[00:00:01] 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. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. 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 GO ON TO RECOGNITIONS OF STUDENTS AND STAFF, BUT I HAVE ONE ADJUSTMENT TRUSTEES TO OUR AGENDA TONIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ITEMS F TWO AND G TWO TO OUR FIRST TWO ITEMS FOR THE EVENING. SINCE WE HAVE CITIZENS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING FOR THAT AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO GET HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES. 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. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT LANDRUM. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT LANDRUM, TRUSTEES AND DR. AZAIEZ. IT'S THAT TIME OF THE EVENING WHERE WE SHOWCASE SOME OF OUR OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND STAFF AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 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. FOR OUR STUDENTS BEING RECOGNIZED THIS EVENING, WE WANT TO START BY CELEBRATING WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL'S DEBATE TEAM. 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. WAY TO GO. 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. AMAZING JOB, TOMAHAWK. [00:05:34] 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. NATIONAL COMPETITION BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF FRENCH, A COMPETITION THAT TESTS STUDENTS FRENCH PROFICIENCY IN READING, WRITING, SPEAKING, AND LISTENING. THE FIRST GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO ARE RECOGNIZING FOR THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT ARE CEDAR VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. 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. OH, SORRY. GO AHEAD. COMPETED IN THE COMPETITION. 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. WAY TO GO, WESTWOOD. NEXT, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ATHLETE WHO PLACED THIRD IN THE STATE FOR POLE VAULT. 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. [00:10:27] 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. CONGRATULATIONS. SO YOU GUYS CAN COME. OUR NEXT RECOGNITION IS FOR ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ATHLETE DIEGO CHIOCCI, WHO EARNED THE TITLE OF STATE CHAMPION FOR POMMEL HORSE, RINGS AND ALL AROUND. HE ALSO PLACED THIRD. 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. STAFF RECOGNITION. THIS EVENING, WE'RE RECOGNIZING OUR DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS, VISUAL ARTS, TIM LOWKE, FOR RECEIVING THE TEXAS ARTS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION'S SPIRIT OF VASE AWARD. 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 MAY RETURN TO YOUR SEATS. TONIGHT'S VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF OUR YOUNGEST ROUND ROCK STUDENTS AND THE WORDS OF WISDOM THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH OUR 2024 GRADUATES. TELL THEM TO MAYBE DO SALES. GO TO COLLEGE. MAYBE SHOULD BE POLICE. DO NOTING. GET A JOB. YOU COULD BE A DR.? ELECTRICIAN. THEY FIX THE LIGHT BULBS. THEY SHOULD EAT HEALTHY STUFF FOR THE DIET. FRUIT, I LIKE FRUIT. COFFEE. VEGETABLES. TURKEY. STAY ON THE DIET BEFORE THEY JUST EAT WHATEVER THEY WANT. BE KIND TO OTHERS. PLAY VIDEO GAMES AND PLAY OUTSIDE. TRYING TO FIND THE PERSON YOU LOVE. YOU WANT TO HAVE FUN. LIFE IS ALL ABOUT HAVING FUN. 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. TIC TAC TOE, PATTYCAKE. 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. [00:15:10] YOU SHOULD REMEMBER THAT ALL THE WONDERFUL TEACHERS YOU HAVE AND WHAT YOU LEARNED. WAY TO GO! AMAZING JOB. 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. 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 ITS 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 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. 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 BOARD MEMBERS DOES NOT INDICATE AGREEMENT OR APPROVAL OF THE COMMENTS. 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. WELL, HELLO, TRUSTEES. 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. BASICALLY. 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. YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TAMMY CONRAD, SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F ONE, AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT AND YOU ARE AN EMPLOYEE. GOOD EVENING. [00:20:02] 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. IN THE MEANTIME, WE APPRECIATE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS WORKED TO REDUCE SPENDING THIS YEAR AND IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET. 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. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CHART SHOWING HOW THE CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF NUMBERS COMPARE TO OTHER DISTRICTS. 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. EMPLOYEES NEED TO SEE IN WHICH POSITIONS THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE THEIR PAY AND WHETHER THE STIPENDS ARE TEMPORARY AND IF THEY QUALIFY FOR TRS. 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. WHILE WE HAVE TITLE ONE CAMPUSES THAT ARE SMALLER THAN OTHER NON TITLE ONE CAMPUSES, OUR NEED IS GREATER AT THESE SCHOOLS. THIS STAFF SERVES A CRITICAL ROLE. NOT ONLY TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS REBECCA [INAUDIBLE] SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F ONE, AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. 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. THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS OVER $32 BILLION IN SURPLUS FUNDS THAT COULD BE USED TO FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION. 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. ABBOTT CALLED FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS LAST YEAR, WITH AN ESTIMATED COST OF $1 MILLION EACH SESSION TO PUSH THROUGH VOUCHERS. IMAGINE WHAT PUBLIC EDUCATION COULD BE IN THIS STATE, IN THIS DISTRICT, IF THE BASIC ALLOTMENT HAD BEEN FUNDED AT THE PROPOSED VOUCHER RATE. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE FAB FIVE FOR ADVOCATING LAST SUMMER AT THE LEGISLATURE FOR INCREASING FUNDING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION. I'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT ONLY ONE TRUSTEE TESTIFIED IN SUPPORT OF VOUCHERS, OUR OWN MARY BONE. ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES. EVERYONE NEEDS TO TAKE THEIR ANGER OVER THIS BUDGET AND VOTE IN EVERY ELECTION FOR PRO-PUBLIC EDUCATION CANDIDATES. VOTE LIKE YOUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL FUTURE DEPENDS ON IT BECAUSE IT DOES. IF YOU THINK THIS BUDGET IS BAD, IMAGINE HOW DIRE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET WILL BE WITHOUT CHANGING LEADERSHIP IN THIS STATE. AT THE SBOE, STATE REPRESENTATIVE CITY COUNCIL, EVEN THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT LEVELS, VOTE FOR PRO-PUBLIC EDUCATION CANDIDATES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TERESA PALMER, SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F ONE, AND YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE DISTRICT, BUT YOU ARE AN EMPLOYEE. 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. [00:25:02] 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. THEY ARE OVERWORKED. MANAGEMENT NEEDS DRASTIC CUTS, NOT THE UNDERSTAFFED TEACHERS AND ESPS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE EVENING. WE'RE GOING TO GO ON, AS I NOTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT UP THE AGENDA A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO AGENDA ITEM F TWO, THE PTA ANNUAL REPORT, AND I WILL WELCOME MELISSA HOSKINS TO WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAND DOWN THERE OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO [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. YAY! THANKS, MARY. 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. THANK YOU. OH, SORRY. IS THAT BETTER? PERFECT. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. 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. THERE ARE A LOT OF US IN THE COMMUNITY, AND YES, MY NAME IS THE ONE THING I BLAME MY PARENTS FOR AND THE ALLMAN BROTHERS. AS DR. AZ OFTEN SAYS, IT TAKES A VILLAGE. I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR OUR PTA LEADERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHO HAVE STEPPED UP TO BE A PART OF OUR PTA 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. THE COLLECTIVE VISION OF THE 55 PTAS THAT MAKE UP OUR COUNCIL IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD'S POTENTIAL IS A REALITY. THAT'S RIGHT, WE HAVE ADDED GOALS LEARNING COMMUNITY TO OUR PTA COMMUNITY THIS YEAR ALONG WITH CANYON CREEK. 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'VE HAD OVER 22,000 MEMBERS PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, AND THIS GOAL FOR THIS YEAR WAS TO TRY AND REACH 20,000 WITH OUR BACK THE FUTURE CAMPAIGN. THIS HAS NOT BEEN EASY. WE ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING THIS GOAL OF IMPROVING OUR MEMBERSHIP. WE ONLY NEED NINE NEW MEMBERS AT EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES. PTA IS THE OLDEST AND LARGEST CHILD ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION IN THE NATION THAT CONNECTS PARENTS, SUPPORTS TEACHERS, AND BENEFITS STUDENTS. PTA PROMOTES THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH, RAISE THE STANDARDS OF HOME LIFE. ADVOCATE FOR LAWS THAT FURTHER EDUCATION, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, WELFARE AND SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH. PROMOTE THE COLLABORATION AND ENGAGEMENT OF FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS IN THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH. 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. WE URGE EACH OF YOU AND OUR ENTIRE ROUND ROCK ISD COMMUNITY TO JOIN ANY AND ALL OF OUR AMAZING 55 PTAS CHOOSING TO BACK THE FUTURE, GIVING A VOICE TO EVERY CHILD. A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS YEAR. THE REFLECTIONS ARTS PROGRAM WAS HUGELY SUCCESSFUL, WITH 264 ENTRIES WITH THE STATE AND NATIONAL ADVANCEMENTS. [00:30:03] 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. IT'S QUITE AN HONOR. 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. WE WERE PRIVILEGED TO WORK WITH A LOCAL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER TO COLLABORATE ON TWO EVENTS FOCUSED ON THE FENTANYL CRISIS. 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. PTA SUPPORTS AND CELEBRATES OUR TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS SHAPING THE FUTURE. 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. THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN TEXAS PTA EVENTS LIKE RALLY DAY AT THE CAPITOL. 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. OUR PARTNERSHIP IS SO IMPORTANT THAT TEXAS PTA CELEBRATES EVERY COUNCIL WITH A GOLDEN APPLE AWARD WHEN SUPERINTENDENT, DISTRICT LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS, AND ALL TRUSTEES JOIN. 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. DR. AZ HAS A TRADITION OF HOSTING A GOLDEN APPLE BREAKFAST WITH THE WINNERS OF A CONTEST THAT WE HOST. ONE LOCAL PTA CAMPUS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND ONE AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, AND COUNCIL PROVIDES BREAKFAST TACOS, USUALLY ON A [INAUDIBLE] DAY. IT'S A REAL POPULAR. AS WE PREPARE FOR ANOTHER SEASON OF TRANSITIONS, NOT ONLY ON OUR COUNCIL BOARD, BUT AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL THERE IS EXCITEMENT IN PTA EVEN WHEN THINGS ARE HARD. 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. ADMINISTRATORS GO FREE. THAT'S REGISTRATION, AND PLEASE SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR COUNCIL HOSTED PTA DISTRICT TRAINING SATURDAY, AUGUST 24TH. 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. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 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. COLLABORATE WITH YOU IN FILLING IN THE NEED GAPS, AND TO HELP ALL OF OUR CHILDREN REACH THEIR POTENTIAL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 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? [00:35:02] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. REALLY APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. YEAH, IT'S MY PLEASURE, AND GO JOIN PTA. WOO-HOO! YEAH, PLEASE DO. THANK YOU. FABULOUS. 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. OH, I'M DOING THIS. 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 WHAT WE DID WAS SO RIGHT HERE, WE JUST WANT TO TALK TO ILLUSTRATE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS WHO SIGNED INITIALLY. SO WE HAD ABOUT 120 OUT OF THOSE IN THAT FIRST MEETING 82 WERE REPRESENTED AND WE ADDED SIX SINCE THEN. 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. I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SITE VISITS TODAY, AND THERE ARE MORE PLANNED FOR THE END OF THIS WEEK AND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. 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. WE HAVE ASKED OUR CHAIRS TO HAVE A PRELIMINARY PRIORITY LIST TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH FABIAN AND I, AND THEN JUNE 3RD, JUST A FEW DAYS LATER, WE'LL [00:40:03] 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. I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GETTING PAID AS MUCH AS WE ARE, [CHUCKLING] SO I APPRECIATE THE VOLUNTEER SERVICE, AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT TODAY. 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. WE SUBMITTED INTO A POT OF ALL OF THE NOMINEES THAT WE HAD AS TRUSTEES AND THEN COMMUNITY LEADERS AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATION. 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 [00:45:07] 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. OBVIOUSLY, AND SO IT'S A LOT OF DATA THAT OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE LOOKING INTO IT RIGHT NOW, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE QUESTIONS. SO WE ARE THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A POINT OF CONTACT OVER THERE, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE IN CASE THEY NEED MORE INFORMATION. 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. SHOULD THAT COMMITTEE DECIDE THAT THEY WANT TO CALL FOR A BOND OR THEY'RE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION, THEY OBVIOUSLY CAN'T CALL FOR IT. IF THEY MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD THAT WE SHOULD CALL FOR A BOND, THEN THAT INFORMATION WILL BE VETTED OUT IN DETAIL IN BOARD MEETINGS, PROBABLY IN THE MONTH OF JULY. 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. WE ALL KNOW THAT JULY IS REALLY NOT A GOOD MONTH FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE VACATION PLANS. OUR, TEACHERS, THAT'S WHEN THEY GO ON VACATION. SO THAT IS MY CONCERN IS THAT IF WE WANT A BOND TO PASS IN NOVEMBER, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT AS EARLY AS WE CAN DO THAT WHY PEOPLE ARE STILL AROUND, YOU KNOW, [00:50:02] 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. THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT DECISION, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET AS MUCH COMMUNITY INPUT AS POSSIBLE. SO IF YOU DO NEED MORE TIME, PLEASE COMMUNICATE WITH, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATION. LET US KNOW. YOU KNOW, I'M I'M IN CHARGE OF SETTING THE AGENDA, AND YOU'RE PENCILED IN ON THE JUNE 18TH BOARD MEETING, BUT IF YOU NEED MORE TIME, WE WILL MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 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. SURE. THE ONLY THING WITH THAT IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE SUPPORT FROM THE DISTRICT IF WE DO EXTEND THE TIMELINES. 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. IT'S NOT IDEAL, BUT 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. IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO MAKE MEANINGFUL DECISIONS. 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. THANK YOU AGAIN VERY MUCH. IT IS 6:23. 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. THREE OF US, I THINK. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO I THINK WE'RE READY. I DON'T HAVE THE CLICKER OR THE. OKAY. YOU GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. SO I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND UNFORTUNATELY WE TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGET DEFICIT. 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. SO IT'S SO IT'S WE'VE BEEN WORKING AT IT, BUT WE WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU SO FAR WHERE WE'RE AT AS FAR AS THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 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. I KNOW ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAPPENED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT WAS ACTUALLY ASKED BY A TRUSTEE, AND IT'S ANSWERED ON THE AGENDA. SO WE'LL TRY TO COVER THOSE IN THE PRESENTATION AS WELL, BUT FOR REFERENCE, THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED IN ADVANCE. THEY ARE POSTED WITH THE ANSWERS FROM ADMINISTRATION. [00:55:01] 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. BUT THIS IS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT AND ACTUALLY STATEWIDE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS NOT UNIQUE TO ROUND ROCK ISD. SO ONE OF THE THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE TALK ABOUT A LOT IS THAT BASIC ALIGNMENT. REMEMBER, THE WAY WE GET FUNDED IS OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS TIMES THE ADA, WHICH IS AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE TIMES THAT BASIC ALLOTMENT OF $6,160. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH HOW WE GET OUR BIGGEST CHUNK OF MONEY RIGHT TO, TO, TO, TO PRETTY MUCH PAY FOR OUR TEACHERS, STAFF, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE OPERATING OUR DISTRICT. NOW WE DO GET SOME EXTRA FUNDS. FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING SPECIAL SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, WE GET SOME EXTRA FUNDS FOR THAT. IF IF THEY HAPPEN TO BE EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS, WE GET SO THIS I DON'T WANT I DON'T WAN EVERYBODY TO THINK THAT WE ONLY GET THAT $6,160 PER STUDENTS. WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPENDING ON OTHER FACTORS, BUT THAT'S REALLY REPRESENTS THE BIGGEST CHUNK OF OUR FUNDING. 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. AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY DON'T ALLOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO GO LOWER THAN THAT, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT MONEY IS NOT STAYING WITH US. ALSO, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THE WORD INFLATION MANY, MANY TIMES. I'M SURE YOU YOU'RE FEELING IT YOURSELF AS YOU GO OUT TO, TO BUY GROCERIES OR IF YOU HAVE TO FIX SOMETHING IN YOUR HOUSE, EVERYTHING IS COSTING MORE. 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. I TALKED ABOUT RECAPTURE. 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. AND THE WAY IT WAS DONE IN THE PAST IS WE PROVIDE THE SERVICES, THEN WE SUBMIT REIMBURSEMENT FORMS TO THE STATE. 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. [01:00:03] 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. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, $21 MILLION DEFICIT, HALF MORE THAN HALF OF IT IS REALLY THAT REIMBURSEMENT THAT WE GOT HIT WITH IT. WE KNEW ABOUT IT IN OCTOBER 2023. LIKE WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO PREP FOR IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT WAS JUST HIT WITH IT. 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. RIGHT? LIKE WHERE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE LETTING GO REALLY RIFTING TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS, REDUCTION IN FORCE. IT'S ALL OVER THE STATE, RIGHT? SOME IN HUNDREDS SOME OF THEM IS MORE THAN THAT. I KNOW SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE TALKING OR ARE DOING SOME CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS OR CLOSING SCHOOLS. SCHOOL DISTRICTS LIKE BROWNSVILLE, SOME SCHOOL DISTRICT UP NORTH IN DALLAS AREA THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THEY'RE DOING THAT FOR NEXT YEAR. THEY'RE ALSO ELIMINATING VACANT POSITIONS, SOME OF THEM ELIMINATING SOME PROGRAMS ALTOGETHER AND THEN SOME ANOTHER. 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. SO THEIR BUDGET AND EVERYTHING HAS TO BE DONE AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN AUGUST, AND THEN THEIR FISCAL YEAR STARTS IN SEPTEMBER 1ST GOES ALL THE WAY TO AUGUST 31ST. 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 IF YOU ARE A SEPTEMBER 1ST BUDGET SCHOOL YEAR AND YOU DECIDE TO GO JULY, YOUR YEAR FOR THIS YEAR WOULD BE CUT BY TWO MONTHS, MEANING YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND FOR TWO MONTHS. 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. YOU CANNOT IF YOU GO BACK TO SEPTEMBER 1ST, YOU HAVE TO PLAN FOR A 14 MONTHS WORTH OF SPENDING INSTEAD OF 12, AND USUALLY YOU DON'T GO BACK. 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 THEY INSTEAD OF SPENDING FOR TWO MONTHS, THEY SPEND IT FOR TEN MONTHS AND THEN THEY SAVE TWO MONTHS WORTH OF EXPENDITURE. 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. THAT WOULD BE A SAVING OF $60 MILLION, BUT YOU ONLY GET TO SAVE THAT MONEY ONE TIME, AND SO OBVIOUSLY SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING THAT. 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. I MEAN, $89 MILLION DEFICIT. 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. SO GEORGETOWN IS ONE FOURTH OUR SIZE, I THINK ONE FIFTH OUR SIZE, BUT THEY HAVE YET THEY HAVE A $4 MILLION DEFICIT. 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. IT'S KIND OF LIKE A CARD FOR WHATEVER YOU CAN PULL IT ONLY ONE TIME I GUESS, BUT THEY DID IT THIS YEAR, SO. 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. [01:05:06] 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. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AT LEAST TRYING TO HAVE A REASONABLE NUMBER WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEFICIT. 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. NOW, THIS IS AN AVERAGE RIGHT, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE CAMPUSES THAT MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. 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. I THINK PFLUGERVILLE HAVE THREE COUNSELORS FOR THAT SIZE MIDDLE SCHOOL INSTEAD OF INSTEAD OF TWO FOR US, AND YOU CAN AGAIN SEE THOSE NUMBERS THERE. HIGH SCHOOLS AGAIN, THE SAME EXERCISE AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOL WITH 2615 STUDENTS. HOW WE STAND. 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. WE DO HAVE TWO. SO AGAIN, WE WANT TO LOOK AT AND SEE HOW WE'RE DOING, LIKE HOW WE ARE COMPARE US TO OUR SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE ARE BETTER THAN THEM, OBVIOUSLY, AND WE WANT TO ALWAYS REMAIN BETTER, BUT WE WANTED TO SEE MORE OR LESS HOW WE HOW WE STAND, AND. 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%. IN PREVIOUS YEARS THIS NUMBER HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AT 10%, AND WITH THE MARKET VALUE DECLINING FOR HOMES AND WITH THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, WE [01:10:10] 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. SO IT'S NOT A REDUCTION. IT'S JUST A REDUCTION BECAUSE OF THE SHIFT IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS YOU HAVE IN THAT CLASS. ALSO AS YOU SEE BELOW. YOU SEE THAT OF THE $21 MILLION, $22 MILLION CAME OUT OF CENTRAL OFFICE NON STAFFING $2.6 OUT OF CENTRAL OFFICE STAFFING. AGAIN THE ENROLLMENT SHIFT NUMBER, AND THEN YOU SEE THE LEVELS OF REDUCTIONS AT THE ELEMENTARY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AND OUR NON COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS. 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. WE CUT SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THEN THROUGHOUT ALL THE BUDGETS OF THE DEPARTMENTS WE WENT THROUGH AND LOOKED AT THEIR OPERATING EXPENSES. AND OPERATING EXPENSES. 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. [01:15:02] AT OUR ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE $2,914,000. SPECIFICALLY THE SCENARIOS THAT WE WENT THROUGH, WE LOOKED AT INCREASING INCREASING CLASS SIZES AT THE FIFTH GRADE LEVEL. 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. WE SAVED SIX POSITIONS THERE AND WENT DOWN TO SIX POSITIONS, AND THEN ALSO 10% OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 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. IT WAS ALSO A MATTER OF NOT JUST PROTECTING YOUR SPECIFIC CAMPUS, BUT LOOKING OVERARCHINGLY AS FAR AS WHAT WAS THE BEST FOR THE GREATER GOOD. 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. WE LOOKED AT ALSO HOW WE WERE STAFFING STRATEGIC SUPPORTS INCREASING THE RATIOS THERE FOR THE CLASSES. AND WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE 27 FTES ACROSS OUR 11 CAMPUSES. WE ALSO HAD SAVINGS DUE TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGISTS OF SIX POSITIONS THERE, AND THEN ALSO THAT'S ELEMENTARY. YOU GOT TO GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. SORRY. WHAT IS I AM SO SORRY, I APOLOGIZE. SO SORRY. 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. SO IT'S NOT A MATTER OF THEY LOST COACHING, BUT MORE SO IS LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE WANTED PEOPLE TO BE TEACHING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. 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 [01:20:02] AS ABLE TO FIND US $2.3 MILLION IN SAVINGS. WE REMOVED ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS FOR IB ALLOCATIONS. WE REDUCED THE ITS STAFFING BY THREE ACROSS THE BOARD, AND AGAIN, WE FUNDED DIFFERENTLY FIVE COUNSELORS AND FIVE APS. 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 FROM THERE, WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF COME TO A DECISION POINT AS FAR AS WHERE WE CAN AFFORD TO HAVE REDUCTIONS IN FTES. SO AGAIN, THAT ALLOWED US TO SAVE 13.5 FTES FOR A SAVING OF $769,000. THANK YOU, DR. NICHOLS. NEXT WE'LL GO OVER THE ITEMS THAT WAS INCREASED IN THE BUDGET, AND THIS LIST HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE PRESENTED IT TO YOU. 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. THIS IS FOR OUR GROUNDSKEEPERS, AND THEN WE HAVE A DISTRIBUTION INCREASE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LEASE ON A WAREHOUSE. SO WE ADDED $3.9 MILLION TO THE BUDGET. NOW LET'S MOVE TO THE SECOND FUND THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT'S IN THE BUDGET, AND THAT IS THE INTEREST AND SINKING FUND 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. TAX RATE IS FLAT. 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. OUR INTEREST PAYMENT. IT'S I MEAN, IT'S $31, AND THEN OUR DEFENSE PAYMENT IS $25 MILLION, AND WE HAVE A BOND FEE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO PAY OF ABOUT $5 MILLION. SO OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES WILL BE $118 MILLION 008, WHICH HAS A SURPLUS IN THE BUDGET OF ABOUT $207,000. 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. OUR NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM HAS LOWERED THEIR REIMBURSEMENT RATE, BUT WE HAVE A CURRENT FUND BALANCE OF $7.5 MILLION. AGAIN IF YOU LOOK TO THE FAR RIGHT, WE ARE PROPOSING OUR LOCAL REVENUE FOR OUR FOOD SERVICE BUDGET IS $10.9 MILLION. STATE REVENUE 81, FEDERAL REVENUE 8.6 FOR $19.7 MILLION OF REVENUE, AND YOU SEE OUR EXPENDITURES, THE FOOD SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDE [01:25:05] 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. MADAM CHAIR. 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. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 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. SO WHAT THEY GET IN THE BUDGET IS NOT ALL OF IT, BECAUSE OF THEIR THE PERCENTAGE OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IN THE CAMPUS. WE GO AHEAD AND PRORATE THAT. SO THEY GET ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, THEY GET ADDITIONAL POSITIONS, THEY GET TO DECIDE HOW THEY WANT TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS. OH YEAH, I UNDERSTAND. 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. SO THOSE CAMPUSES, IF IT'S 10% ACROSS THE BOARD ON SUPPLIES, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS AS TO FILL IN. IT. IT IS JUST HARD. 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. WE OUR I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE WE HAVE FOR ELEMENTARY I THINK WE HAVE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, SEVEN OF EIGHT TO OUR, YOU KNOW, RECEIVING THAT. 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. I MEAN, WE'VE SAT THROUGH MEETINGS WITH YOU GUYS, AND YOU'VE DONE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE GOING THROUGH EACH OF THESE CAMPUSES. 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. [01:30:04] 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. THERE ARE SOME CAMPUSES WHERE BASED ON THE TREND IN THEIR DATA, WE CHOSE THEM TO GIVE THEM EXTRA BECAUSE WE REALIZED THE WAY THEN WHERE THEY HIT THEIR MAXIMUM NUMBER. THAT TREND IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM SOMEONE ELSE. THERE ARE SOME CAMPUSES WHERE WE LOOKED AT THAT, AND THEY CONTINUE TO GROW ALL THE WAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THEY CREST IN SEPTEMBER, SO WE TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. THERE IS SUPERINTENDENTS DID A GREAT JOB AS FAR AS LOOKING AT THE PATTERN OF THE ENROLLMENT FOR THEIR CAMPUSES AND WHERE THEN THEY SAW A PROBLEM. 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. ALWAYS IF WE SEE THE ENROLLMENT IS HIGHER THAN INTENDED, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE THEM EXTRA ALLOCATIONS. MADAM PRESIDENT, JUST A REMINDER TO THE BOARD THAT THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES REQUIRE THAT THE BOARD THAT THE BOARD ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS TO THE TO THE CHAIR. 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. THEY SAID FOR THE LAST YEAR, THEY SAID OUT OF LUCK YOU GET YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY OF THAT MONEY. SO DON'T WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A RIGHT TO APPEAL IT. SO WE ONLY APPEAL IN THE $5 MILLION, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY MONEY WE'RE WE'RE ALLOWED TO APPEAL, AND WE REALLY. DENNIS, YOU HAVE AN UPDATE. 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. WE WANT ALL OUR MONEY. YOU OWE IT TO US. 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. WE ASKED NEARLY 35 QUESTIONS, AND I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE. BECAUSE THEIR ANSWERS, EVEN TO EMAILS WE'RE GETTING RIGHT NOW, AND THOSE QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU FOR THE DILIGENCE AND RESPONDING AHEAD OF THE MEETING. 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 [01:35:02] WINDOW, YOU PAY PENALTIES. THAT'S DISAPPOINTING. 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. THEY DID A SURVEY. THERE WAS RESPONSE FROM OVER 52% OF THE STUDENTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WERE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE RESPONSE TO THE SURVEY. 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. IN 2015 WAS THE LAST TIME THERE WAS A MAJOR ONE BEFORE THAT, AND THAT WAS THE BASIC ALLOTMENT IN 2015 WAS $5,150. SO IN THE LAST NINE YEARS WE HAVE HAD $1,000 INCREASE, AND THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH YOUR BOTTOM LINE HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST NINE YEARS. SO WE NEED MORE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. IT'S THE END OF MY COMMENTS. 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. IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS THAT ARE COMING OUT FROM WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IN THE COMMUNITY, ANYTHING THAT WE'RE HEARING THROUGH, LET'S TALK WHATNOT. 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. POSTED TO THE WEBSITE. JUNE 8TH FOR THE WEBSITE WENT TO THE PAPER. END OF MAY TO THE PAPER BEFORE THE MAY 30TH BOARD BOARD MEETING. OKAY. WE MAY WANT TO OFFLINE. 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. WE'LL UPDATE ADMINISTRATION WILL UPDATE IF THAT SCHEDULE CHANGES, BUT I WANT TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT THE STEPS ARE FROM HERE ON OUT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. APPRECIATE IT. SO WE'LL GO NOW TO BOARD STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS TIME TRACKER FOR APRIL AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TRUSTEE MARKUM. 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. OH IT'S NOT IT'S NOT UP. 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. THAT'S ALWAYS AN AREA WHERE WE CAN DO BETTER, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE SEE IT AT 262, BUT OVERALL WE DID GREAT FOR APRIL. THANK YOU FOR THE STUDENT OUTCOMES MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS TRUSTEES? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE. WE ARE ON TO OUR ITEMS. [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. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OPPOSED? SEEING NONE. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. WE ARE ON TO OUR ACTION. [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. [01:40:03] 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. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT COMING UP OVER THE SUMMER WITH A LOT OF ACTIVITIES AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED. I AM STILL DRAMATICALLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE SCORE THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR SELF-EVALUATION, AND I HOPE TO SEE THAT IMPROVE. SO I WILL JUST VOICE MY HOPE ON THAT ONE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, TRUSTEES. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED SEEING NONE. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. 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. I THINK WE ALSO HAVE A GRIEVANCE SCHEDULED FOR THAT NIGHT, SO WE'LL HAVE A SPLIT AGENDA THAT EVENING. 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. ACTUALLY, I GOT AN EMAIL FROM TRUSTEE WESTON THAT SHE IS A YES FOR THE 30TH, BUT I'LL CIRCLE BACK ABOUT THE OTHER TWO RSVP'S THAT I'M MISSING. AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE HAVE TRUSTEE SEATS THAT ARE COMING UP FOR ELECTION IN THE FALL. WE DID THIS TWO YEARS AGO. WE HOSTED BOARD CANDIDATE INFORMATION SESSIONS, VIRTUAL SESSIONS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE POSSIBLY INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR THE BOARD. 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. I'D LIKE THEM TO BE VIRTUAL. WE'LL GET THIS HASN'T GONE OUT YET IN. OKAY, SO WE'LL RSVP TO PATTY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET 2 TO 3 TRUSTEES THAT ARE WILLING TO SIT IN TO THOSE MEETINGS. AGAIN, THOSE DATES ARE TUESDAY, JUNE 9TH AND TUESDAY, JUNE 23RD, AND IT WILL BE OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY. 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. SO THAT'S COMING UP TRUSTEES, PLEASE RESPOND WHEN PATTY SENDS THAT OUT SO THAT WE CAN FINALIZE WHO WILL BE AVAILABLE TO SIT IN ON BOTH OF THOSE. WE ARE ALSO ADDING A TEAM OF EIGHT EQUITY TRAINING IN JULY. THIS IS NOT OUR OFFICIAL TEAM OF EIGHT. WE HAVE ALREADY DONE THIS. THIS IS MORE OF A TRAINING SESSION, AND IT'LL BE ON THURSDAY, JULY 18TH IN THIS ROOM, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO FROM 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M. WE'RE GOING TO, I BELIEVE, HAVE A OUTSIDE EQUITY SPEAKER COME AND WE'RE GOING TO POSSIBLY LOOK AT THE DIGNITY INDEX. HOPEFULLY WE CAN NAIL DOWN A DISCUSSION ON THAT. WE MAY BE ADDING A COUPLE OF OTHER TOPICS PERHAPS. I HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED WITH MICHELLE ABOUT THIS, BUT PART OF OUR CONTRACT IS THEY DO PROVIDE THREE HOURS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS. SO TRUSTEES NAIL DOWN THURSDAY, JULY 18TH FOR SIX HOURS IN THIS ROOM AND IT'LL BE TRAINING. AND IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU SPECIFICALLY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO I CAN START NAILING THAT DOWN COMING UP. 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. [01:45:06] SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT THAT WENT INTO MAKING THAT SPECIAL. ALL OF THE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO ATTEND. THIS IS A REALLY A GREAT DAY. 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. YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IMPACTING THE MOST AMOUNT OF CHANGE IN OUR CLASSROOMS ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, AND SO I REALLY CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE OUR TEACHERS. I HAVE ONE LAST SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. TOMORROW IS DR. AZAIEZ BIRTHDAY. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR. 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. THAT'S AWESOME. JUST SAYING. HAPPY BIRTHDAY I HOPE WE ARE NOT HERE AT MIDNIGHT TO WISH YOU A BIRTHDAY ON YOUR ACTUAL DAY, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR. AZAIEZ FOR HIS ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO TRUSTEES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT PRESIDENT LANDRUM AND AS YOU MENTIONED, I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT OUR GRADUATION NEXT YEAR. 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. THEY HAD A COMPETITION THERE THAT WAS AMAZING TO SEE HIM THERE AND CHEER HIM UP, AND A LOT OF OUR LIKE, CHEERLEADERS FROM MCKINNEY HIGH SCHOOL ARRIVED. 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 JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT WE ALSO HAVE OUR WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL BOYS AND GIRLS TENNIS TEAM THAT ARE ACTUALLY ALSO GOING TO SAN ANTONIO AND DOUBLE AND SINGLE. 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. SO THAT'S WESTWOOD, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE VERY TWO SPECIAL EVENTS, ONE LAST WEEK WHERE WE GET TO ACTUALLY CELEBRATE OUR TEACHERS. 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]. SHE'S A SCIENCE TEACHER AT WESTWOOD, AND SHE ALSO SHE WAS SHE WAS SELECTED OUR SECONDARY OF THE YEAR. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF THEM. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. 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. SHE WAS FROM SHE IS OUR SHE IS OUR PRINCIPAL OF PEARSON RANCH, BUT SHE IS OUR SECONDARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR. 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. SO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING, A LOT OF CELEBRATIONS, AMAZING WORK, AND AND AS WE ARE FINISHING UP STRONG THIS SCHOOL YEAR. ALL RIGHT. WONDERFUL. TRUSTEE HARRISON. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT LANDRUM. I HAVE TWO THINGS. NUMBER ONE, THE TWO WAY COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING. THAT'S YOU TRUSTEE MARKUM AND ALSO TRUSTEE WESTON WHO ISN'T HERE. [01:50:02] SO WE GOT AN EMAIL ABOUT IT. IT'S A REALLY TIGHT TIMELINE. WE'RE IN CRUNCH TIME. WE ALL KNOW THAT BETWEEN GRADUATIONS AND CELEBRATIONS, BUT FOR OUR OTHER COLLEAGUES, IF YOU HAVE ANY INPUT PLEASE LET US KNOW. IF YOU CAN EVEN THINK OF ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, THE PRIORITIES FOR THAT ARE REALLY GOING TO BE DOING SOME WORK AROUND LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 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. AZAIEZ DOESN'T KNOW I'M GOING TO SAY THIS, BUT WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF OF ATTENDING THE ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, EMERGING BILINGUAL COURTING. 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. TRUSTEE ZÁRATE. 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. OUTSIDE OF THIS WORK. SO MUCH FUN. I ALSO WANT TO THANK STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL FOR INVITING ME TO THE SENIOR AWARDS NIGHT, AS WELL AS THE TOP TEN PRESENTATION. ALWAYS GOOD TO GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND SEE. I THINK THEIR, THEIR GRADUATING CLASS HAS OVER $3 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS COMING TO THEM, SO THAT'S FANTASTIC. ALSO, EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL INVITED ME TO THEIR SENIOR NIGHT AS WELL AND ACTUALLY ASKED ME TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT, WHICH WAS NICE. I GOT TO ADDRESS THE SENIORS ALSO THEIR CLASS OVER $3 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS. SO WE'RE CLEANING UP IN ROUND ROCK, WHICH IS GREAT, AND NOT ONE LAST THING ABOUT EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. THEY THEY PUT ON A CAREER OR NOT A CAREER DAY. I'M SORRY. A FIELD OR CARNIVAL. THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED. A CARNIVAL FOR CALDWELL HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY, AND I WAS ABLE TO DROP BY AND SAY HI THERE PACKED JUST INCREDIBLE. 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. SO THAT'S WHAT I GOT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [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. PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 AND 551.074 THE BOARD WILL MEET WITH COUNSEL TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS. 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. AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED. [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. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS? [01:55:01] 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. I'M HAPPY TO DO THIS. MAKES ME VERY HAPPY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE THEM A YEAR OF SECURITY IN THE TURBULENCE THAT IS PUBLIC EDUCATION RIGHT NOW. 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.