Nov 18, 2021 Regular Board Meetings

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OK, I THINK WE'RE GOOD NOW, SO IT IS 6:14, WE ARE GOING TO CALL THE ROUND ROCK

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IT'S THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH.

TWENTY TWENTY ONE.

ALL TRUSTEES ARE IN ATTENDANCE.

WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

RIGHT BEFORE I READ THE PARTICIPATION SCRIPT, I WAS GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE FOUR STUDENTS SIGNED UP.

WE HAVE 14 PEOPLE SIGNED UP ON THE AGENDA AND TWENTY FIVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR J1.

NOT ON THE AGENDA.

AND ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS AND THE REASON WE SPLIT IT WAS BECAUSE WE CAN GET THROUGH OUR BUSINESS, SO I WAS GOING TO LEAVE IT UP TO THE BOARD IF WE WANTED TO GIVE ONE OR TWO MINUTES. I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO THAT END IS THAT CAN I JUST DO THAT? I WAS GOING TO MOTION TO MOVE J AFTER E! WOULD THAT BE JUST A CLEANER WAY OF DOING IT? WELL, IT DOESN'T HELP AT THE TIME.

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION, YOU CAN MAKE THAT MOTION.

THAT WASN'T WHAT I WAS ASKING, BUT GO AHEAD BEFORE THAT MOTION IS MADE.

CAN I MAYBE RESPOND? COULD WE DO TWO MINUTES AND KEEP J WHERE IT IS? SO GIVE PEOPLE FULL TIME AND KEEP J WHERE IT IS? THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING, TOO.

I FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO AND UNDERSTAND OUR SITUATION AND STAYED WITH US.

THEY DESERVED THEIR TWO FULL MINUTES.

YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND THE FEEDBACK I'M GETTING IN THE COMMUNITY IS THAT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT'S HARD TO EVEN DEVELOP YOUR THOUGHTS IN A MINUTE.

OK, WELL THEN.

SO EVERYONE TWO MINUTES IN THE AGENDA AS IT IS, IT SOUNDS LIKE, IS THE CONSENSUS.

ALL RIGHT. BUT I DO HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE J TO I'M ACTUALLY JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE THAT THE BOARD MOVE ITEM J TO AFTER ITEM E AND SECOND THAT MOTION.

OK, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO MOVE J TO UNDER ITEM E.

MS. FELLER, CAN YOU TELL ME AGAIN THE COUNT OF THE SPEAKERS? THERE ARE FOUR STUDENTS, THERE ARE 14 ON THE AGENDA AND THERE ARE TWENTY FIVE NOT ON THE AGENDA. IT'S OK, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. MS. HARRISON, OK.

FOUR STUDENTS, TWENTY FIVE NOT ON THE AGENDA, HOW MANY ON THE AGENDA? I'M SORRY. FOURTEEN.

SO WOULD WE HEAR THE FOUR STUDENTS BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HEAR STUDENTS, THIS IS NEW FOR US AND THE REASON FOR THIS ARE LOANS ARE ELLIS G COACH RECOMMENDED THIS, SO WE'RE NOT GETTING TO BUSINESS AT LIKE 1:00 A.M.

MIDNIGHT. SO WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE THE FOUR STUDENTS AND TO HEAR THE AGENDA ITEMS? WHERE DO THE STUDENTS FALL IN THAT? YEAH, OUR BOARD POLICY WITH STUDENTS FIRST SINCE IT'S A SCHOOL NIGHT.

OK, THAT'S PREPARED TO VOTE.

SO IT WOULD BE FOUR STUDENTS AND 14 AGENDA ITEM PEOPLE.

YES, FOR E! AND THEN TWENTY FIVE PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP FOR J1.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

TRUSTEE BONE, YEAH, I JUST WONDERED HOW YOU'RE ENSURING THAT I KNOW IN THE PAST AND PEOPLE, THEY DON'T, THEY SIGN UP AND MAYBE THEY'LL PUT NO AGENDA ITEM AND THEN THEY GET PUSHED. I THINK THAT'S MY ALSO MY CONCERN IS THAT THEN THEIR WAIT, I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING THAT WAS PARTLY ON THE AGENDA, PARTLY NOT ON THE AGENDA.

SO HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT AND HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT EVERYBODY THAT WANTS TO TALK ON AN ITEM IS IN THE RIGHT GROUP? I HAVE TO GO BY WHAT THEY SIGNED UP FOR AND IF THEY SIGNED UP IN PERSON, THEY WERE ASKED THE PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP FOR NOT ON THE AGENDA, SIGNED UP FOR J1 J.

J, NOT LISTED OPEN FORUM.

SO I THINK IT WAS VERY CLEAR.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

IN FAVOR OF YOUR MOTION OF MOVING J ONE UP.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. A MOTION FAILS.

THREE-FOUR, SO J1 WILL STAY WHERE IT IS, BUT WE WILL GIVE EVERYONE TWO MINUTES.

[E. PUBLIC COMMENTS TO AGENDA ITEMS ONLY (EXCLUDES AGENDA ITEMS D AND E)]

WE ASK THAT CONCERNS OR COMPLAINTS REGARDING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS NOT BE RAISED IN THIS PUBLIC FORUM. SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT EMPLOYEES OR FORMER EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED

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THE BOARD REQUEST THAT COMMENTS, WHETHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, BE COURTEOUS AND RESPECTFUL. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE AND THE VIEWERS THAT THE COMMENTS OF THE SPEAKERS REFLECT THEIR OWN POSITIONS OR OPINIONS.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WHILE THE PUBLIC DOES HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK, THAT RIGHT IS NOT UNLIMITED, PER TEXAS PENAL CODE THIRTY EIGHT POINT ONE THREE FORTY TWO POINT ONE, FORTY TWO POINT ZERO TWO AND FORTY TWO POINT FIVE AND TEXAS EDUCATION CODE THIRTY SEVEN POINT ONE ZERO FIVE. NO AUDIENCE MEMBER OR SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO ENGAGE IN ANY CONDUCT THAT IS DISRUPTIVE OR THREATENING TOWARD ANY SPEAKER OR OTHER PERSON, OR TO VIOLATE THE PRIVACY RIGHTS OF ANOTHER PERSON.

THE BOARD SHALL NOT TOLERATE DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING BY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE IF AFTER AT LEAST ONE MORE INDIVIDUAL WARNING FROM THE PRESIDING OFFICER ANY INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING BY HIS OR HER WORDS OR ACTIONS, THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL REQUEST ASSISTANCE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL REMOVED FROM THE MEETING. THE BOARD MAY NOT DISCUSS OR ACT UPON ANY MATTER THAT IS NOT LISTED UNDER THE ACTION ITEM PORTION OF THE AGENDA.

THEREFORE, BOARD MEMBERS MAY NOT DISCUSS THE COMMENTS OF SPEAKERS.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT A LACK OF A RESPONSE FROM BOARD MEMBERS DOES NOT INDICATE AGREEMENT OR APPROVAL OF THE COMMENTS.

EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD MS. FELLER WILL BE THE DESIGNATED TIMEKEEPER.

WE WILL DO OUR FOUR STUDENTS FIRST.

MS. FELLER JUST ONE LAST THING BEFORE I FORGET I CAN, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I CAN SEE THE PROS AND CONS OF HAVING THE NON AGENDA ITEMS AT THE FRONT AND AT THE END.

PERHAPS WE COULD EXPLORE AS A BOARD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECORD YOUR COMMENTS IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE SPEAKING ON SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA.

BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT DON'T STAY UP AS LATE AS WE SOMETIMES RUN, SO POSSIBLY EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITY OF ALLOWING PEOPLE TO PRE-RECORD WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE BOARD SAY BECAUSE IT DOES PUT A LITTLE BIT OF BURDEN BACK ON THAT COMMUNITY MEMBER TO TRACK THE BOARD MEETING, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, YOU KNOW, HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THERE.

BUT I ALSO AM SYMPATHETIC WITH THE FACT OF US WE NEED TO CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS WHILE OUR BRAINS ARE FRESH AS WELL, SO I CAN SEE BOTH SIDES OF THIS.

BUT IF WE COULD POSSIBLY EXPLORE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO RECORD THEIR STATEMENT AHEAD OF TIME AND THEN PLAY IT BACK SO THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO STAY AWAKE AS LATE AS WE GO? ABSOLUTELY. AND I KNOW THAT STAFF HAS HAS REALLY WANTED TO DO THAT.

AND WITH THE NEW EQUIPMENT THAT'S COMING IN THE WEEK AFTER THANKSGIVING, HOPEFULLY WE CAN ADJUST OUR POLICY AT SOME POINT AND DO THAT.

THANK YOU. SO OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ALENA SMITH.

OK, CAN I GO WHEN? HI, MY NAME IS ELIANA SMITH, AND I'M A SENIOR AT CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT TWO ISSUES THAT HAVE BECOME CONTROVERSIAL WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, BOOKS IN BATHROOMS. WHEN I TOOK AB SEMINAR AS A SOPHOMORE, I WROTE MY RESEARCH PAPER ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF REPRESENTATION IN MEDIA ON THE HAPPINESS AND BY EXTENSION, MENTAL HEALTH OF VARIOUS SOCIAL GROUPS.

A YEAR'S WORTH OF REPRESENTATION FELL UPON ONE CONCLUSION.

WHEN PEOPLE SEE THEMSELVES REPRESENTED IN MEDIA, THEY'RE HAPPIER.

THE BOOKS TARGETED BY THE ATTACKS FROM MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THE STATE OF TEXAS OVERWHELMINGLY DEAL WITH RACE, GENDER AND LGBT ISSUES.

SOME PARENTS WANT THE FREEDOM TO BAN BOOKS ABOUT EXPERIENCES THAT MAKE THEM FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH OF STUDENTS WHOSE LIVES ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN MEDIA.

WELL, DEMANDING CENSORSHIP IN LIBRARIES.

PARENTS ARE ALSO DEMANDING NEW BATHROOM POLICIES THAT TARGET TRANS PEOPLE'S ACCESS TO BATHROOMS. DESPITE ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT CLAIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT UNDER TRANS INCLUSIVE BATHROOM POLICIES, THERE IS NO REAL EVIDENCE TO BACK UP THESE CLAIMS TO THOSE WORRIES. WORRIED ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT, I SUGGEST ADVOCATING FOR A SEX EDUCATION THAT TEACHES AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT.

A TRANS BATHROOM BAN WOULDN'T HAVE AN IMPACT ON SEXUAL ASSAULT.

INSTEAD, IT WOULD FURTHER ALIENATE TRANS STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT.

IN MY EXPERIENCE, THIS DISTRICT HAS NEVER BEEN TRULY WELCOMING FOR QUEER STUDENTS.

ACCESS TO BOOKS THAT DEAL WITH OUR COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE AND INCLUSIVE BATHROOM POLICIES ARE ALL WE HAVE. SO FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH OF QUEER STUDENTS, I'M ASKING THAT THE BOARD DOESN'T CAVE TO THIS NEW WAVE OF MORAL PANIC BY KEEPING BOOKS ON THE SHELVES, EVEN IF THEY ARE CONTROVERSIAL AND MAINTAINING THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT BATHROOM POLICIES.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALISON PLACE.

HELLO, MY NAME IS ALLISON, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT MY CONCERN ON THE ACTIONS THAT MAY BE TAKEN FROM THE TEXAS SCORECARD DOT COM ARTICLE, TITLED SCHOOL DISTRICT ALLOWING BOYS AND GIRLS PRIVATE ROOMS AND IGNORING CONCERNS.

AS A QUEER WOMAN, I'VE NOTICED A MOVEMENT IN THIS DISTRICT TO PORTRAY TRANS STUDENTS AS PREDATORS WHEN THERE HAS BEEN NO EVIDENCE TO PROVE THIS.

IN FACT, WE CAN SEE THAT WHEN INTERVIEWING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM THE 12 STATES THAT HAVE GENDER AFFIRMING BATHROOM BILLS, NONE HAS SAID THAT THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN SEXUAL ASSAULT.

THIS BLATANT FEAR MONGERING HAS ENDANGERED TRANS STUDENTS.

UCLA'S WILLIAMS INSTITUTE POLLED THAT ABOUT 70 PERCENT OF TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS HAVE

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WE MUST ELIMINATE INCORRECT NOTION THAT TRANS TEENS ARE PREDATORS TO PROTECT THE GROUP THAT IS ACTUALLY IN DANGER OF HARM.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME.

OUR NEXT TWO STUDENT SPEAKERS ARE ACTUAL, ACTUALLY VIRTUAL, SO OUR FIRST VIRTUAL STUDENT SPEAKER IS DOROTHY DOUGLAS.

HELLO, MY NAME IS DOROTHY DOUGLAS, AND I AM A STUDENT AT CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.

HELLO, MY NAME IS DOROTHY DOUGLAS, AND I AM A STUDENT AT CHRISTIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS USES THE PRONOUNS THEY THEM, AND THAT'S TOTALLY FINE.

BUT THEY ARE BEING BULLIED FOR IT.

BOYS ARE SAYING HORRIBLE THINGS TO THEM, AND THAT'S NOT OK.

MANY OF THE PEOPLE AT MY SCHOOL HAVE DISCOVERED WHO THEY TRULY ARE, AND THAT'S GOOD.

WE SHOULD TRY TO MAKE EVERYONE COMFORTABLE, AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE.

AT MY SCHOOL IF SOMEONE IS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH CHANGING NEXT TO SOMEONE, THEY CAN JUST CHANGE IN THE BATHROOM.

NO I NEED TO MAKE THE OTHER PERSON WHO'S NOT UNCOMFORTABLE, CHANGE THEM OR ELSE.

MIDDLE SCHOOL NOW IS DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS WHEN ADULTS WERE KIDS.

NOW, INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOVE OUR HEADS, MAYBE YOU SHOULD ASK US ONCE IN A WHILE WHAT WE THINK YOU SHOULD DO.

WE'RE BETTER PREPARED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW.

WE CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH AND WHAT WE'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH.

THANK YOU. OUR LAST OUR LAST STUDENT SPEAKER IS TIERNEE PITTS.

HI, I'M HERE. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD, DO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES? OK, THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS TIERNEE PITTS AND I'M A BLACK QUEER STUDENT AT CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. I'M SPEAKING HERE TODAY TO BRING A STUDENT VOICE TO THE CONVERSATION AROUND BANNING, QUOTE UNQUOTE CONTROVERSIAL BOOKS.

RECENTLY, A LOT OF CONSERVATIVE WHITE PARENTS HAVE SET THEIR SIGHTS ON BANNING ANYTHING THAT CAN CONTRADICT VALUES THAT THEY'VE IMPOSED ON THEIR CHILDREN.

THEY SAY THAT THESE TOPICS AREN'T APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN, BUT THESE TOPICS ARE MY HISTORY. IF I CAN EXPERIENCE RACISM AT THIS AGE, THEN THEIR CHILDREN CAN LEARN ABOUT IT.

AND A RESEARCH STUDY CONDUCTED BY A FRIEND OF MINE, SHE FOUND THAT STUDENTS SEE THEM THAT SEE THEMSELVES IN MEDIA ARE HAPPIER THAN STUDENTS THAT DON'T.

BANNING, QUOTE UNQUOTE CONTROVERSIAL BOOKS ONLY SERVES TO PERPETUATE THEIR DESIRE FOR RACIAL INEQUITY AT THE EXPENSE OF BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH.

SO I ASK ANY PARENT HERE THAT TO DEMAND A BOOK ABOUT MY CULTURE, BE BANNED.

INSTEAD, ASK YOURSELF WHY THESE BOOKS ARE MAKING YOU UNCOMFORTABLE.

I URGE THE BOARD TO RISE ABOVE AND KEEP THESE BOOKS ON THE SHELVES.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SO OUR FIRST IN PERSON SPEAKER IS SHANNON PROBIE.

SHE IS SPEAKING ON.

G6. IS IT ON OK? GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

MY NAME IS SHANNON KIRBY AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ANTI-RACIST COMING TOGETHER ACT.

I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE POLICE POLICY AS IT READS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THE THREE PAGE POLICY BEFORE YOU IS NOT INCLUSIVE, NOR DOES IT OFFER PROTECTION FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE AFFECTED MOST BY SCHOOL POLICING, WHICH ARE THE BLACK, BROWN, SPED AND LGBTQ PLUS STUDENTS.

THIS POLICY IS NOT DETAILED ENOUGH AND PROVIDES POLICE OFFICERS AND UNMITIGATED POWER OF ENFORCEMENT. ROUND ROCK ISD HAS HAD AND CONTINUES TO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH INEQUITABLE PRACTICES AND DISCIPLINE.

AS WE'VE SEEN FROM MOST RECENT OCCURRENCES DURING THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR, BLACK STUDENTS MADE UP NINE PERCENT OF THE DISTRICT, BUT 25 PERCENT OF THE ARRESTS.

SO EVEN THOUGH LESS THAN ONE IN 10 STUDENTS OVERALL WERE BLACK, ONE IN FOUR STUDENTS ARRESTED WERE BLACK.

DATA IN OUR DISTRICT AND ACROSS THE STATE AND COUNTRY SHOWS SIMILAR ISSUES.

THE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING AND CANNOT BE REMEDIED BY US DOING MORE OF THE SAME.

OUR POLICE POLICY SHOULD INCLUDE THE PROTECTIONS OF THESE MAJOR GROUPS IN OUR DISTRICT.

WE HAVE TO CHOOSE PROACTIVE SUPPORTS OVER REACTIVE PUNISHMENTS WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

PROACTIVE SUPPORTS WOULD INCLUDE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE THE DISCIPLINARY MEASURES TAKEN BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DATA MUST BE DISAGGREGATED. THIS KIND OF INDEPENDENT GROUP COULD HELP STEER OUR DECISION MAKING WITH THE CURRENT POLICE DEPARTMENT AND RESOURCES THUS ALLOCATED BY DEVELOPING A POLICE POLICY THAT AFFORDS OUR CHILDREN THE PROTECTION THEY DESERVE.

WE'RE ABLE TO ALLOW OUR CHILDREN TO EMBRACE THEMSELVES FULLY AND WITHOUT FEAR.

IF THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT WHO THINK THAT WHO THINK THAT MORE POLICE ARE GOING TO DO MORE GOOD FOR YOU, SORRY, THAT WAS MY WATCH.

IF THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT THAT THINK THAT MORE POLICE ARE GOING TO DO MORE FOR OUR STUDENTS, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE DATA THAT SHOWS POLICING IN SCHOOLS IS HARMFUL TO

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTA LANE.

SHE'S SPEAKING ON H1.

HI, MY NAME IS CHRISTA LANE, AND I HAVE TWO SONS AT CANYON VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED STAFF BONUS, BUT IN THIS SEVERE TEACHER SHORTAGE, WE MUST DO MUCH MORE.

EVERY TEACHER LOST CREATES A DOWNWARD SPIRAL FOR STUDENTS.

I'LL GIVE THE EXAMPLE OF MY SEVENTH GRADER.

[INAUDIBLE] TEACHER HAS BEEN ON MEDICAL LEAVE FOR A MONTH, DURING WHICH TIME THE KIDS HAVE BEEN WATCHING YOUTUBE.

SOME DAYS THEY'RE IN THE CAFETERIA WITH NO SUB AT ALL.

OTHERS, THEY HAVE A SUB BUT NO WORK BECAUSE THERE'S NO TEACHER TO POST ASSIGNMENTS.

MY SON CURRENTLY HAS A 47 IN ELA BECAUSE HE WAS SICK AND MISSED ONE OF ONLY THREE GRADED ASSIGNMENTS IN FOUR WEEKS.

NO ADULT COVERING HIS CLASS HAS KNOWN HOW TO ACCESS THE MS. WORK, AND THERE IS NO TEACHER TO EMAIL.

HIS CHINESE TEACHER HAS BEEN ON LEAVE FOR MONTHS WITH A SUB WHO PLAYS A VIDEO AND HANDS OUT A WORKSHEET ONE AND A HALF YEARS INTO CHINESE, AND HE HAS AN A..

BUT HE DOESN'T REMEMBER HOW TO COUNT TO 10.

MY SON IS NOT ALONE.

SO MANY STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS, BUT NOT MENTIONING IT TO PARENTS BECAUSE THEY LIKE HAVING MORE FREE TIME AT SCHOOL AND LESS WORK.

THIS CAN'T GO ON.

WE MUST REALLOCATE MONEY TO TEACHERS SO WE DON'T LOSE EVEN MORE TEACHERS TO OTHER OPTIONS. TRUSTEE WESTON, AMONG OTHERS, HAS MADE CALLS TO RECONSIDER THE SCALE OF THE POLICE FORCE. PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW.

PLEASE CONSIDER PAUSING POLICE FORCE HIRES AND REDIRECTING THE FUNDS TO TEACHER PAY.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MELISSA ROSS ON H1.

HI, DO I NEED TO MOVE THIS UP OR WE'RE GOOD.

WE'RE, GOOD, OH. MY NAME IS MELISSA ROSS, AND I'M A ROUND ROCK ISD PARENT.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE TEACHER BONUS AND TO CALL ON YOU TO DO FAR MORE THAN THAT FOR OUR TEACHERS.

WE ARE IN AN UNPRECEDENTED EDUCATIONAL CRISIS.

AT THIS RATE, TEACHERS ARE PLANNING TO LEAVE OUR CAMPUSES OR IT WILL GET DRAMATICALLY WORSE. YOUR ACTIONS ARE NOW CRITICAL FACING A TEACHER SHORTAGE THIS SEVERE.

THE ONLY WAY TO STAFF OUR CLASSROOMS IS TO BE TO TAKE BETTER CARE OF OUR TEACHERS THAN THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.

SOME DISTRICTS HAVE SAID THAT THE DISTRICT I MEAN, I'M SORRY.

SOME TRUSTEES HAVE SAID THAT THE DISTRICT ALREADY HAS ENOUGH MONEY TO MEET STUDENT NEEDS, THAT IT'S A MATTER OF USING MONEY MORE EFFECTIVELY.

I CALL ON YOU TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE MOST ESSENTIAL THING FOR LEARNING THAT ENOUGH TEACHERS.

ACT NOW FIND THAT MONEY IN OUR BUDGET.

ONE PLACE TO LOOK IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

TRUSTEE WESTON HAS CALLED REPEATEDLY FOR A REVIEW OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

FROM WHERE I SIT, A SUBSTANTIAL COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS IS LONG OVERDUE.

THE DISTRICT GOAL OF A DEDICATED POLICE OFFICER ON EVERY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS IS MISGUIDED WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TEACHERS.

I CALL ON THE BOARD TO PAUSE ALL NEW HIRES FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND REQUEST A FULL AND IMMEDIATE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THANKS. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ERIC ZIMMERMAN.

HE'S SPEAKING ON G8.

GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS ERIC ZIMMERMAN, MY PRONOUNS, ARE HE, HIM, HIS I'M FIRST SPEAKING TONIGHT ON ITEM EIGHT ADOPTION IT CHANGES TO COMMUNITY RELATIONS CONDUCT ON SCHOOL PREMISES, SPECIFICALLY THE RECORDING OF STAFF.

CURRENTLY, STUDENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS ARE ALREADY BEING RECORDED ON BUSSES AND CAMPUS.

SECTION 29.22 OF THE TEXAS PENAL CODE AUTHORIZES THE USE OF RECORDING DEVICES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION SETTINGS IN SECTION 21.15 THROUGH 16.

PROTECT ALL PERSONS FROM INVASIVE AND INTIMATE RECORDINGS GOING THROUGH SCHOOL.

I WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE WONDERFUL PATIENT AND CARING EDUCATORS MENTORS WHO SHAPED ME INTO THE PERSON I AM TODAY.

THIS IS TRUE FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR EDUCATORS.

HOWEVER, IT IS NOT TRUE FOR ALL.

THERE HAVE BEEN TWO DISTINCT INSTANCES IN MY LIFE WHERE LOVED ONES HAVE COME HOME FROM SCHOOL, NOT WANTING TO RETURN DUE TO A BULLY.

THIS BULLY DID NOT COME FROM THE STUDENT BODY, BUT FROM THE TEACHER.

MY BROTHER WENT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, CAME HOME, CLAIMING THAT HIS MUSIC TEACHER YELLED, CURSED AND BELITTLED THE CLASS CONSTANTLY AND CONFRONTING THE TEACHER ALL ALLEGATIONS WERE DENIED. UNKNOWN TO MY PARENTS, MY BROTHER TOOK A PORTABLE TAPE RECORDER INTO THE CLASSROOM AND CAUGHT SUCH ACTS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.

THIS TEACHER WAS ALSO CONTINUOUSLY SLURRING WORDS DUE TO BEING INTOXICATED WHILE AT SCHOOL. A TENURED PROFESSIONAL WHO, WITHOUT THAT RECORDING, WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THAT BEHAVIOR.

MY SON IN FIRST GRADE CAME HOME CRYING BECAUSE HIS TEACHER WAS MEAN TO HIM, PUNISH THE CLASS BECAUSE HE DIDN'T BRING BACK HIS HOMEROOM FOLDER.

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HE CLAIMED THE TEACHER YELLED AND BLAMED THIS SIX YEAR OLD FOR MY SHORTCOMINGS.

REMEMBERING MY BROTHER'S EXPERIENCES, I HID A RECORDER IN MY SON'S BAG AND MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES. THROUGH THE DAY, THIS FIRST GRADE TEACHER YELLED AT THE CLASS, PUNISHED THE CLASS THROUGH LACK OF PLAYTIME DUE TO MY KIDS MISSING PAPERS.

SEGREGATED MY KID FROM CLASS DUE TO READING DIFFICULTY AND CALLED HIM NAMES.

WHEN CONFRONTING THE TEACHER, ALL ALLEGATIONS WERE DENIED UNTIL WE PRODUCE THE RECORDING.

IF YOU'RE NOT PREPARED TO SAY IT ON TAPE, YOU SHOULD NOT SAY IT AT SCHOOL.

ANTI TRANSGENDER POLICIES DO NOT PROTECT STUDENTS FROM THOSE WHO WISH TO DO HARM.

INSTEAD, THEY CREATE HARMFUL ENVIRONMENTS FOR THOSE THAT WISH TIME.

YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING TODAY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN KING.

HE'S SPEAKING ON G8 AND G18 TEEN.

MY NAME IS JOHN CAGY.

I'M A PARENT IN ROUND ROCK.

I DON'T THINK I CAN DO BETTER AT EXPLAINING G8, BUT I JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT.

UH, PLEASE READ TEXAS PENAL CODE TITLE FOUR CHAPTER 1602, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT YOU'RE ON SHAKY GROUND WITH REQUIRING PEOPLE TO GET CONSENT FOR RECORDING.

REGARDING G18.

I HAVE A FEW POINTS I JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT.

FIRST ON GOAL ONE A PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE TO.

PLEASE BE MORE INCLUSIVE TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR ALL COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, NOT JUST COVID, AS FLU AND PNEUMONIA POSE A MUCH LARGER THREAT TO OUR CHILDREN.

THE REAL MEAT THAT I WANTED TO GET TO WAS REGARDING GOALS TWO AND THREE.

MOST OF THE STRATEGIES RAISED HERE OR HERE RAISED TO RAISE TEST SCORES, FOCUS ON IMPLEMENTING MORE TECHNOLOGY AND TOOLS TOYS FOR TEACHERS.

AS WE SAW TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TECHNOLOGY IS NOT RELIABLE, WE SHOULD NOT HANG OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE ON THE NEXT GREAT TOUCH SCREEN OR THE NEXT FED COMPUTER LEARNING PROGRAM.

INSTEAD, FOCUS OUR EFFORTS IN HELPING TEACHERS WHERE THEY WANT TO HELP, WHERE THEY WANT HELP. INSTEAD OF WASTING TAXPAYER MONEY ON TOYS.

REDUCE CLASS SIZES AND FOCUS OUR EDUCATION BACK ON THE FOUNDATION CONCEPTS.

READING, WRITING AND ARITHMETIC.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSEPH MCCULLOUGH.

HE'S SPEAKING ON H1.

HI, THERE, SIMPLY WHEN A STATE THAT GIVING MORE MONEY TO TEACHERS IS A GOOD IDEA, AND ANY TIME YOU CAN DO IT, YOU SHOULD AND YOU SHOULD GIVE MORE WHEN YOU CAN.

AND WHEN YOU CAN'T FIND WAYS TO GIVE MORE.

SO JUST TO BRIEFLY GO THROUGH SOME OF THE CLIMATE, THE CLIMATE SURVEYS THAT WERE THAT ARE GIVEN OUT TO EVERY CAMPUS AND THEY'RE THERE RE I GUESS THE RE-ISSUED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. AH SO FOR 2020, WE SEE THE FOLLOWING FROM SOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

SO FROM POND SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS STAFF, 29 PERCENT OF STAFF SAY MORALE IS HIGH AT THE SCHOOL. CALDWELL HEIGHTS THIRTY FIVE PERCENT WILL SAY THAT MORALE IS HIGH.

GADDIS ELEMENTARY THIRTY SEVEN PERCENT WILL SAY MORALE IS HIGH.

LIVE OAK ELEMENTARY 43 PERCENT WILL SAY MORALE IS HIGH.

AND THAT WAS 2020.

IMAGINE HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO LOOK EARLY 2021, SO FINANCES PLAY A HUGE PART OF THAT.

IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER STRESSES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN BEING AN EDUCATOR.

SO ANY TIME YOU CAN GIVE MORE MONEY TO A TEACHER, DO IT AND THEN DO MORE.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELAINE LEE.

SHE'S SPEAKING ON F4.

HELLO, MY NAME IS ELAINE LEE, I'M A ROUND ROCK PARENT.

I'M HERE TO SUPPORT PROVIDING RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE TO TEACHERS, AND THEY'VE WORKED REALLY HARD IN THE PAST YEAR.

I ALSO SUPPORT CONTINUAL VIRTUAL LEARNING BECAUSE WITH THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, IT CAN BE A VERY COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO SUPPORT FAMILIES WHO HAVE MEDICALLY VULNERABLE MEMBERS. AND IF YOU FOLLOW THE COVID NUMBER IN EUROPE, IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD.

WE CANNOT PREDICT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO IN IN JANUARY.

I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE DISTRICT TO COLLECT COMMUNITY INPUT AND PERHAPS EVEN EXPAND SOME PROGRAM TO INCLUDE A VIRTUAL PROGRAM.

FOR EXAMPLE, PERSONALLY, I WOULD LOVE TO MENTOR A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN OUR TITLE ONE SCHOOLS, BUT I CANNOT ALWAYS MEET THE STUDENT ON CAMPUS DURING THE LUNCH HOUR.

AND FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE IN COMMUNITY

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AZAIEZ FOR DOING THAT, THAT THOSE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION HAPPENING IN THOSE MEETINGS WERE ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN ROBINSON.

HE'S SPEAKING ON G13.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOHN ROBINSON, I'M THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER OF STR CONSTRUCTORS LLC TO PROVIDE A LITTLE HISTORY ON STR CONSTRUCTORS.

WE ARE COMMERCIAL GENERAL CONTRACTOR LOCATED HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS.

WE'VE BEEN IN OPERATION FOR 30 YEARS, WORKING PRIMARILY IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS MARKET WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WE ARE ALSO CLASSIFIED AS A HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES.

I'M HERE TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO AGENDA ITEM G13.

THE APPROVAL OF CSP FOR CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL CTE CLASSROOM RENOVATION PROJECTS STR WAS THE APPARENT LOW BIDDER.

HOWEVER, THE DISTRICT'S CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT IS RECOMMENDING ANOTHER FIRM.

STR GRADED SCHOOL WAS NINETY TWO POINT FIVE.

THE RECOMMENDED FIRMS WAS NINETY TWO POINT EIGHT PER THE BID TABULATION THE DISTRICT CONTACTED THE PROPOSED FIRM AND NEGOTIATED THAT FIRM'S BEST FINAL OFFER, WHICH DECREASED THEIR AMOUNT BY TWELVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS.

IF THE BOARD IS TO SELECT THIS PROPOSED FIRM, THIS NEGOTIATION, THIS NEGOTIATION WOULD LEAVE THE DISTRICT PAYING AN ADDITIONAL TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OF HIS CONSTITUENTS AND TAXPAYER DOLLARS OVER THE AMOUNT THAT THEY WOULD PAYING SHOULD THEY SELECT STR.

I PERCEIVE THIS AS AN UNJUSTIFIABLE COST TO THE DISTRICT, CONSIDERING THE GRADING POINT DIFFERENTIAL WAS A MEAGER THREE TENTHS OF A POINT BETWEEN THE TWO FIRMS. IN OUR 30 YEARS OF BUSINESS, STR CONSTRUCTORS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED MULTIPLE PROJECTS LIKE THIS ONE FOR MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS MARKET.

ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WAS THE ROUND ROCK ISD PERFORMING ARTS CENTER RENOVATION THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2019.

I PERSONALLY TALKED TO THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER MANAGER AND THE ROUND ROCK ISD PROJECT MANAGER FOR THAT PROJECT, BOTH OF WHICH WERE SAID THAT THEY WERE INCREDIBLY PLEASED WITH STR'S PERFORMANCE AND QUALITY OF WORK.

NONE OF THOSE PARTIES, INCLUDING STR, WERE CONTACTED ABOUT PAST PERFORMANCE, QUALITY OF WORK OR AS ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THE CSP.

IN FACT, REFERENCES AND FINANCIAL CAPABILITY WEREN'T EVEN REVIEWED FOR THE COMPANY, EXCEPT FOR THE ONE BEING PROPOSED.

THIS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT FELLER TIME EQUITABLE...

TIMES EXPIRED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING TONIGHT.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PATRICK BOYLAN SPEAKING ON H1.

GOOD EVENING. THE UNPAID IF YOU'D LIKE, YOU CAN LIFT THAT MICROPHONE UP SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BEND OVER. THERE YOU GO.

SORRY, I HAVEN'T STARTED YOUR TIME YET.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

THE UNPAID AND UNDERPAID LABOR OF TEACHERS IS THE CORNERSTONE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THIS COUNTRY. IT IS WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT I AM HERE TONIGHT TO ENCOURAGE THE ENTIRE BOARD TO SUPPORT AGENDA ITEM H1.

I APPLAUD THE LANGUAGE AND UNDERSTANDING IN THIS RESOLUTION THAT RECOGNIZES THE WORK OF STAFF IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN THAT RESOLUTION AND ALSO ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE UNPRECEDENTED CONDITIONS MENTIONED IN THAT DOCUMENT. ONE, PAY TEACHERS THE SUB FEE WHO COVER CLASSES WHEN THERE IS NO SUB.

CURRENT POLICY HAS A DISTRICT POCKETING THAT FEE.

TWO, RECOGNIZE THERE'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR THOSE WHO TELL YOU WE SHOULD NOT CHANGE THIS POLICY ON ONE DAY AT ONE CAMPUS, TWENTY TWO SUB JOBS WENT UNFILLED, SAVING THIS DISTRICT OVER TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

AS I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE 160 SCHOOL DAYS, OVER 160 SCHOOL DAYS AND 55 CAMPUSES.

THREE, RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS DO PAY TEACHERS THIS FEE AND FOUR, SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE THE SUB RATE OF PAY.

I'M NOT HERE TO READ THIS BOARD FOR THINGS OUTSIDE OF ITS CONTROL AND DO NOT EXPECT AS BOARD TO CHANGE THE NATIONAL NARRATIVE ON PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING IN ONE NIGHT.

HOWEVER, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE MEANINGFUL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT WHERE AND WHEN YOU CAN.

AGENDA ITEM H-1 IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE.

I KNOW THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF ABHORRENT.

YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR FROM ME AGAIN, AND I'LL LIKELY BE ASKING FOR MORE MONEY.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKERS [INAUDIBLE] SPEAKING ON G8 MS. STRONG.

SO I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE DISTRICT VIDEO RECORDING POLICY THAT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TODAY. I THINK IT SHOULD BE PULLED OUT OF THE CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED AND VOTED INDIVIDUALLY, NOT RUSHED THROUGH TO CONSENT.

THE TEXAS ONE PARTY CONSENT LAW EXISTS TO PROTECT THE WEAK AND VULNERABLE AMONG US,

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FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS AND TAXPAYERS.

IF YOU ARE EVER TO WITNESS WRONGDOING TOWARDS YOURSELF OR OTHERS, YOU WOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE TO RECORD IT BECAUSE YOU WERE NOT GIVEN CONSENT.

AND THIS IS ANYWHERE WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

THE ONLY REASON THE DISTRICT WANTS TO DO THIS IS TO HAVE THE POLICY, TO HAVE THIS POLICY IS TO PROTECT THOSE IN POWER.

IT TAKES RIGHTS, SAFETY AND PROTECTION AWAY FROM CHILDREN, WOMEN AND MINORITIES.

THE POPULATION THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT.

SO I IMPLORE THE BOARD TO PLEASE MOVE THIS OUT OF CONSENT AND VOTE NO.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE THREE MORE SPEAKERS ON AGENDA ITEMS, THEY ARE VIRTUAL.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS HANNAH DEL TORO.

SHE IS SPEAKING ON F4.

YOU CAN HEAR ME.

OK, COOL. THANK YOU.

SO MY NAME IS HANNAH DEL TORO, I WANTED TO PUT A FACE AND NAME TOGETHER.

I'VE WRITTEN THE BOARD RECENTLY, QUITE A LENGTHY COMMUNICATION ADVOCATING FOR MORE RESOURCES FOR IMMUNOCOMPROMISED FAMILIES LIKE MINE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DISTRICT IS PLANNING ON FULL RETURN TO IN-PERSON LEARNING IN JANUARY, AND I IMAGINE YOU ALL HAVE LEARNED A LOT IN NEEDING TO PIVOT TOWARDS VIRTUAL LEARNING DURING THIS GLOBAL PANDEMIC.

AND I'M REQUESTING THAT YOU TAKE WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED AND INNOVATE EVEN MORE TO PROVIDE A WAY FOR FAMILIES LIKE MINE WITH COMPLEX AND HIGH RISK MEDICAL NEEDS TO REMAIN CONNECTED TO THIS DISTRICT.

SO MY HOPE IS THAT THE VIRTUAL LEARNING WILL BE INCORPORATED IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS FAMILIES TO GET CONTINUED EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT THEY NEED AT BARE MINIMUM UNTIL THE DATA ACTUALLY REFLECTS THAT THIS PANDEMIC IS REACHING AN ENDEMIC STATE.

BUT EVEN BEYOND THAT, FOR FAMILIES LIKE MINE WITH SERVICES THAT COULD FILL IN GAPS THAT LEAVE MANY FAMILIES WITH NO CHOICE OTHER THAN TO HOMESCHOOL.

AND WHILE HOMESCHOOLING IS GOOD AND HAS ITS PLACE IN THIS WORLD, I BELIEVE THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION SHOULD TRULY PROVIDE SAFE ACCESS FOR ALL FAMILIES.

SO THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE TO SAY TONIGHT.

IT'S NICE TO TO BE HERE AND BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON THE SUBJECT.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, OUR NEXT SPEAKER, IS ROBIN HONIG.

SHE'S SPEAKING ON F2 AND F4.

MY NAME IS ROBYN HONIG, AND I'M A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT.

I'M HERE TO COMMENT ON HOW HARD IT PARENTS HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THEIR KIDS IN ROUND ROCK ISD I AND MANY OTHERS HAD TO BEG FOR A VIRTUAL OPTION THIS YEAR.

AND WHEN THE DISTRICT ENDED THE VIRTUAL PROGRAM, IT MADE NO ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE FAMILIES MOST VULNERABLE TO COVID, DESPITE THEIR PLEAS FOR THE PROGRAM TO CONTINUE.

I'VE ALSO SPOKEN TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE STRUGGLED TO OBTAIN SERVICES FOR THEIR KIDS.

THEY GET MIRED IN PAPERWORK AND PROCEDURES, AND THEIR KIDS RECEIVE LATE SERVICES OR NONE AT ALL. PARENTS KNOW THEIR KIDS BEST, BUT WHEN WE ADVOCATE FOR OUR KIDS, WE'RE DISMISSED BY DEFAULT.

AND LET ME BE CLEAR, THIS IS ABOUT PARENTS ADVOCATING FOR THE EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS OF THEIR OWN KIDS.

NO PARENT OR GROUP OF PARENTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO TAKE AWAY THE EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS OF OTHER PEOPLE'S KIDS.

THIS BOARD CAN TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND STUDENT OUTCOMES UNTIL THEIR HOARSE.

BUT FOR AS LONG AS ADMINISTRATORS PUT LOGISTICS AND UNIFORMITY OVER THE KIDS BEST INTERESTS AND FAIL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PARENTS KNOW THEIR KIDS NEEDS BEST, THE DISTRICT WILL FALL SHORT OF ITS GOALS.

THANK YOU. AND OUR LAST VIRTUAL SPEAKER IS LAURA [INAUDIBLE] SPEAKING ON F3 AND 18.

DO WE KNOW THAT? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

HI, I'M LAURA [INAUDIBLE] A CURRENT ROUND ROCK ISD PARENT AND ALSO A FORMER EDUCATOR.

FIRST OFF, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE STUDENT GOALS FORMS YOU HELD AND FOR THE PROPOSED SIX SCHOOLS YOU CREATED.

THESE GOALS ARE REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY, AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.

NOW I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS A MISSING KEY COMPONENT I DON'T SEE OUTLINED IN ORDER TO

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DEVELOPING THE WHOLE CHILD'S.

GOAL SIX, PREPARING STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS AFTER SCHOOL AND IN THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES UPDATE.

IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT TIER ONE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION PRACTICES ARE AGE APPROPRIATE, ENGAGING, DON'T HAVE STUDENTS SITTING TOO LONG, ARE MEANINGFUL HANDS ON AND MULTISENSORY . FROM DAY ONE IN KINDERGARTEN IF CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION ISN'T AGE APPROPRIATE KIDS WILL ACT OUT AND FEEL LIKE FAILURES.

IN KINDERGARTEN AGE APPROPRIATENESS INCLUDES LEARNING THROUGH PLAY AND ROUND ROCK ISD TOOK OUT PLAY CENTERS YEARS AGO.

THE CURRENT KINDERGARTEN TEAKS BACK UP THE NEED FOR PLAY CENTERS.

AS THE CURRENT TEAK STATES THAT CHILDREN LEARN HOW TO LISTEN AND SPEAK, WHICH ARE THE FOUNDATIONS OF LITERACY THROUGH 30 SECONDS, EXPERIENCES AND HAVE TIME REQUIRED FIRST AND AND SORRY, THAT THREW ME OFF.

OK, I'M IMPLORING YOU TO EVALUATE CLASSROOM PRACTICES GUIDED BY THE DISTRICT THAT BEST SUPPORT, A LOVE OF LEARNING AND THAT MINIMIZED BEHAVIORAL ISSUES, PARTICULARLY IN THE FOUNDATIONAL YEARS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ALL RIGHT. THAT IS ALL THE SPEAKS FOR E! AND AND BOARD, I'M GOING TO MOVE K1 UP.

IT'S A CLOSED SESSION ITEM, BUT WE DO HAVE AN OUTSIDE ATTORNEY THAT IS HERE IN PERSON SO THAT WE'RE NOT PAYING THAT INDIVIDUAL TO SIT AND WAIT TO THE END OF OUR MEETING.

WE'RE GOING TO GO DO K-1 AND THEN COME BACK OUT AND DO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

SO PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS FIVE FIVE ONE POINT ZERO SEVEN ONE AND FIVE FIVE ONE POINT ONE TWO ONE FIVE FIVE ONE POINT ONE TWO NINE THE BOARD WILL CONSULT WITH

[K. CLOSED SESSION]

ROUND ROCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT. WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS.

AND IT IS 6:52 AND WE WILL GO INTO CLOSED.

OK, IT'S 7:51 AND WE ARE CALLED BACK INTO OPEN SESSION.

WE WILL GO NOW TO OUR SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.

[F. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU PRESIDENT WEIR. THANK YOU, TRUSTEES.

GOOD EVENING. SO WE HAVE WE TRIED TO HIGHLIGHT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN OUR DISTRICT AND TODAY OR THIS EVENING, WE HAVE A VIDEO OF ONE OF OUR GREAT TEACHERS HERE AT SIERRA VISTA. SO WE WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

FREE, FREE SOUTH.

I SPEND A LOT OF TIME BUILDING COMMUNITY ONLINE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT MATTERS A LOT TO ME BECAUSE I WAS A KID WHO NEEDED COMMUNITY AND NEEDED CONNECTION MORE THAN ANYTHING.

AND SO THROUGH THE COMPUTER SCREEN, I SHARE ENOUGH, BUT IT'S IT'S NOT ENOUGH.

I NEED TO SEE THE KIDS.

I NEED THEM TO SEE ME AND KNOW THAT THEY MATTER TO ME AS MUCH AS I MATTER TO THEM.

SO I ONE DAY LAST YEAR TEACHING VIRTUALLY, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO GO TO THEM.

I NEED THEM TO KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T JUST A CASUAL COMPUTER SCREEN.

HEY ALEX, WHAT'S UP? I'M MR. SPARKS. I'M ALEX'S TEACHER.

YES I'M ALLISON'S TEACHER MR. SPARKS, I TOLD HER I WAS BRINGING HER.

I THINK THAT'S NICE BECAUSE YOU GET TO SEE HIM.

AND USUALLY WITH THE VIRTUAL WITH THE VIRUS, YOU CAN'T SEE MUCH PEOPLE.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

HE DID THAT AND THAT MAKES ME HAPPY.

WE LOVE MR. SPARKS. WE THINK HE IS VERY AWESOME.

ALEX LIKES HIM AND ALEX STRUGGLES WITH SCHOOL.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE MET MR. SPARKS, HE'S STARTING TO LIKE SCHOOL NOW.

I THINK IT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A REALLY RECOGNIZING THE NEED ON HIS PART TO MAKE SURE THE STUDENTS FELT THAT CONNECTION, YOU KNOW, AND FELT LIKE THEY HAD A SENSE OF BELONGING.

I THINK IT'S IT'S INDICATIVE OF THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM THAT WE HAVE HERE IN ROUND ROCK, ISD AND ALL OF THE TEACHERS OF THE VIRTUAL LEARNING PROGRAM.

I TRY TO HIT ALL OF THEM AND I TRY TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE, AND I TRY TO, YOU KNOW, GET A GET IN A FEW MINUTES WITH EACH ONE OF THEM JUST TO, HELLO.

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YET BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A QUIZ ON FRIDAY.

WASHINGTON? YES.

GAVE THEM A CHANCE TO FEEL LIKE OR TO GIVE THEM SCHOOL BACK.

GIVE SCHOOL BACK TO THEM.

AND SO IF THAT COULD GET THEM, YOU KNOW, BACK TO WHERE THEY FELT LIKE BEING BACK IN THE CLASSROOM AND AND BACK IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING FELT COMFORTABLE, THEN I'M GLAD I DID IT.

FROM THE BEGINNING. WE WENT INTO THIS.

THE VIRTUAL LEARNING PROGRAM THIS YEAR FOR THE MAIN REASON IS THAT WE KNEW THAT OUR STUDENTS IN GRADES KINDER THROUGH SIX WERE NOT GOING TO BE VACCINE ELIGIBLE AND AND NOW THAT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME BACK TO CLASSROOMS. SO I'VE BEEN TALKING TO CAMPUSES AND TEACHERS ON CAMPUS, YOU KNOW, EXCITED FOR THOSE KIDS TO COME BACK ACROSS THE BOARD ARE VIRTUAL LEARNING PROGRAM.

TEACHERS ARE GATHERING DATA GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR STUDENTS SO THEY CAN SHARE THOSE WITH THE TEACHERS THAT THE STUDENTS WILL BE RECEIVING WHEN THEY GET BACK ON CAMPUS.

BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A AN EMOTIONAL TRANSITION AS WELL AS AN ACADEMIC TRANSITION, AND THE MORE THAT OUR OUR TEACHERS BACK ON CAMPUS CAN KNOW ABOUT THE STUDENTS AND THEY'RE ABLE TO REACH OUT AND WELCOME THEM, THAT FIRST DAY IS GOING TO REALLY HELP WITH THAT SENSE OF BELONGING, YOU KNOW, AS THESE STUDENTS GO TO A NEW CLASS.

BUT WE ALSO WANT THAT TEACHER WHO'S RECEIVING THEM TO REALLY HAVE A GOOD ACADEMIC BACKGROUND IN THAT STUDENT SO THEY CAN CAN PICK UP RIGHT WHERE THAT VIRTUAL LEARNING TEACHER LEFT OFF OVER THE LAST FIVE MONTHS.

HE'S REALLY SEEN THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WITHIN ROUND ROCK ISD BEYOND ROUND ROCK ISD PULLED TOGETHER TO MEET THIS NEED FOR OUR STUDENTS, WHO WE'RE NOT VACCINE ELIGIBLE.

SO JUST EVERY OUNCE OF, LIKE I SAY, GRATITUDE AND THANKS FOR THE AMOUNT OF FLEXIBILITY LEADERSHIP AT ALL LEVELS TO PULL THIS TOGETHER.

THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHLIGHT, RIGHT, WE HAVE TONS OF DEDICATED CARING TEACHERS.

SO, YOU KNOW, ZACH'S IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN EVERY DAY IN OUR CAMPUSES.

AND SO HE'S GOING OUT THERE AND TALKING WITH OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING VIRTUAL CLASSES AND MAKING SURE AGAIN THAT THERE'S A CONNECTION.

BUT AGAIN, AS I SAID, THEY HAVE TONS OF OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE DOING THAT IN PERSON AS WELL AS IN VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION.

SO WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OUR BOARD STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS TIME TRACKER.

TRUSTEE HARRISON.

I GUESS THAT'S ME. WE'VE SPENT 99 PERCENT OF OUR TIME DISCUSSING STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS IN OCTOBER THAT WAS HELPED BY THE 10 FORUMS, THE COMMUNITY FORUMS WE HAVE.

BECAUSE THE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION COUNTS TOWARDS STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS.

AND THAT'S IT.

HAPPY ABOUT THAT. IT WON'T BE THE SAME FOR THIS MONTH.

JUST BE PREPARED.

BUT OUR GOAL IS TO GET 50 PERCENT OR MORE CENTERED AROUND STUDENT OUTCOMES.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THE CUMULATIVE TOTAL? YES. SO WE ONLY HAD SIX MINUTES.

OUTSIDE, I MEAN, WE HAD 12 MINUTES FOR THE TWO WEEK COMMUNICATION WITH THE FORUMS, BUT WE ONLY HAD SIX MINUTES ON STUDENT OUTCOMES, WAS THAT AT OUR MEETING? DID WE HAVE ANY? I SHOULD GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE MEETING ROOM.

DID YOU POST THAT? THAT WAS OUR REGULAR MEETING.

SO SIX MINUTES AT OUR REGULAR MEETING.

RIGHT. THANK YOU, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS, SO.

WE WILL GO THEN TO F3, OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES UPDATE, DR.

AZAIEZ, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT WEIR.

SO I KNOW WE WANTED TO GIVE UPDATES TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS, OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW THINGS ARE ARE MOVING ALONG WITH OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICE.

AND SO WE HAVE WITH US, DR.

GRASSO, WHO'S BEEN LEADING THE WORK IN OUR DISTRICT WITH SOME UPDATES AGAIN FOR OUR BOARD AND COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT WEIR TRUSTEES AND DR.

AZAIEZ. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BRING YOU AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT.

I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED EVERY TIME I GET TO SHARE THE GREAT WORK OF THE TEAM THAT I HAVE THE HONOR OF SUPPORTING AND SUPERVISING.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

TO GET STARTED, I WANTED TO GIVE A DEFINITION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND ONE THAT I REALLY FEEL REALLY FITS WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE DISTRICT.

THE REASON FOR THIS IS, I THINK SOMETIMES THERE'S SOME MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT IS OR WHAT IT'S NOT. AND SO A FEW KEY WORDS THAT I FEEL REALLY THE REASON I CHOSE THIS DEFINITION IS ITS PROMOTION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND RESILIENCY.

IT'S ALSO THE TREATMENT SUPPORT, BUT IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE, BUT IT'S FOR THE FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE REALLY ABOUT HOW DO WE SERVE THE WHOLE FAMILY UNITS? HOW DO WE SERVE THE COMMUNITY THAT THE STUDENT IS IN TO REALLY APPROACH THEM HOLISTICALLY? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

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WE EACH AS A DISTRICT, WE'VE BEEN ON A JOURNEY AND THE BOARD HAS BEEN ON A JOURNEY WITH THIS.

I ALWAYS SAY THAT I BECAME INTERESTED IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BECAUSE OF A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF LOSING MY MOM 23 THREE YEARS AGO.

BUT IT'S NOT WHY I DO IT TODAY.

TEN YEARS AGO, THE RATES OF SUICIDE FOR TEENS CONTINUED TO INCREASE AND INCREASE.

THEY'VE BEEN INCREASING FOR OVER A DECADE.

IT'S THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH, AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR OVER 10 YEARS FOR TEENS AND THAT'S IN THE NATION AND IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND THAT'S WHAT DRIVES ME TO DO WHAT I DO EVERY DAY.

IT'S WHAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE AND WHY I AM SO HONORED TO DO THIS WORK.

AS A DISTRICT, WE'VE CARED ABOUT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOR A LONG TIME.

I THINK BACK FIVE YEARS AGO, WHEN THE STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD TOOK ON MENTAL HEALTH AS THEIR PASSION PROJECT AND REALLY WEIR VOICES FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION AND SEEING THAT THEIR VOICES WERE SO IMPORTANT AND AS A DISTRICT, HOW WE LISTEN TO STUDENTS IN IT'S HELPED INFORM THE WORK WE'RE DOING.

AND THEN I'LL ALSO LOOK AT WHAT THE BOARD'S DONE, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS JUNE OF 2019 THAT THE BOARD FIRST PASSED THE FUNDING FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS.

AND THEN IN AUGUST OF 2020 IS WHEN THE BOARD PASSED TO THE HIRING OF SOCIAL WORKERS.

AND SO THE BOARD HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LEADER AND A SUPPORTER IN THE WORK OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND BELIEVING THAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE THIS LEVEL OF SUPPORT AND HAVE ALWAYS BACKED IT, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

I WANTED TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT OF WHAT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES IS IN OUR DISTRICT AND WHAT THE SERVICES WE HAVE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART, I VIEW IT AS THREE TIERS THAT TIER ONE IS A LOT OF THE WORK OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS DO.

YOU KNOW, THEY PROVIDE IT TO ALL STUDENTS.

THEY MEET WITH STUDENTS, THEY PROVIDE THE LESSONS THAT THEY GO INTO TEACH, ESPECIALLY WITH AN ELEMENTARY AND THEN SOME STUDENTS WHO NEED A LITTLE MORE.

THEY DO INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP SESSIONS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN COUNCILMAN, WHILE COUNSELING SERVICES IS A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT THAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES.

WE VERY MUCH COLLABORATE AND WORK TOGETHER.

BUT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES IS REALLY THAT TIER THREE, YOU KNOW, NOT ALL STUDENTS ARE GOING TO NEED IT, BUT WE'RE THERE FOR THOSE WHO DO IN DIFFERENT STUDENTS MIGHT NEED IT AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN THEIR EDUCATION.

AND SO THE THREE DIFFERENT AREAS WE SUPPORT, WE HAVE THE SOCIAL WORKERS, WHICH WE HAVE TWO LEARNING COMMUNITY.

ALL THOSE REFERRALS COME FROM EITHER A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, A COUNSELOR OR THE NURSE ON THAT CAMPUS, AND THEY ALL HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF TRAINING.

THEY AT LEAST HAVE A MASTER'S IN SOCIAL WORK, AND THEY'RE LICENSED AS A LICENSED MENTAL LAST LICENSE MASTER SOCIAL WORKER, A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER, WHICH IS EVEN A HIGHER LEVEL WITH THREE THOUSAND CLINICAL HOURS THAT'S SUPERVISED.

WE ALSO THEN HAVE OUR MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS, WHICH IS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH BLUE BONNET TRAILS, ITS FOUR THERAPIST, AND THEY GO ACROSS THE WHOLE DISTRICT, SEEING STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN REFERRED ONCE THEY'RE REFERRED IT GOES THROUGH A PROCESS AND THAT'S NOT DONE WITHOUT PARENT CONSENT, SO PARENTS HAVE TO CONSENT TO THAT.

BUT THEN STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO SEE A THERAPIST AT THEIR CAMPUS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

IT'S AT NO COST IF THE FAMILY DOES NOT HAVE MEANS.

IF THEY'RE IF THEY DO HAVE INSURANCE.

WE DO HAVE BLUE BONNET TRAILS, BILL INSURANCE, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO AND THE PARENTS AGREE TO THAT JUST SO WE CAN START OFFSETTING COST AND CONTINUE PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES.

BUT NO STUDENT WILL EVER BE TURNED AWAY.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR TCHATT PROGRAM, WHICH IS TEXAS CHILD HEALTH ACCESS THROUGH TELEMEDICINE. WE PILOTED THIS LAST YEAR WITH 10 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND IT PROVIDES FREE OF CHARGE, AND IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH DELL MED SCHOOL UP TO FOUR SESSIONS WITH EITHER A PSYCHOLOGIST, A PSYCHIATRIST OR ANOTHER TYPE OF THERAPIST.

THEY REALLY WORK, AND THEN THEY REFER OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THAT WAS PILOTED LAST YEAR, AND NOW IT'S DISTRICT WIDE.

SO ONCE AGAIN, IT'S REFERRALS, EITHER THROUGH THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR OR THE SOCIAL WORKER.

AND ONCE AGAIN, PARENT CONSENT IS REQUIRED FOR THAT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

I THINK IT ASKED HOW OUR DATA, HOW IS THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR STUDENTS COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS AND BEING A NEW DEPARTMENT, I DON'T HAVE ANY DATA PAST THE LAST YEAR, AUGUST 2020, I WAS HIRED IN THEN WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE SOCIAL WORKERS UNTIL THE FIRST ONES GOT HIRED ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

AND SO I PULLED FROM SOME DIFFERENT AREAS THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO LOOK AT. ANONYMOUS ALERTS IS OUR ANONYMOUS ALERT REPORTING SYSTEM.

SO STUDENTS, STAFF, PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHOEVER WANTS TO CAN PUT A REPORT IN.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TOP IS THE TOTAL ALERTS, AND FOR EACH YEAR, IT'S AUGUST 1ST

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AND THOSE ARE THE NUMBER OF ALERTS, AS YOU CAN TELL LAST YEAR, WE HAD A CONSIDERABLY LESS ALERTS THAN THE THE 2021 OR 2019.

AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS LESS STUDENTS PHYSICALLY ON CAMPUS.

I THEN WANTED TO PULL OUT OUT OF ALL OF THOSE, WHICH OF THOSE ALERTS ACTUALLY DEALT WITH MENTAL HEALTH. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WAS 27 OF THE THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY SEVEN, WHICH EQUALS TO ABOUT SEVEN PERCENT OF ALL ALERTS.

AND THAT'S BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT ACROSS THE LAST THREE YEARS.

SO REALLY WANTING TO LOOK AT ANY DATA, WE HAVE TO MAKE A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE YEARS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

ALSO WANTED TO LOOK AT OUR GAGGLE ALERT.

SO GAGGLE IS OUR SYSTEM.

IT SCANS, MONITORS, GOOGLE DRIVE EMAILS OF ALL STUDENTS, THEIR SCHOOL ACCOUNTS.

IF THEY'RE LOGGED INTO THEIR SCHOOL ACCOUNT THROUGH THEIR GOOGLE DRIVE, IT GETS MONITORED AND THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT ALERTS THAT HAPPEN THROUGH GAGGLE.

ONE IS IF A STUDENT IS TYPING SOMETHING THAT MAYBE THEY SHOULDN'T BE, THEY GET A LITTLE VIOLATION POP UP, LIKE, DON'T USE THAT LANGUAGE KIND OF THING.

THE NEXT IS QUESTIONABLE CONTENT, WHICH IS THE COMPUTER SYSTEM SCANS, AND THEY PICK UP SOME KEYWORDS, BUT IT'S NOT DEEMED TO BE AN IMMEDIATE CONCERN.

SO THOSE ARE EMAILS THAT THEN GO TO CAMPUSES.

IT'S THROUGH PRINCIPALS, AP'S AND COUNSELORS.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS A POSSIBLE STUDENT SITUATION.

SO WHAT POSSIBLE STUDENT SITUATIONS ARE THAT GAGGLE ACTUALLY OF HUMANS LOOKING THROUGH STUFF AND IT ELEVATES TO A LEVEL THAT THEY THINK IT'S AN IMMEDIATE CONCERN.

SO WHEN IT'S A POSSIBLE STUDENT SITUATION, IT'S ACTUALLY A PHONE CALL TO.

WE HAVE A PHONE TREE OF PEOPLE AT ADMIN AND THEY WILL CALL TWENTY FOUR SEVEN THREE HUNDRED. SIXTY FIVE DAYS A YEAR, SO AS SOON AS IF A STUDENT HAS DONE SOMETHING THAT'S DEEMED THAT LEVEL. SO FROM AUGUST 1ST TO OCTOBER 31ST OF 2021, WE'VE HAD 47 OF THOSE POSSIBLE STUDENT SITUATIONS.

AND THEN OF THOSE 20, IT WAS A MENTAL HEALTH CONCERN, WHICH IS FORTY THREE PERCENT OF ALL POSSIBLE STUDENT SITUATIONS, WHICH IS LOWER THAN LAST YEAR, BUT HIGHER THAN 2019.

I WILL SAY I LOOKED BACK THROUGH THOSE 20 MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS AND POSSIBLE STUDENT SITUATIONS AND ONCE CAMPUSES TO FOLLOW BACK UP.

MOST OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE ALREADY RECEIVING MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENTS, AND SO IT WAS ALERTING THE PARENTS WHEN THAT HAPPENS, PARENTS ARE NOTIFIED, GIVEN RESOURCES AND CONNECTING THEM TO WHAT'S NEEDED.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO WHERE ARE WE WITH REFERRALS IN DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES? THIS IS ONCE AGAIN, I PULLED THE DATA ON OCTOBER 31ST FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS.

WE'VE HAD TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE REFERRALS.

NOW IT DOESN'T MEAN ALL TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE ACCEPTED SERVICES.

ONCE AGAIN, ONCE THE REFERRAL HAPPENS WHEN THEY CONTACT THE PARENTS, THERE'S TIMES THE PARENTS DON'T REFUSE SERVICE OR THERE WAS SAY THEY'RE ALREADY SEEING ANOTHER COUNSELOR OR SOMETHING. BUT THERE'S BEEN 221 REFERRALS FOR ALL OF LAST YEAR.

WE HAD THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO MENTAL HEALTH CENTER REFERRALS, SO WE ARE DEFINITELY ON TRACK TO BE WAY MORE REFERRALS FOR THE SOCIAL WORKERS THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SO FAR THIS YEAR. I CHECKED YESTERDAY.

WE'RE UP TO FOUR HUNDRED SIX AND WE HAD FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN TOTAL LAST YEAR.

THE PIE GRAPH SHOWS YOU OF THE SOCIAL WORKER REFERRALS.

WHAT TYPE OF REFERRALS ARE THERE? FORTY NINE PERCENT OF ALL THOSE REFERRALS WERE A MENTAL HEALTH CONCERN, FOLLOWED BY BEHAVIOR CONCERNS AND THEN BASIC NEEDS.

BASIC NEEDS WOULD BE FAMILIES WHO HAVE FOOD INSECURITIES OR THE SOCIAL WORKERS, A LOT OF TIMES ARE HELPING RIGHT NOW WITH FILLING OUT FORMS FOR RENT ASSISTANCE, FINDING COMMUNITY SERVICES SO THEY REALLY WORK WITH THE FAMILIES TO HELP IN ANY WAY THEY CAN.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS, I OFTEN GET ASKED WHAT ARE WE SEEING? AND IT RUNS THE GAMUT OF EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS WHO HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF GRIEF WORK.

OTHERS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF STUDENTS IN CPS CARE THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FOSTER HOMES THAT THEY ARE LIVING AT THE CPS OFFICE.

SO A LOT OF WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH AND SO WE'RE ABLE THE SOCIAL WORKERS WORKING WITH THAT WHOLE SYSTEM TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES FOR THE STUDENT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING ARE A BIG PART TWO OF HOW ARE WE PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING, ESPECIALLY FOR THE STAFF? LAST YEAR, THANKS TO A GRANT THROUGH PTA, WE WERE ABLE TO TRAIN THREE SOCIAL WORKERS AS MENTAL HEALTH, FIRST AID, YOUTH TRAINERS AND LAST PD DAY THEY WERE ABLE TO TRAIN THE NURSES, SO REALIZING THAT OUR NURSES CAN SEE A LOT OF MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS, AND SO THEY'RE TRAINED AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL TO KNOW WHAT TO DO AND PROVIDE THAT. TALK SAVES LIVES AND INTRODUCTION TO SUICIDE PREVENTION IS A RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAM FROM THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION.

IT'S A FORTY FIVE MINUTE SESSION, AND WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH COUNSELING SERVICES THIS

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LIKE WHAT IS SUICIDE? WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS, THE IDEA OF HOW SUICIDE IS COMPLEX AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S A CONVERGING OF FACTORS? AND ALSO, WHAT ARE THINGS WE CAN DO TO BE PROACTIVE IN PREVENTION? AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT AND WE'VE HAD A GREAT RESPONSE FROM STAFF OF REALLY APPRECIATING THE TRAINING.

THE NEXT ONE IS IT'S REAL TEENS AND MENTAL HEALTH.

IT'S ANOTHER PROGRAM THROUGH AFP THAT THEY JUST LAUNCHED, AND IT'S REALLY A BASIC FOR TEENS. IT'S ONLY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF WHAT IS MENTAL HEALTH.

WHAT DO I LOOK OUT FOR IN MYSELF OR IN MY FRIENDS? AND THEN WHAT DO I DO? LIKE, HOW DO I HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH MY FRIEND IF I'M WORRIED ABOUT THEM? AND HOW TO HOW DO I SEEK HELP? AND SO ALL THE SCHOOL COUNSELORS CURRENTLY IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, I'M TRAINING THEM TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THAT IN WAYS THAT THEY WANT TO AT THEIR OWN HIGH SCHOOLS.

THE LAST ONE IS GIZMO'S PAWESOME GUIDE TO MENTAL HEALTH.

IT'S A MOUTHFUL. IT'S BOOKS THAT REALLY ARE BASIC ONE ON ONE ABOUT LIKE, WHAT ARE YOUR EMOTIONS? WHO IF I'M STRUGGLING? WHO? WHAT ARE THE TRUSTED ADULTS I GO TO? SO KIDS CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, LIKE MY MOM AND MY DAD, LIKE, WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE SAFE FOR ME TO TALK TO? AND IT'S GIZMO'S PAWESOME BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE THERAPY DOG.

SO THERE'S PICTURES OF DOGS AND KIDS REALLY LIKE IT.

SO EACH ELEMENTARY CAMPUS WILL RECEIVE A COPY AND DUAL LANGUAGE CAMPUSES, WILL RECEIVE IT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH SO THAT WE MAKE SURE WE'RE PROVIDING THE BOOK FOR STUDENTS IN THEIR LANGUAGE THAT THEY'RE SPEAKING.

AND WITH THAT, THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE A RESOURCE FOR CAMPUSES IF THEY CHOOSE TO USE IT, AND THERE'S ONLINE CURRICULUM THAT'S FREE TO ACCOMPANY IT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO WHERE ARE WE GOING? Y'ALL MIGHT REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE WERE PART OF OUR SERVICES WERE WITH KERRY FOR KIDS, WHICH IS A GREAT PROGRAM.

BUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT ARE OUR NEEDS AND HOW ARE WE MEETING THOSE? AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A GREAT PROGRAM, IT REALLY WASN'T MEETING THE NEEDS THAT WERE COMING UP FOR US.

SO CURRENTLY WE'RE HIRING FOR A STAFF SOCIAL WORKER.

WE HAVE SEEN THE NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS NEEDING SUPPORT HAS BEEN HAPPENING THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND OUR SOCIAL WORKERS ARE CURRENTLY DOING THAT.

BUT REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN HELP OUR STAFF THE MOST WHEN IT'S A SOCIAL WORKER THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH IN OTHER WAYS, LIKE HELPING STUDENTS, THEN PUTS THEM IN A DUAL RELATIONSHIP OF NOW THEY'RE HAVING TO COME TO THEM FOR ASSISTANCE.

AND SO REALLY WANTING IT TO BE WHERE ALL STAFF FEEL COMFORTABLE.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE A PROCESS WHERE STAFF CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THE SOCIAL WORKER AND THEY CAN HELP ALL VARIETY OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS WEIR THEN ALSO HIRING TO CRISIS SOCIAL WORKERS.

AND THAT'S WHEN THERE'S CRISIS AND MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS THAT'S HAPPENING ON CAMPUSES THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WE'VE BEEN USING THE MOBILE OUTREACH TEAM THROUGH WILLIAMSON COUNTY. THAT PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY BEING SHIFTED TO ROUND ROCK, AND IT'S IN FLUX RIGHT NOW. AND EVEN WITH THAT, SOMETIMES IT'S BEEN VIRTUAL INSTEAD OF IN-PERSON AND WAIT TIMES BECAUSE THEY'RE SERVING THE WHOLE COUNTY AND NOT JUST THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN BE LENGTHY TIMES TO WAIT. AND SO REALLY FEELING LIKE WE CAN BETTER SUPPORT OUR CAMPUSES WITH IT BEING A DISTRICT TO DISTRICT EMPLOYEES THAT WILL GO TO THOSE AND BEING ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THE TO WORK WITH THE FAMILIES IN A CRISIS, ALWAYS TELL THE TEAM THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN A STUDENTS IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, IT'S IT CAN BE VERY TRAUMATIC FOR THE STUDENT AND THE FAMILY. SO HOW DO WE HOW DO WE CAUSE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TRAUMA IN A TRAUMATIC SITUATION, AND SO HAVING OUR TWO SOCIAL WORKERS BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THOSE FAMILIES AND REALLY EXPLAIN WHAT THE PROCESS IS LIKE, BUT THEN ALSO HELP THEM ON THE BACK SIDE.

IF A STUDENT IS HOSPITALIZED OF HOW DO WE DO REENTRY PLANS REALLY EFFICIENTLY SO THAT THE STUDENT, WHEN THEY'RE COMING BACK, ARE SET UP FOR SUCCESS? THE LAST ONE IS A COORDINATOR OF SOCIAL WORK SERVICES.

THEIR MAIN JOB WILL BE TO DEVELOP A SOCIAL WORK INTERN PROGRAM, TEXAS STATE AND UT BOTH HAVE FANTASTIC SOCIAL MASTER'S LEVEL SOCIAL WORK PROGRAMS, AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE INTERNS BEGGING TO WANT TO COME IN THE DISTRICT.

SO WE'RE GREATLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR CAPACITY WITHOUT HAVING TO INCREASE FUNDING AND SO THEY CAN HELP OUR STUDENTS WITH THE WORK ALONGSIDE THE SOCIAL WORKER.

BUT THEY CAN DO SOME OF THE LOWER LEVEL BASIC NEEDS THINGS WHILE THE SOCIAL WORKERS THAT WE'VE HIRED CAN DO SOME OF THE HIGHER LEVEL, MORE COMPLEX THINGS.

THEY'LL ALSO OVERSEE THE CRISIS WORK OF THE OF THE DISTRICT WITHIN THAT.

I ALSO WANTED TO SAY I DID NOT INCLUDE THIS BECAUSE IT JUST HAPPENED THIS WEEK, BUT WE ALSO HAVE LAUNCHED A NEW WEBSITE.

IT'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DOT ROUND ROCK ISD ORG.

IT'S ALSO YOU CAN GO TO THE A TO Z AND GO TO.

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AND SO WE'VE STARTED WITH IT AND KNOW WE WILL EXPAND IT IN THE FUTURE SO WE CAN PROVIDE EVEN MORE TO OUR PARENTS INTO OUR STUDENTS.

IT'S AMAZING WORK.

SUPPORTING THE TEAM OF SOCIAL WORKERS IS THE BEST JOB I'VE EVER HAD AND TO SEE THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW THEY CARE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES.

I GOT A TEXT FROM ONE OF THEM, LIKE AT SIX O'CLOCK THE OTHER DAY SAYING THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME HAVE THIS JOB.

I JUST GOT FROM A HOME VISIT WITH A FAMILY AND THIS IS THE AMAZING WORK WE GET TO DO AND TO PARTNER ALONGSIDE FAMILIES.

AND SO THEY ARE VERY THANKFUL THAT THEY HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THAT THE DISTRICT SUPPORTS THEM THE WAY THEY DO.

AND I'M OPEN TO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

TRUSTEE VESSA, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND HAVE SOME BUDGET QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK MAYBE I'LL WAIT TILL WE GET TO THE BUDGET TALK FOR THAT.

BUT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE TOGETHER.

AND CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW THAT AND THAT PARTNERSHIP IS INNOVATIVE AND IS IMPACTING, YOU KNOW, SERVING STUDENTS IN TERMS OF THEIR MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

A LOT OF TIMES DAILY IT HAPPENS THAT AN OFFICER IS MAYBE BEEN CALLED ON SOMETHING AND THEN THEY WILL CALL THE SOCIAL WORKER MYSELF AND SAY, HEY, I REALLY DO NEED A SOCIAL WORKER HERE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE STUDENT AND OR THE FAMILY THROUGH WHATEVER THEY'RE GOING. AND SO IT IS TRULY A PARTNERSHIP.

YOU KNOW THAT WE ALWAYS THE OFFICERS DON'T HAVE TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE AN EXPERT IN MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE THE SOCIAL WORKER TO BE ABLE TO BE THAT PARTNER AND TO BE ABLE TO HAND IT OFF, AND THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE PROVIDING COMPLETE WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR THE STUDENT AND FAMILY, NO MATTER WHAT IS GOING ON.

DO YOU THINK THAT'S IMPACTED IN TERMS OF AND MAYBE PERHAPS CHIEF YARBROUGH CAN BRING THIS TO LIKE HOW DOES HOW HAS THAT IMPACTED JUST OUR NUMBERS IN TERMS OF, WELL, I GUESS HE DOESN'T REALLY. HAS THAT CREATED A DIVERSION SO THAT KIDS AREN'T, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF BECAUSE WE TALK A LOT ABOUT HOW SOMETIMES KIDS GET INTO A PIPELINE BECAUSE OF MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS, BECAUSE OF A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE AND REALLY, THEY NEED TO BE DEALT WITH THERE. ABSOLUTELY.

AND I THINK THAT'S YES TO ALL OF THAT.

BUT THE DIVERSION PART THAT, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT IT.

BEHAVIOR IS PURPOSEFUL, YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE SEE A BEHAVIOR OF A STUDENT, IT'S THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG AND WE DON'T SEE EVERYTHING ELSE UNDER THAT'S UNDER THE WATER, RIGHT? WE DON'T SEE HOME CONDITIONS OR PREVIOUS TRAUMA OR A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. AND SO THAT'S THE WORK THAT THE SOCIAL WORKERS CAN REALLY DO IS TO HELP THAT STUDENT. AND A LOT OF TIMES IT'S THE COMPLETE FAMILY SYSTEM AND REALLY BEING ABLE TO GO, THEY DO HOME VISITS.

THEY REALLY ARE. THERE IS A SORT OF SOURCE OF SUPPORT AND THEN ADVOCATES FOR THE STUDENT TO SAYING THE BEHAVIOR WAS FOR A SPECIFIC REASON.

AND IT WASN'T JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING A JERK, YOU KNOW, IS IT? I ALWAYS USE THE EXAMPLE WITH A LOT OF TIMES WHEN BOYS HAVE BEEN LIKE, YOU CAN'T CRY, YOU CAN'T SHOW EMOTION THAT IF THEY'RE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CONCERN OR TRAUMA, THE ONLY WAY THEY KNOW HOW TO EXPRESS IT OR IT'S BEEN ACCEPTABLE IS THROUGH ANGER OR, YOU KNOW, ANGER OR EVEN LIKE NOT VIOLENCE.

BUT ACTING OUT IS MAYBE WHAT WE WOULD SAY WHEN IN REALITY, THAT'S JUST A MANIFESTATION OF DEPRESSION OR TRAUMA.

AND SO HOW DO WE HELP LOOK AT THAT AND IDENTIFY IT IN SUCH A WAY INSTEAD OF IT BEING JUST HELD AGAINST THEM? AND THAT'S NOT JUST WITH THE POLICE.

YOU KNOW, WE DO A LOT OF THAT WORK WITH OUR CAMPUSES TO WITH DISCIPLINE AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS OF REALLY PARTNERING WITH THEM, OF HELPING STUDENTS OF.

HELPING TO IDENTIFY AND THEN PROVIDE SERVICES FOR WHAT'S UNDERNEATH.

TRUSTEE HARRISON. YES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

CAN YOU TALK MORE ABOUT THE SOCIAL WORKER FOR EDUCATORS? WE HAVE SIX SEVEN THOUSAND.

I LOVE THAT IDEA.

BUT CAN YOU SHARE HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE ENOUGH? AND IS THAT JUST A START? I MEAN, WE'RE GOING THROUGH REALLY TOUGH TIMES FOR TEACHERS.

WE ARE IN WHAT THE WAY THE BUDGET WORKED OUT.

IT WAS THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE USED FOR CARING FOR KIDS LAST YEAR.

SO I'M JUST REPURPOSING IN.

THAT'S WHERE WE CAME WITH IT.

WHAT WE HAVE, IT'S GOING TO BE.

I MEAN, IT IS EXPERIMENTAL OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE WITH THE STAFF SOCIAL WORKER.

CURRENTLY, WHEN THEY GO TO THE OTHER SOCIAL WORKERS, WE HAVE A LOT OF TIMES IT'S A PRINCIPAL CALLING AND JUST SAY, HEY, I HAVE THIS STAFF MEMBER IN NEED.

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BUT HOW DO WE FIND RESOURCES OUTSIDE TO CONNECT THEM TO? SO I THINK THAT THAT WILL BE THE BIGGEST THING.

IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY, HI, I'M GOING TO WE'LL DO THERAPY SESSIONS WITH YOU FOR ALL YEAR. LIKE WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT CAPACITY, BUT HOW DO WE UTILIZE THE EAP PROGRAM? BUT EVEN HELPING PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE THAT.

THE EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THAT'S PART OF THEIR BENEFITS ALREADY, BUT SOMETIMES IT CAN BE AN OVERWHELMING PROCESS SO THEY CAN HELP WITH SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND THOUGHTFUL AND INNOVATIVE, SO THANK YOU FOR THINKING IN THAT WAY, I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS.

WELL, THIS IS MORE SO JUST I WANT TO GIVE YOU PROPS.

I LOVE THE TCHATT PROGRAM THAT ALSO FEELS VERY INNOVATIVE, AND IT FEELS LIKE A GOOD USE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND RESOURCES.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE FEEDBACK THAT I REALLY LOVE, THAT I WANT TO ADDRESS THIS, AND I THINK I'VE ADDRESSED THIS BEFORE.

I FIND IT STRANGE THAT MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FALLS UNDER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SAFETY AND SECURITY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT, DR.

AZAIEZ. AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYWHERE ELSE DOES THAT.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I KNOW A LOT OF WORK IS BEING DONE WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND I APPRECIATE THAT IT JUST STILL TO ME SIGNIFIES WHAT WE VALUE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT NEEDS ANY FEEDBACK OR IF I'M JUST STATING THAT I FIND THAT REALLY STRANGE AND INAPPROPRIATE.

I THINK IT'S STRANGE, BUT IT'S INNOVATIVE; RIGHT? I REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE DOING SOMETHING THAT IS INNOVATIVE HERE.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF CHIEF YARBOROUGH AND DR.

GRASSO MAY TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE, OR MAYBE WE CAN PREPARE SOMETHING, MAYBE IN FUTURE BOARD MEANING OR WE CAN HAVE DIFFERENT SLIDES, DIFFERENT DATA STATS.

I KNOW THEY WORK HAND IN HAND, I GUESS WHERE THEY WORK REALLY TOGETHER OR POLICE OFFICERS, AND THEY USE A LOT OF LIKE METHODS LIKE DIVERSION AND STUFF LIKE THAT RIGHT TO HELP THE STUDENTS RATHER THAN PUNISH THE STUDENT.

BUT I KNOW I'M NOT.

I'M NOT THE EXPERT.

IT'S SOMETHING I DON'T WANT TO TAKE CREDIT FOR IT.

THIS HAS STARTED BEFORE I GOT HERE AND I MYSELF STARTED LEARNING ABOUT ALL THIS PROCESS.

BUT I HEARD NOTHING BUT POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO FROM A LOT OF OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, DISTRICTS, RIGHT, WHO ARE SEEING THIS.

BUT AGAIN, I THINK WOULD BE PREPARED.

I DON'T KNOW IF CHIEF YARBOROUGH, YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING, OR MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A PREPARE SOMETHING FOR THE NEXT OR THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEETING.

IF YOU THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A LARGER CONVERSATION, I MEAN, I APPRECIATE I SPENT SOME TIME WITH CHIEF YARBROUGH AND I APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION TO DIVERSIONARY.

IT'S NOT LIKE DIVERSIONARY DISCIPLINE, BUT REALLY TRYING TO DIVERT STUDENTS OUT OF THE SYSTEM. I UNDERSTAND THE PARTNERSHIP, BUT I DON'T.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HAS TO BE UNDER SAFETY AND SECURITY AND POLICING FOR IT TO BE A PARTNERSHIP.

I THINK IT SHOULD BE A CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP.

I JUST THINK THAT THE WAY IT'S STRUCTURED IS AN APPROPRIATE AND I WANT TO GIVE THAT FEEDBACK. I DO NOT WANT TO NEGATE THAT.

I THINK THAT YOU'RE DOING PHENOMENAL WORK AND THAT I THINK OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS STRIVING, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T AGREE WITH THE PRESENCE OF IT.

I KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE INSIDE OF IT ARE DOING REALLY GOOD WORK AND I'M HEARING GOOD THINGS. I JUST I NEED THAT COMMENT TO STAND.

I WOULD LIKE MORE TIME ON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FELLER.

SO YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN MY JAM.

I SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SLIDE EIGHT, WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT THE EDUCATION AND THE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE AS A DISTRICT PROVIDE.

AND I LOVE HOW WE HAVE TARGETED PRESENTATIONS FOR EACH LEVEL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS SO VITAL. BUT WHAT I WHAT I SEE IS MISSING IS EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WANTED TO SEE IF YOU COULD KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT.

I AM A HUGE FAN OF MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID AND WONDERED IF YOU KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON EXPANDING THAT TO. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

MAYBE I'LL STOP TALKING AND I'LL LET YOU JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN OUR EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

FOR SINCE COVID STARTED, I'VE REALLY PARTNERED WITH COUNCIL OF PTAS TO DO A LOT OF ONLINE TRAINING FOR ACCESS TO PARENTS.

AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN LIKE FACEBOOK LIVE AND STUFF SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GO BACK AND VIEW THE RECORDINGS BECAUSE I AM ONE THAT IF WE DON'T PROVIDE THE EDUCATION TO PARENTS, I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS, RIGHT? AND A LOT OF TIMES IF WE LIKE, IF I'M JUST HONEST, LIKE GROWING UP, I DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THESE THINGS.

I DIDN'T LEARN ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH.

A LOT OF TIMES THE STIGMA THAT WAS AROUND YEARS AGO WAS, WE JUST DON'T TALK ABOUT IT.

AND SO IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE FIELD, DO YOU NOT KNOW ABOUT IT?

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BUT IF PARENTS DON'T COME LIKE, HOW DO WE GET PARENTS COMING TO THOSE KIND OF THINGS OR INVESTING IN THOSE THINGS? AND SO AS FAR AS MENTAL HEALTH, FIRST AID YOUTH, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

IT IS A VERY LONG TRAINING.

SO I DON'T, YOU KNOW, TO GAUGE CAPACITY LIKE THE TALK SAVES LIVES AND INTRODUCTION TO SUICIDE PREVENTION.

I MEAN, IT'S 30 TO 45 MINUTES.

IT'S A VERY SHORT ONE THAT CAN BE DONE WITH ANYBODY OVER THE AGE OF 18.

AND SO IT'S A GREAT ONE.

I HAVE FOUND, THOUGH, WHEN I HOST SOMETHING THAT SAYS SUICIDE PREVENTION, TRAINING, PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP.

AND OR IF THEY DO, THEY PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE THAT INFORMATION, IT'S HOW DO WE GAIN PEOPLE WHO ALREADY DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM IT.

THAT'S PART OF OUR THOUGHT WITH BUILDING OUT THE WEBSITE AND EVEN MORE THE IDEAS, HOW WE CAN HAVE SOME SHORT VIDEOS EVEN ON THAT FOR PARENTS.

BECAUSE THEN EVEN IF THERE IS A STIGMA OR I DON'T WANT TO SHOW UP TO A SESSION ON THIS, BUT I CAN ACCESS IT ONLINE THAT IT FEELS A LITTLE SAFER.

YEAH, AND I, YOU KNOW, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, CERTAINLY NOT TRYING TO DIRECT ANY OF THAT. BUT I JUST I THINK THAT THE MORE WE NORMALIZE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, THEN THE MORE OUR STUDENTS WILL BENEFIT FROM THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.

AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN WHILE SOME PEOPLE HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, STUDENT PARENT RELATIONSHIP, OTHERS DON'T.

AND KIDS MIGHT NOT COME HOME AND SAY, HEY, WE HAD A PRESENTATION TODAY TALKING ABOUT BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH. BUT BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH A PARENT AND SAY, HEY, YOUR KIDS ARE GOING TO BE RECEIVING THIS INFORMATION.

HERE'S SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS THAT YOU COULD ASK AT HOME TO ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATION. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY.

I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE CURRICULUM IN ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS AND THINGS, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE NORMALIZE THESE CONVERSATIONS.

AND I SAY, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY'S VISION IS BAD, THEY DON'T HESITATE TO GO AND GET GLASSES. BUT IF SOMEBODY'S MENTAL HEALTH IS SUFFERING, FOR SOME REASON, THERE'S THIS EMBARRASSMENT LIKE I DON'T NEED TO ASK FOR.

I SHOULDN'T ASK FOR HELP.

AND SO I JUST I THINK THAT THE MORE WE TALK ABOUT IT AND THE MORE WE INTEGRATE IT INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR STUDENTS, THEN THE MORE EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL BENEFITING FROM THAT. SO THANK YOU.

NO. AND I I OFTEN SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, PRE-COVID I WOULD DO PRESENTATIONS SOME FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. AND WHEN I WOULD SAY, LIKE, WHAT'S ONE THING YOU NEED? AND THEY SAID WOULD ALWAYS SAY, PLEASE HELP MY PARENTS UNDERSTAND THIS IS REAL, THAT IT REALLY IS HAPPENING. IT'S NOT THAT I'M JUST NOT WORKING HARD.

AND I DO THINK AS A WHOLE BECAUSE OF COVID AND WHAT IT HAS DONE NATIONWIDE FOR MENTAL HEALTH THAT I THINK FOR ONCE WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION MORE TO TEENS AND MENTAL HEALTH, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT MORE.

AND STUDENTS ARE GETTING MORE HELP.

AND I, IF THERE CAN BE POSITIVES OUT OF THE LAST TWO YEARS, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT'S A POSITIVE. AND I GUESS THE LAST THING THAT I WOULD SAY ABOUT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I WENT INTO COLLEGE AND AN ENGINEERING DEGREE AND I CHANGED TO SOCIOLOGY AND MENTAL HEALTH AND ENDED UP GETTING MY LICENSE AND ALL THAT.

BUT NOBODY EVER REALLY TALKED ABOUT WHAT CAREERS WERE AVAILABLE IN MENTAL HEALTH WHILE I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND MAYBE I WOULD HAVE GONE INTO SOMETHING AND STARTED OUT DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE ULTIMATELY I KNEW I WANTED TO HELP OTHERS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT CONVERSATION ALSO AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, YOU KNOW, WE TALK SO MUCH ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE TECHNOLOGY ASPECT AND, YOU KNOW, GRANTED YOU DON'T GO INTO MENTAL HEALTH TO BE RICH.

YOU KNOW, I SAY THAT IN MY TRAININGS EVERY TWO WEEKS, BUT IT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE THIS SINCERE DESIRE TO HELP OTHERS AND MAYBE EVEN NORMALIZING THAT CONVERSATION IN OUR SCHOOLS, IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS ABOUT, HEY, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT INTERESTS YOU, THESE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING AND I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONS TO THE DISTRICT AND TRUSTEE WESTON.

I SEE YOUR LIGHT, BUT I'M ACTUALLY HAVING A REALLY BAD HORSHACK MOMENT AND I'M DATING MYSELF. SO THOSE OF YOU WHO EVER WATCHED WELCOME BACK KOTTER.

NO, BECAUSE ACTUALLY, I THINK TRUSTEE HARRISON AND I KNOW TRUSTEE WESTON, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND YOU TALKED ABOUT TRAINING AND I WALKED IN AND TO HAVE MY MEETING WITH DR. AZAIEZ AND DR.

GROSSO WAS THERE AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, BASED ON AN EMAIL FROM TRUSTEE VESSA, I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T WE DO SOME TOWN HALLS WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN COME IN AND BE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND REALLY TALK ABOUT THAT WITH OUR COMMUNITY, LIKE WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH OUR OTHER FORUMS, HAVE SOME MENTAL HEALTH TOWN HALLS WHERE WE CAN GO OUT AND YOU KNOW, WE AS TRUSTEES CAN BE THERE, ESPECIALLY IF IT COMES INTO OUR GOALS, THEN IT WOULD COUNT FOR LSG, WHICH WOULD BE AWESOME.

AND THEN WE COULD MAYBE EVEN DO A TRAINING AT THE END AND WE'D CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE.

WE WOULDN'T CALL IT SUICIDE PREVENTION.

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SOMEBODY ELSE WILL. SO I JUST WANT IT TO BE OUT THERE THAT IS OUT THERE.

SO TRUSTEE WESTON.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A VERY SERIOUS SUICIDE AND SELF-HARM CRISIS ON OUR HANDS.

A YEAR AGO, I HAD JUST MADE THE SECOND OF THREE NIGHTMARISH TRIPS I WAS TO MAKE TO A LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT FACILITY, HERE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

THE FACILITIES ARE OVERRUN WITH OUR YOUTH.

I SAW IT WITH MY OWN EYES THREE TIMES.

IT WAS HORRIFYING.

SUICIDE AND SELF-HARM.

I ASKED WHERE YOU GO TO HIGH SCHOOL.

SO OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, IT'S OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I SAW.

YOUR STATISTICS ARE TRUE.

SUICIDE RATES HAVE BEEN INCREASING FOR A DECADE.

AND THEY REPRESENT A SERIOUS THREAT TO THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN.

THIS IS WHY DR.

BONE AND I, SINCE AUGUST 21ST, HAVE BEEN ASKING OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR A SPECIAL MEETING TO DISCUSS THIS.

WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THAT MEETING.

FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS BRIEFING, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

DO YOU MEET WITH THE SHACK? MET WITH THEM ON TUESDAY.

OK, BECAUSE I'M REVIEWING THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THIS BOARD FROM MAY OF THIS YEAR.

AND WHEN THEY MADE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, I WAS SURPRISED AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT BASED ON WHAT I KNOW IS GOING ON AND WHAT THE SIGNIFICANT THREATS TO THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN ARE.

I WAS SURPRISED THAT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN HERE WHERE THEY WERE RECOMMENDING THAT WE EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE SEPTEMBER AS SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH.

SEPTEMBER HERE CAME AND WENT AND IN OUR BOARD MEETING, NOTHING WAS SAID.

SO SPEAKING, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST SAID JUST TO REACH PEOPLE THAT YOU NORMALLY WOULDN'T REACH. THIS IS A TIME WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING OUR BOARD MEETINGS.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS SURPRISED THAT I DIDN'T SEE FROM THE SHACK, BUT I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU SPOKE TO THEM, MAYBE WE'LL HEAR THIS, THIS COMING MAY.

BUT I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THAT FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE ADMITTED TO THESE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES, IT REPRESENTS A THREAT TO THEIR ACADEMIC CAREERS.

I THINK YOU KNOW THAT.

AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE DISCHARGED AND THEY GO THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL OUTPATIENT PROGRAMS, THOSE OF US WHO'VE BEEN THERE, WE KNOW IT'S CALLED IOP.

IT'S VERY DEMANDING ON THEIR TIME, AND IT CAN VERY EASILY DERAIL A STUDENT'S ACADEMIC CAREER. HAVE YOU HEARD OF THIS STRUGGLE WITH SOME OF OUR STUDENTS? I MEAN, THE SOCIAL WORKERS, A GREAT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY DO IS WORKING WITH STUDENTS WHO ARE INPATIENT AND IN INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT AND WORKING WITH THEM FOR THEIR TRANSITION BACK, FOR THEIR NOT EVEN ACADEMIC SUCCESS, BUT ALSO SOCIAL SUCCESS.

AND JUST SO THERE'S NOT ANOTHER RELAPSE.

SO YES, THE SOCIAL WORKERS DO THAT WORK.

I WOULD SAY DAILY, I THINK THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THAT A SOCIAL WORKER CAN DO FOR A STUDENT WHO'S CARRYING FIVE AP CLASSES.

I MEAN, THIS IS VERY DEMANDING, AND I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER, BY THE WAY.

I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER, BUT I THINK THIS IS WHY THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THE SHACK COULD REALLY BE THINKING ABOUT, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD. AND ASKING YOU QUESTIONS AND TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS TO PROPOSE TO US. I WILL TELL YOU THAT.

COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, DR.

XIAO AND TRUSTEE HARRISON AND I, WE TOURED CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL AND WE VISITED A HEALTH SCIENCES CLASS.

THERE WERE 12 SENIORS IN THERE AND I ASKED THEM ALL, WHAT DO YOU, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP BECAUSE THEY ALL WANTED TO GO INTO HEALTH CARE OF SOME SORT AND ONE OF THEM SAID THAT HE WANTED TO BE A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL.

I DON'T REMEMBER IF HE SAID A THERAPIST OR A PSYCHOLOGIST, BUT I SINGLED HIM OUT AND I SAID, YOUNG MAN, I KNOW FOR A FACT THERE'S A BIG DEMAND FOR WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON. TRUSTEE HARRISON, YOU READ MY MIND.

I'VE NEVER BEEN COMFORTABLE WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FALLING UNDER THE POLICE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. I'VE NEVER BEEN COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S FAIR TO THE POLICE AND I SAY THIS AS THE DAUGHTER OF A POLICE OFFICER. AND I SAY THIS AS I BELIEVE THE ONLY PERSON UP HERE WHO'S EVER WORKED IN A LAW

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THE LAST THING I'LL SAY.

WHEN I THINK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH.

I HAVE TO SAY I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR STAFF AND OUR TEACHERS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING LATER EACH ONE ABOUT.

AN INCENTIVE OR A RETENTION BONUS? WELL, THOUSAND DOLLARS IN BONUS DOESN'T DO ME MUCH GOOD IF I CAN'T GET EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY OFF AN HOUR EARLY TO GO TO GO TO A THERAPIST.

SO I'M CONCERNED THAT.

I THINK THAT AN ITEM LIKE THAT IS WELL-INTENTIONED, BUT ADDRESSING THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF OUR STAFF.

WHO ARE WITH OUR STUDENTS ALL DAY LONG.

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH, THAT IS MY OPINION AS ONE TRUSTEE BECAUSE THE MONEY CAN ONLY GET YOU SO FAR, BUT $1000 BONUS DOESN'T RAISE ANY HOPE THAT MORE GUEST EDUCATORS ARE ON THE WAY. SO.

I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IN A MEANINGFUL WAY, NOT NOT WITH A FEW HUNDRED BUCKS, BUT IN A MEANINGFUL WAY, BETTER MEETING THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF OUR STAFF.

THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE BONE, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AS TRUSTEE WESTON TALKED ABOUT, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST FOCUSES, I THINK FOR ME IS THE SUICIDE RATE.

IT'S THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN TEENS.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE FIRST IS? ACCIDENTS, ALL ACCIDENTS IN GENERAL.

OK, SO IT'S NOT COVID.

THE 2020 DATA IS NOT ACCESSIBLE RIGHT NOW.

THE PRELIMINARY CDC IS THAT SUICIDE RATES DID GO DOWN IN 2020, BUT THE FINAL DATA WON'T BE RELEASED UNTIL JANUARY FEBRUARY OF 2022.

IT'S ALWAYS OVER A YEAR BEHIND.

OK, WHEN THAT COMES OUT, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO LOOK AT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT US TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE RIGHT THINGS AND SPENDING OUR MONEY IN THE RIGHT PLACES.

AND THE REASON WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS, REALLY, AND IT'S ONE NUMBER I DIDN'T SEE IS I DON'T SEE OUR SUICIDE RATE.

I KNOW.

AND I MEAN, IT'S JUST WE CAN'T.

IT'S NOT WE'RE NOT A DEATH REPORTING SYSTEM.

AND LIKE I SAID, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES HAS ONLY BEEN HERE.

I'VE ONLY HAD STAFF SINCE STARTING IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR, SO I CAN'T EVEN SHOW YOU COMPARATIVE DATA BECAUSE ALL MY DATA IS THIS.

YEAH, THANK YOU. I REMEMBER THIS FROM OUR CONVERSATION LAST YEAR, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT, THAT WE DON'T LOOK AT OUR SUICIDE RATES.

IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T.

WE DON'T KNOW THAT NUMBER, RIGHT? WE DON'T. I MEAN, IF WE ARE TOLD, WE KNOW.

BUT THAT'S IT'S ALSO NOT SOMETHING A LOT OF FAMILIES WON'T REPORT IT BECAUSE THERE IS SHAME AND STIGMA AROUND IT, AND THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW BECAUSE OF THE SHAME AND STIGMA, ESPECIALLY FOR PARENTS.

PARENTS DON'T WANT TO BE VIEWED A LOT OF TIMES.

THERE'S A LOT OF GUILT THERE, AND THEY'RE AFRAID THAT THEY WILL BE VIEWED AS BAD PARENTS, WHICH IS NOT THE TRUTH.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT THAT FACTORS INTO THAT DEATH REPORTING EVEN NATIONWIDE.

TEXAS WASN'T EVEN ON THE NATIONAL DEATH REPORTING FOR SUICIDE UNTIL TWO YEARS AGO, SO OVERALL SUICIDE REPORTING DATA HAS LAGGED BEHIND EVERYTHING ELSE.

YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT.

IT'S JUST I GUESS THIS GOES INTO MY QUESTION, BY THE WAY, IS I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT THE MAIN GOALS OF THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES IS AND PUT THAT KIND OF IN CONTEXT OF WHAT ARE THE METRICS? I MEAN, I SAW SOME METRICS HERE, BUT WHAT ARE THE METRICS? ARE THERE OTHER METRICS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT? HOW ARE YOU DEFINING SUCCESS? SO THAT'S KIND OF MY FIRST QUESTION.

SO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, I LOOK AT IT THAT IT'S FOUR COMPONENTS.

IT'S PREVENTION, ONGOING SUPPORT, CRISIS INTERVENTION AND THEN POST VENTION, RIGHT? SO PREVENTION, IT'S THE EDUCATION PIECE TRAINING LETTING STUDENTS KNOW WHERE THERE IS HELP ONGOING SUPPORT IS MORE OF THOSE LIKE THE MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS TEACH AT.

SO IT'S NOT A CRISIS SITUATION, BUT STUDENTS ARE GETTING THE SUPPORT THEY NEED.

CRISIS SUPPORT IS WHEN THERE'S A CRISIS SITUATION AND HOW DO WE HELP? OFTENTIMES, THAT'S ALL WE FOCUS ON, AND REALIZING SUICIDE PREVENTION ISN'T JUST ABOUT CRISIS SUPPORT, IT'S THE PREVENTION PART.

IT'S THE EDUCATION.

IT'S SO MANY THINGS THAT HAPPEN DAILY IN SCHOOLS, BUT WE WOULDN'T PUT IT UNDER THAT.

AND THEN POST VENTION HOW DO WE LEARN FROM WHAT WE'VE DONE TO REINFORM SO THAT'S HOW I VIEW, AND THAT'S THE FRAMEWORK I USE FOR THE TEAM.

METRICS. WE TRACK EVERYTHING WE DO, WE TRACK, AS YOU CAN SEE, AND THAT HAPPENS LAST YEAR AT THE END OF THE YEAR. I THEN BROKE IT ALL DOWN BY DEMOGRAPHIC DATA FOR CAMPUSES, SO

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SO THROUGH THAT, CAMPUSES THEN COULD LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND SAY, DOES IT MODEL WHAT OUR CAMPUS DATA LOOKS LIKE.

IF IT DOESN'T? ARE THERE CERTAIN STUDENT GROUPS WHO ARE MISSING OR ARE THERE CERTAIN STUDENT GROUPS THAT ARE MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF WHO ARE USING THE MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS OR THE SOCIAL WORKERS? AND SO THAT DATA IS DONE.

IT WAS DONE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR AND IT WILL BE DONE AT SEMESTER THIS YEAR.

SO THEN THAT CAN INFORM ARE WE REACHING THE STUDENTS WE NEED TO BE.

ALL THE DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS AND IF WE'RE NOT, WHAT DO WE NEED TO PUT IN PLACE? IF THERE'S A STIGMA, IF THERE'S A CULTURAL BARRIER? AND SO REALLY LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT.

THANK YOU. AND THEN REALLY MY MY LAST ONE ISN'T A QUESTION, BUT IT IS A STATEMENT.

I ALSO AGREE WITH TRUSTEE HARRISON AND WESTON.

SO THIS IS THREE OF US NOW THAT HAVE STATED THIS, THAT I BELIEVE THAT OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES SHOULD BE MOVED OUT OF THE POLICE OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THEM.

MAYBE THEY CAN BE.

MAYBE IT'S A LATERAL MOVE, BUT I ALSO AGREE THAT THERE IT'S JUST NOT, FOR ME I JUST I WOULD LIKE TO SEPARATE THEM. I THINK YOU GUYS WORK TOGETHER VERY WELL.

BUT I GUESS I WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO HEAR THIS, SO MAYBE YOU GUYS MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH FEEDBACK.

AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE SAYING THIS ISN'T WORKING.

IT'S JUST, I THINK TRUSTEE HARRISON YOU SAID IT BEST.

I THINK IT'S MORE OF WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PUT OUR VALUES WHERE WE WANT THEM TO BE. SO THAT'S JUST MORE OF A STATEMENT.

AND AGAIN, NOW THAT'S, I BELIEVE, THREE OF US.

I THINK TRUSTEE WESTON. YOU ALSO MADE THE SAME STATEMENT.

I THINK SO. I DON'T SEE ANY MORE LIGHTS, I WOULD ACTUALLY JUST ALSO LIKE TO SAY WHAT TRUSTEE WESTON AND HARRISON ABOUT OUR TEACHERS.

IF THERE'S WAY TO GET MORE THAN ONE, IF THERE IS SOMETHING YOU NEED TO BRING TO THIS BOARD, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT BUDGET AND I KNOW IT'S TIGHT.

BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT I MEAN, OUR TEACHERS ARE STARTING TO CRACK, AND I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE WESTON A THOUSAND DOLLARS ISN'T GOING TO HELP THAT PART OF IT, I MEAN, IT IS NICE, AND I KNOW IT WILL HELP IN OTHER WAYS, BUT IN SORT OF THAT MEANINGFUL WAY, THAT OF EMOTIONAL SUPPORT THAT THEY MAY BE NEEDING IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THIS BOARD CAN ASSIST WITH.

I THINK THERE WOULD BE SUPPORT FOR THAT.

IF I MAY. DEFINITELY, WE ARE LOOKING AT OPTIONS.

IN THE CASE OF OUR TEACHERS, OBVIOUSLY, LIKE WE JUST SAW THE VIDEO RIGHT WE HAVE, AS I SAID, TONS OF DEDICATED TEACHERS WHO ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS EVERY DAY GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND. SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.

BUT THERE HAS TO BE MORE LIKE A WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR THEM TOO.

COMPENSATION IS CERTAINLY A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE, ESPECIALLY WITH INFLATION, AND EVERYTHING IS GOING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE.

BUT WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED MORE THAN THAT.

WE ARE WORKING ON THE GUEST EDUCATOR SITUATION WE ARE WORKING ON, LIKE THE MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL KIND OF SUPPORT FOR THEM.

SO THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS JUST AT THE BEGINNING, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE COMING YOUR WAY, HOPEFULLY IN THE SPRING AND BEYOND.

TRUSTEE VESSA. I'LL ASK THIS QUESTION.

I WAS GOING TO WAIT, BUT ACTUALLY I THINK IT WOULD HAVE COME BACK TO YOU ANYWAY.

SO I GET A LOT OF LIKE TEA ALERTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ABOUT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY WITH FEDERAL COVID RELIEF DOLLARS AND SO HOW DO YOU FORESEE TAPPING INTO TO THOSE RESOURCES? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT BECAUSE I SEE THEM COMING THROUGH MY EMAIL TO LEVERAGE THOSE WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, MEANT FOR THIS.

THIS IS WHAT THERE WAS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THERE WAS A SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF THIS PANDEMIC.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT EXISTED BEFORE, BUT IT WAS EXACERBATED.

AND SO HOW DO YOU FORESEE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES DO YOU SEE ON THE HORIZON AND WHAT TOOLS DO YOU NEED TO PURSUE THOSE? I'M NOT QUITE SURE OF WHAT THAT WOULD BE.

I DO KNOW GRANT FUNDING IS HARD WITH POSITIONS BECAUSE IF IT'S A YEAR GRANT, THEN WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THAT POSITION AFTER THE YEAR IS OVER? AND SO IT'S REALLY HARD WITH HIRING STAFF IF THEY KNOW IT'S GRANT FUNDED BECAUSE THEY'LL KNOW WHEN GRANT FUNDING'S END IF THERE'S NOT MONEY WITHIN THE BUDGET OF THE DISTRICT, THOSE POSITIONS DON'T CONTINUE.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S A STICKY SITUATION IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PERSONNEL.

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SO ACTUALLY, WE CAN HAVE INSTEAD OF 13, WE CAN HAVE UP TO 26.

SO THAT IN ITSELF WILL BE ALSO HUGE SUPPORT TO OUR STUDENTS.

AND SOME OF WE CAN MAYBE REPURPOSE SOME OF OUR SOCIAL WORKER TO WORK WITH OUR STAFF.

AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS OF ADDING SOME MORE, JUST FYI.

PRESIDENT WEIR DOES MY BUTTON WORK? IT DOES NOT.

I APOLOGIZE TRUSTEE XIAO. YEAH, YEAH.

SO I JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS.

ONE THING IS ACTUALLY FOLLOW UP TRUSTEE VESSA'S.

SO IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING FOR THE ADDITIONAL SOCIAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH, ONE IS LOOKING FOR GRANT. ANOTHER MAY BE THROUGH LIKE A DONATION COMMUNITY BY OUR CERTAIN POSITIONS BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE GRANT TO SUSTAIN POSITION, BUT IF THERE'S A COMMUNITY THAT REALLY NEEDS THIS TYPE OF HELP.

NEEDS THESE POSITIONS WE CAN DEFINITELY MAKE IT HAPPEN.

DON'T WAIT FOR THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET.

THAT'S ONE IDEA I HAVE.

ANOTHER THING IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MY FEELING IS JUST WE ARE SWIMMING AGAINST THE CURRENT. THE SUICIDE RATE IS GOING OVER GOING UP EVERY YEAR, BUT WE DID NOTHING ACROSS, NOT JUST THIS JUST SCHOOL ACROSS THE NATION.

RIGHT IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO AT THE RESTORATION THAT REALLY LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM AND WE AS A SCHOOL BOARD ADVOCATE FOR THAT.

ANYTHING WE CAN DO AS A BODY, AS A GOVERNMENT BODY.

THAT'S THE SECOND COMMENT I HAVE.

THIRDLY IS THAT ACTUALLY, I VERY MUCH AGREE WITH TRUSTEE FELLER ON THE EDUCATION PART.

I THINK PARENTS IS A KEY COMPONENT.

I THINK WE ARE MISSING ON THIS COMPONENT BECAUSE FROM MY EXPERIENCE, PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND THOSE ISSUES AND WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS TO OFFER. I EDUCATE SO MY DAUGHTER.

MY DAUGHTER TOLD ME, OH, THE SCHOOL HAS SOCIAL WORKERS AND THEY ARE THIS COUNSELING SERVICE THAT REALLY HELP MY FRIENDS, RIGHT.

SO I THINK WE'RE MISSING THE ADDITIONAL THING THAT IF YOU LOOK AT ACROSS DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, DIFFERENT LEARNING COMMUNITIES THAT SPEAK DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND DIFFERENT CULTURES, WE ONLY HAVE FEW SOCIAL WORKERS NOW.

HOW WE CAN SERVE THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF THE ENTIRE LEARNING COMMUNITY IS ANOTHER THING I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK INTO.

AND ALSO, EACH LEARNING COMMUNITY MAY BE FACING DIFFERENT CRISES, SOME MORE ON THE FOOD SECURITY, OTHERS ON SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP AND SOME ARE ACADEMIC STRESS.

THEY'RE TOTALLY DIFFERENT REASONS.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER COMMENT I HAVE.

THE FINAL IS SO THE PANDEMIC CHANGED A LOT OF INDUSTRIES.

SO IN THIS.

SO YOU MENTIONED THE TELEMEDICINE.

DO YOU SEE A TREND THAT THIS IS GOING FORWARD WE WILL WE SEE MORE AND MORE SO REMOTE DOING [INAUDIBLE] YES AND NO.

I MEAN, I THINK LIKE SOMETHING LIKE TEACHOUT HAS OPENED UP A LOT OF THINGS SO WE CAN HAVE DIRECT ACCESS. BUT I THINK AND WHEN YOU TALK LIKE WHEN I TALK TO THE SOCIAL WORKERS AND EVEN BLUE BONNET CHARLES, NOW THEY'RE BACK IN PERSON, THAT THERE'S AN ELEMENT THAT'S IN PERSON FOR THERAPY AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT A LOT WANT THAT IN-PERSON CONNECTION THAT HAPPENS IN WANTING TO BE FACE TO FACE.

BUT THERE IS, I MEAN, THERE'S QUITE A FEW THAT STILL WANT TELEMEDICINE.

SOME FAMILIES WANT TELEMEDICINE, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS OR TELE THERAPY.

SO I MEAN, IT'S VERY MUCH IT DEPENDS.

I THINK IT THRUST THE MENTAL HEALTH INDUSTRY INTO TELE THERAPY A LOT FASTER THAN IT WAS GOING. SO WHILE THERE ARE SOME ADVANTAGES, I STILL THINK FACE TO FACE AT TIMES IS EXACTLY WHAT A STUDENT OR A FAMILY WANTS.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WESTON.

SO I JUST WANT TO VALIDATE WHAT DR.

XIAO IS SAYING.

YOU WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO AS A BOARD? YOU WERE SAYING THAT THE LEARNING COMMUNITIES ARE DIFFERENT? I AGREE COMPLETELY.

AND LIKE I SAID, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS.

THUS, THE REASON WHY WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR A MEETING SO THAT WE CAN EXPLORE ALL OF THAT SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL OF THAT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE ANSWERS.

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PARENTS WHEN YOUR CHILD COMES TO YOU AND TELLS YOU THAT THEY NEED HELP.

DON'T IGNORE THEM.

DON'T MAKE THE MISTAKE THAT I MADE.

DON'T LET YOUR PRIDE GET IN THE WAY.

GETTING YOUR CHILD HELP IS A SIGN OF STRENGTH.

NOT WEAKNESS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT TRUSTEE WESTON.

CAN I SAY. OK, I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S STATEMENTS LIKE THAT, TOO, THAT I THINK MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR PARENTS.

BECAUSE I DO THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PARENTS NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO OR THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE IN ISOLATION AND DOING IT, AND SO JUST SAYING I THINK THE PARENT ADVOCACY PART AND PARENT EDUCATION PART IS HUGE THAT THE BOARD COULD HELP WITH IN THAT OUTREACH, THAT I CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH AND PEOPLE WILL ONLY COME SO MUCH, BUT THAT YOU ALL DO HAVE A COLLECTIVE VOICE THAT COULD BE IMPORTANT.

I DON'T SEE ANY MORE BUTTONS, BUT I WILL MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE HAS PUSHED ONE AND IT'S NOT WORKING. OK.

THANK YOU, DR. GROSSO.

SO WE'LL GO NOW TO F4 THE VIRTUAL LEARNING UPDATE.

DR. AZAIEZ.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT WEIR AND RYAN IS BACK AGAIN.

SO WE'D BE TALKING TO US ABOUT VIRTUAL LEARNING PROGRAM AND WHAT WE HAVE FOR THIS SEMESTER AND BEYOND.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR, AND THANK YOU, PRESIDENT WEIR AND EVERYBODY GOOD TO BE JOINED BY MR. CURRAN THIS TIME OUR CHIEF OF HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES.

BUT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE'VE BEEN WITH THE VIRTUAL LEARNING PROGRAM THIS FALL, AS WELL AS OUR PLAN FOR THE NEXT, I GUESS, MONTH AND A HALF. YOU KNOW, AS WE ARE EXCITED TO BE WELCOMING OUR STUDENTS BACK TO CAMPUS NOW THAT VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE FOR OUR STUDENTS AGES 5 TO 11.

BUT TO GET US STARTED, JENNIFER, IF YOU COULD PULL UP THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU AND GO AHEAD TO THE FIRST SLIDE.

JUST A BRIEF TIMELINE WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS, BUT JUST AS I SAID, LOOKING BACK OVER THE FALL, IF WE GO BACK TO AUGUST 25TH IS WHEN WE STARTED AUGUST 9TH REMEMBER WE HAD THE SURVEY THAT WE PUT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND AS WE REMEMBER, WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM BEFORE SENATE BILL 15 WAS IN LAW.

SO THAT HAPPENED AFTER WE HAD ALREADY STARTED.

A LOT OF OTHER DISTRICTS STARTED AFTER THAT, SO WE HAD TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE KIND OF THE RULES CHANGED AFTER WE HAD BEGAN.

AS YOU SEE, IT WASN'T UNTIL SEPTEMBER 23RD THAT TEA REALLY GAVE THE GUIDANCE AROUND SENATE BILL 15.

AND THEN, AS WE SAID, FOR NOVEMBER 2ND, VACCINES BECAME AVAILABLE AND NOVEMBER 4TH WE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE WELCOMING STUDENTS BACK AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER. AND THEN JANUARY 5TH IS WHEN WE'RE EXPECTING STUDENTS AND TEACHERS BACK ON CAMPUS BEFORE REALLY WE DO ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

JENNIFER JUST DID WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO SPEAK TO OUR STAFF AND OUR TEACHERS COMMUNITY THE BOARD EVERYBODY.

THIS I CAN'T SUGARCOAT IT.

THIS WAS A VERY DIFFICULT STRESSING, EMOTIONALLY STRESSING PROGRAM FOR STAFF, FOR STUDENTS, FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED.

THERE WAS A LOT OF MOVEMENT AS STUDENTS WENT BACK AT DIFFERENT RATES.

SO THAT CREATED A LOT OF TEACHER CHANGES.

SO I THINK IT WAS A GREAT THING THAT WE'VE DONE.

IT WAS A SERVICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT WAS VERY MUCH NEEDED.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT IT WASN'T VERY STRESSFUL ON EVERYBODY, AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT GRATITUDE.

LIKE I MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT IN THE VIDEO TO OUR STAFF WHO WHETHER YOU'RE AN ON CAMPUS ELEMENTARY TEACHER OR A VIRTUAL ELEMENTARY TEACHER, EVERYBODY FELT THE IMPACT OF A VIRTUAL PROGRAM.

I DID WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE JUST TO NAME A FEW PEOPLE THAT REALLY DID ON TOP OF THEIR FULL TIME JOBS PLAY A MAJOR ROLE.

BARRY RYAN IS SERVING AS OUR PRINCIPAL.

EDIE BINNS AND AUTUMN HEBERT ARE ALSO ON THAT LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT ARE DOING GREAT WORK.

WE HAVE A BUNCH OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS THAT WERE KIND OF TRANSITIONED INTO THIS ROLE, AS WELL AS ABOUT 160 ELEMENTARY TEACHERS WHO OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THEY'RE NOT ALL STILL THERE. SOME OF THEM HAVE TRANSITIONED BACK AS STUDENTS HAVE, BUT THEY REALLY PULLED TOGETHER AND DID SOME, GREAT WORK OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS.

AND ONE GROUP TOO THAT NOBODY EVER SEES, BUT PLAYED JUST AN INSTRUMENTAL ROLE AND WILL CONTINUE TO AS WE TRANSITION BACK IS OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, MARK GABEHART, I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM HERE TONIGHT, BUT HIS TEAM THE PEIMS TEAM THE NUMBER OF CODING SWITCHES AND ALL THE DIFFERENT PROVISIONING AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO WORK CORRECTLY FOR STUDENTS AND

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BUT JENNIFER, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE IF WE WANT TO JUST TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR TRANSITION PLAN AT THIS POINT TO GET OUR STUDENTS BACK ON CAMPUS.

AFTER WE MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, WE DID SURVEY FAMILIES TO SEE NOW THAT A VACCINE IS AVAILABLE. ARE YOU PLANNING ON COMING BACK BEFORE THE END OF THE SEMESTER? BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED, THAT MOVEMENT TAKES A LOT OF PLANNING AND A LOT OF COORDINATION.

SO WE WANTED TO AS MUCH AS WE CAN BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHEN THAT'S HAPPENING SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THOSE TRANSITIONS ARE SMOOTH.

SO THE GAME PLAN AT THAT POINT WAS TO ASK ABOUT HOW MANY OF THEM WANT TO COME BACK BEFORE THE END OF THE SEMESTER AND BRING THEM ALL BACK ON ESSENTIALLY ONE DAY, SO WE COULD PLAN FOR THAT AHEAD OF TIME.

SO WE DO EXPECT ABOUT 250 STUDENTS WILL START BACK ON CAMPUS ON NOVEMBER 29TH.

THAT'S EVERYBODY THAT FILLED OUT THAT SURVEY PRIOR TO NOVEMBER 15TH.

AND SO WE EXPECT THE REMAINDER OF THE STUDENTS TO COME BACK, PROBABLY AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER. BUT JUST LIKE I SAID, WE HAD TO KIND OF STRUCTURE THAT RETURN JUST BECAUSE OF THAT, CREATING THE SCHEDULES, THE PEIMS UPDATES, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

OUR CAMPUSES ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW TO DEVELOP WELCOME BACK PLANS, WHETHER IT'S FOR STUDENTS, FOR PARENTS.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, SOME CAMPUSES HAD SEVERAL HUNDRED STUDENTS IN THE VIRTUAL LEARNING PROGRAM, OTHERS HAD A LOT LESS.

SO THOSE WELCOME BACK PLANS WILL LOOK DIFFERENT.

BUT IN TALKING TO SOME OF OUR PRINCIPALS OF SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT HAVE LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THEY'RE REALLY PLANNING EVENTS THAT ARE SEMI SIMILAR TO A FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. BECAUSE WE, I MEAN, SOME OF OUR KINDERGARTNERS, THIS WILL BE THEIR FIRST TIME ON CAMPUS FIRST GRADERS A LOT OF THEM WERE VIRTUAL AS KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE.

THIS YEAR, ITS SECOND THIRD GRADERS.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN ON THIS EARTH THAT LONG, AND A LOT OF THE TIME OVER THE LAST A LOT OF THEIR SCHOOL CAREER HAS BEEN VIRTUAL.

SO WE REALLY ANTICIPATE AND ARE PLANNING AHEAD FOR BEING READY FOR THAT.

JUST GETTING USED TO BEING ON CAMPUS, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE WHILE AND SO THAT'S THE CAMPUS COUNSELOR PIECE THAT I MENTIONED THERE, TOO, IS REALLY PREPARING THEM TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS AS THEY COME BACK.

AND I DO WANT TO MENTION THE SIXTH GRADERS, WE'RE PART OF THIS PROGRAM AS WELL, AND WE DEFINITELY DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY OF THEM TO BEGIN WITH AND THEY DID START MOVING BACK.

THERE'S STILL, I THINK ABOUT 180 OF THEM, BUT THEY MOVED BACK A LITTLE QUICKER.

I THINK THEY'RE A LITTLE OLDER. SO AS SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS DID GET A VACCINE, THEY TURNED 12 EARLIER IN THE YEAR.

WE DID SEE A LOT MORE OF THE SIXTH GRADERS COME BACK PRIOR TO NOW AND THEN SPEAKING ABOUT THAT SIXTH GRADE, I SHOULD HAVE GIVEN A SHOUT OUT ALSO TO OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING TEAM WITHIN TEACHING AND LEARNING.

I MEAN, THEY REALLY SHIFTED A LOT OF THEIR WORK TO ALONG WITH TEACHERS AT OUR ROUND ROCK OPPORTUNITY CENTER.

THEY WORK TOGETHER TO WORK WITH ALL THE SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS AND TEACH THOSE CLASSES.

WE DIDN'T END UP HAVING TO MOVE ANY SIXTH GRADE TEACHERS FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

ALL THOSE CLASSES WERE COVERED WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND TEACHERS FROM THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER, SO THEY ALSO DID AN INCREDIBLE WORK THIS SEMESTER.

AND THEN REALLY THE THE LAST PIECE I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE TRANSITION FOR STUDENTS BACK BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO MR. CURRAN TO TALK ABOUT THE TEACHERS IS I THINK I MENTIONED THIS IN THE VIDEO AS WELL, BUT THE ACADEMIC READINESS, YOU KNOW, FOR STUDENTS AS THEY MAKE THAT TRANSITION.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THE STUDENTS WITH THEIR VIRTUAL TEACHER FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW.

SO WE ARE DEVELOPING A WAY FOR WHEREVER THOSE STUDENTS ARE GOING BACK TO THEIR CAMPUS FOR DATA SHARING MAKES IT SOUND REAL TECHNICAL, BUT IT'S REALLY ALMOST A PORTFOLIO LOOK AT THAT STUDENT. SO AS THE TEACHERS WHO ARE GETTING THEM BACK ON CAMPUS, THEY'LL HAVE A BACKGROUND ON THEM, HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE THIS FALL.

SO THEY CAN KNOW WHERE THERE'S STRENGTHS, WHERE THERE'S AREAS THAT THEY NEED TO NEED TO FOCUS ON WHEN THEY RETURN TO CAMPUS IN JANUARY.

SO WITH THAT, AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE TO TALK ABOUT KIND OF OUR PLAN WITH RETURNING TEACHERS BECAUSE THAT'S JUST AS COMPLICATED AND TECHNICAL.

BUT WE HAVE A GOOD PLAN FOR THAT AS WELL.

SO I THINK YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, JENNIFER, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. CURRAN. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

PRESENT WEIR TRUSTEES, DR.

AZAIEZ. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TALKING WITH YOU ALL.

IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU ALL, AND I APPRECIATE BEING HERE TONIGHT.

I JUST REALLY WANT TO FIRSTLY ECHO WHAT RYAN SAID ABOUT OUR STAFF.

THIS IS I'VE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT NOW FOR A MONTH AND I'M JUST ASTOUNDED WITH THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS PROGRAM AND HOW SUCCESSFUL IT'S BEEN IN VERY CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES.

I MEAN, I'VE HAD THE REALLY GOOD FORTUNE OF TALKING WITH A LOT OF LEADERS IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT ALSO I'VE VISITED WITH SOME TEACHERS AND HAVE LOTS OF EMAILS AND COMMUNICATION WITH TEACHERS AS WELL.

AND I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF A DISTRICT WHERE OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF PUT IN AS MUCH EFFORT AS THEY DO TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS GET WHAT THEY NEED.

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AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I ADDRESSED THAT BEFORE WE GOT STARTED.

SO AS RYAN MENTIONED, I THINK AS WE LOOK TO TRANSITION BACK TO CAMPUS, I THINK A BIG PART OF THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF HAVE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED FOR SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION.

CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, OUR STUDENTS, WE KEEP THEM AT THE FOCUS OF ALL THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF HAVE THAT SUPPORT SO THAT THEY CAN ADEQUATELY TRANSITION BACK INTO PLACE AS WELL.

SO PART OF THE REASON FOR OUR STRUCTURED TIMELINE WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT TEACHERS HAD ENOUGH PREPARATION TIME TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT.

WELL, A LOT OF THEM HAVE REMAINED ON THEIR HOME CAMPUS LOGISTICALLY, THE TRANSITION FROM VIRTUAL TO AN IN-PERSON ENVIRONMENT IS IT'S DIFFERENT, RIGHT? SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THOSE MILESTONE DATES AND THAT WE ALSO WERE VERY TRANSPARENT WITH OUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THOSE DATES AND HAD ADEQUATE TIME TO PREPARE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NEVER LIKED WHEN I WAS A TEACHER MYSELF WERE THINGS THAT WERE JUST SPRUNG ON YOU AT THE LAST MINUTE, AND SO WE BUILT IN THESE DATES INTENTIONALLY.

NOVEMBER THE 29TH WAS A BIG MILESTONE DATE FOR US AND ALLOWED US TO UTILIZE THE BREAK, THE TRANSITION FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND FOR STAFF.

AND SO BY USING THE PARENT SURVEY TO REALLY DETERMINE HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE GOING TO COME BACK, IT ALSO ALLOWED US TO DETERMINE WHERE THE STAFFING NEED MIGHT SHIFT.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND ALL OF OUR TEACHERS WHO WILL BE TRANSITIONED BACK TO IN-PERSON LEARNING HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THIS WEEK.

WE GOT THEM. WE WERE PLANNING AND HOPING TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO THEM BY THE 18TH, WHICH IS TODAY. I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THEM A COUPLE OF DAYS, ADDITIONAL NOTICE IN A LOT OF CASES.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE 12 TEACHERS RETURNING BACK TO IN-PERSON LEARNING ON NOVEMBER THE 29TH.

AND I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THOSE TEACHERS TO GET BACK AND GET TO SEE THOSE STUDENTS IN PERSON. SO THEN THE REMAINING TEACHERS WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF TEACHERS AND STAFF THAT REMAIN IN VIRTUAL LEARNING.

WE'LL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 170 TEACHERS WHO WOULD BE PLANNING ON RETURNING ON JANUARY THE 3RD, SO NOW WE KNOW WE HAVE OUR PARENT SURVEY DATA RETURNED, AND WE'RE MAKING THE ASSUMPTION AT THIS POINT THAT EVERYBODY ELSE, ALL OF THE STUDENTS IN VIRTUAL LEARNING WILL RETURN TO IN-PERSON LEARNING ON JANUARY THE 5TH.

AND AS SUCH, WE'RE MAKING THOSE STAFFING PLANS WITH THAT GOAL IN MIND.

AND WE'RE STAYING POSITIVE AND HOPEFUL THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WILL RETURN TO IN-PERSON.

AND SO BASED ON THAT INFORMATION, WE'RE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND START TO PLAN FOR THOSE CLASSES AND WHAT THOSE STAFFING ADJUSTMENTS MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR JANUARY, WITH THE GOAL BEING TO INFORM STAFF BY NO LATER THAN DECEMBER THE 10TH OF WHERE THEIR ASSIGNMENT WOULD BE ON THAT FIRST DAY BACK AFTER THE WINTER BREAK.

SO ON JANUARY THE 3RD, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD FOR THEM TO COME BACK AND ACTUALLY BE IN THEIR NEW ASSIGNMENT FOR THAT FIRST DAY BACK AFTER BREAK.

SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISHING THOSE MILESTONE DATES HAS ALLOWED US TO KEEP THAT MINIMAL MOVEMENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

CERTAINLY, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE AND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW DISRUPTIVE THESE MOVES ARE FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF. AND AGAIN, I JUST AM SO THANKFUL FOR THE GRACE THAT THEY'VE SHOWN THROUGH A VERY CHALLENGING SEMESTER AS WE'VE SEEN STUDENT SHIFTS AND ADJUSTMENTS TO PROGRAM AND STAFFING NEEDS.

AND SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT BY ESTABLISHING THE STRUCTURE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEMESTER, WE CAN KEEP THOSE DISRUPTIONS TO A MINIMUM.

THANKS. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. CURRAN. JUST A COUPLE LAST THINGS I WANTED TO END WITH BEFORE WE CAN DISCUSS SOME QUESTIONS IS REALLY JUST LOOKING AT NEXT STEPS IN VIRTUAL LEARNING IN ROUND ROCK ISD.

JUST SENATE BILL 15 LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, JUST FOR AWARENESS.

YOU KNOW, THAT DOES AT THIS POINT ONLY RUNS THROUGH 2023.

SO FOR ANY REAL LONG TERM MECHANISM THAT'S GOING TO HAVE ADA FUNDING TIED TO IT, THERE'S GOING TO REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE ACTION AT THAT POINT TO HAVE THAT AS AN OPTION.

BUT WE DO HAVE NEXT YEAR THAT THERE COULD BE OPTIONS AVAILABLE, SO I REALLY WANT US TO TAKE SOME TIME THIS SPRING TO TALK THROUGH WHAT AND WHEN I SAY TALK THROUGH AND WE I MEAN TEACHERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT THAT WE REALLY SEE AS A STRONG FUTURE FOR VIRTUAL LEARNING IN ROUND ROCK ISD? I THINK WE HAVE DEFINITELY SEEN THAT THERE IS A PLACE FOR IT, YOU KNOW, AND THERE IS MAYBE NOT TO THE SCOPE, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, AT ONE POINT WE HAD 4800 STUDENTS IN OUR VIRTUAL LEARNING PROGRAM THIS FALL.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE SCOPE THAT WE SEE IN THE FUTURE, BUT I DEFINITELY DO SEE THAT WHETHER IT'S IN A HIGH SCHOOL SETTING OR WHETHER IT'S IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL SETTING OR AN ELEMENTARY SETTING.

I THINK WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THERE IS PROBABLY SOME DEMAND OUT THERE AND THERE IS DEFINITELY A FUTURE LOOK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO VIRTUAL LEARNING IN THE DISTRICT. SO A COALITION PUT TOGETHER THIS SPRING, LIKE I SAID, PARENTS, TEACHERS,

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BUT AGAIN, THERE'S SOME LIMITATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO LONGER TERM PLANNING WITH THE CURRENT WAY THAT THE ADA FUNDING IS SET UP WITH SENATE BILL 15.

SO WITH THAT, I THINK WE'RE READY FOR SOME QUESTIONS.

TRUSTEE VESSA. WELL, FIRST, I TOO WANT TO EXTEND GREAT THANKS TO ALL THE STAFF THAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE.

I KNOW THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CREATION OF THE PROGRAM COULDN'T REALLY HAVE GONE WORSE. I MEAN, REALLY, IN ALL TRUTH, I COULDN'T HAVE PUT TOGETHER A SCENARIO THAT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. YOU KNOW, WE WERE TRYING ALL THE SPRING TO GET A SIGNIFICANT RUNWAY FOR THIS PROGRAM, AND THAT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN.

THERE WERE LOTS OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAPPENED AT THE LEGISLATURE THAT CAUSED IT TO HAVE, LIKE LITERALLY NO RUNWAY.

AND I KNOW THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE BURDEN ON OUR STAFF, AND I JUST WANT TO JUST SAY I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BENDING OVER BACKWARDS DOING FLIPS AND ALL KINDS OF GYMNASTICS TO SERVE FAMILIES IN A HUGE SURGE OF THE PANDEMIC WHEN WE REALLY NEEDED A VIRTUAL OPTION.

AND IT WAS A HUGE PASSION OF MINE TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE AND LIKE I SAID, INCREDIBLE AMOUNTS OF FRUSTRATION AT HOW THE PROCESS EKED OUT.

BUT I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR DISTRICT AND WHAT WE DID AND SERVING.

AND I THINK FOR ALL THOSE PAINS THAT EVERYONE WENT THROUGH, THEY CAN REALLY KNOW THAT THEY REALLY DID SERVE A LOT OF FAMILIES WELL.

AND THERE'S GREAT GRATITUDE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR WHAT THE SACRIFICES THAT WERE MADE.

I'M VERY INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, AS WE EVALUATE THE STUDENT OUTCOMES, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY ONE THING THAT CAME UP OVER AND OVER AS THIS BILL WAS BEING DEBATED IS IS THIS REALLY IF WE DO THIS AS AN ISD MODEL, WILL STUDENT OUTCOMES IMPROVE? BECAUSE THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS VIRTUAL LEARNING IN THE STATE IS NOT VERY SUCCESSFUL IN GENERAL. I MEAN, MOST OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE RATED D OR F.

THAT'S THE REALITY.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AS WE LOOK IN THE SPRING AT THE FUTURE OF VIRTUAL LEARNING IN ROUND ROCK ISD TO EVALUATE HOW DID OUR STUDENTS ACTUALLY DO.

AND SO I'M VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT.

AND I THINK A COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, TO CONSIDER THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT IF THERE'S A TRUSTEE MEMBER OR MEMBERS.

I WOULD LOVE TO BE ON THAT.

I PROBABLY HAVE MEMORIZED THE BILL.

[LAUGHTER] SO AND WAS THERE LIKE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY THROUGH IT.

SO I BRING THAT PART OF IT.

AND JUST HAVING BEEN IN SO MANY OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND KNOWING WHAT 2023 IS, THAT LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THE FUTURE COULD BE IN TERMS OF THE LEGISLATURE EXTENDING THAT FUNDING.

BUT SO ONE QUESTION THAT I ACTUALLY HAVE BECAUSE UP TO THIS POINT I'VE JUST BEEN TALKING IS ONE OF THE HUGE CONCERNS OF OUR STAFF WAS, YOU KNOW, THEY VOLUNTEERED FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR SCHOOLS TO SERVE THEIR VIRTUAL STUDENTS, BUT THEY ARE INCREDIBLY SCARED THAT THEY WON'T GET TO GO BACK TO THOSE HOME CAMPUSES.

AND SO I JUST WANTED YOU GUYS TO SPEAK TO THAT CONCERN THAT I KNOW IS WITHIN OUR STAFF.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. YES.

SO OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST AND FOREMOST ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE REALLY GOT TO LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS OF STUDENTS RETURNING BACK ON JANUARY THE 3RD.

AND THE INTENTION IS, AS I SAID EARLIER, WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WILL RETURN TO IN-PERSON AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE PLANNING ON STAFFING.

WE ARE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN ENROLLMENT ISSUE RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT. AND EVEN WITH THAT ASSUMPTION THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS DO RETURN TO CLASS TO IN-PERSON LEARNING, I'M SORRY, WE'RE LOOKING AT A SIGNIFICANT, YOU KNOW, SHORTAGE IN TERMS OF OUR ENROLLMENT.

AND SO WE ALSO HAVE WHAT'S EXACERBATING THAT IS WE'VE STILL GOT QUITE A FEW VACANCIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FILL IN, ESPECIALLY AS THE SEMESTER ENDS, WE START TO SEE MORE OF THOSE VACANCIES POP UP.

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OK, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING AND WE'RE HOPEFUL OF DOING THAT.

THERE'LL BE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

AND SO. SCENARIO ONE WOULD BE THEY WOULD RETURN TO THEIR HOME CAMPUS IN THE ASSIGNMENT THEY WERE IN BEFORE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S IDEAL SITUATION.

ANOTHER SCENARIO COULD BE THEY WOULD RETURN TO THEIR HOME CAMPUS IN ANOTHER ASSIGNMENT.

IF THERE'S A POSITION THAT'S OPEN IN ANOTHER GRADE LEVEL OR IF ANOTHER CLASS SIZE OPENS UP DUE TO ENROLLMENT. I MEAN, WE STILL HAVE CAMPUSES THAT ARE RECEIVING STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS GREAT.

THERE MAY BE SITUATIONS WHERE DUE TO HOUSE BILL 4545 WE HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE THEY CAN COME IN AND IN INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT ROLE AT THAT HOME CAMPUS AS WELL.

SO THOSE WOULD BE THE THREE IDEAL SITUATIONS WHERE THEY DO GET TO RETURN HOME, YOU KNOW, BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE.

NOW WE DO HAVE SITUATIONS WITH OUR ENROLLMENT AND WITH VACANCIES AND AS POSITIONS OPEN UP WHERE WE HAVE TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UTILIZING THE STAFF, THAT WE HAVE TO ENSURE ALL STUDENTS HAVE THAT HIGH QUALITY EDUCATOR.

SO THERE MAY BE SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT STAFFING ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THAT.

AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE WON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE UNTIL JANUARY, BECAUSE EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING NOW IS BASED ON A PROJECTION.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROJECTING STUDENT NUMBERS.

WE'RE PROJECTING WHAT JANUARY MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

BUT REALLY, UNTIL WE GET TO JANUARY, WE CAN'T EVEN START TO MAKE ANY SORT OF ADJUSTMENTS THAT WOULD RESULT IN A CHANGE TO THAT.

SO THAT'S ABOUT AS MUCH AS I CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AT THIS TIME, I WILL SAY THAT OUR GOAL AND OUR PLAN ALL ALONG IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE TEACHERS AS MUCH NOTICE AS WE CAN OF ANY SORT OF STAFFING ADJUSTMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE THAT WOULD IMPACT THEIR PLACEMENT.

I APPRECIATE THAT AND I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL, YOU KNOW, KEEP ALL OF THESE STUDENTS OR THE VAST VAST MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS AND SEE ADDITIONAL STUDENTS AS FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, ARE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THEIR CHILDREN BEING ABLE TO BE VACCINATED AND WHATNOT.

I WILL SAY THAT AS I STUDIED VIRTUAL LEARNING OPTIONS IN THE SUMMER FOR OUR UNVACCINATED GROUP, THERE AREN'T A LOT OF OPTIONS IN THIS STATE, UNFORTUNATELY, FOR VIRTUAL LEARNING, LIKE IF A FAMILY REALLY WANTED TO CONTINUE AND THEY WERE, SAY IN THE FOURTH GRADE, THEY'RE REALLY LIMITED OPTIONS THERE VERY FEW SLOTS AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY WOULD EVEN TAKE JANUARY ENROLLMENTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE LOOKED INTO THAT AS YOU HAVE EVALUATED HOW MANY STUDENTS COULD POTENTIALLY COME BACK.

BUT IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER LIKE AS WE PREPARE AND TRY TO GET A BETTER SENSE IS LIKE, ARE THERE EVEN ANY VIRTUAL SPOTS? COULD YOU EVEN ENROLL IN A VIRTUAL ACADEMY MID-SEMESTER? I DON'T KNOW THAT.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU KNOW, WHAT OPTIONS DO WE EVEN HAVE? BECAUSE I THINK THAT WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT, OTHER OPTIONS ARE OUT THERE, YOU CAN KIND OF BETTER PLAN FOR WHAT COULD HAPPEN.

YEAH, I'D SAY WE HAVEN'T LOOKED INTO THAT YET, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD COULD DO SOME RESEARCH ON TO BETTER GET TO THAT PROJECTION.

TRUSTEE FELLER. SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU SAID TRUSTEE BONE.

APOLOGIZE. MY FIRST QUESTION YOU ANSWERED.

I WROTE IT DOWN WHILE YOU WERE TALKING AND YOU ANSWERED AS WE WENT ALONG, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WON'T RETURN AT ALL COME CHRISTMAS, YOU KNOW, BACK IN JANUARY AND IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT RATHER THAN JUST WAITING AND SEE WE COULD ACTUALLY REACH OUT AND TRY TO GET THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE'RE PREPARED? SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE A PRETTY EASY, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONNAIRE KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU'RE ORGANIZING WHO'S COMING BACK ON NOVEMBER THE 29TH, JUST FEEL LIKE THAT MIGHT MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION FOR EVERYBODY.

OF COURSE, NOT TELLING YOU HOW TO DO YOUR JOB, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT IS INFORMATION THAT MIGHT BE READILY ACCESSIBLE.

NO, YOU'RE RIGHT AND RIGHT, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT KIND OF THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING ON THAT PIECE.

SURE. AND YOU GUYS ARE INCREDIBLY OVERWORKED RIGHT NOW.

I TOTALLY GET IT. ALONG THE SAME LINES, HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS THAT DON'T WANT TO BE IN PERSON WITH STUDENTS, WHETHER THEIR OWN HEALTH CONCERNS OR WHATEVER IT IS, BUT HAVE ENJOYED THE VIRTUAL FORMAT AND ARE NOW, YOU KNOW, RESIGNING BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO BE BACK IN A CLASSROOM.

WE'VE HAD VERY FEW RESIGNATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RELATED TO MOVING BACK TO AN IN-PERSON SCENARIO. IN FACT, THEY'RE LESS THAN A HANDFUL NOW.

WE ARE SEEING RESIGNATIONS COME WITH IT JUST BEING NATURAL END OF THE SEMESTER THAT HAPPENS. AND SO WE WOULD REALLY NEED TO DIG INTO THAT DATA TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS ANY REAL SUBSTANCE TO ANY OF THOSE RESIGNATIONS IN TERMS OF THAT REASON.

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AZAIEZ AND I WANT TO ECHO WHAT TRUSTEE VESSA SAID, IS HOW CONCERNED I AM WITH STUDENT OUTCOMES IN THE VIRTUAL FORMAT.

BUT REALLY, THIS COMES TO A CRITICISM VIRTUAL LEARNING DID NOT WORK FOR MY FAMILY, WE DIDN'T LIKE IT, BUT IT DID WORK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, I ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE ALL THE TIME AND THERE IS A SECTION OF OUR POPULATION THAT WANT VIRTUAL LEARNING COME JANUARY OF 2022.

AND SO I FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE EXPLORING OPTIONS FOR FALL OF 2022, WE HAVE LEFT A SIGNIFICANT GAP OF THE SPRING SEMESTER UNCOVERED FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT I WANT A ROBUST VIRTUAL LEARNING PROGRAM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, AND I UNDERSTAND THE HAZARDS AND ALL OF THE MAYBE NOT ALL.

BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE LOGISTICS OF RUNNING A VIRTUAL PROGRAM.

BUT IF WE'RE EVEN GOING TO CONSIDER IT, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE LEFT THIS GAP IN THIS SPRING SEMESTER OF 2022, YOU KNOW, AND THERE ARE SOME FAMILIES WHO HAVE YOUNG KIDS WHO AREN'T, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE UNDER FIVE THAT AREN'T VACCINATED, THAT ARE STILL CONCERNED ABOUT SENDING THEIR KIDS BACK.

AND I THINK THAT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER AND SMALLER AS WE GO ALONG.

BUT IF IT MATTERS TO ONE, THEN WE HAVE TO CONSIDER, ARE WE HELPING THAT POPULATION? AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER VIRTUAL LEARNING, I JUST FEEL LIKE WE REALLY LEFT A GAP HERE OF THIS SPRING SEMESTER.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FELLER. SO WE ARE, I THINK, YOU MENTIONED A VERY GOOD STARTING POINT, WHICH IS ASSESSING OR SURVEYING OUR PARENTS, RIGHT? BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO ALSO THINK OF THE, I GUESS, THE PROCESS OF THE MECHANISM.

WE WANT THIS TO BE SUCCESSFUL EVEN BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT RYAN TRIED TO EXPLAIN IS IF WE TAKE THE TIME TO GET INPUT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARENTS, I THINK THAT WAS THE INTENTION OF NOT TO SIT AND DO NOTHING IN THE SPRING IS ACTUALLY TO PLAN AND GATHER DATA AND ASSESS, RIGHT.

SO IF WE LAUNCH AGAIN IN THE FALL WILL BE EVEN BETTER THAN WE EVER HAD BEFORE.

BUT WE CERTAINLY HAVE TO ASSESS THE STUDENT AND THE PARENTS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN COME BACK. KEEP SOMETHING IN MIND, THOUGH, COME DECEMBER 31ST.

AFTER THAT, WE CANNOT ASK TEACHERS TO GO VIRTUAL WITHOUT THEM SAYING, YES, I WANT TO DO IT. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE, HUGE CHALLENGE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE DID NOT HIRE TEACHERS TO BE TEACHING VIRTUALLY.

THEY TEACH MOST OF THEM SIGN IN.

ALTHOUGH YOU MENTIONED SOME WHO WANTED TO DO THE VIRTUAL WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY WILL BE WILLING TO DO THAT COME JANUARY 1ST.

AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND ALL OF THOSE LOGISTICS.

I REALLY DO, AND I HOPE THAT YOU DIDN'T THINK THAT I WAS ASSUMING THAT THE SPRING SEMESTER WOULD MEAN YOU WERE DOING NOTHING.

I UNDERSTAND.

I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD EVEN DO A LEARNING FROM THE PEOPLE WHO WERE VIRTUAL LAST SCHOOL YEAR, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY OF US THAT WERE VIRTUAL FOR THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM THOSE PARENTS AND WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DIDN'T WORK.

SO I TOTALLY I UNDERSTAND IT.

I JUST THINK THAT IF WE'RE EVEN GOING TO EXPLORE IT, THAT WE'VE LEFT THIS GAP OF PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE WANTED IT, AND LIKE TRUSTEE VESSA SAID THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY OPTIONS FOR THIS SPRING SEMESTER FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT DO WANT A VIRTUAL PROGRAM.

AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO ECHO THAT I AM NOT A FAN OF VIRTUAL LEARNING AND I FOR THE MAIN REASON OF STUDENT OUTCOMES, AND WE JUST DID NOT SEE STUDENTS BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE VIRTUAL LEARNING PROGRAM.

I MEAN, VAST MAJORITY OF THEM, IT WAS REALLY A STRUGGLE.

AND THEN WE GO BACK TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE MENTAL HEALTH SIDE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, PIECE AS WELL. AND YOU KNOW, LIKE TRUSTEE WESTON MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, AS A PARENT OF A KID WHO SUFFERED DURING THAT TIME.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST IMPORTANT, AND I THINK THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THAT ROUTE, WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS, AND I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT YOUR TEAM IS GOING TO DO THAT. IT'S JUST MY CRITICISM THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT, WE HAVE LEFT THIS GAP. SO I'LL STOP TALKING.

TRUSTEE HARRISON. THANK YOU.

I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS ENOUGH THANKS THAT WE CAN EXPRESS IT WAS A TREMENDOUS SACRIFICE. I THINK MY DEEPEST REGRET IS THAT WE FINALLY GOT SOME AGREEMENT AROUND THIS IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR, WHICH MEANT THAT A LOT OF TEACHERS DID NOT GET TO ELECT INTO THIS, THEY WERE TOLD, AND THAT WAS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.

AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

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WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THE TEACHERS THAT ARE ON CAMPUS TEACHING IN PERSON AND HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, WIDESPREAD THAT MAY NOT BE IMPACTFUL, BUT THINKING ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL, RIGHT? THE SIXTH GRADERS THAT ARE RETURNING ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE REDISTRIBUTED THROUGH EXISTING CLASSES.

SO. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU HAD TO PULL VERY MANY MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS AND YOU HAVE SUBJECT MATTER.

SO WHAT'S BEING COMMUNICATED TO THE IN-PERSON TEACHERS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE ADJUSTMENTS TO BE MADE? AND ARE WE THINKING ABOUT THIS HOLISTICALLY? THANKS, RYAN. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION TRUSTEE HARRISON, AND I'LL BE VERY TRANSPARENT WITH YOU AND UPFRONT IS THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THE COMMUNICATION PIECES AS WE GO ALONG. I MEAN THINGS.

I JUST WANT TO BE COMPLETELY OPEN AND SAY THAT THINGS HAVE EVOLVED SO QUICKLY AND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THESE PIECES IN PLACE.

BUT THAT'S A VERY VALUABLE PIECE OF FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH THOSE IN-PERSON TEACHERS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR THEM.

WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH OUR PRINCIPALS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

I MEAN, REALLY, WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL WITH THAT, MAKING SURE THAT THE PRINCIPALS ARE AWARE AS THE CAMPUS LEADERS WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE ON THEIR CAMPUS.

AND OF COURSE, EVERY CAMPUS LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, RIGHT? SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD TO TALK ABOUT WHERE IT'S LIKE ELECTIVE COURSES, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR KIDS COMING BACK FROM VIRTUAL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A BIG ISSUE.

SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE FOR THAT.

BUT I'LL TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK AND THEN WE'LL WORK ON THAT AS PART OF OUR COMMUNICATION PLAN AS WELL. THANK YOU.

THAT KIND OF LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT IS EXTREMELY REFRESHING.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT HONESTY.

I THOUGHT I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT MAYBE I DID NOT.

MAYBE THAT WAS IT, IF I REMEMBER I WILL.

OH, TO ECHO TRUSTEE FELLER, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME FAMILIES.

I KNOW PEOPLE ARE SUPER EAGER TO COME BACK ON CAMPUS STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ALIKE, BUT WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK FROM SOME EXTREMELY IMMUNOCOMPROMISED FAMILIES.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF I KNOW THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A WIDESPREAD SOLUTION, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FAMILIES CAN CONTACT SOMEONE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR HOMEBOUND BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE KIDS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ON HOMEBOUND JOINED VIRTUAL AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR MOST MARGINALIZED IN THIS REGARD, WHICH IS IMMUNOCOMPROMISED FAMILIES.

YEAH, AND IT MAY BE, AND THAT WOULD BE THE PATH, YOU KNOW, THE PART OF THE BEST PATH TO CONNECT THEM WITH AND WE CAN AS WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THE FAMILIES I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN PROBABLY MAKE SURE THEY'RE BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING SURE EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF ALL THE OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

TRUSTEE BONE.

SURE. FIRST, I WANT TO JUST REITERATE THE THANKS TO THE TEACHERS, WE KNOW THAT THIS WAS A BIG SACRIFICE AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT AND I KNOW THE FAMILIES APPRECIATE IT.

WE'VE GOTTEN THE EMAILS.

I'M SURE THE TEACHERS HAVE GOTTEN THE EMAILS.

ONE THING YOU KNOW, WHEN I USED TO SIT OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC AND NOW I'M HERE ON THE BOARD, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD NOTICE IS I WOULD COME TO A MEETING IN OCTOBER OR WATCH A MEETING IN OCTOBER, AND THEN I COME TO THAT MEETING IN NOVEMBER, AND THE TUNE WOULD CHANGE ON SOMETHING.

AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT AS A PARENT IN THE PUBLIC, I DIDN'T LIKE.

AND NOW THAT I'M ON THE BOARD, I STILL DON'T LIKE IT.

AND WHY I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE LISTENING, I REALLY APPRECIATE, RYAN, THAT YOU MADE THE COMMENT BECAUSE WE NEED TO OWN IT.

EVERYBODY FELT THE IMPACT OF OUR VIRTUAL PROGRAM.

OK. THAT TUNE IS NOT WHAT I HEARD IN OCTOBER, JUST A MONTH AGO.

AND I DON'T APPRECIATE THAT, I DON'T APPRECIATE THAT IN OCTOBER, WE WERE GETTING EMAILS FROM PARENTS SAYING, MY KID'S GOING, YOU KNOW, GETTING MOVED CLASSES, WE'RE MOVING 12 TEACHERS AND THEN WE GOT THIS WAVE OF FEEDBACK FROM, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPACTING TONS OF CLASSES. IT'S NOT JUST IMPACTING 12 TO 15.

I WANT THIS BOARD, TO BE HONEST.

I WANT THIS ADMINISTRATION TO BE HONEST WITH US.

I WANT THIS ADMINISTRATION TO BE HONEST WITH THE PUBLIC.

I ALSO HEARD [INAUDIBLE] TRUSTEE VESSA SAY VIRTUAL LEARNING IS NOT VERY SUCCESSFUL, I'VE HEARD TRUSTEE FELLER SAY THIS THIS BOARD DID NOT VOTE TO DO VIRTUAL EDUCATION.

AND THIS IS NOT A CONVERSATION IF YOU'RE A VIRTUAL LEARNER.

THIS IS NOT A CONVERSATION.

I'M NOT MARGINALIZING YOU.

THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT I'M HAVING WITH THE OTHER TRUSTEES RIGHT NOW AND THE ADMINISTRATION. IT IS OUR JOB TO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN OF ROUND ROCK ISD.

IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES.

IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO PUT IT ON THE ADMINISTRATION, AND IT'S NOT THE ADMINISTRATION'S JOB TO PANDER TO US AND CHANGE THE TUNE.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING TONIGHT.

AND I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

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OUR COMMUNITY, THEY MAYBE THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE HEARING, BUT THAT'S WHERE YOU HEAR THE FRUSTRATION FROM THE TEACHERS.

YOU HEAR THIS FRUSTRATION FROM THE PARENTS BECAUSE WE SAY ONE THING AND WE HAVE ONE TUNE OF VIRTUAL EDUCATION IS GOING ALONG JUST FINE AND THEN WE PUT THE BRAKES ON IT AND WE'RE STOPPING IT AND WE'RE.

AND IT WASN'T SO GREAT.

AND ALL I ASK FOR IS FOR OUR BOARD, TO BE HONEST, WHEN I'M HERE AT THE DAIS PLEASE, LET'S BE HONEST AND HAVE REAL CONVERSATIONS.

AND TALK ABOUT EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.

BECAUSE I WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE NEVER MET THE NEEDS OF ALL THE FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IN FACT, I BELIEVE DR.

AZAIEZ, IT WAS YOU THAT ACTUALLY MAY HAVE POINTED THIS OUT IN EITHER YOUR INTERVIEW OR MAYBE THE OTHER GENTLEMAN DID.

BUT WE HAD ONE OF THE INTERVIEWEES POINT THIS OUT.

WE HAVE CHARTER SCHOOLS, WE HAVE VIRTUAL.

SO I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT AND I DO I REALLY WANT IF YOU WANT TO COME TO ROUND ROCK ISD, I WANT YOU HERE, I WANT TO TRY TO MEET YOUR NEEDS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO REALIZE THAT WE'VE NEVER THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE NEVER MET ALL THE NEEDS.

THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN PARENTS AT HOME SCHOOL.

THERE'S PARENTS THAT HAVE ALL KINDS OF OTHER CHOICES.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FAMILIES I KNOW PROBABLY IN HERE THAT ONE KID GOES TO A CHARTER SCHOOL, ONE KID COMES TO PUBLIC, MAYBE NONE OF THEIR KIDS COME TO PUBLIC SCHOOL.

SO WHILE WE WANT TO FOCUS AND I KNOW WE WANT, I KNOW I APPRECIATE THIS ONE THING ABOUT ALL OF YOU IS THAT I KNOW WE ALL HAVE THE SAME VISION THAT WE LOVE EVERY STUDENT THAT COMES TO OUR DISTRICT AND WE WANT TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.

BUT I DO THINK WHEN WE GET UP HERE AND WE START SACRIFICING AND CHANGING OUR TUNE AND DOING THINGS LIKE THE VIRTUAL PROGRAM WITHOUT VOTING ON IT FOR WHATEVER REASON, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE HAVE THE VIRTUAL LEARNING PROGRAM.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I JUST WANT US TO REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN'T MEET ALL THE NEEDS. OK.

WE NEED IT QUITE JUST LET TRUSTEE BONE FINISH.

THANK YOU.

YES, THAT'S A BIGGER CONVERSATION, BUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE NEVER.

THERE'S ALWAYS STUDENTS THAT CHOOSE PEOPLE, CHOOSE OTHER PLATFORMS, I SHOULD SAY.

I WANT US TO TRY TO MEET ALL THE NEEDS.

I'LL REPHRASE THAT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT PARENTS WERE TOLD THAT THIS COULD END. IS THAT CORRECT, DR.

AZAIEZ? AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, IF I REMEMBER ALL THE EMAILS, WE DID TELL EVERYBODY THAT THIS COULD END.

THIS COULD END. I THINK WE FROM THE BEGINNING, I THINK WE SAID WE'LL END IT AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER, RIGHT RYAN? YEAH. FROM THE BEGINNING, WE TALKED ABOUT SEMESTER AND VACCINE AVAILABILITY.

OK, I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT'S THE KIND OF HONESTY I LIKE, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

AND NOW WE'VE CHOSE TO DO IT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE TO MAKE CHOICES.

SO I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS NOW.

AND IT KIND OF GOES YOU'VE ANSWERED SOME OF THESE, BUT I AM REALLY INTERESTED, AND I THINK IT WAS TRUSTEE HARRISON THAT WAS BRINGING SOME OF THESE UP THE OVERCROWDING.

SO WHAT YOU KNOW, HAVE WE KIND OF LOOKED AT OVERCROWDING WITH LUNCHES? I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT STAFF.

I MEAN, AS KIDS COME, AS STUDENTS COME BACK TO THESE SCHOOLS, IT'S NOT JUST TEACHERS.

I MEAN, THIS IS A STAFFING ISSUE THAT'S ACROSS THE BOARD OF HAVING, YOU KNOW, MORE LUNCHROOM STAFF, YOU KNOW, SO I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LUNCHES, CLASS SIZES, SUPPORT STAFF.

I AM ALSO WONDERING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT THE NUMBER IS, HOW MANY TEACHERS DO WE NEED AND WHAT IS THAT BUDGET LIKE.

I DO I WAS HEARING NUMBERS OF LIKE 40 TO 50 STUDENTS IN VIRTUAL CLASSES.

OF COURSE, WHEN THEY GO BACK, WE DON'T HAVE CLASSES OF 40 TO 50 STUDENTS, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BREAK THOSE INTO TWO.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE NEED THOSE PROJECTIONS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE. SO IF YOU GUYS COULD TALK TO SOME OF THAT AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE YOU TO ADDRESS KIND OF WHAT YOU FEEL THE IMPACT TO ON CAMPUS STUDENTS WILL BE, ESPECIALLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, PARENTS ARE WONDERING, LIKE, HOW IS THIS GOING TO IMPACT MY STUDENT? THEY'VE BEEN ON CAMPUS.

ARE WE GOING TO MOVE STUDENTS? ARE WE GOING TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING OF STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THE TEACHERS HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND THE RIGHT STUDENTS IN THE CLASS.

SO IF YOU COULD ADDRESS ALL THOSE QUESTIONS, PLEASE.

AND RYAN, I CAN ANSWER SOME OF THAT JUST FROM A SCHOOL STANDPOINT.

SO WHAT OUR HOPE IS IN JANUARY, WE'RE BACK TO THE WAY WE PLANNED ON STARTING THE YEAR BEFORE WE OFFERED THE VIRTUAL OPTION.

SO AS FAR AS CAPACITY SCHEDULING, IT'LL REVERT BACK TO IT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, MORE SPACE ON CAMPUSES, ON OUR CAMPUSES HAD MORE KIDS THAT WERE IN VIRTUAL.

SO I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A STRESSOR ON THE CAPACITY OR ON A CAMPUS THAT THEY HAVE TOO MANY KIDS TO FEED THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE ALL THE

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YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED THE REGULAR SCHOOL YEAR.

SO THERE WILL BE SOME MOVEMENT OF STUDENTS IN CLASS SECTIONS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE KIDS COMING BACK.

PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD AND LOOKING AT THEIR ROSTERS TO BALANCE THAT.

AND AS MR. CURRAN SAID EARLIER, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE UNTIL THE KIDS ACTUALLY ENTER THE DOOR ON JANUARY THE 5TH BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE SCHOOLS.

EVEN IF WE SURVEYED PARENTS, WE COULD HAVE PARENTS WHO CHANGED THEIR MIND OVER THE HOLIDAY AND SAY THEY'RE GOING TO HOMESCHOOL, THEY CHANGE THEIR MIND AND THEY COME BACK.

SO THE REALITY OF IT IS, IS WE'LL KNOW FOR SURE ON JANUARY THE 5TH HOW MANY KIDS SHOW UP FOR THE FIRST DAY OF THE SECOND SEMESTER.

BUT OUR CAMPUSES WERE SET UP ORIGINALLY TO ACCOMMODATE THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT ARE ZONED TO THAT CAMPUS. SO THERE WON'T BE THERE SHOULDN'T BE STRESSORS ANY MORE THAN THERE WOULD NORMALLY BE. YOU KNOW, WE HOPE THAT EVERYBODY COMES BACK IN OUR SCHOOLS THAT HAD SOME PORTABLES AND, YOU KNOW, HAD SOME A LOT MORE KIDS THAT WERE OVER CAPACITY WILL BE OVER CAPACITY AGAIN BECAUSE WE WANT ALL OF OUR KIDS BACK IN PERSON.

THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. SO BUT AND THE STAFF, AS MR. CURRAN ALSO SAID, OUR BEST HOPE IS THAT EVERYBODY GETS THEIR STAFF BACK THAT THEY PLANNED ON STARTING THE YEAR WITH.

SO THE TARGETS ARE REALLY TO START BACK ON JANUARY 5TH LIKE WE WERE PLANNING ON STARTING IN AUGUST. AND SO WITH STAFF BACK, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY YEAR, WE MOVED STAFF WHEN OUR NUMBERS COME IN, WHEN THE ENROLLMENT ACTUALLY COMES IN ON CAMPUS IN PERSON AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO MOVE A TEACHER FROM ONE CAMPUS TO ANOTHER.

SO ON A VERY MICRO LEVEL, SOME OF THAT WILL BE HAPPENING IN JANUARY, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE IN A BIG WAY.

SO WE WANT ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS TO GET ALL OF THEIR STAFF BACK THAT WERE PARTICIPATING IN VIRTUAL BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AS WELL.

AND WE HOPE THAT EVERY KID COMES BACK IN THE BUILDING BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE BEST TEACHING AND LEARNING TAKE PLACE.

SO DO WE HAVE NUMBERS AROUND THAT, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I'M KIND OF LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, WELL, OUR NUMBERS AND THOSE HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO LIKE EVERY CAMPUS, YOU TAKE AN ELEMENTARY CAMPUS, WE HAVE NUMBERS.

I'M TALKING ABOUT, LIKE HOW MANY LIKE STAFF WERE NEEDING.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU BRING BACK A HUNDRED STUDENTS ON CAMPUS, YOU KNOW, YEAH.

HOW DOES THAT IMPACT LUNCH? DO YOU NEED MORE STAFF? ONCE AGAIN, THE SCHOOL WAS STAFFED FOR.

IF YOU HAD AN ELEMENTARY THAT WE PLANNED ON RECEIVING 500 KIDS IN AUGUST AND THEY WERE STAFFED FOR 500 KIDS, WE HOPE IN JANUARY THERE ARE 500 KIDS.

EVEN IF THEY'VE HAD 100 IN VIRTUAL, THE STAFF WILL RETURN WITH THE KIDS TO THE CAMPUS AND THERE MAY BE SOME SHUFFLING OF GRADE LEVELS AND STUFF AS FAR AS WHO'S TEACHING WHAT.

BUT WE HOPE THE TARGET IS THAT EVERYBODY COMES BACK IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES WHERE WE WERE PLANNING ON GETTING THEM IN AUGUST.

SO WE'VE HAD NUMBERS ALL YEAR LIKE ANY SCHOOL CAN TELL YOU HOW MANY KIDS THEY'VE HAD IN PERSON AND HOW MANY KIDS THEY'VE HAD IN VIRTUAL.

AND ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING THINGS IS WE'VE ALLOWED STUDENTS TO RETURN.

YOU CAN'T GO TO VIRTUAL IF YOU DIDN'T GO INITIALLY, BUT WE'VE ALLOWED KIDS TO COME BACK BECAUSE WE WANT THEM IN PERSON.

AND SO THOSE NUMBERS HAVE CHANGED WEEKLY AND SOMETIMES DAILY, LIKE KIDS WILL COME UP, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO PUT A CUT OFF.

AND WHAT'S THE CUTOFF IS IT JANUARY, NOT JANUARY, NOVEMBER.

IT WAS NOVEMBER 15TH.

NOVEMBER. THEY COME BACK THE 29TH.

YEAH, SO WE'RE STOPPING THE TRICKLE BACK OF KIDS COMING BACK BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO THAT FOR CODING PURPOSES.

OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FINISH THE SEMESTER WITH THE STUDENTS CODED TO THEIR PROPER TEACHERS ON THEIR PROPER CAMPUS.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION.

WE HAVE ALL THE NUMBERS AND THE EXPECTATION IS WE'RE RIGHT BACK WHERE WE WANTED TO START THE YEAR IN AUGUST. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I THINK WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS I'M KIND OF TRYING TO DO TWO THINGS HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BUDGET PRESENTATION.

I THINK IT'S NEXT.

AND YOU KNOW, IN THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, SALARIES AND BENEFITS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BIG COST SAVINGS RIGHT NOW ON AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AND MAKE SURE YOU ALSO SAID WE HAVE A LOT OF OPEN VACANCIES FOR TEACHERS. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.

LIKE, WHAT IS THIS NUMBER? IS IT LIKE 50? IS IT FIVE HUNDRED LIKE? YEAH, I THINK I THINK AND YOU KNOW THIS, ALL OF OUR CAMPUS STAFF HAVE CONTRACTS, SO THEY'RE EMPLOYED REGARDLESS OF WHAT SCHOOL THEY'RE ASSIGNED OR WHAT GRADE LEVEL THEY'RE TEACHING. THEY'RE EMPLOYED UNTIL THE END OF THEIR CONTRACT THIS SUMMER.

SO YOU'RE SAYING WE HAVE NO VACANCIES.

I'M SAYING WHAT? THERE'S NO VACANCIES.

AND THAT'S WHEN ALL THE DUST SETTLES IN JANUARY, WHEN WE SEE LIKE ONE CAMPUS MAY HAVE 100 KIDS THAT DON'T COME BACK, ANOTHER CAMPUS MAY HAVE 100 MORE KIDS THAN WE THOUGHT WERE, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT BACK ALL THEIR ORIGINAL.

I'M JUST WONDERING DO, AND I KNOW YOU SAID THEY'RE PROJECTIONS, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO. IS THERE A PROJECTION OF THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS THAT AND I KNOW WE'RE TWO MONTHS OUT, NOT QUITE TWO MONTHS A MONTH AND A HALF.

DO WE HAVE KIND OF SOME PROJECTION OF THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS WE'RE NEEDING COME JANUARY AND STAFF ALL OF IT? YES, MA'AM, WE DO.

WE DO HAVE THOSE NUMBERS.

AND I'LL BE HONEST, THOSE NUMBERS CHANGE DAILY BASED ON RESIGNATIONS, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW VERSUS THE NUMBER WE HAVE NEXT WEEK COULD BE TWO DIFFERENT NUMBERS.

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SO THE NUMBER OF STAFFING POSITIONS OR TEACHING POSITIONS THAT WE MIGHT NEED IN JANUARY COULD ACTUALLY BE LESS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO COME BACK.

YEAH. DO YOU HAVE LIKE I'M JUST.

NO. WHEN WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING READY TO MAKE A BUDGET DECISION TODAY. AND SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF NEEDING TO KNOW LIKE, IS THIS IS IT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE HUNDRED? I MEAN, I TOTALLY GET LIKE, I'M SMART ENOUGH.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT NUMBER COULD CHANGE TOMORROW.

BUT LIKE TONIGHT, DO WE KNOW IS THAT AROUND A HUNDRED AND FIFTY? IS IT AROUND FIVE HUNDRED IS IT FIVE THOUSAND TEACHERS? I MEAN, IS IT? CAN SOMEBODY GIVE ME? SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, TRUSTEE BONE IS WE ARE OVERSTAFFED BECAUSE WE HAVE 32 HUNDRED STUDENTS LESS THAN WAS PROJECTED BACK IN JUNE WHEN THIS BOARD ADOPTED THE BUDGET.

SO WE HAVE 32 HUNDRED STUDENTS LESS.

SO WE STAFFED THAT'S SOMETHING WHAT DR.

PRESLEY WAS SAYING. WE STAFFED FOR 50 SOME THOUSAND STUDENTS, SO WE HIRED OR WE BUDGETED FOR. NOW DO WE HAVE THOSE POSITIONS AS A VACANCY OR DO WE HAVE A TEACHER SITTING IN THOSE POSITION? IT DEPENDS, BUT WE STILL HAVE OVER.

WE ARE OVERSTAFFED SO IN CERTAIN AREAS, LET'S SAY SPANISH, FOR EXAMPLE, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH SCHOOLS. WE HAVE SOME VACANCIES, BUT WE MAY HAVE EXCESS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN OTHER SUBJECTS. SO THE OVERALL WE ARE OVERSTAFFED AND WE HAVE SOME EXTRA TEACHERS.

AND SO IT DEPENDS ON THE POSITION.

SO IF IT'S A SPANISH POSITION VACANCY, WE MUST HIRE TO REPLACE THAT VACANT OR REPLACE THE TEACHER WHO LEFT US.

BUT FOR CERTAIN OTHER POSITIONS, WE MAY HAVE AN OVERAGE HERE OR AN EXCESS TEACHER HERE WHO HAS THE CERTIFICATION, SO WE CAN JUST PRETTY MUCH MOVE THAT TEACHER WITHOUT HIRING A NEW TEACHER FROM THE OUTSIDE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HR IS WORKING ON IN A DAILY BASIS, SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. YEAH I UNDERSTAND.

WE DON'T NEED MORE IN MY BUDGET, WE DON'T NEED MORE MONEY, WE HAVE ENOUGH IN OUR BUDGET TO COVER ANY VACANCIES AT ANY POSITION WE MIGHT NEED WITH OUR STUDENTS COMING BACK IN JANUARY. OK, I APPRECIATE THAT.

I DO SEE THREE BUTTONS, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE TRUSTEE XIAO SINCE YOUR BUTTON IS NOT WORKING AN OPPORTUNITY. YEAH MY BUTTON DOESN'T WORK, I WOULD JUST JUMP IN.

THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL IS SERVING ALL KIDS EVERY NEED.

THIS IS WHY THIS COUNTRY IS SO GREAT.

THIS IS THE SINGLE NUMBER ONE REASON I THINK THIS COUNTRY IS BETTER THAN MANY OTHER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE COUNTRY I COME FROM.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING BACK AT WHERE I CAME FROM, PUBLIC SCHOOL ISN'T SERVING EVERYONE.

THE LARGE PORTION OF COMMUNITY, FOR EXAMPLE, SPECIAL EDUCATION, JUST STIGMATIZED, THEY'RE ALIENATED. IS VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE EDUCATION SYSTEM HERE.

I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE WHAT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL IS DOING.

WHILE PUBLIC SCHOOL IS SERVING THOSE KIDS THAT CANNOT BE SERVED IN PRIVATE SCHOOL.

SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE THING.

A SECOND THING IS THAT ABOUT THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL VIRTUAL LEARNING, THIS BOARD NEVER CHANGED THE TUNE VIRTUAL LEARNING IS A COMPROMISE AT THE TIME.

WHEN WE DRIVE OUR TIRE.

WE HAVE BLOW UP TIRE.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO DRIVE WITH THE BLOWN UP TIRE.

NO. WE USE THE BACKUP TIRE.

IS IT THE BACKUP TIRE BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL TIRE? NO. BUT IT'S THE SAFER WAY TO DO SO.

VIRTUALLY IS FOR THE SAFE REASON.

HEALTH REASON THAT MANY FAMILIES CHOOSE TO DO SO IS BY CHOICE.

AND ONE MORE THING I WANT TO SAY IS THAT.

IF WE ARE GOING TO SAY WE CHANGE THE TUNE LAST YEAR OR LAST SCHOOL YEAR.

I THINK AT A CERTAIN POINT I GAVE UP, I GAVE UP A LOT OF STUDENTS WHEN THE LEGISLATION FAILED FOR THE FUNDING FOR THE VIRTUAL FUNDING.

IT'S TRUSTEE HARRISON, TRUSTEE VESSA CONTINUE.

NEVER ABANDONED THOSE KIDS.

THEY GAVE THOSE KIDS HOPE.

THEY DID EVERYTHING TO BRING THE VIRTUAL LEARNING PROGRAM FOR THOSE KIDS.

I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE VESSA.

WELL, THANK YOU.

THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY FILLED ME UP THANK YOU, AND I FEEL LIKE MY QUESTION IS JUST PALES IN COMPARISON BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A TECHNICAL LOGISTICAL QUESTION.

AND I SHOULD HAVE SENT IT TO YOU BEFORE.

I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T.

WHEN YOU PUT THE TIMELINE UP, I KNOW THAT WE STARTED VIRTUAL LEARNING.

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AND BUT NOW WE ARE AND WE'RE UNDER REQUIREMENTS FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MINUTES.

SO DO WE HAVE DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS HAVE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF MINUTES? YEAH, I DON'T HAVE THAT WITH ME RIGHT HERE.

I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE BEGINNING.

I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK ON THAT, BUT I DO.

I CAN DEFINITELY GET THAT BACK.

I APPRECIATE THAT. I AM SORRY.

I SHOULD HAVE SENT IT TO YOU BEFORE, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

TRUSTEE HARRISON. I'M JUST TRYING TO BREATHE BECAUSE I'M REALLY UPSET ABOUT THE MESSAGING THAT SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ARE EXPENDABLE.

LET ME FINISH WHAT I'M SAYING? AND THEN YOU CAN CLARIFY.

YEAH, OK. WELL I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE IN GOOD FAITH THAT THE MESSAGE THAT YOU SENT WAS NOT THE ONE THAT YOU INTENDED. BECAUSE WHAT I REALLY HEARD IS THAT THAT'S AN ARGUMENT AGAINST EQUITY, WELL WE CAN'T SERVE ANYONE. SO WHOSE CHILDREN DO WE NOT SERVE? IS IT SPECIAL EDUCATION OR ARE WE SERVING PEOPLE, SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES BECAUSE IT'S MANDATED BY LAW SO.

THAT'S WHO WE SERVE, BECAUSE WE'RE FORCED, RIGHT, LIKE.

AND I'LL TELL YOU, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR DATA, WE CAN KIND OF SEE WHO WE THINK IS IS EXPENDABLE. I DON'T THINK WE CHANGED OUR TUNE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE WERE LIKE, YES, VIRTUAL LEARNING IS THE BEST THING EVER.

IT WASN'T. IT SUCKED.

IT SUCKED FOR THE TEACHERS THAT DID IT.

THERE WAS A HARD ADJUSTMENT FOR THE STUDENTS, BUT IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THIS COMMUNITY, FOR THOSE OF US THAT DO WANT TO DO OUR BEST TO SERVE EVERY STUDENT AND I HAVE TO AND YOU CAN SHAKE YOUR HEAD, THAT'S FINE.

AND I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ONE MORE THING WE ASKED FOR CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR MONTHS.

FOR MONTHS, AND THERE WAS SOME SUBVERSIVENESS FROM STAFF THAT SAID EVEN THOUGH MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD ARE ASKING FOR CONTINGENCY BACKUP PLAN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PROVIDE IT.

IT'S TOO DIFFICULT AND IT WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE ANY TIME YOU IMPLEMENT SOMETHING AT THE LAST MINUTE, YOU ARE INCONVENIENCING TEACHERS, YOU ARE INCONVENIENCING FAMILIES.

SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DID ASK AND WE DID ASK FOR FORWARD THINKING AND FORWARD PLANNING, AND I HOPE THAT WE'RE TURNING THE CORNER ON INCLUDING STAKEHOLDERS IN WHAT WE'RE DOING MOVING FORWARD.

TEACHERS ARE THE INNOVATORS THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION IS WAITING FOR, AND THEY'RE OFTEN THE LAST INCLUDED IN ANY OF THESE DECISIONS.

AND I'VE ALREADY EXPRESSED MY DEEPEST REGRET WAS THE STRESS THAT THIS PUT ON TEACHERS THAT DIDN'T GET TO ELECT INTO THIS BECAUSE IT WAS DONE A WEEK BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED.

EVEN THOUGH I WOULD SAY A MAJORITY OF US HAD BEEN ASKING FOR A CONTINGENCY PLAN TO BE BROUGHT ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

SO I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WHAT I HEARD WAS SOME STUDENTS ARE EXPENDABLE, AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S TRUE.

TRUSTEE WESTON HAD HER BUTTON.

BUT I'LL LET DR.

BONE ANSWER THAT THAT WAS VERY DIRECT, AND THEN I'D BE HAPPY TO GO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, WE DO A LOT OF TRAINING.

AND THEN WE COME UP HERE, AND I GUESS WE JUST FORGET IT.

ONE OF THE TRAINING THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED IS TO GIVE ALL OF OUR TRUSTEES THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. AND IF YOU WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY LISTENED TO ALL OF IT AND I KNOW PEOPLE GASPED AND I MUST HAVE SAID SOMETHING OUT OF LIKE STEP WHERE I DIDN'T MEAN TO, BUT I'D NEVER USE THE WORD EXPENDABLE.

SO PLEASE DON'T PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH BECAUSE I WOULD NOT SAY STUDENTS WERE EXPENDABLE.

AND I DID CORRECT MY CHOICE OF WORDS.

AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS SAYING.

THERE ARE STUDENTS BEFORE COVID FOR MANY YEARS NOW THAT HAVE CHOSEN FOR WHATEVER REASON, ALTERNATIVES TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, AND I'M GLAD WE'RE HAVING THIS OPEN CONVERSATION.

BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY PARENTS, BECAUSE OF THE CHOICES THAT YOU'VE MADE TRUSTEE HARRISON AND THAT OTHER TRUSTEES HAVE MADE THAT YOU HAVE NOT SERVED THEIR CHILDREN.

I SIT IN A ROOM OF 20 PARENTS.

THEY HAD REMOVED 17 STUDENTS FROM OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE THE FIVE OF YOU HAD MADE CERTAIN CHOICES.

XIAO, WHERE I WENT EVERY STUDENT, I THINK EVERY STUDENT SHOULD COME TO ROUND ROCK ISD.

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BUT THEN YOU ALSO FORGET THE OTHER FIVE.

YOU FOCUS ON THESE FIVE, YOU FORGET THESE FIVE.

SO LET'S FOCUS ON ALL STUDENTS.

THAT WAS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY.

I WASN'T TRYING TO SAY THAT STUDENTS ARE EXPENDABLE, AND I WAS ALSO TRYING TO SAY THAT PEOPLE MAKE DIFFERENT CHOICES.

AND I DO THINK, JUST LIKE DR.

XIAO SAID, THAT WE SHOULD SERVE ALL STUDENTS THAT WANT TO COME TO ROUND ROCK ISD.

BUT HONESTLY, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT FROM THE OTHERS OF THE BOARD.

AND I ALSO THINK THAT WE HAVE WE SIT HERE AND WE TALK ABOUT TEACHERS AND THEN WE SAY, WE'RE SORRY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I TEACH MY KIDS TRY TO SAY SORRY.

NOT VERY OFTEN, BECAUSE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SAY SORRY.

DON'T DO THINGS THAT YOU'RE SORRY FOR.

AND ALL THE EMAILS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN, THE TEACHERS DIDN'T WANT TO TEACH VIRTUAL.

SO, YOU KNOW, LET'S.

PLEASE DON'T PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH, FOR ONE THING.

NEVER SAID EXPENDABLE.

ALL STUDENTS ARE WELCOMED HERE, I WANT TO WORK WITH YOU ALL TO GET ALL STUDENTS HERE, BUT YOU GUYS START FOCUSING.

I START HEARING THESE THINGS OF, YOU KNOW, LET'S FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, THESE STUDENTS AND THESE STUDENTS WHILE YOU GUYS FORGET THAT THERE'S OTHER STUDENTS OUT THERE.

SO LET'S WHEN WE STARTED DOING THIS, LET'S FOCUS ON ALL STUDENTS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE STUDENTS THAT DON'T WANT TO WEAR MASKS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE STUDENTS THAT YOU KNOW HAVE LEFT OUR SCHOOLS FOR CERTAIN REASONS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS TOO.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE ALL SEEM TO FOCUS ON THE STUDENTS THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON.

AND I'M TOTALLY I APPRECIATE YOU TRUSTEE HARRISON FOR CALLING ME ON THAT.

AND I HOPE YOU APPRECIATE THAT I CAN CALL YOU ON THAT BECAUSE THEN WE'LL FOCUS ON ALL STUDENTS. CAN I.

I'M GOING TO LET TRUSTEE WESTON, WHO HAS HAD HER.

I WAS ACTUALLY JUST GOING TO CAN WE MAYBE TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS? KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE MIGHT NEED TO.

I WAS GOING TO LET TRUSTEE WESTON I'M GOING TO LET TIFFANIE. CAN YOU DO LIKE A MINUTE? AND THEN BECAUSE WE HAD EVERYBODY GONE TWICE, I HAVEN'T GONE ONCE.

I'M GOOD IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK.

I MEAN.

OBVIOUSLY DISAGREE WITH YOUR MESSAGING.

COMMUNITY. SIX THOUSAND STUDENTS ISN'T FIVE STUDENTS WE HAD AT SOME POINT SIX THOUSAND STUDENTS JOIN OUR VIRTUAL PROGRAM.

IT'S NOT A SMALL PERCENTAGE, IT WASN'T A SMALL PERCENTAGE, IT WAS ALSO VERY SPECIFIC TO CERTAIN LEARNING COMMUNITIES.

WE CAN'T GO BACK NOW, AND I NEED YOU TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FIVE OF US.

FOUR OF US MAYBE TRIED TO COME UP WITH SOME COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT IT WASN'T LAST MINUTE DECISION MAKING THAT INCONVENIENCED EVERYONE.

TRUSTEE WESTON CAN I PLEASE ASK YOU TO? WE I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH ON THIS, IF YOU CAN PLEASE REDIRECT COLLEGIAL, BUT A FEW THINGS I WANT TO GET ON THE RECORD.

DR. BONE YES, YOUR MEMORY SERVES YOU.

IT WAS DR. AZAIEZ WHO BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION A NUMBER THAT I HAD LONG BEEN CURIOUS WHEN I WOULD SIT IN THESE ONE OF THOSE CHAIRS RIGHT OUT THERE.

HOW MANY STUDENTS THAT LIVE IN OUR FOOTPRINT DO NOT ATTEND OUR SCHOOLS? AND YOU WERE THE FIRST PERSON TO PUT THAT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME, AND IT WAS A LOT HIGHER THAN WHAT I THOUGHT.

THE NUMBER WAS 5000.

AND YOU CAN GET IT OFF OF A PEIMS REPORT.

WHO KNEW? IT'S VERY EASY TO FIND.

SO WHAT IS 5000 STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN ROUND ROCK ISD WHO DO NOT ATTEND OUR SCHOOLS? THAT'S 10 PERCENT.

SO BEFORE I WAS ON THIS BOARD, BEFORE YOU WERE ON THIS BOARD, BEFORE YOU WERE ON THIS BOARD, BEFORE YOU WERE THE SUPERINTENDENT HERE.

BEFORE COVID.

ONE OUT OF 10 STUDENTS WHO LIVE HERE WE WERE NOT MEETING THEIR NEEDS.

SO I APPRECIATE A CONCERN ABOUT WHETHER IT'S ONE OR A THOUSAND OR SIX THOUSAND STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE UPSET THAT WE DON'T OFFER VIRTUAL LEARNING IN THE SPRING.

BUT MY CONCERN IS NOT JUST ABOUT STUDENTS WHOSE NEEDS WE WON'T MEET IN JANUARY, BUT ABOUT THE STUDENTS WHOSE NEEDS WE HAVE NOT MET FOR YEARS.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT ANY ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE NEXT.

SO THAT'S MY PERCEPTION OR MY VIEW.

COVID HAS CHANGED EVERYTHING.

EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF REWRITING OUR GOALS, SO THINGS ARE DIFFERENT. AND I WILL SAY THIS.

WE'VE GOT SCHOOLS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE LESS THAN 30 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS CAN READ ON GRADE LEVEL.

WE'VE GOT STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS WHO CANNOT READ ON GRADE LEVEL, AND IT'S NOT A SMALL NUMBER, IT'S A LARGE NUMBER.

I DON'T SAY THAT AS A CRITICISM.

I SAY THAT AS AN OBSERVATION.

SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT ME PERSONALLY, AS ONE TRUSTEE, I AM RELUCTANT TO GO INTO THE

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SO I AM RELUCTANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD.

THE LAST THING I'LL SAY, I PROMISE.

LAST NIGHT, I'M AT THIS HIGH SCHOOL AT AN EVENT.

AND I'M STANDING IN LINE AND THERE'S A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A PARENT AT THIS HIGH SCHOOL, AND SHE'S A TEACHER AT ONE OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

I'M CHATTING WITH HER AND SHE HAS NO IDEA THAT I'M A BOARD MEMBER, WHICH I LOVE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN I GET THE TRUTH.

WHEN PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO I AM.

THEY DON'T TELL ME WHAT I WANT TO HEAR.

SO I'M JUST TALKING TO HER, AND SHE TELLS ME THE STORY ABOUT HOW HER DAUGHTER IS BACK AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

BUT LAST YEAR, WHEN WE WERE DOING VIRTUAL LEARNING, SHE PULLED THIS IS A TEACHER IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT MIDDLE SCHOOL WHO HAD A MIDDLE SCHOOL DAUGHTER, AND SHE PULLED HER OUT OF ROUND ROCK ISD BECAUSE SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T TRUST US TO DO THE VIRTUAL LEARNING.

SHE PUT HER IN A DIFFERENT VIRTUAL LEARNING.

THAT'S A TRUE STORY.

SO I REALLY WANT TO.

I THINK THERE'S SOME BITS OF WHAT EVERYBODY IS SAYING HERE THAT IS TRUE.

AND IF WE CAN PULL OUT WHAT THE VALUABLE PIECES ARE AND PUT ASIDE THE FACT THAT IT'S 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND WE'VE ALL BEEN UP FOR 15 HOURS AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE MISTAKES.

BUT THAT ASIDE, BUT WHAT DID WE SAY? WHAT DID EACH OF US SAY THAT HAD VALUE? THANK YOU. WITH THAT, LET'S TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK BEFORE WE COME BACK AND DO THE BUDGET.

ALL RIGHT, IT IS 10:01, AND WE'LL CALL BACK TO ORDER AND WE WILL GO TO OUR BUDGET UPDATE, DR. AZAIEZ. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT WEIR.

SO WE WANT TO WELCOME OUR NEW CFO, DENNIS, RIGHT, SO THIS WILL BE HIS FIRST PRESENTATION, OBVIOUSLY. SO HE CAME IN AND WE PUT HIM TO WORK AND START WORK ON THE BUDGET.

AND SO TONIGHT HE'LL BE GIVING US AN UPDATE ON OUR BUDGET.

AND I THINK THERE'S PROGRESS.

OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A LOT MORE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S PROGRESS, SO I'LL LET HIM PRESENT.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, MADAM VICE CHAIR TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT.

TONIGHT, I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE BUDGET THAT YOU ALL ADOPTED IN JUNE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

WHAT THINGS HAS AFFECTED THE BUDGET, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDE? WE'VE GOTTEN OUR STATE CERTIFIED PROPERTY VALUES IN.

WE'VE GOT OUR STUDENT COUNT NUMBER UPDATED AS OF OCTOBER 29TH COUNT DAY.

WE'VE GOTTEN OUR ESSER 2 FUNDING ALLOCATION FROM THE STATE.

WE KNOW WE HAVE POSITION VACANCIES AND THERE'S BEEN SOME UNFUNDED EXPENSES THAT HAS CAME UP THAT ARE NOT ONE TIME EXPENSES, BUT EXPENSES THAT WE ARE GOING CARRY INTO NEXT YEAR AND ONGOING. SO THOSE FACTORS HAS GONE INTO THE UPDATE TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

I HOPE YOU ALL REMEMBER THIS SLIDE BEFORE IT SHOWED WHAT YOU ADOPTED BACK IN JUNE AND SO THE COLUMN TO THE FAR, NOT THE FAR RIGHT.

THE SECOND FROM THE RIGHT IS THE NEW PROJECTED BUDGET.

AND THEN WITH THE CHANGE, SO I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE NUMBERS THAT HAVE CHANGED AND I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THE CHANGE WAS.

AS FAR AS YOUR CURRENT YEAR TAX COLLECTION.

THIS IS FOR YOUR M&O TAX RATE APPLIED TO OUR CERTIFIED PROPERTY VALUE WE PROJECT THAT WE WERE GIVING AN ESTIMATED SEVEN POINT FIVE MILLION MORE IN REVENUE USING THE M&O TAX RATE THAT YOU ALL ADOPTED.

ALSO, THESE NUMBERS AND FOR THE PUBLIC AND SOME OF OUR TRUSTEES, THERE IS THIS MASSIVE SPREADSHEET CALLED THE OMR SPREADSHEET THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS USES TO CALCULATE ALL THESE NUMBERS. SO WE WENT IN AND PLUGGED IN OUR NEW PROPERTY VALUES, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER NUMBERS THAT YOU HAVE TO INPUT FROM THOSE TAX PAPERS AND IT SPITS OUT YOUR CURRENT TAX COLLECTION AND YOUR STATE REVENUE.

SO ACCORDING TO THAT SPREADSHEET, WE WILL ALSO RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $3.9 MILLION DOLLARS OF STATE REVENUE.

SO TOTAL REVENUE CHANGE IS ELEVEN POINT FOUR MILLION ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WE'RE ESTIMATING AS OF OCTOBER 30TH.

AND IT'S JUST AN ESTIMATE AS OF OCTOBER 30TH, IT WILL CHANGE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO WHAT'S GOING ON THE EXPENSE SIDE? WELL, THE FIRST BIG NUMBER YOU SEE IS A TEN POINT TWO MILLION DOLLAR REDUCTION IN THE SALARY AND BENEFITS NUMBER.

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WHEN THE AND I WASN'T HERE, SO THAT WAS A REQUEST TO BREAK OUT THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES LINE. SO WHEN THAT LINE WAS BROKEN OUT, THERE WAS NOT A SUBSEQUENT REDUCTION IN THE TOTAL SALARIES OF BENEFITS LINE, SO THOSE DOLLARS ARE COUNTED TWICE.

SO I REDUCED THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS LINE BY THE TEN POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS.

THE NEXT CHANGE YOU SEE IS THE ESSER 2 FUNDING WHEN THE BUDGET WAS ADOPTED BACK IN JUNE, THE DISTRICT DID NOT KNOW THE ESSER 2 ALLOCATION.

AND SO WE NOW KNOW THAT, NO, IT'S ABOUT TWELVE POINT NINE MILLION.

SO WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE USE SIX POINT FOUR MILLION OF THOSE DOLLARS TO OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS IN THE 21 22 BUDGET.

THE NEXT LINE, YOU SEE A $5 MILLION DOLLAR REDUCTION IN SALARIES DUE TO VACANCIES.

WE LOOKED AT OUR VACANCY FILLED RATE AS OF OCTOBER 30TH AND BASED ON PROJECTIONS, WE HAVE A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE THAT WE WILL GAIN $5 MILLION DOLLARS IN LESS SALARY EXPENSE.

SO THOSE CHANGES TOTAL TWENTY ONE POINT SIX FIVE MILLION DOLLARS REDUCTION FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THE CHANGE ON THIS PAGE, YOU SEE OVER IN THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL CATEGORY, THOSE ARE DUE TO SOME, AS I SAID, SOME CONTINUING ONGOING EXPENSES THAT HAS COME UP SINCE I'VE SINCE YOU ALL ADOPTED THE BUDGET.

THOSE WHERE WE HAVE A ROBOTICS PROGRAM THAT WAS NOT FUNDED, THAT HAS NOW BEEN APPROVED.

WE HAVE MERV FILTERS THAT WHEN YOU ADOPTED THE BUDGET, WE WOULD THINK MOVING USING MARY FILTERS SIX OR NINE AND NOW WE'RE USING MERV FILTER 13, SO THEY COST MORE AND YOU CHANGE THEM MORE OFTEN.

SO THAT'S ABOUT $700,000.

THAT WAS NOT IN THE BUDGET.

OUR SELF-INSURANCE IS UNDERFUNDED BY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.

WE HAVE SOME LEGAL SETTLEMENTS OF ABOUT 300,000 AND SECURITY FOR BOARD MEETINGS OF ABOUT 100,000. SO THAT IS THE 1.8 MILLION OF INCREASED EXPENSES.

NOW THE BIGGEST NUMBER ON HERE THAT YOU SEE IS DOWN IN YOUR RECAPTURE PAYMENTS.

WHEN YOU HAVE MORE INCOME, MORE REVENUE, LESS KIDS, AS DR.

AZAIEZ SAID THAT WE ARE DOWN ABOUT 3200 KIDS.

YOU'LL RECAPTURE BILL GOES UP.

SO WE'RE ESTIMATING NOW THAT THE RECAPTURE BILL WOULD BE ABOUT 39.6 MILLION DOLLARS.

THAT IS A 24.6 MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE FROM WHAT YOU ADOPTED BACK IN JUNE OF 14.9 MILLION. SO YOUR TOTAL EXPENSES GOES UP ABOUT 4.8 MILLION, BUT YOUR REVENUES WENT UP BY THE 11 MILLION, SO THE CHANGE IS A 6.6 MILLION TO THE GOOD.

SO YOU ADOPTED A DEFICIT BUDGET OF 17.2 MILLION AND NOW IT'S DOWN TO TEN POINT FIVE AS OF THE END OF OCTOBER.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AS I SAID, THIS IS AS OF THE END OF OCTOBER ON THIS SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THINGS THAT WOULD CAUSE THAT PROJECTION TO NOW CHANGE YOUR TAX COLLECTION RATE WOULD CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT YOU GET IN FROM YOUR TAXES.

WE ARE PROJECTING A 99 PERCENT TAX COLLECTION RATE.

WE STILL DO NOT HAVE THE FINAL ADA COUNT.

WE USE THE SEPTUM, I MEAN, OCTOBER 30TH SNAPSHOT DATE, BUT THAT IS NOT THE CERTIFIED NUMBERS FROM THE STATE.

WE WILL NOT GET THOSE NUMBERS UNTIL DECEMBER.

THERE ARE OTHER STATE ALLOCATIONS THAT WOULD CHANGE YOUR STATE REVENUE NUMBER DUE TO YOUR SPECIAL STUDENT POPULATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION IN THOSE CATEGORIES.

SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS YET.

YOUR FINAL POSITION FOR VACANCIES? I SAID THAT WE LOOK CONSERVATIVELY THROUGH OCTOBER.

THERE WAS FIVE MILLION THERE AND 100 PERCENT SURE THAT YOU WILL HAVE MORE VACANCY DOLLARS THAT THAT WILL LAPSE BECAUSE UNLESS YOU'RE NOT FILL ALL VACANCIES ON NOVEMBER ONE, YOU'RE GOING TO AUTOMATICALLY HAVE ADDITIONAL LAP SALARY DOLLARS.

RECAPTURE EXPENSES STILL NOT FINALIZED.

THAT COMES IN IN THE SPRINGTIME.

THAT $39 MILLION IS STILL JUST AN ESTIMATE.

ANY FUTURE UNFUNDED EXPENSES THAT PROP UP DURING THE YEAR, YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE TO PLAN FOR THOSE. SO RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, BUT I'M SURE THERE WOULD BE OTHERS THAT POPS UP. IN THE LAST PIECE THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS EXAMINING OUR CAPITAL FUNDS

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I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH OUR CAPITAL X COMMITTEE JUST DIDN'T SHORE UP THOSE DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT MAYBE A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD REDUCE THAT TRANSFER, BUT DON'T HAVE A CLUE AS TO WHAT THAT WOULD BE RIGHT NOW.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT WE USE PART OF THE ESSER FUNDING FOR OUR SALARY ALLOCATIONS FOR TWO OF THE 6.4 MILLION DOLLARS, THAT LEAVES 6.49 MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THAT WE USE THOSE FUNDS FOR AN EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PROGRAM. AND WHAT DOES THAT PROGRAM LOOK LIKE? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

WE'RE PROPOSING THAT FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, THAT MEANS THOSE AT WORK THAT ARE EMPLOYED GREATER THAN 50 PERCENT FTE WOULD GET A THOUSAND DOLLARS PART TIME EMPLOYEES, WHICH IS LESS THAN 50 PERCENT, WOULD GET $500.

AND WE WILL PAY THESE AND STOCK IN TWO INSTALLMENTS, ONE IN DECEMBER AND ONE IN JUN.

SO ALL EMPLOYEES HIRED ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 29TH ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE FIRST INSTALLMENT.

EMPLOYEES HIRED ON OR BEFORE MARCH 21ST ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SECOND INSTALLMENT.

THAT'S THE PROPOSED EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION INCENTIVE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

BOARD, A TRUSTEE THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I'M HERE FOR QUESTIONS.

TRUSTEE VESSA. I JUST WANTED TO GO TO WELCOME YOU FIRST, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MEETING WITH ME LAST WEEK AND GOING OVER A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD AND JUST GREAT TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND I KNOW IT WAS COMING IN TO A FIRE HOSE.

AND I'M REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATIVE YOU COMING ON BOARD AND I REALLY ACTUALLY DID GO OVER ALL MY QUESTIONS WITH YOU IN OUR MEETING.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME YOU AND SAY, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU. THIS BEING MY AREA THAT I LIKE TO DIG INTO A LOT AND IT BEING THE MOST CONNECTED, WELL, BEING VERY CONNECTED TO THE LEGISLATURE AND, YOU KNOW, RECAPTURE PAYMENTS ARE ARE THAT THEY'RE CHALLENGING IN TERMS OF OUR BUDGET.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WORK ON A LOT IS INCREASING OUR FORMULA ALLOTMENT AT THE LEGISLATURE SO THAT OUR RECAPTURE PAYMENTS CAN BE DECREASED SO THAT WE GET WE CAN KEEP THOSE DOLLARS HERE LOCALLY RATHER THAN HAVING TO SEND THEM BACK BECAUSE OUR ALLOTMENT IS THIS AND OUR REVENUE IS THIS.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU IN ADVOCACY FOR OUR DISTRICT AND JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING ON BOARD AND GETTING STRAIGHT TO WORK AND JUST YOUR OPENNESS.

ALSO IN MEETING WITH TRUSTEES AND EXPLAINING THE, YOU KNOW, NITTY GRITTY SO THAT WE CAN COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND BE INFORMED.

YES, MA'AM. TRUSTEE FELLER? WELCOME TO THE TEAM.

I DEFINITELY WANT TO START WITH THAT, WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD.

I ASKED THIS QUESTION IN OUR SMALL GROUP MEETING LAST WEEK, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS CLARIFIED WHEN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THESE SALARIES FROM VACANCIES.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS VERY CLEAR AND CONFIRMED ME IF I'M WRONG.

BUT THESE ARE NOT STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN THEIR JOBS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED OR THEY HAVE BEEN LET GO.

NO, NO.

AND THIS IS.

FULLY FUNDED IN THE BUDGET.

AND THESE ARE ALSO NOT SAVINGS THAT WE GET FOR OTHER TEACHERS COVERING CLASSES AND NOT HIRING SUBSTITUTES.

NO, AND ALL OUR SALARIES ARE FULLY BUDGETED.

AND IF YOU ARE NOT HIRED ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, YOU GENERATE LAB SALARIES INTO THE POSITION IS FILLED.

THAT'S GREAT. I JUST WE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF FEEDBACK OF, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW WE'RE PUTTING A LOT ON OUR TEACHERS AND THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO COVER THE CLASSES AND.

AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS SAVINGS DOES NOT COME FROM ANY OF THAT IN OUR SHORTAGE, SUBSTITUTES IN SHORTAGE AND SUBSTITUTES.

AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, AND I ACTUALLY DIDN'T HAVE THIS QUESTION UNTIL I WAS LOOKING AT THIS. WHEN YOU JUST SAID THAT OUR RECAPTURE AMOUNT WOULD NOT BE FINALIZED UNTIL THE SPRING. ISN'T IT BASED ON OUR OCTOBER DATE WITH ENROLLMENT, RIGHT? THAT'S PART OF THE FORMULA, BUT THOSE NUMBERS WON'T BE FINALIZED UNTIL DECEMBER.

SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS IF WE.

THERE'S THIS LARGE SEGMENT OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION THAT IS NOW BECOMING MORE COMFORTABLE

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AND SO WE COULD SEE AN INCREASE IN PEOPLE WHO HAD PULLED THEIR CHILDREN AND HAD BEEN HOMESCHOOLING OR WHATNOT RETURNING TO OUR CAMPUSES IN THE SPRING.

HAS THERE BEEN ANY TALK ABOUT HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT OUR WHAT ADA? WELL, COMING FROM NORTH CAROLINA, BUT I AM GOING TO HAVE TO PASS THIS ON, BUT I BELIEVE THAT. THEY AUDIT YOUR COUNT DAY NUMBER, AND THOSE STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO BE IN THE COUNT ON THAT DAY. SO IF THEY COME BACK IN JANUARY, IT DOES NOT CHANGE THAT NUMBER.

IF I MAY, IT'S SO IT'S AN AVERAGE A.D.A., EXCUSE ME, IN OUR DISTRICT.

SO SOME SCHOOL, IT DEPENDS FROM ONE DISTRICT TO ANOTHER DISTRICT.

WE HAVE, LIKE A LOT OF MIGRANT STUDENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ADA IS CALCULATED BY TAKING THE BEST FOUR OF THE SIX WEEKS.

I'M SORRY FOR SIX WEEKS.

IN OUR CASE, WE DON'T HAVE A MIGRANT POPULATION, SO THE WAY IT'S CALCULATED IS THE OVERALL THE AVERAGE FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.

SO THE SIX SIX WEEKS AVERAGE ADA.

SO A NUMBER OF STUDENTS MULTIPLIED BY THE ATTENDANCE AND IT'S AN AVERAGE FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. SO THEY COUNT EVERY DAY, PRETTY MUCH.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY, IT'S NOT BASED ON ONE PARTICULAR DAY ON THE CALENDAR IN OCTOBER.

NOT ALL YEAR. YEAH, NOT FOR THE ADA.

NOT FOR THE ADA.

NO. YES. OK. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WESTON? OK, SO MR. COVINGTON, I'M GOING TO PUBLICLY WELCOME YOU.

SOME WELL, PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO KNOW, BUT I'M FROM KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, AND THAT YOU'RE NOT FROM THERE ORIGINALLY.

BUT YOU CAME TO US FROM KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, AND IT'S ACTUALLY A PLACE CALLED WYANDOTTE COUNTY. AND SINCE I LEFT HOME TWENTY YEARS, TWENTY TWO YEARS AGO, I PROBABLY COUNT ON ONE HAND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT I RUN INTO THAT'S EVEN BEEN THERE.

SO WELCOME.

I REMEMBER THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE WHEN I TOLD YOU THAT I'M AN ALUMNI OF CLAUDE HEIKE ELEMENTARY. YOUR EYES GOT THIS BIG BECAUSE YOU KNEW I WAS TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT WHERE I WAS FROM. SO WELCOME, SIR.

YOU AND I ARE ALSO MILITARY VETERANS.

AIM HIGH. YES, AIR FORCE VETERANS, BOTH OF US AND WE WERE BOTH AT THE VETERANS DAY LUNCHEON LAST THURSDAY THAT THE DISTRICT HELD FOR DISTRICT STAFF, WHICH WAS A LOVELY EVENT. AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH YOU AFTERWARDS, AND YOU WERE VERY HELPFUL TO ME.

SO THANK YOU.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT I HAVE REQUESTED OF OUR BOARD PRESIDENT AND OUR VICE PRESIDENT AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

I HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN AND ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS A QUESTION FOR HIM OR IF IT'S A QUESTION FOR OUR DISCUSSION FOR THE BOARD.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST THAT I HAVE AND THAT I BELIEVE OUR COMMUNITY HAS ABOUT THE LEGAL FEES THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS PAYING OUT.

AND SO ABOUT A MONTH AGO, I REQUESTED A STANDING AGENDA ITEM.

MY VISION IS THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT APPEARS ON EVERY REGULAR AGENDA, SO NOT EVERY BOARD MEETING, BUT THAT ONE MONTHLY BOARD MEETINGS THERE WOULD BE TO ACTUALLY TO BE 11 IN A YEAR BECAUSE WE TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE A MEETING IN JULY.

SO FOR THIS MEETING, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, BASICALLY 1 OCTOBER TO 31 OCTOBER.

THIS IS HOW MUCH WAS SPENT ON LEGAL FEES AND THEN WE WOULD SEE IT ON THE NOVEMBER AGENDA.

SO I BELIEVE THAT THIS TIES IN TO THIS AGENDA ITEM BECAUSE THIS IS FINANCIALLY RELATED.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO GAUGE SUPPORT FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THAT.

I THINK THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT TRANSPARENCY WHEN WE'RE CANDIDATES AND WE GET A LOT OF OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS ON THIS.

SO I THINK THE MORE THAT WE CAN JUST OFFER TO THE PUBLIC, IF THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT ANY LEGAL SETTLEMENTS THAT ARE MADE AND COMPROMISING PRIVACY, YOU KNOW, I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO EITHER NOT INCLUDING THAT IN THE MONTHLY FIGURE OR ACCOUNTING FOR IT MAY BE IN AN ANNUALIZED WAY.

I'M OPEN MINDED ON THAT, BUT I DO.

I DO WANT THIS AGENDA ITEM, BUT I AM OPEN TO FEEDBACK.

THE OTHER THING IS, I JUST FINISHING UP.

I GUESS YESTERDAY WAS THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY THAT FOUR OF US JOINED THIS DAIS.

SO HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, EVERYBODY.

SO I'VE BEEN THROUGH MY FIRST BUDGET CYCLE AND I BELIEVE WE HAD SEVEN BUDGET MEETINGS LAST YEAR. AND GIVEN ALL OF THE UNCERTAINTY AND THE THINGS WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE I'M ASKING MYSELF, WAS THAT A GOOD USE OF OUR TIME? AND I'M REALLY REFLECTING ON THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS.

I MEAN, WE LITERALLY SPENT HOURS HERE TALKING ABOUT THIS ONLY TO HAVE ALL THESE CHANGES.

AND IT TURNED OUT THAT $10 MILLION, YOU KNOW, 30 DAYS ON THE JOB, HE'S FOUND $10 MILLION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT WAS ACCOUNTED FOR TWICE.

SO WHY DID I SIT THROUGH SEVEN MEETINGS? I MEAN, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR MYSELF, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I REALLY GOT TO REFLECT ON THAT.

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ALSO, ONE FRUSTRATION I HAD IN OUR BUDGET TALKS AFTER MY FIRST YEAR WAS I FELT LIKE WE COULD NEVER GET IN DEPTH ON FOOD SERVICE.

WE COULD NEVER GET IN DEPTH ON THE INS SIDE.

WE COULD NEVER GET IN DEPTH ON M&O BECAUSE WE WERE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE WHOLE ELEPHANT.

DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER THAT? SO MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO APPROACH NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE? WITH A YEAR OF EXPERIENCE UNDER ALL OF OUR BELTS AND MAYBE TRY TO WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER, AND I'M NOT SAYING I HAVE THE ANSWER ON HOW TO DO THAT.

I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT SEVEN MEETINGS WAS THE RIGHT ANSWER.

AND I PERSONALLY THINK THAT BREAKING IT UP INTO THOSE THREE BUCKETS, AND EVEN IF WE JUST HAD THREE MEETINGS ON THOSE THREE THINGS AND CAME TO AN AGREEMENT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE IDEAL. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, BUT I'D LIKE TO GET YOU ALL FEEDBACK ON THAT.

OK, CAN I DO SEE TWO LIGHTS? BUT I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE FEEDBACK THAT TRUSTEE WESTON HAS REQUESTED BECAUSE SHE DID SEND AN EMAIL TO TRUSTEE FELLER AND I AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND IT SO THAT WE COULD GET CLARIFICATION FROM THE FULL BOARD ABOUT WHAT, WHETHER TO HAVE A STANDING ITEM ON LEGAL FEES, WHETHER WE WANT MONTHLY, QUARTERLY OR BIANNUAL REPORTS AND THEN WHAT TYPE OF INFO THE BOARD WOULD WANT IN THAT.

AND I THINK THOSE WERE YOUR QUESTIONS.

SO I ACTUALLY TALKED WITH TRUSTEE WESTON YESTERDAY BECAUSE I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT HER REQUEST AND AND ACTUALLY IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS VERY INTERESTED WHEN I FIRST GOT IN ON. THE BOARD WAS OUR LEGAL EXPENSES, AND SO I 100 PERCENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME TRYING TO DIG THROUGH THEM. YEP, SO I 100 PERCENT SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE AND ACTUALLY TALKED WITH YOU YESTERDAY ON THE PHONE.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT MY ONLY CONCERN WAS ANY PRIVACY THAT WE NEEDED TO AFFORD, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATED TO SETTLEMENTS IF WE WERE REPORTING IT ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND THEN THE LEGAL FEES SPIKED BY A CERTAIN AMOUNT.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD AN AGENDA ITEM WHERE WE'RE APPROVING SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T REALLY AFFORD PRIVACY TO MAYBE OUR STUDENTS OR TO AN EMPLOYEE.

IF A SETTLEMENT NUMBER WERE TO BE INCLUDED IN A HIGH SPIKE, WHICH MAY BE A CONFIDENTIALITY ISSUE WITH ANY KIND OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

SO WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY AND I APOLOGIZE.

WE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY DOING A MONTHLY LEGAL UPDATE, BUT MAYBE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT UPDATE, MAYBE EVEN ON A THREE MONTH OR A SIX MONTH OR YOU EVEN MENTIONED YOU'D BE MIGHT EVEN BE OK WITH AN ANNUAL UPDATE OF WHAT SETTLEMENTS ARE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE PRIVACY IN THOSE MATTERS THAT MAY NEED THAT.

AND SO I DEFINITELY SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE GOING FORWARD.

I JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE AS A FULL BOARD SHOULD WEIGH IN ON.

AND SO I'M ANXIOUS FOR THE DISCUSSION.

MADAM PRESIDENT, WE DO TRACK THOSE SEPARATELY.

WE HAVE FEES AND SETTLEMENTS SO WE CAN BREAK THEM OUT.

SO THAT SHOULDN'T BE A CONCERN THAT WE CAN NOT TALK ABOUT THE SETTLEMENTS, BUT WE CAN GIVE YOU THE FEES LOOKING OUT BY THE BOARD AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU. THAT WAS THAT WAS ACTUALLY ONE WHEN TRUSTEE WESTON INITIALLY SENT HER REQUEST THAT WE WERE GOING BACK, THAT IT IS TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND HOW WE WOULD DO THAT.

AND I AGREE.

I MEAN, I LIKE YOUR COMPROMISE OF THE SETTLEMENTS BEING AT A LONGER PERIOD, SO WE DON'T VIOLATE ANY PRIVACY OF ANY FAMILIES IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND AND I GUESS I JUST BEFORE AND I SAW TRUSTEE HARRISON.

BUT SO WHEN YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT IT LIKE A LINE ITEM FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND THEN A LINE ITEM FOR EACH FIRM THAT? SO I WANT TO MAKE IT REALLY, REALLY SIMPLE AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, AIR FORCE SOMETHING IN 30000 FOOT VIEW AT ALL TIMES.

SO I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO HAVE TO LOOK AT DOCUMENTS.

I DON'T WANT MULTIPLE LINE ITEMS. MY VISION IS AND I DON'T EVEN IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT LIKE THE LEGAL SERVICES OFFICE IN ROUND ROCK ISD. I MEAN, THOSE ARE FIXED SALARY COSTS.

SO MY, YOU KNOW, WE SEE DIFFERENT LITIGATION ON THE AGENDAS.

WE HIRE LAWYERS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS.

I MEAN, IT'S THAT KIND OF OUTSIDE OF ROUND ROCK ISD, BUT I DON'T EVEN NEED TO BROKE IT DOWN BY THIS FIRM OR THAT FIRM PERSONALLY.

I JUST WANT A 30000 FOOT VIEW 11 TIMES A YEAR.

THAT'S MY VISION, ANYWAY.

ALL RIGHT. CAN I? I THINK I SEE MS. MCPHEETERS SITTING THERE, AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING.

TRUSTEE WESTON BECAUSE I REMEMBER SITTING OUT IN THE AUDIENCE WITH YOU AND US BEING KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM OUR LEGAL COUNSEL, WHETHER WHETHER INTERNAL OR MR.

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I JUST WANT TO KNOW. I KNOW IT CONCERNS THE AMOUNT THAT WE PAY IS PUBLIC INFORMATION, SO WE CAN INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION.

THE CLARITY THAT I REQUESTED WAS, AS YOU ALL MAY BE AWARE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS THAT LEGAL FEES FOR THE DISTRICT COME OUT OF.

SO THE BOARD HAS A BUDGET AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATION HAS A BUDGET.

AND THOSE TWO BUDGETS ARE MAINTAINED SEPARATELY.

SO I WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER THE BOARD WOULD PREFER THAT THEY'RE REPORTED SEPARATELY OR THAT WE COMBINE THEM.

AND I ALSO WANTED THE BOARD TO BE AWARE THAT.

SOMETIMES WE PAY.

LEGAL FEES AT DIFFERENT CADENCES, DEPENDING ON THE FIRM, SO WE MAY PAY IN NOVEMBER ONE FIRM'S BILLS FROM AUGUST BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE GOT THOSE BILLS.

BUT ANOTHER FIRM'S BILLS FROM SEPTEMBER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE GOT THOSE BILLS AND MAYBE EVEN ANOTHER FIRM'S BILLS FROM OCTOBER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE GOT THOSE BILLS.

SO THE AMOUNT THAT IS REPORTED FOR WHAT'S BEEN PAID MAY NOT BE REFLECTIVE OF THE SERVICES THAT WERE PROVIDED THAT MONTH.

SO. TWO SEPARATE BUDGETS AND DIFFERENT KIND OF LEGAL.

CAN THERE BE SOME CLARITY ON WHAT COMES OUT WHERE? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IT SEPARATE BECAUSE I THINK BUT I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT COMES OUT WHERE? WHAT'S THE REASONING BEHIND THAT? SURE, THE BOARD BUDGET PAYS FOR THE LEGAL FEES THAT THE BOARD INCURS AND FOR LITIGATION, AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET PAYS FOR MOSTLY SPECIAL ED FEES.

AND THEN ANY LEGAL FEES THAT ARE INCURRED BY THE ADMINISTRATION.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER WERE TO NEED TO HAVE A PARTICULAR DOCUMENT REVIEWED FOR AN EASEMENT THAT INTERNAL SERVICES COULD NOT DID NOT HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO REVIEW, THAT WOULD BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE COST.

BUT WE'LL TELL YOU THE BULK OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE IS SPECIAL EDUCATION CASES.

SO THE REASON WHY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS SEPARATELY IS BECAUSE I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD METRIC. I LOVE WATCHING YOUR FACE.

I THINK THIS IS A GOOD METRIC FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO ALSO JUDGE OUR EFFECTIVENESS ON, YOU KNOW, IF OUR LEGAL FEES ARE ASTRONOMICAL.

I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE SEEN SEPARATELY FROM THE DISTRICT.

BUT I WELCOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK.

THAT'S JUST WHAT I'M THINKING.

I PERSONALLY LOVE IT.

I MEAN, I HAD AT ONE POINT GONE BACK THROUGH ALL OF THE PAPERS EVERY MONTH ON MY OWN AND TRIED TO CALCULATE HOW MUCH EACH FIRM WE WERE PAYING AND WHAT WE WERE PAYING FOR.

AND I HAD MY OWN SPREADSHEET AND IT KIND OF GOT LOST AT SOME POINT.

BUT I AGREE.

I MEAN, I THINK THEY SHOULD BE SEPARATE BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY SEPARATE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON. SO I HAVE ANOTHER PROPOSAL.

THAT'S WHY I LOVE THESE DISCUSSIONS, BECAUSE IT KIND OF BRINGS UP THINGS THAT WE MAY NOT THINK ABOUT IN SEPARATING AND EVEN OUT IN ADMINISTRATION AND BOARD.

I WOULD EVEN LIKE TO SEPARATE THE BOARD BUDGET OUT BETWEEN OUR STANDING BOARD COUNSEL AND ANY ADDITIONAL BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ONGOING CONTRACT THAT WE PAY.

AND MAYBE THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING.

MAYBE THAT IS A GOOD THING, BUT WE HIRE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS TO RUN INVESTIGATIONS OR TO DEFEND US AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR STANDING AGREEMENT WITH OUTSIDE BOARD COUNCIL.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT DOES.

I WILL TELL YOU, THAT'S A LITTLE MORE CUMBERSOME BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO INVOLVE GOING THROUGH LINE BY LINE DOWN THE BILLS AND DIFFERENTIATING THAT INFORMATION.

I'M A BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LOAD OF DOING THAT EACH MONTH IN LIEU OF DOING OTHER WORK THAT MAY BE MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE DISTRICT TO GET DONE.

OK, THAT'S THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

I MEAN, NOT GOOD NEWS. THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK AND THINGS I'M NOT AWARE OF.

SO I WOULD BE FINE WITH JUST THE TWO SEPARATE BUCKETS TO LOOK AT AS WELL.

I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO INCREASE THE LOAD.

I KNOW THAT YOUR TIME WITH US IS ENDING HERE VERY QUICKLY AND WE ARE UNDERSTAFFED IN OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT ANYWAY.

SO I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO OVERTAX OUR ALREADY EXHAUSTED LEGAL DEPARTMENT THAN THEY ALREADY ARE. TRUSTEE WESTON, DID YOU HAVE? I'LL WAIT UNTIL THIS CONVERSATION IS OVER, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY WANT TO GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

OK. WAS THERE ANYBODY THAT WANTED TO ADD? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I THINK MY IF WE'RE GOING TO SPLIT IT UP BETWEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD AND IF THAT'S NOT CUMBERSOME, THAT'S FINE.

MY GOAL WAS TO COMMUNICATE THE IMPACT TO THE TAXPAYER BECAUSE THE TAXPAYER REALLY DOESN'T CARE IF IT GOES BECAUSE A TEACHER MESSED UP OR BECAUSE OUR BOARD MESSED UP.

IT'S STILL A MESS UP, AND IT'S STILL A TAX DOLLAR THAT DOESN'T REACH THE CLASSROOM.

BUT I'M TOTALLY AGREEABLE TO SEPARATING IT, IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD.

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IF THEY WANT TO SEE THE TOTAL, THEY CAN LOOK THERE FOR THE QUICK ANSWER.

IF, CAN I JUST MAKE A REQUEST, IF WE HAVE THIS ON EVERY AGENDA THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT EVERY MONTH, PLEASE? I THINK CONSENT IS FINE.

OR WE COULD EVEN HAVE AN INFORMATION SECTION BECAUSE THERE'S REALLY NOTHING TO VOTE ON, AND IT WILL JUST BE FOR US TO READ AND.

YEAH, I'M CONCERNED THAT PUTTING ON CONSENT WOULD MEAN THAT YOU'RE APPROVING IT IN SOME WAY, SO IT WILL NEED TO BE INFORMATIONAL.

YEAH, AN INFORMATION SECTION WHERE IT WOULD JUST BE BY ITSELF, BUT JUST NO, NOT A DISCUSSION ITEM EVERY MONTH.

SO THE LAST QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS WHAT WOULD BE A REASONABLE TIMELINE FOR THIS TO BEGIN? I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE PROCESS OF GETTING THIS INITIATED.

WHEN WOULD BE A REASONABLE TIMELINE THAT WE COULD BEGIN THIS ADDITION TO MONTHLY REPORTS ? NOW, I DO THINK REALISTICALLY, WE COULD BEGIN THIS AT THE DECEMBER REGULAR MEETING WITH A REPORT FROM BILLS PAID IN NOVEMBER.

MY ONLY CONCERN THERE, MY ONLY RELUCTANCE IS, AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, I WILL BE LEAVING THE DEPARTMENT IN A WEEK.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN GET THAT DONE, BUT THAT'S MY HOPE.

SO WE WILL ISSUE GRACE IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE OF YOUR DEPARTURE.

BUT IF IT DOES HAPPEN BY DECEMBER, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.

IF NOT, THEN WE WILL EXPECT IT BY JANUARY AT THE LATEST.

IS THAT SOUND FAIR, DR.

AZAIEZ? VERY FAIR, THANK YOU FOR BEING FLEXIBLE.

OK. AND AND OF COURSE, EXTEND GRACE WITH ALL OF THE THE CHANGES THAT ARE GOING ON.

TRUSTEE WESTON ARE YOU ARE YOU AMENABLE TO THAT? FABULOUS. CAN I JUST ASK PATTY TO MAKE A NOTE FOR US FOR DECEMBER? THANK YOU. AND THEN, OK, YOUR OTHER YOU WERE ASKING FOR FEEDBACK ON? OH, BREAKING UP.

AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE THIS TONIGHT, BUT I WOULD JUST ASK YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER AND REFLECT ON HOW PRODUCTIVE YOU THINK THOSE SEVEN MEETINGS WERE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY BREAK IT UP TO THOSE THREE BUCKETS, AND I BELIEVE WE EVEN TALKED MIGHT HAVE BEEN DR.

BONE TOWARDS THE END OF THOSE TALKS.

THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ADVOCATING TO TALK ABOUT FOOD SERVICES SEPARATELY, INS SEPARATELY, M&O SEPARATELY.

I JUST THINK THAT THOSE THREE SPECIFIC MEETINGS, MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN SEVEN ON THE WHOLE THING.

TRUSTEE VESSA. SO I HAVE A I MEAN, IT'S NOT REALLY YOUR PROPOSAL.

IT'S SO ONE OF THE PARTS OF OUR LSG PROCESS THAT WE REALLY HAVEN'T DONE VERY WELL IN THE PAST. BUT I'M REALLY HOPING WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS YEAR IS THAT HER BUDGET DISCUSSION SHOULD BE DRIVEN BY OUR BOARD GOALS.

AND SO THE DISCUSSIONS IN THE BUDGET SHOULD BE ABOUT HOW WE'RE ACHIEVING OUR BOARD GOALS.

SO INSTEAD OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE BUCKET TO BUCKET THREE BUCKETS, I THINK IT SHOULD BE MORE ABOUT HOW ARE WE ALLOCATING TO ACHIEVE OUR BOARD GOALS? AND THAT WOULD BE MY DESIRE TO HAVE THAT FOCUS.

AND THEN I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE MARCIA PARTNER.

SHE'S OUR LSG COACH PARTNER WITH US ON THIS PROCESS BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE BEEN IN LSG SINCE 2019, WE'VE NEVER HAD A BUDGET PROCESS THAT WAS DRIVEN BY LSG.

AND SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THAT A TRY.

I WOULD LIKE TO TRY THIS.

THIS PROCESS THAT'S DRIVEN BY OUR BOARD GOALS AND DRIVEN BY THE PRIORITIES THAT THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS EXPRESSED ARE THE TOP PRIORITIES AND THEN ACTUALLY BUDGET TOWARDS THOSE END AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE BEST ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT WERE HOW CAN WE ALLOCATE MONIES TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE SET OUT TO TO DO SO? SO THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE BUDGETARY PROCESS.

I MEAN, OF COURSE, THERE'S COMPONENTS ABOUT WE ALWAYS DO A MEETING THAT'S ABOUT SALARIES.

THAT'S A BIG MEETING THAT HAPPENS IN APRIL, I BELIEVE.

BUT THE WHOLE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE SURROUNDING ACHIEVING OUR BOARD GOALS, EVEN THE SALARY DISCUSSION TRUSTEE VESSA.

I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE.

AND IF MR. COVINGTON WILL COULD VERIFY THE VERY FIRST DAY I MET HIM, I SPENT ABOUT THREE MINUTES WITH HIM AND I MENTIONED THAT I WANTED IT TO TIED TO OUR BOARD GOALS AND OUR LSG.

SO WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT ONE.

WELL, I CAN TELL YOU, I'VE NEVER BUILT THE BUDGET THAT WASN'T TIED TO THE BOARD'S GOALS.

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HOPEFULLY, THOUGH, YOU KNOW, THE PLAN IS, IS THAT WE WILL FINALIZE THOSE GOALS BY JANUARY. I MEAN, WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER MEETING DECEMBER 11TH TO COME BACK AND KIND OF REALLY SOLIDIFY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE MAPPED OUT WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON AND OUR LAST MEETING AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND REALLY SOLIDIFY WHAT THAT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY MEASURING.

AND THEN THEN WE COULD COME BACK IN JANUARY AND START THAT PROCESS.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT MARCIA ACTUALLY TOLD US AT THE LAST MINUTE THAT JANUARY WOULD BE.

NOW WE COME BACK AND WE BUDGET TOWARDS MEETING THOSE GOALS.

DR. BONE, YOU HAD YOUR LIGHT ON EARLIER.

DID YOU HAVE BUDGET QUESTIONS? I DO. I HAVE KIND OF LIKE CORE BUDGET QUESTIONS BACK TO THE.

BUT I AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYBODY HAS SAID, SO I AGREE WITH GOING BACK TO THE GOALS.

I AGREED TO PUTTING THE LEGAL FEES AND I LOVE THE IDEA.

JUST PUT A SPREADSHEET OUT THERE AS DETAILED AS WE CAN SUM IT UP SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT SO.

BUT I DID HAVE SOME COMMENTS AND SOME QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION.

I HAVE WATCHED BUDGETS IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS SINCE MY KIDS ENTERED SCHOOL AND I THINK WE'RE ALL VERY AWARE THAT THIS IS UNUSUAL TIMES AND ONE OF THE THINGS. THAT WE WE KNOW AS TRUSTEES IS THAT THE BUDGET IS VOLATILE MORE THAN USUAL.

SO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, IT'S BASED ON HOW MANY STUDENTS YOU HAVE AROUND HERE, PROPERTY TAXES, IT'S, YOU KNOW, CHANGING NOW.

AND THE ONE THING THAT I NOTED ON THIS PRESENTATION IS THAT SO WE HAD AN ADOPTED BUDGET.

ACTUALLY, WE HAD A I THINK WE CALLED IT THE PROPOSED ADOPTED BUDGET IN JUN.

AND I BELIEVE IF I RECALL RIGHT, WE HAD ABOUT $24 MILLION DEFICIT.

AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, REMEMBER THAT WE'RE RUNNING WITH A DEFICIT BUDGET.

AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER, WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET AND IT WAS A DEFICIT OF $17 MILLION.

AND THEN TONIGHT, THIS IS NOVEMBER.

WE'RE GETTING THIS PRESENTATION NOW.

IT SAYS WE'RE AT $10 MILLION DEFICIT BUDGET.

YOU KNOW, I CAN GO THROUGH THESE LINE ITEMS. LOTS OF THEM HAVE CHANGED.

AND WHEN I SEE SOMETHING THAT HAS CHANGED, I KNOW YOU COULD GIVE ME THE WHY.

BUT ANY TIME SOMETHING HAS CHANGED, THEN I KNOW THAT IT COULD CHANGE SOON AGAIN, RIGHT? SO THAT THAT MEANS IT'S VOLATILE.

THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S CHANGED.

IT COULD CHANGE AGAIN SOON.

I MY MY POINT THAT I'M GETTING TO HERE IS THAT I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF HOW MUCH I TRUST THIS PROPOSED BUDGET NOW, RIGHT? WE HAVE THE ADOPTED BUDGET.

YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY REMEMBER AT ONE POINT WE HAD A $30 MILLION DEFICIT, AND NOW WE'RE DOWN TO THIS, YOU KNOW, SUPPOSEDLY 10 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.

SO I'M JUST I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS, FOR ONE THING, WE'RE RUNNING WITH A DEFICIT BUDGET AND WE ALL HAD BIG CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT IS NOT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ON HERE WAS LIKE, YEAH, WE'RE RUNNING WITH THE DEFICIT BUDGET.

IT'S STILL 10 MILLION.

AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE BEING ASKED TONIGHT TO EVEN SPEND MORE MONEY AND GIVE THIS THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I THINK TRUSTEE WESTON SAYS IT BEST THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD ALL GIVE TEACHERS A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR RAISE IF WE COULD.

THERE'S NO DOUBT IN THAT, BUT I DO KIND OF HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH THE BUDGET AND I HOPE THE OTHER TRUSTEES DIG IN AND HAVE DUG INTO THE NUMBERS.

BECAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, ONE OF THE KEY NUMBERS FOR ME AND I HOPE IT IS TO OTHER TRUSTEES IS WHAT IS THE LOWEST THAT OUR ACCOUNT EVER GETS RIGHT? WHAT DOES THAT NUMBER? WHAT IS OUR M&O AND THE LOWEST THAT THAT EVER GETS? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU KIND OF HAVE TO PAY YOUR BILLS.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF YOUR SAVINGS IN A WAY THAT YOU CAN PAY IT ANY TIME.

AND DR. [INAUDIBLE] WOULD SHOOT ME THE NUMBER AROUND 69 MILLION.

SO IF YOU RUN WITH A $10 MILLION, YOU KNOW, THAT MEANS THAT'S COMING OUT OF THERE, SO THAT MEANS YOU'RE NEXT YEAR WILL BE 59 MILLION.

THIS IS TIMELY BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR AUDIT REPORT.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE AUDIT REPORT, I BELIEVE IT SAYS OUR MONTHLY BILLS ARE THIRTY NINE MILLION. SO AT THE LOWEST POINT IN THE YEAR, WE HAVE A MONTH AND A HALF, MAYBE A MONTH AND THREE QUARTERS OF MONEY SITTING IN THERE.

SO. AND THAT'S AND AGAIN, I STILL THINK THIS IS PRETTY VOLATILE.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO BELIEVE THE $17 MILLION DEFICIT OR THE THE $10 MILLION DEFICIT. WE WE DEAL WITH BIG NUMBERS, BY THE WAY.

SO THAT'S ONLY LIKE A ONE PERCENT CHANGE.

I MEAN, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT IT'S A ONE PERCENT OVERALL CHANGE.

SO WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH BIG NUMBERS, SOMETIMES I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S HARD TO GET

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BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO SHOW MY HESITANCE WITH THESE NUMBERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN CHANGING. AND I FROM JUST MY HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF WATCHING THESE IN THE PAST THIS YEAR, THEY'VE CHANGED MORE THAN I'VE EVER SEEN.

BUDGETS CHANGE.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY TIE THIS TO THE AUDIT THAT WE ARE.

IT'S ATTACHED TO THIS AGENDA AND IT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

BUT LAST YEAR, AND THIS IS IN THIS PRESENTATION, THE DEFICIT FOR LAST YEAR WAS PROPOSED AT 13.9 MILLION AND WE HAD A REALIZED DEFICIT OF 20.9 MILLION.

AND I THINK I WISH THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN POINTED OUT, BY THE WAY, DR.

AZAIEZ BY THE ADMINISTRATION, BECAUSE THAT OBVIOUSLY SHOWS LAST YEAR WE RAN WITH A MUCH HIGHER DEFICIT, ABOUT $7 MILLION MORE THAN WE EXPECTED TO.

SO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE NUMBERS.

IF WE SEE THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE'RE RUNNING WITH A 24 TO $17 MILLION DEFICIT AGAIN THIS YEAR.

SO I'M JUST THROWING THESE NUMBERS OUT BECAUSE THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN STRANGE TIMES OR AT LEAST THAT'S HOW I SEE IT.

AND I CAN TELL YOU, I REMEMBER THE YEARS WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAD TO LAY OFF TEACHERS, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE THAT.

I DON'T WANT TO GET TO THAT POINT WHERE NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE THOUSAND DOLLARS IS A BIG DEAL.

AND MAN, IT'S HARD.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET TO THE POINT NEXT YEAR WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO LAY OFF BECAUSE I REALLY, TRULY BELIEVE TEACHERS WOULD RATHER HAVE THEIR FULL TIME JOBS NEXT YEAR VERSUS A THOUSAND DOLLARS THIS YEAR.

SO I'M JUST REALLY HESITANT WITH OUR BUDGET, AND I DO KIND OF THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY MAY NEED WE MAY NEED TO STEP BACK AND MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER BUDGET WORKSHOP. OR MAYBE WE REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE THE AUDIT LAST YEAR ACTUALLY EXPOSED, YOU KNOW, THIS $20 MILLION DEFICIT THAT I HADN'T BEEN AWARE OF, I FOUND IT IN THE 160 PAGE DOCUMENT.

SO WE REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND LIKE I OR AT LEAST I DO.

I NEED TO UNDERSTAND REALLY WHAT IS THE POSITION RIGHT NOW FINANCIALLY OF OUR DISTRICT? IT'S NOT JUST THE BUDGET, IT'S YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THAT MINIMUM NUMBER THAT WE'RE AT? HOW OR HOW DO WE STAND IN M&O? SO THERE'S A LOT TO ME HERE, AND I GUESS I'M KIND OF DISAPPOINTED THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS BEFORE, YOU KNOW? PROPOSING A $1000 BONUS, BUT THE OTHER THING I'LL SAY ABOUT THE $1000 BONUS BECAUSE IT WAS IN THIS PRESENTATION IS THAT.

I JUST STRUGGLE WITH IT FOR THIS REASON, TOO, BECAUSE I WOULD RATHER PAY THE TEACHERS WHEN THEY'RE WORKING, WHEN THEY'RE HAVING TO COVER CLASSES.

I WOULD RATHER PAY THEM FOR WHAT THEY'RE WORKING BECAUSE A THOUSAND DOLLARS.

IS ONLY 25 DAYS OF COVERING SOMEBODY'S CLASS.

IF YOU MAKE $40 FOR THAT CLASS.

SO IF WE WERE TO PAY A TEACHER OF $40 TO COVER A CLASS FOR A FORTY EIGHT MINUTE, FIFTY FIVE MINUTE CLASS, WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S ONLY 25 DAYS OF PAY.

SO I STILL THINK IN A WAY WE'RE CHEATING THEM AND I I'M A SOLUTION SOLVER.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO PUT A BAND-AID ON THIS PROBLEM.

I REALLY WOULD LIKE.

I HAVE FOUND DR. AZAIEZ.

THERE ARE MANY OTHER DISTRICTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE PERSON IS STILL HERE, BUT SOMEBODY GOT UP AND SPOKE THAT A LOT OF DISTRICTS DO THIS.

I'VE ASKED AND I'VE ASKED.

I WANT TO COVER TEACHERS.

I WANT TO PAY THEM WHEN THEY COVER OTHER CLASSES.

I WANT TO FIND A WAY TO DO THAT OTHER IN TEXAS, OTHER DISTRICTS DO IT.

SO I WOULD ACTUALLY COMPROMISE.

I WOULD RATHER US TALK ABOUT THAT THAN THE THOUSAND.

AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE SUB.

AND I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO INCREASE SUB PAY.

AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, TRADE THAT FOR THE $1000 BONUS BECAUSE THIS GOES BACK.

TRUSTEE WESTON IS ALREADY MADE THIS COMMENT TONIGHT.

I TRULY BELIEVE I READ THE EMAILS.

I TRIED TO LISTEN TO THEM.

YOU KNOW, TEACHERS I KNOW.

AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW TEACHERS THAT THEY LOVE THEIR STUDENTS SO MUCH THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LIKE, I CAN'T TAKE OFF.

YOU KNOW, I CAN'T LEAVE.

AND THAT'S STRESSFUL.

IT'S STRESSFUL WHEN YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T LIKE YOU NEED.

I, YOU KNOW, MY FOOT IS ABOUT READY TO FALL OFF.

YOU KNOW, IT'S INFECTED, BUT I CAN'T.

I'VE GOT TO GO TEACH MY CLASS BECAUSE I CAN'T TAKE OFF.

SO I HOPE WE CAN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION OF THAT.

WE ACTUALLY SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS FIRST.

I WILL TELL YOU, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THIS THOUSAND DOLLAR BONUS.

MAYBE BRING IT BACK IN DECEMBER.

BUT AT THIS POINT, I WOULD RATHER SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS BECAUSE I DO THINK WE HAVE A MONEY ISSUE, BY THE WAY. I THINK WE HAVE WE HAVE SOME ISSUES AND I WOULD RATHER SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS FIRST AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE $1000 BONUS BECAUSE I THINK THIS WILL SOLVE OTHER

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BEFORE THIS, YOU KNOW, $1000, SO I KNOW DR.

AZAIEZ WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I STILL HAVE TRUSTEE, HARRISON, VESSA AND THEN WESTON WHO'VE ALSO HIT THEIR BUTTON.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, AND MAYBE I'M MISUNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU SAID DR.

BONE, ARE YOU SAYING YOU DON'T WANT US TO GO WITH THIS SPENDING MONEY OR YOU SAYING SPEND THE MONEY, BUT SPEND IT ON UNSUB'S? BECAUSE I HEARD YOU SAYING TWICE TO THINK DIFFERENT THINGS INITIALLY SAID YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY OR WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY BECAUSE THE BUDGET IS NOT CLEAR.

AND THEN YOU SAID, SPEND THIS MONEY ON SUBS.

SO WHAT? I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND, WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KIND OF, I GUESS, DISCUSS OR TALK ABOUT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO I'M NOT AGAINST THE THE MONEY THAT YOU'VE SET ASIDE THE 6.4 MILLION, OK? I DID WANT TO BRING THE OTHER POINTS UP TO THE OTHER TRUSTEES, BUT I'M NOT OPPOSED TO SPENDING THAT. I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS.

OK. AND I THINK SINCE WE DO HAVE THESE OTHER CONCERNS WITH SUB PAY AND PAYING TEACHERS THAT COVER CLASSES, I WOULD RATHER USE THAT MONEY FOR THAT BECAUSE I DO HAVE THESE OTHER VERY TO ME, VALID CONCERNS ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN OUR BUDGET.

SO THAT'S, YES, PERFECT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

SO IF WE DO THAT AND WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IT, I CAN TELL YOU WILL BE AN EQUITY PROBLEM. NOT EVERY TEACHER, OBVIOUSLY IS A STUBBORN OR HELPING.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME TEACHERS WHO WILL RECEIVE SOME COMPENSATION, BUT SOME WON'T GET ANYTHING THIS YEAR.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS BECAUSE NOT EVERY TEACHER IN OUR DISTRICT IS ACTUALLY GOING IN AND HELP, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM, BUT THEY ARE NOT.

NOT EVERY TEACHER IS DOING IT.

SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

DR. BONE ADDRESSEES IS $1000 FOR ALL OUR TEACHERS.

SO WE BECAUSE WE BELIEVE AND THIS IS THE POSITION OF ADMINISTRATION, WE BELIEVE THAT ALL OF OUR TEACHERS BEEN WORKING EXTREMELY HARD AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S BEEN A VERY ROUGH FIRST SEMESTER OR ACTUALLY A YEAR, PROBABLY.

AND THEN WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE COST OF LIVING HAS BEEN GOING UP.

YOU KNOW, AT A FASTER RATE THAN WE EXPECTED.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIVE TO SEVEN PERCENT INFLATION RATE THIS YEAR.

SO ALL THIS, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY TEACHER, EVERY BUS DRIVER, EVERY CUSTODIAN DESERVE TO GET SOME KIND OF RETENTION AND THEY ALSO HELP US.

WE ARE KIND OF SHORT ALSO IN CERTAIN AREAS LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE SHOT ABOUT 60 SOME CUSTODIANS. RIGHT NOW, OUR CUSTODIANS HAVE BEEN WORKING, YOU KNOW, EXTENDED HOURS CLEANING OR TAKING CARE OF A BIGGER AREAS.

SO THIS ALSO NOT ONLY HELPED COMPENSATE OR REWARD THOSE CUSTODIANS, BUT ALSO WILL BE MORE LIKE A RETENTION INCENTIVE, IF YOU WILL, SO WE CAN HIRE MORE CUSTODIANS.

SO THAT WAY WE CAN ENSURE THAT OUR CAMPUSES ARE CLEAN AND UP TO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, READY TO GO, RIGHT? SO.

SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF A RETENTION APPRECIATION FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK IS ALSO A WAY FOR US TO RECRUIT IN CERTAIN AREAS WHERE WE STILL HAVE SOME VACANCIES. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT, THOUGH, THAT WE STILL HAVE A HUGE EQUITY ISSUE BECAUSE IF I'M A TEACHER AND I'M FILLING IN FOR CLASSES, THAT'S A HUGE EQUITY ISSUE.

I'M WORKING HARDER BECAUSE IT MEANS IF I SPEND AN HOUR TEACHING THAT CLASS NOW, I'M SPENDING AN HOUR AT THE EVENING.

WHILE MY FRIEND WHO DIDN'T DO THAT IS GETTING TO GO HOME AND BE WITH THEIR FAMILY.

SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT I'M A STEP BY STEP PROBLEM SOLVER, AND I THINK THE FIRST STEP IN THIS IS, I THINK, THE BIGGEST THE EMAILS THAT WE GET.

NO, I DIDN'T SEE ANYBODY ASKING FOR A BONUS.

EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHERE THE WORLD IS RIGHT NOW.

INFLATION IS OUT OF CONTROL.

SO, YOU KNOW, HEY, I HOPE SOMEBODY THAT GETS PAID MORE THAN WE DO FIXES THAT.

BUT THE THE EMAILS THAT WE GET.

AND IT'S A BIG DEAL WHEN TEACHERS EMAIL US, IS THAT AND I'VE HAD AN EVEN A BIGGER DEAL WHEN THEY APPROACH ME AND THEY KNOW WHO I AM AS A TRUSTEE AND THEY'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY NEVER WANT TO TALK BUSINESS, BUT THEY'RE LIKE, CAN IS THERE ANY WAY YOU GUYS CAN PAY? SO THIS TO ME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER TRUSTEES HAVE BEEN HEARING.

BUT THE BIGGER ISSUE TO ME IS NOT SOME KIND OF BONUS.

THE BIGGER ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE PAY TEACHERS FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO BECAUSE THAT'S AN EQUITY ISSUE. WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE AND HONESTLY, THE PEOPLE THAT DO THAT ARE USUALLY THE ONES THAT DO IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND THEY SACRIFICE AND THEY SACRIFICE.

I LOVE THAT TIFFANIE IS SHAKING HER HEAD BECAUSE THEY ARE AND THEY'RE THE ONES YOU KNOW THAT. AND THEN THEY JUST GET BURNT OUT AND THEN THEY'RE THE ONES THAT RESIGN AND THEN WE

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SO I JUST I JUST FOR ME AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THE OTHER TRUSTEES CAN WEIGH IN.

I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGER ISSUE RIGHT NOW.

AND I THINK ALSO INCREASING SUB PAY, WE'VE BEEN BEGGED.

WE HAVE BEEN BEGGED TO INCREASE OUR SUB PAY SO THAT ALL THE SUBS IN THE AREA WILL COME TO ROUND ROCK AND NOT OTHERS.

SO I JUST I UNDERSTAND, BELIEVE ME, I WISH I WAS OPRAH.

YOU ALL GET A NEW CAR, BUT I'M NOT.

AND I JUST I JUST SEE THAT THE BIGGER PROBLEM.

SO MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER TRUSTEES CAN WEIGH IN ON WHAT YOU'VE HEARD.

AND IF YOU THINK IT'S BONUS OR IF IT'S.

IF I MAY RESPOND, THOUGH, I KNOW, EDDIE OVER THERE HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY WAITING TO TALK ABOUT GUEST EDUCATORS HAS BEEN ONE OF HIS MAJOR PROJECTS, AND HE ONLY BEEN IN THE JOB FOR HOW LONG, SIR? A MONTH AND A HALF, NOW A MONTH.

YEAH. SO TALK A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

YES, SIR. YES, SIR.

WE HAVE SO GUEST EDUCATORS IS IT'S A VERY HOT TOPIC IN ALL SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.

AND SO ON NOVEMBER 5TH, WE PROVIDED A BOARD UPDATE THAT KIND OF GIVE A COMPARISON OF OF LOCAL RATES, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK THE THING TO LOOK AT FOR FOR GUEST EDUCATOR RATES IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, THOSE THAT WE THAT WE BORDER WITH.

SO PFLUGERVILLE AND [INAUDIBLE] AND LEANDER AND PLACES LIKE THAT, AND WE ARE STILL THE HIGHEST PAYING GUEST.

WE STILL HAVE THE HIGHEST GUEST EDUCATOR RATES AMONG THOSE NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS.

WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF DIGGING THIS LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS IS WE CURRENTLY HAVE 900 OVER 900 ACTIVE GUEST EDUCATORS IN OUR SYSTEM ON AN AVERAGE WEEK.

ABOUT 350 OF THOSE GUEST EDUCATORS ACTUALLY WORK.

AND SO SO WE HAVE THE PEOPLE IN THE SYSTEM.

I THINK THE THE CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW IS HOW DO WE INCENTIVIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO COME BACK AND WORK ON OUR CAMPUSES? SOME OF THEM HAVE ARE MAYBE WAITING FOR THE VACCINES.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WAITING JUST LIKE OUR STAFF ARE.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE EVALUATING AND LIKE OUR PARENTS ARE, THEY'RE EVALUATING TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO SHAKE OUT.

AND SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH JENNY AND HER TEAM, FOR EXAMPLE, ON A COMMUNICATIONS AND SOME SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING OUTREACH TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO REALLY ADVERTISE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE THERE FOR GUEST EDUCATORS.

BUT THERE'S A LOT TO THIS PIECE, AND IT IS CERTAINLY COMPETITIVE PAY.

I MEAN, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT AS WELL.

AND IT WAS ALSO IN OUR NOVEMBER, THE FIFTH BOARD UPDATE THAT OUR OUR GUEST, OUR GUEST EDUCATORS, CURRENTLY THE BASE RATE FOR OUR GUEST EDUCATORS IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN IT IS FOR OUR EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS.

AND THAT, TO ME, IS A CHALLENGE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOLISTICALLY, IN MY OPINION, AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT FOR NOT JUST GUEST EDUCATORS OR EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS, BUT ALSO OUR TEACHERS.

SO LOOKING AT THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE, I THINK, IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND FROM AN OVERALL COMPENSATION STRATEGY FOR OUR DISTRICT, I THINK WE REALLY HAVE TO FOCUS ON ALL OF THOSE PIECES.

I THINK IF WE LOOK AT IT IN A SILO AND JUST SAY IT'S A GUEST EDUCATOR ISSUE, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT THAT THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.

I FEEL LIKE IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE PAY.

SO THAT'S THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.

I WOULD LIKE TO CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME MORE INFORMATION TO THE BOARD ON OUR CURRENT FILL RATES. AND I DO HAVE SOME COMPARATIVE DATA WITH OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL BECAUSE THERE I THINK OTHER DISTRICTS ARE STRUGGLING WITH THIS AREA AS WELL.

TRUSTEE HARRISON, THANK YOU, TRUSTEE BONE, I THINK YOU RAISED A LOT OF REALLY INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT POINTS LOOKING AT THAT AUDIT AND SEEING THAT DEFICIT 13.9 TO 20.9 MILLION WAS IMPORTANT.

I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THAT WAS, ESPECIALLY IN A COVID YEAR.

I KNOW WE SPENT A LOT ON TECHNOLOGY.

I KNOW WE GOT SOME MONEY BACK AND I KNOW IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, MR. COVINGTON, COULD YOU GIVE US SOME CONTEXT? WELL, BASICALLY THERE WAS TO TWO LARGE EXPENDITURES THAT WAS NOT BUDGETED.

YOUR RECAPTURE PAYMENT OF 16 MILLION WAS NOT BUDGETED AND THEN YOU ALL DONE A BONUS OR STIPEND EARLIER LAST YEAR THAT WAS UNBUDGETED.

THOSE TWO TOGETHER IS $24 MILLION.

OK, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CONTEXT.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WANTED TO HIRE DR.

AZAIEZ WAS BECAUSE OF WHAT AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE WAS BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID WITH THE DEFICIT AND DONNA.

AND WHAT I'VE SEEN, AND I KNOW WE'RE IN A TRANSITION PERIOD EVERYWHERE CFO, HUMAN RESOURCES, THEY DRAW.

SO I KNOW WE'RE IN TRANSITIONAL PERIODS EVERYWHERE, BUT I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT I'VE SEEN YOU STARTING TO TRIM THE FAT AND TRIM THE FAT AND TRIM THE FAT.

BUT I KNOW WE CAN'T MAKE DECISIONS BASED OFF OF ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE, SO I WANT TO YES, AND . I WANT TO LEND CREDENCE TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING HERE.

AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS WHY I FELT LIKE YOU WERE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I

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THAT BEING SAID, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT ANSWERS, AND I DID HEAR THIS FROM YOU.

MR. CURRAN. I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT ANSWERS THAT EXIST OUTSIDE OF JUST MONEY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SUB ISSUE.

AND I'M FRUSTRATED AND I DID APPRECIATE THAT.

NOVEMBER 5TH BOARD UPDATE SO WE DID GET INFORMATION ABOUT US PAYING MARGINALLY BETTER FOR SUBSTITUTES. I DON'T THINK PAYING SUBSTITUTES MORE IS THE ANSWER HERE.

I DO THINK TAKING CARE OF TEACHERS THAT COVER CLASSES IS THE ANSWER BECAUSE DR.

BONE IS RIGHT. IT DOES BECOME AN EQUITY ISSUE BECAUSE THEY ARE GIVING UP THEIR TIME, SO IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S GIVING UP THEIR TIME AND ONLY SOME TEACHERS GETTING PAID, EVERYONE'S GIVING UP THEIR TIME.

AND AS AN EDUCATOR, YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE TIME OFF WHEN YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT YOUR COLLEAGUES. IT'S ONE THING WHEN YOU KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A SUB THERE FOR YOU.

IT'S ANOTHER THING WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BURDEN YOUR COLLEAGUES BECAUSE YOU NEED TO BE OUT BECAUSE YOUR FOOT'S FALLING OFF.

AND SO I WAS HEARTENED TO HEAR THAT WE'RE THINKING OUTSIDE OF JUST THE MONEY.

I WOULD LIKE A REALLY CLEAR ANSWER ON WHERE THE MONEY GOES FROM THE SUB FUND.

AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO COLLABORATE, AND THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, AND I KNOW THAT WE DID, WE DID.

THIS DISCUSSION CAN HAPPEN BECAUSE IT'S CONTAINED IN SOME OF THESE THINGS.

I KNOW WE DID ASK ABOUT TEACHER MORALE AND HAVING THAT ON THE AGENDA, BUT THAT'S A BIG KEY AND THAT'S A BIG LEVER.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I HEAR FROM EDUCATORS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE GETTING EMAILS ABOUT AND I AM KIND OF TIRED OF HEARING.

WELL, THEY GET 450 MINUTES.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR PLANNING TIME.

I WANT TO KNOW, IS THERE A LEGAL BARRIER THAT MEANS WE ABSOLUTELY CANNOT COMPENSATE THEM? AND I WANT A CLEAR ANSWER ON WHERE THE MONEY THAT'S COLLECTED GOES BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TOWARDS TEACHER RETENTION THAN THE BONUS.

I WANT TO, YES, AND BECAUSE I THINK THE BONUS NEEDS TO HAPPEN NO MATTER WHAT.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE DIGGING INTO THE ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS OF WHAT'S MAKING TEACHING HARD.

AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE FOR CLARITY SAKE, THIS PROPOSED THOUSAND DOLLAR BUDGET IS, FOR A BONUS, IS FOR EVERYONE.

IT'S NOT JUST FOR TEACHERS.

I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TEACHING ASSISTANTS THAT IS ON OUR RADAR.

THEY DO A LOT OF WORK. THEY HONESTLY ARE OFTEN PUT IN SOME, SOME HARM'S WAY, JUST NATURALLY. AND SO THAT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE FIGURE THAT OUT.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I DON'T THINK RAISING THE MONEY FOR SUBS IS NECESSARILY GOING TO FIX OUR PROBLEM.

THERE'S A SUB SHORTAGE EVERYWHERE.

I WANT TO LOOK AT THIS HOLISTICALLY.

YEAH, AND THANK YOU.

IF I TRUSTEE HARRISON.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF ACTUALLY DOING A SALARY STUDY FOR ALL, FOR ALL, OUR FOR ALL OUR JOB JOBS RIGHT HERE IN OUR DISTRICT.

SO WE ARE STARTING STARTED THAT PROCESS AND WE HOPE TO BRING SOME SOME INFORMATION BACK TO YOU EARLY SPRING AND THAT WILL DICTATE ALSO OUR BUDGET, OBVIOUSLY PLANNING AS WELL AS OUR COMPENSATION OR COMPENSATION, OUR COMPENSATION, RIGHT? SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S HAVING.

HAVING SAID THAT, WE ALSO WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS FOR US TO REALLY TAKE CARE OF THIS GUEST EDUCATORS AND NOT NECESSARILY BY, LIKE YOU SAID, ADDING PAY TO THE GAS EDUCATORS, MAYBE COMING UP WITH WAYS OF TO ENCOURAGE MORE, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR TEACHERS TO ALSO BE MORE.

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO MS. DAYS AND ALL THAT STUFF, BUT MAYBE HAVING THEM MS. IN FEWER DAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, BY MAYBE COMING UP WITH AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR THEM TO REWARD THEM FOR THEM COMING TO WORK IN LIKE REGULAR BASIS, MORE DAYS, MS. IN FEWER DAYS. YOU KNOW, I REALLY THINK THIS CONVERSATION IS DEVIATED PRETTY FAR FROM THE BUDGET, SO I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GONE A LITTLE BIT FAR AFIELD.

WE'RE NOW DISCUSSING SUBSTANTIVELY SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO GUEST EDUCATION.

THANK YOU. BUT CAN I DO? CAN I GET MY QUESTION ANSWERED? BECAUSE THIS IS A BUDGET QUESTION.

WHERE DOES THE MONEY THAT'S COLLECTED FOR SUBS GO? IN THE BUDGET. IF TEACHERS ARE COVERING CLASSES.

BUT DIDN'T YOU HAVE A NUMBERS, EDDIE, DO YOU HAVE NUMBERS ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY WE SPEND ALREADY ON SUBSTITUTE AND OUR GUEST EDUCATORS AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE? I DO. I DO. AND THESE ARE VERY GENERAL NUMBERS.

WE CAN DRILL DOWN AND GET YOU MUCH MORE SPECIFICS, BUT WE DID A LITTLE ANALYSIS ON THAT.

TRUSTEE HARRISON AND OUR OUR LINE ITEM IN OUR BUDGET IS ABOUT $4 MILLION FOR GUEST EDUCATORS. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT GIVEN OUR CURRENT FORECAST FOR THIS YEAR BASED ON THE NUMBER OF ABSENCES THAT WE'VE HAD.

EVEN KNOWING THE FILL RATES THAT WE'VE HAD AND AND THE REDUCED NUMBER OF COVERAGE WEIR, WE'RE FORECASTING THAT WE WOULD NEED AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND TO COVER THE ABSENCES THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY TRACKING HIGHER THAN OUR BUDGET BASED ON THE FORECASTED ABSENCES BASED

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SO I CAN GET YOU MORE SPECIFICS ON THAT FOR SURE.

I'LL WORK WITH WITH DENNIS ON THAT.

BUT I THINK ONE THING I THINK AND IT'S COME UP A LOT TONIGHT, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE CHALLENGES AND THE CHALLENGING SEMESTER.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S BEING REFLECTED IN THE NUMBER OF TEACHER ABSENCES THAT WE HAVE.

AND SO IT STRESSES THE SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, AND SO WE MAY HAVE ON ON ANY GIVEN DAY WE COULD HAVE 250 SUBS OR GUEST EDUCATORS THAT ARE NEEDED, BUT THAT COULD SPIKE ON A FRIDAY OR A MONDAY. AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I SEE THAT LOOK, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN THERE, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, LAST FRIDAY, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD OVER 500 TEACHER ABSENCES.

AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE A FINITE SUPPLY OF GUEST EDUCATORS, WE MAY BE STAFFED APPROPRIATELY FOR A TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, BUT ON A FRIDAY OR A MONDAY, WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW.

BUT THEN THE FLIP SIDE TO THAT IS IF I STAFFED EVERYTHING BASED ON THE DEMAND ON A FRIDAY OR A MONDAY, WELL, THEN I'D HAVE SUBS WHO AREN'T ABLE TO PICK UP, YOU KNOW, ABSENCES ON A TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS WELL.

SO IT'S VERY COMPLEX AND I THINK WE'RE ALL SEEING THAT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAY. IT'S JUST YOU CAN'T JUST BE A DOLLARS AND CENTS CONVERSATION.

IT'S GOT TO BE STRATEGIC.

SO WHILE THE PERCEPTION OUT THERE IS, WE'RE SAVING ALL THIS MONEY FROM OUR SUB BUDGET, THE REALITY IS THE MORE ABSENCES WE HAVE, THE MORE SUB COVERAGE WE NEED.

AND SO IT DRIVES THAT, THAT BOTTOM LINE HIGHER.

AND SO IT'S NOT, I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME CREATIVE WAYS THAT WE CAN BE FLEXIBLE WITH OUR SUB BUDGET AS NEEDS ARISE.

I MEAN, AS YOU HAVE TEACHER VACANCIES AND SALARY SAVINGS LIKE DENNIS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WE COULD REASSIGN THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT TO OUR SUB BUDGET AS NEEDED.

BUT IT REALLY TAKES THAT HOLISTIC STRATEGIC APPROACH TO THOSE DOLLARS AND CENTS IN TERMS OF TOTAL STAFFING AT THAT CAMPUS.

THANK YOU. CAN I JUST SUGGEST SHIRTS, EBOLA, UNIVERSAL CITY IS.

I TOLD DR. AZAIEZ I TALKED TO ONE OF THEIR BOARD MEMBERS AND THEY ARE SOMEHOW PAYING THEIR TEACHERS.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO THROW THAT OUT AS MAYBE A DISTRICT WE CAN CHECK ON.

AND I KNOW TRUSTEE VESSA AND WESTON HAVE BEEN WAITING.

SO I'M GOING TO CALL IN TRUSTEE VESSA AND I'LL TRY TO BE QUICK.

I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW THIS, GOSH, SO MUCH GOOD INFORMATION HAS COME OUT OF THIS, AND YOU KNOW, I WILL POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, RECAPTURE.

IS SOMETHING THAT'S CONSTANTLY A PROBLEM, AND IN 2019, THEY CHANGED THE WAY RECAPTURE WAS CALCULATED TO BE CURRENT YOUR VALUES ON PROPERTY TAXES, AND SO YOU CONSTANTLY HAVE AN ISSUE OF SETTLE UP AND WE ALL, LIKE ALL EVERYONE IN THAT DISCUSSION IN 2019, WAS REALLY NERVOUS ABOUT THIS, THAT IT'S REALLY HARD TO BUDGET WHEN YOU'RE NOT REALLY EVEN SURE WHAT YOUR RECAPTURE IS.

AND WE ALL WERE VERY NERVOUS, VERY NERVOUS ABOUT USING CURRENT YOUR VALUES BECAUSE PREVIOUS TO THAT, WE USED PRIOR YEAR VALUES SO THAT YOU COULD BE CERTAIN THIS IS WHAT YOUR RECAPTURE WOULD BE.

AND SO SO WE'RE LIVING OUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE FEARS.

OH, THAT OF 2019 IN TERMS OF THE BONUS VERSUS UTILIZING THE MONEY IN OTHER CAPACITIES.

I REALLY DO FEEL WE NEED A BONUS TO ALL STAFF AND I THINK YOU RAISE A REALLY GREAT POINT, DR. AZAIEZ, THAT WE HAVE HAD STAFF JUST GO ABOVE AND BEYOND IN EVERY AREA OF THE DISTRICT. AND WE REALLY I FEEL LIKE OBVIOUSLY A THOUSAND DOLLARS IS NICE, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST A DEMONSTRATION OF APPRECIATION TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE DISTRICT.

A TANGIBLE APPRECIATION IT'LL NEVER BE ENOUGH.

I MEAN, THE POINT YOU RAISE ABOUT GUEST EDUCATORS, I MEAN, I'M SORRY ABOUT EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE THAT TROUBLES ME LIKE THAT.

THEY REALLY I MEAN, THEY MAKE POVERTY WAGES.

IT'S REALLY LOW.

AND SO IN STATEWIDE, IT'S A PROBLEM.

IT'S NOT JUST US, IT'S STATEWIDE.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M CONSTANTLY TALKING ABOUT THE LEGISLATURE BECAUSE IT'S A PROBLEM THAT CAN'T BE SOLVED AT THE STATE LEVEL.

IT'S A STATEWIDE PROBLEM.

IT'S NOT A LOCAL PROBLEM.

IT'S NOT A ROUND ROCK ISD PROBLEM.

IT'S A STATE PROBLEM AND WE NEED TRACTION THERE.

BUT I WILL TRY TO WRAP UP AND JUST SAY THAT I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE THOUSAND DOLLAR BONUS.

I AM ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF FUNDING IF WE CAN, IF IT'S LEGAL, WHATEVER OF COMPENSATING OUR TEACHERS BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING I HEAR ABOUT ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, I HEAR THAT ABOUT IT THE MOST.

MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE WHERE MY KIDS ARE, BUT TEACHERS HAVING TO COVER FOR OTHER TEACHERS AND IF WE CAN COMPENSATE THEM FOR THAT, I THINK THAT THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY TO MORALE.

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OK, I GET MONEY. ALL RIGHT.

I GO OUT THERE AND I HUNT FOR IT.

LITERALLY. I SCOUR THE PLACES TO FIND GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OR TRY TO FIND OUT WHERE MONEY IS AND WHERE WE CAN GO. GET IT.

SO KNOW THAT I AM ALWAYS WORKING ON THIS.

I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO GET ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS BETTER, TO FUND OUR STAFF BETTER TO TO PROVIDE A BETTER QUALITY EDUCATION IN THIS DISTRICT.

AND IT'S WHAT I RAN ON AND IT'S A PASSION OF MINE.

IT'S KIND OF FUN, TOO.

SO I WILL END ON THAT TRUSTEE WESTON? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO THE BULK OF MY COMMENTS ARE REALLY AROUND ITEM H1.

SO I THINK I'LL JUST SAVE THAT FOR THAT ITEM BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.

I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO JUST ASK YOU THAT WE JUST BRING THAT UP RIGHT NOW.

OK. OK, WELL, WE FELLER.

YEAH, OK, FELLER. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ON THE BUDGET? AND THEN WE CAN BRING. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE COMMENT, THOUGH, ON THE BUDGET ITSELF. WHICH I DON'T THINK I'VE.

MAYBE I DID. SO I HAVE REAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE STABILITY OF THE FINANCIAL GROUND THAT WE STAND ON.

I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.

AND IF THIS WAS MY HOUSEHOLD BUDGET.

I WOULD BE EXERCISING CAUTION UNTIL I HAD, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I FEEL LIKE I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS.

ABOUT THE BUDGET AND SO IN MY IN THE REAL WORLD, WHEN I'M NOT SITTING HERE, I DON'T MAKE LARGE FINANCIAL EXPENDITURES WHEN I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS.

AND I WOULD PREFER TO BE STANDING ON MORE STABLE AND FIXED.

AT LESS VOLATILE TO USE DR.

BONE TERM FINANCIAL FOOTING BEFORE MAKING THESE EXPENDITURES, I REMEMBER.

BACK IN JANUARY, I THINK.

WHEN I WAS SITTING HERE AND I SAID, AND THEY BROUGHT THEY THEY WANTED TO DO THIS BONUS.

AND I SAT RIGHT HERE AND I SAID, I'M BRAND NEW.

I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD FOR A MONTH.

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? AND I SAID, I'M REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO RELY ON MY COLLEAGUES HERE TO TELL ME WHETHER OR NOT I SHOULD VOTE FOR THIS BONUS.

AND THE THREE THAT HAD BEEN HERE LONGER THAN A MONTH ALL LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, OH YEAH, YEAH, THUMBS UP.

I SAID, OK, I RAISED MY HAND AND THEN NOW I'M SEEING THAT 11 MONTHS LATER, IT'S LIKE, OH, WELL, THEN OUR OUR DEFICIT WENT FROM 13 MILLION TO 20 MILLION, PARTLY BECAUSE OF THAT.

SO THAT'S ME.

LIKE, THAT'S ON ME.

THAT'S MONEY THAT CAME OUT OF FUND BALANCE THAT NOW DROPS THAT NUMBER THAT DR.

BONE WAS TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE'RE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A CERTAIN FIGURE IN THERE.

AND THE ONLY POWER THAT I REALLY HAVE IS ONE TRUSTEE AS MY VOTE.

IT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN COMMUNICATE SATISFACTION OR DISSATISFACTION OR DO BETTER OR DO MORE OF THIS OR DO LESS OF THIS.

SO I WON'T BELABOR IT, BUT I'M EAGER TO TALK ABOUT H1.

TRUSTEE FELLER? SO MINE RELATES TO H1, BUT MAYBE A QUESTION BEFORE, BECAUSE IT WOULD IT'S NOT IN A 100 PERCENT SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION AS IT'S PRESENTED SO WELL.

I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE MOVE EACH ONE UP BECAUSE WE'VE KIND OF.

TALKED ABOUT IT, UNLESS ONE'S HE'S COMING OVER HERE TO TELL ME, NO.

OK, SO LET'S LET'S GO AHEAD AND THEN GO TO EACH ONE.

[H. ACTION ITEM (Part 1 of 2)]

SO MY QUESTION ABOUT H1 IS PERHAPS.

THINKING ABOUT THE YOU KNOW, I'M LISTENING TO EVERYBODY UP HERE AND THEIR CONCERNS AND.

IF YOU LOOK AT MY TENURE ON THE BOARD, I HAVE SUPPORTED EVERY TEACHER RAISE, I MEAN EVERY INCENTIVE. I KNOW THAT THIS IS NEEDED.

I KNOW WE ARE FACING UNPRECEDENTED INFLATION RIGHT NOW.

BUT DO WE NEED TO MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO BOTH OF THESE ALLOTMENTS RIGHT NOW? COULD WE MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO THE RECRUITMENT FOR THE DECEMBER PAYOUT AND HOLD OFF ON THE JUN PAYOUT AND SEE WHERE WE ARE FINANCIALLY AT THAT POINT RATHER THAN COMMITTING TO THE WHOLE IF IT COMES BACK UP? CHANCES ARE, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO VOTE FOR IT AGAIN THEN, TOO, UNLESS SOMETHING IS DRASTICALLY CHANGED THE OTHER WAY.

BUT RATHER THAN COMMITTING US AT THIS POINT, MAKE A HALF COMMITMENT NOW WITH THE OPTION TO REEXAMINE IT.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY, WHEN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FIRMER NUMBERS ABOUT OUR BUDGET.

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AND THAT'S THE PAY TO COVER CLASSES.

AND I THINK EVERYBODY IN OUR DISTRICT DESERVES A LITTLE SOMETHING.

I MEAN, MAYBE IT'S $500.

THAT'S NOT A MEAN THAT THAT'S PROBABLY MOST OF THE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE UNDER YOUR TREE, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT CHUMP CHANGE, WHICH IT COULD BE MORE. BUT THEN THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ACTUALLY WORKING MORE, HOW DO WE REWARD THEM FOR WHAT THEY'RE GOING AND DOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP OUR DISTRICT AS A WHOLE? AND SO IF THERE'S A WAY TO INCORPORATE BOTH OF THOSE INTO THIS, BECAUSE TO ME, THAT'S AN INCENTIVE. IT'S NOT A LUMP SUM INCENTIVE, BUT THAT'S AN INCENTIVE LIKE IF YOU'RE GOING TO STAY HERE, WE'RE GOING TO REWARD YOU WHEN YOU GIVE UP SOMETHING TO HELP OUT OUR DISTRICT.

SO THOSE ARE MY MY THOUGHTS ABOUT IT.

IF IT DOESN'T CHANGE, I'LL VOTE FOR THE WHOLE THOUSAND.

BUT PERHAPS SPLITTING IT UP INTO TWO CHUNKS PAYMENTS MIGHT MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER ON OUR BUDGET LONG TERM.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW FROM A LEGAL I SEE THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BACK.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A POSSIBILITY IF WE CAN VOTE FOR THE 500 AND THE OTHER 500, IF FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I DON'T KNOW.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A LEGAL QUESTION.

MOST LIKELY, TRUSTEE FELLER FROM OUR COMMITMENT AND AN ADDED PRIORITY WILL TALK MORE ABOUT IT. AS FAR AS, LIKE THE GUEST EDUCATORS AND PAYING OUR TEACHERS, WE HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT LIKE, REALLY? DO SOME SOME DIGGING, MAYBE LOOK AT HOW OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE PAYING AND THEN IT COME BACK TO YOU WITH A PROPOSAL, MOST LIKELY.

EDDIE, THANK YOU, SIR.

YES. I JUST REALLY ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT AS WELL THAT THE COVERING CLASSES, IT'S VERY TRICKY. IT'S COMPLICATED BECAUSE OUR SECONDARY TEACHERS CURRENTLY RECEIVE A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY, A PLC PERIOD IN ADDITION TO THEIR MANDATED CONFERENCE PERIOD, AND OUR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS DO NOT RECEIVE THAT SAME TIME.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT GETS VERY COMPLICATED ABOUT THIS.

AND THERE ARE TWO DISTRICTS RELATIVELY LOCALLY THAT THAT DO THIS.

WE'VE RESEARCHED THIS EXTENSIVELY, AND ONE OF THOSE HAS A PLAN FOR HOW ELEMENTARY TEACHERS CAN BE COMPENSATED FOR THAT.

BUT I REALLY NEED TO DO MORE.

I THINK WE SAID DIGGING A LOT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE MORE DIGGING ON THE LOGISTICS OF WHAT THAT WOULD TAKE BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK WE'VE ALL SAID THIS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL TEACHERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD WANTS US TO LOOK INTO, I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ELEMENTARY TEACHERS ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AS WELL.

SO WE WOULD JUST NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT.

BUT ABSOLUTELY, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

I THINK EVEN IF IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN SAY BEGINNING IN THE NEW SEMESTER.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THIS AMOUNT OF TIME TO RESEARCH IT OR WHATNOT AND BEGINNING IN THE SPRING SEMESTER WHEN EVERYBODY'S BACK ON CAMPUS AND YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE UNEVEN GROUND AND YOU'RE REALLY COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES THAT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, IF YOU COVER A CLASS, IT'S X AMOUNT.

AND IF IT'S AT, YOU KNOW, MIDDLE SCHOOL OR AT HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S THIS MUCH.

I MEAN, AND WHATEVER THAT, THAT'S WHY YOU GET PAID TO DO THE JOB THAT YOU DO.

AND I DON'T GET PAID ANYTHING TO DO THIS JOB.

BUT I DO THINK THAT THAT'S JUST AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PIECE IS TO REWARD THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND.

IF I MAY JUST ADD ALSO, I THINK THERE WERE SOME, SOME TALK ABOUT LAST YEAR HOW WE END UP WITH TWENTY SOME MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.

OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT HERE TO THROW BLAME ON ANYBODY.

WE'RE NOT HERE TO THROW BLAME.

I CAN TELL YOU, IF YOU LOOKED AT THE PRESENTATION THAT DENNIS SHOWED US EARLIER, HE ACTUALLY BUMPED UP, BUMPED UP OUR RECAPTURE TO ALMOST $40 MILLION.

SO IT IS BUDGETED FOR NOW FOR THIS YEAR, EVEN WITH I DON'T WE DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE AS HIGH AS $40 MILLION AS FAR AS RECAPTURE, BUT YET WE BUDGETED FOR IT.

AND THEN THIS MONEY AGAIN, THE THOUSAND-DOLLAR IS COMING FROM ESSER FUNDS, SO THAT'S NOT INCLUDED. LIKE, IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S NOT GOING TO ADD MORE TO OUR DEFICIT.

THE TEN POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS WE SHARE WITH YOU EARLIER, IT IS RIGHT NOW OUR DEFICIT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO WORK VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEFICIT IS REDUCED OR ALMOST NONE. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING AGAIN TO TO TRIM OUR BUDGET, OUR EXPENDITURES. SO THAT WAY WE CAN WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU WITH BETTER NEWS IN THE SPRING, EARLY SPRING. AND THEN THE LAST THING I KNOW ALSO TRUSTEE BONE TALKED ABOUT $50 MILLION

[03:50:04]

THAT'S HOW MUCH CASH WE HAVE.

BUT BECAUSE OUR FUND BALANCE IS OVER $200 MILLION.

SO WE HAVE WE HAVE OVER $200 MILLION IN ROUND ROCK ISD AS PART OF OUR FUND BALANCE, BUT ABOUT $60 MILLION OR SO CASH ON HAND.

AND DENNIS, MAYBE YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

OK. JUST TRUSTEE HARRISON, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE WENT AHEAD AND PULLED EACH ONE UP SINCE IT WAS PART OF OUR DISCUSSION.

TRUSTEE WESTON. OK.

YEAH, CAN WE? ARE WE SURE THAT IT'S 200 MILLION? YEAH, 196, OK.

YEAH. THAT'S ROUNDING.

SO IF WE'RE ON ITEM H HERE.

I'LL JUST SHARE THAT.

MY BACKGROUND IS IN HR, PEOPLE USED TO PAY ME TO INTERVIEW PEOPLE.

I'VE HIRED COUNTLESS JOB SEEKERS, TURNED AWAY COUNTLESS JOB SEEKERS, TURNED A PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATION FROM ONE THAT COULDN'T RECRUIT OR RETAIN ANYBODY INTO AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE. OK.

AND WE DID NOT DO THAT BY INCREASING.

WE DIDN'T DO IT BY PAYING OUT MONEY.

WE DID IT BY ASKING THE EMPLOYEES WHAT THEY WANTED.

AND IF THE ANSWER WAS GOING TO BE MONEY, OK, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TRIED TO ATTACK THAT.

BUT IT TURNED OUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY WANT.

AND NOW HERE IN THIS ROLE AS A TRUSTEE, I HAVE AN EMAIL ACCOUNT.

SO THAT'S SORT OF MY.

AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M OUT AND ABOUT IN THE DISTRICT AND JUST JUST HEARING FEEDBACK AND IT'S ANECDOTAL, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHY I'M STRUGGLING WITH H1.

BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM AT A STRATEGIC LEVEL. I HAVE ALREADY VOTED FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION BONUSES, I HAVE DONE THAT AND WE STILL HAVE THE PROBLEMS. WE GOT AN EMAIL ON NOVEMBER 8TH FROM A TEACHER WHO ACTUALLY RESIGNED.

SO HERE'S A HERE'S A CASE STUDY FOR ME AS A TRUSTEE.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW THIS PERSON.

BUT SHE LISTED SEVEN BULLETS HERE OF WHY SHE LEFT.

AND THE ONLY THING IN HERE ABOUT A BONUS IS, SHE SAID AT THE LAST ONE.

SOME STIPEND DOESN'T CUT IT.

AND SO WHAT I DO IS I TAKE THE TIME AND I READ THROUGH ALL OF THESE THINGS AT THE TOP.

SHE DID MENTION THAT THE COST OF LIVING HAS DRAMATICALLY INCREASED, BUT THEN SHE GOES INTO ALL THESE BULLETS WITH ALL THIS EXPLANATION.

AND AGAIN, ALL I HAVE IS MY VOTE.

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO TABLE H1 TODAY AND COME BACK TO ME WITH SOMETHING THAT'S STRATEGIC BECAUSE I'D RATHER GET IT RIGHT THAN GET IT FIRST.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE HEADLINES THAT ARE CIRCULATING AROUND THE STATE.

THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT GAVE OUT THIS RETENTION BONUS AND YOU GOT TRUSTEES OR WHOMEVER TAKEN A VICTORY LAP AND GETTING THE PAT ON THE BACK, AND THAT LASTS ABOUT 24 HOURS, BUT I'M CONCERNED THAT THE REWARD FOR PASSING H1 IS GOING TO BE THAT AFTER 24 HOURS AND AFTER THE HEADLINE HITS AND AFTER WE ALL GET A PAT ON THE BACK, THE REWARD IS GOING TO BE.

THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A REALIZATION.

THAT WE'RE STILL NOT PAYING TEACHERS FOR COVERING CLASSES THAT WE STILL HAVEN'T EXPLORED, THE POLICE FORCE SPENDING, THAT WE STILL HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THE FACT THAT WE HAVE 3000 FEWER STUDENTS, WHICH IS A DRIVER OF OUR REVENUE.

WE STILL HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THE GUEST EDUCATOR SHORTAGE.

WE STILL HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THE SIZE AND THE SALARIES OF CENTRAL OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION OVERHEAD. SO AND ANY ANY NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES.

SO AGAIN, WHEN AND WHEN I VOTE, NO, THAT'S NO FOR TODAY, AND IT'S NO ON THIS SPECIFIC INITIATIVE. I SAID EARLIER TODAY, I'M CONCERNED WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH FOR OUR EMPLOYEES WITH REGARD TO ADDRESSING THEIR MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS.

SO THIS SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

AT THIS LEVEL, I DON'T WANT TO SEE TACTICAL DECISIONS.

I DON'T HAVE TO PAY A LOT OF MONEY FOR SOMEBODY TO BRING ME A TACTICAL LEVEL DECISION.

I WANT TO BRING I EXPECT AT THIS POINT A YEAR IN.

WHEN I WAS HERE IN JANUARY, I COULD SIT HERE AND SAY, I'M TOO GREEN.

I DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER. JUST TELL ME WHAT TO DO.

I DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY ANYMORE AND I DON'T HAVE THAT EXCUSE.

I'VE GOT A BUDGET I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR, AND I'M GOING TO START ACTING LIKE SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR AND HAS LEARNED.

[03:55:02]

THERE ARE OTHERS, AND LET'S PUT TOGETHER A STRATEGY TO SHIFT THE MORALE DISTRICT WIDE.

LET'S ASK THEM WHY.

WHEN PEOPLE WOULD LEAVE MY ORGANIZATION, I WOULDN'T GIVE THEM THEIR LAST PAYCHECK UNTIL THEY GAVE ME AN EXIT INTERVIEW.

IF THEY SAID, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE GIVING AN EXIT INTERVIEW, THEN I WENT OUT AND I GOT A THIRD PARTY FIRM TO GET THE GENERATE THE INFORMATION BECAUSE I WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO MY JOB BETTER IN RECRUITING AND HIRING TOP TIER TALENT UNLESS I KNEW WHY THEY WERE LEAVING AND WHY THEY DIDN'T WANT TO COME WORK FOR ME.

SO I WANT A STRATEGIC LEVEL DECISION.

I WANT MORE FOR THESE EMPLOYEES.

I DON'T WANT A LITTLE BIT FOR EVERYBODY.

I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE MORE TARGETED AND I THINK WE NEED TO LISTEN TO WHAT THEY TELL US THEY NEED. SO I'M A NO FOR TONIGHT AND I'M A YES FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

TRUSTEE HARRISON SO.

TRUSTEE WESTON, I THINK YOU MAKE SOME VERY, VERY COMPELLING POINTS, AND I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID AND I HEARD HOW IT WAS IN LINE WITH MR. KIRAN. AND SO I WANT TO, YES, AND I THINK SOMETIMES THE BINARY MAKES US MAKE REALLY BAD CHOICES WHEN WE FEEL LIKE OUR ONLY OPTIONS ARE EITHER OR.

AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE SAID.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TEACHER MORALE AS A DECEMBER AGENDA ITEM.

I WOULD LIKE THAT TO INCLUDE THE THINGS THAT WERE IN THE BOARD UPDATE.

AND ONE THING I APPRECIATE ABOUT YOU, DR.

AZAIEZ, IS THAT WHEN WE BRING SOMETHING UP, IT DOES COME OUT IN A BOARD UPDATE THE NEXT TIME. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

HOWEVER. OUR ROLE IS NOT BOARD UPDATES.

OUR ROLE IS NOT ANSWERING EMAILS ALL DAY.

OUR ROLE IS WHAT HAPPENS ON THE DAIS.

AND SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE DAIS AND GUESTS EDUCATORS AND TEACHER MORALE.

AND THAT COMPARATIVE STUDY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AT THE DYAS IN DECEMBER.

AND THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THIS.

AND SO I MOVE THAT.

THE BOARD APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION FOR RETENTION AND INCENTIVE PAYMENT OF $1000 DUE TO COVID 19 PANDEMIC AND APPROVED THE AMENDMENT OF THE 2021 2022 ROUND ROCK ISD COMPENSATION PLAN AS PRESENTED.

AND I WILL HAVE A COMMENT IF SOMEBODY SECONDS A SECOND DATE.

THANK YOU. SO THAT COMMENT IS AND THE REASON WHY THIS TIMING IS IMPORTANT.

TRUSTEE WESTON IS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IN THIS CYCLE, IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO RESIGN, THEY WILL RESIGN BEFORE THE SECOND SEMESTER.

SO IF THIS SMALL TOKEN CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND KEEP TEACHERS THAT ARE ON THE PRECIPICE HERE, I DO FULLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THESE THINGS AND I WOULD LIKE COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL ADDRESS WHAT TRUSTEE WESTON HAS LAID OUT.

SO MAY I INTERRUPT? MAY I JUST SPEAK TO THAT? TRUSTEE BONE WAS THE ONLY OTHER ONE THAT HAD HER LIGHT ON, SO I JUST WANT TO. YEAH, IT'S FINE OF TRUSTEE WESTON.

SO. I HAVE NEVER BEEN A TEACHER.

I HAVE BEEN A PUBLIC SERVANT.

I DO NOT BELIEVE OUR MILITARY MEMBERS ARE PAID APPROPRIATELY, I DO NOT BELIEVE OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE PAID APPROPRIATELY.

I DO NOT BELIEVE OUR TEACHERS ARE PAID APPROPRIATELY.

MY EXPERIENCE IS IN RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, TALENT ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS. I DO NOT BELIEVE, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, THAT A $500 CHECK IN DECEMBER IS GOING TO BE THE DECIDING FACTOR BETWEEN SOMEBODY WALKING AWAY FROM THEIR PROFESSION OR NOT.

I THINK THAT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT I WANT A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ARE THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO LEAVE A PROFESSION OR LEAVE A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND GO FROM ONE TO ANOTHER.

SO AGAIN.

I'M ONLY ONE TRUSTEE, AND MY ONLY POWER IS MY VOTE, AND I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO DO BETTER IN COMMUNICATING MY EXPECTATIONS.

SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE I'M AT.

TRUSTEE BONE? SURE. I WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING THAT DR.

AZAIEZ WAS SAYING. THE FUND BALANCE FOR US, SINCE WE END ON JUNE 30TH, IT IS 196.3 MILLION. I HAVE LEARNED BECAUSE I HAVE WATCHED THESE FOR A LONG TIME, I DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF JUNE.

I ALWAYS CARE ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE AT ITS LOWEST POINT IN THE YEAR, WHICH IS USUALLY AROUND NOVEMBER. IF I RECALL RIGHT FROM DOCTOR ADDICTS AND THAT WAS THE 69 MILLION.

SO JUST THE OTHER TRUSTEES, JUST SO YOU ARE VERY CLEAR, OUR FUN BALANCE AT LOWEST POINT IS AROUND FROM DR.

ALEX A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WAS AROUND 69 MILLION.

[04:00:01]

I AGREE WITH YOU AND WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SAY IS THAT THE THOUSAND DOLLARS TODAY CAN STRAP OUR HANDS LATER AND I AM WITH YOU.

I AM HERE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. WE HAVE GIVEN OUT BONUSES.

AND HONESTLY, IF THIS BONUS WOULD HAVE CAME TO US WITH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DATA AND INFORMATION THAT SAYS OUR TEACHERS WANT A BONUS.

AND OF COURSE, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE LIKE, YEAH, TEACHERS WANT A BONUS.

BUT WILL THAT BONUS SOLVE THE PROBLEMS TEACHERS ARE HAVING? OF COURSE, EVERYBODY WANTS MORE MONEY AND OF COURSE WE ALL WANT TO GET PEOPLE MORE MONEY.

BUT WHAT I'M HERE TO DO IS WE GET EMAILS.

WE HAVE PROBLEMS HIRING TEACHERS.

I WANT TO KNOW THE ROOT CAUSE.

AND THEN I WANT TO TAKE THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE UNLIMITED FUNDS.

AND IF WE SPEND IT TODAY, WE DON'T GET IT BACK TOMORROW.

AND SO I KIND OF LIKED WHAT TRUSTEE FELLER SAID, BECAUSE AND I THINK TRUSTEE HARRISON, YOU HAD WALKED AWAY FOR JUST A MINUTE, BUT TRUSTEE FELLER HAD MENTIONED MAYBE VOTING TODAY FOR ONLY HALF OF IT.

AND SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE AROUND LIKE 3.2 MILLION AND THAT WOULD BE A $500 GUARANTEED.

I AM KIND OF I HAVE A SOFT HEART AROUND CHRISTMAS, AND SO I'M ALWAYS LIKE, HEY, LET'S GIVE OUT. SO MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A COMPROMISE WHERE WE JUST BECAUSE I JUST DON'T WANT TO STRAP US DOWN.

AND I DON'T. I ALSO DON'T WANT TO COMMIT ACTUALLY TO SOMETHING IN JUN BECAUSE IT COULD BE POSSIBLE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK.

AND ACTUALLY, I MEAN, WE CAN ALWAYS.

ONE THING THAT WE CAN DO ACTUALLY, TOO, IS COME BACK AND SAY, OH, WE CAN'T DO THAT NOW BECAUSE OF WHATEVER REASON.

SO I ACTUALLY LIKE TRUSTEE FELLER.

I KIND OF LIKE THAT COMPROMISE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE YOU REALLY LISTENED AND HEARD EVERYBODY AND CAME UP WITH THAT. SO I STILL COULDN'T VOTE FOR THE $1000 TODAY, BUT I THINK I COULD GET ON BOARD FOR THE 500 BECAUSE HONESTLY, THEN AGAIN, I THINK IT ALSO GOES KIND OF PAYS PEOPLE FOR LIKE ALL THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT THEY DIDN'T GET PAID FOR.

BUT THEN I ACTUALLY I THINK I WANT A RESOLUTION WITH THIS, THOUGH, TOO, THAT WE FIND THE ROOT CAUSE. WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN IN THE PAST, ROUND ROCK ISD HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE DISTRICT FOR TEACHERS TO WORK FOR.

THAT'S WHAT I'VE ALWAYS HEARD AND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND ESPECIALLY DURING COVID, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN THE CASE.

AND I WANT US TO GO BACK TO WHAT WE DO WELL.

AND ONE THING WE DO WELL IS WE TREAT OUR TEACHERS WELL.

AND SO I WANT TO GO FIND OUT, WHAT DO THESE TEACHERS WANT? YOU KNOW, READ THIS EMAIL THAT TRUSTEE WESTON WAS TALKING ABOUT.

FIND OUT WHAT THEY WANT, FIND OUT WHAT THEY NEED, AND LET'S SPEND OUR MONEY AND OUR TIME AT THESE MEETINGS TALKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

TRUSTEE FELLER, SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, I CAN DO THAT RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO ARE YOU MAKING A SUBSTITUTE OR ARE YOU AMENDING? I'M AMENDING. SORRY, I'M GOING TO MAKE AN AMENDED MOTION, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS WITH A RESOLUTION, BUT WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR.

SO IT WOULD REQUIRE ADJUSTING THE RESOLUTION, BUT TO MAKE THE RESOLUTION EFFECTIVE, WHERE IT'S ONLY A ONE $500 PAYMENT PAID OUT IN DECEMBER AND THEN OK, HOLD ON.

I KNOW THIS HAS TO BE PHRASED CORRECTLY.

LET ME LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE ON OUR.

AND WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT, I MIGHT SUGGEST WE MAYBE COME UP WITH SOMETHING, AND IF THERE IS SUPPORT FOR IT, WE COULD TABLE IT, DO SOME OTHER ITEMS. MAYBE ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS COULD DEVELOP SOMETHING AND THEN WE COULD COME BACK AND VOTE. ONE OPTION YOU WOULD HAVE IS TO REPLACE THE REFERENCE TO 1,000 WITH 500 AND STRIKE ANY REFERENCE TO A SECOND PAYMENT.

SO I THINK I THINK THIS IS WILL WORK, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED TO AMEND THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION FOR RETENTION AND AN INCENTIVE PAYMENT OF $500 DUE TO COVID 19 PANDEMIC, AND APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE 2021-2022 ROUND ROCK ISD COMPENSATION PLAN.

CAN WE? THAT DOESN'T OUTLINE WHAT YOU'VE ASKED FOR TRUSTEE BONE AND I WOULD LIKE I MEAN TRUSTEE BONE, TRUSTEE WESTON, I WOULD LIKE TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THERE'S SOME AGREEMENT HERE ON ALL THE THINGS AND FIGURING OUT THE PROBLEMS. I'D ALSO LIKE TO PUT IN THERE SOMEWHERE THAT WE WOULD REVISIT THIS.

LIKE, REVISIT THE DEFINITELY. I DEFINITELY AND I SAID THAT WHILE YOU WERE WHILE YOU STEPPED OUT, IS THAT I I DO WANT TO ISSUE THIS $500 AND NOT COMMIT US RIGHT NOW JUST WITH SOME OF THE VOLATILITY IN OUR BUDGET AND HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY.

BUT YOU KNOW, I VOTED FOR EVERY INCENTIVE AND RAISE THAT WE CAN AND BRING IT BACK EITHER

[04:05:01]

MS. MCPHEETERS, DO WE? SO SHE MADE A I MADE A MOTION, BUT I DIDN'T GET A SECOND.

WELL, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SECOND.

I CAN SECOND IT. OK, SO BUT IT WAS AMENDED JUST TO THE MOTION, BUT IT WASN'T TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION. YEAH, I DID.

WELL, NO, BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.

RECOMMENDATION, AMEND THE RESOLUTION AND APPROVE A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION FOR RETENTION AND INCENTIVE PAYMENT OF $500 DUE TO COVID 19.

SO I MOVE THAT WE WOULD AMEND THE RESOLUTION AND THAT IT NOW INCLUDES A $500 PAYMENT.

CAN I JUST HAVE ONE SECOND TO CONFER WITH DOUG? AND WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, CAN I ADDRESS THAT IT STILL DOESN'T GIVE US ANY GUARANTEE OR ANY ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ADDRESSING ALL OF THESE THINGS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M THAT'S WHAT I'M NERVOUS ABOUT.

WE'LL BE HERE UNTIL 2:00 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

PROBABLY, RIGHT? IT'S INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO ADD THINGS TO THE AGENDA, AND I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF AGENDA REQUESTS, SO I WANT GUARANTEE THAT WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON THOSE ADDITIONAL.

THE DIRECTION THIS DISCUSSION IS GOING FORWARD.

BECAUSE WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT 1500, 300, IT'S LIKE A HAGGLING.

BUT YOU CAN BUY SOMETHING WHAT PRICE IS RIGHT? THE ONE THING I SAID, I LIKE THIS COUNTRY IS PUBLIC EDUCATION IS INCLUSIVE INCLUSIVENESS.

BUT THE OTHER THING THAT I DON'T LIKE THIS IS WE'RE NOT INVESTING ENOUGH INTO EDUCATION, WE'RE NOT VALUE EDUCATION, WE'RE NOT VALUE TEACHERS.

WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME RESPECT OR PAY THE SAME RATE IN THIS COUNTRY AS MANY OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.

THIS IS THIS IS THE TRUTH.

IT'S JUST WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT A $7, YEAH, THERE'S A THERE'S A FUNDAMENTAL IF WE'RE TALKING THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM, A FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM IS WE ARE NOT PAYING TEACHERS THE SALARY WE SHOULD BE PAYING.

WHETHER THE BONUS OR NOT, THERE'S ANOTHER THERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION YOU WANT TO ASK.

HOW TO INCREASE TEACHERS MORALE.

PAY THEM MORE NUMBER ONE.

BUILD BETTER FACILITY NUMBER TWO.

REDUCE THEIR WORKLOAD, WHICH MEANS HIRE MORE TEACHERS, ALTHOUGH ALL OF THOSE COSTS MONEY.

ALL OF THOSE COSTS MONEY.

TO SOLVE THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM IS TO INVEST MORE MONEY INTO EDUCATION.

THAT'S HOW TO SOLVE IT FUNDAMENTALLY.

IT'S NOT ABOUT TALKING ABOUT, OH, HOW CAN WE SAVE PUT THIS [INAUDIBLE] INTO TWO INSTALLMENTS, [INAUDIBLE] THIS NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

ABSOLUTELY NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

SO IF IT WERE GOING DOWN THIS ROAD, I WOULD JUST VOTE FOR THE ORIGINAL ONE.

WHATEVER IT IS, I'M NOT GOING TO GO TO [INAUDIBLE] TO THIS HAGGLING PROCESS.

I'M WAITING FOR 30 MINUTES, 40 MINUTES FOR THIS DISCUSSION.

THIS DISCUSSION IS GOING NOWHERE.

MS. MCPHEETERS, DID YOU HAVE A RESPONSE? CAN I SAY SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT BEFORE WE CONTINUE DOWN THIS ROAD? I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE XIAO IN THAT I THINK THAT THE FUNDAMENTAL LIKE IF IF YOU LISTEN TO THE COMMISSIONER OR OR YOU MEAN, GOSH, WHAT WHAT CAME OUT OF OF 2019? I MEAN, INITIALLY, THE PROPOSAL WAS TO GIVE ALL THE MONEY TO TEACHER RAISES LIKE THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE INITIAL PROPOSAL TO TAKE EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR AND GIVE IT TO TEACHER RAISES.

AND BY THE WAY, THAT'S ACTUALLY BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED.

THIS DISTRICT SPENT EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR OF THE MONEY THAT WE GOT ON RAISES FOR OUR STAFF EVERY DOLLAR. SO I DO THINK THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM IS THAT WE ARE 43RD IN THE NATION IN TERMS OF PER PUPIL SPENDING, AND WE HAVE A STATEWIDE PROBLEM OF UNDERFUNDING OUR EDUCATION AND THAT TRICKLES DOWN TO HOW MUCH WE CAN PAY OUR STAFF, THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

SO LIKE THIS IS JUST THIS IS JUST A SMALL TOKEN.

AND I THINK WE HAVE TO DO MORE TO GET US FURTHER TO DO BETTER, AND I I APPRECIATE DR.

AZAIEZ SO MUCH BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE TALK, HE'S ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE NEED TO MAKE US MORE COMPETITIVE IN TERMS OF OUR SALARIES AND PUSH THIS PUSH OURSELVES.

[04:10:04]

SO I AGREE THAT I THINK WE SHOULD JUST GO FORWARD AND COMMIT THIS THOUSAND DOLLARS AND SAY, THIS IS OUR COMMITMENT TO INVESTMENT IN OUR STAFF AND THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING PAID, WHAT THEY'RE WORTH.

AND WE KNOW THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK HARD TO CHANGE THAT.

AND THAT'S NOT JUST US WIGGLING OVER A LITTLE MONEY HERE AND THERE.

WE HAVE TO COME. PLEASE COME WITH ME AND FIGHT, OK, THERE.

PLEASE HELP ME.

OK. HELP ME GO TO THE CAPITAL AND FIGHT, CAMPAIGN ON THIS.

THOSE OF US THAT ARE WHICH IS LIKE MOST OF THE BOARD UP LIKE WE HAVE TO IMPROVE OUR SALARIES FOR OUR STAFF.

WE HAVE TO IMPROVE INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.

WE MUST MAKE THIS A CAMPAIGN ISSUE THIS FALL IN ORDER TO SEE MOVEMENT BECAUSE THEY THEY NEED TO KNOW.

OUR LEGISLATORS NEED TO KNOW THAT THIS IS THE PRIORITY OF THE COMMUNITY AND WITHOUT MORE VOICES, THEY WILL NOT KNOW THAT.

SO I AGREE WITH YOU, TRUSTEE XIAO AND I THANK YOU FOR NOW WITH THAT SAID, ALL THAT SAID, IF IT CAN GET US TO A SEVEN ZERO VOTE FOR $500 NOW AND $500 IN JANUARY, I'LL LIVE WITH IT. I'M A PRAGMATIC PERSON, BUT I'M 100 PERCENT FOR A $1,000 IF IT MEANS $500 NOW AND $500 IN A VOTE IN JANUARY, SO WE CAN GET ALL OF US TO SAY YES, I'LL DO IT BECAUSE I THINK THAT SENDS A MESSAGE OUT THERE THAT THIS BOARD IS 100 PERCENT COMMITTED TO SAYING THANK YOU, YOU'RE YOU DESERVE MORE.

WE KNOW IT. ALL SEVEN OF US AGREE.

MS. MCPHEETERS. SO THE FEEDBACK I WAS GOING TO PROVIDE IS THAT THE DISCUSSION, THE AMENDED MOTION, THE SUBSTITUTED MOTION THINGS HAVE BECOME PRETTY CONVOLUTED AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT.

SO IF THE BOARD WANTS TO PURSUE THAT, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT WE TABLED THIS ISSUE, ALLOW US TO FIX THE RESOLUTION EVEN THIS EVENING.

JUST UPDATE THE LANGUAGE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE IT RIGHT SO THAT WE'RE NOT KIND OF DEALING IN THESE CONVOLUTED SENTENCES ABOUT AMENDING AND NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON.

SO I'M TOTALLY FINE WITH THAT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THIS RESOLUTION WERE TO PASS FOR THE $500 THAT WE ARE ALLOWING ADMINISTRATION PLENTY OF TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CHECKS ARE ISSUED.

SO WOULD WE BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT TONIGHT IF WE JUST GO BACK AND I DON'T SEE WHY NOT? WE CAN PRINT A COPY OF THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION AND FIX AMEND THE WORDING, ACCORDING TO THE ACCORDING TO THE AMENDED MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE FOR VOTE.

AND SO I HAVE ANOTHER SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

I MOVE THAT WE TABLED THIS UNTIL LATER IN THE EVENING.

SECOND.

OH, MY GOD. WHICH, TO BE FAIR, IS WHAT I SAID 15 MINUTES AGO, BUT THAT'S OK.

SO IT JUST REQUIRES A MAJORITY VOTE, SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TABLING RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE AGAINST? THOSE ABSTAINING? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL, WE'LL COUNT THAT AS AN ABSTENTION, WE'LL SAY, BUT IT JUST TAKES A MAJORITY VOTE, SO WE WILL TABLE THIS UNTIL OK, DR.

XIAO DO YOU VOTE FOR, AGAINST, OR DO YOU ABSTAIN? TOTALLY CONFUSED RIGHT NOW.

WHAT THE VOTE IS FOR? WELL, WE'RE JUST TABLING THE MOTION, SO WE'LL JUST WE'LL JUST PUT IT BACK.

WE'LL PUT IT BACK AFTER H2.

WE'LL GO AND DO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, AND THEN WE'LL DO H2 AND THEN WE'LL TRY TO COME BACK TO H1 IF THERE'S TIME AND IF THERE'S NOT..PERSONALITY IS JUST GET THINGS DONE.

OK, SO SIX ONE, THANK YOU.

I WOULD JUST THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT AGENDA ITEMS, AND WE CAN GO OVER EVERY SINGLE REQUEST AT THE END OF THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT.

BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE THIS BOARD TO KNOW THAT WAS ONLY OUR SEVENTH ITEM FOR TODAY, AND WE DIDN'T EVEN FINISH IT.

WE JUST TABLED IT AND WE HAVE BEEN HERE OVER SIX HOURS.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT I GET A LOT OF FLAK FOR NOT PUTTING 15 AND 20 ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE A LITTLE ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR A MOMENT AT THIS LATE HOUR THAT PART OF

[04:15:05]

SO WE'RE NOW GOING TO GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND I KNOW I BELIEVE THAT THE

[G. ACTION ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION BY CONSENT]

THE ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO PULL G8, WHICH IS THE POLICY GKA LOCAL COMMUNITY RELATIONS CONDUCT ON SCHOOL PREMISES.

SO WE WANT TO JUST.

ALL RIGHT, AND THEN I DO I SEE TWO BUTTONS, BUT I THINK IT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE WANTED TO PULL C6 INTO DOWN INTO ACTION ITEMS AND HAVE ACTUAL DISCUSSION ABOUT C6.

TRUSTEE, HARRISON AND FELLER IS THAT..

MINE WAS TO PULL G8 AND VOTE ON IT SEPARATELY BECAUSE I WANTED TO VOTE AGAINST THAT PARTICULAR ITEM THE WAY IT'S PRESENTED, SO HE'S PULLING IT.

SO YEAH, SO YOU'RE JUST PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER, PULLING IT FOR A SEPARATE VOTE FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. SO WE'LL PULL THAT [INAUDIBLE] DOWN AND THEN TRUSTEE HARRISON.

OK. THIS IS A NEW ONE. WE TRY NOT TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WHEN WE DO IT, IT COUNTS AGAINST OUR STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS.

BUT I'D LIKE TO PULL G13 AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, PLEASE.

OK AND. BASED ON SOME FEEDBACK WE HEARD TONIGHT THAT WE DID NOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY.

YES, MA'AM. I BELIEVE THOUGH, I WAS ASKED ABOUT G6 BY SOMEBODY.

ME TOO. I ASKED PREVIOUSLY IF WE COULD PULL G6 AS WELL.

THANK YOU. OK, SO THEN TRUSTEE WESTON, I'D ALSO LIKE TO PULL G1 AND G18.

OK, SO THEN OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE G2.

HOLD ON, I HAVE I HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ON 3 I NEED TO ADDRESS.

SO I'D LIKE TO PULL 3 AND ALSO 7.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE TILL 4:00.

ALL RIGHT, SO OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 AND 17.

PLEASE, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE ITEMS G2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 TO [INAUDIBLE] CONSENT, I'LL SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT, SO THAT PASSED SEVEN ZERO.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE WILL GO TO ITEM G1, I GUESS IT'S NOW H, I DON'T KNOW.

G1.

TRUSTEE WESTON, SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE G1, WHEN I LOOK AT THOSE MEETING MINUTES, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.

THAT WAS THE ONE AT THE PAC ON THIS WEEK WAS A TUESDAY BECAUSE THERE'S AN ITEM HERE WHEN IT SAYS THAT THE RECONVENE MEETING THE BOARD RECONVENED FROM CLOSED SESSION AT 9:35 AND THEN I DON'T REMEMBER ADJOURNING.

CAN YOU JUST KIND OF WALK ME THROUGH THAT? MR. [INAUDIBLE] I MEAN, WE ADJOURNED WHEN THERE WAS A QUORUM WAS LEFT? THERE WERE NO.

WE DIDN'T OFFICIALLY ADJOURN IT.

IT FELL APART WHEN THERE WAS NO LONGER A QUORUM IN THE BUILDING.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DAYS AGO? YES. RIGHT.

SO THE BOARD CAME OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AT 9:35.

IS THAT WHAT IT SAYS HERE? THE BOARD RECONVENED FROM, HOW IS IT NOT CORRECT? DID YOU GUYS COME OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AT 9:35? YES. ANY TIME WE WERE MEETING WITH THE MEDIATOR WAS OPEN SESSION.

SO YOU GUYS CAME IN AND OUT OF OPEN SESSION, YOU GUYS ONLY MET WITH THE MEDIATOR ONCE? THE BOARD CONVENED, RECONVENED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AT 9:35 AND STAYED IN OPEN SESSION THE REST OF THE TIME. WELL, IT WASN'T THE WHOLE BOARD, THOUGH.

YOU WERE IN OPEN SESSION.

OH, WOW. THERE WAS A QUORUM, THOUGH.

YEAH, BUT YOU EXCLUDED [INAUDIBLE] NO ONE WAS EXCLUDED.

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CAN WE FIGURE THIS OUT? SO WE'RE GOING TO, WILL YOU MAKE A MOTION TO TO TABLE TO THE NEXT MEETING, PLEASE? YEAH, I MOVE TO TABLE THE NOVEMBER 16TH MINUTES TO A LATER DATE.

SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TABLING TO A LATER DATE THE MINUTES OF NOVEMBER.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I HAVE A COMMENT BEFORE WE VOTE BECAUSE AFTER THE SECOND, I HAVE A COMMENT. THERE'S NO THERE'S NO COMMENTS AFTER A TABLE.

IT'S JUST A MAJORITY VOTE.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ABSTAINING. DID YOU DID YOU VOTE YES FOR ABSTAINING? OK, SO WE WILL TABLE THOSE MINUTES, DOES ANYONE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE OTHER MINUTES? I MOVE TO APPROVE.

ITEM G3.

OR IS IT G1? G1.

OH, SORRY, YEAH, G1, MINUS THE NOVEMBER 16TH.

YEAH, WELL, WE ALREADY PULLED IT OUT OF IT, SO IT'S NO LONGER PART OF G1.

RIGHT? I THINK YOU HAVE TO SAY IT.

OK I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM G1, WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF THE MINUTES FROM THE NOVEMBER 16TH CALLED BOARD MEETING. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES IN G1 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NOVEMBER 16TH CALLED BOARD MEANING, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND. ALRIGHT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

RIGHT NOW, WE WILL GO TO ITEM G3, TRUSTEE BONE.

YES, I I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T GET THESE BEFOREHAND, BUT THIS WAS LIKE 160 PAGE DOCUMENT AND I READ PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE THING.

THIS IS THE AUDIT.

THE ANNUAL AUDIT, AND I'VE ALREADY TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE $20 MILLION DEFICIT THAT HAS NOT BEEN POINTED OUT TO THE WHOLE BOARD, WHICH I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH.

I REALLY THINK THAT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT.

I EXPECT THOSE KIND OF THINGS TO BE POINTED OUT AND SOME TYPE OF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.

SO I DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A 160 PAGE DOCUMENT.

THE BIGGER ISSUE THAT I FOUND WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THIS AND WAS, WELL, IT'S ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PAGES, BUT IT'S ON 148 OF THIS.

IT'S THE SUMMARY OF THE AUDITOR'S RESULTS AND IT SAYS DEFICIENCIES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING, SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES.

THE ANSWER IS YES.

IF YOU GO TO THE FINDINGS OF THOSE SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES, YOU WILL FIND THAT THE CONDITION CONTEXT OF THAT SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY IN OUR AUDIT FOR THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR WAS THE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP GUIDANCE, COUNSELING AND EVALUATION SERVICES, HEALTH SERVICES AND CONTRACTED INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES BETWEEN PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNCTIONS AND THE GENERAL FUND EXCEEDED BUDGETED AMOUNTS BY.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL THE AMOUNTS, THEY'RE THERE, FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH.

THAT WAS A TOTAL OF A $16.7 MILLION THAT WAS IN NONCOMPLIANCE WITH LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGETS FORMULATED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AND TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.

I HAVE TO SAY I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS WAS NOT BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.

THIS MEANS THAT WE SPENT $16 MILLION LAST YEAR.

I KNOW THAT MOST OF US CAME ONTO THE BOARD ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH, BUT THAT MEANS THERE WERE $60 MILLION SPENT FROM THIS DISTRICT THAT WAS NOT APPROVED BY THIS, BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WHETHER WE WERE ON IT OR NOT.

I AM REQUESTING THERE IS A IF YOU GO TO PAGE 151, IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG, THERE IS A PLANNED CORRECTIVE ACTION.

IT IS SUPER BRIEF AND IT JUST SAYS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME IMPLEMENTATION OF ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THE POSTING OF ALL BUDGET REVISIONS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. AND SO I ASK AND I WOULD THIS IS WHY I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT TONIGHT IS THAT I WANTED TO GET THE OTHER TRUSTEES, BUT I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, TWO SENTENCES.

I REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

AND I KIND OF WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND BETTER HOW THIS DID HAPPEN.

I KNOW WE HAVE A NEW CFO.

I KNOW WE HAVE A NEW SUPERINTENDENT, BUT SOMEHOW OUR SYSTEM FAILED.

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SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO PULL THIS OFF AND I DID WANT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND I WOULD ASK THE OTHER TRUSTEES, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO VOTE ON ANYTHING, BUT I WOULD ASK YOU GUYS TO WEIGH IN. I'M JUST ASKING THE ADMINISTRATION FOR ONE TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIGHT INTO WHAT THIS ISSUE WAS, AND FOR TWO TO COME BACK WITH A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE BONE, SO FOR EVERYONE WATCHING OUT THERE AND FOR OUR TRUSTEE, WE ALREADY KNOW THIS IS FOR THIS AUDIT WAS DONE FOR THE LAST FISCAL YEAR THAT ENDED AT THE END OF JUNE. SO AS DR.

BONE WAS POINTED OUT, WE HAVE A NEW CFO, I'M NEW, WERE LEARNING ABOUT EVERYTHING.

SO OUR PLAN IS TO GO AND DO A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE FIRST NEXT MONTH.

SO WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CFO AND HIS TEAM IS ALSO TO DEVELOP A PRESENTATION TO TALK ABOUT OUR NEXT STEPS AND WHATEVER CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN WE MAY HAVE, AND THERE WILL BE PART OF THAT WHOLE PRESENTATION FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.

THANK YOU. SO DO WE NEED TO MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM? WELL, TRUSTEE WESTON NO, YOU CAN'T TABLE THE AUDIT BECAUSE THEN YOU WILL MISS THE FIRST REPORT. YEAH, AND YOU WILL GET AN F.

TRUSTEE WESTON. SO I HAD ASKED A QUESTION LAST FRIDAY WHEN I FIRST GOT THIS, AND AGAIN, I SHARE YOUR CONCERNS. TRUSTEE BONE.

THERE ARE SO MANY DOCUMENTS THAT COME TO US AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THIS TAKES.

I MEAN, I REALLY FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO RELY ON YOU, DR.

AZAIEZ, TO JUST GIVE ME THE HIGHLIGHTS OR THE LOWLIGHTS.

AND I FEEL LIKE I HAD TO DIG IN HERE TO SEE FINDINGS, SIGNIFICANT, I MEAN IT SAID SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES.

THIS WAS NOT ON YOUR WATCH, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT WAS, BUT I REALLY NEED SORT OF LIKE THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES TO MULTI HUNDRED PAGE DOCUMENTS THAT COME TO ME AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND. SO THAT'S JUST THAT'S FEEDBACK FOR THE COMMUNITY SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND IT'S CLEAR IT'S HERE, RIGHT HERE.

IT'S IT'S CALLED A CAFR, A CERTIFIED ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.

AND WE GO BACK OVER 10 YEARS OF CAFRS ON OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE, AND YOU CAN READ IT JUST AS EASILY AS I CAN.

AND THIS ONE HAS A VERY CLEAR IN THERE A BILLION DOLLARS OF BONDED DEBT THAT WE HAVE CARRIED FOR A DECADE.

AND I ASKED A QUESTION, IS THAT WISE? AND DR.

AZAIEZ, YOUR STAFF GAVE ME AN ANSWER, BASICALLY SAYING THAT IT WAS.

I'M NOT SO SURE ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S NOT A CONVERSATION FOR THIS DAY, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS WE HAVE A BILLION DOLLARS AND THAT'S A BILLION WITH A B OF BONDED DEBT IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. I JUST THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO SHARE THAT.

TACTICALLY, THOUGH, THE FORMER SUPERINTENDENT IS LISTED AS THE SUPERINTENDENT ON THIS CAFR, AND HE HAD NOT EVEN BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR LIKE THREE MONTHS IN JUNE. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST KIND OF WEIRD TO ME.

LIKE, WHY WOULD IT NOT SAY LIKE, WHO ARE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT WAS? I AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE WE CAN REALLY DIG INTO THAT QUESTION.

AGAIN, THIS AUDIT WAS DONE FOR THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR.

I THINK DR. FLORES WAS ON TECHNICALLY HE WAS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, UNTIL MARCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT YEAH, BUT IT'S FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.

REMEMBER, IT'S FOR THE WHOLE FISCAL YEAR.

AND I THINK THEY LOOK AT THESE THESE DOCUMENTS ARE DONE BY AN OUTSIDE AUDITOR.

AND SO THEY PROBABLY ASK THE STAFF WHO WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT AT THIS TIME FOR HOW LONG.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY HAD HIS NAME WRITTEN AGAIN.

I MEAN, I CAN I CAN TALK TO THEM AND ASK, BUT.

TRUSTEE HARRISON, I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I HEARD MY COLLEAGUES, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE WE BENEFIT BY DISCUSSING THIS AT THIS POINT, IF IT HAS TO BE APPROVED AND I HEARD DR. AZAIEZ SAY HE'S GOING TO BRING SOME CLARIFICATION IN DECEMBER.

AND SO I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM G3 APPROVAL OF ANNUAL AUDIT, SECOND.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ANNUAL AUDIT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

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ALL RIGHT NOW, G6 TRUSTEE HARRISON, YES, I WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE I MET WITH CHIEF YARBROUGH AND MET WITH ASSISTANT CHIEF WILLOUGHBY.

THEY WERE VERY ACCOMMODATING.

HOWEVER, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

THE THINGS THAT I HEARD WERE GOOD, THEY WERE IMPRESSIVE.

I THINK THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY DESERVES TO HEAR BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS.

THIS IS A VERY TOUGH DECISION BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE NO POLICY IN PLACE HERE.

WE DID FINALLY GET THE INTERNAL POLICIES.

WE GOT THEM PRETTY LATE, THOUGH WE DID GET SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION UPDATE FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. I DON'T FEEL RIGHT VOTING ON THIS WITHOUT THAT.

AND SO I'M I I DON'T KNOW IF TRUSTEE WESTON WANTS TO ADD SOMETHING OR IF I CAN JUST A MOTION THAT WE TABLE IT UNTIL WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TO GO ALONG WITH IT.

IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO? YOU WANT A MOTION TO TABLE? I THINK IT IS WHAT I WANT TO DO, BUT IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO ADD, I WANT YOU TO GO AHEAD AND ADD IT. WELL, WE HAVE A VERY HELPFUL COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO WENT BACK AND WATCHED THE TAPE OF OUR I THINK IT WAS THE OCTOBER 21ST MEETING AND THIS INDIVIDUAL ACTUALLY LISTED ALL OF US BY NAME AND GAVE ALL OF OUR TYPED ALL OF OUR FEEDBACK THAT WE HAD SURROUNDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED.

AND I DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT TONIGHT.

ALL I HAVE IS A STRIKE THROUGH WHICH I APPRECIATE.

WE DID ASK FOR THE STRIKE THROUGHS OF FIVE AND SIX, BUT YEAH, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF TABLING. UNTIL WE GET THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR, THANK YOU, I DIDN'T GET THAT EMAIL, SO IF YOU COULD FORWARD IT TO ME, I'D LOVE TO SEE IT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WEE TABLE ITEM G6 UNTIL WE CAN GET A PUBLIC UPDATE ABOUT OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY PROGRAM.

SECOND. OK.

HOLD A PUBLIC UPDATE ...WHILE YOU'RE WRITING THAT I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT IN OUR SMALL BUDGET TALK THAT TRUSTEE VESSA, TRUSTEE WESTON AND I ATTENDED, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND I THINK DR. AZAIEZ WAS VERY AMENABLE TO A PRESENTATION LIKE THAT.

AND TRUSTEE VESSA EVEN HAD A AN IDEA OF A COMMUNITY FORUM TO REALLY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS AS WELL.

AND SO.

SO I THINK THAT COULD BE SOMETHING VERY PRODUCTIVE AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO REALLY HAVE ALL OF THAT IN ONE PLACE.

I DID SAY I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE HARD TO DO AND COMPLETE IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, JUST BECAUSE OF THE SHORTENED TIME FRAME THAT WE HAVE IN DECEMBER AND BEFORE WE BREAK FOR THE HOLIDAYS. BUT I DID THINK THAT IT WAS A REALLY FRUITFUL CONVERSATION THAT THE THREE OF US HAD, AND DR.

AZAIEZ SEEMED QUITE AMENABLE TO THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY SAKE.

THERE WAS ACTUALLY A SLIDE ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET DISCUSSION, AND WE REALLY FELT LIKE THAT DIDN'T REALLY DO JUSTICE TO THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ON THIS BOARD HAVE AND REALLY THE DEPTH THAT WE WANTED TO DIVE INTO.

AND SO REALLY, HAVING SOME TIME WHERE WE CAN SPEND TO TALK ABOUT THIS IS, I THINK, GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT MOVING FORWARD.

OK. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE FELLER.

YES, ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN WORK WITH THE PRESENT WEIR AND AND CHIEF YARBOROUGH.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU RECEIVED.

I KNOW WE SEND WE WE SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

MAYBE A DAY OR TWO AGO.

SO MAYBE THAT ALSO, IF YOU DID NOT GET ACCESS TO IT, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

I THINK PATTY, SHARE WITH YOU WHAT CHIEF YARBOROUGH WORKED ON WITH HIS TEAM, INCLUDING THE PROCEDURES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE.

IF HE DID NOT RECEIVE A LINK TO THAT GOOGLE DRIVE, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

I THINK THAT'S THE INFORMATION THAT OUR TRUSTEES WERE ASKING FOR.

OK, I NEED.

WE NEED TO GO BACK BECAUSE THERE WAS A MOTION TO TABLE AND THERE'S REALLY NO DISCUSSION AFTER THAT. SO WE NEED TO TAKE THAT VOTE AND THEN WE CAN GO BACK AND PEOPLE CAN MAKE COMMENTS AND I APOLOGIZE.

I'M GETTING TIRED AND I DIDN'T CORRECT US ON THAT.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TABLE G6, UNTIL WE HAVE A PUBLIC UPDATE ON SAFETY AND SECURITY, AT WHICH TIME WE CAN REVISIT CKE LOCAL, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALL THOSE ABSTAINING? FIVE, ONE ONE, I WOULD JUST SAY TO THE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD THAT PERHAPS WE CAN ALL INDIVIDUALLY EMAIL OUR QUESTIONS AND THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE IN AN UPDATE ABOUT THE

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AZAIEZ AND LET HIM ORGANIZE THAT SO THAT WE'RE NOT SURPRISED WHEN THAT PRESENTATION DOES HAPPEN AND WE WISH THERE HAD BEEN MORE INFORMATION.

SO PERHAPS EITHER DR.

AZAIEZ OR PATTY CAN GATHER ALL OF THAT INFORMATION FROM ALL OF US UP HERE ON THE BOARD OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE COME OUT OF THAT POLICE DISCUSSION WHEN WE DO HAVE IT.

I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE REALLY FRUITFUL MOVING FORWARD SO THAT NOBODY'S DISAPPOINTED OR CAN OR SAYS, I WISH THAT WE HAD THIS OR WE.

SO THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION MOVING FORWARD ABOUT THAT.

CAN I JUST MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT? THE REASON WHY I WATCH, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T HERE FOR THAT PARTICULAR MEETING WHERE YOU DISCUSSED THESE POLICIES, BUT I WATCHED IT AND IT WAS I DIDN'T HEAR OUR COUNCIL SAY THAT SHE FELT LIKE WE SHOULD APPROVE THE POLICY AND THEN CONTINUE TO MAKE EDITS TO IT.

AND THAT'S WHY I VOTED NOT TO TABLE IT BECAUSE I FELT LIKE HAVING A POLICY IN PLACE AND WORKING TOWARDS CHANGES IS BETTER THAN NOT HAVING A POLICY IN PLACE AT ALL.

SO THAT WAS MY RATIONALE.

TRUSTEE HARRISON, I'LL BE CLEAR, AND I REALLY RESPECT MS. MCPHEETERS AND VALUE HER PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE.

HOWEVER, THERE'S JUST BEEN VERY LITTLE SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK THAT IT'S OWED TO THE COMMUNITY SORRY. TRUSTEE HARRISON. BUT IT IS GETTING LATE AND I THOUGHT WE WERE DONE WITH THIS.

LIKE, WE'VE ALREADY MADE THE MOTION AND WE'VE CLOSED IT OUT, AND I'M JUST AFRAID WE COULD GO ON WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR A LONG TIME.

IF YOU WANT TO FINISH YOUR THOUGHT, I WOULD BE OK WITH THAT, BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO CLOSE OUT THIS CONVERSATION.

YES, THANK YOU. I AGREE WITH YOU.

I JUST THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO HEAR AND IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR.

I UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR RATIONALE TRUSTEE VESSA.

BUT I THINK IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY, I HEARD GOOD THINGS FROM CHIEF YARBROUGH.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EVERYONE DESERVES TO HEAR THAT BEFORE WE APPROVE THIS.

I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHO PULLED G7 DO I PULLED G7.

I'LL BE BRIEF BECAUSE I I THINK IT'S JUST THE SAME THING THAT WE JUST DID.

I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE TABLED.

I WILL JUST SAY THIS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO PULL ALL THESE THINGS IS BECAUSE WE HAD A WHOLE POLICY MEETING TRUSTEE VESSA, YOU WATCHED IT.

SO YOU'LL REMEMBER ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD LOTS OF QUESTIONS.

I DON'T KNOW IF I MISSED IT, BUT I DIDN'T GET ONE ANSWER.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M SO ON THIS ONE I HAD THIS WAS THE ONE WITH THE PEACE OFFICERS AND THEY HAD MENTAL HEALTH LEAVE AND QUARANTINE LEAVE.

AND THERE WAS QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE DON'T GIVE TEACHERS QUARANTINE LEAVE, WE DON'T GIVE OTHER STAFF QUARANTINE LEAVE.

I KNOW THERE WAS CONVERSATION THAT IT'S REQUIRED BY SOME KIND OF LAW, AND I HAD ASKED WHICH LAW IT WAS AND TO GET THAT INFORMATION, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TABLE THIS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO TABLE D.C.

TO A LATER DATE.

SECOND. I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TABLE D.C.

LOCAL TO A LATER DATE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

WELL, AS OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, SO THAT MOTION FAILS, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I I DO RESPECT THE QUESTIONS THAT DR.

BONE HAS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED AS WELL, BUT I FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH MOVING FORWARD WITH IT, AS IS, AND THEN WE CAN MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS ON THOSE ON THIS POLICY AS EXACTLY HOW THAT QUARANTINE IS DEFINED AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IF WE'RE NOT SATISFIED AT THAT POINT IS THE ONLY REASON I VOTED AGAINST IT.

AND HAVING SAID THAT, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM G7, SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM G7, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? OK PASSES FIVE-TWO.

TRUSTEE FELLER.

YOU HAD G8, YOU AND DR.

AZAIEZ ADMINISTRATION SAID THEY WERE GOING TO PULL IT.

ADMINISTRATION IS PULLING G8. WE PULLED THAT ITEM AS A RESULT OF THE BOARD'S DISCUSSION LAST WEEK REGARDING ON NOVEMBER 4TH REGARDING THIS.

THE BOARD'S DIRECTION ULTIMATELY WAS TO BRING IT BACK.

IT WOULD BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THE BOARD WOULD GET TO EXPRESS WHETHER THEY WANTED TO VOTE FOR OR AGAINST THAT POLICY.

TRUSTEE BONE. SO BEFORE WE VOTE FOR OR AGAINST IT, CAN SOMEBODY, ONE OF THE LAWYERS, ADDRESS WHAT CAME UP REPEATEDLY ABOUT PENAL CODE SIXTEEN POINT ZERO ZERO TWO C 4 A EXPLICITLY ALLOWS ONE PARTY CONSENT FOR RECORDINGS.

SURE, WE DID ADDRESS THIS BRIEFLY AT THE PRIOR MEETING, BUT THAT'S WITH RESPECT TO CRIMINAL WIRETAPPING LAWS.

THERE'S NOTHING IN THE LAW THAT PREVENTS AN INDIVIDUAL ENTITY LIKE A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR A PRIVATE EMPLOYER FROM HAVING A POLICY ABOUT KIND OF TWO PARTY CONSENT IN THEIR, IN THEIR

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TRUSTEE WESTON. SO LAST NIGHT AT THE CROSS COUNTRY, MEET THE CROSS COUNTRY BANQUET HERE AT ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, I TOOK A GROUP PICTURE OF THE TEAM.

DID I VIOLATE IF THIS IS, IF WE ADOPTED THIS AS WRITTEN? LET ME PULL IT UP.

WHILE SHE'S DOING THAT, THOUGH, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP A POINT THAT, LIKE MY DAUGHTER'S ORCHESTRA CLASS DID A RECORDING OF THEIR ORCHESTRA WHILE IN SCHOOL BECAUSE I THINK CROSS COUNTRY, I THINK THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, BUT THAT WAS IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING. IT WAS A TEACHER VIDEOTAPING STUDENTS.

THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER EXAMPLE.

IT REALLY GOES TO MY CONCERN THIS IS NOT ENFORCEABLE.

I THINK IT'S ON SHAKY LEGAL GROUND.

I JUST I'M NOT FOR THIS AT ALL.

WELL, ONCE AGAIN, WE BROUGHT THIS POLICY FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER WHETHER TO APPROVE OR REJECT THE POLICY.

AND GIVEN THE LATE HOUR I MEAN I WANT TO VOTE AGAINST IT.

SO I DON'T. SOMEBODY NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT OR CAN I MAKE A MOTION NOT TO APPROVE IT? THE BOARD CAN APPROVE THE POLICY, REJECT THE POLICY OR TAKE NO ACTION.

OK, I MOVE TO REJECT THE PROPOSED POLICY GKA, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER G8.

I SECOND. OK, ARE WE? CAN I JUST GET CLARIFICATION? ARE WE REJECTING THE POLICY OR WE'RE REJECTING THE POLICY CHANGE? SORRY, THE POLICY CHANGE.

I MOVE TO REJECT THE POLICY CHANGE FOR GKA, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER G8.

I'LL SECOND THAT. OK, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO REJECT THE POLICY CHANGE ON ITEM G8. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

ALL RIGHT. SO IT PASSES SIX ONE TO REJECT.

ALL RIGHT, SO THEN WE ARE TO G13, TRUSTEE HARRISON.

I'LL BE SUPER QUICK IF POSSIBLE.

CAN YOU PLEASE, MR. [INAUDIBLE] TELL US IMPACT IF WE WAIT TO LEARN MORE ON THIS AND VOTE ON THIS IN DECEMBER, WILL THIS IMPACT CONSTRUCTION MOVING FORWARD? GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WEIR AND TRUSTEES, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.

A COUPLE OF COMMENTS IN THE BACKGROUND THIS THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC IS A PURCHASING TOPIC AND A RECOMMENDATION FROM PURCHASING.

SO IT CAME UP LATE I BRIEFED THIS AFTERNOON.

SO PURCHASING AGENTS ARE NOT HERE, SO I'M GOING TO TAKE A STAB AT IT.

TO GO DIRECTLY TO YOUR QUESTION, WHEN THIS TOPIC CANNOT WAIT, IT IS TIME SENSITIVE ON BEHALF OF CTE BECAUSE THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY CTE FUNDS THAT ARE EXPIRING IN THE SPRING. AND SO WE, AS I UNDERSTAND THEY NEED TO BE ENCUMBERED WITH AN UP OR DOWN VOTE.

SO THE NEXT DISCUSSION I WOULD HAVE WITH YOU IS THAT I WOULD BRING YOUR OR DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BID TABULATION.

AND THE BID TABULATION IS THE FACT OF THE THE PROJECT PROCUREMENT.

AND SO THE FACT OF THE PROJECT PROCUREMENT IS THAT DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE IS A APPARENT LOW BIDDER OR, LET'S SAY, APPARENT WINNER IN AN APPARENT LOW BIDDER, THOSE TWO, THOSE TWO, I GUESS HOW HOW DO YOU SAY THOSE TWO ELEMENTS DO NOT MIX TOGETHER.

FOR EXAMPLE, WITHIN THE BID TABULATION, THERE ARE FOUR ITEMS ONE BEING PRICE EVALUATION POINTS AND 50 POINTS ARE AWARDED FOR PRICE EVALUATION, TWO TECHNICAL EVALUATION POINTS, 50 POINTS ARE AWARDED FOR TECHNICAL EVALUATIONS AND THEN, OF COURSE, THREE AND FOUR FOR REFERENCE AND FISCAL REVIEW.

AND SO IF YOU FOLLOW THE THE SCORING OF STR CONSTRUCTORS, OF COURSE, THEY WERE THE APPARENT LOW BIDDER EARNING ALL 50 POINTS.

HOWEVER, IN THE ITEM NUMBER TWO, TECHNICAL EVALUATION POINTS, THEY WERE THIRD OF THREE

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SO WHEN YOU TAKE THE COMBINED POINTS TOGETHER FOR THE APPARENT WINNER OF THIS PROCUREMENT, THAT WOULD BE BY WAY OF PRICE EVALUATION POINTS AS WELL AS TECHNICAL EVALUATION POINTS, THEY SCORE MORE POINTS.

SO CONSEQUENTLY, OUR OUR SPEAKER TONIGHT REPRESENTING STR CONSTRUCTORS IS THE SECOND PLACE WINNER OF THIS PROCUREMENT.

AND SO CONSEQUENTLY, THE RECOMMENDATION GOES TO THE THE OTHER FIRM, BONE AND BUTLER, BECAUSE THEY HAVE SCORED JUST A FEW MORE POINTS, EVEN THOUGH IT IS JUST ONLY THREE TENTHS THREE TENTHS OF A POINT.

SO YOU DID SAY IF WE DECIDED ON THIS IN DECEMBER AND HEARD MORE FROM PROCUREMENT, WHEN DID THE FUNDS HAVE TO BE ENCUMBERED? FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THIS PROJECT NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A VOTE TODAY, TONIGHT BASED UPON THIS AND OR VERY SOON SO THAT THIS PROJECT CAN BE AWARDED BY WAY OF CONTRACT AND PURCHASE ORDER AND MOVE FORWARD INTO CONSTRUCTION.

OK, BUT I FEEL LIKE MY QUESTION WASN'T ANSWERED.

SO WHAT IS VERY SOON OR IS THERE A HARD DEADLINE? YES, THE FUNDS HAVE TO BE ENCUMBERED AND TO BE ALL PAID BY JUNE 30TH.

OH, SO WE COULD WAIT TO HEAR MORE FROM PURCHASING THE PROJECT.

I THINK WHAT HE'S TRYING TO SAY TRUSTEE HARRISON IS THE PROJECT HAS TO BE COMPLETED SO WE CAN PAY HIM BY THE END OF JUNE, SO WE DON'T KNOW THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.

AND HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE.

I THINK WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY, IF WE PUSH IT BACK BY ONE MONTH, WE COULD PUSH BACK ALSO THE FINISH, RIGHT? COMPLETING THIS PROJECT AND THAT'S I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO PAY HIM BY THE END OF JUNE. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.

SO WE NEED TO GET SOME INFORMATION, I GUESS, FROM FROM THE COMPANY AND ALSO FROM FROM OUR CTE DEPARTMENT. OK, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I FULLY SUPPORT CTE IS A FORMER CTE TEACHER.

I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED TONIGHT.

I WOULD LIKE FOR ROUND ROCK ISD TO CONSIDER SUPPLIER DIVERSITY PROGRAM, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE. I WANT TO KNOW IF WE'RE BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH THE PRICE DIFFERENCE.

I THINK THAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW WE TELL TECHNICAL EVALUATION POINTS, ESPECIALLY WITHOUT SOME MAYBE REFERENCE VERIFICATIONS.

I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S A TECHNICAL ISSUE, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK THIS IS A PROCESS WE SHOULD LOOK AT AND I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE ON IT, BUT I WANT TO LEAVE IT UP TO MY COLLEAGUES TO ALSO GIVE THEIR COMMENTS.

TRUSTEE WESTON. OK, SO NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME, I'M ON THIS SIDE WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS COMES UP BECAUSE I'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND I'VE SEEN IT.

AND I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE SCORING AND I HAD THEM WHEN I SAT OUT THERE AND I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

BUT NOW I'M UP HERE AND I SHARE YOUR CONCERNS TRUSTEE HARRISON.

AND I SHARE THE CONCERNS OF THE SPEAKER, AND IF A DECISION HAS TO BE MADE TONIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION I MOVE THAT THE BOARD SELECT STR CONSTRUCTORS FOR THE PROJECT LISTED IN ITEM G 13, SECOND.

OK, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO SELECT STR CONSTRUCTORS, TRUSTEE FELLER.

SO I HAVE I HAVE QUESTIONS, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN A SCORING THAT COMES OUT THIS CLOSE BEFORE. AND I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE $200000 DIFFERENCE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT.

SOMETIMES YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.

SO IF SOMEBODY HAS A BETTER TECHNICAL PRESENTATION, PERHAPS THAT WOULD BE A BETTER LIKE THEY CAN DO THE JOB BETTER.

I DON'T KNOW, AND I DON'T FEEL QUALIFIED TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS.

HAVING SEEN THIS, YOU KNOW, ON A PIECE OF PAPER FOR VERY BRIEFLY AND THEN HAVING A THIS DISCUSSION STARTED AT 12:06.

SO AN EIGHT MINUTE DISCUSSION SO FAR ON THIS, AND I'M CERTAINLY NOT QUALIFIED TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON AN EIGHT MINUTE CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.

TRUSTEES CAN WE HAVE JUST A MOMENT TO CONFER AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR DUCKS IN A ROW? ABSOLUTELY.

REGARDING THE MOTION ON THE TABLE? ABSOLUTELY. WHY DON'T WE TAKE JUST LIKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND RUN TO THE RESTROOM WHILE WE DO THAT BECAUSE I DURING THAT TIME, MAYBE THE TRUSTEES CAN READ THE NEW A MOTION LANGUAGE THAT WAS JUST SENT FOR H1?

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TRUSTEE FELLER, WE ARE IT'S 12:21, WE ARE BACK IN SESSION TRUSTEE FELLER.

I CANNOT TELL WHEN YOU'RE SAYING MY NAME OR TRUSTEE BONE, IT SOUNDS THE SAME TO ME, SO APOLOGIZE. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION AND I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM G13 AS PRESENTED. I'M GOING TO SECOND THAT.

SAY IT AGAIN. I SECOND.

THANK YOU. QUICK DISCUSSION.

JUST I THINK THAT MY ISSUE IS WITH THE PROCESS AND WE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS. SO THAT'S JUST THE STATEMENT.

DIDN'T WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? YEAH. BUT SHE MADE A YOU MADE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T CATCH THAT.

I WAS LIKE, NO, THAT'S OK.

AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THE REASON WHY IS I'M NOT QUALIFIED TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THESE TWO CONTRACTORS, AND I'M NOT MAKING ANY COMMENT ABOUT THE QUALITY OF WORK THAT EITHER ONE OF THEM PROVIDE.

BUT AFTER IT'S AFTER MIDNIGHT AND HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT $2 MILLION WORTH OF FUNDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING, I I HAVE TO SHOW THAT I TRUST OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND THAT THEY USED ETHICAL CRITERIA IN DETERMINING, YOU KNOW, WHO WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THE WINNER. AND I MEAN, I WILL SAY I'VE BEEN DOING THIS THREE YEARS AND THIS IS THE SLIMMEST MARGIN I'VE EVER SEEN ON A VICTORY.

IT IT. I UNDERSTAND HOW IT CAN GET THERE, I MEAN, VALEDICTORIANS ARE DECIDED BY HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF PERCENT.

I MEAN A DECIMAL POINT, BUT IT JUST IT IS A VERY SLIM MARGIN FOR A WINNER, BUT SOMEBODY HAS TO BE TO WIN AND I HAVE TO TRUST OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.

TRUSTEE WESTON. SO THE REASON I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS IS BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO ADDRESS THE PROCESS.

AND I THINK EITHER ONE OF THESE FIRMS WOULD DO A GOOD JOB.

I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO GET THE ATTENTION.

AND NOW AS ONE TRUSTEE, I CAN DO MY PART TO EFFECTUATE THAT PROCESS.

THAT I'VE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT, AND I'VE ASKED QUESTIONS AND MY EXPERIENCES WHEN YOU ASK THE QUESTIONS, YOU'RE GOING TO GET ALL THE RIGHT ANSWERS ON THE PROCESS TRUSTEE HARRISON.

I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ALL EVERYTHING'S FINE.

I'M NOT SO SURE EVERYTHING'S FINE.

AND I ALSO I'M CONCERNED.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CONFIDENCE WITH LOTS OF FIRMS, LOTS OF CONTRACTORS. I WANT LOTS OF COMPETITION.

I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE DETERRED FROM FROM APPLYING FOR THESE THINGS BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO BREAK THROUGH OR THEY THINK THAT IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

THERE'S A REASON THAT THESE COME TO US FOR APPROVAL BECAUSE WE ARE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. WE HAVE A SAY.

WE HAVE BEEN ELECTED BY THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE A SAY AND TO WEIGH IN AND $200000 I GOT A WHOLE. I GOT A WHOLE I GOT A WHOLE PACKET HERE OF PROJECTS THAT THAT $200000 COULD GO TOWARDS THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, INCLUDING THE BASEBALL FIELDS RIGHT HERE AT MY KID'S HIGH SCHOOL. MY KIDS DON'T EVEN PLAY BASEBALL, BUT I KEEP HEARING ABOUT THESE.

THESE PROBLEMS, $200000 IS A LOT OF MONEY.

I DO RESPECT THE WILL OF THE BOARD.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY TRUSTEE WESTON, THIS MONEY HAS TO BE USED ON CTE, SO IT COULD COULD BE USED ON OTHER CTE PROJECTS.

BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS IS CTE EARMARKED MONEY AND I GO BACK TO AFTER TRUSTEE, VESSA AND WEIR AND I GOT ON THE BOARD.

I THINK IT WAS JANUARY OF 2019.

WE HAD A THREE HOUR MEETING ABOUT PURCHASE ORDERS.

I THINK I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL REMEMBER THAT MEETING, BUT I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, I KNOW SO MUCH MORE ABOUT THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT THAN I EVER WANTED TO KNOW.

BUT IT DID HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS THAT THEY WENT THROUGH IN THE BLIND EVALUATION CRITERIA. I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE NEED THREE HOURS, BUT PERHAPS A REMINDER OF HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS AND THE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT GO INTO THE EVALUATION PROCESS, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD THING FOR US TO KIND OF GO BACK THROUGH.

JUST AS A REMINDER. MR. [INAUDIBLE] AND DR. AZAIEZ, JUST FYI, MAY I MAY I JUST ADD SOME INFORMATION TO HELP WITH THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. UNDER YOUR POLICY C-H, WHICH IS LEGAL POLICY, IT RELIES IT CITES STATUTE. IT SAYS THE FOLLOWING REGARDING COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSALS AND SELECTING A VENDOR THROUGH COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSALS AS AUTHORIZED BY EDUCATION CODE FORTY FOUR POINT ZERO THREE ONE A2 A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED BELOW.

THE DISTRICT SHALL PREPARE A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSALS THAT INCLUDES INFORMATION THAT VENDORS MAY REQUIRE TO RESPOND TO THE REQUEST.

THE DISTRICT SHALL STATE IN THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS OF SELECTION CRITERIA THAT WILL BE

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IT SAYS THE DISTRICT SHALL SELECT THE OFFER THAT OFFERS THE BEST VALUE FOR THE DISTRICT BASED ON THE PUBLISHED SELECTION CRITERIA AND ON ITS RANKING EVALUATION.

SO YOU'RE ALLOWED TO USE THE COMPETITIVE SEAL PROCESS PROPOSAL THAT WAS USED HERE UNDER STATUTE. SO LONG AS YOU ESTABLISH WHAT THE CRITERIA ARE, YOU PUBLISH THAT THE PROPOSERS GET TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS TO TRY TO MATCH THAT CRITERIA, AND THEN YOUR HANDS ARE TIED IN THE SENSE THAT YOU HAVE TO THEN RELY ON THOSE CRITERIA THAT YOU PUBLISHED AS THE BASIS FOR YOUR SCORING AND MAKING A DETERMINATION.

THERE ISN'T, UNFORTUNATELY, SPACE IN THIS PARTICULAR KIND OF PROPOSAL PROCESS FOR DEVIATING FROM YOUR OWN RANKING PROCESS.

THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO JUST CALL THE QUESTION SO WE CAN VOTE.

OK, WE ARE FIRST GOING TO VOTE ON THE AMENDED MOTION, WHICH I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO REPEAT.

SOMEONE CAN.

I JUST MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM G13 AS PRESENTED.

OK, SO WE HAVE WE'LL VOTE ON THE AMENDED MOTION FIRST TO APPROVE ITEM G 13 AS PRESENTED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED? SO IT PASSES FIVE TWO.

I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR IT ANY MORE, BUT I WILL ADD THAT TO MY LIST OF THINGS TO DISCUSS BECAUSE I DO AGREE WITH TRUSTEE WESTON, I HAVE HAD SORT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSAL SYSTEM AND HOW THINGS ARE WORDED.

OK. G18 WAS TRUSTEE BONE.

YEAH, THIS IS THE APPROVAL, THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

I'M JUST KIND OF GOING TO OUT MYSELF HERE BECAUSE IT IS NUMBER 18, AND AFTER GOING THROUGH THE AUDIT THAT WAS LIKE 160 PAGES, I GOT TO THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND IT'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, 60 SOMETHING PAGES.

IT'S ALSO ON CONSENT.

AND, YOU KNOW, A DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN SEEMS PRETTY IMPORTANT AND I STARTED REVIEWING IT. AND HONESTLY, THERE'S JUST A LITTLE TOO MUCH INFORMATION THERE.

I MEAN, IT'S TOO MUCH INFORMATION.

AND I DO KNOW IT SEEMS TO BE LIKE A CHECKBOX, MAYBE BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE LIKE, WELL, WE KNOW YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE OUR GOALS RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THESE LATER.

SO I JUST NEED SOME MORE EXPLANATION AND I'M KIND OF OUTING MYSELF THAT, YOU KNOW, HEY, I DID THE AUDIT. I WENT THROUGH IT WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB, BUT I JUST DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET TO THIS. SO SOMEBODY CAN KIND OF TELL ME WHY THIS IS ON CONSENT, WHY IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S KIND OF A CHECKBOX BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY SAYING, WE KNOW THESE ARE ALL WRONG AND WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THESE VERY SOON.

SURE, THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS A KIND OF MIRRORS THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S IT'S UPDATED AT LEAST YEARLY.

IT HAS BEEN UPDATED TO THE EXTENT THAT THE NEW BOARD GOALS ARE WAITING ON THOSE TO CONTINUE TO UPDATE IT FOR THIS YEAR AND TO GO INTO NEXT YEAR.

BUT THERE IS A LOT IN THAT DOCUMENT.

IT COVERS A LOT OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS USE TO MEET DIFFERENT GOALS THAT ARE SET. IT'S NOT ONLY BOARD GOALS THAT ARE ADDRESSED IN THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, BUT THERE'S THERE ARE GOING TO BE A BIG PART OF IT.

AND I THINK YOU'RE MENTIONING [INAUDIBLE] THAT IT'S TO THINK OF THIS AS KIND OF A BRIDGE UNTIL WE DO HAVE THE LSU GOALS SET COMPLETELY.

SO THE PLAN IS TO BRING BACK THE 2020 TO 2023 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, PROBABLY BEFORE SPRING BREAK. SO THEN WE'LL HAVE THE GOAL SET BY THAT POINT.

EVERYTHING WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE THE LATEST BOARD GOALS AND THEN CAMPUSES WILL HAVE THAT AS A TOOL TO CREATE THEIR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS GOING INTO NEXT YEAR.

BUT THE DIP IS UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AS DIFFERENT STRATEGIES ARE ADDRESSED.

IF I MIGHT ADD TO WHAT RYAN IS SAYING, BECAUSE WE ARE A LONE STAR GOVERNANCE DISTRICT, THAT'S LIKE MY UNDERSTANDING.

THAT'S WHAT WE WANT AS A BOARD, AS A TEAM OF EIGHT, WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE TO THAT DIRECTION. SO WE ARE PUTTING MORE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION TEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING.

AND THEN SO WE CAN GET SOME QUESTIONS FROM OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND DECIDE EVENTUALLY IF WE NEED TO PULL IT OUT OF CONSENT.

I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AND THAT'S THAT I THOUGHT THE DIRECTION WE WERE MOVING AS A TEAM OF EIGHT.

BUT IF YOU WANT US TO KIND OF CHANGE ROUTE WHERE WE CAN PREPARE PRESENTATION FOR EVERY ITEM IN THE CONSENT, WE CAN DO THAT, THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

BUT THAT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT DIRECTION YOU WANT ADMINISTRATION TO MOVE.

THAT'S ALL. I THINK AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR THINGS LIKE THE AUDIT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL NOT SAYING I WENT THROUGH IT.

BUT AND THEN IN PART, PART OF THIS IS FOUR OF US IS OUR WERE NEW.

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AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE SITTING OUT THERE, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU, I MEAN, IT HAS A LOT OF REALLY GOOD INFORMATION, BUT IT'S ALSO VERY DETAILED.

AND HONESTLY, I JUST HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST AND LIKE EVERY LINE ITEM HERE.

AND SO I STARTED GOING THROUGH AND IT JUST TOOK ME A REALLY LONG TIME.

AND HONESTLY, TO ME, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LOVE A WORKSHOP ON, LIKE THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN. I MEAN, PAUSE FOR A MOMENT.

I MEAN, IT'S IMPORTANT AND I KNOW IT'S REALLY LATE AT NIGHT, AND THAT'S KIND OF A PROBLEM. I MEAN, THIS IS HOW THINGS IN THE DISTRICT HAVE BEEN RAN IN THE PAST, AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO DO THAT ANYMORE. I WANT, YOU KNOW, TO ME, THIS IS SOMEBODY SPENT A LOT OF TIME PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

I WANT TO REVIEW IT. I WANT TO KNOW ALL.

I WANT TO READ EVERY WORD AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND IT AND SEE IF IT MEETS OUR VALUES.

AND AGAIN, YEAH, GO AHEAD.

I'M SORRY. NO, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

I MEAN, I DON'T. IT IS LATE.

SO. I GUESS I'M OK VOTING ON THIS TONIGHT, BUT I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD AS A GROUP, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE EVERYBODY ELSE GOT TO READ THIS AND ALL THE.

AND YOU COULD ANSWER MY QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE FOR? AND IF YOU COULD TELL ME WHAT THE STRATEGY TWO IS? I MEAN, THEN THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

BUT I THINK AS A BOARD MEMBER, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO.

LIKE, I NEED TO KNOW THIS BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING WE'RE VOTING ON THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO.

WELL, CAN I SAY SOMETHING, DR.

BONE? I'M SORRY. I KNOW I PROBABLY WANT TO ADD, AS I SAID WE WERE, WE CAN DO WHATEVER OUR BOARD WANTS. I MEAN, I'M TELLING YOU, I MEAN, REALLY LIKE IF YOU WANT US TO PRESENT, WE'LL DO A WORKSHOP. WE JUST NEED TO KNOW IN ADVANCE.

THAT'S WHAT WE SHARE THIS DOCUMENT TEN DAYS PRIOR.

IF WE KNEW ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK, WE WOULD CHANGE ROUTES.

WE WILL SAY, OK, WE'LL PUT.

WE'LL PUT IN IT. OUR BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO HAVE A WORKSHOP ON IT.

WE WILL. WE WILL CHANGE COURSES.

BUT I THINK AGAIN, I AM TRYING ME AS A NEW SUPERINTENDENT HERE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DIRECTION OUR BOARD WANT US TO TO GO IF WE WANT TO GO [INAUDIBLE] ROUTE.

WE DO IT IF WE WANT TO ADDRESS AND THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU SUPERINTENDENT AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION IS TO HAVE WORKSHOPS, NEED TO HAVE SOME TRAIN OR WHATEVER MIGHT BE, WE WILL DO IT. I'M HERE TO SERVE AND TAKE CARE OF WHATEVER REQUESTS YOU MAY HAVE.

WE JUST NEED TO KNOW IN ADVANCE.

THE TEN DAYS PROBABLY WORK, BUT IN THOSE TEN DAYS, LET'S SEE.

WE HAD A BOARD MEETING LAST WEDNESDAY.

WE HAD MEDIATION ON TUESDAY.

SO IN THE TEN DAYS WE'VE HAD AND THEN WE HAVE THIS TODAY, SO WE'VE JUST HAD A LOT THIS WEEK. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TEN DAYS VS FIFTEEN.

BUT I GUESS I'M JUST WONDERING, SO MY QUESTION ON THAT RIGHT NOW THEN IS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE VOTED ON BY THE DISTRICT FOR SOME KIND OF LAW, OR IT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD ANNUALLY.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S BROUGHT IT DOESN'T HAVE A DEADLINE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND THAT'S REALLY OUR INTENTION IS TO REALLY KIND OF CHANGE THE CALENDAR ON THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SO IT HAPPENS PRIOR TO SPRING BREAK GOING FORWARD.

SO I MEAN, THAT'S MAYBE A RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WHEN I BRING THE 2022 2023 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AFTER THE LSU GOALS ARE FINALIZED, THEN WE COULD DO A MORE IN DEPTH.

WELL, BECAUSE I DID WONDER WHY THESE WEREN'T SHOWN TO US WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH OUR OUR GOALS. BECAUSE IF YOU READ THESE, IT HAS A LOT MORE INFORMATION.

IT HAS A LOT MORE CONCEPTS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY USEFUL.

SO ANYWAYS, THAT'S WHY I PULLED IT OFF BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, I JUST NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE WERE VOTING ON THIS.

AND SO I'VE GOTTEN THAT ANSWERED.

I MEAN, IF IT'S LITERALLY YOU GUYS JUST NEED US TO VOTE ON IT, GREAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER FOLKS WANT TO DO, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO JUST VOTE ON THINGS TO VOTE ON THINGS.

TRUSTEE WESTON. SO HAVING A CONTENT RICH DOCUMENT LIKE THIS IT HAD 62 PAGES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

FEELS LIKE I'M JUST SUPPOSED TO RUBBER STAMP IT, AND HONESTLY, I'M NOT EVEN SURE I KNOW WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.

AND I'VE BEEN COMING TO SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS FOR YEARS.

IS THERE MONEY TIED TO THIS, RYAN? WE COMMUNICATE, I THINK, HOW SOME BUDGETS ARE SPENT IN IT, BUT THERE'S NOT MONEY.

BUT WE DON'T DO THIS FOR A GRANT, WE DON'T DO THIS FOR, IT'S PART OF EDUCATION CODE THAT YOU HAVE A DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

OK, SO THERE ARE THIS IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT.

YEAH, YOU HAVE TO. EVERY CAMPUS HAS TO HAVE A CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND EVERY DISTRICT HAS TO HAVE A DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

THE TIMING HAS ALWAYS BEEN ODD SINCE I'VE BEEN IN ROUND ROCK BECAUSE THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS GET APPROVED AFTER THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT RYAN'S GETTING AT.

WE NEED TO CHANGE THE CALENDAR ON THAT.

SO IT'S DONE IN THE SPRING.

OUR PRINCIPALS AND CAMPUSES, I THINK THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS CAME LAST MONTH.

IT CAME LAST MONTH YEAH, TO THE BOARD SO.

SO TEC REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS, I GUESS, AND THAT IT'S MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND PUBLIC, RIGHT? I THINK ANOTHER IMPORTANT PIECE THAT RYAN MENTIONED, IT'S FLUID LIKE YOU CAN CHANGE IT AS YOU GO ALONG. YOU'RE NOT LOCKED IN.

WE APPROVE THIS. YOU CAN IF THINGS HAPPEN OR CHANGE THAT YOU NEED TO ALTER THE PLAN, YOU CAN DO THAT ALONG THE WAY. OK, I WOULD APPRECIATE.

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HE TOLD ME THAT LIKE TWO OF THE GOALS ARE THE SAME THING OR SOMETHING.

I MEAN, AT THIS HOUR, IT BLURS TOGETHER.

AND WITH SO MUCH ON THE AGENDA, THIS JUST DID NOT GET THE LOVE AND ATTENTION THAT I FEEL LIKE IT DESERVES FROM ME.

SO I GUESS MY ASK, I'M HAPPY TONIGHT TO MOVE THIS ALONG, BUT MY ASK WOULD BE DR.

AZAIEZ, YOU KNOW, A WORKSHOP, MAYBE IN JANUARY.

I MEAN, OR THE SPRING.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO DO A WORKSHOP AFTER THE GOALS ARE SET.

AND THEN YOU GIVE OUR SORRY.

WHAT TYPICALLY WILL HAPPEN THEN, IS WE'LL HAVE MULTIPLE INTERNAL MEETINGS WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO CREATE THE GOALS, HAVE THEM ON THERE.

IT'S REALLY A WAY TO COMMUNICATE ALL THE STRATEGIES THAT EACH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT IS UTILIZING TO MEET THE GOALS, AND THEN WE COULD BRING THAT BACK TO A FULL WORKSHOP ON IT.

I THINK END OF THE DAY, THE TITLE OF THIS DOCUMENT IS THE REASON WHY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IS SITTING ON THIS DAIS BECAUSE WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE DISTRICT AND THAT TRICKLES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO STUDENT OUTCOMES.

AND SO I DO FIND THE THE HEAVINESS AND THE WEIGHT OF THIS TO FULLY UNDERSTAND IT AND THE IMPLEMENTATION. AND IS IT INCORPORATED WITH THE GOALS OF THE BOARD, WHICH ARE NOW TIED WITH THE GOALS OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO I'LL STOP TALKING.

BUT I JUST I DO THINK THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY KNOW HOW TO INTERPRET AND SPEAK FLUENTLY ABOUT AS TRUSTEES.

TRUSTEE HARRISON, I AGREE, BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT SAYS IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT'S UPDATED QUARTERLY.

AND I KNOW FROM THE TEACHER PERSPECTIVE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS AS A BOARD, UNLESS OUR EXPERTISE IS EDUCATION, WE MIGHT NOT ALL UNDERSTAND EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF THIS.

I'VE LOOKED AT IT AND I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH IT AS AN EDUCATOR, KNOWING THAT CAMPUS PRINCIPALS AND DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS NEED SOMETHING TO GO OFF OF.

TO BRIDGE THE GAP.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS SAYS UNTIL WE HAVE OUR BOARD GOALS.

WITH THAT IN MIND, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE 2021-2022 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

WHOOPS. I LOST IT FOR THE ROUND ROCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AS PRESENTED.

I WILL SECOND.

OK WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

MY ONLY COMMENT IS I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THIS.

I WILL VOTE FOR IT TONIGHT, BUT I DO WANT TO HAVE A DEEPER CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AFTER OUR GOALS ARE FINALIZED.

I THINK WE HAVE A CONSENSUS ON THAT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

OK. SEVEN ZERO.

ALL RIGHT, WE ARE NOW DOWN TO H.

WE DO HAVE THE REVISED.

WHATEVER THE RESOLUTION.

THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT.

THE MOTION CAN YOU READ BACK THE MOTION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT CLEAR OR ELSE I CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE MOTION LANGUAGE.

SO WHEN I READ THE MOTION, DOES IT NOW REFERENCE THE NEW VERSION OF THIS RESOLUTION THAT WE RECEIVED IN OUR EMAIL BECAUSE I'M HAPPY TO READ THE MOTION AS IT'S PRESENTED, EXCEPT JUST CHANGE THE 1,000 TO 500? CAN YOU ALSO SAY AS DISCUSSED INSTEAD OF AS PRESENTED? YEP. ALL RIGHT.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION FOR RETENTION AND INCENTIVE PAYMENT OF $500 DUE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, AND APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE 2021-2022 ROUND ROCK ISD COMPENSATION PLAN, AS DISCUSSED.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ABSTAINING. RIGHT, DR.

XIAO ABSTAINED.

YES, IT WAS SIX, I BELIEVE, RIGHT? TRUSTEE BONE, I WAS I WAS PRETTY SURE I SAW YOUR HAND UP.

OK, SO IT DID PASS.

ALL RIGHT, SO H2. CAN I JUST SAY I WANT TO APPRECIATE ADMINISTRATION'S QUICK WORK ON TURNING THAT BACK AROUND TONIGHT? SO YES, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT AMENDMENT.

H2 WAS TRUSTEE WESTON, YOU PULLED THIS ONE.

[H. ACTION ITEM (Part 2 of 2)]

YOU SENT ME AN EMAIL AND SAID YOU WANTED THAT OFF OF CONSENT AND IN THE ACTION ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION. SO H2 IS NOT ON THE CONSENT.

CORRECT. RIGHT.

SO I'M HAPPY IF YOU.

SO MY CONCERN ABOUT H2 AND IT IS THE ADOPTION.

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BUT I CAN. WE CAN DO IT THAT WAY, I'M I MEAN.

I CAN A MOTION OK, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION AND THAT THE 1,175 VOTES BE CAST FOR MASON MOSES AS THE ROUND ROCK ISD NOMINEE FOR THE WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SECOND.

TRUSTEE WESTON. SO I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT I'LL BE VOTING NO ON THIS, AND I'M ACTUALLY VERY SURPRISED TO EVEN HEAR THIS MOTION BASED ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD MANY OF YOU COMMENT ON ABOUT THIS NOMINEE.

SO I JUST FIND IT VERY SURPRISING, AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE HAD A PROCESS.

I MEAN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH THE TRAVIS COUNTY PERSON THAT WAS NOMINATED AND SELECTED. THESE ARE CONSEQUENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.

OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT GIVES THIS APPRAISAL DISTRICT $3 MILLION EVERY YEAR FOR THEIR OPERATIONS. WE ARE THE LARGEST TAXING ENTITY IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

WE HAVE 600000 RESIDENTS HERE.

AND SO I'M JUST SURPRISED THAT THIS IS THE INDIVIDUAL BEING PUT FORWARD.

I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEEN A PROCESS WHERE IT'S ADVERTISED, WHERE YOU KNOW, WE CAN REALLY REACH OUT TO, I THINK SOME REALLY HIGHLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE WHO WOULD ENJOY BROAD AND PERHAPS UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FROM THE BOARD.

I DO THINK THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND THE TRAVIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT DO PUT IT OUT THERE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS AT ALL, BUT.

WELL SO SINCE WE ARE THE ONES WHO APPROVE THIS APPOINTMENT, I BELIEVE WE ARE THE ONES THAT SHOULD BE ADVERTISING AND MAKING THAT EFFORT.

AND WE HAVE LOTS OF, YOU KNOW, TOOLS TO REACH PEOPLE.

WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO COME TO OUR MEETINGS WHO SEND US EMAILS, WHO VOLUNTEER IN OUR SCHOOLS, WHO ARE ON DIFFERENT COMMITTEES.

I MEAN, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAD THEY KNOWN ABOUT THIS, HAD WE ADVERTISED IT? I THINK WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE TO CHOOSE FROM THAT WOULD HAVE ENJOYED BROAD SUPPORT ON THE BOARD.

OK, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I TRUSTEE HARRISON.

I WAS JUST GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. SO IT PASSES FOUR THREE.

ALL RIGHT, WE ARE NOW DOWN TO BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS.

[I. BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

IS THAT WHAT TASBO IS SHE STILL HERE? IS THAT WHAT TASBO STANDS FOR? AND SO AS BOARD PRESIDENT, I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT I WILL BE WRITING A LETTER ON HER BEHALF WITH HER APPLICATION ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.

MS. WESTON, SO I'M NOT GOING TO DO A LENGTHY THING HERE, BUT I GUESS WHERE DO WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO START DR.

AZAIEZ, WITH THESE THINGS RIGHT HERE, I THINK THEY'RE VERY CUMBERSOME.

I'M NOT SURE THAT.

I MEAN, I DON'T NEED THEM UP HERE.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO PUT AN AGENDA ITEM TO GET RID OF THEM OR NOT.

BUT WHEN I VISIT THE SCHOOLS, I MEAN, THE CHILDREN ARE NOT SEPARATED BY THESE THINGS.

OUR AUDIENCE OUT HERE IS NOT SEPARATED AT THE CROSS COUNTRY BANQUET RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER ON THIS CAMPUS LAST NIGHT.

THEY WERE NOT SEPARATED BY THESE THINGS.

SO I'M WONDERING IF IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR US TO TURN THE PAGE ON THESE THINGS RIGHT HERE OR WHAT I NEED TO DO TO GET IT ON THE AGENDA IF WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT OFFICIALLY OR IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN JUST TAKE CARE OF AS AN EXECUTIVE.

DO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY FEELINGS.

ABOUT THE DIVIDERS.

I MEAN, IT'S 12:45.

I HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS GOING TO COME UP.

SO I'LL THINK ABOUT IT.

[LAUGHTER] I I'LL SAY THIS, [INAUDIBLE].

A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES BEGINS WITH A SINGLE STEP.

I DO WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF A GENDER REQUESTS.

REAL, NOT REAL QUICK.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE REAL QUICK.

LET ME JUST BE HONEST WITH YOU, I I.

SO IN THIS MEETING, WE HAVE THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN FROM THE AUDIT THAT WE WANT ON IN DECEMBER. WE HAVE THE PUBLIC UPDATE ON SAFETY AND SECURITY CKE LOCAL, WE WANT FOR DECEMBER, WE HAD TEACHER MORALE AND GUEST EDUCATOR PAY, WHICH I'M NOT SURE ALL THAT THAT

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TRUSTEE XIAO HAS HAD SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS FOR SIX MONTHS THAT HE WAS HOPING TO HAVE ON DECEMBER. I ALSO HAVE A LIST THAT I JUST NEED TO GO THROUGH, I GUESS FROM FROM TRUSTEE WESTON TO SEE WHICH WE WANT TO TRY TO PUT ON DECEMBER.

THERE ARE THREE SPECIAL MEETING REQUESTS AND ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SEVEN AGENDA ITEMS, BUT I THINK MAYBE SOME OF THEM ARE OVER HERE.

SO I IT WILL BE MY LAST MEETING.

IT'S IN 28 DAYS, BUT I'M NOT COUNTING AS BOARD PRESIDENT, BUT I WOULD LIKE THE REST OF THE BOARD TO WEIGH IN ON HOW LONG OUR AGENDA IS GOING TO BE IN DECEMBER.

SO THERE IS A SPECIAL MEETING I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FROM THE REST OF THE BOARD SPECIAL MEETING ON STUDENT SAFETY SUICIDE PREVENTION.

APPARENTLY, TODAY'S PRESENTATION WAS NOT ENOUGH, SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHICH BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO ADD A SPECIAL MEETING ON STUDENT SAFETY AND SUICIDE PREVENTION.

DR. XIAO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD A SPECIAL MEETING ON SUICIDE SAFETY? PRESIDENT WEIR, COULD YOU POSSIBLY READ THE WHOLE LIST SO THAT IF WE HAD TO PRIORITIZE ANYTHING OR.

YEAH. AND I MEAN, IT'S REALLY LATE, I GET IT AND WE HAVE THREE MORE.

BUT I MEAN, AND WE STILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE STILL HAVE CLOSED SESSION AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I I CANNOT EVEN.

I'M GOING TO READ THROUGH THIS LIST AND PEOPLE CAN DECIDE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON AND ONTO THE AGENDA, SO WE HAVE THE SPECIAL MEETING REQUESTS, OUR SPECIAL MEETING ON STUDENT SAFETY SUICIDE PREVENTION, SPECIAL MEETING ON MASK POLICY IN ROUND ROCK ISD, SPECIAL MEETING TO ADDRESS LOCAL STATEWIDE AND NATIONAL LEVEL NEGATIVE MEDIA ATTENTION ON ROUND ROCK ISD.

WE HAVE AGENDA ITEMS, ACKNOWLEDGE NOVEMBERS PARENTS RIGHT IN EDUCATION MONTH, WHICH A PROCLAMATION TRUSTEE WESTON HAS A SPECIFIC PROCLAMATION.

RESOLUTION ON THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION LETTER AND REQUEST OF TASB PROPOSED BY TRUSTEES BONE AND WESTON.

A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING PARENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

AGENDA ITEM ON FORMATIVE EVALUATION OF SUPERINTENDENT, WHICH I'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED.

THAT WE WILL DO THAT THROUGH THE LONE STAR GOVERNANCE PROCESS.

AGENDA ITEM ON RFP FOR NEW LEGAL REPRESENTATION.

I'LL JUST I'M JUST GOING TO READ THEM ALL.

AGENDA ITEM TO ADMONISH PANIC AND REIMBURSE TRUSTEES BONE AND WESTON FOR LEGAL FEES INCURRED AS VICTIMS OF HIS TARGETING OF HARASSMENT.

AGENDA ITEM FOR STEP ONE IN SANCTIONING TRUSTEE XIAO.

AGENDA ITEM TO ADDRESS AND ACTUALLY, THAT ONE'S ON FOR TONIGHT, AGENDA ITEM TO ADDRESS DAILY PAY RATE FOR GUEST EDUCATORS THAT WAS ALREADY COVERED BY TRUSTEE IN THIS MEETING, AND AGENDA ITEM ON FULL BRIEFING OF POLICE FORCE, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED, AND AN AGENDA ITEM FOR INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ON HOUSE BILL 547.

CAN WE JUST GO DOWN THE LIST AND AND DO A ROLL CALL FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE? I KNOW IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME, BUT THEN WE CAN BE CLEAR ABOUT IF WE HAVE CONSENSUS BEHIND WANTING TO MEET ON THESE THINGS.

AND PRESIDENT WEIR, I HAD TWO ITEMS THAT WERE ON THE SEPTEMBER 14TH MEETING THAT WE DID NOT GET TO, TWO POLICY CHANGES THAT I HAD REQUESTED IN APRIL THAT MADE IT TO THE SEPTEMBER MEETING THAT WE NEVER GOT TO.

AND THAT WAS BE LOCAL AND IT WAS A BOARD [INAUDIBLE].

IT WAS, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S 12:50.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY WERE.

NOW I KNOW THAT THEY I REQUESTED THEM IN APRIL.

THEY MADE IT ON IN SEPTEMBER.

WE DIDN'T GET TO THEM IN THE MEETING AND I HAVEN'T BROUGHT IT UP AGAIN.

BUT JUST ADD IT TO YOUR LIST OF THERE ARE TWO POLICIES THERE.

LET'S JUST WORK OUR WAY DOWN.

I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER.

THE I THINK THE FIRST THREE OR FOUR YOU MENTIONED ARE ACTUALLY SPECIAL MEETINGS.

THOSE ARE BY OUR POLICY.

I BELIEVE ONE TRUSTEE ASKED FOR THEM AND ANOTHER TRUSTEE SECONDS IT AND THEY ARE.

THEY ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE THOSE MEETINGS, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON.

OR WHAT WE'RE GETTING CONSENSUS ON, BECAUSE THOSE SO I UNDERSTAND THE ITEMS, BUT THE SPECIAL MEETINGS ARE SPECIAL.

DOESN'T THE PRESIDENT STILL HAVE THE ULTIMATE SAY IN THOSE SPECIAL MEETINGS? NO, THEY HAVE THE SAY WHEN THEY'RE SCHEDULED, BUT WE'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH ON THIS AND THE THEY HAVE TO BE SCHEDULED.

THEY JUST THE PRESIDENT CAN SAY WHEN.

DOESN'T THE POLICY SAY IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED IN A REGULAR MEETING? YES. AND IT REQUIRES AN EMERGENCY THAT HAS BEEN WHAT WE'VE THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE.

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SO SOME OF THESE POLICIES, I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE, HAVE SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL LANGUAGE BECAUSE TASB DEVELOPS THEM AND IT'S SOMEWHAT CONFUSING AT TIMES OR CAN BE.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE BOARD GETS TO INTERPRET HOW THE POLICIES ARE TO BE APPLIED. AND IF YOU'VE BEEN APPLYING THEM A CERTAIN WAY, YOU CAN CERTAINLY STAND BY THE INTERPRETATION.

I MEAN, WE CAN WAIT TILL THEY'RE DONE.

IS THERE? I'M NOT SEEING.

I DON'T KNOW. AM I NOT SEEING? I'M SURE. TRUSTEE HARRISON.

I WAS GOING TO SAY SINCE WE CAN INTERPRET OUR POLICY THE WAY WE WANT TO.

AND I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL, BUT THOSE THREE TOPICS ARE MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY THINGS I WOULD HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING FOR OR SHOW UP FOR A SPECIAL MEETING FOR.

SO CAN I ASK THAT WE DO A ROLL CALL? TO SEE IF WE HAVE A QUORUM TO ATTEND THOSE SPECIAL MEETINGS, YES.

IS THAT AGREEABLE? OK. LET'S JUST BURN OUR POLICY.

I DON'T KNOW. NO, IT'S NOT AGREEABLE.

WE HAVE A POLICY. I KNOW IT'S 12:53, BUT WE HAVE A POLICY.

IT'S IN ORDER. IT'S A SPECIAL MEETING.

I MEAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF THOSE MEETINGS AND WHY PEOPLE MAY FEEL OR FEEL THAT THEY DON'T MEET A SPECIAL MEETING.

I'M OK WITH THAT. BUT JUST TO BE LIKE, HEY, LET'S CHANGE OUR POLICY OR WAIVE OUR POLICY OR DO WHATEVER. NO. OK, LET'S HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

SO WHAT'S THE FIRST SPECIAL MEETING? STUDENT SAFETY. SUICIDE PREVENTION.

SO THAT ONE WAS WHEN IT WAS ASKED FOR WHICH HAS BEEN, WHAT, TWO MONTHS AGO, THREE MONTHS AGO. EARLY AUGUST.

YEAH, IT WAS IT WAS VERY TIMELY, BUT I'M NOT FOR SURE THE TIMELINESS WHEN IT'S NOVEMBER NOW. SO I DON'T KNOW, WELL, THIS REQUEST WAS WAS RESUBMITTED ON NOVEMBER 18TH, WHICH IS TODAY. SO I MEAN, SO MAYBE TRUSTEE WESTON STILL FEELS IT IS TIMELY.

WELL, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS TIMELY.

I MEAN, I THINK IT'S WE JUST SAT HERE TONIGHT AND SAID IT'S THE SECOND, YOU KNOW, SUICIDE, SECOND LEADING CAUSE, HOW MANY COVID MEETINGS THAT WE HAD.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ARE WE UP HERE POLITICKING OR ARE WE UP HERE TO, LIKE, SOLVE PROBLEMS? I MEAN, I CAME TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. IT'S THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH OF TEENAGERS.

WE DO HAVE THIS HAPPEN.

I DON'T KNOW MY KID IS AT CEDAR RIDGE, SO MAYBE WE HAVE IT HAPPEN AND I KNOW IT HAPPENS OVER THERE. I JUST WANT THIS TO BE ADDRESSED BY OUR BOARD.

WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION EARLIER AND ACTUALLY EVERYBODY WAS ON BOARD WITH IT.

SO I DON'T KNOW. NOW MEETING AND REALLY.

SO IT WASN'T ADDRESSED TONIGHT.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT IF WE WOULD HAVE SPENT OUR TIME ACTUALLY FOCUSING ON THAT.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT TRUSTEE WESTON AND I WERE ASKING FOR.

AND SO WHEN AGENDA ITEMS WERE SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT, IF WE WOULD HAVE HAD THAT IN PLACE OF THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UPDATE, IT WOULD HAVE MET THAT.

SO YES, IT'S STILL NEEDED.

CAN I JUST ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION? SO WHAT WOULD YOU ENVISION THAT LIKE FOR HER TO GO THROUGH ALL THE PROGRAMS IN THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT WHAT DO YOU ENVISION LIKE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ENVISIONING? I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO REALLY DISCUSS IN THIS MEETING SO THAT I KNOW LIKE EXACTLY WHAT IT WOULD BE.

SO I ASKED EARLIER, LIKE WHAT IS THE GOAL OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES? SO FOR ME, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A BIG RANGE OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S JUST THE SAME REASON THAT WE'VE SPENT SO MUCH TIME ON COVID.

OUR FOCUS IS SAVING STUDENTS LIVES, RIGHT? SO I MEAN, ONE CHILD LOSS IN OUR DISTRICT TO SUICIDE IS WAY TOO MANY.

AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY CALL IT A PANDEMIC AT THE SUICIDE RATE. SO IT'S ALSO SO I JUST WANT US TO ADDRESS IT.

I WANT US TO BE THAT DISTRICT THAT'S ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS SUICIDE PREVENTION IN OUR DISTRICT.

I WOULD LIKE HER TO GIVE US INNOVATIVE THOUGHTS.

I WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO HEAR, LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO AND FOCUS ON THAT AND DECREASING THAT. THE SOLUTION IS SIMPLE HIRE MORE SOCIAL WORKERS.

ENOUGH TALKING. ENOUGH DISCUSSION, OK? THAT'S THE REASON I'M NOT INTERESTED IN SPECIAL MEETING.

I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY.

I DON'T CARE ABOUT WORDS.

I JUDGE PEOPLE BY ACTIONS.

SO I FEEL LIKE TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION ADDRESSED THIS.

I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE THINGS IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THIS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

I FEEL LIKE DR. AMY GROSSO IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ADVOCATES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION.

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I DON'T FEEL IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T FEEL THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT, BUT I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S IN HER PURVIEW TO ADDRESS AND THAT SHE'S BEEN ADDRESSING AND WILL CONTINUE TO ADDRESS.

SO I'VE HAD MY BUTTON PUSHED, BUT SHOULD I JUST CHIME IN? I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW THE RULES HERE.

YES, I'M SORRY. YOUR LIGHT DID NOT COME ON.

SO YES, PLEASE.

SO AMY, ACTUALLY AMY GROSSO ACTUALLY SAID TONIGHT THAT, YEAH, BOARD ADVOCACY ON THIS ISSUE AND BOARD VISIBILITY THAT WOULD REALLY GO.

I DON'T REMEMBER. I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW SHE SAID IT, BUT SHE SPOKE TO, YOU KNOW, SHE'S ONE PERSON, SHE'S ONE STAFF MEMBER, AND SHE CAN DO ALL THIS GREAT WORK.

BUT PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCH OUR MEETINGS AND, YOU KNOW, WE ASKED FOR THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME.

I LOOKED IT UP ON AUGUST 23RD AND FOR, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT CHRISTMAS NEXT MONTH AND WE HAD A TRAGIC EVENT ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT LAST YEAR.

AND WE'RE APPROACHING THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

AND AT SOME POINT AS A TRUSTEE IT'S ON ME LIKE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR.

WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THIS.

WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED IT.

AND TO MARY'S POINT.

WE HAD MEETING AFTER MEETING, AFTER MEETING ABOUT THE MASKS AND THE COVID AND ALL AND ON AND ON. AND WE'VE HAD ZERO MEETINGS, ZERO MINUTES, ZERO HOURS ON SOMETHING THAT IS ACTUALLY TAKING THE LIVES OF OUR YOUTH AND THE WAY WE SPEND OUR TIME REFLECTS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF REALITY.

AND RIGHT NOW, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE WAY WE ARE SPENDING OUR TIME IS REFLECTING THE REALITY OF THE THREATS THAT COME TO OUR CHILDREN.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THE ANSWERS ARE ON HOW TO DO BETTER, BUT I THINK THAT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO APPEAR WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU MIGHT WANT TO.

I CAN TELL YOU WHERE THESE PLACES ARE THAT ARE OVERRUN WITH OUR YOUTH.

AND IF WHEN YOU WALK IN AND YOU SEE THE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH AND THE SELF-HARM, THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT IS A PANDEMIC THAT IS A PROBLEM THAT REQUIRES ATTENTION. AND I'LL RESPECT THE WILL OF THE BOARD.

BUT I WILL NOT GO DOWN WITHOUT EVERYBODY WHO IS WATCHING BEING VERY CLEAR THAT I WANT A SPECIAL MEETING ON THIS TODAY, JUST AS MUCH AS I WANTED IT WHEN I ASKED FOR IT THE FIRST TIME ON AUGUST 23RD.

TRUSTEE HARRISON. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE THERE IS TO SAY IS THIS DISCUSSION, AND THEN WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.

THOSE ARE JUST ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS. I ACTUALLY DON'T THINK I HAVE IT IN ME TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM LETS.

BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE UNRESOLVED.

SO CAN WE JUST PUT ASIDE THE SPECIAL MEETING REQUEST AND CAN WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THESE PRESSING AGENDA ITEMS SO WE KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO DO THEM? AND SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP HAVING THIS ANIMOSITY ABOUT WHAT GETS ON THE AGENDA, WHAT DOESN'T. OK? FOR THE DECEMBER MEETING.

ASSUMING WE'RE TAKING THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN FROM THE AUDIT AND THE PUBLIC UPDATE ON SAFETY AND SECURITY THAT WERE DISCUSSED TONIGHT.

WE HAD THE REQUEST FOR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, WHICH HAS BEEN A REQUEST FOR SIX MONTHS.

WE COULDN'T DO IT UNTIL THE CENSUS WAS DONE.

WE ARE ABLE TO DO IT NOW.

TRUSTEE BONE. TRUSTEE HARRISON.

TRUSTEE FELLER. I DON'T KNOW.

YOU SAID THE CAP FROM THE AUDIT.

YEAH. IS ONE OF THEM.

ARE YOU ASKING US? WELL, I'M ASSUMING THE THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED TONIGHT, WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE IN DECEMBER.

WHICH IS THE CAP.

AND THE UPDATE ON SAFETY AND SECURITY WITH CKE LOCAL.

OK, I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GOING TO MAYBE IN JANUARY, HAVE A COMMUNITY FORUM ABOUT ALL OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY.

MAYBE I'M MISREMEMBERING, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD SAID MAYBE IN JANUARY, HAVE A COMMUNITY FORUM AND ALLOW LIKE THE TRUSTEES TO SEND THEIR QUESTIONS TO EITHER PATTI OR DR. AZAIEZ AND ALLOW THEM TO GATHER ALL OF THAT AND THEN ALLOW SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THEIR QUESTIONS.

I DON'T. I KNOW.

SO COULD WE MOVE THAT TO AFTER CHRISTMAS AND HAVE A COMMUNITY FORUM FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY POLICY AND POLICE BUDGET UPDATE AND ALL OF THAT ALL IN ONE THING AND DO IT AS A COMMUNITY FORUM? AND MAYBE EVEN HAVE IT LIKE AT THE CEDAR RIDGE AUDITORIUM, WHERE THERE CAN BE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CAN ATTEND.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY MY SUGGESTION, BUT IT HAS BEEN DEMANDED NUMEROUS TIMES AS AN AGENDA ITEM. SO I JUST WANT TO GET THE WILL OF THE BOARD ON THIS.

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD HAVE A COMMUNITY FORUM.

I MEAN, I EVEN THINK AROUND MAYBE THE SUICIDE THAT COULD BE A GREAT COMMUNITY FORUM

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WE CAN HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNICATE BACK.

SO I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT INSTEAD OF US SITTING UP HERE FOR BOTH THOSE THINGS THAT WE MAYBE MOVE BOTH THOSE THINGS TO COMMUNITY FORUMS. OKAY, THAT WAS ACTUALLY ALSO MY SUGGESTION EARLIER THEN AND ACTUALLY WITH DR.

GROSSO THAT TO DO TWO WHERE WE WOULD DO THE TRAINING ALSO FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION FOR PARENTS. SO OK.

DOES THAT MEET YOUR CRITERIA? I MEAN, I ACTUALLY THINK IT LEVELS IT UP INSTEAD OF US JUST DISCUSSING, ENGAGING AND HEARING THEM FROM OUR COMMUNITY? YEAH, I AGREE. SO I THINK THAT MEETS MINE.

TRUSTEE WESTON. SO I THINK ON THE SUICIDE PREVENTION, I THINK IT'S TO USE YOUR VERNACULAR TRUSTEE HARRISON. I THINK IT'S A BOTH.

IT'S A YES AND.

I THINK IT'S A MAYBE THAT CAN BE THE BASIS OF SOMETHING BROUGHT TO US.

BUT AGAIN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, COMING FROM US, LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DIDN'T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE SEPTEMBER AS SUICIDE PREVENTION.

LIKE, WHY DO WE NOT EVEN DO THAT? AND YOU KNOW, OK, SO I WOULD LIKE I'M OK WITH THE FORUM, BUT I ALSO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CERTAIN CAMPUSES WHERE SUICIDE AND SELF-HARM ARE, YOU KNOW, AT MUCH HIGHER RATES.

I THINK WE SHOULD KNOW THAT.

SO I'M NOT WILLING TO GIVE UP THE MEETING.

CAN WE START WITH THE FORUM AND LET THAT INFORM OUR FUTURE IN TERMS OF A MEETING? OK. I THINK WE HAVE SOME AGREEMENT THERE.

PRESIDENT WEIR, WHAT ELSE WAS ON THERE? WE WERE GOING DOWN THE LINE ABOUT SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS.

YEAH, WE WERE. I WOULD HAVE THE MEETING, BUT OR HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA.

BUT TRUSTEE WESTON.

FOR NOW, I'M A NO, BUT OPEN IN THE FUTURE TO CHANGING.

BUT FOR NOW, NO. TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE] OH, WELL, I GUESS THAT'S FOR THE.

I'M NO FOR A MEETING ON IT RIGHT NOW, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO PERHAPS REVIEW A PRESENTATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT IT AND THEN BE ABLE TO FORMULATE SOME GOOD QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS.

IT'S AN OUTSIDE. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AN OUTSIDE COUNSEL.

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AN EXPERT.

SO OK, WHOEVER MAKES THAT RECOMMENDATION OF WHAT THE PROCESS IS, HOW IT WOULD DIVIDE UP.

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO REVIEW.

I COULD REVIEW IT IN A PRESENTATION OR, YOU KNOW, A DOCUMENT OR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND THEN PERHAPS HAVE A MEETING AFTER THAT.

OK, WELL, THAT WAS FOUR NO'S.

OK. YOU SAID WORKSHOP ON DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

SO OTHER SPECIAL MEETING REQUESTS WERE THE MASK POLICY.

VERY, VERY DETERMINED RIGHT, SO BECAUSE THE WILLIAMSON AND I'VE SAID IT OVER AND OVER, SO TWO WEEKS AGO, THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY CITIES AND HEALTH DISTRICT, DR.

AZAIEZ KNOWS THIS BECAUSE I'VE EMAILED HIM.

THEY HELD A MEETING AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

I WAS THERE. I WAS THERE I WAS PRESENT.

THEY ANNOUNCED THAT THEY ARE NO LONGER THEY HAVE DISCARDED THEIR GATING CRITERIA, DOCUMENT THE MASK MATRIX THAT WAS APPROVED BY THIS BOARD SITES THEIR GATING CRITERIA AND AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH'S WELL, THEY NO LONGER HAVE GATING CRITERIA.

WILLIAMSON COUNTY. THEY NO LONGER HAVE IT.

THEY ADD A LINK TO THE CDC WEBSITE.

THIS BOARD NEVER VOTED ON WHETHER OR NOT TO USE THE CDC WEBSITE, BUT IT DID VOTE ON AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.

SO CAN I. WE'RE ABOUT TO GET SCOLDED BECAUSE WE'RE NOT POSTED FOR MASKS.

SO IT JUST NEEDS TO BE A DISCUSSION ON WHETHER OR NOT IT SHOULD BE AN AGENDA ITEM.

YEAH, SO DOES.

SO I THINK YOU'RE SAYING IT SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED AND IT NEEDS TO BE A NEW AGENDA ITEM BECAUSE. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT MOMENTS AGO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WE SPENT TOO MUCH TIME ON MASK AND WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND PUT THE BLAME ON BOARD, HAS SPENT TOO MUCH TIME ON THE MASK.

NOW SOMEBODY JUST PICKED UP THE MASK.

I WANT TO HAVE A MEETING. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT A FACT.

DID YOU WANT TO ATTEND? CAN WE GET A QUORUM FOR A SPECIAL MEETING ON MASK POLICY? DR. XIAO.

N O. NO. TRUSTEE VESSA.

I THINK THAT THAT IN TERMS OF THE CONCERNS THAT TRUSTEE.

IT HAS TO BE JUST WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE DETAILS.

NO.

OK. YOU'RE A YES, I'M ASSUMING.

I'M A YES, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY, THE LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED.

SO IF THE SUPERINTENDENT ISN'T GOING TO ENFORCE WHAT WAS PASSED, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER MECHANISM TO ADDRESS IT.

ALL RIGHT. I'M A NO FOR A SPECIAL MEETING.

I'M A NO AND ALLOW THIS THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE THEIR DECISIONS.

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SO THAT'S WE WON'T HAVE A QUORUM FOR THAT SPECIAL MEETING.

SO SPECIAL MEETING TO ADDRESS LOCAL, STATEWIDE AND NOW NATIONAL LEVEL [INAUDIBLE] MEDIA ATTENTION ON ROUND ROCK ISD.

JUST WHETHER WE HAVE A QUORUM THAT WOULD ATTEND A MEETING.

THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT THAT AGENDA, THOUGH, IS.

SO THAT'S I MEAN, THAT'S MINE AND THAT'S WHAT TRUSTEE WESTON WROTE.

I'M JUST READING.

WAS THAT LIKE A SUMMARY? WELL, I MEAN, I'M THE ONE THAT ASKED FOR IT, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I ASKED FOR. SO.

I MEAN, IT MAY BE TRUSTEE WESTON SUMMARIZED IT DIFFERENTLY THAN I WOULD HAVE.

YEAH. MARY IS THE ONE THAT ASKED FOR IT FIRST, AND THEN I SECONDED IT WITH MY OWN THOUGHTS. THE THING IS, WE'VE GOT ALL THIS LOCAL STATEWIDE AND NOW NATIONAL NEGATIVE MEDIA ATTENTION COMING TO US.

AND IN AN EFFORT TO STRATEGIZE AND PROTECT THE DISTRICT, I THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR BOARD UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, WHERE THAT INFORMATION IS GOING AND DISCUSS ANY POSSIBLE ACTIONS THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO TAKE TO PROTECT THE DISTRICT.

YEAH, I MEAN, MINE IS IN REGARDS TO THE ARREST OF TWO OF OUR PARENTS AND THE NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION THAT IS NOW GOTTEN.

IT'S JUST GAINING MOMENTUM.

I'VE BEEN WATCHING IT AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO MEET WITH COUNSEL FOR A SPECIAL MEETING IN A VERY TIMELY MANNER.

AND THAT'S WHY I DO ASK FOR A SPECIAL MEETING.

ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A QUORUM TO ATTEND A SPECIAL MEETING ON DR.

BONE'S REQUEST? TRUSTEE HARRISON. NO, I WOULD NOT MIND ADDING IT TO CLOSED SESSION DISCUSSION WITH OUR COUNCIL IN DECEMBER, BUT NO TO A SPECIAL MEETING FOR THIS.

TRUSTEE FELLER. I CONCUR WITH TRUSTEE HARRISON.

YEAH, I'M A NO FOR A SPECIAL MEETING.

TRUSTEE VESSA. I ALREADY I'M ASSUMING I KNOW YOURS TRUSTEE WESTON.

I CONCUR WITH THE PREVIOUS TRUSTEES.

I THINK IT'S A OK. JUST I THINK THAT'S FOUR.

WHAT DID YOU DECIDE, DID YOU SAY YES, CLOSED FOR.

CLOSED IN DECEMBER? THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE WAS THE CONSENSUS.

SO RFP IN DECEMBER FOR NEW LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

IS THERE ANY CONSENSUS FOR PUTTING THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR DECEMBER? WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, SO I THINK THAT IT'S PROBABLY TIME TO DO THAT. IT WOULD.

I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT THE PROCESS I SENT IT AT SOME POINT TO YOU ALL, WHERE WE HAVE TO REQUEST AND GET THE RFPS.

IT'S LIKE A 60 OR 90 DAY PROCESS, OK, AT LEAST TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS TO HELP US UNDERSTAND. OK.

IN DECEMBER, YOU WANT TO DO THAT IN DECEMBER.

YES.

TRUSTEE HARRISON THAT'S A NO FOR ME.

I THINK IT'S GOOD TO REVISIT IT.

YES.

I DEFINITELY THINK IT'S GOOD TO REVISIT IT.

I AM GOING TO VOTE NO FOR DECEMBER JUST BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY SO MANY THINGS ON THERE.

I KNOW YOU'RE A YES.

YES, I'M A YES. FOR DECEMBER. AND I THOUGHT THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE ALREADY TALKING TO MR. PULLMAN ABOUT THIS. YEAH, AND I DID.

I DID REACH OUT TO HIM, AND I THINK I SENT THE BOARD AT SOME POINT WHAT HE GAVE ME SO WE CAN INVITE HIM AND HE CAN GO OVER THE CRITERIA IF THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD WANTS.

WE'LL BRING HIM IN.

YEAH, I MEAN, I ACTUALLY CONSIDER THIS URGENT.

TRUSTEE VESSA. NOT FOR DECEMBER FOR ME.

ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEE XIAO YOU'RE THE.

NO. NO FOR DECEMBER.

OK, SO WE WILL POSTPONE THAT AND IT WILL BE UP TO THE NEXT PRESIDENT.

[INAUDIBLE] EDUCATION, WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE POLICE FORCE, WE DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO DO A COMMUNITY FORUM AGENDA ITEM FOR INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ON HOUSE BILL 547.

IS THAT THE HOME SCHOOL PARTICIPATING? OH, YEAH, BUT WE HAVE TO WAIT.

RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S TILL AUGUST.

THAT'S I THINK DR.

PRESLEY SENT US SOMETHING.

IT'S NOT UNTIL.

AUGUST. NO. IT'S RIGHT NOW.

IT WOULD TAKE EFFECT IN AUGUST, BUT WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT AT ANY TIME BECAUSE WE'D HAVE TO OPT IN. WE'D HAVE TO DECIDE TO OPT IN OR NOT.

WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE. I'D LIKE FOR OUR BOARD TO DISCUSS IT AND POSSIBLY OPT IN.

AND THEN IF WE DID, IT WOULD TAKE EFFECT IN AUGUST.

IS THAT TIME BOUND? I WOULD BE OPEN TO DISCUSSING IT, BUT NOT IN DECEMBER.

I ACTUALLY REQUESTED IT FOR JANUARY.

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OK, SO, JANUARY.

SO DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING PARENTS IN SCHOOLS.

IS THERE AN AGENDA ITEM, IS THERE AN AGREEMENT FOR AN AGENDA ITEM TO DISCUSS THAT IN DECEMBER? I'M FOR THAT, WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING LOTS OF EMAILS.

I FEEL LIKE THAT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUE, NOT A GOVERNANCE ISSUE.

HOWEVER, IF WE COULD GET A BOARD UPDATE, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PLAN ON HOW WE'RE GETTING OUR SCHOOLS BACK OPENED UP.

I DO FEEL LIKE IT IS AN ADMINISTRATION ISSUE.

BUT I DO WANT TO SEE OUR SCHOOLS OPENED UP.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PLAN FOR HOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND WHEN.

BUT I DON'T NEED AN AGENDA ON [INAUDIBLE] ON IT.

IF THE ADMINISTRATION CAN COMMUNICATE THAT, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THIS, THIS AND THIS, THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE OPENING UP. AND YEAH, I WANT TO SEE OUR SCHOOLS OPEN.

I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE A YES.

YES, IT'S BECAUSE OUR PARENTS ARE STILL NOT FULLY BACK OR WELCOMED BACK IN OUR SCHOOLS FULLY. IT'S BECAUSE THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED AND THERE'S BEEN NO DATE GIVEN FOR WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN THAT I KNOW OF NO OTHER WAY TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT I AM DISSATISFIED WITH THAT AND THAT I WANT IT CHANGED.

SO YES, I AM FOR THIS.

ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE VESSA.

ARE YOU UP FOR THIS IN DECEMBER.

ON A DECEMBER AGENDA ITEM? I'M FINE WITH IT BEING A BOARD UPDATE IN TERMS OF ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN.

TRUSTEE XIAO. NO.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY I'D LIKE MORE THAN A BOARD UPDATE.

I WOULD LIKE IT COMMUNICATED TO THE COMMUNITY WHAT THE PLAN IS, NOT JUST IN A BOARD UPDATE. I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY DESERVES THAT AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THE LOGISTICS ARE IN, YOU KNOW, RUNNING A SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT I KNOW WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE MORE THAN A BOARD UPDATE ON IT.

CAN WE START WITH THE BOARD UPDATE AND GO FROM THERE? WAS THAT OK? I'M LEAVING IT UP TO ADMINISTRATION.

SORRY AFTER THANKSGIVING BREAK SO THEN WE ALSO HAD FOR DECEMBER RESOLUTION ON THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION LETTER AND A REQUEST OF TASB THAT WAS PROPOSED BY AND YOU HAVEN'T SEEN A PROPOSAL, BUT THEY WOULD TRUSTEE BONE AND WESTON WOULD LIKE TO BRING A PROPOSAL OF A REQUEST TO TASB BASED ON THE RESOLUTION BASED ON THE LETTER THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION LETTER.

YES, THIS AGENDA ITEM IS BASICALLY TO COMMUNICATE THE WILL OF I HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT I'D LIKE TO PUT FORWARD FOR AN UP OR DOWN VOTE BY THE SCHOOL BOARD TO COMMUNICATE TO TASB OUR THOUGHTS ON THAT NSBA LETTER AND THEIR RESPONSE OR LACK OF RESPONSE TO IT.

ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE XIAO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THAT ON THE DECEMBER AGENDA? NO. I'M A NO.

NSBA ACTUALLY REDACTED AND RETRACTED THAT LETTER, SO I'M NOT I DON'T FEEL IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THE PERSON WHO WROTE IT ISN'T EVEN THE DIRECTOR ANYMORE.

THEY HAVE A NEW DIRECTOR. JUST A REMINDER.

WE'RE NOT HAVING DISCUSSION ABOUT THESE ITEMS. WE SHOULD.

OK. UP OR DOWN.