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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE JUNE 24TH REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
[ A. CALL TO ORDER: Establish a quorum]
HERE AT OUR ACADEMIC SUPPORT CENTER.THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER.
OUR ALL-BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BOARD MEMBER MR. SEIBEL, WHO IS AWAY ON A BUSINESS TRIP.
[B. CLOSED SESSION]
AND E, OR TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 418.183F. THE TIME IS STILL 5:30 P.M.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
[C. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION ]
WE'RE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING US. WHETHER YOU'RE IN PERSON OR ONLINE, THE TIME IS 6:59 P.M.
A QUORUM HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED.
ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MR. SEIBEL. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR PLEDGES, AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE LED BY OUR BOARD SECRETARY, MISS VANESSA PETREA.
[D. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAGS]
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS PETREA.[E. MISSION STATEMENT]
OUR MISSION STATEMENT WILL BE READ BY BOARD VICE PRESIDENT MR. BYRON SEVERANCE.ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. SEVERANCE.
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.OKAY TEAM, WE ARE MOVING ON TO LETTER G IN OUR AGENDA.
[G. PUBLIC HEARING]
IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG IN YOUR IN YOUR BOARD BOOK IT IS ON PAGE SEVEN.THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.
SO, MR. RAO, WOULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE US AN OVERVIEW? AND MR. RAO KNOW WE HAVE THE MICROPHONES AT OUR DESK, UNLESS YOU WANT TO COME UP.
YEAH, WE HAVE ANY. OKAY. WE WANT YOU UP.
THERE WE GO, MR. RAO. COME ON UP, SIR.
ALL RIGHT, MR. RAO, MAKE SURE WE TURN ON YOUR MIC.
YES, SIR. WE WANT TO HEAR THOSE FUNNIES AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT. SO, OUR BUDGET THAT WE'RE ADOPTING THIS EVENING.
THE 2025 PROPOSED BUDGET IS $342 MILLION.
IT'S ABOUT A 1.17% INCREASE OVER THE 2024 ORIGINAL BUDGET.
IT'S ACTUALLY A DECLINE OVER THE REVISED BUDGET OR THE OFFICIAL BUDGET.
AND AS YOU KNOW, ONCE WE ADOPT A BUDGET, YOU GO THROUGH AMENDMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND SO, OUR 2024 ORIGINAL BUDGET, AS AMENDED IS ABOUT 1,000,007 HIGHER THAN WHAT? EXCUSE ME. WHAT WE'RE ADOPTING TONIGHT.
SO, IT'S ABOUT A HALF A PERCENT DECREASE.
SOME ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE GO INTO THE BUDGET.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS OUR STUDENT GROWTH.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 24,619 STUDENTS.
WE'RE BUDGETING ON AN ATTENDANCE PERCENTAGE OF 93%.
WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE IN OUR PROPERTY VALUES ABOUT TEN, 10.5% OVER THE PRIOR YEAR.
WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ESTIMATE TAX RATE.
WELL, CURRENTLY OUR NO TAX RATE IS 0.6692.
EXCUSE ME. AND SO, WE'RE LOOKING AT A RATE THAT WILL BE SOMEWHAT LESS THAN 0.6692.
ON THE NO SIDE BUT TEA WILL ACTUALLY CALCULATE THAT RATE FOR US.
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WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREASE SALARY INCREASE FOR TEACHERS, NURSES, LIBRARIANS AND COUNSELORS.WE'RE MAINTAINING A NO COST EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN BY INCREASING OUR CONTRIBUTION $50 A MONTH.
SO, THE TOTAL IS ABOUT $445 A MONTH, OR $5,340 A YEAR.
AND IF YOU FOLLOWED THE NEWS, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT IN A UNIQUE SITUATION.
WE ARE LOOKING AT A DEFICIT BUDGET, AS IS MOST DISTRICTS, I THINK, IN THE STATE OUR ADJUSTED BASIC ALLOTMENT OR EXCUSE ME. OUR BASIC ALLOTMENT IS $6,160.
IT HAS NOT CHANGED OR INCREASED SINCE 2019, WHEN IT WENT INTO EFFECT UNDER HOUSE BILL THREE.
AND WE'VE HAD DOUBLE DIGIT INFLATION OVER THAT TIME PERIOD, BUT WE'VE REMAINED STAGNANT ON BASIC ALLOTMENT, WHICH IS THE CORE AMOUNT IN THAT GOES INTO OUR FUNDING.
SO. WE'RE LOOKING AT A BUDGET DEFICIT OF JUST A LITTLE OVER $6 MILLION.
WHEN WE FIRST STARTED WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WAS MUCH LARGER THAN THAT.
IT WAS CLOSE TO 15, 16 MILLION AT THAT TIME.
UNFORTUNATELY LOOK AT DOING SOME COST REDUCTIONS.
WHICH 1% RAISE? EVEN THOUGH IT'S A RAISE, IT'S SOMEWHAT LESS THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
WE'VE HAD TO DO SOME REPURPOSING OF SOME POSITIONS.
WE'VE HAD TO ADJUST SOME STAFFING RATIOS, AND WE'VE HAD TO DO SOME REASSIGNMENTS AT THE CAMPUS AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION JUST TO GET IT DOWN TO, TO THIS AMOUNT. AND SO, WE ARE SUPPLEMENTING THIS BUDGET WITH OUR FUND BALANCE, WHICH ALSO HAS BEEN DECLINING OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS BECAUSE OF THE STAGNATION IN, IN STATE FUNDING.
SO, WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR ATTEMPT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
BEFORE WE GET TO QUESTIONS, I'LL MAKE SURE TO CHECK WITH OUR TEAM.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY GREEN SHEETS ON THIS PARTICULAR HEARING ITEM.
OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND WE'RE GOING TO.
TAKE OUR THIS IS ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT OUR BUDGET.
SO, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND INVITE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO COME ON UP AND ADDRESS THE BOARD.
SO, MISS KATIE ARMSTRONG, IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND COME ON UP, MA'AM.
MISS ARMSTRONG, THE MIC IS ON, AND YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES, MA'AM.
WRIGHT IN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS DECISION WAS A SHOCK FOR FUENTES PARENTS AND STUDENTS.
SINCE LEARNING OF THIS INFORMATION, MANY PARENTS, INCLUDING MYSELF, HAVE EXPRESSED SADNESS AND FRUSTRATION THAT WE WERE NOT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR INPUT BEFORE CHANGES WERE MADE.
HOPEFULLY, I CAN BE A VOICE NOW BEFORE THE BOARD VOTES ON THE FINAL BUDGET.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE I NEED TO ADDRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE STEM PROGRAM, AS YOU ARE ALL WELL AWARE OF WHY THIS IS NEEDED, SO I'D LIKE TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE LOSS OF THE THEATER CLASS.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DESIGNATE FUENTES AS A FINE ARTS FOCUSED CAMPUS BASED ON THE RESEARCH AND FEEDBACK FROM A COMMITTEE WHO TOOK TOURS OF OTHER FINE ARTS MAGNET SCHOOLS IN AUSTIN ISD AND ROUND ROCK ISD.
TO NOW HAVE ONE OF THE KEY FINE ARTS PROGRAMS PULLED FROM THE SCHOOL FEELS RATHER CONFUSING.
QUOTING FUENTES OWN WEBSITE, RECENT RESEARCH STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT CHILDREN WHO CAN SING, DANCE, WRITE, ACT AND CREATE ARE FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT COMPARED TO THEIR NONPERFORMING PEERS.
FINE ART STUDENTS HAVE ENHANCED COGNITIVE, MOTOR AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SKILLS.
THEY ARE QUICK THINKERS AND OVERCOME ANXIETY MORE EASILY.
AND THEY SEE THE WORLD IN NEW WAYS BECAUSE OF BEING EXPOSED TO NEW WAYS OF THINKING OR DOING.
WHILE THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL IS THE ONE TO SET THE ROTATIONS ON EACH CAMPUS.
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THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT THEY WERE LIKELY GOING TO BE PLACED IN OTHER POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, DESPITE PRINCIPAL HOWARD'S ATTEMPTS TO KEEP THEM.HOWEVER, MISS ROMERO HAS CHOSEN TO LEAVE THE DISTRICT ENTIRELY.
IN FACT, SHE WAS ONLY OFFERED A DIFFERENT POSITION ON THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.
PERSONALLY, I ONLY RECEIVED NOTICE LAST WEEK THROUGH SEVERAL PHONE CALLS, MESSAGES AND EMAILS.
THE DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
ON A BIGGER SCALE, I KNOW THAT FUENTES IS NOT THE ONLY ONE FACING LOSS.
HOWEVER, RESEARCH SHOWS THAT STEM AND THEATER ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT.
ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE IMPERATIVE TO THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN.
WE ARE MORE THAN A BASIC DISTRICT.
WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR EXCELLENCE, AND WITH THAT COMES MORE THAN THE MINIMUM.
TEN OF THE 15 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN HAYS CISD ARE TITLE ONE DESIGNATED SCHOOLS, PULLING RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITY FOR OPPORTUNITIES FROM HUNDREDS OF THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR DISTRICT IS NOT THE WAY TO BALANCE A BUDGET.
ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, I WAS A THESPIAN THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL, PARTICIPATING IN EVERY PLAY AND MUSICAL AVAILABLE, THE SKILLS I GAINED, THE EXPECTATIONS I WAS HELD TO IN THE COMMUNITY I WAS A PART OF, ALL HELPED TO SHAPE ME INTO A WELL-ROUNDED PERSON I HAVE BECOME.
I'M NOT SURE I'LL BE SPEAKING BEFORE ALL OF YOU HERE.
IF I HADN'T GAINED THE CONFIDENCE I DID FROM THOSE PERFORMANCES.
WE NEED TO FOSTER CREATIVITY FROM THE BEGINNING.
WE NEED TO SHOW THAT WE VALUE THE FINE ARTS JUST AS MUCH AS WE DO ATHLETICS OR ACADEMICS.
WE TOUT THAT WE ARE 100% HAYS, BUT IF WE CUT THEATER, SOME OF THE OTHER SPECIALS ROTATIONS, HOW CAN EVERYONE SHINE ON A MORE CRITICAL LETTER LEVEL? THEATER CAN ENHANCE STUDENTS COGNITIVE, ACADEMIC, COLLABORATIVE, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS AND BOOST CONFIDENCE.
THE BENEFITS ARE MANY AND SO ARE THE LOSSES.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS ARMSTRONG.
AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FROM OUR BOARD ABOUT THE HEARING.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, TEAM, SO WE HEARD THE NOTES FROM MR. ROWE AND, OF COURSE, OUR SPEAKER.
I'M LOOKING TO MY RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. WHEN WE GET TO THE BUDGET PORTION, I'M HEARING.
OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT? OKAY. TEAM.
THANK YOU. SO, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
[H. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT]
AND DR. WRIGHT SAID HE WOULD STEP UP TO THE TO THE PODIUM OVER THERE.ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
BOARD, IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DAIS.
WELCOME. SO TONIGHT, WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
AND SO, THIS IS A BUDGET SUMMARY FROM ALL OF OUR EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE SPRING.
THIS THIS WAS A YEAR UNLIKE ANY OTHER.
WE HAVE BEEN DIPPING INTO OUR FUND BALANCE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS IN A ROW.
AND FINALLY, WE HAVE GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE WE NEEDED TO REALLY REFRAME HOW WE DID THINGS.
SO AS AN OVERVIEW, WHAT WE DID WAS WE TOOK A HISTORICAL TREND OF CAMPUS AND DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS.
WE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING ACROSS THE BOARD AND THEN KIND OF AGREED ON CERTAIN THINGS SO THAT WE COULD REDUCE OUR BUDGET BY ABOUT $10 MILLION.
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AND SO, WE STARTED WITH A $16.5 MILLION REVENUE SHORTFALL.AND SO, OUR GOAL WAS TO HIT AROUND 7.5 MILLION TO AT LEAST KIND OF HALF IT.
AND STILL WE'RE GOING TO BE RECOMMENDING TO YOU TONIGHT A $6.2 MILLION DEFICIT BUDGET.
AND SO, LET'S START WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT IT, OUR VERY FIRST WORKSHOP AND BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, AND THEN WITH THE PUBLIC ON JUNE THE 6TH.
OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE DECIDED THAT BECAUSE WE WERE DEALING WITH HIGHER-THAN-AVERAGE INFLATION SINCE THE PANDEMIC, THAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES WERE REALIZING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS SOONER SO THAT THEY COULD PERSONALLY DEAL WITH HIGHER ELECTRICITY COSTS, HIGHER FUEL COSTS, HIGHER MILK AND BREAD COSTS, ALL THE THINGS.
AND SO, WE ENDED UP GIVING SOME REALLY HIGH RAISES, 7%, 6.5%, 4.5%.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART, THE AVERAGE PAY FOR TEACHERS, NURSES, LIBRARIANS AND COUNSELORS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS HAS AVERAGED 5% ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND THEN FOR PARAPROFESSIONAL AUXILIARY BUS DRIVERS, SAME THING, RIGHT AROUND 5%.
YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE DOTTED LINE AND THE RED DOTTED LINE.
AND SO, WE PURPOSEFULLY BROUGHT DOWN OUR FUND BALANCE SO THAT WE COULD GIVE THE COST OF LIVING RAISES IN ADVANCE THE BLUE SOLID LINE THAT YOU SEE THERE. HISTORICALLY, WE ALWAYS TRY TO GIVE A 3% RAISE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IF WE WOULD HAVE JUST STUCK WITH OUR HISTORICAL TREND, WE WOULD BE AROUND 17%.
BUT WE WENT ABOVE THAT BY THE TUNE OF 8% OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS.
BECAUSE JUST LIKE LIFE, WE'RE AN INSTANT GRATIFICATION SOCIETY AND SOMETIMES WE FORGET THESE THINGS.
SO WE GOT ABOVE $70 MILLION IN OUR FUND BALANCE, AND WE DISCUSSED IT AND WE WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S BETTER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE WHAT THEY NEED RATHER THAN JUST LEAVING THE MONEY IN RESERVES, BECAUSE AT THAT TIME, WE REALLY WEREN'T MAKING MUCH MONEY IN OUR POOLS ANYWAY.
SO, WE'RE BASICALLY TAKING IT DOWN FROM 70 MILLION, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT AT 30 MILLION AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO MR. RAO'S NUMBERS. AND IF WE WOULD HAVE HAD A $16.5 MILLION FUND BALANCE, WE WOULD HAVE TAKEN IT DOWN EVEN FURTHER.
AND THEN WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE SESSION COMING UP IN JANUARY.
AND WE'RE REALLY HOPEFUL THAT THEY'LL ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING WITH THIS.
AND SO, OVER THE COURSE OF TIME.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE SPENT MONEY IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, AND THEN WE WANTED TO LOOK AT FIVE-YEAR TRENDS JUST TO SEE WHERE WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT FUNCTION 11, WHICH IS ALL INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES.
AND THEN WHEN YOU MOVE IT UP AND YOU LOOK FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
WE'VE MAINTAINED THE INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES AT ALMOST 59%.
SCHOOL LEADERSHIP HAS DECREASED.
AND SO, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU A GRAPH OVER TIME WHERE WE HAVE INCREASED.
AND THEN OUR INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES HAVE INCREASED BY ALMOST A FULL PERCENTAGE POINT.
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WHICH IS FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS PAY, WHICH IS IN 36.WE'VE GONE DOWN IN 41, WHICH IS OVERALL ADMINISTRATION.
AND YOU CAN ASK ALL OF OUR CHIEFS, I'VE ASKED THEM TO HOLD THE LINE SINCE REALLY 2020 BECAUSE AS WE HAVE GROWN 5000 KIDS IN THIS SAME TIME PERIOD, WE HAVEN'T INCREASED OUR DEPARTMENTAL STAFFING BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH THIS, THIS REVENUE SHORTFALL OVER, OVER THE COURSE OF TIME.
AND SO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND OUR TRENDS.
WE RECEIVE ABOUT $5,900 A KID BECAUSE WE ONLY GET PAID THE 6160 IF THEY COME 100% OF THE TIME.
AND SO THAT HAS REMAINED FLAT THROUGHOUT.
AND YET, IF YOU ADJUST FOR INFLATION, YOU'LL SEE HOW THAT BLUE TREND LINE GOES UP.
SO, IF OUR STATE GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY INCREASED COMMENSURATE WITH THE ADJUSTMENT, WE WOULD BE AT $7,558 PER KID, WHICH IF THE STATE INCREASED TO THAT AMOUNT, AS THEY SHOULD HAVE, WE WOULD HAVE GLEANED ANOTHER $33 MILLION EACH YEAR.
AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GRADUATED AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN HAD TO GO INTO OUR FUND BALANCE.
AND SO I WANTED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND AND YOU GUYS KNOW, I'M A I'M A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.
OUR FOUNDING FATHERS IDENTIFIED PUBLIC EDUCATION AS THE CORNERSTONE OF DEMOCRACY.
AND, AND THEY RECENTLY DID A STUDY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE RETURN OF THE ROI.
FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT IS INVESTED INTO PUBLIC EDUCATION IS $7.
SO FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT IS PUT IN.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCREASES BY SEVEN.
SO ONCE AGAIN, WE WERE TASKED WITH REDUCING $16.5 MILLION FROM THE BUDGET.
WE ENDED UP REDUCING AROUND TEN.
AND IF WE WOULD HAVE DONE A 3%, IT WOULD HAVE COST US ABOUT $4.5 MILLION.
AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE WE REPURPOSED OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, AND THE REASON THAT WE DECIDED TO DO THAT, WE RAMPED UP OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS BY HIRING EXPERIENCED TEACHERS AND WITH THE HOPE THAT WE WOULDN'T NEED AS MUCH INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO BEEN TRAINING OUR STAFF IN HOW TO LEAD PLCS THEMSELVES.
AND SO, BY REPURPOSING ICS THROUGH ATTRITION, WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE 2.4 MILLION.
AND THEN WE WENT BACK TO OUR FORMULA FOR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION AS FAR AS ADMIN IS CONCERNED.
AND WE REDUCED BY A TOTAL OF EIGHT.
AND THEN WE YOU GUYS ALLOWED ME TO USE MY AUTHORITY TO REASSIGN AND BY PROMOTING INTERNAL AND BY MOVING PEOPLE UP THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THAT ROLE.
WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO SAVE ANOTHER $400,000 TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT 1.2 MILLION.
AND THEN WE RECOMMENDED THAT WE CHANGED OUR, OUR STAFFING RATIOS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.
AND THAT WILL SAVE US 1.6 MILLION.
AND SO ULTIMATELY, WHEN WE WORKED WITH THE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE, OUR GOAL WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY LOST THEIR JOB, EVEN THOUGH SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO POSSIBLY BE REPURPOSED. NOBODY LOST THEIR JOB.
AND SO, I'M THANKFUL THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, NOBODY'S HAVING TO LOSE THEIR JOBS.
AND SO THE OTHER THING WE DECIDED TO DO THROUGH COMPRESSION, WE WANTED THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THOSE OF YOU THAT HEARD ME ON THE BOND TALK TOUR, WE WANTED TO COMPETE WITH COSTCO.
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HOUR. AND SO, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO REALLY ALLOW FOR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TO BE CONSIDERED.AND WE'LL TAKE CARE AND IN CONSIDERATION THEIR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
AND SO, I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO UPDATE YOU THERE AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED.
AND SO, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THAT WORKS.
OF COURSE, WHEN WE START PILOT PROGRAMS, WE ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST OF INTENTIONS.
AT HEART. AND WE DON'T MIND TRYING THINGS.
YOU DON'T EVER GET ANY BETTER UNLESS YOU TRY THINGS.
SOMETIMES THEY WORK. SOMETIMES THEY DON'T WORK FOR WHAT YOUR INTENDED OUTCOME.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE STARTED SATURN FIVE.
MANY YEARS AGO, AND DURING MY TENURE AS SUPERINTENDENT, WE REMOVED IT BECAUSE WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT WE WEREN'T GETTING PARENTS TO TRANSFER THEIR KIDS TO THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. AND SO, IN RESPONSE TO THAT WE ADDED STEM AND PROJECT LEAD THE WAY SPECIALS ON EACH OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.
AND THEN ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT IS DUAL LANGUAGE.
WE HAD DUAL LANGUAGE ON SEVERAL CAMPUSES.
AND SO, WE WEREN'T GETTING THE NUMBER WITH DUAL LANGUAGE.
AND SO, WE PHASED THAT OUT AS AN ADMINISTRATION.
AND NOW WE'RE YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT OUR FINE ARTS FOCUS AT FUENTES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SO, I HAVE THIS GREAT IDEA OF STARTING A FINE ARTS MAGNET PROGRAM FOR THE DISTRICT.
AND I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP KIDS FROM LEAVING.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL HELP US WITH OUR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
SO, SHE WENT TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND VIEWED IT THE FIRST YEAR IN 2018-2019, WE ACTUALLY HAD 24 KIDS TRANSFER FROM OTHER SCHOOLS AND OTHER CAMPUSES IN THE DISTRICT.
AND THEN IN 2019-2020, IT WENT UP BY TWO MORE KIDS AND WE HAD 26 THEN.
FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT STARTED DWINDLING.
AND SO, IN 2020-2021, WE ONLY HAD SEVEN KIDS THAT TRANSFERRED FROM OTHER CAMPUSES.
AND THEN IN 21-22, WE ONLY HAD ONE KID THAT TRANSFERRED FROM OTHER CAMPUSES.
AND THEN IN 2324, WHICH IS LAST YEAR, WE ONLY HAD SIX KIDS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T TRANSFERRING FROM OTHER PLACES AROUND THE DISTRICT, SO YOU CAN'T REALLY CONSIDER IT TO BE A MAGNET SCHOOL IF YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
NOW, WAS IT A WAS IT A GREAT PROGRAM? ABSOLUTELY. WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS GOING ON.
AND WE'RE SCHEDULED TO BE A D AT FUENTES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THIS YEAR.
AND IT SADDENS ME, AS I KNOW IT SADDENS EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM.
AND, AND, AND WE THOUGHT THAT THE DATA WOULD, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD REALLY SHOW PROGRESS.
AND SO, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT AS WELL.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO STAVE OFF PEOPLE GOING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS, WE ALSO DID THE RESEARCH ON IT AND, AND THE SCHOOLS THAT WE WERE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SCHOOLS THAT WE WERE LOSING KIDS TO CHARTER SCHOOLS FROM WERE A AND B CAMPUSES.
THEY WEREN'T OUR C AND D CAMPUSES, WHICH WAS VERY SURPRISING.
BUT THAT'S THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVED BACK.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE GOOD THING IS, IS, IS WE HAVE NEW ADMINISTRATION, AND WE CAN USE OUR SPECIALS HOWEVER, WE WANT TO USE OUR SPECIALS OVER THERE.
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AND WE CAN STILL HAVE SOME GREAT THINGS AS FAR AS FINE ARTS ARE CONCERNED.AND WE CAN WORK THOSE ROTATIONS TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
SO, THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS, IS THAT WE'RE AT A CRITICAL JUNCTURE IN, IN IN TEXAS.
YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR HAS TIED OUR MONEY UP IN THE FORM OF VOUCHERS.
AND I THINK HE'S GOING TO HAVE THE VOTES THAT HE NEEDS IN ORDER TO PASS IT THIS TIME.
BUT WE ALSO DESPERATELY NEED AN INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADD BACK IN THE FUTURE.
AND, AND THE ADMINISTRATION DECIDED THAT THIS WAS A CHOICE THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE THIS TIME.
SO, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW ON THAT.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
YEAH, DR.. RIGHT. THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE LEFT? LOOKING RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? DR., I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THESE ARE SOME VERY, WE'RE CELEBRATING SOME THINGS, RIGHT? IN THE SENSE THAT WE HAVE MAINTAINED ALL OF OUR STAFF.
AND WE'VE CUT THAT DOWN TO ABOUT $6 MILLION OF REVENUE SHORTFALL.
AND SO, THANK YOU TO MR. MCMANUS AND HIS FORESIGHT TO BRING US THIS.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS WHEN WE GET TO THE ACTUAL BUDGET ITEM.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD A SPEAKER TONIGHT.
WE GOT SOME FAMILIES. AND SO, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH OUR AGENDA.
BUT THANK YOU FOR THOSE VERY HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEWS.
ALL RIGHT TEAM, WE ARE MOVING ON TO LETTER I, WHICH IS PUBLIC FORUM.
I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY GREEN SHEETS TONIGHT.
SO, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
OKAY. AND THEN TIM, LAST WEEK A LETTER J.
[J. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT]
WE DID THAT LAST WEEK.MR. MALANDRUCCOLO GAVE US A GOOD PRESENTATION.
AND SO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
OKAY. WE HAVE ONE QUESTION, MISS PETREA.
WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO GET THE KIND OF FINAL LETTER GRADES FOR EACH CAMPUS AND THE DISTRICT? I KNOW THEY TOLD US LAST WEEK; I JUST WANT TO REMIND.
SO, WE'LL HAVE OUR ACTUAL RESULTS.
HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 WEEKS.
I'M NOT REAL SURE OF THE EXACT DATE.
BUT HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS WE'LL HAVE ACTUALS.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN ACTUAL DATE.
NO, I MEAN, I KNOW MR. MALANDRUCCOLO SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE AROUND JULY AND THAT THEY'RE WORKING HARD, KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES TO DO THE MATH THEMSELVES, WHICH I APPRECIATE.
WHICH IS HOW WE KNOW FUENTES MAY BE A D CAMPUS, WHICH IS DISAPPOINTING.
I KNOW WE'RE ALSO GOING TO GET OUR AP SCORES OUT AROUND THAT TIME.
SO HOPEFULLY JULY WE'LL GET MORE UPDATES ON BOTH AP EXAM AND OUR, OUR LETTER GRADES OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT TEAM, WE ARE MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[K. CONSENT AGENDA]
SO, BEGINNING ON PAGE 11 OF OUR AGENDA PACKET.AGAIN, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE IN NATURE.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALL HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT WE WISH TO PULL? SEEING NONE.
ANY OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES 6-0.
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ALL RIGHT. OKAY, TEAM, WE ARE ON OUR ACTION ITEMS.[L.1. Consideration and possible action, if any, resulting from closed session]
L ONE, PAGE 71 OF OUR AGENDA.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION SUPERINTENDENTS.
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYMENT OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AT CAMINO REAL ELEMENTARY, SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL, HAYS HIGH SCHOOL, AND JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL. THEY SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYES CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONTRACTUALLY EMPLOY ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AT CAMINO REAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL, HAYS HIGH SCHOOL, AND JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL, AS DISCUSSED.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 6-0.
AND FIRST OF ALL, LIKE TO WELCOME MARTY GARZA BACK TO THE DISTRICT.
SHE HAS JUST BEEN APPROVED TO BE THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT CAMINO REAL.
NEXT, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME TO THE TEAM LINDSEY EATON.
SHE'LL BE ONE OF THE NEW APS AT SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND NEXT WE HAVE ELIZABETH CUNNINGHAM, WHO IS CURRENTLY A COUNSELOR AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SHE'S MOVING UP INTO THE ROLE OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL.
AND NEXT MOVING TO JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL.
WELCOME TO JAMIE THIELE, WHO IS CURRENTLY AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN AUSTIN ISD.
AND SHE IS A FORMER HHS GRADUATE.
AND SO, SHE'S COMING BACK TO HAYS CISD.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST WELCOME MICHAEL HOSEY, WHO IS CURRENTLY AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL IN DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD AND IS COMING TO WORK AS AN AP AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL. SO, WELCOME ALL TO OUR TEAM.
WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GREAT THINGS.
THANK YOU, DR. WRIGHT. YES. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE NEW FACES OR THOSE NEW PROMOTIONS.
WE'RE EXCITED. AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO OUR 2024-2025 YEAR.
SO, ARE ANY OF THEM HERE? YEAH. DO WE DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN ATTENDANCE? YES, WE DO. OH, LET'S.
YES. YOU WANT TO TAKE A PHOTO? ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE MISS CUNNINGHAM IN THE BACK? THAT'S RIGHT. SO DO WE.
I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE.
RIGHT. SO. ALL RIGHT TEAM, I WANT TO EXERCISE A LITTLE BIT OF LIBERTY HERE, AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AGAIN, WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF SPEAKERS THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS, AND WE HAVE SOME FOLKS IN ATTENDANCE. I WANT TO MOVE SOME AGENDA ITEMS AROUND.
SPECIFICALLY, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND BUMP UP OUR L-19.
[L.19. Consideration and possible adoption of General Fund, Debt Service Fund, and Food Service Fund budgets and approval of the budget for additional accelerated instruction pursuant to HB 5 requirements for the 2024-2025 School Year]
THE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF GENERAL FUND.ALL RIGHT. SO, WE ARE ON PAGE 194 AGAIN CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND, FOOD SERVICE FUND BUDGETS AND APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET FOR ADDITIONAL ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION PURSUANT TO HB FIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR.
LET ME FLIP TO IT AND READ THE MOTION.
I'M SORRY. WE'RE ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS ITEM.
I'M LOOKING TO MY RIGHT. MRS. PETREA.
HI, THERE. YEAH, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF OUR PUBLIC SPEAKER TODAY.
I MEAN, I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR, OBVIOUSLY, THAT THE CHANGES BEING MADE AT FUENTES.
BUT I UNDERSTAND WHY, AND I CERTAINLY FULLY APPRECIATE THE FOCUS WE NEED TO HAVE ON ACADEMICS THERE.
CLEARLY, AND I AM CONFIDENT KNOWING KRISTEN SIBEL, THAT FINE ARTS WILL BE A FOCUS THERE.
HER DAUGHTER IS A DANCER, AND HER OTHER DAUGHTER IS THERE.
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THEY'RE ALL ABOUT THE FINE ARTS DISCIPLES, SO I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THAT WILL BE A THING.AND IT TAKES A STRONG PRINCIPAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FIDELITY OF THOSE PROGRAMS STAYS INTACT.
HAVING A SON WHO IS IN DUAL LANGUAGE AND THEN IN SATURN FIVE.
BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS AT FUENTES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS ACADEMICALLY.
BUT WHAT I HEARD TONIGHT WAS THAT WE WERE CHANGING TO FOR SPECIALS, WHICH WAS NEWS TO ME.
CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT THAT'S REAL THAT WE'RE GETTING RID OF, LIKE AT SUNFIELD, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT HAS, I DON'T KNOW, 12,000 CHILDREN? I FEEL LIKE THERE WERE MULTIPLE ADDITIONAL SPECIALS JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE THE KIDS JUST HAVE TO BE ROTATING AROUND MORE.
SO, CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT ARE WE CHANGING THE NUMBER OF SPECIALS AT ANY OF OUR CAMPUSES? ALL RIGHT. THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION.
SO BASICALLY, WE ADD A SPECIALS ROTATION WHEN WE EXCEED 140 KIDS BECAUSE WE LIKE TO KEEP THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN EACH OF THE SPECIALS AT 30 TO 1 IN ART MUSIC.
AND THEN WE LIKE TO KEEP 50 STUDENTS IN PE BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO ADULTS.
AND SO, IF YOU START DOING THE MATH, YOU CAN FIGURE OUT THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN THE SAFETY OF ALL OUR STUDENTS AND THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE ADULT TO 30 STUDENTS IN SOME OF OUR SPECIALS.
SO, ANY TIME A GRADE LEVEL EXCEEDS THAT THRESHOLD, WE ADD ANOTHER SPECIALS.
WE KEPT THE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.
SO AT FUENTES, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE ART, MUSIC, PE AND KEEP THE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.
OR AT LEAST THAT SPECIALS AT OTHER CAMPUSES BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WE MAY HAVE FOUR SPECIALS, FIVE SPECIALS, UP TO 6 OR 7 BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN A GRADE LEVEL.
SO THAT GOES BACK TO OUR STAFFING BENCHMARKS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP WE KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE.
AND SO, EVERY CAMPUS IS GOING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT NUMBER BASED ON STUDENT ENROLLMENT.
OKAY. SO, WE'RE NOT REMOVING SPANISH ENRICHMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, FROM NEGLEY FROM SUNFIELD.
THEY MAY HAVE LOST THE LANGUAGE ENRICHMENT, BUT WE LIKE TO GIVE OUR PRINCIPALS SOME AUTONOMY.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE DO WANT TO SEE SOME CONSISTENCY AND SOME CONTINUITY OVER THE JUST ACROSS THE DISTRICT AT THE ELEMENTARY WHERE WE HAVE OUR ART, MUSIC, PE AS YOUR THREE FUNDAMENTAL OFFERINGS.
AND THEN THE FOURTH, WE HAVE ASKED THAT THEY CONSIDER STEAM SO THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS AND UTILIZE THE PROJECT, LEAD THE WAY CURRICULUM AND ANY OTHER SCIENCE CURRICULUM THAT WE HAVE.
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALS AT EVERY CAMPUS SO THAT EVERY CHILD HAS ACCESS.
BECAUSE FUENTES HAD A FINE ARTS FOCUS, WE ALLOWED THEM TO KEEP THE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT IF THEY HAVE IF THEY ACTUALLY ENROLL AND GROW MORE STUDENTS, I WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO ADD THE STEAM CLASSES ONE OF AS AN OPTION FOR ONE OF THE ROTATIONS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THE STEM CURRICULUM.
OKAY. AND THEY WANTED TO ADD THEATER AS THEIR SPECIAL.
COULD THEY? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THAT WOULD BE A CONVERSATION WITH THE PRINCIPAL.
AND IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE PRINCIPAL SEES THAT IT WOULD BENEFIT STUDENTS, THAT I WOULD OBVIOUSLY ENTERTAIN THAT AND ALLOW THEM SOME AUTONOMY.
TO ADD THE THEATER AS A SPECIAL ROTATION.
AND SO THAT, AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE A CONVERSATION WITH THE DOW DR.
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WRIGHT. AND THE PRINCIPAL AND I'M SURE THE PRINCIPAL WILL ALSO ASK THE TEACHERS WHAT THEY THINK.AND I MEAN, AND I'M GUESSING BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THIS AT OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THERE'S NOTHING HOLDING THEM BACK FROM HAVING MUSICALS, THEATER PRODUCTIONS AND ALL OF THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW OTHER CAMPUSES HAVE FIGURED OUT WAYS TO DO THAT.
AND AT ONE POINT, ELM GROVE HAD 150 KIDS IN THEIR CHOIR, FOR EXAMPLE.
ABSOLUTELY. THAT WAS NOT THEIR SPECIALS, THAT WAS THEIR EXTRA CHOIR.
CAN WE GET JUST WHEN, WHEN THOSE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE SOLIDIFIED? CAN WE GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT SPECIALS WILL BE OFFERED AT EACH ELEMENTARY CAMPUS? ABSOLUTELY. AND I KNOW CHRISTINA PROBABLY HAS THAT INFORMATION ALREADY BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL OUR STAFFING SHEETS AND THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED BY CAMPUS.
SO, I JUST I WANT TO AVOID SURPRISES.
SO, IF WE CAN JUST BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT SPECIALS ARE GOING TO BE OFFERED AT EACH CAMPUS.
AND THE PRINCIPALS ARE SOME OF THE PRINCIPALS ARE NEW.
AND SO THAT MAY TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR THEM TO FIGURE ALL OF THAT OUT.
SO, I'M NOT ASKING FOR IT THIS WEEK, BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT CAMPUSES ARE GOING TO BE OFFERED BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, ME, I WANT TO ADD CODING AS A SPECIAL.
AND WE CAN DO SOME COOL THINGS.
SO, WE'LL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
OKAY. SO, WE'RE STILL ON BUDGET.
I MAY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, BUT THAT'S IT.
I DIDN'T TELL YOU THIS DURING THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORT, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU WENT THROUGH SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE FACING AGAIN, AND THE HARD WORK THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION WENT THROUGH TO, TO GET THAT DOWN, ANOTHER $10 MILLION SO THAT WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT A $6 MILLION DEFICIT.
I REALLY DID NOT THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE OUR REALITY.
AND IF IT WAS, I THOUGHT FOR SURE WE WOULD BE BACK IN A 2011 MODE AND HAVING TO HAVE SOME VERY DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LOSING EMPLOYEES NOT THROUGH ATTRITION, BUT THROUGH TOUGH CHOICES.
TRUSTEE OROSCO WAS, AND I DO KNOW I WAS HERE AS A PARENT, AND IT WAS PRETTY TERRIBLE AS A PARENT.
SO, I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP YOU'VE SHOWN AND ALL THE PEOPLE IN OUR ADMINISTRATION THAT HAVE WORKED SO DILIGENTLY AND HAVE, HAVE MADE THESE CONVERSATIONS, WHILE CHALLENGING, HAVE NOT BEEN AS HARD AS THEY COULD HAVE BEEN OR AS. JUST DEVASTATING TO FAMILIES AS THEY COULD HAVE BEEN, FRANKLY.
OKAY. SO, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING KIND OF AN UPDATE ON SPECIALS THIS YEAR.
I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT ANY SURPRISES.
WRIGHT, YOU WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING? YEAH. WHEN VANESSA WAS TALKING, IT SPARKED A THOUGHT.
AND WHEN YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT NUMBERS.
SO TYPICALLY, WHEN WE GET TO 900 STUDENTS, WE'LL GO TO ANOTHER SPECIAL.
AND AS YOU KNOW THE DOC IS LOOKING AT AN ADDITION FOR HEMPHILL AND FOR FUENTES.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, RAMAGE IS GOING TO BE OPENING, BUT THE EAST SIDE IS GROWING EXTREMELY FAST.
SO, SAY WE DID HAVE A ROBUST TRANSFER PROGRAM.
IT WOULD BE TOUGH TO HOUSE THEM ALL.
THANK YOU, VANESSA, FOR ASKING ABOUT THE SPECIALS.
OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE CELEBRATE FINE ARTS IN THIS DISTRICT.
I JUST ATTENDED A PLAY AT THE PAC CENTER WITH CINDERELLA.
IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING PLAYS I'VE EVER SEEN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
THEY HAD KIDS FROM ALL ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
WRIGHT. THE SUPPORTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADDED.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE CLUB OPTIONS.
YOU HAVE THE PRINCIPALS HAVE AUTONOMY TO ADD, YOU KNOW, FINE ARTS.
BUT I JUST WANT TO JUST TOUCH BACK DR.
WRIGHT ON THE BIGGER PICTURE OF THE BUDGET.
CAN YOU JUST SAY ONCE AGAIN, HOW MANY TEACHER LAYOFFS WE HAD IN THIS DISTRICT? WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY. ABSOLUTELY.
AND CAN YOU PLEASE REITERATE HOW MANY LIBRARIANS WE HAD TO LAY OFF IN THIS DISTRICT? YEAH. WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T ADJUST OUR LIBRARIANS.
ABSOLUTELY. AND ANECDOTALLY, DR.
WRIGHT. I MEAN, WE JUST GOT BACK FROM SLY.
THERE'S A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN REALLY TOUGH POSITIONS ACROSS THE STATE.
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AND CAN YOU SAY THAT AT LEAST THERE'S A HANDFUL THAT HAVE HAD TO MAKE SOME REALLY TOUGH DECISIONS IN REGARD TO STAFF? YEAH, JUST VISITING WITH THE OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS.AND I SAID, YEAH, BUT IT STILL HURTS.
YOU KNOW, NONE OF THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE LIGHTLY.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S HARD.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU CAN NEVER MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU KNOW, EVERY ABOUT EVERY TEN YEARS, YOU, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DISTRICT REMAINS VIABLE AND SUSTAINABLE.
AND SO, WE'RE AT THAT POINT NOW WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME OF THESE, THESE TOUGH CALLS.
AND HOPEFULLY THE STATE DELIVERS FOR US IN JANUARY AND NEXT YEAR.
AND AGAIN, CAN YOU JUST TOUCH ON THE IMPORTANCE FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THE FUND BALANCE THAT WE'RE DIPPING INTO AND THE REQUIREMENT FROM THE STATE ON WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SUSTAIN. YEAH.
SO ACCORDING TO OUR OWN LOCAL POLICY AND WHAT THEY ADVOCATE THROUGH THE SCHOOL'S FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS IS THAT YOU MAINTAIN AT LEAST 25%.
AND SO, FOR US, IT WOULD BE RIGHT AROUND $60 MILLION.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE CHOSEN TO GO BELOW THAT STRATEGICALLY, BUT WE NEED TO BUILD IT BACK UP.
WRIGHT. AND AGAIN, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE AND I HEAR THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS, BUT I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FIGHTING THIS, AND WE'RE STILL GOING TO DELIVER SOME GREAT THINGS GOING FORWARD.
AND I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A BETTER PLACE IN THE FUTURE.
SO, WE'VE I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PER SE.
I JUST KIND OF WANT TO TOUCH ON.
WE'VE ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS A BOARD.
THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF GOING BACK AND FORTH.
I WANT TO SAY FOR ANYONE HERE IN THOSE LISTENING THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT TO THIS BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION THAN THE WELL-BEING OF OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS.
NOBODY LIKES TAKING ANYTHING AWAY.
NOTHING. WE LOSE SLEEP OVER IT.
IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY AS IT DOES ON THE CAMPUS LEVEL.
AND THOSE ARE DECISIONS THAT ARE NOT EASY.
AND SO, THIS BUDGET SEASON HAS NOT BEEN EASY.
THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF NIGHTS AND DAYS OF WHAT DO WE DO AND HOW DO WE ADDRESS THIS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, TO TOUCH ON SLI, WE EACH ALL OF US WENT TO BOARD TRAINING WHERE WE SPENT A HALF OF A WEEK WITH BOARD MEMBERS ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS AND SITTING IN ROOMS WITH ALL OF THESE BOARDS.
WHICH IS NOT WHAT EVERYBODY CAN SAY ACROSS THE STATE AND BEYOND.
THESE ARE CHANGES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN THAT HAVE NOT BEEN DECIDED LIGHTLY.
SO I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THE HEARTS FROM EVERYBODY ARE THERE.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT MRS. PETREA. THANK YOU FOR ASKING ABOUT THE SPECIALS, BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT.
BUT I REMEMBER WHEN I ALSO WANT TO SAY THIS BUDGET LAST YEAR, I REMEMBER BEING ONE OF THE ONES THAT SAID WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND DO ANYTHING BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE STATE'S GOING TO DO ANYTHING FOR US.
AND THEY DIDN'T. NOW THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET THEIR WAY.
AND SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY GET SOME RELIEF.
BUT IT'S NOT NEARLY GOING TO BE THE RELIEF THAT TEXAS SCHOOLS NEED.
SO, I AGAIN, WE HARP, AND WE TALK ABOUT THIS EVERY MEETING, ESPECIALLY DURING BUDGET SEASON.
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AND WE'RE COMING JANUARY IS GOING TO COME REALLY, REALLY QUICK.WE NEED EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS DISTRICT REACHING OUT TO THEIR LEGISLATORS AND TELLING THEM THAT THEY NEED TO FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION, THAT THEY ARE AFFECTING OUR CHILDREN AND THAT IT IS UNFAIR AND IT IS NOT OKAY.
SO I AM TELLING EVERYBODY, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE REACH OUT.
GET YOUR MOM, GET YOUR SISTER, GET YOUR BROTHER, EVERY SINGLE PERSON.
WE DON'T LIKE MAKING THESE DECISIONS.
WE DON'T LIKE TAKING THINGS AWAY.
AND WE WILL CERTAINLY PUT THINGS BACK IF IT SHOWS THAT WE CAN, AND THE DATA SUPPORTS IT.
SO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AGAIN, THANK YOU ADMINISTRATION TEAM.
YOU GUYS HAVE HAD LOTS OF SLEEPLESS NIGHTS WEEKENDS, NIGHTS WORKING.
BUT I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND I AM TO MR. FLORES'S POINT, I AM VERY, VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT WE ARE A DISTRICT THAT HAS NOT HAD ANY LAYOFFS AND THAT WE CAN SAY THAT WE'VE DONE OUR JOBS HERE.
I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU.
NEGLEY IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT.
WHILE THEY ARE NOT A FINE ARTS FOCUSED CAMPUS, THEY HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO REALLY STRENGTHEN THEIR FINE ARTS PROGRAMS. SO, YOU DON'T NEED THAT DISTINCTION OR THAT TITLE TO BE REALLY GREAT AT THINGS.
THEY TOUR THE WHOLE ENTIRE PLUM CREEK AREA.
THEY GO OUT, THEY HAVE MUSICALS.
SO HAVING THAT DESIGNATION DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU ARE LIMITED OR THAT YOU CANNOT DO SO.
RIGHT? WE KNOW THE SIGNIFICANCE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF FINE ARTS.
WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD, I THINK MISS PETRIE WAS ON THE BOARD AS WELL.
WHEN WE DESIGNATED FUENTES AS A FINE ARTS CAMPUS.
WE'RE THE ONLY TWO LEFT TO DO THAT.
IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO COME UP WITH THE CREATIVE IDEA TO ADDRESS THAT CHARTER SCHOOL MOVEMENT.
RIGHT? WE HAD TO THINK OF SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.
IT DIDN'T PAN OUT THE WAY WE WANTED IT TO.
AND SO, WE NEED TO REBOOT AND REFRESH AS BOARD MEMBERS.
WE NEED TO REMEMBER, AND OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND.
WE'RE VERY LIMITED IN WHAT BOARD MEMBERS CAN ACTUALLY DO.
OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE VERY LIMITED.
WE DON'T DECIDE WHAT SPECIALS ARE IMPLEMENTED ON CAMPUSES.
THAT IS NOT OUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY.
THAT IS MICROMANAGING AND THAT IS NOT OUR JOB.
HOWEVER, WHAT WE CAN DO IS HOLD THE SYSTEMS ACCOUNTABLE, MAKING SURE THAT OUR ADMINISTRATION IS BASING IT ON DATA AND DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO SUPPORT OUR CAMPUSES MOVING FORWARD.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE HAD THE LUXURY TO ADD POSITIONS AND TO TRY NEW THINGS.
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE A HIGH FUND BALANCE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE IT AND BRING IT DOWN. ANOTHER THING THAT BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT HAVE CONTROL OVER IS THAT FUND BALANCE AND THAT PERCENTAGE ALLOTTED.
RIGHT. WE HAVE LOCAL POLICY THAT TELLS US WHAT HOW MUCH WE SHOULD HAVE.
NOW, THE STATE WILL PENALIZE IF WE HAVE TOO MUCH, THE STATE WILL PENALIZE IF WE HAVE TOO LITTLE.
SO, WE ARE CAUGHT IN THAT CONTINUOUS CYCLE.
SO, FUND BALANCE IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT AND TRYING TO BE STRATEGIC ABOUT, WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT WE GIVE THE TOOLS TO OUR EMPLOYEES, TO ALL OUR STAFF MEMBERS, TO HAVE A COST OF LIVING, MAKE SURE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AS WELL.
AND WE DID STRATEGICALLY DO THAT TOGETHER WITH ADMINISTRATION.
AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE.
NOW, WHAT WE DO NEED IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADVOCATE TO THE STATE LEVEL.
THAT'S GOING TO HELP US WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
BUT HAVING LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES IS NOT ENOUGH.
WE NEED YOU TO GO ADVOCATE AT THE CAPITOL.
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WHY COULDN'T THEY DO THAT? YOU KNOW, WHERE IT COMES FROM, THE STATE LEVEL.AND WE NEED TO WATCH THEM, AND WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE STATE LEVEL AND MAKE THE CHANGES NEEDED THERE.
WE NEED YOU TO HELP US ADVOCATE FOR THOSE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES THAT COME OUT.
AGAIN, IT'S ALL ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE GONE TO BEEN CONSISTENT IN OUR PRACTICES, AND WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE RIGHT BY THEM.
A LOT OF GREAT COMMENTS. WANT TO MAKE SURE? I JUST POINT OUT THAT I'M, YOU KNOW, ON WEDNESDAY, I'M THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE BOARD FOR EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
AND I KNOW THAT LAST YEAR, THROUGH OUR GRANT PROCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO AWARD A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS' WORTH OF GRANTS FROM TEACHERS AND STAFF THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO TRY TO HELP FILL SOME, SOME ACADEMIC, SOME, SOME, SOME DOLLAR GAPS, YOU KNOW, ON THEIR CAMPUSES.
SO JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT WHEN THOSE GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN, AGAIN, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROCESS, TO LOOK AT THE WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND TO SUBMIT THOSE APPLICATIONS TO KIND OF HELP PLUG SOME OF THESE HOLES NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT.
THE LAST THING, CAN I GET A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, WELL, I KNOW WE'RE A FAST-GROWING DISTRICT, SO WE'RE COLLECTING MORE MONEY, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE GET ALL THAT WE KEEP. CAN YOU KIND OF WALK THROUGH THE BUCKET OF.
THE MORE THAT WE GET, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE TAKE IN THE STATE WILL THEN CONTRIBUTE LESS.
BUT KIND OF JUST EXPLAIN THAT PART OF THE PROCESS TO US.
SO, WE HAVE TWO BUCKETS OF MONEY.
THAT'S WHAT'S ALLOCATED BY THE STATE.
AND SO BASICALLY, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A TEETER TOTTER.
SO, WE ARE A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT.
HOWEVER, ON THE NO SIDE, WE DON'T GET TO SEE ANY OF THAT.
HOWEVER, WE DO OUR CAPACITY CONTINUES TO INCREASE AND WE GET TO KEEP THOSE DOLLARS TO BUILD NEW SCHOOLS' NEW CONSTRUCTION TO MAINTAIN OUR OLD BUILDINGS.
BUT THOSE ARE SEPARATE AND APART.
SO, THANKS FOR BRINGING IT UP, BYRON.
THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SAY AS WELL.
I GREW UP AS AN ATHLETE AND I WAS ALWAYS PROUD TO COMPETE, YOU KNOW? BUT WE HAVE TWO VELA FUENTES STARS IN OUR HOUSEHOLD OR FORMER STARS, AND YOU KNOW, SO WHILE YOU'VE HEARD THE COMMENTS FROM THE TEAM, WE DEFINITELY DO WANT TO LOOK AT THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.
I THINK ONE OF MY MOST PROUD MOMENTS AS A THEATER DAD WAS MARCH 12TH, 2020.
IT WAS A THURSDAY. AND OF COURSE, WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT.
IT WAS THE LONGEST SPRING BREAK EVER.
AND SO, WE HAVE TAKEN THOSE HARD.
OUR ADMINISTRATION HAS TAKEN THOSE HARD LOOKS.
YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE REST OF THE OF THE TRUSTEES THAT.
YEAH, WE'VE HEARD THE HORROR STORIES.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT ARE SUFFERING, AND WE DO NOT TAKE THAT LIGHTLY.
AGAIN, I'VE SAID THIS FROM OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP, I SAID THIS LAST WEEK THAT WE'RE NOT POINTING AT ANYBODY ELSE, BUT WE'RE JUST SAYING, LOOK AT THE NATURE, AT THE CLIMATE OF THE FUNDING, YOU KNOW, OR THE BUDGET SHORTFALLS, THE REVENUE SHORTFALLS THAT WE'RE UNDER.
AND SO, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS, DR.
WRIGHT. AND FOR THE REST OF THE STAFF, I KNOW IT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO DIGEST.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE MOST PLEASANT SITUATION TO BE IN.
BUT I DO LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEW ADMINISTRATORS.
AND SO, I DO LOOK FORWARD, YOU KNOW, PTA INVOLVEMENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
SO, THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY SHARING, YOU KNOW, THEIR IDEAS, THEIR HEARTS.
AND WE WILL MAKE THE BEST OF, OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
SO, WITH THAT SAID TEAM, THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT THE GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND FOOD SERVICE FUND BUDGETS AND APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET FOR ADDITIONAL ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION PURSUANT TO HB FIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR AS PRESENTED.
MOVED BY MR. FLORES. SECOND BY MISS PETREA.
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SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.TEAM. CONGRATULATIONS. WE DO HAVE A BUDGET FOR 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR.
[L.20. Consideration and possible approval of the Hays CISD Compensation Plan for the 2024-2025 School Year]
207. AND THIS IS OUR COMPENSATION PLAN.I WILL LOOK LEFT, AND I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS WE MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS TO THE RIGHT? YES, MISS RUNKLE.
I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR SUBMITTING TO US THE STIPEND REPORT TODAY.
THAT WAS EYE OPENING TO BE ABLE TO SEE AND TO SEE IT FROM A DIFFERENT LENS.
I KNOW THAT THAT WAS NOT AN EASY TURNAROUND BY THE NUMBER OF PAGES THAT WERE SUBMITTED.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR SUBMITTING THAT.
THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE SUBMITTED A TON OF QUESTIONS AND ALL OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR DOING THAT, I APPRECIATE IT.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY.
WE HAVE PAGES AND PAGES AND PAGES AND PAGES OF QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. I KNOW WE HAD A HOLIDAY.
YOU'RE TRYING NOT TO WORK EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE, AND SOMEHOW YOU GOT THIS DONE.
BECAUSE COMPENSATION PLAN BUDGETS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE DO.
AS A BOARD. MRS. OROSCO IS RIGHT. WE DON'T MICROMANAGE WHAT SPECIALS CAN BE AT CAMPUSES.
BUT WE DO TAKE OUR JOB PASSING A BUDGET AND A COMP PLAN VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY.
AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT DISCUSSIONS AND HAVE SUBMITTED A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
AND SO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR GETTING ALL OF THOSE ANSWERED IN ADVANCE OF THIS MEETING SO THAT WE CAN VOTE IN CONFIDENCE THAT THAT WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO EDUCATE OURSELVES AS WE GO INTO THIS VOTE.
SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE.
THE HAYS CISD EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR, AS PRESENTED BY MRS. PETREA. SECOND BY MR. SEVERANCE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AND HE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.
WE HAVE A COMP PLAN FOR THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET TO THE TOUGH PART OF THE AGENDA.
KIDDING. I'M KIDDING. LET'S GO TO ITEM L.2, WHICH IS OUR BOARD CALENDAR ON PAGE 77.
[L.2. Consideration and possible approval of the Hays CISD 2024-2025 Board Meeting Calenda]
73. SO AGAIN, WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ON OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2024-2025.LOOKING LEFT. WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S READY.
LOOKING RIGHT. OKAY. MISS PETREA, I'M STILL NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE.
AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD MOVE THAT TO THE TUESDAY.
YOU KNOW, WE'LL, THERE'S A HOLIDAY, I GUESS THAT MONDAY.
I HAVEN'T PUT ALL MY HOLIDAYS IN MY CALENDAR, BUT I'M GOING TO TRUST MR. OROSCO THAT SHE SAID THAT WAS KIND OF A.
A MONDAY HOLIDAY THAT WE HAD ON THE.
23RD. IT SAYS, OH, I DO HAVE IT ON MY CALENDAR.
YOU'RE OKAY. SO, TUESDAY THE 24TH.
WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION AS OPPOSED TO THURSDAY THE 26TH.
I JUST THINK THE FALL ACTIVITIES ARE GOING TO BE DICEY ON THURSDAY THE 26TH.
RIGHT. BUT NOT EVERYBODY IS IN VARSITY.
SO, THERE'S OTHER SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES.
I THINK MONDAYS ARE EASIER FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES AND THINGS.
TUESDAYS PUSHING IT. BUT I THINK WE CAN DO TUESDAY WHEN WE NEED TO.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S A STUDENT HOLIDAY, SO.
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THE 24TH.OKAY. SO, YOU'RE SAYING TUESDAY.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH? YEAH. CAN WE MOVE THAT TO THE 24TH? OKAY. MR. SEIBEL'S NOT HERE TO SPEAK FOR HIMSELF, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE OKAY.
SEEING NONE, THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE 2024-2025 HAYS CISD BOARD MEETING CALENDAR AS DISCUSSED. MOVED BY MISS PETREA.
SECOND BY MR. SEVERANCE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
SO, WE'LL GET ALL OF THESE DATES ON OUR CALENDAR.
LIKE, NOW WE GOTTA BOOK IT OUT.
ALL RIGHT. WE GOT A YES TO THAT.
OKAY. ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED.
[L.3. Consideration and possible nomination of a Hays CISD Board Trustee as a Delegate and Alternate Deligate to participate in the 2024 TASB Delegate Assembly]
ANNUAL 2024 TASB CONVENTION.I MOVE THAT BYRON SEVERANCE SERVES AS OUR DELEGATE, AND ESPERANZA OROSCO SERVES AS OUR ALTERNATE DELEGATE AT OUR ANNUAL TASB CONVENTION DELEGATE ASSEMBLY. I MOVED IT.
YOU SECOND. SECOND BY MISS PETREA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.
ALL RIGHT, TEAM, WE ARE ON ITEM L.4 ON PAGE 76.
[L.4. Consideration and possible approval of the naming of the Board Room at Hays CISD Academic Support Center]
THIS IS.THE NAMING OF THE BOARDROOM OF THE HAYS CISD ACADEMIC SUPPORT CENTER.
ANY QUESTIONS, MISS PETREA? I'M SAD MRS. KELLER ISN'T HERE, BUT I KNOW THAT SHE IS TRAVELING.
AS IN A PLANNED SENIOR TRIP WITH HER.
AND SOME FRIENDS. SO, CONGRATULATIONS TO LIAM KELLER FOR HIS GRADUATING FROM JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR FORMER PRESIDENT, WILL MCMANUS, FOR BRINGING THIS RECOMMENDATION TO US.
OROSCO. YES, I SAID ALL THE WORDS AT THE LAST MEETING, AND I'M SURE WE WILL SAY MANY WORDS WHEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR WONDERFUL RIBBON CUTTING THAT MR. SAVOY AND TEAM WILL PUT TOGETHER WITH THAT GIANT PORTRAIT OF MISS KELLER.
YOU KNOW, MERIDETH KELLER, I KNOW WE ALL KNOW.
MOST OF US KNOW HER VERY WELL.
I JUST MY TIME WITH MEREDITH HAS BEEN.
I'VE HAD TO LEARN HOW TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH HER.
AND IN SOMEWHAT OF A SHORT SENTENCES SHORT, JUST GET TO THE POINT AND THEN GET OUT.
RIGHT. SO, I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE FACT THAT SHE'S VERY PROTECTIVE OF TIME.
SO, SAYING THE HARD THINGS, KINDLY CHECK.
CHECK. STARTING SOMETHING AND THEN SEEING IT THROUGH PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY.
CHECK. HELPING LEAD OUR DISTRICT THROUGH TOUGH TIMES.
CHECK. A MENTOR FOR ME AND MOST OTHERS ON THIS BOARD FOR WHICH I WILL EVER BE THANKFUL.
CHECK. AS WILL SAID, BRIDGED OUR PAST WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD.
CHECK. AND NO, SHE DIDN'T TELL ME.
I HAD TO SAY THAT I DID THAT ONE ON MY OWN.
AND FINALLY LEADING WITH THE SINGULAR FOCUS.
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SUPPORT CENTER.AFC, THE MERIDETH KELLER BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING ROOM AS PRESENTED SO MOVED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING. NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED.
I'M SURE WE WILL SEE HER SOON.
EXCUSE ME. WE JUST SAID THAT ONE.
[L.5. Consideration and possible approval of the purchase of additional Access Control Systems for Districtwide Use]
SYSTEMS FOR DISTRICT WIDE USE.WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. OKAY.
SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE 2023 BOND PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR DISTRICT WIDE USE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED.
$226,080.37 AS DISCUSSED AND PRESENTED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.
ALL RIGHT, TEAM, WE ARE ON PAGE 80.
[L.6. Consideration and possible approval of the purchase of Harris Handheld Radios and Desktop Systems to replace current units]
YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY. SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF MOBILE, DESKTOP AND RADIO SYSTEMS CONTAINED IN THE SPECIFICATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $695,229 AS PRESENTED.MOVED BY MR. THANK YOU, MR. FLORES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND HE OPPOSED.
CONSIDERATION, THIS IS ITEM L.7.
[L.7. Consideration and possible approval of the selection of General Legal Counsel for Hays CISD - Fisher Firm]
EXCUSE ME. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE SELECTION OF GENERAL LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE HAYS CIS.THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE SELECTION OF FISHER FERM FOR GENERAL LEGAL COUNSEL FOR HAYS CISD AS PRESENTED. MOVED BY MR. SEVERANCE. SECOND BY MR. FLORES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING? NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED.
[L.8. Consideration and possible approval of a Memorandum of Understanding between Hays CISD and Texas State University Teacher Residency Partnership]
TEACHER RESIDENCY PARTNERSHIP.THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN HAYS CISD AND TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHER RESIDENCY PARTNERSHIP FOR A COST NOT TO EXCEED $105,000 AS PRESENTED.
MOVE BY MR. FLORES. SECOND BY MISS RUNKLE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED.
ALL RIGHT, TEAM, WE ARE ON ITEM L NINE, WHICH IS ON PAGE 91.
[L.9. Consideration and possible approval of a TEA Waiver for Missed School Day at Hemphill Elementary]
YES, WE ARE EXCITED.THAT DESERVES AN EAT EM UP CATS.
ISN'T THAT WHAT WE HEARD LAST WEEK? ALL RIGHT.
CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL.
OF REQUEST TO APPLY FOR A STATE WAIVER FOR MISS SCHOOL DAY WAIVER FOR HEMPHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE REQUEST TO APPLY FOR THE T STATE WAIVER FOR THE MISSED INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS OF JANUARY 16TH, 2024 AND APRIL 8TH, 2024 AS PRESENTED.
SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED.
[L.10. Consideration and possible approval of Third-Party Medicaid Billing Services - Texas Association of School Boards]
FAUX PAS. SORRY.[01:20:03]
WE HAVE ANY ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? THIS OROSCO. NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE THIRD PARTY MEDICAL BILLING SERVICES FROM THE FROM TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS AS PRESENTED.
MOVE BY MISS PETRIE, SECOND BY MR. FLORES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND HE OPPOSED.
MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0 WITH ONE ABSTAIN.
[L.11. Consideration and possible approval of the Reassignment of Construction Manager at-Risk Assignments for Major 2023 Bond Projects]
THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE REASSIGNMENT OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR MAJOR 2023 BOND PROJECTS.THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE REASSIGNMENT OF CMAA AS SHOWN ABOVE, AND AUTHORIZED THE SUPERINTENDENT TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A SATISFACTORY CONTRACT FOR SERVICES AS PRESENTED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED.
TEAM. WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE'RE ON ITEM L 12 AND WE ARE ON PAGE 96.
[L.12. Consideration and possible approval of a Drainage Facility Escrow Agreement with Clayton Properties at Lehman High School]
CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF A DRAINAGE FACILITY ESCROW AGREEMENT WITH CLAYTON PROPERTIES AT LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL.THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE DRAINAGE FACILITY ESCROW AGREEMENT WITH CLAYTON PROPERTIES AT LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED.
LET ME READ THIS. $66,658.87 AS PRESENTED.
SECOND BY MR. SEVERANCE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.
[L.13. Consideration and possible approval of an Elementary School Site Donation and Development Agreement at Crosswinds Subdivision]
ITEM L 13.THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACCEPT THE DONATION OF THE SCHOOL SITE IN CROSSWINDS SUBDIVISION AND AUTHORIZE THE BOARD, PRESIDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY OR CONVENIENT TO COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION AS PRESENTED.
SECOND BY MR. FLORES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, MISS PETRIE? MR. CLEAVER. I WANT YOU TO TRY OUT YOUR NEW MICROPHONE IN FRONT OF YOU.
PERFECT. WHAT WHAT'S YOUR ESTIMATION ON WHEN WE MIGHT BUILD A SCHOOL IN CROSSWINDS? SO I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO SAY YOU KNOW, SPECULATE, BUT THE CONTRACT ALLOWS US TO BUILD IT ALL THE WAY OUT TO 2029.
OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED YOU TO REMIND ME IS IF IT'S A FIVE YEAR.
AND AT THAT POINT YOU KNOW, WE COULD PROBABLY RENEGOTIATE IF IF WE NEEDED TO.
I MAY NOT BE ON THIS BOARD BY THE TIME THAT BUILDING COMES TO LIGHT, BUT I KNOW SOMETIMES THERE ARE STIPULATIONS WITH THESE DONATED LANDS WHERE YOU HAVE TO BUILD WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
I WAS READING ABOUT THE PERSIMMON.
THAT'S RIGHT. LAND IN BUDA THAT.
AND BY THE WAY, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A DONATION.
THERE'S MORE OF THAT AROUND THESE DAYS THAN.
YEAH. WE MAY, UNFORTUNATELY, GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO.
HAVE TO PAY FOR ELEMENTARY SITES, WHICH I HOPE HOPE DOESN'T HAPPEN.
BUT KNOWING WHAT LAND COSTS TODAY, I CAN SEE WHY WE MAY GET TO A PLACE OF THAT.
BUT BUT I NOTICED THAT THEY THEY HAD A STIPULATION WHERE YOU, YOU HAD TO BUILD WITHIN FIVE YEARS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS PART OF THIS DEAL AND.
YES, MA'AM. AND THAT'S BEEN PRETTY MUCH THE STANDARD IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT WE'VE DONE.
OKAY. SO BUT SO IT'S FIVE YEARS ISN'T IS MORE STANDARD.
BUT WE CAN SOMETIMES GET LONGER.
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YES, MA'AM. I WHAT THE THOUGHT PROCESS THERE WAS, IT WOULD GIVE US THE 25 BOND AND THE 27 BOND AND A POTENTIAL 29 BOND AS WELL TO, TO TO GET THAT SCHOOL ON THE, ON THE, ON THE, ON THE GROUND.OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION, MR. SEVERANCE? MAX, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING A LAYOUT, A MAP, A SITE PLAN ESTIMATE.
REMIND ME, HOW FAR ALONG IS THE SUBDIVISION? IS IT? STARTED THEIR BUILDING.
KIND OF THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO GET AN A IN AND OUT OF THAT.
BESIDES JUST WHAT'S ON CROSSWINDS PARKWAY, BOTH ON CROSSWINDS PARKWAY.
I WAS LOOKING AT THAT. IS THAT SPINNAKER LOOP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? SPINNAKER LOOP? I WAS I WAS LOOKING AT THAT CUL DE SAC.
MAYBE ON THE SOUTH SIDE WITH CONNECTING.
IT'S NOT IDENTIFIED WITH THE NAME OF THE STREET, BUT JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.
SO NOT ALL THE TRAFFIC IS JUST ON ONE ROAD IN AND OUT.
ABSOLUTELY. WE TRY TO SPREAD IT OUT WHEREVER WE CAN AND I APPRECIATE THE DONATION.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT TEAM, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FURTHER DISCUSSION.
SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND HE OPPOSED.
[L.14. Consideration and possible approval of a School District Land Development Standards Agreement with the City of Austin]
TEAM, WE ARE ON ITEM L 14.HE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND LAND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND AUTHORIZE THE BOARD, PRESIDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY OR CONVENIENT TO COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION AS PRESENTED.
GOODBYE, MISS PETRIE. SAY GOODBYE, MR. FLORES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
TEAM. WE ARE TURNING ALL THE WAY TO PAGE 138.
[L.15. Consideration and possible approval of a Cooperative Construction Contract for 2023 Bond Bid Package 10 Adaptive Playgrounds]
CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF A COOPERATIVE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE 2023 BOND BID PACKAGE TEN.THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,746,715, INCLUDING A COOPERATIVE CONTRACT WITH TF HARPER IN THE AMOUNT OF 2,374,000. $534 FOR THE 2023 BOND BID PACKAGE.
TEN ADAPTIVE PLAYGROUNDS, AS DESIGNED BY O'CONNELL ROBERTSON ARCHITECTS AND WITH LEE PARK AND PLAY FOR PLAYGROUND REPAIRS AND THE AMOUNT OF $89,918 AS PRESENTED.
SECOND BY MR. SEVERANCE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MR. FLORES. IS.
YES, SIR. AND MY OTHER QUESTION IS, I MEAN, WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE CATERING TO TO KIDS WHO OBVIOUSLY HAVE YOU KNOW, PHYSICAL MOBILITY OBSTACLES. AND I ALSO WANT TO CATER TO THOSE WHO MAY HAVE AUTISM OR WHO MAY SUFFER FROM SENSORY DEPRIVATION.
SO IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE ANY WAYFINDING LABELS ON THE ACTUAL PATHS? FOR EXAMPLE, A LOT OF KIDS WITH AUTISM WOULD NEED A PLACE TO RESET AND ARROWS ACTUALLY TO LEAD THEM TO WHERE WHERE TO WHERE TO MANEUVER AROUND THE PLAYGROUND.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE CATERING TO EVEN THOSE WITH PHYSICAL AILMENTS OR IN WHEELCHAIRS, LIKE AN ARROW PATH, YOU KNOW, TO WHERE THEY KNOW WHERE TO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE PLAYGROUNDS CAN BE CHAOTIC, RIGHT? THEY ARE. SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS IF THERE'S A WAY TO JUST KIND OF LIKE, LABEL SOME OF THESE PATHWAYS WITH JUST KIND OF ENTRANCES AND EXITS EXIT WAYS WE CAN DO THAT. LET ME GET WITH THE DESIGN TEAM AND SEE WHAT KIND OF SIGNAGE IS AVAILABLE.
YES, SIR. I THINK WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THAT WAS MY ONLY MY ONLY QUESTION AND COMMENT.
[01:30:02]
I MEAN, JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE CATERING TO THOSE WITH WITH THOSE DISABILITIES.AND I KNOW THAT WE HAD ASKED SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND YOU ANSWERED AND AND THE NUMBERS THAT WE GOT BACK TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT IS WILD, AND WE'RE ALREADY OVER BUDGET. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AREAS THAT THE PARENT WAS DISCUSSING THAT WE DO HAVE, OUR CAMPUSES ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW THEY DEAL WITH THOSE PIECES OF MULCH AND THOSE AREAS, AND THAT THERE IS A PROACTIVE APPROACH ON MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS CLEANED AND IT IS OUT OF THE WAY, AND FOR EVERYBODY TO ACCESS FOR IT TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU. BUT THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THOSE NUMBERS TO US.
I WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO TURF IT OR RUBBERIZED THE WHOLE AREA.
WE CERTAINLY LOOKED INTO THAT.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE FOLLOW UPS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I KNOW I HAD MENTIONED LAST WEEK THAT WE WOULD INCLUDE USING EVEN SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN A MOBILITY DEVICE OR HAVE SOME OTHER MOBILITY ASSISTANCE, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND INVOLVING THOSE THAT WOULD BE THOSE THAT ARE BENEFITING FROM FROM THESE PLAYGROUNDS.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE THOSE FAMILIES THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED.
SO TEAM WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED.
[L.16. Second Reading and possible adoption of proposed revisions to Local Policy FC - School Attendance Areas]
THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT THE REVISIONS TO POLICY FC LOCAL AS PRESENTED.OH, BY MISS PETRIE. SECOND BY MR. SEVERANCE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MR. FLORES. THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO ASK. I KNOW TIM.
WELCOME BACK. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE, SIR.
AND OF COURSE, MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU AS WELL.
AND AND YOUR FAMILY. BEST WISHES, MY FRIEND.
CAN YOU JUST ELABORATE? JUST JUST A BIT ON ON HOW THAT IS.
YEAH. WE THINK IT'LL ACTUALLY KIND OF CUT OUT THE.
AND SO THE PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS, SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS CAN JUST TAKE THOSE DIRECTLY TO Y'ALL.
SINCE YOU'RE GOING TO BE MAKING THE DECISION ANYWAY, WE'LL STILL HAVE THE BOND TALK FEATURE.
AND THEN LET ME LET ME JUST CLARIFY.
THIS IS THERE'S A SEPARATE PART IN THE POLICY WHERE IF THERE'S FEWER THAN TEN OR LIKE, ESPECIALLY IN AN EXAMPLE WHERE YOU MAY REZONE LAND THAT NO ONE LIVES ON YET THAT WE DIDN'T GO THROUGH HAVING A BIG PROCESS WITH.
BUT FOR THIS, IT'LL BE STILL HAVING THE BOND TALK, STILL HAVING THE PUBLIC FORUMS, BUT INSTEAD OF HAVING KIND OF A BUFFER COMMITTEE IN BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE BOARD, IT SORT OF TAKES THAT LAYER OUT SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN JUST SPEAK DIRECTLY TO YOU ALL.
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AT LEAST FOR 13 YEARS OR SO.
IN MY EXPERIENCE, WHEN IT'S A CONTENTIOUS COMMITTEE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING ON THOSE ATTENDANCE COMMITTEES WILL NOT WANT TO VOLUNTEER FOR ANYTHING ELSE, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF MY CAN YOU HERE AM I CUTTING IT OUT? YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO SEND THIS MICROPHONE BACK FOR A WARRANTY CLAIM.
ALL RIGHT, SO WHERE WAS I AT NOW? OH, NO. WE'VE HAD EXAMPLES WHERE THEY'VE GOTTEN KIND OF FRUSTRATED BECAUSE IT CAN GET CONTENTIOUS.
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RECOMMENDATION OR MADE CHANGES TO THAT AND WHOLE AND ADOPTED THAT.SO JUST IN LOOKING AT THE EFFICIENCIES OF IT.
YEAH. WELL, IN THOSE CASES, THE COMMITTEES HAVE GOTTEN FRUSTRATED WHERE IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE WERE WE PUT ALL THIS TIME AND EFFORT INTO IT, AND THE BOARD WOUND UP MAKING A DIFFERENT DECISION ANYWAY, FROM OUR RECOMMENDATION.
WE JUST THOUGHT THAT THAT THAT LAYER RIGHT THERE WAS NOT AN EFFICIENT WAY TO DO IT.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE INSTEAD OF INSTEAD OF IF YOU GOT IN A CUSTOMER SERVICE WORLD, IF SOMEBODY'S UPSET AND THEY SAY, WELL, I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOUR SUPERVISOR, WE'RE TAKING THE SUPERVISOR OUT AND WE'RE LETTING YOU GO DIRECTLY TO THE DISTRICT MANAGER IN THAT IF THAT IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
THANK YOU, MR. SAVOY. THAT WOULD BE OUR SUGGESTION.
WE'RE GOING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IT'S HAPPENING.
IF THEY IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT IN PERSON, THERE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU IN PERSON, BOTH AT THE MEETINGS AND ALSO STILL THE PUBLIC FORUMS. AND AGAIN, WE'RE PUTTING IN THE POLICY A SUGGESTION AT LEAST TWO, WHICH IS WHAT WAS IN THERE.
SO IT'S NOT ELIMINATING ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO TALK.
SO THE ACTUAL THE MAPS OR THE OPTIONS THAT ARE PRESENTED WILL BE WOULD IT BE A DEMOGRAPHER ALONG WITH CABINET OR JUST STAFF MEMBERS ABOUT WHO WOULD WHO WOULD ACTUALLY BRING THOSE OPTIONS TO THE BOARD? IT'D BE THE DEMOGRAPHERS RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROBABLY ME, MAX AND DR.
WRIGHT WOULD BE THE ONES THAT HAVE GENERALLY KIND OF LOOKED AT IT.
AND SO WE WOULD PRESENT AT LEAST TWO STARTING POINT MAPS.
AND OUR NEW FEE STRUCTURE WITH THIS DEMOGRAPHER IS SUCH THAT TO HAVE SOMEONE LIVE, IT'S PRETTY EXPENSIVE FOR THEM TO HAVE SOMEONE LIVE IN A MEETING NOW WHERE IT CAME WITH THE PACKAGE AND OLDER FEE STRUCTURES.
SO IT WAS A LITTLE IT WAS A LITTLE CUMBERSOME, BOTH ON THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR TIME AND ALL OF THAT.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY, THOUGH, HOW IT'S GOING TO BE WITH THE WITH THE BOARD, IF YOU WILL.
AND THEN THE OTHER. THE OTHER PART OF THE MAPPING WITH THESE NEW NEW ZONES IS SPLITTING.
LIKE THEY HAVE THESE DIFFERENT GROWTH PLANNING UNITS THAT THEY HAVE IN OUR MAP THAT THEY'VE SET UP.
YOU HAVE TO SPLIT ONE OF THOSE PLANNING UNITS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF MATH INVOLVED IN SPLITTING OUT A PLANNING UNIT.
THE DISCUSSION WOULD BE AMONG BOARD MEMBERS AND AND AND FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC.
AND THE HARDEST THING YOU CAN DO SOMETIMES IS REZONING BECAUSE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ASK ALL OF OUR PARENTS AND OUR STUDENTS TO GET CONNECTED WITH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, TO BE PART OF THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY, AND FOR US TO COME ALONG AND SAY, OH, GUESS WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO MOVE YOU. THAT'S DISRUPTIVE.
AND, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S ONE OF THE SIDE EFFECTS OF BEING A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT IS WHERE YOU HAVE TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT YOUR RESOURCES, THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS THEMSELVES, ARE BEING FULLY UTILIZED, BUT ALSO THAT THEY'RE NOT OVERCROWDING.
WHEN WE ADD NEW NEW STUFF ON THERE.
SO I APPRECIATE IT, TIM. THANK YOU.
MR. SAVOY YOU GOT TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
WE THINK THIS WILL BE MORE EFFICIENT, BETTER, WHICH YOU'VE ALREADY SAID.
LET'S TALK WHATEVER YOU WANT TO TALK.
WE CAN MAKE IT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
BUT I THINK PEOPLE DO APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO TO GO AND SUBMIT COMMENTS THAT WAY.
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COME TO PUBLIC FORUMS. WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF WE'RE NOT SHYING AWAY FROM PUBLIC INPUT.BUT JUST HAVING A COMMITTEE FEELS LIKE AN OUTDATED MODEL, WOULD YOU SAY? YEAH, BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT A CHANGE BEING MADE OR NOT BEING MADE.
PREVIOUSLY, THEY WOULD GO TO THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND ARGUE THEIR POINT TO THE COMMITTEE, AND THEN THEY WOULD FEEL LIKE, OKAY, WE GOT THE COMMITTEE TO LISTEN OR WE DIDN'T. AND THEN THEY WOULD EITHER HAVE TO RE-ARGUE AND HOPE THAT THE COMMITTEE SUGGESTIONS THAT THEY FELT LIKE THEY GOT THROUGH AND HAD TO BE THEN FOUGHT AGAIN OR UPHELD AT THE BOARD LEVEL.
SO IT'S KIND OF JUST A TWO LEVEL PROCESS, AND I THINK IT'S MORE EFFICIENT JUST TO JUST TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE JUST CUT OUT THE, ALL THE, THE MIDDLE STUFF AND THEN THE PEOPLE CAN JUST IT'D BE A CONVERSATION EFFECTIVELY BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC WITHOUT SOMEBODY SORT OF STANDING IN THE WAY, YOU KNOW, FROM THE, FROM THE. THE TOUGH, TOUGH DISCUSSIONS SOMETIMES.
OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.
I CERTAINLY DIDN'T WANT IT TO GO BY WITHOUT SPEAKING ON IT.
AND AND HAVING YOU SAY SOME THINGS.
I DON'T WANT TO BE THIS BOARD ACCUSED OF JUST SEVEN ZERO VOTING THIS AND NOT HAVING A DISCUSSION.
BECAUSE IT'S IT'S TIME, I THINK, TO DO THIS.
I DON'T THINK THAT YOU SHOULD NECESSARILY CODIFY A TIMELINE, BUT I WOULD JUST REMIND YOU THAT ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY ZONE IS ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THE STATE DOESN'T SET A MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM AND BASICALLY PRETEND LIKE IT'S A LOCAL DECISION WHEN THEY REALLY SAY YOU CAN PICK BETWEEN 1 AND 3, YOU KNOW YOU ACTUALLY HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
SO FOR NOW, DON'T JINX IT FOR NOW.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU, WHEN THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS GOING TO START LOOKING AT A BOND, YOU SORT OF IMPANEL THEM OR CHARGE THAT COMMITTEE TO, TO LOOK AT A BOND. I THINK THIS WOULD BE SORT OF A DECLARATION THAT THE BOARD IS NOW GOING TO BE CONSIDERING REZONING.
AND SO THAT'S THE FIRST MEETING, RIGHT? YOU'D HAVE TO PROVE THAT WE COULD PROBABLY BRING THE MAPS TO YOU AT THE SAME MEETING, BUT THEN THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE AT LEAST TWO PUBLIC FORUMS IN THERE.
AND SO I'M THINKING IT'S PROBABLY NOT LIKE A NEXT WEEK KIND OF THING.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY THE NEXT MONTH AT THE VERY LEAST.
AND THEN IF IF YOU GET INTO ONE AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND MORE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY WANT TO WEIGH IN, YOU COULD MOVE IT OUT EVEN LONGER, RIGHT? YOU DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE AT ANY GIVEN SET TIME OR ANY SET WAIT TIME WITHOUT A TIMELINE HERE.
YOU JUST YOU CAN YOU CAN PLAY IT BY BY THE REACTION AND INVOLVEMENT.
YEAH. I JUST HAD KIND OF A MERIDETH KELLER MOMENT.
I WAS LIKE, WHAT WOULD FOR FUTURE BOARDS, YOU KNOW, DO OR COULD POTENTIALLY DO.
SO I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, YOU'D HAVE AT LEAST 45 DAYS NOTICE OF.
BUT BUT THANK THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF AUTONOMY, AND I DON'T THINK OUR COMMUNITY WOULD ALLOW US TO JUST HAVE A WEEK TURNAROUND ON THIS, SO THEY'LL HOLD OUR FEET TO THE FIRE ON THAT. BUT I, I THINK A 30 TO 45 DAY, YOU KNOW, SOME TIME FOR THE BOARD TO PROCESS WHATEVER FEEDBACK THEY MIGHT GET AND MAKE CHANGES.
YOU KNOW, IDEALLY, I THINK YOU'RE LIKELY GOING TO SEE ABOUT A MONTH ON THE BIG ONES.
BUT WHEN WE LOOKED AT LIKE THE ESTANCIA AREA AND MOVE THAT, DID YOU JUST TELL EVERYBODY WHERE YOU LIVE? OH, I DID, I'M I'M SORRY, I DID DO THAT.
I DON'T LIVE THERE. NOT ME, SOMEONE I KNOW.
OH, SOMEONE ELSE. SOMEONE YOU KNOW.
ANYWAY, THAT WAS REZONED AND NO ONE LIVED THERE AT THE TIME, SO WAITING 45 DAYS ON THAT COULD HAVE HELD UP LIKE LOTS OF FOLKS WHO ARE WAITING FOR THAT INFORMATION FROM OUR REAL ESTATE FRIENDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALL OF THAT.
SO I WOULD HATE TO PUT A TIMELINE.
AND WE'VE DONE OTHER, OTHER THINGS TOO, THAT ARE, WELL, LIKE WHEN WE DID IT WAS PRETTY SMOOTH SAILING WHEN WE DID SUNFIELD BECAUSE WE ALMOST BASICALLY TOOK THE TOM GREEN AND SORT OF PUT IT IN HALF.
YEAH. AND SO AND I WOULD SAY THAT WE, IT WAS, WE HAD A.
I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE.
WE DID HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS AND FOLKS DID COME TO PUBLIC FORUMS REGARDING MOUNTAIN CITY WHEN WE JUST DID CALL IN AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE REQUESTS AND IT WAS JUST KIND OF SMOOTH SAILING. SO I THINK IN THOSE CASES, YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE 45 MINUTES.
BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD CASES IN THE PAST I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, 45 DAYS, BUT I THINK WE'VE HAD CASES IN THE PAST WHERE YOU MAY EVEN NEED 60 DAYS REALLY TO, TO GO THROUGH IT. OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT'S RUNKLE.
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NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I'M.I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS, AND I'M GLAD THAT THIS IS COMING TO US.
I WAS A PART OF THE ZONING COMMITTEE WITH JOHNSON, AND THAT WAS CAN VERY CONTENTIOUS.
AND SOMETIMES ON THOSE COMMITTEES, YOU DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE THAT ARE COLLECTIVELY SPEAKING FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THOSE COMMITTEES THAT ALSO HAVE PERSONAL AGENDAS.
I REMEMBER BEING A PART OF THOSE MEETINGS.
WHERE THE DEMOGRAPHER WOULD DO THE LIVE CHANGING OF THE, THE LINES TO SEE WHERE THINGS WOULD FALL.
AND THAT WAS HELPFUL. BUT WE HAVE AN AMAZING DEMOGRAPHER THAT DOES ALL OF THAT FOR US NOW.
SO I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO PUT A COMMITTEE OF PEOPLE THROUGH A LOT OF GETTING ATTACKED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LAST GO ROUND.
SO I'M ABSOLUTELY IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
I AM SAD, THOUGH, TIM, BECAUSE YOU RUN THOSE MEETINGS, LIKE, AMAZING.
SO I FEEL A LITTLE SAD ABOUT THAT.
BUT I AM GLAD THAT WE'RE IN A WE'RE IN A DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING.
AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THE DISTRICT.
WE ARE VERY MUCH OR TRANSPARENT.
SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM EVERYBODY AND WE WILL.
MR. SERVANTS, I APOLOGIZE, MAY I RESPOND? GO AHEAD, MR. SAVOY. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT SOMETHING TO ONE OF THE REASONS WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS IS IN THE PAST, WE HAVE BEEN FAST GROWTH, BUT WE'VE BEEN SLOW GROWTH ENOUGH, IF YOU WILL, TO WHERE A LOT OF THESE WERE LOOKING AT LIKE ONE LEVEL, I THINK WE'VE DONE THE HIGH SCHOOLS TOGETHER AND NOT REALLY TOUCH THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
WE'VE DONE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND NOT REALLY TOUCHED THE ELEMENTARIES.
AND WE'VE DONE LIKE WITH SUNFIELD AND CULLEN MOST RECENTLY, AND AGAIN, PROBABLY WITH RAMAGE.
AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING INTO AS WE GROW, GO INTO A SUPER FAST GROWTH, WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING INTO A POSITION WHERE WE'RE LIKELY GOING TO BE NOT JUST LOOKING AT ONE SCHOOL, BUT MAYBE THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX SCHOOLS AROUND IT.
AND THE PROBLEM IS THE WITH THE CONVENIENCE OF A COMMITTEE FOR THE BOARD, WHEN YOU APPOINTED PEOPLE IN THE PAST, IT WAS YOU USUALLY APPOINTED PEOPLE THAT WERE SORT OF CONNECTED TO THE 1 OR 2 AREAS THAT WERE BEING LOOKED AT.
AS WE GET INTO FAST GROWTH AND WE ARE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE FIVE, SIX, MAYBE AN OVERHAUL COMPLETELY OF SOME OF THE MAPS, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO THERE'D BE TOO MANY PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE. LIKE YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO APPOINT SOMEONE NECESSARILY THAT WOULD COVER ALL THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THAT MIGHT BE TOUCHED.
I WANT TO CLARIFY, IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TAKING THE COMMITTEE PART OUT OF IT.
FINE. BUT THEN YOU AND YOUR STAFF, THE ADMIN TEAM, ARE GOING TO GET TOGETHER WITH THE DEMOGRAPHER, AND THEN YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO PUT 1 OR 2 OR MAYBE EVEN THREE VERSIONS TOGETHER, BASED ON WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHER IS TELLING YOU ALL TO DO WITH INPUT, WITH ATTENDANCE ZONES AND PROGRAMS AND ATHLETICS AND ALL THE THINGS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ZONE ONE, TWO, THREE.
THE COMMUNITY THEN CAN GO AND THEN KIND OF RANK SOMEWHAT RANK.
WHAT THEY FEEL LIKE IS IS WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
AND THEN ONCE WE GET SOMEWHAT OF A RANK FROM OUR COMMITTEE, FROM OUR COMMUNITY, THEN WE CAN TAKE IT TO PUBLIC FORUM, HAVE SOME MORE FEEDBACK FROM OUR FROM OUR PUBLIC ON NARROWING IT DOWN TO MAYBE 1 OR 2, BUT THEN Y'ALL WOULD PRESENT TO US.
STILL INCLUDE THE PUBLIC IN SOME SORT OF BOND TALK OPPORTUNITY ONLINE.
WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE ALL THE MAPS AND ALL THE ARCHIVES.
AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT VERSIONS ON A, ON A WEB PAGE WE MAY DO A RANKING.
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ADDRESS LIKE ONE VOTE, THEN WHAT IF FOUR PEOPLE IN THE SAME HOUSE USE THE SAME COMPUTER? SO IF YOU OPEN IT THEN YOU COULD GET LIKE 37 RESPONSES I KNOW OKAY, LET'S WE'LL GET BUT SOME SORT OF SURVEY BASED.AT THE END OF THE DAY THE BOARD WILL MAKE OBVIOUSLY THE DECISION BECAUSE THAT'S IN YOUR CONTROL.
BUT IT'LL BE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE DEMOGRAPHERS AND THE ADMINISTRATION THAT YOU'LL CONSIDER.
BUT YOU'LL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, OF COURSE, TO CONSIDER ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU'LL READ.
BECAUSE I KNOW ALL OF YOU DO READ EVERY COMMENT THAT COMES IN ELECTRONICALLY.
AND YOU WEIGH THAT EQUALLY WITH FOLKS WHO COME IN PERSON ALSO.
SO YOU'LL TAKE ALL AND WE'LL, WE'LL SEE TRENDS.
WE'LL SEE. WE'LL SEE PATTERNS AND DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
AND YOU'LL HAVE TO WE'LL RUN SCENARIOS WITH THE DEMOGRAPHERS TO ADDRESS THOSE.
BUT WE MAY ALSO SEE A ONE OFF WHERE SOMEONE PUTS IN AND SAY, HEY, HOW COME MY ONE HOUSE OVER HERE DOESN'T GO? AND WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE THINGS TOO? I WE WILL REMAIN FIRMLY COMMITTED TO NOT DO ANY KIND OF DOG AND PONY SHOW OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
EVERYONE EMAIL US AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
OH NO NO NO. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE TWO.
AND THEN USUALLY WHAT'LL HAPPEN IS YOU'LL GET THE LIST OF SUGGESTIONS SO YOU'LL GET THE EASY ONES.
OH YEAH. THAT'S NO HARM NO FOUL.
WE CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE. THAT CHANGE, THAT CHANGE DOESN'T DO ANYTHING.
THAT'S WHERE IT GETS PRETTY TOUGH.
IF YOU CAN'T MAKE A DECISION THAT MAKES EVERYBODY HAPPY, WE TRY TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.
BUT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, I JUST HAD TO WALK OUT LOUD KIND OF HOW THAT PROCESS IS GOING TO LOOK.
IF WE STOP BECAUSE THE BOARD DOES NOT VOTE UNTIL THE BOARD IS READY TO VOTE ON IT.
SO IF WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE SAY, HEY, WHY DON'T YOU VOTE? THE BOARD COULD SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK WE NEED TO STILL HEAR FROM MORE PEOPLE, OR WE NEED TO RUN A FEW MORE SCENARIOS AND THEN WE'LL JUST BUMP IT OUT.
ALL RIGHT, TEAM, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED.
TEAM, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK RECESS, A QUICK BREAK.
IT IS 851. WE WILL BE BACK ON THE DAIS AT 9 P.M..
OKAY, TEAM WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE MORE ACTION ITEMS. AND SO THE NEXT ONE IS EL 17 ON PAGE 146.
[L.17. Second Reading and possible adoption of the proposed addition of Local Policy GBBA - News Media Relations]
THIS IS THE SECOND READING AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED ADDITION OF LOCAL POLICY G B A LOCAL.MOVED BY MISS PETRIE, SECOND BY MR. FLORES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.
ALL RIGHT, TEAM, WE ARE ON PAGE 148.
[L.18. Second Reading and Possible Adoption of TASB Policy Update 123]
THIS IS THE SECOND READING AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF TASB POLICY UPDATES 123 AFFECTING LOCAL POLICIES.THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT THE TASB POLICY.
SECOND BY MR. SEVERANCE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED.
ALL RIGHT, TEAM, THAT IS ALL OF OUR ACTION ITEMS FOR TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, TEAM, WE. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME SOME PRESENTERS HERE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE A COUPLE MORE THINGS AROUND.
WE'RE GOING TO TURN TO INFORMATION ITEMS. SO LETTER M AND WE'RE GOING TO GO TO M THREE ON PAGE 235.
[M.3. Notice of Intent to Apply for Federal Grant Funds]
AND THIS IS THE AGAIN THE NOTICE OR INTENT TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL GRANTS.AND SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MISS NORRIS PRESENT TO US TONIGHT.
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I KNOW WE BUMPED HER FROM LAST WEEK.SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH US, MA'AM.
HI. STEPHANIE NORRIS, DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND GRANTS.
ALL RIGHT, MISS NORRIS. AND DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION IN OUR FOLDER? I DIDN'T I DID NOT DO A FORMAL PRESENTATION.
I GAVE YOU GUYS A FEW DIFFERENT HANDOUTS WITH JUST SOME DIFFERENT NUMBERS.
SO, TIM, I KNOW WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THIS AND I'LL ENTERTAIN SOME QUESTIONS.
SO I SEE MISS PETRIE'S HAND IS ALREADY UP.
HEY, MISS NORRIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
SORRY WE HAD TO BUMP YOU FROM LAST WEEK.
AND I NOTICED HERE I'M GOING TO ASK MRS OROSCO IF SHE RECALLS THIS.
I JUST NEVER REMEMBER GETTING THIS AGENDA ITEM.
BUT I REALLY, BECAUSE I ENJOYED READING ALL ABOUT THIS AND WANTED TO JUST THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
MAYBE, MAYBE I JUST DON'T REMEMBER.
I THINK IN THE PAST, IT'S BEEN INCLUDED AS PART OF THE BUDGET.
YOU GET A FEDERAL PROGRAM SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING.
BUT I DID SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE FORMAL THIS YEAR FOR YOU GUYS.
AMAZING. YOU WROTE OUT WHAT EACH OF THESE GRANT FUNDS CAN BE APPLIED FOR, LIKE THE PERKINS GRANT.
WE HEAR ABOUT ALL THESE GRANT PROGRAMS. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, TITLE ONE, TITLE TWO, THE IDEA, THE PERKINS, I APPRECIATED IT, AND I HAD SOME QUESTIONS.
I PUT SOME ON BOARD BLOGS, WHICH I THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWERS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD QUESTIONS FROM OUR MUSIC THERAPISTS.
WE'VE HAD PRESENTERS IN PUBLIC.
MISS ARMSTRONG TALKED TODAY ABOUT KIND OF OUR THEATER PROGRAM OR FINE ARTS MAGNET PROGRAM.
AND I WANTED TO JUST ASK YOU IN TERMS OF GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR FULL TIME JOB, RIGHT? WRITING GRANTS. YES.
WHICH, BY THE WAY, I MANAGE A PROPOSAL TEAM FOR A LAW FIRM.
AND WHAT YOU DO IS REALLY HARD.
AND WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE FOR, LET'S SAY, OUR MUSIC THERAPY PROGRAM WAS AT RISK AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WAS A GRANT OPPORTUNITY OR EVEN SORT OF A FINE ARTS MAGNET PROGRAM AT AN ELEMENTARY, LIKE, ARE THERE GRANTS LIKE THAT OUT THERE THAT YOU CAN BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR? I ACTUALLY ONE OF MY TABS THAT COMES UP EVERY DAY IS TES GRANTS OPPORTUNITIES PAGE, AND I TRY TO JUST GO THROUGH THAT ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS AND JUST SEE WHAT'S NEW THAT'S COMING OUT, AND THEN I'LL SHARE IT WITH THE TEAMS. OKAY. TO SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THEY WANT TO APPLY FOR.
OKAY. WELL, I, I REALLY WANT TO JUST SAY I APPRECIATE THE.
I KNOW FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY, THERE'S BEEN SOME GRANT DOLLARS THAT WE'VE BENEFITED FROM.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. YES, SIR.
MISS NORRIS, I DEFINITELY WANT TO.
I MEAN, THANK YOU AGAIN. YES, IT'S VERY THOROUGH.
INFORMATION. MORE THAN I EVER THOUGHT WAS AVAILABLE.
SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT TO US.
AND PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT YOU NEED FROM US.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ALL OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND FINE ARTS AND EVERY OTHER ACTIVITY THAT WE CAN SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO, TO GRANT MONIES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE FROM LAST WEEK.
SO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MA'AM.
[M.2. Presentation of Hays CISD Survey Results]
ITEM M TWO.THIS IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE HAYS CISD SURVEY RESULTS.
SO MISTER SAVOY IS COMING ON UP.
AND WE SHOULD HAVE THE WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION ON THIS ONE.
CORRECT. WE HAVE THE THING WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION ON THIS ONE.
MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT.
DR.. RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION.
YOU DO HAVE A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION ON YOUR DESK AT THIS TIME.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR, HARVEST GOODRICH, AS WELL AS DR.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE PARENT AND COMMUNITY, AND THEN WE HAVE STAFF SURVEYS.
SO WE HAVE THE SUMMARIES, HIGH LEVEL SUMMARIES HERE FOR YOU TONIGHT.
AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT MATERIAL THAT HAS COME IN BY CAMPUS.
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AND YOU'LL GET ALL OF THAT TOO AFTER THIS PRESENTATION.IF YOU ALL WANT TO COME ON UP AND MAKE THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL GET GOING.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
MY NAME IS AMY FREESE AND I'M WITH K12 INSIGHT.
JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE SURVEY.
SO PARENTS, GUARDIANS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS RECEIVE THE FAMILY SATISFACTION SURVEY.
ALL STAFF MEMBERS WERE SENT THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY.
AND THEN STUDENTS IN GRADES SIX THROUGH 12 RECEIVED A STUDENT SURVEY.
AND THESE WERE DISTRIBUTED IN APRIL FOR THREE WEEKS.
AND SURVEYS WERE TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH.
BUT WE STILL HAVE VALUABLE INSIGHTS OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF THOSE THAT DID TAKE THE SURVEY.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE GO THROUGH.
ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO START WITH THE FAMILY DATA.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS. SO THIS IS THE PARTICIPATION.
YOU HAD 13 OVER 1300 FAMILY, PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATE.
AND ONE QUESTION THAT I GET OFTEN IS RESPONSE RATES.
AND SO I'LL JUST ANSWER THAT QUESTION AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE I KNOW IT'LL PROBABLY COME.
WE TEND TO SEE FOR PARENT AND GUARDIAN OF ABOUT 10 TO 15% RESPONSE RATES.
THE RESPONSE RATE FOR THIS SURVEY WAS A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THAT.
BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T DISCOUNT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE DID GET.
AND SO AS WE LOOK THROUGH THE DATA FOR FAMILIES, THAT THEY'RE STILL CERTAINLY VALUABLE INFORMATION TO GLEAN FROM, AND IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE PARTICIPANT RESPONDING GROUP.
SO COMMUNITY MEMBERS RESPONDED TO JUST SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ON THE SURVEY.
SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT AS WE GO THROUGH SOME OF THE DATA.
THIS IS THE HOEGER OR HAYS CISD CORE BELIEFS, AND THIS IS A COMPARISON OVER TIME.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE DATA OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
WHEN WE SEE DATA THAT'S 3% OR LESS, WE WOULD CONSIDER THAT CONSISTENT RESPONSES.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE OVERALL WITH THESE CORE BELIEFS THAT THE RESPONSE OR THE FAVORABILITY OF STRONGLY AGREE AND AGREE RESPONSES HAVE REMAINED CONSISTENT OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
YOU DO SEE A SLIGHT DOWNWARD TREND ON THAT SECOND TO LAST ITEM.
WE DO NOT COMPROMISE. EXCELLENT.
SOMETIMES IF YOU SEE A TREND LIKE THAT IT'S SOMETHING TO JUST TAKE NOTE OF.
AGAIN, THESE RESPONSES HAVE REMAINED CONSISTENT OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, EXCEPT ONE NOTABLE POSITIVE TRENDING IS THAT PROGRAMS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHOSE PRIMARY LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT TO THE RESPONSES JUST FOR THE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.
SO. FAMILIES WERE ABLE TO RESPOND TO A QUESTION.
IF YOU KNEW SOMEONE WITH A SCHOOL AGED CHILD MOVING TO SCHOOL, HOW LIKELY WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THIS CAMPUS TO THEM? AND THIS IS HONEST. THEY HAD AN ANSWER.
THOSE THAT RESPOND WITH 9 OR 10, THOSE ARE CONSIDERED PROMOTERS.
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE POSITIVELY SPEAKING ABOUT THE SCHOOL RECOMMENDING THE SCHOOL.
AND THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A POSITIVE NET PROMOTER SCORE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR THIS YEAR, THE POSITIVE OR THE NET PROMOTER SCORE IS POSITIVE AT 23, ALTHOUGH IT IS NOTABLE THAT IT IS DECREASING A LITTLE BIT OVER THE THE LAST THREE YEARS. I DO ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE DO BENCHMARK SOME QUESTIONS WITH.
WE DO SURVEYS ACROSS THE THE NATION WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
AND SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR BENCHMARK QUESTIONS.
THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK FOR NET PROMOTER SCORE IS 29.
SO HAYS IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THAT.
TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT OF WHY THEY MIGHT BE RECOMMENDING OR NOT RECOMMENDING.
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WE HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF IMPACT DO THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS OF THE CAMPUS HAVE ON YOUR LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND IT TO A FAMILY? THE GREEN IS THE POSITIVE IMPACT RESPONSES AND RED IS NEGATIVE IMPACT.AND THEN THE AREAS THAT HAD A HIGHER NEGATIVE IMPACT WOULD BE THE CLASS AND SCHOOL SIZE.
STUDENT SAFETY AND. AND THIS IS THE COMMUNICATION AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL.
I DO WANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE CONTEXT TO AND THE FULL SURVEY REPORT THAT YOU'LL GET THIS WEEK.
THERE'S A SEGMENTATION OF SCHOOL LEVEL.
SO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS COMPARATIVELY TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
ELEMENTARY PARENTS TEND TO RESPOND VERY FAVORABLY COMPARATIVELY TO SECONDARY.
THE NEXT KEY METRIC IS THE OVERALL QUALITY OF EDUCATION AT THEIR CAMPUS.
WITH THE PARENT SURVEY, THEY'RE RESPONDING SPECIFICALLY TO A SPECIFIC CAMPUS.
SO WE LUMP THE EXCELLENT OR GOOD RESPONSES TOGETHER.
SO THAT'S CONSISTENT RESPONSE.
AND THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK IS 84%.
SO HAYS IS RIGHT ALIGNED WITH THAT.
GOING THROUGH THIS KIND OF FAST.
SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND NEED ME TO PAUSE, FEEL FREE TO.
I DON'T MIND IF YOU NEED TO INTERRUPT.
NOW BECAUSE WE CAN'T SHOW ALL OF THE DATA.
THERE'S I THINK THE FAMILY SLIDE DECK IS PROBABLY 80 SLIDES OR SO.
SO THIS IS A NICE SNAPSHOT OVERVIEW OF THE FAVORABILITY.
SO TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR EXAMPLE, HAS I BELIEVE SIX QUESTIONS.
SO THIS JUST GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT OF THE FAVORABILITY ACROSS THE VARIOUS SURVEY TOPICS.
SO IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE YOU KNOW, WHERE THE MOST POSITIVE RESPONSES ARE.
SO HERE IT'S FAMILY INVOLVEMENT INTERACTIONS WITH TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE COMPARISON.
BUT IT'S NICE TO SEE GROWTH TOO, ESPECIALLY IN THE FAMILY INVOLVEMENT AREA THAT.
AND SAME FOR SAFETY, SECURITY, AND STUDENT BEHAVIOR.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST RANKING ITEMS. SO THESE ARE THE THE FIVE ITEMS THAT HAD THE STRONG OR THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF STRONGLY AGREE AND AGREE RESPONSES.
AND THEN THE THE FIVE ITEMS THAT HAD THE HIGHEST DISAGREEMENT RESPONSE.
AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE SURVEY DIMENSION THAT THOSE CAME FROM.
THEY'LL HAVE THEIR OWN DATA AND IT'LL MIMIC IT'LL MIRROR THE THE DATA.
IT'LL JUST BE SPECIFIC TO THEIR, THEIR SCHOOL.
SO THEN THEY CAN ACTUALLY ANALYZE AND AND REVIEW AND SEE WHERE THEY WANT TO MAKE GOALS.
THAT REMAINS A CONSISTENTLY HIGH, HAS HIGH AGREEMENT OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
THE OTHER ITEMS I'VE ALREADY TOUCHED ON.
SKIP. WE TALKED ABOUT QUALITY OF EDUCATION ALREADY, BUT WITHIN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING, STUDENT SUPPORT AND THOSE DIMENSIONS, ALL OF THOSE HAD INCREASED INCREASES IN STRONGLY AGREE OR AGREE WITH OR AGREE RESPONSES OVER THE PAST SCHOOL YEAR.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE.
ONE THING THAT WAS NOTED HERE TOO.
THIS THIS SURVEY ACTUALLY CAME OUT THE WEEK AFTER OUR TRAGIC BUS CRASH.
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SO THAT'S LIKELY WHAT EXPLAINS THAT LARGE DIP THERE.AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE RESPONSES WITH HARVEST AND HER TEAM.
THIS IS THIS IS THE LAST ONE FOR THE FAMILIES.
OKAY. I THOUGHT YOU WENT TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
I'M LOOKING RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP SO FAR.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH ALL OF IT.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS A SEVEN PERCENTAGE POINT INCREASE ON FAMILIES FEELING THE SCHOOL IS SAFE.
THE INTERACTIONS WITH TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF WAS NEW THIS YEAR, SO THERE'S NOT COMPARISON DATA, BUT THERE WAS HIGH AGREEMENT FROM FAMILIES IN TERMS OF THEIR ABILITY TO CONTACT TEACHERS WITH QUESTIONS AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS.
AND SIMILAR TO INTERACTIONS WITH CAMPUS LEADERSHIP, 75% SAID OF PARTICIPANTS SAID THAT CAMPUS LEADERS MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF STUDENTS AND ARE VISIBLE, 77 SAID THEY'RE VISIBLE AT SCHOOL EVENTS AND THEN FAMILY INVOLVEMENT, AS I NOTED EARLIER, HAD TEN USED TO HAVE HIGH AGREEMENT.
AND WE ALSO SAW A LOT OF GROWTH THERE.
THAT'S THE LAST FAMILY SURVEY.
I KIND OF RUSHED THROUGH THAT.
OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT.
OKAY. SO THIS ONE WENT TO ALL AND THESE WENT OUT OF THE SAME SURVEY WINDOW.
THIS GOES OUT TO ALL STAFF MEMBERS.
SO NOT JUST SCHOOL STAFF BUS DRIVERS, FOOD SERVICE WORKERS, CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF.
INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL OR THE PARENT SURVEY.
INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS WILL EACH HAVE THEIR OWN REPORT, WITH EXCEPTION.
SO ONE OF THE FIRST THE FIRST SET OF QUESTIONS THAT STAFF MEMBERS GET ENCOMPASS OVERALL ENGAGEMENT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S SOME SLIGHT INCREASES, LIKE I AM ENGAGED IN MY WORK.
THAT'S THE SECOND ONE THAT'S POSITIVELY TRENDING.
THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT HAD DECREASES FROM LAST YEAR.
FOR EXAMPLE FEELING OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MY FUTURE WITH HAYS.
BUT I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'LL APPLY TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THESE ANSWER OPTIONS ARE WEIGHTED.
THEY'RE ON AN ANSWER SCALE OF STRONGLY AGREE AGREE.
DISAGREE AND STRONGLY DISAGREE.
AND THE STRONGLY AGREE AS A WAY TO FIVE STRONGLY DISAGREE WEIGHT OF ONE.
SO IF I'M RESPONDING TO THESE EIGHT ITEMS LET'S SAY I STRONGLY AGREE TO EVERYTHING.
I WOULD HAVE AN AVERAGE OF FIVE.
ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER MIGHT HAVE AN AVERAGE OF 3.7, DEPENDING ON HOW THEY RESPONDED.
AND SO ALL OF THOSE AVERAGES ARE CALCULATED TO GIVE US AN ENGAGEMENT SCORE.
THERE'S 30% THAT FELL INTO THAT CATEGORY.
ENGAGED STAFF ARE THOSE THAT FELL BETWEEN THREE AND A HALF TO FOUR AND A HALF.
AND THEN THE LESS ENGAGED IS THOSE THAT HAD AN AVERAGE OF LESS THAN THREE AND A HALF.
THIS DID DECREASE A LITTLE BIT FROM LAST YEAR.
BUT IN COMPARISON TO OUR BENCHMARK, THE THE AVERAGE OR THE.
THOSE THAT ARE CLASSIFIED AS HIGHLY ENGAGED OR ENGAGED IS 79%.
SO HAYS IS SIX PERCENTAGE POINTS HIGHER THAN THAN OUR NATIONAL.
WHICH IS A GOOD THING. JUST TO MAKE THIS THE SIMPLEST AS POSSIBLE.
THESE ARE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY.
WERE ABLE TO PULL OUT SOME FOCUS AREAS.
SO POSITIVE CHANGES IN THESE AREAS WOULD LIKELY LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE SURVEY DIMENSION THAT THESE COME FROM.
SO THERE'S TWO FROM DISTRICT LEADERSHIP.
THERE'S THREE FROM FEEDBACK AND RECOGNITION AND TWO FROM CAREER GROWTH AND TRAINING.
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SCORES GO UP. AND THIS COULD BE THE SCHOOL.THIS GREEN TABLE IS THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES TO MAINTAIN ENGAGEMENT.
SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING REALLY WELL.
KEEP IT UP. AND THIS IS THESE ARE AREAS THAT ARE HELPING THOSE ENGAGEMENT SCORES.
AND THESE THESE TEND TO FALL IN SCHOOL AND DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP WHICH YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN.
NOW I'M GOING THROUGH KIND OF FAST.
BUT THE CALCULATIONS ARE THE SAME.
THE STAFF MEMBERS ARE ASKED IF THEY KNEW SOMEBODY WHO WAS A FIT FOR A POSITION WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL OR DEPARTMENT, HOW LIKELY WOULD THEY RECOMMEND THEIR SCHOOL OR DEPARTMENT AS A PLACE TO WORK? THIS IS AN EMPLOYEE NET PROMOTER SCORE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THE THIS YEAR THE NET PROMOTER SCORE IS 21.
IT IS GOING DOWN A LITTLE BIT FROM THE LAST TWO YEARS.
BUT IN COMPARISON TO OUR BENCHMARK, THE EMPLOYEE NET PROMOTER SCORE IS FOUR.
AND THE GOAL WITH NET PROMOTER SCORES AGAIN IS TO ALWAYS BE POSITIVE.
YOU WANT MORE PEOPLE RECOMMENDING YOU THAN THAN NOT.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S GOING DOWN A LITTLE BIT, I STILL THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE.
AND THEN STAFF MEMBERS HAD SIMILAR QUESTION WHAT ASPECTS OF OF THEIR SCHOOL OR DEPARTMENT ARE IMPACTING THEIR SCORE? AND SO THE POSITIVE ASPECT IS WORKSITE ENVIRONMENT AND THE INTERACTIONS WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES.
AND THEN THE AREA THAT HAD A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THEIR SCORES, COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS, AND FEEDBACK AND RECOGNITION, WHICH EVERY EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY I DO PRETTY MUCH FALLS IN THAT SAME. THE CATEGORIES.
SOME OF THESE ARE ALREADY TOUCHED ON, BUT I DO JUST WANT TO NOTE.
I'M JUST GOING TO PULL FROM THE THE MIDDLE BULLET IN THE LAST SECTION.
58% OF THE PARTICIPANTS STRONGLY AGREED OR AGREED THAT DISTRICT LEADERS ARE ACCESSIBLE.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING, THERE WAS A SLIGHT THIS HAD THE LARGEST DECREASE IN TERMS OF OR THAT THE LARGEST DECREASES WERE IN STRATEGIC PLANNING AND IN STAFF MEMBERS.
LOWER, LESS STAFF MEMBERS AGREEING THAT THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE INPUT ON DISTRICT.
AND THEN THE CHARTS ARE NOT IN THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION.
SO, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THE WORK ENVIRONMENT HAD SOME OF THE HIGHEST MOST FAVORABLE ITEMS TO PARTICIPANTS RESPONDING AGREE OR STRONGLY AGREE THAT THEIR COLLEAGUES SUPPORT THEM. HIGH AGREEMENT THAT COLLEAGUES HELP CREATE A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT AND THAT THE COLLABORATION IS ENCOURAGED ACROSS.
CROSS TEAMS AND THEIR SCHOOL OR DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S THE LAST ONE FOR EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT.
SO, I WANT TO PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS.
PERFECT. THANK YOU. OKAY, I LOOK TO MY RIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS? LOOKING TO MY LEFT. MR. SEVERANCE, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT'S THE AVERAGE RESPONSE FOR THIS SECTION? LIKE YOU DID FOR THE FIRST ONE FOR 15, WHAT WOULD BE THE AVERAGE RESPONSE FOR STAFF MEMBERS? SO, WE USUALLY GET BETWEEN 35 TO 50%.
AND YOU GUYS ARE RIGHT ALIGNED WITH THAT.
35%. AND THEN SECOND QUESTION ON DISTRICT LEADERS AS DISTRICT LEADERS INCLUDED LIKE PRINCIPALS APS AS WELL OUTSIDE OF THE SO YOU HAVE YOUR SCHOOL OR DEPARTMENT LEADERS.
SO THAT'S TYPICALLY YOUR PRINCIPAL OR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
AND THEN BEYOND THAT DISTRICT LEADERSHIP IS OUTSIDE OF THAT IMMEDIATE DEPARTMENT.
SO THAT COULD BE INTERPRETED SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON HOW SOMEBODY IS RESPONDING TO THIS.
BUT GENERALLY, IT'S OUTSIDE OF YOUR IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
IF YOU GO BACK TO THE NET PROMOTER SLIDE.
ONE RIGHT BEFORE THAT. THERE WE GO.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S 101% IF YOU TOTAL THOSE UP.
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I'M GLAD YOU POINTED THAT.
AND THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THE TOP GRAPH AND THEN THE BOTTOM GRAPH.
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SAME THING. THEY DON'T QUITE ADD UP.SO IS IT JUST IT'S DUE TO ROUNDING.
YEAH, IT'S ROUNDING OKAY. BUT I CAN TAKE A LOOK AND JUST DOUBLE CHECK.
BUT USUALLY SOMETIMES THEY'LL BE BETWEEN 99.
AND YEAH, THERE'S A COUPLE THAT ARE 99.
AND THEN THAT ONE THAT WAS OVER. OKAY.
THANK YOU. I DIDN'T MENTION THAT NOTE BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T CATCH THAT ON THE FLY.
SO THAT'S GOOD. I'M A DATA GUY.
WE'LL GET BACK TO THE NET PROMOTER SCORE.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT SOMETHING OUT.
SO, WE ARE GOING DOWN, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE GOTTA WORK TO TRY TO TURN AROUND.
SO, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE LOSING OUR PROMOTERS KIND OF IN THAT PASSIVE CATEGORY.
AND I'M WONDERING HOW MANY, HOW MUCH.
THAT MAY HAVE TO DO WITH SORT OF THE NATIONAL OR STATE LEVEL DISCOURSE ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN GENERAL BEING KIND OF NEGATIVE IN THE WHOLE FIGHT FOR VOUCHERS. YEAH. WHEN YOU LOOK AT EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT DATA AT A NATIONAL LEVEL AND NOT JUST K12 INSIGHT, BUT LIKE GALLUP, FOR EXAMPLE, TEACHERS, SCHOOL STAFF TEND TO HAVE THE LOWEST ENGAGEMENT COMPARATIVELY TO OTHER CORPORATE CAREERS.
THANK YOU. I GUESS WE'RE MOVING ON TO STUDENT ENGAGEMENT NEXT.
YEAH. ONE OTHER THING TO POINT OUT, TOO.
BUT AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THINGS TO CONSIDER HELPING IF THERE'S AREAS THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT THE SCHOOLS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND LIKE IMPROVING FEEDBACK AND RECOGNITION, NOT AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS LIKE WHAT CAN YOU DO TO SUPPORT DOWN AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL? BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE WORK HAPPENS.
SO, THEIR PARTICIPATION WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT FAIRLY CONSISTENT OVER THE LAST.
AND SO, YOU'LL SEE THE OVERALL DISTRICT.
AND THEN IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.
AND LOOKING AT THEIR OVERALL ENGAGEMENT SCORES.
I DON'T HAVE AN ENGAGEMENT CALCULATION.
THE SURVEY IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT THESE SIX ITEMS ARE HIGH LEVEL THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TOUCHING ON OTHER AREAS WITHIN THE SURVEY. SO ACADEMIC PREPARATION ACCEPTANCE, PEER RELATIONSHIPS AND SO FORTH.
SO, THIS IS THIS HIGH-LEVEL QUESTION.
YOU CAN SEE GENERALLY THOSE RESPONSES HAVE REMAINED CONSISTENT.
AND SIMILAR TO THE PARENT SURVEY THERE'S THIS DIMENSION SCORE SLIDE.
SO, THIS IS AGAIN A SNAPSHOT OF FAVORABILITY.
THE ANSWER OPTIONS FOR STUDENT SURVEYS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN PARENTS.
SO, THEY'RE ON A FREQUENCY SCALE.
SO, THEY WOULD RESPOND. THEIR FAVORABILITY RESPONSES ARE ALMOST ALWAYS OR OFTEN.
AND HERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE HIGHEST FAVORABILITY IS IN THAT SELF-MANAGEMENT CATEGORY.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
LIKE FOLLOWING SCHOOL RULES, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND SO HERE ARE THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST.
YOU HAVE THE TOP FIVE MOST FAVORABLE ITEMS. SO, THE STUDENTS THAT ARE RESPONDING ALMOST ALWAYS ARE ALWAYS.
AND LIKE I SAID THREE OF THOSE COME FROM THE SELF-MANAGEMENT.
I MENTIONED WHERE THEY'RE BEING NICE TO CLASSMATES, BEING NICE TO THEIR OTHER TEACHERS, AND FOLLOWING RULES, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEN CONTINUING TO TRY WHEN AN ACTIVITY IS DIFFICULT OUT OF A GROWTH MINDSET.
AND SOME OF THE AREAS THAT THEY HAVE LESS FAVORABILITY ARE AROUND INVOLVEMENT.
SO, FEELING LIKE THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE IDEAS TO MAKE SCHOOL BETTER.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER INVOLVEMENT JUST ATTENDING SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS.
THAT YOU. LOOK, I KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE ALL LOOKING AT THIS, RIGHT? SOME AREAS OF CELEBRATION ARE AROUND STUDENT SAFETY.
SO HOW SAFE DO YOU FEEL ON CAMPUS? SO, THIS YEAR STUDENTS HAVE RESPONDED VERY SAFE OR MOSTLY SAFE IS 54%.
AND THAT'S UP TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS LAST YEAR AND THEN UP FIVE PERCENTAGE POINTS FROM TWO YEARS AGO.
THERE IS SOME NEW QUESTIONS THIS YEAR ASKED ABOUT PERCEPTIONS AROUND BULLYING, AND SINCE THESE WERE NEW QUESTIONS THIS YEAR, I ADDED FOR THIS PRESENTATION THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
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ALSO, IF THEY BELIEVE THAT VICTIMS OF BULLYING AT THEIR SCHOOL WILL TELL AN ADULT AND THOSE TYPES OF QUESTIONS.SO AGAIN, THOSE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE RESPONDING MUCH MORE FAVORABLY.
SO ALMOST A QUARTER OF THE PARTICIPATING STUDENTS SAID THAT THEY HAVE BEEN BULLIED THIS SCHOOL YEAR OR THIS PAST 12 MONTHS, AND THEN 37% SAID THAT THEY HAVE WITNESSED BULLYING. ALL RIGHT.
AND THEN SOME OF THE SUMMARY AND INSIGHTS.
SO, THE FULL REPORT WILL HAVE ALL OF THE CHARTS THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE SOME INCREASES IN ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE.
AND THAT WENT UP SIX PERCENTAGE POINTS.
AND THEN ALSO FEELING GOOD ABOUT THEIR SELF AT SCHOOL IS UP FOUR PERCENTAGE POINTS.
SO CERTAINLY, AN AREA TO CELEBRATE.
AND THEN WE ALREADY TOUCHED ON THE PERCEPTIONS OF BULLYING.
THAT IS THE LAST SLIDE THAT I HAVE FOR THE STUDENTS.
SO. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YEP. SO, WE'RE LOOKING LEFT.
YEAH. THANKS FOR HANGING IN THERE.
WE GOT THIS TODAY, SO I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS TO SUBMIT.
AND IS THAT A SIMILAR PERCENTAGE TREND WITH OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL? WELL, SO THE STUDENT SURVEYS ARE DISTRIBUTED.
I DIDN'T MENTION THIS IN THE BEGINNING, BUT FOR THE PARENTS AND STAFF, THEY GET AN EMAIL INVITATION.
CAN THEY PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL AND DIFFERENT SCHOOLS? SOME MIGHT DO IT THROUGH CLASSES, AND I DON'T KNOW IF HARVEST HAS THOSE DETAILS.
STUDENTS ALSO GOT EMAIL REMINDERS FROM US AS WELL.
THE PRINCIPALS ARE ALSO EMAILED DIRECTLY WITH COMPREHENSIVE EXCEL SHEETS WITH WHICH STUDENTS HAVE PARTICIPATED SO FAR, IN WHICH STUDENTS HAVE TO GET EMAILS TWICE A WEEK FOR.
OKAY. WELL, I APPRECIATE HOW ENGAGED OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE WITH THE SURVEY.
SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH I APPRECIATE IT.
WE DO HAVE SCHOOL LEVEL PARTICIPATION DATA TOO AND THAT WE CAN ADD THAT IN.
OKAY. MR. STAFFORD'S LOOKING RIGHT, MISS RUNKLE.
OKAY, I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, I LOVE GETTING THESE SURVEY RESULTS.
I READ EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM.
FROM THE STUDENTS TO THE EMPLOYEES TO THE PARENTS.
SO, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THIS.
THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING AND PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE AFRAID THAT IT'S NOT ANONYMOUS.
SO, WILL YOU, FOR ALL THOSE LISTENING, WILL YOU PLEASE GO ON THE RECORD? AND WILL YOU PLEASE SAY THAT THIS IS AN ANONYMOUS SURVEY? OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T WANT YOU TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU TO SAY THAT.
BUT I WANT YOU TO TO TO REASSURE THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING THAT THIS IS AN ANONYMOUS SURVEY AND THAT WHATEVER YOU FILL OUT, NO ONE'S COMING TO ATTACK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWERS. WE WANT YOU TO FILL THESE OUT.
SO, IT'S INCREDIBLE, INSIGHTFUL INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE, AND YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE.
AND SO, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE THAT'S LISTENING.
ONE KNOWS THAT THIS IS ANONYMOUS, BUT TWO, PLEASE FILL THEM OUT.
AND ALSO, TO MR. SEVERANCE'S POINT, I KNOW THAT THE LAST TIME WE GOT PRESENTED WITH THESE SURVEYS, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ASKED IS HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE OUR SECONDARY KIDS TO FILL THIS OUT? AND ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS I SAID WAS, CAN WE NOT ASK THEM TO FILL IT OUT, AN ADVISORY OR ONE OF THOSE CLASSES THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE. SO, I WOULD SAY THIS AGAIN, THAT THE NEXT TIME THAT WE DO A SURVEY, WE ASK OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES TO BE INTENTIONAL IN ASKING OUR STUDENTS TO FILL IT OUT WHILE THEY HAVE OUR STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM.
I MEAN, GIVE A DAILY GRADE, THEY'LL TAKE 100 FOR DOING A SURVEY.
SO JUST LET'S GET CREATIVE ON HOW WE GET MORE FEEDBACK.
AND, AND, AND YOU'RE GOING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
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I KNOW, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO GET IT ALL OUT BECAUSE IT'S LATE.AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A QUESTION THAT WILL NEED TO BE ANSWERED FOR MRS. SEDILLO. LAST YEAR, AFTER THE SURVEY RESULTS AND MAYBE EVEN HARVEST, THERE WAS A K THROUGH 12 STAFFING THAT HAPPENED WITH THE PRINCIPALS, AND YOU GUYS SAT DOWN AND WENT OVER ALL OF THE DATA AND KIND OF WALKED THROUGH HOW YOU IMPROVE AND WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. SO, ARE YOU GUYS DOING THAT AGAIN WITH THESE K 12 SURVEYS? YES. YES, MA'AM.
FOR OUR DAY IS TO ACTUALLY SIT WITH THE PRINCIPALS.
OKAY. THIS WAS LIKE A ROUND TABLE KIND OF THING.
AM I WRONG, HARVEST? BECAUSE I REMEMBER GOING TO IT LAST YEAR.
OKAY. THEY HAD TIME TO DIGEST AND REVIEW IT AND THIS TIME AROUND, SINCE WE ARE NOW GETTING THE RESULTS, THEY'RE GOING TO SIT WITH THEIR DAO AND GO THROUGH THE DATA. OKAY.
BUT THIS IS AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THIS.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE DOING THIS EVERY YEAR.
WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THIS EVERY OTHER YEAR.
SO, WE'RE NOT, I THINK SO WE MAY NOT SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.
BUT WHEN WE DO THIS IN TWO YEARS, I HOPE TO SEE BETTER PARTICIPATION NUMBERS FROM OUR SECONDARY NUMBERS OF STUDENTS. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS IS GREAT INFORMATION, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DETAILS THAT WE GET THIS WEEK.
YOU'LL GET A LOT OF DATA. THANKS.
WE DO NOT SHARE WHO TOOK IT, WHO DIDN'T TAKE IT.
THE THERE IS A DISCLAIMER ON THE OPEN-ENDED ITEMS. THE ONLY WAY ANYONE WOULD KNOW IF YOU TOOK IT IS IF YOU IDENTIFIED YOURSELF IN THAT COMMENT.
SO YES, THOSE ARE CONFIDENTIAL.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF PARTICIPATION AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, THE MOST PARTICIPATION WE SEE WITH SCHOOLS IS WHEN THERE'S A SCHOOL WIDE TIME, WHETHER THAT BE AT HOMEROOM, OR EVERYBODY TAKE IT AT THE BEGINNING OF ENGLISH CLASS OR HOWEVER THE SCHOOL WANTS TO DO IT.
BUT THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE HIGHEST.
SO, THANK YOU. MR. FLORES, AND THANK YOU FOR TRAVELING SO FAR TO, YOU KNOW, COME PRESENT TO US.
AND I MEAN JUST SOME SNAPSHOTS REALLY QUICK LIKE THE FACTS THAT THE FACT THAT PARENTS FIND US TO BE A WELCOMING DISTRICT IS GREAT, SINCE WE HAVE 1000 NEW KIDS COMING IN FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS AT LEAST.
IT'S REALLY GOOD TO KNOW, ESPECIALLY BEING A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT.
AND A LOT OF TEACHERS ARE PROUD TO WORK AT HAYS CISD, AND THAT'S GREAT.
AND DR. WRIGHT. REMIND ME OF OUR TURNOVER RATE.
IS IT 6%, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. THAT'S CORRECT.
AND BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME, SOME GROWS WITH BULLYING AND THAT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, THOSE THAT RESPONDED DON'T SEE A FORMALIZED EFFORT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL WITH BULLYING OR ANTI-BULLYING.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE PROBABLY ARE.
MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
MAYBE THERE'S NOT AS MUCH COMMUNICATION AS WE WOULD LIKE, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS INFORMATION.
AND IF YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO EMAIL.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ALL THE WAY FROM VIRGINIA.
I FEEL LIKE WE'VE SEEN YOU BEFORE, AND I ALWAYS APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION.
AND SO, YOU'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO GET LINKS TO ALL THE DIFFERENT ONES.
OKAY. PERFECT. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE MY TIME LIKE MISS RUNKLE AND GO THROUGH THEM ALL, AND I CAN HAVE TIME TO DIGEST IT. I WANT TO JUST REITERATE WHAT MISS RUNKLE SAID ABOUT HAVING THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS DO IT DURING ADVISORY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
FRANKLY, THEY HAVE PI TIME AND WIND TIME AND ADVISORY TIME.
SURELY, THEY CAN MAKE TIME TO DO THIS.
SO, I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.
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AND I KIND OF AM WONDERING LIKE, WHAT ELSE DO WE DO WITH THIS DATA? BECAUSE. THIS IS GOLD LIKE WHAT WE HAVE HERE.STRATEGIES AND INITIATIVES AROUND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THIS.
WILL YOU GO TO PAGE 13? YEAH, I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AND HOPEFULLY MAYBE YOU CAN TELL, I DON'T KNOW, ON THIS PERCENTAGE.
STRONGLY DISAGREE OR DISAGREE.
THIS, THIS THIS WAS LIKE SHOCKING TO ME.
FAMILIES REGULARLY RECEIVE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS TO HELP THEIR CHILDREN AT HOME.
I'M WONDERING IF THIS IS ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY OR CAN IT BE BROKEN OUT? 13 SORRY. YEAH, IT'S A DIFFERENT NUMBER ON THIS ONE.
OH, OKAY. SORRY. IT'S THE PARENT AND GUARDIAN RIGHT HERE.
IT'S THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST RANKING ITEMS FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.
YEAH. THE MAIN THE OVERALL DISTRICT PRESENTATION DOES HAVE THIS DATA SEGMENTED BY.
I JUST DIDN'T PUT IT ON. YEAH.
I'M JUST VERY CURIOUS BECAUSE I MEAN, AT HIGH SCHOOL.
YEAH. THIS IS YOU KNOW; I WOULD FEEL LIKE BUT IF THIS IS ELEMENTARY, I WOULD I'LL BE MORE CONCERNED.
SO, I'M GLAD WE'LL GET TO KIND OF BREAK THIS OUT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THIS IS ACTIONABLE AND LOW HANGING FRUIT, FRANKLY, TO ADDRESS WITH OUR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.
I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF BECAUSE.
SO, AND THEN A LOT OF COMMUNICATION STUFF.
SO, TO MR. SAVOY'S TEAM AND THE EXAMPLE HE SETS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT THAT WE HAVE GREAT COMMUNICATORS AS CAMPUS LEADERS.
OH MY GOD. THAT WAS A RECURRING THEME.
I WAS TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH JERRY THE WHOLE TIME.
SO, A LOT OF INCREASE IN AND PEOPLE FEELING SAFE AND SO FANTASTIC.
SO GOING OVER IT WITH ILT, GREAT.
BUT I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW T-TEST WORKS, BUT IF THIS WERE MY, LIKE, BUSINESS THAT I RAN.
MY EVALUATIONS WOULD BE BASED ON THE DATA THAT I RECEIVED FROM, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THIS.
I MEAN, CELEBRATE WHAT AWESOME THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS FOR A LOT OF THESE CAMPUSES.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME NEW LEADERS COMING INTO SOME CAMPUSES.
SO THAT CAN BE TRICKY WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THINGS WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR, SURELY.
BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S LIKE SOME AND I DON'T NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, BUT I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, LIKE, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO TAKE ACTIONABLE STEPS WITH THE DATA. BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A LOT TO GATHER TO JUST THEN THROW IT ON A SHELF.
WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE AND WITH THE PRINCIPLES THAT WE'VE DONE THE LAST FEW YEARS TO PICK 1 OR 2 GOALS THAT THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON, DEVELOP THEIR GOALS OVER THE YEAR, I THINK SOME AND MAKE SURE THEY CLOSE THAT LOOP BACK WITH THE COMMUNITY, LIKE, HEY, WE HEARD YOU, WE HEARD YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A RESULT.
AND ANYTIME THE COMMUNITY CAN HEAR THAT, OH, THEY'RE LISTENING.
BUT ANYTIME THAT THEY CAN CLOSE THAT LOOP, I THINK.
OKAY. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING I'LL SAY IN TWO YEARS FROM NOW, THESE BASIC CORE BELIEFS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE GOT THESE FROM.
YOU KNOW, FOUR YEARS AGO THERE NOT THAT MUCH DIFFERENT, BUT THEY'VE BEEN THERE A LOT.
SO, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THESE SURVEYS THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND THOSE WERE THERE WHEN I STARTED.
WE'VE CHANGED SOME OF OUR BENCHMARK QUESTIONS, BUT THE CORE BELIEFS, BUT UNDER THESE LEGACY QUESTIONS FROM US, OR DO THEY COME FROM YOU? I THINK THEY GO BACK TO 8 OR 10 YEARS AGO WHEN, REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD OUR OWN ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WASN'T THERE A LITTLE WINDOW WHERE YOU COULD BE YOU COULD DO YOUR OWN ACCOUNTABILITY? RATING THING. IT WAS BEFORE THE STAR TEST.
AND I THINK YOU HAD TO SURVEY OR DO SOMETHING WITH SOME OF THOSE CORE BELIEFS.
IT LITERALLY WAS CERTAIN AREAS WHERE I DON'T KNOW, HELP ME OUT, DR.
WRIGHT. IF YOU REMEMBER, IT WAS ABOUT 2015 OR MAYBE [INAUDIBLE].
THERE WAS SOME KIND OF A THING WHERE THEY TRIED TO COUNTERBALANCE THE ARGUMENT AGAINST MANDATORY TESTING BEING THE ONLY GRADE, AND THE DISTRICTS COULD RATE THEMSELVES ON CERTAIN DOMAINS OR SOMETHING.
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WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A COMMUNITY-BASED ASSESSMENT TO OFFSET JUST THE STANDARDIZED TESTING.BUT THAT'S GONE AWAY NOW, RIGHT? YEAH. SO THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT.
THAT WE CAN ELIMINATE. WE DO USE THIS DATA FOR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS, DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
IN ADDITION, THE REALLY THE DRIVER OF THE LET'S TAKE IT AND RUN WITH IT BECAUSE I MEAN YOU CAN DO SOME GLOBAL THINGS, BUT REALLY THE INDIVIDUAL DATA AT EACH CAMPUS IS VERY, IS MUCH MORE SPECIFIC.
SO, WE DO LET THE PRINCIPALS DO THAT.
ALSO I BELIEVE IF STEPHANIE NORRIS IS STILL HERE, WE DO USE THE DATA IN CONJUNCTION WITH SEVERAL FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND REQUIRED FEEDBACK GENERATED.
AND WE DO GET THIS ON SOME OF THAT.
SO OKAY, I'M JUST SAYING IF WE CAN CUSTOMIZE IT AT ALL TO OUR, YOU KNOW, VISION, OUR MISSION, OUR BELIEFS THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED AS I MEAN, MAYBE WE CAN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS DO KIND OF A LEVEL SET.
IF PEOPLE ACTUALLY AGREE WITH THEM AND THINK THAT THEY'RE.
YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING THOSE BELIEFS, AND THEY ARE SIMILAR.
THEY'RE LIKE, WE'RE STUDENT CENTERED.
BUT IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW THE CONTEXT OF WHERE THESE CAME FROM ORIGINALLY.
OKAY, OKAY. LISTEN, ON THIS ANONYMOUS THING, OKAY? I HEARD YOU SAY IT'S ANONYMOUS, BUT I ALSO HEARD HARVEST SAY WE HAVE LISTS OF EVERY STUDENT THAT HASN'T DONE THE SURVEY.
SO, CAN YOU RECONCILE THAT FOR ME? SO, THERE'S A RESPONSE RATE.
SO, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S 450 STUDENTS AT SCHOOL THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE IT, AND 200 HAVE TAKEN IT.
SO THAT'S ALL THE INFORMATION.
SHE DOESN'T HAVE NAMES TO GIVE TEACHERS TO SAY THESE STUDENTS.
GOOD. I WAS LIKE, WHAT? MAYBE THE STUDENT SIDE ISN'T ANONYMOUS, BUT THE EMPLOYEE SIDE IS OKAY.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN VOTERS VOTE IN THE ELECTION, YOU CAN SEE WHO VOTED AND WHO DIDN'T VOTE.
YOU JUST DON'T KNOW HOW THEY VOTED.
BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH STUDENTS.
I DON'T PROVIDE THOSE. SO, YOU JUST.
YEAH. WE DON'T WE DON'T GET. AND THAT'S A GOOD THING TO POINT OUT TO YOU.
THAT'S WHY WE DO THIS THROUGH A THIRD PARTY.
WHAT WE GET IS THE REPORT AND THE DATA.
WE DON'T GET THE RESPONSES AND ALL THAT.
IT GOES STRAIGHT OUT TO A THIRD PARTY TO HELP MAINTAIN THAT SORT OF DISTANCE AND HOPEFULLY COMFORT THAT PEOPLE WILL FEEL THAT IT REALLY IS ANONYMOUS. ALL RIGHT.
SO, TEAM, TO CLARIFY BECAUSE I'VE HEARD TWO MESSAGES NOW.
SO, WE DO NOT GET DATA ON WHO COMPLETES IT.
WE JUST GET THE DATA ON HOW MANY COMPLETED OUT OF HOW MANY WERE AVAILABLE.
THANK YOU. BECAUSE I KIND OF HEARD TWO DIFFERENT MESSAGES AND ALL OF THAT.
I HAVE OR JUST REALLY A SUGGESTION AND MR. SAVOY, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.
ALL RIGHT TEAM, WE ARE ON M.1.
UPDATE ON ANY DISTRICT SAFETY AND SECURITY INITIATIVES.
CHIEF, WE HAVE ANYTHING? SHE'S SHAKING HER HEAD.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. SEEING NONE. HERE WE GO.
[M.4. Update on District Bond, Construction, and Renovation Projects]
UPDATE ON DISTRICT BOND CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION PROJECTS.MR. CLEAVER, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CLEAVER? OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, MR. CLEAVER, YOU ARE BEING SUMMONED TO YOUR MICROPHONE AND MISS PETRIE I WAS.
I'VE BEEN DRIVING BY THE JOHNSON MARQUEE, AND IT'S SOMEBODY'S BIRTHDAY EVERY DAY.
WHAT THE STATUS IS OF THE MARQUEE AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL.
THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT WENT OUT AND MADE SURE THERE WAS POWER THERE, ELECTRICAL POWER.
AND THERE WAS. AND THEN WE CONTINUED THE WORK ORDER PROCESS AND PUT IN A TECHNOLOGY WORK ORDER.
THAT SHOULD BE FUNCTIONING AT THIS TIME.
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THAT WAS THE REPORT I GOT.IT'S THE HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL.
AND IT JUST KIND OF SCROLLS THROUGH.
I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE OFFICE.
OKAY. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN THERE WAS A SOFTWARE ISSUE THAT WAS IDENTIFIED.
I THINK IT WAS LATE LAST WEEK, AND WE FIXED THE ISSUE AND EVERYTHING THAT, ALL THE INFORMATION I HAVE IS THAT IT'S FUNCTIONAL. SO, WE'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP AND SEE IF MAYBE PUT A DIFFERENT MESSAGE IN, SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
BUT AS FAR AS TECHNOLOGY WISE, IT'S FUNCTIONING.
ARE WE FEELING CONFIDENT ABOUT A PARKING OVER THERE? MR. CLEAVER, FOR NEXT YEAR? I NOTICED THEY'RE MAKING SOME TEMPORARY DIRT LOTS.
YEAH, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME TEMPORARY PARKING, SO I'M CONFIDENT ABOUT THE PARKING.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. FLORES. MY QUESTIONS ARE ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE VANESSA'S.
THE SIMON MARQUEE, I THINK IT'S BACK UP, BUT IT HASN'T WORKED FOR A GOOD WHILE.
I HAVE NO INFORMATION ON THE SIMON MARQUEE, SO WE'LL HAVE TO CHECK OUR WORK ORDERS.
I THINK THE SIMON MARQUEE IS ACTUALLY IN PROCESS OF BEING INSTALLED.
I'LL HAVE TO LET ME GO BACK AND CHECK MY BOARD BLOG ANSWERS.
BUT THERE'S I BELIEVE THAT ONE IS IN PROCESS OF BEING INSTALLED.
YES, SIR. AND SIMILARLY, LEHMAN PARKING LOT IS CONSTRUCTION WAR ZONE, BUT IN A GOOD WAY.
IT'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.
A LOT OF DIGGING. WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
IT'S JUST A PLAN FOR OVERFLOW PARKING.
OBVIOUSLY, WHEN THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS, I ASSUME IT'S STILL GOING TO BE A LOT GOING ON.
WHEN THAT STARTS. I'M JUST KIND OF A PLAN ON WHERE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE PARKING THEIR VEHICLES.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE SITE LOGISTICS PLAN IS IN EVERYBODY'S HANDS.
MS. RUNKLE HAVE BEEN, WELL, SINCE WE WERE ON THE MARQUEE THING.
I WAS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT MCCORMICK IS STILL GETTING THEIRS ON JULY 15TH.
IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
AND SO, I JUST WANTED TO JOIN THE BANDWAGON OF TALKING ABOUT MARQUEE.
BUT I KNOW MR. CRUZ IS PROBABLY LISTENING, SO HE'S PROBABLY WONDERING ABOUT HIS, TOO.
YES, MA'AM. AS FAR AS THE MARQUEE, IN SOME CASES, WE HAVE TO GO IN AND TRAIN THE OFFICE STAFF TOO, SO THAT ALTHOUGH IT'S FUNCTIONING, THEY MAY NOT KNOW HOW TO USE THE SOFTWARE BECAUSE THERE IS SOME TURNOVER AT OFFICES SOMETIMES.
SO THAT COULD BE SOME OF THE ISSUE TOO.
ALL RIGHT. I KNOW WE WILL ADDRESS THOSE MARQUEE ISSUES.
OKAY. TEAM, THE NEXT ITEM M.5 HAYS CISD FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. RAO? LOOKING LEFT.
WE'RE ON LETTER N REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
I'M LOOKING RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS TONIGHT? I KNOW WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF INFORMATION ALREADY.
[P. UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS]
P.M. AT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE UPDATE THAT ON ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTATION MOVING FORWARD.MISS. MISS GLORIA. ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU, MISS OROSCO, FOR KEEPING US HONEST ON THAT.
WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 9:57 P.M.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.