GOOD EVENING. [00:00:01] IT IS 5:30 ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2023. [B. CALL TO ORDER] I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A CONGRATULATIONS AND A THANK YOU AND A GOOD LUCK TO ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL SHOW STOPPERS FOR YOUR PRE MEETING ENTERTAINMENT. YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING. INCREDIBLY TALENTED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EXTENDING YOUR SCHOOL DAY TO PERFORM FOR US TONIGHT. AND GOOD LUCK THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR COMPETITION. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. TONIGHT IN ATTENDANCE, WE HAVE TRUSTEES WEIR, ZARATE, WESTON, LANDRUM, HARRISON, MARKHAM AND BONE. EVERYONE'S PRESENT, SO A QUORUM IS MET. AND PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. . [D. RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS AND STAFF] ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MARISSA FOR OUR RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS AND STAFF D1. LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE THE SLIDESHOW UP. SO AS WE GET READY FOR OUR WAIT FOR THE SLIDESHOW, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START INTRODUCING PEOPLE. SO GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT LANDRUM, TRUSTEES AND DR. AZAIEZ. IT'S THAT TIME OF THE EVENING WHERE WE SHOWCASE SOME OF THE AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAPPENING ACROSS ROUND ROCK ISD. COULD DR. AZAIEZ AND OUR TRUSTEES PLEASE JOIN US IN THE FRONT OF THE DAIS? TONIGHT WE'RE HEADING STRAIGHT INTO OUR STAFF RECOGNITIONS. OUR FIRST RECOGNITION FOR THE EVENING COMES FROM OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT, WHICH RECEIVED THE OUTSTANDING LEVEL FOUR FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATIONAL THEATER ARTS ASSOCIATION AWARD OF DISTINCTION PROGRAM. THE AWARD OF DISTINCTION WAS CREATED TO RECOGNIZE COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THEATER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE MAKING OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO RAISING THE STANDARDS FOR THEATER EDUCATION IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE. ACROSS THE STATE, AS OBSERVED THROUGH ACHIEVEMENT, A CURATION OF RESOURCES, DIVERSITY AND ADVOCACY FOR THEATER ARTS. IN ADDITION TO THIS HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT, THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT AND ROUND ROCK ISD HAVE ALSO BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR AS A TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION. ONLY 16 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE HAVE ACHIEVED THIS HONOR, WHICH PLACES OUR VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMS IN THE TOP 1.3% IN TEXAS. WELL, FINE. ARTS DIRECTOR, FINE ARTS DIRECTOR TIM LOKEY. PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT FOR A PHOTO. ALONG WITH THE DISTRICT LEVEL AWARD FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATIONAL THEATER ASSOCIATION. WE HAD TWO CAMPUSES THAT WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR OVERALL THEATER PROGRAM, EXCELLENCE. RIDGE VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL. RIDGE VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL THEATER RECEIVED THE EXEMPLARY AWARD OF DISTINCTION FROM TATAY WOLF. THEATER DIRECTOR REBECCA HARDING, THEATER TEACHER VALERIE TAYLOR AND PRINCIPAL MARISSA RAMIREZ. PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT FOR A PHOTO. OUR NEXT CAMPUS, HONORED FOR THEIR THEATER EXCELLENCE IS WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL THEATER, WHICH RECEIVED THE OUTSTANDING AWARD OF DISTINCTION, WHILE THEATER DIRECTOR LYDIA COATES, TECH THEATER AND MUSICAL TEACHER GEORGE FRANCO AND PRINCIPAL AARON CAMPBELL, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT FOR A PHOTO. [00:05:06] I. RIGHT. WE'VE A VERY HEAVY FINE ARTS AWARD TONIGHT, SO WE GOT ANOTHER ONE FROM FINE ARTS. THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES SOME OF OUR AMAZING ORCHESTRAS. TWO CAMPUSES EARN TOP MARKS DURING THE TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION HONOR ORCHESTRA COMPETITION. EARLIER THIS YEAR, AREA BANDS SUBMITTED RECORDINGS WITH THE HOPES OF BEATING OUT OTHER SCHOOLS IN A STATEWIDE MULTI LEVEL PROCESS. THE GOAL WAS TO BE NAMED A TMA HONOR BAND OR HONOR ORCHESTRA. OUR FIRST AWARD WENT TO CANYON VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL STRING ORCHESTRA, WHO EARNED SECOND PLACE WHILE DIRECTOR REAGAN WHALEY AND PRINCIPAL NICOLE HAGERTY. PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT FOR A PHOTO. THE SECOND ORCHESTRA, HONORED BY TMA, IS WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL'S FULL ORCHESTRA, WHICH PLACED FIRST IN THE COMPETITION WHILE DIRECTOR JOSHUA THOMPSON AND PRINCIPAL AARON CAMPBELL. PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT FOR A PHOTO. WE END THE NIGHT WITH A VERY SPECIAL RECOGNITION THAT YOU THAT YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT DURING OUR VIDEO HIGHLIGHT BUT WITHOUT SKIPPING A BEAT. CEDAR VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL GUEST EDUCATOR FERESHTEH GHAZI JUMPED IN TO SAVE A STUDENT'S LIFE AFTER NOTICING CHOKING IN THE MIDDLE OF CLASS WITHOUT HER ACTIONS. WHO KNOWS WHAT WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED? AND TONIGHT WE HONOR HER FOR HER HEROIC ACTIONS WHILE FERESHTEH GHAZI AND PRINCIPAL LARISSA ORTIZ PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT FOR A PHOTO. DR. AZAIEZ AND TRUSTEES, YOU ARE WELCOME TO RETURN TO YOUR SEATS. WE GO FROM RECOGNITIONS TO NEW LEADERS IN OUR DISTRICT. AND TONIGHT WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TWO OF ROUND ROCK ISD'S NEWEST ADDITIONS. WHILE OUR NEW CHIEF EQUITY OFFICER, DR. THYMAI DONG. PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT TO OR PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. I THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING TO YOU, ESTEEMED BOARD MEMBERS, MADAM PRESIDENT LANDRUM, DR. AZAIEZ, AND GOOD EVENING TO FELLOW STAFF, STUDENTS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE WATCHING. JUST FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO BE A PART OF THIS DISTRICT AND BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. I'M VERY HUMBLED AND HONORED TO STEP INTO THIS ROLE AS YOUR CHIEF CHIEF EQUITY OFFICER. SO I COME TO YOU WITH 24 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE SERVING IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, 11 YEARS AS A FRENCH AND SPANISH TEACHER AT THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. THE REMAINING YEARS HAVE BEEN WORKING IN CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ABOUT THREE YEARS WORKING IN THE EDUCATION NONPROFIT SECTOR. BUT THERE IS WHERE I ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH MANY FOLKS FROM ROUND ROCK ISD ALREADY. AND SO EVEN THOUGH I'M NEW TO THE DISTRICT, IT WAS WONDERFUL THIS FOUR DAYS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING THIS WEEK TO RUN INTO AND REUNITE WITH SO MANY WARM AND FRIENDLY FACES. BUT IN TERMS OF THE POSITION OF CHIEF EQUITY OFFICER, JUST WANTED TO SHARE. I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THINKING ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR ME TO BE YOUR CHIEF EQUITY OFFICER. [00:10:02] AND, YOU KNOW, EQUITY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DO. IT'S REALLY A WAY OF BEING. AND SO I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT WHO DO I WANT TO BE AS YOUR CHIEF EQUITY OFFICER? AND THE THING THAT REALLY RISES ABOVE ALL ELSE IS THAT I WANT TO CHAMPION FOR EVERY STUDENT IN THE DISTRICT, EVERY ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN. AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT EDUCATIONAL EQUITY, WHERE EVERY STUDENT GETS WHAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO THRIVE AND FLOURISH AND REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL, BOTH ACADEMICALLY AND SOCIALLY, I THINK THAT REALLY REQUIRES ME ALSO TO BE THE PERSON THAT CONTRIBUTES TO CREATING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE TRULY INCLUSIVE. AND I THINK THAT REALLY RESTS ON THREE PILLARS BELONGING, DIGNITY AND SHARED HUMANITY. AND IF I CAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME I WAS GIVEN, BUT IF I CAN'T, I JUST WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE STORY. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS YOUNG, ELEMENTARY AGE, MY DAD USED TO TELL ME, BE KIND TO EVERYONE. EVERYONE IS HUMAN. AND MANY, MANY DECADES LATER, OKAY, WELL, MAYBE JUST A FEW DECADES LATER, I STILL REMEMBER THAT LESSON. IT'S INGRAINED IN ME, AND I LOVE THAT I GET TO TAKE THAT CONCEPT OF SHARED HUMANITY, BRING IT INTO THE EDUCATION CONTEXT AND SERVE AND BUT I KNOW I CAN'T DO IT ALONE. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD THIS YEAR TO JUST MEETING PEOPLE, MAKING CONNECTIONS, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, AND REALLY BUILDING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE OUR DISTRICT MISSION COME TO LIFE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HONOR. NOW WILL OUR PROUD PRINCIPAL OF FOREST CREEK ELEMENTARY, CARRIE ABRAMS, PLEASE COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND SAY A FEW WORDS? GOOD EVENING. I'M CARRIE ABRAMS, A NEW PRINCIPAL AT FOREST CREEK ELEMENTARY. AND I AM JUST SO HONORED TO WHAT I CALL COMING HOME TO ROUND ROCK ISD. I AM A 1996 GRADUATE OF ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, SO I STEPPED FOOT IN THIS PART OF THE BUILDING FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY IN 27 YEARS. SO I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE IN THIS BUILDING. THIS WAS THE BAND HALL WHEN WHEN I WAS HERE. SO THIS ROOM. BUT I AM MOVING HERE FROM THE DALLAS AREA. THAT'S WHERE MOST OF MY 23 YEARS IN EDUCATION HAVE BEEN. MY FAMILY IS ALL HERE THOUGH, IN ROUND ROCK, SO IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY DREAM TO COME HOME. AND I'M JUST SO HONORED TO BE PLACED AT FOREST CREEK, SUCH A HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOL, AND I'M JUST EXCITED. I'VE MADE SO MANY GREAT CONNECTIONS ALREADY WITH OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY AND I JUST MOVED INTO THE COMMUNITY. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL. AND I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO TO SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. AND THAT BRINGS US TO OUR VIDEO HIGHLIGHT, WHICH IS GOING TO SHOW HOW HEROIC GUEST EDUCATOR FERESHTEH GHAZI IS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK. IT WAS A ELA CLASS. THE TEACHER WAS THERE AND I WAS THERE AS A INCLUSION TEACHER HELPING SOME STUDENTS AND EVERYONE SAT AND ATE SOME SNACKS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE STUDENT STANDS UP AND STARTS CHOKING AND SHE IMMEDIATELY SAYS HE'S CHOKING AND HIS FACE STARTS TURNING RED. I FEEL THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG. I ASK HIM, ARE YOU CHOKING? HE COULDN'T TALK. HE JUST NODDED. YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T THINK. I JUST RAN TOWARD HIM AND TURN HIM AROUND. AND THE FIRST THING I HIT ON HIS BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADES SEVERAL TIMES, AND I CHECK ON HIM. I PERFORM THIS HEIMLICH MANEUVER ON HIM. I WRAP MY HANDS, AND I HAVEN'T DONE THIS BEFORE. WE SAW A PIECE OF APPLE LODGED OUT, AND, YEAH, HE COULD BREATHE AT THAT TIME. MY FIRST QUESTION WAS, IS THE STUDENT OKAY? IS THE STUDENT OKAY? THAT WAS MY MAIN CONCERN. ONCE I KNEW THAT THE STUDENT WAS OKAY, THEN I STARTED TO ASK OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED. AND THAT'S WHEN I WAS INFORMED THAT ONE OF OUR GUEST EDUCATORS, MS.. GODSEY, HAD JUMPED INTO INTO ACTION AND SAVED THE STUDENT'S LIFE. SHE WAS FANTASTIC. THANK GOODNESS SHE WAS IN THERE BECAUSE SHE WAS THE ONE WHO IMMEDIATELY SPRUNG INTO ACTION. YES, THIS WORKS. AND THE TIME HE COULD BREATHE WITH THOSE EYES. RED. HE TURNED HIS FACE TO ME AND HE SAID, THANK YOU. I OWE YOU. AND THAT MOMENT WAS SO. I WAS SO, YOU KNOW, I COULD HANDLE IT. BUT AT THAT MOMENT, IT WAS SO EMOTIONAL. I GOT SO EMOTIONAL. I WOULD SAY THAT SHE'S A HERO. HER INSTINCTS KICKED IN. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT HEROES DO. THEY SEE A NEED. THEY JUMP IN AND LIKE I SAID, IN THIS CASE, SAVED, SAVED A STUDENT'S LIFE. IT'S ONE OF THE SCARIEST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE THAT TIME AND ONE OF THE BEST TIME AT THE SAME DAY. [00:15:03] YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN HALF AN HOUR THAT I FEEL SO GOOD THAT. I DID SOMETHING. YEAH. THANKS GOD THAT HE'S OKAY NOW. WOW. I DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY OTHER WORDS. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DID THAT EVERYONE DOES EVERY DAY. AND THAT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. SO THANK YOU. NOT MUCH OF A SEGWAY, BUT WE WILL GO ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW. [E. PUBLIC COMMENTS] AT EACH BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD WILL SET ASIDE TIME TO AFFORD THE GENERAL PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO ITEMS ON AND OFF THE AGENDA. WE ASK THAT CONCERNS OR COMPLAINTS REGARDING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS NOT BE RAISED IN THIS PUBLIC FORUM. SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT EMPLOYEES OR FORMER EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY ACCORDING TO APPLICABLE BOARD POLICIES. THE BOARD REQUESTS THAT COMMENTS WHETHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, BE COURTEOUS AND RESPECTFUL. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE AND THE VIEWERS THAT THE COMMENTS OF THE SPEAKERS REFLECT THEIR OWN POSITIONS OR OPINIONS. AS A SECOND REMINDER, THE BOARD ADOPTED AN ANTI HATE RESOLUTION ON JANUARY 20TH, 2022, WHERE THE BOARD REAFFIRMED ITS COMMITMENT TO THE WELL-BEING AND SAFETY OF ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, SEX, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DISABILITY, AGE OR POLITICAL BELIEFS, AND STANDS AGAINST SPEECH THAT INCITES HATRED AND VIOLENCE TOWARDS ANY PERSON. PLEASE NOTE THAT WHILE THE PUBLIC DOES HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK, THAT RIGHT IS NOT UNLIMITED. PER TEXAS PENAL CODE 38.13 42.01 42.02 AND 42.05. AND TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 37.105. NO AUDIENCE MEMBER OR SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO ENGAGE IN ANY CONDUCT THAT IS DISRUPTIVE OR THREATENING TOWARD ANY SPEAKER OR OTHER PERSON, OR TO VIOLATE THE PRIVACY RIGHTS OF ANOTHER PERSON. THE BOARD SHALL NOT TOLERATE DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING BY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. IF, AFTER AT LEAST ONE MORE INDIVIDUAL WARNING FROM A PRESIDING OFFICER, ANY INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING BY HIS OR HER WORDS OR ACTIONS, THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL REQUEST ASSISTANCE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL REMOVED FROM THE MEETING. THE BOARD MAY NOT DISCUSS OR ACT UPON ANY MATTER THAT IS NOT LISTED UNDER THE ACTION PORTION OF THE AGENDA. THEREFORE, BOARD MEMBERS MAY NOT DISCUSS THE COMMENTS OF SPEAKERS. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT A LACK OF RESPONSE FROM THE BOARD DOES NOT INDICATE AGREEMENT OR APPROVAL OF THE COMMENTS. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. THE DESIGNATED TIMEKEEPER WILL BE TRUSTEE, HARRISON AND TRUSTEES. JUST FOR REFERENCE, WE HAVE 45 SPEAKERS TONIGHT, 14 IN-PERSON AND 31 CALL IN SPEAKERS. OUR FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT IS ELENA LOZANO, STUDENT SPEAKING OFF AGENDA. GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR. AZAIEZ. MY NAME IS ELENA LOZANO AND I AM A FIFTH GRADER AT UNION HILL ELEMENTARY. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK THAT YOU AND EVERYONE IN ROUND ROCK VOTE YES ON ROUND ROCK ISD PROPOSITION A. OUR TEACHERS AND EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS WORK HARD. OUR BUS DRIVERS, CUSTODIANS AND FOOD SERVICE WORKERS WORK HARD. ALL EMPLOYEES IN ISD ARE DESERVING OF A RAISE. HAVING BEEN A TEACHER'S KID FOR TEN YEARS NOW, I KNOW HOW HARD MY MOM AND HER FELLOW TEACHERS WORK. I ALSO KNOW HOW MUCH SHE SPENDS TO MAKE HER CLASSROOM A GREAT AND WELCOMING PLACE FOR STUDENTS. THIS COSTS MONEY, AND WHILE SHE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SPEND HER OWN MONEY ON RESOURCES LIKE PENCILS AND COPY PAPER, SHE DOES. SHE ALSO SUPPLIES SNACKS AND OTHER THINGS. THIS INCREASE WOULD HELP HER AND OTHERS JUST LIKE HER. IT WOULD ALSO HELP ALL STUDENTS ACROSS OUR ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. AND IF WE AREN'T WILLING TO HELP OUR STUDENTS, WHAT MESSAGE DOES THAT SEND? I ALSO ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT PROP NINE AND GIVE OUR RETIRED TEACHERS WHO DESERVE HAVE PUT IN THE TIME AND WORK A COLA. TIMES ARE TOUGH AND THEY DESERVE IT. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS QUENTIN PROCTOR. A STUDENT SPEAKING OFF AGENDA. DO YOU MIND IF WE GO AFTER ANOTHER PERSON? OKAY, YOU CAN RAISE THE MICROPHONE UP. THERE YOU GO. I'M STANDING HERE TO ASK YOU TO SHOW ME THE EMPATHY AND SUPPORT YOU SPEAK OF IN YOUR LEADERSHIP VALUES. I'M WORKING IN TRUSTING YOU, AND WITHOUT THE TRANSPARENCY YOU SHOULD HAVE PROVIDED. I'M WORKING ON FORGIVING YOU WITHOUT THE APOLOGY I DESERVED WHEN I WAS 13. BACK IN ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT YOU ALL PROVIDE HERE. [00:20:02] IT'S CALLED GOALS. THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WHICH I KNOW I CAN'T GO MUCH FURTHER INTO BECAUSE OF. WE CAN'T GO INTO ABOUT SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT EACH PERSON. BUT THERE WAS AN ASSAULT BETWEEN ME AND ONE OF THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS THAT NEVER REALLY GOT RESOLVED AND GOT SHRUGGED OFF BY THE ROUND ROCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND WE WORKED HARD TO GET SOMETHING DONE, OR AT LEAST AN APOLOGY. AND THAT HAS NEVER BEEN RESPECTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANN BERRYMAN SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM I FOUR. AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. OKAY. TO MY DISAPPOINTMENT, I FIND MYSELF HERE AGAIN FOR THE SECOND MONTH IN A ROW, FIGHTING FOR THE STONY POINT CAFETERIA. WHEN I REVIEWED THE FINANCIAL STATUS UPDATE PRIOR TO THIS MEETING. MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN YOU MOVE JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE? I WAS SHOCKED THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD NOT RECOGNIZED THE URGENT NEED FOR THE CAFETERIA SOONER. IT STATES THAT THE STONY POINT CAFETERIA ONLY HAS THE CAPACITY FOR 504 SEATS FOR 2500 STUDENTS. IN ADDITION, THE NUMBERS IN THE UPDATE DO NOT MAKE SENSE, AND THE INFORMATION DOES NOT APPEAR TO MATCH WHAT THE STONY POINT ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN GIVEN. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU DELAY YOUR VOTE TONIGHT UNTIL YOU ARE ABLE TO INVESTIGATE THE DISCREPANCIES. NEXT MONTH WE START DISCUSSIONS FOR THE DISTRICT FIVE YEAR PLAN. IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL IF WE UNDERSTOOD HOW OUR CAFETERIA ISSUES ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE WE START CAMPAIGNING FOR STONY POINT REPRESENTATION AND PRIORITIZATION IN THAT PLAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JACK CHILDS SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEMS K1M1 AND OFF TOPIC. AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. NORMALLY I WOULDN'T SAY HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET THINGS, BUT NOVEMBER 2020 WASN'T THAT FAR LONG AGO, AND ON 11 AND TEN NOVEMBER 20TH, 20, TWO BOARD MEMBERS WHO REQUESTED TOMA TRAINING IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA COMPLETED THEIRS. TRAINING LIKE THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY EASY TO FORGET. IT'S THE LAW. IT GETS DRILLED INTO YOU UNLESS YOU SKIP TO THE END OF THE YOUTUBE VIDEO AND JUST PUT IT IN THE CODE. AND IN THERE THERE ARE THINGS COVERED LIKE WALKING QUORUMS, DISCUSSION OF CLOSED SESSION INFORMATION, LIKE TELLING PEOPLE WHERE TO LOOK FOR OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS. OR USING PERSONAL DEVICES, ENCLOSED BAGS OR ON YOUR WRISTS. AND NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK, IT IS STILL A VIOLATION OF THE LAW TO DO THAT. AND WE'LL FIND OUT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS REBECCA MELIS SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM SIX. AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. AFTER REBECCA WILL BE VICTORIA TABLIZO. SORRY, I'M NOT AS TALL AS JACK. GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES. I'M ALWAYS GOING TO SAY PAY TEACHERS PASS PROP A THAT THEY DESERVE IT. I ASK YOU TO SEND ITEM H SIX BACK TO COMMITTEE. YOU GUYS SAY THAT YOU VALUE DIVERSITY. ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. THE CALENDAR DOESN'T ADDRESS ANY HOLIDAYS FOR MUSLIMS JEWISH. WE HAVE TO EMBRACE OUR COMMUNITY. I'M HAPPY I HAVE A FEW MORE. SORRY. I'M HAPPY TO SEE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL ON THE AGENDA AND I2 AND THREE. THOSE GUYS DESERVE A BUILDING ANY BUILDING AT THIS POINT AND STONY POINT CAFETERIA. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT'S ALSO ON THE AGENDA. AT LEAST IT'S NOT BEING FORGOTTEN. AND I'M HERE TO SAY CHAPLAINS HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR SCHOOL. I DON'T AS A CHRISTIAN, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE COMING IN AND PREACHING TO MY CHILDREN OR THE CHILDREN IN THIS DISTRICT. IT IS NOT OKAY. SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE IS A FOUNDATION THAT THIS COUNTRY WAS BUILT ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VICTORIA TABLAZO SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM I FOUR. AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. HI, MY NAME IS VICTORIA TABLIZO. I'M THE PTSA PRESIDENT AT STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL AND A CONCERNED CITIZEN. ON AUGUST 9TH, MYSELF AND SOME COLLEAGUES WERE ASKED TO MEET WITH DR. AZAIEZ TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSAL FOR THE STONY POINT CAFETERIA. IT WAS DISCLOSED THAT THAT THE DISTRICT HAD A PLAN FOR OUR CAFETERIA AND THAT IT WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET OUR NEEDS. [00:25:04] THREE DAYS AGO WE SAW ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE THAT THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT HAD SHRUNK TO THE POINT THAT NONE OF OUR NEEDS WERE GOING TO BE MET. THEN YESTERDAY, I MET WITH DR. WATSON AND HE TOLD ME THAT, ACCORDING TO MR. COVINGTON, THE PROJECT HAS NOW GROWN AND WILL EXCEED THE ORIGINAL BOND SCOPE. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS IS QUITE CONFUSING AND FRANKLY, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE DISTRICT EVEN KNOWS WHAT THE PLAN IS AS IT'S NOT BEEN PROPERLY COMMUNICATED. I'VE NOT BEEN ON A SCHOOL BOARD BEFORE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT YOU ONLY VOTE ON WHAT IS PLACED IN WRITING, WHAT YOU HAVE TIME TO READ, RESEARCH AND DISCUSS. I'M ASKING IN LIGHT OF THE CHANGING NATURE OF THIS PROJECT, THAT YOU STOP TO ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION YOU ARE GIVEN IS ACCURATE AND THAT IT IS COMPLETELY AND THAT IT WILL COMPLETELY MEET THE NEEDS SO THAT YOU DON'T WASTE OUR TAXPAYER MONEY. AS IT STANDS, THE PROJECT ON THE WEBSITE IS UNACCEPTABLE. NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK WHY STONY POINT HAS CONSISTENTLY PRIORITIZED LAST. DO YOU THINK THAT WE ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT LESS THAN WHAT OUR TAXPAYERS VOTED FOR? AS IT IS YOU HAVE PUT YOU HAD TO PUT SOMETHING ON? I FEEL LIKE YOU HAD TO PUT SOMETHING ON IN THIS BOND IN ORDER TO GET OUR TAX BASE TO VOTE FOR IT. THAT'S WHAT I FEEL LIKE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE IT'S AS IF WE'RE TRYING TO SETTLE FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS NEVER ASKED FOR. I'M AGAINST. WE WERE TOLD WE WERE GETTING A FOOD TRUCK IN LIEU OF A CONCESSION STAND. AND THAT'S THE FOOD TRUCK IS JUST IT'S NOT THE SAME THING. I'M SORRY I LOST MY PLACE. IT ALSO COMES WITH NO RESTROOMS, NO STORAGE, AND NOT LIKE A STANDARD BUILDING. AND THE MAINTENANCE IS TOO HIGH. THE UPKEEP, THE REPLACEMENT COSTS ARE TOO GREAT FOR OUR SCHOOL TO ABSORB. TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CLAUDIO CRUZ SPEAKING OFF AGENDA. AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. DR. AZAIEZ AND BOARD MEMBERS. ELENA KIND OF TOOK MY, MY, MY MY MESSAGE FOR THIS EVENING. BUT ANYWAY, LET ME GET TO IT PRIMARILY. WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND LESS THAN 20 PAY INTO SOCIAL SECURITY FOR OUR STAFF. I USE A PHRASE WHEN WORKING WITH KIDS. I'VE BEEN TO THE FUTURE AND I'M BACK TO TELL YOU. THEY SAY, OH, MR. CRUZ, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE FUTURE. NO, I'M UTILIZING MY LIFE'S EXPERIENCES TO GUIDE YOU GUYS SO YOU CAN HAVE THE SUCCESS IN LIFE THAT I'VE HAD. YOU KNOW, AND IT'S THE SAME THING THAT I'M EXPRESSING TO YOU ALL IN REGARDS TO I'VE BEEN IN THE FUTURE. MY WIFE IS A RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER, 30 YEARS. OKAY? AND WHEN WE YOU KNOW, WE BOTH RETIRED WHEN SHE APPLIED FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BECAUSE SHE DID WORK FOR OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS LIKE AUSTIN AND ALSO WORKED HER WAY THROUGH COLLEGE AND PAID ENOUGH TO GET SOCIAL SECURITY. THE SHOCK CAME WHEN SHE WAS TOLD HOW MUCH SHE WAS GOING TO GET, FAMILIARIZE HERSELF WITH WHAT GOVERNMENTAL PENSION OFFSET IS AND WINDFALL ELIMINATION. AND I'VE BEEN WORKING, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THESE CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES IN REGARDS TO ELIMINATING THAT. AND THAT'S A BIGGIE. AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN I TALK TO OUR TEACHERS, YOU KNOW, AND SAY, MR. CRUZ, I'M NOT GOING TO BE I MEAN, I'M NOT REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO RETIRING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT PREPARED. I'M GOING TO WORK TILL I DIE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S A SAD THING. SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT FROM THE WHOLE PERSPECTIVE. BUT IT'S NOT SO MUCH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT'S THE WHOLE COMMUNITY VOTING IN THIS REGARD. AND ELENA MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COLA. THERE HASN'T BEEN A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR TEACHERS RETIREMENT FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS ALMOST, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S THAT'S REALLY RIDICULOUS FOR PEOPLE TO DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO, AGAIN, BRING OUR LEADERS INTO A SUCCESSFUL LIFE. SO AGAIN, AS A COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO WORK ON THIS. VERY BRIEFLY. ALSO, I WAS UP I WAS IN THE MILITARY. BUT THANK YOU, MR. CRUZ. WAIT A MINUTE. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TAMMY CONRAD. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TAMMY CONRAD. AND YOU'RE SPEAKING OFF AGENDA. AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. I DO. AND THANK YOU. EDUCATION. ROUND ROCK WANTS TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR BRINGING THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION OR VADER TO THE COMMUNITY. YOU FOUND A WAY TO INCREASE SALARIES TO HELP OUR DISTRICT BE MORE COMPETITIVE WITH OTHERS IN THE AREA. DESPITE THE STATE NOT INCREASING PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. OUR BUS DRIVERS, CUSTODIANS AND CAFETERIA WORKERS REALLY NEED THIS ADDITIONAL 3%. TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS DO, TOO. NOT ONLY WILL IT HELP US GET OUR BILLS PAID ON TIME, BUT IT HELPS HELPS TO KEEP OUR WORKLOAD REASONABLE. [00:30:01] IF WE CAN RETAIN AND RECRUIT MORE EMPLOYEES, MAYBE I WOULDN'T HAVE TWO CLASSES OF 28 STUDENTS EACH IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THIS IS BETTER FOR STAFF AND IT IS BETTER FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND AS A PROPERTY OWNER IN THE DISTRICT MYSELF, I DO APPRECIATE THAT MY TAXES WON'T BE INCREASED AND THE MONEY RESULTING FROM THE ELECTION WON'T GO BACK TO THE STATE WHERE IT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE USED FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. EDUCATION? ROUND ROCK ASKED THE COMMUNITY TO VOTE YES ON PROP A ON NOVEMBER 7TH AND YES ON STATE PROPOSITION NINE, WHICH PROVIDES A COLA THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL RETIREES WHO HAVEN'T RECEIVED AN INCREASE SINCE 2004. VOTERS DO NEED TO BE REGISTERED BY OCTOBER 10TH TO BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE FOR THIS, AND WE HOPE THAT EVERYBODY REMEMBERS TO VOTE ON NOVEMBER 7TH SO THEY DON'T MISS THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEXANDER STRINGER SPEAKING OFF TOPIC. AND YOU DO NOT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND OUR NEXT SPEAKER AFTER THAT WILL BE BRENDA PANELLA. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT GOD. AND AS AN AVOWED SATANIST, I WANT TO SAY THAT GOD HAS ABSOLUTELY NO PLACE IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS. AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THESE WHITE CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN MAGA HAT WEARING QANON REPUBLICANS. AND THAT IS WHY I PROPOSE THAT WE START AN AFTER SCHOOL SATAN CLUB HERE IN ROUND ROCK ISD. SATAN WANTS YOU TO WEAR A MASK AND GET VACCINATED. SATAN UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE. HE WANTS YOU TO LOWER YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT AND SATAN UNDERSTANDS AMBER THAT YOU AND ME, WE ARE THE CARBON THAT NEEDS TO BE REDUCED FROM THIS EARTH. SATAN WANTS YOU TO STAND WITH UKRAINE. AND UNDERSTANDS THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF A NUCLEAR WAR WITH RUSSIA AND A 90% REDUCTION IN POPULATION IS ONLY GOING TO HELP US MEET OUR CLIMATE GOALS. SATAN WILL NOT JUDGE YOUR CHILD FOR TAKING PUBERTY BLOCKERS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, SATAN OPENLY SUPPORTS THIS. SATAN SUPPORTS REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. ESPECIALLY IF THE ABORTION TAKES PLACE AFTER THE CHILD IS BORN. SATAN UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR. FURTHERMORE, SATAN UNDERSTANDS THE FACT THAT IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO TAKE YOUR CHILD TO A FAMILY FRIENDLY DRAG SHOW, THEN YOU ARE A LITERAL WHITE SUPREMACIST AND THAT IS AN ACT OF VIOLENCE. OKAY. AND THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO HAVE AN AFTER SCHOOL SATAN CLUB, BECAUSE WE NEED TO TAKE GOD OUT OF OUT OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. YOU KNOW, JUST LOOK AT WHAT THESE JESUS FREAKS THEY SAY ABOUT MY WIFE. YOU KNOW, SHE'S A DRAG QUEEN AND A TRANS SEX WORKER. SHE TEACHES KINDERGARTEN IN THE ROUND ROCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THEN THEY GET MAD AT MY WIFE BECAUSE ONE THIRD OF HER OF HER CLASS ARE CURIOUS ABOUT TRANSITIONING. KNOW THIS RELIGION STUFF, THIS GOD STUFF. IT'S GOT TO STOP. TIME IS A SATAN CLUB. WE NEED THIS. THIS IS ABOUT EQUITY. YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRENDA PANELLA SPEAKING OFF TOPIC. YOU DO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU ARE A ROUND ROCK ISD EMPLOYEE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BRENDA PANELLA. I'M A FIFTH GRADE DUAL LANGUAGE TEACHER AT WELLS BRANCH AND I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF EDUCATION ROUND ROCK. TYPICALLY, AS A BILINGUAL ELEMENTARY TEACHER, I'VE HAD A HANDFUL OF NEWCOMER STUDENTS IN MY CLASS EACH YEAR. HOWEVER, RECENTLY THE DYNAMICS HAVE CHANGED. IT'S IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY THAT MY CONCERN ISN'T JUST ABOUT CLASS SIZE. THOSE SMALLER CLASS SIZES WOULD BE WELCOMED. MY MAIN CONCERN HERE IS THAT WE'RE STRUGGLING TO ADEQUATELY SERVE OUR NEWCOMER STUDENTS IN A WAY THAT ENSURES THEIR COMPREHENSION OF CONTENT. BASICALLY, IT'S THIS. DO WE CHOOSE THE TO FOLLOW THE DUAL LANGUAGE MINUTES WHERE THE DISTRICT SAYS IT'S 50% IN ENGLISH? OR DO WE TEACH OUR STUDENTS THE CONTENT IN A LANGUAGE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND? IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE EXPECTATION IS THE STUDENTS COME IN TO THEIR SIXTH GRADE MATH CLASS KNOWING ENGLISH. BUT THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING. IN FIFTH GRADE. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THEIR FOURTH GRADE TEACHER. THEY SHUT DOWN THEIR BODY, SLOWED DOWN. THEIR EYES ARE LOOKING DOWN AT THE FLOOR. SO THOSE PEOPLE WHO SAY THIS CONTENT MUST BE TAUGHT IN ENGLISH, PLEASE COME TO MY CLASSROOM AND COME TAKE A LOOK FOR YOURSELF. COME OBSERVE, COME SUB, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SEE WHAT IT IS THAT IS HAPPENING AT WELLS BRANCH ELEMENTARY AND THE POPULATION THAT IS IN MY CLASSROOM. 20 OF MY STUDENTS COME FROM CUBA, HONDURAS, VENEZUELA, MEXICO, ARGENTINA, NICARAGUA. THEY ARRIVED IN FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE, STEPPING INTO A SYSTEM WHERE THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM, WHICH IS EXCELLENT, MAY NOT FULLY ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS. OUR PROGRAM IS EXCEPTIONAL FOR STUDENTS WHO PROGRESS THROUGH SINCE KINDER FAMILIES WHO WANT TO OPT IN. IF THEY COME IN AFTER KINDER, THEY'RE DENIED. THEY CANNOT HAVE THEIR THEIR CHILD IN. YET A STUDENT WHO COMES IN FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY NOT ONLY NAVIGATING THE CULTURAL SHOCK, BUT ALSO THE NUANCES OF OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. WELL, IT'S NOT FAIR TO PLACE THEM IN A CLASSROOM WHERE HALF OF THE HALF OF THE TIME THE TEACHER IS SPEAKING IN ENGLISH. [00:35:03] 77% OF MY STUDENTS IN MY FIFTH GRADE CLASSROOM ARE NEWCOMER STUDENTS. IT'S AN IMMENSE TASK TO DO SMALL GROUPS WITH THEM. WE NEED MORE SUPPORT IN A SCHOOL LIKE WELLS BRANCH. WE NEED MATERIALS IN ENGLISH THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THESE CHILDREN. WE NEED TO BRIDGE THE GAPS IN LANGUAGE, AND WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT OUR NEWCOMERS CAN ENGAGE WITH CONTENT EFFECTIVELY AND ALSO, ONE MORE THING. PLEASE URGE HR TO DO MORE TO RECRUIT TEACHERS TO OUR CAMPUS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TATIANA ALFANO, SPEAKING OFF AGENDA. AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. HUMBLE ISD TEACHER CAUGHT ON VIDEO STRIKING A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. ISD WAS QUICK TO DECRY THE TEACHER'S BEHAVIOR AND REASSURE THE PUBLIC OF THE TEACHER OF THE ABUSERS DISMISSAL. FOX NEWS, JANUARY 14TH, 2023. DALLAS ISD EMPLOYEE CAUGHT ON VIDEO ASSAULTING A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. DISD RELEASED A STATEMENT OF CONDEMNATION AGAINST THE STAFF'S ACTIONS. NBC APRIL 19TH, 2023 MANOR ISD TEACHER CAUGHT BEATING A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. ISD RELEASED A STATEMENT REBUKING THE TEACHER'S BEHAVIOR. NBC NEWS, APRIL 19TH, 2023. TWO AIDES CONFIRM TERMINATED BY ALDINE ISD AFTER CAUGHT ABUSING A TWO SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, AISD CONDEMNED THE AIDE'S BEHAVIOR AND ASSURED THE PUBLIC OF THEIR TERMINATION. ABC NEWS, MAY 3RD, 2022. ROUND ROCK ISD ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT A SCHOOL FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, CAUGHT ON CAMERA, THROWING A 13 YEAR OLD INTO A BRICK WALL AND DETAINING HIM IN A CALM DOWN ROOM. ROUND ROCK ISD DID NOT TERMINATE HIM IMMEDIATELY. INVESTIGATE OR REPORT, DESPITE THE STUDENT'S OUTCRY, DID NOT CONDEMN THE VP'S ASSAULT, DID NOT REVOKE HIS CERTIFICATE, BUT THEY DID OFFER THE STUDENT'S MOTHER ME $10,000 TO SHUT UP AND SIGN AN NDA. THEN WHEN I CAME HERE AND I SPOKE ABOUT IT, I WAS ASKED TO GO IN THE BACK ROOM. MY MICROPHONE WAS SHUT OFF AND I WAS SHUT DOWN. YOU GUYS ARE AN EMBARRASSMENT TO TEXAS. ABSOLUTELY. THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN OUTCRY FROM DR. AZAIEZ CONDEMNING THIS PRINCIPAL'S BEHAVIOR. HE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED. BUT NO MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS LATER, HE RESIGNED OF HIS OWN FREE WILL. NO. RIDICULOUS. AND THAT'S WHAT YOUR TAX DOLLARS PAY FOR. HE WAS EMPLOYED. HE WAS PAID. AFTER CPS ALREADY DECIDED THAT IT WAS ABUSE. THEY RULED IT ABUSE. AND YOU GUYS DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO APOLOGIZE TO QUENTIN. HE'S BEEN HERE TWICE TO FIX YOU UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SPEAKING. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CONRADO GONZALEZ SPEAKING OFF TOPIC. YOU DO NOT LIVE IN THE DISTRICT, BUT YOU ARE AN EMPLOYEE. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CONRADO GONZALEZ. I TEACH PHYSICAL EDUCATION AT WELLS BRANCH ELEMENTARY, AND HEALTH AND WELL-BEING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. I TEACH IT FROM PRE-K ALL THE WAY TO FIFTH GRADE. I'M ALSO A CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER WHO WORKS WITH OLDER CLIENTS. AND SPEAKING OF OLDER CLIENTS, ESPECIALLY RETIRED TEACHERS, THEY DESERVE STATE PROPOSITION NINE TO GET A BIG VOTE ON YES COLA COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT. IF WE HAD ACTUAL COCA-COLA FROM 2004, IT WOULD BE FLAT. THERE'D BE NO FIZZ. SO ALL I'M ASKING IS EVERY ELIGIBLE VOTER TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE YES AND RAISE THEIR COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT JUST A LITTLE BIT JUST TO MAKE IT. THEY DESERVE IT. I KNOW TWO RETIRED TEACHERS WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO LIVE TOGETHER JUST TO MAKE RENT AND WE'RE TALKING IN THEIR 80S AND LATE 70S, SO THEY DESERVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM US FOR GIVING SO MUCH TO US THROUGH THEM THROUGH THE YEARS, YOU KNOW, SERVING OUR KIDS AND WHATNOT. SO THANK YOU. VOTE YES ON PROP NINE. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MELISSA WILKIE, SPEAKING OFF TOPIC. BUT YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE JILL FERRIS. HEY, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF ACCESS EDUCATION ROUND ROCK ISD. FIRST, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO VOTE YES ON PROPOSITION A, WHICH WOULD GIVE ROUND ROCK ISD STAFF, INCLUDING TEACHERS, A MUCH NEEDED RAISE. AND YES, ON STATE PROPOSITION NINE, WHICH WOULD GIVE A COST OF LIVING INCREASE TO RETIRED TEACHERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THE LAST INCREASE THEY RECEIVED, AS WE'VE HEARD A LOT TONIGHT, WAS IN 2004. SECOND, WE WANT TO APPLAUD THE DISTRICT'S RECENT MOVEMENT ON FUNDING AN EXPANSION TO THE STONY POINT CAFETERIA AND A PERMANENT FACILITY FACILITY FOR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS AN EQUITY ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN OUR DISTRICT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING TANGIBLE WORK DONE ON THESE PROJECTS SOON. [00:40:02] HOWEVER, WE DO IMPLORE OUR TRUSTEES TO VOTE NO ON THE PROPOSED CALENDAR AND SEND IT BACK TO COMMITTEE WITH AN EQUITY MANDATE. WHILE THE CURRENT AND PREVIOUS CALENDARS GAVE STUDENTS DAYS OFF FOR ROSH HASHANAH, YOM KIPPUR, DIWALI AND EID AL-FITR. NEXT YEAR'S PROPOSED CALENDAR DISREGARDS ALL OF THEM. WHEN JEWISH, MUSLIM AND AAPI STUDENTS ONLY GET THEIR HOLIDAYS OFF WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT FOR THE MAJORITY, THAT IS NOT EQUITY. ALL REVISED AND FUTURE CALENDARS MUST INCLUDE TEACHER WORKDAYS OR HOLIDAYS ON ROSH HASHANAH, YOM KIPPUR, DIWALI, EID AL-FITR AND LUNAR NEW YEAR. FURTHERMORE, DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO SEEK OUT DIVERSE POPULATIONS FOR FUTURE CALENDAR COMMITTEES. AGAIN, WE RECOGNIZE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING TO CONTINUE PROGRESS, AND WE URGE YOU TO CONTINUE PUSHING FOR GREATER EQUITY IN OUR DISTRICT IN ORDER TO BETTER SERVE ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JILL FERRIS SPEAKING OFF TOPIC. BUT YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. LET'S TALK ABOUT PROP A. WE'RE TOLD THAT THE STATE HASN'T INCREASED STUDENT FUNDING SINCE 2019, AND THAT'S NOT REALLY TRUE. WHILE THE BASIC STUDENT ALLOTMENT TECHNICALLY HASN'T INCREASED, THE STATE HAS INCREASED FUNDING FUNDING IN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S NOW A DYSLEXIA ALLOTMENT, A SMALLER ALLOTMENT STATE, COMPENSATORY ALLOTMENT, A BILINGUAL EDUCATION ALLOTMENT, A GIFTED AND TALENTED ALLOTMENT, AN EARLY EDUCATION ALLOTMENT, A CMR OUTCOMES ALLOTMENT, A SCHOOL SAFETY ALLOTMENT, A TRANSPORTATION ALLOTMENT. THERE'S LIKE A GAZILLION DIFFERENT ALLOTMENTS. AND SO WHILE TECHNICALLY THE BASIC STUDENT ALLOTMENT HASN'T INCREASED, THE STATE HAS INCREASED FUNDING TO OUR SCHOOLS. IN FACT, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS, THAT SHOWS THE CURRENT STATE EXPENDITURES PER STUDENT, THE THE STATE HAS INCREASED FUNDING BY 166%. BUT CRAZY ENOUGH, TEACHER SALARIES HAVE ONLY INCREASED BY 16%. THAT'S RIDICULOUS. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. I DON'T THINK IT'S HARD TO SEE WHY THE STATE DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE YOU MORE MONEY. YOU CAN'T BE TRUSTED. TEACHERS DESERVE OUR RESPECT, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY DISRESPECTFUL TO HAND THE AMAZING MATH TEACHERS AT MY SON'S MIDDLE SCHOOL BRAND NEW CURRICULUM FOR THE YEAR THREE DAYS BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. IT'S WRONG. INSTEAD OF ASKING THEM AND ASKING THEM TO BE A PARTNER WITH YOU, YOU WENT IN AND YOU HANDED THEM NEW CURRICULUM AND AND YOU NEVER EVEN GOT ANY ANY INSIGHT FROM ANY OF THEM. IT'S DISRESPECTFUL. AND A 3% INCREASE ISN'T GOING TO MAKE THAT BETTER. WE SHOULD DO BETTER. AND WHILE I APPRECIATE ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THAT $19 MILLION THAT YOU WANT TO SPEND ON THE 300 KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO EARLY COLLEGE AND PUT THOSE KIDS IN ONE OF THE IN ONE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OR IN ONE OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT'S GOT ROOM BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AT CAPACITY AT A BUNCH OF THOSE SCHOOLS AND GIVE OUR TEACHERS A RAISE WITH THAT $19 MILLION, BECAUSE IT'S AMAZING THAT WE HAVE $19 MILLION ALL OF A SUDDEN TO SPEND ON THIS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE. AND ROUND ROCK SD CARD NUMBERS AREN'T EVER GOING TO GET ANY BETTER UNLESS YOU GET ACC TO FIX THEIR ENROLLMENT PROCESS BECAUSE PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO STAY UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT OR 3:00 IN THE MORNING OR 4:00 IN THE MORNING OR 5:00 IN THE MORNING WHEN THEIR WEBSITE GOES DOWN EVERY SINGLE TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. WE'LL NOW FLIP TO OUR CALL IN SPEAKERS AND LIKE I SAID, TRUSTEES. WE HAVE 31 CALL IN SPEAKERS. HI, MY NAME IS EVAN SOLIS AND I'M ADDRESSING AGENDA ITEM I FIVE. IT'S SB 763 REGARDING CHAPLAINS IN SCHOOLS. I AM A BOARD CERTIFIED CHAPLAIN AS WELL AS AN ORDAINED AND ENDORSED CHRISTIAN MINISTER. I'VE WORKED IN CORRECTIONS AND HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS AS A CHAPLAIN FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS. I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST SB 763 DUE TO THE LACK OF PROTECTIONS FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR STUDENTS. AS A PROFESSIONAL CHAPLAIN, I ABIDE BY A PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL CODE OF ETHICS, WHICH INCLUDES ADVOCATING FOR FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY AND PROHIBITS ANY FORM OF PROSELYTIZING OR TRYING TO CONVERT FOLKS TO MY OWN BELIEFS. THIS BILL WOULD PERMIT ANY ADULT WHO CAN PASS A BACKGROUND CHECK TO WORK UNDER THE TITLE OF CHAPLAIN. FURTHER, I MYSELF ALONG WITH NEARLY ALL OF MY PROFESSIONAL COLLEAGUES, WOULD NOT EVEN BE QUALIFIED FOR THE DUTIES ENVISIONED BY THIS BILL. WE'RE NOT PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS AND NOT EQUIPPED FOR ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATIONS OR PUBLIC SAFETY LEADERSHIP. NOR ARE WE CRISIS INTERVENTION MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. CHAPLAINS WORK ALONGSIDE EXPERTS IN OTHER MEDICAL AND PROFESSIONAL FIELDS. LET'S LEAVE MENTAL HEALTH TO TRAINED AND LICENSED COUNSELORS AND THERAPISTS AND ENSURE THAT THEY WILL REMAIN EMPLOYED BY THE SCHOOLS. IF YOU MUST PASS THIS MEASURE, I PLEAD WITH YOU TO ENACT STRICT PROTECTIONS FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO DO NOT IDENTIFY AS [00:45:05] CHRISTIAN, AND TO ENSURE THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL HIRED INTO THIS ROLE HAS STRONG OVERSIGHT AND DOES NOT PRACTICE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF A PROFESSIONAL CHAPLAIN AS DEFINED, FOR EXAMPLE, BY THE ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL CHAPLAINS, THE GOLD STANDARD CHAPLAIN ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES. THANK YOU. MICHELLE MR GENERAL COMMENT. MY NAME IS MICHELLE MISSICK AND I'M CURRENTLY EMPLOYED WITH ROUND ROCK AS A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST. I WANTED TO SHARE SOME CONCERNS I HAD WITH REGARD TO ROUND ROCK RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF SLPS. LAST YEAR WE ENDED THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH 13 VACANCIES. OUR LEADERSHIP WORKED DILIGENTLY IN SUPPORTING US WITH OUR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND WORKED TIRELESSLY TO RECRUIT SLPS TO FILL POSITIONS. A FEW SLPS THAT WERE INTERVIEWED WERE VERY INTERESTED IN TAKING THOSE POSITIONS OFFERED TO THEM, BUT ENDED UP TAKING POSITIONS IN SURROUNDING DISTRICTS DUE TO BETTER COMPENSATION FROM WHAT TWO OF THEM PERSONALLY SHARED WITH ME ABOUT A $5,000 A YEAR DIFFERENCE. THIS YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO FILL MOST OF THE OPEN VACANCIES DUE TO ROUND ROCK. S CHANGE IN PAY GRADE FROM A 504 TO 505 PAY SCALE. THIS WEEK WE WERE INFORMED THAT THAT WE WOULD NOT BE RECEIVING THE SALARY THAT IS NOTED IN THE 505 PAY SCALE DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING. IN ADDITION, WE JUST FOUND OUT THAT SLPS WERE THE ONLY POSITION IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT THAT WERE EXCLUDED FROM THE ADDITION OR INCREASE OF RETENTION STIPENDS. THIS IS VERY CONCERNING FOR VARIOUS REASONS. NEW SLPS WERE HIRED UNDER AN EXPECTATION THAT WILL NOT BE FULFILLED. VETERAN SLPS MADE DECISIONS AS TO WHETHER TO STAY OR GO BASED ON THIS. I MYSELF WAS OFFERED TWO OTHER POSITIONS OUTSIDE OF ROUND ROCK AND CONTEMPLATED ACCEPTING THOSE POSITIONS, BUT WENT AGAINST THEM FOR TWO VERY IMPORTANT REASONS. ONE THE SUPPORT WE GET FROM OUR LEADERSHIP AND TWO THE ADDITIONAL AND MUCH NEEDED COMPENSATION. HOWEVER, NOT EVEN THE BEST OF THE BEST SUPPORT CAN SUSTAIN POOR COMPENSATION. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW A POSITION SUCH AS OURS IS BEING SO EASILY DISMISSED AND OVERLOOKED. WE HOLD A MASTER'S DEGREE IN COMMUNICATION SCIENCE DISORDERS AND A NATIONAL CERTIFICATION AND A TEXAS STATE LICENSE. WE PROVIDE DIRECT INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT FOR STUDENTS WITH IEPS AND. HI, THIS IS MELISSA FLEMING, DIRECTOR OF THE AUSTIN ROUND ROCK TEAM. BROCK CHAPTER OF THE CURE STARTS NOW. I'M SPEAKING ON AGENDA H11 RESOLUTION. CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. AT THE LAST MEETING, YOU HEARD FROM SIX OF OUR. THE JUNIOR COMMITTEE MADE UP OF MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOCUSED ON KIDS INITIATIVES. THEIR CALL TO ACTION WAS FOR THE ROUND ROCK ISD BOARD TO PASS A RESOLUTION AND TO ENCOURAGE THE SCHOOLS TO JOIN OUR EFFORTS BY HOSTING GOLD OUT GAMES IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. I FIRST WANT TO THANK TRUSTEE PI7 FOR ASKING OUR RESOLUTION TO BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA AND TO THANK TRUSTEE PLACED THREE FOR APPROVING THE REQUEST. OUR COMMITTEE WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT AS THEY ARE HOSTING A GOLD OUT GAME. SECOND, I WANT TO THANK CHISHOLM TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL, SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL FOR REACHING OUT AFTER HEARING FROM THE STUDENTS TO HOST A GAME. THEY JOINED BLACKLAND PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY, RICHEY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL FOR A TOTAL OF 12 GOLD OK GAMES IN SEPTEMBER. LASTLY, I ASKED THE ENTIRE BOARD TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION. THE GAMES HAVE BEEN VERY INSPIRING AS PARENTS HAVE ASKED WHY IS THE GOLD? STUDENTS HAVE FILLED THE SECTION IN GOLD AND ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE HONORING THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE AND ARE BATTLING. I'VE SEEN A COMMUNITY TRULY COME TOGETHER AT THESE GAMES AND SUPPORT CONNECTING AND PRIORITIZING OUR KIDS. THE TEAMWORK JUNIOR COMMITTEE WILL BE BACK IN FULL FORCE NEXT YEAR TO HOST GAMES. IF YOU ARE A TEACHER, COACH, ADMINISTRATOR, PARENT, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME TO SEE ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL HOSTING A GOLD GAME NEXT YEAR. OR IF YOU'D LIKE US TO HONOR YOUR CHILD. GO EMAIL ME AT MELISSA FLEMING AT THE CURE STARTS NOW.ORG OR GO TO NPR.ORG. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND SHOWING OUR KIDS THAT THEY MATTER. I AM DONYA SITZMAN. THIS IS A GENERAL COMMENT. I AM A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST IN THE DISTRICT. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE 63 SLPS ON OUR TEAM. WE HAVE 65 POSITIONS BUT HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FILL ONE AND A HALF. THERE'S A NATIONAL SHORTAGE OF SLPS AND ROUND ROCK IS NO EXCEPTION TO STRUGGLING TO FILL POSITIONS. IT'S A SITUATION THAT'S EXPECTED TO GET WORSE WITH EACH YEAR. WE NEED A BETTER PLAN FOR RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT. REGARDING STIPENDS, THERE'S A GROWING DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE ATTEMPT TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN OTHER SPECIAL EDUCATION POSITIONS COMPARED TO SLPS. [00:50:04] WE PROVIDE INSTRUCTION WITHIN THE GENERAL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS, BUT DO NOT RECEIVE RETENTION STIPENDS LIKE TEACHERS. WE PROVIDE ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION PURPOSES BUT ARE NOT OFFERED RETENTION STIPENDS LIKE DIAGNOSTICIANS AND SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS. REGARDING COMPENSATION, THE STUDY SHOWED THAT WE'RE SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERPAID FOR THIS MARKET AREA. TIME AFTER TIME WHEN WE OFFER A POSITION, WE'RE TOLD THAT OTHER AREA DISTRICTS PAY APPROXIMATELY 5000 MORE IN THEIR OFFERS AND WERE TURNED DOWN. WHEN WE'RE MOVED FROM THE 504 TO THE 504 PAY SCALE IN MAY, IT SHOULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE OF APPROXIMATELY $5,000 A YEAR IN SALARY, BUT THE SCALE WAS COMPRESSED AND DECREASED SO THAT THERE WAS NO INCREASE PER SLP. WE'RE AT A RISK OF LOSING QUALITY SLPS WHO HAVE THEIR CHOICE OF EMPLOYMENT IN ANY DISTRICT OR EVEN IN A MEDICAL SETTING. THEY ARE NOT TIED TO SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTRACTS AND CAN LEAVE ANY TIME DURING THE YEAR. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RETAIN OR RECRUIT QUALITY STAFF FOR THE STUDENTS AND WE WON'T BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES IF WE DON'T CONSIDER THE SLPS FOR RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT. STIPENDS AND COMPENSATION. WHETHER OR NOT THE COMMUNITY PASSES THE VADER IN NOVEMBER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THIS IS DR. SAM MANNING. I'M CALLING TO SUPPORT PROPOSITION A AND PROPOSITION NINE. I BELIEVE IT'S UNDER. 86. UH, WHAT I'M READING. I ALSO SUPPORT A CALENDAR FOR ALL HOLIDAYS FOR STUDENTS, FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ANITA HORNECKER. THIS IS A GENERAL COMMENT. I AM A LEAD SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST FOR ROUND ROCK ISD AND I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE 63 SLPS IN OUR GROUP DUE TO CONCERNS REGARDING RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 1.5 VACANCIES WITH ZERO APPLICANTS. THERE IS A WELL KNOWN NATIONAL SHORTAGE OF SLPS. IN THE PAST TWO YEARS WE HAVE HAD INCREASING DIFFICULTY HIRING SLPS DUE TO ROUND ROCK ISD SALARIES FALLING WELL BELOW THE LOCAL MARKET RATE FOR SCHOOL BASED POSITIONS. LAST YEAR WE HAD VACANCIES. THE WHOLE YEAR THAT WE COULD NOT FILL, APPLICANTS TOLD US WE PAID ABOUT $5,000 LESS THAN SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. ROUND ROCK ISD. SLPS HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION STIPENDS LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, ALTHOUGH OTHER SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. WE PROVIDE DIRECT INSTRUCTION LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND ASSESSMENT SERVICES LIKE SCHOOL, PSYCHS AND DIAGNOSTICIANS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. SLPS HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE AND NATIONAL CERTIFICATION AND A LICENSE TO PRACTICE FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS. WE WERE ABLE TO RETAIN SOME STAFF AND RECRUIT SOME STAFF BASED ON ADVANCING THE GROUP FROM THE 504 TO THE 505 PAY SCALE BASED ON THE TASB STUDY THAT PROVED WE WERE UNDER COMPENSATED. BUT THIS WEEK WE WERE INFORMED THAT WHILE WE WERE APPROVED TO ADVANCE PAY SCALES, OUR SALARIES DID NOT INCREASE. THE NEW 505 PAY SCALE WAS ADJUSTED SO THAT WE MAKE THE SAME SALARY AS LAST YEAR. WE WERE AGAIN EXCLUDED FROM THE SPECIAL EDUCATION RETENTION STIPENDS IN ADDITION TO RECEIVING SUBPAR SALARIES COMPARED TO OTHER SLPS IN SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, AS EVIDENCED BY THE TASB STUDY. IN ADDITION, WE RECEIVE A LOWER PERCENTAGE POINT OF RAISE THAN TEACHERS, ALTHOUGH WE ARE ALSO INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF. WE ARE NOW AT A BREAKING POINT IN RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT FOR SPEECH THERAPY SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT, AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO FINANCIALLY SURVIVE IN THIS ECONOMY WHEN WE ARE CONSISTENTLY LEFT OUT OF APPROPRIATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SALARY ADVANCEMENT. PLEASE CONSIDER THE SLPS FOR RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT STIPENDS AND MAKE PAYING THEM THE MARKETABLE RATE A PRIORITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HELLO, MY NAME IS SUZANNE CLARK AND I'VE BEEN A BILINGUAL SPEECH PATHOLOGIST IN THE DISTRICT FOR EIGHT YEARS. I HAVE A GENERAL COMMENT ADDRESSING RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION IN THE SPEECH PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT. THE NATIONAL SHORTAGE OF SLPS IS WELL KNOWN. LICENSED SLPS RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS, TEXTS AND EMAILS FROM RECRUITERS EVERY SINGLE DAY. BILINGUAL THERAPISTS ARE EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND, SINCE ONLY 6% OF THE NATION'S LICENSED SLPS ARE BILINGUAL. IN ADDITION, ABOUT 50% OF SLPS WORK IN SETTINGS OTHER THAN SCHOOLS, AND THESE SETTINGS PAY SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN ROUND ROCK ISD. I WAS SO RELIEVED WHEN TOLD IN MAY THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD IMPLEMENT TAMMY'S RECOMMENDATION, BRINGING OUR SALARIES CLOSER TO WHAT I EARN AS A PEDIATRIC HOME HEALTH THERAPIST IN THE AFTER SCHOOL HOURS AND SUMMERS. [00:55:03] NOW, I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN THAT IN SPITE OF NUMEROUS VACANCIES LAST YEAR, WE WERE OVERLOOKED FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION STIPENDS FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. ALL OTHER SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF RECEIVED THESE STIPENDS, AND THIS HAPPENED AT A TIME WHEN OUR SALARIES ARE $5,000 LESS THAN OTHER DISTRICTS. WORSE STILL, THE NEW TERMS OF OUR EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT WERE OFFERED AND ACCEPTED BY MY DEPARTMENT IN MAY. LAST WEEK, WE LEARNED THAT THE DISTRICT CHANGED THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT, TAKING AWAY MOST OF THE INCREASE WE HAD BUDGETED FOR. I WOULD HATE FOR THE DISTRICT'S ACTIONS TO RESULT IN AN INABILITY TO COMPLETE SPECIAL EDUCATION EVALUATIONS OR PROVIDE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES FOR THE SECOND LARGEST GROUP OF SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. BUT I FEAR THIS MAY HAPPEN. I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO INVESTIGATE WHAT HAPPENED AND TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO FIX IT, INCLUDING PASSING A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE THE SALARY INCREASE OFFERED AND ACCEPTED IN MAY, ALONG WITH RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION STIPENDS FOR SLPS. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS HANNAH MARKOWITZ. I'M A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TEAM MEMBER FOR ROUND ROCK ISD. I'M REACHING OUT DUE TO CONCERN REGARDING RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT FOR THE SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY GROUP. THERE'S A WELL KNOWN NATIONAL SHORTAGE OF SLPS. WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY TO HAVE JOBS IN ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOCATIONS. WE ARE NOT TIED TO JUST A SCHOOL. WE CAN WORK IN A HOSPITAL, A PRIVATE CLINIC, SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES AND EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS AS WELL AS UNIVERSITIES. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DIFFICULTY HIRING AND RETAINING QUALITY. SLPS DUE TO OUR SALARY, IS BELOW MARKET RATE FOR OUR SCHOOL BASED POSITIONS. LAST YEAR WE HAD VACANCIES WE COULDN'T FILL ALL YEAR AND OUR AND OUR TEAM MEMBERS WERE PAID ADDITIONAL MONEY IN ORDER TO FILL THOSE GAPS. SO THAT MONEY WAS PAID ANYWAY AND OUR PEOPLE WERE LEAVING TO GO TO DISTRICTS THAT PAID BETTER. WE ARE NOT COMPLETELY FULL THIS YEAR EITHER, AND WE ARE UNABLE TO FIND PEOPLE TO COME BECAUSE WE ARE NOT OFFERING A COMPETITIVE SALARY TO OTHER DISTRICTS IN OUR IMMEDIATE AREA. WE WERE LEFT OUT OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION STIPENDS LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, ALTHOUGH OTHER SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. WE PROVIDE INDIRECT INSTRUCTION LIKE SPECIAL ED TEACHERS ASSESSMENTS, LIKE PSYCHOLOGISTS AND DIAGNOSTICIANS IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION. WE WORK REALLY HARD WITH THESE KIDS. WE SEE THEM WEEKLY, SOMETIMES TWICE A WEEK. WE WRITE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THEM. WE UPDATE PROGRESS REPORTS. WE SPEND HOURS AND HOURS IN MEETINGS WITH PARENTS. WE DO EVALUATIONS TO CHECK FOR ELIGIBILITY, AND WE WORK WITH PARENTS ON THAT WAY AS WELL. WE ARE NOT ABLE TO RETAIN. WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE OUR SALARIES BE COMPETITIVE WITH THOSE AROUND US. ADDITIONALLY, WE WERE PROMISED RAISES THIS YEAR, WHICH IT NOW APPEARS WE ARE NOT GETTING, WHICH IS GOING TO CAUSE US TO LOSE MORE PEOPLE IN SOME OF OUR MORE LONG TERM, REALLY SKILLED SPEECH THERAPISTS THAT WE REALLY RELY ON TO HELP OUR NEWER SPEECH THERAPISTS. WE TOLD THAT WE WERE BEING CHANGED GROUPS FROM 504 TO 505, BUT THEN THE 505 PAY SCALE WAS LOWERED TO. HI, MY NAME IS KELLY HANSEN. I'M SPEAKING IN I3 AND I4 AND I'M ON THE OK. I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A LOT OF THE 2018 BOND WENT WELL. THERE WERE A LOT OF PROJECTS COMPLETED AND A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS CAME IN AT OR UNDER THEIR BUDGETS. WE GOT A GOOD VALUE FOR OUR TAX DOLLARS, BUT THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT DID NOT GO WELL WITH THE 2018 BOND, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE COMING OUT TO THE UP TONIGHT. THE FIRST IS THAT STONY POINT PROJECTS WERE ALL UNDER FUNDED. SOME OF WHAT WAS VOTED ON WAS SIMPLY NOT FEASIBLE. BUT OVERALL, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ALLOCATED TO FIT THE NEEDS OF THAT CAMPUS WERE JUST NOT ENOUGH. WORKAROUNDS ARE FOUND FOR THE COURTYARD AND CONCESSIONS PROJECTS TO FILL THOSE BOND ITEMS AT A DIFFERENT, MORE AFFORDABLE WAY. BUT NOTHING IS GOING TO SOLVE THE CAFETERIA CROWDING PROBLEM. BUT MORE MONEY THAN THE 700,000 THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED. SO THEN IT BECOMES A QUESTION OF HOW MUCH MONEY TO ALLOCATE. THE ADMINISTRATION IS PUTTING FORTH A PLAN THIS EVENING THAT WILL BUILD 196 MORE INDOOR SEATS FOR 2.75 MILLION TO ABOUT 14 SEATS. BUT THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO TEAR UP THE CAFETERIA, OPEN UP THE WALLS AND DISRUPT THEIR DAILY LIVES FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND STILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH INDOOR SEATS FOR THE 800 TO 900 KIDS PER PERIOD IN THAT LUNCHROOM. THE PROPOSAL IS NOT IN LINE WITH THE SPEC THAT IS BEING PRESENTED THIS EVENING AS WELL. HOWEVER, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS PREVIOUSLY HAD A PLAN FOR 3.75 MILLION OR SO. THAT WAS 408 MORE SEATS IN THAT CAFETERIA, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF 912 INDOOR SEATS THAT WOULD FILL THE CURRENT NEED FOR AN EXTRA FIVE K PER SEAT OVER THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSAL. AND HOPEFULLY THAT MEANS WE WON'T NEED TO DISRUPT THE STONY POINT CAFETERIA AGAIN FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. I'M ROOTING FOR ENOUGH SEATS FOR THOSE STUDENTS. THE OTHER STUDENT. THE OTHER THING THAT IS COMING UP THIS EVENING IS THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT. AND I'VE ASKED ABOUT EARLY COLLEGE, THE CPC COC, AND WAS REPEATEDLY TOLD UP UNTIL THIS WEEK THAT EARLY COLLEGE WAS ONLY FUNDED FOR A PHASE ONE LAND PURCHASE AND DESIGN PHASE. THAT WAS WHAT WAS VOTED ON THROUGH THE BOND. I WAS ALSO TOLD THE ADMINISTRATION WAS WORKING WITH HCC TO FIGURE OUT A LAND LEASE, BUT THAT'S THE ENTIRETY OF WHAT'S BEEN PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I KNOW MYSELF AND MANY OTHERS WERE HOPING THERE WOULD BE MONEY LEFT OVER FROM THE BONE TO PUT TOWARDS EARLY CHILD EARLY COLLEGE AND IF WE FOUND ENOUGH MONEY, THAT'S FANTASTIC. [01:00:06] BUT I REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS PROJECT NEEDS TO HAVE A THOROUGH REVIEW PERIOD BEFORE IT'S VOTED THROUGH. I MEAN, THIS IS PUTTING A DISTRICT BUILDING ON SOMEONE ELSE'S LAND AND LAND MONEY IS NOW COMING OUT OF MAL. I WOULD HOPE WE CAN TAKE OUR TIME WITH THIS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING EVERYTHING WE NEED AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE IN TERMS THAT ARE ACCEPTABLE. MY NAME IS MADDIE BROKAW AND I'M A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST IN ROUND ROCK ISD, AND I'M REACHING OUT DUE TO CONCERN REGARDING RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT OF THE SLP GROUP. MY COMMENT IS A GENERAL COMMENT. AS AN SLP, WE'RE ALL NEEDED IN MULTIPLE SETTINGS ASIDE FROM SCHOOLS. SO I, MYSELF AND I ASSUME MANY OTHER SLPS ARE CONSTANTLY GETTING COLD CALLS FROM RECRUITERS WITH COMPETITIVE OFFERS FOR POSITIONS IN THE AREA. AND UNFORTUNATELY WE'VE BEEN LEFT OUT OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION STATEMENTS LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, EVEN THOUGH OTHER SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE STIPENDS. AND SO THIS HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN QUALITY SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS FOR THE DISTRICT. SLPS PROVIDE DIRECT INSTRUCTION. WE ASSESS. UM, WE PROVIDE SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS. WE HAVE THERAPY TIME WITH STUDENTS THAT WE BILL MEDICAID FOR. UM, AND IN GENERAL, WE PROVIDE, UM. SUPPORT FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL IN THE AREAS OF SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO TALK ABOUT INCLUDING SLPS IN THE STIPEND AND ALSO IN THE NEW 505 PAY SCALE. THANK YOU. BYE. HELLO, THIS IS WILLIAM GREEN. I AM ADDRESSING ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS TONIGHT AND I'M CALLING SPECIFICALLY TO SPEAK AND GIVE YOU A GENERAL COMMENT. I AM A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST IN OUR DISTRICT, AND I CAME INTO THIS PROFESSION BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH I CARE ABOUT PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER. AND I STRONGLY FEEL THAT EVERY STUDENT, EVERY PERSON SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE ALL OF THEIR WANTS AND DESIRES TO ANYBODY THAT THEY SHOULD CHOOSE. SO I'M HERE TODAY COMMUNICATING TO YOU. I'M COMMUNICATING SOME FRUSTRATION. I FEEL THAT AS A FIELD WE ARE CONSTANTLY OVERLOOKED AND WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY RESPECTED. AND I THINK THAT THAT IS THE WAY THE REASON I FEEL THAT WAY IS BECAUSE OF HOW THINGS HAVE PLAYED OUT WITH REGARDS TO COMPENSATION AND WITH REGARDS TO RAISES THAT WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN PROMISED. SO I UNDERSTAND. LAST YEAR, WE WERE ALREADY AT A POINT OF FRUSTRATION. WE ALREADY HAD SOME VERY SERIOUS ATTRITION OF SLPS. I PERSONALLY DEALT WITH TWO SLPS AT MY CAMPUS WHO BOTH RESIGNED DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH CREATED AN EXTRA BURDEN FOR ME IN TERMS OF WORKLOAD AND IMPACTED MY PERSONAL LIFE. IT IMPACTED EVERY ASPECT OF MY LIFE BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORT TO PROVIDE THE STUDENTS WITH THE SERVICES THAT WE ARE COMPELLED TO PROVIDE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND BY THE STATE. IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME WHY I SHOULD HAVE TO SUFFER. OR ANY OTHER FOR THAT MATTER, SHOULD HAVE TO SUFFER BECAUSE WE CANNOT RECRUIT ENOUGH SLPS TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT WE NEED. HI, MY NAME IS BETTINA WULFF MUELLER AND I'M A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST HERE IN ROUND ROCK. THIS IS A GENERAL COMMENT. I LOVE MY JOB. I LOVE THE STUDENTS. I WORK WITH MY TEAM, MY SCHOOL CAMPUS COMMUNITY. AND THAT IS WHY I'M WORKING HERE AND WHY I'M IGNORING SEVERAL JOB OFFERS A WEEK THAT PROMISED HIGHER PAY AND LOWER STRESS. BUT IF I HAD COLLEGE LOANS TO PAY OFF, I WAS ABOUT TO START A FAMILY. [01:05:03] I WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE THOSE JOBS. ROUND ROCK. I SEE SALARIES ARE FALLING BELOW THE LOCAL LOCAL MARKET RATE FOR SCHOOL BASED POSITIONS AND THAT IS WHY WE ENDED LAST YEAR WITH 13 VACANCIES. SOPS HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION STIPENDS LAST YEAR AND THEN AGAIN THIS YEAR, ALTHOUGH OTHER SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF HAS BEEN INCLUDED. SOPS PROVIDE DIRECT INSTRUCTION JUST LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND ASSESSMENT, JUST LIKE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS AND DIAGNOSTICIANS. IN ADDITION TO RECEIVING SUBPAR SALARIES COMPARED TO OTHER SLPS IN SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, AS EVIDENCED BY THE TASB STUDY, WE ARE RECEIVING A LOWER PERCENTAGE POINT RATE THAN TEACHERS. ALSO, ALTHOUGH WE ARE ALSO INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF. WE ARE AT A BREAKING POINT FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS WHEN YOU ALLOCATE STIPENDS AND PAY RAISES. THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS CONNIE COLLINS AND I AM CALLING IN REFERENCE TO AGENDA ITEM H 11. GOOD EVENING. I AM CONNIE COLLINS, THE SPONSOR OF THE ROUND ROCK CHAPTER OF THE TEAM BROCK JUNIOR COMMITTEE. OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS SPOKE AT LAST MONTH'S SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND ASKED YOU TO PASS THE RESOLUTION DECLARING SEPTEMBER CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND ALSO TO ENCOURAGE ROUND ROCK SCHOOLS TO HOST GOLD OUT GAMES. BE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT MANY PRINCIPALS HEARD OUR CALL TO ACTION BECAUSE OF LAST MONTH'S BOARD MEETING, AND AS A RESULT, THIS SEPTEMBER ALONE, THERE HAVE BEEN 12 GOLD OUT EVENTS ACROSS SIX CAMPUSES, RESULTING IN THE SPREADING OF AWARENESS TO OVER 11,000 STUDENTS AND THOUSANDS MORE ADULTS. I'D LIKE TO THANK TRUSTEE PLACED THREE FOR REQUESTING THAT OUR OUR RESOLUTION BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA AND ALSO A BIG THANK YOU TO TRUSTEE PLAY SEVEN FOR APPROVING THE REQUEST. MY WHOLE HEARTED. MY WHOLE HEARTEDLY. I'M WHOLE HEARTEDLY ASKING THE ENTIRE BOARD TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION AND TO SHOW OUR KIDS THAT THEY MATTER. THE TEAM BROUGHT JUNIOR COMMITTEE IS CHEERING YOU GUYS ON THIS EVENING FROM RIDGEVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL. AS WE HELP THERE, AS WE HELP THEM HOST THEIR GOLD OUT GAME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HI, MY NAME IS JESSICA BROWN. THIS MESSAGE IS FOR THE GENERAL MEETING. I'M A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST. IN OUR DISTRICT AND ONE OF MY INSPIRATION TO BECOME A SPEECH THERAPIST IS BECAUSE I REALLY CARE ABOUT PEOPLE AND TRY TO HELP THEM. AND WHAT I SEE FOR MANY PEOPLE HAS LIKE THEIR RIGHTS TO COMMUNICATE AND TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS, THEIR EMOTIONS, THEIR WANTS AND NEEDS. AND I'M SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM TO TO REACH THOSE RESULTS. I. I THINK I WENT TO THE SCHOOL AFTER. TEN YEARS, WHICH I GOT MY BACHELOR'S IN 2005, AND THEN I DECIDED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL TO PURSUE MY MASTER'S DEGREE. AFTER I HAD SOME I HAD MY OWN CHILDREN. UM. I HAD LIKE ANOTHER PROFESSION THAT I WAS WORKING WITH, BUT I WAS VERY STRONG TO GO BACK TO MY PROFESSION AS A SPEECH THERAPIST, AS TRANSITIONING FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. AND I FELT THE NEED AND THE DESIRE TO BECOME A SPEECH THERAPIST BECAUSE I REALLY LOVE THIS PROFESSION AND I'M SO SAD AND FRUSTRATED THAT FIRST THING THAT WE ARE NOT BEING. PRAISE OR NO PRAISE. BUT. THAT NOT RECOGNIZED. UM, FOR A WORK AND HARD WORK THAT WE DO IN THE SCHOOLS. AND. THAT WE CARE FOR EACH OF THOSE STUDENTS AND. HELLO, THIS IS JEANNETTE FIELDS. I'M A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST WITH THE ROUND ROCK ISD. I'M MAKING A GENERAL COMMENT. I'M REACHING OUT DUE TO ONGOING CONCERNS REGARDING RETENTION AND COMPENSATION FOR THE SLP GROUP. I'VE BEEN IN HERE FOR OVER 15 YEARS. [01:10:01] I'VE ALWAYS FELT WELL SUPPORTED FROM ALL LEVELS OF THE DISTRICT UNTIL RECENTLY. OVER THE PAST 2 TO 3 YEARS, THE SLP GROUP HAS BEEN LEFT BEHIND AND BRINGING OUR COMPENSATION UP TO BE COMPETITIVE WITHIN THE MARKET OF CENTRAL TEXAS. THERE'S A HIGH DEMAND FOR SLPS AND WE WORK IN MANY SETTINGS, INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS, MEDICAL SETTINGS, PRIVATE CLINICS AND HOME HEALTH CARE, TO NAME A FEW. THE DEMAND IS GREAT, BUT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH SLPS TO FILL THESE POSITIONS AND I KNOW I PERSONALLY RECEIVE MULTIPLE CALLS, EMAILS AND LINKEDIN MESSAGES EVERY WEEK FROM RECRUITERS LOOKING TO HIRE SLPS DURING MY MANY YEARS HERE. LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER HAD MULTIPLE VACANCIES THAT WERE NOT FILLED ALL YEAR LONG. WE ENDED THE YEAR WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED 13 VACANCIES. ALTHOUGH WE'RE STARTING THE YEAR FULLY STAFFED, IT'S A HUGE CONCERN. WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RETAIN EVERYONE. AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, ALL SLPS WERE INFORMED WE WOULD BE BUMPED UP A PAY GRADE AND WE WOULD RECEIVE A PAY RAISE TO MATCH THE HIGHER PAY GRADE. THE. ARE BEING APPRECIATED AGAIN. HOWEVER, THESE FEELINGS OF APPRECIATION AND RESPECT ARE FADING. WE RECENTLY RECEIVED NEWS THAT THERE WILL BE NO FUNDING FOR OUR NEW PAY GRADE. INSTEAD, THEY'RE COMPRESSING SALARIES IN OUR NEW PAY GRADE THAT ARE NOW VERY SIMILAR TO OUR PREVIOUS SALARIES. IN ADDITION TO THE REDUCED COMPENSATION AND NEW PAY GRADE LEVEL SOPS HAVE ALSO BEEN LEFT OUT OF CONSIDERATION FOR RECENT RETENTION STIPENDS THAT ARE BEING AWARDED TO OUR COWORKERS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION. WE WORK ALONGSIDE THESE AMAZING COLLEAGUES EVERY DAY AND KNOW THEY DESERVE THESE STIPENDS. WE ALSO FEEL THAT SLPS AS PROVIDERS OF DIRECT SERVICES TO STUDENTS IN ALL GRADE LEVELS, WE ALSO DESERVE TO BE COMPENSATED WITH THESE TYPE OF STIPENDS AS WELL. IT'S MY HOPE THAT THE ROUND ROCK ISD SCHOOL BOARD TAKES THESE FACTORS INTO CONSIDERATION AS THEY DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF OUR DISTRICT AND HOW BEST TO RETAIN STAFF. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THIS IS A GENERAL COMMENT. MY NAME IS PAIGE HARE AND I HAVE BEEN A SPEECH PATHOLOGIST IN ROUND ROCK ISD FOR SIX YEARS, FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW. I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE LACK OF EQUITABLE COMPENSATION FOR SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS. WHILE ROUND ROCK ISD HAS SPENT THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS ON STRATEGIES TO RETAIN AND RECRUIT TEACHERS, SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS CONTINUE TO BE EXCLUDED. ALL SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE, MUST UPKEEP NATIONAL CERTIFICATION AND A TEXAS LICENSE. SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS PROVIDE DIRECT INSTRUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND CONDUCT FULL INDIVIDUAL EVALUATIONS. ANY CHILD AGED THREE THROUGH 21 IDENTIFIED WITH A SPEECH IMPAIRMENT IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO RECEIVE THOSE SERVICES, WHETHER ROUND ROCK ISD ACKNOWLEDGES IT OR NOT. SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS PROVIDE A HIGHLY SPECIALIZED AND LEGALLY REQUIRED SERVICE. THERE IS A SEVERE SHORTAGE OF SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS NATIONWIDE. I RECEIVE DAILY TEXTS, CALLS, RECRUITING ME TO CONTRACT WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CLINICS, HOSPITALS AND SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW. SLPS HAVE BEEN GIVEN A SMALLER PERCENTAGE RAISE THAN TEACHERS. THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW THAT ROUND ROCK ISD HAS CHOSEN TO PROVIDE STIPENDS TO OTHER POSITIONS RATHER THAN FULLY FUNDING. THE BOARD APPROVED INCREASED PAY GRADE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BROUGHT SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS CLOSER TO THE MARKET VALUE. SLPS ARE ONLY ASKING THAT ROUND ROCK ISD TREAT US EQUALLY TO OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION COUNTERPARTS. HR IS UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO ANSWER THE MANY QUESTIONS THAT SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS HAVE ASKED THIS WEEK. HR IS SENDING SLPS A VERY CLEAR MESSAGE THAT ROUND ROCK ISD IS NOT INTERESTED IN RETAINING SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS. UM, HI. MY NAME IS MORGAN GIRVIN. THIS IS JUST A GENERAL COMMENT. I'M A CURRENT CLINICAL FELLOW COMPLETING MY FELLOWSHIP AT ROUND ROCK ISD. IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF WHAT A CLINICAL FELLOW IS, I GRADUATED IN MAY OF 2023 AFTER SIX YEARS OF SCHOOL AND BEING AWARDED TWO DEGREES. I TOOK THREE EXAMS TO BECOME STATE AND NATIONALLY CERTIFIED, AND NOW I MUST DOCUMENT UP TO 4000 THERAPY HOURS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A SUPERVISOR IN ORDER TO RECEIVE MY CERTIFICATE OF CLINICAL COMPETENCE. SO AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, THIS FIELD IS SO SPECIALIZED THAT IT REQUIRES SIX MONTHS OF OR SIX YEARS OF COLLEGE AND A TEN MONTH CLINICAL FELLOWSHIP IN ORDER TO BE CERTIFIED. ALL THAT BEING SAID, I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU. SO CAN YOU PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT INTO THE DECISION TO PAY SLPS IN THIS DISTRICT UNDER THE 25TH PERCENTILE COMPARED TO TEXAS SCHOOL BASED SLP SALARIES WHEN OTHER DISCIPLINES ON THE SPUD TEAM ARE PAID OVER THIS PERCENTILE? QUESTION NUMBER TWO IN MY SHORT TIME BEING EMPLOYED THROUGH ROUND ROCK, I HAVE MET SEVERAL SLPS WITH OVER 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO JUST ROUND ROCK ISD, BUT THEY HAVE NOT MET THE QUOTE UNQUOTE MID-POINT SALARY. CAN YOU PROVIDE A CLEAR DEFINITION OF HOW YOU REACH THIS MID-POINT SALARY? [01:15:01] AND THEN LASTLY, ALL THE MINUTES PROVIDED IN SPEECH THERAPY ARE FEDERALLY MANDATED, MEANING IT IS ILLEGAL TO NOT PROVIDE THESE MINUTES. SO MY QUESTION IS WHO CAN PROVIDE THESE SERVICES BESIDES SLPS? AFTER SIX YEARS OF SCHOOL AND A TEN MONTH CLINICAL FELLOWSHIP, WHO CAN PROVIDE THESE FEDERALLY MANDATED MINUTES BESIDES SLPS? I ACTUALLY HAVE THE ANSWER TO THIS ONE AND IT'S NO. ONE. IT'S ACTUALLY ILLEGAL FOR ANY OTHER DISCIPLINE TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE. JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I'M A PARENT AND TAX PAYER IN ROUND ROCK ISD. MY COMMENT IS A GENERAL COMMENT AND I DON'T RECALL THE FIRST AMENDMENT HAVING A TWO MINUTE LIMIT. ANYWAY, I JUST ATTENDED A PRE ARD OT MEETING TO DISCUSS GOALS SPECIFIC TO OT AND DYSGRAPHIA. MY KID ALSO NEEDS SERVICE MINUTES WITH THE WRITING SPECIALIST FOR WRITING SKILLS FALLING OUTSIDE THE OT SCOPE AS WELL AS SERVICE MINUTES WITH THE READING SPECIALIST FOR FLUENCY AND COMPREHENSION ISSUES. HE HAS LONG SINCE COMPLETED DLS WITH A CULT. I KID YOU NOT. THEY HAD NO IDEA WHO WITHIN ROUND ROCK ISD PROVIDES READING AND OR WRITING INTERVENTION SERVICES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. I'M EXPERIENCING DÉJA VU OF WHEN MY NOW TWO YEAR POST GRADUATED KID WAS LITERALLY REFERRED TO HUTTO ISD FOR DYSLEXIA READING SPECIALIST SERVICES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. HERE WE GO AGAIN. DOES ANYONE SITTING THERE AT THE DAIS TONIGHT KNOW WHO IN ROUND ROCK ISD PROVIDES READING AND WRITING INTERVENTION SERVICE MINUTES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL? ANYONE. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT NO ONE IN ROUND ROCK ISD CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION? MY NAME IS DIANA TRUJILLO AND I'M CALLING WITH A GENERAL COMMENT. I'VE WORKED FOR ROUND ROCK ISD FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS AS A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST. I'M SPEAKING TODAY TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE INEQUITY OF COMPENSATION PROVIDED TO OUR SLPS. LAST YEAR WE WERE EXCLUDED FROM THE SPECIAL EDUCATION STIPEND AND WERE IGNORED AGAIN. THIS YEAR, EVEN THOUGH DIAGNOSTICIANS AND SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS WERE AWARDED STIPENDS ALONG WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS. AS A COLLECTIVE GROUP, WE TRIED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE LAST YEAR WITH HUMAN RESOURCES, BUT WE WERE TOLD STIPENDS WERE PROVIDED TO POSITIONS THAT WERE HARD TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN. AT ONE POINT LAST YEAR, WE HAD 11 VACANT POSITIONS OUT OF 60 SLPS. YET THIS ISN'T CONSIDERED A PROBLEM WITH RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. WE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT SLPS DIDN'T RECEIVE THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER STIPEND BECAUSE WE ARE NOT TEACHERS, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF TO OUR HR DEPARTMENT AND ANYONE ELSE WHO MISTAKENLY THINKS WE ARE NOT TEACHERS. I SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING SLPS TEACH CHILDREN WHO STUTTER HOW TO COMMUNICATE CONFIDENTLY SO THAT THEY ARE NOT EMBARRASSED TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS, VOLUNTEER ANSWERS IN CLASS OR GIVE A PRESENTATION. SLPS TEACH CHILDREN WITH SPEECH SOUND DISORDERS TO ALTER THEIR PHONOLOGICAL SYSTEM, WHICH HAS A PROFOUND EFFECT ON THEIR SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY, BUT ALSO ON THE ACQUISITION OF CRITICAL READING AND WRITING SKILLS. WE TEACH OUR AUTISTIC STUDENTS THE FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATION SO THEY CAN ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN FRIENDSHIPS WITH PEERS. EVERY DAY WE TEACH. WE HAVE MADE MULTIPLE EFFORTS TO ADVOCATE FOR CONSISTENT COMPENSATION, BUT HAVE BEEN MET WITH VAGUE RESPONSES. IT IS TIME FOR US TO BE HEARD AND FINANCIALLY ACKNOWLEDGED FOR THE SUPERIOR SUPPORT WE PROVIDE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. MY NAME IS MADELINE GAYLOR. I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE A GENERAL COMMENT REGARDING THE RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT OF SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. THERE IS A WELL KNOWN SHORTAGE OF SLPS, AND YET SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION STIPENDS BOTH THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR, WHILE OTHER SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF HAVE NOT. SLP IS NOT ONLY PROVIDE PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES BUT ALSO COMPLETE ASSESSMENTS AND INDIRECT SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ROUND ROCK ISD STUDENTS AND THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. I WAS HIRED FOR THE DISTRICT THIS YEAR AND TURNED DOWN MULTIPLE HIRE OFFERS BECAUSE I HAD HEARD OF THE GOOD SUPPORT THIS DISTRICT PROVIDES AND THAT THERE WOULD BE AN INCREASE IN OVERALL PAY SCALE FOLLOWING BOARD APPROVAL. HOWEVER, THIS WEEK WE WERE INFORMED THAT WHILE WE WERE APPROVED TO ADVANCE OUR PAY SCALES, OUR SALARIES DID NOT INCREASE. [01:20:03] THE NEW 505 PAY SCALE WAS ADJUSTED SO THAT WE MAKE THE SAME SALARY AS LAST YEAR. ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN ON THIS TO ENSURE NOT ONLY THE RECRUITMENT OF NEW SLPS TO THE DISTRICT, BUT TO RETAIN THE SLPS WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO BUILD A CAREER HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THIS IS A GENERAL COMMENT. MY NAME IS SUSAN ARNOLD AND I HAVE BEEN A SPEECH PATHOLOGIST IN ROUND ROCK ISD FOR 24 YEARS FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW. I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE LACK OF EQUITABLE COMPENSATION FOR SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS. WHILE ROUND ROCK ISD HAS SPENT THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS ON STRATEGIES TO RETAIN AND RECRUIT TEACHERS, SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS CONTINUE TO BE EXCLUDED. ALL SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE AND MUST UPKEEP A NATIONAL CERTIFICATION AND TEXAS LICENSE. SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS PROVIDE DIRECT INSTRUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND CONDUCT FULL INDIVIDUAL EVALUATIONS. ANY CHILD AGES 3 TO 21 IDENTIFIED WITH A SPEECH IMPAIRMENT IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO RECEIVE THOSE SERVICES, WHETHER ROUND ROCK ISD ACKNOWLEDGES IT OR NOT. SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS PROVIDE A HIGHLY SPECIALIZED AND LEGALLY REQUIRED SERVICE. THERE IS A SEVERE SHORTAGE OF SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS NATIONWIDE. I RECEIVE DAILY TEXTS AND CALLS RECRUITING ME TO CONTRACT WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CLINICS, HOSPITALS AND SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW. SLPS HAVE BEEN GIVEN A SMALLER PERCENTAGE RAISE THAN TEACHERS. THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW THAT ROUND ROCK ISD HAS CHOSEN TO PROVIDE STIPENDS TO OTHER POSITIONS RATHER THAN FULLY FUNDING. THE BOARD APPROVED INCREASED PAY GRADE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BROUGHT SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS CLOSER TO MARKET VALUE. SLPS ARE ONLY ASKING THAT ROUND ROCK ISD TREAT US EQUALLY TO OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION COUNTERPARTS. H.R. HAS BEEN UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO ANSWER THE MANY QUESTIONS THAT SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS HAVE ASKED THIS WEEK. H.R. IS SENDING US A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT ROUND ROCK ISD IS NOT INTERESTED IN RETAINING SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS. GOOD EVENING, ROUND ROCK ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS LILY HSIUNG AND I AM HERE TO SPEAK AND SUPPORT FOR APPROVAL OF ACTION ITEMS I2 AND I3 ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. I AM A MEMBER OF THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS OF EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. THE CLASS OF 2020. I CAME FROM A GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT HAD A VERY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. AS WE NAVIGATED THE NUMEROUS CHALLENGES OF BEING THE FIRST STUDENTS TO EVER ATTEND HHS, ALL WE HAD TO KEEP US GOING WERE PROMISES OF THE ADULTS WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF US, PRIORITIZE OUR SAFETY AND WELL-BEING, AND ADVOCATE FOR US. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MY FRESHMAN YEAR IN 2016, WE WERE TOLD THAT BY MY JUNIOR YEAR WE WOULD GET A BUILDING. WE WERE PROMISED A PLACE TO GATHER, A SPACE OF PERMANENCE WE WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE IN. THAT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO AND NONE OF THESE PROMISES HAVE BEEN KEPT. TODAY, THE NEED OF A BUILDING FOR HHS STUDENTS IS GREATER THAN EVER. THE WORLD HAS BECOME AN INCREASINGLY VIOLENT AND UNPREDICTABLE PLACE, AND FOR STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING ROUND ROCK ISD, EACH DAY IN SCHOOL COULD BE THEIR LAST. WHY ARE WE NOT DOING MORE TO PROTECT STUDENTS? THE BROKEN PROMISES SURROUNDING A BUILDING HAS ALSO TAKEN A LONG TERM MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL TOLL ON HHS ALUMNI. IN COLLEGE, IT TOOK ME YEARS TO BELIEVE THAT WHEN SOMEONE IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION WOULD SAY SOMETHING WAS GOING TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER, THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN. AS THE ELDEST ALUMNI, I HAVE HAD TO GUIDE MANY OF THE MORE RECENT ALUMNI THROUGH THIS AS WELL TO HELP THEM TRANSITION INTO AN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY FEEL ACTUALLY SEES AND HEARS THE CONCERNS AND CARES ABOUT THEM. HOW MANY MORE YEARS WILL I HAVE TO DO THIS FOR? I AM NOW THE FIRST EVER ALUMNI REPRESENTATIVE ON THE PTSA EXECUTIVE BOARD, AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. DO SOMETHING. HELLO, MY NAME IS LEAH GLUCK AND THIS IS A GENERAL COMMENT. I AM A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST WITH THE DISTRICT AND I WORK IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL. THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR HERE AND I'M HONESTLY VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH HOW THIS DISTRICT HAS TREATED US AS SLPS OR SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS. WE CAN WORK IN A WIDE VARIETY OF SETTINGS, INCLUDING HOSPITALS, PRIVATE PRACTICES, INPATIENT AND OTHERS. WE ARE NEEDED IN EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PROVIDE A FEDERALLY MANDATED SERVICE FOR STUDENTS WITH COMMUNICATION NEEDS AND DISABILITIES. [01:25:04] I CHOSE ROUND ROCK ISD BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WE AS PROVIDERS WOULD BE VALUED HERE DESPITE MULTIPLE OFFERS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS AND OPTIONS IN OTHER SETTINGS SUCH AS PRIVATE PRACTICE. WHEN I REALIZED THAT OUR DISTRICT WAS PAYING ABOUT $5,000 LESS TO US THAN OTHER DISTRICTS, I WAS UPSET THAT THE DEDICATION THAT I HAVE IS LITERALLY DEPRECIATING IN THIS DISTRICT. MY TEAM AND I PROVIDE BOTH DIRECT INSTRUCTION LIKE FED SPEECH, SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND EVALUATION LIKE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS AND DIAGNOSTICIANS DO BOTH, ALL OF WHICH WERE AWARDED STIPENDS THIS SCHOOL YEAR. DESPITE ALL OF OUR CONTRIBUTIONS, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKED OVER FOR STIPENDS AND OR RAISES EVEN AFTER WE WERE PROMISED THEM LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH WAS HONESTLY PART OF WHY I CHOSE TO RETURN THIS YEAR IN THE FIRST PLACE. IN ADDITION, WE RECEIVE A LOWER PERCENTAGE POINT OF RAISE THAN TEACHERS, ALTHOUGH WE ARE ALSO INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF AND ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE AND A STATE AND NATIONAL LICENSE TO PRACTICE. ALL OF THIS HAS LEFT US FEELING UNDERVALUED, UNDERAPPRECIATED AND CONSIDERING WHETHER IT IS WORTH IT TO STAY IN THIS DISTRICT AT ALL. WE ARE ALL AT A BREAKING POINT IN RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT WHEN IT COMES TO SPEECH THERAPY SERVICES IN THIS DISTRICT, AND I REALLY HOPE THAT THE BOARD CONSIDERS PAYING US WHAT WE DESERVE BEFORE OUR STUDENTS SUFFER FROM A LACK OF SPEECH THERAPISTS TO PROVIDE THE THERAPY THAT THEY NEED TO ACCESS THIS EDUCATION. HI, THIS IS JAPEN PATEL. I TEACH AT BRUSHY CREEK AND I AM CALLING FOR GENERAL COMMENT ON BEHALF OF SLPS IN OUR DISTRICT. I AM REALLY GRATEFUL FOR MY SLP IN MY CLASSROOM. I TEACH EARLY CHILDHOOD. SPECIAL EDUCATION IN MY SLP HAS HELPED ME LEARN MORE ABOUT ACCESSIBLE AAC AND COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND HAS HELPED ME TO LEARN HOW TO MODEL AND GIVE CHILDREN ACCESS TO DEVICES IN THE CLASSROOM. BECAUSE OF HER, I WAS ABLE TO GET ALL OF MY STUDENTS DEVICES AND WITHOUT HER I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO SO. SHE IS ALWAYS ON TOP OF THINGS AND OFFERS US TRAININGS AND GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP ME WHEN I DON'T KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE DEVICES AND HELPS ME BE THE BEST THAT I CAN BE TO SUPPORT MY STUDENTS LANGUAGE AND GROWTH DEVELOPMENT. I'M ASKING THAT SLPS RECEIVE A FAIR AND RAISED SALARY TO SUPPORT ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. BYE. CHRIS CURRAN GENERAL COMMENT. OUR DISTRICT IS MISUSING FUNDS THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. CASE IN POINT, HOW MUCH HAS THE ROUND ROCK ISD BOARD SPENT ON LEGAL FEES? GUESS WHAT? JUST FOR ONE CASE STORY CLARKE VERSUS ROUND ROCK ISD. THEY HAVE SPENT A WHOPPING $99,108.10, AND THIS HAS NOT EVEN BEGUN TO GO TO TRIAL. MAYBE TRY STOPPING THE MALFEASANCE, FOLLOW THE LAW, AND PERHAPS YOU WON'T KEEP GETTING SUED BY PARENTS. ON ANOTHER NOTE, I WOULD LIKE THE NAME OF THE LAW FIRM THAT IS REPRESENTING CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS. AMBER FELLER, AMY WEIR AND TIFFANIE HARRISON FOR THEIR PERSONAL LIABILITY REGARDING THIS FEDERAL CASE. IT APPEARS TO BE PAGE NINE, SECTION 18 DOES NOT ALLOW FOR TAXPAYER AND TAXPAYER OR DISTRICT FUNDS TO BE USED FOR THEIR PERSONAL LIABILITY OR LEGAL DEFENSE WITHOUT A VOTE BY THE BOARD. OF COURSE, THESE THREE MEMBERS WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS VOTE, AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A VOTE. SO I ASK THAT THEIR REPRESENTATION BE NAMED IMMEDIATELY OR TAKE A VOTE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS BOBBY JONES AND THIS IS A GENERAL COMMENT. I'M A SPEECH PATHOLOGIST IN THE ROUND ROCK ISD. WE ARE INTEGRAL MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF AND OUR WORK DIRECTLY IMPACTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. IN MY SETTING, I AM INVOLVED IN DIRECT INSTRUCTION AND INTERVENTION, COLLABORATION IN THE CLASSROOM WITH STUDENTS AND STAFF ON CAMPUS AND IN TRANSITION WORK BASED ENVIRONMENTS. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY THINGS IN THE SCHOOLS. ASSESSMENT NEEDS, SUCH AS COMPLETING SPECIAL EDUCATION EVALUATIONS, CASE MANAGEMENT, DEVELOPING THE IEP, IMPLEMENTING THE IEP, COLLABORATING WITH THE ART COMMITTEE, WORKING WITH PARENTS, TEACHERS. STUDENTS. MONITORING PROGRESS. DIRECT INTERVENTION. OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN OVERLOOKED AND IGNORED BY HR AND THE ROUND ROCK ISD. WHILE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO STEM THE BLEEDING OF SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF MEMBERS IN THE FORM OF INCREASED TRAINING, MENTORSHIP, RETENTION, STIPENDS AND RAISES, SLPS HAVE BEEN [01:30:04] COMPLETELY LEFT OUT OF THE CONVERSATION, DESPITE MANY HOURS SPENT WORKING DIRECTLY ALONGSIDE AND WITH SPED COLLEAGUES AND STUDENTS. IN MAY, WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WOULD BE REALLOCATED TO A DIFFERENT PAY SCALE IN ORDER TO INCENTIVIZE US TO SIGN CONTRACTS FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. ONE AND A HALF MONTHS INTO THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM HR EXPLAINING THAT UNFORTUNATELY THEY HAD TO COMPRESS THIS NEW PAY SCALE AND THIS WOULD RESULT IN LESS PAY THAN WAS ORIGINALLY DISCUSSED. REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE CONSISTENTLY INCLUDE AND COLLABORATE WITH SLPS HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE FEDERALLY MANDATED SERVICES AND EVALUATIONS TO THE STUDENTS OF ROUND ROCK ISD. WE HAVE HAD DIFFICULTY KEEPING STAFF. WE'VE HAD MANY SLPS LEAVE LAST YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE DIFFICULTY ATTRACTING QUALITY NEW STAFF IN ORDER TO FULFILL THESE MINUTES. PARENTS, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THESE FAILURES DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE QUALITY INSTRUCTION TO YOUR STUDENTS WITH SPEECH. HI, THIS IS CHRISTINA STUBBLEFIELD AND THIS IS A GENERAL COMMENT. I'M ONE OF THE NEW HIRES THIS YEAR, AND I JUST WANTED TO BE HONEST AND SAY THAT I RECEIVED MULTIPLE JOB OFFERS IN THIS AREA, AND THE DISTRICT'S OFFER FOR MY SALARY WAS BY FAR THE LOWEST OFFER. SLPS ARE REALLY IN DEMAND IN HOSPITALS, PRIVATE CLINICS, SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA. AND UNFORTUNATELY ROUND ROCK ISD HAS UNDERCOMPENSATED THOSE SLPS COMPARED TO ALL THESE GROUPS AND THIS HAS ALSO BEEN PROVEN IN THE TASB STUDY. I CHOSE THIS JOB BECAUSE I HAVE A HEART FOR SERVING THE STUDENTS OF MY COMMUNITY, BUT I WILL BE REEVALUATING MY OPTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES WITH SALARIES AND THE WAY WE FEEL LIKE THE DISTRICT IS VALUING SUPPORTING US. I'M AWARE OF HOW SLPS HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM STIPENDS. OUR COWORKERS ARE RECEIVING, SUCH AS 3000 FOR LSPS, 3000 FOR SPED TEACHERS AND 1500 FOR DIAGNOSTICIANS AND SPED ASSISTANTS. WE ALL HAVE MASTER'S DEGREES AND VERY SPECIALIZED TRAINING TO PROVIDE VERY QUALITY AND NEEDED SERVICES THAT THE DISTRICT IS ALSO LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF SLPS IN THE DISTRICT WITHOUT ANY CHANGES, AND THAT IS MY COMMENT. THANK YOU. BYE. HI, MY NAME IS TAYLOR WALLER. I'M A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST FOR ROUND ROCK ISD AND I AM REACHING OUT TO THE BOARD DUE TO CONCERN REGARDING RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT OF THE SLP GROUP. LAST YEAR THERE WERE MANY VACANCIES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR AND WE COULDN'T EVEN FILL THEM WITH CONTRACTED SUBS. WE ENDED THE YEAR WITH 13 VACANCIES. HISTORICALLY, THIS IS MORE THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. WE DID RECEIVE SOME APPLICANTS, BUT EACH ONE DECLINED OUR POSITION AND TOLD US OPENLY THAT OUR DISTRICT WAS PAYING ABOUT $5,000 LESS THAN OTHER SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. SLPS HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION STIPENDS LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, ALTHOUGH OTHER SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. SLPS PROVIDE DIRECT INSTRUCTION LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND ASSESSMENTS LIKE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS AND DIAGNOSTICIANS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. ONCE A SCHOOL AGE STUDENT IS IDENTIFIED WITH A SPEECH IMPAIRMENT, AN SLP HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE, A NATIONAL CERTIFICATION AND A TEXAS STATE LICENSE. SPEECH THERAPY MINUTES ARE WRITTEN IN THE PAPERWORK AND REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE FULFILLED AS WRITTEN. WHETHER WE CAN STAFF FOR THE POSITIONS OR NOT, ONLY SO MANY STUDENTS CAN BE TREATED BY ONE SLP IN A GIVEN WEEK, ESPECIALLY IF WE WANT TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR THE CHILDREN. WE WERE ABLE TO RETAIN AS MUCH STAFF AS POSSIBLE AND RECRUIT NEW STAFF BASED ON ADVANCING THE GROUP FROM 504 TO THE 505 PAY SCALE BASED ON THE TASB STUDY THAT PROVED THE GROUP WAS UNDER COMPENSATED. HOWEVER, THIS WEEK WE WERE INFORMED THAT WHILE WE WERE APPROVED TO ADVANCE PAY SCALES, OUR SALARIES DID NOT INCREASE. THE NEW 505 PAY SCALE WAS ADJUSTED SO THAT WE MAKE THE SAME SALARY AS LAST YEAR. WE WERE AGAIN EXCLUDED FROM THE SPECIAL EDUCATION RETENTION STIPENDS IN ADDITION TO RECEIVING. [01:35:01] HI, MY NAME IS CHRISTINA AND I WILL BE MAKING A GENERAL COMMENT. MY COMMENT IS ACTUALLY MORE OF A QUESTION TO OUR DISTRICT. HOW IS IT THAT THIS DISTRICT'S BUDGET IS CURRENTLY IN A $20 MILLION DEFICIT BUT CONTINUES TO SPEND MONEY ON UNNECESSARY THINGS? ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF SUCH AS THE DEI OFFICER THAT WAS RECENTLY HIRED FOR $1 MILLION, AN ANNUAL SALARY, THIRD PARTY COMPANIES TO DO THINGS WE COULD BE LOOKING AT DOING IN HOUSE LUNCH LINE RENTAL PROJECTS. WHY WE HAVE A DECLINING STUDENT POPULATION, THE PURCHASING OF SURVEYS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ENHANCING OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION UNDER ANY NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WHETHER IT'S A BUSINESS OR EVEN A FAMILY THAT HAS MORE CASH GOING OUT THAN COMING IN. YOU HAVE TO STOP SPENDING AND REEVALUATE YOUR BUDGET. BUT YET ALL I SEE HERE IS MORE SPENDING AND MORE COMING BACK TO THE TAXPAYERS TO DIG YOU OUT OF YOUR EGREGIOUS SPENDING. THUS, THE PUSH FOR VADER TO PASS, WHICH, YES, THE TAX RATE WILL GO DOWN. BUT WHAT YOU DON'T HEAR IS THE AMOUNT MOST HOMEOWNERS WILL PAY WILL GO UP BECAUSE HOME VALUES HAVE GONE UP. IF VADER PASSES, IT WILL COST THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER OVER $700 MORE. THIS ISN'T AT ALL ABOUT THE TEACHERS. STOP USING THAT AS A WAY TO TUG AT THE VOTERS. IT'S ALL ABOUT DIGGING THE DISTRICT OUT OF SOME VERY POOR SPENDING DECISIONS. THANK YOU. BRITTANY. I'M COMMENTING ABOUT PROP A AND A GENERAL COMMENT. FIRST, I'M ASKING EVERYONE TO VOTE YES ON PROP A ON NOVEMBER 7TH. PROP A WILL NOT RAISE YOUR TAXES. PROP A WILL GIVE TEACHERS AND STAFF A DESPERATELY NEEDED RAISE. SECONDLY, MOMS FOR LIBERTY IS A DESIGNATED HATE GROUP. TWO TRUSTEES ON THIS BOARD ARE MEMBERS OF THE HATE GROUP MOMS FOR LIBERTY. IT IS VERY CONCERNING THAT THESE TWO ARE IN A POSITION TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN AND STAFF. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY WORK AGAINST PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING. VOTE OUT BONE AND WESTON IN 2024. I ASK THIS BOARD TO RECONSIDER THE CALENDAR AS IT IS NOT EQUITABLE TO ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF. TWO TRUSTEE STATE HARRISON MARKHAM, WEIR AND PRESIDENT LANDRUM. BRAVO. WELL DONE. MANY SAY HELLO. GENERAL COMMENT. I'M A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST FOR OUR DISTRICT AND WORKING FOR ROUND ROCK ISD WAS A GOAL I HAD SINCE BEGINNING MY CAREER AS AN SLP. I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED AT THE HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICES PROVIDED TO OUR STUDENTS WHILE I WAS WORKING ON MY INTERNSHIP AND I ACHIEVED A GOAL OF OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT WITH ROUND ROCK ISD AND HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE WONDERFUL STUDENTS AND STAFF AT CALDWELL HEIGHTS AS WELL AS BLACKLAND PRAIRIE. UNFORTUNATELY, MY CONTINUATION WITH THE DISTRICT IS UNCERTAIN DUE TO RECENT OVERSIGHTS AND SALARY INCREASES AND STIPENDS. THE TASB STUDY SHOWED THE ROUND ROCK ISD SLPS ARE UNDERPAID ACCORDING TO RATES IN OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, AND WHILE THE DISTRICT PROMISED ACTION, THEY HAVE NOT FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH WHAT WAS PROMISED TO OUR WELL DESERVING TEAM. SO SLPS ARE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THAT CAN EASILY MAKE 15 TO 20,000 MORE A YEAR OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT CHOOSE TO STAY DUE TO LOYALTY TO OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND SLP TEAM. SO NOW SLPS, INCLUDING MYSELF, MAY BE FORCED TO LOOK OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO FIND EMPLOYMENT THAT COMPENSATES US FAIRLY. SO THIS CALL IS ASKING THE BOARD TO TAKE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBLE REPERCUSSIONS THAT WOULD RESULT FROM RECENT BUDGETING DECISIONS AND WHAT OUR SCHOOL STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY WILL LOSE OUT ON IF CHANGES ARE NOT MADE TO KEEP AND RECRUIT THE TALENT OF OUR SLP TEAM. THANK YOU FOR HEARING AND TAKING YOUR TIME TO CONSIDER. THANK YOU. BYE. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE EVENING. TRUSTEES, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A TEN MINUTE RECESS BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON OUR SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT. SO IT'S 710. PLEASE BE BACK AT 720. ALL RIGHT. IT IS 720. AND I WAS INFORMED THAT WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL CALL IN PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS NOT ON MY LIST. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC SPEAKER. THEN WE'LL GO TO AGENDA ITEM F ONE. LIEUTENANT ARE WASTING OUR EDUCATIONAL MONEY AND IT NEEDS TO STOP. THERE'S A LOT OF HIGH DOLLAR ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA FOR OUR STUDENTS AND CAMPUSES. AND YES, I ALWAYS WANT TO OFFER OUR TEACHERS MORE MONEY AND PAY RAISES, BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE SPENDING OUR HALF $1 BILLION BUDGET. [01:40:08] WHERE IS OUR MONEY GOING? IT'S SCARY THAT THIS BOARD IS POSITIONING ITSELF TO VOTE AGAINST IMPLEMENTING THE HB THREE ARMED OFFICER REQUIREMENT WITH A GOOD CLAUSE EXCEPTION WAIVER BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD IT. THIS BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT ARE PUTTING OUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY AT RISK WITH THEIR ILLEGAL SPENDING PER TASBIH USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS POLICY, WHICH STATES A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY EXPEND PUBLIC FUNDS FOR THE DEFENSE OF A TRUSTEE IN A PRIVATE LAWSUIT ALLEGING A TORT IF A MAJORITY OF THE DISINTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MAKE A GOOD FAITH DETERMINATION THAT A DEFENSE IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY NOT, HOWEVER, EXPEND PUBLIC FUNDS TO REPRESENT A PURELY PERSONAL INTERESTS OF AN INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE. THERE WAS NEVER A VOTE FROM THIS BOARD TO USE OUR TAXPAYER MONEY TO DEFEND FIVE TRUSTEES FOR THEIR PERSONAL DEFENSE RELEASE. THE SECRET AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ROUND ROCK ISD SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. THOMPSON, HORTON AND THE FIVE TRUSTEES. THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT THIS AGREEMENT IS ABOUT AND WHO IS PAYING FOR THEIR PERSONAL DEFENSE AND ALSO RELEASE THE INSURANCE POLICY THAT AMY WEIR MENTIONED THAT THE DISTRICT IS ILLEGALLY USING TO PAY FOR THIS LEGAL DEFENSE. RELEASE THE DOCUMENTS WE DESERVE AS TAXPAYERS TO SEE WHO'S PAYING. ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM I. YES, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION BEFORE WE START OUR AGENDA ITEMS. I MOVE THAT FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM, TRUSTEES BE LIMITED TO 45 SECONDS FOR EACH COMMENT, QUESTION, DISCUSSION, TOPIC AND TWO MINUTES WRAP UP OR MOTION COMMENT AND ASK THAT MISS ALCALA BE THE TIMEKEEPER. SECOND. WHERE IS MISS CARLA? WELL, IT MAY HAVE TO BE. I KNOW IT MAY HAVE TO BE YOU THEN. SHE WAS RIGHT HERE. OH, I THINK SHE EVAPORATED. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION. DID I GET A SECOND? YES, WE HAD A SECOND. BUT I ALSO WANTED SINCE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I WAS GOING TO EXPLAIN THAT IT'S NOT A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS. IT IS A LIMIT ON THE LENGTH OF EACH QUESTION, COMMENT OR DISCUSSION IN ORDER TO ABIDE BY THE LONE STAR GOVERNANCE. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A COMMENT. TRUSTEE. WESTON. YEAH, THIS IS VERY OFFENSIVE ACTUALLY, BECAUSE I'M OKAY WITH ACTUALLY LIMITING THE LENGTH OF A QUESTION TO 45 SECONDS, BUT WE HAVE SOME REALLY CONSEQUENTIAL TOPICS ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT THAT I HAVE SPENT MANY HOURS PREPARING FOR, ESPECIALLY UNDER ACTION ITEMS. I AND IF I'M GOING TO IF YOU'RE GOING TO LIMIT ME TO TWO MINUTES TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS AND EXPLAIN MY VOTE TO THE PUBLIC, THEN I BELIEVE YOU'RE HINDERING MY ABILITY TO PERFORM MY DUTIES. THIS IS A VERY OFFENSIVE MOTION AND I'D ASK YOU TO REMOVE THE SECOND PART. I'LL BE VOTING NO. TRUSTEE. BONE. THANK YOU. WE FIND OURSELVES YET HERE AGAIN WITH THIS RIDICULOUS MOTION WHICH WE'VE SEEN. IT PASSED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WE HAVE SEEN OUR PUBLIC COME FORWARD TONIGHT. THEY ELECTED SEVEN OF US TO SIT UP HERE AND MAKE VERY SERIOUS DECISIONS FOR THEIR CHILDREN. I. I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE THIS MOTION BECAUSE FOR ME IT IT GOES TO SHOW THAT THERE'S SOME ON THE BOARD THAT KEEP VOTING FOR THIS THAT JUST DON'T TAKE THIS BUSINESS SERIOUSLY. I SET WITH HEADS UP NASA. I'VE SET WITH THE HEADS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AT THE PENTAGON LEVEL. THIS IS NOT HOW REAL BUSINESS IS DONE. IF ANYBODY IN CORPORATE WORLD WANTS TO COME AND TELL ME THAT THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE, PLEASE TELL ME WHICH BUSINESS. BECAUSE I'VE WORKED IN MANY INDUSTRIES AND THIS IS NOT HOW REAL BUSINESS IS DONE, BUT THIS IS THE WAY THIS BOARD WANTS TO TREAT OUR CHILDREN. WE HAVE THINGS LIKE SAFETY. ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. AND WE WANT TO LIMIT TRUSTEES QUESTIONS TO 45 SECONDS. AND AS SOMEBODY WHO STUDIES SEMANTICS, PLEASE DEFINE QUESTION BECAUSE MY QUESTIONS ARE PROBABLY 45 SECONDS, BUT TO SET THEM UP. BECAUSE I TEND TO ASK VERY DETAILED INTELLECTUAL QUESTIONS. THEY TAKE SOME TIME. POINT OF ORDER. TRUSTEE BONE. PLEASE, PLEASE REMEMBER DECORUM. I'M SAYING, CAN YOU PLEASE EXPAND ON WHAT PART OF THAT DECORUM THAT YOU DID NOT LIKE? THAT I THAT I TEND TO ASK. VERY DETAILED INTELLECTUAL QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I HAVE I MEAN, MAYBE EVERYBODY CAN HOLD UP THEIR PAPERS. [01:45:07] CAN YOU GUYS ALL MAYBE WE CAN ALL HOLD UP HOW WE PREPARED FOR THIS? BECAUSE I GOT THIS LIST OF QUESTIONS WHICH WERE THE ONLY QUESTIONS ASKED PRIOR TO THIS MEETING. AND THOSE QUESTIONS WERE ONLY FROM TRUSTEE WESTON. AND TRUSTEE. BONE. SO I HAVE. I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW I OVERPREPARE. THAT'S WHY I HAVE QUESTIONS. THAT'S WHY I HAVE QUESTIONS THAT ARE MORE THAN 45 SECONDS. I HAVE VERY DETAILED QUESTIONS THAT I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR. AND TO LIMIT US. IT JUST IT LEAVES THE MIND TO WONDER. AND MY MIND WONDERS TO. WELL. HMM. HOW IS IT THAT FIVE TRUSTEES NEVER ASKED ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE THE MEETING? AND NOW FIVE TRUSTEES APPARENTLY WANT TO LIMIT QUESTIONS, AND YET THEY ALREADY THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THESE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THEY'RE USING THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR A WALKING QUORUM? A QUESTION. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THREE OF THEM ARE TALKING AND THEN MAYBE ONE OF THEM TALKS TO ONE OTHER PERSON? THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS THAT THIS COULD BE DONE, BUT IT MAKES ONE WONDER. OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES BETTER. AND SPECIFICALLY OUR CHILDREN. I SEE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OUT THERE. THEY DESERVE TO HEAR OUR QUESTIONS, OUR DETAILED QUESTIONS, SO THAT THEY DON'T GET THE WRONG IMPRESSIONS. THEY DESERVE TO HEAR US HAVE GOOD DEBATE NOT TO LIMIT EACH OTHER'S SPEECH. WHICH OUR FOUNDING FATHERS FIRST AMENDMENT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. BUT FOR MOST OF US, THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO DON'T LIMIT OUR SPEECH HERE. LET US ASK QUESTIONS. LET US USE OUR TIME. AND THE THING IS, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS, DON'T ASK QUESTIONS. IF YOU DON'T WANT DEBATE, DON'T SAY ANYTHING. YOU ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO SIT THERE. BUT TRUSTEE, WESTON AND I ARE VERY ENGAGED. WE VERY MUCH WANT TO TALK TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE VERY MUCH WANT THE ADMINISTRATION TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IN THIS FORUM SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN HEAR. AND I MEAN, I SEE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I MAY NOT AGREE WITH SOMETIMES, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE SUPER ENGAGED AND SPEND TONS OF TIME IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEY DESERVE TO HEAR THIS. THEY DESERVE TO HEAR DETAILED QUESTIONS AND THEY DESERVE TO HEAR DETAILED ANSWERS. AND THEY HAVE A RIGHT NOT TO LIMIT US TO 2 MINUTES OR 45 SECONDS. AND I WILL TELL YOU BECAUSE. IT IS POSSIBLE IF WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS, I MIGHT START USING MY TWO MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT TIME AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT. IF YOU'RE GOING TO LIMIT MY SPEECH UP HERE, THEN I'LL GO TO THE MIC AND AT LEAST I'LL GET ANOTHER TWO MINUTES. SO I ASK AGAIN, JUST LET US GO BACK TO HAVING OPEN SPEECH. IF YOU ALL DON'T LIKE THE TIME, JUST DON'T SAY ANYTHING. BUT FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE PREPARED THAT HAVE JUST TONS OF QUESTIONS. THAT HAVE SPENT HOURS GIVING UP TIME WITH OUR FAMILIES. PREPARING. LET US ASK THESE QUESTIONS SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN HEAR. TRUSTEE HARRISON. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY ISN'T ABOUT US. IT'S NOT ABOUT OUR SPEECHES. IT'S NOT. I THINK THAT YOU REALLY PROVED THE POINT OF WHY WE NEED TO LIMIT THE TIME. WE'RE NOT LIMITING THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS. WE NEED TO BE POINT OF ORDER. DECORUM. WHAT? WHAT IS YOUR POINT? I WOULD LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO QUORUM ON THE BOARD. I WAS ASKED FOR DECORUM. I WOULD ASK TRUSTEE HARRISON FOR DECORUM. ARE WE NOT DOING DECORUM? I'M ASKING YOU TO RULE ON DECORUM. THIS IS. I'VE ALREADY RULED ON DECORUM. I'VE ASKED FOR DECORUM ON THE BOARD TONIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND YOU'RE FIGHTING, OKAY. TRUSTEE. HARRISON HAS THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. YOU'RE STATING FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, AND IT'S MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO SAY THAT THIS IS THE EXACT REASON WHY WE WANT TO BE GOOD STEWARDS AND FAITHFUL STEWARDS OF COMMUNITY TIME. IT IS HARD TO FOLLOW A NINE HOUR MEETING. IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING WHEN WE ARE PREPARED BEFORE THE MEETING. WE'RE ABLE TO PROGRESS THROUGH THIS BUSINESS MEETING QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY. AND WHEN WE CARE ABOUT CHILDREN, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE NOT KEEPING STAFF UP TILL 2 OR 3 IN THE MORNING AND THEN EXPECTING THEM TO GO TO WORK AND WORK ON BEHALF OF OUR CHILDREN. AND FOR THAT REASON, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THE QUESTION ON THIS MOTION. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CALL THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FIVE TWO. I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO LIMIT QUESTIONS TO 45 SECONDS AND A WRAP UP SUMMARY OF TWO MINUTES. [01:50:04] ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. FIVE TWO. DR. AZAIEZ, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR AGENDA ITEM F ONE LONE STAR GOVERNANCE MONITORING REPORT. [F. SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS] GOAL THREE, INCLUDING GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES 3.13.23.3. THIS IS OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES DISCUSSION, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR KICKING IT OFF FOR US. NO. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT LANDRUM. BOARD MEMBERS. THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I'M SO HAPPY WE FINALLY GET TO ACTUALLY DISCUSS AND OUR STUDENTS THAT AND HOW ARE WE DOING. SO I HAVE I THINK DR. NICHOLS, NATALIE, WILL BE THE ONLY ONE HELPING US OUT WITH THIS PRESENTATION. SO WE PREPARE. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR PROGRESS MONITORING CALENDAR AND THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. AS YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER, IT'S THE TIME ALMOST TO GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT GOAL THREE. AND SO GOAL THREE IS AROUND CMR. SO WITH US AGAIN, DR. NICHOLS WILL BE TAKING US THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION AND AND PRETTY MUCH SHARING WITH US HOW OUR STUDENTS DID. AND THIS IS TALKING ABOUT OUR 2020, 23 GRADUATES. GO AHEAD, DR. NICHOLS. THANK YOU, DR. AZAIEZ. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO REPRESENT MY TEAM. THEY DID AN IMMACULATE JOB PREPARING FOR THIS, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THEM ALL FOR MS.. ERICA SIMMONS. WE HAVE SHERRY IN IN CTE. WE HAVE MICHELLE HERE WITH US TONIGHT, MR. RODRIGO PORTILLO. UM, I KNOW I'M FORGETTING. MARY ANN MAXWELL, HOST OF TEAM, JUST TO KNOW THAT I'M HERE REPRESENTING THEM AND SPEAKING ON THEIR BEHALF. AGAIN, THANK YOU, DR. AZAIEZ, PRESIDENT LANDRUM, AND, OF COURSE, OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES. I'LL MAKE SURE THIS. ALL RIGHT. SO TO START WITH, WE WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT BOARD GOAL THREE AND THE GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES BOARD GOAL THREE, SPECIFICALLY MEASURES WHERE WE STAND AS IT RELATES TO COLLEGE, CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS. THE BOARD GOAL STATES THAT WE WANT TO GO FROM 83% TO 94% BY AUGUST 2026, WHICH BECAUSE THIS IS A LAGGING IDENTIFIER, MEANS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CLASS OF 2025. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO FIRST CELEBRATION, THIS SPECIFICALLY IS WITHIN THE FROM THE AUSTIN CHAMBER TO JUST SPEAK TO WAYS IN WHICH OUR CAMPUSES ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. SO BECAUSE IT WAS THE AUSTIN CHAMBER, THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE RECOGNIZED WERE ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN, MCNEIL ROUND ROCK AND ALSO FOR WESTWOOD. AND SO WE WERE NAMED THE AT THE DISTRICT THAT HAD THE GREATEST IMPROVEMENT IN COLLEGE READINESS FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND ALSO WE HAD TWO SCHOOLS. MCNEIL AND ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THE GREATEST IMPROVEMENT IN DIRECT COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, WHICH MEANS THAT WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF GRADUATING, THESE STUDENTS WENT DIRECTLY TO COLLEGE. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CELEBRATE THAT AND THE GREAT WORK OF OUR COLLEGES AND OUR DISTRICT AS OUR OF OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR 2023 DATA. SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TO GIVE EVERYONE CONTEXT. WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO REPORT ON THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR BECAUSE WE GET OUR FINAL DATA IN THE SUMMER, JULY OF 2023. AS IT RELATES TO AP TESTING, IB TESTING AND SO FORTH. SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO REPORT OUT ON THE FINAL MEASURE FOR 2023 UNTIL THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR HAS STARTED DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. WE'VE GIVEN INTERIM REPORTS, BUT THE FINAL REPORT DOES NOT COME UNTIL SEPTEMBER, UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO IN LOOKING AT WHERE WE LANDED FOR THIS YEAR, YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT THE TARGETS THAT THE BOARD HAD SET OVERARCHINGLY IN REGARDS TO WHERE WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO BE BY STUDENT GROUP. AND THEN WE SEE SPECIFICALLY WHERE OUR SENIORS LANDED FOR 2023. OF ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS, SPECIAL EDUCATION WAS ABLE TO MEET THEIR GOAL OF 72% AND BY SEVEN POINTS, AND THEY LANDED ON 79%. YOU SEE THEN WHERE THE REST OF OUR STUDENT GROUPS LANDED, ONE OF THE THINGS TO POINT OUT IS WE RECOGNIZE THE DISPARITY BETWEEN THE STUDENT GROUPS. AND ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON IS TO WHILE PUSHING TO HIGHER LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT, MAKING SURE THAT WE LESSEN THE DISPARITY BETWEEN THE STUDENT GROUPS. OUR GOAL FOR THIS YEAR OVERARCHINGLY WAS 88% AND AS A TEAM WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE TO 86% WHILE WE WERE SHORT BY 2% FOR THIS GOAL. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE US OVERALL TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE WERE AT 78% LAST SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE END OF 2022 AND WE'RE ABLE TO GROW BY EIGHT PERCENTAGE POINTS IN A ONE YEAR MARGIN. [01:55:01] AND WE'LL GO ON TO SHOW THE WORK SPECIFICALLY THAT EACH OF THE CAMPUS DID. SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE THE HIGH SCHOOLS AS FAR AS THE HERCULEAN TASK OF PUSHING THAT IS INDEED A GREAT MANY PERCENTAGE POINTS TO BE ABLE TO LEAP IN ONE SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. NOW WHAT WE WANT TO SHARE IS HOW THAT 86% BREAKS DOWN SPECIFICALLY AS IT AS IT PERTAINS TO OUR CAMPUSES. SO YOU SEE OUR CAMPUSES HERE. I THINK THERE IS ONE CAMPUS THAT'S NOT REPRESENTED. AN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL IS NOT ON THERE, BUT KNOW THAT THEY REPRESENT 100% OF THEIR GRADUATES FOR 2023 WERE ABLE TO REACH CMR NUMBERS. SO WE SEE THAT FOR CEDAR RIDGE, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET TO 90% MCNEIL, 80% ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, 86%. STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL 75%. AND WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL 93%. YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT OF THAT THEIR TARGETS AS FAR AS WHAT THEIR GOALS WERE AND WHAT THEY WERE HOPING TO PUSH TOWARDS AND THEN WHERE THEY LANDED. AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM AS A TEAM. THEY WERE ABLE TO INCREASE FROM 78% TO 80, 86% IN ONE SCHOOL YEAR. NOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IS THE GPM. THE GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES. AND THE GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES AGGREGATE IN ORDER TO FORM THE NUMBERS THAT YOU JUST SAW FOR THE OVERARCHING BOARD GOAL THREE GOAL PROGRESS MEASURE 3.1 STATES THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO EARN CREDIT FOR ADVANCED COURSEWORK WILL INCREASE FROM 63 TO 76% BY 2026. OUR TARGET FOR THE 2023 SCHOOL YEAR WAS 67%. WHEN WE TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT ADVANCED COURSES. LET ME GO BACK ONE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. IN THIS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL ADVANCED COURSES TO INCLUDE ADVANCED PLACEMENT, INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE COURSES, DUAL CREDIT, DUAL ENROLLMENT, BUT ALSO THE CLASSES THAT STUDENTS TAKE THAT WILL PREPARE THEM FOR THOSE COURSES. SO THOSE PRE AP AND ALSO PRE IB COURSES ARE ALL INCLUDED WITHIN THIS METRIC. SO HERE WE HAVE THE NUMBERS THEN TELLING US WHAT PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE TAKING ADVANCED COURSES BY STUDENT GROUP. AND SO YOU SEE THAT RANGES ANYWHERE FROM A HIGH OF 94% FOR OUR ASIAN STUDENT GROUP TO A 11% FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION GROUP. AGAIN, ON THE RIGHT, YOU SEE OUR TARGETS FOR THE YEAR AND THEN OUR ACTUAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR 2023. IN REGARDS TO WHERE WE LANDED, WE ARE AGAIN AWARE OF THE DISPARITIES BETWEEN THE GROUP AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LESSENING THE DIVIDE BETWEEN OUR STUDENT GROUPS. AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON TOWARDS THE END OF THE PRESENTATIONS ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT REPRESENT THIS DISPARITY. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN BY OUR CAMPUSES, WE SEE SPECIFICALLY THAT, AGAIN, CEDAR RIDGE, 53% OF THEIR STUDENTS WERE IN ADVANCED COURSES, 61% FROM MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL, 73% FOR ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, 54% FOR STONY POINT AND 78% FOR WESTWOOD. SO THESE STUDENTS, AGAIN, THIS IS THESE REPRESENT UNIQUE NUMBERS, UNIQUE PERCENTAGES, AND THE AGGREGATE OF ALL THE GPMS GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES THEY AGGREGATE TO THE THE NUMBERS THAT I SHOWED YOU OVERARCHINGLY FOR BOARD GOAL THREE. GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES 3.1 SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO THE PERCENTAGE OF SENIORS WHO TEST AS COLLEGE READY IN READING AND MATH. IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SCORE WELL IN READING BUT NOT IN MATH, YOU WILL NOT COUNT IN THIS PERCENTAGE. SO THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SCORE AT THE COLLEGE READY RATE FOR BOTH OF THESE ITEMS IN ORDER TO MEET GOAL PROGRESS. MEASURE 3.2. OUR TARGET FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR IS 80% AND WHERE WE WERE GOING WAS 74% TO 92%. WAS THE GOAL SET FOR 2026. THE BREAKDOWN BY STUDENT GROUP IS AS FOLLOWS. AGAIN, WE SEE THAT WE HAVE A HIGH OF 95%, AND THEN WE FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION GROUP, WE ARE AT 14%. THERE WERE ONLY TWO STUDENT GROUPS THAT WERE ABLE TO MEET THEIR TARGETS. WE HAVE MULTI TOOL REPRESENTING TWO OR MORE RACES AND OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL GROUP AT 48%. SOMETHING TO NOTE IS THAT THESE TARGETS ARE SET BY THE GPM'S GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES ARE SET BY THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND THEN THE BOARD GOAL AND THE TARGETS WITHIN THE BOARD GOAL, OVERARCHING BOARD GOAL ARE SET BY OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES. [02:00:07] WE WERE ABLE TO WITHIN HERE, OUR OVERARCHING GOAL AGAIN WAS 80% AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE AT 75% OVERALL. WITHIN OUR CAMPUSES. THEY SET THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL GOALS AS FAR AS WHAT THEY WOULD THEY FEEL IT'S FEASIBLE TO REACH. AND AGAIN, WE SAW THAT THAT 75% BROKEN DOWN WAS REPRESENTED BY 79% AT CEDAR RIDGE, 73 AT MCNEIL, 76 AT ROUND ROCK, 54% AT STONY POINT AND AN 88% AT WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. OUR LAST GOAL PROGRESS MEASURE. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS WHO EARN AN INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION, AND WE WANTED TO MOVE THAT NUMBER FROM 8% TO 15% BY 2026. OUR TARGET FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE 2023 SCHOOL YEAR, THAT IS WAS 11%. WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, AS WE'VE REPORTED IN INTERIM PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT LAST YEAR, WE SAW THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REACH A 15%. AND WE. OUT INDEXED OUR GOAL BY 4%. ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS WERE ABLE TO MEET THE GOALS THAT WERE SET FOR THEM, EXCEPT FOR OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENT GROUP, WHICH HAD A GOAL OF 9% BUT WAS ONE PERCENTAGE SHY BY 8%. AND THIS REPRESENTS THE NUMBERS BY OUR CAMPUSES. AND AGAIN, THE CAMPUSES SET THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL GOALS. AND WE SEE THAT THREE OF OUR CAMPUSES WERE ABLE TO REACH THE GOALS THAT THEY SET FOR THEMSELVES. CEDAR RIDGE, MCNEIL AND ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, WHO HAD RESPECTIVELY A 15, 18 AND A 16%. STONY POINT ACHIEVED AT THE 12% RATE AND WESTWOOD AT A 13%. TOGETHER THEY WERE ABLE TO OVERACHIEVE FOR THE OVERARCHING GOAL SET AT 11% AND PROUD OF THE FACT THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM WERE ABLE TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE GOAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SET AS A DISTRICT TARGET. SO NOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE DECIDED TO MAKE TO OUR GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES. AGAIN, THE BOARD OWNS THE GOAL I'M SORRY, OWNS THE GOAL, THE OVERARCHING GOAL AND THE TARGETS THAT ARE SET AND THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATION THEN HAS THE PREROGATIVE TO LOOK AT THE GPMS AND DECIDE THEN WHAT ARE THE APPROPRIATE GPMS BASED ON THE GOAL THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS SET FOR THE DISTRICT. SO IN THAT VEIN, WE WILL ONLY BE TALKING ABOUT THE CHANGES TO THE GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES AND NOT TO THE OVERARCHING GOAL ITSELF. SO THE PROCESS THIS WILL TAKE, WE WILL SHOW YOU WHAT THE OLD GOAL SAID, WHAT THE NEW GOAL WILL BE, AND THEN ALSO GIVE YOU THE REASONING WHY. AND THEN ALSO LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT WHAT THE NUMERICAL GOALS ARE FOR EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT GPMS. GPM 3.1 STATED THE PERCENTAGE OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO EARN CREDIT FOR ADVANCED COURSEWORK WILL INCREASE FROM 63 TO 76%. WE CHOSE TO CHANGE THAT SPECIFICALLY TO SAY WE WILL INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WHO MEET COLLEGE READINESS BY EARNING COLLEGE CREDIT THROUGH AP IB DUAL CREDIT ON RAMPS FROM 33 TO 40%. AND NOW WE WILL TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY WHY WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A BETTER GOAL VERSUS THAT WE THE ONE WE HAD BEFORE. SO WHEN IT THE STATE METHODOLOGY IN REGARDS TO COLLEGE, CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY YOU CAN SPECIFICALLY GET CREDIT BASED ON ADVANCED COURSEWORK. YOU CAN ONLY GET THAT CREDIT OUT BASED ON THE TEST YOU TAKE, BASED ON TAKING AN AP TEST AND PASSING IT AT THREE OR BETTER, OR TAKING AN IB TEST AND PASSING AT A FOUR OR BETTER, OR GETTING CREDIT IN DUAL CREDIT OR ON RAMPS. AND SO WHAT WE REALIZE IS HAVING COUNTING ALL ADVANCED COURSEWORK WAS A PRECURSOR TO THE NEW GOAL THAT WE WROTE. SO AS AN INTERIM, WE MADE PROGRESS MEASURE WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL BE ABLE TO HOW WELL WE CAN DO IN THE UPDATED 3.1 BY LOOKING AT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF KIDS IN ADVANCED COURSEWORK. BUT THE THING SPECIFICALLY THAT ALIGNS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS ACHIEVING COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS IS MORE SO WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE TAKING THEIR AN AP IB AND DUAL CREDIT AND ON RAMPS COURSES AND IF THEY'RE ABLE TO PASS AT CERTAIN LEVELS. SO THIS MEASURE SPECIFICALLY WILL NOT SAY I'M LOOKING AT HOW MANY KIDS ARE IN AP CLASS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW MANY KIDS PASS AN AP TEST AT THAT THREE OR HIGHER, AN IB TEST AT THREE OR HIGHER, OR EARN CREDIT IN DUAL CREDIT, CREDIT OR ON RAMPS. [02:05:03] WE FEEL THAT THAT WILL BE A BETTER INDICATOR TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE ON TRACK TO IMPROVING OUR OVERARCHING GOAL WITHIN CMR. AND SO THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE SET. GOING BACK, WHAT WE DID IS WE PULLED UP DATA AND LOOKED AT WHERE WE WERE CURRENTLY. WE PULLED DATA FOR 2022 AND 2023 TO ESTABLISH A BASELINE. THE 22 DATA, 2022, ACTUALLY IT WAS DONE FOR THREE YEARS. AND SO WE HAD A SENSE WHETHER OR NOT THE 2023 DATA REPRESENTS SOMETHING THAT WAS TRACKING AND CONSISTENT WITH OUR TRAJECTORY. AND THEN ONCE WE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, THEN WE USED THAT 2023 BASELINE TO DETERMINE THEN WHAT OUR NEW PROGRESS MEASURES WOULD BE FOR 2024, 2025 AND AGAIN FOR 2026. SO HERE IN FRONT OF YOU, THIS REPRESENTS SPECIFICALLY THEN THE GOAL SET FOR ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT STUDENT POPULATIONS BASED ON THE BASELINE ESTABLISHED FOR OUR PREVIOUS THREE YEARS, 20, 20, 21, 2022 AND 2023. NOW FOR GPM 3.2. THIS SPEAKS TO THE PERCENTAGE OF SENIORS TESTING AS COLLEGE READY IN READING AND MATH WILL INCREASE FROM 74 TO 92%. AND MORE OR LESS THIS IS STAYED THE SAME. WHAT WE'VE DONE, THOUGH, IS REALLY SPELLED OUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS. SO THE TESTS REFER TO THE ACT, THE SAT, THE TSR TWO. AND IF YOU'RE IN A COLLEGE PREP MATH, COLLEGE PREP CLASS FOR MATH AND OR ELA, THERE'S A TEST THAT YOU TAKE AT THE END OF THAT, AS WELL AS BEING IN THE CLASS THAT SAYS WHETHER OR NOT YOU WILL GET THAT CREDIT. AND WE HAVE REESTABLISHED THE NUMBERS FROM 70 TO 80%, STARTING WITH THE CLASS OF 23, 20, 23 AND GO INTO THE CLASS OF 2026. AND SO HERE, WHILE THIS MORE OR LESS STAYED THE SAME, WE WANTED TO ADD MORE SPECIFICITY IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE GPM TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD WHAT WOULD COUNT WITHIN THIS AREA. AND THESE ARE BY DIFFERENT STUDENT POPULATIONS THAN THE BASELINE. AGAIN, WE DID THREE YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CONSISTENT IN OUR NUMBERING TO ORDER TO DESIGNATE EXACTLY WHAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE BEST CONTRIBUTE TO THE NUMBERS MOVING FORWARD. AND FINALLY FOR GPM 3.3, WE LOOKED AT THE PERCENTAGE, WHAT IT READ PREVIOUSLY, THE PERCENTAGE OF COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GRADES NINE THROUGH 12 WHO OWN AN INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION WILL INCREASE FROM 8 TO 15% BY 2026. WE HAVE CHANGED THIS TO SAY WE WILL INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WHO MEET CAREER READINESS, AND WE DEFINE THAT. THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO BE IN A COMPLETER. SO IT'S NOT A MATTER OF, WELL, LET ME GO THROUGH THE WHOLE THING FROM 14% TO 20%. THIS HAS CHANGED OVER TIME WHEN OUR WONDERFUL SHERRY BONDS AND PEGGY MITCHELL HAVE PRESENTED, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE EXPLAINED IS THAT TO HAS CHANGED WHAT IT MEANS IN ORDER TO GET THE CREDIT. IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF TAKING AN IBC AND PASSING. NOW, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING AND THIS IS GRADUATING OVER TIME IS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE A COMPLETER AND PASS THE CERTIFICATION TEST. BEING A COMPLETER MEANS THAT IF I HAVE A PROGRAM OF STUDY AND IT HAS THREE COURSES, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE FULL SEQUENCE OF ALL THE COURSES IN THAT PROGRAM OF STUDY FOR THAT CTE PATHWAY. THIS IS WHAT WILL BE BY, I THINK WE GET TO WHAT YEAR BY 2024 IS WHEN? I THINK BY 2024. 2026. RIGHT IS CLASS OF 20. 26 IS WHEN THEY WILL THIS WILL BE FULLY BE IN EFFECT. WHAT WE SAID TO OURSELVES, THOUGH. AND EVERY YEAR IT CHANGES A LITTLE BIT THAT WE MIGHT AS WELL START WITH WHAT WE KNOW THE END POINT WILL BE RATHER THAN HAVING TO CHANGE THIS EVERY YEAR. SO THAT WAY OUR MEASUREMENT REMAINS CONSISTENT AS FAR AS HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR SYSTEM. AND THE SYSTEM THEN GETS THE ABILITY TO CATCH UP TO ITSELF AND GET USED TO THIS AS BEING THE NORM. AND THEN ALSO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CHANGE IS OFTENTIMES WE WOULD MEASURE GRADES NINE THROUGH 12. WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN ALL OF THE GPMS NOW IS WE'RE SPECIFICALLY MEASURING BASED ON WHEN WE REPORT TO THE BOARD, THE GRADUATING CLASS VERSUS THE NINTH THROUGH 12TH GRADERS, BECAUSE THAT MORE CLOSELY ALIGNS TO SPECIFICALLY WHAT'S IN THE BOARD GOAL, WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES, THE PERCENTAGE OF GRADUATES WHO ATTAIN [02:10:08] CMR. BEFORE, WHEN WE WERE REPORTING OUT ON NINE THROUGH 12, IT KIND OF MUDDIED THE WATERS AND IT DIDN'T ADD UP AS NICELY AND ALIGNED TO THE AGGREGATE BOARD GOALS. SO WE WANTED TO CLEAN THAT UP AND HAVE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE STREAMLINED. ALL RIGHT. AND SO. THE POPULATIONS AS FAR AS HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE RATES THAT WE'RE SETTING, WE'RE TRYING TO GO FROM 14% TO 20% OVERARCHINGLY BY 2026 AND AGAIN, BASELINE OVER LOOKED AT THREE YEARS WORTH OF DATA TO ESTABLISH OUR BASELINE. AND THEN AFTERWARDS FROM THERE, THEN WE SET INCREMENTAL GROWTH GAINS FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT STUDENT POPULATIONS. AND THAT IS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. I WILL WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST QUESTION COMES FROM TRUSTEE WEIR. OH, HOW EXCITING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I DO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON OUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WITH THIS ONE AND NOT LOOKING AT ALL THE NINE THROUGH 12 ON YOUR NEW GPMS. I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION, THOUGH, BECAUSE WE DID TALK AT THE VERY BEGINNING ABOUT WANTING TO DECREASE THE GAP BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT GROUPS. AND YET FOR EACH OF THESE GPMS, THE PERCENTAGE IS THE SAME INCREASE FOR EVERY GROUP. SO IT'S 2% AND 3.13% AND 3.2 AND 2% AND 3.1. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO DECREASE THE GAP IF EACH GROUP IS MOVING UP AT EXACTLY THE SAME MEASURE. AND THAT'S A GREAT POINT. AND SO WHILE THAT IS WHAT IS REPRESENTED THERE, WE KNOW THAT WE WANT TO OUTPERFORM. AND SO WE'RE NOT SURE HOW THE SYSTEM WILL WILL RESPOND. AND SO WE DID PLAY IT VERY SAFE WITHIN OUR NUMBERS. BUT AS WE'VE REPORTED PREVIOUSLY, WE KNOW THAT. LET ME SEE IF I CAN GO BACK. CCMA FOR THE MOST PART, IS DICTATED BY HOW WELL STUDENTS DO IN MATH. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SYSTEM CATCHES UP WITH ITSELF IS THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A LOT OF INITIATIVES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE SPEAKING TO DATA DRIVEN INSTRUCTION WITHIN MATH. INCREASING THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WITHIN ADVANCED MATH AND DECREASING THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY DISPROPORTIONALITY BETWEEN THE RACES THERE IN ORDER TO CATCH UP HERE, WE DO FEEL THAT WE WILL SEE A. DECREASE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS. BUT WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW IT WILL LOOK BECAUSE WE ARE GOING DEEPER INTO THE SYSTEM AND WE'RE NOT SURE HOW SOON THEN IT WILL IMPACT THESE NUMBERS. MAY I ADD SOMETHING ELSE? SO THE SO, SO THE REALLY WHAT MATTERS THE MOST IS THE GOAL, THE GOAL, THE OVERARCHING GOAL. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE OVERARCHING GOAL, THE NUMBERS IS LIKE WHAT WE JUST DID. IT'S CLOSING THE GAP, RIGHT? ALTHOUGH LIKE THE NUMBERS I, I THINK NOTHING IS SET IN STONE. WE CAN ALWAYS WORK ON THAT. REMEMBER THAT IN ORDER FOR OUR ANY STUDENTS REALLY TO EARN A CCMA, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HIT ALL THREE GPMS THEY CAN HIT ONE AND THEY CAN BECOME COLLEGE AND CAREER MILITARY READINESS ALREADY. AND SO THE OVERARCHING GOAL IS STILL HAVE TO BE CLOSING THE GAP, RIGHT? SO WE WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE TEAM AND LOOK AT THE GPMS. BUT AS I SAID, CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP, IT'S VERY EVIDENT, CLEAR AND ALSO THE EXPECTATION IS SET FOR ALL OF US TO CLOSE IT BASED ON THE OVERARCHING GOAL. I AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I, I THINK, THOUGH, THAT I GUESS MY CONCERN IS THAT AN OVERARCHING GOAL, THE GROUPS THAT DO WELL CAN OUTPERFORM AND THEN THE GROUPS THAT TRADITIONALLY DON'T DO WELL CAN JUST MOVE UP THERE 2% OR 3%. AND YOU MIGHT MEET YOUR YOUR OVERARCHING GOAL, BUT YOU HAVEN'T DECREASED YOUR THE DIFFERENCE IN BETWEEN THE TWO. IT MAY ACTUALLY GET BIGGER BETWEEN SOME OF THE GROUPS AND YOU COULD STILL MEET YOUR OVERARCHING GOAL. AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL PREVIOUSLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN IS WE ALSO GIVE YOU DEEPER IN THE SYSTEM WHAT'S COMING UP FOR THESE CLASSES. THEIR SCHEDULES ARE ALREADY WE CAN MAKE GAINS, BUT THE AMOUNT OF GAINS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE WITH THEM IF THEY'RE ALREADY IN THE HIGH SCHOOL. PATHWAY IS GOING TO BE VERY SLIM. OUR ABILITY THEN, WHERE YOU WILL SEE YOUR GREATEST CHANGE AS FAR AS WHEN WE SET GPMS, IT'S WHAT'S COMING UP FOR THE NEXT WAVE OF STUDENTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ATTACKING THE PROBLEM IN REGARDS TO ADVANCED MATH. [02:15:02] WHEN WE PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY, WE'VE SHOWN THE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE ABILITY TO BE READY AND HOW CLOSELY THAT ALIGNS WITH YOUR ABILITY TO WHAT LEVEL OF MATH YOU'RE ABLE TO ATTAIN IN HIGH SCHOOL. REALISTICALLY, WE'RE LIMITED ON THAT BECAUSE THAT PATHWAY IS SET WITHIN THE FIFTH TO SIXTH GRADE TRANSITION. AND IF WE DON'T CHANGE THE FIFTH TO SIXTH GRADE TRANSITION, WE CAN SET THE GOALS ALL WE WANT. BUT REALISTICALLY, UNFORTUNATELY, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO CHANGE IT ONCE YOU ENTER THE HIGH SCHOOL PATHWAY. SO WHAT THIS REPRESENTS IS THE FINISHING OFF OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PATHWAYS, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE PATHWAY. WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE GAINS, BUT WE WILL NOT. I WISH I COULD GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT STORY. BE ABLE TO MAKE AS MANY GAINS AS YOU WILL SEE BASED ON WHAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE FOR THE STUDENTS FROM THE FIFTH TO SIXTH GRADE TRANSITION. AND IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THAT WILL TELL A DIFFERENT STORY. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE US SET GOALS VERY DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE WE'RE ATTACKING THE PROBLEM AT THE ROOT, THE ABILITY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL. THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, BUT THE MAJOR PROBLEM THAT WE'RE SUFFERING THROUGH IS WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN MATH. AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THAT NARRATIVE SO THAT WE CAN SET A DIFFERENT GOAL. AND THEN JUST ONE LAST QUESTION. ARE YOU PLANNING THEN TO COME BACK WITH SOME OF THE OTHER GOALS THAT WE HAVE AND AND CHANGE THOSE GPMS TO SORT OF REFLECT THAT? WAY OF THINKING OR IS THAT ON THE IS THAT IN THE HORIZON ANYWHERE? SO THE GOALS MEANING FOR ELEMENTARY, FOR ELEMENTARY OR EVEN MAYBE ADDING ANOTHER GPM, I DON'T I DON'T REALLY KNOW BECAUSE THAT IS IN YOUR WHEELHOUSE. SO I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK HOW WE AS A BOARD CAN SORT OF SEE THAT IN THIS IN THIS FRAMEWORK. OKAY, THAT'S A PERFECT QUESTION. THANK YOU. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE I THINK NOT I THINK I KNOW IN OCTOBER WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH AND LOOKING AT THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS. AND SO WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THERE IS SPECIFICALLY WHERE WE'RE SETTING THE GOALS THAT WILL ATTACK THIS AS IT FLOWS THROUGH THE SYSTEM. SO WHEN IT COMES TO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IDEA OF ADVANCED MATH AND LOOKING AT THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THOSE TWO AND HOW IT IMPACTS CMR. SO WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS YOU WILL SEE A SPECIFIC GOAL IN THE CIPS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS CONSISTENTLY SPEAKING TO THEIR ABILITY TO INCREASE THE STUDENTS WHO ARE SCORING AT MEETS AND MASTERS FOR ELEMENTARY. THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS SCORING AT MEETS AND MASTERS IS WHAT HOW THEY CONTRIBUTE TO CMR BECAUSE THAT THEN CHANGES WHO HAS ACCESS TO ADVANCED MATH WITHIN HIGH SCHOOL. SO THAT GOAL YOU'LL SEE A DIFFERENT GOAL. ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL HAVE A CIP GOAL THAT SPEAKS TO THAT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL HAVE BECAUSE THEN WHAT'S COMING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DICTATES HOW MANY KIDS ARE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ADVANCED MATH AND MIDDLE SCHOOL WITHIN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GOAL FOR IN THEIR CIP, YOU WILL SEE THEN THEIR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ONCE THEY GET THE STUDENTS, THEY RETAIN THEM IN THAT ADVANCED MATH PATHWAY. AND THEN THE HIGH SCHOOL GOAL IS MORE SO IN AND AROUND THE CMR, WHICH DIRECTLY FEEDS INTO THIS. SO PART OF OUR PROCESS IS AND THIS IS DONE THROUGH THE MTS TEAM WITHIN TEACHING AND LEARNING, THEY'RE MONITORING THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE WE KNOW ONCE WE FLIP THAT, IT CHANGES THE TRAJECTORY THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. SO WE'VE SET THAT IN PLACE SO THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND CHANGE THIS. BUT THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPACTING THAT CMR GOAL. AND AT EACH LEVEL, EACH PERSON HAS SOMETHING THEY HAD TO DELIVER IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM AROUND. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ADD SO I KNOW, I KNOW MAYBE I WASN'T ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT CORRECTLY EARLIER, BUT IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU SEE HOW GOAL THREE AND IF YOU MAKE IT BIGGER. JENNIFER, PLEASE. YOU SEE, WHEN WE WORKED ON THIS TOGETHER, JENNIFER DOESN'T WORK HERE ANYMORE. SORRY. NO, NO, I WAS TALKING TO JENNIFER. OH, WE HAVE ANOTHER JENNIFER. SORRY I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU, AMY. I WAS. I'M SORRY. NEW JENNIFER. JENNIFER, OUR. OUR TECH HELPING US WITH THE TECHNOLOGY TONIGHT. SO IF YOU CAN SEE, YOU MAKE IT BIGGER, PLEASE. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE CLOSING THE GAP, OR AT LEAST WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE GAP. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW WE PRETTY MUCH WE'RE TRYING TO BRING EVERYBODY TO BE IN THE 90S. I KNOW IT'S A IT'S A FIVE YEAR PLAN, IF YOU WILL, BUT THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. EVERY STUDENT GROUP, IT'S NOT GROWING. WE DON'T WANT IT TO GROW AT THE SAME RATE. SO THAT'S WHAT I MEANT BY IT EARLIER. THE OVERARCHING GOAL, THE GOAL THREE IS ACTUALLY WE'RE TRYING TO CLOSE THE GAP. SO IT MIGHT NOT YOU MIGHT NOT SEE IT AT THE GPM, BUT HERE THIS IS THE GOAL. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. [02:20:01] AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, I THINK WHAT MAYBE TRUSTEE WEIR IS ASKING OR INTERESTED IN IS THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SAID THEY WERE MONITORING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS OWN THE GPMS, BUT HAVING IT SAY IT'S COMING FOR TRUSTEES IS HARD FOR US TO JUST SAY, OKAY, WELL, IN FIVE YEARS THE NUMBERS WILL BE BETTER. SO MAYBE IF THERE WAS A GPM THAT WOULD BE REPORTED TO US ALONG THE WAY OF HOW THINGS ARE CHANGING IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. ROLL TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S GOING TO DEVELOP LONG TERM. SO WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE A GPMS IF YOU SEE FROM SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE DID LAST YEAR, WHAT WE DID WAS GAVE YOU THE INFORMATION THAT FEEDS INTO THE CURRENT GPM AND BOARD GOAL AND WE'LL DO THE SAME THING WITH THAT. SO YOU CAN HAVE A SENSE THEN OF HOW WE'RE PROGRESSING AND IF THINGS ARE CHANGING. SO WE WON'T JUST NECESSARILY GIVE YOU, HEY, HERE'S THE GPM, WHAT'S HAPPENING? WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT'S FEEDING INTO THE SYSTEM SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THINGS ARE CHANGING. IT WAS THAT YOUR CONCERN, TOO, WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT MORE OR EVEN ELEMENTARY. THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN, LIKE AS LONG AS WE CAN SEE. YES, IT WAS ANSWERED. I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS TRUSTEE HARRISON. THANK YOU. I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF. I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON PAGE SEVEN, WHICH IS. UM. CAMPUS DATA. CAN YOU GO OVER THE GREEN HIGHLIGHTS ON THIS, PLEASE? I THINK. AND SO ON PAGE SEVEN THAT ONE OF THE GREEN HIGHLIGHTS IS INCORRECT. THE GREEN HIGHLIGHTS ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT WHETHER OR NOT THEY'VE REACHED THEIR TARGET. AND SO WHAT YOU SEE FOR CEDAR RIDGE, THEIR TARGET WAS 54. THEY ACHIEVED AT 53. MCNEILL 66 THEY ACHIEVED AT 61. ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL HAD A GOAL OF 73. THEY REACHED THEIRS. THEY ATTAINED AT 63. THE WHERE STONY POINT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN. THAT'S THE MISTAKE. THE GOAL WAS A 64. THEY ATTAINED AT 54 FOR THAT GPM. AND THEN AFTERWARDS WESTWOOD IS THE ONE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GREEN. THEIR GOAL WAS 75 AND THEY ACHIEVED AT 78. OKAY. THANK YOU. MY MIND IS SO FATIGUED I DID NOT KNOW IF I JUST MISSED IT. SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE COMPARISON OF THE OLD AND NEW GPMS. I LIKE THAT. 3.1. THE NEW 3.1 SEEMS TO KIND OF LOOK AT PERSISTENCE AND COMPLETION. MY CURIOSITY IS HOW DOES THIS ADDRESS THE BARRIERS TO THE TESTING AND HOW ARE WE TRACKING STUDENTS? THAT ATTEMPT, BUT MAYBE DON'T HIT THAT MARK. SO ASK THE FIRST. HOW DO WE. THE FIRST QUESTION IS HOW ARE WE REMOVING BARRIERS TO TESTING? LIKE, HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS THAT TAKE THESE CLASSES, ESPECIALLY IN THE CATEGORIES WHERE WE SEE THE LARGEST GAPS, HAVE ACCESS TO THE ACTUAL FOLLOW THROUGH IN THE TESTING TO GET THE CREDIT? YOU KNOW, LIKE AP, YOU HAVE TO TAKE AN AP TEST AT COST. SO WITHIN SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW. WE OFTEN WE OFFER WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? WE CALL IT SCHOLARSHIPS. SO DEPENDING ON HOW MANY TESTS THE KID IS TAKING OR IF THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE TEST, WE'RE ABLE THEN TO HELP AS A DISTRICT WITH THAT. AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS CONTROLLED AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS PUT OUT FOR THE STUDENTS. SO IF THEY ARE NEEDING FINANCIAL HELP AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO GET THE TEST, WE ALWAYS OFFER THAT TO OUR STUDENTS. OF COURSE, THAT'S WITH AP AND IB WITH DUAL CREDIT AND ON RAMPS, DUAL CREDIT COURSES. WHAT IS MICHELLE? IS THERE, WHAT IS THE COST? SO DUAL CREDIT COURSES DON'T COST ANYTHING FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT THE ON RAMPS, SOMETIMES A TEXTBOOK UP TO 12 COURSES AND ON RAMPS PREVIOUSLY HAS BEEN 149 FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT FREE AND REDUCED, BUT IT HAS BEEN 99 FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE BECAUSE OF LEGISLATION THAT JUST PASSED IN THIS LAST SESSION, THEY PASSED THE FAST LEGISLATION WHICH WILL RESULT THE POINT OF ORDER SHOULD SHE BE ON? MIKE, PLEASE, CAN WE SWITCH OUT? SORRY, YOU GOT A POINT OF ORDER, MA'AM. I GOT A POINT OF ORDER. WOW. IT'S A BANNER. IT WAS A NICE ONE. IT WASN'T A MEAN ONE. IT WAS A NICE ONE. THANK YOU. AND FORGIVE ME. I DON'T HAVE ANY NOTES IN FRONT OF ME, SO THIS IS JUST WHAT'S IN MY HEAD, AND IT'S GETTING LATE. SO THE. AND I CAN'T CITE THE EXACT BILL. I WANT TO SAY IT'S 21, 24, BUT I CAN'T CITE THE EXACT ONE. BUT IT'S CALLED THE FINANCIAL AID FOR SWIFT TRANSFER AND THE WAY IT IMPACTS ON RAMPS. WE ACTUALLY JUST HAD A PARTNER CALL THIS MORNING ON IT. THE STUDENTS WHO ARE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH AT ANY POINT IN TIME IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS ARE CONSIDERED EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED AND WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING FOR THE ON RAMPS EXPERIENCE. [02:25:02] THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH EMERGENCY RULES RIGHT NOW, AND THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT STUDENTS WHO ARE JUST NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME BEING IDENTIFIED FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH. BUT THE ON RAMP SYSTEM HAS ALREADY SAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ALLOW THOSE STUDENTS TO BE AT THE $99 RATE LIKE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY. BUT AGAIN, TO THAT POINT, SEVERAL OF THE CAMPUSES HAVE ALREADY SAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SCHOLARSHIP THOSE STUDENTS SO THAT THEY ARE ALSO AT THE ZERO LEVEL. SO THAT LEGISLATION HAS REALLY HELPED OUR ON RAMPS STUDENTS, AND IT REALLY IS A GREAT INCENTIVE FOR US TO THEN MARKET THOSE ON RAMPS COURSES TO MORE OF OUR STUDENTS. MAY I ADD SOMETHING? TRUSTEE HARRISON. I KNOW WE TALK A LOT ABOUT ADVANCED MATH AND HOW WE'RE STARTING. REMEMBER, IF THE GOAL IS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO TAKE ALGEBRA AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, I MEAN AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL SO THEY'D BE ACTUALLY TAKING COLLEGE MATH COURSES, WHETHER IT'S AP OR DUAL CREDIT OR SO EVERYTHING WE'RE SETTING IS ACTUALLY TO PROMOTE OR IMPROVE OR HAVE MORE STUDENTS, IF YOU WILL, TAKE AN ADVANTAGE OF OF DUAL DUAL LANGUAGE. I MEAN, COLLEGE COLLEGE COURSES PRETTY MUCH. RIGHT? I KNOW. I KNOW. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN IT COMES TO ON RAMP, I KNOW THAT IT'S PROBABLY THE EASIEST ONE TO IMPLEMENT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ACCREDITATION. USUALLY IT'S A QUICK TRAINING FOR THE TEACHERS EASY ACCESS. IT COSTS A LOT LESS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAN AP COURSES OR IB COURSES. SO I THINK THAT'S THE THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT REALLY LIKE I THINK IT'S LIKE A LOW, LOW HANGING FRUIT, IF YOU WILL, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO MAYBE CANNOT AFFORD OR YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. SO WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF GIVE MORE ACCESS TO OUR STUDENTS. BUT I THINK ONE THING ALSO WE NEED TO DO MORE IS COMMUNICATING WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WITH OUR FAMILIES, AND ALSO EVEN ESPECIALLY FOR OUR FAMILIES WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO KNOW THE SYSTEM OR MAYBE EVEN THEY HAVE LANGUAGE BARRIERS. SO FOR US REALLY TO TRY TO KIND OF BRING THEM ON BOARD AND AND TRY TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS SO WE CAN HAVE THEIR STUDENTS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THESE COURSES. THAT'S WONDERFUL. ON RAMPS IS SUCH A WONDERFUL PROGRAM. SO I'M SUPER, SUPER HAPPY TO HEAR THAT AND GET TO CELEBRATE A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT'S EXCITING. ALPHAGO MY MY SECOND QUESTION, BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, WHAT MY MIND WAS THINKING OF IS HOW WE'RE TRACKING STUDENTS THAT ATTEMPT AND HOW WE TRACK THEIR PERSISTENCE. YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY TOOK A CLASS, THEY TOOK AN AP CLASS, THEY TOOK AN IB CLASS, THEY DIDN'T GET THE CREDIT ON THE TEST. HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY PERSIST AND SUPPORT? AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE RESPONDED TO NECESSARILY. MY LAST COMMENT, THIS WAS A VERY DATA HEAVY PRESENTATION AND IT'S A LOT TO TAKE IN, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO SEE THE. COMPARISON FROM THE YEAR PRIOR SO THAT WE SEE THE GROWTH AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND I KNOW WHEN WE HAVE A MILLION NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN, THEY START NOT TO KNOW MUCH, NOT TO 45 SECONDS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. I GUESS, DR. AZAIEZ, YOU CAN RESPOND. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND I DON'T SEE WHY NOT. WE DO IT FOR FOR OTHER FOR OTHER LIKE GOAL ONE AND GOAL TWO. SO WE DEFINITELY CAN DO IT FOR GOAL THREE TOO. TRUSTEE. BONE. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. SO I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE GOAL, WHICH IS WHAT THE BOARD HAS PURVIEW OVER AND. I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WHAT I'M SEEING IS THAT IT CAME IN AT 86 FOR 2023 AND THE BOARD GOAL WAS 88. SO WE MISSED IT BY TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS. BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF SUCCESS MADE. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, YEAR OVER YEAR. LAST YEAR WE WERE AT 78% OVERALL AND THIS YEAR WE WERE AT 86%. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. CAN YOU. ONE THING I SAW MISSING IN THIS PRESENTATION WAS CONNECTING THE GPM DIRECTLY TO THE GOAL. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS HEARING YOU IN THE FACT THAT WHAT I WAS HEARING WAS THAT MAYBE WE WEREN'T GOING TO MEET OUR GOALS UNTIL 2026. WE DIDN'T MEET OUR GOAL THIS YEAR OR WE EXPECTED TO MEET OUR GOAL NEXT YEAR. I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT. THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GROW EIGHT PERCENTAGE POINTS IN ONE YEAR AND BASED ON THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE THIS YEAR, THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET OUR GOAL. SO WITH THAT, YOU WERE MENTIONING A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL EARLY. AND I KNOW WE'VE ASKED THIS LAST YEAR. I'M JUST WONDERING, CAN YOU GO OVER A LITTLE BIT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HIGH SCHOOL TO GET THE JUNIORS READY? THAT MAY NOT BE READY. OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S WHY THIS IS RIDICULOUS. TRYING TO DO BUSINESS. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. AND SO WE'VE PUT SEVERAL THINGS IN PLACE. [02:30:02] ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL LAST SEMESTER WAS IN REGARDS TO OUR COLLEGE PREP COURSE THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE AT THE 12TH GRADE. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD IT, BUT WE WEREN'T AS WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? WE WEREN'T AS STREAMLINED AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT WE LOOKED AT STUDENTS WHO HAD NOT MET, MET COLLEGE READINESS AND MAKING SURE. THEN WE WERE PUTTING THEM IN THE CLASS AND BEING CONSISTENT WITHIN OUR PROCESSES. SO WE TIGHTENED UP ON OUR PROCESSES. WE ALSO WORKED ON THE CURRICULUM WITHIN THE COURSE, AND THEN WE ALSO WORKED ON THE INTERVENTIONS WITHIN THERE BASED ON WHERE THEIR STUDENTS ARE, BASED ON WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE SCORING. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR AND DARRELL EMANUEL, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF CURRICULUM, DID AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH THIS. AS FAR AS GOING THROUGH EVERYONE'S LIST, HERE ARE ALL THE KIDS WHO ARE STILL HAVE NOT MET. AND IF THERE ARE 12TH GRADER MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE IN THIS COURSE, BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE ALREADY PREVIOUSLY TAKEN ALL THE DIFFERENT TESTS SAT TSA TO HAD THE ABILITY THEN TO MAKE IT THROUGH IBCS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND SO MORE THAN LIKELY THIS REPRESENTS THEIR LAST OPPORTUNITY, THIS COURSE. SO WE MADE SURE THAT ALL OF THE KIDS 100% THROUGH ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS WERE IN THAT COURSE. AND DARRELL HAD LAID OUT A SPECIFIC PROCESS AS FAR AS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TEACHERS WERE TRAINED. ALL THE TEACHERS MET WITH OCC, WE WENT THROUGH THE CURRICULUM WITH THEM, A SPECIFIC PROCESS OF HOW YOU LOOK AT THE STUDENT WORK IN ORDER TO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE READY AND WE COULD BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE. WE HAD PUT THAT PROCESS IN PLACE AT THE END SECOND SEMESTER OF LAST YEAR, THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO MAKE THAT MUCH GAIN. WE LOOKED AT OUR PROCESSES THERE AND SEE THAT IT COULD DO SOME NEED SOME TIGHTENING UP. AND SO THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO START AHEAD OF TIME, DO TRAINING AND GET EVERYONE IN LINE. SO THAT'S WHY I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE OUR GOAL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WITH SUMMER SCHOOL IS THAT FOR THE JUNIORS, IF I'M A JUNIOR AND I'M GOING INTO MY SENIOR YEAR, THEN WITHIN SUMMER SCHOOL WHAT WE DID IS WE HAD A COURSE FOR TSA TO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH THAT SUMMER SCHOOL AND THEN BE ABLE TO TEST SO THEY HAVE MORE TIME FOR US TO WORK WITH THEM ON AN INTERVENTION. SO THAT WAS WHAT WE DID WITH OUR JUNIORS GOING INTO SENIOR YEAR. AND THEN IF THEY STILL DID NOT MAKE IT, THEN WE HAD THE COURSE AS THE BACKUP PUSH BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. MICHELLE. MARIANNE MAXWELL THERE WAS A WHOLE TEAM WHO THEN SAT DOWN AND SAID, OKAY, THEN WHAT IS OUR PROCESS FOR NINTH GRADE? THROUGH 10TH GRADE, WE WENT THROUGH AND STUDIED ALL OF OUR DATA TO FIGURE OUT THEN, BASED ON THE DIFFERENT TESTS THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE TO TAKE. AT WHAT POINT DO THEY HAVE ENOUGH CURRICULUM THAT THEY HAVE THE GREATEST CHANCE OF MASTERY? SO WE WENT THROUGH AND WE SAID, OKAY, STUDENTS WHO GET THROUGH GEOMETRY, HERE'S THE PASSING RATE FOR THEM. WE LOOKED AT THE CURRICULUM. WE SAID, AT THIS POINT WE BELIEVE THAT IF THEY TEST, WE HAVE THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO TO DO WELL. SO WE STREAMLINED ALL THAT PROCESS BY LOOKING AT OUR CURRICULUM VERSUS WHAT IS IN THOSE TESTS, THOSE COLLEGE TESTS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE IT LINES UP AS FAR. SO WE HAD A WE GAVE THE CAMPUSES A SPECIFIC PROCESS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. SO WHEN IT COMES TO MATH, ONCE I'M DONE WITH GEOMETRY AND REMEMBER A GEOMETRY THAT MAY TAKE PLACE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, IT MAY TAKE PLACE IN NINTH GRADE, IT MAY TAKE PLACE IN 10TH GRADE. BUT WE NOW KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH CURRICULUM WHERE IT IS IN YOUR BEST INTEREST TO SPECIFICALLY TEST ON THE TSR TWO IN REGARDS TO GEOMETRY. WE THEN FOLLOWED UP AND WENT EVEN DEEPER AND WE SAID BASED ON HOW THEY SCORE, WE NEED TO HAVE A BACKUP. AS FAR AS INTERVENTION, WHAT WE SAW IS IF A STUDENT FAILED AND WAS NOT ABLE TO REACH COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READINESS THROUGH THAT TESTING THAT, WE IMMEDIATELY TESTED AGAIN AND REALIZED OUR PROCESS FOR INTERVENTION BASED ON HOW THE STUDENT SCORED WAS THE PLACE WHERE WE WERE WEAK. SO THEY WENT THROUGH AND THEY SAID, ALL RIGHT, BASED ON WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO CREATE AN INTERVENTION PROCESS THAT BASED ON HOW THEY SCORE, WE CAN LINE UP WHERE THE STUDENT IS WEAK, SPECIFICALLY WITH AN INTERVENTION AND WITH CURRICULUM. SO THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT AND THEY CAN GO THROUGH THAT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM THAT THE THE CAMPUS DECIDES WHETHER IT BE SOMETHING INTERVENTIONS ON SATURDAY AFTER SCHOOL, BEFORE SCHOOL DURING THEIR FLEX PERIOD. BUT WE HAVE THE CURRICULUM. IT'S UP TO THE CAMPUS THEN TO DECIDE WHERE THEY BEST PLACE IT IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THOSE STUDENTS. SO THEY HAVE THAT INTERVENTION PROCESS AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO TEST AGAIN UNTIL THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE INTERVENTION. AND WE'VE LOOKED AT THE DATA TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE READY. SO WE'VE REALLY BONED UP ON THOSE PROCESSES. [02:35:02] AND THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT BASED ON WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE NINTH AND 10TH GRADERS, BUT ALSO WITHIN AND JUNIORS, BUT ALSO THAT TRANSITION, ONE LAST CHANCE BEFORE YOU GO INTO SENIOR. AND THEN FINALLY, IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE IT, HERE'S WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU WITHIN YOUR SENIOR CLASS. SO WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOOK CARE OF ALL THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS AND PUT AN INTERVENTION IN PLACE FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL. SO WITH RESPECT TO THAT AND WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE FOLKS, I DON'T THINK THIS IS MAYBE THIS IS THE RIGHT SLIDE, BUT SOME OF THESE OBVIOUSLY ARE FURTHER AWAY FROM THEIR GOAL THAN OTHERS. DO WE KNOW SPECIFICALLY FOR EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, I MEAN, DO THOSE INTERVENTIONS WORK FOR EACH CATEGORY OR IS THAT JUST A GENERAL INTERVENTION THAT WE'RE DOING? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, SOME OF THESE CATEGORIES, LIKE I SAID, ARE MUCH FURTHER FROM THEIR GOAL THAN OTHERS. ABSOLUTELY. SO THE KEY IS WE IT'S INDIVIDUALIZED FOR THE STUDENT. SO I TAKE A TEST. HERE'S THE AREA. HERE ARE THE DIFFERENT THINGS I NEED TO MASTER IF I HAVE NOT MASTERED THIS AREA. HERE'S THE INTERVENTION AND THE CURRICULUM THAT GOES WITH IT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE. SO IT IS INDIVIDUALIZED TO THE STUDENT. IT'S NOT AN OVERARCHING EVERYONE GETS THE SAME THING. IT'S BASED ON HOW I SCORED. AND THEN WE MATCH UP THE INTERVENTION AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH BASED ON HOW YOU SCORED AND WHERE YOU SCORED WELL AND WHAT YOU MASTERED AND WHAT YOU DID NOT. SO MY LAST QUESTION AND THIS WAS BROUGHT UP BY A COMMUNITY MEMBER WAS ASSISI IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT STUDENTS OBVIOUSLY CAN GO AND GET CREDIT AND HAVING A CHILD THAT'S GONE THROUGH THIS, THERE IS AN INTERESTING PROCESS WITH ASSISI THAT YOU DO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND THEN EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO GET THOSE COURSES. I SEE YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD. THOSE ARE BARRIERS. AND I THINK THIS GOES TO TRUSTEE HARRISON'S QUESTION ALSO. IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN REMOVE THESE BARRIERS OR THAT HAVE WE LOOKED INTO THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT REALLY WANT TO TAKE COLLEGE COURSES SOMETIMES IN THE SUMMER. AND I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY LIKE, I DIDN'T GET IN AND SO I DON'T GET TO TAKE IT. AND THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO TO GET THEIR CMR. MICHELLE, CAN I SAY SOMETHING? I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH ACC, FOR EXAMPLE, AND ALTHOUGH THEY'VE BEEN IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS GREAT PARTNERS, I KNOW DR. RHODES ACTUALLY IS LEAVING THE END OF THIS MONTH AND THE HIRING NEW CHANCELLOR, I GUESS, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH HIM ALSO AND HIS TEAM. BUT WE'LL BE MEETING. AND WE TALKED WE TALKED ABOUT HOW CAN WE MAKE IT EASIER FOR OUR OWN TEACHERS TO TO BECOME CERTIFIED. RIGHT. AND SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY DO SO BECAUSE ONE OF THE BARRIERS TRUSTEE BONE DR. BONE IS, IS OFTEN TIMES WE FOUND OURSELVES RELYING ON, ON INSTRUCTORS FROM ACC, RIGHT? AND WE WANT TO HAVE MORE OF OUR OWN TEACHERS CERTIFIED. AND SO WE CAN CONTROL THAT, THAT VARIABLE IF YOU WILL. BUT IT'S REALLY NOT EASY AND IT'S BEEN REALLY A STRUGGLE HAVING THEM, YOU KNOW, BEING MORE FLEXIBLE, IF YOU WILL, AND ALLOWING OUR OWN TEACHERS TO BECOME ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR. SO WE STILL HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH THEM. I WANT YOU TO KNOW, I WANT OUR BOARD TO KNOW AND COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE OF OUR OWN TEACHERS TO BECOME, YOU KNOW, ACC INSTRUCTOR AS WELL SO OUR STUDENTS DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON OUTSIDE OR ACC INSTRUCTORS. I MEAN, OURS WOULD BE DUAL ROLE, IF YOU WILL, BUT WE CAN CREATE AND MODIFY AND DO EVERYTHING WE NEED TO DO AS FAR AS MASTER SCHEDULE AND AS WELL AS SCHEDULING THE STUDENTS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE. MICHELLE YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. WE ARE TRYING TO EXPAND OUR TEACHERS THAT ARE ADJUNCTS. I KNOW HERE AT ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE SEVERAL WHO ARE ENGLISH ADJUNCTS WITH ACC, AND SO THEY'RE ABLE TO DO IT WITHIN THE A DAY BY DAY SCHEDULE. THE CRITICAL POINT THAT WE WE SEE THE ISSUE WITH THE MIDNIGHT REGISTRATION IS WITH US HISTORY. AND PART OF IT IS THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH SEATS. ACC GIVES US AS MUCH AS THEY CAN, BUT EVERYBODY WANTS THOSE SEATS AND THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT PURSUING ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIPS. MCMURRY UNIVERSITY OUT OF ABILENE HAS CONTACTED ME AND WE'VE TALKED A COUPLE OF TIMES. WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK AGAIN ABOUT SOME OPTIONS THERE. AND THEY'RE KIND OF A HYBRID BETWEEN UT ON RAMPS AND ACC IN THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO MEET TSA BEFORE YOU CAN TAKE THEIR COURSES. THEY HAVE ONLINE COURSES THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN TAKE IF THERE'S ONLY ONE STUDENT IN A COURSE, ACC REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE, I BELIEVE IT'S 16 OR 18 STUDENTS TO MAKE A COURSE. AND SO WE MIGHT HAVE 15 KIDS AND THE COURSE DOESN'T MAKE BECAUSE OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS. SO WE ARE VERY WELL AWARE OF THE MYRIAD BARRIERS THAT EXIST IN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ACC, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THAT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND THEY'VE THEY'VE HELPED IN SOME PLACES AND THEN THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY MOVEMENT IN OTHER PLACES. SO WE'RE NOW TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT WHO CAN WE ADD TO THE ARRAY OF OFFERINGS THAT CAN CREATE ADDITIONAL SEATS FOR OUR STUDENTS. ANOTHER NICE PIECE WITH MCMURRAY IS THEY WILL WORK WITH OUR TEACHERS AND HELP OUR TEACHERS BECOME ADJUNCTS WITH THEM SO THAT THEY CAN TEACH THE COURSES HERE AT OUR [02:40:06] CAMPUSES. SO AGAIN, JUST EXPANDING THOSE SEATS TO CREATE MORE SPACE. BUT ANOTHER PLACE THAT WE CAN EXPAND THE SEATS IS THROUGH ON RAMPS. IF WE CAN EXPAND THE ON RAMPS PLATFORM IN OUR DISTRICT. YEAH, I MEAN, HONESTLY, I THINK OUR RAMPS IS REALLY LIKE THE WAY TO GO JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE BARRIERS JUST DESCRIBED. IT'S IT'S IT'S REAL LIKE WITH ACC AND AGAIN I MEAN I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN GOOD PARTNERS AND I WANT TO BUT IT'S JUST SOMETIMES JUST HARD TO GET MORE OF OUR TEACHERS TO BE DULY CERTIFIED IF YOU WERE ADJUNCT WITH THEM THAT YOU KNOW I THINK I THINK ANOTHER THING ALSO, I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION ALSO WITH WITH TEXAS STATE TO WORK WITH OUR TEACHERS ALSO TO POSSIBLY BECOME ALSO IF THEY HAVE TO EARN BECAUSE REMEMBER, IN CERTAIN AREAS THEY HAVE TO EARN LIKE EITHER CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOURS, GRAD SCHOOL OR OR A MASTER'S DEGREE. SO WE ALSO WE'RE TALKING WITH TEXAS STATE AND SEE HOW ELSE THEY CAN HELP US GET OUR AN ACC ALL THREE ENTITIES TOGETHER TO SEE HOW CAN WE GET MORE OF OUR TEACHERS AGAIN CERTIFIED SO THEY CAN DELIVER OR INSTRUCT LIKE ACC INSTRUCTOR, IF YOU WILL. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THE FEEDBACK WOULD BE TOO, IS THAT FOR THAT REASON IT'S NOT WIDELY TOLD TO STUDENTS THAT THEY COULD TAKE CLASSES OVER THE SUMMER, MAYBE FREE UP THEIR SCHEDULE SO THEY GET OFF PERIODS. SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THIS AND THAT WAY IT MAKES IT MORE EQUITABLE. I THINK THAT ALL THE STUDENTS WOULD GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO TAKE SUMMER CLASSES AND THAT IT'S NOT KIND OF A SECRET THAT'S HELD BY PEOPLE SO THAT THEY DON'T COMPETE FOR SEATS. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON RIGHT NOW. BUT I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I KNOW YOU ON ALL THE CAMPUS DATA SLIDES. WE SAW OUR FIVE TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS. YOU TALKED ABOUT EARLY COLLEGE. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SUCCESS AND HOW THEIR NUMBERS PLAY INTO OUR CMR DATA? BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT LISTED ON HERE. SO WITHIN THIS NUMBER THERE, THE GOAL, I THINK, SPOKE SPECIFICALLY TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS, BECAUSE THEN EVEN THOUGH SUCCESS HAS ITS OWN TEAM'S NUMBER, OUR OVERARCHING NUMBER JUST REPRESENT SUCCESS. BUT WE DID NOT PULL IT OUT BY ITSELF BECAUSE THE KIDS WILL ORIGINATE AT ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS. AND SO THE NUMBER IS WITHIN THOSE SCHOOLS. BUT THE OVERARCHING NUMBER DOES INCLUDE EVERYTHING TO INCLUDE EVEN EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL AND SUCCESS, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NOT LISTED ON THE INDIVIDUAL SLIDES WITHIN WITHIN SUCCESS. ONE OF THE THINGS TO KNOW, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT A COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL WHEN IT COMES TO THE STATE METHODOLOGY, THEY'RE NOT HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD. AND SO THE CUT POINTS IN THE WAY THEY ARE LOOKED AT IS DIFFERENT FROM EVERYONE ELSE AS FAR AS WHAT HOW THEIR NUMBERS ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AND HOW THEY GET THEIR RATING, IT IS NOT AT THE SAME CUT POINT THAT IT IS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THE NUMBERS FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE THERE IS INCLUDED WITH THE OVERARCHING DISTRICT NUMBER. SO. AND I DIDN'T SUBMIT THIS QUESTION AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE HONESTLY, I DIDN'T EVEN REALLY I SHOULD HAVE NOTICED THAT THEY WEREN'T ON THE SLIDES, BUT IT WAS UNTIL YOU MENTIONED THAT EARLY COLLEGE WAS ON THE SIDE THAT I WAS LIKE, OH YEAH. SO SUCCESS NOT EITHER. SO ARE THOSE NUMBERS THE STUDENTS THAT ARE THERE, THEIR NUMBERS ALMOST COUNT TWICE, LIKE THEIR SCORES GO BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL HIGH SCHOOL THAT THEY CAME FROM, BUT THEN THEY ALSO GET A SCORE FOR SUCCESS TO GET A CAMPUS SCORE OR TELL ME I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT. SO WHEN IT COMES TO. THE STATE. WHAT'S THE WORD? AM I LOOKING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY? THEY COUNT BY THEMSELVES. WHAT I'M SAYING JUST IN THESE NUMBERS THAT THIS IS THE AGGREGATE OF EVERYONE IN THE DISTRICT. SO THIS INCLUDES EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T PULL OUT ON THOSE SLIDES, THE NUMBERS FOR EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, NOR FOR SUCCESS. THAT 86% REPRESENTS EVERYONE WHO GRADUATED FOR 2023. OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE. IF THE IF IF THE WISH OF THE BOARD IS FOR US TO INCLUDE THEM NEXT TIME, WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO INCLUDE BOTH BOTH NON COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S NOT A PROBLEM WE CAN BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IS. THEIR LEVEL OF MOBILITY IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM EVERYONE ELSE AS FAR AS WHEN PEOPLE GO IN, WHEN THEY GO OUT, WHEN THEY GRADUATE. SO TYPICALLY WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS, MOST STUDENTS WILL GRADUATE WITHIN THE FOUR YEARS AS WHEN YOU GUYS HAVE GONE TO THE SUCCESS GRADUATION, SOMEONE MAY GO THERE AND THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. SO I MAY BE THE CLASS OF 2023, BUT I GRADUATE A SEMESTER BEFOREHAND, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MESSIER TO CAPTURE IT IN THE SAME WAY AS IT IS FOR THE OTHER SCHOOLS VERSUS THE OTHER COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS. AND I'M NOT EVEN SUGGESTING THAT WE TRY TO CAPTURE THAT DATA. I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY WERE IN OUR OVERALL. AND SO AS LONG AS THEY'RE INCLUDED IN OUR OVERARCHING NUMBERS, THEN I'M FINE WITH THAT. [02:45:05] NOW, YOU DO BRING UP A POINT THAT I REMEMBERED, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD IS AWARE OF THIS. THIS IS OUR LOCALLY SOURCED DATA. THIS IS NOT BASED ON ACCOUNT OF THE THE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY. IF WE WAIT FOR THE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY, WE WOULD ALWAYS THEN BE PRESENTING TO THE BOARD DATA THAT WAS A YEAR OLD. AND PART OF THE REASON THAT WE CHANGED THINGS UP WAS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO STAY IN THE CURRENT YEAR AND BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU DATA ON THE CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE IN. WHEN WE RUN THESE NUMBERS, IT RUNS EVERYONE THAT IS WITHIN OUR SYSTEM. WHEN WE LOOK AT ACCOUNTABILITY, THOUGH, IT DOES NOT COUNT EVERYONE. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE TO BE HERE BY OUR WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, THE DATE, OUR SNAPSHOT DATE FOR THE STATE. STATE. IF YOU'RE NOT HERE WITHIN OUR SNAPSHOT DATE, YOU DON'T COUNT WITHIN THE PERCENTAGE THAT THEY GIVE US. SO AND IT CAN COUNT AS A GOOD OR A BAD THING. SOMEONE MAY PASS. THEY'RE NOT IN THE SNAP HERE DURING THAT SNAPSHOT DATE. THEY WON'T REREPRESENTED IN THE STATE INFORMATION AND VICE VERSA AS WELL. AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS TO CAPTURE THE HEALTH OVERARCHINGLY OF EVERYONE IN OUR SYSTEM, REGARDLESS OF THOSE OTHER METRICS. ALSO SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEONE DID NOT GRADUATE OR THEY DIDN'T GRADUATE ON TIME. THE STATE THEN DOES NOT COUNT THEM IN THE DENOMINATOR. SO OUR NUMBERS REPRESENT EVERYONE. WHEN THEN WE SHOW YOU THE NUMBERS FROM THE STATE, THEIR NUMBERS ACTUALLY WILL LOOK DIFFERENT. AND MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, IT'S USUALLY A PERCENTAGE OR TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS HIGHER THAN OUR LOCALLY SOURCED DATA BECAUSE OF ALL THOSE DIFFERENT BOUNDARIES THAT THEY HAVE IN PLACE. BUT THIS IS OUR LOCALLY SOURCED DATA AND IT COUNTS EVERYONE IN THERE AND DOES NOT LEAVE ANYONE OUT. THE LAST THING IS ALSO THE MILITARY, RIGHT? SO WE EVERY YEAR WE HAVE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS, WE ENLIST TO THE SERVICE AND THAT'S THAT. THAT DATA IS ALSO LAGGING LIKE IT MAY NOT SHOW UP HERE BECAUSE WE MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO IT UNTIL LATER ON. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT THAT YOU MAKE, BECAUSE WHEN ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS DO COME OUT, AT SOME POINT, THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT GOING TO BE WHAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THOSE RATINGS THAT ARE RELEASED END OF OCTOBER, EARLY NOVEMBER. NO. AND WHEN WE LOOKED INTO THAT, BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD WAIT FOR THOSE NUMBERS. AND WHAT WE SAW IS OUR NUMBERS CONSISTENTLY REPRESENTED LOWER THAN WHAT THE STATE HAD. SO WE FIGURED, WHAT'S THE HARM? ALL YOU ALL YOU WOULD SEE ONCE THE STATE COMES BACK WOULD BE A BETTER PERCENTAGE. AND SO BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO CAPTURE EVERYONE WITHIN THAT DENOMINATOR AND NOT JUST THE KIDS THAT WERE IN THE SNAPSHOT. IF YOU WERE IN OUR SYSTEM ANYWHERE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE REPRESENTED IN THIS NUMBER. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, ON SLIDE 18, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE CHANGE TO GPA 3.2 AND THE NEW ONE, THE NEW GPA 3.2 SAYS THAT WILL INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TESTING AS COLLEGE READY FROM 70 TO 80. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE IN THAT LANGUAGE FROM OUR OVERARCHING BOARD GOAL, WHICH SAYS THAT WE WILL GRADUATES WHO ARE CCMA READY IS 83 TO 94%. AND SO THIS THIS ONE SAYS THAT THEY'LL TEST AS COLLEGE READY. BUT OUR BOARD GOAL SAYS THAT THEIR CMR READY. SO CAN YOU HELP EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR OVERARCHING GOAL AND THIS 3.2. SO THE YES. SO THE OVERARCHING GOAL INCLUDES EVERYTHING, WHETHER OR NOT I'M COLLEGE READY, I GET WHETHER OR NOT I GET IT THROUGH ADVANCED TESTING. I GET IT BECAUSE OF AN IBC FROM OUR CTE PROGRAMS OR I GET IT THROUGH. WHICH 1 A.M. I MISSING? DUAL CREDIT. THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY IS ONLY SPEAKING TO THE DIFFERENT TESTS AND WHETHER I AM READING AND MATH READY. SO IF I TAKE ACT SATSAI TO THE BOARD, GOAL OVERARCHINGLY INCLUDES EVERYTHING. SO IT INCLUDES WHETHER OR NOT I GET IT THROUGH TESTING, WHETHER OR NOT I GET IT THROUGH AN IBC, WHETHER OR NOT AS A SPECIAL ED STUDENT, I GET IT THROUGH MY IEP. IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING WITHIN THAT OVERARCHING BALL GOAL. ALL WE'RE DOING IS THIS IS WE'RE BREAKING DOWN THE BOARD GOAL IN THE VERY DISTINCT PIECES. AND THE CHANGES WE MADE WERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNING IT MORE SO TO THE STATE METHODOLOGY WHERE BEFORE IT WASN'T ALIGNMENT WAS NOT AS TIGHT. BECAUSE FOR THE STATE, WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT READING AND MATH, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IN THE AP COURSES. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE IN THE COURSE. IT MATTERS IF YOU PASS THE TEST IN THE COURSE. SO ALL WE DID WAS CHANGE UP THE WORDING. SO WE ALIGNED BETTER WITH THE STATE METHODOLOGY. [02:50:02] SO WE'RE MEASURING APPLES TO APPLES, APPLE TO APPLE. SO I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS THE REASON WHY THIS IS ONLY 70% TO 80% IS THIS ACCOUNTS FOR KIDDOS THAT MAYBE COLLEGE ISN'T THE RIGHT ROUTE FOR THEM AND THEY'RE GETTING READY FOR LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL IN A ROUTE OTHER THAN COLLEGE. RIGHT. NOT IN THIS GOAL SPECIFICALLY. AND THAT MIGHT BE THAT MIGHT BE AN IBC, THE ONE FOR IBC. RIGHT. SO ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT BASED ON YOUR GOALS FOR YOURSELF THAT YOU MAY BE CONSIDERED KMR, EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT PROGRESS MEASURES SPEAKS TO THAT. AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT A LOT OF TIMES FOR THE STUDENTS WHERE SPECIFICALLY I WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE, I KNOW I WANT TO TAKE COLLEGE COURSES. THIS IS EXACTLY NEEDED. BUT IF I WANT TO GO A CAREER ROUTE, THEN MAYBE I JUST WANTED THE IBC, THE CERTIFICATION, MAYBE OUR BEST BET. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS TO KNOW ALSO IS. WE WHAT OUR THOUGHT PROCESS IS, IS WHERE A STUDENT IS AT 17 OR 18, WHERE THEY GRADUATE, GRADUATE, AND IF THEY THINK THEY'RE THEY WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE, MAY REALLY CHANGE ONCE THEY INTERACT WITH LIFE. AND SO WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO KNOW IS WITH 3.2 AND ALSO SPECIFICALLY WITH TAKING THE ADVANCED TESTING, MORE SO THAN ANYTHING ELSE, WE WANT FOR THE STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO. GRADUATE MORE SO UNDER THESE THAN THE OTHERS BECAUSE THEN IT WIDENS UP THEIR OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO IF I DECIDE A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, I REALLY NEED COLLEGE, THEN WE WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AND FOR IT TO NOT BE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM. SO YES, WHILE THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS KNOW, THOUGH, THAT FOR US, WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS HERE BECAUSE IT OPENS UP THE AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITY THEY HAVE SO THEY CAN ACCESS ANYTHING THEY WANT. IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY FINE. BUT WE DON'T WANT THE DOOR TO BE CLOSED BECAUSE THIS WASN'T SOMETHING YOU WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE WHILE YOU WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. I JUST I WANTED IT TO BE VERY CLEAR BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT ORIGINAL 3.2, THE GOAL WAS 92% EVENTUALLY, AND NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT A GOAL OF 80%. AND I DIDN'T WANT THERE TO BE CONFUSION THAT WE NOW HAVE LOWER EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS TO KNOW IS WE WERE VERY. WE REALLY WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? WE LOOKED AT OUR BASELINE DATA AND REALLY STUDIED OUR BASELINE DATA AND SO WE WERE A LITTLE BIT MORE STRINGENT ABOUT THAT. AND WE REALIZED THAT SOME OF THE GOALS WERE DEFINITELY ASPIRATIONAL, BUT NOT REALLY STEEPED IN REALITY BASED ON WHERE OUR ACTUAL DATA WAS AT AND WHAT THAT TRAJECTORY. AND SO TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS A STRETCH GOAL, BUT WE WERE STILL WITHIN THE REALM OF REALITY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DO HAVE A LIGHT ON FROM TRUSTEE WESTON. I WILL SAY THAT IT IS REFRESHING. WHILE I KNOW STUDENTS ARE MORE THAN A NUMBER, IT IS SO REFRESHING TO LOOK AT THE DATA AND THE SCIENCE BEHIND THIS AND NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, HOPING THINGS HAPPEN. AND SO LOOKING AT THE DATA BEHIND IT, I THINK REALLY BECOMES POWERFUL TOOL IN PROPELLING OUR STUDENTS FORWARD. SO TRUSTEE WESTON. DR. NICHOLS, EARLIER YOU MENTIONED A SNAPSHOT DATE. IF MEMORY SERVES, THAT'S USUALLY AROUND LATE OCTOBER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY. CAN YOU DEFINE SNAPSHOT DATE AND OFFER IT OR AT LEAST APPROXIMATE IT? IT'S. IT'S MY I IT'S THE LAST FRIDAY IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. SO WE'RE DEPENDING WHEN, BUT USUALLY IT'S THE LAST FRIDAY IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. RIGHT. AND SO WHAT THAT SPECIFICALLY MEANS IS TO THE AUDIENCE IS THIS IS THE DATE THAT DECIDES BASED ON WHO IS IN OUR SYSTEM ON THAT DATE. THAT'S WHAT WILL COUNT IN ALL THE DIFFERENT METRICS THAT THE STATE PULLS. SO WHEN THEY LOOK AT OUR FOR OUR ACCOUNTABILITY, ONLY IF YOU'RE HERE DURING THE SNAPSHOT DATE, THOSE ARE THE STUDENTS THAT COUNT WITHIN OUR DATA. THE DATA IS NOT DOES NOT EMBODY EVERY STUDENT WITHIN OUR SYSTEM. EVEN IF YOU ARE WITH US AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND YOU TEST WITH US THE END OF THE YEAR, IF YOU'RE NOT HERE BY THAT SNAPSHOT DATE, IT IS NOT WHAT THE THE STATE LOOKS LIKE. SO OFTENTIMES WHEN WE'RE GIVING NUMBERS, IF THE NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE BIT OFF, IT'S BECAUSE WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE COUNTING EVERYONE VERSUS THEY'RE ONLY COUNTING THE ACCOUNTABILITY SUBSET. AND SO THAT'S WHY THAT DATA IS IMPORTANT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS TO KNOW AS WE WORK WITH OUR CAMPUSES, THE WAY THEN WE PROGRESS MONITOR FOR DATA, WE WILL BE PROGRESS MONITORING DATA THIS YEAR IS WE GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT THE STUDENTS AS FAR AS YOU HAVE EVERYONE, BUT WE HAVE A SPECIAL MARKER FOR OUR ACCOUNTABILITY SUBSET SO THEY CAN LOOK AT THE DATA A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. HERE'S WHERE I WHAT WOULD MY NUMBER WOULD BE OVERARCHINGLY BUT HERE'S WHAT MY NUMBER WILL BE JUST FOR THE KIDS THAT IN MY SYSTEM THAT WE KNOW WILL COUNT. [02:55:07] AND WHILE EVERY STUDENT COUNTS FOR THE CAMPUSES WITH HIGH MOBILITY, THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. AND SO AND ALSO FOR THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE SMALLER, WHERE A COUPLE OF STUDENTS SEPARATE COULD SEPARATE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE PASSING OR FAILING. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THEN ERICA SIMMONS AND HER TEAM HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AS FAR AS CHANGING UP WHAT WE WILL BE DOING TO PROGRESS MONITOR SO THAT WE WILL HAVE THAT CAPACITY WITHIN OUR SYSTEM NOW MOVING FORWARD. SO FOLLOW UP TO DANIELLE TO TRUSTEE WESTON QUESTION. WHAT ABOUT A STUDENT THAT MOVES IN IN JANUARY AND THEN TESTS WITH US AT THE END OF THE YEAR? IS THERE ARE THERE NUMBERS REPORTED BACK TO THE CAMPUS WHERE THEY WERE AT THEIR SNAPSHOT DATA OR ARE THEY JUST NOT MONITORED AT ANY POINT? WE ARE ABLE TO SEE. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR DATA WITHIN THE DISTRICT, WE WILL USUALLY GIVE YOU DIFFERENT LOOKS. WE'LL SAY, HERE'S THE PASSING RATE FOR EVERYONE AND THEN HERE'S THE PASSING RATE FOR YOUR ACCOUNTABILITY GROUP. AND SO THE ACCOUNTABILITY GROUP THEN IF WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE MAY SCORE BASED ON THE STATE'S METHODOLOGY IS WHAT THEN WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, OKAY. I DON'T THINK I WAS ACTUALLY CLEAR ON MY QUESTION. I'M THINKING ABOUT MORE LIKE THE STUDENTS THAT ARE THE HIGHEST MOBILITY RATE. ARE THEY COUNTING ON ANY CAMPUS? IF THEY MOVE AT SEMESTER, THEY'RE NOT COUNTING BACK TO THEIR HOME CAMPUS WHERE THEY WERE IN OCTOBER. AND NO, THEY'RE NOT COUNTING. LET ME CLARIFY IF THEY MOVE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. SO LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A STUDENT WHO STARTED THE YEAR AT, LET'S SAY, MCNAIR. RIGHT. AND NOW THE PARENTS MOVE AND NOW MAYBE THEY LIVE IN THE STONY POINT ZONE. SO SO THEY WERE HERE. THEY WERE HERE LAST FRIDAY IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THEN THEY FINISHED. THEN THEY MOVED SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY, LIKE YOU SAID, AND THEN FINISH THE YEAR AT STONY POINT. SO THEY WON'T COUNT FOR FOR THEY WON'T COUNT FOR STONY POINT AND THEY WON'T COUNT FOR MCNAIR. HOWEVER, THEY WILL COUNT FOR THE DISTRICT. SO BECAUSE THEY WERE WITH US DURING SNAPSHOT, THEY WERE WITH US ALSO IN THE YEAR. SO ROUND ROCK ISD, I MEAN WE WOULD COUNT GOOD OR BAD, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY'RE DOING WELL OR NOT, I GUESS IT WILL COUNT FOR US. BUT BECAUSE THEY MOVED AFTER THAT SNAPSHOT TO ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL, SO NONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS WILL HAVE THEIR ACCOUNTABILITY RATING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION, TRUSTEES. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON. AM I MISSING SOMEBODY? SO ONE MORE THING. BUT THAT'S ONLY IF IT'S AN INTERNAL MOVE. IF THEY'RE COMING FROM OUT OF DISTRICT COUNTS FOR NOTHING FOR US. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I REALLY APPRECIATE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM F TWO. BUT BEFORE I DO, I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM, CAN YOU PLEASE SILENCE ANY DEVICES? WE HAD SOME DEVICES GOING OFF, SO JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE SILENCING YOUR DEVICES. NOW, AGENDA ITEM F TWO 2024 EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS BENEFITS OVERVIEW. AND I WILL ALLOW DOCTOR AZAIEZ TO KICK THIS OFF. THANK YOU AGAIN, PRESIDENT LANDRUM. SO IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR WE WE HAVE AN OPEN ENROLLMENT USUALLY STARTS IN OCTOBER, AS YOU KNOW, AND REALLY STARTS IN JANUARY 1ST AS FAR AS THE KICKOFF OF OF THE BENEFIT FOR OUR FOR OUR STAFF. SO TONIGHT WE HAVE WITH US KRISTIN HORNBACK. SHE'S SHE'S REALLY DOING AMAZING WORK WITH OUR BENEFIT. BUT ALSO WE HAVE I THINK WE'RE INVITING ALSO A COUPLE OF OUR FOLKS WHO ARE HELPING US OUT AS OUR CONSULTANT, TODD PATCH AND AARON ROHMAN. SO IF YOU WANT TO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WANT HIM TO JOIN US. THANK YOU. SO THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE US THROUGH OUR BENEFIT AND SOME OF THE CHANGES WE'RE PROPOSING. THANK YOU. DR. AZAIEZ. I WAS JUST GOING TO HAVE A FEW OPENING REMARKS AND THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET YOU STARTED ON THIS TOPIC TONIGHT. WANTED TO JUST OPEN UP WITH A REMINDER THAT WE MET LAST MAY TO DISCUSS OUR HEALTH PLAN AND JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE'S BENEFIT, I JUST WANTED TO RECAP A COUPLE OF POINTS. OUR DISTRICT OPERATES A SELF-FUNDED HEALTH PLAN. AND SO IN SHORT, WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE PAY FOR EMPLOYEES HEALTH CARE AND PHARMACY CLAIMS COSTS, AND THEN WE MAINTAIN CONTROL OVER THAT HEALTH PLAN. IN TERMS OF HOW THE PLAN IS DESIGNED, INCREASED COSTS AND INFLATIONARY DEMANDS HAVE HAVE IMPACTED OUR HEALTH PLAN. AND SO IT'S LEADING TO SOME CONTINUED DEFICITS WITHIN THAT PLAN. AND SO TONIGHT, OUR PARTNERS HERE WITH ME, TODD PATCH AND AARON ROMAN, HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD WITH US OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR HEALTH PLAN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR PLAN YEAR 24. AND JUST A REMINDER, OUR HEALTH PLAN AND OUR BENEFITS RUN FOR A CALENDAR YEAR. THEY START IN JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER. AND SO NEXT MONTH, WE'RE GOING TO BE KICKING OFF OUR OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE THEIR ELECTIONS FOR THAT PLAN YEAR. [03:00:03] SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO TODD AND AARON TO TALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PLAN ITSELF IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING OF IT AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR SOME CHANGES THAT EMPLOYEES WILL SEE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. HELLO, EVERYBODY, AND GOOD TO BE BACK HERE WITH YOU. SO IF WE COULD FLIP TO THE NEXT NEXT SLIDE, THAT'D BE GREAT. RIGHT HERE. THANK YOU. PERFECT. SO WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS BEFORE. THERE'S THIS KIND OF A BUSY SLIDE. BUT BASICALLY WHAT THIS DOES IS THIS IS TRACKING YOUR CLAIMS ON A MONTHLY BASIS, AND IT'S REPORTED ON A PER MEMBER PER MONTH BASIS, WHICH IS HOW OUR INDUSTRY LOOKS AT DATA. AND YOU CAN KIND OF GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE MIDDLE OF 2019. AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN TRENDING UP. WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE TELLING TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THAT. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT JANUARY THROUGH JUNE, WE'RE STARTING TO KIND OF TREND DOWN, WHICH IS EXCELLENT, RIGHT? WE'RE DOWN ABOUT 7% THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. SO THAT'S A GOOD SLICE OF DATA. HOWEVER, IT'S JUST A SIX MONTH PERIOD AND WE ARE STILL IN A DEFICIT POSITION. SO WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS SLIDE BEFORE AS WELL. I GUESS BEFORE I GET INTO THIS, WHEN WE DO OUR FORECAST. WE'RE FORECASTING BASED ON MEDICAL INFLATION AND THEN SEPARATELY, WHAT PRESCRIPTION DRUG INFLATION IS. MEDICAL AT 5%, PRESCRIPTION DRUG AT 8%. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A 24 MONTH ROLLING PERIOD OF THE DISTRICT'S DATA AND THEN WE'RE PROJECTING FORWARD WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO THE FORECAST FOR 2023 HAS IMPROVED QUITE A BIT, AND THAT IS PRIMARILY BECAUSE THOSE GOOD SIX MONTHS THAT WE'VE HAD IN PLACE, RIGHT. KIND OF ON THE SCOREBOARD, THEY'RE DONE OVER WITH. SO GREAT NEWS. HOPEFULLY THE REST OF THE YEAR WILL CONTINUE TO RUN. WELL, THAT'LL BE GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYBODY. BUT LIKE I SAID, IT'S ONLY SIX MONTHS OF INFORMATION. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR ROLLING 24 MONTH PERIOD, GO FORWARD. IF WE WERE TO MAKE NO CHANGES AT ALL, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT A $6.4 MILLION DEFICIT NEXT YEAR. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 2025, THAT WOULD EXPAND TO 9.2 MILLION. ALL RIGHT. SO STRATEGY WISE, WE WERE TASKED WITH TAKING THAT DEFICIT AWAY, BASICALLY. SO KRISTIN AND TEAM AND OUR TEAM HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME LOOKING THROUGH ALL THE OPTIONS AND GOAL OF CONTINUING TO OFFER A VERY SOLID PROGRAM FOR THE DISTRICT, LOOKING AT COMPETITIVE DATA, ANALYZING THAT ALL THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL AND WHERE WE'VE LANDED IS WE WILL BE ADDING A FIFTH PLAN THAT IS AN HMO PLAN. THEY'LL NOW BE TWO HMO PLANS. THIS ONE WILL HAVE AN EXCUSE ME, AN HSA PLAN. THIS ONE WILL HAVE AN HMO STRUCTURE TO. IT JUST SIMPLY MEANS THERE'S A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN INVOLVED IN HELPING GUIDE CARE. AND THAT WILL BE THE $0 COST PLAN FOR EMPLOYEE ONLY COVERAGE. IT'S BEEN A VERY STRONG INITIATIVE OF THE DISTRICT TO MAINTAIN THAT, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. YOUR PEER DISTRICTS DO THE SAME. SO THAT WILL BE THE PLAN THAT'S ADDED. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION INCREASES THAT AARON'S GOING TO GO THROUGH HERE IN A LITTLE BIT. WE DID WANT TO NOTE THAT WE DID REVIEW SALARY BANDS. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST TIME WE WERE HERE. YOU ONLY HAVE ONE DISTRICT HERE THAT DOES THAT AND IT'S DONE IN KIND OF A DIFFERENT WAY. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING PEER DISTRICTS DO A LOT OF, BUT I KNOW THERE WAS SOME INTEREST IN DOING THAT BOTH WITH YOUR BENEFITS GROUP AND I'VE HEARD IT EVEN WITH THE BOARD THAT WAS REVIEWED. BUT IT WOULD HAVE COME WITH A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THOSE MAKING 50 K OR MORE. AND IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE SENSE THIS YEAR. BUT STILL ON THE LIST, STILL SOMETHING THAT WILL BE CONTINUING TO MONITOR. LASTLY, WE NEGOTIATE EVERY YEAR PHARMACY CONTRACT PRICING. IT'S A VERY COMPLEX PROCESS. WE ACTUALLY FEEL REALLY GOOD AND HAVE FELT REALLY GOOD ABOUT THE THE PBM CONTRACT CHASSIS THAT YOU'RE ON. SO WE MADE SOME CONTRACT IMPROVEMENTS THIS YEAR AGAIN, WHICH IS GOOD, HELPS MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE INCREASES. AND WE ALSO ARE CHANGING THE CO-PAY STRUCTURE, THE TIERING STRUCTURE ON CO-PAYS, AND AARON WILL GET INTO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL MEANT TO KIND OF HELP GUIDE FOLKS TO LOWER COST DRUGS AND MORE COST EFFICIENT. GOOD FOR EVERYBODY. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO PROGRAMS IN PLACE, A ROSTI AND SURGERY, PLUS THEY'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS. KRISTIN AND TEAM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF COMMUNICATING THOSE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO RAMP THOSE EFFORTS UP. AND I KNOW COMMUNICATION IS A VERY BIG INITIATIVE AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO 24 AND 25 AND BEYOND. [03:05:06] AND THEN WE'VE ADDED A PRODUCT CALLED HINGE HEALTH, WHICH IS NEW FOR 2024, AND HOPE TO GET SOME SOLID ROI ON THAT AS WELL. ONE MORE POINT. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO AARON. IS THAT JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT? YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ONGOING CONVERSATION. IT'S A REALLY BIG EXPENSE. IT'S A YOU KNOW, IT'S A DIFFICULT COST BURDEN WE RECOGNIZE FOR THE DISTRICT AND FOR ALL OF YOUR EMPLOYEES. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THINGS. AND AS WE GO INTO 2025, WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING BACK OUT TO BID ON THE MEDICAL PLAN. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT SOME OPTIONS THAT MAY BE OUT THERE ON THE PHARMACY SIDE AND THEN JUST CONTINUE TO LOOK. THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE POPPED UP THAT WE WANT TO DIG INTO DEEPER WITH A PARTNER THAT MAYBE CAN DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER JOB MANAGING SOME COST ON SOME DIFFERENT AREAS. IT'S POPPED UP WITHIN THE PLAN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANKS, TODD. GOOD TO BE BACK WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT. THIS IS REALLY GOING TO GO MORE INTO THE PLAN DETAILS AND LOOKING AT THE BENEFITS AND THE STRUCTURE CHANGE GOING INTO 2024. BUT JUST TO SETTLE IN AND WE WENT THROUGH THIS AT THE LAST MEETING AS WELL TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT PLAN YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE CURRENTLY IN. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A HIGH NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE ELECTED THAT STANDARD PLAN, AND THAT'S. THAT'S A PLAN THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR FOR QUITE A BIT OF TIME. THERE WAS A PREMIUM ADDED TO THAT FOR EMPLOYEE ONLY COVERAGE THIS PAST YEAR. YOU WILL SEE THAT GO UP, I THINK FROM A BENEFIT PLAN STRUCTURE. YOU DO WANT TO SEE MORE LEVELING OUT AND MORE ENROLLMENT BETWEEN THE PLANS VERSUS JUST MOST OF THE ENROLLMENT IN ONE PLAN. THIS SLIDE REALLY GOES OVER THE CURRENT PLANS THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE TODAY. THE NEW PLAN THAT BEGAN IN 2020 OR 2023 WAS THAT HMO PLAN. THAT WAS THE NEW BLUE ESSENTIALS PLAN. SO LIKE TODD MENTIONED, THAT'S THE PLAN WHERE IT REQUIRES A PRIMARY CARE GATEKEEPER AND DOES NOT HAVE OUT OF NETWORK COVERAGE. THE BENEFITS, THOUGH, WERE SET FOR IN-NETWORK AT THE SAME AS THE STANDARD PLAN BENEFITS. SO REALLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS NEEDING THAT PRIMARY CARE GATEKEEPER AND NOT HAVING THE OUT OF NETWORK COVERAGE. YOU ALSO HAD THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN THAT'S HSA QUALIFIED ALSO AS A $0 PLAN THIS YEAR. AND THEN LOOKING INTO 2024, THESE ARE THE NEW PLAN OFFERINGS. I DO THINK IT'S EASIER TO LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE. OH, GO BACK ONE. NO. THERE YOU GO. BECAUSE THIS HAS THE COMPARISON TOGETHER OF YOUR CURRENT PLAN BENEFITS AND WHAT'S CHANGING FOR 2024. OBVIOUSLY, THE BIG CHANGE IS ADDING THAT FIFTH PLAN OPTION, AS WAS MENTIONED PRIOR. SO IT IS ANOTHER HMO PLAN, SO PRIMARY CARE GATEKEEPER REQUIRED, BUT IT'S HSA QUALIFIED. SO IT'S THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN THAT WILL BECOME THE NEW $0 PLAN. IT'S A $3,500 DEDUCTIBLE. YOU ALSO SEE WHAT YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE IS THE NAMING STRUCTURE OF THE PLANS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE CURRENT PLANS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU'RE EXPANDING TO SO MANY OPTIONS. REALLY TRIED TO DO NAMING CONVENTIONS THAT DESCRIBED MORE ABOUT THE PLAN IN DETAIL, LIKE HMO COPAY, HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN VERSUS STANDARD OR PREMIUM, WHICH DOESN'T REALLY TELL YOU MUCH ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN OFFERS IN GENERAL. SO ON THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN THAT YOU HAVE TODAY, YOU CAN SEE THAT DEDUCTIBLE IS INCREASING BY $500. YOU SEE THAT THROUGHOUT THE CURRENT PLAN OFFERINGS THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE INCREASE IN DEDUCTIBLES FOR THE COPAY PLANS, YOU ALSO SEE AN INCREASE IN THE CO-PAYS AS WELL. AND THEN THE CHANGE ON THE PHARMACY SIDE IS REALLY TRYING TO INCENT GENERIC MEDICATIONS. SO ALL TIERS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GENERIC, WILL FALL UNDER A CO-INSURANCE WHERE THEY HAVE TO PAY A PERCENT OF THE COST OF THE MEDICATION BEFORE COVERAGE KICKS IN. AND THEN DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IS WHERE YOU SEE THE PREMIUM COMPARISONS, WHAT THE EMPLOYEES ARE PAYING. THIS IS ON A MONTHLY BASIS. SO OBVIOUSLY THE NEW HMO HTTP PLAN, AGAIN, THAT'S YOUR NEW $0 PLAN AND YOU CAN SEE THE DEPENDENT CONTRIBUTIONS ACTUALLY ALIGN WITH THE CURRENT HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN CONTRIBUTIONS TODAY. SO THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THAT IS EMPLOYEES STILL ONE HAVE A $0 COST OPTION AND TWO, THERE'S AN OPTION [03:10:09] TO KEEP THEIR PREMIUMS IF THEY WERE ON THE LOWEST COST PLAN, THERE'S AN OPTION FOR THEM TO KEEP THOSE SAME DEDUCTIONS GOING FORWARD. UM, AND SO YOU SEE THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE. SO ALL THE ON THE OTHER PLANS, THE DEPENDENT TIERS, THE CONTRIBUTION INCREASES WERE 10%. BUT YOU NOTICE ON THE EMPLOYEE ONLY CONTRIBUTIONS, THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLANS GOING FROM 0 TO 30. THE COPAY HMO, WHICH WAS THE NEW PLAN FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, IS GOING FROM 0 TO 40. WHAT WAS THE STANDARD PLAN IS GOING FROM 20 TO 80, AND THAT LOWEST DEDUCTIBLE PLAN IS GOING FROM 145 TO 200. AND THOSE ARE LOOKING AT PEER DISTRICTS AND THOSE BENCHMARKS. THOSE ARE IN LINE WITH WHAT THEY'RE CHARGING TODAY. AND OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. MOST OF THOSE ARE JANUARY 1ST RENEWALS, TOO. SO THEY'RE ABOUT TO RELEASE TO THEIR EMPLOYEES WHAT THEIR BENEFIT CHANGES AND CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE GOING FORWARD FOR 2024 AS WELL. MM. AND THEN SWITCHING GEARS, ONE OF THE INITIATIVES THIS YEAR WAS TO DO A VOLUNTARY BENEFITS RFP. SO LOOKING AT YOUR CURRENT DENTAL VISION LIFE AND DISABILITY CARRIERS, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, ALSO EXPANDING THOSE OFFERINGS TO INCLUDE ACCIDENT CRITICAL ILLNESS. THERE ARE SOME OTHER PRODUCTS THAT WERE LOOKED AT AND MAY BE ROLLED OUT AT A LATER DATE. WE DIDN'T WANT TO OVERWHELM OR INUNDATE THE EMPLOYEE BASE WITH A BUNCH OF NEW LINES OF COVERAGE. JUST THE COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION AROUND THAT FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE BETTER TO INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF NEW PRODUCTS AND SEE WHAT THE UPTAKE WAS. IF EMPLOYEES LIKED THE OPTION OF PURCHASING THOSE ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS AND THEN GO FORWARD AND MAKE. MAKE DECISIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT TO ADD ADD ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS FROM THERE. SO AGAIN, THE GOALS WERE EXPANDED BENEFIT OFFERINGS IMPROVE THE CURRENT BENEFITS WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE MARKETING PROCESS AND MANAGE THE COSTS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR THE EMPLOYEES. WE DID MARKET THIS OFF CYCLE. AS TODD ALSO MENTIONED, THE MEDICAL AND PHARMACY ARE GOING OUT FOR RFP FOR THE 2025 PLAN YEAR. OBVIOUSLY THAT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF ENERGY AND SOMETIMES SO MUCH ENERGY IS SPENT ON THE MEDICAL THAT THESE PRODUCTS THAT ALSO DIRECTLY IMPACT EMPLOYEES POCKETS DON'T GET THE TIME AND ATTENTION THAT THEY DESERVE. SO THE DECISION WAS MADE TO DO THIS EARLY AND GET THEM OFF CYCLE SO THEY'RE NOT ON THE SAME CYCLE AS THE MEDICAL. IN ADDITION, THE LAST BULLET POINT HERE. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THE CARRIERS SELECTED FOR THOSE LINES OF COVERAGE THAT WILL BE OFFERED. THE OTHER INITIATIVE OF THE BENEFITS DEPARTMENT IS TO REALLY IMPROVE COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION. SO I KNOW BLUE CROSS DOES HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE ON SITE TODAY THAT HAS REALLY MADE AN EFFORT TO BE ON CAMPUSES TO HELP EDUCATE. BUT ALSO THERE ARE SOME TECHNOLOGY TOOLS THAT TRY THAT LOOKING AT AND TRYING TO IMPLEMENT GO FORWARD TO HELP WITH THE COMMUNICATION EDUCATION. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE END OF THE THE SLIDES. WE HAVE SOME IN THE APPENDIX IF YOU WANTED TO REFERENCE THOSE. BUT I THINK WE'RE READY FOR SOME QUESTIONS, IF THERE ARE ANY. TRUSTEE. BONE. THANKS. I WANTED TO GET SOME CLARITY ON THE PAYMENTS. ARE THOSE PRICES PER PAYCHECK OR MONTHLY? MONTHLY? THEY'RE MONTHLY. OKAY, SO THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. AND THEN I DON'T RECALL IF WE HAD HAD THE PHARMACY UPDATE IN MAY. I DON'T RECALL THAT. BUT CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE PHARMACY A LITTLE BIT? BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PHARMACY AND THE FACT THAT I THINK IT'S SLIDE SIX. IF WE WANT TO GO BACK THERE WITH THE NEW PAYMENTS TRUSTEES, YOU'LL SEE THAT IF SOMEBODY'S ON TIER TWO, THEY COULD HAVE A 45 TO $80 CO-PAY NOW. AND ON TIER TWO, AND I KNOW THESE ARE REOCCURRING COSTS THAT OUR EMPLOYEES WOULD HAVE. AND I'M JUST. I'M WONDERING IF YOU GUYS CAN TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT. IS THIS A DECISION THAT WE'VE MADE IT AS A DISTRICT OR CAN YOU KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHY AND AND DO WE KNOW LIKE I'M ASSUMING YOU GUYS ACTUALLY HAVE THE DATA ON HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE THESE PLANS OR THIS KIND OF MEDICINE? WE DO. YEAH. SO ANYTIME YOU'RE TRYING TO CUT INTO SOME COSTS, RIGHT, THERE'S DIFFERENT DIALS AND KNOBS YOU CAN TURN AND TRYING TO COME UP WITH A BALANCING DECISION [03:15:10] THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE WITH THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF THAT CLOSING THE DEFICIT, RIGHT. OF THAT 6.5 MILLION. SO THIS WAS ONE OF THE ONE OF THE ONE OF THE TOOLS TO DO THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY. SO WE LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS. AND THIS ONE WAS WAS SELECTED TO TO KIND OF BE THE BEST ONE, BALANCING COST AND IMPACT. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE WILL BE SOME IMPACT FOR SOME FOLKS AND AND HOPEFULLY A REVIEW OF OTHER OPTIONS WHERE THEY CAN MOVE MOVE DOWN HERE AS WELL. BUT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING. IS THAT IS THERE A WAY THEN THAT WE CAN KIND OF EDUCATE THOSE EMPLOYEES WHERE WE CAN GO OUT AND SAY, HEY, THERE'S A GENERIC OF THIS, OR IS THERE AN OPTION THAT WE CAN PUT IN? I KNOW I'VE HAD PLANS BEFORE. IF THERE'S NOT A GENERIC, THEN YOU ACTUALLY GET IT AT THE $45. IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO ADD THAT? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO PENALIZE SOMEBODY BECAUSE THEY'RE ON A PRESCRIPTION THAT THEY CAN'T GET A GENERIC. YEAH, THOSE USED TO EXIST. THAT'S NOT REALLY A STRATEGY ANY LONGER FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S NOT. I CAN'T TAKE THE GENERIC AND THERE'S A LOT OF THAT THAT GOES ON. SO FOR THE MOST PART, THE INDUSTRY HAS KIND OF MOVED AWAY FROM THAT. YOU ARE CORRECT, AND IN A LOT OF CASES THERE JUST SIMPLY WON'T BE A DRUG THAT FALLS INTO THAT TIER. AND IT'LL BE IT'LL MEAN A HIGHER COST FOR FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL, FOR THAT DRUG. AND THEN I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION IS OUR PEER DISTRICTS AROUND HERE. DO YOU KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE DOING, TOO, OR ARE THEY STAYING IN THE OLD COPAY STRUCTURE? SO TRS DOES USE A SIMILAR STRUCTURE TO THIS. SO FOR TRS ACTIVE CARE, YES. CURRENTLY WE I DON'T KNOW OF ANY LOCAL PEER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE A STRUCTURE LIKE THIS, BUT AGAIN, THEY ARE ALL ALSO MAKING DECISIONS FOR 2024 AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT DATA YET. THANK YOU. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN OF MINE WITH WITH THIS. YOU KNOW, WE HEARD EARLIER EMPLOYEES DO WATCH THESE THINGS. MY LAST QUESTION IS, IS THAT IF I READ SLIDE TWO RIGHT, WE'RE ACTUALLY AS A DISTRICT BECAUSE IT SAYS DISTRICT COST, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ACTUALLY PROVIDING $3 MILLION LESS INTO THE 2023. AND THAT EVEN 20, 24, WE'RE STILL LESS THAN WE WERE IN 2022. THAT THE DISTRICT IS PROVIDING. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S. YOU'RE CONTRIBUTING MORE IN 2023, I THINK. CAN I ADD SOMETHING? I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER DR. BONE, BUT OUR BOARD AT THAT TIME, BECAUSE WE DISCUSSED THAT WAS SINCE LAST YEAR WE SAW THIS COMING. RIGHT. FOR EVEN FOR THIS CURRENT 2023. AND OUR BOARD GRACIOUSLY SAID THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD LIKE TO HELP OUR STAFF AND WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS A TOUGH YEAR, INFLATION AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO OUR BOARD DECIDED FOR US, ALLOW US, IF YOU WILL, TO TO USE THREE ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION TO OFFSET THE COST FOR OUR STAFF. SO THAT'S WHY THE $3 MILLION IS SO THAT. WELL, FROM THE FUND BALANCE. ONE QUICK POINT. I SHOULD HAVE JUMPED ON THIS RIGHT AWAY. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT DISTRICT COST, THAT'S ACTUAL COST. THE FUNDING IS OVER TO THE LEFT. SO THE 30,000,006 89 IS IS IS THE BUDGETED FUNDING. BUT BECAUSE IF CLAIMS COME IN HIGHER THAN BUDGETED, THEN YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO PAY MORE BECAUSE YOUR EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE LOCKED IN. SO THE REASON WHY IT'S LESS THIS YEAR IN WITH THE FORECAST THAN LAST YEAR IS BECAUSE OF THE PLAN. SIMPLY IT'S JUST RUNNING BETTER. REMEMBER HOW I TALKED ABOUT JANUARY THROUGH JUNE HAS BEEN GOOD GOOD CLAIMS DATA. SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S THE REASON. SO I GUESS IF WE GO BACK TO 2022, THOUGH. THAT'S WHAT I GUESS I'M ASKING, IS THAT 36 MILLION WHAT WE CONTRIBUTED OR DID WE CONTRIBUTE THE 36 MILLION PLUS THE 6.5 MILLION? SO 42 MILLION OR ACTUALLY ABOUT 43 MILLION. YEAH. SO THE FUND, THE 30 MILLION, 18,000 WOULD HAVE BEEN WHAT YOU HAD INTENDED ON CONTRIBUTING, BUT THE PLAN RAN HIGHER AND SO YOU ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTED 36 MILLION. OKAY. SO THE DISTRICT COST IS THE FINAL COST TO US, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT. SO IN 2022, WE PAID 36.5 MILLION AND THEN WE'RE NOT EXPECTED TO GET BACK THERE EVEN THIS YEAR AT 30, WE'RE STILL AT 36. AND I KNOW MAYBE IN 2022 THAT'S NOT WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE. BUT IF WE STILL GO OVER TO 2022 OR I MEAN, I'M JUST WONDERING WHY WE'RE WE'RE ACTUALLY SPENDING LESS ON OUR SIDE OF IT. [03:20:05] I DON'T THINK WE ARE. I DON'T THINK WE'RE I MEAN, I CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IT'S THE DISTRICT FUNDS. IF YOU NOTICE, IT'S ABOUT THE SAME. SO IT'S ABOUT 30 MILLION. AND SOME CHANGE IS WHAT'S CHANGING IS THE ACTUAL DISTRICT COSTS. IN OTHER WORDS, HOW MUCH THE PLAN IS COSTING US EACH YEAR. SO THE FORECAST FOR THIS YEAR, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE LOWER THAN LAST YEAR. SO THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A SMALLER DEFICIT. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD. AM I AM I CORRECT, SIR? YOU ARE. SO THE FUND THE DISTRICT FUNDS BASED OFF OF THAT DISTRICT FUND. PM RIGHT. SO IN 23, THAT NUMBER IS 466. AND I THINK THE BOARD SETS THAT AS AS A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE HEALTH PLAN. THE REALITY IS, IS THAT PLUS THE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS AND WITH THE CURRENT PLAN, DESIGN ISN'T ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN THE ACTUAL COST. SO YOU'RE IN A DEFICIT THIS YEAR. SO THAT'S THAT'S HOW THOSE NUMBERS ARE LINED OUT. YEAH. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IF THE DISTRICT FUND OUR DISTRICT COSTS, I'M JUST POINTING OUT THAT IT APPEARS THAT WE'RE WE'RE REALLY I MEAN, EVERY YEAR HEALTH COSTS IS GOING TO GET MORE. BUT IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT WE'RE CONTRIBUTING REALLY ANY MORE EITHER WAY. YOU LOOK AT IT, OUR DISTRICT FUND, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE SITTING AT, WE'RE REALLY GIVING NOTHING AND STAYING ACTUALLY ABOUT THE SAME AT $30 MILLION. AND THEN EVEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE DISTRICT COSTS, WHICH IS THE REAL PROJECTED COST. I MEAN, WE'RE STILL NOT. GIVING ANY MORE. SO IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN OF MINE THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, GIVING OUR FAIR SHARE. CAN I CAN I ASK A LITTLE CLARIFYING ON THAT? SO IT LOOKS LIKE IN 2022 WE PLAY WE CONTRIBUTED 445 PER EMPLOYEE AND WE'VE INCREASED OUR CONTRIBUTION BY $21 PER EMPLOYEE FOR 2023. IS THAT CORRECT? AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ENROLLED, WE ACTUALLY WENT DOWN ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE ENROLLED. IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA THAT YOU GUYS SUPPLIED ON SLIDE TWO. SO THAT'S WHY OUR TOTALS ARE. PRETTY STAGNANT. IS THAT CORRECT? YOU ALL REMEMBER IN THE TWO PREVIOUS BUDGETS, WE CONTRIBUTED $3 MILLION OUT OF FUND BALANCE. THAT'S HOW WE GOT THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE FOUR 466. THAT'S THE $3 MILLION. SO IT WILL NOT CHANGE BECAUSE WE ALSO PUT $3 MILLION INTO THIS YEAR OUT OF FUND BALANCE. SO THAT'S HOW THE 466 STAYS FLAT. COULD THAT MAKE SENSE? TRUSTEE. WESTON. SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE $0 HSA PLAN. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER. I'VE LONG ADVOCATED FOR THE BENEFITS OF THAT. IF I IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, IT WAS UNDER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION THAT HSAS WERE PASSED INTO LAW IN THE EARLY 2000. AM I REMEMBERING THAT RIGHT? YES, I BELIEVE THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHEN THEY CAME INTO PLAY, BUT IT'S BEEN A WHILE. YEAH, BECAUSE IT WAS A IT WAS A BIG CHANGE. AND AT MY FARM, WE WERE IMPLEMENTING IT IN 2009, I THINK IT WAS 5 OR 6 YEARS OLD AT THAT POINT. AND AS I'VE EXPLAINED BEFORE, THE BIGGEST HURDLE IS USUALLY EDUCATION OF AN EMPLOYEE AND THAT ONCE THEY UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS, WHICH I WON'T GO IN HERE TODAY, BUT THERE OFTEN TIMES THEY CHOOSE IT AND THERE ARE TREMENDOUS BENEFITS AS FAR AS TAX SHELTERED SAVINGS. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT. I GUESS MY STATEMENT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, MARY, YOU'RE KIND OF EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT THE DISTRICT'S CONTRIBUTIONS. YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT HOW BUDGETS ARE MORAL DOCUMENTS, AND THAT MONEY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE. AND I WON'T BELABOR IT HERE, BUT I'VE SPOKEN REPEATEDLY FROM THIS DAIS THAT UNLESS THE DECLINING ENROLLMENT IS NOT REVERSED, IT'S UNLIKELY THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO GET ANY BETTER. I'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW THE WORKFORCE NEEDS TO BE RIGHT SIZED TO THE STUDENT POPULATION. I WAS LOOKING THIS TIME LAST YEAR. THERE WERE 46,327 STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. TODAY THERE'S 46. A YEAR LATER, THERE'S 46,117 STUDENTS. THAT'S A DECLINE OF 200 SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER. AND THAT'S WITH THROWING OPEN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT'S BORDERS TO TRANSFER STUDENTS. SO I DON'T EXPECT ANY OF THIS TO GET BETTER UNLESS AND UNTIL THE BOARD, AS I REPEATEDLY ASK, MEANINGFULLY ADDRESSES THE DRIVERS OF OUR BUDGET. SO BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE THE HSA $0 OPTION ADDED. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON. BUT I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION ON SLIDE FOUR. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BREAKOUT OF WHO'S ON EACH PLAN AND NOW THE THOUGHT OF ADDING A FIFTH PLAN, HOW ARE WE GOING TO AND IT SOMEWHAT TAGS ON TO WHAT TRUSTEE WESTON SAID, HOW ARE WE GOING TO MARKET THAT TO TRY AND DIVERSIFY THE ENROLLMENT INTO THE FIVE DIFFERENT PLANS? [03:25:03] THE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION CHANGES FOR THAT PLAN WILL HELP WITH THE MARKETING BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION JUST BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCES IN THE PRICES. SO THAT'S PART OF IT. AND THEN THE PROMOTION AROUND THE HSA IS THE OTHER PART OF IT. AND THEN THOSE THAT DON'T CARE FOR AN HSA, THEN THE PROMOTION AROUND SLIDING OVER TO AN HMO PRODUCT THAT JUST REQUIRES TO HAVE A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THAT. I THINK YOU'LL SEE ENROLLMENT GO UP IN THAT PLAN AS WELL. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS ROUND ROCK ISD DOING TO LET OUR EMPLOYEES KNOW? LIKE, ARE WE HOSTING INFORMATION SESSIONS OR ARE WE HOSTING LIKE WHAT? WHAT ARE WE SPECIFIC? LIKE I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES, BUT HOW ARE WE GETTING THAT MESSAGE OUT? YEAH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH OUR MARKETING DEPARTMENT AND WE'VE, WE'VE GOT SOME NEW VIDEOS, 1 TO 2 MINUTE VIDEOS EXPLAINING WHAT AN HMO IS. AGAIN, 1 TO 2 MINUTE VIDEOS ON WHAT AN HSA PLAN IS. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PUSHING OUT A LOT OF EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATION. AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED, OPEN ENROLLMENT STARTS IN OCTOBER AND SO LOTS OF COMMUNICATIONS HAVE BEEN DRAFTED. AARON MENTIONED OUR ON SITE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD REPRESENTATIVE. HE'S ACTUALLY ON MY TEAM AND HE'S ALREADY BEEN OUT ON CAMPUSES TO HELP EDUCATE PEOPLE ON WHAT ALL OF THESE PLANS MEAN AND HELPING THEM KNOW EVERY EMPLOYEE SITUATION IS DIFFERENT ON WHAT KIND OF PLAN THEY MIGHT CHOOSE. AND TO TODD'S POINT, THAT STANDARD PLAN GOING FROM $20 TODAY TO $80 STARTING IN JANUARY, I THINK WILL BE A LOT OF THE DECISION MAKING THAT AN EMPLOYEE WOULD MAKE. SO IS THERE A TOOL OR A WAY FOR AN EMPLOYEE TO RUN THEIR PREVIOUS YEAR'S HEALTH CARE COST AND COMPARE TO WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN PAYING IF THEY'D HAD CHOSE A DIFFERENT PLAN? I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST MOTIVATOR IS SOMEBODY SEES HOW IT AFFECTS THEIR BOTTOM LINE OF, WELL, DO I PAY $80 A MONTH OR DO I PAY $40 A MONTH? BUT IF I LOOK AT MY OVERALL COST FOR THE YEAR, I MIGHT HAVE ACTUALLY SAVED THREE GRAND IF I HAD GONE. SO IS THERE A WAY FOR AN EMPLOYEE TO GET A BETTER IDEA OR A HANDLE ONTO HOW THESE CHANGES AFFECT THEIR OVERALL BOTTOM LINE RATHER THAN JUST WHAT'S DEDUCTED FOR THEIR PREMIUM? THERE'S NOT A TOOL IN YOUR PLAN, BUT IT'S PART OF THE THE PLANNING GO FORWARD. BLUE CROSS DOES NOT HAVE THAT TOOL AVAILABLE WITH WITH THE PRODUCT THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. SO BUT IT'S A IT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA. AND PART OF THE EDUCATION THAT YOU THAT WE DO IS ALONG THAT SAME LINE. LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU'RE SPENDING YOUR DOLLARS AND WHAT DRUGS YOU'RE TAKING IN AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS. OKAY. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MARCUM YEAH. SO THE WE'VE SEEN WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF CONCERN FROM TEACHERS ABOUT EVEN WITH THE SALARY INCREASE THAT THE NEW INSURANCE COST IS EATING INTO THOSE INCREASES. SO WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING OUT THE TRAINING VIDEOS, ARE YOU GOING TO BE USING THAT AS A TOOL TO HELP TEACHERS UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE PLANS THAT WILL HELP THEM RETAIN THOSE RAISES VERSUS PUTTING IT INTO THE TYPICAL INSURANCE PLAN THAT THEY FOR THOSE THAT HAVE A CHOICE, SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE OF WHAT INSURANCE PLAN THEY HAVE TO GO WITH. BUT FOR THOSE THAT DO, USING THAT AS A MARKETING TOOL AND JUST AS A SUPPORT FOR OUR TEACHERS TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHICH PLANS DON'T EAT INTO THEIR SALARY INCREASE. YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CATER SOME OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS TO THAT. WE'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE CUSTODIANS AND THE BUS DRIVERS TO WHERE SOME OF THAT IMPACT COULD BE FELT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE SIGNIFICANTLY. SO, YES, WE'RE A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE PULLED TOGETHER JUST SOME OF OUR COMMON POSITIONS. A TEACHER, YOU KNOW, A TEN YEAR TEACHER, WHAT THEIR SALARY WILL BE. AND THEN KIND OF IF YOU WERE TO TO PICK THE STANDARD PLAN, WHAT THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT TO YOU PER MONTH KIND OF DOING THAT DIFFERENCE. SO IT IS THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO IF I IF I DON'T, I MEAN, THIS IS NOT A HOW CAN I SAY THIS? THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO DO. RIGHT. WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE BECAUSE OF THE INFLATION AND THE RAISING COSTS WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH CARE, WE KIND OF LIKE WE HAVE TO KIND OF WORK WORK. AND I KNOW AGAIN, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT OUR BOARD LAST COUPLE OF YEARS REALLY PUT A PUT $3 MILLION TO THE SIDE TO HELP. BUT I THINK WE ARE IN A SITUATION NOW. WE HAVE TO KIND OF MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR PLANS. AND I KNOW THE TEAM AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD SOME COMMITTEE ACTUALLY WORKING FROM DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS THAT THEY WERE THERE WHEN THEY WORKED TOGETHER AND COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT PLANS. WHAT I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE ALSO TO KNOW IS THIS IS AN ANNUAL EXERCISE. SO OUR GOAL HOPEFULLY IS WE STABILIZE THE SYSTEM IN A WAY THAT NEXT YEAR WE DON'T SEE AN INCREASE AGAIN IN THEIR PREMIUMS OR CHANGES IN THE PLANS OR MAYBE EVEN A REDUCTION. [03:30:01] ALL DEPENDS. HOW HOW THIS THIS THIS NEW PLAN OR THIS NEW PLAN WILL BE WORKING. SURE. THANK YOU. AND I YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT INFLATION IS INFLATION. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE'RE USING EVERY TOOL THAT WE HAVE TO FIGHT IT, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S EASY TO JUST ROLL OVER INTO THE SAME INSURANCE PLAN THAT YOU'VE USED IN YEARS PAST. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S REALLY CLEAR AND EASY FOR OUR STAFF TO ACCESS THAT INFORMATION, TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS WHERE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TO KEEP THOSE RAISES THAT ARE THAT HOPEFULLY ARE COMING THEIR WAY. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON, SO. TRUSTEE, IT'S BEEN ABOUT TWO HOURS SINCE WE'VE HAD A BREAK, SO LET'S TAKE A BREAK UNTIL 925. WE'LL TAKE 14 MINUTES. SO WE'RE ON RECESS TILL 925. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT IS 928. WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AND WE ARE ON TO AGENDA ITEM F THREE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS. DR. AZAIEZ PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT LANDRUM I HAD A QUESTION IF THE CHAIR WOULD SO LOOK AT PULLING UP THE ACTION ITEMS I TWO AND THREE. WE HAVE A LOT OF EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HERE AND I BELIEVE SOME TEACHERS. AND IF THE BOARD WOULD SO PULL THOSE UP. I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY WOULD PROBABLY APPRECIATE US GETTING TO THAT SINCE IT IS NOW ALMOST 930. I WOULD SAY I FOR TWO, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME STONY POINT PEOPLE HERE. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. I JUST NEED TO CONFIRM THAT ADMINISTRATION WILL BE READY TO PRESENT THOSE. NOW, I THINK WE HAVE STUDENTS HERE AND I ALSO HAVE STAFF. OKAY, PERFECT. THEN WE WILL INSTEAD OF DOING THAT, WE WILL GO ON TO ACTION ITEMS I TO THE APPROVAL OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND GROUND LEASE [I. ACTION ITEMS] BETWEEN ROUND ROCK ISD AND ACC FOR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL ALONG WITH I THREE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON BOND 2018 FUNDS FOR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. AND I'M ALSO GOING TO READ US INTO I FOUR JUST BECAUSE IT ALL HAS TO DO WITH 2018 BOND FUNDS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON BOND 2018 FUNDS FOR STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA EXPANSION. DR. AZAIEZ, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN. AND SO WE HAVE OUR DENNIS MR. COVINGTON WITH US AND ALSO SARA, WHO HELPED US WORK WITH ACC BACK AND FORTH ON SOME SOME AGREEMENTS. SO I WILL LET THEM TAKE IT FROM HERE. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT. THE AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE BRINGING FORTH TO YOU TONIGHT IS THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ACC AND ROUND ROCK ISD THAT ALLOWS US TO BUILD THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL ON THE ROUND ROCK CAMPUS OF ACC ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL WOULD BUILD, MAINTAIN AND OWN THE ENTIRE BUILDING, AND ACC WILL LEASE TO ROUND ROCK ISD THE LAND FOR A 50 YEAR PERIOD AT A COST OF ABOUT $6 MILLION PAID BACK OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD WITH A 4% INTEREST RATE. WE MET MANY TIMES WITH ACC AND WITH THE HELP OF SARA AND HER TEAM, WE HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT WE THINK WORKS FOR THE DISTRICT AND FOR ACC, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SARA AND LET HER GO INTO THE LEGALESE OF THIS CONTRACT. WELL, I DON'T HAVE PREPARED STATEMENTS, BUT I KNOW THERE ARE COMPLICATED AGREEMENTS AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES. BUT BASICALLY I THINK MR. COVINGTON HAS GIVEN YOU A GOOD OVERVIEW. WE HAVE A 50 YEAR GROUND LEASE, WHICH WOULD BE THE EXPECTED LIFESPAN OF A NEW BUILDING, AND ACC HAS MADE THAT VERY DOABLE FOR ROUND ROCK ISD. IT INVOLVES A COOPERATION OF BOTH ENTITIES AND THEY ARE ASSISTING SUBSTANTIALLY BOTH WITH THE THE INTERCONNECTIONS, WITH UTILITIES AND AND COORDINATING WITH THEIR BOTH BOTH ENTITIES NEEDS IN TERMS OF INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS. AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS AND WE'RE I'M EXCITED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. AND I MAY ADD A FEW THINGS. I KNOW I KNOW WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH CHANCELLOR RHOADS AND HIS TEAM AND AND HE AGAIN, HE SAID IT TO US SEVERAL TIMES THAT OUR STUDENTS, HIS STUDENTS, HE'S TALKING ABOUT EARLY COLLEGE, EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE ACC STUDENTS AS WELL. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE FINALLY CAME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE GOING TO BE USING THEIR EXISTING PARKING LOTS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE TO COME UP OR PAY FOR A PARKING LOT. RIGHT. TO TO FOR, FOR OUR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE GOING TO TAP INTO THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE CHILLERS. AND I KNOW I HAVE TERRY HERE. AND MELANIE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GET CLOSER SO YOU CAN MAYBE TALK MORE ABOUT THE TECHNICALITY AS FAR AS LIKE THINGS THAT WILL BE TAPPING IN THAT IN THE IN THE IN THE LONG RUN WILL BE HELPING OUR DISTRICT. RIGHT. OR SAVING OUR DISTRICT A LOT OF MONEY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CHILLERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE. [03:35:07] THANK YOU, DR. AZAIEZ AND TRUSTEES. WE LOVE TO TALK ABOUT CHILLERS. THE REALITY IS THAT AS WE WENT THROUGH THE THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL DESIGN PROCESS, THE FOCUS WAS ALWAYS TO BE. TUNED IN. AND A LOT A LOT OF PEOPLE USE THE NOMENCLATURE LASER FOCUSED ON BEING AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WE HAD LIMITED FUNDS AVAILABLE TO US TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. SO WORKING THROUGH THROUGH THE THE NOTIONS WITH AND CONCEPTS WITH ACC, AS YOU SAW PREVIOUSLY IN NUMEROUS TIMES, THE LOCATION OF THAT BUILDING IS INNER CAMPUS ON ACC'S CAMPUS AND WE WE PURPOSEFULLY SOUGHT OUT THAT INNER CAMPUS BECAUSE RIGHT NEXT TO THIS SITE THAT THE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE POSITIONED AT IS THE ACC CENTRAL PLANT AND THEIR MAIN POWER SOURCE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO THERE'S, THERE'S EFFICIENCY IN BEING ABLE TO TO USE THEIR THEIR EQUIPMENT, IF YOU WILL, THEIR HVAC SYSTEM THAT CREATES CHILLED WATER. AND WE JUST TAP INTO IT AND WE THROUGH OUR WINDOW, WE USE AND PURCHASE CHILLED WATER FROM THEM RATHER THAN HAVING OUR OWN CHILLERS, RATHER THAN HAVING OUR OWN COOLING TOWERS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO WE SUBMETER AND THAT GOES ON FOR DIFFERENT THINGS SUCH AS WATER AND AND WASTE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO THERE'S WITHIN THIS, WITHIN THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING OR INNER LOCAL, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO SUBMETER AND WORK OUR UTILITIES TOGETHER. AND THAT ALSO CUTS DOWN ON OUR MANPOWER THAT WE HAVE TO USE FOR FOR MAINTENANCE OVER THE YEARS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO THERE ARE THESE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HAVING THESE TWO ENTITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER IN THAT WAY. JUST WANT TO ADD ONE MORE LAST THING. ACTUALLY, THE THE ACC BOARD MET ON MONDAY AND THEY APPROVED THIS ALREADY. SO BECAUSE WE WENT BACK AND FORTH AND THEY ALREADY APPROVED IT AS OF MONDAY OF THIS THIS PAST MONDAY. SO BEFORE WE TAKE QUESTIONS ON THE AGREEMENT, MR. COVINGTON, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE FINANCES BEHIND THIS? WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY SET ASIDE FOR EARLY COLLEGE AND HOW WE'RE PAYING FOR THE AGREEMENT WITH 2018 FUNDS AND WHAT THIS WILL END UP COSTING US? I KNOW IT'S IN THE AGREEMENT, BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE, THAT'S A 60 PAGE DOCUMENT FULL OF SOME LEGALESE. SO CAN YOU KIND OF SIMPLIFY THAT A LITTLE BIT AS TO WHAT THE BOTTOM LINE AND THE BOTTOM DOLLAR AND HOW WE'RE PAYING FOR THIS? WELL, COULD Y'ALL LOAD UP THE I. THREE THREE PRESENTATION? THANK YOU. SO I GUESS WE'LL JUST JUMP TO THE FINANCIAL PIECE OF OF THE DOCUMENTS. SO LET I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS. AS YOUR CFO, MY ROLE IS TO BRING TO YOU GUYS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SOUND FINANCIAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MEET THE IDENTIFIED NEEDS AND MAXIMIZE THE USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I WILL BRING TO YOU TONIGHT ARE NOT POLITICALLY MOTIVATED OR INFLUENCED AND IS NOT BASED ON ANY AGENDA. I WILL BRIEF YOU ON THE CURRENT FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE 2018 BOND PROGRAM, AND THEN I WILL SHOW YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MEET THE NEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. SO THIS IS THE THE 1000 FOOT FINANCIAL STATUS OF ALL THE BONDS PROJECTS. THERE WAS 199 PROJECTS. AND SO YOU SEE THE NUMBER ON THE FAR LEFT IS THE 2018 BOND. THAT WAS THE CONSTITUTION. AND THEN YOU ALL TRANSFERRED $8.9 MILLION OF OLD BONDS OUT TO THE 2008 BOND AND 2014 BOND FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT BROUGHT THE TOTAL BOND PROGRAM UP TO THE 517. TO THIS DATE, WE HAVE DETERMINED OF ALL THE COMPLETED PROJECTS AND THE PROJECTS THAT'S STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND UNDER CONTRACT. THAT IS GOING TO COST ABOUT $500 MILLION. THAT LEAVES $17 MILLION IN THE BALANCE. AND AS MORE PROJECTS BECOME COMPLETED AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO THE FINAL AUDITS, THAT NUMBER SHOULD GROW BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE DOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, YOU BUILD IN CONTINGENCIES. AND SO WHEN YOU FINISH THE PROJECT, HOPEFULLY SOME OF THOSE CONTINGENCIES COMES BACK TO YOU. SO TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO BRING YOU TWO RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO USE THE $17 MILLION. THE FIRST ONE IS THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM. [03:40:02] AS YOU ALL RECALL, THE BOND, THE 2018 BOND BUDGETED $15 MILLION FOR THE LAND AND MASTER DESIGN AND PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION OF EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, YOU CAN'T BUILD HALF A BUILDING. WHEN YOU GO TO BUILD A BUILDING, YOU MUST HAVE IDENTIFY ALL FUNDS AVAILABLE TO BUILD THE BUILDING. SO WITHOUT HAVING ALL FUNDS THAT WERE NEEDED, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL WAS DELAYED UNTIL WE COULD FIND THE FUNDING TO BUILD THE WHOLE BUILDING AND PUT THE BID OUT TO BID TO BUILD THE WHOLE BUILDING. SO THE $15 MILLION WAS NOT ENOUGH. THIS IS THE DESIGN OF THE NEW PROPOSED EARLY HIGH SCHOOL, EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL. IT WILL ACCOMMODATE 500 STUDENTS AS WHICH IS THE STATUTE THAT IT CANNOT HOLD MORE THAN 500 STUDENTS. AND SO, ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THIS BUILDING, YOU WILL HAVE THE STUDENT COMMONS, THE ADMINISTRATION, A KITCHEN, A AREA FOR PE AND LOCKERS AND THE MECHANICAL ROOM. ON THE SECOND FLOOR, YOU WILL HAVE NINE CLASSROOMS, REGULAR CLASSROOMS. THEN ON THE THIRD FLOOR YOU HAVE THREE SCIENCE CLASSROOMS AND SIX OTHER REGULAR CLASSROOMS. AND THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE THE CURRICULUM FOR THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL ON THE ACC CAMPUS. SO HOW DO WE PAY FOR IT? THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW BUILDING IS 29 MILLION. THE ARCHITECT FEES, PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SOFT COSTS IS ABOUT 3.3 MILLION. TO PUT ALL THE FURNITURE AND FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT IN THE NEW BUILDING IS ABOUT 1.5 MILLION. THAT BRINGS THE ESTIMATED TOTAL PROJECT COST OF 33.9 MILLION. WE HAD AN ORIGINAL BUDGET OF 15 MILLION, SO WE ARE SHORT $18.9 MILLION AND ROUND ROCK DOES NOT HAVE $18.9 MILLION. THAT'S WHY WE WENT INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH ACK. ACK HAS AGREED TO CONTRIBUTE THE $6 MILLION WHICH WILL BRING OUR NEEDS OUT OF THE 2018 BOND TO THE $12.9 MILLION. NOW YOU WANT TO STOP ON THIS ONE OR GO TO THE NEXT PROJECT? YEAH, I THINK YOU SHOULD GO TO THE NEXT ONE TOO, SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE FUNDING. THE NEXT PROJECT THAT WE LOOKED AT THAT HAD BEEN DELAYED WAS THE EXPANSION OF THE CAFETERIA AT STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL. AS YOU REMEMBER, AT THE 2018 BOND, THERE WAS ONLY $707,000 SET ASIDE TO INCREASE THE INTERIOR SEATING BY 100 SEATS. THIS PROJECT WAS UNDERFUNDED. WE COULD NOT MEET THAT NEED WITH $700,000. SO WHAT WE PROPOSE, WE WILL ADD 2350FT². THAT WILL MAKE AN INTERIOR SEAT COUNT FOR STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL OF 700 SEATS AND AN EXTERIOR SEATING OF 90 SEATS, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE DIAGRAM. THIS WILL BE ENCLOSING HALF OF THE PATIO AREA AND THEN WE WILL PUT AN AWNING OVER THE REMAINING SIDE OF THE OPEN. PATIL. SO OUR TOTAL SEATS WOULD BE 790IN OUR INTERIOR SEATS, AS I STATED, WOULD GO FROM 504 TO 700. THE BOND CALLED FOR THE SEATS TO GO FROM 504 TO 604. SO WE'VE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF INTERIOR SEATS BY 96 SEATS AND COVERED THE REMAINING 90 SEATS FOR A TOTAL OF 796. SO WHAT DOES THAT COST? THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS ABOUT $2 MILLION. ARCHITECT FEES, PROJECT MANAGEMENT. OTHER SOFT COSTS. ABOUT HALF A MILLION. FIXTURES, FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT. ABOUT 200,000. TOTAL ABOUT 2.75 MILLION. WE HAVE $707,000 IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET, SO WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL TWO. $2,000,146 TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. I'LL PUT IN THIS NEXT SLIDE JUST AS A COMPARISON AS TO THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS OTHER THAN ROUND ROCK. AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT SIZED HIGH SCHOOL. AS TO THE SIZE OF THE STUDENTS, THE SIZE OF THE SEATS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN WE GROW STONY POINT TO 790 SEATS, STONY POINT IS THE SECOND SMALLEST HIGH SCHOOL, BUT WILL HAVE THE LARGEST NUMBER OF SEATS OF THESE FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS. AND AMOUNT THAT IS BOTH RECOMMENDATIONS CAN BE FOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND. SO I JUST WANT TO MORE THAN ANYTHING, EXPLAIN TO OUR BOARD AND I KNOW I WANT TO THANK OUR SPOKE. OBVIOUSLY ALL THIS WORK IS ALSO SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY ON IT, BUT ALSO OUR COMMUNITIES RIGHT FROM EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL AS FOR FROM STONY POINT. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY A COUPLE OF POINTS. THESE TWO PROJECTS ARE IN DIFFERENT STAGES, RIGHT? EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, BECAUSE IT WAS THE DESIGN WAS ALREADY THERE. [03:45:04] THEY WERE ALREADY MONEY. AND ALSO THE ARCHITECT WAS SELECTED. THE DESIGN WAS ALREADY DONE. ALL THAT STUFF ALREADY DONE FOR EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL. SO THE NEXT PHASE OR NEXT STEP, IF THE BOARD WANT US TO DO IT, IS FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND ACTUALLY START DOING THE PERMITTING AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. UNLIKE STONY POINT, WE DID NOT DO THE DESIGN. THESE ARE JUST I MEAN, WE ARE ESTIMATING, IF YOU WILL, IN HOUSE THESE NUMBERS, BUT WE DON'T REALLY WE DID NOT CONTRACT PER SE, AN ARCHITECT TO GIVE US TO GO OUT THERE AND ACTUALLY MEASURE AND DESIGN AND GIVE US OPTIONS. SO REALLY WHAT WE WILL BE ASKING TONIGHT FROM OUR BOARD, IF AGAIN, IF APPROVED, IS FOR US REALLY TO START THE DESIGN WORK. SO WHAT YOU SAW, ALTHOUGH IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A DRAWING, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT NECESSARILY THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO END UP HAPPENING AT STONY POINT. RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE OF THE WORK BECAUSE THE NEXT PHASE IS TO CONTRACT OR AN ARCHITECT WHO WILL GO OUT AND THEN WE WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR CPOC AND ALSO WITH OUR STONY POINT COMMUNITY. SO THAT WAY WE CAN WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEIR NEEDS ARE MET. THEY'RE WITHIN WITHIN WHATEVER WE CAN AFFORD. AS FAR AS BUDGET, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO IT'S TWO DIFFERENT ASKS. THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO SAY, AND I KNOW THERE WERE SOME EMAILS BACK AND FORTH AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND I WANT PERSONALLY I WANT TO APOLOGIZE. I KNOW MAYBE THE WAY WE COMMUNICATED WITH OUR CPUC WASN'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS THE BEST OR A CLEAR COMMUNICATION. I GUESS WITH THE EXACT DATA AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO I WANT TO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AGAIN, MY APOLOGIES AND MOVING FORWARD, WE'LL DEFINITELY DO A BETTER JOB, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATING AND MAKING SURE WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. SO I JUST AGAIN, FOR CLARIFICATION, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BOARD EXACTLY KNOW THE TWO DIFFERENT PHASES OF THESE PROJECTS. OKAY. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS NOW AND TRUSTEE HARRISON. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. I HAVE A MOTION, SO LET ME SEE THE FLOOR TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE QUESTIONS FIRST AND THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION. TRUSTEE WEIR WELL, DR. AZAIEZ, YOU ANSWERED PART OF MY QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED. I MEAN, IT DID SAY DESIGN AND PERMIT ON SLIDE SIX FOR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, THOUGH I KNOW IT WAS MASTER PLAN DESIGN WAS PART OF IT. SO I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS ACTUALLY. MY FIRST ONE THOUGH, ABOUT EARLY COLLEGE. SO WAS THERE LIKE A COMMUNITY CHARRETTES LIKE WE DID AT MCNEIL AND THEY HAD INPUT AND ALL OF THAT. I WASN'T HAPPY BEFORE MY TIME, SO I'M GOING TO LET TERRY BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE WHEN THAT HAPPENED. THERE WAS QUITE A LOT OF WORK THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THROUGH THE SCHOOL. AND SO THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BROUGHT THIS CONVERSATION TO THE PUBLIC IN THAT WE INCLUDED STUDENTS AND WE INCLUDED STAFF, WE INCLUDED HCC, AND WE WENT THROUGH THOSE THOSE PROCESSES. AND WE'RE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT. AND IN THAT, THERE ARE TWO COMMITTEES THAT WERE RUNNING SIMULTANEOUSLY. ONE WAS WAS MORE OF A PUBLIC AND LET'S SAY A USERS USER GROUP COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THEN THERE WAS A COMMITTEE THAT WAS WORKING JUST THE TECHNICAL DETAILS WITH HCC AND THEY WERE RUNNING PARALLEL. SO THEN MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION FOR STONY POINT THEN IS IF WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT DESIGN PHASE, SORT OF WHAT IS THAT TIMELINE AND WILL STUDENTS BE PART OF THAT INPUT? WERE THE COMMUNITY BE PART OF THAT INPUT? I MEAN, IF THIS ISN'T THE THE ACTUAL DESIGN, ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE INPUT ON WHAT ACTUALLY IS DONE AT THEIR SCHOOL? WELL, YES, ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE IF YOU THINK BACK TO SUMMER PROJECTS OR JUST PROJECTS THAT BEGIN SO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY CREATE AN ARCHITECTURE OR PUT ARCHITECTURE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, IT'S BEST TO START WHEN THE BUILDING IS UNOCCUPIED. AND SO NOW IS THE TIME. NOW IS THE TIME TO START THAT VERY PROCESS SO THAT YOU WORK AND WITHIN A CONSTRUCTION VOCABULARY, YOU YOU DEFINE A BASE SCOPE. THIS IS A BASE SCOPE THROUGH THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT WOULD COME AND THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO DR. WATSON AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT YOU DEFINE A BASE SCOPE. AND THEN THERE'S THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO DEFINE WHAT WE CALL ADDITIVES TO THE PROJECT. SO YOU BASE AND IF YOU WANT TO ADD MORE TO IT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO IT'S ALWAYS A FINANCIAL POINT OF VIEW IS THAT YOU WANT TO WORK TO HIT YOUR TARGET, YOU KNOW, YOUR FINANCIAL TARGET AND IF YOU HIT YOUR FINANCIAL TARGET, BUT YET YOU HAVE SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND MORE, DO SO. SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY WHERE MY NEXT QUESTION WAS GOING TO GO. SO I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE TIMELINE THEN. LIKE WHEN WILL STUDENTS AND WHEN WILL COMMUNITY BE BROUGHT IN AT STONY POINT? BUT ALSO, I KNOW WE'VE GOT A FEW OTHER PROJECTS THAT MAY WRAP UP. I DON'T KNOW WHEN BRUSHY CREEK IS SUPPOSED TO WRAP UP AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO AS ARE THERE GOING TO BE A, B, C, D? IF BRUSHY CREEK COMES IN THIS MUCH UNDER, THEN STONY POINT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE EVEN MORE MONEY. [03:50:03] WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, MISS MS.. YEAH, WE'LL LET DENNIS ANSWER THAT QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S A FINANCE QUESTION. BUT BUT I THINK I THINK I MEAN, I THINK I UNDERSTAND. I REALLY DO. AND I THINK THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DELAYED. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S BEEN UNDERFUNDED, LIKE IT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S BEHIND US NOW. RIGHT. BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS, IS REALLY WE NEED TO GET ACTIVELY MOVING ON THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THIS PROJECT TO GET ANY MORE DELAYED. SO REALLY WHAT WE HOPE THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD THAT WILL YOU KNOW, WE'LL DO THIS AND WILL ACCELERATE THE PROCESS AND WE'LL GET, AS I SAID, WE'LL GET THE ARCHITECT, THE DESIGN, WE'LL BE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CPO AND AS WELL AS ALSO THE COMMUNITY. SO THE SOONER WE CAN GET THIS GOING, THE SOONER WE ACTUALLY START WORKING ON IT. AND WE DON'T EXPECT IT TO TAKE LONG TO GET IT DONE ONCE, ONCE IT'S APPROVED AND WE GET THE PERMITTING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I MEAN, EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, THAT'S A THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT LONGER. OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S MOST LIKELY TO BE AN 18 MONTH I'M THINKING 16 TO 18 MONTH PROJECT. RIGHT. BUT BUT YEAH, YES, EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, AS YOU KNOW, IS A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING IN ON AN ACTIVE CAMPUS. AND SO YOU COULD EXPECT 18 TO 24 MONTHS. AND IT DEPENDS ON ON MATERIAL AVAILABILITY. WE ALL KNOW THAT MATERIAL AVAILABILITY IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT. SO JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT'S HERE, IF WE APPROVE THE PROCUREMENT OF AN ARCHITECT AND MOVING THESE FUNDS OVER NOW FOR STONY POINT, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TO GET WITH THEM AND TO HOPEFULLY GET DONE? WELL, FOR STONY POINT IS THAT AS MELANIE CAMERON, DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION, IS SITTING BEHIND ME, I'LL SPEAK FOR HER FIRST AND THEN SHE CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M A LITTLE OFF ON THIS TIMELINE. OF COURSE, YOU YOU GO THROUGH A PURCHASE ORDER PROCESS AND THAT SORT OF THING WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL TEAM, BUT THEN YOU BEGIN TO IMMEDIATELY SCHEDULE MEETINGS AND WELL, AND WE USE THE VOCABULARY PROGRAMING MEETINGS AND YOU SIT DOWN AND YOU HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND YOU, YOU SHARE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, WELL, THIS IS WHAT WE'D LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THIS PROJECT. AND AND THAT FRANKLY, STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA EXPANSION IS A FAIRLY SIMPLISTIC PROJECT. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ARCHITECTURAL UNIQUENESS ABOUT IT. IT'S THE EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING RECTANGLE. I JUST I GUESS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY AND THE STUDENTS ARE PART OF THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT EVEN WHEN I DID THE ONE AT MCNEIL, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THERE ALL THE TIME MAY HAVE SOME IDEAS THAT THAT WE THAT AREN'T THERE ALL THE TIME AREN'T REALLY THINKING ABOUT. ABSOLUTELY. AND THOSE THOSE NOTIONS AND THOSE CONCEPTS ARE WELCOME. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE BONE. THANK YOU. I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING THIS TOGETHER BECAUSE STONY POINT, OBVIOUSLY THE BUCKETS OF MONEY ARE TIED TOGETHER. SO BEFORE WE CAN MAKE A DECISION ON EARLY COLLEGE, WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ON STONY POINT. WOULD YOU SAY THAT? THAT'S RIGHT. NO, NO, NO. SO IF WE GO AND SPEND ALL OF. OKAY, SO IF WE SPEND ALL OF THE BOND MONEY ON EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO GIVE STONY POINT. IF THEY NEED A 5 OR $7 MILLION UPGRADE, THAT WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO HAPPEN. NO. OKAY. SO THEY ARE TIED TOGETHER. I DON'T FORESEE STONY POINT NEEDING A 5 OR $7 MILLION CAFETERIA. OKAY. WELL, WHAT I JUST HEARD WAS THAT WE HAVE REALLY NO IDEA WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST. AND I KNOW BECAUSE I SIT ON THE PEACOCK THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY A $3.5 MILLION UPGRADE. IS THAT IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WAS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CPC, CPC, OK. BUT AS YOUR CFO, MY JOB IS TO COST OUT PROJECTS TO MEET THE NEED, NOT THE WANT. AND ONE OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE TO PUT A THOUSAND SEATS IN STONY POINT. THAT BUILDING DOES NOT NEED A THOUSAND SEATS. THAT WAS THE $5 MILLION PROJECT. UH, BASED ON PROJECTED ENROLLMENT TO THE 2032 SCHOOL YEAR, STONY POINT WOULD GROW BY 200 KIDS. IS THAT THOUSAND SEATS, THOUGH? WAS THAT INCLUDING THE EXTERIOR OF 192, WHICH THE ONLY OTHER SCHOOL THAT I THINK IT WAS THE INTERIOR WAS CLOSE TO A THOUSAND. IT WAS 900 AND I'M SORRY, 900 AND SOME SEATS ON THE INTERIOR AND SOME SEATS ON THE EXTERIOR. BUT THAT'S TOO MANY SEATS. THAT'S PUTTING PUTTING THE LAMBORGHINI WHERE YOU NEED A CHEVROLET. WELL, THAT'S GREAT. BUT ACTUALLY, THE STUDENTS FOR LUNCH, IF YOU GO TO SLIDE TEN, IT ACTUALLY SAYS BETWEEN 8 AND 900. STUDENTS FOR LUNCH. THAT'S IF YOU GOT 100% ATTENDANCE RATE. WELL, I DIDN'T MAKE THESE SLIDES, SO I MEAN, THAT'S JUST TRUE. THAT'S IF THEY HAVE 100% ATTENDANCE RATE, THAT WOULD BE THE NUMBER. [03:55:05] SO NONE OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE 100% ATTENDANCE. I WISH THEY DID. WE WOULDN'T HAVE A MONEY PROBLEM. LET ME LET ME LET ME LET ME LET ME JUST LET ME JUST SAY ONE THING, THOUGH. AGAIN, THIS IS WE JUST ASKING OUR BOARD RIGHT NOW TO ALLOW US TO HIRE A DESIGNER, I MEAN, AN ARCHITECT TO COME UP, GO AND ACTUALLY MEASURE AND DESIGN AND THEN START THE CONVERSATION WITH, AS I SAID, WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH KPOC. AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE ASK RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT ASKING THE BOARD TO SAY, IS IT GOING TO BE OPTION ONE OR 2 OR 3? NOT YET. THAT'S NOT HAPPENING TONIGHT. I APPRECIATE THAT, GEORGE AZAIEZ BUT BUT WHAT I'M GETTING AT AND I GOT TWO EARLIER IS THAT YOU ARE BECAUSE IF I GIVE ALL OF MY MONEY, IF I PUT MY HAND UP AND VOTE FOR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AND I TAKE AWAY THAT BUCKET OF MONEY AND THEN STONY POINT IS THEN AGAIN LEFT OUT IN THE COLD. AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO ENSURE TONIGHT DOES NOT HAPPEN AND THAT WE'RE NOT STEALING FROM PETER TO PAY PAUL. AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I ALSO WANTED TO GET IN AND ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE CONCESSION STAND THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AND IT'S NOT IN HERE. CAN. YEAH, WE'RE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I KNOW WE'RE NOT. WELL, ACTUALLY, WE ARE. NO, WE'RE NOT. WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION THAT WE'RE POSTED FOR THE BONE. CAN I ANSWER THE FIRST QUESTION FIRST ON THE FINANCIAL PAGE, THERE ARE $17 MILLION AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. 12 OF IT IS ALL WE NEED FOR THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. SO THERE'S STILL $5 MILLION AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. IF YOU ALL SAY WE GOING TO GIVE $5 MILLION TO STONY POINT TO EXPAND THE CAFETERIA. BUT AS YOUR CFO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS DISTRICT LOVES TO BUILD THINGS, BRAND NEW THINGS, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS. IN YOUR ADOPTED BUDGET. THERE IS NO DOLLARS FOR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE. WE DO REACTIVE MAINTENANCE AND THAT'S NOT A SOUND PRACTICE. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE $17 MILLION AND SPEND 12 ON ON THE EARLY COLLEGE AND FIVE ON STONY POINT, YOU'RE BROKE. WE'RE IN NO BETTER POSITION FINANCIALLY TO TAKE CARE OF THE BUILDINGS WE ALREADY HAVE. RIGHT. AND ACTUALLY, YOU'RE GETTING TO MY POINT, WHICH IS IN THIS PRESENTATION, BECAUSE THE WHOLE COST OF THE BOND PROJECTS IS RIGHT HERE. THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IS THE CONCESSION IN THERE, IS THAT MONEY IN THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IS THE IT'S NOT A PART OF THE $17 MILLION BUT THE DOLLARS SET ASIDE FOR. THE WEIR POSTED TO TALK ABOUT THE CONCESSIONS. IT'S IN THE BOND. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT ITSELF. I'M TALKING ABOUT IF IT'S IN THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. YES. MONEY. YES, IT IS. YES. SO AND YOU DID BRING UP AND I HAD A QUESTION. I HAVE MANY QUESTIONS, BY THE WAY. SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE TURNS, THAT'S GREAT. I PROBABLY HAVE 20 QUESTIONS AT 45 SECONDS EACH. SO YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. OTHER THINGS, RIGHT, THAT WE NEED TO SPEND MONEY ON. CAN YOU GO THROUGH HOW MUCH WE HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO SPEND MONEY ON? WELL, BASED ON WEIR NOT POSTED FOR THAT. WELL, I CAN'T. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. TRUSTEE BONE. LET ME DEFER TO OUR COUNSEL. WE'RE NOT POSTED TO TALK ABOUT ANY OF THE OTHER PROJECTS, CAN WE? I DON'T WANT THE OTHER PROJECTS. I JUST WANT THE NUMBER. I'M ASKING A GENERAL QUESTION. THE QUESTION SHOULD BE RELEVANT TO WHAT'S POSTED ON THE AGENDA. SO IF YOU CAN RELATE IT TO THE AGENDA ITEM. YES. YES. SO WE HAVE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WAS BUILT A BUILDING WAS NOT ON THE BOND AND WE HAD A WHOLE LIST OF OTHER BOND THINGS. ARE THE OTHER BOND THINGS. IF I WERE TO PRIORITIZE THEM, HOW WOULD I COMPARE THEM TO EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, THE BUILDING? ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE BEFORE THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL ON THE BOND? KNOW, ALL THE PROJECTS THAT'S ON THE BOND ARE GOING TO BE COMPLETED. I SHOULD BE VERY CLEAR NOT THEY WEREN'T ON THE BOND BECAUSE NEITHER WAS THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING. THE WERE THERE OTHER THINGS WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH THE BOND PROCESS AND I WASN'T HERE FOR THAT? THAT WOULD BE. BUT I KNOW WE REDUCED THE BONDS DRASTICALLY FROM THE 2017 THAT GOT FAILED. AND SO THERE'S, I THINK, $100 MILLION WORTH OF PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. BUT THEN AGAIN, THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE AND THAT'S NOT PART OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. SO WE'RE NOT POSTED. MADAM PRESIDENT, YOU CAN MAKE A FROM THE CHAIR. YOU CAN. AND AGAIN, IF IT'S NOT RELEVANT TO THE POSTED AGENDA, IT IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE QUESTION. YEAH, I'VE MADE THAT RULING. WE ARE NOT POSTED TO TALK ABOUT OTHER PROJECTS. WE'RE NOT POSTED TO TALK ABOUT THE CBC PROCESS. WE'RE NOT POSTED TO TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WERE RATED A THREE OR A FOUR IN THE CBC PROCESS. I'M ASKING ABOUT MONEY, SO DON'T PUT MONEY. PLEASE DON'T PUT MONEY ON THESE SLIDES THEN, BECAUSE YOU GUYS TOTALLY MADE SLIDES THAT ARE TOTALLY AGAINST OUR AGENDA ITEM. YOU PUT MONEY ON THE DARN SLIDES, YOU PUT MONEY ON THE SLIDES. I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS OVERALL BUDGET AND THEN YOU'RE ASKING US TO SPEND MONEY ON SOMETHING. AND I'M ASKING YOU. [04:00:02] ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT WE KNOW OF? YOU JUST SAID PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE. YOU THREW THAT OUT THERE. TRUSTEE. BONE. WE ARE NOT POSTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT ANY CLEARER. WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT OTHER PROJECTS AND WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT NEED TO BE FUNDED IN THE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW. CAN I JUST ANSWER? I'M SORRY. OKAY. WELL, THEN. THEN THE ADMINISTRATION JUST DID NOT COME PREPARED THAT WE COULD THAT I PERSONALLY COULD MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT. SO I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS. I'LL CONTINUE. WE ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTION. YOU ANSWER YOU SEND US SOME EMAILS WITH SOME QUESTIONS. WE ANSWER THIS QUESTION. DR. BONE I MEAN THAT WE SEND THIS STUFF ALMOST 9 OR 10 DAYS IN ADVANCE FOR, FOR, FOR EVERY BOARD MEMBER TO SHARE THIS QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE SO WE CAN BE PREPARED. SO, I MEAN, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WE ASK AND WE SUBMIT THOSE NINE DAYS IN ADVANCE. YEAH. AND, AND YOU'RE RIGHT. AND THEN YOU GAVE ME ANSWERS BACK AND ONLY TRUSTEE WESTON. I ASKED THEM, SO ALL RIGHT, I'LL MOVE ON BECAUSE I DO HAVE VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS. SO I WANT TO GET VERY CLEAR. IN THE CURRENT PROPOSAL, ACC WOULD LOAN ROUND ROCK ISD 6 MILLION AT 4% INTEREST RATE AS A LAND LEASE, WHICH WOULD END UP COSTING THE DISTRICT 8.9 MILLION WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO EVER LOWER THAT 4% RATE IN THE 20 YEARS. IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? IT'S PARTIALLY CORRECT AND PARTIALLY INCORRECT. THE WAY THE PAYMENTS ARE STRUCTURED. FIRST OF ALL, ACC IS NOT LOANING ANYBODY MONEY. THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONSTRUCTION FUND BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SHARED INTEREST IN HAVING THIS PROGRAM GET UP OFF THE GROUND. THE PAYMENTS ARE STRUCTURED AT TO COMPENSATE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY TO MATCH THAT CONTRIBUTION THROUGH THE LEASE PAYMENTS. BUT THE LEASE LEASE PAYMENTS CAN BE PAID, ACCELERATED IN PREPAID AT ANY TIME. SHOULD THE BOARD HAVE EITHER EXTRA MONEY, WHICH WE'RE NOT FORESEEING, OR IF YOU SHOULD PASS BONDS IN THE FUTURE, IT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE USE OF A GENERAL MEASURE BOND BUT OTHER THAN REPAYING IT EARLY, THERE'S NO MECHANISM TO LOWER THAT INTEREST RATE. THE MECHANISM WOULD BE TO IF BOND INTEREST RATES SHOULD EVER GET LOWER THAN 4%, WHICH THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, YOU YOU'D SHIFT. BUT WE CAN ONLY TAKE OUT BONDS, RIGHT? IF WE HAVE A BOND. WE CAN JUST. OR COULD WE TAKE OUT A BOND? NO, I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT THIS DISTRICT IS GOING TO NEED TO ASK ITS VOTERS TO APPROVE SOME BOND FUNDS IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS. I DO THINK THAT'S REASONABLE. OKAY. SO THAT'S ON A IF, MAYBE. WE COULD. SO THE LAND LEASE. I JUST WANT TO GET THESE CLEAR. THE LAND LEASE WOULD STRAP THE DISTRICT FOR 20 YEARS AT 437,000 A YEAR. AND THAT'S PER THE CURRENT EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ENROLLMENT. I THINK THAT'S $1,125 PER STUDENT. DOES THAT SOUND CORRECT? I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PORTABLES, RIGHT? AND OUR STUDENTS ACTUALLY, SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY STAYED LATE JUST FOR US TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. WE ARE PAYING $250,000 A YEAR JUST TO LEASE THOSE PORTABLES RIGHT NOW. DR. BONE WE'VE BEEN ACTUALLY DOING THAT SINCE 2016. AND SO US PAYING FOR A PERMANENT BUILDING, $407,000, I MEAN, IT'S EVEN IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING, WE STILL HAVE TO PAY $250,000 EVERY YEAR FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS OR 50 YEARS AS LONG AS WE HAVE EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL. SO WE ARE SPENDING MONEY ANYWAY RIGHT NOW. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE DELTA IS JUST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PORTABLE LEASING FEE AND WHAT THE GROUND. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT AN INCREASED COST OF MAYBE 200,000 A YEAR FROM WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY SPENDING. THAT'S CORRECT. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, CORRECT. WE'RE PAYING 250 RIGHT NOW FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE IN THOSE PORTABLES. 137 WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. IT'S 137 IS THE DELTA FROM WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING TO WHAT WE WOULD OWE FOR THE GROUND LEASE? YES, A YEAR. THANK YOU. SO THAT MEANS WE'RE PAYING 300,000 PER YEAR FOR THE PORTABLES? NO, IT'S 251 NEW ONES FOR 87 437 437. SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE OF 187, RIGHT? 187. LOOK, I CAN STILL DO MENTAL MATH. KUDOS TO MY MATH TEACHERS. IT LOOKS LIKE ASSISI IN THE AGREEMENT, THOUGH, IS ALSO REQUIRING A MONTHLY PAYMENT FOR MAINTAINING THE EXTERIOR GROUNDS AND LANDSCAPING, INCLUDING THIS WATER LINES AND THE MONTHLY AMOUNT WAS UNDEFINED. CAN YOU KIND OF GO OVER THAT WHAT THAT IS? DO WE ALREADY PAY A MONTHLY PAYMENT FOR MAINTAINING EXTERIOR GROUNDS? WE MENTIONED THAT THAT THE UTILITIES, JUST AS WE ARE SITUATED WITH THE EXISTING EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PORTABLES, THOSE ARE SUB METERED NOW. AND SO THERE'S A THERE'S A COMPENSATION TO THE TO ACC FOR THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY THAT IT WAS FREE. NO, NO. [04:05:02] WE WE PAY FOR THOSE THOSE UTILITIES TO TO ASSISI. AND OUR CONCERN IS WHAT WE CONSUME. AND SO AS WE CONSUME THOSE THOSE UTILITIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WE DO NOT AS A DISTRICT PROVIDE ANY SORT OF LANDSCAPING AND OR GROUNDS THERE ON THE CAMPUS. ASSISI DOES THAT ALL FOR US. AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE TO US. YEAH, THAT DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION, MY SPECIFIC ANSWER. DO WE PAY A MAINTENANCE FEE RIGHT TODAY FOR TO ASSISI PER MONTH? NO. BUT BUT WE DO PAY FOR OUR UTILITIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE WILL STILL BE PAYING FOR UTILITIES. IS THAT CORRECT? WE WILL, YES. OKAY. SO THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL COST THAT WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE IS THIS MAINTENANCE FEE THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. CAN I ANSWER THAT REAL QUICKLY? YES, PLEASE. I THINK THE THE INTENT HERE WAS TO ECONOMIZE. INSTEAD OF HAVING SOMEONE FROM YOUR GROUNDS CREW COME FROM THE DISTRICT, SINCE ASSISI HAS ALREADY MADE MOWING THE GRASS DOES NOT HAVE EXPENSIVE GROUNDS THAT YOU WOULD NEED A MAINTENANCE PERSON GROUNDS PERSON. SO IT WAS AN ECONOMY A RE MOWING OUR GRASS RIGHT NOW OVER THERE. NO, NO. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE FEES THAT WE'RE GETTING INTO. I MEAN, JUST LIKE THIS IS HOW I WOULD BUY A HOUSE OR ANYTHING ELSE. IS IT TRUE THAT LATER ON TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT HB THREE AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW, BUT ON THAT IS IT SAID THAT WE DON'T HAVE 6 MILLION TO PAY FOR ARMED SECURITY GUARDS. BUT THE DISTRICT'S PROPOSING THAT WE. START MAKING ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS AND PAY MORE HERE. IS THAT. WELL, THEY'RE CORRECT. BUT REMEMBER, THIS IS BOND MONEY. WE COULDN'T POSSIBLY PAY FOR POLICE OFFICERS THROUGH USING BOND MONEY. WE CAN'T. AND EVEN IF WE EVEN IF WE CAN, IT'S A WHAT'S CALLED A RECURRING COST. SO IF WE CANNOT HIRE A POLICE OFFICER FOR ONE YEAR AND LET THEM GO OR LET HER GO. SO IF YOU PAY 6 MILLION THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR, YOU HAVE TO FIND THAT 6 MILLION, WHEREAS THE BUILDING IS A ONE TIME EXPENSE AND YOU'RE DONE WITH IT EXCEPT WHEN YOU MAINTAIN IT. SO IS THE THE LAND LEASE, IS THAT COMING OUT OF BOND MONEY? THAT'S THAT'S A NO NO. SO THAT'S WHAT WE SAID. SO THAT MONEY IS NOT SO THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL EXPENSE THAT WE HAVE 187,000 A YEAR. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THEN WE ALSO NOW HAVE THIS MAINTENANCE THAT WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH IT IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEEN DEFINED YET. RIGHT. BUT AGAIN, I MEAN, THE WAS GOING TO BE SOME MAINTENANCE, BUT WE ARE ALSO TAPPING INTO I MEAN, ACTUALLY, THEY'RE ACTUALLY VERY, VERY GENEROUS BY ALLOWING US TO TAP INTO TO USING THE PARKING LOT USE. I MEAN, SO IT'S A BENEFIT TO THE DISTRICT. WE STILL IT'S A BENEFIT. YEAH. WELL, AND I'M TRYING TO MAKE THESE 45 SECONDS, BUT I WILL CLARIFY TO EVERYBODY WHY I'M ASKING THESE. WHEN THIS WAS PRESENTED TO US THE FIRST TIME, THIS WAS A 5050 SITUATION. WHAT WE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TODAY IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS PRESENTED. SO I'M TRYING TO GET TO THAT. YOU KNOW, I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE NEVER HAD AN AGREEMENT BEFORE. THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT THINGS THAT WE WOULD IDEALLY LIKE, BUT WE'VE NEVER HAD AN AGREEMENT. THERE'S NEVER BEEN AN AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN CHANGED OR IT WAS, HEY, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET TO THIS POINT. BUT WE HAVE NEVER HAD AN AGREEMENT, EVER, A 5050, EVER. OKAY. SO WHEN I SAW IT, IT WAS ABOUT 15,000,015 MILLION. I TRIED TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS BEFORE THE MEETING FOR CLARIFICATION, BUT I'LL TRY TO EXPLAIN IT AGAIN. WE DID NOT HAVE DOLLAR AMOUNTS. AND SO IN THE INITIAL DRAFTS OF THE AGREEMENT, THAT WAS LIKE A PLACEHOLDER 5050. IF WE HAD DONE 5050 OR IF AKE WAS CONTRIBUTING A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT TO THE BUILDING, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO ALSO ACCESS THE BUILDING. AND SO PART OF OUR CONVERSATION IS CAN WE, YOU KNOW, DOES ROUND ROCK ISD WANT TO ALLOW AKE STUDENTS IN THE BUILDING? AND SO THE ANSWER IS, YOU KNOW, THAT IS COMPLICATED. SO ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT TEN MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH AND I KNOW MUCH BEFORE I BECAME INVOLVED. BUT AT NO TIME DID AKE SAY, YES, WE ARE GOING TO COMMIT 15 MILLION TO THIS PROJECT. NEVER. RIGHT. IT WAS JUST WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED, THE WAY I HEARD IT WAS THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT 5050 AND THAT AKE WAS BRINGING THINGS TO THE TABLE. AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO IS I DON'T SEE AKE BRINGING ANYTHING TO THIS TABLE IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. SO IF YOU CAN MAYBE, MAYBE THAT'S THE QUESTION. WHAT IS AKE BRINGING TO THE TABLE? I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THE PARKING LOT. THE PARKING LOT IS ONE, AND THAT'S HUGE. I MEAN, FOR US TO BUILD THE PARKING LOT, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S EXPENSIVE. BUT NOT ONLY THAT, AS I SAID, TAPPING INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WE WILL HAVE TO AND I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT AMOUNT OF MONEY HOW MUCH IT WILL COST, BUT WE WILL HAVE OUR OWN CHILLER SYSTEM AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. [04:10:01] PLUS. GO AHEAD. JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND IN SOME OF THIS THIS CONVERSATION. IS THAT THE COMPLICATIONS, AS MISS LEON HAS MENTIONED, ARE JUST EXTRAORDINARY IN BEING ABLE TO TO MANAGE OUR ORGANIZATIONS TO COME TOGETHER. AND THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT LET'S GO OFF SITE AND BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND PUT THIS BUILDING ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY. AND THAT WAS NOT FAVORED BY AKE BECAUSE THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE STUDENTS CENTER CAMPUS AND BE PART OF THE CAMPUS AND THE STUDENT BODY THEMSELVES. AND SO CONSEQUENTLY, IF WE WENT OFF SITE, WE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'D HAVE TO DEVELOP IN THAT OUR OWN OUR OWN FIRE LANE AND OUR OWN HYDRANTS AND OUR OUR OWN RS AND OUR OWN CHILLERS AND OUR OWN WATER CHILLED WATER SYSTEM. AND THAT GOES ON AND ON OUR OWN EARTHWORK AND MAYBE EVEN BUS, BUS LANES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO THE REALITY IS THAT WHAT AKE IS ALLOWING US TO DO IS WE'RE COMING IN AND WE'RE USING THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE. YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR OUR CONSUMABLES, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE ON ON CAMPUS WHERE IT'S THE BEST SITUATION AND A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE STUDENTS JUST BEHIND THE LAND. BY ITSELF, THAT WOULD COST US A FEW MILLION DOLLARS JUST BUYING THE LAND, RIGHT? SO THAT THAT WOULD BE A FEW MILLION DOLLARS PLUS IF LET'S SAY HYPOTHETICALLY, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE KIDS STUDENTS BUILD A BUILDING WHERE LET'S SAY NEAR NEAR HERE, WE WILL HAVE TO TRANSPORT THEM BACK AND FORTH TO AKE BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, OUR STUDENTS TAKE A LOT OF COURSES IN IN AKE. SO THAT'S ALSO BUS DRIVERS GASOLINE. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THE BUSSES ARE RUNNING, SO YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THOSE BUSSES. SO THAT'S ALL THAT STUFF IS ADDITIONAL. COST PLUS, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. I MEAN, OUR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS, OUR STUDENTS, SAME WAY THEY ARE OUR ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, THE SAME WAY AS AS TURNING POINTS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE TAKEN CARE OF LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. THE BEST LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND BASED ON THE RESEARCH, THE BEST LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ANY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL IS TO BE EMBEDDED WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY COLLEGE. WE SEE BETTER SUCCESS. WE WE SEE THEM ALSO GOING AND GOING BEYOND THAT ASSOCIATE DEGREE AND FINISHING UP A, I MEAN A BACHELORS AND EVEN GRAD SCHOOL. SO IT'S REALLY GOING TO BENEFIT THEM. AND THEN FUTURE STUDENTS WHO WILL BE ATTENDING OUR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. SO I ASK DIDN'T DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THIS REALLY THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT. AND I BEEN IN SO MANY MEETINGS WITH OUR TEAM, BEEN SO MANY MEETINGS WITH THEM BACK AND FORTH. WE ARE THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT ACC ENGAGED. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ASK, LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT WITH ROUND ROCK, WE MIGHT AS WELL DO IT WITH AUSTIN. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WE ARE THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT ACTUALLY ENTER IN SOME KIND OF PARTNERSHIP LIKE THIS. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD AND ACTUALLY VERY THANKFUL AND BLESSED THAT THEY ACTUALLY WENT ON BOARD WITH THIS AGAIN. I MEAN, IT'S I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT PAYING FOR IT. RIGHT. BUT BUT THEY'RE GIVING US SO MANY OTHER THINGS, TOO, WITHIN THIS PARTNERSHIP. YEAH. IT'S LIKE ANY GOOD DEAL, THOUGH. I MEAN, WE GOT TO GET THE BEST DEAL FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR OUR FUTURE OF OUR OUR DISTRICT. SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. AND ACTUALLY, ACC RIGHT HERE SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT DESIRES TO COMMIT TO DEVELOPING THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL IN ORDER TO INCREASE STUDENT ENROLLMENT AT ACC AND IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES. I FULLY AGREE WITH THAT. I'M NOT AGAINST THE BUILDING. I'M JUST LIKE I SAID, WHEN ACC BROUGHT THIS TO US, THERE WAS A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THIS THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A MORE OF A PARTNERSHIP AND NOW IT'S LIKE, WELL, THEY'RE GIVING US A PARKING LOT. CAN CAN I SAY ONE THING ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE THE ONLY REASON THAT WE ARE ABLE TO EVEN CONSIDER BUILDING A BUILDING IS BECAUSE WE ARE PARTNERING WITH ACC. IF WE HAD TO GO OFF SITE AND WE HAD TO BUILD OUR ROADS TO GET TO THE CAMPUS, IF WE HAD TO BRING IN OUR OWN UTILITIES, IF WE HAD TO PURCHASE THE LAND, THAT WOULD HAVE EATEN UP THE $15 MILLION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED FOR THIS AND WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION WHATSOEVER. SO THE INTANGIBLE COST OF US BEING ABLE NOT JUST ACCESSING A PARKING LOT, BUT PARKING LOTS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT ACCESSING ALL OF THE OTHER TANGIBLES THAT IF WE HAD TO PAY FOR OURSELVES, WE WOULD NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION. IS THIS YOUR TWO MINUTES OR. I WAS WATCHING THE CLOCK. THAT WAS 39 SECONDS. OKAY. AND POINT OF ORDER. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? I'VE GOT TO. LET'S NOT INTERRUPT EACH OTHER, NUMBER ONE. BUT NUMBER TWO. THIS IS AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONSHIP. WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I CAN RULE ON. I'M NOT DONE. I'M NOT DONE. OKAY. IT'S AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONSHIP, AND I'D LOVE IT IF WE COULD WORK TO MAINTAIN DECORUM IN THE WAY WE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO HELP US AND WORKING WITH US. SO I HAVE RULED ON DECORUM ALREADY, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO REINFORCE. WE NEED TO HAVE DECORUM WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO EACH OTHER AND OUR PARTNERS. SO. CORRECT. CAN SOMEBODY I'M SURE YOU KNOW THIS WITHIN ONE AND A HALF, TWO MILE RADIUS OF CCS [04:15:06] CAMPUS THAT EARLY COLLEGE CURRENTLY SITS ON. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH LAND ROUND ROCK ISD CURRENTLY OWNS? TO THE SOUTH. TO THE SOUTH, THERE ARE THERE ARE TWO PARCELS, ONE PARCEL THAT IS RESERVED FOR A FUTURE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS WHICH IS REFERRED TO AS A FUTURE GRIMES HIGH SCHOOL. AND THERE IS ALSO A 27 ACRE PARCEL THAT'S JUST IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE THE LARGER ONE ACROSS THE STREET ON THE WEST SIDE OF GRIMES. AND THAT'S REFERRED TO AS THE WALLIN PARCEL. AND SO BOTH OF THOSE THOSE SITES ARE RESERVED FOR SCHOOLS IN THOSE LOCATIONS. RIGHT. BUT IF WE WANTED TO BUILD A EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL ON OUR OWN PROPERTY, COULD WE USE ONE OF THOSE PIECES? JUST HYPOTHETICALLY. HYPOTHETICALLY, YES. OKAY. SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I DO WONDER IF SOMEBODY KNOWS HISTORICALLY, HAS THIS PROCESS EVER BEEN FOLLOWED TO BUILD A NEW BUILDING IN ROUND ROCK ISD? THE ONLY OTHER ONE I KNOW OF MAYBE IN SUCCESS, BUT ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT'S BEEN BUILT OUTSIDE OF A BOND. OUTSIDE OF THE BOND. THIS IS PART OF THE BOND MONEY. THE OUTSIDE OF IT BEING ON THE BOND, WE HAVE TO ADMIT FROM THIS DAIS, THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING WAS UNFORTUNATELY NOT ON THE BOND. ACTUALLY, IT HAPPENED HERE IN ROUND ROCK SEVERAL ADMINISTRATIONS AGO. SUCCESS HIGH SCHOOL WAS BUILT WITH MONIES THAT WERE SURPLUSED OR VARIANTS FROM THE BOND. YES. AND I WAS AWARE HOW THAT WAS TAKEN BY MANY IN THE COMMUNITY, TOO, THAT THERE WAS SOME PAYBACK, I BELIEVE, LATER. THE CURRENT PROPOSAL. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT IF WE WANT TO GROW EARLY? COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL? WHAT IF IF WE WANTED TO EXPAND IT? WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? STATUTORILY EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL IS LIMITED TO 500 STUDENTS. SO IT'S AS BIG AS IT CAN GET. OKAY. AND THEN I HAD THAT QUESTION BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER HAD 500 STUDENTS ENROLL IN OUR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN WE'RE BUILDING THIS HUGE BUILDING FOR 500. WE'VE ONLY HAD A MAX OF LESS THAN 400. AND LIKE DR. AZAIEZ ALREADY SAID, MOST OF THE TIME, MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS, I UNDERSTAND, IN THEIR JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR ARE NOT EVEN USUALLY IN THE PORTABLES. THEY'RE USUALLY IN THE OTHER BUILDINGS. IS THAT CORRECT? SO THEY'RE THEY'RE THE WE ARE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU LOOKED AT THE NUMBER RECENTLY, ACTUALLY. OUR OUR PRINCIPAL AND I'M GLAD SHE'S HERE. AND ALSO THE ADMIN, THEY'VE BEEN REALLY WORKING IN RECRUITING MORE. OUR NUMBERS ACTUALLY BEEN INCREASING STEADILY. AND REALLY THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A COHORT OF ABOUT 125 EACH YEAR AND KEEP THAT GOING TOO, SO WE CAN HAVE 500. SO YES, THE GOAL IS REALLY TO BE AT ONE 125 AND THIS BUILDING, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU BUT IT'S IT'S NOT LIKE A LIKE A HIGH SCHOOL PER SE, LIKE A SUCCESS HIGH SCHOOL HAVE A LOT MORE ROOMS, FOR EXAMPLE. RIGHT. CLASSROOMS. WE HAVE FEWER, FEWER CLASSROOMS IN THIS BUILDING BECAUSE WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT OUR SENIORS AND ACTUALLY MANY OF OUR 11TH GRADERS ACTUALLY ARE GOING TO ASK TO TAKE THOSE CLASSES. RIGHT. AND SO WE FACTOR ALL THAT IN. AGAIN, I WASN'T HERE WHEN THAT CONVERSATION HAPPENED YEARS AGO, AND I KNOW, AGAIN, OUR PRINCIPAL WAS INVOLVED, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SOME OF OUR STAFF, SOME I THINK OUR STUDENTS MAYBE WERE INVOLVED. AND THAT'S HOW WE DEVELOP, I GUESS, AND WITH IN COLLABORATION WITH THE WITH THE ARCHITECT. SO AM I HEARING THIS RIGHT THAT WE HAVE AROUND? SAY IT'S 200 STUDENTS. POSSIBLY 250. THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE IN THE BUILDING USING A 500 PERSON BUILDING. CAN I RESPOND TO THAT, SIR? AND SO THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NO. SO EVERY GRADE LEVEL IS DIFFERENT AS FAR AS HOW MANY CLASSES THAT THEY WILL TAKE AT OCC. SO OUR NINTH GRADERS, ALL OF THEIR CLASSES ARE IN THE PORTABLES, EVEN IF FOR SOME OF THEM, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, DR. WILSON EVEN IF THEY HAVE A COLLEGE COURSE BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME OF OUR TEACHERS WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TEACH A COLLEGE COURSE, THEY RECEIVE ALL OF THEIR CLASSES ON OUR AND WITHIN OUR PORTABLES. SAME THING FOR THE 10TH GRADERS. I THINK THEY MAY HAVE 1 OR 2 CLASSES WHERE THEY MAY HAVE TO GO TO OCC, SO THERE'S A RELEASE. AND SO EACH GRADE LEVEL HAS A DIFFERENT NUMBER OF CLASSES, POTENTIAL CLASSES THAT THEY CAN HAVE ON THE OCC CAMPUS. OF COURSE, WITH THE SENIORS HAVING THE MOST CLASSES ON THE CAMPUS AND SO WE CAN GET YOU BACK THAT INFORMATION. [04:20:07] IT'S NOT THE SAME WITH EVERY STUDENT BASED ON WHAT COURSES THEY'RE COMING IN WITH AND WHAT SPECIFIC DEGREE THEY'RE GOING FOR. IF THEY'RE GOING FOR THE AA OR THE ASSOCIATES SCIENCE, IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BASED ON WHAT NUMBER OF CLASSES THEY NEED TO TAKE ON SITE WITHIN THE OCC BUILDINGS. AND DR. AZAIEZ IS CORRECT. SO THE BUILDING SPECIFICALLY BASED ON THE NUMBER OF THE ROOMS, IF THERE WAS A 500, IF THE STUDENTS HAD TO BE IN THE BUILDING 100% OF THE TIME, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A BUILDING WITH MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND MORE CLASSROOMS. IT WAS BUILT SPECIFICALLY IN MIND, KNOWING THAT THE STUDENTS ARE TAKING A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CLASSES ON THE OCC CAMPUS ITSELF WITHIN THEIR CLASSROOMS VERSUS WITHIN THE PORTABLES. SO IT'S NOT BEING BUILT TO HAVE 500 STUDENTS IN THERE AT ONE TIME. SO WE HAVE LIKE NO GROWTH. IT'S NOT A MATTER OF GROWTH. IT IS BUILT SPECIFICALLY IN MIND BASED ON A NUMBER OF COURSES THEY HAVE TO TAKE ON THE ROUND ROCK ISD CAMPUS ITSELF WITHIN THAT SPACE. SO REALLY AND TRULY, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE SAVING MONEY BY BEING VERY EXACT IN THE SQUARE FOOTAGE WE NEED BASED ON THE CLASSES THEY WOULD NEED TO TAKE WITH ROUND ROCK ISD VERSUS THE ONES THEY TAKE IN AN OCC CLASSROOM. TRUSTEE BONE. DO YOU MIND IF I ASK YOU IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO YIELD? BECAUSE I'VE GOT A BUNCH OF LIGHTS ON HERE. LIKE I SAID, I HAD LOTS OF QUESTIONS, SO I'LL YIELD AND COME BACK TO YOU. YEAH. OKAY. TRUSTEE MARKHAM. THANK YOU. I THINK THIS KIND OF GOES BACK TO WHAT TRUSTEE WEIR WAS TRYING TO GET AT EARLIER. ASSUMING THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE APPROVED TONIGHT, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN GET I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT DEPENDENT ON PERMITTING AND WHEN WE GET PERMITS TO BUILD, BUT IS THERE A WAY TO GET A GENERIC TIMELINE OF WHAT THE STEPS TO CONSTRUCTION ARE? AND THEN ONCE WE GET THOSE PERMITS, WHAT THAT TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT? BECAUSE WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO JUST HAVE THAT IN OUR TOOLBOX, TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUICKLY AND NOT NECESSARILY I KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO US AN EMAIL, IT WOULD GO TO ADMINISTRATION, BUT WHEN WE'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE ASK US, TRUSTEE MARKHAM THAT'S A THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. AND I CAN SAY WITHOUT ANY RESERVATION THAT WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO. FIND OR PROCURE OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. THEY ARE. THEY ARE VERY EAGER TO OFFER US A CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE. THEY JUST NEED TO KNOW WHEN THE START DATE IS. AND SO ASSUMING THE START DATE WE APPROVE TONIGHT, THEY WILL BE ON THAT VERY SOON BECAUSE THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO PROJECT THROUGH THEIR THEIR PRE-CONSTRUCTION A SCHEDULE. AND THAT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF A FEW WEEKS, TO BE HONEST. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THEN JUST ONE OTHER THING. UM. I APPRECIATE THE APOLOGY TONIGHT FROM YOU, DR. AZAIEZ. I KNOW LOOKING AT THE EMAILS THAT WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH, THAT THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION WITH WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE STONY POINT COMMUNITY AND THE FUNDS THAT WERE ACTUALLY AVAILABLE. AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT LESSON LEARNED. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE'LL HAVE BETTER COMMUNICATION GOING FORWARD. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS DOESN'T NEED TO TURN INTO COMMUNITY AGAINST COMMUNITY. I FEEL LIKE MOST OF US WEREN'T HERE FOR THE 2018 BOND. AND THERE WERE TWO PROJECTS EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL AND THE STONY POINT CAFETERIA THAT WERE NOT SCOPED CORRECTLY. AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE DISTRICT'S GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO GIVE BOTH OF THESE COMMUNITIES THE PROJECTS THAT WERE UNDER FUNDED AND A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO FINDING THE FUNDS AND LOOKING AT THE SURPLUS OF BOND FUNDS TO MAKE BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS HAPPEN. AND I APPRECIATE THAT STONY POINT IS GOING TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN WHAT THAT THEIR PROJECT LOOKS LIKE RATHER THAN JUST BEING DICTATED. AND I THINK THAT WAS WHERE SOME OF THE CONFUSION CAME IN. AND I APPRECIATE THAT THEY GET THAT OPPORTUNITY. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE COMMUNITY AGAINST COMMUNITY. THIS IS A GOOD FAITH EFFORT BY THE DISTRICT. THESE WERE SCOPED POORLY IN THE 2018 BOND, AND THIS IS THE DISTRICT'S ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THAT. AND I WANT TO SAY I WANT TO THANK YOU, REALLY, FOR SAYING THAT. AND AND AGAIN, I KNOW KNOWINGLY LIKE UNDERFUNDED, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR STONY POINT, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY ONLY TALK ABOUT 100 SEATS. WE KNOW THEY NEED MORE THAN 100 SEATS. RIGHT. SO SAME THING WITH EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IN THE IN THE IN THE BOND, THE 2018 BOND WAS LIKE, WHAT IS IT DESIGN AND PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION? WHAT IS PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION LIKE? LIKE BUILD HALF OF THE BUILDING, BUILD LIKE TWO CLASSROOMS, A CAFETERIA. I MEAN, SO TO ME, LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE EITHER ALL OR NOTHING. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE THING. [04:25:02] SO I THINK IT'S OUR GOAL AND OUR DESIRE AND REALLY OUR INTENT IS REALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY AT STONY POINT, AS WELL AS ALSO OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY AND EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, REALLY. AND SO, YES, WE WILL BE GOING BACK AND WE WILL ALSO CHECKING ALL THAT STUFF, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE DESIGN. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALL MAKE A MILLION GUESSES AS TO WHY THEY WERE PUT ON THE BOND SCOPED INCORRECTLY. BUT THE FACT IS, IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO BETTER NOW AND CORRECT IT NOW AND MOVE FORWARD. TRUSTEE WESTON, I'M SO SORRY. IF I CAN JUST ADD SOME CLARIFICATION ALSO JUST TO MAKE SURE TO HONOR EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON THAT 2018 BOND WE KEEP. IT WASN'T SCOPED INCORRECTLY. I JUST WANTED TO ASK SOME CLARIFICATION. WHAT HAPPENED IS AT THE TIME WE WENT FOR THE BOND, WE MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION AS A COMMUNITY AND WE CAPPED WHAT WE FELT COMFORTABLE GOING OUT FOR A BOND FOR. IF EVERYONE REMEMBERS IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS WE HAD A BOND AND IT FAILED. AND SO WHEN WE WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT DID WE HAVE AN APPETITE FOR AS FAR AS WHAT THE COMMUNITY WAS WILLING. AND SO WE KEPT IT AT A CERTAIN AMOUNT. ONCE WE WENT THROUGH AND LOOKED AT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO, IT WAS A MATTER OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO, DIDN'T MATCH UP WITH WHAT WE CAPPED IT AT, AND WE MADE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT. THE CONVERSATION WITHIN ALL THOSE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES WAS THAT, HEY, LET'S AT LEAST PUT SOMETHING FORWARD SO THAT WHEN WE GO BACK FOR A BOND, WE CAN ADD THAT MONEY WITH THE MONEY WE ALREADY PUT FORWARD. THIS WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS ONLY HAPPENED WITH THOSE. THERE WERE OTHER THINGS ALSO, AND IT WAS A MATTER OF IT WAS A CONSCIOUS DECISION WITHIN OUR CONVERSATIONS. BETTER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAN TO HAVE NOTHING. SO THAT WAY, ONCE WE GOT SOME MORE MONEY, WE HAD ENOUGH TO PUT TOWARDS THE PROJECT. AND SO THAT'S THE WAY THE CONVERSATIONS WENT WITHIN THE COMMITTEES. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER YOU'RE SITTING WITH US TODAY OR YOU'RE LISTENING IN, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. THERE WAS THIS GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO TAKE CARE OF MANY THINGS AS POSSIBLE, BUT THERE WAS JUST A CAP. AND SO WE SAID, HEY, LET'S AT LEAST PUT SOME MONEY TOWARDS THESE THINGS SO THAT LATER ON IT'S POSSIBLE WHEN WE ADD TO IT TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM DONE. THANK THANK YOU, DR. NICHOLS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT IS THAT IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS IN THAT CONTEXT OF THAT THAT STATEMENT IS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS WORKING WITHIN THE BOND PROGRAM TO BE PRACTICING GOOD STEWARDSHIP TO GET US TO THIS POINT, BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY DISTRICTS AROUND US WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GENERATE A VARIANCE IN THEIR BOND. AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT THROUGH SOME EXTRAORDINARY DIFFICULT TIMES IN THE ESCALATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH AND THE THE COVID THAT WE ACTUALLY DID SOME. CONSTRUCTION THROUGH. AND SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK YOU TO BRING IT BACK TO WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA. ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. AND SO THE VARIANCE IS IS EXCEPTIONAL. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. WESTON. SO I'VE DONE A LOT OF LISTENING TONIGHT. I'VE ACTUALLY READ THE 67 PAGE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. I'VE ACTUALLY READ THE 27 PAGE GROUND LEASE. I'VE TOURED THE CURRENT EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL FACILITIES. I'VE READ THE FEEDBACK FROM THE CHAIR OF THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WHO'S ACTUALLY HERE TONIGHT. SO I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST CHAIRS OF COMMITTEES, WE DO INVITE THEM UP TO TAKE AND FIELD QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. I WOULD APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE THE CHAIR UP TO THE MICROPHONE SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME CLARITY ON SOME THINGS. CAN WE DO THAT? SO I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT. BUT WE HAD DECIDED AS A BOARD THAT WE WERE NO LONGER GOING TO HAVE THE CHAIR PRESENT TO THE BOARD. THAT HAPPENED BACK IN MARCH. IS THAT CORRECT? SORRY. CAN YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE? AND I'LL INTRODUCE THIS IS LINDSAY LEGER, CHAIR OF THE CPC, WHICH IS NOT THE BOND OVERSIGHT, IT'S THE CAPITAL PROJECTS COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. YEAH. SO I THINK THE WAY THAT WE HAD LEFT AT THE LAST TIME WE HAD PRESENTED WAS THAT WE WOULD SEND A REPORT AND THEN I THINK IT WAS AT THE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE THOUGHT IT WAS NECESSARY THAT YOU GUYS WOULD LET ME KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANTED ME TO BE HERE OR TO SHARE ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS. SO I'M HAPPY TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS TONIGHT IF YOU GUYS HAVE IF YOU SO WANT ME TO. I'M FINE ASKING QUESTIONS. BUT WE HAD DECIDED AS A BOARD THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO. SO GO AHEAD. I'D LIKE TO ASK I'D LIKE TO INVITE HER TO THE MICROPHONE, IF YOU'LL TAKE THIS ONE. OH, OKAY. SO IF WE COULD, WHOEVER'S RUNNING THE SLIDES, IF WE CAN PULL A SLIDE. NUMBER SEVEN, I'D LIKE TO START WITH STONY POINT. MS.. LEDGER, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. [04:30:01] I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME OF YOUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE. WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING IS ON THE TABLE FOR THE BOARD TONIGHT TO VOTE UP OR DOWN ON? AND WHAT IS THE POSITION OF THE CPAC COMMITTEE THAT YOU LEAD? UM, I'LL ANSWER THE SECOND QUESTION FIRST. I THINK THAT THAT IS AN AREA THAT WHAT WE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN LED OR WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED INSTRUCTION. WE HAVE OUR BYLAWS. EARLY ON IN THE FORMATION OF OUR COMMITTEE, WE RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM MARY AND FROM COREY THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHEN. HELLO. OKAY. WHAT ITEMS ARE COMING BEFORE THE BOARD THAT ARE RECOMMENDATION WOULD COME ALONGSIDE THAT. AND SO BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT IN IN THE BYLAWS OF THE CPC OK TO, TO DO THAT. SO WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING UNDER THAT BECAUSE WITH THAT GUIDANCE THAT THAT WAS WHAT THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE FROM THE BOARD, THAT THERE WOULD BE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO THAT THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE PREPARED THE REPORTS THAT WE PREPARE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT TO EXPLAIN TO YOU GUYS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AND WHAT WE HAVE GONE OVER IN OUR CPC MEETINGS. AND SO, YEAH, SO THAT THAT'S WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS. AND SO WITH OUR ALL OF THE OTHER, I THINK THE ONE DIFFERENTIATING POINT WITH STONY POINT AND I WILL SAY EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, WE WE HAVE NOT REVIEWED THAT AS A COMMITTEE SO THAT WE HAD SOME FEEDBACK AROUND THAT. THERE WAS CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING WITH HAPPENING WITH HCC. WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS THE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO SOMEHOW MAKE SOMETHING WORK FOR THAT COMMUNITY. BUT AS FAR AS THESE PLANS OR THESE DESIGNS, THE CPC HAS NOT REVIEWED THOSE OR PROVIDED A RECOMMENDATION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. SO I KNOW YOU ASKED ABOUT STONY POINT, BUT THAT'S THE CONTEXT FOR EARLY COLLEGE. HIGH SCHOOL FOR STONY POINT. IS HER MIC ON? DID IT TURN OFF? IS IT ON? OKAY, SORRY. OKAY. BECAUSE I TALK LOUD. I'M SORRY. SO MY QUESTION IS SPECIFICALLY WHAT? WHAT? BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA. AND WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ON EARLY COLLEGE? HIGH SCHOOL. SO STONY POINT OR SORRY, STONY POINT. YOU WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WOULD REPEAT YOUR QUESTION SPECIFICALLY ON SLIDE SEVEN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, DR. AZAIEZ THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR AN UP OR DOWN VOTE TONIGHT. NO, NO, IT'S A DESIGN. SO THE DESIGN FOR 2.7 MILLION. SLIDE 2.7 MILLION ON SLIDE NINE IS WHAT IT'S UP FOR. VOTE TONIGHT. OKAY, THEN LET'S GO TO SLIDE NINE. SO WHATEVER'S ON THE TABLE FOR A VOTE TONIGHT FOR STONY POINT, LET'S GO TO THAT SLIDE AND LET'S ASK THE CPAC CHAIR WHAT HER POSITION IS ON THAT RECOMMENDATION. CAN I CAN I I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU. HERE IS WHAT'S ON THE TABLE. WE'RE ASKING OUR BOARD AND THIS IS THE MOTION IN FRONT OF YOU. THE MOTION IS IS TO APPROVE THE PROCUREMENT OF AN ARCHITECT TO DESIGN AND BUDGET THE 2018 BOND, STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL CAFETERIA EXPANSION. SO WE'RE NOT SAYING, HEY, WE'RE LOCKING IN THAT NUMBER, OR ARE WE SAYING THAT'S HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE? WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS PLEASE ALLOW US TO GET AN ARCHITECT SO WE CAN START THE DESIGN PHASE. THEN AS I SAID, WE GO BACK TO THE CPUC AND THE COMMUNITY AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE WE JUST DISCUSSED EARLIER, COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION. RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS JUST FOR THE BOARD TO ALLOW US TO START THE WORK OF THE DESIGN BY HIRING AN ARCHITECT. THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE'RE ASKING. OKAY. I REALLY WOULD LIKE HER OPINION ON WHAT'S BEFORE THE BOARD FOR TONIGHT. SO IF YOU'RE TRYING TO REFERENCE WHAT'S BEFORE THE BOARD TONIGHT VERSUS WHAT WE INCLUDED IN OUR REPORT TO YOU ALL, IF THAT IS THAT, CAN I ASK FOR CLARITY ON. YES, I'M SEEKING THE INPUT FROM THE COMMITTEE THAT YOU LEAD WITH REGARD TO THIS PROJECT. RIGHT. SO I PROVIDED THAT INPUT TO ALL OF YOU. THE INPUT THAT WE HAD PROVIDED IN A JULY REPORT WAS BASED ON OPTIONS THAT HAD BEEN PRESENTED TO US AS A COMMITTEE THAT HAD TO THAT SHOWED A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WAS IN A JOB COST COLUMN OF OF BOND FUNDS, FINANCIAL REPORTS THAT WE HAD RECEIVED. AND IT WAS BASED ON NOT I KEEP USING DESIGN OPTIONS. THESE AREN'T DESIGN OPTIONS ON DRAWINGS ON ON POTENTIAL FUTURE DESIGN OPTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO US AND THOSE WERE PRESENTED TO US LAST NOVEMBER. AND SO WHEN WE WROTE OUR REPORT IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, WE THOSE WERE THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAD BEFORE US. [04:35:01] AND SO AND YOU PICKED ONE. WE ORIGINALLY OFFERED AN OPTION OF OPTION ONE OR OPTION TWO. BOTH OF THOSE OPTIONS SHOWED THE ENCLOSURE OF THE ENTIRE COURTYARD. THE OPTION ONE INCLUDED INCLUDED THE ENCLOSURE OF THE COURTYARD, PLUS THEN EXPANDING OUT AND CREATING AN ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR COURTYARD EATING AREA. AND SO IN AUGUST, WE HAD A CPC MEETING AND WE WERE AT STONY POINT. WE WENT AND TOURED THE FACILITY AGAIN. IT WAS THE SECOND TIME WE'D BEEN THERE. THIS TIME IN DAYLIGHT. THE FIRST TIME WAS DURING DAYLIGHT SAVINGS AND IT WAS DARK OUT SO IT WAS A BETTER TIME TO VISIT. AND AND WE TOURED THE THE FACILITY AGAIN. AND WITH THAT, THE RECOMMENDATION OR THE CONSENSUS OF THE COMMITTEE WAS TO OFFER AN ADDENDUM TO THAT JULY REPORT TO THE BOARD. AND THAT ADDENDUM DID NARROW TO OPTION ONE. AGAIN, I WILL SAY THAT IS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING OF I FEEL LIKE NOW THE MORE I HAVE LEARNED AND THERE HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THIS WEEK WITH ME AS THE CHAIR, THAT WHAT WAS IN THE JOB COST COLUMN IS A WORST CASE SCENARIO OF WHAT WOULD BE ANTICIPATED COSTS. IT WASN'T EARMARKED FUNDS IS WHAT I NOW UNDERSTAND. IT WAS AS THEY'RE MOVING THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM AND THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL NOT COMPLETE, THAT THAT THE MONEY HAS TO SHIFT SOMEWHERE. SO THEY MOVED IT, BUT IT WASN'T AN EARMARKED AMOUNT. THAT IS MY THAT IS WHAT I NOW UNDERSTAND. SO THAT WAS NOT REFLECTIVE IN THE ADDENDUM THAT WAS SENT TO YOU ALL BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING UNTIL RECENTLY. SO WITH THAT, WE WE CHOSE TO WRITE AN ADDENDUM AND THAT WAS DRAFTED AND APPROVED. AND THAT ADDENDUM WAS PREDICATED ON WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS THE AMOUNT THAT WAS POTENTIALLY AVAILABLE AND I THINK IT WAS 5.4 MILLION. OKAY. AND SO THEN THE OPTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO US WITH AN ESTIMATED COST FROM LAST NOVEMBER, THERE WAS ONE, AND I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME. I'M SORRY. OKAY. OPTION ONE, I THINK WAS 4.57 OR MAYBE IT WAS 4.8, I CAN'T REMEMBER. AND THEN OPTION TWO WAS 3.35. AND SO AS WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION, WE THOUGHT, WELL, IF THESE ARE BOTH OF THE OPTIONS, THERE WASN'T AN OPTION WITHOUT THAT COURTYARD COMPLETELY ENCLOSED. SO THOSE WERE THE TWO OPTIONS THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY SEEN. SO THEN WE SAID, WELL, WE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS 5.4 MILLION. WE THEN SAID, WELL, WHY, IF IT'S 5.4 MILLION AND THIS IS THIS THIS IS 4.5, WHY WOULD WE NOT RECOMMEND THAT? AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE ADDENDUM CAME FROM AND THAT'S WHERE WE SENT THAT TO YOU ALL. AGAIN, I THINK AS DR. AZAIEZ HAS ALLUDED TO, AND IS WHAT YOU GUYS ALL KNOW, BASED ON THE EMAIL THAT WAS SENT FROM THE COMMITTEE, THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY A DISCONNECT IN COMMUNICATIONS OF WHAT THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CPC HAD RECEIVED AND THEN AND WHAT THE REALITY IS THAT I HAVE NOW COME TO UNDERSTAND, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT DEBATE WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE, HAVE WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING? BUT I DO THINK THAT IT COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY CHANGED AS WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN HAD WE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY. SO I APPRECIATE THE RECAP. AND GIVEN ALL OF THAT, WERE YOU SURPRISED WHEN YOU SAW THE AGENDA AND WHAT WAS ON IT FOR STONY POINT CAFETERIA? I WAS I WAS. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT, PLEASE? SURE. I WAS SURPRISED. I WILL SAY THAT. I WAS I WAS REACHED OUT TO ON MONDAY ASKING FOR CLARITY ON THE DISCONNECT AND OR NOT THE BUT THE DIFFERENCES BY PRESIDENT LANDRUM. I WILL SAY I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS APPROPRIATE. I'M THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, SO I FELT LIKE IT WAS ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE FOR HER TO REACH OUT AND SAY, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND? AND THEN THAT IS WHERE WE THEN HAD A CONVERSATION. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH DR. AZAIEZ AND MR. COVINGTON TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE WE MAYBE HAD A DISCONNECT, AND THEN I COMMUNICATED THAT TO THE COMMITTEE. BUT YES, IT WAS A SURPRISE TO THE COMMITTEE AND THAT IS WHAT THEN CULMINATED IN THE EMAIL THAT YOU GUYS HAVE RECEIVED THAT WAS PREPARED AND APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE. DANIEL, CAN I ASK REAL QUICK, CAN I ASK A FOLLOW UP QUESTION BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR FROM A PREVIOUS STATEMENT? BECAUSE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EARMARKED MONEY. AND I GUESS MY QUESTION ACTUALLY IS TO MR. COVINGTON. SO THIS $2 MILLION THAT YOU HAVE UP HERE IN ADDITIONAL BOND FUNDING, IS THAT. WITH THIS FLUCTUATION THAT LINDSAY WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT. IS THAT A NUMBER THAT YOU FEEL IS A SAFE NUMBER AND WILL BE THERE NO MATTER WHAT OR HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THAT NUMBER [04:40:04] BASED ON WHAT WAS NEEDED AT THE SCHOOL AND BASED ON PRELIMINARY PROJECTIONS TO GET TO THE 700 SEATS, THAT WAS THE ESTIMATE TO MEET THAT GOAL, TO MEET WHAT THEY NEEDED. AND I DID NOT TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. THERE WAS A $5 MILLION LINE ITEM BECAUSE WHEN WE WHEN I TOOK OVER BEING THE COO, I TASKED THE TEAM GO THROUGH THE 199 PROJECTS. ANY PROJECTS THAT'S COMPLETED. TAKE ALL THE CONTINGENCY MONEY AND PUT IT IN ONE COLUMN. MONEY THAT YOU HAVE EARMARKED FOR STUFF THAT HAS NOT CAME TO THE BOARD DISREGARDED. WE NEED TO TAKE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD AND SAY, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY ON? AND MY ROLE IS TO BRING YOUR RECOMMENDATION THAT SOUND FINANCIALLY AND MAXIMIZES ALL THE DOLLARS WITH ALL THE WITH ALL THE PROJECTS THAT THE DISTRICT NEEDS. SO I CAN RESPECT WHAT THE CPC DONE. BUT IF YOU TELL ME I GOT FOUR, FOUR, $4.5 MILLION, I'M GOING TO SPEND $4.5 MILLION. BUT DO YOU NEED TO SPEND $4.5 MILLION TO MEET THE NEED OF THE SCHOOL? AND THE ANSWER WAS NO. SO THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION I GAVE YOU ALL MY RECOMMENDATION. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I KNOW, I KNOW DENNIS DID THE CFO THING, RIGHT. BUT I CAN TELL. YES, WE ARE. WE ARE. IT'S A SAFE NUMBER BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN WE CAN EASILY GET THOSE BOTH PROJECTS DONE THIS WAY. RIGHT. SO THAT'S BUT AGAIN, THAT NUMBER 2.7, WE'RE NOT SAYING IT'S SET IN STONE. AS I SAID, WE HAVE TO GET THE DESIGN. THAT'S JUST AN ESTIMATE, RIGHT? WE NEED TO GET AN ARCHITECT OUT THERE. THEY NEED TO MEASURE, THEY NEED TO LOOK AT THINGS, COME UP WITH DIFFERENT OPTIONS, AND THEN EXACT MORE OR LESS AN EXACT AMOUNT FOR EVERYTHING. THEN WE AFTER HAVING CONVERSATION WITH OBVIOUSLY OUR CPUC AND THEN THE COMMITTEE, WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU. WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TONIGHT IS NOT TO APPROVE THIS ONE. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ASKING. DON'T DON'T FORGET, AT THE CURRENT PROJECTION, THERE IS $17 MILLION AVAILABLE. THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL IS 12. THAT LEAVES FIVE. IF THE BOARD CHOOSES TO SPEND $5 MILLION ON THAT PROJECT, THAT'S THE BOARD'S DESIRE. I APPRECIATE THAT, AMY. DID YOU WANT TO HAVE ANY FOLLOW UPS? CAN I? THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. GO AHEAD, MS.. CAN I CAN I PROVIDE THE NUMBERS IF THE BOARD WOULD. SO HAVE I HAVE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME. WOULD IT BE OKAY IF I PROVIDE THOSE FOR THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT FOR THE DIFFERENT WE HAVE THEM IN OUR 3.5. IT'S 7.16 FOR OPTION ONE. NO, THAT WAS THE OLD THAT WAS THE FIRST REPORT THAT INCLUDED FOOD SERVICE. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? SO THERE'S A NEWER NUMBER. THERE WAS THE JULY REPORT HAD UPDATED AMOUNTS THAT REMOVED THE FOOD SERVICE LINE COSTS SO THAT THE COSTS REFLECT REFLECTED, EXCLUDED THE ORIGINAL AMOUNTS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT. I BELIEVE IT WAS IN JANUARY THAT WE PROVIDED WAS TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL NEED FOR FOOD SERVICE LINE UPDATES. AND SO THAT SEVEN POINT SOMETHING MILLION WE REALLY KNEW WAS A HOPE AND A PRAYER THAT THAT WOULD EVEN HAPPEN BECAUSE THERE WAS JUST NOT MONEY AVAILABLE. BUT WE HAD REPORTED ON IT REGARDLESS. AND SO THE TWO POINT A PORTION OF THAT WAS RELATED TO FOOD SERVICE LINES, WHICH IS ALSO ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT TO PROVIDE THAT FUNDING FOR FOOD SERVICE LINE UPDATES AT STONY POINT AND AT TWO OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS. AND SO I THINK IT'S A TWO OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS, RIGHT, IF I OR MAYBE JUST ROUND ROCK. OKAY. SO THERE'S FOOD SERVICE LINE UPDATES THAT ARE BEING FUNDED THROUGH FOOD SERVICES IS MY UNDERSTANDING NOW, FOOD SERVICE BUDGET. AND SO THAT THOSE ESTIMATED COSTS CAME OUT OF WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY REPORTED ON TO YOU GUYS ABOUT. SO THE JULY REPORT HAD LOWER FIGURES THAT FELL BELOW WHAT WE HAD THOUGHT WERE THE FUNDS THAT WERE POSSIBLY EARMARKED, WHICH WE NOW UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT WE WE INTERPRETED THAT INCORRECTLY AS A COMMITTEE. SO I DON'T WANT IT TO BE THAT IT'S 7.1 MILLION, THAT THAT'S THE PERCEPTION OF THAT'S WHAT WE WERE EVEN CONSIDERING SPENDING THAT I DON'T THINK THAT WAS EVER A THOUGHT. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. CAN I PICK BACK UP, GUYS? IS THAT OKAY? SO, MR. COVINGTON, I JUST I APPRECIATE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WANTS AND NEEDS, AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE I THINK I MIGHT BE THE ONLY TRUSTEE WHOSE CHILDREN GREW UP IN THE STONY POINT LEARNING COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. WHEN WE HAD A BOND WHERE YOU HAD A POOL, A SWIMMING POOL ON IT FOR $20 MILLION AND THE KIDS AT STONEY POINT ARE EATING ON THE FLOOR. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAVE A PROBLEM. WE HAVE A PROBLEM. AND I UNDERSTAND. I THINK WE WOULD ALL LOVE TO RUBBER STAMP AN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT. BUT THERE ARE SOME TIMES WHEN LEADERS ARE IN SITUATIONS WE INHERIT PROBLEMS AND THAT IS THE REALITY. [04:45:05] WE HAVE INHERITED SOME PROBLEMS. WE HAVE INHERITED SOME INEQUITIES. MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO GET SOME SOLIDARITY, SOME UNDERSTANDING, A SOLID PLAN TO DELIVER ON A PROMISE SO THAT THE STUDENTS AND THE STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL ARE NOT EATING ON THE FLOOR ANYMORE. THAT'S MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT DONE. NEXT. MARY YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AND THAT YOU KEPT GETTING CUT OFF BECAUSE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT OTHER BOND PROJECTS. I THINK YOU MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT THIS LIST. DOES THIS LOOK FAMILIAR? I KNOW YOU WERE ON THE 2018 BOND COMMITTEE. AMBER I KNOW YOU WERE ON THE 2018. DOES THIS LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU? YES. AND WE'RE NOT POSTED TO TALK ABOUT IT. AND I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ITEMS ON HERE. WHAT I AM GOING TO SAY. MS.. LEON, AM I ALLOWED TO SAY THAT THAT THERE IS A DOCUMENT THAT EXISTS IN WHICH NEEDS ACROSS OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND ARE LISTED? AM I AM I ALLOWED TO SAY THAT THIS DOCUMENT EXISTS? SO IF THAT'S A QUESTION, YOU'RE OVER YOUR 45 SECONDS, BUT IF YOU'RE A COMMENT, YOU'VE GOT 15 SECONDS. THAT'S MY QUESTION. AM I ALLOWED TO SAY THIS DOCUMENT EXISTS? I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN YOUR HAND, BUT I WOULD. I'M NOT SURE HOW IT CONNECTS TO THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE POSTED. WELL, IT CONNECTS BECAUSE OUR JOB, IF IT WAS JUST ABOUT EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, I THINK WE WOULD ALL SAY, YEAH, YEAH, OF COURSE. BUT THE REALITY IS WE HAVE 55 CAMPUSES, SO IF WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THESE GYRATIONS OF ME MAKING MY STATEMENT, I'LL GO THROUGH THE GYRATIONS OF 45 SECOND QUESTIONS. OKAY. DOES ROUND ROCK ISD OR AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE OWN THE PROPERTY THAT THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT INDICATES THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL WOULD BE BUILT ON? YES OR NO? I EXPLAINED TO YOU EARLIER TODAY THAT THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE ACC, PFC PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION, WHICH HAS AN OVERLAPPING BOARD WITH ACC, AND IT WAS CREATED AS A MECHANISM FOR ACC TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY AND ISSUE DEBT. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ROUND ROCK ISD FACILITIES BUILT ON PROPERTY THAT WE DON'T OWN? I DON'T THINK WE DO. CORRECT. THE ANSWER IS NO. DO ANY OTHER CENTRAL TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING AUSTIN ISD, HAVE A STAND ALONE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL? WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? DO ANY OTHER CENTRAL TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING AUSTIN ISD, WHICH HAS 80,000 STUDENTS, HAVE A STANDALONE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL? AND DID YOU PROVIDE DID YOU ASK THAT QUESTION AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD BE PREPARED TO HAVE THAT ANSWER? NO. OKAY. WELL, THEN I CAN'T BE I NO, I DON'T THINK THEY COULD BE EXPECTED. SORRY. I KNOW IN OTHER LIKE IN THE BECAUSE I WORK IN THE HOUSTON AREA, I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF STANDALONE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS IF THAT'S. BUT THERE ARE A LOT. SO THE ANSWER IS NO. THERE'S NO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT IN CENTRAL TEXAS. WHAT THEY'LL USUALLY DO IS PUT IT INSIDE ONE OF THEIR OTHER FACILITIES, LIKE AN ISD. THEY PUT THEIR EARLY POINT OF ORDER. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? DECORUM. PLEASE DON'T PUT WORDS IN ADMINISTRATION'S MOUTH. YOU SAID THAT YOU DIDN'T GIVE THEM TIME TO PREPARE. THE ANSWER ISN'T NO, IT'S I DON'T KNOW. BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO PREPARE AN ANSWER. IS THAT YOU SAID THAT WAS A POINT OF ORDER. WHAT'S THE RULING FROM THE CHAIR? DECORUM. AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO SAY PLEASE PROVIDE DECORUM AND USE DECORUM WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING WITH EACH OTHER. THE OTHER THING I WOULD ASK YOU, TRUSTEE WESTON, IF YOU ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTION, PLEASE DON'T MAKE A QUESTION. I HAVE A STATEMENT I'D LIKE TO READ. YOU'LL HAVE TIME FOR THAT AT THE END OF THE AGENDA. NO, YOU'RE LIMITING. YOU VOTED TO LIMIT ME TO TWO MINUTES. I CAN PLAY WHATEVER GAME YOU WANT TO PLAY. I ALL. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE MY STATEMENT, BUT I CAN'T DO IT IN TWO MINUTES, SO I'LL BREAK IT OUT INTO QUESTIONS. WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NEXT QUESTION. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU, MISS LEDYARD, BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU STICKING IT OUT HERE TONIGHT AND COMING TO THE MICROPHONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. CAN I OFFER JUST ONE OTHER COMMENT? SURE. IS THAT OKAY? I, I WILL JUST SAY THAT WHILE WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL I DON'T FEEL LIKE THE C.P.S. HAD ALL THE INFORMATION FOR STONY POINT. THERE IS A DIFFERENTIATION IN WHAT'S BEING ASKED TONIGHT WITH REGARD TO STONY POINT AND I WOULD FULLY ANTICIPATE THAT THE CPC IS GOING TO BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. I'VE ALREADY RECEIVED ASSURANCES THAT DENNIS WILL BE AT OUR MEETING NEXT TUESDAY AND THAT WHAT IS BEING ASKED, WHAT I WOULD HATE TO SEE, AND I THINK THE CONSENSUS OF OUR COMMITTEE IS THAT WE WOULD HATE TO SEE THAT NOTHING GETS DONE FOR STONY POINT. AND SO IF WE AND THAT HASN'T BEEN OFFICIALLY VOTED ON, THAT'S PARTIALLY MY OPINION. BUT I THINK I THINK I CAN SAY THAT THE CONSENSUS IS NOT THAT NOTHING GETS DONE. AND SO WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT IS TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT MOVE FORWARD. [04:50:01] AND WHILE THERE WAS FRUSTRATION FROM OUR COMMITTEE, I DO APPRECIATE WHAT I HAVE HEARD IN THIS CONVERSATION THAT THIS ISN'T POTENTIALLY THE END. THERE IS STILL OTHER VARIANCE THAT IS AVAILABLE TO WHERE IF WE CONTINUE DOWN THIS PATH IN THE AND THERE'S STILL THE RECOMMENDATION AND IT BECOMES A LINE THAT THAT ENTIRE COURTYARD NEEDS TO BE ENCLOSED TO MEET THAT NEED, THERE'S GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO VOICE THAT. THERE'S GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CPC TO AGAIN, VOICE THAT IF THAT'S WHERE WE LAND, BUT THAT THIS ISN'T A FINAL DETERMINATION OR LIMITATION TO THE DESIGN IS WHAT I HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND. AND SO I DON'T WANT THERE I THINK I THINK IT WAS TRUSTEE MARKHAM THAT SAID THIS. I DON'T FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD BE ONE COMMUNITY VERSUS ANOTHER. I THINK IT CAN BE A BOTH AND SUCCESSFUL OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE THE FEELING THAT IF YOU GUYS MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, IF I CAN GET A NOD, I DON'T KNOW HOW KEVIN FEELS ABOUT WHAT I'M SAYING. HE'S ALSO ON THE THE COMMITTEE. BUT I DO FEEL LIKE IF THERE ARE ASSURANCES THAT THIS MAY NOT BE THE BE ALL END ALL, IF THE COMMUNITY IS HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THAT THAT ENTIRE COURTYARD NEEDS TO BE ENCLOSED AND THERE IS A NEED FOR IT THERE THAT MAYBE IS NOT ANTICIPATED YET BY AN ADMINISTRATION, THAT THAT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY SOMETHING THAT IS CONSIDERED AND COULD BE ADDRESSED. BUT WHAT I WOULD HATE TO SEE IS THAT WE DON'T EVEN GET TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PLANS OR EVEN PROGRESS TOWARDS BEING ABLE TO HAVE PLANS TO BE ABLE TO EVEN TAKE TO THE COMMUNITY. BECAUSE IF WE IF THAT ISN'T IF NOTHING'S VOTED ON, THEN THERE'S NOT FUNDS FOR FOR PLANS TO BE DRAWN UP. THERE'S NOT FUNDS TO. SO YOU'RE SUPPORTIVE OF US VOTING IN FAVOR OF PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT PROGRESS NEEDS TO BE MADE. AND I FEEL LIKE WITH THE ASSURANCES THAT I HAVE HEARD TONIGHT, THAT MORE FEEDBACK WILL BE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY, THAT THIS ISN'T THE BE ALL END ALL. THIS ISN'T THE END OF THE DISCUSSION FOR STONY POINT THAT IF THOSE ASSURANCES ARE MET AND THE ADMINISTRATION CAN SAY, YES, I THINK WE WILL WE WILL WORK TOWARDS THOSE THINGS, WE WILL WORK TOWARDS CONSENSUS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED. THEN PERSONALLY, I CAN'T SPEAK AS THE THE CHAIR BECAUSE I HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IT WITH THE WHOLE COMMITTEE. PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THERE BE SOME PROGRESS FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PROGRESS AT STONY POINT. I WOULD HATE TO SEE IT TABLED AND NOTHING BE DONE. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANKS. OKAY. SO BACK TO EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. HOW MANY DAYS IN ADVANCE OF TONIGHT'S MEETING WAS THE BOARD PRESENTED WITH THE 67 PAGE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND GROUND LEASE FOR THE FIRST TIME? TRUSTEE WESTON. CAN I HAVE MAKE A SUGGESTION OR CAN I BE SEATED THE FLOOR FOR A MINUTE BEFORE WE GET INTO EARLY COLLEGE? HIGH SCHOOL. WOULD YOU MIND? YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT STONY POINT? YEAH, AS LONG AS I CAN. BECAUSE EARLIER WHEN YOU VOTED, YOU. YOU ASSURED I WOULD NOT BE LIMITED. THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS I COULD ASK. YEAH, BUT I THINK. CAN I START WITH STONY POINT AND THEN HIT IT BACK TO YOU? YES, MA'AM. IT'S NOT A QUESTION. I DO HAVE A STATEMENT AND I WANT TO MAKE A MOVE ON STONY POINT, WHICH I THINK WILL CLEAR THE WAY, IF THAT'S OKAY. YEAH, THAT WORKS. OKAY, SO THIS IS MY TWO MINUTE STATEMENT, AND I'M GLAD THAT AS WE'VE LISTENED, THERE'S IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE AND THERE'S A LOT OF SYNERGY. I FEEL LIKE OPTION AND COST DISCUSSIONS ARE PREMATURE BECAUSE I FEEL STRONGLY THAT THIS NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY FOR STAKEHOLDER INPUT. BOTH THE CPC OK AND THE STAKEHOLDERS AT STONY POINT. I ALSO WANT TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AN EQUITY ISSUE AND THE DISTRICT HAS OPERATED IN A WAY WHERE WE HAVE, AND THIS IS DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY. SO I HOPE WHEN WE GO OUT FOR A BOND IN THE FUTURE, WE DO SOME TRAINING AROUND EQUITY. WE THINK ABOUT NOT JUST OUR INTENT BUT OUR IMPACT BECAUSE WE HAVE PRIORITIZED ONCE OVER NEEDS, EVEN WITH THE BEST OF INTENT. AND IT'S THE SAME SCHOOLS ALWAYS GETTING SOMETHING VERSUS GETTING EVERYTHING. AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS NOT EITHER OR. THIS IS YES, AND I'VE HEARD THIS FROM MY COLLEAGUES AS A DISTRICT. WE MADE A MISSTEP REGARDING BOTH OF THESE COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE FUNDED A BUILDING WE UNDER SCOPED THE STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA. AND WHILE WE DIDN'T THIS BOARD, THIS ADMINISTRATION, WE DIDN'T CREATE THE PROBLEM. IT'S OUR JOB TO FIX IT. I DO NOT WANT TO COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE LARGE POPULATIONS OF VULNERABLE STUDENTS BEING FORSAKEN, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT THEM PIT AGAINST EACH OTHER. AND WE HAVE HEARD FROM BOTH COMMUNITIES THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY LANDLOCKED. IF WE DON'T MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT ON EVEN ALLOWING THE CONVERSATIONS TO GO FORWARD, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANYTHING DONE. [04:55:05] SO THIS MOTION, I FEEL, SETS US ON THE PATH TO ENGAGE THE RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. AND I WANT TO START WITH STONY POINT FIRST AND JUST THINKING ABOUT BOTH COMMUNITIES. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE SAFETY ISSUE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THEIR CAMPUS, AND STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THEIR CAFETERIA. AND AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE GETTING SAFETY, SECURITY AND THE ABILITY TO EXPAND OUR DISTRICT PROGRAMING. SO WITH ALL THAT IN MIND, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE PROCUREMENT OF AN ARCHITECT TO DESIGN AND BUDGET THE 2018 BOND STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA EXPANSION. AND THAT IS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WILL BE COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY. SECOND, NO, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. SEVEN ZERO. I GOT A CLAP FOR THAT. MADAM CHAIR, COULD WE BRIEFLY, MAYBE RECESS AND THEN COME BACK? AND I KNOW THAT TRUSTEE WESTON HAD THE FLOOR FOR SOME EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL QUESTIONS. WHO AM I? DON'T MIND. I JUST WOULD LIKE IF. IF I MAY. ARE WE CLOSE TO BEING FINISHED SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO GO HOME? YEAH. OKAY. WE CAN KEEP GOING. I JUST STUDENTS HERE AT 11:00, SO. OKAY. TRUSTEE WESTON. I THINK YOU HAD THE FLOOR. YEAH. AND AGAIN, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN QUICKER IF I COULD JUST GIVE MY STATEMENT. BUT YOU'VE, YOU'VE FORCED ME TO PUT IT INTO QUESTION, SO I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT. SO I'LL REPEAT MY LAST QUESTION. HOW MANY DAYS IN ADVANCE OF TONIGHT'S MEETING WAS THE BOARD PRESENTED WITH THE WITH THE 67 PAGE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND 27 PAGE GROUND LEASE FOR THE FIRST TIME REGARDING EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL? HOW MANY DAYS WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANSWER YOUR OWN QUESTION? OKAY. I'M GOING TO CALL FOR DECORUM. YOU KNOW, THIS IS RIDICULOUS. NO, IT WAS A SERIOUS QUESTION. YOU KNOW THE ANSWER. YEAH. YEAH. AND YOU SAID I COULDN'T MAKE A STATEMENT. I'D LOVE TO READ THROUGH MY STATEMENT WHERE I'M NOT ASKING ANY QUESTIONS. BUT YOU VOTED NOT TO LET ME DO THAT. AND NOW YOU'RE ASKING IF THERE'S A DECORUM MOTION ON THE TABLE. THAT'S FOR THE BOARD CHAIR TO DECIDE. AND THAT'S REALLY NOT DEBATABLE. SO I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DEBATE. THERE'S A THERE'S A DECORUM MOTION. THERE WAS A POINT OF ORDER. MAYBE. AGAIN, I WILL ASK FOR DECORUM. POINT OF ORDER? YES. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? IF IT WOULD HELP TO ADVANCE US FORWARD, I WOULD LOVE TO MOVE THAT TRUSTEE WESTON. AND ONLY TRUSTEE WESTON CAN MAKE HER STATEMENT SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON EARLY COLLEGE. I'D SECOND THAT. COULD I REMIND YOU THAT I. YEAH, I GAVE UP THE FLOOR AND I WAS PROMISED BY THE CHAIR THAT SHE WOULD COME BACK TO ME. I STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ALSO. SO MY MOTION DOESN'T PRECLUDE YOU FROM ASKING QUESTIONS. IT JUST ALLOWS TRUSTEE WESTON TO MAKE HER STATEMENT SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THE MEETING FORWARD. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, I HAVE MY BUTTON PUSHED. GO AHEAD. OKAY, SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE CARVING OUT ANY SPECIAL TREATMENT. WE ARE SEVEN EQUALS. WE NEED TO TREAT EACH OTHER THAT WAY AND WE GO DOWN THESE RABBIT HOLES OF TRYING TO BOX EACH OTHER IN. THIS IS WHERE WE RUN INTO PROBLEMS. SO I WOULD NOT BE FOR THAT. I WOULD BE FOR ABANDONING. SO I'D LIKE TO REVISE THAT MOTION. MY MOTION IS TO. ARE YOU MAKING AN AMENDED MOTION? SURE. I'M MAKING AN AMENDED MOTION TO SAY THAT IF A TRUSTEE BELIEVES THAT THEY CAN GET THROUGH THEIR ITEMS OR THEIR THEIR INPUT TONIGHT QUICKER BY MAKING A STATEMENT THAT THEY'D BE ALLOWED TO DO SO IF THEY CHOOSE. THAT'S MY THAT'S MY AMENDED MOTION. I SECOND THAT. I HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION, ALL IN FAVOR OF AMENDING THE MOTION. RAISE YOUR HAND. I'LL OPPOSED. MOTION FAILS 2 TO 5. GOES BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO ALLOW TRUSTEE WESTON TO MAKE HER STATEMENT ON EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. TWO FOR I ABSTAINED. I ABSTAINED. I DIDN'T. MOTION. OH, YOU DIDN'T. OH, OKAY. SORRY. SO THAT WOULD BE MOTION FAILS. TWO FOR ONE. ALL IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING TRUSTEE WESTON TO MAKE A STATEMENT. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO FINISH YOUR STATEMENT. TRUSTEE. WESTON. BEFORE I MAKE MY STATEMENT. I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE WHEN I CLICK ON BOND FINANCIAL STATUS. IT SAYS THAT THERE'S A BALANCE OF IT HAS THE SAME BOND TARGET AS THE SLIDE TONIGHT THAT SAID 517 BUT IT SAYS THAT THE VARIANCE IS 2.4 MILLION, BUT YET WE'RE BEING BRIEFED TONIGHT THAT IT'S 17. CAN CAN THE DISTRICT JUST CLARIFY THIS? I DIDN'T EVEN I JUST CHECKED THIS WHILE YOU GUYS WERE ASKING QUESTIONS EARLIER. IT JUST OCCURRED TO ME TO SEE WHAT THE PUBLIC IS LOOKING AT. SO IF WE CAN GET SOME CLARITY ON THAT AND THEN I'LL MAKE MY STATEMENT. THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE TONIGHT WAS BROUGHT TO YOU FIRST BEFORE IT GOES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. [05:00:01] I THOUGHT THAT WAS MY CHARGE TO INFORM THE BOARD OF THINGS BEFORE I INFORM THE COMMUNITY. BUT WHY IS THE DISTRICT WEBSITE? WHY DOES IT HAVE A DIFFERENT VARIANCE NUMBER? WHAT HAS CHANGED? HOW DID THAT NUMBER GO FROM 2.4 TO 17 MILLION? THAT WAS THE RESULT OF THE NINE WEEKS OF EXAMINING THE 199 PROJECTS OF OF REMOVING THE CONTINGENCIES OF ALL THE COMPLETED PROJECTS OR THE CONTINGENCIES WHERE WE HAD THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT UNDER A PURCHASE ORDER ALREADY. AND SO THERE WAS CONTINGENCIES BUILT INTO THOSE NUMBERS. THIS WAS JUST TRULY AN ACCOUNTING SCRUBBING OF THE NUMBERS TO GET TO A TRUE BALANCED NUMBER INSTEAD OF TYING UP MONEY BASED ON CONTINGENCIES. SO THE ONE THAT YOU SEE ON THE WEBSITE IS JUST MONIES ALLOTTED FOR PROJECTS THAT WAS NEVER BROUGHT TO THE BOARD OR NEVER FULLY SCOPED. IT WAS JUST MONEY SET ASIDE, BUT IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE. THAT'S THE COST OF A PROJECT. WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT. SO I'LL START MY STATEMENT NOW, GUYS. SO I HAVE A LOT OF DISCOMFORT AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK, MR. COVINGTON. I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, THOUGH. NINE DAYS BEFORE A BOARD MEETING BASICALLY BEING TOLD THAT $15 MILLION WAS FOUND, I JUST I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR TO OUR COMMUNITY. I MEAN, WE HAVE THE BOND STUFF INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE FOR A REASON. AND IF IT'S NOT A $2.4 MILLION VARIANCE, I THINK THE THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AT EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL WOULD HAVE REALLY APPRECIATED KNOWING THAT THAT NUMBER WAS ACTUALLY 17 MILLION. I AS A TRUSTEE, WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED KNOWING THAT SIX MONTHS AGO, A YEAR AGO, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO ME. SO I'M JUST UNCOMFORTABLE WITH HOW SOME OF THIS INFORMATION IS BEING SHARED AND CHANGED AND HOW IT'S BEING PRESENTED AND WHEN IT'S BEING PRESENTED. SO I'LL SAY THAT BEFORE ME TONIGHT IS A 67 PAGE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND A 27 PAGE GROUND LEASE TO BUILD AN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL ON PROPERTY NOT OWNED BY ROUND ROCK ISD OR AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY A PFC, A PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION. I HAVE READ THE ENTIRE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. THE GROUND LEASE CONSULTED WITH BOARD COUNSEL. MS.. LEONE, CAN YOU VERIFY? I SPOKE TO YOU AT LENGTH THIS MORNING TO GET ANSWERS TO MY MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE TWO DOCUMENTS. I'VE TOURED THE CURRENT EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL FACILITIES. I'VE READ FEEDBACK ON THE MATTER FROM THE CHAIR OF THE CPC OK, AND I'VE ALSO GONE BACK TO REVIEW PREVIOUS PUBLIC AND CLOSED SESSION DISCUSSIONS ON EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME WE HAVE WE HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WITH SCENARIOS OF HOW THIS BUILDING MIGHT COME TO FRUITION AND WHAT WAS PRESENTED NINE DAYS AGO TO THIS BOARD IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT HAS EVER BEEN PRESENTED TO THIS BOARD. AND THE CPAC CHAIR TONIGHT TOLD US THAT SHE'S HER COMMITTEE HAS HAD NO EXPOSURE TO ANY OF THIS. I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH ALL OF THAT. SO TO THAT END, I'LL EXPLAIN WHY EXERCISING DUE DILIGENCE HAS LED ME TO A NO VOTE ON THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND GROUND LEASE DOCUMENTS BEFORE ME TONIGHT. REASON NUMBER ONE FOR MY NO VOTE ON WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK, THE BOARD WAS PRESENTED WITH THESE TWO DOCUMENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE PUBLIC DID NOT SEE THESE DOCUMENTS AND THUS THE TERMS UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT OF THIS WEEK. I WAS VERY SURPRISED TO SEE SUCH A WIDE GULF BETWEEN WHAT WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN BRIEFED TO EXPECT AS THE TERMS OF THESE AGREEMENTS COMPARED TO WHAT THE TERMS LOOK LIKE IN THESE DOCUMENTS. I AM DISAPPOINTED TO SEE A RUSHED PROCESS NOW TO EXECUTE A SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENT, INCLUDING A WILDLY DIFFERENT COST SHARING MODEL THAN WE WERE PREVIOUSLY BRIEFED ON OR TO EXPECT TONIGHT. WE SHOULD JUST BE GETTING BRIEFED ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES. WE SHOULD JUST BE GETTING BRIEFED THAT WE FOUND $15 MILLION. WE SHOULD JUST BE GETTING BRIEFED THAT THERE'S THIS NEW PROPOSED ARRANGEMENT AND THE CHANGE IN THE NEGOTIATIONS, AND WE SHOULD HAVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND DISCUSS THIS MATTER AMONG OURSELVES. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROCESS IT MYSELF. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE LAWYER. I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU GUYS BECAUSE THAT'S ILLEGAL. WE CAN ONLY DO IT HERE. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING TONIGHT IS JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS AND THEN VOTE ON IT IN ANOTHER MEETING, WHICH WE CAN CALL AS SOON AS 72 HOURS FROM TONIGHT. NO DECISION OF SUCH CONSEQUENCE SHOULD BE MADE IN THIS WAY, BEREFT OF DUE DILIGENCE ON THE PART OF THE BOARD. REASON NUMBER TWO FOR MY NO VOTE, THESE AGREEMENTS CALL FOR AN ADDITIONAL $19 MILLION OF 2018 BOND MONEY THAT WAS NEVER APPROVED BY THE VOTERS, NEVER AND BY THE VOTERS TO BUILD AN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. [05:05:02] THE ONLY THING THAT WAS APPROVED WAS TO BUY THE LAND, NOT TO BUILD THE BUILDING. I. I REGRET THAT THAT COMMUNICATION WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY. I THINK THAT IN MY OPINION, MY PERSONAL OPINION, I DON'T SPEAK FOR THE BOARD. I THINK THERE WAS SOME PURPOSEFUL MISLEADING ON THE ON THE PART OF OTHERS WHO PRECEDE US. THAT IS MY PERSONAL OPINION IN ORDER TO GET THAT BOND PASSED. BUT IT WAS NEVER BUDGETED FOR, IT NEVER DISCUSSED BY THE BOARD AND NEVER PRESENTED TO THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, WHICH WE CALL THE CPAC. NOW, AS WE LEARNED IN AN EMAIL FROM THE COMMITTEE CHAIR TODAY, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S BEEN ANY DUE DILIGENCE HERE. REASON NUMBER THREE FOR MY NO VOTE, I'M NOT GOING TO LEASE PROPERTY FOR 20 YEARS AT A FIXED 4% INTEREST RATE. THAT IS RIDICULOUS. THAT INTEREST RATE MEANS THE REPAYMENT IS GOING TO BE $9 MILLION ON A $6 MILLION LOAN WITH NO OPTION TO ADJUST THE RATE IN THE FUTURE WHEN CONDITIONS LIKELY WILL BE BETTER FOR INTEREST RATES. I WOULD NOT ADVISE MY OWN CHILDREN TO SIGN THAT DEAL AND I WON'T SIGN IT NOW. REASON NUMBER FOUR FOR MY NO VOTE. ANY NEW FACILITY BUILT BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD BE PLACED ON A BALLOT FOR VOTERS TO DECIDE. THAT IS HOW OUR BUSINESS OF NEW FACILITIES SHOULD BE CONDUCTED. LET THE VOTERS DECIDE. BUT THAT TRANSPARENT PROCESS HAS BEEN REJECTED HERE. ASK YOURSELF WHY? WHY IS IT WHY IS THIS NOT A BOND PROPOSITION ON THIS NOVEMBER'S ELECTION BALLOT? I BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO APPROVE $19 MILLION OF THEIR TAX DOLLARS TO BUILD EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL FOR 389 STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY SINCE ATTENDING EARLY COLLEGE IS A CHOICE, NOT A REQUIREMENT, AND ESPECIALLY SINCE DR. AZAIEZ RECENTLY BRIEFED THE BOARD AND HIS STAFF DID THAT. THE DISTRICT HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES WITH ACC TO MAKE GRADUATING WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE POSSIBLE AT ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, OR THEY ARE AT LEAST WORKING TOWARDS THAT END. STUDENTS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO GIVE UP FINE ARTS OR SPORTS AT THEIR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS TO GRADUATE WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IF THEY WISH, LIKE THEY HAVE TO WHEN THEY GO TO EARLY COLLEGE. HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY AT ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS SHOULD BE A STRATEGIC PRIORITY. IN MY OPINION, THAT WOULD BE EQUITABLE. SOME BOARD MEMBERS HAVE TOLD US MANY TIMES HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO LET THE VOTERS DECIDE ON A TAX RATE INCREASE THIS NOVEMBER AT THE BALLOT BOX. BUT THEY ARE UNWILLING TO PUT THIS NEW EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL FACILITY ON THE BALLOT FOR VOTERS. ASK YOURSELF WHY. ASK YOURSELF WHY PORTABLES WERE EVER SET UP TO BE USED AS A HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS IN THE FIRST PLACE. WHOSE IDEA WAS THAT? WAS THAT A GOOD IDEA? WHY WAS AN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS NOT PUT ON THE BALLOT FIRST FOR VOTERS TO DECIDE AND THEN HAVE STUDENTS ENROLL IF THE INITIATIVE PASSED? SOMETHING HERE ABOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS HAS NEVER MADE SENSE TO ME OR MANY OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. IF RESOURCES INTENDED FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT WERE MADE WITH A SINGLE CAMPUS OR GROUP OF STUDENTS IN MIND, THEN THE ANSWER WOULD ALWAYS BE YES. BUT WE HAVE A DUTY TO CONSIDER THE NEEDS ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES AND ALL STUDENTS. THE $19 MILLION IN BOND MONEY THAT IS BEING REQUESTED TO BUILD EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL ON PROPERTY NOT OWNED BY ROUND ROCK ISD AND NOT APPROVED BY OUR VOTERS VIA A BOND REFERENDUM, WILL MEAN THAT THE MONEY WILL NOT BE SPENT TO IMPROVE THE SUBSTANDARD LUNCHROOM FACILITIES AT SOME HIGH SCHOOLS AND LOTS OF OTHER THINGS ON THIS LIST. IT WILL ALSO MEAN THAT THINGS LIKE THIRD GRADERS AT FOREST CREEK ELEMENTARY WILL CONTINUE TO GO TO SCHOOL IN PORTABLES EVERY SINGLE DAY. SOME OF THESE PORTABLES DON'T EVEN HAVE RESTROOMS. ALL OF THE ITEMS ON THE 2018 BOND COMMITTEE IDENTIFIED AS REAL NEEDS ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT REMAIN UNFUNDED, WILL BE PUSHED TO THE SIDE TO SEND $19 MILLION TO ONE FACILITY. THAT'S WHY I WILL BE VOTING NO. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. WEIR. AND THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE ONE STATEMENT THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE AND THEN I WILL TURN IT OVER TO TRUSTEE BONE TO FINISH HER 13 QUESTIONS. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THE LANGUAGE THAT WE VOTED ON DID INCLUDE PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION. SO CONSTRUCTION OF EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL. THERE WAS NO DEFINITION OF PHASE ONE, BUT WE ABSOLUTELY SENT TO THE VOTERS THE WORDS CONSTRUCTION OF THIS HIGH SCHOOL, SO TO SAY UP HERE NOW THAT THAT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE VOTED ON IS NOT TRUE. AND AS SOMEONE WHO SERVED ON THREE BOND COMMITTEES, INCLUDING THIS ONE AND I WAS ON THE SECONDARY COMMITTEE. I CAN TELL YOU THIS WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION. NOW, WHEN IT WENT UP A LITTLE BIT FARTHER, IT GOT TO PHASE ONE, WHATEVER THAT MEANT, WITH NO DEFINITION. BUT THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS VOTED ON BY THE VOTERS OF THIS DISTRICT. [05:10:06] AND I WILL TURN IT OVER FOR THE LAST 13 QUESTIONS. I HAVE TRUSTEE HARRISON. AND I HAVE TRUSTEE BONE. TRUSTEE. HARRISON. WHAT'S? DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS OR GO BACK TO TRUSTEE. BONE. NO, I HAVE A STATEMENT AND A MOTION, BUT WE CAN STILL DISCUSS AFTER A MOTION. I JUST WANT TO PUT THE MOTION ON THE TABLE. AND SO I'D PREFER TO GO BACK TO TRUSTEE BONE BECAUSE I TOLD HER I WOULD GO BACK TO HER BEFORE WE MADE A MOTION. OKAY. OKAY. SO, TRUSTEE BONE, I'LL GO BACK TO YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. SO FIRST, COULD WE GET CLARITY? FROM THE DISTRICT OF WHAT WAS ON THE BOND. DOES ANYBODY RECALL? I MEAN, FROM THE DISTRICT. YEAH, I KNOW. BUT WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION AT LEAST I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH MR. WOOSTER BEFORE. AND I BELIEVE YOU'VE TOLD ME THAT THE PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION WAS BREAKING GROUND AND DOING GROUNDWORK. IS THAT CORRECT? WITHIN WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CONSTRUCTION. TYPICALLY, A PHASE ONE IS THAT YOU DO HAVE TO CREATE YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HERE TONIGHT, IS THAT BY MOVING THIS BUILDING IN OUR CAMPUS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN AVOID. OKAY. SO FROM YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT WHAT WAS ON THE BOND WOULD HAVE BEEN PURCHASE THE LAND, GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE SET UP, WASTE WATER, ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. THAT WAS WHAT WAS ON THE MUD. RIGHT. IF YOU IF YOU GO BACK AND REALLY LOOK AT SOME OF THE VERY PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SITE SELECTION AT THE ACC CAMPUS, IS THAT THERE IS THERE WAS A WELL, THERE'S STILL SOME WILD LANDS THERE ON THE PERIPHERY OF ACC. AND SO YOU HAVE TO CLEAR THE CLEAR THE SITE, YOU HAVE TO TO WORK YOUR DRAINAGE, YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR HYDROLOGY, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO THERE'S QUITE A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO JUST BEING ABLE TO START A FOUNDATION PLAN. AND I WILL TELL YOU, DR. BONE, THAT I WAS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS CAME OUT OF. SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROJECT, AND IT WAS VERY WELL COMMUNICATED THAT THIS WAS PHASE ONE, WHICH LED TO PHASE TWO. SO WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS. AT THE TIME, THERE WAS A SENIOR FACILITY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TAKING OVER POSSIBILITY. WE LOOKED AT THE POSSIBILITY OF EVEN PUTTING EARLY COLLEGE ON A VERY SMALL PORTION OF THE HIGH SCHOOL TRACT. ON R.W. GRIMES. WE LOOKED AT PARTNERING WITH ACC. WE LOOKED AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS IN THAT COMMITTEE. AND THIS WAS THE WHILE WE DIDN'T MAKE A FINAL DECISION IN THE CBC, THIS WAS THE MOST ECONOMICAL, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME IF WE WOULD BE ABLE TO STRIKE THAT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. AND SO THAT'S WHY THE $15 MILLION WAS PUT IN. IF THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIND A SOLUTION OR AN AGREEMENT WITH ACC, THEN THAT WOULD THE 15 MILLION WOULD ALLOW FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALL THE UTILITIES AND THINGS THAT I TALKED ABOUT IF WE HAD TO GO TO AN OFF SITE. SO IT WAS PUT IN THERE HOPING THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK WITH ACC BECAUSE AS DR. AZAIEZ SAID, ALL THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE BEST SUCCESS FOR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE ONES THAT ARE DIRECTLY LOCATED ON THE CAMPUS OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR THE COLLEGE THAT THEY'RE ALIGNED WITH. AND IF YOU HAVE TO TAKE THOSE STUDENTS AWAY FROM THAT ENVIRONMENT AND BUS THEM TO AND FROM A CAMPUS, THAT THE SUCCESS RATES OF THAT PROGRAM GO DOWN, THAT IS PROVEN THAT ALL OF THE DATA SHOWS THAT. YEAH. AND JUST FOR CLARITY, I WAS ACTUALLY ON YOUR YOUR COMMITTEE AND ACTUALLY BECAME GOOD FRIENDS WITH PROBABLY THE THE ONE DAD THAT WAS ON THERE FROM EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. THAT WAS JUST A HUGE PROPONENT. AND I ACTUALLY BELIEVE HIS KIDS ARE GRADUATED NOW. SO I REMEMBER ALL THOSE DISCUSSIONS. AND I ALSO REMEMBER ON THOSE SPREADSHEETS FROM DISTRICT WIDE, BECAUSE THAT WAS YOUR COMMITTEE THAT ON DISTRICT WIDE, THERE ARE TONS OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE, INCLUDING 30 YEAR OLD PORTABLES AT FOREST CREEK ELEMENTARY AND BRUSHY CREEK. I BELIEVE THAT'S WHY THEY'RE BEING DONE. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S INTERESTING TO SAY THAT. BUT THIS IS WHAT WAS ON THE BOND AND THIS IS WHAT THAT BOARD AT THE TIME ACTUALLY DECIDED. SO THIS IS WHAT WE ARE CHARGED WITH TAKING CARE OF RIGHT NOW. WELL, ACTUALLY, YES, THERE ARE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PROJECTS IN THIS DISTRICT THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. BUT THIS IS WHAT MADE IT TO THE BOND IN 2018. AND THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE TO DISCUSS RIGHT NOW. AND WE'RE THE BOARD MEMBERS NOW THAT SIT ON THIS BOARD. AND I ACTUALLY REMEMBER MASON MOSES ACTUALLY STRIKING DOWN THE PORTABLES AT FOREST CREEK, WHERE WE HAVE 30, 40 YEAR OLD PORTABLES THAT LITERALLY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR FLOORS REDONE ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THEY FALL, THE TEACHERS FALL THROUGH THE FLOORS LITERALLY. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO RIGHT SOME WRONGS. AND I THINK IT'S A DISSERVICE TO OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY THAT THAT HAS NOT BEEN PRESENTED TO US AND SAID THIS IS BEING FAST TRACKED AND THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. IT'S A HUGE DISSERVICE TO OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY. THERE'S NO DISCUSSION OF ALL THESE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THERE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. MR. COVINGTON ACTUALLY KIND OF THREW IT OUT THERE REAL QUICK FOR ME THAT THERE'S LIKE $125 MILLION WORTH OF MAINTENANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. [05:15:05] JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THAT, TERRY. AT THIS POINT, SORRY, MR. WOOSTER, AT THIS POINT, IF WE IF THIS BOARD DECIDED THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO FUND EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, COULD THAT MONEY BE DIVERTED AWAY FROM EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS SINCE IT WAS LISTED ON THE BOND THAT THE VOTERS VOTED FOR? FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A LINE ITEM FOR EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CONSTITUTION OR THE BOND BOND LIST. THE PROJECT LIST IS THAT IT IS THE IT IS THE BOARD'S PREROGATIVE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES. AND SO WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TASKED. WE, AS FAR AS THE ADMINISTRATION, THROUGH THE THE OPERATIONS, IS TO CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS TO ACCOMPLISH THE LIST OF PROJECTS ON THE BOND LIST. I GUESS MY REASON FOR ASKING THAT IS, IS IT'S NOT EVEN FUTILE OR NOT EVEN PRODUCTIVE TO TALK ABOUT ANY OTHER PROJECTS BECAUSE WE CAN'T REALLOCATE THAT FUNDING FOR ANYTHING ELSE ANYWAY. IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, YOU YOU COULD, BUT YOU SEE, YOU'RE CHANGING THE SCOPE OF YOU'RE CHANGING THE SCOPE. DON'T YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE VOTERS TO CHANGE WHAT THEY APPROVED? NO, NO, NO, NO. CAN I CAN YOU ALSO I MEAN, TO ADD ON TO THAT, I'M SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT WE COULD ACTUALLY LIKE TRUSTEE WESTON SAID, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SET THAT ASIDE JUST LIKE WE DID WITH CD FOLKS, RIGHT? CD FOLKS HAD MONEY FROM 2004. COME TO THEM. RIGHT. SAME THING. RIGHT. 2008. YEAH. THE ONLY THING THEY REQUIRED TO BUILD IS WHAT'S ON THE BALLOT LANGUAGE. TRUSTEE LANDRUM AND THE ONLY THING ON THE BALLOT LANGUAGE WAS THE WAS THE POOL. THAT'S THE ONLY THING BY LAW WE HAD TO BUILD. YEAH. SO AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY NEEDS TO GET THE IMPRESSION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE THAT $15 MILLION AWAY. WE'RE TRYING TO BE GOOD STEWARDS AND UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF OUR WHOLE DISTRICT AND TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH SO THAT WE DON'T GET OUR DISTRICT INTO A MESS. SO THE QUESTION I HAVE AND BECAUSE FOR ME, THE POOL OR THE POOL, NOW I'M GOING TO TALK THAT'S TOTALLY NOT ON THIS AGENDA, BUT THE STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA, BECAUSE I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE MONEY. THE OPTION ONE WAS 4.57. IF WE SPEND FIVE, IF IT ENDS UP BEING. CAN I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER, THOUGH, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON THAT. BUT I'M ASKING IT IN THE CONTEXT OF OF THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABOUT THAT. IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT EARLY COLLEGE. HIGH SCHOOL IS MY QUESTION. I'LL ALLOW IT. WE'VE ALREADY VOTED FOR STONY POINT, BUT IF SHE HAS QUESTIONS TO CLARIFY FOR BECAUSE I HAVE. WE VOTED ON IT. I'LL ALLOW IT. AND WE VOTED AND WE SAID, HEY, NOW GO OFF AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT YOU NEED. AND OPTION ONE WAS 4.57, WHICH IS REALLY CLOSE TO THAT FIVE. I MEAN, OPTION TWO WAS 3.75. SO IF THEY GO OFF AND THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED 4 OR $5 MILLION. AND NOW WE'VE SPENT MONEY ON EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL. AND I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE THE COMMUNITIES PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER. THIS IS JUST THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION WE'RE IN TONIGHT. WHAT HAPPENS IF WE CAME BACK TO YOU AND SAID, WE REALLY NEED STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL, WE NEED 5.2 MILLION AND FOR EARLY COLLEGE. HIGH SCHOOL. WELL, WE WE NEED THE. 12.5 MILLION. NOW WE'RE OVER. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? ONE OF THE PROJECTS WILL NEED TO BE DELAYED AGAIN UNTIL WE CAN COME UP WITH THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY NEEDED TO PUT ON A CONTRACT TO BUILD EITHER ONE. BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE $17 MILLION. RIGHT. RIGHT. NOW THAT CAN BE PUT ON THE CONTRACT TO DO BOTH PROJECTS. OKAY. OR WE COULD TAKE OUT OF OUR FUND BALANCE. IF WE WERE $1 MILLION SHORT, WE COULD TAKE THAT MONEY OUT OF OUR FUND BALANCE. YOU COULD? OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, BY THE WAY, BECAUSE. MAYBE YOU CAN REFRESH MY MIND BECAUSE THERE'S NUMBERS FLOATING AROUND. IT'S $20 MILLION THAT WERE RUNNING A DEFICIT. RIGHT. WITHOUT THE VADER OR THAT'S WITH THE VADER. 24. 24 MILLION WITH THE VADER. YES, MA'AM. 33. 33 WITHOUT THE VADER. SO WE DON'T EVEN KNOW. RIGHT. RIGHT. AND THAT'S COMING OUT OF WHERE. FUND BALANCE. FUND BALANCE. AND I REMEMBER LAST YEAR. DO YOU HAVE THE SAME CONCERN AS OUR FINANCIAL ADVISER THAT CAME LAST YEAR AND SAID THAT IF WE KEEP RUNNING A BALANCE, WE'RE GOING TO END UP IN WE'RE NOT POSTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT. WELL, I'M JUST BUT I NEED TO KNOW BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO. BUT WE'RE NOT POSTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I'M SORRY. TRUSTEE BONE. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS HOW WE GET INTO SITUATIONS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS. SO WHEN THE, WHEN THE AGENDA GOES OUT TEN DAYS IN ADVANCE, THAT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SEND FEEDBACK TO THE, THE PRESIDING OFFICER TO SAY, I NEED SLIDES. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT FUND BALANCE. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT. WELL, NO, I DON'T NEED A LECTURE. PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT. TRUSTEE BONE. PLEASE DON'T. YOU INTERRUPTED ME AND I DON'T NEED A LECTURE. I UNDERSTAND YOU SAID YOU'VE RULED THAT. I'M SAYING THAT WE CAN ADD THINGS TO AN AGENDA ITEM IN THE TEN DAY IN THE WEEK THAT YOU HAVE THE MATERIAL BEFORE THE AGENDA POST. THAT'S THE TIME FOR FEEDBACK NOT TO COMPLAIN DURING THE MEETING. [05:20:04] YEAH, IT'S ALSO REALLY INTERESTING THAT IT'S ALWAYS LIMITING MY SPEECH WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION PUTS IN HERE ALL KINDS OF NUMBERS. I MEAN, GOSH, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. SO YOU GUYS CAN ADD THEM. BUT TRUSTEES CAN'T ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT NUMBERS. AND I'M JUST ASKING A NUMBER ABOUT WHERE ARE WE AT WITH IF WE NEED TO TAKE MORE MONEY OUT OF FUND BALANCE BECAUSE WE'RE WHERE'S THE $6 MILLION PAYMENTS COMING OUT OF? IS THAT IMMINENT? $6 MILLION FOR EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL COMING OUT OF. RIGHT? YES. THE LAND LEASE. YES. AND FUND BALANCE COMES OUT OF L.A.. YES. OKAY. OR INS? NO. OH, NO. OKAY. SO I KIND OF NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MO TO UNDERSTAND IF WE HAVE THESE PAYMENTS. AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING ABOUT FUND BALANCE AND WHERE WE'RE AT. BUT I KNOW IT'S A IT'S A SHORT WALK AND A LONGER FOR OTHERS TO GET THERE, SO I'LL MOVE ON. CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN? YEAH. AND POINT OF ORDER. I HEAR, LIKE, PEOPLE TALKING FROM THE AUDIENCE. PLEASE PROCEED. TRUSTEE BONE. THANK YOU. SO P-TECH HIGH SCHOOLS, WE'RE NOT AGENDA FOR THIS, BUT WHAT I AM ASKING ABOUT IS THEN DON'T DON'T PROCEED IF WE'RE NOT AGENDA FOR IT, IT IS. I'M NOT ASKING ABOUT P-TECH HIGH SCHOOLS, THOUGH. I'M ASKING ABOUT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. AND IT'S REALLY INTERESTING THAT YOU GUYS ACTUALLY LET TRUSTEE WESTON MAKE ALL THESE COMMENTS, BUT THEN YOU'RE NOT LET ME ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM. IT IS A TOMA VIOLATION TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. YOU CAN'T START A STATEMENT OF I KNOW WE'RE NOT AGENDA FOR P-TECH HIGH SCHOOL. SORRY, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT P-TECH HIGH SCHOOL. OKAY. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. ALL RIGHT. I'LL START. I'M GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. THEN I'LL REPHRASE THE QUESTION. I'M GOING TO REPHRASE THE QUESTION. DR. AZAIEZ EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. OBVIOUSLY THE MAIN GOAL OF IT IS WHAT? WHAT DOES THE MAIN GOAL OF EARLY COLLEGE? HIGH SCHOOL? THE MAIN GOAL, THE ULTIMATE GOAL OR THE. THE THING IS, FOR ALL OF OUR EARLY, EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IS TO EARN A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND ALSO AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE AT THE SAME TIME WITHIN FOUR YEARS. RIGHT. SO THAT'S REALLY THE GOAL. I KNOW WE HAVE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM DO THAT. AND BUT THE GOAL IS TO HAVE 100% OF THEM EARNING THAT ASSOCIATE DEGREE WHILE WHILE THEY'RE FOR FOUR YEARS. AND IT'S ALWAYS GREAT WE GET TO SEE THAT AT GRADUATION. RIGHT? THEY ALWAYS STAND UP. IS THAT. AS I RECALL. EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL. DO YOU PERCEIVE THE ENROLLMENT GOING UP OR DOWN WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF P-TECH HIGH SCHOOLS? WE ARE REALLY HOPING. I MEAN, I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU FROM FROM A RECRUITING STANDPOINT, EVERY TIME YOU HAVE A BRAND NEW BUILDING OR A NEW BUILDING OR A BUILDING, THAT IS NICE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE STUDENTS WHO WANT IT TO TO BE THERE. AND ALSO YOU WANT TO HAVE STAFF WHO WANT TO WORK THERE. SO SO I'M HOPING THAT WE ARE HOPING THAT THAT WILL INCREASE OUR NUMBER MAYBE TO 125 PER COHORT. THAT'S THAT'S THE GOAL. OKAY. AND I DO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF TIMES NOT HAVING THE BUILDING HAS BEEN A REASON THAT I'VE HEARD STUDENTS NOT WANT TO GO. SO I AGREE. ARE WE GOING TO OPEN UP EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL TO OUT OF DISTRICT? NO, THAT WAS NEVER THE INTENT FOR IT. NO. OKAY. SO WE HAVE YOUR COMMITMENT THAT IT WON'T BE OPENED UP TO OUT OF DISTRICT. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. AND OTHER THAN MY STATEMENT, I HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS. TRUSTEE. HARRISON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS MY STATEMENT. WE ASK FOR CREATIVE SOLUTIONS. WE GOTTEN THEM. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SEEK THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. WHICH MEANS IT'S NOT JUST UP TO US. WE COULD NOT RELEASE INFORMATION WITHOUT AGREEMENT FROM OCC, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO OUR PARTNERS AT OCC FOR BEING IN PARTNERSHIP. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS ON THE PART OF THE ADMINISTRATION. I'M GRATEFUL WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY TIME AND TIME AGAIN. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS I APPRECIATE. I APPRECIATE THE SHARED OWNERSHIP. THERE'S STILL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. I DON'T I APPRECIATE THAT THERE'S NOT SHARED OWNERSHIP. THERE'S STILL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT PEOPLE BEING IN AND OUT OF BUILDINGS WITH OUR STUDENTS. I'M NOT HERE TO JUDGE THE MERITS OF EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. THE WORK SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. THE CAMPUS CULTURE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. THIS OPPORTUNITY SUPPORTS MANY FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS, AND THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS EQUITY. SO WITH ALL THAT IN MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO FIND MY AGENDA. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND GROUND LEASE BETWEEN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT AND ROUND ROCK ISD FOR THE ROUND ROCK ISD EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AS PRESENTED. I SECOND. I CALL THE QUESTION. SECOND HAVE A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION. I'M VOTING AGAINST IT BECAUSE I HAVE NOT. [05:25:01] I'VE SAT HERE FOR TWO HOURS AND I HAVEN'T SAID A SINGLE THING, BUT ALL IN FAVOR, I'LL WITHDRAW. I MEAN, WE HAVE ONE MORE, THOUGH. ALL IN FAVOR OF CALLING. ALL IN FAVOR OF CALLING THE QUESTION. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. I'VE SAT HERE FOR TWO HOURS AND I HAVEN'T GOT TO SAY A WORD. AND I HAVE A LOT TO SAY, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SAY EVERYTHING I WANT TO SAY, BUT I WILL SAY THAT. YEAH, THAT PAST POINT OF ORDER THAT IT'S CALLED, IT'S DONE. NO, NO, NO, IT FAILED. YOU HAVE TO HAVE FIVE TRUSTEES TO CALL THE QUESTION. IT FAILED. OH, SORRY. MOTION FAILS 4 TO 3 BECAUSE IT HAS TO HAVE A SUPERMAJORITY TO PASS. SO I APOLOGIZE. AND YOU CAN START MY TWO MINUTES BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE ALL TWO MINUTES. BUT. I AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT BOTH OF THESE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE TYPICALLY COMMUNITIES THAT ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN VOLUNTEER ROLES, IN OUTREACH, IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY ON THIS DAIS TO SPEAK UP FOR THAT COMMUNITY. I DON'T CARE IF YOU LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY, YOU HAVE STUDENTS IN THAT COMMUNITY OR IF YOU DON'T AND YOU LIVE ALL THE WAY ACROSS TOWN IN WESTWOOD, WE ARE ONE FAMILY. WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. I SERVED AND I THINK I SPENT 500 AND I ACTUALLY WENT BACK AND REWATCHED THE AUGUST 2ND, 2018 BOARD MEETING WHERE THIS INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AT THE TIME AND REWATCHED EXACTLY WHAT EACH PROJECT SAID AND DID THAT THIS WEEK. BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S THE NERDY THING THAT I DO. BUT I SPENT 550 HOURS ON THE 2018 BOND AND ONE OF THE THINGS I KEPT ASKING MR. WOOSTER ABOUT WAS THESE CONTINGENCY FEES AND WHY DO WE HAVE SO MANY CONTINGENCY FEES AND IT'S ESCALATING THE COST OF THE PROJECT. WELL, NOW THESE CONTINGENCY FEES, WHILE WE USE THEM IN SOME WE DIDN'T USE THEM IN ALL. AND NOW WE HAVE A POSITIVE VARIANCE THAT IS ALLOWING US TO TAKE CARE OF A COMMUNITY THAT DESPERATELY NEEDS A BUILDING. THEY NEED TO GET OUT OF THE ELEMENTS. THEY NEED A CAFETERIA. THEY NEED THEY NEED A PLACE TO PLAY DURING BREAK AND TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR FRIENDS RATHER THAN STANDING OUT IN THE ELEMENTS. I HAVE SAT OUT MAYBE NOT PLAY FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS, BUT WHATEVER I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT TO. I STILL HAVE YOUNG KIDS, BUT TO BE ABLE TO HANG OUT WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND NOT BE OUT IN 108 DEGREE HEAT AND STAND IN LINE IN THE ELEMENTS AND SIT AT A FOOD TRUCK AND A PLACE FOR THEIR PTA TO MEET. AND I AM THRILLED, BEYOND THRILLED THAT WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY. IS IT A COMPLICATED ARRANGEMENT? YES. THANK YOU FOR SPENDING TEN MONTHS ON WORKING ON GETTING THIS ARRANGEMENT TOGETHER. DO WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW STONY POINT IS GOING TO FALL AND WHAT THE CAFETERIA IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE? NO, BUT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE THOSE FOR BOTH OF THESE COMMUNITIES. TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU. SO I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS. UH TRUSTEE. THEY JUST VERY QUICKLY, I WANT TO SAY HOW EXCITED I AM TO VOTE YES ON THIS. ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I RAN FOR THE BOARD WAS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT EARLY COLLEGE DIDN'T HAVE A BUILDING. I'M NOT SAYING THAT I SINGLE HANDEDLY DID THIS. I HAD VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH IT, BUT I'M EXCITED TO SEE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND I'VE FELT THE CULTURE OF IT. I FELT WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE. THEY'RE MAKING MAGIC WITH NOTHING AND THE COMMUNITY FEEL JUST BY JUST THROUGH THEIR PTSA EMAILS THAT I GET BECAUSE I AM A MEMBER AND YOU SHOULD BE TOO. EVERYTHING THAT I FEEL ABOUT, I MEAN GOING OUT FOR THEIR FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL LIKE LAST DAY WHERE THEY THEY DISPLAY THEIR TALENTS WHICH THEY DEFINITELY HAVE IN SPADES IS SOMETHING THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY YEAR. I HAD TO MISS IT LAST YEAR, BUT I'M COMING THIS YEAR AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THESE STUDENTS TO HAVE WHAT THEY DESERVE, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER STUDENT IN OUR DISTRICT. AND STONY POINT, WE'RE COMING FOR YOU NEXT TRUSTEE. BONE. THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT HAS GONE INTO BRINGING FORTH EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL PROPOSAL. WHEN THIS PROPOSAL WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, IT WAS PROPOSED AS A PARTNERSHIP WITH ACC THAT WOULD ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO UTILIZE THE $15 MILLION FUNDS THAT WAS PASSED ON THE 2018 BOND TO BE REPURPOSED TO BUILD AN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING, WHICH I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT. I WAS BEYOND EXCITED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH ACC SINCE EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL BENEFITS NOT ONLY ROUND ROCK ISD BUT ALSO ACC. THE FINAL PROPOSAL THAT CAME BEFORE US TONIGHT, WHICH IS DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE BOARD WAS INITIALLY PRESENTED, FALLS SHORT OF THIS PARTNERSHIP IN MY OPINION, AND INSTEAD PLACES ALL THE EXPENDITURES AND RISK ON ROUND ROCK ISD. WELL, I CANNOT VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL THAT'S PRESENTED TONIGHT. I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING A BETTER PROPOSAL THAT IS SUSTAINABLE AND BEST FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT. I WOULD ALSO BE OPEN TO PLACING EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL ON A FUTURE BOND TO ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE A VOTE IF THE COST EXCEEDS THE CURRENT $15 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED. I WOULD HOPE ROUND ROCK ISD AND ACC WOULD GO BACK TO NEGOTIATIONS AND FIND A WAY TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS THE $15 MILLION ALLOCATED THROUGH THE 2018 BOND UTILIZED FOR A [05:30:05] BUILDING THAT WOULD BENEFIT BOTH ACC AND ROUND ROCK ISD INSTEAD OF AN AGREEMENT THAT APPEARS TO HIGHLY BENEFIT ACC WHILE TAKING VALUABLE DOLLARS AWAY FROM ROUND ROCK ISD STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. THIS SHOULD NOT BE A VOTE AGAINST THE THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. WE ALL ATTEND THOSE GRADUATIONS. WE GET THE EMAILS. WE ALL LOVE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THIS IS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL RISK AND ABOUT THE POTENTIAL DEVASTATION THAT THIS. PROCEEDING WITH THIS THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT. COULD IMPACT OUR WHOLE DISTRICT. AND ALSO, AS MR. COVINGTON SAID, COULD IMPACT STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WAS FULLY ON THE BOND STATED. AND SO THEREFORE, I REALLY WISH THAT OCC WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER PARTNER. AND I DON'T LIKE I SAID, NOBODY COULD TELL ME THEY'RE PROVIDING US A PARKING LOT. YAY. TRUSTEE. WESTON. I HAVE YOUR LIGHT ON, BUT YOU'VE ALREADY MADE YOUR STATEMENT. RIGHT. WELL, I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY SOMETHING MR. COVINGTON SAID. I WILL TAKE LESS THAN I PLEDGE. I WILL TAKE LESS THAN ONE MINUTE. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD, MR. COVINGTON. ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT YOU, AMONG MANY THINGS, IS YOU'RE HONEST AND YOU'RE GIVE IT TO ME STRAIGHT. DID YOU SAY THAT IF WE SPEND $12 BILLION ON EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AND $5 BILLION ON STONY POINT, THAT WE'RE BROKE. THAT'S AS THE RESULT OF THE ANALYSIS THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO DATE. AND THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL ONGOING THAT HAS CONTINGENCY FUNDING IN THEM. AND WHEN THOSE PROJECTS ARE DONE, I'M HOPING THOSE DOLLARS FALL OUT TO INCREASE THE 17 MILLION. BUT TO DATE, WE HAVE 17 MILLION. OKAY? AND WE DON'T HAVE A DOLLAR FIGURE YET FOR STONY POINT. AND DID YOU ALSO SAY LAST THING, THAT THERE IS $100 MILLION IN MAINTENANCE NEEDS RIGHT NOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR EASILY? THANK YOU, SIR. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 2. CONGRATULATIONS. EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, AND CONGRATULATIONS. STONY POINT. WE HAVE MADAM CHAIR. YEAH. THERE'S A SECOND MOTION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE. YES, WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THE GROUND LEASE. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE RELOCATION OF 2018 BOND PROGRAM FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AS PRESENTED. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO. AND WE NEED A RECESS. IT IS 1130. LET'S TAKE 15 MINUTES AND WE'LL COME BACK AT 1145. IT IS 1145. WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. TRUSTEES. I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT OUR AGENDA BECAUSE IT IS 1145 AND WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF STUFF STILL LEFT ON OUR AGENDA. I'M GOING TO MAKE SOME MOTIONS. I MOVE THAT WE TABLE ITEM G ONE SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND. I'LL OPPOSED. WAS THAT A YES OR A NO? YEAH, FOR FOR CHEWY. OKAY, SO MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. I MOVE THAT WE TABLE AGENDA ITEM G TO SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MAKE A STATEMENT AFTER I'M ALREADY CALLING FOR THE VOTE. THERE'S NO THERE'S NO DEBATE ON A MOTION TO TABLE. SO THERE'S NO DEBATE ON A MOTION TO TABLE. OKAY, SO ALL IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. I MOVE THAT WE TABLE AGENDA ITEM K ONE. ALL IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND. SECOND. OH, SORRY. I NEED A SECOND. SECOND, SECOND. ON K ONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. TABLING MEANS IT'S COMING BACK ON THE NEXT MEETING. NOT NOT THE 27TH, BUT OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 1. I MOVE THAT WE TABLE AGENDA ITEM M ONE. SECOND. I GOT A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE. WEIR. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. AMY, DID YOU VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 1. [H. ACTION ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION BY CONSENT] I HAVE THREE REQUESTS FROM TRUSTEES TO PULL ITEMS FROM CONSENT THAT WERE NOT SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE. ACCORDING TO LSG. TRUSTEE BONE WANTS TO PULL AGENDA ITEMS THREE AND FOUR. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PULL THOSE ITEMS? YES, I MOVED TO PULL ACTION ITEMS H THREE AND FOUR FROM CONSENT TO ACTION ITEMS. I TWO ACTION ITEMS I. YES. MOTION FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND. [05:35:05] I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING. WHAT DO YOU WANT? POLLED AND PEOPLE WERE READING OFF WHAT THEY WANTED. POLLED? NO, SHE MOVED, SO SHE'S MOVED TO PULL TWO AND THREE. I'M SORRY. THREE AND FOUR. THREE AND FOUR. I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION TO PULL ITEMS H THREE AND FOUR FROM CONSENT TO ACTION. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION FAILS 2 TO 5. I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE. I MEAN I HAVE A REQUEST FROM TRUSTEE ZARATE TO PULL H SIX FROM CONSENT. DO YOU HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION? I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO TABLE H SIX UNTIL NEXT MONTH. IS THAT OKAY? THAT'S NOT A DEBATABLE MOTION. SO I HAVE A MOTION. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO TABLE AGENDA ITEM H SIX. ALL IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND. I'LL OPPOSED. MOTION FAILS. 3 TO 4. I MOVE TO PULL AGE SIX INTO ACTION SIDE. OKAY. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT I'M VOTING AGAINST IT BECAUSE WE DO NOT AGREE TO PULL ITEMS FROM CONSENT. BUT ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. DISCUSS BEFORE WE VOTE. THEN. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT PROTOCOL, BUT WE HAD I HAD A LOT OF INPUT INFO FROM THE COMMUNITY COME TO ME LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING, SO I WASN'T I WASN'T ABLE TO DO THIS IN TIME. I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THIS A PRACTICE THAT I DO VERY OFTEN AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS ALREADY COMING TOWARDS US, THIS CALENDAR SITUATION. I WOULD AGREE TO TABLE IT TO GO BACK TO GET MORE FEEDBACK, BUT THE TABLING MOTION FAILED TABLE FAILED. SO YEAH. WAIT, IT'S TABLE TABLE HAS TO BE FIVE TO TABLE. FAILED 3 TO 4. BUT YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER IF YOU WANT TO RECONSIDER THAT MOTION AGAIN. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER? I MOVE THAT WE RECONSIDER THE TABLING OF H6, OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO SECOND TO VOTE AGAINST IT. SO NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION ON THE TABLE TO TABLE ITEM H6. IT'S NOT WE'RE RECONSIDERING. THE MOTION WAS TO RECONSIDER. SO I THINK I CAN ASK A QUESTION IF IT'S A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. IT'S NOT DEBATABLE. IT'S NOT DEBATABLE. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER TABLING AGENDA ITEM H SIX. ALL IN FAVOR. AND THIS WOULD TABLE IT AND IT WOULD COME BACK IN OCTOBER. OKAY. WE MADE A MOTION AND IT FAILED. BUT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THE SAME MOTION IN THE MEETING, THEN YOU MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. AND SO YOU ACTUALLY NEW INFORMATION HAS TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD. SHE WAS IN THE WINNING SIDE. NO, SHE WASN'T ON THE WINNING SIDE. AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE NEW INFORMATION COME BEFORE THE BOARD TO RECONSIDER. YOU CAN'T JUST DO IT AUTOMATICALLY. THERE HAS TO BE NEW INFORMATION TO RECONSIDER. A PERSON WHO IS ON THE WINNING SIDE, I BELIEVE CAN MAKE THE MOTION AND WITHOUT ADDITIONAL WAS FOR IT NOT TO BE TABLED. SO SHE WON FOR IT NOT TO BE TABLED AND I VOTED FOR IT TO BE TABLED. YOU WHAT? I VOTED FOR IT TO BE TABLED. OKAY. I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU VOTED. I MOVED TO RECONSIDER TABLING H6. OKAY. AND I'LL SECOND AND OKAY, SO NOW I HAVE THE TWO MOTION TO RECONSIDER FROM SOMEONE ON THE PREVAILING SIDE. IT'S NOT DEBATABLE. THIS MEANS THAT WE WILL TABLE THIS ITEM. IT'LL COME BACK IN OCTOBER. FOR THE CALENDAR OF A YES VOTE MEANS IT WILL COME BACK IN OUR OCTOBER MEETING. ALL IN FAVOR OF TABLING AGENDA ITEM H SIX. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 2. SO WE ARE TABLING AGENDA ITEMS H6K1M, ONE G1 AND G2. NOW IT IS 1151. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO AGENDA ITEM F THREE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS AND TRUSTEES. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT AS SOON AS THIS AGENDA ITEM IS COMPLETED WITH THE DISCUSSION, WE WILL GO IMMEDIATELY TO AGENDA ITEMS I FIVE AND SIX, WHICH ARE THE MOTIONS THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS DISCUSSION. SO WE'RE NOW ON AGENDA ITEM F THREE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AT 1152. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN KEEPING THIS AGENDA SOMEWHAT REASONABLE TIME. ALL RIGHT. WELL, AS WE ALL KNOW, IT WAS A VERY EXCITING LEGISLATIVE SESSION. [05:40:08] WE DID NOT GET EVERYTHING WE WANTED, BUT SOMETIMES SOME THINGS WE GOT THAT WE ARE JUST EXCITED TO HAVE TO IMPLEMENT. SO RATHER THAN GIVE YOU A FULL LEGISLATIVE UPDATE ON ALL OF THE BILLS THAT WERE PASSED, WHICH FRANKLY WOULD TAKE US AT LEAST A DAY AND A HALF TO GO THROUGH, EVEN IN SUMMARY FORM, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THREE BILLS THAT WE NEED BOARD ACTION ON AND ONE BILL THAT THERE HAS BEEN RECENT ACTION IN THE COURTS THAT WE WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON. AND THEN THE FINAL BILL THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT HAS TO DO WITH SOMETHING THAT A BILL THAT HAD SOME UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCES. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS WELL AWARE OF IT. THE FIRST BILL THAT WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON TONIGHT IS ONE THAT I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH. THIS IS HB THREE. HB THREE IS A WIDE RANGING BILL, BUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON THIS EVENING IS THE THE ARMED SECURITY OFFICER'S PROVISION. UNDER THE BILL, EACH DISTRICT SHALL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF ARMED SECURITY GUARDS FOR EACH CAMPUS. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE ARMED SECURITY GUARD ON EACH CAMPUS. THE ARMED SECURITY OFFICER MUST BE A COMMISSIONED POLICE OFFICER UNDER THE BILL. THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN A VERY BIG CHALLENGE FOR EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, EXCEPT FOR A FEW SMALL DISTRICTS THAT THAT ONLY HAVE 1 OR 2 CAMPUSES. WHAT WE HAVE AS AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, WE HAVE 56 CAMPUSES ON THIS IN OUR DISTRICT. THAT WOULD MEAN THAT CHIEF HAS DETERMINED THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ADD AT LEAST 44 ADDITIONAL OFFICERS TO COVER ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES THE WAY WE WANT TO, AND THAT IS AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY AND THESE ARE ESTIMATES AT APPROXIMATELY $150, $150,000 PER OFFICER. THAT INCLUDES SALARY AS WELL AS THEIR EQUIPMENT. WE'RE LOOKING AT A AT LEAST $6.6 MILLION ADDITION. ANNUALLY. SO AND SO. CHIEF AND CHIEF AND I AND DENNIS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS. BUT LET ME GO OVER THE GUTS OF THE BILL RIGHT NOW. AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, WE DID GET SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THIS FOR THIS PROVISION. BASICALLY, $0.28 PER STUDENT EXTRA. THE LEGISLATURE PROVIDED US. SO OUR SAFETY PER STUDENT HAS BEEN RAISED $0.28 TO COVER THESE OFFICERS. AND WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN A $15,000 PER CAMPUS ALLOTMENT TO HELP FILL THESE POSITIONS. AS YOU MAY MAY HAVE GUESSED, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EVERY DISTRICT IN THE STATE THAT IS STRUGGLING WITH. THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH ADDITIONAL THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH ADDITIONAL OFFICERS THAT TO FILL THIS AS WELL, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD IT. SO AS A RESULT, WE WILL HAVE WE WILL BE ASKING YOU FOR TO DEVELOP AN EXEMPTION TO GRANT US AN EXEMPTION ON THIS. OKAY. UM, LET'S TALK SANDY. YES. ONE. ONE POINT OF ORDER. THE ANNUAL COST IS JUST 80,000. AFTER THE SECOND. AFTER THE FIRST YEAR. THE FIRST YEAR INCLUDES ALL THE EQUIPMENT, AND THAT'S A ONE TIME COST. SO THE 80,000 IS THE SALARY GOING FORWARD EVERY YEAR. CAN I TIM, IF YOU CAN JUST STICK TO WHAT'S THE BILL IS SAYING, WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THE THE COST AND ALL THAT STUFF LATER. LET'S TELL US EXACTLY WHAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED BY THE STATE IF WE CAN STICK TO THAT. OKAY. BY THE STATE. WE NEED TO HAVE ONE ARMED SECURITY OFFICER. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOME EXEMPTIONS. AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER PROVISIONS THAT ARE NOT INVOLVING THE BOARD WITH REGARD TO SENATE BILL 763. THIS IS THE BILL THAT A LOT OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH. THIS IS A BILL THAT PROVIDES THAT WE MAY EMPLOY CHAPLAINS OR ACCEPT CHAPLAINS AS VOLUNTEERS. THIS BILL WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AS ONE THAT WE WOULD REPLACE OUR COUNSELORS WITH THAT THAT HAS BETWEEN THE INTRODUCED BILL AND THE FINAL BILL THAT SOMEWHAT CHANGED. BUT BASICALLY IT IS FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR EITHER SUPPORT SERVICES OR OTHER THINGS THAT THE BOARD WOULD WANT THEM TO. [05:45:01] WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A ACTUAL RECORD VOTE, WHICH MEANS THAT WE NEED A WE NEED EACH OF YOU GOING ON THE RECORD ON THIS. THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE BY MARCH 1ST. HOWEVER, WE ARE BRINGING IT TO YOU AT THIS POINT. THERE IS ALSO, IF YOU ARE A CHAPLAIN, YOU DO NOT HAVE THE REQUIREMENTS TO HAVE ASPECTS WHICH IS A STATE BOARD OF EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION, NOR DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE IN THE CLASSROOM OR ON A SCHOOL. THE MAX BILL IS ONE THAT PROBABLY ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO RESPOND TO OPEN RECORDS REALLY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. THIS IS A NEW DEFINITION OF BUSINESS DAYS UNDER THE TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY THIS BILL WAS MADE SO THAT WE COULD STANDARDIZE DAYS ACROSS THE STATE SO THAT ALL SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS WOULD BE COUNTED AS NON BUSINESS DAYS FOR PURPOSES OF OPEN RECORDS RESPONDING. AND THEY INCLUDE FEDERAL HOLIDAYS AND STATE HOLIDAYS. WE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT AGENCIES AROUND THE STATE PICKING OTHER HOLIDAYS THAT THEY WERE JUST NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD NOT BE OPEN. SO THIS BILL SAYS THAT EACH EACH EACH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY HAS TO PICK TEN DAYS EACH CALENDAR YEAR, NOT EACH SCHOOL YEAR. THIS IS EACH CALENDAR YEAR. THIS THIS IS ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE CLOSED OVER WINTER BREAK. OVER A THANKSGIVING BREAK OVER SUMMER BREAKS, OVER SPRING BREAKS. BUT THIS BILL IS ONE THAT APPLIES ACROSS THE BOARD. AND SO. WE ARE BRINGING YOU SOME CALENDARS TONIGHT AND THAT CALENDAR IS ON THE IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE TEN DAYS FOR THIS YEAR. WE WILL BRING BACK A NEW CALENDAR FOR 2024 IN DECEMBER. OKAY. THE NEXT ACT THAT I WANT TO BRIEFLY GO OVER WITH YOU IS THE READER ACT. THIS IS ONE THAT HAS ALSO GOTTEN QUITE A BIT OF QUITE A BIT OF PUBLIC PLAY. THIS IS AN ACT THAT TALKS ABOUT KEEPING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIALS AWAY FROM STUDENTS. SO WHAT WE WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS A BILL THAT VENDORS HAVE TO RATE ALL MATERIAL, WHETHER IT'S SEXUALLY EXPLICIT OR SEXUALLY RELEVANT, THAT THOSE MUST BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GUIDANCE PROVIDED BY THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY. THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED BILL. IT'S REALLY NOT A WHOLE LOT FOR THE DISTRICTS TO DO ON THIS. THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY WILL WILL HAVE TO MAKE THOSE DETERMINATIONS. AND THEN THE THE VENDORS HAD UNTIL APRIL. THIS CASE, WE HAVE JUST A POINT UP THERE THAT THIS FEDERAL JUDGE HAS PROHIBITED BACK IN ON AUGUST 18TH AND AUGUST 28TH. THERE WERE EXTENSIVE HEARINGS ON THIS BILL IN THE FEDERAL COURT IN AUSTIN. ON THIS MONDAY THE 18TH. THE COURT ENTERED A 59 PAGE ORDER GRANTING AN INJUNCTION AGAINST THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARIES, THE TEXAS SCHOOL BOARD AND THE TEXAS EDUCATION COMMISSION, SO THAT IT IS THEY CANNOT ENFORCE THIS ACT. THIS ACT WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO A FULL FEDERAL INJUNCTION AT THIS POINT. MY UNDERSTANDING IN LOOKING AT PACER, THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN APPEALED TO THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT AT THIS POINT IT IS SUBJECT TO A FULL INJUNCTION. THE THE LAST ONE I WANTED TO TOUCH BASE BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING I FEEL LIKE THE COMMUNITY PROBABLY NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON IS THE FACT THAT THE THE VAPES NOW YOU GET MANDATORY DAP. GENERALLY, WHAT WE HAD BEFORE IS WE HAD A ANY ANY TIME WE HAD A STUDENT WHO HAD A VAPE THAT HAD THC IN IT, THEN THAT THAT STUDENT WAS ASSIGNED TO DAP, PLUS THEY MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL CONSEQUENCES, A LEGAL CONSEQUENCES. THIS BILL WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO TRY TO PROVIDE US WITH MORE GRACE FOR KIDS WHO HAD VAPES THC. IT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL COUNSELING, BUT IN DOING SO, THEY EXPANDED THE DEFINITION. AND NOW ANY E-CIGARETTE, WHETHER IT HAS A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OR NOT, IS SUBJECT TO AN AUTOMATIC DISCIPLINARY REFERRAL. SO THAT IS GOING TO GREATLY INCREASE THE KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO GO TO DAP. [05:50:04] THAT'S WHY I WANTED PARENTS AND THE BOARD TO BE VERY AWARE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE THIS IS A CHANGE FOR US THIS YEAR. IF A IF THE DAP IS AT CAPACITY, THE STUDENTS CAN BE ASSIGNED TO IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION. AND IF WE HAVE A STUDENT WHO IS ENGAGED IN VIOLENT CONDUCT AND THEY NEED TO GO TO DAP AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE VAPE PENS, THEN THEY CAN GO BACK TO IS ONE OF THE UNFORESEEN PROBLEMS THAT ON THIS BILL, THIS, LIKE I SAID, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A COMPASSIONATE BILL, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT WE COULD SEE BASICALLY STUDENT GOING BACK AND FORTH FROM ISIS TO DAP, DEPENDING ON THE POPULATION ON ANY GIVEN DAY IN A DAP, WHICH WITH STUDENTS WHO PERHAPS HAVE AN IEP COULD FURTHER COMPLICATE THAT BECAUSE THERE COULD BE A COMPLAINT THAT THIS IS A CHANGE OF CHANGE OF PLACEMENT. SO THIS IS A BILL THAT WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH ALL THE INTRICACIES AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET SOME GUIDANCE ON ON THAT FROM THE. TO IN ADDITION TO THESE BILLS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT, I WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE WILL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH UPDATES ON OTHER LEGISLATIVE MATTERS AS THEY ARISE. WE ARE ANTICIPATING A VERY LARGE UPDATE FROM TASBIH IN OCTOBER ON ALL OF OUR POLICIES TO ENCOMPASS THE NEW LAWS. AS WE GET THOSE, WE WILL BE BRIEFING THE BOARD AND WE WILL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH THOSE CHANGES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I'VE TALKED AS QUICKLY AS I COULD AFTER THE FIRST ONE, SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT, THAT'S FINE. OTHERWISE I WOULD BE FINE IF WE WANT IT TO GO ON TO THE ACTION ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH WITH TWO OF THESE LAWS. SO I WOULD SAY LET'S GO AHEAD AND ASK QUESTIONS AS THEY RELATE TO THESE TO JUST THE OVERALL AGENDA ITEM, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE SPECIFIC MOTIONS FOR THE TWO THAT REQUIRE MOTION. SO TRUSTEE. HARRISON. I PUSHED MY BUTTON BEFORE YOU CLARIFIED. I DO HAVE A MOTION FOR I FIVE. SO WHEN WE'RE READY FOR THAT, PLEASE COME BACK TO ME. SURE. LET'S DO QUESTIONS FIRST AND THEN. BECAUSE IF WE GO TO THE MOTIONS, THEN IT'S SO LET'S JUST DO QUESTIONS FIRST ON ANY OF THESE FOUR BILLS. FIVE BILLS. TRUSTEE. WESTON. ON SLIDE NUMBER TWO ABOUT THE ARMED SECURITY OFFICERS. THE SECOND BULLET THERE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN, MR. COVINGTON OR CHIEF? IS THIS MONEY THAT IS GOING TO FLOW TO THE DISTRICT. IT SAYS $15,000 PER CAMPUS ALLOTMENT. IS THAT MONEY THAT'S GOING TO COME TO US? THAT'S LIKE ALMOST $1 MILLION. THAT'S ALMOST $1 MILLION. OKAY. ARE YOU SAYING THAT'S A ONE TIME. RIGHT NOW IT'S A ONE TIME. OKAY. AND THAT'LL GO TO MAYO? YES. EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE IT. FOR WHAT? THIS IS FOR ARMED. OH, WE'RE GOING TO USE IT. WE WILL BE HIRING ADDITIONAL OFFICERS WITH THE $15 15,000 PER CAMPUS. IT WON'T. IT WON'T PUT AN OFFICER ON EVERY CAMPUS, BUT IT WILL ALLOW US TO HIRE EIGHT, SIX. I THINK. I THINK. I'M SORRY. IF I MAY, IF WE GO TO THE SLIDE, THE PRESENTATION, BECAUSE THAT WILL SHOW OUR BOARD ALSO THE PLAN WHERE WE'RE INTENDING TO DO, WHICH IS UNDER THE ACTION ITEMS. SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GO, BUT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. YES, THERE'S NO DOLLARS. AND THEN IT SAYS THAT THERE'S A ALSO IN THAT SAME BULLET, IT SAYS ALLOTMENT OF $0.28 TO $10 PER STUDENT. THAT'S QUITE AN INCREASE OF 28, 28. IT USED TO BE $9.72, 72. NOW IT'S $10. YOU REMEMBER BACK THEY WAS TALKING ABOUT TAKING IT UP TO $100? YEAH. OR DID THEY SETTLE ON GIVING US $0.28? OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO LET'S JUST FOR EASE OF THE THE THE THREE ITEMS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OPEN RECORDS CALENDAR? OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE READER ACT? NO, THERE'S NO MOTION FOR THE. WELL, THE OPEN RECORDS CALENDAR. YES, THAT'S IN THE CONSENT FOR THE READER ACT. NO, IT WAS JUST AN UPDATE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE READER ACT? TRUSTEE BONE. YES, I DO WONDER, AND I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN THIS QUESTION FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE KNOW THIS LEGISLATION WENT THROUGH. WHETHER IT'S CAUGHT UP IN THE COURTS OR NOT. IS THERE ANY MOVEMENT IN OUR DISTRICT TRYING TO. POSSIBLY REMOVE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNING MATERIALS THAT THAT LEGISLATION WAS OBVIOUSLY INTENDED FOR. [05:55:04] OURS, OUR DISTRICT, JUST BECAUSE I DO KNOW SOME DISTRICTS DID, SOME I'VE SEEN. SO SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK IS FOR THE WHAT THEY'RE ASKING, I GUESS, IS FIRST FOR THE PUBLISHERS TO RATE BOOKS. SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT. EVEN IF WE DECIDE ONE DAY TO ACT AND USE THAT, I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE IT YET. SO THE FIRST STEP IS FOR THE PUBLISHERS TO ACTUALLY RATE THEIR BOOKS. AND THAT WON'T HAPPEN. EVEN IF EVEN IF THERE IS NO LAWSUIT, THAT WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL NEXT YEAR. SO WE WANT TO GO THE EXACT. YEAH, THE LAW WAS AIMED THE WAY THE LAW WAS WRITTEN. IT DID NOT MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ON ON INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS AND ACTUALLY ASKING LEGALLY I'M ACTUALLY MY QUESTION IS WE KNOW THE INTENT OF THE LAW. RIGHT. WE KNOW THE INTENT. I UNDERSTAND THE, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS THAT THE LAW SET OUT. BUT WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S COMING WHEN THIS MOVES THROUGH THE COURTS AND MAYBE SOMETIME THE LAW IS UPDATED. I'M JUST ASKING, DID OUR DID WE DO ANYTHING HAVE WE RESPONDED IN ANY WAY BECAUSE OF HB 900? TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE ARE STILL RELYING ON THE VERY ROBUST BOOK CHALLENGE RULES THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT LAST SPRING AND THAT WE LET OUR PARENTS KNOW ABOUT. SO IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING ON THAT, WHICH, LIKE I SAID, WE FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, THAT HAS NOT BEEN ONE OF THE CHALLENGES AND I UNDERSTAND FROM AND I DON'T MEAN FROM A FROM A FROM THE THE VIEW THAT YOUR THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. I'M JUST SAYING FROM A VERY LEGAL STANDPOINT, THAT HAS NOT THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE FOR HANDLING THE LEGAL CHALLENGES WE'VE HAD FOR THE FOR THE BOOKS FOR FOR OBJECTIONABLE BOOKS. SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WE STILL HAVE THE PROCESS IN PLACE, BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY TAKEN ANY WE HAVE NOT TAKEN ANY ADDITIONAL ACTION OTHER THAN THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE BEEN USING FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THAT HAS WORKED WELL FOR THE DISTRICT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOUSE BILL 114 THE MANDATORY DEEP. TRUSTEE. WESTON. SO ARE YOU EXPECTING A SURGE IN DIEPPE? WE ARE PREPARED FOR IT. I WILL LET. MAYBE I CAN GET DR. NICHOLS CAN TELL US HOW OFTEN THIS IS. ALL I KNOW IS THAT IF IF CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS HAD TO PUT EVERYBODY IN DIEPPE LAST YEAR THAT THEY HAD FOUND WITH ANY SORT OF VAPE, THEN I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO BUILD A WHOLE NOTHER. MAYBE THIS IS JUST GOOD FOR A BOARD UPDATE, DR. NICHOLS. I MEAN, I'M NOT LOOKING I CAN GIVE YOU A 62ND ANSWER. BEFORE EVERYTHING WAS PUT IN PLACE, WE EXPECTED A SURGE. WE PREPARED FOR THAT. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THAT IT HAS NOT COME TO PASS TO DATE. AND SO WE'VE BEEN MONITORING OUR NUMBERS. THE SURGE, WHICH HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN PREVIOUS YEARS, IS MORE SO WITH VAPE, WITH THC AND NOT VAPE WITH JUST THE NICOTINE. WE HAD A CAMPAIGN BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED. WE MADE SURE THAT THE PRINCIPALS WERE AWARE, THE PARENTS ARE AWARE, AND THAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN WORKING. AND SO IN REGARDS TO THE PLACEMENT AT THE DAP, IN REGARDS TO VAPES WITH ONLY NICOTINE WITH THEM, I THINK CURRENTLY WE HAVE FIVE OR LESS FOR BOTH, FOR OF COURSE FOR SECONDARY, BOTH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL. SO WE HAVE NOT SEEN A SURGE WITHIN THAT AREA TO DATE. TRUSTEE BONE. YES. I HAVE A FOLLOW UP. DO YOU THINK THAT SORRY, I WAS TRYING TO CATCH DO YOU THINK THAT THIS BILL IS GOING TO MAYBE HINDER PRINCIPALS FROM GOING AFTER STUDENTS IF THEY SEE A VAPE OR. NO. NOT AT ALL. THE THING IS, WHEN THE HAVE THE VAPE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN IT. AND SO THE THING IS THEY'VE BEEN CONSISTENT AS FAR AS IF THEY'RE SEEING IT, THEY FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE SAME PROCEDURES. AND ONCE WE HAVE IT IN HAND, WE WORK WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ASCERTAIN WHAT EXACTLY IS IN IT LIKE. AND LIKE I'VE SAID TO DATE, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, IT'S BEEN THC. WE'VE ONLY HAD LESS THAN FIVE WHERE IT'S JUST BEEN NICOTINE. OKAY? IT WAS JUST IT WOULD BE FEEDBACK TO THE LEGISLATORS. IF WE'RE SEEING PRINCIPLES SAYING, WELL, THIS IS PRETTY STEEP FOR JUST HAVING A VAPE PEN OR SOMETHING. WELL, WE OPINION WE STILL THINK IS PRETTY STEEP. YEAH. YEAH, RIGHT. BECAUSE THEN THE RULE IS IF I HAVE A REGULAR CIGARET WITH THE SAME THING IN IT, TOTALLY DIFFERENT RULES. [06:00:01] I DON'T GO TOO DEEP. IT'S JUST A MATTER THAT WE TAKE IT. IT MIGHT BE SOME IS NOT EVEN OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION. SO THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PUNISHMENT WE SEE THAT AS A HUGE DISPARITY. THANK YOU. THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK. OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON. SO LET'S GO TO AGENDA ITEM I FIVE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON SCHOOL CHAPLAINS. WE HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE BOARD. THIS IS A PRETTY STANDARD RESOLUTION THAT TASBIH LEGAL HAS PROVIDED THAT SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS LAID OUT IN THE BILL. BUT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MISS HILL FOR A LITTLE FURTHER EXPLANATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE RESOLUTION THAT THAT WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT IS ONE WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR CURRENT POLICY. TASBIH HAD PROVIDED THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. ONE OF THEM IS THAT A DISTRICT CAN EMPLOY OR SEEK VOLUNTEERS OF CHAPLAINS. AND AS YOU WOULD ANY OTHER AS YOU WOULD A A REGULAR COUNSELOR WITHIN THE DISTRICT, THERE IS. THE THIRD OPTION WAS THAT WE WILL NOT ACCEPT CHAPLAINS TO PROVIDE ANY SORT OF SUPPORT OR SERVICES TO THE DISTRICT. WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR CURRENT BOARD POLICIES, WHICH INCLUDES OUR GXG LOCAL, WHICH SAYS THAT WE WILL ACCEPT CHAPLAINS BASICALLY AS AS WE WOULD ANY OTHER VOLUNTEER. THEY GO THROUGH THE SAME VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, THEY GO THROUGH THE SAME VOLUNTEER CHECKS THAT WE DO AND THAT WE DO NOT ACCEPT OUR VOLUNTEERS TO USURP OR SUPPLEMENT OR OR TAKE THE PLACE OF ANY CERTIFIED PROFESSIONALS OR PARAPROFESSIONALS. SO THIS IS THE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE BOARD'S DECISION. WE WE DRAFTED THE RESOLUTION AND CONSISTENT WITH WHAT CURRENT BOARD POLICY IS AND I DO NOT HAVE IF YOU'RE GOING TO ASK ME WHAT ARE OTHER DISTRICTS DOING, OTHER DISTRICTS ARE STRUGGLING WITH WITH THIS AND THEY HAVE UNTIL MARCH. AND SO I YOU KNOW, I, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING. I KNOW THAT SOME DISTRICTS ARE TAKING FULL ACCEPTANCE NOW. THE REASON THAT WE FEEL THAT THIS PROBABLY IS THE BEST CHOICE IS OUR COUNSELORS ARE HIGHLY TRAINED INDIVIDUALS. WE HAVE COUNSELORS. EACH OF OUR COUNSELORS HAVE AT LEAST A MASTER'S DEGREE AND ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO YEARS OF EITHER TEACHING OR COUNSELING EXPERIENCE. WE FEEL THAT THAT IS HOW OUR CHILDREN ARE BEST SERVED IN THIS DISTRICT. IF I HAD TO PROVIDE YOU A JOB DESCRIPTION, I ASK HR FOR JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR OUR COUNSELORS. THEY'RE FOUR PAGES LONG ON ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD TO DO. I THINK YOU HAD A VERY ELOQUENT SPEAKER TONIGHT WHO IS A CHAPLAIN AND OTHER IN ANOTHER THING WHO GAVE YOU A VERY FRANK DISCUSSION OF OF OF OF WHY THIS IS A BETTER VOLUNTEER AS OPPOSED TO A A CHANGE FROM OUR COUNSELORS TO CHAPLAINS. TRUSTEE MARKHAM. MADAM PRESIDENT, I. YEAH, I HAD MY LIGHT ON FIRST. REMEMBER? YOU TOLD ME I HAD TO WAIT. SORRY. I JUST LOOKED BACK OVER. I DIDN'T SEE THEM. HOW THEY POPPED UP? YEAH, YOU SAID I NEEDED TO WAIT TO ADDRESS IT. OKAY. SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS MOTION. I DO NOT THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE. I MEAN, I REALLY BELIEVE IN THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS. AND I APPRECIATE THE MOTION AS IT'S BROUGHT. I JUST WANT TO SUGGEST ADDING ONE THING TO MAKE IT EXPLICITLY CLEAR, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYONE VOLUNTEERING AND INTERPRETING THAT IT IS THEIR ROLE AS A CHAPLAIN TO PROVIDE CHAPLAIN SERVICES OR COUNSELING SERVICES TO STUDENTS. IT TAKES 6 TO 7 YEARS TO BECOME A COUNSELOR. SO ON THIS THIRD PARAGRAPH, IT SAYS NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ROUND ROCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HEREBY AFFIRMS THE PRACTICE OF A DISTRICT CAMPUS PERMITTING A CHAPLAIN TO VOLUNTEER TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DISTRICT'S EXISTING GXG LOCAL POLICY. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. SO WHAT IT'S BASICALLY SAYING IS LIKE YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL. [06:05:03] YOU HAVE TO PASS A BACKGROUND CHECK AND COMPLY WITH GXG LOCAL. HOWEVER, I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S EXPLICIT ENOUGH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD AND DECLINE TO EXPAND OUR CURRENT SUPPORT SERVICES OR PROGRAMS UNDER CHAPTER 23, BASICALLY SAYING WE'RE NOT ADDING ANY CHAPLAIN SERVICES TO OUR VOLUNTEER SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ROUND ROCK ISD. GXG LOCAL VOLUNTEERS SHALL NOT BE USED TO USURP, DIMINISH OR REPLACE THE POSITION OR FUNCTIONS. SO I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT THAT DECLINE TO EXPAND DECLINED TO EXPAND OUR CURRENT SUPPORT SERVICES OR PROGRAMS UNDER CHAPTER 23. DID YOU MAKE A MOTION? I'M PUTTING THAT OUT THERE FOR DISCUSSION. I'M HAPPY TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION. I JUST WANT TO WRITE THIS DOWN EXACTLY THE WORDS YOU WANT. YEAH. CAN I ADD SLOW? CAN YOU SLOW DECLINE TO EXPAND OUR CURRENT SUPPORT SERVICES OR PROGRAMS UNDER CHAPTERS 23? AND I WOULD LIKE THAT TO GO AFTER DISTRICT HEREBY AFFIRMS THE PRACTICE OF A DISTRICT CAMPUS PERMITTING A CHAPLAIN TO VOLUNTEER TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DISTRICT'S EXISTING GXG LOCAL POLICY AND DECLINED TO EXPAND OUR CURRENT SUPPORT SERVICES OR PROGRAMS UNDER CHAPTER 23. HE DECLINED TO EXPAND OUR CURRENT SUPPORT SERVICES OR PROGRAMS UNDER CHAPTER 23. YES, OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE. SO YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION THAT SAYS I MOVE TO APPROVE WITH DISCUSSED CHANGES. OKAY. TRUSTEE MARKHAM HAS SOMETHING TO ADD. TRUSTEE MARKHAM. I AGREE WITH ALL OF THAT. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT TO THE COMMUNITY, TOO, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE WE HAVE TO VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT TO PUT KEEP SOMETHING IN PLACE WE WERE ALREADY DOING. SO MY QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE INTENT OF THE LAW AS WELL IN THIS RESOLUTION? BECAUSE THE INTENT WAS TO GIVE DISTRICTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER EMPLOY OR VOLUNTEER CHAPLAINS. AND SO, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A QUESTION TO TO YOU GUYS, IF WE NEED TO FURTHER CLARIFY AT THE END, SOMETHING LIKE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED ROUND ROCK ISD DOES NOT AUTHORIZE THE HIRING OF CHAPLAINS FOR COUNSELOR OR MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ROLES. IS THAT REPETITIVE FROM THE LANGUAGE THAT TRUSTEE HARRISON SUGGESTED? I DON'T THINK I. CAN YOU SAY IT AGAIN? YEAH. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M SURE. AND I WANT TO KNOW IF IT'S REPETITIVE FROM WHAT THE LAST SENTENCE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ROUND ROCK ISD GXG LOCAL VOLUNTEERS SHALL NOT. WELL, I GUESS THAT'S ABOUT VOLUNTEERS. SO WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, ROUND ROCK ISD DOES NOT AUTHORIZE THE HIRING OF CHAPLAINS FOR COUNSELOR OR MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ROLES. JUST TO SOLIDIFY. THE INTENT BEHIND THE LAW WHEN IT WAS PASSED DOES NOT AUTHORIZE THE HIRING OF CHAPLAINS. FOR A COUNSELOR OR MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ROLES. MAY I CHIME IN, PLEASE? SAY IT AGAIN. MAY I CHIME IN, PLEASE? YEAH, I WAS JUST GETTING. SHE'S STILL ON THE LINE. SHE STILL HAS THE FLOOR. I WAS JUST. DID YOU GET ALL OF IT? YEAH. SO YOUR. YOUR LANGUAGE SUGGESTS IT IS ROUND ROCK BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ROUND ROCK ISD DOES NOT AUTHORIZE THE HIRING OF CHAPLAINS FOR COUNSELORS OR MENTAL HEALTH OR MENTAL OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ROLES OR MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ROLES. OKAY. TRUSTEE. WESTON. SO I'M LOOKING AT THE STATUTE RIGHT HERE. I PRINTED OFF A COPY. SO THIS IS SENATE BILL 763 AND UNDER SECTION THREE, IT SAYS, I THINK THAT OUR LANGUAGE SHOULD BE DRIVEN BY WHAT THE STATUTE SAYS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET A RECORD VOTE ON. AND IT SAYS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET A RECORD VOTE. ON WHETHER TO ADOPT A POLICY AUTHORIZING EVERY CAMPUS OF THE DISTRICT TO HIRE A CHAPLAIN. UNDER SECTIONS 33.002 AND THEN 48.115. WHY DOES WHY IS WHAT IS BROUGHT FORWARD TO US NOT JUST MIRROR WHAT THE REQUIREMENT, THE UP OR DOWN VOTE ON THIS REQUIREMENT WAS A VERY SHORT AND VERY SWEET. SO IT WAS JUST WHAT THE MODEL POLICY THAT CAME FROM TASBIH OF HOW TO IT WAS THE MODEL POLICY FOR TASBIH AND MODEL RESOLUTION. YEAH, IT WAS THE MODEL RESOLUTION THAT CAME FROM TASBIH AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE. DO YOU HAVE THE INTRODUCED VERSION OR THE ENROLLED VERSION BECAUSE. DOES IT SAY INTRODUCED? YES. OKAY. THE ENROLLED VERSION IS DIFFERENT. I'VE. DO YOU WANT A COPY OF THE. DOES EVERYBODY? I'VE MADE COPIES IN CASE ANYBODY HAD A QUICK AGENDA. [06:10:03] IS THAT ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA? NO, WE JUST SHARE WITH YOU. I WAS JUST TRYING TO SHARE. I PRINT IT ONE OFF AND I GOT A COUPLE OF EXTRA COPIES. I'VE GOT THREE EXTRA COPIES. SURE. I'LL TAKE ONE. TRUSTEE. WEIR. THANK YOU. IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I CAN SHOW YOU THE ACTUAL SAMPLE RESOLUTIONS THAT BE. PROPOSED. WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE THE CHANGE WAS THAT IT SAYS ADOPT A POLICY AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO EMPLOY OR ACCEPT AS A VOLUNTEER. SO I GUESS THAT'S WHERE THIS MODEL POLICY IS. SO TRUSTEES, WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION. DO WE WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? DO WE WANT TO ADD TRUSTEE HARRISON'S? DO WE WANT TO ADD TRUSTEE MARKHAM'S? DO WE WANT TO ADD BOTH? I HAVE A MOTION. I'D LIKE TO ADD. BOTH. OKAY. I CAN. I'M SORRY. TRUSTEE MARGARET. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ROUND ROCK ISD DOES NOT AUTHORIZE THE HIRING OF CHAPLAINS FOR MENTAL HEALTH OR COUNSELORS OR MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ROLES FOR COUNSELORS. OKAY. AND I CAN FULLY READ IT INTO THE RECORD WITH MY MOTION. ACTUALLY, I HAVE LEARNED THAT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO READ INTO THE RECORD THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY A VIOLATION OF ROBERT'S RULES. SO JAKE CANNOT READ PAPERS, CORRECT? YEAH, YOU CANNOT READ PAPERS INTO THE RECORD. SO YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU CAN, AS DISCUSSED ADDING THE MOTION LANGUAGE AS DISCUSSED, OR SHE CAN GIVE YOU THE MOTION IN WRITING. AND YOU CAN YOU CAN READ IT. CAN I SAY THAT LITTLE LAST PART OR I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE WHOLE THING? YEAH. I MEAN, IF IT'S PART OF YOUR YOUR MOTION, YOU CAN MAKE THE MOTION. OKAY. I MOVE THAT THE ROUND ROCK MR SCHOOL BOARD ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD TO ACCEPT CHAPLAINS AS VOLUNTEERS WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE LAST PARAGRAPH. NOW THERE BE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ROUND ROCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HEREBY AFFIRMS THE PRACTICE OF THE DISTRICT CAMPUS, PERMITTING A CHAPLAIN TO VOLUNTEER TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DISTRICT'S EXISTING GXG LOCAL POLICY. AND DECLINED TO EXPAND OUR CURRENT SUPPORT SERVICES OR PROGRAMS UNDER CHAPTER 23 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ROUND ROCK ISD, GQG LOCAL VOLUNTEERS SHALL NOT BE USED TO USURP, DIMINISH OR REPLACE THE POSITION OR FUNCTIONS OF SALARIED, PROFESSIONAL OR PARAPROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. ROUND ROCK ISD DOES NOT AUTHORIZE THE HIRING OF CHAPLAINS FOR COUNSELORS OR OTHER MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ROLES. SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. TRUSTEE. WESTON. SO THIS I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD ONE OF THESE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO TAKE A RECORD VOTE BECAUSE OF A NEW STATUTE. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS AS A RECORD VOTE. UM, ON WHETHER TO ADOPT A POLICY AUTHORIZING THIS AND WHERE THIS RESOLUTION IS LIKE. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT ADDRESSES THIS. I THINK IT DOES, BECAUSE HONESTLY, WE'RE WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO USE OUR EXISTING POLICY VERSUS ADOPTING A NEW POLICY IS WHAT WE'RE TELLING THEM. SO THEN SHOULD WE SAY THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ADOPT? YOU KNOW WHAT? IF IT MAKES YOU MORE COMFORTABLE, I'M FINE WITH ADDING A LINE THAT SAYS AND BE IT. FURTHER RESOLVED. ROUND ROCK ISD DOES NOT ADOPT A POLICY. WELL, I MEAN, I WOULDN'T VOTE FOR THAT, BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED. THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO MEET THE SPIRIT AND INTENT. WHEN WE'RE CAST AS YEAS AND NAYS. IS IT CLEAR WHAT WE'RE YEAS AND NAYS ON, I GUESS IS MY CONCERN. WELL, WE HAVE UNTIL MARCH 24TH. SO I THINK ONCE WE DO THIS ONE, IF THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT, WE CAN DO ANOTHER ONE BEFORE MARCH 2024. YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE. MAY I JUST ASK THAT IT BE REREAD AGAIN SLOWLY? YES. I MOVE THAT THE ROUND ROCK SCHOOL BOARD. EXCEPT THE RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD TO ACCEPT CHAPLAINS AS VOLUNTEERS, AS WRITTEN WITH THE AMENDMENT TO THE LAST PARAGRAPH. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ROUND ROCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HEREBY AFFIRMS THE PRACTICE OF A DISTRICT CAMPUS PERMITTING A CHAPLAIN TO [06:15:09] VOLUNTEER TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DISTRICT'S EXISTING GQG LOCAL POLICY AND DECLINED TO EXPAND OUR CURRENT SUPPORT SERVICES OR PROGRAMS UNDER CHAPTER 23 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ROUND ROCK ISD, GQG LOCAL VOLUNTEERS SHALL NOT BE USED TO USURP, DIMINISH OR REPLACE THE POSITION OR FUNCTIONS OF SALARIED PROFESSIONALS OR PARAPROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. ROUND ROCK ISD DOES NOT AUTHORIZE THE HIRING OF CHAPLAINS FOR COUNSELORS OR OTHER MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ROLES. THANK YOU FOR REREADING THAT. WHAT'S WHY IS THERE A REFERENCE TO MENTAL OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH? AM I MISSING SOMETHING? WHY IS THAT? WHY ARE YOU GUYS SPECIFICALLY ADDING THAT I WAS ADDING IT IN? BECAUSE LISTENING TO THE DEBATE AND THE FINAL PASSING, I KNOW IT'S NOT WRITTEN IN THERE, BUT THAT WAS THE I WAS SPEAKING TO THE INTENT BEHIND THE BILL THAT THOSE ALL OF THOSE SAYS IT IN THE LAW. IT SAYS UNDER DOES IT SAY MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNDER SMALL I SMALL I THERE'S TWO SMALL I'S. SO IT SAYS PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH PERSONAL SUPPORT, INCLUDING CHAPLAINS. THAT WAS THE INTENT IN ALL OF THE DEBATE IS THAT THOSE WOULD BE INTERCHANGEABLE. IT'S IT'S AT THE TOP OF THE SECOND PAGE OF THIS SECTION OF THE NEW PRINTOUT I LOWERCASE II. IT SAYS, PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH PERSONNEL AND SUPPORT, INCLUDING CHAPLAINS. SO IT OPENS UP THE ROLES OF CHAPLAINS TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT ALSO IN II PROVIDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. SO THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY OPTIONS THAT ARE, IF YOU ADOPTED THIS POLICY, THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT OR ARE WE DEBATING NOW? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. TRUSTEE. WESTON. SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT WE COULD GO THROUGH THAT AND ALL OF US GET CLARITY. I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR THIS. I DON'T I DON'T SEE A REASON TO CLOSE THIS OFF AT THIS TIME, BUT I APPRECIATE THE THE TEAM WORK WE DID HERE TO GET TO SOMETHING THAT COULD MAKE SENSE TO ALL OF US. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I WILL JUST SAY THAT AS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR TOOK ME SEVEN YEARS TO GET MY MASTER'S, MY UNDERGRAD, MY MASTER'S AND MY LICENSE. IT ACTUALLY TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER NOW BECAUSE THEY'VE CHANGED THE HOURS REQUIREMENTS TO BECOME A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR AND THEN TO HAVE TO GET A CERTIFICATION TO TEACH IN THE SCHOOLS AND THEN TO HAVE THREE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC REASONS WHY COUNSELORS HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE STEPS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SERVICES IN OUR SCHOOLS. THEY'RE SET UP FOR VERY SPECIFIC REASONS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST CHAPLAINS. IF YOU NEED ONE, GO FIND ONE. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S THE ROLE THAT THEY SHOULD SERVE IN OUR SCHOOLS. SO I WILL BE VOTING FOR IT. TRUSTEE. BONE. YEAH, I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION IS. SAY SOMEBODY LIKE YOU YOURSELF, WHO IS A LICENSED COUNSELOR AND HAS ALL THESE WONDERFUL EXPERIENCES AND NOW THEY'RE A CHAPLAIN BECAUSE THAT DOES HAPPEN WHERE THEY RETIRE, BECOME A CHAPLAIN. ARE WE ACTUALLY THEN NOW WITH THIS MOTION, NOT ALLOWING SOMEBODY LIKE THAT TO COME IN AND VOLUNTEER? BECAUSE IF THEY HAVE IF THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE EMPLOYED HERE, WHICH MEANS THEY'D HAVE TO HAVE A TEACHING CERTIFICATE AND THREE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. SO SO YOU CAN BE A CHAPLAIN AND BE HAVE A TEACHING CERTIFICATE AND HAVE THREE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. BUT THAT'S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SCENARIO THAN SOMEONE WHO IS JUST A CHAPLAIN WANTING TO VOLUNTEER IN OUR SCHOOLS. I'M ASKING IF EVEN THAT SCENARIO BECAUSE IT DOES HAPPEN. I MEAN, PEOPLE RETIRE AND WOULD LOVE TO COME BACK SOMETIMES AND VOLUNTEER IN A CAPACITY OF A MENTAL HEALTH. AND IF THEY HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE, IF THEY HAVE ALL THE CHECK BOXES, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ACTUALLY CLOSING OFF THAT PATH FOR ANY TYPE OF VOLUNTEER, EVEN IF THEY'RE QUALIFIED. IS THAT CORRECT? CAN I SPEAK TO THAT? TRUSTEE BONE YEAH, I THINK THAT ALSO THAT MIGHT VIOLATE SOME LIKE HIPAA. SO I DON'T THINK WE JUST WELCOME VOLUNTEERS TO COME IN TO COUNSEL OUR STUDENTS, EVEN LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS. THERE HAS TO BE LIKE SOME AGREEMENT OR RELATIONSHIP. SO FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE BLUEBONNET TRAILS, THERE'S AN MOU BECAUSE YOU WOULD BE ACCESSING PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL STUDENT INFORMATION. SO I DON'T FORESEE THAT BEING AN ISSUE. HAVE YOU VOLUNTEERED ANY OF THE SCHOOLS BEFORE? HAVE YOU? I ABSOLUTELY HAVE. SO HAVE YOU HAVE YOU FILLED OUT THE VOLUNTEER PAPERWORK? YES. SO ACTUALLY, AS A VOLUNTEER, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO SAY THAT WE I MEAN, YOU GO THROUGH ALL THE PRIVACY INFORMATION BECAUSE I KNOW I MEAN, THERE'S VOLUNTEERS IN OUR [06:20:01] IN OUR FRONT OFFICES ALL THE TIME. THERE'S VOLUNTEERS ALL OVER OUR DISTRICT THAT THAT ARE SEEING THINGS. I JUST I'M JUST WONDERING IF THIS MOTION IS CLOSING OFF THAT PATH, THAT IF WE DO HAVE PEOPLE. THAT WOULD MEET THESE CHECK BOXES. AND WHEN A VOLUNTEER, ARE WE SAYING NO? ANYBODY CAN VOLUNTEER ACCORDING TO OUR LOCAL GQG POLICY. SO WE'RE NOT CLOSING THOSE DOORS, BUT WE ARE CLOSING OFF THE INTENT OF THE LAW. THE INTENT OF THE LAW IS TO HELP DISTRICTS BECAUSE WE DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. I THINK THAT WAS WHAT TRUSTEE MARKHAM WAS SAYING. THE INTENT OF THE LAW IS THAT THERE'S A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN OUR SCHOOLS, THAT IF WE HAVE THESE CHAPLAINS, IF THEY COULD GO IN AND I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE CONCERNS ON, OKAY, WE DON'T WANT CHAPLAINS, BUT WHAT IF IT'S A CHAPLAIN THAT HAS. YOU KNOW, ALL THE BACKGROUND THAT YOU ALL ARE WANTING TO. ARE WE CLOSING OFF THE PATH FULLY AND PUTTING NO EXCEPTIONS? I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE AREN'T EVEN SAYING WE WANT VOLUNTEER COUNSELORS. I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A THING. I STILL THINK IT WOULD VIOLATE PROBABLY HIPAA TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME AND VOLUNTEER IN A COUNSELING ROLE, EVEN IF THEY'RE LICENSED, LIKE THE METHODS BY WHICH PEOPLE VOLUNTEER ARE SET FORTH BY CAMPUSES AND BY THE DISTRICT. AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE'S NO VOLUNTEER COUNSELORS, PERIOD. AND I CAN CONFIRM THAT WE DON'T. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF OUR GXG LOCAL, THAT WE DON'T ALLOW THAT WE DON'T SUBSTITUTE PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONALS FOR VOLUNTEERS. THAT WAS A DECISION THIS DISTRICT HAS BEEN BEEN ABIDING BY SINCE AT LEAST 2015 IS THE ONE OF THE DATES THAT I SAW ON THAT POLICY. IT HASN'T BEEN CHANGED SINCE THAT. AND IN MY RESEARCH, TALKING TO THE CAMPUSES, THEY DO NOT ALLOW ANY SORT OF LIKE VOLUNTEER COUNSELORS. YEAH, NOT VOLUNTEER COUNSELORS. WE MIGHT WANT TO RECHECK THAT, THOUGH, BECAUSE I DO KNOW I KNOW PEOPLE THAT GO IN AND IN CLASSROOMS AND WILL SET FOR AN HOUR, WHICH WOULD USUALLY BE A SUB POSITION AND IT'S PAID. SO WE MIGHT BE BREAKING SOME OF OUR OWN LAWS OR POLICIES. SO. ALL RIGHT. BUT I THINK I HAVE MY QUESTION ANSWERED. THANK YOU. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FIVE TWO. NOW WE'RE GOING TO AGENDA ITEM I SIX DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON HB THREE IMPLEMENTATION AND GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION. UM. CHIEF. CHIEF WEINER, I WILL LET YOU KICK THIS OFF. LET ME START THIS, AND THEN I'LL LET CHIEF TELL YOU. CHIEF HAS COME UP WITH A CHIEF HAS COME UP WITH A PLAN TO GET US AS CLOSE TO FULL COMPLIANCE WITH SB THREE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND I'LL LET HIM TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT JUST AS A VERY PRACTICAL MATTER, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 21 OFFICERS, CHIEF, 2424. DO WE HAVE 24 OFFICERS? EVEN IF WE WERE JUST PUTTING ONE OFFICER ON A CAMPUS AND ALLOWING FOR NO ONE TO COME IN, HAVE A SICK DAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING TO HIRE A BUNCH OF OFFICERS THAT WE JUST CAN'T FIND. WE'VE HAD AN OPEN POSITION FOR SOME TIME. I'LL LET CHIEF HE CAN TELL YOU ABOUT HIS EFFORTS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE'S DOING TO COME FORWARD. I ALSO WANT TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE PUT FORWARD A RFQ SO THAT WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN GET OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS TO HELP US FULFILL OUR OUR SAFETY, OUR SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR OUR DISTRICTS. BUT I TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF. THANK YOU, CINDY, AND THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT. SO IT HASN'T JUST BEEN ME THAT WORKED ON THIS PLAN. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CFO AS WELL AS THE CHIEF OF HR. SO IT'S BEEN A COLLABORATION TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND ALSO TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS WOULD BE FOR EACH OPTION. SO AFTER GOING THROUGH SOME SOME ANALYSIS OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO US IN TERMS OF OPTIONS UNDER THE STATUTE, WE FELT THAT IT WAS IN THE BEST INTERESTS AND THE DESIRES OF THE COMMUNITY. IF WE STUCK WITH PEACE OFFICERS AS OPPOSED TO GOING WITH SOME OTHER OPTIONS SUCH AS GUARDIANS OR MARSHALS. THERE'S PROS AND CONS TO BOTH. SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED AROUND MARSHALS AND GUARDIANS WAS THAT THEIR SINGLE PURPOSE, THEIR SOLE PURPOSE EMPLOYEES SO THAT THEY CAN ONLY DISRUPT AN ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENT OR AN ACT OF VIOLENCE. THEY CANNOT GET INVOLVED IN ANY OTHER CAPACITY AND YOU'RE PAYING ALMOST AS MUCH FOR GUARDIAN OR MARSHAL AS YOU WOULD BE FOR AN OFFICER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME EQUIPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WHAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS A WAY TO BECAUSE WE'RE A RELATIVELY NEW DEPARTMENT, WE'RE IN OUR THIRD YEAR, WE STILL ARE EXPERIENCING INITIAL GROWING [06:25:08] PAINS. AND THAT WOULD JUST BE COMPLICATED BY TRYING TO PUSH THROUGH A MASSIVE INCREASE IN STAFFING OVER A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. OFFICERS THAT GET HIRED HAVE TO BE FIRST. WE HAVE TO RECRUIT THEM. THEN WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO DO BACKGROUNDS ON THEM. THEN WE HAVE TO TRAIN THEM AND THEN WE HAVE TO PUT THEM THROUGH FIELD TRAINING. AND THEN THEY FINALLY RELEASED. SO THAT WHOLE PROCESS IS A VERY LONG PROCESS THAT COULD TAKE UP TO 3 TO 4 MONTHS TO GET AN OFFICER ON THE STREETS. HAVING SAID THAT, THE REQUIREMENT UNDER HB THREE IS FOR US TO HAVE AN ARMED OFFICER, A PEACE OFFICER ON EVERY CAMPUS THAT WOULD PUT US AT 56 PLUS SUPERVISION PLUS CHIEF AND ASSISTANT CHIEF. THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE A SECOND OFFICER ON HIGH SCHOOLS, WHICH IS WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE. I CAN TELL YOU JUST RECENTLY HERE IN ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, WE'VE GONE DOWN TO ONE OFFICER DUE TO STAFFING SHORTAGE, THAT OFFICERS ARE WORKING EXTREMELY HARD AND MAY HAVE TO BE CYCLED OUT BECAUSE OF THE THE RATE OF WORK THAT HE'S GOING THROUGH. SO I HAVE TO KEEP MINDFUL OF ALL THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE OPTIONS. SO WHAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS A BEST EFFORT TO GET TO COMPLIANCE WITHIN AS SHORT A TERM AS POSSIBLE. WE FEEL WE COULD BE COMPLIANT BY THE END OF 2026 SCHOOL YEAR AND THAT WOULD GIVE US A PERIOD OF TIME TO HIRE WHAT WOULD BE. WE'LL BE ADDING EIGHT THIS YEAR OR 11 NEXT YEAR, 11 THE YEAR AFTER THAT, AND THEN 14 AND THE FINAL YEAR. THE FINAL YEAR, THE YEAR AFTER COMPLIANCE. I'LL STICK TO THE SLIDE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO LET ME GET BACK TO THE SLIDE AND I'LL CATCH UP TO WHERE I WAS. A THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO. SO THE YEAR OF COMPLIANCE REALLY IS JUST GETTING THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS TO MATCH THE NUMBER OF CAMPUSES. BUT THAT WOULD MEAN WE'RE PUTTING SERGEANTS ON CAMPUSES AND NOT SUPERVISING. AND THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THERE STILL AREN'T TWO OFFICERS ON HIGH SCHOOLS. SO IT'S THAT FOLLOWING YEAR THAT GIVES US THE CAPACITY TO REALLY PROVIDE SUPERVISION AND THE EXTRA OFFICERS ON THE HIGH SCHOOLS, THAT WOULD BE THE END OF THE 2027 YEAR. SO WITH THAT, WE'VE CALCULATED THE COST PER OFFICER AS WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE, THAT'S ROUGHLY AROUND 80,000, A LITTLE LESS THAN $80,000 PER OFFICER. AND THEN THE FIRST YEAR, INITIAL EXPENSES ARE ABOUT 79,000. THAT INCLUDES A VEHICLE, COMPUTERS, RADIOS, EQUIPMENT, VESTS, ALL OF THAT GEAR THAT'S REQUIRED. BUT THAT LIFE, THAT LIFE LINE OF THAT EQUIPMENT IS 5 TO 7 YEARS. SO THAT WOULD BE AN UPFRONT INVESTMENT FOR 5 TO 7 YEAR LIFE CYCLE. SO. WITH THAT. WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING DURING THAT PLAN PERIOD IS UNTIL WE HAD SUFFICIENT OFFICERS. THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE, CINDY. ONE MORE. OKAY. SO UNTIL WE GET UNTIL WE GET TO THE THE REQUISITE NUMBER OF ADEQUATE STAFF, WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING IS WE'D HAVE THREE PRIORITIES. WE'D PRIORITIZE PRESENCE ON HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES. THEN WE ASSIGN DEDICATED OFFICERS TO GROUPS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR COVERAGE AND THEN REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ASSIGNED TO EACH OFFICER AS STAFFING INCREASES UNTIL ALL CAMPUSES HAVE AN ASSIGNED OFFICER. SO IT WOULD BE KIND OF A AS WE GROW, WE WOULD BE SHRINKING PATROL AREAS UNTIL EVERYONE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT WE STILL HAVE TO PROVIDE POLICE COVERAGE FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, EVEN IF WE CAN'T PUT AN OFFICER ON EVERY CAMPUS RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE. AND IT WOULD ALLOW US OVER TIME TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF OR THE AREA OF COVERAGE THAT EACH OFFICER WOULD HAVE UNTIL WE GOT TO THAT 1 TO 1 RATIO TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, ALL OF OUR SUPPORT ACTIVITIES OF A NORMAL POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE WOULD TRY TO MANAGE THROUGH A DISPERSED WORKFORCE THAT WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO OUR CAMPUSES. SO OFFICERS THAT ARE ON CAMPUSES MAY HAVE COLLATERAL DUTIES TO HELP SUPPORT THE OPERATION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEREBY REDUCING OVERHEAD AND NOT HAVING THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL OFFICERS IN A HEADQUARTERS COMPONENT. IT HASN'T BEEN DONE THAT I'M AWARE OF, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT A REALLY SOLID SHOT AT DOING A DISPERSED WORKFORCE SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO KEEP THE COSTS OF THE OF THE POLICING BUDGET TO A MINIMUM AND STILL MEET REQUIREMENTS. SO THE OTHER SLIDES THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE SLIDE DECK REALLY GO INTO THE SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT WE CAME UP WITH FOR EACH YEAR FOR EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES, PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT. AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO ANYTHING I'VE COVERED, DENNIS AND I ARE HERE TO FIELD THOSE. [06:30:03] I DON'T HAVE ANY LIGHTS ON, BUT I WANT TO KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO AFFORD THAT. THAT'S DENNIS'S QUESTION. I MEAN, EVEN IN A SLOW INCREMENTED COST TO BE COMPLIANT BY THE END OF THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR, HOW WHERE'S THIS MONEY COMING FROM? IS IT IN THAT DRAWER? NO. ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE, IF WE ARE PLANNING TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT, WE WILL HAVE TO FIND THE MONEY OR I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, THIS IS A GRANT FUNDED MANDATE. WHERE'S THE MONEY GOING TO COME FROM? WELL, THE FIRST YEAR WE GOT THE MONEY FOR THE EIGHT, TWO OF THEM WILL COME OUT OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED, AND THE OTHER SIX WILL COME OUT OF THE $15,000 PER CAMPUS. BUT FOLLOWING THAT YEAR, THOSE ARE BUDGET DECISIONS. SO THIS IS A PLAN, BUT IT'S AN UNFUNDED PLAN RIGHT NOW, CORRECT? MY UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY, YES. OKAY. I COULD ADD TO THAT, TOO. SO THERE ARE SOME SOME OPTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE EQUIPMENT, VEHICLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE CAPITAL PART OF THAT EQUIPMENT THAT CAN BE EITHER PUT THROUGH A BOND IF WE DO A BOND. POTENTIALLY, WE COULD LOOK AT MAYBE FUNDING VEHICLES FOR THAT 5 OR 7 YEAR PERIOD TO TRY TO REDUCE THE COSTS OUT OF OTHER AREAS. THAT'S JUST AN OPTION. BUT THERE IS NO SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED FUNDING AT THIS POINT. THERE'S ALSO A LEVEL OF EXPECTATION THAT WHEN THE LEGISLATURE COMES BACK INTO SESSION, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE UNFUNDED MANDATE PART OF THIS REQUIREMENT. AND I THINK IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OBVIOUS TO THEM AT THAT POINT WHAT THIS MANDATE IS REALLY DRIVING. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO JUST TO ADD TO THAT, YOU HEARD THAT THERE WERE ALREADY SECURED GRANTS FOR TWO, TWO STRAIGHT YEARS FOR TWO OFFICERS. SO OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE ALSO ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR OPTIONS OR OPPORTUNITIES JUST TO ALSO LOOK AT HOW CAN WE GET THE GRANT, WHETHER IT'S A STATE LEVEL OR FEDERAL LEVEL. SO I CAN SPEAK TO FEDERAL GRANTS. SO THE COPS OFFICE OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THEY HAVE A COPS HIRING GRANT. THEY HAVE HAD ONE EVERY YEAR. I EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. AND THAT'S A 25% LOCAL MATCH FOR A THREE YEAR SALARY PERIOD. SO CONCEPTUALLY, THAT WOULD GET US FOR EVERY OFFICER THAT WE COULD HIRE THROUGH THAT GRANT, IT WOULD COST US 25% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS, UP TO A $75,000 MAXIMUM PER YEAR SALARY. I JUST WANT TO SAY, I KNOW INITIALLY THERE WAS $100. I THINK IT WAS AN ALLOCATION FOR $100 PER STUDENT. RIGHT. FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY THAT THAT MONEY WILL BE ABLE TO I MEAN, IF IT WASN'T APPROVED, OBVIOUSLY. BUT WE REALLY HOPEFUL BECAUSE THAT WILL COVER ALL THESE COSTS AND ALSO HAVING ADDING MENTAL HEALTH AND A VARIETY OF THINGS. BUT OBVIOUSLY THE ONLY INCREASES BY $0.28 INSTEAD OF $0.90 OR WHATEVER OR $90. I'M SORRY. SO MY LAST QUESTION IS, HAVE WE DONE ANY COMMUNITY INPUT ON THIS AS TO WHETHER OUR COMMUNITY EVEN WANTS? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THIS IS A LAW THAT CAME THROUGH, BUT DO WE KNOW THAT IF OUR COMMUNITY WANTS AN OFFICER ON EVERY CAMPUS, DO WE KNOW IF THIS IS HOW THE COMMUNITY WANTS US TO SPEND OUR MONEY? I MEAN, LIKE THIS IS A HUGE OUTPOURING OF MONEY. AND I I'VE NEVER RECEIVED A SINGLE EMAIL ASKING SOMEBODY TO PUT AN OFFICER ON AN ELEMENTARY CAMPUS. SO I CAN I CAN JUST TELL YOU FROM EMAILS THAT I RECEIVE, THERE'S A BROAD SCOPE OF VIEWS IN THE COMMUNITY. I DO GET EMAILS FROM PARENTS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN OFFICER ON EVERY CAMPUS ALL THE TIME. AND THEN THERE ARE THERE'S A GROUP OF THE COMMUNITY THAT REALLY DON'T FIND A REAL NEED FOR OFFICERS ON CAMPUSES. SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO TO GAUGE THAT WITHOUT SOME SORT OF A STRUCTURED SURVEY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I THINK THAT WHAT IS DRIVING THE PLAN, INITIATING THIS PLAN IS THE COMPLIANCE ISSUE WITH THE STATE, IS THAT THE STATE IS GIVING US A MANDATE TO HAVE AN ARMED PERSON ON EVERY CAMPUS. AND WHEN IT COMES TO THAT DECISION, I THINK THERE'S WE'RE ALREADY SET UP TO HAVE PEACE OFFICERS ON ON CAMPUSES. IF WE WERE TO START ANOTHER PROGRAM FOR EITHER GUARDIAN OR OR MARSHAL, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE ANOTHER PROGRAM WITH ANOTHER WHOLE SET OF ADMINISTRATION. YOU'D EITHER HAVE CONTRACTORS THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED OR YOU'D HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE MANAGED AS WELL FROM A CAMPUS PERSPECTIVE. AND I THINK IT GETS VERY COMPLICATED UNLESS YOU'RE A SMALL DISTRICT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TRUSTEE BONE. THANK YOU. I HAVE SIMILAR QUESTIONS. THE FIRST ONE IS THIS IS A MANDATE, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE ARE ALLOWED OR WE'RE ALLOWED TO GET AN EXEMPTION THIS YEAR. DO WE KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE? SO THE WAY IT'S AND CINDY, YOU CAN WEIGH IN ON THIS, BUT THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT RIGHT NOW IS IT'S THE BOARD THAT'S GRANTING THE EXCEPTION TO THE MANDATE ON BEHALF OF [06:35:03] THE DISTRICT. AND SO THERE IS NO CLEAR GUIDANCE FROM TIA AT THIS POINT AS TO WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE. IS THIS A LAW THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET AN EXCEPTION TO? IS THERE. SORRY. EXCUSE ME. LET ME. THE STATUTE SAYS THAT WE CAN ASK FOR A GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION. IT DOES NOT SAY WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S A ONE YEAR ONLY SITUATION OR NOT. THE LAW IS NOT CLEAR ON THAT. WE HAVE GOTTEN NO GUIDANCE FROM TIA ON THAT SITUATION, NOR FROM ANY OF THE STATEWIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATIONS. SO WITH REGARD TO NEXT YEAR, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET AN EXCEPTION OR NOT AND WE CAN ONLY GET AN EXCEPTION BASED ON THE TWO THINGS THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT TO YOU, WHICH ARE LACK OF PERSONNEL, WHICH WE WE DEFINITELY HAVE LACKED PERSONNEL AND LACK OF MONEY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CHIEF AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT IS COMPLICATING THIS IS NOT ONLY EVERY DISTRICT IN THE STATE ARE LOOKING FOR THESE PEOPLE, BUT HERE IN OUR AREA, FOR INSTANCE, CITY OF AUSTIN IS GIVING, WHAT, $15,000 SIGNING BONUSES FOR OFFICERS BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE TRYING SO HARD TO GET NEW OFFICERS. SO I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE MORE I COULD ADD TO THAT AS WELL. GO AHEAD. SO I COULD ADD TO THAT AS WELL. I KNOW THE PLAN FOR AUSTIN ISD IS TO HIRE 104 NEW OFFICERS IN ADDITION TO WHAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE. BUT WHAT THIS HB THREE IS DRIVING ACROSS THE STATE IS, IS A IS A NEED FOR SWORN, CERTIFIED LICENSED OFFICERS THAT JUST DON'T EXIST. AND SO THE IMPACT IS GOING TO BE PARTICULARLY FELT HERE IN TEXAS. I DON'T PART OF OUR PLAN FOR RECRUITMENT IS TO GO NATIONWIDE TRYING TO ATTRACT SROS TO RELOCATE BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT GOING TO BE THERE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH OFFICERS HERE IN TEXAS BECAUSE ALL CAMPUSES ON TEXAS, IN TEXAS HAVE TO HAVE AN ARMED OFFICER ON THEM. IS THAT A REASON, THOUGH, TO GO TO A GUARDIAN OR MARSHAL PROGRAM? WOULD WE HAVE MORE SUCCESS TO ACTUALLY FIND MARSHALS AND GUARDIANS? SO IN MY OPINION, I THINK THE MARSHAL AND GUARDIAN OPTION WAS DEVELOPED FOR VERY SMALL DISTRICTS WITH ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY'RE EASILY MANAGED IN THAT ENVIRONMENT. ONCE YOU ONCE YOU GET TO A SCALE OF THIS DISTRICT, YOU'D HAVE TO SET UP AN ENTIRELY NEW MANAGEMENT UNIT TO HANDLE THAT WITH DIFFERENT TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WELL, EITHER OUTSIDE OR UNDER IT DOESN'T MATTER, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SEPARATE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS THAN POLICE OFFICERS DO. AND SO IT WOULD JUST CREATE A LOT OF COMPLIANCE ISSUES AND DECONFLICTION. I JUST WANT TO ADD, I KNOW, DR. BONE, YOU ASKED ABOUT THE LAST TIME WE HAD I WAS A PART OF LIKE A CALL WITH WITH THE COMMISSIONER. HE'S HE'S ASKING US THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, NOT US, BUT ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS REALLY IF THEIR BOARD GOES FOR AN BECAUSE WE ASK DO WE NEED TO SUBMIT THIS TO. AND HE SAID WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO SUBMIT IT TO E WE JUST HAVE IT TO HAVE YOUR BOARD PRETTY MUCH IF IF THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT TO APPROVE IT AND HAVE IT HANDY IF SOMEBODY ASKS FOR IT. BUT THEY'RE NOT EVEN ASKING US TO SUBMIT IT TO THEM FOR FOR ANY OTHER APPROVAL, IN OTHER WORDS. RIGHT. AS LONG AS IT'S A LOCAL DECISION. OKAY. YEAH. SO ALONG WITH THAT, IF WE DO THE EXCEPTIONS, SO THEY'RE STILL GOING TO FULLY FUND US WITH THE $0.28 PER CHILD AND THE 15,000, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE WE'RE GOING WITH AN EXCEPTION. OKAY. AND. YES, MA'AM. AND HOW MUCH IS THAT GOING TO BE FOR OUR DISTRICT? IF 15,000 PER CAMPUS AND THE 20%. DID I MISS THAT NUMBER? WAS ROUGHLY 850,000. I THINK IT'S 800 AND SOME THOUSAND 807,000. YEAH, IT'S 56 TIMES 15. BUT AND YOU ALL WERE SAYING THAT THAT THAT WON'T COVER, BUT I GUESS IT'S LIKE ONE POINT THAT'S GOING TO COVER BECAUSE I'M SEEING THESE NUMBERS, RIGHT. 877 OR IS IT THE 1.6? FOR YEAR ONE. FOR YEAR ONE, YOU BARELY PROBABLY HELP COVER SOME OF THE COSTS BECAUSE YOU REMEMBER WE ALSO HAVE TO BUY EQUIPMENT LIKE CARS AND I MEAN THINGS LIKE THAT. SO GO AHEAD AND TALK MORE ABOUT THE DETAILS. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE 15,000 PER CAMPUS SO FAR IS ONLY A ONE TIME PAYMENT. SO THEY'VE GIVEN US NO INDICATION THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A RECURRING PAYMENT. OKAY. SO THE 800,000 MAY BE LIKE THE FIRST YEAR, ONE YEAR, AND THEN IT'LL JUST BE $0.28 PER CHILD. OKAY. AND YOU WERE PREDICTING HOW MUCH FOR ALL THE UNIFORMS. SO PER PER OFFICER COST VEHICLE WEAPONS, VESTS, COMPUTERS, RADIOS, IT'S ABOUT $79,000 PER OFFICER. OKAY. AND THEN THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE SPENT ENOUGH MONEY ON, BOND MONEY. I THINK VEHICLES, MAYBE. [06:40:04] I WOULD HAVE TO RESEARCH THAT ONE, BUT I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY ARE CAPITAL. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THE SMALLER EQUIPMENTS, BUT THE CARS PROBABLY. BUT THE VEHICLES, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE BIGGER EXPENSE. YEAH, THAT'S THE BIGGEST EXPENSE. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW BECAUSE WE HAD, WE HAD SOME MONEY. YEAH. SO ON THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO GET A BOND COUNSEL AND OPINION ON THAT ONE THOUGH. RATHER THAN DENNIS OR CINDY, WHO IS ALSO NOT A BOND COUNSEL. YEAH, I THOUGHT THE OLD CARS WERE BOUGHT OUT OF BOND, BUT I COULD BE WRONG. SO THOSE WERE ALL MY QUESTIONS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TRUSTEE. WEIR. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE RESOLUTION REQUESTING A GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTION TO HB THREE AS PRESENTED. SECOND TRUSTEE WESTON. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO NOW WE'RE IN DISCUSSION. UM. I HEAR THE REALITIES AS YOU GENTLEMEN HAVE EXPLAINED THEM. I HEAR IT. I'M ALSO A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. IN IN 1999, COLUMBINE CHANGED EVERYTHING. WE'VE SINCE HAD SANTA FE, WE'VE HAD MARJORY STONEMAN, WE'VE HAD ROBB ELEMENTARY. WE'VE HAD TOO MANY FOR ME TO EVEN LIST. AND. WE HAVE A HALF $1 BILLION BUDGET. AND I IT'S ANOTHER TIME WHERE I JUST SIT HERE AND I THINK, ARE WE REALLY SPENDING OUR MONEY ON THE RIGHT THINGS? HIS AS WE HAVE. WE AS A BOARD REALLY SCRUTINIZED THE BUDGET. AND ARE WE REALLY SPENDING OUR MONEY AND INVESTING OUR MONEY ON THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE SPENDING OUR MONEY ON AND INVESTING IT ON? AND BECAUSE I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT WE ARE. I'M A NO VOTE ON THIS. WE'VE GOT A TAX INCREASE GOING OUT TO THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER. DOESN'T ADDRESS SAFETY AND SECURITY. AND I KNOW THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT KEEPS ME AWAKE AT NIGHT. PEOPLE ASK ME, WHAT KEEPS YOU AWAKE AT NIGHT IS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. IT'S SOMETHING REALLY BAD UNFOLDING ON ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES. AND I ALSO KNOW THAT WHEN SECONDS COUNT, THE POLICE ARE ONLY MINUTES AWAY. AND I KNOW THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO STOP A BAD GUY WITH A GUN. THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY. SO. FOR THESE REASONS, I'LL BE VOTING NO. DR. AZAIEZ, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I KNOW OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A BOARD DECISION. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY AGAIN ONE MORE THING. I KNOW CINDY SAID IT ONCE. I THINK MAYBE TWICE. NOT ONLY ARE WE SAYING THERE'S NO MONEY, EVEN IF WE HAVE THE MONEY, WE'RE WE'RE SAYING ALSO WE'LL BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO BE FULLY STAFFED AND DO ONE OFFICER PER CAMPUS, LIKE IN A WEEK OR A MONTH OR EVEN LIKE IN SIX MONTHS JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF OF OFFICE ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO MONEY IS ONE FACTOR, BUT IT REALLY IS NOT THE ONLY FACTOR. I JUST WANT TO CLEAR THAT. TRUSTEE. BONE. THANK YOU. I HAVE THE SAME SENTIMENTS. TRUSTEE. WESTON. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT SAFETY ON THIS BOARD AND HB THREE PUT IT IN PEN PAPER AND MANDATED IT. AND WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY HAVING A PERSON AT THE CAPITOL. WE KNEW THIS HAS BEEN COMING. AND THEN WE GET HERE TO SEPTEMBER AND WE ACT ALL SURPRISED. YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE PROACTIVENESS IN THE DISTRICT. WE'VE HAD A POLICE FORCE. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES THAT I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A POLICE FORCE AND WE WERE BACK TO SROS BEING MANAGED DIFFERENTLY, IF THAT WOULD BE EASIER TO SHARE RESOURCES AND ACTUALLY HAVE THE RESOURCES AT OUR CAMPUSES. AND FOR ME, THIS ISN'T ABOUT WHETHER I AGREE WITH HAVING AN ARMED OFFICER AT EVERY CAMPUS OR NOT. IT IS FOR ME THAT THE STATE IS GIVING US $800,000 AND IT IS OUR JOB TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE JOB DONE. IT'S WHY WE PAY PEOPLE A LOT OF MONEY TO GET THE JOB DONE. AND FOR ME, IT'S JUST DISAPPOINTING WHEN THIS KIND OF LEGISLATION COMES OUT. AND IT'S REGARDING SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS THAT WE'RE SAYING WE CAN'T GET THE JOB DONE AND WE CAN'T ENSURE THEIR SAFETY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE THAT I'VE ACTUALLY HAD AND MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T GONE TO YOU. TRUSTEE LANDRUM AND I RESPECT THAT. BUT I PERSONALLY HAVE RECEIVED IN MY BOARD EMAIL MULTIPLE EMAILS OVER THE YEARS. I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD OF PARENTS BEGGING US TO HAVE AN ARMED GUARD ON THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES SPECIFICALLY. AND I BELIEVE OUR COVERAGE ACTUALLY WHY I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD HAS ACTUALLY DECREASED ON SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES. [06:45:02] SO I KIND OF HATE TO SEE THAT, TOO. SO FOR THAT REASON, I WILL BE VOTING NO. PRESIDENT LANDRUM I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE EIGHT FUNDED POSITIONS IN THE BUDGET THAT ARE VACANT, AND NOW WE GO AND WE'RE GOING TO ADD EIGHT MORE THAT'S FULLY FUNDED. SO US FULFILLING THIS MANDATE IS NOT A MONEY THING. WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIND THE PEOPLE TO DO IT BECAUSE I CAN'T FILL THE EIGHT I GOT NOW THAT'S BEEN IN THE BUDGET. I HAVE ALSO HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SOME PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY AND FINDING CARS AND FINDING EQUIPMENT RIGHT NOW. THERE WAS A CONTINGENCY FROM WILLIAMSON COUNTY THAT DROVE ALL THE WAY TO LOUISIANA BECAUSE THEY FOUND FOUR CARS THERE FOR THEIR OFFICERS AND THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS ANYWHERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO IT'S FINDING PEOPLE, IT'S FINDING RESOURCES. AND ALL OF THAT EQUALS UP TO A BIG STORM TO BE ABLE TO FILL IT ALL. TRUSTEE. HARRISON. I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU HAD YOUR LIGHT ON. I'M JUST READY TO VOTE. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. FIVE TWO, AND I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. WE DID NOT ACTUALLY DO A. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. WE HAVE TO TAKE A RECORD VOTE ON THE MOTION FOR THE CHAPLAINS. AND WE'VE NOT EVER ACTUALLY DONE A RECORD VOTE IN MY FIVE YEARS ON THE BOARD. SO WE'LL START WITH TRUSTEE WEIR AND RESTATE YOUR VOTE FOR DO WE HAVE TO HAVE HAVE A MOTION AGAIN? YOU'VE GOT TO REREAD THE MOTION. OKAY, WELL, WE'VE READ THE MOTION, SO WE JUST YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ ALL OF THE LANGUAGE AGAIN, BUT JUST THE MOTION AS PRESENTED, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION FOR DISCUSSION? NO, FOR ACTION ON SCHOOL CHAPLAINS AS PREVIOUSLY AGREED UPON. IS THAT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH? AS AS PRESENTED. OKAY. OKAY, LET ME SAY IT AGAIN. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION OF BOARD TO ACCEPT CHAPLAINS AS VOLUNTEERS. AS PRESENTED WITH. WITH CHANGES. CHANGES. SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. TRUSTEE. WEIR. YES. TRUSTEE ZARATE. YES. TRUSTEE. WESTON. NO. TRUSTEE. HARRISON. YES. TRUSTEE MARKHAM. YES. TRUSTEE. BONE. NO. TRUSTEE LANDRUM. YES. MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO. WE HAVE ACTION ITEMS THAT WE WILL NOW MOVE TO BY CONSENT SORRY, ITEMS. H ONE THROUGH FIVE AND SEVEN THROUGH FOUR. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS H ONE THROUGH FIVE AND SEVEN THROUGH 14 BY CONSENT. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND. UH TRUSTEE. WESTON. OH, MY GOD. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED THAT IN THE PAST I'VE ASKED TO PULL. ACTION ITEMS FOR CONSENT, AND IT'S BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T SEE IT UNTIL 72 HOURS PRIOR. AND SO WE DON'T ALWAYS GET FEEDBACK. TONIGHT, DR. BONE MADE A REQUEST TO POLL AND SHE WAS DENIED. AND TRUSTEE ZARATE REQUESTED A POLL AND HE WAS GRANTED. I THINK THIS IS DEEPLY TROUBLING AND ALSO DEEPLY REVEALING, AND I WOULD ASK THE BOARD MEMBERS TO PAUSE ABOUT TREATING SOME DIFFERENT, WHICH IS SOMETHING I CONSTANTLY POINT OUT. AND IT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT. AND YOU CAN TRY TO JUSTIFY IT. YOU CAN TRY TO SAY, WELL, IT'S OKAY BECAUSE NO, IT'S NOT. IT'S YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT TREATMENT DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ARE ON THIS BOARD AND IT'S NOT OKAY. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, HIS HIS MOTION TO PULL IT WAS NOT APPROVED. HIS MOTION TO TABLE IT TO ANOTHER MONTH WAS TRUSTEE. BONE DID NOT MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE HER MOTION. OKAY. WHETHER YOU'RE TABLING IT AND BRINGING IT UP SO HE CAN BRING IT UP TO PULL IT OFF OF CONSENT NEXT TIME. I MEAN, IT'S THE SAME. IT'S THE SAME IMPACT. IT'S ACTUALLY NOT. IT'S ACTUALLY NOT BECAUSE PULLING SOMETHING FROM CONSENT, PULLING IT TO ACTION, TAKES MORE DISCUSSION TIME. AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MOVING OUR MEETING ALONG BECAUSE IT IS NOW ONE 102 IN THE MORNING. AND SO THE ACTION TO PULL IT FROM A CONSENT ITEM TO AN ACTION ITEM REQUIRES DISCUSSION. AND SO THAT WAS WHAT WAS NOT APPROVED. IF SHE WANTED TO TABLE IT, THEN THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AN OPTION. BUT THAT MOTION WAS NOT MADE TO TABLE THAT. OKAY. WELL, THEN I'M GOING TO MOVE TO AMEND THAT MOTION TO EXCLUDE ITEMS H3 AND H4 TO TABLE H3 AND H4. [06:50:02] SHOOT A POINT OF ORDER BECAUSE SHE WAS ON THE LOSING SIDE. IS SHE ALLOWED TO? SO I THINK THE MOTION WOULD BE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER AND YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT MOTION UNLESS YOU WERE ON THE WINNING SIDE OF THE VOTE. SHE'S A YOU CAN'T AMENDING A MOTION. YOU CAN'T AMEND A MOTION THAT'S NOT ON THE TABLE. IT IS ON THE TABLE. THERE'S A MOTION TO TO PASS THOSE AND SHE'S AMENDING HER MOTION, BUT I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN TABLED. NO, THIS IS A WHOLE NEW MOTION. AMY MADE A MOTION. ITEMS H THREE AND FOUR WERE NOT TABLED. THEY LEFT. THEY WERE LEFT IN CONSENT. OH, THEY WERE LEFT IN. SO YOUR MOTION WOULD WOULD BE NOT TO TABLE IT BECAUSE THAT'S TWO SEPARATE ACTIONS. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE AN AMENDED MOTION. TRUSTEE WESTON TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE, TWO AND SEVEN THROUGH 14. THAT WOULD BE AN AMENDED MOTION AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AND ADDRESS AGENDA ITEMS THREE AND FOUR. YES. OKAY. THEN I'LL WITHDRAW WHAT I JUST SAID AND I'LL AMEND TRUSTEE WEIR'S MOTION ON REGARDING ITEM H TO REMOVE ITEMS THREE AND FOUR SO I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM H NUMBERS ONE, TWO, FIVE AND SEVEN THROUGH 14. I SECOND WITH THE INTENT TO MAKE A MOTION RIGHT AFTER THIS TO. APPROVED THREE AND FOUR. SO I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS BEFORE I VOTE ON IT. FIRST OFF, HOW LONG IS YOUR DISCUSSION GOING TO BE ON PULLING THOSE? I'M NOT PULLING THEM OFF CONSENT. THEY'LL STILL BE ON CONSENT, SO THERE WON'T BE ANY. YOU WANT TO VOTE ON THEM BY CONSENT. BUT JUST SEPARATELY. I WOULD BE FINE WITH THAT. OKAY, THEN I CAN DO THAT. SEPARATE VOTE FOR CONSENT ITEMS. I CAN DO THAT. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AMENDED MOTION. WE HAVE TO VOTE. DO WE WANT TO ACCEPT THE AMENDED MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. BUT. YEAH. OKAY. SO WE'RE JUST VOTING ON THEM SEPARATELY. THE MOTION, THE INTENT OF THE MOTION, THEY'RE ALL ON CONSENT. IT WOULD JUST ALLOW US TO VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY ALL APPROVE AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A SEPARATE VOTE AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO VOTE DIFFERENTLY ON THOSE. SO WILL THERE BE ANY DISCUSSION? LET ME CLARIFY. OUR FIRST MOTION IS TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE, TWO, FIVE, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN, 11, 12, 13, 14. THAT'S THE AMENDED MOTION. WE ARE JUST VOTING TO DECIDE IF WE WANT TO ACCEPT THE AMENDED MOTION. WE'RE NOT VOTING TO APPROVE THE MOTION. WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THE MOTION FIRST. IF WE DON'T ACCEPT THE MOTION, THEN WE GO BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL MOTION. BUT IF WE ACCEPT HER MOTION, THEN WE WILL VOTE TO APPROVE. ONE, TWO, FIVE, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN, 11, 12, 13, 14. SO RIGHT NOW YOU ARE ONLY VOTING TO ACCEPT THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON DANIEL TRUSTEE WESTON'S AMENDED MOTION. CAN I. DID I EXPLAIN THAT CORRECTLY? YES. CAN CAN I ASK HOW MUCH DISCUSSION? I MEAN, YOU SAID YOU SAID NO DISCUSSION AND THEN SHE WANTS TO VOTE TRUSTEE BONE WANTS TO VOTE ON THREE AND FOUR BY CONSENT SEPARATELY. TRUSTEE WESTON DIDN'T DIDN'T AGREE TO NO DISCUSSION, THOUGH. DID YOU KNOW SHE WANTS TO BUY CONSENT? THAT'S WHAT THE NEXT MOTION IS GOING TO BE IS ITEMS THREE AND FOUR BY CONSENT. OKAY. YEAH. IT'S REALLY OUR ONLY OPTION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T PULL THEM OFF OF CONSENT. SO THIS IS. OKAY. SO ALL IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING TRUSTEE WESTON MOTION? RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. NOW WE'RE VOTING TO APPROVE ITEMS. ONE, TWO, FIVE, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN, 11, 12, 13, 14. ALL IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES. SEVEN ZERO. NOW DO I HAVE MOTION ABOUT ITEMS H THREE AND FOUR. I MOVE TO APPROVE BY CONSENT ITEMS H3 AND H4. SECOND, AND I GOT A WHOLE LOT OF LIGHTS ON IT. I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY WHO WHO WANTS WHO NEEDS TO SPEAK. NO ONE. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEMS H3 AND H4 ALL IN FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES SIX ONE. THE LAST ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS ACTION ITEM I ONE AT 1:06 A.M.. THIS. OH, YEAH. BUT YEAH. SO THE LAST ACTION ITEM IS ITEM I ONE, AND THIS IS TO APPROVE A NOMINATION FOR THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY CENTRAL APPRAISAL. WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. SORRY, MOUTH IS NOT WORKING. WE HAD FOUR PEOPLE WHO SUBMITTED THEIR NAMES. TWO OF THEM DID NOT SUBMIT RESUMES AS REQUESTED BY THE PROCESS. THAT WOULD BE CHARLES CHADWELL AND DAVID SCHMIDT. AND ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS ACTUALLY SUBMITTED THEIR INFORMATION AFTER THE DEADLINE, WHICH WOULD BE KEN MADSEN. SO WE TECHNICALLY ONLY HAD ONE PERSON WHO SUBMITTED IN THE TIME FRAME WITH ALL REQUESTED INFORMATION, AND THAT WOULD BE MICHAEL WAY. [06:55:07] SO DO I HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT, ABOUT ANY OF THESE CANDIDATES OR DO I HAVE A MOTION? TRUSTEE HARRISON. I MOVED TO APPROVE MICHAEL WAY AS THE NOMINATION FOR THE WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS? TRUSTEE. BONE. YEAH, I'M YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHERE WE TALK ABOUT, OH, WE GOT ALL THIS INFORMATION BEFOREHAND AND NOW IT'S LIKE, SURPRISE. I MEAN, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THESE PEOPLE, I MEAN, WE GOT THEIR INFORMATION THAT WE HAD FOR PEOPLE TO CONSIDER TONIGHT. IT WAS IN THE IT WAS IN THE GOOGLE DRIVE. I KNOW THERE WAS FOR PEOPLE TO CONSIDER TONIGHT. UH HUH. AND NOW YOU'RE SITTING HERE TELLING US THAT WE CAN'T CONSIDER THREE OF US. I DIDN'T SAY THAT. OKAY. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T SAY YOU COULDN'T CONSIDER ANYBODY. I WAS JUST TELLING YOU, TWO PEOPLE DIDN'T SUBMIT THEIR RESUME AS REQUESTED BY THE PROCESS AND ONE PERSON SUBMITTED AFTER THE DEADLINE. BUT THERE'S NO POLICY AND THERE'S NO PROCEDURE THAT THEY HAD TO HAVE SUBMITTED BY THE DEADLINE. THIS WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT CAME UP AS A REQUEST FROM TRUSTEE WESTON THAT WE REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT. AND THERE WAS A DEADLINE OF WHEN THEY WERE EXPECTED AND WHEN THE WINDOW CLOSED. ONE INDIVIDUAL SUBMITTED HIS INFORMATION AFTER THE DEADLINE. THE INFORMATION WAS STILL GIVEN TO US. THAT WOULD BE KEN MADSEN. TWO INDIVIDUALS SUBMITTED A COVER LETTER, COVER LETTER, BUT NO RESUME, WHICH WAS ALSO REQUESTED IN THE PROCESS. WE STILL HAVE THEIR INFORMATION IN FRONT OF US, WHICH WOULD BE CHARLES CHADWELL AND DAVID SCHMIDT. OKAY, I'M SORRY I TOOK IT WRONG. I THOUGHT WHEN YOU SAID NOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT WAS REQUESTED THAT IT WASN'T. I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT WAS REQUIRED. NO, I NEVER SAID THAT. I JUST SAID THAT TWO PEOPLE REALLY OF THE FOUR PEOPLE, ONLY ONE PERSON DID ALL OF THE STEPS THAT WERE REQUESTED IN THE PROCESS THAT WE OUTLINED. OKAY. AND THEN I THINK TRUSTEE WESTON HAD THIS. I THINK THERE WERE. THE QUESTION WAS ASKED DO THESE PEOPLE ALL LIVE IN ROUND ROCK? YES, THEY ALL LIVE IN ROUND ROCK ISD AND THEY ALL LIVE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN ORDER TO BE QUALIFIED FOR THE POSITION. BUT THEY ALSO ALL LIVE IN ROUND ROCK ISD. OKAY. AND THAT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY ADMINISTRATION. AND ALL FOUR OF THESE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY BE PUT ON THE BALLOT. RIGHT? WELL, WHATEVER OUR MOTION IS, IF WE WANT TO MOVE TO PUT ALL FOUR OF THEM ON, BUT WE HAVE A MOTION JUST NEVER I MEAN, USUALLY WE HAVE LIKE ONE PERSON, RIGHT? SO BUT WE CAN MOVE TO PUT ALL WE ACTUALLY CAN MAKE A MOTION NOT TO PUT ANYBODY ON THE BALLOT. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. TRUSTEE WESTON. I'D LIKE TO AMEND THAT MOTION TO PUT ALL FOUR NAMES ON THE BALLOT BECAUSE ALL WE'RE DOING TONIGHT, WE'RE NOT LIKE SELECTING ANYBODY OR AWARDING OUR VOTES, WHICH, BY THE WAY, I'M ASSUMING YOU ALL KNOW HOW MANY VOTES WE HAVE IN THIS, BASICALLY A SUPERMAJORITY. NO, WE DON'T HAVE A SUPERMAJORITY. ANYBODY THAT WE END UP VOTING FOR WILL GET ON THE BOARD. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, IF WE ONLY SELECT ONE PERSON. THAT IS TRUE. YES. SO I WOULD ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO AMEND THE MOTION TO ADD ALL FOUR OF THESE NAMES. MAKE THE MOTION. I AMEND THE MOTION TO ADD ALL FOUR OF THESE NAMES TO THE BALLOT TO ALLOW TRUSTEES, IF THEY'RE INTERESTED TO I MEAN, SOME OF THESE NAMES I RECOGNIZE SOME OF THEM. I DON'T. I'LL TELL YOU. WELL, SO THAT'S MY MOTION THEN. I'D LIKE SOME DISCUSSION TO ADD ALL FOUR NAMES. THAT'S MY MOTION. I NEED YOU TO SAY. I MOVE. I MOVE TO ADD ALL FOUR NAMES LISTED ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM TO THE BALLOT. OKAY. OH, YEAH. I MOVED TO AMEND THE MOTION. YOU'RE MAKING AN AMENDED MOTION, AND MY MOTION IS I MOVE THAT. OKAY. AND THEN I HAVE DISCUSSION. IF I GET A SECOND, I SECOND THAT. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. TRUSTEE WESTON. SO I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE GOT SOME NAMES. I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT THERE'S SOME NAMES HERE I DON'T RECOGNIZE. I THE ONLY PREPARATION I DID FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM IS I LOOKED UP THESE NAMES IN THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT WEBSITE AND ONE OF THE NAMES IS THE PERSON DOES NOT APPEAR. NOW, MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T OWN PROPERTY. MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE THEY RENT PROPERTY. I DON'T KNOW. BUT I'D LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FOUR GENTLEMEN. I'D LIKE TO TO CALL OR EMAIL THEM AND SAY, WHY DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS? THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ME. SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANYBODY OFF THE TABLE TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE AGAIN TO ACTUALLY CAST THE BALLOTS. SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO LEAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE ON THE TABLE FOR TONIGHT. TRUSTEE. BONE. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY I AGREE AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THEM. HOW I'D LIKE TO SEE THE PROCESS GO. IS THAT JUST PUT THEM ALL FOR IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY TOOK THE TIME TO APPLY AND THEN WHEN WE ACTUALLY VOTE AND DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT IS? TRUSTEE LANDRUM DO YOU KNOW WHEN WE VOTE ON I BELIEVE IN OCTOBER WE'LL BE SUBMITTING OUR OUR OUR VOTE. [07:00:05] SO AND WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY, EVERY, EVERY TAXING ENTITY IS MAKING NOMINATIONS. THEN WE'LL RECEIVE A BALLOT WITH EVERY NAME THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY ALL OF THE TAXING ENTITIES. AND THEN WE WILL DECIDE WHO WE WANT TO GIVE OUR VOTES TO OUT OF THE BALLOT THAT WE RECEIVE. SO THEN IN OCTOBER, I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO INVITE AT LEAST THE FOUR. I MEAN, WE COULD INVITE EVERYBODY THAT'S ON THE BALLOT, BUT AT LEAST THE FOUR THAT WE'VE PUT ON THE BALLOT, AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK. AND THAT WAY WE COULD ALL JUST HEAR AND THEN MAKE AN EDUCATED VOTE BECAUSE, I MEAN, I KNOW A COUPLE OF THEM, BUT I DON'T KNOW A COUPLE OF THEM AND I DON'T KNOW WHY A COUPLE OF THEM WANT TO BE ON IT. I MEAN, BECAUSE. THE INFORMATION WE GOT WAS PRETTY LIGHT, SO I LIKE. TRUSTEE. WESTON. MOTION. TRUSTEE. WEIR. WELL, I WAS ACTUALLY JUST. I PUSHED MY BUTTON AFTER DANIELLE SPOKE BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW I FELT ABOUT INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES REACHING OUT AND INTERVIEWING THESE INDIVIDUALS. THAT DIDN'T SEEM APPROPRIATE. I ALSO DON'T KNOW. WELL, I MEAN, I GUESS IT JUST FEELS ODD TO TO BRING THEM IN AND INTERVIEW THEM FOR THIS. BUT AT LEAST IF WE DID IT IN FRONT OF THE FULL BOARD, THAT WOULD BE BETTER THAN TRUSTEES EMAILING ON THEIR OWN. YEAH. AND I DON'T THINK ANYTHING PROHIBITS ME, BUT I THINK IT'D BE GREAT JUST. AND JUST SAY YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO TELL YOU. TELL US WHY YOU WANT TO DO THIS. I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO. I NEED TO HEAR. I THINK THAT'D BE HELPFUL. TRUSTEE. HARRISON. I DON'T SHARE THE SENTIMENT. I DON'T FEEL LIKE I NEED TO HEAR, BUT I WOULD LOVE. I HAVE ZERO MORE TIME IN ME. I CALL THE QUESTION. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO. I HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION. YOU'RE JUST VOTING TO DECIDE IF WE WANT TO VOTE ON THE MOTION. DO WE EVEN WANT TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT FIRST? ALL IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING AN AMENDMENT? YEAH, BUT WE'RE JUST ACCEPTING IF WE WANT. WE'RE NOT VOTING TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT. WE HAVE TO JUST VOTE IF WE WANT TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT. IT SEEMS REPETITIVE, BUT IT'S A STEP THAT'S REQUIRED IN ROBERT'S RULES. WE CAN VOTE TO NOT EVEN ACCEPT YOUR AMENDMENT, AND THEN WE IMMEDIATELY GO BACK TO VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION. OR WE CAN VOTE TO APPROVE YOUR MOTION AND THEN I MEAN TO ACCEPT YOUR MOTION. THEN WE VOTE TO APPROVE YOUR MOTION. THEN IF THAT MOTION FAILS, THEN WE GO BACK AND VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S REPETITIVE, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT'S REQUIRED IN ROBERT'S RULES. SO RIGHT NOW YOU ARE VOTING TO DECIDE IF YOU WANT TO VOTE ON HER MOTION. SO WE ARE VOTING TO DECIDE IF WE WANT TO. AM I EXPLAINING THAT CORRECTLY? OKAY. SO YOU ARE VOTING TO DECIDE IF YOU WANT TO ACCEPT AMENDED MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. THE AMENDED MOTION FAILS 2 TO 5. IT GOES BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION OF NOMINATING MICHAEL WAY FOR THE AND THERE'S NO DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE CALLED THE QUESTION. SO THERE'S NO NO COMMENTS ON IT. IS THAT JUST CALLING THAT CALLS ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE SO THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION? CORRECT. SO NOW A MOTION TO PUT NOMINATE MICHAEL WAY AS THE NOMINEE FOR POSITION. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO. OKAY. JUST AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE TABLED AGENDA ITEM H6G1G2K1M1. THAT BRINGS US TO BOARD BUSINESS OF J ONE. [J. BOARD BUSINESS] I HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS. I WILL MAKE IT AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE. UM, IT IS. WE HAVE TWO UPCOMING MEETINGS. I HAVE YESES FROM TRUSTEE LANDRUM. TRUSTEE WEIR TRUSTEE MARKHAM TRUSTEE ZARATE TRUSTEE HARRISON WILL BE VIRTUAL TRUSTEE. WESTON. YOU WERE ORIGINALLY A NO AND YOUR RSVP HAS GONE TO NO RESPONSE AND TRUSTEE BONE YOURS IS A NO RESPONSE. NEXT WEDNESDAY, THE SEPTEMBER 27TH. RIGHT. I EMAILED YOU THAT. I CAN'T GO NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER. I'M NOT GOING. I KNEW THAT IT DID SAY NO FOR A WHILE, BUT NOW IT'S IN NO RESPONSE. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED. IT'S VERY STRANGE BECAUSE SHE SAID MY RESPONSE ALSO CHANGED. AND I DON'T KNOW. PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY MESSING WITH OUR. I DON'T KNOW. YEAH, MINE WAS ON MY END. I WAS A YES. AND THEN I CHANGED IT TO A NO. AND NOW IT'S A NO RESPONSE. SO ARE YOU A NO STILL? AND WHAT ABOUT YOU? TRUSTEE BONE? I AM A MAYBE I MIGHT BE HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF IT AND THEN I'LL HAVE TO LEAVE. OKAY. THEN WE HAVE A MEETING ON OCTOBER THE 19TH, WHICH IS OUR NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING. I HAVE YESES FROM LANDRUM, WEIR, MARKHAM, ZARATE AND HARRISON. I HAVE A NO FROM TRUSTEE BONE AND I DON'T HAVE A RESPONSE FROM TRUSTEE. WESTON. AND YOUR. YES. OKAY, FABULOUS. NEXT THING ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS TRUSTEE. BONE IS STEPPING DOWN ON HER APPOINTMENT FROM THE CAPITAL PROJECTS COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THE CPC OK THAT IS AN APPOINTMENT THAT THE [07:05:10] PRESIDING OFFICER MAKES FROM INTERESTED PARTIES AND WE ARE NOT PLACED OR POSTED TO DISCUSS THIS. BUT I WILL THROW THAT OUT THERE THAT I DO NEED TO FIND A REPLACEMENT FOR THAT POSITION IF SOMEBODY IS INTERESTED. WHAT WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE IS EITHER TRUSTEE MARKHAM OR TRUSTEE WESTON MOVING FROM THE SAFETY AND SECURITY BECAUSE WE'RE TECHNICALLY ONLY REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO TRUSTEES ON THAT. ONE IS REQUIRED TO BE THE BOARD PRESIDENT, SO WE NEED ONE OTHER TRUSTEE ON THAT AND THEN ONE TRUSTEE TO SERVE ON THE CPC. OK SO IF EITHER OF YOU ARE WILLING TO BE RELOCATED FROM THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE TO THE CPC OK, SEND ME AN EMAIL BECAUSE I NEED TO MAKE THAT DECISION. OR IF ANYBODY IS WILLING TO STEP UP AND TAKE AN ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENT BECAUSE TRUSTEE WEIR SERVES ON THE PI FOUNDATION. TRUSTEE ZARATE SERVES ON KZZB TRUSTEE. HARRISON IS ON THE CPC OK AND TRUSTEE MARKHAM IS ON SAFETY AND SECURITY TRUSTEE. WESTON IS ON SAFETY. SECURITY. I'M ON SAFETY AND SECURITY. SO EVERYBODY'S GOT AN APPOINTMENT. SO WE EITHER NEED TO MOVE WESTON AND OR MARKHAM OFF OF SAFETY AND SECURITY, OR SOMEBODY NEEDS TO STEP UP AND TAKE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT. SO LET ME KNOW IF ALICIA OR DANIELLE ARE WILLING TO MAKE THAT NEXT WEEKEND. IS TACITUS CONFERENCE ATTENDING WILL BE TRUSTEES LANDRUM, ZARATE, MARKHAM AND WESTON. WE ALSO DID JUST CLOSE OUT OUR TWO WAY COMMUNICATIONS, VISIONS AND VALUES THAT TRUSTEE HARRISON AND HER TEAM SO GRACIOUSLY COORDINATED FOR US. WE HAD ONE AT RIDGEVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THAT WAS ATTENDED BY TRUSTEE MARKHAM, TRUSTEE, WESTON AND MYSELF. WE HAD A VIRTUAL ONE ON SEPTEMBER 11TH THAT WAS FACILITATED BY TRUSTEES, HARRISON AND MYSELF, EXCUSE ME. AND THEN ON THE 19TH OF THIS WEEK WE HAD ONE AT PEARSON RANCH, WHICH WAS TRUSTEE, WEIR, TRUSTEE HARRISON AND TRUSTEE. ZARATE NOPE, CHANGED IT TO TRUSTEE MARKHAM OKAY, SO TRUSTEE MARKHAM WAS THERE. WONDERFUL. WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT NEXT STEPS, WRAPPING UP EVERYTHING THAT WE LEARNED IN THOSE. OUR COMMUNICATIONS SUB TEAM IS GOING TO BE SUMMARIZING THAT INFORMATION, GETTING US BACK TO THAT ON AS TRUSTEES TO SEE WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE. TWO MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS, THREE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS. SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. WE DID JUST APPROVE A RESOLUTION UNDER OUR CONSENT ITEMS, AND SO WE'VE HAD SOME PUBLIC SPEAKERS ABOUT IT. SO I'M HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO APPROVE THAT. IT'S ALSO SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH. DON'T FORGET THAT PEOPLE YOU MAY BE CALL 988 IS THE SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE. AND THE LAST ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I HAVE IS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IS FROM SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER THE 15TH. THERE WAS A LOT OF ANNOUNCEMENTS. DR. AZAIEZ HAS SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS AND I HAVE A LIGHT FROM TRUSTEE BONE THAT WILL BE VERY QUICK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO I JUST WANT TO FIRST OF ALL THANK OUR HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES. HR HOSTED AN EVENT THIS MONDAY TO TO CELEBRATE WE 22 VISITING INTERNATIONAL TEACHER. I WANT TO THANK TRUSTEE HARRISON FOR BEING THERE REPRESENTING OUR BOARD. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT THAT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW BUT WE HAVE WE WE WE RECRUITED 22 VISITING INTERNATIONAL TEACHER FROM PHILIPPINES, SPAIN, BRAZIL, MEXICO AND COLOMBIA AND GHANA, AND THEY'RE REALLY DOING AMAZING WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS. I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR AMAZING STUDENTS AND OUR FINE ART TEACHERS. THEY WON A RECORD NUMBER 15 NATIONAL MARK OF EXCELLENCE AND CITATION OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS, WHICH IS A RECORD NUMBER FOR OUR DISTRICT. SO GREAT JOB THERE. AND THEN FINALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, IF YOU NOTICED, BUT VADER IS NOW PROP A SO AND WE ARE HAVING SEVERAL EVENTS COMING UP IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. TWO OF THEM WILL BE IN PERSON AND ONE OF THEM WILL BE VIRTUAL. OCTOBER 3RD WILL BE A WILL BE VIRTUAL. OCTOBER 4TH WILL BE AT MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEN OCTOBER 24TH WILL BE AT STONY POINT. THEY ALL START AT 6:00. WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT AND OUR GOAL IS TO EXPLAIN AND PROVIDE AS MANY FACTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPERTY AS POSSIBLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO HOPEFULLY SOME OF YOU MAY MAY JOIN US THEN. THANK YOU. FABULOUS. TRUSTEE. BONE. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO CD FOLKS RIDGEVUE AND CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL FOR HOSTING ME ON TOURS THAT WERE SET UP BY DR. AZAIEZ. AND I THINK THE AREA SUPERINTENDENTS ARE THE ONE AREA SUPERINTENDENT, DR. GUERRERO, AND WE WENT OVER EMR AT EACH SCHOOL. TRUSTEE LANDRUM WAS ABLE TO JOIN ME AT RIDGE VIEW, BUT I WAS KIND OF SOLO FOR MOST OF THE TIME AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOUR TEAM. [07:10:01] IT WAS A GREAT TOUR. WE'VE GOT GREAT THINGS GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOLS WITH EMR. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE STUDENTS AND BE IN THE SCHOOLS DURING THE DAY AND SEE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IN ACTION. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND DR. NICHOLS, PLEASE LET DR. GUERRERO KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DID AND ALL THE PRINCIPALS. THEY GAVE US PACKETS, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF ALL THE TRUSTEES COULD GET THAT WE MIGHT. THERE'S A THERE WERE SOME PACKETS THAT WERE HANDED OUT. SO I THINK THE OTHER TRUSTEES MIGHT ENJOY SEEING THE INFORMATION, TOO. THANK YOU. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM FROM THE OTHER TOURS THAT I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO ON. ALSO, PLEASE TRUSTEE WESTON. WE HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING ABOUT OR FROM SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, BUT I DID SEND AN AGENDA ITEM REQUEST DURING THIS MEETING TONIGHT TO DR. AZAIEZ AND THE BOARD PRESIDENT REQUESTING INFORMATION SO THAT THE BOARD CAN HAVE SOME LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING. THAT SEEMED LIKE QUITE AN OUTPOURING. OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT GOING TO DISCUSS WHAT THEY WERE SAYING, BUT THERE WAS SOME CONSISTENCY WITH WHAT THEY WERE SAYING AND IT HAS CONCERNED ME. SO I HAVE REQUESTED THAT INFORMATION TO COME TO THE BOARD. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE HARRISON I'M JUST SUPER QUICK SHOUT OUT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT LANDRUM, FOR OUR NEW NIFTY FOLDERS. THANK YOU. SHE PUT THESE TOGETHER HERSELF AND I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. NO OTHER LIGHTS ON, NOTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA. IT IS 123 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.