AT WHATEVER THE CALLING IS, WHETHER IT'S AN AUDIT OR WHETHER IT'S AN INCIDENT OR AN EVENT THAT YOU HAD TO RESPOND TO.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
I APPRECIATE SO MUCH FOR Y'ALL BEING THERE AT 4:00 ON A FRIDAY.
ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER UPDATES ON DISTRICT SAFETY OR SECURITY INITIATIVES FOR, NO OTHER ISSUE
[M.2. Update on District Safety & Security Initiatives]
OKAY. NO QUESTIONS, ALRIGHT.OKAY. INFORMATION ITEM M THREE UPDATE ON DISTRICT BOND CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION PROJECTS.
[M.3. Update on District Bond, Construction, and Renovation Projects]
THAT WE GOT MOST OF THAT TONIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER MR.? WHICH IS KIND OF LOOK AT ME LIKE. OKAY.NO. WE'RE GOOD. GIVE ME THE TWO THUMBS UP.
ALL RIGHT. SO. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. FLORES DOES HAVE A QUESTION.
SO, YES, I KNOW WE HAD A [INAUDIBLE] AUDITORIUM.
MARIACHI HALL. I KNOW WE HAD A CONSTRUCTION START DATE THAT WAS LAST CONFIRMED FOR APRIL.
BUT IS THERE ANY START DATE THAT'S BEEN CONFIRMED? IS THIS HAPPENING OVER THE SUMMER OR.
THAT'S ALL. YOU KNOW, THAT'S FANTASTIC.
AND I'M ALSO GOING TO THROW MYSELF ON THE MARQUEE WATCH.
I KNOW LEHMANN'S BEEN OUT WITHOUT A MARQUEE FOR A LONG TIME NOW.
AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THAT MARQUEE IS GOING TO BE ON THAT AUDITORIUM IN THE FRONT.
BUT I THINK THAT ANSWERS BOTH MY QUESTIONS.
BUT THANKS FOR ANSWERING THAT IN A VERY SHORT AND YES, SIR, CLEAR WAY.
THANK YOU. YES, SIR. AND I STILL OWE YOU A RESPONSE.
I'M FORMULATING THAT RESPONSE.
I'LL HAVE MAX PUT IT ON BOARD.
COULD YOU LOOK INTO THAT ONE AND AND SEE IF IT'S BROKEN? MRS. NOBLE SAYS IT'S BROKEN.
IT'S BEEN BROKEN THEN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
SO I JUST THOUGHT THEY WERE, FORGOT TO TELL HER STUFF, I DON'T KNOW, AND IT'S SO TINY ANYWAY, BECAUSE THE CITY OF BUDA IS RIDICULOUS AND GIVES THEM, LIKE 20 CHARACTERS.
SO CAN WE CAN WE FIND OUT IF THE JOHNSON ONE'S GOING TO GET REPAIRED BEFORE THE START OF SCHOOL? MAYBE. YES, MA'AM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? RIGHT. NO MORE STONES AT THE CITIES OR COUNTIES.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE'RE MOVING ON.
THANK YOU, MR. WINDSOR, FOR FILLING IN TONIGHT.
[M.4. Hays CISD Financial Statements]
ANY HAYS CISD FINANCIAL STATEMENTS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. RAU? WE'VE BEEN TAKING IT EASY ON MR. RAU FOR QUITE SOME TIME, SO.I'M KIDDING. MR. RAU IS GREAT.
AND HE HAS ALL OF HIS PAPERWORK IN ORDER AND ALL THE CHARTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. LETTER N, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
[N. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES]
I'M LOOKING LEFT. LOOKING RIGHT, I SEE MISS RUNKLE.YES, DR. WRIGHT. WE HAD A SPEAKER TONIGHT REGARDING LEHMAN CHAIR.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE UPDATE US ON THE SITUATION WITH LEHMAN CHAIR CAMP AND THE RESOLUTION FOR THAT.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU MISS RUNKLE, MR. FLORES? THANK YOU, MISS RUNKLE, FOR ASKING THAT ABOUT LEHMAN CHAIR.
I'M ALSO CURIOUS AS TO WHAT CAN BE DONE.
YOU KNOW, TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR THESE GIRLS TO EXPERIENCE THAT CAMP EXPERIENCE OUT OF TOWN.
OH, NO, I WAS JUST THAT WAS MY REQUEST.
DO YOU WANT SOME GOOD NEWS? YES. ALL RIGHT.
SO I WAS TALKING TO MISS SEDILLO AT THE BREAK, AND I THINK WE'VE ALREADY SOLVED THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALSO, I FORGOT TO ASK NATE, I APOLOGIZE.
THE SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL SIGN OUT FRONT, IS THAT STILL GONE? BECAUSE LAST TIME I DROVE BY, IT JUST IT WASN'T THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS DAMAGED OR.
YES, SIR. SO DURING THE REPLACEMENT PROCESS, WHEN WE WENT TO REMOVE THE EXISTING SIGN, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT THE STRUCTURE THAT WAS ANTICIPATED TO BE UNDERNEATH THAT SIGN WAS DIFFERENT THAN ANTICIPATED.
SO WE'RE HAVING TO GO BACK AND MODIFYING THE STRUCTURE FOR THAT SIGN.
BUT THAT'S ABOUT A TWO WEEKS OUT NOW.
AND THEN WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT SIGN BACK IN PLACE IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS.
YES, SIR. SORRY I MISSED THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. LOOK AT HOW FAST WE RESOLVE ISSUES HERE.
[O. RECAP OF QUESTIONS]
ALL RIGHT, TEAM.[P. UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS]
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AT THE HAYS CISD ACADEMIC SUPPORT CENTER AT 5:30 P.M..SO THAT'S THE ONLY ADDITION TO YOUR AGENDA THERE.
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR THERE'S NO DISSENT, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:31 P.M..
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.