[B. CALL TO ORDER]
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          GOOD EVENING. IT IS 630 AND THIS MEETING OF THE ROUND ROCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR BOARD MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER. 
          IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT WE HAVE TRUSTEE ZARATE, TRUSTEE LANDRUM, TRUSTEE WEIR, TRUSTEE MARKHAM, TRUSTEE ROSS, TRUSTEE WAY, AND TRUSTEE CUERO. THE WHOLE GANG IS HERE. LET'S STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG THANK YOU, AND WE ARE GOING TO, OH WAIT, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO RECOGNITIONS, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO DONYA, WHO WAS A STUDENT AT CACTUS RANCH ELEMENTARY. SHE WAS THE FIRST PLACE WINNER OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING ORATORY CONTEST. 
          AND SHE RECITED HER SPEECH BEFORE OUR PRIOR MEETING. SHE DID A FABULOUS JOB. AND ALSO THANK YOU TO THE RIDGEVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL JAZZ BAND, WHO ALSO PERFORMED BEFORE THE MEETING. WE HAVE SOME REALLY TALENTED STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. AND NOW I WILL 
          [D. RECOGNITIONS]
TURN IT OVER TO DR. AZAIZ AND ANNIE. SURE. HI. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MARKHAM, TRUSTEES, AND DR. AZAIZ. WE ARE THRILLED TO CELEBRATE OUR EXCEPTIONAL DISTRICT AND CAMPUS STAFF THIS EVENING, WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING DEDICATION. COULD YOU ALL PLEASE JOIN US IN FRONT OF THE DICE? THIS EVENING, WE ARE HONORED TO INTRODUCE A REMARKABLE GROUP OF STAFF FROM OUR DISTRICT POLICE DEPARTMENT. LAST MONTH, THESE FOUR DEDICATED OFFICERS COLLABORATED TO RESPOND TO AN ALERT AT ONE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. 
          THEIR SWIFT INVESTIGATION AND PROACTIVE ACTIONS ENSURE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR FACILITY AND OUR STAFF. 
          PLEASE HELP US. WELCOME SERGEANT DANIEL MAGALLANES, OFFICERS ALEXIS HERNANDEZ, KAYLA WHALEN, AND YESENIA GUTIERREZ, ASSISTANT CHIEF LATRICIA GRANDY, AND CHIEF RYAN URRUTIA. PLEASE COME UP AND BE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU. 
          AS YOU KNOW, MARCH HAS MANY APPRECIATION, OR FEBRUARY HAS MANY APPRECIATION AND RECOGNITION DATES, INCLUDING CTE MONTH. OUR CTE DEPARTMENT IS PHENOMENAL, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE THEIR 2026 CAREER AND TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS CTE DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION AWARD. THE 2026 CTAT CTE. DISTRICTS OF DISTINCTION ARE RECOGNIZED FOR EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAMS THAT PREPARE STUDENTS FOR FUTURE WORKFORCE SUCCESS THROUGH HIGH-IMPACT LEARNING EXPERIENCES ALIGNED WITH INDUSTRY DEMANDS. PLEASE HELP US WELCOME AND CELEBRATE OUR CTE DEPARTMENT. THE FINAL STAFF MEMBER WE'RE RECOGNIZING TONIGHT IS A CAMPUS LEADER WHO WAS SELECTED THROUGH PEER NOMINATIONS FOR HER EXEMPLARY WORK. THESE NOMINATIONS LED TO HER BEING AWARDED THE 2026 REGION 13 ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR BY THE TEXAS ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS AND SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION. THIS AWARD HELPS DISTRICTS CELEBRATE 
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THE ADMINISTRATORS ACROSS THE STATE'S 20 REGIONS WHO SHOW REMARKABLE LEADERSHIP AND HELP GROW A THRIVING SCHOOL CULTURE. PLEASE HELP US. 
          WELCOME TO THE DYESS-BLACKLAND PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL MANDY VOGEL, PRINCIPAL JESSICA BURUNDA, AND AREA SUPERINTENDENT DR. NANCY GUERRERO. THANK YOU, DR. AZIZ AND TRUSTEES, YOU MAY RETURN TO YOUR SEATS. TONIGHT'S VIDEO HIGHLIGHT FOCUSES ON ONE OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS, OUR 2024 BOND YEAR IN REVIEW. LET'S WATCH TOGETHER. I KNOW IT WAS A REALLY BIG ASK COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY WITH ALMOST A BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF BONDS. ONE REALLY EXCITING THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE ARE TOUCHING EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS IN OUR DISTRICT. SO EVERYONE WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS BOND. A YEAR AGO, OUR COMMUNITY CHOSE TO INVEST FULLY IN THE FUTURE OF OUR STUDENTS. TODAY, THAT INVESTMENT IS COMING TO LIFE THROUGH PROJECTS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT, EMPOWER, AND INSPIRE EVERY STUDENT WE SERVE. 
          WITH YOUR HELP, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS OUR AGING... DEVICE SUITE ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND ALSO PUT IN PLACE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THE PAST MONTHS. WE ACTUALLY PROVIDED OUR SECOND GRADERS ALL THE WAY UP TO 12TH GRADERS WITH NEW CHROMEBOOKS. PUTTING THIS TECHNOLOGY IN OUR STUDENTS' HANDS WAS ONLY THE FIRST STEP. SEEING THE INNOVATION, CREATIVITY, AND CONFIDENCE IT HAS SPARKED HAS BEEN THE TRUE REWARD. THE BOND HAS HELPED US GROW OUR PROGRAMS IN ROBOTICS QUITE A BIT. WE'VE SEEN A 66% INCREASE IN HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPATION. 
          IN BOTH THE FTC, WHICH IS THE FIRST TECH CHALLENGE, AND THE FIRST ROBOTICS CLUB. 
          WE NOW HAVE 18 TEAMS ACROSS ALL FIVE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS TWO FRC TEAMS. SO THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT GROWTH. AS INNOVATION EXPANDS, SO DOES OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE EACH CAMPUS IS SAFE AND SECURE. THIS INVESTMENT HAS TREMENDOUSLY HELPED TO BUILD A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR THE STUDENT STAFF AND THE FAMILIES THAT WE SERVE. WE'RE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL TO THE DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY FOR HEARING. AND SUPPORTING OUR DEPARTMENT NEEDS. THE SOFTWARE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PURCHASE HAS REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB OF PRACTICALLY MONITORING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OUR STUDENTS SEARCH FOR ON THE INTERNET. 
          THIS WORK ALSO EXTENDS BEYOND OUR CAMPUSES. WE'RE INVESTING IN OUR TRANSPORTATION FLEET TO ENSURE EVERY STUDENT'S DAY BEGINS AND ENDS SAFELY. OUR NEW SAFETY FEATURES ARE AMAZING. 
          IT EXCITES ME IF YOU'RE A BUS NERD LIKE I AM. OUR BRAKE SYSTEMS ARE SO MUCH BETTER. WE HAVE THE BACKUP. CAMERAS WHERE YOU CAN SEE AND NOT JUST SEE A CHILD, BUT HEAR A CHILD. OUR ILLUMINATION ON THE BUS. OUR STUDENTS HAVE SAFE AND SECURE SPACES. THEY HAVE ACCESS TO LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT ALLOW THEM TO CREATE, EXPLORE, AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES THROUGH OUR GROWING FINE ARTS PROGRAMS. THIS TYPE OF INVESTMENT IS A LIFETIME. 
          THIS IS NOT JUST FOR HIGH SCHOOL. MIDDLE SCHOOL OR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT STUDENTS TAKE WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES AND THEN TURN IT INTO COMMUNITY SUPPORT. IT TURNED INTO COMMUNITY CONNECTION. AND WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED. 
          WHAT WE WILL SEE OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS TO 12 MONTHS IS BREAKING GROUND ON A LOT OF THESE COMPREHENSIVE PROJECTS. WE'LL START SEEING MAJOR WORK INSIDE, OUTSIDE. 
          WHERE THESE ARE ADDITIONS AND DIRECTLY CREATING NEW INSTRUCTIONAL SPACES OR ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL SPACES. WITH THE YEAR TWO BOND SALES SECURED, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON 151 NEW PROJECTS, WHILE CONTINUING 92 PROJECTS FROM YEAR ONE, BUILDING ON OUR MOMENTUM. 
          BECAUSE HERE IN ROUND ROCK ISD, FUTURES ARE BUILT HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT AND, OF COURSE, THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE VOTERS FOR PASSING THE BOND. OKAY, 
          [E. PUBLIC COMMENTS TO AGENDA ITEMS UNDER SECTIONS F, G, H, I AND K ONLY]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. AT THE. 
          AT. EACH BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD WILL SET ASIDE TIME TO AFFORD THE GENERAL PUBLIC AN 
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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. 
          FOR 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 A RESPONSE FROM BOARD MEMBERS DOES NOT INDICATE AGREEMENT OR APPROVAL OF THE COMMENTS. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. TRUSTEE ROSS, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, WILL BE THE DESIGNATED TIMEKEEPER. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS TAMMY CONRAD, AND YOU ARE A ROUND ROCK ISD EMPLOYEE, AND YOU ARE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F1. PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF EDUCATION ROUND ROCK. AND FIRST, WE WANTED TO THANK OUR DISTRICT STAFF AND THE BOARD FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'RE DOING. TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS. 
          TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE WIDE VARIETY OF AREAS YOU FOCUS ON TO ENSURE THE BEST EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS. TONIGHT, I'M SPEAKING UP FOR OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ON THE LOWEST END OF OUR PAY SCALE, OUR HOURLY EMPLOYEES. YOU KNOW, THESE ARE OUR SUPPORT STAFF WHO ARE OFTEN THE FIRST TO WELCOME OUR STUDENTS IN THE MORNING AND THE LAST TO SEE THEM BEFORE THEY RETURN HOME. SOME JOBS ARE POSTED ON OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE FOR AS LOW AS $15.25 AN HOUR. 
          INCLUDING CUSTODIANS AND BUS MONITORS. THE MIT LIVING WAGE CALCULATOR FOR THE AUSTIN AREA SHOWS IT TAKES $23.71 AN HOUR WORKING FULL-TIME TO SUPPORT ONE PERSON. THAT'S NOT WITHOUT KIDS. THE AUSTIN ISD MINIMUM WAGE IS $20.25. 
          AT EDUCATION ROUND ROCK, WE HELP TO GET DUE PROCESS OR THE PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINARY PROCESS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING OUR SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS. NOW WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU ALLOW EDUCATION SUPPORT STAFF TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY AND FOR ONE JOB TO BE ENOUGH. AS YOU ARE CREATING NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, WE UNDERSTAND THE FUNDING LIMITATIONS FROM THE STATE AND THE DIFFICULT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE BUDGET IS YOUR MORAL COMPASS. IT SAYS WHO WE ARE IN ROUND ROCK ISD. AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF, ALL OF OUR STAFF, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR ROLES ARE. 
          AND, AS ALWAYS, SUPPORTING STAFF APPROPRIATELY. 
          FINANCIALLY, HELPS RETAIN THEM, AND HELPS MAKE IT EASIER TO RECRUIT NEW PEOPLE, WHICH IS A MAJOR SAVINGS. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THEY IMPLEMENT A $2 PER HOUR INCREASE FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES AND ENSURE THAT NO EMPLOYEE IN THE DISTRICT EARNS LESS THAN $20 PER HOUR. WE ASK THAT WE PROVIDE A LIVING WAGE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT QUESTION. PUBLIC SPEAKER IS KELLY HANSON, AND YOU ARE A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT AND YOU ARE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEMS F1 AND F3. 
          HELLO. IN REGARDS TO THE BUDGET, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGES TO THE BUDGET THAT ACCOMMODATE A MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT. I KNOW YOU PROBABLY CAN'T READ THIS SPREADSHEET, BUT RIGHT NOW, THE STUDENT TO FOREIGN TEACHER RATIO. RUNS FROM 117.1 AT GRISHAM ALL THE WAY UP TO 800.1 AT DEER PARK, WHICH CURRENTLY ONLY HAS ONE OVERWHELMED SPANISH TEACHER. I UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPAL IS TRYING TO CHANGE THAT, BUT THERE'S NOT CURRENTLY EQUITY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENTS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. I'VE BEEN TOLD THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST, BUT IT WAS NOT SEEN AS AN ISSUE. THERE'S ALSO A WIDE RANGE IN THE NUMBER OF LANGUAGES OFFERED AT MIDDLE SCHOOLS, WITH FIVE OF OUR SCHOOLS, INCLUDING OUR THREE, MOST DISADVANTAGED. 
          ONLY HAVING SPANISH AS AN OPTION, WHILE CANYON VISTA HAS 
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THREE LANGUAGES AND GRISHAM HAS FOUR AVAILABLE. AGAIN, THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE IB CURRICULUM AND OR DEMAND, BUT RIGHT NOW, THE WESTWOOD LEARNING COMMUNITY HAS MORE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS THAN BOTH THE MCNEIL AND STONY POINT LEARNING COMMUNITIES COMBINED. WELL, THIS MAY NOT SEEM LIKE THE MOST IMPORTANT PRIORITY, OR MAYBE FOREIGN LANGUAGES JUST ISN'T A PRIORITY FOR THE DISTRICT. THE FIRST YEAR OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IS THE ONLY REQUIRED HIGH SCHOOL COURSE THAT MUST BE COUNTED AS PART OF CLASS RANK AND CAN'T BE IN ADVANCED CLASS. SO, DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES AMONG THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO TAKE A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WITHIN A LEARNING COMMUNITY COULD ACTUALLY LEAD TO A LOWER CLASS RANK FOR SOME STUDENTS. AS FAR AS LET'S TALK, IN YOUR NOVEMBER MEETING, YOU DISCUSSED WHETHER OR NOT SKIPPING PRESENTING THESE REPORTS QUARTERLY, WHICH I FOUND SORT OF APPALLING, ACTUALLY. I'D HOPE THAT THE MORATORIUM ON OFF-TOPIC PUBLIC COMMENTS WOULD BE A TEMPORARY MEASURE WHILE THINGS CALM DOWN. WITH ALL OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES IN THE NATIONAL NEWS, I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR BRINGING BACK OFF-TOPIC PUBLIC COMMENT, EVEN IF IT'S IN A LIMITED FASHION. 
          FOR INSTANCE, LIMIT OFF-TOPIC COMMENTS TO ONE TO TWO PER PERSON PER YEAR, OR HAVE A ROTATING SET OF AGENDA ITEMS SOLELY FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. BUT JUST BECAUSE A TOPIC IS OFF-TOPIC DOESN'T MEAN IT ISN'T VALUABLE TO BE SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC. TRYING TO GLOM A LEGITIMATE ISSUE ONTO AN AGENDA ITEM ISN'T A GOOD WORKAROUND AND ISN'T FAIR TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IN ADDITION, TAKING FEEDBACK SOLELY THROUGH LET'S TALK DOESN'T ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT OTHER ISSUES SCHOOLS MIGHT BE HAVING ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. 
          WITH OVER 50 SCHOOLS, IT'S DIFFICULT TO KNOW HOW ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS ARE AFFECTING VARIOUS POPULATIONS. 
          HEARING THE FEEDBACK IN A PUBLIC FORUM ALLOWS EVERYONE TO GAIN PERSPECTIVE ON THE JOB THAT THE TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATION ARE DOING. AND ALSO ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE MOST IMPORTANT PRIORITIES ARE. IS EQUITY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING? I DON'T KNOW. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY, OUR LAST. 
          PUBLIC SPEAKER IS JOSH ROBINSON, AND YOU ARE A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM I-1. 
          GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS JOSH ROBINSON. I'M THE SENIOR PASTOR AT HOPE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, ACROSS THE STREET FROM SPICEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE WESTWOOD LEARNING SYSTEM. I'M ALSO THE PARENT OF A SOPHOMORE AT WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU TO VOTE NO ON THE SB11. ACTION LATER ON IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA. I LIKE PRAYER. I LOVE PRAYER. 
          WE'VE JUST ENTERED INTO A SEASON IN MY FAITH TRADITION, A SEASON OF PRAYER. 
          BUT WHEN WE ORGANIZE PRAYER, WHEN WE ARE KEEPING A REGISTER OF WHO IS AND WHO ISN'T PRAYER, WE ARE CHEAPENING PRAYER. WE ARE UNDERMINING ITS VALUE. 
          DEAR FRIENDS, I ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT THAT S.B. 
          11 PUTS A GOVERNMENT IN CHARGE OF ORGANIZING A RELIGIOUS PRACTICE FOR CHILDREN, WHICH IS NOT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, IT IS RELIGIOUS COERCION DRESSED UP AS CONSENT FORMS. OUR DISTRICT IS TO SERVE THE FAMILIES OF OUR STUDENTS, AND WE DO SO REALLY WELL. WE HEARD A REPORT FROM DR. 
          NICHOLS ABOUT HOW WELL WE ARE DOING IN THIS DISTRICT. AND ALL OF THOSE CHILDREN, CHILDREN OF ALL FAITHS AND CHILDREN OF NO FAITHS, DESERVE TO HAVE OUR DISTRICTS FOCUS SOLELY ON THE EDUCATION. AS A FAITH LEADER, I BELIEVE THAT THAT FORMATION OF OUR FAITH IS TO HAPPEN IN OUR FAITH COMMUNITIES. AND TO ALLOW THE DISTRICTS TO DO THEIR WORK. THAT WAY, THE STRENGTH OF BOTH GOALS ARE MET IN TANDEM. OUR JOB IS TO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN, NOT TO INDOCTRINATE THEM. I ASK THAT YOU WOULD VOTE NO ON SB 11. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC 
          [F. SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS]
COMMENT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM F1, THE 2025-26 AND 26-27 BUDGET UPDATES. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR. 
          OSSIE. MARK, BOARD MEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND STAFF. 
          SO. WE ARE GOING TO DO TWO THINGS AT ONCE THIS EVENING. WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR BUDGET, BUT ALSO START THE WORK AND THE PREPARATION AND THE PROJECTION FOR NEXT YEAR SCHOOL BUDGET. 
          SO, AGAIN, DENNIS AND RHONDA ARE WITH US TONIGHT. AND FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO GO JUST TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE 2025-2026 BUDGET. THANK YOU, SIR. DR. AZIZ, BOARD MEMBERS, TONIGHT, AS DR. AZIZ STATED, WE WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. SINCE I LAST REPORTED ON THE BUDGET BACK IN OCTOBER 16, 2025. AND WE'RE ONLY GOING TO LOOK AT OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS FUND FOR THIS UPDATE. SO WE'RE GOING TO REALLY CONCENTRATE ON THE LAST TWO COLUMNS, THE SECOND COLUMN FROM THE RIGHT. IS WHAT WAS THE LAST UPDATE THAT WE WAS GIVEN THAT I GAVE YOU ON 10-16-2025. THE FAR COLUMN ON THE RIGHT IS THE NEWEST UPDATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER TONIGHT. SO BEGINNING 
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WITH OUR REVENUES, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR TAX REVENUES, WHICH IS THE TOP GREEN COLORS ON BOTH SLIDES, YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE A SLIGHT DECREASE. 1.2 MILLION BECAUSE OF OUR PROPERTY VALUE. IT WAS A LITTLE LESS THAN WHAT WE HAD PROJECTED. OUR PENALTIES AND INTEREST, WE HAVE A SMALL DECLINE IN THAT ONE. OUR INVESTMENT INCOME, AS YOU SEE, WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN OUR INVESTMENT INCOME. WE HAVE NOT CHANGED OUR LOCAL REVENUE PROJECTION WITH THE 10.5. WE LOWERED THE INDIRECT COST REVENUE BASED ON EXPENDITURES AND HOW WE CALCULATE INDIRECT COSTS DOWN TO $736,000. OUR STATE REVENUE, IT LOOKS ALMOST THE SAME, BUT IT DOES HAVE A SLIGHT INCREASE. 
          WE LOWERED THE TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT, BUT THAT IS BECAUSE THERE ARE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE HAS TO MATCH, AND OUR PROJECTION FOR THE TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT. 
          WHICH WAS THE FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR TEACHERS OF FIVE YEARS AND ABOVE, AND THE TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED FOR THIRD AND FOURTH YEAR TEACHERS. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE THAT SAME NUMBER WHEN WE LOOK AT THE EXPENDITURES. OUR SHARS, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE LOWERED THE SHARS BASED ON THE AUDIT THAT WE GOT FROM THE STATE WE ARE. LOOKING AT AN $800,000 DECREASE IN OUR CHARGE REIMBURSEMENT. 
          WE ALSO LOWERED OUR FEDERAL REVENUE. SOME OF THOSE GRANTS WENT DOWN, AND WE HAD TO INCREASE OUR AMOUNT FOR OUR TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON BEHALF. SO, OUR TOTAL REVENUE IN OCTOBER WAS A PROJECTION OF $488,199. IT HAS A SLIGHT DECREASE, DOWN TO $487,083. 
          ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, WE HAVE CONSOLIDATED ALL OF THE REVENUES, I MEAN, EXPENDITURES, UP TO THAT NUMBER OF THE $397,592. AND PUT A PROJECTION IN THERE. WE TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT WE HAD PAID THROUGH JANUARY AND THEN LOOKED AT THE JANUARY PAYROLL AND EXTRAPOLATED THAT OUT TO THE END OF AUGUST. AS TO WHAT WE HAVE LEFT TO PAY, PLUS, PUT A BUFFER IN THERE FOR ANY HIRES THAT WE BRING ON IN JANUARY AND PEOPLE THAT MAY LEAVE PRIOR TO AUGUST. AND SO THAT PROJECTION NOW IS AT $397,592. AND YOU SEE THE SAME NUMBER FOR THAT TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT. THAT WAS ON THE REVENUE SIDE OF THE $12.962. AND THE SAME FOR THAT TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON BEHALF OF THE REVENUE AND THE EXPENSE MATCH. SO, OUR EXPENDITURES WENT UP FROM $434,883 TO $438,711, WHICH IS ABOUT A $3.8 MILLION INCREASE IN PROJECTED EXPENDITURES. 
          ON OUR ALLOCATION SIDE, YOU SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE UP TO THE 487,048, BUT MOST OF THIS, IF YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S IN THE, NO, I'M SORRY, THE 488,337 IS THE SAME, BUT THERE'S NO CHANGES HERE, BUT WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE SOME AVENUES OF WHAT WE ARE PLANNING ON EXPENDITURE REDUCTIONS. 
          ON THIS PAGE OF THE 488-337, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL EXPENDITURES THAT ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE LEFT TO THE END OF THE YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ONLY SPENDING MISSION-CRITICAL EXPENDITURES. 
          SO WE EXPECT THAT 488 TO COME IN AT LESS THAN THAT, SO WE WILL HAVE SAVINGS ON OUR ALLOCATION ALLOTMENTS. 
          SO OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES IS THE 483-220, UP TO THE 487-048. BUT, AS I SAID, WE ARE EXPECTING TO REDUCE THAT $448,337. SO YOU LOOK AT OUR TOTAL REVENUE PROJECTION WAS $487,083. OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES WAS $487,048. SO BASED ON THESE NUMBERS TODAY, WE SHOULD BE IN OUR POSITIVE $35,000. SO IT IS GREEN. 
          BUT WE HAVE SOME NEW STUFF TO ADD. WE SOLD THE CLEAR CREEK PROPERTY FOR $1,000,006, SO WE WOULD ADD THAT TO THE SURPLUS, WHICH WOULD CREATE A $1,041,000 SURPLUS. NOW, THE NEXT NUMBER IS WHAT THE STATE WAS HOLDING FOR OUR WHOLE HOMELESS DUE TO THE HOMESTEAD. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR MOCAC AND LOOKING AT WHAT WE SHOULD EXPECT, AND WE ARE EXPECTING THAT THAT NUMBER WILL BE COMING TO THE DISTRICT. SO, IF YOU TAKE THE 104.1 AND ADD THE 6.7, THAT NUMBER NOW BECOMES GREEN AT $7,831,000. THE NEXT LINE IS THE $5 MILLION 
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REDUCTION. AS YOU REMEMBER, LAST YEAR, WHEN WE GOT TO THE END OF THE YEAR, OUR PROPERTY APPEALS, WE HAD TO SEND BACK ABOUT $7 MILLION. 
          TAX OFFICES BECAUSE OF THE APPEALS OF THE PROPERTY VALUES. SO WE PUT IN A BUFFER THIS YEAR OF ABOUT FIVE MILLION. SO WHATEVER THAT NUMBER COMES IN, IT WILL AFFECT THE 7.8 MILLION DOLLARS. IF IT COME IN LESS THAN FIVE MILLION, THE NUMBER WILL GROW. IF IT COMES IN MORE THAN FIVE MILLION, THE 7.8 WILL GO DOWN. 
          BUT JUST LEAVING THEM AS IS, THAT WE GET THE SEVEN AND LOSE THE FIVE, THE NUMBER GROWS TO TWO POINT. $831 MILLION TO THE POSITIVE, WHICH WILL BE ADDED TO THE FUND BALANCE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE 25-26 PROJECTED BUDGET UPDATE? DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE ZARATE IS IN LINE FIRST. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. DENNIS OVER THERE. YOU SAID MISSION CRITICAL. IS THAT GUIDANCE COMING FROM ADMINISTRATION TO THE PRINCIPALS TO FIGURE THAT OUT, OR ARE WE ALLOWING SOME AUTONOMY TO THE SCHOOLS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS MISSION CRITICAL FOR THEM? THERE IS AUTONOMY AT THE SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. 
          SURE. TRUSTEE LINDER? MINE KIND OF PIGGYBACKS ON THAT ONE IS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE'RE GIVING THIS INSTRUCTION BACK TO THEM, I'M ALL FOR CUTTING EXPENSES, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE NOT BEARING THIS BRUNT OF HAVING TO FUND OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET. WE CONSIDER INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES MISSION CRITICAL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU. 
          TRUSTEE WEIR. MY ONLY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE SURPLUS BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FUND BALANCE. AND IT ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO GO THERE. 
          BUT I GUESS I'M JUST WONDERING, WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, IS THAT A VOTE FROM US TO PUT IT INTO FUND BALANCE? NO, IT'S AUTOMATIC. 
          BUT WE'LL GET A REPORT ON IT, RIGHT, THAT IT WENT IN THERE? OH, YES. WHEN YOU'LL SEE THE FINAL ONE, WHEN WE DO THE ACFER NEXT YEAR, YOU'LL SEE IT GROW. OKAY. 
          OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE WAITING, SO PROCEED, PLEASE. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR PRELIMINARY, MEANING PRELIMINARY, BUDGET PROJECTION FOR NEXT YEAR. AND YOU WILL SEE WITHIN THIS PRESENTATION, THE ONLY TRUE THING THAT WE CAN PROJECT IS REVENUES. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT EXPENDITURES ARE STRAIGHT-LINED OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR. AND AGAIN, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO LOOK AT OUR M&O BUDGET. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A LITTLE HISTORICAL DATA SO YOU ALL CAN SEE HOW WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE 2018-19. IF YOU LOOK AT OUR AVAILABLE REVENUE AFTER RECAPTURE IN 2018-19 WAS $385,099 MILLION. IF YOU LOOK AT 2024-25, OUR AVAILABLE REVENUE AFTER RECAPTURE WAS $410,583. 
          THAT'S LIKE A $25 MILLION INCREASE IN THOSE YEARS. 
          BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE INFLATION RATE, WHICH WAS ABOUT 14%, THAT NUMBER SHOULD BE A $54 MILLION INCREASE FOR US TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION. 
          THEN THE NUMBER FOR 25-26 GETS US TO THE 4-38-14, AND IT IS A PROJECTION AS OF THE 3RD OF FEBRUARY. 
          ON OUR ENROLLMENT ANALYSIS, AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK BACK AT 2018-19, OUR ADA WAS $47,589, AND FOR 2025-26, WE'RE PROJECTING A DECLINE IN OUR ADA DOWN TO $42,640. 
          AND OUR ADA INCLUDES OUR PRE-K, AND THE PERCENTAGES, AS YOU CAN SEE, ARE REFLECTED ON THE FAR RIGHT. WE WAS AT 94.4 IN 2018. WE DROPPED TO 91.45 IN 2024-25. 
          BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE INCREASING IT IN 25-26, THANKS TO THE HARD WORK OF OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR STAFF OVER IN THE EDUCATIONAL SIDE, THAT DOES A LOT OF WORK IN MAKING SURE OUR KIDS COME TO SCHOOL. SO WHAT ARE OUR BUDGETARY GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR? THESE HAVEN'T CHANGED A LOT. AS YOU CAN SEE, NUMBER ONE IS OUR NORTH STAR. 
          WE FOCUS ON INSTRUCTION. WE ARE 
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A SCHOOL SYSTEM, SO INSTRUCTION SHOULD ALWAYS BE OUR NORTH STAR. THEN WE FOCUS ON SCHOOL SAFETY. IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT STUDENTS AND STAFF DO NOT FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL. IT LOWERS THE SUCCESS RATE OF DELIVERING A QUALITY EDUCATION. 
          ALSO, MAXIMIZE THE USE OF OUR GRANT FUNDING AND OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS TO MAKE SURE WE USE ALL THOSE DOLLARS. SO IT RELIEVES THE PRESSURE ON OUR GENERAL FUND. THEN WE GET INTO REDUCING EXPENDITURES. WE WILL CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AND ALIGN OUR EXPENDITURES TO WHAT WE SAY OUR PRIORITIES ARE AS OUTLINED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. AND GOING BACK TO OUR NORTH STAR, WE MINIMIZE REDUCTION IN THE CLASSROOM. AFTER, WE HAVE LOOKED AT ALL OTHER REVENUES TO REDUCE EXPENDITURES, AND OUR FOREGOING OBJECTIVE IS TO BRING AN OVERALL BALANCED BUDGET TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. 
          BUT WHAT AFFECTS THE BUDGET TO WHEN WE CAN BRING IT TO YOU? AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE MAXIMUM PRESS RATE IS SET BY TEA. WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY RATE NOW OF .7054, WHICH IS A DECREASE BASED ON A 2% PROPERTY VALUE INCREASE. DOWN FROM THE .7101. 
          THAT WAS IN THE BUDGET FOR LAST YEAR, OUR PROPERTY VALUE INCREASED. 
          WE ARE USING A 2% INCREASE BETWEEN WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND TRAVIS COUNTY, SO A BLENDED 2% INCREASE. OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT, WE'RE PROJECTING A DECLINE AND USING THAT NUMBER TO PROJECT A BUDGET. SO THE ENROLLMENT NUMBER WOULD BE $45,500. OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, WE PLAN TO LEAVE THAT FLAT AS WE BUILD THE BUDGET WITH THE BLENDED AT THE 92%. AND THE 2025 STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION RESULTS, I KNOW WE'RE NOT HAVING A SESSION THIS YEAR, BUT THESE TWO WILL IMPACT THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE SCHOOL VOUCHERS COMING ONLINE WILL AFFECT OUR 26-27 BUDGET. AND THEN THEY HAVE SOME SPREAD FORMULA CHANGES THAT WE HAVE STILL YET TO RECEIVE, WHAT THESE ALLOTMENTS WILL LOOK LIKE. AND SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET AN INCREASE. 
          IN OUR FUNDING FOR SPED, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE OFFER THE GREATEST SPED PROGRAM IN THE STATE, SO WE SHOULD HAVE AN INCREASE OF FUNDING TO SUPPORT THAT ENDEAVOR. 
          CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH, THIS IS A CONSTANT FACTOR THAT AFFECTS ENROLLMENT IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. 
          INSURANCE PREMIUM INCREASE, WE WORK VERY DILIGENTLY TO TRY TO CONTROL THESE INCREASES. 
          THE STATE, I MEAN, THE AVERAGE INCREASE ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR PREMIUM INCREASE, WHICH IS PROPERTY INSURANCE, WAS 8% LAST YEAR. WE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH OUR CONSULTANT AND WE HAD A LOWER, WE LOWERED OUR PREMIUMS FOR LAST YEAR. SO WE'LL BE WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY, TRYING TO KEEP US DOWN FROM NEXT YEAR TO REACH THAT 8%. INFLATIONARY PRICE INCREASES ON FUEL AND UTILITIES WILL AFFECT THE BUDGET. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, SHARS, I CAN JUST SAY IT'S IN A FLUX. I JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. THEY CHANGE THE RULES EVERY TIME WE SEND A REPORT. 
          SO WHAT ARE THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE USE TO BUILD THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET? MASSIVE COMPRESS RATE, AS I SAID, IS NOW DOWN TO .7054. WE USE A 2% INCREASE FOR OUR PROPERTY VALUES. 
          STUDENT ENROLLMENT DECLINED TO 45,500. EVERY DAY, THE ATTENDANCE IS FLAT. THE BASIC ALLOTMENT FLAT AT 6205. 
          SO WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE FAR TWO COLUMNS, FAR TWO RIGHT COLUMNS. AND ONE SECOND FROM THE RIGHT IS WHAT I JUST WENT OVER FOR THE 05-06 BUDGET, AND WE'RE GOING TO COMPARE THAT TO THE 06-07 PRELIMINARY. SO, AGAIN, WE LOOK AT OUR REVENUES BASED ON TAX AND PROPERTY VALUES. 
          USING A 2% INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUE, THAT WOULD GENERATE ABOUT $5.2 MILLION ABOVE WHAT WE HAD PROJECTED LAST YEAR. 
          FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. THERE ARE SLIGHT CHANGES IN SOME OF THOSE OTHER ALLOTMENTS. 
          NONE OF THEM REALLY SIGNIFICANT. 
          THERE'S A SMALL INCREASE IN THE STATE REVENUE, BUT THAT'S DUE TO A DECREASE BECAUSE OF OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT, BUT IT'S AN INCREASE BECAUSE OF THE CTE CHANGES THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING WITH OUR SEVENTH GRADE CTE COURSE. 
          BUT THE BALANCE OF THOSE, WE HAVE A VERY SLIGHT INCREASE IN STATE REVENUE. WHAT? WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THAT, WHICH YOU WILL SEE A LITTLE LATER, IS THAT CTE INCREASE. 
          WE STRAIGHT-LINED THE TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT. WE DIDN'T PUT ANYTHING IN FOR SHARS. AS I SAID, WE WILL SUBMIT THE REIMBURSEMENT, AND DEPENDING ON WHEN WE GET THE FINAL ANALYSIS, WE WILL ADD WHATEVER THAT NUMBER WILL BE. I HAVE NO IDEA YET WHAT THAT WILL BE. WE TOOK OUR FEDERAL REVENUE NUMBER UP. 
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AND WE LEFT THE TEACHER RETIREMENT ON BEHALF AT THE SAME RATE. SO, OUR TOTAL REVENUE PROJECTION WILL GROW FROM $487,083. 492, 162, AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 5.1 MILLION. 
          AS I SAID BEFORE, WE DID NOT CHANGE ANY OF OUR EXPENDITURE PROJECTIONS, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE CHANGES. 
          BUT WHEN YOU SEE THIS AGAIN, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MEETING WITH ALL OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS. 
          AND WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPENDITURES TO WHERE WE CAN BECOME MORE EFFICIENT. AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT POSITIONS, EXPENDITURES, ALL THOSE THINGS TO MAKE THE DISTRICT MORE EFFICIENT. AND SO THERE WILL BE REDUCTIONS IN THE SALARY LINE FOR ANY POSITIONS THAT WE ELIMINATE, OR THERE MAY BE CHANGES IF WE HAVE TO ADD ANY POSITIONS. 
          BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT DOWN HERE NEAR THE BOTTOM, WHERE YOU SEE THE CTE NEED TO INCREASE SPENDING, WE WILL GAIN ABOUT $4 MILLION FROM THAT CTE CHANGE THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING. BUT IF YOU REMEMBER THE CTE ALLOTMENT, YOU MUST SPEND 55% OF THAT FOR CTE. SO WE WILL HAVE A REQUIRED SPENDING TO HIRE TEACHERS TO SUPPORT THOSE 7TH GRADE CLASSES. THOSE TEACHERS WILL COST US ABOUT $975,000. SO THAT'S PART OF THE 55% REQUIRED. 
          ON THIS SIDE, I ALSO SEE SOME EXPENDITURES THAT WE WILL BE REDUCING. WE'RE STARTING AT... 
          A MINIMUM OF 10% DECREASE WHEN WE MEET WITH ALL OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS. 
          THAT MAY NOT BE THE TOTAL OVERALL, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE STARTING AT TO SEE IF WE CAN REDUCE ALL THE EXPENDITURES BY 10%. 
          ALSO, YOU SEE THE CTE NEED TO INCREASE SPENDING ON THIS SIDE. THAT'S THE REST OF THE MONEY THAT WE MUST SPEND OF THE 55% OF THE $4 MILLION. 
          SO, OTHER THAN THE TEACHER SIDE, WE MUST SPEND $1.7 MILLION ON OTHER THINGS TO MEET THAT 55%. SO THAT ALLOCATION WOULD BE ABOUT $50,449,000. STILL, WE WERE NOT BEING RECAPTURED IN OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES TO DATE, WITHOUT ANY REDUCTIONS, INCREASES, COMPENSATION, ANY OF THAT THAT WE WILL BRING TO YOU LATER ONCE WE GET FARTHER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUDGET. BUT AS OF NOW, THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES IS $491,035. IF YOU COMPARE THAT TO TOTAL REVENUES, 492 VERSUS TOTAL EXPENSES, YOU'LL SEE THAT AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE A $2 MILLION SURPLUS. 
          BUT AS I SAID, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY BUDGET REDUCTIONS, ANY PROGRAM INCREASES, ANY COMPENSATION CHANGES THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING TO THE BOARD. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP OF A FOUR- TO SIX-MONTH PROCESS, AND WE'LL BE UPDATING YOU AS WE CONTINUE ALONG THIS JOURNEY. AND AS WE CONTINUE THIS JOURNEY, THINGS THAT WE WILL BE CONSIDERING AS WE BRING BACK THE NEXT UPDATE, AS I SAID, THERE WILL BE REDUCTIONS IN CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATION POSITIONS, SCHOOL SUPPORT POSITIONS. WE MAY REDUCE DEPARTMENT ALLOCATIONS. WE WILL LOOK AT REDUCING SCHOOL-LEVEL POSITIONS, ELIMINATE SOME CONTRACTOR SERVICES. WE PLAN TO HOPEFULLY INCREASE OUR PRE-K ENROLLMENT, AND I KNOW WE PROJECT AT 45.5, BUT... THINGS COULD CHANGE BASED ON THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO ATTRACT MORE STUDENTS TO OUR DISTRICT, INCREASING OTHER CTE CLASS OFFERINGS, INCREASING OTHER LOCAL REVENUE, AND, AGAIN, COMPENSATION FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. ALL THESE THINGS WILL AFFECT WHAT YOU ALL SEE THE NEXT TIME WE COME BEFORE YOU TO UPDATE YOU ON THE 26-27 BUDGET. SO WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? WE BUILT THE BUDGET ON THE MAXIMUM COMPRESS RATE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM TEA, BUT THAT IS NOT FINAL. 
          DEPENDING ON OUR PROPERTY VALUES, THAT NUMBER MAY CHANGE. WE DON'T SUSPECT IT WILL GO UP. 
          IT MAY GO DOWN MORE. WE ARE MEETING WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS TO DEVELOP COST REDUCTION CONSIDERATIONS. WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO YOU LATER AS WE DEVELOP THIS BUDGET IN THIS PROCESS, DIFFERENT BUDGET SCENARIOS. 
          WE'LL BE HOLDING BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND SMALL GROUP MEETINGS WITH OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES. WE'LL DEVELOP THE COMPENSATION PLAN AND BRING THAT TO YOU GUYS FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. AND THEN WE WILL BRING YOU BACK THE DEVELOPED SUPERINTENDENT'S 26-27 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS ON AS WE WALK THROUGH THIS PROCESS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS 26-27 PROPOSED PRELIMINARY BUDGET? TRUSTEE LANDRUM. OKAY, I THINK 
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I'M SITTING FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM YOU THAT YOU CAN'T REACH ME IF YOU THROW SOMETHING. I GOT IT RIGHT ON. ON SLIDE SEVEN. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR FUND BALANCE. AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT A NEW THING FOR ME. AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SLIDE 7, SAY SURPLUS BUDGET. AND I KNOW IT'S SURPLUS RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY ULTIMATE GOAL. 
          AFTER ALL OF THE REDUCTIONS AND ALL OF THE PAY RAISES, THAT WE STILL WOULD END UP WITH A SURPLUS. BECAUSE I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ENROLLMENT, AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECT OF VOUCHERS AND THOSE UNKNOWNS. 
          THAT IF WE COME IN WITH JUST A BALANCED BUDGET, THAT WE COULD BE REALLY HURTING. SO THAT'S MY INPUT. I WOULD LIKE THAT TO FACE UP. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE, BUT THE GOAL IS TO COME IN AT A MINIMUM. 
          OF A BALANCED BUDGET, BUT WE WILL TRY DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT NUMBER IS GREEN WHEN YOU ALL APPROVE THE ADOPTED BUDGET. OKAY, AND THEN THIS, I THINK, IS FOR DR. OZ I EASE. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE A COMMUNITY FORUM TO DISCUSS OUR BUDGET AT SOME POINT, MAYBE IN APRIL OR MAY, TO TALK ABOUT THE CONSIDERATIONS, GET SOME COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON SOME OF THESE REDUCTIONS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK WE NEED MORE INPUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF ON HOW THESE BUDGET CUTS ARE IMPACTING ON A DAILY BASIS. YEAH, THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, THIS IS IN THE WORKS. I KNOW I REMEMBER WHEN WE MET WITH ME A COUPLE WEEKS AGO FOR MY EVALUATION, WE DISCUSSED SOME OF THAT STUFF, TOO. SO WE REMEMBER. WE ADDED ALSO THE SMALL SESSION WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS. THAT WAS A... ONE OTHER SUGGESTION? BUT ALSO WE ARE WORKING TO SET UP THOSE SESSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND TO GET SOME MORE FEEDBACK. 
          BUT ALSO, HONESTLY, I MEAN, IT'S ALSO IN A VERY, VERY COMPLEX SYSTEM. AND I THINK IT'S OUR DUTY ALSO TO EXPLAIN AND AND EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY HOW THIS WORKS. AND DENNIS IS RIGHT. I MEAN, WITH THIS, WE FUNCTION WITH A LOT OF UNKNOWNS. AND WE ALWAYS PROJECT, AND EVEN RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, EVEN FOR THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, WE STILL PROJECT. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, BECAUSE TEA, THEY DON'T UPDATE. THEY DON'T TELL US AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, HERE'S HOW MUCH MONEY YOU'RE GOING TO GET, AND THIS IS IT. THEY CHANGE THOSE NUMBERS, AND I THINK ONE TIME I SHOWED YOU THAT SUMMARY OF FINANCE AND HOW IT VARIES FROM AUGUST TO NOW, AND THAT'S NOT EVEN FINAL YET. 
          SO IT'S VERY COMPLEX, AND, TO YOUR POINT, YES, WE WILL. 
          WE HAVE BEEN SCHEDULING SOME OF THESE FORUMS AND MEETINGS WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO STAFF MEMBERS SO WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATION. BUT ALSO WE WANT TO EXPLAIN TO THEM HOW THIS WORKS AND HOW DIFFICULT OUR STATE MAKES THIS PROCESS FOR ALL OF US. AND THEN MY LAST COMMENT IS JUST A THANK YOU TO DENNIS AND YOUR STAFF OF PUTTING EVEN JUST A PRELIMINARY OUT RIGHT NOW. I KNOW IT IS SUCH A SHOT IN THE DARK STAB OF... TRYING TO ATTEMPT IT, BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US SOMETHING TO AT LEAST KIND OF START WRAPPING OUR HEADS AROUND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND IF I MAY ADD TO YOUR POINT, ALSO, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS, BUT I THINK SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I THINK I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO KEEP IN MIND IS, NUMBER ONE, FOR EVERY 1% RAISE WE'RE PLANNING ON GIVING TO OUR STAFF MEMBERS IS ANOTHER $4 MILLION THAT WILL COST THE DISTRICT. SO IF WE DECIDE TO GIVE A 3% RAISE... THAT'S FOUR TIMES THREE, THAT'S $12 MILLION THAT WE HAVE SOMEHOW FUND SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF OUR STAFF AND PROVIDE RAISES FOR THEM, RIGHT? SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, AS YOU KNOW, COMPENSATION. 
          WITH INFLATION AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RETAINING OUR AMAZING TEACHERS AND STAFF AND KEEPING THEM WORKING WITH US, BECAUSE, AGAIN, THEY ARE DOING AWESOME WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS. SO THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING, ALSO, NUMBER ONE, THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND. THE OTHER THING IS ALSO... AND I TALK TO THE TEAM ALL THE TIME ABOUT IT'S LIKE, IT'S REALLY A BUSINESS WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGET, RIGHT? SO EITHER YOU INCREASE REVENUES OR YOU DECREASE EXPENDITURES, OR YOU WORK ON BOTH, RIGHT? SO WE TRY TO WORK ON BOTH, BECAUSE IF YOU CUT TOO MUCH, YOU CAN HURT PROGRAMS. YOU HEAR ABOUT SCHOOL DISTRICT CLOSING SCHOOLS AND ELIMINATING PROGRAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT HERE. AND THEN, AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU NEED TO ALSO WORK ON THE REVENUES. 
          LIKE THE CTE IS BRINGING IN, YOU KNOW, SOME EXTRA MONEY. 
          THAT ALLOW US TO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS OPEN, OUR PROGRAMS RUNNING AND GOING REALLY WELL. AND SO THAT'S ONE OPTION. THE OTHER OPTION IS ENROLLMENT. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PLAN, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AROUND ENROLLMENT AND INCREASING ENROLLMENT THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE SHORTLY. 
          BUT THAT'S... IT'S ALSO THAT'S ANOTHER THING. IT'S IMPORTANT, BECAUSE FOR EVERY STUDENTS WE RECEIVE, YOU KNOW, IN OUR SCHOOLS, IT'S ALSO MORE FUNDING. THAT DOESN'T GOES TO TAKE CARE 
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OF OUR TEACHERS, TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES FOR THE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY IN OUR BUILDING, SO SO, YEAH, SO WE WORK AND ALL THAT STUFF. 
          IT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH. YOU CANNOT JUST BE ONE THING OR THE OTHER. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH, EVERYONE. JUST A QUICK QUESTION TO DR. ACEVES. I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT A COUPLE OF CAMPUSES. AND MY QUESTION IS AROUND WHAT? SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO BE DOING TO INCREASE THE CTE ENROLLMENT AT THE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES. 
          YEAH, SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID, UH, AND AND I THINK, AND DENNIS, ONE OF THE PROJECT, UH, UH, HIS ONE OF HIS SLIDES FOR THE 2025 26 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          HONESTLY, WE DID NOT DO IT FOR CITY TO INCREASE LIKE FUNDING, WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T LIKE, DID IT, WE DIDN'T DO IT TO GET MORE MONEY IN OUR DISTRICT. BUT, UM, AS YOU REMEMBER, THERE WERE, UH, TWO YEARS AGO, TWO OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS MOVED FROM A SEVEN PERIOD TO EIGHT PERIOD. RIGHT? SO THAT? AND THEN THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAVE ANOTHER SEVEN OR SIX MORE. DECIDED ALSO TO GO TO THE EIGHTH PERIOD A DAY. SO WHEN YOU HAVE NOW STUDENTS THAT THEY CAN PICK IN SEVENTH PERIOD, THEY CAN PICK EIGHTH PERIOD, WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS THEY HAVE NOW A CHANCE TO TAKE MORE COURSES, MORE ELECTIVES, IF YOU WILL. SO IF THEY ARE INTO FINE ARTS, WITH SEVENTH PERIOD, PROBABLY THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME TO TAKE A CTE COURSE. SO THIS YEAR, WHAT WE'RE REALIZING IS... 
          THEY HAVE A SLOT OR MORE SPACE IN THEIR SCHEDULE, SO NOW THEY ARE SEEING MORE OF OUR STUDENTS ACTUALLY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUR CTE OFFERING, ACTUALLY. SO GRISHAM IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. I THINK WE HAD, TALKING WITH OUR PRINCIPAL THERE, I THINK THEY HAVE 300, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, 300. 
          STUDENTS. WHO BEFORE DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE REALLY TO TAKE A CTE OFFERING JUST BECAUSE THEIR SCHEDULE DID NOT ALLOW IT WITH SEVEN-PERIOD DAY. AND NOW THEY WERE TAKING... YOU KNOW, CTE OFFERINGS AND CTE COURSES WITH US, AND AS YOU KNOW, THE STATE DOES PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR CTE. BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, CTE IS ALSO. YOU NEED RESOURCES AND YOU NEED EQUIPMENT IN SOME CASES, SO THEY PROVIDE THEM EXTRA. SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT GENERATED THE THREE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS YEAR. SO NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE STUDENTS TAKING CTE COURSES NEXT YEAR AS MORE OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO EIGHTH PERIOD DAY BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE MORE ROOM IN THEIR SCHEDULED TO TAKE IT. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S GOING TO GENERATE ALL OF THE MORE CTE FUNDING TO THE DISTRICT BECAUSE OF THE MOVE TO THE EIGHT-PERIOD DAY. THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU, DENNIS AND TEAM, FOR PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION. 
          OKAY, I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HEARING US ON THE SMALL GROUP SESSIONS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE A FEW TRUSTEES WHO HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED IN THAT TYPE OF SESSION. SO I THINK IT WILL MAKE OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP CONVERSATIONS A LOT MORE PRODUCTIVE, BECAUSE I KNOW IT GIVES US MORE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET PROCESS IN GENERAL. 
          IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE FACING FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I DID WANT TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THE COMMUNITY FORUMS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BOTTOM-UP FEEDBACK IS. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF IN THE DISTRICT. SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE PLANS FOR THAT. AND I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S CONSENSUS. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO KIND OF GET A SKETCH OF WHAT THAT PLAN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR THE COMMUNITY FORUM? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE AS BOARD MEMBERS WE PROBABLY WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND ATTEND SO WE CAN HEAR WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING AND POTENTIALLY MAYBE PROVIDE INPUT ON THE PROCESS BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE WANT OUT OF IT. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK WE WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE THAT, NOT ONLY SHARE WITH YOU, BUT HAVE YOU, SOME OF YOU, ATTEND THIS SESSION WITH US. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK THE IDEA, AND I KNOW ANNIE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND WORKING ON IT, I THINK WE MAY HAVE ONE OR TWO VIRTUAL AND A COUPLE IN PERSON, TOO, SO WE TALKED ALSO ABOUT... 
          SPREADING WHERE WE MAKE IT CONVENIENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IF SOME, MAYBE ONE OR TWO ON THE WEST SIDE OF OUR DISTRICT AND ONE OR TWO ON THE EAST SIDE OF OUR DISTRICT. AND THEN MAYBE ALSO CREATE ONE OR TWO VIRTUAL FOR TO MAKE IT CONVENIENT FOR OUR PARENTS AND STAFF. 
          MEMBER OR TEACHERS WHO WANT TO BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. OKAY, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION. OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM F2, 2024 BOND UPDATE. DR. AZAIZ. ALL RIGHT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT'S WE'RE ONE YEAR FROM, I THINK, A LITTLE, WELL, WAIT, WE HAD, YES, WE HAD THE FIRST SET OF, REMEMBER, SO, OKAY, THANK YOU, OUR VOTERS AND EVERYONE, I'M SORRY, ALL THIS INFORMATION IN MY HEAD, LIKE GOING AT 100 MILES AN HOUR. SO LET ME JUST 
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START BACK AGAIN. $933 MILLION BOND THAT PASSED, AGAIN, THANKS TO ALL OUR VOTERS AND TO OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES WHO MADE THIS HAPPEN BACK IN NOVEMBER 2024. AND THEN WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER FOR US ACTUALLY TO SELL A PORTION OF OUR BOND. SO THE FIRST $100 MILLION WAS SOLD BACK IN JANUARY 2025. WE RECEIVED THE MONEY BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. AND THEN WE SOLD ANOTHER $250 MILLION IN FEBRUARY. AND WE RECEIVED THE SECOND PORTION OF THE MONEY IN MARCH. SO, WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY, IT'S BEEN ALMOST A YEAR SINCE WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE FUNDS, THE FIRST PORTION OF THE FUNDS FROM THE BOND. AND SO MANY THINGS HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THEN. I'M PROUD OF OUR TEAM AND ALL OF THEM WORKING TOGETHER TO REALLY DO A LOT. IT'S $350 MILLION, BUT... I TELL PEOPLE THIS ALL THE TIME. WHEN IT COMES TO, LIKE, BUILDING HEAVY CONSTRUCTION. 
          YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE MUCH YEAR ONE, BECAUSE YEAR ONE, THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE GONNA START, YOU KNOW, GOING AND AND SELECTING ARCHITECTS AND AND THEN THEY HAVE GIVEN TIME AND TO ACTUALLY WORK ON THE DESIGN AND COME UP WITH DRAWING AND THIS AND THAT. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE TO START THE PERMITTING, SO IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME. SO YEAR ONE. TYPICALLY, YOU DON'T SEE MUCH OF CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING IN ANY DISTRICT AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THEIR BOND. BUT I'M PROUD TO SHARE WITH YOU AND HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT REALLY. WE ARE MOVING REALLY, REALLY FAST, AGAIN, WITH THE TEAM AND THE HELP OF OUR FRIENDS AT HPM, MOVING REALLY LONG. SO TODAY WE HAVE WILL FROM HPM, AS WELL AS MIKE, OUR OWN MIKE. HE'LL BE TALKING TO US ABOUT WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH YEAR ONE AND ALSO WHAT WE'RE READY FOR YEAR TWO. AS WELL AS ALSO ANSWERING ANY QUESTION THAT YOU MAY HAVE. BY THE WAY, EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AND EVERYTHING WE WILL TALK ABOUT IS ACTUALLY IN OUR WEBSITE. SO WE WANT TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE WITH OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THE INFORMATION UP TO DATE. SO WE WILL GO THROUGH SHOWING YOU THE WEBSITE AND THE DASHBOARD, IF YOU REMEMBER THAT DASHBOARD THAT WE DID FOR THE BOND, THAT TELLS OUR COMMUNITY WHERE WE'RE AT WITH EVERY PROJECT, THE STATUS, BUT ALSO HOW MUCH MONEY WE SPEND ON EACH ONE OF THEM, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          WITHOUT NO DELAY, MIKE, GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT OFF. YOUR MICROPHONE, PLEASE. IT SHOULD BE RED. THERE YOU GO. THERE WE GO. PRESIDENT MARKHAM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR. OSSIES, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. I DO ALSO WANT TO MENTION MELANIE IS HERE, OUR DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION. SO WE'VE GOT OUR TEAM HERE. WHAT I WANT TO START OUT WITH IS JUST KIND OF TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE EXPECTATION OF THE BOND WAS BEFORE IT EVEN PASSED. WHAT PROBABLY THE LONG BOND CAMPAIGN PREACHED TO EVERYBODY, AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED WAS TO JUST TO PROTECT OUR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, MODERNIZE THE CLASSROOMS, AGING FACILITIES, AND DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE DAY-TO-DAY EXPERIENCES OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. 
          THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT. 
          IT WASN'T ABOUT ADDING NEW SCHOOLS, IT WAS ABOUT TAKING CARE OF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN GIVEN, WHAT WE HAVE, BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THAT, EXTENDING THE LIFE OF THOSE BUILDINGS AND ENSURING THAT OUR SCHOOLS REMAIN SAFE, RELIABLE, AND READY FOR THE NEXT DECADE OF LEARNING. AND KIND OF A COMMITMENT TO FEWER CLASSROOM DISRUPTIONS, EXTENDING THE LIFE OF THE BUILDINGS, AND JUST, AGAIN, JUST MORE RELIABLE FACILITIES AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT HELP THE STUDENTS BE SUCCESSFUL. SO, DR. AZIZ MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT OF THIS BEFORE I REALLY START IN THIS SLIDE. I KIND OF WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK ALSO AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE PROCESSES THAT ALL PROJECTS GO THROUGH, IN SOME FORM OR FASHION. WE'VE GOT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE INSTRUMENTS AND SOME THAT ARE UNIFORM, SOME ARE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THEY ALL GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE PROCESSES. SO I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THOSE REAL QUICK, JUST TO GIVE YOU, AND NOT SO MUCH YOU ALSO, BUT ALSO THE THE COMMUNITY THAT'S THAT'S LISTENING. FIRST AND FOREMOST, OUR GOAL IS TO DEVELOP STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE PROJECTS, NOT JUST FOR THIS BOND, BUT FUTURE BONDS, FUTURE MAINTENANCE, FUTURE PROCUREMENTS, THAT WE'RE STANDARDIZING, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. AIR CONDITIONING, FLOORING, SO IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER IN THE FUTURE FOR THESE TYPES OF PROCESSES TO START, BUT IT ALSO CREATES EQUITY WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ONE CAMPUS. 
          WITH A SINK THAT IS MADE BY ONE 
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MANUFACTURER THAT'S DIFFICULT TO GET PARTS FOR, BUT THE... 
          CAMPUS, RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, HAS A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURER THAT'S VERY EASY TO GET PARTS FOR. SO WE'RE TRYING TO STANDARDIZE THESE WHERE IT'S EASY FOR ALL OF US TO WORK ON THEM, BUT ALSO, AGAIN, IT DOESN'T DISRUPT THE SERVICE OF THE CAMPUS. EVERY CAMPUS GOES THROUGH SOME FORM OF MASTER PLANNING. SO WHEN WE START LOOKING AT WHAT THE CAMPUS NEEDS, LIKE, RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE'RE GOING THROUGH A HANDFUL OF MASTER PLAN REVISIONS, BUT ALSO CREATING MASTER PLANS. 
          AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT... WHATEVER WE DO WITH THIS 2024 BOND, THAT WE'RE NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACTING FUTURE PROGRAMS, FUTURE GROWTH, FUTURE CHANGES AND REVISIONS, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD MASTER PLAN MOVING FORWARD. ONE OF THE OTHER PROCESSES THAT WE GO THROUGH IS PROGRAMMING, WHERE WE ENGAGE WITH ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS. 
          AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, AND I MEAN BY EACH DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CAMPUS. WE ALSO ENGAGE WITH PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY, SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROCESS. THE DESIGN ITSELF, WHEN IT IS A CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, IT GOES THROUGH THE MASTER PLANNING, IT GOES THROUGH THE PROGRAMMING, BUT IT ALSO GOES THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT PHASES OF DESIGN WITH ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS, WHICH IS SCHEMATIC DESIGN, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. 
          PLUS, IT GOES THROUGH A PERMITTING PROCESS, WHICH YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD THAT WE JUST RENEWED. AND REVISED AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN. IT'S TAKEN SEVERAL MONTHS TO DO. 
          THAT PROCESS AND THAT DOCUMENT WILL HELP FUTURE PLANNING, FUTURE PERMITTING. IT'LL EASE THE PROCESS. IT SHOULD EXPEDITE IT TO SOME EXTENT. AND THE LAST PART THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS KIND OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. SO I'VE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THE PLANNING THAT WE GO THROUGH AND ALL OF THE DESIGN, BUT THERE'S ALSO A PROCUREMENT PROCESS. AND WHETHER WE ARE BUILDING A SCHOOL OR BUILDING ADDITIONS, RENOVATING, BUYING HVAC EQUIPMENT, WE'RE FOLLOWING TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 44031. WE ARE FOLLOWING TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 2269, WHICH IS ALL THE CONSTRUCTION CODE. SO ALL OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESSES, ALL THE DELIVERY METHODS, WE GO THROUGH AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRANSPARENT. WE CREATE CRITERION MATRIX THAT MAKE IT VERY TRANSPARENT ON HOW WE'RE AWARDING ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, BUT IT ALSO SPEEDS UP THAT PROCESS, SO WE'RE TRYING TO STREAMLINE ALL OF THOSE. 
          SO, AS DR. AZIZ SAID, THE FIRST YEAR IS A LITTLE BIT SLOW. NO MATTER WHAT DISTRICT YOU'RE AT, NO MATTER WHAT BOND NUMBER TWO, NUMBER THREE, WE WILL JUST CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND SPEED UP A LITTLE BIT EACH YEAR. OKAY, SO I THINK WHAT WE WANT TO START WITH FIRST IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS. HOW DO THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE COMPLETED SO FAR IMPACT STUDENTS DIRECTLY. SO IF WE LOOK AT THIS, I THINK THE VIDEO REALLY SAID IT BEST WHEN MS. MAGGIO SAID THAT I THINK IT WAS A 66% INCREASE IN STUDENTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN ROBOTICS. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S REALLY EASY FOR... BOND FUNDS TO REPLACE AN AIR CONDITIONER AND A ROOF, BUT HOW MANY OF THEM ACTUALLY? INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN ACADEMIC PROGRAMS. SO I THINK THAT'S ONE REALLY HIGHLIGHT, AND AS DENNIS SAID, NORTH STAR, I THINK THAT'S ONE FOR THE BOOKS TO HAVE A 66% INCREASE. 
          ANOTHER PROGRAM, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT HAS REALLY IMPACTED A LOT OF STUDENTS IS THE LED LIGHTING RETROFIT AT ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STADIUMS, ALL SIX STADIUMS. THIS IS IMPACTING FOOTBALL, SOCCER, TRACK, NJR, OTC, CHEER. WE ARE NOW MEETING ALL OF THE UIL RECOMMENDED LIGHT LEVELS, WHICH IS ABOUT 50 FOOT CANDLES ON AVERAGE OVER EVERY FIELD. 
          IT'S SAFER FOR THE ATHLETES, IT'S BETTER FOR THE VISITORS, THERE'S BETTER VISIBILITY FOR SPECTATORS. IT'S ENERGY EFFICIENT. IT'S INSTANT ON, WHICH IS A LOT MORE EFFICIENT FOR COACHES. WE HAVE RESURFACED THREE MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACKS, MAKING IT A LOT SAFER FOR ABOUT 3,600 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. WE HAVE ALSO REPLACED 28 ICE MACHINES IN ATHLETICS BETWEEN MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS FOR ATHLETIC TRAINERS, WHICH IS A DIRECT IMPACT FOR STUDENTS. SO YOU HEARD EARLIER THAT THERE WERE OVER 250 NEW INSTRUMENTS AND WE WERE TRYING TO CALCULATE HOW MANY STUDENTS THIS ACTUALLY IMPACTS. 
          QUITE A FEW OF THOSE THOSE INSTRUMENTS ARE ONE STUDENT ONLY PER YEAR, BUT THERE'S QUITE A FEW THAT ARE MULTIPLE 
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STUDENTS. SO IT'S IT'S ACTUALLY MUCH MORE THAN 250 STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. WE'VE ALSO DISTRIBUTED TECHNOLOGIES, DISTRIBUTED 44,000 CHROMEBOOKS. IN ADDITION TO THOSE 44,000, THEY'VE ALSO GOT 8,000 CHROMEBOOKS. THAT AS DEVICES GET TO OR RIGHT AT THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE CYCLE, THE END OF THEIR WARRANTY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE REPLACING THEM. SO THIS IS NOT ONLY A ONE-TIME FIX FOR CHROMEBOOKS, BUT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AS THEY EXPIRE, THE WARRANTIES EXPIRE, THEY'LL BE REPLACED, WHICH ALSO PREVENTS DISRUPTION FOR THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENTS. A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS, AND YOU HEARD ABOUT THE GOGUARDIAN BEACON, WHICH IS A SUICIDE AND SELF-HARM PREVENTION PROGRAM. 
          THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR. 
          ALSO, A 911-INFORMED SYSTEM, WHICH IS AN EMERGENCY PANIC SYSTEM FOR STAFF. YOU SAW TINA THERE TALKING ABOUT HER BUSES. TWENTY-FIVE BUSES HAVE ALL COME IN. THEY WILL ALL BE ON THE ROAD WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. THEY ALL HAVE SEATBELTS AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT SIZES. WE HAVE 77 PASSENGER BUSES, WE HAVE 14 PASSENGER BUSES, AND WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT BUSES, WHICH ARE, I BELIEVE 54 PASSENGER BUSES. 
          BUT ALL OF THEM HAVE SEATBELTS, ALL OF THEM HAVE SMART TAG STUDENT RIDERSHIP EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS CAMERAS. AND IN FACT, SOME OF THE 77 PASSENGER BUSES HAVE AS MANY AS NINE CAMERAS FOR TO WATCH THE STUDENTS. ONCE THE NEXT ROUND OF BUSES ARE PURCHASED, WHICH WILL BE COMING FROM THE SECOND SALE THAT JUST HAPPENED LAST WEEK, ONCE THOSE BUSES COME IN, ALL OF OUR ROUTE BUSES WILL HAVE SEAT BELTS. ALL OF OUR ROUTE BUSES, FIELD TRIP BUSES, ALL OF THEM WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH SEAT BELTS. SO ON TO SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS, WHICH REALLY IMPACT STUDENTS MORE INDIRECTLY, BUT STILL AFFECT THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. FIRST, THE INTERIOR LIGHTING, AND REALLY, THAT'S THE LED LIGHTING RETROFIT PROGRAM, WHICH IS A DISTRICT-WIDE PROJECT. 
          IMPACTING EVERY INSTRUCTIONAL CLASSROOM. EVERY INSTRUCTIONAL BUILDING IS INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING. WE ARE REPLACING ALL OF THE FIXTURES, THE EXISTING CFL LIGHTS, WHICH LOOK A LITTLE BIT YELLOW WITH LED LIGHTS. WE ARE REPLACING ABOUT 7,000 FIXTURES, ABOUT 3,000 CLASSROOM DIMMERS AND ABOUT 3,000 MOTION SENSORS IN ALL THE BUILDINGS. ONE THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT, TOO, IS THE THE COLOR OF THE. THE PREVIOUS OR THE EXISTING LIGHTS WERE 3500, SO THE LIGHT SPECTRUM IS A KIND OF A SOFT WHITE, ALMOST YELLOW ON THE FAR LEFT AND 6000 ON THE FAR RIGHT IS BLUE. 
          GIVES YOU AN INTENSE HEADACHE. 
          I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN SOME OF THESE, THE COLOR THAT WE WE HAVE... 
          THAT WE'RE INSTALLING HAS BEEN SHOWN TO POSITIVELY IMPACT INSTRUCTION. IT'S MORE OF THE 4000 TO 4100 COLOR. IT IS NOT BLUE, BUT IT KIND OF LOOKS BLUE COMPARED TO THE OLD YELLOW. BUT IN REALITY, IT ACTUALLY MIRRORS WHAT NATURAL, DEFLECTED DAYLIGHT IS. SO AS YOU'RE WALKING DOWN A HALL, THAT'S THE SAME KIND OF LIGHT THAT WILL BE IN A CLASSROOM, WHICH HAS BEEN SHOWN TO POSITIVELY IMPACT INSTRUCTION. 
          PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING ABOUT INTERIOR LIGHTING RETROFIT IS THE SAVINGS. LED LIGHTS ARE ABOUT 60% MORE EFFICIENT, ENERGY EFFICIENT THAN THE CFLS. 
          AND WE EXPECT, DEPENDING ON WHAT OUR NEW ELECTRICITY RATE WILL BE, BUT WE'RE EXPECTING BETWEEN $900,000, MAYBE AS MUCH AS A MILLION DOLLAR SAVINGS IN OPERATIONAL COSTS PER YEAR. 
          MARQUISE, WE HAVE STARTED THIS PROJECT. BRUSHY CREEK HAS BEEN INSTALLED AND IS OPERATIONAL AS OF JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. THE NEXT NINE ARE IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS RIGHT NOW. THOSE SHOULD BE PROBABLY START INSTALLATION WITHIN THE NEXT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS AND COMPLETE BY THE SUMMER. AND WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT ABOUT THIS IS THAT THE NEW MARQUEES YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN SOME OF THEM, REDBUD, WHERE IT'S A VERY SMALL MARQUEE, IT'S MAYBE TWO ROWS. 
          THE. AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS THAT WE'RE CREATING, WE'VE CREATED A STANDARD OF 3 FOOT BY 8 FOOT FOR THE MARQUEES. AND WHAT THIS DOES, IT ALLOWS BETTER GRAPHICS. WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT GRAPHICS ON THERE, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE TEXT, SO I THINK IT'S MORE USABLE, MORE FUNCTIONAL. 
          BUT WHAT COMES WITH THAT IS EACH CITY, CITY 
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OF AUSTIN, CITY OF ROUND ROCK, EACH MUD OR MUNICIPALITY THAT WE DEAL WITH, HAS DIFFERENT DESIGN GUIDELINES AND CODE REQUIREMENTS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, CITY OF ROUND ROCK, IT CANNOT BE OVER 6 FOOT TALL. SO WE HAVE SOME OF THEM THAT ARE OVER 6 FOOT TALL BECAUSE THEY WERE PUT IN BEFORE THE NEW CODE. 
          BUT NOW THEY CAN'T BE OVER 6 FEET. THEY ALSO HAVE TO BE NO MORE THAN 5 INCHES OFF THE GROUND. AND 75% OF THE BASE HAS TO BE CONNECTED TO THE GROUND. SO THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE... 
          PURCHASE THESE NEW ONES, THE NEW MARQUEES, AND IT'S ALSO A RATIO. SO THE GOAL WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A THREE FOOT BY EIGHT FOOT DIGITAL DISPLAY FOR GOOD VISIBILITY, BUT THE CABINET THAT SURROUNDS IT HAS TO BE AT LEAST 50% BIGGER THAN THAT. 
          SO EVERY TIME WE INCREASED THE SIZE OF THE DIGITAL DISPLAY TO HIT THREE FOOT BY EIGHT FOOT, IT ALSO EXPANDED THE WIDTH AND WE HAD TO STAY UNDER EIGHT FOOT. SO THERE WAS QUITE A FEW CALCULATIONS. BUT WE THINK WE'VE GOT OUR STANDARDS DOWN NOW. AGAIN, WE SHOULD HAVE THE NEXT NINE STARTING IN A FEW WEEKS. AND IN THE SUMMER, WE'LL BE STARTING PHASE THREE OF THOSE. DRINK AND POUNDS AND WATER BOTTLE FILLERS, WE ARE ABOUT 80%, 85% OUT OF THE FIRST PHASE. SO OVER THE WHOLE LIFE OF THE BOND, WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE ABOUT 600 DRINK AND POUNDS WATER BOTTLE FILLERS. 
          WE'RE AT ABOUT 85 RIGHT NOW. 
          WE'RE ABOUT TO START. PHASE, THE SECOND PHASE OF THE FIRST YEAR, THOSE WILL BE COMPLETED OVER THE SUMMER. THE DIFFICULTY WITH THIS IS THAT WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT? OUR BUILDINGS THAT WERE BUILT PRIOR TO 2000 DO NOT HAVE WHAT'S CALLED AN ANGLE STOP, A WAY TO TURN THE WATER OFF AT EACH INDIVIDUAL FOUNTAIN, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING TO TURN THE WATER OFF AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, CUT WATER OFF FOR THE WHOLE CAMPUS. WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE ALSO RUN THE RISK OF KILLING WATER TO THE THE WHOLE CAMPUS. AND NOT BEING ABLE TO BRING IT BACK UP IF SOME OF THE VALVES DON'T WORK. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE'RE IDENTIFYING THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE OVER OLDER THAN 2000, STRATEGICALLY SCHEDULING THOSE DURING SPRING BREAK IN THE SUMMER TO WHERE THEY DON'T. WE DON'T RUN THE RISK OF SHUTTING CAMPUS DOWN OR HAVING WATER SHUT DOWN AND INSTALLING NEW VALVES AS WE PROGRESS. SO BUILDINGS BEFORE 2000 ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CHALLENGE, BUILDINGS AFTER 2000 OR MUCH EASIER. 
          THEY HAVE THE NECESSARY VALVES. 
          AND THEN THE THIRD TYPE OF DRINKING FOUNTAIN IS AT CEDAR RIDGE. I MENTIONED DESIGN, SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS. 
          FOR SOME REASON, CEDAR RIDGE HAS A VERY UNIQUE WATER BOTTLE FILLING STATION. WE WILL BE STANDARDIZING IT, BUT IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CHALLENGE BECAUSE THEY TAKE UP A DIFFERENT SPACE. 
          AND PLUS, SOME OF THE CONDENSING UNITS ARE IN THE MEZZANINE, ABOVE THE CEILING GRID, VERSUS ACTUALLY IN THE DRINKING FOUNTAIN. 
          THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH ALSO. MOVING ON TO FLEET, WE HAVE REPLACED 15 MAINTENANCE VEHICLES. THESE ARE TRUCKS AND VANS FOR ALL OF OUR TRADE STAFF THAT TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. 
          PLUS, YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO THAT THEY PURCHASED 10 NEW POLICE VEHICLES FOR 10 NEW STAFF. AND LASTLY, OH, ACTUALLY, I DO NOT WANT TO FORGET. 
          ROBOTIC CLEANERS FOR THE SWIMMING POOLS. WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT THE ROBOTIC CLEANERS FOR CUSTODIAL STAFF, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT WE ALSO PURCHASED FOUR ROBOTIC CLEANERS FOR THE SWIMMING POOL AT CEDAR RIDGE. 
          ON THAT SAME NOTE, 16 FLOOR CLEANING ROBOTS OR AUTO SCRUBBERS WERE PURCHASED FOR THE CUSTODIAL DEPARTMENT. 
          THESE ARE FOR ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL AS CTE. TWO DIFFERENT TYPES. ONE IS COMPLETELY AUTONOMOUS. IT'S A MUCH SMALLER UNIT. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT. IF YOU'VE BEEN TO QT, IT'S VERY MUCH LIKE THEIRS. MOVES AROUND, IT DOCKS AND WORKS TWO O'CLOCK, THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. 
          THE SECOND ONE IS A LITTLE BIT LARGER. IT'S A HYBRID VERSION THAT CAN BE PROGRAMMED TO RUN ON ITS OWN, BUT IT STILL REQUIRES SOME HANDS-ON DOCKING AND DRAINING AND REFILLING. SO NOW, I KNOW DR. AZIZ COVERED A LITTLE BIT OF THIS, BUT I'LL COVER IT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. YES, THERE WAS $350 MILLION SOLD IN THE FIRST YEAR, LAST JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. WHAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING IS THE RATES THAT THE DISTRICT GOT. IT WAS $3.33 FOR THE VARIABLE AND $3.98 FOR THE FIXED, WHICH TRANSLATES INTO ABOUT $15 MILLION IN LONG-TERM INTEREST SAVINGS FOR OUR TAXPAYERS. IT FUNDED... 
          YEAR ONE FUNDED ABOUT 442 PROJECTS. OF THOSE, ABOUT 40% ARE ALREADY IN PROGRESS, AND WE HAVE ENCUMBERED OVER 
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140 MILLION OF THAT 350 ALREADY. SO WHAT IS NEXT ON YEAR TWO? SO LAST WEEK WE HAD YEAR TWO SALE. WE SOLD 100 MILLION AT 2.61, A VARIABLE RATE. WE SOLD 200 MILLION AT A RATE OF 3.77 AND THAT WAS FIXED. YEAR TWO IS GOING TO FUND 151 NEW PROJECTS, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO FUND 92 ONGOING PROJECTS THAT WEREN'T COMPLETELY FUNDED IN YEAR ONE, SOME OF THE MORE COMPREHENSIVE LARGE CAMPUS PROJECTS. ONE THING I WANT TO MENTION, TOO, IS THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH QUITE A FEW OF OUR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, DRINKING FOUNTAINS, STAGE CURTAINS, WE'RE NOT REPLACING THEM ALL AT ONCE. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT NOT JUST THIS BOND CYCLE, BUT FUTURE BUDGETS. YOU HEARD HOW DIFFICULT THE BUDGET IS, THE LOCAL BUDGET IS RIGHT NOW. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO SET THE BOARD UP IN 10 TO 15 YEARS WHEN THESE HAVE TO BE REPLACED TO BE REPLACING 600 DRINKING FOUNTAINS ALL AT ONCE. 44 MARQUEES ALL AT ONCE. WE. 
          THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE COULD DO IT. SO THE PLAN IS STRATEGICALLY DO ABOUT 25% EACH YEAR, 20 TO 25% SO IT'S A LOT EASIER 10 TO 15 YEARS FROM NOW ON THE LOCAL BUDGET. SO WE'VE GOT 10 COMPREHENSIVE PROJECTS THAT ARE BREAKING GROUND. 
          THESE HAVE BEEN IN DESIGN AND THE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, SEVERAL MONTHS. NOW. THERE'S TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, A MIDDLE SCHOOL, FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS, THE C.D. FULKS AUDITORIUM, THE CTE BUILDING, AS WELL AS SUPPORT SERVICES. 
          ALL OF THESE ARE YEAR ONE STARTS, BUT WILL BE REALLY KICKING OFF AND ACCELERATING PRETTY QUICKLY. THESE ARE COMPREHENSIVE PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE SOME INTERIOR FINISHES, FLOORS, CEILINGS, RESTROOMS, PAINTING. CLASSROOM ADDITIONS, HVAC ROOFING, SPORTS FIELD, TURF CONVERSIONS, TRACK RESURFACING, TENNIS COURT RESURFACING, AND, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOUR FAVORITE TOPIC OF PORTABLES. I WANT TO SAY WE'RE WE'RE GONNA CALL IT CURRENTLY RELOCATING PORTABLES BECAUSE WE NEED TO MOVE SOME FOR NEW ADDITIONS AND FOR OTHER ADDITIONS, RENOVATIONS IN THE FUTURE. 
          THOUGH, IN THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR YEARS, THAT WORD WILL CHANGE TO SAY ELIMINATING AT LEAST 30 OR 40 IS THE GOAL. LIMITED SCOPE PROJECTS WE'VE GOT, AND SOME OF THESE ARE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, ALSO FIRE ALARM UPGRADES, WINDOWS, WE'VE GOT THREE PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE ARE STARTING THIS SUMMER. SOME OF THOSE, I THINK SOME OTHERS, WERE FUNDED IN YEAR TWO, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. THOSE, BECAUSE OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS, THOSE WILL PROBABLY BE STARTING NEXT SUMMER. WE HAVE TWO ROOFS AT TWO ELEMENTARIES THAT WE'RE REPLACING. WE ARE ALSO INSTALLING GENERATORS AT BOTH CENTRAL KITCHENS FOR THEIR FREEZERS AND COOLERS, SO THAT DURING POWER OUTAGES WE WILL NOT LOSE ANY SUPPLIES. 
          AND, LASTLY, DR. AZIZ ALSO MENTIONED THIS, BUT THIS IS OUR BOND WEBSITE. 
          THIS IS THE FRONT-FACING PAGE THAT YOU CAN ZOOM IN ON EACH CAMPUS THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN. IF YOU CLICK ON IT, IT WILL SHOW YOU THE SCOPE. 
          YOU SCHEDULE WHAT'S BEEN EXPANDED SO FAR AND WHAT THE STATUS OF EACH ONE IS. 
          JENNIFER, CAN YOU CLICK ON THE MAP PROJECT TIMELINE, PLEASE, SO WE CAN SHOW OUR BOARD MEMBERS UPDATED? THANK YOU. AND IF YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN, YOU CAN SEE THAT I THINK MIKE TALKED ABOUT. ALMOST $140 MILLION OF THE MONEY HAS BEEN ENCUMBERED ALREADY. YOU CAN SEE THAT NUMBER SHOULD BE CLOSE TO THAT, RIGHT? SO, YEAH, SO 136. SO THAT NUMBER. THIS THING IS UPDATED, RIGHT, DAILY, PRETTY MUCH. SO AS WE ARE COMPLETING PROJECTS OR STARTING A NEW PROJECT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IF ANYTHING HAS BEEN ENCUMBERED AND WHAT'S THE STATUS OF EVERY PROJECT. SO, AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY INFORMED. 
          TO DATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH THIS, AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN CLICK ON A PARTICULAR CAMPUS 
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TO KNOW EXACTLY MORE DETAILS ABOUT IT. ALSO, IF YOU GO TO NEXT PAGE, THE NEXT ONE AND NUMBER TWO, ONE OF TWO, THERE'S TWO NOW ON THE BOTTOM. YOU ALSO SEE ALSO THAT TIMETABLE NOW DOWN, SO YOU WILL SEE ALSO WHERE THAT. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, OF COURSE, I MEAN, FOLKS, MAYBE YOU WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THE PROCESS IS GONNA START, OR WHEN THE PROCESS GONNA END. 
          SO WITH THIS, THEY ALSO CAN SEE MORE OR LESS THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF ANY OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL. AND AS I SAID, THERE IS A DROP-DOWN MENU WHERE YOU CAN GET TO SELECT THE CAMPUS, A PARTICULAR CAMPUS IF YOU WANT. 
          AND LOOK AT ALL THAT STUFF. SO NOW 132 MILLION, 136 ENCUMBERED AND 796 OBVIOUSLY. REMEMBER, WE DON'T HAVE ALL THAT MONEY. WE ONLY GET WHAT 350 LAST YEAR AND WE GET IN 300 THIS YEAR, SO 650 THAT THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE ACCESS TO TO DO THIS PROJECT WITH AS A FAN APP. AND YEAR TWO SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN ABOUT 30 DAYS. SO THIS, YEAH, THE $300 MILLION THAT WE JUST SOLD, WE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THEM IN MARCH NEXT MONTH. I THINK, YEAH, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE, JUST MAKING SURE. OKAY, I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS. THIS IS VERY EXCITING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          WE APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM F3, AND THEN AFTER THAT, TRUSTEES WILL TAKE A SHORT BREAK BEFORE WE FINISH OUT THE MEETING. SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ANNIE. GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES, AND DR. AZAIZ AGAIN. 
          HOLD ON. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU MY QUARTERLY, SUPER SHORT PRESENTATION ON LET'S TALK, EVENTUALLY. FIVE SLIDES THIS TIME INSTEAD OF FOUR. OKAY, SO THIS IS FOR THIS TIME PERIOD HERE. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, IT'S A SUPER SHORT NUMBER OR SUPER LOW NUMBER OF DIALOGUES. BECAUSE IT WAS OVER CHRISTMAS AND THANKSGIVING AND ALL THE BREAKS, SO WE ONLY GOT 34 DURING THIS TIME. NO, STUDENTS CHIMED IN THROUGH LET'S TALK OVER THEIR WINTER BREAK. YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENTAGE THERE. 
          MOST OF THE GREATEST NUMBER OF THINGS WAS ABOUT IREADY. 
          AND THEN THE ONE AT THE BOTTOM IS WE GOT ONE EACH ABOUT ALL OF THOSE. THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OVER TIME. SO FOR EACH QUARTER THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT, AND THOSE ARE THE QUARTERS THAT WE DETERMINED BASED ON WHEN WE STARTED DOING THESE. 
          SO DON'T THINK OF THEM LIKE REGULAR QUARTERS, JUST WHEN WE'VE DONE THEM. HOW MANY DIALOGUES WE'VE GOTTEN OVER TIME, BREAKING THEM DOWN BY COMMUNITY MEMBER, STAFF, ETC. AND THEN THE PERCENTAGE OF HIDDEN. TOTALS AT THE BOTTOM THERE. 
          FOR COMPARISON, IN THAT TIME PERIOD, THAT'S THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ALL TOPICS THAT THE DISTRICT RECEIVED, SO 209 TO TRUSTEES 1777-2. FOR FOR ALL THINGS, THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE 10 MINUTES. IS THAT GOOD WITH EVERYONE? OKAY, SO WE'LL SAY WE'LL COME BACK. AT 8 O'CLOCK. IT IS 7 49 AND WE ARE IN RECESS, IT IS 8 04 AND 
          [G. DISCUSSION ITEMS]
WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. AND WE ARE MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM G1 BOARD, STUDENT OUTCOMES GOALS, TIME TRACKER. AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO TRUSTEE WAY. THANK YOU. 
          SEE WEBHEAD ON THE SCREEN. SO IN JANUARY WE HAD TWO MEETINGS, ONE IS ON JANUARY 22ND, THE OTHER ONE IS JANUARY 29TH. 
          TOTAL MINUTES IS 140, AND 84 MINUTES IS USEFUL DISCUSSING THE STUDENT OUTCOME. SO WE HAD 60 PERCENT. DO WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE OR JUST SHOW THIS ONE? OKAY, I DON'T, I DON'T. THEN WE NEED TO BREAK DOWN EACH MEETING. OKAY, YEAH, IT'S 60% GOOD JOB, COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. WELL, THAT'S VERY EXCITING. ALL 
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RIGHT. OKAY. MOVING ON TO... 
          OH, SORRY, WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE. OKAY. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM G2, BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. POINT OF ORDER. WHAT'S YOUR POINT? I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO SUSPEND SPEAKER TIME LIMITS FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION, AND A SECOND, TO SUSPEND SPEAKING TIME LIMITS. 
          JUST FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM. 
          JUST FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 6-1. OKAY, SO, TRUSTEES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR BOARD PLANNING CALENDAR. SO WE HAVE OUR MONITORING CALENDAR. WE HAVE OUR PLANNING CALENDAR. 
          THE PLANNING CALENDAR INCLUDES ALL OF THE KIND OF WRAP AROUND THINGS THAT WE DO OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO. AND ONE OF THOSE IS THAT WE REVIEW THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES EVERY FEBRUARY. SO TODAY, IT'S A DISCUSSION ITEM. WE'LL BRING IT BACK IN MARCH AS AN ACTION ITEM. SO FOR TODAY, GO AHEAD AND GET IN THE QUEUE. IF YOU HAVE CHANGES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE OR DISCUSS IN THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AND I BELIEVE MICHELLE WILL. WE'LL GATHER OUR FEEDBACK TODAY. YOU WILL ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AFTER THIS MEETING TO SEND MICHELLE ANY RED LINE, TEXT, ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD. AND WE'LL COMPILE IT ALL AND BRING IT BACK IN MARCH, AND THEN THAT'S WHEN WE WILL VOTE ON IT. SO THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK IS THAT. IF YOU ARE GOING TO PRESENT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD OR CHANGE, IF YOU COULD, PLEASE GIVE US THE PAGE NUMBER SO THAT WE CAN ALL LOOK AT THE SAME THING. AND IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE TRUSTEE LANDRUM IN THE QUEUE. SO I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS, AND I'VE MISSED ONE REGULAR BOARD MEETING. IT WAS LAST FEBRUARY 20TH FOR MY FATHER'S 80TH BIRTHDAY, WHICH TOMORROW IS HIS 81ST. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD. AND THAT'S WHEN WE LAST UPDATED THESE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. 
          THERE WERE ONLY FOUR TRUSTEES IN THAT MEETING, AND SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO REEVALUATE THIS NOW THAT WE HAVE ALL SEVEN TRUSTEES HERE. I HAVE... A LOT OF COMMENTS ON IT, AND I DON'T KNOW THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          LIKE, I HAVE THREE PAGES OF NOTES OF THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT DOING, THINGS THAT I FEEL LIKE NEED TO BE CODIFIED, A COUPLE OF THINGS, LIKE, I DIDN'T SEE THAT ARE IN HERE, BUT WE KIND OF REFERENCE. SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO START WITH THIS. I THINK, DO YOU HAVE PAGE NUMBERS? I DO. 
          OKAY, SO I THINK JUST GIVE US THE PAGE NUMBER AND THE SECTION THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TO GIVE IT TO, IF IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE IT TO US WORD FOR WORD. WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT GENERALLY. AND I THINK THE WAY THAT WE'LL DO IT IS. LET'S GET THROUGH YOUR CHANGES, AND THEN I WILL PROBABLY OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS SO WE CAN DISCUSS YOUR CHANGES, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TRUSTEE. SO THE FIRST ONE'S ON PAGE FIVE, AND IT TALKS ABOUT TRUSTEE PREPARATION. 
          IT'S UNDER BOARD MEETINGS, WHICH, BY THE WAY, ONE OF MY RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO FURTHER DO SOME FORMATTING ON THIS, SO THAT EACH. MAIN SECTION HAS A ROMAN NUMERAL, SO WE CAN REFERENCE, YOU KNOW, 1A2, AND YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE TO SAY THE TITLE OF THE SECTION, AND THEN A, SO IT'S A LITTLE CUMBERSOME SINCE THERE'S NOT, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE DO SOME FORMATTING ON THIS ONE. BUT UNDER SECTION B, WHERE IT'S INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE MEETING PREPARATIONS, SOME OF THESE THINGS WE'RE DOING, WE JUST HAVEN'T PUT THEM IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. 
          ONE IS THAT ANY QUESTIONS THAT TRUSTEES SUBMIT IN A TIMELY MANNER WILL BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA. AND SO I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT INTO OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WE DO IT, BUT IT'S NOT IN OUR PROCEDURES. BUT IT'S THAT YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE SUBMITTING A QUESTION, THAT'S GOING TO BE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. I KNOW IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION, BUT IT'S A REQUIREMENT THAT THE BOARD PRESIDENT MAKE SURE THAT THOSE QUESTIONS ARE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. SO THAT'S MY FIRST RECOMMENDATION. MY OTHER ONE THAT WE ARE DOING, BUT IT'S NOT IN HERE. IS THAT THE BOARD PRESIDENT SHALL NOTE ON THE AGENDA THE NAME OF THE TRUSTEE IF THEY HAVE REQUESTED AN AGENDA ITEM? WE'RE DOING IT, BUT IT'S NOT IN BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, SO I JUST FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD BE NOTED IN THERE. THEN THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS HAPPENING, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HAPPENING ANYMORE, BUT THAT THE BOARD PRESIDENT SHALL INVITE A TRUSTEE ON A ROTATING BASIS TO THE FINAL AGENDA SETTING MEETING FOR EACH REGULAR BOARD MEETING. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PROCESS TO TRAIN UP OTHER TRUSTEES SO THAT THEY CAN SIT THROUGH AN AGENDA SETTING MEETING. SO I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE ADD THAT TO OUR AGENDA, I MEAN TO OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. SO 
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THAT'S ALL FOR SECTION B. IN SECTION D, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, AND PATTY MIGHT HAVE TO REMIND ME, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REQUESTING TO HAVE AN ITEM PULLED OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA, IT SAYS 48 HOURS, BUT THE AGENDA ACTUALLY HAS TO BE POSTED. THREE BUSINESS DAYS BEFOREHAND, AND SO YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY PULL IT OFF THE AGENDA. IF YOU WAIT TILL THE 48 HOURS PRIOR, YOU STILL HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION. IN THE SO, I THINK THAT THAT 48 HOURS SHOULD BE CHANGED TO IS IT THREE BUSINESS DAYS NOW? WHATEVER ALIGNS WITH THE NEW REQUIREMENTS, JUST CHANGE THAT 48 HOUR. UM, THE NEXT ONE IS ON PAGE SIX. 
          OKAY, WAIT, WAIT, THAT WAS A LOT. SO WHY DON'T WE DO IT PAGE BY PAGE. OKAY, SO NOW I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP, AND IF YOU CAN USE THE QUEUE FOR THIS, OPEN IT UP. FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BASED ON TRUSTEE LANDRUM'S CHANGES. 
          TRUSTEE WEIR. I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE ROTATION. 
          ARE YOU JUST WANTING IT GENERALLY IN THERE, OR ARE YOU WANTING IT SO THAT IT'S SOMEBODY DIFFERENT EVERY MONTH? I MEAN, I GUESS I DON'T KNOW HOW SPECIFIC. SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO PUT THAT IN THERE? I JUST IT WAS SOMETHING I DID WHILE I WAS BOARD PRESIDENT FOR THREE YEARS. IS EVERY MONTH, I WENT FROM PLACE ONE TO PLACE SEVEN AND JUST WROTE, AND ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T. PATTI WAS WONDERFUL AND MADE SURE THAT SHE KNEW WHO WAS NEXT IN THE ROTATION. AND JUST INVITED EVERY MONTH, THE NEXT PERSON, THE NEXT PLACE NUMBER, TO THE AGENDA-SETTING MEETING. 
          AND IT'S JUST A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SIT THROUGH AND HEAR, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSIONS WITH LEGAL OF WHAT THE WORDING SHOULD BE, WHAT AGENDA ITEMS ARE, AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS. AND JUST KIND OF TRAIN UP. PEOPLE WHO AREN'T BOARD PRESIDENT AND HAVE NEVER SAT THROUGH THAT, WHAT THE PROCESS IS LIKE. NO, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S GREAT, BECAUSE, I MEAN, I KNOW I DID THAT ALSO FOR MY TWO YEARS. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW YOU WERE WANTING TO WORD IT SO THAT YOU KNOW. 
          IF, SAY, SOMEBODY CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE IT'S AT 10 O'CLOCK ON A TUESDAY AND THEY CAN NEVER DO IT. IS THAT GOING TO BE IN VIOLATION OF BOARD OPERATING? NO, IT SAYS THEY WILL INVITE. JUST INVITE. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO ATTEND IF YOU CAN'T ATTEND. 
          WHEN I WAS BOARD PRESIDENT, I WOULD INVITE, AND IF THAT TRUSTEE WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND, I DIDN'T REPLACE THEM. LIKE, WE WEREN'T TRYING TO HUNT FOR ANOTHER ONE. IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNEW THAT YOUR AGENDA MEETING WAS GOING TO BE IN FEBRUARY AND IN OCTOBER, AND IF YOU COULDN'T MAKE FEBRUARY, THEN? I DIDN'T HAVE AN EXTRA TRUSTEE SITTING IN ON THAT MEETING. BUT JUST KIND OF A ROTATING BASIS TO TRAIN UP OUR FELLOW COLLEAGUES. 
          IN THIS PROCESS. OKAY, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, SO I'M GOING TO ASK MY QUESTIONS. SO MY ONLY MODIFICATION TO THE ROTATING TRUSTEES IN THE AGENDA REVIEW IS TO LIMIT IT TO NEW TRUSTEES WHO HAVE NOT SAT THROUGH ONE BEFORE. AND THE ONLY REASON I SAY THAT IS ONE THING THAT I DID WHEN I WAS VICE PRESIDENT IS I SAT IN ON ALL THE AGENDA, NOT AGENDA SETTING, JUST THE AGENDA REVIEW. 
          BECAUSE IF THE PRESIDENT IS NOT THERE, THEN IT'S UP TO THE VICE PRESIDENT TO CHAIR THE MEETING. AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN LAST MINUTE. THAT THE CHAIR DOESN'T SHOW UP AND THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS TO SIT IN. SO THAT WOULD BE. MY ONLY SUGGESTION IS THAT WE LIMIT IT TO NEW TRUSTEES WHO HAVE NOT SAT THROUGH ONE AND ROTATE THROUGH ALL THE NEW TRUSTEES. 
          BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT WOULD BE THE VICE PRESIDENT WHO SITS IN ON THE AGENDA REVIEW. AND YOU TECHNICALLY COULD HAVE THE PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENT, AND A THIRD TRUSTEE. YOU JUST HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT AND BE REAL CAREFUL THAT THERE'S NO WALKING QUORUM ISSUES IF THERE'S AN AGENDA ITEM. THERE WERE SEVERAL TIMES WHEN I WAS BOARD PRESIDENT THAT THE GUEST TRUSTEE ACTUALLY HAD TO STEP OUT IN THE HALL BECAUSE... 
          THERE'S GOING TO BE TOO MUCH OF A QUORUM ISSUE, AND SO WHILE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AGENDA ITEM G1, YOU NEED TO STEP OUT. BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH TWO OTHER TRUSTEES, AND YOU CAN'T BE INCLUDED IN THIS CONVERSATION. I JUST THINK IT'S GOOD PRACTICE, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT NEW, TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, TO SEE THE LAY OF THE LAND, AND, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. I WOULD ENJOY STILL DOING IT, SITTING IN AND HEARING HOW IT WORKS AND HOW OTHER PEOPLE RUN THE MEETING. AND LEARNING FROM YOU AS A PRESIDENT. I MEAN, I THINK I WOULD STILL ENJOY DOING IT. UM, IT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION, OKAY, UM, AND THEN I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER YOUR OTHER SUGGESTIONS, OH, AS FAR AS, UM. PUTTING A TRUSTEE'S NAME ON AN AGENDA ITEM, I'M FINE IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT, I'M ALSO FINE IF WE DON'T. I MEAN, I KNOW IT DOES HELP FOR US AS TRUSTEES TO KNOW WHO MIGHT BE PRESENTING THAT ITEM. 
          BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, I KNOW WHY WE WERE DOING IT BEFORE, BUT UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I. I GUESS I WOULD WANT TO KNOW HOW. IT'S HELPFUL TO PUT THE NAME ON THERE, BUT I'M GOOD EITHER WAY. 
          BUT I THINK, MICHELLE, I WOULD WANT TO WORK ON THE WORDING TOO. 
          OF WHAT GOES ON AN AGENDA 
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BECAUSE IT'S A TRUSTEE THAT'S REQUESTED IT AND WHAT GOES ON THE AGENDA, BECAUSE IT'S THE PRESIDENT HAS INFORMATION THAT THEY KNOW NEEDS TO GO ON THE AGENDA. AND JUST MAKE SURE WE DIFFERENTIATE THAT BECAUSE IT DOES GET CONFUSING. 
          SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WOULD BE CLEAR ON THAT. AND I THINK, AND THEN, YES, YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DO NEED TO CHANGE THE 48 HOURS BECAUSE OF THE NEW WALL, THE NEW POSTING WALL. AND ACTUALLY, THERE'S 48 HOURS IN THAT B3 ALSO RIGHT THERE, ON PAGE 5. SO I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION TYPICALLY ASKS US TO GET OUR QUESTIONS IN TO THEM SOONER THAN THAT. AND ACTUALLY, IF WE DID QUESTIONS 48 HOURS, I MEAN, WE SHOULD DO IT, WE SHOULD BE UNIFORM. 
          WELL, THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH... YEAH, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH THE LAW, BUT I MEAN, I JUST THINK PATTY TYPICALLY ASKS US TO RESPOND EARLIER THAN THAT IN HER EMAILS, SO I THINK WE SHOULD. I DON'T HAVE A PREFERENCE ON THAT ONE. LEAVE THAT TO THE ADMINISTRATION, MAYBE TO OFFER A SUGGESTION OF WHEN YOU WANT OUR QUESTIONS IN. 
          THE DEADLINE FOR QUESTIONS? YEAH, BECAUSE USUALLY IT'S LIKE, HERE'S THE AGENDA, PLEASE GET YOUR QUESTIONS IN BY FRIDAY, AND IT'S USUALLY NOT TWO DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING. 
          YEAH, RIGHT. TRUSTEE ROSS. 
          SO, GOING BACK TO AMBER'S POINT ABOUT HAVING A ROTATING BASIS, DO WE FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD INCREASE? NOT JUST THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE, YOU KNOW, I'VE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY ABOUT, LIKE, SHARING POWER, BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO SIT IN ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS BECAUSE I WORK WHILE YOU HAVE THOSE MEETINGS. AND SO, IF PEOPLE, WOULD YOU VIEW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY OF SHARING POWER AMONGST ALL SEVEN OF US? GIVING INFORMATION TO A WIDER SET THAN JUST BOARD OFFICERS. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ASSUME IS KIND OF YOUR INTENT, AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. I THINK THAT THAT'S A REALLY GREAT IDEA. I DO THINK PUTTING NAMES ON IT, ON AGENDA ITEMS, JUST GIVES US CONTEXT. SO, I MEAN, I KNOW, UNLESS THERE'S A REASON WHY YOU WOULDN'T WANT YOUR NAME ATTACHED, BUT I THINK ANY CONTEXT THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE REST OF US, DEFINITELY THE NEWER PEOPLE. 
          AS WE PREPARE TO SAY, OH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, WE'RE. THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THIS SO WE CAN PREPARE MORE EFFECTIVELY. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. OKAY, THAT'S ALL I HAD IN THE QUEUE. NEXT PAGE, NEXT ONE IS PAGE SIX, JUST A SHORT, SHORT ONE ON A2. THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY GIVE PREFERENCE TO SPEAKERS. HERE, STUDENTS, WE ALWAYS GIVE PREFERENCE TO STUDENTS. SO I WOULD BE OKAY WITH SAYING SHALL AND JUST MAKING IT CODIFIED THAT STUDENTS SHALL SPEAK FIRST. SO THAT'S MY BIGGEST, MY ONLY THING ON THAT ONE. AND THEN ON THREE, I KNOW. WE MOVED FROM THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION FORM, THE ACTUAL PAPER, TO THE IPAD, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S STILL CALLED A CITIZEN PARTICIPATION FORM ON THE IPAD. SO I WOULD JUST MAKE SURE WHAT THAT DOCUMENT IS ACTUALLY CALLED ON THE IPADS FOR LOGGING IN TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CORRECT. FINAL PART ON PAGE SIX IS IN SECTION C. 
          UM, SECTION ONE AND SECTION THREE KIND OF ARE CONTRADICTORY. IT SAYS THEY SHALL OBSERVE AND HAVE STRONG WORKING KNOWLEDGE, BUT THEN SECTION THREE SAYS THAT. 
          WE'RE REALLY GOING TO ONLY EMPHASIZE ON THESE PARTS OF ROBERT'S RULES, SO MY MY PROPOSAL FOR CORRECTING IT IS JUST REMOVE, OBSERVE. AND PUT SHALL HAVE A STRONG WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF ROBERT RULES OF ORDER, BECAUSE NONE OF US ARE ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER EXPERTS. IF YOU HAVE A WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF IT, WE CAN'T BE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW EVERY SINGLE, JUST FOCUS ON THE ONES THAT ARE IN OUR BOP. THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON PAGE SIX. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? OKAY, MOVING ON. PAGE SEVEN, I WOULD PROPOSE ELIMINATING SUBSECTION C, DEBATE MUST BE DIRECTED TO THE CHAIR. WE PUT THAT IN THERE. WE TRIED TO MAKE IT WORK. IT IS REALLY HARD AND WE NEVER REALLY MADE IT WORK AND WE DON'T DO IT NOW. 
          WE ASK OUR QUESTIONS TO THE PRESENTER, TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. SO I WOULD PROPOSE ELIMINATING SECTION C. THE LAST ONE IS UNDER D3. I THINK THIS IS CONFUSING. THE LAST SENTENCE IN THAT SECTION SAYS, QUESTIONS SHALL NOT BE COUNTED AS SPEAKING TIME, PROVIDED A TRUSTEE IS MERELY ASKING A QUESTION AND NOT MAKING A COMMENT. WE DON'T REALLY DO THAT. YOU GET TWO MINUTES, AND YOU EITHER ASK QUESTIONS, YOU MAKE COMMENTS, AND I DON'T WANT, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR 
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BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, I WANT TO SET THIS UP FOR WHOEVER COMES IN THE FUTURE, AND I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY BEING ABLE TO ARGUE, WELL, I WAS TECHNICALLY ASKING A QUESTION. IT JUST TOOK ME. 
          YOU KNOW, 18 SENTENCES TO GET THIS QUESTION OUT. SO I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE ELIMINATE. THE LAST SENTENCE OF QUESTIONS SHALL NOT BE COUNTED AS PART OF THE SPEAKING TIME, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE DO THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON PAGE 7. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. ON PAGE 8. I THINK IT'S A FORMATTING ERROR ON THE PROHIBITED TERMS, LETTER, M. WE HAVE TWO SECTIONS OF PROHIBITED TERMS. THE FIRST ONE DOESN'T HAVE A LETTER. THE SECOND ONE DOES, AND I THINK THOSE TWO SECTIONS SHOULD BE COMBINED. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THERE'S UNDERNEATH INTERRUPTION BY THE CHAIR AND SECTION M, THERE'S PROHIBITED TERMS AND PROHIBITED TERMS. THEY SHOULD BE COMBINED UNDER ONE PROHIBITED TERMS AND JUST A FORMATTING THING. IT IS REDUNDANT. AND THEN SECTION D AT THE BOTTOM OF 8, REMEMBER, WE ARE IN THE SUBSECTION CONDUCT DURING BOARD MEETINGS. SECTION D SAYS CAMPAIGNING FOR OFFICE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT FITS UNDER CONDUCT DURING BOARD MEETINGS WHEN YOU'RE CAMPAIGNING FOR OFFICE. I'LL BE HONEST, I DIDN'T GO BACK AND READ BBBA LEGAL AND BBBD, WHICH, BY THE WAY, WHY IS BBBA LEGAL AND BBBD, OH, THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT, THEY'RE BOTH LEGAL POLICIES. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT TALKS ABOUT CAMPAIGNING DURING A BOARD MEETING, BUT IT FELT LIKE CAMPAIGNING FOR OFFICE DIDN'T FIT UNDER BEHAVIOR DURING A BOARD MEETING. SO I WOULD JUST CHECK TO MAKE SURE IF WE NEED TO MOVE THAT CAMPAIGNING FOR OFFICE TO A DIFFERENT SECTION WITHIN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. 
          QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL I'LL SAY IS, I THINK THAT PROBABLY IS CAMPAIGNING FROM THE DAIS, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY DOUBLE-CHECK IT. OH, TRUSTEE, ZARATE. MADAM CHAIR, MY QUESTION IS FOR AMBER. BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES SAYS THAT YOU SHOULD REFERENCE ME AS TRUSTEE LANDRUM. I'M SORRY, TRUSTEE LANDRUM. PARDON ME. 
          WHERE WOULD YOU PROPOSE IT MOVE? BECAUSE I THINK IT IS SAYING, BASICALLY, THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE CAMPAIGNING FOR OFFICE ON THE DAIS. THAT'S WHAT THE LEGAL POLICY SAYS, AND IT SHOULD STAY THERE. IT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED, YEAH. 
          YEAH, LIKE I SAID, I'LL BE HONEST, I DID NOT GO BACK AND READ THOSE TWO LEGAL POLICIES. 
          IF IT HAS TO DO WITH CAMPAIGNING FROM THE DAIS, THEN LEAVE IT THERE. SORRY. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS, BUT I FORGOT TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE TWO LEGALS, I THINK. 
          TRUSTEE QUIRRELL. MAYBE LEAVE IT THERE AND JUST PUT WHAT IT REFERENCED, WHAT SECTION IN THE LEGAL. IT DOES. IT'S ON THE NEXT PAGE. 
          ON THE NEXT PAGE. YEAH, IT'S ON THE TOP OF PAGE NINE. IT REFERENCES THOSE TWO LEGAL POLICIES. IT'S KIND OF A WEIRD PAGE BREAK RIGHT THERE. 
          FORMATTING. YEAH. THERE COULD BE A LOT OF FORMATTING STUFF GOING ON. 
          WAIT, HOLD ON. TRUSTEE RUSS. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE THE SECOND ONE MIGHT BE MORE ABOUT CAMPAIGNING FROM THE DAIS, BUT THE FIRST ONE, NO. OKAY. 
          SO, MAYBE. MICHELLE, YOU COULD LOOK AT WHERE THAT WOULD FIT IN ELSEWHERE INTO THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. AND MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS, CAMPAIGNING FROM THE DAIS AND CAMPAIGNING GENERALLY. I DON'T REALLY KNOW, BUT IT JUST KIND OF FELT AWKWARD RIGHT THERE. 
          OKAY. MY NEXT ONE IS ON PAGE 12, BUT THAT SECTION STARTS ON PAGE 11, AND IT'S THE BOARD REORGANIZATION, SLASH, ELECTION OF OFFICERS. AND I GUESS IT COULD GO EITHER ON 11 OR 12. WE'VE ONLY DONE THIS ONCE SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD, BUT WE HAVE REORGANIZED THE BOARD MID-YEAR, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. 
          THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, IF A TRUSTEE WISHES TO REORGANIZE, AND THIS IS NOTHING DIRECTED AT WHO'S CURRENTLY BOARD OFFICERS. 
          IT JUST WAS THINKING ABOUT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THAT ARE NOT CODIFIED IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE ADD A, LIKE, HIJ. THAT SAYS, IF A TRUSTEE WISHES TO REORGANIZE BOARD OFFICERS MID, YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, WHATEVER IT IS, THEY NEED TO SUBMIT AN AGENDA REQUEST. 
          JUST SOMEHOW TO REORGANIZE, BECAUSE WE ARE REORGANIZED IN JUNE ONE YEAR, WELL, BUT THAT WE HAD A WE DID HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM ON THAT, RIGHT? RIGHT. I JUST WANTED, I THOUGHT THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING IN BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT SAYS WHAT A TRUSTEE SHOULD DO IF THEY WANT TO REORGANIZE BOARD OFFICERS. 
          BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN HERE. 
          THAT, WELL, WE'RE NOT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE. BUT I GUESS THAT MAKES ME A LITTLE 
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BIT NERVOUS, BECAUSE THE ONE TIME WE DID IT WAS FOR A VERY SPECIFIC REASON. 
          AND I WOULDN'T WANT ANYBODY TO JUST RANDOMLY SAY, OH, I WANT AN AGENDA ITEM BECAUSE I WANT US TO RE-VOTE. 
          FOR WHATEVER REASON, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. 
          RIGHT? I MEAN, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO BE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE. 
          IT COULD BE VOTED DOWN PRETTY EASILY. I JUST, OKAY, BUT THAT'S LIKE FIVE OR TEN MINUTES. 
          MINUTES OUT INTO A MEETING, SO I'M JUST SAYING, YOU WON'T BE OUT, I DON'T KNOW YOU MIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE TO ADD IT. I WAS JUST THINKING THAT WE HAVE DONE THAT ONCE, IT WAS IN 2021, IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO. 
          BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN OUR BOARD POLICY ON HOW TO REORGANIZE THE BOARD OTHER THAN IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER. SO I'M FINE IF IT'S NOT IN THERE, JUST SAID SOMETHING, IF, IF, IF A SOMETHING HAPPENS. AND THERE'S A RESIGNATION OR OTHER ISSUE WITH A BOARD OFFICER THAT REQUIRES THEM TO STEP DOWN, THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER VOTE. I MEAN, I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY REASON, BECAUSE THAT WAS OUR REASON, BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT ANYBODY TO JUST PUT IT ON THERE. I MEAN, THAT SEEMS LIKE A WASTE OF TIME AND A WASTE OF THE BOARD'S ENERGY TO EVEN HAVE TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT STRESS. UNLESS, LIKE, IF SOMETHING HAPPENED AND MELISSA NEEDED TO RESIGN HER POSITION, THEN YES, WE WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO REORGANIZE AND HAVE A VOTE, RIGHT? BUT WHAT IF, WHAT IF? TRUSTEE CUERO SAYS, I WANT TO REQUEST AN AGENDA ITEM IN JUNE TO REORGANIZE THE, LIKE, WOULD YOU, WOULD THE BOARD PRESIDENT JUST IGNORE IT? OR, LIKE, HE HAS THE RIGHT TO REQUEST IT, RIGHT? YEAH, AND I THINK IF IT'S NOT IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, THEN SHE DENIES IT, BECAUSE OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES SAY IT'S AFTER THE ELECTION OR DECEMBER, RIGHT? OKAY. UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS BEEN REMOVED OR RESIGNED. BUT NEITHER OF THOSE HAPPENED. SO, I'M FINE IF IT'S NOT IN THERE. JUST THINK ABOUT IT AND MAYBE PLAY AROUND. 
          MAYBE, MICHELLE, IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA ON HOW TO WORD THAT. IF YOU DON'T WANT IT IN THERE, THAT'S FINE, TOO. I JUST KNOW IT'S HAPPENED AND IT'S NOT IN OUR PROCEDURES. DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? TRUSTEE? I DO THINK, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ME. I DO THINK THAT THAT'S AN INTERESTING, BECAUSE OF AMBER'S POINT ABOUT LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE, AND WE ARE SO, SO INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AND HOW WELL WE GET ALONG AND WORK TOGETHER AND EVERYTHING. I DO WONDER, RIGHT, 10, 15 YEARS FROM NOW, WHATEVER, JUST KEEPING... I DON'T KNOW I COULD SEE A POINT. 
          AND SO IF, I GUESS, MAYBE, IF WE GET PROPER WORDING FROM EXPERTS, THAT MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE MIGHT CONSIDER AGAIN. THIS IS NOT A RIDE-OR-DIE FOR ME, I JUST THOUGHT I'D BRING IT UP. I CAN SEE IT BOTH WAYS, AND I THINK TO HONOR YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS, MAYBE WHAT? WE LOOK AND SEE IF OTHER TRUST, I MEAN, OTHER DISTRICTS, HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR, AND THEN WE CAN PLAY AROUND WITH IT. I CAN SEE IT BOTH WAYS, I CAN SEE IT BEING HELPFUL, IT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL TO LAY OUT ANY PROCESS, RIGHT? BUT ALSO, SAY, DOWN THE LINE, YOU GET A BOARD THAT THINGS ARE VERY CONTENTIOUS. WILL PEOPLE USE IT AGAINST EACH OTHER? AND SO I CAN KIND OF SEE IT BOTH WAYS. 
          BUT I'M WILLING TO SEE WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE DONE, TO SEE WHAT'S MAYBE DONE WELL. 
          MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD REQUEST, IF WE COULD BRING SOME RESEARCH BACK ON OTHER, OKAY, GOOD FOR THAT. OH, TRUSTEE ZARATE, I'M SORRY. I'M ALL FOR IT BECAUSE I'M AIMING FOR MICHAEL'S SPOT. I CREATED A SPREADSHEET FOR YOU, SO YOU JUST CLICK, WHAT'S A SPREADSHEET? I'M SORRY, DID AMY TRANSPORT OVER? MOVING ON, MOVING ON. HEY, THERE ARE NO TIME LIMITS. I'M MOVING QUICKLY. OKAY, PAGE 13. KIND OF LOOKS LIKE IT BLED ON MY PAPER HERE. BECAUSE THERE'S THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT DOING, AND THERE'S THINGS THAT, NOW THAT THIS HAS KIND OF BEEN IN PLACE, WE MIGHT WANT TO RETHINK. FIRST ONE IS IN SECTION A, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE ALLOTMENT WILL BE SET BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT. ONE THING THAT I REALLY RECOGNIZED WHILE I WAS BOARD PRESIDENT WAS THAT'S THE ONLY TIME I'VE EVER LOOKED AT THE BOARD'S BUDGET. 
          IT'S NEVER PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE. AND I KNOW THAT THE BOARD... BUDGET HAS BEEN CUT SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE YEARS, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S EVER BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE BOARD TO LOOK AT OUR ACTUAL ALLOTMENT AND WHAT WE'RE SPENDING AS A BOARD. AND 
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I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IN MAY, BECAUSE WE HAVE IT IN HERE IN MAY FOR US. 
          TO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM TO REVIEW THE BOARD'S BUDGET. 
          AND THEN THE BOARD DECIDE WHAT THE TRAINING ALLOTMENT SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD AND IT BE A BOARD DECISION. BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT OUR EXPENDITURES JUST AS MUCH AS EVERYBODY ELSE'S. AND I DON'T KNOW, HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED AT THE BOARD'S BUDGET? NO. 
          NO, IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT REALLY ANYBODY OTHER THAN THE BOARD PRESIDENT REALLY LOOKS AT. THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR BOARD. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT CHANGED FROM THAT. THE FULL BOARD WILL SET THE ALLOTMENT AFTER REVIEWING THE BOARD'S BUDGET IN MAY, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS WITH EVERYTHING ELSE. SO THAT'S MY FIRST. RECOMMENDATION. NEXT ONE IS IN SECTION B. B AND C, I HAVE QUITE A FEW THINGS HERE. 
          FIRST ONE IS ON OUT-OF-STATE TRAINING. MUST BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND HAVE AT LEAST ONE BOARD OFFICER ATTEND THE ENTIRE EVENT WITH THE TRUSTEE. NOW THAT WE HAVE TRAINING ALLOTMENTS, THAT MAY NOT ACTUALLY BE REALISTIC. 
          BECAUSE I PERSONALLY DON'T FIND WINTER GOVERNANCE IN GALVESTON VERY BENEFICIAL. BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SO MANY TIMES, I FIND NASBA IS A LOT MORE BENEFICIAL. 
          BUT IF SOMEBODY, THE BOARD OFFICERS ARE GOING TO THE THREE GENERAL, TASSIE TASSBY, WINTER GOVERNANCE, AND SUMMER LEADERSHIP, THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT OF THEIR BUDGET, AND THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A BOARD OFFICER THAT CAN ACCOMPANY THAT OTHER TRUSTEE THAT WANTS TO ATTEND ANOTHER TRAINING. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE, IF WE, WE'RE ALL ADULTS, WE PUT THAT IN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TRUSTEE. AND IF SOMEBODY'S ABUSING IT AND THEY'RE TRAVELING AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO THE TRAININGS, THEN WE ADDRESS IT THROUGH OUR, YOU KNOW, TRUSTEE REPRIMAND, OR WHATEVER WE CALL IT. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THAT SECTION. SO I FELT LIKE WE SHOULD ELIMINATE THE, AT LEAST ONE BOARD OFFICER. 
          ATTEND THE ENTIRE EVENT WITH THE TRUSTEE. I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE TRUSTEES NEEDED AN ESCORT. 
          SO THAT'S MY FIRST ONE. AND THEN IN SECTION C, WE'RE NOT DOING THIS. IT SAYS FOR ALL BOARD TRAININGS AND ORIENTATIONS, TRUSTEES SHALL, ONE, SUBMIT LIST OF SESSIONS THEY ATTENDED, AND TWO, SUBMIT TO THE BOARD IN WRITING OR ORALLY, PRESENT TO THE BOARD HOW THE TRAINING IS TIED TO STUDENT OUTCOMES. 
          THIS SAYS FOR ALL TRAINING AND ORIENTATIONS. THIS HAS BEEN IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR A YEAR, AND WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT ONE SINGLE TIME. SO MY RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT ONE IS TO CHANGE IT. I KNOW THE SPIRIT OF HOW IT WAS WRITTEN, AND IT CAME WHEN I WAS BOARD PRESIDENT. THAT IF A TRUSTEE WENT TO ANY TRAINING OTHER THAN TASSIE TASSBY, WINTER GOVERNANCE, AND SUMMER LEADERSHIP, THEN THEY WOULD COME TO THE MEETING AND PRESENT ABOUT A FIVE-MINUTE TOPIC ON WHAT THEY LEARNED. YOU KNOW, TRUSTEE ZARATE DOES IT WHEN HE GOES TO MAZVA. AND SO I THINK JUST ADDING THE WORDS IN THERE THAT FOR BOARD TRAININGS OUTSIDE OF THOSE THREE, THEN THE TRUSTEE SHALL EITHER SUBMIT A REPORT OR DO A PRESENTATION. 
          INSTEAD OF IT SAYING FOR ALL BOARD TRAININGS, SO THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT ONE. AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS ON NUMBER 3 E, WHERE IT SAYS THAT THE BOARD PRESIDENT WILL COORDINATE THE TRAINING ACTIVITIES THAT TRUSTEES WILL ATTEND. WE'RE NOT DOING THAT EITHER. I PRETTY MUCH PATTY SENDS OUT. WHEN THE TRAININGS ARE COMING UP, YOU LET HER KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND OR IF MAZBA IS COMING UP. YOU KNOW, USUALLY THE TRUSTEES ARE COORDINATING WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WHAT TRAININGS THEY WANT TO ATTEND. SAME THING, I'M GOING TO NASBA IN APRIL. I DIDN'T COORDINATE THAT WITH THE BOARD PRESIDENT. IT CAME THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND ADMINISTRATION. 
          SO I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD ELIMINATE NUMBER THREE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. THE BOARD PRESIDENT IS NOT COORDINATING ALL TRAINING ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE BOARD. SO THAT'S ALL MY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PAGE 13. ANY QUESTIONS? SORRY, THAT'S NOT MY ROLE. 
          TRUSTEE ROSS. I TRIED TO CLICK MY BUTTON OFF AND IT DIDN'T WORK. NO, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. SHE ACKNOWLEDGED CHEWY'S PRESENTATIONS. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO. TRUSTEE WEIR. 
          I ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN THE TRUSTEE BUDGET, AS YOU SAID, IN A WHILE, BUT WHEN I WAS FIRST BOARD... 
          PRESIDENT, MY FIRST YEAR? IT DIDN'T INCLUDE OUR LEGAL FEES, THAT WAS ALL PART OF LEGAL. BUT 
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WHEN WE STARTED HAVING ISSUES AND OUR BOARD WAS RACKING UP LOTS OF LEGAL BILLS, WE MOVED PART OF THAT LEGAL INTO OUR BUDGET. SO THAT WE COULD SEE IT. AND I'M WONDERING IF WE'RE AT A PLACE WHERE EITHER THE TRUSTEE BUDGET, IF WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT IT, IS SEPARATED. SO WE CAN SEE WHAT'S ACTUALLY, LIKE, OUR TRAINING BUDGET VERSUS LEGAL. 
          BECAUSE I DON'T, I WOULDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THAT NUMBER AND THINK, OH, WE HAVE ALL OF THIS MONEY. 
          BECAUSE SOME OF IT IS REALLY SET ASIDE FOR LEGAL, BUT IT STILL SHOWS FOR US BECAUSE WE WERE SO POPULAR. AND I THINK THE REASON I BROUGHT THIS UP IS, TRUSTEE ROSS HAS SAID THIS SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT TRAINING UP OTHER TRUSTEES. I HAVEN'T SEEN OUR TRUSTEE BUDGET IN TWO YEARS NOW BECAUSE THE LAST TIME I SAW IT WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF MY THIRD TERM OF PRESIDENT. AND SO THAT'S BEEN OVER TWO YEARS AGO. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR BUDGET IS ANYMORE. I DON'T THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA TO BRING THE FULL BUDGET THAT'S ALLOCATED FOR THE BOARD. AND WE CAN LOOK AT IT HISTORICALLY TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IT'S DECREASED. I MEAN, I KNOW OUR LEGAL FEES HAVE GONE PLUMMETED DOWN FROM WHERE THEY WERE. SO MAYBE SOME HISTORICAL INFORMATION. 
          FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE REVIEW OUR BUDGET. BUDGET AS A BOARD, BUT I, AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, AND MAYBE IT'S FOR DR. AZAIZ, BUT, AND, AND FOR PRESIDENT LANDRUM, LANDRUM, PRESIDENT MARKHAM, IS THAT, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT LOOKS RIGHT NOW, RIGHT, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN EVEN SEE WHAT'S LEGAL VERSUS WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE BEFORE WE BRING IT, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM BRINGING IT, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, BUT BEFORE WE BRING IT, MAKING SURE IT'S CLEAN. YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT ADDING IT TO OUR PLANNING CALENDAR SO THAT IT'S BROUGHT BACK AT THE SAME TIME EVERY YEAR. I THINK I WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT THE MONTH BECAUSE PART OF IT IS WE WANT PEOPLE TO MAKE THEIR. I THINK THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THIS WAS SO YOU CAN MAKE YOUR DECISIONS FOR CONFERENCES. THAT WAS THE MAY TIMELINE FOR THE NEW BUDGET CYCLE. SO WE MAY WANT TO TWEAK THE MONTH. I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT WE COULD POTENTIALLY ADD IT TO THE PLANNING CALENDAR, BUT YES, WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE TO PUT IT IN A READABLE FORMAT, BECAUSE CURRENTLY IT'S NOT. BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT AND HOW TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION IF WE'RE WANTING TO BRING THAT FORTH. NOW WE'LL SAY, I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO THINK THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT. BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA. 
          AND WE MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WE WANT TO PULL INTO A MEETING. 
          BUT I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY DOABLE. I ONLY HAD, WELL, I KNOW WE WERE GOING TO GO EACH INDIVIDUAL, BUT SINCE WE'RE ON THIS SECTION, I HAVE A MAYBE SLIGHTLY UNPOPULAR SUGGESTION FOR HERE. I KNOW OTHER DISTRICTS. DON'T ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS UP FOR ELECTION TO GO TO TRAINING, SOME OF THEM THREE, SOME OF THEM SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTION. WE HAVE HAD TRUSTEES GO TO TACIT AS B IN SEPTEMBER AND THEN LOSE THEIR ELECTION. IT IS A TIGHT, TIGHT BUDGET SITUATION. AND THAT'S, I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE ANY INTENTION SINCE I'M NOT RUNNING. I'M QUITE FRANKLY GOING TO BE IN VIOLATION BY OCTOBER. I MEAN, I'M FINE WITH THAT. MY ONLY COMMENT IS WE'RE STILL REQUIRED TO GET OUR CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS OUR LAST YEAR, AND THAT'S PRESENTED IN THE OCTOBER BOARD MEETING. 
          AND SO IF YOU LIMIT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR TRUSTEES TO GET THEIR TRAINING. AND MAYBE WE ONLY DO THREE MONTHS, SO YOU COULD GO IN THE SUMMER IF YOU WANTED TO GO IN JUNE, BECAUSE TECHNICALLY YOU HAVEN'T EVEN PUT YOUR NAME IN TO RUN AGAIN IN JUNE. NOPE, NOT UNTIL AUGUST. RIGHT. 
          BUT MAYBE THOSE THREE MONTHS, LIKE AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, AND OCTOBER, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY UNTIL WE KNOW YOU'VE BEEN REELECTED. THEN WE SHOULD PROBABLY ELIMINATE THAT. THE BOARD WILL STRIVE TO ATTEND A MINIMUM OF ONE OF THE EVENTS EACH YEAR AS A TEAM. 
          BECAUSE THE ONE THAT WE TYPICALLY ATTEND AS A TEAM IS TASSIE TASSBY, WHICH IS IN SEPTEMBER. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFITS FOR THE TRUSTEES GOING TO IT AS A TEAM. THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFIT. IF WE'RE GOING TO LIMIT, AND I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO REMEMBER. YOU STILL HAVE TO GET YOUR TRAINING REQUIREMENTS, YOUR FINAL YEAR AS A TRUSTEE, EVEN IF YOU'RE UP FOR REELECTION. TRUSTEE ROSS. 
          MADAM. SORRY. OH, IS THAT OKAY? IS YOUR BUTTON WORKING? OKAY, TRUSTEE ROSS. AGAIN, I THINK WE 
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ALL UNDERSTAND WHY IT MAKES SENSE, BUT I AGREE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW. TIFFANY WENT BECAUSE THERE WAS AWARDS AND THERE'S ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING. AND, I MEAN, ALSO ALL THOSE YEARS OF SERVICE TO GO, THE REASON WHY YOU GUYS GOT ALL THOSE AWARDS. I AGREE WITH AMBER ON THAT. IT DOES PRESENT A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ALL GO AS A TEAM. IT'S JUST THE TIME PERIOD. BUT I THINK, AGAIN, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WHERE WE LOOK AT BUDGET AND DECIDE, OH, IT'S ONLY. YOU KNOW, AND WE ALWAYS HATE TO SAY IT'S ONLY $500 OR WHATEVER. BECAUSE WE'RE ASKING TEACHERS TO CONTINUE TO DROP THEIR BUDGETS BY 10% EVERY SIX MONTHS OR WHATEVER. 
          YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T KNOW. I CAN UNDERSTAND BOTH, BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE'S VALUE. 
          MAYBE THEY SHOULD JUST MOVE THE EVENT, NOT IN SEPTEMBER. AND I WASN'T EVEN TALKING ABOUT EMAIL. NECESSARILY, TIFFANY COMING, BECAUSE WE DID, WE DID WIN AN AWARD AND SHE WAS BOARD PRESIDENT, BUT I MEAN, WE'VE HAD. SHE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE, RIGHT? AND AND I KNOW THAT I WILL BE IN VIOLATION OF MY CONTINUING EDUCATION COME OCTOBER WHEN Y'ALL ANNOUNCE IT. 
          OKAY, I'M WILLING TO TAKE THAT, BUT I MIGHT NOT BE A FROG DOOR, BUT I JUST THINK THAT WE ARE ASKING EVERYBODY ELSE TO CUT, AND IT DOES SEEM LIKE WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS YEARS WHERE WE HAVE SPENT QUITE A BIT. IN SEPTEMBER, AND THEN TWO MONTHS LATER, THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT ON THE BOARD ANYMORE, AND IT JUST SEEMS, AND I KNOW THAT'S THE BIG CONFERENCE. YOU KNOW, AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SUMMER ELECTIONS, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. IT'S REALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, WELL, IS EVERYBODY IN NOVEMBER NOW? YEAH, NOBODY HAS MAY ANYMORE. 
          SO MAYBE THEY'LL MOVE THE BIG ONE, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF DISTRICTS DON'T ALLOW IT WITHIN THAT FIRST. TRUSTEE CUERO. THE ONLY RESERVATION I WOULD HAVE WITH THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS IF THE TRUSTEE CANNOT ATTEND EARLY IN THE YEAR AND YOU'RE LIMITING THAT PERSON TO... YEAH, TO SAVE EVERYTHING AT THE END, AND THEY CAN'T. I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE. I WILL NOT. Y'ALL CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. WE WANT YOU THERE, AMY. WE WANT YOU THERE. I'M NOT GOING. SO I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS. I MEAN, WE DO HAVE IT WRITTEN IN THERE FOR THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE THAT IT CAN'T BE IN AN ELECTION YEAR. I KNOW WE HAVE AN EXCEPTION THIS YEAR, AND THERE'S A LOT OF EXCEPTIONS. WE MADE EXCEPTIONS THIS YEAR, TOO, BECAUSE IT'S IN TEXAS, AND IT'S RARELY IN TEXAS. AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE OPPORTUNITY OF THE REDUCED COST OF IT BEING HERE. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE IT WRITTEN IN THERE FOR THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE. I THINK I WOULD BE HESITANT TO PUT IT INTO OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S MORE OF A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS EACH YEAR. 
          WE CAN SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT OUR BUDGET LOOKS LIKE THIS YEAR, AND WE WANT TO ALIGN WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE REST OF THE DISTRICT. 
          AND SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO, WE'RE GONNA MAKE A COMMITMENT NOT TO GO. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT NECESSARILY NEEDS TO BE OUTLINED BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE THE SAME, WE MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME YEAR EVERY YEAR. 
          YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU SAID, SOMETHING ELSE THAT I WANTED TO SPEAK TO, AND NOW I'M TRYING TO EAT. 
          THREE ON BOARD, PRESIDENT WILL COORDINATE. YES, I THINK I'M WONDERING IF WE NEED TO JUST CLARIFY THAT OR MOVE IT TO A DIFFERENT SECTION. 
          BECAUSE TO ME, THAT READS AS TRAINING ACTIVITIES LIKE TEAM OF EIGHT OR ANY ADDITIONAL TRUSTEE TRAINING THAT WE MAY WANT TO DO. BUT IT SAYS WHERE TRAVEL OR LARGE ENROLLMENT FEES ARE REQUIRED. SO THAT, TO ME, SPEAKS CONFERENCES, SINCE THERE'S TRAVEL AND ENROLLMENT FEES. I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THAT ONE CLOSER AND SEE IF IT'S OUTLINED DIFFERENTLY SOMEWHERE ELSE AS FAR AS TRAINING GOES. 
          BECAUSE, TO ME, THAT DOESN'T FIT UNDER CONFERENCES, BECAUSE THE BOARD PRESIDENT WOULDN'T DO THAT. SO IF IT IS STRICTLY FOR CONFERENCES, I'M FOR TAKING THAT OUT. AND THEN I'M FINE, WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO WITH AN OFFICER ATTENDING THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE. I THINK THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THAT WHEN THIS WAS WRITTEN WAS THAT IT IS SUCH A LARGE COST THAT WE JUST WANTED TO ENSURE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY WHILE THERE, BUT DEFINITELY NOT NECESSARY. 
          OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ON PAGE 14, UNDER NEW BOARD OF TRUSTEE ORIENTATION, THERE'S A REPETITION BETWEEN LETTERS A AND D, AND PROBABLY COULD BE COMBINED INTO SIMILAR PARAGRAPHS. 
          BECAUSE IT SAYS THE 
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SUPERINTENDENT WILL SCHEDULE A MEETING TO ORIENT NEW TRUSTEES, THAT'S IN D AND THEN IN A, IT SAYS WITHIN 30 DAYS TRUSTEES ELECTION, NEW TRUSTEES SHALL PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL ORIENTATION SESSION. 
          SO A AND D COULD PROBABLY BE COMBINED INTO ONE PARAGRAPH. 
          THAT'S JUST MY FEEDBACK ON THAT ONE. NO QUESTIONS, OKAY, ON PAGE 15. UM, ON COMMUNICATING WITH THE MEDIA, WE HAVE A STATEMENT ON THIS SIMILAR LATER ON IN OUR POLICY. BUT AGAIN, LEARNED A LOT IN THIS ROLE IN SEVEN YEARS. AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE A STATEMENT. THAT TRUSTEES DON'T LOSE THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE MEDIA, BUT THEY MUST CLARIFY THAT THEY ARE SPEAKING INDIVIDUALLY AND DO NOT REPRESENT THE BOARD. BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN OUR POLICY OR PROCEDURES ANYWHERE THAT YOU MUST MAKE A STATEMENT THAT YOU DON'T REPRESENT THE FULL BOARD. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE JUST MY RECOMMENDATION WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT COMMUNICATING WITH THE MEDIA. AND IF WE PUT IT IN POLICY, THEN AMY WANTS TO GO TALK. SHE CAN TALK. SHE NEVER LOSES THAT, RIGHT, BUT SHE HAS TO SAY, I AM NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THIS IS AMY WEIR, MY INDIVIDUAL, BECAUSE SHE HAS THE RIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE MEDIA. SO THAT'S MY ONLY THING ON PAGE 15. TRUSTEE ROSS. SO. AS A PERSON THAT HAS SPOKEN TO THE MEDIA ABOUT THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING SPECIFICALLY TO DO WITH OUR BOARD, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT PHRASING GOES. 
          THAT SEEMS VERY ODD. I THINK, YOU KNOW, LIKE... IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 18 UNDER COMMUNITY RELATIONS, B... THE VERY LAST STATEMENT SAYS, TRUSTEES RETAIN THE RIGHT TO SPEAK TO ANYONE AS AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT MUST UNDERSTAND THAT ANY COMMENT WILL LIKELY BE INTERPRETED BY THE LISTENER AS BEING AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE BOARD. SO I WOULD JUST SAY, TAKE THAT STATEMENT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, IF SPEAKING FOR THE MEDIA, YOU MUST CLARIFY. IN YOUR COMMENTS THAT YOU DO NOT SPEAK FOR THE BOARD BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN HOLD SOMEONE ACCOUNTABLE IF THEY DON'T. RIGHT NOW. IF MICHAEL GOES TO KXAN AND SAYS SOMETHING AND HE DOESN'T SAY THAT, I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THE WHOLE BOARD. HE REALLY HASN'T VIOLATED ANY POLICIES OR PROCEDURES AND THERE'S NO REPRIMAND THAT YOU CAN DO. SO WHAT HAPPENS IF MICHAEL OR YOU, UM, DURING THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION? MORE LIKELY, ME, RIGHT, DOES A SPEECH AND YOU JUST HAPPEN TO BE A BOARD MEMBER, BUT YOU'RE DOING A SPEECH ABOUT SCHOOL FINANCE. ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO THEN SAY, I AM NOT SPEAKING? JUST TO THE MEDIA. OKAY, SO IT'S NOT, BUT THE MEDIA IS PROJECTING. 
          IT MAY BE ON A LIVE STREAM, BUT IF THE MEDIA REACHES OUT TO YOU FOR A COMMENT. REGARDING, YOU KNOW, PAINTING THE SCHOOL A NEW COLOR, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS, TRUSTEE ROSS, ON PAINTING CEDAR RIDGE GREEN? BECAUSE YOU'RE WEARING A GREEN SHIRT. 
          OH, YEAH, YOU KNOW. AND YOU SAY, I'M ALL FOR IT. I LOVE THE COLORING. I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S PROBABLY BEEN THE PRACTICE. IT IS, BUT IT'S NOT IN. YES. I THINK HOW YOU PHRASE IT, THOUGH, MY CONCERN WOULD BE ON ANY TIME THAT WE GIVE SPEECHES ABOUT ANYTHING. YOU KNOW, OUR NAMES ARE AUTOMATICALLY, YOU KNOW, ASSOCIATED. AND SO THEN I'M GOING TO START EVERY SPEECH WITH, LIKE, HEY, Y'ALL, JUST MAKING SURE EVERYONE KNOWS. LIKE, NO, I INCORPORATE THAT AS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, BUT I DON'T KNOW. THAT MAKES ME A LITTLE BIT MORE NERVOUS JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW IT'S IMPLEMENTED. 
          BUT I DO AGREE WITH HOW YOU PHRASED IT ABOUT DIRECT COMMUNICATION, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. AND MAYBE WE CAN PLAY AROUND WITH THE LANGUAGE AND FIGURE IT OUT. 
          TRUSTEE CUERO. NO, UNBUTTON ME. 
          GOT IT. TRUSTEE ZARATE? TRUSTEE CUERO. THE ONLY THING I WORRY ABOUT ABOUT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU CAN SAY YOUR STATEMENT, BUT IS THE MEDIA GOING TO ACTUALLY BROADCAST IT? NO, BUT YOU HAVE MADE YOUR STATEMENT AND SO... RIGHT, BUT I MEAN, YOU CAN ALSO TELL THEM OFF THE RECORD THAT THEY MIGHT STILL SAY SOMEONE AT THE DISTRICT, DID IT? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. I JUST, I SEE SOME HOLES IN IT, BUT... THAT'S JUST ME THINKING ABOUT HOW THE MEDIA CAN GET THEIR STORY, YOU KNOW. BUT, YEAH, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. YEAH, WE'LL PLAY 
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AROUND WITH THE LANGUAGE. AND REMEMBER, WE'LL BRING THE RED LINE BACK NEXT MONTH. SO, I MEAN, WE CAN GO THROUGH IT MORE THEN, TOO. 
          OKAY, THAT WAS FOR ALL THE QUESTIONS. I HAVE TWO THINGS THAT AREN'T IN BOARD POLICY, BUT I FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD BE. THE FIRST ONE. WELL, I ALREADY SAID THAT I THINK THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT NEEDS TO BE FORMATTED. 
          BUT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT BOARD RECOGNITIONS. AND I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD THAT IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES OF WHAT THE REQUIREMENT WAS TO BE RECOGNIZED AT A BOARD MEETING. IT'S NOT IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN A POLICY. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S WRITTEN DOWN. I KNOW, OFFICIALLY OR UNOFFICIALLY, IT'S YOU HAVE TO BE IN. FIRST, SECOND, OR THIRD IN A STATE COMPETITION OR A NATIONAL COMPETITION, AND WE'VE ADDED IT RELATES TO OUR BOARD GOALS AS WELL, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ADDED THAT TO. SO DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT LIVES? I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT LIVES. I THINK WE NEED TO PROBABLY CHECK WITH ANNIE, THOUGH. SO THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION IS ADDING THAT TO BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES OF WHAT BOARD RECOGNITIONS CAN INCLUDE. SO THIS EASY, REFERENCEABLE, AND IF WE WANT TO CHANGE IT OR MODIFY IT, OR WHATEVER, WE KNOW. IT'S IN THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. 
          BECAUSE WE SAID WE WANT TO START USING BOARD GOALS AS A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, STUDENT OUTCOMES, AS A WAY TO GET MINUTES IN OUR RECOGNITIONS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT LIVES AND WHO, YOU KNOW, MAKES THAT DECISION. SO THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION TO ADD. 
          ALONG THE SAME LINE, I WON'T EVEN BRING THAT UP, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE FOR LATER. MY LAST THING. AND I APPRECIATE THE LENIENCE IN TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT AS YOU CAN TELL, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME GOING OVER THESE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WE USED TO HAVE THIS IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WE REMOVED THEM, AND I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO ADD SOMETHING BACK IN, AND I HAVE NO WORDING, SUGGESTIONS, OR ANYTHING, BUT SOMETHING ABOUT BOARD COMMITTEES. 
          STANDING COMMITTEES, AD HOC COMMITTEES, WHATEVER. BUT WE NOW HAVE A STANDING COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE, A STANDING... A STANDING LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE, AND THEN WE KIND OF HAD THESE AD HOC COMMITTEES. 
          AND SO HAVE SOMETHING ABOUT THE BOARD WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, THESE TWO STANDING COMMITTEES. 
          THE BOARD MAY OPT TO CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, BUT THE DURATION OF THAT COMMITTEE MAY NOT EXCEED SIX MONTHS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS. BUT I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO ADD A SECTION ABOUT BOARD COMMITTEES BACK INTO OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES BECAUSE WE ARE USING THEM A LOT, AND I FEEL LIKE THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME GATES ON IT. SO BOARD COMMITTEES WAS THE THING I WAS GOING TO ADD ON TO YOUR CHANGES. I'VE ALREADY GOTTEN IT ALL WRITTEN OUT. OKAY, LOOK AT THAT. SO. DEFINING WHAT A COMMITTEE IS, WHEN IT CAN BE CREATED, HOW IT'S CREATED, AND THEN CODIFYING OUR STANDING COMMITTEES AND WHO CAN PARTICIPATE ON THOSE. SO I HAVE ALL THAT LANGUAGE THAT I CAN SEND TO MICHELLE AFTERWARD, AND I PULLED IT FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT AND THEN MODIFIED IT FOR ROUND ROCK. BUT I AGREE, I THINK WE NEED TO PUT ALL OF THAT IN HERE. OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, DID ANYBODY ELSE? I HAD A COUPLE OF, LIKE, GRAMMATICAL THINGS. I MEAN, NOTHING THAT'S, LIKE, SUPER IMPORTANT OR BIG CHANGES OTHER THAN THE COMMITTEES AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT TRUSTEE LANDRUM FOUND. ANYTHING ELSE? TRUSTEE LANDRUM? I'M DONE WITH MY CHANGES. MY ONLY REQUEST WAS BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF CHANGES. TYPICALLY, WHAT WE DO IS WE BRING THIS BACK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE NOT PUT THIS ON CONSENT AND THAT ALL OF THESE GET REDLINED. AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION ONCE WE SEE IT IN TOTALITY, AND NOT JUST. I KNOW AMY WOULD REALLY LIKE TO TAKE SOMETHING OFF OF CONSENT, SO, BUT I WOULD I? THAT WOULD BE. 
          MY REQUEST IS THAT THIS NOT GO BACK INTO CONSENT AFTER A DISCUSSION LIKE THIS, WITH SO MANY PROPOSED CHANGES. 
          NO, MY PLAN WAS TO BRING IT BACK AS AN ACTION ITEM SO THAT WE COULD DISCUSS IT. I KNOW LAST YEAR WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, IT WAS A LOT TO TAKE IN. ALL IN ONE MEETING, AND THEN IT ALL JUST SORT OF HAPPENED. AND SO I WANTED IT TO BE A LITTLE BIT LENGTHIER PROCESS THIS TIME, TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURED EVERYTHING THAT WE WANTED. SO IT WILL COME BACK AS AN ACTION ITEM. YEAH. ANY OTHER CHANGES? OH, OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU FOR DIVING INTO THAT SO DEEPLY. OKAY, 
          [H. ACTION ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION BY CONSENT]
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM H. 
          MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS H1 THROUGH 11 BY CONSENT. SECOND. I HAVE A 
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MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES 7-0. 
          MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE. WE APPROVE THE BOARD, APPROVE ITEM H12 BY CONSENT. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? ALL ABSTAINING? MOTION PASSES 
          [I. ACTION ITEMS]
6-0-1. OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM I-1, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON A PERIOD OF PRAYER AND READING OF RELIGIOUS TEXTS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MS. HILL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PRESIDENT MARKHAM, TRUSTEES, DR. AZIZ. IF WE COULD PULL UP BOARD POLICY, FNA LEGAL, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT, WHILE WE WAIT FOR THIS TO COME UP ON THE OVERHEAD, ROUND ROCK BOARD POLICY FN.A. 
          LEGAL CLEARLY STATES THAT A PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT HAS AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO INDIVIDUALLY, VOLUNTARILY, AND SILENTLY PRAY OR MEDITATE IN SCHOOL IN A MANNER THAT DOES NOT DISRUPT THE INSTRUCTIONAL OR OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE SCHOOL. A STUDENT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED, ENCOURAGED, OR COERCED TO ENGAGE IN OR REFRAIN FROM SUCH PRAYER OR MEDITATION DURING ANY SCHOOL ACTIVITY. 
          NOTHING IN THE CONSTITUTION, AS INTERPRETED BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, PROHIBITS ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT FROM VOLUNTARILY PRAYING AT ANY TIME BEFORE, DURING, OR AFTER THE SCHOOL DAY. OUR DISTRICT HAS AMPLIFIED ITS COMMITMENT TO THESE PRINCIPLES AND BOARD POLICY. FNA LOCAL, IF WE CAN PULL UP LOCAL, WHICH STATES... THAT THE DISTRICT SHALL NOT TREAT A STUDENT'S VOLUNTARY EXPRESSION OF A RELIGIOUS VIEWPOINT, IF ANY, ON AN OTHERWISE PERMISSIBLE SUBJECT IN THE SAME MANNER, THE DISTRICT TREATS A STUDENT'S VOLUNTARY EXPRESSION OF A SECULAR OR OTHER VIEWPOINT OR AN OTHERWISE PERMISSIBLE SUBJECT AND SHALL NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST A STUDENT BASED ON A RELIGIOUS VIEWPOINT EXPRESSED BY THE STUDENT ON AN OTHERWISE PERMISSIBLE SUBJECT. 
          DISTRICTS POLICY FNA LOCAL FURTHER PROVIDES THAT STUDENTS MAY ORGANIZE PRAYER GROUPS, RELIGIOUS CLUBS, AND RELIGIOUS GRANT GATHERINGS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER SCHOOL. TO THE SAME EXTENT THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO ORGANIZE ANY OTHER NON-CURRICULAR STUDENT GROUPS. 
          LIKEWISE, OUR STUDENTS MAY ALREADY EXPRESS THEIR BELIEFS ABOUT RELIGION IN HOMEWORK, ARTWORK, AND OTHER WRITTEN AND ORAL ASSIGNMENTS, FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION. BASED ON RELIGIOUS CONTENT OF THE STUDENT'S SUBMISSION. 
          THOSE ARE THE POLICIES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN THIS DISTRICT WITH REGARD TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND RESPECTING STUDENTS' ABILITY TO PRAY AND EXPRESS THEIR RELIGIOUS VIEWPOINTS IN THE DISTRICT. 
          SO, AS YOU WILL REMEMBER FROM OUR POST-LEGISLATIVE BRIEFING LAST FALL, LAST SUMMER, TEXAS LEGISLATURE PASSED SENATE BILL 11. AND UNDER SENATE BILL 11, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT EACH SCHOOL BOARD IN TEXAS TAKE A RECORD VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO OFFICIALLY ADOPT A RESOLUTION REGARDING ESTABLISHING A PERIOD OF PRAYER AND THE READING OF RELIGIOUS TEXTS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. THAT WILL BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 25.0823. IF A SCHOOL BOARD DECIDES TO ADOPT SUCH A RESOLUTION, THE PERIOD OF... PRAYER AND RELIGIOUS READING MUST FOLLOW SPECIFICALLY THIS PROVISION SET OUT IN 25.0823. THESE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS. 
          IN ORDER FOR A STUDENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PERIOD OF PRAYER AND RELIGIOUS READING, A STUDENT'S PARENTS MUST SUBMIT A SIGNED CONSENT FORM. EXPRESSLY WAIVING THEIR RIGHT TO BRING A LEGAL CLAIM ON A VIOLATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, PARENTS NOT ONLY HAVE TO CONSENT, THEY HAVE TO WAIVE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. 
          ANOTHER REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE PRAYER AND RELIGIOUS READING MUST NOT BE DONE IN THE 
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PHYSICAL PRESENCE OR HEARING OF A PERSON FOR WHOM ASSIGNED CONSENT WAS NOT GIVEN. ANOTHER THING THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE STATUTE IS THAT THE PRAYER AND RELIGIOUS READING MAY ONLY BE OBSERVED IN SEGREGATED AREAS WHERE CONSENTING PARTIES ARE SEPARATED FROM NON-CONSENTING PARTIES. 
          BEFORE THE SCHOOL DAY. OR IN METHODS RECOMMENDED BY OUR TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL. SO, IN OTHER WORDS, UNDER THIS SECTION OF THE EDUCATION CLAUSE, THE LAW DIVIDES STUDENTS BETWEEN THOSE WHO DO PRAY AND THOSE WHO DO NOT PRAY. AT THIS TIME, THE ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD ADOPT SUCH A RESOLUTION. IT IS IN OUR OPINION, AND BASED ON THE INPUT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS FAITH LEADERS, THAT NO CHILD SHOULD BE FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN FAITH AND FITTING IN. 
          THEREFORE, STATE LAW, FEDERAL LAW, AND ROUND-ROCK BOARD POLICY ALREADY ALLOWS OUR STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN PRAYER AND ALLOWS THEM TO REALLY READ RELIGIOUS TEXTS. 
          AND ENGAGE IN RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION ON SCHOOL PROPERTY DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. AND SINCE THE STUDENTS ALREADY HAVE WELL-ESTABLISHED RIGHTS TO ENGAGE IN RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION, WE FEEL THAT THESE PRACTICES ARE ALREADY IN PLACE TO SECURE THEIR RIGHTS AND OUR STUDENTS ARE FREE TO CONTINUE TO EXERCISE THOSE RIGHTS. 
          WHETHER OR NOT THE BOARD ADOPTS THIS RESOLUTION AND GOES WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 25.0823. 
          ACCORDINGLY, AS I SAY, THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE BOARD DECLINE TO ADOPT SUCH A RESOLUTION. 
          AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, MS. HILL. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD DECLINE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION REGARDING A PERIOD OF PRAYER AND READING OF RELIGIOUS TEXTS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, PURSUANT TO SENATE BILL 11 AND SECTION 25.0823A1 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? OKAY, I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE. I WILL JUST SAY THAT I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHED POLICY THAT SUPPORTS ALL OF OUR FAMILIES, AND I THINK THAT THIS BILL SERVES AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHY LOCAL CONTROL IS SO IMPORTANT. 
          AND WITH THAT, WE WILL TAKE OUR RECORD VOTE. I WILL CALL YOUR NAME AND IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY YES. IF YOU ARE AGAINST THE MOTION, SAY NO. 
          TRUSTEES ARE AT A YES TRUSTEE LANDRUM. YES, TRUSTEE. WE'RE. 
          YES, TRUSTEE MARKHAM. YES, TRUSTEE ROSS. YES, TRUSTEE WAY. YES, TRUSTEE CUERO. YES. 
          MOTION PASSES 7-0. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM. I TO MADAM PRESIDENT, CAN I HAVE A POINT? ORDER AND MAKE A MOTION. WHAT IS YOUR POINT? I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT. WE TABLE THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OF BOARD SELF-EVALUATION TO EITHER THE MARCH OR APRIL MEETING. AFTER WE'VE HAD OUR COMMUNITY FORUMS SO THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN GET MORE POINTS. 
          SECOND. THIRD. I WAS SO PREPARED, LOOK AT ALL THESE DOCUMENTS IN FRONT OF ME. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES 7-0. 
          [J. BOARD BUSINESS]
OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO PUT AWAY ALL OF MY THINGS. 
          LET'S MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. OKAY, SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ALL OF OUR RSVPS FOR OUR MARCH 12TH AND MARCH 26TH MEETINGS, BUT IF YOUR RSVP IS GOING TO CHANGE AT ANY POINT, IF YOU COULD, PLEASE UPDATE THAT. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE QUORUM FOR BOTH OF THOSE. IS MARCH 12TH HAPPENING? YES, BECAUSE IT'S A BUDGET WORKSHOP. 
          BUT OTHER THINGS ARE HAPPENING, TOO. YES. MADAM PRESIDENT, I JUST KNOW THAT I WILL BE LATE TO THAT ONE AGAIN. OKAY, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW. WE STILL HAVE QUORUM, EVEN WITH YOU LATE. 
          BUT IF ANYONE ELSE... DOES HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR RSVP, ESPECIALLY FOR THAT MARCH 12TH. 
          PLEASE LET ME KNOW. YES. I CAN JOIN VIRTUALLY. OKAY. I FOR SURE WILL NOT BE IN PERSON. OKAY, THAT'S UP TO YOU. I MEAN, 
          [02:20:02]
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. SO YOU COULD JUST HOLD. AND IF, FOR SOME REASON, QUORUM'S LOOKING, SOMEBODY HAS TO CHANGE THEIR RSVP AND IT'S LOOKING SHAKY, THEN I CAN LET YOU KNOW. 
          THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. AND THEN I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ANNOUNCE OUR UPCOMING BOARD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SESSION. SO THIS IS FOR OUR BOARD GOALS DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND PRESENT ON WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE AND GET FEEDBACK. SO WE'VE SET THOSE SESSIONS ON FEBRUARY 25TH FROM 6 TO 7 P.M. AT DEER PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL, IN THE CAFETERIA. TRUSTEE WEIR AND TRUSTEE ZARATE WILL BE THERE TO PRESENT. MARCH 10TH. 
          FROM 6 TO 7 P.M. AT C.D. 
          FULKS MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          IN THE CAFETERIA, MYSELF AND TRUSTEE WAY WILL BE THERE TO PRESENT. AND THEN WE WILL ALSO HAVE TWO VIRTUAL SESSIONS, MARCH 3RD FROM 12 TO 1. THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR ENGLISH VIRTUAL SESSION, LED BY TRUSTEE LANDRUM AND TRUSTEE ROSS. AND THEN ON MARCH 4TH, FROM 6 TO 07, WE WILL HAVE OUR SPANISH VIRTUAL SESSION, LED BY TRUSTEE CUERO. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M VERY EXCITED. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE FULL BOARD ENGAGEMENT IN THIS PROCESS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR BEING COMMITTED TO THIS PROCESS. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE MOVING FORWARD. AND THEN ESTABLISHING A REALLY GOOD PROCESS FOR WHEN WE DO A COMPLETE REVAMP OF OUR GOALS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF YOU FOR MAKING TIME FOR THIS. AND NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DR. AZE. YES. A LOT GOING ON IN FEBRUARY, RIGHT? I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S A CTE MONTH, SO WE'RE CELEBRATING ALL OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE CTE PROGRAM, BUT ALSO BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND SO THE OFFICIAL 2026 THEME IS THE CENTURY BLACK HISTORY COMMEMORATION. SO, AGAIN, THAT MARKS 100 YEARS SINCE THE FIRST. WE RECOGNIZE THIS AS AN OBSERVANCE IN OUR COUNTRY. THERE ARE OTHER THINGS ALSO HERE IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. WE CELEBRATE THE PRESIDENT'S DAY AND IT WAS A NEW DAY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. 
          FEBRUARY 16 ALSO THIS WEEK, FEBRUARY 17, A HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR FOR OUR FAMILIES WHO CELEBRATE LUNAR NEW YEAR. RAMADAN JUST BEGAN YESTERDAY, WE HAVE MARDI GRAS AND ALSO FEBRUARY 18 IS ASH WEDNESDAY, SO IT'S A LOT HAPPENING IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE HONORING OUR COMMUNITY AND THE DIVERSITY THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT AND CELEBRATE WITH THEM, RIGHT, BECAUSE WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO OUR FAMILIES. SO THANK YOU. 
          AND ONE LAST THING, I WANT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE OUR BOARD MEMBERS WHO WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT. WE AT URBAN CUTTING FOR OUR CLINIC, HEALTH CLINIC, I KNOW WE HAD SOME HICCUPS WITH THE CONSTRUCTION. 
          BUT WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF OUR STAFF ALREADY SIGNED UP, OVER 700 OF OUR STAFF ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR THE APP AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EVENTUALLY USE THE CLINIC, AND THEY ARE EXCITED TO START USING IT. WE HAVE VIRTUAL VISITS, IN-PERSON VISITS. THERE WILL BE PHARMACY ON SITE AT THE CLINIC, AS WELL AS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ALSO, IF OUR STAFF NEED THAT KIND OF SUPPORT AS WELL. SO WE ARE SUPER EXCITED. IT'S A ONE-STOP SHOP. AND VERY CONVENIENT FOR ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF, SO IT'S AN EXCITING THING FOR OUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? TRUSTEE LANDRIEU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND ALL THREE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL MUSICALS. 
          THAT HAPPENED IN JANUARY AND EARLY FEBRUARY, AND I WANTED TO JUST GIVE A BIG SHOUT-OUT TO THOSE THREE SCHOOLS AND THOSE KIDS. IT HAPPENED ALSO DURING THE ICE STORM, SO THERE WAS A LOT OF JUGGLING THAT HAD TO HAPPEN AND THEY WERE ALL PHENOMENAL. 
          THEY WERE JUST REALLY, REALLY GREAT. AND WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH TALENTED STAFF DIRECTING IT AND SUCH AMAZING STUDENTS WITH THEIR, USING THEIR TALENTS AND ABILITIES. SO IF YOU MISSED IT THIS YEAR, TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IT ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR. I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY GREAT THINGS GOING ON, BUT THEY WERE, THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE ZARATE. ON THE BACK OF THAT, I WAS LUCKY TO ATTEND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ONE-ACT PLAY CONTEST, LIKE ONE OF THE ZONES OF IT, THE ONE MY DAUGHTER WAS IN AND MICHAEL'S DAUGHTER WAS IN. MICHAEL'S DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL BEAT MINE, WHICH IS FINE. 
          BUT NO, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT TALENT, LIKE I NEVER HAD THAT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE HAD LITTLE THEATER STUFF, BUT WE NEVER HAD FULL-ON CONTESTS TO GET READY FOR UIL ONE-ACT. AND IT'S WHAT'S GOING TO SET US APART FROM OTHER DISTRICTS, I THINK, BY THE TIME THEY GET TO HIGH SCHOOL AND START PUTTING ON THESE AMAZING PRODUCTIONS AS MUSICALS. AND THEN ALSO COMPETING IN ONE-ACT PLAY. AND ACTUALLY, 
          [02:25:01]
YOU KNOW, BEING COMPETITIVE. 
          WE WENT TO STATE A FEW YEARS BACK WITH ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, AND I CAN SEE A LOT OF OUR TEAMS STILL GOING TO STATE AND MAYBE WINNING. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO AALIYAH 
          [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.)]
FOR GETTING ALL-STAR CAST. 
          THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ US INTO CLOSE. PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.072, THE BOARD WILL MEET TO DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE ON THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY. AND PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071, THE BOARD MAY SEEK LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING THE PROPOSED CONVEYANCE SALE OF LAND. PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.074, THE BOARD WILL CONSULT WITH BOARD AND DISTRICT COUNCIL ON PERSONNEL MATTERS. IT IS 
          [L. CALL BACK TO ORDER/EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTIONS]
9-11 AND WE ARE IN CLOSED. IT IS 10-25 AND WE ARE OUT OF CLOSED. DO I HAVE ANY MOTIONS COMING OUT OF CLOSED? SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 10-25.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.