May 15, 2025 Regular Board Meetings

GOOD EVENING. IT IS 5:30 P.M. ON THURSDAY, MAY 15TH, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE ROUND ROCK ISD SCHOOL

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MICHAEL WAY, DR. AZAIEZ, MYSELF. TIFFANIE HARRISON, TRUSTEE MARKUM, TRUSTEE LANDRUM, AND TRUSTEE ROSS.

WE'RE MISSING TRUSTEE ZÁRATE. TRUSTEE ZÁRATE IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY TODAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE WOULD LOVE TO WELCOME PLEDGE LEADER REYNALDO CORTEZ FROM THE AWARD WINNING STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL JROTC. REYNALDO, COME ON UP TO THE MICROPHONE.

AND IF EVERYONE WILL STAND, WE'LL ALLOW REYNALDO TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES.

BOTH PLEDGES. 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.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, REYNALDO. TONIGHT IS A VERY EXCITING NIGHT.

IF YOU COULDN'T TELL. WE HAVE SO MANY STUDENTS AND I THINK SOME STAFF TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE.

SO, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. ONE THING TO LET YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY IN THE ROOM.

BUT IT'S ALSO NOT RUDE TO EXIT TO MAKE ROOM FOR MORE FOLKS, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL PRECIOUS ABOUT THAT.

WE'RE SO EXCITED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND TO SEE YOU AND SHAKE YOUR HANDS, AND I'LL PASS IT TO YOU, ANNIE. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HARRISON. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HARRISON.

TRUSTEES AND DR. AZAIEZ, IF YOU COULD JOIN US AT THE FRONT OF THE DAIS, IT'S THE TIME OF NIGHT WHERE WE RECOGNIZE OUR OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND STAFF AND TELL YOU

[D. RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS AND STAFF ]

I KNOW. THE FIRST STUDENT GROUP WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE TONIGHT IS MCNEAL HIGH SCHOOL'S AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS, WHO PLACED AT THE 2025 SKILLSUSA STATE COMPETITION.

THESE STUDENTS COMPETED IN A WIDE RANGE OF SPECIALTY COMPETITIONS SUCH AS MAINTENANCE AND LIGHT REPAIRS, DIESEL ENGINE COMPONENTS, TURBO REBUILD, AND OUTBOARD ENGINE REPAIR, AMONG OTHERS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN. YES, MA'AM.

. THANKS, GUYS. NEXT, WE PROBABLY RECOGNIZE THE THREE STUDENT ARTISTS WHO RECEIVED THE COVETED GOLD SEAL AWARD AT THE RECENT TEXAS VISUAL ARTS SCHOLASTIC EVENT CONTEST.

32 ROUND ROCK ISD STUDENTS COMPETED AGAINST STUDENT ARTISTS ACROSS THE STATE, WITH 2D AND 3D ARTWORKS CREATED.

THIS SCHOOL YEAR, ONLY 164 STUDENTS OUT OF APPROXIMATELY 35,000 WHO COMPETED IN THE STATE RECEIVED A GOLD SEAL AWARD, AND THREE OF THEM WERE ROUND ROCK ISD STUDENTS.

WILL OUR GOLD SEAL RECIPIENTS. LILA THORNHILL, SAMANTHA TANG, AND ROSALIE BRETON, AND THEIR ART TEACHERS EDMUND SUTHERLAND, ELIZABETH GROSS, AND NATHAN DEHN. MATT GROFF AND CAMPBELL, DR.

EAGLETON AND AREA SUPERINTENDENTS JOINED EVERYBODY FOR A PHOTO.

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SEVERAL OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES ALSO PLACED IN THE TOP THREE IN POMMEL RINGS, PARALLEL BARS, AND HIGH BAR EVENTS. CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S AWESOME.

CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. LET ME SEE THAT TROPHY.

OH! WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE STONY POINT JROTC FOR EARNING TOP PLACEMENTS IN STATE AND NATIONAL COMPETITIONS, INCLUDING A FIRST PLACE WIN AT THE FIND THE TIGER STATE ORIENTEERING MEET AND SECOND PLACE AT FORT CAVAZOS, WHILE ALSO BEING NAMED THE MOST OUTSTANDING UNIT IN AREA 18 AND A DISTINGUISHED UNIT WITH ACADEMIC HONORS.

SO WE INVITE THE CADETS FROM STONY POINT, MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT CASTILLO, PRINCIPAL WATSON, AND DR. EFLIN TO THE FRONT.

. THEY'RE ALSO FROM CEDAR RIDGE I APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU.

YES, SIR. THE FOLLOWING STUDENT GROUPS ARE RECOGNIZING WILL BE SPLIT BY CAMPUS.

AS MORE THAN 100 ROUND ROCK ISD STUDENTS PLACED IN THE TOP THREE OF THIS COMPETITION, AND SOME OF THEM COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.

SO, THE NATIONAL FRENCH CONTEST, ALSO KNOWN AS TWO WORDS I CAN'T SAY GRAND CONCOURSE, IS AN ANNUAL COMPETITION IN WHICH STUDENTS LEARNING FRENCH IN FIRST THROUGH 12TH GRADE ACROSS ALL 50 STATES, TAKE A WRITTEN TEST AND COMPETE AGAINST OTHERS WITH SIMILAR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS.

SO TONIGHT, WE'RE RECOGNIZING STUDENTS FROM OUR SCHOOLS WHO RECEIVED BRONZE, SILVER OR GOLD MEDAL.

FIRST IS THE MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL. STUDENTS WHO COMPETED IN PLACED.

WILL THESE STUDENTS, THEIR TEACHER OLIVIA TUTUK, PRINCIPAL EAGLETON, DIRECTOR DOUGLAS AND DR.

MERCER PLEASE COME TO THE DAIS? CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

THANK YOU, GUYS . CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT, WE'LL INVITE THE STUDENTS UP FROM WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, ALONG WITH THEIR TEACHERS, KELLY HARTWICK AND SARAH LE PICHON, PRINCIPAL AARON CAMPBELL, DIRECTOR DOUGLAS AND DOCTOR OLDHAM. THEY MIGHT BE IN THE HALL, SO HANG ON JUST A SECOND.

CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD JOB. GREAT JOB. DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK DOWN THIS WAY? ON THIS STEP, YOU WILL HAVE NO MORE. OH! CONGRATULATIONS.

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OKAY, COOL. ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE'LL INVITE UP OUR STUDENTS FROM CEDAR VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL WHO COMPETED IN PLACE AND RECEIVED A BRONZE, SILVER OR GOLD ALONG WITH TEACHER KRISTEN JACKSON.

DIRECTOR DOUGLAS AND AREA SUPERINTENDENT DR. FERRIS.

CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. SORRY.

COME DOWN! COME DOWN THIS WAY.

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OUR FINAL STUDENT GROUP ARE RECOGNIZING TONIGHT ARE THE STUDENTS FROM PEARSON RANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL WHO ALSO RECEIVED BRONZE, SILVER OR GOLD MEDAL. WILL THESE STUDENTS, TEACHER VALENTINA ORTIZ LABORDE, PRINCIPAL COLLINS AND DIRECTOR DOUGLAS.

AND SUPERINTENDENT DR. MERCER, PLEASE COME UP TO THE DAIS? CONGRATULATIONS.

. THANK YOU, GUYS . THANK YOU. DR. AZAIEZ AND TRUSTEE. YOU MAY RETURN TO YOUR SEATS.

ALL RIGHT. WE NOW GO FROM RECOGNITIONS TO WELCOMING NEW LEADERS TO OUR DISTRICT.

SO, WE WELCOME OUR NEWEST PRINCIPAL FROM UNION HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, DOCTOR DEBORAH WILLS KOVAL.

PLEASE COME TO SAY A FEW WORDS. HELLO, I'M DOCTOR DEBORAH WILLS COBALT. I'M THE NEWEST PRINCIPAL AT UNION HILL.

I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT A BLESSING IT'S BEEN, NOT ONLY FOR MY FAMILY AND I TO BE A PART OF SUCH A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY, BUT FOR THE WELCOME YOU RECEIVE FROM ROUND ROCK ISD AS A WHOLE.

YOU DON'T JUST HAVE ONE AREA SUPERINTENDENT THAT'S THERE TO SUPPORT YOU, BUT YOU HAVE ALL OF THEM.

AND THE COMMON ADMINISTRATORS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, THEY'RE ALL HERE TO SUPPORT US.

IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE. THE CAMPUS IS BEAUTIFUL AND WELL TAKEN CARE OF.

THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN RICH IN LOVE AND VERY MUCH THANKFUL FOR HAVING SOMEBODY WHO IS THERE AND READY TO WORK.

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EFLAND, WHO HAS BEEN THERE WHEN I CALLED MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY JUST TO SAY, HEY, WHO DO I CONTACT FOR THIS? OR WHENEVER I CONTACT MY OTHER PRINCIPALS IN MY LEARNING COMMUNITY? THEY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE. BUT ONE THING I VALUE MOST ABOUT ROUND ROCK ISD IS THAT WE ARE ALL HERE FOR ONE TEAM, AND THAT'S TEAM STUDENTS. SO, I'M THANKFUL TO BE PART OF THIS ROUND ROCK COMMUNITY, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE NOT ONLY GROWING PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY, BUT TO HELP GROW YOUNG LEARNERS INTO LIFELONG LEARNERS WHO ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ENRICH OUR SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.

BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HI. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU. FINALLY. TONIGHT'S VIDEO CONTAINS SOME OF OUR YOUNGEST ROUND ROCK ISD STUDENTS GIVING WISE WORDS TO OUR OUTGOING SENIORS WHO ARE GRADUATING NEXT WEEK.

THEY'LL BE DONE WITH SCHOOL. WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO AFTER THAT? BE A GROWN UP. MAKE FOOD. DRIVE CARS. MAKE TOO MANY WORK.

WASH YOUR CLOTHES EVERY WEEK. BE NICE AND BE RESPECTFUL.

YOU SHOULD LEARN MORE AND HAVE FUN MORE INSTEAD OF PUSHING YOURSELF TO BE GREAT.

WOULD PLANT TREES AND FLOWERS. THEY'LL BE DONE WITH SCHOOL. WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO AFTER THAT? BE A GROWN UP. MAKE FOOD. DRIVE CARS. MAKE DO MANY WORK.

SHOP CLOTHES EVERY WEEK. BE NICE AND BE RESPECTFUL.

YOU SHOULD LEARN MORE AND HAVE FUN MORE INSTEAD OF PUSHING YOURSELF TO BE GREAT.

WOULD PLANT TREES AND FLOWERS YOU GOT TO BAKE, DO THE LAUNDRY, FOLD YOUR CLOTHES, MAKE THE BED. GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT YOUR KID GOES TO SCHOOL ON TIME.

LOTS OF RESPONSIBILITIES. GET A JOB. BECOME A DOCTOR OR A VET. I DON'T WANT TO WORK SELLING CARS.

PIZZA MAN. I THINK THEY THEY'RE SOMETIMES TEACHERS OR LIBRARY TEACHERS OR PRINCIPALS.

I'LL BE ANGRY. I DON'T WANT TO GO TO WORK. WORK AT NASA? YEAH. FIREFIGHTER. THEY DRINK COFFEE AND GO TO WORK.

MEAT OR SALAD? WHAT ABOUT CAKE? CAN THEY EAT CAKE? NO, NO, NO. IT'S NOT HEALTHY. SMALL PIECE. NO.

WATERMELON. TURKEY AND CHEESE. AND HAM FOR YOUR PROTEIN.

BE PATIENT. BE CAREFUL. AND. AND DON'T GIVE UP.

DON'T JUDGE PEOPLE. BUT WHEN I'M ADULT, I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT.

WELL, THANK YOU TO THE CLASS OF 2037 FOR SHARING SUCH WONDERFUL ADVICE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE WELL ON THE WAY TO COLLEGE, CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS, SO GOOD JOB DR.

AZAIEZ AND STAFF. JUST ONE MORE CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE AMAZING STUDENTS AND STAFF THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE TODAY.

IT IS TREMENDOUS. IT'S A GREAT WAY TO END THE SCHOOL YEAR, TO HAVE SO, SO, SO MANY CELEBRATIONS.

SO WE'RE SO GRATEFUL. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I WILL READ THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION SCRIPT.

[E. PUBLIC COMMENTS TO AGENDA ITEMS UNDER SECTIONS F, G, H, I AND K ONLY ]

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.

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AS A REMINDER, THE BOARD ADOPTED AN ANTI-HATE RESOLUTION ON JANUARY 20TH, 2022, WHERE THE BOARD REAFFIRMED ITS COMMITMENT TO THE WELL-BEING AND SAFETY OF ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, SEX, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DISABILITY, AGE, OR POLITICAL BELIEFS, AND STANDS AGAINST SPEECH THAT INCITES HATRED AND VIOLENCE TOWARDS ANY PERSON.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WHILE THE PUBLIC DOES HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK, THAT RIGHT IS NOT UNLIMITED.

PER TEXAS PENAL CODE 38.13, 42.01, 42.02 AND 42.05, AND TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 37.105.

NO AUDIENCE MEMBER SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO ENGAGE IN ANY CONDUCT THAT IS DISRUPTIVE OR THREATENING TOWARD ANY SPEAKER OR OTHER PERSON, OR TO VIOLATE THE PRIVACY RIGHTS OF ANOTHER PERSON.

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

THEREFORE, BOARD MEMBERS MAY NOT DISCUSS THE COMMENTS OF THE 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 MARKUM, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, WILL BE THE DESIGNATED TIMEKEEPER. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS TAMMY CONRAD, YOUR ROUND ROCK ISD EMPLOYEE AND A ROUND ROCK ISD RESIDENT.

YOU ARE ADDRESSING AGENDA ITEM I.1 AND REPRESENTING EDUCATION ROUND ROCK.

THANK YOU. YES. AS YOU KNOW, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF EDUCATION ROUND ROCK.

TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMPENSATION PLAN, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT NO INCREASES AT ALL UNLESS THE LEGISLATURE COMES THROUGH.

AND WE ALL KNOW THEY AREN'T GOING TO NOT IN THE TIME FRAME REQUIRED AND NOT IN THE AMOUNTS THAT WE NEED TO AT LEAST MATCH INFLATION.

MY FIRST REQUEST IS THAT EMPLOYEES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS PAY ATTENTION AND VOTE FOR LEGISLATORS WHO ACTUALLY SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION, INSTEAD OF VOTING TO GIVE PUBLIC TAX MONEY TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

SECONDLY, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO KEEP OUR EMPLOYEES? WE ALREADY HAVE HAD ANOTHER HARD YEAR SOMETIMES DEALING WITH CAMPUS ADMIN WHO DON'T FULLY SUPPORT STAFF.

OTHER TIMES WE LACK THE BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT FOR OUR NEEDIEST STUDENTS.

IT IS DISHEARTENING TO SEE THAT THE DISTRICT IS NOT PROPOSING AT LEAST A 3% RAISE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, GIVEN THAT THE INFLATION RATE IN TEXAS HAS BEEN 2.3% OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS.

WE FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED, BASED ON THE PASSING OF HB TWO, AS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN, IS LESS THAN THE INFLATION RATE. IN REAL TERMS, WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS AN ACTUAL PAY CUT FOR SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES, LIKE TEACHERS WITH LESS THAN FIVE YEARS AND MANY LIBRARIANS AND ALL NURSES AND COUNSELORS.

BUT THE BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT CONCERNS OUR LOWEST PAID AND MOST VULNERABLE STAFF LIKE AIDES, SECRETARIES, CUSTODIANS, FOOD SERVICE AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS.

THEY ARE ONLY BEING OFFERED A 1.5% INCREASE. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT ANOTHER YEAR WITH PROBABLY THE SAME ISSUES, BUT NO INCREASE IN PAY, EVEN THOUGH OUR OWN PERSONAL EXPENSES CONTINUE TO RISE.

THE BOARD NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND HOW DEMORALIZING THIS IS.

COMPENSATION PROPOSALS SHOULD PROVIDE DIGNITY FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

IF HB 2 PASSES, AND IF WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT RETAINING STAFF, WE MUST LOOK AT OPTIONS LIKE RETENTION BONUSES OR GUARANTEED STIPENDS FOR THOSE SHORTCHANGED BY THE STATE'S PROPOSAL. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

HANDING IT OVER TO YOU, DR. AZAIEZ FOR AGENDA ITEM F.1, THE PTA REPORT.

[F. SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS ]

HERE WE GO. THANK YOU. SO, I'M SORRY, MELISSA, I MISSED YOU.

I DID NOT SEE YOU. SO, FIRST BEFORE. MINISTER, IF I MAY? I JUST WANT TO AGAIN YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD.

AND I CAN TELL YOU, HAVING BEEN HERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, I MEAN, WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THE WORK WE DO HERE IN ROANOKE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR PTA. SO, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE OUR PTA PARENTS AND PTA MEMBERS ALWAYS THERE TO HELP OUR STUDENTS SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AND THE WORK THEY DO EVERY DAY IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. SO, I WANT TO AGAIN THANK OUR PTA FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND SUPPORT TO OUR DISTRICT.

I THINK ALMOST 16,000 MEMBERS STRONG THIS YEAR, RIGHT.

SO, THANK YOU MELISSA. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME UP HERE TONIGHT AGAIN AND GIVE ANOTHER ONE OF THESE UPDATES.

WE ARE AS LUCKY AS YOU ALL FEEL TO HAVE US. WE FEEL AS LUCKY TO HAVE YOU ALL.

IT IS REALLY. IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO RUN OUR PTAS THE WAY WE NEED TO RUN OUR PTAS.

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YOU DON'T HAVE A PTA WITHOUT THE T, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR ENCOURAGING MEMBERSHIP IN OUR ORGANIZATION.

JUST AS A REMINDER FOR EVERYBODY, I'D LIKE TO START ALL MY MEETINGS BY REMINDING EVERYBODY THAT THE MISSION OF THE PTA IS TO MAKE EVERY CHILD'S POTENTIAL A REALITY BY ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TO ADVOCATE FOR ALL CHILDREN.

THAT ALL IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THAT MEANS EVERY SINGLE CHILD THAT ATTENDS ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS.

ALL RIGHT, I'M IN CHARGE OF THIS. OKAY. YES. OKAY.

SO IN 2024 AND 2025, WE HAD A LOT OF LOFTY GOALS.

AND WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A LOT OF CELEBRATIONS AS WELL.

OUR COUNCIL AT OUR FINAL DELEGATE MEETING, WE WERE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE TWO OF OUR LONGTIME VOLUNTEERS WITH A I ALWAYS CALL IT THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, BUT THAT'S FOR THE OSCARS. AND THIS ISN'T QUITE THE OSCARS, BUT I BELIEVE WE CALL IT THE LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP AWARD FOR PTA.

SO, MELISSA HOSKIN, WHO I'M SURE YOU ALL REMEMBER AS A FORMER PTA LEADER FOR COUNCIL.

SHE'S BEEN QUITE I REFER TO HER AS THE FEATHER IN OUR CAP.

SO WE WERE HONORED TO BE ABLE TO AWARD HER WITH THAT LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP.

AND ALSO, MONICA WELCH WHO HAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE PTA AND UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO STEP ASIDE THIS YEAR.

BUT WE'RE STILL GLAD TO HAVE HER IN OUR BACK POCKET WHEN WE NEED HER.

WE HOLD ON. PTA HOLDS ON TO VOLUNTEERS LIKE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE.

WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO RECOGNIZE A COUPLE OF OUR LOCAL LEADERS THAT WERE NOMINATED FOR OUR COUNCIL AWARDS.

EVERY YEAR, WE AWARD A FLOWER IN OUR GARDEN AND A PETAL IN OUR POND.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO HONOR CHARLOTTE CHEN AND CARRIE THAYER WHO WERE NOMINATED BY MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL PTA TO RECEIVE THOSE COUNCIL RECOGNITIONS. IN ADDITION FOUR OF OUR 27 REFLECTIONS AND TREES WENT TO ADVANCE TO NATIONALS FOR NATIONAL REFLECTIONS, AND TWO OF THOSE STUDENTS WON NATIONAL RECOGNITIONS.

AND WE'RE PRETTY SURE WE'RE THE ONLY DISTRICT WHO HAD TWO WINNERS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.

SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PLATINUM BOYS FOR EVERY CHILD WINNER.

CANYON CREEK PLATINUM VOICE OF EVERY CHILD IS 100% OF YOUR TEACHERS.

NOPE. YOU HAVE AS MANY MEMBERS AS YOU HAVE STUDENTS.

THAT'S IT. THAT'S VOICE FOR EVERY CHILD. SO, CONGRATULATIONS TO CANYON CREEK.

WE ALSO HAD QUITE A FEW GOLDEN APPLE WINNERS.

THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE 100% OF YOUR STAFF AS MEMBERS.

AND YES, WE'RE UP TO ALMOST 16,000 MEMBERS. WE HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT LEFT TO GO.

I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE. WE ALSO WANT TO.

WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THESE CAMPUSES THAT RECEIVED SPECIAL CATEGORY AWARDS.

TEXAS PTA RECOGNIZES CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF MEMBERSHIP.

MARS IS FOR MALE INVOLVEMENT. AND THEN WE RECOGNIZE STUDENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE CAMPUSES ON THOSE AWARDS.

ARE YES OKAY. SO AS OF APRIL 29TH, WE HAD 15,700 MEMBERS.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT AS OF THIS MORNING WHEN I CHECKED OUR LOCAL ROSTER, WE'RE UP TO 15,867 MEMBERS, WHICH PUTS US AT 97% OF LAST YEAR'S GOAL, WHICH IS SO CLOSE TO A MEMBERSHIP INCREASE, I CAN ALMOST TASTE IT.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE DEADLINE IS THIS EVENING, SO UNLESS ANYBODY WHO IS WATCHING THIS LIVE GOES TO JOIN PTA RIGHT NOW AND JOINS ANY CAMPUS AT THIS POINT THAT COULD GET US TO THE GOAL.

I THINK WE'RE SHORT TEN PER CAMPUS, TEN MEMBERS PER CAMPUS.

[INAUDIBLE]. THAT'S WHAT I GOT. OH OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WELL SOMETIMES THE SPREADSHEETS ARE HARD TO READ, BUT IF EVERY IF EVERYBODY OUT THERE LISTENING RIGHT NOW WENT TO JOINPTA.COM AND JOINED A LOCAL ROUND ROCK ISD PTA, WE COULD GET THERE.

SO YOU NEVER KNOW. WE'RE MANIFESTING IF YOU MIGHT RECALL, WHEN I WAS HERE IN THE FALL, I WAS BEGGING ASKING NICELY FOR ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATORS TO JOIN OUR PTA.

AND THAT INCLUDED ALL OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S DIRECT REPORTS AND EVERY MEMBER OF OUR BOARD SO THAT WE WOULD BE AWARDED WITH THE GOLDEN APPLE FOR COUNCIL.

AND WE DID IT. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR JOINING YOUR LOCAL PTA AND SUPPORTING THE MISSION OF THE PTA.

THOSE OF US WHO ATTEND LAUNCH THIS YEAR WILL GET A SPECIAL RIBBON ON OUR BADGES.

IF YOU DO CONFERENCES WHERE THEY AWARD THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S LIKE REALLY KIND OF SPECIAL AND COOL.

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SO, IN ADDITION TO MEMBERSHIP, WE HAD QUITE A FEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS WELL.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE ATTEND RALLY DAY EVERY YEAR THAT'S A LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHICH WE ALL KNOW THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS CURRENTLY. I THINK THEY MIGHT EVEN STILL BE DOWN THERE.

SO WE ATTEND RALLY DAY IN FEBRUARY. ALL OF THE PTAS FROM ACROSS TEXAS GATHER AT THE STATE CAPITOL, AND WE ALL TALK TO OUR LEGISLATORS. I SAW ON JOHN BUSEY'S NEWSLETTER THAT HE BRAGGED ON US A LITTLE BIT THAT WE ARE SOME OF OUR PALM SPRINGS FAMILIES GOT TO MEET WITH HIM, AND THEY ARE, OF COURSE, IN HIS DISTRICT, AS IS A PORTION OF OUR PTA.

DR. AZAIEZ WAS THERE. HE ALSO MET WITH OUR LEGISLATORS.

IT WAS QUITE. IT'S ALWAYS QUITE A DAY. IT ALWAYS FILLS ME WITH HOPE.

WE'LL SEE HOW IT ENDS. WE WERE ABLE TO ALSO HOST A NATIONAL PTA EVENT THAT WAS SPONSORED BY META.

AND THAT WE WON A GRANT FOR THAT. SO WITH THAT MONEY, WE'RE GOING TO GET TO PAY THAT FORWARD, AND I'LL BE GETTING TO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. BUT ALWAYS NICE TO BE RECOGNIZED BY NATIONAL PTA TO COME HOST AN EVENT.

SO WE GOT TO SHOWCASE CEDAR RIDGE A BIT WITH ALL OF THAT.

THEIR CATERING CAME OUT AND CATERED A PARTY FOR EVERYBODY.

THAT WAS IT WAS REALLY A LOT OF FUN, AND WE LEARNED A LOT.

HOPEFULLY OUR STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE ALSO LEARNED A LOT ABOUT INSTAGRAM AND INSTA AND BEING SAFE ONLINE.

WE HAVE HAD A VERY WELL ATTENDED TRANSITIONAL TABLE.

WE'VE HAD MORE. WE HAD MORE PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR THAT TRAINING THAN WE HAVE HAD IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

SO GOOD ON US FOR ENGAGEMENT. THAT PIECE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO HOST A COUPLE OF SUPERINTENDENT MORNING COFFEES AND AFTERNOON TEAS.

THAT IS OUR WAY TO MAKE OUR ADMINISTRATORS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO IF YOU SEE AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR A SUPERINTENDENT COFFEY OR SUPERINTENDENT T, THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE BROUGHT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO THAT LOCAL CAMPUS. DR. AZAIEZ IS VERY ENGAGED SUPERINTENDENT, SO HE ALMOST ALWAYS BRINGS OTHER ADMINISTRATORS WITH HIM.

IF YOU ARE A CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBER AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE EAR OF ANY OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS, PLEASE COME TO THESE EVENTS. THIS IS WHY WE PUT THEM ON SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN JUST BE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO EACH OTHER.

BECAUSE WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT AS A PTA, YOU HAVE TO COMMUNICATE, YOU HAVE TO TALK, YOU HAVE TO BE FACE TO FACE.

YOU HAVE TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. SO ON. WITH COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, OUR CLOTHES CLOSET WAS ABLE TO SERVE OVER 968 STUDENTS THIS YEAR.

IT'S PROBABLY A BIGGER NUMBER THAN WE'VE HAD, BUT WE'RE REALLY ABLE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO NEED THAT SERVICE. AND WE HAD 22 GOLDEN APPLE WINNERS THIS YEAR.

GOLDEN APPLE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IS WHEN 100% OF YOUR FACULTY ARE MEMBERS OF YOUR PTA OR TEACHERS SCHOOL STAFF, IT SAYS. SO, WE'LL JUST GO WITH THAT. 100% OF YOUR SCHOOL STAFF IS A MEMBER OF THE PTA.

SO, CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE CAMPUSES. AS AN INCENTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO GET GOLDEN APPLE COUNCIL AWARDS, TWO WINNERS WITH A FREE BREAKFAST WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT.

AND THIS YEAR, THOSE WINNERS WERE THE ROUND ROCK OPPORTUNITY CENTER AND CHANDLER OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO BRING TACOS AND COFFEE TO THOSE CAMPUSES AND TREAT THOSE TEACHERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

OKAY, SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS MONEY THAT WE GOT FROM NATIONAL PTA? WELL, WE'VE ALSO BEEN FUNDRAISING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZED A HUGE NEED IN OUR DISTRICT IS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF FOOD INSECURITY AT OUR TITLE ONE CAMPUSES.

WHAT IS FOOD INSECURITY MEANS? IT MEANS THAT OFTENTIMES THESE STUDENTS, THE ONLY MEAL THEY GET IS THE MEAL THEY GET AT SCHOOL, WHICH MEANS WHEN SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION, A LOT OF TIMES THESE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES DON'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO EAT.

AT DEER PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE SAW THIS NEED A SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND CREATED A RANGERS HELPING RANGERS PROGRAM.

PART OF THAT PTA FUNDING GOES TO SUPPORTING THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS OF THAT CAMPUS.

TITLE ONE CAMPUSES, OF COURSE, HAVE THE HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS.

THIS IS HOW WE IDENTIFY THE NEED. THAT PTA NEVER KNOWS WHO THESE CHILDREN ARE, WHO THESE FAMILIES ARE.

THAT'S ALL HANDLED THROUGH THE COUNSELOR. THE COUNSELOR JUST LETS US KNOW HOW MANY FAMILIES ARE IN NEED. AND FOR MANY YEARS, THE DEER PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL PTA PROVIDED MEALS FOR LONG BREAKS THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, AND FUNDING ALLOWING SPRING BREAK.

BUT FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS WE'VE HAD THE FUNDING TO FEED KIDS OVER SPRING BREAK.

WELL, WE WERE INSPIRED TO BRING THAT DISTRICT WIDE.

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SO WE CREATED THIS PILOT PROGRAM THROUGH OUR HEALTHY LIFESTYLES PROGRAM, WHICH WILL ALLOW OUR TITLE ONE SCHOOLS TO APPLY FOR A SEED GRANT TO START THEIR OWN HELPING PROGRAM SO THAT THEY CAN ALSO PROVIDE LONG BREAK MEALS, SNACK BAGS, EXTRA SNACKS FOR THE CLASSROOM. HONESTLY, WHEREVER THEY SEE A NEED TO HAVE KIDS FED WITH APPROPRIATE AND NUTRITIOUS SNACKS, THEY WILL FEEL THAT NEED. SO THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PLAN AND TRYING TO EXECUTE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

SO WE'RE REALLY GLAD WE WON THAT GRANT AND WE WILL NOW BE ABLE TO CREATE THIS.

YOU CANNOT TEACH A HUNGRY CHILD. WE'VE TRIED.

I THINK WE'VE TRIED MANY, MANY WAYS TO EDUCATE CHILDREN WHO ARE HUNGRY AND YOU REALLY JUST HAVE TO FEED THEM.

SO WE'RE REALLY GLAD TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND FINALLY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SUMMER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.

EVERY YEAR WE GO TO LAUNCH, WHICH IS THE TEXAS PTA CONFERENCE.

THIS IS A REMINDER FOR ANY LOCAL LEADERS WHO HAPPEN TO BE LISTENING TONIGHT OR MAYBE WATCHING THIS ON DOUBLE SPEED TOMORROW MORNING, LIKE I TYPICALLY DO WITH BOARD MEETINGS. HERE'S YOUR REMINDER TO GO AHEAD AND REGISTER FOR LUNCH, SECURE YOUR HOTEL ROOM, AND COME DO TRAINING WITH US OVER THE SUMMER.

IT'S A LOT OF FUN. AND IF YOU EVER FEEL ISOLATED AS A PTA LEADER, THIS IS THE EVENT FOR YOU TO COME OUT TO.

ALSO, AS A REMINDER, ADMINISTRATORS AND PRINCIPALS, YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR LUNCH.

YOU CAN JUST COME. YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR YOUR HOTEL ROOM, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY TO ATTEND LUNCH.

AND AS YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE OUR ADMIN BUY IN WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING PTA.

AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE NITTY GRITTY AND REALLY GET DOWN TO THE BRASS TACKS OF WHAT PTA IS ALL ABOUT, COME TO DALLAS IN JULY. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU.

AND HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FUN WE HAVE AT LAUNCH.

LOOK AT US. WE HAVE SO MUCH FUN. THAT IS ALL I HAVE.

OH, WAIT. I KNEW I WAS GOING TO FORGET THESE BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET TO ADD THEM TO THE SLIDESHOW.

WE WERE NOMINATED FOR TWO TEXAS PTA AWARDS. THE FIRST ONE IS THE ADVOCACY IMPACT AWARD.

AND WE ARE WE WERE NOMINATED FOR THAT FOR OUR WORK WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD.

TRUSTEE FORUM TO BRING THAT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THEN WE WERE ALSO NOMINATED FOR THE FAMILY AND THE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IMPACT AWARD FOR OUR WORK WITH THE NATIONAL PTA AND META FOR THAT PROGRAM THAT GOT US THAT GRANT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? DR. WEI. THANK YOU. MELISSA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING IN THE PAST, BUT IT'S AMAZING THINGS YOU HAVE BEEN DOING.

SO, I WANT TO KNOW THE GRANT A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL.

CAN YOU TELL US, LIKE, HOW MUCH THE GRANT? AND CAN WE COVER THE WHOLE SUMMER FOR ALL THE TITLE ONE SCHOOLS? SO, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COVER ALL OF THE WHOLE SUMMER FOR THE TITLE ONE SCHOOL.

SCHOOLS. WHAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO IS GIVE EVERY TITLE ONE PTA A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THEM TO START A PROGRAM TO FEED THEIR, TO THEIR HUNGRY FAMILIES. THE GRANT WAS FOR $20,000.

WE DID HAVE WE DID HAVE TO USE A PORTION OF THAT.

THERE ARE RULES WHEN YOU WIN GRANTS. I'M SURE EVERYBODY HERE IS FAMILIAR WITH THIS.

YOU CAN'T JUST SPEND THE MONEY HOW YOU WANT. SO, WE DID HAVE TO USE A PORTION OF THAT MONEY TO PUT ON THAT THAT PROGRAM.

SO, PAYING FOR CATERING, PAYING FOR THE FLOWERS, DECORATIONS, ALL THAT STUFF.

SO SOME OF THAT MONEY WENT TO THAT AND ALL THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE LEFT OVER, WE'RE USING TO START THAT TITLE ONE PROGRAM.

AND ALSO WE PIVOTED OUR SCHOLARSHIP. I ACTUALLY JUST FOUND OUT TODAY THAT THOSE STANDING LAWS UPDATE WERE APPROVED, AND WE PIVOTED OUR SCHOLARSHIP TO BE ABLE TO SEND MORE OF OUR LEADERS TO LAUNCH.

WE WEREN'T REALLY GETTING THE ENGAGEMENT FROM THE SENIORS FOR THAT SCHOLARSHIP.

ALTHOUGH I HAVE A VOLUNTEER WHO'S GOING TO HELP US WORK ON IT, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO BOTH.

NEXT IN THE FUTURE. I WON'T SAY NEXT SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE UPDATING BYLAWS IS A TIMELY PROCESS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, TRUSTEES.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT MELISSA. WE APPRECIATE YOU.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THE PTA DOES FOR OUR SCHOOLS.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM F.2, LSG MONITORING REPORT GOAL FOR GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES 4.1, 4.2, 4.3. STUDENT OUTCOMES. DR. AZAIEZ. YES. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HARRISON AND BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

SO, WE IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR. AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WORK THAT WE DO HERE IN OUR DISTRICT, WHICH IS STUDENT OUTCOMES IN THIS CASE. IT'S TIME TO TALK ABOUT GOAL FOUR.

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SO, NATALIE, ARE YOU GOING TO KICK IT OFF OR.

BYRON? OKAY, WELL, DR. GERARD WILL KICK IT OFF.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HARRISON. TRUSTEES.

OH, I'M SORRY, WERE YOU GOING? OH, SORRY, I GOT YOU.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HARRISON. TRUSTEES.

DR. AZAIEZ, AS YOU KNOW, MY NAME IS DR. BYRON GERARD.

I'M THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE PROGRAMS THAT I GET TO SUPPORT HERE IN ROUND ROCK.

TWO OF THEM ARE OUR COUNSELING SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND OUR ENRICHMENT DEPARTMENT.

TONIGHT, YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM TWO OF THEIR DIRECTORS ON A REPORT AROUND BOARD GOAL FOR STUDENT WELL-BEING.

PREVIOUS REPORTS TO YOU ON THIS GOAL HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU WITH DATA FROM OUR PANORAMA SURVEY TOOL.

TONIGHT, WE WILL AGAIN PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS PANORAMA SURVEY DATA, BUT WE'LL ALSO EXPAND OUR REPORT TO YOU BY INCLUDING SOME DATA FROM OTHER SURVEY RESOURCES, AS WELL AS PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME ILLUSTRATIVE DATA ON HOW WE ARE USING STUDENT WELL-BEING TO IMPROVE PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.

ALSO NEW THIS YEAR ARE THE LEADERS WHO YOU'LL BE HEARING THIS REPORT FROM.

THEY WILL INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO YOU IN THEIR REPORT.

BUT I WANT TO QUICKLY INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING SERVICES, MR. STEVE CLARK. OUR NEW COUNSELING SERVICES COORDINATOR, DR.

SONIA BAKER. AND JOINING THEM TONIGHT FOR THIS REPORT IS OUR DIRECTOR OF ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS, MISS RAINE MAGGIO AND OUR CHIEF OF ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY, MISS KAREN GRAY.

SO, I'M NOW GOING TO TURN OVER, TURN THIS REPORT OVER TO MR. CLARK FOR THIS EVENING'S REPORT. SO, I'M NEW.

I'M GOING TO. THAT'S MY REASON FOR TALKING OVER YOU, DR.

GERARD. I'M SORRY. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HARRISON, TRUSTEES AND DR.

AZAIEZ. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. AS WE SHARE WITH YOU PROGRESS AND UPDATES REGARDING BOARD GOAL FOR AROUND STUDENT WELL-BEING.

AS YOU MAY KNOW, SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS UP HERE, AS DR.

GERARD SAID, SOME OF US ARE NEW, INCLUDING MYSELF, AND THIS IS OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT BEFORE THIS BOARD.

AND SO, AS A WAY OF INTRODUCTION AGAIN, I AM STEVE CLARK.

I BEGAN MY TEXAS EDUCATION CAREER TEN YEARS AGO IN 2014 AT WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AS THE LEAD COUNSELOR.

IN 2016, I JOINED A NEIGHBORING DISTRICT AS DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING, AND THEN ON MARCH 24TH OF THIS YEAR, THE DAY AFTER SPRING BREAK, I CAME BACK TO ROUND ROCK ISD AS THE DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING HERE COUNSELING SERVICES.

SO VERY HAPPY TO BE BACK. I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S WARM WELCOME.

A COUPLE OF OUR DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS ARE HERE TO SUPPORT ME TONIGHT, AND I APPRECIATE THEM COMING AS WELL.

AND I AM REPLACING DR. LASHONDA LEWIS, WHO LEFT EARLIER THIS YEAR.

SO TONIGHT, AGAIN, WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON THE DISTRICT'S PROGRESS RELATED TO BOARD GOAL FOR STUDENT WELL-BEING.

AS DR. GERARD SAID IN PREVIOUS BOARD PRESENTATIONS, WE HAVE SHARED DATA FROM THE PANORAMA SURVEY RESULTS.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT TONIGHT. BUT AS HE STATED, HOWEVER, IN ADDITION, WE WANT TO PAINT A MORE ILLUSTRATIVE PICTURE AND WE'RE BRINGING IN A LITTLE MORE DIFFERENT DATA AS WELL. SO, AS WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, WE HOPE TO HIGHLIGHT AREAS THAT WE'VE SEEN IMPROVEMENT, BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THERE ARE GOING TO BE AREAS WHERE THERE CONTINUE TO BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH.

WITH OVER 30,000 STUDENTS COMPLETING THE PANORAMA SURVEY, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE DATA MAY NOT ALWAYS REFLECT SOME OF THE STUDENT GROUPS WHO WE WHERE WE HAVE SEEN GROWTH. AND ADDITIONALLY, WE KNOW ONE SURVEY COMPLETED TWICE PER YEAR DOES NOT ALWAYS PROVIDE THE FULL PICTURE OF OUR STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS AND FEELINGS ABOUT SCHOOLS. TO SO TO BETTER DEMONSTRATE A BROADER UNDERSTANDING AND SPECTRUM OF OUR STUDENTS GROWTH AROUND GULF WAR, WE WERE INTRODUCED SMALL SUBSET DATA TRENDS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE SURVEY RESULTS FROM THE ROUND ROCK ISD CLIMATE SURVEY.

OKAY. MY NAME IS DR. SONIA BAKER, AND I AM THE COORDINATOR FOR COUNSELING SERVICES.

AND I WAS PREVIOUSLY THE LEAD COUNSELOR AT MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL.

SO ONE AREA OF PRIDE FOR US AS A SYSTEM IS THE OVERALL INCREASE OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE SURVEY DURING THE SPRING 2025 AND ADDITIONAL 4088 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE PANORAMA SURVEY, WHICH IS ABOUT A 9.5% INCREASE FROM THE SPRING OF 2024.

WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND COORDINATOR AND ALL THE CAMPUS STAFF WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE.

THIS INCREASE WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY SENDING OUT FREQUENT REMINDERS IN THE PRINCIPAL'S WEEKLY AND KEEPING DR.

GIRARD UPDATED DAILY. HE WAS ABLE TO KEEP AREA SUPERINTENDENTS INFORMED, AND THEY IN TURN KEPT THE PRINCIPALS INFORMED.

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PROGRESS WILL BE MEASURED USING THE PANORAMA SURVEY DATA FOCUSING ON FAVORABLE RESPONSES IN THREE KEY AREAS.

SENSE OF BELONGING, SAFETY AT SCHOOL, AND STUDENT SELF-EFFICACY.

EACH OF THESE AREAS WILL BE EXPLORED IN DETAIL THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION.

THE TARGET BOARD GOAL FOR STUDENTS' WELLBEING IN 2025 WAS SET AT 61%.

HOWEVER, THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS REPORTING THAT THEIR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT PROMOTES A POSITIVE SENSE OF WELLBEING WAS 55% IN BOTH THE FALL 2024 AND THE SPRING OF 2025, WHICH INDICATES THAT 55% OF STUDENTS RESPONDED FAVORABLY TO THE ENVIRONMENT, PROMOTING A POSITIVE SENSE OF WELLBEING.

OKAY, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SPRING OF 2024 AND THE SPRING OF 2025, THE HIGHLIGHTED GREEN COLUMNS FURTHER TO YOUR RIGHT. WHEN COMPARING STUDENT GROUPS RESULTS FROM THE SPRING OF 2024 TO THE SPRING OF 2025, ALL OF THE GROUPS EITHER INCREASED OR REMAINED CONSISTENT IN THEIR FAVORABLE RESPONSE RATES.

THANK YOU, DR. BAKER. SO NOW THAT WE HAVE REVIEWED THE OVERALL DATA FOR GOAL FOUR, WE WILL LOOK AT THE THREE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT COMPRISE GOAL FOUR BEGINNING WITH SENSE OF BELONGING. SO, YOU CAN SEE THE END OF YEAR TARGET FOR GPM 4.1 IS THE 55%.

AND CURRENTLY THIS YEAR FOR ALL GRADES THREE THROUGH 12 51% OF OUR STUDENTS HAD A FAVORABLE RESPONSE RATE FOR SENSE OF BELONGING.

AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH 12 FOR SENSE OF BELONGING AND COMPARING PERCENTAGES FROM SPRING OF 2024, WHICH IS THE MIDDLE GREEN COLUMN IN THE SPRING 2025 ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS THE FAR RIGHT GREEN COLUMN.

ALL STUDENT GROUPS HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR HISPANIC STUDENTS, WHO REMAINED AT 47% IN OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS, WHERE WE SAW A DECLINE AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE SLIDES, THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

TONIGHT, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL PERCENTAGES SHOW LITTLE IMPROVEMENT.

THE PANORAMA SURVEY IS AVAILABLE IN TEN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH, AND FOR OUR 25-26 ADMINISTRATIONS, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE BILINGUAL KNOW THAT THEY CAN TAKE, HAVE THE OPTION TO TAKE THE SURVEY IN THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE IF THAT PERSON IF THAT LANGUAGE IS AVAILABLE. ON THIS SLIDE, WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THE PANORAMA DATA FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE AND HOW THEY RESPOND TO THE SENSE OF BELONGING QUESTIONS THIS SPRING.

OVERALL, THIS IS A REALLY BRIGHT SPOT FOR US AS A DISTRICT, AS STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE ARE ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, AND SENSE OF BELONGING NEAR THE 80TH PERCENTILE, AS WELL AS EXCEEDING THE DISTRICT TARGET OF 55%.

SO, AS WE KNOW, STUDENT PERCEPTION DATA CAN CHANGE DUE TO MANY FACTORS, INCLUDING THE TIME OF YEAR, EXTERNAL FACTORS IN A STUDENT'S LIFE ON THE DAY OF THE SURVEY, AND POSSIBLY EVEN THE CLASS THEY HAPPEN TO BE IN WHEN THEY COMPLETED THE SURVEY.

SO, AS WE STATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, WE'D LIKE TO COMPARE OUR PANORAMA DATA WITH OTHER RELEVANT DATA.

RELEVANT DATA POINTS. SO ON THIS SLIDE WE'RE GOING TO COMPARE A PANORAMA QUESTION WITH A SIMILAR ROUND ROCK ISD CLIMATE QUESTION.

SO ON THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE THE PANORAMA QUESTION OF OVERALL HOW MUCH DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU BELONG AT YOUR SCHOOL WITH STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE HAVING A 70% FAVORABLE RESPONSE? THEN ON THE RIGHT IS THE ROUND IS A SIMILAR ROUND ROCK ISD CLIMATE SURVEY QUESTION, WHICH IS I FEEL ACCEPTED AS PART OF MY SCHOOL'S COMMUNITY, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE AN 88% FAVORABLE RATE FOR OUR 2025 SURVEYS.

SO ALTHOUGH THESE ARE NOT IDENTICAL QUESTIONS WHEN COMPARING OUR PANORAMA QUESTION AND OUR CLIMATE OR STUDENT CLIMATE SURVEY QUESTION, TYPICALLY OUR THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS ARE RATING THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING AND SENSE OF COMMUNITY PRETTY HIGH.

SO MOVING ON TO SECONDARY STUDENTS IN GRADES SIX THROUGH 12, PANORAMA DATA IS TYPICALLY TRENDING BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR SENSE OF BELONGING.

THERE WAS A 44% FAVORABLE RESPONSE RATE, WHICH PUTS OUR ROUND ROCK ISD SECONDARY STUDENTS AT THE 20TH PERCENTILE WHEN COMPARED TO THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

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SO, ON THIS SLIDE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE QUESTION HOW CONNECTED DO YOU FEEL TO THE ADULTS IN YOUR SCHOOL.

PANORAMA ONLY CONSIDERS THE GREEN RESPONSES WHICH ARE QUITE OR EXTREMELY CONNECTED, AS FAVORABLE.

SO, FOR SPRING OF 2024, WHICH IS ON THE LEFT, WE HAD A 29% FAVORABLE RESPONSE RATE TO THIS QUESTION IN THE SPRING OF 2025.

ON THE RIGHT, WE HAD A 33% FAVORABLE RESPONSE RATE TO THAT QUESTION.

BUT IF WE WERE TO INCLUDE THE MIDDLE RESPONSE OF SOMEWHAT CONNECTED, THAT WOULD RAISE OUR RESPONSE, OUR FAVORABLE RESPONSES TO DRAMATICALLY SO IN SPRING OF 2024, WE WOULD HAVE A 67 RESPONSE, FAVORABLE RESPONSE, AND IN 2025 IS 72 FAVORABLE RESPONSE.

ALSO, WITH THE INCREASE OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE SURVEY THIS YEAR, WE SAW AN ADDITIONAL 3741 STUDENTS MOVE INTO THE TOP THREE RESPONSE OPTIONS FROM SPRING OF 2024 TO 2025.

IN THE BOTTOM TWO, RESPONSES DECREASED FROM 33% IN 3% IN 2024 TO 28% IN 2025.

THAT'S A LOT OF NUMBERS. LOOKING AT THE QUESTION OVERALL, HOW MUCH DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU BELONG AT YOUR SCHOOL? THE TOP TWO RESPONSES YIELD A PERCENTAGE OF 49% IN 2024, 52 AND 2025.

BUT AGAIN, WHEN WE INCLUDE THE MIDDLE RESPONSE OF BELONG, SOMEWHAT, THAT PERCENTAGE DOES SHOW A MAJOR INCREASE.

SO THAT WOULD BE 82% IN 2024 AND 85% IN 2025.

SO THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 3816 STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THE TOP THREE RESPONSES.

AND THE BOTTOM TWO BEING REDUCED FROM 18% IN 2024 AND 15% IN 2025.

SO, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A COMPARABLE QUESTION FROM THE CLIMATE SURVEY FOR GRADES SIX THROUGH 12.

SO FOR THE PANORAMA QUESTION OVERALL, HOW MUCH DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU BELONG AT YOUR SCHOOL.

STUDENTS IN GRADES SIX THROUGH 12 HAD A 52% FAVORABLE RESPONSE RATE.

AND THEN FOR THE ROUND ROCK ISD CLIMATE SURVEY ON THE RIGHT, I FEEL ACCEPTED AS PART OF MY SCHOOL'S COMMUNITY.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IS AN 85% FAVORABLE RATE FOR THE 2025 SURVEY RESULTS.

SO, BY INCLUDING THOSE MIDDLE RESPONSES ON THE PREVIOUS TWO SLIDES AND LOOKING AT THE CLIMATE SURVEY, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT IN A MORE POSITIVE DIRECTION.

AS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.

SO BUT AT THIS TIME WE WANT TO LOOK AT SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS WHICH ARE WORKING WITH SPECIFIC STUDENT GROUPS TO INCREASE STUDENT SENSE OF BELONGING.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH RAIN AND OUR ENRICHMENT PROGRAM.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU HEAR ME? IS THAT GOOD? OKAY. MY NAME IS RAIN MAGGIO, AND I MOVE IT A LITTLE MORE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS RAIN MAGGIO, AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ENRICHMENT FOR ROUND ROCK ISD , AND I DIDN'T HAVE THIS IN MY LITTLE SCRIPT, BUT SINCE THEY SAID IT, THIS IS MY 21ST YEAR COMPLETED AT ROUND ROCK ISD , SO I'M VERY PROUD TO SERVE A LONG, LONG CAREER HERE IN ROUND ROCK.

AS I SAID, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ENRICHMENT. SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WE SUPPORT IN OUR DEPARTMENT ARE UIL, A+ ACADEMICS, SPANISH, ACADEMIC, MEET ROBOTICS, CHESS, ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES, HACKATHON, CHALLENGE ISLAND, STEM CAMPS, GAME CHANGERS, CRITICAL THINKING CLUB, AND A THINKER DISCOVERY DAY.

THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF PANORAMA DATA OF STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROGRAMS, WE FOUND THAT THESE STUDENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A FAVORABLE RESPONSE.

OH, THANKS. SORRY, STEVE'S GOING TO CHANGE THE SLIDE.

THESE STUDENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A FAVORABLE RESPONSE FOR SENSE OF BELONGING THAN THOSE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION.

THIS DATA REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY 4200 STUDENTS, WITH 79% OF THOSE STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY AND 21% IN SECONDARY.

THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE COMPILE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA FROM STUDENTS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN DISTRICT ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS AND HOW THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING RESPONSES COMPARE TO THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. IN THIS DATA SET, WE USE SENSE OF BELONGING DATA FROM PANORAMA TO COMPARE FAVORABLE RESPONSE RATES TO STUDENTS IN GRADES. FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE FIVE, IN RECOGNIZING THE SENSE OF BELONGING, DATA FOR TITLE ONE CAMPUSES WAS LOWER THAN THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.

WE BEGAN TO TARGET PARTICIPATION AT THESE CAMPUSES THROUGH SPECIFIC OUTREACH AND PARTNERSHIPS.

AS NOTED IN GREEN, STUDENT GROUPS WHO PARTICIPATED IN ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS AT TITLE ONE CAMPUSES EXCEEDED BOTH THE DISTRICT AND THE TITLE ONE STUDENT GROUPS.

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STEM CAMP 528 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND OF THOSE STUDENTS, WE HAD 70.4% OF THESE STUDENTS REPORTED A FAVORABLE SENSE OF BELONGING IN PANORAMA, AS COMPARED TO 67% FOR THE DISTRICT AND 63.6% AT TITLE ONE CAMPUSES.

WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO BUILD A SENSE OF BELONGING THROUGH ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

I THINK I'LL GET ONE MORE. OKAY, SO ON THIS. WHOOPS.

SO, I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO REPRESENT OUR SECONDARY FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT TONIGHT.

SO, I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR PANORAMA DATA.

AND SO, YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT THAT OUR END OF YEAR TARGET FOR ALL STUDENTS AGAIN THREE THROUGH 12 IS 55%.

AND OUR INDIVIDUAL YEAR FAVORABLE RESPONSE RATE WAS AT 51% FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH 12, AND OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS HAD A 44% FAVORABLE RESPONSE RATE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

BUT FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN A FINE ARTS PROGRAM IN SIX THROUGH 12, THEY HAD AN OVERALL SENSE OF BELONGING FAVORABLE RESPONSE RATE AT 57.1%. SO, ON THIS ON THIS PAGE, THIS SLIDE INCLUDES ALL OF OUR SECONDARY FINE ARTS PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE OFFERED IN ROUND ROCK ISD IN THE PERCENTAGES OF FAVORABLE RESPONSES TO FEELING.

A SENSE OF BELONGING IN EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS EXCEEDS THE 60 12 AVERAGE OF 44%, AND WITH MANY OF THE PROGRAMS EXCEEDING THE DISTRICT END OF YEAR TARGET OF 55% FAVORABLE RESPONSES. SO NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KAREN, AND SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

GOOD EVENING, KAREN GRAY, CHIEF OF ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY.

THIS PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION WILL FOCUS ON BELONGING AND ADVANCED ACADEMICS.

SO IN THE GRAPHIC DISPLAYED, IT REMINDS US THAT STUDENTS ARE HUMAN BEINGS WHO NEED TO FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING AND CONNECTION SOCIALLY AND ACADEMICALLY.

BASED ON RESEARCH. THEY CONTEND THAT WHEN STUDENTS FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING, THEY WILL ACHIEVE AND AS IN THE CASE WITH MANY SCHOOL SYSTEMS, SOMETIMES ACHIEVEMENT CAN TAKE PRIORITY OVER PERSONHOOD.

SO BELONGING IS A PRECURSOR TO ACHIEVEMENT, EMPHASIZING THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE MORE LIKELY TO THRIVE ACADEMICALLY WHEN THEY FEEL VALUED, INCLUDED, ENCOURAGED, AND SUPPORTED. SO WE WANTED TO ENSURE ACCESS AND BELONGING IN ORDER FOR STUDENTS TO MAXIMIZE OPPORTUNITIES, LEARNING, ENGAGEMENT, AND SUCCESS. SO, IN ALIGNMENT WITH BOARD GOAL FOUR ON STUDENT WELL-BEING, OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN GOAL THREE AMPLIFIES AND EXTENDS THE MISSION AND OUR COMMITMENT TO BUILDING, NURTURING, AND SUSTAINING A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ROOTED IN BELONGING AND DIGNITY FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF TO REACH THEIR FULL AND UNIQUE POTENTIAL.

MOUTHFUL. BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AND ACCOMPLISH IT.

OUR PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE WAS TO OVERALL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WHO MEET COLLEGE READINESS BY EARNING COLLEGE CREDIT, SPECIFICALLY WITH ADVANCED ACADEMICS, WE WANT TO ENSURE STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO PATHWAYS, BUT ONCE THERE, THEY HAVE A SENSE OF BELONGING, SO UNLOCKING STUDENT POTENTIAL AND BELONGING.

WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE BELIEFS AROUND ADVANCED ACADEMICS, AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE EXCLUSIVE DUE TO CLASS SIZE OR PERCEIVED ENROLLMENT STANDARDS EXCLUDED STUDENTS SOMETIMES LOSE OUT ON CHANCES TO TAKE RIGOROUS COLLEGE PREP COURSES DESPITE MEETING THE QUALIFICATIONS.

AND THEN STUDENTS AND STAFF SOMETIMES HAVE PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS AND EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THE IDEAL STUDENT FOR ADVANCED COURSEWORK.

SO IN ADDITION TO SCHOOLS AND INNOVATION IN OUR COUNSELING TEAMS, THEIR APPROACH TO ENSURING THAT ALL OF THE EIGHTH GRADE COURSE SELECTIONS ARE FUTURE READY, THIS ADVANCED ACADEMICS INITIATIVE, COUPLED WITH THAT, FOCUSES ON MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO BETTER PREPARE THEM TO BE FUTURE READY UPON HIGH SCHOOL AND TO INCREASE THEIR EXPOSURE, ACCESS AND SENSE OF BELONGING AND ADVANCED ACADEMICS.

SO WE FOCUSED ON TWO VERTICAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES ROUND ROCK ROUND ROCK VERTICAL LEARNING COMMUNITY, THE CHISHOLM TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL, LED BY PRINCIPAL SWAIN.

AND THEN THE VERTICAL. I'M SORRY THAT SAYS ROUND ROCK.

NO, I'M SORRY I WAS GETTING THAT CONFUSED. MY APOLOGIES.

THE STONY POINT LEARNING COMMUNITY, HERNANDEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL, LED BY PRINCIPAL EBONY PARKS.

SO, IN LOOKING AT THE STUDENTS AND STAFF OF BOTH OF THOSE SCHOOLS, THEY WERE SURVEYED, AND THEY FOCUSED ON THREE AREAS WITHIN THAT SURVEY STUDENT VOICE

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TRUSTED ADULTS IDENTIFIED, DEVELOPED AND EMPOWERED THE TRUSTED ADULTS IN THE BUILDING TO ENGAGE WITH STUDENTS IN MEANINGFUL WORK TO INCREASE BELONGING AND AWARENESS.

AND THEN THE ADVANCED ACADEMIC PATHWAY. THE INFORMATION FROM THESE SURVEYS WAS USED TO LEVERAGE.

HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE THAT DATA TO IDENTIFY, ENGAGE, AND ENROLL STUDENTS IN ADVANCED ACADEMIC PATHWAYS? ONE OF THE NOTABLE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SURVEY OF BOTH OF THOSE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WERE SURVEYED SIX THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE, WAS THAT 86% OF OUR STUDENTS SAID THAT THEY ARE SEEKING A TWO YEAR, FOUR YEAR OR ADVANCED DEGREE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A STUDENT INSIGHT CARD FROM THE STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED THE SURVEY.

THIS IS A STUDENT FROM SEVENTH GRADE AT CHISHOLM TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IT IDENTIFIES THEIR ASPIRATIONS SUCH AS EDUCATIONAL GOALS, CAREER INTERESTS, AND GENERAL INTEREST.

THERE ARE ALSO OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS WHERE STUDENTS CAN RESPOND TO WHO I AM AS A STUDENT, AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE THE SCHOOL TO KNOW ABOUT THEM.

BASED ON A SERIES OF QUESTIONS, THE LEARNING MINDSET AND SKILLS THEY POSSESS, AS WELL AS REPORTED BARRIERS.

TO THE LEFT OF THE CARD, YOU'LL SEE THE NAMES OF STUDENTS WHO THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED TRUSTED ADULTS, STAFF, ADVOCATES, AS WELL AS STUDY SKILLS, SUPPORTS THE DATA FROM THE STUDENT AND STAFF SURVEYS, HELPED TO PROMOTE EQUITY, IMPROVE SCHOOL OUTCOMES, AND SUPPORT STUDENTS AND ACCESSING ADVANCED ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES.

WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS UNTAPPED POTENTIAL WHO ARE NOT CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES.

THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE ON RAMPS, DUAL CREDIT OR DUAL ENROLLMENT.

IT WAS ABLE TO ALSO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON STUDENT INTERESTS, THEIR OVERALL GOALS, AND PERCEIVED BARRIERS.

WITH THAT INFORMATION, THE CAMPUS COUNSELORS AND TEACHERS WERE ABLE TO HAVE ONE ON ONE CONVERSATIONS ENCOURAGING STUDENTS BASED ON THEIR INTERESTS, AS WELL AS USING THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND ENROLLMENT DATA TO IDENTIFY GAPS IN ADVANCED ACADEMICS.

THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A STUDENT INSIGHT CARD, THIS ONE FROM HERNANDEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THE STUDENT HAS AN EDUCATIONAL GOAL TO OBTAIN A MASTER'S DEGREE.

THEY POSSESS THE FOLLOWING LEARNING MINDSETS AND SKILLS LIKE GROWTH MINDSET, MINDSET, ACADEMIC SELF-FOCUS , SELF-EFFICACY. AND THEY ALSO STATED QUOTE; "MY TEACHERS BEST SUPPORT ME WHEN THEY TRY TO UNDERSTAND HOW I'M EMOTIONALLY FEELING." THIS IS A KIND OF A LIST OF QUOTES FROM THOSE SURVEYS, COMPILED FROM SIXTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADERS FROM DECEMBER 2024 THROUGH JANUARY 2025. AND SO FROM THIS, WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL OUTREACH WHERE WE'RE SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT ADVANCED COURSEWORK AND STUDENT FRIENDLY WAYS, HELPING STUDENTS SEE THEIR OWN STRENGTHS AND THEIR OWN POTENTIAL, AS WELL AS OPENING THE DOOR FOR STUDENTS AND HELPING THEM WALK THROUGH IT.

SO IT WASN'T ABOUT CONVINCING STUDENTS, IT WAS MORE ABOUT SEEING STUDENTS SUPPORTING AND SPARKING POSSIBILITY.

AND AS THE RESULTS SHOW, THIS IS THE CHISHOLM TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IN COMPARISON TO THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR ON THE LEFT.

OVERALL, 57% OF THE STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN ADVANCED ACADEMICS FOR THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR.

FOR THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, WE'RE AT 59%. AND IN THE GREEN YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASES IN THE STUDENT CATEGORIES THERE.

SO, THERE WERE INCREASES IN THE WHITE CATEGORY.

MULTI TWO OR MORE RACES ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND SPECIAL EDUCATION.

IT ALSO SHOWS US AREAS WE CAN GROW AND IMPROVE AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR STRATEGIC OUTREACH.

PARTNERED WITH THE STUDENT INSIGHT CARDS HAVE ALLOWED INDIVIDUALIZED AND MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

THEN LOOKING AT HERNANDEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR, IT WAS 43% OF STUDENTS THAT HAD WERE ENROLLED GOING INTO THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR FOR ADVANCED COURSEWORK. AND NOW IN 24-25, WE ARE UP TO 56% OF STUDENTS.

AND THEN IN GREEN, YOU CAN NOTE THAT THOSE ARE ALL INCREASES IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.

HISPANIC, BLACK, MULTI TWO OR MORE RACES. ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.

EMERGENT. BILINGUAL. SPECIAL EDUCATION, FEMALE AND MALE.

SO THE CAMPUSES USE THE INFORMATION FROM THE INSIGHT CARDS AS WELL AS THE SURVEYS TO EXPLORE PAIRING THE TRUSTED ADULTS WITH STUDENTS DURING THEIR

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SO OVERALL, THE POWER WAS IN THE OUTREACH. WE REALIZED THAT SOME STUDENTS DIDN'T SEE THEMSELVES WITHIN ADVANCED COURSEWORK.

THEY ASSUMED THEY WERE NOT THAT KIND OF STUDENT, AND THEY WERE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO ENCOURAGE, INVITE AND BELIEVE IN THEM. SO THIS OUTREACH HAS HELPED STUDENTS TO BUILD CONFIDENCE, FEEL SEEN AND INCLUDED, AND TAKE NEXT STEPS TOWARDS COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.

SO IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST ENROLL THE STUDENTS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY SEE THEMSELVES AS CAPABLE, AND WE CREATE THAT SENSE OF BELONGING WITHIN THOSE ACADEMIC SPACES.

STAFF AT BOTH CAMPUSES REVIEWED THE DATA AND PARTICIPATED IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AROUND BELONGING AND OUTREACH TO CLOSE GAPS, AND HAVE ENGAGED IN THOSE PRODUCTIVE STUDENT CONVERSATIONS TO CREATE ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ACADEMICALLY AND SOCIALLY TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS ARE THRIVING. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY.

SO NOW WE WILL LOOK AT THE AREA OF STUDENT SAFETY AT SCHOOL.

THE END OF THE YEAR GOAL FOR 2025 IS A 67% FAVORABLE RESPONSE RATE.

FOR THE SPRING OF 2025 SURVEY, 59% OF STUDENTS RESPONDED FAVORABLY TO FEELING SAFE AT SCHOOL.

THIS IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE SPRING 2024 SURVEY RESULTS AS WELL.

THE SPRING 2025 OVERALL FAVORABLE RESPONSE REGARDING SAFETY AT SCHOOL AMONG STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH 12 FELL SHORT OF THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR GOAL. ACROSS STUDENT POPULATIONS, THESE RESPONSES RANGE FROM 2 TO 11 PERCENTAGE POINTS BELOW THE GOAL, INDICATING A NEED FOR CONTINUED ATTENTION TO ENSURING ALL STUDENTS FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL.

BASED ON THE 9365 RESPONSES, 69% OF STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE REPORTED FAVORABLE PERCEPTIONS OF PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY AT SCHOOL.

THIS PERCENTAGE HAS REMAINED CONSISTENT FROM THE FALL OF 23 TO THE SPRING OF 25.

SO IF YOU LOOK UP HERE IN THE SPRING OF 2025 SURVEY FOR GRADES 3 TO 5, 74% OF RESPONDENTS REPORTED FEELING SAFE IN THEIR SCHOOL BUILDING. NOTABLY, THE ROUND ROCK ISD CLIMATE SURVEY REPORTED A HIGHER FAVORABLE RESPONSE, WITH 79% OF STUDENTS INDICATING THEY FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL.

IMPORTANTLY, THE ROUND ROCK ISD SURVEY RESULTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED CONSISTENT STABILITY OVER TIME, WITH 79% IN 2023 AND 78% IN 2024. SO, BASED ON 2020 1851 RESPONSES, 54% OF STUDENTS IN GRADES SIX THROUGH 12 REPORTED FAVORABLE PERCEPTIONS OF PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY AT SCHOOL IN THE SPRING OF 2025.

PARTICULARLY, THIS PERCENTAGE HAS REMAINED CONSISTENT ACROSS THE PAST TWO SPRING ADMINISTRATIONS, HOLDING STEADY AT 54% IN BOTH SPRING 2024 AND SPRING 2025.

DESPITE A SLIGHT DECLINE FROM 58% IN THE FALL OF 2023.

IN THE SPRING OF 2025, A PANORAMA SURVEY FOR GRADES SIX THROUGH 12, 59% OF RESPONDENTS REPORTED FEELING SAFE IN THEIR SCHOOL BUILDING.

HOWEVER, THE ROUND ROCK ISD CLIMATE SURVEY SHOWS A MORE POSITIVE TREND, WITH 70% OF STUDENTS INDICATING THEY FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL, A STEADY INCREASE FROM 64% IN 2023 AND 67% IN 2024, HIGHLIGHTING A SUSTAINED IMPROVEMENT IN PERCEIVED SAFETY. OKAY, OUR FINAL AREA OF GOAL FOUR IS STUDENT SELF-EFFICACY, SO THE 2025 END OF YEAR TARGET IS 60% FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH 12, WITH THE RESULTS YIELDING A 55% FAVORABLE RESPONSE RATE.

AS WITH 4.1, WE ARE SEEING WE ARE SEEING IMPROVEMENT FOR ALL GROUPS WHEN COMPARING OUR SPRING 2024 TO OUR SPRING 2025 SURVEY ADMINISTRATION RESULTS,

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STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE HAVE A FAVORABLE RESPONSE RATE OF 62%, WHICH DOES EXCEED OUR END OF YEAR TARGET OF 60% IN ROUND ROCK ISD .

STUDENTS ARE THEN COMPARED WHEN WE COMPARE THEM NATIONALLY ARE NEARING THE 70TH PERCENTILE AGAIN COMPARED TO STUDENTS RESPONDENTS NATIONALLY.

WHEN WE COMPARE THE PANORAMA SURVEY QUESTION IN A CLIMATE SURVEY, QUESTIONS RELATING TO EXCUSE ME TO SELF-EFFICACY.

THESE QUESTIONS ARE NOT AS SIMILAR IN OTHER AREAS, BUT THIS SLIDE DOES PROVIDE ANOTHER POINT OF REFERENCE FOR HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE PERCEIVING THEIR SENSE OF SELF-EFFICACY. SO FOR THE PANORAMA QUESTION, HOW SURE ARE YOU THAT YOU CAN LEARN ALL THE TOPICS THAT ARE TAUGHT IN YOUR CLASS? STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE HAD A 73% FAVORABLE RESPONSE RATE.

BUT THEN LOOKING AT THE CLIMATE SURVEY QUESTION, I AM CONFIDENT IN MY ABILITY TO LEARN.

THAT HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY SCORING AROUND 92 AT 92% FAVORABLE RATE.

STUDENT SELF-EFFICACY EFFICACY IS ONE CATEGORY THAT HAS SHOWN A CONTINUOUS INCREASE IN GRADES SIX THROUGH 12, AND NOT THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS THAT WE ARE SEEING IN OUR OTHER TWO AREAS.

SO OVERALL, THERE'S BEEN A 6% INCREASE FROM THE INITIAL SURVEY FROM 2022 AND A 4% INCREASE SINCE THE LARGER SCALE.

IMPLEMENTATION. IMPLEMENTATION OF PANORAMA SURVEYS IN 2023.

THREE. SO, WHEN WE COMPARE THEIR SURVEY A PANORAMA QUESTION TO A CLIMATE SURVEY QUESTION, AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT AS SIMILAR AS THE OTHER TWO AREAS.

BUT WE THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO SHARE THIS DATA AS A POINT OF REPORTING FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO THE PANORAMA QUESTION, HOW SURE ARE YOU THAT YOU CAN LEARN ALL THE MATERIAL, ALL THE MATERIAL PRESENTED IN YOUR CLASSES? AGAIN, IN SPRING 2025, WE HAD A 60% FAVORABLE RATE.

AND THEN THE ROUND ROCK ISD CLIMATE SURVEY, I AM CONFIDENT IN MY ABILITY TO LEARN IS AT 89% IN SPRING OF 2025.

SO THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

TRUSTEE WEIR. SO, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW MANY STUDENTS ACTUALLY FILL OUT THE CLIMATE SURVEY COMPARED TO HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE TAKING PANORAMA? I CAN. NOT AS MANY. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT I DO KNOW IT'S NOT AS MANY AS THE STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED THE CLIMB OR THE PANORAMA DATA. AND I KNOW YOU PULLED OUT SOME OF THE TITLE ONE STUFF INFORMATION WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE, AND I'M KIND OF CURIOUS ON THE SIX THROUGH 12 NUMBERS, DO YOU KIND OF LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES AND SEE AND MAYBE TARGET WHERE SOME CAMPUSES HAVE LESS FEELING OF BELONGING OR LESS FEELING OF SAFETY VERSUS OTHERS? ARE YOU SPEAKING OF REIGNS? I GUESS IT'S JUST SORT OF A GENERAL QUESTION BECAUSE, I MEAN, IT'S SIX THROUGH 12, BUT LUMPED TOGETHER THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THE HIGH SCHOOLS, AND SOME OF THEM ARE I MEAN, THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER, RIGHT? AND SO I CAN IMAGINE SOME OF THEM HAVE VERY HIGH NUMBERS AND SOME OF THEM HAVE VERY LOW NUMBERS.

AND SINCE IT'S NOT BROKEN OUT FOR US, I'M JUST SORT OF CURIOUS SORT OF WHAT YOUR, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU HANDLE THAT AS YOU GO IN AND TRY TO BUILD SOME OF THE PROGRAMS, EITHER THE ADVANCED ACADEMICS OR THE ENRICHMENT OR ANY OF THEM AT HOW YOU FOCUS ON THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND THEIR NEEDS. OH, DR. BAKER WANTS TO SPEAK TO THAT.

YES, WE DISAGGREGATE THE DATA BY THE CAMPUS LEVEL.

AND SO, OUR SEL VOC LEADS, THEY MEET WITH THE TEACHERS AND THEN THEY FOCUS ON THE PARTICULAR STUDENTS WHO SCORED LOW. SO, SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE INTERVENTIONS USED TO ADDRESS TO ADDRESS THOSE SPECIFIC STUDENTS AT THE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES.

DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? AND LET ME JUMP IN.

ARE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ALL WENT THROUGH A TRAINING LAST YEAR. AND SO THEY WERE PROVIDED TRAINING ON HOW TO ACCESS THEIR DATA, HOW TO MONITOR THEIR DATA AND HOW TO INTERPRET THE DIFFERENT RESPONSES.

AND THEN AT EACH CAMPUS THAT DOCTOR BAKER JUST MENTIONED OUR CAMPUS SOCIAL WORKERS, AS WELL AS OUR CAMPUS COUNSELORS TAKE THOSE LOW RESPONDENTS AND THEY CAN SEE WHO THOSE STUDENTS ARE AND INTENTIONALLY REACH OUT TO THOSE STUDENTS, CHECK IN WITH THOSE STUDENTS AND CHECK IN CHECKING ON THEIR ON THEIR WELL-BEING.

OKAY. AND I KNOW BUDGETS COMING UP NEXT, BUT I'M JUST DID THOSE CAMPUSES THAT HAVE MORE STUDENTS IN THOSE LOWER AREAS GET, I DON'T KNOW, MORE FUNDING? DO WE HELP THOSE CAMPUSES MORE? IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THOSE COUNSELORS, IF YOU'RE AT A SCHOOL THAT HAS TEN STUDENTS THAT FALL INTO THAT VERSUS A CAMPUS THAT MAYBE HAS 50 OR 60 STUDENTS THAT FALL INTO

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SO OFTENTIMES FOR OUR CAMPUSES WHERE THAT ARE TITLE ONE, THEY WILL GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

AND SO BASED ON THEIR DATA, THEY CAN MAKE THE DETERMINATION AS FAR AS WHERE EXACTLY DO WE SPEND THOSE DOLLARS.

IT COULD BE SPENT ON PEOPLE, ON ALLOCATIONS. AND SOMETIMES THEY MAY HAVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONISTS OR DECIDE TO WHAT ADDITIONAL STAFF. WE HAVE A CAMPUS WHO HAS DECIDED, HEY, WE THINK IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO HAVE A SOCIAL WORKER SO THEY CAN MAKE DIFFERENT DECISIONS AS FAR AS WHERE THEY CAN SPEND THAT RESOURCE THAT'S SPECIFIC TO TITLE ONE CAMPUSES, OR IF THERE'S AN URGENT NEED FOR THEM. THEY ALSO DECIDE, IS THERE DIFFERENT TRAINING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO BE INTERESTED IN.

AT MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS, THEY CAN DECIDE ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

THEY CAN DECIDE IF HOW THEY WANT TO TACKLE SCHOOL.

SO WE HAVE SOME CAMPUSES THAT HAVE DECIDED TO GO THE LEADERSHIP ROUTE.

WE HAVE SEVERAL CAMPUSES THAT ARE LEADERSHIP CAMPUSES.

WE HAVE SOME CAMPUSES HAVE DECIDED TO GO TO CAPTURING KIDS HEART ROUTE AS FAR AS DOING SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TO HELP TACKLE THIS.

SO EVERYONE, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEIR DATA IS SAYING AND WHAT THEIR SEEING DECIDE, THEN HOW DO I USE THOSE EXTRA RESOURCES IN ORDER TO TACKLE WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND IN OUR ON OUR CAMPUS? THANK YOU.

JUST. HOLD ON. A MOTORCYCLE JUST WENT BY. OKAY.

SORRY. SO, WE HAVE THE TWO POLES THAT WE'RE USING, RIGHT? THE CLIMATE SURVEY AND PANORAMA. AND MY QUESTION IS KIND OF LIKE WHICH POLL DO WE LISTEN TO? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE CLIMATE SURVEY OBVIOUSLY HAS LESS STUDENTS TAKING IT.

AND THE PANORAMA HAS MORE. SO, YOU WOULD THINK WE WOULD PROBABLY WEIGHT IT A LITTLE MORE THAN THE CLIMATE SURVEY. WE ALSO DON'T NECESSARILY DO WE KNOW WHERE THE CLIMATE SURVEY ANSWERS COME FROM? DO WE DISAGGREGATE THAT? IS A QUESTION I HAVE.

SO, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT WE'RE ALSO QUESTIONING AS WELL.

FIRST OF ALL, WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE PANORAMA DATA, YOU SEE THERE'S A LIKERT SCALE.

AND THEN THEY DECIDE WHICH PIECES OF THE LIKERT SCALE, THE TOP TWO TIERS IS WHAT THEN GETS COUNTED AS A POSITIVE.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERY LIKERT SCALE OR WHEN PEOPLE DO DATA THAT WORKS THE SAME, YOU WILL SEE RESEARCHERS.

THEY DECIDE DIFFERENTLY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WITHIN OUR DATA, I THINK OUR LIKERT SCALE MAY PROBABLY TEND TO ADD MORE PEOPLE.

AND THE DESCRIPTOR FOR IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT VERSUS THE DESCRIPTOR FOR PANORAMA.

ALSO, IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST CAME WITH PANORAMA, THERE WERE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE CHANGED.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING BACK AND WORKING WITH THE COMPANY ON IS WHETHER OR NOT US CHANGING CERTAIN QUESTIONS, HOW THAT MAY HAVE IMPACTED OUR DATA. AND SO, WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHETHER OR NOT HOW MUCH IT THREW US OFF BEING NORM REFERENCED.

AND IF THE IMPACT WE'RE SEEING WITH OUR NUMBERS IS BASED ON THOSE CHANGES OR IF IT'S NOT.

AND SO THAT'S WITH THEY'VE BEEN REALLY GREAT ABOUT WORKING WITH US AS FAR AS ASKING THESE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY IS THE DATA THING.

AND WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENTLY? ALSO, IN LOOKING AT THE DATA, THIS IS A BRAND NEW AREA FOR US AS FAR AS HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DATA.

TYPICALLY, WE GIVE LOTS OF AUTONOMY AS FAR AS HOW THIS IS TARGETED.

WE HAVE LOTS OF RESOURCES IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYONE NECESSARILY USES THE RESOURCE THE SAME.

OVERARCHINGLY AS A SYSTEM, WE'RE DOING SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT OUR ORG CHART, YOU'LL SEE IN THE SCHOOLS AND INNOVATION.

A LOT OF DIFFERENT CHART CHANGES AS FAR AS HOW WE'RE TACKLING SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING DISCIPLINE, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS. BECAUSE WHAT WE REALIZED IS WE WEREN'T ORGANIZED TO BE ABLE TO TACKLE THIS CORRECTLY.

AND SO, MR., DR. GERARD'S DEPARTMENT STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES NOW WILL HOUSE MTS AND UNDER MTS, WHICH SPEAKS ABOUT INTERVENTIONS. NOW, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HOUSING OUR NOT JUST SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING.

WE HAVE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, BUT EVERYTHING FROM TIER ONE ALL THE WAY UP.

SO, TIER ONE WOULD BE WHAT IS OUR DISCIPLINE PLAN? HOW DO STUDENTS FEEL? WELCOME. WE HAVE NOT, AS A DISTRICT, HAD A SET WAY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK.

AND SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IN CHANGING OVER OUR SYSTEM, WE WANT TO SAY HERE'S WHAT WE FEEL IS BEST PRACTICE, HERE'S WHAT WE WANT YOU TO TEACH INTO. AND THEN AFTERWARDS, HERE'S THE ADDITIONAL WHAT WHY WE HAD THE PEOPLE PRESENT FOR YOU TODAY IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN

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IF WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS CERTAIN STUDENT POPULATIONS ARE LOWER THAN OTHERS, OUR TITLE ONE IS LOWER THAN OTHERS.

HOW THEN CAN ENRICHMENT HELP US? HOW CAN FINE ARTS HELP US? THE OTHER DAY THE CONVERSATION WAS IN REGARDS TO WHAT IS DIFFERENT IN 612.

AND THE CONVERSATION THEN REALLY FOCUSED ON THE IDEA OF TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY WITHIN THE SCHOOL DAY, HOW THAT MAY BE IMPACTING BEHAVIOR. BECAUSE BASED ON WHAT SOMETHING MAY SAY ON TIKTOK OR WHAT'S THE LATEST THING, SNAPCHAT OR WHATEVER THE LATEST THING IS, I'M NOW DECIDING HOW I FEEL ABOUT MYSELF AND HOW I FEEL OTHERS FEEL ABOUT ME.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR DISTINCTIONS WE SEE BETWEEN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND OUR SECONDARY SCHOOL.

SO AS WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, THERE ARE CERTAIN PIECES THAT ARE NOT IN THE DATA AND NOT IN THE THE QUESTIONS, BUT BASED ON WHERE WE'RE SEEING WHAT'S CAUSING STUDENT DISAGREEMENTS, ARGUMENTS VERSUS BOTH VERBALLY AND PHYSICALLY.

AND THEN HOW IS THAT IMPACTING? SPECIFICALLY.

AND WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENTLY TO MITIGATE THOSE THINGS? AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THE IDEA OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE ACCESS OF TECHNOLOGY DURING THE SCHOOL DAY IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF THAT.

SO, WE REALIZED THAT THERE'S ALL KIND OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO HIT.

AND SO, IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF HAVING ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES OR EVEN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ADVANCED SPACES.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO START LOOKING AT TECHNOLOGY AS WELL.

SO, WHAT WE THOUGHT INITIALLY WAS MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD AS FAR AS TACKLING IT.

WE'RE FINDING THAT IT'S SO MULTIFACETED, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO WITHIN THE SYSTEM.

AT THE SAME TIME, IN ORDER TO MOVE THOSE NUMBERS, ESPECIALLY WHERE OUR KIDS HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE AUTONOMY, WHICH IS AT THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS. YEAH. COOL.

THANKS FOR THANKS FOR THAT. THAT THAT EXPLAINS QUITE A BIT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT IS BUDGET TIME.

AND SO, I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF, WHY IN THE WORLD ARE WE DOING PANORAMA FOR DOING IT IN HOUSE? BUT WE'RE DOING IT ON A SMALL SCALE AND NOT AS DISAGGREGATED, I GUESS, IS WHAT YOU'RE IF I'M, IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY. IS THAT RIGHT? AND THEN ALSO THERE'S GROWING PAINS WITH PANORAMA.

WE DON'T WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY EVERYTHING IT DOES YET.

I GUESS WE MADE SOME CHANGES. I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST TOOK IT ON, THERE WAS SOME FEEDBACK IN REGARD TO QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT. AND SO, WE MADE THE CHANGES.

THE FEEDBACK FROM PANORAMA WAS ONCE WE MADE THE CHANGES; IT THEN WOULD IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO BE TRULY NORM REFERENCED NATIONALLY.

AND SO WHAT WE NEED TO GO BACK AND ASK THE QUESTION IS THERE WERE CERTAIN OF THE COMPONENTS, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONES RIGHT NOW. HOW DID THAT IMPACT OUR NUMBERS FOR US TO BE NORM REFERENCED? OVERARCHINGLY BY CHANGING THOSE QUESTIONS. AND THEN IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO SEE IT NORM REFERENCED? SO WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT ALSO WHAT WE REALIZE BASED ON REALIZING, BASED ON THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, IT IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS MAKING YOU FEEL THAT I CAN IMPACT YOU.

WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS MORE SO STUDENT TO STUDENT.

NOT NECESSARILY MOSTLY ADULT TO STUDENT, THAT THE STUDENT TO STUDENT INTERACTION IS THE PLACE WHERE WE NEED TO IMPACT MORE, MORE AND SPECIFICALLY MORE SO AT SECONDARY AND MORE SO BASICALLY BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN SOCIAL MEDIA.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

IT'S EYE OPENING. THANK YOU, DR. WEI. THANK YOU.

I LOOK AT THE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL PILOT PROJECTS AND IT'S THE DATA IS VERY ENCOURAGING.

SO I'M WONDERING, DO WE PLAN TO EXPAND THOSE OR WHAT'S THE NEXT PLAN? WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ON WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE.

WE ORIGINALLY STARTED WITH TWO DIFFERENT VERTICAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES IN THE PILOT, TWO VERY DIFFERENT MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO SEE THE IMPACTS AND THE RESULTS.

SO, WE'RE IN THIS SPACE NOW THAT WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ON WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD.

SO, WE CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE AS SOON AS WE KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STEPS LOOK LIKE MOVING IN THE FUTURE.

SO, WE CAN KIND OF HAVE AN APPROACH FOR OUTREACH TO ENCOURAGE THOSE SAME RESULTS AT OTHER CAMPUSES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE OTHER QUESTION IS REGARDING THE GPN 4.2 SAFETY AT SCHOOL.

I THINK I'M WONDERING LIKE, WHAT IS OUR PERCENTAGE COMPARED TO THE NATIONAL AVERAGE? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THIS DATA HERE. WELL, BECAUSE WE CHANGED SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO BE NORMED NATIONALLY.

OH, I SEE, I THINK I ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE, BUT YEAH.

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I'M SORRY. TOOK ALGEBRA IN ROANOKE ISD. AND WE'RE ON TRACK TO EXCEED THAT.

WE HAVE MORE THAN 70% OF OUR EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL TAKING ALGEBRA ONE.

AND I KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, ALSO, THIS YEAR STARTED DOING ADVANCED SCIENCE CLASSES AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO THE SIXTH GRADERS, WHO ARE CURRENT SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING ADVANCED SCIENCE AND THEY DO ADVANCED SEVENTH GRADE AND EIGHTH GRADE SCIENCE NEXT YEAR IN SEVENTH GRADE.

AND WITH THE IDEA THAT THEY WOULD BE TAKING PHYSICS AND ALSO IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND WE CHANGED THE FORMULA. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD MORE TO IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO REMOVE ANY BARRIERS AND MAKE IT EASY ON THEM BECAUSE OFTENTIMES SOMETIMES PARENTS DON'T KNOW ABOUT HOW TO APPLY OR HOW TO SUBMIT, I GUESS, OR ASK THEIR SCHOOLS TO HAVE THEIR STUDENTS TAKING THESE ADVANCED COURSES.

SO, THE IDEA THE MORE STUDENTS CAN TAKE ADVANCED COURSES, HIGH SCHOOL COURSES AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE MOST LIKELY WILL CONTINUE DOWN THAT PATH WHEN THEY ENROLL IN HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THEY'LL BE TAKEN LIKE DUAL CREDIT, IB, AP COURSES.

SO, WE'RE STARTING EARLY. AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT BENEFIT OBVIOUSLY MAY TAKE US A COUPLE MORE YEARS.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE AND MORE STUDENTS, OUR STUDENTS TAKING THOSE COLLEGE COURSES WHEN THEY GET TO FRESHMAN YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING, BUT. TRUSTEE MARKUM.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE ALL THIS INFORMATION.

DR. NICHOLS, YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERED THIS IN ONE OF YOUR PREVIOUS RESPONSES.

BUT BECAUSE WE NOW SEE THAT IT'S A DISTRICT WIDE TREND THAT OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS ARE NOT NECESSARILY MAKING PROGRESS IN THESE AREAS.

IS THAT AN AREA WHERE WE'RE LOOKING DISTRICT WIDE ON HOW WE CAN HELP OUR STUDENTS HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF BELONGING? ABSOLUTELY. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE GOT A CHANCE TO INTRODUCE MISS GONZALEZ.

LINDSAY GONZALEZ, SHE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF MTS AND WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT WE ARE WORKING NOT JUST ON ACADEMIC, BUT ALSO THE BEHAVIORAL SIDE OF THINGS AS WELL, IS WHERE WE'VE RESTRUCTURED THAT DEPARTMENT.

AND SO WE HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONVERSATION WHERE WE'RE BUILDING IN THEN WHAT THINGS LOOK LIKE SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS.

PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE WORKED ON, WE WOULD SAY RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION.

WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY, IT WOULD JUST BE HERE'S A PLAN OVERARCHINGLY FOR EVERYONE.

BUT SPECIFICALLY, NOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, IT CALLS OUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE DO DIFFERENT FOR OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS.

COMING UP ON JUNE 4TH AND FIFTH IS WHEN WE HAVE OUR LEADERSHIP SUMMIT WITH ALL OF OUR CAMPUS LEADERS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, PRINCIPALS, COUNSELORS, AND ANYONE ELSE THAT THE PRINCIPAL WANTS TO BRING FROM THEIR LEADERSHIP TEAM.

SO WE'LL BE TEACHING INTO THAT SPECIFICALLY SO THAT THEY CAN TURN IT AROUND WITH THEIR CAMPUSES COME THIS AUGUST.

THANK YOU. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT IS JUST AN OBSERVATION.

BUT ON SLIDE 14, I'M LOOKING AT THE QUESTIONS BETWEEN PANORAMA AND THE ROUND ROCK ISD CLIMATE SURVEY.

AND THE QUESTION FROM PANORAMA IS, HOW MUCH DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU BELONG AT YOUR SCHOOL? AND THEN THE CLIMATE SURVEY IS, I FEEL, ACCEPTED AS PART OF MY SCHOOL'S COMMUNITY.

AND JUST LOOKING AT THOSE AND I KNOW YOU HAD SAID THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY THE SAME QUESTION BUT JUST THINKING ABOUT BEING ACCEPTED VERSUS BELONGING.

PANORAMA KIND OF TAKES IT TO THAT NEXT LEVEL, BECAUSE BELONGING IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN JUST BEING ACCEPTED BY YOUR COMMUNITY. AND SO, I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT INFORMATION. I KNOW THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT OUR GOALS AGAIN SOON. AND SO I THINK THAT THIS IS BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF SLOWLY WALKING THIS GOAL FORWARD.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE LIKE TRUSTEE ZÁRATE SAID, GROWING PAINS WITH PANORAMA AND TRYING TO GET IT RIGHT AND CHANGING QUESTIONS.

AND THAT THROWS THE DATA. I JUST THINK IT'S GOOD INFORMATION FOR US TO REMEMBER IN LOOKING AT THESE DIFFERENCES AND GOING BACK TO THIS PRESENTATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS GOAL AND LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY CHANGING ANY STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS IN THE FUTURE.

THAT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT POINT. TRUSTEE MARKUM.

BECAUSE AS WE ARE NEXT TIME, I GUESS WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR GOALS, WE ALSO CAN LOOK AT THE TOOL IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE USING PANORAMA, OR WE HAVE TO TWEAK OUR CREATE OUR OWN SURVEY OR OR TWEAK OUR CLIMATE SURVEY.

I MEAN, THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY GREAT ONCE WE START TALKING ABOUT GOALS, BECAUSE WE ALSO WANT TO ALSO, WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.

RIGHT. GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND INPUT. AND HOW DO YOU WANT US TO PROCEED WITH THIS OR NOT? I ACTUALLY HAD ONE QUESTION, AND IT WAS AROUND SLIDES 14 AND.

13. SO, ONE THING THAT YOU DREW OUT, IF WE COULD START AT 13 AND I JUST WANT TO

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YES. JENNIFER, CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE 13, PLEASE? OKAY. SO HERE WE INDICATED THAT OUR ACCEPTANCE RATE, I FEEL ACCEPTED AS PART OF MY SCHOOL'S COMMUNITY IS 85%. AND I BELIEVE WE GOT THOSE NUMBERS FROM BELONGING SOMEWHAT BELONGING QUITE A BIT COMPLETELY BELONGING.

BUT ONE THING THAT WAS SAID WAS THAT PANORAMA ONLY COUNTS THE BELONGING QUITE A BIT AND COMPLETELY BELONGING.

RIGHT. SO WHEN WE'RE COMPARING IN SLIDE 14, THE 52 TO THE 85%, ARE WE COMPARING PANORAMA THE SAME WAY THAT WE'RE INTERPRETING OUR DATA? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE LIKERT SCALE, AS FAR AS THEY GET TO DECIDE THEN WHICH ONES THEY GET TO INCLUDE IN THE POSITIVE NUMBER.

AND SO THE DECISION WAS MADE FOR THEM BASED ON HOW THEY DO THE DATA, THAT IT'S ONLY THE TOP TWO AND NOT THE TOP THREE.

AND SO, WHERE A LIKERT SCALE CAN BE BUILT WITH ANY DIFFERENT DESCRIPTORS, OUR DESCRIPTORS DON'T SAY QUITE THE SAME THING.

SO, WHAT COUNTS AS A POSITIVE IN OUR BUCKET IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S ACCOUNTING FOR WHAT THE DIFFERENCE YOU'RE SEEING IN THE NUMBERS SPECIFICALLY HOW THE LIKERT SCALE IS SET UP.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE POINTING OUT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS SEEING THAT.

AND WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT OKAY, WHAT IS THE NUANCE AS FAR AS IS THERE ANY MOVEMENT.

HOW MUCH MOVEMENT. AND THEN IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE SOMEONE FROM ONE LIKERT DESCRIPTOR TO ANOTHER, WHAT IS IT THAT WE WOULD REALLY HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY DO? I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS ALSO THAT FOR US TO GO BACK AND INTERROGATE, IF I ONLY FEEL LIKE I BELONG SOMEWHAT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE ASKED. AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THESE QUESTIONS.

WE WENT BACK AFTER THIS. DOCTOR? NOT GERARD. ARE YOU POINTING AT ME? COUNSELOR, COUNSELING, LASHONDA LEWIS. DR. LEWIS.

SHE AND HER TEAM HAD GONE BACK AND DONE FOCUS GROUP INTERVIEWS TO KIND OF GET A SENSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.

WHAT WE DIDN'T ASK, THOUGH, IS THE SOURCE OF WHY DO YOU FEEL YOU DON'T BELONG, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN FEEL I DON'T BELONG. IS IT SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM? IS IT SOMETHING THAT THE CAMPUS OWNS? IS IT BASED ON A RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER STUDENT? WE NEVER ASKED ABOUT THE SOURCE BECAUSE WE THINK THAT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO FIGURE OUT THEN WHAT STRATEGIES THAT WE BRING FORWARD.

SO WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING A LOT OF STRATEGIES WITHIN THE SYSTEM.

BUT FOR ME, IN KIND OF GOING THROUGH THIS EXERCISE WITH THIS TEAM, I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK AND DO ANOTHER FOCUS GROUP AND REALLY ASK, GET A SENSE OF WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF ME ONLY FEELING.

I DON'T BELONG A LITTLE BIT, WHATEVER IT IS. AND THEN WE'RE BETTER ABLE TO BUILD BETTER STRATEGIES IN ORDER TO HELP TARGET THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE GREAT ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS, WE HAVE GREAT CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES.

OVER 85% OF OUR STUDENTS IN SECONDARY BELONGS TO SOME KIND OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY.

AND THAT'S NOT EVEN INCLUDING CLUBS. WE'RE ONLY INCLUDING ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS.

AND SO IT'S A MATTER OF WITH THAT MUCH WHERE I'M CONNECTED WITH PEOPLE.

WE'VE BEEN REALLY AT A LOSS AT TIMES TO FIGURE OUT IF YOU HAVE A CORE GROUP THAT YOU'RE IN AND YOU'RE WITH AND YOU'RE SPENDING THESE HOURS WITH, WHY AREN'T WE SEEING IT AT A HIGHER RATE? SO WE JUST FEEL THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK AND INTERROGATE THAT AND ASK DIFFERENT QUESTIONS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE HEART OF THAT? AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT AS YET.

IF I MAY ALSO ADD SOMETHING TO WHAT NATALIE WAS SAYING IS, THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE'RE NOT SEEING HERE, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO INTERROGATE SOME MORE.

LIKE, REMEMBER WHAT I THINK IT WAS YOU TRUSTEE, WHEN YOU ASKED ABOUT THE COHORT.

WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT COHORTS HERE BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, IF I'M, IF A NEW STUDENT, ROUND ROCK [INAUDIBLE] AND I MOVED IN, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, EVEN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, IT MIGHT TAKE ME SOME TIME TO GET ADJUSTED, ACCLIMATED, FEEL LIKE I REALLY BELONG.

WE WANT EVERY ONE OF OUR STUDENTS REGARDLESS OF WHEN THEY CAME OR JOINED TO BELONG.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW IT TAKES TIME TO GET TO MAKE FRIENDS AND KNOW UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEM AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO THIS DOESN'T WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY THIS THIS DOESN'T REALLY SEGREGATE THE DATA BASED ON LIKE OUR STUDENTS WHO'VE BEEN WITH US YEAR AFTER YEAR.

RIGHT? VERSUS MAYBE STUDENTS WHO JUST MOVED IN MIDDLE OF THE YEAR OR SOMETIME THIS YEAR.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING. ALSO, WE HAVE TO QUESTION OR INTERROGATE BECAUSE WE WANT THEM.

OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT EVERY STUDENT TO FEEL THAT SENSE OF BELONGING, BUT IT MAY TAKE A LITTLE LONGER FOR SOMEONE WHO JUST MOVED INTO ROUND ROCK VERSUS SOMEONE

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THANK YOU FOR THAT. I GUESS I'M JUST CHALLENGED, AND I REALLY, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO HAVE INTEGRITY IN HOW WE SHARE DATA.

AND I KNOW THAT WE WENT OVER WHY THIS IS NOT AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON, BUT IN LOOKING AT PANORAMA, IF WE LOOKED AT SLIDE 14 FOR THIS YEAR, WE WOULD ALSO REALLY BE AT 52% IF WE WERE COMPARING IT THE SAME TO PANORAMA. AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S A DIFFERENT QUESTION.

IT'S JUST THAT WHEN COMMUNITY GOES BACK AND IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY, IF WE DID BELONG QUITE A BIT AND COMPLETELY BELONG, WE WOULD BE ON PAR WITH THAT SAME 52% AVERAGE AS PANORAMA.

AND I UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE REFLECTING LIKE POSITIVE BELONGING.

AND THAT MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN PANORAMA. I JUST DON'T THINK ON SLIDE 14.

CAN WE GO TO SLIDE 14? AND IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO FOLLOW THIS BETWEEN THE TWO SLIDES.

I MEAN THIS SHOWS 85%. SO IF WE LOOK AT THIS, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE DOING SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

BUT REALLY IF WE RATED IT LIKE PANORAMA RATED IT WE'RE AT 52% AND 52%.

SO I JUST FEEL LIKE I UNDERSTAND WHY WE LOOK AT THAT POSITIVELY BECAUSE WE'RE SAYING, YES, STUDENTS, WE WANT YOU TO AT LEAST SOMEWHAT BELONG.

BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS COMPARISON GIVES LIKE THE TRUE PICTURE, EVEN AS A BOARD OF THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION.

AND THEN MY SECOND KIND OF THOUGHT IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THE QUESTIONS WE COULD ASK.

IT WAS WITH DOCTOR LEWIS, BUT IS THERE THE ABILITY? I KNOW THAT OUR INTENTION BEHIND PANORAMA WAS TO SAY, WE WANT THIS TO BE BRIEF.

WE WANT THIS TO BE EASILY ADMINISTERED. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY FOR OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS IN PANORAMA? OKAY. AND IS THAT SOMETHING WE'VE ELECTED NOT TO DO FOR VARIOUS REASONS? PART OF WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS TESTING FATIGUE AT THE BEGINNING, AND KEEPING THIS AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE, WHILE STILL BEING ABLE TO GET THE INFORMATION.

SO, IN WORKING WITH PANORAMA, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS DISCUSSED, THE FACT THAT YOU CAN STILL GET A NORM REFERENCE AND HOW MANY QUESTIONS WERE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO GET THAT DATA. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS ON AN UNOBTRUSIVE, UNOBTRUSIVE. WHAT DO YOU KNOW? YOU KNOW, CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE REMARKS AS FAR AS OVER TESTING.

AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO OVERBURDEN THE TEACHERS AND THE STAFF AND THE STUDENTS.

I ABSOLUTELY REMEMBER THAT, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT THOUGHTFULNESS.

I JUST ALSO WONDER WHEN WE HAVE THE DATA ABOUT THE POINT IN TIME REFLECTION AND WHEN WE SAY LIKE IT COULD BE ANYTHING, IT COULD BE JUST THAT DAY. OH, THANK YOU. AND TO YOUR POINT, I WILL SAY THAT RECENTLY WE WANT TO USE THIS DATA TO BE REFLECTIVE, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO USE IT TO IMPROVE AND GET BETTER.

WE ACTUALLY PULLED A TEAM TOGETHER THIS LAST MONTH, AND WE PULLED UP ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS THAT WE DO ASK IN OUR CLIMATE SURVEY AND ALL OF OUR PANORAMA QUESTIONS, AND WE JUST REALLY STARTED TO CROSSWALK THEM. AND THAT'S HOW THIS DATA CAME UP.

AND WE REALLY STARTED TO LOOK AT THOSE SIMILARITIES. AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE IN THE QUESTIONS WE PRESENTED TO YOU, THE PANORAMA QUESTIONS ARE A LITTLE MORE OPEN ENDED.

THEY ARE A LITTLE MORE ON A SCALE WHERE THE CLIMATE SURVEY QUESTIONS REALLY ASK A STUDENT TO MAKE A DECISION LIKE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, AND WE GET A LITTLE MORE OF A FINITE RESPONSE THERE.

SO, OUR TEAM IS ACTUALLY WORKING WITH OUR EMS DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY ACADEMIC STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES.

AND WHERE WE'RE WORKING CURRENTLY ON THIS BIG PROJECT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS AVAILABLE AND CROSS WALKING THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. AND WE ARE GETTING OURSELVES THE RIGHT DATA TO IMPROVE OUR WORK, BUT ALSO THE TRUSTEES, THE RIGHT QUESTIONS TO ESTABLISH OUR GOALS. PERFECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. TRUSTEES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ADDITIONAL STAFF. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

OKAY. TRUSTEES, AS WE'RE MOVING ABOUT SORRY, DENNIS.

WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT OF ORDER AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BRING BACK A BUDGET BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL REPORT.

AND I JUST WANT TO HONOR MISS LASSWELL HAS BEEN HERE.

AND THANK YOU, MISS LASSWELL. SO, WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE THIS OUT OF ORDER.

THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. I KNOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

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THANK YOU. I AM BECKY LASSWELL, AND I HAVE BEEN THE CHAIR OF THE SHAC FOR THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR.

OUR SHAC, OF COURSE, IS ONE OF JUST MANY ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS.

BECAUSE THE SHAC EXISTS BECAUSE OF STATE CODE.

AND THAT STATE CODE GIVES US A PURPOSE. AND IF I CAN MAKE THE CLICKER WORK, LET'S SEE.

WHAT DO I DO TO MAKE IT WORK? I'M TRYING. OKAY.

SORRY, Y'ALL. THERE WE GO. NOPE, THAT'S NOT IT.

WE'LL GET THERE. THERE WE GO. IT HAS A PURPOSE STATEMENT, WHICH YOU CAN READ ON THE SCREEN.

SO WE DO KEEP THAT PURPOSE IN MIND THROUGH ALL OF OUR MEETINGS AND THROUGH ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE DO LOCALLY.

OUR SHAC CONSISTS OF 21 MEMBERS WHO ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE APPOINTED BY THE BOARD.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE BEEN 20 WOMEN AND ONE BRAVE YOUNG MAN.

SO THOUGH WE ARE DOMINANTLY FEMALE, WE COME FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, AND WE HAVE KIDS INVOLVED IN SO MANY ACTIVITIES.

ONE THING THAT I HAVE APPRECIATED ABOUT MY TIME ON THE SHAC IS THAT I HAVE MET SO MANY AMAZING PEOPLE WHO I WOULD NEVER HAVE ENCOUNTERED OTHERWISE, WHO SEEM REALLY DIFFERENT AT FIRST, BUT WE WORK TOGETHER REALLY WELL TO FOCUS ON THOSE QUESTIONS OF STUDENT HEALTH AND SCHOOLS HEALTH.

SO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, IF THEY'VE HEARD OF US, WHICH HONESTLY, MOST OF THEM HAVEN'T, THEY MIGHT THINK OF US AS THE PEOPLE WHO WORK ON SEX ED.

YES, THAT IS ONE SMALL PORTION OF WHAT WE DO, BUT WE SPEND MOST OF OUR MEETINGS THINKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE NUTRITION AND THE VERY REAL MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT OUR STUDENTS FACE AT EVEN YOUNGER YEARS.

AND THAT KIND OF BREAKS MY HEART, ESPECIALLY TODAY. SO WE DO OUR WORK BY CONSENSUS IN THREE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES.

WE HAVE MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SEXUALITY AND WELLNESS.

AND WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO ANSWER A LOT OF OUR QUESTIONS.

EVERY YEAR, WE WORK THROUGH A ANNUAL PROCESS THAT LEADS TO MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS.

EVERY YEAR WE MAKE A WRITTEN REPORT. MOST YEARS WE LIKE TO COME HERE IN PERSON.

SO I AM HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT OUR FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS YEAR.

THREE OF THEM ARE PRETTY SIMPLE, BUT THE LAST ONE WE'RE REALLY PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT, HONESTLY.

SO WE'LL TAKE THE MOST TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT ONE.

ALL RIGHT THERE WE GO. SO THIS FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS IN RESPONSE TO LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED IN A PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE CYCLE.

PLEASE DON'T LET THE BREVITY OF THIS STATEMENT IMPLY THAT WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE SUBJECT.

DRUG ABUSE, ESPECIALLY THE DANGERS OF OPIOIDS, IS SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT A LOT, AND WE HAVE MADE PAST RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THIS YEAR.

WE REALLY JUST NEED TO UPDATE THE GRADE LEVELS IN RESPONSE TO THAT LEGISLATION, SO I WILL READ IT.

ROUND ROCK ISD SHOULD DELIVER A CURRICULUM TO STUDENTS IN GRADES 6 TO 12 REGARDING THE DANGERS OF OPIOIDS, INCLUDING ADDICTION TO AND ABUSE OF SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS SUCH AS FENTANYL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW.

AGAIN, YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THE FENTANYL CRISIS, INCLUDING THE BILL WE'RE RESPONDING TO IN OUR WRITTEN REPORT NOW.

RECOMMENDATION NUMBER TWO, I MIGHT CLASSIFY AS AN IDEA.

IT'S SIMILAR TO THINGS WE HAVE RECOMMENDED IN THE PAST.

ROUND ROCK ISD SHOULD HOST COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIRS, INVITING COMMUNITY AGENCIES TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS IN EACH LEARNING COMMUNITY THAT FOCUS ON HEALTH RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY, SUCH AS SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION, DATING, VIOLENCE PREVENTION, COUNSELING, COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION, NUTRITION, GROUP FITNESS PROGRAMS, TUTORING, OR ADVANCED LEARNING OPTIONS. THAT IS A LONG LIST, BUT THE HEART OF THIS IS TO OFFER A TIME OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL DAY, WHEN PARENTS AND GUARDIANS CAN COME TO AN EVENT WHERE THEY CAN LEARN ABOUT THE MANY DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT EXIST OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY, NONPROFITS, OR EVEN FOR PROFIT BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT HAVE RESOURCES THEIR KIDS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN.

AND THE BOARD COULD SUPPORT THIS AS YOU'VE EITHER SUPPORTED OTHER DISTRICT WIDE EVENTS.

RECOMMENDATION NUMBER THREE IS ALSO PROCEDURAL, BUT THIS IS ABOUT THOSE SEX ED LESSONS THAT THE COMMUNITY PAYS ATTENTION TO.

SO, I WILL TALK ABOUT THIS ONE A BIT MORE. WE CALL THESE THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT LESSONS OR THE MATURATION LESSONS THAT START IN FOURTH GRADE.

I IMAGINE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM UNDERSTANDS THOSE TERMS QUITE WELL, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE WORDS MEAN. ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T GROW UP IN TEXAS, DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH AS THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE, ARE SIMPLY TOO BUSY TO FOLLOW ALL THE CHANGES, AND THERE ARE CHANGES.

READ MY NOTES, I LOST MYSELF. SORRY, WE AREN'T RECOMMENDING ANY CHANGES TO THE CURRICULUM ITSELF, BUT CAMPUSES HANDLE THE LOGISTICS IN REALLY DIFFERENT WAYS FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS.

THE LEGISLATURE PASSES LAWS AND THEN T WRITES NEW GUIDANCE.

AND IT CAN BE REALLY COMPLICATED, EVEN FOR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMITTEE TO PAY ATTENTION TO, LET ALONE NORMAL PARENTS.

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SO I DON'T WANT TO EMBARRASS ANYONE OR MY OWN CHILDREN, SO I'M GOING TO SHARE SOME EXAMPLES GENERICALLY.

ONE OF OUR SHAC MOMS COMPLETELY MISSED THE OPT IN FORM BECAUSE IT WAS IN AN EMAIL FROM A TEACHER SHE'D NEVER HEARD OF.

SORRY. ANOTHER PARENT WONDERED WHY HER CHILD HAD TO DO THESE LESSONS AGAIN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, BECAUSE THEY'D ALREADY DONE THEM IN ELEMENTARY WITHOUT REALIZING IT'S VERY DIFFERENT CURRICULUM.

AN ANONYMOUS MOM ONLINE JUMPED TO SOME CONCLUSIONS BECAUSE SHE HADN'T ACTUALLY READ THE MATERIALS.

ANYONE CAN READ THEM. THEY'RE AVAILABLE. AND ANOTHER MOM KNEW ALL ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES.

SHE KNEW ALL THE BILL NUMBERS AND EVERYTHING GOING ON. MORE THAN I DO.

BUT SHE WAS UNAWARE THAT THE TEA ALSO ISSUES GUIDANCE ON THE SUBJECT.

FINALLY, A FRIEND WITH A HIGH SCHOOLER SIMPLY GAVE OUTDATED INFORMATION TO A FRIEND WITH A FOURTH GRADER.

WE DON'T BLAME ANY OF THESE PARENTS. IT'S JUST CONFUSING.

SO, WE DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO STANDARDIZE THE TIMING OF THIS CURRICULUM ON EVERY CAMPUS, LIKE THEY ALL GIVE IT ON THE SAME TUESDAY OR SOMETHING. BUT WE CAN SEE HOW PARENTS GET LOST.

SO, THIS ISN'T EARTH SHATTERING, BUT WE CALL ON YOU, OUR BOARD MEMBERS, TO SEE THAT THE DISTRICT TAKES STEPS TO HELP PARENTS OR GUARDIANS KNOW MORE ABOUT THESE LESSONS. SO I WILL READ IT. ROUND ROCK ISD SHOULD STREAMLINE THE CONSENT FORM FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT LESSONS.

THE CONSENT FORM SHOULD BE MADE MORE CLEAR BY A INCLUDING OPT IN FOR THIS EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL IN THE ANNUAL REQUIRED ENROLLMENT FORMS, BE COMMUNICATING ABOUT THE MATERIALS THROUGH DISTRICT AND CAMPUS COMMUNICATION, RATHER THAN PRIMARILY THROUGH INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOM TEACHERS OR DEPARTMENTS.

SEE COMMUNICATING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SPRING SEMESTER, ALLOWING TIME FOR FOLLOW UP.

WE'D LOVE IT IF POINT A COULD HAPPEN. WE'RE NOT SURE IF IT CAN OR NOT.

AND POINT C IS ABOUT COMMUNICATING AHEAD. SO YOU COULD, FOR INSTANCE, TELL ALL THE THIRD GRADE PARENTS THIS IS SOMETHING YOUR CHILD IS GOING TO SEE NEXT YEAR IN FOURTH GRADE. BUT POINT B IS THE HEART OF THIS RECOMMENDATION.

WE WOULD LOVE FOR THE EMAILS TO COME FROM SOMEONE THE PARENTS RECOGNIZE, LIKE A PRINCIPAL, WHERE THEY'D BE MORE LIKELY TO READ THE EMAIL AND THEN FOLLOW UP CAN COME FROM AN INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOM TEACHER.

AND WE KNOW THIS WORKS. ANOTHER SHAC MEMBER SHARED WITH ME AN EMAIL SHE GOT ABOUT HER CHILD'S SEVENTH GRADER, AND THE EMAIL WAS CLEAR. ACTIONABLE. OH, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

WE'D LOVE TO SEE THAT IN EVERY CASE. SO, THE PRIOR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MOSTLY PROCEDURAL, BUT THE LAST ONE WE THINK IS BROAD REACHING AND I'M KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND IT IS ABOUT EVERY STUDENT'S FAVORITE PART OF THE DAY, WHICH OF COURSE IS RECESS.

LET'S GET THERE. WE MAY LAUGH, BUT AS GROWNUPS , ESPECIALLY GROWNUPS WHO ARE CONCERNED WITH STUDENT HEALTH AND STUDENT WELL-BEING AND STUDENT OUTCOMES, WE KNOW THAT RECESS IS MORE THAN JUST PLAY.

PAST SHACS HAVE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT RECESS.

I HAVE READ THROUGH A LOT OF THE ARCHIVES OF THE COMMITTEE, AND I THINK THAT SHARK WORK WAS INSTRUMENTAL MANY YEARS AGO IN GETTING THE CURRENT STANDARD OF 20 MINUTES PER DAY IMPLEMENTED. SO WE'VE DANCED AROUND THE SUBJECT PREVIOUSLY, BUT THIS YEAR, OUR WELLNESS COMMITTEE AND OUR FULL SHARK WANT TO BRING A SOLID RECOMMENDATION AIMED SQUARELY AT STUDENT HEALTH BY INCREASING RECESS IN ORDER TO STANDARDIZE CONSISTENT ACCESS TO RECESS ACROSS ALL ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.

ROUND ROCK ISD SHOULD ADOPT A DISTRICT LEVEL POLICY, WHICH INCLUDES 45 MINUTES OF UNSTRUCTURED RECESS FOR ALL STUDENTS IN GRADES PRE-K TO FIVE, AND THE PROVISION THAT RECESS SHALL NOT BE TAKEN AWAY FOR ACADEMIC REASONS OR AS A PUNISHMENT.

RESEARCH SHOWS THAT HAVING ACCESS TO HIGH DURATION, UNSTRUCTURED RECESS LEADS TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES ACROSS THE BOARD AND AN INCREASE IN KIDS OVERALL MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, BOTH OF WHICH MATTER IMMENSELY TO OUR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY.

HAVING HEARD THAT, I HOPE YOUR MINDS ARE ALREADY SPINNING.

WE ALL NEED TIME TO PROCESS NEW IDEAS, BUT I'D LIKE TO SHOWCASE A FEW BENEFITS OF INCREASED RECESS THAT SHOW THIS IS BOTH HELPFUL AND REALISTIC.

THE WELLNESS COMMITTEE AND I INCLUDED SO MANY FOOTNOTES TO SCIENTIFIC STUDIES IN OUR WRITTEN REPORT.

MANY OF THOSE STUDIES FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON 45 MINUTES OF RECESS A DAY, IDEALLY GIVEN IN TWO CHUNKS.

THE STUDY SHOWED MANY BENEFITS. I'LL BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THREE TYPES.

PHYSICAL HEALTH, MORE RECESS, EVEN IF IT ISN'T TERRIBLY STRENUOUS, REDUCES CORTISOL LEVELS, CHILDHOOD OBESITY, AND TYPE TWO DIABETES RISKS.

BUILDS COORDINATION IN LARGE MUSCLE GROUPS, LEADS TO BETTER BONE HEALTH AND MORE PHYSICAL STRENGTH.

HELPS WITH A HEALTHY HEART AND METABOLISM. AND THERE ARE EVEN BENEFITS FOR EYE HEALTH, INCLUDING COUNTERACTING TIME SPENT ON SCREENS IN CLASS.

AND HEALTHY KIDS USUALLY MISS LESS SCHOOL. STUDIES SHOW THESE BENEFITS REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE KIDS CHOOSE TO DO WITH THEIR RECESS TIME AND BEYOND WHAT THEY GET IN PE.

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SO, PLUS, HAVING TIME AND RECESS ALLOWS STUDENTS TO ASSOCIATE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WITH FUN, WHICH CAN HELP THEM STAY ACTIVE AS THEY GROW.

WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT THE DISTRICT SCHEDULES WEEKLY TIME AND PE AND WELLNESS COURSES, BUT THIS MODEL WORKS ALONGSIDE WELLNESS COURSES AND WORKS IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

NEXT SET OF BENEFITS IS MENTAL HEALTH SWITCHING TO LONGER RECESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN GIVEN IN TWO CHUNKS DURING THE DAY, REDUCES STRESS HORMONES. GIVES A MUCH NEEDED RESET FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE HAVING TROUBLE PAYING ATTENTION.

ALLOWS FOR STUDENTS WHO SEEK SENSORY INPUT TO GET IT, REDUCES DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, PROMOTES PROBLEM SOLVING, AND THESE BENEFITS LAST ONCE THEY GO BACK TO THE CLASSROOM.

RECESS GIVES REAL WORLD, HANDS ON LESSONS ABOUT GETTING ALONG WITH EACH OTHER, MAKING FRIENDS, AND SUPPORTING YOUR CLASSMATES. WE THINK THAT'S OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO THIS BOARD, CONSIDERING THOSE GOALS WE JUST HEARD ABOUT, ABOUT STUDENT WELL-BEING AND SENSE OF BELONGING.

FINALLY, ACADEMICS. THE SHAC IS A HEALTH COMMITTEE, BUT THE ACADEMIC BENEFITS ARE SO OBVIOUS WE CAN'T SIMPLY OVERLOOK THEM.

AND THEY'RE OFTEN AN ANSWER TO THE FIRST QUESTION THAT WE HEAR WHEN WE TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT THIS SUBJECT.

EVEN IN OUR DISCUSSIONS ON SHAC, SOME OF OUR ACADEMICALLY MINDED MEMBERS SAID SOMETHING LIKE, WE SEND OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL TO LEARN AND THEY'RE ALREADY HAVING TO COVER SO MUCH MATERIAL, IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S NO TIME.

HOW CAN WE GIVE THEM MORE RECESS? I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, BUT STUDIES, INCLUDING A BUNCH RIGHT HERE IN TEXAS THAT IMPLEMENTED 45 MINUTES OF RESEARCH A DAY, HAVE SHOWN THAT WHEN STUDENTS GET MORE RECESS, IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM ACADEMIC TIME, BUT IT WINDS UP GIVING THEM 60 TO 120 MORE MINUTES OF FOCUSED CLASSROOM TIME EVERY DAY.

THIS IS CRUCIAL, SO I'LL RESTATE IT WITHOUT ADDING A SINGLE MINUTE TO THE SCHOOL DAY.

STUDENTS CAN GET MORE FOCUSED ACADEMIC TIME SIMPLY BY GOING OUTSIDE FOR A LITTLE MORE RECESS.

THAT'S LIKELY WHY STUDENTS HAVE SHOWN IMPROVEMENT ON STATE TESTING, INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE TEXAS CAMPUS THAT WAS 65% HISPANIC.

THAT SAW DOUBLE DIGIT HIGHER TEST SCORES IN MATH AND READING.

NOTHING ELSE CHANGED EXCEPT RECESS. SO EVEN THE ACADEMICALLY MINDED PARENTS CAN GET EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THE SHAC DOESN'T DWELL ON ACADEMICS, BUT WE BELIEVE THE INCREASED RECESS HAS SUCH BENEFITS THAT JUSTIFY MAKING ROOM IN THE MASTER SCHEDULE.

ADJUSTING THE MASTER SCHEDULE WILL TAKE WORK, WE KNOW THAT, BUT WE KNOW THERE ARE ANSWERS BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING.

IT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER STATES. IT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER PARTS OF TEXAS, AND IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN ROUND ROCK ISD . OUR WELLNESS COMMITTEE MEMBERS DID AN INFORMAL SURVEY OF ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, AND THEY FOUND MULTIPLE THAT ARE ALREADY GIVING WAY BEYOND THAT 20 MINUTE BASELINE OF RECESS.

SO I WON'T SPEND MUCH QUESTION ON THAT. THE QUESTION OF TAKING AWAY RECESS AS A PUNISHMENT.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN OUR PAST YEAR'S REPORTS, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT SOME BEHAVIORS LIKE HITTING, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH A SAFE RECESS.

BUT WE DON'T THINK RECESS SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE YOU DID POORLY ON A MATH TEST.

AND STUDENTS WHO INTERRUPT THEIR CLASSMATES WOULD PROBABLY BENEFIT FROM SOME TIME OUTSIDE.

A 20 MINUTE RECESS IS ALREADY IN THE STUDENT HANDBOOK, AND SOME CAMPUSES HAVE ALREADY ADJUSTED THEIR SCHEDULES TO GO BEYOND THAT.

OTHER CAMPUSES CERTAINLY COULD, BUT THE SHAC THINKS A POLICY UPDATE WOULD BE GOOD.

THOSE OF US WHO READ THE HANDBOOK YEARLY, AND I ADMIT THAT MIGHT JUST BE ME, KNOW THAT THE HANDBOOK CHANGES FROM TIME TO TIME, SOMETIMES WITHOUT THE PUBLIC EVEN NOTICING. AND THAT'S SO.

IT'S NOT A SUPER EFFECTIVE WAY TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.

OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE USED JUST A FEW SENTENCES OF POLICY TO MAKE SIMILAR CHANGES.

SO A POLICY UPDATE WOULD ALLOW RECESS TO BE CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES INTO THE FUTURE.

WE BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY VALUES THE BENEFITS THAT COME FROM INCREASED RECESS, BOTH ACADEMIC AND HEALTH CENTERED, AND WE BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY VALUES THIS BENEFIT BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS, NOT JUST THOSE AT A FEW CAMPUSES WHOSE PARENTS MIGHT TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO PUSH FOR IT. SO WE BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY WILL SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE AND THAT IT'S A POLICY UPDATE YOU CAN ALL SUPPORT, TOO. DUE TO ITS BENEFITS FOR STUDENT HEALTH AND STUDENT OUTCOMES.

SO THAT WRAPS UP OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. I WANT TO CLOSE WITH MANY THANKS TO THE OTHER SHAC VOLUNTEERS, ONE OF WHOM WAS HERE EARLIER. I THINK THE OTHERS ARE WATCHING ONLINE.

AND MANY THANKS TO THE STAFF WHO SUPPORT US. AND OF COURSE, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

ANY QUESTIONS? I'M LOOKING FOR LIGHTS AND I DON'T SEE ANY, SO I'LL START.

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AND PLEASE EXTEND OUR THANKS TO THE SHAC MEMBERS.

IT IS A VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE, RIGHT. SO IT'S A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL.

MY QUESTION IS REALLY FOR YOU, FOR YOU? DR. AZAIEZ AS A BOARD AND AS AN ADMINISTRATION, HOW DO YOU SEE US BEING MORE COLLABORATIVE WITH COMMUNITY THAT GIVE OF THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO SERVE ON THESE COMMUNITIES COMMITTEES? WE GET THESE PRESENTATIONS, AND THEN EVEN AS A SITTING BOARD MEMBER, I'M NOT ALWAYS SURE WHAT THE FOLLOW UP IS.

AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT COMMITTEES AREN'T SCREAMING INTO A VOID.

SO, WHAT CAN WE DO FOR FOLLOW UP AND COLLABORATION? SURE, ABSOLUTELY. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO ALSO ECHO WHAT PRESIDENT HARRISON SAID.

I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THE HARD WORK AND VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME.

SO WHAT WE WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO AND LET ME JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WILL DO, I GUESS, RIGHT, WITH THIS REPORT. SO, WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US FOR RECOMMENDATION.

AND SO, WHAT WE'LL DO IS FOR US, THE NEXT STEP FOR US IS TO LOOK AT IT, COME BACK AS A TEAM AND THEN AND THEN COME BACK WITH A PLAN.

SOMETIMES, LIKE YOU JUST YOU JUST SAID THINGS THAT WE CAN EXECUTE RIGHT AWAY THINGS, MAYBE REQUIRES MORE TIME AND THINKS MAYBE WE CAN SAY WE CANNOT DO RIGHT, SO WE DON'T JUST SIT ON A REPORT AND SAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY, NEXT, NEXT. SEE YOU NEXT YEAR IS ACTUALLY WE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE HONOR, OBVIOUSLY, THE HARD WORK OF OUR COMMITTEE. AND IN THIS CASE THE COMMITTEE.

AND WE TAKE THAT THEY ARE PART OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS. THEY'RE OUR PARENTS. THEY'RE OUR VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME, LIKE YOU SAID. SO WE HONOR THAT AND WE TAKE IT.

SO THE NEXT STEP IS FOR US AGAIN TO COME TOGETHER, ANALYZE ALL THIS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AND THEN BRING THAT BACK.

OBVIOUSLY, SHARE WITH THE BOARD FIRST AND THEN SHARE WITH THE SHAC DURING THAT NEXT MEETING.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S THE PLAN? BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THESE THOUGHTFUL RECOMMENDATIONS.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? DR. WEI, I DON'T SEE YOUR LIGHT, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.

I READ THIS REPORT. IT'S A LOT OF REFERENCE AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORK YOU HAVE DONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I, MY QUESTION IS, HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH 45 MINUTES OR MAYBE YOU MENTIONED IT, I MISSED IT. SURE. I DIDN'T GO INTO THE DETAILS OF THIS SPECIFIC ACADEMIC STUDY, BUT THERE WAS AN ACADEMIC STUDY THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY TCU THAT INVOLVED A WHOLE LOT OF CAMPUSES, SOME OF WHICH WERE HERE IN TEXAS.

AND MY NOTES TONIGHT REFERENCED A CAMPUS THAT WAS MORE THAN 65% HISPANIC THAT THEY DID THIS TEST ON.

BUT THEY TESTED CAMPUSES A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT THEY SAID, LET'S TRY THIS 45 MINUTE DAY THING.

I ACTUALLY OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMITTEE WERE THE ONES WHO RESEARCHED THIS.

AND THEN I REMEMBERED, WAIT, I HAVE A FRIEND IN IOWA WHOSE KIDS WERE ONE OF THEIR CAMPUS TEST SCHOOLS.

SO IT WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT TESTED 45 MINUTES.

THEY WERE TESTING A NUMBER OF THINGS, BUT ONE OF THE PARTS THEY LIKED A LOT WAS GIVING RECESS IN TWO CHUNKS.

SO IT'S NOT JUST 45 MINUTES OF GO OUT THERE AND PLAY SOCCER UNTIL YOU DROP, BUT KIND OF TWO CHUNKS AND TWO BREAKS DURING THE DAY.

YOU THINK ABOUT MOST OF US AS ADULTS. WE LIKE TO HAVE BREAKS IN THE MORNING AND THE AFTERNOON, TOO, SO IT KIND OF LIKE THAT.

BUT IT WAS FROM A STUDY OUT OF TCU. IT WAS CALLED THE LINK STUDY WITH TWO EYES IF I SPELL IT CORRECTLY.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE OTHER QUESTION IS FOR THE COMMITTEE; HOW DID YOU PICK UP THE TOPIC? LIKE, I'M WONDERING, IS A CERTAIN HOT TOPIC YOU DISCUSSED THIS YEAR OR ACCURACY? IS VAPING ONE OF THE TOPICS YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO DISCUSS SPECIFICALLY TO RECESS OR SOMETHING ELSE ON VAPING? OH, THE WHICH ONE? VAPING. VAPING. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT VAPING.

OH, WOW. IT'S BEEN I'VE BEEN ON THE SHAC FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS, AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT VAPING IN THAT TIME.

AND WE'VE GOTTEN SOME REALLY HELPFUL UPDATES FROM DR.

GERARD'S TEAM ABOUT HOW VAPING IS TREATED IN RESPONSE TO SOME NEW STATE LAWS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO KIDS.

I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THOSE NOTES RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.

BUT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT VARIOUS INITIATIVES TO KEEP KIDS SOBER, SAFE, HEALTHY, MAKING GOOD CHOICES.

BUT IF VAPING IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK INTO NEXT YEAR, I'M SURE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.

NO, I'M NOT TRYING TO PUSH YOU GUYS LOOKING INTO ANYTHING.

I JUST WANT TO. IF I WAS TRYING TO GET THOSE DATA, IS IT A WAY I CAN LOOK FOR ONLINE OR YOU GUYS HAVE REPORT? OH, WOW. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ISSUED A RECOMMENDATION SPECIFIC TO VAPING IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

YOU'D PROBABLY HAVE TO DIG THROUGH THE ARCHIVES OF THE SHAC WEBSITE, WHICH WILL TAKE YOU A LONG TIME, BUT IT MIGHT BE THERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEP.

TRUSTEE. ZÁRATE. YEAH, I'M KIND OF JUST ECHOING ALSO.

WHAT? TRUSTEE HARRISON SAID THAT I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS THOROUGH PRESENTATION.

IT'S REFRESHING, ACTUALLY ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE MATURATION COMMUNICATIONS PART.

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I'M SURE THE STAFF APPRECIATES THAT BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM A JUMPING OFF POINT.

AND WE JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME. I SAY WE I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ROYAL.

WE, I MEAN, ME, BUT VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THESE PARENTS WHO GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO MAKE SURE THE KIDS HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED.

SO, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. I WILL PASS ON ALL YOUR COMMENTS TO OUR COMMITTEE.

OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY MORE LIGHTS. PLEASE TAKE OUR GRATITUDE BACK TO THE COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU. WELL, IT'S 730, AND WE'VE BEEN AT IT FOR A BIT.

I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE WE COME BACK IN 15 MINUTES.

746. IS THAT GOOD? ALL RIGHT. 746. AND WE ARE TAKING A BRIEF RECESS.

THANK YOU. IT'S 7:47 P.M. AND WE ARE ONE MINUTE LATE COMING BACK FROM RECESS TO THE MAIN EVENT. WHICH IS REALLY AGENDA ITEM F3. 2025 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET UPDATE DR.

AZAIEZ. YEAH, WELL, SO WE SENT WE SENT THIS UPDATE TO YOU.

I'M NOT UPDATE. I GUESS THIS PROPOSED BUDGET UPDATE I THINK ABOUT TEN DAYS AGO.

RIGHT. AND SINCE THEN, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, SO MANY THINGS HAVE HAPPENED.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE WERE HOPEFUL WITH HOUSE BILL 2 YOU KNOW, BEING SENT TO SENATE AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT, THAT THE SENATE WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY ADOPT IT AS IS OR MAYBE TWEAK IT A LITTLE BIT.

BUT WE WERE ALL SHOCKED WHEN COME TUESDAY, TWO DAYS AGO, THAT BILL WAS COMPLETELY CHANGED.

AND THAT INCREASE IN BASIC ALLOTMENT WENT FROM 3.95, WHICH IS I GUESS ONE THIRD OF WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS NEED JUST TO ACCOUNT FOR INFLATION, SINCE 2019 IS ACTUALLY DOWN TO $55. SO ANYWAY, SO I HATE TO BE THIS I DON'T KNOW.

BUT DENNIS, I GUESS YOU CAN GO OVER THE PRESENTATION THAT WE PREPARED TEN DAYS AGO.

AND THEN. BUT PLEASE BEAR WITH US, EVERYONE. JUST, THESE THINGS ARE SHIFTING AND CHANGING EVERY DAY.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF SERIOUS TALKS BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE ABOUT HOUSE BILL TWO RIGHT NOW.

THE TWO CONFERENCE OR SENATE MAY COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF COMPROMISE, AND MAYBE THEY CAN GET IT DONE WITHOUT REALLY GOING TO THE CONFERENCE.

BUT FROM ALL WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THE MANY HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES ARE NOT REALLY HAPPY WITH THIS CURRENT VERSION THAT THE SENATE PROPOSED OR RELEASED ON TUESDAY. BUT AGAIN, DENNIS, THANK YOU, DOCTOR AZAIEZ.

MADAM CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, I COME AGAIN TO BRING Y'ALL AN UPDATE THAT REALLY HAS NO UPDATE.

THIS IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S. LET ME BACK UP.

PROPOSED BUDGET. BUT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, THIS IS NOT A PROPOSED BUDGET.

SO THE STUFF I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHEN WE GET TO THE ACTUAL BREAKDOWN OF THE BUDGET, THAT'S GOING TO BE FOUR COLUMNS.

AND WHEN WE GET THERE, I'LL EXPLAIN THEM TO YOU THAT YOU CAN THE THREE ON THE FAR RIGHT THROW THEM OUT.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS BUDGET.

WE ARE STILL FOCUSED ON THESE SIX GOALS. AND THE ONE PRIMARY GOAL IS THE BALANCED BUDGET.

AND WE WORK EVERY DAY TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO BALANCE THIS BUDGET, EVEN THROUGH SCENARIOS THAT WE HEAR FROM OUR LEGISLATORS.

WE ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.

SO, LET'S TALK ABOUT THESE LEGISLATIVE FACTORS.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE MAIN BILL IS THE HOUSE BILL NUMBER TWO THAT.

AS DOC SAID, WE WERE VERY HOPEFUL UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.

THE PROPOSAL THAT CAME OUT OF THE SENATE BLEW UP HOUSE BILL TWO COMPLETELY.

SO THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SHEET AS POTENTIAL FACTORS, WE DON'T CONSIDER THEM FACTORS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN THE SENATE BILL.

AND SO WE ARE WORKING HARD, LISTENING TO WHAT'S COMING FROM PEOPLE THAT'S CLOSER TO THE NODE THAN US.

WE TALK DAILY WITH THOSE PEOPLE TO HEAR WHAT COULD BE COMING OUT.

WE'VE HEARD SOME LIKE DR. AZAIEZ SAID, WE HEARD SOME POSITIVE THINGS THAT THE BASIC ALLOTMENT COULD GO FROM 55 TO 124, OR IT COULD GO BACK TO ZERO. SO, WE I'M TELLING YOU, THIS IS PROBABLY I'VE BEEN IN SCHOOL FINANCE SINCE 97.

THIS IS THE WORST BUDGETARY PROCESS I'VE EVER SEEN, EVER, IN THREE DIFFERENT STATES.

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AND THAT'S A PROJECTED INCREASE OF $1.4 MILLION FOR ROUND ROCK ISD .

SENATE BILL 568 IS STILL IN LIMBO. THERE'S A PIECE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION THAT'S IN HB TWO ABOUT THE ASSESSMENT.

THAT'S STILL IN THERE. AND THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE REST OF SPED IS TO KEEP IT IN THE 2027 BUDGET FOR INCREASES IN THE SPECIAL ALLOTMENT. WE STILL HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING DEFINITIVE ON HOUSE BILL 500, WHICH IS A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.

AND WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS ONE, BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONE THAT SHOULD RESTORE THE LOSS OF THE MONEY THAT THE REVENUES THAT WE LOST FOR THE SCHOOL.

HEALTH AND RELATED SERVICES KNOWN AS SHARS. STILL NO DEFINITIVE ANSWER ON THAT LEGISLATURE AT ALL.

SO WHAT WERE AND STILL ARE ROUND ROCK ISD 'S BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS? WE'RE STILL PROJECTING THE ENROLLMENT AT 47.1, WHICH IS CONSERVATIVE.

OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE PROJECTION IS STILL 92%, INCLUDING PRE-K.

WE KNOW THE ESTIMATED PROPERTY VALUE INCREASE IS 2%.

WE GOT FROM BOTH CADS. THAT BASIC ALLOTMENT HAS CHANGED.

WHEN WE SENT YOU THIS PROPOSAL, THAT WAS WHAT WAS IN HOUSE BILL TWO.

THE HOLD HARMLESS THIS EXEMPTION IS STILL BEING DEBATED, AND THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSION RATE STILL HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED FROM LAST YEAR.

SO, LET'S LOOK AT THE BUDGET. AS I SAID, THERE'S FOUR COLUMNS ON THIS PAGE COLUMNS TWO, THREE AND FOUR.

DISREGARD. HOUSE BILL 2. LIKE I SAID, COME. AND WHEN WE CAME TO WORK ON TUESDAY MORNING WAS BLOWN UP.

SO THE TWO MIDDLE COLUMNS ARE DEFINITELY OUT.

AND THE ONE ON THE FAR RIGHT WAS WENT BACK TO WHERE THE HOUSE BILL ORIGINALLY PROPOSED, HAD A $220 INCREASE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

THAT'S OUT, TOO. SO, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CONCENTRATE ON HERE TONIGHT IS THE FIRST COLUMN, WHICH I CONSIDER THE WORST CASE SCENARIO IF WE GET NO HELP FROM OUR LEGISLATORS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE THESE, THIS PAGE HAS NOT CHANGED FROM WHEN WE WHEN I SHOWED YOU TO IT LAST WEEK.

OUR REVENUES IS STILL AT 461. OH 31. IN TOTAL. AT THESE THINGS, IS IT? YEAH. WE GET THE OTHER ONE. JENNIFER, CAN YOU ADVANCE THE SLIDE? THANK YOU. NOW THE POSITION DECREASE. THAT NUMBER CHANGED FROM THE LAST PRESENTATION.

IT WENT DOWN. WE REINSTATED A POSITION IN THE TECHNOLOGY.

SO THE AMOUNT OF THE DECREASE WENT DOWN, BUT IT'S TOTALLY STILL 5 MILLION.

216. AND WE ALSO ADDED AN INCREASE IN THE ESL EDUCATION ASSISTANTS.

NINE ASSISTANTS. AND THAT INCREASE OUR ADDITIONS BY $267,000.

AND THAT WAS WHEN WE SENT THIS TO YOU ON MONDAY.

WORKING WITH STAFF, WE BELIEVE THAT THE 267, WE MAY HAVE A WAY OF FUNDING THAT AND IT WILL COME OFF, BUT WHEN WE WHEN I SENT THIS TO YOU, THAT WAS AN INCREASE THAT WE HAD TO ADD TO THE BUDGET.

SO THAT BRINGS TO, AS OF TONIGHT, THE TOTAL SALARIES AND BENEFITS OF $412,831.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IF YOU LOOK UP IN THE COMPENSATION LINE, THERE IS NO COMP INCREASES FOR ANY STAFF MEMBERS UNDER THE ORIGINAL PROJECTION WITH NO HELP FROM LEGISLATURE. AS FAR AS OUR CAMPUS ALLOCATIONS THOSE NUMBERS, THE 5001. 5,000,138. THAT CHANGED SLIGHTLY.

THERE WAS A POSITION, AN ADDITIONAL COST THAT WE HAD TO COVER SO THAT REDUCTION DECREASED BY 45,000.

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TOTAL EXPENSES OF 472,599. WE ARE IN THE RED 11 MILLION.

568 AGAIN, WE ARE STILL HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL GET SOME HELP FROM THE STATE.

AND THAT COLUMN DOES NOT INCLUDE THE 1.4 MILLION THAT WE WILL GET FROM SAFETY AND SECURITY, NOR DOES IT INCLUDE THE MONEY WE WOULD GET FOR THE SPED ASSESSMENTS.

SO, THIS NUMBER WILL CHANGE SLIGHTLY THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE IT.

AND AS I SAID BEFORE, THERE WAS A COST THAT'S ADDED THAT WE FEEL WE WOULD FIND A WAY TO COVER THAT WITHOUT ADDING IT TO THE BUDGET.

AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER COSTS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THIS PROPOSAL THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH MY FRIEND HERE ON WAYS THAT WE CAN COVER SOME OF THOSE COSTS THAT ARE. PENDING. BETTER NEWS, WE HOPE, FROM OUR LEGISLATURE HERE.

I JUST LISTED SOME OF THE REDUCTIONS IN THE BUDGET IN THE FIRST THREE LINES.

HERE ARE JUST REDUCTIONS. THAT'S DUE TO ENROLLMENT SHIFTS FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS THAT THAT TOTALED ABOUT $624,000. IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF MOVE OF POSITIONS TO THE BOND THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE BOND. THOSE TOTALED ABOUT $985,000. WE ALSO MOVED SOME MONEY TO OUR TITLE ONE FUNDING FOR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS CONVERTING TO DEAN OF INSTRUCTION.

THOSE EQUATE TO ABOUT $900,000. AND AT THE VERY BOTTOM, YOU SEE THAT WE REDUCED DEPARTMENT ALLOCATIONS BY AVERAGE OF 10%.

THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT $5.1 MILLION. SO, THE TOTAL REDUCTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOUND IN THE BUDGET TO DATE IS 10,352,000.

IN DOING THE BUDGET, THERE'S ALWAYS SOME COST THAT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO COVER FOR AS INCREASES.

SO, I WILL HIGHLIGHT THREE OF THOSE IN PARTICULAR.

THE 438,156 ON LINE TWO. THAT IS THE INCREASE IN OUR PROPERTY PREMIUMS FOR AW GRIMES AND SPECTRUM BUILDING.

IF YOU GO DOWN ALMOST TO THE BOTTOM, YOU'LL SEE $548,000.

THAT'S THE INCREASE TO COVER CUSTODIAL SUPPLIES AND OUR WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT INCREASE.

AND 485,000 FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND ADOPTIONS.

AND THAT'S ALSO ONE OF THE LINES THAT WE ARE INTERROGATING TO SEE IF WE CAN MOVE THAT LINE OUT OF THE 2526 BUDGET INTO THE 2627 BUDGET.

SO, WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD, AS I SAID BEFORE, TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO REDUCE THE $11 MILLION DEFICIT.

AND THAT IS THE O&M BUDGET. I CAN MOVE ON TO THE INTEREST AND SINKING FUND, IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE GROUP.

IN THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE INTEREST AND SINKING FUND, AGAIN, THE ESTIMATED PROPERTY VALUE INCREASES 2%.

WE ARE PROPOSING TO KEEP THE EYE ON THIS RATE FLAT TO COVER DEBT PAYMENT AND A $15.5 MILLION PAYMENT.

AND OUR CURRENT FUND BALANCE WAS 116.1 MILLION.

WE HAVE A $68.7 MILLION PAYMENT DUE ON THE 1ST OF AUGUST.

NOW, I WOULD SAY THIS THE 2526 PROPOSED BUDGET IS AS OF WE KNOW NOW, BUT SENATE BILL 19 COULD BLOW THIS UP. SENATE BILL 19 HAS A A VERSION WHERE YOUR NEXT TAX RATE CAN'T BE NO MORE THAN 20% OF YOUR TOTAL TAX RATE.

AND THERE'S A THERE'S SOME VERBIAGE IN THERE ABOUT IF YOU CAN AND CANNOT INCLUDE DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS IN SETTING YOUR TAX RATE.

SO, DEPENDING ON HOW THAT BILL COMES OUT WE MAY BE CHANGING THE BUDGET THAT YOU WILL SEE ON MAY 29TH.

SO OUR NEXT STEPS TO MAY 15TH IS TONIGHT THAT WE WAS GOING TO ADOPT THE COMP PLAN.

I WILL LEAVE THAT UP TO MY FRIEND EDDIE TO DISCUSS THOSE ISSUES.

WE ARE PRESENTING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BUDGET, WHICH IS REALLY NOT A PRESENTATION OF THE BUDGET BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MANY VARIABLES TO GIVE YOU A TRULY PROPOSED BUDGET. WE WILL HOLD ANOTHER MEETING ON MAY 29TH, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE A TRUE

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WELL, THE PLAN IS TO ADOPT THE BUDGET ON JUNE 17TH, UNLESS WE CALL ANY SPECIAL MEETINGS.

BUT WHAT'S TO MEET THAT DEADLINE, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE BUDGET BY FUNCTION CODE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE NO LATER THAN JUNE 6TH. AND THEN YOU ALSO KNOW WE GOT TO HAVE IT IN THE PAPER TEN DAYS PRIOR TO YOUR JUNE 17TH MEETING.

SO WE'RE UP AGAINST SOME TIGHT DEADLINES TO GET THIS BUDGET TO WHERE YOU CAN ADOPT IT.

BUT THE LAW IS BY JUNE 30TH. YOU HAVE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND WITH THAT, MADAM CHAIR, I PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS.

COLLEAGUES. ANY QUESTIONS? I CAN'T SAY WE HAD A VERY ENCOURAGING CONVERSATION THIS AFTERNOON, RIGHT BEFORE WE CAME OVER HERE WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT'S TALKING TO OUR LEGISLATORS.

THEY'RE PREPARING SOME PAPERWORK TO GO BACK TO THEM THAT THEY HOPED THAT THEY HAD THE REQUEST.

THE REQUEST CAME TO THEM TO PREPARE WHAT'S CALLED A WHITE PAPER, AND THEY ARE DOING IT.

AND THEY WILL BE PRESENTING THAT PAPER TOMORROW TO OUR LEGISLATURES.

AND WE'RE HOPING THAT IT WORKS, SIR. NO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE ACTUALLY, I THINK I WILL SHARE WITH YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SEE YOUR EMAIL, BUT WE SHARE WITH YOU. I PERSONALLY WORKED WITH THE TEAM AND ANNIE TO DRAFT A LETTER AND WITH OUR KIND OF HIGHLIGHT, BUT ALSO CONCERN WE HAVE WITH THE SENATE, THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE SENATE BILL HOUSE BILL TWO VERSION.

AND SO, WE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH ALL OUR REPS AND OUR SENATORS.

AND SO, I KNOW THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS FEELING THE SAME WAY.

BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS THE SENATE BILL, I'M SORRY, THE SENATE VERSION OF HOUSE BILL TWO BILL IS NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND SO, IT REALLY WON'T BE ABLE TO ADDRESS FIRST OF ALL, THE DEFICIT.

AND ALSO, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE EVERYONE, EVERY STAFF MEMBER, INCLUDING OUR TEACHERS, ALL OF OUR TEACHERS' RAISES, IT WILL ALLOW TO GIVE RAISES TO I THINK A CERTAIN LIKE TEACHERS WITH A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE EVERY TEACHER. AND ALSO IT DOESN'T INCLUDE OUR ASSISTANT, OUR COUNSELORS, OUR NURSES. I MEAN, SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT LIKE COMPREHENSIVE WHERE BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW YOU KNOW, IT TAKES AGAIN A VILLAGE, EVERYBODY. OUR TEACHERS WORK EXTREMELY HARD, BUT ALSO, THEY RELY ON THE SUPPORT OF OUR OTHER ASSISTANT, THE SUPPORT OF OUR COUNSELORS. AGAIN, EVERYONE WORKS TOGETHER TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL.

SO AGAIN, SO WE SHARE THAT WITH THEM. I KNOW THAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE REALLY SHARING ALSO THE HIGHLIGHTS, BUT ALSO THE CONCERNS THEY HAVE WITH THIS BILL.

IT'S WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF THEM OR THEIR STAFF AND ALSO OTHERS, AND IT LOOKS LIKE, AGAIN, THAT EITHER THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH A COMPROMISE OR DEFINITELY TAKE IT TO CONFERENCE WHERE THEY HAVE TO DISCUSS IT A LITTLE FURTHER.

ONE THING FOR SURE WE'RE HEARING FROM EVERYONE IS THAT BOTH CHAMBERS, THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE WANT TO GIVE NEW MONEY TO THE UPPER NEW MONEY TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE QUESTION IS HOW THEY WILL BE APPROPRIATED.

EVERYONE IS ASKING FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY AND LOCAL CONTROL BECAUSE EVERY DISTRICT, NOT EVERY DISTRICT, IS THE SAME. AND THEIR CHALLENGES AND THEIR NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT.

AND SO, THEY WANT THEY WANT TO ALLOW THE BOARD AND ALSO THE ADMINISTRATION, EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MAKE THIS DECISION LOCALLY, WORKING WITH THEIR STAKEHOLDERS. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY AT THE CORE OF WHAT EVERYONE IS ASKING.

TRUSTEE MARKUM, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT JUST FOR ANYONE WHO'S WATCHING, THE SENATE PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE IS MEETING RIGHT NOW AND HEARING PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON THIS BILL. SO, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING MORE ABOUT THE BILL AND HOW IT AFFECTS VARIOUS DISTRICTS, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND TUNING IN BECAUSE THEY WILL BE MEETING LATE INTO THE NIGHT TONIGHT.

OKAY, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER LIGHTS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT UPDATE ON THE 29TH.

SO, DO I. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM G2 BOARD STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS TIME TRACKER WITH TRUSTEE LANDRUM.

[G. DISCUSSION ITEMS ]

ANY QUESTIONS. YOU WIN. IT'S ALMOST AS GOOD AS THE BUDGET PRESENTATION.

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ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. AGENDA ITEM G3 LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE UPDATE WITH TRUSTEE MARKUM.

OKAY. SO, I SUBMITTED THIS REPORT BEFORE THIS WEEK'S EVENTS.

SO, A LOT HAS CHANGED FROM MY REPORT. SO, I'LL TRY TO KIND OF AD LIB WITH WHAT I KNOW.

BUT I WILL UPDATE YOU GUYS ON SOME MEETINGS THAT WE HAD.

YOU KNOW, IT'S TAKEN. LET ME STEP BACK. IT HAS TAKEN ALL OF US TO KEEP UP.

WHAT'S GOING ON THIS SESSION? I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE HOW BIG THE ATTACK ON PUBLIC EDUCATION IS THIS SESSION.

THERE ARE BILLS PEPPERED THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.

THAT REALLY TAKE AWAY LOCAL CONTROL. AND IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT, TOO, IN THERE IN VARIOUS COMMITTEES.

SO, IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING ALL OF THE CORRECT INFORMATION ON HOW THOSE BILLS IMPACT OUR DISTRICT.

BUT IT'S BEEN A GRUELING SESSION. BUT WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVE BERNAL, WHO SERVES AS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE HOUSE PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

AND IT WAS IT WAS A GREAT MEETING. YOU KNOW, THE TOPICS THAT WE DISCUSSED ON HB TWO ARE KIND OF MOOT NOW BECAUSE OF THE COMMITTEE SUB IN THE SENATE. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HB 6, THE DISCIPLINE BILL, AND OUR GRATEFULNESS FOR WHAT'S ADDED.

I WILL I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.

IT'S NOW GONE TO THE SENATE. WHO IS WALKING BACK? A LOT OF WHAT WE WERE GRATEFUL. THEY ADDED. AND THEN WE HAVE HB 19, WHICH YOU SAID SB 19 EARLIER, BUT IS HB 19? I THINK IT'S HB 19. YEAH, THAT AFFECTS OUR INS.

AND IT'S A HOW IT'S A NEGATIVE IMPACT TO HE ALSO SERVES ON THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, WHICH IS WHERE THAT BILL WAS BEING HEARD.

AND WE DISCUSSED HOW THE NEGATIVE IMPACT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS FINANCING AND OUR ABILITY TO DO FACILITIES PLANNING.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH THE STAFF, WITH SOME STAFF MEMBERS FROM REPRESENTATIVE MARTINEZ, FISCHER AND PEREZ ABOUT THE SAME TOPICS. BUT MAINLY THEY BOTH SERVE ON WAYS AND MEANS.

AND SO, WE WANTED TO STOP BY AND DISCUSS HB 19 AND THE IMPACT WITH THEM.

AND THEN I BELIEVE ACTUALLY, I JUST FOUND OUT WE HAVE A MEETING SET UP WITH SENATOR ECKHART.

I DON'T THINK THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET IN WITH HER NOW ABOUT INSURANCE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE DEFINITELY STAYING IN TOUCH WITH HER ABOUT THE COMMITTEE SUB FOR HB TWO AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SENATE RIGHT NOW AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE LEGISLATORS WHO REPRESENT US HAVE THE CORRECT INFORMATION ABOUT THE IMPACT TO OUR DISTRICT. OKAY. SO, BILL UPDATES. HB TWO OBVIOUSLY BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER.

THE COMMITTEE SUB RIGHT NOW, WE HEARD MOST OF THE UPDATES.

I WILL SAY THAT SB 568 IS PULLED INTO THAT COMMITTEE SUB.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING HAS CHANGED FROM THAT OTHER THAN THEY DID ADOPT HB TWO EVALUATION COSTS.

SO, THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE $1,000 FOR EVALUATIONS.

AND THEN THEY TOOK IT A STEP FURTHER. WE WILL GET $2,000 FOR EVALUATIONS DONE FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO ENTER THE VOUCHER PROGRAM.

SO, FOR THOSE OF YOU I KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE LAW THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE EVALUATIONS FOR ANY STUDENT WHO LIVES WITHIN OUR DISTRICT THAT NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, WHETHER THEY'RE ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOL OR PRIVATE SCHOOL.

BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME FLEXIBILITY IN BEING ABLE TO PRIORITIZE STUDENTS WHO ARE ATTENDING OUR SCHOOLS UNDER THE NEW VOUCHER BILL.

THAT FLEXIBILITY IS THROWN OUT THE WINDOW, AND WE DO HAVE A VERY STRICT 45 DAYS TO FOLLOW TO EVALUATE THEM, BECAUSE THEY CANNOT THEY CANNOT GET ACCESS TO THE PROGRAM UNTIL THEY HAVE AN EVALUATION.

AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GET THAT EVALUATION DONE.

SO FOR THOSE PARTICULAR EVALUATIONS, THEY'RE OFFERING $2,000.

BUT SB 568 DOES STATE THE EIGHT TIERS OF INTENSITY.

I THINK THERE'S LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT LEVELS. IT'S VERY COMPLEX.

BUT THAT WAS THAT WAS PULLED IN. AND THEN WHAT WE I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ALL THE DETAILS YET OF THE $55 INCREASE OF THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, BUT BASICALLY THERE'S A REFORM AND MAYBE YOU CAN EXPLAIN THIS A LITTLE BETTER.

BUT REFORM TO THE GOLDEN PENNY YIELD. SO ESSENTIALLY, IT'S NOT NEW MONEY.

IT'S REALLOCATED MONEY. THAT'S RIGHT. SO, FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS LIKE US WHO HAVE THE GOLDEN PENNIES, AND WE'RE CONSIDERED PROPERTY RICH DISTRICT. SO, IT'S PRETTY MUCH IT'S NOT NEW MONEY.

IF THEY JUST LEAVE THE LAW AS IS, WE WILL HAVE THAT MONEY JUST BECAUSE OF THE YIELD WILL INCREASE FROM YEAR TO YEAR ON THE GOLDEN PENNIES.

SO NOW THEY'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO STOP THE INCREASE ON THE YIELD ON THOSE GOLDEN PENNIES.

BUT INSTEAD, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU $55. SO, PER INCREASE IN BASIC ALLOTMENT.

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RIGHT. IT WAS MONEY THAT WAS DUE ALREADY. AND THE INCREASE IN THE GOLDEN PENNY YIELD THAT THEY ARE JUST NOW FREEZING AND REALLOCATING TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT AND CALLING IT NEW MONEY. SO, WE LAUGH. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO, BUT, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE, THE RHETORIC IS THAT WE'RE INFUSING NEW MONEY.

BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THE SEMANTICS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE THAT ARE BEING PUT OUT AND THAT IT REALLY IS REALLOCATED MONEY AND NOT NEW MONEY.

TRUSTEE MARKUM CAN I JUST SAY ONE OTHER THING? THE SWAP FROM THE YIELD FOR THE GOLDEN PENNIES, AS YOU ALL REMEMBER, MONIES RECEIVED FROM GOLDEN PENNIES IS TOTALLY STAYS WITH THE DISTRICT. IT'S NOT SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE. SO, WHEN THEY MOVE THE MONEY OVER TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, NOT BECOME SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE. SO, THEY HIT US TWICE.

WE LOSE MONEY. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I'M HOPEFUL.

MAYBE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION BEFOREHAND, AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT NOW.

AND THEY CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT WORKS. AND I BELIEVE IT DOES HIT SUBURBAN DISTRICTS THE HARDEST.

THE WAY THE BILL IS WRITTEN. THERE WERE A COUPLE OTHER THINGS IN THERE THAT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT TO Y'ALL.

THE THE TEACHER COMPENSATION ALLOTMENT. SO THE WAY THAT THE BILL WAS LAID OUT THIS MORNING IN COMMITTEE IS THAT THEY CREATED THE TEACHER COMPENSATION ALLOTMENT.

SO IF YOU IF YOU HAVE BEEN A TEACHER FOR THREE YEARS OR MORE THAT'S WHEN YOU WILL SEE THAT INCREASE.

YOU'LL GET THAT ALLOTMENT. AND THEN I BELIEVE IT'S AGAIN AT FIVE YEARS, THREE YEARS AND FIVE YEARS AND IT DOUBLES AT FIVE YEARS.

BUT THE WAY THE BILL WAS LAID OUT IS THAT THEY CREATED THE TEACHER COMPENSATION ALLOTMENT.

IT'S ONLY FOR TEACHERS THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE COUNSELORS, LIBRARIANS, CUSTODIAL STAFF ANY OF OUR OTHER STAFF THAT IS NOT IN THE CLASSROOM.

BUT WHAT SENATOR CREIGHTON SAID IS THAT WE CAN NOW USE THAT $55 INCREASE TO INCREASE THE SALARIES OF THOSE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS.

SO, AGAIN, I'M JUST TELLING YOU ALL OF THIS TO UNDERSTAND THE MENTALITY AND THE REASONING THAT WENT INTO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING AND HOW THAT IMPACTS OUR DISTRICT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A $55 INCREASE IS NOT GOING TO DO THAT FOR OUR STAFF.

SO, I'M HOPEFUL IF YOU ALL ARE HOPEFUL THAT WITH NEW INFORMATION THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE AN INCREASE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

THE FINE ARTS ALLOTMENT WAS ALSO STRIPPED OUT.

SO THAT THAT WON'T GO BACK IN. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SOME QUESTION ON WHETHER OR NOT TUITION BASED PRE-K WILL BECOME MORE DIFFICULT FOR US BASED ON WHAT'S IN THE BILL. SO, A LOT OF THINGS TO, TO WATCH.

IN THAT REGARD HB SIX WENT TO THE SENATE. THE SENATE MADE A COMMITTEE SUB TOOK OUT SOME OF THE GUARDRAILS FROM THE ORIGINAL BILL.

SO, IT'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE HOUSE FOR APPROVAL.

SOME OF THE GUARDRAILS THAT WERE TAKEN OUT, THERE WAS A TEN DAY CAP ON ES.

THEY'VE REMOVED THAT. AND NOW IT'S AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF DAYS.

AND IT'S REVIEWED EVERY 15 DAYS. BUT THEY CAN DETERMINE THAT THAT STUDENT NEEDS TO STAY IN ES.

AND IT'S AN INDEFINITE AMOUNT OF TIME. THEY DID INCLUDE TRAINING FOR CRISIS TRAINING FOR PARENTS, WHICH IS GREAT. THERE'S ALSO AN INCLUSION OF TELEHEALTH FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WHICH IS ALSO A GREAT ADDITION.

AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO AN ADDITION OF GOING TO COURT AND COMPELLING PARENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN PARENT TEACHER MEETINGS TO COME UP WITH AGREEMENTS AND PLANS FOR A STUDENT WHO HAS REGULAR BEHAVIORAL ISSUES.

IF THE PARENT DOES NOT ATTEND OR COMPLY THE COURT CAN COMPEL THEM, CAN CAN FORCE CONSEQUENCES.

WHICH FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD IS ESSENTIALLY THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO FIND PARENTS FOR NOT PARTICIPATING IN THOSE MEETINGS.

SO THAT'S SOMEWHAT OF AN UNFORTUNATE ADDITION, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THOSE THOSE SITUATIONS ARE COMPLEX AND THERE'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL SOLUTION.

SO ANYWAY, WE'RE WATCHING THAT TO SEE YOU KNOW, IF THE HOUSE AGREES, IF THEY DON'T, THEN I ASSUME IT GOES TO CONFERENCE.

AND IF IT GOES NOWHERE, IT DIES. I DO THINK THERE ARE SOME GOOD THINGS IN THE BILL.

THERE ARE SOME REALLY TROUBLESOME THINGS. SO, WE'LL SEE WHERE IT GOES.

WE TALKED ABOUT SB 260 EARLIER. LIKE I SAID, SB 568 WAS PULLED INTO THE COMMITTEE SUB FOR HB 2.

UNFORTUNATELY, HB 2911 IS STUCK IN COMMITTEE AND AT THIS POINT WON'T MAKE IT OUT.

SO, WE WERE REALLY HOPEFUL TO GET THAT LANGUAGE ABOUT HEALTH INSURANCE IN THIS SESSION SO THAT THAT COULD TAKE EFFECT NEXT SESSION,

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AND THEN AGAIN, HB 19, WHERE WE ARE CONTINUING TO PAY ATTENTION TO.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK IS HB FOUR WAS VOTED OUT OF THE HOUSE AND NOW GOES TO THE SENATE.

HB FOUR ABOLISHES THE STAAR TEST STARTING IN THE FALL AND MOVES TO, I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE A33 TIMES A YEAR ASSESSMENT SYSTEM.

YES. YES. NATIONALLY NORM REFERENCED TEST. YEAH.

SO, THERE WILL BE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THERE WILL BE A YEAR GAP WHERE I THINK WHAT I HEARD I'M SORRY MICROPHONE.

THAT'S WHAT INITIALLY WHEN WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AND, BUT I DID SOME MORE DIGGING, SOME MORE RESEARCH ACTUALLY THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN.

RIGHT. BECAUSE ANYTHING CAN BE AMENDED AND CHANGED IS TO COMPLETELY DEMOLISH, START TESTING AND START THE NEW THIS NEW ASSESSMENT THAT HAS TO FIGURE OUT ALREADY. BY THE WAY, IT'S ONE OF THOSE ON THE LIST.

SO, IT COULD BE ALREADY COULD BE IN A DIFFERENT PROGRAM.

BUT STUDENTS WILL BE TESTED BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, END OF THE YEAR, AND THEN THE STATE WILL USE THAT DATA AS PART OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. SO, THE A THROUGH F SYSTEM WILL REMAIN AS IS, BUT THEY'LL BE USING INSTEAD OF THE STAR THIS NEW ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE THE RATING FOR THE CAMPUSES, THE RATING FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEN THE END OF.

SO, ONE STOP STARTING AGAIN THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR.

AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THEY WILL LOOK AT THE THE NEW RATING AND THEN COMPARE IT TO THIS 2024 RATING.

AND THEN THEY WILL SELECT THE BEST OF THE TWO.

SO IT WON'T BE LIKE A YEAR OF TRANSITION OR GRACE PERIOD.

ACTUALLY, IT WILL BE BEST OF THE TWO, BUT STUDENTS STILL HAVE TO TAKE A TEST.

CAMPUSES AND SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE RATED AGAIN, BUT THEY WILL SELECT THE BEST OF THE TWO.

GOT IT. YEP. YEAH. SO, I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING THIS WEEK THAT WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE DETAILS ON. AND AGAIN, THAT STILL HAS TO PASS THE SENATE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'VE HEARD VARIOUS THINGS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE SENATE IS INTERESTED IN THAT.

SO , AND THEY'VE GOT TO WORK THROUGH HOUSE BILL TWO FIRST BEFORE THEY.

WELL, THEY SHOULD WORK THROUGH HOUSE BILL TWO BEFORE THEY GET TO THAT.

SO, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY, I MEAN, THAT'S MY REPORT JUST FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR YOU GUYS' TRUSTEES, THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY DIVISIVE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

EVEN THE WAY THE BILL WAS LAID OUT FOR HOUSE BILL TWO HAS BEEN VERY DIVISIVE.

I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SENATOR CREIGHTON SAID WAS THAT THEY ALLOCATED $1.3 BILLION FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING, WHICH IS FAR MORE THAN WHAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL SB 568.

BUT THE WAY HE LAID IT OUT IS, HE SAID, THAT'S A BIG NUMBER, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.

BUT BECAUSE THAT NUMBER IS SO BIG, WE CAN'T INCREASE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

AND SO, THERE'S A LOT OF DIVISIVE RHETORIC IN THAT.

IF WE GIVE THESE STUDENTS THIS, WE CAN'T GIVE THESE STUDENTS THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS OTHER THING. AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO INCENTIVIZE OUR TEACHERS TO MAKE IT TO FIVE YEARS, WELL, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING FOR OUR TEACHERS WHO HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE CLASSROOM FOR LESS THAN THREE YEARS. I MEAN, EVERY EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS DIVISIVE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, TRUSTEE HARRISON HAD SAID LAST MEETING THAT THESE AREN'T INTERNAL FORCES THAT WE'RE FIGHTING.

I MEAN, WE'RE FIGHTING EXTERNAL FORCES. YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THE STATE HAS THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE BILLS ARE IMPACTING OUR DISTRICT.

WE ARE FIGHTING FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE'RE FIGHTING FOR OUR TEACHERS. WE WANT TO DO MORE THAN WHAT WE ARE WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW.

SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND, IT'S IT'S IT'S BEEN SET UP TO BE DIVISIVE.

AND WE REALLY WANT TO WORK TOGETHER. AND THAT GOES FOR WITHIN OUR DISTRICT AND IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER DISTRICTS, BECAUSE WE ARE, AGAIN, BEING SET UP RURAL AGAINST URBAN.

AND IT'S JUST IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE NARRATIVE BEING PUT OUT.

AND I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE US TO REALLY TRY TO WORK TOGETHER TO HELP OUR LEGISLATORS UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT PUBLIC EDUCATION IS.

AND IT'S THE BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY, AND IT'S THE BACKBONE OF OUR SOCIETY.

AND PUBLIC EDUCATION IS WHERE EVERY STUDENT IS SERVED.

SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US, AND THERE'S STILL A FEW DAYS LEFT IN THE SESSION.

WE CAN ALL STILL KEEP FIGHTING. LIKE I SAID, THAT COMMITTEE HEARING IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO WATCH TO TO JUST TUNE IN EDUCATE YOURSELF ON THE TONE AROUND THE BILL.

BUT ALSO YOU'LL HEAR A LOT OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY FROM A VARIETY OF DISTRICTS AND HOW IT IMPACTS THEM.

IT'S IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SO, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SORRY I TALKED A LITTLE LONGER THAN I HAD PLANNED TO, BUT LET'S ALL JUST KEEP WORKING TOGETHER.

KEEP FIGHTING. LET YOUR LEGISLATORS KNOW HOW IT IMPACTS YOU PERSONALLY.

WHETHER YOU'RE A PARENT, A TEACHER, OR A STAFF MEMBER WHOEVER YOU MAY BE.

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THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MARKUM. AND THANK YOU TO THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FOR FOLLOWING THIS, FOR TAKING ALL OF THESE MEETINGS.

MAYBE THIS FEELS LIKE THANKLESS WORK, BUT IT'S NOT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ADVOCACY. WE APPRECIATE IT.

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP. AND I HOPE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY HEARD A CALL TO ACTION THAT WE CAN STILL USE OUR VOICES IN THIS MOMENT.

COLLEAGUES. ANYTHING? QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE NOT GIVING UP ON OUR STUDENTS.

WE'RE NOT GIVING UP ON OUR STAFF. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP FORGING AHEAD. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE US TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT ACTION ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION BY CONSENT.

[H. ACTION ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION BY CONSENT ]

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEMS H.1 THROUGH H.7 BY CONSENT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OPPOSED NONE. MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. DOES THAT IS OKAY? SIX ZERO. THANK YOU.

[I. ACTION ITEMS ]

TRUSTEE ZÁRATE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. MOVING ON TO ACTION ITEM I.1, APPROVAL OF THE 2025-2026 COMPENSATION PLAN.

AND GOOD EVENING AGAIN. I KNOW, SO IT'S ALL CONNECTED, AS YOU PROBABLY FIGURED OUT ALREADY, RIGHT? SO AGAIN, WHEN WE WORK ON THE COMPENSATION WHERE KRISTEN AND EDDIE AND THE TEAM WORKED ON COMPENSATION, WE SHARE THIS WITH YOU ABOUT TEN DAYS AGO. AT THAT TIME, WE WERE LOOKING AT HOUSE BILL TWO.

THAT INITIAL VERSION, I GUESS. AND AS YOU KNOW, AS WE JUST DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, IT'S NO LONGER THAT AT LEAST THE SENATE CHANGED IT.

SO WE DON'T KNOW AS OF YET WHAT VERSION WILL BE MOVING, MOVING FORWARD, OR IT WILL BE SOME MODIFICATION TO THE EXISTING CURRENT HOUSE BILL TWO. AGAIN, WE DON'T PER SE LIKE THE SENATE VERSION OF IT.

BUT I MEAN, I HAVE EDDIE HERE AND KRISTEN, IF YOU WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS PREPARED AND JUST GIVE AN IDEA TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS.

SURE. IF IT'S OKAY, IF YOU WANT US JUST TO POSTPONE OR WHATEVER, IT'S REALLY AT THE WILL OF THE BOARD.

WE ARE HAPPY TO PRESENT THE SLIDES AS THEY ARE.

THEY ARE BASED ON THE HOUSE VERSION OF HOUSE BILL TWO.

AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO STATE THAT PUBLICLY AND TO OUR COMMUNITY, THAT THERE ARE SOME ASSUMPTIONS MADE ON THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT REALLY AREN'T RELEVANT NOW FOR THE COMMUNITY OR FOR THE, FOR THE SENATE SUBSTITUTED BILL.

RIGHT. SO WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO WORK ON SCENARIOS AND DEVELOP THOSE SCENARIOS BASED ON THE NEW VERSIONS AS THEY DEVELOP.

BUT EVEN THEN, THINGS ARE EVOLVING BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK.

IT'S LIVE AND IN STEREO, SO THIS FEELS SOMEWHAT FRUITLESS.

HOWEVER, INFORMATION IS GOOD AND IT'S GOOD TO PUT INFORMATION OUT THERE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO LET OUR COMMUNITY KNOW, AND OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF KNOW THAT WE WE WOULD LOVE TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION INCREASES, AND WE SEE THE NEED TO DO THAT.

HOWEVER, WE'RE OUR HANDS ARE SOMEWHAT TIED BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING DOWN IN IN THE SENATE.

YEAH. MADAM PRESIDENT, CAN JUST A POINT OF, I GUESS, INQUIRY.

IS THIS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE CAN EVEN VOTE ON TONIGHT? WE CAN, BUT THE NUMBERS DON'T MAKE SENSE. SO WE REALLY NEED IT TO BE BROUGHT BACK.

AND MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS COULD WE ADD THIS TO THE MAY 29TH AGENDA AND WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION? I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS BENEFICIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY TO PRESENT INFORMATION THAT IS AT THIS POINT, RENDERED USELESS. WE CAN ABSOLUTELY BRING A VERSION BACK ON.

MAY I SAY? ABSOLUTELY. THERE ARE THINGS THAT I CONTROL AND THINGS THAT I DON'T, MAN.

BUT WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO BRING A VERSION BACK ON MAY THE 29TH, AND WE'RE ALL VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL SEE SOME ACTION SOON.

THAT WILL GIVE US SOME CLARITY TO BE ABLE TO BRING THIS FORWARD. IT IS RECRUITING SEASON, OBVIOUSLY, SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE FROM OUR STANDPOINT THAT WE'RE POSITIONED WELL TO DO THAT.

I WOULD STATE TO THE BOARD AND TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT THERE ARE VERY FEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS AT THIS POINT.

I CAN COUNT ON ONE HAND, ON ONE FINGER THAT HAS TAKEN A COMP PLAN TO THE BOARD THAT THE BOARD HAS ACTUALLY GIVEN A GREEN LIGHT TO.

AND EVEN THEN, THAT'S THE GREEN LIGHT WITH SOME FLEXIBILITY.

CAN YOU TALK? CAN YOU SHARE EXACTLY WHAT WHAT THAT WHAT IS THAT GREEN LIGHT THAT THAT WAS GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT SAYING WE SHOULD DO THAT. BUT YEAH, IT'S NOT LIKE THERE WAS NO CLEAR COMPENSATION BECAUSE EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS WAITING FOR THE NUMBERS. SO A NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICT, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT, BROUGHT A VERSION OF THE COMPENSATION PLAN THAT WAS VERY FLEXIBLE.

THAT SAID, THAT HAD TWO VERSIONS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WERE WILLING TO PRESENT THAT HAD, BUT ALSO GAVE THE ADMINISTRATION SOME FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF WHAT IS

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BUT THAT'S THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT I KNOW OF THAT'S MOVED ANYTHING FORWARD.

EVERY OTHER DISTRICT THAT I'VE TALKED TO LOCALLY AND FURTHER AFIELD IS HOLDING RIGHT NOW UNTIL THEY GET SOME MORE INFORMATION.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE LANDRUM? WELL, YOU ALREADY ADDRESSED IT, BUT DO WE NEED A MOTION TO TABLE THIS TO THE MAY 29TH OR.

YOU CAN TAKE NO ACTION AND THEN JUST PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.

OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. I CONCUR WITH THAT. JUST BECAUSE I THINK HAVING TOO MUCH DISCUSSION, ESPECIALLY ABOUT PEOPLE'S PAYCHECKS CAN REALLY SPIN OUT OF OUT QUICKLY IF PEOPLE. WELL, YOU SAID THIS, AND YOU SAID THAT, AND THERE'S JUST SO MUCH IN FLUX RIGHT NOW.

MY ONE QUESTION I HAVE FOR AND I'M NOT SURE IT'S DOCTOR AZAIEZ OR FOR MR. CURRAN, BUT WHAT IS THE DEADLINE LIKE SIX YEARS IN THE BOARD? THIS IS THE LONGEST I'VE EVER WAITED TO APPROVE A COMPENSATION PLAN.

BUT WHAT IS OUR JUMPING OFF DATE? THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS.

IF PEOPLE SAY, WELL, YOU'VE ALWAYS PASSED THIS IN APRIL, JUST SO THAT COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT'S THE LAST DEADLINE LEGALLY.

AND AS TERMS OF OUR BUDGET, THAT WE HAVE TO PASS A COMPENSATION PLAN.

SO, FOR LEGAL QUESTIONS, I'LL PHONE A FRIEND.

BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS TEXAS CONSTITUTION DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO BACK PAY EMPLOYEES ONCE THE WORK IS COMPLETED.

SO, WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THE COMPENSATION PLAN IN PLACE PRIOR TO THE END OF JUNE, RIGHT ALONGSIDE WITH THE BUDGET, IN ORDER FOR US TO APPLY THOSE PAY INCREASES EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST.

I'M MOVING FORWARD SO IDEALLY, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT A LAWYER.

I'M NOT GOING TO PRETEND I'M A LAWYER, BUT I BUT I'VE BEEN PART OF LIKE COMPENSATION PLANS FOR MANY YEARS.

SO IDEALLY OBVIOUSLY THE COMPENSATION IS PART OF THE BUDGET.

RIGHT. SO, WHATEVER YOU APPROVED FOR YOUR COMPENSATION IMPACTS THE BUDGET.

SO, YOU WANT TO YOU WANT TO APPROVE THE COMPENSATION PRIOR TO APPROVING THE BUDGET.

YOU REMEMBER WE HAVE TO POST FOR TEN DAYS OUR BUDGET TO SO AND THEN OUR JUNE 5TH JUNE 14TH IS THAT WHEN IS OUR JUNE 17TH? THE 17TH? SO TEN DAYS PRIOR TO THAT? THAT WILL BE THE LAST DAY WE HAVE TO POST FOR THE BUDGET.

SO, THEN THE COMPENSATION HAS TO BE APPROVED BEFORE THAT.

NOW THERE ARE CASES THEY WORK. THERE ARE ALWAYS CASES WHERE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEY APPROVE A COMPENSATION A RIGHT, AND THEY MAY NOT KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT WILL GO.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SAY THE COMPENSATION WILL REMAIN AS IS RIGHT.

AND THEN WE GO FORWARD WITH THE BUDGET. BUT THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO COME BACK AND AMEND THE COMPENSATION AND THEN COME BACK AND AMEND THE BUDGET.

SO, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT LIKE IT NEVER WAS DONE.

IT'S LEGALLY YOU CAN AMEND IT, BUT YOU HAVE TO COME BACK, AMEND THE COMPENSATION, THEN AMEND THE BUDGET DOWN THE ROAD.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. I JUST THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR, ESPECIALLY ALL OF OUR STAFF TO KNOW THAT IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE APPROVED IN APRIL OR MAY, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE IN ALL YEARS PREVIOUSLY.

SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I UNDERSTAND THE NEED AND THE NEED OF PASSING A BUDGET.

EVEN WHEN YOU LOSE QUORUM, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THE BUDGET PASSED.

SO THANK YOU. I'M JUST GOING TO ECHO WHAT EDDIE SAID.

WE JUST DON'T RETROACTIVELY INCREASE PAY. SO, I WOULD AGREE WITH HIS RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE A COMPENSATION PLAN BEFORE THE END OF JUNE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. TRUSTEE MARKUM.

OKAY, WELL, THAT'S MY QUESTION. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE IT BEFORE THE END OF JUNE.

RIGHT. BUT THERE WERE AGAIN, THERE WERE, I MEAN, WE CAN AGAIN AMEND THE COMPENSATION, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO AMEND THE BUDGET LATER ON. IT'S NOT ILLEGAL. IT'S LEGAL.

BUT IDEALLY YOU WANT ALL THIS TO GO FIRST. BUT IN SOME CASES, LIKE REMEMBER LIKE WITH, WITH OUR VADER, WE KNEW WE ALREADY PRESENTED THAT TO YOU AS IF THE VATRE PASSES WERE GOING TO INCREASE BY 3% AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

BUT IF LET'S SAY THERE ARE SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEY MAY GO FOR VADER DOWN THE ROAD, RIGHT? BUT THEY MAY NOT THAT THAT'S NOT PART OF THEIR BUDGET PLAN.

THEY MAY DECIDE DOWN THE ROAD TO DO IT. AND THEN ONCE THEY APPROVE, THEY COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND AMEND EVERYTHING AGAIN.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO, IT'S NOT UNHEARD OF.

IT'S YOU CAN AMEND THEM. YEAH. OKAY. THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION.

SO JUST CLARIFYING. IF, GOD FORBID, THIS HAS TO GO TO A SPECIAL SESSION.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE GET OUR COMPENSATION. AND YOU KNOW, WE GET OUR BASIC ALLOTMENT INCREASE.

AND THAT HAPPENED IN AUGUST. WE WOULD PAY OUR SUMMER EMPLOYEES AT THEIR CURRENT PAY RATE.

AND ONCE SPECIAL SESSION HAPPENED AND WE GET OUR NEW FUNDING, THAT NEW COMPENSATION PLAN WOULD GO INTO EFFECT THE DAY THE BILL REACHES FINAL APPROVAL

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RIGHT. BUT NO RETROACTIVE THAT JUST BECAUSE WE GET A SPECIAL SESSION THAT WE GET THE FUNDING IN AUGUST.

IF YOU WORK JULY AND PART OF AUGUST, YOU'RE AT YOUR CURRENT PAY RATE.

AND IT HAS NOT CHANGED JUST FOR LIKE CLARIFYING.

THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT. CORRECT. EXACTLY.

SO THAT'S LIKE THE WORST CASE SCENARIO CAN POSSIBLY HAPPEN, RIGHT.

I, I REALLY, WE WANT THIS TO BE DONE BEFORE MAY 29TH.

SO WE REALLY COME BACK WITH LIKE HERE'S WHERE THE NUMBERS WILL LOOK LIKE.

THERE'S ALSO A CHANCE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE, THE HOUSE AND THE, THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE MAY GO TO CONFERENCE.

AND THEN LET'S SAY BY MAY 29TH THEY COME UP WITH SOMETHING.

BUT THE GOVERNOR DIDN'T SIGN IT YET. SO, WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU AND SAY, HEY, MAKE IT LIKE MORE.

IF THE GOVERNOR SIGN IT, THIS WILL BE THE COMPENSATION.

IF THE GOVERNOR SIGNED IT, THIS WILL BE THE COMPENSATION FOR THE FOR THE FOR OUR STAFF.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE THAT ALSO ANOTHER POSSIBILITY.

SO WE'RE PREPARED. WE WILL SHARE WITH YOU ALL DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

WE RUN THE NUMBERS PRETTY MUCH EVERY TIME THEY CHANGE SOMETHING.

WE RUN AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN FOR OUR BUDGET? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR OUR COMPENSATION FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF? BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S SO MANY UNKNOWNS.

BUT WE'LL BE READY TO SHARE WITH YOU. YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS WE KNOW WE HEAR SOMETHING.

AND WHILE I'M NOT AN HR PERSON, I WOULD SAY THAT EDDIE AND I HAVE DISCUSSED THE SOONER WE DO THIS, THE BETTER IT IS BECAUSE IT ALLOWS OUR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR FUTURE, TOO. THANK YOU. HEARD. WE HEAR YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THIS BEING BROUGHT BACK IN JUST A FEW WEEKS.

AND OUR HOPE IS THAT BY THAT TIME; WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.

THANK YOU. OKAY. DEAR COLLEAGUES, WE'RE ON TO ACTION ITEM I.2 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE BOARD'S SELF-EVALUATION. I THINK MARCIA WILL BE JOINING US, BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DRIVE THIS.

SO ON THE AGENDA WE DO. OH. TIFFANIE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. OH, I'M SO EXCITED. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PROCEED. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MOVE THROUGH THIS THOROUGHLY AND QUICKLY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH VISION AND GOALS ONE.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT UP THERE. KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE'RE DOING THIS FOR THE CURRENT QUARTER AND WE'RE GOING TO SET NEXT QUARTER TARGETS.

SO. SORRY. FLIPPING THROUGH MY MANUAL REAL QUICK.

VISION AND GOALS ONE. SO OUR HOPE LAST QUARTER WE HAD 12 POINTS, AND WE HAD HOPED TO GET 15 POINTS. SO LET'S JUST START AT 15. MASTER'S FOCUS AND MASTER'S FOCUS.

THE BOARD MASTER'S FOCUS OF ALL PRIOR CONDITIONS.

AND THE FOLLOWING ARE TRUE. ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT HAVE COMMITTED THE VISION AND STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS TO MEMORY.

IS THAT TRUE, COLLEAGUES? NO. SO THAT MEANS LET'S LOOK AT 12.

ALL BOARD MEMBERS IN THE SUPERINTENDENT AGREE THAT THE STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS ONE WILL CHALLENGE THE ORGANIZATION TO REQUIRE ADULT BEHAVIOR CHANGE, THREE ARE INFLUENCEABLE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND FOUR ARE THE SUPERINTENDENTS FIRST PRIORITY IN RESOURCE ALLOCATION.

AND ANOTHER CONDITION IS THAT THE BOARD RELIED ON A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS, COMPREHENSIVE STUDENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT, OR SIMILAR RESEARCH BASED TOOL TO INFORM THE IDENTIFICATION AND PRIORITIZATION OF ALL STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS.

IS THIS TRUE? YES. SO, THEN WE REMAIN AT A 12 FOR THE CURRENT QUARTER.

FOR THE NEXT QUARTER, OUR TARGET TO MASTER'S FOCUS IS 15.

AND WE DIDN'T HIT 15 JUST BASED ON THE FIRST CRITERIA.

AND THAT'S ALL BOARD MEMBERS IN THE SUPERINTENDENT HAVE COMMITTED THE VISION AND STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS TO MEMORY.

SO THAT FEELS LIKE HOMEWORK. WOULD WE AGREE? OKAY.

SO, LET'S START THERE. AND THEN WE WILL NEED TO KNOW THE CURRENT STATUS OF EACH STUDENT OUTCOME GOAL AND AGREE.

THERE'S BROAD COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP OF THE BOARD'S VISION AND STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS.

SO, WE'RE GOING TO AIM FOR. YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION THAT YOU HAD WITH TEA ABOUT CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STAFF. CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, MARCIA? WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND T AND THE BOARD PRESIDENT.

AND THE WISH OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT WAS TO EXPAND TO THE STAFF INFORMATION, AM I CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. YES. SO. SO, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT GOAL.

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THANK YOU. WELL, WE WILL BE AUDACIOUS IN OUR GOALS.

AND WE'RE SHOOTING FOR 15, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST MASTER'S FOCUS FOR NEXT QUARTER FOR VISION AND GOALS ONE.

SO, VISION AND GOALS TWO SAYS THE BOARD HAS ADOPTED GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES GPMS ALIGNED TO EACH STUDENT OUTCOME GOAL.

LAST TIME WE GOT 12. AND FOR THIS CURRENT QUARTER.

LET'S START AT 15. MASTER'S FOCUS. ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AGREE THAT THERE IS BROAD COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP OF THE GPMS. THROUGH INVOLVEMENT AND COMMUNICATION WITH STUDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS COLLEAGUES, DO WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE HIT THAT? I SEE SOME NODDING HEADS NOW.

WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SHARE? WHY NOT? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE ENGAGED OUR COMMUNITY ENOUGH YET TO GET TO 15.

OKAY. AGREEMENT. DISAGREEMENT. OKAY. THAT WOULD LEAVE US AT 12, WHICH MEANS THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AGREE THAT GPMS WILL CHALLENGE THE ORGANIZATION, REQUIRE ADULT BEHAVIOR CHANGE, ARE INFLUENCEABLE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, ARE ALL ARE ALL PREDICTIVE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS? SO, I DO FEEL LIKE WE'RE STILL SOLIDLY AT 12 TWO WAY COMMUNICATION IS WORKING ON A COUPLE THINGS FOR THE FALL THAT COULD DRIVE US TO 15.

SO I'M GOING TO PUT 15 AS OUR NEXT QUARTER TARGET.

VISION GOALS THREE. THE BOARD HAS ADOPTED CONSTRAINTS.

WOMP-WOMP. WE HAVE CONSTRAINTS. YES. HOWEVER, WE ARE AT APPROACHES FOCUS. EACH SUPERINTENDENT CONSTRAINT DESCRIBES A SINGLE OPERATIONAL ACTION OR CLASS OF ACTIONS THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY NOT USE OR ALLOW.

THE REASON WHY WE CANNOT BE AT NINE, WHICH IS MEETS FOCUS, IS BECAUSE THE BOARD HAS ADOPTED 1 TO 5 BOARD CONSTRAINTS, AND I DO NOT BELIEVE WE'VE DONE THAT. SO WE HAVE NOT.

YEAH, WE HAVE. THEY'RE ON OUR WEBSITE. WE HAVE FOUR CONSTRAINTS.

WE HAVE BOARD CONSTRAINTS. THEY'RE ON OUR WEBSITE.

SUPERINTENDENT CONSTRAINTS. MORE THAN ONE HOUR A MONTH WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY.

WELL THEN, WE MAY GO TO NINE. ONE THING MARCIA AND I TALKED ABOUT IS WE WANT TO REVIEW THE BOARD SELF CONSTRAINTS BECAUSE WHEN WE SET THEM, WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A STRONGER UNDERSTANDING AFTER LSG TEAM OF EIGHT.

SO OKAY LET'S LOOK AT MEETS FOCUS NINE. SO THEN WHY DID WE SCORE OURSELVES THREE LAST TIME.

THE BOARD HAS ADOPTED 1 TO 5 BOARD SELF-CONSTRAINTS .

YES. THE BOARD WHERE APPROPRIATE, RELIED ON ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS, COMPREHENSIVE STUDENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT OR SIMILAR RESEARCH BASED TOOL TO INFORM THE IDENTIFICATION AND PRIORITIZATION OF SUPERINTENDENT CONSTRAINTS.

YES, ALL BOARD MEMBERS IN THE SUPERINTENDENT AGREE THAT THE CONSTRAINTS WILL CHALLENGE THE ORGANIZATION TO FOCUS ON THE VISION AND UPHOLD COMMUNITY VALUES.

SO, THE QUESTION THAT THE BOARD NEEDS TO ASK THEMSELVES IS, DO THOSE BOARD CONSTRAINTS ALIGN TO THE GOALS AND.

THE GOALS OF THE BOARD ALIGNMENT IS THE ISSUE.

I WOULD SAY NO, BUT ALSO, I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS RUBRIC SAYS.

SO, I THINK TO CHALLENGE OURSELVES AND TO PUSH TOWARDS MASTER'S FOCUS THAT SAYS THE BOARD, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, HAS ADOPTED ONE OR MORE THEORIES OF ACTION TO DRIVE OVERALL STRATEGIC DIRECTION.

THAT FEELS TO ME LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, DR. MCMAHON.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE DONE THAT. BUT IN TERMS OF ADOPTING THE BOARD SELF-CONSTRAINTS WHILE WE DO, WE DID SAY WE THINK THEY'RE INEFFECTIVE. WE'VE DONE THAT.

SO, I WOULD SAY WE'RE AT NINE. I'LL GIVE YOU THAT.

I THINK YOU'VE DONE IT. DOES IT NEED TO BE REVISITED? YES, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. BECAUSE I REMEMBER DURING LSU THINKING, OH MY GOSH, IT FEELS LIKE WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WE WERE DOING.

OKAY. SO, I'M GOING TO PUT IT AS A NINE. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

TRUSTEE LANDRUM BUT IT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN A NINE LAST TIME FOR THE NEXT QUARTER TARGET.

COULD WE PUSH THAT TO TEN. MASTER'S FOCUS. ARE WE OKAY WITH THAT? NOT EVERYBODY ALL AT ONCE. YES. NO. OKAY. VISION AND GOALS FOR THE BOARD HAS ADOPTED SUPERINTENDENT.

CONSTRAINT. PROGRESS MEASURES. CPMS. SO LAST TIME WE WERE AT FOUR MEETS FOCUS.

ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AGREE THAT SUPERINTENDENT CPMS WILL CHALLENGE THE ORGANIZATION TO FOCUS ON THE VISION, WILL CHALLENGE ORGANIZATION TO UPHOLD COMMUNITY VALUES ARE ALL PREDICTIVE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE CONSTRAINT, AND ARE INFLUENCEABLE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.

YES. NO, I THINK WE'RE STILL AT FOUR. NOW, NUMBER FIVE, TO MEET MASTER'S FOCUS, ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE

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OKAY. AND I KNOW IT'S HOT IN HERE, BUT. [INAUDIBLE] OUT SWEATING.

OKAY. PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY. PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY ONE.

THE BOARD INVESTS AT LEAST HALF OF ITS TIME TO IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES.

SO LAST TIME WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO 12, WHICH WAS 25% OR MORE OF THE TOTAL QUARTERLY MINUTES AND BOARD AUTHORIZED PUBLIC MEETINGS WERE INVESTED IN IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES, ACCORDING TO THE TIMES TRACKER.

AND I'M GOING TO KICK THIS TO YOU. TRUSTEE LANDRUM SORRY, I WAS NOT PREPARED TO HAVE THAT, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT HIT MEETS FOCUS HAVING APRIL BEEN AT ZERO.

BECAUSE THAT ONLY TAKES INTO ACCOUNT FEBRUARY, MARCH AND APRIL.

AND WITH APRIL BEING ZERO, I DON'T SEE HOW WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN.

I MEAN, I CAN GO BACK AND LOOK, BUT I SEEM TO RECALL MARCH WAS 16%.

FEBRUARY WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD BE AT 20.

WE'RE DEFINITELY AT A FOUR, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE AT A 12.

OKAY, SO GO BACK AND PULL IT UP SPECIFICALLY.

BUT I KNOW APRIL WAS ZERO, SO THAT HURTS A LOT.

YES. THAT BRINGS US BACK DOWN TO FOUR. BUT I WONDER IF WE CAN PUSH THAT BACK TO A 12 WITH 25% OR MORE OF THE TOTAL QUARTERLY MINUTES IN BOARD AUTHORIZED PUBLIC MEETINGS BEING INVESTED INTO IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES? WE DO HAVE A LOT OF BUDGET HEAVY DISCUSSION. SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD SAY NOT 50% OVER THE NEXT QUARTER BUT IS 25% AGREEABLE FOR 12. YEAH, I THINK WE COULD DEFINITELY HIT THAT WITH WE HAD OUR ACADEMIC WORKSHOP IN MAY.

WE HAD WE HAD 59 MINUTES EARLIER THIS EVENING.

AND THEN THIS DISCUSSION ALSO COUNTS FOR STUDENT OUTCOME MINUTES.

SO, WE'LL HAVE A GOOD HOUR AND 20 OR 30 MINUTES IN THIS MEETING, WHICH WILL HELP A WHOLE LOT.

OUR NEXT MEETING END OF MAY WILL HAVE ZERO, I'M SURE, BUT JUNE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, BUT THAT WOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.

AND JULY WE DON'T HAVE MEETINGS. SO IT REALLY WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT JUST MAY AND JUNE FOR OUR NEXT QUARTERLY EVAL.

YEAH. SO, I THINK IN JUNE WE'LL REALLY HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO CENTER STUDENT OUTCOMES.

I'M OKAY PUSHING US AND SAYING LET'S TRY FOR THAT 25% FOR SURE.

OKAY, COOL. PROGRESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE BOARD EVALUATES BUT DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH PROGRESS TOWARDS IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES.

LAST TIME WE WERE AT ONE WHICH WAS PREPARING TO FOCUS, THE BOARD PERFORMED SELF-EVALUATION WITHIN THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS USING A RESEARCH ALIGNED INSTRUMENT PERFORMED A SUPERINTENDENT ANNUAL EVALUATION NO MORE THAN 15 MONTHS AGO BEEN PROVIDED COPIES OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S IMPLEMENTATION PLANS THAT INCLUDE CAMPUS GOALS TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS A STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS, AND NOT VOTED TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UNLESS REQUIRED BY LAW.

I THINK WE WERE AT ONE PREPARING TO FOCUS BECAUSE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S ANNUAL EVALUATION.

YEAH, AND WE'RE STILL AT THAT. OKAY, SO WE'RE AT ONE.

LET'S MAKE OUR GOAL AT LEAST APPROACHES. WELL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT UNLESS WE HAVE ANOTHER SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION, WHICH WE DISCUSSED HAVING IN THE FALL, BUT WE STILL WOULDN'T HIT IT YET.

SO NEXT QUARTER TARGET WILL REMAIN A ONE. ALL RIGHT Y'ALL WE'RE CHOPPING.

WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES. THE BOARD OPERATES IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ACCOMPLISH THE VISION.

WE WERE AT FOUR APPROACHES. FOCUS ALL CONSENT.

ELIGIBLE ITEMS WERE PLACED ON CONSENT AGENDA, AND MORE THAN 75% OF THE ITEMS WERE VOTED ON USING A CONSENT AGENDA.

AND THE ADOPTED MONITORING CALENDAR HAS NOT BEEN MODIFIED DURING THE PAST QUARTER, SO THE ADOPTED MONITORING CALENDAR HAS BEEN MODIFIED AND NEEDED TO BE MODIFIED. BUT IT HAS BEEN. SO. THAT BRINGS US BACK TO ONE PREPARING TO FOCUS.

THE BOARD RECEIVES AND VOTES TO ACCEPT MONITORING REPORTS THAT INCLUDE STUDENT OUTCOME, GOAL AND GPA OR CONSTRAINTS, CPM BEING MONITORED, THE STUDENT CURRENT STATUS OF THE STUDENT OUTCOME GOAL, AND CPM OR CONSTRAINT AND CPM COMPARED TO PREVIOUS ANNUAL AND DEADLINE TARGETS.

THE SUPERINTENDENT'S INTERPRETATION OF PERFORMANCE AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION THAT DESCRIBES ANY NEEDED NEXT STEPS.

SO I WOULD SAY ONE. PREPARING TO FOCUS. WITH A GOAL OF FOUR APPROACHES.

FOCUS. BECAUSE BY THAT TIME WE WOULD BE OUT OF MONITORING, ADOPTING A MONITORING CALENDAR,

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BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KEEP THAT ON FOCUS. THANK YOU.

YES. NOT COMPLETELY OUR FAULT THAT WE DIDN'T GET THOSE POINTS, BUT WE'LL GET IT.

GET IT BACK TOGETHER. OKAY. ADVOCACY AND ENGAGEMENT.

THE BOARD PROMOTES THE VISION. SO, WE WERE PREPARING TO FOCUS LAST TIME.

THE BOARD HAS A TWO WAY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN PLACE WHERE BOARD MEMBERS, AT LEAST ONCE PER YEAR, LISTEN FOR AND DISCUSS THE VISIONS AND VALUES OF THEIR STUDENTS AND LISTEN FOR AND DISCUSS THE VISION AND VALUES OF THEIR STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

I DO THINK THAT THAT'S TRUE AND WE ARE PREPARING TO FOCUS.

LET'S LOOK AT NUMBER THREE. THE BOARD HAS PROVIDED TIME DURING REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD AUTHORIZED PUBLIC MEETINGS TO RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ITS STUDENTS AND STAFF REGARDING PROGRESS ON STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS. THIS IS WHAT KNOCKS US OUT. BUT WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION LAST MEETING, AND WE SHOULD SEE SOME CHANGE. SO. GOING TO LEAVE US AT ONE BUT GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE PUSH TO THREE OKAY.

SYNERGY AND TEAMWORK. SYNERGY AND TEAMWORK. THE BOARD WORKS COLLABORATIVELY AND WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT TO LEAD TOWARD THE VISION.

SO WE WERE AT THREE APPROACHES FOCUSED LAST TIME.

SO LET'S LOOK AT NUMBER NINE. LET'S START WITH MEETS FOCUS.

THE BOARD MAINTAINED AN AVERAGE OF ATTENDANCE OF 80% OR HIGHER THROUGHOUT ALL REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETINGS OVER THE PREVIOUS THREE MONTHS.

YES. I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE THERE WAS ONE MEETING THAT AMBER, CHEWY AND I, ALL THREE OF US, THAT WAS IN FEBRUARY. ALL THREE WERE MISSED. AND THEN I BELIEVE YOU MISSED MARCH'S REGULAR BOARD MEETING.

OR WAS IT APRIL? BUT WE STILL WOULD HAVE BEEN AT 80% WITH JUST ME MISSING, BUT THREE OF US MISSING IS TOO MANY.

I DON'T THINK WE HIT 80%. SO LET'S MAKE THAT OUR TARGET AND WE'RE AT APPROACHES.

OKAY. TOTALING THIS UP.

47 WE LOST FIVE POINTS. AND THEN WE HAVE GOALS NEXT TIME FOR.

FOR 74 I THINK I'LL HAVE TO CHECK MY MATH ON THAT. SO, WE DROPPED A LITTLE BIT. WE DROPPED ON PROGRESS IN ACCOUNTABILITY ONE.

AND THAT'S THE QUARTERLY MINUTES. SO, I THINK WE HAVE A GAME PLAN FOR THAT.

YEAH. SO, IF WE TIGHTEN UP, WE'LL BE BACK. YES.

I JUST HAD A QUESTION. THE ONE THAT YOU READ IN REGARD TO STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS.

WHEN YOU SAY STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS, YOU'RE ONLY REFERRING TO THE BOARD GOALS.

YES. WHAT WOULD YOU HOW WOULD YOU EXPAND THAT? BECAUSE WE HAVE DR. MCMAHON HERE. SO MAYBE SHE CAN CLARIFY.

YEAH, I WOULD RECOMMEND THERE'S A DISCUSSION ON HOW THE TIME TRACKER WORKS.

THE ONLY REASON I WAS ASKING, OFTENTIMES THERE ARE LOTS OF GOALS THAT WE MIGHT BE SPEAKING TO.

THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT'S IN OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

THERE IS ANOTHER GOAL. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE STUFF WE DO WITHIN LIKE FINE ARTS AND OUR CELEBRATION, WE HAVE GOALS FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, NOT JUST FOR OUR ACADEMIC GOALS.

AND SO, I WAS JUST WONDERING JUST WHAT YOU CONSIDERED WHEN YOU WHICH ONE WAS THAT? THAT ONE, I THINK, WAS ADVOCACY AND ENGAGEMENT.

LET ME SEE. AND THE DESCRIPTOR SAID SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY IN REGARD TO STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS.

THIS IS A TOUGH ONE. THE BOARD PROMOTES THE VISION AND WE'RE AT APPROACHES FOCUS AT THREE.

THE BOARD HAS PROVIDED TIME DURING REGULAR SCHEDULED BOARD AUTHORIZED PUBLIC MEETINGS TO RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ITS STUDENTS AND STAFF REGARDING PROGRESS ON STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS. DR. MCMAHON, THAT'S A WONDERFUL QUESTION FROM DR .

NICHOLS. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL QUESTION.

IT'S AN ALIGNMENT PIECE OF HOW YOU BRING STUDENT STUDENTS IN TO TALK ABOUT THE GOALS THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.

I MEAN, LIKE TONIGHT YOU HAD A BOARD MEETING WHERE YOU HAD STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT,

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THAT WOULD ALIGN WITH YOUR CSS. HOW DO WE HOW DO WE WORK ON THE AGENDA TO MAKE EVERYTHING ALIGN TO THE STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS? AND WHAT I'M HEARING IS LIKE, I THINK THAT WE WANT TO DO THAT.

I THINK THAT'S EXCELLENT. BUT WE LIKE TO CELEBRATE A VARIETY OF THINGS IN ROUND ROCK ISD .

SO WOULD IT DING US IF WE DID BOTH? WOULD WE BE ABLE TO ADVANCE IF WE CELEBRATED STUDENTS AROUND STUDENT OUTCOME GOALS, BUT ALSO CELEBRATED STUDENTS FOR THE VARIETY OF BEAUTIFUL ACHIEVEMENTS AND ADVANCEMENTS THEY'RE MAKING IN THEIR LIVES THAT MAKE THEM BEAUTIFUL, WELL-ROUNDED, COLLEGE CAREER, MILITARY READY FOLKS.

THERE'S NOTHING ALIGNED TO A DING. A RECOGNIZING YOUR STUDENTS IS SO IMPORTANT.

HOW CAN WE ALIGN AGENDA CONVERSATIONS AND THINGS TOGETHER? THAT'S THE QUESTION. YEAH. GO AHEAD. SO I WOULD MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT WHEN WE LOOKED WHEN WE BROUGHT THAT POINT FORWARD TODAY, THAT WHEN WE WERE CELEBRATING STUDENTS AND THE DIFFERENT PLACES IN WHICH THEY BELONG AND THEY FIND A PLACE FOR THEM SPECIFICALLY, WHETHER THAT IS LANGUAGE AND GIFTS IN REGARDS TO LANGUAGE, THEIR RTC WHAT WAS IT? FINE ARTS LIKE ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS, RIGHT? SO FOR ME, ALL OF THAT FACTOR IS BASED ON WHAT WE'RE DOING INTO GOAL FOR AND THOSE DIFFERENT FACTORS.

SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION, BECAUSE SOMETIMES I FEEL WE THINK IT'S LIKE A DIRECT LINE.

IT'S SPECIFICALLY THIS THING. BUT FOR US WE TRY TO IMPROVE AND REALLY FIND SPACES WHERE STUDENTS CAN, LIKE, FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES BASED ON WHAT THEIR STRENGTHS ARE. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW JUST HOW TIGHTLY YOU HAD TO SPECIFICALLY, SAY, READING, BECAUSE THEN THAT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT HARDER.

CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT WE JUST CLARIFY THAT IN OUR MAYBE OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES? I KNOW WE MADE A MOTION AT OUR LAST MEETING TO CHANGE OUR POLICY AS IT RELATES TO OUR RECOGNITIONS.

AND SO MAYBE JUST OUTLINE THAT IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES SO THAT IT'S CODIFIED FOR ALL MOVING FORWARD.

AND IT DIDN'T LIKE DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN IN DISCUSSION IN A BOARD MEETING THAT WE JUST SAY THAT I'M FINE WITH THAT.

I THINK I THINK IT CAN BE ALIGNED. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE HAVE IT CLEARLY DEFINED IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

OKAY. SO AS A NOTE, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.

DO WE HAVE AGREEMENT? THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES A VOTE, BUT CAN WE MAKE A NOTE OF THAT? OKAY. PERFECT. SO WE'LL DISCUSS THAT MORE DEEPLY.

AND I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING FOR CONTEXT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE'VE NOW BEEN THROUGH A NEW TEAM OF EIGHT. AND IT WASN'T SPECIFIC TO ROUND ROCK ISD , BUT I THINK THAT WITH THE STAFF AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE BOARD, WE NOW HAVE LIKE A MUCH DEEPER UNDERSTANDING.

THAT'S WHY I'M LIKE, IN MY MIND, WE DON'T HAVE BOARD SELF CONSTRAINTS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO A REALLY GOOD JOB THE FIRST TIME.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY QUESTIONING AND DIGGING DEEPER INTO HOW WE ALIGN WITH LONE STAR GOVERNANCE AND JUST GET TIGHTER.

SO WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO, BUT GREAT JOB Y'ALL.

ANY OTHER. ANYTHING ELSE? WHAT DO YOU HAVE? SHE'S GOT TWO THINGS.

YOU GOT TWO FANS. AND THEN I SAID, I HAVE TWO IN MY BAG.

WELL, LET'S THEN KEEP CHOPPING. DO WE NEED A MOTION SAYS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION. DO WE NEED A MOTION ON THIS? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE STUDENT OUTCOME. THE STUDENT.

SORRY. THE QUARTERLY PROGRESS TRACKER BOARD SELF-EVALUATION AS DISCUSSED.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND, ANY COMMENTARY QUESTION SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE BOARD SELF-EVALUATION.

WHERE'S CHEWIE? WE CAN'T SEE CHEWIE. I OKAY. THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I WILL SEND THIS DOWN FOR EVERYONE TO SIGN.

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[J. BOARD BUSINESS ]

THAT'S YES TO ALL. I WILL BE VIRTUAL AND TRUSTEE MARKUM WILL BE CHAIRING, SO WE HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT.

NOW, ONE THING IS, WITH THE PRESENT SITUATION THAT WE'RE FACING AT THE LEGISLATURE, WE ARE WONDERING IF WE NEED TO ADD A TENTATIVE BUDGET WORKSHOP.

AND SO COLLEAGUES AND ADMINISTRATION, THAT'S A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE, BECAUSE THAT HAS TO GO TO THE PAPER ON WHAT DAY IT HAS TO GO TEN DAYS BEFORE.

RIGHT. SO IT HAS TO GO JUNE 7TH. IS THAT CORRECT? IT HAS TO BE PREPARED, HAVE BEEN VOTED ON AND GO OUT FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

IT HAS TO BE POSTED IN THE PAPER ON THE SEVENTH, AND THE LEADER REQUIRES IT A WEEK BEFORE.

AND THE STATESMAN REQUIRES IT THREE DAYS BEFORE.

SO WITH THIS TYPE PLAN, I SUGGEST THAT WE PUT IT IN THE STATESMAN.

IT COSTS A LITTLE MORE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE READY TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE PAPER IN THE IN THE LEADER IN TIME.

SO THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THE LATEST WE COULD HAVE IT IS THE SEVENTH.

IS THAT CORRECT? THE SIXTH. THE THIRD. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW I HAVE A TENTATIVE TUESDAY, JUNE 3RD BUDGET WORKSHOP.

I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE LIKELIHOOD WE MIGHT NEED THAT DOCTOR AZAIEZ.

I MEAN, YEAH, I THINK WE WE WE WE MIGHT NEED IT.

SO WE HAVE I THINK WE HAVE THE BUDGET WORKSHOP ON THE 29TH, BUT ALSO WE CAN ADD I THINK THE 29TH ALREADY IS EVERYBODY'S CALENDAR.

RIGHT. AND I THINK SO. THE ONE THAT WE NEED IS JUNE 3RD IF IT'S POSSIBLE.

OKAY. SO TUESDAY, JUNE 3RD CAN WE CONFIRM OUR POTENTIAL AVAILABILITY FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 3RD? CAN EVERYBODY PLEASE CHECK THEIR CALENDARS? I'M OUT.

OKAY. I CAN ATTEND PROBABLY AFTER. IT WOULD BE AFTER 830.

OKAY. I'M GOOD. OKAY, I CAN ATTEND. OKAY. OH.

IT'S LATE. I CAN ATTEND. OKAY. SO WE WOULD HAVE QUORUM.

WE WOULD BARELY HAVE QUORUM, BUT WE COULD DO IT.

YES. OKAY, SO THAT'S 12345. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO, PATTY, WILL YOU.

THANK YOU. JUNE 10TH, WE HAVE A CALLED BOARD MEETING FOR GRIEVANCES.

YES. TO ALL. JUNE 27TH, I MEAN, JUNE 17TH, NOT 27TH.

DON'T DON'T GET MAD, I HAVE CONFIRMATIONS FROM EVERYBODY BUT CHUY.

CAN YOU CHECK ON THAT? CHUY? TELL ME THE DATE AGAIN.

JUNE 17TH. THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING WHERE WE VOTE ON THE BUDGET.

YES. I MIGHT BE. I'M A MAYBE. LET ME GET BACK TO YOU.

OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL, WE WILL HAVE QUORUM.

ONE THING THAT I WANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT IT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT.

WELL, LET ME COME BACK TO THAT. FIRST OF ALL, NEXT WEEK IS THE MOST EXCITING WEEK OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR.

DO YOU ALL KNOW WHAT IT IS? IT'S GRADUATION. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL 2025 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.

WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR YOU. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO CELEBRATE YOU.

WE'RE EXCITED FOR YOUR FAMILY TO COME IN AND CELEBRATE AND UPLIFT YOU.

I KNOW WE CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR THE SPEECHES AND SEE THE SMILES AND EVEN SOME OF THE ANTICS THAT HAPPEN AT BEEN AT GRADUATION.

SO REALLY, I REMEMBER ONE TIME SOMEBODY GOT A HOT DOG SLAPPED OUT OF THEIR HAND AT GRADUATION.

DURING THE DOCTOR NICHOLS YEARS, YOU WEREN'T THE ONE THAT DID IT, BUT IT'S JUST SUCH AN EXCITING TIME.

IT'S A CULMINATION OF SO MANY AMAZING YEARS OF DEDICATION TO YOUR EDUCATION, AND WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY THRILLED TO CELEBRATE YOU, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. MAY IS INTERNAL AUDIT AWARENESS MONTH, AND WE WANT TO SHOUT OUT OUR AMAZING INTERNAL AUDITOR, RAQUEL WOO WOO WOO. AND SO, ACCORDING TO THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS, INTERNAL AUDITING IS AN INDEPENDENT, OBJECTIVE ASSURANCE AND ADVISORY SERVICE DESIGNED TO ADD VALUE AND IMPROVE AN ORGANIZATION'S OPERATIONS.

IT HELPS AN ORGANIZATION ACCOMPLISH ITS OBJECTIVES BY BRINGING A SYSTEMATIC, DISCIPLINED APPROACH TO EVALUATE AND IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNANCE, RISK MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL PROCESSES. SO HAPPY INTERNATIONAL AUDIT AWARENESS MONTH WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOU, RAQUEL, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I HAVE A COUPLE TRUSTEE HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. SO THINKING ABOUT ATTENDING BOARD MEETINGS.

THIS BOARD IS SUCH A PLEASURE AND A JOY. I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY'S WORKING FULL SPEED AHEAD,

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SO I'M GOING TO ASK, ESPECIALLY AS A PERSON WHO TRAVELS A LOT I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WHEN WE MAKE OUR RSVP'S, IF WE NEED TO BE VIRTUAL FOR ANY REASON THAT WE LET PATTI, DOCTOR AZAIEZ, AND MYSELF KNOW, AND WE GO AHEAD AND RSVP WITH THE YES VIRTUAL OPTION JUST SO THAT WE CAN TRACK THAT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE GOOD TO GO AND NOTIFY THE BOARD, PRESIDENT AND ADMINISTRATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IF YOU'RE RUNNING LATE TO A MEETING, IF ATTENDANCE CHANGES FROM IN-PERSON TO VIRTUAL, AND YOU RSVP THAT YOU'RE ATTENDING A MEETING THAT YOU ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO ATTEND.

IT HAPPENS, BUT IT'S JUST GREAT IF WE CAN KEEP EVERYONE IN THE LOOP.

I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU. I HAVE A NOTE HERE ABOUT BUDGET AND ATTENDING CONFERENCES, BECAUSE WE DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO TRACK OUR CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE IN LINE WITH AND WITH RESPECT TO EDUCATORS. BUT I'M GOING TO CIRCLE BACK FOR AN UPDATE ON THAT LATER.

PATTY. AND THEN LASTLY, WE KNOW THAT BEING A TRUSTEE IS A VOLUNTEER JOB.

BUT WHEN WE RSVP FOR EVENTS LIKE MAY IS A PARTICULARLY BUSY TIME OF YEAR.

AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SPREAD OURSELVES OUT SO THAT THERE'S AT LEAST ONE TRUSTEE AT EVERY CELEBRATION AND EVERY EVENT TO CELEBRATE OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

AND SO, WE'RE ALMOST TO THE END OF THAT SEASON.

BUT IF WE COULD REMEMBER OUR COMMITMENT TO, TO COMING TO THE EVENTS THAT WE RSVP, TOO.

DON'T BE AFRAID TO RSVP NO IF YOU CAN'T, OR MAYBE IF YOU'RE REALLY NOT SURE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE ADMINISTRATION UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE VOLUNTEERS AND WE CAN'T MAKE EVERYTHING, AND THINGS DO HAPPEN. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO RSVP YES, PLEASE TRY TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT, BECAUSE WE LOOK AND WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEBODY'S ATTENDING SOMETHING ACROSS THE DISTRICT AT ALL TIMES.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO START MAYBE USING SOME OF THIS TIME TO DISCUSS SOME OF THOSE EVENTS, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE COVERAGE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? YOU MAY HAVE HEARD DR. MCMAHON OR MARCIA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LSG.

SO, WE'RE WORKING ON LSG COACHING AND GOAL SETTING UPDATES.

WE'RE LOOKING AT GOAL SETTING FOR THE FALL. SO, LOOK FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.

AND EXCITED TO TIGHTEN UP AROUND LONESTAR GOVERNANCE.

AND FOREVER GRATEFUL TO TRUSTEE LANDRUM FOR PUSHING US IN THIS DIRECTION THAT I REALLY THINK IS SERVING OUR STUDENTS WELL.

DOCTOR AZAIEZ, YOU HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS. YEAH.

THANK YOU AGAIN, ECHO, TO WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT GRADUATION IS NEXT WEEK.

SO, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED FOR WE WILL HAVE MORE THAN 3600 SENIORS GRADUATING NEXT WEEK.

STARTING WEDNESDAY. WE HAVE CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL IN ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL.

THEN THURSDAY, WE HAVE MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL, WESTWOOD AND STONY POINT.

AND THEN FINALLY, FRIDAY, WE WILL FINISH UP CELEBRATING OUR EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, AND SUCCESS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.

THAT DAY. SO, THREE DAYS FULL OF EXCITEMENT AND CELEBRATION.

WE ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT ALL THAT WON'T HAPPEN WITHOUT CELEBRATING OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFF.

LAST WEEK WE'RE HONORED TO CELEBRATE OUR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR.

I KNOW SOME OF YOU WERE THERE, AND WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE YOU THERE.

SO, OUR ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR IS MADISON BREWSTER, AND SHE'S A SECOND GRADE TEACHER AT BOYD ELEMENTARY.

OUR SECONDARY TEACHER IS TORI SANDERS FROM ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE GOT THE CHANCE TO CELEBRATE HIM AGAIN LAST WEEK.

WE ALSO CELEBRATED OUR ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR THIS YEAR IS AMY JACOBS FROM FOREST NORTH.

AND THEN LARISSA ORTIZ IS OUR SECONDARY PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR.

SHE'S OUR PRINCIPAL OF CEDAR VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO THEN THIS WEEK WE HAD MORE CELEBRATION.

WE HAD SERVICE AWARDS CELEBRATIONS. SO, WE CELEBRATED OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR DISTRICT AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. ACTUALLY, SOME OF THEM HAD 47 YEARS OF SERVICE, AND WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THEM AS WELL AS OUR JURY.

AND SO, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. I KNOW SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS ALSO JOINED US IN THAT CELEBRATION THIS WEEK.

SO AGAIN, IT'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I KNOW IT'S NEXT WEEK IS A, IT'S A GRADUATION THIS LAST WEEK WE STILL HAVE ATHLETICS GOING ON AT CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. SOFTBALL TEAM ACTUALLY MADE IT TO THE REGIONAL FINAL, WHICH IS THE ELITE EIGHT ACTUALLY PLAYING THIS WEEK.

VERSUS DRIPPING SPRING ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL.

ALSO, TEAM MADE IT TO THE REGIONAL SEMIFINAL, WHICH IS THE SWEET 16 THEY ARE PLAYING ALSO THIS WEEK.

AND THEY'RE PLAYING BUDDAH JOHNSON THOUGH ACTUALLY PLAYING RIGHT NOW TONIGHT.

SO, I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE OR HOPEFULLY THEY BOTH MADE IT.

AND THEN WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL TEAM MADE IT TO A MADE IT TO THE STATE AGAIN.

SO, THEY'RE, I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO THE SEMIFINALS I THINK TOMORROW OR AND SO THEY HAVE A SHOT AT WINNING BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN.

AND THAT YOU HEARD EARLIER OUR ROANOKE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS BOYS THEIR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER THIS YEAR.

THIS TIME. SO, A LOT OF EXCITEMENT, A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.

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SO THOSE ARE MY ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND I SEE YOU TRUSTEE ZÁRATE.

BUT I WANT TO SAY ONE THING. SPEAKING OF ATHLETES ROUND ROCK ISD , IT'S ROUND ROCK ISD DAY AT ROUND ROCK EXPRESS ON TUESDAY THE 27TH.

SO, I THINK SOME INVITES WENT OUT TO 500 OF OUR EDUCATORS AND THEY GET TO COME.

BUT THE MAIN EVENT IS THAT DR. AZAIEZ WILL BE THROWING OUT THE FIRST PITCH, SO, DO NOT MISS IT.

WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE IF OUR SUPERINTENDENT IS AN ATHLETE. I'M REALLY. I'M SUPER EXCITED.

SO, IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME. BETTER KICKING IT WITH MY FEET.

I'M SOCCER WITH THE SOCCER PLAYER THAN A BASEBALL PLAYER.

WELL, WE'RE GOING TO TEST IT OUT. WE'RE GOING TO SEE I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO DO GREAT. REALLY EXCITED. TRUSTEE ZÁRATE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW HE'S GOING TO THROW THAT PITCH IN A SUIT, BUT BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS SO WELL DRESSED.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE STONEY POINT DANCE OR DEPARTMENT FOR INVITING ME OUT TO THEIR RECITAL ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

IT WAS INCREDIBLE. THE WORK THAT THESE KIDS PUT IN IS EVIDENT, AND IT WAS A VERY PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION.

AND JUST KUDOS TO THEM. CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT ON A GREAT YEAR.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE LANDRUM. SO, I HAVE TWO THINGS.

WE HAVE BEEN TO A LOT OF CELEBRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, BUT I ALWAYS HAVE A HEART FOR THOSE KIDS THAT STUMBLE ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AND MAYBE EVEN DON'T KNOW UNTIL THE VERY LAST MINUTE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GRADUATE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE KIDDOS WHOSE NAMES WEREN'T CALLED AT ANY CELEBRATION, WHO DIDN'T GET ANY CERTIFICATES, WHO DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE.

BUT THEY FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL. SO THAT'S MY BIG SHOUT OUT TO THAT GROUP OF KIDS.

AND SPEAKING OF CELEBRATIONS, I'D LIKE TO WISH OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SUPERINTENDENT HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON SATURDAY.

SO, SHOULD WE SING? NO. OKAY, BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR.

AZAIEZ ON SATURDAY. THAT MIGHT RUIN HIS BIRTHDAY, SO WE'LL REFRAIN.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW. THAT'S ALSO OUR DISTRICT BIRTHDAY.

MAY 17TH IS OUR ROUND ROCK ISD 'S BIRTHDAY AS WELL.

THAT'S THE 101 HUNDRED AND WEIR 103. 104 YEARS OLD AS A DISTRICT.

YOU ARE, TOO. NO. OKAY. A LITTLE YOUNGER, WE MIGHT BE OLDER THAN THAT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE 100 YEARS WAS LIKE 2013.

YEAH. SO YEAH, WE'RE GETTING UP THERE. WELL, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR.

A IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? OH, DR. WEI. YEAH. MAY IS AAPI MONTH, SO I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE AN EVENT.

ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES SHOWCASE IS ON MAY 16TH, 2025, 6 TO 8 P.M.

IN ROUND ROCK HIGH LIBRARY. SO, IT'S FREE AND ATTENDANCE IS ALSO FREE.

ACCORDING TO THE POSTER. SO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY PRESIDENT HARRISON FOR, YOU KNOW, MADE THIS BECOME A PILOT CLASS. THIS MEANS A LOT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THIS EVENT.

I'VE BEEN THERE LAST YEAR. IT WAS REALLY GOOD.

STUDENTS SHOWCASE THEIR WHAT THEY LEARNED ABOUT ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY.

IS REALLY FANTASTIC. AND ANOTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THE SAME THING.

WE HAD AN EXHIBITION IN THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY FROM MAY TO MAY TO AUGUST.

IT'S RELATED TO CHINESE AMERICAN HISTORY IN TEXAS.

IT'S FREE. YOU CAN GO HERE TO SEE THE 3D PRINTER.

YOU HAD VIDEO, ALL THE PAINTINGS THERE. IT'S ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY.

IF YOU FINISH WITHIN TWO HOURS, PARKING IS ALSO FREE.

SO, YEAH, YOU CAN BRING YOUR KIDS GO THERE IN THE SUMMER.

THANK YOU. NICE OPPORTUNITY TO ROLL OUT ON DATE NIGHT.

SO, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO WITH ME, LET ME KNOW.

THAT SOUNDS AWESOME. AND YEAH, THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES COURSE.

WE ARE PIONEERING AND JUST LIGHTING THE WAY. THAT'S AWESOME.

YEAH. SO, THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL, THAT IS ALL I HAVE.

IF NOBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING AND IT IS 9:10, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO.

[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.) ]

I MOVE THAT WE LIMIT CLOSED SESSION TO 80 MINUTES TOTAL 20 MINUTES FOR EACH ITEM BUT ALLOW ANY UNUSED TIME TO BE RESERVED IF NEEDED FOR ANY OTHER ITEM.

THERE'S FOUR ITEMS, 20 MINUTES APIECE. SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? AMY, I MISS YOU WHEN YOU'RE NOT HERE.

OKAY. SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO LIMIT CLOSED SESSION TO 80 MINUTES, 20 MINUTES APIECE.

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ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? ABSTAINING. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES 601. LET ME READ US INTO CLOSED. THANK YOU. PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 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 551.074.

THE BOARD WILL MEET TO DISCUSS THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND EVALUATION OF THE INTERNAL AUDITOR PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.074. THE BOARD WILL MEET IN CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY WITH ATTORNEY, TO CONSIDER AND DISCUSS LIGHTHOUSE COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS AGAINST THE SUPERINTENDENT AND TRUSTEES. PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.072.

THE BOARD WILL MEET TO DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE ON THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071.

THE BOARD MAY SEEK LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING THE PROPOSED CONVEYANCE SALE OF LAND.

IT IS 9:15 AND WE WILL OR 9:12. LET ME READ IT BACKWARDS AND WE WILL HAVE CLOSED SESSION, I THINK, IN THE BACK ROOM SO THAT TRUSTEE ZÁRATE CAN JOIN.

IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. IT IS 9:12 AND WE ARE IN CLOSED SESSION.

44 AND THE BOARD IS BACK IN OPEN SESSION. DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS COMING OUT OF CLOSED?

[L. CALL BACK TO ORDER/EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTIONS ]

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE EVALUATION OF THE INTERNAL AUDITOR AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT OR HIS DESIGNEE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS TO DISPOSE OF DISTRICT REAL PROPERTY, AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION. SEEING. NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER MOTION? SEEING NONE, IT IS 10:45 P.M., AND THIS MEETING IS NOW CLOSED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.