[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME TO THE HAYS CISD WORKSHOP MEETING ON APRIL 14TH.
A QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT, EXCEPT FOR RAUL VELA, WHO IS OUT ON BUSINESS, AND MISS COURTNEY RUNKLE, WHO IS CELEBRATING HER SON'S 21ST BIRTHDAY IN LAS VEGAS.
WE WERE NOT INVITED AS WHY WE ARE HERE TONIGHT HOLDING DOWN THE FORT FOR ALL OF THEM.
[B. CLOSED SESSION]
WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551 SUBCHAPTERS D AND E, OR TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 418.183F. THE TIME IS 5:30.WE DON'T NEED TO BRING ANYTHING TO CLOSED SESSION. ALL RIGHT.
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THANK YOU EVERYBODY. WELCOME BACK. WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION. AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE AND EVERYONE LISTENING ONLINE. THE TIME IS 06:33. A QUORUM HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED, AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TRUSTEE VELA AND TRUSTEE RUNKLE. AND MISS PETREA, WOULD YOU JUST KNOCK US OFF FOR THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE?[D. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAGS]
SURE THING. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND NOW OUR MISSION STATEMENT WILL BE READ BY TRUSTEE FLORES.
[E. MISSION STATEMENT]
HAYS CISD MAKES IT 100% POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT WRITTEN BY READ BY TRUSTEE SEIBEL.[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.[G. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT]
THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.WE HAVE HAD SOME DECENT NEWS ON THE HOUSE SIDE OF THINGS WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE.
THEY ARE IF THEY MEET WEDNESDAY AND ARE GOING TO DISCUSS THE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL TWO, SHOULD IT PASS ON THE HOUSE SIDE, IT WOULD BE A $395 PER STUDENT BASIC ALLOTMENT INCREASE.
WHICH WOULD DEFINITELY HELP US OUT. THE SENATE HAS PASSED THEIR OWN FINANCE BILL.
AND SO IF THE HOUSE PASSES HB TWO AND THE SENATE'S PASSED THEIR BILL, THEY'LL HAVE TO HAVE A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, AND WE'LL SEE WHERE IT GOES. BUT IT'S THE FIRST ONE THAT JIVES WITH OUR ONLY LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY THIS YEAR THAT WE APPROVED.
AND THAT IS TO INCREASE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT TO HELP US WITH INFLATION.
AS YOU KNOW YOU'VE HEARD US TALK ABOUT IT MANY TIMES.
THE BASIC ALLOTMENT HASN'T BEEN INCREASED SINCE 2019, AND INFLATION HAS BEEN RAMPANT SINCE THEN.
AND SO, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE STRUGGLING.
SOME ARE HAVING TO LAY OFF EMPLOYEES AND SOME ARE HAVING TO CUT PROGRAMS, AND SOME ARE REALLY, REALLY STRUGGLING. SHOULD THIS HOUSE VERSION PASS, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE IN HAYS CISD.
WE WILL STILL PROBABLY HAVE A DEFICIT, BUT INSTEAD OF HAVING YOU KNOW, AN 8 TO $10 MILLION DEFICIT, WE WOULD PROBABLY ONLY HAVE AROUND A 2 TO $4 MILLION DEFICIT.
AND SO, IT WILL DEFINITELY HELP US MOVING FORWARD.
SO, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AND LIKE TO DO THAT KIND OF THING, PLEASE CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATOR AND TELL THEM THAT WE PREFER THE HB 2 MODEL. AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, NOT ONLY WILL HOUSE BILL 2 BE HEARD PROBABLY ON THE HOUSE FLOOR ON WEDNESDAY, THEY WILL ALSO HEAR THE BILL ON VOUCHERS. AND AS YOU KNOW, THE SENATE'S ALREADY PASSED THEIR BILL ON VOUCHERS AND, AND THE VOUCHER BILL DID PASS OUT OF THE HOUSE PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND IT'S PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL.
AS FAR AS HOW MUCH IT WOULD PAY PER STUDENT THAT WAS ISSUED A VOUCHER, THE ONE THING THAT I WISH THEY WOULD JUST AS WE LIKE TO SAY, THROW THE SKUNK ON THE TABLE, IS THAT IT REALLY DOESN'T GIVE PARENTS A CHOICE.
AND SO, THIS IS ERIC WRIGHT'S OPINION, BUT I FEEL THAT THE ONLY REASON THEY'RE DOING IT IS SO THAT THEY CAN PAD THE POCKETS OF THEIR RICH, WEALTHY CRONIES THAT ARE ALREADY IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
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AND, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH ALL THE DIFFERENT STATES THAT HAVE ADOPTED IT, ABOUT 70 TO 80% OF THE VOUCHERS GO TO KIDS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS. SO, FOR THEM TO SAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HELP KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND KIDS THAT COME FROM POVERTY BECAUSE THEY NEED TO GET OUT OF FAILING SCHOOLS OR THEY NEED A DIFFERENT CHANCE, THEY'RE REALLY BEING DISINGENUOUS.SO I JUST WISH THEY'D TELL THE TRUTH. AND THEN I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE PALATABLE FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT THAT ALSO, I THINK, WILL BE HEARD ON THE HOUSE FLOOR.
AND I'M GOING TO ALSO BE THE FIRST ONE TO TELL YOU THAT, THAT I'M NOT STANDING IN THE WAY THIS TIME.
THEY HAVE STARVED US OUT FOR SO LONG THAT I DON'T WANT THEM TO HOLD PUBLIC PUBLIC FUNDING FOR THE BASIC ALLOTMENT ON THE BACKS OF VOUCHERS AGAIN. SO THEY HAVE THE NUMBERS TO WIN AND THEY'RE GOING TO WIN.
BUT I JUST WISH THEY WOULD TELL TEXANS THE TRUTH AND WHAT IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT ARE ARE FORTHCOMING IN THE HOUSE SIDE OF THINGS.
BUT YOU KNOW,395 IS BETTER THAN ZERO. SO, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
THE NEXT THING I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON JUST IS WE ARE STARTING THE BUDGET PROCESS, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE OF THIS BOARD, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WITH OUR CABINET AND WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND, AND THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION INTO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND WE'LL BE WE'LL BE GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ON THAT.
BUT WE DON'T WANT TO. WE DON'T WANT TO CAUSE ANXIETY OR PANIC AMONGST OUR PEOPLE.
AND SO WE REALLY ARE WAITING TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE LEGISLATURE.
IF THEY DO NOTHING, THEN WE'LL KEEP THE CURRENT FORMULA AND WE WILL AT LEAST GET 6 MILLION AND $200 FOR GROWTH, BECAUSE WE'RE SCHEDULED TO ADD ANOTHER THOUSAND KIDS NEXT YEAR.
IF THEY GO WITH THE SENATE BILL, WE'LL GET THE, WE'LL HAVE THE SAME BASIC ALLOTMENT.
AND SO, WE'LL GET MONEY ALLOCATED FOR THE GROWTH.
AND THEN THEY HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE JUST FOR TEACHER PAY INCREASES.
AND THEN THEY HAVE SOME SPECIAL ED DOLLARS AND SOME SAFETY DOLLARS.
SO PARTS OF THEIR OF THEIR BILL ACTUALLY LOOK GOOD.
BUT WE DO WANT THE MONEY TO BE DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.
OKAY. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND WHERE WE ARE BUDGETING WISE, OUR ENROLLMENT AS OF TODAY WAS 24,397 STUDENTS. OUR ATTENDANCE IS 93.32%. AND THIS YEAR WE BUDGETED AT 93%.
AND SO WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED. AS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND NOW FOR MY FAVORITE PART BARBARA, LET'S BRING UP OUR KIDS.
ALL RIGHT. SO THIS PAST WEEK, WE HAD CREW DAY, WHICH STANDS FOR CAREER READY EDUCATED WORKFORCE.
AND, AND WE HELD THE EVENT AT THE FIELD STATION.
WE HAD OVER 35 LOCAL BUSINESSES, ALONG WITH DIFFERENT TRADE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER THERE. AND OUR KIDS, SOME OF THEM HAD TIES ON AND THEY, THEY DRESSED VERY PROFESSIONALLY, AND THEY WERE GIVING THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND REPS THEIR RESUME.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY IT SPARKS SOME CURIOSITY, AND THEY COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE HAVE OUR ROVING CHEF SERIES THAT THIS PAST WEEK WENT TO UELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND OUR OWN CHEF, RUFUS GAVIN. GOES AND HE TEACHES KIDS HOW TO PREPARE SNACKS.
AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL SPARK THAT THAT LOVE FOR COOKING ONE DAY.
AND SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO LEARN HOW TO COOK AT HOME.
AND SO, HE'S GOING FROM ELEMENTARY TO SCHOOL TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THE KIDS EARN A CERTIFICATE.
AND IT'S A REALLY POSITIVE PROGRAM. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE CHEF RUFUS FOR DOING THAT.
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ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ONE OUR KIDS PARTICIPATED AT THE TEXAS HISTORY DAY CONTEST.AND SO IT'S GOOD THAT THAT WE HAVE YET ANOTHER OFFERING FOR OUR KIDS TO BE A PART OF 100% HAYS AND TO COMPETE AND TAKE THAT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR HAYS HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH AND DEBATE.
THEY ONCE AGAIN ADVANCE TO REGIONALS. AND WE HAVE JUST A FABULOUS PROGRAM OVER THERE THAT WE HAVE A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE, AND MISS LOZANO DOES A WONDERFUL JOB. AND I EVEN SEE ONE OF MY STUDENT ADVISORY KIDS, JACKSON JEWELL, IN THERE. AND I KNOW HE DOES A GREAT JOB WITH HIS SPEAKING.
AND SO, LET'S WALK YOU THROUGH THESE THINGS. AND SO IN ART WE HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL VISUAL ARTS SCHOLASTIC EVENT BASE HAD ALL THREE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS REPRESENTED. AND WE TOOK 163 GOLD MEDALS AND 14 STATE QUALIFIERS.
MIDDLE SCHOOL JUNIOR VASE HAD WINNERS FROM BARTON CHAPA, DAHLSTROM SIMON AND HAD 66 STUDENTS EARN MEDALS AND FIVE OF THEM EARNING THE PLATINUM HONORS. SO THAT'S EXCITING. AND THEN IN BAND, WE HAD ALL THREE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS, EARNED MULTIPLE SWEEPSTAKES AWARD FOR SUPERIOR PERFORMANCES AT CONCERT AND SIGHT READING EVALUATIONS.
IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, ALL SIX MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAD AT LEAST ONE BAND EARNED A SWEEPSTAKES AWARD, WITH MOST EARNING MULTIPLE SWEEPSTAKES. SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY, HAD TWO BANDS EARNED SWEEPSTAKES AWARDS IN CHOIR.
MIDDLE SCHOOL BARTON, DAHLSTROM, SIMON, AND WALLACE EACH HAD SWEEPSTAKES CHOIRS IN CHIAPAS, AND MCCORMICK EARNED SUPERIOR RATINGS IN THE CONCERT PERFORMANCE.
MARIACHI LEHMAN, CHAPA, AND SIMON EACH QUALIFIED TO PARTICIPATE AT THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF MARIACHI EDUCATORS ON APRIL THE 12TH AND ORCHESTRA. ALL SIX MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAD ORCHESTRAS, EARNED SWEEPSTAKES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN IN HISTORY, AND SIMON TOOK A FULL ORCHESTRA, WHICH IS A BAND AND ORCHESTRA COMBINED FOR THE FIRST TIME AND EARNED SWEEPSTAKES AT HIGH SCHOOL.
AND IN THEATER ONE-ACT PLAY. ALL THREE HIGH SCHOOLS HAD A SUCCESSFUL ONE-ACT PLAY.
SEASON HAYS HIGH SCHOOL ADVANCED TO THE THIRD ROUND.
LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL ADVANCED TO THE AREA ROUND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CAMPUS HISTORY.
SO LET'S GIVE FINE ARTS A NICE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE ARE MOVING ON TO ATHLETICS.
SO AT LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL, THE DISTRICT TENNIS TOURNAMENT IS THE 22ND AND 23RD AT FOUR TRACK REGIONALS AT HERO STADIUM FOR 18 AND FOR 19, AND CURRENTLY THE BASEBALL TEAM IS SITTING FIFTH IN DISTRICT ONE SPOT OUT OF A PLAYOFF SPOT IN SOFTBALL, IS TWO SPOTS BACK AT SIXTH, THEN MOVING ON TO JOHNSON.
THE GIRLS GOLF TEAM ADVANCED TO REGIONALS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, PAST DISTRICT PLAY, AND WE HAD TWO BOYS MEDALISTS THAT ADVANCED TO REGIONALS AS WELL.
SO GOLF AND TENNIS ADVANCED FURTHER THAN THEY EVER HAD IN TRACK.
ALL 19 ATHLETES ADVANCE FROM AREA TO REGIONALS.
THEN MOVING ON TO HAYS HIGH SCHOOL. GOLF GIRLS FINISHED SECOND IN DISTRICT, AND THEY WILL COMPETE IN REGIONALS, THE 14TH AND THE 15TH. THAT'S. YEAH, TODAY AND TOMORROW.
AND THEN BOYS FINISHED SECOND AS WELL. AND SO SAME THING.
THEY'RE MOVING ON TO REGIONALS. TENNIS. THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT IS ALSO THE 22ND AND 23RD.
WE HAD THREE ATHLETES COMPETING IN REGIONALS IN SOCCER.
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SO LET'S GIVE ATHLETICS A NICE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.ALL RIGHT. SO, LOTS OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND SO COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF OUR STUDENTS AND HOW THEY ARE ACHIEVING GREATNESS. SO I THINK THAT IS IT. RIGHT, BARBARA? NO MORE SLIDES. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU. DR.
WRIGHT TEAM. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR. WRIGHT? I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, IF THAT DOESN'T GET YOU EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN HAYS CISD, I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE WILL DO IT TO YOU. I MEAN, FINE ARTS, ATHLETICS, CTE, CULINARY, ACADEMICS. THAT'S PRETTY WELL-ROUNDED EVENT. IT'S PRETTY AWESOME.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC FORUM.
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MISS BARBER, DO WE HAVE ANY NOT TONIGHT. OKAY.[I. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT]
MISS KINSLOW. COME ON UP. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DR. WRIGHT, THIS EVENING I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING MISS JAMIE KINSLOW, WHO'S CURRENTLY SERVING AS OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
SHE'LL BE SHARING SOME KEY INSIGHTS ON THE 2023 ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JAMIE, NOT BECAUSE SHE'S STANDING RIGHT HERE, BUT HER LEADERSHIP DURING THIS TRANSITIONAL PERIOD HAS ALREADY MADE AND IS MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT.
JUST GIVE US A NICE REMINDER AND REFRESH OF THE 2023 ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS.
SO THIS TIME I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JAMIE AND TEAM.
WE HAVE A HANDOUT IN OUR FOLDER FOR STUDENT REPORTS.
GOOD EVENING, VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.
WRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT UPDATE THIS EVENING.
TONIGHT, I WILL BE PROVIDING TWO KEY UPDATES ABOUT THE 2023 ACCOUNTABILITY RELEASE AND OUR MIDDLE OF THE YEAR DISTRICT ASSESSMENT DATA. SO LET'S START WITH SOME IMPORTANT BACKGROUND REGARDING THE DELAYED RELEASE OF THE 2023 RATINGS.
IN AUGUST OF 23, TEA MISSED THE DEADLINE TO RELEASE THE PERFORMANCE.
RATINGS. SHORTLY AFTER, 121 SCHOOL DISTRICTS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST TIA.
THE CASE MADE ITS WAY THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF. A TEMPORARY INJUNCTION WAS GRANTED, BUT AFTER AN APPEAL, THE 15TH CIRCUIT COURT DISMISSED THE LAWSUIT ON APRIL 3RD, 2025, LIFTING THE INJUNCTION.
FOLLOWING THE COURT'S DECISION TO ANNOUNCE THE OFFICIAL RELEASE DATES OF THE 2023 RATINGS APRIL 17TH FOR OUR DISTRICT IN TEAL AND APRIL 24TH FOR PUBLIC RELEASE. AS WE PREPARE FOR THE RELEASE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REVIEW SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THAT OCCURRED IN THE 2023 SCHOOL YEAR. IN 2023, STAR UNDERWENT A MAJOR REDESIGN.
MOVING BEYOND THE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS TO MORE DIVERSE FORMATS.
LET ME GIVE YOU ONE BIG EXAMPLE. IN THE COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS DOMAIN FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, WHICH LOOK AT STUDENTS THAT GRADUATED IN THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR.
HOWEVER, THE GRADING BECAME SIGNIFICANTLY MORE RIGOROUS IN 2022.
A HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS WAS 60% OF STUDENTS MEETING.
CCMR RECEIVED AN A IN 2023. THE SAME CAMPUS WOULD NEED AN 88% TO RECEIVE AN A.
THAT SAME CAMPUS, IF AT 60%, WOULD HAVE RECEIVED A D IN 2023.
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BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THE OVERALL RATINGS, I WANT TO FIRST HIGHLIGHT HOW HAYS CISD COMPARED TO REGION 13 AND THE STATE IN MOST TESTED AREAS.HAYS CISD EITHER MATCHED OR OUTPERFORMED BOTH, PARTICULARLY STANDING OUT IN THE MEETS CATEGORY FOR FIFTH AND EIGHTH GRADE READING LANGUAGE ARTS, ENGLISH ONE AND TWO. EIGHTH GRADE MATH.
ALGEBRA ONE. FIFTH AND EIGHTH GRADE. SCIENCE, BIOLOGY, AND US HISTORY.
THE NEXT SET OF SLIDES WILL SHOW A COMPARISON BETWEEN HAYS CISD AND 14 NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS.
DOMAIN 2A ACADEMIC GROWTH. AND DOMAIN 2B RELATIVE PERFORMANCE.
THE OTHER 30% COMES FROM DOMAIN THREE. CLOSING THE GAPS.
HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES ALSO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS FOR CMR AND GRADUATION RATES.
WHEN THE RATINGS ARE RELEASED, TEA WILL ALSO SHARE CAMPUS SPECIFIC DISTINCTION DATA.
IN FACT, THE MANUAL FOR THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR IS NOW SCHEDULED TO BE ADOPTED BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS, GIVING DISTRICTS MORE TIME TO PLAN AND PREPARE.
ALTHOUGH THESE RATINGS ARE NOW BEING RELEASED, THE DATA BEHIND THIS IS NOT NEW.
IN FACT, OUR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THIS ACCOUNTABILITY DATA SINCE 2023, USING IT TO GUIDE INSTRUCTION AND SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING.
WE'VE BEEN ANALYZING TRENDS, IDENTIFYING AREAS OF GROWTH, AND IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES TO HELP OUR STUDENTS SUCCEED YEAR AFTER YEAR THANKS TO THE HARD WORK OF OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. WE'VE CONTINUED TO SEE MEANINGFUL, MEASURABLE GROWTH.
ALL RIGHT. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR CBA AND BENCHMARK DATA.
HOWEVER, THAT DATA DID NOT YET INCLUDE SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES RESULTS.
FOR MATH AND RLA BENCHMARKS, STUDENTS TOOK A RELEASE STAR TEST WHILE SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS COMPLETED A DIAGNOSTIC BENCHMARK TARGETING HIGH PRIORITY TEKS, SPECIFICALLY THOSE WHERE STUDENTS HAVE SHOWN THE MOST NEED.
WE'RE DEEPLY PROUD OF THE COMMITMENT OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS HAVE SHOWN IN PREPARING FOR THIS MOMENT, AND WE'RE EAGER TO SEE OUR STUDENTS SHINE AS THEY DEMONSTRATE THEIR LEARNING ON THIS YEAR'S STAR TEST, STARTING TOMORROW. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING THESE RESULTS FURTHER AND ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TIM. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
MR. FLORES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THIS DATA AND EVERYTHING YOU DO.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW BILL SPEAKS VERY HIGHLY OF YOU, AND I THINK WE COULD ALL SEE THAT AND HOW PASSIONATE YOU SEEM AND KIND OF TALK TO US ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED NUMBER.
I MEAN, WE DON'T WE ALWAYS KEEP HIGH STANDARDS HERE.
STUDENTS WITH ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STATISTICALLY WILL OFTEN COME INTO SCHOOLS WITH LESS
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EXPERIENCE IN LITERACY. THAT CAN OFTEN THAT CAN OFTEN CAUSE ISSUES.THERE'S LOTS OF THERE'S LOTS OF STUFF. IS THAT FINE? YOU ARE DOING GREAT. I DON'T HAVE THIS CASE STUDIES, BUT WE COULD FIND WE COULD GIVE YOU CASE STUDIES ON WHAT? THE EFFECTS OF A CAMPUS WITH HIGHER ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, OF COURSE.
AND AGAIN, I KNOW AS EDUCATORS DEAL WITH THESE EVERY DAY.
RIGHT. WITH EXTERNAL FACTORS CERTAINLY AFFECTING KIDS EVERY DAY AT SCHOOL AND THEN AS FAR AS STAAR 2.0, AND I KNOW THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT IT WAS ROLLED OUT, I BELIEVE, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NO JOKE.
BUT THERE'S DRAG AND DROP, THERE'S CONSTRUCTED RESPONSES.
BUT I DO WANT TO JUST DIG IN A LITTLE BIT ON WHEN YOU DO SEE A CAMPUS THAT IS A C OR D EXPLAIN SOME OF WHAT HAPPENS AFTER ABOUT WHAT THAT FOCUS TURNS INTO AS FAR AS GETTING THAT CAMPUS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AND IMPROVING.
ABSOLUTELY. SO WHEN WE WHEN WE SEE OUR WHEN WE GET OUR DATA, WE OFTEN LOOK AT WHERE OUR CAMPUSES ARE, ESPECIALLY IN OUR YOUNGER CAMPUSES, THREE THROUGH EIGHT.
A LOT 80% OF THE SCORE REALLY IS GROWTH WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT.
I KNOW IT'S 70% TECHNICALLY, BUT THEN THERE'S GROWTH ALSO IN DOMAIN THREE.
SO WE OFTEN LOOK AT WHERE OUR KIDS ARE. THEIR GROWTH SCORE IS AND FOCUS A LOT ON THAT.
BECAUSE IF OUR KIDS ARE NOT GROWING THEN THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR TARGET AREA WHERE WE LOOK AT.
SO THAT'S NORMALLY WHERE WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF OUR FOCUS IN IS WHERE OUR KIDS FAIL ON THEIR TRANSITION TABLE, AND WE'RE WHERE OUR POCKETS OF OUR KIDS THAT AREN'T GROWING.
ABSOLUTELY. AND IS THERE LIKE A COMMON THREAD LINE THAT YOU COULD SEE MAYBE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE AFFECTING SOME OF THESE CAMPUSES THAT I KNOW IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH AND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MEET KIDS WHERE THEY ARE.
AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT SOME OF THOSE COMMON THREAD LINES THAT YOU MIGHT SEE, ESPECIALLY IN THE 2023 DATA, WITH THE ORAL ASSESSMENTS, GETTING WRITING FOR THE FIRST TIME, BEING COMPARED TO A 2022 YEAR WITHOUT WRITING.
WE SAW A LOT OF OUR GROWTH DATA DROPPING THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY SEE THAT WE NORMALLY SAW IN OUR ELA.
BECAUSE OF THAT AND THE WRITING COMPONENT, BEING IN EVERY GRADE LEVEL IS A BIG CHANGE.
AND SO OUR STUDENTS ARE LEARNING AND ADAPTING AND GETTING BETTER AT THESE.
AKERS AND THE AKERS AND THE YOUNGER GRADES ARE A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THEIR SCORE.
AND SO THAT DOES AFFECT THEIR SCORE. AND SO THAT WAS I KNOW IN THE 2023 DATA THAT WAS A BIG CHANGE FROM 22 WHERE WE SAW HUGE GROWTH IN READING. AND THEN IT DROPPED. BUT THAT WAS STATEWIDE BECAUSE OF THE AKERS.
AND I THINK I THINK AS WE GET BETTER AND WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT. AND WE LIKE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE AHEAD OF THE GAME, GOING OUT AND TALKING TO OTHER DISTRICTS AND SEEING THEIR PLANS. IN THE 23 YEAR WHEN I JOINED HAYS HAD ALREADY STARTED PREPPING FOR THIS, AND WE WERE ALREADY KIND OF READY AND WE STILL FELT SOME EFFECTS, BUT THEN OTHER DISTRICTS REALLY FELT IT A LITTLE MORE THAN WE DID, BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ALREADY PREPPING THEIR KIDS AND GETTING READY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH JAMIE. I REALLY APPRECIATED THIS DATA.
BUT ONE JUST QUICKLY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M READING THIS RIGHT.
SO ON PAGES EIGHT AND NINE WHERE WE HAVE KIND OF THE, THE, THE RAINBOW OF COLORS GOING FROM RED TO GREEN, THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW. SO LET'S TAKE FOR EXAMPLE ON PAGE EIGHT, THE FIRST NUMBER IS 59 FOR DEL VALLE. IS THAT IN COMPARISON TO THE STATE THAT IS THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF APPROACHES AT DEL VALLE IN THIRD GRADE.
SO WHAT'S WHAT WHY IS IT RED LIKE, WHAT DO YOU WANT.
THAT NUMBER WERE THE LOWEST IN THAT IN THAT DATA SET IN THAT COLUMN.
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SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER. IT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER.YES. RIGHT OKAY. SO WE'RE NOT OKAY. SO THERE'S SOME CUTOFF NUMBER THAT MAKES IT ORANGE, RED, YELLOW, GREEN. YEAH. IT WAS YEAH. IT WAS JUST A GRADIENT FROM LIKE HIGHEST TO LOWEST.
OKAY. GOT IT. THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. I REALLY ENJOY SEEING OUR NUMBERS AGAINST REGION 13.
MARIVEL SEDILLO KNOWS THIS ABOUT ME. OBVIOUSLY, YOU WANT TO SEE HOW WE DO AGAINST THE STATE, BUT THE REGION, 13 DISTRICTS AND SOME OF THEM ARE LISTED HERE.
ALSO, FREDERICKSBURG IS IN THERE AS DOCTOR WRIGHT I'M SURE KNOWS.
BUT YEAH, SEEING THESE DRIP LAKE, TRAVIS, LEANDER, PFLUGERVILLE, SAN MARCOS, WIMBERLEY.
THESE ARE SOME OF THESE ARE VERY, VERY HIGH PERFORMING DISTRICTS THAT WE ARE UP AGAINST.
SO ANYTIME WE ARE BEATING THEM I'M HAPPY AND IT GREAT.
BECAUSE OUR DEMOGRAPHICS REMIND ME, THIS IS A QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK.
WE'LL GET THAT. IF SOMEONE CAN GIVE US THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THESE NUMBERS, KNOWING WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT ALL OF THE CHALLENGES? I MEAN, I THINK KNOWING THE CHALLENGES OF 23 WITH A REDESIGN, I THINK SEEING ESPECIALLY THE MEETS THE AREAS THAT WE BEAT, WE MET OR EXCEEDED THE REGION AT MEETS I THINK IS COMMENDABLE.
I THINK THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF THAT.
OKAY. OKAY, GOOD. WELL, YOU SAID IT STARTS TOMORROW, WHICH IS CRAZY.
SO THIS IS A VERY A TIMELY PRESENTATION. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOING REALLY, REALLY GREAT WORK.
AND THESE NUMBERS, I FEEL LIKE, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S ALWAYS WORK TO BE DONE.
AND I MIGHT HAVE MORE QUESTIONS AS I LOOK AT THIS, I GUESS THE ONLY THING I'LL ASK IS DO WE KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE FOR SOME OF THE CAMPUSES THAT DIDN'T SCORE AS WELL AS WE WOULD HOPED.
ARE WE AS THAT START TO TRIGGER SOME INVOLVEMENT? SOME. DO WE CAN WE? I'LL PUT THAT QUESTION IN HERE, BUT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW AS WELL.
WE'D ALREADY BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE TARGETED SUPPORTS FROM TEA AND THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT, YOU KNOW, SO THOSE THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUT IN PLACE LIKE FOR 23 AND 24 SCHOOL YEAR IF A CAMPUS WAS AT TARGETED SUPPORT.
SO WE DID KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS IF THERE IF WE DID HAVE ANY.
WE CAN GET YOU ALL OF THOSE SPECIFICS. AWESOME.
THANK YOU. MR. SEIBEL. THANK YOU, MISS KINSLOW.
THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING TO US. NICE TO MEET YOU AND HAVE YOU UP HERE FIRST TIME AT LEAST FOR ME.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S EVER A BETTER INDICATOR OF.
AS YOU MENTIONED. OF STUDENT SUCCESS COMPARED TO ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STATISTICS.
THEN THAT GRAPHIC THERE I THINK IS VERY VISUALLY APPEALING AND VERY OBVIOUS THAT CORRELATION.
PARTICULARLY PLEASED, OBVIOUSLY, AS A FORMER MATH TEACHER, THAT ALGEBRA ONE SCORES ARE PRETTY OUTSTANDING OVERALL, COMPARATIVELY. SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF A LOT OF THOSE THINGS AS WE FOCUS ON THOSE GROWTH COMPONENTS, BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY COME FROM MORE DIFFICULT, CHALLENGING BACKGROUNDS OR EXPERIENCES. AND BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER TO US BECAUSE, AS TRUSTEE FLORES SAYS, EVERY STUDENT CAN LEARN, AND WE BELIEVE IT'S 100% POSSIBLE.
AND SO PRETTY HAPPY WITH THAT GROWTH COMPONENT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BEGGARS CAN'T BE CHOOSERS. BUT WE GOT TO TAKE IT ONE BITE AT A TIME.
SO IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE ALSO, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE CHANGE OF STAAR 2.0 AND THE LANGUAGE AND HOW MUCH MORE DIFFICULT IT WAS AS I WAS HELPING MY OWN CHILD PREPARE FOR THE SIXTH GRADE MATH STAR EXAM THAT SHE'LL BE TAKING NEXT WEEK.
SO SHE, YOU KNOW, LIKES TO A LITTLE BIT MORE ANXIOUS TESTER OF MY TWO CHILDREN PREPARING HER FOR IT.
IT'S ALL ON THE COMPUTER, WHICH IS GREAT WHEN YOU'RE TAKING IT. BUT AS A PARENT, I'M LIKE, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PRINT IT OFF. I NEED TO WRITE THINGS DOWN.
SO HOW AND LOOKING AT THAT WHOLE SEQUENCE, THOUGH, WHERE STUDENTS ARE, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS ONE PIECE OF ADVICE YOU WOULD GIVE TO NEW PARENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF HOW TO GET YOUR CHILD BEST PREPARED FOR SCHOOL.
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AND THEN AS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT, WHAT CAN WE DO AS A DISTRICT TO HELP OUR PARENTS ACROSS THE BOARD, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY'RE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED OR NOT, BUT PARTICULARLY FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED HOUSEHOLDS.HOW DO WE HELP PREPARE THEM AND MEET THOSE NEEDS? MR. MCDANIEL IS GOING TO STEP UP. CAN I HELP YOU WITH THIS ONE? ABSOLUTELY. I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF 2023 WAS THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNIVERSAL SCREENERS ACROSS THE BOARD IN MATH AND READING FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED THOSE, WE WORKED WITH PARENTS ON TWO QUESTIONS.
HOW IS MY CHILD ACHIEVING? HOW ARE THEY GROWING? AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO SUPPORT AND WORK TOGETHER AT HOME WITH OUR TEACHERS? SO WHEN YOU ASK WHAT CAN PARENTS DO? THEY CAN ASK TEACHERS THOSE QUESTIONS.
HOW IS MY CHILD ACHIEVING AND HOW ARE THEY GROWING? WHY AND WHAT CAN WE DO AND HOW CAN WE PARTNER TOGETHER? I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS DISTRICT AND THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE MADE WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR UNIVERSAL SCREENERS.
LOOKING AT THAT DATA THREE TIMES A YEAR, BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, AND END OF THE YEAR, AND WE HAVE REALLY FOCUSED ON MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AS THE MOST IMPORTANT DATA SET THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S DECEMBER, IT'S JANUARY. WE KNOW OUR TEACHERS.
WE KNOW OUR KIDS. OUR KIDS KNOW US. IT'S A PERFECT TIME TO SAY, HEY, THINGS WENT WELL IN THE FALL.
HOW DO WE MODIFY TO MEET OUR KIDS NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE SPRING? WOULD BE THE THINGS THAT WE COULD WORK WITH OUR PARENTS ON.
I'M REALLY GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT, BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME OF WHAT MISS SEDILLO SENT OUT TO THE DISTRICT. WHAT WAS THAT? NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER WHEN WE FIRST GOT OUR MIDDLE OF THE YEAR KIND OF INFORMATION? YOU HAD THOSE THREE QUESTIONS BULLET POINTED OUT. THERE IS WHAT PARENTS WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING THAT DATA AND WHAT QUESTIONS WE SHOULD ASK OUR STUDENTS AND ASK OUR STUDENTS TEACHERS AS WE REVIEW THAT INFORMATION.
SO I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR YOU REMINDING US OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I GOT. TRUSTEE OROSCO.
LET ME GET TO THAT SLIDE. SO OUR READING AND MATH STUDENTS TOOK A FULL RELEASE STAAR TEST.
SO THEY TOOK EITHER LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE, DEPENDING ON WHICH SUBJECT IT WAS.
WHAT DO YOU SAY? 6 TO 10 POINTS IN MATH AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN READING.
SO THAT'S ABOUT WHERE. OKAY, GREAT. THE OTHER THING YOU HIGHLIGHTED FOR US WERE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT CAME OUT OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. AND WE KNOW THERE WAS HUMONGOUS, HUMONGOUS CHANGES TO CCMR. I KNOW BEFORE. AND LOOKING AT THIS DATA WAS REALLY INTERESTING, WAS THAT 1100 CAMPUSES RECEIVED AN A WHEN IT WAS AT A 60 CUT RATE. AND NOW WHAT IS PROJECTED IS ONLY 384 CAMPUSES WILL GET AN A WITH THIS 88 CUT RATE. SO THAT IS A HUGE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.
AND WE SEE THIS TREND ACROSS. SO I'M REALLY IMPRESSED THAT OUR DISTRICT IS CALCULATING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE AT A B, BECAUSE MOST DISTRICTS ARE NOT PERFORMING THERE BECAUSE OF THE NEW ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
AND ACTUALLY, I HAVE DROPPED DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY TO A C OR D.
SO THAT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS.
AND IF YOU CAN SHOW US WHERE WE'RE AT ACROSS THE STATE, LIKE I'M SURE YOU ALL WILL GET THE DATA ON THAT IF YOU CAN SHARE THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. AND THEN JUST TO LEAVE OFF WITH ONE THING, I USED TO BE A STAR TEACHER, SO I JUST WANT OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS TO KNOW THAT THE SCORES YOU GET WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING, BUT THEY WILL NOT TELL YOU EVERYTHING. THERE ARE MANY WAYS OF BEING SMART, AND THAT'S BY ANGELA WATSON.
AND I ALWAYS PUT THAT QUOTE ON MY FACEBOOK EVERY SINGLE YEAR, BECAUSE I KNOW HOW STRESSFUL IT CAN BE AS A PARENT, AS A TEACHER, IN A STAR GRADE, AND AS A CHILD.
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SO THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WANT TO SAY I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM.I KNOW WE KIND OF HAD A PIVOT ON THIS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT.
WE GOT SOME ACCOUNTABILITY INFORMATION. WE FEEL IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO KIND OF PUT THIS TOGETHER. SO I KNOW IT WAS KIND OF A LAST MINUTE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS DOING THIS. I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL GOING INTO STAR. AND FOR US TO GET A GOOD REP AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT.
I ALSO WANT TO ON THE 2025 MANUAL 25-26 MANUAL.
THAT'S FOR THE STAAR 2.0. SO WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THAT GOING TO? WHAT IS THAT GOING TO TELL US OR HELP US WITH WHEN WE'RE PREPARING FOR THIS FOR NEXT YEAR? WELL, IN LOOKING AT THE 2023 YEAR WHEN THE RULES WE GOT THE MANUAL AFTER THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THE ESPECIALLY LIKE CCMR THAT'S BASED OFF OF 2022 GRADUATES.
GETTING THE MANUAL BEFORE WE AT LEAST KNOW THE CHANGES, WE CAN MAKE ANY CHANGES WE NEED TO IN THE YEAR, IF WE NEED, IF THERE IS ANY CHANGES WE NEED TO MAKE TO REACH THE GOAL, WE CAN.
SO KNOWING AHEAD OF TIME WILL BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US.
BUT I MEAN, OUR CBA TWO, I MEAN 14 OF THE 16 SHOWED IMPROVEMENT.
SO I THINK WE'RE KIND OF GETTING IN THE RIGHT TRAJECTORY GOING INTO STAAR.
SO THAT'S ENCOURAGING. OKAY. MIGHT HELP ME REMIND ME THIS.
BUT MISS PETREA AND I SHOWED UP TO A A GRADUATION WE DID WHERE YOU HAD A BUNCH OF PARENTS HAD GOTTEN INVOLVED IN A PROGRAM TO HELP HOW TO HOW TO HELP THEIR KIDS ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY.
CAN YOU REMEMBER YOU REMEMBER RAISING SOMETHING, KIDS.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? I ACTUALLY DON'T REMEMBER THAT.
TELL ME. BUT IT WAS IT WAS A WHOLE IT WAS A WHOLE LIKE A LIKE A BUNCH OF OUR TEACHERS GOT TOGETHER AND SAID, HEY, LET'S GET LET'S PUT A BUNCH OF PARENTS IN A PROGRAM THAT WE CAN HELP THEM UNDERSTAND. LIKE, SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO, LOOK, RAISING RESILIENT KIDS, RIGHT? YEAH. SO, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO MR. SEIBEL'S POINT ABOUT HOW TO KIND OF GET OUR PARENTS MORE INVOLVED IN THE ACADEMIC SIDE AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD AVENUE THAT WE CAN RECRUIT PARENTS AND THEN MAYBE, HEY, HELP THEM WITH THESE SORT OF THINGS. MAYBE YOU CAN DO SOME OF THIS STUFF AT HOME. I DON'T KNOW, I JUST REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE SHOWED UP, I WAS LIKE, THAT'S PRETTY GREAT THAT THESE PARENTS CAME TO GRADUATION. THEY WERE EXCITED.
THEY KIND OF A BETTER STANDING WITH THEIR KIDS ARE DOING ON A DAILY BASIS. I THINK THAT I CAN ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, HELP ALL OF OUR BLUEBERRIES. AND IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BUT HELP THEM HELP EVERYONE YOU KNOW, GET TO WHERE NEED TO BE. SO I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, GUYS VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE MOVING ON NEXT WEEK.
[J. CAMPUS RECOGNITION - Cullen Elementary School - Scheduled for April 24, 2025]
WE ARE CAMPUS RECOGNITION AND MILITARY SCHOOL.AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT IS THE LAST SCHOOL IN OUR ROTATION.
THAT'LL BE NEXT. THAT'LL BE NEXT WEEK. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA.
[K. CONSENT AGENDA ]
AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS REAL QUICK. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE WE KNOW WHAT CONSENT AGENDA IS. I KNOW PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO READ THAT WHAT CONSENT AGENDA IS FOR THE PUBLIC, THOSE LISTENING, BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY A THOUSAND PEOPLE LISTENING ONLINE RIGHT NOW.THERE SHALL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS ONE BOARD MEMBER. SO REQUESTS IN WHICH EVENT THAT ITEM SHALL BE REMOVED AS A CONSENT ITEM, AND THAT IS, AND CONSIDERS AN INDIVIDUAL ON A REGULAR AGENDA. SO THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES ON A REGULAR BASIS EVERY YEAR. THAT'S WHY WE BUNDLE THEM TOGETHER. AND IT'S USUALLY ONE FELL SWOOP. SO WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO THAT AS WE AS WE GO. TEAM.
WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THIS. DOES ANYBODY NEED TO PULL AN ITEM? MR. FLORES. VICE PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO PULL L5 AND L6, PLEASE.
OKAY. WE'RE LOOKING AT CONSENT AGENDA. OH. I'M SORRY.
DID YOU WANT TO PULL ANYTHING FOR CONSENT? K.1, STARTING ON PAGE 11.
OH, NO. NO, I'M SORRY, I GOT THE WRONG ONE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. NEVER MIND. OKAY.
MR. TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE], K.2, K.2. ALL RIGHT.
SO, K.2 IS ON PAGE NUMBER 18. BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
[K.2. Budget Amendments]
RANDY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME TO THE MIC AND.ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE ON THAT. IT'S GOING TO BE ON PAGE 18 FOR THE TEAM.
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YES.ALL RIGHT JEFF. ALL RIGHT. PAGE. I'LL BE SPECIFIC.
PAGE 20 OF OUR OR ACTUALLY LABELED AS PAGE 20 IN OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
IT'S THE REQUEST FOR APPROPRIATIONS ON THE TECHNOLOGY.
I THINK IT WAS DUE TO THE UPS INSTALLATION AT THE DATA CENTER.
SO IT MIGHT BE AN ALLEN PARTNER QUESTION HERE ON THIS ONE.
WHERE WE HAD AN INCREASE AND AN OFFSETTING. WE HAVE A REVENUE AND AN OFFSETTING EXPENSE TO AN AGENDA ITEM. I THINK WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED A DOLLAR AMOUNT, AND THERE'S A $50,000 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REVENUE AND THE EXPENDITURE ORIGINALLY IN OUR BUDGET, AND THEN WE'RE ADDING NEW ITEMS TO GET TO A NEW BUDGETED ITEM.
SO THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE DAMAGE AT THE DATA CENTER TO THE UPS MACHINES OR SERVERS, I GUESS, THAT WERE OUT THERE. THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS AN INCREASE IN THE INSTALLATION COST, AND IT IS BEING COVERED BY THE INSURANCE. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING REVENUE COMING IN AND AN EXPENSE OF THE SAME AMOUNT, THE $50,000 THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT FROM A PREVIOUS BUDGET AMENDMENT HAD TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT THAT WAS OUR DEDUCTIBLE.
SO, WE HAD TO RECORD THE COST. BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT IN REVENUE BECAUSE THAT'S OUR DEDUCTIBLE.
GOT IT. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE I REMEMBER EVERYTHING CORRECTLY.
SO, THAT'S IT ON THAT. WHAT'S THE LEFT? ANYONE ELSE NEED TO PULL ANYTHING? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL WE LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING ON THAT NEXT WEEK.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS.
[L.1. Consideration and possible approval of the purchase of Emergency Management Software for Critical Incident Notification]
THESE ARE GOING TO BE FOR OUR NEXT MEETING. L.1 WILL BE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FOR CRITICAL INCIDENT NOTIFICATION.YOU GUYS HAVE A HANDOUT IN YOUR DAIS FOLDER FOR THIS ON PAGE WILL BE PAGE 51.
DO WE DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS CROCK? LOOK, TO MY RIGHT. YEAH. MR. RAU.
I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. MS. SKROCKI, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME TO THE MIC AND SETTLE OUR UPDATE DEBATE AND GIVE US A LITTLE OVERVIEW ABOUT WHAT THIS ITEM IS? CERTAINLY. GOOD EVENING. AS WE WELL KNOW, WITH ALL OF THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IN REGARD TO SAFETY AND SECURITY, ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING THINGS IS TIMELY NOTIFICATION TO OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF WHEN IT COMES TO LETTING THEM KNOW ABOUT A POTENTIAL CRITICAL INCIDENT IN THE AREA.
WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED PART OF THAT GOAL WITH PROCEDURES WITHIN THE DISTRICT, WITH OUR OWN SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING LOCKED DOORS, INCLUDING OUR CLASSROOMS, ETC.
OUR EXTERIOR DOORS, FENCING AND THE LIKE. BUT ONE OF THE MOST IMPERATIVE THINGS THAT WE ALSO NEED TO MANAGE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR FAMILY WITHIN THE WALLS, AND THAT INCLUDES TIMELY NOTIFICATION OF THOSE FOLKS WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE BUILDING, AND WE ACHIEVED THAT THROUGH OUR NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, THROUGH MORE OR LESS.
WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT WITH IS A CELLULAR DEVICE CARRIED ON THE PERSON OF AN INDIVIDUAL.
PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE AT THIS POINT IN TIME DOES HAVE A SMARTPHONE IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
SO WHAT THE DISTRICT HAS DONE IS IMPLEMENTED THIS PROCEDURE AND TRAINED OUR FOLKS ON WHAT AN EMERGENCY LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THE APPROPRIATE MECHANISM AND WHAT WORDING NEEDS TO BE DONE. WE'VE ALSO ACCOMPLISHED THAT THROUGH OUR CELLULAR DATA ON OUR COMPUTERS, OUR LAPTOPS, OR EXCUSE ME, OUR DESKTOPS IN OUR SYSTEM, AND ALSO OUR ALL CALL PAGING THROUGH OUR SYSTEM.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PARTICULAR SOFTWARE PROGRAM IS, IT IS A CONTINUATION OF OUR PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING TIMELY NOTIFICATION WHETHER YOU'RE STANDING OUTSIDE, YOU'RE IN THE GYM, CAFETERIA, ET CETERA.
THAT PHONE IS TYPICALLY WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES.
SO YOU MAY NOT NECESSARILY HEAR THAT OVERHEAD SPEAKER, BUT YOU WILL OFTENTIMES HEAR THAT PHONE.
THIS COUPLED WITH THE ABILITY TO IMMEDIATELY ALSO WITH ONE TAP OF A FINGER, ALSO IMMEDIATELY CONTACT 911 STRAIGHT FROM THAT APP AND IT LETS THEM KNOW AS WELL AS OUR EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY ON CAMPUS. SO IT IS DIRECTLY COMMUNICATING WITH OUR LOCAL TEAM OF FIRST RESPONDERS AS WELL.
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THANK YOU. TEAM LOOK TO MY RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? MY LEFT. NO. OKAY JERRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM L.2.
[L.2. Consideration and possible approval of the purchase of Instructional Materials and Start-up Expenses for the Fall 2025 opening of Ramage Elementary School]
THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND STAFF EXPENSES.FF&E, AS YOU MAY FOR THE FALL 2025 OPENING OF RAMAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
TO MY LEFT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR.
WATSON? OROSCO, CAN YOU GIVE US A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW FOR FAMILIES THAT ARE WATCHING AND OUR STAFF THAT'S WATCHING TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? YES. AND GOOD EVENING.
THIS IS THE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS LIST FOR RAMAGE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET BETTER WITH THIS PROCESS EACH YEAR.
AND SO IT'S JUST TO GET EVERYTHING STARTED. WE'VE GOT THE FURNITURE ALREADY PURCHASED.
THIS IS ALL THE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS FOR THE CLASSROOMS, OFFICE SPACES AND SUCH.
WE ALSO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR WATSON.
THIS IS JUST GETTING AHEAD OF IT, GETTING IT ON ORDER, GETTING IT GOING. JUST A GENERAL FOR THAT.
WE DO EVERY TIME WE OPEN A CAMPUS. SO LOTS MORE OF THESE TO GO.
THANK YOU, MISS PETREA, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I SAW YOU RAISE YOUR HAND REAL QUICK. OKAY. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, TEAM, WE'RE MOVING ON TO L.3, WHICH IS THE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE
[L.3. Consideration and possible approval of the purchase of Security Fencing and Associated Installation Services (Phase 3) - Encore Fence]
PURCHASE OF SECURITY FENCING WITH ASSOCIATED INSTALLATION SERVICES.ENCORE FITS. MISS SKROCKI, SEE, WE GOT SOME. WE HAVE A HANDOUT IN OUR FOLDERS FOR PAGE 56.
YOU WANT TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW ABOUT THESE PROJECTS AT THESE CAMPUSES? YES, SIR. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF AN ONGOING PROJECT THAT WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN WITH BOTH GRANT FUNDING AND BOND FUNDING.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF STARTING THE THIRD PHASE.
THIS INCLUDES BUDA ELEMENTARY, CARPENTER HILL ELEMENTARY, ELM GROVE, AND SUNFIELD.
AND WHAT THIS IS MANAGING IS THE PERIMETER EXTERIOR FENCING THAT IS GOING UP IN HEIGHT SO THAT WE CAN MORE SECURELY PROTECT OUR STAFF AND OUR CHILDREN DURING THE SCHOOL DAY SO THAT WE'RE ENCOMPASSING THEM IN A MORE SECURE PERIMETER.
THAT IS AS CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, LIMITING AS POSSIBLE TO PREVENT SOMEONE TO BE EASILY SCALING THAT FENCE AND CREATING GOOD GATED AREAS AND DRIVE ACCESS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE AS SAFE OF A COMPONENT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN WITH THAT PERIMETER AREA.
THANK YOU. TEAM. LOOK TO MY LEFT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS SKROCKI? MISS PETREA. THANK YOU FOR THESE MAPS. SUPER HELPFUL.
I WANTED TO ASK BECAUSE MAYBE I CAN'T READ A MAP LEGEND.
VERY WELL. I WANT TO SEE. OKAY, SO I KNOW THE RED LOOKS LIKE THAT'S GOING TO BE FENCING.
WHAT ABOUT THE GREEN PART? LIKE THE. THERE'S, LIKE A GREEN OUTLINE.
IS THAT FENCING OR NO FENCING? SOME OF THE LINES DESIGNATE EXISTING FENCING.
THEY EXIST. THEY ALSO INCLUDE BOUNDARY LINES, ET CETERA.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO ME AND I CAN GIVE YOU THE GUIDELINE. OKAY.
PERFECT. YEAH. SO, SOME OF THESE LINES ARE OTHER THINGS.
LET ME LOOK AT IT. OKAY. OKAY. SO THAT'S. YEAH.
SO THIS IS AN EXISTING FENCING STRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO MEET CRITERIA.
SO WE'RE GOOD. IT'S A FENCED AREA BUT IT'S. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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A HIGH GROWTH DISTRICT, AS YOU WELL KNOW, IT IS QUITE A CHALLENGE TO MANAGE ALL OF THOSE THINGS CONSTANTLY.SO IT'S BEEN QUITE A BALLS IN THE AIR IN MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN MANAGE ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO BE INCREDIBLY THOUGHTFUL IN MANAGING THAT.
THAT'S BEEN OUR FIRST PRIORITY. WELL, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE NOT DOING THINGS TWICE.
SO I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THESE MANDATES THAT COME DOWN REQUIRE US TO DO SOME OF THESE THINGS AGAIN.
BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN JUST DO IT ONCE AND THEN MOVE ON.
NOW IS THIS WILL THIS FENCING PROJECT TAKE OVER THE SUMMER, OR ARE YOU GOING TO START NOW? IT'S IT HAS BEEN ONGOING. WE WILL MANAGE THIS.
WE CAN WE ARE COORDINATING. WE ACTUALLY MEET WITH CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE, AND WE COORDINATE. OKAY. ARE YOU ALL FINISHED? CAN WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF THE FENCING PROJECT. AND SO SOME OF THEM WE MIGHT FENCE THREE SIDES AND KEEP ONE SIDE OPEN, KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME IN AFTER CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE AND MANAGE THAT FINAL SIDE OF THE FENCE. SO IT IS DEFINITELY A LOT OF MOVING PARTS REGULARLY.
GOT IT. AS IT ALWAYS IS. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU GUYS ARE THE EXPERTS.
YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT LOOK EASY. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT TEAM WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO L.4
[L.4. Consideration and possible approval of the Design Document Package and Cost Estimate for 2025 Bond Comprehensive High School #4]
WHICH IS THE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE DESIGN DOCUMENT PACKAGE AND COST ESTIMATE FOR THE 2025 BOND COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER FOUR. AND I BELIEVE IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU'VE GOT A NEW BRIGHT AND SHINY, WHICH IS MY FAVORITE DOCUMENT THAT JASON BRINGS US.THIS IS ON PAGE 65. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS WHENEVER HE TURNS IT OVER THEN.
YEAH. NO THANKS MAX. GO AHEAD. OKAY. GOOD EVENING.
THANKS FOR HAVING US. JUST WANTED TO SAY WE WERE.
THIS IS FOR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL FOUR. IT'S A POTENTIAL ITEM ON 2025 BOND.
WE WERE HERE IN OCTOBER FOR SDS. AND SO TONIGHT, WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT DDS.
JASON'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THEM JUST HERE IN A SECOND.
I PROVIDED YOU ALL SOME INFORMATION THIS WEEK.
OVERALL, WE CAME DOWN ABOUT $2 MILLION FROM SD TO THE BASE BUILDING WAS UP A LITTLE BIT, AND THE IMPACT CENTERS WERE DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT OVERALL, ABOUT $2 MILLION LESS. THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT JUST THE ECONOMY AND HOW THINGS WERE GOING.
WE SAW SOME MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING PRICES UP ABOUT 15% OVER SOME RECENT BIDS, AND STEEL WAS UP PER TON. BUT WE WERE AS WE CONTINUE THE DESIGN PROCESS, WE USED LESS TONS.
AND THEN WE WOULD BE GOING FOR A GMP, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AS EARLY AS DECEMBER OR JANUARY.
DECEMBER 25TH. JANUARY 26TH. TO TO BREAK GROUND IN APRIL.
SO THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WE'D BE BUILDING THAT HIGH SCHOOL.
SO WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO JASON AND HE HAS PROVIDED A WONDERFUL DD BOOKLET AND HE'S GOING TO KIND OF MOSTLY COVER THE THINGS, THE CHANGES SINCE THE LAST TIME HE WAS HERE. THANK YOU, MAX.
GOOD EVENING, DR. WRIGHT. ESTEEMED BOARD MEMBERS. GLAD TO BE HERE AGAIN TO SHOW YOU ALL THE LATEST ON HIGH SCHOOL, FOR IT'S COMING ALONG REALLY NICELY AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO I'M GOING TO SKIP THROUGH ALL OF THE UPFRONT PUT YOU TO SLEEP STUFF.
BUT THAT IS A DETAILED CATALOGING OF ALL THE NUTS AND BOLTS THAT ARE GOING INTO THE PROJECT.
IF YOU ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN GOING THROUGH ALL OF THAT.
YEAH, IT'S KIND OF HUNG UP. I THINK I MADE IT MAD.
OKAY. [INAUDIBLE], SOME OF THESE GRAPHICS ARE REALLY LARGE, SO THEY TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO LOAD.
OKAY, SO SITE PLAN YOU'LL PROBABLY NOTICE IT REALLY HASN'T CHANGED MUCH.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD THING. THAT'S GOING TO BE PAGE 17 IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO START.
YEAH, THEY'RE ACTUALLY NUMBERED. OKAY. GOT IT.
OKAY, THANKS. GO AHEAD. SO, THE OVERALL LAYOUT IS THE SAME.
ALL OF THE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND EVERYTHING IS THE SAME.
WHAT WE'VE REALLY BEEN DOING SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET WAS REFINING IT.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS SAT DOWN WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND TALKED THROUGH LOGISTICS OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING ON THE SITE AND WORKING IN ADDITIONAL SIDEWALKS, ADDITIONAL GATES, ADDITIONAL FENCING WORKING THROUGH ACTUAL LAYOUTS OF BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS, ADDING BLEACHERS, THAT KIND OF STUFF. BUT REALLY, ON THE SITE PLAN THIS SHOULD LOOK REMARKABLY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SAW LAST TIME.
THESE HAVE NOT CHANGED. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE MORE ENLARGED PLANS.
[01:00:05]
SO YEAH WE'RE SKIPPING UP TO 22. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE CTE WING.NOTHING HAS REALLY CHANGED ON THIS OTHER THAN DEVELOPING IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. GETTING OUR RESTROOMS AND STUFF LAID OUT, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF ALL THE PARTS AND PIECES INSIDE THE ROOM. SO LAST TIME YOU SAW A PLAN, IT WAS JUST A BUNCH OF COLORED BOXES.
AND ALL OF THAT IS ESSENTIALLY TEST FITTING THOSE SPACES THAT WE CREATED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BIG ENOUGH AND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR ALL THE STUFF THAT YOU NEED. SO NEXT PAGE, THIS IS IN THE CENTER OF THE BUILDING ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
SO AGAIN YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF DETAIL ADDED TO THIS.
WE'VE ADDED A FEW MEP SPACES FOR THINGS LIKE A PUMP ROOM FOR THE CHILLER SYSTEM AND ELECTRICAL ROOMS. WE DID MAKE A CHANGE IN THE ADMIN AREA TO RELAY OUT THE CLINIC A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
STAFF ASKED THAT THERE WAS AN ACCESS NOT JUST FROM THE SCHOOL SITE, BUT ALSO FROM THE ADMIN SIDE.
SO IF THEY HAVE A SICK KID, THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THEM OUT AND AROUND AND SORT OF PARADE THEM THROUGH THE FRONT HALLWAY IN ORDER TO TAKE THEM TO THE RECEPTION TO BE PICKED UP BY THEIR PARENT. SO I THINK THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD SUGGESTION, AND WE WERE ABLE TO PICK THAT UP. NEXT PAGE.
SO THIS IS AGAIN IN THE CENTER ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
THIS IS THE LIBRARY AND LIFE SKILLS I'M SORRY, SPECIAL EDUCATION SUITE.
WE WERE SHOWING ONE RESTROOM IN THERE. IT WAS ACTUALLY OFF THE WORKROOM. TECHNICALLY COULD BE USED BY STUDENTS, BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY'D HAVE TO HAVE PERMISSION TO GO IN THERE. STAFF ASKED IF WE COULD PUT ONE THAT ACTUALLY FACED OUT INTO THE LIBRARY.
SO NOW THERE'S A STAFF ONE AND A STUDENT ONE IN THE LIBRARY.
AND MOVING TO THE NEXT PAGE, WE'VE GOT FINE ARTS.
SO THE OVERALL LAYOUT ON THIS HASN'T CHANGED.
BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT HAS REALLY BEEN ADDING A LOT OF DETAIL. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A PRODUCT MANUFACTURER THAT'S CALLED WINGER THAT PROVIDES A WHOLE LOT OF INSTRUMENT STORAGE AND PRACTICE ROOMS, AND THEY'RE KIND OF THE NAME BRAND, THE FAVORITE PRODUCT MANUFACTURER.
AND THEY HELP US WITH LAYING OUT INSTRUMENT STORAGE AND PRACTICE ROOMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE DID CUT BACK A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THIS LITTLE MAIN ENTRY POINT RIGHT HERE, WE CUT IT BACK A LITTLE BIT. THAT WAS SIMPLY TO SAVE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND TRY TO SAVE SOME MONEY.
HOW BIG THOSE LOCKERS NEEDED TO BE. ARE THEY SINGLE TIER, TWO TIER.
AND BY DOING THAT, WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO SQUEEZE SQUARE FOOTAGE OUT OF THIS WING.
WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO SHAVE ABOUT 7000FT² OFF THIS WING.
BY JUST SITTING DOWN AND ACTUALLY LAYING OUT THE INDIVIDUAL LOCKER ROOMS VERY SPECIFICALLY.
SO THAT WAS A THAT WAS A NICE CHANGE. ALL RIGHT, JASON, REAL QUICK.
DO YOU GUYS DO YOU WANT TO PAUSE? HOW MANY MORE PAGES ARE YOU GOING TO GO THROUGH.
DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAUSE AND DO QUESTIONS NOW? WHAT WE'VE DONE NOW, DO YOU WANT TO WAIT TO DO QUESTIONS AT THE END? DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS NOW.
SO NEXT PAGE GOING BACK TO THE CTE WING. SO THIS IS WHERE WE ACTUALLY MADE A PRETTY HEALTHY CHANGE.
AND WE HAD A REQUEST FROM STAFF TO GO FROM 24 STUDENT SCIENCE LABS TO 28 STUDENT SCIENCE LABS, WHICH IS THE NEW DISTRICT STANDARD. AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE WENT FROM WE SAW THAT SERVE THE SAME NUMBER OF KIDS, AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THE BUILDING BIGGER BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE COST MONEY. SO WHAT WE DID IS GO FROM 2224 STUDENT LABS TO 1928 STUDENT LABS.
IT DIDN'T WORK OUT SPATIALLY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE BIGGER LABS FIT.
SO WE ACTUALLY FLIP FLOPPED SOME CLASSROOMS WITH THE SCIENCE LABS.
SO ON THIS ONE, YOU'VE STILL GOT FORENSICS AND CRIMINAL SCIENCE AND 9/11 AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, WHICH YOU'LL SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF CLASSROOMS THAT WEREN'T THERE BEFORE. THERE USED TO BE SCIENCE LABS. THERE'S NOW SOME COMPUTER LABS THERE AS WELL. WHICH MR. BEAU ACTUALLY LIKED, THE FACT THAT THOSE COMPUTER LABS MOVED OVER TO THE CTE WING BECAUSE HE ACTUALLY SEES HIS FOLKS USING THOSE QUITE A BIT. SO I THINK THAT WAS ACTUALLY A BENEFIT. AND THEN IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, YOU'LL SEE ALL THOSE SCIENCE LABS GOT PUSHED MORE TOWARDS THAT CENTER PORTION OF THE BUILDING. IT'S ACTUALLY HAD A BENEFIT TO IT THAT THAT I WOULD CALL IT A HAPPY ACCIDENT.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A TWO STORY PORTION OF THE BUILDING RATHER THAN A FOUR STORY PORTION OF THE BUILDING. WE HAVE A LOT OF EXHAUST THAT WE HAVE TO DO OUT OF SCIENCE LABS, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH AS MANY SPACES ABOVE TO GET TO THE ROOF TO VENT IT OUT.
SO, IT ENDED UP BEING A REALLY POSITIVE CHANGE AND PROBABLY SAVED US SOME MONEY OVERALL.
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AND THEN THE CLASSROOM PORTION OF THE SECOND STORY HASN'T CHANGED.WE NOW ACTUALLY CALL THAT THE HEALTH SCIENCE LAB AND HEALTH SCIENCE CLASSROOM. SO THAT PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY EXPANDING TO BE MORE OF A TRUE HEALTH SCIENCE PHARMACY TECH CAN CERTAINLY BE TAUGHT IN THESE SPACES BEFORE, BUT NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PROVIDING A MOCK HOSPITAL ROOM AND MOCK TRIAGE SPACE AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER MORE HEALTH SCIENCE FOCUSED COMPONENTS TO THOSE SPACES. SO IT'S REALLY GOING TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM.
AGAIN, THE SCIENCE LABS ALL PUSHED OVER. SO THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE.
AND THEN THE CLASSROOM WING ITSELF REALLY HASN'T CHANGED MUCH. THEN ON THE FOURTH FLOOR.
SO THIS ONE IS CONTINUING TO BE A WORK IN PROGRESS.
AS A REMINDER, WE'RE DOING THE COMBINED SPACE OF PRESSBOX AND ACADEMIC SPACE.
AND WE'RE DOING THAT BY JUST KIND OF RUNNING THROUGH SCENARIOS.
AND SO A LOT OF TIMES THE TEACHERS WILL SAY, HEY, LIKE WHEN THIS HAPPENS, I HAVE THIS CONCERN. HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT? WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING TOWARDS, WHAT IS WHAT I'M STARTING TO CALL GRAPHICS THAT I'M CALLING PRESS BOX MODE AND EDUCATION MODE.
SO AND I THINK I'M GOING TO DO IT IN THE, THE ISOMETRICS THE SORT OF THREE DIMENSIONAL ONES.
IF WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOME OPERABLE PARTITIONS THAT WOULD OPEN AND CLOSE CONNECTIONS TO THE GRANDSTANDS BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME SUITES THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO GO DOWN AND SIT IN THE SEATING FOR.
I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND IT'S ALSO GOING TO HELP THE TEACHERS UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASKED TO CONVERT THEIR SPACE AND GET IT PREPPED FOR AN EVENT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, WHAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR HEAD MAY ACTUALLY BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK THEM TO DO. OR IT MAY BE LESS, I DON'T KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT. BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS DO IT IN A WAY THAT ACTUALLY REQUIRES THE LEAST AMOUNT OF WORK FOR THEM, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S JUST SORT OF AN EXTRA CHORE THEY GOT TO DO. AND WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE, YOU KNOW, UPSET ABOUT HAVING TO DO THAT. SO THAT IS COMING.
THIS IS A NEW THIS IS A NEW THING FOR Y'ALL. SO, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS COMFORTABLE WITH IT OR AT LEAST UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT IS, THAT'S GOING TO BE ASKED OF THEM. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S THE END OF THE FLOOR PLANS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL RIGHT, TEAM, I'LL LOOK TO MY LEFT.
MR. SEIBEL. BACK ON PAGE 29. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ACTUALLY SAW IT IN THAT 3D GRAPHIC THERE.
THE HANDICAPPED WALKWAY GOING UP TO THE STADIUM SEATING FOR THE HANDICAPPED SEATS.
IS THAT THE ONLY HANDICAP RAMP FOR THAT STADIUM? IT'S THE ONLY RAMP, BUT WE HAVE AN ELEVATOR FOR THEM AS WELL.
SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THE ELEVATOR IS GOING TO BE USED MOST.
I FEEL LIKE THEY NEED A LITERACY WALK TO GET THROUGH THAT RAMP BACK AND FORTH DESIGN THERE.
IT'S A BEAST. SO BUT YEAH, WE HAVE TO GET THEM UP 15FT AND WE HAVE TO MEET ADA.
SO. YEAH. OKAY. I JUST OVERALL, I JUST REALLY LIKE JUST TO HEAR THE CONSTANT FEEDBACK OF, YOU KNOW, STAFF BASED ON STAFF INPUT, BASED ON STAFF INPUT.
THE SHARED MEDIA SPACE IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING NEW FOR US.
AND SO THAT'S THE ONE. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGEST CONCERN, AS YOU ARE AWARE AND ARE ADDRESSING.
SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR ALL THAT. SO THAT'S IT. TRUSTEE OROSCO.
27. SORRY. YES. AND I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 27 AS WELL.
ACTUALLY, I JUST HAD A QUESTION OR A WONDERING.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN PHASING OUT COMPUTER LABS.
SO I WAS REALLY SURPRISED TO SEE THREE COMPUTER LABS HERE.
YOU KNOW, THAT HAS BEEN PHASED OUT SOME. SO IS THAT REALLY NECESSARY? ARE WE BRINGING COMPUTER LABS BACK? TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
THE COMPUTER LABS BEING IN PLACE, AND I'M NOT REAL SURE.
HE'S BEEN OUR REP. AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK MR.
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PIERCE TO COME ON UP HERE, SINCE HE HAS BEEN REPRESENTING CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION REGARDING THE PLACEMENT OF THE COMPUTER LABS AND THE PURPOSE BEHIND THAT.OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. PIERCE. GOOD EVENING.
CAN YOU RESTATE THE QUESTION FOR ME? I'M SORRY. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY WE HAVE THREE COMPUTER LABS THAT WERE PUT IN, AND I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 27. SINCE I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN PHASING OUT COMPUTER LABS, AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY UTILIZING LIKE BEFORE.
GOT IT. SO IS THIS THE ONE THAT LOOKS THIS IS THE CTE.
THEN THERE WOULD BE STUDENTS IN THERE DURING THE DAY, AND THAT WOULD BE THE SPACE THAT WOULD CONVERT IN THE EVENING ON FRIDAY NIGHTS, AM I RIGHT? THAT'S NOT THE ONE THAT CONVERTS. OH. GOT IT. OKAY. AND THERE ARE SOME PROGRAMS THAT KEEP THE DESKTOPS.
THEY ARE RELIABLE. YOU CAN STORE MORE ON THEM.
WE HAVEN'T COMPLETELY GONE AWAY FROM THEM. WE ARE DEFINITELY MORE MOBILE THAN WE ONCE WERE, FOR SURE. WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY LABS AS WE HAD 4 OR 5 WHEN I FIRST GOT TO HAYS.
THEY'RE DOWN TO JUST A COUPLE NOW. SURE, YOU WANT TO TURN ON YOUR MIC? THE MOBILE DEVICES REALLY CAN'T HANDLE THE ADVANCED APPLICATIONS WITH A LOT OF GRAPHICS AND FIGURE IN IF YOU'RE DOING CAD AND A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS, YOU REALLY NEED THE POWER OF A DESKTOP. YOU KNOW, A CHROMEBOOK IS JUST MOSTLY AN INTERNET BROWSER.
YOU CAN'T REALLY RUN PROGRAMS OR APPLICATIONS.
SO THE DESKTOPS HAVE MORE POWER, MORE GRAPHICS FROM OUR MORE ADVANCED CLASSES.
AND THEY'RE VERY RELIABLE BECAUSE THEY'RE WIRED IN.
SO, THERE'S PROBABLY STILL A NEED FOR ANY ADVANCED CLASSES ON THE COMPUTER.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW I GUESS THESE ARE SOME QUESTIONS FOR MISS PETREA TO CAPTURE, BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU DON'T HAVE IT HERE. TELL ME WHAT PROGRAMS WILL BE UTILIZING THIS SPACE THAT REQUIRES, YOU KNOW, DESKTOPS BECAUSE THEY NEED MORE MEMORY OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO, I MEAN, NOT FROM YOU, BUT FROM THE CURRICULUM SIDE.
IF THEY CAN PROVIDE WHAT PROGRAMS WILL BE UTILIZING THESE COMPUTER LABS? HOW MANY? AND THIS IS FOR YOU BECAUSE I KNOW JASON WON'T.
YOU'LL NOTICE. HOW MANY STUDENTS WOULD IT FIT? HOW MANY COMPUTERS ARE YOU HAVING IN EACH COMPUTER LAB? YES. SO IT'S 30 COMPUTERS PER. PER LAB. AND I WILL, I CAN ANSWER A LITTLE BIT.
RICK'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO GIVE A MUCH BETTER, MORE COMPLETE ANSWER THAN I WILL. BUT PART OF THE REASON THAT MOVING THEM OVER TO THE CTE SIDE WAS SOMETHING THAT RICK WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, IS BECAUSE A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ARE CTE PROGRAMS. SO THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT GRAPHIC DESIGN, AVIATION TRYING TO THINK WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER ONES WERE, BUT THOSE ARE ONES THAT HE EXPECTS THOSE COMPUTERS.
SO RATHER THAN BEING AN OPEN, GENERAL OPEN COMPUTER LAB THAT EVERYBODY USES. CERTAINLY, I'VE GOTTEN AWAY FROM THOSE. THESE ARE GOING TO BE MORE CTE. SO I'M JUST WONDERING AGAIN, JUST IF THEY CAN PROVIDE THE PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE UTILIZING THIS SPACE.
AND IS THIS A PROVEN PROGRAM? YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE DATA YET ON HOW MANY STUDENTS WILL BE TAKING IT, BUT IS THIS SOMETHING ESTABLISHED OR IS THIS SOMETHING NEW OR WHAT HAVE YOU? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S A LOT. SO I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THAT SO WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. PERFECT.
THANK YOU. THE OTHER CONSIDERATION, TOO, IS AS YOU PHASE OUT THE COMPUTER LABS, YOU COULD MAKE THOSE COMPOSTING LABS FOR THE CULINARY PROGRAM AND NOT EVEN HAVE TO CHANGE THE LABEL. THANK YOU, MR. SAVOY. YOU ARE VERY INTELLIGENT.
THANK YOU. AM I RIGHT, MISS PETREA? ALL RIGHT.
THANKS SO MUCH. I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THESE WERE FOR SOMETHING ELSE THAT I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, BUT I ACTUALLY, I THINK I KNOW WE'VE BEEN IN THE MR. HUDSON CLASS, AND THEY'VE GOT GIANT MACS AND, YOU KNOW, THE CAD THING. SO THEY'RE PROBABLY BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE, GRAPHIC DESIGN AND SOME OF THOSE CLASSROOMS. THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. WHAT I WAS HOPING YOU WERE GOING TO SAY, MR. PEARCE, IS THAT THESE WOULD BE TESTING ROOMS BECAUSE OUR LIBRARIANS ARE OVER IT.
AP TESTS, BENCHMARKS, MAKEUP TESTS. THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR THEIR LIBRARIES TO NOT BE TESTING ROOMS. A LOT OF THE YEAR. AND SO TO THE EXTENT WE HAVE THAT SPACE, I WAS GOING TO ASK ONE, IS OUR LIBRARY SET UP TO BE A TESTING ROOM? BECAUSE APPARENTLY THAT'S HOW WE USE LIBRARIES NOWADAYS.
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THERE WERE ROWS AND ROWS OF COUNTERS WITH COMPUTERS BECAUSE IT'S THE TESTING ROOM.A LOT OF THE TIME. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO USE LIBRARIES AS A LIBRARY, AWESOME.
IF IT'S GOING TO BE A DUAL SPACE, SET IT UP TO BE A TESTING ROOM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT ENDS UP.
IT NEEDS TO BE A FLEX SPACE. I DON'T THINK KIDS GO TO THE LIBRARY NEAR AS MUCH AS THEY USED TO.
WE I MEAN, IN JOHNSON LIBRARY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HOST SENATORS IN THAT LIBRARY.
I CAN ACTUALLY TELL YOU THAT IT'S SET UP TO DO EITHER.
SO. PERFECT. WE HAVE A MINIMUM OF 40 COMPUTERS RIGHT NOW IS WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING IN THE LIBRARY.
SO IF IT WERE TO BE USED FOR TESTING, YOU WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT KEEPS THESE ROOMS FROM BEING USED FOR TESTING OTHER THAN SCHEDULING. IT ACTUALLY HELPS THE FACT THAT THEY'RE ALL THE WAY AT THE END OF THE WING. SO THEY'RE KIND OF ISOLATED AND CAN BE, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE WAY AND QUIET.
SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO HOW MANY OUTLETS PER CLASSROOM ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE? AND WE NEED A LOT. Y'ALL DON'T LIKE THIS, BUT IT'LL BE A LOT BETWEEN ALL THE CHROMEBOOKS AND THEN THE CHARGING AND THEN THE SEVENTH PERIOD KIDS WHOSE ALL EVERY SINGLE KID IN THE CLASS HAS GOT A CHROMEBOOK THAT'S DEAD. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING THERE? SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JUST YOUR GENERAL OUTLETS AROUND ALL THE WALLS. THERE ARE ALSO CERTAIN ROOMS. THE GENERAL CLASSROOMS WILL HAVE THEM AROUND ON THE WALLS. WE ALSO HAVE CERTAIN ROOMS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT WITH, LIKE OVERHEAD POWER THAT COMES DOWN IN THE CENTER OF THE ROOM. YES, I'VE SEEN THOSE IN SCIENCE LABS. I FEEL LIKE. SO, WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH ROOM BY ROOM WITH FOLKS, ASKING THEM WHAT THEY THINK WILL WORK BEST FOR THEIR SPACES, AND THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF POWER. WHAT DOES THE SQUARE FEET OF THE CLASSROOMS AGAIN? 800. AND CAN YOU SHOW US A MODEL WITH 35 DESKS IN IT? BECAUSE THAT'S HOW MANY KIDS ARE IN OUR CLASSES IN HIGH SCHOOL. SO I WANT TO SEE IT.
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE ISOMETRIC OR WHATEVER, BUT I WANT TO SEE 35 DESKS HOW THEY WOULD BE CONFIGURED IN THESE CLASSROOMS. YEAH. WITH THE TEACHER DESK, I CAN WORK WITH THE WITH THEIR CLOSET OR WHATEVER STORAGE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE IN THEIR CLASSROOM BECAUSE THERE'S 35 KIDS IN THESE CLASSES.
YEP. SO I CAN GET THE ACTUAL FURNITURE THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN PURCHASING.
PERFECT. AND GET 3D MODELS OF IT AND DROP IT IN.
OKAY. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT I'D LOVE TO SEE. I'M GLAD YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PRESS BOX THING.
AND THEY HAVE THE FLOOR. WE HAVE A FLOOR. AND SO THERE'S SOME, SOME SAFETY AND SECURITY.
THERE'S SOME TECHNOLOGY THERE. AND SO I WAS GOING TO ASK IF YOU WHEN YOU SAID STAKEHOLDERS, HAVE YOU TALKED TO DOUG AGNEW ABOUT THE NEEDS THERE? WHAT WE DO BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DO IN THERE OUTSIDE OF WHEN WE'RE THERE.
THERE'S PROBABLY OTHER THINGS THAT GO ON THAT THEY USE THAT SPACE FOR.
SO HE'S BEEN PART OF THE CONVERSATION. SO I WOULD SAY IT'S STILL A PROCESS IN DEVELOPMENT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT WHOLE PRESS BOX MODE VERSUS EDUCATION MODE.
RIGHT. SO HOW MUCH DO WE TRY TO BLOCK OFF THE EDUCATION PORTION OF IT FROM THE SUITE PORTION OF IT.
IF THERE'S TECHNOLOGY THERE, HOW DO WE KEEP THAT SAFE? YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE AROUND, LIKE, WE CAN PUT IN A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF LIKE OPERABLE WALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT COST A LOT OF MONEY. OR, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A HOSPITALITY SUITE AND IT'S ALL IN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, IS THAT IS THAT LEVEL OF SECURITY NEEDED.
HOPEFULLY THEY'RE WELL BEHAVED. BUT THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, LOCK SOME STUFF UP, MAKE ALL THE CABINETS IN THERE LOCKABLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT.
OKAY. AND I'M SURE THERE'S A PLAN FOR THE TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCOREBOARD AND THE SOUND SYSTEM, AND THAT WOULD NOT BE MADE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS ALL DAY, EVERY DAY.
THAT WOULD BE KIND OF JUST FOR STADIUM USE. ACTUALLY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT ACTUALLY BEING USED FOR BOTH, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A BENEFIT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT [INAUDIBLE] IS DOING, AND I KNOW THAT MR. BO HAS HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CTE DIRECTOR OUT THERE AND TALKED TO HER ABOUT HOW THEY'RE MAKING THAT WORK. BUT IT ACTUALLY ALLOWS THE KIDS WHEN THEY'RE LEARNING HOW TO WORK THE EQUIPMENT, THEY CAN ACTUALLY BASICALLY JUST TURN AROUND AND ACTUALLY PRACTICE WITH IT IN THE STADIUM, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS THE SAME EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'D BE LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM THAT THEY WOULD BE USED FOR THE FOR THE STADIUM AS WELL. OKAY. YEAH.
AND I KNOW WE, OUR STUDENTS DOCTOR WRIGHT KIND OF BROUGHT THAT TO US WITH OUR, OUR NEW SCOREBOARD AND TECHNOLOGY THERE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE REALLY INVOLVED AND HELP US ON FRIDAY NIGHT. SO THAT'S GREAT. THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. AND THEN I TRIED TO KIND OF MAP THIS OUT.
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YOU HAVE A GREAT LEGEND HERE, BUT I JUST, LIKE, VISUALLY, I'M, LIKE, WRITING FINE ARTS, ATHLETICS, WHATEVER, BUT JUST.AND I KNOW THE ANSWER IS PROBABLY YES, BUT AT JOHNSON, WE DID THIS WEIRD THING WHERE THE PRACTICE FACILITY IS HERE, THE LOCKER ROOMS ARE OVER HERE, AND THE COACHES DON'T LOVE THAT.
SO DID WE TALK TO COACHES AND FINE ARTS ABOUT LOCKER ROOM PLACEMENT, IMPACT PRACTICE FACILITIES, LOADING BOX TRUCKS? YES, 18 WHEELERS, BAND 18 WHEELERS.
AND EVERYBODY IS REALLY HAPPY. SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGER ADVANTAGES THAT THIS WHOLE STRATEGY OF THIS, THIS CAMPUS LAYOUT IS SHOWING EVERYBODY. SO ON THE GRAPHIC THAT YOU SEE UP HERE ON THE SCREEN I'M LOOKING AT WAS THAT PAGE 18.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, OBVIOUSLY THE STADIUM IS CONVENIENT TO EVERYBODY, RIGHT.
SO IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAMPUS. SO THE JOHNSON THING ABOUT HAVING LOCKER ROOMS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE FROM THE PLAYING FIELD IS NOT AN ISSUE. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE ALSO GOT THE IMPACT. YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR TO THIS IS ALL THE LOCKER ROOM SPACE RIGHT HERE.
SO YOU KNOW, MOVING FROM LOCKER TO STADIUM, MOVING FROM LOCKER TO IMPACT.
SHOW ME WHERE THE WEIGHT ROOM IS. THE WEIGHT ROOM IS RIGHT HERE.
SO WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT THAT SAME ADJACENCY HERE THAT THEY HAVE AT THOSE CAMPUSES.
AND ACTUALLY HAYS IS GOING TO BE PRETTY CLOSE. IT'S JUST ACROSS THE DRIVE. BASEBALL SOFTBALL IS A LITTLE BIT MORE REMOTE SIMPLY DUE TO SOME OF THE GEOMETRIES AND STUFF THAT ARE REQUIRED TO FIT THEM ON THE SITE. BUT AGAIN, ALL THEY GOT TO DO IS JUST COME ACROSS THE DRIVE THERE AS CLOSE TO THE LOCKER ROOMS AS THEY CAN GET. THEIR LOCKERS ARE IN THE CLOSEST PORTION OF THE BUILDING TO THEIR FIELDS. AND DO THEY HAVE A PLACE FOR STUFF FOR THEIR LIKE STORAGE FOR BASEBALL, SOFTBALL? SO WE HAVE A LOT OF STORAGE INSIDE THE MAIN BUILDING FOR VARIOUS SPORTS.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE STORAGE OUT HERE IN THIS.
SO VERY SIMILAR TO THE SPACES THAT THEY HAVE CURRENTLY OUT AT LEHMAN AND JOHNSON.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT WHERE TO PARK BUSSES AND TRUCKS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, WE ACTUALLY JUST GOT DONE HAVING A MEETING LAST WEEK.
WITH THAT EXACT KIND OF CONVERSATION, WHICH IS IN THE SCENARIO THAT I CALL IT, SORT OF THE WORST CASE SCENARIO IS, IS THAT THIS CAMPUS WILL PROBABLY SERVE MORE THAN ONE CAMPUS, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT YOU WILL HAVE TWO VISITING TEAMS COMING HERE.
RIGHT. WHICH MEANS THEY ALL COME WITH THEIR TRUCKS. THEY ALL COME WITH THEIR BUSSES. THEY ALL COME WITH THEIR PANEL VANS. WHERE DO THEY GO? WHERE DO THEY PARK? WHERE DO THEY DROP OFF? I DIDN'T REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT. YOU COULD HAVE TWO VISITING CAMPUSES.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE TOLD THAT 18 WHEELERS DON'T LIKE THEY DON'T LIKE TO MOVE AFTER THEY LOAD AND UNLOAD. SO WE FOUND PLACES WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY STOP, UNLOAD AND BE OUT OF THE WAY AND STILL BE CONVENIENT TO THE STADIUM. BUT THIS PARKING LOT RIGHT HERE IS REALLY THE SWING SPACE.
SO FOR BASEBALL SOFTBALL, IT'S GOING TO SERVE JUST AS CONVENIENT PARKING SPACES FOR CARS, FOR BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, AND TENNIS. BUT WHEN THERE'S AN EVENT IN THE STADIUM THIS IS ACTUALLY DESIGNED TO HOLD.
WE GET FOUR 18 WHEELERS ALONG HERE. AND THEN THEY'VE ASKED FOR SOME CURB CUTS THROUGH HERE SO THAT IF THEY'VE GOT PUSH CARTS OF STUFF UP ONTO THE FIELD, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TRAVERSE CURBS. AND THEN THESE TWO ROWS RIGHT HERE, I THINK WE GET LIKE 40 BUSSES THAT WE CAN PARK THERE.
SO IT'LL BE DOUBLE STRIPED. SO, IT'LL HAVE ONE STRIPING FOR CARS, IT'LL HAVE ONE FOR 18 WHEELERS, LOADING AND UNLOADING AND FOR BUSSES. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND I KNOW SOMETHING IS NOT GOING TO BE RIGHT.
THERE'S THERE ARE ALWAYS THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE WHY DID WE DO THIS AND SUCH LATER.
BUT JOHNSON IS SO FRESH. I FEEL LIKE THAT WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW LESSONS LEARNED.
I MEAN, LIKE, THAT COULD BE INSANE. AND IT ACTUALLY WORKS OUT WELL FOR THAT TOO.
SO THIS DRIVE RIGHT HERE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S, YOU KNOW, MAINLY THE SPECIAL EDUCATION BUS DROP OFF LOOP, THIS IS ACTUALLY ALSO THE FINE ARTS PICK UP AND DROP OFF SO THEY CAN COME AROUND.
THEY'VE GOT THEY CAN BACK IN RIGHT HERE OR DIRECTLY GO TO BAND WITH THEIR 18 WHEELERS.
IF THEY HAPPEN TO HAVE AN ATHLETICS THING HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME, THEY CAN QUEUE UP ALONG THIS PORTION OF THE DRIVE AND BE OUT OF THE WAY OF ATHLETIC OR FINE ARTS. SO WE'VE TRIED TO THINK THROUGH EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, I STILL ONE OF NATE'S FAVORITE PHRASES WAS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING WE'RE DESIGNING WITH THE BEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME. SO YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOME SCENARIO THAT SOMEBODY'S GOING TO DO IT DIFFERENTLY. AND WE CAN CERTAINLY ADAPT TO THAT.
BUT IF PEOPLE CAN TELL US THINGS THAT THEY LIKE OR DON'T LIKE AND USING JOHNSON OR LEHMAN OR WHATEVER AS AN EXAMPLE, THINGS THEY LIKE OR DON'T LIKE, THEN IT'S SOMETHING THEY DON'T LIKE, THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY HERE, SO IT WORKS BETTER. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I REALLY, REALLY LIKE AT JOHNSON IS THE GINORMOUS PARENT LOOP DRIVE IN YOU.
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I MEAN, AS BAD AS TRAFFIC IS, IT'S NEVER BACKED UP ON TO 967.SO SHOW ME WHERE THE PARENT LOOP SITUATION IS.
ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS MAIN STREET RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS THE MAIN ENTRY POINT RIGHT HERE. THIS IS OUR WELCOME CENTER.
SO THE PARENT LOOP IS THIS NICE LONG BLUE DOT ALL THE WAY AROUND.
AND THEN YEAH. SO THEN THEIR MAIN ENTRANCE IS KIND OF WHERE THAT NUMBER 12 IS WHERE THAT ARROW IS.
THAT'S SIMILAR TO JOHNSON I FEEL LIKE. SO, WE'RE ACTUALLY.
YEAH. IT'S A, I WOULD CALL IT A STRONG SUGGESTION.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE A CODE REQUIREMENT, BUT STRONG SUGGESTION THAT WE ANTICIPATE THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT ARE GOING TO QUEUE UP AND TRY TO NOT HAVE THEM BACK UP ON THE MAIN STREET.
I FEEL LIKE YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT AS AN ARCHITECT, JASON. THAT'S WHY I HAVE CIVIL ENGINEERS.
OKAY, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE A ZILLION PARKING SPOTS, BUT CAN YOU CAN YOU TELL ME KIND OF, IN COMPARISON TO JOHNSON, HOW MANY PARKING SPOTS ARE AVAILABLE HERE? SO, WE'RE SHOWING 1200. 1270, I THINK PARKING SPACES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT, MAYBE AROUND 11, CLOSE TO 1200.
JOHNSON WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THE PROPOSED PARKING LOT IN THE 2025 BOND.
JUST JOKING, OBVIOUSLY, BUT PARENTS CARE ABOUT ALL OF THAT.
OKAY. I FEEL LIKE. LET ME SEE. SO, I'M NOT JOKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF OUTLETS IN THE CLASSROOM.
CAN I WRITE A QUESTION AND FIND OUT KIND OF, ON AVERAGE, WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE? AND THEN I THINK ALL THE REST OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED.
OBVIOUSLY, AS SOME OF THESE HIGH SCHOOLS OPEN, THEY WON'T BE COMPLETELY FULL.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM FOR A LITTLE WHILE. IT'S USUALLY WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF SPACES WHEN YOU HAVE THAT PROBLEM, HONESTLY. SO OKAY. THAT'S IT, I THINK. THANK YOU.
TRUSTEE FLORES THANK YOU, SIR. AND THANK YOU, TRUSTEE PETREA, FOR COVERING A LOT OF THE CLASSROOM QUESTIONS, INCLUDING THE COMPUTER ROOMS. I WAS I HAD HEARD THE SAME THING ABOUT US FACING THOSE OUT.
AND THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING ASKING THAT QUESTION.
TRUSTEE OROSCO. BUT I DO WANT TO JUST TOUCH ON THE STADIUM, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 8500 SEATS WHICH WOULD BE ONE OF THE NEWEST LARGEST STADIUMS IN THE AREA.
AND I ASSUME WHEN WE DO BUILD THIS THAT WE WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, OUR OWN GAMES AND OUR OWN DISTRICT, BUT WE MIGHT ALSO HOST PLAYOFF GAMES, WHICH TEND TO GET PACKED.
SO I DO WANT TO ASK ABOUT STADIUM PARKING. SO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, ON SECTION ON PAGE 17, SECTIONS TEN AND 11 WILL BE ACCESSIBLE FOR BOTH THE HOME AND VISITORS SIDE, CORRECT? YES. SO GENERALLY, THE WAY WE'VE GOT IT LAID OUT AGAIN, LIKE HOW LOGISTICS ARE DONE IS CERTAINLY UP TO THE CAMPUS AND DISTRICT STAFF AT THE TIME.
SO ABSOLUTELY. AND SOME OF THE SMALL THINGS. RIGHT.
IT'S EASY ACCESSIBLE. SO THERE'S NO CROSSING OF MAJOR ROADS.
RIGHT. THERE'S NO CROSSING THE STREET WHEN IT COMES TO PARKING. WE'RE FANS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE STADIUM VERY SMOOTHLY, VERY QUICKLY AND TO THEIR PARKING SPOTS. CORRECT.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO JUST THOSE THREE PARKING LOTS, HOW MANY SPOTS ARE WE TALKING WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT NINE? SO THAT'S THE YEAH, THAT'S ALL OF IT. SO THERE WERE 1200 SPOTS.
OKAY. SO. ABSOLUTELY. SO THERE'S PLENTY. AWESOME.
THANK YOU. AND AGAIN SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A MULTI-LEVEL STADIUM.
CORRECT. THERE ARE PARTS OF PIECES ON EACH FLOOR. SO ON THE SECOND FLOOR, WHICH IS WHAT IS THE CONCOURSE FOR THE STADIUM, WHICH IS THE SPACE BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER TIER? AND I CAN PULL THAT UP REAL QUICK. SO, WE'RE LOOKING AT PAGE 27. OKAY. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY UP ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING.
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RIGHT. SO FOR THE STADIUM THIS IS THE LOWER TIER.AND THEN ABOVE THIS SPACE IS THE UPPER TIER SEATING.
THERE ARE STAIRS THAT GO UP TO THE UPPER TIER. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU JUST GO DOWN THE ROWS TO GET TO THE LOWER TIER. SO THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THESE RESTROOMS ON BOTH SIDES, BUT WE'VE PUT IN CROSS-CORRIDOR DOORS HERE AND HERE.
RIGHT. SO WE DO HAVE A FEW CLASSROOMS AND POTENTIALLY A COUPLE OF COMPUTER LABS. WE COULD PROBABLY FLIP THAT DOOR TO THE OTHER SIDE TO PREVENT ACCESS TO THAT ONE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO LOCK OFF AS MUCH OF THE FLOOR AS POSSIBLE WHILE STILL GIVING THEM ACCESS TO THE RESTROOM AMENITIES.
THE THIRD FLOOR ACTUALLY DOES NOT HAVE ANY ACCESS, SO THERE'S NO WAY FOR FANS TO GET IN HERE.
AND THEN THE FOURTH FLOOR, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE GOING TO IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE SUITES OR IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WORKING IN STREAMING OR STUDIO THIS IS REALLY OPEN.
PAGE 37 WHERE IT HAS A KIND OF AN OVERHEAD SHOT OF THE STADIUM ITSELF.
THE ON THE SIDES OF THE BLEACHERS ARE THOSE JUST KIND OF WALKWAYS WITH RAMPS THAT LEAD UP TO.
SO ALL THIS IS GOING TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL FANS.
CORRECT? WHERE AND I MEAN WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE TO GET UP TO THE CONCOURSE.
SO THE WAY IT WORKS IS, IS THAT THE CONCOURSE LEVEL AGAIN, IS THAT MAIN CIRCULATION SPOT.
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THESE SPOTS THAT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE ARE ACTUALLY THE HANDICAPPED SPOTS.
SO THERE'S GOT TO BE, YOU KNOW, THEM ALL THE WAY ACROSS THIS WHOLE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE CONCOURSE.
WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO IT VERTICALLY BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE INFEASIBLE.
IS THE MAIN WAY THAT THEY CAN GET THERE, BUT THERE'S ALSO THIS RAMP AVAILABLE TO THEM OVER HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE YOU POINTING OUT THE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY RIGHT WHERE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE NO BARRIERS TO GET UP TO THE TOP AND THEY CAN WATCH THE GAME.
AND MY LAST QUESTION IS RIGHT NEAR THOSE WALKWAYS.
SO THAT WALKWAY RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE RAMPS ON THE SIDES OF THE OF THE OF THE GRANDSTANDS, THOSE WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO FANS. CORRECT. AND PARENTS.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT. YES, SIR. HERE ON THE SIDES.
YES, SIR. IN HERE. YEP. SO THESE WILL DEFINITELY.
SO YES THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO QUEUE UP HERE. DOWN HERE.
IF YOU WANTED TO, IT'S POSSIBLE TO LET THEM GO DOWN THERE IF YOU WANT TO. AWESOME.
WE CAN PUT WE CAN PUT FENCES AND GATES IN THERE THAT ALLOW YOU TO DO EITHER ONE.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, AND I THINK I THINK I WAS SO EAGER TO GET YOUR ITEM.
I TRIED TO PULL IT BEFORE, PULL IT BEFORE CONSENT. BUT I WILL ASK A QUESTION AS FAR AS COST.
RIGHT. AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT THAT ARE DRIVING UP COSTS, WHETHER IT BE TARIFFS, EXPORTS, WRIGHT, IMPORTS, ET CETERA.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COST, WHEN YOU COME BACK LATER AND WE GET TO CONSTRUCTION COSTS, HOW LIKELY IS IT THAT THESE COSTS ARE GOING TO GO UP LATER? DUE TO THOSE EXTERNAL FACTORS LIKELY WHETHER OR NOT THE OVERALL COST GOES UP.
SO AS THE COST OF STEEL GOES UP, LIKE MAX MENTIONED, THE COST OF MEP GOES UP.
WE HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO TRY TO MITIGATE THAT WITH BRINGING COSTS DOWN.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB OF THAT. BARTLETT HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.
OUR CONTRACTORS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL. AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WAYS TO MAYBE DO SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GETTING HIT WITH TARIFFS AS OPPOSED TO WHEN THAT IS SWITCHING FROM STEEL TO CONCRETE. YOU KNOW THERE'S WAYS TO DO IT.
BUT IT IS MAKING OUR JOB HARDER FOR SURE. YES, SIR.
AND I KNOW THERE'S OBVIOUSLY UNCERTAINTY OUT THERE RIGHT.
BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. MS. OROSCO, I DO HAVE ONE THING REAL QUICK THAT MAX ASKED ME TO MENTION IS THE STAIRS.
SO I KNOW THAT Y'ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT THINGS FROM JOHNSON THAT LESSONS THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE LEARNED. STAIRS JOHNSON WAS ONE OF THEM. SO BY COMPARISON, JOHNSON HAS BROUGHT THIS OUT IN, I THINK, ONE OF THE ANSWERS TO THE BOARD QUESTIONS.
BUT JOHNSON HAS THE ONE MAIN STAIR THAT'S BEEN IN THE VIDEO, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT EVERYBODY SAW.
THAT STAIR IS EIGHT FEET WIDE AND THAT'S THE WIDEST STAIR IN THE WHOLE CAMPUS.
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THERE'S ANOTHER STAIR OVER BY THE CAFETERIA THAT WAS ONLY SIX FEET WIDE.REALLY NARROW. AND THEN THERE'S ONE MORE STAIR.
THERE'S REALLY THREE MAIN STAIRS THAT GET USED THAT GO THE FULL WAY.
THEY HAVE SOME HALF STAIRS THAT JUST GO BETWEEN TWO FLOORS, BUT NOBODY REALLY EVER USES THOSE. AND THEN THEY HAVE ONE THAT'S AN EXTERIOR STAIR THAT THEY ONLY USE THAT IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY. SO IF THEY'RE TRYING TO EVACUATE.
SO AND THE OTHER THIRD STAIR IS ABOUT SEVEN FEET WIDE.
SO IN COMPARISON, EVERY SINGLE STAIR THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CAMPUS IS 11FT WIDE.
AND SO I THINK ONE OF THEM, WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY HAVE TO PUSH IT TO 12. WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH SOME STRUCTURAL CLEARANCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE CERTAINLY HEARD THAT WE ARE EXCEEDING CODE. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS BY CODE TO MAKE THEM ALL THIS WIDE.
WE ARE SIMPLY DOING THIS FOR CONVENIENCE AND SAFETY AND SECURITY.
AND AGAIN, WE HEAR THINGS THAT YOU DON'T LIKE AND WE TRY TO IMPROVE UPON THEM.
MS. OROSCO I JUST HAD A FEW QUESTIONS IN REGARD TO SECURITY.
IT MAKES ME NERVOUS ON THAT SECOND FLOOR ACCESS THAT YOU SAID FANS DO HAVE ACCESS, LIKE TO THAT COMPUTER LAB AREA AND SUCH THAT MAKES ME A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT CONVERSATION. WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH HER YET.
WE COULD TALK ABOUT PUTTING THEM JUST ON THOSE ROOMS THAT DO HAVE THAT, THAT ACCESSIBILITY TO FANS DURING THE GAME, SO THAT RATHER THAN RELYING ON SOMEBODY WITH A KEY TO MAKE SURE THEY LOCK THAT DOOR THEN YOU CAN USE THE ACCESS CONTROL TO PROGRAM IT TO MAKE SURE IT'S GOING TO BE LOCKED.
SO THAT PREVENTS SOMEBODY FROM ABLE TO GET IN THERE. I WOULD LIKE SOME FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
ON WHAT THE DISCUSSION IS ABOUT THAT AND HOW WE CAN KIND OF MITIGATE THAT.
BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE VANDALIZE AND SUCH.
CURRENTLY AT SHELTON, IF YOU KNOW THE CODE, YOU CAN GO TO EVERY FLOOR YOU WANT.
SO WE WANT TO LIMIT THAT WHERE OKAY, IF YOU KNOW THE CODE, IT GOES TO THAT FLOOR OR YOU HAVE A KEY TO GO TO WHATEVER FLOOR THAT WILL GIVE YOU THE ACCESS. NOT EVERYBODY CAN JUST GO TO EVERY FLOOR, RIGHT? MODERN ELEVATORS ALL HAVE THE PROX CARD READERS THAT CAN BE PROGRAMED. AND SO, IF YOU SWIPE YOUR CARD, YOU ONLY HAVE ACCESS TO THE FLOOR FIXED. SHELTON.
FOR THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY REPLACING THE ELEVATOR IN SHELTON. SO.
SO YEAH, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. BUT ALSO THE OTHER THING WAS THE BASEBALL CAGES THAT ARE HERE.
I KNOW THAT IT WAS A HUGE ISSUE AT LEHMAN HAVING SECURITY FOR THOSE BASEBALL CAGES, PEOPLE JUST JUMPING OVER AND USING THEM AND VANDALIZING THAT AREA. SO ON THIS BUILD, YOU DO HAVE THAT ALREADY BUILT IN THAT SECURITY PIECE.
WE HAVE A SIX FOOT FENCE AROUND THAT WHOLE ENTIRE BASEBALL SOFTBALL TENNIS COMPLEX.
IT'S EITHER A SIX FOOT FENCE OR IT'S LIKE THE BASEBALL WALL OR THE BASEBALL FENCE, WHICH IS ALREADY TALLER THAN THAT. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, USING JERRY'S STANDARDS WE MADE SURE THAT WE HAD A COMPLETE ENCLOSURE OF THAT ENTIRE.
IT'S NOT JUST FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY, IT'S ALSO FOR FAN CONTROL.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO TRY TO GO WATCH A GAME FOR FREE. IF Y'ALL WANT TO NOT LET THAT HAPPEN, THEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE PEOPLE GO THROUGH A PARTICULAR TICKETING AREA. SO ALL THAT HELPS WITH ALL OF THAT. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT I'M GOING TO CHANNEL MYSELF IN SOME RESTRAINT.
BRING UP MY EPOCH DAYS. DID NOT ASK A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS.
BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE, SO I'LL GIVE YOU THE OUTLETS.
IF WE COULD JUST REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SWITCHES PER ROOM.
IS THAT FAIR? OKAY. ALSO A COUPLE THINGS. OKAY.
SO WHEN THIS IS A LONG TIME AWAY AND I, AND I HATE TO SAY IT'S A LONG TIME AWAY, BUT WE'RE HERE.
WE ARE NOW. WE'RE PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER. BUT IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO COLORS AND MASCOT? WAY BEFORE WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE PICKING COLORS FOR THE CAMPUS ON INSIDE.
I KNOW ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WE KIND OF SEEM TO ALWAYS BE A LITTLE BIT LATE WHEN WE DO THAT, BUT FOR THIS ONE, IT'D BE NICE TO MAYBE WHATEVER THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE, MAYBE MOVING THAT UP AND MAYBE GIVEN THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM THE OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, CUSTOMIZE IT WITH WHATEVER THE CAMPUS COLORS ARE GOING TO BE.
I WAS GOING TO GIVE A DISCLAIMER BEFORE WE WENT INTO THE 3D IMAGES THAT WE ARE SHOWING A MASCOT, WE ARE SHOWING COLORS, BUT THOSE ARE PLACEHOLDERS ONLY.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO MASCOTS CHOSEN. THERE HAVE BEEN NO COLORS SELECTED. THERE ARE NO SCHOOL COLORS SELECTED. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT ONE OF THE KEY PIECES TO THAT, AS FAR AS THE PROCESS HAS BEEN TO DATE, IS THAT THE PRINCIPAL FOR THE CAMPUS IS USUALLY INVOLVED, SO THAT USUALLY THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE AFTER THAT PRINCIPAL IS HIRED.
NO, I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND, BUT THAT'S USUALLY WE'RE TOO LATE AT THAT POINT.
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SO I'M JUST EXTENDING THE CHALLENGE. MAYBE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PICK SOME OF THAT STUFF BEFORE WE OPEN SO WE CAN ACTUALLY COLORIZE IT, GET THE TURF EXACTLY THE COLOR IT'S GOING TO BE, WHATEVER THE LOGOS, ALL THAT STUFF WHEN IT, YOU KNOW, READY TO GO. I SEE TIM SAVOY HAS A QUESTION, BUT I'M GONNA HOLD OFF JUST ONE SECOND.WELL, IT'S A IT'S AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE TIMING ON THE COLORS, BUT NO.
AND THEN THEN FROM THE GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE GOING THERE, THEN WE ASK FOR THIS WILL BE A COMMUNITY WIDE NAMING THING, BUT GENERALLY LIKE THE STUDENTS WHO ARE ACTUALLY GOING THERE, I THINK WE ASK FOR MASCOT AND COLORS BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO INADVERTENTLY ASK THAT OF THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE GOING TO POTENTIALLY THEIR RIVAL SCHOOLS, BECAUSE IT WOULD.
IT'S AWFULLY FUNNY TO SUGGEST DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO THAT'S WE CAN, WE CAN. BUT HAVING SAID THAT, IT IS THE BOARD'S PREROGATIVE TO ADOPT A NAME AND MASCOT AND COLORS AND WE CAN MOVE THAT UP. IT JUST MIGHT. IT WOULD LIKELY NOT THEN BE SELECTED FROM THE KIDS ACTUALLY GOING THERE.
IT WOULD LIKELY JUST BE FROM A WIDER AUDIENCE, WHICH IS FINE.
WE COULD JUST SCREEN THAT OUT BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THE FINAL DECISION ON THAT, ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS, NAME, MASCOT AND COLORS COMES FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
AND THEN I WOULD PROBABLY JUST CHALLENGE, YOU KNOW, ON THE ARCHITECT SIDE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S JUST PLACES IN THE CAMPUS WE KNOW WHAT THE SCHOOL COLOR IS GOING TO BE, AND YOU JUST LEAVE THAT. YOU LEAVE THAT CALL THAT, THAT WALL BLANK UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE WHEN WE PICK THE COLORS AND THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE IT WHATEVER COLOR IT'S GOING TO BE. OKAY.
I HAVE TO STAY AGNOSTIC ON THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION. I WILL. I WILL TELL YOU THAT OUR INTERIOR DESIGNERS WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU ALL. THE SOONER Y'ALL MADE THOSE SELECTIONS, THE BETTER. BUT THAT IS THE EXACT STRATEGY THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY SHOWING RIGHT NOW. IS THAT THE I WOULD SAY THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PALETTE IS VERY NEUTRAL.
AND IT'S INTENDED TO BE NEUTRAL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAYBE ATHLETIC AREAS, YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST KIND OF SLAM THE, THE SCHOOL COLOR EVERYWHERE, JUST KIND OF KIND OF OVERWHELMS PEOPLE. SO WE TEND TO GO WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A MATURE, NEUTRAL PALETTE.
AND THEN WE JUST PICK STRATEGIC PLACES WHERE THAT THE SCHOOL COLORS ARE GOING TO GO.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE'RE DOING BLUE AND ORANGE. SO WHEREVER YOU SEE BLUE AND ORANGE IS WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY PROPOSING TO DO THOSE, THOSE POINTS MAKE IT LIKE WE'RE NOT CONTRASTING COLORS AROUND THE WHOLE SCHOOL. IT'D BE NICE TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, KEEP IT ALL. WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT THE COLORS BE SANDSTONE AND ALUMINUM.
AND SO THEN THEY SHOULD MATCH THE BUILDING. THANK YOU.
WE'LL NEED A VOTE NEXT. OKAY. SO A COUPLE MORE THINGS.
JUST REAL QUICK. VISITOR SIDE, HOME SIDE HOME SIDE IS NOT GOING TO BE IN THE SUN.
THAT'S CORRECT. YES. OKAY, I'M JUST ASKING IT OUT LOUD.
YES. THAT IS CRITICAL. AND LOOKING AT THE VISITOR SIDE.
I DON'T SEE A BATHROOM AREA FOR THEM. IS THAT.
IS THAT JUST A 3D? MAYBE I JUST MISSED A RESTROOM OPTION FOR THAT SIDE.
SO THIS GOES BACK TO THE WHOLE MULTI-PURPOSE CONCEPT.
ALL RIGHT, SO I'M ON PAGE 25. AND SO UP HERE AT THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THIS PAGE, JUST OUTSIDE THE, THE TOP OF THE GEMS IS WHERE THE VISITOR SEATING IS.
SO THE VISITORS WOULD ACTUALLY COME DOWN OFF THEIR BLEACHERS AND COME DOWN INTO THIS EVENT LOBBY TO GO TO CONCESSIONS AND RESTROOMS. OKAY, I SEE IT. SO THOSE CONCESSIONS AND RESTROOMS ARE INTENDED TO SERVE VISITOR SEATING FOR AN EVENT IN THE STADIUM.
BOTH GYMS AND THE AND THE FINE ARTS GYM, THE BLACK BOX THEATER.
AND TECHNICALLY THE AUDITORIUM HAS ITS OWN LITTLE, LITTLE CONCESSION STAND. BUT DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE EVENT YOU KNOW, THEY STILL HAVE TO USE THE RESTROOMS, BUT THEY MAY WANT TO USE THIS ONE AS WELL. OKAY. AND THEN BEAR WITH ME TWO MORE QUESTIONS.
LET'S ASSUME JEFF SEIBEL AND I JUST GOT OUR CDLS, AND WE ARE THE PIT CREW.
WHERE AM I BACK IN THE TRAILER UP TO, AND HOW AM I GETTING TO THAT SPOT IF I THINK I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO POINT? I THINK I MADE IT MAD AGAIN. OKAY, THERE WE GO. OKAY.
SO THIS IS SOUTH TURNERSVILLE ROAD DOWN HERE.
YOU'LL BE COMING IN THIS WHAT IS CONSIDERED THE BUS ENTRY.
IT'S JUST GOING TO BE AN OPEN CONCRETE. OH YEAH.
WE CAN DO IT. IT'S JUST STRIPING. SO THERE'S NO CURB.
YEAH. NOTHING IN THE MIDDLE. JUST SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE SHOWING A TREE RIGHT THERE. BUT I FEEL LIKE I'LL BE A BETTER DRIVER THAN JEFF. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MAKE THAT TURN. THERE'S ALSO A SO THAT'S THE BAND ONE. THERE'S ALSO A FINE ARTS ONE RIGHT HERE.
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SO IF YOU'RE COMING TO DROP STUFF OFF FOR THE SCENE SHOP THEN YOU HAVE THE SAME ABILITY THERE.OKAY. AND SO, WE'RE ALMOST DOWN TO THE WIRE WITH THIS DESIGN.
AND SO I APPRECIATE MR. PEARCE BEING THE CNI KIND OF POINT PERSON FOR THIS, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THROW AN OLIVE BRANCH JUST ONE MORE TIME TO MAYBE HAVE THE BAND DIRECTORS AND DANCE DIRECTORS AND COACHES.
I KNOW THEY PROBABLY INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. I KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN.
BUT JUST ONE MORE LITTLE PEEK, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FLOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKES SENSE.
PARKING, TRAILER UNLOADING, LOADING, MOVING KIDS AROUND ALL JUST GOING TO MAKE SENSE.
I KNOW LIKE WITH JOHNSON, WHEN WE, YOU KNOW MOVING BIG EXPENSIVE YOU KNOW EQUIPMENT AROUND, LIKE THE CURBS, THE CURB. WE DIDN'T HAVE RAMPS ON ALL THE CURBS.
SO, IF YOU HAVE TO PUSH, YOU KNOW, A XYLOPHONE CART FROM THE BAND HALL ALL THE WAY AROUND THE OUTSIDE TO, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER WAY, JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S PLENTY OF CURB CUTS AND OUTSIDE LIGHTING IN THOSE SPACES WHERE THOSE TRAILERS ARE GOING TO DUMP OFF A LOT OF TIME AT NIGHT, THEY GET HOME. IT'S LATE. I SEE YOU HAVE A THEATER, A THEATER SPOT TO UNLOAD, MAYBE AN OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, LIGHTS TO GO OUT THERE FOR ATHLETICS AND FOR FINE ARTS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW IT'S A LOT. AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE WIRE ON THE DESIGN PART, BUT I JUST WOULD JUST LIKE TO GIVE THOSE FOLKS ANOTHER JUST PEEKABOO OPPORTUNITY, JUST TO MAKE SURE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE GOING FORWARD.
JUST DESCRIBED MY ONE OF THE THINGS ON MY TO DO LIST SIT NEXT TO MY COMPUTER RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS TO SCHEDULE THOSE MEETINGS. SO WE DID A WHOLE ROUND OF WHAT WE CALL STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH EVERY SINGLE GROUP. SO WE BROUGHT IN BASICALLY BY THE PROGRAM THAT THEY TEACH BY THEIR CURRICULUM.
AND THE PLAN IS TO GO BACK TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE AGAIN. NOW THAT WE'RE AT THE END OF DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, USE THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF A NICE MILESTONE PRINT THAT WE CAN USE AND DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SIZES OF ROOMS AND QUANTITY OF ROOMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. NOW WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT NUMBER OF OUTLETS.
AND WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK ALREADY BECAUSE THOSE FOLKS JUST WANT TO TELL US THAT STUFF, WHICH IS GREAT. IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO GET THAT INFORMATION. BUT WE THOSE THAT DID GIVE IT TO US, WE WANT TO SHOW IT TO THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT IT RIGHT. THOSE THAT DIDN'T GIVE IT TO US WANT TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL US WHAT IT IS AND SHOW THEM WHAT WE'VE GUESSED THEY WANT. SO, THEY CAN CONFIRM IT.
BUT THAT'S THAT IS THE PLAN PROBABLY OVER THE NEXT MONTH IS TO JUST GO THROUGH ALL THOSE.
OKAY. AWESOME. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GUYS.
APPRECIATE IT. MR. PIERCE, I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO MISS OROSCO'S QUESTION, AND I AND I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T DO A VERY GOOD JOB OF ARTICULATING THAT. BUT MR. DORA DID SAY SOME THINGS IN MY EAR.
SOME OF IT WERE A LOT TECHNICAL. BUT BASICALLY THE DESKTOPS ARE NEEDED FOR THE SPEED AND THE STORAGE FOR SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND REMEMBER, OUR PROGRAMS OF STUDY REQUIRE AVIATION ARCHITECTURE, SOME PRETTY PROGRAMS THAT HAVE A LOT OF SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.
AND IF THOSE TEACHERS ARE ASKING FOR, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WHAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO BUY.
MAY I? THAT'S FANTASTIC. I JUST WANT TO LIST OF ALL THE PROGRAMS SO WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME.
JUST DON'T TELL ME RIGHT NOW. OKAY. TIME'S RUNNING OUT ON US.
BUT PLEASE MISS PETREA HAS CAPTURED THAT QUESTION, AND YOU CAN PUT IT ON BOARD BLOG FOR US.
THANK YOU. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. JASON.
APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THE FUN PART AT THE END HERE, WHICH IS ALL THE PRETTY PICTURES.
ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, SO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
THIS SHOULD NOT LOOK A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT DID IN THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN, BECAUSE THE DESIGN REALLY HASN'T CHANGED MUCH ABOUT THE ONLY THING THAT WE DID IS WE CHANGED THE ASPHALT. SO IT'S NOT CRACKING ANYMORE. AND THEN WE PUT IN THE THE CANOPIES FOR DROP OFF AND PICKUP ON EITHER SIDE.
BUT IN GENERAL, THIS REALLY HASN'T CHANGED A WHOLE LOT. NEXT PAGE 49 IS THE EVENT ENTRY.
SO THIS IS ON THE VISITOR SIDE, VISITOR STADIUM SIDE AND OR THE EVENT ENTRY FOR GYMS AND AUDITORIUM.
SO AGAIN, THIS REALLY HASN'T CHANGED MUCH. OTHER THAN THAT ROTC IS NO LONGER THERE.
SO THIS FACADE RIGHT HERE HAS PULLED BACK. AND THEN I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE PULLED THE MAIN ENTRY WALLS BACK TO SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, THIS REALLY HASN'T CHANGED MUCH EITHER.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY THE NEXT PAGE IS THE CTE.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY ON THE THE HOME SIDE PARKING, LOOKING AT THE FOUR STORY CTE TOWER.
AND THIS HAS CHANGED. AND THIS WAS A RESULT OF THOSE CHANGES TO THE SCIENCE LABS THAT WE DID, BECAUSE MOVING THE SCIENCE LABS REALLY AFFECTED WHERE WINDOWS NEEDED TO BE.
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WE USED TO HAVE THREE OF THOSE ON THIS FACADE, AND THEY WERE EVENLY SPACED ACROSS THE LENGTH OF THAT FOUR STORY.NOW WE ONLY HAVE TWO AND THEY'RE NOW ALIGNED WITH THE ENTRIES BELOW.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY THE CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY ENTRY.
THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY AT THE ENTRY TO THE EVENT LOBBY.
AND THEN THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY THE FENCING FOR THE MAIN ENTRY TO THE STADIUM.
AND WE'VE ADDED YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO A LOGO AND SOME, SOME SIGNAGE THERE SO THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR FOR SOMEBODY IF THEY'RE COMING HERE FOR CTE, THEY KNOW WHAT DOOR TO GO INTO. IF THEY'RE COMING HERE FOR THE STADIUM, THEY KNOW WHAT DOOR TO GO INTO. AGAIN, THIS VIEW, YOU SAW IT LAST TIME. IT HASN'T CHANGED A WHOLE LOT. A LITTLE BIT OF DETAILING OVER HERE FOR THE PLAZA, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN A SECOND. WE DO HAVE SOME MECHANICAL SCREENING OF MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT HERE.
IT'S ACTUALLY SHRUNK FROM WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON HERE. SINCE THIS IMAGE WAS MADE.
AND, OF COURSE, WE JUST HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO IT GIVES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A SENSE OF SCALE. THEN THE NEXT ONE IS ACTUALLY A VIEW FROM THE END OF THE CLASSROOM WING LOOKING BACK OUT ONTO THE STADIUM.
AND THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THAT PLAZA SPACE.
SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE SPACE BETWEEN THE ACADEMIC BUILDING AND THE STADIUM THAT WAS CREATED WHEN WE PULLED THE BUILDING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AWAY FROM THE STADIUM IN RESPONSE TO CONCERNS ABOUT NOISE AFFECTING THE CLASSROOMS. AND SO WE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND MAKE IT A REALLY NICE OUTDOOR SPACE FOR STUDENTS. IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
IT'S ALSO A FANTASTIC SPACE FOR EVENTS AT THE STADIUM.
SO IT CAN BE A PRE EVENT SPACE. POST EVENT SPACE.
YOU KNOW IT'S REALLY IT'S REALLY JUST GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO OCCUPY OUTDOORS.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACK WITH ACTUAL GRASS.
AND THEN THIS IS A SHOT FROM THE PRESS BOX LOOKING DOWN ONTO THE FIELD.
SO YOU GOT TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE STADIUM'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE FROM THE HOME SIDE.
AND THEN THIS IS ACTUALLY THE MAIN STAIR. IT'S KIND OF ALIGNS WITH THE MAIN ENTRY TO THE BUILDING.
BUT CONSIDERING HOW EVENLY DISTRIBUTED WE HAVE ALL THE STAIRS, I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS ONE'S GOING TO GET A WHOLE LOT MORE TRAFFIC THAN THE OTHERS, BUT IT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA. WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF, LIKE, JUST LEFTOVER SPACE DUE TO THE GEOMETRIES OF THE STAIRS. SO WE CREATED A PLACE FOR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO SIT AND HANG OUT. THIS IS THE CAFETERIA.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY FAUX WOOD BEAMS. THEY'RE NOT REAL WOOD. BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY PULLING THAT FROM JOHNSON AND LEHMAN. SO IF Y'ALL GO LOOK AT THOSE CAMPUSES, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF THOSE WOOD BEAMS THROUGH THERE. SO THOUGHT IT'D BE NICE TO KIND OF PULL THAT CONSISTENCY FROM THE OTHER CAMPUSES.
WE DO HAVE A PLATFORM THAT YOU SEE BACK HERE WITH THE HOME OF THE BOBCATS ON IT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT'S AT JOHNSON RIGHT NOW. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BEING IS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PERMANENT PLATFORM PROPOSED FOR THIS ONE, WHEREAS JOHNSON HAS THE TEMPORARY ONE THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE UP AND UP AND DOWN. THEN THIS IS THE AUDITORIUM LOBBY.
SO IF YOU WERE TO COMPARE THIS ONE TO THE ONE THAT'S GOING IN AT LEHMAN, THEY SHOULD LOOK VERY SIMILAR. TO SOME OF THE BACK OF HOUSE STUFF HERE ON THE GROUND FLOOR IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. THE STAIRS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT LOCATION, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT THE PHYSICAL SPACE IS VERY SIMILAR. THIS IS THE EVENT LOBBY.
SO AGAIN THIS IS WHAT'S SHARED BY THE AUDITORIUM, THE GYMS AND THE VISITORS TO THE STADIUM.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE INTEGRATING SOME TROPHY CASES, WE'RE INTEGRATING SOME FLAT PANEL MONITORS.
BUT YOU'VE GOT THE RESTROOMS OVER HERE. WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE RESTROOMS RIGHT NOW.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT YOU ALL LIKE TO HAVE THE SINKS EXPOSED AND VISIBLE.
WE'RE DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT WE LIKE IT THIS EXPOSED, OR IF WE MIGHT WANT TO, LIKE, MAKE IT A LITTLE LESS EXPOSED. BUT SO THAT'S KIND OF A CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW. AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU GOT CONCESSIONS THERE AS WELL.
THE LIBRARY. SO AGAIN, HAS THOSE WOOD ELEMENTS IN THE CEILING? THIS WAS ACTUALLY AN IDEA FROM ONE OF THE STAKEHOLDERS WHEN WE WERE MEETING WITH THEM, THAT THEY LIKED THE IDEA OF HAVING THIS COUNTERTOP UP AGAINST THE WALL. THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO CLASSROOMS BEHIND THAT SPACE. AND SO WE LOVE THE IDEA, AND WE ACTUALLY TOOK IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAT IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE A COOL GRAPHIC BACK THERE TO MAKE IT KIND OF A, A NICE SPOT. BUT YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY FUNCTIONAL WITH COMPUTERS AND BOOKS.
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IT DOES HAVE A VIEW UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR. SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE UP TO SOME OF THE SECOND FLOOR SPACES. AND THAT ALSO ALLOWS THOSE SECOND FLOOR CLASSROOMS TO GET SOME BORROWED NATURAL LIGHT. SO BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ON EXTERIOR WALL, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FRONT ENTRY.SO YOU'VE GOT RECEPTION HERE. OFF TO THE RIGHT.
THAT MAIN STAIR THAT WE SHOWED EARLIER IS JUST OFF THE SCREEN OVER HERE ON THE LEFT.
AND THEN THOSE DOORS THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT GOING TO THE CAFETERIA. SO I WOULD NOT SAY THAT THIS BUILDING HAS A GRAND MALL KIND OF MOMENT, THE WAY THAT JOHNSON DOES OR THE WAY THAT LEHMAN DOES, BUT OUR FEELING IS, AND HOPEFULLY YOU ALL AGREE, IS THAT THE STADIUM IS KIND OF THAT MOMENT FOR THIS CAMPUS. SO THE ENTRY IS A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE NONDESCRIPT, I GUESS, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE MONEY, SO WE DON'T WANT TO GO CRAZY WITH A BUNCH OF HIGH VOLUMES AND FANCY MATERIALS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO I THINK THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE STRATEGY. AND THEN LET THAT STADIUM RELATIONSHIP REALLY BE WHAT DEFINES THE CAMPUS.
THIS IS THE EVENT ENTRY ON THE HOME SIDE. SO, IT'S A SMALLER SPACE THAN THE ENTRY ON THE OTHER SIDE BECAUSE IT'S NOT SHARED BY A BUNCH OF THINGS. BUT WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO GIVE FOLKS THAT ARE COMING ON THE HOME SIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A NICE MOMENT.
AND THEN THERE'S A STAIRWELL THAT FOLKS CAN TAKE TO GO UP AND DOWN.
SO IN THE BACK, THERE'S A LITTLE PORTION OF THAT SPACE THAT IS KIND OF LIKE A NOOK.
AND OUR THOUGHT RIGHT NOW IS THAT THAT COULD BE SOME KIND OF A LIKE A HALL OF FAME KIND OF SPACE.
SOMETHING TO REALLY CELEBRATE CTE, CELEBRATE ATHLETICS, CELEBRATE FINE ARTS, WHATEVER, BUT JUST SOMETHING THAT REALLY CELEBRATES THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THIS PARTICULAR CAMPUS. SO AS FOLKS ARE COMING IN AND THEY'RE GOING TO AN EVENT, THEY CAN STOP AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. AGAIN, THE COLOR PALETTE.
SO THE ORANGES AND BLUES ARE REALLY JUST A PLACEHOLDER.
SO BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS REALLY INTENDED TO BE VERY NEUTRAL AND TO WORK WITH WHATEVER COLOR SCHEMES WE MIGHT HAVE TO TWEAK SOME OF THIS IF IT'S WARMER OR COOLER, DEPENDING ON WHAT COLORS Y'ALL CHOOSE. BUT IN GENERAL, WE'RE TRYING TO GO WITH SOMETHING THAT'S VERY NEUTRAL. AND THEN SCHEDULE.
WE'RE HERE TODAY. WE'RE ON SCHEDULE. AND THE PLAN IS STILL TO OPEN THIS EARLY IN 2029.
THAT'S IT. GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY TEAM LOOK TO MY LEFT.
I LOVE THAT LITTLE PLAZA LOOK THERE, BUT THERE'S A LITTLE GRASS MEDIAN STRIP I NOTICED, TOO, ON THE HOME SIDE PARKING LOT. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT PAGE NOW, BUT YEAH, THAT WILL NOT BE THERE.
THAT WON'T BE THERE. THAT WILL NOT BE GRASS. YEAH. OKAY.
YEAH, YEAH. THAT WAS THAT THAT JUST MADE IT INTO THE RENDERING.
SO. OH, THERE'S JUST ONE LEVEL PARKING LOT OR NO IT'S STILL GOING TO BE A BARRIER.
IT'LL BE A BARRIER. BUT OKAY. DISTRICT DOESN'T WANT IT.
WE WERE DOING DECOMPOSED GRANITE IN SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF LOCATIONS, BUT WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH THAT MIGRATING OUT OF THOSE, THOSE ISLANDS. SO PARTICULARLY FOR THESE NARROW ONES LIKE THIS, WE JUST DO CONCRETE.
PERFECT. MS. OROSCO. JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION.
YOU SHOWED FOUR TOPS IN THE CAFETERIA. YES. SO MY WONDERING IS JUST THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE FOUR TOPS? YEAH, THAT'S JUST A PLACEHOLDER THAT WE PUT IN FOR RENDERING PURPOSES.
IT MADE ME NERVOUS. I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW HOW MANY KIDS ARE GOING TO BE THERE AND YOU'RE DOING FOUR TOPS? OKAY. YEAH. WE ACTUALLY ARE NOT INVOLVED WITH PURCHASING OF THOSE. I THINK YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE A STANDARD TABLE. I SHOULD, I COULD PROBABLY FIND OUT WHAT IT IS. AND SO I WONDER HOW MANY WOULD FIT. SO OKAY.
THANK YOU. MISS PETREA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT LOOKS SO GREAT COMING TO LIFE IN THESE FINAL PICTURES.
SO THANKS FOR KIND OF HELPING TO BREAK THIS UP.
THANKS FOR HAVING SOME TIME TO PROCESS EACH PIECE OF THIS AND ASK QUESTIONS.
YOU, I THINK, ADDRESSED ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, WHICH IS WAYFINDING.
AND BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A GUEST CAMPUS FOR A LOT OF EVENTS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT.
THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR WHEN PEOPLE PULL IN, LIKE, WHERE DO I GO? WHERE DO I PARK? AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE RIGHT HERE.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP. THAT'S WHERE YOU ENTER FOR THE STADIUM.
OVER TO THE LEFT FOR THAT. LET'S CALL IT A SHELTIE DOG.
I THINK IT'S A BOBCAT, BUT IT'S KIND OF. YEAH.
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SO IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON HERE, THERE'S ALSO COMPONENTS THAT THAT YOU DON'T SEE HERE, WHICH IS WHAT WE CALL WAYFINDING SIGNAGE, SITE SIGNAGE. AND A GOOD EXAMPLE IS JOHNSON.IF YOU GO TO JOHNSON, THEY'LL HAVE THOSE SIGNS THAT ARE OUT THERE AT THE MAIN ENTRY DRIVES AT INTERSECTIONS THAT SAY GO THIS WAY FOR CTE, GO THIS WAY FOR HOME PARKING, THIS WAY FOR VISITOR PARKING.
AND THIS CAMPUS WILL HAVE THAT AS WELL. YEAH.
AND JOHNSON'S OKAY. I MEAN, IT'S VERY NOTICEABLE.
KIND OF WHERE YOU GO FOR THE MAIN, BUT LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO THE THAT THAT SPACE BETWEEN THE BLACK BOX AND THE MAIN ENTRANCE, LIKE THE RIGHT END OF THE CAFETERIA. THAT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING TO BE LIKE, WHAT ARE THOSE DOORS FOR? OKAY. SO THAT'S HELPFUL. AND THEN PAGE 52 IS THIS 52? OH, NO. NO. OKAY. GO TO PAGE. OKAY. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THIS UP, MR. SEIBEL. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW AT SHELTON, WE HAVE ALL THE KIDS LIKE TO HANG OUT UNDERNEATH THE BLEACHERS, AND THAT'S THEIR FAMILY FRIENDLY ISH PLAYGROUND, I GUESS.
AND SO THIS IS REALLY COOL. IT ALSO COULD WE HAVE A LOT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS THAT LIKE TO GO TO OUR GAMES. AND SO I JUST SO THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR KIND OF THE MILLING AROUND AT THE GAMES. SO, WE'RE ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY SHOWING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BLEACHERS TO BE CLOSED OFF.
PERFECT. AND SO THAT WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
DRIP HAS SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THEY HAVE KIND OF AN OUTDOOR SPACE THAT'S KIND OF NICE.
SO I REALLY I REALLY LIKE THIS RENDERING. I WILL SAY THAT RIGHT NOW, JASON, THE COLORS AND THE FEEL OF THAT ENTRYWAY FEELS VERY COLD TO ME.
IT'S A LOT OF GRAY AND CINDERBLOCK LOOKING TILE.
SO I'M HOPING THAT THE COLORS DO CHANGE. I AM COMPLETELY ON BOARD WITH WHAT MR. SEVERANCE IS SAYING. THAT WE SPEED UP AT LEAST THE COLORS, IF NOT THE MASCOT.
MR. SAVOY IS THE EXPERT. MAYBE WE HAVE TO DO ALL AT THE SAME TIME, BUT I'M NOT LOVING THE COLORS AND THE ENTRYWAY BECAUSE YOU THINK ABOUT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL, JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL, AND LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL ALL HAVE A VERY HIGH CEILING ENTRANCE.
ALL OF THEM. THIS LOOKS LIKE BARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WHEN YOU WALK IN IT, IT LOOKS LIKE A VERY LOW CEILING.
AM I WRONG ABOUT THAT? IT'S TWO STORIES, SO IT'S TALLER, BUT IT'S.
YEAH. IT'S NOT. OKAY, SO WHEN YOU WALK IN, HOW HIGH IS THE CEILING? PROBABLY ABOUT 20FT.
OKAY. OKAY. AND HERE IT LOOKS LIKE TEN FEET. AND SO SCARY.
SO THERE'S A THERE'S SORT OF THAT BRIDGE THAT GOES ACROSS ACTUALLY GO TO THAT, GO TO THAT IMAGE, YOU WILL. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. WHERE IS IT? I THINK IT EVEN SAYS BARTON ON IT RIGHT HERE.
YEAH. BOBCAT TERRITORY. THIS IS ACTUALLY KIND OF A BRIDGE ELEMENT, YOU KNOW.
OH, OKAY. SO I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YEAH. YOU GET A PERSPECTIVE JUST BECAUSE OF THE SCALE OF IT WITHOUT DOING A REAL FISHEYE KIND OF EFFECT TO THE IMAGE. BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY CREATE SOME GRAPHICS THAT ARE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU'RE WALKING IN THE SCHOOL. OUT.
YEAH, THAT. THAT GRAPHIC. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I MAY TAKE SOME ARTISTIC LICENSE AND LIKE, HIDE SOME WALLS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO TRY TO, BUT I JUST LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS FEELS VERY COLD.
OKAY. VERY NEUTRAL CINDER BLOCK TILES TO ME. I KNOW IT'S NOT, BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, THERE'S JUST THERE'S OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR SOME ARTISTIC.
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE AMAZING INTERIOR DECORATORS THAT CAN HELP JAZZ THIS UP.
MAYBE WHEN WE GET SOME COLORS, I ASSUME THE FLOOR IS GOING TO BE GRAY.
OKAY. WE ARE GETTING SO CLOSE. AND THIS IS AWESOME.
SO THANK YOU. I'LL WRITE THAT DOWN. MR. FLORES.
YES, SIR. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE RENDERING ON PAGE 60.
IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, THIS IS THE CTE LOBBY IS.
SO WHEN YOU'RE COMING IN FROM THE PARKING LOT, YOU'RE ENTERING THE HOME SIDE OF THE STADIUM.
FANS WILL GO THROUGH THIS LOBBY. CORRECT? SO, YEAH, SO I WOULD CALL THIS THE EVENT LOBBY.
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RIGHT. BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TOO MANY ENTRY POINTS, BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE TO MAN ALL OF THOSE WITH PEOPLE TO TAKE TICKETS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND YOU WANT TO KIND OF CONTROL ENTRY. SO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS GET TO IT AS FAST AS I CAN.ALMOST THERE. ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS THAT EVENT LOBBY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT THERE, RIGHT. THIS IS THAT COVERED AREA THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. IT'S GOT THE SCIENCE LABS ABOVE. SO, IT'S LIKE A COVERED PORTICO.
SO WHAT ATHLETICS IS TALKING ABOUT DOING IS THAT THESE GATES ARE GOING TO BE THE MAIN ENTRY POINT.
IT COULD BE OPEN TO EVERYBODY. IT COULD BE A VIP SPACE THAT MAYBE THEY CHARGE A LITTLE EXTRA.
IF YOU WANT TO GO IN THERE AND GET CULINARY FOOD AS OPPOSED TO CONCESSIONS FOOD.
SO THEY'RE STILL KIND OF THINKING THROUGH THE POSSIBILITIES THAT COME WITH THAT. BUT MOST EVERYBODY SHOULD COME IN THIS SET OF GATES UNLESS THEY CHANGE THINGS BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN THEY START USING IT. AND THOSE FOLKS WILL COME IN, GO UP THE STAIRS, GO TO THEIR SEATS, OR THEY'LL COME OVER HERE AND GO TO THAT PLAZA, OR THEY CAN COME IN THIS DOOR AND GO INTO THAT EVENT ENTRY.
BUT THESE SET OF DOORS RIGHT HERE WILL PROBABLY BE MORE FOR PEOPLE LEAVING THAN PEOPLE COMING IN, BECAUSE IT'S ANOTHER SET OF DOORS FOR THEM TO HAVE TO. YEAH. AND THAT WAS MY, SO I'M PICTURING A FOOTBALL GAME ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
NOW, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE TRUSTEE OROSCO'S POINT EARLIER YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF PAUSE ABOUT ALLOWING HUGE NUMBERS OF AND AS TRUSTEE PETREA SAID KIDS ROAMING AROUND.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S FOOTBALL GAMES. THEY WANT TO GO OUT AND HAVE FUN. BUT ACCESSIBILITY TO ANY OF OUR CLASSROOMS OR EXPOSURE OF SOME OF OUR FACILITIES TO, YOU KNOW TO JUST FOLKS THAT UNFORTUNATELY A FEW MIGHT DECIDE TO, YOU KNOW, VANDALIZE AND ETC.
THAT'S ONE GOOD THING ABOUT SHELTON IS THAT THERE'S NO EXPOSURE TO ANY OF OUR CLASSROOMS, AND EVERYBODY JUST GOES STRAIGHT TO THEIR STANDS. THE CONCOURSE IS PRETTY YOU KNOW, RISK FREE. BUT I WOULD KIND OF JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU THAT THOUGHT, RIGHT, ABOUT HAVING LARGE CROWDS IN AN AREA LIKE THIS THAT I'M SEEING ON THIS PICTURE WITH THAT. SO, YEAH, WE HAVE THOUGHT THROUGH THAT. SO AGAIN, WE HAVE THIS CROSS CORRIDOR DOOR HERE THAT WOULD PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GOING BACK TO ANY OF THESE SPACES BACK HERE. SO AGAIN, ANYBODY THAT COMES INTO THIS LOBBY ONLY HAS ACCESS TO THE CULINARY SPACE, WHICH WE KIND OF WANT THEM TO HAVE ACCESS TO POTENTIALLY.
AND THE RESTROOMS. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU AGAIN.
I HEARD, LIKE, EVENTS. I'M THINKING AGAIN FOOTBALL GAMES, ETCETERA, AND FANS HAVING ACCESS TO THOSE SPACES, WHICH OBVIOUSLY CAN, CAN GIVE YOU PAUSE RIGHT ON A FRIDAY NIGHT.
I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION ON PAGE 48. THE ENTRYWAY.
THE HEIGHT OF THE AWNING. IS THERE A HOLE IN THE AWNING? THERE IS. AND THE INTENT THERE IS TO ACTUALLY GET MORE NATURAL LIGHT INTO THOSE CLASSROOMS THAT ARE UNDERNEATH THAT, THAT AWNING.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO JUST LOWER THAT ENTIRE AWNING BELOW THE CLASSROOM, THAT SECOND ROW? I MEAN, I'M JUST I MEAN, IF IT'S RAINING OUTSIDE, THAT VOLUME IS KIND OF NOT GOING TO BE GREAT FOR TRYING TO KEEP ANYBODY DRY.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S A WAY TO IF WE COULD JUST DROP THAT AWNING DOWN BELOW THE SECOND FLOOR WINDOWS, IT KIND OF ALLEVIATES THE NEED FOR THAT HOLE FOR NATURAL LIGHT.
AND THEN IT KIND OF CREATES SOME MORE OUT OF THE SUN STRUCTURE.
RAIN, WHATEVER. JUST MY $0.02, I DON'T KNOW. YEAH.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
THIS IS NOW WHEN WE NEED TO DO IT. SO, LET'S JUST GET ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS IN.
AND THEN IF WE COULD JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE TOUCHING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO CONSUME IT THE MOST ONE MORE TIME, THAT'D BE GREAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT LOOKS GREAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, TEAM, DO WE NEED TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK BATHROOM BREAK? POWER ON. WE GOOD? POWER ON, ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING ON.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO L5. AND I'M GOING TO TEE UP THESE NEXT TWO AGENDA ITEMS.
[L.5. Consideration and possible approval of the selection of Design Professional and Method of Procurement for 2025 Bond Artificial Turf and Track Installations at Middle Schools]
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE, AS WE DO IN THE BONDS, WE'VE GOTTEN A REALLY GOOD JOB TO MAX'S POINT, THE CADENCE OF ALLOCATING DESIGN FEES IN THE PREVIOUS BOND FOR PROJECTS TO KIND OF GET US SHOVEL READY FOR THE NEXT, FOR THE NEXT BOND THAT'S COMING UP. AND WITH THIS AND WITH THESE NEW NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE WE'RE GOING TO BE IT'S A KIND OF A COMPETITIVE SEALED BID PROPOSAL.[02:10:10]
NOT A GENERAL CONTRACTOR THEN ASSIGNING IT OUT.WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO, YOU KNOW, ASSIGN THESE TO SPECIFIC CONTRACTORS.
AND THIS IS OUR WAY JUST TO KIND OF GET AHEAD OF THE BALL TO ASSIGN THE ARCHITECT.
AND THEN THAT WAY ONCE IF THE BOND PASSES, THEN WE WOULD START SPENDING MONEY ON DESIGN DOCUMENTS FOR THE COMPETITIVE SEALED BID A LITTLE BIT OUT OF OUR ORDINARY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO TEE THAT UP MAX. MORE COMMENTS.
FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN AND SAVE ME ON THAT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
ON PAGE 69, THIS IS BASICALLY FOR THE TRACKS AND ARTIFICIAL TURF.
IT'S HOW WE DID THE BASEBALL SOFTBALL. IT DIDN'T YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE PUT THIS IN WITH THE CM AT RISK PROJECTS, OR WE COULD HAVE MADE IT A CM AT RISK PROJECT, BUT WE THOUGHT WE HAD A WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD PROJECT ON THAT BASEBALL SOFTBALL.
IT WAS A GOOD METHOD OF PROCUREMENT. A LITTLE LESS OVERHEAD POTENTIALLY.
IF, IF IT ALL WERE TO GO WELL, YOU CAN SEE THE SCHEDULE THERE, WE WOULD COME BACK AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER FOR THE NEXT, FOR THE NEXT ROUND. THAT'S WHEN YOU WOULD SEE US AGAIN. AND THEN WE WOULD HOPEFULLY MAYBE START IN NOVEMBER CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN WE'D HAVE A, YOU KNOW, STAGGERED COMPLETION SOMETIME NEXT JUNE.
THANK YOU. TEAM, LOOK TO MY LEFT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. NO, I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MR. HAWKINS, FOR HANGING IN. I SORRY I DIDN'T ANALOGY EARLIER, BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING AND BEING A PART OF THIS, I BELIEVE YOU'RE WITH UH CEI. THAT'S THE DESIGN FIRM THAT HELPED US WITH OUR BASEBALL SOFTBALL TURF PROJECTS.
SO THEY'RE ONE OF THE ARCHITECT THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GO FOR THIS ONE.
[L.6. Consideration and possible approval of the Design Professional and Method of Procurement for 2025 Bond Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Life Safety, and Roof Repair Cycle Replacements at Negley Elementary, Pfluger Elementary, Science Hall Elementary, and Chapa Middle School]
PROCUREMENT FOR THE 2025 BOND MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, LIFE SAFETY AND ROOF REPAIR.CYCLE REPLACEMENTS AT NEGLEY ELEMENTARY. PFLUGER ELEMENTARY.
SCIENCE HALL ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. MAX, TAKE IT AWAY.
YES, SIR. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ANY OF THOSE SCHOOLS IN A CM AT RISK PROJECT.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE PACKAGING THESE TOGETHER. WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE HIRE HENDRIX ENGINEERING, BYRON HENDRIX TO BE THE PRIME, THE PRIME ENGINEER.
HE WOULD DO THE MEP DESIGN PLUS THE ROOFING DESIGN.
THE FOLKS THAT WE'VE HAD GOOD, GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH AND GOOD LUCK WITH THEIR PROJECTS.
WE WOULD SEE YOU AGAIN. IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, WE WOULD SEE YOU AGAIN.
OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER TIME FRAME. AND THEN THIS WOULD BE SUMMER 2026 WORK.
AND I WOULD GOING WAY BACK IN THE MEMORY BANKS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY HOW WE DID THE HVAC WORK AT THE PAC.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL REMEMBER THAT PROJECT, BUT IT WAS MANY, MANY YEARS AGO AND IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY SUCCESSFUL PROJECT. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, MAX.
TEAM, LOOK TO MY LEFT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM TO THE RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. JUST A REMINDER FOR PEOPLE LISTENING THAT WE WON'T BE SPENDING ANY MONEY ON THIS PROJECT UNLESS THE BOND PASSES. AND THEN THAT WOULD TRIGGER THE SPENDING MONEY TO THESE DESIGN DOCUMENTS. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT TEAM, MOVING ON TO L7 IN YOUR FOLDER.
[L.7. Consideration and possible approval of a Development Agreement and Site Donation at the Kolodzey Tract from GRBK Edgewood LLC for Elementary School #18]
THERE'S A HANDOUT FOR THIS WITH THE SITE DONATION.THIS IS A CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE SITE DONATION AT THE COAL DESI TRACT FROM GRBK EDGEWOOD LLC FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 18 DOCTOR WRIGHT I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU COULD KICK US OFF AND KIND OF LET US KNOW WHY THIS SITE WAS ULTIMATELY SELECTED FOR SCHOOL NUMBER 18. YES, SIR. BE HAPPY TO. SO WE HAD A COUPLE OTHER SITES THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.
AND SO WE REALLY NEEDED A SITE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD NEUTRAL LOCATION FOR THE RELIEF SCHOOL.
TO EASE THE OVERCROWDING FROM SUNFIELD AND ALSO FROM CAMINO REAL.
AND SO THIS PARTICULAR SITE BECAME AVAILABLE AND MAX WAS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND, AND THEY WERE WILLING TO DONATE THAT LAND TO US.
AND SO WE HAD A COUPLE OTHER SITES THAT WE HAD HAD PREVIOUSLY LOOKED AT AND WERE LEANING TOWARDS.
IT WOULD HAVE PROBABLY CAUSED FOR A BIT MORE REZONING.
AND SO THE, THE FACT THAT THIS ONE BECAME AVAILABLE REALLY WORKS WELL GEOGRAPHICALLY FOR US.
IT SURE DOES. IF YOU WERE TO DRAW A LINE, A STRAIGHT LINE BETWEEN SUNFIELD AND CAMINO REAL,
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THIS IS LITERALLY ALMOST DEAD CENTER ON THAT LINE.JUST A LITTLE BIT OFF OF THAT LINE. THANK YOU.
ABSOLUTELY. SO THIS MOST RECENTLY, THE LAST TIME WE DID ONE OF THESE WAS THE RASTEGAR TRACT, WHICH IS ELEMENTARY 17 OUT THERE. AND BASICALLY THE DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO THEY'RE PLEDGING TO DONATE THE SITE, BUT WE IN RETURN, WE WOULD BE COMING UP WITH OUR SHARE OF WATER, WASTEWATER, DRAINAGE AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1.427 MILLION.
AND SO WE'RE MOVING PRETTY FAST. THE ONE THING I WOULD LIKE YOU TO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PARTICULAR MOTION, IT'S TO GIVE TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE BOARD, PRESIDENT AND OR SUPERINTENDENT TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENTS.
WE MET LAST WEEK AGAIN TO GO OVER THE SECOND RED LINE OF THE CONTRACT.
SO I THINK WE'RE GETTING THERE. WE'RE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO CLOSE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WE INSIST THAT WE PUT IN THESE KIND OF LANGUAGES, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT A BOND WERE TO PASS.
SO WHEN WE DO THESE, THESE THESE DONATION AGREEMENTS, WE AT LEAST TRY TO MAKE IT.
SO THE, THE, THE DONOR GIVES US AT LEAST A COUPLE ATTEMPTS AT A, AT A BOND, YOU KNOW, SHOULD THE BOND NOT PASS THAT IT JUST DOESN'T IMMEDIATELY REVERT BACK TO THE, TO THE DONOR. SO SHOULD WE DO THIS? AND MULTIPLE BONDS DON'T PASS.
AND SO WE TRY TO SET IT UP IN A WIN KIND OF MANNER.
THANKS, MAX. OKAY, I'M LOOKING TO MY RIGHT. MISS FLORES.
YEAH. THANK YOU. MAX. AND SO WE'RE SPLITTING THE COST WITH THE DEVELOPER, AND WE ARE COVERING STREET IMPROVEMENTS WHILE THE DEVELOPER IS COVERING NATURAL GAS AND ELECTRICAL UTILITIES INSTALLATION TO THE SCHOOL PROPERTY BOUNDARY AS FAR AS THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
HOW DOES THAT SCOPE LOOK OF WORK? I MEAN WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL, SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS ON THIS SITE? YEAH, IT WOULD BE JUST THE STREETS THAT ACTUALLY ARE CONTIGUOUS TO OUR ACTUAL SITE.
SO I THINK IT'S CALLED MAYBE GOAT HILL DRIVE IS THE ONE THAT IT'S ON THERE.
THAT'S A LOVELY STREET NAME. THE IT WOULD BE AGAIN, JUST WHAT'S CONTIGUOUS TO OUR PROPERTY.
SAME WITH THE SEWER. SAME WITH THE WATER. JUST WHAT TOUCHES OUR LAND.
OKAY, SO THE GOAT, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A MASCOT FOR THAT SCHOOL ALREADY. THANK YOU.
BUT. SO THIS IS DEFINITELY, LIKE, JUST. HAS THE DISTRICT EVER DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE WHERE, YOU KNOW, MAKING STREET IMPROVEMENTS AS FAR AS THE SITE.
YES, SIR. THE RASTEGAR PROPERTY, THE LAST ONE WE JUST DID, WE DID THAT VERY THING.
WE HAD A WE PUT AN AMOUNT IN ESCROW AND IT'S A DO NOT EXCEED AMOUNT.
SO SHOULD THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE OF PROBABLE COST.
IF THAT EXCEEDS IT, WE'RE ONLY LIABLE FOR THE CAP AMOUNT THAT WE AGREE TO.
AND SO IF IT GOES OVER THAT AMOUNT THEY PAY FOR IT.
BUT WHAT IS ON THIS SITE RIGHT NOW, AS FAR AS IS THERE? IS THIS RESIDENTIAL OR. RIGHT NOW IT IS JUST A FARMLAND.
IT'S A YOU WOULD YOU WOULD JUST SEE TERRACED ACREAGE.
IMMEDIATELY ACROSS SATTERWHITE DRIVE IS PRAIRIE LAKES.
IT'S A DR HORTON SUBDIVISION WITH 2700 HOMES.
SO THAT'S IMMEDIATELY ACROSS THE STREET, AS IN A CROSSWALK.
ACROSS THE STREET TO THE SCHOOL. SO A LOT OF ACTIVITY OUT THERE.
SO HAVING THIS SCHOOL ON THIS SITE WITH THESE RESIDENTIAL AREAS AROUND, IT'S GOING TO KEEP THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS THEME THAT, THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE. CORRECT. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAX. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. LEFT.
ANYBODY ANY QUESTIONS OVER HERE? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANKS, MAX. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR ACTION ITEMS FOR NEXT WEEK.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO OUR INFORMATIONAL ITEMS.
[M.1. Report of Continuing Education Requirements for Board Members as required by Senate Bill 1566]
M1 IS A BOARD MATTER. IT'S A REPORT OF THE CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR BOARD MEMBERS UNDER SENATE BILL 1566 ON PAGE 75. THIS IS FOR WELL, SO WHAT I'M THIS IS A REPORT FOR US FOR NEXT WEEK, RIGHT? SO STATE LAW REQUIRES US TO REPORT WHETHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS.WE WILL SHARE THE FINAL REPORT NEXT WEEK. I KNOW AS MUCH AS MUCH AS WE DO FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION.
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IT'S CRAZY THAT I'M STILL MISSING A FEW CREDITS, SO I'LL BE ACTIVELY WORKING THIS WEEK TO GET TO GET MY CREDITS FINISHED UP.YOU'RE WELL COVERED. SO OKAY, GOOD. THAT'LL BE FOR NEXT WEEK.
OKAY, TEAM. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. M2 SAFETY AND SECURITY UPDATES.
[M.2. Update on District Safety & Security Initiatives]
MISS CROCKETT, DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES FOR US? OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO M3.[M.3. Update on District Bond, Construction, and Renovation Projects]
UPDATE ON DISTRICT BOND CONSTRUCTION. RENOVATION PROJECTS. MAX, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO UPDATE US ON? NOT CONSTRUCTION RELATED, BUT BOND RELATED. I SAW BUS 2536 TODAY, SO THAT MEANS WE'VE GOT 36 OF OUR 2025 BUSSES IN.SO I SAW 2536 ON THE ROAD TODAY. SO IT'S HERE.
ALL RIGHT. WAY TO GO. AWESOME. GREAT JOB, MISS BEAR.
[M.4. Presentation of information regarding upcoming Defeasance of Outstanding Bonds]
BONDS. MR. RAO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND JUST KIND OF GIVE US A 100,000 FOOT OVERVIEW OF WHAT THIS MEANS FOR FOR US AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO FOR OUR DISTRICT? I'LL GIVE YOU THE 4.9 MILLION OVERVIEW. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR DUSTY TRAILER WITH RBC, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT DEFEASING IN MAY ABOUT $25.8 MILLION IN BONDS, AND THAT IS SAVE ABOUT $4.9 MILLION ON IN 2025. AND THEN SINCE 2019, OUR TOTAL SAVINGS FROM STRATEGIC BOND DEFEASANCES AND REFUNDINGS HAS TOPPED OVER $60 MILLION. AND ESSENTIALLY THAT SAVES OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY, AND IT INCREASES OUR BORROWING CAPACITY TO FUND OUR FUTURE PROJECTS. IN ESSENCE, WE CAN ALLOW MR. CLEAVER TO DO HIS THING NOW. GREAT. THANKS, RANDY.WE SAVED OUR TAXPAYERS. I MEAN, NOBODY LIKES BONDING AND SPENDING MONEY, BUT THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF HOW WE HAVE TO BUILD BUILDINGS, BUT SAVED OUR TAXPAYERS $60 MILLION BASICALLY OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS WITH OUR BONDING, THE WAY WE PAY THINGS OFF IN AN EXPEDITED MANNER.
AGAIN, I GET IT. NOBODY LIKES THE BOND PART OF IT, BUT WE PAY THEM OFF AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN SO THAT WE CAN SAVE OUR TAXPAYERS AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE IN THIS PROCESS. THANK YOU. JUST A QUICK COMMENT.
AND WE ALWAYS SAY, WELL, WE PAY THEM OFF EARLY.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING TRUE TO THAT WORD AND, YOU KNOW, MEAN WHAT WE SAY AND SAY WHAT WE MEAN.
BECAUSE WE JUST HEARD MR. CLEAVER TALK ABOUT OUR BUSSES ARE AND WE KNOW THOSE BUSSES MAY NOT LAST 30 YEARS, BUT WE DO BOND THEM. SO TECHNOLOGY IS THE SAME KIND OF THING.
SO I JUST APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE WHEN WE CAN PAYING THOSE THINGS OFF EARLY.
AND TO THAT POINT, WE ARE VERY STRATEGIC TOO WHEN WE SELL THE BONDS.
SO THE ISSUANCES ARE SET TO MATCH UP WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE LIFE OF A BUS OR THE LIFE OF A COMPUTER, SO FORTH. AND THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. I'M NOT SURE I KNEW THAT.
BUT THAT'S REALLY GREAT TO HEAR. I THINK OUR TAXPAYER WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
I MEAN, OUR TAXPAYERS TRUST US, AND I MEAN US.
THAT'S WHY THE DEFEASANCE OF BONDS IS SO IMPORTANT.
I MEAN, IT ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO PAY OFF DEBT EARLY, SAVES THE INTEREST SAVINGS AND FREEING UP FUTURE FUNDS FOR FUTURE BONDS FOR FUTURE CLASSROOM SPACE. IT'S A RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL MOVE THAT HONORS THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT, STRENGTHENS OUR SCHOOLS, AND SHOWS WE'RE COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE LONG TERM FISCAL HEALTH OF OUR DISTRICT THAT WE ALL LOVE AND RESPECT. SO IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROCESS,
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AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'VE DONE IT IN $60 MILLION.I MEAN, THAT'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG NUMBER.
SO THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT RANDY. OKAY. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
WE ARE MOVING ON TO M5. THE REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF 2025-26 BUDGET CALENDAR.
[M.5. Review and discussion of the 2025-2026 Budget Calendar]
DOES ANYBODY ON MY LEFT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? ANY ON MY RIGHT? NO. OKAY. WE ARE ON TO M6 FINANCE OR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.[M.6. Financial Statements]
RANDY IS STILL AT THE MIC. IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO THE RIGHT. ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR RANDY BUT TO THE LEFT? NO. OKAY. WE ARE. WE ARE AT OUR QUARTERLY INVESTMENT[M.7. Quarterly Investment Report]
REPORT, WHICH IS L OR M7 ON PAGE 98. I'M STILL FLIPPING.I'M WORKING ON GETTING THERE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. RANDY RAO, WHO IS STILL STANDING AT THE PODIUM? RIGHT, LEFT. NOPE. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU.
[N. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES]
MISS PETREA IS READY, READY TO GO TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.ANYONE QUESTIONS TO OUR LEFT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR WRIGHT? NO. ALL RIGHT. MISS PETREA, I TRUST YOU'RE GOING TO RECAP THESE QUESTIONS TO BARBARA FOR BOARD BLOG FOR US TO REVIEW,
[O. RECAP OF QUESTIONS]
AND YOU NEED TO RECAP THOSE TONIGHT. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 8:58 P.M..GOOD WORK. TEAM.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.