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[B. CALL TO ORDER]
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EVENING.THANK YOU SO MACS SCHOTT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MATTHEW DOCTOR.
BY HIGHLIGHTING EIGHT HIGH SCHOOL CO SECOND PLACE JOHN HAIN GLOBAL C. WE'LL DO COMPETE AGAINST MORE THAN 60,000 OTHER FA RIES INTERNATIONAL BY THE CAPITAL SUBER OF OXFORD AND PRINCIPALS ON CUSH I LOVE.
IF I SEE DATERS FROM THE COMPLETED IN 2025 SCIENTIA INTEGRATION.
MOST STUDENTS TRAIN IN THE MOST RECENT GREATER AT REGIONAL SCIENCE IN CARE WHICH OPENED THE APPETITE FOR THEM TO BE INVITED TO COMPETE AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
THE NATIONAL COMPETITIONS LIKE ONLY THE TOP 10% OF MOTILE STUDENTS FROM THE REGIONAL CIERA THAT 300 PROJECTED 10 MILES AND THAT NUMBER 30 FINAL.
THE FIRST PLACE WITH A TITLED A EDUCATORS CA LILLE AND MAOERY BROWN AC NOW THE SAT ACHIEVEMENTS OF FINE FINE ARTS COMPUTED IN 2025 MARKET PROJECT.
THE MARKET C C TO RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS PANSY HIGH SCHOOL AND VAN
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THE PROJECT GATHERS ENTRIES FROM THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND PROVIDES A UNIQUE COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENTS ALL TO COMPARE THE CONFORM WITH OTHER OUTSTANDING.ABOUT 25% OF ENTRIES ARE RECOGNIZED OR AND SECOND, 25 NAME C O FINETS CAMPUS DIRECTOR BE REPRESENTING THIS EVENING.
WE WILL RECOGNIZE THEM TOGETHER BY PLACE FIRST, WE RECOGNIZE OUR CAMPUS TO RECEIVE NATIONAL WINNERS FROM MARK.
CONGRATULATIONS TO STUDENTS AND PROGRAM DIRECTOR FROM CANSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA, BRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL HONORS BAND, PEARSON RANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WIND ENSEMBLE AND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA.
ONE GROUP, BRISA MIDDLE SCHOOL HONORS BAND ALSO RECEIVED THE SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION WINNER OF THE PROGRAM OF EXCELLENCE BLUE RIBBON AWARD FROM THE NATIONAL BAND ASSOCIATION.
DIRECTORS, PRINCIPALS, AREA SUPERINTENDENT, AND DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS MAYOR LOYD TILLER NEXT, WE CELEBRATE OUR CAMPUSES THAT RECEIVE THE COMMENDED WINNERS FOR THE MARK OF EXCELLENCE.
PLEASE HELP US CONGRATULATE OUR DIRECTORS FROM CANA VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, CEDAR VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLS HONORS BAND, DEER PARK MIDDLE SCHOOLS WYNN SYMPHONY, PEARSON RANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL, HONOR ORCHESTRA, AND MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL CAMBER SINGERS.
WILL THESE DIRECTORS, PRINCIPALS, AA SUPERINTENDENTS, AND DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS PERFORMING YAGER LLOYD, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT FOR A PHOTO.
[D. RECOGNITIONS]
OUR LAST FINE ARTS MUSICAL PERFORMANCE GROUP WE RECOGNIZE TONIGHT ARE THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE CITATION OF EXCELLENCE WINNERS.THE CITATION OF EXCELLENCE PROJECT RECOGNIZES AND AWARDS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PERFORMANCE BY NON VARSITY HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL BANDS AND ORCHESTRAS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR DIRECTORS AND STUDENT MUSICIANS FROM CANYON VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL SELECT BAND, HOPEWELL MIDDLE SCHOOLS SYMPHONIC BAND, GRISHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND, PEARSON RANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL, HONORS BAND AND ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOLS PHILHARMONIC FULL ORCHESTRA.
WELL, THESE DIRECTORS, PRINCIPALS, AA SUPERINTENDENTS, AND MR. LLOYD, PLEASE COME UP TO THE FRONT.
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OUR FINAL STUDENT GROUP WE'RE RECOGNIZING TONIGHT RECENTLY PLACED AT THE UIL STATE TEAM TENNIS CHAMPIONS IN THE 6A DIVISION.WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOLS TEAM TENNIS STUDENT ATHLETES HAVE DOMINATED TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE PAST AND CONTINUED TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT AND THEIR CAMPUS WITH PRIDE.
WE CONGRATULATE THE HARDWORKING COACHES, COORDINATORS, AND STUDENT ATHLETES FOR REACHING THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT.
WE'LL HEAD COACH TRAVIS DALRYMPLE, ASSISTANT COACH DAN WESTWOOD TEAM TENNIS ATHLETES, PRINCIPAL AARON CAMPBELL, DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS, JEFF CHEATHAM AND AA SUPERINTENDENT DOC AREA, SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR OLDHAM, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT.
SO WE HAVE THE WONDERFUL FIND A WINDOW.
IF YOU'RE IN THE FRONT ROW, PERFECT.
FIND A WINDOW, YOU CAN SEE, I CAN SEE YOU.
OR GETTING NEXT, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE STAFF ACCOMPLISHMENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
OUR FIRST PAIR OF STAFF RECOGNITIONS FOR TONIGHT FOCUSES ON THE PROGRESS MADE IN EARLY LITERACY ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
THESE EARLY LITERACY TEAMS REPRESENTED BY THEIR ADMINISTRATORS TONIGHT, HAVE PROVIDED IMMENSE SUPPORT AND FOCUS TO THEIR KINDER STUDENTS TO MEET OR EXCEED THEIR GOALS.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE HARD WORK EARLY LITERACY TEACHERS AND TEAMS HAVE COMPLETED TO GET OUR STUDENTS TO THIS LEVEL.
WILL PURPLE SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SARA NELSON AND LAUREL MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL MANDY MASTERS AND AREA SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR ZACH OLDHAM.
PLEASE COME UP FOR A GROUP PHOTO. TELL YOU WHAT.
OUR NEXT RECOGNITION HIGHLIGHTS THE 2025 TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION PRINCIPAL OF YEAR AWARD, WHICH RECOGNIZES SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS AND EFFORTS THROUGH YEARS OF SERVICE TO TA EA AND TO ART EDUCATION AT THE STATE LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL.
THIS PRINCIPAL, ALONG WITH OUR FINE ARTS DIRECTOR VISUAL TIM LOKI AND OTHER FINE ARTS STAFF, WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE TA EA CONFERENCE TOMORROW, WHERE THEY WILL PRESENT, BE RECOGNIZED AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE ARTS AND PUBLIC ED.
PLEASE HELP US WELCOME OUR 2025 TA EA PRINCIPAL THE YEAR WINNER BERKMAN ELEMENTOR SCHOOL PRINCIPAL APRIL NELSON.
OUR FINAL GROUP TO BE RECOGNIZED TONIGHT ARE COUNSELORS FROM FOUR CAMPUSES WHO RECEIVED LONE STAR STATE SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION 2025 AWARDS.
THE LONE STAR AWARD PROGRAM RECOGNIZES CAMPUSES THAT DEMONSTRATE DEDICATION AND OFFER OUTSTANDING DATA DRIVEN GOAL FOCUSED
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COUNSELING PROGRAMS ALIGNED WITH THE AMERICAN SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION NATIONAL MODEL.RECIPIENTS UNDERGO A RIGOROUS APPLICATION PROCESS THAT SHOWCASES THEIR YEAR LONG WORK IN IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES WITHIN A COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENTAL SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM.
I'LL READ THE LIST OF WINNERS AND THEN ALL COUNSELORS CAN COME UP TOGETHER FOR A PHOTO.
DEER PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELOR MARISA CANO WON THE LONESTAR STATE SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION 2025 PRESIDENTIAL AWARD.
GREAT OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COUNSELORS LAURIE THORNHILL AND LEAN ONTEGI, RECEIVED THE LONE STAR STATE SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION 2025 SILVER LONE STAR AWARD.
CD FOLKES MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELORS SHANNON DUBOIS AND ERICA WHEATON, RECEIVED THE LONESTAR STATE SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION 2025 RISING LONE STAR AWARD, AND REDBUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COUNSELOR CARRIE HAUNTZ, RECEIVED THE BRONZE LONE STAR AWARD.
WILL THESE COUNSELORS, PRINCIPALS, AND AREA SUPERINTENDENTS ALL PLEASE JOIN US FOR A PHOTO?
>> THANK YOU, DR. AZIZ AND TRUSTEES.
WE'LL DO THE VIDEO IN JUST A MINUTE ONCE EVERYBODY MOVES.
OUR VIDEO THIS EVENING HIGHLIGHTS THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND OUR FAMILY VOLUNTEERS WHO PUT IN IMMENSE TIME AND EFFORT TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE THEIR VERY BEST.
WE WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND, WHICH PLACED EIGHTH IN THE STATE OF UIL COMPETITION RECENTLY.
YOU'LL SEE IN THIS VIDEO THE SUPPORT THEY RECEIVED FROM THEIR FAMILY VOLUNTEERS, WHICH PROPELLED THEM TO THE TOP OF THIS COMPETITION SEASON.
>> OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO MOVE THE BAND.
THE THING THAT WE TELL THE DIRECTORS IS WE LET US DO THE HEAVY LIFTING SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
>> BEING A ROADIE, WE'RE RIGHT THERE IN THE ACTION.
YOU FEEL THE EXCITEMENT FOR THE KIDS AND THE NERVOUSNESS THAT THEY HAVE WHEN THEY'RE GOING ON THE FIELD.
>> THEN SUPPORT THE KIDS. THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S ABOUT, SUPPORTING THE KIDS.
>> BEING A DEAF PERSON, THE MUSIC IS LESS IMPORTANT, AND WE'RE USUALLY IN THE STANDS.
WE'RE FARTHER AWAY AND WE DON'T HEAR THE SOUNDS, AND SO WE CAN'T FEEL THE VIBRATIONS FROM THAT FAR BACK.
BUT BEING UP CLOSE, WE CAN REALLY ENJOY THE PERFORMANCE IN A MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE MANNER.
>> TO BE HONEST, THE BIGGEST HIGH IS THE JOY THAT WE GET IN WATCHING OUR KIDS SUCCEED.
>> I EVEN ASKED MY DAUGHTER AT ONE POINT, HOW DO YOU FEEL WITH YOUR MOM AND I BEING A PART OF THIS? SHE SAID THAT IT MAKES HER MORE INSPIRED AND MORE MOTIVATED TO DO WELL, AND SHE'S VERY HAPPY TO SEE US AROUND MORE.
>> IT'S BEEN A WHOLE NEW EXPERIENCE FOR ME, AND I'M LOVING EVERY PART OF IT [MUSIC]
A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT AND A LOT OF TALENTED STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT.
REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING OUT TONIGHT AND ALLOWING US TO CELEBRATE YOU IN ALL OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
[E. PUBLIC COMMENTS TO AGENDA ITEMS UNDER SECTIONS F, G, H, I AND K ONLY]
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THE GENERAL PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.WE ASK THAT CONCERNS OR COMPLAINTS REGARDING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS NOT BE RAISED IN THIS PUBLIC FORUM.
SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT EMPLOYEES OR FORMER EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY ACCORDING TO APPLICABLE BOARD POLICIES.
THE BOARD REQUESTS THAT COMMENTS, WHETHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, BE COURTEOUS AND RESPECTFUL.
I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE AND THE VIEWERS THAT THE COMMENTS OF THE SPEAKERS REFLECT THEIR OWN POSITIONS OR OPINIONS.
AS A REMINDER, THE BOARD ADOPTED AN ANTI HATE RESOLUTION ON JANUARY 20, 2022, WHERE THE BOARD REAFFIRMED ITS COMMITMENT TO THE WELL BEING AND SAFETY OF ALL PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, SEX, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DISABILITY, AGE, OR POLITICAL BELIEFS, AND STANDS AGAINST SPEECH THAT INCITES HATRED AND VIOLENCE TOWARDS ANY PERSON.
PLEASE NOTE THAT WHILE THE PUBLIC DOES HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK, THAT RIGHT IS NOT UNLIMITED.
PER TEXAS PENAL CODE 38.13, 42.01, 42.02, AND 42.05, AND TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 37.105, NO AUDIENCE MEMBER OR SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO ENGAGE IN ANY CONDUCT THAT IS DISRUPTIVE OR THREATENING TOWARD ANY SPEAKER OR OTHER PERSON OR TO VIOLATE THE PRIVACY RIGHTS OF ANOTHER PERSON.
THE BOARD SHALL NOT TOLERATE DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING BY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
IF AFTER AT LEAST ONE MORE INDIVIDUAL WARNING FROM 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 THE BOARD MEMBERS DOES NOT INDICATE AGREEMENT OR APPROVAL OF THE COMMENTS.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN 2 MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
TRUSTEE WIA, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD WILL BE THE DESIGNATED TIME KEEPER.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS ANDREW BRANDT, YOU ARE NOT A RESIDENT OF ROUND ROCK ISD AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM G3.
>> YES. HELLO. I'M ANDREW BRANDT.
I WORK WITH EDUCATION ROUND ROCK AS A PART TIME ORGANIZER.
YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN ME IN SOME SCHOOLS OR AROUND, I KNOW I'VE RUN INTO A FEW OF YOU.
I WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM G3, SO THAT DEALS WITH THE LOCAL POLICY COMPARISON PACKET AND THE TASB RECOMMENDED POLICY UPDATE 126.
I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE IT IS IN THAT DOCUMENT.
I WANTED TO REALLY STRESS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR TEACHERS TO COME UP HERE AND TELL YOU WHAT THEY'RE FACING.
THEY CAN'T ALWAYS DO THAT WHENEVER THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE AGENDA.
THEY GET IT 72 HOURS BEFORE IT COMES OUT, AND THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ITEM THEY WANT TO SPEAK ON.
SAY THAT THEY HAVE A REALLY PRESSING ISSUE AND IT DOESN'T GET BROUGHT UP TO YOU ALL.
IT COULD TAKE MONTHS FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY GET IN FRONT OF YOU TO REALLY EXPRESS HOW THINGS NEED TO CHANGE.
I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAD LISTENING SESSIONS, AND THAT WAS A GREAT BAND AID FOR THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT A WALKING QUORUM AND A LOT OF JUST VERY MINUTE THINGS THAT MADE THAT NOT REALLY A GREAT OPTION.
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO A WHOLE LOT OF THOSE.
MAYBE I'M WRONG AND YOU CAN TELL ME THAT LATER.
BUT I JUST DON'T SEE THAT BEING A SUSTAINABLE THING GOING ON IN THE FUTURE.
I WOULD REALLY SUGGEST THAT WE CHANGE THAT WORDING IN THE POLICY.
THEN I WANTED TO MOVE ON TO GRIEVANCES, WHICH IS UNDER THE DGBA ON PAGE 32 OF THAT DOCUMENT.
I WAS LOOKING THROUGH AND IT REALLY CHANGES THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS A LOT.
IT GOES FROM EACH STEP HAVING 10 BUSINESS DAYS OR 10 CALENDAR DAYS TO MAKE CHANGES OR DECISIONS FROM STEP 1, 2, 3.
THAT'S 30 DAYS PLUS THE 15 DAY INFORMAL PROCESS.
THAT ADDS UP TO 45 DAYS OF A TEACHER WHO COULD BE DEALING WITH A REALLY STRESSFUL SITUATION.
I THINK IF OUR GOAL IS TEACHER RETENTION, WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON MAKING TEACHERS COMFORTABLE. THANKS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TAMMY CONRAD.
YOU ARE A ROUND ROCK ISD EMPLOYEE AND A RESIDENT, AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM G3.
>> THANK YOU. I'M HAPPY TO REPRESENT EDUCATION ROUND ROCK OUR LOCAL UNION IN THE DISTRICT.
I'M ADDRESSING G3 TERM CONTRACTS, NON RENEWAL, DFBB LOCAL PAGE 3 OF SIX NUMBER 36, WHICH READS ENGAGING IN OR ASSIGNING TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER INTENTIONALLY OR KNOWINGLY, DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION DUTIES PROHIBITED BY LAW.
FIRST QUESTION IS, IT DOESN'T SAY UNKNOWINGLY.
IF THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT SOMEONE REALIZING IT, IS IT OKAY? WILL THEIR CONTRACT BE RENEWED? SECOND QUESTION, WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION DUTIES? IF I LOOK UP EACH OF THESE WORDS, THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS WE DO ALL THE TIME.
WE SHARE A DIVERSE RANGE OF AUTHORS, FOR EXAMPLE, SO THAT STUDENTS CAN SEE THEMSELVES AS WELL AS OTHERS SINCE WE WORK WITH A DIVERSE RANGE OF STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, EXPERIENCES, AND COMMUNITIES.
WE WORK VERY HARD TO BE EQUITABLE GIVING EACH STUDENT WHAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL,
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SINCE THAT CAN VARY FOR A MULTITUDE OF REASONS.OF COURSE, OUR GOAL IS INCLUSION, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE CAN BE SEEN AND THEIR NEEDS ARE MET.
WE GIVE ALL STUDENTS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN.
THE THIRD QUESTION, WHICH LAWS PROHIBIT THIS ACTIVITY.
WE KNOW THAT THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE PASSED SOME BILLS, BUT CLASSROOM EDUCATORS NEED TO BE GIVEN SPECIFIC INFORMATION IF THEY ARE TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS.
WE ALSO NEED TRAINING TO AVOID OUR CONTRACT NOT BEING RENEWED FOR SOMETHING WE WEREN'T SPECIFICALLY TOLD ABOUT.
I WOULD SUGGEST TO CLASSROOM EDUCATORS THAT THEY NEED UNION REPRESENTATION IF THEY DON'T GET THE PROPER INFORMATION AND TRAINING.
THEY WILL NEED IT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE TREATED EQUITABLY AS WELL.
THAT'S A HARD WORD TO SAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. OUR LAST SPEAKER IS CHRISTI SLATE, AND YOU ARE ROUND ROCK ISD RESIDENT, AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEMS F1, F3, H12, AND K2.
>> YES. HI. GOOD EVENING. I AM A PARENT.
I'VE HAD CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT FOR 20 YEARS NOW.
I HAVE A FEW CONCERNS I WANT TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD.
NUMBER 1 IS THE PANORAMA SURVEY, WHICH IS MENTIONED IN THE GULF FAR.
I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT GULF FAR IN ITSELF IS NOT REALLY APPROPRIATE FOR AN ACADEMIC SETTING.
I THINK PARENTS SHOULD NOT BE CONSENTING TO PSYCHOLOGICAL SURVEYING OF THEIR CHILDREN, AND ROUND ROCK ISD SHOULD DISCONTINUE THIS PRACTICE DUE TO INVASIVE MENTAL PROBING, DATA SECURITY RISKS, EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM TO CHILDREN, FALSE POSITIVES, NO GUARANTEED FOLLOW UP, CONFUSING QUESTIONS, SAMPLING BIASES, ANONYMITY ILLUSIONS, THIRD PARTY DATA SHARING, DIVERSION FROM ACADEMICS, EROSION OF TRUST WITH PARENTS, IDEOLOGICAL BIAS, AND AN UNNECESSARY COST OF $388,000 FOR A THREE YEAR CONTRACT, WHICH COULD BE USED FOR INSTRUCTION IN OUR SCHOOLS.
I HAVE ANOTHER CONCERN ABOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE LIST OF LIBRARY MATERIALS, THE NOVEMBER LIST.
THERE SEEMS TO BE SIX OF THE 801 BOOKS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY EDUCATIONALLY UNSUITABLE, AND IN VIOLATION OF SB 13, THEY ARE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT, CONTAIN GRAPHIC VIOLENCE, GORE, DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE AND INDECENCY.
THOSE BOOKS, I SENT TO YOU IN A LET'S TALK, BUT THEY ARE SKIN, ALL THE FIGHTING PARTS, ALL THE SUNKEN SOLES, AND THE RIVER DRAGS HER DOWN, WHICH IS ALSO ON THE DECEMBER LIST, I BELIEVE, BAD CREE AND MANMADE MONSTERS.
FINALLY, IF I HAVE TIME, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PENDING LITIGATION IN K2.
MY CONCERN IS THE LAWSUIT, THE STATE OF TEXAS VERSUS ROUND ROCK ISD AND UL TRUSTEES REGARDING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THE DISPLAY OF THEM IN THE SCHOOLS.
I THINK YOU GOT POOR LEGAL ADVICE FROM GENERAL COUNSEL CINDY HILL, WHO SHOULD HAVE FOLLOWED THE LAW.
ACCEPTED THE OAGS ASSISTANCE WITH DEFENDING THE DISTRICT OF SUED BY THE ACLU OR OUTSIDE RESOURCES.
INSTEAD, ROUND ROCK ISD CHOSE TO DEFY THE LAW AND WE'LL NOW BE USING OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL DOLLARS TO DEFEND THE ACTIONS OF THE DISTRICT.
IF ANYBODY WANTS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DANGERS OF DATA COLLECTION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SURVEYS, YOU CAN GO TO MOMSFORLIBERTY.ORG. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT, AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM F1,
[F. SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS]
BOARD STUDENT OUTCOME GOAL 4, DR. AZIZ.>> GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT MALCOM, BOARD MEMBERS, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
AS WE ALWAYS START WITH THE BOARD OUTCOME GOALS BECAUSE WE WANT THAT TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYTHING WE DO IN OUR DISTRICT.
BYRON WOULD BE LEADING US THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION AS THEY GO THROUGH GOAL 4.
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS WORKING.
WE'RE CONNECTED. GOOD EVENING.
PRESIDENT MALCOM, TRUSTEES, DR. AZIZ.
TONIGHT, WE ARE PLEASED TO BRING TO YOU THE FALL PROGRESS MEASURE UPDATE FOR BOARD GOAL 4, STUDENT WELL BEING.
I'M THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES.
SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SUPPORTING HAVE A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THIS GOAL.
WITH ME TONIGHT TO HELP PRESENT THIS REPORT TO YOU IS MR. STEVE CLARK, OUR DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING SERVICES.
MR. CLARK AND HIS COUNSELING SERVICES TEAM NOT ONLY HAVE A DIRECT CONNECTION TO STUDENT WELL BEING.
HE AND OUR COORDINATOR OF COUNSELING SERVICES, DR. SONIA BAKER, TAKE A LEAD ON FACILITATING OUR ANNUAL STUDENT WELL BEING SURVEYS AND ORGANIZING THE DATA FROM THE RESPONSES IN A WAY THAT IS USEFUL IN OUR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND INTERVENTION EFFORTS THROUGHOUT ROUND ROCK ISD.
FIRST, I WANTED TO REMIND OUR COMMUNITY OF WHAT BOARD GOAL 4 MEASURES.
BOARD GOAL 4, STUDENT WELL BEING HAS THREE STRANDS, REFERRED TO AS GOAL PROGRESS MEASURES, GPM.
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4.1 IS SENSE OF BELONGING, 4.2, SAFETY, 4.3, SELF EFFICACY.THE BOARD HAS ESTABLISHED THREE YEARS OF MEASURABLE OUTCOMES.
THE 2025, 26 SCHOOL YEAR IS THE THIRD YEAR OF THIS GOAL.
THE OVERALL STUDENT WELL BEING GOAL COMPELS THE DISTRICT TO INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO REPORT THAT THEIR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT HELPS PROMOTE A POSITIVE SENSE OF WELL BEING.
THE OVERARCHING BOARD GOAL FOR STUDENT WELL BEING IS THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO REPORT FAVORABLY THAT THEIR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT HELPS PROMOTE A POSITIVE SENSE OF WELL BEING.
THE GOAL SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIES A GROWTH TARGET FROM 54% IN SPRING OF 2023 TO 65% IN THE SPRING OF 2026.
AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, STUDENT WELL BEING IS BROKEN INTO THREE SPECIFIC GPM GOALS.
EACH GPM ALSO HAS INDIVIDUAL TARGET GOALS.
SENSE OF BELONGING HAS A THREE YEAR GOAL IN THAT STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-12 WILL GROW IN THEIR FAVORABLE RESPONSES TO FEELING THAT THEY HAVE A SENSE OF BELONGING IN THEIR SCHOOL FROM 48% IN THE SPRING OF 2023 TO 59% IN THE SPRING OF 2026.
SAFETY AT SCHOOL HAS A GROWTH GOAL OF 60% IN THE SPRING OF 23 TO 71% IN THE SPRING OF 26.
LASTLY, STUDENTS WHO RESPOND FAVORABLY THAT THEY FEEL A SENSE OF SELF EFFICACY HAS A GROWTH GOAL OF 53% IN THE SPRING OF 23 TO 64% IN THE SPRING OF 26.
WHY DOES THIS DATA MATTER? WELL, WE KNOW THAT THE BOARD'S GOAL IS AN IMPORTANT ONE FOR STUDENTS IN ROUND ROCK.
RESEARCH SUPPORTS THAT IF STUDENTS FEEL CONNECTED TO THEIR SCHOOL AND THE ADULTS IN IT, THAT THE SENSE OF BELONGING THEY FEEL PROMOTES HEALTHY LIFE CHOICES AND ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS 2024 RESEARCH FROM THE CDC IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS.
WHEN STUDENTS FEEL CONNECTED TO THEIR SCHOOL, THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE POOR MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL HEALTH RISKS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, OR VIOLENCE.
THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN A POSITIVE AND HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE, DO BETTER IN SCHOOL ACADEMICALLY, HAVE BETTER SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, AND GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN MEASURE HOW STUDENTS FEEL ABOUT BELONGING, SAFETY, AND SELF EFFICACY IS TO ASK THEM.
WE ASK THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF THE TOPICS WITHIN GOAL 4 BY USING PANORAMA AS OUR SURVEY TOOL.
WE SURVEY STUDENTS EACH FALL AND THEN AGAIN EACH SPRING.
PANORAMA IS A RESEARCH BACKED ONLINE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM THAT CAPTURE STUDENT VOICE AND ALLOWS US TO MONITOR THAT STUDENT FEEDBACK OVER TIME.
STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-12 COMPLETE AN ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE.
THE TEACHERS OF STUDENTS IN GRADES BELOW, THIRD GRADE, ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR STUDENTS SENSE OF SELF EFFICACY, EMOTIONAL REGULATION, AND SENSE OF BELONGING.
TONIGHT, WE ARE JUST REPORTING ON STUDENT PERCEPTION DATA FROM THE STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-12.
>> OUR ABILITY TO LEARN FROM ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY SENATE BILL 12.
SENATE BILL 12 NOW REQUIRES PARENTS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW ANY SURVEY TO BE GIVEN TO STUDENTS THAT ASKS ABOUT STUDENT WELL BEING AND TO PROVIDE CONSENT BEFORE THE SURVEY CAN BE GIVEN TO THEIR CHILD.
PREVIOUS TO SENATE BILL 12, WE PROVIDED PARENTS WITH THIS INFORMATION AND PARENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT THEIR CHILD FROM TAKING THE SURVEY.
THIS YEAR WITH SENATE BILL 12, PARENTS MUST OPT IN THEIR CHILD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY THAT ASKED STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR WELL BEING.
THIS NEW OPT IN REQUIREMENT HAS DRAMATICALLY IMPACTED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY, AND THUS HAS DRAMATICALLY IMPACTED OUR ABILITY TO FULLY UNDERSTAND HOW STUDENTS ARE FEELING ABOUT THEIR WELL BEING IN OUR SCHOOLS.
IN PREVIOUS YEARS, OUR CAMPUS AND DISTRICT TEAMS WERE WORKING HARD TO CAPTURE AS MANY RESPONSES FROM STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE.
AS SEEN IN THIS GRAPH, IT ILLUSTRATES PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF SENATE BILL 12, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO HAD OPTED OUT WAS DECLINING AND THE TOTAL STUDENTS HAVE SURVEYED WAS INCREASING.
DUE TO THE NEW REQUIREMENTS OF SENATE BILL 12, ONLY 14,664 THIRD THROUGH 12TH GRADE STUDENTS WERE SURVEYED IN OCTOBER OF 2025.
THIS COMPARES TO 31,216 STUDENTS THAT TOOK THE SURVEY LAST YEAR WITH THE OPT OUT SYSTEM.
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HAVING 53% LESS RESPONDENTS THIS YEAR HAS AN UNKNOWN IMPACT ON THE DATA.NOT KNOWING HOW THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT TAKEN THE SURVEY FEEL ABOUT THE BELONGING, SELF EFFICACY, AND SAFETY IS A CONCERN OF OURS.
>> GOOD EVENING. WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE DATA JUST ON THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES.
OVERALL, WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN FAVORABLE RESPONSES IN ALL AREAS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE AREA, WHICH I'LL MENTION A LITTLE BIT LATER.
BUT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR END OF YEAR 2026 GOALS FOR STUDENT WELL BEING WITH ALL THREE OF THE GOAL, PROGRESS MEASURES AREAS, SEEING AN INCREASE AS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION.
AGAIN, WE WILL ADMINISTER THE SURVEY ONE MORE TIME IN MARCH OF 2026 FOR STUDENTS WHO OPT IN.
WHEN WE REVIEW OUR STUDENT GROUPS, THIS CHART SHOWS OVERALL PROGRESS TOWARDS EACH OF THE GROUPS TOWARDS THEIR END OF YEAR GOAL.
WE AGAIN SEE AN OVERALL INCREASE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE RESPONDING FAVORABLY TO THE SURVEY QUESTIONS.
WE SAW A NICE INCREASE IN OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS, OVERALL FAVORABILITY RESPONSES.
WE SENT THE CONSENT FORM OUT IN SEVEN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND REMINDED OUR STUDENTS THAT THEY HAD THE OPTION TO SELECT A PREFERRED OR FIRST LANGUAGE WHEN TAKING THE SURVEY.
SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER AT EACH GPM, BEGINNING WITH 4.1, SENSE OF BELONGING.
AS A REMINDER, OUR END OF YEAR GOAL WAS 59% OF STUDENTS WILL RESPOND FAVORABLY ON THE QUESTIONS MEASURING SENSE OF BELONGING.
OF THE STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH 12 WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE ADMINISTRATION THIS FALL, 58% RESPONDED FAVORABLY TO THE SENSE OF BELONGING QUESTIONS, BRINGING US ONE PERCENTAGE POINT FROM OUR END OF YEAR GOAL.
LOOKING AT OUR STUDENT GROUPS AGAIN, EACH OF THE GROUPS SAW AN INCREASE WITH OUR EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS AGAIN, SAYING A 10% GAIN FROM THE SPRING OF 2025 ADMINISTRATION.
71% OF STUDENTS IN GRADE THREE THROUGH FIVE WHO COMPLETED THE SURVEY HAD A FAVORABLE RESPONSE RATE TO THE SENSE OF BELONGING QUESTION, WHICH PUTS ROUND ROCK ISD, THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS WELL ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AT THE 90TH PERCENTILE.
WE ARE SEEING GROWTH IN STUDENTS IN GRADE SIX THROUGH 12, SENSE OF BELONGING RESPONSES AS WELL.
THEY'RE STILL SLIGHTLY BEHIND THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AT THE 40TH PERCENTILE.
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO GPM 4.2, WHICH IS SAFETY AT SCHOOL.
AND OUR INTERVIEW GOAL IS A 71% FAVORABLE RESPONSE RATE.
OF THE STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH 12 WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS ADMINISTRATION, 66% RESPONDED FAVORABLY TO A SENSE OF SAFETY AT SCHOOL.
THEN OUR STUDENT GROUPS, IF WE LOOK AT THEM, ALL OF OUR GROUPS SAW AN INCREASE FROM THE SPRING OF 2025 ADMINISTRATION.
BOTH OF OUR GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE AND SIX THROUGH 12 SURVEY INDICATED A GROWTH IN THEIR SENSE OF SAFETY OVER PREVIOUS YEARS.
STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE HAD A 73% FAVORABILITY RESPONSE FOR SENSE OF SAFETY AT SCHOOL, AND STUDENTS IN GRADES SIX THROUGH 12 HAD A 62% FAVORABILITY RESPONSE FOR SENSE OF SAFETY AT SCHOOL.
OUR FINAL GPM IS 4.3 STUDENTS SELF-EFFICACY.
THE END OF YEAR GOAL IS 64% FAVORABLE RESPONSE RATE.
STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH 12 WHO COMPLETED THE SURVEY REPORTED A 58% OVERALL SENSE OF SELF-EFFICACY.
IN ALL THE TWO OF OUR STUDENT GROUPS SAW AN INCREASE IN SELF-EFFICACY FROM THE SPRING TO THE FALL ADMINISTRATION WITH THEIR ASIAN AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS REMAINING AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THIS PAST SPRING.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE SAW INCREASES IN ALL STUDENT AREAS EXCEPT FOR ONE.
STUDENTS IN GRADE THREE THROUGH FIVE PROVIDED FAVORABLE RESPONSES THAT WERE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN LAST YEAR WITH 60% RESPONDING FAVORABLY, BUT THEY REMAIN ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AT THE 70TH PERCENTILE.
STUDENTS IN GRADE SIX THROUGH 12 SHOWED AN INCREASE IN THEIR SENSE OF SELF-EFFICACY WITH THE 57% FAVORABLE RESPONSE RATE, AND THEIR FAVORABLE RESPONSES ARE ALSO ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AT THE 60 PERCENTILE.
FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THE BOARD GOAL 4 HAS DRIVEN OUR WORK THROUGHOUT
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OUR DISTRICT AND TO FOCUS DAILY ON STUDENT WELL BEING.THE UPCOMING SLIDES ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW STUDENT WELL BEING IS A CONTINUAL FOCUS EVERY DAY THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES.
OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN OR DIP INCLUDES GOALS THAT MEASURE STUDENT WELL BEING.
DEPARTMENTS LIKE OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, ATHLETICS, FINE ARTS, AND ATTENDANCE, USE WELL BEING AS A MEASURE OF SUCCESS AS IT PERTAINS TO BOARD GOALS AND AS WELL AS GOALS WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
OUR ATHLETICS AND ENRICHMENT DEPARTMENTS, MONITOR SENSE OF BELONGING DATA TO TRAIN STAFF ON INCREASING BELONGING, AS WELL AS EXPANDING PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO ACCESS PROGRAMS, MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER STUDENTS AND CARING ADULTS, AND INCREASE THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL, TEAM, CLASS, CLUB, OR EVENT.
64.8% OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN DISTRICT ATHLETIC PROGRAMS REPORT A FAVORABLE SENSE OF BELONGING, AND 11.7% INCREASE OVER STUDENTS WHO DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN ATHLETICS.
STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN CAMPUS OR DISTRICT ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS SHOW SIMILAR RESULTS AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN HIGH SCHOOL ENRICHMENT ROBOTICS HAS INCREASED FROM 205 IN 2024 TO 341 IN 2025.
THIS FALL, FINE ARTS ALSO SEES AN OVERALL GREATER SENSE OF BELONGING FOR STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN FINE ARTS AT 57.1% VERSUS THE OVERALL DISTRICT RESPONSE SCORE OF 53.1%.
FINE ART STAFF ALSO MONITOR CONTENT AREAS TO MEASURE SENSE OF BELONGING WITHIN THOSE PARTICULAR DISCIPLINES.
NEARLY ALL CONTENT AREAS HAVE SHOWN GROWTH IN THIS AREA.
STUDENT SAFETY EXTENDS BEYOND FENCING AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION.
IT ALSO INCLUDES A SENSE OF SAFETY THROUGH DIGITAL AWARENESS AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT.
BY COMBINING TECHNOLOGY WITH COMPASSIONATE HUMAN INTERVENTION, THE DISTRICT SUPPORTS STUDENT WELL BEING AND BUILDS A SAFER, MORE CONNECTED SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
OUR NEW GOGUARDIAN BEACON PROGRAM IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR DISTRICT IS USING TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES TO CONNECT STUDENTS IN NEED OF SUPPORT WITH THE INTERVENTION STAFF THAT IS BEST EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE THIS SUPPORT.
CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AND KEY DISTRICT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WILL BE ALERTED IF A STUDENT'S ONLINE ACTIVITY SIGNALS AN IDENTIFIED CONCERN.
THE VOICE PROGRAM PROVIDES AN AVENUE FOR DIVERSE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT LEADERS TO ENGAGE WITH DISTRICT LEADERSHIP AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO IMPROVE DISTRICT PRACTICES AND PROCESSES.
THIS YEAR, THE VOICE GROUP IS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING SENSE OF BELONGING ACROSS CAMPUSES.
OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SOCIAL WORKERS HAVE INCORPORATED A SENSE OF BELONGING SCALE INTO THEIR WORK WITH STUDENTS.
THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO TRACK AND IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES OVER THE COURSE OF SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE.
GUARDIANS ARE GIVEN THE QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE, WHICH FOCUS ON CONNECTION TO SELF, SCHOOL, AND PEERS.
IN ADDITION TO SENSE OF BELONGING, SOCIAL WORKERS FOCUS ON OVERALL MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL BEING TO ENSURE THAT THEIR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE CONNECTED TO THE NEEDED RESOURCES.
LASTLY, THIS YEAR, OUR MTSS DEPARTMENT HAS REORGANIZED WITHIN STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES, AND UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DIRECTOR, LINDSAY GONZALEZ.
THE MTSS TEAM IS WORKING WITH CAMPUS LEADERS AND TEACHERS TO IMPLEMENT A NEW CULTURE FRAMEWORK THAT SUPPORTS SENSE OF BELONGING, CLEAR AND EXPLICIT EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF, AND EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WITHIN THIS FRAMEWORK, ONE OF THE TOOLS BEING IMPLEMENTED IS A PROTOCOL WHERE STUDENTS SET ACADEMIC GOALS FOR THEMSELVES.
THESE PROTOCOLS ARE ALIGNED WITH SCREENERS AND LESSONS DESIGNED TO FURTHER SUPPORT STUDENT GROWTH AND EFFICACY.
IN CONCLUSION FOR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.
THIS FALLS, PANORAMA SURVEY DATA DEMONSTRATES GROWTH IN VALUABLE, TARGETED GOAL AREAS.
HOWEVER, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, NEW LEGISLATION HAS MADE GATHERING THIS DATA MORE DIFFICULT.
THE PERCEPTION OF MANY OF OUR STUDENTS AROUND THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING, SAFETY, AND SELF-EFFICACY IS LEFT UNKNOWN TO US AT THIS TIME DUE TO THESE CONSTRAINTS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK DILIGENTLY TO GAIN MORE PARTICIPATION THROUGH CONSENTS IN PREPARATION FOR OUR STUDENT WELL BEING BOARD UPDATE IN THE SPRING OF 2026.
THANK YOU. MR. CLARK IS HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. TRUSTEES, WE ARE RAISING HANDS AGAIN TONIGHT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE BUTTONS, AND IF YOU'RE ON THE ENDS, IF YOU COULD RAISE THEM A LITTLE HIGHER, SINCE I'M SHORT, AND I CAN'T SEE YOU VERY WELL.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE WEIR.
>> MADAM PRESIDENT, I'M NOT SURE WHO THIS QUESTION IS ACTUALLY DIRECTED TO.
I DO WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION.
I KNOW THIS IS A DIFFICULT BOARD GOAL THAT WE GAVE TO YOU.
BUT FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN WE DID COME UP WITH THIS GOAL, IT WAS BECAUSE OUR PARENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY ASKED FOR IT SPECIFICALLY.
IT'S DEFINITELY NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUST DISMISS WHEN WE WERE SPECIFICALLY TOLD THROUGH ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY FORUMS THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT OUR PARENTS WANTED.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, LOOKING AT THE OPT IN, WE'RE GOING TO GET ENGAGED PARENTS AND WE'RE GOING TO GET ENGAGED STUDENTS.
THE STUDENTS WE'RE NOT HEARING FROM ARE PROBABLY THE STUDENTS WE MOST NEED TO BE HEARING FROM.
MY QUESTION IS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER IDEAS GOING FORWARD? MAYBE ALTERATIONS TO THE GPMS THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING, THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT, ANY OTHER WAY THAT WE COULD TRY TO ASSESS THESE?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF BYRON, IF YOU HAVE MORE TO SAY, BUT LET ME START.
FIRST OF ALL, THE GPMS ARE SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THE GPM WILL LEAD TO SENSE OF BELONGING.
MEANING WHEN A STUDENTS FEELS SAFE AT SCHOOL, THEY'RE GOING TO FEEL THE SENSE OF BELONGING.
CHANGING GPM, I THINK WE WILL DERAIL THE PROCESS IF IT WOULD WORK.
WE WANT TO KEEP THE GPM, WHERE WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO MORE IS MAYBE OUTREACH TO OUR COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES AND TRY TO EDUCATE THEM ABOUT IT, EVEN GIVING THEM ACCESS TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT TO MAKE THEM FEEL AT EASE BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY TRUE ON THIS TO HELP UNDERSTAND HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE FEELING AND REALLY HELP THEM HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF BELONGING IN OUR SCHOOLS.
LIKE BYRON WAS SAYING [INAUDIBLE] SAYS THAT IF THE STUDENTS ARE NOT FEELING SAFE OR HAVE A SENSE OF BELONGING AT SCHOOL, THEY WON'T PAY ATTENTION OR THEY WON'T NECESSARILY LEARN THE SAME WAY THAN SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY FEELS WELCOME AT SCHOOL.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, I KNOW BYRON AND I WE GOING TO ADD TO THAT, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO REACH OUT MORE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
>> STATISTICALLY, SURVEYING THIS TOPIC JUST OVER THREE YEARS IS REALLY NEW.
IT'S A NEW CULTURE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
CONTINUING TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY, TO SHOW THEM OUR QUESTIONS, WHAT WE DO WITH OUR QUESTIONS, I BELIEVE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AS WE INFORM OUR PARENT GROUPS AND BUILD THAT TRUST WITHIN ASKING THESE QUESTIONS.
BEYOND THE BOARD'S GOAL, WE ARE CONTINUING PLAN TO MONITOR THIS TYPE OF SURVEY RESPONSES.
WE HAVE A DISTRICT CLIMATE SURVEY.
I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THOSE LEADERS THAT GOVERN THAT CLIMATE SURVEY IS HOW WE CAN USE OUR ALREADY EXISTING CLIMATE SURVEY TO PULL OUT SOME OF THOSE SENSE OF BELONGING AND SAFETY QUESTIONS FOR OUR ONGOING TRACKING AND INTERVENTION PURPOSES.
>> THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING NOT TO CHANGE THE GPMS, BUT CHANGE THE DATA COLLECTION FOR THOSE GPMS, MAYBE.
THANK YOU. THAT WAS MY OWN QUESTION.
>> DO I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE ROSS. TRUSTEE LANDRO.
>> I WAS WONDERING ABOUT OUR NON-COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS, AND THE DATA THAT WE HAVE SHOWS SUCH A STRONG LINK TO ACADEMICS AND FINE ARTS, THE VOICE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
I WAS WONDERING IN SOME OF OUR SUCCESS.
WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT, HOW IS THEIR DATA IN COMPARISON TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS?
>> WE DEFINITELY BREAK OUT OUR DATA.
WE CAN BREAK IT OUT PER BUILDING PER CLASSROOM, AND THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL TIME AS FAR AS HOW SUCCESS OR OTHER CAMPUSES LOOK IN THEIR DATA AND WHAT THEIR STUDENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT THEIR PARTICULAR SITUATION.
>> BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MYSELF, I HAVE TO A QUESTION INITIALLY WHEN WE STARTED DOING THIS YEAR A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
IT'S A SENSE OF BELONGING IS LOWER IN A HIGH SCHOOL KIDS WHERE WE HAVE ACTUALLY MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND WHY ARE WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT TRANSLATING INTO FEELING MORE HAVING THAT SENSE OF BELONGING? BECAUSE WE TRY AS A DISTRICT TO OFFER A VARIETY OF OPTIONS, MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE FINDING AT LEAST ONE THING THAT STUDENTS WILL LOVE DOING OR LIKE DOING RIGHT AT SCHOOL, WHETHER IT'S FINE ARTS OR ATHLETICS.
BUT SOMETIMES IT'S ALSO ABOUT KIDS WITH KIDS.
NO NECESSARILY THAT SENSE OF BELONGING IS NOT NECESSARILY WITH THAT ARE ASKED IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT ALSO SOMETIMES WITH THE INTERACTION AMONG THEIR PEERS.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE ALSO INTERROGATING AND TRYING TO LOOK INTO IT BECAUSE
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WE WANT EVERY KID TO FEEL REALLY HAVE THAT SENSE OF BELONGING IN OUR CAMPUSES, BUT IT SAY SO MANY VARIABLES AND SO MANY THINGS THAT CAN MAKE A KID OR STUDENTS HAVE THAT SENSE OF BELONGING, I GUESS AT THAT CAMPUS.AND SO AGAIN, WE ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO KIND OF INVESTIGATE OR INTERROGATE AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE AGAIN FEELING SAFE AND WELCOME AT SCHOOL.
BUT WE HAVE THE DATA, LIKE STEVE OR BYRON WAS SAYING THAT, WE HAVE THE DATA BY CAMPUS.
AND IF WE SEE LET'S SAY CAMPUS HAS THERE IS A HUGE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN LET'S SAY ONE HIGH SCHOOL OR ANOTHER, WE HAVE TO ALSO LOOK INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THIS PARTICULAR CAMPUS VERSUS THE OTHER PARTICULAR CAMPUS.
>> I'M NOT SUCCESS, FOR EXAMPLE, COULD HAVE AMAZING SCORES OR FEEDBACK.
IT'S MORE OF JUST BECAUSE OF THAT COMMUNITY.
BUT JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD EVER SEE THE DATA PER CAMPUS OR ANY OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I KNOW, AGAIN, THE TEAM HERE TOUCH BASED ON THE VOICE.
ACTUALLY, WE ACTUALLY OUR VOICE STUDENTS, AND I KNOW SOME OF BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE SPEAKING WITH THEM, I THINK BECAUSE NEXT IN DECEMBER.
THAT'S THEIR PROJECT FOR THE YEAR.
ACTUALLY THEY ARE LOOKING AT DATA, THEY'RE COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT IDEAS SPEAKING WITH OTHER STUDENTS BECAUSE, OUR STUDENTS AND GOAL IS MAKE SURE AGAIN OUR STUDENTS FEELS WELCOME AND SAFE AT SCHOOL.
WHAT'S THE STUFF THAT BOTHER THEM, STUFF THAT MAKES THEM FEEL SAFE, HAPPY, OR NOT.
WE CAN TURN AROUND AND TRY TO CREATE THAT ENVIRONMENT THAT IS HEALTHY AND SAFE FOR THEM SO THEY CAN ALL FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING.
WE ARE HAVING A GROUP OF HOW STUDENTS, THE VOICE GROUP IS ACTUALLY WORKING HARD TO COME UP WITH A STRATEGIC PLAN, IF YOU WILL, FOR US.
BECAUSE AS ADULTS, WE MAY NOT NECESSARILY HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALSO REACHING OUT TO THEM.
>> CAN I CLARIFY? ARE YOU WANTING THE DATA FOR ALL CAMPUSES OR ARE YOU JUST WANTING IT FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, COMPREHENSIVE VERSUS COMPREHENSIVE?
>> I GUESS I'M NOT REALLY EVEN.
I JUST WAS WONDERING IF THEY'RE AWARE OF ANY DISCREPANCIES, I GUESS.
BECAUSE SO MUCH AND AS A FINE ARTS TEACHER I APPRECIATE HOW MUCH THE DISTRICT IS SO SUPPORTIVE OF ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS AND TALKING ABOUT THAT SENSE OF BELONGING IS SO CONNECTED.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IN OUR CAMPUSES THAT THAT'S NOT AN OPTION FOR THEM.
ARE WE SEEING DECREASES OF A SENSE OF BELONGING? THERE'S 1 MILLION DIFFERENT REASONS WHY AT OUR NON COMPREHENSIVE CAMPUSES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN ON THAT END IF WE WANT AS A BOARD DATA OR WHAT?
>> YES. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD CONSENSUS ON GATHERING THAT DATA.
IS THAT GOOD WITH EVERYONE? SURE.
>> THE DATA IS READILY AVAILABLE.
ONE OTHER COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE IS ALL OF OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS WERE TRAINED ON PANORAMA, HOW TO ACCESS THEIR CAMPUS DATA, HOW TO USE IT FOR INTERVENTION PURPOSES.
OUR CAMPUS COUNSELORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION AND USE THAT DATA TO SUPPORT THE CAMPUSES.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MY QUESTION FIRST, I WANT TO ECHO WHAT TRUSTEE WE SAID OF THE FEWER NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS AND THE CONCERNS AROUND THAT.
BUT WHAT ARE OUR CONCRETE NEXT STEPS ON HOW TO WORK ON IMPROVING THESE NUMBER.
NOW THAT WE HAVE ALL THIS DATA, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH IT? BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE NOT AT '90S WITH PARENTS THAT ARE SUPER ENGAGED AND RESPONSIVE.
MAYBE I'M INCORRECT IN THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY FILLED OUT THE FORM BECAUSE I'LL BE REALLY TRANSPARENT.
I DIDN'T FILL OUT THE FORM BECAUSE IT CAME AT AN ODD TIME OF THE YEAR.
ANYWAY, MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS DATA?
>> SPEAKING GENERALLY TO THE CONSENT, OUR NEW SITUATION WITH SB 12 AND CONSENTS.
WE ARE ALREADY WORKING WITH OUR TEAMS TO EMBED ALL THAT CONSENT.
YOU MENTIONED, IT CAME AT AN ODD TIME OF THE YEAR, AND IF PARENTS ARE RECEIVING DIFFERENT THINGS AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR, IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO TRACK.
WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR TEAMS TO EMBED THOSE CONSENTS, INTO OUR BACK TO SCHOOL PAPERWORK, OUR NEW STUDENT APPLICATION PAPERWORK.
FAMILIES ARE GETTING THAT AND GETTING EDUCATED ON WHAT THAT IS FROM THE BEGINNING,
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NOT IN THE MIDDLE OR SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE YEAR.THEN I GUESS, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, AS FAR AS USE THE WORD CONCRETE.
WE ARE DEFINITELY WORKING AND HAVING CONSTANT CONVERSATIONS OF HOW DO WE EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS ON, WHAT THIS MEANS AND THE IMPORTANCE TO THEIR CAMPUS, TO THEMSELVES, TO OUR PROGRAMS. WE'RE CONSTANTLY EDUCATING OUR FAMILIES AND CONTINUING TO DO THAT TO INCREASE THAT EXPOSURE OF WHY WE HAVE THIS DATA, WHY WE HAVE THESE SURVEYS.
THEN I SAID, UH BEYOND PANORAMA, WHETHER WE CONTINUE WITH PANORAMA OR NOT, BEYOND THE BOARD GOAL, WHETHER THAT GOAL FORMALLY CONTINUES OR NOT.
AS WE MENTIONED IN OUR PRESENTATION, THIS WORK HAS ALREADY INFILTRATED MUCH OF OUR WORK, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO HOW WE TEACH INTO OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH OUR TEACHERS, WITH OUR STUDENTS, DEVELOP PROGRAMS, WHAT WE MONITOR, HOW WE MONITOR.
THEN USING SYSTEMS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE LIKE OUR CLIMATE SURVEY, WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO GROW THAT AND USE THAT DATA TO CONTINUE UNDERSTANDING HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE FEELING.
>> MAYBE MY QUESTION WASN'T CLEAR.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.
BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS DATA THAT WE'RE HITTING A 60% GENERALLY, WHAT ARE OUR PLANS ON HOW TO HIT THOSE 40% OF STUDENTS WHO AREN'T RESPONDING FAVORABLY? I GUESS THAT'S NOT YES, I DO WANT TO INCREASE OUR RESPONSE RATE, BUT HOW DO WE ALSO INCREASE CHILDREN WHO ARE RESPONDING POSITIVELY THAT THEY LIKE OUR SCHOOLS AND THEY LIKE COMING TO SCHOOL AND THEY FEEL CONNECTED? BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT SLIDE 6, AND THE BENEFITS ARE JUST GLARING OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR A KID TO BE CONNECTED.
>> I THINK THE WORK JUST NEEDS TO CONTINUE.
WE NEED TO KEEP TRAINING OUR COUNSELORS, TRAINING OUR SOCIAL WORKERS, TRAINING OUR TEACHERS, TRAINING OUR PRINCIPALS ON HOW TO USE THIS DATA AND JUST MAKE IT MORE PART OF OUR CONTINUED CULTURE.
THE MORE WE WORK ON IT, THE MORE WE TRAIN INTO IT, THE BETTER OUR DATA WILL BE.
>> IF I MIGHT ADD, AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING WORK WITH OUR STUDENT VOICE GROUP BECAUSE WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM.
AGAIN, SOMETIMES WHAT WE SEE WE PERCEIVE, I WAS WRONG.
I THOUGHT THEN A SENSE OF BELONGING WHEN WE HAD AGAIN ALL THESE OPPORTUNITY AND CHOICES FOR STUDENTS AND THEN BEING HOOKED AT WITH FINE ARTS, IT HELPED BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF EVERY STUDENTS.
IT DOESN'T MAKE EVERY STUDENTS FEEL SAFE OR WELCOME AT SCHOOL.
EVERY KID MAY HAVE A VARIETY OF THINGS OR ONE THING THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER STUDENTS THAT MAKES THEM FEEL THAT WAY.
THAT COULD BE AN ADULT AND COULD BE THE COACH, IT COULD BE A TEACHER, BUT ALSO COULD BE THE WAY THE INTERACTION WITH EACH OTHER WITH OTHER PEERS.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE UTILIZING OUR AMAZING VOICE STUDENTS GROUP, TO REALLY HELP US UNDERSTAND FROM A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE, WHAT CAN WE DO AS THE ADULTS AND THE DISTRICT, AND I MEAN THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, TO HELP INCREASE THAT SENSE OF BELONGING AMA STUDENTS.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM, AS I SAID, STARTING.
WE STARTED THIS FALL, AND WE'RE HOPING TO GET THIS PROJECT HOPEFULLY DONE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
THAT WILL ALSO HELP GUIDE THE WORK THAT ADULTS WORK, OUR WORK TO HELP THEM.
BUT I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CAMPUSES.
I IF NIE WANT TO MENTION ANYMORE.
>> THANK YOU. I HOPE EVERYONE AS WELL.
JUST TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION, EVERYTHING THAT DOCTOR AZIZ AND DOCTOR GERARD HAS SAID IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT'S HAPPENING.
BUT WHAT WE'VE ALSO SEEN IS JUST LIKE WE HAVE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN INSTRUCTION, BUILDING THE SAME MODEL.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INSTRUCTION, WE SAY HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CLASSROOM IN TIER 1.
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS IN INTERVENTION AT TIER 2.
IF BOTH OF THOSE THINGS AREN'T TAKEN CARE OF STUDENT LEARNING, HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED AT TIER 3 IN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS TO BETTER MEET STUDENTS NEEDS.
DR. GERARD MENTIONED MTSS, MULTI TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO BEHAVIOR AND BRINGING ALL OUR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER.
WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES, BUT WE HAVE NOT NECESSARILY HAVE THEM WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH OTHER AND WHERE THERE'S A TIGHT THREAD BETWEEN ALL OF THEM.
FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE RECENTLY TALKED ABOUT IS EVERY SYSTEM, EVERY DISTRICT HAS TO CREATE THEIR SYSTEM BASED ON THEIR SPECIFIC DATA.
LET'S LOOK AT OUR SPECIFIC DATA AND LET'S FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE NEED IS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THE AREA SUPERINTENDENTS, THE TEACHING AND LEARNING TEAM THEN CAN BUILD IN AND SAY AT TIER 1, WHEN TEACHERS WORK ON HAVING A PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES AS FAR AS HERE'S MY MORNING ROUTINE.
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HERE'S HOW I SAY HELLO, ALL THOSE THINGS SHOULD BE VERY INTENTIONAL AND GO TOWARDS WHAT OUR DATA IS SAYING IS THE ISSUE.BUT SO FAR, THEY'VE BEEN CREATED INDEPENDENT OF WHAT THE DATA IS SPECIFICALLY SAYING.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE DATA AND SEE WHAT IS IT TELLING US THAT OUR MOST IMPORTANT PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES AS THEY RELATE TO BEHAVIOR? WHAT SHOULD THEY BE AT THE TIER 1 AT THE TEACHER LEVEL? AT THE INTERVENTION LEVEL, WHAT DO WE NEED TO BUILD IN? WE'VE LOOKED AT OUR RESOURCES, WE HAVE BEHAVIOR COACHES, AND WE WANT TO SPECIFICALLY THEN TRAIN THEM INTO BASED ON WHAT THE DATA IS TELLING, WHAT ARE THE PROCESSES THAT WE WOULD HAVE AT TIER 2? WE DON'T HAVE THAT BUILT OUT, AND WE'RE VERY DATA RICH, BUT WE HAVE NOT TAKEN THE INFORMATION AND CREATED A COGENT SYSTEM.
EVEN AS FAR AS, FOR EXAMPLE, MANY OF YOU, YOU HAVE STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS OR HAVE HAD STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND WE HAVE A SEL MODEL THAT DEALS WITH SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING.
AGAIN, THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN INDEPENDENT OF WHAT THE DATA SAYS.
WHERE AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT THE DATA SAYS, AND IF WE'RE GOING TO DO A SCL MODEL, THE SPECIFIC LESSONS THAT EACH SCHOOL SHOULD PUT IN PLACE SHOULD BE DEPENDENT ON THEIR SPECIFIC DATA.
WE HAD MANY YEARS AGO, I WOULD SAY 2 MILLION YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS AN AREA SUPERINTENDENT.
WE HAD AN ISSUE WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT DISCIPLINE, OUT OF OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS AND ONE OF THE CAMPUSES.
WHEN WE PULLED THE DATA, WE SAW THAT WAS RELATED TO VERBAL AGGRESSION AND ALTERCATIONS AND SOME PHYSICAL ALTERCATIONS.
BUT WHEN WE LOOKED OUTSIDE OF THE CODING AND WENT THROUGH AND READ ALL THE REFERRALS, WHAT WE SAW FOR THAT SCHOOL IS THAT IT WAS DEPENDENT ON RELATIONSHIPS.
FRIEND RELATIONSHIPS GONE BAD, BOYFRIEND AND GIRLFRIEND RELATIONSHIPS GONE BAD, AND WE WERE NOT SEEING THAT OUR STUDENTS HAD EMOTIONAL MATURITY, TO KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH IT.
THEIR BEHAVIOR AT THAT CAMPUS WAS BASED ON, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THE RELATIONSHIP GOING BAD.
THEIR SCL WAS BASED PURELY ON TEACHING KIDS HOW TO WORK THROUGH THOSE EMOTIONS.
WE SAW A HUGE THEN DIFFERENCE IN THAT BEHAVIOR AND THAT SPECIFIC THING.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE SAME APPROACH AND BUILD A SYSTEM AND ALIGN OUR DIFFERENT RESOURCES.
WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH AND HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DATA HAS TO CHANGE.
WE'VE FIGURED IT OUT AS IT RELATES TO INSTRUCTION AND ACADEMICS, SO WE REALIZE THAT WE HAVE TO PUT THE SAME MODEL AND SAME FRAMEWORK AS IT RELATES TO BEHAVIOR.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THAT SYSTEM AND BUILDING IT OUT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT I WILL SAY, I DON'T KNOW THIS IS REALLY A QUESTION, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE STEPS AND WHAT COMES OUT OF THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS FAR AS STUDENT BELONGING GOES.
WHEN I LOOK AT THE EXAMPLES THAT WE'VE USED WITH ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS, BAND, CHOIR, DANCE, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT MAKE STUDENTS FEEL CONNECTED, AND THEN I GO BACK UP AND LOOK AT THE DATA, AND IT'S OUR ECO DISC POPULATION THAT HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST RESPONSES.
IN MANY OF THOSE AREAS, YOU LOOK AT THESE EXAMPLES AND THEY'RE VERY COST PROHIBITIVE FOR MANY STUDENTS.
I KNOW THAT WE OFFER A WIDE VARIETY OF THINGS IN OUR DISTRICT.
I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AND HOW THAT LOOKS THE DATA THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET PER CAMPUS AND WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.
BECAUSE I REALLY DO THINK THAT THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE OFFER KEEPS OUR STUDENTS FROM HAVING THAT PEER TO PEER COMMUNITY.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BREAKING IT DOWN THIS WAY, FOR CHUGGING ALONG WITH THIS WORK, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A VERY NEW THING IN THE EDUCATION SPACE.
I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE FORGING AHEAD AND WE'RE THE PIONEERS IN THIS, SO THANK YOU.
>> MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM F2.
AS YOU REMEMBER, WE ARE A PROMISE OUR BOARD TO HAVE A QUARTERLY UPDATE ON LETS TALK AND USAGE OF LETS TALK.
ANY, IF YOU TAKE PRESENTATION.
>> SURE. THANK YOU, DR. AZAIEZ AND TRUSTEES.
THIS IS A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION.
THIS IS OUR REGULAR UPDATE OF HOW MANY DIALOGUES OR TICKETS WE'VE RECEIVED AND THE GENERAL TOPICS.
IN THE PAST QUARTER, WE RECEIVED 136 AVERAGE FIVE DAYS IT TOOK US TO RESPOND AND JUST TO NOTE OUR SCORE WENT UP TO AN EIGHT.
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I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED. FEEL LIKE IT'S A FLUKE, BUT THEY'RE USUALLY HOVERING AROUND THE FOUR OUR APPROVAL RATING WHEN WE GET THESE BACK.BY COMPARISON, LAST QUARTER, WE HAD 140, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THERE AS FAR AS THE NUMBER.
THE CUSTOMER TYPE JUST BROKEN DOWN BY COMMUNITY MEMBER STUDENT EMPLOYEE PARENT GUARDIAN, OF THAT TOTAL THERE, 49% WERE HIDDEN.
AS A REMINDER TO EVERYBODY, A HIDDEN CUSTOMER, WE CAN RESPOND TO THAT PERSON, WE CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION IF THEY ASK QUESTIONS, BUT WE CANNOT SEE WHO THEY ARE.
A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S CONFUSION THERE ABOUT WHETHER WE CAN SEE WHO IS WRITING TO US AND WE CANNOT.
THE SAME WITH THE ANONYMOUS ONES, WHICH WE DON'T PULL OUT BECAUSE THERE'S VERY FEW OF THOSE.
ANONYMOUS IS COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS AND WE CANNOT EVEN RESPOND.
THOSE ARE OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN FEEL FREE TO GIVE US THEIR FEEDBACK AND NOT WORRY IF THEY'RE SHARING SOMETHING THEY THINK IS SENSITIVE.
HERE'S THE BREAKDOWN FOR THESE BY COMPARISON.
THE PARENT GUARDIAN WENT DOWN A LITTLE FROM OUR LAST QUARTER.
STUDENTS ARE ALWAYS HOVERING RIGHT AROUND 5%.
COMMUNITY WAS ABOUT 17% LAST TIME.
OUR OVERALL, ALL EMPLOYEE WAS ABOUT 24%, THEY FLUCTUATE A LITTLE HIDDEN CUSTOMERS WAS ABOUT 45% LAST TIME.
THEN THESE ARE JUST THE DIALOGUES BY TOPIC.
THE HOT TOPIC FROM LAST TIME, 20 OF THEM, WE JUST GENERAL STAFF FEEDBACK.
THESE COULD HAVE BEEN ON A SPECIFIC STAFF MEMBER, JUST GENERAL FEEDBACK FROM STAFF.
THEN THEY GO DOWN, AS YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM THERE FOR THE ONE IS WE RECEIVED ONE DIALOGUE ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE TOPICS IN THE LAST QUARTER.
OBVIOUSLY, WE RECEIVE A LOT OF OTHER DIALOGUES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
THESE ARE THE ONES THAT DIRECTED JUST TO THE BOARD.
THAT IS ALL. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS, TRUSTEE LANDRUM?
>> I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
I HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE REACH OUT AND ASK IF WE WERE ABLE TO TRACK IP ADDRESSES.
BECAUSE ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT LET'S TALK IS THE 49% OF HIDDEN RESPONSES THAT PEOPLE CAN GIVE FEEDBACK, BUT FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE SOME ANONYMITY AS WELL.
ARE WE ABLE TO TRACK IP ADDRESSES?
>> NO, MA'AM. THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
NO, MA'AM. WE DO NOT HAVE THAT CAPABILITY.
>> HIDDEN IS THE ONE WE CANNOT RESPOND TO.
>> HIDDEN IS THE ONE WE CAN RESPOND TO RESPOND.
WE CAN RESPOND, BUT WE CAN'T SEE THEM.
>> YEAH, THAT'S SAY WE CAN RESPOND TO THE SYSTEM.
I DON'T EVEN THINK WE CAN SEE THEIR EMAIL.
>> WE ACTUALLY NOT ONLY WE CANNOT SEE THE IP ADDRESS, WE CAN'T EVEN SEE THE EMAIL ADDRESS OR ANY CONTACT INFORMATION.
BUT THE SYSTEM ALLOW US TO RESPOND THROUGH THE SYSTEM TO THEIR CONCERN OR QUESTION, AND THE ANONYMOUS IS THE ONE WE CANNOT RESPOND AT ALL.
EVEN IF WE WANT TO RESPOND, WE CAN, THE SYSTEM WILL ALLOW US TO RESPOND.
>> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING LET'S TALK IS AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY PROVIDER AND WE ARE JUST RECEIVING INFORMATION FROM THEM.
>> WE'RE NOT MANAGING IT. WE'RE NOT CONTROLLING THE INFORMATION THAT COMES IN, SO WE ONLY GET WHAT LET'S TALK SENDS US THROUGH THEIR SYSTEM. THAT'S CORRECT?
>> YES, MA'AM. WE GET WHAT PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE SHARING WITH US.
IF THEY PUT A FIRST NAME IN, WE GET A FIRST NAME, IF THEY PUT AN EMAIL ADDRESS, WE GET THAT, BUT IT'S ENTIRELY GUIDED BY WHAT PEOPLE GIVE.
>> THE COOL THING FOR ME, I THINK IT'S IS THEY CAN USE A COMPUTER, AN IPAD, AND PHONE, ANYTHING REALLY TO EMAIL OR I GUESS SEND THE LET'S TALK TO OUR BOARD.
WE CANNOT TRACK ANY OF THAT STUFF.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DID WANT TO POSE A QUESTION TO THE BOARD ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU GUYS WANT TO WE GET THESE QUARTERLY, THESE REPORTS, IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE STAFF PULL THIS TOGETHER AND GET A QUARTERLY REPORT ON LET'S TALK. TRUSTEE LANDRUM?
>> THIS CAME UP THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS QUARTERLY WHEN I WAS PRESIDING OFFICER AND WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS A GOOD MEDIUM FOR HAVING POLICY WHERE PUBLIC COMMENT WAS NOT ALLOWED TO ANYTHING EXCEPT ON THE AGENDA.
I APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE I THINK IT HELPS US QUANTIFY WHAT WE'RE RECEIVING, BUT I'M DEFINITELY WILLING TO LISTEN TO THE REST OF THE BOARD, BUT I DO THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF EVEN TRANSPARENCY TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO US OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MESSAGES WE'RE RECEIVING.
>> DOES IT TAKE STAFF VERY LONG TO BUILD?
>> I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE LANDRUM, BECAUSE I THINK WE DID PROMISE THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT THIS AT A PUBLIC MEETING WHEN WE SWITCHED OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I WOULD SAY, I WOULD RATHER KEEP DOING IT.
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>> DOES ANYBODY FEEL DIFFERENTLY? NO. I JUST REMEMBERED THAT WHENEVER WE DID DECIDE TO START DOING THIS, WE WERE GOING TO DO SOME REGULAR CHECK INS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL FOUND VALUE IN IT AND THAT IT WAS SERVING THE PURPOSE THAT WE ORIGINALLY INTENDED.
>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE BOND PRESENTATION.
UNLESS YOU GUYS NEED A BREAK, I WAS GOING TO DO A BREAK AFTER THE BOND PRESENTATION.
IS EVERYONE GOOD? THEN MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM F3. DR. AZAIEZ.
>> WELL, THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I ALWAYS TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR RUNROCK VOTERS WHO APPROVED OUR BOND BACK IN NOVEMBER 2024.
AS YOU REMEMBER, AFTER THAT, TOOK US.
WE HAD TO WE ACTUALLY SECURED $350 MILLION FROM THE 900 AND ALMOST 333 MILLION FOR YEAR 1.
I THINK WE GOT PRETTY MUCH THE MOST OF THE MONEY BY FEBRUARY TO MARCH.
REALLY, WE WERE ALREADY IN THE PLANNING PHASES OF YEAR ONE PROJECT, BUT REALLY WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO MUCH UNTIL WE SECURED THE MONEY IN OUR DISTRICT.
REALLY TOOK I GUESS FROM NOVEMBER ALMOST TO MARCH FOR US TO BE ABLE TO START REALLY GETTING THIS PROJECT GOING.
I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT A LOT OF OUR PROJECT NOW ARE ACTUALLY MOVING ESPECIALLY E1 PROJECTS, AND THEY ARE IN DIFFERENT PHASES.
WE HAVE WITH US, OBVIOUSLY, MIKE, OUR OWN DIRECTOR FOR THE BOND, AND I ALSO WILL FROM OUR FRIENDS AND HPM.
THEY WILL TAKE US THROUGH A PRESENTATION TO GIVE OUR BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY AN UPDATE.
THEY WILL ALSO SHARE WITH AU AND ALSO WITH COMMUNITY WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO PUBLISH IN OUR WEBSITE FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY AND KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY REALLY IN THE LOOP AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GOOD STEWARD OF THEIR TAXPAYERS MONEY.
WE TRY TO KEEP EVERYONE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE INFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
BUT AS I SAID, I'M EXCITED TO SEE A LOT OF OUR PROJECT ALREADY AND YOU'LL SEE HOPEFULLY AFTER THE PRESENTATION THAT THINGS ARE REALLY NOW AND MOVING AT A FASTER PACE.
I DON'T KNOW IF MIKE YOU WANT TO KICK IT OFF OR IS IT WILL.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MARKHAM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR. AZAIEZ.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY FOR SUPPORTING THE BOND.
IT'S MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE ACROSS EVERY CAMPUS AND EVERY STUDENT WITH PROJECTS LIKE THE LIGHTING, THE FURNITURE, THE TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES THAT ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTING THE MODERN LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND STUDENT SUCCESS.
AS DR. AZAIEZ SAID, YES, WE ISSUED THE FIRST 350 MILLION, THOSE WERE SOLD IN LATE FEBRUARY AVAILABLE, LATE MARCH.
THAT FIRST ISSUANCE HAS FUNDED 442 PROJECTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
OF THOSE 442 PROJECTS, ABOUT 40% OF THEM ARE IN PROGRESS AND ABOUT 140 MILLION HAS BEEN ENCUMBERED OR COMMITTED.
THANK YOU. ABOUT 140 MILLION HAS BEEN ENCUMBERED OR COMMITTED TO DATE.
TONIGHT, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS, TARGETED PROJECTS, LIMITED SCOPE PROJECTS, AND CAMPUS WIDE COMPREHENSIVE PROJECTS.
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, WIL PINKERTON IS GOING TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE BOND DASHBOARD.
AND ALSO, I DO WANT TO SAY BEFORE WE START, GIVEN THE LENGTH OF OUR UPDATE AND YOUR AGENDA, WE WANT TO BE CONSIDERATE OF YOUR TIME, SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK IF YOU CAN HOLD ON TO THE QUESTIONS UNTIL THE VERY END, AND WE'LL ANSWER THEM ALL AT ONCE.
>> THE DASHBOARD IS LIVE NOW ON THE BOND WEB PAGE.
BASED ON SOME FEEDBACK WE GOT, WE MADE A COUPLE OF TWEAKS TO IT.
JENNIFER, IF YOU CAN CLICK TO IT.
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN JANUARY, I THINK WE'LL HAVE EVEN OTHER UPDATE OR UPGRADE TO THE DASHBOARD.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING TO RIGHT FOR JANUARY.
>> WE ACTUALLY CREATED TWO TABS FOR THE DASHBOARD.
ONE IS THE SUMMARY PAGE, WHICH YOU ALL SAW AT THE LAST BOARD UPDATE.
WE DO HAVE A TABLE NOW THAT WE'VE ATTACHED TO IT, AND THAT'S THE TABLE BELOW IN JENNIFER SCROLL DOWN.
THIS SHOWS THE AMOUNT THAT WAS BUDGETED FOR THE BOND AND THE DE, THE DIFFERENT PROJECT DETAILS.
THEN IT SHOWS THE COMMITTED AMOUNT OR ENCUMBERED AMOUNT.
IT ALSO SHOWS THE STATUS OF WHERE WE'RE AT EITHER IN PROCUREMENT OR DESIGN.
THEN JENNIFER CAN YOU CLICK TO ACTUALLY CLICK ON ONE OF THE CAMPUSES IF YOU DON'T MIND, LIKE BERGMAN.
YOU CAN DRILL DOWN INTO THAT ONE CAMPUS.
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BERGMAN IS ONE OF THE LARGER PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.THEN IF YOU CLICK OVER TO THE DETAILS TAB, IT WILL TAKE YOU THAT CAMPUS AND IT'LL SHOW YOU THE ORIGINAL BUDGET AMOUNT AND HOW MUCH IS COMMITTED TO DATE.
THEN IT'LL SHOW YOU THE TIMELINES FOR THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THAT PROJECT.
>> WE'RE BACK. AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH TARGETED PROJECTS.
THESE ARE VERY SPECIFIC, MORE OPERATIONAL, MORE FUNCTIONALITY AT THE CAMPUS AND STUDENT LEVEL, A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE ITEMS THAT ARE VERY FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC ITEMS.
SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION, ALSO, WIL.
>> IT'S ACTUALLY UPDATED ABOUT EVERY 2 HOURS.
>> WELL, I WAS WRONG. THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU.
>> WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE CAMPUS ATHLETIC PROJECTS.
WE ARE REFINISHING THE GYM FLOORS AT THREE DIFFERENT MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND WHAT THAT ENTAILS IS COMPLETELY SANDING DOWN THE TOP FINISH DOWN TO THE WOOD, RESTRIPING, PUTTING NEW LOGO.
WE HAVE COMPLETED TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS SO FAR.
HOPEWELL AND HERNANDEZ, CEDAR VALLEY WILL BE COMPLETED NEXT WEEK.
IT IS ALL BUT JUST A COUPLE OF PUNCH LIST ITEMS, BUT THAT WILL COMPLETE THE THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
WE ARE RETROFITTING ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM LIGHTS.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY METAL HALIDE, WHICH IS VERY INEFFICIENT.
WE'RE REPLACING THOSE WITH 150 LUMEN LED LAMPS.
THESE OPERATIONALLY, THEY'RE ABOUT 60% MORE EFFICIENT THAN THE METAL HALIDE.
THEY ALSO SPREAD THE LIGHT A LOT BETTER UNIFORMLY OVER THE WHOLE FIELD.
THEY ALSO DON'T FLOOD OVER INTO NEIGHBORHOODS.
YOU CAN ALMOST DRAW STRAIGHT LINE WITH THEM.
THEY WILL ALL HAVE A MODERN WIRELESS PROGRAMMING FEATURE.
CURRENTLY, CEDAR RIDGE IS THE ONLY CAMPUS THAT CAN DO IT, DR. AZAIEZ JUST POINTED OUT WITH THE PHONE.
WE'VE HAD OFF SWITCH FOR YEARS, BUT NOW WE'RE MODERN WITH ALL OF THEM.
WE CAN PROGRAM IT, WE CAN TURN IT OFF AND ON.
ANOTHER NICE FEATURE OF LED LIGHTS IS IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE METAL LIGHT LIGHTS, IT TAKES A FEW MINUTES FOR THEM TO WARM UP.
IF THE POWER IS LOST AND THEY GO OFF, IT TAKES ABOUT 15 OR 20 MINUTES FOR THEM TO COOL DOWN AND THEN HEAT BACK UP AND TURN ON.
LED ARE INSTANT ON AND OFF, VERY NICE FEATURE TO HAVE.
OUT OF ALL THE FEATURES, THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THE LIGHTING PROJECT IS THAT IT WILL MEET UIL RECOMMENDATIONS OF 50 FOOT CANDLES AT A VERY UNIFORM LEVEL ACROSS THE WHOLE FIELD.
TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, SOME OF OUR FIELDS, PROBABLY THE BRIGHTEST AREAS OF SOME OF OUR FIELDS WERE AT ABOUT 25 FOOT CANDLES, BUT ON AVERAGE, WERE PROBABLY CLOSER TO 15, AND WE HAD SOME SPOTS ON FIELDS THAT WERE DOWN INTO THE EIGHT AND NINE FOOT CANDLE AREA.
AGAIN, VERY MODERN LIGHT FEATURE NOW.
MCNEIL IS THE ONLY ONE THAT IS NOT COMPLETE.
WE MOBILIZED EQUIPMENT AND THE TEAM THERE YESTERDAY.
THE RAIN'S PROBABLY GOING TO HOLD THEM UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY WILL BE FINISHED WITH ALL SIX BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
WE HAVE REPLACED 28 ICE MACHINES, AND THESE ARE 400-500 POUND ICE MACHINES, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY HAVE A BIN CAPACITY OF 400-500 POUNDS OF ICE, WHICH IS A LARGE AMOUNT.
THESE ARE MAINLY FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL TRAINERS.
WE HAVE REPLACED ALREADY 28 UNITS AT 10 MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS.
THOSE INCLUDE CEDAR RIDGE, HERNANDEZ, HOPEWELL, KELLY REEVES, MCNEIL, RIGEVEW, ROUND ROCK, STONY POINT, WALSH, WESTWOOD.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING OR AT LEAST GETTING READY TO PROCURE WASHERS AND DRYERS FOR THE SAME MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM.
THESE ARE 55-75 POUND WASHERS AND 75 POUND DRYERS.
AGAIN, VERY LARGE CAPACITY COMMERCIAL SIZE.
I SAY, APPROXIMATELY 20 UNITS BECAUSE WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT REPLACING 20 UNITS AT NINE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT CANYON VISTA, CEDAR RIDGE, CEDAR VALLEY, CHISHOLM TRAIL, GRISHAM, HERNANDEZ, HOPEWELL, RIGEVEW, AND ROUND ROCK.
THE INSTALLATION BECAUSE THESE ARE SUCH LARGE UNITS THAT SOME OF THEM HAVE OTHER EQUIPMENT HAS TO BE MOVED,
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SO WE'RE PLANNING BETWEEN SPRING BREAK AND THE SUMMER FOR THESE TO BE INSTALLED.THE LAST PROJECT IS TRACK RESURFACING, AND YOU WILL SEE THIS ON YOUR AGENDA LATER AS A CONSENT ITEM.
WE ARE BRINGING A PROPOSAL TONIGHT FOR RESURFACING THREE MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACKS.
THOSE ARE CANYON VISTA, CEDAR VALLEY, AND CHISHOLM TRAIL.
WE ARE NOT REBUILDING THE TRACK.
WE ARE ONLY REPLACING THE TOP STRUCTURAL SPRAY.
THE BASE, THE CURB, ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO REMAIN.
WE WILL BE PERFORMING OR IT INCLUDES SOME MINOR REPAIRS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S STRUCTURALLY SOUND ACROSS THE STRUCTURE.
THESE, IF APPROVED TONIGHT, SHOULD BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF JANUARY PENDING WEATHER.
>> THREE FINE ARTS PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.
THE FIRST ONE IS STAGE CURTAINS IS BEING REPLACED AT FIVE CAMPUSES.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART HERE IS THAT THEY ARE NOW FIRE RETARDANT MEETING FIRE CODE, WHICH MEANS WE DON'T HAVE TO TREAT THEM EVERY YEAR LIKE ALL OF THE EXISTING STAGE CURTAINS.
THE CAMPUSES INCLUDE JOLLYVILLE, CALISSON, RIDGE VIEW, UNION HILL, AND HOPEWELL, AND THESE WILL BE INSTALLED OVER THE THANKSGIVING BREAK.
UNIFORMS FOR ALL SECONDARY CHOIR PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN PURCHASED AND WILL BE DELIVERED PRIOR TO THE UIL CONCERT SEASON, AND ALSO UNIFORMS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL DANCE PROGRAMS HAS BEGUN THE PROCUREMENT.
NEARLY 250 INSTRUMENTS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO SECONDARY CAMPUSES THAT COST ABOUT 750, INCLUDING HARPS, CELLOS, DOUBLE BASSES, VIOLINS, TUBAS.
THE CAMPUS DIRECTORS AND DISTRICT FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT WERE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.
ALSO, PHASE 1 INSTRUMENT DELIVERY OCCURRING NOW AT THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES.
LASTLY, INVENTORIES BEING TAKEN FOR PRE K THROUGH FIFTH GRADE INSTRUMENTS, AND THOSE ARE EXPECTED IN THE SPRING OF 2026.
THERE ARE SOME OF THE INSTRUMENTS AND THE STUDENTS.
I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT STAFF WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN SELECTING IT. MOVING ON.
WE ARE REFRESHING 15 ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.
THIS IS JUST ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS. IT IS NOTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT, SO NO OFFICES OR ANY OTHER AREAS.
THE REFRESH INCLUDES STUDENT DESKS, STUDENT CHAIRS, TEACHERS DESKS, CHAIRS, TEACHERS PODIUMS, AND DRY ARASE BOARDS IN THE CLASSROOMS.. WE STARTED THIS PROCESS BACK IN MARCH AND FINISHED IT IN AUGUST AND THERE WERE ABOUT 25 ADMINISTRATORS THAT WERE PART OF THIS PROCESS.
IT INCLUDED FINE ARTS, SPECIAL ED, ELEMENTARY ACADEMICS, CUSTODIAL, MAINTENANCE.
WE ALL GAVE INPUT ON WHAT WE ALL NEEDED FROM THIS.
WE HAVE COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF FOUR CAMPUSES UP TIL NOW, AS FAR AS STUDENT DESKS AND STUDENT CHAIRS.
FOUR MORE CAMPUSES WILL BE COMPLETED OVER THE THANKSGIVING BREAK.
AS FAR AS STUDENT DESKS AND CHAIRS.
ALSO ALL 15 CAMPUSES, TEACHERS DESKS, CHAIRS, PODIUMS, AND DRY ERASE BOARDS WILL BE INSTALLED ALL OVER THANKSGIVING.
THE LAST CAMPUSES, ALL OF THEM WILL BE INSTALLED BY JANUARY 3 JUST BEFORE TEACHERS COME BACK.
WHEN THEY COME BACK, THEY WILL BE ALL REFRESHED.
THOSE CAMPUSES THAT ARE COMPLETE ARE, TRYING TO GET TO MY LIST HERE, SO FAR, BLUE BONNET, DOUBLE FILE TRAIL, FOREST NORTH, AND UNION HILL ARE COMPLETE OVER THE BREAK, PON SPRINGS, PURPLE SAGE, VOIT, AND GADDIS.
THEN OVER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK, COMPLETING IT IS ANDERSON MILL, CALDWELL HEIGHTS, FOREST CREEK, JOLLYVILLE, OLD TOWN, SPICEWOOD, AND WELLS BRANCH.
MOVING ON TO THE DISTRICT WIDE LED RETROFIT.
WE ARE RETROFITTING THE EXISTING CFL LIGHTS, THAT'S COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHTS WITH OVER 70,000 LED LAMPS.
THIS IS DISTRICT WIDE, INSTRUCTIONAL AREAS ONLY, SO WE'RE NOT DOING ADMIN STAFF.
WE'RE NOT DOING SUPPORT AREAS.
WE'RE STRICTLY FOCUSING ON INSTRUCTIONAL CLASSROOMS AND AREAS.
WE ARE INSTALLING OVER 3,000 SENSORS, ALMOST 3,000 DIMMER SWITCHES IN THE CLASSROOMS. VERY SIMILAR TO THE STADIUM LED LIGHTS.
THESE ARE ABOUT 60% MORE EFFICIENT.
IF YOU LOOK UP HERE, YOU SEE THE CFL TUBES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.
THE NEW FIXTURES LOOK MORE LIKE A SKYLIGHT.
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THE LIGHT IS EVENLY DISPERSED OVER THE WHOLE LENS.THE COLOR, ALSO, THIS IS A SOFT WHITE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND WHAT WE'RE TRANSITIONING TO IT'S CALLED A NATURAL WHITE.
THE SOFT WHITE IS A 3,500 ON THE FAR LEFT OF THE COLOR SPECTRUM, 06,000 IS A VERY BLUE LIGHT ON THE FAR RIGHT OF THE SPECTRUM.
WHAT WE'RE TRANSITIONING TO IS 4,100, WHICH IS JUST OFF TO THE LEFT FROM THE CENTER, AND WHAT THAT IS INTENDED TO DO IS MIRROR NATURAL LIGHT THAT IS COMING IN AND BEING DEFLECTED, WHICH HAS BEEN PROVEN TO HELP THE ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT.
IT'S GOING TO BE MORE NATURAL LOOKING.
ALL OF OUR NEWER BUILDINGS THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR NATURAL LIGHT TO COME IN.
AS YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE HALLWAY, THAT SAME LIGHT COLOR SHOULD BE WHAT IS IN ALL OF THE CLASSROOMS. SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT THIS IS WE ARE GETTING FUNDING FROM AUSTIN ENERGY AND N CORE INCENTIVES.
IT'S HELPING OFFSET THE COST OF THE DISTRICT WIDE LIGHTS.
THAT'S NOT COMING TO THE DEPARTMENT, COMING TO THE DISTRICT.
IT IS GOING STRAIGHT TO FUNDING PART OF THE EQUIPMENT.
THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE COMPLETE IS CACTUS RANCH, CANYON CREEK, CANYON VISTA, SUMMER, AND GREAT OAKS.
STONEY POINT IS IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW AND PROBABLY WILL BE FINISHED BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
IN DECEMBER BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS BREAK, WE EXPECT CARRAWAY, LAUREL MOUNTAIN, CEDAR VALLEY, AND MCNEIL.
THAT WILL COMPLETE THE FIRST 10 CAMPUSES.
WE ARE CURRENTLY GETTING PRICING FOR THE NEXT 46 CAMPUSES AND EXPECT THOSE TO BEGIN IN JANUARY.
THE GOAL IS TO COMPLETE THOSE EARLY SPRING TO SUMMER WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS THAT WILL IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT.
SOME OF THE SCOPE OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PROJECTS, CAMPUS WIDE, COMPREHENSIVE ALSO INCLUDES CHANGING THE CEILING GRIDS AND DOING OTHER WORK ABOVE THE CEILING GRID, SO WE'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE TO WHERE WE DON'T DO WORK WHERE CONTRACTORS ARE GOING TO BE GOING IN BEHIND US AND DAMAGING SOME OF OUR LIGHTS.
WE'RE COORDINATING WITH OUR CONTRACTOR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS TO COMPLETE THESE.
THE MAJORITY OF THEM WILL BE FINISHED THE SPRING, AND THEN OVER THE NEXT 12-18 MONTHS, THE REST OF THEM WILL BE COMPLETE.
>> ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES.
CAN YOU TELL OUR BOARD POTENTIALLY HOW MUCH SAVING WE'RE GOING TO CREATE IN ANO SIDE ONCE THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETED.
>> THANK YOU. THE COST SAVINGS ARE OBVIOUSLY DEPENDENT ON ENERGY RATES.
CURRENTLY, WE'RE EXPECTED BASED ON OUR CURRENT ENERGY RATES TO SAVE ANYWHERE $750-950,000 PER YEAR.
THAT GOES RIGHT BACK INTO OPERATIONS.
I THINK TO ON A SIDE NOTE, LEDS TRADITIONALLY LAST LONGER THAN CFLS.
NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE ENERGY SAVINGS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME SAVINGS AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO REPLACE AS MANY LAMPS.
WE'RE ALSO NOT SPENDING THOSE HOURS ON WORK ORDERS, SO OUR STAFF CAN WORK ON OTHER WORK ORDERS.
PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT HERE TOO IS THAT WE'RE DISRUPTING A CLASSROOM JUST A LITTLE BIT LESS.
OUR WHOLE GOAL IS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON THINGS.
IF WE CAN JUST EXTEND THE LIFE OF THESE LAMPS, THEN WE'RE NOT DISRUPTING THE CLASSROOM QUITE AS MUCH EITHER.
QUITE A FEW TECHNOLOGY TOPICS HERE, 44,000 CHROME BOOKS FOR SECOND GRADERS THROUGH 12TH GRADE HAVE BEEN PURCHASED THIS SPRING.
THEY WERE DEPLOYED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
THERE'S ABOUT 6,000 MORE THAT WILL BE OUT OF WARRANTY NEXT YEAR THAT WILL BE REPLACED DURING THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
WE'VE REPLACED APPROXIMATELY 1,300 CTE WINDOWS AND APPLE LAB DEVICES OVER THE SUMMER.
THERE WERE ABOUT 135 CARTS WITH OVER 2,200 IPADS THAT WERE REPLACED THAT WERE OUT OF WARRANTY FOR THE SPECIAL ED PROGRAM.
ALL ELEMENTARY FINE ARTS TEACHERS RECEIVED IPADS THIS SPRING, AND ELEMENTARY FINE ART CLASSROOMS RECEIVED 51 CARTS AND OVER 2,200 NEW IPADS AND STYLUSES OVER THE SUMMER, 53 IFPS, AND THAT IS AN INTEGRATED FLAT PANEL.
BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
THOSE 53 WERE DEPLOYED AT ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL AND 24 WERE DEPLOYED AT SUCCESS HIGH SCHOOL THIS PAST SUMMER.
MOVING ON TO NETWORK AND OTHER PROJECTS.
NEW FIREWALL WAS INSTALLED OVER THE SUMMER.
THIS ADDED SOME REDUNDANCY AND ALSO DISASTER RECOVERY IS ONGOING, ANOTHER PART OF THAT PROJECT.
THE CONTENT FILTER SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE HAS BEEN REPLACED ALREADY.
THAT WAS COMPLETED THIS SUMMER.
NEW SECURE AND COMPLIANT PHONE SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED IN OCTOBER.
HANDSET IS ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
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THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED NEXT SUMMER.NETWORK UPSS, WHICH IS UNINTERRUPTABLE POWER SOURCES TO MAINTAIN CONNECTIVITY DURING THE POWER OUTAGES.
EQUIPMENT FOR THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY BACKUP DATA CENTERS HAS BEEN INSTALLED.
THE EQUIPMENT WAS SCALED TO GET US THROUGH THE NEXT FOUR YEARS OF DATA GROWTH.
SOME OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTING THE WIRED LAYERS OF THE DATA CENTERS WILL BE REPLACED WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR AS IT REACHES THE END OF USEFUL LIFE CYCLE.
ONE OF OUR GOALS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT IS THAT WE DON'T REPLACE SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T NEED IT YET.
WE WANT TO GET AS MANY YEARS AND GET THE LIFE OUT OF IT.
IF SOMETHING CAN BE PROCURED NOW TO OFFSET THE INCREASED COST, WE'LL PURCHASE IT NOW BUT REPLACE IT WHEN THE EQUIPMENT IS OUT OF DATE.
THE LAST ONE, THE NEW WIRELESS CONTROLLER AND ACCESS POINTS FOR THE DISTRICT WIDE WIFI SYSTEM HAS BEEN INSTALLED.
AGAIN, THIS WAS PROCURED FOR COST AVOIDANCE.
THE CONTROLLERS WILL BE REPLACED IN THE FALL OF 2026 AND THE ACCESS POINTS WILL BE REPLACED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS IN 27 AND 28.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE GOOD WIRELESS COVERAGE ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND ALL EQUIPMENT IS CURRENT AND UNDER WARRANTY.
OVER THE SPRING, 2000 TOUCHSCREEN LAPTOPS WERE DEPLOYED TO REPLACE ALL OUT OF WARRANTY INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF DEVICES.
WHEN A STRESS INSTRUCTIONAL, WE FOCUSED ON CLASSROOMS FIRST.
REMAINING DISTRICT WIDE STAFF DEVICES THAT ARE OUT OF WARRANTY WILL BE REPLACED WITH A STANDARDIZED SETUP, WHICH INCLUDES LAPTOP DOCKING STATION, MONITOR, AND WIRELESS MOUSE AND KEYBOARD.
CAMPUS AND DEPARTMENT REPLACEMENTS WILL BEGIN IN THE SPRING WITH FULL COMPLETION EXPECTED BY DECEMBER OF NEXT YEAR.
THE LAST ITEM IS THE NEW INVENTORY SYSTEM, WHICH WILL MAKE UP REFRESHING THE WARRANTY DEVICES MORE TIMELY AND EACH SEMESTER, ALSO AND KEEP ALL DEVICES WITHIN WARRANTY AT ALL TIMES.
THANK YOU. TRANSPORT, THESE ARE ALL YELLOW BUSES, REQUIRING CDL, SO WE HAVE RECEIVED THE 514 PASSENGER BUSES.
WE RECEIVED FOUR OF THE 15 SPECIAL ED BUSES.
THE REMAINING 11 ARE EXPECTED BEFORE JANUARY, AND THE 577 PASSENGER BUSES ARE EXPECTED IN EARLY FEBRUARY.
THESE ARE REPLACING OUT OF END OF LIFE OR AT OR BEYOND END OF LIFE, AND ALL OF THESE BUSES ARE EQUIPPED WITH SEAT BELTS.
THE WATER BOTTLE FILLING STATIONS, WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH PHASE 1, AND THAT INCLUDES ABOUT 75 UNITS AT 13 CAMPUSES.
THOSE CAMPUSES ARE CARRAWAY, LAUREL MOUNTAIN, LIVE OAK, POND SPRINGS, WELLS BRANCH, DEEPWOOD, AND CANYON VISTA.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE INSTALLED ALREADY.
WE ARE STILL LOOKING, BEFORE THE END OF DECEMBER, INSTALLING AT WESTWOOD, DEER PARK, CEDAR VALLEY, CHISHOLM TRAIL, ROUND ROCK, AND STONEY POINT.
WE TARGETED THE CAMPUSES WITH THE MOST WORK ORDERS.
WE'RE MAKING SURE ONE WE'RE TARGETING THOSE, BUT WE'RE ALSO TARGETING EVERY CAMPUS.
WHAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IS DO ALL OF THEM AT ONE CAMPUS.
BY THE END OF PHASE 2, WHICH IS EXPECTED LATE SPRING, WE SHOULD BE REPLACING SOME DRINKING FOUNTAINS FILLING STATIONS AT EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS ACROSS THE DISTRICT, AND THEY WILL BE THE ONES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE INTERRUPTION IN WORK ORDERS.
GO BACK ONE MORE. SORRY. DIGITAL MARQUES, WE HAVE STARTED THIS.
WE STARTED WITH BRUSHY CREEK, AND THAT IS A DRAFT UP THERE.
WE PLAN TO REPLACE 42 DISTRICT WIDE.
WE'RE STARTING WITH THIS ONE AND THEN IN DECEMBER, WE PLAN ON BRINGING NINE MORE TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.
THIS WILL IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE LIGHT CONTROLS.
IT WILL BE A CLOUD BASED CONTROL.
PRINCIPLES, COMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY, IF WE HAVE A WEATHER DAY AND WE NEED TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW, WE CAN POST A MESSAGE ON THAT FROM ANY LOCATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING IS THERE'S A COUPLE OF CAMPUSES IN UNION HILL IS ONE OF THEM THAT THE MARQUEE IS CURRENTLY UP AT THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, NOT OUT ON THE STREET.
WE'RE GOING TO BE RELOCATING WHEREVER WE CAN OUT TO THE STREET FOR MORE PUBLIC VISIBILITY.
IT'S A LITTLE MORE COSTLY BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO RUN POWER OUT THERE, BUT WE THINK WE'LL GET A LOT MORE COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
EACH MARQUEE, LIKE THIS ONE WILL BE CORRECTLY BRANDED AS PER THE ROUND ROCK ISD APPROVED BRANDING.
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IT IS A THREE BY EIGHT DIGITAL LED, SO IT WON'T JUST BE LETTERS, IT CAN BE GRAPHICS, AND DEPENDING ON WHAT CITY CODE ALLOWS, BUT THERE CAN BE DIFFERENT VIDEOS AND THINGS.BUT IT WILL BE STANDARDIZED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
THEY WILL ALL BE ROUGHLY 3-8 FOOT DEPENDING ON IF THE EXISTING CABINET CAN ACCOMMODATE A 3 BY 8, OR WE MAY CHANGE THE SLIDES A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT WILL BE MOSTLY OUR STANDARD SIZE.
THE BRUSHY CREEK MARQUEE SHOULD BE COMPLETE IN ROUGHLY THE END OF DECEMBER, EARLY JANUARY. GO AHEAD.
>> JENNIFER, CAN YOU PLAY THAT VIDEO?
>> WE HAD A VIDEO OF OUR LIGHTS WITH THE NEW STADIUM LIGHTS, WHICH WAS REALLY COOL, BUT THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY COOLER.
>> I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOT IN THE WORKS.
THE FIRST PART IS THE LIMITED SCOPE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, AND THESE PROJECTS, THERE'S NOT AN ADDITION OR GENERALLY ANY SITE WORK THAT IS INVOLVED WITH THEM.
THESE WOULD BE HVAC REPLACEMENT.
WE HAVE FOUR CAMPUSES IN THE WORKS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH HVAC, THREE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE NEW PLAYGROUNDS, SEVEN THAT WILL HAVE COMPLETE ROOFS REWORKED.
THEN WE HAVE SOME OTHER SCOPE LIKE CEILING AND FLOOR FINISHES.
ACROSS SPACE AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND INTERIOR EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS.
THE PACE OF THESE PROJECTS CAN BE FASTER BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO DO ANY SITE WORK DESIGN OR APPROVAL, GENERALLY, THE ONES WITH THE PLAYGROUNDS WILL, THAT ALLOWS US TO ACTUALLY GET WORKING ON A BIG CHUNK OF THESE PROJECTS THIS NEXT SUMMER.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PROJECTS, THE LARGER PROJECTS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ADDITIONS OR IN THE CASE OF MCNEIL, A LOT OF SITE WORK OR IN THE CASE OF WESTWOOD, A LOT OF SITE WORK THAT REQUIRES MUNICIPALITY APPROVAL.
WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE. WE WANT TO TOUCH BASE ON THE DESIGN PROCESS.
AS WE GO THROUGH THESE PROJECTS, WE'LL TALK ABOUT AT WHICH STAGE RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT BASED ON THIS.
THE FIRST STEP IN A LARGER PROJECT, AND THERE'S ONLY A FEW IN THIS BOND PROGRAM THAT ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS, BUT IT'S THE CAMPUS CONCEPT PLANNING.
THAT ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE GET INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS THAT WOULD BE NOT JUST FROM THE DISTRICT, BUT BASICALLY OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT, STUDENTS, PARENTS, ALUMNI, THAT KIND OF THING.
AT THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN IS WHERE WE START TO BRING IN THE PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE CAMPUS AND LEADERSHIP, AND THAT HELPS US FIGURE OUT THE PROGRAMMING, FIGURE OUT WHAT SPACES WE NEED.
AT DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO TIGHTEN EVERYTHING UP AND START GETTING TO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE DOCUMENTS.
THEN OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE GET TO CONSTRUCTION PHASE, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET ESTIMATES FROM THE CONTRACTOR AND GETTING THE DOCUMENTS READY FOR PERMITTING.
OBVIOUSLY, THE LAST STEP IS THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
>> THE FIRST PROJECT WE'RE GOING OVER IS MCNEIL.
IN THAT ONE, WE'RE RENOVATING SOME SPACES IN THE FOUR ORIGINAL WINGS, A, B, C AND G. THE BIGGEST AND TOUGHEST STAKEHOLDER WE HAD OUT THERE WAS A BUNCH OF BLIND SPIDERS, AND THEY FINALLY DECIDED THAT WE COULD PUT THE TENNIS COURTS NEXT TO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DO THE ROTC BUILDING, AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT.
WE'VE HAD PROBABLY 12 MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDERS TRYING TO GET TO THIS POINT.
WE ACTUALLY DID GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR ON THE ENTIRE CAMPUS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE COULD PLACE THINGS.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO THE ARTIFICIAL TURF AT THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS, AND THEN REPLACING THE WOODEN BLEACHERS IN THE SMALL GYM.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS WE'RE CONVERTING THE MAINTENANCE BUILDING INTO THE NEW ROTC BUILDING.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, AND OUR ESTIMATED PERMIT DATE WILL BE MAY 2026, OR IF EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY, NO MORE ISSUES BY THE BLIND SPIDERS, THEN WE'LL START WORK THIS NEXT SUMMER.
THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THIS ONE,
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AND SO WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON ESTIMATES ON MCNEIL.THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE INTERIOR BETWEEN THE A AND B WING, AND THIS IS A COMMON AREA SPACE WITH THE STAIRCASES AND ELEVATOR.
THIS IS SOME OF THE DRIVERS FOR THE DESIGN.
WE'RE TRYING TO MODERNIZE IT, BRING THOSE THREE OR FOUR WINGS INTO A MORE MODERN LOOK THAT MATCHES THE REST OF THE CAMPUS, CREATE SOME OUTDOOR LEARNING SPACES, BRING IN SOME MORE NATURAL LIGHT INTO THOSE AREAS.
INCREASE CLASSROOM SIZES, DISTRIBUTED AP AND COUNSELORS, AND ACADEMIC WINGS.
THEN ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS ART ON DISPLAY, AND THEN ALSO THE DEAF EDUCATION POPULATION.
YOU'LL SEE IN SOME OF THE FLOOR PLANS THAT THE AREAS THAT ARE IN THE CENTER OF THAT HAVE ROUNDED CORNERS AND THAT THING.
AGAIN, HERE'S A SITE PLAN. IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP, YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBER ONE IS WHERE THE RTC BUILDING IS.
NUMBER 2 IS WHERE THE TENNIS COURTS ARE GOING TO GO.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE ORIGINAL PAD FOR THE TENNIS COURTS AND THEN TURN IT INTO A PARKING LOT.
WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO DISTURB WHAT WE FOUND OUT IS THERE'S CAVERNS UNDERNEATH THE EXISTING TENNIS COURTS.
WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO DISTURB THOSE CAVERNS SO WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THAT CONCRETE THERE AND JUST USE IT AS TO PARKING IN THAT WAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO DISTURB ANYTHING.
AREAS 11, OR WHERE MOST OF THE INTERIOR RENOVATIONS ARE GOING TO GO.
HERE'S THE FLOOR PLANS OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TOUCHING.
THE AREAS IN DARK PURPLE THERE ARE HEAVY RENOVATIONS, AND THE AREAS IN LIGHT PURPLE ARE MORE LIKE LIGHT RENOVATIONS.
THEN HERE'S WHERE YOU COULD SEE WHERE WE ROUNDED OFF THE CORNERS IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
THEN RIGHT IN THE COURTYARD IS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S A COMMON AREA THAT I SHOWED YOU IN THE RENDERING.
THIS IS A MORE BLOWN-UP VIEW OF IT, AND YOU CAN SEE THESE ROUNDED CORNERS.
THIS IS SOME OF THE ATHLETICS IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE GOING TO MAKE.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE TRAINING AREAS UP TO ESPCS AND THE WEIGHT ROOM UP ESPCS.
RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE BELOW THAT.
THAT'S THE CONFIGURATION OF THE TENNIS COURTS.
THE BLEACHERS WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE SO THAT YOU'D HAVE BETTER SIGHT LINES WHEN THERE'S TOURNAMENTS GOING ON.
THEN AGAIN, AREA NUMBER 1 IS WHERE THE ROTC BUILDING WILL BE.
THIS IS JUST SOME DETAILS ABOUT THE ENTRY POINTS INTO THE ROTC, THE MEMORIAL WALKWAY, THE MARCHING PAD, AND THE BARRIER BETWEEN BASKETBALL AND ROTC.
THEN WE'VE PLANNED FOR A FUTURE CLASSROOM ADDITION.
THEN THAT'S THE FLOOR PLAN OF THE ROTC BUILDING.
ONE OF THE OTHER LARGER PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PRETTY FAR ALONG ON, WE'RE IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND ESTIMATED PERMIT IN JUNE 2026, IS BERKMAN ELEMENTARY, AND SO THAT'S A SIX-CLASSROOM ADDITION.
THAT'LL BE PRE K, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, AND THAT ALLOWS TO GET RID OF ALL THE PORTABLES IN THAT AREA, AND THEN WE'LL PUT IN THE ADA-COMPLIANT PLAYGROUND AREA.
WE'RE ALSO DOING SOME CEILING TILE AND CLASSROOM FLOORING UPGRADES AND RENOVATING THE ADMINISTRATIVE WING.
THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE WING AND THEN THE ADDITION, AND IT'S THAT AREA TO THE RIGHT, BASICALLY, AND THAT EXTERIOR RENDERING.
PART OF THIS CAMPUS ALSO HAS THE CITY FOX AUDITORIUM, WHICH WAS THE OLD ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING THAT BUILDING UP TO CODE AND STABILIZE IT.
WE'RE IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT THERE TOO, AND WE'VE ALSO SELECTED THE CONTRACTOR ON THIS.
WE'RE STARTING TO GET ESTIMATES ON THIS ONE.
SAME CONSTRUCTION PERMIT DATE, WHICH WOULD BE JUNE 2026.
WE'RE GOING TO UPGRADE ALL THE MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AND THEN PUT IN A SOUND AND VISUAL SYSTEM IN THERE SO THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MEETINGS OR THE DISTRICT CAN HAVE MEETINGS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ADDITION OF A NEW LOBBY IN SOME RESTROOMS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THAT BUILDING DOESN'T HAVE ANY RESTROOMS. THAT'S A RENDERING OF WHAT THE INTERIOR WILL MOST LIKELY LOOK LIKE, THEN THAT'S A RENDERING OF THE ADDITION AT THE FRONT WITH THE LOBBY.
THEN TO THE RIGHT OF THAT IS SOME SIGNAGE, AND THEN THAT'S WHERE THE RESTROOMS AND SOME OF THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT WILL GO.
RIGHT NOW, THE BUILDING HOUSES THE ORIGINAL DRAGON FROM THE ORIGINAL ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL,
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AND I DON'T HAVE THE RENDERING FOR THAT, BUT THAT'LL GET INCORPORATED INTO THE LOBBY, AND SO THAT'S THE PLAN RIGHT NOW.THE CORNERSTONE WILL GET INCORPORATED SOMEWHERE IN THAT WALL, WE THINK.
CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE LARGER PROJECTS.
IT'S A 24-CLASSROOM EDITION, CERAMICS LAB RENOVATION, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL TURF CONVERSION.
THEN WE'RE IN SCHEMATIC DESIGN THERE, AND WE'RE ESTIMATED PERMIT IN SEPTEMBER 2026.
DEERPARK MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ANOTHER OF THE BIGGER ADDITIONS THAT WE'RE DOING.
IT'S A 12-CLASSROOM EDITION, A DANCE STUDIO AUDITION, FOOTBALL FIELD, TURF CONVERSION, INTERIOR RENOVATIONS FIRE ALARM, AND WE'RE IN SCHEMATIC DESIGN RIGHT NOW ON THAT ONE.
WE DON'T HAVE AN ESTIMATED PERMIT DATE YET BECAUSE WE'RE STILL PRETTY EARLY ON THE DESIGN. EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY A PROJECT THAT FLOWS OVER FROM 2018-2024 BOND.
WE'VE GOT OUR TCO ON EARLY COLLEGE.
>> WHAT'S A TCO, SIR? YOU WANT TO SPELL IT, SORRY.
>> SORRY, TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
WE'LL HAVE THE PERMANENT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BY THE TIME CLASSES START, PROBABLY.
THAT ALLOWS US TO GET RID OF THOSE PORTABLES THAT WE'RE LEASING OUT THERE.
WE'LL HAVE A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY SOMETIME IN MID-JANUARY, BUT CLASSES WILL START IN JANUARY.
THIS IS ANOTHER ADDITION, A CLASSROOM ADDITION, IF I REMEMBER, IT'S LIKE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE. I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
THEN, SOME OTHER FIRE LANE MODIFICATIONS AND ALSO ANOTHER ADA PLAYGROUND.
AGAIN, WE'RE IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW, AND THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION PERMIT DATE, MAY 2026.
HERE'S A FLOOR PLAN OR A SITE PLAN OF WHERE WE THINK THE ADDITION IS GOING TO GO.
ERIN, WHO'S ACTUALLY RIGHT HERE, HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REDO THE FIRE LANE ON THAT SIDE AND THEN RELOCATE THE TWO PLAYGROUNDS.
WE'LL STILL HAVE SOME PORTABLES THERE, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET RID OF FIVE OF THEM, I THINK, THREE OF THEM.
GRISHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL IS AN INTERIOR REFRESH, LOCKER ROOMS, FINE ARTS, FLOOR, AND WALL FINISHES.
THIS IS AN HVAC RIFFING PROJECT, AND WE HAVE SOME WORK ON THE EXTERIOR WINDOWS.
THIS PROJECT IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE TURF CONVERSION AND SOME RESTROOMS FOR THE FOOTBALL FIELD, BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT GOES WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
THIS IS IN SCHEMATIC DESIGN, AND OUR CONSTRUCTION FOR THE FIRST PERMIT FOR THE INTERIOR PART WOULD BE IN FEBRUARY 2026.
PURPLE SAGE IT'S A SIMILAR SCOPE, WALL, PLUMBING FIXTURES, FIRE ALARM, HVAC, AND ROOFING.
AGAIN, WINDOWS, BIN SCHEMATIC DESIGN, AND THEN AN ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION PERMIT IN MAY 2026.
ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, THE LARGEST PROJECT THAT WE'LL HAVE IN THIS BOND.
OUR PLAN IS DEMO, BUILDINGS 100, 200, 300, 600, AND 700, AND APPROXIMATELY 140,000 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION.
WE'LL BE REPLACING THE ROOF AT 400, 800, AND 900 BUILDINGS, AND THEN FIRE ALARM UPGRADES AT 1000 AND 1,200 BUILDINGS.
THERE WILL BE SOME ATHLETICS AND LOCK ROOM IMPROVEMENTS.
ALSO, WE'RE DOING THE BASEBALL SOFTBALL FIELD TURF CONVERSION THERE, AND SOME CEILING REPLACEMENT, OBVIOUSLY, PARKING IMPROVEMENTS, AND THAT KIND OF THING.
WE'VE JUST STARTED THE CAMPUS MASTER PLANNING FOR THIS.
WE WILL PLAN TO HAVE SOME MEETINGS IN DECEMBER WITH SOME STAKEHOLDERS, AND THEN WE HOPE TO BE DONE WITH THAT MASTER PLAN BY MARCH 2026.
IT'S ALSO A CLASSROOM ADDITION.
WE'LL HAVE SOME NEW DANCE/ROTC IN THE ADDITIONS.
AGAIN, BASEBALL SOFTBALL CONVERSION, BATTING CAGES, AND THEN SOME RENOVATIONS TO THE FINE ARTS WING, AND THAT ALSO HAS A TRACK RESURFACE.
WE'RE IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AT THIS POINT.
WE'RE PRETTY FAR ALONG ON THIS PROJECT.
ESTIMATED WE'LL HAVE TWO PHASES TO THE CONSTRUCTION PERMIT.
THE FIRST CONSTRUCTION PERMIT WE'LL HAVE IN MARCH OF 2026, THAT ALLOWS US TO DO SOME WORK THIS SUMMER, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE SECOND PHASE, AND IT WILL BE IN AUGUST 2026.
HERE'S SOME RENDERINGS OF SOME OF THE SPACES AT THIS POINT.
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SUPPORT SERVICES BUILDING.THIS IS WHERE WE'LL HAVE SOME STORAGE FOR FINE ARTS, DISTRIBUTION, AND THEN MAINTENANCE.
THE THING THAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS IS THAT THE ROTC BUILDING AT MCNEIL HAS MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT IN IT, AND IT HAS TO GO TO THIS FACILITY.
THIS ONE ACT, A PIECE OF IT HAS TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE WE CAN START TO WORK ON THE ROTC BUILDING AT MCNEIL.
THOSE TWO PROJECTS WILL HAVE THE SAME GENERAL CONTRACTOR, AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO SCHEDULE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH TRYING TO GET THOSE PROJECTS FINISHED UP.
SUPPORT SERVICES WILL HAVE THE FAMILIES AND TRANSITION SPACE, AND THEN ALSO HAVE THE ROBOTICS FOR THE EAST SIDE OF THE DISTRICT.
PHASE 1, CONSTRUCTION PERMIT IS ESTIMATED IN MARCH 2026, AND THEN PHASE 2 WOULD BE JUNE 2026.
IN FACT, I THINK THE BUILDING PERMITS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, I HEARD TODAY SO THAT ALLOW US TO START ON THE SPACE FOR DISTRIBUTION AND THEN FOR THE MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT.
THESE ARE TWO STUDIES FOR THAT SPACE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A THIRD STUDY THAT WE JUST GOT TODAY, BUT I WASN'T ABLE TO GET IT IN HERE, WHICH WE THINK MAY WORK BETTER.
THIS ONE HAS THE ROBOTICS ON THE NORTH SIDE, CLOSER TO STONEY POINT.
THEN THIS ONE HAS IT MORE TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
WE FIGURED OUT THERE'S A BETTER PLACE FOR IT, WE THINK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUILDING, AND THE FAMILY'S TRANSITION AREA IS THAT AREA THAT'S YELLOW, PEACH COLOR, AND THEN THE FINE ART STORAGE AREA IS THE GREEN AREA.
WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. THAT ONE IS MAINLY ATHLETICS WORK.
WE'RE GOING TO REDO THE GIRLS' LOCKER ROOM IN THE MAIN BUILDING.
WE HAVE TO DO A TRACK REBUILD.
THIS TRACK IS NOT JUST A RESURFACE.
THERE'S SOME STRUCTURAL ISSUES WITH IT, SO WE'RE GOING TO END UP REBUILDING IT.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A TENNIS COURTS RESURFACE, AND THEN THE BASEBALL SOFTBALL CONVERSION.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN MODULAR LOCKER ROOM REST ROOMS OUT AT THE BASEBALL SOFTBALL FIELDS.
THIS ONE'S IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.
THIS PROJECT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHERS IN THAT WESTWOOD ACTUALLY HAS THREE DIFFERENT ADDRESSES.
IT'S IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, SO WE'RE GOING TO END UP PULLING FIVE DIFFERENT PERMITS ON IT.
WE'LL PULL THREE FOR THE FIRST SUMMER AND THEN TWO FOR THE NEXT SUMMER.
THEN THAT ALLOWS US TO ACCELERATE SOME OF THE PROJECT.
WE'RE HOPING TO GET THE INTERIOR LOCKER ROOM, THE TENNIS COURT, AND THE BASEBALL SOFTBALL FIELDS DONE, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE OTHER REST OF IT IN THE SECOND PHASE.
THIS IS A SITE PLAN FOR THOSE THREE DIFFERENT AREAS, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY'RE SEPARATED. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. TRUSTEES. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE WEI.
>> I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, AS YOU SAID.
QUICK COMMENTS. I REALIZED THE DASHBOARD YOU GUYS CREATED.
COMPARED TO LAST TIME, IS A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT, AND IT'S A GOOD TOOL TO KEEP TRANSPARENCY FOR COMMUNITY.
THE OTHER COMMENT I HAPPEN TO BE IN THE JAGIELLON STADIUM BEFORE AND AFTER YOU CHANGED THE LINE. IT'S QUITE DIFFERENT.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE COMMUNITY'S INVESTMENT ON OUR CAMPUS, STADIUMS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
>> WE'RE PLANNING ON CHANGING OUT THE LIGHTING AT THE REST OF THE CAMPUSES AND AT THE BASEBALL SOFTBALL FIELDS, TOO.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M MOST EXCITED IN WHAT WE'VE HEARD SO FAR IS THE DIMMER SWITCHES IN THE CLASSROOMS. AGAIN, TELL YOU HOW MANY CLASSROOMS I'VE BEEN IN THAT TEACHERS HAVE CLOTH OVER THE LIGHTS, OR THEY TURN HALF THE LIGHTS OFF, OR I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ALIKE ARE GOING TO REALLY ENJOY BEING ABLE TO CONTROL THE LIGHT IN THEIR CLASSROOM.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT HAPPENS, AND TO OUR VOTERS FOR PASSING THIS BOND.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, JESSE QUEER.
>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM AND EVERYBODY WHO'S PART OF THIS PROGRESS, AND THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR HELPING FUND THESE PROJECTS.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE PORTABLES AT ECH?
RIGHT NOW, ACC IS THINKING ABOUT LEASING THOSE PORTABLES.
WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY HEARD THE FINAL DECISION ABOUT THAT.
DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING?
>> THAT WOULD SAVE US QUITE A BIT OF MONEY, RIGHT?
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SO WE WON'T HAVE TO MOVE THEM.THEY'RE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH TESLA TO POSSIBLY USE THOSE PORTABLES AT ACC.
WE WOULD JUST TURN OVER THE CONTRACT FROM US TO THEM, SO WE'LL BE DONE WITH THEM.
>> THEY'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT JUST TAKING OVER THE FURNITURE THAT WE HAVE THERE.
>> THAT'S ANOTHER SAVING ON ANO SIDE, BY THE WAY, IF YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS ALREADY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THAT MONEY ANYMORE.
>> IN MY LAST COMMENT, REALLY A SUGGESTION ON THE DASHBOARD ON THE DETAILS PAGE, IS THERE ANY WAY TO HAVE THE PROJECT HIGHLIGHT WHENEVER IT SLIPS IN ESTIMATED COMPLETION?
>> LET ME THINK ABOUT WHEN WE DO THAT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT TRUSTEE ZARATE HAS JOINED US.
DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, DR. AZAIEZ?
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY WE STILL HAVE THE CTE BUILDING.
WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT IN A MINUTE.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU PROBABLY ANXIOUS TO TALK ABOUT THAT, TOO, BUT WE HAVE IT NEXT.
>> WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST HERE THAT'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> I THINK WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON.
>> I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ERIN ORKIN WITH CORGAN, AND SHE'S GOING TO GO THROUGH THE CTE BUILDING AND OUR DESIGN PROCESS WITH THAT.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD TRUSTEES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AND SHARE THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE ON THE CTE CENTER.
THIS IS AN EXCITING PROJECT AND WE'RE REALLY ENJOYING THE PROCESS SO FAR WORKING WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP TEAM.
IF YOU AREN'T FAMILIAR, YOU PURCHASED THIS LOVELY BUILDING OFF OF 9,900 SPECTRUM DRIVE.
IT'S ABOUT 200,000 SQUARE FEET AND HAS AMPLE PARKING ON SITE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR PHASE 1 IS INTERIOR.
BUT THERE'S A FEW EXTERIOR COMPONENTS TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT SAFE ACCESS DRIVES FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS THAT WILL BE INSTALLING IN PHASE 1 AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD WAY FINDING FOR FOLKS AS THEY'RE NAVIGATING THE SITE.
A COUPLE OF THOSE EXTERIOR INSTALLATIONS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE ENTRIES THAT STUDENTS AND CUSTOMERS WILL BE ABLE TO USE.
THE MAIN STUDENT ENTRY IS ON THE FAR RIGHT.
THEN WE HAVE A CTE FOCUSED AUTO BODY CUSTOMER ENTRY AND AN 18 PLUS AND CTE SALON ENTRY, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING IN PHASE 1 A FEW MINUTES.
BUT THESE ARE FOCUSED ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FRONTAGE.
MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS HAVE A PLACE TO GET OUT OF THE WEATHER AND KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING IS IMPORTANT FOR THESE ENTRY COMPONENTS.
NOW MOVING INTO THE FUND STUFF.
WHAT'S GOING ON IN PHASE 1? YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THE LIST OF PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR PHASE 1 IMPLEMENTATION.
THESE ARE A COMBINATION OF DISTRICT NEEDS AND CERTIFICATIONS THAT WILL SERVE STUDENTS SO THEY CAN GET THOSE CERTIFICATIONS AND MOVE DIRECTLY INTO THE WORKFORCE OR GO APPLY FOR FURTHER MORE ADVANCED CERTIFICATIONS.
THERE'S A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THAT IN SELECTING THESE PROGRAMS TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
THEN OF COURSE, TRYING TO GET A WIDE RANGE OF STUDENT INTEREST.
YOU HAVE HANDS ON TECHNICAL TRADES, YOU HAVE MORE ADVANCED STEM TYPE CAREER PATHWAYS, AND YOU HAVE MORE ARTISTIC ONES LIKE COSMETOLOGY.
I'M VERY IMPORTANT A NEW HOME FOR 18 PLUS.
AS WE'VE JUST ROTATED, WE'RE STARTING TO MOVE YOU INTO 3D, WE'RE GOING TO SHOWCASE AN AXONOMETRIC LIKE BIRD'S EYE VIEW AS IF WE'RE FLYING OVER THE BUILDING OF EACH OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAM AREAS.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE PARTS AND PIECES THAT WILL MAKE UP THOSE AREAS.
VERY FIRST STUDENT HUB BECAUSE THIS WILL SERVE ALL FIVE OF YOUR HIGH SCHOOLS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS A COMMON PLACE FOR STUDENTS TO SIT DOWN, GATHER IN BETWEEN PERIODS OR WHILE THEY'RE WAITING FOR TRANSPORTATION.
THIS WILL BE THAT FIRST ENTRY POINT FOR STUDENTS WHEN THEY COME INTO THE BUILDING WITH SOME COLLABORATIVE FURNITURE, AND BRANDING OPPORTUNITIES TO SAY THAT THIS IS A PLACE WHERE ALL THE STUDENTS CAN BE WELCOME TO SIT AND TAKE A MOMENT OF PAUSE.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE AUTO MECHANIC PROGRAMS AT A COUPLE OF YOUR HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT THIS WILL BE YOUR FIRST AUTO BODY, WHICH WILL HAVE PAINT BOOTH, IT'LL HAVE WELDING, AND IT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH A LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATION SO THAT STUDENTS CAN MOVE DIRECTLY INTO THAT WORKFORCE AND GAIN THAT VALUABLE ONSITE TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR AUTO BODY AND COLLISION REPAIR.
>> IF YOU MAY ADD ALSO THAT ALL THE PACKS OR SPECIFICATION FOR ALL THESE BUILDINGS, WE WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, EXACTLY FOR THAT PURPOSE BECAUSE WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO EARN AT LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATION, WHICH TYPICALLY REQUIRES 15-20 COLLEGE HOURS WHILE THEY ARE WITH US. THANK YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THAT WAS A HUGE DRIVER IN MAKING SURE THAT THE SPACES WERE SIZED APPROPRIATELY FOR THE RIGHT NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND THE RIGHT COMPONENTS THAT THEY'LL NEED TO EARN THOSE CERTIFICATE HOURS SO THAT THIS IS A HOLISTIC SOLUTION FOR THAT PATHWAY FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE ENGAGING IN IT.
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NEXT UP ON THE SCREEN, YOU SEE THE ELECTRICAL TRADES PROGRAM, WHICH WILL HAVE A LARGE LAB SPACE WHERE STUDENTS CAN LEARN HOW TO BECOME AN ELECTRICIAN.THEY'LL BE WIRING JUNCTION BOXES, LEARNING ABOUT VOLTAGE AND AMPERAGE, AND EVERYTHING IT TAKES TO BE AN ELECTRICIAN APPRENTICE AND HOPEFULLY EVENTUALLY A JOURNEYMAN.
THERE'S A GREAT LAB SPACE WHERE THEY GET THE HANDS ON TECHNICAL WORK AND THEN A SHARED CLASSROOM THAT WILL SERVE THIS PROGRAM AND POTENTIALLY SOME OTHERS.
WE HEARD EARLIER ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT YOU'VE SEEN IN YOUR ROBOTICS PROGRAM.
THIS WILL BE A PRACTICE FACILITY THAT COULD BE SHARED ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS WHERE THEY CAN BUILD THEIR ROBOTS PRACTICE AND BE PREPARED FOR THOSE COMPETITIONS COMING UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THEN WE MOVE INTO THE SEMICONDUCTOR.
WE KNOW THAT IN OUR REGION, SEMICONDUCTOR IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND LOOKING FOR A HIGH PAYING, REALLY LARGE OPPORTUNITY FOR A CAREER PATHWAY.
THE SEMICONDUCTOR PROGRAM WILL GIVE THEM THOSE FIRST LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATION CREDENTIALS WHERE THEY CAN LEARN ABOUT WHAT'S REQUIRED FOR THE PROGRAM AND GAIN THOSE ESSENTIAL SKILLS WHILE THEY'RE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL.
WE KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN SOUGHT AFTER IN DISTRICT FOR A LONG TIME, LOT OF INTERESTING COSMETOLOGY.
THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY FUN SPACE TO DEVELOP.
YOU'VE GOT A LARGE SALON THAT WILL SERVICE HAIR AND NAIL CARE, AND ALSO YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF MANICURE PEDICURE STATIONS.
THEN OF COURSE, AN ADJACENT CLASSROOM THAT CAN BE USED FOR THAT INITIAL TOUCH BASE TEACHING STUDENTS, AND POTENTIAL OVERFLOW OF THE SALON IF YOU NEEDED IT.
THIS WILL BE A NEW HOME FOR 18+.
YOU'VE GOT MULTIPLE COMPONENTS HERE INCLUDING BREAKOUT SPACES FOR STUDENTS LEARNING AND FLEX CLASSROOMS WHERE THEY CAN DEVELOP NECESSARY SKILLS TO MOVE OUT INTO THE WORKFORCE, A MOTOR SKILLS ROOM, AND THEN AN APARTMENT STYLE SUITE LIKE YOU WOULD SEE IN YOUR LIFE SKILLS UNITS IN YOUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
BUT ALSO KNOWING THAT THE ONSITE INTEGRATION OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WOULD GIVE THEM ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND TO BE ENGAGED WITH SOME OF THOSE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. IT'S BEEN GREAT TO BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THIS INTO THE CTE CENTER.
I WENT THROUGH THAT VERY QUICKLY, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TRY AND ANSWER THEM.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, TRUSTEE WEI.
>> JUST ONE QUESTION. WOULD YOU MIND TO EXPLAIN THE TIMELINE? WHAT'S THE STANDARD OF STAGE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW?
>> YES, SIR. WE ARE IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.
ALL THE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED, THAT WAS A LENGTHIER PROCESS THAN THE BEGINNING, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE RIGHT PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED FOR THIS FIRST PHASE AND WORKING THROUGH SINCE ITS MAJORITY AND INTERIOR RENOVATION.
THERE ARE SOME SITE COMPONENTS THAT I POINTED OUT, SO WE'LL BE GOING FOR A PERMIT IN THE SPRING WITH THE HOPES TO BRING YOU A GMP AT THE MARCH OR APRIL BOARD MEETING.
THAT'S WHERE WE'LL GET BASICALLY THE CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
>> TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE HOPE TO GET FINISH 2027, RIGHT?
>> YES. TO OPEN IN AUGUST OF 2027.
>> WE ARE HOPING WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH EARLIER, BUT THE LATEST WOULD FOLLOWED.
>> WE'RE BRINGING YOUR VOTING ON THAT CONTRACTOR, I THINK, TODAY AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> THIS QUESTION IS PROBABLY TO DOCTOR AND DR. NICHOLS.
OBVIOUSLY, FOR ELECTRICAL COSMETOLOGY BODY SHOP, WE NEED SUPPLIES.
HOW IS THE DISTRICT PROVIDING THAT?
FOR SEMICONDUCTOR, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE GOING TO BE THE FIRST AND PROBABLY ONLY A SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE A SEMICONDUCTOR PROGRAM, HOUSE WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THERE ARE A SEMICONDUCTOR PROGRAMS, LET'S SAY IN ACC, TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
BUT IF THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS OR SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTICIPATING, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO BUS, STUDENTS TO THOSE LOCATION.
I'M NOT AWARE OF A LOT OF THEM ARE DOING IT, BUT OUR PARTNERSHIP IS ACTUALLY WILL BE WITH AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AUSTIN COLLEGE, THEY ARE APPLYING FOR A GRANT, THAT WILL PROVIDE ABOUT ROUGHLY $350,000 WORTH OF EQUIPMENT.
THEY FEEL VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT.
WE ALSO HAVE A PLAN B, JUST THINK THE GRANT DOESN'T WORK OUT, BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT THAT ACC WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE EQUIPMENT AND WE'LL BE PART OF THIS PARTNERSHIP.
WE ALSO WILL HAVE POTENTIAL BUSINESS PARTNER.
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WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATION WITH SAMSUNG RIGHT NOW.WE'RE HOPING THAT SAMSUNG WILL COME THROUGH.
BUT AGAIN, IF SAMSUNG DOESN'T COME THROUGH, MAYBE WE HAVE ALSO PLAN B.
THAT'S FOR SEMICONDUCTOR FOR THE ELECTRIC TRADE WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE TEXAS WORKFORCE, AND THEY ALREADY CONNECTED US WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER GAS UNION OR THAT DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION.
THEY ARE WILLING TO PROVIDE SOME EQUIPMENT TO US AND ALSO PROVIDE SOME INTERNSHIPS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
ALL THESE EFFORTS THAT YOU SEE, IT'S ALL IN COLLABORATION WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION, HIGHER AD LIKE ACC.
THE CASE OF COUSINOLOGY IS NOT ACC BECAUSE WE DON'T OFFER DUAL COLLEGE.
WE HAVE ANOTHER PARTNER FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE BUSINESS PARTNERS WHO ARE GOING TO HELP US PROVIDE THIS EQUIPMENT.
AGAIN, THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, WE WILL HAVE TO TAP INTO OUR CTE FUNDING.
AS YOU KNOW, THE MORE STUDENTS WE HAVE INTO THESE PROGRAMS, THE MORE POTENTIAL FUNDING WE CAN GET, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, FROM THE STATE.
WE CAN POTENTIALLY TAP IN INTO THOSE FUNDING FROM THE STATE THAT'S THE LAST RESORT.
>> ANYONE ELSE? I JUST HAD ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION ABOUT THE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS AND GATHERING INPUT.
JUST TO CLARIFY IF IT'S A CAMPUS PROJECT, THAT PROCESS IS DRIVEN BY THE PRINCIPAL, CORRECT?
>> YES. PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP TEAM OR ANYBODY WHO WANTS OR SHE WANTS TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION, OBVIOUSLY, IN SOME CASES, WE'LL HAVE MELANIE MAYBE ATTENDING SOME OF THESE MEETINGS.
OBVIOUSLY, WE WILL HAVE THE ARCHITECTS THERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT IF IT'S LIKE CTE, THE CTE, CENTRAL OFFICE, FOLKS LIKE MYSELF, NATALIE, RODRIGO, DENNIS WILL BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT'S THE DISTRICT WIDE INITIATIVE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING FAIR AND ALSO PROVIDED SOME CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE BOARD, WHERE WE ARE MAKING SURE EVERY STUDENT HAS THE SAME ACCESS TO THESE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.
>> I JUST WANT TO MENTION, WE ALSO DID SURVEYS, WHICH ANNIE AND ZACH DID FOR MANY OF THESE PROJECTS.
WE JUST GOT BACK THE RESULTS FOR THE ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL.
CTU IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT'S A DISTRICT WIDE PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.
I KNOW I'VE RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY WANTING TO PROVIDE INPUT.
WELL, I SAY EARLY BEFORE ANY OF THIS EVEN, WE GOT THE BALL ROLLING.
I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.
IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS, THEY KNOW WHO TO REACH OUT TO.
I JUST WANT TO ECHO MY GRATEFULNESS, MY APPRECIATION TO THE COMMUNITY FOR PASSING THIS BOND AND FOR SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO MORE OF THESE REPORTS.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM QUARTERLY.
IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT QUARTERLY?
>> YES, WE'LL HAVE QUARTERLY UPDATES.
>> BUT WHAT YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THIS STUFF ALSO HAPPENING ON OUR WEBSITE.
IF YOU DIDN'T GO TO OUR BOND WEBSITE, OUR TEAM ZACH AND ANNIE AND HER TEAM ARE REALLY WORKED HARD AND MAKE SURE THAT AGAIN, WE ARE ADDING THINGS AS WE GO.
WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING STORIES OR VIDEOS ABOUT AS WE COMPLETE PROJECTS AND SO OUR COMMUNITY CAN SEE THE PROGRESS.
THEY'RE INVESTING THEIR TAXPAYERS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY SEE IT AT WORK.
THE SEE THAT ACTUALLY WE ARE GETTING IT DONE FOR THEM AND FOR OUR STUDENTS.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE MULTIPLE TOUCH POINTS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS. TRUSTEE QUER.
>> ONE FINAL THING. I KNOW THIS BUILDING IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE DEMO HERE IN ROUND ROCK.
I WANT TO JUST PUT IN MY $0.02 IN IT AND SUGGEST THAT WE UTILIZE FOR FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS, THE CITY FOLKS AUDITORIUM. THAT'S ALL.
>> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A LONG DRIVE FOR SOME OF US.
>> THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
IT IS 7:39 AND WE'LL COME BACK AT 7:50, SO WORK FOR EVERYONE, 7:50.
IT'S 7:39, AND WE ARE IN RECESS.
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WE ARE MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM H ACTION ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION BY CONSENT.I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TRUSTEE LANDRUM.
>> I THINK IT'S AGENDA ITEM G1.
[G. DISCUSSION ITEMS]
>> THAT'S OKAY. GMS ARE REALLY FAMOUS.
>> LOOK, IT'S LATE ON THE THURSDAY BEFORE.
>> IT'S ALMOST A HOLIDAY MERRY CHRISTMAS ITEM G.
>> EVERYONE JUST ERASE THAT FORM ALREADY.
>> [LAUGHTER] DO I HAVE TO COUNT THOSE MINUTES RIGHT THERE.
[LAUGHTER] THIS IS OUR SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER.
WE SPENT 34.4% TALKING ABOUT STUDENT OUTCOMES.
WE ARE DEFINITELY OVER OUR TARGET OF 25%.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM G.2.
THIS IS AN AGENDA ITEM BROUGHT FORTH BY TRUSTEE ROSS, SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HER.
>> THANK YOU. ACCORDING TO OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO REVIEW THE ONBOARDING PROCESS FOR NEW TRUSTEES EVERY YEAR.
TO BE EFFICIENT IN OUR MEETING TIMES, WHICH I KNOW IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US ALL AND MAKE SURE WE FOCUS ON STUDENT OUTCOMES.
I PROPOSE A DISCUSSION OF STARTING AN ROUND ROCK COMMITTEE THAT COULD HAVE A SHORTENED SCOPE, LIMITED TO REVIEWING OUR ONBOARDING AND RESEARCHING ANY POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS.
I WOULD PUT FORTH, I GUESS, THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD JUST KEEP IT SIMILAR TO WHAT OUR NORMAL COMMITTEES ARE ON 2-3 MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OR BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT.
>> JUST AS A REMINDER, ANY COMMITTEE THAT'S FORMED IS DONE BY CONSENSUS.
IT'S NOT AN ACTION ITEM THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE ON.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW OUR ONBOARDING PROCESS FOR NEW TRUSTEES? TRUSTEE WEIR.
>> I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION IS, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
LOOKING FORWARD TO IN A YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE POSSIBLY NEW TRUSTEES.
WELL, I KNOW WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST ONE.
I'M CURIOUS ARE YOU ENVISIONING CREATING A COMMITTEE THAT'S ONGOING OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAYBE MEET FOR A FEW MONTHS BEFORE EACH NOVEMBER OR?
>> I'M ALSO FAIRLY NEW TO THE BOARD.
WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT A STANDING COMMITTEE BUT AD HOC COMMITTEE.
THAT WOULD BE A LIMITED SCOPE, SHORTENED TIME PERIOD.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE WOULD START THE COMMITTEE, BUT NORMALLY THAT'S PROBABLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE THAT'S IN STATE THIS YEAR THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK OR INFORMATION THERE.
THAT'S WHAT STARTS PUSHING US FURTHER INTO MAY, THEN WE'RE IN BUDGET SEASON.
I REALLY WOULD LOVE, DISCUSSION ON THIS AND FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE MORE EXPERIENCED.
BUT INSTEAD OF JUST RUBBER STAMPING IT, I THINK WE HAVE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A SYSTEM IN PLACE.
>> WHICH ADMIN DO YOU IMAGINE THE COMMITTEE WORKING WITH, WOULD IT BE LEGAL? BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THE ONBOARDING IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO DO.
>> ARE YOU IMAGINING JUST TRUSTEES OR TRUSTEES AND CERTAIN ADMIN?
>> WELL, THE TRUSTEES WOULD REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD.
I DID NOT THINK ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD PARTNER WITH THE DISTRICT AND YES, LEGAL WOULD BE SEEMS LIKE IT.
THANK YOU. BUT THAT AGAIN, WOULD BE, I'M TURNING TOWARDS MY MORE EXPERIENCED MEMBERS ON THE DAIS TO HELP NAVIGATE THAT PROCESS.
WHAT YOU GUYS THINK IS THE MOST.
BUT IT'S PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO INCLUDE LEGALLY.
>> ONE MORE CLARIFYING QUESTION.
ARE YOU IMAGINING MORE OF A LSG COMPONENT THAT COMES INTO THAT EARLY ON BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE REALLY DO THAT.
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I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVEN HAD ANY OF THAT IN YOUR ONBOARDING.BUT MAYBE IT IS SOMETHING THAT OVER THE SUMMER THE TRUSTEES DO, MAYBE EVEN JULY.
THEN WHEN ADMIN COMES BACK, YOU COULD SAY, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE THINKING WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO ONBOARDING AND THEN WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON HOW THAT WOULD HAPPEN?
>> I THINK THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, WHOEVER IT IS, IF WE STICK WITH CURRENT POLICY, THEY SUBMIT THEIR NAMES BOARD PRESIDENT APPOINTS THEM, WOULD GO THROUGH WHAT WE CURRENTLY ALREADY DO AND THEN SEE AND MAYBE DISCUSS AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT, THEN COME AND REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD, THEN WE CAN DECIDE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
THERE IS NO ACTION ON THE COMMITTEE.
THEY HAVE TO REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD.
I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE FOR THEM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT COMPONENTS NEED TO BE ADDED, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE? MAYBE NOTHING NEEDS TO BE DIFFERENT.
MAYBE IT'S ABSOLUTELY LOVELY. I DON'T KNOW.
>> I WOULD NOT KNOW. I WAS TO SAY THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.
BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I DID IT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW PREPARED YOU FELT.
I KNOW FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO, IT WAS SEVEN.
WE JUST WENT INTO THE CONFERENCE ROOM AND WE SAT FOR A DAY, AND THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IT.
YES, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, AND MAYBE EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO'VE JUST MORE RECENTLY DONE IT WOULD BE ACTUALLY THE BETTER PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU CAN REMEMBER BETTER THAN.
>> YEAH. I THINK THAT WE JUST HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF WELL, YOU'VE ALREADY SAID ONE PERSON IS NOT GOING, BUT WE HAVE SUCH WONDERFUL INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT WE NEED TO CREATE SYSTEMS ON HOW TO PASS THAT DOWN FOR THE SAKE OF THE DISTRICT.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CREATE SOMETHING AND WE'RE IN CHARGE OF THAT ON BOARDING PROCESS, NOT ACCORDING TO OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING THAT. NOT DISTRICT.
>> TRUSTEE LANDRUM, YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
>> GREAT QUESTIONS. GREAT IDEA.
MY ONLY CONCERN IS, WE GOT RID OF COMMITTEES IN 2021, 2020.
>> I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 2019, AND WE DECIDED AS A BOARD, WEREN'T GOING TO DO COMMITTEES.
BECAUSE IT ENDED UP BEING DOUBLE WORK FOR EVERYTHING, AND DOUBLE WORK FOR ADMINISTRATION, DOUBLE WORK FOR TRUSTEES, AND WE ADDED IT TO OUR POLICY.
WE DON'T HAVE COMMITTEES, BUT WE'VE GOTTEN AROUND IT BY SAYING WE CAN HAVE AN AD HOC.
BUT SOME OF OUR AD HOC NOW STICK AROUND FOR A WHILE, LIKE OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
I DON'T WANT TO OPPOSE TO IT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO START ADDING THESE COMMITTEES THAT WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE UPDATING OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES TO SAY THAT WE ALLOW COMMITTEES AGAIN AND GO BACK TO A FUNDAMENTAL DECISION OF, DO WE WANT COMMITTEES? BECAUSE THAT WAS 12 TRUSTEES AGO THAT WERE SITTING ON THIS DAIS WHEN THAT DECISION WAS MADE.
WE HAD AN ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMITTEE THAT AMY CHAIRED AND THEN I CHAIRED.
WE HAD A FINANCE COMMITTEE AND IT WAS JUST A LOT OF DOUBLE WORK FOR ADMINISTRATION.
THAT'S JUST MY CONCERN OF WE ADD ANOTHER AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WE'RE GOING AGAINST WHAT WE DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET RID OF COMMITTEES, AND WE NEED TO ADD THAT BACK INTO OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S BEEN SEVEN YEARS SINCE I ONBOARDED.
I SAT THROUGH QUITE A FEW AS PRESIDING OFFICER, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW AND WHAT MORE CHANGES NEED TO HAPPEN.
IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING TO REVIEW.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT COMMITTEES MOVING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU. I THINK THAT MAYBE THAT'S A SEPARATE ISSUE, LIKE YOU SAID THAT WE COULD BRING UP AND LOOK AT OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES BECAUSE I DO THINK WE HAVE FOUND VALUE IN THE COMMITTEE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, BUT DON'T NECESSARILY NEED ALL OF THOSE OTHER COMMITTEES.
POLICY COMMITTEE IS ONE THAT COMES TO MIND BECAUSE I KNOW OTHER DISTRICTS DO THAT.
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I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S NOT DOUBLE WORK.I THINK THAT MAYBE THAT'S ANOTHER DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE CONSENSUS TO GO AHEAD AND CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR REVIEWING OUR ONBOARDING PROCESS FOR NEW TRUSTEES? OKAY. WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL JUST ADD THIS IN DECEMBER.
WHEN WE REVIEW OUR COMMITTEES AND LOOK AT TURNING OVER COMMITTEES, WE'LL ADD THIS COMMITTEE ON AND WE'LL DO THE SAME PROCESS OF SUBMITTING NAMES WITH YOUR RANKED CHOICES, AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM G3, FIRST READING OF TASB POLICY UPDATE 126.
I KNOW IT'S THE ONE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR.
IT'S THE LARGEST UPDATE THAT TASB HAS HAD IN QUITE SOME TIME.
IF NOT, IS THE BIGGEST ONE EVER? YEAH. IT'S THE BIGGEST ONE WE'VE HEARD IS THE BIGGEST ONE EVER.
I HAVE PROVIDED TO YOU ALL BACK IN THE END OF OCTOBER, A FULL POLICY PACKET THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE LEGAL POLICIES AS WELL AS THE LOCAL POLICIES WITH THE COMPARISONS AND THE UPDATES.
WE HAVE FOR THE PUBLIC INCLUDED THE FULL POLICY UPDATES THAT IS AVAILABLE ON OUR AGENDA AS ONE OF THE ATTACHMENTS.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO ANY OF THE LEGAL POLICIES, WHICH AS YOU GUYS WILL REMEMBER ARE THAT'S WHAT THE LAW IS.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE.
BUT IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, THEN THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE WE SHOULD BEGIN TO LOOK.
TONIGHT, RATHER THAN GO THROUGH THE 1,400 PAGES OF ALL OF THE POLICIES, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE UPDATED.
WE CAN, I KNOW THAT TRUSTEE ZARATE IS READY FOR IT.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO JUST FOCUS ON THE CHANGES TO THE LOCAL POLICIES.
ALSO, I'D LIKE EVERYBODY TO REMEMBER ALL OF OUR PARENTS AND OUR FAMILIES THAT OUR BOARD QUESTIONS ARE INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA.
SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS HAD SOME QUESTIONS BEFORE THE MEETING AND WE'VE INCLUDED THOSE ON THE AGENDA SO YOU CAN SEE THE ANSWERS TO THOSE.
YOU SEE SITTING NEXT TO ME IS OUR ESTEEMED SENIOR STAFF ATTORNEY AND FORMER POLICY PERSON AT TASB SENIOR STAFF ATTORNEY JASMINE WHITEMAN.
JASMINE IS GOING TO DO THE SECOND PART, SO I GET TO START OFF WITH OUR B, C, AND D POLICIES.
LET'S START WITH THE BE LOCAL. CAN YOU ALL SEE THAT? AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE GOT A CHANGE TO THE MEETING PLACE AND TIME.
THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE NEW LAW THAT SAYS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE MEETINGS OUTSIDE OF TYPICAL WORKING HOURS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE LONG DONE IN THIS DISTRICT.
SORRY. GOING BACK TO PAGE TWO, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE CHANGED THE LANGUAGE AT THE NOTICE TO THE MEMBERS.
THAT'S BEEN ADJUSTED TO REFLECT HB 1522, WHICH REQUIRES BOARD AGENDAS TO BE POSTED THREE BUSINESS DAYS RATHER THAN 72 HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE ON PAGE TWO, PARAGRAPH TWO, IT IS NOT HIGHLIGHTED, BUT THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO HB 1522, AGENDA ITEMS MUST BE SUBMITTED 10 CALENDAR DAYS BEFORE A MEETING.
THIS REQUIRES A ROLL CALL VOTING, SO THE LANGUAGE ON THE RECORD VOTE HAS BEEN REVISED ACCORDINGLY.
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YOU WILL SEE THAT A PARAGRAPH IN THE MINUTES SECTION HAS BEEN REMOVED AS THE STATEMENTS TRUE FOR ALL DISTRICT RECORDS.WE DON'T NEED TO SEPARATELY ADDRESS RETENTION OF BOARD MINUTES.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AS WE HAVE DONE FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, UNDER SENATE BILL 12, WE HAD TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF A BOARD MEETING.
THE LANGUAGE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO REFLECT THAT.
THE LANGUAGE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, YOU WILL SEE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO REFLECT THE MEETING MANAGEMENT BECAUSE WE CAN NO LONGER MOVE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS TO DIFFERENT TIMES.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH CONTRACTED SERVICES.
WE ARE SEEING RECOMMENDED NEW PROVISIONS TO REFLECT THAT CONTRACTORS MAY NOT ENGAGE IN OR ASSIGN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES PROHIBITED BY LAW OR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION.
BASICALLY, THIS IS NO DEI DUTIES.
THIS IS MANDATED BY SENATE BILL 12.
VIOLATION OF THOSE CONTRACTS OF THIS TERM COULD RESULT IN A TERMINATION OF A CONTRACT.
THE QUESTION HAD COME UP EARLIER, WHAT IS A DEI DUTY? FOR PURPOSES OF CJ, WE WOULD SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT THE DEFINITION GIVEN IN THE STATUTE, WHICH WILL BE CONTAINED IN THE CJ LEGAL.
THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD REFER OUR EDUCATORS TO WITH REGARD TO THE QUESTION REGARDING NON RENEWAL THAT WE SAW COMING FROM MEMBERS OF OUR VALUED EMPLOYEES.
YOU WILL SEE A DEFINITION THERE, BUT JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S PURPOSES TONIGHT, LET ME GO AHEAD AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ IT OUT TO YOU GUYS.
DEI DUTIES INCLUDE INFLUENCING OR HIRING OR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES WITH RESPECT TO RACE, SEX, COLOR, OR ETHNICITY, EXCEPT AS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH STATE OR FEDERAL ANTI DISCRIMINATION LAWS.
SECOND, PROMOTING DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT OF OR PROVIDING SPECIAL BENEFITS TO INDIVIDUALS ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, OR ETHNICITY.
THIRD, DEVELOPING OR IMPLEMENTING POLICIES, PROCEDURES, TRAINING, ACTIVITIES, OR PROGRAMS THAT REFERENCE RACE, COLOR, ETHNICITY, GENDER IDENTITY, OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, EXCEPT AS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH STATE OR FEDERAL LAW, AND COMPELLING, REQUIRING INDUCING OR SOLICITING ANY PERSON TO PROVIDE A DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND/OR INCLUSION STATEMENT OR BE GIVEN PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO ANY PERSON BASED ON THEIR PROVISION OF A DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND/OR INCLUSION STATEMENT.
THAT IS WHY TASB HAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE INCLUDE THIS.
OUR NEXT SESSION IS CJA LOCAL.
THE ONLY CHANGE IS IN THE TITLE.
TASB THERE'S NO CHARGE FOR THIS REVISION, BY THE WAY.
SAME THING, WE ARE JUST CHANGING THE SUBTOPIC TITLE TO REFLECT REQUIRED DISPLAYS TO MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBE THE CONTEXTS IN THE LEGAL.
NEXT, OUR POLICY IS CQB LOCAL.
THE RECOMMENDATION HERE IS JUST SOME CHANGES TO COMPLY WITH HOUSE BILL 150 THAT MOVES CYBERSECURITY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES TO THE TEXAS CYBER COMMAND AND JUST IN ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
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OUR NEXT POLICY IS CQD.I WOULD HAVE LIKED FOR TESB TO PUT THIS ALL IN BLUE SO WE COULD BE SURE OF THIS, BUT THIS IS A BRAND NEW POLICY WITH REGARDS TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THIS RECOMMENDED POLICY ADDRESSES ALL OF THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS BASED ON HB150 AND HB1500 AS WELL AS THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BY DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS.
UNDER THIS POLICY, THE BOARD IS GOING TO DELEGATE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT THE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE THE AI TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE USED BY THE DISTRICT.
WE'RE GOING TO DELEGATE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT THE ABILITY TO VERIFY AND REPORT COMPLIANCE WITH TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AND ALSO TO REMOVE ACCESS TO THE DISTRICT'S SYSTEMS FOR NON COMPLIANCE.
WHILE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS WILL BE ALLOWED UNDER THIS POLICY TO USE AI IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS.
THOSE ARE REGULATIONS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY ASSISTING IN DRAFTING THAT'S GOING TO BE REGULATIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE INPUT FROM ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING OBVIOUSLY FOLKS UNDER NATALIE'S SHOP, AS WELL AS EVERYBODY UNDER DONNIE'S SHOP, SO THAT WE HAVE GOOD, STRONG REGULATIONS REGARDING THAT.
I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT UNDER THIS POLICY, AI IS NOT GOING TO TAKE THE PLACE OF TEACHERS.
THAT IS CLEAR, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE COVERED IN ALL OF THE REGULATIONS.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE IT COMPLIES WITH ALL OF THE POLICIES, AND IT ALSO DOES APPLY THAT MISUSE OF AI CAN BE DISCIPLINED UNDER THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.
OUR NEXT POLICY IS THE CSA LOCAL, THAT SAFETY AND SECURITY.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE DESIGNATION AND USE OF PRIVATE SPACES.
I KNOW WE HAD A QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO THIS, AND THE ANSWER IS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA, BUT THE QUESTION REALLY WAS WHAT WAS A PRIVATE SPACE? IN SHORT, THE PRIVATE SPACE IS CONSIDERED THINGS SUCH AS OUR LOCKER ROOMS, OUR BATHROOMS. THIS HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A RESULT OF SENATE BILL 8, WHICH CAME OUT IN THE SECOND SPECIAL SESSION.
WE HAVE TODAY RECEIVED A COPY OF A PROPOSED REGULATION THAT HAS BEEN DRAFTED BY THE FOLKS AT TESB, WHICH WE WILL BE LOOKING AT, SEEING IF THERE'S ANY VALUE IN IT OR IF WE NEED TO DRAFT OUR OWN REGULATIONS AND I'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS MATTER WITH DR. NICHOLS AND A DENTIST IN CHARGE OF FACILITIES, SO WE WILL BE COMING UP WITH THE REGULATIONS ON THAT.
OUR NEXT POLICY THAT HAS BEEN CHANGED IS CV LOCAL.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION.
BASICALLY, SENATE BILL 1173 CHANGED THE COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT THRESHOLD FROM 50,000-100,000.
WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT WE HAVE THAT TAKEN OUT.
THAT'S THE EMPLOYEE CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
YOU GUYS MAY REMEMBER THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR SOME TIME WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS PROCEDURE ALL YEAR THAT BASICALLY HAS TO DO WITH THE REQUIREMENT THAT PERSONNEL SERVICES BY ANYONE BESIDES THE SUPERINTENDENT NEED TO GO TO BOARD APPROVAL.
THE NEXT POLICY THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IS DEC LOCAL.
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THIS IS EMPLOYEE LEAVES AND ABSENCE.THE CHANGES THAT ARE IN THIS POLICY HAVE TO DO WITH THE HB2, WHICH PROMPTED RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE REVISE THE DAILY RATE OF PAY UNDER THE DEFINITION SECTION, AS WELL AS THE REVISIONS HAVING TO DO WITH THE CONCURRENT LEAVE OF FMLA LEAVE.
YOU'LL SEE ON PAGE 2, WE'VE ADDED JUST A SENTENCE.
THAT IS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE ADA.
THEN, IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 3, THIS IS THE CONCERNS THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN RAISED, THIS IS REQUIRED BY OUR SENATE BILL 12 WHICH MAKES A DI IMPERMISSIBLE.
BASICALLY, LET ME LOOK AT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I THINK THAT HAS BEEN RAISED IS, WHAT IF YOU UNKNOWINGLY DO ANY DEI? IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEFINITION THAT IS CONTAINED IN BOARD POLICY B AS EMPLOYEES AND TOM LEGAL, THIS DEFINITION WILL ALSO BE ECHOED IN OUR POLICY MANUAL.
AFTER YOU GUYS ADOPT THIS IN DECEMBER, HOPEFULLY.
WE WILL ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS CONTAINED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS.
IT CLEARLY SAYS, THE DISTRICT SHALL ADOPT A POLICY AND PROCEDURE FOR THE APPROPRIATE DISCIPLINE, INCLUDING TERMINATION OF A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE OR CONTRACTOR WHO INTENTIONALLY OR KNOWINGLY ENGAGES IN OR ASSIGNS ANOTHER PERSON DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION DUTIES.
THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ADOPTED BY THE DISTRICT MUST ENSURE THAT AN EMPLOYER CONTRACTOR RECEIVES ADEQUATE DUE PROCESS AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL ANY DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS, INCLUDING TERMINATION, IN THE SAME MANNER PROVIDED FOR OTHER DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS.
WHEN THIS IS INDEED A GROUNDS FOR NON-RENEWAL, IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE NON-RENEWING PEOPLE WHO UNINTENTIONALLY ACCIDENTALLY DO SOMETHING DEI RELATED.
THE NEXT ARE ALL OF THE CHANGES TO DGBA LOCAL.
YOU WILL SEE TONIGHT THAT WE HAVE GOT SEVERAL CHANGES TO ALL OF OUR GRIEVANCE POLICIES.
I'M SORRY, GUYS, I CAN'T SEE VERY WELL, LET ME PULL THIS UP.
YES. THANK YOU. THAT WOULD BE VERY NICE. THANK YOU.
LET'S JUST GO THROUGH THE CHANGES.
NOW, I CAN'T DO IT THAT WAY. SORRY, GUYS.
I CAN'T SEE THAT VERY WELL. GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
DID I REALLY JUST PULL UP THE ONE THAT IS NOT REDLINE?
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NO, I GOT IT. AS YOU GUYS, THIS WAS THE BIGGEST CHANGE.MOST OF THE CHANGES HERE WERE PROMPTED BY THE CHANGES WITH REGARD TO PARENT GRIEVANCES THAT WERE ALL CONTAINED IN SENATE BILL 12.
THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THESE CHANGES CAME FROM.
YOU WILL SEE THAT WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE FNG POLICIES AND THE GF POLICIES, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE SAME CHANGES.
BASICALLY, THESE WERE THINGS THAT WERE ALL CONTAINED IN SENATE BILL 12.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM, I WANT TO JUST FOCUS ON SOME OF THE BIGGER CHANGES.
ON PAGE 1, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOW MANDATED.
OUR GRIEVANCE POLICIES HAVE TO BE ONLINE ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS JUST CONTAINED IN THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK.
WE ALSO SEE JUST SOME MINOR CHANGES WITH REGARDS TO WORDING ON OUR INFORMAL PROCESS.
THIS IS BASICALLY A REVISION OF ALL OF THIS WITH REGARD TO FILING DEADLINES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT WITH REGARDS TO BOTH OUR PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND OUR EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCES, WE HAVE BASICALLY THE SAME 15-DAY DEADLINE TO FILE THAT BEFORE.
NOW, SOME OF THE OTHER DEADLINES WITH REGARDS TO RESPONDING ARE EXTENDED FROM 10 DAYS TO 20 DAYS.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE THESE ARE MANDATED BY THE STATUTE.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A WAY OF MAKING SHORTER DEADLINES.
I KNOW THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR TEACHERS, OUR EDUCATORS LIKE TO HAVE.
THEY LIKE TO HAVE A QUICK TURNAROUND FOR THESE THINGS.
BUT THESE ARE MANDATED BY STATUTE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THE DEADLINES NEED TO BE FOLLOWED UNLESS WE HAVE A MODIFIED WRITTEN CONSENT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT RUNS INTO, ESPECIALLY WITH EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCES.
WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THE INFORMAL PROCESS, WHAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IS, YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THE INFORMAL PROCESS WITHOUT RUNNING A FOUL OF THE 15-DAY DEADLINE FOR FILING A FORMAL GRIEVANCE.
BASICALLY, WHAT WE DO IN THE LEGAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS WHEN WE GET A GRIEVANCE, IF EVERYBODY IS STILL WORKING THROUGH THE INFORMAL PROCESS, WE GO AHEAD AND WE REQUEST AT THAT POINT FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW THE INFORMAL PROCESS TO WORK OUT BEFORE WE MOVE TO A FORMAL PROCESS.
WE FIND THAT A LOT OF TIMES WE CAN GET THINGS RESOLVED BY THAT.
THESE POLICIES ALSO ALLOW FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO WITHDRAW, IF YOU'RE WORKING THROUGH AN INFORMAL PROCESS, WHILE YOU'VE GOT A FORMAL GRIEVANCE GOING ON, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO RESOLVE IT ANYTIME DURING THE PROCESS, YOU'RE ABLE TO WITHDRAW THAT.
AS WE GO THROUGH THESE CHANGES, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THESE ARE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE FOLLOWED FOR A LONG TIME.
WE ALWAYS WANT THE COMPLAINT FORM TO BE FILED WITH THE LOWEST LEVEL ADMINISTRATOR WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO ANY REMEDY FOR THE PROBLEM.
AS I TALKED ABOUT, THIS PAGE ALSO HAS THE OPTION TO CONTINUE THE INFORMAL PROCESS.
ONE OF THE NEW REQUIREMENTS FROM SENATE BILL 12 IS THAT ANY EMPLOYEE WHO HAS A COMPLAINT THAT HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST AND WILL BE PROVIDED WITH PROPER NOTICE OF THE COMPLAINT AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THE GRIEVANCE.
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THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS ALLOWED IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR POLICY ACTUALLY MATCHES NOT ONLY WHAT THE NEW LAW IS, BECAUSE NOT EVERY DISTRICT DID THIS, BUT ALSO WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN POINT TO.>> THE BIGGEST CHANGE ON THIS PAGE IS WHAT CONSTITUTES A DECISION.
A DECISION PROVIDES THE EXPLANATION FOR THE BASIS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS AS A CHANGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO LEVEL 3, IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE WRITTEN DECISIONS WITH TO NOT JUST ORAL ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE END OF THE LEVEL 3 AGREEMENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE AN ACTUAL WRITTEN DECISION.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT WE'VE GOT ALL CHANGES ON CONSOLIDATING OUR COMPLAINTS AND WE HAVE GOT EXPANSION OF WHAT THE RECORD IS.
THE RECORD OF EACH COMPLAINT CAN GENERALLY BE SUPPLEMENTED AFTER THE LEVEL 1.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A NEW PROCESS.
ALSO, IF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS A FAIRLY NEW, PART OF THIS IS THAT IF THE RECORD IS NOT FULLY DEVELOPED AT A LOWER LEVEL, THE PARTIES WHO ARE HEARING THE GRIEVANCE CAN REMAND IT BACK TO GET A FULLER RECORD.
FOR INSTANCE, LET'S TALK ABOUT A LEVEL 3.
IF A LEVEL 3 COMES TO ALL AND THERE'S NOT A FULL RECORD AND YOU WANT A FULL RECORD, YOU CAN SEND IT BACK TO LEVEL 2 TO DEVELOP A FULLER RECORD ON ANY PART OF THE UNDERLYING ISSUES.
ANOTHER NEW PROCESS IN THE POLICY IS JUST THAT THE DISTRICT MAY CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION AT ANY LEVEL, AND IF EVERYBODY AGREES, WE CAN SUSPEND ALL THE DEADLINES DURING THE INVESTIGATION.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CHANGES HERE.
THE ONLY OTHER THING I REALLY WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO BE AWARE OF IS THE HEARING DECISION HAS BEEN MOVED AS I SAID, I THINK AT THE BEGINNING, FROM A 10 DAY TO A 20 CALENDAR DAY.
THAT IS A LONGER TIME WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCES, BUT THIS IS REQUIRED BY THE STATUTE.
THE POLICY ON LEVEL 3 HAS BEEN EXPANDED.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THIS BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DO.
BUT UNDER THE LAW, WE ARE ENTITLED THE BOARD CAN DELEGATE A COMMITTEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW TO HEAR THE APPEAL OF ANY LEVEL 2 DECISION RATHER THAN THE WHOLE BOARD.
IF THE BOARD IS INTERESTED IN THAT, WE CAN EXPLORE THAT POSSIBILITY, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE NEW LAW PROVIDES.
IF YOU LOOK THIS ON PAGE 9, YOU CAN SEE HOW A BOARD COMMITTEE COULD WORK IF YOU'LL CHOOSE TO GO THAT WAY.
THE REST OF THE CHANGES TO DGBA LOCAL ARE NOT SUBSTANTIVE.
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THEY'RE JUST REORGANIZING A LOT OF THINGS.NOW I KNOW THAT THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
WHAT I WANTED TO DO NOW IS IF ANYBODY HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, I CAN TAKE THEM NOW OR IF ALL WOULD RATHER, WE CAN TAKE THOSE AT THE END.
>> I THINK IT'S FINE TO TAKE SOME NOW.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? JUSSIE WERE.
>> WHEN WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR RECORD, IS STAFF GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP US OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD PRESIDENT IS GOING TO HAVE TO ACTUALLY TYPE UP HERSELF?
>> THE DECISION. BASICALLY, WHAT WE COULD PROBABLY GET TOGETHER IS WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH A TEMPLATE, AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS EITHER BOARD COUNSEL CAN HELP YOU, BUT WE CAN GIVE YOU A TEMPLATE AND SO YOU CAN JUST TYPE IN WHAT THE ACTUAL DETERMINATION WAS.
>> IT'S USUALLY ENCLOSED, SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN PUT THAT IN A FORMAL DOCUMENT, CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT. WE'LL WORK WITH YOUR BOARD COUNSEL ON THAT, BUT I THINK MOSTLY WE JUST NEED AN ACTUAL WRITTEN DECISION.
FOR INSTANCE, THE GRIEVANCE WAS REVIEWED AND THE GRIEVANCE WAS DENIED THING, RATHER THAN JUST ANNOUNCING THE DECISION FROM THE BOARD.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CHRISTY LANDRUM.
>> I ASKED THIS QUESTION AND PERHAPS WE NEED JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATION ON IT.
BUT THE 15 DAY PERIOD, WHICH, BY THE WAY, THESE TIMELINES ARE REALLY CONFUSING FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRIEVANCES, AND IT MAY BE HELPFUL IF WE HAD EVEN A SPREADSHEET THAT JUST LINED IT OUT.
COMMUNITY MEMBER, THIS IS FROM WHATEVER FILING.
BUT MY QUESTION WAS, WE ALLOW 60-90 DAYS DEPENDING ON IF IT'S A COMMUNITY MEMBER, WHICH IS A CHANGE FROM THE LAW.
BUT FOR EMPLOYEES, WE LIMIT IT TO 15 DAYS TO FILE A COMPLAINT.
I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE FURTHER.
I KNOW I GOT A RESPONSE THAT THERE WOULD BE CONCERNS IF THE EMPLOYEE NO LONGER WORKED FOR US AND WHATNOT.
BUT I FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD THIS BOARD EXTEND EMPLOYEE TIMELINES IF THEY CHOSE TO?
>> THIS BOARD COULD EXTEND THE TIMELINES.
I WILL TELL YOU FROM AN HR STANDPOINT AND FROM THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE HEARD EVEN TONIGHT FROM OUR TEACHERS.
THEY DON'T WANT THIS DRAG OUT ANY LONGER BECAUSE BASICALLY WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS IF YOU HAD A SITUATION THAT HAPPENED AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IT COULD TECHNICALLY WITH ALL OF THE DAYS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE NON BUSINESS DAYS OVER THE SUMMER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT COULD RUN INTO THE NEXT YEAR BEFORE WE EVEN GET ANY RESOLUTION.
THAT'S A LONG TIME FOR AN EMPLOYEE COMPLAINT.
OBVIOUSLY, THE BOARD, IF THEY WISH TO EXTEND THAT LONGER THAN 15 DAYS CAN.
I DO KNOW THOUGH THAT FROM AN HR STANDPOINT, IT IS DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH THINGS THAT ARE NOW.
>> ARE YOU SAYING IT'S EASIER TO DEAL WITH EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS IF THEY'RE REPORTED IN A MORE TIMELY MANNER?
>> ABSOLUTELY IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO COME UP WITH.
ALSO WHAT EDDIE HAD JUST MENTIONED, THIS CAN BRIDGE CONTRACT YEARS TOO.
WE WANT EVERYTHING DEALT WITH IN ONE CONTRACT YEAR.
FOR INSTANCE, IF I HAVE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS AT THE END OF A YEAR AND WE CAN'T EVEN DEAL WITH IT, IT'S NOT EVEN REPORTED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
WE'VE ALREADY MADE CONTRACT DECISIONS BASED ON THESE THINGS, LET'S SAY, FOR INSTANCE, I'VE GOTTEN A WRITE UP AND THAT WRITE UP IS PART OF MY NON RENEWAL PACKET.
I THINK THAT MY WRITE UP WAS MOTIVATED FOR IMPROPER REASONS.
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IF I COULD WAIT 60 DAYS, THERE'S BEEN A DECISION ON MY CONTRACT, I MAY NOT EVEN BE AN EMPLOYEE ANYMORE.THEN LET'S SAY 60 DAYS AFTER I'M NO LONGER WORKING HERE.
I COULD STILL FILE FOR SOMETHING.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, THAT IS A BOARD'S DECISION.
I KNOW EDDIE, YOU PROBABLY HAVE SOME REAL STRONG THOUGHTS ON THIS.
>> I'M GOING TO USE REAL HR SPEAK TO SAY THAT WE REALLY TRY TO RESOLVE THESE MATTERS AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE, SO THEY'RE RELEVANT TO THE SITUATION AT HAND, OFTENTIMES WHEN THESE THINGS TAKE A LONGER TIME, THEY'RE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO RESOLVE.
WE REALLY WORK HARD WITH OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO RESOLVE THESE MATTERS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE FOR THE REASONS IN THE OUTLINE, BUT ALSO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
IF A SITUATION DRAGS ON, THE LONGER IT DRAGS OUT, WHATEVER THE OUTCOME, IT'S DIFFICULT TO RESTORE THAT EMPLOYEE IN A SUCCESSFUL WAY BACK TO THEIR CAMPUS AND TO THEIR POSITION.
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IS ALWAYS THE PREFERENCE AND INFORMALLY IS THE PREFERENCE, SO WE REALLY TRY TO WORK WITH OUR SUPERVISORS TO RESOLVE THOSE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
>> I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT.
I JUST WAS THINKING OBVIOUSLY FROM A STREAM LINE, EVERYBODY'S HANDLED IN THE SAME TIMELINE.
THAT WOULD BE EASIER FOR LEGAL AS WELL, BUT JUST EXTENDING THAT COURTESY TO EMPLOYEES.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS FOR HAVING A SHORTER TIMELINE.
I JUST THINK SOMETIMES EMPLOYEES DON'T EVEN REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE A SHORT WINDOW AND 15 DAYS IS NOT THAT LONG.
I WANTED TO EXPLORE THAT OPTION.
>> AS JASMINE WAS JUST REMINDING ME, WE ARE UPDATING THE LEGAL SERVICES WEBSITE, WE'RE IN A REVAMP, WE CAN DO A LITTLE CHART IF THAT MIGHT BE EASIER.
WE CAN PUT THAT ON THINGS TO KNOW ON IT.
WE HAVE A GRIEVANCE DROP DOWN THAT TALKS ABOUT THESE THINGS, NOT THE CHANGES, BUT WE EXPLAIN EACH OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS.
THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS THE EXTENDED 60 DAY TIME LIMIT IS PARENT GRIEVANCES.
REMEMBER, WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBER GRIEVANCES.
IF WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE EMPLOYEE, THEN THE NEXT QUESTION IS, DO WE ALSO CHANGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND DO WE WANT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT COMMUNITY MEMBERS? OTHER THIRD PARTIES WHO ARE NOT PARENTS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT ALSO HAVE THAT TIME.
>> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MOVING ON.
>> THE NEXT SECTION THAT WE HAVE IS DH LOCAL.
ONCE AGAIN, DH LOCAL ADDS THE LANGUAGE REGARDING DI PROHIBITIONS THAT ARE CONTAINED IN SENATE BILL 12.
THAT'S THOSE HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE LOCAL POLICIES.
ALSO, I'M GOING TO LOOK AT PAGE 1, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE REVISED THE PROHIBITED WEAPONS.
THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO SO UNDER SENATE BILL 706, WHICH REQUIRES OUR RECIPROCITY WITH HANDGUN LICENSING FROM ANOTHER STATE.
I'M GOING TO START WITH EEP, IT IS HARD TO SEE.
THAT IS THE LESSON PLANS POLICY.
IT'S ACTUALLY A NEW POLICY BECAUSE SENATE BILL 12 HAS A NEW REQUIREMENT FOR DISTRICTS TO HAVE THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL PLANS AND CO SYLLABI MADE AVAILABLE TO PARENTS AHEAD OF TIME, THAT'S REFLECTED IN THIS NEW POLICY.
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EFA IS OUR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS POLICY, AND THAT POLICY HAS ALSO BEEN REVISED FOR SENATE BILL 12.THERE IS A SECTION ON PARENT REQUEST FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL REVIEW.
THAT SECTION IS REALLY ABOUT REVIEWING MATERIALS FOR THE RIGOR AND ALIGNMENT IN THE DISTRICT.
A PARENT CAN MAKE A REQUEST, AND AGAIN, THAT COMES FROM SENATE BILL 12.
THAT POLICY IS ABOUT CAMERAS IN THE CLASSROOM AND SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS, AND LANGUAGE WAS ADDED THAT CHANGED THE DEFINITION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS. IT BROADENED IT A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
>> THERE'S ALSO A CHANGE IN EH BAF THAT REFLECTS SAMPLE 571, WHICH CHANGED THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD ABUSE REPORTING FROM 48 HOURS TO 24 HOURS.
THAT'S REFLECTED IN OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION VIDEO MONITORING POLICY.
THAT POLICY IS ABOUT GRADING AND PROGRESS REPORTS TO PARENTS AND ALSO A CHANGE FROM SENATE BILL 12.
PARENTS HAVE TO BE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AT LEAST TWO IN PERSON CONFERENCES WITH THE STUDENTS PER YEAR AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN THIS POLICY.
THERE'S ALSO LANGUAGE THAT'S BEEN ADDED ABOUT AI AND HOW UNAUTHORIZED USE OF AI MIGHT BE ACADEMIC DISHONESTY.
FA IS OUR PARENTAL RIGHTS POLICY AND THE FA LEGAL ACTUALLY SPELLS OUT THE PARENTAL RIGHTS THAT WAS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE, BUT THIS FA LOCAL IS A BRAND NEW POLICY AND THIS FA LOCAL ADDRESSES SENATE BILL 12 AGAIN.
THE REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH A PARENT PORTAL ON THE WEBSITE, WHICH PARENTS CAN SUBMIT COMMENTS TO ADMINISTRATORS OR THE BOARD.
THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO OUR LET'S TALK AND THAT'S WHAT IS NOW BEING REQUIRED IN THE LAW FOR ALL DISTRICTS.
THE NEXT POLICY, FEF IS ABOUT ATTENDANCE RELEASE TIME FOR A RELEASE TIME COURSE.
A RELEASE TIME COURSE IS DEFINED IN SENATE BILL 1049 TO BE A COURSE IN RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION OFFERED BY A PRIVATE ENTITY.
THIS IS A LOCAL POLICY THAT GIVES THE GUIDELINES FOR WHEN THAT STUDENT IS GOING TO BE RELEASED FOR RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
OUR NEXT POLICY FFAC IS ABOUT MEDICAL TREATMENT.
SPECIFICALLY, WHAT WAS CHANGED, WAS ABOUT MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION IN SCHOOLS.
THE LANGUAGE HAS BEEN JUST BROADENED TO SAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SOME MOVEMENT BACK AND FORTH ABOUT MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION, WHICH NOW UNDER SENATE BILL 920 ALLOWS THE SCHOOL EMPLOYEE INCLUDING NURSES TO ADMINISTER NON-PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION, JUST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FACT THAT THE WRITTEN REQUEST IN A PROPERLY LABELED CONTAINER.
THEY JUST BROADEN THE LANGUAGE IN CASE IT CHANGED, BUT IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME.
FFB IS OUR CRISIS PREVENTION POLICY.
THERE WAS A CHANGE FROM HOUSE BILL 2.
THERE'S A PROVISION THAT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR INCLUDING THAT ADDRESSES THE REQUIRED NOTIFICATION TO TEACHERS AND STAFF WHEN THERE'S A THREAT MADE AGAINST A CAMPUS.
THAT SHOULD BE PROVIDED AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER THE ADMINISTRATOR RECEIVES INFORMATION ABOUT A THREAT AGAINST A CAMPUS.
THAT IS THE STUDENT SAFETY POLICY AND IT WAS AMENDED TO REFLECT CHANGES FROM HOUSE BILL 2.
THE LOCAL POLICY REQUIRES NOTIFYING A PARENT OF A STUDENT WITH WHOM AN EMPLOYEE OR A SERVICE PROVIDER IS ALLEGED TO HAVE ENGAGED IN MISCONDUCT.
YOU HAVE TO NOTIFY THE PARENT WITHIN ONE BUSINESS DAY.
FFG IS OUR CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT POLICY AND THERE WERE SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE LAW FOR CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT FROM SENATE BILL 571.
I MENTIONED EARLIER THE CHANGE FROM REPORTING WITHIN 48 HOURS TO REPORTING WITHIN 24 HOURS.
THAT'S REFLECTED IN THIS POLICY.
THERE'S ALSO SOME REVISIONS ABOUT MAKING A REPORT.
NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER GRIEVANCE POLICY AND
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THIS GRIEVANCE POLICY HAS EXTENSIVE CHANGES THROUGHOUT.I'M GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT PAGE BY PAGE.
I'M GOING TO TRY NOT TO DUPLICATE WHAT CINDY SAID ABOUT DGBA, BUT A LOT OF THE SAME CHANGES ARE MADE THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE POLICIES.
THERE'S A NEW EDUCATION CODE, CHAPTER 26A THAT IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT GRIEVANCES AND THAT ARE GOING TO APPLY TO ALL OF THE POLICIES.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE CHANGES THROUGHOUT.
BUT WE CAN START ON PAGE 2 FOR F&G.
THIS IS WHERE WE GET THE EXTENDED FILING DEADLINES THAT ONLY APPLY TO PARENT POLICIES.
THE DEADLINES ARE REALLY GOING TO DEPEND ON THE INFORMAL PROCESS.
IF THAT RESOLUTION, HOW THAT INFORMAL PROCESS CONCLUDED, IF IT CONCLUDED WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR SAYING, THIS ISN'T WORKING OR WE'RE NOT ABLE TO COME TO SOMETHING.
HERE'S HOW YOU FILE A GRIEVANCE, THEN IT CHANGES THE DEADLINE.
IF THERE IS NO INFORMAL PROCESS, THEN IT IS 60 DAYS.
ON PAGE 3, MANY OF THE PROVISIONS ON PAGE THREE AND THROUGHOUT THE CHANGES TO THE GRIEVANCE POLICY.
THEY WERE ALREADY EXISTING IN OUR POLICY, THE LEGISLATURE CHANGED SOME OF THE WORDING AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF REVISIONS WHEN IT'S REALLY STATING A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS.
THOUGH WE SHOULD NOTE THERE'S AN INTERESTING PROVISION ABOUT BOARD MEMBERS BEING ABLE TO SUBMIT GRIEVANCES NOW UNDER EACH OF THESE POLICIES.
THAT'S A CHANGE SPECIFICALLY STATED IN THE LAW.
THERE IS ANOTHER CHANGE ABOUT DISTRICT EMPLOYEES HAVE TO BE GIVEN NOTICE WHEN THERE IS A COMPLAINT OR A GRIEVANCE FILED AGAINST THEM.
THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT FROM SENATE BILL 12, THAT'S FROM HOUSE BILL 2 AND THAT EMPLOYEE HAS TO BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND.
ALSO ON PAGE 4 THIS IS A LITTLE BIT TRICKY, BUT A DECISION ON THE MERITS OF A GRIEVANCE HAS TO BE MADE EVEN IF THERE WERE PROCEDURAL ERRORS.
A PROCEDURAL ERROR MIGHT BE MAYBE SOMEBODY FILED A DAY LATE.
UNDER SENATE BILL 12, WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE MERITS OF THE GRIEVANCE.
PRIOR LAW WAS, WE COULD SAY YOU WERE NOT TIMELY AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE A DECISION BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T TIMELY, YOU CAN GRIEVE YOUR TIMELINESS.
NOW WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE MERITS NO MATTER WHAT.
THE NEXT PAGE 6, I WANTED TO POINT OUT.
>> WHY DO WE HAVE TIME LIMITS? YEAH. I THINK IT'S A VALID QUESTION.
I THINK THE SCHOOL ATTORNEYS ACROSS THE STATE HAVE BEEN ASKING THAT.
I THINK THAT THERE COULD BE A TIMELINESS ISSUE THAT BECOMES A SUBSTANTIVE ISSUE.
LET'S IMAGINE THAT IT'S 10 YEARS LATER AND IT'S ACTUALLY NOT THAT HARD TO IMAGINE BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN IT LEGAL.
AT THAT POINT, IT'S MORE THAN JUST A PROCEDURAL ISSUE.
IT'S MORE THAN JUST BEING A COUPLE DAYS LATE.
IT'S SO FAR IN TIME THAT IT'S BECOME SUBSTANTIVE, THAT MIGHT MATTER.
THERE WAS ALSO SOME TALK FROM TABBY ABOUT THE COMMISSIONER DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME REQUIREMENT TO RULE ON THE MERITS.
POTENTIALLY THE COMMISSIONER COULD FIND FOR TIMELINESS IN WAYS THAT WE COULD NOT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE COMMISSIONER WOULD DO THAT.
IT'S HARD TO PREDICT WHAT TEA WOULD DO, BUT THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP AS A DIFFERENCE IN THE LAW BETWEEN WHAT WE LOOK AT AND WHAT THE COMMISSIONER LOOKS AT.
BUT YES, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION THEN WHY DO WE HAVE TIMELINES IF WE HAVE TO STILL RULE ON THE MERITS.
NUMBER PAGE 6 HAS THE REQUIREMENT TO DEVELOP A RECORD.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT WHAT CINDY WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHERE IF WE GET TO A HIGHER LEVEL IN THE GRIEVANCE AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT RECORD, WE CAN REMAND IT TO A LOWER LEVEL.
IT CAN HAPPEN AT THE BOARD. I CAN HAPPEN AT A LEVEL 2, WHEN YOU NEED TO SEND THAT GRIEVANCE BACK TO THAT LEVEL 1 FOR THAT PRINCIPLE TO FULLY DEVELOP THE RECORD, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S NEW CLAIMS. UNDER SENATE 12, A GRIEVANT CAN ADD NEW CLAIMS AT ANY POINT IN THE PROCESS.
THE SOLUTION FOR THAT IS TO REMAND IT BACK TO A LOWER PROCESS TO BUILD THAT RECORD FOR THE NEW CLAIM.
THAT REALLY JUST WALKS THROUGH THE LOGISTICS, IN GENERAL, EXTENDING THE TIMELINES AS CINDY SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER.
NOW THAT WE'RE PAST THE FILING TIMELINES, THESE TIMELINES ARE GOING TO MATCH IN THE DIFFERENT POLICIES.
PAGE 8, AGAIN, IT REFLECTS THAT ADDITIONAL CLAIMS CAN BE ADDED AND NOTING THAT WE CAN REMAND.
PAGE 9 ALLOWS THE BOARD TO DELEGATE TO A COMMITTEE AND THIS IS AGAIN THE SAME AS DGBA, SAME AS G F, IF THE DISTRICT CHOOSES TO HAVE
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A BOARD COMMITTEE HERE GRIEVANCE, THAT IS ALLOWED.PAGE 10 AND 11 REFLECT THAT THE BOARD HAS TO MAKE A DECISION WITHIN 30 DAYS.
OFTEN YOU'RE MAKING THE DECISION THE NIGHT OF, BUT IF YOU DIDN'T, FOR SOME REASON, YOU WOULD HAVE 30 CALENDAR DAYS TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
PAGE 10 ALLOWS THE COMPLAINANT TO CHOOSE WHETHER TO HAVE THEIR GRIEVANCE HEARD IN OPEN OR CLOSED UNLESS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW.
THAT IS A CHANGE, BUT OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO GO INTO CLOSE FOR SOME OF THOSE GRIEVANCES.
DO YOU WANT TO STOP AND SEE IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE SPECIFICALLY? I KNOW F&G WAS A LOT.
>> SURE. WE CAN STOP RIGHT HERE. DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS?
>> GREAT. NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT FO.
THERE JUST MINOR LANGUAGE IN FO.
IT'S NOT FROM THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
IT'S JUST CLARIFYING THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE SIGNS POSTED TO STUDENTS IN COMMUNITY KNOW WHEN THERE ARE VIDEOS THAT ARE IN THE AREA.
GF IS OUR PUBLIC COMPLAINTS POLICY.
MANY OF THE SAME CHANGES YOU SAW IN DGBA.
THE DEADLINE EXTENSIONS, THE DEADLINE CHANGES FOR WHEN YOU HAVE TO HEAR A HEARING, WHEN YOU HAVE TO DECIDE A HEARING, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE SIMILAR IN GF.
THE NOTICE OF THE COMPLAINT TO THE EMPLOYEE IS SIMILAR.
IF A COMMUNITY MEMBER IS COMPLAINING ABOUT AN EMPLOYEE, WE HAVE TO GIVE THAT EMPLOYEE NOTICE AND A CHANCE TO RESPOND.
GKA IS CONDUCT ON SCHOOL PREMISES AND IT HAS BEEN CHANGED SIMILARLY TO THE PROVISION ABOUT EMPLOYEES AND HANDGUNS TO CLARIFY THAT A LICENSE TO CARRY A HANDGUN IN ANY STATE IS RECOGNIZED AS A LICENSE TO CARRY A HANDGUN IN TEXAS, THAT'S FROM HOUSE BILL 7 OR 6, SO THAT'S WHAT THAT LANGUAGE IS REFLECTING.
>> THANK YOU. I THINK I'M MOTION SICK AT THIS POINT SCROLLING.
DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GOING THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
OKAY. I THINK WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE YOU ALL. LET'S MOVE ON TO A,
[H. ACTION ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION BY CONSENT]
AGENDA ITEM ACTION ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION BY CONSENT? DO I HAVE A MOTION?>> MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS H1-11 BY CONSENT.
>> I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. WHAT AM I SAYING?
>> BY SHOW OF HANDS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES 7-0.
>> I MOVE WE APPROVE ITEM H12 BY CONSENT. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BY SHOW OF HANDS.
ALL IN FAVOR. ALL OPPOSED, ALL ABSTAINING.
[I. ACTION ITEMS]
APPROVAL OF ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT. DOCTOR AZZIZ>> GOOD EVENING AGAIN. DENNIS WILL BE LEADING US THROUGH THIS CONVERSATION, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO HAVE THIS FINANCIAL AUDIT ANNUALLY AND REPORT THE FUNDING TO THE BOARD, BUT ALSO AS WELL TO THE TA. DENNIS.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS.
WE HAVE OUR OUTSIDE AUDITOR HERE JOINING US TODAY FROM WHITLEY PEN, THAT WILL BE DOING THE PRESENTATION.
>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MARKHAM, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DOCTOR ASS.
MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT WE'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE RESULTS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT, SOME FINANCIAL STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS AND THEN I'LL END WITH REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS.
THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN A LARGER DOCUMENT REFERRED TO AS THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
THAT'S THE REPORT YOU HAVE A COPY OF IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL AS A COPY OF OUR PRESENTATION.
OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT BEGAN IN THE SPRING WITH INTERIM FIELDWORK.
DURING THAT PHASE OF THE AUDIT, WE FOCUS ON TESTING THE DISTRICT'S INTERNAL CONTROLS, YOUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OVER YOUR SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTION CLASSES.
WE ALSO IDENTIFY THE MAJOR PROGRAMS IN THE FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT AT THIS POINT AND
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PERFORM THE MAJORITY OF THE COMPLIANCE TESTING DURING INTERIM FIELDWORK.ONCE THE FISCAL YEAR ENDS, WE RETURN IN THE FALL FOR FINAL YEAR END PROCEDURES RELATED TO YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND ACCOUNT BALANCES AND WE PERFORM A VARIETY OF SUBSTANTIVE AUDIT PROCEDURES, CORROBORATE INFORMATION WITH SOURCE DOCUMENTATION, CONFIRM INFORMATION DIRECTLY WITH THIRD PARTIES AND PERFORM A VARIETY OF ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES.
OVER THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, WE'RE OBTAINING AUDIT EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE OPINION ON OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE OPINION ON THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IS AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.
THAT'S ALSO REFERRED TO AS A CLEAN OPINION.
THAT UNMODIFIED OPINION CAN BE FOUND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FINANCIAL SECTION OF THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
IT'S ON OUR LETTERHEAD WITH OUR FIRM SIGNATURE AND THE VERY FIRST PARAGRAPH, IT INDICATES THAT THE DISTRICT RECEIVED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.
WHAT THAT INDICATES TO THE USERS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IS THAT YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FOLLOWING ALL GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND THAT THEY'RE FAIRLY STATED IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS.
WE ALSO ISSUE A REPORT ON THE DISTRICT'S INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND NON COMPLIANCE.
OUR PROCEDURES DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES IN INTERNAL CONTROL, NOR DID WE IDENTIFY ANY MATERIAL NON COMPLIANCE TO YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS? THEN THE THIRD AND FINAL REPORT THAT WE WILL ISSUE IS OVER YOUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS. THE MAJOR PROGRAMS TESTED IN THE FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT REPORT IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 INCLUDED TITLE ONE, TITLE TWO AND TITLE THREE.
EACH OF THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE UNIQUE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE TESTED THE DISTRICT AGAINST.
OUR PROCEDURES DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY QUESTION COST OR NON COMPLIANCE OR ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES.
THE ONE ITEM THAT'S DIFFERENT THIS YEAR IS THE FACT THAT THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, WHICH IS THE FEDERAL AGENCY THAT ISSUES THE COMPLIANCE SUPPLEMENT HAS YET TO DO THAT FOR 2025.
AS SUCH, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ISSUE THIS REPORT QUITE YET.
THIS IS IMPACTING ALL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
INITIALLY, IT WAS DUE TO ADMINISTRATIVE BACKLOG AND THEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
THEY'RE BACK IN THE OFFICE, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS DOCUMENT GETS RELEASED SOON.
THAT WAY WE CAN RELEASE THIS REPORT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THIS REPORT WILL COME BACK TO YOU.
THIS SEPARATELY ISSUED REPORT WILL COME BACK TO YOU FOR APPROVAL AT THAT TIME.
THERE'S NO TIMETABLE AT THIS POINT JUST BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HASN'T RELEASED THIS COMPLIANT SUPPLEMENT YET.
>> THE DISTRICT'S STATEMENT AND NET POSITION IS ITS BALANCE SHEET AS OF THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
THIS IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME, AND THIS PARTICULAR FINANCIAL STATEMENT IS A FINANCIAL STATEMENT THAT'S PREPARED ONCE A YEAR.
THIS ISN'T TYPICALLY INFORMATION YOU SEE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
BUT FOR YOUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, YOU DO HAVE TO PRESENT THIS.
THE DISTRICT'S TOTAL ASSETS AND DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF RESOURCES AS OF THE END OF THE YEAR, TOTALED JUST UNDER $1.7 BILLION.
IN PARENTHESES, I HAVE AS OF THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE AMOUNTS INCREASED OR DECREASED.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT BALANCE DID INCREASE, THAT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE DURING THE YEAR YOU SOLD BONDS, YOU HAD THAT UNSPENT BOND PROCEEDS IN YOUR ACCOUNTS, AND THAT'S THE PRIMARY REASON WHY YOU HAD THAT INCREASE IN ASSETS.
CASH INVESTMENTS TOTALED 561.8 MILLION, AGAIN, A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THERE DUE TO THE BOND PROCEEDS IN YOUR ACCOUNTS.
CAPITAL ASSETS WERE 992.3 MILLION, THAT'S YOUR LAND, YOUR CONSTRUCTION AND PROGRESS, BUILDINGS, FURNITURE, VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT, NET A DEPRECIATION.
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED INFLOWS OF RESOURCES WERE 1.569 BILLION.
THAT INCREASE FROM THE YEAR BEFORE BECAUSE NOW YOU ALSO SHOW THE LONG TERM OUTSTANDING BONDS PAYABLE, INCLUDING THE ONES YOU SOLD DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025.
BONDS PAYABLE AND UNAMORTIZED PREMIUMS TOTALED JUST OVER $1 BILLION AS OF THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
THEN YOU ALSO REPORT TWO LIABILITIES RELATED TO YOUR PARTICIPATION IN TRS FOR RETIREE PENSION AND RETIREE HEALTHCARE.
THESE LIABILITIES ARE MEASURED EACH YEAR BY TRS AND THEIR AUDITORS AND ACTUARIES.
YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE TO REPORT THESE IN YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THE NET POSITION AT THE END OF THE YEAR IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR ASSETS AND YOUR LIABILITIES AND YOUR OUTFLOWS AND YOUR INFLOWS, AND THAT WAS 95.8 MILLION AS OF THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2025.
ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, WE SHOW THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, WHICH TOTALED 495.9 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.
THAT WAS A DECREASE FROM THE YEAR BEFORE WHEN EXPENDITURES TOTALED 502.7 MILLION.
63% OF YOUR EXPENDITURES ARE RELATED TO INSTRUCTION AND INSTRUCTION RELATED SERVICES, SO THAT'S FUNCTIONS 11, 12 AND 13 IN YOUR BUDGET, FOLLOWED BY STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES AT 11%, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ITEMS SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION, COUNSELING, CO CURRICULAR, EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, FACILITIES,
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MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, AND INSTRUCTIONAL AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP OR 9 AND 8% RESPECTIVELY.THEN EACH REMAINING FUNCTIONAL CATEGORY OF EXPENDITURES WAS 3% OR LESS.
I DID INCLUDE THIS SLIDE FROM THE YEAR BEFORE, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THESE PERCENTAGES CHANGED.
FIRST, NOTE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT THAT EXPENDITURES IN FISCAL YEAR 2024 TOTALED 502.7 MILLION, THE YEAR BEFORE, 577.6 MILLION.
THE DISTRICT IS CUTTING EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND YEAR AFTER YEAR.
LAST YEAR, INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTION RELATED SERVICES WAS 61%.
THIS YEAR WAS 63. THAT WAS THE MAIN DIFFERENCE OF 2%.
ALL THE OTHER CATEGORIES WERE THE SAME OR CHANGED BY JUST 1%.
THE BUDGET TO ACTUAL SCHEDULE FOR THE GENERAL FUND, REVENUES OF 470.7 MILLION WERE LESS THAN BUDGETED BY 8.9 MILLION.
YOUR EXPENDITURES WERE LESS THAN BUDGETED EXPENDITURES BY 1.6 MILLION.
OVERALL, THERE WAS A DECREASE IN FUND BALANCE OF 20.1 MILLION, INDICATING YOUR EXPENDITURES EXCEEDED YOUR REVENUES.
AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, YOUR FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND TOTALED 67.8 MILLION, OF WHICH 54.4 MILLION WAS UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 ON THE FAR RIGHT, THAT 54.4 MILLION, REPRESENTS 11% OF YOUR EXPENDITURES AND YOU CAN SEE THE DECLINE IN FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND, FOR EACH OF THE PREVIOUS FOUR FISCAL YEARS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THE DISTRICT IS AWARE OF AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE CUTTING EXPENDITURES.
WE SEE THAT IN THE GENERAL FUND.
BUT AGAIN, SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON HERE CLOSELY.
YOU 11% OF EXPENDITURES IS OVER A MONTH OF GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES AND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
THERE'S TWO MORE BUDGET ACTUAL SCHEDULES INCLUDED IN THE REPORT, YOUR CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM.
REVENUES THERE WERE GREATER THAN BUDGETED REVENUES BY 35,000.
YOUR EXPENDITURES WERE GREATER THAN BUDGETED EXPENDITURES BY 1.4 FOR AN OVERALL DECREASE IN FUND BALANCE OF 2.2 FOR AN ENDING BALANCE OF 1.3.
THE DEBT SERVICE FUND INCLUDED REVENUES OF 106 MILLION.
THIS IS THE INTEREST AND SINKING PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE REPAYMENT OF YOUR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON YOUR BONDS.
EXPENDITURES WERE LESS THAN BUDGETED EXPENDITURES BY 1.2 MILLION.
YOUR FUND BALANCE DECREASED IN THE FUND BY 5.7 MILLION DURING THE FISCAL YEAR FOR AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 110.4 MILLION.
YOU NEEDED THAT FUND BALANCE ON JUNE 30TH TO MAKE YOUR NEXT DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT.
IT SEEMS LARGE, BUT YOU DIDN'T HOLD ON TO THAT FOR VERY LONG, BEFORE YOU MADE YOUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT.
WE DID REVIEW THE DISTRICT'S ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND THE DISTRICTS FOLLOWING ALL CURRENT PRONOUNCEMENTS, IT DID IMPLEMENT A NEW PRONOUNCEMENT RELATED TO COMPENSATED ABSENCES.
THOSE ARE THE BALANCES THAT EMPLOYEES EARN THAT THEY CAN USE FOR TIME OFF AND PERHAPS BE PAID OUT WHEN THEY LEAVE THE DISTRICT.
THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE WAY THOSE ARE MEASURED AND REPORTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCLUDE ESTIMATES.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ESTIMATES CAN ALWAYS CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.
ANYTHING RELATED TO STATE AID IS THE LARGEST ESTIMATE YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IS DUE TO THE VARIABLES THAT IMPACT YOUR ALLOTMENT AND THOSE CAN CHANGE IN SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.
AS EXTERNAL AUDITORS, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO PRESUME THAT TWO SIGNIFICANT RISKS ARE ALWAYS PRESENT.
THIS IS JUST PART OF OUR PROFESSIONAL SKEPTICISM, AND YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS NEED TO REALIZE THAT WE INCORPORATE PROCEDURES IN OUR AUDIT TO ADDRESS THESE TWO RISKS.
THEY'RE NOT UNIQUE TO ROUND ROCK ISD, BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO PRESUME THAT ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND BUSINESS PRACTICES, WE KNOW THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN ALWAYS DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE, AND WE CALL THAT MANAGEMENT OVERRIDING INTERNAL CONTROL.
WE INCORPORATE UNPREDICTABILITY IN OUR PROCEDURES, AND WE JUST HAVE THAT IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS THAT ALTHOUGH IT'S WRITTEN DOWN THAT THIS IS HOW THINGS SHOULD HAPPEN.
WE KNOW SOMETHING ELSE COULD ALWAYS HAPPEN INSTEAD OF THAT.
THEN ALTHOUGH THE DISTRICT ISN'T A PRIVATE ENTITY WITH A PROFIT MOTIVE, THERE'S ALWAYS THE RISK THAT REVENUE COULD BE RECOGNIZED IN THE INCORRECT PERIOD.
WE PERFORM PROCEDURES TO ENSURE YOUR PROPERTY TAXES, YOUR STATE FUNDING, YOUR GRANT REVENUE, WHICH ARE YOUR MAJOR SOURCES OF REVENUE ARE RECORDED PROPERLY.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DIFFICULTIES IN PERFORMING AND COMPLETING THE AUDIT.
WE HAD THE DISTRICT'S FULL COOPERATION.
I THINK THE TWO INDIVIDUALS SITTING TO MY RIGHT AND THEIR TEAMS BECAUSE WE DO ASK FOR A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION.
WE HAVE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, AND SO INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO US TIMELY.
WE'RE HERE TONIGHT PRESENTING THIS REPORT TO YOU ON TIME, AND SO IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THEIR PATIENCE AND SUPPORT AND COOPERATION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
OUR PROCEDURES DIDN'T IDENTIFY ANY MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS THAT WE HAD TO BRING TO MANAGEMENT'S ATTENTION.
NO DISAGREEMENTS TO MANAGEMENT TO REPORT TO YOU ON ANY ACCOUNTING OR FINANCIAL REPORTING RELATED MATTERS.
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WE DO OBTAIN A LETTER AT THE END OF THE AUDIT, REPRESENTATIONS FROM MANAGEMENT, THAT THEY'VE PROVIDED US WITH EVERYTHING WE'VE REQUESTED, THAT THEY'VE NOT WITHHELD ANYTHING THAT WOULD MATERIALLY IMPACT YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.AS FAR AS WE'RE AWARE, THE DISTRICT'S NOT CONSULTING WITH ANY AUDITORS OR ACCOUNTANTS ON ANY SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING RELATED MATTERS.
NOT THAT THERE'S NECESSARILY ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT, BUT IF THAT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION, WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW ABOUT THAT.
THEN THE LAST BULLET ON THIS SLIDE.
DURING THE YEAR, WE MAY PROVIDE INFORMATION, ANSWER QUESTIONS, PROVIDE GUIDANCE.
BUT AT NO TIME DO WE FEEL THE POSITION WE TAKE OR THE INFORMATION WE PROVIDE IMPAIRS OUR INDEPENDENCE TO SERVE AS THE DISTRICT'S EXTERNAL AUDITORS.
THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION, AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE ROUND ROCK ISD ANNUAL AUDIT REPORT FOR THE YEAR END OF JUNE 30TH, 2025 AS PRESENTED.
>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS RAISED.
BY SHOW OF HANDS, ALL IN FAVOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM I2, ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION TO CAST VOTES FOR THE ELECTION OF TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
AGAIN, JUST CONTEXT AROUND THIS AGENDA ITEM. WAIT, THAT'S THE WRONG ONE.
WE NOMINATED ELIZABETH MONTOYA, BUT YOU ALL RECEIVED THE NOMINEES, AND IT SHOULD BE THERE IN YOUR AGENDA, AND YOU ALSO RECEIVED IT IN YOUR BOARD PACKAGE. DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION AND THAT THE 36 VOTES BE CAST FOR ELIZABETH MONTOYA AS A ROUND ROCK ISD NOMINEE FOR THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NO HANDS, BY A SHOW OF HANDS, ALL IN FAVOR.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM I3, ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION TO CAST VOTES FOR ELECTION OF WILLIAMSON, CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
AGAIN, CONTEXT, WE NOMINATED JOHN LUKE AND LISA BERKMAN.
YOU HAVE ALL THE NOMINEES THERE. DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION, WE DID NOT TALK ABOUT HOW WE WANTED TO SPLIT VOTES ON THESE TWO.
I DON'T HAVE A PREFERENCE, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE SPLIT THEM DOWN THE MIDDLE.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION AND THAT, FOR EASY MATH, 450 VOTES BE CAST FOR JOHN LUX, AND 425 VOTES BE CAST FOR LISA BERKMAN AS THE ROUND ROCK ISD NOMINEES FOR THE WILLIAM CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? TRUSTEE WAYNE.
>> I'M GOING TO EXCUSE MYSELF BECAUSE I'M ON THE BOARD.
>> BY SHOW OF HANDS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
MOTION PASSES 501. NOW, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM I4, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON BOARD.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR THE NEXT QUARTER BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT CHANGED ANY OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, SO OUR SCORE WOULD BE RELATIVELY THE SAME.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD TABLE THIS AGENDA ITEM UNTIL THE NEXT QUARTER AND NOT HEAR IT TONIGHT.
>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? BY A SHOW OF HANDS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
AGENDA ITEM J1, BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[J. BOARD BUSINESS]
JUST A REMINDER UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS, DECEMBER 11TH, WE HAVE A CALLED BOARD MEETING.THAT'S OUR PLACEHOLDER FOR GRIEVANCE.
IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE ALL RSVPS FOR THAT MEETING.
DECEMBER 16TH IS OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING,
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AND I HAVE RSVPS FROM EVERYONE.TRUSTEE ROSS, AND WHO ELSE IS MISSING? SOMEONE ELSE IS MISSING ON HERE? YES, TRUSTEE WAYNE.
THANK YOU. JUST ONE MORE REMINDER, TRUSTEES.
I KNOW THAT MORE THIS YEAR THAN WE HAVE IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE'RE BEING INVITED TO CAMPUS EVENTS.
JUST A REMINDER TO LET THE SUPERINTENDENT KNOW IF YOU ARE INVITED AND PLAN TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND PATTY, PLEASE BECAUSE PATTY CAN HELP YOU PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR.
IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND A CAMPUS EVENT.
FINALLY, WE WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A SAFE AND RESTFUL THANKSGIVING BREAK.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT BREAK.
I BELIEVE DR. AZIZ HAS SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS.
>> REAL QUICK. A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE EVENT THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEKEND, LAST SATURDAY, I'M SORRY.
WE HAD OUR ANNUAL STUDENT LEADERSHIP SUMMIT.
WE HOSTED HERE, ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL.
WE HAVE OVER 350 FUTURE LEADERS FROM OUR DISTRICT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
MAYOR MORGAN, I WANT TO THANK HIM IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE HE WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER FOR THE EVENT AND HE CAME AND HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH OUR STUDENTS.
ALSO, WE HAD A LOT OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ACTUALLY, INCLUDING SOME OF OUR OWN VOICE STUDENTS ACTUALLY LED DIFFERENT CONVERSATION AND SESSIONS WITH OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENT STUDENTS, AS I SAID.
IT'S ANOTHER GREAT EVENT AND IT WAS REALLY PRETTY MUCH STUDENT LED EVENT.
ALSO, I WANT TO ECHO WHAT YOU SAID.
I KNOW EVERYBODY'S BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD.
IT'S BEEN A LONG FIRST SEMESTER.
I REALLY THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR HARD WORK, BUT ALSO I KNOW EVERYBODY IS READY FOR A BREAK.
I WISH I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY TAKES THAT TIME OFF TO ENJOY THEIR FAMILY, THEMSELVES, AND JUST RELAX AND COME BACK HOPEFULLY SAFE AND SOUND AFTER THE BREAK.
>> DO I HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, TRUSTEE ZARATE.
>> I WANT TO THANK THE WESTWOOD LIBRARY SERVICES, I THINK IT WAS THAT PUT ON, THEY INVITED US TO COME AND JUDGE FOR THEIR BAKE SALE, AND I WENT AHEAD AND DUG DEEP, AND TOOK THE TIME TO GO AND JUDGE.
THE AMOUNT OF ITEMS WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
THEY WEREN'T EXPECTING AS MANY AS THEY HAD, BUT THERE WERE SEVEN TABLES OF MORE THAN 10 THINGS APIECE.
I DIDN'T TRY ALL OF THEM, ALTHOUGH I WANTED TO.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CAME OUT AND FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS, AND THAT, THAT CAME TO JUDGE, ALSO AND THE TEACHERS ALSO HAD TO DIG REALLY DEEP AND THEY HAD TO HELP OUT A LITTLE BIT, TOO, TAKE EVERYONE ON THE CAMPUS TO MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS, AND THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME.
>> MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO LIMIT CLOSED SESSION TO 30 MINUTES TOTAL.
>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
BY A SHOW OF HANDS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
[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.)]
PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071, THE BOARD WILL CONSULT WITH COUNSEL FOR THE DISTRICT AND BOARD COUNSEL TO DISCUSS A SETTLEMENT OFFER IN CIVIL ACTION NUMBER 125 CV 00438 RP, DENNIS WEINER VERSUS ROUND ROCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ET AL., IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION.PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071, THE BOARD WILL CONSULT WITH COUNSEL FOR THE DISTRICT AND BOARD COUNSEL TO DISCUSS PENDING LITIGATION.
IT IS 9:15 AND WE'RE ENCLOSED AND WE'RE GOING TO DO CLOSED IN THIS ROOM.
IT IS 9:36 AND WE ARE BACK IN OPEN.
[L. CALL BACK TO ORDER/EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTIONS]
DO I HAVE ANY MOTIONS COMING OUT OF CLOSED?>> MADAM PRESIDENT, FOR ITEM K1, I MOVE THE BOARD REJECT THE SETTLEMENT OFFER AS PRESENTED.
>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SAYING NONE, BY SHOW OF HANDS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
IT IS 9:36, AND WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.