May 19, 2022 Regular Board Meetings

[APPLAUSE] NEXT IS AIDAN WHEELER SPEAKING ON AN ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA.

HELLO. I'M AIDEN WHEELER FROM STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL.

AND I WAS ALSO GOING TO SPEAK ON THE EDWIN BAKER TRAGEDY AND HOW WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE MEMORIALS AT A SCHOOL.

BUT HONESTLY, I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER THAN MR. TOBLEDSOE. I JUST I WAS SUPER CLOSE TO EDWIN.

I WAS THERE AT THE HOSPITAL FOR ABOUT LIKE 10 HOURS, JUST THERE WAITING FOR HIM TO HEAR IF, LIKE, THE WORD WAS OKAY.

SO IT JUST, LIKE, DISAPPOINTS ME THAT WE SIMPLY CAN'T JUST HAVE ONE DAY TO, LIKE, HAVE A DEDICATED SPOT FOR THAT ONE STUDENT.

SO, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR Y'ALLS TIME AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO SPEAKERS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA NOW.

NOAH SCHWARTZ SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM H3.

WE ARE PULLING AGENDA ITEMS H 3, H 4 AND 6 FROM THE AGENDA TONIGHT SINCE WE COVERED THEM LAST NIGHT.

I WILL MAKE ONE COMMENT.

BUT IT'S A REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING, SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO TALK ABOUT IT.

BUT SINCE IT IS PRINTED, IT IS TECHNICALLY ON THE AGENDA.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MY NAME IS NOAH SCHWARTZ.

MY PRONOUNS ARE HE THEY YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO SET CLEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR FUTURE BOARD MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, AND FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY, YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF DISMANTLING SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION, AND THERE'S NO GREATER SOURCE OF SYSTEMATIC OPPRESSION THAN THE NUCLEAR FAMILY.

THE NUCLEAR FAMILY IS ASSOCIATED WITH WHITENESS, AND WHITENESS IS ASSOCIATED WITH RACISM, BIGOTRY, TRANSPHOBIA AND WHITE SUPREMACY.

JUST LOOK AT THESE. QANON TRUMP SUPPORTING PARENTS PROTESTING AT YOUR MEETINGS.

OH, I DON'T WANT MY KID TO GET VACCINATED.

I DON'T WANT MY KID TO WEAR A MASK.

WHY IS MY KINDERGARTNER TAKING PUBERTY BLOCKERS? WHY IS THERE URINAL IN THE GIRL'S ROOM? WELL, YOU'RE A DOMESTIC TERRORIST, AND YOU NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED BY THE FBI.

RACISM, BIGOTRY AND HATRED HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR SCHOOLS.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE STILL ALLOWING PARENTS TO SPEAK HERE.

AND TO ALL THE PARENTS WHO FEEL THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE INVOLVED IN THEIR KID'S EDUCATION, WELL, YOU'RE A WHITE SUPREMACIST AND YOUR CHILDREN NEED TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU SO THAT WE CAN CREATE A MORE TOLERANT AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETY.

FURTHERMORE, CUTIES ON NETFLIX SHOULD BE REQUIRED VIEWING FOR ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.

THE TRADITION OF RAISING CHILDREN IS OUTDATED, OBSOLETE, AND OUR CHILDREN NEED TO BE GROOMED.

HOLD ON A SECOND. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK FOR THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE BE QUIET.

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YOU MAY NOT AGREE.

YOU MAY AGREE, BUT HE HAS THE RIGHT TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU. LISTEN, THE TRADITION OF RAISING CHILDREN IS OUTDATED AND OBSOLETE.

AND OUR CHILDREN, THEY NEED TO BE GROOMED INSTEAD.

GROOMED TO BE TOLERANT, LOVING, ANTI RACIST AND COMFORTABLE WITH THEIR GENDER FLUIDITY.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT ON WHY WE NEED TO DISMANTLE THE PATRIARCHY, DISMANTLE OPPRESSION, DISMANTLE WHITENESS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, DISMANTLE THE NUCLEAR FAMILY.

THE NEW WORLD ORDER THAT WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE STARTS WITH OUR CHILDREN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT IS GORDON FLOWERS.

NEXT IS GORDON FLOWERS.

I DON'T SHOW THAT AN AGENDA ITEM.

SO ARE YOU SPEAKING ON AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA? IF NOT, I'LL HAVE TO PUT YOU AT THE END OF THE LIST.

YEAH, I'M SPEAKING ON AN AGENDA ITEM.

WHICH AGENDA ITEM ARE YOU SPEAKING ON? THE ONE HE DID. WHICH IS WHAT? THE ONE HE DID. WHICH IS WHAT YOU CAN.

I MEAN, IF YOU NEED TO PUT ME AT THE END, THAT'S OKAY TOO.

I MEAN, IF I CAN SPEAK, IT'S ALL RIGHT.

WHAT IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING ON TOPIC? I MEAN, WE'RE FOLLOWING THE STANDARD PROTOCOLS.

I NEED TO PUT YOU NEAR THE END.

YEAH, WHATEVER'S FINE. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL CALL YOU BACK UP WHEN WE GET TO NON AGENDA ITEMS. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

NEXT IS JOHN CAGEE SPEAKING AGENDA ITEM H 2.

YEAH, I GUESS CLOWNS ATTRACT CLOWNS.

BUT BACK TO MY TOPIC ON H 2 THE TEA MONTHLY MONITOR REPORT, I'M SURE MONITOR FALTYS WILL GO OVER THIS.

BUT I WANTED TO POINT SOME OF THESE THINGS OUT ON HIS REPORT.

THE BOARD SINCE NOVEMBER, WHEN MR. FALTYS WAS APPOINTED HAS SPENT 0% OF THEIR TIME ON THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS AND 0% OF THEIR TIME TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION, ACCORDING TO THE MONITOR.

THAT MEANS UP UNTIL THIS TIME, SIX MONTHS LATER, YOU'VE SPENT NO TIME FOR THE TEA MONITOR.

NONE. THAT IS DESPICABLE.

BY YOUR AGENDA ITEMS IT SEEMS THAT STUDENT OUTCOMES IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AS REFLECTED BY H 1.

THERE HAS BEEN A MONTH THIS YEAR WHERE YOU'VE SPENT 0% OF YOUR TIME ON STUDENT OUTCOMES.

AND IN APRIL, IT WAS 27%.

I KNOW Y'ALL CAN DO BETTER THAN PUTTING FRIVOLOUS TOPICS ON THE AGENDA AND SPENDING TIME ON STUDENT OUTCOMES AND STATE REQUIRED INFORMATION THAT THE TEA HAS TOLD US THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

PLEASE. PLEASE FOCUS ON YOUR JOBS.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT IS DENISE RAY SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM M5.

SO IT'S NO SECRET THAT THE PARENTS OF ROUND ROCK ISD ARE FED UP WITH THE DYSFUNCTION AND SHENANIGANS OF THIS BOARD.

NO SURPRISE THAT YOU HAVE LIGHTHOUSE COMPLAINTS LAUNCHED AGAINST YOU FROM THE CONSTANT BULLYING, HARASSMENT, TARGETING, DISCRIMINATION, CENSORING AND CENSURING OF CERTAIN TRUSTEES. WE ARE TIRED OF YOU NOT MAKING OUR CHILDREN A PRIORITY.

YOU ASK FOR THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND SO YOUR COMMUNITY SHOWS UP TO SPEAK.

YOU ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO BE ARRESTED AND ENDURE NAME CALLING, AND YOU ALLOW TRUSTEES TO DO THE SAME TO ONE ANOTHER.

YOU PROMOTE DIVISIVENESS RATHER THAN UNITY, AND YOU FLAT OUT IGNORE US WHEN WE EMAIL YOU.

YOU ATTACK ONE ANOTHER OPENLY.

AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT YOU DO BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

YOU CHOOSE TO REINSTATE A SUPERINTENDENT WHO'S ACTIVELY BEING INVESTIGATED FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE DESPITE THE TRAVIS COUNTY SHERIFFS WHAT THEY STATED IN AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST.

FOCUS ON EDUCATION IS HERE TO REPRESENT COUNTLESS PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, TAXPAYERS, STAKEHOLDERS, CONCERNED CITIZENS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND STATE, AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE STUDENTS.

RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, WE'RE DISCUSSING SMD'S AND OPEN ENROLLMENT.

FOCUS ON EDUCATION, CALLS FOR TRANSPARENCY, COMMON SENSE PRACTICES, AND PUTTING MONEY WHERE IT MATTERS.

WE STAND ON THE BELIEF THAT WE NEED TO GET BACK TO FOCUSING ON THE FUNDAMENTALS OF EDUCATION AND REMOVING ALL UNNECESSARY DISTRACTIONS.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT IS JASMINE PEDRAZA SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM H FOUR AND H FIVE.

AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT, JASMINE PEDRAZA.

AS A ROUND ROCK ISD PARENT AND MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES.

OUR DISTRICT HAS ABOUT 5200 STUDENTS LEAVING, WHILE THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD IS MORE FOCUSED ON OPEN ENROLLMENT AND SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS.

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AS SOMEONE WHO COMES FROM A MARGINALIZED AND HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW, I'M A LATINA, A SINGLE MOTHER WHO WAS A TEEN MOTHER WHO GRADUATED FROM ROUND ROCK ISD IN 2015.

IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS ARE NOT NECESSARY IF THE BOARD PUTS IT INTO WORK TO REPRESENT ALL STUDENTS.

BUT I AM OPEN TO DISCUSSION IF IT IS DONE RIGHT.

EVEN THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE TO THE BOARD YESTERDAY WHO HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS FOR YEARS, WAS ASKING THE BOARD TO NOT BE HASTY ABOUT THE POSSIBLE IMPLEMENTATION OF SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS.

ALTHOUGH I AM PERSONALLY NOT IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS AT THIS TIME, I AGREE WITH HIM.

IF SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN, THERE NEEDS TO BE TRANSPARENCY AND IT SHOULDN'T BE IMPLEMENTED MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTION AND IT NEEDS TO BE DONE RIGHT.

INTERESTINGLY, WHILE THERE WERE CHARTS INCLUDED YESTERDAY SHOWING DATA ON STUDENTS TRANSFERRING IN AND STUDENTS TRANSFERRING OUT FROM VARIOUS DISTRICTS, WHICH, BY THE WAY, WE ARE LOSING MORE STUDENTS THAN WE ARE GAINING.

BUT INTERESTINGLY, THERE WAS NO DATA SHOWING HOW OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS HAVE AFFECTED ENROLLMENT.

I DO HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THAT DATA IF THE BOARD IS INSISTING THIS CONVERSATION IS TO BE HAD.

BUT MY QUESTION IS.

WHAT WILL SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS DO TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES? WHAT WILL OPEN ENROLLMENT DO TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES? WILL IMPLEMENTING BOTH OPEN ENROLLMENT AND SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, LIKE THE BOARD HAS SUGGESTED, BE CONFLICTING IN ANY WAY? THE BOARD MET FOR CLOSED SESSION FOR OVER 3 HOURS LAST NIGHT.

I STAYED THE ENTIRE TIME UNTIL THE VERY END TO WATCH THE MEETING ADJOURN RIGHT BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

DID THAT CLOSED SESSION DO ANYTHING TO BENEFIT STUDENT OUTCOMES? I REALLY WISH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT IS TARA STRAIN SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM M9 AND YOU DO NOT LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

TARA STRAIN.

AS A DISTRICT COUNSELOR, I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE AGENDA ITEM THAT'S ADDRESSING THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EMPLOYEES.

IN JANUARY, AN ARTICLE WENT PUBLIC REGARDING A TEACHER TRAINING THAT INSTRUCTED TEACHERS AND STAFF TO NOT OUT STUDENTS TO THEIR PARENTS.

ROUND ROCK ISD RESPONDED TO PARENT CONCERNS BY SAYING, AND I QUOTE, OUR DISTRICT'S PRACTICE IS TO INCLUDE PARENTS IN THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION.

THIS SLIDE IS NOT A DISTRICT PREPARED TRAINING END QUOTES.

WELL, IT WAS NOT A DISTRICT PREPARED TRAINING.

AND WE DO STRIVE TO INCLUDE PARENTS IN THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION.

WE ACTUALLY WERE ADVISED TO NOT TELL PARENTS ABOUT THEIR CHILD'S PREFERRED NAMES AND PRONOUNS.

IF THE CHILD ASKED US NOT TO.

WE WERE TOLD WE CAN ENCOURAGE THE STUDENT TO TELL THEIR PARENT.

BUT WE WERE ADVISED TO ONLY TELL A PARENT IF AND WHEN THAT PARENT SPECIFICALLY ASKED US SO THAT WE WEREN'T LYING.

WE WERE ALSO INFORMED THAT IF WE BELIEVE A PARENT OR GUARDIANS UNWILLINGNESS TO USE THEIR CHILD'S PREFERRED NAME AND PRONOUNS IS CAUSING HARM TO THE CHILD.

AS MANDATED REPORTERS, WE CAN CONTACT CPS.

AS A PARENT, I WOULD WANT TO KNOW THAT.

SO JUST TODAY I HAD A TEACHER UNINTENTIONALLY OUT A STUDENT TO THE PARENT BY EMAIL.

WE'RE ALL DOING OUR BEST TO HONOR EVERYONE, BUT THE LACK OF CLEAR GUIDANCE HAS MADE THIS A DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR ALL.

BACK WHEN ALL OF THIS WAS GOING DOWN, I REACHED OUT TO THE LEGAL TEAM MANY TIMES BY EMAIL AND THROUGH PHONE CALLS, LEAVING MESSAGES, AND NOT ONCE DID I RECEIVE EVEN A RESPONSE THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED ANYTHING.

I WAS TOLD THEY WOULDN'T RESPOND TO ME.

MY FAITH TELLS ME NOT TO.

SORRY, I'M JUST NERVOUS IN FRONT OF PEOPLE ALL THE TIME.

BUT I'M AN INTROVERT.

MY FAITH TELLS ME NOT TO LEAN ON MY OWN UNDERSTANDING.

SO I DO MY BEST TO HUMBLY AND GRACEFULLY LOVE MY STUDENTS REGARDLESS OF WHAT I MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND.

BUT WHEN WHAT I'M BEING ASKED TO DO CONFLICTS WITH MY PERSONAL MORALS, ETHICS, VALUES, AND EVEN WITH MY FAITH, I FEEL OBLIGATED TO SHED LIGHT ON THE TRUTH.

AND I ASK THAT THE BOARD PLEASE WORK TO PROVIDE CLEAR GUIDANCE THAT HONORS EVERYONE INVOLVED.

TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT IS DUSTIN CLARK.

MR. CLARK, I DON'T HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM ON HERE THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO.

YOU'VE CIRCLED.

YOU WROTE E, F, AND L, WHICH ARE NOT AGENDA ITEMS THAT YOU CAN SPEAK TOWARDS.

THOSE ARE PROCEDURAL.

IS M ON THERE, TOO.

YEAH. WHICH AGENDA ITEM.

M 9 AND 10. M NINE AND TEN.

IS INCLUDED IN WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

AND I DON'T SHOW THAT YOU LIST WHETHER YOU LIVE IN THE DISTRICT OR NOT.

IS THAT INFORMATION REQUIRED TO SPEAK? I'M JUST REPEATING WHAT'S ON THE FORM.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. REGARDING THE CENSURES OF TRUSTEES, THESE CENSURES ARE NOT EQUITABLE.

I DON'T SEE ANY CENSURES BEING ASKED FOR, FOR ANY OTHER TRUSTEES.

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DR. FALTYS, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT IS THE THRESHOLD FOR A TEA CONSERVATOR TO STOP THESE KINDS OF ATTACKS? YOU AND THE TEA HAVE BEEN PROVIDED A MOUNTAIN OF COMPLAINTS AND EVIDENCE OF THE LAWLESSNESS, MISCONDUCT AND POLITICAL INTIMIDATION BY FIVE OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD.

WILL THE TEA JUST SIT THERE AND WATCH THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT BE RUN INTO THE GROUND BY THESE INCOMPETENT BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT? IT'S TIME FOR THE TEA TO STEP IN AND PUT THIS BOARD UNDER A CONSERVATORSHIP.

IT IS NOT FUNCTIONING AS A BOARD.

I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GO INTO THE MOUNTAIN OF OTHER EXAMPLES, BUT ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE LIGHT IS FROM OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR A MAN GRABBED AND SHOVED A WOMAN IN THE HALLWAY. I'M SORRY, THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

BUT WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS ON THE AGENDA.

I HAVE MORE THAN WHAT IS JUST ON THERE.

SO I HAVE MULTIPLE THINGS TO TALK ABOUT SO.

SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK OF THINGS NOT ON THE AGENDA, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO PICK ONE OR THE OTHER.

SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THINGS.

WHERE DOES IT SAY I CAN ONLY PICK ONE THING? POINT OF ORDER. IT'S ACTUALLY HE CAN TALK ABOUT THINGS ON AND OFF THE AGENDA TONIGHT, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THE POSTING SAYS. BUT ACCORDING TO OUR PROCEDURES AS A BOARD, WE LET ON TOPIC SPEAKERS GO FIRST AND OFF AGENDA SPEAKERS GO SECOND.

NO. YOU GET ONE TIME TO SIGN UP.

SO YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK ON ONE AGENDA TOPIC? YOU CAN.

CAN WE GET I MEAN HE ONLY GETS ONE TIME TO SPEAK AND HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT STUFF ON THE AGENDA AND OFF THE AGENDA.

HOW MUCH TIME IS LEFT? ONE MINUTE AND 6 SECONDS.

ONE MINUTE. I'M SORRY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE ABLE TO SIGN UP TWICE.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT. NO YOU ARE ALLOWED ONE TIME TO SPEAK.

SO, I MEAN, HE NEEDS TO BE SO HISTORICALLY WE JUST LET THE SPEAKERS AT THESE MEETINGS SPEAK ON TOPIC AND OFF TOPIC BECAUSE THEY ONLY GET TO DECIDE ON ONE SO THEY CAN SPEAK ON EVERYTHING THEY WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT AT ONE TIME. I HAVEN'T SEEN A MIXTURE OF THAT BEFORE.

WELL, I HAVE.

I'VE SEEN IT MULTIPLE.

YEAH. I MEAN, IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.

VALERIE, CAN I GET YOUR OPINION ON HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED? I NEED TO LOOK AT YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES REAL QUICK.

I'M SORRY. I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

I NEED TO CHECK YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES BECAUSE I DON'T SEE WHERE IT SAYS YOU CAN MIX.

SO GIVE ME A SECOND.

CAN WE TAKE A SHORT RECESS WHILE SHE LOOKS AT THE POLICY? I'M GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO FINISH.

YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT.

IN THE FUTURE ANYONE SPEAKING ON A REGULAR BOARD MEETING, YOU SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM OR NOT AN AGENDA ITEM.

IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS BOTH, THEN YOU NEED TO SIGN UP UNDER THE NOT AGENDA ITEM PORTION OF THE AGENDA BECAUSE YOU'RE ADDRESSING THINGS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.

SO I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER.

YES. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? YOU JUST TOLD HIM HE HAD TO IF HE WAS GOING TO SPEAK ON THE TOPIC, ON AND OFF THE AGENDA THAT HE HAD TO SELECT SPEAKING OFF, WHERE IS THAT WRITTEN? WE TAKE OUR ON AGENDA SPEAKERS FIRST.

THAT IS WRITTEN.

RIGHT. WHERE DOES IT SAY THAT IF YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AND OFF THAT YOU HAVE TO SELECT OFF? WHERE IS THAT WRITTEN? I'VE READ THE BOARD AND OPERATING PROCEDURES MORE TIMES THAN I WOULD EVER WANT TO.

IT'S NOT IN THERE. TRUSTEE WESTON.

I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP THE CONSTRAINTS FAIR FOR EVERYBODY AND EQUAL.

THEN LET HIM FINISH, PLEASE.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I SAID.

THAT'S WHY I SAID. [APPLAUSE] MR. CLARK, GO AHEAD. IT'S TOUGH. I KNOW.

THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GO TO THE MOUNTAIN OF EXAMPLES, BUT ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE LIGHT IS FROM OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, A MAN GRABBED AND SHOVED A WOMAN IN THE HALLWAY DURING A BOARD CLOSED SESSION.

THIS SAME MAN FOLLOWED MY WIFE AND I OUT INTO THE PARKING LOT LATER THAT NIGHT, GOT IN MY FACE AND PROCEEDED TO VERBALLY HARASS AND SHOUT EXPLETIVES AT US.

THESE INCIDENTS WERE CAUGHT ON THE DISTRICT VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT.

WE AND THAT MAN IS HERE TONIGHT.

WE HAVE FILED POLICE REPORTS, EMAILED THIS BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT FILED A LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE MONTHS AGO THAT HAS SO FAR BEEN IGNORED.

AND DR. FALTYS, YOU ARE ALSO AWARE OF IT, BUT I GUESS THE TREND IN THIS DISTRICT IS TO CONTINUE TO HIDE INCIDENTS OF ASSAULT ON WOMEN.

THIS WOMAN MADE A POLICE REPORT BUT IS NOW TOO FEARFUL TO PRESS CHARGES AND HAS NOT BEEN BACK TO A BOARD MEETING SINCE.

ROUND ROCK ISD ATTORNEY JACOB WOOLSTON HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE BOARD HAS THE POWER TO ISSUE A NO TRESPASS WARNING.

BUT HE DOESN'T.

THIS MAN ALSO, IF IT IS THE MAN THAT WE SUSPECT THAT WE ARE PRETTY CONFIDENT IT IS HIM, HE DONATED $5,000 TO TRUSTEE HARRISON'S CAMPAIGN FUND.

IF THE MAN SUSPECTED OF ASSAULT IS CONFIRMED TO BE WHO WE ARE CERTAIN IT IS, AND HE DID IN FACT DONATE THAT MONEY.

TRUSTEE HARRISON I WOULD ASK YOU TO GIVE THAT MONEY BACK TO HIM.

[APPLAUSE] DR.

FALTYS IT'S TIME TO PUT THIS BOARD UNDER CONSERVATOR.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THE NEXT SPEAKER ON THE AGENDA IS RICKY NELSON SPEAKING ON AGENDA H 1, H 5, M 9 AND M 10.

THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN SCANDAL AFTER SCANDAL, THE COMMUNITY HAS LOST TRUST IN THE FIVE OF YOU UP HERE THAT CONTINUE TO NOT LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY. YOU PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA YESTERDAY.

RICKY NELSON.

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YOU GOT IN POINT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE ISSUES.

WE HAVE BUDGET ISSUES. WE HAVE LOW MORALE.

WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE LEAVING THAN NOT.

AND YOU FOCUS ON THINGS THAT ARE NOT DOES NOT GO TO STUDENT OUTCOMES.

AS SOMEBODY SAID EARLIER, 0% ON STUDENT OUTCOMES.

TRUSTEE HARRISON WHY ARE YOU NOT SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS? WHY CONTINUE TO PUT THINGS ON THE AGENDA, SUPPORT THEM, WANT TO VIEW THEM WHEN WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO COST MONEY AND YOU KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO INCREASE STUDENT OUTCOMES.

IF STONY POINT IS NOT BEING REPRESENTED, ISN'T THAT YOUR FAULT? WHO'S NOT REPRESENTING THEM? WHY ARE YOU NOT REPRESENTING THEM? YOU'RE HERE TO SUPPORT EVERYBODY.

NOT JUST ROBOTICS, NOT JUST WESTWOOD, NOT YOUR SPECIAL ED.

EVERYTHING'S EQUAL.

SO IF THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT FEELING SUPPORTED, DOESN'T IT FALL ON YOU? WHERE IS THE LEADERSHIP? WE ARE NOT FOCUSING ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT.

THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE OVER 5000 KIDS LEAVE THIS DISTRICT.

YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK? HOW DO YOU KNOW? HOW DO YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT MONEY AND NOT BE SUBJECT TO MORE RECAPTURE? WE NEED TO STOP SPENDING MONEY.

WE NEED TO FOCUS ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT.

YOU ARE BLEEDING THIS DISTRICT.

YOU DON'T EVEN SEE IT.

BUT YOU'RE BLEEDING.

YOU'RE CAUSING DIVISIVENESS.

YOU GET UP HERE AND YOU SCREAM AGAINST YOUR COLLEAGUES AND THROW FITS, CRY ON THE DAIS, CALL OUT SPEAKERS.

WHERE IS YOUR INTEGRITY? WE HAVE BEEN UP HERE CRYING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF RESPECT AND THEN YOU LET THE RACISM HAPPEN.

PEOPLE COME HERE CALLING US NAME AFTER NAME AFTER NAME AND YOU ALLOW IT.

WE, ON THE OTHER HAND, STAND UP HERE IN FRONT OF YOU, WANT TO ENGAGE AND YOU SHUT US DOWN EVERY TIME YOU SHUT DOWN TRUSTEE BONE AND TRUSTEE WESTON.

BUT YOU LET HIM SCREAM AND YELL AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS, DISRESPECT YOUR COWORKERS AND YOUR COLLEAGUES, AND THEN YOU WONDER WHY NOBODY TRUSTS YOU.

LET'S GET BACK TO THE BASICS.

LET'S FOCUS ON EDUCATION.

LET'S FOCUS ON HOW WE GET THOSE 5000 KIDS BACK TO THIS DISTRICT OR THERE WON'T BE A DISTRICT TO PUT BACK TOGETHER.

YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS LENAE PEARSON SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM H4.

AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT, LENAE PEARSON.

HELLO. I AM A ROUND ROCK ISD COMMUNITY MEMBER AND A 12 YEAR AND COUNTING PROPERTY TAXPAYER.

THOUGH MY TWO KIDS GRADUATED RRHS COVID 2020 AND COVID 2021.

I AM STILL INVESTED IN THIS HERE MY COMMUNITY AND I AM IN FAVOR OF HAVING TRANSPARENCY AND DISCUSSING POSSIBLY IMPLEMENTING OPEN ENROLLMENT.

AND LAST TIME I CHECKED, MY SKIN WAS BROWN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS JENNY GUSTIN SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM G3 AND I9.

HI, MY NAME IS JENNY GUSTIN AND I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ACCESS EDUCATION ROUND ROCK ISD.

WE THANK DISTRICT STAFF AT ALL LEVELS.

RECENTLY HIRED STAFF HAVE IMPROVED THE FUNCTIONING USE OF FUNDS AND THEY'RE EXPLICITLY FOCUSING ON CONTINUED IMPROVEMENTS.

WE ASK ALL TRUSTEES TO PROTECT STAFF TIME AS THEY FOCUS ON THE TAX RATE, SCHOOL STAFF SHORTAGE, SUPPORTING OUR KIDS, FINDING WAYS TO REDIRECT DISTRICT FUNDS THAT THE PREVIOUS SUPERINTENDENT, CFO AND HR DIRECTOR DID NOT.

PLEASE DON'T AUTHORIZE ANY NEW AUDITS OR LARGE SCALE INVESTIGATIONS.

THEY'RE EXPENSIVE IMPEDIMENTS TO THIS WORK.

WE ALSO ASKED FOR CLEAR AND ACCURATE, LOCALLY RELEVANT COMMUNITY EDUCATION ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES, RECAPTURE ROUND ROCK SPENDING PER STUDENT AND USE OF GOLDEN PENNIES AS COMPARED TO SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AND THE HIGHEST RATED PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND THE IMPACT OF GOLDEN PENNIES AND PROPERTY TAX ON BOTH SPENDING PER STUDENT AND THE AMOUNT TRANSFERRED OUT OF ROUND ROCK TO THE TEXAS GENERAL FUND.

SO MUCH MISLEADING INFORMATION IS GOING AROUND AND IT'LL GET WORSE AS THE ELECTION NEARS, WITH AN ESTIMATED 65.5 MILLION MORE IN TAXES WE'LL COLLECT NEXT YEAR.

ONE COULD BELIEVE THAT WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF FUNDS, BUT WE'LL ONLY GET TO KEEP 7.5 MILLION OF THAT EXTRA MONEY, ACCORDING TO FIGURES IN COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWS.

WE'LL HAVE TO PAY THE REST OF THE STATE AS RECAPTURE AND IT MIGHT NEVER BE SPENT ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

WITHOUT ACCURATE INFORMATION OUR HIGH PROPERTY VALUES COULD MAKE IT EASY TO BELIEVE THAT THE DISTRICT COULD SLASH THE TAX RATE WITHOUT IMPACTING OUR FUNDS.

BUT LOWERING THE TIER ONE M&O TAX RATE BELOW MAXIMUM COMPRESSION RATE WOULD FORFEIT MILLIONS IN TIER TWO FUNDS, AND WE'D STILL BE SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE DUE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT FORMULA.

TO ENABLE PRODUCTIVE EFFICACY AND COMBAT MISINFORMATION, ROUND ROCK NEEDS TO READILY AVAILABLE EASY TO UNDERSTAND INFORMATION ABOUT HOW LOCAL TAX DOLLARS CAN BE

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RETAINED IN THE DISTRICT.

NEXT IS LINDSEY LEAGARD SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM G3, H4, H5.

HI. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION THAT WAS POSTED ON THE AGENDA.

THIS IS AN INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE WAY TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS.

I LOVE THE IDEAS THE ADMINISTRATION HAS COME UP WITH TO IMMEDIATELY ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR STAFF LIVING IN A HIGH COST CITY BY COVERING THE COST OF INSURANCE INCREASES.

OFFERING A STIPEND TO HELP ASSIST WITH RISING HOUSING COSTS.

THIS WILL ALSO HELP RECRUIT MANY NEW TEACHERS TO OUR DISTRICT WHO MAY BE MOVING FROM OTHER AREAS.

I ESPECIALLY LOVE MODEL ONE GIVING RETENTION BONUSES TO OUR LONG SERVING TEACHERS.

I FAVORED THIS OVER THE OTHER MODELS AS OUR TENURED TEACHERS DESERVE THIS AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE.

THIS IS AN INNOVATIVE, USE OF FUND BALANCE TO RETAIN AND THANK OUR TEACHERS.

GREAT JOB ADMINISTRATION.

I ALSO THINK IT'S WORTH POINTING OUT THAT DESPITE WHAT YOU SUGGESTED, THIS BUDGET IS BASED ON A LOWER M&O.

AND I&S TAX RATE IS ALSO REALLY EASY TO CALL FOR AN EVEN LOWER TAX RATE, SUGGESTING THE STATE WILL MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE WITHOUT FULLY EXPLAINING THAT THE TEA LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO DROP OUR TAX RATES BELOW A CERTAIN AMOUNT.

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST, IF NOT THE BEST BUDGET I'VE SEEN IN OUR DISTRICT IN YEARS.

SMD LET'S AT LEAST EXPLORE IT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FORUMS AND CONVERSATIONS, NOT ABOUT IMPLEMENTING BEFORE NOVEMBER, AND THIS CAN IMPACT STUDENT OUTCOME IF WE HAVE BETTER REPRESENTATION ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.

OPEN ENROLLMENT. I REALLY SEE NO RISK IN THIS.

TAX DOLLARS FOLLOW THE STUDENTS, INCREASE ENROLLMENT, INCREASES OUR STUDENT ALLOTMENT AND ALLOWS US TO KEEP TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT WHO ARE AMAZING.

SO LONG AS IT IS IMPLEMENTED FAIRLY AN OUR RESIDENT STUDENTS ARE GIVEN FIRST PRIORITY.

THERE'S LITERALLY NO PROBLEM WITH WELCOMING NEW STUDENTS TO OUR ALREADY ESTABLISHED UNFILLED CLASSES.

AND THINK ABOUT IT IF WE HAVE CAPACITY, WE'RE ALREADY PAYING FOR MAINTENANCE OF THESE BUILDINGS AND SALARIES OF THESE TEACHERS.

REGARDLESS, WHY NOT WELCOME MORE STUDENTS? THAT WILL INCREASE OUR FUNDING FROM TEA AND BENEFIT ALL STUDENTS.

THIS THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING CAN HELP CONTRIBUTE TO BETTER STUDENT OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT AND THOSE WHO MAY TRANSFER IN.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT IS REBECCA MELLIS SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM M9.

THANK YOU. TONIGHT I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S TIME TO SANCTION WESTON.

IT'S WAY PAST TIME, ENOUGH SAID.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT IS JEREMY STOREY SPEAKING ON AGENDA M 5, M 8, M 9 AND M 10 AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

ONE MOMENT. DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER THAT BEFORE I START, OR I'M SORRY.

SAY THAT AGAIN. DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER THAT BEFORE I START.

MY TIME HASN'T STARTED YET.

DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER THAT FOR YOU? YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION.

NO, I WAS JUST REPEATING IT SAYS.

OK. AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

CAN WE START MY TIME NOW? YEAH, GO AHEAD.

OKAY. SO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW TODAY THAT WE FILED FEDERAL SUIT AGAINST FIVE OF YOU TODAY, AS WELL AS THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE POLICE CHIEF AND VARIOUS POLICE OFFICERS. WE ARE PROVIDING YOU COURTESY COPIES TODAY.

THEY'RE BEHIND YOU.

LAWYERS ARE HANDLING THE FORMAL SERVICE.

ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SEE THE INFORMATION CAN FIND IT AT RISEFORSTUDENTS.ORG.

IT HAS THE FULL SUIT.

I WANT TO READ YOU TODAY THE OPENING PAGE OF THE SUIT.

IT SAYS THAT JUSTIN STOREY AND DUSTIN CLARK COMPLAINED HERE OF FIVE RISD TRUSTEES.

THE SUPERINTENDENT AND RISD POLICE CONSPIRED TO DEPRIVE STOREY AND CLARK OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS WHEN THEY TRIED TO REVEAL DEFENDANTS ILLEGAL HIRING OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AZAIEZ EXPOSING AZAIEZ'S ASSAULT OF HIS PREGNANT EXTRAMARITAL GIRLFRIEND AFTER SHE REFUSED TO ABORT HIS UNBORN CHILD.

AND WHEN WE OBJECTED TO A TAX RATE HIRE THAT WAS ILLEGAL DURING AN EFFECTIVELY CLOSED MEETING THAT VIOLATED THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

WE SEEK DAMAGES FROM DEFENDANTS FOR CONSPIRING TO ILLEGALLY EJECT STOREY AND CLARK FROM BOARD MEETINGS, RETALIATORY ARRESTS AND RESULTING JAILING WHICH ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL EFFORTS TO PRESERVE YOUR UNQUESTIONED FIEFDOM.

PLAINTIFFS ALSO ASK THE COURT TO ENJOIN RISD MEETING RULES ON SPEECH AND SPACING, AS WELL AS FIEFDOM CONTRACT AND TAX EXPENDITURES UNTIL IT CONDUCTS A PROPER TAX HIKE HEARING.

AND SO WHAT HAPPENED TO US? THIS ALL HAPPENED TO US ON BEHALF OF YOU GUYS, BUT IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT US, IT'S ABOUT PARENTS, IT'S ABOUT TEACHERS, IT'S ABOUT STUDENTS.

BECAUSE CORRUPTION AT THE TOP AFFECTS THE OUTCOMES AT THE BOTTOM.

SOME OF THE THINGS OUTLINED IN THIS SUIT, WHETHER YOU HAD THE OFFICERS TARGET, ME AND DUSTIN, YOU CONSPIRE TO COVER UP THE WRONGDOING OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.

YOU ALSO TRIED TO COVER UP YOUR OWN ACTIONS, WHICH PRECIPITATED THE SUPERINTENDENT'S AGGRESSION AGAINST A WOMAN.

YOU COVERED UP YOUR OWN WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT UNLAWFUL ADVANTAGE DURING THE HIRING PROCESS AND ARE STILL TRYING TO DO THAT TODAY.

YOU ALSO ARE TRYING TO BLOCK BONE AND WESTON FROM PUTTING THINGS ON AGENDAS.

YOU DID THAT ILLEGALLY FOR QUITE A WHILE.

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A JUDGE TOLD YOU TO STOP TRYING TO CENSURE, YET YOU ARE DOING IT AGAIN TODAY.

YOU BROUGHT THE SUPERINTENDENT BACK BY READING A MESSAGE FROM HIS OWN LAWYER, BUT DIDN'T SAY THAT IT WAS FROM HIS OWN LAWYER.

VINDICATED. YOUR TIME IS UP.

THE TEA THE TRAVIS COUNTY.

YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TIME IS EXPIRED.

YOUR TIME IS UP.

LAST NIGHT I STOOD UP HERE AND SAID, THERE SEEMS TO BE A REAL DISCONNECT BETWEEN THIS BOARD AND THE ROUND ROCK ISD COMMUNITY.

I WAS TRYING TO USE SOME NICE WORDS AND GIVE YOU GUYS THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.

AND THEN I SAT AND WATCHED THE BOARD BLATANTLY DISREGARD THE COMMUNITY OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

AND SO TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY, WITHOUT A DOUBT, A SIGNIFICANT DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THIS COMMUNITY.

AND SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SMD'S AGAIN.

WEIR AND VESSA REALLY, REALLY WANT SMDS LIKE RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S A LITTLE SUS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO BOTH UP FOR REELECTION AND IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO JUSTIFY THIS RUSHED RADICAL CHANGE TO OUR NOVEMBER ELECTION.

THEY BOTH SAID THAT THEY ARE PAINFULLY AWARE OF SCHOOLS, STUDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE DESPERATE FOR REPRESENTATION.

TRUSTEE WEIR WAS ESPECIALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE STARTING POINT LEARNING COMMUNITY BECAUSE SHE SEES HOW THE BOARD IS FAILING THEM JUST LIKE IT DID MCNEIL.

AND SO MY QUESTION TO BOTH OF YOU IS THIS.

WHY AREN'T YOU HELPING THEM RIGHT NOW? IF YOU SEE A PROBLEM LIKE TODAY, FIX IT.

AND BY FIX IT, I MEAN, ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING.

DON'T PUT THE PROBLEM IN YOUR POCKET AND HOLD ON TO IT UNTIL PULLING IT OUT CAN HELP YOUR REELECTION CAMPAIGN.

BECAUSE OOF THOSE REELECTION CAMPAIGNS ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE ROUGH WITHOUT SMD'S, ESPECIALLY AFTER YOU STRAIGHT UP LIED TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THAT WHOLE AZAIEZ COVER UP THING. I MEAN, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SPEND THAT? TRAVIS COUNTY SAID THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL OPEN.

THEY EVEN PUT IT IN WRITING.

YOU WENT TO LAW SCHOOL, YOU HAD TO KNOW THAT THAT LETTER FROM [INAUDIBLE] WAS WORTHLESS.

I KNEW IT WAS WORTHLESS.

THE COMMUNITY KNEW IT WAS WORTHLESS.

TRUSTEE VESSA SHOULD HAVE KNOWN IT WAS WORTHLESS.

BUT HERE WE ARE.

I ALMOST FEEL SORRY FOR HER SOMETIMES, BUT ANYONE PRAYING FOR A REASON TO KEEP AN UNREPENTANT ABUSER IN CHARGE OF MY CHILDREN DOESN'T DESERVE MY PITY.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT IS ROB LEMS SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM M9 AND M10.

MY KIDS HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

I'VE BEEN COMING TO THESE MEETINGS FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW AND THE ONLY THING I CAN GATHER IS THAT YOU FIVE HATE KIDS.

BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE TRY TO DO SOMETHING TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS OUTCOMES, YOU GUYS GO AGAINST IT.

YOU GUYS HAVE VOTED IN EVERY POLICY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD ULTIMATE CONTROL.

OBVIOUSLY, YOUR POLICIES SUCK BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN AND IT IS EVEN WORSE ON THE LOWER INCOME FAMILIES THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE PARENTAL SUPPORT TO HELP THEIR KIDS.

THEY ARE FALLING BEHIND.

I GUESS YOU GUYS DON'T CARE ABOUT THE TEST SCORES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY CONCLUSION THAT ONE COULD COME TO.

I FULLY SUPPORT DANIELLE WESTON AND MARY BONE.

THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR KIDS AND FIGHTING FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE EYE ROLLS CONTINUE.

YOU GUYS ARE APPALLING TO THIS COMMUNITY.

YOU DON'T LISTEN TO US.

YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE CHILDREN.

I DEMAND THAT YOU RESIGN RIGHT NOW.

YOU GUYS ARE APPALLING AND IT'S JUST SICKENING TO WATCH THIS.

[APPLAUSE] WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT IS MELISSA WELCHLEY SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEMS H 2 THROUGH 6.

I 6 THROUGH 10 AND M9 AND 10.

HI. MY NAME IS MELISSA WELCHLEY.

MELISSA WELCHLEY.

THAT C H IS A KAH SOUND.

I KNOW. THANK YOU FOR.

HOLD ON. SORRY.

ANYWAY, I WASN'T GOING TO COME TONIGHT.

I'M CLEARLY RECOVERING FROM AN ANKLE INJURY.

I SHOULDN'T BE UP HERE ON MY FEET.

BUT AFTER WHAT I HEARD LAST NIGHT, I FELT REALLY COMPELLED TO COME AND SPEAK.

IF YOU THINK THAT THE REPRESENTATION OF THE DISTRICT IS REPRESENTED BY WHO YOU SEE OUT HERE, YOU NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE DISTRICT.

IF YOU THINK THAT WE ONLY DESERVE REPRESENTATION.

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IF WE CAN COME OUT HERE ON A THURSDAY NIGHT AT 5:30, YOU NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE DISTRICT.

THESE PEOPLE DON'T REPRESENT ME.

THEY DO NOT SHARE MY BELIEFS.

SHOCKER. I'M NOT A CHRISTIAN AND NOT EVERYBODY IN THIS DISTRICT IS A CHRISTIAN.

SO I DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE I SHOULD HAVE CHRISTIAN VALUES PUSHED ON ME AND MY KIDS.

THEY ARE NOT MY BELIEFS.

I THOUGHT PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE FOR FREEDOM FROM RELIGION, SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.

YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO HAVE CHRISTIAN OVERSIGHT, SEND THEM TO A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.

BEYOND THAT, MARY BONE, DANIELLE WESTON 100% AGREE WITH CENSURE.

THEY GO AROUND SPREADING LIES AND MISINFORMATION AND GET THESE NICE PEOPLE ALL RILED UP FOR NO REASON.

UNBELIEVABLE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.

GO AHEAD AND LAUGH AT ME.

I DON'T CARE. I THINK SOME OF THE CHRISTIANS IN THIS AUDIENCE NEED TO TAKE A GOOD, HARD LOOK AT THEMSELVES AND WHO JESUS WAS. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

NEXT IS CLAUDIA CHAVEZ SPEAKING ON AGENDA M9.

AND YOU DO NOT LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

IF ANYONE HASN'T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION OR LACKS THE FUNDAMENTAL BASICS OF HISTORY.

WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY IS ALMOST A PLAY BY PLAY OF HOW A BAD HISTORY BEGINS.

AND IF FIVE OF YOU ARE.

AND THAT FIVE OF YOU ARE PART OF IT.

DO WE HAVE A REASON WHY DANIELLE IS UP FOR CENSURE? WHY IS IT BECAUSE SHE BELIEVES THAT AS A PARENT, A CHOICE TO CHOOSE WHETHER THEIR CHILD WEARS A MASK OR NOT? IS IT BECAUSE DANIELLE WANTS PARENTS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE BOARD MEETINGS IN PERSON? COULD IT BE BECAUSE SHE POINTED OUT THAT THE FIVE OF YOU WANTED TO HIRE A MAN WHO DISGRACED HIMSELF, HIS FAMILY, AND ALL OF YOU? THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE CAN GET BEHIND.

THESE ARE NONPARTISAN ISSUES.

THESE ISSUES AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ARE FOR EVERYONE.

BUT I GET IT.

THERE ARE SOME OF YOU ON THE BOARD IN THIS ROOM AND WATCHING WHO BELIEVE THAT YOU GUYS ARE THE MORAL ARBITERS OF THE UNIVERSE AND YOU'RE NOT.

WHEN YOU ENTER THIS BUILDING, IT STATES EVERYONE BELONGS AND IT SHOULD FEEL THAT WAY.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT HAS BECOME EVIDENT THAT THOSE ARE JUST WORDS, BECAUSE THE MINUTE SOMEONE COMES UP TO SPEAK WITH OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS, THE DEHUMANIZING AND LABELING BEGINS.

AGAIN, A TRAGIC HISTORY OF A TRAGIC HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF.

DANIELLE, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TODAY, I NEED YOU TO KNOW THAT THEY DON'T HATE YOU AND MARY AND MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE TAKEN A STAND BEFORE YOU WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS BECAUSE IT'S JUST BECAUSE IT'S YOU.

IT'S NOTHING LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT CLAIM TO STAND BY THE CONSTITUTION OR CLAIM TO BE CHRISTIANS.

THEY HATE WHAT YOU POSSESS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THEY DON'T HAVE.

AND THAT'S COURAGE.

THE LONGER YOU STAND, THE MORE YOU PUT THEM TO SHAME BECAUSE THEY HAVE CHOSEN COMPROMISE.

DANIELLE MARY, YOU ARE PART OF THE ELECTED AND YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN NOT BECAUSE YOU ARE BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE, BUT BECAUSE GOD KNEW AND FORESAW THAT HE COULD DEPEND ON YOU TO STAND WITH HIM AND DO THE RIGHT THING.

GOD BLESS YOU BOTH.

AND IF YOU END UP CENSURED THIS EVENING, WEAR IT AS A BADGE OF HONOR.

TO MY CONSERVATIVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

NOT EVERYONE, BUT MANY OF YOU HAVE HAVE A SAVIOR COMPLEX.

NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN FROM THE SCHOOL BOARDS AND CITY COUNCILS.

NEXT IS ALAN MARTINSON.

YES. I DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. SO REGARDING THOSE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS.

I WAS HERE LAST NIGHT.

I DIDN'T SPEAK. I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATIONS.

BOTH SIDES ACTUALLY MADE VERY INTERESTING POINTS.

I APPRECIATE THOSE.

THE TIMING SEEMS VERY SUSPICIOUS TO ME, THOUGH.

SO WHY NOW? WHY NOT LAST ELECTION? IT WAS SAID THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TRYING TO FORCE OUT THE NEWLY ELECTED TRUSTEES.

BUT THEN YOU HAVE ITEMS NINE AND TEN ON THIS SAME AGENDA.

SO I FIND THIS APOCRYPHAL.

SO LAST NIGHT IT WAS SAID THAT BEING A TRUSTEE IS LIKE HAVING A A FULL TIME JOB.

AND I BELIEVE THAT.

RIGHT. SO IT'S CLEAR YOU HAVE A LOT GOING ON.

IT'S CLEAR EVEN TONIGHT, THE AGENDA IS INCREDIBLY YOU HAVE AN INCREDIBLY LONG AGENDA.

I BELIEVE THOSE WERE THE WORDS.

WE ALL AGREE.

AND THEN I WAS ASKED IF STUDENTS SPEAKING TIME SHOULD BE REDUCED.

IF I HEARD CORRECTLY, I MAY HAVE I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT SHOULD SPEAKING TIMES BE REDUCED? AND IT WAS.

I THINK I HEARD THAT.

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BUT ANYWAY. IF I HEARD THAT, I'D BE FLABBERGASTED.

SUGGESTING TAKING THEIR TIME.

IT'S THEY'RE INCREDIBLY BRAVE FOR COMING OUT HERE AND SPEAKING.

THAT'S KIND OF.

WELL, ANYWAY, I WILL MOVE ON.

I SUGGEST YOU FOCUS ON WHAT BENEFITS THE STUDENTS FOCUS ON EDUCATION.

THE SMD DISCUSSION MAY BE VERY, VERY VALID.

I SUPPORT SPEAKING ABOUT THAT, BUT IT CAN WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION.

NEXT IS LINDA AVILA SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM H 2.

I DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT AND I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO TALK ON H2.

BUT REALLY QUICKLY, I WANT TO SAY THAT IF YOU DEFEND MY KIDS AGAINST THAT WHITE GUY WHO WAS CALLING ME A RACIST, YOU DON'T DO IT BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T DEFEND ME.

I SAT THERE AND HE JUST WENT ON AND ON.

I DON'T LOOK WHITE.

AND I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING, MISS HARRISON, THAT YOU ALIGN WITH THAT ANTIFA WEARING T SHIRT.

SO ANYWAY, I'M ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT ISN'T MY OPINION.

PRESIDENT FELLER THIS IS FALTY'S REPORT AND IT'S A LOT.

YOU CAN MEET ME OUTSIDE IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT, BUT I'M GOING TO JUST READ THE NARRATIVE IF I CAN FIND IT REALLY QUICKLY, BECAUSE I'M SO ANGRY AT THIS POINT.

MY GOSH, I'M LOSING MY 2 MINUTES.

THE BOARD CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE WITH EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND WORKING AS A TEAM.

THIS MONTH THEY HAVE WORKED AT MAINTAINING DECORUM IN OPEN AND EXECUTIVE SESSION TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.

MANY CONVERSATIONS OCCUR THAT ARE NOT CONDUCIVE TO MEETING THE GOAL OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, AND THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE MOVEMENT TOWARD COMPROMISE AND WORKING TOGETHER.

THE BOARD SCHEDULED A MEETING TO REVIEW AND ADOPT THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES IN APRIL ON THE 25TH, BUT IT HAD TO BE CANCELED DUE TO A LACK OF QUORUM.

THEY HAD ALSO SCHEDULED A TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING THAT SHOULD ALLOW FOR OPEN COMMUNICATION AND WORKING TOGETHER ON THE SAME PAGE AS A BOARD.

THE BOARD DID A LITTLE BETTER WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY SPENT FOCUSING ON STUDENT OUTCOMES.

I HAVE INCLUDED THE MARCH 30TH TIME TRACKER WITH THIS REPORT.

THERE WAS A QUESTION FROM TRUSTEES REGARDING UPPER LEVEL STAFFING, LEAVING THE DISTRICT AND CONCERNS OVER WHAT MAY CAUSE THIS EXODUS.

DID THE TEACHERS HEAR THAT? UPPER LEVEL STAFFING.

THE FACT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT.

KEEP THAT IN MIND.

SO I SPOKE WITH FOUR OF THE SEVEN STAFF MEMBERS WHO LEFT, AND THEY EACH STATED THEIR PRIMARY CONCERN WERE OVER BOARD BEHAVIOR TOWARDS STAFF AND TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER.

I ALSO SPOKE ON TWO OCCASIONS.

YOUR TIME'S UP. THANK YOU. I'M OUTSIDE IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS MARCUS BARTON SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM M9.

OH, SORRY. THIS IS A VIRTUAL SPEAKER.

MARCUS BARTON.

WE ARE MOVING TO VIRTUAL SPEAKERS FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.

MARCUS BARTON SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM M9.

HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT I PUT DOWN THAT I WAS DOING A VIRTUAL.

SHOULD I CONTINUE. OR WAIT UNTIL.

I'M SORRY. SAY THAT AGAIN, MR. BARTON. I APOLOGIZE. I WAS DISTRACTED.

OH, I THOUGHT I PUT IT DOWN AS VIRTUAL, BUT I CAN WAIT.

YOU DID? YOU DID.

WE ARE. WE ARE MOVING OVER TO VIRTUAL SPEAKERS.

SO YOU'RE OUR FIRST VIRTUAL SPEAKER TONIGHT.

OKAY, GREAT. GREAT.

THANK YOU. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THAT I AM NOT A RELIGIOUS PERSON EITHER, BUT I DO BELIEVE IN MATTHEW 5:9 THAT BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS.

NOW, BEFORE DISCUSSING THE ATTEMPT TO CENSURE TRUSTEE BONE AND WESTON, I WANT YOU TO TAKE A FEW THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE YOU COME TO A DECISION.

ROUND ROCK ISD IS SITTING AT A PRECIPICE.

THE COURT CASE FROM LAST MONTH WAS DISMISSED BECAUSE THEY FILED A SUIT BEFORE YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO IMPOSE THE CENSURE.

NOW, IF YOU ATTEMPT THIS AGAIN AND ARE SUCCESSFUL, THIS WILL GO BACK TO THE COURT.

AND I MUST ADMIT THAT THE EVIDENCE THAT CAME OUT DURING THAT HEARING WAS QUITE DAMNING FOR THE BOARD AS A WHOLE.

WAS WHAT TRUSTEES BONE AND WESTON DID, RIGHT? MAYBE. MAYBE NOT.

SHOULD THEY FACE REPRIMAND? MAYBE. MAYBE NOT.

BUT NOT TO THE EXTENT TO WHAT YOU WANT.

IT'S HUMILIATING AND WILL LOOK VERY BAD FOR YOU IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION.

IT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE TO OUR KIDS THAT IF YOU, AND SEVERAL OF YOUR FRIENDS DISAGREE WITH A SMALLER GROUP OF STUDENTS, THEN YOU CAN JUST BULLY THEM INTO COMPLIANCE.

WHAT THIS BOARD IS FACING RIGHT NOW IS MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION.

AND MY FATHER TAUGHT ME THAT WHEN TWO SIDES ARE AT THIS POINT IN THE WAR, THE WINNER IS THE PERSON THAT PUTS THEIR WEAPONS DOWN FIRST.

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YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS, BUT DO YOU HAVE THE COMPASSION? IF YOU CAN'T RESOLVE THIS AMICABLY WITHOUT INVOLVING THE COURTS OR OUR TAX DOLLARS THEN JUST DROP IT.

AVOID THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE THAT WILL BE INFLICTED ON THIS DISTRICT.

I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 20 YEARS, AND IN THAT TIME THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN ARGUMENT THAT WAS RESOLVED BY MORE ARGUING.

WHEN WE HIT AN IMPASSE, WE REALIZED THAT SOMETIMES WE WERE BOTH AT FAULT AND CHALKED IT UP TO MISCOMMUNICATION.

I IMPLORE YOU TO DO THAT NOW.

AND CHALK THIS UP TO A MISCOMMUNICATION.

SHAKE HANDS AND USE YOUR GOD GIVEN TALENTS TO GET BACK TO WORK FOR ALL.

IF YOU FEEL SOMETHING MUST BE DONE, THEN LIMIT THIS TO A LETTER OF REPRIMAND AND LEAVE IT AT THAT.

EVERYONE WHO'S VOTING THIS FALL IS WATCHING THE OUTCOME OF THIS DECISION.

WILL YOU CONTINUE TO WAGE YOUR WAR AGAINST THE MINORITY, OR WILL YOU TAKE THE LEAD TOWARDS CIVILITY? THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

KATHARINE LEE, YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

NEXT IS KATHARINE LEE.

BUT I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR.

KATHARINE LEE, ARE YOU ONLINE? DOES ANYBODY SEE HER NAME UP THERE.

I DON'T SEE IT. WE WILL COME BACK.

NEXT IS ROBIN HOENIG SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM H 2, M 9, M 10, H6, G3, I9.

AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT? I DO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND FOR YOUR TIME.

I'M GOING TO SKIP H 6 TO SAVE YOU GUYS SOME TIME.

REGARDING THE WEAKNESSES THAT DR.

FALTYS POINTED OUT IN HIS EVALUATION, I HOPE THAT HE HAS NOTICED THAT THOSE AREAS OF STRUGGLE ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO AGENDA ITEMS M 9 AND M 10, AND THE SUBJECTS OF THOSE AGENDA ITEMS. TRUSTEES, WESTON AND BONE MUST BE CENSURED REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS G 3 AND I 9.

IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THE DISTRICT EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON HOW THE TAX RATE RECAPTURE AND TIERED FUNDING WORK AND MAKE THAT INFORMATION EASILY AVAILABLE ONLINE.

MISINFORMATION ABOUT TAXES TRAVELS FAST IN ELECTION YEARS, AND WE NEED AN INFORMED ELECTORATE TO ACT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR KIDS AND OUR COMMUNITY.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT IS ED WU SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM G 3.

YES, I DO. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU. MR. MARCUS BARTON DID A WONDERFUL SPEECH.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ED WU, I'M A WESTWOOD PARENT.

I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF 130 PLUS WESTWOOD PARENTS TONIGHT.

FIRST OF ALL, WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH EACH OTHER.

BUT DON'T FORGET THAT WE ARE COUNTING ON ALL OF YOU TO LEAD OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE REASON I CHOSE TO COME IN ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET TODAY IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE VERY WELL COMPENSATED.

WE SHOULD DO MORE AND THAT SHOULD BE OUR FIRST PRIORITY.

BUT THE ISSUE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TODAY IS CERTAINLY MORE THAN THE BUDGET.

I WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT OUR WESTWOOD PARENTS ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE THE SCHOOL IS GOING.

THERE IS A MASS EXODUS OF OUR BELOVED AND THE SEASONED TEACHERS ARE LEAVING.

MOST OF THEM DIDN'T WANT TO.

ACCORDING TO OUR INCOMPLETE DATA.

13 TEACHERS HAVE RESIGNED, INCLUDING 8 OUT OF 21 TEACHERS.

THAT'S 40% OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT.

MULTIPLE TEACHERS HAVE VOICED THEIR CONCERN ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP AND THE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT SINCE FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, WHERE THEY NO LONGER FEEL THAT THEY CAN BE VALUED, RESPECTED AND EVEN HEARD.

BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.

I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT PERSONALLY, I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL, SO THAT'S MY FAULT.

BUT THIS IS MY WAKE UP CALL.

WE FEEL THAT THE TEACHERS ARE FED UP.

THE PARENTS ARE CONCERNED.

IF WE DO NOT DO ANYTHING AND GET IT RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO LOSE MORE TEACHERS QUICKLY.

SO IN THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS, OUR COMMUNITY HAS SENT COUNTLESS EMAILS TO THE TEACHERS WHO ARE LEAVING TO BEG THEM TO STAY.

I POST A LETTER ON THE ROUND ROCK ISD FACEBOOK PAGE.

WE ARE WILLING TO HELP.

SO PLEASE THE BOARD DO SOMETHING TO HELP AND LET US KNOW.

HOW CAN I HELP? THANK YOU.

NEXT IS JANE PAN SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM G3.

AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT, JANE PAN.

YEAH. MY KID IS AN EIGHTH GRADER [INAUDIBLE] FAMILY MOVED TO THIS AREA RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

[INAUDIBLE] JUST LIKE THIS FOR MANY OTHERS.

MY KIDS STRUGGLED TO MAKE FRIENDS AND LEARN VIRTUALLY.

SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT EVERYTHING IS ALMOST BACK TO NORMAL FINALLY.

MY KID IS ALL THRILLED.

SHE WILL BE ENTERING WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL IN LESS THAN 100 DAYS.

HOWEVER, RIGHT UP TO THE TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK, WE HEARD MANY OF THE WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS RESIGNED OR PLANNED NOT COMING

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BACK FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

SO MY KID HEARD LOTS OF THESE NAMES FROM SCHOOLMATES ALL THE TIME AND DREAMED OF SITTING IN THEIR CLASSROOMS OF A TEACHER'S HAVING PROFESSIONAL RESILIENCE AND DEDICATED TO THEIR STUDENTS DURING THESE WHILE TWO SCHOOL YEARS.

REGARDLESS OF TEACHING PERSON OUR VIRTUAL CLASSROOM SETTINGS WERE SHOCKED THAT THEY DECIDED TO LEAVE AFTER WE'VE GONE THIS FAR TOGETHER.

SO TO THE WAY ADMINISTRATION AND PARENTS REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR HARD WORK.

DID WE DO ENOUGH TO RETAIN OUR TEACHERS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS? SO I'M CONCERNED THAT HIGHER TEACHER TURNOVER RATES CAN NEGATIVELY IMPACT STUDENT RETENTION AND THE DAMAGE THE SCHOOL REPUTATION.

TEACHERS NOT ONLY TEACHING OUR CLASSROOM SETTING, BUT ALSO SPONSOR AFTERSCHOOL CLUBS, ACTIVITIES, EVENTS AND SO MUCH MORE.

WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE SO MANY GREAT TEACHERS, PARTICULARLY IN SUCH A SPECIAL TIME.

SO I URGE EVERYONE, ALL THE PARENTS, STUDENTS, ADMINISTRATION, TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS.

PLEASE FIND A SOLUTION TO RAISE THEIR SALARIES, BENEFITS SO THEY CAN AFFORD THE HIGH COST OF LIVING IN AUSTIN.

AND PLEASE RESPECT THEM.

AND PLEASE DO YOUR BEST TO KEEP THEM TO STAY.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT IS ORLANDO SALINAS.

I DO SEE THAT YOU'RE HERE IN PERSON AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM H FOUR AND H FIVE.

CAN YOU TEST THE MICROPHONE? USUALLY THEY TURN THEM OFF ALL WE'RE DOING.

SO MAKE SURE THE MICROPHONE IS WORKING.

ABSOLUTELY MA'AM.

TEST. TEST. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES, GO AHEAD.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, BOARD, FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

I WANT TO JUST TAKE A DEEP BREATH IN.

AND A DEEP BREATH OUT.

THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY THE COMMUNITY TONIGHT.

JOHN F. KENNEDY JR.

SAID WHEN WE WERE GOING TO THE MOON THAT WE DO IT NOT BECAUSE IT'S EASY, BUT BECAUSE IT'S HARD.

I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERY ONE OF THE SEVEN TRUSTEES FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BECAUSE I DO REALIZE IT'S HARD.

WHEN YOU SIGNED UP TO RUN AS A ROUND ROCK ISD TRUSTEE, YOU SIGNED UP BECAUSE IT WAS HARD.

AND SO I IMPLORE YOU TO WORK TOGETHER AND FOCUS ON STUDENT OUTCOMES.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.

MAYBE THERE IS A TIME FOR DISCUSSION BASED OFF OF WHAT I HEARD LAST NIGHT ON SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS.

THE SENTIMENT, AT LEAST FOR MYSELF AND I BELIEVE MANY MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY IS NOT NO.

I WOULD VOTE AND SAY THERE SHOULD BE A MOTION THAT WE PURSUE THAT DATA AND INVESTIGATION AND LEAVE ALL DECISIONS UNTIL AFTER THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

THAT'S A PERFECTLY PLAUSIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE TYPE SOLUTION.

ANOTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE OPEN ENROLLMENT.

PERHAPS WE'RE LOSING SO MANY STUDENTS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE PROBLEM.

WE NEED TO IDENTIFY THROUGH A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS WHY THESE CHILDREN ARE LEAVING.

AN EXODUS OF 5,200 CHILDREN IS A VERY BIG DEAL.

AND JUST SWITCHING TO OPEN ENROLLMENT IS LIKE ADDING MORE GAS INTO YOUR GAS TANK.

WHEN YOU HAVE A LEAK IN YOUR GAS TANK, IT DOESN'T ULTIMATELY SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AND THINK INNOVATIVELY.

WE'VE HAD 5200 STUDENTS LEAVE THE DISTRICT.

DO WE NEED AS MANY BUILDINGS? MAYBE WE COULD SELL OFF A BUILDING AND REDUCE SOME OF THE OVERHEAD COSTS.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT INSTEAD OF CENSURING ONE ANOTHER, POINTING FINGERS AT ONE ANOTHER, ARGUING IN FRONT OF THE AUDIENCE.

ALL WE WANT TO SEE IS YOU FOCUSING ON STUDENT OUTCOMES.

WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE IN THE 21ST CENTURY ENVIRONMENT.

WE HAVE EXCELLENT COMPANIES HERE.

LET'S [INAUDIBLE] THE STUDENTS WORK TOGETHER.

NEXT IS CT LLOYD SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM H1, H5, M9, M10.

AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT AND WE'RE BACK TO VIRTUAL.

MA'AM NEXT I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY.

YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL IT'S YOUR TURN.

WHEN WE GET TO OFF AGENDA SPEAKERS, WE WILL CALL.

CT LLOYD.

OKAY. WE'LL COME BACK.

YES I'M HERE.

I'M HERE. OKAY, GO AHEAD.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO UNMUTE ME.

YES. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.

I'M GOING TO LIMIT IT TO JUST H4 AND H5 PRIMARILY.

AND M9 AND 10.

H4 OPEN ENROLLMENT I AM OPPOSED.

WHY INVITE OTHER STUDENTS INTO THE DISTRICT WHEN YOU SEEMINGLY ARE UNABLE TO MANAGE THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE? AS MANY HAVE DISCUSSED ALREADY THIS EVENING, THE NUMEROUS AMOUNTS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE LEAVING THE DISTRICT.

ON H 5 SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS AS REQUESTED BY TRUSTEE VESSA.

I AM OPPOSED.

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WHY NOW? THAT QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED BY SEVERAL OTHER FOLKS.

THE QUESTION AGAIN, WHY NOW? WHY NOT ALLOW IT TO BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT AS AN INITIATIVE TO BE VOTED ON VERSUS Y'ALL DETERMINING IN MID ELECTION YEAR THAT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO DO.

FINALLY, M 9 AND 10, THE DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO SANCTIONING TRUSTEES WESTON AND BONE.

I THINK YOU'VE SPENT ENOUGH TIME ON THIS.

YOU HAD A RULING BY DISTRICT JUDGE BETSY LAMBETH THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON, FIVE OF THE FIVE DEFENDANTS COULDN'T MAKE IT TO HEAR HER ACTUAL RULING.

SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME TO READ A PORTION OF THAT RULING.

EACH OF YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED TO LEAD.

WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY? 30 SECONDS.

STUDENTS. EXCUSE ME.

THAT WAS A MINUTE AND A HALF.

YES, SIR, IT WAS.

AND COUNTING.

EACH OF YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED TO LEAD.

WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY? STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, ADMINISTRATORS, THE COMMUNITIES THAT YOU SERVE AND THE LARGER COMMUNITY, THEY'RE ALL WATCHING.

I'VE HEARD THEIR COMMENTS.

THEY'RE WATCHING TO SEE HOW THE ROUND ROCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL BOARD WILL EMERGE FROM THIS CONFLICT.

WHAT LESSON ARE YOU PREPARED TO TEACH BY YOUR ACTIONS? WILL YOU TEACH HUMILITY, FORGIVENESS, TEAMWORK, OR WILL YOU BE REMEMBERED.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING TODAY.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT IS EDWARD LOXLEY SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM M5.

I DON'T SEE HIM ON THE AGENDA RIGHT NOW.

EDWARD LOXLEY M5.

I MEAN, ON THE SIGN UP SHEET.

NEXT IS SHAUNA CUNNINGHAM SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM H 5.

YES, I DO. TO SAY I'M DISAPPOINTED WITH THE ACTIONS OF FIVE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

AT THIS POINT. I BELIEVE THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO GO UNDER CONSERVATORSHIP, ESPECIALLY BASED ON THE REPORT THAT LINDA MENTIONED EARLIER.

REGARDING THE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU NOT RUSH THIS DECISION AND DO SOME MORE RESEARCH AND GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED.

WE ALL SAW WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU RUSH THE HIRING OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND REFUSED TO LET THE COMMUNITY BE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.

HAVE YOU LEARNED NOTHING IN THIS LAST YEAR? YOU'RE RUSHING THROUGH SUCH A MAJOR CHANGE LIKE THAT RIGHT BEFORE AN UPCOMING ELECTION IS DEFINITELY COMES OFF AS A POLITICAL TACTIC AND NOT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE STUDENTS.

REGARDING THE OPEN ENROLLMENT OPENING OF ENROLLMENT TO NON TAXPAYER RESIDENTS OF ROUND ROCK, IT DOESN'T ADDRESS AT ALL WHY OUR OWN RESIDENTS ARE FLEEING THIS SCHOOL AT AN ALARMING RATE, JUST LIKE I DID WITH MY CHILDREN.

AND LET ME CLUE YOU IN, IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE BOARD AND HOW YOU'RE DESTROYING THIS DISTRICT.

THAT'S WHY I TOOK MY KIDS OUT AND WHY A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS DID, TOO.

YOU BROUGHT SHAME WITH ALL THIS NEGATIVE MEDIA ATTENTION SURROUNDING THE SUPERINTENDENT SCANDAL, AND YOU KEEP JUST DIGGING A DEEPER HOLE.

I FULLY SUPPORT WESTON AND BONE, AND SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT IS MARSHA STRICKLER.

SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM M8 AND M10.

I'M HERE. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF A MESSAGE FROM JUDGE BETSY LAMBETH, SINCE YOU BOARD TRUSTEES DID NOT BOTHER TO ATTEND THAT HEARING.

MARSHA STRICKLER.

TRIAL COURT CASE NUMBER 21-1561-395 ON APRIL 6, 2022.

I THINK LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, LIKE YOU AND I, HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH DUTIES THAT FIVE YEARS AGO WERE COMPLETELY UNIMAGINABLE.

AND IN PERFORMING THOSE DUTIES, SOMETIMES WE FLOURISHED AND SOMETIMES WE FLOUNDERED.

WE'RE HUMAN. I ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU, EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES, AS TO MOVE FORWARD, TO CONSIDER HOW YOUR LEADERSHIP, HOW YOUR EXAMPLE WILL EMPOWER STUDENTS FOR LIFE.

YOU'VE BEEN PRESENTED WITH A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY OF HOW TO BE AN EXAMPLE AND HOW TO ACT IN REALLY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.

MR. LLOYD READ THE NEXT PARAGRAPH.

I'LL SKIP IT. WHAT LESSONS ARE YOU PREPARED TO TEACH? BY YOUR ACTIONS WILL YOU TEACH HUMILITY, FORGIVENESS AND TEAMWORK, OR WILL YOU BE REMEMBERED FOR YOUR BITTERNESS, ANGER AND HATRED? AND THIS IS THE HARD STUFF.

THESE SKILLS ARE THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS THAT OUR STUDENTS AND WE NEED IN ORDER TO THRIVE IN THE DIVERSE AND EVER CHANGING WORLD.

EVERY DAY ON THE BENCH, I DEAL WITH CONFLICT.

I SEE THOSE THAT MANAGE CONFLICT AND I SEE THOSE THAT ALLOW CONFLICT TO DESTROY THEM AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

I SEE THE EFFECTS OF CONFLICT ON CHILDREN.

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THE AMOUNT OF MONEY DIVERTED FROM CHILDREN TO MAINTAIN CONFLICT IS STAGGERING.

THIS COMMUNITY ENTRUSTED YOU.

THEY ENTRUSTED YOU WITH THEIR MONEY AND THEIR CHILDREN.

30 SECOND. AND THEY WANT YOU TO LEAD WITH WISDOM AND HUMILITY.

WISDOM DOESN'T DEGRADE OTHERS, AND IT REQUIRES, OH, SO MUCH HUMILITY AND PATIENCE.

JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD.

I CHALLENGE YOU IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.

WHAT IF YOUR RESPONSES TO THIS PROCESS WERE TO IGNITE DINNERTIME CONVERSATION? WHAT IF FOUR OF YOU OPPOSING SIDES WENT TO A CLASSROOM AND YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU GOT INTO THIS CONFLICT AND HOW ANGRY YOU WERE AND HOW HURT YOU WERE? TIME'S UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] NEXT IS JACK CHILES SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM H6, M7, M9, M10.

THERE WE GO. SORRY ABOUT THAT. MUTED.

JACK CHILDS.

I DO. AND WHILE H6 HAS BEEN DISMISSED FOR THE EVENING, I WILL MAKE THIS SIMPLE.

WE HAVE SEVERAL AGENTS PROVOCATEURS IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT, IT SEEMS, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ZOOM PICTURE.

OUR FRIENDS AND MOMS FOR LIBERTY SEEM TO HAVE COORDINATED THEIR FRIENDS TO COME IN AND CAUSE TROUBLE, POSSIBLY SO THAT THEY CAN PULL OFF THE SAME KIND OF LAWSUITS THAT THE OTHER GENTS IN THE AUDIENCE ARE DOING.

GREAT WAY TO STEAL OUT OF THE POCKETS OF YOUR NEIGHBORS AND CHILDREN.

PEOPLE. GOOD JOB.

YOU SHOULD BE PROUD.

NOW I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE IF THE COORDINATED THAT WITH THE TRUSTEE.

WE ALL KNOW THE ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT.

THE ONE WHO HARASSES HER POLITICAL CRITICS WHO SICS POLICE ON THEM, WHO TRIES TO HAVE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY INVESTIGATE PEOPLE WITHOUT A SHRED OF PROOF.

THAT'S NOT COUNTING HOW SHE EGGED ALONG AN INVESTIGATION INTO THAT THING THAT MR. CLARK MENTIONED, THE ASSAULT ON AN INDIVIDUAL AT THE 21ST OCTOBER BOARD MEETING.

IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN FIND IN EMAILS WHEN PEOPLE ARE DUMB ENOUGH TO BREAK THE STRINGER BELL RULE.

AS A RESULT OF THAT AND THE FACT THAT SHE, MR. CLARK AND OTHERS DROPPED MY NAME IN THOSE.

I'M GOING TO MAKE ALL THE OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS THAT I'VE MADE PUBLIC SO Y'ALL CAN SEE JUST WHAT SHE AND TRUSTEE BONE HAVE DONE TO SCREW OVER EVERYONE IN THE DISTRICT.

IT'S THAT SIMPLE. WE ALL KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE.

SO. THERE'S ONE MORE LITTLE THING.

IT'S.

THAT TRUSTEE WESTON BROUGHT UP THE UIL ISSUE.

IT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE COORDINATED AROUND THE STATE BY MOMS FOR LIBERTY RIGHT NOW.

CAME UP IN GRANBURY ON MONDAY NIGHT.

I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHERE ELSE IT CAME UP.

JUST REMEMBER WHO'S COORDINATING IT.

AND CENSURE IS THE VERY LEAST THEY DESERVE.

CONSIDERING THAT THE U.S.

SUPREME COURT RULED IN HDCS [INAUDIBLE] WILSON ABOUT IT, SAYING IT WAS PERFECTLY LEGAL TO CENSURE SOMEONE.

YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS JOEL WENTHY SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM H 4 AND H 5.

YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES, GO AHEAD.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE SMDS AND HOW IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD TIMING FOR THAT.

I LIKE TO USE ANALOGIES, SO I'LL JUST GO WITH IT.

WE ARE ON A SHIP AND YOU HAVE YOU NEED SEVEN CREW MEMBERS ON THIS SHIP AND YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN WITHOUT A RUDDER.

RIGHT. YOU'RE WAY OFF COURSE RIGHT NOW.

IT'S CLEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE WAY OFF COURSE.

I TAKE DEARLY SERIOUSLY THAT I'M A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY, SO I REACH OUT TO THE PEACEMAKERS TO COME AND HELP THIS COMMUNITY, HELP IT THRIVE.

SO I HOPE PEACEMAKERS IN THIS COMMUNITY GET BOLD AND COME OUT AND SPEAK AND LOOK EACH OTHER IN THE EYE, WHETHER WE'RE WEARING A MASK OR NOT WEARING A MASK, WHETHER WE HAVE KIDS AND WE DON'T HAVE KIDS, LOOK EACH OTHER IN THE EYE AND EXTEND A KIND GESTURE.

PLEASE. WE NEED IT RIGHT NOW.

SMDS IT IS NOT THE TIME.

SO BACK TO THE ANALOGY.

IF IT'S A SHIP IT NEEDS SEVEN CREW MEMBERS TO SURVIVE, YOU NEED TO FIND LAND.

YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE LAND RIGHT NOW.

SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? SMD IS A FINE TUNED KNOB THAT'S NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING FOR YOU IF YOU CAN'T GET THE SAIL UP ON YOUR BOAT.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE A SHIP WITHOUT A SAIL.

SO KEEP ALL SEVEN OF YOU.

RIGHT NOW YOU WANT TO DITCH TWO OF YOU? WELL, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SURVIVE IF YOU ONLY HAVE FIVE BOARD MEMBERS DOING THEIR WORK.

YOU HAVE A LOT ON YOUR PLATE.

SMDS, THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO DO IT.

SMDS ARE NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD.

THEY'RE GOOD IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.

MY QUESTION IS, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS NOW? I WOULD PROPOSE THAT IT'S BEEN SAID, LET'S WAIT TILL THE ELECTIONS.

MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

I WOULD SAY LET'S WAIT UNTIL THIS FINE TUNED KNOB.

LET'S GET THIS SHIP POINTED, AT LEAST IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO THE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING AND THE EDUCATION IS WORLD CLASS.

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THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND ESPECIALLY HOW HARD YOU WORK FOR US.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT IS JACK SMITH SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM H 4 H 5, M 9 AND M 10.

I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT.

JACK SMITH.

YEAH, THE PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE SCREAMING ABOUT WHITE SUPREMACY.

THAT PERSON IS A PLANT WHO WAS INVITED BY MICHELLE EVANS, TRUSTEE BONE YOU WOULD KNOW THAT IF YOU READ YOUR EMAILS FROM ME, IT IS CLEAR THAT THE SANCTIONS AGAINST BONE AND WESTON ESPECIALLY WESTON ARE BECAUSE, LIKE THE AUDIENCE THAT CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETINGS, SHE CAN'T ADHERE TO RULES, POLICIES AND LAWS.

SHE'S BEYOND DUE FOR CENSURE.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT ROUND ROCK ISD BECOMING AN OPEN ENROLLMENT DISTRICT.

IT'S NOT THE DISTRICT THAT PUTS A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON KIDS IT'S THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WITH SKYROCKETING HOUSING COSTS IN THE DISTRICTS IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW BEING AN OPEN ENROLLMENT DISTRICT CAN HELP STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, I'D SAY THAT YOU'RE OUT OF TOUCH AND THAT'S IT.

WE'RE GOING TO OUR OFF AGENDA SPEAKERS.

FIRST WILL BE GORDON FLOWERS.

HOW'S IT GOING? THEY THEM'S GUYS AND GIRLS.

GIVE ME A SECOND. LET ME JUST ACCESS MY NOTES HERE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

HOW'S IT GOING, EVERYONE? MY NAME IS GORDON.

I JUST WANT TO HAVE YOU ALL KNOW MY FRIEND IS NOT A PLANT.

HE IS A HUMAN BEING THAT WOULD.

IF I WAS A VEGETARIAN, I WOULD EAT HIM UP.

BUT I DON'T. I LIKE HIS MEAT.

BUT ANYWAY, LET ME GET INTO THIS.

MY NAME IS GORDON AND I AM A REGISTERED OFFENDER.

WHICH BRINGS ME TO THIS SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TODAY.

I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT SOME PRESSING ISSUES.

ROUND ROCK ISD IS KNOWN TO BE EQUITABLE AND EQUAL AND FAIR, BUT YOU GUYS ARE POSING CAPITALISTS.

WE TALK ABOUT MATH, BEING EQUITABLE AND READING BEING EQUITABLE, BUT ONE THING THAT'S EXCLUDED IS GEOGRAPHY.

WHEN THE TERM MAP IS TALKED ABOUT IN GEOGRAPHY, I FEEL LEFT OUT AS A MINOR ATTRACTED PERSON.

I FEEL WE SHOULD TEACH KIDS ABOUT ALL TYPES OF MAPS FOR EQUALITY AND INCLUSIVITY.

RIGHT, GUYS OR GIRLS? I THINK THAT THIS SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BECAUSE I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE VIA THE INTERNET TO TEACH KIDS ABOUT MY TYPE OF GEOGRAPHY LANDMARKS ON THIS MAP VIA TELEGRAM, INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK, KIDS AS YOUNG AS EIGHT YEARS OLD.

AND ALSO WE DO HAVE A HYGIENE ISSUE IN THIS DISTRICT.

AND ONE OF THE WAYS WE CAN TEACH KIDS PROPER HYGIENE IS PROPER GROOMING.

SO AND I THINK WAYS WE CAN FURTHER PROMOTE GROOMING IS TO HAVE I'M A DRAG QUEEN, BY THE WAY.

I READ AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

I'VE BEEN KICKED OUT OF TWO OF THEM WHEN THEY SAW MY RECORD.

BUT THAT'S BESIDES THE POINT.

I THINK ONE OF THE WAYS WE CAN HAVE PROPER GROOMING IS BY DOING DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR EVERY WEEK.

THEN WE CAN PROGRESS TO DOING IT EVERY DAY TO WHERE ALL KIDS KNOW IS DRAG QUEENS.

BECAUSE THESE WHITE PARENTS, THEY'RE DESTROYING THE MINDS OF KIDS AND WE NEED THEM TO BE LITTLE REVOLUTIONARIES.

SO ANYWAY, I AM ALSO TRANSGENDER.

SO ONE OF THE WHITE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD GIVE UP YOUR SPOT RIGHT NOW TO ME, IF YOU TRULY BELIEVE IN EQUALITY, GIVE IT UP, WHITE PERSON.

ANY OF YOU GUYS GIVE IT UP.

NONE OF YOU GUYS WANT TO GIVE IT UP, YOU GUYS ARE FAKE POSING CAPITALIST.

YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN BLACK LIVES MATTER, YOU'RE A BIGOT, WHITE SUPREMACIST.

YOU'RE A BIGOT WHITE SUPREMACIST, YOU'RE A BIGOT WHITE SUPREMACISTS.

GIVE UP YOUR SPOT TO ME NOW OR YOU'RE A BIGOT.

OH, THAT'S RIGHT. YOU GUYS DON'T REALLY BELIEVE IN DIVERSITY.

LOOK AT YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS ARE A BUNCH OF YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.

AND I FORGOT TO MENTION YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT WILL BE ZACHARY LEE.

I'M WITH YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.

THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING.

NEXT IS ZE CHAN LEE.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON.

I AM ZE CHAN LEE, A FORMER STUDENT OF WESTWOOD'S GRADUATING CLASS OF 2019.

MAJOR SANDLIN IS AN OUTSTANDING MENTOR WHO PUTS THOSE INVOLVED IN THE JROTC PROGRAM IN A POSITION TO GROW.

MYSELF BEING ONE OF THEM.

I WAS MOVED OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE WHEN I WAS PUT IN CHARGE OF A TEAM AFTER BEING A PARTICIPANT FOR TWO YEARS.

AFTERWARDS, I DISCUSSED WITH UPPERCLASSMEN AS WELL BOTH OF MY INSTRUCTORS TO RESIGN.

HOWEVER, DUE TO THEIR STONEWALL, I WAS PUSHED THROUGH AND THROUGH THE GUIDANCE OF ALSO MY UPPERCLASSMEN AND BOTH INSTRUCTORS I GAINED THE CONFIDENCE TO MOVE FORWARD.

THREE YEARS LATER, I AM PROUD TO HAVE BECOME THE LEADER I AM TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

NEXT IS FOX PIERCEY.

FOX PIERCEY.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

I'M SPEAKING ON THE SAME SUBJECT AS MR. LEE BACK THERE ABOUT MAJOR SANDLIN AT WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.

HE IS THE SENIOR AEROSPACE SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR THERE FOR THE AFJROTC PROGRAM.

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I CAME IN MY SOPHOMORE YEAR.

IT WAS KIND OF AN INTERESTING TRANSITION FOR ME, MOVING HALFWAY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, MULTIPLE STATES AWAY.

AND THE MAJOR WAS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT HELPED.

HE WAS A GREAT MENTOR, HELPED ME FIT IN, HELPED ME FEEL WELCOME.

HE GAVE ME A POSITION SINCE I WAS QUALIFIED AND HELPED PUSH ME FORWARD TO ADVANCE MY STANDING AND ADVANCE MY LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL.

AND HE IS THE REASON WHY I'VE GOTTEN TO WHERE I HAVE TODAY, WHY I ATTEND A MILITARY UNIVERSITY ALL THE WAY IN VERMONT AND WHY I'M PURSUING WHAT I AM.

HE IS THE REASON WHY I'M SO DEDICATED TO THIS.

AND HE HAS BEEN HELPFUL TO SO MANY OTHER STUDENTS.

AND IT IS BECAUSE OF MENTORS AND TEACHERS LIKE HIM THAT WE CAN HAVE SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS AND WE NEED MORE OF THOSE AROUND.

AND INSTEAD OF LOSING TEACHERS AND LOSING STUDENTS, WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO BRING MORE LIKE HIM AND MORE STUDENTS LIKE US SO THAT THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL LATER ON.

THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR STUDENT SUCCESS, AS I'VE HEARD TODAY.

I'VE NOT BEEN TO A LOT OF THESE.

IT'S MY FIRST ONE. BUT I'VE HEARD TODAY A LOT OF PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS SPEAKING ABOUT STUDENT SUCCESS SEEMS TO BE ONE OF YOUR GUYS' TOP PRIORITIES.

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU WANT TEACHING THESE STUDENTS, MENTORING AND GUIDING THEM SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO REACH THAT LEVEL OF SUCCESS AND BRING THE WHOLE COMMUNITY UP AS A WHOLE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

NEXT, IS JENNIFER DETERLEY SPEAKING OFF THE AGENDA.

HI. MY NAME IS JENNIFER DETERLEY.

I HAVE TO SAY, IT'S QUITE ENTERTAINING TONIGHT.

NEARLY LAUGH OUT.

ANYWAY. SO I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE FIVE OF YOU, THE WHOLE BOARD, THE FIVE OF YOU KEEPING ON JUST SURPRISE ME EACH TIME YOU BULLIED THE OTHER TWO TRUSTEES BECAUSE THEY DON'T YOU KNOW, THEY REPRESENT OUR VOICE AND OUR CONCERNS.

YOUR CENSURE THEM AND YOU SILENCE THEM.

WHEN THAT DOESN'T WORK, THAT DIDN'T WORK.

YOU STARTED TWISTING THE WORD AGAINST THEM AND THEN TRYING TO SUE THEM USING OUR TAX MONEY.

AND THEN YOU TRY TO REINSTATE THE SUPERINTENDENT BASED ON A FALSE LETTER FROM HIS ATTORNEY STATING HIS CASE IS CLOSED WHEN IT IS NOT. YOU ALL NO BETTER THAN THAT.

YOU ARE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

SHAME ON YOU.

AND YOU ILLEGALLY RAISED OUR TAX AND CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR WHERE THE MONEY WENT.

WE REQUEST FOR A FINANCIAL AUDIT.

SMD SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT, OPEN ENROLLMENT, BULLYING OTHER TRUSTEES AND USING OUR TAX MONEY TO SUE OTHER TRUSTEES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH STUDENT OUTCOME.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE LATELY EXCEPT THAT? NOTHING.

I DO NOT SUPPORT TEACHERS AND STAFF BEING TOLD NOT TO CONTACT PARENTS ABOUT OUR CHILDREN'S SEX [INAUDIBLE].

YOU WILL CALL CPS TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN AWAY.

IF THE PARENTS WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT COMMUNICATION.

THAT'S TYRANNY.

ONLY CCP GOVERNMENT DO THAT.

I CAME FROM A COUNTRY LIKE THAT.

I WILL NOT SUBMIT TO THAT.

YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] NEXT IS VERNA BLATZ.

YOU'RE SPEAKING OFF TOPIC, BUT YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

HI. MY NAME IS VERN BLATZ AND I HAVE TWO SONS WHO GRADUATED FROM ROUND ROCK ISD.

MY FIRST EVER BOARD MEETING HAS BEEN THIS YEAR AND IT'S KIND OF CRAZY THAT I HAVE TO COME THIS YEAR.

BUT AS A TAXPAYING CITIZEN, THIS BOARD SHOULD REALLY CONCERN EVERYBODY.

I AM HERE SPEAKING BECAUSE LAST NIGHT'S MEETING, DISCUSSING SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS WAS CLEARLY NOT PRODUCTIVE.

WHY DO YOU BOTHER TO LET THE PUBLIC SPEAK? YOU MIGHT HEAR THEM, BUT ARE YOU ACTUALLY LISTENING? IF YOU ARE LISTENING, IT SHOULD BE A 7 TO 0 VOTE OF TABLING UNTIL NOVEMBER ELECTION.

YOU WOULD NEVER BUILD A HOUSE WITHOUT RESEARCHING AND PLANNING, SO THE SAME SHOULD HAPPEN WITH THIS ISSUE.

IT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE MOTIVES BEHIND IT THAT SHOULD NOT BENEFIT AND THAT WOULD NOT BENEFIT THE STUDENT POPULATION.

WE ALL KNOW ROUND ROCK ISD NOW HAS A REPUTATION, NOT ONE THAT'S REALLY PARTICULARLY GOOD ANYMORE.

MAYBE LESS TIME CRITICIZING EACH OTHER AND MORE TIME WORKING TOGETHER WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE THE WAY IT WOULD.

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THAT WAY, IT WOULD NOT BE LIKE A FULL TIME JOB.

I ALSO THINK SO MUCH TIME SPENT DEBATING YOUR ELECTED SUPERINTENDENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY NOT REINSTATING HIM.

THE MEETING LAST NIGHT REMINDED ME OF BEING IN A HEN HOUSE.

PLEASE, FOR THE SAKE OF THE STUDENTS, STAFF AND PARENTS, PUT ASIDE YOUR DIFFERENCES AND STOP PECKING AT EACH OTHER.

HELP EACH OTHER.

HELP US.

THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] WE'RE GOING BACK TO VIRTUAL.

MEENAL MCNARY AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

HEY. YES, THANK YOU.

HI. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

MY NAME IS MEENAL AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ACT THIS EVENING.

I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU TO THE TEACHERS, STAFF AND ADMIN FOR THEIR WORK.

WE'RE ALMOST TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK THOSE TWO STUDENTS THAT SPOKE ABOUT MAJOR SCANDLIN.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND DEDICATION AND HIS INSPIRATION, THE INSPIRATION HE WAS TO Y'ALL.

I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE EQUITY OFFICE.

WE HOPE THAT AS THE DIRECTOR AND COORDINATOR ARE HIRED, THAT THESE POSITIONS ARE FILLED WITH FOLKS WHO HAVE A VALID EQUITY BACKGROUND AND ROBUST TRAINING, WHICH HAS BEEN REQUESTED CONSISTENTLY BY PEOPLE OF THE GLOBAL MAJORITY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THIS DISTRICT REGARDING EQUITY AND OUR COMMUNITY IS POWERFUL IN PROVIDING INPUT TO THE DEPARTMENT AS TO SOLUTIONS THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED YESTERDAY.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP ACTION THAT WILL LEND TO GREAT STUDENT OUTCOMES.

BUT THIS ONLY HAPPENS WITH OPEN COMMUNICATION OF WHERE WE ARE FAILING TO BE EQUITABLE, BEING ABLE TO RECOGNIZE IT AND THEN TACKLE THOSE AREAS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE ROUND ROCK OPPORTUNITY CENTER.

CAN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE REFERRALS TO THE ROC IN THIS LAST SCHOOL YEAR? IN WHAT MANNER CAN THE EQUITY DEPARTMENT ADDRESS THE DISPROPORTIONATE REFERRALS OF BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN TO THE ROC THAT IS HAPPENING AND HAS BEEN HAPPENING? THE EQUITY DEPARTMENT SHOULD NOT FOLD TO THOSE OF THE VOCAL MINORITY, BUT BE PROUD OF WHAT THE DEPARTMENT CAN PROVIDE AND IMPROVE FOR OUR CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN NEEDING THE SUPPORT. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE DISCOMFORT, BUT IN THAT DISCOMFORT IS WHERE WE CAN GROW.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO RELY ON AN EQUITY DEPARTMENT THAT IS STANDING UP FOR OUR CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARE MADE TO FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T BELONG IN A SPACE.

30 SECONDS. THE DEPARTMENT CAN SHOW SUPPORT BY SHOWING UP TO EVENTS THAT SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN AND BE VISIBLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, PARTNER WITH GROUPS THAT VALUE EQUITABLE SOLUTIONS FOR OUR CHILDREN AND ALLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HAVE A VOICE WITHOUT ATTEMPTING TO SILENCE THEM.

WE CAN WORK TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE INCLUDED TOGETHER.

NEXT IS EDWARD LINDSAY SPEAKING OFF TOPIC.

I DO NOT SEE YOU ON THE LIST.

EDWARD LINDSAY.

EDWARD LINDSAY.

WE'LL GO ON TO JENNIFER WHITE.

YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

I DO. TEA MONITOR DR.

FALTYS, PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY WITH EVERYONE ELSE.

THEY'RE LYING TO US.

DURING AN OFFICIAL BOARD MEETING ON MARCH 27TH.

IN THE REGULAR MEETING, FIVE TRUSTEES ON THE BOARD VOTED TO REINSTATE THE DISGRACED SUPERINTENDENT.

WELL, FOLKS, THEY LIED TO US ALL.

WE SHOULD BE DEMANDING WHY THEY DID.

TRUSTEE VESSA, YOU WERE SO DISTRAUGHT BY MAKING THE DECISION THAT YOU RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT WEEK.

AND TRUSTEES HARRISON AND WEIR, YOU BOTH READ A DOCUMENT THIS ONE VERBATIM, LIKE IT WAS THE TRUTH, IT WAS LIES.

YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW THE CASE WAS CLOSED AND THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS NOT GOING TO BE CHARGED WITH ANY CHARGES WERE NOT GOING TO BE FILED AGAINST HIM.

GUESS WHAT? IT'S A LIE.

YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY, I KNOW? I SPOKE TO TRAVIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICES, AND GUESS WHAT? IT'S OPEN. OH, MY GOSH.

AND GUESS WHAT? THERE'S MORE PEOPLE.

I HAVE A POLICE REPORT OF THE ALLEGED ASSAULTS.

THERE'S MORE.

WE ALL KNOW HE HAS A PERMANENT RESTRAINING ORDER AND THE CTEA STILL HAS FLAGGED HIS CERTIFICATE.

AND WHAT'S INTERESTING, HOW DID THE BOARD GET THIS DOCUMENT LOVE TO KNOW? DID YOU, DR.

AZAIEZ, AND YOUR ATTORNEY, GIVE IT TO THE BOARD SO THAT YOU COULD DECEIVE THIS COMMUNITY AND THE BOARD TO HAVE THEM REINSTATE YOUR EMPLOYMENT.

THAT SHOULD BE CAUSE FOR TERMINATION, FOR DECEIVING THE COMMUNITY AND THE BOARD SO YOU CAN GET REHIRED.

AND AMBER FELLER LIKE TO KNOW HOW WHY YOU'VE INSERTED YOURSELF EVER SO 30 SECONDS.

EVER SO INVOLUNTARILY. TO MANIPULATE THE INVESTIGATION? DID YOU TELL THE REST OF THE BOARD WHAT YOU SAID AND THAT YOU MET WITH INVESTIGATORS IN TRAVIS COUNTY?

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HUH? HEY, AND AMY WEIR GUESS WHAT? YOU WERE TRYING TO CHASTISE AND CHALLENGE TRUSTEE BONE ABOUT HEARSAY.

LET ME TELL YOU, THIS INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT CANNOT BE ADEQUATELY SUBSTANTIATED IS RUMOR.

HOW ABOUT THEM APPLES.

BOARD IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE AND SUSPEND THE SUPERINTENDENT WITHOUT PAY TERMINATE HIM AND HIS CONTRACT.

AND THANK YOU YOUR TIME IS UP.

[APPLAUSE] WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO PEOPLE THAT DID NOT PRESENT WHEN THEIR NAMES WERE CALLED.

JASMINE PERILLA.

VIRTUAL SPEAKER. JASMINE PERILLA.

VIRTUAL SPEAKER KATHERINE LEE.

VIRTUAL SPEAKER EDWARD LOXLEY.

AND EDWARD LINDSAY.

MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO JUST REMIND THE AUDIENCE THAT WE DO HAVE A DISRUPTION IN LOCAL POLICY, AND THEY NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT BECAUSE IT GETS PRETTY LOUD AND WE CAN'T HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON. THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER.

ALL RIGHT. IT IS 7:16.

I'M GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE TAKE A TEN MINUTE RECESS.

WE'LL COME BACK AT 7:26 AND BEGIN WITH AGENDA ITEM G 1.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM ON THE DAIS.

WE ARE BACK IN SESSION.

WE ARE GOING TO GO TO AGENDA ITEM G 1, THE MAY LONE STAR GOVERNANCE MONITORING REPORT.

[G. SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS]

GOAL NUMBER THREE, DR.

AZAIEZ.

PRESIDENT FELLER TRUSTEES.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

I'M SORRY. HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK AUDIENCE MEMBERS TO BE QUIET OR PLEASE LEAVE THE ROOM SO THAT WE CAN CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS.

PLEASE. THANK YOU.

GO AHEAD, DR. AZAIEZ.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT FELLER AND TRUSTEES.

SORRY FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE IT IN PERSON TONIGHT, BUT ITEM G1 WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT OUR MAY LSG MONITORING REPORT GOAL 3, WHICH IS CCMR. AND SO WITH US TONIGHT IS RYAN SMITH WE'LL BE GOING OVER SOME OF OUR PRESENTATION.

I JUST WANT TO LET OUR BOARD KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE STARTED DOING THIS YEAR AND IT'S TO PROGRESS MONITOR OUR BOARD GOALS. AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THIS IS A SNAPSHOT AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.

I KNOW OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE STILL WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS TOWARD ACHIEVING THE BOARD GOALS.

SO, AGAIN, WITHOUT ANY DELAY, RYAN, IF YOU CAN TAKE IT OVER.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU. DR. AZAIEZ PRESIDENT FELLER BOARD MEMBERS.

THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO, AS DR.

AZAIEZ MENTIONED, REALLY JUST SHARING AN UPDATE ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR BOARD GOAL THREE, WHICH TALKS ABOUT COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS.

THOSE NUMBERS SHIFT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND REALLY THEY PROBABLY MOVED MORE DURING A CERTAIN TIME OF YEAR THAN ANY OTHER DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR.

SO ACTUALLY AFTER GRADUATION NEXT WEEK, WE'LL SEE THESE NUMBERS MOVE AGAIN.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE UPDATES AFTER THAT AS WELL.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS WITHIN BOARD GOAL THREE TONIGHT.

ONE, BECAUSE IT IS CCMR. THE DATA AS IT RELATES TO ACCOUNTABILITY COMES A YEAR LATER FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR 2022 ACCOUNTABILITY NUMBERS, WHICH REALLY REFLECT OUR 2021 GRADUATES.

SO STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED LAST YEAR IN THE SPRING, THOSE OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT WILL AFFECT THIS YEAR'S ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND THEN WE'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY.

OUR 2022 CLASS, WHICH WILL PLAY INTO OUR 2023 ACCOUNTABILITY.

SO JENNIFER, IF YOU CAN, GO AHEAD AND THEN MOVE US FORWARD TO THE FIRST SLIDE RIGHT THERE.

SO AGAIN, HERE'S BOARD GOAL THREE, MOVING US FROM 83 TO 90% BY AUGUST OF 2024.

AND WHAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ON HERE IS TO START WITH, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY THE GOAL AND THE AND THE STUDENT GROUPS, THE ONE TWO THE SECOND COLUMN FROM THE RIGHT WHERE IT SAYS ACCOUNTABILITY PREVIEW 2022.

SO THAT IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH OUR STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED LAST SPRING.

SO AS WE CAN SEE, THAT'S THE FIRST AND REALLY PROBABLY THE MAIN COVID AFFECTED GRADUATING CLASS BECAUSE IN 2020, BEFORE SPRING BREAK, A LOT OF STUDENTS HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE.

WE ALREADY HAD SAT SCHOOL DAY.

A LOT OF STUDENTS WERE ALREADY IN KIND OF THE SYSTEMS THAT FED THEM INTO CCMR. SO REALLY THAT BASELINE IS WHAT OUR 2020 GRADUATES THEIR CCMR RATING.

LAST SPRING AND THROUGHOUT ALL LAST YEAR WITH REMEMBER VAST MAJORITY OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE LEARNING FROM HOME RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID.

WE DID SEE A DIP IN ASSESSMENT, PARTICIPATION AND SEVERAL OTHER FACTORS THAT LEAD TO THAT CCMR RATING.

SO THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO RISE A LITTLE BIT.

WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN OUR FINAL ACCOUNTABILITY.

LIKE I SAID, THE CCMR CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

WE'LL GET THAT FINAL NUMBER SOMETIME PROBABLY IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.

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THAT WILL AFFECT OUR 2022 RATING.

WE EXPECT IT TO GO UP SOMEWHAT, PROBABLY NOT A LOT.

SO I JUST DID WANT TO PROVIDE THAT PREVIEW TONIGHT.

WE'LL COME BACK AGAIN IN THE SUMMER ONCE THE NUMBERS ARE FINALIZED TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.

BUT THAT ESSENTIALLY OUR STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED LAST YEAR.

THE FINAL COLUMN WHERE IT SAYS CURRENT CLASS OF 2022.

SO THOSE ARE OUR CURRENT SENIORS WHO ARE SITTING IN SEATS RIGHT NOW AND THOSE ARE STUDENTS WHO HAVE ALREADY MET THEIR CCMR INDICATOR.

SO THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER GRADUATION BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO MIGHT BE ON THE COLLEGE PREP COURSE.

THEY MIGHT EARN THAT CREDIT IN AN ADVANCED COURSE AFTER GRADUATION.

SO LIKE I SAID, AFTER GRADUATION, THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO CHANGE.

WE'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE AGAIN.

TONIGHT WE'RE JUST HERE TO KIND OF SHOW YOU A SNAPSHOT IN TIME WHERE WE ARE.

I THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD SPOT FOR THIS YEAR FOR THE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE.

THAT NUMBER WILL GO UP QUITE A BIT.

BUT AGAIN, THAT NUMBER COUNTS FOR NEXT YEAR'S ACCOUNTABILITY RATING.

SO THAT'S THE OVERALL BOARD GOAL.

AND WE'RE GOING TO JUMP IN AND TALK THEN ABOUT THE THREE DIFFERENT GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES.

BEFORE WE DO THAT, JUST ALWAYS WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE VARIOUS WAYS THAT STUDENTS CAN MEET THAT CCMR INDICATOR.

AND I JUST REALIZED I DIDN'T INTRODUCE THE TWO LADIES SITTING NEXT TO ME.

SO THIS IS ERICA SIMMONS AND DR.

LORA DARDEN FROM OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING TEAM.

THEY'RE GOING TO HELP ME ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.

SO I WANT TO THANK THEM. AND SHERI BONDS, OUR DIRECTOR OF CTE.

SHE'S HERE AS WELL. WE'RE GOING TO SHARE SOME SOME THINGS ABOUT CTE AS WELL IN A LITTLE BIT.

SO SORRY ABOUT THAT.

BUT AGAIN, JUST SOME OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT STUDENTS DO MEET THAT CCMR INDICATOR, THE THREE MAIN ONES THAT WE TALK ABOUT WITH OUR GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES ARE THAT FIRST ONE, THAT MEETING THE CRITERION SCORE IN READING AND MATH THEY CAN DO THAT REALLY FOUR MAIN WAYS THROUGH THE ACT SAT TSIA2 OR BY EARNING CREDIT IN A COLLEGE PREP ELA AND MATH COURSE BY COMPLETING AN ON RAMPS COURSE OR ANY COURSE IN DUAL CREDIT OR ANY ADVANCED COURSE.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT TONIGHT.

AND THEN FINALLY, OUR THIRD GOAL PROGRESS MEASURE IS ABOUT THAT INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION THAT OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE IN THEIR CTE COURSES.

AGAIN, THERE'S OTHER WAYS THEY MEET IT AS WELL, BUT THESE ARE THE THREE THAT WE TALK ABOUT WITH OUR GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES.

SO WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO THE FIRST GOAL PROGRESS MEASURE, GPM 3.1.

SO HERE'S OUR OVERALL GOAL AS WELL AS THE PROGRESS MEASURES.

YOU SEE A LOT OF TBDS UP THERE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN IN THE LONE STAR GOVERNANCE PROCESS AND WE HAVE AS A GROUP, ESTABLISHED GOALS AND TARGETS THROUGH 2024.

AND I'M SURE WE'LL GET BACK ON TRACK AND ESTABLISH THOSE THROUGH 2026 FOR THE FULL FIVE YEARS.

AND AS A REMINDER, WE DID ADD THE DYSLEXIA IN 504 AS REPORTING INDICATORS AFTER THAT PROCESS.

SO WE HAVEN'T ESTABLISHED NECESSARILY TARGETS, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO REPORT WHENEVER WE HAVE DATA TO SHARE.

WE'LL HAVE THE DYSLEXIA IN 504.

ONCE WE DO WRAP AROUND WITH THAT LSG PROCESS, AGAIN, WE'LL ESTABLISH TARGETS.

WE HAVE TARGETS THERE, THERE AS WELL.

BUT AND SO LOOKING AT OUR ADVANCED COURSEWORK, THE NEXT SLIDE TO SHOW WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

WELL, ALL WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS ENROLLMENT BECAUSE THE SCHOOL YEAR HASN'T ENDED YET.

SO STUDENTS HAVEN'T RECEIVED THEIR CREDIT FOR THAT COURSE.

BUT YOU COULD SEE WE HAD SOME HISTORICAL DATA ON ACTUAL COMPLETION.

SO YOU CAN SEE IN 18, 19, 19, 20, 2021, WE'VE BEEN RIGHT AROUND THAT, 63% OF STUDENTS EARNING CREDIT IN AN ADVANCED COURSE.

AND THEN CURRENTLY WE'RE WHEN WE SHARED THIS DATA IN JANUARY, WE WERE AT 65.1% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WERE ENROLLED IN AN ADVANCED COURSE.

THAT NUMBER WENT UP A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN JANUARY AND MAY.

WE MIGHT HAVE HAD STUDENTS TRANSFER IN OR THAT'S NOT A LOT OF STUDENTS.

SO IT COULD BE A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY THAT NUMBER WENT UP A LITTLE BIT.

BUT WHAT WE'RE WAITING NOW FOR, THAT FINAL GPM INDICATOR IS, YOU KNOW, DO THEY PASS THE CLASS AND DO THEY GET CREDIT IN IT? AND WE'LL KNOW THAT AFTER GRADUATION.

I'D SAY HISTORICALLY WE LOOKED AT IT TODAY AND WE'RE AROUND 95 TO 96% OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN THE ADVANCED COURSES GET THEY DID PASS THE CLASS AND GET THAT CREDIT. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING.

I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR OVERALL GPM, I BELIEVE, IS 65%.

THAT GOAL, OBVIOUSLY, UNLESS 100% OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED RIGHT NOW GET CREDIT, WE'RE GOING TO COME IN A LITTLE BIT UNDER ON THAT OVERARCHING NUMBER.

SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT GROUPS AND SEEING WHERE WE ARE ON THAT FINAL NUMBER ONCE THAT CREDIT DATA COMES IN AFTER THEY FINISH THE CLASS. ANOTHER THING THAT WE'LL MONITOR NOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE OUTCOME.

SO WE ARE WORKING WITH CAMPUSES, TALKING THROUGH YOU KNOW WHERE OUR NUMBERS WITH ENROLLMENT FOR NEXT YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO LIKE I SAID, THE WAY THAT WE GET THAT GPM UP HAS TO BE MORE THAN JUST THAT ENROLLMENT HAS TO GET UP BEFORE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE EARN THAT CREDIT CAN GET UP.

AND AGAIN, THE MAIN ADVANCED COURSEWORK CLASSES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE AP CLASSES, DUAL CREDIT CLASSES ON RAMPS, CLASSES, AND IB CLASSES ON THOSE CAMPUSES.

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AND THEN OUR NEXT SLIDE SHOWS OUR DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT DATA.

SO WHEN WE PROVIDE AN UPDATE AFTER GRADUATION, WE'LL SHARE ACTUAL COURSE COMPLETION DATA.

AND AS I SAID, WE BREAK DOWN ALL THE DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS THAT ARE PART OF OUR ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.

AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT IN TIME WHERE WE ARE.

AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, AS SOON AS WE GET THAT COMPLETION DATA, WE WILL SHARE THE FINAL OUTCOME.

MOVING ON TO GPM 3.2.

SO THIS IS THE PERCENTAGE OF OUR SENIORS WHO ARE TESTING COLLEGE READY IN READING AND MATH.

AND LIKE WE SAW IN THE SLIDE EARLIER, THE WAY THAT YOU SHOW PROFICIENCY AS BEING COLLEGE READY IN READING AND MATH, THERE'S THREE MAIN WAYS TO SAT ACT YOUR SCORE ON THOSE EXAMS OR THE TSI A2, WHICH IS ANOTHER EXAM A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS TAKE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THEN THE FOURTH WAY.

IF THE STUDENT HASN'T SHOWN THAT COLLEGE READINESS IN READING AND MATH, THEN THEY GET ENROLLED IN A COLLEGE PREP COURSE THEIR SENIOR YEAR.

AND IF THEY COMPLETE THAT COLLEGE PREP COURSE AND THEY PASS THE FINAL IN THAT COURSE, THEN THEY ALSO GO INTO THAT GROUP OF BEING COLLEGE READY AND READING AND MATH.

SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I DO HAVE TO SHARE THAT WE DID SEE A DIP THIS YEAR IN CURRENTLY WHERE WE ARE SITTING AS OF MAY 11TH OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE TESTED COLLEGE READY IN READING AND MATH, THAT NUMBER HAS GONE UP SLIGHTLY SINCE THEN BECAUSE WE DO HAVE STUDENTS STILL TAKING TSI A2.

BUT THE MAIN WAY THAT THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO GO UP AFTER GRADUATION IS IF WE LOOK BACK TO LAST YEAR WHEN SAT WAS ESSENTIALLY SEMI OPTIONAL FOR STUDENTS TO COME IN AND TAKE, WE HAD ONLY ABOUT 75% OF OUR JUNIORS PARTICIPATE IN SATS SCHOOL DAY WHERE WE PAY FOR 100%, USUALLY WE HAVE 100% OF OUR JUNIORS TAKE THE SAT. LAST YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 75% OF OUR STUDENTS TAKE THE SAT.

SO THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT HIT ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THEN WHO ARE QUALIFYING FOR THAT COLLEGE READINESS.

WE'VE SEEN THAT. WE'VE SEEN A DROP.

HONESTLY, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS OF HOW BIG OF A DROP IN PARTICIPATION SAT.

SOME UNIVERSITIES AREN'T REQUIRING IT.

THEY DEFINITELY DIDN'T REQUIRE IT LAST YEAR.

AND WE ARE SEEING SOMEWHAT OF A TREND IN UNIVERSITIES, NOT ALL, BUT SOME NOT HIGHLIGHTING THAT EXAM AS MUCH AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST, BUT NEVER LIKE TO SEE A DROP.

WE DON'T. I HATE WHEN THE CHARTS GO THAT THAT WAY, BUT THAT IS WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY.

BUT LIKE I SAID, WE DO EXPECT THAT NUMBER.

WE HAVE 3 TO 400 STUDENTS DISTRICT WIDE WHO ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THOSE COLLEGE PREP COURSES.

SO I THINK AFTER THAT NUMBER COMES IN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THIS DATA AND WE SHOULD SEE THAT NUMBER GO BACK UP.

OUR NEXT SLIDE IS OUR INDIVIDUAL STUDENT GROUPS OF WHERE THEY ALL ARE IN THAT COLLEGE READINESS IN READING AND MATH BY GROUPS YOU SEE THAT'S AT 56.2% OVERALL AND THAT'S IT BROKEN DOWN BY GROUP.

AND AGAIN, A LOT OF NUMBERS THAT WILL CHANGE ONCE WE FACTOR IN THE COLLEGE PREP COURSE.

BUT THAT IS WHERE WE'RE STANDING AS OF NOW.

MY NEXT SLIDE WAS TALKING AGAIN ABOUT JUST KIND OF SOME OF THE REASONS BEHIND WHERE WE SEE THAT DIP.

ON GPM 3.2, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR I KIND OF ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT THAT 2020 OUTCOME IS GOING TO RISE ONCE STUDENTS COMPLETE THAT COLLEGE PREP COURSE.

COLLEGE IS WAIVING THE ENTRANCE EXAM.

AND AGAIN, JUST LOOKING AT OUR NUMBERS OF A TYPICAL SAT SCHOOL DAY PARTICIPATION RATE OF JUNIORS, YOU CAN SEE 2020, 3,362.

THIS YEAR WE HAD 3,238.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT DIP IN 2021 WITH OUR PARTICIPATION RATE.

AND THEN OUR FINAL GPM THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT BEFORE WE CAN DEFINITELY ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS, IS OUR INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS.

SO THIS IS ANOTHER WAY THAT STUDENTS CAN COUNT FOR CCMR. IT'S ALSO ALL OF THESE ARE GREAT FOR THE STUDENTS INDIVIDUALLY.

THIS IS ALSO A GREAT CERTIFICATION THEY CAN RECEIVE THROUGH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES THAT THEY CAN TURN RIGHT AROUND AND USE IN A CAREER.

AND I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE WE DEFINITELY DID HAVE SEEN A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT IN OUR INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS THIS YEAR.

YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR GOAL FOR 2022 WAS 9%.

AND WE'RE ACTUALLY ALREADY SITTING AT ABOUT 12% OF STUDENTS RECEIVING THAT THAT IBC.

SO THIS PERCENTAGE OF COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, JENNIFER.

I THINK YOU SKIPPED ONE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW WITH UP TO 12% FOR 21-22 CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GRADES 9 THROUGH 12 WHO HAVE EARNED WHO ARE IN AN INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION.

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WE ADDED A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS THIS YEAR, ONE AROUND DRONES AND ONE AROUND WELDING.

SO WE'VE SEEN A GROWTH IN THOSE.

AND ALSO WE'VE JUST CANNOT THANK ENOUGH THE CTE TEACHERS, CTE DEPARTMENT, PRINCIPALS, EVERYBODY FOR REALLY RALLYING AROUND KIND OF THIS PROCESS THIS YEAR AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY CAN GET TO TAKE THESE EXAMS AND FOCUS ON THAT.

AND I THINK IT'S BEEN A BIG WIN ALL AROUND FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR CAMPUSES.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THIS IN THE YEARS TO COME.

AND I DO EXPECT THIS NUMBER TO CONTINUE TO RISE YEAR AFTER YEAR.

OUR NEXT SLIDE BREAKS THAT DOWN BY STUDENT GROUP.

AND LIKE I SAID, THIS COMES FROM A DIFFERENT DATA SOURCE.

SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON PULLING THE DYSLEXIA AND 504.

LIKE I'VE SAID IN THE PAST, THOSE AREN'T ACCOUNTABILITY GROUPS.

SO A LOT OF THE SYSTEMS THAT WE USE, THEY DON'T COME OUT OF THE BOX WITH THOSE TWO GROUPS IN IT.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THAT.

AND WE'LL HAVE IT ONCE WE DO, I'LL PROVIDE THAT BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE SEVERAL UPDATES TO SHARE AFTER GRADUATION.

SO BY THEN WE SHOULD HAVE THE DYSLEXIA AND 504 GROUPS PULLED OUT.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS IN THAT SHADED THE TOTAL STUDENT LINE.

SO ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE 1676 STUDENTS WHO EARNED AN INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION OUT OF THE 14,038 TOTAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE.

SO THAT'S 12% OVERALL.

I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TOO JUST THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN AN IBC COURSE.

SO THE SECOND COLUMN SHOWS ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, BUT WE DO HAVE 4099 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY ENROLLED IN A IN A CTE COURSE THAT HAS AN IBC TIED TO IT. AND OUT OF THAT GROUP, WE HAD 41% OF THOSE STUDENTS EARNED AT LEAST ONE CERTIFICATION.

WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT ARE IN MORE THAN ONE.

AND WE ALSO WILL HAVE SEVERAL STUDENTS WHO WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE THOSE EXAMS OVER THE SUMMER.

SOME OF THEM YOU HAVE TO BE 18 TO TAKE IT.

SO WE BRING THOSE KIDS BACK ALL THE WAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER OR LATER TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT CERTIFICATION.

AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM AS WELL BECAUSE WE PAY FOR IT AND THEY COULD TAKE IT MULTIPLE TIMES.

SO WE REALLY WANT TO GIVE THEM EVERY OPPORTUNITY THEY CAN TO EARN THAT BEFORE THEY LEAVE US AS GRADUATES.

AND SO, AGAIN, JUST LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

JENNIFER, JUST AN UPDATE TONIGHT OF WHERE WE ARE.

THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO CHANGE AFTER GRADUATION.

THEY'LL ONLY GO UP AFTER GRADUATION.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW MUCH.

AND REALLY JUST HIGHLIGHTING TONIGHT TO JUST REMINDING US THAT THAT CCMR ACCOUNTS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY A YEAR LATER.

SO I THINK WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF RECOVERY AND A LOT OF THINGS ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THAT 2021 GRADUATING CLASS, THOUGH, IS THE CLASS IS GOING TO COUNT FOR THIS YEAR'S CCMR. SO THAT PANDEMIC INFLUENCE IS GOING TO BE FELT IN THIS YEAR IS MUCH MORE THAN IT WAS IN 2020 AND LAST YEAR OR NEXT YEAR.

AND I BELIEVE WITH THAT, WE'RE READY FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF LIGHTS ON AND WE'LL START WITH TRUSTEE HARRISON.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.

AND I WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IN DYSLEXIA IN 504.

I KNOW SINCE THAT'S NOT A TYPICAL CATEGORY TO INCLUDE IN THIS DATA, YOU ALL ARE HAVING TO DO A LOT OF MANUAL WORK.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT.

I FEEL IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE THAT.

SO I KNOW THAT THIS DATA LAGS AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS FOR SENIORS.

BUT MY QUESTION IS THERE'S A LOT OF INTERVENTION RIGHT NOW WITH THE PANDEMIC, HB 4545 READING ACADEMIES FOR ELEMENTARY K3 K5 WHAT ARE WE DOING TO INTERVENE ON THAT 3.2 READING AND MATH RIGHT NOW IN SECONDARY? I'M SORRY, MR. SMITH. DR. PRESLEY, WOULD YOU MIND ASKING THE PEOPLE IN THE VESTIBULE IF THEY'LL TAKE THEIR CONVERSATIONS OUT INTO THE HALLWAY? IT'S JUST A LITTLE LOUD AND DISTRACTING.

THANK YOU. GO AHEAD.

SO LOOKING AT THAT COLLEGE READINESS IN READING AND MATH, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANT TO TO OVERPLAY THE SYSTEM ANGLE OF THAT OF HOW THOSE STUDENTS LAST YEAR NOT BEING ABLE TO TAKE THAT ASSESSMENT IS INFLUENCING THIS NUMBER.

BUT YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

THE AMOUNT OF INTERVENTION THAT IS NEEDED AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL IS PROBABLY MORE THAN IT HAS BEEN PRE-PANDEMIC.

SO I THINK THE WAYS THAT WE'VE SHIFTED SOME OF OUR WORK WITHIN I CAN REALLY SPEAK MAINLY TONIGHT TO WITHIN TEACHING AND LEARNING SHIFTED OUR WORK TO NOT ONLY LOOK AT THE WAY THAT WE'RE HELPING WITH SYSTEMS OF INTERVENTION AT ELEMENTARY AS WE HAVE FOCUSED MORE IN THE PAST.

BUT TO LOOK MORE AT THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

I'D SAY THAT THE LONGER TERM SOLUTION TO HELPING MORE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BE COLLEGE READY IN READING AND MATH PROBABLY STARTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND THE WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE, AT LEAST IN MY WORLD, A LOT OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND A LOT OF OUR ASSESSMENTS THAT WE'VE ADDED IN THIS YEAR, WE'RE EXPECTING

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TO SEE SOME SOLUTIONS THAT COME FORWARD FROM THAT.

BUT I WILL SAY IT'S AN ONGOING, YOU KNOW, PROCESS TO FIND THE BEST WAYS TO UTILIZE THE TYPES OF INTERVENTIONS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN HOUSE BILL 4545. SO I CAN PROBABLY GET SOME ADDITIONAL SPECIFICS ONTO THAT AND SHARE WITH EVERYBODY.

BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MAIN WAYS.

OKAY. THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A DUALITY HERE OF, LIKE YOU SAID, CATCHING STUDENTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND INTERVENING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

BUT I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THEIR SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR AND THE THREE YEARS THAT THEY MISSED OUT ON.

AND A LOT OF TIMES I THINK WE FAIL TO INTERVENE IN HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY'RE IN DIFFERENT COURSES, ETC..

AND DR. DARDEN IS GOING TO SHARE SOMETHING.

WE'VE ALSO GREATLY INCREASED THE AMOUNTS OF PRINCETON REVIEW COURSES AND THE SEAT COUNT GREATLY OVER THIS PAST YEAR.

SO STUDENTS HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY.

IN FACT, WE'LL HAVE OUR UPCOMING GROUPS TESTING BEFORE TOO LONG.

SO WE'VE HAD MANY MORE MATERIALS, MANY MORE TEACHERS ENGAGED IN THAT WORK, SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON PRINCETON REVIEW, WHICH WILL HELP SUPPORT WITH THE SAT.

AND THEN AGAIN, WE JUST WE'VE SEEN A DROP BECAUSE UNIVERSITIES ARE NOT REQUIRING THOSE ASSESSMENTS RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE SEEN KIDS ALSO IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR OPT OUT OF TAKING AP EXAMS BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE WE'VE ALREADY BEEN ADMITTED.

AND IT'S REALLY NOT GOING TO HELP ME MUCH BECAUSE I ALREADY HAVE THE YES IN MY HAND.

SO IT'S REALLY JUST TRYING TO GET KIDS BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS THAT IF YOU SIGN UP FOR THE AP CLASS, WE REALLY WANT YOU AND NEED YOU TO TEST.

SO THANK YOU. AND I KNOW THAT WE DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN IN ROUND ROCK ISD TO MAKE THAT ACCESSIBLE FOR STUDENTS.

ARE WE STILL DOING THAT EVERYBODY TEST SAT ACT, THE UNIVERSAL TESTING.

THE SAT WE ARE, YES.

OKAY. I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION.

THERE'S OBVIOUS WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS AND GPM IS ONE WHICH IS ADVANCED COURSEWORK TO COLLEGE READY WITH THE READING AND MATH AND THREE, WHICH IS THE INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS.

I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME STANDARD TRENDS WHICH WE'VE HEARD COMMUNITIES SPEAK ABOUT, ESPECIALLY FOR BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, HISPANIC, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, EMERGENT, BILINGUAL AND THEN SPECIAL EDUCATION, DYSLEXIA AND 504.

SO WHAT VERY TARGETED KIND OF INTERVENTIONS OR THINGS ARE YOU DOING TO TARGET THOSE SPECIFIC POPULATIONS THAT MAY NEED AN ADDITIONAL BOOST? SO I THINK THE BEST WAY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION ABOUT SOME SPECIFICS, I THINK I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GATHER, YOU KNOW, AND DO THAT IN A PROBABLY A MORE COMPREHENSIVE WAY THAN WHAT I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO TONIGHT.

BUT I THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION, AND I KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS ON DIFFERENT CAMPUSES, BUT I WOULD PROBABLY CALL ON SOME OF MY AREA SUPERINTENDENT, COLLEAGUES AND OTHERS, AND WE CAN PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AND SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN INTO ANY ROADS THAT I'M NOT 100% SURE ON.

I HAVE A FOLLOW UP TO THAT.

AND REALLY, IT CAME BACK TO THIS STATEMENT WHERE YOU SAID THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET OUR GOAL IF WE DON'T EVEN JUST START INCREASING ENROLLMENT IN THESE.

SO WHAT ARE THE INITIATIVES ACROSS THE BOARD TO TRY AND INCREASE THE ENROLLMENT IN THESE PROGRAMS? SURE. SO SOME OF THE MAIN ONES START IT DOWN IN THE ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL TRANSITION.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE MORE AND MORE OF OUR SYSTEMS OR STUDENTS ARE OPTING OUT OF AN ACCELERATED TRACK BASED ON THAT IN THE PAST, YOU HAD TO OPT IN TO SOMETHING LIKE ACCELERATED MATH OR OTHER COURSES LIKE THAT.

BUT WE'VE SHIFTED A LOT OF THOSE SYSTEMS OVER THE LAST 3 TO 4 YEARS.

SO AS THOSE STUDENTS MATRICULATE UP IN THE SYSTEM, WE'RE GOING TO NATURALLY SEE MORE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE ADVANCED COURSES.

A PIECE OF IT, TOO, IS, I THINK, JUST REALLY A CHANGE OF MINDSET THAT WE'VE SEEN ON CAMPUSES WHEN IT COMES TO HOW YOU INTERVENE FOR STUDENTS IN ADVANCED COURSES.

I CAN SAY WHEN I WAS ON A CAMPUS THAT GETS LONGER AGO EVERY YEAR, BUT IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO.

IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT.

AND WORKING WITH SOME TEACHERS WHO WERE TEACHING THE ACCELERATED OR ADVANCED CLASSES AND STUDENTS STRUGGLED.

A LOT OF TIMES THE KNEE JERK INTERVENTION FOR THAT IS TO WELL, MAYBE THEY SHOULD NOT BE IN THIS CLASS.

THEY [INAUDIBLE] REALLY READY FOR THAT CLASS.

I'VE DEFINITELY SEEN A CHANGE IN THAT MINDSET OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT NO JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY MIGHT BE STRUGGLING, A STUDENT MIGHT BE STRUGGLING IN AN ADVANCED COURSE, THAT THE INTERVENTION OF THAT IS NOT TO REMOVE THAT STUDENT FROM THAT COURSE.

IT'S TO RETEACH AND TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD DO ANYWAY.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE NATURALLY OUR SYSTEM IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MORE STUDENTS IN THOSE COURSES.

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AND I THINK WHEN TALKING WITH OUR CAMPUSES AS WELL, LIKE THEY'RE WANTING TO MOVE THESE NUMBERS AS WELL.

SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT ENROLLMENT.

A LOT OF IT IS COMMUNICATION WORKING WITH WITH PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND COUNSELORS AS THEY SIGN UP FOR THOSE COURSES.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.

WE NEED MORE STUDENTS IN THE COURSES IN ORDER TO MEET THAT GOAL.

WE'VE GOT ONE MORE THING.

SO I CAN GIVE YOU FOUR REALLY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AS A DISTRICT.

SO THE FIRST ONE IS WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES AT SEVERAL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS WHERE THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED STUDENTS THAT HAVE NOT EVER TAKEN ADVANCED COURSES BUT ARE SHOWING STRENGTH IN THEIR GRADES OVER MULTIPLE SEMESTERS.

AND THE CAMPUSES HAVE USED TWO DIFFERENT STRATEGIES.

ONE CAMPUS REACHED OUT WITH PHONE CALLS TO STUDENTS AND PARENTS, LETTING THEM KNOW WE'VE SEEN THIS ACADEMIC STRENGTH.

WE'D LIKE TO INVITE YOUR CHILD TO JOIN IN THESE COURSES.

ANOTHER CAMPUS DID A BREAKFAST WHERE THEY INVITED STUDENTS AGAIN WHO SHOWED ACADEMIC STRENGTH BUT WHO HAD NEVER ATTEMPTED ADVANCED COURSES.

AND THEN ANOTHER CAMPUS USED TEAMS OF TEACHERS THAT ACTUALLY TEACH THE COURSES THEMSELVES TO SAY, I'M REACHING OUT TO INVITE YOU TO TAKE MY COURSE BECAUSE I CAN SEE YOU HAVE STRENGTH IN THIS AREA.

OR WE'VE HAD TEACHERS SAY THIS IS AN AREA OF PASSION FOR YOU.

AND WE FOUND THAT THAT DIRECT REACH OUT IS REALLY, REALLY EFFECTIVE.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO RAMP UP.

ON ONE PARTICULAR CAMPUS, THE 56 STUDENTS WHO SAID YES TO THAT INVITATION, ONLY THREE OF THEM DROPPED OUT.

EVERYONE ELSE HAD REALLY HIGH GRADES.

TWO OF THE THREE THAT DROPPED OUT DROPPED OUT WITH A B OR BETTER, BUT FELT LIKE THEY JUST HAD SO MANY OTHER ADVANCED COURSES ON THEIR PLATE THAT IT JUST IT WAS BECOMING REALLY HARD FOR THEIR SCHEDULE.

AND THEN THE FINAL PIECE, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF FOCUS GROUPS WITH OUR TEACHERS AND PARENTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT WOULD HELP THEM, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM IN THIS ARENA. AND PARENTS HAVE SHARED THAT, NUMBER ONE, THEY WEREN'T SURE IF IT WAS FOR THEIR CHILD.

BUT NUMBER TWO, IT'S JUST REALLY OVERWHELMING LEARNING ABOUT ALL THE OPTIONS.

AND SO WE LISTENED TO THEIR FEEDBACK AND PUT TOGETHER FLIERS AND SHORT VIDEOS THAT ARE BEING SHARED OUT THAT REALLY EXPLAIN THE ADVANTAGES OF TAKING THOSE COURSES WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COURSES, BUT REALLY WHAT IT GETS YOU DOWN THE ROAD IN THE FUTURE.

AND SO THE BIGGEST REQUEST FROM PARENTS WAS WE REALLY WANT TO START LEARNING ABOUT ALL THESE PIECES IN ABOUT SEVENTH GRADE, BECAUSE WE JUST WE NEED TIME TO DIGEST.

WE NEED TIME TO RAMP UP AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT FITS OUR KIDS THE BEST.

SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE'VE STARTED.

IN ADDITION, WE'RE LAUNCHING ADVANCED ACADEMICS, AMBASSADORS, BECAUSE OUR KIDS HAVE ALSO TOLD US WE REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM OTHER KIDS, LIKE WE TRUST THEIR INPUT AND FEEDBACK MORE. AND SO WE HAVE A COHORT OF 19 THAT WILL BE LAUNCHING THIS FALL OF DIVERSE STUDENTS TAKING ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF ADVANCED COURSES.

AND SO REALLY TRYING TO PUT THAT STUDENT SUPPORT PIECE IN IS ANOTHER PART OF IT.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THE REASON WHY I ASKED THAT IS I RECALL A PRESENTATION THAT THIS BOARD RECEIVED ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO ABOUT INITIATIVES IN OUR STONY POINT LEARNING COMMUNITY THAT REALLY TARGETED AND FOCUSED ON BRINGING KIDS IN THAT WERE KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT ON THE BORDER OF NOT REALLY HAVING BEEN IN ADVANCED COURSEWORK.

AND I KNOW THIS WAS MATH AT THE TIME AND HOW THEY SAW THE NUMBERS REALLY SKYROCKET.

AND I KNOW IT REQUIRED A LOT OF INTERVENTION, YOU KNOW, WITH PARENTS COMING IN OPEN HOUSES, THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT WERE NOT AS POSSIBLE DURING COVID.

AND SO IT'S EXCITING TO HEAR THAT SOME OF THOSE INITIATIVES ARE COMING BACK AND REALLY TRYING TO TARGET THOSE FAMILIES WHO HAVE KIDS THAT ARE REALLY BRIGHT AND COULD PROBABLY BE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THESE KIND OF PROGRAMS. TRUSTEE WEIR.

ACTUALLY MOST OF IF NOT ALMOST ALL MY QUESTIONS GOT ANSWERED.

I DID JUST NOTICE ONE THING, THOUGH.

ON SLIDE SIX, IT LOOKED LIKE YOU PULLED OUT THE EMERGENT BILINGUAL THAT WERE MONITORED YEARS 1 THROUGH 4.

IS THAT WHAT THE EB MONITORED YEARS ONE THROUGH FOUR VERSUS EMERGENT BILINGUAL.

JUST ARE THAT WE'RE OUR STUDENTS FOR THE WHOLE FOUR YEARS.

JUST IF YOU COULD CLARIFY WHY THERE WERE THE TWO DIFFERENT.

SO YEAH, WE HAVE TWO ACCOUNTABILITY GROUPS, WHICH IS THEY DO JUST THE EMERGENT BILINGUAL BUT THEY ALSO MONITOR WE ALSO GROUP IS FOR THE ONES WHO ARE MONITORED AND SO IT'S TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY.

SO WE HAD TO PUT, YOU KNOW, IN THERE, I DON'T KNOW HOW RYAN MISSED IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WELL, ESSENTIALLY, THE DIFFERENCE IS WHEN YOU'RE NEW TO COUNTRY OR NEW TO OUR COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE AN EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENT UNTIL YOU ARE RECLASSIFIED AS A MONITORED.

SO TO GET RECLASSIFIED, YOU SCORE A CERTAIN RATING ON TELPAS AND THEN BUT WE ESSENTIALLY DON'T WANT TO JUST NOT KEEP TRACK OF YOU

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AFTER THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE STUDENTS CONTINUE TO DO WELL AND LEARN.

SO EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT WITHIN THAT INITIAL EMERGENT BILINGUAL LEVEL OF SERVICE, THEY'RE STILL SEPARATED.

SO WE CAN TRACK THEIR PROGRESS.

I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON.

OK. OH NOW TRUSTEE WESTON'S LIGHT CAME ON.

YEAH, NOW IT CAME ON. ALL RIGHT.

TRUSTEE VESSA. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO BEFORE I ASK MY OTHER QUESTION, I WANT TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION QUESTION.

SO ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MATH COURSES, SO YOU HAVE ON LEVEL LIKE CALCULUS, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE ADVANCED AP CALCULUS OR YOU HAVE ON LEVEL PRE CAL AND ADVANCED PRE CAL, BUT WOULD PRE CAL AND CALCULUS THAT ARE ON LEVEL NOT BE CONSIDERED ADVANCED COURSES? THEY SOUND PRETTY ADVANCED.

SO. ADVANCED AS IN COMPLEXITY? YES. ADVANCED AS PART OF THE GROUP THAT THE STATE CONSIDERS THAT USE FOR CCMR? NO. OKAY.

I THINK THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION THERE WITH THAT POSSIBILITY WITH FAMILIES ABOUT WHY THEY DON'T CHOOSE THE ADVANCED VERSIONS OF THOSE COURSES.

I MEAN, I KNOW I TALK ABOUT WITH FAMILIES ALL THE TIME.

I MEAN, WE CAN TALK OFFLINE AND REALLY HAVE MAYBE A FOCUS GROUP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT TO BE LEARNED FROM THE EXPERIENCES OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN THOSE ADVANCED MATH COURSES AND WHY THEY END UP CHOOSING TO GO ON LEVEL AND THINGS SUPPORTS WE COULD PUT IN PLACE TO MAYBE MAKE THEM MORE WILLING TO TAKE THE ADVANCED VERSION RATHER THAN THE ON LEVEL.

WELL, AND PART OF THAT, THAT'S WHY OUR COUNSELORS ARE SO IMPORTANT IS IT DEPENDS.

IT DEPENDS A LOT ON A STUDENT'S CHOSEN TRAJECTORY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, WHAT THE MAJOR IS, WHAT THE ACCEPTING UNIVERSITY COUNTS AS CREDITS MAJORS IN SPECIFIC AREAS OFTENTIMES, ESPECIALLY IF STUDENTS ARE MAJORING IN ENGINEERING ANY OF THE STEM FIELDS, UNIVERSITIES WANT TO SEE THEM TAKE THE CLASS WITH THEM.

AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF TIMES STUDENTS AREN'T NECESSARILY WANTING TO TAKE THAT KIND OF CLASS WITH US, KNOWING THAT THE CREDIT WON'T COUNT TOWARD THEIR MAJOR, IT WOULD ONLY COUNT AS AN ELECTIVE. SO A LOT OF THOSE SUBTLETIES, AGAIN, ARE WHERE OUR COUNSELORS ARE SO IMPORTANT IN PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED ADVICE TO FAMILIES.

CERTAINLY AGREE WITH YOUR FEEDBACK.

ANY TIME WE CAN HELP KIDS TO REALLY SEE THE BENEFIT OF TAKING THOSE HIGHER LEVEL COURSES, THAT'S WONDERFUL.

BUT THERE ARE ALSO JUST A LOT OF PERSONAL DECISIONS THAT ARE IMPORTANT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

I THINK I'VE HEARD DIFFERENT.

I MEAN, YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY TRUE.

THOSE THINGS ARE TRUE. BUT I THINK THERE'S ACTUALLY MORE FEEDBACK OUT THERE IN TERMS OF WHY THEY MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.

AND I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THAT'S A LONG CONVERSATION THAT I THINK SHOULD BE HAD WITH THOSE FAMILIES AND GETTING THOSE THAT FEEDBACK FROM THEM. BUT BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT MORE TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ADVANCED MATH COURSE AND AN ON LEVEL COURSE IN TERMS OF JUST THE SPEED AT WHICH THEY GO THROUGH THE MATERIAL, THE COMPLEXITY OF THE EXAMS. YOU KNOW, JUST I THINK THAT IT'S WORTH CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WITH THOSE FAMILIES.

THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS THAT WE TRACK A LOT SAT AND ACT SCORES IN OUR GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES.

AND AS YOU'RE INDICATING THAT UNIVERSITIES ARE MOVING AWAY FROM THOSE TESTS AND MATTER OF FACT, THE SAT IS CHANGING DRAMATICALLY NEXT YEAR.

SO MUCH SO THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR SCORES BECAUSE THE TEST IS CHANGING SO MUCH.

SO I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WE DO LONG TERM? IS THESE TESTS, WE DON'T KNOW THE FUTURE OF THESE TESTS.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY'RE GOING TO BE, WHAT EVEN RELEVANT TO UNIVERSITIES OR HOW MANY UNIVERSITIES.

NO, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUALLY BE LOOKING AT IT, LOOKING AT THE GPMS THAT WE'RE CHOOSING.

AND I THINK THE ACCOUNTABILITY RESET FRAMEWORK IS SUPPOSED TO BE RELEASED LATER THIS MONTH.

SO I THINK THAT MIGHT PROVE SOME WAYS THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR FOCUSES WITH SOME OF OUR GPMS. IF CCMR ENDS UP BEING MONITORED IN A DIFFERENT WAY FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE WAY THAT WE DO TRACK IT.

SO I THINK WE'RE TOTALLY ON THE SAME PAGE AND WE JUST NEED TO WAIT AND KIND OF SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT.

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SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS LIKE THE STATE WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY CHANGE THE.

IT'S POSSIBLE.

METHODS THAT TRACK CCMR QUALIFICATIONS AND THEY MAY DECIDE TO CHANGE OR ADD OR SUBTRACT? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WAITING ON HERE.

AND SUPPOSEDLY BY THE END OF THE MONTH THEY'LL HAVE THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY RESET, WHICH COULD HAVE ANY KIND OF UPDATES LIKE THAT IN IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.

TRUSTEE WESTON.

MR. SMITH, I JUST I CAN'T LET IT GO UNSAID THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR EFFORTS FOR MS. SIMMONS, FOR MS. DARDEN.

I FEEL LIKE I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M WATCHING A STUDENT HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING ON TUESDAY NIGHT, AND THERE'S MR. SMITH, YOU KNOW, WORKING HARD FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THESE GUYS.

YES. SO I JUST CAN'T LET IT GO UNSAID YOU KNOW HOW APPRECIATIVE I AM.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CCMR. I THINK I'M THE ONLY TRUSTEE THIS YEAR WITH A GRADUATING SENIOR.

I HAVE A JUNIOR COMING UP NEXT YEAR AND THE RATE OF CHANGE THAT YOU ALL ARE DEALING WITH AND AT THIS CHANGING LANDSCAPE AND I MEAN, I'M REALLY REFLECTING ON, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SITTING HERE AND WE'RE ASKING YOU QUESTIONS AND ANYBODY WATCHING, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO PRETEND LIKE THINGS ARE NORMAL. THINGS ARE NOT NORMAL.

THINGS ARE NOT NORMAL.

AND YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT A QUESTION FOR YOU.

THIS IS MORE COMMENTARY.

BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

AND I JUST SEE AN INCONSISTENCY WITH WHAT WE ASK ALL OF YOU TO DO.

AND THEN WHAT WE SPEND OUR TIME ON IN THESE BOARD MEETINGS.

AND I THINK THAT OBSERVERS CAN DRAW THEIR OWN CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THAT.

BUT LIKE I SAID, WHEN YOU SAID, MS. DARDEN, ABOUT REACHING OUT TO FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF EDUCATION.

BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF EDUCATION, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE.

SO WE'RE IN A PEOPLE BUSINESS.

AND SO IT'S REALLY GOOD TO HEAR WHEN WE'RE PUTTING EFFORT TOWARDS REACHING OUT TO THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO PAY TAXES AND SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO OUR SCHOOLS. AND WE TRY TO CONNECT AND REBUILD.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A DISCONNECT NOT JUST IN ROUND ROCK ISD, BUT WITH THE PANDEMIC, THIS DISCONNECT HAPPENED.

AND SO I'M REALLY PLEASED TONIGHT TO HEAR ABOUT THESE INITIATIVES.

AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK.

TRUSTEE XIAO. TRUSTEE XIAO YEAH, GO AHEAD.

SO I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION REGARDING THE IBC, THE INDUSTRIAL CERTIFICATE.

SO MAYBE I MISSED THIS.

DO WE LIKE TRACK THE RATE LIKE THE STUDENT ENROLLED IN ONE PARTICULAR CERTIFICATION IN THE FIRST YEAR AND COMPLETED FOURTH YEAR? DO WE TRACK THE RATE COMPLETION? I'M GOING TO ASK SHERI BONDS TO STEP UP AND ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

CAN YOU LET ME JUST EXPLAIN SOMETHING AND THEN WE CAN CLARIFY WHERE WE ARE? SURE YEAH. YEAH. SO IN OUR PROGRAMS OF STUDY THAT ARE USUALLY FOUR OR MORE CREDITS, THE CERTIFICATIONS MIGHT ACTUALLY LAND IN DIFFERENT YEARS.

SO STUDENTS TAKING A BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PATHWAY, THEIR CERTIFICATION WOULD BE IN THEIR SOPHOMORE YEAR IN BUSINESS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT.

BUT WITH A STUDENT MAYBE THAT'S TAKING AUDIO VISUAL PRODUCTION, THEY MAY HAVE A CERTIFICATION IN THEIR JUNIOR YEAR.

SO AS FAR AS TRACKING HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

SORRY. SO IF A STUDENT ENROLL IN THE FIRST YEAR, HOW MANY STUDENTS ACTUALLY GET THE CERTIFICATION IN THEIR JUNIOR OR SENIOR YEAR? OH, FOLLOWING THROUGH THROUGHOUT A PATHWAY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROGRAM OF STUDY THAT AND I'M SITTING SEEING MY PRINCIPAL COLLEAGUE ACROSS THE HALLWAY THAT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING DATA TO TRACK AS FAR AS STUDENT CHANGES.

FOR THE MOST PART, THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS ACTUALLY START A PROGRAM OF STUDY AND STAY WITH IT.

BUT NOT ALL STUDENTS DO.

WE HAVE DEFINITELY STUDENTS WHO AFTER THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR WILL CHANGE.

THAT IS WOULD DEFINITELY BE SOME INTERESTING DATA TO LOOK AT.

WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT KIND OF DATA, SO IT WOULD BE WORKING WITH MS. SIMMONS TEAM TO BE ABLE TO PULL THAT.

I BELIEVE THAT MOST STUDENTS ACTUALLY STAY WITH THEIR CERTIFICATION IN THE PATHWAY THROUGH THE YEARS.

SO THE QUESTION IS REALLY DURING THE FIRST YEAR, WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WE CAN GIVE TO THE FRESHMAN STUDENT AND THEIR FAMILY TO REALLY PICK A PATH THAT WILL ACTUALLY IMPACT IN THEIR FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL.

ANOTHER QUESTION AGAIN REGARDING THIS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENT FAMILY AND WHAT WE CAN OFFER AND DO YOU SEE CERTAIN PROGRAM THAT IS NEAR CAPACITY OR OVERCAPACITY THAT WE REALLY NEED TO PLAN NOW HOW TO EXPAND THOSE PROGRAMS? SO DEPENDING ON CAMPUSES, YES, PROGRAMS LOOK VERY DIFFERENT.

AT CERTAIN CAMPUSES, A PROGRAM MIGHT BE FILLED TO THE BRIM AND HAVE THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE TEACHERS.

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BUT AT ANOTHER COMMUNITY, THEY MAY JUST HAVE ONE OR TWO TEACHERS AND ARE TRYING TO FIND STUDENTS TO ENROLL.

ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS OF STUDY AND ELECTIVES AT HIGH SCHOOL LIVE AND DIE BY STUDENT COURSE REGISTRATION.

SO AS TRENDS CHANGE WITH STUDENTS AND THEIR INTERESTS CHANGE, AND THAT MIGHT BE FROM A FAMILY MEMBER, SOMETHING POPULAR IN SOCIETY OR SOMETHING THAT THEY SEE WITH THEIR FRIENDS CHANGING.

SO THERE ARE DEFINITELY PROGRAM AREAS, HEALTH SCIENCE IS ONE THAT IS ALWAYS HIGHLY POPULAR AND FULL ACROSS OUR FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS.

COMPUTER SCIENCE WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING AN UPTICK IN THOSE NUMBERS MOST RECENTLY AND SOME OF A DECREASE IN SOME POCKETS OF ENGINEERING, KIND OF A SWAP OF THOSE STUDENTS.

AND A LOT OF THAT I ATTRIBUTE TO FAMILIES HEARING ABOUT THE NEED FOR COMPUTER SCIENTISTS IN THE MEDIA, YOU KNOW, JOBS AND CAREER PROSPECTS.

AND SO IT DEFINITELY CHANGES.

THERE ARE THOSE THAT WILL ALWAYS STAY TRIED AND TRUE, WHERE WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS WILL ALWAYS ENROLL, LIKE BUSINESS, MARKETING AND FINANCE, ENGINEERING, HEALTH, SCIENCE, THEY'LL ALWAYS BE THERE. BUT THE NUMBERS DEFINITELY DO FLUCTUATE AS FAR AS PLANNING FOR EXPANSION OF PROGRAMS AND FUTURE PROGRAMS, WE DEFINITELY HAVE THAT ON THE HORIZON, AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH HEALTH SCIENCE BEING THE MOST POPULAR NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE.

THE IDEA OF GROWING AND EXPANDING BEYOND THE CERTIFICATIONS THAT WE OFFER.

WE'VE HAD PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS WITH ACC ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR AN LVN PROGRAM WHERE OUR STUDENTS COULD ACTUALLY, JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, IF WE CAN WORK OUT A CROSSWALK, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO SIT FOR THAT EXAM AND COMPLETE THAT.

SO AT 18 YEARS OLD ALREADY HAVE THAT CREDENTIAL AND BE CLOSER TO A BSN.

SOME OF THAT DOES DEPEND ON STAFF OF AVAILABILITY OF OUR CAMPUSES, BUT ALSO ACC TO HAVE DUAL CREDIT TEACHERS AVAILABLE TO US.

SO THERE ARE THOSE PIECES OF MASSAGING THE STAFF MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.

AND THEN THE SPACE, IF THAT'S SOMETHING TO GO INTO.

YES, THERE'S DEFINITELY AN INVESTMENT IN THAT.

SO IF AT A CERTAIN POINT THE BOARD CAN GET AN UPDATE WHAT THE RESOURCES NEED A FACILITY WHY STAFF NEEDS, AND WE CAN PLAN THAT IN THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS, JUST PLAN AHEAD BECAUSE THE NEED IS THERE.

WE NEED TO MOVE AS FAST AS WE CAN.

ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL DO.

THANK YOU. GREAT.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS TRUSTEE HARRISON.

YEAH, I'LL BE QUICK.

ARE THERE ANY EFFORTS FOR IT'S CALLED TWICE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS.

SO REALLY TARGETED FOR STUDENTS.

I THINK THERE'S OFTENTIMES ASSUMPTIONS LIKE IF YOU HAVE DYSLEXIA THAT YOU WOULDN'T DO WELL ON AN ADVANCED COURSE OR IF YOU ARE CONSIDERED A STUDENT RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, THEN YOU MAY NOT DO WELL IN A CTE COURSE WHERE THERE IS A CERTIFICATION.

BUT WITH THOSE NUMBERS BEING SO LOW, I WONDER IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE.

AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF WE'RE VERY DELIBERATE ABOUT LOOKING FOR TWICE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY IN CTE.

SO WITHIN CTE, IS THAT SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY WE'VE LOOKED AT AND TARGETED INDIRECTLY? WE'VE ACTUALLY TAKEN ON PROJECTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS OF WORKING WITH OUR ART FACILITATORS, OF SHOWING THEM MORE OF WHAT OUR HIGH SCHOOL LOOKS LIKE, ESPECIALLY FOCUSING IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL SO THAT THEY'RE PREPARED TO HAVE THOSE TRANSITION CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR STUDENTS.

WE'VE CREATED OUR [INAUDIBLE] GUIDE FOR OUR TEACHERS THAT HAVE THAT GO AND SIT IN OUR [INAUDIBLE] MEETINGS FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT THEIRS CURRENTLY.

SO THERE ARE THOSE WAYS, BUT WE DO HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE HELD TO THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS STANDARDS WHERE WE CANNOT TRACK STUDENTS.

SO BEING ABLE TO GIVE STUDENTS SUPPORTS WHAT THEY ARE ONCE THEY ARE IN OUR COURSES, YES, WE ABSOLUTELY CAN DO.

BUT WE HAVE VISITS IN THE STATE CALLED MOA OR METHODS OF ADMINISTRATION THAT TEA ACTUALLY HAS.

AND SO WHEN THEY COME IN, WE HAD ONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO AT STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL.

WHEN THEY COME IN, THEY ACTUALLY LOOK AT NUMBERS.

AND SO IF YOUR NUMBERS ARE SKEWED HIGHER OR LOWER IN ANY PARTICULAR AREA, AND ONE WAS ACTUALLY WITHIN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND THEY ASKED US, ARE YOU TRACKING SPECIAL ED STUDENTS TO TAKE THIS COURSE BECAUSE IN THEIR ESTIMATION, IT WAS A LOWER LEVEL, IT WAS A HOSPITALITY PROGRAM.

WE SAID, NO, THAT'S NOT IT.

ALL OF OUR COURSES ARE OPEN ENROLLMENT.

IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE THAT THAT TEACHER WAS AMAZING AND THE KIDS LOVED HER.

THEY SAW HER IN THE HALLWAY. THAT'S THE HALLWAY THAT THE SPECIAL ED BUSSES PICKED UP ON.

AND SO THE KIDS WANTED TO BE IN HER CLASS.

SO WE DEFINITELY WANT OUR STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL NO MATTER WHO ENTERS OUR DOORS.

BUT WE CANNOT GO OUT AND RECRUIT STUDENTS BASED OFF OF ANY PARTICULAR STUDENT GROUPS.

SO YES. AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER.

BUT I GUESS I'M ASKING GOING IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, LIKE, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE'RE MISSING OUT ON STUDENTS BEING IN ADVANCED LEVEL MATH BECAUSE THEY'RE SPECIAL ED WHEN REALLY THOSE THINGS AREN'T NECESSARILY MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, RIGHT? OR BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE DOWNSIDE OF THAT.

BUT I GUESS I'M LOOKING FOR THE UPSIDE LIKE EXPLORING ALL MANNER OF AND YOU KIND OF ANSWER THE QUESTION CTE COURSES BECAUSE THAT CERTIFICATION COULD BE A REALLY GOOD

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SUPPORT. SURE.

SO ANECDOTALLY, I CAN SHARE HAVING HELPED ADMINISTER AP EXAMS EXTENSIVELY THIS SPRING, WE HAVE LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF TWICE EXCEPTIONAL KIDS TAKING OUR AP EXAMS A LOT.

IT'S VERY COMMON PRACTICE.

QUITE A NUMBER OF US HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO AND IT'S BEEN PRETTY AMAZING.

IT REALLY HAS BEEN.

BUT I AGREE THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR ADDITIONAL WORK WITH FAMILIES.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY MICHELLE SWAIN, WHO'S OUR DIRECTOR OF ADVANCED ACADEMICS, WORKED BASED ON THE GROUP FEEDBACK FROM PARENTS AND STUDENTS, CREATED THE GUIDES FOR EACH OF THOSE COURSES, BUT ALSO KEPT IT, KEPT THE VISUALS VERY SIMPLE AND CLEAN.

THEY'RE ON THE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE TO HELP KIDS UNDERSTAND THIS IS WHAT THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF COURSES ARE ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A STUDENT WHO DOES A REALLY BEAUTIFUL JOB WITH ADVANCED COURSES, BUT MAYBE YOU'RE NOT, YOU REALLY DON'T WANT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE TEST ON ONE SINGLE DAY, THEN THESE ARE THE BEST OPTIONS FOR YOU.

WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO WORK WITH OUR TEACHERS TO THAT, TEACH THOSE COURSES FOR THEM TO REALLY HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE DO YOU SEE KIDS REALLY THRIVE IN THESE COURSES? BUT THERE'S ALWAYS MORE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP KIDS UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A PLACE AT THE TABLE.

BUT I REALLY FEEL LIKE THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS ARE ARE DEFINITELY THE NAME OF THE GAME TO HELP KIDS WITH ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT NEEDS AND DIFFERENCES PERFORM REALLY, REALLY WELL WITH COLLEGE CREDIT BEARING COURSES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION ON GOAL PROGRESS THREE.

OUR GOAL THREE NOT JUST GOAL PROGRESS MEASURE.

WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM G 2 IB PROGRAM AT MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL UPDATE.

I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO DR.

AZAIEZ. THANK YOU AGAIN.

PRESIDENT FELLER I JUST WANT TO JUST ADD, I WANT TO THANK THE TEAM AND OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF FOR THE HARD WORK.

I JUST DO ECHO WHAT THEY SAID.

WE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS OF COMMUNICATING, EDUCATING OUR PARENTS ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE, BUT ALSO ENSURING THAT WE ADD IN OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE REMOVING ANY BARRIERS TO MAKE IT VERY EASIER FOR THEM TO TAKE THESE ADVANCED COURSES.

RIGHT. WHETHER THEY'RE AP COURSES OR ONRAMP COURSES.

SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT AND WE ARE LOOKING AT FIGURING OUT A WAY HOW WE CAN HELP MORE OF OUR STUDENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE COURSES, OBVIOUSLY.

SO MOVING ON TO THE IB PROGRAM AT MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL, IT REALLY FITS IN REALLY WELL WITH WHAT WE DISCUSSING ABOUT CCMR AND OUR BROAD GOALS.

NUMBER THREE SO WE HAVE WITH US IS DR.

I THINK MS. JOHNSON, OUR PRINCIPAL AT MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL, AND ALSO MYA, OUR [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE MCNEIL COMMUNITY LEARNING COMMUNITY.

AND THEY WANT US TO TALK ABOUT GIVE US SOME UPDATE ABOUT OUR PROGRAM AT MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL.

I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. WHAT'S YOUR POINT? MADAM CHAIR, TYPICALLY, WE LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS AT THE END, BUT I'D BE REMISS.

COULD I JUST ASK ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION BEFORE WE START? SURE. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL, AND IN THE SLIDES, THE ONLY MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT ARE MENTIONED ARE DEERPARK AND PEARSON RANCH.

I KNOW A LOT OF FAMILIES WHO HAVE STUDENTS AT CEDAR VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IS THAT NOT? WHY IS THAT NOT INCLUDED? WERE THEY NOT PART OF THIS OR? I THINK INITIALLY WE WERE LOOKING AT THE DIRECT FEEDERS TO MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THAT'S NOT IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVE TO THE SMALL POCKET OF FAMILIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN CEDAR VALLEY.

I WOULD JUST HOPE THAT WE WOULD BE REACHING OUT TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS IN THIS LEARNING COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS.

I KNOW THAT THAT'S A GROUP OF PARENTS THAT OFTEN FEELS OVERLOOKED, AND THEY DID CATCH THIS AND THEY BROUGHT THAT TO MY ATTENTION.

SO I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING THAT FOR SURE.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

THANK YOU, DR. AZAIEZ.

WE ARE AND WE ARE JUST SO EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY COMMUNITY.

WE WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PURSUIT AND PATH OF THE IB PROGRAM AT MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL.

OF COURSE, HERE WITH ME TONIGHT IS DR.

AZAIEZ MENTIONED [INAUDIBLE].

I HAVE TO PUT THAT IN THERE.

AMANDA JOHNSON, PRINCIPAL OF MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL, BUT NOT WITH US TONIGHT DUE TO A PERSONAL CONFLICT, IS OUR DIRECTOR OF ADVANCED ACADEMICS, MICHELLE SWAIN, WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL AND VERY SUPPORTIVE AND AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR JOURNEY TO GET WHERE WE ARE THIS EVENING.

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THE IDEA OF INTRODUCING THE IB PROGRAM AT MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL ACTUALLY BEGAN SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN MS. JOHNSON FIRST TOOK THE HELM AS THE PRINCIPAL OF THE CAMPUS.

MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STUDENTS, STAFF AND PARENTS, HAD ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS EXPRESSED THE DESIRE TO REMAIN IN THE MCNEIL LEARNING COMMUNITY AND ACCESS THE IB PROGRAM.

BUT AS WITH MANY THINGS, THE PANDEMIC CAUSED THE CAMPUS TO HAVE TO PUSH PAUSE ON THEIR PURSUIT AND EXPLORATION EFFORTS.

HOWEVER, NOW, HAVING SHIFTED BACK TO A MORE TRADITIONAL ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT, THE CAMPUS HAS NOW RESUMED REVIEWING BOTH QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DATA, INCLUDING STAFF AND COMMUNITY SURVEYS AND OTHER INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM FAMILIES ABOUT THE LACK OF ACCESS TO THE IB PROGRAM AT MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL.

ONE ACCESS CONCERN IN PARTICULAR THAT HAS BEEN EXPRESSED IS AROUND TRANSPORTATION CONSTRAINTS.

STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ACCESS THE IB PROGRAM AT MCNEIL OR AT ANY OTHER CAMPUS, REALLY, IF IT'S NOT ON THEIR HOME CAMPUS, CANNOT PROVIDE.

THOSE WHO CANNOT PROVIDE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM OTHER IB CAMPUSES ARE NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.

SOME OTHER CONCERNS THAT WERE KEY TO REALLY HAVING MORE OPPORTUNITY AND CHOICE AND VOICE IN ADVANCED COURSES, WHICH AGAIN IS APROPOS TO THE CONVERSATION HERE TONIGHT AND HAVING TO PURSUE THESE ELSEWHERE.

TO ADDRESS THESE EQUITY CONCERNS, WE HAVE DOUBLED DOWN OUR EFFORTS TO EXPLORE THE PATH TO CANDIDACY AND AUTHORIZATION FOR MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL TO BECOME AUTHORIZED AS A IB CAMPUS.

AND WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, I'LL TURN IT OVER NOW TO MS. JOHNSON TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR TIMELINE OF ACTIVITIES, ADDITIONAL PERCEPTION DATA WE'VE COLLECTED FROM STAFF AND FAMILIES AND CLOSED WITH ANY QUESTIONS, OF COURSE, YOU MIGHT HAVE REGARDING OUR PLANS TO CONTINUE OUR PURSUIT.

MS. JOHNSON.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MYA.

SO THE TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE PROJECTED UP FOR YOU, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON EACH OF THOSE AND ADD SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

SO MYA MENTIONED INITIALLY FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN I GOT TO MCNEIL, THE CONVERSATION STARTED PRETTY QUICKLY, SPECIFICALLY WITH ONE OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL FEEDER PATTERNS. THEY WERE PRETTY ADAMANT ABOUT CONVERSATIONS, ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE, THE LIMITED ACCESS TO IT FOR A LOT OF OUR KIDS IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION.

AND MYA MENTIONED THAT.

AND SO WHEN I SO IN NOVEMBER OF 21 OF THIS YEAR, WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY START LOOKING AT IT AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT I INITIALLY PULLED WAS THE NUMBERS OF KIDS JUST TO SEE WHAT THE DATA ACTUALLY SHOWED US.

RIGHT. NOT JUST THE CONVERSATIONS, BECAUSE WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE, WE CAN HAVE FIVE OR TEN PEOPLE COME AND SAY THE SAME THING AND IT FEELS LIKE A LOT.

BUT WHEN YOU REALLY START LOOKING AT THE DATA, IT REALLY TELLS THE STORY.

AND SO I RAN FIVE YEARS OF DATA AND IN 2018 WE HAD 46 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE IB PROGRAM AT WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.

AND CURRENTLY THIS YEAR WE HAVE 148.

THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE OF ABOUT ON AVERAGE ABOUT 25 STUDENTS EACH YEAR THAT CONTINUE TO ENROLL OVER THERE FOR THE IB PROGRAM.

SO RUNNING THE DATA FOR WESTWOOD, I WANT TO MAKE THIS CLEAR.

THIS WAS NOT ABOUT SO IB IS WHERE OUR KIDS GO AT WESTWOOD.

IT'S REALLY WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO FEED OVER TO ANY OF THE OTHER IB CAMPUSES.

AND SO THE DATA WAS PULLED TO REALLY.

REALLY MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE NEEDED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO IT.

IT WASN'T ABOUT TRYING TO GET KIDS BACK OVER TO MCNEIL FROM WESTWOOD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT REALLY WAS ABOUT HOW DO WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND THE NEEDS THAT HAD BEEN BROUGHT TO ME.

AND SO THAT WAS REALLY THE LAUNCHING POINT.

SO WHEN I SAW THAT TREND, I WAS LIKE, ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE SHOULD WE SHOULD REALLY PROBABLY START LOOKING AT A FEW OTHER THINGS.

SO WE WROTE OUR FIRST DRAFT IN DECEMBER AND SHARED THAT WITH OUR CFO AND SEVERAL OTHER DR.

PRESLEY, SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE THAT THAT MATTER IN THOSE DECISIONS.

AND THEN WHAT WE DID FROM THERE.

SO THE TEAM REGISTERED FOR THE REQUIRED IB DP CATEGORY ONE MODULES, THE TEAM BEING MYA AND MYSELF AND MICHELLE, THE TEAM OF THREE AND REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THAT. SO WE SIGNED UP FOR THAT AND THEN COMPLETED THAT MONTH LONG COURSE REALLY IF YOU WILL.

IT'S PROBABLY SOME OF THE MOST INTENSE PD THAT I HAVE BEEN A PART OF IN MANY, MANY YEARS.

I FELT LIKE I WAS BACK IN COLLEGE AGAIN.

IT WAS WE REALLY GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY.

WE HAD ASSIGNMENTS, MULTIPLE ASSIGNMENTS EVERY WEEK.

MYA AND MICHELLE AND I WORKED A WEEKLY MEETING IN AND WOULD DEBRIEF ON THOSE ITEMS AND REALLY LOOKED AT.

WE CREATED AN ACTION PLAN OVER TIME AND THEN LOOKED ALSO AT OPPORTUNITIES AND THINGS THAT WE WOULD REALLY HAVE TO WORK ON IF WE DID THIS AND THEN LOOKED AT THINGS THAT WE WERE ALREADY DOING REALLY WELL.

AND FROM THERE WE WOULD SIT AND TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS BECAUSE WE WERE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AN ACTION PLAN ALSO AT THE END OF IT.

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SO WHEN WE FINISHED IN JANUARY, WE DECIDED THAT THIS REALLY WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE FURTHER THAN JUST THE THREE OF US.

AND SO IN FEBRUARY WE WROTE OUR SECOND DRAFT OF OUR WRITTEN PROPOSAL, AND THEN WE STARTED MEETING WITH TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN REALLY HELPFUL THAT ARE PART OF THE TEXAS IB SCHOOLS.

ONE IS THE KAREN PHILLIPS IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TEXAS IB SCHOOLS.

SHE ACTUALLY WAS, IRONICALLY ENOUGH, WAS IN ROUND ROCK ISD IN THE EARLY NINETIES WHEN WESTWOOD STARTED IB.

SHE WAS THEIR IB COORDINATOR, SO WAS FAMILIAR WITH OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND THEN THE SECOND PERSON WAS JAMES MCSWAIN.

HE'S ACTUALLY A RETIRED HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN THE HOUSTON AREA FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

HE RAN AN IB CAMPUS.

AND SO THEY'VE REALLY BEEN HELPFUL IN ANSWERING SOME QUESTIONS AND HELPING WITH THE CONSULTATION PIECE AND WOULD CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH US THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

SO THEN IN MARCH, WE PUT TOGETHER OUR COMMUNITY INFORMATION NIGHT AND WE CONTINUED TO COLLECT DATA THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS BOTH WITH.

SO I HAD A MEETING WITH MY STAFF AND THEN WE HAD THE COMMUNITY MEETING AND THEN SENT OUT SURVEYS AFTER THAT, SHORTLY AFTER THAT MEETING, AND STARTED COLLECTING DATA TO SEE IF OUR COMMUNITY REALLY WAS INTERESTED EVEN FURTHER THAN JUST THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAD MENTIONED.

AND THEN HERE WE ARE IN APRIL AND MAY.

WE SHARED OUR INTENT TO PURSUE THE IDBP WITH THE TRUSTEES, OBTAINED BUDGET APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PARTICULAR AUTHORIZATION PROCESS AND THEN HOPEFULLY PRETTY SOON POST FOR AN IB COORDINATOR.

WHAT WE LEARNED IN JANUARY THROUGH THAT PROCESS IS THAT PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY IN ORDER TO MAKE THE PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL.

AND SO THAT WOULD REALLY BE THE NEXT REALLY BIG STEP FOR US IN THIS PROCESS.

AND THEN WE IN MAY AND JUNE, IT SAYS WE WOULD ENGAGE IN THAT SELECTION PROCESS SO THAT WE COULD START REALLY WHAT IS TAKES SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE WE COULD ALLOW OUR CURRENT SEVENTH GRADERS WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS TO THE PROGRAM AS JUNIORS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO HERE, I DON'T HAVE TO READ THIS TO YOU.

THESE WERE OUR STAFF PERCEPTIONS.

YOU CAN SEE ABOUT 81% SAID YES AND THE OTHERS SAID NO.

NEXT, PLEASE.

SO HERE ARE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL STAFF SURVEYS THAT WENT OUT.

THIS IS THE DATA FROM THERE, 90 AND 10.

NEXT, PLEASE.

AND THEN ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED WAS, WOULD YOU ARE YOU A YES OR NO OR ARE YOU A MAYBE? AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN THERE.

AND THEN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ACCESS TO, I DEFINITELY WON'T SIT HERE AND READ THAT, BUT THOSE WERE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BOTH BY OUR MY STAFF MEMBERS AND THEN THE NEXT ONE SHOULD BE OUR PARENT.

THERE YOU GO. I THINK THERE'S NEXT.

YEAH, THERE'S TWO OF THEM.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S IT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I HAVE A LIGHT ON WITH TRUSTEE HARRISON.

THANK YOU. I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS OR TWO QUESTIONS.

REALLY? SO WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR APPROVING? THIS IS JUST ON HERE AS A REPORT TONIGHT.

AND WHAT WOULD YOU NEED FROM US IN TERMS OF APPROVING TO BE ABLE TO HIRE A IB COORDINATOR? AND THAT MAY BE A QUESTION FOR DR.

A, BUT YEAH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE HARRISON.

SO, YEAH, SO WE ACTUALLY MANAGED TO IT'S PART OF THE BUDGET THAT THAT DENNIS HAS BEEN WORKING ON.

SO WE JUST WANTED OUR BOARD MEMBERS TO BE UPDATED.

BUT HOPEFULLY WHEN YOU APPROVE THE BUDGET NEXT MONTH, I THINK THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PLAN.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE THREE OF YOU.

I KNOW MS. SWAIN'S NOT HERE ON UNDERTAKING THE IB PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S REALLY INTENSE.

I SAT IN AN EVALUATION THIS YEAR AS A TRUSTEE BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS, AND I WAS REALLY BLOWN AWAY BY HOW MUCH GOES INTO THIS PROCESS. MY QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD THE CAPACITY OF THIS PROGRAM BE, YOU KNOW, IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS, LIKE HOW DO YOU BUILD AN IB PROGRAM? SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I'M ALWAYS GOING TO SAY ANYTIME KIDS HAVE ACCESS TO ADVANCED CLASS, I SAY THIS EVEN ABOUT OUR AP COURSES.

IF KIDS WANT ACCESS TO IT, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD IT.

AND SO WE'LL WE'LL BUILD OUR MASTER SCHEDULE AROUND THAT.

SO WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE, IF IT MEANS WE NEED 3 OR 4 TEACHERS, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

IF WE NEED 14, THEN THAT'S HOW WE'LL BUILD IT.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING A MASTER SCHEDULE, YOU BALANCE THAT BASED ON, RIGHT.

WHAT KIDS CHOOSE.

AND SO IF THEY CHOOSE IT, WE'LL BUILD IT.

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I LOVE THAT. THANK YOU.

AND CONGRATULATIONS.

TRUSTEE XIAO. SO I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS.

SO THE FIRST THING IS I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE TIMELINE.

WHAT'S THE FIRST GROUP OF STUDENT WILL ENJOY THIS IP PROGRAM WHEN WHAT'S THE PLAN? SO 24-25 PENDING WE RECEIVE AUTHORIZATION.

THERE'S A LOT OF FRONT LOADING WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED UP TO THAT POINT.

WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO SPEED UP THIS.

YES. SO WE GET THAT QUESTION? YEAH, WE GET THAT QUESTION A LOT.

AND WE ACTUALLY ASKED OURSELVES DURING THE JANUARY PROCESS AND THE WAY THAT THE AUTHORIZATION PROCESS WORKS WITH IB IS THEY TOLD US WHEN WE TOLD THEM THAT WE WANTED TO DO TO START WHEN WE DID, THEY SAID THAT THAT WAS A REALLY AGGRESSIVE PLAN AND WE'RE LIKE, WELL, WE'RE IN FOR IT.

AND SO ACCORDING TO THEIR PARTICULAR TIMELINE, IT SHOULD ACTUALLY TAKE US A YEAR LONGER.

BUT THEY HAVE AN ENTIRE PROCESS.

YEAH, DEFINITELY HAVE AN ENTIRE PROCESS.

BUT THE SITUATION IN THE MCNEIL, THAT IS WE ALREADY HAVE A GROUP OF STUDENT, THE FAMILY THAT REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS IP PROGRAM AND IB PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST YEAR.

YOU DON'T REALLY REQUIRE THE STUDENT TO ACTUALLY BE IN THE IB PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC COURSES.

IT'S JUST INTRODUCTION COURSES.

IT'S ONLY THE JUNIOR SENIORS MATTERS.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU GUYS CAN DO TO WORK AROUND THE PROCESS TO SPEED UP, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

I JUST THIS COMMENT THE SECOND COMMENT I HAVE IS.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ENGAGE PARENTS IN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.

WHAT I OBSERVED AT WESTWORD IS THE IB PROGRAM, THE SUCCESS OF THIS IB PROGRAM PART IN THE GREAT A LARGELY THANKS TO IBP, THE PARENT ASSOCIATION THAT REALLY BOOSTS BOOST KIND OF REALLY BUILT THIS COMMUNITY VERY CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY STUDENT PARENTS, TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, VERY CLOSELY KNIT GROUP THAT REALLY GET THIS PROGRAM GROW OVER THE YEAR.

THAT IS REALLY VALUABLE ASSET.

SO I JUST DON'T KNOW WHETHER AT MCNEIL WE CAN HAVE THIS AND WHETHER SOME PARENTS WOULD TAKE THE LEAD AND TO BUILD THIS ASSOCIATION.

THAT'S ANOTHER COMMENT I HAVE.

AND REGARDING TRUSTEE WESTONS COMMENT THAT I BELIEVE THAT IT'S MAINLY BECAUSE OF GEO LOCATION.

THERE USED TO BE THE DEERPARK STUDENTS AND PEARSON RANCH STUDENT THEY ARE CLOSE TO WESTWOOD.

THEY ACTUALLY CAN GO TO WESTWOOD FOR THE IB PROGRAM.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THERE ALREADY KNEW ABOUT OR INTERESTED IN IB.

TRUSTEE WESTON. THANK YOU.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE IB PROGRAM IS EXPENSIVE AND THAT THAT'S WHY OF OUR FIVE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS, WE OFFERED ONE, WE OFFERED IT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE DISTRICT AT STONY POINT AND THEN ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DISTRICT AT WESTWOOD.

IS THAT CORRECT? CAN YOU GIVE US SOME HISTORICAL INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE GOT.

WE'LL CALL UPON DR.

PRESLEY TO HELP SUPPORT US WITH THIS RESPONSE.

I'M NOT SURE HOW HISTORICAL I CAN BE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHEN I CAME TO THE DISTRICT OF WESTWOOD AND STONY POINT WERE BOTH IB SCHOOLS.

THAT WAS 13 YEARS AGO, 14 YEARS AGO.

AND THEY DID ESTABLISH BECAUSE IT IS YOU KNOW, IT REQUIRES A LOT OF WORK, AS IS AMANDA AND DR.

MERCER SAID SO IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR A WHILE.

I CAN ALSO SHARE THAT WHEN I CAME TO THE DISTRICT, THE VISION AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WHICH IS TWO ADMINISTRATIONS AGO, WAS THAT ULTIMATELY THEY WOULD LIKE FOR ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS TO BE IB. IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF WHERE FAMILIES ARE MOVING IN WHO REALLY, REALLY WANT IB PARTICULARLY IN THE PEARSON RANCH AREA AND ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DISTRICT THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR.

MCNEIL BUT THAT'S THE HISTORY THAT I KNOW IT'S AND A LOT OF THE CLASSES, IT DOESN'T MEAN WHEN YOU IMPLEMENT IB, IT DOESN'T DO AWAY WITH AP BECAUSE A LOT OF THE CLASSES ARE RUN DULY WHERE YOU HAVE AP AND IB STUDENTS IN CLASS TOGETHER.

SO I'M WORKING ON THE IB DIPLOMA AND SO I'M WORKING ON THEIR AP.

SO AND IT'S A SHIFTING OF RESOURCES.

SO THE EXPENSE IS NOT QUITE AS DAUNTING AS YOU WOULD THINK BECAUSE AS MORE STUDENTS, JUST AS AMANDA SAID, AS MORE STUDENTS CHOOSE IB, THEN SHE BUILDS HER SCHEDULE LIKE ANY PRINCIPAL WOULD, BASED ON REQUESTS FROM STUDENTS OF WHAT THEY WANT TO TAKE.

AND SO IT'S A IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT SO MANY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AS IT IS A SHIFTING OF RESOURCES.

AND THAT GOES FOR ANY COURSE.

THAT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT IB, I'D SAY WHAT I DO KNOW MOSTLY HAS COME TO ME AS A PARENT AND HAVING STUDENTS GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT HERE.

AND WHEN WE BRING UP IB, THEY TOLD US, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THESE ARE PEOPLE IN THE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

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AND AGAIN, AS A PARENT TELLING ME THAT THAT'S WHY IT'S OFFERED ON THE FLANKS OF THE DISTRICT IS BECAUSE IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.

BUT YOU'RE INDICATING THAT IT'S NOT.

OH, IT'S I MEAN, THE TRAINING IS WHAT WHAT IS COST SOME MONEY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO TRAIN FOLKS WE HAVE SHIFTED THAT OVER THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS AND THAT WE HOST THE TRAINING IN THE DISTRICT EVERY SUMMER.

AND SO TIBBS, OUR TEXAS IB ASSOCIATION, THAT'S VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE IB PROGRAM, NOT ONLY HERE BUT AROUND THE STATE.

WE STARTED HOSTING IT SOMETIMES IT'S BEEN AT ROUND ROCK BEFORE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AT WESTWOOD.

LAST SUMMER IT WAS AT WESTWOOD.

SO WE PROVIDE THE TRAINING HERE, WHICH ELIMINATES THE COST FOR TEACHERS TO HAVE TO TRAVEL ABROAD OR, YOU KNOW, GOING OFF SOMEWHERE TO GET THE TRAINING THAT'S REQUIRED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. SO AND WE'RE PROUD TO DO THAT.

I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN HOST AND IT SAVES US MONEY BY HOSTING IT.

BUT IT WASN'T ALWAYS THAT WAY.

NO, NO. SO THAT WAS A COST REDUCER, I GUESS.

ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.

SO ONE PIECE OF FEEDBACK I WOULD HAVE FOR DR.

AZAIEZ IS WHEN I HAVE A PRESENTATION LIKE THIS WHERE I KNOW THERE IS COST INVOLVED, I WOULD APPRECIATE IF THERE WOULD BE SOME REFERENCE TO THE COST JUST SO WE CAN HAVE SOME CONTEXT. I MEAN, WE'RE REALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING ON TO ANYTHING.

SO IN THIS CASE, IF MAYBE IN THE NEXT BOARD UPDATE AT YOUR CONVENIENCE, JUST MAYBE A 30,000 FOOT EXPLANATION TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, JUST ABOUT THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IB IN GENERAL IN ROUND ROCK ISD AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO WHAT YOU EXPECT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AT MCNEIL.

IS THAT FAIR? IT'S VERY FAIR.

ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN DO IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM.

AND I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT TO OUR TRUSTEE WESTON, AND ALL OUR TRUSTEE AND COMMUNITY, REALLY, AS OUR OUR PRINCIPAL AND MYA WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER IS WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ADD PROGRAMS, OPPORTUNITIES.

OBVIOUSLY, WE ALSO HAVE TO BE MINDFUL WITH SPENDING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS.

BUT END OF THE DAY IS ALSO ABOUT OUR PARENTS AND STUDENTS INTEREST, RIGHT? SO IB PROGRAM IS GREAT.

I KNOW WE OFFER AN ALSO AP PROGRAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT P-TECH THAT STARTED A FEW YEARS AGO HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SO AGAIN, MORE COMMUNICATION, MORE INFORMATION WILL BE COMING HOPEFULLY SOON.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND TRUSTEE WESTON I DEFINITELY SUPPORT YOUR IDEA OF GETTING A 30,000 VIEW OF THE FINANCES, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AS A BOARD ARE MAKING THAT REQUEST.

SO I HAVE OTHERS ON THE BOARD THAT WOULD LIKE THAT AS WELL.

YEAH, THAT'S FINE. AND I THINK HE SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE PART OF THE BUDGET.

YEAH. AND I MEAN HE'S ALREADY AGREED TO IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD CONSENSUS ON THE BOARD OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT STEP IS TRUSTEE VESSA.

YES, THANK YOU.

I KNOW THAT THAT I ASKED FOR SOME INFORMATION AS TO HOW LARGE THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS ARE.

AND AND I KNOW THAT THE LARGER PROGRAM IS THE MORE COURSE OFFERINGS YOU CAN HAVE, THE MORE YOU CAN OFFER DIFFERENT COURSES AT DIFFERENT TIMES SO THAT THAT YOU CAN DO YOUR MASTER SCHEDULE EASIER AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE KIDS MAKE TOUGH CHOICES BETWEEN CLASSES THEY REALLY WANT, BUT IF THEY'RE IN IB, THEY CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T OFFER IT ENOUGH COURSES.

I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, THOSE I KNOW STONY POINT HAS THOSE ISSUES THAT THEIR PROGRAM ISN'T AS BIG AS WESTWOOD'S ISSUED WESTWOOD'S PROGRAM, AND THEY HAVE SOME MASTER SCHEDULING ISSUES WITH THEIR IB STUDENTS WANTING TO DO THINGS.

AND THEN THEY THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THEY DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER OF COURSES.

SO, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH HAVING THEN NOW WHAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THREE SMALLER PROGRAMS, DO YOU SEE HOW DO YOU SEE MANAGING, MAKING SURE THAT KIDS HAVE ENOUGH OPTIONS SO THAT THEY DON'T THEY DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE IB AND THEN GIVE UP ANOTHER COURSE OF STUDY BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST NOT CONGRUENT.

YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OFFERS, ENOUGH COURSES OFFERED.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

SO THERE'S TWO THINGS.

ONE IS A LOT OF THE TRAINING, IF YOU WILL, IS ALSO IS FOR ME, MY ASSOCIATE AND ALSO MY LEAD COUNSELOR AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL THAT REALLY HELPED BUILD THE MASTER SCHEDULE OVER THE SUMMER.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING IS VISITING SEVERAL IB SCHOOLS AND NOT JUST IN THIS AREA, BUT IT ALLOWS US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND ASK THE CHALLENGING QUESTIONS LIKE THAT.

AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR OUR OWN LEARNING? THAT'S THE FIRST THING.

THE SECOND THING IS, EVERY YEAR THAT WE BUILD A MASTER SCHEDULE, WE HAVE SINGLETON CLASSES, LOTS OF SINGLETON, WE CALL THEM SINGLETON AND DOUBLE TEN, RIGHT? SO YOU ONLY HAVE ONE OR TWO IN THE MASTER SCHEDULE, EVEN WITH THE AP PROGRAM.

SO WE DEAL WITH THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION EVERY YEAR THAT WE BUILD A MASTER SCHEDULE AND OUR COUNSELORS DO A REALLY INCREDIBLE JOB.

ONCE WE RUN OUR CONFLICTS AND LOOKING AT HOW WE HAND SCHEDULE KIDS SO THAT WE CAN GET THE BIGGEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK, IF YOU WILL.

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IF MASTER SCHEDULES WERE 100%, WE COULD PROBABLY GO ON THE ROAD FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BUILD A PERFECT MASTER SCHEDULE.

BUT THE GOAL EVERY YEAR IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MOST KIDS GET THE MOST OPTIONS FOR THE CHOICES.

AND SO THAT'S NOT REALLY A UNIQUE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN FACING FOR YEARS WITH AP.

AND SO I THINK IT'S IT DEFINITELY AND I MENTIONED THAT IT IS GOING TO BE A LEARNING CURVE FOR US, RIGHT? LOOKING AT IB AND AP AND BALANCING THAT AND BALANCING EVEN WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT EVEN ATHLETICS.

RIGHT, AND ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS AND THOSE ARE ACTUALLY CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD WITH OUR EXTRACURRICULAR WAS HOW WE LOOK AT THOSE THINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THAT AS WELL AS THE IB PROGRAM.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS TRUSTEE WEIR.

WELL, THANK YOU.

GREAT WORK. AND I KNOW YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK THE WHOLE TIME THAT YOU'VE BEEN AT MCNEIL AND I, EVEN THOUGH I WAS ONE OF THE 11.8% WHO SAID THAT, I DIDN'T THINK MY CHILD WOULD BE INTERESTED BECAUSE HE SAID, NO, HE WASN'T.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHEN YOU SAID 2024 OR 2025 WOULD BE THE FIRST YEAR, SO THAT WOULD BE THE JUNIORS THAT YEAR.

SO THAT'S ACTUALLY CURRENT EIGHTH GRADERS THEN YOU SAID SEVENTH GRADERS.

SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR FOR PEOPLE.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF TALK MORE AT PEARSON, HONESTLY, THAN AT DEERPARK, BUT IT IS THERE IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT IT.

SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THE RECORD THAT IT WOULD BE THE CURRENT EIGHTH GRADERS THAT WOULD HIT THAT JUNIOR YEAR, HOPEFULLY AS OUR FIRST YEAR.

YES. SO THE EIGHTH GRADERS.

WOULD OUR CURRENT EIGHTH GRADERS WOULD STILL HAVE THE OPTION RIGHT TO BECAUSE WE DON'T NECESSARILY OFFER.

DR. XIAO MENTIONED THIS EARLIER THAT THERE'S THIS PERCEPTION ABOUT THE PRE IB THAT'S REALLY NOT A THING.

AND SO IT'S REALLY YOUR ADVANCED, YOUR PRE ADVANCED COURSES, RIGHT, THAT ALL OF YOUR STUDENTS TAKE AND THEN DECIDE TO GO EITHER AP OR IB OR THE COMBO OF BOTH. AND SO IT'S REALLY OUR CURRENT SEVENTH GRADERS.

WE GOT THAT TIMELINE RIGHT.

CURRENT SEVENTH GRADERS THAT WOULD GO TO MCNEIL IF THEY WERE CHOOSING IB.

NOW, THERE MAY BE OTHER REASONS THAT OUR KIDS, JUST LIKE WE GET KIDS FOR OTHER TRANSFER REASONS, RIGHT, FROM OTHER CAMPUSES, FOR OTHER PROGRAMS, WE MAY STILL HAVE KIDS AT TRANSFER OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR OTHER PROGRAMS. AND IF IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE OFFER, JUST LIKE OTHER CAMPUSES, WE WANT OUR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.

I BELIEVE WE'RE MISSING A BIG WANT AND NEED FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU THERE.

I KNOW THAT PARTICULARLY.

I MEAN, I KNOW IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT TRANSFER TO WESTWOOD FOR THE IB PROGRAM.

AND I KNOW AT PEARSON THEY HAVE PROBABLY MORE EVEN THAN WE DO.

SO YEAH, I WAS JUST SORT OF TRYING TO CLARIFY.

NO, I'M GLAD YOU DID.

ALL RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON.

SO I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM G 3, THE 2022-2023 PROPOSED BUDGET.

DR. AZAIEZ.

THANK YOU AGAIN PRESIDENT FELLER SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATION TALKING ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND DENNIS IS WITH US TONIGHT.

I KNOW LAST TIME SOME OF OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES JUST MENTIONED OR SUGGESTED MAYBE COME UP WITH SOME OTHER PLANS AS FAR AS MAYBE COMPENSATION FOR OUR TEACHERS. SO I KNOW I REMEMBER TRUSTEE HARRISON, I THINK MENTIONED COME UP WITH A COUPLE OF CREATIVE IDEAS.

I HOPE THAT YOU'LL SEE THESE IDEAS AS CREATIVE.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY.

ALSO TO TO ENTERTAIN.

SO WITH NO NO MORE DELAY, WE HAVE DENNIS WITH US AND HE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL AS SOME OF THE COMPENSATION THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND TRUSTEES.

TONIGHT I WILL PRESENT TO YOU THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR.

THERE HAS BEEN NO UPDATES TO THE M&O BUDGET THAT WE SHOWED YOU ON MAY 5TH.

THERE WERE SOME SUGGESTIONS, LIKE DR.

AZAIEZ SAID, FROM SOME TRUSTEES, ABOUT SOME ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION SCENARIOS.

SO I WILL GO OVER THOSE.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES IN THE EXPENSE OUT OF THE BUDGET EITHER, SO THOSE WILL STAY THE SAME.

THERE WERE TWO SCENARIOS PRESENTED FOR THE INS BUDGET.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF.

AND THERE WAS ALSO A REQUEST BY A TRUSTEE TO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT TAX RATE.

SO WE WILL GO OVER THAT ALSO.

AND THE FOOD SERVICE BUDGET REMAINED UNCHANGED.

SO IT CAN GO TO SLIDE NUMBER THREE, PLEASE.

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OUR ASSUMPTIONS STILL REMAIN THE SAME.

THE ESTIMATED PROPERTY VALUE INCREASED BY 13% STATE FUNDING LEVELS.

NONE OF THIS SLIDE HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE THE MAY 5TH, SO WE CAN JUST SKIP OVER THAT AND GO TO THE ACTUAL BUDGET.

THESE NUMBERS ARE ALSO REMAINED THE SAME.

AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM, WE ARE STILL PROJECTING TOTAL REVENUE OF $518 MILLION FROM THE SOURCES LISTED ON YOUR LEFT HAND COLUMN SIDE.

FOR THE EXPENSES FOR M&O BUDGET.

THE MARKET ADJUSTMENTS STILL WERE DONE TO 5%, 4%, 3% THAT YOU ALL APPROVED AT THE LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP WITH MARKET ADJUSTMENTS AND FIXED AND COMPRESSION AND RAISING THE STARTING SALARIES FOR DISTRICT WISE TO $15 AN HOUR.

WE SHOW YOU HOW THE DISTRICT WILL COVER A 10% INCREASE IN MEDICAL INSURANCE PREMIUMS AND THE SHARED OPERATING COSTS FOR THE FOOD SERVICES.

RECAPTURE PAYMENT.

WE WILL SHOW YOU HOW MUCH.

RIGHT NOW THAT WE ARE PROJECTING RECAPTURE TO BE FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR.

WE'RE STILL INCLUDING A THIS I'M SORRY, THE SALARIES PAID BY ESSER THREE ARE STILL IN THE BUDGET.

AND THEN WE ALSO ARE JUST PROPOSING THAT WE PAY ANOTHER $500 TO ALL EMPLOYEES OUT OF ESSER THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET CALLED THE GENERAL FUND.

BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ESSER PAYMENT.

AND WE ARE SAYING OUR INS RATE ADJUSTED IS FOR PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST IN A DEFICIT OF $6 MILLION.

SO ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, AS YOU CAN SEE, TOTAL SALARIES AND BENEFITS REMAIN UNCHANGED.

THE COMPENSATION PIECE WAS $18 MILLION, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST EXPENSE.

THE RUN RATE ADJUSTMENT AS I WENT OVER THE LAST TIME WAS DUE TO WE ARE BUDGETING FOR VACANCIES AND LAPSE SALARIES SO WE CAN USE THE MONEY IN THIS CURRENT YEAR FOR THESE CURRENT STUDENTS.

SO OUR TOTAL SALARIES AND BENEFITS WILL BE THE $396 MILLION 454.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE REDIRECTS AND REDUCTIONS THAT WHERE WE TOOK OUT $4.8 MILLION OUT OF THE BUDGET AND REDIRECTED IT INTO THOSE SALARY LINES.

PRETTY MUCH THAT SLIDES STAYS THE SAME.

SO I TOLD HER EXPENSES EQUALS WHAT OUR TOTAL REVENUES WERE OF $518 MILLION 017.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT CREATES A BALANCED BUDGET FOR THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR.

THE PIECE THAT'S BELOW THAT, THE $3 MILLION, IS THE MEDICAL INSURANCE PREMIUM INCREASE THAT WILL COME OUT OF FUND BALANCE.

AS I MENTIONED AND DR.

AZAIEZ MENTIONED, THERE WERE SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT WE COST OUT SOME DIFFERENT SCENARIOS FOR SOME COMPENSATION INCREASES.

AND I MUST SAY THESE THEY WILL BE ONE TIME PAYMENTS OUT OF FUND BALANCE IF YOU ALL APPROVE WITH ANY OF THE OPTIONS.

SO OPTION A WAS TO INCREASE THE RETENTION STIPEND TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL $500 FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

THE FIRST $500 WOULD COME OUT OF ESSER THREE.

THIS PIECE WILL COME OUT OF FUND BALANCE.

THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $3.4 MILLION.

THERE WAS TALK TO INCREASE THE RETENTION FOR TO AN ADDITIONAL THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR TEACHERS AND $500 FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.

THAT WOULD COST ABOUT $5.2 MILLION.

THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT HELPING WITH HOUSING FOR ALL OUR EMPLOYEES AT $100 A MONTH, $1,200 A YEAR, THAT WOULD COST US ABOUT $8 MILLION A YEAR. AND A HOUSING ALLOWANCE AT JUST A FLAT $1,000 FOR ALL EMPLOYEES IS $7 MILLION.

ANOTHER PIECE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS REWARDING STAFF FOR BEING LOYAL TO THE DISTRICT.

SO THERE ARE THREE MODELS FOR LONGEVITY THAT YOU SEE ON THE COLUMN.

ON THE LEFT IS YOUR IS YEARS OF SERVICE HERE IN THE DISTRICT.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN YOU GET TO EACH OF THE FIVE YEAR POINTS, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT CHANGES.

SO IN MODEL ONE FROM ZERO TO 5 TO 4.99 YEARS, THERE ARE THERE IS NO BONUS ON THE MODEL THREE YOU GET $500 FOR THOSE YEARS AND AS YOU CAN SEE, GOING DOWN EACH YEAR WHAT EACH POINT OF THE LONGEVITY PAYMENTS ARE. SO WE'LL STOP THERE ON THE M&O SIDE AND TAKE QUESTIONS ON THE M&O BUDGET.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THE LONGEVITY BONUS IS WONDERFUL.

I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK IS M&O SO WE CAN KEEP GOING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INNOVATION.

TRUSTEE VESSA.

YES I DO APPRECIATE YOU PREPARING THESE NUMBERS AND JUST ALL THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR US TO CONSIDER.

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SO THESE WOULD JUST BE ONE TIME PAYMENTS THIS YEAR, NOT CONTINUED IN YEARS TO COME.

THAT WOULD BE UP TO YOU ALL, BUT IT COST IT OUT FOR ONE TIME PAYMENT FOR THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THIS WOULD JUST WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING OTHER THAN FUND BALANCE.

NOT AT THE MOMENT.

WHEN YOU SAY NOT AT THE MOMENT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? THAT THERE COULD BE OTHER SOURCES.

THERE COULD BE OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING THAT WE WILL PURSUE.

THERE ARE SOME ARP FUNDING THAT'S OUT THERE, THAT AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IN CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY CONCERNING THE USE OF THERE DOLLARS THAT THEY RECEIVED.

SO. POSSIBLE THAT IT COULD NOT COME OUT OF FUND BALANCE.

BUT RIGHT NOW THE FUNDING SOURCE IS FUND BALANCE.

NOW, DO WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THESE RIGHT NOW OR ARE ONE TIME PAYMENTS LIKE THIS? IF WE COME INTO WE HAVE ASSUMPTIONS OR ARE BETTER THAN EXPECTED OR WE RECEIVE OUTSIDE FUNDS LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS THAT WE COULD APPROVE THOSE THOSE AT A LATER DATE WHEN THOSE FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE.

YES, NONE OF THIS IS IN THE CURRENT M&O BUDGET.

SO THERE IS NO NOT A DEADLINE TO APPROVE ANY OF THOSE.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WEIR.

I JUST REAL QUICK, I NOTICED ON A AND B, THESE ARE ADDITIONAL TO THE $500.

YOU HAD SPOKEN ABOUT THAT I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY BUILT INTO THE BUDGET.

BUT THEN ON E, IS THIS TAKING THAT $500 THAT'S ALREADY BUILT IN? NO, THIS IS A TOP.

THIS ALL OF THIS IS ON TOP OF THE $500 THAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY IN THE FALL.

SO IN MODEL ONE AND TWO, THEY'RE REALLY GETTING $515 BECAUSE IT'S ON TOP OF YEAH.

SO AN OPTION A THEY WILL GET $1,000 AND TEACHERS WILL GET $1,500 AND EVERYONE ELSE $1,000 IN OPTION B.

OKAY. I MEAN I UNDERSTOOD THAT WITH A AND B SINCE IT SAID ADDITIONAL, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT E WAS ALSO ADDITIONAL TO THAT $500 YOU'VE ALREADY BUILT IN.

YES. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WESTON.

OKAY. SO I GUESS I MAYBE I NEED CLARITY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT.

SO YOU MADE COMMENTS ABOUT ON SLIDE 12, YOU WENT THROUGH ABCDE.

CAN WE PUT IT BACK ON 12? BACK UP ONE SLIDE.

THANK YOU. YOU SAID, QUOTE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

WHO'S WE? AT THE DAIS THERE WERE A COUPLE OF TRUSTEES THAT SUGGESTED THAT WE GO OUT AND LOOK AT ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.

I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY.

THESE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENED DURING THE MAY 9TH BUDGET.

YES. SO YOU'RE REFERRING TO ONE OF OUR OPEN SESSION MEETINGS.

THAT'S INTERESTING. WHERE DID YOU SAY THE MONEY FOR ANY OF THIS STUFF WOULD COME FROM? FUND BALANCE. OH, SO WE'RE JUST DIGGING INTO THE FUND BALANCE TO DO THIS.

I THINK IT'S STARTING TO COME BACK TO ME, THE DISCUSSION, AND I THINK WHAT I SAID THEN IS WHAT I'LL SAY NOW AS ONE TRUSTEE.

AND THAT IS I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO PAUSE AND WAIT UNTIL AUGUST BECAUSE WE CAN APPROVE A BUDGET IN JUNE THAT'S FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND THEN WAIT AND SEE HOW MANY STUDENTS SHOW UP IN AUGUST AND THEN REASSESS WHERE WE'RE AT FINANCIALLY.

I MEAN, WE COULD DO THAT, RIGHT? THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER LET'S CALL THAT OPTION E YES.

LET'S CALL OPTION E, WAITING UNTIL AUGUST TO SEE HOW MANY STUDENTS SHOW UP, REASSESS OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION.

AND IF IT MAKES SENSE AND IT'S THE WILL OF THE BOARD AND THAT'LL BE IT'LL BE INTERESTING TIMING TWO MONTHS BEFORE AN ELECTION TO REASSESS THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND YOU SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO INS NEXT AND THE SCENARIO THAT I ASKED FOR.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, SIR.

I'D JUST LIKE TO REITERATE ONE THING THAT HAS NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH REELECTION, AND THAT IS THAT WE'RE FACING A MASS EXODUS OF TEACHERS FROM OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE HEARD IT TONIGHT FROM THE PARENTS AT WESTWOOD SO WE COULD WAIT, WHICH I'VE ALREADY SAID, PLACES STRAIN AND STRESS ON THE TEACHERS THAT CHOOSE TO STAY AND IMPACTS THEIR, THEIR ABILITY TO STAY.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WANTING PERSONAL GAIN AND EVERYTHING TO DO WITH LISTENING TO EDUCATORS AND HEARING WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

WELL, ACTUALLY, I HAVE A COMMENT.

I THINK ONE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS WHAT'S GOING AROUND THE UNITED STATES WITH FUND BALANCES, BECAUSE IF WE HAVE TOO HIGH OF A FUND BALANCE, THERE ARE STATES THAT ARE

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STARTING TO RECAPTURE FUND BALANCE.

ALSO AND MAYBE TRUSTEE VESSA CAN SPEAK TO THIS WHEN YOU GO AND ASK FOR MONEY AND YOU HAVE A HIGH FUND BALANCE WHEN YOU ARE ADVOCATING, SOMETIMES THEY WILL SAY YOUR FUND BALANCE IS TOO HIGH. SO THERE IS A BALANCE BETWEEN RECKLESSLY USING FUND BALANCE, WHICH I DON'T FEEL LIKE THE MASS EXODUS OF EDUCATORS AND THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES.

RIGHT. IT'S NOT JUST OUR DISTRICT.

WE'RE FIGHTING WITH SMALLER AND RURAL DISTRICTS TO KEEP OUR EDUCATORS.

I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT IS IRRESPONSIBLE IN TERMS OF FUND BALANCE USE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF WE'RE SITTING ON $190 MILLION AND THEN ADVOCATING BECAUSE WHETHER OR NOT I'M ELECTED, I PLAN TO ADVOCATE NEXT SESSION BECAUSE WE NEED MONEY.

TRUSTEE WESTON. SO I THINK THE THE CONCERN IS I SEE THE HEADLINES AS WELL, RIGHT, ABOUT THE MASS EXODUS.

AND THAT'S WHY A MEETING OR TWO AGO AND MR. KERN WAS SITTING OVER HERE, DR.

BONE ACTUALLY ASKED HIM, CAN YOU WHAT IS THE SITUATION? WHAT WHERE'S THE DATA? I MEAN, LET'S MAKE A DATA DRIVEN DECISION.

IT WOULD BE MY ASK, BECAUSE CAN YOU TELL ME, HAVE THEY TOLD US THAT THAT WE HAVE THAT ISSUE AND THAT THIS IS A REMEDY THAT THEY'RE SUGGESTING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE INCREASES THAT WE'RE ALREADY MAKING? BECAUSE, AS I RECALL, MR. KERN CLEARLY STATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE THAT DATA TO SHARE WITH US.

I HAVE ANECDOTAL DATA AS WELL WITH REGARD TO ONE OF MY OWN CHILDREN'S TEACHERS LEAVING.

SO I MEAN, I HAVE THAT ANECDOTAL AND THEN I READ THE HEADLINES, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE EVER BEEN PRESENTED THE DATA ON THAT.

DID I MISS IT? DO YOU HAVE ANY DATA FOR US? I MEAN, WE WE KNOW THAT WE'RE IN A CRISIS.

I UNDERSTAND THE DATA.

BUT YOU'RE ACTING LIKE THIS IS NOT A VERY EMERGENT ISSUE.

AND I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

AND ALSO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT YOU CAN GET OUT OF YOUR CONTRACT WITHOUT COMPLICATION OR WITHOUT YOUR CERTIFICATION BEING REVOKED UP UNTIL MID-JULY. SO WHAT I'M ALSO TRYING TO AVOID IS US GETTING TO AUGUST AND SAYING, OH, WE'LL WAIT UNTIL AUGUST TO ADDRESS WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW IS A CRISIS, WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAS STARTED A TASK FORCE FOR AND CONGRATULATIONS, THERE'S A ROUND ROCK ISD EDUCATOR ON THAT.

AND THAT'S SUPER EXCITING.

I THINK IT WOULD BE FOOLISH TO JUST HO HUM WAIT, BUT IS THERE AN UPDATE ON THE DATA? YES, MA'AM. SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY.

AND SO OUR CUMULATIVE DATA ISN'T, YOU KNOW, RESIGNATION SEASON HAPPENS FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRACKING ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF TEACHER RESIGNATIONS AS WE HAD THROUGH THE WHOLE OF LAST YEAR.

SO WE ARE RIGHT WHERE WE WERE, RIGHT WHERE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF LAST YEAR ALREADY.

NOW, I WOULD SAY, AGAIN, WE SAW A LOT OF RESIGNATIONS EARLIER THIS YEAR THAN WE HAD IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

I THINK TEACHERS MADE THAT DECISION EARLIER THAN THEY HAD IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

BUT I WOULD SAY THAT IF WE TRENDED WHERE WE WERE AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR AND WE HAD THE SAME NUMBER, WE'D BE, WE'D BE AT A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL THAN WE WERE WHEN WE FINISHED UP LAST YEAR. AND SO MAY I ASK, CAN YOU JUST KEEP US POSTED ON THAT AS YOU AS YOU DEEM WARRANTED? AND I'LL JUST TELL YOU, TRUSTEE HARRISON, I, I WILL ALWAYS HAVE AN OPEN MIND, BUT I REALLY WANT DATA WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MONEY.

AND YOU MENTIONED $190 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE.

AGAIN, THAT'S AT THE PEAK.

THAT'S NOT AT THE VALLEY.

SO IT'S NUANCED.

BUT I WOULD LIKE MY MY PREFERENCE IS TO MAKE DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS.

BUT I SEE THE HEADLINES YOU DO.

AND LIKE I SAID, MY DAUGHTER'S TEACHER LEFT EARLY THIS YEAR.

I SO I SEE IT ANECDOTALLY AND I KNOW IT'S THERE.

THANK YOU. I DO THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER ON.

I APPRECIATE YOU. I JUST WANT TO ADD SOMETHING.

SO I JUST WANT TO ADD I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY AS ADMINISTRATION, WE WILL WE WILL WE WILL DO WHATEVER WE ASK FROM OUR BOARD.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT LOOKING AT THE DATA, WHAT OUR OTHER SERRANO'S SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE OFFERING THERE, THERE.

AS FAR AS RAISES, IT'S REALLY HIGH.

THEY ARE GIVEN A LOT OF GOOD RAISES.

RIGHT. SO TEACHERS, LIKE ANY OTHER PERSON, WILL HAVE A CHOICE AS FAR AS LIKE WHERE THEY WANT TO WORK.

AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE INFLATION IS WE'RE LOOKING AT 7 TO 8%.

SO MAYBE THINGS WEREN'T YOU KNOW, COMPENSATION WASN'T A BIG NUMBER ONE PRIORITY BEFORE.

NOW IT'S TAKEN BECOMING THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE OF THE HIGH INFLATION.

BUT ALSO OUR SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE GIVEN HIGH RAISES.

RIGHT. SO SO WE WANT TO FIRST, WE WANT TO KEEP OUR GREAT TEACHERS AND RECRUIT THE BEST OF THE BEST.

BUT ALSO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPETITIVE.

RIGHT. SO SO AGAIN, WE NEED TO REWARD THEM.

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SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE COMING FROM BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY AS AN ADMINISTRATION, WE'RE GOING TO DO WHATEVER WE'RE ASKED BY OUR BOARD MEMBERS TO DO.

THANK YOU. MR. COVINGTON, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON RIGHT NOW, SO I THINK WE CAN GO ON TO INS.

MOVING ON TO THE 22-23 INS BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS.

THEY ALSO REMAIN THE SAME.

WE DID TAKE AWAY THE SECOND SCENARIO AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE STILL PROPOSING THAT WE COVER THE DEBT PAYMENT, WHICH IS PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, PLUS THE $6 MILLION DEFEASANCE PAYMENT.

AND THIS BUDGET IS IN CONSIDERATION OF FUTURE DEBT CAPACITY.

AND OUR FUND BALANCE RIGHT NOW IS $101 MILLION IN INS WITH A $90 MILLION PAYMENT, NORMALLY DUE AROUND THE 1ST OF AUGUST AND THE SECOND PAYMENT DUE IN FEBRUARY.

SO WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS THE PROPOSED BUDGET FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ADMINISTRATION THAT WE DO DROP THE INS RATE FROM .24 TO .225. IT WILL COVER THE PAYMENTS FOR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST AND THE DEFICIENT PAYMENT AND ALSO PUT $6 MILLION MORE DOLLARS INTO FUND BALANCE.

AND IN CONSIDERATION OF FUTURE DEBT.

AND I THINK I MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING AT THE .225, THAT WILL LEAVE US ABOUT $600 MILLION CAPACITY WITHOUT HAVING TO RAISE THE RATE AGAIN.

THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A SCENARIO THAT TRUSTEE WESTON WANTED US TO SHOW.

AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IF YOU GO TO COLUMN FOUR, THAT'S THE SCENARIO IS TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE IF WE DROP THE INS RATE TO .205 COLUMN THREE SHOWS A $3 MILLION DEFICIT BUDGET BECAUSE IT'S STILL INCLUDES THE $6 MILLION DEFICIENT PAYMENT.

IF YOU TAKE AWAY THE DEFICIENT PAYMENT, IT WILL PUT $2.3 MILLION INTO FUND BALANCE AT 2.205.

AND THAT'S ALL FOR THE INS BUDGET.

I AWAIT ANY QUESTIONS.

TRUSTEE WESTON.

SO AT THE .205, IF WE DON'T DO THE $6 MILLION DEFICIENT, WHAT WOULD MAKE OUR BONDING CAPACITY BE? I KNOW THAT AT .225 IT'S $600 MILLION GIVEN CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS, GIVEN THOSE SAME ASSUMPTIONS AND .205 WOULD THAT I REMEMBER HER SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT $100 MILLION PER PENNY WOULD IT BE $200 MILLION LESS MEANING WE'D ONLY HAVE $400 MILLION IN BONDING CAPACITY. I DON'T REMEMBER HER STATING THAT, BUT AND I DID NOT RUN THOSE NUMBERS TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD DO TO OUR CAPACITY.

BUT I CAN GET THAT AND LET YOU ALL KNOW.

THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND THEN I KNOW THAT PREVIOUSLY I HAD ASKED ABOUT JUST GETTING A ROUGH IDEA OF JUST, JUST IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OUR FACILITIES, NOT, NOT NECESSARILY ADDING ANY FACILITIES OR DOING BIG BOND PROJECTS IN TERMS OF THAT, HOW MUCH IT WOULD JUST HOW MUCH WE JUST HAVE IN NEEDED MAINTENANCE. WE'RE STILL FLUSHING THAT OUT.

I CAN GIVE YOU A BALLPARK NUMBER.

AND IT WAS ROUGHLY A $100 MILLION OVER A YEAR OR OVER.

THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED LIKE RIGHT NOW.

OH, OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, SO IF YOU WERE TO TALK ABOUT LIKE IF WE WERE SORRY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT NUMBER FOR US NOW.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE WE MAKE ANY DECISIONS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A HELPFUL NUMBER THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE $100 MILLION IN NEEDED NEEDED PROJECTS OF MAINTENANCE WORK JUST MAINTENANCE MAINTENANCE AND WE'LL CALL CAPITAL MAINTENANCE IS $100 MILLION.

BUT WHAT WILL THAT BE LIKE IF WE'RE LOOKING AT FOUR YEARS OUT? HOW MUCH WOULD WE JUST WE KNOW WE HAVE A ROOF THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

WE KNOW WE HAVE AN AC UNIT.

WE KNOW WE HAVE A CHILLER.

WE KNOW WE HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE.

AND BONDS AREN'T.

WE DON'T DO A BOND EVERY YEAR.

WE BOND OUT FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN A ROW.

SO I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL FOR US TO UNDERSTAND AS WE SET A TAX RATE FOR INS WHAT IT IS WE HAVE TO PREPARE FOR.

I CAN'T SAY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

I THINK WE'RE TALKING TO CAPITAL CAPITAL BUDGET THAT YOU ALL PUT FUNDS OUT OF OUR BALANCE INTO.

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WE ROUGHLY HAVE ABOUT $15 MILLION LEFT OF THE MONEY.

YOU ALL APPROPRIATED.

AND WE HAVE OVER MAY I ADD? I THINK THAT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

TRUSTEE VESSA.

THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY HAVING A FACILITY, A FACILITY MEANING PROBABLY IN THE MONTH OF JULY.

SO WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE ALL THOSE NUMBERS.

BUT I THINK DENNIS IS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE LIKE WITHIN LIKE MAYBE A YEAR OR TWO.

BUT IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR A FEW MORE YEARS, THAT NUMBER IS A LOT HIGHER THAN THAT.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE TEAM IS WORKING ON, TRYING TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.

BUT WE WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PRESENT IT TO ALL OUR BOARD MEMBERS WHEN WE HAVE OUR FACILITY MEETING WITH ALL OF YOU.

BUT WOULDN'T WE HAVE TO VOTE ON.

WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY VOTE ON THE TAX RATE IN JUNE AT OUR OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING IN JUNE.

AND THE THE THE SO IT'S HARD TO SAY LIKE OK.

I MEAN, YOU CAN CHANGE THAT BETWEEN THEN AND SEPTEMBER, BUT IT'S AS WE SAW LAST YEAR, IT BECOMES VERY COMPLICATED TO CHANGE WHAT WE VOTE ON BECAUSE THEN EVERYBODY'S POSTING AND [INAUDIBLE] ALL THESE ISSUES SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO KNOW BEFORE THAT VOTE SO THAT I COULD UNDERSTAND OKAY WHAT ARE OUR JUST IF WE'RE IF WE'RE REDUCING THIS TAX RATE, DO WE PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN'T EVEN PAY FOR WHAT WE KNOW IS MAINTENANCE? AND I'M NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT DESIRED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DISTRICT.

JUST WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT REPLACING AIR CONDITIONERS AND ROOFS AND, YOU KNOW, BASIC NEEDS, NOT NOT EVEN ANYTHING IN TERMS OF IMPROVING OUR FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT.

THAT'S WHY I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT NUMBER BEFORE THE JUNE MEETING, SO THAT I WOULD HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WHAT WE COULD AFFORD IN TERMS OF OUR INS TAX RATE.

YES. ALL RIGHT. WE DEFINITELY CAN COME UP WITH WITH SOME SOME NUMBERS.

I WAS I WAS I WAS THINKING OR TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY LIKE LIKE AN IN-DEPTH KIND OF PRESENTATION WITH MORE NUMBERS.

BUT WE CAN MAYBE GIVE YOU GIVE OUR BOARD AN ESTIMATE, RIGHT.

SO WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT BEFORE THE JUNE BOARD MEETING, IF YOU WANT.

THAT WOULD BE I MEAN, CERTAINLY I'D LOVE TO HAVE SOMETHING MORE IN DEPTH AND THINK IT'S NEEDED, BUT EVEN JUST AN ESTIMATE FOR THAT JUNE VOTE WOULD BE HELPFUL, JUST SO THAT WE AT LEAST HAVE A SENSE GOING INTO THAT MEETING WHAT WHERE WE STAND AND WHAT WE CAN WOULD JUST NEED TO BE BASIC INS MAINTENANCE MONEY.

WILL DO THANK YOU.

JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

THESE DOLLARS ARE NOT THE ONES THAT WOULD DO THAT WORK.

THESE DOLLARS ARE STRICTLY BONDS.

I MEAN, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE ALWAYS BUT WHEN WE HAVE LIKE AN IMMEDIATE NEED, LIKE A CHILLER JUST WENT OUT AND WE DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING AT THE SCHOOL, THEN I'M MORE TALKING ABOUT WE KNOW THIS CHILLER, WE KNOW THIS AC IS COMING TO THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE.

WHAT ARE WE PLANNING? HOW MUCH DO WE NEED TO HAVE IN TERMS OF BONDING CAPACITY TO TO DO OUR SCHEDULED PLANNED MAINTENANCE IN TERMS OF ROOF REPLACEMENTS? I MEAN, IF, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE AS A HOMEOWNER, IF YOU KNOW YOUR ROOF'S 15 YEARS OLD, YOU BETTER PLAN FOR GETTING REPLACED YOUR FENCE OR WHATEVER.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE JUST REGULAR MAINTENANCE YOU HAVE TO PLAN FOR IN THE COURSE OF MAINTAINING A BUILDING.

YES. TRUSTEE WESTON.

OKAY, SO, MADAM CHAIR AND VALERIE, PLEASE FORGIVE ME.

IT'S HARD TO TALK ABOUT THE INS RATE WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT BONDS, SO I'M GOING TO SEEK TO NOT DEVIATE FROM THE AGENDA.

BUT PLEASE BE FLEXIBLE WITH ME HERE.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, MR. COVINGTON. IF WE COULD GO BACK TO SLIDE 18, JUST SO THE PUBLIC IS AWARE, THAT WAS ME THAT ASKED FOR SCENARIO NUMBER TWO.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU HAVE THERE? I GUESS YOU'VE GOT TO SET UP AS ONE AND TWO WITH SOME DIFFERENCES.

YEAH ONE INCLUDES THE DEFEASANCE PAYMENT OF THE $6 MILLION HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE, AND THE SECOND ONE TAKES IT AWAY COMPLETELY.

THANK YOU. I FEEL LIKE THIS.

I FEEL LIKE THIS WAS A GOOD A GOOD THING THAT HAPPENED HERE.

I ASKED FOR SOMETHING, JUST, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU TACK THIS ON AND LET US LET THE BOARD CONSIDER IT? IT WASN'T JUST ME, THOUGH, THAT WAS CURIOUS ABOUT NOT DOING THE DEFEASANCE IN A YEAR WHERE OUR PROPERTY OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING AN INCREASED TAX BURDEN.

I THINK TRUSTEE BONE ALSO HAD MENTIONED LIKE, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF WE DIDN'T DO THE DEFEASANCE THIS ONE YEAR.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD AND SHOWING US WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND THE PROS AND CONS, I'LL TELL YOU THAT I AM NOT FOR KEEPING THE INS TAX RATE ARTIFICIALLY HIGH AS A

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PLANNING TOOL FOR FUTURE BONDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN DISCUSSED, HAVE NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO THE COMMUNITY, HAVE NOT BEEN VOTED ON.

I'M NOT FOR THAT.

I AM FOR A LOWER TAX RATE, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN SO MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND TAXPAYERS ARE SUFFERING FINANCIALLY IN HISTORICALLY VERY DIFFICULT TIMES. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DEMONSTRATE SENSITIVITY TO THAT.

I'LL ALSO POINT OUT THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE IN RECENT WEEKS THAT HAD BOND ELECTIONS, AND MANY OF THEM WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.

ONE OF THOSE WAS VERY CLOSE TO US IN LEANDER, WHERE THEIR COMMUNITY FAILED A BOND.

I WOULD PREFER TO NOT HAVE A FAILED BOND.

AND, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT WOULD BE UP FOR DEBATE.

HOW DO YOU AVOID THAT? I THINK WHERE IT STARTS IS RIGHT NOW IN BUILDING TRUST AND REBUILDING TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE WHEN I THINK I THINK THAT WHAT HAPPENED IN LEANDER IS BECAUSE OF SOME CONTROVERSY THERE, I THINK THAT WAS REFLECTED IN THE POLLS.

I'M NOT A I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON I'M NOT A POLITICAL SCIENTIST, JUST LIKE I'M NOT A LAWYER.

BUT I THINK THAT THE BEST WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT BONDS PASS IS FOR COMMUNITIES TO HAVE A LOT OF FAITH AND TRUST IN THEIR LEADERS.

AND I THINK THAT'S IF WE CAN FOCUS ON THAT, I THINK THEN IF THE TAX RATE NEEDS TO BE RAISED IN ORDER TO PAY FOR A BOND, I THINK THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT'S WORTH PAYING FOR.

SO I'M NOT FOR KEEPING IT ARTIFICIALLY HIGH.

I THINK THIS IS THE YEAR TO NOT DO THE DEFEASEMENT PAYMENT AND I WOULD LIKELY BE SUPPORTIVE OF A COMBINED M&O AND INS TAX RATE IF THE M&O IS WHAT YOU'VE CURRENTLY GOT IT AT.

AND THE INS WAS REDUCED TO WHAT I ASKED TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD, WHICH YOU HAVE DONE TONIGHT AT .205.

AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT I'M GLAD TO HEAR TALK TONIGHT OF A FACILITIES MEETING BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A FACILITIES MEETING FOR FIVE MONTHS.

IT'S ONE THING TO TALK IN MEETINGS ABOUT NEEDS AND, YOU KNOW, $100 MILLION AND A NEW ROOF AND ALL THIS.

BUT IF WE COULD JUST HAVE A MEETING AND REALLY TALK ABOUT REAL THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, BRING PICTURES AND LET'S TELL THE STORY AND BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT'S, AGAIN, ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS BUILDING TRUST THAT, YOU KNOW, IT JUST DEMONSTRATES WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS IS REAL.

I THINK THERE'S A REAL NEEDS.

SO I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO FINALLY HAVING A FACILITIES MEETING THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR FIVE MONTHS.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK.

TWO THINGS I WANTED TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR OUR FACILITIES MEETING, MAINLY BECAUSE I DO HAVE CONCERN ABOUT THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT.

I'M HEARING FROM STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND I TRIED TO GO BACK CAN I ASK THE BUDGET QUESTION? YES, BUDGET FOR SURE.

JUST DON'T START TALKING ABOUT FACILITY MEETINGS.

GOTCHA. OKAY.

SO YOU SAID THANK YOU FOR THE REDIRECTION.

YOU SAID THAT THERE'S $15 MILLION SOMEWHERE FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

THAT'S THE REMAINING BALANCE OF WHAT YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED I THINK IN THREE DIFFERENT APPROPRIATIONS OUT OF ONE BALANCE INTO CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND TRUSTEE VESSA I KNOW THAT WE HAD THAT FIRST MEETING.

ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS AND I'LL JUST HOLD OFF.

BUT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER AND HOW THAT RELATES.

SO IN YEARS PAST, WHENEVER WE HAD A SURPLUS AT ALL, IT WOULD GO INTO THIS CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND AND THAT WAS THERE BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WE HAVE UNEXPECTED EXPENSES IN TERMS OF THINGS COME UP.

AND SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE MONEY JUST LIKE YOU WOULD AS A PERSON.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE UNEXPECTED THINGS COME UP.

SO WE CREATED THAT SO THAT WE WEREN'T RUNNING THAT THROUGH THE THE REGULAR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

WE'RE RUNNING IT THROUGH A SEPARATE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND BUDGET SO THAT THEY DIDN'T GET MIXED UP, SO THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T SEE OUR REGULAR OPERATING EXPENSES.

AND THEN WE SEE THINGS THAT COME UP IN TERMS OF THEY'RE NOT ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES, THEY'RE JUST ONE TIME THINGS THAT HAPPEN THAT WE HAVE TO FIX.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. I ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR WISDOM HERE.

AND I'M GOING TO SAY I DID CLEAR THIS WITH VALERIE WHEN I ASKED ABOUT EARLY BECAUSE IT IS RELATED TO BUDGET AND SO.

IS THAT OKAY? I GUESS ASK YOUR QUESTION AND WE'LL SEE IF IT GOES STRAIGHT.

SHE HAS A QUESTION RELATED TO BUDGET AS IT RELATES TO EARLY COLLEGE.

SO. RIGHT. IS THAT STILL BUDGET? I THINK IT'S FINE IF IT'S RELATED TO BUDGET.

OKAY. BECAUSE I THINK THAT NOT FINISHING A BUILDING AND THEN THERE BEING LIABILITY, WHERE DOES THAT FALL IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.

YEAH. OKAY.

MY LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, IT WAS IN THE 2018 BOND FOR ABOUT I THINK IT'S 13 MILLION.

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IT CALLED FOR LAND DESIGN AND PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE LAND.

I HEARD IT WAS DONATED TO US.

THE BUILDING'S BEEN DESIGNED, BUT THERE'S BEEN NO DIRT MOVED FOR PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION.

AND I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

RIGHT. WE CAN TALK ABOUT LATER BECAUSE I FEEL BAD PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I ALSO FEEL BAD HEARING ABOUT THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER.

NONE OF THAT WOULD BE OUT OF THE BUDGET WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.

OKAY. BUT BOND MONEY.

TRUSTEE VESSA YOU WERE GOING TO.

I MEAN SO YEAH THAT WAS OUT OF THAT WAS OUT OF BOND MONEY WHICH WERE NOT CLEARED TO TALK ABOUT.

BUT IN TERMS OF HE'S CORRECT, THERE'S NO MONEY IN THIS BUDGET NOR I MEAN, WE COULD ALLOCATE IT OUT OF A FUND BALANCE FOR THAT. BUT I MEAN.

BUT THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS TOO AND I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THAT RIGHT NOW.

I'VE SET UP A MEETING.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT GOT IT'S ON MONDAY AND SO WE CAN DISCUSS THAT MORE ANOTHER TIME.

OKAY, MAYBE I'LL JUST JOIN YOUR MEETING.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE BONE.

SO FIRST, I KIND OF WANT TO CLARIFY BECAUSE THIS THIS REALLY IS INS THIS IS BOND MONEY.

I MEAN, THIS IS WHERE WE PAY OUR BONDS BACK.

SO THIS IS DEFINITELY A BOND CONVERSATION.

AND I DO WOULD LIKE CLARIFICATION ON YOU, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE TRIED TO ASK THIS BEFORE, SO I'LL TRY TO BE REALLY CLEAR WHERE IS THE $15 MILLION IF IT DOESN'T SHOW UP IN OUR INS BUDGET? WHERE IS IT JUST SITTING? IT'S JUST SITTING ON THE SHELF SOMEWHERE BECAUSE WHERE IS IT SITTING RIGHT NOW? WE HAVE IT. WHERE IS IT AT? IT SITS IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGET.

SO IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGET, WE DON'T SEE.

NO I WOULD LIKE THEM TO ANSWER.

IT'S NOT A PART OF YOUR M&O BUDGET, AND IT'S NOT A PART OF BONDS.

IT'S NOT PART OF INS.

AND IT'S NOT PART OF M&O OK.

I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE SEE ALL THE MONEY THAT THE DISTRICT HAS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S OTHER ACCOUNTS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL THIS MONEY THAT WE HAVE AND I WOULD LIKE THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT BECAUSE THIS IS INS, THIS IS BOND MONEY. RIGHT NOW WE'RE PAYING BACK ON THAT $15 MILLION THAT WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN OUT.

NO THAT CAME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE, NOT THE INS FUND BALANCE.

SAY THAT. SO THE BOND MONEY.

NO, NO. THE CAPITAL PROJECTS MONEY CAME OUT OF YOUR GENERAL FUND $190 MILLION.

OKAY, SO I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO GET CLEAR HERE.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BONDS.

HOW MUCH BOND MONEY DO WE HAVE? I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT TRUSTEE HARRISON.

I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT YOU ASKED.

HOW MUCH BOND MONEY DO WE HAVE LEFT FROM THE 2018 BOND? IT'S ON THE WEBSITE.

I KNOW WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, BUT I DON'T I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER.

TERRY MONITORS THAT AND HE UPDATES THAT WEBSITE CONSTANTLY WITH THOSE EXPENDITURES SO I COULD GO BACK.

THE REASON I'M ASKING ALL THIS, BECAUSE WHEN DR.

ADDICKS WAS HERE, HE TOLD US THAT HE WAS GETTING RID OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND AND MOVING IT ALL OVER TO THE M&O.

I CAN GO BACK. YEAH.

TRUSTEE WESTON IS REMEMBERING THOSE TRUSTEE WEIR HE DID SAY THIS.

HE SAID THAT HE WAS MOVING SO.

NO I THINK WHAT WAS DONE, AS TRUSTEE VESSA SAID, THEY WERE CONSTANTLY COMING TO YOU GUYS TO GET MONEY.

OUT OF YOUR FUND BALANCE TO PUT IN M&O TO DO THOSE CHILLERS AND ALL THAT STUFF.

SO THEY SET UP A CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND AND THEY WERE 3 APPROPRIATIONS INTO THAT FUND AT THREE DIFFERENT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT IT WAS SET UP. AND THAT'S WHY WE RUN THOSE PROJECTS THROUGH THAT FUND INSTEAD OF YOUR M&O FUND.

AND I THINK THERE IS A THERE WAS TALK ABOUT MOVING FUNDS BACK FROM CAPITAL PROJECTS INTO M&O TO COVER THE INCREASED SPENDING FOR CTE THAT WE WERE REQUIRED TO SPEND TO MEET OUR REQUIRED THRESHOLD.

THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

WE WERE ABLE TO COVER IT WITH M&O.

SO THAT MAY BE WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THINKING THAT HE WAS DR.

ADDICKS WAS TALKING ABOUT MOVING MONEY BACK FROM CAPITAL PROJECTS.

YEAH, I THINK WHEN WE'RE PRESENTED THE M&O BUDGET, WHICH YOU GUYS WENT OVER, WHY I HAD TO LEAVE FOR MY DAUGHTER'S ORCHESTRA CONCERT, THAT $15 MILLION NEEDS TO SHOW UP SOMEWHERE.

WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE THAT SETTING SOMEWHERE IN OUR BUDGET BECAUSE WE CAN MOVE IT BACK AT ANY TIME TO M&O IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

BUT THE BUDGETS WE PRESENTED TO YOU TONIGHT ARE THE ONES THAT YOU ALL ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO VOTE ON.

YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO VOTE ON THE CAPEX BUDGET.

RIGHT. BUT FOR ME TO VOTE JUST ME PERSONALLY, I NEED TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE MONEY WE HAVE BECAUSE I MIGHT SAY I MIGHT BE REALLY RISKY AND I MIGHT SAY, WELL, I DON'T CARE IF WE CAN

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REPLACE THE CHILLER, I JUST WANT TO PULL ALL THAT $50 MILLION BACK AND INCREASE SALARIES BECAUSE WE COULD DO THAT.

THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD DO.

MAYBE I WANT TO SAY PULL $5 MILLION BACK, I THINK AS A BOARD WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE MONEY WE HAVE AND THEN WE NEED TO DECIDE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT AND WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO WITH THAT.

AND IF WE HAVE $15 MILLION SITTING SOMEWHERE, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND THEN GOING BACK TO THE INS AND THE BOND MONEY, I THINK, TRUSTEE HARRISON, YOU WERE KIND OF ACTUALLY ALLUDING TO A GOOD QUESTION THAT CAME TO MY MIND WITH EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, AND THAT'S WHERE DID THAT $13 MILLION GO? IF THEY DIDN'T BUY THE LAND, IT WAS DONATED.

THERE WAS SOME MONEY LEFT OVER.

AND I BELIEVE TRUSTEE WEIR WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE BOND, THERE WAS ONLY LIKE, WHAT, $1.3 MILLION LEFT OR ALLOCATED? THOSE DOLLARS ARE STILL THERE.

I WAS GOING TO SAY THEY'RE STILL THERE AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, BUT IF YOU GO AND LOOK ON THE THERE'S A FINANCIAL SUMMARY REPORT TOTAL ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE BONDS 2018.

SO EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL HAD A BUDGET OF $13,846,154.

THE THEY'VE ONLY ENCUMBERED $4,590.

SO THERE'S AN UNENCUMBERED BALANCE FOR THAT PROJECT OF $30 MILLION.

846,154 RIGHT.

SO I WOULD JUST ASK FOR A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF ALL THE MONEY WE HAVE.

BECAUSE FOR ME TO SIT UP HERE, MAKE A DECISION AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CAPITAL FUND PROJECTS, WE HAVE SOME UNALLOCATED BOND MONEY THAT WE HAVE POSSIBLY NOW BECAUSE EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL LAND WAS DONATED.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO AND WE HAVE DECISIONS.

WE HAVE SOME BIG DECISIONS TO MAKE THIS YEAR.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT COMPREHENSIVE VIEW, WHICH SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, WE HAVEN'T SEEN.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT PERSONALLY.

SO I HOPE I CAN GET BROAD SUPPORT THAT WE ACTUALLY SEE KIND OF A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THAT BOND MONEY FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH IT.

BECAUSE I'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE AND I'LL ASK IT AGAIN, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN OUT THOSE BONDS.

SO WE ARE PAYING INTEREST AND WE'RE PAYING THIS IS GETTING REALLY DEEP AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS INS.

SO I'M ASKING ABOUT PAYING THEM BACK.

THAT'S OUT OF INS. SO I WAS LOOPING IT BACK AROUND BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN OUT THE BOND MONEY AND THEN WE'RE PAYING IT BACK IN INS, WHICH IS THE EXACT BUDGET THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF WE HAVE $100 MILLION IN BONDS SITTING SOMEWHERE THAT WE'RE NOT USING.

I KNOW, COREY, YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD, BUT THIS UNALLOCATED I CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE AND IT'S ALL ALLOCATED.

BUT AS A TRUSTEE I KNOW SOME OF IT WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE BECAUSE LIKE COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL IS ONE EXAMPLE.

AND THE REASON I ASK THAT IS BECAUSE MY GOAL IS TO TAKE INS THIS YEAR TO JUST NEUTRAL TO WHERE I APPRECIATE YOU TRUSTEE WESTON ASKING FOR THIS, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT TO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE EVEN $2 MILLION THIS YEAR, TAKE IT TO NEUTRAL TO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY LEFT, WHICH IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW WITHOUT THE DEFEASANCE OF $6 MILLION.

SO ANYWAYS, I WOULD LIKE A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW.

I THINK THE COMMUNITY DESERVES IT.

I THINK I DESERVE IT AS A TRUSTEE.

I THINK WE ALL SHOULD SEE KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT FINANCIALLY TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS.

SO WE'RE NOT MAKING THEM WITH JUST A SMALL VIEW OF WHAT WE HAVE.

AND THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND IS KIND OF I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

I WOULD LIKE IT ACTUALLY PUT IN EVERY BUDGET PRESENTATION WHERE M&O BECAUSE IT'S REALLY WE ONLY HAVE TWO BUDGETS, WE ONLY HAVE M&O AND INS.

THAT'S MY VIEWPOINT. I MEAN, LEGALLY, I BELIEVE WE ONLY HAVE TWO BUDGETS WHEN I LEGALLY WE ONLY HAVE M&O AND INS AND THEN FOOD SERVICES.

SO WE HAVE THREE. I'M SORRY.

YEAH, FOOD SERVICES IS THIRD.

THANK YOU. BUT REALLY, THE TWO THAT WE WATCH IS M&O AND INS.

SO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE SET THAT UP, BUT LEGALLY WE HAVE TWO BUDGETS THAT WE NEED TO WATCH.

AND ANYWAYS, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT CAPITAL PROJECTS AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF HOW MUCH MONEY, HOW MUCH BONDS WE'VE TAKEN OUT THAT'S JUST KIND OF SITTING THERE SOMEWHERE AND WE'RE PAYING INS INTEREST ON BECAUSE WE AS A BOARD MIGHT CHOOSE TO SELL TO GIVE THAT MONEY BACK AND NOT BE PAYING INTEREST ON IT, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE WOULD DO THAT BECAUSE WE TOOK IT OUT ON A GREAT INTEREST RATE.

BUT IT IS A CHOICE THAT WE WOULD HAVE.

I YIELD MY TIME. TRUSTEE VESSA.

SO MONDAY THERE'S THE CAPITAL PROJECTS COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, WHICH YOU AND I SIT ON.

I HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT BECAUSE THE LAST ONE WAS VERY INSIGHTFUL IN TERMS OF ANSWERING A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS.

SO I THINK YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED AT THAT LAST MEETING BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL.

THEY PRESENTED A LOT OF DATA IN TERMS OF WHERE THE 2018 BOND IS, WHAT HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN ENCUMBERED, WHAT'S REMAINING TO BE WHAT ISN'T, WHAT IS UNENCUMBERED.

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SO I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU AND IT'S AN OPEN MEETING TOO ANYBODY CAN COME AND SIT ON IT.

IT'S ON MONDAY AT 5:45.

SO THAT'S A REALLY USEFUL MEETING TO ANSWER A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT YOU'VE RAISED IN TERMS OF ZEROING IT OUT.

WHAT I HEARD FROM OUR BOND EXPERTS IS THAT IF WE DO THAT, THAT THAT MAY ENDANGER OUR AAA BOND RATING, AM I CORRECT? SO IT'S NOT WE DON'T WANT TO ENDANGER OUR AAA BOND RATING BECAUSE THAT GIVES US THE LOWEST INTEREST RATE POSSIBLE ON FUTURE DEBT, WHICH WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT AT A HIGHER TAX RATE.

SO THAT'S WHY THEY WOULD CAUTION ABOUT ZEROING IT OUT AND NOT HAVING ANY WIGGLE ROOM, BECAUSE WE MIGHT LOSE OUR AAA BOND RATING.

THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD.

THAT'S CORRECT. FROM THAT.

AND THEN I WOULD JUST ASK FOR THAT NUMBER THEN.

I MEAN, I REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION.

SO I WOULD JUST LIKE THAT NUMBER.

I MEAN, IF IT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR AAA.

YES, BUT LET US KNOW THAT NUMBER IF ZEROING IT OUT DOESN'T GREAT.

IF IT DOES GREAT.

BUT JUST KIND OF SETTING UP HERE SAYING IT DOES, WE DON'T KNOW.

SO I WOULD LIKE THAT ANALYSIS.

I JUST FEEL LIKE I OPENED UP A CAN OF WORMS WITH MY QUESTION AND I APOLOGIZE.

THAT WASN'T MY INTENTION.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FACILITIES, CONVERSATION AND WAYS THAT I CAN ENGAGE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLAY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND CAPITAL PROJECTS, ETC..

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WESTON.

SO, I MEAN, I'M SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THERE ARE ACTUALLY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO SPEND A LOT OF THEIR TIME REALLY LOOKING AT OUR BONDS, SCRUTINIZING THEM, CRITICIZING THEM, ADVOCATING FOR THEM.

SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE HAVE A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE, A LOT OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE FROM PEOPLE WHO WATCH THESE THINGS VERY CLOSELY, AND THEY DON'T KEEP IT A SECRET FROM ME ANYWAY.

HOW THEY FEEL AND WHAT THEIR RESEARCH INDICATES AND WHAT THEY HAVE SHOWN ME MORE THAN ONCE IS THERE IS A VERY, VERY TINY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COST WITH ASSOCIATED WITH WHEN YOU HAVE A AAA AND A AA.

I'VE BEEN SHOWN DOCUMENTS THAT IT'S AND IT'S SO SMALL THAT THAT IS WHY MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO NOT BOTHER WITH MAINTAINING THESE ARTIFICIALLY HIGH INS TAX RATES, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF MONEY.

NOW, IF I'VE JUST BEEN BROUGHT, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE UNTRUE, IF I'VE JUST BEEN BROUGHT, THEN I HAVE AN OPEN MIND AND I WOULD WELCOME WHATEVER THE FACTS ARE.

BUT I THINK THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS AND I WOULD JOIN MY COLLEAGUE DR.

BONE AND FINDING OUT IS IT IS THIS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REALLY WORTH KEEPING THIS TAX RATE, WHAT I AND OTHERS MAY CONSIDER TO BE ARTIFICIALLY HIGH? IS THAT FAIR? MR. COVINGTON. AT YOUR CONVENIENCE AND A BOARD UPDATE MAYBE OR WHATEVER TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT TO US, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AAA AND AA, YES, WE CAN GET WITH OUR FA AND PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION ON THAT.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON, SO.

OH YEAH, I INTENTIONALLY WAIT TO THE END FOR EVERYBODY TO COMPLETE SO THAT I CAN SAY MY PART.

SO I DON'T WANT TO RUN INTO ARGUMENT WITH ANYBODY ELSE.

I JUST SAY MY VIEW OF THIS BUDGET DISCUSSION WE HAVE SO FAR MANY TIMES.

MY PERSONAL VIEW IS THAT ON THE DAIS LIKE OR IN THE AUDIENCE, WE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WE CAN SEE LIKE FOCUS IN EDUCATION ON THOSE SLOGANS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STUDENT OUTCOMES, BUT REALLY, IF WE ARE LOOKING AT BUDGET, WE CAN REALLY SEE THE PRIORITY OF INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE OR THE COMMUNITY.

IF YOUR PRIORITY IS LOWER THE TAX RATE, IF YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY TO BE ON THE DAIS IS TO LOWER THE TAX RATE, THAT'S OKAY; JUST SAY IT.

YOU'RE NOT FOCUSING ON INVESTING IN EDUCATION; THAT'S A LOWER PRIORITY.

THAT MIGHT BE A THING YOU THINK ABOUT, BUT THE NUMBER ONE THING YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IS A LOWER TAX RATE, WHICH IS VALID.

I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT VALID, IT'S VALID..

AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO RUN INTO ANY ARGUMENT, BACK AND FORTH ARGUMENT WITH ANYBODY.

ONCE I FINISHED, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON TO NEXT THING.

SO WHAT I'M COMING FROM MY PARTY IS TO INVEST IN EDUCATION NO MATTER WHAT.

SO IF WE WERE LOOKING AT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE [INAUDIBLE] IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GIVE HOUSING ALLOWANCE TO THE TEACHERS, WE SHOULD DO IT NOW.

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YOU CAN ARGUE WHATEVER [INAUDIBLE] LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.

YOU CAN COME UP WITH ALL KINDS OF EXCUSES NOT DOING IT NOW, BUT THE REALITY IS, YES, THE HOUSING PRICE SKYROCKETED. YES, THAT'S TRUE.

YEAH, EVERYTHING ELSE IS SKYROCKETING AS WELL.

RIGHT? PERSONNEL, STAFF COSTS, MAINTAINING THE BUILDINGS AND THOSE THINGS DON'T HAVE A 10% CAP. THEIR COST RISING IS NOT 10%.

IF WE ARE GOING TO RUN INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TALK OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT WE NEED TO SAVE SOME MONEY, SAVE PENNIES, DO THE TAX REDUCTION, SAVE TAX BURDENS, BUT HONESTLY, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT TAX BURDEN REDUCTION, WHO BENEFITS THE MOST? PEOPLE WHO OWN PROPERTY.

PEOPLE OWN MULTIPLE PROPERTIES.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT RENTERS, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON ANDERSON MILL ROAD.

YEAH, THEY MAY BENEFIT.

HOW MUCH DO THEY GET? PENNIES.

LITERALLY PENNIES.

WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? REDUCE TAX. WHO IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THIS? WE KEPT SAYING THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN LIKE IT'S A BENEFIT TO AVERAGE PEOPLE.

NO, IT'S NOT. WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT PENNIES, AND IN TERMS OF I&S, AGAIN WE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THIS YEAR IS NOT THE YEAR TO DO THE DEFEASEMENT.

WAS LAST YEAR A GOOD YEAR? IS NEXT YEAR A GOOD YEAR? IT WILL NEVER BE A GOOD YEAR.

WE JUST KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.

IF WE ARE SAYING WE FOCUS ON EDUCATION, WE CARE ABOUT TEACHERS, MATCH YOUR WORDS WITH ACTIONS.

THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY.

POINT OF ORDER.

WHAT IS YOUR POINT? VALERIE, IS THERE A MOTION TO END DEBATE? BUT WE'RE NOT VOTING ON--THERE'S NO MOTION.

YOU CAN DO THAT TO END DEBATE.

I'D LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION ON THIS DISCUSSION.

WE DO HAVE A LOT OF THINGS AND WE'LL GET TO REVISIT THE BUDGET AGAIN.

I'LL SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION AND END DISCUSSION ON THE I&S BUDGET.

ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

MR. COVINGTON, WE CAN GO TO THE FOOD SERVICES BUDGET.

MOTION PASSES FIVE TWO.

I CAN JUST SAY THERE'S NO CHANGE FROM WHEN WE LAST PRESENTED THE FOOD SERVICE BUDGET.

I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER.

I BELIEVE WE JUST ENDED DISCUSSION ON THE WHOLE TOPIC, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE WERE ON THE BUDGET, SO WE'RE DONE.

I CLARIFIED THAT IT WAS TO END THE DISCUSSION ON THE I&S BUDGET.

NO, I THINK WE CAN'T JUST DO IT ON THIS IS THE AGENDA TOPIC.

THEY JUST ENDED THE DISCUSSION ON THE WHOLE BUDGET.

WHAT WAS YOUR CALL ON QUESTION? BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET DISCUSSION.

THAT'S ALL WE'RE INTENDED FOR.

THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO MOTION.

THERE'S NO CHANGE IN FOOD SERVICES.

SO CAN WE JUST-- I AGREE WITH DR.

BONE. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THEN WE ARE FINISHED WITH OUR BUDGET DISCUSSION.

IT IS 9:28.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE A TEN MINUTE RECESS.

ACTUALLY, I WILL TAKE 12 MINUTES.

WE'LL COME BACK AT 9:40.

IT IS 9:41.

WE ARE BACK IN SESSION.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO AGENDA ITEM, H1, BOARD STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS TIME TRACKER.

[H. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS]

I'M GOING TO TURN THAT OVER TO TRUSTEE WEIR.

THAT'S A BIG SHOCKER.

WE HAD 0 MINUTES AT OUR MAY 11TH REGULAR MEETING.

JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THOSE MINUTES ARE NOT THE SAME THAT DR.

FALTYS USES FOR TEA.

WE DO NOT COUNT CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. WE DON'T COUNT SPEAKERS ON THE AGENDA AND WE DON'T COUNT REQUIRED ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT LEGALLY, BUT OF THE 148 MINUTES THAT DID COUNT, ZERO OF THEM WERE ON STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS.

THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES ON THAT ITEM? TRUSTEE VESSA. SO I MEAN, THE REASON WHY THERE WASN'T IS BECAUSE OF STAFF DIDN'T PROVIDE A PRESENTATION AT THAT MEETING ON, YOU KNOW, SO MAYBE WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE REGULAR BOARD MEETING WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF UPDATE.

MAYBE WE NEED TO CHANGE THE CALENDAR SO THAT WE HAVE A STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS PRESENTATION EVERY MONTH.

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BECAUSE I THINK RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOME MEETINGS THAT DON'T HAVE IT ON THE CALENDAR, AND I THINK WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT MAY 11TH MEETING-- APRIL. SORRY, I'M LOOKING AT MY DATE.

I PUT THE WRONG DATE ON. I PUT 5/11.

I NEED TO CHANGE THAT.

WHAT HAPPENED IS THEY HAD THE ACCOUNTABILITY DISCUSSION OF THE NEW ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS BECAUSE THEY WERE MISSING TEST SCORES BECAUSE OF FEBRUARY, AND WHEN I TALKED TO DR.

MCMAHON, THAT DID NOT COUNT TOWARDS STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, IT WASN'T OUR GOALS.

SO THAT WAS WHY WE HAD ZERO ON THAT.

NEXT IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO REQUIRE TOO MUCH DISCUSSION.

IT'S OUR TEA MONTHLY MONITOR REPORT AND I SAY IT'S NOT GOING TO REQUIRE TOO MUCH DISCUSSION BECAUSE DR.

FALTYS IS NOT HERE WITH US TONIGHT.

I DID WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, BECAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO ON EVERY REGULAR AGENDA FOR EACH MONTH, AND SO HE WILL ADDRESS THAT AT OUR JUNE MEETING, AND HE'LL GO OVER APRIL AND MAY AT OUR JUNE MEETING, BUT I WANTED TRUSTEES AND THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO OUR REPORTS FROM APRIL . TRUSTEE BONE. SO WHY WAS THIS NOT ON THE AGENDA LAST NIGHT? WELL, ORIGINALLY HE TOLD ME HE WASN'T GOING TO BE HERE LAST NIGHT EITHER BECAUSE HE WAS IN VICTORIA AND HE ENDED UP GETTING FINISHED EARLY, AND SO HE DROVE THROUGH AND HE HAD TO BE SOMEWHERE BY NOON TODAY, 2 HOURS NORTH OF DALLAS.

OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. WE HAVE PULLED AGENDA ITEM H THREE AND H FOUR.

THAT TAKES US TO H FIVE.

TRUSTEE WEIR. SO WE VOTED LAST NIGHT TO POSTPONE DISCUSSION.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT IT.

MARCH 2020, JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WAS WHEN THE CENSUS WAS COMPLETE.

SO THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME TO EVER ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT THE DISTRICT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS OF EXPLORING THE ADOPTION OF SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, AND THAT THE BOARD ENGAGED THE FIRM OF LEON ALCALA TO BRING A SUGGESTED PROCESS TO THE BOARD AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE BOARD.

I'LL SECOND IT.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION BECAUSE WE DISCUSSED THIS AD NAUSEUM LAST NIGHT.

OKAY, I HAVE A CALL THE QUESTION.

SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND ON CALL THE QUESTION.

SO WHERE DID TRUSTEE XIAO GO? TRUSTEE XIAO IS NOT HERE.

OH, THERE HE IS. TRUSTEE XIAO, WE HAVE A CALL.

THE QUESTION ON--DID YOU HEAR THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE? CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR MOTION, PLEASE? SO I MOVED THAT THE DISTRICT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS OF EXPLORING THE ADOPTION OF SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, AND THAT THE BOARD ENGAGED THE FIRM OF LEON ALCALA TO BRING A SUGGESTED PROCESS TO THE BOARD AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE BOARD, AND THEN THERE WAS A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE VESSA AND THEN I CALLED THE QUESTION, SINCE WE DISCUSSED IT AT NAUSEUM LAST NIGHT AND THERE WAS A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE HARRISON.

SO WE HAVE A CALL THE QUESTION TO END DISCUSSION ON IT ALL IN FAVOR OF CALLING THE QUESTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO EXPLORE WHAT SHE SAID AT THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE JUNE THE SECOND, I BELIEVE. LET ME CHECK THAT JUNE 2ND WE COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT ALL IN FAVOR OF EXPLORING AND GETTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE JUNE 2ND MEETING. RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES FIVE TWO.

I'LL OPPOSED.

MOTION PASSES FIVE TWO.

WE ARE NOW TO ACTION ITEMS BY CONSENT.

[I. ACTION ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION BY CONSENT]

I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY ITEMS REQUESTS FROM TRUSTEES TO PULL ANYTHING TRUSTEE WEIR.

I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE ITEMS I ONE THROUGH TEN BY CONSENT.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ACTION ITEMS I ONE THROUGH TEN BY CONSENT.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES FIVE TWO.

WE HAVE NO ITEMS UNDER J ONE.

THAT TAKES US TO BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[K. BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

I HAVE QUITE A FEW BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS.

WE HAVE GRADUATIONS COMING ON MAY 24TH, THE 25TH AND THE 27TH.

I TRUST THAT TRUSTEES HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH MS. AGUILERA ON WHO IS ATTENDING WHAT SESSIONS.

SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THE CLASS OF 2022 WALK BACK ACROSS THE STAGE AT THE H-E-B CENTER.

WANTED TO GO OVER SOME UPCOMING MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED ON JUNE 2ND.

I WANTED TO SEE WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THAT.

RIGHT NOW, THAT IS FOR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND WE'LL BE HEARING FROM HOPEFULLY THE FIRM FOR SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS INFORMATION

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, AND SO WHO WILL BE ATTENDING? CAN YOU RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING? JUNE 2ND.

TRUSTEE WESTON, ARE YOU AVAILABLE ON THAT DAY? I HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY IN TOWN WITH A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND A COLLEGE GRADUATE.

I CAN'T COMMIT TO THAT.

TRUSTEE BONE, WILL YOU BE THERE? I DON'T HAVE MY CALENDAR OUT RIGHT NOW.

CAN YOU GET YOUR CALENDAR OUT? ACTUALLY, NO.

WE HAVE A MEETING ON JUNE 16TH, OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING AND A BUDGET ADOPTION.

WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THAT MEETING? I THINK. HAVE I RSVP'D? WHAT DAY WAS THAT? JUNE 16TH.

THIS IS A REGULAR SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING.

I HAVE A MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TASB, SO I WILL BE LATE.

YOU'LL BE LATE TO THAT MEETING. COMING BACK FROM SAN ANTONIO.

TRUSTEE WESTON, WILL YOU BE AT THAT MEETING? I'M PLANNING TO AT THIS TIME, BUT I CAN'T BE 100% SURE.

TRUSTEE BONE, WILL YOU BE AT THAT MEETING? I DON'T HAVE MY CALENDAR OUT, SO I DON'T KNOW.

CAN YOU GET YOUR CALENDAR OUT? JULY THE 12TH.

WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR CALLED BOARD MEETING.

IT'S AN ALL DAY SESSION IN THE MORNING, WE'LL BE DOING ROBERT'S RULES SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING AND GRIEVANCE PROCESS TRAINING IN THE MORNING.

IN THE AFTERNOON, WE'LL BE DOING GOALS AND CONSTRAINTS WITH DR.

MCMAHON.

WHO WILL BE ATTENDING? SO WHEN ARE WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE 12 OR PLUS GRIEVANCES THAT FAMILIES HAVE BEEN WAITING--AS I GET OUR SPACE FOR THIS MEETING; IT'S MY VERY NEXT THING ON MY LIST. TRUSTEE WESTON, WILL YOU BE ATTENDING THE JULY 12TH MEETING? AT THIS POINT, I CAN'T COMMIT TO THAT.

TRUSTEE BONE, WILL YOU BE ATTENDING THAT MEETING? I THINK TRUSTEE BONE IS RAISING SOMETHING.

I'M SORRY, BECAUSE WE WERE CONFERRING ON THE MEETING DATES.

YEAH, I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

THIS IS BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT CALENDARS ON THE--SO THIS IS MY ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WE HAVE MEETINGS COMING UP AND I'M TRYING TO SEE WHO'S GOING TO BE THERE.

THAT'S MY ANNOUNCEMENT IS THAT WE HAVE MEETINGS.

OKAY, WELL, ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE GREAT.

I THINK ASKING ABOUT CALENDARS AND HAVING PEOPLE IS WAY OVER--IT'S ACTUALLY IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PHONE OUT DURING THE ANNOUNCEMENTS PORTION TO CHECK YOUR CALENDARS AND DO SCHEDULING.

THAT'S IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

CAN YOU POINT ME TO THE EXACT PAGE? I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW.

CAN YOU GET IT OUT? NO.

OKAY, WHILE THEY'RE DOING THAT, WE HAVE SOME DATES IN JULY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR GRIEVANCES.

I CAN TELL YOU REAL QUICK, IT'S ON PAGE 12 J(4) CELL PHONE USE WILL BE ALLOWED AT THE END OF THE MEETING WHEN CALENDARING AN EVENT.

IT SAYS CALENDARING EVENTS.

WE DON'T HAVE CALENDAR EVENTS ON OUR AGENDA.

WE HAVE BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. POINT OF ORDER.

LEGAL, CAN YOU PLEASE WEIGH IN ON THIS? ALL RIGHT, HOW MANY MORE AGENDA ITEMS DO WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT FOR THE SCHEDULING? I'M GOING TO GO OVER SOME DATES IN JULY FOR GRIEVANCES, AND I NEED TO SEE WHO'S AVAILABLE SO I CAN GET THESE GRIEVANCES SCHEDULED.

OKAY, WHAT'S YOUR OTHER PROCESS OF TRYING TO PUT THE AGENDA--THAT PROCESS ISN'T WORKING ANYMORE.

I KNOW YOU ALL DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM AT THE LAST MEETING, SO I KNOW IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING.

I JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOUR PROCESS IS.

MADAM CHAIR, CAN I SPEAK TO THE PROCESS? YES, PLEASE. SO SHE HAS ASKED US TO RESPOND TO CALENDAR INVITES, YES OR NO, WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL BE AT A MEETING.

THIS ALSO IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, AND EVEN THOUGH LEGAL HAS ASKED, I MEAN, WE'RE WAY OFF TOPIC OF ANYTHING.

SHE JUST ASKED WHAT'S THE PROCESS.

CAN WE JUST ASSUME THAT TRUSTEE BONE IS NOT COMING TO ANY MEETING AND GO ON AND JUST SAY WHAT DATES ARE AVAILABLE.

SO THE REST OF US WE CAN HAVE FUTURE CALENDAR FOR THE SUMMER.

THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED BOARD MEETINGS THAT CAN BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS IS ALSO ON THE AGENDA.

SO I THINK THAT CAN BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

AS FAR AS YOUR FUTURE MEETINGS FOR THIS SUMMER THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO OCCUR.

NOW, I THINK THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH TRYING TO FIGURE OUT YOUR PROCESS ON WHO CAN MAKE THOSE, YOU KNOW, THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED SO THAT THERE'S A PROCEDURE THAT'S IN PLACE AND BEING FOLLOWED SO EVERYONE CAN KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.

SO I'M JUST ASKING, WHAT IS THAT PROCEDURE SO EVERYONE KNOWS HERE AT THE BOARD FOR PURPOSES OF FUTURE--SO I CAN RESPOND TO YOU.

IT SAYS IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT WE COULD HAVE OUR PHONES OUT FOR CALENDARING DURING BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS, NUMBER ONE.

THE BOARD PRESIDENT HAS ALSO ASKED US TO RESPOND TO CALENDAR INVITES, GOOGLE CALENDAR INVITES, YES OR NO, WHETHER OR NOT WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME.

IT'S BEEN VERY HARD TO MAKE QUORUM BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO COLLEAGUES THAT REFUSE.

POINT OF ORDER. I THINK WE'RE GOING WAY INTO THAT DISCUSSION.

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I THINK YOU ASKED AND SHE RESPONDED I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHO'S RESPONDING OR NOT RESPONDING.

YES, WE DO. VALERIE'S PRESENTING AN ISSUE, AND VALERIE ASKED ME A QUESTION AND I'M RESPONDING.

SO THAT IS OUR PROCESS IS THAT THE BOARD PRESIDENT HAS REQUESTED THAT WE RESPOND TO CALENDAR INVITES ON GOOGLE CALENDAR.

OKAY. I WILL ALSO RESPOND THAT IS NOT A PROCESS; THAT IS NOT DOCUMENTED ANYWHERE.

ACTUALLY IT'S IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT EMAILS.

IT MIGHT BE IN A LOOSELY EMAIL SOMEWHERE.

OKAY. SO THERE IS NO PROCESS, VALERIE, AND IT DOES NOT SAY THAT WE CAN DO THIS DURING THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE THIS IS JUST ANNOUNCE YOUR MEETINGS THAT ARE SCHEDULED HERE AND THEN I WILL GO AHEAD AND SEND YOU ALL AN EMAIL WITH INFORMATION ON WHAT I SEE IS THE PROCESS AND YOU CAN SHARE WITH ME WHAT THAT IS, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS FIGURED OUT BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE HAVING A QUORUM FOR THESE MEETINGS.

I HAVE SOME MEETING DATES IN JULY TO LOOK AT POSSIBLE GRIEVANCES.

JULY 19TH, 20TH, 21ST, 26, 27TH AND 28TH.

PLEASE LOOK FOR AN EMAIL FROM ME AND IT RESPOND ACCORDINGLY IF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND ANY OF THOSE MEETINGS SO THAT I CAN GET THESE GRIEVANCES SCHEDULED.

ACTUALLY, I DON'T SCHEDULE THEM, BUT I CAN GET THE AVAILABILITY TO LEGAL SO LEGAL CAN SCHEDULE THE GRIEVANCES THAT WE HAVE PENDING.

LAST ANNOUNCEMENT.

TRUSTEE WESTON YOU MENTIONED DURING THE BUDGET DISCUSSION THAT YOU HAD REQUESTED A FACILITIES MEETING FIVE MONTHS AGO.

I DON'T HAVE THAT IN ANY EMAILS FROM YOU, SO IF YOU COULD FIND THAT EMAIL AND FORWARD IT TO ME, THAT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT MISSING ANY OTHER AGENDA REQUESTS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN AN AGENDA REQUEST LIKE THAT FROM YOU.

YEAH, IT WAS A MEETING YOU AND I ARE BOTH IN, IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE WITH DR.

AZIZ, AND I WAS ASKING QUESTIONS AND YOU GUYS SAID, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FACILITIES MEETING.

I SAID, DO I NEED TO ACTUALLY PUT THAT IN WRITING OR IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN? AND YOU GUYS SAID, OH, NO, WE KNOW THIS MEETING IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I EVER PUT THAT IN WRITING.

OH, OKAY, I WAS LIKE, I DIDN'T REMEMBER HAVING IT IN WRITING.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I HAVE A SEPARATE LIST OF ALL THE PENDING AGENDA REQUESTS.

SO THAT'S THE LAST ANNOUNCEMENT I HAVE.

WE'RE GOOD TO MOVE ON. I'M SORRY.

[INAUDIBLE].

SAY THAT AGAIN. I MUST HAVE PUSHED THAT IN ERROR.

WE'RE GOOD TO MOVE ON. TRUSTEE VESSA.

JUST AS WE CLOSE OUT, THIS BEING OUR LAST REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, JUST WANT TO TAKE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR STAFF AND THANK THEM FOR SURVIVING AN INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY HARD YEAR AND JUST JUST THANK THEM SO MUCH FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK, AND ALSO JUST CONGRATULATE OUR GRADUATES FOR THIS YEAR AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THEM NEXT WEEK.

TRUSTEE BONE. I ALSO WANT TO JUST CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR 2022 GRADUATES AND WISH THEM THE BEST IN THEIR FUTURE, AND I ALSO HAD A AGENDA ITEM REQUEST THAT I HAD EMAILED YOU AND IT DIDN'T MAKE IT, SO I WANTED TO ASK FOR IT AGAIN, AND THAT IS, I WOULD ASK FOR AN AGENDA ITEM TO ADDRESS DR. AZIZ'S BEHAVIORS THAT WERE FOUND IN THE INVESTIGATION.

ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE HARRISON.

I DID REMEMBER.

I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE CHAMBER.

JORDAN AND ZACH ARE HERE.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK, AND WE HAD SOME SCHOOLS THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE PTAS, AND THEY WORKED REALLY HARD WITH THE CHAMBER BOARD TO FULFILL SOME NEEDS, AND I THINK THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF OF UNITY AND WORK TOWARDS COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU FOR MEETING THOSE NEEDS.

APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON.

I DON'T HAVE IT ON, BUT GO AHEAD, TRUSTEE WESTON.

NOW YOU DO. SO EARLIER I SAID THAT I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY TRUSTEE THAT HAD A GRADUATING SENIOR, BUT I THINK I WAS WRONG BECAUSE I BELIEVE JUN HAS A GRADUATING SENIOR.

SO I WANT TO APOLOGIZE AND SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT THAT WE BOTH HAVE GRADUATING SENIORS.

AS I'VE BEEN IN THIS MEETING TONIGHT, I'VE HAD FAMILY FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY ARRIVING AT MY HOME FOR OUR TO CELEBRATE OUR GRADUATE THIS WEEKEND.

SO IT'S A REALLY OPTIMISTIC AND HAPPY TIME OF YEAR, AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE CLASS OF 2022.

REMEMBER TO CALL YOUR MOM WHEN YOU LEAVE FOR COLLEGE, [CHUCKLING] SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE.

THE OTHER THING I WAS VERY SURPRISED TO SEE 72 HOURS PRIOR TONIGHT THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE DECIDED TO PUT M-9 AND M-10 TO REHASH THE SANCTION PROCESS. TRUSTEE FELLER, YOU'LL RECALL THE LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED THIS AND NO ACTION WAS TAKEN, BUT IT WAS ON THE AGENDA, I TOLD YOU IF MY NAME EVER APPEARED ON THE AGENDA AGAIN REGARDING SANCTION, THAT I WANTED YOU TO PUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU ON THE SAME AGENDA FOR THE SANCTION PROCESS.

I WAS VERY CLEAR IN THAT.

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YOU ACKNOWLEDGED ME. YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU WOULD DO THAT.

YOU DID NOT DO THAT.

SO WHAT I'M ASKING TONIGHT IS TO HONOR THAT.

I MEAN, IF THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO OPERATE, THIS IS HOW WE CAN OPERATE.

SO YOU'VE DONE IT. PLEASE PUT IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER LIGHTS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES? OKAY, PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.087, THE BOARD WILL MEET TO DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE REGARDING AN APPLICATION FOR VALUE

[M. CLOSED SESSION (Part 1 of 2)]

LIMITATION AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 313 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.087.

THE BOARD WILL MEET TO DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE REGARDING ENGAGING LEGAL COUNSEL AND SCHOOL FINANCE CONSULTANTS IN CONNECTION WITH A VALUE LIMITATION AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 313 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE, PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.07.

THE BOARD WILL MEET TO DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE REGARDING ESTABLISHING A LARGE PROJECT FEE IN CONNECTION WITH THE APPLICATION FOR A VALUE LIMITATION AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 313 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE, PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.074 THE BOARD WILL MEET TO DISCUSS THE EVALUATION OF THE INTERNAL AUDITOR PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 AND 551.074.

THE BOARD WILL MEET IN CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY TO DISCUSS AND TO CONSIDER AND DISCUSS LIGHTHOUSE COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS AGAINST THE SUPERINTENDENT AND TRUSTEES.

PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071.

THE BOARD WILL MEET WITH ITS ATTORNEY AS APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN DECEMBER 2021 FOR AN UPDATE REGARDING THE REVIEW OF DOCUMENTS OF CONCERN AND POTENTIAL UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 AND AS REQUESTED BY TRUSTEE WESTON.

THE BOARD WILL MEET TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE AND GUIDANCE REGARDING ELECTIONEERING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 THE BOARD WILL MEET IN CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING EEOC CHARGE OF DISCRIMINATION NUMBER 31(C)-2022-00277 PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 AND 551.074, AND AS REQUESTED BY TRUSTEE WEIR AND TRUSTEE HARRISON, THE BOARD WILL MEET WILL CONSULT WITH ITS ATTORNEY TO DISCUSS THE DUTIES, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A PUBLIC OFFICER AND EMPLOYEES CONSIDERING DISCUSSION OF THE THIRD STEP OF TRUSTEE SANCTION PROCESS FOR TRUSTEE WESTON PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 AND 551.074 AND AS REQUESTED BY TRUSTEE WEIR AND TRUSTEE HARRISON, THE BOARD WILL CONSULT WITH ITS ATTORNEY TO DISCUSS THE DUTIES, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A PUBLIC OFFICER AND EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING DISCUSSION OF THE FIRST STEP OF THE TRUSTEE SANCTION PROCESS FOR TRUSTEE BONE.

POINT OF ORDER. JUST ONE SECOND.

WE PROBABLY WILL DISCUSS THE FIRST THREE AND COME BACK OUT AND HAVE AN OPEN SESSION DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION BY REGARDING THAT.

YES, WHAT IS YOUR POINT? MY POINT IS I REQUEST THAT WE MOVE ITEMS M-9 AND M-10 TO THE FRONT.

WE'VE GOT SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE, I THINK, WHO WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THIS.

IT'S ALREADY 10:00.

THIS IS AGAINST ME.

I'D RATHER BE FRESH FOR THIS.

I'VE ALREADY BEEN HERE FOR 5 HOURS AND WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE TO WITNESS THIS FOR ITEMS, NINE AND TEN TO THE FRONT AND IN PUBLIC. FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN PULL ANOTHER TRUSTEE'S THING INTO PUBLIC, BUT ALSO WE HAVE TO DISCUSS WITH COUNSEL BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT TRUSTEE HARRISON CONCERN WAS.

I WAS NOT INCLUDED ON HERS.

I ONLY KNOW WHAT MINE WAS, AND IT CAME OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AT OUR TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING.

SO I DON'T KNOW.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT I CAN SAY IN PUBLIC, ALSO HAVE THE CHAMBER AND WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE THAT HAVE ALSO BEEN HERE ALL NIGHT AND WERE HERE ALL NIGHT LAST NIGHT.

THESE ARE CHOICES THAT WERE MADE AND WHAT IS ON THIS AGENDA.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION I DIDN'T HEAR A SECOND TO MOVE THIS UP TO THE FRONT OF CLOSED SESSION.

I SECOND THE MOTION AND I HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE IT HEARD IN PUBLIC.

I HAVE A I HAVE THAT RIGHT.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF CONFLICTS YOU HAVE, BUT I HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE IT HEARD IN PUBLIC.

IT WILL BE HEARD IN PUBLIC.

MY ONLY REQUEST IS THAT IT BE MOVED TO THE FRONT OF THE AGENDA.

ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION I'M HEARING AND A SECOND, AND THAT IS HER MOTION TO MOVE NINE AND TEN.

IS THAT RIGHT? M-9 AND M-10 TO THE FIRST NUMBER, BASICALLY MAKE IT AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR CLOSED SESSION.

SO MOTION A SECOND ARE DONE AND YOU JUST NEED TO VOTE ON THAT.

ALL IN FAVOR OF MOVING IT TO THE FRONT.

RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION FAILS 2 TO 5.

OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.

WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS ITEMS M-1, 2 AND 3 AND WE'LL PROBABLY COME BACK OUT INTO OPEN SESSION.

WE'RE GOING TO DO CLOSED SESSION IN THIS ROOM.

SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE LEAVE, GATHER YOUR BELONGINGS.

TRUSTEES, WE WILL NOT TAKE A BREAK.

AS SOON AS THE ROOM IS CLEARED, WE WILL GO STRAIGHT INTO CLOSED SESSION.

IT IS 10:03.

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ALL RIGHT, IT IS 10:08.

WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.

[N. CALL BACK TO ORDER/EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTIONS (Part 1 of 2)]

TRUSTEE VESSA HAS RECUSED HERSELF FOR THIS DISCUSSION AND I AM HAPPY TO WELCOME SARAH LEONE AND MICHELLE ALCALA TO OUR BOARDROOM TONIGHT, AND YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THE SUMMARY OF THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT AND HOW IT'S AFFECTING ROUND ROCK ISD POSSIBLY OR COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT US.

SO THANK YOU. WELCOME TO OUR MEETING.

I'LL PUSH THE BUTTON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HAVING US TODAY.

AGAIN, I'M SARAH LEONE, MICHELLE ALCALA.

WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE THE DISTRICT WILL HAS ON ITS AGENDA NEXT AFTER THIS AND APPLICATION FOR VALUE LIMITATION AGREEMENT THAT AN INVESTOR IS ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER, AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO WITH THE BOARD TODAY IS GO OVER WHAT THAT MEANS, WHAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT MEANS TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TO ROUND ROCK ISD, AND THEN WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE IF YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN APPLICATION AND SO I SAY NEXT AND SOMEONE HEARS ME.

OKAY, THERE WE GO.

SO CHAPTER 313--IT'S THE PROPERTY TAX CODE ACTUALLY OF CHAPTER 313.

IT'S REFERRED TO AS THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT.

IT'S BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2002.

IT'S INTENDED AND IT WAS ADOPTED BY THE LEGISLATURE TO ATTRACT TO TEXAS CERTAIN DESIGNATED INDUSTRIES, WHICH INCLUDE LARGE SCALE MANUFACTURING, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND RENEWABLE ELECTRIC ENERGY GENERATION.

IT IS A STATE PROPERTY TAX INCENTIVE TO THE EXTENT THAT THE STATE IS SEEKING TO BRING THESE BUSINESSES TO TEXAS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A STATEWIDE PROPERTY TAX, WE JUST HAVE LOCAL PROPERTY TAXES.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS A NECESSARY PARTY, AND THE WAY THAT THE STATUTE IS STRUCTURED IS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS REIMBURSED FOR ANY LOST REVENUE THROUGH EITHER THE STATE FUNDING FORMULAS OR THROUGH A CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE COMPANY.

SO IT IS INTENDED TO HOLD THE DISTRICT HARMLESS SO THAT YOU LOSE NO REVENUE, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S DIFFERENT THAN A TAX ABATEMENT.

IF YOU HAD A COUNTY THAT WAS GIVING A TAX ABATEMENT, THE COUNTY IS ACTUALLY AGREEING TO TAKE IN LESS TAX REVENUE FOR THE PERIOD OF THE ABATEMENT.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A 313 AGREEMENT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE TAKING IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE AS IF THE COMPANY HAD NOT RECEIVED THE INCENTIVE AND THE STATE IS HOLDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HARMLESS.

SO NEXT SLIDE, JUST SOME BASICS ABOUT SCHOOL TAXES.

YOU ALL JUST TALKED ABOUT YOUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND I&S BUDGETS.

I PUT THIS SLIDE ON HERE SO THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO MAY NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH THEIR TAX BILL REALIZE THAT THERE'S REALLY TWO POTS OF MONEY, THE MONEY THAT YOU USE TO MAINTAIN YOUR OPERATIONS, MAINTAIN YOUR SCHOOLS AND PAY YOUR STAFF, AND THEN THAT OTHER POT OF MONEY, WHICH WE CALL I&S THAT WE USE TO PAY DOWN OUR BONDED INDEBTEDNESS AND THE TAX RATES ARE UP THERE, WHICH YOU'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT.

YOUR TOTAL TAX BASE FOR 2021 WAS 44.5 BILLION DOLLARS.

SO YOU'RE GENERATING THE TAX REVENUE ON THAT AMOUNT.

YOU HAVE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX COLLECTIONS FOR THE PRIOR SCHOOL YEAR WERE ABOUT 338 MILLION.

YOUR I&S COLLECTIONS WERE ABOUT 104 MILLION, AND FROM YOUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS COLLECTIONS, THE STATE IS GOING TO CHARGE YOU $48 MILLION IN RECAPTURE FOR THIS PAST BUDGET YEAR.

SO THIS IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE 313 AGREEMENTS ARE ATTRACTIVE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUCH AS ROUND ROCK ISD, WHERE YOU'RE SENDING MONEY TO THE STATE BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE LARGE CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, THAT MEANS A LARGER TAX BASE.

THAT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO BE SENDING A LARGER PAY CHECK BACK TO AUSTIN AT THE END OF THE BUDGET YEAR.

OH, IT'S GOING TO BE YOU.

THERE'S A QUALIFICATION TO APPLY FOR A 313 AGREEMENT.

SARAH TALKED ABOUT THE SPECIFIC INDUSTRY THAT'S ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR A 313, AND I ALWAYS THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY WILL SOMETIMES ASK, WHY AREN'T OUR BUSINESSES ELIGIBLE FOR TAX LIMITATION?

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AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT THE APPLICANT BE IN SPECIFIC INDUSTRY.

IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO INVEST A CERTAIN MINIMAL INVESTMENT TO EVEN BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.

SO IN THIS CASE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO INVEST $100 MILLION IN NEW TAXABLE PROPERTY TO BE EVEN ELIGIBLE TO ASK THE DISTRICT FOR A TAX LIMITATION AGREEMENT.

THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT THE DISTRICT MUST APPROVE.

IF THE DISTRICT DOES NOT APPROVE AN AGREEMENT, THAN THE APPLICANT WILL NOT GET ONE, EVEN IF THEY ARE OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE.

IF AN AGREEMENT IS REACHED AND THAT'S NOT WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT.

TONIGHT IS JUST A CONSIDERATION OF AN APPLICATION, BUT IF THE APPLICATION IS APPROVED AND THE PROCESS IS STARTED, THERE'S 150 DAY PERIOD IN WHICH THERE'S INFORMATION THAT'S GIVEN TO THE BOARD.

THERE'S FINANCIAL ANALYSIS THAT IT'S DONE AFTER THAT PROCESS.

THERE'S MORE INFORMATION THAT'S BROUGHT TO THE BOARD AND THEN A POTENTIAL PROPOSED AGREEMENT.

IF AN AGREEMENT IS REACHED, WHAT THE AGREEMENT WOULD DO IS PROVIDE A CAP FOR M&O PURPOSES FOR THIS APPLICANT AT $100 MILLION FOR A TEN YEAR PERIOD.

FOR I&S PURPOSES, THE PROPERTY WOULD BE AT FULL VALUE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. YESTERDAY EVENING IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD RECEIVED SOME CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED INVESTMENT AND A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL , BUT WHAT WE WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IS AN APPLICATION FROM TOPPAN PHOTOMASK OF ROUND ROCK INC, WHICH IS AN EXISTING COMPANY WITHIN THE DISTRICT, AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDING THEIR FACILITY HERE.

THEY'RE PROPOSING TO INVEST $900 MILLION WITHIN ROUND ROCK ISD.

SOME OF THAT ARE GOING TO BE SOFT COSTS, SO SUCH AS ENGINEERING FEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WHEN IT GOES ONTO YOUR TAX ROLLS, IT'LL COME ON AT $773 MILLION.

THESE ARE ESTIMATED FEES BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT'S CONTAINED IN THE APPLICATION.

THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE FULLY TAXED, AS MR. XIAO JUST MENTIONED, FOR I&S PURPOSES.

IT WOULD BE TAXED AT 100 MILLION FOR M&O PURPOSES.

THIS IS A PHOTOMASK FABRICATION, WHICH I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT YESTERDAY.

IT'S HIGH END MANUFACTURING.

THEIR PRODUCTS ARE USED FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTION, AND THERE'S ALSO SOME MILITARY AND HIGH SECURITY USES FOR THIS MATERIALS.

LAST NIGHT, I SAID I HADN'T LOOKED AT YOUR LARGEST TAXPAYERS BECAUSE THAT QUESTION WAS RAISED.

LAST YEAR, APPLE WAS YOUR LARGEST TAXPAYER AND THEY WERE AT 441 MILLION.

SO WHEN THIS COMES ON THE ROLLS, IF IT CAME ON TOMORROW, IT WOULD ALMOST DOUBLE BE TWICE AS LARGE AS YOUR LARGEST EXISTING TAXPAYER.

AT 100 MILLION VALUE, IT DOESN'T COME IN TO YOUR TOP TEN TAXPAYERS, BUT IT'S COMES UP THERE CLOSE. IT'D HAVE PROBABLY BEEN IN THE TOP 15 TO 20 TAXPAYERS; IT WOULD BE PAYING TAXES ON THE M&O VALUE AND THEY ANTICIPATE ABOUT 250 MANUFACTURING JOBS AT THIS FACILITY.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS.

SO I STARTED THIS EARLIER, BUT THE IMPORTANT PART ABOUT THIS SLIDE IS THAT TODAY THE ACTION ITEM FOR THE BOARD IS TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION.

SO THAT IS THE FIRST STEP THAT THE APPLICANT FILES AN APPLICATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE DISTRICT DECIDES TO ACCEPT THAT APPLICATION IS DISCRETIONARY. THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD'S BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER TONIGHT.

IF THE BOARD DOES WISH TO MOVE FORWARD AND CONSIDER THE APPLICATION, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT IS THE ATTORNEYS, FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS WOULD ALSO BE ENGAGED TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT IN THE TRANSACTION, TO ADVOCATE FOR THE DISTRICT, TO PROVIDE THE DISTRICT WITH INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT WOULD BE ON THE DISTRICT, AND THEN TO NEGOTIATE THE BEST TERMS FOR THE DISTRICT.

ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE IS DOING ITS OWN ANALYSIS ON WHAT THE IMPACT IS ON THE STATE, AND SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS LOOK AT THE APPLICATION, MAKE SURE THE APPLICATION IS COMPLETE FOR PURPOSES OF OUR REVIEW, AND THEN IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE SO THAT THEY DO THEIR OWN REVIEW , AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS, DOES THIS APPLICANT MEET ALL OF THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS? ARE THEY IN THE RIGHT INDUSTRY? ARE THEY MAKING THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT? THEY LOOK THROUGH THE APPLICATION.

ONCE THAT IS DONE AND APPROVED, THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE WILL CERTIFY THE APPLICATION AND SAY YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD AND

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START GATHERING MORE INFORMATION.

THERE IS AN APPLICATION FEE THAT IS PAID BY THE COMPANY AND THAT APPLICATION FEE WILL COVER THE COST FOR THE DISTRICT TO HAVE COUNSEL REPRESENT THE DISTRICT WITH REGARD TO THE TRANSACTION AND ALSO TO GET THE FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS TO RUN THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS ON THE DISTRICT.

THAT FEE THAT IS PAID BY THE APPLICANT IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT YOU WOULD BE THAT YOU WOULD BE BILLED FOR ANY OF THOSE COSTS, BOTH FOR THE ATTORNEYS AND FOR THE FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO AGAIN, IF THE CONTROLLER DETERMINES THAT THE APPLICATION IS COMPLETE AND THIS IS AN ELIGIBLE COMPANY, THEY WILL CERTIFY THE APPLICATION FOR COMPLIANCE, AND THEN THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD RECEIVE THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM YOUR ATTORNEYS AND FROM YOUR FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS.

THAT INFORMATION IS BROUGHT BACK TO THE BOARD, AND THEN THE BOARD CAN DECIDE WHETHER IT WISHES TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT THAT IS NEGOTIATED BY THE ATTORNEYS, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD ADVOCATE FOR THE BEST TERMS FOR THE DISTRICT AND BRING THAT INFORMATION TO YOU AT ANY STAGE ALONG THE PROCESS.

THE DISTRICT THE BOARD CAN DECIDE WE DON'T WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO TONIGHT IS NOT COMMITTING THE BOARD TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT.

IT IS JUST STARTING. THE PROCESS.

OKAY, SARAH HAS TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PAYMENTS.

SO THERE IS AN OBVIOUS TAX SAVINGS AS AN INCENTIVE TO THE COMPANY TO ENTER TO ASK THE DISTRICT FOR ONE OF THESE AGREEMENTS AND THE STATUTE.

CHAPTER 313 OF THE TAX CODE ALLOWS THE COMPANY TO SHARE SOME OF THE TAX SAVINGS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO PART OF THE PAYMENTS, WHAT THEY CALL PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXATION, PART OF THAT IS A STATUTORY SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT, AND THAT'S BASED ON THE ADA, AND IT'S $100 PER ADA AND WE COULD NEGOTIATE THAT AS LONG AS A 13 TO 15 YEAR TERM , AND A LOT OF THAT NEGOTIATION IS BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT, THE SIZE OF THE TAX SAVINGS FOR THE COMPANY, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD WE COULD NEGOTIATE AND GET INTO AN AGREEMENT THAT WOULD BE LATER PRESENTED TO THE BOARD.

SO, AGAIN, STATUTORY PAYMENTS, $100 PER ADA.

ROUND ROCK ISD HAS 48,000 STUDENTS.

SO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ANNUAL PAYMENTS EVEN BEFORE THE START OF THE LIMITATION AND DURING THE LIMITATION.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. DO WE NEED TO CONSIDER EXTRAORDINARY EDUCATIONAL EXPENSE FOR THIS ONE? DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS ONE? THE OTHER ASPECT OF A NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT WOULD INCLUDE PROTECTION FOR LOST REVENUE, AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, THAT'S A NEGOTIATED TERM.

SO THE STATUTE PERMITS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO NEGOTIATE FOR TERMS THAT PROVIDE FOR ANY LOST REVENUE THAT IS REALIZED AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE AGREEMENT AND HOW THAT REVENUE WOULD BE CALCULATED.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE CALCULATE THAT AS WE LOOK AT THE FIRST YEAR OF COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS.

WHEN YOU SEE IT GO, THE PROJECT GO FROM A PRE-ABATEMENT VALUE TO AN AGREED UPON VALUE.

THAT WILL BE A DIP IN YOUR TAXES THAT ARE PAID, AND USUALLY THAT YEAR YOU'LL SEE THAT REVENUE LOSS PAYMENT BE EQUAL TO THE TAXES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID. THE DIFFERENCE IS AND THE IMPORTANT THING FOR YOU TO KNOW IS THAT MONEY IS PAID TO YOU CONTRACTUALLY AS OPPOSED TO BEING PAID THROUGH TAXES, AND SO THAT MEANS YOU DO NOT PAY RECAPTURE.

IT DOES NOT GO INTO YOUR FUNDING FORMULAS.

SO YOU CAN TAKE THAT MONEY AND PUT IT IN YOUR GENERAL REVENUE AND USE IT FOR THE KINDS OF THE KIND OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, WHERE YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN PAY RAISES AND BONUSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THE SAME WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS AND THE SAME WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS. THEY'RE ALSO NOT SUBJECT FOR EVERY YEAR OF THE AGREEMENT.

THE AGREEMENT PROVIDES THAT THIRD PARTY FINANCIAL SCHOOL FINANCE CONSULTANT WILL GO THROUGH, CALCULATE WITH THE PROJECT IN PLACE AND AN AGREEMENT, AND IF AN AGREEMENT HAD NEVER BEEN ENTERED, IF THE DISTRICT LOSES ANY REVENUE, THE COMPANY AGREES TO REIMBURSE YOU THAT COST SO THAT THOSE TERMS ARE THERE TO PROTECT THE DISTRICT FROM LOSING ANY REVENUE AT ALL.

AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE AGREEMENT.

NEXT SLIDE IN THIS CASE, THE APPLICANT IS ALSO ASKING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CONSIDER DESIGNATING WHAT WE CALL A

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REINVESTMENT ZONE FOR THE PROJECT SITE.

THE PROJECT SITE IS ALREADY OWNED BY THE COMPANY.

IT'S NOT. IT'S A GREENFIELD.

IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY IMPROVEMENTS ON IT AT THIS TIME.

CHAPTER 312 OF THE TAX CODE ALLOWS A PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD TO DESIGNATE A REINVESTMENT ZONE IF THE SCHOOL BOARD FINDS THAT THAT DESIGNATION IS LIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE EXPANSION OF PRIMARY EMPLOYMENT IN THE REINVESTMENT ZONE, OR THAT IT WOULD ATTRACT MAJOR INVESTMENT THAT WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO EITHER YOUR COMMUNITY OR TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IN ORDER TO ENTER INTO A 313 AGREEMENT, THERE MUST BE A REINVESTMENT ZONE IN PLACE, AND SO WE WOULD BRING THAT TO YOU. IF WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THE BOARD CONTINUES TO BE INTERESTED IN PURSUING, WE WOULD LIKELY PUT THAT REINVESTMENT ZONE ON THE SAME AGENDA WHERE YOU WOULD BE ASKED TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT.

SO, IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING APPROVING AN AGREEMENT, YOU WOULD APPROVE THE REINVESTMENT ZONE AT THAT TIME.

IF YOU DECIDE YOU DON'T WANT TO PROCEED WITH AN AGREEMENT, YOU WOULD NOT APPROVE THE REINVESTMENT ZONE, BUT IT LASTS FOR FIVE YEARS.

IT EXPIRES AFTER FIVE YEARS.

IT'S NOT LIKE REZONING A NEIGHBORHOOD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S JUST A FINDING THAT INVESTMENT WITHIN THAT DESIGNATED AREA, WHICH IS ACTUALLY PROPERTY OWNED BY THE COMPANY, WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TERMS OF INCREASING ITS TAX BASE.

THE NEXT SLIDE DURING BECAUSE THE STATE IS ACTUALLY FUNDING THIS PROGRAM.

IT ALSO CAREFULLY SUPERVISES IT, AND SO THROUGHOUT THE 15 YEAR PERIOD OF THE TEN YEAR LIMITATION AND THEN THE FIVE YEARS AFTER, WERE THE COMPANY'S REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A VIABLE PRESENCE.

THERE'S ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIRED TO THE STATE AND THEN THE COMPTROLLER MAKES A REPORT EVERY BIENNIUM TO THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT THAT HAS BEEN ATTRACTED TO THE STATE.

HOW MANY TAX INCENTIVES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND SO FORTH.

SO THAT'S A REQUIREMENT ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE APPLICANT TO DO THIS REPORTING THROUGHOUT THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT.

IN THE AGREEMENT ITSELF, THERE'S LANGUAGE THAT WOULD BE IN THERE THAT WOULD PROTECT THE DISTRICT FROM INCURRING ANY COSTS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THAT REPORTING AND THAT THE COMPANY WOULD BEAR THE TOTAL COST OF THAT REPORTING.

SO THAT'S JUST TO BE AWARE OF, AND THEN WHY WOULD A BOARD CONSIDER A CHAPTER 313 AGREEMENT? MY FIRST POINT WOULD BE IT IS A VALUE LIMITATION.

IT'S NOT AN ABATEMENT.

SO IT WILL BE PAYING M&O TAXES AT $100 MILLION VALUE.

IT WOULD BE ONE OF YOUR TOP TAX PAYERS.

EVEN WITH THE VALUE LIMITATION IN PLACE, IT REDUCES THE RECAPTURE AMOUNT OWED TO THE STATE.

EVEN THOUGH THE RECAPTURE IS A SIGN THAT YOU HAVE A HEALTHY ECONOMY, IT STILL KIND OF BURNS EVERYBODY TO HAVE TO WRITE THAT CHECK BACK TO THE STATE.

SO IF WE CAN REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF RECAPTURE, THAT'S USUALLY A DESIRABLE AND THERE IS NO LOSS OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS REVENUE TO THE DISTRICT.

HOW WOULD A 313 HELP OUR STUDENTS? IT INCREASES YOUR TAX BASE FOR I&S PURPOSES.

SO YOU TALK TONIGHT ABOUT YOUR THE GROWTH IN YOUR TAX BASE, AND THAT'S ALLOWING YOU TO MAKE A CHOICE.

DO WE WANT TO REDUCE THE TAX RATE FOR OUR TAXPAYERS OR DO WE WANT TO DIFFUSE THAT DEBT EARLY, MAYBE MAKE SOME SAVINGS ON THE INTEREST SIDE, IT GIVES YOU THAT FLEXIBILITY.

SO THE MORE TAX BASE THAT YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES YOU SOME CHOICES IN TERMS OF HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MANAGE YOUR DEBT.

IT ALSO GIVES YOU SOME DEBT CAPACITY IF YOU DO HAVE NEEDS AND THE VOTERS DECIDE THAT THEY WANT TO INCUR, YOU KNOW, SELL SOME BONDS TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.

YOU RECEIVE SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS TO SUPPORT SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND YOU CAN SPEND THOSE ANY WAY YOU WANT.

YOU DO RECEIVE REVENUE PROTECTION GUARANTEED IN THE AGREEMENT SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT FOR THE COURSE OF THE AGREEMENT, THE DISTRICT WILL NOT LOSE ANY MONEY, AND WITH A COMPANY THAT'S COMING INTO YOUR COMMUNITY, AND PARTICULARLY IN THIS FIELD, YOU HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

SO, INTERNSHIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT WITH THE COMPANY AS PART OF OUR LARGER DISCUSSION ABOUT ENTERING INTO A 313 AGREEMENT, AND THEN I WANTED TO JUST BRIEFLY VISIT ABOUT WHERE WE STAND TODAY, BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO IMPACT THIS PARTICULAR

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AGREEMENT. WE'RE BOTH HERE TODAY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, AND YOU MAY SEE ONE OR THE OTHER OF US AT YOUR MEETINGS JUST BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OF APPLICATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

CHAPTER 313 WAS NOT REAUTHORIZED DURING THE LAST SESSION, SO IT WILL SUNSET OF ITS OWN ACCORD ON DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR. THAT COMPTROLLER HAS TO REVIEW EVERY PROJECT THAT IS SUBMITTED BEFORE THE SCHOOL BOARDS CAN CONSIDER THEM, AND THE COMPTROLLER HAS ASKED EVERYONE TO GET APPLICATIONS IN BY JUNE 1ST, WHICH IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF TIME CRUNCH RIGHT NOW, AND I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT FUTURE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS WILL DO, BUT WE WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WHATEVER HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE, IT'LL BE AT LEAST SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU HAVE NOW.

BECAUSE THE CONSTITUTION PROTECTS THE RIGHTS OF PARTIES UNDER EXISTING CONTRACTS THE CONTRACT THAT YOU ENTER IN 22 IF YOU DO ENTER ONE, WE'LL GO FOR THE FULL TERM.

SO ANY FUTURE LEGISLATION SHOULD NOT IMPACT THIS CONTRACT.

THE CONTRACT IS DEPENDENT UPON ANY CHANGES IN FUTURE SCHOOL FUNDING LAWS.

SO THAT COULD CHANGE, BUT IN TERMS OF JUST THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THE AGREEMENT, IT WOULD NOT CHANGE.

I THINK THAT'S OUR LAST ONE.

THAT'S QUESTIONS.

BEFORE I OPEN IT FOR QUESTIONS, I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU WHAT YOUR NEXT ITEMS ARE ON THE AGENDA.

WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM THAT SAYS ACKNOWLEDGING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY.

THAT IS A RECOMMENDATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR.

IT'S A FORM I'M JUST GOING TO SEND YOU, AND IT HAS OUR CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ATTACHED, AND IT'S JUST ACKNOWLEDGING I WAS PRESENT AT THE MEETING.

I'M FAMILIAR WITH OUR CONFLICTS POLICY.

I DO NOT OR I DO HAVE A CONFLICT.

I WILL NOTE THAT WE HAVE ONE TRUSTEE WHO HAS IDENTIFIED A CONFLICT AND HAS EXECUTED A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AFFIDAVIT.

SHE WILL NOT BE PARTICIPATING IN ANY ACTION ON THIS AND UNDERSTANDS THAT DISCUSSION AND ACTION SHE HAS TO RECUSE HERSELF FROM.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST THING.

THE SECOND THING IS AN ACTION ITEM FOR YOU, AND THAT IS TO ACCEPT AN APPLICATION, AND THAT WOULD BE, AS WE SAID, JUST STARTING THAT PROCESS.

IF YOU ACCEPT AN APPLICATION, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO HELP YOU THROUGH IT.

WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.

WE ALSO ARE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU SEPARATELY ENGAGE A SCHOOL FINANCE CONSULTANT.

JIGSAW SCHOOL FINANCE IS LOOSELY COMPRISED OF THE SCHOOL FINANCE EXPERTS FROM SEVERAL OF THE REGIONAL SERVICE CENTERS ACROSS THE STATE. SO WE'VE KIND OF COLLECTED IN THE BEST SCHOOL FINANCE CONSULTANTS AT THE REGIONAL SERVICE CENTERS.

THEY ARE VERY SERVICE ORIENTED, SO THEY'RE VERY EASY TO WORK WITH AND THEY WORK WELL WITH OUR STAFF AS THEY'RE TRYING TO MANAGE THE PROCESS AND THEY'RE VERY TRANSPARENT WITH THEIR CALCULATIONS.

SO THAT WAS OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER YOUR BOARD POLICY SAYS THAT THE BOARD NEEDS TO SET A FEE FOR LARGE PROJECTS, AND LARGE PROJECTS ARE DEFINED AS AN APPLICATION FOR A PROJECT THAT IS $500 MILLION OR LARGER, AND THIS IS LARGER THAN $500 MILLION, AND SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU SET A LARGE PROJECT FEE OF $100,000 , AND IN VISITING WITH THE APPLICANT, THAT IS A FEE THAT THEY EXPECT TO PAY AND FEEL IT IS REASONABLE FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK INVOLVED. DO YOU REMEMBER THE POLICY THAT'S IN? JUST IN CASE THE TRUSTEES--I WE LOOKED AT IT THE OTHER DAY.

CCGB LOCAL.

CCGB LOCAL, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO LOOK AT THE LARGE APPLICATION FEE, IT IS IN THERE.

THE STANDARD APPLICATION FEE IS 75,000 FOR ANYTHING SMALLER THAN $500 MILLION, AND THEN IF IT'S LARGER THAN THAT, THE BOARD IS SUPPOSED TO SET A FEE, AND CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LARGE APPLICATION FEE COVERS.

YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH US AND WITH THE SCHOOL FINANCE CONSULTANTS, BOTH ARE STIPULATED.

YOU WILL NOT BE CHARGED ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT FEE.

SO THAT IS TURNKEY.

EVERY MEETING THAT WE COME TO, ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED DONE DURING THE COURSE, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE AGREEMENT.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WANT TO HAVE IF I CAN FACILITATE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT INTERNSHIPS OR, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT COME

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UP, IT IS A TURNKEY ALL INCLUDED FEE.

ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING AT THIS POINT THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO ASK? I HAVE ONE.

I DIDN'T REMEMBER SEEING YESTERDAY THE EXTRAORDINARY EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES CONSIDERED.

CAN YOU GIVE SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THOSE COULD BE? IN SOME CASES, THE PROJECTS WILL BRING IN MORE RESIDENTS TO THE COMMUNITY AND REQUIRE THE DISTRICT TO INCUR MORE COST TO SERVE THE STUDENTS, AND SO IN THE EVENT THAT TYPE OF PROJECT COMES IN, THE STATUTE ALLOWS THE PARTIES TO NEGOTIATE ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL AND TO THE REVENUE PROTECTION THAT WE DISCUSSED TO COVER THOSE EXPENSES.

THANK YOU, AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE ASKED THIS QUESTION SEVERAL TIMES, BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE DOWNSIDE TO THIS AGREEMENT MIGHT BE TO TAXPAYERS, ANY POTENTIAL OR PERCEIVED DOWNSIDE TO TAXPAYERS, TO THE DISTRICT? DO YOU WANT TO TAKE SOME OF THOSE? OKAY. THEN YOU CAN CORRECT ME.

OKAY, SO FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, THERE IS NO DOWNSIDE TO THE DISTRICT.

AS I MENTIONED, YOU ARE INCREASING YOUR TAX BASE AND YOU ARE GETTING CONTRACTUAL PAYMENTS THAT YOU WOULDN'T OTHERWISE GET. WHERE WE SEE DISTRICTS STRUGGLE WITH ACCEPTING THESE ARE IN TWO CASES.

NUMBER ONE, IF THE TYPE OF INDUSTRY IS SOMETHING THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE A BEACHSIDE COMMUNITY AND SOMEONE'S PUTTING UP A GIANT CHEMICAL FACTORY, THAT MAY BE A REASON THAT PEOPLE DO NOT WANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NATURE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. IN THIS CASE, THE APPLICANT IS ALREADY IN YOUR COMMUNITY, SO I DON'T ANTICIPATE YOU WOULD GET THAT KIND OF OBJECTION. YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE SOMETIMES WE HEAR IDEOLOGICAL OPPOSITIONS TO CHAPTER 313 IN GENERAL OR TO TAX INCENTIVES IN GENERAL, JUST IDEOLOGICALLY, AND I HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS A LOT WITH IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, WITH FARMERS.

SO THE FARMERS ARE SAYING, WHY ISN'T THE SOLAR FARMER, THE WIND FARM, PAYING THEIR FULL TAXES? AND I POINT OUT YOU HAVE A FARM AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY NOT PAYING FULL TAXES EITHER BECAUSE YOU GET AN AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTION.

THAT'S A WAY THAT THE STATE IS INCENTIVIZING YOU TO USE YOUR FARM IN AGRICULTURE BECAUSE WE WANT OUR FARMS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

I WOULD URGE THAT'S KIND OF THE SAME REASON IDEOLOGICALLY THE STATE HAS ADOPTED THIS PROGRAM.

NOW, WHETHER IT'S A GOOD IDEA OR NOT A GOOD IDEA, NO ONE HAS ELECTED ME TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, BUT THAT'S THE IDEA THAT'S THE PRINCIPLE IN PLAY HERE.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO REASONS THAT I SEE BOARD STRUGGLE WITH THIS, BUT IF YOU'RE JUST THINKING AS A FINANCIAL MATTER OR IN YOUR FIDUCIARY CAPACITY TO THE STUDENTS OF THE DISTRICT, I'M NOT AWARE OF A DOWNSIDE.

THE THIRD THING THAT SOMETIMES WHERE WE SEE CONFLICT IS IF THE PROJECT DOESN'T BUILD, YOU KNOW, WE GAVE YOU A TAX INCENTIVE AGREEMENT AND YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO BUILD A $900 MILLION PROJECT, AND THEN YOU ONLY BUILT HALF OF THE PROJECT OR YOU DIDN'T BUILD IT AT ALL.

THAT CAN HAPPEN BECAUSE THE CONTRACT DOESN'T OBLIGE THEM TO BUILD IT.

IT JUST ENCOURAGES THEM TO BUILD IT, AND SO I HAVE HAD CLIENTS WHO ARE DISAPPOINTED WHEN THE INVESTMENT DOESN'T GET MADE, LIKE RIGHT NOW WITH THE EMBARGO ON THE SOLAR PANELS AND SO FORTH, SOME OF THOSE SOLAR FARMS ARE NOT GOING TO GET BUILT AND PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY DREAMED ABOUT THE NEW SCHOOLS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BUILD WITH THAT MONEY, AND SO THEY'RE DISAPPOINTED.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER DOWNSIDE, IS YOU COULD BE COUNTING ON IT, AND THEN IT DOESN'T MATERIALIZE, BUT THOSE ARE THE ONLY KIND OF NEGATIVES THAT I'VE RUN INTO.

HAVE I MISSED ANY? I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT THERE ARE SOMETIMES QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND SO PART OF WHAT WE WOULD DO IS FACILITATE GETTING INFORMATION, ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS FULL INFORMATION.

BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE JUST GET QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WE DON'T ANTICIPATE AND WE HELP GET INFORMATION TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.

SO SOMETIMES IT'S JUST CONCERNS THAT CAN VARY FROM EACH COMMUNITY, AND WE COULD DEFINITELY GET SOME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS HERE AND WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE GET YOU THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED, SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.

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GREAT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE WEIR.

I DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I REALLY WANTED TO SORT OF DIRECT MY COMMENTS TO MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE I KNOW WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY AND CLOSED AND HAD A GREAT PRESENTATION AND I KNOW THERE WERE SOME DIFFERENCES OF OPINION, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO REALLY JUST CONSIDER THE FACT THAT THIS IS JUST AN APPLICATION AND THAT GETTING MORE INFORMATION ON THIS WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO OUR DISTRICT AND TO OUR STUDENTS.

I MEAN, WE HEARD ABOUT INTERNSHIPS LAST NIGHT THAT THIS COMPANY IS VERY INTERESTED IN SETTING UP, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANY.

WE HEARD ABOUT WORKING WITH TEACHERS, WITH CURRICULUM, A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM FOR THAT, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATED.

THERE'S NO DOWNSIDE MONETARILY FOR US ACTUALLY TO TRY TO GET SOME OF THAT RECAPTURE MONEY BACK.

IT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.

I KNOW THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY, THERE IS A REAL PUSH FOR NATIONAL SECURITY.

I KNOW SENATOR CORNYN IS WORKING ON THAT AND SOME OF OUR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING ALL OF THAT BACK INTO THE UNITED STATES AND NOT HAVE IT IN TAIWAN AND I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO BE A PART OF THAT, AND LASTLY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LOCAL COMPANY, AND EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE BEEN OWNED BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR 35 YEARS, AND WE READ IN THE NEWSPAPER ALL THE TIME PEOPLE COMING IN FROM CALIFORNIA THAT GET ALL OF THESE DEALS, AND I THINK TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY HERE AND BENEFIT OUR KIDS WITH INTERNSHIPS AND MORE DOLLARS THAT WE CAN SPEND ON OUR TEACHERS IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE WIN WIN FOR US, AND I WOULD JUST ASK, DON'T SAY NO TONIGHT.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GIVE THIS APPLICATION A THUMBS UP AND LET US MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE PROCESS, GET OUR INFORMATION BACK FROM THE STATE AND MAKE OUR DECISIONS LATER IF PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS FROM A NATIONAL SECURITY STANDPOINT, I DO THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

I DO LOVE WHEN WE CAN BRING MANUFACTURING BACK TO AMERICA.

THE PROBLEM WITH DOING THAT IS LABOR IS SO MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE IN AMERICA, AND SO GIVING COMPANIES A REASON TO PRODUCE IN AMERICA, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY THAT'S A REALLY ADVANTAGEOUS THING FOR THEM BECAUSE IT IS FACT, IT'S CHEAPER TO MAKE THINGS OTHER PLACES, BUT YEAH, I THINK THAT THIS IS THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING PROPOSAL AND I THINK IT REALLY SCREAMS OF SOME INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT WE CAN USE THAT MONEY FOR.

TRUSTEE WESTON.

SARAH, LAST NIGHT YOU TOLD US THAT THIS FIRM IS NOT CONSIDERING GOING OVERSEAS, THAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING A DIFFERENT STATE.

HAS ANYTHING CHANGED? I THINK THEY MADE THE PRESENTATION THAT THEY WERE LOOKING IN A DIFFERENT STATE.

THE ONLY THING I KNEW I HAD BEFORE HEARING THE PRESENTATION LAST NIGHT WAS THE APPLICATION, AND THEY SIMPLY SAID THEY WERE CONSIDERING LOCATING ELSEWHERE OUTSIDE THE STATE OF TEXAS.

I HEARD FROM THEIR MOUTHS, SO I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT GOING OVERSEAS.

I THINK WHAT MY COMMENT WAS IS THEY HAD FACILITIES OVERSEAS.

RIGHT. THANK YOU, AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS INDUSTRY CURRENTLY HAPPENS IN TAIWAN AND THEY HAVE THERE HAS A POTENTIAL TO BE INSTABILITY IN THAT AREA, AND SO HAVING THIS STUFF PRODUCED IN AMERICA AND BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT IT CAN PREVENT SHORTAGES IN THE FUTURE.

THAT'S THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT.

I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE IT I MEAN, THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED SENATOR CORNYN, BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF WHAT IT IS TO TRY TO BRING THIS TYPE OF THIS EXACT TYPE OF MANUFACTURING BACK TO THE UNITED STATES.

ANY OTHER LIGHTS, QUESTIONS ANY MOTIONS? I GUESS. GO AHEAD.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTENTION IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW ABOUT SCHOOL FINANCE AND TAXES AND TAX IMPACT, AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT THERE'S NO IMPACT TO THE TAXPAYER, THAT THE MONEY THAT COMES IN COMES TO US OUTSIDE OF RECAPTURE THAT IT'S NOT REALLY IMPACTED BY BASIC ALLOTMENT.

IT COMES OUTSIDE OF BASIC ALLOTMENT UP TO $100 OUTSIDE OF BASIC ALLOTMENT.

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SO THERE'S NO NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE TAXPAYER.

I WOULD ARGUE THERE'S SOME POSITIVE IMPACT TO YOUR TAXPAYER.

THE 100 MILLION VALUE WILL PUSH DOWN ON YOUR M&O RATE, IT COULD COMPRESS IT.

IT LOOKS LIKE YOU WERE COMPRESSED THIS YEAR AND IT COULD CONTINUE TO COMPRESS YOUR M&O RATE SO BY INCREASING YOUR TAX BASE ON THE SIDE.

IT COULD LOWER YOUR TAX, AND WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS STUDY YET, SO I CAN'T TELL YOU IF IT WILL.

THAT'S PART OF THE SCHOOL FINANCE ANALYSIS THAT WILL BE PERFORMED, AND WE CAN GIVE YOU A BETTER ANSWER ABOUT THAT.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO PREDICT FUTURE COMPRESSION, SINCE WE DON'T KNOW AHEAD OF TIME WHAT THE COMPRESSION RATE WOULD BE, BUT IT'D GIVE YOU A SENSE AND IT BENEFITS YOUR TAXPAYER BECAUSE IT PROVIDES A LARGER TAX BASE FROM WHICH YOU CAN ASSESS TAXES TO PAY YOUR BONDED INDEBTEDNESS THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY INCURRED.

OKAY, AND THIS IS MY LAST KIND OF QUESTION.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT LAST NIGHT, BUT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IS IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IF THIS GETS THE VOTES TO MOVE FORWARD, THIS IS NOT AN AGREEMENT SAYING THIS ABSOLUTELY HAPPENS. IT'S AN AGREEMENT SAYING WE AGREE TO EXPLORE, AND I KNOW ONE THING THAT'S THAT CAME UP WAS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IS THAT'S PART OF THE EXPLORATION AND THE DUE DILIGENCE AND.

I'M NOT QUALIFIED TO DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY.

THE PROJECT, IN ORDER TO GET APPROVED BY THE STATE AND GET A PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATORY AGENCIES TO GET CLEARANCE ON THAT SIDE.

I HAVE HAD CASES WHERE THE COMMUNITY WAS CONCERNED ENOUGH ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT THAT WE INCLUDED THAT DISCUSSION INTO THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION. SO WE MADE CERTAIN BENCHMARKS, CERTAIN THAT THE COMPANY WAS GOING TO PUBLISH A MONTHLY AIR QUALITY REPORT.

IT WAS GOING TO PUBLICLY DISCLOSE ANY ADVERSE FINDINGS FROM THE STATE, THAT SORT OF THING.

IT WAS A MUCH BIGGER PROJECT WITH A MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY LARGE FOOTPRINT IN THAT CASE, BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT.

I AM NOT GOING TO REPRESENT TO YOU THAT I'M GOING TO DO DUE DILIGENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THIS PROJECT, BUT THAT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMPANY, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THAT IS AN INDUSTRIAL AREA, THERE IS HOUSING AND IT'S LOW INCOME HOUSING AROUND THERE.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY IMPACTED BY ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS WOULDN'T BE IMPACTED BY OUR DECISION TO NOT GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY OUR DECISION TO EXPLORE IT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST WANTING TO BE CONSCIOUS, ANY QUESTIONS LIKE THAT THAT COME UP IN THE COURSE OF THIS EVALUATION, THAT'S 100% ON US TO GO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE. GO FIND THE ANSWERS.

I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIGHTING ON.

SOME FACILITIES CAN BE BOTHERSOME TO NEIGHBORS, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THINGS THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT, BUT THE NEIGHBORS DO THINK ABOUT.

SO IF YOU BRING THOSE IF YOU HAVE THOSE CONSIDERATIONS OR CONCERNS AND YOU BRING THEM TO US, WE WILL CHASE THE ANSWERS AND TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION.

THANK YOU. OKAY, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR A VALUE LIMITATION AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 313 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE WITH TOPPAN PHOTOMASK INC TO ENGAGE LEON ALCALA AS LEGAL COUNSEL AND JIGSAW SCHOOL FINANCE SOLUTIONS AS SCHOOL FINANCE CONSULTANTS IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH FILING AND TO GET A LARGE PROJECT FEE IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 RELATED TO SUCH APPLICATION.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION FAILS THREE THREE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE FINISHED WITH THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION AND TAKE CARE OF AGENDA ITEMS M FOUR THROUGH TEN.

[M. CLOSED SESSION (Part 2 of 2)]

IT IS 10:48.

I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. I WILL BE TAKING MINE INTO OPEN AND EXERCISING [INAUDIBLE].

[04:50:34]

THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS OF THIS, AND I MEAN, MAYBE WE CAN GET VALERIE.

VALERIE, CAN YOU. IT'S SET FOR CLOSED, BUT I HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE IT IN OPEN BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT ME.

ALL RIGHT. FIRST OF ALL, WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO CLOSE AT 10:40.

OKAY, AND THAT'S PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

I DIDN'T LOOK UP THE STATUTE, BUT IT'S WHAT I EXERCISED BACK IN DECEMBER THAT I HAVE THE RIGHT IF THERE ARE GRIEVANCES AGAINST ME OR COMPLAINTS THAT I CAN HAVE THAT DONE IN OPEN. THAT'S 551.074 OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

OKAY AND I'M TRYING TO JUST MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS SO I CAN GIVE TRUSTEE BONE YOU'RE ASKING THAT ITEM M-10 ALSO BE CONDUCTED IN OPEN SESSION INSTEAD OF CLOSED, FOR YOUR MATTER.

IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY, AND VALERIE, I NEED CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE THE THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING HAPPENED IN CLOSED, AND SO ACTUALLY IT HAPPENED--I'M SORRY I WAS SPEAKING.

CAN I PLEASE FINISH WHAT I WAS SAYING.

SO I NEED CLARIFICATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT VIOLATING CLOSED SESSION BY HAVING A DISCUSSION OPEN SESSION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN CLOSED SESSION.

SO I JUST NEED CLARIFICATION ON THAT AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT, I WAS NOT AT THAT MEETING.

CORRECT. EVERYBODY WILL AGREE WITH THAT.

IT'S NOT CONTRACTS OR ANYTHING.

I'M NOT SURE BECAUSE I WASN'T AT THAT MEETING.

I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA AND TALK WITH YOU ABOUT WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THAT MEETING, AND THEN I'LL MAKE THAT DETERMINATION, ORDER, BECAUSE MY POINT OF ORDER WAS THAT K ONE AND K TWO ARE IN CLOSED SESSION.

THAT IS HOW OUR BOARD POLICY IS WRITTEN AND SO I'M JUST ASKING I UNDERSTAND YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES DO HAVE LANGUAGE.

I'M GOING TO GET TO THAT IN K ONE IT STATES THE BOARD MAY CHOOSE TO POST AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION ON UPCOMING AGENDA IN CLOSED SESSION.

DURING THE CLOSED SESSION, TRUSTEES SHALL DISCUSS A CONCERN WITH THE TRUSTEE ATTEMPT TO GAIN GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND TRY TO RESOLVE THE MATTER.

SO THAT'S FOR K ONE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S A FIRST STEP FOR TRUSTEE BONE AND M-10.

IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING? YES.

OKAY. JUST SAY YES FOR THE RECORD.

YES. OKAY. THANK YOU, AND THEN I THINK ITEM M-9 STATES IT INDICATES IT'S THE THIRD STEP OF THE TRUSTEE SANCTION PROCESS FOR TRUSTEE WESTON, AND THAT ONE READS.

SO WE'RE NOT HERE FOR THE SECOND ONE, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. I MEAN, FOR TRUSTEE WESTON, IT IS ON THREE.

SO I MEAN, IT'S OPEN SESSION FOLLOWING A THIRD, OKAY. UM.

OKAY. SO, WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING, I'M GOING TO JUST TELL YOU WHAT THE LAW IS ON THE 551.074.

UNDER THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES HAS LANGUAGE ABOUT DOING THINGS IN CLOSED AND OPEN PROCESSES.

THAT IS YOUR GOAL. THAT IS YOUR PROCESS FOR CONFIDENTIALITY PURPOSES, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT YOU DO TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY.

FOR THESE DISCUSSIONS TO BE HELD IN CLOSED, I'M SURE THAT WAS THE GOAL IN DRAFTING YOUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MOST OF THE TIME, PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS OF THESE PERSONNEL BOARD MEMBER MATTERS AND CLOSE AT OTHER TIMES IT IS SOMEONE'S RIGHT IF THEY'D LIKE UNDER 551.074. THE STATUTE SAYS THIS CHAPTER DOES NOT REQUIRE A GOVERNMENTAL BODY TO CONDUCT AN OPEN MEETING TO DELIBERATE THE I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF SKIP THE ONES THAT DON'T APPLY HERE, THE DISCIPLINE OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR TO HEAR A COMPLAINT OR CHARGE AGAINST AN OFFICER--OFFICER, MEANING A BOARD MEMBER. SO THAT PROVISION A, SUBSECTION A I JUST READ, THAT DOES NOT APPLY IF THE OFFICER OR BOARD MEMBER WHO'S A SUBJECT OF THE DELIBERATION REQUESTS A PUBLIC HEARING.

CORRECT, AND I'M NOT DISPUTING THAT AT ALL, BUT IN REQUESTING AN OPEN HEARING OF K ONE AND TWO, IS THAT A WAIVER OF THE CLOSED SESSION OF OUR

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POLICY SO THAT YOU'RE THEN MOVING STRAIGHT TO OPEN? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE LAW TRUMPS POLICY.

I'M NOT DISPUTING THE LAW.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND. GO AHEAD, JACOB.

YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? WE ALSO HAVE THE OPTION OF GOING INTO CLOSE SO YOU CAN GET LEGAL ADVICE ON ALL THESE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET TO THE K DISCUSSIONS.

ONE AND THREE.

ALSO, I WAS GOING TO SAY I RECOMMEND THAT AS WELL, JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO GET BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED.

BECAUSE IF I DO DETERMINE THAT, YES, THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO HEAR THEIR COMPLAINT IN OPEN.

I STILL WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY PARAMETERS ABOUT DISCUSSIONS THAT WERE HELD IN CLOSED.

SO I NEED TO TALK WITH YOU ALL ABOUT THAT IN CLOSED.

AS A RESULT, WE WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.

IT IS 10:54.

OKAY, WE ARE HAVING A CLOSED SESSION IN THIS ROOM.

IF WE CAN PLEASE CLEAR THE ROOM.

WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED IMMEDIATELY.

IT IS 2:52 A.M.

[N. CALL BACK TO ORDER/EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTIONS (Part 2 of 2)]

ON FRIDAY, MAY 20TH.

DO I HAVE ANY MOTIONS COMING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE EVALUATION OF THE INTERNAL AUDITOR AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.

SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? NOPE. ALL IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND.