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GOOD EVENING. IT IS 5:30 ON THURSDAY, MAY 16TH, 2024.
[B. CALL TO ORDER]
I HEREBY CALL THIS MEETING OF THE ROUND ROCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES, REGULAR BOARD MEETING TO ORDER TONIGHT.IN ATTENDANCE, WE HAVE TRUSTEE ZÁRATE, LANDRUM, HARRISON, MARKUM AND BONE.
TRUSTEE WESTON IS ABSENT AND TRUSTEE WEIR IS STUCK IN TRAFFIC AND SHOULD BE HERE MOMENTARILY.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ITEMS F TWO AND G TWO TO OUR FIRST TWO ITEMS FOR THE EVENING.
SO WE'LL DO RECOGNITIONS, WE'LL DO PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM F TWO.
THEN G TWO, THEN WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO F ONE.
SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF PROGRAMMING NOTE, BUT NOW WE ARE ON TO RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS AND STAFF.
[D. RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS AND STAFF]
SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ANNIE.GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT LANDRUM, TRUSTEES AND DR.
WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT OF, A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT.
SO THIS THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE WHILE, BUT IF YOU COULD JOIN US IN FRONT OF THE DAIS.
THE TEAM HAS ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH THIS SCHOOL YEAR, FROM WINNING FIRST PLACE IN THE TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS IN POLICY DEBATE TO BEING RANKED IN THE TOP 1% OF PROGRAMS NATIONALLY FOR THE PENTAGON CLUB IN THE NATIONAL SPEECH AND DEBATE ASSOCIATION, TO PLACING FIRST IN THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY FORUM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, WHERE THEY COMPETED AGAINST 26 COUNTRIES AND 33 STATE COMPETITORS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE TEAM.
WILL THE DEBATE TEAM, THEIR TEACHER DOMINIC HENDERSON, PRINCIPAL ERIN CAMPBELL AND AREA SUPERINTENDENT ZAC OLDHAM COME TO THE FRONT FOR A PHOTO, PLEASE? NO, SIR.
THE NEXT GROUP WE CELEBRATE TODAY IS THE STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL NAVY JROTC.
THE TEAM HAS BEEN NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS A DISTINGUISHED UNIT WITH ACADEMIC HONORS FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, WHILE ALSO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN STONY POINT HISTORY, BEING RANKED NUMBER ONE IN AREA 18 IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WILL THE STONY POINT NAVY JROTC, MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT ISHMAEL CASTILLO, PRINCIPAL ANTHONY WATSON, AND AREA SUPERINTENDENT PATRICIA EPHLIN, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT FOR A PHOTO.
WE WOULD NOW LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL FIRST TECH CHALLENGE TEAM, THE TOMAHAWK ROBOTICS TEAM, FROM BEING NAMED STATE RUNNER UP FOR THE FIRST TECH CHALLENGE, AS WELL AS MAKING THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND SEMIFINALIST, WHICH PLACES THEM IN THE FINAL 12 TEAMS OF 8000 TEAMS IN THE WORLD.
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OKAY. THE NEXT GROUP WE'RE RECOGNIZING TONIGHT IS ONE OF FOUR THAT HAS GARNERED NATIONAL RECOGNITION, RECOGNITION IN THE 89TH ANNUAL LE GRAND CONCOURS? YES! ALL RIGHT.THE GROUP RECEIVED 20 BRONZE MEDALS, 14 SILVER MEDALS, 11 GOLD MEDALS, AND ONE PLATINUM.
OUR NEXT GROUP OF FRENCH SCHOLARS ARE FROM PEARSON RANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THIS GROUP RECEIVED FIVE BRONZE, 11 SILVER AND SIX GOLD MEDALS.
WE WANT TO ALSO THANK OR CONGRATULATE THE MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO COMPETED IN THE SAME.
MCNEIL STUDENTS RECEIVED FIVE BRONZE, ONE SILVER AND ONE GOLD MEDAL, AND OUR FINAL GROUP ARE FROM WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.
OUT OF 90 STUDENTS COMPETING, 18 WON BRONZE, 20 SILVER AND 13 GOLD MEDALS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO AUBREE GRIFFIN.
WILL AUBREE, COACH THOMAS, JOE LEWINSKI, PRINCIPAL ANTHONY WATSON AND AREA SUPERINTENDENT PATRICIA EPHLIN PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT? OUR NEXT HIGHLIGHT FOR THE EVENING IS ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL'S XAVIER DRUMGOOLE, WHO PLACED FIRST IN THE STATE FOR THE TRIPLE JUMP.
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NEXT, WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL'S BOYS GYMNASTICS TEAM THAT RECENTLY COMPETED AT THE STATE COMPETITION IN EL PASO.THE TEAM PLACED THIRD OVERALL IN THE STATE.
DIEGO ALSO PLACED THIRD ON FLOOR AND SECOND ON PARALLEL BARS.
OUR FINAL STUDENT RECOGNITION FOR THE EVENING IS ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL'S AMISHA SOWELL.
THIS WEEKEND OR THIS WEEK, AMISHA WAS ANNOUNCED AS ONE OF 161 SENIORS SELECTED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS A 2024 US PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
THE WHITE HOUSE COMMISSION ON PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS SELECTS STUDENTS BASED ON ACADEMIC SUCCESS, EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS, AND IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION THROUGH ESSAYS, EVALUATIONS, AND TRANSCRIPTS, AS WELL AS DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY SERVICE.
NEXT WE MOVE ON TO OUR STAFF RECOGNITION.
THIS AWARD IS A SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR THE MEMBERS OF TIEA AND THE VASE FAMILY, WHO HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO VASE, PROVIDE A DILIGENT AND CONTINUOUS SERVICE, AND CONTINUE TO DISPLAY THE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF VASE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE FINE ARTS.
THANK YOU, DR. AZAIEZ AND TRUSTEES.
YOU COULD BE A DR.? ELECTRICIAN. THEY FIX THE LIGHT BULBS.
THEY SHOULD EAT HEALTHY STUFF FOR THE DIET.
TURKEY. STAY ON THE DIET BEFORE THEY JUST EAT WHATEVER THEY WANT.
PLAY VIDEO GAMES AND PLAY OUTSIDE.
TRYING TO FIND THE PERSON YOU LOVE.
REMEMBER ABOUT THEIR TEACHERS AND REMEMBER THEIR FRIENDS.
MAYBE IF THEY'RE DONE WITH SCHOOL, THEY COULD GO FIND A MATE.
IF SOMEBODY NEEDS HELP WITH THEIR HOMEWORK, YOU CAN HAVE THEM HAVE PLAYDATES.
MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT LIFE IS TO RESPECT OTHER PEOPLE THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE RESPECTED.
LIFE IS TOO SHORT, SO YOU WANT TO HAVE FUN FOR ALL, EVERY DAY, ALL DAY.
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YOU SHOULD REMEMBER THAT ALL THE WONDERFUL TEACHERS YOU HAVE AND WHAT YOU LEARNED.OKAY. THAT WAS JUST WONDERFUL.
CAN WE HAVE THAT ON REPEAT FOR THE WHOLE MEETING? SO PRECIOUS.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
[E. PUBLIC COMMENTS TO AGENDA ITEMS UNDER SECTIONS F, G, H, I AND K ONLY]
AT EACH BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD WILL SET ASIDE TIME TO AFFORD THE GENERAL PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.THE BOARD REQUESTS THAT COMMENTS, WHETHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, BE COURTEOUS AND RESPECTFUL.
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 STAND 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 INDIVIDUAL WARNING FROM THE PRESIDING OFFICER, ANY INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING BY HIS OR HER WORDS OR ACTIONS, THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL REQUEST ASSISTANCE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL REMOVED FROM THE MEETING.
THEREFORE, BOARD MEMBERS MAY NOT DISCUSS THE COMMENTS OF SPEAKERS.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
TRUSTEE HARRISON IS THE DESIGNATED TIMEKEEPER.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS PETE IPPOLITO.
YOU ARE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F1 AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
DID I GET YOUR NAME CORRECT? IPPOLITO? YEAH, THAT WAS VERY GOOD FOR A FIRST TRY.
GREAT. THANK YOU. WELCOME TO OUR MEETING.
GOOD EVENING. I HAVEN'T REALLY PREPARED ANYTHING, BUT BASICALLY, THIS IS A BUDGET ITEM SPECIFICALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE IB PROGRAM AT WESTWOOD. SO ONE OF THE CUTBACKS WAS TO THE TWO YEAR IB HEALTH SCIENCE PROGRAM.
IT'S BEEN CHANGED INTO A ONE YEAR PROGRAM GOING FORWARD, AND THAT'S FINE.
IT'S PROBABLY A HARD DECISION ALONG WITH OTHER HARD DECISIONS, BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE ARE NOW ABOUT A SMALL GROUP OF STUDENTS, ABOUT 17 STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN DISENFRANCHISED, AND THESE STUDENTS WERE EXPECTING TO COMPLETE THEIR TWO YEAR PROGRAM IN IB HEALTH SCIENCE, AND NOW THEY'VE BASICALLY BEEN LEFT WITHOUT ANY OPTIONS.
THEY KNOW SOME OF THEM CAN DEFAULT OR CHANGE THEIR FOCUS TO SOME OTHER TRACK OF STUDY, BUT I DO KNOW THERE'S AT LEAST ONE STUDENT, MAYBE MORE, WHO HAS NO OPTION AND, YOU KNOW, WON'T BE ABLE TO ATTAIN AN IB DIPLOMA AS A RESULT.
SO MY REQUEST TO THE BOARD, IS THAT OKAY, GOING FORWARD, MAYBE THE IB PROGRAM? OKAY, IT'S A IB HEALTH SCIENCE PROGRAM AT WESTWOOD IS A ONE YEAR PROGRAM, AND THAT'S FINE, BUT I REQUEST THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER THE SITUATION OF THIS HANDFUL OF STUDENTS AND TRY TO MAKE THE SITUATION RIGHT.
THERE'S NO CONTRACT WITH THESE STUDENTS.
MAYBE THERE WAS A FORMAL CONTRACT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ENGAGED IN THEIR PATH OF STUDY WITH THE BELIEF THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO COMPLETE IT AS WITHOUT ANY DISRUPTION.
SO NOW FOR THIS SMALL GROUP OF STUDENTS, THAT PATH HAS BEEN DISRUPTED.
I WOULD ASK THAT SOMEHOW IN THE BUDGET WE FIND A WAY TO REMEDIATE.
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LET'S SEE. I'M REPRESENTING EDUCATION ROUND ROCK MEMBERS TONIGHT.WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S A BUDGET DEFICIT BECAUSE THE STATE HAS UNDERFUNDED PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND WE'RE REMINDING EVERYONE TONIGHT THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS VOTE FOR PEOPLE WHO DO SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION.
THERE IS ACTUALLY A RUNOFF ON MAY 28TH, AND EVERYONE SHOULD ALSO WRITE THEIR LEGISLATORS ASKING THEM TO REQUEST A SPECIAL SESSION SESSION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING.
ONE ITEM IN THE PRESENTATION IS ABOUT INCREASING SOME CLASS SIZES BECAUSE WE ARE RICHLY STAFFED COMPARED TO OTHER DISTRICTS, EVEN ADDING 1 OR 2 MORE STUDENTS INCREASES THE WORKLOAD OF TEACHERS EXPONENTIALLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN SUPPORT POSITIONS ARE ALSO REDUCED.
ARE WE ALSO RICHLY STAFFED THERE, OR ARE WE INCREASING THEIR WORKLOAD, TOO? WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE A LIST OF ALL POSITIONS WHICH RECEIVE ANY KIND OF STIPEND, FROM BILINGUAL STIPENDS TO CELL PHONES TO RECRUITMENT TO RETENTION.
WE ALSO WONDER ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WITH THE 31 FTE REDUCTION THIS YEAR.
ARE THESE POSITIONS THAT WERE IN THE PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT? WERE THESE POSITIONS THAT WERE NEVER FILLED OR WILL THEY NOT BE FILLED NEXT YEAR? IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO MAKE TRANSPORTATION RUN MORE EFFICIENTLY, BUT WHEN WILL EMPLOYEES KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING AND HOW IT AFFECTS THEIR JOBS? LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO IMPRESS UPON YOU THE CRITICAL ROLE THAT OUR ITS STAFF PLAY AT TITLE ONE CAMPUSES.
THIS STAFF SERVES A CRITICAL ROLE.
NOT ONLY TIME IS UP. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION ON THE BUDGET HAS ME ANGRY.
TO BE CLEAR, I'M ANGRY THAT OUR DISTRICT IS BEING FORCED INTO THIS POSITION.
MY TAX DOLLARS AND THE TAX DOLLARS OF EVERY PROPERTY OWNER IN ROUND ROCK ISD ARE SITTING IN AUSTIN, NOT BEING USED FOR THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF THOSE FUNDS. THE MAJORITY POLITICAL PARTY THAT HAS GOVERNED THIS STATE FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS WOULD LIKE YOU TO BELIEVE THEY HAVE THE ANSWERS TO FIX PUBLIC EDUCATION, BUT THEY'VE HAD 30 YEARS TO FIX IT AND IT'S ONLY GOTTEN WORSE.
MAKE NO MISTAKE, THAT IS BY DESIGN.
THAT IS THE STATED GOAL OF THEIR BILLIONAIRE DONORS, SO VOUCHERS WILL BE SEEN AS A VIABLE SOLUTION.
VOTE LIKE YOUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL FUTURE DEPENDS ON IT BECAUSE IT DOES.
GOOD EVENING. HELLO, MY NAME IS TERESA PALMER GARRICK.
I AM A ROUND ROCK ISD EMPLOYEE.
IN FIVE DAYS I WILL COMPLETE MY 18TH SCHOOL YEAR.
I AM A SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL BUS DRIVER AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE BEEN TRYING EVER SINCE I STARTED WORKING HERE TO MAKE MY DEPARTMENT BETTER.
I AM A PROUD MEMBER OF ROUND ROCK EDUCATION, THE ONLY LOCAL TEACHERS UNION.
I SERVE AS THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ESP, WHICH STANDS FOR EDUCATION SUPPORT PERSONNEL.
I REPRESENT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR SUPPORT STAFF.
THERE ARE 2.7 ISPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
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ONE OUT OF EVERY THREE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES IS IN ESP.I HAVE SPOKEN HERE BEFORE WANTING SOMEONE TO FIX OUR PAY SCHEDULES, MEANING NO MORE SHORT PAYCHECKS.
OUR LAST PAYCHECK THIS CALENDAR YEAR IS ONLY FOR FOUR DAYS.
I AM CONSIDERED A TEN MONTH EMPLOYEE, BUT I DO NOT WORK TEN FULL MONTHS.
ME AND MY FELLOW EMPLOYEES ARE TIRED OF THE INCONSISTENCY IN OUR DEPARTMENTS.
I MYSELF AM TIRED OF BEING IGNORED BY THE DISTRICT.
WE SUGGESTED WHAT COULD BE CHANGED IN MY DEPARTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, AND ARE IGNORED.
WE BROUGHT SURVEYS FROM EMPLOYEES OF HOW THEY TRULY FEEL AND NOTHING CHANGED EXCEPT FOR THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO MAKE THE DEPARTMENT MORE EFFICIENT. TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEES APPRECIATE THE UPCOMING RAISE NEXT YEAR, BUT WE ARE STILL UNDERPAID COMPARED TO OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
UNTIL OUR ESPS AND OUR TEACHERS ARE RESPECTED, WE WILL NOT RETAIN OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES.
THE OVERWORKED TEACHERS AND THE ESPS DO NOT NEED TO BE CUT.
MANAGEMENT NEEDS DRASTIC CUTS, NOT THE UNDERSTAFFED TEACHERS AND ESPS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE EVENING.
[F. SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS (Part 1 of 2)]
SIT? MIGHT BE MORE COMFORTABLE IF YOU'RE SITTING, IT'S UP TO YOU HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO, BUT WELCOME TO THE DAIS, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. OH, GOSH, SHE'S GIVING ME THE CONTROLLER.
YOU JUST NEED TO GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE.
PRESIDENT FELLER LANDRUM, SUPERINTENDENT, DR.
AZ, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND ROUND ROCK ISD COMMUNITY.
HELLO, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE HOW PTA HAS BACKED THE FUTURE THIS YEAR.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I'M MELLISSA HOSKIN, OUTGOING PRESIDENT OF ROUND ROCK ISD COUNCIL PTAS.
IF WE HAVE NOT MET, I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING SO.
I AM THE MELLISSA WITH THE TWO L'S AND TWO S'S HERE.
AZ OFTEN SAYS, IT TAKES A VILLAGE.
THIS IS NOT A VOLUNTEER POSITION THAT CAN BE DONE ALONE.
WE HAVE TALENTED, DIVERSE GROUP OF LEADERS ON OUR OUTGOING BOARD.
MANY WILL BE MOVING ON TO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES NEXT YEAR.
WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THEIR TIME AND SERVICE.
THEY HAVE EARNED THE VOICE FOR EVERY CHILD AWARD, ONE MEMBER FOR EVERY STUDENT.
THEY WILL BE HONORED ON STAGE AT TEXAS PTA LAUNCH SUMMER CONFERENCE.
WE HAVE A FEW OTHERS WHO ARE SO CLOSE TO EARNING THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.
AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE 16,289 MEMBERS STRONG AND ARE GROWING.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING THIS GOAL OF IMPROVING OUR MEMBERSHIP.
WE ONLY NEED NINE NEW MEMBERS AT EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES.
PTA PROMOTES THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH, RAISE THE STANDARDS OF HOME LIFE.
THEY ENGAGE IN PUBLIC IN UNITED EFFORTS TO SECURE PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING OF ALL CHILDREN AND YOUTH AND ADVOCATE FOR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY REGARDING PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING.
A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS YEAR.
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THANK YOU TO DR. AZAIEZ AND TRUSTEE MARKUM FOR PARTICIPATING AT OUR COUNCIL AWARDS CEREMONY AND HONORING THOSE STUDENTS.IN THE NATIONAL COMPETITION, ROUND ROCK ISD HAD TWO OVERALL AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE OUTSTANDING INTERPRETATION AWARD AND AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, BOTH FROM GAVIN BROWN MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CATEGORIES OF SPECIAL ARTIST, FILM PRODUCTION AND SPECIAL ARTIST MUSIC COMPETITION.
OUR CLOTHES CLOSET PROGRAM CONTINUES MAKING A DIFFERENCE THROUGH SERVING FAMILIES IN NEED, THROUGH A CLOSE PARTNERSHIP, AND WITH THE CAMPUS SCHOOL NURSES AND FAMILIES IN TRANSITION DEPARTMENT.
THE CLOTHES CLOSET SERVED OVER 700 STUDENTS THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED, SUPPORTED THE DRIVES AND DONATED.
WE APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION WITH PI FOUNDATION AND SCHOOL STAFF HELPED PROVIDE COSTS WHEN MANY LOCAL CHARITIES HAD SORRY, THEY HELPED PROVIDE COATS WHEN MANY OF THE LOCAL CHARITIES HAD RUN OUT DURING THE WINTER FREEZE.
THIS YEAR, THE CLOSETS WERE OPEN SPECIFIC DAYTIME HOURS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THE ANDERSON MILL LOCATION IS OPEN ON TUESDAYS FROM 10 A.M.
TO 12 P.M. THE ELEMENTARY LOCATION IS OPEN WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS FROM 9:30 TO 11:30 A.M..
EXTENDED HOURS WERE ADDED TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR CLIENTS WHO WORK.
ONE SATURDAY A MONTH [INAUDIBLE] AND ONE EVENING A MONTH AT ANDERSON MILL.
WE CAN ONLY HOST THIS PROJECT WITH THE HELP OF OUR DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS.
PTA SHOWS OUR STUDENTS THAT WE VALUE EDUCATION AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, GIVES EVERY CHILD A VOICE BACK IN THE FUTURE, AS ADVOCATES, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE AND HELP SAVE LIVES.
IN EVENTS LIKE THIS, WE GET TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AND CREATE AWARENESS.
WE AGAIN HOSTED OUR ANNUAL SUICIDE PREVENTION WALK THIS SPRING.
THE EVENT WAS ORIGINALLY STARTED BY STUDENTS HERE IN ROUND ROCK ISD.
SHOUT OUT TO ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL PTSA, ROUND ROCK STUDENT COUNCIL, AND THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND MANY OTHERS WHO VOLUNTEERED AND ATTENDED THE WALK. WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE DISTRICT AND THEIR CONCERN FOR THE WHOLE CHILD.
ALL OUR VOICES MATTER NOT ONLY TO CAMPUSES, BUT ALSO AT THE CAPITOL.
WHEN, ON BEHALF OF A HALF A MILLION MEMBERS ACROSS TEXAS, TEXAS PTA ADVOCATES AT THE CAPITOL FOR ALL CHILDREN IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME WHEN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS NEED MORE FUNDING.
EVERY OTHER YEAR, MANY OF OUR PTSA STUDENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THEIR OWN VOICES TO SPEAK TO REPS AND ASK QUESTIONS, AND WE HAD A STUDENT PARTICIPATE ON THE STUDENT PANEL. THE ROUND ROCK ISD COUNCIL PTAS HAS A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH ROUND ROCK ISD SUPERINTENDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, AND STAFF FROM THEIR ADMINISTRATION OFFICE CAMPUS LEVELS.
IF YOU'VE NOT HAD A CHANCE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO.
ADDITIONALLY, EACH CAMPUS CAN BE A GOLDEN APPLE AWARD WINNER IF 100% OF THEIR FACULTY JOINS PTA.
WE HAD SO MUCH FUN HONORING THESE CAMPUSES AND THEIR PTAS THIS YEAR.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER YEAR OF WORKING TOGETHER TO BE PARTNERS IN SUPPORTING FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THE GOOD OF WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT OUR STUDENTS. YOU'RE WELCOME TO ATTEND TEXAS PTA LAUNCH IN JULY.
THAT'S THE SECOND SATURDAY AFTER SCHOOL STARTS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT ONE OF OUR FIVE COUNCIL DELEGATE MEETINGS OR LUNCHEONS IN THE FALL.
OR YOU CAN COME TO ALL OF THEM IF YOU WANT.
WE TRY TO HAVE REALLY GOOD LUNCH.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO SIT AT THE DAIS AND MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT SO MANY.
PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT PTA DOES FOR ROUND ROCK ISD.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I KNOW EVERYBODY UP HERE IS SUCH A HUGE SUPPORTER, AND WE JUST REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS.
SO BUT DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING?
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.YEAH, IT'S MY PLEASURE, AND GO JOIN PTA.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM WILL BE ITEM G TWO.
[G. DISCUSSION ITEMS (Part 1 of 2)]
THE CITIZENS BOND COMMITTEE, ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE CBC UPDATE AND THIS WILL BE LED BY FABIAN CUERO AND LINDSEY LEDYARD, WHO ARE OUR CO-CHAIRS FOR THIS COMMITTEE.SO WELCOME TO THE DAIS, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY, AND I KNOW WE ARE EARLY ON INTO THE PROCESS, BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UPDATE THAT WE ARE RECEIVING WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
HERE WE GO. THANKS FOR HAVING US.
SO WE ARE EARLY IN THE PROCESS, BUT IT IS A QUICK PROCESS.
THE TIMELINE IS IS VERY TIGHT, SO WE CAN JUST SKIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO TO BEGIN WITH, WE JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE STRUCTURE IS.
SORRY I THOUGHT SOMEBODY BACK THERE WAS DOING IT.
SORRY. THE SUBCOMMITTEE STRUCTURE.
SO IT'S MADE OUR WHOLE LEADERSHIP TEAM IS MADE UP OF 30 COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
WE HAVE THREE SUBCOMMITTEES WITH SIX COMMUNITY LEADERS AND THEN TWO WITH FIVE, AND THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE WAY IT WORKED OUT AMONG MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD REPRESENTATION FROM EVERY LEARNING COMMUNITY WITHIN EACH SUBCOMMITTEE, AND SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO FABIAN AND I WHEN WE FIRST MET WITH DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, AND AS THIS WAS BEING ESTABLISHED THAT WE HAD GOOD REPRESENTATION FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
SO YOU SEE THE BREAK OUT THERE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT, YOU SEE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS BY VLC.
SO LEADING THE WAY IS ROUND ROCK, AND THEN THE OTHER SCHOOLS THE OTHER VLCS AND THEN THE PIE CHART REPRESENTS THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE 88 MEMBERS, AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, YOU SEE THE SUBCOMMITTEES BREAKING OUT BY VLCS.
SO AS LINDSEY MENTIONED, EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE VLCS ARE NOT THE NUMBERS ARE NOT HIGH BY SUBCOMMITTEE, WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATION AT THE LEADERSHIP SUBCOMMITTEES, SO THEY HAVE A VOICE, AND JUST KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE LEADERSHIP.
I DIDN'T MENTION THIS BEFORE, BUT OUT OF THOSE 30 PEOPLE, WE HAVE SEVEN THAT ARE FROM THE MCNEIL LEARNING COMMUNITY AS LEADERS, SIX FROM WESTWOOD SIX FROM THE STONY POINT LEARNING COMMUNITY FIVE FROM CEDAR RIDGE AND SIX FROM ROUND ROCK, AND THAT INCLUDES FABIAN AND MYSELF.
SO WE DO HAVE GOOD REPRESENTATION FROM EVERY LEARNING COMMUNITY.
OKAY, AND THIS HAS JUST BEEN OUR TIMELINE TO DATE.
SO WE STARTED WITH OUR FIRST MEETING ON APRIL 30TH OF THE ENTIRE CBC.
THE WEEK BEFORE WE HAD A MEETING WITH CBC LEADERSHIP, AND THEN THE WEEK OF MAY 8TH.
REALLY, I GUESS MONDAY WAS MAY 6TH.
THERE WERE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, SITE VISITS.
AS SOON AS THOSE THE MEETING OF THE ENTIRE CBC HAPPENED AND THE 100 AND OR THE 80 SOME MEMBERS THAT CAME TO THAT FIRST MEETING, THEY SELF-SELECTED INTO THEIR SUBCOMMITTEES AND IT ACTUALLY ENDED UP WORKING OUT OKAY, WHERE WE HAD A GOOD NUMBER OF PEOPLE ONTO EACH SUBCOMMITTEE, AND THEN THEY, OUR SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS, ESTABLISHED A SCHEDULE, AND THEY'VE BEEN MEETING AND DOING SITE VISITS AND WORKING WITH DISTRICT STAFF TO GET INFORMATION, AND THEN LAST NIGHT WE HAD A CALL WITH CBC LEADERSHIP. IT WAS VIRTUAL, BUT IT WAS 2.5 HOURS WHERE WE GOT GOOD UPDATES FROM ALL OF OUR SUBCOMMITTEE LEADERSHIP ON WHERE THEY'RE AT, AND THEN THEY'RE CONTINUING TO MEET AND GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE SOME, EVEN THOUGH THE WEEK GRADUATIONS ARE NEXT WEEK, I KNOW THERE ARE STILL SUBCOMMITTEES THAT ARE PLANNING ON MEETING, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A MEETING OF THE ENTIRE CBC AGAIN ON MAY 29TH, AND THEN OUR FINAL ON MAY 29TH.
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HAVE OUR FINAL MEETING OF CBC LEADERSHIP, AND THAT GIVES US A A TIGHT WINDOW FOR US TO WRITE OUR REPORT TO YOU GUYS BEFORE WE PRESENT ON JUNE 18TH TO YOU GUYS, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS ONE? YEAH. SO AS LINDSEY MENTIONED, OUR SUBCOMMITTEES.
DO YOU MIND PULLING THE MICROPHONE? YES, I'M SORRY.
AS LINDSEY MENTIONED OUR SUBCOMMITTEES ARE CONTINUING TO MEET.
SO WE'RE PLANNING MAYBE TO ADD A COUPLE OF MORE MEETINGS WITH THE LEADERS JUST TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT THEY ARE, ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED, ANY CONCERNS THAT WE MAY ADDRESS BEFORE WE MEET ON THE 29TH, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TOO MUCH TIME BETWEEN THOSE DATES BEFORE WE MEET AGAIN, AND THEN OUR NEXT STEPS IS, AS LINDSEY MENTIONED, MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO PUT A GOOD RECOMMENDATION TOGETHER FOR US TO PRESENT TO YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP TO VOLUNTEER TO LEAD THIS COMMITTEE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR CBC CHAIRS AT THIS, CO-CHAIRS? TRUSTEE BONE.
MINE MIGHT BE FOR ADMINISTRATION.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS FOR TRANSPARENCY.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THE LEADERS WERE SELECTED? SO THE LEADERS WERE SELECTED BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR BOARD MEMBERS.
SO IF YOU GO BACK TO THE LIST, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MOST OF ALL, EVERY PERSON WHO WAS NOMINATED BY A BOARD MEMBER IS SITTING IN ONE OF THOSE COMMITTEES, AND THEN WE MET, THE FIRST MEETING WAS ME, FABIAN AND LINDSEY AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATION AND THAT WAS I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THAT IDEA.
REPRESENTATION FROM EVERY VERTICAL LEARNING COMMUNITY.
SO WE END UP ADDING MORE JUST TO MAKE SURE TO HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM EACH ONE OF OUR VERTICAL LEARNING COMMUNITY, BUT REALLY, LIKE EVERYONE THAT WAS SELECTED OR NOMINATED BY A BOARD MEMBER IS ACTUALLY ON THAT LIST FIRST OR IT IS ON THAT LIST, AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THE LEADERS THE CO-CHAIRS WERE SELECTED? SO THE CO-CHAIRS WERE SELECTED, IF I REMEMBER, I THINK FABIAN WAS ACTUALLY--FABIAN WAS MY APPOINTEE AND BUT THE ADMINISTRATION JUST PICKED FROM ALL OF THE GROUP OF PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR PROCESS WAS, BUT THE ADMINISTRATION DECIDED WHO.
VERY SIMILAR TO THE 2018 PROCESS.
THAT'S CORRECT. WE DID ACTUALLY SHARE WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SHARED WITH YOU OUR I THINK WE SENT IT AS PART OF A BOARD UPDATE, RIGHT? OUR BYLAWS OR I GUESS FOR THE CBC, AND SO WE SHARE THAT WITH YOU, AND IN THERE IT EXPLAINS ALL THE RULES AND HOW WE WERE GOING ABOUT GETTING ALL THIS STUFF DONE. THANK YOU.
THE OTHER OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS I SEE THAT THERE'S REALLY NO PROJECTS OR DOLLARS OR EVEN EXPLANATION OF THESE FIVE COMMITTEES. CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE SOME CONTEXT AROUND THOSE? OKAY. SO CAPITAL RENEWAL, THAT COMMITTEE IS LARGELY FOCUSED ON DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
SO WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A LOT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IN OUR DISTRICT.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A BOND SINCE 2018, AND IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TO CONTINUE TO REPAIR THINGS.
SO THAT IS WHAT THAT COMMITTEE IS LARGELY FOCUSED ON.
FINE ARTS AND ATHLETICS IS JUST WHAT IT IS.
IT'S A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT THEIR FOCUS AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING FERNANDO HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB LEADING THAT COMMITTEE IS GOING OUT AND HEARING FROM OUR CAMPUSES THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY'RE HEARING ABOUT, WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE INVESTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE FROM INSTRUMENTS.
I KNOW I'VE SEEN ON THEIR LIST, TOO, THINGS LIKE LOCKER ROOMS, REFRESHES, THINGS LIKE THAT, FROM AN ATHLETICS PERSPECTIVE GROWTH IS REALLY FOCUSED ON WHETHER THERE'S NEEDS WITHIN OUR CAMPUSES FROM A CAPACITY PERSPECTIVE OR WHETHER THERE ARE POTENTIAL BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP SUPPORT PROGRAMS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.
SO THEY'RE EXPLORING SOME OF THOSE ITEMS AS WELL.
SAFETY AND SECURITY IS LARGELY PARTNERING WITH DISTRICT SAFETY AND SECURITY LEADERS TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO HELP US COMPLY BETTER WITH HB THREE, AND IF THERE ARE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT, AND SO THAT'S WHAT SAFETY AND SECURITY IS, AND THEN TECHNOLOGY
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AGAIN, WE ARE A 1 TO 1 DISTRICT, AND WE HAVE COMPUTERS THAT ARE OUT OF WARRANTY AND ARE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED AND NOT JUST OUT OF WARRANTY.A LOT OF THEM ARE FALLING APART LIKE THEY'RE THEY'RE OLD, AND SO THERE'S THAT TECHNOLOGY, BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS FIREWALLS AND SERVERS AND ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY THAT HELPS KEEP OUR SCHOOLS RUNNING.
SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT AS WELL.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? MAY I ADD SOMETHING ELSE? GO AHEAD, FABIAN.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO ADD WAS, I THINK FOR TEXAS LAW, YOU ALSO HAVE TO BREAK OUT THE CATEGORIES INTO DIFFERENT BUCKETS SO THAT WHEN YOU GO FOR A BOND, THOSE LIGHT ITEMS ARE PROPOSED.
PROPOSITION, YES, SIR, BUT JUST ALSO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION--LINDSEY, THANK YOU; THAT'S WONDERFUL, BUT ALSO TO ADD IS THE LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN THAT IN ITSELF HAD A LOT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE NUMBERS BY CAMPUS, IF YOU REMEMBER CORRECTLY, AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO AN ADEQUACY STUDIES THAT WAS DONE THAT ALSO HAD IF YOU WANT TO REMOVE PORTABLES, HOW MUCH THAT WOULD COST FOR EACH CAMPUS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF DATA ALREADY AS IT IS, BUT THEN LIKE LINDSEY WAS SAYING, THERE WERE ALSO OTHER DATA PROVIDED BY OUR TEAMS. OUR PRINCIPALS ARE ALSO PROVIDING SOME FEEDBACK AND INPUT.
SOMETIMES SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY BEEN VISITING CAMPUSES ALSO TO REALLY HAVE LIKE A VISUAL VIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AND ALSO MAYBE HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE PRINCIPAL OF THE CAMPUS, RIGHT. SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF DATA, IF YOU WILL, RIGHT? LIKE SOURCES THAT WE GET FOR THEM, AND I THINK ONE THING I DIDN'T ANSWER WAS YOU ASKED ABOUT DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
SO WE HAVE ASKED OUR SUBCOMMITTEES TO CREATE A LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT NOT ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO END UP ON A BOND, BUT IT WAS SHARED WITH THE COMMITTEE WHAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO RAISE THE TAX RATE IF WE IF WE ENDED UP ADJUSTING THE I&S RATE BY ONE PENNY, TWO PENNIES, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM A DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT WE HAVEN'T PUT A PRESCRIPTION ON THIS MUCH FOR THIS BUCKET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE KIND OF WANT TO SEE WHAT THOSE LIST OF PRIORITIES ARE, WHERE WE END UP AS A TOTAL, AND THEN WHETHER OR NOT WE THINK OR YOU GUYS THINK, AS YOU GUYS DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO CALL FOR A BOND WHAT THE COMMUNITY WILL POTENTIALLY SUPPORT, AND THEN WHAT THE WHETHER THOSE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT CAN EVEN WAIT FOR A FUTURE BOND TO SOME OF THESE THINGS MAY JUST HAVE TO BE ON THERE BECAUSE OF THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT.
SO, YEAH, AND THEN I GUESS THIS IS REALLY A STATEMENT.
I KNOW PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE LARGER PROJECTS ARE THAT POTENTIALLY ARE BEING ASKED TO BE PUT ON THE BOND JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIGHT SCHEDULE, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE A BIG DECISION FOR THE TRUSTEES SITTING UP HERE, AND I KNOW WHEN I WAS ON THE 2018 BOND AND JUST GETTING THAT FEEDBACK EARLY, I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL SIX. YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S GOING TO BE LARGE PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW.
I THINK THE COMMUNITY I WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST AS A TRUSTEE, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW I WOULD LIKE THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW, BUT I HOPE I HAVE BROAD SUPPORT WITH THAT, THAT AT LEAST THE TRUSTEES UNDERSTAND.
WHAT BIG PROJECTS YOU GUYS MIGHT BE BRINGING FORWARD.
I WILL SAY TRUSTEE BONE THAT WHILE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOING TO BE THAT COME OUT OF THE CBC, IF THEY DO RECOMMEND US GOING FOR A BOND, WE HAVE LOOKED AT CALENDARING OPTIONS AND HAVE LOOKED AT SOME MEETING DATES, POSSIBLY IN JULY, FOR THE BOARD TO LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME FROM THE CBC, AND JUST AS A REMINDER, ANYTHING THAT COMES FROM THE CBC IS A RECOMMENDATION.
WE WOULD BE BEHOOVED TO FOLLOW A LOT OF THEM, AND MOST OF THEM I WOULD IMAGINE, BECAUSE IT'S WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS SPEAKING FOR BUT THE ULTIMATE DECISION OF WHAT LANDS ON A BOND COMES FROM THE BOARD, AND SO WE WILL TAKE TIME.
SO WE'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT THAT'S JUST MORE OF A PROGRAMMING NOTE OF WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT SO FAR.
I'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
OUR, TEACHERS, THAT'S WHEN THEY GO ON VACATION.
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IN MAY, YOU KNOW WE KNOW IT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE START LEAVING JUNE, JULY.IT GETS A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO GET PEOPLE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, TRUSTEES? THE LAST PROGRAMMING NOTE THAT I HAVE IS I HEARD YOU SAY A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT WE ARE ON A TIGHT END SCHEDULE, AND THE GOAL IS TO PRESENT AT THE JUNE 18TH BOARD MEETING.
BUT IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, WE CAN GIVE YOU MORE TIME AND MAKE A PRESENTATION IN JULY.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOT EXTEND IT IF POSSIBLE, JUST TO ALLOW THE BOARD PLENTY OF TIME, BUT I DON'T WANT YOU ALL FEELING LIKE YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO DO A THOROUGH JOB, OR YOU'RE FEELING RUSHED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
SO IF YOU DO NEED MORE TIME, PLEASE COMMUNICATE WITH, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATION.
WE DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE, OH, WELL, WELL, THIS IS JUST WHAT WE HAD TIME TO PUT TOGETHER.
WE COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB, BUT WE RAN OUT OF TIME.
I DON'T WANT THAT TO EVER BE A THOUGHT THAT EVER Y'ALL HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
TECHNICALLY, YOU KNOW, ALL FOR THE VAST MAJORITY ARE NOT WORKING FOR TWO WEEKS.
SO IF YOU NEEDED ANY SUPPORT FROM ADMINISTRATION, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT DURING THAT, BUT IF THAT WAS THE TIME THAT YOU WERE PUTTING A PRESENTATION TOGETHER AND WE HAD TO PUSH IT TO THE FIRST WEEK OF JULY, WE COULD.
SO WEEK AND A HALF WE'VE BEEN A SHUTDOWN, THOUGH.
IT'S A WEEK OF THE 4TH OF JULY AND TWO DAYS PRIOR, SO IT'S REALLY A WEEK AND A HALF, BUT IF WE NEED TO WORK, I MEAN, AS I SAID, IF THIS IS THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND IF WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF IT, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT, BUT YEAH.
WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO TRY TO MEET THE JUNE 18TH TIMELINE.
THE REALITY IS THIS IS IT IS A FAST TIMELINE, BUT OUR SUBCOMMITTEE LEADERS ARE INVESTED, TOO, AND THEY'RE GETTING OUT THERE AND DOING THEIR WORK, AND SO WE'RE WE'RE TRUSTING AND HOPING THAT AT THAT MAY 29TH MEETING, WE HAVE A GOOD DRAFT LIST OF PRIORITIES THAT WE CAN THEN BE WORKING THROUGH AS THEY FINALIZE THOSE, AND THEN AS WE SAID, WE'VE CONTINUED TO REACH OUT TO DIFFERENT SUBCOMMITTEES IF WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN HELP SUPPORT THEM.
AND THE 2018 BOND, THE PRESENTATION WAS TO THE BOARD WAS MADE THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST, AND THEN THE BOARD BASICALLY HAD LIKE THREE MEETINGS A WEEK FOR THREE WEEKS TO GET ALL THIS DONE, WHICH PUTS A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY BACK ON THE BOARD TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
I WOULD HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PUSH IT ALL THE WAY TO THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST, BUT IF YOU NEED THE TIME TO DO THE WORK AND THE COMMITTEE AND THE COMMUNITY NEEDS THE TIME TO DO THE WORK, WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS VERY CLEAR.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND WE'LL DOUBLE YOUR PAY AS WELL.
SO AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING THEY'VE BEEN WORKING OVER THE WEEKEND.
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO AGENDA ITEM F ONE, OUR 2024-2025 PROPOSED BUDGET UPDATE, AND DR.
[F. SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS (Part 2 of 2)]
AZAIEZ DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY OR CAN WE TURN IT OVER TO MR. COVINGTON? ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO ALL WORK ON IT TOGETHER.THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO I THINK WE'RE READY.
I DON'T HAVE THE CLICKER OR THE.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
I GUESS THERE IS A BAD NEWS, BUT IT'S ALSO A GOOD NEWS.
THE BAD NEWS IS WE HAVE A DEFICIT, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT DEFICIT HAS BEEN DECLINING.
I THINK IF YOU REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WE STARTED.
THANK YOU MA'AM, WE STARTED WITH 30 SOME $30 MILLION OR $33 MILLION.
NOW WE'RE DOWN ABOUT 20, $21 MILLION.
CAN I INTERRUPT REAL QUICK? FOR ANYBODY PAYING ATTENTION OR WATCHING, THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED PRIOR TO THIS MEETING FROM TRUSTEES.
THOSE QUESTIONS ARE POSTED AND ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.
SO IF YOU ARE ONLINE, YOU CAN PULL UP THAT AGENDA ITEM.
YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE QUESTIONS.
THEY ARE POSTED WITH THE ANSWERS FROM ADMINISTRATION.
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SO I JUST WANTED TO START THAT OUT BEFORE WE GET GOING IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT THANK YOU.NO. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU KNOW, I KNOW OUR BOARD ARE PROBABLY TIRED OF HEARING THE SAME THING, BUT MAYBE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PARENTS WHO MAYBE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO REALLY TO LISTEN TO OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATION ON THE BUDGET.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE TALK ABOUT A LOT IS THAT BASIC ALIGNMENT.
NOW WE DO GET SOME EXTRA FUNDS.
DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY WE COLLECT IN TAXES.
THE STATE LOOKS AT THAT, AND THEN BASED ON THAT, THEY ALLOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO KEEP IF THEY HAVE EXCESS IF THEY HAVE EXCESS COLLECTION OF TAXES FUNDS, THEY WILL HAVE TO SEND IT BACK AS A FORM OF RECAPTURE AND IF THEY HAVE LESS, THEY COLLECT LESS IN TAXES THAN THE STATE, USUALLY KIND OF COMPENSATE FOR ANY DIFFERENCE.
SO THAT'S USUALLY HOW IT'S DONE.
IN OUR DISTRICT WE ARE CONSIDERED A PROPERTY RICH DISTRICT, AND SO IN THAT CASE, WE ARE COLLECTING MORE TAXES THAN WE ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO KEEP BASED THAT, THAT FORMULA THAT I JUST MENTIONED, AND SO WE HAVE TO SEND SOME RECAPTURE TO THE STATE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, LAST YEAR WE SENT $115 MILLION BACK TO THE STATE AS A FORM OF RECAPTURE.
THAT'S ALMOST ONE QUARTER OF OUR BUDGET.
SO $115 MILLION WENT BACK, AND, YOU KNOW, OUR TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING THE PROPERTY TAXES, MANY OF THEM ARE NOT TOTALLY UNDERSTAND SOME SOME OF THEM DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS, BUT I KNOW MANY OF THEM ARE ASKING, I'M PAYING ALL THIS MONEY.
WHAT ARE YOU WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? YOU HAVE YOU HAVE A DEFICIT IS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO KEEP EVERY DOLLAR WE COLLECT IN TAXES, THAT'S REALLY THE REALITY OF HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS, AND SOME OF THEM ASK, WHY DON'T YOU JUST LOWER THE TAX RATE LOWER? WHY ARE YOU COLLECTING MORE IF YOU DON'T NEED IT, IF YOU SEND THEM BACK TO THE STATE, IS BECAUSE THE STATE ALSO SETS WHAT'S CALLED THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSION RATE OR TAX RATE THAT YOU CANNOT GO LOWER THAN IT, AND THAT'S I GUESS THE STATE SETS THAT UP TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE COLLECTING ALSO TAXPAYERS MONEY FROM SOME OF OUR DISTRICTS, SOME DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, INCLUDING ROUND ROCK.
ALSO, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THE WORD INFLATION MANY, MANY TIMES.
IT'S ABOUT 20% INFLATION, BUT YET.
SO OUR OPERATION COSTS WENT BY ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY TO OPERATE.
YET OUR BASIC ALLOTMENT, THAT'S $6,160 REMAINED THE SAME.
THAT'S BEEN THE STATE HAS ABOUT 5 TO $6 BILLION OUT OF OF PART OF THE 33 HISTORIC SURPLUS, ABOUT 5 TO $6 BILLION OF THAT HISTORIC SURPLUS IS ACTUALLY MONEY THAT CAME FROM OUR LOCAL TAXPAYERS WHO LIKE THAT WE HAD TO SEND SCHOOL DISTRICT, HAD TO SEND US FOR MORE RECAPTURE, AND YET THAT MONEY NEVER MADE IT BACK TO OUR DISTRICT OR ANY OTHER DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
[INAUDIBLE] THAT'S USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS.
SCHOOL DISTRICT PROVIDES SOME SERVICES TO STUDENTS OFTENTIMES STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE MEDICAID AND OFTENTIMES STUDENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING OR ARE PART OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, AND SO WE ALL NOT ONLY WERE OBLIGATED IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO TAKE CARE OF OUR STUDENTS AND PROVIDE THOSE, THOSE SERVICES TO THEM.
THE STATE SEND THOSE REIMBURSEMENT FORMS TO THE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MEDICAID TO GET REIMBURSED WHERE APPARENTLY THE STATE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SORRY, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, DECIDED TO DO AN AUDIT TO REIMBURSEMENT THAT WENT BACK TO 2011, AND SO THE AUDIT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND FOUND OUT THERE WERE SOME THINGS OR THE PROCESS, IF YOU WILL, OF ASKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT WAS IN THE PROCESS THAT THEY ARE IS ACCEPTABLE TO THEM, AND SO WHAT THEY DID IS SAID, BECAUSE YOU DID THIS STATE OF TEXAS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS OF MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT THAT YOU AND YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUBMITTED.
SO THAT WAS IN THE TERM OF A FEW HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.
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IN OUR CASE, IT WAS ABOUT $12 MILLION .7.SO WE SUBMITTED CLAIMS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS FOR ABOUT 12 MILLION .7.
THOSE SERVICES ALREADY RENDERED.
WE TOOK CARE OF OUR STUDENTS, OBVIOUSLY, AND THEIR NEEDS, AND NOW THE STATE SAID, BECAUSE WE GET PUNISHED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, NOW WE'RE GOING TO PUNISH THE STATE, THE DISTRICT, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THE BILL, AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT HAPPENED.
WE WERE COUNTING ON THAT MONEY AS PART OF OUR BUDGET, AND NOW THE STATE'S SAYING, NO, NO WAY.
WE WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET REIMBURSED FOR 800 WHATEVER MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR MEDICAID THEN THUS YOU GUYS ARE NOT GOING TO GET ANY MONEY, AND FOR IN OUR CASE, WE ARE ALREADY AGAIN, PROVIDED THE SERVICES WE PAID FOR THE SERVICES, OUR STAFF PROVIDED SOME OF THE SERVICES, AND NOW AGAIN, THAT'S A HUGE THAT'S A HUGE LOSS, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY MORE THAN HALF OF OUR DEFICIT.
WE KNEW ABOUT IT IN OCTOBER 2023.
LIKE WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO PREP FOR IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO NOW WE ARE APPEALING SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS, BUT REALLY, WE CANNOT SAY FOR SURE SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE APPEAL BECAUSE AGAIN, WE ARE FIGHTING WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS.
RIGHT. ANYWAY, AND AS YOU KNOW, IT'S A STATEWIDE DEFICIT.
I'M SURE YOU HEARD A LOT OF SOME OF THE HORROR STORY.
IT'S ALL OVER THE STATE, RIGHT? SOME IN HUNDREDS SOME OF THEM IS MORE THAN THAT.
I GUESS AN ACCOUNTING TRICK THAT SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING IS CALLED CHANGING SCHOOL FISCAL YEAR, AND USUALLY SCHOOL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, USUALLY THEIR NORMAL FISCAL YEAR IS ACTUALLY SEPTEMBER 1ST.
OUR DISTRICT MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE DECIDED TO GO TO JULY 1ST, AND THAT'S A THAT'S A MOVE THAT SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO TO SAVE TWO MONTHS WORTH OF EXPENDITURE, BUT YOU ONLY GET TO DO IT ONE TIME.
SO YOU SAVE THAT MONEY AND THEN YOU MAYBE THAT'S TO JUST TO TAKE CARE OF MAYBE A DEFICIT.
OR MAYBE YOU HAVE PROJECT THAT YOU BIG PROJECT YOU WANT TO DO, BUT YOU ONLY GET TO DO IT ONE TIME, RIGHT? BECAUSE ONCE YOU BECOME A JULY 1ST, YOU'RE DONE.
ONCE YOU GO TO JULY 1ST, YOU'RE STUCK.
SO THAT'S LIKE AN, I GUESS, AN ACCOUNTING.
SO SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACTUALLY DOING THAT.
SO IN OUR CASE, WE SPENT ABOUT $30 MILLION, A LITTLE BIT OVER $30 MILLION A MONTH.
SO IF YOU HAD TO DO THAT, WE'RE NOT DOING IT AND WE CANNOT DO IT IF WE WANT TO.
I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEEN REPORTED OF WHAT'S BEEN REPORTED IN SOME OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND YOU CAN SEE OUR NEIGHBOR SOUTH OF US IS THE REPORTER 49.
LEANDER THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT $15 MILLION, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE LIST.
PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE IS SOME TYPE OF DEFICIT.
OBVIOUSLY, THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE THE DIFFERENT SIZES, RIGHT.
TAYLOR AND MAYNOR, THEY DID NOT ANNOUNCE THEIR WHERE THEIR SITUATION IS, BUT THEY THINK IT'S PROBABLE THEY STILL WORKING ON THE DETAIL OF THEIR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. PFLUGERVILLE HAS A SURPLUS, AND YOU SEE NEXT TO IT IT SAYS FISCAL YEAR CHANGE.
THAT'S WHAT THEY DID. THAT'S THE ACCOUNTING MANEUVER THEY DID.
SO THEY WERE ABLE TO SAVE FOR TWO MONTHS, AND THAT'S HOW THEY END UP WITH THE SURPLUS, AND ELGIN ELGIN ISD IS BALANCED, AND THAT'S AGAIN THEY DID A FISCAL YEAR CHANGE, AND THAT'S AN ACCOUNTING MANEUVER THEY DID.
SO AGAIN THEY CAN SAVE TWO MONTHS WORTH OF SPENDING AND THAT THEY CAN BALANCE ON BUDGET.
SO IT'S A TRICK YOU ONLY GET TO DO IT ONCE.
ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO ALSO SHARE WITH YOU AGAIN, WE TALKED EARLIER, IF YOU REMEMBER AT SOME POINT THAT THE DEFICIT WAS ABOUT $30 SOME MILLION. NOW WE'RE DOWN TO $21 MILLION, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE [INAUDIBLE] THERE IS $5 MILLION FROM THE AGAIN, IT'S ALWAYS IN IN THE REAR.
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RIGHT. SO THAT'S FROM THE 2120, 2021, 2022 SCHOOL YEAR.THAT'S ABOUT $5 MILLION, WE ESTIMATE, AND WE'RE GOING TO LOSE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET REIMBURSED FOR THAT.
WE ALREADY SPENT IT AND WE WERE HOPING TO GET AND THEN THE 2022, 2023, THAT'S ABOUT $7.7 MILLION, AND NOW WE ARE ALL LIKE LEARNING ABOUT WHAT IS THE NEW PROCEDURES AS FAR AS ASKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BECAUSE WE NOT ONLY WERE OBLIGATED, AGAIN, THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO TAKE CARE OF OUR STUDENTS AND PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, THE QUESTION IS.
OKAY. HOW THE PAPERWORK, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT NOW SO WE DON'T GET PENALIZED AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE WE ALSO HAVE BUDGETED FOR 1% INCREASE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY LITTLE IT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO BE, BUT BECAUSE OF OUR SITUATION WE DIDN'T WANT TO INCREASE OUR DEFICIT OR CUT MORE.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH OUR NUMBERS THERE, AND I KNOW YOU'VE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH IT.
WE ALSO RUN SOME NUMBERS TO SEE HOW WE ARE STAFFED COMPARED TO OTHER SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THIS IS LIKE, AGAIN, IT'S JUST FOR AN AVERAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH 637 STUDENTS.
WE HAVE SOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHO ARE BIGGER, LARGER THAN THIS, AND WE HAVE SOME WHO ARE SMALLER, BUT OVERALL, HOW WE ARE, HOW WE STAND WHEN IT COMES TO, FOR EXAMPLE HOW WE STAFF WHEN IT COMES TO ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, COUNSELORS, TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS AND SUPPORT STAFF.
WE MAY HAVE A SCHOOLS WITH WITH MORE THAN ONE COUNSELOR, BUT IN AVERAGE, THAT'S HOW WE STAFF, AND WE CAN SEE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH FOR THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, COUNSELORS, LIBRARIAN. WE ARE ALMOST THE SAME WE SLIGHTLY RICHER, I GUESS, IN PFLUGERVILLE AND IN AUSTIN.
THIS IS ELEMENTARY SAME AS LEANDER, BUT THEN WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORT STAFF, WE ARE SLIGHTLY RICHER.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS COMPARED TO OUR SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND SUPPORT STAFF INCLUDES OFFICE AND ALSO EDUCATION ASSISTANT, AND ALSO WE DID THE SAME EXERCISE WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE WANTED TO SEE HOW WE STAND OR HOW WE ARE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR COMES TO MIDDLE SCHOOLS WITH AN AVERAGE SIZE OF 882 STUDENTS, AND YOU CAN SEE ALSO THE SAME EXERCISE. WE LOOKED AT ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, COUNSELORS, TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, SUPPORT STAFF, AND WE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THE SLIGHTLY SLIGHTLY RICHER AND THEN TEACHERS AND THEN SUPPORT STAFF SLIGHTLY RICHER, BUT NOT BY MUCH, BUT JUST BY ONE.
THE REST WILL PRETTY MUCH ALMOST EQUAL.
HIGH SCHOOLS AGAIN, THE SAME EXERCISE AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOL WITH 2615 STUDENTS.
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, YOU CAN SEE IT'S PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE STAFFS THE SAME WAY.
COUNSELORS. YOU CAN SEE WE STAFF TEN COUNSELORS FOR THAT SAME HIGH SCHOOL.
WHEREAS IF YOU GO TO LEANDER, THEY'LL HAVE LESS THAN EIGHT.
PFLUGERVILLE WILL ONLY HAVE SIX COUNSELORS ON THAT CAMPUS WITH THAT SAME.
NOW, IT MAY VARY AGAIN BECAUSE SOMETIMES, DEPENDING ON THE STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THE NEEDS OF THAT CAMPUS, THEY MIGHT MAY HAVE 1 OR 2 LESS, I GUESS, AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO SEE FOR TEACHERS AND THEN FOR SUPPORT STAFF.
OUR LIBRARIANS AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE STAFF TWO LIBRARIANS, EVERY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT SURROUNDING OUR DISTRICT I GUESS THEY ONLY HAVE ONE LIBRARIAN AT EACH ONE OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS.
THERE YOU GO. A LITTLE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
SO NEXT WE'RE GOING TO JUST GO DOWN MEMORY LANE A LITTLE BIT AS TO WHAT OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WERE, AND I DON'T WANT TO GO OVER EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY GONE OVER, BUT ON THIS SLIDE, WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE DIRECTOR THAT WAS GIVEN BY THE ADMINISTRATION, BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WAS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. WHY TO BALANCE THE BUDGET? TO MAINTAIN OUR TRIPLE-A RATING.
TO MAINTAIN OUR A FIRST RATING.
TO ENSURE HEALTHY FUND BALANCE TO RIGHT SIZED STAFFING FOR LONG TERM STABILITY.
THESE ARE THE GOALS OF WHY YOU NEED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.
SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS BUDGET.
WHAT WHAT WERE THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE USED TO PUT THE BUDGET TOGETHER? WE ESTIMATED PROPERTY VALUE INCREASED BY 6%.
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LOWERED THE EXPECTATION TO 6% AND ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO GROW ABOUT 250 STUDENTS, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN OUR ATTENDANCE RATE PROJECTION AT 94%.THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, AS AZAIEZ SAID, IS STILL AT $6,160.
ALSO, HE MENTIONED THE MAXIMUM COMPRESS RATE THAT IS SET BY TEA THIS YEAR IS 0.6169.
THAT IS A DROP FROM LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS 0.6410, AND OUR COMPENSATION INCREASE AS DR.
AZAIEZ SAID WELL, WE ARE PLANNING FOR A 1% FOR ALL STAFF.
SO WHAT IS THE PROPOSED BUDGET? MOST OF THESE SLIDES YOU ALL HAVE SEEN BEFORE.
THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGES IN THE NUMBERS FOR ALL OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS.
SO THE TOTAL REVENUE PROJECTED IS $466 MILLION OVER 48.
ON THIS SLIDE. WHAT IS NEW THAT YOU ALL HAVE NOT SEEN IS WHAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW IS THE POSITION DECREASES OF $18,659,000, AND WE WILL GO OVER THOSE ON A SLIDE COMING UP SHORTLY.
SO OUR TOTAL SALARIES FOR THE 24-25 PROPOSED BUDGET IS 3.95679.
THAT'S A SLIGHT DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR, ABOUT $14 MILLION.
ON THIS SLIDE THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES EXCEPT FOR AS YOU SEE IN THE HIGHLIGHTED YELLOW, WE HAD A REDUCTION OF ABOUT $586,000 AT OUR CAMPUS IN LIBRARIES, AND WE HAD A REDUCTION OF $2 MILLION OR 43 AS A REDUCTION FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS, AND AGAIN, WE WILL HIGHLIGHT THOSE ON THE SLIDE COMING UP.
SO OUR TOTAL REVENUES WAS 466 OVER 48, AND OUR TOTAL EXPENSES PROJECTED IS 466 OVER 48 SO ADMINISTRATION ACHIEVED A GOAL SET BY THE BOARD TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.
SO WHAT WERE THOSE REDUCTIONS? OUR REDUCTIONS CAME TO A TOTAL OF 21,000,311,596, OF WHICH $4.6 MILLION CAME OUT OF CENTRAL OFFICE, $4.1 MILLION CAME FROM ENROLLMENT SHIFTS AND $12.5 MILLION CAME OUT OF CAMPUSES.
SO LET ME EXPLAIN THE ENROLLMENT SHIFT NUMBER.
THIS IS LIKE IF YOU HAVE A SCHOOL AND IN THE SECOND GRADE YOU HAVE 100 STUDENTS AND WE STAFF AT 122, YOU GET FIVE SECOND GRADE TEACHERS.
IF THAT NUMBER DROPS TO 80, YOU ONLY GET FOUR SECOND GRADE TEACHERS.
IT'S JUST A REDUCTION BECAUSE OF THE SHIFT IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS YOU HAVE IN THAT CLASS.
AS FAR AS CUTS IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE NON STAFFING, THIS IS A LIST OF THE THINGS THAT WERE REMOVED FROM THE BUDGET, AND I WOULD JUST HAVE TO PAUSE FOR A MINUTE SO I DON'T HAVE TO READ THEM ALL TO YOU, BUT SOME OF THE MAJOR ONES WERE WE CUT LEGAL FEES.
WE CUT THE NUMBER OF LEASE PORTABLES.
WE CUT SOME EXPENSES FOR EQUITY.
ARE THOSE FOR CONSULTANTS, TRAVEL SUPPLIES, TYPICAL STUFF LIKE THAT, AND WE CUT $902,000 OUT OF THOSE TO GET TO THE $2 MILLION OVER 66 OVER 91.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED, WELL, WHAT WAS THE CUTS AT CENTRAL OFFICE FOR SUPPORT STAFF? AS YOU CAN SEE, WE CUT 52 POSITIONS OUT OF CENTRAL OFFICE FOR FROM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS LISTED ON YOUR LEFT, AND WITH THE NUMBER OF FTES LISTED AND THE COST SAVINGS OF 2.591 FOR THE CUTS FROM THE CENTRAL OFFICE STAFFING.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. COVINGTON. GOOD EVENING, BOARD.
I'M HERE TODAY TO JUST GO OVER THE THE CUTS THAT WE HAD AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, AND TO KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE, AND ALSO OUR PROCESS, WE START WITH TONIGHT, OUR ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
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AT OUR ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE $2,914,000.WE LOOKED AT STRATEGIC STRATEGIC SUPPORT CAMPUSES AS FAR AS WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE 27 ALLOCATIONS THERE, WE REDUCED OVERALL STAFFING OF OUR ITSS THAT NUMBER CAME DOWN.
THE BUDGET REDUCTION AS FAR BY 10%.
ONE OF THE THINGS TO NOTE WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR THE CAMPUSES IS THIS WAS VERY COLLABORATIVE, ALSO VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE HAD TO GO THROUGH AND MAKE DECISIONS AS FAR AS WHAT WOULD HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF IMPACT TO OUR CLASSROOMS. AND SO WE FELT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE LEADERS TO BE PART OF THAT DECISION, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT FEEL THAT EVERY DAY.
SO THEY WERE ABLE TO GO THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND THEN FIGURE OUT COLLABORATIVELY TALKING THROUGH AS FAR AS WHAT WOULD HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF IMPACT. BECAUSE YOU HAVE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES AND DIFFERENT CONTEXTS.
SO OFTENTIMES THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A DECISION MADE THAT WOULD IMPACT ONE CAMPUS NOT AS MORE THAN IT WOULD ANOTHER CAMPUS, BUT THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SOME STRATEGIC CAMPUSES, SOME CAMPUSES THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERPERFORMING, THAT NEEDED MORE SUPPORT, AND SO THEN THE DECISION WAS MADE HERE'S WHAT WILL BE GIVEN UP HERE IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE OTHER CAMPUSES.
AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, WE WERE ABLE TO FIND A $4.5 MILLION IN SAVINGS.
SPECIFICALLY AGAIN, WE HAD TO LOOK AT CLASS SIZE AT THE FIFTH GRADE LEVEL.
I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T MOVE MY SLIDES, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE CLASS SIZES FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL FROM 25 TO 27.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE 27 FTES ACROSS OUR 11 CAMPUSES.
YOU GOT TO GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. SORRY.
WHAT IS I AM SO SORRY, I APOLOGIZE.
AGAIN, SO AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL WE WENT FROM A 25.5 RATIO TO A 27 TO 1 RATIO.
FOR THAT'S FOR SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT ATHLETICS AT ATHLETICS.
WE ALSO REALIZED THAT WE HAD A LOT OF COACHES WITHIN A CERTAIN AREA, AND SO WE REALLY LOOKED AT THAT AS FAR AS HOW WE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT IN STAFFING THERE.
ALSO WE REDUCED BY THREE ITSS AT THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, AND THEN SPECIFICALLY ALSO FOR THE LAST TWO, IT SAYS THAT WE FUNDED ONE COUNSELOR THROUGH CMR, CTE AND ONE THROUGH ONE AP, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS EXPLAINED A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH.
SPECIFICALLY IT'S NOT A MATTER OF THAT WE WILL LOSING COUNSELORS OR LOSING APS.
WHAT HAPPENED IS WE JUST FUNDED IT DIFFERENTLY SO THAT WE WOULD SAVE MORE THROUGH M&O.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION THERE AS FAR AS EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANT.
AGAIN, THIS PROCESS WAS A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WITH THE AREA SUPERINTENDENTS AND THE PRINCIPALS AS WELL, AND SPECIFICALLY WE MET BY LEVEL WHERE THEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT AND SAID WHAT WAS IN OUR BEST INTEREST, AND AS FAR AS WHAT WOULD HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF IMPACT ON THE CLASSROOM SPACE, AND SO BASED ON ALL THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT WERE AVAILABLE TO THEM, AND THEN ALSO SOME THAT THEY PUT FORWARD AS WELL, THIS IS HOW THEN WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO THESE SAVINGS BASED ON THESE SPECIFIC SCENARIOS FOR THIS LEVEL.
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, WE WERE ABLE TO FIND $4.2 MILLION IN SAVINGS.
AGAIN, WE WENT THROUGH AND LOOKED AT CLASS SIZE THE CLASS SIZE AND MOVING THAT FROM 26.5 TO 28 W
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AS ABLE TO FIND US $2.3 MILLION IN SAVINGS.WE REMOVED ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS FOR IB ALLOCATIONS.
WE DID NOT REMOVE COUNSELORS OR AP.
WE JUST FUNDED THEM DIFFERENTLY TO REALIZE THAT SAVING, AND THEN AGAIN, THE HIGH SCHOOLS DECIDED THAT THEY COULD AFFORD TO THEN REDUCE THEIR BUDGETS BY 20% BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT THAT TO COME BACK OUT IN ALLOCATIONS IN ORDER TO REACH $4.2 MILLION IN SAVING.
THE LAST GROUP OF SCHOOLS THAT WE LOOKED, LOOKED AT WERE OUR NON COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS.
THAT IS OUR SUCCESS AND OUR ROUND ROCK OPPORTUNITY CENTER.
OVERARCHINGLY WE WERE ABLE TO REALIZE $769,000 IN SAVINGS AND WHAT WE LOOKED AT SPECIFICALLY SOME OF THE THINGS TO NOTE THAT WE WENT BACK AND PULLED IS HOW MANY STUDENTS DID WE HAVE THERE ON AVERAGE? HOW OFTEN DID WE REACH OUR HEIGHT AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS? WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE RATING? AND ALL OF THESE GAVE US A SENSE OF HOW WE COULD BE MORE EFFICIENT IN HOW WE WERE USING ALLOCATIONS.
SO AGAIN, THAT ALLOWED US TO SAVE 13.5 FTES FOR A SAVING OF $769,000.
THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE THE $1.5 MILLION FOR SUMMER SCHOOL THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PAID OUT OF ESSER.
THE MILLION DOLLARS FOR OUR PROPERTY INSURANCE INCREASE.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT HAILSTORM BACK IN SEPTEMBER, AND WE DID FILE FOR THE INSURANCE CLAIMS, BUT IF YOU FILE FOR A CLAIM, YOUR PREMIUMS GO UP. SO THAT'S THE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF PREMIUMS FOR OUR INSURANCE.
WE HAVE A REQUIRED SPENDING FOR OUR CTE PROGRAMS OF ABOUT $615,000.
WE HAD A MAINTENANCE INCREASE.
SO WE ADDED $3.9 MILLION TO THE BUDGET.
THIS IS THE BUDGET USED TO PAY BACK DEBT FOR BONDS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS ISSUED.
THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE USE HERE TO BUILD THE BUDGET FOR I&S IS ESTIMATED PROPERTY VALUE AGAIN IS INCREASED AT 6%.
WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THE I&S FLAT RATE.
WE'RE GOING TO COVER DEBT PAYMENT AND MAKE A $25 MILLION DEFEASANCE PAYMENT.
WE TOOK IN CONSIDERATION OUR FUTURE DEBT CAPACITY.
WE HAVE A FUND BALANCE AS OF TODAY OF $113.9 MILLION, AND WE HAVE A PAYMENT DUE IN AUGUST OF $72.7 MILLION, AND WE ASSUME THAT 98% TAX COLLECTION RATE.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FAR LEFT COLUMN, THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR FOR I&S IS PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS OF $111 MILLION, OTHER LOCAL REVENUE OF ABOUT $3 MILLION, AND STATE REVENUE OF ABOUT $3.3 MILLION, FOR A TOTAL REVENUES OF $118.2 MILLION.
OUR PRINCIPAL PAYMENT FOR NEXT YEAR IS $56,200.
THE LAST BUDGET THAT'S REQUIRED TO BRING TO THE BOARD IS A FULL SERVICE BUDGET.
ASSUMPTION FOR OUR FULL SERVICE BUDGET.
CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
WE ARE PROPOSING A NO PRICE INCREASE FOR BREAKFAST OR LUNCH.
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THE FOOD AND SALARIES AND ALL OF THOSE COST TO DELIVER.OUR FOOD SERVICES PROGRAM $16.6 MILLION, THE MAINTENANCE SERVICE IS $1.4 SECURITY AND MONITORING $600,000 FOR TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF $18,000,00794, WITH A SURPLUS OF 910 TO ADD TO THE FUND BALANCE.
THIS IS JUST A COMPARISON OF ROUND ROCK AND OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AS FAR AS OUR ELEMENTARY BREAKFAST, SECONDARY BREAKFAST, ELEMENTARY LUNCH, SECONDARY LUNCH, ADULT BREAKFAST, AND THIS IS FOR THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, AND AGAIN, WE WILL NOT HAVE A PRICE INCREASE FOR NEXT YEAR, AND I DO NOT KNOW AS OF NOW IF ANY OF THE OTHER SURROUNDING DISTRICTS WILL HAVE A PRICE INCREASE.
THAT IS THE PROPOSED 24-25 SUPERINTENDENT'S PLAN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT. I KNOW THERE WAS A VAST MAJORITY OF QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME, SO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THOSE, GETTING THEM TO THE TRUSTEES AND POSTING THEM ON THE AGENDA AND INCORPORATING MOST OF THOSE INTO THE PRESENTATION AS WELL.
TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE WEIR.
THANK YOU. I JUST ACTUALLY HAD A FOLLOW UP TO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS THAT IS ANSWERED, AND I DO APPRECIATE IT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WAS ABLE TO ANSWER ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS, BUT THE RESPONSE TO MY ONE QUESTION REGARDING THE 10% ACROSS THE BOARD CUTS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, GIVEN THE TITLE ONE FUNDING DECREASES THAT ARE COMING. I ASKED ABOUT HAVING MAYBE 8% AT SOME CAMPUSES AND 12 AT OTHERS, AND THE RESPONSE WAS IT HADN'T BEEN A CONSIDERATION THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD AT THE TIME. SO I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME MANEUVERING STILL TO GO.
SO I, I GUESS MY ASK IS THAT MAYBE THAT BE A CONSIDERATION RIGHT HERE AT THE END, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME CAMPUSES ARE ABLE TO, WITH THEIR AWESOME TAS, REALLY RAISE A LOT OF MORE MONEY FOR SUPPLIES THAN SOME OF OUR TITLE ONE CAMPUSES, AND I KNOW, I KNOW, WE HAVE THE TEAM HERE, BUT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I THOUGHT WE ALL SAW THAT ONE CAMPUSES GET SOME EXTRA TITLE MONEY TOO, RIGHT? YES, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
I MEAN, I DO, I BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THE TITLE ONE FUNDING IS GOING TO BE LESS COMING UP, RIGHT.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ISN'T GOING TO GIVE THEM QUITE AS MUCH.
I WILL JUST SAY, AS SOMEONE WHO'S TRIED TO RAISE FUNDS AT A TITLE ONE CAMPUS TO SUPPLEMENT WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN CUTS ACROSS THE BOARD COMPARED TO SOME CAMPUSES THAT DO NOT HAVE THAT PROBLEM AT ALL.
WE CERTAINLY CAN LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AGAIN.
WE CAN LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AGAIN FOR SURE.
WE CAN WE CAN LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
SO WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT AGAIN.
TRUSTEE MARKUM. TRUSTEE MARKUM.
I HAD A FOLLOW UP ON MY QUESTION ABOUT SUCCESS.
I APPRECIATE THE ANSWER, AND I KNOW A LOT OF THAT WAS THROUGH ATTRITION, AND AND YOU EXPLAINED THOSE WHEN WE WENT THROUGH WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE ROUND ROCK OPPORTUNITY CENTER AND SUCCESS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP.
IF WE GET INTO THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND WE'RE SEEING ADDITIONAL NEEDS AT THAT CAMPUS, BECAUSE I DO STILL HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT THERE ARE UNIQUE NEEDS ON THAT CAMPUS THAT MIGHT REQUIRE MORE SUPPORT.
BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING I'M NOT THE EXPERT AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE DONE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.
WILL THERE STILL BE OPPORTUNITY NEXT YEAR TO ADD MORE SUPPORT AT CAMPUSES SHOULD THE NEED ARISE? AND SO THAT IS ALWAYS PART OF OUR PROCESS, AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT BASED ON WHAT WE FEEL THE THEIR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS MAY BE IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND, AND MIGHT BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT BY GRADE LEVEL AS WELL, AND SO THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY BASED, AND IF WE SEE INCREASED ENROLLMENT WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE THEN ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS.
CAN I GO AHEAD, SIR? I JUST WAS GOING TO ASK ADD SOMETHING TO SUCCESS, BUT IF YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE.
NO, AND I WAS GOING TO EXPLAIN ABOUT SUCCESS AS WELL.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT YOU SEE IN SUCCESS IS ENROLLMENT IS A ROLLING NUMBER, AND SO IT'S NEVER.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW LET'S SAY THEY'RE AT 180.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID I WENT THROUGH AND I LOOKED AT THEIR NUMBERS.
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WHEN DOES IT REACH ITS HEIGHT, AND SO FOR EXAMPLE THE HEIGHT OF THEIR NUMBERS STILL LEAVES THEIR CLASSROOMS AT ABOUT ANYWHERE BETWEEN 11 TO 15 STUDENTS.AND SO WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD NOT LOOKED AT THEIR ALLOCATION IN A WHILE, AND WE COULD AFFORD TO ROLL THOSE NUMBERS BACK, AND THEY'LL STILL BE UNDER 20 AT AROUND 15 OR SO, AND SO IT WAS A MATTER OF WE FELT THAT IT WAS FEASIBLE TO GO BACK AND KIND OF TOUCH THOSE ALLOCATIONS AND RIGHT SIZE IT, WHICH, AGAIN, IS ONE OF THE THINGS YOU GUYS ASKED US TO DO.
SO WE WENT BACK AND WE STUDIED EACH OF THE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES.
THAT TREND IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM SOMEONE ELSE.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THEY CREST IN SEPTEMBER, SO WE TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
THEY CAME BACK AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S MY RECOMMENDATION, AND WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THEM IN THE BEST POSITION POSSIBLE, AND I GUESS ALONG THOSE LINES TOO, THAT'S REALLY ANY CAMPUS, RIGHT? AS WE LOOK AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT YEAR AND WE LOOK AT NEEDS, THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR ADJUSTMENT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR DR.
AZAIEZ. YES, THIS IS ABOUT THE [INAUDIBLE] APPEAL.
DO YOU KNOW WHEN WE MIGHT HEAR BACK ABOUT THAT APPEAL? I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T BANK ON THAT, BUT DO YOU KNOW YOU MEAN TIME FRAME, THE APPEAL? THE APPEAL? YES.
SO WE ARE STILL GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM, BUT WHAT THE STATE THEY'RE I DON'T KNOW I'M GOING TO WHAT THE STATE IS DOING IS THEY'RE ONLY ALLOWING US TO APPEAL THE $5 MILLION FROM THE 21-22.
SO DON'T WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A RIGHT TO APPEAL IT.
DO YOU WANT TO SHARE? WE GOT NOTIFICATION AT THE MIDDLE OF LAST MONTH THAT I INITIAL APPEAL, WE HAD TO FILE ANOTHER APPEAL BECAUSE THEY CAME BACK WITH, WITH LESS THAN THE $5 MILLION, AND THEY SAID, IF THAT'S NOT SATISFACTORY TO YOU, YOU CAN FILE ANOTHER APPEAL, AND ALL THAT DOES IS DELAY THAT YOU GET THE MONEY, BUT IT WILL NOT DROP.
SO OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO APPEAL AGAIN.
SO THERE'S NO TIMELINE THAT THEY SAY THAT THEY WILL GET BACK TO US ON OUR FINAL APPEAL, AND YOU KNOW DENNIS, I THINK, TO YOUR POINT LIKE, I THINK WHAT'S FRUSTRATING MORE THAN ANYTHING IS, AGAIN, WE ARE PROVIDING WE PROVIDE THE SERVICES BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT I THINK THE OTHER THING IS NOT THAT THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY.
THEY ARE STILL SITTING AT 5 TO $6 BILLION.
I HEARD FOR SURE THEY'RE STILL SITTING, AND INSTEAD OF LIKE REALLY ALLOWING SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF WITH NO ONE THAT WE HAVE A BUDGET DEFICIT, ALL SCHOOL DISTRICT AROUND THE STATE PRETTY MUCH HAVE SOME TYPE OF THEY SAID ADD TO IT LIKE, OKAY, WE KNOW YOU'RE SUFFERING, BUT SUFFER SOME MORE, RIGHT? JUST SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY RELIEF PRETTY MUCH WITH OUR BUDGET.
TRUSTEE HARRISON DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHAIR? MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR THE FOR THE REMINDER FOR HELPING ME.
MINE IS MORE OF A COMMENT AND THAT'S TOWARDS ADMINISTRATION.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON, BUT I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION ON SLIDE 35, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE BOND FEE, AND I APOLOGIZE, I MISSED THAT ONE CELL WHEN I WAS DOING MY HOMEWORK. IS THAT 35 24? IS THAT IF THE CDC RECOMMENDS A BOND AND WE CALL FOR A BOND AND IT PASSES IN NOVEMBER, THEN WE'LL HAVE THAT FEE, OR IS THIS A FEE FOR OUR CURRENT MONEY THAT WE OWE? UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS A ARBITRAGE PAYMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE.
SAY THAT AGAIN, AN ARBITRAGE PAYMENT THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE.
CAN YOU SAY THAT IN ENGLISH? IN ENGLISH, THEY YOU HAVE A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME TO SPEND ALL THE MONEY, AND IF YOU GO OUTSIDE OF THAT
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WINDOW, YOU PAY PENALTIES.OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
TRUSTEES, ACTUALLY, I HAVE ONE COMMENT THAT YOU CAN KEEP MY TIME GOING, AND THEN I WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS IN THE BUDGET, BUT I WAS LOOKING AT SOME BUDGETS AROUND THE STATE.
89% OF THOSE BUDGETS WERE GOING TO BE DEFICIT BUDGETS, AND THAT ALSO WENT ON TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE ALSO TALK ABOUT WE HAVEN'T HAD AN INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT SINCE 2019.
SO WE NEED MORE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.
I WILL SAY THE NEXT STEPS TRUSTEES, WE HAVE BUDGET ON THE AGENDA FOR MAY 30TH.
THIS IS THE TIME BETWEEN NOW AND MAY 30TH TO BE GETTING RESPONSES FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THEY'RE NOW GETTING A FULL LIST AND A LOOK AT WHAT THESE PROPOSED CUTS ARE.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE RESPONSES.
WE'LL ADDRESS THE BUDGET AGAIN ON MAY 30TH.
IF THERE'S NO SIGNIFICANT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY OR FROM TRUSTEES, THE BUDGET WON'T CHANGE FOR THE PRESENTATION ON THE 30TH, AND THEN THE FINAL BUDGET WILL BE APPROVED IN THE JUNE REGULAR BOARD MEETING.
SO THAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR THE NEXT.
IF WE HAVE ANY NEED TO, WE CAN ALWAYS ADD ADDITIONAL BUDGET MEETINGS IF SOMETHING DOES COME UP OR IF THERE'S OTHER CONCERNS OR WE HEAR MAJOR FEEDBACK, WE CAN ADD ANOTHER BUDGET MEETING, BUT THAT'S OUR PROCESS BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN THE FINAL BUDGET WILL BE APPROVED.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE SIT, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE BUDGET PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, MR. COVINGTON, AND WE WILL GO ON TO AGENDA ITEM G ONE, THE BOARD STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS TIME TRACKER FOR APRIL, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO TRUSTEE
[G. DISCUSSION ITEMS (Part 2 of 2)]
MARKUM. [INAUDIBLE] MADAM CHAIR, BEFORE WE MOVE ON WE HAVE TO POST THE BUDGET FOR APPROVAL BY THE 27TH OF MAY.BY THE 27TH OF MAY? YES, IT HAS TO BE POSTED.
JUNE 8TH FOR THE WEBSITE WENT TO THE PAPER.
END OF MAY TO THE PAPER BEFORE THE MAY 30TH BOARD BOARD MEETING.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT TIMELINE THEN IN CASE THERE'S ANY BECAUSE THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT WE WERE HAVING THE MAY 30TH MEETING, WAS IN CASE THERE WERE ANY LAST MINUTE CHANGES BEFORE IT HAD TO BE POSTED OFFICIALLY TO THE PAPER.
SO LET'S JUST TALK OFFLINE AND MAKE SURE STAY TUNED.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
THANK YOU. SO WE ACTUALLY DID PRETTY WELL IN APRIL.
WE LANDED AT 41.42% FOR STUDENT OUTCOMES.
AND THAT WAS THANKS TO OUR ACADEMIC WORKSHOP.
YOU WILL SEE IN UNDER VISION AND GOALS IN THE YELLOW 262.
CAN WE GET THAT ITEM BROUGHT UP ON THE SCREEN? YEAH. SURE. ITEM G ONE.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE. OKAY.
IT'LL CATCH UP. WE'RE RUNNING AT 262 MINUTES ON MINUTES, RECEIVING REPORTS DISCUSSING, DEBATING AND OR VOTING ON OTHER ITEMS OR OUTCOMES THAT DON'T HAVE TO DO WITH STUDENT OUTCOMES.
SOME OF THAT IS ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTING.
WE DID TALK A LOT ABOUT POLICY AT OUR LAST MEETING.
SO THOSE MINUTES, YOU'LL SEE THOSE MINUTES THERE.
THANK YOU FOR THE STUDENT OUTCOMES MEETING.
ANY QUESTIONS TRUSTEES? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE.
[H. ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION BY CONSENT]
H ITEMS BY CONSENT.DO I HAVE A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE ITEMS H ONE THROUGH ELEVEN BY CONSENT.
ANY COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL OPPOSED? SEEING NONE. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO.
[I. ACTION ITEMS]
ITEM I ONE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SELF-EVALUATION.YOU WERE SENT THIS DOCUMENT AHEAD OF TIME.
I THINK THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY ANSWER IT DIFFERENTLY BASED ON THE TRUSTEES THAT ARE PRESENT TONIGHT.
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BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE TRUSTEES THAT MAKE UP THE FULL BOARD.MY UNDERSTANDING IS I DON'T FEEL LIKE ANYTHING WILL HAVE CHANGED FROM LAST MONTH.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY THREE MONTHS AGO, LAST QUARTER.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY UPDATES? OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WORKING ON IT.
I'LL NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR SELF-EVALUATION.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE OUR IDENTICAL SELF A BOARD EVALUATION.
SECOND IS, IS THAT THE MOTION LANGUAGE THAT WAS PROVIDED? ANY COMMENTS TRUSTEES? THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT I HAVE SEEN OUR EMPHASIS, AND OUR PERCENTAGE OF TIME SPENT ON STUDENT OUTCOMES CONSISTENTLY INCREASE, WHICH IS VERY, VERY ENCOURAGING.
I HAVE SEEN OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT INCREASE.
SO I WILL JUST VOICE MY HOPE ON THAT ONE.
ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED SEEING NONE.
WOW. IT IS 7:11 AND WE ARE ON TO BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[J. BOARD BUSINESS]
ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THEN I WILL OPEN IT UP TO OTHER TRUSTEES, AND DR.AZAIEZ HAS ANNOUNCEMENTS AS WELL.
AS I STATED BEFORE, WE HAVE TWO UPCOMING MEETINGS.
MAY 30TH IS THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.
THEN WE HAVE OUR BOARD, OUR REGULAR JUNE BOARD MEETING.
PLEASE REMEMBER, THE JUNE BOARD MEETING IS ON A TUESDAY.
TUESDAYS ARE IN DECEMBER AND JUNE, SO WE WILL BE MEETING ON JUNE, TUESDAY, JUNE 18TH.
I HAVE ALL FIVE OF THE PEOPLE SITTING HERE TONIGHT HAVE RSVP'D, AND I WILL CIRCLE BACK WITH.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE HAVE TRUSTEE SEATS THAT ARE COMING UP FOR ELECTION IN THE FALL.
THESE ARE BOARD RUN COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETINGS, AND I'LL NEED TRUSTEES TO VOLUNTEER, BUT I HAVE TENTATIVELY SET TUESDAY, JUNE 9TH AND TUESDAY, JUNE 23RD AT 5:30.
WE'LL GET THIS HASN'T GONE OUT YET IN.
I MEAN, SORRY, JULY, JULY 9TH AND JULY 23RD.
MY APOLOGIES. JULY, AND THAT WAY, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE APPLICATION WINDOW TO APPLY ON THE BOARD, IT'S IN AUGUST AND I DON'T HAVE THE DATES RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IT GIVES TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION.
I THINK THAT THERE HAS BEEN, AT TIMES, CONFUSION AS TO WHAT A TRUSTEE DOES AND WHAT OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACTUALLY ARE, AND SO WE'LL BE FOCUSED ON GOVERNANCE, WHAT GOVERNANCE MEANS, AND IF YOU SIT ON THIS DAIS, WHAT YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE AND WHAT YOU CAN REALLY DO, BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A VERY LIMITED SCOPE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO.
WE ARE ALSO ADDING A TEAM OF EIGHT EQUITY TRAINING IN JULY.
THIS IS NOT OUR OFFICIAL TEAM OF EIGHT.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN NAIL DOWN A DISCUSSION ON THAT.
WE MAY BE ADDING A COUPLE OF OTHER TOPICS PERHAPS.
SO TRUSTEES NAIL DOWN THURSDAY, JULY 18TH FOR SIX HOURS IN THIS ROOM AND IT'LL BE TRAINING.
I HAVE A COUPLE MORE I'M SORRY I KNOW THIS IS REALLY LONG.
YESTERDAY, EVERYBODY ON THIS DAIS WAS AT THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL GROUNDBREAKING.
I'M SORRY. I JUST HAVE TO CLAP.
I WAS IT WAS A LONG TIME COMING, AND IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO BE THERE.
THOSE KIDDOS ARE GOING TO HAVE A BUILDING COME FALL OF 2025, AND IT WAS JUST REALLY WONDERFUL.
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SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT THAT WENT INTO MAKING THAT SPECIAL.ALL OF THE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO ATTEND.
WE HAVE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS COMING UP NEXT WEEK.
ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE MCNEIL AND ROUND ROCK.
ON THURSDAY WILL BE WESTWOOD, STONY POINT, AND CEDAR RIDGE, IN THAT ORDER, AND ON FRIDAY WE WILL HAVE EARLY COLLEGE AND SUCCESS THAT WILL BE AT OUR PAC HERE. AGAIN, ONE MORE THANK YOU.
LAST WEEK WAS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE OUR TEACHERS.
I HAVE ONE LAST SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
AZAIEZ [APPLAUSE]. WE COULD GO UNTIL MIDNIGHT IF YOU'D LIKE TO STAY AND CELEBRATE THE BEGINNING.
DO YOU KNOW THAT TOMORROW IS ALSO OUR ROUND ROCK ISD BIRTHDAY, RIGHT? I SHARE THE SAME BIRTHDAY AS OUR DISTRICT BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
AZAIEZ FOR HIS ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO TRUSTEES.
NEXT WEEK. WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY THREE DAYS OF GRADUATIONS AND OUR SEVEN HIGH SCHOOLS, 3693 STUDENTS, TO BE EXACT, WILL BE GRADUATING FROM ROUND ROCK ISD. WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THEM, BUT IT COULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT THE HARD WORK OF OUR TEACHERS, STAFF LEADERS, SUPPORT, OUR PARENTS, OUR PTA, OUR BOARD MEMBERS, EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE HIM WALK ON THE STAGE AND SUPER EXCITED ABOUT FINISHING UP, AND YOU KNOW, STARTING, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE, BEING PREPARED AND READY FOR IT. I JUST WANT TO SAY I STARTED MY DAY TODAY WITH WITH A GREAT EVENT.
ACTUALLY, I HAD TO GO TO THE PAC WELL I WENT TO THE PAC.
I'M SORRY, AND WHERE WE SAW OUR SPECIAL OLYMPICS STUDENTS ACTUALLY LEAVING.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY READY TO, AND THEY WENT ALREADY, AND THEY MADE IT SAFELY TO SAN ANTONIO.
WERE THERE ALSO TO SEND THEM OFF, AND IT WAS A GREAT SENDOFF.
SO THAT WAS A GREAT WAY OF STARTING MY DAY TODAY.
SO I REMEMBER THEY WERE THEY ARE THE STATE CHAMPIONS AS OF LAST YEAR.
SO THEY ARE COMING BACK OUR DEFENDING CHAMPIONS IN OTHER WORDS.
SO THEY'RE GOING BACK. HOPEFULLY THEY WILL WIN IT AGAIN AND COME BACK WITH IT.
WE HAD OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR EVENT, AND SO WE GET TO CELEBRATE A LOT OF OUR AMAZING SOME OF OUR AMAZING TEACHERS, BUT IN PARTICULAR MISS [INAUDIBLE] KIM [INAUDIBLE] FOURTH GRADE TEACHER AT CARAWAY, WAS OUR ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR AND ALSO [INAUDIBLE].
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF THEM.
PTA, THE PAC FOUNDATION EVERYONE REALLY WAS THERE.
I KNOW TRUSTEE MARKUM WAS THERE TOO, TO CELEBRATE THEM.
THAT WAS GREAT, AND THEN OUR FIRST EVER PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR EVENT, SO WE NEVER HAD A PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR, BUT THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE THERE AND THE FIRST TIME. AND SO WE HAD ALSO PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR JENNY STRONG, OUR PRINCIPAL AT BRUSHY CREEK, WAS OUR ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR, AND ALSO MONICA COLLINS.
SO AMAZING LEADERS ALSO GOT TO CELEBRATE THEM, AND ALSO I WANT TO ALSO THANK VICE PRESIDENT HARRISON FOR BEING THERE AND BEING ON THE STAGE AND TALKING AND CELEBRATING OUR TEACHERS AND AND ALSO OUR PRINCIPALS.
THIS WEEK WE HAD OUR STAFF RECOGNITION.
SO WE GET TO CELEBRATE OUR STAFF WHO ARE YOU KNOW, PROVIDED 20, 30, 40 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR DISTRICT, AND SOME OF THEM OBVIOUSLY ARE DECIDING TO RETIRE AT THIS TIME, BUT WE GET TO CELEBRATE THEM AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AND LOYALTY AND ALL THE HARD WORK, AND THEY DID FOR OUR STUDENTS.
SO AGAIN, WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM.
SO THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT THIS THIS WEEK.
SO NEXT WEEK IS THE BIGGEST ONE, WHICH IS OUR STUDENT GRADUATION, AS I SAID.
ALL RIGHT. WONDERFUL. TRUSTEE HARRISON.
NUMBER ONE, THE TWO WAY COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING.
THAT'S YOU TRUSTEE MARKUM AND ALSO TRUSTEE WESTON WHO ISN'T HERE.
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SO WE GOT AN EMAIL ABOUT IT.THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN MEETING, AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CLEARLY COMMUNICATING AND MAKING SURE WE ARE WELCOMING COLLABORATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN PREPARING FOR ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN THE FUTURE FOR TWO WAY COMMUNICATION, LIKE BOND IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, AND THEN LASTLY, WE STARTED HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MAYBE INVITING OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO DO SOME COLLABORATING OR A STATE OF, YOU KNOW, ROUND ROCK ISD KIND OF LIKE UPDATE.
SO WE THOUGHT THAT COULD BE GOOD.
SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME THINGS THAT ARE UPCOMING, AND THEN SECONDLY, DR.
SO EVERY STUDENT THAT IS EMERGING, BILINGUAL RECEIVED A CORD.
IS IT EMERGING BILINGUAL? RIGHT, AND DR.
AZAIEZ GAVE A SPEECH TO THOSE FAMILIES IN FOUR LANGUAGES, AND THAT WAS JUST REALLY TREMENDOUS, AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED, AND FOR SOME OF THOSE FAMILIES AND PARENTS, THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE FEW TIMES THEY WERE SPOKEN TO IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU AND SAY THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR DISTRICT A MORE INCLUSIVE PLACE.
SORRY, THAT'S KIND OF SLURRED THAT AROUND.
ALL RIGHT, LET ME START THAT OVER.
TRUSTEE ZÁRATE. I DIDN'T EVEN HEAR THAT, BUT I THINK IT WAS SNARKY, BUT ANYWAY, NOTHING.
NOTHING. PRESIDENT LANDRUM THE I WAS VERY LUCKY, OF COURSE, AGAIN, TO ATTEND SOME CAREER DAYS.
THANK YOU ALSO, ENGLAND, FOR INVITING ME OUT TO DO THEIR CAREER DAY AS WELL AS REDBUD.
IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO COME AND TALK TO THE LITTLE KIDS ABOUT WHAT I DO.
ALWAYS GOOD TO GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND SEE.
I GOT TO ADDRESS THE SENIORS ALSO THEIR CLASS OVER $3 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS.
THEY THEY PUT ON A CAREER OR NOT A CAREER DAY.
I'M SORRY. A FIELD OR CARNIVAL.
THE LINE OF PEOPLE WANTING TO GET TICKETS WAS EASILY 100 PEOPLE LONG.
THEY ENDED UP RAISING EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, PTA, AND THEIR STUDENTS ENDED UP RAISING $5,000 FOR CALDWELL HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY, AND SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING THAT THEY THEY REACHED OUT TRUSTEE MARKUM, AND I WERE ABLE TO TALK TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE PTA THERE AND ENCOURAGED HER TO PLEASE, PLEASE PASS ON HOW THEY DID THAT SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT FOR OTHER ELEMENTARIES AND OTHER SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT.
[K. CLOSED SESSION (The Board reserves the right to enter into closed session on any agenda item as permitted by the Texas Open Meetings Act, Section 551.071 et seq.)]
WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 AND 551.076.THE BOARD WILL REVIEW, DELIBERATE AND DISCUSS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE REPORT REGARDING THE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT FINDINGS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074, THE BOARD WILL MEET TO DISCUSS THE EVALUATION OF THE INTERNAL INTERNAL AUDITOR PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 AND 551.074 THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE ON THE ISSUANCE OF NON CHAPTER 21 ONE YEAR CONTRACTS.
IT IS 7:24 AND WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED TRUSTEES.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A 16 MINUTE RECESS.
SO WE WILL START CLOSED SESSION AT 7:40, BUT WE WILL DO IT IN THIS ROOM.
SO PLEASE GATHER YOUR BELONGINGS AND THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS EVENING.
[L. CALL BACK TO ORDER/EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTIONS ON ITEMS K1, K2 AND K3]
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND.ANY COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER MOTIONS MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE EVALUATION OF THE INTERNAL AUDITOR AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.
SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY COMMENTS? I JUST WANT TO SAY I LOVE OUR INTERNAL AUDITOR, AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE HER AND THOROUGHLY PLEASED WITH ALL OF THE WORK THAT SHE'S DOING.
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OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO.
ANY OTHER MOTIONS? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACCEPT THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION TO ISSUE ONE YEAR NON CHAPTER 21 EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS TO THE EMPLOYEES AS LISTED AND SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY COMMENTS? I'M THRILLED TO OFFER THIS STABILITY TO OUR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE RECEIVING THESE ONE YEAR CONTRACTS.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO.
ANY OTHER MOTIONS COMING OUT OF CLOSED? SEEING NONE AND NOTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA.
IT IS 9:24 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.