L.2. Consideration and possible approval to seek a Waiver from the Texas Education Agency to provide Remote Special Education Homebound Instruction

[L.2. Consideration and possible approval to seek a Waiver from the Texas Education Agency to provide Remote Special Education Homebound Instruction]

REMOTE, SPECIAL EDUCATION. HOMEBOUND INSTRUCTION.

MOVED BY MISS RUNKLE. SECONDED BY MISS OROSCO.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. TEAM THAT TAKES US THROUGH ALL OF OUR X ITEMS. LOOK AT THAT. SO NOW WE ARE ON OUR INFORMATION ITEMS STARTING ON PAGE 37.

[Items M.1 & M.2]

UPDATE ON DISTRICT SAFETY AND SECURITY INITIATIVES.

CHIEF SKROCKI, YOU GOT SOMETHING FOR US? YES, MA'AM.

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. PURSUANT TO OUR CLOSED SESSION MEETING, WE ARE DOING OUR OPEN PRESENTATION IN REGARDS TO A FINDING BY TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY ON AN INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT THAT WAS CONDUCTED ON A HAYS CISD CAMPUS ON MARCH 4TH OF 2025. WHAT ULTIMATELY ENDED UP HAPPENING IF IT WAS AN EXTREMELY WINDY DAY VERY HIGH WINDS AS AS WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING IN THIS AREA. AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT WE HAD A DOOR THAT DID NOT COMPLETELY CLOSE.

IT WAS LOCKED. HOWEVER, IT DID NOT SECURE APPROPRIATELY DURING THOSE THINGS DURING THE WEATHER EVENT, AS WELL AS AS A CHECK BY THE PERSON WHO WAS AN ADULT COMING THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR DOOR.

AS A RESULT, WHEN THE AUDITOR CAME ON TO THE CAMPUS, FOUND THE DOOR OPEN AND UNSECURED IT WAS IN AN AREA THAT IS FENCED OFF IN THE BACK PORTION OF THAT PARTICULAR AREA, WHICH IS SLATED FOR ADDITIONAL FENCING TO GO UP.

UNFORTUNATELY, ONE SIDE IS SIX FOOT, THE OTHER SIDE WAS THREE FOOT, AND IT IS AN INAPPROPRIATE PERIMETER AREA THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE EXPOSED IN THAT WAY.

ULTIMATELY, WHAT HAPPENED IS PURSUANT TO WHAT TEA REQUIRES IS WE HAVE TO HAVE A MEETING WITH OUR DISTRICT SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH WE DID IMMEDIATELY THE FOLLOWING DAY. AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE PARTICULAR CAMPUS SET UP OUR CLASSROOM TRAINING OR OUR CAMPUS TRAINING FOR THAT AFTERNOON. IT COINCIDED WITH AN EVENT THAT THEY ALREADY HAD ON CAMPUS.

WE CONDUCTED THAT TRAINING ON THAT ON THE FIFTH AS WELL AS THE 26TH.

SO WE DID FINISH ALL OF THE REQUISITE INFORMATION ON THAT.

WE ALSO PUT IN A WORK ORDER FOR THAT PARTICULAR DOOR TO ADJUST THE CLOSURE.

WE DO STRUGGLE WITH THAT SOMEWHAT BECAUSE OF SOME OF OUR BUILDINGS AND THE AGE.

WE TRY REALLY HARD NOT TO MAKE THEM SUPER HEAVY BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT LITTLES FINGERS GETTING CAUGHT IN THEM, ETC. SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO BATTLE, YOU KNOW, ADJUSTING THEM TO MAKE THEM A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER, A LITTLE BIT LOOSER, AND OBVIOUSLY WITH SHIFTING.

WE DID HAVE SIGNAGE, ETC. IT WAS A AND WE HAD VIDEO OF IT OF DEFINITELY AN INDIVIDUAL, NOT JUST SIMPLY YANKING THAT DOOR SHUT BEHIND THEM.

WE DID IN THIS PARTICULAR EVENT MANAGE TO LOCATE WHO THE INDIVIDUAL WAS.

THAT PERSON WAS COUNSELED IN REGARDS TO THAT.

WE DID GET THE MAINTENANCE WORK ORDER COMPLETED. THAT WAS DONE IMMEDIATELY THAT DAY AS WELL.

SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE. IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO TEA AND OUR FINDINGS AN OUR ACTIONS PURSUANT TO THE CONCLUSION OF IT WAS ACCEPTED AND APPROVED BY TEA. THANK YOU, MISS SKROCKI.

AND I'M GOING TO PRESUME THAT YOU COUPLED ONE AND TWO.

SO ITEMS ONE AND TWO IN YOUR UPDATE. SO TEAM I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS TO MS. SKROCKI FOR ANY ONE OF THOSE FIRST TWO INFORMATION ITEMS. LOOKING LEFT. LOOKING RIGHT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MISS SKROCKI, ANY OTHER UPDATES THAT WE NEED? NO, SIR. WE'RE GOOD. WE HAVE A QUESTION, MISS OROSCO.

YES. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT IN REGARDS TO OUR MOU WITH HAYS COUNTY AND OUR SROS? CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? SO. YES, MA'AM.

I ACTUALLY IT'S VERY BIZARRE YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE I JUST LITERALLY GOT AN EMAIL HERE JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO THAT I OPENED UP AND WAS READING.

SO WE MET WITH SHERIFF HIPOLITO, WHO COMMITTED THAT WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST RELATIONSHIP IN REGARDS TO THE ADDITION OF SROS. CURRENTLY, THEY HAVE TWO SROS IN QUEUE FOR NEW POSITIONS THAT ARE IN TRAINING AT THIS TIME.

THEY LIKELY WILL NOT BE FINISHED PRIOR TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT THAT WOULD BRING US UP TO OUR REQUIRED STAFFING OF WHERE WE WERE AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR. WE HAVE AND THE SHERIFF WE REQUESTED IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE APPROVED THE FIVE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS THAT THEY AGREED TO.

THOSE POSITIONS ARE CURRENTLY POSTED. I WAS JUST NOTIFIED THAT THEY HAVE INTERVIEWS SET UP FOR, I BELIEVE, TWO WEEKS FROM NOW FOR FIVE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS.

I ACTUALLY GOT A CALL FROM A FRIEND OF MINE WHO'S ALSO APPLYING FOR THE SRO POSITION WHO PREVIOUSLY WORKED AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. SO ANOTHER ONE.

AND THEN WE DID MEET WITH SHERIFF HIPOLITO WITH DOCTOR WRIGHT, AND I AND REQUESTED AN ADDITIONAL WE'RE LACKING WITH THE OPENING OF OUR NEW SCHOOL WOULD BE TOTAL 11 OF 11 ADDITIONAL SROS.

THAT BEING SAID, I SUBMITTED A LETTER TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE REQUESTING THE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE LIKELY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN 11 PEOPLE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

HOWEVER, WE'VE REQUESTED FOR THE NEW BUDGET YEAR, WHICH THEIR FISCAL YEAR STARTS SEPTEMBER 1ST.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL BE IN THE QUEUE WITH THE REQUEST TO COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR AN ADDITIONAL FIVE POSITIONS.

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JUST RECEIVED MY CORRESPONDENCE, WHICH WAS FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BUDGET DIRECTOR.

AND SO HER AND I HAVE BEEN MANAGING THAT PIECE OF IT.

SO AS OF TODAY, WE ARE WE'RE SHORT ONE, TWO, SEVEN FROM WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

BUT THOSE ARE DEFINITELY BEING HANDLED VERY VERY WELL BY OUR STAFF.

WE'VE GOT GOOD COVERAGE AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF REALLY COORDINATED ACTIVITY BETWEEN THE SRO TEAM.

WE HAVE TWO VERY ACTIVE SUPERVISORS WHO ARE REGULARLY OUT AT ALL OF OUR AREAS.

WE'VE EXTENDED AND WE REALLY HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR AREA CONSTABLES WHO ARE SITTING IN PARKING LOTS AND VISITING A LOT OF THOSE.

SO I CAN'T SPEAK HIGHLY ENOUGH FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THEY ARE MANAGING OUR SCHOOLS, AND THEY'RE THERE AND THEIR PRESENCE.

AND WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM. AND BUT THEY'RE COMMITTED TO DOING WHAT THEY CAN UNTIL WE CAN GET THOSE SHORTFALLS ADDRESSED.

BUT WE'RE WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO MANAGE THAT WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

SHERIFF HIPOLITO IS EXTREMELY COMMITTED TO THAT.

WONDERFUL I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. ONE OTHER QUESTION IN REGARDS TO SAFETY.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN DO TO HELP US? WE ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT THE CROSSING HERE. ACROSS HAYS HIGH SCHOOL, COMING FROM PLUM CREEK NORTH AND NOT GOING THROUGH THE CROSSING AREA.

AND I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CONSTANTLY COMES UP WITH, WHAT DO WE DO WITH KIDS THAT ARE JUST RUNNING ACROSS WHERE THERE IS NO CROSSWALK? WHAT CAN WE AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AS BOARD MEMBERS, AS EVERYBODY SUPPORT THE NEED FOR SOME MORE SAFETY CROSSWALKS TO BE ISSUED THERE. I KNOW IT HAS BEEN IT IS NOW THE CITY OF KYLE'S ETJ AND IT IS A STATE ROAD.

SO WHAT CAN WE DO? I KNOW IT'S NOT THE DISTRICT'S HANDS ARE TIED IN REGARDS TO THAT, BUT THAT IS A QUESTION THAT OFTEN COMES UP.

CAN YOU BRIEF US ON WHAT WE CAN DO, WHAT IS WITHIN OUR CONTROL? WHAT CAN WE DO OUTSIDE OF THIS TO SECURE SOMETHING SAFE FOR OUR STUDENTS TO CROSS? VERY BIG QUESTION, AND I WISH I COULD GIVE YOU THE BEST ANSWER.

UNFORTUNATELY WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS STUDENTS DON'T ABIDE BY WHERE WE DO HAVE CROSSING.

THEY TYPICALLY ARE GOING TO TAKE THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO SHOOT ACROSS THE ROAD INSTEAD OF WALKING DOWN TO THE AREA WHERE WE DO, WHICH IS IN FRONT OF BARTON, WHERE WE DO HAVE TWO CROSSING GUARDS STATIONED.

SO. AND WHAT I WILL FIND AND WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS WE SEE THE SAME THING ON A FOOTBALL NIGHT, IS WE ALL KNOW NOW THERE'S NOWHERE FOR ANYBODY TO PARK IN THE STADIUM PARKING LOT.

WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP. AND SO WHAT WE SEE FROM OUR OWN ADULTS IS THAT THEY WILL PARK ON THE SIDE OF 2770, AND THEN THEY'RE DARTING ACROSS THE STREETS IN DARKNESS AND CHILDREN SEE THE ACTIVITY.

WE HAVE OUR OWN FOLKS WHO ARE COMING TO WATCH THOSE GAMES DOING THAT TYPE OF BEHAVIOR AS WELL.

WE HAVE MET AND IS REALLY ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO WITH CITY OFFICIALS AS WELL AS TXDOT OFFICIALS, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.

ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT COMES UP IS THAT THE ENGINEERING ENTRANCE FOR PLUM CREEK PHASE TWO DOES NOT LINE UP WITH THE HAYS CISD, HAYS HIGH SCHOOL ROUTE AS FAR AS THE EXIT AREA.

AND SO THE YOU CANNOT INSTALL A CROSSWALK WITHOUT TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.

THERE HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF DEVICE, WHETHER IT IS AN ACTIVATED CROSSWALK, WHETHER IT HAS TO BE STRIPING ON THE ROAD.

IN THIS CASE, IT'S A STATE HIGHWAY, AS IT WILL.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF NUANCES THAT HAVE TO GO INTO THAT.

BUT ON TOP OF THAT, WHAT IT ALSO INCLUDES IS A TRAFFIC STUDY IN REGARDS TO THE AMOUNT OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN REGARDS TO THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

SO WE'VE MET WITH TXDOT OFFICIALS, CITY OFFICIALS, ETC.

AND THAT CONTINUES TO BE A STRUGGLE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A CROSSWALK GOING OVER THE ROADWAY AND VARIOUS THINGS.

BUT AGAIN, THE BEST PLACE FOR THAT POSITIONING OF THAT PARTICULAR CROSSWALK WOULD ACTUALLY BE AT THE INTERSECTION AT KOHLERS CROSSING AND 2770.

THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT WE ARE REALLY STRUGGLING WITH BEING ABLE TO ROUTE FOLKS APPROPRIATELY.

I'VE MET WITH MR. CLEAVER AND HIS TEAM, AS WELL AS OUR FENCING ARCHITECT.

WE'VE SET UP A PATH IN REGARDS TO HAYS HIGH SCHOOL THAT WILL ACTUALLY HELP US WITH BEING ABLE TO ROUTE STUDENTS MORE APPROPRIATELY, AND WILL BE MUCH MORE RESTRICTIVE IF YOU WILL, NOT BEING ABLE TO GET IN AND OUT OF THAT AREA WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO BE SORT OF FUNNELING THEM TO THE APPROPRIATE AREAS, BUT IT STILL WILL REQUIRE THEM TO WALK TO THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION.

AND WE KNOW, I MEAN, PEOPLE WANT TO GO RUN ACROSS THE STREET.

THEY WANT TO FOLLOW THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE.

IT WAS THE SAME THING THAT WE DEALT WITH AT UHLAND WHEN WE HAD THE NEW SUBDIVISION ACROSS THE STREET, AND THE WHOLE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS THEY WANTED TO HAVE FOLKS COME OUT WHERE THE ENTRANCE OF THE SUBDIVISION IS.

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WELL, AS IF YOU SEE WHERE THE WAY THE SUBDIVISION IS BUILT, A LOT OF MOST OF THOSE HOUSES ARE ACTUALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

AND SO YOU ARE GOING TO BE FORCING KIDS TO HAVE TO WALK QUITE A DISTANCE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO COME BACK UP.

AND SO WE MET WITH THEM AND WE WERE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT.

BUT THAT CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM. AS WE ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES IN FRONT OF WALLACE AS WELL WITH THE NEW SUBDIVISION THAT'S RIGHT BEHIND THE POST OFFICE THERE AND WHAT THAT IS DOING. WE MEET REGULARLY WITH THE CITY OF KYLE.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY OF BUDA.

TXDOT'S INVOLVED. UNFORTUNATELY, OUR ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CROSSWALKS IS JUST NOT BEING ADDRESSED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND I MEAN, I WILL TELL YOU, WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH OUR ENGINEERS, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WOULD WANT THEM INVOLVED.

AND I'LL GIVE PROPS TO MR. CLEAVER AND HIS TEAM, BECAUSE WE REALLY BRING UP TO THEM AND LEHMAN'S, A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU PUT A ROUNDABOUT IN FRONT OF LEHMAN IT REALLY MANAGES TO AFFECT WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR TEENAGE DRIVERS COMING OUT OF THE LOOP RIGHT THERE. SO IF YOU'RE EXITING AND SO WE HAD A WHOLE DISCUSSION WITH THEM ABOUT REALIGNING OUR DRIVEWAY.

SO IT MAKES SENSE AS PART OF THE ROAD WIDENING SECTION.

YOU KNOW, MANAGED BEING ABLE TO PUT OUR EXIT RIGHT IN FRONT OF WHERE THE SUBDIVISION ENTRANCE IS.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO GET IN ON, ON THE FRONT DOOR OF, WITH CITY OFFICIALS AND THE ENGINEERS FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND.

YOU CAN'T JUST LOOK AT THE THAT TRAFFIC PATTERN UNLESS YOU'RE THERE AT 7:30, 08:00 IN THE MORNING OR 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON TO SEE HOW THAT'S AFFECTED.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF WE WERE TO GET OUT OF LEHMAN, RIGHT, TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, YOU CAN DO IT. BUT WHEN THAT ROUNDABOUT IS THERE, THAT'S NONEXISTENT. SO IT CONTINUES TO BE A STRUGGLE.

I'M GOING TO SAY THE BEST ADVICE I CAN SAY IS MAKE YOUR VOICE BE HEARD, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY OR HAVE CHILDREN IN THAT COMMUNITY.

CONTACT YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, CONTACT YOUR COMMISSIONER. TAKE VIDEOS.

REALLY OUTREACH. PUBLIC ROADWAY IS NOT US. WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH OFFICIALS TO TRY TO DO THAT.

BUT AS WE KNOW, THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ABOUT WHAT THE RISKS ARE.

OUR CAMPUSES DO A WONDERFUL JOB COMMUNICATING WITH OUR PARENTS AND WITH OUR STUDENTS ABOUT UTILIZING CROSSWALKS AND USING TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND NOT DODGING BETWEEN CARS. THEY DON'T DO IT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WE TRY AND WE CONTINUE TO SEND THAT MESSAGE.

I KNOW MISS SALAZAR HAS SENT THAT MESSAGE REPEATEDLY.

ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE MADE, AND IT'S JUST WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO COVER AND, YOU KNOW, SORT OF BE LIKE, YOU CAN'T DO THIS. IT'S JUST IT'S VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION TO MANAGE.

OUR SROS ARE TIED UP, YOU KNOW, GETTING BUSSES OUT.

AND, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DISCIPLINE ISSUE OCCASIONALLY.

SO WE WANT THE PRESENCE OF OUR SROS BEING ABLE TO BE SEEN WITH OUR STUDENT POPULATION AND NOT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE SHOULDN'T BE CROSSING ANYBODY, PERIOD.

BOTTOM LINE, WITHOUT A TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE, IT IS ILLEGAL FOR ANYBODY TO BE GOING ACROSS THAT ROADWAY.

IT'S ILLEGAL FOR US TO STOP TRAFFIC. AND SO WE HAVE TO IMPLORE OUR PARENTS TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR STUDENTS TO NOT DO THAT.

WE NEED TO HAVE OUR PARENTS MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE ABIDING BY THE SAME RULES AND LEADING BY EXAMPLE.

AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS. YOU CAN I CAN TELL YOU I WON'T NAME ANY NAMES.

MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW WHICH ONES THEY ARE, BUT THEY'LL WALK THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL AND THEY'RE DODGING BETWEEN CARS.

THEY'RE NOT GOING DOWN TO THE CROSSWALK WHERE WE HAVE A WE HAVE A CROSSING GUARD, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX THAT. I DON'T.

WE TRAIN, WE COMMUNICATE, WE WE TALK. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE GET LAW ENFORCEMENT TO COME OUT AND ASSIST AND HELP.

AND IT WORKS AS LONG AS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE OUT ON THE SCENE, THE MINUTE THEY DRIVE AWAY, THEY GO BACK TO THE SAME SITUATION. SO I CONTACT, CONTACT, CONTACT AND ANYBODY THAT CAN CONTACT TXDOT AND SOME OF THESE OFFICIALS, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE WORTHWHILE FOR THEM TO HEAR AS WELL WHEN WE START FILLING UP IN ANTHEM AND WE START SEEING THAT, AND WITH THE NEW NEW TRAFFIC AND SUBDIVISIONS AROUND THERE, IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE CRAZY IN FRONT OF THAT AREA.

AND EVEN MORE SO THAN IT ALREADY IS. IT'S A VERY FRIGHTENING SITUATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S REALLY GOOD INFORMATION BECAUSE THAT TOPIC ALWAYS COMES UP AND PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE DISTRICT DOESN'T CONTROL THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION. YOU'RE WELCOME MA'AM.

MISS RUNKLE. YEAH. THANK YOU, MISS OROSCO, FOR ASKING THAT.

I ALSO WANTED TO SAY TO YOUR POINT. YOU KNOW, AS A DISTRICT, WE CAN'T CONTROL BAD BEHAVIOR OF, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. I MEAN, WE SEE IT.

SUNFIELD ELEMENTARY. I SEE IT EVERY DAY EVERY DAY.

IT'S BANANAS TO ME. BUT TO YOUR POINT ABOUT BEING A VOICE IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR PARENTS AND OUR STUDENTS AND OUR ALL OF US TO BE A VOICE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO BE REAL CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO THE CITY OF KYLE, WHEN IT COMES TO THE CITY OF BUDA THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE PARENTS THAT HAVE TO BE A VOICE,

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TOO, WHEN IT COMES TO ROADWAYS IN FRONT OF OUR SCHOOLS AND SAFETY COMPONENTS.

SO WHEN THERE ARE THINGS HAPPENING, THEY NEED TO BE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR DISTRICT PROACTIVELY AND NOT REACTIVELY.

SO YES, I WANT ALL OF OUR PARENTS TO REACH OUT TO THE CITY OFFICIALS AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND TXDOT.

I KNOW A TXDOT PERSON. I GOT HIS NUMBER AN HIS EMAIL.

IF ANYBODY WANTS IT, SEND ME, SEND ME AN EMAIL AND I'LL SEND IT TO US.

HELPS US. THAT'S FINE. HE CAN HELP US MORE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.

YOU SAID, CALL TXDOT. I'LL GIVE YOU THE. I'LL GIVE YOU HIS NAME AND NUMBER.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WANT OUR CITY OFFICIALS, AND I WANT OUR COUNTY.

AND I WANT US ALL TO BE COLLECTIVE COLLABORATORS.

AND I WANT US TO HAVE PROACTIVE MEETINGS AND BE AHEAD OF THE GAME ON THINGS.

I DON'T WANT US TO BE DEALING WITH THINGS AFTER THEY'RE ALREADY IN PLACE.

AND LIKE, WE'RE DEALING WITH HAYS HIGH SCHOOL.

WE SEE A POST ABOUT THAT CROSSING WALK, IF NOT EVERY WEEK, EVERY OTHER WEEK AND KIDS ARE GOING TO.

AND IF WE'RE BEING FRANK, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A WALK FROM THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO THAT CROSSWALK.

I DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT I CAN SEE WHY THEY'RE DOING IT.

SO WE NEED TO FIX IT, NOT WE. I SAID THIS CONVERSATION TO SOMEBODY AT THE CITY OF BUDA LAST WEEK.

IF HAYS CISD COULD BOND ROADS, WE'D BOND THEM AND THEY'D BE DONE PRETTY QUICK.

SO WE JUST NEED A COLLECTIVE EFFORT OF OUR COUNTY AND OUR CITY OFFICIALS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THERE ARE THINGS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS THAT WE ARE ALL HAVING CONVERSATIONS TO IMPROVE THEM. BECAUSE THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE IT SHOULDN'T TAKE TWO YEARS.

YOU'VE BEEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION FOR TWO YEARS.

I WILL SAY THAT IT IS UNLIKELY, BASED ON PLUM CREEK PHASE TWO, THAT YOU WOULD SEE THE APPROVAL OF A CROSSWALK DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM HAYS HIGH SCHOOL BASED ON THE POPULATION. BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN REGARDS TO WHAT? VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE ON VETERANS DRIVE IN FRONT OF THE POST OFFICE.

THE POPULATION THERE ELICITED THE NEED FOR THAT BASED ON THE SHEER VOLUME OF TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S JUST NOT BASED ON OUR DEMOGRAPHIC WHEN THAT AREA.

NOW IT WILL BUILD, RIGHT. THAT WHOLE AREA WILL BUILD.

AND I'M WITH YOU. RIGHT. LET'S PLAN NOW FOR THAT GROWTH.

WELL, BUT THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT OF HAVING TO LIKE AT LEHMAN WHERE YOU'RE HAVING TO ADJUST THE WHERE YOU COME OUT OF.

I MEAN, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE AHEAD OF THE GAME.

IF THEY'RE PUTTING IN ROUNDABOUTS AND DOING THINGS LIKE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY, HERE'S WHERE THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT STUDENT DRIVERS AND OTHER PEOPLE.

AND LET'S ADDRESS THIS BEFORE WE DO IT. YES. SO 100% KYLE IS ABSOLUTELY DOING THAT WITH US.

PERFECT THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT. IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP.

THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT. WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. I JUST I'VE HAD SOME ISSUES MYSELF A LITTLE BIT WITH SOME TRAFFIC AND ROADS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I'VE JUST LEARNED SOME THINGS.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE, WE ALL LIVE HERE, WE ARE A GREAT BIG DISTRICT AND WE ALL WORK, LIVE HERE, GO TO SCHOOL HERE, AND WE ALL JUST HAVE TO BE AT THE TABLE BECAUSE WE'RE GROWING SO FAST AND WE ALL NEED TO BE HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATIONS AT THE SAME TIME.

SO THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, STEVE? ALL RIGHT MS. SKROCKI THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES, MA'AM.

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

ALL RIGHT, TEAM THAT TAKES US TO INFORMATION ITEM M 3 UPDATE ON DISTRICT BOND CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION PROJECTS.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TONIGHT FOR MR. CLEAVER.

MR. SEVERANCE. AND TEAM YOU ALL CAN TELL ME IF I'M CRAZY, BUT AM I ALLOWED TO ASK ABOUT BOND PROJECTS THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETED? YEAH. OKAY, GREAT. SO I'M GOING TO SAY THE SCHOOLS NAMES WRONG, BUT REMIND ME WE FINISHED SOME AC PROJECTS.

I'M GOING TO SAY AT ELM GROVE A LONG TIME AGO.

BUT THEN [INAUDIBLE] FBOC. WE CAME BACK BECAUSE WE FORGOT TO PUT A DEHUMIDIFIER BOX OR SOMETHING IN THE OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL.

THERE WAS A HUMIDITY PROBLEM, AND I'M BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE THE HAYS HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE LABS HAVE A TERRIBLE HUMIDITY PROBLEM.

AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF MAYBE WHEN THE HVAC WE DIDN'T PUT IN THAT, THAT DEHUMIDIFIER IN THAT WING, THOSE WINGS OF THAT CAMPUS, THEY JUST HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH IT.

SO I JUST. I WASN'T. I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT OKAY.

GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT WAS IT. THANKS. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON MY LEFT QUESTIONS ON MY RIGHT? MISS PETREA. WELL SINCE PFLUGER WAS HERE TODAY, I'LL ASK.

I KNOW WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE ROOFING REPAIRS THAT ARE GOING ON OVER THERE.

WERE WE JUST DID WE DECIDE TO JUST PAUSE AND WAIT UNTIL SUMMER? DID WE GET THAT FIGURED OUT? PUT IT ON PAUSE UNTIL SUMMER FOR SURE.

OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU. MR. FLORES. YES, I WOULD LOVE JUST AN UPDATE ON WHEN THE WIND SCREEN FOR THE OUTFIELD FENCE FOR THE SOFTBALL FIELD AT LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL WILL COME. I'VE HEARD IT WAS A LITTLE BIT ON BACKORDER, BUT JUST WHEN THAT IT'S GOING TO ARRIVE.

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ALSO, THE FENCES ON THE SOFTBALL BATTING CAGES WERE A LITTLE LOW.

I THINK WE WENT OUT TO VISIT. I WAS JUST WONDERING, LIKE WHAT THE ETA WAS AS FAR AS LIFTING THAT FENCE A LITTLE BIT.

I KNOW SOME KIDS HAVE BEEN JUMPING OVER AND USING THE BATTING CAGES BEYOND SCHOOL HOURS AND AS A KICKING SOCCER BALLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GET HIGHER FENCES ON THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. CLEAVER, MS. OROSCO. NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, TEAM, WE'RE MOVING ON TO M4.

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

THE REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF THE 2025 2026 BUDGET CALENDAR.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. RAU OR MR. RAU DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES FOR US? EXCUSE ME.

NO, SIR. YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE THE SPRING BREAK IN MARCH, SO WE'RE CONTINUING WORKING ON DEVELOPING THE STAFFING SHEETS IN THE NEW SYSTEM ALONG WITH DEPARTMENTAL STAFFING SHEETS. SO WE'LL BE SITTING DOWN WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND CAMPUSES HERE VERY SHORTLY TO START GOING OVER THOSE POSITIONS, AS WELL AS UPDATING THE TEMPLATE AND TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS OR IS NOT DOING.

SOUNDS GOOD SIR. OKAY, TEAM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. RAU? ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OVER OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS?

[M.5. Financial Statements]

OKAY THAT WRAPS UP OUR INFORMATION ITEMS. TEAM, DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS FROM OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES?

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

I'M LOOKING TO MY LEFT, MR. SEVERANCE. I KNOW WITH THE THIS BOND AND THE BUSSES THAT ARE ON THE BOND ARE GOING TO COMPLETE OUR SEAT BELT PROJECT.

CAN YOU PROVIDE AN UPDATE? I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME SEAT BELT ADD ONS.

ARE WE GOING TO ADD SOME SEAT BELTS? CAN I GET AN UPDATE ON IF THAT'S ALL FINISHED? IF WE FINISH THAT PROJECT ON WHATEVER WE WERE GOING TO DO TO UPDATE SOME BUSSES WITH SOME SEAT BELTS ON OUR OWN.

THEY WERE DONE. AND WE CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

NO. I DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON THAT THAT I CAN SHARE RIGHT NOW.

I THINK THEY THE, THE BUSSES THAT WERE BEING CONVERTED, THE OLDER BUSSES WERE FINISHED LAST SUMMER AS PART OF THE ONE OF THE BATCHES.

WE ARE DOWN TO WAITING TO RECEIVE COMPONENT FOUR, WHICH WERE THE 2025.

THE ACCELERATED BOND FUNDS AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER COMPONENT WE WOULD BE WOULD BE WAITING TO SEE IF VOTERS WOULD APPROVE WHAT'S IN THIS BOND.

AND SO THE LAST BATCH OF BUSSES THAT WOULD NEED TO BE PURCHASED WOULD BE THE GROUP OF BUSSES THAT ARE IN THIS MAY ELECTION BOND.

WE HAVE 22 BUSSES AND NINE AND I THINK NINE ACTIVITY WE HAVE ORDERED AND PAID FOR, BUT HAVEN'T YET RECEIVED THE BATCH FROM WHATEVER THE COMPONENT FOUR WAS OF OUR FIVE COMPONENT PLAN.

WE'LL GET YOU ALL THAT IN WRITING BECAUSE WE HAD ANOTHER, HAD A BUNCH OF BUSSES COME IN AND SO WE'RE FLUSH WITH BUSSES.

WE'RE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER REQUEST ON MY LEFT.

COMING OVER TO MY RIGHT. ANY REQUESTS? OKAY. I KNOW MISS PETREA CAPTURED THAT INFORMATION, SO THANK YOU, MISS PETREA, FOR TYPING. ALL RIGHT, TEAM OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING IS GOING TO BE MONDAY,

[P. UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS]

APRIL THE 14, 2025 AT 5:30 P.M., RIGHT HERE IN THE MERIDETH KELLER BOARDROOM.

UNLESS THERE'S DISSENT, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:18 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Mar 27, 2025 Board Meeting

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