[B. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:02] GOOD EVENING. IT IS 530, 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 LANDRUM, TRUSTEE, WEIR, TRUSTEE MARKUM TRUSTEE ROSS, TRUSTEE WAY AND TRUSTEE, CUERO. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. [D. RECOGNITIONS] OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO DISTRICT RECOGNITIONS AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ANNIE. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT MARKUM, TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR AZAIEZ. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AS WE COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE OUR OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND STAFF. THE ACHIEVEMENTS WE HONOR TONIGHT REFLECT THE SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE THAT FILLS OUR DISTRICT EVERY MONTH. WE WILL RECOGNIZE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS AND LARGE GROUPS TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE EVERYBODY, AS WE TRANSITION BETWEEN EACH GROUP. ADDITIONAL STAFF AND LEADERSHIP. I'M NOT GOING TO CALL YOU ONE BY ONE, BUT PLEASE GO UP WHEN YOUR GROUP GOES UP. TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR AZAIEZ, CAN YOU PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT? AND DOCTOR NICHOLS, COULD YOU ALSO JOIN US AS WE RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS? OKAY. THE FIRST GROUP WE'RE RECOGNIZING TONIGHT INCLUDES SENIORS FROM ALL FIVE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS WHO ARE COMPLETING THEIR GLOBAL SEAL OF BILITERACY. THIS IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATION THAT HONORS INDIVIDUALS WHO DEMONSTRATE PROFICIENCY IN TWO OR MORE LANGUAGE. THIS RECOGNITION CELEBRATES THEIR HARD WORK AND HIGHLIGHTS A VALUABLE SKILL THAT SETS THEM APART. WE HAVE SENIORS FROM CEDAR RIDGE, ROUND ROCK, STONY POINT AND WESTWOOD WHO EARN THIS TITLE, BUT WHO ARE ALSO REPRESENTING THEIR PEERS AT THE CAMPUS WHO RECEIVED THIS HONOR BUT WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND. PLEASE HELP US CELEBRATE THESE SENIORS AND STAFF WHO AND SENIOR STAFF AND LEADERSHIP WHO HELP SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS. YOU ALL COME UP TO THE DAIS. THAT ONE GO. THAT ONE, GO THAT ONE. NEXT UP, EVERY YEAR, THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CHALLENGES STUDENTS AND DISTRICTS ACROSS THE NATION TO CREATE AND SUBMIT THEIR OWN THEIR ORIGINAL APPS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN THE CONGRESSIONAL APP CHALLENGE. EVERY SPRING, WINNING TEAMS ARE INVITED TO CAPITOL HILL, WHERE THEY DEMO THEIR APPS TO THE REPRESENTATIVES AT A CELEBRATION CALLED OUR HOUSE OF CODE. WE HAVE THREE GROUPS OF STUDENTS COMPETE THIS YEAR. SOME WHO TOOK ON THE CHALLENGE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, SUCH AS THE ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL GROUP WHO CREATED FOCUS AI APP, AND OTHERS WHO WORK TOGETHER TO COMPETE THROUGH A SCHOOL GROUP LIKE THE RUNNER UP PROGRAM FROM WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, WHO CREATED THE AI APP. TONIGHT, WE'LL BE HONORING THE STUDENTS THREE FROM GRESHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ONE FROM WESTWOOD, WHO PLACED FIRST IN THE TEXAS DISTRICT TEN FOR THE CARE LOOP APP, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO HELP CAREGIVERS MANAGE MULTIPLE PATIENTS IN ONE PLACE. PLEASE HELP US WELCOME THE LEADERSHIP STAFF AND STUDENTS FROM THESE CAMPUSES. [00:05:39] THE NEXT STUDENT GROUP WE'RE RECOGNIZING THIS EVENING IS ABOUT TO JOURNEY TO NEW YORK CITY TO COMPETE AS ONE OF THE ELITE EIGHT TEAMS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY FORUM, FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE AND $10,000 TO SPLIT WITH THEIR HOME CAMPUS. THE IPPF IS THE ONLY GLOBAL COMPETITION THAT EMPOWERS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN RIGOROUS WRITTEN AND ORAL DEBATES ON ISSUES OF PUBLIC POLICY. PLEASE HELP US CELEBRATE THE STAFF, LEADERSHIP AND STUDENTS REPRESENTING WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL IN THE UPCOMING IPPF ELITE EIGHT. OUR NEXT CELEBRATION THIS EVENING IS FOR A SPECIAL STUDENT WHO COMPETED AT THE NATIONAL. COMPETED AT THE NATIONAL TRUMPET COMPETITION IN THE JUNIOR DIVISION. THIS IS AN ANNUAL MUSIC COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS IN THE U.S. COMPETITION INCLUDES CLASSICAL AND JAZZ CATEGORIES FOR STUDENTS RANGING FROM SECONDARY EDUCATION TO POST-GRADUATE COLLEGE. PLEASE HELP US WELCOME THE STAFF, LEADERSHIP AND STUDENT AKASH DESHMUKH FROM PEARSON RANCH MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR PLACING FIRST IN THE JUNIOR DIVISION. WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE THIS NEXT GROUP FOR THEIR RECENT ACHIEVEMENT IN U.I.L. LEAGUE IN THE U. I L FOR GIRLS SOCCER. THIS GROUP OF STUDENT ATHLETES HAS SHOWN TREMENDOUS STRENGTH, DETERMINATION AND SKILL TO COMPETE THROUGH THE DISTRICT BY DISTRICT, AREA AND REGIONAL LEVEL GAMES BEFORE EARNING ROUND ROCK ISD HISTORIC TITLE AS THE 2526 U. IL6, A DIVISION ONE GIRLS SOCCER STATE CHAMPIONS. PLEASE HELP US CHEER ON AND CELEBRATE THE AMAZING COACHES, STAFF, TRAINERS AND STUDENT ATHLETES OF THE LADY ROCK SOCCER TEAM. TRUSTEE AND EVERYBODY CAN TAKE ONE SMALL STEP FORWARD IF POSSIBLE. ON THE EDGE. ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL, I'M GOING TO HAVE THIS. AMAZING. BIG SMILES. APOLOGIES TO BIG. I KNOW. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. [00:10:58] OKAY. NEXT UP ARE STUDENTS IN THIS YEAR'S VOICE COHORT. THE VOICE PROGRAM IS A DISTRICT WIDE STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY GROUP DESIGNED TO ENGAGE ABOUT 30 STUDENTS FROM ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, PROVIDES A PLATFORM FOR STUDENTS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES ON DISTRICT MATTERS DIRECTLY WITH THE BOARD, THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND OTHER DISTRICT LEADERS. YOU'LL HEAR FROM SOME OF THESE STUDENTS TONIGHT AS THEY REVIEW THEIR RECENT FINDINGS AS THEY TRAVEL TO BE PART OF A CONFERENCE CALLED GOVERNANCE CAMP, POWERED BY STUDENT VOICE AND THE WORK THEY'VE BEEN DOING ON STUDENT SENSE OF BELONGING ACROSS THE DISTRICT. PLEASE HELP US WELCOME AND CELEBRATE OUR ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY OFFICE AND STUDENTS FROM OUR 2526 VOICE COHORT. FOR OUR FINAL STUDENT RECOGNITION TONIGHT, WE'RE HONORING THE STUDENTS WHO'VE COMPETED AT THE RECENT 2026 TEXAS GERMAN STATE COMPETITION. WE HAVE THREE CAMPUSES THAT COMPETED AND PLACED IN THE TOP THREE. WE ROUND ROCK ISD ACHIEVED REMARKABLE SUCCESS AT THE TEXAS STATE GERMAN CONTEST THIS YEAR AFTER QUALIFYING FOR THE REGIONAL CONTEST. WE WILL RECOGNIZE THESE STUDENTS BY CAMPUS. WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL OF THEM TOGETHER. PLEASE WELCOME THE STAFF, LEADERSHIP AND STUDENTS WHO PLACED IN THE TOP THREE FOR GRISHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL. CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL AND WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. [00:15:32] OKAY, NOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO STAFF RECOGNITIONS. WE HAVE THREE STAFF MEMBERS BEING HONORED THIS EVENING CAMPUS AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP. ONCE WE WELCOME YOUR STAFF MEMBER, PLEASE JOIN THEM ON THE DAIS. TO ARISE. THE FIRST STAFF MEMBER WE ARE HONORING TONIGHT. HONORING IS ONE OF TWO STAFF MEMBERS FROM OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT WHO ARE IN THE 2026 TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS RISE AWARDS. PLEASE HELP US WELCOMING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE, WHO HELPS LEAD THE HVAC, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND ENERGY MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT TEAMS, SELENA TOVAR. AND TODAY IS ALSO SELENA'S BIRTHDAY. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY SELENA. WONDERFUL. GREAT ONE. THE NEXT STAFF MEMBER WE'RE CELEBRATING THIS EVENING RECENTLY WON ALONGSIDE TWO OF HER STUDENTS WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT IN THE 2025 PHOTO CONTEST THROUGH THE ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PHOTOGRAPHY INSTRUCTORS. PLEASE HELP US WELCOME CASSANDRA SILER FROM ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL. ALL RIGHT Y'ALL. DO YOU WANT TO TAKE ONE BIG STEP UP FOR ME? OKAY. COME ON. IT'S FUN. IT'S INTIMIDATING. OUR FINAL RECOGNITION THIS EVENING IS FOR A SPECIAL CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR WHO IS KNOWN TO SUPPORT BLACKLAND PRAIRIE STUDENTS AND STAFF TO BE THE BEST VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES THROUGH TARGETED SUPPORTS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND HELPING MAINTAIN THE CAMPUS'S LIGHTHOUSE STATUS. HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO HER SCHOOL AND TEAM WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE TEXAS ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES AND SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION AS THE 2026 NATIONAL OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR FOR TEXAS. PLEASE HELP US HONOR BLACKLAND PRAIRIES ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL MANDY VOGEL. THANK YOU, DOCTOR AZAIEZ AND TRUSTEES, YOU MAY RETURN TO YOUR SEATS. OUR VIDEO TONIGHT HIGHLIGHTS OUR READING IN THE ROCK PROGRAM, WHICH FOCUSES ON PARTNERSHIP AND HELPING OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS LEARN TO READ. ONE. YES. HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT ALREADY? BECAUSE I AM SMART. YOU ARE SMART. THIS IS A VERY NEW, INNOVATIVE PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED THIS YEAR. I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO READ A BOOK. I JUST LOOK AT THE PAGES, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ IT. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THESE LETTERS ARE? WIG. WE HAVE KEPT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH EDUCATION CONNECTION. WE CURRENTLY HAVE OVER 130 VOLUNTEERS. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE JUST RECENTLY LAUNCHED FOR OUR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS TO JOIN THIS EFFORT. SO READING IN IRAQ IS VOLUNTEERS, LITERACY PARTNERS. THEY'RE WORKING WITH TWO STUDENTS AT A TIME. THEY'RE WORKING ON THE MOST CRITICAL FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS TO LEARN HOW TO READ. CAN YOU SAY THAT? WHAT'S THIS ONE? IT'S FUN TO WORK WITH KINDERGARTNERS BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE IMMEDIATE GROWTH AND WHAT THEY SEE AND HOW FAST THEY LEARN. [00:20:03] NICE PINK. PINK TO MATCH MY SHIRT. YES. FINALLY, MISS LOUANNE GETS ONE. IT FILLS MY CUP. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, I THINK, THAT THEY GET OUT OF THIS IS JUST ONE ON ONE TIME WITH ANOTHER ADULT. THIS ONE IS THE MOST RECENT RESEARCH IS NOW POINTING AT FIRST GRADE. IF STUDENTS ARE NOT ON GRADE LEVEL BY FIRST GRADE, IT'S VERY LIKELY THEY'RE GOING TO STRUGGLE THROUGHOUT THEIR ENTIRE CAREER OF SCHOOLING. SHE'S TEACHING US ALL AT ONCE SINCE WE DON'T KNOW IT SOMETIMES, AND SOMETIMES WE DO. I JUST READ THESE BOOKS AND IT MADE ME FEEL HAPPY. SO WE CONSIDER THIS OUR BASELINE YEAR. WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE VERY STRUCTURED AND CLEAR, AND WE HAVE A PATH OF CHECKPOINTS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, ENSURING THAT THE DATA IS DRIVING OUR NEXT STEPS. YEAH. I FINALLY GET A FOUR. YEAH. THANK YOU. 1234. LET'S LOOK AT THIS ONE. ST ST ST. ONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANNIE, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES THAT WERE HERE TONIGHT. RECOGNITIONS ARE ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF THIS MEETING, AND I PERSONALLY WAS FORTUNATE TO BE AT THE SOCCER GAME TO WATCH LADY ROCK WIN AND THE GRIT ON THAT FIELD AND THE TALENT WAS REMARKABLE. SO JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND ALLOWING US TO CELEBRATE YOU. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. AT EACH BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD WILL SET ASIDE TIME TO AFFORD THE GENERAL PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON [E. PUBLIC COMMENTS TO AGENDA ITEMS UNDER SECTIONS F, G, H, I AND K ONLY] 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 20TH, 2022, WHERE THE BOARD REAFFIRMED ITS COMMITMENT TO THE WELL-BEING AND SAFETY OF ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, SEX, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DISABILITY, AGE OR POLITICAL BELIEFS, AND STANDS AGAINST SPEECH THAT INCITES HATRED AND VIOLENCE TOWARD ANY PERSON. PLEASE NOTE THAT WHILE THE PUBLIC DOES HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK, THAT RIGHT IS NOT UNLIMITED. PER TEXAS PENAL CODE 38.1342.01, 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 SPEAKERS. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT A LACK OF RESPONSE FROM BOARD MEMBERS DOES NOT INDICATE AGREEMENT OR APPROVAL OF THE COMMENTS. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. TRUSTEE ROSS, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, WILL BE THE DESIGNATED TIMEKEEPER. WE DO HAVE 19 SPEAKERS TONIGHT, AND THE FIRST SPEAKER IS BRENDA PANELLA. AND YOU ARE AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT. AND YOU WILL BE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F TWO. GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES SUPERINTENDENT AZAIEZ. HELLO, MY NAME IS BRENDA PANELLA. I'M A LIBRARIAN AT CITY FOLKS AND PROUD MEMBER OF EDUCATION ROUND ROCK. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT COMPENSATION FOR THE EMPLOYEES WHO KEEP ROUND ROCK ISD RUNNING EVERY SINGLE DAY. WHILE THE STATE PROVIDED RAISES FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS THROUGH HB TWO, MANY OF OUR STAFF WERE LEFT BEHIND. LIBRARIANS WERE MOVED OFF THE TEACHER PAY SCALE AND SUPPORT STAFF RECEIVED ONLY A 1% INCREASE, WHICH DOES NOT COME CLOSE TO KEEPING UP WITH THE RISING COST OF LIVING. AT THE SAME TIME, OUR DISTRICT IS FACING REAL FINANCIAL CHALLENGES AND OUR EMPLOYEES ARE FEELING THE STRAIN. PERSONALLY, DUE TO BUDGET CUTS, STAFF ARE INCREASINGLY USING THEIR OWN MONEY TO COVER BASIC NEEDS. I'VE HAD TO BUY A PRINTER FOR MY, FOR INK, FOR MY PRINTER BINS, FOR MY BOOKS, AND EVEN SIMPLE ITEMS LIKE BOOKMARKS OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. I'M JUST ONE PERSON. WHEN YOU MULTIPLY THAT ACROSS THE DISTRICT, THE AMOUNT OF PERSONAL MONEY BEING SPENT BY STAFF IS SIGNIFICANT. EDUCATION ROUND ROCK IS ASKING FOR A $20 PER HOUR MINIMUM WAGE, A $2 PER HOUR RAISE FOR HOURLY STAFF, RESTORING LIBRARIANS TO THE TEACHER PAY SCALE AND FAIR PERCENTAGES RAISES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES A $1,000 RETENTION BONUS AS WELL. THESE ARE NOT UNREASONABLE DEMANDS. THEY'RE NECESSARY INVESTMENTS IN PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY. IF WE WANT TO RETAIN DEDICATED, HIGH QUALITY STAFF AND REDUCE TURNOVER, WE MUST VALUE ALL EMPLOYEES, NOT JUST SOME. I URGE YOU TO PRIORITIZE EQUITABLE COMPENSATION FOR EVERYONE IN ROUND ROCK ISD. [00:25:01] THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNIFER RUBIN, AND YOU ARE A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT. AND SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F TWO. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JENNIFER RUBIN. I HAVE TWO SONS AT CANYON VISTA MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE BUDGET CUTS TO TRANSPORTATION FUNDING. WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN THAT WHEN THEY DO SOMETHING WRONG, THERE ARE STEPS THAT THEY MUST TAKE TO MAKE IT RIGHT. FIRST, THEY NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHAT THEY DID WAS WRONG, AND THEN THEY NEED TO APOLOGIZE. AND THEN FINALLY, THEY NEED TO FIX THE SITUATION. WELL, WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE TEMPORARILY RECTIFIED THE SITUATION WITH OUR BUSSING FOR NEXT YEAR. HOWEVER, WE HAVE YET TO HEAR YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHAT YOU DID WAS WRONG. NOR HAS ANYBODY FROM THE BOARD, THE SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE, THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT OR FROM THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE APOLOGIZED FOR THE INCREDIBLY EGREGIOUS FACTUAL ERRORS THAT WERE MADE IN SCORING OUR BUS ROUTES. THIS ENTIRE ORDEAL FROM HOW WE WERE FIRST NOTIFIED. FROM THE RESPONSES WE RECEIVED TO THE GRIEVANCES WE FILED, TO THE VIRTUAL MEETINGS THAT WE HAD WITH DOCTOR NICHOLS OVER THE PAST WEEK. THIS ENTIRE PROCESS HAS LEFT SO MANY FAMILIES FEELING DISAPPOINTED, DISMAYED, AND DOUBTFUL THAT THE DISTRICT WILL TAKE ALL THE STEPS NECESSARY TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WILL BE SATISFIED WITH WHAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING UNTIL WE SEE THOSE BRIGHT YELLOW SCHOOL BUSSES PULL UP FOR OUR KIDS ON AUGUST 19TH. FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. AND EVEN THEN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY UNTIL THESE BUS ROUTES ARE PERMANENTLY REINSTATED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TAMMY CONRAD, AND YOU ARE AN EMPLOYEE IN THE DISTRICT. AND SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F TWO. GOOD EVENING. AS THE PRESIDENT OF EDUCATION, ROUND ROCK, I AM PROUD TO REPRESENT OUR MEMBERS ASKING FOR FAIR COMPENSATION FOR THE WORK WE DO FOR THE DISTRICT AND FOR OUR STUDENTS. MAY DAY IS COMING UP AND IT'S TIME TO MAKE SURE OUR WORKERS ARE VALUED. AS YOU REVIEW NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, HERE IS WHAT OUR EMPLOYEES DESERVE. A 2% RAISE FOR TEACHERS BASED ON THEIR CURRENT SALARY, NOT ON THE MIDPOINT LEVEL. PUT LIBRARIANS BACK ON THE TEACHER PAY SCHEDULE SO THEY GET THE SAME INCREASES THAT TEACHERS DO. A 2% RAISE FOR ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE DISTRICT'S EXECUTIVE TEAM, SINCE UNLIKE TEACHERS AND HOURLY EMPLOYEES, THEIR SALARIES, AS PER THE MOST RECENT TAPUR REPORT, ARE HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE AND A $2 PER HOUR RAISE FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS AND AUXILIARY STAFF WITH A $20 MINIMUM STARTING WAGE, WHICH IS WHAT AUSTIN ISD IS DOING ALREADY. ALSO A $1,000 RETENTION BONUS FOR ALL CURRENT EMPLOYEES. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM ABOUT RECRUITING NEW EMPLOYEES, BUT THOSE OF US HERE RIGHT NOW NEED TO BE ENCOURAGED TO STAY. WITH CONTRACTS COMING OUT SOON, YOU MIGHT KEEP MORE OF US IF WE HAVE AN INCENTIVE YOU'VE ALREADY PAID TO TRAIN US. DON'T INCREASE YOUR COSTS BY HAVING TO TRAIN NEW PEOPLE. WHILE SOME MAY VIEW OUR COMPENSATION GOALS AS AMBITIOUS IN THE CURRENT CLIMATE, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE DISTRICT REMEMBERS THE VALUE THAT WE BRING. A MAJORITY OF EMPLOYEES RECEIVE JUST A 1% INCREASE THIS YEAR. NOT EXACTLY A MEANINGFUL RAISE GIVEN THE AREA'S SOARING COST OF LIVING AND STAFF TURNOVER RATES ARE HIGH, WITH TEACHER TURNOVER RATE HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE. THANK YOU FOR THOUGHTFULLY CONSIDERING PUTTING THE MONEY WHERE IT IS NEEDED IN THE HANDS OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO CLEAN OUR SCHOOLS, FEED STUDENTS, GET THEM TO AND FROM HOME SAFELY, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO NURTURE THEM, SHARE THE WORLD OF BOOKS AND TEACH THE CONCEPTS THAT THEY WILL USE FOR A LIFETIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARK ADAMS, AND YOU ARE A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT. AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F TWO. MADAM PRESIDENT, TRUSTEES. SUPERINTENDENT AZAIEZ. MY NAME IS MARK ADAMS AND I'M A PARENT OF A THIRD GRADE STUDENT IN TAG AT HARRINGTON ELEMENTARY. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT IS CURRENTLY PLANNING SIGNIFICANT CUTS TO TAG STAFFING AT OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS WILL INVOLVE ELIMINATING TEN TAG TEACHER ROLES. THAT'S 20% OF OUR TAG TEACHERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND WILL REDUCE SERVICES AT AROUND 18 ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES. WHEN MY WIFE AND I LEARNED THESE CUTS WERE BEING PROPOSED, WE DECIDED TO CONSULT AN EXPERT OUR DAUGHTER. WE ASKED HER WHAT SHE THOUGHT ABOUT TAG AND YOU KNOW WHAT SHE TOLD US. SHE SAID, I LIKE THAT IT IS AT MY LEVEL MORE THAN NORMAL CLASSES. IT ACTUALLY CHALLENGES ME. ISN'T THAT WHAT EDUCATION IS ALL ABOUT? CONNECTING OUR STUDENTS WITH THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITIES TO REACH THEIR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL? NOW, [00:30:04] THAT WASN'T ALL MY DAUGHTER SAID THOUGH. SHE ALSO ASKED ME A QUESTION. SHE SAID IF THEY GET RID OF TAG, WILL I NEED TO CHANGE SCHOOLS? NOW, WE AREN'T TALKING ABOUT ELIMINATING TAG HERE, BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SIGNIFICANT AND IMPACTFUL CUTS TO TAG PROGRAMING. SOME STUDENTS COULD SEE THEIR SERVICES DECREASE AS MUCH AS 80% IF THE DISTRICT MOVES FORWARD WITH THE CURRENT PLAN. MY DAUGHTER IS ONLY IN THIRD GRADE, BUT SHE ALREADY GETS IT. THE WORK THAT CHALLENGES HER THE MOST IS WHERE SHE LEARNS THE MOST. AND WHAT'S THE POINT OF SCHOOL IF YOU AREN'T LEARNING ALL THAT MUCH? HER QUESTION ALSO REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING DOCTOR AZAIEZ SAYS ROUND ROCK IS A DESTINATION DISTRICT. HE'S RIGHT AND I THINK TAG IS A BIG PART OF THAT. EVEN THOUGH OUR ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENT HAS GONE DOWN OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, OUR TAG ENROLLMENT HAS INCREASED 14.6% DURING THAT TIME. WE HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM AND IT ATTRACTS FAMILIES TO OUR DISTRICT. HOWEVER, IF MY DAUGHTER IS ASKING THESE SORTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE CUTS, YOU CAN BET PARENTS ARE ASKING THEM TOO. AND IT MAKES ME WONDER, HOW LONG CAN WE REMAIN A DESTINATION DISTRICT. IF WE KEEP CUTTING PROGRAMS LIKE TAG THAT ATTRACT STUDENTS. WITH THAT IN MIND, I'M HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP. WE NEED YOU TO REJECT THESE CUTS TO OUR TAG PROGRAM AND KEEP OUR TAG TEACHERS WHERE THEY BELONG, HELPING OUR STUDENTS ACHIEVE THEIR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, OUR NEXT SPEAKER TONIGHT IS JASON WILEY, AND YOU ARE A COMMUNITY MEMBER. AND YOU ARE SPEAKING ON. IT SAYS, LET'S SEE, IT SAYS BUDGET, BUT F2. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS JASON WILEY, AND I WORK AS AN ORGANIZER FOR THE TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, AND I WORK CLOSELY WITH EDUCATION ROUND ROCK TIMES ARE HARD. ONE PARTY RULE IN TEXAS IS UNDERFUNDED PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ACROSS THE STATE WE ARE HEARING THE DRUMBEAT ABOUT DEFICIT BUDGETS. HB TWO, WHICH PASSED IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, PROVIDED AND DIRECTED FUNDS TO RAISES FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS. THE RAISES WERE DESPERATELY NEEDED, BUT IN THE PROCESS, LIBRARIANS WERE REMOVED FROM THE TEACHER PAY SCALE AND ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE LEFT BEHIND. EMPLOYEES WHO WERE NOT CLASSROOM TEACHERS RECEIVED AN UNSATISFACTORY 1% INCREASE FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES, SUCH AS PARAPROFESSIONALS AND AUXILIARY WORKERS. THIS REPRESENTED JUST CENTS ON THE DOLLAR. ALL ROUND ROCK ISD STAFF SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY AND ONE JOB SHOULD BE ENOUGH. EDUCATION ROUND ROCK DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO PROVIDE A LIVING WAGE FOR ITS HOURLY EMPLOYEES, BUT BOARD OF TRUSTEES. YOU DO. AND THIS IS WHY WE SEEK A $20 MINIMUM WAGE AND A $2 INCREASE FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE PAID AN HOURLY RATE OF $18 AND ABOVE. ADDITIONALLY, A 2% INCREASE FOR TEACHERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALLY CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES IS ESSENTIAL AS A COST OF LIVING CONTINUES TO CLIMB AT AN UNSETTLING PACE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER A ONE TIME NON-RECURRING RETENTION BONUS OF $1,000 FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. THERE'S A HIGH COST TO EMPLOYEE TURNOVER IN TERMS OF HIRING AND RETRAINING, AND IT UNDERMINES CONSISTENCY OF THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM. IF ROUND ROCK IS TO CONTINUE AS ONE OF THE FINEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE AUSTIN AREA, EMPLOYEE RETENTION MUST BE A CENTRAL GOAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER TONIGHT IS ANDREW BRANDT. AND YOU DO NOT LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F TWO. HELLO. MY NAME IS ANDREW BRANDT. I'M THE LOCAL ORGANIZER FOR EDUCATION ROUND ROCK, THE TEACHERS UNION AND ROUND ROCK ISD. I VISITED OVER HALF OF THE SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT SO FAR, AND THE MOST COMMON COMPLAINT THAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT TEACHERS, PARAS AND AUXILIARY STAFF ARE NOT BEING PAID ENOUGH. THE RETENTION NUMBERS SHOW THAT. AND ROUND ROCK ISD HAS A HIGHER THAN AVERAGE TURNOVER RATE. THE STATE AVERAGE IS 21.4%, ACCORDING TO THE SCHOOL PERFORMANCE REVIEW. AND THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THAT TURNOVER IS TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER LOCAL DISTRICTS. SO ROUND ROCK ISD IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK. INSTEAD OF BEING A LEADER, WE ARE SEVEN OUT OF EIGHT LOCAL DISTRICTS FOR ZERO YEAR SALARY AND FOUR OUT OF EIGHT FOR 25 YEAR SALARY. AND JUST FOR CONTEXT, IT COSTS LIKE A MINIMUM OF 25% AND UP TO 200% OF EMPLOYEES TO SALARY TO TRAIN NEW STAFF, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR A ONE K RETENTION BONUS. WE HAVE AN HOURLY MINIMUM THAT IS NOT REALISTIC FOR THE AREA. AND OUR BUS DRIVERS, FOR EXAMPLE, ACTIVELY LOOK FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT, AND IT ISN'T HARD FOR THEM TO FIND BETTER PAY. SO AS A RESULT, THE RESULT, THE DISTRICT HAS HAD TO FILL GAPS WITH CONTRACTORS, AND THE DISTRICT EVEN ATTEMPTED TO CUT ROUTES BEFORE PUBLIC OUTRAGE MADE THEM REVERSE [00:35:01] COURSE. SO I KNOW MONEY IS TIGHT RIGHT NOW, AND WE STILL NEED TO FIND A WAY TO KEEP OUR STAFF HERE. THAT MEANS A 2% INCREASE FOR TEACHERS, A $2 AN HOUR INCREASE FOR REPAIRS AND AUXILIARY, AND A $20 MINIMUM WAGE IN THE DISTRICT. THIS IS THE BARE MINIMUM TO STOP THE TURNOVER. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE BOARD TO FIND SOLUTIONS ON RAISING TEACHER PAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER TONIGHT IS CARA RUIZ, AND YOU ARE A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT. AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F2. HI. WHEN I WORKED AS A FIFTH GRADE TEACHER IN ROUND ROCK ISD FROM 2008 TO 2014, ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WHO QUALIFIED FOR TALENTED AND GIFTED SERVICES AT MY CAMPUS WERE PULLED FROM THE GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM TO BE TAUGHT BY TAX SPECIALISTS IN LANGUAGE ARTS, MATH AND A TALENT DEVELOPMENT PERIOD EACH DAY. IN 2022, BOTH OF MY CHILDREN BEGAN THEIR TAX SERVICES. I WAS SURPRISED WHEN MY SON WAS PULLED FOR TAX, MATH AND FOUR HOURS A WEEK OF TALENT DEVELOPMENT. I WAS INFORMED THAT ROUND ROCK NO LONGER PULLED STUDENTS FOR LANGUAGE ARTS AND IS GENERAL EDITOR CLASSROOM WITH DIFFERENTIATE INSTRUCTION. DIFFERENTIATION NEVER HAPPENED AND MY SON WAS VERY UNHAPPY AT SCHOOL WHEN HE WAS NOT IN A CHALLENGING, ADVANCED SETTING. HE THRIVED IN THE TAG PROGRAM IN THE PULLOUT CLASSES, AND HE LOVED THEM. THE NEXT YEAR, HIS FOUR HOURS OF TALENT DEVELOPMENT WERE CUT TO TWO HOURS A WEEK, A 50% DECREASE. HE WAS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED. THE PLAN CHANGES IN TAX SPECIALIST ALLOCATIONS COULD POTENTIALLY REDUCE TALENT DEVELOPMENT TO 30 MINUTES ONCE A WEEK AT MANY SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT. THAT IS A POSSIBLE DECREASE IN TALENT DEVELOPMENT TIME OF 87.5% IN JUST FOUR SCHOOL YEARS. THE CURRICULUM USED IN TALENT DEVELOPMENT IS NOT DESIGNED TO BE USED IN THE GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM. THE DISTRICT HAS INVESTED IN A WONDERFUL TECH CURRICULUM AND TAG TEACHERS, AND THAT WILL NOW BE UNDERUTILIZED DUE TO THESE CUTS. IF A FAMILY VALUES EDUCATION FOR THEIR CHILDREN WHO ARE IDENTIFIED, GIFTED ROUND ROCK IS NO LONGER A DISTRICT TO SEEK OUT AND IT'S TIME TO EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS. MY HUSBAND'S BEST FRIEND IS A HEAD SUPERINTENDENT AT A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHEN HIS ASSISTANTS RECOMMENDED REDUCING TAX SERVICES, HE SAID NO. FIND OTHER AREAS, HE EXPLAINED. TAG IS CONSIDERED A SPECIAL POPULATION IN COMPARISON TO OTHER POPULATIONS. TAX SERVICES USE A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET. YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEX REYNOLDS, AND YOU ARE A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F TWO. HI, MY NAME IS ALEX REYNOLDS. I HAVE THREE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT AT DEEPWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND TWO OF THEM PROBABLY GOING TO BE THREE ARE TWICE EXCEPTIONAL. SO THEY ARE SPED IDENTIFIED AND TAG IDENTIFIED. LOVELY TAG SPECIALIST THIS YEAR IS STRUGGLING TO MEET DEMAND. WE HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF DEMAND AND WE HAVE 30 MINUTES ALLOTTED FOR KIDS WHO ARE NOT IDENTIFIED FOR MATH TAG. 30 MINUTES A WEEK IS THE MAXIMUM TIME THAT THEY GET WITH HER. IT'S REALLY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO DO ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT OUR KIDS ARE TRYING TO LEARN. MY OLDEST IS IDENTIFIED AT LIKE A 11TH GRADE READING LEVEL, AND I DON'T THINK HIS CLASSROOM TEACHER IN FOURTH GRADE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THAT IN ANY SUBSTANTIAL WAY. I THINK HE NEEDS HIS TAG SPECIALIST TO HELP HIM OUT AND HELP DO THOSE THINGS. SO I'M REALLY HOPING THAT THE DISTRICT WILL RECONSIDER AND START SUPPORTING TAG, BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY PARENTS HERE WHO HAVE CHILDREN AND, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE ORGANIZED TO BE HERE ON VERY SHORT NOTICE, WHO HAVE CHILDREN, WHO ARE USING THESE PROGRAMS AND LOVING THESE SPECIALISTS. IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE DISTRICT, AND PEOPLE WILL SEEK IT ELSEWHERE. I KNOW I WILL IF I CAN'T FIND IT HERE. I HAVE THREE KIDS THAT ALL NEED THIS SERVICE, AND IF ROUND ROCK SCHOOLS CAN'T PROVIDE THAT TO ME IN A MEANINGFUL WAY, THEN I AM GOING TO HAVE TO SEEK ALTERNATIVES. AND THERE ARE PLENTY IN THE AREA, SO IT WOULD BE SUCH A BUMMER. DEEPWOOD HAS BEEN AN AMAZING SCHOOL FOR US AND I WOULD LOVE TO STAY THERE, BUT OUR ENROLLMENT, UNLIKE SOME OF THE SCHOOLS, IS CLIMBING. WE'RE OVER 100 CHILDREN, UP FROM THE TIME MY KIDS STARTED. AND WE HAVE ONE SPECIALIST AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CUTS. SO PLEASE HELP US GET THESE SERVICES THAT OUR KIDDOS NEED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELIZABETH BRYSON, AND YOU ARE A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT. [00:40:07] AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F2. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH BRYSON AND I'M A PARENT OF THREE ROUND ROCK ISD STUDENTS. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ADVOCATE FOR A STRONG, CONSISTENT SUPPORT OF OUR DISTRICT'S TALENTED AND GIFTED SERVICES BECAUSE THEY HAVE REAL AND UNIQUE NEEDS. MY SON, DECLAN IS AN EIGHTH GRADER AT RIDGEVIEW. HE BEGAN HIS JOURNEY IN ROUND ROCK, ISD AT A PROGRAM THAT WAS THEN CALLED PCD. HE'S AUTISTIC, AND AT THE TIME HE WAS COMPLETELY NONVERBAL. THANKS TO INCREDIBLE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, DECLAN MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS. IN FACT, HE LEARNED TO READ BEFORE HE LEARNED TO SPEAK. IN SECOND GRADE, DECLAN WAS IDENTIFIED FOR TAG SERVICES, AND WHILE THOSE EARLY SUPPORTS WERE ESSENTIAL, I CAN SAY WITH COMPLETE CONFIDENCE THAT THE ELEMENTARY TAG TEACHERS CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF HIS LIFE. THEY GAVE HIM SOMETHING HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE, A PLACE WHERE HE TRULY BELONGED, A PLACE WHERE THE DIFFERENT WAY THAT HIS BRAIN WORKED WASN'T CORRECTED, BUT CELEBRATED. HE COULD EXPLAIN HIS UNIQUE WAY OF SOLVING A PROBLEM AND BE MET WITH ENCOURAGEMENT INSTEAD OF CONFUSION. TO DECLAN, MOST TEACHERS WERE JUST TEACHERS, EXCEPT ONE, HIS TAG TEACHER. HE LOVED HER. SHE MADE HIM FEEL SEEN, VALUED AND UNDERSTOOD. SHE TAUGHT HIM TO EMBRACE THE VERY THINGS THAT MADE HIM DIFFERENT. EVEN NOW, YEARS LATER, HE STILL KEEPS A NOTE FROM HER PINNED UP IN HIS BEDROOM. THAT IS THE IMPACT OF MEANINGFUL TAG SERVICES. MY OTHER TWO CHILDREN ARE ALSO TAG IDENTIFIED AND STILL IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND WITH EACH YEAR I WATCH AS THOSE SERVICES ARE REDUCED FURTHER AND FURTHER AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT ONCE EXISTED ARE GONE. WHAT REMAINS IS THE BARE MINIMUM REQUIRED BY THE STATE, AND THE MINIMUM IS NOT ENOUGH. OUR TAX STUDENTS CANNOT THRIVE WITHOUT TIME, WITHOUT CHALLENGE, AND WITHOUT EDUCATORS WHO ARE SPECIFICALLY TRAINED TO MEET THEIR NEEDS. PLEASE DO NOT CUT TAG TEACHERS FROM NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. THESE PROGRAMS DON'T JUST ENRICH STUDENTS, THEY CHANGE LIVES. I'VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AVNISH CHAUDHRY, AND YOU ARE A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT. AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F TWO. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS AVNISH AND I'M A PARENT OF TWO STUDENTS AT HARRINGTON ELEMENTARY. MY CHILDREN ARE BRIGHT, CURIOUS KIDS, BUT FOR MOST OF THE SCHOOL DAY, THEY SIT IN CLASS FEELING UNCHALLENGED. WE HAVE EVEN EMAILED THEIR HOMEROOM TEACHERS ASKING FOR HELP. THOSE TEACHERS ARE WONDERFUL, BUT THEY HAVE AN ENTIRE CLASSROOM OF STUDENTS TO SERVE. WE CANNOT KEEP PLACING THAT BURDEN ON THEM. TECH CHANGES EVERYTHING. IT IS THE ONLY TIME OF THE DAY WHEN MY CHILDREN COME ALIVE, WHEN THEY ARE CHALLENGED, EXCITED AND PROUD. PROUD OF WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING. THEY LOVE THEIR TECH TEACHERS. THEY LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY SINGLE SESSION. CUTTING TECH STAFFING DOES NOT REDUCE A BUDGET LINE. IT TAKES AWAY FROM HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN ACROSS THIS DISTRICT. PLEASE DO NOT CUT TECH. INVEST IN IT. THESE CHILDREN DESERVE TO BE CHALLENGED EVERY SINGLE DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SUNIL GADGIL. AND YOU ARE A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT. AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F TWO. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS SUNIL GADGIL. I AM THE PARENT OF A SECOND GRADE TAG STUDENT AT TERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO OPPOSE THE THE REDUCTION OF ELEMENTARY TAG STAFF IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. MY DAUGHTER LOVES GOING TO TERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY. AND BAR NONE. THE BIGGEST REASON WHY IS HER EXPERIENCES IN THE TAG CLASSROOMS. THE, THE DIVERSITY OF ENRICHING ACTIVITIES LIKE GARDENING, ASTRONOMY AND YES, OF COURSE MATH AS WELL. BROADEN AND ENRICH HER MIND AND HELP HER FEEL CHALLENGED AND ACCEPTED AND UNDERSTOOD IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T TYPICALLY HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE SCHOOL DAY. AND THAT IS SOLELY DUE TO THE THE EXPERTISE AND THE CONCENTRATED TIME THAT HER TAG TEACHERS HAVE TO DEVOTE TO CREATING THESE WELCOMING AND CHALLENGING SPACES FOR HER AND HER OTHER TAG MATES. IF WE REDUCE OUR TAG STAFF, WE RISK ADDING YET ANOTHER INSTRUCTIONAL BURDEN ON OUR ALREADY OVERBURDENED GRADE LEVEL TEACHERS. MY DAD ALWAYS SAID IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO USE THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB. IF WE REDUCE OUR ELEMENTARY TAG STAFF, WE RISK TURNING OUR GRADE LEVEL TEACHERS INTO NOTHING MORE THAN BLUNT INSTRUMENTS. THEIR JOBS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT SO ARE THE TAG TEACHERS. IF WE REMOVE THEM, WE REMOVE THE ABILITY OF THE GRADE LEVEL TEACHERS TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO SERVE TOO MANY NEEDS [00:45:04] IN THE SAME CLASSROOM. SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I URGE YOU ONCE AGAIN TO OPPOSE THE REDUCTION IN ELEMENTARY TAG STAFF. AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER. AND FORGIVE ME IF I DON'T SAY THIS CORRECTLY. RAISSA FERRAN, AND YOU ARE A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F2. HELLO, MY NAME IS REY DE FERRAN AND I AM THE PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN IN ROUND ROCK ISD. I'M SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F2, THE BUDGET REGARDING STUDENT TRANSPORTATION, INCLUDING PROPOSED REDUCED SERVICE FOR BUS 2164 ALONG WALKING PATHS 22 B AND 22 C. I APPRECIATE THE DISTRICT'S DECISION TO PAUSE THESE CHANGES. THAT IS THE RIGHT STEP. HOWEVER, THAT PAUSE DOES NOT CHANGE THE UNDERLYING ISSUE. THESE VALUES WERE INITIALLY CLASSIFIED AS NON-HAZARDOUS BASED ON AN INACCURATE AND INCOMPLETE ASSESSMENT. THIS IS CONCERNING. ONE OF THE DISTRICT'S STATED BUDGET GOALS IS SAFETY, AND THAT MUST START WITH ACCURATE DATA. FOR EXAMPLE, SPICEWOOD SPRINGS WAS MISCLASSIFIED AS A LOCAL ROAD INSTEAD OF AN ARTERIAL ROAD PER TEXDOT AND FHWA. ON THE CHALLENGES OF WALKING NEXT TO A GREENBELT. THE STEEP ELEVATION BLIND CURVE AND THE BLIND CURVE WERE IMPROPERLY EXCLUDED FROM SCORING. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE LONG STRETCHES OF BOTH YAUPON AND TEXAS PLUME WITHOUT STREET LIGHTS, MEANING STUDENTS MUST WALK IN LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING OF THE WINTER MONTHS. IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE COYOTES AND DEERS ARE PREVALENT. THERE ARE NO BIKE LANES, LIMITED SEPARATION FROM TRAFFIC, AND YAUPON RANKS IN THE TOP SIX RESIDENTIAL STREET, MOST IN NEED OF SPEECH SPEED MANAGEMENT OUT OF OVER 800 STREETS EVALUATED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN. YET THIS WAS NOT REFLECTED. THESE ARE REAL SAFETY CONCERNS. WHILE I APPRECIATE THE CREATION OF A TRANSPORTATION ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, THAT PROCESS SHOULD HAVE STARTED AT THE BEGINNING AND NOT RETROACTIVELY IN RESPONSE TO PARENTS ADVOCACY. THIS DISTRICT MUST SERIOUSLY RECONSIDER HOW IT ENGAGES THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY ON DECISIONS THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT STUDENT SAFETY AND LEARNING. MY ASK IS SIMPLE ENSURE THE REEVALUATION FULLY CAPTURE THESE HAZARDS SO THE TRANSPORTATION BUDGET ALIGNS WITH REAL SAFETY RISKS AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY. THERE'S A SAYING IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY THAT THERE'S NOTHING FOR US WITHOUT US. I ENCOURAGE THE DISTRICT TO REMEMBER THAT. FINALLY, I WAS FRUSTRATED BY THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY, BUT I DID NOT SIGN THE NO CONFIDENCE PETITION BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND I BELIEVE YOU WILL LISTEN. TAKE THESE CHALLENGES SERIOUSLY AND MAKE THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT HAPPENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GERALDINE, AND YOU ARE A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT. AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F2. HI. THANK YOU. I'M GERALDINE AND I'M THE MOTHER OF TWO KIDS IDENTIFIED AS TAG ONE IN THE CHILDREN IN SIXTH GRADE AND ONE IN FERN BLUFF ELEMENTARY IN THIRD GRADE. I'M HERE OBVIOUSLY, ABOUT THE TAX CUTS THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO RECONSIDER. I MOVED HERE FIVE YEARS AGO, MOVED TO THE AUSTIN AREA, AND WHEN DECIDING WHERE TO LIVE, EXACTLY PICK ROUND ROCK MAINLY FOR THE SCHOOLS, BECAUSE I HEARD GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE SCHOOLS AS THE HONORARY CONSUL OF FRANCE IN AUSTIN. I ALSO RECOMMEND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO PROFESSIONAL AND FAMILIES MOVING FROM FRANCE TO THE AUSTIN AREA, BECAUSE I HAD A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE HERE AND MY KIDS ARE ALSO HAVING A GREAT EXPERIENCE AT SCHOOL. I'M REALLY LUCKY THAT THEY ARE VERY GOOD STUDENTS IN THE 99TH PERCENTILE IN ALL THE STAR TESTS AND THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT VERY CHALLENGING CLASS. THE CLASSES ARE THE ONLY TIME WHERE THEY ARE CHALLENGED. LEARNING, HAVING AN AMAZING TIME AND I WOULD HATE FOR THAT TO STOP. WHAT THEY LEARNED THERE, AND I THINK IS REALLY SPECIAL IS A LOT OF CRITICAL THINKING. THEY HAVE IT WITH THE ALPS PROJECT, BUT WITH THE MANY MORE ACTIVITIES THAT THE TEACHERS ARE GIVING THE KIDS. SO I FEEL FOR THEM, TAG IS NOT A LUXURY, IT'S A NECESSITY. AND I LOVE MY KIDS. I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY, AND I WOULD REALLY HOPE THAT I DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN ONE OR THE OTHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EDWARD BATEMAN, AND YOU ARE AN EMPLOYEE IN THE DISTRICT, AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F TWO. HELLO AND THANK YOU. WHY DON'T WE TALK? I'M A PARAPROFESSIONAL AND A DISABLED VETERAN. I WORK AT CARAWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW US AND ALSO A MEMBER OF EDUCATION ROUND ROCK. AFTER LEAVING THE MILITARY, I WAS LOOKING FOR A PURPOSE IN MY LIFE, AND AS SOON AS I BECAME A PARAPROFESSIONAL, I FULFILLED ALL OF THAT. SEEING THESE LITTLE KIDS EVERY DAY, ESPECIALLY WITH MY SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS. BUT THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS MOST OF US CAN'T LIVE ON OUR WAGES THAT WE MAKE EVERY DAY. LUCKILY ENOUGH, I DO HAVE A DISABLED VETERAN AND MONEY COMING IN, BUT I KNOW MY COWORKERS WORK 2 TO 3 TIME JOBS AND YOU WORK 2 TO 3 TIMES MORE JOBS A DAY. YOU COME IN THE CLASSROOM TIRED, EXHAUSTED, AND YOU CANNOT GIVE THAT FULL POTENTIAL TO THAT POOR CHILD. SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS THAT ROUND ROCK OUR EDUCATION ROUND ROCK HAS IMPLEMENTED A $2 INCREASE FOR ALL TEACHERS AND $2 RAISE FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS MAKING [00:50:10] UNDER $18 AN HOUR, A MINIMUM OF $20 AN HOUR, AND A 2% RAISE FOR ALL TEACHERS. AS YOU KNOW, MOST SCHOOLS AROUND OUR AREA ARE MAKING $20 AN HOUR, AND THE COST OF LIVING THAT SOCIAL SECURITY GOT THIS YEAR WAS 2.1%, WHERE WE GOT 1%, WHICH WAS LITERALLY PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR, WHICH I KNOW PENNIES ARE OUT RIGHT NOW. SO I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IF YOU GUYS CONSIDER TO GIVE US ALL A RAISE TO HELP OUT, HELP OUR TEACHERS OUT AND HELP OUR STUDENTS OUT. AND I KNOW THIS YEAR MYSELF, I'VE COME OUT OF MY OWN POCKET TO HELP MY STUDENTS OUT WITH SNACKS IN THE CLASSROOM, SUPPLIES IN MY CLASSROOM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN BE HAVE A HAPPY AND HEALTHY DAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH SIMPSON KELLER, AND YOU ARE A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT, AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F TWO. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TIME AND FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. I'LL START OVER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TIME AND FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE TO MAKE VERY TOUGH CHOICES, AND I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU REGARDING THE IMPACT OF THE TAG PROGRAM AS ONE OF THE MANY TAG PARENTS HERE TODAY, I ASK YOU NOT TO MAKE ANY CUTS TO THE RESOURCES TAG STUDENTS RECEIVE. PLEASE DO NOT CUT TAG INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS OR TAG TEACHER HOURS WHEN PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING THE BUDGET FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. MY DAUGHTER ANNA IS A THIRD GRADE TAG STUDENT. MOST OF HER CURRICULUM IS A STANDARD CURRICULUM. SHE DOES RECEIVE TAX SERVICES FROM HER TAG TEACHER, WHICH IS THE ONLY TAG TEACHER AT HER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. BEFORE SHE RECEIVED TAG SERVICES. SCHOOL WAS A STRUGGLE. SHE SIMPLY DID NOT WANT TO GO. NOW SHE COMES HOME EXCITED EACH DAY. TO QUOTE ANNA, I FINALLY FOUND A PLACE WHERE I BELONG AT MY SCHOOL. IF CUTS ARE MADE, THESE STUDENTS WILL BE LEFT WITHOUT ALL THE NECESSARY RESOURCES. THE STANDARD CURRICULUM PROVIDES NEITHER THE CHALLENGE NOR THE PACE THAT TAG STUDENTS NEED TAG. STUDENTS OFFER SO MUCH TO THEIR COMMUNITIES, TO THEIR SCHOOLS, TO THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND WHEN GIVEN THE PROPER ENCOURAGEMENT AND RESOURCES TO THE WORLD, THEY'RE A BIG PART OF OUR FUTURE AND THEIR FUTURE. SO PLEASE INVEST IN THAT FUTURE. THIS QUOTE FROM SENATOR GRASSLEY SUMS IT UP NICELY. GIFTED STUDENTS REPRESENT A VITAL RESOURCE THAT HAS UNLIMITED POTENTIAL. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE THE SUPPORT AND SERVICES THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. PARENTS OF TAG STUDENTS PICK SCHOOLS THAT OFFER THE BEST TAG PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. PLEASE CONTINUE TO BE A DISTRICT. A DISTRICT THAT IS CHOSEN. A DISTRICT THAT SUPPORTS TAG STUDENTS. AS PARENTS OF THESE STUDENTS, WE WANT TO SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LEAH KAMINSKY, AND YOU ARE A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT. AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F TWO. HI, I'M LEAH. I'M THE MOTHER OF TWO KIDDOS AT LAUREL MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS A SCHOOL WE ABSOLUTELY ADORE. AND WE LIVE ON IN A PLACE LITERALLY CALLED THE MOUNTAIN WITH VERY STEEP STREETS. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT BUDGET CUTS AS THEY RELATE TO TRANSPORTATION. SO I WROTE SEVEN SPEECHES IN TOTAL IN PREPARATION FOR TONIGHT. TODAY I SCRAMBLED AND WROTE AN EIGHTH. AND THAT'S THANKS TO YOU AND AN EMAIL THAT WE GOT FROM YOU ALL TODAY. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. IT MEANS OUR KIDS WILL HAVE SAFE TRANSPORTATION NEXT YEAR AND THAT MATTERS ENORMOUSLY. HOWEVER, NOW BEGINS THE WORK OF REPAIR. AND THIS IS JUST THE START. WE ARE HERE TO DO THE HARD ON THE GROUND WORK AS WE'VE BEEN DOING, BUT WE WANT TO KNOW WE WILL BE HOLDING YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE WORK OF REPAIR, SPECIFICALLY AROUND TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATIONS. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND FOR THE LISTENING IT TOOK TO REVERSE THE DECISION, BUT WE WANT TO BE CLEAR WE'RE NOT HERE TO BE PLACATED, ONLY WORKED WITH AS EQUAL PARTNERS. SO LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE IT REAL. WE WANT MEETINGS WITH PUBLIC NOTICE, NOT INTERNAL WORK GROUPS. WE WANT SURVEYS WHERE FAMILIES CAN IDENTIFY HAZARDS IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. BEING IN A PLACE CALLED A MOUNTAIN WOULD BE ONE OF THEM. BEFORE ANY SCORING HAPPENS. WE WANT GENUINE SEATS AT THE TABLE, NOT AS OBSERVERS, BUT AS CO-REVIEWERS OF THE METHODOLOGY. BECAUSE THE ISSUE WE BROUGHT HERE TONIGHT WASN'T JUST ABOUT THE ROOTS, IT WAS ABOUT A SCORING PROCESS THAT HAD NO MECHANISM FOR LIGHTING, NO FACTOR FOR HEAT AND ROAD CLASSIFICATIONS THAT CONTRADICTED TXDOT'S OWN OFFICIAL RECORDS. A COMMITTEE THAT CAN FLAG THESE ISSUES BEFORE A DECISION IS MADE IS FAR LESS COSTLY THAN CORRECTING THEM. AFTER. WE ARE HERE WITH NUMEROUS CREATIVE SOLUTIONS READY TO GO. WE'RE HERE TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR KIDS AND FOR THIS BUDGET, AND TO BE TRUE PARTNERS AT THE TABLE. [00:55:02] AND I HAVE 90 PAGE DOCUMENTS OF ALL OF OUR EVIDENCE AND SCORING THAT I EMAILED ALL OF YOU. BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I WILL LEAVE THEM SOMEWHERE FOR YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY PUT THOSE RIGHT IF MICHELLE, WOULD YOU GRAB THOSE AND WE CAN LOOK AT THEM LATER. THANK YOU. OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER TONIGHT IS JEFF BRANTLEY. AND YOU ARE A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT, AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F2. YES. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JEFF BRANTLEY. I'M A PARENT AT LIVE OAK ELEMENTARY. I'M ALSO HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I'M ALARMED TO HAVE HEARD THIS WEEK ABOUT THE APPARENT CUTS THAT ARE COMING TO THE TAG PROGRAMS AND, AND TAG INSTRUCTORS. THIS IS ALARMING IN PART BECAUSE OUR SCHOOL HAS ALREADY SEEN CUTS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF DOWN TO THE BARE MINIMUM AS IT IS. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE IN A SQUEEZE. I THINK WE ALL, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE HAS TALKED ABOUT IT TONIGHT. AND I DO NOT ENVY ANY OF OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP FOR THE DIFFICULT CHOICES THEY HAVE TO BE MADE ABOUT OUR BUDGET. I'M GLAD I'M NOT THE ONE HAVING TO DO IT. INSTEAD, I'M HERE TONIGHT JUST TO SPEAK TO MY PERSPECTIVE AND OFFER WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE FOR ME, BECAUSE AS A PARENT, I ALSO HAVE DIFFICULT CHOICES TO MAKE. AND I THINK MANY OF US PROBABLY FEEL THE SAME WAY. AND SO FAR, I HAVE MADE AN INTENTIONAL CHOICE TO HAVE MY CHILDREN IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IN OUR LOCAL SCHOOL, BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE LIVE. WE BELIEVE IN THE SYSTEM. PARDON ME. AND EVEN WHEN WE SAW CUTS TWO YEARS AGO, WE DOUBLED DOWN ON THAT CHOICE. WE'VE GOTTEN MORE INVOLVED VOLUNTEERING IN OUR SCHOOLS, SERVING AS PTA LEADERS, AND GIVING OF OUR OWN RESOURCES IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN FIND WITH OUR SCHOOL, BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE OUR SCHOOLS SUCCEED AND TO SERVE EVERY STUDENT THAT COMES THROUGH THE DOOR. BUT PART OF THAT VALUE PROPOSITION FOR US IS THE SCHOOL STILL NEEDS TO WORK FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR CHILDREN, AND WE HAVE TO STILL GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT KNOWING THAT THE THAT THE CHOICES WE'RE MAKING, WE ARE DOING RIGHT BY OUR OWN CHILDREN AND NOT JUST SERVING A PUBLIC SERVICE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. AND IT'S ALARMING TO ME THAT THAT WE WOULD MAKE ANY FURTHER CUTS TO THESE PROGRAMS. SO MY MESSAGE HERE IS WE'RE INVESTED IN THE SCHOOL, AND WE WANT TO SEE HOW MUCH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS INVESTED IN THE ACADEMIC NEEDS OF OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER TONIGHT, OUR NEXT SPEAKER TONIGHT IS AMANDA GITTLEMAN. AND YOU ARE A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT, AND YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F TWO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS AMANDA GITTLEMAN. I'M THE TAG PACK REPRESENTATIVE AT TERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE PARENT OF A FIRST GRADE TAG STUDENT. MY FAMILY MOVED HERE TO THE AUSTIN AREA TWO YEARS AGO. WE COULD HAVE MOVED ANYWHERE. WE LOOKED AT GEORGETOWN, LEANDER, CEDAR PARK, PFLUGERVILLE, HUTTO. BUT WE MOVED TO ROUND ROCK BECAUSE OF YOU. WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT OUR DAUGHTER WAS ABOVE AVERAGE, AND WE NEEDED A SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT WAS GOING TO MEET HER ON HER LEVEL. NOW THAT SHE'S IN TAG AND NOW THAT I'M A TAG PACK REPRESENTATIVE, I TALK TO PARENTS OF MANY GIFTED STUDENTS WITH THE TALK OF THE CHANGES IN STAFFING. THERE'S ALREADY QUESTIONS ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. IT'S DISHEARTENING. IT BREAKS MY HEART BECAUSE WITH A DECLINE IN HEAD COUNT, YOU'RE GOING TO FACE MORE BUDGET CUTS. THERE ARE GOING TO BE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING TO SUFFER. BUT WHAT UPSETS ME THE MOST IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT SHINED SO BRIGHTLY, THAT LURED IN MY FAMILY AND MY CHILD. IT WON'T SHINE ANYMORE. YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR TOP PERFORMERS AND WE WON'T BE ABLE TO ATTRACT NEW ONES. I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE THUS FAR, FOR GOING ABOVE THE MINIMUM FOR OUR CHILDREN, AND I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE STAY ABOVE THE MINIMUM. DON'T GO BACKWARDS. PLEASE DO NOT MAKE CUTS TO OUR GIFTED TEACHERS. MY CHILDREN LIVE HERE BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH. EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALI. FAGOT! FAGOT! SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT. YOU'RE A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT AND YOU ARE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM F TWO. YOU NAILED IT. IT'S FIDGET. SO I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE PROPOSED CUTS TO THE TAG PROGRAMING IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. I'M THE PARENT OF A TAG STUDENT AT BLACKLAND PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY. AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO STOP CUTTING, STOP THE CUTTING OF THE 20% TO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET FOR THE TAG BUDGET. MY, MY DAUGHTER RUBY HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOVE AVERAGE. LINGUISTICALLY, I'LL NEVER FORGET FOUR YEAR OLD RUBY EXCLAIMING, IT'S A CORNUCOPIA OF GLASSES! UPON ENTERING COSTCO'S OPTICAL CENTER FOR THE FIRST TIME, TEACHING HER TO READ WAS TRICKY, [01:00:02] NOT BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T GET IT, BUT BECAUSE SHE WOULD MEMORIZE BOOKS SO QUICKLY THAT I COULDN'T TELL IF SHE WAS ACTUALLY READING OR JUST RECITING BOOKS FROM MEMORY. RUBY TESTED FOR TAG IN SECOND GRADE, BUT DID NOT QUALIFY. WHILE THIS CAME AS A SURPRISE TO BOTH US AND HER TEACHER EXPOSED A HEFTY DOSE OF ANXIETY AND PERFECTIONISM THAT ACCOMPANIES HER INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES. I REMEMBER RUBY TELLING ME THAT SHE DIDN'T EVEN THINK SHE FINISHED THE TAG TEST, BECAUSE SHE WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT GETTING THE ANSWERS RIGHT AS SHE ENTERED THIRD GRADE, WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE CLASSROOM TEACHERS THAT HAD IDENTIFIED HER ACADEMIC NEEDS, DESPITE NOT HER NOT BEING TAG IDENTIFIED. AND TO THE OTHER PARENT WHO SPOKE ABOUT OVERBEARING, OVERBEARING CLASSROOM TEACHERS. THIS IS AN INSTANCE WHERE WE GOT LUCKY AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE US, BUT THERE WAS ONLY SO MUCH THAT COULD BE DONE FOR HER, AND OVER TIME, SHE GREW BORED. HER ANXIETIES AND PERFECTIONISM, PERFECTIONISM WERE REPLACED WITH COMPLACENCY AND LACK OF CHALLENGE. SHE BROUGHT HOME 100% A+ ASSIGNMENTS THAT SHE HAD OBVIOUSLY SPENT MORE TIME DOODLING ON THAN PUZZLING OVER AND AT THE END OF FOURTH GRADE, DESPITE HER ANXIETIES OF NOT MAKING IT AGAIN, SHE JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO TAG HER TEST TAG. SERVICES HAVE RESCUED RUBY'S ACADEMIC YEAR, AND SHE QUALIFIED FOR ALL SUBJECTS. PLEASE DO NOT CUT THESE SERVICES. NOT ONLY DID SHE LEARN ADVANCED LEVEL MATH, BUT HER TEACHERS WERE THE FIRST TO ADDRESS ANXIETY IN THE CLASSROOM AND HOW TO FACE CHALLENGES HEAD ON AND ACCEPT THAT THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. [F. SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS] AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS AGENDA ITEM F ONE. AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR AZAIEZ. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT. MARKUM BOARD MEMBERS, COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF. SO WE YOU PROBABLY RECOGNIZE THE WHAT WE RECOGNIZED EARLIER OUR VOICE STUDENTS. SO THEY ARE COMING BACK TO ACTUALLY SHARE WITH US THEIR EXPERIENCE, THE HARD WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN SPENDING, THE PROJECT THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON ALL YEAR, AND ALSO TALKING ABOUT THEM TRAVELING TO GALVESTON TO REPRESENT OUR DISTRICT AND THE GOVERNOR'S CAMP WITH TASB. SO I WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF THEM. I'M LOOKING FOR KAREN GRAY AND FAREED. YEP. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT MARKUM BOARD OF TRUSTEES. DOCTOR AZAIEZ, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS KAREN GRAY, AND I PROUDLY SERVE AS CHIEF OF ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ROUND ROCK ISD. WE'RE DELIGHTED TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT TO SHARE THE GREAT WORK THAT THE VOICE HAS BEEN ABLE TO, TO ACHIEVE THIS YEAR. THEY HAVE CONTINUOUSLY WORKED TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES, LOOKING AT SENSE OF BELONGING AND AS A DISTRICT WIDE STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY GROUP, THEY CONTINUE TO DRIVE CHANGE AND IMPACT DISTRICT POLICY AND PRACTICE. GOOD EVENING. BOARD PRESIDENT MARKUM BOARD OF TRUSTEES SUPERINTENDENT AZAIEZ AND DISTRICT LEADERS. I SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY, AND I AM BEYOND THRILLED TO TEE UP OUR WONDERFUL AND AMAZING VOICE STUDENTS. THEY ARE REALLY DRIVING CHANGE AND PRACTICES ACROSS THEIR RESPECTIVE CAMPUSES AND THE DISTRICT COMMUNITY. AND IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO HAVE THEM ALL INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND GET OUT OF THE WAY AND HAVE THEM PRESENT FOR THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION. HI, I'M JANET. I'M FROM ROUND ROCK AND I'M A FRESHMAN. HELLO, MY NAME IS SASHA SAIRAM. I'M A SENIOR AT WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. HI, I'M DELILAH CARTER AND I'M A SENIOR AT STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL. HI, I'M MANASI KUMAR AND I'M A SOPHOMORE AT MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL. HI. I'M SHAUN, I'M A SOPHOMORE AT CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. HI, I'M SOOY ARUNKUMAR AND I'M A JUNIOR AT MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL. THE VOICE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ENGAGE A DIVERSE GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DOCTOR AZAIEZ. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES A PLATFORM FOR US AS STUDENTS TO SHARE OUR PERSPECTIVES AND INPUT DIRECTLY WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND VARIOUS DISTRICT LEADERS. THROUGH THIS AVENUE OF ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY, THE VOICE EMPOWERS STUDENT LEADERS AND ENSURES THAT OUR VOICES HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF ROUND ROCK ISD. THE VOICE'S MISSION IS TO POSITIVELY IMPACT ROUND ROCK ISD'S GOALS BY AMPLIFYING THE STUDENT VOICES AND OFFERING THOUGHTFUL, EXPERIENCE BASED FEEDBACK ON POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT AFFECT OUR SCHOOLS. HERE YOU SEE A PICTURE OF OUR KICKOFF MEETING IN SEPTEMBER 2025. [01:05:03] WE WANTED TO BE GROUNDED IN ADVOCACY AND LEADERSHIP FROM THE JUMP, AND INVITED LOCAL HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE JOHN MR AND LOCAL ROUND ROCK COMMUNITY ADVOCATE LEADERS TO SHARE THEIR INSIGHTS AND PERSPECTIVES WITH STUDENTS AS THEY BEGAN THEIR YEAR OF ADVOCACY WORK. THIS YEAR, THE VOICE SAW A SIGNIFICANT MATRICULATION PERIOD WITH 16 SENIORS GRADUATING LAST YEAR. WE WE HAD CLOSE TO 70 APPLICANTS AND ALTHOUGH NOT EVERYONE WAS OFFERED MEMBERSHIP, WE ALSO HAVE WORKED WITH AMAZING VOICE PARTNERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT EXPRESSED INTEREST IN ENGAGING WITH VOICE MEMBERS THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS, INCLUDING LISTENING SESSIONS, FEEDBACK AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR ACTION RESEARCH PROJECTS. OUR GROUP IS MADE UP OF ABOUT 30 STUDENTS WITH SIX, WITH TEN SENIORS, 11 JUNIORS, FOUR SOPHOMORES AND FOUR FRESHMEN ON THE TEAM. WE MEET ABOUT EVERY 6 TO 8 WEEKS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. HERE IS THE ROAD MAP FOR THIS EVENING'S PRESENTATION. WE'LL SHARE WHAT VOICE DOES, PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR, AND HOW WE'VE ANCHORED THE CORE OF OUR WORK IN BOTH DISTRICT AND BOARD GOALS. AS WE ROUND OUT OUR TIME TOGETHER, WE'LL DESCRIBE OUR ONGOING EFFORTS THAT CENTER EACH TEAM'S ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT TO IMPROVE STUDENTS SENSE OF BELONGING. THIS MULTI-YEAR PROJECT FEATURES STUDENT LED, HANDS ON RESEARCH AND A SECOND YEAR OF IMPLEMENTING OUR DATA INFORMED ACTION PLANS. WE'LL ALSO LEAVE SOME TIME FOR ANY DIRECT QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR THE VOICE. MEMBERS. THE VOICE ANCHORS OUR WORK IN BOARD OF TRUSTEE AND DISTRICT GOALS. ALTHOUGH DISTINCT, WE'VE SEEN SIGNIFICANT OVERLAP AMONG THESE GOALS. WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING, OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND DISTRICT LEADERS HAVE TASKED THE VOICE TO FOCUS ON IMPROVING STUDENT SENSE OF BELONGING THROUGHOUT THE LAST TWO YEARS. COLLABORATIVELY, WE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT THE WORK OF THE VOICE TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL HERE, IN A MOMENT, WE'LL SHARE HOW EACH HIGH SCHOOL TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON AN ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT TO ADDRESS THESE GOALS. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PROMINENT INDICATORS OF ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING, A SENSE OF BELONGING TENDS TO COME UP TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S A TOE DIP OR A DEEP DIVE INTO THE POOL OF RESEARCH. IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT BY CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT HELP A STUDENT FEEL THAT THEY BELONG LEADS TO A HOST OF SUCCESSFUL STUDENT OUTCOMES. BOTH OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS GOALS REFLECT THIS WITH HOW IT HAS BEEN PRIORITIZED THUS FAR. AS WE DIG DEEPER INTO THE CONSTRUCT OF A SENSE OF BELONGING, WE'RE ABLE TO PEEL BACK THE VERY COMPLEX LAYERS OF THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE. A STRONG CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO HAPPENED TO BE AFFIRMATION AND A STUDENT'S IDENTITY. SIMPLY PUT, WHEN A STUDENT FEELS AFFIRMED AND UNDERSTOOD, THIS IMPROVES THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO FLOURISH AND CAN LEAD TO GREATER ENGAGEMENT, ATTENDANCE, AND OVERALL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. WE'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS AS A KEY PART OF THE DESIGN PUZZLE WITHIN OUR ACTION RESEARCH PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, SO WE KNOW THE RESEARCH AND REASONING BEHIND A SENSE OF BELONGING. BUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE TO THE STUDENTS THAT ATTEND THE HIGH SCHOOLS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT? WE WILL REVISIT THAT SHORTLY AS WE PRESENT OUR FINDINGS. A PRIDE POINT FOR THE VOICE IS THE DEPTH OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL FOCUS AREAS TO ADDRESS, ADDRESS IMPROVEMENT OF THE SENSE OF BELONGING THAT THE VOICE HAS ENGAGED WITH, INCLUDING SYSTEMIC, SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO BULLYING PREVENTION. IN SPRING 2025, THE VOICE BEGAN CO-DESIGNING STRATEGIES FOR THE IDENTIFIED GOALS. A KEY TAKEAWAY FROM THOSE SESSIONS WAS THAT STUDENTS OFTEN DO NOT KNOW WHAT BULLYING IS AND WHAT BULLYING IS NOT WITHOUT A SHARED UNDERSTANDING, STUDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY. A BARRIER EXISTS WHEN TRYING TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS. FOR EXAMPLE, STUDENTS OFTEN DO NOT KNOW WHAT QUALIFIES AS BULLYING, HOW TO REPORT AN INCIDENT OR. WHAT ABOUT. AN INCIDENT NEEDS TO BE REPORTED. A LOT OF WORK DURING THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 2025 RESULTED IN A COORDINATED RESPONSE AND WORKFLOW. DURING NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH IN OCTOBER 2025, WE PARTNERED WITH SEVERAL DISTRICT DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING COMMUNICATIONS, COUNSELING, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND MORE. ONE IDEA THAT WE KEPT ARRIVING AT WAS A CUSTOMIZED ROUND ROCK ISD BULLYING PREVENTION VIDEO SERIES THAT ATTEMPTS TO MEET STUDENTS AT WHERE THEY'RE AT. WE WORKED COLLABORATIVELY TO HAVE THESE VIDEOS TRULY REFLECT WHAT THE VOICE STUDENTS TOLD US. WHAT COULD BE EFFECTIVE? THIS RESULT IN FOUR BITE SIZED SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEOS THAT SERVED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WERE STRATEGICALLY SHOWN AND DISTRIBUTED THE FIRST. THIS FIRST ONE MINUTE VIDEO PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH AND SETS THE SCENE FOR HOW ROUND ROCK ISD WORKS TOWARDS PREVENTING AND ADDRESSING BULLYING IN OUR COMMUNITIES. [01:10:18] I THINK WE'RE HAVING A TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY. GIVE US JUST A SECOND. AS OUR WORKING TIME TOGETHER HAS DEVELOPED AND GROW, WE'RE MOVING PAST THE VIDEO. SORRY. OUR SCOPE HAS SHARPENED CONSIDERABLY WITH THE CONTINUOUS EMPHASIS ON IMPROVING STUDENT SENSE OF BELONGING AND ANCHORING LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE. THE CAPACITY OF THE VOICES WORK GREW MORE AMBITIOUS THAN 2025 TO 2026 SCHOOL YEAR. WE KNOW WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS AND WHAT OUR GOALS ARE, BUT WHAT ACTUAL PRACTICES COULD WE IMPLEMENT? WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE IN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL COMPARED TO CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL OR WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL? HOW WOULD STUDENTS FIT IN THIS EQUATION? THIS SCHOOL YEAR WOULD BEGIN THE MULTI-YEAR PROCESS OF CONDUCTING ACTION ACTION RESEARCH PROJECTS. EACH HIGH SCHOOL TEAM BEGAN THE YEAR ANALYZING TWO CLIMATE SURVEY DATA SETS INCLUDED SENSE OF BELONGING METRICS, QUANTITATIVE DATA INFORM KEY DECISIONS AND PRACTICES FOR AN ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF IMPLEMENTATION. STUDENTS HAVE BEEN COLLECTING QUALITATIVE, QUALITATIVE DATA BY TALKING DIRECTLY WITH THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. EACH TEAM HAS BEEN FACILITATING INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUPS TO EXPLORE WHAT BELONGING MEANS TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES AND IDEAS FOR GROWTH, AND WILL BE IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE. THIS WILL ACCUMULATE, AND THIS WILL CULMINATE IN GENERATING AN ACTION PLAN FOR EACH CAMPUS BASED ON FINDINGS AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE ACTION PLAN WILL OUTLINE WHAT OUR TEAMS WILL BE DOING NEXT YEAR IN AN ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, INCLUDING TIMELINES, EXPLICIT STEPS, RESPONSIBLE PARTIES AND RESOURCES NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT OUR PLAN IN EACH RESPECTIVE SCHOOL. FOR MANY SENIORS, THEY'RE EXCITED TO LEAVE A LASTING IMPACT ON OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND ARE EAGER TO SEE HOW THE FRUITION OF WORK GROWS ONCE THE TORCH IS PASSED DOWN TO BOTH RETURNING MEMBERS AND NEW MEMBERS. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR A FOLLOW UP ON NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES OF OUR ACTION PLANS AND HOW THE IMPLEMENTATION IS PROGRESSING. ONE FINAL HIGHLIGHT FROM THE YEAR THAT WE'D LIKE TO SPOTLIGHT THIS EVENING IS A FUN OPPORTUNITY VOICE MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE LAST MONTH ON MARCH 5TH AND SIXTH. A GROUP OF TEN VOICE STUDENTS ATTENDED THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARD'S GOVERNANCE CAMP IN GALVESTON. THIS EXPERIENCE WAS BOTH EMPOWERING AND IMPACTFUL, AND WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL LEARNING WITH STUDENT LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE. DURING THE CONFERENCE, VOICE MEMBERS AND THE OFFICE OF ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY CO-PRESENTED A HOUSE OF ROUND ROCK ISD VOICE TEAM. ENGAGE DRIVES CHANGE AND SOLUTIONS AT ROUND ROCK. ROCK ISD. ADDITIONALLY, THE LEGAL SERVICES TEAM AT THE GOVERNANCE CAMP ALSO INVITED A COUPLE OF VOICE MEMBERS TO SERVE ON A STATEWIDE PANEL WHERE THEY DISCUSSED INSTRUCTIONAL LIBRARY MATERIALS WITH STUDENT LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE ONCE AGAIN. AND RIGHT NOW, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND LISTENING TO OUR PRESENTATION. AND WE'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FOR STUDENTS, OUR SPONSORS, OR FOR SPECIFIC TEAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS VERY EXCITING. THIS IS A FIRST SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD THAT WE'VE HAD STUDENTS COME AND PRESENT. SO I'M SO GLAD THAT WE'VE MADE THIS HAPPEN TODAY AND THAT WE GET TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS. TRUSTEE, DOES IT LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE. WEIR. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING US WITH BOARD GOAL FOUR, BECAUSE WE DO NEED HELP WITH THAT. SO WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. I WAS JUST CURIOUS FOR THE VIDEOS THAT YOU'RE DOING ON WHAT PLATFORMS ARE THEY? BECAUSE I HAVEN'T, I'M NOT REALLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT I REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THEM. SO HOW ARE YOU? MAYBE THAT'S MISS GRAY, I DON'T KNOW. SORRY. HE CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THAT FOR YOU. I'M SORRY. COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? WELL, I WAS JUST. WHAT PLATFORMS? THE VIDEOS. HOW ARE YOU GETTING THOSE VIDEOS OUT TO THE STUDENTS ON BULLYING? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO IT WAS DISTRIBUTED. GIVE ME A YES. OH, CURIOUS. I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE VIDEO TO PLAY SLIGHTLY DISTRACTED THERE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO WE WERE STRATEGIC WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE VIDEO SERIES. IT WENT OUT IN THROUGH A SLEW OF SEVERAL CHANNELS. THE PRINCIPAL'S WEEKLY WE HAD THEM DISPLAYED IN THE DIGITAL MONITORS ACROSS THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS. WE HAD SEVERAL STRONG SOCIAL MEDIA PUSHES TO, TO GET THOSE OUT VARIOUS CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS AT THE, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AS WELL. AND YEAH, YEAH. DO WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF ENGAGEMENT? I MEAN, WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD FROM THE STUDENTS AT YOUR SCHOOLS WHERE THOSE VIDEOS WENT OUT? HE WAS ONE OF THEM. SO SOMETHING THAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT I ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE OF MY FRIENDS BECAUSE I WAS ONE OF THE VOICEOVERS IN THE VIDEO. THEY REACHED OUT TO ME AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, IS THIS YOUR VOICE? SO IT JUST, IT JUST KIND OF SHOWED HOW MANY, HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT I KNOW ACTUALLY ENGAGE WITH THE VIDEOS BECAUSE I THINK IT ALSO MAY HAVE BEEN, IT WAS ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE AND IT WAS, I THINK IT MAY HAVE BEEN POSTED ON THE [01:15:02] INSTAGRAM, BUT THEY FOUND IT AND THEY SENT IT TO ME. SO THAT'S JUST PERSONALLY, I, I KNOW THAT PEOPLE AROUND ME HAVE BEEN SEEING THE VIDEOS. OKAY. TRUSTEE WEI. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING. I ASKED THIS PRESENTATION A YEAR AGO AND FINALLY IT HAPPENED. FIRST THING, I LIKE THE TEACHER WHO DESIGNED THIS TEACHER. COMMUNICATIONS. THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. HERE. I'LL STAND OVER HERE. OH, I'LL ORDER ONE IF I CAN. ABSOLUTELY. YES, WE CAN DO THAT. SO MY MY QUESTION IS WHAT DO YOU FEEL? YOU KNOW, YOU IN THE VOICE AND THEN WHAT MAY YOU FEEL DIFFERENT OR DOING THIS PROJECTS. WHAT'S YOUR FEELING ABOUT THE PROJECT? SHAUN. I THINK ONE THING THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT JUST A SENSE OF BELONGING CAMPAIGN IN GENERAL IS LIKE, ONE OF MY CORE PHILOSOPHIES IS THAT STUDENTS CANNOT SUCCEED WHERE THEY DON'T FEEL SEEN. SO THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO CREATE THAT ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS FEEL COMFORTABLE, TO BE CREATIVE, TO BE EXPRESSIVE, AND TO CHALLENGE THEMSELVES IN WAYS THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WAS POSSIBLE. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THE VOICE DOES REALLY WELL IS FOCUSING ON HOW CAN WE TAILOR THE COMMUNITY IN EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL BECAUSE IT IS SO DIFFERENT. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE WONDERFUL THING THAT HAS COME OUT OF THE VOICE AND BEING ABLE TO CREATE FOCUS GROUPS FOR EACH SCHOOL IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TAILOR THE NEEDS OF EACH COMMUNITY. AND I THINK WE'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS AND THERE'S DEFINITELY MORE TO GO, BUT WE'RE ONE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AN EXTENSION ON HOW VOICE SPECIFICALLY IS VERY HELPFUL FOR US AS STUDENTS IS THAT I THINK THE BIG THING IS THAT EVERY SCHOOL HAS THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE, AND WE GET TO COLLABORATE BY TALKING TO OTHER TEAMS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS. AND I THINK THERE'S NOT MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO DO THIS OUTSIDE OF VOICE. SO IT WAS VERY HELPFUL. HELPFUL FOR US TO SEE LIKE EXACT LIKE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND HOW WE MIGHT LIKE SIMILARITIES AND IDEAS SHARED BETWEEN SCHOOLS. SO. I THINK THE BIGGEST BENEFIT OR THE THING I'VE MOST ENJOYED BEING ABLE TO WORK ON VOICE AND MAKE CHANGE IS THAT A LOT OF THE TIMES THE STUDENTS FEEL LIKE WE'RE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THIS PROCESS, THAT THERE'S SO MANY CHANGES, BUT THERE'S NOT REALLY THEY'RE NOT REALLY MADE WITH THE STUDENTS IN MIND. BUT THIS WAY WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A SAY IN WHAT GOES ON. AND WE CAN WE CAN ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT WE SEE ON A DAILY BASIS. SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT OF BEING IN VOICE FOR ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO WATCH THE VIDEO. AND THEN I KNOW I HAVE OTHER TRUSTEES THAT HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT NOW THAT WE GOT IT WORKING, WE'RE GOING TO WATCH IT. I THINK. OCTOBER IS BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH. AND HERE AT ROUND ROCK ISD, WE ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING A SAFE, RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE. OUR DISTRICT IS MADE UP OF STUDENTS, FAMILIES, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, EACH BRINGING SOMETHING VALUABLE TO OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY. BULLYING, WHETHER IN PERSON OR ONLINE, ISN'T JUST AGAINST DISTRICT POLICY, IT'S AGAINST THE LAW. IT CREATES FEAR AND HARM, AND THERE IS NO PLACE FOR IT HERE. WHETHER YOU'RE A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT, AN EXCITED SENIOR PREPARING FOR GRADUATION, SOMEONE WHO IS EXPLORING THEIR OPTIONS FOR THEIR FUTURE, OR ANYTHING IN BETWEEN, IT'S ON ALL OF US TO BUILD A KINDER DISTRICT WE WANT TO BE A PART OF. BECAUSE HERE IT STARTS WITH US. OCTOBER IS BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH AND WE'RE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK. OH THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU. THAT WAS FANTASTIC. I'M GOING TO GO TO TRUSTEE LANDRUM. SO YOU KIND OF TALKED ON MY QUESTION. I REALLY WANTED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE FOCUS GROUPS AT EACH ONE OF YOUR SCHOOLS, BECAUSE AS YOU TALKED ABOUT, EACH ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE SUCH A UNIQUE COMMUNITY AND STRENGTHS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU LEARNED A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT WHAT YOU LEARNED BEING ON VOICE AND WHAT YOU WERE ABLE TO TAKE BACK TO YOUR SPECIFIC CAMPUS AND ENGAGE YOUR FELLOW CLASSMATES AT YOUR CAMPUS WITH? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S SO EXCITING. WITH STONY POINT HIGH SCHOOL, WHAT I OBSERVED FROM TRYING TO GATHER DATA FROM SURVEYS OR CONVERSATIONS. I'VE NOTICED THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD IMPROVE A SENSE OF BELONGING AT MY SCHOOL TENDS TO. STEM FROM A POSSIBLE LACK OF INTERPERSONAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. SO. I WENT TO MCNEIL. I GO TO MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL AND MY SCHOOL AS WELL. WE DECIDED TO WORK ON STUDENT AND TEACHER RELATIONSHIPS. [01:20:03] I FEEL THAT IS VERY ESSENTIAL TO A STUDENT'S ABILITY TO DO WELL AND ALSO THE TEACHER'S SANITY. WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME IN THE CLASSROOMS AND HIGH SCHOOL IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR CAREERS, HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE REST OF OUR LIVES. SO I FEEL LIKE OUR TOPIC SPECIFICALLY WAS VERY IMPORTANT. THROUGH VOICE, WE LEARNED HOW TO ADDRESS CERTAIN GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN GENERAL, HOW TO ADDRESS ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF PEOPLE SO THAT WE CAN GET ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED. WE ALSO LEARNED HOW TO ANALYZE OUR DATA. THAT'S ALSO SUPER IMPORTANT SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON NEXT YEAR. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SOON WORK ON A PLAN SO THAT WE CAN START IMPROVING FROM OUR RESEARCH. AN EXTENSION TO HOW COMMUNICATING TO OTHER VOICE TEAMS WAS REALLY HELPFUL WHERE THEIR, THEIR SCHOOLS HAD A BIG RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHERS AND STUDENTS BEING A BIG LIKE DRIFT. OUR SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY HAD A BIG, LIKE PEER TO PEER RELATIONSHIP ISSUE WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD BE STICKING IN THEIR OWN CLIQUES, CLIQUES, THEIR GROUPS, AND THEY WOULD BE STRUGGLING TO FIND LIKE A SOCIAL COMMONNESS OUTSIDE OF THEIR GROUPS. SO THAT HAVING THAT DISCUSSION WITH OTHER VOICE TEAMS WAS REALLY HELPFUL FOR ME TO REALIZE HOW MUCH WE NEEDED TO INTERVIEW FOCUS GROUPS RATHER THAN ONE ON ONE AS WELL, JUST SO WE CAN GET DEEPER TO WHY OUR SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY HAS THIS PROBLEM. OKAY, SO I GO TO ROUND ROCK AND WE ALL KNOW THIS IS A VERY, VERY BIG SCHOOL WITH A LOT OF BUILDINGS. AND I THINK WE SAW THAT OUR OUR BIGGEST ISSUE WAS ALSO PEER TO PEER CONNECTION BECAUSE WELL, MOST OF THE FRESHMEN USUALLY HAVE THEIR CLASSES MORE IN THE 100 AND THE 700, WHICH WOULD BE HERE ACROSS THE THE HALLWAY OVER THERE. AND SO WE DON'T REALLY CONNECT WITH OUR OLDER STUDENTS AND WHICH MAINLY STICK INTO THE MAIN AND AROUND THAT AREA. AND SO WE SAW THAT THE MOST CONNECTION WE WOULD HAVE WITH THEM WOULD BE IN OUR CLUBS AND EVEN IN OUR CLUBS. MOST OF THEM WOULD STICK TO THE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS OBVIOUSLY. AND SO WE WOULDN'T REALLY CONNECT WITH THEM AS MUCH. AND WE SAW THAT ALSO WITH TEACHER TO STUDENT BECAUSE MOST OF OUR STUDENTS DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE IN A SENSE THAT WE THOUGHT THAT PEOPLE WOULD THINK THAT THE TEACHERS WERE JUST THERE TO TEACH THEIR LESSON AND THEN GO CARRY ON WITH THE REST OF THEIR DAY. SO I THINK USING OUR DATA AND OUR INTERVIEWS AND MEETING WITH A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, MORE IN CLUBS AND IN DIFFERENT GRADES, I THINK WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COLLECT DATA THAT CAN REALLY BE CHANGING FOR US. YEAH. AND I CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO WESTWOOD. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WESTWOOD CULTURE, IT'S VERY, VERY COMPETITIVE. AND WHILE THAT BRINGS A LOT OF MERIT, IT ALSO HAS SOME DOWNSIDES. SO WHAT WESTWOOD DOES, WE MAINLY FOCUSED ON USER INTERVIEWS SPANNING A VERY LIKE A RANDOM SAMPLE. SO WE DID ALL ACROSS GRADES, DIFFERENT EDUCATION LEVELS, AP, IB, ALL OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE A SUPER DIVERSE GROUP AT WESTWOOD. AND ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD ECHOED FROM OUR STUDENTS IS ONE, OF COURSE, THE TEACHER STUDENT RELATIONSHIP, AS YOU SEE IN OTHER SCHOOLS. BUT OF COURSE, THAT RELATIONSHIP DOESN'T JUST COME FROM TEACHERS, IT'S THE ENTIRE STAFF. SO YOUR LIBRARIANS, YOUR BUS DRIVERS, EVERY SINGLE ADULT IN THE SCHOOL IS PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT IMPACTS THESE STUDENTS. AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS SO VALUABLE IN CREATING THAT SENSE OF BELONGING. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON IS LIKE APPRECIATING THOSE STAFF, SHOWING THEM THAT THEY MATTER. BECAUSE IF WE WANT OUR STAFF TO CREATE A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS, THEY SHOULD FEEL WELCOME THEMSELVES. THAT CAN BE IN TERMS OF WAGES. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE HEARD A LOT TODAY. THAT CAN BE IN TERMS OF HOW WE SHOW APPRECIATION. THE ONE THING THAT ALSO DOES REALLY WELL IS OUR PTSA OR PTA. THEY DO A LOT OF APPRECIATION AND CULTURAL EVENTS FOR TEACHERS, JUST TO SHOW THEM THAT YOU'RE HERE MORE THAN JUST FOR YOUR JOB. YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE WE NEED YOU. WE VALUE YOU, AND YOUR STUDENTS NEED YOU. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE ENTIRE STUDENT EXPERIENCE STARTS WITH THE ADULTS IN THE SCHOOL BREAKING DOWN FROM THAT TEACHER TO STUDENT RELATIONSHIP. YOU SEE PEER TO PEER INTERACTIONS BEING A VERY HIGHLY COMPETITIVE SCHOOL LIKE WESTWOOD, YOU AGAIN, SEE A LOT OF THAT KIND OF TENSION BETWEEN STUDENTS AND TRYING TO BREAK DOWN THAT BARRIERS AND THAT MINDSET THAT WE'RE ALL LIKE COMPETITORS IN A WAY. AND SO ONE THING THAT WE'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR IN WESTWOOD IS MORE INTER-SCHOOL EVENTS. SO THROUGH THE VOICE, I'M ALSO APART FROM THE VOICE, I'M ALSO PART OF OUR PRINCIPALS ADVISORY BOARD. SO WITH ALL THE DATA THAT I'VE COLLECTED THROUGH THE VOICE, I'M ABLE TO PRESENT THAT DIRECTLY TO OUR PRINCIPAL AND WE'RE ABLE TO LAUNCH OTHER CAMPAIGNS TO MAYBE START GETTING SENIORS AND FRESHMEN TO INTERACT A LITTLE BIT MORE, OR HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO INTERACT. THAT IS NOT COMPETITIVE. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO KIND OF RELEASE THOSE BARRIERS AND BREAK THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT. BUT OF COURSE, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW IDEAS. AND ONE THING THAT THE ROUND ROCK SCHOOL ACTUALLY PROPOSED WAS A STUDENT MURAL IN THEIR SCHOOL THAT I WANT. [01:25:02] THE ROUND ROCK TEAM CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THAT, BUT THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL IDEA, JUST WHERE ALL STUDENTS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SOMETHING TO SHOW A SENSE OF UNITY AND A SENSE OF SAMENESS, EVEN THOUGH WE ALL HAVE LOVELY DIFFERENCES. BUT IF ROUND ROCK WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THAT, THEY CAN. I THINK SHE'S OVER. YEAH. OKAY. YES. WE BELIEVE THAT OUR MURALS USUALLY STUCK MORE THAT, LIKE IN THE HUNDRED AND THE 700. AND WE SAW THAT IT WAS FROM A VERY LONG TIME AGO AND WE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE TO GET MORE STUDENT CONNECTION AND TO REALLY SEE HOW MUCH OUR STUDENTS ACHIEVE. NOW A DAYS AS WELL WOULD BE THROUGH MURALS AND HAVING EACH LIKE OUR ROUND ROCK TEAM, THEY DID AMAZING AND EVERYTHING TO CONTRIBUTE TO ONE MURAL IN OUR MAIN AND TO SHOW THAT YEAH, WE HAVE ACHIEVED A LOT NOW TOO. OKAY. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, FOR STANDING UP. WE CAN LOOK AT NATIONAL STUDIES, WE CAN LOOK AT STATEWIDE STUDIES, BUT TO SEE AND HEAR THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE WALKING OUR HALLWAYS AND KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE IN EACH ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS IS INVALUABLE. CAN'T PUT A PRICE ON THAT KIND OF FEEDBACK. AND SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL STANDING UP AND USING YOUR VOICE. IT IS SUCH AN APPROPRIATELY NAMED COMMITTEE BECAUSE USING YOUR VOICE IS JUST SO IMPORTANT TO US AS TRUSTEES TO ADMINISTRATORS. AND JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE SERVICE ON THIS COMMITTEE. AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW MANY APPLICANTS YOU HAVE NEXT YEAR THAT ARE GETTING THE WORD OUT AND HEARING ABOUT THIS AMAZING COMMITTEE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. OKAY. WE'RE NOT DONE YET. TRUSTEE CUERO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IS VERY VALUABLE FOR US. AS YOU START COLLECTING DATA DO YOU GUYS HAVE A INITIAL TARGET OF RESPONSES AND WHAT'S YOUR PARTICIPATION RATE? SO OUR GOAL IS TO COLLECT AT LEAST 30 INTERVIEWS. ALMOST ALL SCHOOLS WERE ABLE TO REACH THAT THAT NUMBER THE WAY THAT WE TAKE OUR SAMPLES ARE, I THINK CEDAR RIDGE CAN TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THIS. STATS. LOVE IT. SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION. 30 IS LIKE THE BARE MINIMUM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY LIKE STRONG OUTWARD BIASES FROM LIKE A SMALL GROUP, BUT TO ENSURE MORE LIKE GENERAL OVERVIEW IS THAT WE, WE USE THE TABLES, WE GET LIKE FROM RANDOM.ORG, WE GET OUR TABLE, HAVE OUR TABLES NUMBERED, AND THEN WE SELECT TABLES. AND FROM THAT INITIAL LIKE OVERVIEW OF THE STUDENT POPULATION, THEN WE START NARROWING DOWN LIKE, OKAY, MY SCHOOL IS SEEING STUDENT TO STUDENT ISSUES. SO THEN WE START INTERVIEWING FOCUS GROUPS LIKE FULL TEAMS OF LIKE FRIEND GROUPS, RIGHT? AND THEN WE START INTERVIEWING THEM AND THEN SEEING HOW THEY FEEL. AND THEN THAT GIVES US MORE AND MORE DATA TO INSIGHT ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NEXT. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH. THANK YOU. I THINK FOR US, YEAH. LIKE HE WAS SAYING, THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DATA WASN'T LIKE WE WEREN'T JUST SELECTING PEOPLE THAT WE KNEW THAT WE KNEW EVERY SCHOOL DID IT DIFFERENTLY. BUT AT OUR SCHOOL, THE WAY WE APPROACHED THE ISSUE WAS THAT WE GOT A LIST OF ALL THE THE PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOL FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. RIGHT? AND THEN WE RANDOMLY SELECTED PEOPLE TO INTERVIEW IN GROUPS OR INTERVIEW INDIVIDUALS INDIVIDUALLY, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF THE POPULATION AND TO ENSURE THAT OUR FINDINGS ARE BASED OFF OF EVERYONE, AND NOT JUST A SPECIFIC GROUP OF PEOPLE. OKAY. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. WELL, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AS WELL, ESPECIALLY FOR HELPING US WITH GOAL FOUR. I MEAN, YOUR BOOTS ON THE GROUND, YOU'RE MOST AFFECTED. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE I THINK WE TALK AS A BOARD OFTEN OF MAKING SURE THAT STUDENT VOICE IS THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AND CONTINUALLY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO INCORPORATE STUDENT VOICE. I KNOW, I LOVE THAT WE HAVE EXPANDED HOW WE'RE USING THE VOICE GROUP TOO. AND WE NOW HAVE A VOICE MEMBER THAT SITS ON OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE AND LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO USE THE VOICE GROUP TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND INTO OTHER GROUPS AND USE YOUR SKILL SET IN YOUR LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. SO I'M VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU ALL AND YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS GROUP. AND I KNOW YOU GIVE A LOT OF TIME TO THIS GROUP TOO, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE AT GOVERNANCE CAMP AND INTERACTING WITH STUDENTS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE. IN THAT PARTICULAR ENVIRONMENT, JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF YOUR EXPERIENCE. GOVERNANCE CAMP WAS, IT WAS, I WOULD JUST SAY IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE GETTING TO TALK WITH ALL OF THE GROUPS FROM ACROSS THE STATE. I THINK ONE PARTICULAR GROUP THAT I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS AN ANECDOTE WAS THEIR PRESENTATION WAS ALL FLIGHT THEMED, AND THEY WERE ALL WEARING SUITS AS CABIN CREW, [01:30:06] AND THEY WERE TAKING US THROUGH THEIR JOURNEY AS AS IF IT WAS LIKE A PLANE RIDE. SO IT WAS JUST, IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THE DIFFERENT VIEWS THAT THEY HAD AND THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES THAT THEY TOOK TO SOLVING ULTIMATELY, WHAT IS THE SAME ISSUE ACROSS THE STATE? JUST TO LIKE EXTEND A BIT ON THAT, IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE OTHER TEAMS ACROSS THE STATE SIMILAR TO THE VOICE WHERE THEY GET A COMMUNICATION TO THEIR DISTRICT HIGHER UPS. IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE HOW THEY'RE UTILIZING THAT COMMUNICATION AND HOW THEY'RE LIKE IMPROVING THEIR EXPERIENCE AS STUDENTS. AND THAT WAS LIKE HELPING US ENVISION WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE FOR US. I AND ANOTHER VOICE MEMBER SAT IN A PRESENTATION BY ROBSTOWN ISD. AND IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE IT WAS PRESENTED BY TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND TWO HIGH SCHOOLERS, WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU NORMALLY NEVER SEE, ESPECIALLY LIKE IN ADVOCACY. SO WE SAT AND IT WAS REALLY COOL BECAUSE THEY KIND OF PUT US IN THE CLASSROOM AND SHOWED US LIKE, WHAT KIND OF WAYS DO PEOPLE ACTUALLY LEARN AND WHAT KIND OF WAYS DO PEOPLE NOT LEARN? SO WE'RE ENGAGING IN CONVERSATIONS. THEY WERE HANDING OUT PRIZES. IT WAS SUPER INTERACTIVE, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTED A WAY, ESPECIALLY FOR EDUCATORS, HOW STUDENTS LIKE, TRULY WANT TO LEARN AND HOW THEY LEARN BEST. SO I FELT LIKE IT WAS REALLY POWERFUL, ESPECIALLY TO SEE LIKE AGE GAPS. SO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ALMOST LIKE ALL STUDENTS, LIKE THEY HAVE SIMILAR METHODS OF LEARNING. AND I FEEL LIKE EDUCATORS DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THE WAY THAT THEY PRESENTED IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. I'M JUST GOING TO ADD ONE LAST THING. ME AND MANASVI WERE ABLE TO SPEAK ON HOW WE FELT ABOUT THE NEW LIBRARY LIKE BOOKS ACT STUFF THAT WAS GOING ON. AND IT WAS REALLY COOL BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY SPEAK ABOUT WHAT WE BELIEVED AND HOW WE THINK THAT THIS AFFECTS NOT JUST HIGH SCHOOLERS, BUT THE FUTURE AND HOW THE CULTURES AND EVERYTHING THAT WOULD BE LOST THROUGH THIS THIS ACT WOULD IMPACT THE STUDENTS. AND I THINK THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. AND THE BEACH WAS FUN. SO YEAH. OKAY. I HAVE ANOTHER TRUSTEE. TRUSTEE. ROSS. SORRY, I TRY TO DO IT BEFORE YOU DID YOUR CLOSING SPEECH SO YOU GUYS MENTIONED ABOUT TRYING TO REACH EVERY STUDENT. AND SO I WAS JUST WONDERING AS YOU GUYS GROW IF THERE'S INTEREST OR THOUGHTS ON EXPANDING INTO THE, OUR NON COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS OR SOME SORT OF CONNECTION BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THOSE PROVIDE DIFFICULTIES. YES. WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEN WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SUCCESS, HIGH SCHOOL AND THAT EXPERIENCE. WE ALSO HAD ONE OF OUR STUDENTS WHO WAS ON THE VOICE WHO'S NOW THERE. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN MAYBE HIGHLIGHT STUDENT VOICE AT THOSE ALTERNATIVE CAMPUSES AS WELL. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING LEADERS ON YOUR CAMPUS AND IN YOUR COMMUNITY. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO ON TO F TWO TRUSTEES, BUT THEN AFTER THAT, I'LL TAKE A BREAK IF THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO F TWO AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR AZAIEZ. HI. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO LET DENNIS GET BACK BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON THE BUDGET FOR THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR. BUT ALSO REMEMBER THIS IS A PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR THE 26272. SO I THINK HE'S GETTING THE REMOTE CONTROL THE CLICKER, SORRY, SO HE CAN GET THE PRESENTATION. THERE IS ONE RIGHT THERE. OKAY. I'LL TAKE OVER. RHONDA. YEAH, RHONDA CAN GET THIS GOING. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, BOARD CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS. SUPERINTENDENT. TONIGHT, WE ARE HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THIS YEAR'S CURRENT BUDGET AS OF APRIL 16TH TONIGHT. THERE HASN'T BEEN MANY CHANGES SINCE WE REPORTED TO YOU BACK ON MARCH 12TH. SO IF WE CAN JUST TURN TO THE THE SPREADSHEET. THE CHANGES WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS I GUESS PEACH LOOKING COLOR. SO IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE INVESTMENT INCOME, WE DID INCREASE OUR INVESTMENT INCOME BASED ON WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND WHERE WE SEE THE MONTHS PROGRESSING. SO IT WENT UP BY $2.6 MILLION FROM 3.176 TO $5.8 MILLION IN OUR INVESTMENT INCOME, [01:35:09] WHICH CHANGED THE TOTAL REVENUES FROM 4789 92 TO 4 81616. AND THAT WAS THE ONLY CHANGES IN REVENUES. ON THE SALARIES, WE INCREASED THE SALARY PROJECTION BY APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION. IT WAS INCREASED DUE TO THE STIPENDS THAT WE PAY OUT IN MAY AND JUNE. AND SO THAT INCREASED OUR TOTAL SALARY EXPENSE FROM 4384 74 TO 4 4384. AND ON OUR ALLOCATIONS, THE ONLY CHANGE YOU'LL SEE HIGHLIGHTED WAS WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL TREND OF DOLLARS THAT COMES BACK FROM THE SCHOOLS FOR THEIR ALLOCATIONS. SO YOU SEE, WE SEE A SHOW, A REDUCTION OF ABOUT 200 THERE, AND THAT LOWERED OUR TOTAL ALLOCATION FROM 47 603 TO 47 403. AND ADDING THE SALARY, EXPENSES AND ALLOCATIONS. TOTAL OF 487787. AND WHEN YOU LOOK IN TOTAL, TOTAL REVENUES OF 481616. TOTAL EXPENSES OF 487787 LEAVES US WITH A DEFICIT AS OF 416 OF 6 MILLION 171. WE ADD IN THE SALE OF THE LAKE CREEK PROPERTY WITH LOWERS THAT DEFICIT TO 5.165. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE NOT PROJECTING ANY RE RE BATES FROM THE PROPERTY TAX REFUNDS. SO AS OF 416 THE DEFICIT 4 TO 2526 SCHOOL YEAR IS 5 MILLION 165. AND I'LL STOP THERE FOR QUESTIONS. TRUSTEES. DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. TO FY 2627 PRELIMINARY BUDGET. AND JUST AS I ALWAYS STATE, THESE NUMBERS ARE FLUID. THEY ARE AS OF THIS PRESENTATION, AND I KNOW THEY WILL BE CHANGES WHEN. THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE THESE NUMBERS. SO DON'T GET LOCKED IN ON THE NUMBERS JUST, JUST YET. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE O AND M BUDGET AGAIN. REMEMBER THESE WERE OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. FOCUS ON INSTRUCTION. FOCUS ON SCHOOL SAFETY. MAXIMIZE USE OF GRANT FUNDING, REDUCE EXPENDITURES, MINIMIZE REDUCTION IN THE CLASSROOM, AND TRY TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. FACTORS AFFECTING THE BUDGET. AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THESE I'VE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN. NOW BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSION RATE FROM T A, TEA? WE GOT THE PROPERTY VALUES FROM OUR APPRAISAL DISTRICTS WHERE SETTLED ON THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND THE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, BUT WE STILL DON'T HAVE THE TRUE IMPACT OF THOSE SCHOOL VOUCHERS YET, AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE SPIRIT FORMULA CHANGES FOR NEXT YEAR. BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A MEETING NEXT WEEK WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO DISCUSS WHAT THESE NEW FORMULA CHANGES SHOULD BE OR PROPOSED. SO NEXT TIME YOU SEE THIS, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THE IMPACT OF THE SPREAD CHANGES ON THE ON THE LIST. WE, WE DON'T EXPECT TOO MANY CHANGES FOR OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS. WE'VE SEEN THOSE GROW A GOOD NEWS. OUR INSURANCE PREMIUM INCREASE. IT LOOKS FAVORABLE THAT WE MAY NOT GET AN INCREASE. I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OUR VENDOR AND HE LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT FLAT. THE INFLATIONARY PRICE INCREASE FOR FOR OIL AND GAS. THERE IS NO INFLATION IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IF YOU ARE PUMPING GAS THAT GOES IN YOUR CAR. THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGES UNLESS THEY REVERSE AND THE WAR ENDS. ALSO, YOU SEE, YOU WILL SEE THERE IS NO REVENUE FOR OUR SCHOOL HEALTH AND RELATED SERVICES REIMBURSEMENT. WE DO EXPECT TO GET SOME REIMBURSEMENTS, BUT WE JUST HAVE NOT PROJECTED THAT OUT. WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH A NEW VENDOR THAT SHOULD HOPEFULLY HELP US INCREASE THAT REVENUE STREAM. THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS. THESE ALSO HAS NOT CHANGED. MAXIMUM COMPRESSION RATE IS 0.7054. D A DID NOT CHANGE IT EVEN AFTER THEY GOT THE PROPERTY VALUE. STUDIES IN OUR PROPERTY VALUE INCREASE HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM 2% TO 1.5. BECAUSE WE DID SEE A DECREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES BETWEEN THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS. OUR SCHOOL STUDENT ENROLLMENT, WE ARE GOING TO STAY AT 45000 FLAT AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. WE ARE LIEUTENANTS. WE'RE GOING TO REMAIN AT THE 92%, INCLUDING PRE-K, AND USE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT FLAT AT 6000 215. WITH ALL THAT SAID, WHAT DOES THE BUDGET LOOK LIKE AS OF 416, 2026? [01:40:04] SO WE LOWERED THE TAX COLLECTION BASED ON THE PROPERTY VALUE DECREASE. IT LOWERED THE REVENUE OF ABOUT $5 MILLION. OUR INVESTMENT INCOME, WE INCREASED IT FROM 3 MILLION TO 2 5 MILLION, WHICH WAS AN INCREASE OF 2 MILLION. OUR OTHER LOCAL REVENUE INCREASED BY APPROXIMATELY 1.1 MILLION. THAT IS DUE TO OUR PRE-K ENROLLMENT INCREASES. AND YOU WILL SEE A CORRESPONDING POSITION INCREASE DUE TO THAT. BUT IF WE GAIN MORE REVENUE THAN EXPENSES WITH THE GROWTH IN OUR PRE-K PROGRAM. AND SO WITH THOSE CHANGES, OUR REVENUES CHANGE FROM 482, 788 WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE DOWN TO 48952, A $1.8 MILLION DECREASE. OVER ON THE EXPENSE SIDE AND SALARIES AND BENEFITS. WE HAD TO INCREASE THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS TO WHAT WE HAVE PROJECTED FOR THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH WAS THAT 2 MILLION INCREASE FOR THOSE SALARY STIPENDS THAT WE PAY IN MAY, IN JUNE. WE INCREASE OUR POSITIONS THAT WERE DECREASED BY ADDING IN THE ONES THAT WAS DECREASED FROM CENTRAL OFFICE. THEN DOWN BELOW YOU'LL SEE NEW POSITIONS, TRANSPORTATION. THAT WAS WE COUNSELED OUR GOLD STAR CONTRACT. SO WE'LL BE BRINGING TRANSPORTATION TOTALLY IN-HOUSE. SO WE HAD TO HAVE BUS DRIVERS, ROUTERS, AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND A SPECIALIST. WE WILL BE STANDING UP THE VIRTUAL ACADEMY TO STAND THAT UP. THAT COSTS ABOUT 797,000. AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE PRE-K, WE'RE ADDING NINE CLASSROOMS BETWEEN THREE PRE-K THREE AND PRE-K FOUR. SO WE HAD TO ADD NINE TEACHERS AND NINE ASSISTANTS FOR THE 865. SO IN TOTAL, THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS WENT FROM 4.34115 TO 438 570. ON THE ALLOCATION SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE REDIRECTS AND REDUCTIONS GREW. IT INCREASED BY APPROXIMATELY $700,000. AND THEN WE HAD TO ADD SOME STUFF FOR PROGRAM INCREASES. THAT WAS MAINLY DUE FOR OUR THERE WILL BE AN ELECTION THIS YEAR, SO WE HAVE TO COVER OUR COST FOR THAT ELECTION. OUR WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT IS GOING UP, AND I HAD TO TAKE CARE OF THE POND MAINTENANCE TO MAKE SURE WE STAY IN COMPLIANCE. SO OUR TOTAL ALLOCATIONS IS AT FOUR, SIX, THREE, 46338 AND ADD IT TO OUR TOTAL SALARIES COMES TO 484 908 FOR TOTAL EXPENSES. SO WHEN YOU LOOK IN TOTAL TOTAL REVENUES OF 48952. TOTAL EXPENSES OF 484 908. AND LIKE I SAID, AS OF 416 THE DEFICIT IS 3 MILLION 956. BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL WORKING TO REDUCE THAT TO WHERE WE WOULD GET THE BUDGET IN BALANCE. THINGS THAT HELPS. AND WE'RE CONSIDERING WE HAVE DONE SOME REDUCTION OF CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATION, BUT WE'RE STILL EVALUATING THOSE. WE'RE LOOKING AT CENTRAL OFFICE, SCHOOL SUPPORT POSITION DEPARTMENT ALLOCATIONS, SCHOOL LEVEL POSITIONS, LOOKING AT OTHER CONTRACTS THAT WE COULD EITHER ELIMINATE OR LOWER. WE HAVE INCREASED THE PRE-K ENROLLMENT. IT WILL STAY AT NINE. THE INCREASE ENROLLMENT IN K-12, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING OUR DISTRICT STUDENTS TO COME INTO ROUND ROCK. SO WE HOPE TO INCREASE OUR ENROLLMENT. BUT AS OF TODAY, WE'RE STILL GOING TO LEAVE IT FLAT AT THE I MEAN, AT THE 455 THE INCREASE OF THE OTHER LOCAL REVENUE. AND WE WILL BE LOOKING AT COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES. SO WHAT'S NEXT STEP? WHEN WE COME BACK TO, TO PRESENT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BUDGET, WE WILL HAVE THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSION RATE FROM TEA FINALIZED. WE'VE MET WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO DEVELOP COST REDUCTION CONSIDERATIONS, BUT WE WILL BE GOING BACK TO SOME TO LOOK AT SOME INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS AND WE'LL BRING BACK OTHER BUDGET SCENARIOS. AND THEN WE'LL HOLD BUDGET WORKSHOPS WITH THE TRUSTEES TO DEVELOP AND WORK WITH HR TO WORK ON OUR 2627 COMPENSATION PLAN, AND THEN BRING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BUDGET TO YOU ALL IN MAY. AND THAT IS THE PRELIMINARY 2627 BUDGET. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THIS IS A VERY FLUID PRESENTATION. PLEASE DO NOT GET LOCKED IN ON THE NUMBERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE LANDRUM. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ONE IS ON THE 797,000 FOR THE VIRTUAL ACADEMY. [01:45:03] I REMEMBER THE PRESENTATION FROM LAST MONTH. WE WERE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY 300 STUDENTS ATTENDING THAT VIRTUAL ACADEMY. IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT WHAT OUR TARGET NUMBER WAS? THAT IS CORRECT, YES. WOULD THOSE 300 STUDENTS COVER THE COST TO START UP THAT ACADEMY OR WHEN WE DID THE MATH? IT'S 100. AND IF WE GET 150 STUDENTS, THAT WILL BREAK EVEN. ANYTHING ABOVE 150, WHICH IS OUR GOAL IS 300 WILL ACTUALLY BRING MORE MONEY TO OUR DISTRICT. SO THAT MONEY COULD BE USED FOR, FOR THE REST OF THE STUDENTS AS WELL. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MY OTHER ONE IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT NEXT STEPS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING BACK THE 2627 COMPENSATION PLAN. I HAVE AN ASK AND I MIGHT NEED TO GET CONSENSUS FROM THE BOARD ON THIS, BUT COULD WE RUN A SCENARIO? WE'VE HAD A LOT OF EMAILS, OBVIOUSLY, AND THEN WE'VE HAD PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND THINGS RUNNING THE TOTAL COMP PACKAGE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS REQUESTING RIGHT NOW OF A 2% RAISE, A MINIMUM OF $20 HOURLY, HOURLY, AND $1,000 RETENTION BONUS. COULD YOU RUN THAT WHOLE AND I'M NOT JUST WHENEVER WE START CONSIDERING THAT TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT TOTAL PACKAGE WOULD COST, SO THAT WE HAVE THAT IN OUR CONSIDERATIONS AND NOT JUST ACROSS THE BOARD, 2% RAISE OR WHATEVER. I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HIGH, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS IN ONE PLACE OF WHAT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY RUN THE DISTRICT. MY BROTHER ACROSS THE ROOM IS SHAKING HIS HEAD. YES. SO YES, WE CAN RUN THAT. OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN THE OTHER HALF OF THAT IS THE COMPRESSION THAT WE'RE ALSO GETTING A LOT OF EMAILS ABOUT. SO RUNNING THE COMPRESSION MODEL ALONG WITH THE 2% ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASE, PUTTING LIBRARIANS ON A TEACHER'S SALARY SCHEDULE AT $20 AND A $1,000 RETENTION BONUS. YES, MA'AM. WE CAN DO THAT. WE CAN. I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED CONSENSUS TO REQUEST THAT. NO, NO, WE WE ALREADY WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT THAT ALREADY. WE ALREADY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S A REMEMBER WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IT THIS THIS THIS THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WAS CREATED BY THE ADMINISTRATORS. RIGHT? THEY JUST CREATED A DIVISION AMONG OUR STAFF. EVERY DISTRICT STAFF. RIGHT. BUT BUT NOT GIVEN THE SAME. I MEAN, WE'RE HAPPY AND I'M SUPER, SUPER PROUD THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET OUT. MOST OF OUR TEACHERS GET LIKE 3000. NOT ALL TEACHERS, BY THE WAY, GOT REMEMBER 0 TO 2 YEARS DID NOT GET ANYTHING FROM THE STATE LAST SESSION, BUT TEACHERS WITH THREE OR MORE WERE ABLE TO GET EITHER 2505 OR MORE. GET 5000, WHICH IS. I'M SUPER HAPPY FOR THAT. BUT NO OTHER MONEY WAS ALLOCATED FOR LIBRARIAN, FOR NURSES, FOR BUS DRIVERS, FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. SO. SO IT'S REALLY CREATED THIS DIVISION, WHICH IS I THINK I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S INTENDED, BUT IT'S IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT ROUND ROCK ISD PER SE CREATED. WE KNOW AS A COMMUNITY, AS A DISTRICT, WE WORK AS A TEAM. IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD. AND WE NEED EVERYBODY TO WORK HARD TOGETHER, RIGHT, TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE'LL HAVE TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, US WITHIN WHAT WE CAN DO, BECAUSE THE STATE DID NOT PROVIDE THAT THAT THAT KIND OF COMPENSATION. NO, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING. TRUSTEE LEGISLATIVE YEAR. IT'S TWO MINUTES. I ONLY ASKED TWO QUESTIONS. I ONLY COUNTED THE TIME WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING. SO IF I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION, I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE THING I KNOW. SO LAST TIME WHEN WE PROVIDED A COMPENSATION CONVERSATION, WHEN WE DID THE 2%, SOME SOME COMPRESSION WAS NOT ALL THE COMPRESSION WAS ROUGHLY CLOSE TO BETWEEN 8 AND $9 MILLION. JUST TO DO THAT, TO ADD THE REST OF THE ITEMS, IT'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY ANYWHERE BETWEEN BETWEEN A LOT MORE THAN THAT. SO AND CAN I SUGGEST MAYBE WE'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT IN OUR SMALL GROUP SESSIONS AS WELL? WE CAN DO THAT. I THINK THAT GIVES US EXTRA TIME TO PROCESS IT AND, AND ASK QUESTIONS. SURE. OKAY. DO I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE ROSS. I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANY IN THAT NEXT STEPS ANY REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES WOULD BE OR ANYTHING. THAT WAS MY THIRD QUESTION. THANK YOU. SO LOOKING AT WE HAVE SOME WE ARE SCHEDULING A BUDGET MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND I KNOW THAT THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING OUT TO OUR FIRST, TO OUR STAFF, OUR SCHOOLS TO TALK ABOUT BUDGET AND ALSO THE REST OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT. I MEAN, WE HAVE TO BE HONEST ABOUT IT. AND I THINK A LOT OF OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S THERE'S NO NEW MONEY. THIS IS THE WAY I EXPLAINED THE BUDGET. IT'S ALMOST LIKE A CAKE. IT'S JUST HOW YOU SLICE IT BECAUSE THE MONEY IS THE MONEY, LIKE WHATEVER THAT 400 AND SOME MILLION DOLLARS, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. THERE'S NO US TO BRING. THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO BRING ANY NEW MONEY UNLESS WE ARE WITH THE WORK WE'RE ALL DOING TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT. BECAUSE REMEMBER, WE'RE FUNDED BASED ON A NUMBER OF STUDENTS. BOTTOM LINE. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH. AND WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF OUR TAXPAYERS FOR PAYING. OBVIOUSLY, THE PROPERTY TAX, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY THEY PAY, WE ONLY ALLOW TO KEEP A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY BASED ON STUDENT ENROLLMENT. [01:50:07] ADA THAT'S WHAT WE CALL IT. AND THAT BASIC ALLOTMENT, RIGHT? THAT'S $6,215. SO I'M SAYING THAT TO SAY IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW YOU SLICE IT. SO IF YOU WANT TO GIVE BIGGER, MORE RAISES, THEY GOT TO CUT SOMEWHERE. SO IF YOU CUT SOMEWHERE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ALSO SOME SOME OF OUR WITH RIGHTFULLY SO, THEY WILL HAVE ALSO CONCERN ABOUT WHY YOU'RE CUTTING THIS PROGRAM WITHOUT TOUCHING THIS. AND SO EITHER WE CANNOT DO BOTH, UNFORTUNATELY. I'M SORRY. IN ORDER TO GIVE RAISES, YOU GOT TO CUT ELSEWHERE OR CUT SOMEWHERE. AND AS WE KNOW, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A MINUTE OR TWO JUST TO GIVE A 2% RAISE ACROSS THE DISTRICT, IT'S $9 MILLION THAT WE HAVE TO FUND. THAT'S NOT ACCOUNTING FOR ANYTHING ELSE BEYOND THE 2%. I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULDN'T DO IT. I'M JUST SAYING LIKE, WE HAVE THE MONEY IS THERE. WE THERE'S NO NEW MONEY COMING TO OUR DISTRICT, UNFORTUNATELY. TRUSTEE. WEIR. NO. TRUSTEE ROSS ASKED THE QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK. DO I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BUTTONS ARE WORKING. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SMALL GROUP SESSIONS TOO. I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD TIME TO REALLY DIG INTO THAT DETAIL. AND JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT DOCTOR AZAIEZ IS SAYING IS NO NEW MONEY CAME IN IN DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE FACING REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS, DIFFICULT DECISIONS, AND WE ARE NOT IMMUNE TO THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, PLEASE KNOW THAT WE, WE ARE WEIGHING EVERYTHING VERY CAREFULLY AND TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD, MOST IMPORTANTLY WITH OUR STUDENTS CENTERED IN ALL OF OUR DECISIONS. SO YEAH WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BEST THAT WE CAN. OKAY. TRUSTEES. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK RIGHT HERE. LET'S SAY WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AT 740. OKAY. IT IS 722 AND WE ARE IN RECESS. IT IS 743 AND WE ARE BACK. AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM F THREE DEMOGRAPHER REPORT. GOOD EVENING. WE HAVE OUR PARTNER WITH US, SANDRA AND MR. ROCKY. HE WILL BE DOING THE PRESENTATION ON THE DEMOGRAPHY STUDY FROM THE WINTER OF 2026. THANK YOU, MR. COVINGTON. YOU GUYS EVER HEAR ME ALRIGHT. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE BACK IN ROUND ROCK. MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD DOCTOR. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. I SAY BACK BECAUSE I DID WORK WITH ROUND ROCK PROBABLY MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AGO, BUT IT'S BEEN NICE THAT I GET TO SNEAK BACK IN. I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICK BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF LONG, AND I THINK SOME OF IT WE CAN SKIM OVER AND YOU GUYS MIGHT WANT TO READ LATER IF YOU CAN'T SLEEP OR SOMETHING, I GUESS. I'M GOING TO TRY TO, I'M GOING TO TRY TO ADVANCE THAT. OH, THERE IT WAS. OKAY. YOU GUYS KNOW WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE'RE DOING. TABLE OF CONTENTS. YOU DON'T NEED FOR THIS. ECONOMIC INDICATIONS. I'D LIKE TO ADD THIS SLIDE SIMPLY BECAUSE JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LOOK AT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING. WE'RE SEEING THE ECONOMY NATIONALLY IS, IS ACTUALLY HOLDING ON. I MEAN, WE, WHEN, WHEN WE WE KNOW THERE'S A WAR, THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE IMPACTING THE ECONOMY. BUT RIGHT NOW, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ARE STAYING PRETTY STEADY. WE'VE HAD A RISE IN UNEMPLOYMENT RATES NATIONALLY, BUT THEY'RE STILL BELOW 5%, WHICH IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED FULL EMPLOYMENT. SO WE'RE STILL SEEING SOME STRONG UNEMPLOYMENT RATES RIGHT HERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE IN THE AUSTIN AREA. YOU CAN SEE I JUST FOLKS IN THAT MIDDLE WHERE IT SHOWS THE TOTAL JOBS THERE, A SLIGHT INCREASE, IT SAYS 0.7%. I CAN TELL YOU THE MARGIN OF ERROR FOR THIS STUFF IS LIKE 3%. SO WE KNOW IT'S BEEN A PRETTY FLAT JOB MARKET. BUT AGAIN, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING IS UNDER, YOU KNOW, UNDER DURESS, IF YOU WILL. NATIONALLY, WE'VE SEEN A DECLINE IN STARTS AND CLOSINGS AND IN ROUND ROCK, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT THIS NOW THIS WAS IN DECEMBER, INTEREST RATES HAD DROPPED BELOW 6%. THEY'RE BACK ABOVE 6% NOW. SO THINGS HAVE KIND OF JUMPED BACK UP SINCE THIS REPORT WAS FIRST PUT TOGETHER. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT IF WE CAN'T GET INTEREST RATES TO DROP A LITTLE MORE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SELL NEW HOMES. NEW HOMES HAVE A BETTER CHANCE BECAUSE WITH NEW HOUSING, A LOT OF THOSE BUILDERS CAN BUY DOWN THAT INTEREST RATE. BUT WE GOT TO GET PEOPLE TO MOVE OUT OF THEIR EXISTING HOMES AND THEY'RE NOT LEAVING THAT 3% INTEREST RATE VERY EASILY. RIGHT? RIGHT NOW. SO WE GOT TO FIND A MIDDLE GROUND THERE. ROUND ROCK IS STILL, YOU KNOW, IN THE TOP 20 AND STARTS IN CLOSINGS, BUT WE'VE BEEN YOU'VE BEEN DROPPING A LITTLE BIT, 325 STARTS, 397 CLOSINGS. WHEN STARTS TRAIL CLOSINGS, IT GIVES YOU A SIGN OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN GOING FORWARD WITH CLOSINGS, BECAUSE WE WE DO OUR ENROLLMENT FORECASTING BASED ON NEW HOME CLOSINGS, BECAUSE THAT THAT MEANS IT'S AN OCCUPIED HOME. YOU'VE GOT 232 HOMES IN INVENTORY. THOSE ARE HOMES THAT ARE EITHER UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR FINISHED, BUT VACANT. AND ABOUT 750 VACANT DEVELOPED LOTS AT THAT VACANT DEVELOPED LOTS AND STILL ABOUT 1300 FUTURE LOTS THIS PAST QUARTER, [01:55:02] THOUGH, YOUR THIS BASICALLY 2025, IF YOU CHECK OUT THOSE STARTS THERE, WE DROPPED TO 44 STARTS, YOU KNOW, DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER, THAT'S THE LOWEST NUMBER OF STARTS WE'VE SEEN IN ROUND ROCK IN WELL OVER FIVE YEARS. AND AGAIN, THE STARTS ARE SLOWING DOWN BECAUSE OF THAT INVENTORY. AND YOUR CLOSINGS HAVE STAYED UP THAT. 444 BUT IF YOU LOOK AT HOW MANY HOMES WE STARTED IN 2025, YOU SEE PRETTY QUICKLY THAT WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO CLOSE 400 HOMES. YOU KNOW, YOUR CLOSINGS WILL PROBABLY BE CLOSER TO 250 NEXT YEAR. IT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND THIS NEXT CHART HERE IS BASICALLY WHERE YOU SEE COLOR IS WHERE THERE'S ACTIVITY. THAT'S WHERE THE MOST ACTIVITY IS. YELLOW IS THE MOST ACTIVITY. BUT THAT THAT COLUMN AGAIN, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT INVENTORY AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO YOU'VE GOT AN INVENTORY OF 232 HOMES AS OF THE END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER. NOW 72 OF THOSE HOMES WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT THAT REMAINING ONE. DO MY MATH. 151 60 YEP, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. ONCE THE REMAINING 160 HOMES WERE FINISHED BUT VACANT AT THE END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER, WHICH MEANS MANY OF THOSE MAY HAVE SOLD BY NOW. AND YOUR CLOSINGS WILL POP UP A LITTLE BIT. BUT IF WE DON'T START MORE HOMES GOING INTO THE SUMMER, THEN WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO GO INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH PROBABLY A TREND OF ABOUT 300 CLOSINGS. MAYBE PRICE POINT IN AUSTIN HAS HAS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BEEN A LITTLE BIT THEY KIND OF OVERPRICED THEMSELVES. I FEEL LIKE A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND THINGS HAVE BEEN DROPPING DOWN A LITTLE BIT. NOT ONLY IT'S NOT REALLY BECAUSE THEY'RE OVERPRICED AS MUCH AS THESE BUILDERS ARE GOING IN AND ACTUALLY REPLATTING SOME AREAS. SO THEY'RE MAKING SOME, SOME SMALLER LOTS SO THEY CAN BUILD A LITTLE BIT LESS EXPENSIVE HOME. YOUR EXISTING HOME PRICES IN ROUND ROCK HAVE STAYED WELL OVER 500 NOW CONSISTENTLY FOR FIVE YEARS. REMEMBERING JUST BACK IN 2014 THAT THEY WERE THERE, THAT AVERAGE PRICE WAS 265. SO THINGS HAVE DEFINITELY CHANGED. I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH SOME, SOME SLIDES HERE THAT JUST HAVE TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT JUST SOME LOCAL STATISTICS. THIS SLIDES GOT A LOT OF NUMBERS ON IT AND REALLY JUST FOCUS ON THOSE BOTTOM THREE WHERE THE IT SAYS MILLENNIAL GEN Z ALPHA, THAT'S 64% OF YOUR POPULATION. AND THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE THAT SHOWS HOW YOUNG ROUND ROCK HAS BECOME. SO THE AVERAGE AGE HERE IS 36. AND THAT'S REALLY BECOMING THE AVERAGE AGE. PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO HAVE CHILDREN. I MEAN, THAT 33 TO 35, THEY'RE NOT DOING LIKE A LOT, A LOT, A LOT OF US DID WHEN WE WERE YOUNG. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HAVING CHILDREN LATER, WHICH IS CAUSING SOME OF THE DELAY IN ENROLLMENT, KINDERGARTEN DECLINES. SO AS WE TURN THAT CORNER, YOU WANT THAT YOUNG POP POPULATION AS THAT GEN Z POP NOW BECOMES THE NEXT ROUND OF PARENTS, PRIMARILY YOUR MILLENNIAL. THE CHILDREN THAT YOU HAVE NOW IN SCHOOL ARE FROM OUR PARENTS, OF OUR STUDENTS OF MILLENNIALS. THIS IS JUST A DENSITY MAP JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW DENSE THINGS ARE. YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, WE MAP YOUR STUDENTS EVERY YEAR WHERE THEY LIVE. AND THIS IS A GOOD SLIDE. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, WE MAP THESE STUDENTS. SO LATER WHEN WE'RE LOOK, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE NEW HOUSING IS AND WHERE, WHERE HOUSING IS BEING BUILT. WE WE CAN ZERO IN ON YIELDS. WE WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE COMING OUT OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS. SO WE CAN FORECAST THAT. SO TALKING ABOUT SINGLE FAMILY, THIS IS WHAT I AM GOING TO GO THROUGH PRETTY QUICK. THIS FIRST CHART I'M LOOKING AT IT, BUT YOU WEREN'T. THE DISTRICT HAS 15 ACTIVE SUBDIVISIONS BUT ONLY 70 HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER. SO IN 15 SUBDIVISIONS WE ONLY STARTED 70 HOMES. NOW WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, TEN POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS OF MAYBE 2300 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. SO THINGS WILL HAPPEN. IT'S JUST A MATTER NOW OF WHEN SOME MOMENTUM MIGHT PICK UP AGAIN. NOW I'M JUST GOING TO RUN THROUGH THESE. WHAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON MAINLY IS I WANT YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT THAT BOTTOM WHERE IT SAYS STUDENT YIELD, WHERE YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU SEE THAT 0.45, YOU KNOW, THOSE THAT'S THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF HOMES IN THAT AREA. SO THINK OF IT, IF YOU SEE A 0.45, THAT'S ABOUT 45 STUDENTS FOR EVERY HUNDRED HOMES OR FOUR STUDENTS FOR EVERY TEN HOMES KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THAT THERE. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THE AVERAGE YIELD WAS ABOUT 0.65. WHEN WE FIRST, YOU KNOW, ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO WAS 0.65. THOSE YIELDS HAVE BEEN CHANGING. NOW, WHAT YOU'LL LEARN SOON IS THAT WE'LL THAT THE NEXT QUARTER WHEN WE PRESENT, WE GOT SOME SOME REALLY DETAILED DATA ON THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY LEFT YOUR DISTRICT BUT HAVE NOT LEFT YOUR DISTRICT. THEY'RE STILL LIVING HERE. SO THE YIELDS MIGHT STILL BE 0.6. BUT WE'RE ONLY RIGHT ROUND ROCK ISD IS ONLY YIELDING 0.4. SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING THERE. THIS IS DOUBLE CREEK CROSSING BUILDER DAVID WEEKLEY HOMES. NOW DAVID WEEKLEY IS ONE OF THOSE BUILDERS THAT CAN BUY DOWN RATES. THEY GET THEY GET A LITTLE HELP THERE. AVERY CENTER THAT'S A REALLY LOW YIELD AT THAT .28. YOU KNOW THEY'VE GOT 400 HOMES OCCUPIED AND ONLY 0.28 YIELD. [02:00:02] WE WOULD EXPECT THAT TO BE CLOSER TO 0.5 MULTIFAMILY HOUSING. THIS IS THE AUSTIN AREA AND AUSTIN AREA'S BEEN CHALLENGED. WITH HOUSING, WITH YIELDS, AND WITH PRICE POINTS THEY'VE HAD TO DROP. YOU CAN SEE OCCUPANCY IS BEGINNING TO DROP TO 90%. WHEN YOU START SEEING THAT BELOW 90%, THEY'RE REALLY NOT EVEN PROFITABLE. AND YET THEY'VE ALSO BEEN LOWERING THEIR THEIR RATES. SO APARTMENTS ARE STRUGGLING AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR PRICE POINTS, EVEN AT THREE BEDROOMS ARE LESS THAN THEY WERE A YEAR AGO. YOU'RE, YOU'RE, WE'RE REALLY SEEING LOWER RATES NOW ON NEW HOUSING, THE NEW STUFF THAT'S BEING BUILT, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE BUILDING MORE. THEY'RE NOT TARGETING FAMILIES. THEY'RE TARGETING SINGLES. I MEAN, THEY, THEY PREDOMINANTLY HAVE ONE BEDROOM UNITS WITH A FEW TWO BEDROOMS. WE VERY SELDOM SEE THREE BEDROOM UNITS IN THE NEW STUFF. BUT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE PROJECTS. YOU GUYS GOT 4000 UNITS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, 4800 FUTURE RENTAL UNITS. WE GOT 23 PROJECTS THAT ARE WHAT WE'RE CALLING PLANNED. WE, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY MOVEMENT ON THOSE. BUT WHEN THOSE GET GOING, THAT COULD BE 7200 HOMES. AGAIN, HERE'S ONE OF THEM THAT THE DISTRICT THAT THAT'S TO OPEN, YOU KNOW, MID 2027. THE DISTRICT'S NOT GOING TO YIELD VERY, VERY MANY STUDENTS THERE AS IN ATLIN VILLAGE WILL ALSO BE A PRODUCT THAT'S GOT EARLY GROUNDWORK GOING, BUT WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SEE A LOT OF STUDENTS FROM THERE. BUT YOUR YIELDS STAY RIGHT AROUND 0.25, WHICH IS THAT GREEN COLOR THAT YOU SEE ON THERE. YOU MIGHT SEE A FEW RED SPLOTCHES WITH A REALLY HIGH MULTIFAMILY YIELD. OFTENTIMES, THOSE ARE MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WE INCLUDE THOSE AS MULTIFAMILY AS WELL. SO IF WE START LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT DATA, WE PUT YOUR RACE ETHNICITY TREND IN HERE TO SEE IF WE LEARN ANYTHING. AND REALLY, IT'S BEEN PRETTY STABLE. YOU GUYS HAVE HAVE KEPT A PRETTY BALANCED. YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO THAT DISTRIBUTION OF WE'RE STAYING AT PRETTY SIMILAR PERCENTAGES BIRTHS. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS FOR A SECOND. SO THIS CHART SHOWS BIRTH DATA THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE AT IT ONLY. IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE AT THE ZIP CODE LEVEL. SO WE GET ZIP CODE LEVEL BIRTH DATA. AND WE AND WE USE THE ZIP CODES THAT MAKE UP THE THE DISTRICT. IT'S NOT THEY DON'T OVERLAY PERFECT. THEY NEVER MADE ZIP CODES, MATCH DISTRICTS OR DISTRICTS MATCH ZIP CODES, WHICHEVER CAME FIRST. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE JUST CALL IT KIND OF A CAPTURE RATE. SO OF THE BIRTHS THAT OCCURRED IN 2020. YOUR 2025 KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT CAPTURED ABOUT 81% OF THOSE THAT THAT'S THAT 0.81. AND YOU CAN SEE GOING FORWARD, I'M FORECASTING A PRETTY SIMILAR TREND WITH, WITH BIRTHS STAYING RIGHT AROUND THAT .81. BUT THAT'S WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE CHALLENGING BECAUSE NEXT YEAR WE SAW A JUMP IN THE BURST FROM, FROM, FROM A 3380 TO OVER 3500, WHICH MEANS THAT'S A FORECASTING JUMP IN YOUR KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT. AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE SHAKIEST PART OF THE FORECAST IS WHEN WE LOOK AT KINDERGARTEN. LAST YEAR, YOUR KINDERGARTEN DECLINED BY OVER 100 STUDENTS. SO WE'RE KIND OF KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT, BUT ALSO TRYING TO KEEP THAT THAT TREND FROM FALLING OFF TOO MUCH. YOU CAN SEE THAT AS WE GO FURTHER, FURTHER OUT, WE'VE WE'VE DECREASED THAT THAT WHAT I'M CALLING THE CAPTURE RATE BECAUSE WE GOT, WE'RE KIND OF TRYING TO PLAY A LITTLE BIT INTO WHAT IMPACTS VOUCHERS MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE GOING FORWARD. SO OUR ENROLLMENT FORECAST FROM LAST YEAR, WE LOST ABOUT A THOUSAND STUDENTS HERE IN ROUND ROCK. BUT KEEP IN MIND, AND THIS IS THIS IS IMPORTANT. I'VE GOT A BETTER SLIDE ON IT LATER. BUT YOU WHEN YOU'RE GRADUATING 3700 STUDENTS AND YOU'RE ONLY BRINGING IN 2700 STUDENTS, YOU LOSE A THOUSAND STUDENTS JUST THROUGH THAT ATTRITION. YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE WE'RE IN A NEGATIVE SPIN UNTIL THOSE CLASS SIZES CAN BECOME A LITTLE CLOSER. SO WHEN, WHEN, WHEN YOU SEE A FORECAST LIKE NEXT YEAR, WE'RE WE'RE SHOWING A DECLINE OF 400 STUDENTS, WHICH. AND WHAT I'M DOING THERE IS I'M FORECASTING AGAIN A JUMP IN KINDERGARTEN. BUT THEN I'M ALSO EXPECTING THE OTHER COHORTS TO DROP. SO REALLY A -400 ENROLLMENT IS ABOUT A 300 200 TO 300 STUDENT GROWTH. THAT MIGHT SOUND FUNNY, BUT IF YOU IF YOU COUNT THE NUMBERS FROM FIRST TO SECOND, SECOND TO THIRD, THAT'S YOUR GROWTH COHORTS. THAT TOTAL WILL BE OVER 100 STUDENTS. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. THAT'S WHAT'S COMING FROM EITHER THE NEW HOUSING OR THE TURNOVER IN EXISTING HOUSING THAT THIS IS BY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAN EVEN READ THAT, BUT THIS IS JUST THE SAME PROJECTIONS BY CAMPUS. WE WE DO THESE EACH TIME. THE COLOR REPRESENTS AREAS THAT ARE OVERSTATED CAPACITIES THAT WE'VE. THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT. YELLOW MEANS WE'RE OVER CAPACITY. GREEN MEANS WE'RE WITHIN 5% OF CAPACITY. AND I ALSO, THIS IS NEW THIS YEAR, AND YOU PROBABLY SAW IT IN YOUR FALL, IN YOUR FALL REPORT, BUT WE'VE ALSO ADDED A LOW FORECAST. IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS LOW FORECAST BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW, [02:05:04] WHETHER IT'S VIRTUAL SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, VOUCHERS, WE'RE NOT REAL SURE WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE. SO I WANTED TO PUT IN THIS LOW COLUMN THAT BASICALLY, IF THE KINDERGARTEN DOESN'T COME BACK, IF WE IF KINDERGARTEN FLATTENS OUT AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER CLASS SIZES DECLINE LIKE THEY DID THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING AT CLOSER TO, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT 40, THAT 40, I CAN'T, I CAN'T TALK ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT 45,000 AS OPPOSED TO 4 TO 45 FIVE. SO I JUST THINK THAT'S KIND OF SOMETHING WE, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR. AND SO I DROPPED THE LOW END JUST SO YOU CAN SEE THE GRAY. BUT I ALSO WANTED YOU TO SEE IT BECAUSE THIS LOW THAT RIGHT COLUMN THERE, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO ZOOM IN ON A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT, THAT'S YOUR COHORT CHANGE. SO WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT FIRST TO SECOND, SECOND TO THIRD, THAT'S WHAT THAT SUMMARY IS. THAT'S THAT COHORT CHANGE. AND THAT'S MY. AND WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT IT IF YOU'D LIKE TO, BUT THAT'S MY PRESENTATION AGAIN, 41 TO 44,000 STUDENTS IN THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS. WE CERTAINLY HOPE THINGS WILL GET BETTER OUT THERE BOTH IN HOUSING AND IN, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ATTRACT NEW HOUSING. I MIGHT MENTION THAT WE DID THE TRANSFER DATE DATA HAS BEEN RELEASED, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE SHOWED THAT TO YOU IN THE PAST, BUT THAT T A HAS A PRODUCT OF INCOMING AND OUTGOING TRANSFERS. I THINK WE HAVE AND THE, AND THE HERE WE GO. ROCKY DON IS IN THE BACK. HE CAN RUN FOR OUR BOARD MEMBERS. YES. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER BOARD MEMBERS IS REMEMBER, I THINK IN 2023 WHEN WE FIRST STARTED AT 23, 24, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE DID OUR DISTRICT TRANSFER. AND SO FOR COMPARISON, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT 2223 PRE OUT-OF-DISTRICT TRANSFER. I DON'T KNOW IF DONNY, CAN YOU MAKE THAT NUMBER BIGGER, BUT THAT'S IN TRANSFER IN DISTRICT. BUT THAT'S THE YEAH, RIGHT THERE ON TOP. THAT NUMBER IS I THINK 522, FIVE, 522, 522. SO THAT WAS 20 FOR THE 2223 SCHOOL YEAR. THAT'S BEFORE US STARTING OUR OUR DISTRICT TRANSFER. I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE NUMBER IS SAYING. HERE WE GO. SO THAT'S IN IN DISTRICT. SO WE CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE 522 STUDENTS MOVING INTO OUR DISTRICT RIGHT THAT YEAR. AND SO AFTER THAT, AFTER OUR BOARD APPROVED OUR DISTRICT TRANSFER A PROCESS. AND IF YOU GO AND GO AND SEE HOW WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE, HERE WE GO AND GO TO 2526. AND THIS IS FROM A WEBSITE. YEP. YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT IS ACTUALLY MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE AS FAR AS OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS. AND YOU CAN SEE IF WE SCROLL DOWN, WE WENT FROM 522 TO 639 STUDENTS. SO WE 1100 STUDENTS, WHO ARE WE THROUGH OUR DISTRICT TRANSFER THAT WE GAIN? AND THESE KIDS ARE WITH US. AND REMEMBER, WE GET FUNDED BASED ON NUMBER OF STUDENTS. SO, SO PRETTY MUCH JUST 11. I'M SORRY. THIS 1100 STUDENTS ARE BRINGING IN ANYWHERE FROM 8 TO $10 MILLION INTO OUR BUDGET AS THEY MOVING INTO OUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. BEAT ME TO IT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. TAKE CARE. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM F FOR TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT REPORT AND ALTERNATE OVER TO DOCTOR AZAIEZ. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AS YOU I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER BOARD MEMBERS, BUT I THINK ABOUT WHAT I THINK WE OUR DISTRICT WHEN SO THIS STARTED BACK IN 2021, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO START THE STATE ESTABLISHED THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT. NO, I'M SORRY, 2019. I TAKE IT BACK. SO 2019 WAS THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT THE ALLOTMENT WAS FIRST ADOPTED, I GUESS, BY THE STATE. AND THEN I THINK 2020, 2021, THAT WAS LIKE WHEN THE FIRST COHORT OF SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN SUBMIT THAT APPLICATION. TYPICALLY THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION TO TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCIES. AND THEN IF IT'S APPROVED, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER VALIDATION PROCESS. EVENTUALLY, AFTER COLLECTING THE DATA AND TYPICALLY FROM SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION TO ACTUALLY STUDENT TEACHERS GET AN INCENTIVE MONEY OR CHECKS. IT TAKES ROUGHLY ALMOST THREE YEARS FOR THAT PROCESS TO HAPPEN. SO OUR DISTRICT DID NOT START OR DID NOT APPLY TO TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT UNTIL SPRING OF 2022 OR FALL OF 22. FALL OF 2022, WHEN WE FIRST SUBMITTED OUR APPLICATION. AND SO AS I AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES ALMOST THREE YEARS BEFORE WE GET OUR TEACHERS GET THE MONEY. AND SOME OF YOU ACTUALLY WERE WE WERE, WE CAME, WE WENT TOGETHER. TO REALLY GIVE OUR FIRST INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT CHECKS TO OUR TEACHERS LAST YEAR. SPRING OF OR WAS IT FALL OF FALL OF 25? SO IT TOOK US THREE YEARS FOR OUR DISTRICT TO GET APPROVED. [02:10:08] AND AS YOU REMEMBER, WE STARTED SMALL WITH THE IDEA EVERY YEAR IS TO SCALE UP AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS. SO I'M, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT YOU KNOW, THE TEAM WE HAVE DOCTOR NICHOLSON AND NAT AND, AND RODRIGO PORTILLO. AND THEN I KNOW IT TAKES A, IT TAKES A VILLAGE. I KNOW THEY HAVE SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WORKING WITH THEM, OUR AREA, OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS, HR EDDIE AND HIS TEAM AND SO MANY OTHER FOLKS FROM OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING AND ACADEMICS PROGRAMS. BUT I'M HAPPY TO REPORT TO YOU THAT, THAT THAT NUMBER IS GROWING. AND SO THEY ARE TONIGHT WITH US TO, TO GIVE YOU, FIRST OF ALL, SOME PREVIEW ABOUT TEACHER DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR, I GUESS THE FEW FEW YEARS TO GET HERE, BUT ALSO WHAT'S THE FUTURE FOR FOR ROUND ROCK ISD WHEN IT COMES TO TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT? SO NAT OR RODRIGO, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO KICK IT OFF. HELLO EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR AZAIEZ. TO OUR BOARD PRESIDENT AND ALSO TO OUR WONDERFUL TRUSTEES. WE APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO BRING YOU INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN REGARDS TO THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT. I WAS SMILING BECAUSE DOCTOR AZAIEZ ALWAYS INVARIABLY WILL STEAL OUR THUNDER. AND SO. BUT I WILL DOUBLE DOWN. AND WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO DO. RODRIGO, MR. PORTILLO WILL BE PRESENTING TONIGHT AND HE'LL INTRODUCE HIMSELF WHEN HE COMES TO THE MIC. BUT I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I REALLY WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK EVERYONE AND TO JUST BE IN A PLACE OF JUST BEING EXTREMELY GRATEFUL. IN ORDER FOR THIS TO GET TO HAPPEN THERE TAKES SO MANY PEOPLE. I WANT TO THANK EDDIE, FIRST OF ALL, DOCTOR AZAIEZ, FOR HIS VISION AS FAR AS PUSHING US AS A DISTRICT TO REALLY PUT IN FOR THIS AND TO GET THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR TEACHERS. EDDIE AND HIS TEAM, THEY DID LEHMAN'S WORK AS FAR AS STARTING THIS PROCESS, DOING ALL THE RESEARCH, MAKING SURE THAT IT WAS UNDERSTOOD, PULLING TOGETHER A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS ENTAILED. AND THEN OF COURSE, I REALLY WANT TO GO TO MY TEAM, MY AREA SUPERINTENDENTS THEY SPENT A YEAR TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT REALLY REQUIRES FOR US TO CHANGE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. AND ONE OF THOSE SYSTEMS IS THE IDEA OF HOW DO WE LOOK AT INSTRUCTION? HOW DO WE GIVE FEEDBACK AND GET TEACHERS TO GROW? AND WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE DATA IS THAT THAT HAS BEEN PIVOTAL FOR US DOING UNCOMMON THINGS AND REALLY OUTPACING THE STATE IN THE AMOUNT OF TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE REALLY GETTING TO THE MASTER'S LEVEL IN REGARDS TO THIS. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I DID A HEARTFELT THANK YOU FOR THEM AS FAR AS THEIR WORK, AS THEY TRAIN INTO THEIR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AS FAR AS TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL ALIGNED AS FAR AS HOW WE SEE INSTRUCTION. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW DO WE GIVE PEOPLE FEEDBACK IN ORDER TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTION? THAT'S A PIVOTAL PART OF MAKING TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT WORK. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS. THE ABILITY TO BE VALIDATED AND FOR PEOPLE TO GET MONEY IS REALLY DEPENDENT ON HOW WELL OUR TEACHERS ARE. OUR ADMINISTRATORS ARE IN CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER AS FAR AS LOOKING AT HOW THEY SCORE THE TEACHERS, IF THEY ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH HOW THEY SCORE, WE DO NOT VALIDATE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS TO REALLY KNOW ABOUT TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT, WE EITHER WIN AS A TEAM OR WE DON'T WIN IF WE DON'T VALIDATE AS A DISTRICT. AND THAT IS DEPENDENT ON HOW CONSISTENT WE ARE IN SCORING PEOPLE BASED ON STUDENT GROWTH. THEN NO ONE GETS ANY MONEY, REGARDLESS OF HOW AMAZING A TEACHER MAY BE. SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THAT WORK. THEY HAVE WORKED VERY HARD, GONE TO A LOT OF TRAININGS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE CALIBRATED AS A TEAM AND REALLY CONSISTENTLY RATING TEACHERS AS FAR AS HOW THEY ARE DOING. THERE ARE TWO THINGS, AS MR. PORTILLO PRESENTS TODAY, THAT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT AS A DISTRICT. A LOT OF DISTRICTS DO TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT, BUT FOR US AS A DISTRICT, IT WAS REALLY DEPENDENT ON OUR ABILITY ON GROWTH. WE HAVE BASED EVERYTHING ON THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE A STUDENT IS ON THE SYSTEM, ON THEIR ABILITY TO GROW. AND SO EVEN WITHIN OUR TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT, AS WE WENT AHEAD AND SAY, HERE'S THE TEST WE'RE GOING TO USE, HERE'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO RATE IT, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT A TEACHER CAN GET A STUDENT TO GROW. NOT NECESSARILY. IF YOU HAVE A STUDENT IN YOUR CLASSROOM AND THAT STUDENT IS AN AMAZING STUDENT, I CAN BE AMAZING AND STILL NOT GROW. SO REALLY, THIS HAS BEEN THE VERY PIVOTAL TO HOW WE SEE OURSELVES AND WHAT WE'RE TRAINING INTO. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR TEACHERS HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS CAN GROW. [02:15:04] WE'VE ALSO MADE SURE THAT BASED ON OUR AREAS OF GROWTH AND OUR AREAS OF NEED AS A DISTRICT, WE'VE INCENTIVIZED AND REALLY STARTED FIRST WITH THE CAMPUSES THAT NEEDED MOST TO STABILIZE THEIR STAFF IN ORDER SO THAT THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL. OFTENTIMES, YOU'VE ASKED US ABOUT OUR TITLE ONE SCHOOLS. WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR THEM TO MOVE FORWARD? WHAT WE SEE WITHIN THE DATA THAT OFTENTIMES OUR OUR SCHOOLS WITH THE GREATEST NEED HAVE TEACHERS WHO HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US, AS WE WERE GROWING THIS PROGRAM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCENTIVIZE THOSE SCHOOLS FIRST, AND THE CONTENT AREAS WHERE THAT YOU TOLD US WERE MOST IMPORTANT AND WHERE YOU'VE SET YOUR GOALS. SO WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS. IT WAS NOT A MATTER OF WE TURNED IN AN APPLICATION AND PUT CERTAIN THINGS ON THERE. WE REALLY MADE SURE THAT THERE WERE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN OUR GOALS AS A DISTRICT AND ALSO THE CAMPUSES THAT WOULD MOST NEED THIS IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WITH THAT, I TURN THE MIC OVER TO MY WONDERFUL ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF ACADEMICS, AS HE WILL PRESENT TONIGHT. HE AND WE HAVE MISS ERICA SIMMONS, HAVE DONE THE AMAZING AMOUNT OF WORK AS FAR AS TAKING THE BATON FROM EDDIE AND HIS TEAM AND THEN MOVING THIS FORWARD. AND SO WITH THAT, I SURRENDER THE MIC. THANK YOU DOCTOR. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. BUENAS NOCHES. PRESIDENT MARKUM. DOCTOR AZAIEZ AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES. WE'RE HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS AND PLAN EXPANSION FOR THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT, ALSO KNOWN AS TIA PROGRAM. I WANT TO FIRST START BY THANKING A GROUP OF PEOPLE BEFORE. THIS IS GOING TO BE THIS IS GOING TO SOUND VERY ACADEMY AWARD ISH. BUT PLEASE BEAR WITH ME. FIRST DOCTOR NICHOLS FOR GUIDANCE COACHING AND HER CONTINUOUS LOVE DOCTOR CARLENE GONZALEZ LEADING THE WAY IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THE TEACHING LEARNING ALIGNMENT WITHIN THE SYSTEM, AND STUDENT FIRST APPROACH TO EVERYTHING SHE DOES. ERICA SIMMONS TAKING ON THE APPLICATION PROCESS, THE DATA PROTOCOLS, AND JUST HER GENUINE EFFORTS TOWARDS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. THE HR TEAM FOR THE CONTINUED COLLABORATION, THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS OR SUPERINTENDENTS AND CAMPUS LEADERSHIP, JUST LOOKING OUT FOR OUR TEACHERS AND THEIR FEEDBACK ON OUR EFFORTS TO EXPAND. AND DOCTOR AZAIEZ AND YOU ALL JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR PROVIDING US THE ADEQUATE RESOURCES AND THE OVERALL SUPPORT THAT WE'RE GETTING. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT TAKES IT DOESN'T TAKE IT DOES IT DOES TAKE MORE THAN ONE PERSON AND MORE THAN ONE DEPARTMENT TO COMPLETE THE MISSION. OUR WORK WITH THE TA PROGRAM IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN OUR COMMITMENT TO STUDENT GROWTH AND STAFF RETENTION. THE PURPOSE OF THE TIA IS TO ENSURE OUR HIGHEST QUALITY TEACHERS ARE RECOGNIZED AND COMPENSATED FOR THE SUCCESS IN IMPROVING STUDENT OUTCOMES, A GOAL CENTRAL TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. WE BEGAN. WE BEGAN OUR JOURNEY IN YEAR 2324 WITH A TIGHT COHORT OF K-2 EARLY LITERACY TEACHERS AT STRATEGIC CAMPUSES. THIS ALLOWED US TO FOCUS ON BUILDING A STRONG INTERNAL SYSTEM FOR COLLABORATION, CALIBRATION, ALIGNMENT, AND FOCUSED TEACHER TRAINING BEFORE ATTEMPTING A WIDER EXPANSION. AS YOU SEE, WE STARTED WITH A SMALL BUT MIGHTY GROUP OF TEACHERS. OUR 116 ELIGIBLE TEACHERS REPRESENTED 3.5% OF OUR TOTAL TEACHERS, BUT WE WANT TO NAME THAT 61 TEACHERS THAT WERE DESIGNATED REPRESENTED 52.5% OF THE ELIGIBLE GROUP. THE RESULTS FROM THIS INITIAL COHORT WERE EXCEPTIONAL. AS STATED, OF THE 116 ELIGIBLE TEACHERS, 61 EARNED A DESIGNATION, MEANING OVER 52% OF OUR ELIGIBLE TEACHERS WERE AWARDED THIS DESIGNATION. RATE IS A POINT OF CELEBRATION, AS IT IS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGE OF 22% OF ELIGIBLE TEACHERS EARNING THAT DESIGNATION. FURTHERMORE, 42% OF DESIGNATED TEACHERS ACHIEVED THE MASTER LEVEL, THE HIGHEST AVAILABLE DESIGNATION. WHEN COMPARING THIS TO THE STATEWIDE PERCENTAGES, THE STATE SAYS THAT OF ALL TOTAL TEACHERS, THE TOP 33% WOULD BE DESIGNATED AT RECOGNIZED, WHILE THE TOP 20 WOULD BE DESIGNATED AT EXEMPLARY. AND LASTLY, ONLY THE TOP 5% WOULD AND WILL END UP EARNING A MASTER LEVEL. THIS TABLE SHOWS THE DATA COLLECTED FROM 2014 TO 2019, AND THE PERCENTAGES OF DESIGNATED TEACHERS PER LEVEL REPRESENTED IN THE LAST COLUMN, AND CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE STATE INTENDED. OUR DATA IS INVERTED, THOUGH IT SHOWS MORE TEACHERS AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL THAN EXEMPLARY AND FINALLY RECOGNIZED. OUR SUCCESS FOR 2024 GENERATED $848,000 IN FUNDS, WHICH DIRECTLY AWARDED THOSE 61 DESIGNATED TEACHERS ACROSS NINE CAMPUSES. LET'S GO. THIS IS LITERALLY WHAT THE STUDENT ON THE TOP LEFT WAS SCREAMING OUT. LET'S GO! SUPER EXCITED. IN 2425, WE SUCCESSFULLY EXPANDED THE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE K-2 EARLY LITERACY AT ALL TITLE ONE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES AND SIXTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE MATH TEACHERS AT ALL TITLE ONE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. [02:20:05] THIS PHASE INCREASED OUR TIA ELIGIBLE TEACHER POOL TO 200, WHERE CUMULATIVELY INCREASED OUR TOTAL OF 127 TEACHERS, EARNING A DESIGNATION, MAINTAINING A HIGH SUCCESS RATE OF 63.5% OF ELIGIBLE TEACHERS. ONCE AGAIN, IN COMPARISON TO THE STATE. WELL, LET ME CHECK THAT THERE IS NO COMPARISON TO THE STATE. WE'RE JUST DOING A LOT BETTER. WITH 18 CAMPUSES AND 200 ELIGIBLE TEACHERS, WE ANTICIPATE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE FUNDING COMPARED TO THE $848,000 EARNED IN 23. 24. REFLECTING THE GROWTH SUCCESS, THE GROWING SUCCESS IN REWARDING OUR TEACHERS, OUR CURRENT YEAR PLAN BRINGS OUR EFFORTS TO K-2 EARLY LITERACY AT ALL ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, EXPANDING MATH ACROSS GRADE LEVELS TO ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND INTRODUCING HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY WITH ALGEBRA ONE AT ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS ALONGSIDE CTE IN THE AUTOMOTIVE PATHWAY. THIS GROWTH IS INTENTIONAL AND EXPONENTIAL. WE ARE ESTIMATING TO REACH 813 ELIGIBLE TEACHERS IN 2526. WE ARE ACTIVELY SCALING UP IN THE PROGRAM WHILE SUCCESSFULLY MAINTAINING A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF ELIGIBLE TEACHERS EARNING DESIGNATION, REACHING A QUARTER OF OUR TEACHERS. OUR VISION FOR TIA IS IS OUR VISION FOR TIA IS TO BE A CATALYST FOR STUDENT GROWTH, AS MENTIONED BY DOCTOR NICHOLS, AND ENSURING THE PROGRAM ALIGNS DIRECTLY WITH OUR BOARD GOALS, INCLUDING EARLY LITERACY, MATH PATHWAYS AND HOW IT PLAYS A HUGE ROLE IN OUR PURSUIT OF OUR STUDENTS GRADUATING COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS. RODRIGO, IF I MAY ADD, JUST A CLARIFICATION FOR OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAFF. THE REASON WE'RE LOOKING AT THE YEAR, IF YOU GO BACK, SLIDE BACK. SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT 25, 26, THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS. SO THE 2526 IS THE COLLECTION YEAR OF THE DATA. SO THIS IS CURRENT YEAR. OUR TEACHERS ARE TEACHING RIGHT THERE. THE STUDENTS ARE TAKING THE TEST AND WHATEVER. AND THEN WE SEE THE WE COLLECT THE DATA. THEN IT TAKES ALMOST A WHOLE YEAR TO RUN THE DATA, SEND THAT DATA TO TO SEND IT TO, OBVIOUSLY, TEXAS TECH ALSO TO VALIDATE THE DATA. SO TYPICALLY OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE RIGHT NOW, THOSE PART OF THE 813 WHO MAY POTENTIALLY EARN A DESIGNATION, THEY WON'T SEE THEIR CHECK UNTIL NEXT SUMMER. RIGHT? AND THE 2425 COLLECTION YEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THEIR CHECKS THIS SUMMER OF 26. SO IT'S ABOUT A YEAR BEHIND. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CLARIFY THAT TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS. IT JUST TAKES A YEAR. IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF ROUND ROCK ISD. IT'S JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS. OUR TEAM HAVE TO COLLECT IT, RUN THE DATA, THEY SEND IT TO E, TEXAS TECH, GET IT VALIDATED, GO BACK AND FORTH MULTIPLE TIMES, RIGHT? AND THEN EVENTUALLY THEY SAY, OKAY, THESE TEACHERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO EARN DESIGNATION. AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT WILL BE THE AMOUNT ALSO THAT WE RECEIVE AND BASED ON THEIR DESIGNATION. SO IT'S A WHOLE PROCESS TAKES ABOUT A YEAR FROM AGAIN AFTER FINISHING UP EVERYTHING. JUST THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. TIA IS ALIGNED WITH STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL FOR FOCUSING ON DEVELOPING SYSTEMS, FOR TRACKING STUDENT GROWTH DATA AND DELIVERING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND ALSO SUPPORTS GOAL FIVE ON STAFF RETENTION BY DELIVERING COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION AND INCENTIVE PLANS. SO LET'S REVIEW WHAT THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT IS. TIA WAS ESTABLISHED BY HOUSE BILL THREE TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN TOP TEACHERS, OFFER PATHWAY TO A SIX FIGURE SALARY AND INCENTIVIZE STAFF TO WORK IN HIGH NEED SCHOOLS. DISTRICTS ARE TASKED TO IDENTIFY AND DESIGNATE TEACHERS BASED ON STUDENT GROWTH AND CLASSROOM OBSERVATION, TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING FOR OUR CAMPUSES. TIA IS A POWERFUL RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION TOOL, HELPING US ATTRACT PROMISING NEW TEACHERS AND RETAIN OUR BEST TALENT BY PROVIDING A FINANCIAL REWARD FOR THEIR IMPACT ON STUDENT OUTCOMES. YOU WILL SEE CAMPUSES LEVERAGE THEIR FUNDING ALLOCATIONS ALONGSIDE STIPENDS AND LEAD TEACHER MONEY AMOUNTS TO ATTRACT THE BEST RECRUITS. AS STATED BEFORE, TO TEST THE DISTRICTS TO PUT FORTH A DESIGNATION SYSTEM THAT REFLECTS TEACHER OBSERVATION AND STUDENT GROWTH. LET'S TALK ABOUT TEACHER OBSERVATION FIRST FOR 25 FOR 2025 2026. T A IS INTRODUCING A NEW DESIGNATION LEVEL ACKNOWLEDGED WITH A CORRESPONDING MINIMUM SCORE AVERAGE OF 3.5. THE OTHER MINIMUM AVERAGES DO NOT CHANGE AND ARE REFLECTIVE OF WHAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED WITHIN OUR SYSTEM PREVIOUSLY. DESIGNATION DOES REQUIRE A MINIMUM SCORE AVERAGE IN DOMAIN TWO AND THREE ONLY, AND AT LEAST A PROFICIENCY RATING ON ALL DIMENSIONS. NOW LET'S MOVE TO STUDENT GROWTH. THESE STANDARDS SPECIFY THE MINIMUM STUDENT GROWTH REQUIRED FOR EACH DESIGNATION LEVEL. FOR EXAMPLE, TO ACHIEVE A MASTER DESIGNATION, AT LEAST 80% OR MORE OF A TEACHER STUDENT MUST DEMONSTRATE ONE LEVEL OF GROWTH. [02:25:04] IT IS IMPORTANT TO CALL OUT THAT STUDENT GROWTH MINIMUM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS HAVE CHANGED. WE DO NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT TIA WAS DEVELOPED TO ELEVATE THE EDUCATION PROFESSION BY PROVIDING DISTRICTS WITH SYSTEMS AND FUNDING TO RECRUIT PROMISING NEW TEACHERS, RETAIN THEIR BEST TEACHERS, AND INCENTIVIZE TREAT TEACHERS TO WORK IN HIGH NEED SCHOOLS AND DIFFICULT TO STAFF POSITIONS. IT IS A. IT IS BUILT TO PROVIDE LASTING FUNDING FOR OUTSTANDING TEXAS TEACHERS TO REMAIN IN THE CLASSROOM AND IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES. OUR UPDATED PERCENTAGES DO ALIGN WITH THE STATE WITH THIS STATEMENT AND WITH THE RIGOR OF THE DOMAIN THREE GROWTH TARGETS. OUR LOCAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THESE RIGOROUS STATEWIDE DOMAIN. THREE GROWTH TARGETS. THIS ALIGNMENT ENSURES THAT THE STUDENT GROWTH DATA WE USE IS VALIDATED, RIGOROUS, AND CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE STANDARDS. DOMAIN THREE REPRESENTS 30% OF THE CAMPUSES ACCOUNTABILITY RATING AND IS BASED ON PERFORMANCE ON FOUR SUPERGROUPS, ALL STUDENTS TO LOWEST PERFORMING RACIAL ETHNIC GROUPS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR AND A HIGH FOCUS GROUP. EACH GROUP IS SCORED 0 TO 4 THROUGH THE INTENDED INTERIM GROWTH TARGETS SET BY THE STATE. THIS TABLE REPRESENTS THE INCREASE IN READING, LANGUAGE, ARTS AND MATH FOR THE COHORT OF ALL STUDENTS, AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS AND HISPANIC STUDENTS IN YEARS 22 TO 27 COMPARED IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AFTER 2027. AT ANY GIVEN LEVEL, THERE WILL BE A MINIMUM INCREASE FROM 6% TO SOME AS HIGH AS 10% INCREASE IN THOSE TARGETS. IN LOOKING AT THE REVISIONS, OUR LOCAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ARE AND WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THESE RIGOROUS STATEWIDE DOMAIN THREE GROWTH TARGETS. WITH THESE CHANGES, WE WILL ENSURE THAT THE NUMBER OF TEACHER DESIGNATIONS AND THEIR LEVEL DESIGNATION DIRECTLY CORRELATES TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS OF THE CAMPUS. WE WANT TO ENSURE MAXIMUM IMPACT. OUR TO CYCLE IS A TWO YEAR PROCESS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE THREE THINGS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME WITH APRIL BEING THE HEAVIEST. RIGHT NOW WE JUST FINISHED THE APPLICATION PROCESS. AGAIN, BIG THANK YOU TO ERICA SIMMONS TO PUTTING THE APPLICATION. WE STRESSED EDDIE OUT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT WAS DUE APRIL 15TH, BUT IT WAS SUBMITTED IN TIME. SO SORRY, EDDIE. SO THAT JUST HAPPENED IN 2026, 27. AT THE SAME TIME, THE CAMPUSES ARE FINISHING UP THEIR SUMMATIVE EVALUATIONS FOR LAST YEAR'S COHORT. 2526 AND ALSO WE'RE WAITING FOR THE DESIGNATION AND THE AMOUNTS FOR 20 FOR THE COHORT FROM 2425. ONCE SUMMER STARTS, WE START A CALIBRATION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH OUR TEACHERS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS. THAT GOES FROM JUNE AND GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH MARCH. WHILE WE WAIT FOR THAT IN SEPTEMBER, YOU SEE THE ELIGIBILITY LIST PROVIDED BY T A IS APPROVED FROM OUR SUBMISSION IN IN IN APRIL. OUR DATA SUBMISSION FROM 2526 IS ALSO APPROVED. THAT'S FROM THE SUMMATIVE EVALUATION THAT THE CAMPUSES ARE DOING JUST RIGHT NOW RIGHT AROUND FEBRUARY. THE APPLICATION VALIDATION IS APPROVED FOR THE PAST YEAR. THIS IS WHEN THEY SAY YOUR SYSTEM IS GOOD TO GO. YOUR DESIGNATIONS ARE RIGHT ON POINT. ONCE APRIL KICKS IN AGAIN FROM THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THEN THE EXPANSION CONSIDERATION FOR US CONTINUES. WE WANT TO START THIS PROCESS BEFORE WE STARTED A LITTLE BIT LATE, DIDN'T GIVE US A WHOLE RUNWAY. WE DID AN ABSOLUTE GREAT JOB AND JUST GETTING THE COHORTS AND EXPANSION GROUP. BUT WE DO WANT TO CONSIDER STARTING THIS PROCESS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. THE TWO YEAR PROCESS THROUGH THE TEACHER LENS LOOKS LIKE THIS. LIKE WE SAID, THE APPLICATION FOR THE NEW GROUPS IS HAD JUST BEEN SUBMITTED IN 2026, MAY 26TH. THE APPLICATION IS ACCEPTED AND THE APPLICATION IS APPROVED BY SEPTEMBER OF 20:26 P.M. SUBMISSION HAPPENS IN OCTOBER. THE APPLICATION IS VALIDATED BY TEXAS TECH IN APRIL 27TH. NOW, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT YEAR BECAUSE THIS IS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE FOR THE TEACHERS WHO ARE IN THE CO WHO ARE IN PREVIOUS COHORTS. EO END OF YEAR ASSESSMENTS HAPPEN AGAIN NOW. APRIL AT THE END OF THAT YEAR, WITH SOME OF THE EVALUATIONS FINISHING UP IN MAY. BY SEPTEMBER OF THAT SECOND YEAR, THE DATA IS SUBMITTED, THE DATA IS VALIDATED IN FEBRUARY, AND THE DESIGNATION AND THE AMOUNTS ARE GIVEN TO US IN APRIL. AND THE BIG CHECKS HAPPEN IN JUNE. WHAT YOU SEE IN HIGHLIGHTED IS WHAT WE CALL THE DATA COLLECTION YEAR. THIS IS WHERE OBSERVATIONS, WALKTHROUGHS, FEEDBACK SESSIONS AND THE COACHING CYCLES ARE HAPPENING. AFTER THAT, THAT'S THE DATA SUBMISSION YEAR. I LOST MY TRAIN. WHERE ARE WE AT? [02:30:09] OH. OUR BELIEF IS THAT THE HIGH DESIGNATION RATES ARE DIRECTLY CORRELATED BY ROBUST SYSTEMS. WE FOCUS ON CLEAR INSTRUCTIONAL RUBRICS THROUGH T TESTS, GET BETTER, FASTER AND CALIBRATION, ENSURING OUR EVALUATION TOOLS MEASURE T RELEVANT INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VIABLE AND RIGOROUS CURRICULUM IS IMPORTANT TO US. COACHING AND MENTORSHIP STRUCTURES TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE, DATA DRIVEN FEEDBACK AND FACILITATE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, WHICH DIRECTLY TRANSLATES INTO MEASURABLE STUDENT GAINS. HAVING AN EFFECTIVE PLC STRUCTURE TO SUPPORT TEACHERS AND ALSO WE WANT TO ENSURE OUR TARGETED. A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS TARGETED AND DIRECTLY ALIGNED WITH THE T CRITERIA. AND WE WANT TO INTEGRATE OUR BEST MULTI-TIERED PRACTICES AND PROGRESS MONITORING EFFORTS. AS DISCUSSED, OUR DATA COLLECTION TIMELINE RUNS FROM AUGUST TO MAY. THIS IS A TIME WHEN STRUCTURAL LEADERS ARE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC, BITE SIZED FEEDBACK AND MODEL APPROPRIATE STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT TEACHER IMPROVEMENT. DATA COLLECTION IS SUPPORTED BY BOAI OR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR SCREENERS. PRETEST. GET BETTER, FASTER OBSERVATIONS AND T TESTS. WE HAVE DEVELOPED PROTOCOLS TO INTRODUCE THE USE OF CROSSWALKS THAT INTERSECT THE T TEST RUBRIC AND OR GET BETTER, FASTER WATERFALL PHASES TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT IN OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES AND FEEDBACK COACHING CYCLES, WE USE A STRUCTURED MONITORING PROCESS WITH CHECKPOINTS IN NOVEMBER, JANUARY, AND FEBRUARY UTILIZING MULTIPLE DATA POINTS LIKE STAR INTERIMS AND I-READY MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. THIS ALLOWS US TO TRACK PROGRESS TOWARDS ACCOUNTABILITY GOALS AND AND STRATEGICALLY INTENSIFY INTERVENTIONS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT SHOWING GROWTH. THIS MODEL WILL BE IMPLEMENTED WITH OTHER ASSESSMENTS AS THE PROGRAM EXPANDS. USING BOTH OUR TEACHER OBSERVATION AND STUDENT GROWTH SUPPORT SYSTEMS, WE THEN CALIBRATE WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR TO ONE PROGRESS MONITOR WHERE TEACHERS ARE IN THE TEACHER IN THE T DESIGNATION PROCESS, GIVING OUR LEADERS AMPLE TIME TO COACH INTO ANY GAPS WHERE THEY ARE IN THE T TEST OR STUDENT GROWTH SIDE. AND TWO, TO ALLOW CAMPUSES TO START IDENTIFYING ANY SKEW WITHIN THEIR T DATA. AND LASTLY, PROVIDE WORKSHOP TIME FOR IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE WORKSHEET THAT WE USE TO HELP THE STUDENTS, TO HELP OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR LEADERS TO SHOW THAT AT THE END OF YEAR TWO COMES A STATE EVALUATION ENSURING THAT THE STUDENT GROWTH AND TEACHER OBSERVATION DATA IS USED IN THE DISTRICT AND RIGOROUS AND CONSISTENT ENDS WITHIN THE STATE WIDE STANDARDS AS APPROVED AS THEY APPROVED OUR SYSTEM. IT EVALUATES THE CORRELATION BETWEEN TEACHER OBSERVATION AND STUDENT GROWTH, WHICH IS DOMAIN A THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOCAL DESIGNATION AND STATE. THE STATE'S VALUE ADDED MEASURE, WHICH IS DOMAIN B, BE SUPPORTING THE CREDIBILITY OF OUR PROCESS, THE RELIABILITY AND FAIRNESS OF OUR OBSERVATION AND GROWTH JUDGMENTS ACROSS CAMPUSES AND TEACHER GROUPS, WHICH IS DOMAIN C AND DOMAIN D COMPARES THE DESIGNATION PERCENTAGES TO THE STATE WIDE STANDARDS. LASTLY, OUR FUNDING PLAN, OUR FUNDING PLAN ENSURES 90% OF OUR FUNDS RECEIVE RECEIVED FOR A TEACHER IS PAID DIRECTLY TO THAT TEACHER. THE REMAINING 10% IS USED FOR TRS, AND PAYROLL COSTS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 8%. TO MAKE THE COMPENSATION RETIREMENT ELIGIBLE, AND THE BALANCE SUPPORTS AND THE BALANCE SUPPORTS THE GROWTH OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TIA PROGRAM. LOOKING AHEAD TO 2026 2027, OUR EXPANSION WILL INCLUDE ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL, ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND ALL HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES. THE EXPANSION INCLUDES A WIDE RANGE OF NEW ELIGIBLE GROUPS ACROSS ALL LEVELS. ALL THOSE CONTENT AREAS AND GRADE LEVELS IN GREEN REFLECT AN EXPANSION TO ALL CAMPUSES OR NEW TO THE SYSTEM. WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING IN ALL CONTENT AREAS ASSESSED IN STAR MIDDLE SCHOOL DANCE, SOME OF OUR WORLD LANGUAGES, OUR ELEMENTARY SPED TEACHERS AND SUBJECT AREAS AT HIGH SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THE DIRECT IMPACT ARE ON CAMPUSES. CMR RATING. WITH THIS EXPANSION, WE'RE VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT WE PROJECT THAT AN ESTIMATED 1933 TEACHERS WILL BE TIA ELIGIBLE, WHICH WILL NOW REPRESENT ALMOST 59% OF OUR TOTAL DISTRICT TEACHERS, DOUBLING OUR NUMBERS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. WE ARE CONFIDENT IN OUR STRENGTH OF OUR TE SYSTEM AND OUR PLAN FOR CONTINUED INTENTIONAL GROWTH. AND NOW WE WELCOME ANY FINAL THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. TRUSTEES. TRUSTEE LANDRUM. I HAVE A QUESTION ON I THINK IT'S SLIDE 34, WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT ELIGIBLE TEACHER GROUPS. WHEN IT GETS TO THE HIGH SCHOOL GROUPS, WHAT ABOUT TEACHERS WHO MAY ONLY TEACH ONE SECTION OF GEOMETRY, [02:35:06] YOU KNOW, OR ONE OF THESE ELIGIBLE SECTIONS. AND THE REST OF THEIR SECTIONS ARE TEACHING OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE. HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH THAT KIND OF SETUP? THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE FOR THAT ONE GEOMETRY COURSE. THAT ONE COURSE MAKES THEM ELIGIBLE FOR, FOR TAA FUNDS. SO THEY GET A PORTION OF THAT TIA AMOUNT, OR THEY CAN STILL GET THE FULL AMOUNT FOR THEIR THEIR FULL AMOUNT. CORRECT. IT'S JUST BASED ON THE GROWTH OF THOSE STUDENTS WITHIN THAT COURSE THAT THEY'RE TEACHING. THAT'S FABULOUS. NEXT QUESTION. WILL THE BOARD BE INVITED TO HAND OUT CHECKS AGAIN? ABSOLUTELY. FABULOUS. LOVE DOING THAT LAST YEAR AND EDITORIAL COMMENT. I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY WRONG THAT IT TAKES A YEAR FOR TEA TO GET THAT FUNDING TO THOSE TEACHERS. THEY DON'T GIVE US A YEAR GRACE TO MAKE PAYMENTS TO THEM. SO I JUST EDITORIAL COMMENT. I THINK THAT'S REALLY WRONG. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, TRUSTEES, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION ITEMS. [G. DISCUSSION ITEMS] ITEM G ONE BOARD, STUDENT OUTCOMES, OUTCOME GOALS, TIME TRACKER. AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO TRUSTEE WAY. SURE. LET'S WAIT FOR THE TABLE. SO WE HAD TWO MEETINGS IN MARCH. MARCH 12TH AND MARCH 26TH. MARCH 26TH. WE ALSO HAD A PUBLIC HEARING. TOTAL WE HAD 199 MINUTES. THAT'S 29 MINUTES. TALKING ABOUT STUDENT OUTCOME. SO FOR MARCH WE HAVE 15%. THAT'LL BE ALL. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS. IT'S UNFORTUNATE. BUT AGAIN WE HAVE A LOT OF MEETINGS WHERE WE DO HAVE TO DISCUSS THINGS THAT AREN'T ALIGNED WITH STUDENT OUTCOMES. AND THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS. SO HOPEFULLY THIS MONTH WE'LL GET SOME MORE MINUTES. OKAY. MOVING ON TO THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM H. [H. ACTION ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION BY CONSENT] MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS H ONE THROUGH 15 BY CONSENT. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION. MOTION PASSES. SIX ZERO. RIGHT. OKAY. I DIDN'T LOOK DOWN THAT WAY. DO I HAVE ANY OTHER MOTIONS? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE BOARD. APPROVE ACTION ITEM H 16 BY CONSENT. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? ALL ABSTAINING. MOTION PASSES 501. [I. ACTION ITEMS] OKAY MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM I ONE. TRUSTEES, YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT WE HEARD SOME FEEDBACK FROM OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION COMMITTEE. AND THESE POLICIES ARE ALIGNED WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE ACCEPTED. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MISS HILL TO EXPLAIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DOCTOR AZAIEZ I KNOW I AM COMING BACK TO YOU WITH POLICIES THAT YOU JUST ADOPTED FOUR MONTHS AGO, AND I KNOW WHEN I WAS GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU THE RED LINE DOCUMENTS. THEY WERE SO RED LINED THAT THEY WERE NOT VERY UNDERSTANDABLE. SO WHAT I THOUGHT WE WOULD DO TODAY IS JUST DO A SLIGHT HISTORY ABOUT THE FOUR POLICIES THAT WE WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO ADOPT TONIGHT. AND JUST GO OVER THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW AND WHAT WE'RE GOING BACK TO, AS YOU GUYS MAY REMEMBER IN THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SENATE BILL 12 MADE QUITE A FEW CHANGES. SOME OF THE CHANGES HAD TO DO WITH OUR GRIEVANCE POLICIES, WHICH ARE DGBAF AND G AND G. WE WERE QUITE HAPPY WITH OUR GRIEVANCE POLICIES THE WAY THEY WERE. HOWEVER, THERE WERE SOME MANDATED CHANGES WHICH INCREASED DEADLINES, CHANGED THINGS LIKE THE HOW DAYS WERE COUNTED FROM CALENDAR DAYS. I MEAN FROM BUSINESS DAYS TO CALENDAR DAYS. AND THAT HAS CAUSED US ALL QUITE A BIT OF CONFUSION. YOU ALSO REMEMBER THAT OUR POLICIES WITH REGARD TO OUR LIBRARY MATERIALS WERE SOMETHING THAT WE WERE QUITE PROUD OF THAT WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH FOR YEARS AND YEARS. AND UNDER SENATE BILL 12, THERE HAD BEEN SOME CHANGES REQUIRING BOARD APPROVAL OF LIBRARY MATERIALS. SO WHEN WE BROUGHT THESE TO THE BOARD INITIALLY FOR THE CHANGES MANDATED BY THE LEGISLATIVE [02:40:07] CHANGES, WE BROUGHT THE LIBRARY ONE TO YOU IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR. AND THEN WE BROUGHT THE GRIEVANCE POLICY CHANGES TO YOU IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR. IN JANUARY, OUR WE HAD OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION COMMITTEE MEET. THEY ADOPTED AND THEY PROPOSED A NEW PLAN WE BROUGHT TO YOU IN FEBRUARY THE NEW DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PLAN, WHICH YOU ALL ADOPTED AT THAT TIME. AT THAT POINT, YOU YOU ADOPTED A DISTRICT OF INNOVATION PLAN THAT OPTED US OUT OF THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WERE BROUGHT ABOUT BY SENATE BILL 12 WITH REGARD TO GRIEVANCES AND OUR LIBRARY MATERIALS SPECIFICALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT. I'M JUST GOING TO HIT THE HIGH POINTS OF THE THE GRIEVANCES, WHAT WE WOULD BE GOING BACK TO JUST REMINDING EVERYBODY, THESE ARE GRIEVANCE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE HAD FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SENATE BILL 12 HAD DONE, AND I'M GOING TO GO TO F AND G, PLEASE, INSTEAD OF DGBA. ALL RIGHT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT F ING THE SENATE BILL 12 HAD HAD INCLUDED WAS THEY EXTENDED THE FILING DEADLINES, FOR FILING COMPLAINTS TO 90 CALENDAR DAYS TO FILE AFTER THE PARENT KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT SOMETHING. WHICH BASICALLY HAD A PROBLEM INSOFAR AS BY THE TIME WE WOULD GET GRIEVANCES, IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT SEMESTER, IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT SCHOOL YEAR. AND WE WERE DEALING WITH THINGS THAT HAD OCCURRED DURING THE PRIOR SCHOOL YEAR. WHAT WE WOULD GO BACK TO IS OUR, YOU NEED TO BRING YOUR GRIEVANCES WITHIN. THE FORMAL PROCESS, YOU BRING THEM WITHIN 15 DAYS, UNLESS THERE IS SOME SORT OF REASON THAT WE WOULD TOLL THIS, THAT ALSO GIVES THE ADMINISTRATION IN THE FORMAL PROCESS A AN ABILITY TO GIVE ADDITIONAL TIME IF WE NEED TO. SO FOR INSTANCE, I'M LOOKING AT COMPLAINTS. THE FORMS, YOU CAN SEE THAT ANY DEADLINES THAT WE HAVE CAN BE EXTENDED. IT GIVES US A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY, WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE UNDER THE SENATE BILL 12. WITH THE WE DID NOT HAVE UNDER THE SENATE BILL 12 THINGS. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE FOUND TO BE VERY TRYING THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS THE FACT THAT WE CAN CHANGE BASICALLY A HEARING AND THE, THE EVIDENCE AT ANY LEVEL. SO BASICALLY WHAT WE WOULD HAVE IS WE WOULD HAVE A LEVEL ONE HEARING, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE A COMPLETELY NEW REMEDY REQUEST AND INFORMATION PROVIDED AT LEVEL TWO. I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF MY LEVEL TWO, TWO OF MY LEVEL TWO HEARING OFFICERS OVER THERE BOTH GOING. SO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET BACK TO IS IF YOU WANT TO HAVE NEW EVIDENCE, IT CAN BE REMANDED BACK LIKE WE ALWAYS USED TO DO TO LEVEL ONE, BUT WE DO NOT ALLOW YOU TO HAVE A NEW GRIEVANCE AT EVERY DIFFERENT LEVEL. JUST TRYING TO HIT THE MAIN HIGHLIGHTS. I THINK THOSE ARE THE MAIN THINGS WITH REGARD TO OUR GRIEVANCES. IT'S BASICALLY THE DEADLINES AND THE EXTENT OF THE OF THE HEARINGS. SO LET'S GO TO OUR LIBRARY POLICY. IF WE CAN PULL THAT UP. IT'S THE E THE E POLICY. I'M SORRY. POOR DONNY IS IN THE BACK TRYING TO READ CINDY'S MIND. IT'S NOT IT. OKAY. IT'S THE EFB. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M SO SORRY. OKAY. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH OUR FP POLICY. WE HAVE AN EX POLICY. IT'S ONE OF THE FEW THAT. AND Y'ALL KNOW HOW I AM ABOUT EX POLICIES. I NEVER LET PEOPLE HAVE EX POLICIES IF I CAN HELP IT. [02:45:03] HOWEVER, I HAVE BEEN PERSUADED BY OUR WONDERFUL LIBRARY TEAM AS WELL AS OUR FOLKS IN NATALIE'S GROUP ON HOW WELL WE DO WITH OUR LIBRARY BOOKS, OUR CHALLENGES, GETTING THE INPUT BOTH AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH. SO THE MAIN CHANGE THAT HAD HAD OCCURRED ON SENATE BILL 12 WAS THE FACT THAT, AS WE ALL KNOW, BOARD HAS TO APPROVE ALL OUR LIBRARY PURCHASES. I KNOW THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. WE HAVE PROFESSIONALS, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO DO THIS FULL TIME WHO READ THESE BOOKS, WHO GO THROUGH ALL THE PEER REVIEW WHO ARE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT THEY DO. AND THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU, AS BOARD MEMBERS CAN BE EXPECTED TO READ THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF BOOKS TO GIVE YOUR APPROVAL. SO, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS GO BACK TO THE POLICY THAT HAS WORKED FOR US. FOR I, I KNOW AT LEAST NATALIE AND RODRIGO MAY GIVE ME SOME, SOME THINGS, BUT I KNOW THAT THIS POLICY, WELL WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME MINOR CHANGES THAT HAPPENED IN UPDATE 123. THIS IS A POLICY THAT'S BEEN WORKING FOR US FOR AT LEAST 15 YEARS. SO IF I AM HERE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN WE CAN PULL UP THE REDLINES. BUT I KNOW WE'VE PROBABLY TALKED THIS TO DEATH OVER THE LAST FOUR MONTHS, SO. TRUSTEES. DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO I DO WE NEED A MOTION FIRST? BECAUSE. YES, A MOTION PLEASE. MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD WAIVE FIRST READING AND ADOPT LOCAL POLICIES. DGB, A F, B, F, N, G AND G F WITH AN ADOPTION DATE OF APRIL 16TH, 2026. SECOND. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. I'M JUST VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THERE IS NOT MORE DISCUSSION OVER POLICY. POINT OF ORDER. I HAVE A QUESTION. I WILL HURT YOU BOTH. POINT OF ORDER. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT. I'M SORRY, I TWO DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. TRUSTEES. YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL RECEIVED THE RED LINE COPY OF THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FROM OUR PRIOR DISCUSSION. MICHELLE TOOK ALL OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES AND PUT THEM INTO THE RED LINE IN THIS COPY. AND YOU'LL SEE WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH IT PAGE BY PAGE. AND I'M GOING TO STOP BECAUSE THERE'S ENOUGH THERE'S ENOUGH CHANGES ON MOST PAGES TO STOP AFTER A PAGE. AND THEN TAKE QUESTIONS AND I'LL ASK THAT YOU PLEASE USE YOUR BUTTONS AND TRY TO USE THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, EVEN IF YOU WANT TO ASK ANOTHER QUESTION BASED ON SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE ELSE SAYS, JUST TO KEEP IT LESS CHAOTIC. BUT YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT THERE'S, THERE'S SOME ALTERNATE SUGGESTIONS. AND THAT WAS REALLY JUST TO CAPTURE ALL OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD AROUND THE PROCEDURE. SO WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GO WITH EITHER. WE CAN DO SOME COMBINATION, BUT THAT CAN ALL BE DISCUSSED ON EACH PAGE. SO IF WE TURN TO. I WILL MAKE NOTE THAT IN THE TABLE OF CONTENTS. I DON'T THINK IT'S ANYTHING WE NEED TO DISCUSS, BUT WE MICHELLE DID GO THROUGH AND KIND OF CLEAN THAT UP SO IT'S EASIER TO NAVIGATE. THE DOCUMENT POINT OF ORDER. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE TABLE OF CONTENTS. IT'S REALLY QUICK. YES. IT SEEMS VERY STRANGE THAT WE HAVE THE TABLE OF CONTENTS REFERENCING SOMETHING THAT'S BEFORE THE TABLE OF CONTENTS. AND SO THE TABLE OF CONTENTS IS ON PAGE FOUR AND IT REFERENCES THE PREFACE ON PAGE TWO. SO IT FEELS LIKE THE TABLE OF CONTENTS SHOULD COME RIGHT AFTER THE TITLE PAGE. AND THEN THE PREFERENCE AFTER THAT, HEY, IF WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN THIS UP, WE NEED TO CLEAN IT UP. WAIT, SAY THAT AGAIN. THE TABLE OF CONTENTS COMES AFTER THE PREFACE. SO YOU GET TO THE PREFERENCE, THE PREFACE, AND IT REFERENCE THE TABLE OF CONTENTS. AND IT REFERENCED SOMETHING THAT'S BEFORE THE TABLE OF CONTENTS. OKAY. WELL WE CAN LOOK AT REARRANGING THAT. THAT'S FINE. I MEAN, IT'S SUPER SIMPLE, BUT IT JUST IT. TABLE OF CONTENTS IS USUALLY THE FIRST THING THAT YOU COME TO THAT REFERENCES EVERYTHING THAT COMES BEHIND IT. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. OKAY, GIVE ME JUST A SECOND. BECAUSE I'M MISSING. WHERE'S MY RED LINE? OH, HERE IT IS. OKAY. SORRY. THREE DIFFERENT VERSIONS UP HERE. OKAY, TURNING TO PAGE. FIVE. [02:50:08] WE CHANGED. SORRY. WE CHANGED. 48 HOURS UNDER B1B TO THREE BUSINESS DAYS TO ALIGN WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER PROCESSES. YOU'LL SEE THAT FOR B3A LET'S SEE ANY. IS THAT A CHANGE. ANY QUESTIONS. TRUSTEE SUBMIT IN A TIMELY MANNER WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA OTHER THAN AGENDA ITEMS. OH THAT ONE. IT'S BE OTHER THAN AGENDA ITEMS POSTED BY THE BOARD PRESIDENT IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AS BOARD PRESIDENT FOR REGULAR BUSINESS OF THE DISTRICT AND OR AT THE REQUEST OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, ALL TRUSTEE REQUESTS FOR AGENDA ITEMS WILL INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE TRUSTEE WHO REQUESTED THE AGENDA ITEM. FOR EACH REGULAR BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD PRESIDENT SHALL INVITE TRUSTEES ON A ROTATING BASIS TO ATTEND THE FINAL AGENDA REVIEW SETTING MEETING. AN ALTERNATE TO THAT IS, FOR EACH REGULAR BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD PRESIDENT SHALL INVITE A TRUSTEE OR TRUSTEES TO AT LEAST ONE FINAL AGENDA REVIEW SETTING MEETING. SO I WILL JUST SAY BEFORE I TAKE WE'LL STOP THERE. AND BEFORE I TAKE QUESTIONS FOR AGENDA ITEM THREE, I MEAN, I'M SORRY FOR PROCEDURE THREE C, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE BOARD PRESIDENT SHALL INVITE TRUSTEES. THAT ONE I WOULD LIKE TO, AS WE DISCUSS AND ASK QUESTIONS, REALLY DRILL DOWN TO THE INTENT OF THE ROTATION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CHAIR RETAINS THE ABILITY TO BE FLEXIBLE BASED ON THE BOARD'S NEEDS OF WHO COMES TO THOSE MEETINGS. I KNOW FOR ME, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR NEW TRUSTEES AS PART OF THEIR ORIENTATION THAT FIRST YEAR TO ROTATE THROUGH THOSE MEETINGS, BECAUSE EVERY PERSON SITTING UP HERE SHOULD HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE WAY EVERY ROLE WORKS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE EVER GOING TO BE A BOARD OFFICER OR NOT. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND JUST HOW AN AGENDA IS DEVELOPED. BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IF, IF THE PROCESS IS THE CHAIR IS GOING TO BE ABSENT AND THE, THE VICE PRESIDENT STEPS IN TO CHAIR THE MEETING, THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT TO HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT AGENDA LOOKS LIKE. AND MOST OF THE TIME THAT'S PLANNED. BUT SOMETIMES IT'S NOT, AND THERE COULD BE AN EMERGENCY. SOMEONE CAN GET SICK AND THAT PERSON HAS TO STEP IN IMMEDIATELY. AND SO I JUST THINK THAT THE CHAIR NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT FLEXIBILITY. AND I THINK THAT ALTERNATE PROVIDES FOR THAT ROTATION. BUT ALSO IF THERE IS A NEED FOR THAT PARTICULAR BOARD THAT YEAR, BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING TO THE FUTURE TO WRITE TO BE ABLE TO INVITE WHO THEY THINK IS THE PERSON THAT THEY NEED THERE FOR THAT PARTICULAR MEETING OR THAT PARTICULAR MONTH. SO I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. TRUSTEE. WEIR. POINT OF ORDER. YES. I MOVE THAT WE SUSPEND TIGHT TIME LIMITS FOR THIS AGENDA ONLY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION, AND WE'RE NOT LIMITED TO OUR TWO MINUTES OF COMMENTS. SO I MOVE THAT WE LIMIT THAT WE SUSPEND TIME RULES FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. I PHYSICALLY CANNOT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. ALL ABSTAINING. MOTION PASSES 501. SO WE WILL SUSPEND TIME LIMITS. OKAY. TRUSTEE. WEIR. I, I DON'T HAVE A I MEAN, I THINK THE ALTERNATIVE GIVES THE BOARD PRESIDENT MORE FLEXIBILITY. MY ONLY COMMENT WOULD BE AT LEAST ONE FINAL AGENDA REVIEW PER YEAR. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK WE JUST NEED A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION ON THAT RATHER THAN JUST NOT ONCE IN FOUR YEARS. TRUSTEE LANDRUM THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. AT LEAST I LIKE THE FIRST ONE, BUT I COULD GET ON BOARD WITH THE SECOND ONE IF YOU CHANGE IT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. OKAY. DO I HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DO I HAVE CONSENSUS OF GOING WITH THE ALTERNATE? BUT MOVING TO ADDING LANGUAGE FOR AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR? OKAY. ONCE A SCHOOL YEAR SINCE WE. YES. ONCE A SCHOOL YEAR. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. TRUSTEE. RUSS. MY ONLY CONCERN IS THIS IS OVER GENERAL MEETING. SORRY, THIS IS OVER GENERAL MEETINGS. RIGHT. AND SO THAT DOESN'T REALLY IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONCE A SCHOOL YEAR, THAT'S NINE MONTHS. THAT'S NOT A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY. I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT AND I AGREE WITH THE INTENT. RIGHT. AND I UNDERSTAND AND I LIKE THE ALTERNATE AND I, BUT I JUST THINK BY HAVING ONCE A SCHOOL YEAR THAT, [02:55:03] THAT JUST DOESN'T PROVIDE A LOT OF. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU NEED MICHAEL TO SHOW UP AND, AND, BUT FABIAN'S THE ONLY ONE, LIKE THE ONLY ONE THAT HASN'T DONE IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE IT JUST THAT GETS A LITTLE LIKE CLUNKY, I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW. SO MY COMMENT ON THAT WOULD BE THAT WE, YOU CAN HAVE UP TO THREE TRUSTEES. SO EVEN IF YOU INVITED THE PRESIDENT AND WHOEVER WAS GOING TO STEP IN AS A POSSIBLE ALTERNATE PRESIDING OFFICER, YOU STILL HAVE ANOTHER THIRD TRUSTEE THAT CAN STILL ATTEND. SO YOU REALLY ARE LOOKING AT 27 SLOTS. WELL, 18 ADDITIONAL SLOTS THAT YOU COULD SLIDE IN SIX PEOPLE THROUGHOUT NINE REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT NINE MEETINGS TIMES TWO. TRUSTEE ROSS SO SPEAKING TO THE OTHER TWO FORMER PRESIDENTS, WHAT WOULD BE THE DOWNSIDE TO HAVING THREE PEOPLE PER AGENDA SETTING MEETING? BECAUSE WHY DIDN'T YOU DO IT? I GUESS I DID OKAY. SOMETIMES, I MEAN, SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T. THERE AREN'T TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE AVAILABLE SOMETIMES. I MEAN, IT JUST SORT OF DEPENDS ON PEOPLE'S SCHEDULE AND WHAT'S GOING ON. AND YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH TIME PEOPLE WANT TO DEDICATE TO IT. SO IT REALLY IS MORE OF THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DID IT FRIDAY. DID I DO IT FRIDAY MORNINGS? I MEAN, SO YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WORKED WITH MY SCHEDULE AND WITH DOCTOR FLORES INITIALLY. AND SO NOT EVERYBODY COULD COME AT THAT TIME. NOT EVERYBODY WAS INTERESTED. THAT HAD BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME. THEY WEREN'T NECESSARILY INTERESTED ALWAYS. SO AND I SEE THE ONLY DOWNSIDE IS, AND THIS COULD BE IF YOU HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL TRUSTEE OR IF YOU HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL, IT DOESN'T MATTER IS ANY KIND OF ISSUES YOU COULD RUN INTO WITH A WALKING QUORUM. AND IF THE PRESIDING OFFICER HAS TALKED WITH, LET'S JUST SAY TRUSTEE WEIR ABOUT AN AGENDA REQUEST, AND SHE KNOWS THE INS AND OUTS, AND YOU'VE GOT TWO ADDITIONAL TRUSTEES SITTING IN A MEETING. IT HAPPENED ALL THE TIME IN THE THREE YEARS I WAS PRESIDING OFFICER. AND YOU JUST HAVE TO BE REALLY DILIGENT ABOUT IT AS A AS A PRESIDING OFFICER TO SAY, HEY, I'M GOING TO NEED YOU TWO TO STEP OUT INTO THE HALL WHILE WE ADDRESS THIS, THIS AGENDA ITEM. IT HAPPENED ALL THE TIME. AND THEN THEY WOULD COME BACK IN AS SOON AS WE FINISHED DISCUSSING THAT AGENDA ITEM. SO IT JUST TAKES AND MOSTLY TIME THE THE WALKING QUORUM ISSUE WOULD RUN IN WITH THE PRESIDING OFFICER, AND THE PRESIDING OFFICER JUST HAS TO BE REALLY DILIGENT ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THAT PERSON HAS NOT TALKED ABOUT WITH OTHER TRUSTEES TO VIOLATE A WALKING QUORUM. SO I GUESS ALONG THOSE LINES, YOU KNOW, IF BOARD OFFICERS MEET TO DISCUSS SOMETHING AND THEN THAT CREATES AN ISSUE OF WALKING QUORUM BECAUSE OF WHO'S IN THE ROOM. I THINK IT'S AGAIN, THAT FLEXIBILITY LOSING SOME OF THAT FLEXIBILITY. I MEAN, IT AND IT DEPENDS. WELL, YES, WE COULD, BUT THIS ALSO SAYS AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR. I MEAN, IT JUST REALLY LOCKS YOU IN. AND DOESN'T, I MEAN IT REALLY JUST DOESN'T ALLOW FLEXIBILITY. I MEAN, I'M WILLING TO TRY IT AND SEE HOW IT GOES. I WORRY ABOUT TOO MANY VOICES IN THE ROOM AS WELL AS YOU'RE TRYING TO, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT OUT THE DOOR AND POSTED THAT SAME DAY. AND IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES OR IF YOU KNOW IF SOMEONE'S SEEING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT SOMETHING, IT'S A LOT OF VOICES IN THE ROOM, A LOT OF STRONG VOICES IN THE ROOM. SO THAT'S REALLY MY BIGGEST CONCERN WITH HAVING THREE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM. BUT AGAIN, I'M, I'M ALWAYS WILLING TO TRY SOMETHING TO SEE HOW IT GOES. WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR AND CAN BRING IT BACK ANYTIME REALLY AND MAKE CHANGES. AND IF IT'S, IF IT'S NOT WORKING AND WE'RE RUNNING INTO ISSUES WITH HAVING TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE ROOM. BUT, YOU KNOW, ALSO WITH OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, IF SHOWING SOME GRACE, IF IT'S NOT WORKING OUT, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THE THREE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR, IF WE RUN INTO THAT ISSUE OF WALKING QUORUM AND WE CAN'T FIT THAT PERSON IN, OR IT DOESN'T WORK WITH THEIR SCHEDULE, THEN THE, THE, THE BOARD PRESIDENT CAN'T MEET THAT. IT JUST SAYS INVITE. OKAY. THAT'S TRUE. OKAY. OKAY. DO I HAVE TO KEEP USING MY BUTTON? WE'LL TRY IT. SEE HOW I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW THE RULES? YES YOU ARE. GO AHEAD. WHO KNEW I WAS SUCH A RULE FOLLOWER? THEN COULD WE COMPROMISE? I THOUGHT, THERE YOU GO. SORRY. THANK YOU. COULD WE COMPROMISE THEN, AND START WITH A YEAR VERSUS A SCHOOL YEAR INSTEAD OF NINE MONTHS TO 12 MONTHS? TRY IT OUT AND THEN SEE. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I MEANT WHEN I SAY SCHOOL YEAR, AUGUST TO JUNE BECAUSE WE DON'T MEET IN JULY. SO FOR A SCHOOL YEAR, I MEANT AUGUST TO JUNE. OKAY. BUT AGAIN, THAT ALSO PRESENTS A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE OF YOUR BOARD PRESIDENT CHANGES IN NOVEMBER OR CAN POTENTIALLY CHANGE IN [03:00:07] NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER. BUT THAT'S EASY TO, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR BOARD ADMIN WILL KNOW WHO HAS BEEN INVITED. SO WHEN YOU, IF THERE'S A CHANGE IN THE PRESIDING OFFICER, IT'S EASY TO SEE WHO'S BEEN INVITED ALREADY IN THAT SCHOOL YEAR. BUT I MEANT SCHOOL YEAR OF AUGUST TO JUNE. DO WE HAVE CONSENSUS TO TO TRY IT? OKAY THEN, MICHEL, IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO KIND OF TWEAK THAT ALTERNATIVE FOR THE YEAR, I, I MEAN, COULD WE JUST SAY SHALL ANNUALLY INVITE. JUST ADD THE WORD ANNUALLY IN THERE, RIGHT. I MEAN, THE BOARD PRESIDENT SHALL ANNUALLY INVITE. OKAY. ALL OTHER CHANGES. GOOD. OKAY. ON PAGE SIX, SAME THING. WE CHANGED THE 48 HOURS TO THREE BUSINESS DAYS. PAGE SEVEN. WE CHANGED IN A ONE IDENTIFY THE TOPIC TO BE DISCUSSED IN THE ELECTRONIC. WE ADDED AN ELECTRONIC CITIZENS CITIZEN PARTICIPATION FORM. IN TWO WE CHANGED MAY TO XIAO. THREE. WE ADDED AN ELECTRONIC FOR THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION FORM. AND THEN IN C PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES WE TOOK OUT OBSERVE AND JUST ADDED THE WORD. HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? TRUSTEE ROSS SO I'M GOING TO GET DEATH EYES FROM THAT HALF OF THE DAIS. SO A DECISION WAS MADE BEFORE I WAS ON THE BOARD ABOUT LIMITING PUBLIC COMMENT TO NON AGENDA ITEMS AND I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT OF IT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A BUSINESS MEETING, THAT WE HAVE WORK THAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH. IT ALSO MEANS A LOT OF TIME SPENT ON IF YOU HAVE OPEN COMMENT WHERE THEY CAN SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS, THEN THAT LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO, TO ACT ON THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, VERSUS LIKE IF THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET AND WE'RE DISCUSSING BUDGET, WE CAN MAYBE LIKE BRING UP QUESTIONS OR OTHER THINGS TO ASK. SO I DO HAVE SOME IDEAS THAT STILL RESPECTS THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING. AND THAT IS THE BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH, BUT ALSO ALLOWS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. AND EITHER OTHER SPACES. SO MAYBE IT MIGHT BE A TWO WAY COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE QUESTION OR SOMETHING ELSE. I KNOW THIS I DON'T KNOW. I'M GOING TO STOP THERE AS AMY. STAY SILENT. SO MY, PROBABLY THE ONE THAT I LIKE THE MOST IS THE IDEA OF LIKE A COMMUNITY FORUM. DURING I, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE IN THAT SESSION WITH ME, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GO TO THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE THIS LAST WEEKEND AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO LEARN FROM SO MANY OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND ONE DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR HAD THESE COMMUNITY FORUMS AS AN OPTION VERSUS HAVING OPEN COMMENT TO ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS AND IN THEIR CASE, AND WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO, YOU KNOW, CHECK WITH CINDY BEFORE SHE HAS A HEART ATTACK OR, OR WHATEVER. BUT IN THEIR CASE, THEY HAD EVERYBODY THERE, JUST LIKE A BOARD MEETING. AND PEOPLE CAME UP AND SPOKE. THEY HAD THEIR TWO MINUTES. THERE WAS RULES ASSOCIATED WITH IT, BUT. AND THEN THE BOARD DID NOT DISCUSS IT. THE BOARD DID NOT DO ANYTHING. IT WAS JUST LISTENING. SO VERY SIMILAR TO OUR OPEN OUR OUR COMMENTS NOW, EXCEPT THAT IT COULD BE OVER NON AGENDA ITEMS. AND I, I, I'M OPEN TO THAT, BUT I'M ALSO OPEN TO DOING IT THROUGH THE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE AND LOOKING AT IT WHERE IT'S JUST THE THREE TRUSTEES THAT SIT ON THAT COMMITTEE. AND IT PROVIDES THAT I THINK THERE IS IMPORTANCE IN HAVING IT PUBLIC. WE HAVE LET'S TALK, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ANSWERS TO PEOPLE AND DIRECT THEM IN THE RIGHT WAY, BUT IT DOESN'T HOLD THE LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT A PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATION PEOPLE, I THINK, IN OUR COMMUNITY WOULD FEEL. AND SO I DO THINK THAT IT IS HAVING SOME SORT OF PUBLIC OPTION IS PROBABLY WHAT [03:05:10] OUR COMMUNITY WANTS, BUT STILL BEING RESPECTFUL OF OUR GENERAL MEETINGS. TRUSTEE WEIR HAS A QUESTION. ARE YOU READY TO STOP THERE OR DO YOU WANT TO GIVE MORE IDEAS? I WOULD LOVE MORE IDEAS. OKAY. I HAVE MORE THAN A QUESTION. WELL, I, AND I APPRECIATE THAT AT A NATIONAL CONFERENCE, PEOPLE FROM OTHER STATES ARE ABLE TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY. I DON'T KNOW IF CINDY HAD A HEART ATTACK WHEN YOU SAID ALL SEVEN OF US IN A MEETING. THAT'S NOT A MEETING. THAT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE COMMENT. I, I WON'T EVEN ASK FOR LEGAL ADVICE. I'LL SAY, NO, WE SHOULD NOT EVER DO THAT. THAT IS NOT GOOD POLICY. ALSO I PERSONALLY. WELL, YOU COULD WAIT A YEAR AND THEN I WON'T BE HERE AND THEN YOU COULD BRING BACK PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANYTHING. AND I WON'T BE ABLE TO VOTE NO ON IT, BUT IT IS TOO MUCH FOR A BUSINESS MEETING. I MEAN, THIS IS A BUSINESS MEETING AND I WILL JUST SAY WHEN IT GETS TO BE 11:00 MIDNIGHT, 1 A.M., YOU CAN'T HAVE THESE TYPES OF DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, YOU'RE JUST DEAD. AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO US AS VOLUNTEERS. SO I IT'S NOT FAIR TO STAFF. IT'S NOT FAIR TO ANYBODY AND ANYBODY TRYING TO EVEN WATCH AND SEE THAT WAS INTERESTED IN WHAT THE BUSINESS WAS VERSUS ALL THE RANDOM COMMENTS THAT THEY DID NOT CARE ABOUT FOR HOURS AND HOURS. IT'S IT'S REALLY NOT FAIR. SO I, I DO THINK WE USED TO ACTUALLY, WHEN WE HAD DIFFERENT COMMITTEES, WHEN AMBER AND I WERE FIRST ON AND WE HAD A POLICY COMMITTEE AND WE HAD A BUDGET COMMITTEE THAT WERE JUST THREE TRUSTEES. WE WOULD STILL PUBLISH IT LIKE A MEETING, AND PEOPLE COULD COME AND WE WOULD BROADCAST IT. AND I MEAN, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD WANTED, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING MAYBE THE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE COULD DO WITH JUST THREE OF US THAT WE COULD PUBLISH. I MEAN, THAT'S STILL STAFF TIME TO HAVE TO BROADCAST IT AND BE HERE IN AN EVENING OR I MEAN, THE FORUMS, THE FORUMS WOULD WORK TOO. I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S GREAT. I MEAN, I KNOW PEOPLE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO US AND I, AND I KNOW THAT MOST OF US, ALL OF US ON THE DAIS WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM. BUT I DO FEEL LIKE IT HAS TO BE SEPARATE FROM OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. TRUSTEE. KARA. YEAH. WHEN WE WENT TO THIS PAST WEEKEND TO SAN ANTONIO I SAT WITH TRUSTEE ROSS THERE AND THEY DID HAVE A A SEPARATE MEETING FOR THIS WHERE THERE IS IT WAS HELD AT A A VENUE LIKE THIS OR GOING TO THE CAMPUSES. AND JUST TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY, GET THEIR FEEDBACK AND THINGS LIKE THAT. MY BIGGEST THING THERE IS TRUSTEE ROSS TO THE POINT OF STAFF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO BE HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR FOR THEM. WELL, AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, ARE WE JUST TALKING ONCE A QUARTER? ARE WE TALKING TWICE A YEAR? I MEAN, THAT'S A VERY DIFFERENT THING THAN ONCE A MONTH ASKING STAFF TO COME IN ALSO. YEAH. AND I, I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE BROADCASTED. IF THE INTENT IS TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD VERSUS YOUR INTENT IS TO BE ABLE TO STREAM ON THE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY CAN RECORD THEMSELVES, I GUESS ANYWAY, BUT I THINK IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE BROADCASTED. I THINK WE DO NEED TO BE RESPECTFUL OF STAFF TIME. IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSS AND WE MOVE FORWARD ON, THEN WE CAN SET UP THOSE LIMITATIONS. AND MAYBE, AND I DON'T KNOW AGAIN, WHAT STATE LAW WILL ALLOW US TO DO, BUT MAYBE IT GOES BEYOND JUST THE TWO MINUTES. MAYBE IT'S TWO MINUTES AND THE MEETING CAN ONLY BE TWO HOURS OR WHATEVER IT IS. I WOULD ALSO JUST ASSUME, YOU KNOW, ONCE A QUARTER BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LET'S TALK OR EVEN IF IT'S JUST TWICE A YEAR, BUT WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LET'S TALK THAT IS REPORTED ON FROM THE DISTRICT TO US. SO THAT IS A PUBLIC METHOD. BUT THEN ALSO WE HAVE OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS WHERE THEY CAN TALK ON, ON AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE COVER A LOT OF THINGS OVER AGENDA AND OUR COMMUNITY FINDS CREATIVE WAYS OF TOUCHING EVERYTHING TO, YOU KNOW, THOSE AGENDA ITEMS AS WELL. SO IT'S GREAT. AND STATE LAW, IF IT'S NOT A MEETING, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE OUR LIMITATIONS ON WHAT THEY CAN SPEAK ON. [03:10:03] THEY HAVE TO BE GIVEN A MINUTE IF IT'S ON THE AGENDA. BUT IF IT'S IF THERE'S NOT AN AGENDA, IF IT'S AN OPEN FORUM, THEN WE WOULD NEED TO PUT IN HOW MANY MINUTES WE'RE GOING TO LET PEOPLE SPEAK BECAUSE. RIGHT. I'M ON THE TWO WAY COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW. SO SO MY QUESTION TO YOU ALL IS, I FEEL LIKE IT'S A LARGER DISCUSSION THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT. BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT EITHER WE WANT TO JUST BRING BACK TO THE FULL BOARD AS AN AGENDA ITEM OR TOSS THAT OVER TO THE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE TO NOODLE ON AND MAYBE COME BACK WITH SOME IDEAS. I MEAN, IF THERE'S CONSENSUS TO LOOK AT ONE OF THOSE TWO OPTIONS VERSUS PUTTING IT IN TONIGHT, THEN WE CAN MOVE ON. AND THEN YOU CAN POTENTIALLY WOULD IT FIT WITHIN THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN IN THE DESCRIPTION? I MEAN, SO THE DESCRIPTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO, I'M JUMPING AHEAD NOW TO PAGE 20. BUT YOU KNOW, THE COMMITTEE ENSURES MULTIPLE FORMS OF TWO WAY COMMUNICATION TO ENGAGE IN POWER AND CONNECT STUDENTS, FAMILIES, STAFF AND COMMUNITY WITH THE DISTRICT. I MEAN IT, I MEAN, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE, MELISSA, YOU WANT TO PUT SOMETHING IN WRITING. SO MAYBE THAT'S WHERE WE COULD JUST ADD, IF YOU WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE OF SENTENCES, YOU KNOW, TO, TO ALLOW, WELL, MAYBE WE'LL THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE THAT'S PAGE 20. SO WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO GET THERE, BUT WE COULD ADD A SENTENCE THAT SAID FOR OFF TOPIC AGENDAS SPECIFICALLY SO THAT WE KNOW THAT'S A FOCUS OF THAT COMMITTEE. OKAY. I MEAN, I DO HAVE OTHER OPTIONS, BUT I THINK THAT THIS MIGHT BE THE ONLY THING I COULD GET. THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE WE CAN ALL TALK ABOUT IT. SO YEAH, BRING THEM ON. AMY ABSTAINED ON TIME LIMIT. SO, I MEAN, WE COULD LOOK AT ASYNCHRONOUS PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT HAVE THAT PART AS A PUBLIC RECORD. WE COULD DO SOMETHING THAT'S SPECIFIC TO STUDENTS ALLOWING STUDENTS OR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO WE COULD ROTATE OUT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, ONCE A QUARTER AT A GENERAL MEETING, THEY COULD. BUT AGAIN, THAT KIND OF GOES BACK TO GENERAL MEETINGS. I FEEL LIKE THOSE ARE KIND OF THE, I HAVE OTHERS, BUT THOSE ARE MORE, I FEEL LIKE WHEN PEOPLE WANT, THEY WANT TO COME IN PERSON, LIKE I WOULD RATHER DO A FORUM THAN SOMETHING ASYNCHRONOUS OR SOMETHING RECORDED, BECAUSE EVEN IF IT'S PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD THAT WE COULD POST SOMEWHERE THAT'S NOT THAT DIFFERENT FROM LET'S TALK. SO I FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, WE SHOULD NOT DO IT IN A REGULAR BOARD MEETING, BUT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO FACE TO FACE IN PERSON. SO, WHEN WE GET TO PAGE 20, MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT ADDING IN SOME LINES OF WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THAT COMMITTEE IS, AND THEN THAT COMMITTEE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD, IS WHAT I'M HEARING. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT ABOUT THIS. AND SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M HEARING ABOUT THESE OPTIONS THAT YOU'RE BRINGING FORWARD, JUST ONE MORE THING TO THINK ABOUT IS POSSIBLY AT A NON REGULAR BOARD MEETING, SINCE THOSE MEETINGS DON'T GO UNTIL TEN, 11, ALMOST MIDNIGHT AT TIMES ADDING IT TO A NON REGULAR BOARD MEETING BECAUSE WE ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE TWO MEETINGS A MONTH. AND IF YOU IF YOU HAD TWO HOURS OF PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE HEARD A GRIEVANCE, IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE MANAGEABLE BECAUSE A GRIEVANCE IS AN HOUR LONG. I WOULD BE, I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT ADDING ADDITIONAL MEETINGS BECAUSE THAT DOES REQUIRE STAFF, BUT IT ALSO REQUIRES, YOU KNOW, OUR POLICE FORCE TO BE HERE. LIKE THERE'S, THERE'S EXPENSES THAT GO WITH ADDING ADDITIONAL MEETINGS AS WELL. AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SUCH TIGHT BUDGET TIMES, I WOULD REALLY WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT HOW CAN WE INCORPORATE IT INTO OUR CURRENTLY EXISTING STRUCTURES SO THAT IT DOES NOT INCUR ADDITIONAL COST FOR THE DISTRICT? SO I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE A WAY THAT YOU COULD INCORPORATE IT IN A NON REGULAR BOARD MEETING SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH WHEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, OUR GRIEVANCE MEETING SCHEDULED THAT WE WILL ALLOW TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON OFF TOPIC AGENDA. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER IDEA TO THINK ABOUT. NO, I THINK THAT THAT'S I THINK THERE WAS A VERY SPECIFIC REASON WHY WE CHANGED TO NO OFF TOPIC. RIGHT. I STILL STAND BEHIND THAT. I THINK IT WAS A REALLY GOOD DECISION. WE ARE VOLUNTEERS AND IT'S YOU, WE ARE HAVING TO MAKE BUSINESS DECISIONS AND WE CAN'T PUSH OFF THE BUSINESS OF THE DISTRICT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT'S NOT RELATED TO THE BUSINESS. AND I THINK THAT LET'S TALK HAS WORKED BEAUTIFULLY. I MEAN, I THINK THE BUSSES IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW PEOPLE ENGAGE THROUGH LET'S TALK AND IT IN INCORPORATED ANOTHER WHOLE NOTHER BEHIND THE SCENES PROCESS. [03:15:05] SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT I AM INCREDIBLY IN FAVOR OF ADDING IT, BUT IF THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER OPTION TO LOOK AT OUR NON REGULAR BOARD MEETING FOR THE MONTH, PICK ONE A QUARTER EVERY OTHER MONTH, WHATEVER. BUT THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION TO THINK ABOUT. JUST REMINDING. IF WE DO GO WITH THAT SORT OF OPTION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR LOCAL POLICIES. AND THAT'LL MAKE THEM AN EX POLICY. BUT I'M JUST WANT US NOT TO, TO LOSE SIGHT OF THAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IN OUR LOCAL POLICIES, WE SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT WE DO NOT TAKE ANY OFF ANY OFF COMMENT. OFF AGENDA COMMENTS. SO I GUESS IT'S JUST THINKING WHAT AMBER JUST SAID. WHAT WOULD BE, I GUESS, THE BOARD'S THOUGHTS ON DO WE MOVE INTO THAT THING? BECAUSE THEN THAT WOULD BE HANDLED HERE AND THEN HANDLED IN POLICY, OR DO WE JUST KICK IT OFF TO TWO WAY COMMUNICATION? WE'LL WORRY ABOUT THAT ON PAGE 20 AND WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT AS COMMITTEES. I THINK IT IS A BIGGER DISCUSSION THAN JUST TONIGHT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE AS ANOTHER THING TO BE THINKING ABOUT. AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH DECISION MAKING. OKAY. Y'ALL KNOW I LOVE COMMITTEE WORK. SO I, I MEAN, I, I THINK IT'S PRODUCTIVE FOR THAT COMMITTEE TO COME BACK WITH OPTIONS, MORE DETAILED OPTIONS, RIGHT? AND THEN WE CAN HAVE THAT LARGER DISCUSSION AS A BOARD ABOUT HOW WE, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING AND THEN GET IT ADDED TO OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES IF THAT'S NECESSARY. BUT I THINK WE NEED MORE DETAILED OPTIONS AND PLANS TO WORK WITH FOR DISCUSSION. YES, MISS HILL. Y'ALL KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE POLICY. SO JUST GIVING YOU A HEADS UP. WE GOT A HEADS UP FROM TASB THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR THE NEXT POLICY. UPDATE 127 SOMETIME IN JUNE. SO WE WOULD PROBABLY BE BRINGING THAT TO Y'ALL IN THE AUGUST MEETING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE GO THROUGH IT FIRST TO MAKE SURE. SO JUST TIMING WISE. I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY DO SOMETHING WAY BEFORE THEN WITH THE, IF THE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE IS TASKED WITH THAT. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY, GREAT. ANYTHING ELSE, TRUSTEE ROSS? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. MOVING ON TO PAGE EIGHT. THIS IS JUST SOME FORMATTING AND THEN REMOVAL. SO WE'RE REMOVING THE QUESTIONS MUST BE DIRECTED TO THE CHAIR. YOU'LL REMEMBER WE HAD VERY SPECIFIC REASONS FOR ADDING THAT IN ORIGINALLY AND DON'T FEEL IT'S NECESSARY ANYMORE. SEE YOU'LL SEE DEBATE MUST BE DIRECTED TO THE CHAIR REMOVED. AND THEN IN BE SPECIAL RULES NUMBER THREE WE ARE TAKING OUT QUESTIONS SHALL NOT BE COUNTED AS SPEAKING TIME PROVIDED. A TRUSTEE IS MERELY ASKING A QUESTION AND NOT MAKING A COMMENT AND JUST CLEANING THAT UP, THAT IT'S THE TWO MINUTES IS TWO MINUTES. I'LL STOP THERE. DO COMMENTS QUESTIONS. OKAY, THEN THOSE WILL STAND. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO PAGE NINE. AT THE VERY BOTTOM YOU'LL SEE PROHIBITED TERMS. WE ARE REMOVING THAT ON THIS PAGE AND ADDING IT. IT'S BEEN A MINUTE. OH ADDING IT ON THE NEXT PAGE, YOU'LL SEE ON PAGE TEN. I THINK IT WAS JUST REDUNDANCY. SO WE'RE MOVING THAT OVER, I'M GOING TO MAKE THE ASSUMPTION THAT THERE ARE NO COMMENTS ON THAT. FLIPPING OVER TO PAGE 14 THIS IS WHERE WE TALK ABOUT MID-YEAR OFFICER REORGANIZATION AND A POTENTIAL ADDITION TO OUR PROCEDURES REGARDING THIS. SO THE ADDITION WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIRED POST-ELECTION ORGANIZATION, THE BOARD MAY ORGANIZE AT OTHER TIMES IF AN AGENDA ITEM TO CONSIDER DOING SO IS REQUESTED BY A TRUSTEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION I SEE ABOVE BE A MID-YEAR OFFICER REORGANIZATION INVOLVING THE BOARD PRESIDENT REQUIRES A UNANIMOUS VOTE BY THE BOARD. AN ALTERNATIVE IS TO JUST REFERENCE POLICY BECAUSE WE DO ALREADY HAVE POLICY FOR OFFICER REORGANIZATIONS. AND UNDER THAT POLICY A MID-YEAR REORG CAN BE REQUESTED AT ANY TIME AS AN AGENDA REQUEST. AND THOSE ARE ALREADY CODIFIED AND LET'S SEE, I WROTE IT DOWN. YEAH, BDAA LEGAL. SO THAT'S JUST AN ALTERNATIVE THAT IT'S THAT ALREADY DOES EXIST AND ANYONE CAN DO THAT AT ANY TIME. I KNOW THERE WAS CONCERN THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE WANTING TO REMOVE THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND THE BOARD PRESIDENT SAYS, I'M NOT GOING TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. I MEAN, THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR THAT. I DO THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE RARE THAT THAT'S THE CASE. [03:20:03] I THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A PROCESS FOR ELECTING BOARD OFFICERS. WE DO THAT ONCE A YEAR. SO IF THE BOARD PRESIDENT ISN'T DOING THE JOB YOU WANT OR YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S A CHANGE, WE ALREADY HAVE IT WRITTEN IN TO DO THAT PER YEAR. I MEAN, YOUR ELECTED OFFICERS ARE ELECTED BY THEIR PEERS FOR A REASON. AND IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, WE RESPECT THAT PROCESS FOR ALL OFFICERS AND THEN ALSO REFERENCE THE POLICY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. BUT I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. YES PLEASE. TO START WITH. NO, IT'S NOT COMING. OH, IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY IN HERE. GO AHEAD. OKAY, SO MY FIRST THING IS ON THE PAGE THAT'S ON THE SCREEN. WE STILL HAVE THAT CAMPAIGNING FOR OFFICE UNDER REORGANIZATION. THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT FITS THERE. IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE THAT'S ON THE SCREEN. IT SAYS IT'S PAGE 14 OF 27. AND SO THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE. THAT DEFINITELY DOESN'T FIT UNDER BOARD REORGANIZATION. DO YOU SEE THAT? IT'S ON THE COPY I PRINTED OFF. THAT'S NOT ON THE COPY THAT I HAD. MY NUMBERS ARE NOT LINING UP WITH WHATEVER YOU'RE READING FROM, BY THE WAY. OH, I'M SO SORRY. ARE YOU READING FROM THE RED LINE VERSION? YES. MY NUMBERS DON'T LINE UP WITH YOURS. I DON'T KNOW WHY. I'VE GOT MY NOTES IN HERE, BUT THANK YOU. SO IT JUST SAYS BOARD RE-ORG AND THEN IT'S CAMPAIGNING FOR OFFICE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR BOARD OFFICERS. OKAY. WAS THAT A CHANGE OR DID WE? WE HAD ASKED TO MOVE IT. SAID IT DIDN'T FIT THERE AND THAT THERE IS ANOTHER SECTION LATER TALKING ABOUT CAMPAIGNING FOR OFFICE. OKAY. SO I THINK THAT THAT THAT'S AN EASY CHANGE. YEAH. THAT'S MOVING UNDER THE APPROPRIATE SECTION. I'M SORRY THAT MY STUFF. IS IT STILL OKAY FOR Y'ALL TO FOLLOW WHAT I'M SAYING? ISH. IS IT HARD? YES. OKAY. ALL I CAN TELL YOU WHAT PAGE IS. OKAY. AND THEN ON PAGE 16, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MID-YEAR OFFICER REORGANIZATION ON PART B, IT SAYS THAT A MID-YEAR OFFICER REORGANIZATION INVOLVING THE BOARD PRESIDENT REQUIRES A UNANIMOUS VOTE BY THE BOARD. NOTHING ELSE EVER REQUIRES A UNANIMOUS VOTE, NOT A BUDGET, NOT A NOTHING. AND SO THAT SEEMS KIND OF OVERKILL TO REQUIRE A UNANIMOUS VOTE. AND IT DOESN'T EVEN SAY THAT THE BOARD PRESIDENT. SO THAT SEEMS REAL STRENUOUS TO REQUIRE A UNANIMOUS VOTE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM. NO, I MEAN, I'M ALL FOR THE ALTERNATIVE. THAT JUST REFERENCES OUR POLICY BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS AN AGENDA ITEM AT ANY TIME. OKAY. THEN I'M THEN I SAY WE ELIMINATE BE ON THAT. OKAY. AND JUST PUT IN THAT ALTERNATIVE FOR THE REFERENCE. YEAH. YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT. OKAY. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THE UNANIMOUS VOTE CAME FROM LIKE THAT. WE DON'T REQUIRE ANYTHING IN BOARD SERVICE THAT REQUIRES A UNANIMOUS NOT EVEN GOING FOR A TAX INCREASE. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. MY NEXT CHANGES, BUT LET ME REFERENCE WHAT MELISSA BOARD GO TO BOARD DEVELOPMENT. HOW ABOUT THAT BOARD DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. PAGE 17 FOR Y'ALL. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS WHERE WE TALK ABOUT TRAINING AND SETTING OUR ALLOTMENTS. OKAY, SO IN MAY OF EACH YEAR, THE BOARD. THE BOARD WILL SET. THIS IS THE SUGGESTION. BASED ON OUR CONVERSATION. THE BOARD WILL SET AN ALLOTMENT PER TRUSTEE FOR TRAINING, TRUSTEE TRAINING AND ORIENTATION, WHICH WILL BE BASED ON THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET FOR THE YEAR. AN ALTERNATIVE TO THAT IS IN MAY OF EACH YEAR, THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET FOR THE YEAR, AND THE BOARD PRESIDENT WILL SET AN ALLOTMENT PER TRUSTEE FOR TRAINING AND ORIENTATION, WHICH WILL BE BASED ON THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET FOR THE YEAR. IF A DISTRICT IF A TRUSTEE IS UP FOR ELECTION, THE BOARD WILL NOT APPROVE TRUSTEE TRAINING THAT IS SCHEDULED THREE MONTHS BEFORE AN ELECTION. IF YOU GO DOWN A LITTLE FURTHER, WE REMOVE FOR OUT OF STATE TRAINING, WE REMOVE AND HAVE AT LEAST ONE BOARD OFFICER ATTEND THE ENTIRE EVENT WITH A TRUSTEE. AND THEN THE BOARD WILL NOT APPROVE OUT OF STATE TRAVEL IF A TRUSTEE IS RUNNING FOR ELECTION IN A REELECTION YEAR FOR A NATIONAL CONFERENCE. AND THEN RIGHT UNDERNEATH THAT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TACITUS. WINTER GOVERNANCE AND SUMMER LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES FOR ALL BOARD TRAINING AND ORIENTATION. TRUSTEE SHALL SUBMIT A LIST OF SESSIONS ATTENDED BY THE TRUSTEE TO THE BOARD AND SO ON. OKAY, I'LL PAUSE THERE. TRUSTEE LANDRUM SO THIS REALLY FEELS LIKE IT'S BEING MICROMANAGED. INSTEAD OF JUST ALLOWING TRUSTEES A BUDGET TO ALLOCATE HOW THEY BEST SEE FIT, LIKE THE ONLY TWO CONFERENCES I CAN ATTEND THIS YEAR IS THE ONE THAT [03:25:04] WE JUST WENT TO, WHICH FOR THOSE THAT JUST ATTENDED, THERE WAS VERY FEW SESSIONS THAT WERE ACTUALLY APPROVED BY TEA BECAUSE THE NEW RULING THAT YOU HAVE TO GO TO A TEA APPROVED PROVIDER. AND SO, AND THEN THE ONE IN TACITUS IN SEPTEMBER, BECAUSE I'M TRAVELING THIS SUMMER AND I CAN'T MAKE IT TO SUMMER LEADERSHIP. AND SO WITH THESE RULES, I'VE SAVED ALL MY TRAVEL BUDGET, I'VE SAVED MY TRAINING BUDGET, AND NOW I CAN'T EVEN GO TO GET MY REQUIRED TRAINING IN SEPTEMBER OR WHENEVER IT IS. BECAUSE OF THIS, LIKE JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE MICROMANAGE PIECE IS THE NOT BEING ABLE TO GO. IF YOU'RE ALL OF IT, LIKE, NO, OUT OF STATE TRAINING WILL BE APPROVED UNLESS IT'S APPROVED BY THE BOARD, THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO BRING THAT AGENDA ITEM TO THE BOARD, AND THE WHOLE BOARD HAS TO VOTE ON WHETHER A TRUSTEE CAN ATTEND AN OUT OF STATE TRAINING, WHEN THEY MAY HAVE SAVED THEIR WHOLE TRAINING BUDGET BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GO TO A FEDERAL CONFERENCE AT THE, YOU KNOW, IN DC BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT. SO THIS WHOLE SECTION FEELS REALLY KIND OF MICROMANAGING IS WE'RE ALL ADULTS. IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TRAINING BUDGET, WE KNOW THAT OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE THAT TEA SETS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE AND YOU NEED TO GET THEM IN YOUR CALENDAR OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE TRAINING BUDGET YEAR, I THINK IT'S OCTOBER TO OCTOBER. I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH. ON MANAGING OUR BUDGETS. I DO, I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF A BUDGET, BUT ALL THIS OTHER STUFF OF IT WILL NOT BE APPROVED UNLESS IT GOES TO THE WHOLE BOARD. IF THEY'RE UP FOR ELECTION, THEY CAN'T GO LIKE THERE'S JUST A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF RULES HERE THAT'S MICROMANAGING ADULTS TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. WELL, AND I WILL SAY, I THOUGHT THAT WE TOOK OUT ACTUALLY IN A PREVIOUS, NOT THIS TIME, BUT PREVIOUS ITERATION. NOW THAT I'M READING IT, THE APPROVAL FOR OUT OF STATE TRAINING, BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T DO THAT THIS TIME. AND I THOUGHT WE HAD TAKEN THAT OUT, BUT OKAY. I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO. TRUSTEE. WEIR. WELL, I, I WAS THE ONE THAT SUGGESTED THE THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTION, BUT I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE AFTER WE HAD OUR DISCUSSION AND I THINK EVERYTHING WAS ADDED IN. OKAY. BASED ON THE DISCUSSION. AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE HERE WHAT WE WANT TO TAKE OUT AND WHAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. I, SO, I MEAN, I, FEEL LIKE THAT SHOULD PROBABLY GO AWAY SINCE I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT FELT STRONGLY ABOUT THAT. THOUGH I WILL SAY I SORT OF DISAGREE ABOUT THE OUT OF STATE. AND I, BECAUSE I MEAN, THAT'S BEEN PART OF THE POLICY FOR A WHILE. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T DO IT THIS LAST TIME. BUT THAT THAT'S A BIG EXPENSE. AND YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO EXPENSIVE THAT YOU CAN'T DO IT, BUT IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT TO YOU. I MEAN, CAN THE BOARD THEN APPROVE IT WHEN IT'S OVER YOUR BUDGET? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S THERE ARE GOING TO BE TIMES WHERE MAYBE YOU WANT TO GO TO TACITUS AND THEN THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE YOU REALLY WANT TO GO TO. AND IF YOU CAN BRING IT TO THE BOARD AND IT IS IMPORTANT, THE BOARD COULD APPROVE IT, EVEN IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, MAYBE OUTSIDE YOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS OR $1,500, WHATEVER OUR BUDGET IS FOR TRAINING. I DON'T KNOW. TO ME THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE SUCH A BAD THING. IT NEEDS TO ACTUALLY BE FOLLOWED. BUT THEN I GUESS MY QUESTION TO YOU IS FOR THE ALTERNATIVE IN THE VERY BEGINNING, IN MAY OF EACH YEAR, THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS. SO WHAT YOUR, WHAT THAT WAS PROPOSING, I THINK, IS THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY DISCUSS IT HERE ON THE DAIS AND KIND OF COME UP WITH THAT. AND SO EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS THE BOARD PRESIDENT WILL SET AN ALLOTMENT, WE WOULD ACTUALLY KIND OF BE SETTING THAT TOGETHER IF WE USE THE ALTERNATIVE. YES. SO THAT'S THE IDEA JUST FOR CONSISTENCY, BECAUSE THE BOARD PRESIDENT DOES HAVE MAKE ALL OTHER DECISIONS REGARDING THE BUDGET, LIKE, YOU KNOW, APPROVES INVOICES AND THINGS FROM LEGAL COUNSEL. AND JUST FOR CONSISTENCY, KEEPING THAT WITH THE BOARD PRESIDENT, BUT ALSO ACCEPTING THE THE SUGGESTION THAT WE AS A BOARD, NUMBER ONE, LOOK AT OUR BOARD BUDGET TOGETHER SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND THEN UP HERE ON THE DAIS HAVE THAT DISCUSSION OF WHAT WE THINK THAT ALLOTMENT SHOULD BE ULTIMATELY. AND THEN THE PRESIDENT TAKES THAT AND MAKES TAKES THAT INPUT AND MAKES THAT DECISION, BECAUSE WE ALSO COULD HAVE DIFFERING INPUT ON WHAT THAT SHOULD LOOK LIKE. BUT ALSO AN AGREEMENT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TOGETHER. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT ALTERNATIVE KIND OF TAKES THOSE TWO VIEWPOINTS AND PUTS THEM TOGETHER. AND THEN, AND TO YOUR POINT ABOUT OUT OF STATE TRAINING, I CAN SEE BOTH SIDES. [03:30:01] I THINK SETTING THE ALLOTMENT, THOUGH, HELPS SOLVE THAT PROBLEM OF HAVING TO APPROVE OUT OF STATE TRAVEL BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A LARGE EXPENSE. AND IF YOU MAKE THAT DECISION, IT IS GOING TO LIMIT WHERE ELSE YOU GO. SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS. SO I THINK THAT KIND OF NEGATES HAVING TO GET THAT APPROVAL BECAUSE OF THE LARGE EXPENSE. AS LONG AS IT FITS WITHIN THAT ALLOTMENT WE CAN STRIKE OUT THE THREE MONTHS BEFORE AN ELECTION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO KNOW THAT COMPLETELY TAKES OUT TACITUS. AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE ALL DO TRY TO ATTEND TOGETHER. AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE FOR THE BOARD TO ATTEND TOGETHER. AND THEN THERE WAS ONE MORE. OH, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IN A, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT IN MAY OF EACH YEAR WE MAKE THAT DECISION ABOUT WHAT THE ALLOTMENT SHOULD LOOK LIKE. WE'VE REALIZED THIS YEAR AS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN REQUESTS FOR CONFERENCES THAT SOME OF THE PRE-REGISTRATION FOR A CONFERENCE THAT IS HAPPENING NEXT BUDGET CYCLE HAS TO BE PAID THIS BUDGET CYCLE. AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT AS WE'RE MAKING OUR DECISIONS. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS SOMETHING WE DECIDED, I THINK LAST YEAR AND HAVE BEEN A LITTLE LOOSEY GOOSEY WITH IT AS WE FIGURE IT OUT. I THINK AS LONG AS WE MAKE THAT DECISION BY JUNE FOR THE NEXT YEAR, LIKE, LIKE IT ALIGNS WITH OUR BUDGET CYCLE, WE THEN THEN CAN MAKE THAT FULL YEAR DECISION ON WHAT WE WANT TO ATTEND. AND PATTY GAVE EACH OF YOU A DOCUMENT THAT HAS ALL THE PREREGISTRATION DATES ON IT. SO WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS, YOU CAN TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT OF WHAT? OH, I HAVE THEM. WE'LL PASS THEM OUT. BUT YOU CAN YOU CAN TAKE THOSE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN YOU'RE MAKING YOUR DECISIONS. OH, I'M GOING TO GO NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, BUT I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR OR WHATEVER. SO I MEAN, WE CAN KEEP IT AT MEH OR WE CAN JUST SAY AT LEAST BY JUNE OF EACH YEAR WE MAKE THAT DECISION AS A BOARD. I THINK MAY MAYBE DOING IT IN MAY MIGHT BE A LITTLE FAST THIS TIME AROUND. SO IF WE COULD DO THE JUNE TIME FRAME, JUST ME THINKING AHEAD, KNOWING WHAT'S COMING ON AGENDAS. I THINK THAT WOULD BE BETTER. AND MAY IS SO PACKED WITH A LOT OF THINGS. CAN WE JUST SAY BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR? SURE. BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS. YEAH. AND THAT WAY A. WE CAN BE FLEXIBLE. AND THEN YOU'RE SAYING, STRIKE THE THREE MONTHS AND THEN STRIKE THE OUT OF STATE TRAINING AND THEN TAKE THAT TAKE. YEAH. TAKE THE ALTERNATIVE SUGGESTION FOR A. SO THE ONLY ISSUE I HAVE. WELL, I ACTUALLY LIKE THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD WILL SET THE ALLOTMENT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A BOARD'S DECISION. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT BECAUSE IT'S HOW THEY'RE USING THE TRAINING BUDGETS. BUT IF WE GO WITH THE ALTERNATIVE RATHER THAN THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET, BECAUSE WE DID THAT TONIGHT. WE DISCUSSED THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET SHOULD BE BOARD BUDGET. OKAY. YEAH, WE NEED TO DISCUSS THE BOARD'S BUDGET. BUT I LIKE THE ORIGINAL WORDING THAT IT'S THE BOARD'S DECISION ON WHAT THE TRAINING ALLOTMENT IS. AND IT CAN BE A SHORT DISCUSSION, BUT I THINK THAT THE BOARD SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN DECIDING WHAT WHAT THE TRAINING BUDGET IS. TRUSTEE. CLARIFICATION SO IS THE ALLOTMENT MY PLACE TRUSTEE PLACE? OR IS IT BY TRUSTEE INDIVIDUALLY? SO LET'S LET'S SAY IN AN ELECTION YEAR I TAKE ALL MY REQUIREMENTS, WHATEVER, SINCE IT GOES FROM OCTOBER TO OCTOBER THAT NEW IN AND I DON'T SOMEBODY REPLACES ME WILL THAT NEW PERSON WILL BE GIVEN WHATEVER IS REMAINING UNDER MY PLACE. I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. AND THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE FAIR TO DO THAT TO SOMEONE NEW COMING ON THE BOARD, BECAUSE THEN THEY WOULDN'T BE AFFORDED THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS EVERYONE ELSE. SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW TO WORD THAT. I JUST DO. YEAH, I THINK WE JUST DO TRUSTEE ALLOTMENT. IF WE JUST PUT TRUSTEE RIGHT. MICHELLE, THEN THAT WOULD SOLVE THAT ISSUE. BUT IF WE IF WE SPLIT UP THE ENTIRE BUDGET, IT'S BY PLACE. IT'S NOT BY TRUSTEE. RIGHT. SO IF WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY AND WE DIVIDE IT BY SEVEN AND I. AND THAT IS THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN INTO THE BUDGET IS BY PLACE. SO IF I SPEND SOME OF IT, AND I MEAN, I'M NOT GOING TO BECAUSE I'M NOT DOING ANY TRAINING. SO WE YOU'RE SO KIND. I ACTUALLY, WE DON'T HAVE A SEPARATE BUCKET FOR EACH TRUSTEE. IT IS JUST A BOARD'S BUDGET. IT'S JUST AN INTERNAL MONITORING. WE DO NOW WE HAVE IT DIVIDED OUT BECAUSE SINCE WE PUT IN THE ALLOTMENTS, IT IS IT IS A BUCKET. BUT WE DO HAVE IT. WE DO HAVE IT DIVIDED OUT. I'M LOOKING TO OUR CFO BECAUSE HE SAID THAT IT IS NOT SEPARATE. IT IS ALL ONE BUCKET. IT IS ONE BUCKET. DO YOU WANT TO DO YOU WANT TO? [03:35:02] YEAH. SO FOR THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR, BECAUSE WE ARE WE ARE ON THE BUDGET CYCLE RIGHT NOW FOR THE 26, 27 SCHOOL YEAR OR TWO. WE ALREADY WE'RE ALREADY WE'RE ALREADY LIKE ASSIGNED, YOU KNOW, PLACE ONE ALL THE WAY TO SEVEN. AND SO THE ONCE THE BOARD, I GUESS, DECIDE WHAT THE AMOUNT WILL BE, WE'LL ASSIGN EXACTLY THE SAME WHATEVER AMOUNT PER PER PLACE. YEAH, BUT I'M SORRY. YEAH, BUT THAT WOULD MEAN WE CAN. I'M SORRY. NO, NO, NO, I CAN ALWAYS TRACK LIKE, LET'S SAY HYPOTHETICALLY. RIGHT. SOMEBODY RIGHT LEAVES. RIGHT. WE CAN TRACK HOW MUCH LIKE THAT PERSON SPENT SO FAR. AND THEN WE COME BACK AND SAID, OKAY, THAT THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS SPENT, BUT THE FORMER BOARD MEMBER, WE SHOULD NOT GO AGAINST THE NEW BOARD MEMBER WHO JUST GOT, I GUESS, REELECTED OR ELECTED. SORRY, BUT THAT YOU'LL REQUIRE LANGUAGE FOR THAT. RIGHT. AND THE WAY IT'S I THINK THAT CAN ALSO BE HANDLED IF AND WHEN THAT SITUATION HAPPENS, YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S BEEN SPENT AND THEN YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, DO DO WE WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA? DO WE NEED TO ADJUST THAT BASED ON THE SITUATION, SO IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE ON IN THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. OKAY. AND THAT WAS MY QUESTION TOO. AND THERE ARE THERE IS FUNDING THAT CAN BE MOVED AROUND AS WELL, RIGHT? TO MAKE SURE IF SOMEONE NEW COMES ON, THEY'RE AFFORDED THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES. BUT MY QUESTION IS, WOULD WE NEED TO ADD THAT LANGUAGE IN. BUT YOU'RE SAYING NO, WE CAN HANDLE THAT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. BUT THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION. SO THANK YOU. TRUSTEE ROSS. SO DO I REMEMBER THIS CORRECTLY? THE FORMER TRUSTEE HARRISON IS THE ONE THAT IMPLEMENTED ALL OF THIS. SO WHAT DID YOU GUYS DO BEFOREHAND BEFORE THAT? RIGHT. SO IS THAT IS THIS CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT, THAN IT'S SOLVING THE. I WILL SAY IN MY TIME AS BOARD PRESIDENT WE CHANGED OUR BUDGET COMPLETELY. SO. BECAUSE WE HAD SO MANY LEGAL FEES AND IT WAS KILLING THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET. SO WE DID GET A MUCH BIGGER POT SO THAT WE COULD TRY TO COVER OUR LEGAL FEES IN THE BOARD. BUT THE OLD BOARDS BEFORE AMBER AND I WERE ON. I MEAN, YOU HAD TO THEY VOTED ON LIKE OUT OF STATE TRAINING. THEY VOTED ON WHAT? WHAT DID WE DO? THE TRUSTEE THE THING WITH TASB. OH, YOU AND I BOTH HAVE JUST DONE IT. AND MY MIND IS COMPLETELY BLANK WHERE WE'RE MASTER TRUSTEES. YEAH. SO LEADERSHIP HAS TO BE HAD TO BE VOTED ON. ANYTHING THAT COST MONEY, HAD BIG AMOUNTS OF MONEY, HAD TO BE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD JUST DO THE TRAININGS AND TRY TO STAY WITHIN A BUDGET, BUT NOT SPLIT UP THE WAY IT IS NOW. BUT THEY DID HAVE TO GET PERMISSION. BUT THEN HONESTLY, WE GOT, WE HAVE A HUGE. WE HAVE A HUGE BUDGET BECAUSE OF OUR LEGAL FEES OR HAD. I'M SURE. YEAH, THANKFULLY, IT'S HOPEFULLY NOT THE SAME. IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT. AND SO, I MEAN, I THINK WHEN TRUSTEE HARRISON DID IT, IT WAS TO PUT SOME STRUCTURE IN IT SO THAT SOME, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T HAVING ONE TRUSTEE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, 15 OR 20 DIFFERENT TRAINING THINGS WHERE YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOUR PER DIEM AND YOU HAVE YOUR HOTEL AND YOU HAVE YOUR TRAVEL, AND THEN OTHER TRUSTEES ARE JUST GOING TO ONE AND THERE'S NO CONTROL OVER THE BUDGET. YEAH, I THINK IT WAS THE PUTTING THE STRUCTURE PIECE AROUND IT. RIGHT. AND ALWAYS THINKING OF FUTURE BOARDS. YOU MAY HAVE A BOARD AND EVERY SINGLE MEMBER IS GOOD ABOUT THAT. BUT THEN THE NEXT BOARD, YOU MAY NOT HAVE THAT. AND WHILE WE REVIEW THIS ANNUALLY, IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S NOT GOOD AT BUDGETING THEMSELVES, RIGHT, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO WRITE IT INTO THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. SO IT'S ALWAYS THINKING AHEAD TO. BUT I THINK AT THE TIME WHEN SHE TRIED TO PUT SOME OF THIS IN PLACE, IT WAS ALSO IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE'RE ASKING OUR STAFF TO DO AS WELL. AND MAKE CUTS AND REALLY THINK ABOUT THOSE HARD DECISIONS OF HOW WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY. SO IT WAS, IT WAS TO BE ALIGNED WITH OUR STAFF AS WELL. OH, I AGREE WITH THAT. I JUST THINK MAYBE THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU GET PAID THE BIG BUCKS AS, AS CHAIR, RIGHT? THAT YOU'RE THE ONE THAT MAKES THOSE DECISIONS. I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, I, I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THE IDEA OR LIKE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT LIKE THE IDEA OF LIKE, DO YOU GIFT YOUR AMOUNT IF YOU DON'T USE IT, DO YOU? I MEAN, IT JUST STARTS GETTING REALLY INTO THE WEEDS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, IF IT SOLVES THE PROBLEM OR NOT OR CAUSES MORE, I THINK ON THIS ONE, I WOULD JUST SUGGEST WE TRY IT BECAUSE IT'S, WE'VE, WE DID IT ONE YEAR AND THEN WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IT AS A BOARD. [03:40:04] SO I THINK THIS AT LEAST WILL BRING THE BOARD'S BUDGET TO THE BOARD SO WE CAN SEE IT EVEN. AND THEN NO, I THINK RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S SORT OF A NEBULOUS DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T EVEN LOOKED AT IT. WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT. AND IF YOU'RE NOT THE BOARD PRESIDENT, YOU'RE NOT SITTING THERE. AND EVEN AS THE BOARD PRESIDENT, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFERENT RECEIPTS AND DIFFERENT INVOICES AND ALL OF THAT. AND SO I THINK I MEAN, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WE SAY BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS THE BOARD'S BUDGET FOR THE YEAR, AND THEN THE BOARD PRESIDENT CAN SET THE ALLOTMENT PER TRUSTEE. BUT AT LEAST WE'LL KNOW WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM. WE'LL KNOW WHAT IT'S BASED ON, AND WE'LL BASICALLY KNOW HOW MUCH EACH ONE OF US HAS SPENT, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO POST THAT ANYWAY AT THE END. HOW MUCH EVERYBODY HAS COST TO THE DISTRICT, SO IT WILL. AT LEAST THE COMMUNITY WILL KNOW. OH, YOU ONLY HAD $5,000 AND OH, YOU ONLY SPENT A THOUSAND OR YOU SPENT HOWEVER MUCH. SO I THINK IT'S JUST A GOOD REPORTING TOOL AND WE HAVEN'T FOLLOWED IT WITH FIDELITY YET BECAUSE IT WAS NEWER TO OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. SO I AGREE WITH TRYING IT WITH FIDELITY FOR A YEAR. SEE HOW IT WORKS AND NEXT YEAR WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN DO IT ANY TIME, BUT NEXT YEAR WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WHEN WE GO THROUGH IT AGAIN. TRUSTEE QUEER. IF YOU SEND AN ALLOTMENT FOR A CALENDAR YEAR AND TO TRUSTEE YEAR, IF IF YOU DON'T USE UTILIZE THE FULL 5000, DOES THAT CARRY OVER TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR? NO. DENNIS ADDS THAT IN THE LITTLE. HE ADDS THAT 5000. INTO THE UNUSED FUNDS CATEGORY ON HIS BUDGET GETS ABSORBED. USE IT OR LOSE IT. RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANKS. AND JUST A REMINDER, AS A PERSON THAT'S REALLY BAD ABOUT SENDING THEIR REIMBURSEMENTS IN. AND PATTY'S PROBABLY GOING TO HATE ME. DO IT OR YOU'LL LOSE THAT AS WELL. SO. OR DENNIS WILL TAKE IT AS FAST AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. OKAY. I OWE TRUSTEE LANDRUM. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ON THIS PAGE ON LITTLE EYE THREE. WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE THREE CONFERENCES THE LITTLE EYE TWO IN THE LITTLE EYE THREE SAYS THAT THE, THE TRUSTEE WILL SUBMIT TO THE BOARD IN WRITING OR ORALLY PRESENT TO THE BOARD. THOSE ARE PRETTY CONTRADICTORY. AND LIKE, IF WE'RE GOING TO ORALLY PRESENTED HAS TO BE AN AGENDA ITEM. LIKE I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DO ONE OR THE OTHER. AND SO WE KNOW WHAT IT IS MOVING FORWARD. AND I AGREE WITH STRIKING THE, TO THE BOARD IN WRITING BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A GREAT MECHANISM FOR ALL OF US TO RECEIVE INFORMATION IN WRITING. AND IT REALLY TOES THAT THAT LINE RIGHT OF WALKING QUORUM. SO I WOULD SAY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ALREADY DOING WAS DOING AN ORAL REPORT. SO I THINK WE JUST STRIKE THE WRITING PART. OKAY. I JUST WANTED I, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST AS WELL, BUT IT JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. YEAH. SO DID WE DECIDE ON THE LITTLE I ONE AT THE TOP, WHICH VERSION WE'RE GOING WITH WHAT THE CONSENSUS WAS I IT SOUNDS VERSION OR THE ALTERNATIVE. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CONSENSUS WAS THE ALTERNATIVE AND THEN CHANGE. SO YOU ASK FOR CONSENSUS. I MEAN THAT I DIDN'T GET ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT NOT WANTING TO GO. I DIDN'T WANT TO. I KNOW YOU DIDN'T. DOES DOES ANYBODY ELSE PREFER THE. THE. NO, I WANT THE BOARD TO DECIDE IT WHEN WE'RE HAVING. NO IT'S NOT. WE'LL DISCUSS THE ALTERNATIVE. BUT THEN ULTIMATELY IT'S THE BOARD PRESIDENT'S DECISION BECAUSE THE ALTERNATIVE. IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE WAY THAT WE OPERATE THE BUDGET ANYWAY. BUT THEN ALSO WHAT IF WE HAVE WHAT IF WE CAN'T COME TO A CONSENSUS? WHAT IF WE HAVE DIFFERENT INPUT AND WE DON'T COME TO RULES? I MEAN, IT'S GOT TO BE A MOTION. IT'S GOT TO BE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD MAKES, A MOTION THAT THE TRUSTEE TRAINING ALLOTMENT WILL BE 4000. AND IF IT PASSES, GREAT. IF IT DOESN'T, THEN YOU MAKE ANOTHER MOTION. BUT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S CONSISTENT WITH OTHER THINGS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ANYTHING ELSE THAT THE BOARD PRESIDENT MAKES AN ALLOTMENT FOR. I MEAN, THEY SIGN OFF ON EXPENDITURES FOR LEGAL AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT THEY DON'T SET AN ALLOTMENT. THE BOARD PRESIDENT DOESN'T SET AN ALLOTMENT FOR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT THE BOARD PRESIDENT MANAGES THE BUDGET. SO IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THAT PROCESS OF MANAGING THE BUDGET. SO I MEAN, I PERSONALLY WILL STICK WITH CONSISTENCY AND THE ALTERNATIVE. BUT IF THE MAJORITY WANTS TO GO WITH THE THE OTHER VERSION I'M YOU KNOW. [03:45:03] SO WHAT ABOUT MELISSA, MICHAEL AND FABIAN? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHICH VERSION DO YOU LIKE? I PREFER THE ALTERNATIVE. WHAT THE ALTERNATIVE. ALTERNATIVE? YEAH. I DON'T KNOW, I LIKE I LIKE THE THE INITIAL ONE, NOT THE ALTERNATIVE. OH SERIOUSLY. AM I GOING TO BE I, YEAH, I WANT TO HEAR AMY'S IF POSSIBLE. WELL, I, I MEAN, I HAD ALREADY SAID I THOUGHT THE ALTERNATIVE WITH THE CHANGES THOUGH. YEAH. THE THIS TO DO THE POLL, I MEAN, BECAUSE I, I DO THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS IT, BUT I ALSO FEEL LIKE THE BOARD PRESIDENT WORKING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT. RIGHT. AND DENNIS CAN SET THOSE ALLOTMENTS AND MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS WITHOUT IT BEING SO FORMAL THAT IT HAS TO COME BACK TO A VOTE. BECAUSE WHAT IF YES, YOU KNOW, WE VOTED ON 5000 AND THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENS AND I HAVEN'T USED MINE. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO GO TO SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OVER. I MEAN, DO WE HAVE WE'D HAVE TO COME BACK FOR ANOTHER VOTE. WE'D HAVE TO PUT IT ON AN AGENDA ITEM, ALL OF THAT. SO THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE OTHER. YEAH, I, I THINK I, I AGREE, I THINK THE ALTERNATIVE IS WHAT, BUT ALSO IN HERE, WE NEVER TALK ABOUT LEADERSHIP TASB EITHER IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONTINUING EDUCATION, RIGHT? EIGHT. SO FIRST I TALK ABOUT AN ALTERNATIVE. THAT'S MY VOTE AND THEN LEADERSHIP TIME. WE CAN TALK ABOUT I DON'T THINK IT'S NAMED SPECIFICALLY, BUT WE DO TALK ABOUT MEMBERSHIPS. I WANT TO SAY IT'S INCLUDED IN THAT PART, WHICH WE WILL GET TO. OKAY. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT IT DEPENDING ON WHAT OUR ALLOTMENT IS, NO ONE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD LEADERSHIP TASB ANYMORE. RIGHT. ACTUALLY, THEY THERE'S NOW SUBSIDIES FOR LEADERSHIP. TASB. AND WHEN I DID IT LAST YEAR, THEY ARE WORKING TO TRY AND MAKE LEADERSHIP. TASB. A ZERO COST. WELL THEN NEVER MIND, BUT I KNOW I GOT AN ALLOTMENT. I GOT $1,000 ALLOTMENT TO ATTEND THIS LAST YEAR. A GIFT FROM TASB THAT THEY COVERED $1,000 OF THE EXPENSE. SO. BUT THAT'S A GOOD. IT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE 1900S WHEN YOU ATTENDED 2020 AND 2021. I THINK IT'S INCLUDED IN A DIFFERENT SECTION. WORK, BUT IF IT'S NOT, WE'LL GO BACK. BUT I THINK IT IS. OKAY. OKAY. SO, MICHELLE, YOU GOOD WITH THAT PAGE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO NEW BOARD OF TRUSTEE ORIENTATION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT PAGE IT IS FOR Y'ALL. OKAY. PAGE 19. IN THE FIRST SECTION AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF MINE IS LETTERED AND NUMBERED THE SAME WAY AS YOURS, BUT IN THE FIRST SECTION A PROVIDE THE TRUSTEE WITH THE DISTRICT ORIENTATION BOOK AS PART OF THE SAME SESSION REVIEW MATERIALS ABOUT DISTRICT OPERATIONS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM. THAT IS A REPLACEMENT FOR D, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IS COMPLETELY TAKEN OUT. WE'RE JUST MARRYING THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING THAT'S ON THE RED LINE VERSION. YEAH. WE DON'T HAVE A. IT'S DONE THREE TIMES. OH, IT'S B FOR Y'ALL. OKAY, SO IT'S B FOR Y'ALL WHERE IT SAYS THE VERY LAST LINE WHERE IT'S RED LINE. AND AS PART OF THE SAME SESSION, Y'ALL SEE THAT? OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. AND AS PART OF THE SAME SESSION REVIEW MATERIALS ABOUT DISTRICT OPERATIONS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENTS EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM IF YOU LOOK A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN, IT LOOKS LIKE A ON Y'ALL'S VERSION. THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL SCHEDULE A MEETING THAT IS TAKEN OUT AND WHAT WAS ADDED IN B REPLACES THAT LANGUAGE. AND THEN I'M GOING TO PAUSE THERE BECAUSE BOARD COMMITTEES WILL BE THAT'S A LOT MORE. AND IT GOES ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. SO REALLY IT'S JUST TIGHTENING UP WHAT THAT NEW TRUSTEE ORIENTATION LOOKS LIKE. AND I ALSO KNOW THAT MICHAEL AND MELISSA ARE DOING A LOT OF WORK ON NEW TRUSTEE ORIENTATION. AND SO THIS SECTION MAY BE SOMETHING THAT COMES BACK TO US LATER ONCE THEY PRESENT THEIR INFORMATION AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN THEIR COMMITTEE. DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY. GOING ON TO BOARD COMMITTEES. I'LL GIVE THIS BACK TO YOU IN A SECOND. I DON'T KNOW WHY MY VERSION IS DIFFERENT. YOU CAN JUST READ MY NOTES ON IT. OKAY. [03:50:06] BOARD COMMITTEES. WE SEE THE BOARD MAY FROM TIME TO TIME AS IT DEEMS NECESSARY. OKAY, SO THIS IS ALL OF OUR SAME LANGUAGE THAT WE HAD BEFORE WE ADDED IN LANGUAGE FOR OUR STANDING COMMITTEES. BECAUSE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT HOW WE KEEP CREATING THESE AD HOC COMMITTEES. AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME STANDING, LIKE WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED STANDING COMMITTEES NOW AND DIDN'T HAVE THAT WRITTEN INTO OUR OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. SO I THINK I PROVIDED ALL OF THIS LANGUAGE FOR FOUR COMMITTEES. THESE ARE ALL OF OUR STANDING COMMITTEES THAT ARE BOARD COMMITTEES. I KNOW IF YOU THINK BACK TO OUR BOARD COMMITTEES PAGE WHERE THE THE PRESIDENT ASSIGNS TRUSTEES TO EACH ONE. IT ALSO INCLUDES T, S, B, A AND THE PI FOUNDATION. I DID NOT INCLUDE THOSE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BOARD COMMITTEES AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, ONE IS A DIFFERENT BOARD AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS A MEMBERSHIP. SO I DIDN'T I DIDN'T INCLUDE THOSE. AND I'LL PAUSE THERE FOR QUESTIONS. COMMENTS. YOU'LL SEE IT'S CPC OK GOVERNMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE, TWO WAY COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE AND THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE. TRUSTEE LANDRUM. SO ON THE TOP OF PAGE 20, A COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDES ONE OR MORE BOARD MEMBERS. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU CAN HAVE A COMMITTEE WITH ONE PERSON. I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD BE TWO OR MORE, BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE IS NOT REALLY ONE PERSON. THAT'S JUST THE WAY READING IT. IT'S A COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDES ONE OR MORE BOARD MEMBERS. AND THEN MY OTHER COMMENT IS ON LETTER D, THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE. I REALLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD REFERENCE THE TAC CODE THAT REQUIRES THAT COMMITTEE, BECAUSE THAT IS A LEGALLY REQUIRED COMMITTEE. THAT'S NOT A BOARD COMMITTEE. SO WE COULD JUST SAY INSTEAD OF MANDATED BY LAW, WE COULD PUT THE CODE, WE COULD PUT THE CODE. IT'S NOT A BOARD COMMITTEE. IT'S. AND IN FACT, THE BOARD ISN'T EVEN I MEAN, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO SHARE AGENDA SETTING RESPONSIBILITY WITH THE SAFETY AND SECURITY CHIEF OF POLICE OR WHOEVER MANAGES IT, BUT IT'S NOT A BOARD COMMITTEE. AND SO THE ONLY REASON I ADDED THAT ONE IS I KNOW THE BOARD PRESIDENT BY LAW HAS TO ATTEND, BUT WE ALSO SEND ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER, WHICH IS NOT REQUIRED BY LAW. SO THAT'S WHY I ADDED THAT ONE IN THERE, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR CHOICE TO DO THAT. NO, NO, NO. THAT'S REQUIRED BY LAW TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE TO HAVE TWO. OH IT IS REQUIRED BY LAW. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE PRESIDENT. SO WE CAN TAKE THAT ONE OFF SINCE IT'S NOT A BOARD COMMITTEE. I DON'T HAVE AN OPINION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT I DO THINK THAT IF ACTUALLY I DO, IT'S NOT A BOARD COMMITTEE. IT'S REQUIRED BY TEA. SO IF EVERYONE'S OKAY WITH THAT, WE CAN JUST TAKE THAT ONE OFF. OKAY. SO WE CAN TAKE THAT ONE OFF AND THEN THE CHANGING IT FROM THE 1 TO 2 OR MORE BOARD MEMBERS IS THAT'S EASY. WHERE WOULD IT HOW BE HOUSED IF IT'S NOT HOUSED THERE? WHAT SAFETY AND SECURITY. IT'S JUST PART OF THE LAW. SO IT JUST WOULDN'T BE IN BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AT ALL. NEVER HAS BEEN. AND THEN WHERE WOULD IT IT'S IN POLICY. OKAY. IT WOULD BE IN POLICY. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT PAGE THIS IS FOR Y'ALL. LET'S SEE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE MEDIA REGARDING REGULAR BUSINESS DISTRICT. THERE WAS AN ADDITION UNDER IT'S B FOR ME, BUT YEAH, ADDITION THAT'S TRUSTEES ARE FREE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE NEWS MEDIA AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, BUT TO AVOID PUBLIC SPECULATION THAT THE TRUSTEE IS SPEAKING FOR THE BOARD, TRUSTEES MUST EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND, BEFORE SPEAKING WITH THE NEWS MEDIA, REQUIRE THAT THE NEWS MEDIA OUTLET MAKE CLEAR THAT THE TRUSTEE IS NOT SPEAKING FOR THE BOARD. I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE JUST YET, SO I'LL GIVE MY THOUGHTS. JUST MY THOUGHTS ON THIS. IT'S COMMUNICATING AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS ALREADY A FIRST AMENDMENT, RIGHT. SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY CODIFYING THE FIRST AMENDMENT, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE NECESSARILY NEED TO DO. MY OTHER CONCERN IS YOU CAN'T REALLY GUARANTEE THAT THE MEDIA WILL PROVIDE THAT CLARIFICATION OR FOLLOW WHAT WE ASK THEM TO DO. AND I THINK THIS IS ALSO ALREADY COVERED UNDER A DIFFERENT SECTION ON THE NEXT PAGE. I'LL HAVE TO FIND IT. BUT YEAH, I FEEL LIKE IT'S A LITTLE INCONSISTENT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO CODIFY THINGS THAT ALREADY EXIST AND ALSO CODIFY WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO DO BECAUSE OF WHAT WE TELL THEM TO DO. AND WE WE LITERALLY CAN'T DO THAT. SO TRUSTEE LANDRUM WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT I HAD A REAL PROBLEM WITH SAYING THAT WE REQUIRE THE NEWS MEDIA OUTLET TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WE CAN'T REQUIRE THE NEWS MEDIA OUTLET TO DO ANYTHING. I MEAN, IT'S A THIRD PARTY. SO I WOULD SAY WE DEFINITELY WOULD WANT TO STRIKE THAT PART OF IT FOR SURE. [03:55:03] BUT I THINK THAT IT'S, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING TO HAVE IN THERE. JUST TO REMIND TRUSTEES, IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK TO THE MEDIA THAT YOU DON'T SPEAK FOR THE FULL BOARD. AND I THINK I WAS THE ONE THAT SAID WE PUT THIS IN HERE BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT IN HERE, THEN YOU CAN'T HOLD TRUSTEES ACCOUNTABLE. IF THEY DO DECIDE TO SPEAK TO THE MEDIA. AND IT'S NOT, OH, WELL, WHAT AN IMPORTANT POLICY THAT SAYS, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE MEDIA AND SPEAK FOR THE WHOLE BOARD OR WHATEVER. SO I LIKE IT. BUT I WOULD TAKE OUT THE LAST HALF OF THAT LAST SENTENCE. TRUSTEE. WEIR. I AGREE THOUGH, ON THAT. I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO ADD THAT THE TRUSTEE IS TO AVOID SPECULATION. WE MIGHT WANT TO BE A LITTLE MORE CLEAR THAT THE TRUSTEE IS NOT SPEAKING FOR THE BOARD OR THE DISTRICT, NOT JUST I MEAN, THEY ARE A TRUSTEE, BUT I THINK WE WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO AVOID PUBLIC SPECULATION THAT THE TRUSTEE IS. IT'S WORDED ODDLY TO ME. BUT I, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT. OKAY. TRUSTEE ROSS. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR OUR MORE SEASONED BOARD MEMBERS SO WE CAN USE OUR TITLE. SO. BUT WE CAN'T. I MEAN, I KNOW WE CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE BOARD AND WE CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE DISTRICT 100%. BUT BUT WE CAN STILL REPRESENT OURSELVES AS, AS A TRUSTEE. SO WE CAN SAY I'M MELISSA ROSS TRUSTEE, BUT THEN, BUT JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT, I DON'T KNOW. AND THEN ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL OF THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, BEING VERY CAREFUL TO SAY I'M SPEAKING AS FOR MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I AM A TRUSTEE, BUT I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF. YOU KNOW, WE HAD AN ISSUE WHEN AMBER AND I WERE FIRST ON THE BOARD WITH ANOTHER TRUSTEE IN FRONT OF THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, TALKING ABOUT BUDGET TO MEDIA AS A TRUSTEE. AND IT CAUSED SOME PANIC BECAUSE IT LOOKED VERY OFFICIAL. RIGHT. AND, AND WE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, ALL RETAIN OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, BUT I THINK IT IS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE ON YOUR, ON FACEBOOK OR IF YOU'RE DOING VIDEOS OR ANY OF THAT. AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLEAR WHEN I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE MEDIA, MOSTLY AS BOARD PRESIDENT, BUT COORDINATING WITH THE DISTRICT, I'M GOING TO RESPOND. AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT THEY KNOW IT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION. I STILL HAVE YOU ON HERE, TRUSTEE ROSS, IS THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SPEAKER? YEAH. OKAY. DID YOU GET THE INFORMATION YOU WANTED? YEAH, YEAH, I THINK I'M GOOD. I THINK WHAT HOW THIS MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE CLUNKY IS BECAUSE OF HOW IT WAS ORIGINALLY PHRASED. THERE WAS CONCERNS THAT I HAD ABOUT YOU KNOW, NOT JUST ME. A LOT OF US GO DOWN TO THE, THE CAPITAL DURING THE LEDGE AND WILL SPEAK TO MEDIA OR WE'LL BE AT A PRESS CONFERENCE. AND IT DIDN'T. I THINK ORIGINALLY THE FIRST WORDING SOUNDED LIKE WE COULDN'T DO THAT. AND THEN I THINK IT KIND OF GOT INTO THIS THING THAT'S A LITTLE CLUNKY AND A LITTLE WEIRD. SO I FOUND WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR ON THE NEXT PAGE. WELL, IT'S THE NEXT PAGE FOR ME. SORRY, Y'ALL. IT'S UNDER THE SECTION OF BOARD COMMUNICATIONS BY EMAIL, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND OTHER ELECTRONIC METHODS. YOU SEE WHERE IT SAYS TRUSTEES USING SOCIAL MEDIA IN THEIR ROLE AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS SHOULD FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES. ONE, CLARIFY THAT THE TRUSTEE IS COMMUNICATING AS AN INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF THE BOARD AND NOT AN OFFICIAL DISTRICT SPOKESPERSON. I DON'T SEE WHY WE COULDN'T JUST USE THAT SAME LANGUAGE AND MAYBE PUT NOT AN OFFICIAL BOARD OR DISTRICT SPOKESPERSON FOR COMMUNICATIONS WITH MEDIA REGARDING DISTRICT BUSINESS. I JUST FEEL LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA IS REAL DIFFERENT THAN SPEAKING TO A MEMBER OF THE PRESS. CORRECT. BUT HOW IS THAT LANGUAGE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S WRITTEN? NO, I THINK I MEAN, I THINK WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS NOT TAKE OUT. YEAH. I'M SAYING USE THAT SAME LANGUAGE. UNDER. UNDER AND MOVE IT. HAVE IT TWICE. HAVE WHICH THE CLARIFIED THAT THE TRUSTEES COMMUNICATING AS AN INDIVIDUAL NOT AS AN OFFICIAL DISTRICT SPOKESPERSON. OKAY. JUST USE THAT SAME LANGUAGE UNDER THAT OTHER SECTION. OKAY. AND THEN ADD IN BOARD AND DISTRICT IN THAT WAY. IT'S CONSISTENT. YEAH. THAT'S FINE. FINE WITH ME. OKAY. WE'RE ALMOST TO THE END. OKAY. WAIT BEFORE. [04:00:04] BECAUSE ON PAGE 23. WHAT DID I MISS? WHERE YOU FOUND THAT I HAVE A IT'S A WEIRD THING. IT SAYS, ASK THE COMMUNITY INPUT TO BE PROVIDED THROUGH APPROPRIATE CHANNELS, BUT DO NOT ALLOW THE TRUSTEES SOCIAL NETWORK TO DIRECT THE TRUSTEES DECISIONS. I KIND OF WANTED. OF COURSE. LIKE THAT'S NOT FOR ME. LIKE, I DON'T ALLOW SOCIAL NETWORKS TO DIRECT ANY OF MY DECISIONS. BUT I, I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S ODD. I DON'T KNOW, HOW DO YOU. DICTATE IT'S ON PAGE 23. IT'S WHAT IS NOW SEE? AND THERE'S THAT LIST OF BULLETS. IT'S ONE, TWO, THREE. I SEE THAT AS DON'T PUT A POLL ON YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND LET THAT BE YOUR DECIDING FACTOR ON HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DECIDE SOMETHING ON DISTRICT BUSINESS. I MEAN, THAT'S HOW THAT'S HOW I READ IT ALSO THAT YOU'RE NOT MAKING DECISION JUST BASED ON YOUR NETWORK AND THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE FOR MAKING DECISIONS, IS WHAT I MEAN BY THAT. OKAY. TRUSTEE. WEIR. DON'T USE FACEBOOK TO MAKE YOUR DECISIONS. I GUESS IT'S JUST WOULD IT BE BETTER? AND I, I KNOW IT'S LATE AND I FEEL HORRIBLE THAT STAFF IS STILL HERE. WHY WE NITPICK ABOUT THIS, BUT SHOULD WE PHRASE IT DIFFERENTLY THEN TO REFLECT THAT? I THINK IT COMES FROM, I THINK THAT WORDING AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THERE'S A LOT OF TASB SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING AND I'M WONDERING IF IT'S POLICY ABOUT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND THAT WE HAVE TO BE, WE HAVE TO BE MAKING THE VOTE ON OUR OWN. AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND NOT BE INFLUENCED. AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THAT IT IS WORDED A LITTLE AWKWARDLY, BUT I THINK IT IS KIND OF WHAT TRUSTEE MARKUM WAS SAYING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, DON'T, DON'T SAY, HEY, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO VOTE ON THIS ITEM. WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? AND THEN LOOK AT YOUR FACEBOOK AND GO, OH, OKAY. OKAY. MOVING ON TO THIS IS IT'S THE VERY END FOR ME. THE VERY LAST PAGE COMMUNITY RELATIONS. WE HAD TALKED ABOUT ADDING IN SOMETHING IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR BOARD RECOGNITIONS. BECAUSE WE, THERE WERE SPECIFIC GUIDELINES OF WHO GETS RECOGNIZED AT A BOARD MEETING. AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE MOVED TO ALSO DOING SOME STUDENT OUTCOME RECOGNITIONS TOO. BUT CURRENTLY THE CRITERIA THAT IS LAID OUT, IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. CURRENTLY, THE CRITERIA THAT'S LAID OUT IS PART OF ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS. AND THERE'S NO POLICY RIGHT NOW THAT DICTATES WHAT, WHAT GETS A BOARD RECOGNITION. SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO LEAVE THAT WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS. IF YOU FEEL LIKE WE NEED A BOARD POLICY OR TO ADD IT INTO OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES BUT WE DON'T TYPICALLY DECIDE LIKE WE, WE KIND OF HAVE BROAD INPUT ON WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT BOARD MEETINGS, BUT WE DON'T SPECIFICALLY DECIDE WHO'S RECOGNIZED AT A BOARD MEETING. THAT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE, SO I'LL JUST OPEN IT UP FOR THAT. TRUSTEE LANDRUM. IS IT WRITTEN DOWN IF IT'S A BOARD REGULATION? IT'S NOT A BOARD REGULATION. IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION. IT'S WRITTEN DOWN SOMEWHERE. YES. WHERE A WEBSITE. IT'S ON A WEBSITE WHERE YOU CLICK ON BOARD TRUSTEE, THERE'S BOARD MEETING RECOGNITION. AND THAT WOULD BE FOR YOU TO ANSWER. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT EXISTS IN ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS, BUT IT IS A REGULATION. IT'S IN THE REGS, NOT NOT IN BOARD POLICY OR ANYTHING. BUT I THINK YEARS AGO, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T, I DON'T THINK THIS BOARD HERE MADE THE CHANGE. I THINK AT SOME POINT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST AMY AND I WERE ON THE BOARD WHEN THE THAT'S WHEN IT CHANGED. THIS IS BEFORE MOST OF US, US BEING ON THE BOARD. IT WAS. AND THAT'S WHY I JUST IT'S ALWAYS REFERENCED OF LIKE, WE DON'T ALLOW, YOU KNOW, WE ONLY RECOGNIZE AT A CERTAIN LEVEL. AND I COULDN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE. AND SO I DON'T, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN OUR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. IT FEELS LIKE IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE IT'S A BOARD RELATED FUNCTION AND WE'RE RECOGNIZING IT, OUR MEETINGS, IT FEELS LIKE IT SHOULD BE OUR POLICY OR OUR RULES OR WHATEVER. BUT I DON'T REALLY CARE. I JUST HAVE NEVER SEEN IT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A COPY OF, BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED TO MAKE SURE IT INCLUDES STUDENT OUTCOMES. SO IT FEELS LIKE IT SHOULD BE UNDER OUR OPERATING PROCEDURES, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT OUR MEETINGS. AND WE TALK ABOUT WHETHER YOU CAN HAVE SIGNS AT THIS MEETING. AND SO IT FEELS LIKE IT SHOULD BE THERE, BUT I DON'T REALLY HAVE A HUGE STRONG PREFERENCE. TRUSTEE WAY. YEAH, IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE. IF YOU GO TO THE BOARD TRUSTEE AND THEN BOARD MEETING RECOGNITION, [04:05:05] IT SAYS STUDENT CRITERIA, STAFF CRITERIA, TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS, JUST VERY DETAILED LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, STUDENTS WHO PLACED IN THE TOP THREE STATEWIDE OR TOP TEN IN NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION. IT'S VERY DETAILED THERE. IT'S BUT THAT'S, IT'S A FORM, IT'S A GOOGLE FORM FOR SUBMISSION. SO EVEN THOUGH YOU CLICK ON THE ONE THAT JUST SAYS BOARD OF MEETING, BOARD MEETING RECOGNITIONS, IT GOES TO YOU, IT GOES YOU TO THE DIRECT FORM, WHICH IS THE SAME LINK THAT'S UNDERNEATH IT. THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE FORM. I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO LET ANNIE TALK ON IT. BUT THIS FORM WAS WAS CURATED BASED ON THAT. AGAIN, I WASN'T A I WAS IN THE ROUND ROCK ISD AT THAT TIME. I DON'T MOST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE IN. BUT I THINK THAT DECISION WAS MADE YEARS AGO. AND THIS FORM WAS CREATED OR BUILT BASED ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. BUT ANNIE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT IT. NO, SIR. THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S IT'S WAY BEFORE ME, OBVIOUSLY, TOO. AND SO WHAT'S ON THERE IS WHAT THE CRITERIA I WAS PROVIDED WHEN I STARTED, FOR EXAMPLE. SO THAT'S THE CRITERIA WE FOLLOW THE STUDENTS WHO WE RECOGNIZE, THE STAFF WHO WE RECOGNIZE AND AMANDA STANDING AT, FROM WHAT I GATHER, BECAUSE AGAIN, I WASN'T HERE FROM, I GATHER IS THE SELECTION OR RECOMMENDATION, I GUESS CAME BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY STUDENTS COMING TO BE RECOGNIZED AND NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. BUT I THINK IT WAS TAKEN A LOT OF TIME. SO IT WAS EXTENDED, I GUESS, THE BOARD MEETING AT THAT TIME. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT DECISION WAS MADE TO KIND OF HOW CAN WE CELEBRATE STUDENTS, BUT ALSO CELEBRATE, I GUESS THE, THE TOP ACHIEVERS. I GUESS THAT'S WHY THE STATE LEVEL, NATIONAL LEVEL, INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, THAT WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH TO CELEBRATE, BUT IT WON'T BE LIKE ONE TAKE LIKE AN HOUR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND TO CELEBRATE THE KIDS. YES, SIR. AND THE ONLY OTHER ELEMENT WOULD BE THAT IT'S A SCHOOL RELATED FUNCTION BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE A TON OF HIGH PERFORMING STUDENTS. THEY, THEY PARTICIPATE IN ALL MANNER OF THINGS. RIGHT. AND THEY OFTEN DO THAT OUTSIDE OF A SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL CLUB OR A SCHOOL GROUP GOING. AND SO IN AN EFFORT TO STREAMLINE IT A LITTLE BIT, WE RESTRICT IT TO SCHOOL RELATED EVENTS OR COMPETITIONS. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE A CONSENSUS YET OF WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD INCLUDE SOMETHING, OR IF WE'RE HAPPY WITH WHAT'S PROVIDED, AND TO CONTINUE TO LET THE ADMINISTRATION DRIVE THAT. WELL, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANYTHING ABOUT STUDENT OUTCOMES IN HERE. SO WE CAN WE CAN ADD THAT TO THAT PARTICULAR DOCUMENT. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. OKAY. YOU GOOD? OKAY. OKAY. UNLESS YOUR DOCUMENT HAS MORE AFTER THAT. MINE IS. MINE IS DONE. OKAY. SO WE WILL GET THE. IF. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION RIGHT. ARE WE GOING TO. ARE YOU GOING TO BRING IT BACK? AND THEN WE VOTE AGAIN. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE VOTED JUST ON REVISIONS, BUT WE'LL BRING IT BACK WITH ALL THE REVISIONS. AND THEN THERE'S AGAIN, IF THERE'S 1 OR 2, I WOULD SAY WE COULD DO BECAUSE I THINK LAST TIME WE DID DO THAT ALL IN ONE MEETING, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE IT. IT WAS ALL FORMATTING. SO BUT I FEEL LIKE MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT. NO, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO IT. WE CAN PUT IT ON. THANK YOU. WE COULD JUST PUT IT ON CONSENT. NO, NO, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DISCUSS IT AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW, I THINK I WANT TO TALK. Y'ALL CAN ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE IF YOU WANT TO. OKAY. MOVING ON TO BOARD BUSINESS. WE DO HAVE SEVERAL MEETINGS [J. BOARD BUSINESS] COMING UP. WE HAVE AN ACADEMIC WORKSHOP. AND OUR GOALS DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP ON APRIL 23RD. AND I HAVE ALL YESES TO THAT. WE WILL ALSO BE DOING OUR TEAM OF EIGHT TRAINING ON SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH. WE HAVE A BUDGET WORKSHOP ON MAY 7TH AND TRUSTEE ROSS WILL BE CHAIRING THAT MEETING. WE HAVE A CALLED BOARD MEETING ON MAY 14TH AND THEN OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING ON TUESDAY, MAY 19TH. WE HAVE MOVED THAT IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE FOR GRADUATIONS. SO IT WON'T BE ON OUR TYPICAL THURSDAY. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. DOCTOR AZAIEZ, I JUST, I JUST WANT TO AGAIN CONGRATULATE OUR ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER TEAM. I KNOW, THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING WITH THEM. I HAD ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH THEM PLAY LAST LAST FRIDAY. AND I'M SORRY, LAST SATURDAY AND HOW AMAZING THEY WERE AND HOW REALLY EARNED WORK HARD TO EARN THAT TITLE. [04:10:02] IT'S, I KNOW OUR BOYS, A GYMNASTIC TEAM. LAST YEAR, ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL ALSO GOT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. BUT FROM A TEAM LIKE A TEAM SPORT, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE I THINK 1997, WHEN BACK THEN, I THINK ROANOKE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. SO WE'RE OBVIOUSLY SUPER EXCITED FOR FOR ROANOKE HIGH SCHOOL, FOR OUR GIRLS SOCCER TEAM, BUT ALSO AS A WHOLE FOR OUR DISTRICT AND FOR THEM REPRESENTING OUR DISTRICT VERY WELL. WE ALSO HAD RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, BUT A LOT GOING ON AS FAR AS TESTING. WE HAVE STAR EOCS BEEN HAPPENING. I KNOW VERY SOON WE'LL BE ALSO HAVING OTHER AP TESTING AND MANY OTHER THINGS. SO I WANT TO JUST WISH OUR STUDENTS AND OUR. I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD WITH THEIR TEACHERS AND STAFF AND ALSO OUR PARENTS, SO I WANT ALL OF THEM. GOOD LUCK. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE'RE ONLY A FEW WEEKS AWAY FROM GRADUATION. WE'RE STARTING ON MAY 21ST, SO HOPEFULLY ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WILL GET A CHANCE, ESPECIALLY OUR SENIORS, TO FINISH UP AND GREAT AWAIT US AGAIN NEXT MONTH. A COUPLE OF THINGS. APRIL IS ALSO WE CELEBRATE DIVERSITY MONTH AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE WE ARE VERY DIVERSE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE RECOGNIZE AND HONOR OUR RICH DIVERSITY. AND SO WE WANT TO CELEBRATE THAT ALSO. APRIL IS NATIONAL AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH. SO ALSO WE WANT TO OBVIOUSLY THINK THINK ABOUT OUR RAISE AWARENESS, AUTISM. AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE BEST SERVICES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND ALSO SUPPORTING ALL OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PARENTS AND STAFF WHO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR STUDENTS WITH AUTISM. AND I THINK THAT'S IT. I THINK WE HAD A JOB FAIR LAST WEEKEND ALSO WE HAD ALMOST 500 OUR TEACHERS, OBVIOUSLY, OUR JOB IS TO RETAIN OUR AMAZING TEACHERS AND KEEP THEM HERE, BUT ALSO THINGS HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, RETIREMENT RELOCATION FOR WHATEVER REASON. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHENEVER WE HAVE A VACANCY, IS TO REPLACE THAT VACANCY WITH ANOTHER HIGH QUALITY TEACHER. SO LAST WEEKEND, LAST SATURDAY, WE ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR MANY OF OUR STAFF WERE AT CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE JOB FAIR. AND WE HAD ABOUT 500 HIGH QUALITY CANDIDATES. SO OUR, OUR STAFF WERE ABLE TO HIRE SOME QUALITY TEACHERS. SO TO REPLACE OUR LEAVING OR RETIRING AMAZING TEACHERS. SO AGAIN, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO KEEP ALWAYS RETAINING OR ATTRACTING QUALITY TEACHERS AND STAFF. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO REALLY ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND HELPING OUR STUDENTS OBVIOUSLY SUCCEED AND REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? TRUSTEE LANDRUM I JUST WANTED TO SAY I WILL BE MISSING THE MAY 7TH BOARD MEETING BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER WILL BE GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE FROM TEXAS A AND M A&M UNIVERSITY WHOOP THAT DAY. SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW. YEAH, I DID. CONGRATULATIONS TO HER. OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER TRUSTEES IN THE QUEUE. [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.)] SO I'M GOING TO READ US INTO CLOSED PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS FIVE FIVE, 1.071 AND 551.074. THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE THE YEAR END TERMINATION OF THE CHAPTER 21 PROBATIONARY CONTRACT FOR A TEACHER PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS FIVE FIVE, 1.071 AND 551.074. THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE THE YEAR END NON-RENEWAL OF THE CHAPTER 21 TERM CONTRACT FOR A TEACHER PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS FIVE FIVE, 1.071 AND 551.074. THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE ON THE RENEWAL OF CHAPTER 21 PROBATIONARY CONTRACTS PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS FIVE FIVE, 1.071 AND 551.074. THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE ON THE RENEWAL OF CHAPTER 21 TERM CONTRACTS. IT IS 1005 AND WE ARE ENCLOSED. OH, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CLOSED IN THIS ROOM. [L. CALL BACK TO ORDER/EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTIONS] IT IS 1045 AND WE ARE BACK IN OPEN. DO I HAVE ANY MOTIONS COMING OUT OF CLOSED? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FIND IN ITS JUDGMENT THAT TERMINATION OF FOREST CANADA'S PROBATIONARY CONTRACT AT THE END OF THE 2025 2026 CONTRACT PERIOD WILL SERVE THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT AND THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZES ADMINISTRATION TO ISSUE WRITTEN NOTICE OF TERMINATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. DO I HAVE ANY OTHER MOTIONS? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND APPROVE THE PROPOSED NON-RENEWAL OF LAWRENCE SKINNER. I ALSO MOVED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION DELIVER WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED NONRENEWAL TO LAUREN SKINNER IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. [04:15:04] MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACCEPT THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION AND ISSUE CHAPTER 21 PROBATIONARY EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS TO THE EMPLOYEES AS LISTED AND SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACCEPT THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION AND ISSUE CHAPTER 21 TERM EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS TO THE EMPLOYEES AS LISTED AND SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. SEEING NO OTHER BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 1046. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.