Feb 24, 2025 Board Meeting

[A. CALL TO ORDER: Establish a quorum]

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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO OUR FEBRUARY 24TH REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES HERE AT THE MERIDETH KELLER BOARDROOM.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY AGAIN BEING HERE IN ATTENDANCE AND THOSE OF YOU LISTENING ONLINE, THE TIME IS 5:30PM.

THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER. ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

[B. CLOSED SESSION]

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551 SUBCHAPTERS D AND E ARE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 418.183F.

THE TIME IS STILL 5:30PM. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

[C. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION]

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE IN PERSON AND THOSE OF YOU ONLINE AGAIN, A QUORUM HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED.

AT THIS TIME. WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR PLEDGES LED BY BOARD SECRETARY VANESSA PETREA.

[D. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAGS]

AWESOME JOB. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

[E. MISSION STATEMENT]

THAT'S GOOD AND OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT TONIGHT WILL BE READ BY TRUSTEE SEIBEL.

[F. SOCIAL CONTRACT]

ASSUME POSITIVE AND NOBLE INTENTIONS. COLLABORATE AS A TEAM AND RESPECT THE BODY CORPORATE.

PROMOTE DISCUSSION AND VALUE EACH OTHER'S PERSPECTIVES AND BE PROFESSIONAL.

THANK YOU, SIR. WE CAN CLAP FOR YOU TOO. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. YAY! THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. WE DO NOT HAVE A SUPERINTENDENT REPORT TONIGHT.

IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND, MISS GLORIA, ANY PUBLIC FORUM? NOBODY SIGNED UP. OKAY, WELL, MAYBE NEXT MONTH.

ALL RIGHT. TEAM, I'M GOING TO TAKE SOME LIBERTY HERE TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST JUMP INTO OUR CAMPUS RECOGNITION AND SO TONIGHT WE HAVE SCIENCE HALL ELEMENTARY,

[J. CAMPUS RECOGNITION - Science Hall Elementary School]

YES, IT IS YOUR SHOW NOW. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT VELA.

DR. WRIGHT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. I AM THRILLED TO BE HERE TONIGHT WITH SCIENCE HALL SONS AND OUR WONDERFUL PRINCIPAL, MISS VALDEZ WILL COME UP AND SHARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS WITH YOU.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT VELA. DOCTOR WHITE, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

I AM VERY, VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING AT SCIENCE HALL.

TO BEGIN WITH, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR AMAZING AND WONDERFUL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL MISSY OWENS.

SHE'S HERE WITH ME TONIGHT. SHE'S GOING TO JOIN ME FOR AN EVENING.

AND IN THE PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE ONE OF OUR BACK TO SCHOOL PICTURES IS OUR WONDERFUL STAFF AND DEDICATED TEACHERS.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF ALL OF THEM AND I'M HONORED TO BE THEIR LEADER THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT WE WILL ACHIEVE OUR PERSONAL BEST BY STRIVING TO BE LIFELONG LEARNERS IN OUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY, WE WILL MEET STUDENTS INDIVIDUAL NEEDS, COLLABORATE WITH OUR COMMUNITY, AND CELEBRATE DIVERSITY.

AND WE WILL HAVE OPEN DOORS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND CHALLENGING AND MEANINGFUL WAYS.

I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR STUDENTS RESIDE WITH ME.

OUR DAILY SCHOOL MOTTO AS A SUN I SHINE, I AM RESPECTFUL, I AM RESPONSIBLE, I AM SAFE. WE ARE GROWING EACH DAY.

EACH DAY WE ARE ADDING RAYS OF SUNSHINE. AS OF THIS MORNING, OUR ENROLLMENT IS AT 697 STUDENTS.

WE ARE A BILINGUAL CAMPUS SERVING 41% OF BILINGUAL STUDENTS.

WE ARE A TITLE ONE CAMPUS, AND ABOUT 80% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, AND WE HAVE 70% OF OUR STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AT RISK. OUR ATTENDANCE RATE STANDS AT 93%.

WE ARE ACTIVELY IMPLEMENTING INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE OUR ATTENDANCE, AND SOME OF THOSE INITIATIVES ARE.

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THAT WAY, WE CAN REACH OUT TO ALL OF OUR PARENTS THAT ARE ABSENT OR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ABSENT ON THAT DAY.

WE HAVE INCENTIVES FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND THIS YEAR WE IMPLEMENTED OUR THE ATTENDANCE TRAVELING TROPHY AND HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THE CLASSES THAT HAVE RECEIVED THAT TROPHY THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND ONE OF OUR PICTURES WE HAVE MISS OLVERA, MISS MARGARITA'S CLASS, AND MISS RODRIGUEZ'S CLASS AS WELL.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO OUR STUDENTS GROWTH AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE THROUGH OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES.

WE IMPLEMENTED. WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE 15 DAY PLC CHALLENGE THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

WE MEET EVERY TUESDAYS DURING CONFERENCE TIME, AND WE ALSO MEET MONTHLY WITH OUR TEAMS AND OUR INTERVENTIONISTS FOR MTS TEAMS MEETINGS, SO WE CAN REVIEW OUR STUDENTS PROGRESS AND REVIEW THE INTERVENTION STRATEGIES THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING.

IN THE PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE OUR DEDICATED TEACHERS WORKING WITH THEIR TEAMS IN PLANNING THE UNITS AND ALSO THE COMMON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS. WE ARE 100% COMMITTED TO OUR STUDENTS SUCCESS AND THEIR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WEALTH. WE HAVE AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS SUCH AS ROBOTICS, CHOIR, WILLY WONKA AND ART AND ALSO THIS YEAR WE IMPLEMENTED OUR CHARACTER STRONG BODY CLASSES AND THE CHARACTER STRONG ASSEMBLIES.

SO IN BOTH EMBODIED CLASSES AND THE ASSEMBLIES ALL K THROUGH FIVE STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THE ASSEMBLIES AND THE BODY CLASSES WHERE IN THE BODY CLASSES, THE UPPER GRADE LEVEL STUDENTS MENTOR OUR LOWER GRADE LEVEL STUDENTS, AND THEY HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE CHARACTER TRAIT OF THE MONTH, AND THEN THEY VISIT THE LOWER GRADE LEVEL CLASSES TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

IN THE PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE TWO OF THE CLASSES AND STUDENTS DISCUSSING THE CHARACTER TRAIT OF THE MONTH AND FOR THE CHARACTER TRAIT OF RESPECT.

WE DID A DRESS UP DAY, SO THE STUDENTS HAD TO DRESS AS THEIR AS SOMEONE THAT THEY RESPECT, AND YOU CAN SEE ONE OF OUR STUDENTS DRESSING UP AS OUR FANTASTIC COACH.

SO IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING. WE ALSO HOLD THE CHARACTER STRONG ASSEMBLIES EACH MONTH IN THE GYM, AND WE ARE WORKING AGAIN TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING DURING THE SCHOOL DAY CLUBS.

THAT WAY WE CAN CONTINUE THE 100% INITIATIVES IN OUR CAMPUS.

WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT WAS BROUGHT TO SCIENCE HALL THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S AMAZING ALL THE SUPPORT THAT OUR COUNSELOR, MISS WEEK AND OUR ASSISTANT MANAGER BRI GONZALEZ, HAVE BROUGHT TO OUR CAMPUS. THEY WERE VERY WELL.

THEY COLLABORATE AND THEY ARE THEY ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS RECEIVE THE SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEED AS WELL AS OUR STAFF.

SO THEY NOT ONLY REACH OUR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND TEACHERS.

WE USE CHARACTER, STRONG PURPOSE OF PEOPLE AS OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL PROGRAM, AND OUR COUNSELOR PROVIDES THE LESSONS TWICE A MONTH IN THE LIBRARY AND THIS SEMESTER, MISS WICK IS IMPLEMENTING PARENTING CLASSES WHERE SHE IS SERVING OUR PARENTS OR GUARDIANS, AND SHE STARTED WITH THE HIGHLY CAPABLE KIDS.

SO THOSE ARE DURING THE DAY. SO WE INVITE OUR PARENTS AND THOSE ARE PROVIDED IN THE PLC ROOM AS WE CONTINUE SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS THROUGH MENTORING PROGRAMS WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.

SO FAR, WE ARE SUPPORTING 24 STUDENTS. WE CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH HAYS HOPE TO GO AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, MISS WICK AND MISS GONZALEZ PROVIDE COMMUNITY AND STUDENT SUPPORT THROUGH DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THROUGH FOR PBIS.

WE CONTINUE USING OUR EMERGENT TREE PROGRAM, AND MISS OWEN HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD AND DILIGENTLY, DILIGENTLY THIS YEAR, IMPLEMENTING THE SENSATIONAL BEHAVIOR AWARDS, WHERE WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND ENCOURAGE THE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR. SO WE MAKE SURE WE RECOGNIZE OR ANNOUNCE THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED POSITIVE BEHAVIOR REFERRALS, AND WE ANNOUNCE THEM DURING MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS. WE TAKE THEIR PICTURES AND THEY RECEIVE THEIR AWARD.

VERY COOL. OUR STAFF HIGHLIGHTS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING AND FOSTERING A

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SO, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD WITH OUR PTA.

WE HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY PTA THAT HAS WORKED VERY, HARD IN OUR SCHOOL TO SHOW APPRECIATION TO OUR TEACHERS, AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY FINDING WAYS TO SHOW THAT TO THEM BECAUSE THEY WORK VERY HARD FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO THAT'S THE LEAST THAT WE CAN DO IN OUR CHARACTER TRACTOR TRAILER ASSEMBLIES.

WE TAKE THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS, AND WE HAD THE VETERANS DAY CELEBRATIONS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE VETERANS.

SO IT'S ONE OF OUR TEACHERS RETIRED RECENTLY.

SO WE DID A LITTLE RECOGNITION FOR HER. FOR OUR SCHOOL CELEBRATION.

SO WE WANT TO HAVE FUN. WE WANT TO PROMOTE A CULTURE OF WE WANT TO HAVE THE STUDENTS FEEL ENGAGED AND WE WANT THEM TO WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL. WE ARE CONSTANTLY HAVING EVENTS.

RECENTLY, WE AS PART OF OUR EMERGENCY PROGRAM, WE REACHED OUR 150 GOAL BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BLACKBOARD. SO EVERY TIME THE STUDENTS COMPLETE THEIR BLACKBOARDS, THEY NEED TO COMPLETE A SUNRAY AND THEN THEY PUT IT IN THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL.

THE GOAL WAS TO GET 50 AND THE CELEBRATION. WE REACHED OUR GOAL.

SO, THE CELEBRATION WAS THAT WE TAPED OUR COACH TO THE WALL.

SO THAT WAS VERY FUN. WE DID IT DURING ONE OF OUR ASSEMBLIES.

WE RECENTLY REACHED OUR 100%, 100 RACE GOAL. SO, WE ARE THE PBIS COMMITTEE IS WORKING ON THE NEXT CELEBRATION AND IT'S A SCHOOL WIDE CELEBRATION. WE HAVE MISTER PELAYO HERE. HE EARNED THE HAYS EDUCATION GRANT.

SO, IT WAS A MOMENT THAT WE CELEBRATED WITH HIM.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HIM. WE ARE CONSTANTLY DOING DRESS UP DAYS FOR CHRISTMAS, RED RIVER WEEK, UNITY DAY, MISS CERVANTES WITH THE CHOIR, AND WE RECENTLY HAD ALSO OUR SPELLING BEE.

THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE PART OF OUR JUDGE FOR OUR SPELLING BEE PROGRAM.

ANOTHER EVENT COMING UP OR CELEBRATION. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE READ ACROSS AMERICA WEEK, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DRESS UP DAYS FOR EACH DAY. AND WE ARE INVITED, INVITING COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAFF MEMBERS TO COME TO OUR CAMPUS AND READ TO OUR STUDENTS. SO I WILL BE SENDING YOU THE SIGN UP GENIUS IN CASE YOU'RE AVAILABLE.

WE WILL LOVE TO HAVE YOU IN THE LIBRARY READING TO OUR STUDENTS AND AS PART OF OUR CELEBRATIONS.

I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE WITH ME OUR CHOIR. THEY'RE GOING TO PERFORM FOR YOU AND SIX OF THESE STUDENTS WILL BE JOINING OTHER STUDENTS IN HAYS TO GO TOMORROW TO THE TEXAS MEDAL OF ART.

IS THAT CORRECT? TEXAS MEDAL OF ARTS AND THAT'S TOMORROW.

SIX OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE JOINING SOME OTHER STUDENTS, AND TONIGHT THEY'LL BE DIRECTED BY OUR AMAZING MUSIC TEACHER, SAVANNAH CERVANTES. SO I HOPE YOU ENJOY THEIR PERFORMANCE.

[INAUDIBLE]. ARE THEY GOING TO FACE THIS WAY OR ARE THEY GOING TO FACE THE.

WE'RE GOING TO FACE THEM, SO WE'LL COME AROUND. GREAT. BECAUSE AS CUTE AS YOU ARE, THEIR PARENTS WANT TO SEE THEIR FACES.

AND THEN MY SINGERS. WILL MY SINGERS COME THIS WAY? AND MY INSTRUMENTALISTS COME OVER HERE. THANK YOU.

[INAUDIBLE] THEY'RE THE CUTEST THINGS. OKAY. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE DISTRICTS AND OUR

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WE'VE HAD MANY XYLOPHONES FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, BUT A LOT OF THEM HAVE BROKEN OVER TIME.

THEY'RE JUST THOSE KIND OF DELICATE SORT OF INSTRUMENTS. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, PATTI MORENO CAME IN AND PROVIDED EIGHT NEW XYLOPHONES FOR OUR PROGRAM, WHICH WE'VE BEEN USING IN OUR CHOIR. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SHOW THEM OFF.

SO WE WANTED TO PASS ON OUR THANKS TO YOU.

AND ON WEDNESDAY, WHICH IS A STATEWIDE EVENT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ATTEND, IT'S GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC TIME.

OH, MR. ADAMS, THIS IS OUR FINE ARTS. DEPUTY FINE ARTS DIRECTOR.

SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE. AND WE ARE PERFORMING TODAY A SONG THAT WE SING FROM ABOUT SECOND GRADE ONWARDS.

THIS SONG IS CALLED ROCKY MOUNTAIN. IT IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO CALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOP HITS.

SO PLEASE ENJOY ROCKY MOUNTAIN AND THE SCIENCE HALL CHOIR.

THANK YOU.

[SINGING].

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[INAUDIBLE].

WE'RE STILL GOING TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS. SO IF YOUR STAFF WANT TO HANG AROUND, THEY DON'T HAVE TO, BUT DEFINITELY WANT TO EXPRESS OUR THANK YOUS.

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AS WELL AS THE STUDENTS ARE EXITING. I KNOW WE WERE ALL GOING TO SAY THANK YOU.

WE'LL WAIT TILL EVERYBODY KIND OF GETS SITUATED. BUT MISS VALDEZ, THAT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE THE STUDENTS, FOR SURE.

I THINK THEY ARE. BECAUSE WE WERE MISSING. STILL OKAY, STILL SHUFFLING SOME THINGS AROUND.

NOT TO FRET, MR. FLORES. YOU GET A BAG AS WELL.

OKAY, TEAM, NOW THAT THE WHODUNIT HAS BEEN SOLVED, DOCTOR HAD TAKEN MR. FLORES BAG AND ANYWAYS. SO NOW THAT ALL THAT, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK THE FOOTAGE.

SO THANKFUL. SO MISS VALDEZ, THE MIC. YOU WANT TO GO AND TURN THE MIC BACK ON? BUT DEFINITELY I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO PRESS THE LITTLE ICON THAT LOOKS LIKE A PERSON.

YES, BECAUSE IT WAS ECHOING. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOOD.

OKAY, SO, TIM, I'LL START ON MY LEFT FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

MR. SEIBEL, WE'LL JUST. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO MISS VALDÉS, AND THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND ANY STAFF AND PARENTS FOR COMING ON A MONDAY NIGHT. WE GOT SUN TODAY. SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, VERY APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR MASCOT.

YOU GUYS BROUGHT THE SUN TODAY. SO WE JUST APPRECIATE ALL YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

YEAH, I KNOW I'M VERY FUNNY. CLEAVER. YEAH,. YOU KNOW, I JUST I'M MY ONE QUESTION.

I SEE ALL YOUR AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. I LIKE YOUR STRONG BUDDY CLUB AND THINGS YOU TALKED ABOUT.

OBVIOUSLY, I LOVE BEING THERE FOR THE SPELLING BEE BECAUSE YOU GUYS, YOUR WINNER OF YOUR SPELLING BEE. WHAT GRADE WAS HE IN AGAIN? SECOND GRADE SECOND GRADER.

YEAH, WHICH WAS SUPER IMPRESSIVE. SO YOU GUYS HAVE SOME YOUNG TALENT COMING THROUGH YOUR RANKS AS WELL? READ ACROSS AMERICA WILL DEFINITELY SEND US AN INVITE FOR THAT.

WE DEFINITELY LOVE TO HELP OUT WITH THAT. WILLY WONKA CLUB THOUGH.

I SAW THAT ONE. WHAT'S THAT ONE ABOUT? THAT ONE, LIKE, RAISED MY EYEBROWS, YOU KNOW.

YEAH. SO, MISS CERVANTES, WAS SHE PUT ON THE PERFORMANCE FOR WILLY WONKA? SO SHE PURCHASED THE RIGHTS AND THEY PERFORMED AT THE PARK CENTER LAST SEMESTER.

SO THE FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS, THEY WERE PREPPING FOR THAT PERFORMANCE.

OH, THAT'S SO NEAT. YEAH. SO IT'S GREAT. I LOVE ALL OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT WE DO AT ALL THE CAMPUSES AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING KIDS INVOLVED AND HOW GREAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, IT HELPS WITH ATTENDANCE AND ALL THE THINGS.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD A STRUGGLE SINCE JANUARY WITH ALL THE ILLNESSES GOING AROUND AND EVERYTHING.

IT'S BEEN HECTIC AND SO APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS.

AND SO YOU GUYS ARE JUST DOING A GREAT JOB AND JUST KEEP IT UP.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS OROSCO. I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY.

IT'S JUST ALWAYS NICE TO GO BACK TO SCIENCE HALL.

I OPEN SCIENCE HALL ELEMENTARY WAY BACK IN THE DAY, SO IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO GO BACK HOME.

THANKS. WE LOVE HAVING YOU. MR. SEVERANCE. YEAH.

LISTEN, I YOU KNOW, WE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU YOU WANT US TO KEEP SAYING IT, BUT I LOVE IT WHEN KIDS GET TO COME AND DO THIS FOR US, BECAUSE THAT'S THE BEST PART OF THIS WHOLE MEETING IS GOING TO BE. IS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST TEN MINUTES HERE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THEM ALONG. I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY TO DO ON A MONDAY, BUT IT WAS A GOOD WEATHER TODAY.

AS MR. SEIBEL SAID. SO THAT'S AWESOME. A COUPLE OF THINGS I LOVE ON YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS.

YOU'RE KIND OF LAYING OUT THERE ON THE MILITARY CONNECTED SIDE.

I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT BEFORE. JUST TYING TYING YOUR STUDENTS TO SOME SIDE OF THE MILITARY, I THINK THAT'S I LOVE SEEING THAT, ON THE POSITIVE REFERRALS, I REALLY I KNOW WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT PROBABLY FOR A WHILE, BUT I LOVE IT WHEN THOSE ARE OUTPACING EVERYTHING ELSE AND SO THAT'S REINFORCING THAT GOOD

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ON THE CLUBS, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW, DR. WRIGHT TALKED ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GOT TO HAYS CST, YOU KNOW, 100% HAYS AND BEING CONNECTED AND THE FACT THAT YOU'RE KIND OF VERTICALLY ALIGNED WITH, YOU KNOW, CLUBS AND PROGRAMS IN YOUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THEN IN HIGH SCHOOLS.

I THINK IT JUST BUILDS THAT INTEREST FROM A LOWER FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU GUYS DO THAT. MY FAVORITE PART IS THAT YOU'RE ON YOUR IN THE BEGINNING WHEN YOUR KIDS RECITED YOUR AS I AS THE SUN, I SHINE, I LIKE.

IT'S JUST IT'S VERY SIMPLE. THEY CAN MEMORIZE IT.

THEY CAN BELIEVE IN IT. LIKE, WE UPDATING OUR MISSION STATEMENT.

I MEAN, IT'S IF THEY CAN GET BEHIND IT AND ENGAGE WITH IT.

I THINK THAT JUST HELPS THEM REINFORCE WHAT WE WANT OUT OF THEM AND TO BE GOOD STEWARDS AND HUMANS AND STUDENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO ANYWAY, THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. I APPRECIATE IT, MISS PETREA.

EVERYONE SAID ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SAY.

I DID GET TO GO TO YOUR SHOWCASE AND JUST LEARN MORE ABOUT YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP STYLE, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'VE TAKEN ON THIS ROLE AT SCIENCE HALL.

I THINK YOU HAVE A LOT OF SUNSHINE, I FEEL LIKE, AROUND YOU.

JUST SO YOU'RE JUST A FRIENDLY, GREGARIOUS PERSON AND THAT DEFINITELY SHOWS WITH ALL THE AMAZING THINGS YOU'RE DOING HERE TODAY.

YOUR KIDS WERE SO ATTENTIVE WHILE YOU WERE SPEAKING, AND I'M SAD THEY AREN'T HERE SO I CAN BRAG ON THEM IN FRONT OF THEM.

BUT THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO YOUR LEADERSHIP AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT DATA AND JUST KIND OF MAYBE NOT THE MOST EXCITING THINGS ABOUT THE SCHOOL AND THEY WERE SO VERY ATTENTIVE AND SO JUST CONGRATULATE THEM OR BRAG ON THEM AND MISS CERVANTES. I LOVE THE ROBOTICS CLUB.

FRANKLY, I WISH EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAD A ROBOTICS CLUB, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY TRANSLATES WELL UP INTO OUR STEAM AND STEM AND ENGINEERING PROGRAMS AND I LOVE SEEING MISS CERVANTES BECAUSE SHE WAS MY DAUGHTER'S HONOR CHOIR TEACHER A ZILLION YEARS AGO, AND SHE, I THINK, WANTED TO THROW UP WHEN I TOLD HER THAT MY DAUGHTER IS A SENIOR THIS YEAR.

SO YOU'RE DOING REALLY, GREAT THINGS, AND I'M EXCITED TO COME VISIT YOU.

YES. INVITE US. YES. PLEASE INVITE US. THANK YOU.

WE WILL, MISS RUNKLE. YES, MISS VALDEZ. MISS OWEN, THANK YOU GUYS FOR PRESENTING TONIGHT.

MR. SEVERANCE SAID WE ENJOY KIDS COMING. IF YOU DON'T BRING KIDS TO A SHOWCASE, DON'T EVEN BOTHER.

WE WANT TO SEE KIDS. WE LOVE SEEING KIDS. THEY DID SO GREAT.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY I LOVE THAT YOU'RE DOING THE AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS AND KIND OF BRIDGING HOW TO DO THAT.

I LOVE THAT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE GETTING ON BOARD WITH THAT.

SO MANY KIDS CANNOT ATTEND AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS.

SO I LOVE THAT OUR CAMPUSES ARE ARE MAKING THAT A PRIORITY.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT.

THE READ ACROSS AMERICA, THAT'S THE WEEK WHAT, MARCH 3RD THROUGH SEVENTH.

WE ABSOLUTELY WANT TO SEE INVITATIONS WE LOVE TO READ THAT WEEK.

WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED, I'M SURE, INVITATIONS FROM OTHER TEACHERS AND CAMPUSES I KNOW I HAVE, SO PLEASE SEND THEM WILL COME AND THEN I LOVE.

WELL I WAS GOING TO PUT THE I WAS GOING TO PUT YOU ALL ON THE SPOT WITH THE KIDS HERE AND SAY, WHAT DID THEY WANT TO DO NEXT BESIDES TAPE SOMEBODY TO THE WALL, BUT THEY'RE NOT HERE. SO I'M GOING TO. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THE NEXT ONE IS.

JUST GREAT JOB. I MEAN, YOU GUYS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES AT AT SCIENCE HALL, AND YOU GUYS HAVE JUST DONE SO AMAZING AND YOU CAN TELL THE FAMILIES, THE STUDENTS, THEY'RE ALL VERY HAPPY, AND THEY LOVE WHERE THEY ARE AND JUST KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND KEEP INVITING US.

WE LOVE TO COME TO YOUR CAMPUS. WE LOVE TO BE A PART OF YOUR CULTURE TOO AND GREAT JOB Y'ALL.

GREAT JOB. WELL, I HAVE MR. FLORES. THANK YOU, MISS VALDEZ.

MISS ELWIN, FOR BEING HERE AGAIN. THE KIDS AND, YOU KNOW, THE PARENTS HERE JUST JUST KIND OF FILLS THIS ROOM WITH JOY AND THEY'RE A REFLECTION OF YOUR LEADERSHIP. I LOVE THAT YOU'RE IMPROVING ATTENDANCE RIGHT FROM WHERE WE WERE, AND CONTINUING TO REALLY CREATE CREATIVE WAYS TO JUST INCENTIVIZE COMING TO SCHOOL, AND I LOVE HOW YOU HIGHLIGHTED THE VALUE OF COMMUNITY IN SCHOOLS COMMUNITIES.

IT'S FANTASTIC BECAUSE WE WANT TO KNOW RIGHT HOW THAT'S GOING AND ON OUR CAMPUSES.

SO THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT. ALSO AGAIN, INCENTIVIZING POSITIVE BEHAVIORS.

RIGHT AND, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD TALK ALL DAY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, REFERRALS AND STUFF LIKE THAT ARE TRADITIONAL.

BUT HIGHLIGHTING THOSE POSITIVE BEHAVIORS JUST INCENTIVIZES KIDS TO DO WELL AND I MEAN, MY FELLOW TRUSTEES KIND OF SAID EVERYTHING, BUT, YOU KNOW, CREATING THAT FAMILY ATMOSPHERE IT SEEMS TO BE WHAT YOUR CAMPUS IS ALL ABOUT.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. YES.

THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE KIDS AND THEIR TALENT.

IT'S WONDERFUL TO JUST SEE. I MEAN, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A BIG GROWING COMMUNITY, A DISTRICT, AND YET WE'RE STILL A SMALL COMMUNITY. JUST SEEING SO MANY FAMILIAR FACES WHETHER IT'S STAFF, WHETHER IT'S OTHER STAFF, KIDS AND JUST NICE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE SCIENCE HALL ELEMENTARY.

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ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY TAKE A DEEP BREATH. RIGHT.

THAT WAS ALL THE FUN, RIGHT? EVERYTHING ELSE IS BUSINESS. I'M JUST KIDDING. WE'LL MAKE THE REST OF IT FUN TO TEAM.

[I. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT - State of the District]

STATE OF THE DISTRICT. I JUST WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS. LOOKING TO MY RIGHT.

LOOKING LEFT. OKAY, GREAT. WE DID OUR CAMPUS RECOGNITION.

ALL RIGHT, TEAM, SO THAT TAKES US TO LETTER K, OUR CONSENT AGENDA AND TEAM, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE DO HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL ITEM

[K. CONSENT AGENDA ]

JUST KIND OF TAKING A LOOK AT THINGS. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE, THERE WAS A 2017 RESOLUTION THAT WAS DONE ON STUDENT SAFETY, AND ONLY ONE OF US ON THE CURRENT BOARD MAKEUP WERE ON THAT TEAM BACK THEN.

SO IT WAS JUST TIME TO REVISIT THAT AND SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO MISS OROSCO TO GIVE US THE RESOLUTION. THE FIRST THREE. OKAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WE'LL BACK UP REAL QUICK ON ANY ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE PULLED FOR ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE? LOOKING TO MY LEFT.

LOOKING RIGHT. OKAY THEN THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE, AS PRESENTED BY MISS PETREA.

SECOND BY MRS. EVANS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

OKAY, NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TRUSTEE OROSCO TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE RESOLUTION FOR THE CONSENT ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

[K.4. Consideration and possible approval of a Board Resolution for the Reaffirmation of the Admission, Safety, and Privacy of Students]

LEGAL. WHEREAS, THE MISSION OF THE TEXAS PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL TEXAS CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO A QUALITY EDUCATION THAT ENABLES THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND FULLY PARTICIPATE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE IN THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR STATE AND NATION AND THIS MISSION IS GROUNDED ON THE CONVICTION THAT A GENERAL DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE WELFARE OF TEXAS AND FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE LIBERTIES AND RIGHTS OF TEXAS CITIZENS.

AS SEEN AND BOARD POLICY A LEGAL, WHEREAS A DISTRICT IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT INFORMATION RELATED TO A STUDENT'S IMMIGRATION STATUS AND IS OTHERWISE COMMITTED TO PRESERVING THE PRIVACY OF EDUCATION RECORDS MAINTAINED BY THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING EDUCATION RECORDS OF ANY RELATING TO A STUDENT'S IMMIGRATION STATUS.

BOARD POLICY PHD LEGAL FL LEGAL FJ LOCAL. WHEREAS A DISTRICT MUST, AS REQUIRED BY LAW, PROVIDE EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS RESIDING WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION OR GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES, AND DENYING ENROLLMENT BASED UPON IMMIGRATION STATUS TO CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT LEGALLY ADMITTED INTO THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN UPHELD BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT TO VIOLATE THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.

BOARD POLICY. FB LEGAL. FD LEGAL. WHEREAS THROUGH MULTIPLE PROVISIONS IN BOARD POLICY, THE DISTRICT SEEKS TO PROVIDE FOR THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS UNDER DISTRICT POLICY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF ITS MISSIONS, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A MOUTHFUL. BOARD POLICY.

CK, CKB, CKC,

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EMPLOYEE STANDARDS OF CONDUCT REQUIRED CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS ON EMPLOYEES, PROCEDURES REGARDING VISITORS TO CAMPUS, AND RELATIONS WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, INCLUDING LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WHEREAS THE DISTRICT HAS DESIGNATED A SPECIFIC PERSON OR PERSONS IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE AS INITIAL POINTS OF CONTACT FOR ICE OR CBP, AND ALL OTHER PERSONNEL SHALL BE INSTRUCTED TO DIRECT ICE AND CBP TO THOSE REPRESENTATIVES WHERE WHEREAS IF LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVES ON CAMPUS FOR PURPOSE OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, AUTHORIZED DISTRICT STAFF ARE EXPECTED TO CONSULT LEGAL COUNSEL FOR IMMEDIATE AND SPECIFIC GUIDANCE AND WHEREAS, PURSUANT TO MULTIPLE PROVISIONS IN BOARD POLICY, THE BOARD IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING A SAFE LEARNING AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES, SUCH AS IN BOARD POLICY CK, CKB, CKC, CKD, CKE, DBAA, DH, DI, DIA, FFA, FFAA, FFAB, FFAC, FFAD, FFAE, FFAF, FFB, FFBA, FFC, FFEA, FFEB, FFF, GKA, GKC, GRA. COVERING SUCH TOPICS AS SAFETY PROGRAMS, RISK MANAGEMENT, EMERGENCY OPERATION PLANS, STUDENT WELFARE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CRISIS INTERVENTION, MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, AND PROTECTION FROM BULLYING AND HARASSMENT.

EMPLOYEE WELFARE EMPLOYEE STANDARDS OF CONDUCT REQUIRED CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS FOR EMPLOYEES, PROCEDURES REGARDING VISITORS TO CAMPUS, AND RELATIONS WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, INCLUDING LAW ENFORCEMENT.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE HAYS CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HEREBY REAFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND GUARDIANS THAT THE DISTRICT SHALL FULLY IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE ITS BOARD POLICIES, AS REQUIRED BY LAW, TO ENSURE THE ENROLLMENT AND SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND TO SAFEGUARD THE PRIVACY OF STUDENT INFORMATION.

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HEREBY AUTHORIZES THE SUPERINTENDENT TO TAKE FURTHER NECESSARY ACTION TO ENSURE STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND GUARDIANS ARE DIRECTED TO OTHER AVAILABLE RESOURCES OR ASSISTANCE IN UNDERSTANDING AND EXERCISING THEIR RIGHTS UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS AND POLICY RELATING TO ENROLLMENT, STUDENT SAFETY, AND PRIVACY OF STUDENT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU, MISS OROSCO. ALL RIGHT, TEAM, I'LL LOOK TO MY RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS, MR. FLORES? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT VELA AND TRUSTEE OROSCO FOR THAT READING.

I'M 100% IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TO JUST KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGE THE ANXIETIES THAT SOME HAYS CISD FAMILIES HAVE FELT IN REGARDS TO IMMIGRATION RECENTLY AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE KIDS ATTEND OUR CAMPUSES, THEY PLAY ON OUR TEAMS, THEY'RE IN OUR CLUBS, THEY WIN AWARDS.

THEY MAKE HAYS CISD THE SPECIAL PLACE THAT IT IS.

AND TO ME, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY KNOW THAT ALL KIDS ARE WELCOME IN HASTIE ISD AND ALL KIDS ARE VALUED IN HAYS CISD AND WE EDUCATE THESE CHILDREN NOT OUT OF OBLIGATION, BUT BECAUSE IT IS OUR MISSION TO DO SO AND WE ALSO ARE A DISTRICT THAT RESPECTS THE RULE OF LAW, AND WE ABIDE BY THAT LAW. BUT THIS SAID, I'M IN COMPLETE SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION, AND I'M GLAD IT CAME FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS FLORES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LOOKING MISS RUNKLE. OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS ON MY LEFT. OKAY. MISS RUNKLE. OKAY, SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I WANTED TO ASK DOCTOR WRIGHT. ONE, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS. WE JUST VOTED ON THIS.

I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS. AT THE AT, WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW, AS BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WHEN WE COME AND WE TAKE AN OATH, WE TAKE AN OATH TO ENSURE THAT WE HOLD OUR SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE IN EDUCATING ALL CHILDREN.

WE LOVE ALL CHILDREN IN THIS DISTRICT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEIR STATUS IS.

WE DO NOT CARE. WE LOVE THEM. WE EDUCATE THEM.

THAT'S WHAT WE DO. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS FOR ME WAS A LITTLE BIT HARD BECAUSE I,

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IT GOES SO MUCH FURTHER THAN THAT AND SO WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS, I WANT TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE DO EVERY SINGLE DAY AS BOARD MEMBERS AND AS PARENTS AND AS PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, WE'RE GOING TO LOVE ON OUR KIDS, WE'RE GOING TO LOVE ON OUR STAFF, AND WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT OUR CAMPUSES IN EVERY WAY THAT THEY POSSIBLY CAN.

I DO WANT TO AND I WANT TO ASK DOCTOR WRIGHT, THIS DOCTOR WRIGHT, HAVE WE HAD ANY ISSUES AND THAT YOU WERE AWARE OF ICE COMING TO SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS OR ANYWHERE FOR THAT MATTER? I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES HERE LOCALLY.

OKAY AND THEN YOU GUYS PUT OUT COMMUNICATION TO THE DISTRICT.

ON WHAT DAY WAS THAT? ON JANUARY 27TH, I BELIEVE.

AND CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT ALL STAFF MEMBERS HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN HOW TO HANDLE A SITUATION, IF A SITUATION ARISES AT THEIR CAMPUS AND WHO THEY KNOW WHO TO GO TO? ABSOLUTELY. WE'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH CAMPUS PRINCIPALS AND THEY KNOW THE PROTOCOL.

OKAY. WONDERFUL. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THEIR ROLE IS.

IF THIS WAS A IF THIS BECAME AN ISSUE. I'M SORRY.

I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT WITH THIS, IS THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO EDUCATE ALL CHILDREN IN THIS DISTRICT.

AND THAT'S INCLUDING EVERY SINGLE CHILD. I DON'T WANT TO BRING POLITICS INTO OUR SCHOOL BOARD.

I DON'T WANT TO BRING POLITICS INTO THIS DISTRICT.

AND THIS BORDERS THE LINE OF THAT. AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE GOING TO EDUCATE EVERY SINGLE CHILD IN THIS DISTRICT.

BUT THIS CAN MEAN TWO THINGS. WE STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW SO WE CAN STILL EDUCATE AND LOVE OUR CHILD, LOVE OUR CHILDREN AND EDUCATE THEM, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW.

THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT SITUATION TO BE PUT IN AS A BOARD MEMBER WHERE WE HAVE TO EVEN ADDRESS IMMIGRATION AND ICE.

IT'S PATHETIC THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS PUT US IN THIS SITUATION.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT. I APPRECIATE JOHNNY AND ESPERANZA FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I WASN'T A PART OF THE FIRST RESOLUTION, SO WE LITERALLY JUST GOT THIS RESOLUTION LAST WEEK AND SO I WAS TRYING TO PULL EVERYTHING TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IT STARTED, WHERE IT CAME FROM, WHO WAS A PART OF IT, AND ALL THE THINGS AND I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THIS.

WE WANT ALL OF OUR STAFF AND ALL OF OUR FAMILIES TO KNOW THAT WE ARE BACKING THEM 100%, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW. AND SO THAT'S JUST WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS RUNKLE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OVER HERE? ANYBODY ON MY LEFT? MISS OROSCO. I JUST WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD SAYING DOING RIGHT BY KIDS IS A NONPARTISAN ISSUE.

OKAY, MISS PETREA. I MEAN, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, MISS OROSCO, BUT I MEAN, THIS WE DO TRY TO KEEP POLITICS OUT OF OUR BOARD. THAT'S JUST WHAT HAS BEEN OUR STYLE.

FEBRUARY 2017. BOARD WAS A REALLY DIFFERENT BOARD THAN WHAT WE'VE GOT TODAY AND REGARDLESS OF YOUR PREFERRED NEWS SOURCE, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS GOING ON ALL DAY, EVERY DAY AND THERE COULD BE A LOT OF RESOLUTIONS THAT WE COULD WRITE THAT WOULD AFFIRM THAT WE ARE GOING TO EDUCATE KIDS AND FOLLOW THE LAW. OUR ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. TO USE YOUR WORDS, WE ARE GOING TO DO THESE THINGS.

WE DON'T NEED A RESOLUTION TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THESE THINGS.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE I'M STRUGGLING. I'M OBVIOUSLY I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS. BUT I FEEL LIKE WE COULD WRITE A LOT OF DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO EDUCATE KIDS AND FOLLOW THE LAW, BUT OUR ACTIONS ARE WHAT IS IS IMPORTANT AND I THINK THIS CAN BE A SLIPPERY SLOPE IN TERMS OF THE POLITICS OF THE DAY AND THE RESOLUTIONS WE COULD WRITE.

AND SO I DON'T WANT TO PUT A TARGET ON OUR BACK FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WE GOT A LOT OF WE HAVE ENOUGH ISSUES HERE THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH THAT PUTTING PUTTING, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING OUT THERE IS NOT GREAT. MRS. RUNKLE. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, SINCE IT WAS STATED THAT THIS IS A PARTIZAN ISSUE.

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YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME, THIS IS A POLITICAL ISSUE.

AS A SCHOOL BOARD. WE DO NOT CONTROL ICE OR IMMIGRATION.

WHAT WE CAN CONTROL IS EDUCATING CHILDREN THAT WE CAN CONTROL.

BUT NO, AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION.

IT'S JUST IT'S A VERY SLIPPERY SLOPE. MRS. PETREA SAID IT WAY BETTER THAN I JUST RAMBLED ON A SECOND AGO.

IT IS AND SO THAT'S THAT. SO I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND CHIME IN.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO YOU AND THE STAFF.

I KNOW A MONTH AND A HALF AGO WE PUT OUT AN EMAIL TO THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, AND I THINK IT WAS WELL WORDED.

I THINK IT WAS SHOWING THAT WE NOT ONLY ARE WE EDUCATORS IN THIS DISTRICT, BUT WE ARE A RESOURCE AND SO POINTING PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO INFORMATION. YOU KNOW, WE DO HARD THINGS FROM THIS DAIS.

WE DO HARD THINGS AS A DISTRICT AND SO I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, JUST THE CANDID RESPONSES THAT EVERYBODY SHOWS HERE.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS, AND I THINK IT'S BEEN SAID A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS, IS THAT WE ARE HERE TO EDUCATE OUR KIDS.

WE DO WANT OUR KIDS AND OUR STAFF TO FEEL SAFE.

WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THE LAW AS WE HAVE IN OTHER ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT MOST OF US HAVE BEEN ON THIS BOARD. I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE THAT MAYBE WE HAVEN'T HAD AS MANY CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP, BUT WE HAVE SHOWN THAT WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THE LAW.

AND I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE'VE SHOWN THAT WE ARE A DISTRICT THAT IS GOING TO ARRIVE AT RESOLUTIONS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS, NOT JUST A RESOLUTION WRITTEN, BUT TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND SO WE JUST WE WANTED TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY, REMIND THE STAFF SCHOOL IS WHERE YOUR STUDENTS ARE.

IT'S MOST BENEFICIAL FOR THEM TO BE THERE TO FOR US TO EDUCATE THEM.

IT KEEPS THEM ENGAGED IN 100% HAYS INITIATIVES FOR SOME, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LET'S NOT FORGET THAT, YOU KNOW, CHILD HUNGER FOOD SCARCITY. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, MAYBE SCHOOL IS THE PLACE WHERE THEY GET THE BEST MEAL OF THE DAY OR FOR THE WEEK AND SO WE JUST WE WANTED TO REMIND OUR COMMUNITY THAT SCHOOL IS WHERE WE WANT YOU.

SCHOOL IS WHERE YOU NEED TO BE, WHERE YOU SHOULD BE AND LIKE YOU'VE HEARD, COLLECTIVELY WE ARE GOING TO EDUCATE THE BEST THAT WE CAN.

OUR STAFF IS WHEN I SAY WE, YOU KNOW, WE NOT ME, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, OUR DISTRICT AND SO WITH THAT SAID, LET ME READ THE SUGGESTED MOTION, THE CISD, THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, REAFFIRMING ITS COMMITMENT TO THE ADMISSION, SAFETY, AND PRIVACY OF ALL HAYS CISD STUDENTS, AS DISCUSSED. MOVED BY MR. FLORES, SECOND BY MRS. OROSCO. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD JOB. TEAM. OKAY TEAM, WE'RE GOING TO NOW MOVE INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUMP TO ITEM L3 ON PAGE 39.

[L.3. Consideration and possible approval of the 2024-2025 Targeted Improvement Plans for Chapa Middle School, McCormick Middle School, Simon Middle School, and Wallace Middle School]

TIM, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK, BUT I KNOW THAT MR. GOMEZ HAS RALLIED ALL OF HIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE THOSE FRIENDLY FACES HERE WITH US.

SO, TIM, I'LL START ON MY RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW WE HAVE ALL WE.

MR. GOMEZ, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING OUR PRINCIPALS.

THANK YOU ALL. I KNOW IT'S BEEN PROBABLY A LONG DAY FOR MOST OF YOU, AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

SO THEIR SPRING CHICKENS, THEY'RE READY TO GO. YOU GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO.

IS THE BARBECUE SMOKER GOING OUT THERE? THAT'S ALL I WANT TO KNOW OKAY.

ALRIGHT TEAM I'M LOOKING AT MY RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS, MISS RUNKLE? NOPE. NO QUESTIONS. BUT I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT ALL OF YOU ARE AMAZING.

YOU ALL DO GREAT JOBS. MR. GOMEZ HIGHLIGHTS Y'ALL AND BRAGS ON Y'ALL ALL THE TIME.

WE LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT ALL OF THE AMAZING THINGS IN HIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY KEEP UP ALL THE GREAT WORK. MIDDLE SCHOOL IS HARD, HARD, HARD.

AS A PARENT OF A RECENT MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADUATE.

IT'S THE HARDEST YEARS EVER. AND YOU GUYS GET THEM ALL THE TIME.

SO JUST KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

THE TIPS WE I ASKED QUESTIONS LAST WEEK AND I AS A PARENT AT MCCORMICK MIDDLE SCHOOL, I KIND OF GOT IN ON ALL THAT BACK THEN.

SO I KIND OF KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT.

AND SO JUST KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. Y'ALL KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND HUSTLING AND ALL THE THINGS.

THANKS. ALL RIGHT, MISTER FLORES JUST TO ECHO TRUSTEE RUNKLE, LIKE, WHILE Y'ALL ARE ALL HERE IN FRONT OF US.

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GREAT. ELEMENTARY IS GREAT, BUT MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THE TIME, RIGHT AND IT'S A VERY INTERESTING AGE FOR KIDS TO BE IN.

BUT WHILE YOU'RE ALL HERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO VISITING YOUR CAMPUSES AGAIN PRETTY SOON. ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS ON MY LEFT, MISS OROZCO? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I JUST WANTED WHEN YOU SEE TARGET IMPROVEMENT PLAN, IT'S A DIRTY WORD, RIGHT? IT'S A WHOLE DIRTY THING BECAUSE BACK IN THE DAY, TARGET IMPROVEMENT PLAN MEANT THAT YOUR SCHOOL WAS FAILING.

YOU WERE DOING BAD THINGS. YOU NEEDED TO BE ON A PLAN, NEEDED TO BE TURNED INTO TEA.

AND THEY WERE LOOKING AT US CLOSELY. SO WHEN I READ IT, I WAS LIKE, HOLY MOLY, WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW? SO I HAD SUBMITTED SOME QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THAT.

AND THEN I SAID, OH, YOU SHOULD HAVE STARTED WITH THAT NARRATIVE OF IT IS NOT A BAD THING.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS FOR A GRANT. SO I AM GLAD WE GOT THAT CLARITY LAST WEEK FROM MR. GOMEZ. THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP. BUT JUST IN CASE ANYBODY IS LISTENING, TARGET IMPROVEMENT PLAN HERE IS NOT A BAD THING.

IT MEANS THAT IT IS A GRANT THAT WAS WRITTEN AND THEY ARE SUBMITTING A PLAN FOR THAT GRANT AND THAT IS IT TO SHOW THEIR WORK.

SO THAT IS IT. I JUST WANTED THAT CLARIFICATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SEVERANCE. YEAH. THANK YOU GUYS.

OH, MR. GOMEZ, LIKE A ROUND OF DINNER OR SOMETHING BECAUSE WE ASKED ALL THE HARD QUESTIONS LAST WEEK WHEN Y'ALL WEREN'T HERE, AND HE BROUGHT YOU THIS WEEK, SO I THINK I THINK WE DID GOOD.

I THINK YOU DID GOOD FOR Y'ALL. WE HAD TO ANSWER THEM, BY THE WAY.

YOU JUST GAVE THEM TO US. SO I APPRECIATE YOU COMING TONIGHT TO TO STAND BEFORE US.

BUT I THINK WE GOT ALL THAT WE ANSWERED LAST WEEK, SO.

BUT THANKS FOR COMING. I KNOW IT'S MONDAY NIGHT.

I KNOW YOU LISTEN TO THESE MEETINGS EVERY SINGLE TIME. WE HAVE THEM ALL THE TIME.

BUT THANKS FOR COMING TO SUPPORT US IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US.

BUT MR. GOMEZ HANDLED IT ALL LAST WEEK. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

GOMEZ, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL, BUT I'VE GOT A STRONG GROUP AND MR. FOX IS NEW TO THE GROUP, SO I JUST WANT HIM TO GIVE US A LITTLE BRIEF TESTIMONY ABOUT HOW HIS YEARS GONE WITH THE SUPPORT HE'S HAD.

YOU KNOW, I WAS INTIMIDATED A LITTLE BIT AT FIRST.

AM I DRIVE OVER TO SIMON FROM BLANCO VISTA. I GOTTA SAY, IT'S BEEN A HUGE BLESSING AND I KNOW FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, THESE ADOLESCENTS. THESE ARE EXPLODING ADOLESCENTS.

THEY ARE FUN. THEY ARE SO FUN. IT WAS. IT WASN'T ANYTHING I EXPECTED WHATSOEVER COMING FROM THE LITTLE FOUR YEAR OLDS AND THERE'S KIDS THAT ARE THERE'S SOMETHING, SOMETHING GOING ON.

BUT THESE KIDS ARE SEVEN FEET TALL GOING IN THE EIGHTH GRADE.

SO IT'S BEEN QUITE AN EXPERIENCE AND I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE OPPORTUNITY AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK HARD FOR ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF OUR KIDS EVERY DAY. AND THANK YOU, MR. GOMEZ. YES.

THANK YOU. YEAH. MR. GOMEZ, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

MY QUESTION LAST WEEK WAS JUST ABOUT THE COLLABORATION AND IT'S EVIDENCE.

SO THANK YOU ALL. AND MR. FOX. YES THAT SEVEN FOOTER WAS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK MEET TWO THURSDAYS AGO.

AND I WAS LIKE I'M SIX THREE AND THIS KID IS TOWERING OVER ME.

AND I'M LIKE, OH MAN. ANYWAY, SO ANYWAYS, BUT A TEAM, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. OKAY, TEAM, THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PLANS FOR JOPPA MIDDLE SCHOOL, MCCORMICK MIDDLE SCHOOL, SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WALLACE MIDDLE SCHOOL AS PRESENTED BY MS. OROSCO. SECOND BY MISS RUNKLE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. RIGHT AGAIN. THANK YOU, MISS RUNKLE PRINCIPALS FOR BEING HERE, MR. GOMEZ. YOU OWE THEM ANOTHER DINNER, IS WHAT I HEARD ANYWAYS. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND JUMP BACK TO ITEM L1 ON PAGE 35.

[L.1. Consideration and possible action, if any, resulting from closed session]

RECOMMENDATION OF THE CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL FOR RAMAGE HIGH SCHOOL.

RAMAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MY EYES ARE GOING BAD ON ME. I'M SORRY.

RAMAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE GOT TO GRADUATE FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL ANYWAYS.

ALL RIGHT, SO LET ME READ THIS. LET ME GET MY LIGHT OVER HERE.

ALL RIGHT, TEAM, THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO CONTRACTUALLY EMPLOY THE PRINCIPAL FOR RAMAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AS PRESENTED. MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLOREZ.

SECONDED BY MR. SEVERANCE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. DOCTOR WRIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

IT IS MY PLEASURE AT THIS TIME TO REVEAL WHO THE PRINCIPAL FOR RAMAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE.

IT'S GOING TO BE MISS YVETTE SOLIS. THAT'S OUR CURRENT PRINCIPAL AT CAMINO REAL ELEMENTARY.

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SHE WORKS GREAT WITH PEOPLE. AND AND I KNOW SHE WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP A BRAND NEW SCHOOL AND TO LEARN THE IB WORLD, BUT SHE'S ALSO IT'S VERY BITTERSWEET FOR HER BECAUSE SHE LOVES THE ROADRUNNERS AND SHE'S GOING TO MISS THEM TREMENDOUSLY.

AND SO I KNOW SHE'S GOING TO HAVE A HEARTFELT CONVERSATION WITH ALL OF THE STAFF THERE TOMORROW AND JUST KNOW THAT THERE'LL BE A TRANSITION.

SHE'S NOT LEAVING TOMORROW OR ANYTHING. WE'LL HAVE A PHASE OUT, AND THEN WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH ANOTHER PERSON TO TO TAKE THE HELM AT CAMINO. AND WILL BE ANNOUNCING THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS SOLIS. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PICKING OUT THE SCHOOL COLORS AND FINDING OUT WHAT THE MASCOT NAME WILL BE, AND THEN BUILDING THE CULTURE FROM THE GROUND UP.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, MISS SOLIS. EXCITING STUFF. ALL RIGHT, TEAM ITEM L2 CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF CLASS SIZE WAIVERS FOR K4 CAPACITY INCENTIVE.

[L.2. Consideration and possible approval of Class Size Waiver(s) for K-4 Capacity Incentive]

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. ITEM L4 ON PAGE 41.

[L.4. Consideration and possible approval of the purchase of Network Switches and Licensing for Wireless Access Points - Converge One]

CONVERGE ONE. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF NETWORK SWITCHES AND LICENSING FOR WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS FROM CONVERGE ONE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED.

$1,899,672 AS PRESENTED. MOVED BY MISS PETREA.

SECONDED BY MR. SEVERANCE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MR. SEIBEL? OH, HE'S READY TO VOTE. OKAY. SEEING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US ON OUR TOES TONIGHT, MR. SEIBEL. ALL RIGHT.

TEAM ITEM L5. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF DD AND GMP3 FOR 2023 BOND BID PACKAGE SEVEN

[L.5. Consideration and possible approval of Design-to-Date and Guaranteed Maximum Price 3 for 2023 Bond Bid Package 7 - Impact]

ACTUALLY, WE'VE HAD LOTS OF BOND DISCUSSION OF BONDS PAST.

THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE DESIGN TO DATE FROM O'CONNELL ROBERTSON ARCHITECTS FOR 2023 BOND BID PACKAGE SIX FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE IMPACT CENTER AND APPROVE GMP THREE FROM BARTLETT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,575,007 AS PRESENTED. MOVE BY MISS PETREA.

SECOND BY MR. FLORES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MR. SEVERANCE? THANK YOU. MAX, I KNOW I'D ASK YOU THIS JUST BEFORE THE MEETING, LOOKING AT THESE PLANS, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF. IF BY APPROVING THIS, ARE WE APPROVING THE EXACT DRAWINGS THAT YOU APPROVED SO THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGES AFTER TODAY? THAT'S CORRECT. WE'RE AT GMP AND THAT IS THAT ARE THOSE ARE THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.

OKAY AND THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED WITH IS SORT OF DOWN IN A, DRAW WHERE IT'S NOT DOESN'T HAVE GOOD LINE OF SIGHT AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE PROPOSING TO GET RID OF THAT CENTER ENTRANCE AND THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY WE'RE HOPING THAT THE COUNTY WILL LET US ABANDON THAT EASEMENT AND HAVE THAT ENTIRE TOP OF BEACON HILL.

SO THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT ONLY WILL BE FROM 967 GOING FORWARD FOR THE PARENT DROP OFF, BUT THE BUSSES WILL STILL ENTER ON THE BACK SIDE THROUGH THE. THAT'S CORRECT.

BUS HALF CIRCLE LOOP ON THE BACK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MISS PETREA? JUST TO CLARIFY, MR. CLEAVER, WE CAN CHANGE THINGS. IT JUST COSTS MONEY.

THAT, THERE YOU GO. THAT'S CORRECT. WE COULD ABSOLUTELY CHANGE THINGS, BUT AT THIS POINT, WE WOULD HAVE TO REDRAW THEM AND REBID THEM. PERFECT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. AND SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

[01:00:05]

[L.6. Consideration and possible approval of a Utility Easement with Pedernales Electric Cooperative at the Hays CISD Performing Arts Center for La Verde]

MOVED BY MISS RUNKLE. SECOND BY MR. SEVERANCE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MR. SEIBLE. EXCUSE ME.

I STAND CORRECTED, SECONDED BY MR. SEIBLE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

SORRY ABOUT THAT, MR. SEIBEL. OKAY, TEAM, THIS TAKES US TO ITEM L7 ON PAGE 51.

[L.7. Second Reading and possible adoption of TASB Policy Update 124 Affecting Local Policies]

WE HAD THE GREAT RUNDOWN AND THE RADIO VOICE BY DOCTOR WRIGHT.

IF YOU WATCHED IF YOU MISSED IT LAST WEEK, GO BACK AND WATCH THE RECORDING TEAM.

THAT SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT TASB POLICY.

UPDATE 124 AS PRESENTED. MOVED BY MR. FLORES, SECOND BY MISS PETREA.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT, TEAM, GREAT JOB.

THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL OF OUR ACTION ITEMS. LET'S MOVE ON TO INFORMATION ITEMS.

[M.1. Update on Hays CISD Special Education Program and Recruitment & Retention Efforts (Presented February 18, 2025)]

WE HAD A GREAT UPDATE ON THIS LAST WEEK. TEAM, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS.

LOOKING TO MY RIGHT. LOOKING LEFT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ANY UPDATE ON DISTRICT SAFETY AND SECURITY INITIATIVES? LOOKING AT CHIEF SKROCKI. SHE SAID WE ARE UPDATED, SO NO.

[M.2. Update on District Safety & Security Initiatives]

[M.3. Update on District Bond, Construction, and Renovation Projects]

[M.4. Review and discussion of the 2025-2026 Budget Calendar]

[M.5. Financial Statements]

[N. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES]

YES, MISS PETREA, IF YOU COULD PLEASE CAPTURE IF WE CAN GET A TIMELINE REGARDING IB AT RAMAGE AND CULLEN.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER REQUESTS FOR MY RIGHT AND A REQUEST FOR MY LEFT, MR. SEVERANCE? IS IT POSSIBLE WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF ITEMS REGARDING LAND AND OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH LAND WITH COUNTY OFFICIALS.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER LAND PROJECTS THAT WE'RE HAVE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVEN'T STARTED WORK ON? I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT OTHER PARTNERSHIPS WE MIGHT BE OUT THERE WITH. SOME LAND THAT WE OWN.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORD THAT, BUT IT MAKES SENSE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER RECAPS? ANY OTHER REQUESTS BEFORE I GET TO THE RECAP? ALL RIGHT, TEAM. THEN THAT TAKES US DOWN TO OUR RECAP OF QUESTIONS.

[O. RECAP OF QUESTIONS]

OUR NEXT MEETING IS OUR NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING IS MONDAY, MARCH 10TH, 2025, RIGHT HERE IN THE MERIDETH KELLER BOARDROOM.

[P. UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS]