GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE HAYS CISD BUSINESS MEETING OF THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES. [A. CALL TO ORDER: Establish a quorum] [00:00:05] WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU BEING HERE AND WELCOME EVERYONE LISTENING ONLINE. TODAY IS MAY 19TH AND THE TIME IS 5:30PM. A QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT AT THIS TIME. [B. CLOSED SESSION] THE BOARD WILL ADJOURN TO A CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551, SUBCHAPTERS, D AND E, OR TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 418.183F. THE TIME IS STILL 5:30. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, WELCOME. [C. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION] I GUESS WE'LL WELCOME OURSELVES BACK TO THE DAIS THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING. WE'RE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AGAIN. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDANCE. WE'RE LISTENING ONLINE. THE TIME IS 7:09. A QUORUM HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED, AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT. AND SORRY FOR THE LENGTH. IT TOOK US SOME TIME TONIGHT, SO THANKS FOR HANGING IN THERE. I APPRECIATE IT. AND WE'LL JUST KICK THIS THING OFF. FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO DO IS START OFF WITH OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY MR. [D. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAGS] SEIBOLD. ALLEGIANCE]. PLEDGE]. ALRIGHT AND THEN, NOW OUR MISSION STATEMENT WILL BE READ BY TRUSTEE FLORES HAY CISD [E. MISSION STATEMENT] MAKES IT 100% POSSIBLE. YES IT DOES. ALL RIGHT. OUR SOCIAL CONTRACT READ BY MR. RAUL VELA. THE BOARD WILL SERVE AS DISTRICT AMBASSADORS. [F. SOCIAL CONTRACT] ASSUME POSITIVE AND NOBLE INTENTIONS. COLLABORATE AS A TEAM AND RESPECT THE BODY. CORPORATE. PROMOTE DISCUSSION AND VALUE EACH OTHER'S PERSPECTIVES AND BE PROFESSIONAL. AWESOME. THANK YOU MUCH FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER G IS OUR SUPERINTENDENT REPORT. [G. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT] RIGHT. TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. TONIGHT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. BARBARA, IF YOU WILL. FIRST OF ALL, THE JOHNSON BOYS BASEBALL TEAM WON IN THE REGIONAL SEMIFINALS AND HAS MOVED ON TO THE ELITE EIGHT IN CLASS SIX A, THEY PLAY LAKE TRAVIS THIS COMING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FRIDAY IS A SINGLE GAME. SATURDAY WILL BE HOPEFULLY WE'LL WIN IN TWO, BUT IF WE NEED THREE, IT WILL BE A DOUBLE HEADER AND WE PLAY AT CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY AND THAT WE COULDN'T PLAY THURSDAY NIGHT BECAUSE LAKE TRAVIS IS GRADUATING THAT NIGHT. AND SO ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE JAGS SOFTBALL TEAM AS WELL. THEY MADE THE ELITE EIGHT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY LOST TO EAST CENTRAL, SO THEY HAD A WONDERFUL YEAR. I KNOW IT DIDN'T FINISH THE WAY THAT THEY WANTED TO, BUT I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND THE GIRLS HAD AN OUTSTANDING SEASON. I THINK IT'S THE FURTHEST THAT THEY'VE EVER BEEN, AND SO IT'S EXCITING. THE BOYS ARE NOW IN, LIKE I SAID, THE ELITE EIGHT, THE REGIONAL FINALS, AND IF THEY WIN, THEY WILL BE IN THE FINAL FOUR. SO LET'S WISH THEM WELL. ALRIGHT AND NEXT I WANT TO GIVE A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE. WE TALKED LAST WEEK ABOUT HOUSE BILL FOUR, WHICH IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY BILL. AND THEY WERE GOING TO LOOK AT THE HOUSE PASSED IT. AND IT DRASTICALLY CHANGES THE WAY THAT WE TEST KIDS FROM A ONCE A YEAR TEST TO A BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND END OF THE YEAR TEST. UNFORTUNATELY, IT HASN'T BEEN PICKED UP IN THE SENATE, SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE SENATE IS GOING TO EVEN VOTE FOR THE BILL, SO I THINK IT WILL DIE. THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT, THE FUNDING BILL. HOUSE BILL TWO. SENATE BILL TWO, I MEAN. COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL TWO. WENT TO THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE THIS PAST WEEK AND IT WAS LEFT PENDING IN IN THE SENATE COMMITTEE. BASICALLY, THE SENATE BILL ONLY ADDS $55 TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, AND THE HOUSE BILL ADDED $395 TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT AND WITH THE COST OF INFLATION. THE ECONOMISTS SAY THAT WE'RE REALLY FOR THE VALUE OF A DOLLAR, ABOUT $1,000 WHERE WE SHOULD BE. SO THEY SHOULD BE ADDING ABOUT CREATING THE BASIC ALLOTMENT UP TO $7,100. AND NEITHER BILL DOES THAT, BUT THE HOUSE SIDE OF IT AT LEAST DOES SOMETHING. THE SENATE SIDE REALLY DOES A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF INCREASING TEACHER PAY. BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT THERE IS NO FLEXIBILITY. IT'S JUST PASS THROUGH MONEY AND SO THERE THEY WOULD BE. [00:05:03] THE ONLY TEACHERS WITH THREE OR MORE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WOULD GET FOR A DISTRICT OUR SIZE $22,500 AND THEN FOR THOSE THAT HAVE FIVE OR MORE, WE GET $5,500. THE ENTIRE $55 IN BASIC ALLOTMENT WOULD PAY FOR THE PERCENTAGE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS TO PAY FOR TRS. SO, YOU KNOW, THE AS EMPLOYEES, WE PAY HALF AND THE DISTRICT PAYS HALF, AND THE PERCENTAGE FOR THOSE INCREASES JUST ON TEACHER PAY WOULD EAT UP THE ENTIRE $55. SO WE WOULD SEE A NET GAIN OF NO NEW MONEY, ALTHOUGH TECHNICALLY THE STATE WOULD BE PUTTING MONEY IN FOR PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION AND TEACHER PAY RAISES AND SOME SAFETY, WE WOULD SEE NO NEW MONEY IN OUR BUDGET WHATSOEVER. IT WOULD JUST BE A PASS THROUGH AND SO THERE'S STILL TIME FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE SO INCLINED GET WITH YOUR LEGISLATIVE OFFICIALS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU LET THEM KNOW WE PREFER THE HOUSE'S VERSION VERSUS THE SENATE VERSION, BECAUSE IF NOTHING IS PASSED, THEN WE WILL BE LOOKING AT MAKING PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CUTS THIS SUMMER AND SO WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GO FROM THERE AND FINGERS CROSSED THAT THE HOUSE VERSION WILL PASS. BUT I KNOW OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY, AND WE'LL HAVE A BUDGET WORKSHOP FORTHCOMING, AND WE'LL BE ASKED TO DEAL WITH WHATEVER THEY DO DECIDE TO PASS BY JUNE 2ND OR IF THEY HAVE TO GO INTO SPECIAL SESSION AFTER THAT. YOU KNOW, THE TEACHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'VE SPOKEN TO I KNOW THEY'RE MOBILIZING AND CALLING AS WELL, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THEY ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT THE STATE WANTS TO GIVE TEACHER PAY RAISES. THEY ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT TEACHERS COULDN'T DO THEIR JOBS WITHOUT PARAPROFESSIONAL SUPPORT, WITHOUT CUSTODIANS, WITHOUT CHILD NUTRITION STAFF, WITHOUT THEIR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND PRINCIPALS AND ALL THE OTHER TEAM. WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND SO WHEN YOU SINGLE ONE GROUP OUT OVER THE OTHER AND IT JUST MAKES IT REALLY DIFFICULT. SO Y'ALL KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD. HOPEFULLY BY THE NEXT TIME WE MEET, WE'LL HAVE SOME ACTION THAT I CAN GIVE YOU SOME CONCRETE DETAILS. THE PUBLIC AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR THE HOUSE MEETS TOMORROW, BUT THERE'S NO FUNDING BILL ASSOCIATED ON THE AGENDA FOR TOMORROW AND THEY HAVEN'T ANNOUNCED WHEN THE SENATE IS GOING TO PICK UP HOUSE BILL TWO. SO WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOCTOR WRIGHT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, LET'S JUST HOPE THAT YOU KNOW, THEY CAN GET THEMSELVES TOGETHER AND FIND SOME SORT OF A COMPROMISE THAT WORKS BEST FOR US BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY TERRIBLE. WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO POSSIBLY ANOTHER YEAR WITHOUT ANY INCREASED FUNDING. SO LIKE WE JUST PASSED WE JUST PASSED THIS BOND. IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET OUT THERE AND MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD. SO MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT YOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES, WHOEVER THAT MIGHT BE, AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE WE NEED, WE DESERVE AND WHAT WE NEED TO MOVE THIS DISTRICT FORWARD. BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT KIND OF SUPPORT AND WITHOUT ALL OF US BANDING TOGETHER TO TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD I THINK IT COULD BE A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF US. SO HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT THE CASE, BUT WE'LL KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO PUBLIC FORUM AND I BELIEVE I HAVE, ONE GREEN [H. PUBLIC FORUM ] SHEET TONIGHT. BUNCH OF PEOPLE HERE TO SUPPORT ONE GREEN SHEET. I APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE SOMETHING I GOTTA READ, THOUGH. OKAY. DURING A PUBLIC FORUM PORTION OF THIS MEETING, WE INVITE YOU TO WELCOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS, CONCERNS, AND COMMENTS WITH THE BOARD. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO LISTEN UNDERSTAND THE PERSPECTIVES OF THE COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, PLEASE NOTE THAT BOARD MEMBERS ARE UNABLE TO RESPOND DIRECTLY TO COMMENTS MADE IN ANY PUBLIC FORUM. ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IN PUBLIC MUST. PUBLIC FORUM MUST HAVE COMPLETED THE GREEN SHEET LOCATED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE MEETING, PRIOR TO THE BOARD RECONVENING IN OPEN SESSION. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN BOARD MEETINGS IS LIMITED TO THE PUBLIC FORUM PORTION OF THE MEETING THAT IS PROVIDED IN BOARD. LOCAL BOARD POLICY. LOCAL. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE AUDIO AND VIDEO OF PUBLIC FORUM IS RECORDED AS PART OF THE RECORDING OF THE ENTIRE MEETING, AND IS PUBLISHED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE WITHOUT ALTERATION. A PERSON WHO CHOOSES TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC FORUM IS CONSENTING TO THE ONLINE PUBLICATION OF THEIR COMMENTS, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER TONIGHT. MISS HOFF, YOU WANT TO COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM? WE'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU. HOLD ON JUST ONE SECOND TO GET THAT MIC TURNED ON. PUSH THE LITTLE PEOPLE BUTTON ON THAT CONSOLE. GREEN LIGHT? YEP. THERE WE GO. GREAT. GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS AND DOCTOR WRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. MY NAME IS LACEY HOFF, AND I'M HERE AS A PROUD SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST IN HAYS CISD. I WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING YOU FOR THE WAYS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS ALREADY SUPPORTED OUR WORK FROM OUR FACILITATORS, [00:10:02] AND 3 TO 1 MODEL THAT HELPS US MANAGE OUR TIME EFFICIENTLY AND ACCESS TO ONLINE ASSESSMENTS, AC EQUIPMENT, AND EVEN DISTRICT DAYCARE. THESE EFFORTS ARE NOTICED AND WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE THEM. OUR SPEECH LANGUAGE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY, ESPECIALLY WITH INITIAL EVALUATIONS AND EARLY CHILDHOOD REFERRALS. WE ARE SEEING MORE STUDENTS WITH COMPLEX COMMUNICATION NEEDS THAN EVER BEFORE, AND WE'RE MEETING THOSE NEEDS WITH COMPASSION, CREATIVITY AND EXPERTISE. BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING A TROUBLING TREND. WE ARE STRUGGLING TO RETAIN AND RECRUIT SLPS, AND IT'S PUTTING A STRAIN ON OUR CURRENT TEAM AND THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE. LET ME EXPLAIN WHY. HAYS CISD SLPS FACE SOME OF THE HIGHEST WORKLOADS AND CASELOAD SIZES IN THE REGION. DESPITE THIS, WE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT PAY RAISE LAST YEAR, NOR WERE WE PART OF THE SPED STIPEND INCREASE THAT FOLLOWED. WE'RE WATCHING OUR COLLEAGUES RECEIVE RECOGNITION AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT AFTER ADVOCACY EFFORTS, AND WE ARE HERE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR THE SAME. TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE, AUSTIN ISD OFFERS A 7000 SLP STIPEND, DELVALLE 5000 LEANDER AND LAKE TRAVIS 2500. HAYS CISD IS 1000 WITH NO ADDITIONAL STIPEND FOR HOLDING OUR ASHER CERTIFICATION, WHICH COSTS US 250 ANNUALLY OR FOR OUR TEXAS LICENSE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, BUT WE ARE ALSO SEEING MONEY GO TOWARD CONTRACT SLPS AND VIRTUAL SLPS WHO COST SIGNIFICANTLY MORE, AND THEY OFTEN DO NOT STAY LONG TERM. IN CONTRAST, INVESTING IN OUR OWN IN DISTRICT SLPS OFFERS MORE STABILITY, COLLABORATION, AND A COMMITMENT TO THE SUCCESS OF EVERY STUDENT THAT WE SERVE. WE HAVE STRONG RECRUITMENT EFFORTS, INCLUDING A VERY SUCCESSFUL MEETING WITH HR, SENDING REPRESENTATIVES TO TISHA AND UNIVERSITY JOB FAIRS, AND REACHING OUT TO PROGRAMS EACH YEAR. BUT IT IS HARD TO CONVINCE TOP CANDIDATES TO COME HERE WHEN OUR PAY AND OUR WORKLOAD AND OUR SUPPORT DON'T MATCH WHAT NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS OFFER. THAT IS WHY WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING INCLUDE SLPS AND DISTRICT PAY INCREASES. INCREASE THE SLP STIPEND TO REFLECT OUR REGIONAL PEERS, OR AT THE VERY LEAST, TO BRING EQUITY WITHIN OUR SPED TEAM. PROVIDE SLPS WITH CURRICULUM MATERIALS SUCH AS EVERYDAY SPEECH, SLP TOOLKIT, ETC AND POSSIBLY A MATERIALS BUDGET. RECOGNIZE OUR CE CERTIFICATION WITH AN ADDITIONAL STIPEND OR REIMBURSEMENT OF OUR LICENSURE OR ANNUAL CEUS. PROVIDE MORE HYBRID WORK FROM HOME OPTIONS AND HAVE AN SLP COORDINATOR FOR SUPPORT TO BETTER MANAGE OUR WORKLOAD, OUR CASELOAD SIZE, SO THAT WE CAN GROW PROFESSIONALLY AND SERVE STUDENTS MORE EFFECTIVELY, AND RELIEVE US OF NON-INSTRUCTIONAL CAMPUS DUTIES THAT ARE PULLING US AWAY FROM THESE STUDENT SERVICES. WE WANT TO STAY. WE WANT TO SERVE. WE WANT TO CONTINUE BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION HERE IN HAYS. BUT TO DO THAT, WE NEED SOME SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, AND THANK YOU FOR THE CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN THE CHILDREN AND THE PROFESSIONALS OF HAYS CISD. THANK YOU. OKAY, TEAM, I'M GOING TO MOVE SOME STUFF AROUND. I'D LIKE TO MOVE UP. INFORMATIONAL ITEM. [K.1. Update on District Safety & Security Initiatives] K ONE TO. WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST, OUR SHERIFF HIPPOLITO, AND OUR CHIEF OF SECURITY, JERRY SKROCKI, HAS SOME INFORMATION THAT WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT. AND I KNOW SHERIFF HIPOLITO HAS GOT SOME SURFING TO DO OUTSIDE OF HERE TONIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HIM COME UP AND SPEAK TO US. GOOD EVENING. I'M VERY HONORED TO HAVE SHERIFF HIPOLITO HERE TODAY. WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE IN REGARDS TO WHAT THE DISTRICT IS FACING WITH SENATE BILL THREE AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE ADDRESSED AND DEALT WITH. PRIMARILY THAT'S DEALING WITH OUR ARMED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ON CAMPUS AND SO WHAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT IS TO HEAR FROM SHERIFF HIPOLITO. THESE CONVERSATIONS DID START UNDER SHERIFF CUTLER. OF COURSE, WE HAVE A NEW LEADER AT THE HELM AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM HIM ABOUT WHAT HIS VISION IS. HE'S GOING TO TALK TO US TONIGHT SPECIFICALLY IN VERY BROAD TERMS. OBVIOUSLY FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY REASONS, WE DON'T WANT TO DIVE INTO A LOT OF THE SPECIFIC DETAILS IN REGARDS TO THIS. HE WILL DEFER ANY QUESTIONS IF THEY GET TOO SPECIFIC, AND WE'LL PUT THEM ON YOUR BLOG TO ADDRESS. BUT BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING HIM TONIGHT IS GIVE US SOME BROAD STROKES IN REGARDS TO WHAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS DOING TO AID HAYS CISD IN GETTING OUR SROS ON OUR CAMPUSES. AND I WILL INVITE SHERIFF HIPPOLITO. GOOD EVENING, SHERIFF ANTHONY HIPOLITO. [00:15:01] HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF I'M HONORED TO BE HERE AND I APPRECIATE THE INVITATION TO COME SPEAK BEFORE THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC. I TOOK OFFICE JANUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR AND DURING MY CAMPAIGN I MADE SCHOOL SAFETY A HUGE PRIORITY. I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT OUR CHILDREN AND OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF SHOULD NOT FEEL SCARED COMING TO SCHOOL. SCHOOL SHOULD BE A SAFE PLACE TO LEARN AND TO GROW. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY. AND I'M HONORED TO SAY THAT OUR. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SUPPLIES OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE DEPUTIES AND OUR SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT HAYS COUNTY, NOT JUST HAYS CISD. AND I TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. I KNOW THE NUMBERS AREN'T WHERE THEY NEED TO BE TODAY, BUT I FEEL COMFORTABLE IN SAYING THAT WE'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A SCHOOL RESOURCE DEPUTY AT EVERY SCHOOL THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTY. I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY ME, BUT I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE PARENTS THAT HAVE KIDS GOING TO OUR SCHOOL AND I KNOW IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO EACH OF YOU ON THE DAIS. I AGAIN, I KNOW OUR NUMBERS AREN'T WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TAKING HUGE STRIDES TOWARD TOWARDS. I KNOW WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT IN CLOSED SESSION, BUT WE HAVE STARTED OUR FIRST EVER RECRUITING UNIT AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS NEVER HAD. AND ITS IN ITS HISTORY. BUT HAYS COUNTY, AS WE ALL KNOW, IS A FAST GROWING COUNTY AND WITH THAT COMES A VERY A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ISSUES. BUT WE HAVE TO DO BETTER AS A SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHEN IT COMES TO MARKETING, WHEN IT COMES TO TELLING ATTRACTING TOP TALENT TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OUR STANDARDS ARE VERY HIGH, AND RIGHTFULLY SO. I FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IN ORDER TO FIND THE RIGHT PERSON TO DO THIS JOB, IT'S A SPECIAL PERSON TO DO LAW ENFORCEMENT IN GENERAL. BUT TO DO TO WORK TO SCHOOLS AND INTERACT WITH OUR KIDS AND OUR STAFF BECAUSE IT'S MUCH MORE THAN KEEPING THEM SAFE. IT'S ABOUT BEING A MENTOR. IT'S ABOUT BEING A RESOURCE FOR NOT ONLY OUR KIDS, BUT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF. BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE DEPUTY CAN MAKE A HUGE IMPACT AS THAT CHILD GROWS FROM KINDER UP TO HIGH SCHOOL AND IT HELPS NOT ONLY THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, BUT IT HELPS THEM HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE ALSO HUMAN AND THAT WE'RE JUST LIKE THEM, AND WE'RE THERE TO ACTUALLY KEEP YOU SAFE AND TO BE THAT MENTOR. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. BUT I WANT THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE FOR ME. I DO GET EMAILS FROM TEACHERS, AND I GET EMAILS FROM PARENTS WHO ARE CONCERNED THAT THERE AREN'T DEPUTIES AT EVERY SCHOOL AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE FOR ME AND THAT I WON'T SLEEP WELL AT NIGHT UNTIL WE DO HAVE A DEPUTY AT EVERY SCHOOL. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TAKING STRIDES IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO GET THAT RATIO AS CLOSE TO ONE ONE VERSUS ONE AND A VERY RAPID RATE. I KNOW WE'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WHEN IT COMES TO HIRING VERY EXPERIENCED DEPUTIES TO BE IN OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE AGAIN, IT TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON TO NOT ONLY BE AN OFFICER, BUT TO BE A SCHOOL RESOURCE DEPUTY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TEAM, LOOK TO MY LEFT. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WRIGHT? MR. VELA. SHERIFF HIPOLITO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH YOUR OFFICE AND THANK YOU FOR SERVING ALL THESE YEARS THAT YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF THE COMMUNITY. WE ALSO KNOW THAT YOU'RE HOMEGROWN AS WELL. SO. YES. SO I KNOW YOU HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN STUDENTS, AND YOU HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS COMMUNITY. I'M EXCITED FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BRING JUST THE POSITIVE CHANGES STAFFING, WHERE WE NEED TO IN THE SRO RANKS AND I KNOW YOU'RE THE RIGHT PERSON AS WELL TO SET THE CULTURE. WE KNOW CULTURE EATS STRATEGY FOR LUNCH AND, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVING THOSE GREAT RETENTION RATES, BRINGING ON THOSE GREAT FOLKS THAT WANT TO SERVE AND SERVE IN OUR SCHOOLS. SO JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. I APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW I MENTIONED THIS IN CLOSED SESSION, BUT THE PARTNERSHIP IS NEAR AND DEAR TO ME. WITH EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT SPECIFICALLY HAYS CISD, BECAUSE AS TRUSTEE VELA SAID, I WENT TO SCHOOL HERE IN HAYS CISD. I WENT TO HAYS HIGH SCHOOL. SO AND I GREW UP HERE IN BUDA. SO THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE IN AMERICA THAT WOULD PUT MY NAME ON A BALLOT TO RUN FOR SHERIFF. AND I DID IT BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR COUNTY IS THE SAFEST PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY. THAT INCLUDES OUR SCHOOLS. MS. RUNKLE. YES. SHERIFF. [00:20:07] HIPOLITO, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING TO US. I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS. YOU'VE ANSWERED ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS. IN CLOSED SESSION AND THEN ALSO SPOKE HERE ON THE DAIS. I JUST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP. YOU ARE A MAN OF INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY, AND YOU HAVE SHOWN THAT SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN ELECTED. AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT NOT ONLY AS A TAXPAYER, BUT AS A BOARD OF TRUSTEES SITTING HERE ON THIS DAIS, OUR BIGGEST RESPONSIBILITY IS KEEPING OUR CHILDREN, OUR STAFF AND OUR TEACHERS SAFE. THAT IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY, AND WE ALL SHARE THAT, AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE TO ENSURE THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE NECESSARY PEOPLE ON OUR CAMPUSES. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU TO YOUR DEPUTIES. I SEE THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT THEY HAVE BUILT WITH OUR STUDENTS ON CAMPUSES. THAT IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. I LOVE THAT OUR KIDS CAN GO TO THEIR SRO OFFICER BECAUSE THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING TO THEM. THAT IS SUCH A HUGE, HUGE DEAL. AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF THAT'S BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT. SO THANK YOU TO YOU, TO YOUR DEPUTIES AND TO THE ONE HERE TONIGHT THAT IS HERE PROTECTING US. DEPUTY LOZANO OVER THERE IN THE CORNER. SO THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT, MISS PETREA. YEAH, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, ALTHOUGH I HAVE ONE THAT MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER JUST FOR THE PUBLIC. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AS WELL FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP. I SLEEP BETTER AT NIGHT WITH CHIEF SKROCKI AS OUR CHIEF OF SAFETY AND SECURITY HERE AT THE DISTRICT. KNOWING YOU'RE AT THE HELM FOR OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE GREAT SROS. WE WANT MORE, WE NEED MORE AND WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO FILL THOSE SPOTS AND TRAIN UP REALLY STRONG, GOOD OFFICERS THAT MEET YOUR SATISFACTION AND SO AND CHIEFS SKROCKI SO WE APPRECIATE THAT AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AGAIN JUST IN PERSON AND PUBLICLY FOR ALL THE ADVOCACY WORK YOU DID TO KEEP FENTANYL OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS. YOU ACTIVELY WENT AROUND WITH JANELLE AND OTHERS AND HELPED EDUCATE A LOT OF OUR FOLKS AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. MY QUESTION IS KIND OF JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAKE, CAN YOU HELP REMIND FOLKS WHAT SRF SRO OFFICERS DO VERSUS LIKE CAL PD OR BUDA PD, LIKE JUST GENERALLY THEIR ROLE IN THE SCHOOLS? I THINK THERE'S SOME. NO IT'S FAIR. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW. AND WE DO TALK ABOUT THAT IN OUR PRESENTATIONS TO THE KIDS AND THE PARENTS BECAUSE SCHOOL RESOURCE DEPUTIES, IT'S MUCH MORE THAN JUST PUTTING CUFFS ON KIDS. THAT'S THE LAST THING ANY OF OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE DEPUTIES WANT TO DO IS PUT HANDCUFFS ON OUR KIDS. IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE PART OF OUR JOB. WE HAVE TO DO IT AT TIMES. BUT THEY'RE THERE FOR MUCH MORE. OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE THERE TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE IN CASE OF AN ACTIVE ATTACK, BUT THEY'RE THERE. AND I MENTIONED IT EARLIER ABOUT BEING THERE, BEING SOMEONE THAT THESE KIDS CAN GO TO OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE. DEPUTIES THAT HAVE THE MOST IMPACT AT OUR SCHOOLS ARE THE ONES THAT INTERACT WITH THE KIDS ON A DAILY BASIS AND KNOW THEIR NAMES. EVEN IF IT'S JUST A SIMPLE HIGH FIVE BUT WE'RE THERE TO BE A MENTOR, TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS, GET TO KNOW THEM. AND WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR KIDS, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEONE WALKS IN THE DOOR THAT DAY AND THEY'RE HAVING A BAD DAY AND YOU KNOW, SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT, AND THEN YOU CAN INTERVENE AND JUST HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND YOU CAN LEARN A LOT BECAUSE YOU DEVELOP THAT TRUST WITH THE KIDS AND CORPORAL LOZANO WILL TELL YOU THAT THE AMOUNT OF KIDS THAT THEY SAVE EVERY YEAR JUST FROM ANXIETY ATTACKS OR DEPRESSION ATTACKS OR ISSUES THAT THEY'RE HAVING AT HOME, THEY GO TO OUR DEPUTIES EVERY SINGLE DAY AND HAVE THOSE PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS. AND THAT'S WHAT SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS ARE THERE FOR. IT'S MUCH MORE THAN JUST KEEPING THEM SAFE. IT'S ABOUT DEVELOPING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND HAVING SOMEONE THAT THEY CAN GO TO TALK ABOUT FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS OR ABOUT THE BASKETBALL GAME LAST NIGHT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THOSE GENERAL CONVERSATIONS. AND OUR DEPUTIES DO A REALLY, GOOD JOB OF DOING THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WONDER WHY THEY'RE NOT DIRECTING TRAFFIC OR OTHER THINGS. [INAUDIBLE]. IT'S NOT IN THEIR MOU TO TO BE DOING SO. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. AGAIN. APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP. LOOK FORWARD TO A LONG ONE WITH YOU IN THAT ROLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOSE FLORES. THANK YOU FOR COMING, SHERIFF AND AGAIN, THANK YOU. THANK YOURSELF FOR SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND JUST FROM A HIGH LEVEL, I KNOW JUST TALK BRIEFLY, TOUCH ON JUST THE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS THAT YOU GO THROUGH DAILY TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GET GREAT FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO YOU KNOW, JOIN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND EVEN BECOME AN SRO AND THEN ALSO JUST FOR SOMEBODY THAT MIGHT BE LISTENING, [00:25:05] THAT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT JOINING THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN THE FUTURE AND, TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT MEANS. AND YOU KNOW, THE ELEMENT OF SERVICE THAT ENTAILS. YEAH. WE'RE IN A GOOD SPACE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT NATIONWIDE. REALLY. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S AN EBB AND FLOW, EBB AND FLOW WHEN IT COMES TO FINDING FOLKS WHO WANT TO DO LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHO WANT TO OPEN THEMSELVES UP TO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS, WHO WANT WHO BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT THE DEPUTY THAT OPENS HIMSELF UP. IT'S THE FAMILIES ALSO THAT HAVE TO DO A LOT OF SACRIFICE OR SACRIFICE A LOT AND THAT'S WHY I HAD TO CREATE THIS RECRUITING UNIT BECAUSE COMPETITION IS THERE. WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, NOT ONLY IN CENTRAL TEXAS, BUT EVEN HERE IN HAYS COUNTY IN ITSELF, WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT POLICE DEPARTMENTS. WE HAVE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, DPS, GAME WARDENS. THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT ARE FIGHTING FOR THE SAME APPLICANT POOL THAT WE HAVE TO DO A GOOD JOB AS A SHERIFF'S OFFICE, TO MARKET OURSELVES, TO PUT US, TO MAKE OURSELVES ATTRACTIVE, TO GRAB THE BEST OF THE BEST, BECAUSE WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO HIRE ANYBODY TO WEAR A BADGE AND A GUN, BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY SACRED OCCUPATION, AND I TAKE IT VERY SERIOUS AND THE OATH OF OFFICE IS SOMETHING THAT I'LL ALWAYS TAKE SERIOUS BECAUSE. I LOVE WHAT I DO. I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT I DO, AND I WANT TO FIND THOSE SAME PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT SERVING THEIR COMMUNITY. I MEAN, AGAIN, FINDING THE RIGHT SCHOOL RESOURCE DEPUTY TO WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS IS EVEN TOUGHER BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IT'S TO ME, IT'S HARDER. I'M NOT SURE I COULD DO IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO WE'VE GOT TO FIND THAT RIGHT PERSON TO BE IN OUR SCHOOLS, TO HAVE THOSE INTERACTIONS WITH OUR KIDS, TO TRULY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IN ALL FACETS OF OF COMMUNITY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY VALUE THIS PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE OROSCO. YES. YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, SHERIFF HIPOLITO. YOU TALKED ABOUT CULTIVATING RELATIONSHIPS, RIGHT. AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS NOT JUST TO BE THAT PERSON WHO DOES THAT ARREST OR SO ON, BUT CULTIVATES RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR STUDENTS. I WANT TO THANK SHERIFF CUTLER FOR STARTING AND FOR YOU INCREASING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY TO REALLY GET TO KNOW OUR SROS AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT BY CREATING THOSE DAYS. I KNOW MR. SEVERANCE AND I WERE JUST AT BARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR AN EVENT TODAY, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS OUT THERE PRESENT, SHAKING HANDS, TALKING TO KIDS, ANSWERING QUESTIONS WITH THEY'RE CURIOUS ABOUT AND OF COURSE, FEEDING THEM DONUTS. SO WHAT BETTER DAY FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY THE LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL. BUT YOU'VE BEEN DOING THAT THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, VISITING OUR DIFFERENT CAMPUSES AND CREATING THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING AND INCREASING THAT. I THINK THAT REALLY DOES HELP AND IT REALLY DOES HELP BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. SO THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN. THANK YOU, SHERIFF HIPOLITO, FOR COMING. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY PUT OUT THAT UNFUNDED MANDATE, YOU KNOW, TO START SCHOOL, IT'S A HARD TASK. IT'S A HARD THAT'S A LOT OF OFFICERS TO RECRUIT AND I KNOW FOR A TIME IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO DO THAT. BUT UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, I THINK IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, I THINK THROUGH THE HIRING PROCESS HAS GOT A LITTLE BIT EASIER AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR YOUR RECRUITING EFFORTS. I THINK THAT'S A BIG PART OF, YOU KNOW, DOING SOME DOING SOME THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT AROUND HERE. CLOSING THE GAPS WITH THE STUDENTS, LIKE YOU SAID, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES KIDS ARE SCARED OF COPS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PASS OUT 37 DOZEN DONUTS, I DON'T KNOW WHO CAN BE MAD AT ANYBODY FOR THAT. LIKE, THAT'S I APPRECIATE THAT. SO I APPRECIATE YOU CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND I KNOW THAT NEXT YEAR YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO ADD SOME MORE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND INTO THAT MIX. SO I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. YOU KNOW, I ALSO LIKE TO THANK CHIEF FOR BRINGING YOU HERE TODAY. I KNOW THIS IS A THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE DO, THE DISTRICT. AND YOU'RE A HUGE PART OF IT. YOU KNOW, I'M A LITTLE AFRAID OF YOU, BUT I'M REALLY AFRAID OF CHIEF SKROCKI@HAYSCISD, SO. ME TOO. SO I'M JUST GLAD THAT PARTNERSHIP, I. I'M GLAD YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD WORKING PARTNERSHIP TO SHORE UP SOME OF THESE VACANCIES THAT WE'VE GOT, AND IT LOOKS LIKE HEADING THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN GREAT SHAPE AND THEN EVEN GOING TO 26, 27, WE'RE GOING TO GET IT ALL DONE. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. YOU HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE, MR. SHERIFF? CAN WE TAKE A PICTURE REAL QUICK? YEP. JERRY. THANK YOU. [00:31:17] IT WAS MY CALL. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT, TEAM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL BRING IT BACK IN HERE. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED PROGRAMING AT CONSENT AGENDA ON PAGE EIGHT. [I. CONSENT AGENDA ] DOES ANYBODY NEED TO PULL ANYTHING? OKAY, TEAM. SO THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. SO MOVED BY MISS PETREA, SECONDED BY MR. FLORES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? NO DISCUSSION. OH, YEAH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WHAT? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS. J1 WE'RE GOING TO PUSH TILL JUNE. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE PAST THAT ONE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PAGE 53. [J.2. Second Reading and Possible Adoption of proposed revisions to Local Policy BE] THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR SECOND READING OF OUR AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF PROPOSED REVISIONS TO LOCAL POLICY. BE I KNOW WE'VE HAD A WEEK TO DISCUSS THIS. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT THE PROPOSED REVISIONS TO LOCAL POLICY B, AS PRESENTED A MOVE BY TRUSTEE FLORES. SECOND. SECOND BY TRUSTEE PETREA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MS. OROSCO, I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR POLICY PALS COMMITTEE FOR ALL THE WORK THEY DID ON THIS. THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WE HAVE A NEW POLICY. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO PAGE 58. [J.3. Consideration and possible Adoption of an Order Authorizing and Providing for the Defeasance and Redemption of Certain Outstanding Obligations of Hays CISD, Authorizing the Execution of an Escrow Agreement, and Containing Other Provisions Related Thereto] THIS IS OUR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF AN ORDER AUTHORIZING, AUTHORIZING AND PROVIDING FOR THE DEFEASANCE AND REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS OF HAYS CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ESCROW AGREEMENT AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT THE ORDER AUTHORIZING, PROVIDING FOR THE DEFEASANCE AND REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS, AND CONTAINING OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO AS PRESENTED. MOVED BY TRUSTEE RUNKLE, SECOND BY TRUSTEE PETREA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. ANY OF THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND I JUST WANT TO TOUCH THAT. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AS A BOARD TO SHOW WHAT, HOW MUCH WE VALUE OUR TAXPAYERS DOLLARS AND SO I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD OUR DISTRICT. WE'VE DONE THIS FOR, MANY YEARS NOW. ANYTIME WE CAN TURN SOME OF THOSE MONIES TO OUR TAXPAYERS, I THINK IT'S GREAT AND SHOWS GOOD THAT WE'RE GOOD STEWARDS OF THOSE DOLLARS. SO THANKS, RANDY, FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO PAGE 93. THAT WAS LONG. THERE'S LOTS OF PATRONS IN BETWEEN THERE. SO PAGE 93, THIS IS THE ITEM NUMBER J FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF [J.4. Consideration and possible approval of Interlocal Agreements to join the Goodbuy Purchasing Cooperative and the Southeast Purchasing Cooperative - Region 5] INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS TO JOIN THE GOODBYE PURCHASING COOPERATIVE AND THE SOUTHEAST PURCHASING COOPERATIVE FOR REGION FIVE. [00:35:10] THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS TO JOIN THE GOODBYE PURCHASING COOPERATIVE AND SOUTHEAST PURCHASING COOPERATIVES FOR REGION FIVE AS PRESENTED. MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES, SECOND BY TRUSTEE PETREA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO JUMP TO PAGE 102. [J.5. Consideration and possible approval of a Utility Easement for Pedernales Electric Cooperative at McCormick Middle School] THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL TO GRANT UTILITY EASEMENT TO PEDERNALES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE AT MCCORMICK MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES. GRANT A UTILITY EASEMENT TO PEDERNALES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE AT MCCORMICK MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND AUTHORIZES THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OR BOARD PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY AND CONVENIENT TO COMPLETING THIS PROJECT AS PRESENTED. MOVE BY TRUSTEE PETREA, SECOND BY TRUSTEE FLORES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NOW MOVING TO PAGE 112. SAY IT AGAIN. [INAUDIBLE] I SKIPPED ONE. I LOVE DOING THAT. ALL RIGHT. PAGE 108. ITEM J6. THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF PORTABLE BUILDING RELOCATION AND RELATED SERVICES. [J.6. Consideration and possible approval of Portable Building Relocation and Related Services] MAX, I SEE THAT LITTLE BIT HAS CHANGED IN THE NUMBERS ON THE INSIDE. YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE MOVE. BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? YES. GOOD EVENING. WHAT WE DID FROM LAST WEEK, WE ADDED THE FENCING ESTIMATE OF 27,000, AND WE ADDED THE TECHNOLOGY ESTIMATE OF $8,500 PER CLASSROOM FOR TECHNOLOGY AND SECURITY CAMERAS. WE DID NOT INCLUDE WALKWAY COVERS BECAUSE THOSE ARE ONLY CURRENTLY AT IMPACT AND THE HEMPHILL HEAD START AREA AND THOSE ARE IN A MORE PERMANENT PERMANENT SETTING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND SO OUR TOTAL SO OUR MOTION IS CHANGED. SO OUR SUGGESTED MOTION THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED PORTABLE BUILDING RELOCATION AND RELATED SERVICES FROM THE VENDORS LISTED WITHIN THE TRANSMITTAL DOCUMENT FOR A COMBINED AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $370,000, 600, 370 $647,000 AS PRESENTED. MOVED BY TRUSTEE PETREA. SECOND BY TRUSTEE VELA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MS. OROSCO. YES. MAX, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE WALKWAYS? YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT THAT THERE'S ONLY TWO PLACES THAT HAVE WALKWAYS. I KNOW IT WAS STILL PENDING A RESPONSE ON OUR BOARD BLOG. SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND WHAT YOU HAVE GONE OUT TO SEE? ARE YOU STILL GOING OUT TO SEE THESE OTHER LOCATIONS? TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. YES, MA'AM. I ASK THAT THE ENTIRE STAFF AND WE KNOW THEY'RE AT IMPACT. AND THEN WE ALSO DID A GOOGLE LOOKED ON THE GOOGLE EARTH AND WE SEE THEM AT HEMPHILL AS WELL AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY ONES WE'RE AWARE OF IS IMPACT AND HEMPHILL. I THOUGHT THEY HAD THEM AT CAMINO REAL. I WILL VERIFY THAT. I KNOW WE STARTED DOING THE METAL WALK DECKS THERE. I WILL VERIFY, BECAUSE I KIND OF REMEMBER BEING OUT THERE FOR AN EVENT AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAD OUR FIRE, RIGHT IN ONE OF THOSE CAMINO REAL PORTABLES AND I WANTED TO SAY THERE WAS COVERED. MAYBE IT WAS IN A COVERED WALKWAY. A LOT OF TIMES, I RECALL KIND OF COME TOGETHER AND YOU CAN WALK. IT'S ALMOST LIKE A COVERED WALKWAY. SOME OF THEM HAVE LARGE EAVES, OVERHANGS, AND SOMETIMES THEY COME TOGETHER AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE A WALKWAY. BUT I WILL VERIFY AND THEN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE AT IMPACT. REFRESH MY MEMORY ABOUT WHAT THAT COVERED WALKWAY LOOKS LIKE AT IMPACT. AND WHERE ELSE DID YOU SAY OH, AT HEMPHILL, AND HEMPHILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. HEMPHILL ARE THE IN THOSE FRONT PORTABLES? I THINK ONE OF THEM MIGHT BE POTENTIALLY THE CLOTHES CLOSET OR THAT FRONT RIGHT, ONE BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND THE OLD HEAD START. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HEAD START CLASSROOMS. THE ONES UP OUT FRONT OF SIMON. YES. THE HEAD START. YES, MA'AM AND THEN IMPACT. YOU COME OUT OF THE MAIN BUILDING AND IT'S A WALKWAY STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE PORTABLES, AND THEN IT BRANCHES OFF TO GET TO ALL THE PORTABLES AT IMPACT. [00:40:01] IT'S WHAT'S IN GMP THREE. THOSE WILL BE COMING THIS SUMMER. OKAY AND SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY LOCATIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THOSE WALKWAYS. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST IMPACT IN HEMPHILL. BUT I WILL VERIFY CAMINO. OKAY AND I CAN BE TOTALLY WRONG. I'M JUST PICTURING IT. SO YES, IF YOU CAN JUST CHECK ON THAT AND TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR PHILOSOPHY, YOU WERE SAYING THAT THE PHILOSOPHY IS ONLY WHEN THEY'RE PERMANENT PORTABLES DO WE DO COVERED WALKWAYS. THAT IS RIGHT. AND IT'S NOT MY PHILOSOPHY. I APOLOGIZE. THAT'S YOUR PHILOSOPHY. THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE DISTRICT? YES, MA'AM. LET ME CORRECT MYSELF. WHEN THEY'RE IN A PORTABLE, WHEN THEY'RE IN A PERMANENT CAPACITY, NOT WHEN WE'RE DOING IT TEMPORARILY AND THEY ARE ALL WET PORTABLES. CORRECT? AT MCCORMICK. YES, MA'AM. AT MCCORMICK. TELL ME YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO MCCORMICK. YES, THEY'RE ALL WET PORTABLES. ARE THEY ALREADY WET OR YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THEM RETROFIT THEM TO BE WET? I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALREADY WET NOW, AND WE'LL JUST HAVE TO HOOK THEM UP. OKAY, SO CAN YOU DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED WHEN WE HAVE TO MAKE THEM WET. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MOVING WET PORTABLES THAT ARE NOT BEING USED TO THIS LOCATION AND NOT HAVING AN ADDED COST OF RETROFITTING THEM TO BE WET, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT. HOW MUCH DOES THAT RANGE? YEAH, IF IT WOULD HAVE I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE WET BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE WOULD HAVE PUT THE COST IN HERE TO MAKE THEM WET. I'M GOING TO SAY JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE, DOING SOME QUICK MATH FOR YOU. PROBABLY 25 TO 30 GRAND TO MAKE A PORTABLE WET AND I'M SORRY. TELL US AGAIN WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM. YES, MA'AM. ON PAGE 109 PORTABLE 61 AND 62 ARE COMING FROM KYLE AND ON SAME PAGE 109 PORTABLES 36 AND 37 ARE COMING FROM TOM GREEN. OKAY, SO MY WONDERING IS THIS. SO WE HAD A PORTABLE THAT WAS MOVED IN FRONT OF THE CLOSED CLOSET. AND I KNOW BECAUSE THEY CAME FROM ANOTHER ELEMENTARY, THAT ONE IS NOT WET, BUT ANOTHER ONE THAT WE DID RECEIVE HAD LIKE REALLY SMALL FIXTURES, REALLY SMALL SINKS, REALLY SMALL TOILETS. SO AND THAT IS GOING TO HAVE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT IF IT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED UP FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE, I MEAN, THEY WERE LIKE TEENY TINY TOILETS. OKAY. VERIFY. HAS THAT BEEN CHECKED? I WILL VERIFY WETNESS AND AGE APPROPRIATENESS. OKAY. AND SO YOU'LL GET THAT TO US ON BOARD BLOG. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. MS. RUNKLE. I MEAN, WE DID USE THOSE TOILETS AT OLD BUDA FOR A VERY LONG TIME. ANYWAYS, OKAY, SO MY QUESTION. YOU SAY PERMANENT? HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO HAVE PORTABLES AT MCCORMICK MIDDLE SCHOOL? I WOULD IMAGINE WE WOULD HAVE THEM THERE UNTIL WE OPENED UP MIDDLE SCHOOL SEVEN. IN ESTIMATED NOW IN 2029. THAT'S A LONG TIME. THAT ALMOST FEELS A LITTLE CLOSE TO BEING PERMANENT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT REALLY PERMANENT. BUT THAT IS A SCHOOL WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PORTABLES, WHERE STUDENTS ARE IN FOR LONGER THAN OTHER CAMPUSES AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT EVEN THE OTHER CAMPUSES THAT HAVE PORTABLES, WE DON'T HAVE STUDENTS NECESSARILY IN THEM OR CLASSES TAKING PART IN THEM. SO IF WE CAN GET THIS QUESTION ANSWERED, CAN WE CAN YOU LET US KNOW WHAT CAMPUSES HAVE PORTABLES AND IF THERE ARE CLASSROOMS OUT IN THE PORTABLES OR IF THERE ARE CLASSES TAKING PLACE AND THEN I STILL AND MR. CLEAVER, I KNOW THAT WE'RE PAST THIS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM AT THIS POINT, BUT I WOULD STILL LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE COST FACTOR IS IN THAT IN DOING A COVERED WALKWAY, WE RECEIVED THOSE. WE'VE GOT THAT DATA. OH, OKAY. WOULD YOU JUST POST IT ON BOARD BLOG THEN? YES, MA'AM. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR MCCORMICK. MCCORMICK IS NOT THAT I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR ALL SCHOOLS, BUT MCCORMICK IS A SPECIAL CAMPUS IN THE SENSE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS AT THAT CAMPUS, AND IT IS OUR LARGEST CAMPUS WITH KIDS, AND SO MUCH SO THAT WE ARE ASKING KIDS TO MOVE TO ANOTHER CAMPUS. SO I CARE ABOUT THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE AT THAT SCHOOL. I CARE ABOUT THE KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE SHIFTED INTO PORTABLES. I'M SURE MR. CRUZ HAS A PLAN FOR THAT. I JUST, I MEAN, I WILL TELL YOU, LIKE, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE KIDS IN THERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MOVING IN AND OUT OF THAT BUILDING, I'M GOING TO FEEL REAL BAD ON REALLY BAD WEATHER DAYS. JUST LIKE WE FELT AT IMPACT WHEN WE WOULD GO OVER THERE AND WE WOULD SEE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND STAFF SOAKING WET COMING FROM A BUS TO THE NEXT CLASS. NOW, MIND YOU, THE KIDS AT IMPACT, THEY'RE NOT REALLY MOVING AROUND. THEY'RE ALL IN ONE CLASS. THIS IS A DIFFERENT SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE KIDS THAT ARE MOVING AROUND AND GOING FROM THE BUILDING TO THE PORTABLES. SO FOUR YEARS IS A LONG TIME FOR THE NEXT MIDDLE SCHOOL. [00:45:01] SO THESE PORTABLES ARE GOING TO BE OUT THERE FOR A LONG TIME. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WHOEVER, IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A WAY FOR KIDS TO GET OUT THERE AND NOT GET DRENCHED ON TERRIBLE DAYS THAT WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT AND WE KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO BECAUSE FOUR YEARS IS A LONG TIME, IT'S JUST MY $0.02. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE FLORES. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. TRUSTEE. RUNKLE. AND THAT WAS MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY ARE. IT SEEMS TO BE A PHILOSOPHY THAT WE'RE ONLY GOING TO ADD COVERED WALKWAYS FROM FROM PERMANENT PERMANENTLY USED PORTABLES. CORRECT. BUT WE DON'T SEE THE GROWTH, YOU KNOW, LESSENING IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. AND WE AND THOSE PORTABLES ARE MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE USED. SO IF THAT'S A PHILOSOPHY THAT WE'RE TAKING, MAYBE IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT PHILOSOPHY AND, SEE IF WE CAN DO IT ON A I KNOW IT'S TOUGH TO SAY ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, BUT ON PORTABLES THAT ARE BEING USED, CERTAINLY WE DON'T WANT OUR KIDS TO GET WET, ESPECIALLY DURING STORM SEASON. SO I WILL REITERATE WHAT TRUSTEE RUNKLE IS MENTIONING, JUST TO KIND OF SEE IF WE CAN GET THOSE WALKWAYS COVERED BEFORE WE PUT THOSE PORTABLES IN BEFORE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD DEFINITELY ALSO ADVOCATE FOR. TRUSTEE. OROSCO. YES. SO I'M JUST WONDERING, MAX, DID YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD OF HOW MUCH THE WALKWAYS COST? NO, MA'AM. I HAVE IT IN MY EMAIL, THOUGH. OKAY. SO YOU'LL GET THAT INFORMATION TO US AND ALSO, I MEAN, I KNOW WE'VE HAD PORTABLES IN OTHER CAMPUSES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME, BUT MAYBE THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO EXPLORE. LIKE IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE SEMI-PERMANENT. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE SEMI-PERMANENT WALKWAYS. I MEAN, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS NOWADAYS, RIGHT? SO MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE. MAYBE THERE'S SOME MEDIUM THAT WE CAN COME TO IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE SEMI-PERMANENT AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT PERMANENT? HOW ARE WE ALLEVIATING THAT? DO WE THINK THAT WILL BE ALLEVIATED COMPLETELY, OR WE'RE HOPING THAT THE GROWTH WILL KIND OF STOP DOCTOR WRIGHT. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AS FAR AS THE GROWTH? I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO, BUT I NEED YOU TO PLEASE. WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO GROW BY 1000 KIDS PER YEAR, AND THE NEXT MIDDLE SCHOOL SHOULD COME ONLINE IN 29. IF, THE VOTERS APPROVE IN 27. AND SO YEAH, I MEAN, I GUESS WE CAN KIND OF ASCERTAIN A PHILOSOPHY OF HOW LONG IS NECESSARY TO HAVE A COVER. YOU KNOW, MAYBE Y'ALL ARE THINKING IT RAINS A LOT.. OUR LAKES ARE ALL DRY. THERE HASN'T BEEN WATER IN FIVE MILE DAM IN FOREVER. I MEAN, WHAT DOES IT RAIN, LIKE, THREE TIMES A YEAR HERE? OKAY. IT HAS RAINED A LOT IN THE FALL. YEAH. I'M THINKING IF WE MAYBE IF WE BUILD THEM, WE'LL START GETTING RAIN AGAIN. WHO KNOWS? BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I WASH MY TRUCK, IT RAINS ALL THE TIME. SO A POINT OF ORDER. DOCTOR WRIGHT, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW? I'M JUST TRYING TO GET SOME RAIN GOING AT BRONSON. NO, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. YOU KNOW, MAX AND I HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE DO WE HAVE THEM? AND WE AGREED THAT WE ONLY HAD THEM AT PERMANENT STRUCTURES. AND SO PERMANENT MEANS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE FROM NOW, AND WE DON'T HAVE, ANY NOTION OF REPLACING THAT BUILDING, AND IT'S GOING TO BE THERE FOR PERPETUITY AND THE ONES THAT WE'VE BEEN USING, SOME ARE EMPTY. TO YOUR POINT, SOME ARE EMPTY. AND NOT BEING USED. SOME ARE BEING USED AND SO YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE, WHAT THE COST IS AND HOW LONG WE ANTICIPATE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE AND MAYBE COME UP, WITH A HAPPY MEDIUM COMPROMISE TYPE SITUATION OF AND MAYBE FIND ONES, THAT WE CAN REUSE MATERIALS SO THAT I WAS THINKING THAT THE RECYCLABLE LIKE WE DO OUR RAMPS, BUT WE'D ALSO HAVE TO GET WITH JERRY BECAUSE I'M THINKING BACK TO MY PRINCIPAL DAYS. KIDS USED TO SHIMMY UP THOSE THINGS AND RUN ON TOP TO GET ON THE OTHER ROOF OF THE PERMANENT BUILDING AND SO YOU HAVE TO ALSO CREATE SAFETY, ENHANCE FEATURES. THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHEN Y'ALL WERE SAYING THAT. HOW COULD WE DESIGN SOMETHING THAT WILL KEEP KIDS DRY, BUT ALSO MAINTAIN SAFETY AND NOT ALLOW THEM TO GET ON THE ROOFS OF THE PORTABLES AND THE MAIN BUILDING ITSELF, SO WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT CAMINO REAL, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY HAD THAT ISSUE OVER THERE AT THE PORTABLES WHERE THEY WERE CLIMBING BECAUSE THEY HAD A SECURITY FENCE WHERE THE TWO PORTABLES MET AND CREATED A WALKWAY OR A COVER. AND I KNOW THEY WERE CLIMBING THE FENCE AND CLIMBING OVER, AND THERE WAS GRAFFITI AND STUFF THAT WAS HAPPENING. SO I'M NOT OPPOSED TO NOT HAVING THEM. I JUST WANT A LITTLE BIT OF EXPLORATION WITH JUST SOME INFORMATION FOR US TO SEE IF IT'S EVEN IF IT'S EVEN [00:50:06] FEASIBLE. RIGHT. IT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE FEASIBLE. SO DON'T THINK I'M TOTALLY RIDICULOUS ABOUT THAT. BUT IT DOES RAIN IN HERE IN TEXAS, SO JUST SAYING. DOCTOR WRIGHT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE PETREA. OKAY. DO WE HAVE WALKWAYS TO ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE AND HAYS HIGH SCHOOL, TO THE BAND HALL, TO THE WEIGHT ROOM, TO PERMANENT BUILDING. PERMANENT BUILDINGS. MOST TO MOST PERMANENT BUILDINGS. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH [INAUDIBLE]. FOR HAYS HIGH SCHOOL. TO THE BAND HALL. WE CAN LOOK ON GOOGLE EARTH, I THINK WE DO NOT. I CAN TELL YOU THE ANSWER TO THAT. OKAY AND TO THE NEW WEIGHT ROOM. DON'T THINK SO. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE GOING DOWN THIS ROAD. MY KID WAS IN ELM GROVE FOR A YEAR, AND I THINK IT RAINED ONE TIME ALL YEAR. WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND DOING IS TALKING TO THE PRINCIPALS OR TEACHERS THAT ARE IN THOSE SCHOOLS AT TOBIAS, AT NEGLEY. MELODY CROWTHER HAS BEEN THERE A LONG TIME, AND SHE'S PROBABLY NOT USING HER PORTABLES NOW, BUT SHE DID FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. LET'S ASK HER, HOW MANY DAYS A YEAR WERE YOU AFFECTED BY THIS? BECAUSE MY LIKE BECAUSE IT HAS TO. IT ALSO HAS TO RAIN AT THE EXACT TIME THAT KIDS ARE MOVING. AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD, THE BUDA VORTEX USUALLY COMES AND KYLE. AND IT JUST DOESN'T RAIN WHEN WE NEED IT TO RAIN AND IF YOU TELL ME IT'S MORE THAN FIVE DAYS A YEAR, I WILL BE SHOCKED AND I MIGHT ENTERTAIN SPENDING THIS KIND OF MONEY INSTEAD OF ON STIPENDS FOR SLPS OR OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS. SO I'M NOT INTERESTED IN TALKING ABOUT WALKWAYS FOR SEMI-PERMANENT. FOUR YEARS IS NOT A LONG TIME. THOSE PORTABLES HAVE BEEN AT NEGLEY FOR EVER. THE ONES AT TOBIAS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR EVER. THE ONES AT HEMPHILL HAVE. IT'S A VILLAGE AT HEMPHILL AND YULIN. THEY'VE BEEN THERE A, LONG TIME. THE ONES IN ELM GROVE HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE AT LEAST 2017, 2018, 20. WELL, THERE WAS THERE MIGHT BE SOME NEW ONES BECAUSE THEY MOVED IN AND OUT AND THEY. YEAH. SO WE'VE MOVED A FEW INTO ELM GROVE BEFORE THE RENOVATION. CORRECT. WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S MY OTHER POINT. WHEN WE DID CONSTRUCTION AT DAHLSTROM, THOSE KIDS ACTUALLY WERE IN THE MUD AND THE RAIN FOR SOME REASON, BECAUSE THEY HAD TO GO OUTSIDE. THEY COULDN'T GO THROUGH DAHLSTROM. THEY HAD TO GO AROUND THE BACK AND IT DID RAIN A TON AND WE ACTUALLY DID HAVE TO GET THEM TEMPORARY BECAUSE RANDOMLY IT RAINED A BUNCH AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SIMILAR THINGS WHEN WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION AT THESE SCHOOLS. THEN ARE WE GOING TO ALSO PUT UP TEMPORARY WALKWAYS EVERY TIME IT RAINS FOR OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION CAMPUSES? SO THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S THE OTHER THING. LIKE IF WE DON'T WANT OUR BABIES TO EVER GET A DROP OF RAIN ON THEM, THEN WE NEED TO MAYBE DO THIS EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME WITH FIDELITY AND I THINK OUR CHILDREN CAN DO IT. THEY DON'T NEED TO BE PROTECTED FROM EVERY DROP OF RAIN. BECAUSE IT DOESN'T RAIN ALL THAT MUCH AROUND HERE. WHEN, RANDOMLY WHEN THEY NEED TO BE CHANGING CLASSES. IT JUST SEEMS TO BE A WORKED OUT. FOR WHATEVER REASON THOUGH, IT DAHLSTROM THEY WERE FLOODING, IT WAS FLOODING THE AREA AND WE WERE GETTING CALLS ABOUT EVERYBODY'S SHOES GETTING RUINED ONCE A WEEK. BUT THAT WAS, I THINK, WHEN WE WERE KIND OF IN AN EL NINO, SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING. DO YOU REMEMBER THIS? I DO, WE DID HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AT DAHLSTROM IN PARTICULAR. IT WAS AT THAT BACK DOOR. YES, THERE WERE ABOUT, I REMEMBER RIGHT, ABOUT 8 OR 9 DOWNSPOUTS THAT CAME IN AND CONVERGED IN ONE SPOT. AND SO WE HAD TO LITERALLY BUILD A SIDEWALK UP TO GET THEM UP OUT OF THAT UNTIL WE PUT ALL THAT UNDERGROUND. RIGHT. OKAY. SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. WE DO ALSO HAVE THOSE INSTANCES WHERE IT'S CONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS. OKAY. TALK TO THE PRINCIPALS. JUST SEE HOW MANY DAYS A YEAR THEY'RE IMPACTED BY THIS AND WHAT THEY THINK AND I WROTE DOWN ELMGROVE NEGLEY TO BE AS HEMPHILL. TRUSTEE SEIBEL. I'M ALL DISTRACTED BECAUSE I CAN'T PICTURE ANYTHING IN MY HEAD OTHER THAN CHRIS FARLEY GOING EL NINO, SPANISH FOR THE NINO. ANYWAYS. ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW, IT'S AS IF YOU KNOW, ANOTHER I DON'T KNOW. ALL RIGHT. SO UMBRELLAS ALSO AN OPTION. I WAS GOING TO MAKE ANOTHER JOKE ABOUT THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL DEVICES THEY CAN CARRY I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT ADULTS DO WHEN WE GO OUTSIDE BETWEEN BUILDINGS, YOU KNOW. SO BUT YEAH, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, CAN AGREE WITH THE CONCERNS. MY CHILD WAS AT ELM GROVE GOING OUTSIDE PORTABLES AND STUFF FOR FIFTH GRADE AND SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN. BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, COST VARYING WEIGHING ALL THE FACTORS. SO APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE OROSCO. YES, I WANTED TO ADD YES, OUR KIDS CAN GET WET. [00:55:06] WE GET IT AND WE UNDERSTAND IT. MY DAUGHTER WAS IN A PORTABLE AND I WALKED HER EVERY DAY TO HER PORTABLE. AND IT RAINED MORE THAN FIVE DAYS AND I WOULD WEAR MY RAIN BOOTS AND EVERYTHING. SO IT'S JUST GOOD TO HAVE COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION WHEN WE'RE MAKING A DECISION WHERE I'M NOT SAYING KIDS CAN'T GET WET. I'M NOT SAYING THAT AT ALL. AND I KNOW WE HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES. WE HAVE TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. I JUST LIKE TO LOOK AT JUST THE COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND IF YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE RUNKLE. YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO FOLLOW UP. SO ABOUT TALKING TO THE PRINCIPALS, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT LAST WEEK. AND THEN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD IS THE CONCERNS ABOUT PUTTING STUDENTS IN WHAT CLASSES WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT THERE. I CERTAINLY I'M THE MOM THAT TELLS KIDS, RUB SOME DIRT ON IT AND GET BACK OUT THERE. SO I'M NOT THE PARENT THAT IS SAYING, OH MY GOSH, YOU CAN'T MY BABY CAN'T GET WET. BUT WHAT I'M ALSO SAYING IS I'VE BEEN TO IMPACT ON RAINY DAYS, AND I'VE SEEN WHAT THAT'S DONE TO THE STAFF, AND I'VE SEEN WHAT THAT'S DONE TO THE KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN SOAKING WET AND HAD TO HAVE GONE HOME TO GET EXTRA CLOTHES, OR HAD TO HAVE PARENTS BRING EXTRA CLOTHES. I DON'T WANT TO PUT PEOPLE IN THAT SITUATION. IF WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT PORTABLES FOR 4 YEARS AT A CAMPUS. SO THAT WAS JUST MY THING AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY, LIKE, I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR ANYTHING THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM STAFF SALARIES OR STIPENDS. THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE THINGS. SO I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT ME ADVOCATING FOR COVERED WALKWAYS IS TAKING AWAY FROM SOMEBODY'S STIPEND OR SALARY, BECAUSE THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT BUCKETS, AND I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT BE ADVOCATING FOR THAT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE FLORES. I LIKE THE IDEA. DOCTOR WRIGHT OF A HAPPY MEDIUM AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, EVEN LOOKING INTO STRUCTURES THAT CAN BE TAKEN OUT AND WE COULD UTILIZE THOSE MATERIALS. SO IT'S NOT A PERMANENT. I MEAN, THERE'S PROBABLY STUFF THAT EXISTS NOT ONLY FOR RAIN BUT FOR SHADE. YOU KNOW, THE HEAT IS PROBABLY MORE OF A DANGER, OBVIOUSLY, IN TEXAS THAN THE WATER. SO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THOSE, STRUCTURES THAT COULD BE TAKEN DOWN, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE MOVING PORTABLES FROM ONE CAMPUS TO THE OTHER, WE MAY HAVE TO DO THAT EVEN THE NEXT IN THE COMING YEARS. SO MAYBE IT IS YOU KNOW, WISE TO LOOK AT THOSE OPTIONS AS FAR AS BREAKING DOWN WALKWAYS OR STRUCTURES AND MOVING THEM TO ANOTHER PLACE AS WE GO. BUT I LIKE THE IDEA OF THAT HAPPY MEETING AND SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO AND GET MORE INFORMATION ON. ALL RIGHT. VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION. WE HAVE A SECOND AND A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. I TRUST THAT OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP WILL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO KEEP KIDS DRY. IF THEY NEED TO BE. YES, SIR AND PER THE CURRENT GOOGLE EARTH, THERE ARE NO COVERED WALKWAYS AT CAMINO REAL FOR WHATEVER'S ON THE GOOGLE EARTH RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS NORMAL. IT'LL BE IT WOULD BE UPDATED FOR NOW. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. MAX. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO J SEVEN TO CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF A [J.7. Consideration and possible approval of the Guaranteed Maximum Price for 2025 Bond Project at Hemphill Elementary School and Simon Middle School] GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THE 2025 BOND RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO HEMPHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE GMP FROM BARTLETT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $26,929,942 FOR THE 2025 BOND. RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HEMPHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, DESIGNED BY O'CONNELL ROBERTSON ARCHITECTS AS PRESENTED. MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES. SECONDED BY TRUSTEE PETREA. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT. SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT. MOVING TO J8 ON PAGE 169. [J.8. Consideration and possible approval of the Guaranteed Maximum Price for 2025 Bond Project at Kyle Elementary School and Tom Green Elementary School] ONCE 63 A BIG JUMP. IT'S A CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THE 2025 BOND RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO KYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND TOM GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE GMP FROM JACKSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $43,629,456 FOR THE 2025 BOND RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO KYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE AMOUNT AND TO KYLE, AND IN THE AMOUNT OF $34,217,311 FOR THE 2025 BOND RENOVATION, RENOVATIONS AND [01:00:04] ADDITIONS TO TOM GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, DESIGNED BY O'CONNOR ROBERTSON ARCHITECTS. AS PRESENTED. MOVED BY TRUSTEE SEIBEL. TRUSTEE FLORES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SUGGESTED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. AND, MAX, I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD YOU, TOO. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS I LIKE TO POINT OUT TO THE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHEN WE ADVANCE THOSE ARCHITECT FEES EARLY FOR THESE TWO PROJECTS. YOU KNOW, NOTHING BUT GOOD HAS COME EVEN THIS INFLATIONARY ENVIRONMENT. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TEAM REALLY GETTING INTO THOSE NUMBERS AND BY ADVANCING THOSE DOLLARS, I THINK IT PAID OFF TO THE TUNE OF PROBABLY 4 OR $5 MILLION. SO APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SAID THAT PUBLICLY AND THANK YOU ALL FOR GOING FORWARD WITH IT. THAT WAS A TEAM EFFORT. THANK YOU ALL. YEP. ALL RIGHT, TEAM, WE'RE MOVING ON TO J NINE ON PAGE [J.9. Consideration and possible approval of a Tri-Party Agreement with Hays County and Lennar Homes of Texas for a Future School Site in the Waterstone Subdivision] 186. THIS IS A CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF A TRI PARTY AGREEMENT WITH HAYS COUNTY LAURA HOMES OF TEXAS FOR A FUTURE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE IN THE WATERSTONE SUBDIVISION. I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS. LOOK TO MY RIGHT. LOOK TO MY LEFT. OKAY. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE TRIPATHI DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH HAYS COUNTY AND LENNAR HOMES OF TEXAS, WHICH INCLUDES PROVISIONS FOR A FUTURE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE IN THE WATERSTONE SUBDIVISION, AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OR BOARD PRESIDENT TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY AND OR CONVENIENT TO COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION AS PRESENTED. MOVE BY TRUSTEE FLORES. SECOND BY TRUSTEE PETREA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE'RE GOING TO PAGE. WE'RE ON J TEN ON PAGE 190. [J.10. Consideration and possible approval of the Final Plat for Tom Green Elementary School] CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT AT TOM GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. DID ANYTHING CHANGE FROM LAST WEEK THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT? NO, SIR. ON TOM GREEN ONE, NOTHING CHANGED. BUT LET ME MAKE ONE COMMENT, OKAY. YOU SAID THAT WE MET WITH THE CITY OF BUDA THIS AFTERNOON, AND REALLY, ENJOY WORKING WITH ANGELA KENNEDY. SHE'S SO AT TOM GREEN ON PAGE. 190 IN YOUR BOOK. YEAH. [INAUDIBLE]. 197. IT'S PAGE ONE OF TWO OF THE FINAL PLAT OF TOM GREEN. THERE WILL BE ONE. THERE WAS A JUST A SCRIVENER'S ERROR ON THE VERY TOP CENTER, WHERE IT SAYS A 60 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY RESERVATION. NEXT LINE PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT PER DOC NUMBER. BLANK. IT SHOULD THAT THE TEXT PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY RESERVATION WILL BE STRICKEN AND IT WILL SAY 60 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT. ALL OF THESE OTHER DOCUMENTS REFLECT A PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT. IT WAS JUST A LANGUAGE CLEANUP. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? ALL RIGHT. TO MY LEFT. OKAY. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE. OH, WE ALREADY DID THAT. NOPE. I'M ON THE WRONG PAGE. SORRY. I MOVE THAT THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE FINAL PLAT FOR THE TOM GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OR BOARD PRESIDENT TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY AND OR CONVENIENT TO COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION, AS DISCUSSED. MOVE BY TRUSTEE PETREA. SECOND BY TRUSTEE FLORES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO PAGE. [J.11. Consideration and possible approval of the Final Plat for Impact Center] WE'RE ON PAGE 201 J 11. THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL FOR THE FINAL PLAT AT THE IMPACT CENTER. THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS. [01:05:03] THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE FINAL PLAT FOR THE HAYS CISD IMPACT CENTER AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OR THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY AND OR CONVENIENT TO COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION AS PRESENTED. MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES. SECOND BY TRUSTEE SEIBEL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO J12 ON PAGE 28208. THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF SCHOOL DISTRICT LAND [J.12. Consideration and possible approval of a School District Land Development Standards Interlocal Agreement with the City of Buda] DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF BUDA. MAX, YOU WANT TO COME ON UP? AND I BELIEVE. IN OUR DAIS FOLDER, WE HAVE AN UPDATED DOCUMENT. I THINK THE ONE THAT WE HAD IN OUR FOLDER FOR TONIGHT MIGHT HAVE HAD STILL HAD SOME WORKING SOME STUFF OUT LAST WEEK WHEN WE GOT THIS. SO A LOT OF THOSE REFERENCES WERE WE LEFT THEM WHERE THEY WERE, WHERE YOU HAVE TO REFERENCE TO THE CURRENT, THEIR UDC CODE, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT NOT BE CITY OF AUSTIN UDC UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE. I'M SORRY. SO WE WERE JUST REFERENCING SECTIONS. SO WE JUST MADE THEM ALL X'S LIKE X. SO THEY, SO IT'S CLEAR THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO GO IN THERE. AND WE PUT THE WORD IN THERE PER UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE NUMBER BLAH OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU. TIM ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS, MR. FLORES? YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR, JUST TO BE CLEAR. SO ANY AMENDMENT TO THIS AGREEMENT IN REGARDS TO ANY CHANGES TO THEIR GUIDELINES AS FAR AS BUILDING WILL THIS COME BEFORE THE BOARD REQUIRE. YES. GREAT QUESTION. SO THAT WAS THE OTHER THING WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY. SO THIS WILL GO TO CITY STAFF WHO WILL RUN IT THROUGH THEIR ATTORNEY WHO WILL GET IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. AND I THINK THEY EITHER SAID JUNE 3RD OR JUNE 10TH. ONE OF THOSE TWO, I'LL VERIFY THE DATE. AND SHOULD THERE BE NO CHANGES, WE'LL JUST BRING IT BACK. YOU KNOW, PER THE BOARD, PRESIDENT AND OR SUPERINTENDENT, SIGN IT. IF THERE ARE CHANGES, LOTS OF RED LINES. I WAS GOING TO PUT IT IN BOARD BLOG AND SUGGEST THAT WE BRING IT BACK IF THERE'S LOTS OF CHANGES AND AS FAR AS I MEAN, JUST THE HISTORY. HAVE WE EVER HAD AN AGREEMENT LIKE THIS, WITH THE MUNICIPALITY AS FAR AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO, STREAMLINE THE PROCESS OF BUILDING? HAVE WE EVER HAD AN AGREEMENT LIKE THIS? YES, SIR. THIS STARTED WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR PLANNING. OKAY. AND THE MORE I LOOK AT IT, THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT. I MEAN, WHEN WE BOND, WE BUILD, AND WE, YOU KNOW, TO SPEED UP AND EXPEDITE THAT PROCESS IS GREAT AND AGAIN, I COULD REITERATE, ARE THERE ANY PLANS? I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE ASKED THIS AT THE LAST MEETING WITH THE CITY OF KYLE OR EVEN THE CITY OF YULIN, TO DO THE SAME THING. I THINK ONCE WE GET THIS ONE WITH THE CITY OF BUDA DONE, THE CITY MANAGER, CITY OF KYLE CITY MANAGER, HAS SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY. NO. AGAIN, I THINK IT'S A FINE AGREEMENT AGAIN. WE IT AND YOU KNOW, WE WHEN WE BOND SOMETHING, WE LIKE TO BUILD IT IN A TIMELY MANNER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY BENEFITS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. AND WE SAW IT KIND OF FIRSTHAND TODAY WHERE IT REALLY DOES GIVE CITY STAFF A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY, WHERE THEY CAN MAKE SORT OF STAFF A, B, OR C KIND OF DECISIONS INSTEAD OF EVERYTHING REQUIRING EITHER A COMMITTEE OR A COUNCIL ACTION. THANK YOU. MAX. YEAH. THANK YOU. I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS WHERE IT'S LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT. IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO CHANGE. I MEAN, WE'VE DONE THIS WITH OUR BUILDING, OUR STANDARDS FOR OUR SCHOOLS. YOU KNOW, AS WE DO THINGS, WE GET SMARTER. WE JUST ADD THE AGREEMENT. BUT IF THERE'S MATERIAL CHANGES, PROBABLY WANT TO BRING IT BACK AS INFORMATION TO LET US KNOW IF IT'S THAT WE CAN KNOW ABOUT. BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING MAJOR, PROBABLY BRING IT BACK TO US TO TAKE A LOOK AT. BUT I THINK THIS IS GREAT. I LIKE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IF WE'RE DOING IT FOR THE COUNTY, MAYBE FOR THE CITY OF KYLE TOO. THAT'D BE GREAT. SO OKAY. TEAM, THE SUGGESTED MOTION IS TO HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LAND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF BUDA, AND AUTHORIZE THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND OR SUPERINTENDENT TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY AND OR CONVENIENT TO COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION AS PRESENTED. MOVED BY TRUSTEE FLORES. SECOND BY TRUSTEE RUNKLE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE ON TO OUR INFORMATIONAL ITEMS TEAM. WE'VE MOVED UP. K ONE ALREADY. JERRY, I'M ASSUMING THERE'S NOTHING MORE. OKAY. K TWO MAX, ANY UPDATES ON DISTRICT BOND? [K.2. Update on District Bond, Construction, and Renovation Projects] DISTRICT BOND CONSTRUCTION? RENOVATION PROJECTS? I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK ONE IN THE COMING WEEKS. MAYBE EVEN DAYS. THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE RELEASING AN RFQ FOR THAT. THE NEXT ROUND OF PROJECTS THAT WERE ON THE 2025 BOND FOR CM AT RISK SERVICES CONSTRUCTION MANAGER SERVICES. [01:10:04] THE ARCHITECTS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED, BUT IT'S TIME TO GET THE CMS ON BOARD SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT SAME PROCESS FOR A FUTURE BOND. SHOULD WE GO FOR A FUTURE BOND? WE'D HAVE REAL PRICING ON THOSE PROJECTS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO RELEASE THAT RFQ. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE TEAM? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO K3. WE HAVE A REPORT OF PURCHASING CO-OP COOPERATIVES WITH REBATES. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ON THIS ITEM? NO. OKAY. ON K4. ANY QUESTIONS ON A REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF THE 2025-2026 BUDGET CALENDAR? NO K5. ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR MR. RAU? OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM L. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FROM OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES. [L. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES] LOOK TO MY LEFT. TRUSTEE FLORES. YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY ATHLETES ARE OR WILL BE ATTENDING ON SCHOLARSHIP DIVISION ONE SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR. TRUSTEE OROSCO. [M. RECAP OF QUESTIONS] THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. PLEASE PROVIDE PAY INCREASES MADE TO SPELLS, WHETHER IT WAS STIPENDS OR SALARY INCREASES FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. S SORRY, I'M THINKING ABOUT SENIOR PATROL LEADERS THAT ARE IN BOY SCOUTS. SORRY. BOY SCOUTS IS IN THE SCOUTING OF AMERICA NOW. IT'S NOT BOY SCOUTS ANYMORE. YES. THAT. OKAY, SO I GOT TO CHANGE IT BECAUSE THAT'S ALL I'M THINKING NOW. OKAY. PLEASE PROVIDE NUMBER OF S. THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY AND FOR LAST YEAR AS WELL. PLEASE PROVIDE NUMBER OF DAYS. SLPS WORK WITH THEIR DAILY RATES. AND IN COMPARISON TO OUR REGION AND COMPARABLE DISTRICTS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. PLEASE PROVIDE INFORMATION IF WE REIMBURSE CERTIFICATIONS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. I'M SORRY, I'M GOING TO PASS, BUT I'VE WRITTEN IT DOWN AS WELL THAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU. PLEASE PROVIDE A COMPARISON OF. SLPS PAID COMPARED TO COMPARABLE COMPARABLE DISTRICTS AND REGIONAL DISTRICTS. RIGHT. THIS IS SO NOT JUST THE DAILY RATE PART, BUT THEIR ACTUAL SALARY. PLEASE PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES SPECIFIC TO SPEECH. FOR THE 23-24 AND THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR AND PLEASE PROVIDE COST OF CONTRACTED SERVICES FOR SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS FOR THE 23, 24 AND THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. TEAM. I TRUST THAT TRUSTEE SEIBEL HAS BEEN GOT THESE QUESTIONS ALL TYPED DOWN. AND WHEN YOU SEE THESE QUESTIONS APPEAR BACK BEFORE US, IF ANYTHING WRONG, JUST GET WITH THEM AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF. ALL RIGHT. OUR UPCOMING BOARD MEETING WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING, OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4TH, 2025, [N. UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS] RIGHT HERE AT THE HAYSCISD MERIDETH BOARDROOM STARTING AT 5:30PM. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:22PM. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.