[ A. CALL TO ORDER: Establish a quorum]
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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE WORKSHOP MEETING OF THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
WE THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND ALSO THOSE THAT MAY BE LISTENING ONLINE.
TODAY IS MONDAY, APRIL 20TH, 2026, AND THE TIME IS 5:30 P.M.
A QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TRUSTEE PETREA, WHO IS OUT TRAVELING FOR WORK.
MR. SEIBEL, IF YOU WANT TO KICK
[B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO UNITED STATES AND TEXAS FLAGS]
US OFF WITH A PLEDGE.[C. MISSION STATEMENT]
TRUSTEE FLORES, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ OUR ADMISSION STATEMENT? HAYS CISD MAKES IT 100% POSSIBLE.[D. SOCIAL CONTRACT]
CONTRACT WILL BE READ BY TRUSTEE VELA.THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES SOCIAL CONTRACT.
TRUST POSITIVE AND NOBLE INTENT.
ENGAGE WITH RESPECT, PROFESSIONALISM, AND PURPOSE.
ACT WITH ACCOUNTABILITY AND A GROWTH MINDSET.
MODEL UNITY AS DISTRICT AMBASSADORS.
[E. PUBLIC FORUM ]
MS. GLORIA, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT.DURING THE PUBLIC FORUM PORTION OF OUR MEETING, WE INVITE AND WELCOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS, CONCERNS, OR COMMENTS WITH THE BOARD.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND THE PERSPECTIVES OF THE COMMUNITY.
HOWEVER, PLEASE NOTE THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE UNABLE TO RESPOND DIRECTLY TO COMMENTS MADE THROUGH THE PUBLIC FORUM.
ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IN A PUBLIC FORUM MUST HAVE COMPLETED A GREEN SHEET LOCATED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE MEETING ROOM PRIOR TO THE BOARD RECONVENING IN OPEN SESSION.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN BOARD MEETINGS IS LIMITED TO THE PUBLIC FORUM PORTION OF THE MEETING AS PROVIDED IN BOARD BED LOCAL.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE AUDIO AND VIDEO OF THE PUBLIC FORUM IS RECORDED AS PART OF THE RECORDING OF THE ENTIRE MEETING AND IS PUBLISHED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE WITHOUT ALTERATION.
A PERSON WHO CHOOSES TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC FORUM IS CONSENTING TO THE ONLINE PUBLICATION OF THEIR COMMENTS.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TONIGHT.
WHEN YOU GET TO THE MIC, THERE'S A LITTLE BUTTON THAT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE HEAD, A GREEN LIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE READY TO GO.
MY NAME IS GARY YOUNG, AND I AM THE FATHER OF TWO STUDENTS IN HAYS CISD, ONE AT CARPENTER HILL THAT'S ABOUT TO GO INTO DAHLSTROM, AND ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY AT DAHLSTROM ABOUT TO GO INTO JOHNSON.
IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT WE HAVE LOST OUR CHOIR DIRECTOR POSITION AT DAHLSTROM, AND I'M WONDERING WHAT THE REASON FOR CHOOSING TO DO THAT, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THE PROGRAM AT JOHNSON, WHO IS SEEMINGLY GOING TO BE TAKING OVER THIS, IS HAVING TROUBLE KEEPING STUDENTS IN THAT PROGRAM, WHEREAS THE DAHLSTROM PROGRAM IS THRIVING.
AND THEY'RE BRINGING PEOPLE IN.
THERE'S KIDS THAT ARE COMING UP THAT ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS NO OTHER CHOICE THAN LOOKING AT WE'RE GOING TO JUST USE THE HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTOR AS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DIRECTOR INSTEAD OF BASING IT ON MERIT AND TENURE.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE I'M AT, IS I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING TIME TO LOOK AT WHAT THE PROGRAMS ARE DOING.
HOW THEY'RE FUNCTIONING, AND JUST GOING, OH, WELL, THE HIGH SCHOOL'S HERE.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO MAKE IT WORK WHERE THAT IS.
THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE HOW IT IS WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING ELSE.
THAT'S TROUBLING BECAUSE THE CHOIR PROGRAM AT DAHLSTROM IS VERY ACTIVE.
THEY'RE A VERY CLOSE-KNIT FAMILY, AND AS THOSE STUDENTS GO UP, THE STUDENTS THAT ARE BELOW THEM, THEY'RE FAMILY MEMBERS.
ARE GOING TO COME UP INTO THERE, AND THEY'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE WARES AS THEIR STUDENT DIRECTOR, AND NOW SUDDENLY THEY'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO BE SPLIT.
I THINK THAT'S, ESPECIALLY IN THE FINE ARTS PROGRAM, THAT'S CHALLENGING, AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE THAT WORK WHEN THERE'S SO MANY STUDENTS IN THE FINE ARTS PROGRAMS OR WHERE THEY'VE BEEN PROVEN TO BE HELPFUL IN TAKING SAT TESTS.
DETERMINING THE FUTURE AND DEVELOPMENTAL GROWTH OF THE BRAIN SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT THANK YOU ALL RIGHT TEAM WE AT THIS TIME THEY'RE GOING
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IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074, 551.076, SUBCHAPTERS D AND E, OR TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 418.183F. THE TIME IS 5:35 P.M.[G. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION - immediately following Closed Session]
WE'RE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.A QUORUM HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED EXCEPT...
ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF PRESIDENTS HAVE MISSED TRUSTEE PETREA, WHO'S OUT TRAVELING FOR WORK.
[H. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT]
ALL RIGHT, DR. RYAN, WE'LL KICK IT OFF WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.WHY DON'T YOU TAKE IT AWAY? THANK YOU, SIR.
SO, FIRST OF ALL, ENROLLMENT AS OF TODAY, 25,001 STUDENTS, AND ATTENDANCE IS STILL TRACKING.
WE BUDGETED AT 93%, AND WE ARE AT 93.5%.
SO JUST A LITTLE BIT UP ON THE ATTENDANCE, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HOLD FIRM ON THE LAST, SOME OF Y'ALL ARE PROBABLY COUNTING, I THINK, 22 DAYS OF SCHOOL, MAYBE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ALL RIGHT, SO IF WE CAN GO TO THE SLIDE NOW.
ALL RIGHT, FIRST OF ALL, OUR CAREER TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HOSTED OUR HIGHER HAYS STUDENT JOB FAIR.
AND AS A PART OF OUR 100% HAYS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, BUT THANK YOU.
SHORTLY AFTER I GOT HERE, I ASKED THE PRINCIPALS TO MAINTAIN A LIST OF ALL THE KIDS, ONCE THEY BECOME SENIORS, TO ANNOUNCE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE, IF THEY'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE MILITARY, IF THEY ALREADY HAVE A JOB, AND THEN THE ONES THAT ARE UNDECIDED, WHICH FORTUNATELY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LIKE 1,800 GRADUATES THIS YEAR, AND ONLY 200 OUT OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT WERE UNDECIDED.
NOW, I KNOW KIDS WILL CHANGE THEIR CAREER PATH MANY, MANY TIMES.
BUT I WAS IMPRESSED THAT WE ONLY HAD LIKE 200 KIDS THAT HADN'T ANNOUNCED.
SO WHAT OUR CTE DEPARTMENT DOES IS THEY MEET WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND EDUCATION PARTNERS, AND THEY BRING THEM IN.
AND THE KIDS COME WITH RESUMES, AND THEY BASICALLY INTERVIEW FOR INTERNSHIPS OR FOR JOBS.
AND AND YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT COMPANIES IN THE SLIDES, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THINGS THAT WE DO.
AND IT AT LEAST HELPS KIDS KIND OF THINK ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE GOING TO BE.
SO IF YOU GUYS OUT THERE KNOW MORE BUSINESSES THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS TO OUR KIDS AND POTENTIAL OR FUTURE EMPLOYEES, PLEASE, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
AND RICK WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ASSIST.
SO THIS ONE IS REALLY SPECIAL.
BELLA HYMUS FROM JHS, CONGRESSIONAL ART CONTEST.
SHE WAS THE OVERALL WINNER OUT OF 650,000 HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPANTS, AND HER FRAMED ART WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE CAPITOL IN D.C.
SO LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
THAT'S SPECIAL WHEN YOU BEAT OUT 65,000, 650,000 OTHER ENTRANTS.
THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY SPECIAL.
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, TEXAS HISTORY DAY.
SIX STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED AND THEN TWO OF THEM ENDED UP WINNING THIRD PLACE.
ELLA RAMIREZ FROM BARTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND RYAN OLIVAS FROM CULLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WON THIRD PLACE.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE TWO.
THE NEXT, HAYES WINTERGARD GOT TO COMPETE IN DAYTON, OHIO AT THE WORLD COMPETITION.
AND THEY HAD AN OPEN TEAM THAT GOT TO COMPETE IN STATE ON THE 18TH OF APRIL, WHICH IS JUST...
LAST WEEK AND THEY PLACED NINTH OVERALL SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HAYES WINTER GUARD AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO THE JOHNSON WINTER GUARD THEY ADVANCED THE STATE ON THE 18TH AS WELL AND I HAVEN'T HEARD THE RESULTS FROM THEM MOVING ON TO THE LEHMAN WINTER GUARD THEY PLACED SIXTH IN AREA THEY ADVANCED THE STATE AND THEN AT STATE THEY PLACED EIGHTH IN THE STATE SO OUR WINTER GUARD IS STILL IMPRESSIVE AS THEY HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR WINTER GUARDS.
WE CAN GIVE THEM A COLLECTIVE ROUND.
NEXT FOR UIL CONCERT AND SIGHT READING, ALL OF OUR BANDS WERE SWEEPSTAKES WINNERS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE PICTURES OF THE HAYES BAND AND THEN THE JOHNSON BAND AND THEN THE LEHMAN BAND.
AND SO THAT TRADITION CONTINUES TO GROW.
WE SWEEPSTAKES WINNERS FOR ALL
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OF OUR BANDS, SO LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.AND THEN NEXT, MANY OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THAT WE STARTED GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL THIS YEAR WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS AND THE HOUSTON TEXANS.
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE FUNDING THIS EFFORT BECAUSE IN 2028, FLAG FOOTBALL IS GOING TO BE AN OLYMPIC SPORT.
THE DALLAS COWBOYS FULLY FUNDED THE ENTIRE LEAGUE, UNIFORMS, BALLS, FLAGS, CONES.
AND WE HOSTED THE FIRST TOURNAMENT AT SHELTON STADIUM.
AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OTHER TOURNAMENTS.
AND LEHMAN IS THE ONLY UNDEFEATED GIRLS TEAM AT 6-0.
AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LADY LOBOS FOOTBALL TEAM.
THE GIRLS GOLF TEAM AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL WAS THE DISTRICT CHAMPS AND THEY GOT TO ADVANCE TO THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT AND WE HAD ONE YOUNG LADY, DELANEY MCGURRAN, WHO WAS BACK TO BACK DISTRICT CHAMPS AND AT THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT SHE PUNCHED HER TICKET TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT AS A MEDALIST SO SHE ADVANCED TO STATE.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO DELANEY.
THE DISTRICT CHAMPS FOR BOYS, THEY MOVED ON TO THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT, AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN AN UPDATE ON THEIR PERFORMANCE YET, SO I'LL GIVE YOU THAT WHEN I HEAR MORE.
THE JOHNSON TENNIS TEAM ADVANCED TO REGIONALS, AND MAYA 3 WAS A REPEAT PERFORMANCE TO REGIONS.
LAST YEAR SHE WENT IN DOUBLES.
THIS YEAR SHE WENT IN SINGLES.
SHE HAD A GREAT YEAR AND MADE IT THE FARTHEST OF ANYBODY ON THAT TEAM.
AND THEN DISTRICT TRACK, WE HAD SEVERAL THAT GOT TO GO TO AREA.
AND THEN FROM AREA, SINCE THE TIME WE MADE THESE SLIDES, THEY'VE ADVANCED TO REGIONALS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THE NAMES.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ EACH ONE OF THEM BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, 10 STUDENT ATHLETES FROM HAYS HIGH SCHOOL THAT WILL BE ADVANCING TO REGIONALS.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT, WE'LL GIVE TRACK A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AT THE END.
ALL RIGHT, SO THEN JHS AREA TRACK AND FIELD, THEY ALSO ADVANCED TO REGIONALS, AND THEY, AS YOU CAN SEE, ARE TAKING ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.
STUDENTS TO THE REGIONALS WHICH WILL BE THIS WEEKEND WAIT NICK THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND ON MAY 1ST AND 2ND AND SO LOTS LOTS OF STUDENT ATHLETES AND THEN FROM LAYMAN WE HAD I CAN SAY HER NAME SHE WAS THE LONE LOBO THAT IS GOING TO TO THE REGIONALS AND SHE'S GOING, SHE WON SECOND PLACE IN THE AREA QUALIFIER AND SHE'LL BE ADVANCING AS WELL.
SO LET'S GIVE THOSE STUDENT ATHLETES IN TRACK A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
THEN JOHNSON BASEBALL FINISHED SECOND IN THE DISTRICT AND HAVEN'T HEARD WHEN THEIR PLAYOFF GAME IS GOING TO BE.
THEY HAVE ANOTHER WEEK OF DISTRICT THIS WEEK.
SO WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THEIR FIRST BI-DISTRICT ROUND WHEN WE HEAR MORE INFORMATION.
AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE HAYES BASEBALL.
THEY ALSO FINISHED SECOND IN DISTRICT AND ARE PLAYOFF BOUND, AND THEY'LL FINISH UP A REGULAR DISTRICT SCHEDULE THIS WEEK.
WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THEIR PLAYOFF GAME ACTION.
JOHNSON FINISHED SECOND IN DISTRICT, AND THEIR BI-DISTRICT PLAYOFF GAME WILL BE VERSUS LAREDO ALEXANDER IN SENTON, TEXAS.
AND THEN IF THEY NEED TO PLAY A THIRD GAME, IT'LL BE AT 4.
AND THEN HAYES SOFTBALL, THEY FINISH SECOND IN DISTRICT AS WELL.
AND THEY GET TO OPEN UP WITH SMITHSON VALLEY.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE A HOME AND AWAY.
THEY PLAY AT HOME FIRST ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7.
AND THEN AT SMITHSON VALLEY AT NOON ON THE 25TH.
AND IF THEY NEED TO, THEY'LL PLAY A GAME 30 MINUTES AFTERWARDS.
SO LET'S GIVE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TEAMS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
AND NEXT, WE'VE ANNOUNCED THE AMBASSADOR AWARD WINNERS, AND THESE WERE PEER-NOMINATED.
AND WE'LL BE CELEBRATING ALL OF THESE WINNERS ON WEDNESDAY, THE 29TH, AT 6 P.M.
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SO EXCITED ABOUT IT.CELEBRATING THESE GREAT FOLKS.
AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR AMBASSADOR AWARD WINNERS.
AND THEN CASSANDRA AND HER TEAM, WE LOVE IT, THE BUS ROAD EO, SO RODEO.
THEY'RE ADVANCING TO STATE IN MAY.
WE HAD THE FIRST AND GRAND CHAMPIONS IN THE SPED DIVISION OF VIRGINIA PADILLA AND JAMIE, HOW DO YOU SAY HER LAST NAME? KALER.
AND THEN WE GOT FIRST FOR REGION 13 SPED, AND IT'S GRAHAM MANDEL.
AND THEN SECOND AT REGION 13, DANIELLE ORTIZ AND HANNAH CAMPOS.
THIRD IN REGION 13, IRMA HERNANDEZ AND YOLANDA COLEMAN.
AND THEN NOT ADVANCING TO STATE, BUT FIRST AT THE DIRECTOR'S CHALLENGE, MISS CASSANDRA BAER.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM FOR ROCKING IT, AS ALWAYS, IN THE BUS RODEO.
AND SO LOTS OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING.
THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING ME TAKE TIME TO BRAG ON OUR DIFFERENT FINE ARTS, ATHLETICS, CTE, AND TRANSPORTATION TEAM.
TEAM, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR DR. WRIGHT? LOOK TO MY RIGHT.
I'D LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SHOUT OUT, YOU KNOW.
DEPARTMENT AND THE HAYES EDUCATION FOUNDATION, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AFTER THAT GOLF TOURNAMENT, I THINK WE'RE BRINGING MORE AND MORE BUSINESSES TO OUR FOUNDATION, WHICH HAS GIVEN US MORE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE C.T.
SO THINGS ARE WORKING HAND IN HAND.
SO THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THE MONEY THAT WE'RE RAISING WITH THE FOUNDATION, IT KIND OF IS, YOU KNOW, RICK'S ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT ON HIS SIDE FOR OUR STUDENTS GOING FORWARD.
AND MY LAST QUESTION IS, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BE PLAYING SUPPLIED FOOTBALL AT COWBOY STADIUM? IS THAT ON THE, ARE THEY GOING TO OFFER UP THEIR PROGRAM FOR US FOR A WEEKEND UP THERE? YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE.
Y'ALL KNOW WHO ARTHUR BLANK IS? HE OWNS HOME DEPOT AND THE FALCONS.
WELL, I GOT INVITED TO BE A REPRESENTATIVE TO GO TO HIS RANCH IN MONTANA TO HELP BUILD A SPORT.
I HADN'T DECIDED IF I'M GOING TO GO OR NOT YET BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING.
BUT I'LL ASK HIM THAT QUESTION.
I WILL CARRY YOUR LUGGAGE TO MONTANA, DR. WRIGHT.
JUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED A HANDLER.
I WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR YOU.
[I. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT: Fine Arts End-of-Year (Scheduled for April 27, 2026)]
OKAY, TEAM, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO LETTER I, OUR STUDENT CHIEF REPORT.WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS NEXT WEEK.
THIS IS OUR FINE ARTS END OF THE YEAR REPORT.
MS. MORENO, I SAW HER EARLIER.
I DON'T SEE HER RIGHT NOW, BUT SHE'S GOING TO PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR US
[J. CONSENT AGENDA ]
FOR NEXT WEEK.ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA ON PAGE NINE.
I WANT TO KEEP IN, I WANT TO JUST POINT OUT THAT A COUPLE OF THESE, LIKE THIS IS OUR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR 26, 27 SEASON, OR SEASON, TALKING ABOUT SPORTS, OUR SCHOOL YEAR, BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT WE'LL SEE ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FOR OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FUND THAT WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ON DOWN THE ROAD, BUT THIS IS THE ALIGNMENT THAT WE HAVE TO SUBMIT TODAY, SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THIS ITEM.
MAUDEVILLE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD FOR THAT FOR OUR TEAM? NOT AT ALL.
WE'RE JUST CERTIFYING THAT ALL THE MATERIALS THAT WE'LL BE ADOPTING MEET THE TEEX, THE STATE STANDARDS.
TEAM, DO YOU WANT TO WRITE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. RUNKLE, TRUSTEE RUNKLE? YES, I WAS CURIOUS.
SO I NOTICED ON THESE DOCUMENTS THERE'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONAL QUESTIONS THAT ARE OPTIONAL.
WHY WOULD THOSE NOT BE ANSWERED? JUST CURIOUS.
THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION.
I'M GOING TO ASK TRAVIS SMITH WHO COMPLETES THE SURVEY TO COME ON UP.
THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS THEY'RE OPTIONAL.
WE HAVEN'T DONE IT IN THE PAST.
WE CAN FILL IT OUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND RESUBMIT IT.
THIS HASN'T BEEN SUBMITTED TO TEA YET, SO WE COULD FILL THOSE QUESTIONS IN.
THEY'RE JUST MARKED AS OPTIONAL BY TEA.
OKAY, YES, I WOULD LIKE THEM FILLED IN.
BECAUSE THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ANSWER.
I ALSO NOTICED ON HERE THAT THERE'S SOME REFERENCE TO THE BLUE BONNET CURRICULUM.
AND MAYBE MRS. CEDILLO WANTS TO CHIME IN ALSO.
BUT DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THAT? THERE'S A LOT OF TALK IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT BLUE BONNET CURRICULUM.
DO WE HAVE ANY PLANS TO IMPLEMENT THAT FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR? YOU'LL JUST CONFIRM THAT? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO J2A ON PAGE 45.
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TEAM, ON OUR NEXT, ON THE 27TH, I HAD ASKED FOR A COMPARISON FOR AP EXAMS THAT WE DID LAST YEAR VERSUS PEOPLE APPLIED FOR THIS YEAR.THAT WILL BE IN OUR NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA.
IT WILL BE IN THE TRANSMITTAL.
BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT FOR THIS ONE.
IT'S GOING TO BE POSTED WHEN WE PUT IT ON THERE NOW.
SO, SCOTT, JUST TO RECAP HIGH LEVEL FOR THAT, THERE WERE 3,477 TOTAL.
EXAMS WERE ASKED FOR THIS YEAR AND THERE WERE THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY NINE LAST YEAR SO IT KIND OF SPEAKS A LITTLE BIT TO THE INCREASE IN THE BUDGET.
SO ALL RIGHT TEAM LOOK TO MY LEFT ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE MISS RUNKLE OKAY, WHO'S ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS? MISS EMILY HERRON.
HOW ARE YA? I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW SECONDS GOOD EVENING.
HOW DO WE DETERMINE HOW MANY WE'RE GOING TO PURCHASE? CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN TO US HOW DO YOU GET TO THESE NUMBERS? CERTAINLY.
SO THE STUDENTS ACTUALLY HELP US DETERMINE THAT INFORMATION.
WE HAVE TO ORDER THESE EXAMS IN THE FIRST SEMESTER OF THE COURSES.
SO STUDENTS HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION PRETTY EARLY ON.
WE DO STILL HAVE WITHOUT INCURRING A LATE FEE.
AND WE DO STILL HAVE ABOUT 140 STUDENTS WHO ARE STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE EXAM.
SO WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS IN CLASS AND THEN THEY GO ON TO TOTAL REGISTRATION AND PAY THEIR PORTION OF THE EXAM.
AND THAT'S HOW WE DETERMINE THE NUMBERS.
AND IS THERE ANY COMMUNICATION HAPPENING TO THE PARENTS REGARDING THESE EXAMS? SO FROM THE TEACHER, IT WOULD BE FROM THE TEACHER TO THE...
STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS AND THEN ULTIMATELY FROM THE ACADEMIC DEANS TO THE FAMILIES.
OKAY, IF WE COULD JUST GET CLARIFICATION THAT AND WHAT TYPE OF COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN SENT FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES REGARDING THESE EXAMS TO THE PARENTS, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN WE SEND THINGS TO STUDENTS, WE SEND THINGS TO THEM AND THEY'RE...
THEIR STUDENT EMAILS AND IF YOU'RE MY KID I'VE GOT TO GO AND LOOK AT THOSE EMAILS TO MAKE SURE HE'S CHECKING THEM AND READING THEM AND STAYING UP TO DATE SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT COMMUNICATION IS GOING TO PARENTS TOO CERTAINLY WITH MY KIDS TAKING THESE COURSES I WOULD WANT TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE BEING ASKED IF THEY WANT TO TAKE THESE EXAMS OBVIOUSLY WHEN THEY ARE SIGNING UP FOR THESE COURSES AS A PARENT I'M EXPECTING HIM TO TAKE THOSE EXAMS SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS AREN'T MISSING ANY MARKS OR DEADLINES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEY ALSO GET TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR KIDS AT HOME OF THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING THEM.
AND THAT GIVES US A BETTER IDEA SINCE WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ON THESE ALSO.
SO, YEAH, IF YOU'LL JUST CLARIFY THE COMMUNICATION TO A PARENT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO J2B ON PAGE 47. TEAM, REMEMBER, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, BACK IN JULY, OR JULY, JANUARY, WE APPROVED THE TRINITY EVAL GROUP.
WE APPROVED A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THEM TO OUTSOURCE SOME OF THESE SERVICES, AND THIS IS THE SECOND VENDOR.
THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORTH TONIGHT TO DO SOME MORE ADDITIONAL POSSIBLE PYRAMIDS TO HELP OUTSOURCE SOME OF THOSE HARD TO FILL POSITIONS.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ON THERE TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, TEAM, LOOK TO MY LEFT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? MR. SEIBEL? YES, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE PROCESS OF STUDENTS GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION OR PSYCHOLOGIST EVALUATION AND BEING PLACEMENT AND SPED WITH THIS.
SOMETHING I HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN YOU SEE THIS AND SO JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHAT THIS PROCESS ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE AS TO HOW THESE SERVICES ARE BEING UTILIZED SHE'S WORKING HER WAY UP TO THE MIC ANSWER THAT BUT I'M GOING TO LET MS. VELASQUEZ ANSWER THAT SO I THINK I HEAR HER COMING UP MIKE SO A STUDENT IS REFERRED TO SPECIAL EDUCATION MAINLY BY THEIR CAMPUS TEAM, UNLESS THEY ARE BEING REFERRED THROUGH CHILD FIND, WHICH IS OUR EARLY STUDENTS, BEING REFERRED BY EARLY CHILDHOOD AGENCY OR THEIR PARENTS.
IT IS A 45-DAY CALENDAR, 45 SCHOOL DAYS TO COMPLETE THE EVALUATION.
AND THEN FROM THERE, WE HAVE 30 CALENDAR DAYS TO HOLD AN ARD MEETING FOR THEM.
STUDENTS GET RECOMMENDED, THEY GO
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THROUGH AN EVALUATION, SO THIS IS JUST PART OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS AS TO WHAT NEEDS.STUDENTS HAVE IN OTHER WORDS ON A CAMPUS A STUDENT IS GOING THROUGH MTSS MOST OFTEN THEY'RE RECEIVING INTERVENTIONS THE TEAM IS REVIEWING HOW THE STUDENT IS PROGRESSING THROUGH THOSE INTERVENTIONS TO DETERMINE IF A REFERRAL TO SPECIAL EDUCATION IS NEEDED AT THAT TIME OKAY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AND THEN IS THE REASON THE PRIORS AND SORRY SPECIFIC ON THE PRIOR SPENDING AMOUNT IS PRETTY LOW OBVIOUSLY COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE SPENDING THIS YEAR IS THAT BECAUSE IT WAS SPLIT BETWEEN TRINITY AND MAYBE THIS ENTITY WASN'T UTILIZED AS MUCH AS PRIOR YEAR.
WE HAVE TRINITY AND AIM, AND IT ALSO COVERS OUR VACANCIES.
WE DO HAVE THREE VACANCIES ON OUR TEAM.
TRUSTEE FLORES? YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HAVING TO OUTSOURCE THESE JOBS IN GENERAL, AND IT DOES SAY THERE ARE SPECIFIC CHALLENGES IN REGARDS TO FILLING THESE IN-HOUSE.
CAN YOU JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE SPECIFIC CHALLENGES MAY BE? I'M A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
SO WE HAVE HAD VERY LIMITED CANDIDATES WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR POSITIONS WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I THINK ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS SURROUNDING ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE.
SOME OF THE CANDIDATES THAT WE ARE RECEIVING ARE INTERNS, WHICH MEANS THEY WORK WITH US FOR A YEAR.
THEY'RE SUPERVISED BY A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST.
AND THEN AFTER THAT YEAR CAN APPLY FOR THEIR LICENSING.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW MANY CANDIDATES WE HAVE THAT APPLY, AND THEN ONCE THEY APPLY, WHERE THEY'RE RECOMMENDED, THEN THEY DETERMINE WHETHER THEY'RE ACCEPTING THE POSITION OR NOT.
YEAH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THIS QUESTION ON RECORD, SECRETARY SEIBEL.
JUST THE NUMBER OF JOBS IN THE DISTRICT THAT WE ARE NOW OUTSOURCING, MAYBE PERHAPS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.
I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS DAIS, THAT NUMBER HAS SEEMED TO...
PERHAPS INCREASED IF I'M TAKING A GUESS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT NUMBER BUT AGAIN, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET MORE MORE QUALIFIED CANDIDATES.
WE CAN HAVE THESE POSITIONS IN HOUSE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WE HAVE HAD SOME INTERVIEWS AND HAVE MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HIGHER FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR I'VE BEEN VACANT ALL YEAR.
THANK YOU TRUSTEE RUNKLE YES I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
I KNOW THIS YEAR HAS BEEN DIFFICULT AND IT CONTINUES JUST TO GET HARDER ON YOUR DEPARTMENT AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU.
I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T SEE THIS BUT A TOTAL OF 1164 SPECIAL EDUCATION INITIAL AND RE-EVALUATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BETWEEN JULY 2025 TO JANUARY 6TH OF 2026.
THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD DO THAT IN-HOUSE.
SO, I MEAN, INITIAL, THERE'S 310 EVALUATIONS THAT ARE PENDING THROUGH THE END OF JUNE OF 2026 THAT STILL HAVE TO HAPPEN DURING THE SUMMER.
AND SO, AND THEN 338 RE-EVALUATIONS DUE BY AUGUST 31ST.
SO, YES, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
THE JOBS THAT WE ARE HAVING TO OUTSOURCE BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE INCREASING AND THE ASSESSMENTS AND THE TESTING IS, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO IT HERE.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS SUCH A TOUGH JOB TO MEET EVERY KID WHERE THEY ARE WITH THE RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE, BUT IT DOES NOT GO UNRECOGNIZED.
I APPRECIATE THAT, MS. RUNKLE.
JUST TO SHARE, THE 1,000 EVALUATIONS THAT WE HAVE, THEY'RE ALL INITIALS.
THE TA HAS RECOGNIZED THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND WORK IT TAKES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS TO COMPLETE THOSE EVALUATIONS, AND THEY ARE COMPENSATING FOR THOSE.
OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO J3 ON PAGE 49.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MINUTES? OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO J4, BUDGET AMENDMENTS, ON PAGE 54.
IN YOUR DAIS FOLDER, I BELIEVE MS. OTTMERS GAVE US A LITTLE HANDOUT.
TALKING ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. OTTMERS ON THESE BUDGET AMENDMENTS? ANYBODY? NO? I DO HAVE ONE.
SORRY, CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY THE MEMO? BECAUSE WE WERE ASKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW REVENUE THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING.
I DON'T HAVE A BACKGROUND IN ACCOUNTING.
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SO WE'RE JUST BASICALLY WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE ASSET.REVENUE AS IT'S DONATED TO US, BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO SHOWING IT AS AN PORTION OF IT AS EXPENSE BECAUSE WE'RE USING IT.
YEAH FROM THE HELLO G KOLODZE, THANK YOU.
WHAT A WONDERFUL DONATION OF PROPERTY ALMOST NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS VALUE AND SO YES IN THE ACCOUNTING WORLD YOU HAVE FOUR DONATIONS.
YOU HAVE TO RECORD THE FAIR MARKET VALUE AND YOU RECORD A REVENUE AND AN EQUAL EXPENDITURE.
AND SO IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO RECEIVING A DONATION OF CASH AND YOU'D RECORD THE REVENUE AND THEN YOU'D BUY THE ITEM.
SO THAT'S HOW WE HAVE TO RECORD IT.
IN THIS CASE, THIS IS THE BUDGET SIDE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO BUDGETING.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THE BUDGET TO.
TO BE ABLE TO RECORD THAT REVENUE AND THAT EXPENDITURE.
I THINK IT WAS TRUSTEE RUNKLE, DID YOU ASK THAT QUESTION ON BOARDBLOG ABOUT THAT? WHO CAUGHT THAT? WAS THAT YOU? THAT'S GOOD.
ANYWAYS, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER REALLY SEEN LIKE THIS LITTLE DETAIL.
ON THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD DONATED PROPERTIES IN THE PAST FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BILLS AND SO JUST SEEING THIS CASH FLOW I GUESS ON THE BUDGETING SIDE IS IT'S NOT CASH WELL IT'S JUST A JOURNAL ENTRY SORRY IN THIS CASE ARE YOU SAYING ACCOUNTING TERM UH INAPPROPRIATELY I APOLOGIZE NO IT'S OKAY THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT KINDS UM THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT.
FOR ANY PREVIOUS DONATED LAND, HAS IT BEEN RECORDED? I DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER YET.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF JUST DELINEATING, BECAUSE WE, JUST THE AMENDMENT SIDE OF IT, WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HOW THE BUDGET CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ANOTHER QUESTION ON THAT SAME THING.
THE DEBT SIDE, THE DONATED LAND IS $879,720.
FOR THIS LAND? THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ON THE EXPENSE SIDE.
WE'RE INCREASING THE BUDGET FOR THE REVENUE AND THE EXPENSE, YES.
SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE $1,079,720 ON THE REVENUE SIDE AND THE $879,720 ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, WHERE DID THE OTHER...
LOCAL, WHERE DID THE OTHER REVENUE COME FROM? WELL, FOR THAT ONE LINE ON THE REVENUE SIDE, THE ADDITIONAL PART WAS THE PRINT SHOP, ADDITIONAL REVENUES THAT THEY'VE BEEN GETTING IN.
SO WE'RE INCREASING THE BUDGET AND THEN WE'RE ALSO INCREASING THEIR PAPER BUDGET, THEIR EXPENDITURE SIDE.
SO, AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS REALLY JUST A SWITCH AROUND FROM DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.
BECAUSE I JUST, I HAVE TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD BECAUSE I MEAN, I KNOW LIKE OUR BUDGET BEGINNING THE YEAR STARTED AT $267 MILLION AND THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT IS $278 MILLION.
AND WE'VE APPROVED A BALANCED BUDGET, BUT JUST THERE IS SOME LOCAL, THERE IS SOME OTHER REVENUE THAT COMES IN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE APPROVING THIS AS A BUDGET, IT'S A NET NEUTRAL BUDGET AMENDMENT, OUR REVENUE STILL, OUR BUDGET.
IS STILL BEING INCREASED, BUT IT'S STILL A BALANCED BUDGET.
IT'S JUST AT THIS TIME WE'VE HAD SOME OTHER REVENUE THAT TRICKLES IN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THAT, AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR.
OKAY, ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MS. OTTMERS? NOPE? OKAY, GREAT.
[K.1. Consideration and possible approval of an Order to Establish a Central Counting Station and Appoint Central Counting Station Personnel in Travis County for the May 2, 2026 General Election]
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO K-1.THIS IS AN ITEM, IT'S ON PAGE 56.
THIS IS A, WE DON'T NORMALLY DO THIS, BUT THERE WAS A LAST MINUTE REQUEST FROM TRAVIS COUNTY.
NEEDED SOME ELECTION SERVICES DONE, AND TIM HAD TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS TO GET THIS DONE.
TIM, DO YOU HAVE A BRIEF, VERY, VERY BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THIS IS? BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS RIGHT NOW, SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO IT.
WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT COUNTIES OBVIOUSLY IN OUR ELECTIONS AND THEY EACH DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
EARLIER IN THE YEAR WE DEFINITELY HAVE AN ELECTION AND SERVICE AGREEMENT AND THEN ALSO A JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT WITH TWO OF THE COUNTIES SO ALL THOSE ARE STANDARD AND ROUTINE AND I YOU KNOW YOU AUTHORIZED ME AND IN JANUARY TO SIGN ALL THOSE LITTLE THINGS AS THEY COME IN BECAUSE THEY COME IN AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
THIS IS A RESOLUTION AND I WASN'T BROAD ENOUGH IN MY MOTION FOR ME TO JUST SIGN THIS AS ELECTION PAPERWORK ITSELF.
IT CAME IN AS A RESOLUTION I BELIEVE WITH LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT THERE'S NOW REQUIRED TO HAVE THIS HAND COUNTING BOARD OR SOMETHING.
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SO I JUST PUT IT ON THE AGENDA TO BE SAFE MAKES SENSE.I DON'T HAVE IT FROM THE OTHER TWO COUNTIES, SO THEY MUST NOT NEED IT, BUT THEY MAY WANT IT JUST TO DOT THEIR I'S AND CROSS THEIR T'S.
BUT THIS IS UNIQUE, SO YOU BROUGHT IT TO US JUST TO GET OUR BLESSINGS.
YES, AND BECAUSE THE LANGUAGE I USED IN THE MOTION FOR THE CATCH-ALL FOR ALL THE PAPERWORK DID NOT INCLUDE RESOLUTIONS.
IT WAS JUST AGREEMENTS AND JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENTS AND THEN ELECTION SERVICES AGREEMENTS.
AND I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE LESS THAN 10 PEOPLE IN TRAVIS COUNTY WHO WILL BE VOTING IN THIS ELECTION.
I CONCUR ON THE, I WOULD JUST ENDORSE THE WHATEVER THEY NEED IN THAT RESOLUTION AS A TRAVIS COUNTY VOTER.
TEAM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR TIM? MY RIGHT? MY LEFT? NO? ALL RIGHT.
I MOVE THAT THE HAYS CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT THE ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE CENTRAL COUNTING STATION AND APPOINT.
THE COUNTING STATION PERSONNEL FOR THE TRAVIS COUNTY PORTION OF THE HAYS CISD GENERAL MAY ELECTION AS ATTACHED AND PRESENTED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
6-0 BECAUSE MS. PETREA'S NOT HERE.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING SO QUICK TO KEEP ME ON TASK.
[L.1. Consideration and possible action, if any, resulting from Closed Session]
I APPRECIATE IT.WE'RE MOVING ON TO L1. THESE WILL BE ACTIONS ITEMS FOR OUR MEETING NEXT MONDAY.
NUMBER ONE WILL BE L1 ON PAGE 61.
THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONTRACTUALLY EMPLOY THE PRINCIPAL AT LIVE OAK ACADEMY, PRINCIPAL AT SUNFIELD, AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT MCCORMICK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE'LL BE DOING THAT NEXT WEEK.
ACTIONS L1B. THE NEXT TWO AGENDA ITEMS, THESE ARE THE FIRST ONE IS A CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF A TERMINATION OF PROPORTIONARY TEACHER CONTRACTS.
THIS MAY OR MAY NOT, WE MAY OR MAY NOT TAKE ACTION ON THIS NEXT WEEK, BUT WE'RE LEAVING IT IN HERE AS A PLACEHOLDER.
SHOULD WE NEED TO DO THAT FOR NEXT WEEK? TEAM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? NO? ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS A CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL, A GOOD CAUSE TEACHER TERMINATION.
AGAIN, WE DON'T FORESEE TAKING ACTION NEXT WEEK.
WE'RE LEAVING IT HERE AS A PLACEHOLDER JUST IN CASE WE DO NEED TO TAKE ACTION NEXT WEEK.
TEAM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? NO?
[L.2. Consideration and possible adoption of the Proposed Revisions to the Hays CISD Employee Compensation Plan for the 2025-2026 School Year]
OKAY, GREAT.ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO L2.
THIS IS GOING TO BE ON PAGE 66.
TEAM, IN YOUR DIAS FOLDER, THERE'S A MEMO THAT MS. CORSON PROVIDED FOR US TO REVIEW, AND I BELIEVE THIS WAS ALSO ON BOARDBLOG.
L2, THIS IS A CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE HAYS CISD EMPLOYEE COMPETITION PLAN.
MS. CORSON, YOU WANT TO GIVE US A BRIEF DESCRIPTION ON WHAT THIS IS? YES, GOOD EVENING MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND SUPERINTENDENT DR. WRIGHT.
WE WILL BE BRINGING TO YOU FOR ACTION ON THE 27TH REVISED 2526 COMPENSATION PLAN FOR THIS YEAR.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS THERE ARE SOME POSITIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE POSTED NEED TO BE POSTED NOW THAT ARE REALLY CHANGES FOR THE 26-27 YEAR BUT WE NEED TO START HIRING AND SELECTING NOW AND SO WE NEED TO PLACE THESE ON THE CURRENT COMP PLAN TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THINGS APPROPRIATELY AND THOSE POSITIONS INCLUDE THE EXECUTIVE OFFER OF SCHOOL OFFICER OF SCHOOLS WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY DEPUTY ACADEMIC OFFICER COORDINATOR OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT, PREVIOUSLY DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT, AND CLERK SIS, PREVIOUSLY PEIMS CLERK AT THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER CHANGES FOR THE 2526 PLAN, INCLUDING JUST CLARIFYING THAT FOR SUMMER SCHOOL, THE COUNSELOR PAY IS CAPPED AT $3,000.
SO THAT'S A CLARIFICATION, NOT AN ACTUAL...
AMOUNT CHANGE AND THEN WE DO HAVE A DESIRE TO FOR A HANDFUL OF NEW STAFF IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO HIRE THESE PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS ONTO A 226 CALENDAR INSTEAD OF 230 AND THAT WOULD BE A FINANCE SPECIALIST THE NEW FINANCE SPECIALIST BEING HIRED A NEW PURCHASING BUYER A NEW ACCOUNTANT AND A NEW MIS ASSISTANT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THOSE ROLES AT 230 CALENDARS.
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THIS IS JUST IN ADDITION TO THE COMP PLAN TO PLACE A 226 SO THAT.WE CAN GIVE THOSE INDIVIDUALS A CHANCE JUST FOR THESE NEW HIRES FOR NOW TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT AT 226.
TEAM, I'M GOING TO LOOK TO MY LEFT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE AMENDMENTS? TRUSTEE SEIBEL? YES.
FOR POSITIONS THAT ARE MOVING DOWN A PAY GRADE, THEY'RE MOVING INTO A PAY GRADE THATĀ THEY MAY BE COMING FROM.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEBODY GOING FROM PAY GRADE NINE, WELL THE POSITION USED TO BE IN PAY GRADE NINE BUT NOW IT'S GOING TO PAY GRADE EIGHT, WHICH YOU KNOW SOME OF THOSE APPLICANTS PROBABLY COMING FROM THAT SAME PAY GRADE.
WE HAVE THE STANDARD THOUGH, DO WE STILL VIEW THAT AS A PROMOTION WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT AND WE ARE GOING BACK TO A THREE PERCENT INCREASE IN PAY IS STANDARD MINIMUM FOR SOMEBODY THAT IS BEING PROMOTED INTO A HIGHER LEVEL POSITION DO WE STILL CONSIDER THAT A HIGHER LEVEL POSITION STILL IF THE HIRE IS COMING FROM A PRINCIPAL LEVEL INTO THAT POSITION IT WOULD BE A PROMOTION AND THERE WOULD BE A PROMOTIONAL INCREASE ALTHOUGH IT IS IN THAT SAME PAY GRADE CORRECT FOR NOW YES AND THEN IS ARE THE DAYS THE SAME THE DAYS.
MS. GORSON, I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE THESE POSITIONS THAT ARE MOVING, AND I WAS WONDERING ABOUT OUR SECONDARY LIBRARIAN POSITIONS.
ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE A NEW TITLE SINCE THEY ARE OVERSEEING SECONDARY? ARE THEY LIBRARY MEDIA? SPECIALISTS WHAT ARE WHAT IS THEIR TITLE GOING TO BE AND DO WE NEED A REVISION ON THEM BECAUSE OF THAT PAY GRADE OR ANYTHING WE CAN JUST CLARIFY THAT SURE THERE'S THEY REMAIN LIBRARIANS OR TECHNICALLY LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALISTS SO BECAUSE THAT REMAINS THERE IS NO NEED FOR A TITLE CHANGE HOWEVER AS YOU KNOW WE WILL HAVE ONE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL THAT VISITS THE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL AND THEN ONE FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND SO WE'LL REFER TO THEM AS LEADS AND THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO A LEAD LIBRARIAN STIPEND IN ADDITION TO THEIR LIBRARIAN SALARY.
OKAY SO THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW AND JUST A QUICK CLARIFICATION ON THAT POSITION SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE THAT TITLE CAN YOU JUST REAL QUICKLY GIVE ME AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THEIR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.
ARE GOING TO BE AS THEY GET INTO THIS SPOT OF OVERSEEING MIDDLE SCHOOL OR OVERSEEING HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARIES WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WHAT THAT ENTAILS CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT FOR US MS. OROSCO, JUST REAL QUICK.
I THINK THAT IS GOING TO, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION FOR THE 26-27 COMP PLAN.
THIS IS THE AGENDA ITEM FOR THE 25-26 COMP PLAN ADJUSTMENTS.
SO, CAN WE PUT A PIN ON THAT QUESTION? WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT REVISIONS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE MY QUESTIONS STEM FROM.
IF IT BELONGED IN THIS SECTION.
FOR THIS YEAR, IF WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS THIS YEAR, IS YOUR QUESTION? MY QUESTION IS IF THERE IS GOING TO BE ANY REVISION ON THAT.
I CAN HOLD IT TO THE NEXT PART OF YOUR LIFE.
IT'S JUST THAT SINCE I WAS ALREADY TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT I CAN HOLD IT.
THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE, WE SAW THAT THERE WAS AN UNDERUTILIZATION OF THE LIBRARIES BY STUDENTS AT THE CAMPUSES AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL AS COMPARED TO WHAT WE WITNESSED ACCORDING TO DATA WITH THE ELEMENTARY LEVELS.
BY IDENTIFYING ONE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ONE FOR HIGH SCHOOL AT THIS TIME, DUE TO THESE BUDGET RESTRICTIONS, THEY WOULD BE VISITING THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND PARTNERING WITH THE EXISTING LIBRARY TECHS THAT REMAIN AT THE CAMPUS, PROVIDING SUPPORT, THAT LIBRARIAN-LEVEL SUPPORT, TO THE CAMPUS AND TRAVELING IN THAT WAY.
THEY DON'T ACTUALLY SUPERVISE ALL OF THE STUDENTS ON THE CAMPUS.
I KNOW THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS A CONCERN.
I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN POSTED OR SHARED AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
GREAT AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF CLARIFY THAT SINCE THERE WAS SOME MISINFORMATION OR MISCONCEPTION OF WHAT THAT
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ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY WOULD ENTAIL SO JUST TO REITERATE, AND I CAN REITERATE AT THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, BUT JUST TO REITERATE.THESE LIBRARIANS WHO WILL BE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL ARE ACTUALLY NOT SUPERVISING 13,000 STUDENTS, CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING.
SO I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT AGAIN.
ANYTHING ELSE? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT, SO WE'RE MAKING THE CHANGE FROM WORLD.
FOR THIS YEAR'S COMP PLAN FOR THESE FINANCE SPECIALISTS, PURCHASING BUYER AND ACCOUNTANT FROM 230 TO 226 BECAUSE WE NEED TO HIRE SOMEBODY IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS NOW.
AT 226, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE FROM 230 TO 226? JUST FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS FOR NOW.
AND CAN YOU GIVE ME A 100,000-FOOT VIEW OF THE RATIONALE FOR GOING FROM 230 TO 226? THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO USE THESE PARTICULAR STAFF AT A LOWER NUMBER IN WORK CALENDAR.
IT IS A SAVINGS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IT IS NOT A HARMFUL EFFECT TO HAVE THEM FOR LESS DAYS THAN OTHERS AND THAT IS THE RATIONALE.
HAVE YEAR-ROUND FINANCE BUSINESS TYPE PEOPLE AT 226 DAYS, NOT 230.
WE HAVE THE SUPERVISORS IN THIS DISTRICT AT 226 DAYS, SO I'M AT 226, BUT MANY OF MY PEOPLE ARE AT 230, WHICH WAS A CHANGE THAT I THINK HAPPENED ABOUT 15 OR SO YEARS AGO TO GIVE PEOPLE AN INCREASE IN SALARY.
AND SO AS WE'RE TRYING TO FILL SOME OF THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE WE'RE JUST TRYING TO RIGHT-SIZE THAT SHIP A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME.
ALSO, THE WORK CALENDAR IS DIFFERENT.
SO 230-DAY PEOPLE START THEIR YEAR IN AUGUST AND GO THROUGH JULY, AND 226-DAY PEOPLE START THEIR WORK YEAR IN JULY AND GO THROUGH JUNE.
AND SO IT IS JUST A WAY TO TRY TO STREAMLINE IT.
AND SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY ALONG THE WAY TOO.
THANK YOU, BUT JUST FOR CLARIFICATION THIS IS JUST FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR THIS YEAR'S ADJUSTMENTS FOR THESE SPECIFIC POSITIONS.
YES OKAY, ALL RIGHT TEAM ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS REVISED PLAN MS. CORSON, WE HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION FOR US ON THIS WEDNESDAY YES NEXT WEEK.
OKAY GREAT OKAY, ALL RIGHT, TEAM.
[L.3. Consideration and possible adoption of the Compensation Plan for the 2026-2027 School Year]
CHRISTINA, DON'T GO ANYWHERE.MS. CORSON, WE GOT L3 ON PAGE 67. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF THE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR.
I KNOW YOU GUYS WERE FEVERISHLY WORKING ON THIS, AND YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION TODAY.
DO YOU HAVE A COUPLE POINTS YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD, THOUGH, ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE BEFORE WEDNESDAY? YES.
THE PLAN THAT'S COMING TO YOU FOR VOTE ON MONDAY, AND I'LL BE SHARING THOSE DOCUMENTS WITH YOU WEDNESDAY, ARE SIMPLY GOING TO REFLECT THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE BUDGET REDUCTIONS THAT WERE ANNOUNCED AT THE END OF MARCH.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE DEPUTY ACADEMIC OFFICER POSITION WOULD BE REMOVED.
CAMPUS SUPPORT SPECIALISTS WOULD BE REMOVED.
POSITIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED FOR REDUCTION WILL BE REMOVED.
THERE WILL BE CHANGES IN SOME OF THE WORK CALENDARS FOR SOME STAFF, FOR EXAMPLE THE ATTENDANCE CLERKS.
THERE WILL BE SUSPENSION OF BILINGUAL INCENTIVE AND SPED INCENTIVE AS WELL AS A SUSPENSION OF DEGREE STIPENDS.
SO THESE ARE THE TYPES OF CHANGES THAT YOU WOULD SEE.
THE LEGISLATURE ALSO REQUIRES THAT WE PROVIDE ZERO-YEAR UNCERTIFIED TEACHER SALARY ON OUR COMP PLAN EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HAVING TO PROVIDE THIS AND IT MUST BE LOWER THAN OUR ZERO-YEAR CERTIFIED SO WE WILL COMPLY WITH THAT ABSOLUTELY AND AND WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT CHANGE ANOTHER THING THAT YOU WILL SEE IS YOU KNOW WITH LIBRARIANS OUR COUNSELORS HAVE BEEN ON A SEPARATE SCALE.
THEY HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE REQUIRED, AND SO THEY NEVER DID
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GET THE MASTER'S DEGREE STIPEND BECAUSE THEY WERE ON THEIR OWN SCALE.LIBRARIANS FOR MANY YEARS HAVE COEXISTED ON THE TEACHER NURSE LIBRARIAN SCALE.
AS YOU KNOW, THE TEACHERS WERE SEPARATED OUT DUE TO THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, AND WE HAVE THE EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL SCALE WHERE THE LIBRARIANS RESIDE AT THIS TIME, ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER PROFESSIONALS WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY ON TNL.
THE LIBRARIANS ARE THE ONLY GROUP THAT ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE.
FROM THE GROUP IMPACTED AND IN SPEAKING WITH TASB THE CONSIDERATION IS THAT THEY ARE NOT PLACED IN THE PROPER PLACE IN THE COMPENSATION PLAN AND SHOULD ACTUALLY BE PLACED ON THE ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL PLAN AND SO WE ARE WORKING TO CREATE A CHANGE IN WHICH LIBRARIANS WOULD LOSE NO MONEY AND PLACED ON THE ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL SCALE FROM THIS POINT FORWARD.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, AND IT WILL BE TO THE BENEFIT OF THE LIBRARIANS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. CORSON LEADING UP TO WEDNESDAY? MS. OROSCO? MY APOLOGIES, PRESIDENT SEVERANCE.
I WAS TOO EXCITED WITH MY QUESTION.
SO I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF, BUT I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT POSITION THAT IS BEING THAT IS ALREADY THERE LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST RIGHT CORRECT.
THAT'S ALREADY THERE AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE LIBRARIANS THAT WILL BE APPLYING FOR THAT POSITION ARE THEY GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE YOU SAID THERE'S GOING TO BE A LEAD STIPEND IS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA SEE THERE WILL BE THE ADDITION OF A LEAD STIPEND BECAUSE THEY ARE IN A SENSE THE LEAD LIBRARIAN FOR THAT LEVEL AND WILL BE TRAVELING FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS AND SO THEY WILL HAVE THAT OTHERWISE THEIR SALARY REMAINS THE SAME OKAY, AND DO WE HAVE THAT NUMBER READY OR IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'LL SHARE WITH US ON WEDNESDAY? I'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU ON WEDNESDAY.
OKAY, AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, THESE ARE LIBRARIANS ONE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL ONE FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND LIKE I SAID, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO REITERATE THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THESE LEAD LIBRARIANS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.
YES, THEY WILL BE PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THEIR ASSIGNED CAMPUSES, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEAD FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES, THE HIGH SCHOOL LEAD FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES, PROVIDING THE SUPPORT THAT A LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST WOULD PROVIDE A CAMPUS.
THEY WILL BE PROVIDING THAT SUPPORT TO THE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES AND PARTNERING WITH THE ON-SITE LIBRARY TECHS THAT WILL REMAIN ON SITE BECAUSE THEY DO A GREAT DEAL OF SUPPORT FOR THE LIBRARIES AS WELL AS FOR TECHNOLOGY AND SO THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT FOR THE LIBRARY USE CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TIMELINE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIRING OF THOSE POSITIONS? YES, THOSE POSITIONS WILL BE POSTED WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK, AND THE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT WOULD BE HOLDING THOSE INTERVIEWS WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
AND JUST AGAIN, FOR CLARIFICATION, THOSE ARE INTERNAL POSITIONS, RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT BEING OPEN TO THE OUTSIDE.
SIDE BUT THEY ARE INTERNAL WHERE OUR LIBRARIANS OR ANYBODY ELSE INTERNALLY CAN APPLY FIRST AND BE CONSIDERED FOR THOSE POSITIONS FIRST CORRECT THAT IS CORRECT IT IS ONLY FOR OUR INTERNAL IMPACTED LIBRARIANS TO BE ABLE TO APPLY AND BE INTERVIEWED FOR THOSE POSITIONS SO WILL THERE BE ANY LIBRARIANS THAT DO NOT HAVE A JOB BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY THOSE TWO POSITIONS THAT THEY CAN APPLY FOR, OR WILL EVERYBODY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A POSITION IN OUR DISTRICT? EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A JOB NEXT YEAR.
OF THE SEVEN IMPACTED SECONDARY LIBRARIANS, TWO WOULD BE SELECTED, ONE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, ONE FOR HIGH SCHOOL.
THERE IS A CURRENT VACANCY AT NEGLEY ELEMENTARY.
FOR A LIBRARIAN SO ONE OF THE LIBRARIANS MAY WANT TO BE A LIBRARIAN AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE MAY BE TWO OTHER FUTURE VACANCIES AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND IF THAT'S
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THE CASE UM THEN THAT WOULD BRING IT TO FIVE WITH TWO REMAINING ONE OF THEM HAS RESIGNED AND THAT WOULD BE THE SIXTH ONE AND THE SEVENTH ONE ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO BE SELECTED FOR A DIFFERENT JOB AT THEIR CURRENT CAMPUS.SO EACH ONE OF THEM IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF IN TERMS OF A JOB FOR NEXT YEAR AND THEN JUST TO ADD SOME MORE CLARITY, THERE ARE LIBRARIANS THAT ARE BEING ELIMINATED THROUGHOUT THE STATE AT DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
NOW, THEIR JOBS MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE DO HERE IN OUR DISTRICT.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE GETTING SOME OUTSIDE EMAILS FROM EXTERNAL PEOPLE THAT DON'T RESIDE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT AS WELL THAT MIGHT HAVE A MISCONCEPTION OF WHAT OUR LIBRARIANS DO, WHICH MIGHT BE DIFFERENT IN ANOTHER DISTRICT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO KEEP READING.
RE-CLARIFYING THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY OR FOR ANYBODY THAT DOES HAVE CONCERNS BECAUSE NOT EVERY DISTRICT HAS THE LIBRARIAN POSITION DOING THE SAME THING CORRECT? CORRECT.
THEN AS FAR AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT STIPENDS RIGHT AND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW LIBRARIANS YOU NEED TO HAVE A MASTER'S THAT IS REQUIRED THAT IS REQUIRED.
AND ALSO SOMETHING THAT ALSO KEEPS COMING UP IS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING A PIN ON STIPENDS FOR MASTERS, FOR TEACHERS, RIGHT? MASTERS AND DOCTORATE.
CLARIFY FOR ME, HOW ABOUT ADMINISTRATORS? IT DIDN'T MENTION ADMINISTRATORS.
SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ARE ADMINISTRATORS STILL GETTING A STIPEND OR DID THEY EVER GET A STIPEND? BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER THEM GETTING A STIPEND EVER.
THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME MISUNDERSTANDING AND MISINFORMATION REGARDING THIS.
ADMINISTRATORS DO NOT GET DEGREE STIPENDS.
NOT ONE SINGLE ADMINISTRATOR GETS A DEGREE STIPEND.
OKAY, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM FOR THE PUBLIC IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAD THAT CONCERN.
TRUSTEE SEIBEL? YEAH, YOU MENTIONED MOVING LIBRARIANS INTO THE...
SO WOULD THEY HAVE A STEP INCREASE EACH YEAR AS THEY DO NOW? WE WOULD BE REMOVING THEM FROM THE STEP SCALES AND PLACE THEM IN THE ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL SCALES WHERE THEY BELONG AS MASTER DEGREED PROFESSIONALS.
AND THIS ALLOWS THEM TO KEEP THEIR $2,000 ROLLED INTO THEIR SALARY.
THEY ARE WELL PAID ACCORDING TO MARKET DATA AND THEY'LL ADDITIONALLY BE ABLE TO KEEP THE $2,000 AND IT WILL ROLL AND THEY WILL BE ON THE ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL CALENDAR OF A PAY GRADE.
ANY INCREASES AT THAT POINT WOULD BE DEPENDENT UPON ANY INCREASE THAT IS RECOMMENDED BY THE DISTRICT AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN THE FUTURE.
OBVIOUSLY ROLLING THAT MASTER STIPEND INTO SALARY, MUCH BETTER BENEFIT OVERALL LONG TERM.
SO THEY'RE IN THE MINIMUM, MIDPOINT, MAXIMUM SCALE.
THEY'RE ALL JUST KIND OF ROLL INTO IT.
IT SHOULD BE A FAIRLY NATURAL TRANSITION, I WOULD IMAGINE, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL BASICALLY ON THAT MERIT-BASED PAY SCALE.
AND SO THEY ALL KIND OF JUST FALL IN LINE AS TO WHERE THEY FALL IN THAT MINIMUM TO MAXIMUM PAY GRID.
IT REMAINS THE SAME, BUT WE FOUND A WAY TO PLACE THEM CORRECTLY WHILE ALLOWING THEM TO MAINTAIN THEIR FULL SALARY TOGETHER.
THE POINT BEING IS THERE'S NO ISSUE WITH POTENTIAL NEW PEOPLE COMING IN, BEING AT A DIFFERENT SALARY LEVEL THAN PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME, COMPRESSION ISSUES, ANY TYPES OF THINGS LIKE THAT.
BECAUSE IT'S A PRETTY SEAMLESS TRANSITION NOW, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SOMEBODY BEING OVERLY COMPENSATED, UNDERCOMPENSATED, BASED ON WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, OR AS THEY GO INTO IT, BASICALLY.
THE BEAUTY OF THEM HAVING BEEN ON A STEP SCALE THIS WHOLE TIME IS THAT ALL OF THEIR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND EVERYTHING HAD TO BE DETERMINED IN ORDER TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO BE ON THE SCALE.
SO THAT WORKS VERY NICELY AND CLEANLY TO BE ABLE TO.
SIMPLY TRANSFER THEM TO A DIFFERENT PART OF THE COMPENSATION PLAN WHICH IT'S THE HARDEST PART ABOUT DETERMINING PROFESSIONALS SALARY POSITION WHERE THEY'VE BEEN BASED ON YEARS OF SERVICE WHAT ROLES THEY'VE BEEN IN THE PAST YOU KNOW, I JUST IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, I THINK
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ABOUT A TEACHER BECOMING AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND HOW DO YOU GIVE? CREDIT FOR DIFFERENT ROLES THEY FILLED IN THE PAST IN TERMS OF THEIR ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE, ETC THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST VERY SEAMLESS AND GOING TO THAT AND SO I JUST WANT TO TRY TO EASE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S DIFFERENT MINDSET FOR THEM WHEN THEY LOOK AT IT AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE OTHER DISTRICTS DO IT THE WAY THAT WE'RE TRANSITIONING TO IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S THE MODEL THAT MOST PEOPLE DO AND WE'VE JUST BEEN DOING IT DIFFERENTLY FOR A WHILE.IS THAT CORRECT? YES IT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR SOME YEARS BY TASB FOR US TO LOOK AT MAKING THIS MOVE AND THIS JUST SEEMS LIKE THE RIGHT TIME TO DO IT AND IT'S TO THE BENEFIT OF OUR LIBRARIANS.
YEAH, OKAY ALL RIGHT, THAT MAKES SENSE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT WE WILL NOT BE RECOMMENDING A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR THE NEXT YEAR, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO HEAR.
ADDITIONALLY, TO CLARIFY, PEOPLE WILL BE MAKING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY NEXT YEAR THAT THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.
SO IF YOU ARE ON A STEP SCALE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE MAKING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY NEXT YEAR.
NOW YOUR STEP NUMBER MAY CHANGE, BUT THAT STEP NUMBER NEXT YEAR.
GOING TO BE BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE MAKING THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE WE'RE IN A SENSE FREEZING RIGHT NOW I KNOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET EXCITED AND LOOK AT THE A SCALE AGO OH WELL NEXT YEAR I SHOULD BE HERE OR THERE AND THE PAY SCALE AT THE VERY BOTTOM SAYS THAT THE THAT THE SCALE IS ONLY GOOD FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND CANNOT BE USED TO PREDICT FUTURE PAY ESPECIALLY IN CASES WHERE THERE IS A PAY FREEZE.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR BECAUSE I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS.
AND ANOTHER QUESTION WE'VE BEEN GETTING IS TEACHERS WHO HAVE THEIR TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT, EITHER THE $2,500 OR THE $5,000, DO THEY GET TO KEEP THAT FOR NEXT YEAR? AND THE ANSWER IS YES, THEY DO.
THEY DON'T GET AN ADDITIONAL $2,500 OR AN ADDITIONAL $5,000, BUT THEY GET TO KEEP THE AMOUNT.
THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THEM.
SO FOR ALL THE TEACHERS LISTENING, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAD THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT WAS POTENTIALLY CONFUSING.
I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, KIND OF ON THE SAME LINE AS TRUSTEE OROSCO.
AS IT RELATES TO THE PEMS CLERK POSITIONS, SO THOSE PEMS CLERKS THAT WERE CONSOLIDATING DOWN, IS IT THE SAME SITUATION AS THE LIBRARIANS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE THE FIRST? OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
YES INTERVIEWS OCCURRED LAST WEEK.
THERE ARE 11 WHO'VE BEEN RECOMMENDED OR NINE RECOMMENDED AND TWO BEING PREPARED TO BE RECOMMENDED IN TERMS OF THE NEW CENTRALIZED POSITIONS AND THEN OF THOSE OF THE TOTAL IS 22 I BELIEVE THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THESE REDUCTIONS THERE ARE ONLY FIVE THAT CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR A POSITION FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND OF THOSE FIVE, ONE WAS OFFERED A POSITION WITHIN THE DISTRICT, AND THEY DECLINED FOR PERSONAL REASONS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, TO HOLD THOSE POSITIONS INTERNAL ONLY TO GIVE THEM THE BEST CHANCES OF FINDING THE BEST FIT.
I, YOU KNOW, I CAN SAY ON BEHALF OF THIS BOARD, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT THE COMP PLAN THAT WE WOULD REALLY WANTED TO PURSUE FOR NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, IN LIGHT OF WHAT OUR FUNDING CHALLENGES ARE.
BUT I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS YOU'RE PUTTING INTO IT TO BRING THIS ITEM FORWARD NOW SO WE CAN JUST HAVE SOME CLARITY SO OUR TEAM, OUR STAFF MEMBERS CAN UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THIS IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT THIS BOARD REALLY WANTED TO PUT FORTH, BUT I UNDERSTAND.
WHILE WE'RE AT WHERE WE'RE AT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK, BUT I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE ROBUST DISCUSSIONS NEXT WEEK.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MS. CORSON ON THIS ONE? ALL RIGHT, GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. CORSON.
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THANK YOU.OKAY, MOVING ON TO PURCHASE REQUESTS.
THAT WE HAD EARLIER REGARDING OUTSOURCING SOME FOR SOME POSITIONS.
UM, TEAM, I'LL JUST NOTE THAT I DON'T, WE DID NOT WORK WITH THIS, THIS COMPANY LAST YEAR.
SO, THIS IS A NEW, A NEW, A NEW CONTRACT FOR SOME SPEECH SERVICES AND THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT A CONSENT THIS YEAR.
SO, NEXT YEAR IF WE USE THEM AGAIN, IT'LL BE MOVED BACK INTO CONSENT.
OKAY, MARIBEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY, MS. CEDILLO, DO YOU HAVE ANY,
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YOU WANT TO ADD TO THIS? NO, SIR.ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, GREAT, THANK YOU.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A QUESTION THAT JUST IS GOING TO NEED TO BE ANSWERED LATER.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE PROVIDE US A BREAKDOWN OF ALL OF THE SPEECH PROVIDERS AND THE COST FOR THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR AND COMPARED TO LAST SCHOOL YEAR, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE AUTHORIZING UP TO AMOUNT, NOT NECESSARILY THAT WE'RE GOING TO.
SPEND THAT WE'RE JUST AUTHORIZING THAT ON THE FRONT SIDE THAT IS CORRECT OKAY THANK YOU YEAH TRUSTEE VELA GO AHEAD YEAH I'M SORRY I JUST UM MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD THIS BUT WE'RE SAYING THAT THIS IS FOR 25 AND 26 THAT IS CORRECT FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR FOR THIS OKAY JUST FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN IT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO US NEXT TIME AND THEY CONSENT THANK YOU OKAY TEAM UM WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO 4B ON PAGE 70. IN YOUR DIAS FOLDER, THERE IS GOING TO BE AN UPDATED QUOTE.
WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS, PRICE CHANGES MOVED SO QUICKLY THAT WHEN WE DID THIS AGENDA SETTING, THE PRICE OF THE QUOTE WASN'T GOING TO NECESSARILY MATCH WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE THIS FOR NEXT WEEK.
SO WE GOT THE CORRECT QUOTE IN HERE NOW.
SO, TEAM, THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF COMPUTERS FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, ENGINEERING, AND ARCHITECTURAL CLASSROOMS FROM GTS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS.
MR. ALLEN, DO YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON THIS FOR US? THIS IS A CTE PROJECT AND PROGRAM.
I'LL STAY FOR ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, BUT RICK HAS THE ANSWERS FOR THIS ONE.
I JUST FIGURED YOU'RE THE IT GUY.
I FIGURED YOU MIGHT JUST WANT TO.
WELL, JUST KEEP AN EYE ON HIM.
JUST STAND THERE AND MAKE SURE HE SAYS IT RIGHT.
DR. WRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THIS IS REPLACEMENT COMPUTERS FOR THE ENGINEERING LABS AT ALL THREE HIGH SCHOOLS AND THE ARCHITECTURE LAB AT HAYES HIGH SCHOOL.
WE FOUND AN ALTERNATE SOLUTION AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL UTILIZING MACHINES WE ALREADY HAD.
AND THE LEHMAN ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM SHARE A LAB.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S NOT ARCHITECTURE LABS FOR ALL FOUR CAMPUSES.
AND I WILL MAKE A CLARIFICATION.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE QUOTE UPDATED.
THE QUOTE THAT YOU HAVE IS VALID THROUGH APRIL 28TH, THE DAY AFTER THE BOARD MEETING.
ALL RIGHT, TEAM, LOOK TO MY LEFT.
ANY QUESTIONS? MR. SEIBEL? TRUSTEE SEIBEL? YEAH, SO WE'RE USING BOND INTEREST FOR THIS FOR 2025, WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT WHENEVER WE DO THIS, I JUST WANT TO QUESTION AND MAKE SURE THIS IS THE BEST USE OF THOSE INTEREST FUNDS BECAUSE THEY'RE LIMITED.
AND SO JUST A SIMPLE QUESTION.
IN ALL Y'ALL'S OPINIONS, THE BEST USE OF THEM, ESPECIALLY ON THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIMITED BOND INTEREST ON THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE BECAUSE THAT'S JUST A SMALLER PORTION OF THE BOND.
AND SO JUST IN YOUR OPINION, THIS IS THE BEST USE OF BOND INTEREST FUNDS THAT WE WILL HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF I WILL ADDRESS THAT AND IT ISN'T JUST MY BELIEF THAT THAT IS THE CASE.
THIS ACTUALLY WENT BEFORE THE FBOC FBOC I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD APPROVED BECAUSE THEY DON'T APPROVE PURCHASES, BUT THEY APPROVED US BRINGING IT FORWARD TO THE BOARD AND SO I WOULD I WOULD DEFER TO THEM ON THAT WERE THEY PROVIDED ANY OTHER OPTIONS AS TO WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE THESE FUNDS? THEY WERE NOT.
WHEN WE INITIALLY PLANNED WITH THE FBOC FOR THE 2025 BOND, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT IN WAS THE CTE REQUEST WAS INITIALLY HIGHER.
THAT REQUEST WAS LOWERED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE PROVIDED THROUGH BOND INTEREST.
AND SO IT WAS PRECONCEIVED AT THAT POINT.
THAT THAT'S WHAT THAT BOND INTEREST WOULD BE USED FOR, AND THAT WOULD BE THE BEST USE BY OUR PERSPECTIVE AND OF THE BOND COMMITTEE OF THOSE INTEREST FUNDS.
I APPRECIATE YOU AS QUICKLY ANSWERING HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE IN THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE IN MY MIND IT WAS A MUCH SMALLER NUMBER, AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY HOW MANY.
I MEAN, WE HAVE 100, AND I CAN'T FIND IT QUICKLY ENOUGH, BUT 175 STUDENTS IN EACH OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS, IT SEEMS LIKE, IN THE ARCHITECTURE
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PROGRAM AND MAYBE LESS IN THE ENGINEERING PROGRAM.SCHOOLS, WHICH IS A LOT MORE THAN I THOUGHT.
AND THEN LONGEVITY OF THESE MACHINES.
YOU KNOW, THE LAST ONES LASTED SEVEN YEARS, ROUGHLY.
AND SO I IMAGINE THESE WILL BE ON A SIMILAR TRAJECTORY FOR LONGEVITY OF THESE ONES.
AND AND YOU ASK A QUESTION EARLIER TODAY.
THE MACHINES WE'RE REPLACING IN MANY CASES ARE ALL IN ONE MACHINES.
AND SO WE DO HAVE TO PURCHASE MONITORS AT THIS TIME FOR ALL OF THESE LABS.
WE WILL EVALUATE WHEN IT IS TIME, WHEN THESE MACHINES ARE OBSOLETE IN THAT HOPEFUL SIX- OR SEVEN-YEAR PERIOD, WHETHER OR NOT THOSE MONITORS WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AT THAT TIME.
AND IF NOT, THAT WILL BE A SAVINGS OF SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AT THAT POINT, I CAN'T PROJECT WHAT THAT WOULD BE, BUT SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $200 PER MACHINE.
YEAH, WE'RE GETTING, PRICING-WISE, WE GET THE NICE ADVANTAGE OF SCALE THERE WHEN WE'RE PURCHASING THIS.
ONE OF THOSE MONITORS IS A GOOD 50% MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR EACH ONE OF THESE ON A BULK BASIS.
SO IT'S A PRETTY GOOD DEAL OVERALL.
AND THESE ARE HEAVY-DUTY MACHINES.
HEAVY-DUTY, THAT'S A TERRIBLE TECHNOLOGY TERM.
BUT MUCH MORE ROBUST MACHINERY THAN WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE USED TO USING, WHICH IS WHY WE NEED TO USE SOMETHING MORE EXTENSIVE THAN THEIR CHROMEBOOK OR SOMETHING.
WELL, THE CHROMEBOOK CAN'T HANDLE THE RAM.
IT WOULDN'T RUN ON A CORE BOOK.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE MORE RAM AND MORE PROCESSING POWER TO RUN THOSE MORE ADVANCED SOFTWARE PROGRAMS. YEAH.
TRUSTEE RUNKLE? YES, THANK YOU.
I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK, BECAUSE I KNOW I READ ABOUT THE DUAL ALL-IN-ONE MACHINES.
SO IS THERE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE DISTRICT WHERE WE HAVE THESE DUAL? SYSTEM MACHINES AND ARE WE DOING AWAY WITH THOSE WHEN YOU SAY DUAL USE MACHINE I THINK THAT ALL-IN-ONE MACHINE SORRY ALL THE ONES ARE THE DEFAULT FOR ALL THE CLASSROOMS SO ALL IN ONES ARE THE PROCESSING AND THE RAM ARE BUILT INTO THE SYSTEM INTO WHAT LOOKS LIKE JUST THE MONITOR OKAY WELL THEN EXPLAIN TO ME THE DIDN'T WE SEE A MEMO ABOUT THESE ALL-IN-ONES AND GETTING AWAY FROM IT? NO, WE'RE NOT MOVING AWAY FROM ALL OF THOSE.
THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
THAT CHANGES WHAT I'M ABOUT TO ASK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK YOU, TRUSTEE SEIBEL, FOR ASKING ABOUT THE BOND INTEREST BECAUSE THAT WAS GOING TO BE A QUESTION THAT I ASKED.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE ARE USING BOND INTEREST MONEY ON ITEMS LIKE THIS.
I WE HAVE WE DO HAVE BOND INTEREST THAT WE CAN USE I DON'T LIKE ASKING TAXPAYERS TO APPROVE THINGS WHEN WE HAVE MONEY THAT CAN BE USED TO SPEND THINGS ON ITEMS LIKE THIS SO THANK YOU FOR FINDING WAYS TO USE IT.
THIS IS A PRETTY IMPORTANT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
I MEAN I SAW THE NUMBERS OF OUR KIDS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THESE CLASSES IT IS UNBELIEVABLE, AND I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING IN CTE.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR FINDING THE USING THE BOND INTEREST IN WAYS THAT CAN BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLY USED.
ACTUALLY, MY WONDERING IS WE RECEIVE A CTE ALLOTMENT, RIGHT? AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SPEND DOWN THAT CTE ALLOTMENT AND PUT IT BACK INTO CTE.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE PERFECT USE OF FUNDS.
INSTEAD OF BOND INTEREST, USING THAT CTE ALLOTMENT TO PURCHASE THESE ITEMS FOR CTE.
SO TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY YOU'RE NOT USING THE CTE ALLOTMENT FOR THIS, AND IF YOU HAVE OFFHAND, WHAT IS THAT TOTAL AMOUNT OF ALLOTMENT THAT YOU HAVE THIS YEAR? AND YES, GIVE ME SOME OF THAT INFORMATION.
THE CTE ALLOTMENT, APPROXIMATELY $10 MILLION IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND OF THAT, JUST LIKE WITH ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, APPROXIMATELY 88% OF THAT GOES INTO PAYROLL, LEAVING ABOUT $1.2 MILLION, WHICH IS THEN USED TO BUDGET THE SUPPLIES, THE MATERIALS, THE EQUIPMENT THAT IS NECESSARY FOR OVER...
DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER OF STUDENTS RIGHT NOW IN FRONT OF ME 76% OF OUR HIGH OF OUR STUDENTS IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ACTUALLY, THAT'S LOW.
IT'S 90% OF STUDENTS IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS 76% OF YOU INCORPORATE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AS WELL ARE INVOLVED IN A CTE PROGRAM AND SO THE MATERIALS THE SUPPLIES THE CONSUMABLES
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TO RUN FOR EXAMPLE A CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM TO RUN A PROGRAM, AN ACT PROGRAM, A CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.ULTIMATELY, WE RUN THAT OFF OF APPROXIMATELY A $1.2 MILLION BUDGET FOR 120 TEACHERS TEACHING A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS.
AND SO A PURCHASE OF $233,000 TO COME OUT OF THAT, WE WOULD THEN BE CUTTING BACK ON THOSE THINGS.
THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN CUT TO THE POINT WHERE, BECAUSE AS WE'VE SEEN OUR NUMBERS GROW IN CTE, OUR SPENDING FROM OUR BUDGET HAS NOT NECESSARILY INCREASED.
WE'VE ACTUALLY RIGHT-SIZED IT.
SO I'M WONDERING IF THAT COULD BE SOMETHING YOU'D LEVERAGE, RIGHT? MAYBE $200,000 IS A LOT OUT OF YOUR BUDGET, BUT I'M WONDERING IF IT CAN BE PARTIALLY FUNDED THROUGH CTE ALLOTMENT.
BECAUSE THAT'S A GOOD USE OF CTE ALLOTMENT MONEY.
I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMS TO RUN.
I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK IT THROUGH, RIGHT, AND HOW THAT IMPACTS OTHER ITEMS THAT WE ALSO WANT TO PURCHASE WITH BOND INTEREST.
WAS THERE ANY TALK ABOUT PARTIAL FUNDING THROUGH THE CTE ALLOTMENT? NO, BECAUSE AT THE POINT AT WHICH THIS CAME FORWARD, THIS WAS JUST FOLLOW-THROUGH FROM THE FBOC MEETINGS.
TOOK PLACE PRIOR TO THE BOND BEING PLACED THAT THAT BOND INTEREST WOULD BE DEDICATED FOR SPECIFIC PURCHASES WITHIN CTE MEANING TO ME IT WAS IT'S NOT ON THE BOND TECHNICALLY, BUT IT IS A PART OF THE BOND AND SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE MOVE FORWARD IN I'M CERTAINLY WILLING AND I HAVE WORKED WITH MISS CEDILLO AND I'M WILLING TO MEET WITH MISS OTMERS TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE WAYS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAXIMIZE THE CTE ALLOTMENT? IN ALL HONESTY, WE REALLY WORK TOWARDS THAT.
WE PARTNER WITH CNI ON A LOT OF SOFTWARE EXPENDITURES.
CTE FUNDS THE TIA SOFTWARE THAT IS USED TO TEST TEACHERS IN ORDER TO THAT DOESN'T COME OUT OF THE TIA ALLOTMENT.
THAT COMES OUT OF THE CTE ALLOTMENT.
WHICH IS WHAT WE USE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
THE PORTION OF THAT WHICH IS USED BY STUDENTS THAT COULD BE IN CTE PROGRAMS, THAT PORTION OF THAT COMES OUT OF THE CTE ALLOTMENT.
SO WE'VE REALLY WORKED HARD TO FIND WAYS WHERE WE CAN HELP DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE.
SOMETHING TO HAPPEN FOR CTE AT THE EXPENSE OF ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT THAT'S NEVER OUR INTENT SURE, AND I LOVE GETTING THIS INFORMATION RIGHT SO MR. SEIBEL CAN CAPTURE THOSE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE ASKED IN REGARDS TO THE BUDGET THAT YOU HAVE AND THE EXPENDITURES THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THAT CTE ALLOTMENT AND THEN THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE FUNDING RIGHT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU ARE FUNDING SOME THINGS OUTSIDE OF CTE OR CTE STUDENTS FOR THE BENEFIT, RIGHT? SO HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THOSE ITEMS I THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN REGARDS TO FUNDING AND MAKING SURE THAT THE FBOC UNDERSTOOD THERE IS A CTE ALLOTMENT OF 55%.
THAT YOU ALL RECEIVE AND IT'S NOT JUST LIKE CTE GETS NO MONEY, SO THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO COME TO YOU FOR BOND INTEREST.
SO WAS FBOC MADE AWARE OF THE CTE ALLOTMENT, JUST THAT YOU'RE PRETTY TIGHT ON YOUR BUDGET, BUT JUST BE AWARE OF THAT TO LOOK AT A PARTIAL MODEL, IF YOU WILL.
WE CAN CERTAINLY COMMUNICATE THAT WITH THEM.
BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS ABOUT THE CTE ALLOTMENT AND THAT MONEY THAT WE NEED TO SPEND BACK INTO CTE.
WHERE AT THE LAST MINUTE, WE HAD TO SPEND THE CTE MONEY, AND HERE WE ARE BUYING THINGS LIKE TRUCKS AND THIS AND THAT, AND NOT BEING STRATEGIC WITH OUR MONEY.
SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO MENTION THAT.
SO IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE TO CONVEY THAT INFORMATION.
AND ALSO, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU JUST SAID YOU SPEND 88% ON PAYROLL, RIGHT? SO.
THE NUMBER I GAVE YOU IS THE DISTRICT AVERAGE, THE NUMBER THAT HAS BEEN SHARED BY DR. WRIGHT, MS. OTTMERS, AND OTHER CONVERSATIONS.
I AM USING A DISTRICT AVERAGE FOR THAT NUMBER.
I THOUGHT YOU MEANT CT ALLOTMENT FUNDS SOME OF THESE POSITIONS, RIGHT? CT ALLOTMENT FUNDS EVERY
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TEACHER WHO TEACHES A CTE COURSE.EVERY CTE COORDINATOR MY OWN PERSONAL SALARY ALL OF THOSE SALARIES COME OUT.
IF A TEACHER TEACHES ONE SECTION OF CTE OUT OF A SUB EIGHT PERIOD SCHEDULE, THEN CTE FUNDS TWELVE AND A HALF PERCENT OF THAT TEACHER'S SALARY.
IF THE TEACHER TEACHES SEVEN PERIODS A DAY, THEN THERE'S SEVEN PERIODS OVER THE BLOCK, WE FUND 100% OF THEIR SALARY.
AND I SAY WE BEING WE AS A DISTRICT.
THAT'S GREAT INFORMATION TO HAVE, MR. BOE.
I LOVE HAVING THAT INFORMATION.
WE CAN CAPTURE THAT SO WE CAN GET A BREAKDOWN OF THAT BECAUSE WE NEVER REALLY TALK ABOUT THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT FUNDING PAYROLL THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND AND NOT KNOWING THAT WE'RE USING SOME CTE ALLOTMENT TO PAY FOR SOME OF THESE SALARIES.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE.
AND I DON'T EVEN THINK THE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE HAS HAD CONVERSATIONS.
IN REGARDS TO THAT STAFFING AND CTE ALLOTMENT.
SO I LOVE THAT YOU'RE BRINGING THAT UP.
SO I JUST WANT TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT.
AND TOO MUCH FOR REMINDING EVERYBODY, BRANDON NOTTING IS OUR CHAIR OF FBOC.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS DIRECTLY, HE'D BE WILLING TO COME UP AND ANSWER TOO.
SO JUST KNOW HE'S A RESOURCE IN OUR AUDIENCE FOR EVERY BOARD MEETING AND THE SHADOWS, DOING THE LORD'S WORK.
HE'S HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS IF YOU NEED IT, OKAY? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, MR. TRUSTEE FLORES.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING WITH CTE.
I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE INVESTMENT IN THESE, AS TRUSTEE SEIBEL SAID, ROBUST COMPUTERS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR OUR ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM.
BUT I DO HAVE TO ASK, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE COST OF COMPUTERS HAS GONE UP, AS MR. DEWAR CAN PROBABLY SAY, DUE TO GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS FOR THE PRICE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THESE COMPUTERS AS WELL.
AND I AM WONDERING IF THIS IS EVENTUALLY GOING TO CREATE, AND WE DON'T SEE THINGS GETTING ANY CHEAPER FROM DAY TO DAY, IF IT'S GOING TO CREATE SOMEWHAT OF A FUNDING CLIFF FOR WHAT WE SPEND.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT CAREER PATHS FOR KIDS.
BUT I AM WONDERING IF THIS IS GOING TO CREATE, BEING THAT THESE COMPUTERS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE, ALTERATIONS IN OUR FUTURE INVESTMENTS IN CTE.
I'M CURIOUS IF THIS IS GOING TO HAVE AN EFFECT.
I KNOW THAT WE SPEND BOND INTEREST ON THIS, WELL INVESTED IN OUR CTE PROGRAM, BUT I KNOW WE WILL LIKELY HAVE A FUTURE BOND HERE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
BUT I DO, YOU KNOW, THE PRICE OF THESE COMPONENTS IS RISING.
CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE SPENDING? THIS PROBLEM IS ACTUALLY TIED TO AI AND THE DATA CENTERS.
THAN THE COMPUTING POWER BEING BUILT FOR AI.
THE SUPPLY CHAINS ARE NOT REALLY THE LARGE PART OF THE PRICE INCREASE.
SO THE PEOPLE WE GET OUR EQUIPMENT FROM HAVE ALERTED US THAT DUE TO THE DEMAND FROM AI, THOSE COSTS ARE HIGHER.
WE WOULD EXPECT THE MARKET TO EVENTUALLY LEVEL OFF AND MAYBE EVEN START COMING DOWN BECAUSE THE BIG DEMAND RIGHT NOW IS IN THE DATA CENTERS AND ALSO IN THE SPHERE.
AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP BECAUSE MY NEXT QUESTION WAS REALLY WE KNOW HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS CHANGING THE NEEDS OF OUR WORKFORCE AND IT'S GOING TO CHANGE EVEN MORE RAPIDLY WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AND I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE, YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW STUDENTS THAT ARE READY AND PREPARED TO GO OUT INTO THAT NEW UH CONTEMPORARY WORKFORCE UH WITH NEW NEEDS AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RETHINK THIS WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE TEN YEARS FUTURE BOARDS AND HOW WE INVEST IN THESE PROGRAMS BUT YOU KNOW IF YOU CAN UH MR. BOE OR IF YOU COULD SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THAT HAVE WE STARTED TO ADJUST TO THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND TTU PROGRAMS IN GENERAL WE ABSOLUTELY ARE WORKING DAILY TO ADJUST TO THAT.
WE HAD AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING WITH NEARLY 100 PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT INDUSTRY, DIFFERENT BUSINESS, TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS NEXT IN THEIR AREAS OF BUSINESS.
EACH ONE OF OUR CLUSTERS MET WITH BUSINESS OWNERS, BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS.
I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION TONIGHT WITH JASON ANDREWS, WHO'S HERE, PROBABLY GOING TO PRESENT LATER THIS EVENING, REGARDING THE USE OF AI AND CAD.
AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS COMING, BUT IT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT HERE.
AND THE CHALLENGE WITH AI RIGHT NOW IS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU PUT SOMETHING INTO CHATGP AND ASK IT A QUESTION, CHATGPT IS PROGRAMMED TO PROVIDE AN ANSWER.
AND IF IT DOESN'T HAVE A CORRECT ANSWER, IT WILL PROVIDE YOU AN INCORRECT ANSWER BECAUSE NO ANSWER IS NOT AN OPTION.
AND SO AS SOMETHING IS BEING BUILT OUT FOR THE CAD PROGRAMMING FOR THOSE, WE'RE A WAYS AWAY FROM THAT.
AND YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, OKAY, YES, THIS IS CORRECT.
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WE'RE BUILDING HIGH SCHOOL 4.THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITY FOR HIGH SCHOOL 5 TO USE AI IN THE DESIGN ELEMENT.
HOWEVER, WE NEED TO HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE STILL TRAINED THE OLD WAY, THE OLD SCHOOL WAY, TO VIEW THAT AND SEE, IS WHAT AI HAS PRODUCED ACCURATE? IS IT VIABLE? IS IT SAFE? AND IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BUILD TO FIDELITY? AND SO STUDENTS STILL NEED TO HAVE THOSE SKILLS SO THAT THEY CAN THEN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND AS A PART OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH IN OUR PROGRAMS AND IN THEIR COLLEGE PROGRAMS, THEY NEED TO BE EXPOSED TO WHAT AI IS, WHAT AI WILL DO SO THAT THEY CAN INCORPORATE THAT.
SO THAT IT'S NOT IT'S JUST LIKE AI IS NOT GOING TO REPLACE THE TEACHER.
30 YEARS THAT COMPUTERS ARE GOING TO REPLACE TEACHERS.
COMPUTERS ARE NEVER GOING TO BE A REPLACEMENT FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AI IS NEVER GOING TO BE A FULL REPLACEMENT.
IT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT SUPPLEMENTS OR ENHANCES WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IN THE CAD WORLD, IN THAT WORLD OF DESIGN.
AND AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO HOW THE DISTRICT SPENDS FUTURE TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON OUR CTE PROGRAMS BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT AI IS LIKELY TO WIPE OUT ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS, MANY ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO HOW DO WE ADJUST TO THAT? IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING.
WE COULD PROBABLY TALK ALL NIGHT ON THIS.
I KNOW WE PROBABLY WANT TO GET SOME SLEEP TONIGHT, BUT MR. DORY, GO AHEAD.
YEAH, I DO WANT TO CLARIFY WHERE WE ARE WITH AI.
SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH DEREK MCDANIEL IN CURRICULUM.
JUST SOME BASICS IS WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON GOOGLE GEMINI IN THE G.HAYSCISD.NET DOMAIN.
GOOGLE IN WORKING WITH THEM YOU HAVE A PROTECTED AREA WHERE OUR STUDENT DATA IS NOT BEING MINED OUT WE ALSO THE WAY IT IT'S NOT FED INTO THE GIANT CHAT GPT CLOUD AND WHEN THE STUDENTS ASK CERTAIN QUESTIONS IT'S GOING TO BE FILTERED DOWN FOR EDUCATION SIMILAR TO FOR YOU LIKE YOUTUBE FOR EDUCATION NOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO OTHER DISTRICTS AND WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING EVERYTHING, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON THE RULES FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.
AND SO WE'RE IN THAT PROCESS NOW.
WE'RE NOT READY TO GET UP IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AND ADDRESS A MAJOR PROJECT ON AI, BUT WE'LL BE READY BY NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
AND AGAIN, I FULLY SUPPORT THIS ITEM, BUT I KNOW THAT.
AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE FUTURE DISCUSSIONS, I'M SURE, OR AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, FUTURE BOARDS WILL HAVE DISCUSSIONS ON AI AND ITS EFFECT ON OUR DISTRICT AND OUR SPENDING.
YEAH, I MEAN, LIKE, THINGS COST MORE THAN THEY PROBABLY SHOULD.
LIKE, I MEAN, I HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS AND I WAS JUST GOING TO AMAZON FOR THE CHEAPEST COMPUTER I COULD GET JUST TO GIVE SOMEONE A LAPTOP, BUT THEN WE GOT BIG ENOUGH TO HIRE AN OUTSIDE IT FIRM.
THEY'RE LIKE, OH, I'M SORRY, THOSE, WHATEVER THOSE, THOSE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT COMPUTING POWER.
ALL THE, YOU COULD SAY IT OUT, I DON'T KNOW THESE WORDS, THE SPECIAL SPEEDS AND ALL THAT KIND OF FUN STUFF.
BUT LIKE, SO SOME OF THIS STUFF IS PRETTY SOPHISTICATED NOW TO HANDLE THE BACKSIDE OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT SOME OF THIS STUFF.
I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING ALL OVER IT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW THESE PRICES CHANGE CAN CHANGE THIS WILL STABILIZE.
THIS IS A SUPPLY AND DEMAND ISSUE RIGHT NOW HIGH DEMAND LOWER SUPPLY HIGHER PRICES.
IT'S GOING TO STABILIZE THEY'LL MAKE MORE BECAUSE IT'S SELLING LIKE HOTCAKES SO THEY'RE GONNA MAKE MORE GREAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT A CHEAPER QUOTE FOR THE NEXT TIME THIS COMES AROUND FOR US TO TO GO THROUGH.
SO, ALL RIGHT ALL RIGHT, TEAM, THAT'S ALL GREAT.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO L4C ON PAGE 76.
IN YOUR DIAS FOLDER, TEAM, THERE IS A BREAKDOWN.
IT'S A PASSENGER SCHOOL BUS COST LIST THAT MS. BARRETT PROVIDED FOR US IN OUR DIAS FOLDER.
THIS ITEM IS A CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF NINE CLASS C 14 PASSENGER SCHOOL BUSES THROUGH THOMAS TRANSIT BUSES.
YEAH, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT SEVERANCE AND BOARD AND DR.
BASICALLY, WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT FROM TCEQ, THE CLEAN SCHOOL BUS GRANT, AND OUR RECOMMENDATION WILL BE TO OFF-BOARD SOME NINE 2005 BUSES.
AND AS I READ BACK THROUGH THIS, WHAT THIS DOESN'T SAY IS ALL OF THESE BUSES WILL HAVE SEATBELTS.
THE WRITING DOESN'T SAY THAT, BUT THEY WILL CLEARLY HAVE SEATBELTS.
AND IT SUPPORTS OUR SCHOOL BUS REPLACEMENT PLAN.
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TO COME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IT PROVIDES FOR OUR STAFF.AND WE SPOKE TO THE FBOC IN FEBRUARY ABOUT THIS, AND BASED ON THE CONVERSATION THAT JUST OCCURRED, THE OPTIONS, IF YOU WILL, ON THIS ONE FOR FUNDING WERE BASICALLY ANY OF THE BONDS THAT CONTAIN SCHOOL BUSES.
AND SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR PURCHASING THIS A COMBINATION OF THE GRANT MONEY.
AND SOME BOND INTEREST EARNINGS.
AND SO WITH THAT SAID, CASSANDRA, TAKE IT AWAY.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT SEVERANCE AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THESE BUSES.
SO IT IS A 14-PASSENGER, NON-CDL-REQUIRING SCHOOL BUS.
I CALL THEM THEY LOOK LIKE A TONKA SCHOOL BUS BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY TINY.
BUT IT ALLOWS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR...
A GROWTH PLAN FOR OUR MONITORS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT.
SO WE WOULD WE'RE WORKING ON A CURRENT JOB DESCRIPTION IF THIS GETS APPROVED FOR A NON-CDL DRIVING PERSON.
WE WOULD HAVE WANT TO HAVE SEVEN POSITIONS, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ORDERING NINE BUSES.
WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SPARES BECAUSE IF IT BREAKS DOWN, YOU DON'T WANT TO NOT BE ABLE TO RUN THE ROUTE.
SO SEVEN POSITIONS THAT COULD TAKE OVER SEVEN OF OUR.
SPECIAL NEEDS ROUTES THAT NORMALLY CARRY LESS THAN 14 STUDENTS ON THE BUS.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IT AT 13 OR LESS STUDENTS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE MONITOR THAT'S ON BOARD.
THESE DRIVERS WOULD GO THROUGH ALL THE SAME TRAINING AS ANY CDL DRIVER.
THEY JUST DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THAT TEST AT DPS AT THE END, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE EVERY OTHER PART OF THAT TRAINING.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A NON-DOT PHYSICAL, A NON-DOT DRUG SCREEN.
AND WE WOULD DO A NON-DOT RANDOM DRUG SCREEN TO MIMIC EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS WITH OUR CDL BUS DRIVERS AS WELL.
THEY ALSO ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT TEXAS SCHOOL BUS CERTIFICATION THAT THEY HAVE TO GET BEFORE THEY CAN TRANSPORT ANY STUDENTS, AND THEN KEEP UP EVERY THREE YEARS AFTER THAT.
JUST SOME DATA SO THAT YOU KNOW.
SO CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 217 TRIPS THAT CARRY SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS.
AND THOSE TRIPS ARE LIKE THE INDIVIDUAL, LIKE A FUENTES ROUTE OR A SCIENCE HALL ROUTE, AND COMBINED TOGETHER IT MAKES THE ROUTE.
OF THOSE, 213 WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO DO A ROUTE ON THESE BUSES BECAUSE THEY HAVE 13 OR LESS STUDENTS.
SO THERE'S ONLY FOUR ROUTES THAT WE HAVE THAT CARRY MORE THAN 13 STUDENTS ON THEM.
SO THIS IS WHY WE'RE COMING TO YOU GUYS AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT...
BUS DRIVER SHORTAGES, AND WE DO HAVE NINE BUS DRIVERS THAT ARE RETIRING THIS YEAR AND WE CURRENTLY ARE SITTING AT TEN OPEN ROUTES SO THIS WOULD HELP US TO BE ABLE TO THAT PEOPLE TO COME IN AND HELP US CLOSE THAT GAP OF DRIVER SHORTAGE BECAUSE WE CAN MOVE CDL DRIVERS ONTO OTHER ROUTES THAT DO CARRY MORE STUDENTS AND BE ABLE TO BACKFILL THAT WAY.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TRUSTEE VELA.
CASSANDRA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION.
SO CLASS C, NON-CDL, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
ARE THESE ALL AMBULATORY ONLY VEHICLES? LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY CAN WALK ON.
THERE'S NO MOBILITY DEVICE, WHEELCHAIR SECURITY.
THREE OF THEM WOULD HAVE WHEELCHAIR LIFTS ON THEM.
THERE IS TWO WHEELCHAIR SPOTS ON THOSE THREE BUSES.
SO WE WOULD USE TWO OF THOSE ON ROUTES FOR WHEELCHAIRS.
SO THEN WE WOULD HAVE ONE SPARE, AND WE WOULD ROTATE OUT THROUGH THE YEAR.
AND THEN THE 217 TRIPS, WE CAN OPTIMIZE A ROUTE THAT HAS 213.
WHAT WOULD THAT DO FOR JUST OUR ON-TIME PERFORMANCE? WHAT DOES THIS DO FOR YOUR OPERATION? FOR OUR OPERATION, IT WOULD ALLOW US TO HELP FILL THOSE POSITIONS THAT WE NEED TO FILL TO GET OUR STUDENTS ON OUR GEN ED ROUTES.
SO BY DOING THIS, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO...
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY QUICKLY BECAUSE WE DON'T EVER QUICKLY GET ANYBODY INTO ANY DRIVING POSITIONS BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THE WAIT TIME OF WAITING TO GO TAKE A TEST AT DPS WHICH IS ONE OF OUR CURRENT HOLDUPS FOR GETTING A CDL SO WE CAN GET ON BOARD STAFF QUICKER AND GET THEM TRAINING AND THROUGH ALL OF THE PROCESSES AND GET THEM THROUGH ALL THE CLASSES SO THAT THEN WE CAN HAVE THEM ON ROUTES SO THEN IT'S PULLING OFF OUR MECHANICS OUR SUPERVISORS OUR OFFICE STAFF WHO ARE CURRENTLY DRIVING ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THE TRAINING.
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TO BE A VERY, JUST THE THOROUGH TRAINING THAT THEY GET, WHETHER THEY'RE CDL OR NON-CDL.A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, WE DISCUSSED THE BUS SIMULATOR.
DO WE HAVE A CONFIGURATION FOR THESE SMALLER VEHICLES IF AND WHEN WE GO THROUGH WITH THIS PURCHASE? WE CAN DEFINITELY SPEAK WITH THE VENDOR ABOUT IT IF THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING TO ADD INTO THE SIMULATOR BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH BEING DIFFERENT.
SO, SECRETARY SEIBEL, IF YOU WOULD CAPTURE THAT QUESTION FOR ME, SIR.
ARE THE CURRENT BUSES THAT WE HAVE, ARE THEY ALL BEING UTILIZED EVERY SINGLE DAY? EVERY BUS THAT WE HAVE? DO WE RUN THOSE BUSES EVERY DAY? OR DO WE HAVE ANY THAT ARE SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT? WE HAVE OUR SUPPORT FLEET THAT SITS IN THE PARKING LOT, SO WE DO HAVE SPARES THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IN CASE SOMETHING BREAKS DOWN.
AND THAT SUPPORT FLEET ALSO INCLUDES THE BUSES THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE FOR ATHLETIC COACHES TO DRIVE.
BUT ALL THE VEHICLES THAT WE DO HAVE, THE YELLOW VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE ARE ALL CDL REQUIRING.
AND SO THIS WOULD BE A YELLOW VEHICLE THAT CAN PICK UP STUDENTS FROM HOME AND TAKE THEM TO SCHOOL THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A CDL.
AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THESE PARTICULAR BUSES WOULD THEY BE USED ON A DAILY BASIS? ALL OF THEM.
SEVEN OUT OF THE NINE WOULD BE USED EVERY DAY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE A SPARE.
SINCE IT IS A NON-CDL REQUIRING BUS, IF WE WERE TO HAVE TO DOWN IT TO DO AN OIL CHANGE OR IT HAD SOMETHING WARRANTY, IF WE DON'T HAVE A SPARE, NOW WE HAVE TO USE A CDL DRIVER TO COVER THAT ROUTE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER VEHICLE TO PUT IT IN.
SO WHAT OUR TEAM TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH WHAT THE OPTIONS WOULD BE IS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO GET NINE, AND SEVEN OF THEM WOULD BE ON ROUTES, AND WE WOULD HAVE ONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A WHEELCHAIR LIFT AND ONE THAT HAS A WHEELCHAIR LIFT THAT WOULD BE USED AS SPARES.
BUT SO THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING NO MILES ON THEM, WE WOULD KIND OF ROTATE THEM THROUGH THE YEAR BETWEEN EACH OTHER.
AND THEN ARE WE NOT ABLE TO TRANSPORT? THE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE NOW WITH WHAT WE HAVE? WE ARE, I WILL SAY THAT HIRING CDL BUS DRIVERS IS GETTING HARDER AND HARDER.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO IN INTO THAT AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP ALL OF THE TIME WITH THAT ONE TODAY.
BUT LIKE WE HAD A JOB FAIR LAST WEEK FOR CDL DRIVERS AND FOR OUR TEAM SITTING THERE FOR THREE HOURS, WE HAD TWO PEOPLE COME IN.
SO FILLING THOSE CDL POSITIONS CAN BE DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE ON.
AND THIS ONE WOULD BE A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL.
BUT WE SEE THAT THERE COULD BE POTENTIAL FOR A GROWTH PATH FOR OUR MONITORS.
SO CURRENTLY OUR MONITORS, THEIR GROWTH PATH WOULD BE TO GO TO THE CAMPUS LEVEL.
THIS WOULD GIVE THEM SOMETHING.
SO IT WOULD GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO MOVE UP INTO SOMETHING HERE IN TRANSPORTATION.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY ONCE THEY ARE BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE TONKA BUS, THEN THEY CAN BE LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I COULD DRIVE A BIGGER BUS AND TAKE THAT NEXT STEP.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AS THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR A REAL BIG GROWTH PATH.
I LOVE THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AHEAD.
YOUR IN YOUR DEPARTMENT TO MAKE IT AN EASIER WORK BALANCE FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES I THINK FOR ME WHERE I'M STRUGGLING WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM IS THAT IT'S NARROW IT'S SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND YOU KNOW I WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE SPEND THE MONEY IN THIS DISTRICT ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE TRYING TO FIND MONEY ON THINGS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED SO YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO ME AND INAPPROPRIATE OF ME NOT TO ASK YOU, IS THIS A NEED OR A WANT? AND THAT'S WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW.
AND I CAN SEE WHERE THERE WOULD BE THAT CONCERN.
I WOULD SAY FOR MYSELF PERSONALLY, I DON'T FEEL THAT THIS IS A WANT.
WHEN I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, I'M GOING TO HAVE 20 OPEN POSITIONS.
AND RIGHT NOW I HAVE TWO PEOPLE.
I'M SORRY, I'M GOING TO GET EMOTIONAL BECAUSE MY TEAM MEANS A LOT TO ME.
MY MECHANICS ARE DRIVING EVERY A.M.
MY OFFICE STAFF IS DRIVING MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
AND THEN SHE'S DRIVING IN THE AFTERNOON.
THEY'RE WORKING 15 AND 16-HOUR DAYS.
THE BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE IS SOMETHING ACROSS THE UNITED
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STATES, AND IT'S NOT GETTING ANY BETTER.WE'RE NOT SEEING PEOPLE APPLYING TO BE BUS DRIVERS.
AND SO I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THOSE HARD CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU GUYS IN A FEW MONTHS AND SAYING, WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS? BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE PEOPLE TO DRIVE ROUTES.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO TURN INTO IF WE DON'T START LOOKING AND SEEING WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS TO CHANGE.
BECAUSE I CAN'T KEEP ASKING MY STAFF.
TO WORK THE HOURS THAT THEY ARE WORKING BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO BURN OUT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING RAW AND BEING HONEST BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR.
THAT'S CERTAINLY WHAT I NEEDED TO HEAR ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.
I MEAN, I'M CERTAINLY GOING TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I MEAN, I THINK YOU JUST PAINTED A REAL PICTURE OF WHAT IT'S LIKE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION AT EVERY LEVEL, SPECIFICALLY TRANSPORTATION.
YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR CONSTANTLY OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC.
YOU KNOW, WHY CAN'T MY, WHY CAN'T THE DISTRICT COME PICK UP OUR CHILD HERE AND THERE AND WHATNOT, AND YOU JUST HEARD THAT WE HAVE STAFF WORKING 16, 18-HOUR DAYS.
SO, THANK YOU FOR BEING HONEST AND RAW ABOUT THAT.
THAT PAINTS A DIFFERENT PICTURE FOR ME, AND I'M GOING TO ASK SOME MORE QUESTIONS ON THE BACK END, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.
CASSANDRA, I APPRECIATE YOU GOING OUT FOR A GRANT, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT WAS REALLY SMART TO GO OUT FOR THAT GRANT TO HELP SUPPORT THIS AND THEN USING BOND INTEREST MONEY FOR BUSES, WHICH ON OUR BONDS WE HAVE PUT IN FOR BUSES.
SO IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO PURCHASE THESE BUSES, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE GETTING A SUBSTANTIAL GRANT FOR THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR GOING OUT AND DOING THAT LEGWORK ON IT.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA TO BE PLANNING AHEAD AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE UTILIZING YOUR PEOPLE.
TO YOUR BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, RIGHT? AND I LOVE THAT YOU ARE DOING LONG-TERM PLANNING FOR TRANSPORTATION.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT ALL.
SO I DO SUPPORT THIS, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD.
YOU WERE ALWAYS PRETTY THOUGHTFUL WITH THIS.
I MEAN, I THINK YOU BROUGHT US THE FIRST TIME WE DID THIS.
I THINK WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
WE WERE ABLE TO SWAP OUT SOME OLDER BUSES FOR SOME NEWER BUSES.
WE JUST FIGURE OUT WAYS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, AND YOU CONTINUOUSLY ARE BRINGING THINGS TO US THAT'S CREATIVE, MAYBE NOT WHAT WE'RE USED TO SEEING.
BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO PLUG SOME GAPS FOR US RIGHT NOW WHERE WE NEED TO PLUG SOME GAPS.
WE'LL GIVE HER A HUG IN A LITTLE BIT.
SOMEONE, NATE, GIVE CASSANDRA A HUG.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO, WE'RE ON L5, NO, WE'RE ON L4D ON PAGE 78.
ALL RIGHT, THIS IS A CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF MOBILE BUS RADIOS FROM THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY.
CHIEF SKROCKI, THANK YOU FOR COMING UP.
YOU WANT TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THIS IS ABOUT? YES, SIR.
WHERE WE ARE AT WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY WHEN IT COMES TO TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION IS THAT THE 900 SERIES, WHICH IS WHAT OUR CURRENT RADIO SYSTEM IS, IS BEING PHASED OUT BY LCRA.
THEY'RE GOING TO THE NEW 700 SERIES.
WE ANTICIPATED THIS IN PRE-PLANNING.
WE REQUESTED THIS IN A PRIOR BOND.
WE WERE ALSO, DURING THE COURSE OF THIS, ABLE TO OBTAIN GRANT FUNDING.
SO WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A JOINT PURCHASE.
AT THIS POINT WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MANAGING GETTING THESE REPLACEMENTS DONE.
THE SUMMER IS A PRIME TIME TO GET THAT DONE, BUT ALSO NOT OVERWORK OUR VERY HARDWORKING TRANSPORTATION TEAM.
SO WHAT THIS IS IS A PHASED APPROACH TO A REPLACEMENT OF 60 OF THE 900 SERIES RADIOS TO PURCHASE 60 THAT WOULD BE INSTALLED, HOPEFULLY DURING THE SUMMER, WITH THAT PIECE AS WELL.
SO IN THE INTEREST OF BREVITY, I'LL STOP THERE AND ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS.
YOU LOOK TO MY LEFT FOR QUESTIONS FROM THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.
MR. MILLER? CHIEF SKROCKI, YOU JUST WANT TO CONFIRM.
SO YOU SAID 60 RADIOS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED? SO ALL OF OUR ENTIRE BUS FLEET IS GOING TO EVENTUALLY BE REPLACED.
BUT WHAT THIS DOES, IT ALSO GIVES US THE ABILITY TO PART OUT IF NECESSARY WITH THOSE BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A BUYBACK PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY BEING SO OLD.
SO WHAT THIS DOES IS ALLOW IF WE DO HAVE A CURRENT EXISTING RADIO THAT GOES DOWN, WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO REPLACE IT WITH.
BUT OUR GOAL IS TO PHASE IN APPROACH TO GET OUR ENTIRE FLEET MANAGED.
AND IT'S A VERY STAGGERED APPROACH.
WE'RE GOING TO DO X NUMBER OF BUSES AT A TIME.
AND OUR NEW BUSES UNDERSTAND, TOO, THAT ALL OF OUR NEW BUSES ARE COMING IN
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WITH THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY.SO ANY NEW BUS THAT'S PURCHASED IS GETTING THE 700 TECHNOLOGY.
AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH A COUPLE OF TECHNOLOGY CHANGES MYSELF IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY.
BUT, I MEAN, JUST HAVING THE RIGHT TECHNICIANS, THE RIGHT.
PERSONNEL THAT ARE DOING IT SCHEMATICS THAT ARE YOU KNOW WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE LOOK IN BUS ONE THAT THE SAME WIRE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND BUS 18 IS YES, ALSO IN THE SAME PLACE, RIGHT? YES.
YES, SIR I MEAN OUR TEAM IS IT'S GOT THIS DOWN TO A SCIENCE PERFECT.
SO HE DEFINITE OVERSIGHT BY RICHARD.
THANK YOU MY ONLY QUESTION, THESE ARE LIKE PERMANENTLY INSTALLED.
THEY'RE NOT LIKE HANDHELD, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF RADIOS THAT ARE IN USE.
WE HAVE THE HANDHELD PORTABLES, WHICH WE CALL MOBILE RADIOS, RIGHT, AND THEN THE BUS RADIOS, WHICH ARE THE MOBILE RADIOS, WHICH ARE STATIONARY.
THEY STAY IN THAT BUS, AND THEN WE HAVE THE HANDHELD OPTION, WHICH IS WHAT WE UTILIZE THROUGH OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM, THROUGH ALL OF OUR MONITORS, AND THROUGH OUR CAMPUSES.
[L.5. Consideration and possible approval of Services for Professional Construction and Materials Testing for 2025 Bond Projects]
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.ALL RIGHT, TEAM, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO L.
THIS IS A CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF SERVICES FOR PROFESSIONAL CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS TESTING FOR THE 2025 BOND PROJECTS.
ON PAGE 83 IT SHOWS AGAIN WITH THE NEW APPROVAL THRESHOLD OF $100,000 FOR THE 2025 BOND THERE'S ACTUALLY ONLY TWO PROJECTS.
WHERE A SINGLE WORK EFFORT IS GOING OVER $100,000.
AND AGAIN, ON PAGE 83, THAT'S AT WALLACE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THE COMPANY IS UES, AND IT'S ESTIMATED AT $130,000.
AND THEN AT HIGH SCHOOL 4, THAT'S RK OR ROBBA KISTNER, AND THAT MATERIALS TESTING IS ESTIMATED AT $700,000.
APPROVE THOSE TWO FOR MATERIALS TESTING FOR 2025 BOND PROJECTS BECAUSE THE LIKE SAID THEY'RE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND I'M SCREW LOOK TO MY WRITING QUESTIONS FOR MAX ON THIS ONE LOOK TO MY LEFT.
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION IS THIS CAN YOU PROVIDE CAN YOU WHAT EVERY BOND WE HAVE TO DO THIS RIGHT FOR EVERY AUTUMN? WE HAVE AN OUTSIDE OTTER IT COMES OUT AND APPROVED AND JUST HAS TO LOOK AT THESE MATERIALS.
CAN YOU PROVIDE THIS BOARD A REPORT OF JUST A PAST PROJECT THAT THEY DID FOR US JUST SO WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT IT? I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE.
WOULD YOU ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE THE ACTUAL SCIENTIFIC RESULTS? YEAH, LIKE THE REPORT ITSELF, WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY TESTING FOR.
SO WE TEST FOR A NUMBER OF THINGS.
AND SO CAN I JUST GET OFFLINE WITH YOU AND SEE? YEAH.
THERE'S A TON OF THINGS WE TEST FOR.
EVERYTHING FROM YOU KNOW, CONCRETE TO, YOU KNOW, WINDOWS LEAKING.
WE DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH EACH ITEM ON A BOND, BUT DEFINITELY I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME VERSION OF THAT JUST TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
I THINK THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO APPRECIATE AT LEAST A PEEK AT IT.
OKAY, MAYBE IT'S JUST NERD ME.
[L.6. Consideration and possible approval to grant utility easements to Pedernales Electric Cooperative for 2025 Bond Projects at Fuentes Elementary School]
THANK YOU.THIS IS A CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL TO GRANT UTILITY EASEMENTS TO PEDERNALES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE FOR 2025 BOND PROJECTS AT FUENTES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THE BEST PAGE THAT SHOWS IT IS PAGE 85.
YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN LINE AND THEN THE LITTLE ORANGE LINE.
SO IT'S BASICALLY THE UTILITY EASEMENT, AND THEN THEY GO UNDERGROUND A LITTLE BIT.
SO THAT'S A UTILITY EASEMENT AND UNDERGROUND AGREEMENT, AND IT'S THEIR STANDARD LANGUAGE THAT THEY USE ON EACH AND EVERY ONE THAT WE DO WITH THEM, THE STANDARD LANGUAGE BEING ON PAGES 86 AND 87, AND THEN AGAIN ON 90 AND 91.
QUESTIONS FOR MAX ON THIS ONE? TO MY LEFT.
AND THIS IS JUST A STANDARD BECAUSE WE'RE EXPANDING THE SCHOOL.
WE'VE GOT TO UPGRADE THE SERVICE AND PROVIDE NEW ACCESS TO THIS, CORRECT?
[L.7. Consideration and possible approval to grant utility easements to Pedernales Electric Cooperative for 2025 Bond Projects at Wallace Middle School]
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.THAT'S OVER ON THE NORTH SIDE OVER THERE AT FUENTES.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO L7 ON PAGE 93.
THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL TO GRANT UTILITY EASEMENTS TO PETERNOW'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE FOR THE 2025 BOND PROJECTS AT WALLACE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AGAIN, THE GREEN AND ORANGE SHOW YOU THE UTILITY, EASEMENT, AND UNDERGROUND SERVICE.
AND THEN THE BLUE LINE DEPICTS A LINE THAT WE'LL ACTUALLY BE REMOVING.
IT'S A LINE THAT GOES TO AN OLD PORTABLE RIGHT NOW THAT'S NO LONGER THERE.
TEAM, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MAX ON THIS ONE? OKAY, I DON'T HAVE ANY
[L.8. Consideration and possible approval of the Repair and Renovation of Temporary Classrooms at Sunfield Elementary School]
QUESTIONS.ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO L8 ON PAGE...
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JUMPING TO PAGE 102.THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE REPAIR AND RENOVATION OF TEMPORARY CLASSROOMS AT SUNFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SO THESE PORTABLES WERE MOVED AT THE SAME TIME THE PORTABLES WERE MOVED OVER TO MCCORMICK TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE 2025 BOND PROJECTS AT THE CURRENT CAMPUSES.
AND WE DIDN'T MOVE AS QUICKLY ON THIS ONE.
WE WERE TOLD THAT PROBABLY MCCORMICK WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A PRIORITY.
AND THEN IN THE MEANTIME, WE EXPLORED TRYING TO DELIVER THIS WITH A JOB ORDER CONTRACT.
AND IT WAS GOING TO END UP BEING QUITE A BIT MORE EXPENSIVE AND TAKE EVEN MORE TIME.
AND SO WE JUST REPACKAGED IT LIKE WE JUST BASICALLY SAME VENDORS THAT WE DID MCCORMICK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND WE'RE BRINGING IT TO YOU HERE.
MS. RUNKLE? I KNOW IT COSTS MONEY, BUT I FIND IT RIDICULOUS THAT IT'S $208,000 FOR PORTABLES.
I HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH, WITH THAT.
LANDSCAPING AT A WHOPPING $23,680.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THAT ENTAILS? YES.
IT'S KYLE LANDSCAPING IS THE COMPANY.
BUT THAT'S FOR ALL THE SKIRTING AROUND THE BUILDING, THE FENCING, THE CONCRETE SIDEWALKS, AND THE IRRIGATION.
SO WITH THAT, CAN WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT OUR SAFETY ROUTE FOR OUR CHILDREN THAT NEED TO EXIT WITH SAFETY DRILLS AND ALL THE THINGS HAVE AN ADEQUATE ROUTE? BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE EXPERIENCED SOME ISSUES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CLEANED UP.
I THINK I KNOW THE ISSUE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, AND I THINK WE HAVE THAT ONE FIGURED OUT.
I WAS OUT THERE FOR A FIRE DRILL AND WITNESSED THE WHOLE THING.
BUT, YEAH, OKAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THAT.
I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE FINALLY DOING THIS.
I DO THINK THAT WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING SOME CLASSROOMS IN THOSE PORTABLES FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
SO FOR ANYONE THAT WAS I'M WONDERING THAT THAT IS COMING THAT IS HAPPENING SO WE ARE PREPARING THOSE PORTABLES TO BE READY TO GO FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR THANK YOU TRUSTEE FLORES YEAH THANK YOU MAX YEAH I HAD JUST JUST SOME QUESTIONS ON HERE REGARDING THESE PORTABLES I KNOW THAT WE DID HAVE TO TRANSFER SOME PORTABLES TO KYLE ELEMENTARY TOM GREEN AS WELL AND THE BOARD EXPECT TO SEE SEPARATE ITEMS FOR THOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS WELL TO RETROFIT THOSE BUILDINGS? THE KYLE, SO I REMEMBER KYLE, WE REMOVED THEM.
TOM GREEN, WE TOOK THEM THERE.
THE TOM GREEN PORTABLE DOLLARS, I BELIEVE, WERE INSIDE THE GMP.
SO I BELIEVE THAT ONE'S ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF.
AND AGAIN, TO TRUSTEE RUNKLE'S POINT, I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THE COST.
AND WHAT'S THE EXPECTED LIFESPAN AFTER WE RETROFIT THESE PORTABLES? LIFESPAN JUST IS IT FIVE TEN YEARS OR HONESTLY IT'S IF WE CAN IF YOU KEEP THE TERMITES OUT OF THEM THEY LAST A LONG TIME AND SO UH AND THEY EVERY TIME WE MOVE THEM THEY THEY REBRACE THEM THEY RE THEY PUT NEW NAILERS AND HEADERS AND FOOTERS AND EVERYTHING SO THEY'LL LAST A LONG TIME BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO MAINTAIN THEM A LOT UH LIFESPAN OF A PORTABLE YOU KNOW 30 YEARS MAYBE YEAH, AND AGAIN, I MISSPOKE.
I THINK WE TRANSFERRED TO MCCORMICK AND SUNFIELD.
BUT AGAIN, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHAT IS THE COST OF JUST A RETROFITTED PORTABLE, JUST BRAND NEW WITH EVERYTHING? A BRAND NEW PORTABLE? I HAVEN'T PRICED THEM IN A LONG TIME BRAND NEW, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD DO.
LAST TIME I PRICED THEM 10 YEARS AGO, THEY WERE IN THAT $75,000 RANGE OR SO.
WE'RE SPENDING A LOT ON RETROFITTING THESE THINGS, EVERYTHING FROM PLUMBING TO ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY, YOU NAME IT.
SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF GET THAT OUT THERE.
I'M JUST WONDERING OF THE PRICE NOWADAYS FOR A PORTABLE.
I'M SURE THEY'RE NOT ON THE MARKET A WHOLE LOT, AND NOT A LOT OF FOLKS ARE LOOKING FOR THEM, BUT I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
I WILL DEFINITELY CHECK THE COST OF THAT.
SO, MAX, JUST A CLARIFICATION.
WE ALREADY OWN THESE PORTABLES.
THIS IS JUST TO BRING ALL THE SERVICES TO IT, RIGHT? IT'S TO BRING ALL THE SERVICES AND INSTALL THE FOUR RESTROOMS. RIGHT NOW THEY'RE DRY.
[L.9. Consideration and possible approval of the 2025 Bond Schematic Design Estimate for Hays CISD Elementary School #18]
EXPENSIVE THAN JUST A DRY ONE.ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO L9.
TEAM, DO WE NEED A BATHROOM BREAK? AUDIENCE, BETH AND BRETT, WE GOOD? KEEP MOVING? ALL RIGHT.
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PAGE 104.IN YOUR DIAS FOLDER, THERE'S GOING TO BE A, WELL, ACTUALLY, NO, RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU IS A SCHEMATIC DESIGN PRESENTATION.
OKAY, SO TEAM, JUST A QUICK REMINDER, THIS IS OUR FOURTH RENDITION OF THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON THE GROUND, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 18.
THIS IS THE POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE 2025 BOND SCHEMATIC DESIGN ESTIMATE FOR THE HAYS CST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER 18.
AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I'VE ASKED JASON HERE, MR. ANDREWS, TO KIND OF GIVE US THE 100,000-FOOT VIEW OF IF ANYTHING'S MATERIALLY CHANGED SINCE WE BUILT RAMAGE, BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN BETTER WITH THESE SCHOOLS AS WE'VE GOTTEN GOING.
SO THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE A 28-PAGE PRESENTATION, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A HIGH-LEVEL RUN-THROUGH OF THINGS THAT MIGHT BE MATERIALLY DIFFERENT FROM YEARS PAST.
MR. ANDREWS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WRIGHT, PRESIDENT SEVERANCE, BOARD MEMBERS.
GLAD TO BE HERE AGAIN IN FRONT OF YOU ALL TO SHOW YOU ANOTHER AMAZING FACILITY FOR YOUR STAFF AND STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING UP.
I'M SORRY THAT I CAN'T READ ALL OF THIS REALLY EXCITING INFORMATION THAT'S UP HERE ON THE SCREEN.
I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE REALLY, REALLY DISAPPOINTED BY THAT, BUT I WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH SOME BRIEFS.
SO WE'LL SKIP AHEAD TO THE SITE PLAN.
SO THIS ACTUALLY IS GOING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 17 BECAUSE IT HAS A VERY SIMILAR LAYOUT.
THE SITE THE DEVELOPER WORKED REALLY WELL WITH US TO TRY TO MAKE IT FIT.
THEY CHANGED THE PROPORTIONS OF THE SITES FOR US TO MAKE IT SOMETHING REALLY CLOSE TO 17 BECAUSE EVERYBODY REALLY LIKED THE LAYOUT FOR 17.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS IS THAT IT'S ON THE CORNER OF SATTERWHITE ROAD WHERE IT MAKES A 90-DEGREE BEND.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY THE SAME ROAD THAT SERVES TWO SIDES OF OUR SITE.
BUT IT WORKS OUT REALLY WELL TO GIVE US OUR BUS ACCESS AND OUR PARENT ACCESS.
HAVE THE SAME OVERALL LAYOUT WITH THE PLAY FIELDS NOT HAVING TO CROSS A ROAD TO BE ABLE TO GET THE KIDS THERE FROM THE SCHOOL WHICH EVERYBODY SEEMS REALLY LIKE WE DO HAVE A POSSIBLE OPTION UP HERE TO CONNECT TO ONE OF THE INTERIOR DRIVES FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR POTENTIAL SERVICE DRIVE RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT SHOWING TO ACTUALLY BUILD THAT BUT IT'S THERE IF WE WANT IT BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT NOTHING HAS REALLY CHANGED A WHOLE LOT FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 17 ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO LOOK TO MY RIGHT AND QUESTIONS ON THIS MS. RUNKLE.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK SO THAT I CAN REMIND MYSELF WHAT WE ALL DID.
THE TURF PLAY FIELD, IS THAT NEW? IT'S ACTUALLY A NATURAL GRASS PLAY FIELD, SO THAT'S THE SAME AS IT IS ON 17.
SEE, THE NATURAL TURF OR ARTIFICIAL TURF, IT COULD BE MISLEADING.
SO, YES, THAT IS NATURAL TURF.
I WAS GOING TO SAY, WHAT ARE WE DOING? I WAS ABOUT TO LOSE MY MIND RIGHT HERE ON THE DAIS.
ART PATIO, IS THAT? STILL THERE.
AND THEN THE OUTDOOR LEARNING WITH TURF, SAME THING? YES, MA'AM.
AND THEN, SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE.
SHOW ME WHERE THE COUNSELOR'S LOCATION IS AND THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE.
YEAH, IT'S EASIER TO LOOK ON THE FLOOR PLAN, WHICH IS THE NEXT PAGE.
AND SO THIS IS THE FRONT DOOR RIGHT HERE.
AND THEN THIS IS THE ADMIN SUITE, WHICH IS IN THIS, WE'LL CALL IT SALMON COLOR.
AND WHERE ARE THE COUNSELORS? SO THEY'RE IN THESE OFFICES HERE.
OKAY, I GUESS FOR SOME REASON I THOUGHT THEY WERE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THEY HAVE BREAKOUT SPACES OVER HERE AS WELL.
OKAY, I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I WAS CONFUSED.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THOSE WERE THEIR OFFICES OR IF THOSE ARE JUST BREAKOUT AREAS.
SO THEIR OFFICES ARE IN THE ADMIN OFFICE.
I THINK IT DEPENDS ON EACH CAMPUS.
EACH CAMPUS KIND OF LAYS IT OUT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY ON WHO THEY PUT WHERE.
BUT, YEAH, IT CAN HAPPEN IN EITHER ONE.
WELL, I MEAN, I GUESS I WOULD JUST BE CURIOUS FROM A STANDPOINT OF PRIVACY, BEING IN AN OFFICE.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN WITH COUNSELORS AND STUDENTS AND YOU KNOW NOT HAVING TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE IN A COUNSELOR'S OFFICE MAYBE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CLASSROOM.
I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING ABOUT THE PLACEMENT OF COUNSELOR OFFICES I AM YOU KNOW I WILL TELL YOU ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE KIND OF AND I'M NOT THERE ALL THE TIME LIKE MOST SO THERE MAY BE SOME SOME SOME DISAGREEMENT WITH THIS BUT I'VE NEVER QUITE LIKED WHERE THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE IS LITERALLY AT THE VERY END OF THE HALL OF THE BUILDING NEXT TO THE DOOR.
SO REMOVED AND FAR AWAY FROM THE MAIN PART OF THE BUILDING OR THE MAIN AREA.
SO WHAT WAS THE REASONING FOR THE SETUP OF THOSE OFFICES? SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY A REQUEST FROM, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS EITHER THE LAST PRINCIPAL OR THE PRINCIPAL BEFORE.
THE ORIGINAL SETUP GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO SUNFIELD, AND THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE WAS ACTUALLY UP HERE.
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I WOULD SAY HALFWAY BETWEEN THE FRONT AND THE BACK.AND THEN AS WE'VE DONE ITERATIONS OF THIS, WE ALWAYS DO WHAT WE CALL A LESSONS LEARNED EFFORT WITH THE PRINCIPAL THAT'S ON THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF IT.
AND AS WE'VE DONE IT, IT'S CONTINUED TO GET PUSHED FURTHER BACK AND FURTHER BACK AND FURTHER BACK AT THE REQUEST OF THE PRINCIPALS.
WELL, AND PRINCIPALS CHANGE BECAUSE THEY MOVE AROUND AND THEY MOVE UP AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHERE THESE OFFICES ARE PLACED WITH ACTUAL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.
AND WE'RE JUST NOT DOING RANDOM, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT THEY LIKE IT THERE.
BUT, I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO BE DOING THINGS JUST BECAUSE THEY LIKE IT THERE.
FOR ME BEING A PRESENCE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAMPUS OR SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO WHERE YOU'RE SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON IS IMPORTANT OF THE LEADER OF THE CAMPUS.
THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I'VE TAKEN AS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THINGS AS WE'VE DONE SCHOOLS.
AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO MENTION ABOUT THE COUNSELORS, BECAUSE AT FIRST WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT, I THOUGHT THAT THE COUNSELORS WERE IN SEPARATE AREAS OF THE SCHOOL, AND I JUST WORRIED ABOUT THE PRIVACY OF STUDENTS.
UTILIZING THOSE COUNSELING SERVICES AND IT NOT BE IN THE OFFICE.
SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING.
I ALSO WANT TO ASK, WHERE WILL PORTABLES GO IF, GOD FORBID, WE HAVE TO PUT PORTABLES? I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY THAT THE PORTABLES ARE AT SUNFIELD.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY, THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE WE COULD HAVE PUT THEM BASED OFF OF THE ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING AND ALL THE THINGS.
SO ARE WE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT ON NEW PROJECTS LIKE THIS SO THAT IT'S NOT RIGHT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL? YES, MA'AM.
SO WE'VE ACTUALLY, WE'RE PLANNING THIS IN THE DRAWINGS, AND WE'LL ACTUALLY SHOW IT TO YOU IN THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE DD BOOKLET WHEN WE COME BACK TO Y'ALL, BUT THEY'RE PLANNING TO GO RIGHT HERE.
SO DEFINITELY MORE TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE CAMPUS.
ONE THING THAT'S REALLY NICE ABOUT THIS, AND PART OF THE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE WITH SUNFIELD AS WELL, IS TRYING TO KEEP THOSE PORTALS WITHIN THE SECURE PERIMETER OF THE FENCING.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXTEND THE FENCING AROUND HERE VERY EASILY.
THE KIDS CAN GET TO IT WITHOUT HAVING TO CROSS A DRIVE OR ANYTHING.
IT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY NICE LOCATION FOR ADDING PORTABLES.
WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE, TO SOME DEGREE, SOME SIDEWALKS AND UTILITY EXTENSIONS OUT THERE SO THAT IT'S A LOT EASIER TO PLUG IT IN.
SO PART OF THE COST ON SUNFIELD IS THAT THE UTILITIES ARE NOT IN THAT LOCATION, SO WE'RE HAVING TO RUN THEM OUT THERE.
I HEAR ABOUT IT OFTEN, AND I DRIVE BY IT.
OKAY, LASTLY, THE PARKING AROUND A CAMPUS.
I THINK MR. SKROCKI WILL SHARE IN MY FRUSTRATIONS OF WHAT I HAVE OVER AT SUNFIELD AND WHAT WE GET TO DEAL WITH THE PARKING.
SO ARE WE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNTY? WITH DEVELOPER REGARDING EITHER NO PARKING SIGNS, ANY OF THOSE THINGS, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE DEALING WITH THIS STUFF AFTER WE OPEN.
IF THERE ARE CARS THAT SHOULD NOT BE PARKED ON A STREET BECAUSE IT IS NOT GOOD FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS, THEN I WANT THOSE SIGNS UP THERE WHEN WE OPEN THE SCHOOL.
BECAUSE WHAT WE DEALT WITH AT SUNFIELD IS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT STUFF SET UP, AND THEN WE HAVE A BUNCH OF BAD BEHAVIOR THAT HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THEY CAN'T BE RETRAINED, WHICH IS REALLY UNFORTUNATE.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS FOR US TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WAY AHEAD SO THAT WHEN THAT SCHOOL OPENS, HEY, PARENTS, HEY, GUESTS, YOU CAN'T PARK HERE ON DAY ONE.
BECAUSE IT IS IT IS A STRUGGLE FOR SUNFIELD ELEMENTARY AND THE ADMINISTRATION THERE TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH BAD DECISIONS YEAH, AND THAT REQUIRES US WORKING WITH WHOEVER THE OWNERS ARE OF THE ROAD GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
I THINK I'LL SET HER AWAY BECAUSE IT'S MORE OF A MAJOR ROAD THAN A NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD BUT PARENTS ARE CREATIVE I WOULD SAY, IN TERMS OF DROPPING OFF THEIR KIDS AND TRYING TO SAVE TIME AND STAY OUT OF THE QUEUE.
COME TO SUNFIELD ELEMENTARY EVERY MORNING.
SO, YOU KNOW, WITH FENCING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE CAN HELP IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DROP THEIR KIDS OFF AND LET THEM WALK.
I THINK THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER ONES.
I KNOW AT RAMAGE WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION AS WELL BECAUSE, AGAIN, THEY'RE HAVING SIMILAR TROUBLES OVER THERE.
BUT YOU DO HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHOEVER OWNS AND MANAGES THAT ROAD.
SO SOME OF THAT'S COUNTY TALK, SOME OF THAT'S CITY TALK.
WELL, LET'S HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS NOW.
SO THAT WE ARE NOT IN THIS SITUATION.
AND THEN I'LL JUST END ON THIS, AND I JUST SAID IT A SECOND AGO.
I APPRECIATE PRINCIPALS THAT HAVE INPUT ON BRAND-NEW CAMPUSES, BRAND-NEW BUILDINGS.
AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING DECISIONS BASED OFF OF PERSONAL WANTS OF ADMINISTRATORS THAT WILL LIKELY CHANGE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
SO ANYWAYS, I'LL JUST SAY THAT, BUT THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU, MR. ANDREWS.I KNOW MANY, MANY MOONS AGO, BEING ON THE FBOC, I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AN ENORMOUS, AN ABSURD AMOUNT OF CONFERENCE CALLS WHEN YOU GUYS ARE LAYING THIS STUFF OUT TOGETHER WHERE YOU HAVE CNIS INPUT ON THIS.
YOU'VE GOT THE CONTRACTORS' INPUT ON IT.
SO THIS ISN'T DONE IN A VACUUM.
SO A LOT OF YOUR DECISIONS, WHICH YOU'RE PUTTING ON, IS DONE BECAUSE OF COLLABORATION WITH WHAT...
HOW WE WANT THE STAFF TO STEP OUT.
AND TO THE POINT ABOUT THE SIGNS, ALL I CAN SAY IS I'M PRETTY SURE, MR. CLEAVER, THAT THIS BOARD APPROVED SOME INFRASTRUCTURE HELPING WITH THE ROADS AROUND THIS CAMPUS.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE WITH SOME DISCUSSIONS ON SIGNAGE AND HOW THAT SIGNAGE SHOULD LOOK.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD OLIVE BRANCH.
WE'RE GOING TO HELP WITH SOME OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SIGNAGE THAT WE MAY NEED FOR THE EGRESS AND INGRESS OF THAT CAMPUS.
OKAY, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT HERE.
I'M GOING TO SUBMIT THEM ONLINE, AND I'VE GOT A BUNCH, SO I'M REAL EXCITED ABOUT IT.
BUT, TIM, ANYTHING ELSE FOR MR. ANDREWS TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT, GREAT.
MAX, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU, TOO.
YOU SUBMITTED A COST ESTIMATE ON THIS PROJECT? YES, SIR.
DO YOU HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR US? YES, SIR.
IT CAME IN SUBSTANTIALLY UNDER WHAT OUR INITIAL CONCEPTUAL ESTIMATE WAS, SO THE COST JOURNEY IS TRACKING CORRECTLY.
AND AFTER I TURNED THAT IN, SOMEBODY REMINDED ME THAT I NEEDED TO SUBTRACT OUT, I DON'T BELIEVE I SUBTRACTED OUT THE ARCHITECT FEES FROM THE 2025 BOND.
AND SO, YEAH, FROM THE 2025 BOND.
2023 BOND SO I NEED TO DO THAT AS WELL SO THE PROJECT'S LOOKING VERY GOOD YEAH GREAT I MEAN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BASED ON THE THE BARTLETT ESTIMATE IS ABOUT UH SIX MILLION DOLLARS UNDER SO THAT'S RIGHT THANK YOU THANK YOU MR UH THANK YOU FOR FOR BARTLETT FOR FOR FOR HELPING US OUT WITH THAT I KNOW YOU KNOW CONSTRUCTION IT'S PRETTY PRETTY BEEN CRAZY THE PAST FOR YEARS IT WAS NICE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF ON THIS SIDE SO WELL DONE WE EXPECT THAT ON EVERY PROJECT.
[L.10. Consideration and possible Adoption of Proposed Revisions to the Hays CISD Board Operating Procedures]
ALL RIGHT.OKAY, TEAM, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW TO L10 ON PAGE 105. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF APPROVED REVISIONS TO THE HAYES CST BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
IN YOUR DIAS FOLDER IS A COPY OF THIS FOR YOU ALL TO LOOK AT.
I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO TRUSTEE OROSCO.
THE COMMITTEE THAT WORKS ON THIS, TRUSTEE PETREA, TRUSTEE RUNKLE, AND TRUSTEE OROSCO, PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO WORK.
POLICYPALS, OH GOSH, I COULDN'T GET IT.
SO, MS. OROSCO, WOULD YOU WANT TO LEAD US OFF OF THIS? SURE, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES NEEDED SOME UPDATING IN REGARDS TO, WE HAD A LOT OF STATE LAWS THAT CAME DOWN, SO WE NEEDED TO TWEAK SOME ITEMS THAT WERE IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, SO OUR POLICYPALS DID MEET.
OF WORKING WITH BOARDS ALL OVER THE STATE.
SO I HAVE STOLEN SO MANY GREAT IDEAS FROM BOARDS ALL OVER THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO INCORPORATE INTO OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
WE ALSO DID RUN THIS THROUGH OUR ATTORNEY AND OUR ATTORNEY MADE SOME ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS.
EVERYTHING WAS GREAT, SHE SAID.
SHE JUST GAVE US SOME ADDITIONAL WORDS THAT WE COULD USE TO MAKE IT EVEN STRONGER AND BETTER, WHICH I LOVE.
AND THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
WE DID ADD THINGS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST IN REGARDS TO CLOSED SESSION, IN REGARDS TO GRIEVANCES.
WE ADDED ALL OF THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS WAS SENT OUT ON FRIDAY.
HOPEFULLY, EVERYBODY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS.
AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
LET ME HIGHLIGHT ONE CHANGE THAT WE DID MAKE.
WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS USING THE WORD TRUSTEE INSTEAD OF BOARD MEMBER.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT TEA HAS REALLY ENCOURAGED.
SO I WENT BACK AND TRIED TO REPLACE ALL OF THAT.
THEY ARE INTERCHANGEABLE, BUT ON THE MOST PART, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE 95%, 99% SAY TRUSTEE RATHER THAN BOARD MEMBER.
SINCE AS A TRUSTEE, WE ARE ENTRUSTED WITH ALL THE STUDENTS OF OUR DISTRICTS.
WE ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVES LIKE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, CITY COUNCIL, COUNTY COMMISSIONER, AND SO ON.
WE ARE ENTRUSTED WITH ALL STUDENTS.
SO I WILL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR THOUGHTS, AND MS. RUNKLE COULD DEFINITELY ALSO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS.
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LOOK TO MY LEFT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TEAM ON THIS ONE? ALL RIGHT.I KNOW WE'RE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER WITH THIS EVERY YEAR THAT WE GO THROUGH THIS.
I NOTICED THAT WE'RE MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THIS YEAR'S.
WE'RE GOING TO BE REDOING THIS AGAIN FOR NEXT YEAR TO UPDATE PICTURES AND ALL OF THAT.
SO WE WILL BE REVIEWING IT ANNUALLY.
THIS TIME WE REALLY PUT IT OFF BECAUSE OF THE UPDATES THAT WE WERE WAITING FROM TASB.
WHAT WE WILL ADOPT IT IN APRIL.
HOWEVER, WE CAN DEFINITELY ADD PICTURES OF OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT COME ON BOARD BECAUSE WE WON'T REVIEW IT AGAIN FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
SO WE CAN DEFINITELY INCORPORATE GENERAL PICTURES OF THE PEOPLE THAT ADOPT IT NOW, AND THEN WE CAN UPDATE PICTURES DURING TEAM BUILDING TIME.
BUT WE'LL REVIEW IT IN A YEAR FROM NOW.
AND I APOLOGIZE IF YOU'VE ALREADY TOLD ME THIS, BUT.
WILL THERE BE A CLEAN VERSION FOR NEXT MONDAY? PROBABLY NOT.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO CHANGE ON IT.
I KNOW HARVEST IS AMAZING AT FORMATTING THIS.
SO THAT'S WHY I COULDN'T GET THE LINK TO OPEN FOR OUR ATTORNEY.
AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE HANDWRITTEN NOTES.
SO YOU WILL PROBABLY NOT HAVE A CLEAN COPY.
I WILL SUBMIT IT IF NOBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, AND WE CAN START WORKING ON THAT.
AND I WILL BE SUBMITTING THE PICTURES THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS.
THERE'LL BE A REFORMATTING, FOR EXAMPLE, OF OUR TABLE OF CONTENTS.
EVERYTHING WILL BE FORMATTED AND DONE BEAUTIFULLY BY THE AWARD-WINNING TEAM IN THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS IS A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS.
I MEAN, WE'RE PRETTY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM TASB THAT ACTUALLY CAN HELP US NAVIGATE THIS.
I MEAN, YOU SEE THIS STUFF ALL OVER THE DISTRICT, I MEAN, ALL OVER THE STATE.
SO YOU'RE ABLE TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES INTO OUR...
AND I THANK THE TEAM FOR BEING A PART OF THAT COMMITTEE TO KIND OF PUT THIS FORWARD.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? NO? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, TRUSTEE OROSCO AND THE POLICY PALACE COMMITTEE.
I'M SPILLING WATER ALL OVER MY EYES.
SO TEAM, Y'ALL NEED TO, THERE'S A COUPLE ITEMS HERE ON THEIR INFORMATIONAL ITEMS THAT Y'ALL NEED TO TAKE A BREAK BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THIS.
[M.1. Report of Continuing Education Requirements for Board Members as required by SB 1566]
OKAY.I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO LATER, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
ALL RIGHT, SO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. ON M1, ON PAGE 107, EVERY YEAR THE STATE MANDATES THAT THIS BOARD HAS TO GO THROUGH A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOURS OF CONTINUING TRAINING AND EDUCATION.
SO THIS IS JUST AN ITEM EVERY YEAR THAT WE HAVE TO PUT ON THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE DONE ALL OF OUR HOURS AND EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE GOOD.
SO COME MONDAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE, BUT THIS IS JUST SOMETHING WE HAVE TO PUT ON THERE.
TELL EVERYONE THAT WE'RE ALL COMPLIANT.
TEAM, ANY QUESTIONS ON M1? NO? ALL RIGHT.
AND I WILL ADD THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO DO AN ADDITIONAL THREE HOURS OF TRAINING THIS SUMMER ON PARENTAL RIGHTS.
IT IS MANDATED TO BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 2026. SO JUST HEADS UP.
[M.2. Update on District Safety & Security Initiatives]
CAN'T WAIT.[M.3. Update on District Bond, Construction, and Renovation Projects]
IS THERE ANY UPDATES FOR US TODAY? NO? OKAY.M3, NATE, I KNOW WE BUMPED YOU LAST MEETING, SO COME ON UP.
I KNOW YOU, TEAM IN YOUR DIAZ FOLDER, THERE'S A COPY OF THE UPDATES, OUR DISTRICT CONSTRUCTION SUMMARY, WHAT'S GOING ON.
YOU JUST WANT TO PULL IT OUT AND FOLLOW ALONG.
NATE, I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A MONTH OFF.
YOU WANT TO KIND OF BRING US UP TO SPEED ON A COUPLE THINGS GOING ON.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT, TRUSTEES, AND DR.
I WANT TO FOCUS ON THEMES THIS EVENING.
SO IN THE THEMES, WE'RE COMING UP FOR PREP.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PREPPING TO GO FOR PACKING AND MOVE PLANS AS WE GET READY FOR COMING INTO THE SUMMER.
THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE AT TOM GREEN, KYLE, IMP HILL, AND WALLACE.
NEXT THEME IS GOING TO FOCUS ON IS THE ONGOING ITEMS. YOU GUYS MAY HAVE SEEN THE MONSTROSITY STRUCTURES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW.
THE WEIGHT ROOMS ARE COMING ALONG AS WELL, AS WELL AS ACADEMIC ADDITIONS.
SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ALSO UNDERWAY.
WE HAVE THE ACADEMIC ADDITION THERE AT THE WEIGHT ROOM.
THAT'S SCHEDULED STILL FOR A 26, BE READY FOR THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR.
AND THEN THE NEXT THEME IS GOING TO BE, QUOTE-UNQUOTE, READY.
SO WE'VE GOT A FEW THINGS THAT
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ARE READY NOW, SPECIFICALLY MIDDLE SCHOOL TURF THAT WERE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE AT MCCORMICK MIDDLE SCHOOL, CHAPA MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WALLACE MIDDLE SCHOOL.AND THEN THE NEXT THEME IS CONTINUATION.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK IN THAT TURF ENVIRONMENT OVER AT BARTON AND SIMON.
WE WORKED WITH THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT AND THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP US OUT ON SCHEDULING CAMPUS ITEMS TO ACCELERATE THOSE ACTUALLY.
SO WE MOVED THAT UP BY A MONTH.
DAHLSTROM IS STILL COMING ALONG AS WELL.
WE'RE WAITING FOR A, WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF A TCEQ PERMIT OVER AT DAHLSTROM AND WE HOPE TO START THAT BY MAY 1.
NOT TO BE OUTDONE IN THE CONSTRUCTION WORLD, THE DESIGN FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF CONSTRUCTION IS STILL UNDERWAY AS WELL.
WE JUST SAW ES18 THIS EVENING AND THEN METASCORE 7 AS WELL AS CONTINUING ON.
WE ALSO HAVE THE CYCLE REPLACEMENTS COMING UP THAT WE'RE STILL DESIGNING AND PLANNING FOR.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT INTO THE FUTURE, 27, 28, 29 SUMMERS.
TAKE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, NATE.
EVERY MINUTE YOU PROBABLY HAVE THIS, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS UPDATE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR NATE? TRUSTEE SEIBEL? YEAH.
TRUSTEE SEVERANCE AND I WERE AT THE LEHMAN 5K OVER THE WEEKEND, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, WELL, TRUSTEE OROSCO IS THERE AS WELL, BUT YOU WEREN'T.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MACS AND THE MULTI-PURPOSE ACTIVITY CENTERS.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AND THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE CATWALK UP THERE.
AND I DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE THIS IN THE DESIGN PHASE OF THIS THAT THERE'S IS THAT A VIEWING PLATFORM IT LOOKS LIKE THAT BAND DIRECTORS AND COACHES WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE AN ELEVATED VIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING DOWN THERE? DO YOU KNOW? YES, SIR.
SO WE WERE LIKE, I DON'T NEITHER ONE OF US COULD REMEMBER THAT THAT WAS ACTUALLY ON THERE.
HECK YEAH, WE'RE GOING UP THERE.
SO, ANYWAYS, I JUST APPRECIATE THE INTELLIGENCE AND FORWARD THINKING ON THAT.
THAT CAME FROM COACH MOFFITT, COACH GIBBS, AND PATTY AND THAT GROUP AS WELL.
THEY'RE REALLY FORWARD THINKING ON IT.
I JUST IMAGINE, I MEAN, WE ALL KNEW HOW IMPORTANT THESE WERE GOING TO BE IN THOSE AUGUST DAYS WHEN THOSE BANDS AND FOOTBALL TEAMS AND EVERYBODY ELSE ARE OUT THERE AND LONG DAYS PREPARING FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND THEIR PERFORMANCES AND ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT BEING OUT THERE ON THE HOT CONCRETE.
WITH THE, YOU KNOW, BAND TOWERS AND ALL THAT, AND SO IT WAS JUST REALLY, LIKE, YEAH.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS REPORT NEXT MONTH.
YOU KNOW, AS WE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS GET COMPLETE, I KNOW THIS BOARD MIGHT WANT TO TAKE SOME TOURS OF STUFF.
SO IF ANYTHING THAT IS TOURABLE, YOU JUST WANT TO THROW IT OUT THERE, AND WE WANT TO GO TAKE A PEEK AT STUFF,
[M.4. Update on Hays CISD Child Nutrition Services]
JUST MAKE SURE YOU.FIND SOME SWEET TIME FOR US TO GO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO M4.
THERE IS A, THERE'S AN UPDATE IN OUR HAYS, THIS IS THE UPDATE IN OUR HAYS CISD CHILD AND EFFICIENT SERVICES.
SUBMITTED THIS DECK TO YOU GUYS TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT THOMAS STONE AND ANNA TARPLEY HERE FROM THE CHILD NUTRITION DEPARTMENT HERE.
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE.
THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION HERE.
IS THERE ANYTHING, MS. OTTMERS, THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THIS FOR US BEFORE WE OPEN UP TO SOME QUESTIONS? I APPRECIATE OUR FOOD SERVICE TEAM.
GETTING THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER, THEY DO AN AWESOME JOB FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, FEEDING OUR KIDS THE RIGHT KINDS OF FOODS THAT GIVE OUR KIDS ENERGY AND NUTRITION SO THAT THEY CAN GO THROUGH THEIR DAY.
ONE ITEM OF PARTICULAR INTEREST IN HERE IS, AS OF NOW FOR THE YEAR, THEY'VE ALREADY SERVED 2.6 MILLION MEALS.
SO, YOU KNOW, ON AVERAGE, IT'S PROBABLY THREE AND A QUARTER FOR A YEAR.
THAT'S LOTS OF MILLIONS OF MEALS THAT WE ARE FEEDING OUR KIDS EVERY DAY.
AND GRATEFUL FOR THE FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THAT FOR THOSE FUNDS FOR KIDS.
BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE GETTING THE RESULTS EDUCATIONALLY FROM KIDS THAT WE GET IF THEY'RE NOT EATING WELL.
AND SO SOUTHWEST FOOD SERVICE EXCELLENCE DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB FOR US.
CAN WE BRING IT UP TO MIKE? CAN YOU COME UP HERE AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES TO THE WORLD AND ALL OF US? WE GET TO SEE YOU EVERY DAY, BUT COME ON UP.
[02:20:13]
GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO COME UP HERE AND KIND OF HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE DO FOR THE TEAM, BECAUSE MY TEAM, AND I SAY MY TEAM AS IN PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE, BUT ALSO IN THE CAMPUSES, WORK EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY HARD TO PROVIDE THE KIDS GOOD QUALITY FOOD THAT'S SCRATCH-MADE, IT'S MADE WITH CARE AND WITH LOVE, AND WE TRY TO COME UP WITH INTERESTING WAYS TO KEEP IT INTERESTING FOR THE KIDS AS WELL.
SO LIKE MS. AMBERS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW HOW KIDS EAT ALSO AFFECTS YOUR PERFORMANCE.
SO WE'RE JUST REALLY BLESSED TO BE HERE, THAT'S ALL.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ANNA TARPLEY.
NOT ONLY DO I GET A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THE TEAM DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, I ALSO HAPPEN TO BE A PARENT IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO I HAVE A SON IN ONE OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES AND HE HAS HUMBLED ME ALL THROUGHOUT THE PAST TWO YEARS.
AND WHAT WE THINK ARE GREAT IDEAS, WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD.
SO TRULY, THE HAYS CISD TEAM, EVERY SINGLE MANAGER, EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER, ALL THE IDEAS AND ALL THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS THAT WE TRY TO PUT IN FRONT OF THEM, THEY TRULY DO EXECUTE.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE GO WITH A GREAT IDEA, LET'S ROLL OUT SMOOTHIES FOR BREAKFAST FOR EVERY SINGLE ELEMENTARY CAMPUS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT OUR BREAKFAST PARTICIPATION IS NOT AT THE LEVELS AT WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
THEY IMMEDIATELY GROUPED AND THEY GOT IT ALL DONE AND THEY PREP IT FRESH IN THE KITCHEN EVERY SINGLE MORNING FOR EVERY SINGLE STUDENT AND THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE TO SEE.
WE'RE HAPPY AND HUMBLED AND GRATEFUL TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
CAN YOU LOOK TO MY LEFT FOR ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE FLORES? YEAH, THANK YOU BOTH FOR JUST ALL THE HARD WORK YOU DO, YOU KNOW, ALL ACROSS THE CAMPUSES.
AND WE DON'T HEAR FROM YOU ALL THAT MUCH, SO I'D LOVE TO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
BUT I KNOW THAT YOU ALL WORK HARD EVERY DAY.
BUT I REALLY JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THE NUMBER OF CEP CAMPUSES THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT.
IS IT STILL 10? OR HAS THAT NUMBER CHANGED OVER THE PAST YEAR? IT HASN'T CHANGED, BUT IT'S NINE.
IT'S NINE CP CAMPUS, YES, SIR.
AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO THAT THAT GETS REASSESSED, I GUESS.
IT'S EVERY FOUR YEARS, AND SO RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY WE'RE NEAR TWO OF THE FOUR-YEAR CYCLE.
SO WE HAVE TWO MORE YEARS, AND THEN WE HAVE TO REEVALUATE THE NUMBERS, AND THEN WE GO INTO ANOTHER FOUR-YEAR CYCLE.
AND I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME CHANGES IN REGARDS TO NUTRITIONAL STANDARDS BY THE USDA.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO ANY MORE OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE COME UP? COME ABOUT THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE EFFECT NEXT SCHOOL YEAR IN REGARDS TO HOW DOES EVERYTHING FROM SUGAR TO SODIUM INTAKE AND WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO SERVE? WELL, THE SODIUM INTAKE WAS REDUCED ACTUALLY QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO AND IT'S GOING INTO EFFECT NEXT YEAR.
THE PLANS THAT THEY MAKE FOR USDA IS QUITE A FEW YEARS DOWN, SO I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS.
WE'RE STILL WAITING FROM TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FOOD IN TERMS OF SO THAT NUMBER IS ALWAYS DECREASING THE SODIUM INTAKE IS ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE DECREASING BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE FOOD AS TASTY AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SALT SO TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT I MEAN THAT'S WHAT WE DO BUT AS FAR AS THE ARTIFICIAL COLORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT'S MORE GUIDANCE WE'RE WAITING ON FROM TVA.
AND, AGAIN, I KNOW THAT WE ACCOMMODATE ALL KIDS, RIGHT, REGARDLESS OF ANY BARRIERS THAT EXIST OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET A QUESTION DOWN.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS TONIGHT.
SECRETARY SEIBEL JUST JUST CAN YOU PROVIDE A CAMPUS BREAKDOWN OF CURRENT STUDENT LUNCH DEBT ACROSS THE DISTRICT? IT'D BE GREAT JUST TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WITH THE RISING COST OF LIVING, THIS LUNCH DEBT IS NO EASY BURDEN ON A FAMILY.
SO I'D LOVE TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS, BUT AGAIN, I MEAN, 2.6 MILLION MEALS SERVED.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST, Y'ALL DO SO MUCH AND SOMETIMES IT GOES UNRECOGNIZED, BUT NOT FROM THIS BOARD.
AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.
HELLO, I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN PLACE, LIKE THE GREEN BRONX MACHINE. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THAT EVENT WHEN YOU HAD THE SPEAKER COME AND HAVING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR CAMPUSES GROWING THEIR OWN.
FLAVOR FEST IS ALWAYS FUN, ESPECIALLY WHEN DR.
WRIGHT GETS ON THAT BIKE AND TRIES TO POWER THROUGH.
THAT IS ALWAYS A FUN TIME, AND MR. SEVERANCE AND I ALWAYS FIND GOOD STUFF TO EAT.
THAT EVENT SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALWAYS PARTNERING WITH HAYES HOPE TO GO AND OUR CLOSED CLOSET AND PROVIDING FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES IN
[02:25:01]
THE SUMMER WHEN WE HAVE OUR BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT THAT HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL TO OUR FAMILIES SO WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH YOU ALL SO THANK YOU TRUSTEE SEIBEL? YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM.YOUR WHOLE TEAM IS AWESOME, EVERY SINGLE PERSON, AND WHAT THEY DO FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR US.
EVERYTHING IS REALLY GREAT, SO JUST REALLY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT.
SMOOTHIES IN BULK, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS A THING THAT WE DO NOW, BUT MAYBE THIS IS WHY MY HIGH SCHOOL DAUGHTER PREFERS TO EAT BREAKFAST AT SCHOOL EVERY DAY INSTEAD OF WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE AT THE HOUSE, SO THAT'S SUPER GREAT.
I KNOW SHE LOVES SMOOTHIES, SO THAT'S REALLY GREAT.
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS SOURCE LOCALLY WHEN POSSIBLE.
YOU GUYS DO SO MANY GREAT THINGS WITH WHERE YOU'RE GETTING FOOD FROM AND ALL OF THAT.
CAN YOU JUST SPEAK, BECAUSE I KNOW FOR HIGH SCHOOL-AGE STUDENTS, AND I JUST REMEMBER MYSELF AS A HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE AND GOING THROUGH THINGS, IT WAS EAT MY BREAKFAST, MY DOUBLE LUNCH, AND THEN MY PRE-DINNER MEAL, AND THEN DINNER, AND THEN POST.
DINNER MEAL YOU KNOW SO I KNOW THAT'S THAT'S A DIFFICULT THING FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ARE YOU KNOW VERY ACTIVE AND BUSY AND YOU KNOW MAINTAINING THAT CALORIC INPUT THAT THEY NEED TO FUEL THEMSELVES FOR ALL THEIR ACTIVITIES AND KIND OF THE RESTRICTIONS THAT THEY'RE KIND OF BOUND BY BY NUTRITIONAL STANDARDS SO I MEAN SO THE THE PORTION SIZES ARE SET BY THE USDA SO WE REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH LEEWAY WITH THAT BUT WHAT WE DO IS A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE SPORTS LIKE YOU MENTIONED WE PAIR WITH THE COACHES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AND MAKE SURE THAT THE ATHLETES ARE COMING IN.
AT THE RIGHT TIME TO GET THEIR BREAKFAST IN EVERY DAY.
THE OTHER THING, TOO, IS IT'S A CHALLENGE, RIGHT, MAKING SCHOOL LUNCH POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A CHALLENGE.
SO ONE THING WE TURNED ON THIS YEAR, WE ACTIVATED, WAS LIKE A BUILD-YOUR-OWN-SOLID CONCEPT, AND THAT SEEMED TO DO REALLY, REALLY WELL.
AGAIN, IT'S WITH THE ATHLETES BECAUSE IT'S LEAN PROTEIN, IT'S LOW-FAT.
KIND OF LIKE LAST YEAR, WE WERE DOING THE PLANT-BASED PILOT, AND I WAS COMPLETELY SHOCKED BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE MOSTLY, YOU KNOW, THE FEMALES COME TO EAT.
I WAS REALLY BLOWN AWAY BY THAT.
IT'S ALWAYS A CONSTANT EVOLUTION OF KEEPING THINGS INTERESTING AND KEEPING THINGS PROGRESSIVE.
ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, EVENTUALLY THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO THAT HIGHER EDUCATION LEVEL AND THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THESE OPTIONS AS WELL.
I THINK OUR STUDENTS ARE SO MUCH MORE INTELLIGENT THAN WE GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR IN TERMS OF WHAT A HEALTHY NUTRITIONAL DIET LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THEY NEED.
I GOT TO LOOK, TRYING TO ACHIEVE WHATEVER THEY'RE TRYING TO DO SO.
SO PRETTY IMPRESSIVE ON THAT FRONT.
BUT I JUST APPRECIATE ALL THE THINGS YOU DO IN TERMS OF RECEIVING THAT STUDENT INPUT AND PROVIDING OPTIONS FOR THEM THAT THEY'RE THE ONES GIVING THOSE FEEDBACK TO YOU GUYS AND YOU'RE ACCOMMODATING TO THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO I KNOW YOU GUYS DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO GIVE THESE STUDENTS EVERYTHING THEY NEED ON A DAILY BASIS AND STILL WORK WITHIN THE BUDGETARY CONFINES THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH AS WELL.
IMPRESSED BY WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO WORK WITH AND WHAT YOU GUYS PUT OUT.
SO MANY GREAT QUESTIONS, SOME OF WHICH I WAS GOING TO ASK.
MS. TARPELLI, MR. STONE, IT'S SO GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS.
I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST MET YOU, MS. TARPELLI, AT A CONFERENCE, AND YOU TOLD US THAT YOU WERE A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT, AND YOU SAID THE SAME THING, THAT YOUR SON HUMBLES YOU AND TELLS YOU ALL THE THINGS.
I LOVE THAT YOU HAVE THAT TO WHERE YOU ARE GETTING THAT INFORMATION.
BUT ALSO, YOU GUYS ARE ON CAMPUS.
YOU'RE IN OUR CLASSROOMS INTERACTING WITH OUR KIDS AND GETTING THEM ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION ABOUT FOOD AND JUST GETTING THEM EXCITED ABOUT THINGS.
I MEAN, THE GREEN BRONX, I ATTENDED THAT AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT THEN AT MCCORMICK LAST YEAR, YOU GUYS CAME AND FED ALL THE KIDS HAMBURGERS ONE DAY.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE USED TO THE SAME.
YOU KNOW, LUNCH SCHEDULE EVERY WEEK, AND THEN YOU GET THAT COOL FRIDAY HAMBURGER DAY.
IT WAS PRETTY EXCITING FOR THE KIDS, AND THEY GOT TO HANG OUT OUTSIDE.
SO YOU GUYS AREN'T JUST FEEDING OUR KIDS LUNCH EVERY DAY.
YOU'RE IN THE CLASSROOMS, YOU'RE ON CAMPUSES, AND YOU'RE INTERACTING WITH OUR STUDENTS, AND IT IS JUST SO AMAZING.
AND CHEF RUFUS AND HIS TEAM, I'VE GOT TO SAY, THEY FEED US, ALL OF US, AND THEY ARE SO AMAZING.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, THOUGH.
TRUSTEE FLORES ASKED A COUPLE OF THEM.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE DYES AND ADDITIVES.
AND WE'VE HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE GOING TO BE ROLLING THAT OUT IN JULY, SUMMER OF 2026.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE ANYTHING COMING DOWN FROM THE STATE AS IT RELATES
[02:30:02]
TO ANY OF THAT RIGHT NOW, CORRECT? SO FOR...I CAN ADD A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR TO THAT.
SO A LOT OF THE PRODUCTS ARE ALREADY BEING REFORMULATED.
SO A LOT OF THE RED 40 IS BEING REMOVED ON THE BACK END.
THERE'S JUST NOT AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT BEING MADE.
OH, FOR EXAMPLE, BREAKFAST PIZZA.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ITEMS ON THE MENU.
IT WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF REFORMULATING.
NOW, ON OUR SIDE, WE REFORMULATED ALL OF OUR INTERNAL RECIPES.
SO WE MOVED OUR MENUS TO MORE SCRATCH COOKING UNTIL ALL OF THESE REGULATIONS ARE SET AND THE PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN CONTINUE TO OFFER A VARIETY TO THE KIDS.
AND WE CONSISTENTLY ARE LOOKING TO REPLICATE THE PRODUCTS, THE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS THAT THE STUDENTS ARE LOOKING FOR.
JUST MAKE THEM IN-HOUSE BECAUSE WE CAN CONTROL THE INGREDIENTS.
WE KNOW WHAT GOES IN THE SAUCE.
WE KNOW WHAT GOES IN THE DOUGH.
WE KNOW WHAT GOES IN THE BREADS VERSUS SOME OF THE...
PROCESSED PRODUCTS THAT UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE DESIRABLE BUT A LOT OF THE MANUFACTURERS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING REMOVING ALL THE DYES, OKAY AND THEN ARE WE CURRENTLY OFFERING WHOLE MILK TO STUDENTS? CURRENTLY WE'RE NOT OFFERING WHOLE MILK TO STUDENTS SO THAT IS ONE OF THE GUIDELINES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO TRY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND IF WE OFFER WHOLE MILK TO STUDENTS HOW WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE IMPACT OF THE SATURATED FAT? SO WILL THAT COUNT TOWARDS IT? WILL IT NOT COUNT TOWARDS IT? IF IT DOES COUNT TOWARDS THE SATURATED FAT CONTENT, THEN THAT MEANS WE WOULD HAVE TO REDUCE OUR OPTIONS.
OUR MENUS ARE SO TIGHTLY REGULATED THAT EVEN ADDING SOMETHING AS EASY AS A ROLL TO A DISH SOMETIMES TAKES US OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE WHOLE CONVERSATION CAME UP ABOUT WHOLE MILK VERSUS 2% AND WHATNOT, I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT DO NOT DRINK, ONLY DRINK WHOLE MILK.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT AREN'T GETTING THAT NUTRIENT BECAUSE THEY DON'T DRINK WHAT WE'RE SERVING.
SO I WOULD JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS.
AS WELL AS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR GUIDANCE FOR TDAS, SO ARE THE MANUFACTURERS.
BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP WITH THIS AS WELL.
SO THE MANUFACTURERS RIGHT NOW AREN'T CAPABLE, ACTUALLY, OF PRODUCING WHAT WE NEED IN THE HALF-PINES.
AND HOW DO WE COMPARE IN PRICING IN OUR DISTRICT COMPARED TO OTHER DISTRICTS? AND YOU PROBABLY CAN'T ANSWER THAT TONIGHT, BUT IF YOU WANT TO CAPTURE THAT, TRUSTEE SEIBEL, I'D BE CURIOUS HOW OUR LUNCH RATES PER STUDENT COMPARED TO OTHER DISTRICTS.
I'LL GET YOU A FULL BREAKDOWN ON IT, BUT I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THIS A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, IF NOT IN THE LOW END OF THE MIDDLE.
SOME DISTRICTS ARE CHARGING $4.25 FOR LUNCH, AND WE'RE AT $2.90 FOR THE SECONDARIES.
AND I WANT TO SAY, ACTUALLY, IF WE'RE NOT AT THE BOTTOM, WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM.
ARE THERE ANY DISTRICTS THAT YOU KNOW OF THAT ARE OFFERING FREE LUNCH TO ALL STUDENTS OF THIS POPULATION OF STUDENTS? AND HOW ARE THEY DOING IT? IN THIS IMMEDIATE AREA, NO, NOT WITH THE FREE AND REDUCED, BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS NOT DRIVEN BY APPLICATIONS OR BY HOUSEHOLD.
IT'S DRIVEN BY SNAP-TYPE PROGRAMS. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE...
THE SNAP MEDICAID, MEDICAID POPULATION IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT DATA IS TRACKED AUTOMATICALLY.
IT'S SENT TO THE STATE AND THEN THE STATE SENDS IT BACK TO US AND THAT'S HOW WE ARE ABLE TO ROLL OUT THE COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROGRAM.
WE HAVE IT ACROSS NINE CAMPUSES RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE WORKING EVERY SINGLE YEAR ABOUT THE FEBRUARY AND MARCH TIMELINE TO LOOK ANYTHING WE CAN ADD.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN TRENDS RIGHT NOW IS FREE AND REDUCED POPULATION IS DECLINING AT ALARMING RATES, PARTICULARLY IN THE CENTRAL TAXES.
SO WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO SEE WHAT TRIGGERS, WHAT PROGRAMS ARE OUT THERE AVAILABLE TO FINISH OUR CYCLE AND THEN CONTINUE ANOTHER CYCLE.
I'D BE INTERESTED, AND AS YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT, IF YOU'LL SHARE THAT.
AND I LOVE WHEN YOU GUYS GET TO PRESENT AND I LOVE WHEN WE GET TO SEE Y'ALL AND JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR KIDS AND FEEDING THEM.
WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THAT IS THE ONLY MEAL THAT THEY GET IS DURING THE DAY AND THANKS TO YOU AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE TRUSTEE OROSCO'S, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF RECOGNITION TO OUR STAFF.
[02:35:01]
THE EXECUTION AND THE ROLL OUT THAT THEY DID AND THE THOUSANDS OF DINNER MEALS THAT THEY SERVED TO THE STUDENTS POPULATION, JUST INCREDIBLE, JUST ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE TO SEE THE PUSH FROM THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT CAME INTO OUR CAMPUSES AND THEY HELPED AND THEY SUPPORTED, WHETHER IT WAS FOOD PREP, OUR STAFF STAYED AND WORKED OVER TIME AND THEY JUST DIDN'T LEAVE UNTIL ALL THE KIDS WERE FED.SO THE ROLLOUT TO THAT PROGRAM WAS AWESOME, AND I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM.
WE THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT GETS FED AND THAT MEALS ARE GOING HOME TO THOSE STUDENTS.
WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU GUYS PUT INTO THAT, ALL OF YOU.
TRUSTEE VELA? ANA AND THOMAS, THANK YOU ALL FOR STAYING SO LATE.
WE REALLY JUST APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP.
AS YOU ALL HAVE MENTIONED, YOUR TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE HUMBLE ENOUGH.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MENTION THIS, BUT I JUST WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE PARTNERED WITH US, EVEN BEYOND JUST WITHIN THE SCHOOLS OR DURING THE REGULAR LUNCH.
YOU'VE HELPED US FEED ATHLETES.
YOU'VE HELPED US, AGAIN, DO SOME OF THOSE OTHER AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.
WE HAVE A REALLY SMART TEAM UP HERE, SO THEY TOOK ALL THEIR GREAT QUESTIONS.
SO MY ONE QUESTION IS, WHO DO I NEED TO TALK TO ABOUT GETTING THE OLD-SCHOOL PEANUT BUTTER BAR RECIPE? ALL RIGHT.
YES, SEE, I'VE GOT A SECOND OVER THERE AS WELL.
WE DON'T OFFICIALLY HAVE TO CAPTURE THAT, MR. SEIBEL, BUT, YOU KNOW, HEY.
BUT, NO, JUST REALLY, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING GREAT PARTNERS, AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US INFORMATION.
TRUSTEE OROSCO? I FORGOT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE LUNCH PROGRAM FOR THIS SUMMER, BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PROGRAM FOR THIS SUMMER.
IF THAT'S, YOU ALREADY HAVE YOUR SITES LOCATED, AND WHEN YOU'LL BE SHARING THAT INFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE SUMMER SITES.
SO THE TWO SUMMER SITES WE HAVE THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL AND SCIENCE HALL, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE OPEN SITES.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE ALLOWING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO COME IN FOR BREAKFAST AND FOR LUNCH, TO GRAB A MEAL.
ANYONE 18 OR UNDER CAN COME AND GRAB IT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
DR. WRIGHT, YOU HAVE SOME WORDS TO SHARE? YEAH, SO FOUND OUT TODAY THAT A-PLUS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION OUT OF BUDA IS GOING TO PAY OFF THE LUNCH BALANCE AT TOM GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SUNFIELD, AND BUDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT BECAUSE IT'S HOT OFF THE PRESS.
AND BARBARA WILL BE GETTING WITH YOU FOR AN INVITE.
WE'LL HAVE A PHOTO OP AND ALL THE GOOD THINGS FOR BOARD MEMBERS THAT MAY WANT TO COME.
CREDIT UNIONS WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE AND PAY OFF THE REST OF OUR OTHER 17 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
WE WOULD LOVE TO GET A COMPETITION GOING.
WOW, WHAT A GREAT NUGGET TO THROW IN THERE. WAY TO GO, DR. WRIGHT. THAT'S GREAT INFORMATION. OKAY. YOU KNOW, THE HYDROPONIC GROW YOUR OWN VEGETABLE PROGRAM YOU DID.
IT'S AWESOME. I MEAN, YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU DEFINITELY HIGHLIGHTED YOUR PEOPLE. YOU GROW YOUR OWN PEOPLE. YOU'RE PROMOTING FROM WITHIN. I THINK I LOVE TO SEE THAT. YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD SOME RUMORS ABOUT SOME POSSIBLE ORGANIC REQUIREMENTS COMING DOWN THE LINE IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE HEARD THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASKING TO PROVIDE ORGANIC OPTIONS OR MEALS? WE HAVEN'T HEARD A WHOLE LOT. WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING RIGHT NOW INTERNALLY IS WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF OPTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, HALAL. SO WHAT WE'RE LEARNING AS WE'RE GROWING AS WELL, THE TEAM AND OUR ORGANIZATION IS.
HALAL OPTIONS ARE READILY AVAILABLE. SO FOR THE STUDENTS THAT REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE AND TAKE GOOD CARE OF WHAT THEY PUT IN THEIR BODY, A LOT OF THE PRODUCTS THAT WE ACTUALLY SERVE ARE HALAL. WE JUST, WE DIDN'T KNOW. SO ONCE WE STARTED TO GO THROUGH AN ANALYSIS, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROGRAM THAT WE CAN SEE BEING IMPLEMENTED FOR US SPECIFICALLY OVER ORGANIC. THERE'S SO MUCH THAT GOES INTO THE LABEL OF ORGANIC. WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN ANYTHING AS FAR AS REGULATION FOR IT TO BE MANDATORY NOW WE RECOGNIZE THAT PARTICULARLY HAZY IS HE HAS A LARGE POPULATION OF VEGETARIAN STUDENTS EVEN FROM ELEMENTARY IS ALL THE WAY UP. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO JUST OFFER A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH I MEAN YOU GUYS ALWAYS SAY YES, YOU GUYS ALWAYS THERE FEEDING OVER 2.6 MILLION MEALS I MEAN, IN THE PRESENTATION, YOU COULD SEE THAT'S ONE MEAL FOR EVERY PERSON IN OUR FIVE-COUNTY AUSTIN METRO. SO MAYBE THAT'S A FUN FACT FOR OUR WEBSITE, TIM. I DON'T KNOW. WE COULD PUT IT UP THERE. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. TWO THINGS OUT REAL QUICK. NEXT FRIDAY, NOT THIS FRIDAY, BUT THE FIRST OF MAY, IS NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH HERO DAY. SO IF YOU CAN JUST SAY, IF YOU'RE IN A CAMPUS, SAY HI TO THE CAFETERIA STAFF,
[02:40:02]
AND WE'LL BE RECOGNIZING THEM.AND THEN ALSO THE 30TH OF APRIL, THE WEEK NEXT THURSDAY, NOT THIS THURSDAY, BUT NEXT THURSDAY. WE'LL BE DOING ANOTHER CULINARY TAKEOVER WITH THE JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY TEAM. AND SO CHEF RUFUS IS GOING TO PAIR WITH THE CULINARY INSTRUCTOR.
AND THE TEAM IN THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO GO AND ACTUALLY TAKE OVER A LINE AND SERVE THE KIDS AND MAKE THE FOOD OUT OF THAT CAMPUS FOR THAT DAY. I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO SEND THAT TO MS. BARBARA GLORIA SO SHE'LL PUT THAT ON OUR CALENDAR SO WE CAN JUST HAVE IT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. LAST TIME WE DID THAT,
[M.5. Financial Statements]
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STATEMENTS THAT SHE PROVIDED? NO? OKAY. TEAM ON M6. PAGE 118, THIS IS OUR QUARTERLY[N. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES]
INVESTMENT REPORT. ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MS. ALMERS ON THIS? NO? ALL RIGHT. TEAM, CAN I GET ANY REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD? LOOK[ Additional Item]
TO MY LEFT. ANY QUESTIONS? MR. SEVILLE, THE CAPTURER, HE'S BEEN WORKING HARD TONIGHT CAPTURING STUFF. HE'S READY TO GO. ANYBODY ELSE? NO? ALL RIGHT. OKAY, THIS TEAM, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO CLOSED SESSION. DR.WRIGHT, YOU CAN DIRECT YOUR STAFF AFTER WE... GOING TO GO.
AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL ADJOURN TO A CLOSED SESSION ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OIL MEETINGS ACT TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074 AND 551.076 SUBCHAPTERS D AND E OR TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 418.183F.
THE TIME IS 9:30 P.M.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.