Aug 12, 2021 Called Meeting 8/12/2021

APPROVAL OF SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

THE BOARD WILL

[5. Reconvene in Open Session]

RESUME TO OPEN SESSION.

THE TIME IS 8:21 PM.

THIS TIME WE'LL TAKE ACTION ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. FIRST ONE BEING DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE

[Consider and take Possible Action on Items Discussed in Closed Session:]

[A. Discussion and possible approval of the Superintendent's recommendation for Chief Academic Officer]

UM, CHAIR HAMILTON, UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH, DID WANT TO BRING FORWARD TO THE BOARD A CANDIDATE I'M QUITE PROUD TO INTRODUCE THIS EVENING.

UM, DR.

MARCUS JACKSON, UH, DR.

MARCUS JACKSON HAS A NUMBER OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

UM, MOST PERSONALLY I WILL SHARE WITH THE AUDIENCE IN THE CHIEF.

HE HAS BEEN A TURNAROUND PRINCIPAL AND WHAT THAT MEANS HE'S TAKEN, UH, FAILING SCHOOLS AND HAVE TURNED THEM AROUND AND IMPROVEMENT THAT HAVE EITHER MET AND, OR EXCEEDED STATE, UH, LEVELS.

UM, AND THIS EVENING, DR.

JACKSON IS HERE WITH US.

UM, I THINK, YES.

YEAH, JUST, I JUST WANT YOU TO STAY AND JUST KIND OF GET SOME EYES ON HIM AND, UH, DR.

JACKSON, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE ANYONE WITH YOU, BUT WELCOME.

AND NOW LET THE BOARD DO THEIR DISCUSSION ABOUT OKAY.

BOARD.

THIS IS A, UM, ACTION ITEM.

IS THERE A MOTION? UM, MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO MO MAKE THE MOTION OF THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE SECOND FLOOR TO ACCEPT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER MARK, THIS D JACKSON BOARD.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, UH, MADAME PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, HEAR FROM MARK DR.

MARCUS D JACKSON REGARDING HIS DISSERTATION, AND HE HAD A VERY CATCHY TITLE.

SO IF YOU COULD COME DOWN AND JUST GIVE US A LITTLE OVERVIEW AND APPRECIATE IT, GREETINGS EVERYONE.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, DOING MY WORK AT MORNINGSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH A PHENOMENAL GROUP OF THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH GRADE TEACHERS IN REGARDS TO DIFFERENTIATING INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES IN MATHEMATICS.

UM, IT WAS A MIXED METHODS STUDY THAT, UM, PROVIDED SOME, UM, QUALITATIVE FEEDBACK, AS WELL AS, UM, DESEGREGATING THE DATA FROM THE ASSESSMENTS, THE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS THAT WAS TAKEN, AND THE GRADES THAT THE STUDENTS WERE PRODUCING EVERY NINE WEEKS.

AND WHAT I FOUND THROUGHOUT THAT PARTICULAR STUDY WAS, UH, THAT MANY TEACHERS DID NOT KNOW SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT THEY KNEW.

AND THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR STUDY, WE WAS ABLE TO FORM A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT WAS A LEARNING PROCESS.

AND WE WERE TAKING THOSE STRATEGIES BACK TO OUR STUDENTS IN REAL TIME AND WORKING ON THOSE STRATEGIES AND WE SAW SOME GREAT RESULTS.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT, DR.

JACKSON, UH, I'VE BEEN A RESEARCH GARDEN WITH SELF WITHIN THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND ALSO A MATH COORDINATOR IN THIS GREAT DISTRICT HERE.

SO FROM WHAT YOU'RE SHARING, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR OUR STAFF TO BUILD THEIR CAPACITY.

AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, YOU JOINING, WE WEEBO NATION, I'M EXCITED AND I'M GOING TO MISS THEM PHENOMENAL MATH TEACHERS IN THE BACK.

THEY KEPT ME ENTERTAINED WHILE YOU WAS IN YOUR SESSION.

WHILE HE'S HERE? HIS PODIUM? THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO SAY IS, CONGRATULATIONS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR DR.

JACKSON

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WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU BRINGING WHAT YOU HAVE TO OUR DISTRICT TO INCREASE OUR SCORES.

DASH G N DASH ONE NINE DASH 0 0 8 3 2 1 LIKES IZEA VERSUS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AND THE THREE 45TH DISTRICT COURT, TRAVIS COUNTY BOARD.

I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

WELCOME.

MORE THAN WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A PISTOL, OR WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO COME DOWN FROM YOU.

TAKE A QUICK PICTURE WITH YOU GOT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM DISCUSSION AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CASE NUMBER D DASH ONE

[B. Discuss and take possible action regarding Cause No. D-1-GN-19-008321; Lancaster ISD v. Attorney General of Texas; in the 345th District Court, Travis County.]

IS THERE EMOTION, RIGHT? AND I'M PRESIDENT.

I MOVE THAT THE LAWSUIT BE NON-SUITED AND THAT THE DOCUMENTS BE PROVIDED TO THE REQUESTER FOR, SO PERSUADING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RULING.

SO THERE'S A MOTION BY MS. MORRIS A SECOND BY MR. STEVENSON BOARD.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OKAY.

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE, MR. STEVENSON.

MR. JONES, MS. DAVIS, MYSELF HOLDING.

CONTRACT FOR SIERRA LEONE LAW FIRM FOR REDISTRICTING SERVICES BOARD.

MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

NEXT ITEM IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE

[C. Discussion and possible approval of the contract for Sara Leon Law Firm for redistricting services. Presenter McKenzie Walters]

AND, UM, IN PARTICULAR LANCASTER ISD WE'LL PROBABLY NEED TO REDISTRICT BECAUSE OF THE POPULATION GROWTH Y'ALL HAVE HAD IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.

IS THERE A MOTION? CAN WE GET SOME INFORMATION, PUBLIC? SURE.

DR.

PRAYER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UM, GIVE SOME INFORMATION ON THIS? YES.

THANKS TO YOUR, UH, HAMILTON.

ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM SARAH LEON, UM, FROM, AND I THINK MCKINSEY, IF YOU CAN COME UP TO THE FRONT JUST VERY BRIEFLY, GIVE IT A REVIEW.

I THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING ME.

MY NAME IS MACKENZIE WALTERS.

I AM AN ATTORNEY WITH SARAH, LEON AND ASSOCIATES, AND, UM, WE, UH, BROUGHT SOME INFORMATION FOR Y'ALL ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.

UM, THE REDISTRICTING, UH, IS GOING TO BE STARTING SOON AND VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE Y'ALL HAVE THESE, UM, MAY ELECTIONS.

SO THIS REDISTRICTING PROCESS, WE'LL START WITH A WHIRLWIND, UM, TRYING TO COMPLETE THAT, UM, BY FEBRUARY.

AND, UM, I CAN DISCUSS THE, KIND OF THE FULL REDISTRICTING PROCESS OR MORE ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT MY FIRM.

UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, IF NOT, UM, NO.

YEAH, JUST, JUST TO HAVE, I MEAN, JUST TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW, I MEAN, WE'D BE LOOKING AT REDISTRICTING BASED ON THE CENSUS STATUS OF ALL RIGHT.

SO, UM, THE REASON THAT WE LOOK AT REDISTRICTING IS BECAUSE EVERY 10 YEARS, OUR, OUR, UM, CENSUS DATA COMES OUT

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UM, THE REASON WHY, UM, REDISTRICTING IS SO IMPORTANT IS THE, UH, THE IDEA THAT EVERYBODY'S VOTE SHOULD COUNT AS MUCH AS ANOTHER PERSON'S VOTE.

SO IF YOUR, UM, DISTRICTS FOR YOUR, UM, BOARD OF TRUSTEE ELECTIONS, IF WE GET, UM, ONE DISTRICT THAT HAS A LARGER POPULATION SIZE THAN ANOTHER POPULATION SIZE, AND IF THOSE POPULATIONS, UM, BECOME SKEWED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, OR, UM, BECOMES, UM, A OR THE POPULATION GROWS SO MUCH, THAT'S, UM, THE DISTRICTS CANNOT VOTES IN A WAY THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT DISTRICT.

THEN, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT THE POPULATION SIZE AND START LOOKING, UH, ALMOST SOMETIMES HOUSE BY HOUSE.

HOW CAN WE MOVE THESE LINES TO MAKE SURE THAT'S IN THE END, WE HAVE DISTRICTS THAT ARE, UM, ARE FAIR AND EQUITABLE, THAT THEY ARE EQUAL IN SIZE, AND THAT STILL THEY REPRESENT THE VALUES OF THE BOARD AND VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY.

THIS IS A PROCESS THAT'LL TAKE, UM, PROBABLY YOU'LL SEE US AT AT LEAST THREE OTHER BOARD MEETINGS AT THE VERY LEAST, UM, IF OR THROUGH ZOOM, HOWEVER Y'ALL WANT IT REALLY Y'ALL ARE THE BOSS OF ME, BUT, UM, THE FIRST BOARD MEETING YOU'LL, UM, LOOK AT THE, UH, REDISTRICTING, UM, KIND OF GOALS, GUIDELINES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITHIN.

UM, THEN WE WILL BE HELPING WITH CREATING, UM, MAPS AND WORKING IN CREATING INFORMATION FOR YOUR COMMUNITIES AND BRINGING IN, UM, ASKING FOR, UM, DISCUSSION AND INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS IN YOUR COMMUNITY, AND REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT INFORMATION AND THE DISCUSSIONS ARE OPEN AND CLEAR FOR YOUR COMMUNITY SO THAT THERE IS LESS CHANCE THAT, UH, ANYBODY MIGHT COMPLAIN ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING AFTER IT HAS HAPPENED.

AND THEN WE WRAP IT UP IN THE END WITH A, UM, A LAST BOARD MEETING TO FINALIZE THE PROCESS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION AND MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

I HAVE A COMMENT.

I JUST WANT TO ENHANCE, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN AND BEING, UH, OUR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE REDISTRICTING.

I LIKE TO GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT THOSE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT GAME IS BECAUSE IT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU STATED BACK IN 1994.

THERE WAS A LAWSUIT FROM THE LAWSUIT BEING, WE GOT A SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT IN 19, UH, THE END OF 1994 ELECTION IN 95.

SO, AND THAT WAS FOR EQUALIZATION TO ENSURE, BECAUSE ON THAT LARGE.

SO FOR THE, UH, AUDIENCE, THEY WILL KNOW, UH, THERE WAS A CATEGORY TO NOT, UH, COULD NOT BE REPRESENTED.

UM, AND SO THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE LAWSUIT TO MAKE THE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT.

SO WE ARE, UM, MOVING FORWARD AND THE LAST REDISTRICT THING LET'S PUT THOUSAND PM, AND NOW WE'RE MOVING TO 2020 CENSUS, WHICH IS AWESOME.

SO, YOU KNOW, UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO REMINDER AND THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR PRESENTING.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT LITTLE HISTORY FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT.

AND THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO, I CAME OUT OF THAT 95.

I CAME OUT OF 1995.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICES.

APPRECIATE IT.

LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

THAT WAS AN A, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.

IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT.

WE APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR SARAH LEON LAW FIRM FOR REDISTRICT CONSERVANCY.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, HAVE A MOTION BY MR. STEPHENSON, THE SECOND BY MS. MORRIS TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT NECESSARILY ON LAW FIRM FOR REDISTRICTING AND SERVICES AT THIS TIME, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE OR IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? OKAY.

MS. MORRIS, MR. JONES, MS. DAVIS.

MYSELF VOTING.

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MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

LEGAL AND LOCAL DOCTOR PRAYER.

THIS TIME WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CROSS INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS. FIRST ITEM IS DISCUSSION OF THE APPROVAL OF THIRD-PARTY BILLING FOR SCHOOL HEALTH RELATED SERVICES, CE

[A. Discussion of the approval of third-party billing for SHARS (School Health and related services). - CE(LEGAL and LOCAL)-(G2) Susan Keen, Presenter]

YOU'RE HOMELESS IN, UM, UM, PODIUM HERE, UM, AS SUSAN KING.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.

PERRERA LAST MONTH I PRESENTED TO YOUR, TO YOU INFORMATION ON CHARS AND A RECOMMENDATION TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH A THIRD PARTY CHARLOTTE'S BILLING BILLING COMPANY, EXCUSE ME, MSB OR MEDICAID TO SCHOOL SPILLING BECAUSE YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS AND MADE A REQUEST FOR THE COMPANY TO BE AT THIS MEETING.

I LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU AT THIS TIME, TABITHA CALLAWAY, MSV, CEO, AND EMILY BRONCO, MSPS C S O THEY WILL SHARE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WITH YOU AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE MADAM PRESIDENT, I, BEFORE WE GO TO THEM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR CFO A QUESTION, MS. CAN YOU ADDRESS THIS QUESTION FOR ME? YES.

SO VERY MUCH.

MADAM PRESIDENT, UH, MS. UH, PORPHYRY.

UM, NOW THIS IS A THIRD PARTY BILLING.

ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS THAT I HAVE WITH THIS THIRD PARTY BILLING ONCE, UH, CAUSE IT'S MEDICAID.

AND SO ONCE A PARENT ACCEPT AND IT GOES ON AND NOW WE QUALIFIED FOR SO MANY MEDICAID PAYMENTS.

SO THEY ADULT THROUGH THIS PARTY, THE THIRD PARTY, AND THEN COME BACK TO OUR DISTRICT THAT EITHER IT WILL BE A, UH, I'LL JUST SAY WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO US LAST MONTH.

IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE TO 500,000 OR IT WAS DEFINITELY CLOSE TO 500.

UH, YEAH, IT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

SO FEDERAL DOLLARS, FEDERAL DOLLARS COMING FROM MEDICAID, A THIRD PARTY IS DOING OUR BUILDING.

IT'S GONE TRIPLE BACK TO US FROM FEDERAL DOLLAR THEN GOING INTO OUR GENERAL FUND.

SOME INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD THAT EXPLAINED HOW THAT WORKED IN THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS AND FROM TEA.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, MS. PUMPHREY LADIES.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

WE APPRECIATE THE RESPECT AND INTEGRITY OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON WE'VE MET FROM LANCASTER, AND WE APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH.

UM, MY NAME IS EMILY BLANCO.

I AM OUR CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER WITH MSB SCHOOL SERVICES.

WE DO OFFER THIRD PARTY MEDICAID BILLING.

UM, AND I DID WANT TO ADDRESS THE FINANCIAL PROJECTION THAT YOU WERE SEEING OR THAT YOU WERE SHOWN LAST BOARD MEETING.

UM, SO I'M WANTING TO SEE IF I CAN WORK THIS.

TO TELL YOU HOW WE'RE ABLE TO BRING IN SO MUCH MORE.

UM, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE, UH, WERE TOLD THAT WE CAN ADDRESS I'VE LISTED HERE IN OUR OBJECTIVES, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL ONES, WE'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE, TO TAKE THOSE FROM YOU AS WELL.

BUT WE WANT TO TALK THROUGH THE INCREASED REIMBURSEMENT FOR LANCASTER.

WE WANT TO TALK THROUGH, UH, REIMBURSEMENT BUDGETING REQUIREMENTS, WHICH WE ALSO LEARNED THAT YOU DID RECEIVE SOME TRAINING ON PREVIOUSLY.

UM, AND THEN HOW SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDING CAN WORK FOR THAT AND THEN SHARE WITH YOU SOME DISTRICT REFERRALS FOR OTHER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE MOVED TO MSB RECENTLY AND EXPERIENCED THE INCREASED REIMBURSEMENT AS YOU HAVE.

SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS OUR FINANCIAL PROJECTION FOR YOUR DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY, BASED ON YOUR DISTRICT'S MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY.

SO WE'VE RUN THESE NUMBERS AND FOUND THAT 84% OF YOUR STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID.

SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE FOUND THROUGH THE 450 SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE WORK WITH, THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF REIMBURSEMENT A DISTRICT CAN RECEIVE IS ROUGHLY $3,000 PER STUDENT, BECAUSE WE KNOW SOME STUDENTS RECEIVE EVERY SINGLE BILLABLE SERVICE.

SOME STUDENTS RECEIVE THE ZERO BILLABLE SERVICES.

THE AVERAGE THAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT $3,000 RETURNED TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THOSE SERVICES PER STUDENT.

NOW, THESE ARE BASED ON OUR PAST TWO YEARS OF FINANCIALS THAT HAVE BEEN AUDITED AND THE DISTRICTS HAVE RECEIVED AND RETAINED THESE FINANCIALS.

SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE 2 MILLION FOR THE FIRST YEAR, WHICH IS, AS YOU STATED, ROUGHLY 500,000 MORE THAN YOU'RE CURRENTLY RECEIVING, UM, WITH YOUR CURRENT VENDOR.

SO I WANTED TO WALK YOU THROUGH THIS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW WE COME UP WITH THAT NUMBER.

UM, AND NOW WHAT I WANT TO DO IS WALK YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF JUST THE FOUNDATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROGRAM, UM, BECAUSE I WANT

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AND SO HAVING JUST A FEW KEY PHRASES AND CONCEPTS WILL HELP YOU, AS I EXPLAINED SOME OF THOSE NUANCES, I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE TABITHA TO SHARE A COUPLE OF THOSE.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO OF COURSE, WHEN YOU HEAR THAT $500,000, WE WANT TO KNOW, IS THAT REAL? HOW CAN YOU MAKE THAT HAPPEN? RIGHT.

SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN HOW WE GET INTO THAT, UM, IS TO GIVE US SOME SHARED LANGUAGE.

AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO LEVERAGE THESE SERVICES TO GET YOU TO THAT 500 EXTRA THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THIS DIAGRAM IS THAT THERE ARE ACTUALLY FOUR AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR REIMBURSEMENT IN THIS PROGRAM.

I'M GOING TO TARGET TWO, UM, BECAUSE THOSE BRING IN THE MOST DOLLARS AND ARE THE MOST COMPLEX IN NATURE.

UM, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S, AGAIN, SOME UNDERSTANDING.

SO THE SECOND ONE I'M SHOWING ON THE GREATEST HAS NUMBER TWO, IT IS CALLED INTERIM CLAIMING, ALL RIGHT, MOST PEOPLE REFER TO THIS AS BILLING.

THIS IS YOUR CLASSIC SCENARIO OF SERVICES BEING PROVIDED TO A STUDENT.

I PROVIDER DOCUMENTS THOSE SERVICES AND TURNS THEM INTO, UM, A THIRD PARTY BILLER LIKE US AND CONVERTS THAT CLAIM, UTILIZING THE AGREED UPON PROCESSES BY THE STATE.

UM, AND THEN YOU RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT ON THAT EFFORT.

ALL RIGHT, NOW THAT GOES ON TYPICALLY ON A WEEKLY BASIS, WE'RE COLLECTING THAT DOCUMENTATION AND WE'RE PROCESSING THOSE CLAIMS, SO THAT WE'LL REFER TO AS INTERIM CLAIMING OR BILLING THE SECOND MOST POPULAR AREA BY WHICH YOU'LL RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE LARGEST REVENUE STREAM IS CALLED COST REPORTING IN THIS PROGRAM.

UM, IMAGINE IT'S BASICALLY LIKE FILING TAXES IS ACTUALLY DUE ON APRIL 1ST, YOU ARE FILING A MEDICAID REPORT THAT SAYS, WHAT DID IT COST YOU TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND OF THE, OF THOSE COSTS, HOW MUCH WAS DIRECTLY TIED TO YOUR MEDICAID POPULATION BASED ON THAT TOTAL EXPENSE AND THOSE CALCULATIONS, YOU WILL RECEIVE A SETTLE UP PAYMENT ABOUT 18 MONTHS AFTER THE YEAR'S CONCLUDED.

IT GETS AUDITED BY THE STATE, UM, AND REVIEWED.

AND THEN YOU RECEIVE A SETTLEMENT CHECK, UM, ABOUT EVERY 18 MONTHS FOR WHATEVER THE DIFFERENCE WAS OF WHAT YOU DIDN'T GET DURING THE YEAR.

THOSE ARE THE TWO MOST DOMINANT AREAS AND THAT'S THE ONES WE'RE TARGETING UM, TODAY.

SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP AND SAY, WELL, WHAT DOES MSB DO? THAT GETS US CLOSER TO UNDERSTANDING THAT EXTRA $500,000 WE ANTICIPATE YOU WILL EXPERIENCE.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE, UM, TRY TO JUST RECAP A LOT OF THE SERVICES THAT WE GET, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT WE LOOK AT, UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCURACY, THE EFFICIENCY, AND THEN COMPLIANCE.

THOSE ARE OUR PILLARS.

AND SO WHEN WE LOOK THROUGH THAT LENS, WE THEN COME UP WITH THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE.

SO, SO SYSTEM, UH, SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO IS YOU RECEIVE A DEDICATED REPRESENTATIVE THAT IS AN EXPERT IN THIS PROGRAM WHO UNDERSTANDS YOUR DISTRICT SPECIFIC NEEDS YOUR DYNAMICS, YOUR GOALS, AND WORKS IN YOUR DISTRICT TO ACHIEVE THOSE WITH THE STAFF THAT ARE HERE.

AND SO HAVING SOMEONE WHO IS BOOTS ON THE GROUND WITH YOU AND ENSURES THAT IT LIVES UP TO WHAT YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE, THAT FOR US REALLY GOES BACK TO WHY WE BUILT THIS COMPANY WAS WE KNEW THAT RESOURCES WAS THE ULTIMATE GOAL AND THE THING THAT WE NEEDED TO SUPPLY TO MAKE THIS A REALITY.

AND SO PEOPLE IS OUR RESOURCE.

THE SECOND WAY BY WHICH WE HELP YOU GET CLOSER TO THAT $500,000 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS WE ALSO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE SOFTWARE PACKAGE TO ALL STAFF.

SO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO DOCUMENT FOR THEIR SERVICES, THEY GET TO DECIDE HOW THAT DOCUMENTATION LOOKS.

AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE HELP THEM IS BY GIVING THEM A SOFTWARE THAT THEY CAN DOCUMENT FOR THEIR SERVICES.

AND WHAT WE FOUND WITH THAT SOFTWARE IS BY HAVING THAT DEDICATED REP ENSURES THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE THAT SOFTWARE, HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOCUMENTING ACCURATELY, ACCOUNTABILITY OF DOCUMENTATION IS ANOTHER BIG AREAS IS ENSURING THAT THEY'RE DOCUMENTING ON A REGULAR BASIS WHILE ALSO EXPANDING THE USE OF THIS TOOL TOWARDS ANY SERVICES THEY'RE PROVIDING IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.

THE MORE DATA WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE MORE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU HAVE TO EVALUATE WHAT ELSE WE COULD POTENTIALLY BILL FOR.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT YOU IN ALL AREAS AT THIS PROGRAM, IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE, FULL SERVICE PACKAGE.

AND SO WITH THAT COST REPORT, THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT MOST PEOPLE DO NOT TAP INTO BECAUSE IT FEELS VAGUE OR UNSURE OF WHAT YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR.

AND SO YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW.

SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH YOUR TEAM AND LEARNING WHO'S WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED.

AND SO WHAT WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN BRING IS REALLY A GREAT PARTNERSHIP, THE RESEARCH, THE ANALYZING THE, THE ABILITY TO ADVOCATE FOR YOU AT THE STATE, SO THAT YOU CAN GET EVERY DOLLAR YOU'RE ENTITLED TO.

SO THOSE ARE SOME PILLARS THAT I WANTED TO GIVE TO YOU.

AND NOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS HOW WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT WHAT LANCASTER'S GOALS ARE

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ABSOLUTELY.

SO THROUGH CONSULTATION WITH THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND WITH THE BUSINESS OFFICE, WE HAVE LEARNED THAT SOME KEY AREAS THAT WE COULD FOCUS ON IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU, UM, WOULD BE STRONGER DOCUMENTATION PRACTICES.

WE KNOW THAT, UM, IF IT, IF HE DIDN'T DOCUMENT IT, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

SO WE WANT TO DOCUMENT EVERYTHING, RIGHT.

UM, THAT WILL HELP ULTIMATELY WITH AUDIT READINESS.

SO THAT IF THAT IS A STUDENT AUDIT, IF THAT IS A FINANCIAL AUDIT, UM, TRACKING WHAT STUDENTS RECEIVED, WHICH SERVICES AND WHEN, SO THAT YOU ARE OFFERING THOSE, WE KNOW YOU'RE OFFERING THEM, BUT NOW WE WANT TO PROVE THAT YOU'RE OFFERING THEM.

UM, AND THIS ALSO DOES OFFER A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE MORE REPORTING FOR PARENTS WHO ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW HOW THEIR CHILD IS DOING UNDERSTANDABLY.

UH, WE ALSO KNOW THAT ANOTHER GOAL FOR THE DISTRICT IS TO SECURE COMPLIANT, UH, DEPARTMENTAL SYSTEMS. SO OFTENTIMES YOU DO HAVE, UM, EVERYONE HAS THE INTENTION TO DO THE PROCEDURE CORRECTLY.

WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS HELP YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU PASS THE PROCEDURE ON TO THE NEXT PERSON, SO THAT NOTHING FALLS BETWEEN THE CRACKS.

AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY A GOAL THAT WE'VE SAID WE CAN HELP YOU WITH.

UM, WHETHER IT'S MEETING IEP REQUIREMENTS OR DOCUMENTING THE PROCESSES THROUGH OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR YOUR SHARP PROGRAM.

AND THEN FINALLY, ONCE YOU HAVE THIS COMPLIANCE, ONCE YOU HAVE THIS ACCURACY, YOU DO HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR MAXIMIZATION.

SO IF YOU WERE DOCUMENTING MORE CLAIMS, IF YOU WERE CHECKING ELIGIBILITY FREQUENTLY, YOU WOULD DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MAXIMIZE MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT AND IT HAS TO BE DONE ACCURATELY.

AND THAT'S WHERE OUR AUDITS COME INTO PLAY AND HELP.

SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF DISTRICTS REFERRALS WHO HAVE LEVERAGED OUR SUPPORT IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, TO REACH SIMILAR GOALS.

AND I WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THE AREAS, UH, THAT THEY HAVE SPECIFICALLY UTILIZED OUR SERVICES TO, UM, HIT THEIR, THEIR SALES GOALS.

SO ESSENTIALLY I WANT TO POINT OUT TO, UH, YOU DO HAVE FOUR EXAMPLES IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT SEGUIN ISD HAS A SIMILAR MEDICAID DEMOGRAPHIC TO LANCASTER.

AND SO I'VE PUT THEM ON HERE SPECIFICALLY TO SHOW THAT THROUGH CONSULTATION IN OUR FIRST YEAR WITH THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE THEIR PARTICIPANT LIST, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE SALARIES THAT YOU CAN ACCOUNT FOR IN THE COST REPORT.

AND THAT INCREASE OF 7% DID RESULT IN AN INCREASE OF THEIR REIMBURSEMENT.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IMPACT IN THE FIFTH COLUMN.

THERE I'LL ALSO POINT OUT, UM, ARLINGTON ISD.

UM, WE DID WORK WITH THEM ON THEIR COST REPORTS SPECIFICALLY.

WE WORKED TOWARDS, UM, ENSURING THE ALLOWABLE EXPENDITURES WERE ACCURATE.

UM, AND THAT ALSO YOU'LL SEE RESULTED IN A TWO LANE DOLLAR INCREASE FOR THEM.

UM, SO YOU SEE, YOU HAVE SEVERAL REGIONAL REFERENCES, UM, AS WELL AS MEDICAID DEMOGRAPHIC REFERENCES FOR YOU THERE.

UM, AND I DO HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION IF YOU WANT TO REACH OUT TO ANY OF THESE DISTRICTS AS WELL.

WE ALSO UNDERSTAND AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, YOU HAD A QUESTION, UM, THAT YOU ACTUALLY STARTED THIS SESSION OFF WITH ABOUT, UH, WHERE YOU WOULD PLACE THESE DOLLARS.

I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE RECEIVED TRAINING.

WE DID PROVIDE THE SAME GUIDANCE FROM TA, UM, AS POTENTIAL SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENTATION, BUT IT DOES AND SHOULD GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND TO BE USED AT YOUR DISCRETION.

SO WE WILL NOW TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

I DO PRESIDENTS.

SO I HAVE SEVERAL, THANK YOU.

DID YOU ATTEND ANY ART MEETINGS TO EXPLAIN TO PARENTS WHY THEY FEEL THEIR CHILD IS RECEIVING SERVICES UNDER MEDICAID, WHICH ARE FEDERAL FUNDS? HOW, HOW DO THAT INFORMATION TRICKLE DOWN TO THE PARENT? BECAUSE THERE'S A LITTLE CHECK BOX.

AND SO ALL DISABILITIES DON'T GO UNDER MEDICAID.

SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE PARENTS BEFORE THEY CHECK THAT BOX.

FANTASTIC QUESTION.

AT ALL, BECAUSE IT, IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, EVEN THOUGH MEDICAID IS IN THE CLINICS THAT HAS ABOUT 39 DIFFERENT MEDICAID PROGRAMS, THE, UM, MEDICAID TO SCHOOLS PROGRAM IS THE ONLY ONE BY WHICH IS COVERED AND PROTECTED BY FAPE, WHICH MEANS THERE ARE NO STATE DOLLARS AND THERE IS NO IMPACT TO THAT PARENTS, UM, INSURANCE, BECAUSE IT IS PROTECTED BY A FREE, APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION.

IN A DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, UH, BACK I THINK IN 2009, AND THEN THEY CHANGED IT IN 2014, UM, DID REQUIRE PARENTAL CONSENT TO MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS KNEW ONE, THERE WOULD BE AN EXCHANGE OF SOME CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THESE DOLLARS BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND TO EVEN IF WITH THERE, UM, TO NOT CONSENT DOES NOT CHANGE THAT SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED TO THEIR STUDENTS.

UM, IN THIS PROCESS IT'S TYPICALLY DONE AT AN ARD MEETING, UM, AND IT IS TYPICALLY DONE BY A DIAGNOSTICIAN OR ART FACILITATOR.

THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF PEOPLE.

WE TEND TO TRAIN ON THAT CONVERSATION.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR AND THAT THE PARENT IS NOT IMPACTED

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AND SO IT IS VERY CRITICAL THAT THE PARENTS KNOW THAT THEY ARE CONSENTING TO THE EXCHANGE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND THAT THEY ARE 100% PROTECTED.

AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STAFF THAT ARE COMMUNICATING THAT CAN DO THAT ADEQUATELY.

UM, AND SO WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY PROVIDE SUPPORT AND TRAINING IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.

SO TO BE SURE, WHEN YOU SAY AT THE DISTRICT PAY, THE DISTRICT RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDS, MEDICAID IS UNDER FEDERAL FUNDS.

SO APPEARANCE CHECKOFF, IF A CHILD REALLY IS NOT GETTING ANY SERVICES OTHER THAN GETTING ACCOMMODATIONS OR A IEP, AND YOU USE A LOT OF ACRONYMS. SO FOR THE AUDIENCE, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CLARIFY YOUR ACRONYM, I JUST USE IEP AND THAT'S THE INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLAN.

AND SO PARENTS DO THAT.

AND SO WHEN THEY DO THAT IN THE ART MEETING, THEN IT'S IDENTIFIED IF YOU'RE GETTING OT AND YOU GETTING THAT SPECIAL CARE FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE SEVERELY DISABLED, THEN YES.

BUT WHEN YOU, THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS COME INTO THE DISTRICT FOR TWO REASONS, FOR CHILDREN THAT ARE SEVERE DISABLED AND AP CLASSES AND OTHER CLASSES THAT, AND SO THOSE FUNDS COULD BE SWITCHED AROUND.

SO THEY GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND, UM, $3,000.

I HEARD YOU SAY THAT, UH, IT'S PROVIDED FOR EACH CHILD THAT HAVE AN IEP INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLAN.

D IS I MENTIONED REVIEW AND DISMISSAL.

I JUST WANT TO SETTLE THAT ACRONYM.

SO IT WILL BE CLEAR TO THE AUDIENCE.

SO ACTUALLY WHAT YOU HELPED THE DISTRICT DO IS BASICALLY IN MY OPINION, I COULD BE INCORRECT, MAKE A PROFIT OR FEDERAL DOLLARS.

YOU KNOW, NOBODY PROBABLY NEVER LOOKED AT IT LIKE THAT, BUT YOU ARE RECEIVING THE MONEY FROM FEDERAL DOLLARS CHANNELING THROUGH YOUR AGENCY AND COMING BACK AND PUTTING IT IN GENERAL FUNDS.

I GUESS NOW I'M ONLY MAKING A STATEMENT.

MY STATEMENT IS THE TEACHERS THAT ARE HELPING TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.

THEY NOT GETTING PAID.

YOU ALL SHOULD REALLY TRAIN THE STAFF THAT THE PARENTS UNDERSTAND HOW THAT MONEY IS UTILIZED AND HAD COME IN THIS DISTRICT AS FEDERAL DOLLARS.

SO REALLY, YEAH.

I WANT TO BACK YOU UP.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THEY SHOULD.

IF THE MORE THAT THOSE DOLLARS CAN COME BACK TO US TO ENHANCE THOSE SERVICES AND SUPPORT THE STAFF, THE BETTER THAT IS DEFINITELY YOUR GUYS TO GET, TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

RIGHT.

AND IT SHOULD GO BACK INTO THAT PHONE, NOT THE GENERAL FUND.

WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WHY THAT IS.

UM, IF THAT WOULD HELP, UM, A FEW YEARS AGO, UM, TA PUBLISHED GUIDANCE, UH, ON MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT AND BECAUSE ON MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT, THEY'VE STATED THAT YOU ARE ALREADY GETTING SOME FUNDING FROM THE STATE THAT IT'S COMING ALREADY FOR THAT POPULATION OF STUDENTS, THAT IT COULD FEEL LIKE YOU'RE DOUBLE DIPPING.

AND SO THEY'VE STATED IF DO NOT, IF YOU DO NOT PUT IT OR SUBCODE IT BACK INTO SPECIAL EDUCATION, IT WILL NOT HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON YOUR MOE, BUT YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN STILL MAKE THAT DECISION.

YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU MODIFY YOUR MOE.

SO THAT IS STILL A POSSIBILITY, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD NEEDED TO HEAR THE BAR.

THE BOARD CAN MAKE A DECISION TO KEEP IT IN GENERAL FUNDS AND JUST PUT IT WHEREVER YOU WANT TO PUT IT, OR THEY CAN DO, I'M SAYING TO THE BOARD CAN DO THE RIGHT THING AND PUT IT BACK FOR THE CHILDREN THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE ACTUALLY GENERATED FOR.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I HAD TO SAY AT A BOARD MEMBER BECAUSE KIDS ARE FIRST AND WE HAVE TO ALWAYS LOOK AT WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THE CHILDREN THAT RECEIVE SPECIAL SERVICES TO ENSURE EVEN IN THE COLLEGE CLASSES, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE CHILDREN THAT CAN'T SPEAK CAME HERE, BUT THE LAW SAID THEY GOT TO GO TO SCHOOL.

RIGHT.

THE QUESTION IN THE COMMENTS.

THE MARKET SHARE IN TEXAS.

JUST A COUPLE QUICK THINGS.

CAN YOU GIVE US THE LANDSCAPE OF YOUR INDUSTRY? HOW MANY FIRMS ARE IN IT AND YOURSELF, HOW OLD IS YOUR COMPANY AND WHAT KIND OF MARKET SHARE DO YOU HAVE? YEAH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO THERE ARE ABOUT EIGHT TO 10, UM, MEDICAID TO SCHOOLS, BILLING FIRMS IN TEXAS.

UM, SOME ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY EXCLUSIVE TO TEXAS, BUT THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY.

UH, THE NUMBER IN TEXAS, UH, WE HAVE 450 SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

WE HAVE ABOUT 42% OF

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WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING IN TEXAS FOR 16 YEARS.

I HAVE A REALLY QUICK ONE.

UH, AND THIS IS PRETTY DIRECT.

SO IN, IN YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU GUYS OFFER A DEDICATED CHARS RESOURCE, THAT INDIVIDUAL I'M ASSUMING IT WILL BE DEDICATED TO LANCASTER LANCASTER HAVE TO SHARE THEIR RESOURCES WITH ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT.

UM, THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION.

UH, SO WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE THE PROGRAM SPECIALIST ROLE, WHICH IS THE CERTIFIED CHAR'S CONSULTANT.

UH, THEY DO HAVE A CASELOAD THAT IS NOT EXCLUSIVE TO ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THEY HELP OUT.

NOW PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE YOU FIND THE CAPACITY AND YOU WANT TO SHARE WHAT YOU'RE LEARNING WITH ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

NOW, OBVIOUSLY NOT PRIVATE INFORMATION, BUT YOU WANT TO SHARE THE STRATEGY, SHARE THE IMPLEMENTATION PRACTICES.

UM, SO THEY WOULD HAVE SEVERAL OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT THEY'RE GENERALLY IN THE AREA SO THAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM THE DISTRICTS IN THEIR, SO YOU WANT TO BUILD SYNERGY WITH THOSE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS.

YES, SIR.

ROUGHLY HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THEIR CASELOAD OR HOW MANY DISTRICTS WOULD BE IN ONE RESOURCES, CASELOAD? ARE WE TALKING TO 4, 5, 18, A HUNDRED? YEAH.

DISTRICT ON AVERAGE, OUR HIGHER LEVEL CERTIFIED SPECIALIST, UM, CAN MANAGE UP TO ABOUT 35 DISTRICTS.

UM, BUT WE ALSO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ALSO WITH SPECIAL ED POPULATION.

SO THEY STAY WITHIN 19,000 TO 20,000 STUDENTS THAT THEY SERVE, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS SUPPORT THEM.

SO PEOPLE WHO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ADEQUATELY TRAINED.

SO YOU HAVE TRAINING RESOURCES, WE HAVE CLIENT CARE SPECIALISTS, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.

SO YOU HAVE LIKE A GO-TO PERSON WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND THEN THEY HAVE AN ARMY OF PEOPLE OF RESOURCES TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING GETS DONE IN YOUR DISTRICT.

AND AS A NEW CLIENT, WE WOULD, OF COURSE GIVE ONE OF THOSE SENIOR LEVEL.

HEY BOARD, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.

IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE THIRD PARTY BILLING FOR SCHOOL HEALTH AND RELATED SERVICES AS PRESENTED.

I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. JONES.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, MRS. JAMESON.

I HEARD MS. DAVIS FIRST.

SO WE'LL HAVE WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. JONES A SECOND BY MS. DAVIS TO APPROVE THE THIRD PARTY BILLING MSB FOR SCHOOL HEALTH RELATE HEALTH, EXCUSE ME, SCHOOL, HEALTH, AND RELATED SERVICES AT THIS TIME.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? OKAY.

HERE NOW WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT FOR WEAVER, FOR FORENSIC

[B. Discussion and possible approval of the contract for Weaver for Forensic Audit.]

AUDIT.

THAT'S PRAYER.

THANK YOU TO YOUR HOME BUTTON.

UM, I THINK I WOULD HAVE TURNED THAT ONE OVER TO, UH, OUR, OUR LEGAL TEAM.

I DON'T THINK.

EXCUSE ME, DC LEGAL AND LOCAL DOCTOR FOR YES.

SO THERE'S NO ACTION NEEDED ON THIS ITEM.

NEXT ITEM IS DISCUSSION AND TYPE HOSPITAL APPROVED ACTION TO APPROVE CONTRACT PROPOSAL FOR AFRICAN, FOR DISTRICT

[C. Discuss and take possible action to approve contract proposal from Alford & Stein for redistricting services]

AND SERVICES.

I DON'T THINK IS THERE A NEED FOR US? THERE'S NO NEED FOR THIS ONE, EITHER.

THERE WAS INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET, ADDITIONAL, OKAY.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, POSITION D E

[D. Discussion and possible approval of the Classroom Instructor Position - DC(LEGAL and LOCAL) (G2) Pam Brown, Presenter]

JERRY HAMILTON.

UM, I'LL CALL TO THE PODIUM, UH, IS PAM BROWN.

SHE SHE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT INFORMATION TO SAVE ME.

GOOD EVENING TO BOARD PRESIDENT HAMILTON, DR.

PEREIRA BORDER TRUSTEES.

I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE LE THE PROPOSAL FOR THE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTOR POSITION.

THERE'S A NATIONAL TEACHER SHORTAGE FRONTLINE EDUCATION REPORTS THAT 75% OF DISTRICTS ARE REPORTING TEACHER SHORTAGES FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND 67% OF TEACHERS ARE REPORTING A DISTRICT SUBSTITUTE SHORTAGE.

SOME OF THE HARDEST TO FEEL AREAS ARE FOR BILINGUAL SPECIAL EDUCATION, SECONDARY MATH, SCIENCE, SECONDARY ELR, AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS, COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS ARE PRODUCING FEWER CANDIDATES EACH YEAR, PRIMARILY DUE TO LOW SALARIES.

ADDITIONALLY CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN INCREASED FOR NEW HIRES FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

SO TEA HAS, UH, ADDED EXTRA STEPS TO CERTIFICATION

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PROCESS.

EIGHT WEEKS RESEARCH CENTER, MARCH, 2021 SURVEY ON TEACHER RETENTION, UH, GAVE SOME OF THESE TAKEAWAYS THAT MORE TEACHERS ARE THINKING ABOUT LEAVING THE PROFESSION DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

UH, COVID-19 HAS HAD AN IMPACT ON THE TEACHER SHORTAGE, UM, WITH THE VIRTUAL LEARNING AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT TEACHERS HAD TO IMPLEMENT, UH, TEACHING HAS BECOME MORE STRESSFUL DUE TO THE PANDEMIC AND TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS DO AGREE THAT INCREASED PAY WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE ON TEACHER RETENTION.

THE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTOR POSITION WOULD ALLOW US TO HIRE CANDIDATES ENROLLED IN THE EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM, BUT NOT GET ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THEIR CERTIFICATION.

SO THE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTOR WOULD BE PAID A SALARY OF 50,000, WHICH IS COMPARABLE TO A TEACHER SALARY.

UM, YET THEY HAVE THE INCENTIVE TO EARN THEIR TEACHING CERTIFICATE IN ORDER TO GET THAT TEACHER SALARY.

AND THEY WOULD BE OFFERED A LETTER OF INSURANCE.

PARENTS WOULD BE NOTIFIED THAT THEIR CHILD WOULD RECEIVE INSTRUCTION FROM A NON-CERTIFIED TEACHER.

THE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTORS WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE TRAINING FROM THE TEACHERS ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT.

THE TOSA POSITIONS, THE CURRICULUM SPECIALISTS, THE CAMPUS PRINCIPALS, ALL NEW TEACHERS, OR FIRST YEAR TEACHERS WITH ZERO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OR ASSIGNED NEW TEACHER MENTORS.

UM, THE DISTRICT WOULD CONTINUE TO RECRUIT CERTIFIED TEACHERS TO FEEL VACANCIES.

AND IN THE EVENT THAT A CERTIFIED TEACHER IS FOUND, WE WILL HIRE THEM IN LIEU OF A CLASSROOM TEACHER OR IN CLASSROOM INSTRUCTOR.

UM, THE CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT ALSO IS EXPLORING ADDITIONAL WAYS TO OFFER VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION FROM CERTIFIED TEACHERS FOR VARIOUS AREAS.

AND I AM SEEKING APPROVAL FOR THIS POSITION TO BE ADDED AND CREATED.

AND I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU BOARD.

ANY QUESTIONS MS. MORRIS? YES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND SO, UH, A POSITION YOU'RE REQUESTING IS GREAT AND YES, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE THIS IS FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT I'M CONCERNED AGAIN, AS I SAID EARLIER, OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, EITHER WE NEED TO INCREASE THAT BECAUSE IF WE GO VIRTUAL WITH COBOT, I CHILDREN THAT ARE GOING TO BE RECEIVING NEEDS MEDICAID SERVICES AND ALL OF THIS THAT THE BOARD JUST APPROVED.

WE NEED TO ATTRACT THESE TEACHERS THAT COME IN TO WORK FOR OUR CHILDREN.

I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT.

I WANT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH ALL OF OUR CHILDREN, ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR PROVIDING THIS TO US.

I AGREE.

SO THESE TEACHERS WOULD BE OFFERED A LETTER OF INSURANCE.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ACTIVELY RECRUIT CERTIFIED TEACHERS.

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GOING TO RETURN BACK INTO OPEN SESSION.

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WE'RE

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THE TIME IS 10 17.

AND FOR THE RECORD WE WENT INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5, 5, 1 IN 5, 5, 1 0 7 1 UNDER LEGAL ADVICE FROM OUR SCHOOL ATTORNEY ON THE ACTION ITEMS. SO AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO RETURN BACK TO OUR ACTION ITEMS. SO AT HAND, WE WERE AT THE ITEM, DISCUSS AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO CHANGE THE NAME OF LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL TO CAROLYN ANN MORRIS HIGH SCHOOL, CW LOCAL.

[I. Discuss and take possible action to change the name of Lancaster High School to Carolyn Ann Morris High School. - CW(LOCAL) Trustee Carolyn Morris, Presenter]

THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM BOARD.

UM, IS THERE, WOULD YOU ALL LIKE HAVING THE DISCUSSION IN REFERENCE TO THIS ITEM? I THINK I NEED TO FINISH WHAT WE STARTED BEFORE WE WENT OUT TO OPEN STATION.

HI, MS. MORRIS, MS. MORRIS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE.

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UM, I DID, I ASKED FOR THIS TO BE PUT UP BECAUSE IT IS A PUBLIC RECORD.

UM, ANYTHING THAT I DO AND HAVE ALWAYS DONE.

IT HAS BEEN IN MY OPINION, THE INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT AND THE STUDENTS I DISTRICT DOES NOT HAVE A LEGACY.

OUR DISTRICT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF TEXAS HISTORICAL AND DALLAS COUNTY COMMISSION, THERE IS NO HISTORY OF ANYTHING THAT REPRESENT OUR DISTRICT AS OVER 90%.

AFRICAN-AMERICANS NOBODY KNOWS WHO CAROLYN MORRIS IS.

AND FOR ONE REASON, BECAUSE NOBODY DISCUSS IT.

CHILDREN CAN GRADUATE, GO OFF TO COLLEGE, COME BACK TO OUR DISTRICT.

AND THEY DON'T KNOW THE MEANING OF TRUE PUBLIC SERVICE.

THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVOLVED, RUN FOR OFFICE AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE ALL OF THAT CON FROM THE PAST, UM, I BELIEVE, AND I'M ONE GOAT AND A ONE PERSON.

IF, IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER THE PAST, WHERE ARE YOU GOING IN THE FUTURE? AND THE FUTURE IS OUR STUDENTS.

AND SO THE INFORMATION I HAD PUT UP ON THE SPRING, IT'S OPEN TO ANYONE THAT HAD IT OPEN FOR ANYONE TO DIALOGUE IT, DISSECT IT AND PUT IT BACK.

IF THE COMMITTEE, IF THE BOARD VOTES AND THEY DECIDE NOT AT THIS TIME, OR THEY HAVE AN AMENDMENT BECAUSE I MYSELF WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR.

THIS IS LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL.

IT JUST LIKE ELSIE ROBERTSON, LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL.

I JUST HISTORY LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL.

THE ONLY HIGH SCHOOL THAT STAYED IN LANCASTER FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS WITH ONE HIGH SCHOOL ORIGINALLY WAS LANCASTER MASONIC LAW.

IT CHANGED TO LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL.

THEN IT CHANGE TO ELSIE ROBERSON, LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL.

AND SO THAT IS WHAT IT WAS UNTIL THE BOND ELECTION PATH.

AND NOW WE GOT A HOT SCHOOL COMPLEX AND FROM A HIGH SCHOOL COMPLEX, THE OLD ELSIE ROBINSON, WHAT BASICALLY ELSA ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL NOW.

BUT FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T KNOW, ELSIE ROBINSON FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS WAS THE ONLY HIGH SCHOOL.

SO IT'S NO DIFFERENT.

UM, THE PUBLIC DO HAVE AN OPINION.

SO EVERYTHING IS BASED ON PUBLIC OPINION.

THE PUBLIC DON'T KNOW ME, BUT WHO FAULT IS THAT? IS IT OUR FAULT? IS IT MY FAULT? IT MAY NOT BE NOBODY'S FAULT, BUT WHO DO IT IMPACT FOR A LEGACY OF OUR CHILDREN IN THIS COMMUNITY? AND I WILL SAY THIS TO YOU AND REPRESENTING THE STUDENTS OF LANCASTER.

I NEVER WANTED TO TURN THIS DISTRICT ALL BLACK.

MY THING FROM DAY ONE, THEY WON.

IT SHOULD BE A RAINBOW OF INDIVIDUALS.

THAT'S REPRESENTING A RAINBOW OF CHILDREN.

I BELIEVED THAT THEN.

AND I BELIEVE IT NOW, BUT I ALSO BELIEVED YOU DON'T HAVE A FUTURE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PATH.

SO FOR SOMEBODY TO SAY THAT WASN'T ME BACK THEN, THAT'S TRUE.

THE DISTRICT HAVE SAID, PRESIDENT MY QUALIFICATIONS, MY PETITION, THE PETITIONS WITH THE NAME ON IT, I WAS ASKED, WAS IT A GROUP OF PEOPLE? YES, IT WAS.

AND SO ALSO REMEMBER YOU HAVE TWO, TWO SIDES.

YOU HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT KNOW ME, AND YOU HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW ME, BUT A LOT OF THOSE NAMES ON THERE ARE PEOPLE JUST KNEW MY BOARD MEMBER LIVED NOT TOO FAR FROM ME.

I SAID, REALLY, WHAT'S RICHIE LIVE ON, TOLD ME THE NAME OF THE STREET.

AND I SAID, OH, WOW, THAT'S ME.

OH, LET ME SIGN IT.

SO, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT KNOW ME, BUT

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THEY HAVE THEIR OPINION.

I ACCEPT THAT.

THAT'S PUBLIC OPINION.

I ACCEPT THAT TOO.

SO WHATEVER HAPPENS AT AFTER TONIGHT, YES.

WHAT WE GOING TO DO TOMORROW? EDUCATE KIDS TOMORROW.

AND WE GONNA FIND A WAY TO LET OUR CHILDREN KNOW THAT YOU DO HAVE A FUTURE OUT HERE.

THERE ARE SOME INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE STEPPED FAST FOR OVER ALMOST I'LL SAY THIS ALMOST FOUR DECADES, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW LONG I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR ALL CHILDREN AND A LOT OF PEANUTS.

THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

AND BOARD, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT THIS.

AND I WILL SAY IF THAT I WELCOME ANYBODY.

THAT'S GOT AN AMENDMENT, BUT THE MOTION WELLCARE OUT, BECAUSE WE ARE FITTING A SET HISTORY FOR THIS CITY.

SO HOWEVER IT GO, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS TO KNOW, BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? HOWEVER, THEY COME BACK, THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO GIVE INPUT AS WELL.

PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

I THANK YOU, MS. MORRIS FOR THAT BOARD.

AND ANY COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD.

UM, DO YOU HAVE A MIC LIKE THIS? THE HIGH SCHOOL DOES NOT ONLY BELONG TO THE DISTRICT.

IT BELONGS TO THE CITY OF LANCASTER.

AND IF WE WANT TO REUNITE IN THE HOSPITAL, THAT'S A BIG, A HUGE REQUEST.

AND YOU SAY IT, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW YOU, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO NAME A HIGH SCHOOL AFTER YOU, PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW YOUR CREDENTIALS AND YOUR ACCOLADES.

SO I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE.

NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR A SITTING BOARD MEMBER TO REQUEST THAT THEIR NAME BE PUT ON THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR THEIR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO VOTE.

AND I FEEL LIKE THE WHOLE CITY NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS DECISION, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, HIGH SCHOOL HAS A REPUTATION THEY'RE KNOWN AS LIKE THE HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE TRACK TEAM, THE BAND, AND ALSO BASKETBALL.

I'LL TAKE IT.

THAT'S, THAT'S MY OPINION.

BUT RIGHT NOW I JUST CAN'T SUPPORT SOMEONE REQUESTING THEIR NAME.

HE PUT ON A HOSPITAL WITHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY, THE STAFF BEING INVOLVED.

MAY I RESPOND SINCE IT WAS MY REQUEST? PLEASE DO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. DAVIS, I RESPECT THAT.

I RESPECT THAT MORE COMING FROM YOU IS BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT, UM, MANY YEARS AGO YOU CAME TO ME, YOU NEVER, WHO I WAS.

YOU CAME TO ME AND ASKED ME TO WORK WITH YOU AND WORK WITH YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTER.

SO YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY OF WHAT I DO FOR CHILDREN.

AND SO THE QUESTION LIES FOR EVERY BOARD MEMBER.

WHY DON'T THE COMMUNITY KNOW WHO I AM? I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I'VE BEEN IN THE NEWS REALLY BIG FOR A LONG TIME OFF AND ON.

I HAVE EITHER PEOPLE DON'T READ THE NEWSPAPER OR NOW THEY'RE REALLY COMING OUT BECAUSE THEY DO KNOW WHO I AM.

AND SO THEY'RE COMING OUT AND THEY ARE VOICING THEIR CONCERN, WHICH THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT.

I RESPECT THAT.

I RESPECT YOUR COMMENTS AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR VOTE IS.

I RESPECT THAT BECAUSE ONLY YOU GOT THE LAST VOTE.

YOU HAVE THE LAST VOTE.

I RESPECT THAT.

I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, BUT TOMORROW, OR GUESS WHAT WE GOING TO BE DOING, EDUCATING CHILDREN.

CAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT SITUATION TOMORROW.

UH, FOR NAMING A NEW SCHOOL, WHICH, UH, THAT PROCESS IS NOT BEEN FOLLOWED.

AND I WILL BE WILLING TO RESPOND TO ANYBODY ELSE'S COMMENTS, BOARD, ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MADAM CHAIR, NO ACTUAL QUESTIONS, BUT I GUESS THIS, UH, RELATES TO POLICIES, CW LOCAL, AND THE COMPONENT THAT HAS GOTTEN THIS ITEM INTO OUR ATTENTION IS RELATED TO, UH, DEDICATIONS AND MEMORIALS.

AND THERE ARE TWO COMPONENTS OF THIS POLICY.

THE ONE I JUST REFERENCED AND ALSO THE GUIDELINES,

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SO WE ARE LEVERAGING THIS PARTICULAR ACTION, UH, ON THE DEDICATION AND MEMORIALS COMPONENT OF THE POLICY.

AND THERE ARE CERTAIN PIECES OF THIS, UH, SECTION THAT IS NOT BEEN ADHERED TO IN MY VANTAGE POINT ALSO, UH, THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THERE.

UH, SECONDLY, I RECEIVED SEVERAL COMMENTS AND PHONE CALLS FROM CONSTITUENTS AND, UH, CITIZENS OF LANCASTER REQUESTING THAT WE LEAVE LINKS TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AS LANGUAGE, THE HIGH SCHOOL, UH, MAKES SENSE TO ME.

SO, UH, IT REALLY, THERE'S NOT A COMMENT FOR YOU TO RESPOND TO AND JUST PRETTY MUCH STAYED IN WHAT POLICY IS AND STATING THE INFORMATION THAT I'VE RECEIVED.

SO THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? I DO.

I, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, BECAUSE I NEED TO ALWAYS RESPOND TRUSTEE JONES.

YOU COULD BE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

AND I RESPECT YOUR OPINION, BUT WE HAVE THIS BOARD, THE BOARD OF LANCASTER ISD IS NOT A CITY ISSUE.

I NEEDED TO STRAIGHTEN THAT UP.

CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO THE STATE, I DON'T WANT TO, THE CITY OF DALLAS, I HAVE WENT TO THE CITY OF LANCASTER.

THEY DON'T COINCIDE THE CITY VOTERS DO BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE LIVE ON IS VOTERS.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT A LOT THAT YOU SAY IT, GRC JONES IS CORRECT ON YOUR OPINION, BUT THE HISTORY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF LANCASTER FOR THE LAST THREE DECADES HAVE BEEN AS IF THEY CHOOSE AND PICK WHAT THEY DO.

ROSA PARK, DIDN'T GO THROUGH THIS.

UH, RAW PROFIT.

DIDN'T GO THROUGH THIS, A NEW BUILDING AND A STADIUM CAPLETS DID NOT GO THROUGH THIS.

I KNOW ALL BACK HERE, SO I CAN SPEAK ON SOMETHING THAT I KNOW.

UM, AND I WAS SITTING ON THE BOARD.

AND SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE BOARD BEEN KNOWING THIS? I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DAYS NOW, BUT THEY KNEW IT WAS, IT WAS IN AN EMAIL TO THE PRESIDENT.

OH, A WEEK AGO.

I GUESS I NEED TO RESPOND TO THAT SINCE IT'S FALLING ON ME.

UM, YOU SENT ME A MESSAGE ON LAST WEEK, ASK THEM FOR YOUR ITEM TO YOU PLACE ON THE NEXT, ON THE 12TH MEETING OR THE NEXT MEETING.

SO AT THAT TIME, THAT WAS A REQUEST FOR AN AGENDA ITEM.

I HAD NO BUSINESS, UM, DISCUSSING THIS ONE, ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER AND YOUR SECOND DID NOT COME TO ME UNTIL MONDAY ABOUT TWO AGENDA PRINTED AT 6:00 PM.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE I HAVE WITHHELD INFORMATION.

SO I JUST NEED TO CLARIFY THAT WITH, I BET YOU'RE RESPOND TO ME LAST WEEK.

I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.

I'M GOING TO CORRECT YOU ON THAT ONE TOO.

BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE DIALOGUE, WE GOING TO HAVE THE DIALOGUE YOU SENT ME THE REQUEST, THE REQUEST CAME WOULD ONLY EVERQUEST.

I ASKED YOU, WHAT ARE YOU PRESENTING? YOU FORWARDED THE INFORMATION TO ME ON FRIDAY.

I BELIEVE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR PRESENTATION.

YOU TEXT ME ON SUNDAY.

I ADVISE YOU, WELL, HOW WAS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN? I SAID, I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO LOOK AT IT, BUT I WILL LOOK AT IT, LOOKED AT IT ON MONDAY, MONDAY, OUR AGENDA CAME OUT.

SO I WAS VERY TIMELY IN MY RESPONSES TO YOU AS WELL AS TO THE DISTRICT BASED ON YOUR REQUEST.

AND THE SECOND THAT I RECEIVED.

SO I FEEL LIKE I DID MY PART AND I WILL STAND UP FOR MYSELF TO SAY THAT I DID MY DUE DILIGENCE IN GETTING YOUR ITEM ON THIS AGENDA AGAIN, LIKE WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY ARE WE HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS.

I REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION.

I'M NOT GOING TO HASH THAT OUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT THIS.

NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO PERSONAL THINGS.

NO, IT TAKES A METAL RECORD.

YOU, YOU BROUGHT IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.

SO I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR.

AND I, AND I, AND I DID, AND I DID BECAUSE DIDN'T WE NOT TALK ABOUT TWO DOCUMENTS.

WELL, MS. MORRIS, WE'RE JUST GOING TO SAY YOU'RE AT THIS POINT, YOUR AGENDA IS ON THE ITEM.

WE'RE DISCUSSING IT AT HAND.

IT'S NOT LIKE IT DIDN'T MAKE IT SUCH AS OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE MADE IN THE PAST.

RIGHT.

AND INSPECT THAT.

SO I THINK I DID.

I'M GONNA SAY I DID WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.

AS SITTING BOARD MEMBER WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM MYSELF, I FEEL LIKE AS A, IF YOU ALL HAVE SEEN OUR POLICY OR KNOW WHAT CW LOCAL STATES, IT STATES THAT AN INDIVIDUAL HAS HAVE 50, UM, SIGNATURES OR INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SIGNED A PETITION THAT WAS GIVEN TO US.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I HAVE A COMMENT, BUT TY, YOU CAN GO AHEAD.

I CAN SAY MY FURTHER IN CARE TO MAKE A MOTION, IF THAT'S FINE.

NO, I STILL HAVE A COMMENT.

SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY

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WE ARE SIX ACTIVE BOARD MEETING MEMBERS THAT SIT HERE FREQUENTLY.

THAT'S 56.

PEOPLE LENGTHS ARE COMPRISED OF OVER 40,000 INDIVIDUALS.

WE HAVE ONE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CITY AND I FEEL LIKE 56 PEOPLE SHOULD NOT MAKE THE DECISION.

AND WE DEFINITELY NEED SOME INPUT FROM OTHER INDIVIDUALS.

YOU KNOW, TODAY, OF COURSE MY EMAIL BOX WAS FLOODED.

MY PHONE HAS RANG SINCE MONDAY, WELL, MONDAY EVENING.

SO I'M GOING TO RESPECT MY CONSTITUENTS THAT PUT ME IN THIS POSITION.

I'M NOT GOING TO JUST TAKE MY POWER BECAUSE I SIT HERE ON THIS BOARD AND WE CAN DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

A LOT OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED FROM THIS DIOCESE THAT WAS, WAS POWERHOUSE BECAUSE PEOPLE HAD POWER.

I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT FROM THE PEOPLE OF LANCASTER OR THE STUDENTS.

WE HAVE CHOICES HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

IS THIS SITTING BOARD.

I HAVE SET HERE FOR THE RIGHT REASON.

THE DURATION OF THIS IS MY 13TH YEAR.

I'M NOT GOING TO STRAIGHT FROM, AS MR. JONES MENTIONED, OUR POLICY IS VERY UNCLEAR.

IT SPEAKS OF MEMORIAL.

AND THE MAJORITY OF INDIVIDUALS MIND MEMORIAL IS THE LIGHT OR SOMEONE HAS PASSED ON.

THEY'RE A LATE INDIVIDUAL.

SO BEFORE WE GO PASSING STUFF ON A CLOUDY POLICY, WE NEED TO EITHER REORG THE POLICY AND PAT VOTE ON ANOTHER POLICY.

AND HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION, ONE THING IN THE POLICY, IT STATES FOR US LOGISTICS.

WE NEED TO KNOW THE COST OF THIS.

I CAN'T VOTE TO SAY, I AGREE WITH THIS.

AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU ALL A MONTH LATER AND SAID, WELL, THIS IS THE COST.

YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, WHY DIDN'T YOU LOOK AT THE COST BEFORE YOU TOOK YOUR VOTE? SO I'M GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING HERE TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.

AND EVERYONE'S ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN OPINION.

BUT PERSONALLY THAT IS MINE.

AND I'M HERE TO SERVE MY CONSTITUENTS AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER.

AND I HAVE RECEIVED PHONE CALLS, I HAVE READ.

SO I AM DISPLAYING AND CONTINUE TO DO THE RIGHT THING IN THE BEST THING IN THE INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE FOR LANCASTER.

AND SO DID I, AND LIKE I SAID TO THE BOARD BEFORE, IF IT'S 5,000 OR 10,000, MY FAMILY DECIDED BECAUSE IT'S NOT TAKING MONEY FROM THE STUDENTS, THAT WAS NEVER THE INTENT I HAVE STATED I'LL PAY FOR IT BECAUSE I'M NOT ASKING TO TAKE LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL OFF THE BUILDING.

I WANT TO KIND OF MAKE THAT REAL CLEAR TO GET BACK TO THE REAL ISSUE BECAUSE THE REAL ISSUE IS WHETHER OR NOT ANY PART OF THAT BUILDING, BECAUSE A SITTING BOARD MEMBER REQUESTED IT.

IT'S BASED ON IT, DEBASED ON, UH, DO THEY MAKE MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS BECAUSE PAST HISTORY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF OR IS IT BECAUSE CAROLYN AND MORRIS LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL? SO THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO ANSWER ANYWHERE HERE IN COURT.

WHAT IS THE QUESTION? AND SO RESPECT THAT WE CAN MOVE ON.

UM, AND I WILL SAY, I ALREADY KNOW HOW TO VOTE, GOING TO GO, BUT I WILL SAY OUT OF RESPECT FOR EVERY BOARD MEMBER, I RESPECT AT THE LAST DECISION, A BOARD WILL VOTE THEIR CONSCIOUS AND THAT'S ALL I ASKED FOR.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS.

HEARING NONE BOARD.

IS THERE A MOTION MADAM PRESIDENT? I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

WE DENY THE REQUEST TO CHANGE THE NAME OF LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL TO CAROLYN AND MORRIS HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THERE IS A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. JONES WHO DENIED THE REQUEST TO CHANGE THE NAME LINKS TO HIGH SCHOOL, TO CAROLYN AND MORRIS HIGH SCHOOL BY MR. JONES.

WE HAVE SECOND BY MR. DAVIS.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT.

MR. JONES, WOULD YOU ACCEPT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? I DIDN'T SAY A FRIENDLY REMINDER BECAUSE WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, SO WE CANNOT AMEND IT.

SO AT THIS TIME, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THE THING THAT I SAID, UH, WHICH I SAID BEFORE LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL IS LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL.

IT WAS NEVER MIND 10 TO TAKE AWAY LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL.

I WAS HERE WHEN THE COMPLEX WAS BUILT.

I WAS IN A NEGOTIATION WITH THAT PROPERTY THAT WAS DONATED TO THE CITY.

I WAS A PART OF ALL OF THAT AND THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS TRUE THOUGH.

ONLY HIGH SCHOOL NOW, WHICH ELSA ROBINSON FOR YEARS WAS THE ONLY HIGH SCHOOL

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IS IN DISTRICT SIX.

SO WE CAN TAKE THE VOTE.

MATTER OF FACT, I CALLED FOR THE QUESTION, EXCUSE ME, UM, AT THIS TIME WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

YES, MY CELL PHONE AND YES, MOTION PASSES.

FIVE ONE.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE ON TO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. WE HAVE OPERATIONAL UPDATE STRUCTURE DAMAGE AT LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL.

DR.

PERRERA LET'S.

AND THEY BOTH CONCERN, UH, LANCASTER HIGH SCOPE ON THURSDAY, AUGUST THE FIFTH 13 CAST STONES, THREE FEET BY THREE FEET FELL FROM THE BACK WALL OF THE COLOSSEUM.

MADAM CHAIR, I'LL CALL DR.

PRICE THROUGH THE FRONT TO SHARE AN UPDATE FOR THE BOARD.

GOOD EVENING.

BOARD PRESIDENT HAMILTON, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.

BARRERA SUPERINTENDENT.

I BRING YOU A COUPLE OF, UH, OPERATIONAL UPDATES

[A. Operational Updates - Structural damage at Lancaster High School (G2, G3) Dr. John Price, Presenter]

AT LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL, THE STONES BROKE TWO PANES OF GLASS.

HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

WE BOARDED UP THE PAINS ACTUALLY ON A THURSDAY, THE FIFTH, WE CONTACTED A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE TIPS.

CO-OPERATIVE TIP STANDS FOR THE INNER LOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM.

AND IT IS DEEMED TO BE A COMPETITIVE CONTRACT.

IF A VENDOR IS UNDER, UH, UH, TIPS, WE, UH, CONTACTED THEM TO PROVIDE US WITH, UH, AN ASSESSMENT OF THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDING AND TO PROVIDE A QUOTE TO RESTORE THE FACILITY.

THE DISTRICT CLOSED THE COLISEUM, UH, UNTIL THE REPAIRS ARE COMPLETE AND WE ARE INSTALLING A FENCE AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE UH, ENTRANCE TO THE COLISEUM TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THERE IS NO INJURY, UH, FROM ADDITIONAL FALLING STONES.

WE ARE AWAITING AN EVALUATION OF THE COST TO REPAIR THE COLISEUM, UH, FROM THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND OF COOLEST, UH, THE, UH, LETTER FROM THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER WILL, UH, TELL US WHAT THE CAUSE OF THOSE STONES, UH, FOLLOWING WORK, UH, BOBBY, WHY THEY FAIL THAT'S ESSENTIAL, UH, FOR US TO KNOW, BECAUSE, UH, UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

SO WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE THAT REPORT NO LATER THAN, UM, MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK.

IT MAY COME AS EARLY AS TOMORROW, BUT, UH, MONEY OF, UH, NEXT WEEK, UH, PROBABLY AT THE LATEST, THE, UH, COST TO REPAIR THE FACILITY IS PROBABLY NOT, UH, COVERED BY OUR INSURANCE, BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT UNDER A BUILDING WARRANTY, THERE WAS NO, UH, BAD WEATHER THAT NIGHT OR STOLEN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT WHAT WE'LL DO IS WHEN WE GET THE REPORT FROM THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER THAT TELLS US WHAT THE CAUSE WAS, WE WILL CERTAINLY CONTACT GALVIN INSURANCE, UH, COMPANY AND SPEAK TO AN ADJUSTER, UH, AND DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT, UH, WE WILL FILE A CLAIM UNDER THE INSURANCE COMPANY.

WE, UH, THEN WE'LL, UM, OF COURSE I WILL KEEP DR.

PERRERA POSTED EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, AND WE WILL FOLLOW HER DIRECTIVES IN TERMS OF THE, UH, NEXT STEP IN TERMS OF BRINGING IT TO THE BOARD, UH, THAT MAY BE PRIOR TO THE 26TH.

BUT, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, BY THE 26TH BOARD MEETING, WE WILL HAVE A COMPLETE, UH, RECOMMENDATION ON HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED.

THE NEXT SLIDE, JUST YOU A OF VIEW OF THE, UH, MISSING CAST STONES.

AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT BENEATH THE WINDOW, THERE IS A SORT OF LIKE, UH, AN OWNING, UH, WHICH IS A CONCRETE COUNTER AWNING.

AND IT, IT CAUGHT, UH, UM, MOST OF THE THINGS, UH, THE STONES, UH, AS, AS THEY FAIL.

BUT, UM, WE, AND THAT'S WHY WE ALSO HAVE TO PUT THE FENCE AROUND IT TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE WALKS UP UNDER THAT AWNING, UH, BECAUSE WE, WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT, UH, IF SOME ADDITIONAL STONES FALL, UM, WHETHER OR NOT THE OWNING WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL HOLD THAT UP.

SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET A PICTURE VIEW OF, UH, OF WHAT, UH, OF WHAT HAPPENED.

THE SECOND ITEM IS, UH, AN AUDITORIUM REPAIR.

UH, IF YOU DID NOT KNOW, UH, THERE IS AN ORCHESTRA PIT UNDER THE STAGE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM

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THAT ALLOWS THE BAND TO PLAY WHILE THE PERFORMANCE IS BEING PRESENTED ON STAGE, APPARENTLY, UH, THE HIGH SCHOOL OR SOME PORTION OF IT, PROBABLY THE ORCHESTRA PIT FOR SURE WAS BUILT ON MARSHLAND.

MARSHLANDS IS LAND, WHICH ESSENTIALLY RETAINS, UH, WATER.

WE SUSPECT THAT THERE MAY BE AN UNDERGROUND, UH, UH, STREAM THAT'S ACTUALLY UNDER THE LAND WHERE THE, UH, UH, THE, UH, THE, THE, THE, UH, HIGH SCHOOL SITS TO PREVENT FLOODING.

THERE IS A DRAIN PIPE, WHICH HAS A SUNK PUMP INSIDE THE PIPE TO PUMP THE WATER OUT OF THE BUILDING.

IT APPEARS THAT THE SOCK PUMP FAIL AND RETAIN WATER INSIDE THE HARVESTER PIT.

WE HAVE FILED A CLAIM WITH THE, UH, DISTRICT INSURANCE CARRIER TO ASCERTAIN IF THE LOSS IS COVERED BY INSURANCE.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, TAKEN OUT ALL OF THE WATER, UH, FROM THE, UH, ORCHESTRA PIT.

WE, WE GOT PERMISSION TO DO THAT FROM THE CITY OF LANCASTER ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PEOPLE.

AND WE STARTED THAT PROCESS THIS MORNING, AND MR. THOMAS INFORMED ME THAT IT IS ALL THE WATER IS CURRENTLY OUT.

SO WE'LL GO BACK IN, UM, TOMORROW AND DO AN ASSESSMENT OF THE, UH, THE DAMAGE AND HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED.

WE WILL, UH, KEEP THE SUPERINTENDENT IN FORM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

AND AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE, UM, SHE WILL GUIDE US IN TERMS OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO PROCEED IN ORDER TO HAVE THIS WORK COMPLETED.

UH, MOST EXPEDITIOUSLY ON THE COLISEUM.

I FAILED TO MENTION THAT, UH, IN, IN ADDITION TO THE COLOSSEUM GYM, THERE'S ALSO A PRACTICE JAM AND A COMPETITION JAM IN THE, IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.

UH, AND, UM, ON THE AUDITORIUM, I WANTED TO ALSO MENTION THAT WE HAVE COMPLETELY SEALED OFF THE AUDITORIUM.

THERE'S NO, UH, UH, ENTRANCE INTO THAT AREA, UH, TO PROTECT, UM, THE INTEGRITY OF THE, OF THE SITE AND TO KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE AT THIS POINT, I'D BE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

I HAVE QUESTION ON PRESIDENT.

OH, SO THIS IS ONLY FOR MY INFORMATION.

I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO, UH, AFTER THEIR INVESTIGATION, THEY WOULD EITHER TELL US ONE OR TWO THINGS IT WAS DUE TO WHEN WEATHER OUR, IT WOULD DO, IS IT FAILED BECAUSE OF INFRASTRUCTURE? THAT'S WHAT WE LOOKING AT? UH, I, I BELIEVE SO.

UH, PROBABLY I DON'T WANT TO INFER, BUT, UH, PROBABLY WEAR AND TEAR FROM SCRATCH.

THE, UM, THE, UH, UH, BUDGET MEETING, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT WE WERE, WE WERE HAVING THE DAY OF THE BUDGET MEETING THAT WE WERE HAVING.

INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND SO IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN, UM, YOU WILL BE COMING BACK TO US BECAUSE IF IT IS INFRA INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT WOULD JUST A SMALL PORTION OF IT.

SO THEY GOING TO DO A THOROUGH THROUGH ALL OF THAT UP ABOVE THAT WE SAW.

YEAH, YEAH.

YES, YES.

THEY THEY'RE EXAMINING THAT ENTIRE PART OF THE STRUCTURE, UH, BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING WITH REPAIR AND ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, I'LL BE BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION ON REPAIR BECAUSE WE MUST, UH, REPAIR THE FACILITY, UH, IN ORDER TO RETAIN, UH, THE USAGE OF THE COLOSSEUM AND THE UPKEEP OF THE BUILDING SAFETY PURPOSES.

AND SO THAT'S THE DEAL, UH, WHAT THE, UH, THE COLISEUM IS.

WELL, THIS IS THE SAME SCENARIO.

DO YOU MEAN WITH THE AUDITORIUM? YES.

WELL, WITH, WITH THE, WITH THE AUDITORIUM, UM, WE, WE SUSPECT THAT, UH, WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT THE PUMP FAIL, UH, WHEN THE PUMP FAIL, WE, UM, DIDN'T GET ANY KIND OF ALERT BECAUSE WE WERE OUTSIDE OF THE NETWORK OPERATING CENTER BECAUSE OF THE RANSOMWARE, UH, UH, ATTACK.

I MEAN, NORMALLY WE WOULD, WE WOULD GET A, AN ALERT, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMETHING IS GOING WRONG, BUT WE, WE, WE DIDN'T, UH, WE DIDN'T, UH, WE DIDN'T GET THAT.

UH, I ALSO NEED TO TELL YOU THAT WE PHYSICALLY, UH, DO PERIODICALLY CHECK, UH, DIFFERENT AREAS, UH, TO SEE THE THINGS OPERATING.

UH, OKAY.

UH, THE LAST TIME WE CHECKED THAT AREA IN THE, UM, IN THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS ON JULY THE NINTH.

AND WE DISCOVERED THIS ACTUALLY AUGUST THE 10TH, IN FACT, THE NIGHT OF THE,

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AND SO THAT'S, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.

AND, AND WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WE DID THE PHYSICAL WALKTHROUGH ON THE NIGHT, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF WATER ANYWHERE IN THAT, IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

OH, OKAY.

SO YOU ANSWERED THE NEXT QUESTION I WAS GONNA HAVE.

HOW OFTEN DO YOU INSPECT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

MA'AM ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, DR.

JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT.

UM, I HAVE ASKED, UM, THE HIGH SCHOOL, BOTH THE PRINCIPAL AND OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TO, UH, KEEP ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF OUT OF THE COLISEUM UNTIL WE HAVE A APPROPRIATE OF REPORT, AS FAR AS SAFETY OF THE THANK YOU SO MUCH.