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WELCOME AGAIN, EVERYONE,[3. Call Meeting to Order]
UH, TO THIS REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF THE LINKER STAFF, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON AUGUST 26TH, 2021, 6:30 PM.UH, LIKE, UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE TO THE TEXAS OPENS MEETING ACT.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME DIFFERENT INFORMATION I'M GONNA READ TO YOU BASED ON, UH, GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S DECORATION ON MARCH 16TH.
HE REQUESTED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON, TEMPORARILY SUSPEND LIMITED NUMBER OF OPEN MEETINGS LAWS TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO ALLOW TELEPHONIC AND VIDEO CONFERENCING MEETINGS IN RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE SUSPENDED RULES, WE CERTIFY THE FOLLOWING NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE AT LEAST 72 HOURS.
ALTHOUGH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE NOT GATHERED IN A CENTRAL PHYSICAL LOCATION.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM AND ATTENDANCE AT THIS MEETING BY VIDEO CONFERENCE AND TELEPHONE CALL.
SO, UH, WE DO HAVE ONE MEMBER WHO IS JOINING US REMOTELY, AND THAT IS OUR MADAM PRESIDENT HAMILTON.
SO I'LL NOW TAKE ROLL HONORABLE STEVENSON HERE, HONORABLE SMITH HERE, SECRETARY MAURICE DAVIS, MYSELF, PRESIDENT OF QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE SUSPENDED LAWS, PLEASE CALL THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL@EIGHTEIGHTEIGHTSIXSEVENTWOSIXSEVENEIGHTSEVENORBYEMAILATTOMAATOHGDOTTEXAS.GOV.
AND AT THIS POINT WE WILL MOVE TO OUR OPENING CEREMONIES, DR.
UM, ACTUALLY I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS CHIEF HERE.
MADAM PRESIDENT VIRTUALLY, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, DR.
WE HAVE STUDENT LEADERS FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON, CARVER SIXTH GRADE STEM LEARNING CENTER HERE TO LEAD US IN THE UNITED STATES AND TEXAS PLEASURES, AS WELL AS THEIR CARVER CRETE PRINCIPAL, RAQUEL RICIN, WESTERN EXPRESS THAT THESE STUDENTS WERE SELECTED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING BECAUSE IN THE BRIEF TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL, THEY HAVE SHOWN EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND ARE GREAT EXAMPLES OF WHAT A GWC SCHOLAR SHOULD BE.
PLEASE WELCOME MR. DANIEL WILLIAMS. SYMIA LANIER LANALA BETTERS AND MS. DIANE WE'RE GOING TO ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGES
I ALSO WANT TO RECOMMEND RECOGNIZE THEIR PARENTS IF YOU'RE IN THE AUDIENCE STAND SO WE CAN GIVE YOU A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US, GEORGE WASHINGTON, CARVER STEM LEARNING CENTER.
[5. Recognitions and Commendations]
ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS RECOGNITION AND COMMENDATIONS.GETTING A MATTER BOARD PRESIDENT, VIRTUALLY AND BOARD MEMBERS, DR.
PERRERA TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO START WITH SOME DONATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED A NICE BIG GENEROUS ONE, AND I WANT YOU ALL TO JOIN ME DOWN.
WE'LL HAVE A PICTURE AT THE END OF THIS ONE.
I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A RECENT DONATION.
OUR DISTRICT HAS RECEIVED LIKE A STRATEGY HAS A GREAT SUPPORT SYSTEM.
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COMES FROM OUR LOCAL CHURCHES IN OUR AREA THIS EVENING.WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE CONCORD CHURCH FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATION OF $10,000 TO LANCASTER IST.
THIS CHURCH BELIEVES IN SERVING BOTH THE NEEDS OF THE CHURCH AND OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE THANK THEM FOR INCLUDING LANCASTER ISD AND THEIR MISSION.
EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT PRAYER MET WITH PASTOR BRIAN CARTER TO OFFICIALLY RECEIVE THE DONATION ON BEHALF OF LANCASTER ST.
THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AND WE HAVE A HUGE CHECK DOWN HERE, AND WE JUST WANT TO GET A PICTURE WITH THE BOARD SO WE CAN OFFICIALLY TAKE THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS EVENING.
SO IF YOU CAN SHOW ME DOWN, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT
AND AS YOU'RE WALKING UP, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR RED CARPET FIRST WEEK WRAP UP ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL RED CARPET.
WELCOME IS IN THE BOOKS THIS MONDAY FROM MONDAY, AUGUST 16TH, WHICH WAS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IN ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, WELCOME STUDENTS BACK IN PERSON TO IN-PERSON LEARNING AND ACTUAL RED CARPET WAS ROLLED OUT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE LANCASTER ISD COMMUNITY AND LOCAL BUSINESSES, GREETED STUDENTS WITH CHEERS AND APPLAUSE.
AND THEY WALKED THE RIG AS THEY WALKED THE RED CARPET CAMPUSES HAD MASCOTS MUSIC AND ORANGE AND WHITE POM-POMS FOR THE FESTIVAL OCCASION.
WE WANT TO THANK OUR LINK STRATEGY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, CITY OF LANCASTER EMPLOYEES, FIRST RESPONDERS AND MEMBERS OF THE TOYOTA LEADERSHIP ACADEMY PROGRAM FOR TAKING THE TIME TO WELCOME OUR STUDENTS.
BACK ON MONDAY, THE WEEK WAS FILLED WITH TEACHING AND LEARNING AND WE CAUGHT A LOT OF IT IN ACTION.
SO I WANT YOU ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO RECAP FROM THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL AND WE HAVE SOME AUDIO ON THE VIDEO.
CAN YOU TURN THAT UP FOR ME? THE VIDEO.
THE VISUALS ARE REALLY, REALLY GREAT, SO WE DON'T ABSOLUTELY NEED OUR MUSIC, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, TEACHING AND LEARNING WAS IN ACTION DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL AND THE WORST HE SAYS RIGHT THERE IS I AM A LANCASTER TIGER.
SO JUST IN CASE, WE'LL ALSO POST THAT TO OUR W TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND WEBSITE.
SO YOU ALL CAN KIND OF HEAR IT WITH THE MUSIC AND EVERYTHING.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE COUNTDOWN IS ON OUR LANCASTER TIGER FOOTBALL TEAM WILL TAKE ON PORT ARTHUR MEMORIAL TITANS IN THE FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON TOMORROW EVENING AT 7:00 PM AT PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M FOOTBALL STADIUM IN PRAIRIE VIEW, TEXAS.
WE'RE HITTING THE ROAD TO SUPPORT OUR TIGERS.
TWO TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE OR AT THE GATE AND THE TICKET INFORMATION LOCATED ON OUR ATHLETIC WEBPAGE.
SO THIS CONCLUDES MY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THIS EVENING.
BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO COMMEND ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR WORK ON ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET FOR OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
ON DAY ONE, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND A FEW OF THE CAMPUSES, ACTUALLY ALL OF THEM, AND AT SOME POINT, SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE PARENTS AND STUDENTS WITH A MASK ON.
SO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT THIS THIS WAY FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.
SO IF I'M MUFFLED, PLEASE ACCEPT.
MY APOLOGIES ALSO WOULD LIKE TO JUST, UH, CHECK ON THE AUDIO OF MADAM PRESIDENT.
SHE IS ON VIRTUALLY AND NOT IN PRESIDENT.
IF YOU WOULD, UH, JUST SAY A WORD FOR US, WE'LL KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE.
WE'LL GET THAT WORKED OUT BETWEEN THEM.
[6. Citizens Communication (Part 1 of 2)]
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LIKE TO PRAYER.WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER SIGNED UP FOR THIS EVENING AND MS. SIMPSON WILL CALL THAT INDIVIDUAL TO THE FRONT.
B BOARD POLICY STATES THAT PUBLIC COMMENT DURING REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD, PRESIDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT.
IF ADDRESSING AN AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE IDENTIFY THE ITEM THAT YOU WILL BE COMMENTING ON.
SPEAKERS MAY NOT USE ANY INDIVIDUAL'S NAME OR IDENTIFIABLE TITLES WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD.
IF THE SPEAKER IS PRESENT, IS PRESENTING A COMPLAINT REGARDING THAT PERSON.
ALTHOUGH THE BOARD CANNOT TAKE SPECIFIC ACTION ON CITIZEN'S COMMUNICATION TOPICS DUE TO LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, THEY WILL HEAR THE TOPIC AND THE BOARD MAY ONE HAVE THE ITEM PLACED ON FUTURE AGENDA FOR ACTION, OR TO REFER THAT, REFER THE ITEMS TO A BOARD COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE OR THREE REFER THE ITEMS TO STAFF OR STUDY FOR CONCLUSIONS.
WE ASK THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PRIOR TO SPEAKING AND IDENTIFY THE TOPIC THAT YOU ARE COMMENTING ON.
AFTER YOU START AFTER YOU STAYED AT YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND AGENDA ITEM, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.
YEAH, I'LL HAVE YOUR TIME ON
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE.
I AM AN ATTORNEY AND MY ADDRESS IS 12 0 6 HART STREET, UH, WARMER 7 5 1 7 2.
I APPRECIATE Y'ALL TAKING THE TIME AND LETTING ME SPEAK.
I DO UNDERSTAND I HAVE THREE MINUTES LONG STORY SHORT.
UM, AND THE REASON THAT I TOOK THE TIME TO EMAIL EVERYONE IS BECAUSE I SAW AN IMMINENT, DANGEROUS SITUATION AT BELTLINE ELEMENTARY.
UM, AND REALLY THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE REACHED IN EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL IS, UH, I SAW A RED CARPET PRESENTATION.
UH, WHY WAS BELTLINE ELEMENTARY? NOT IN THERE.
CAN ANYONE TELL ME I CAN? THE REASON THAT BELTLINE ELEMENTARY WASN'T IN THAT PRESENTATION IS BECAUSE THERE WAS CHAOS OUT THERE AND NO ONE TOOK THE TIME TO LAY THAT CAMPUS OUT PROPERLY AND, AND SUPERINTENDENT, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE NEW TO LAND CASH RISE D CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING YOUR CONTRACT.
IT'S A VERY LUCRATIVE CONTRACT, $285,000 PER YEAR, A 12% RETIREMENT, $500 CAR ALLOWANCE OR A HUNDRED DOLLAR PHONE ALLOWANCE.
AND AGAIN, THERE'S OTHER THINGS IN THERE.
WE, UM, WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO EXPECT YOU TO EARN EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR OF IT.
I BEGAN TALKING TO THE PRINCIPAL.
THE PRINCIPAL HAS BEEN A BELTLINE ELEMENTARY FOR 30 YEARS.
I TALKED TO YOUR POLICE CHIEF.
HE'S ALSO A SAFETY EXPERT YET WHEN I GOT OUT THERE FOR THE BETTER PART OF TWO, TWO WEEKS, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO LISTEN THAT TODDLERS PRE-KINDER KINDER.
FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD GRADERS WERE IN DANGER AND NO ONE LISTENED.
I HAD TO COME OUT HERE AND TAKE TIME OUT OF MY PERSONAL SCHEDULE AND TALK TO YOUR COMMUNICATIONS, CHIEF AND EMAIL EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF Y'ALL.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT AS AN ATTORNEY, THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
I MUST REMIND YOU TO PLEASE, AS AN ATTORNEY, LANCASTER OWES A DUTY, UM, AND IT'S A VERY PERSONAL DUTY TO EACH AND EVERY STUDENT.
AND THE REASON THAT I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS IS BECAUSE THIS MORNING I SPENT ALL THIS MORNING WITH TWO KIDS AND BOTH OF THEM ARE LANCASTER ISD STUDENTS.
THE OTHER ONE HAS A BROKEN RIGHT ANKLE AND A BROKEN NOSE.
MAY I MENTION WHAT SCHOOL THEY GO TO? YEAH, THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL THAT THEY GO TO IS ROSA PARKS ELEMENTARY ONE THAT SAYS ONE IS IN SECOND GRADE AND THE OTHER ONE IS IN FOURTH GRADE.
AGAIN, CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO UNDERSTAND THE DANGEROUS
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THAT STAFF ARE EXPOSING THEM TO.AND I WILL TELL YOU THE SAME THING I TOLD YOUR CHIEF BECAUSE WHEN I CALL HIM ON FRIDAY AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
[7. Informational Items]
ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE DISCUSSION OF REDISTRICTING UPDATE.PEREZ, ACTUALLY, DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST CALL THE NAMES ON HERE? ALL RIGHT.
ROBERT STEIN, NO, PRETTY SURELY GOOD EVENING.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, MY COLLEAGUE, JOHN ALFORD WAS NOT WITH US THE LAST TIME WE MET.
UM, WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS WE WANTED TO ASK THE BOARD ABOUT, UM, OUR EFFORTS AND THEN, UM, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF COLLECTING INFORMATION.
I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT, UM, WE HAVE TONIGHT FOR THE BOARD IS WHETHER OR NOT THEIR PREFERENCE FOR OUR EFFORTS IS TO RETAIN AS MUCH OF THE CURRENT TRUSTEE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AS IS POSSIBLE UNDER OF COURSE, UH, CURRENT FEDERAL LAW.
UM, WE ARE ASSUMING THAT THE SEVEN DISTRICTS, UM, ARE THE ONES THAT THE BOARD WOULD PREFER TO KEEP.
AND, UM, OUR EFFORT IS TO, UM, MAKE THAT A POSSIBILITY, UM, BOTH IN TERMS OF, UH, UH, THE BOUNDARIES AND THE COMPOSITION OF THE VOTERS IN THAT.
AND THAT'S OUR FIRST REAL QUESTION FOR THE BOARD.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN, UH, RESPOND AT THIS POINT, BUT I KNOW EACH PERSON PROBABLY HAS AN OPINION, SO I WILL START WITH, UH, HONORABLE STEVENSON.
DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION BASED ON THAT QUESTION? NO.
WILL SMITH, UH, I'M OPEN TO ANY CHANGE PERSONALLY, UH, BUT THEY'RE ALL THE SAME TO ME.
I'M IN DISTRICT SIX, A VERY MUCH A LIFE FOR MY DISTRICT TO BE, UH, LOOKED AT CLOSELY.
I DO FEEL LIKE IT WAS VERY MENDER AND, UM, AVAILABLE IN ONE EAR AND OUT OF LANCASTER, BUT I AM AN EGG ADD ON THE OTHER HAND OF LANCASTER CROSSING, PROBABLY ABOUT ONE TO THREE OTHER DISTRICTS FROM WHERE I SAID, SO PLEASE DO THAT.
SO I GUESS WHAT I'M HEARING, UH, MS. DR.
STEIN IS THAT FOR DISTRICT SIX, WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO REVIEW THAT ONE A LITTLE CLOSER, UH, TO GET IT MORE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
SO, UH, AND SO I'M SORRY, UH, MADAM PRESIDENT WHO'S, UH, TELLING, UH, VIRTUALLY, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I WOULD JUST SAY BASICALLY THERE'S A CRITERIA, I BELIEVE BASED OFF PERCENTAGES AND GROWTH MODELS, WE'RE FOLLOWING THE CRITERIA OF BUYING.
STEIN, I GUESS JUST LOOKING BASED ON THESE COMMENTS, I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, IF YOU PROVIDE US WITH A FEW OPTIONS, UH, ONE THAT MAY MAINTAIN THE CURRENT BOUNDARIES AND THEN ONE THAT, UH, LOOKS AT DISTRICT SIX A LITTLE CLOSER, UH, BUT OF COURSE, FOLLOWING THOSE GUIDELINES AND, AND MAYBE THIS ISN'T THE TIME TO DO IT.
AND I AM, I CAN, I CAN VISIT WITH, UH, UM, MS. BRYAN OR, UM, EVEN THE, THE TRUSTEE, BUT WE'D LIKE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION MAYBE, UM, IF THEY COULD LOOK AT THE MAP, THE CURRENT MAP, UM, AND TELL US WHAT PORTIONS OF THE DISTRICT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
I GUESS THE WORD IS REALIGNED.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU AN OPTION, BUT, UM, WE DON'T WANT TO SORT OF WASTE YOUR TIME.
SO IF, IF MAYBE WE COULD VISIT WITH THE TRUSTEE, GET SOME LATER TIME AND LOOK AT THE MAP AND HAVE, UH, OR TELL US WHAT ARE THE, UM, PORTIONS OF THE DISTRICT THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY ALIGNED WITH WHAT, UM, SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
I THINK WE CAN DEFINITELY ARRANGE THAT.
AND, UH, IF YOU NEED INFORMATION FROM THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS, I DO HAVE COPIES OF THOSE OPTIONS AND WE HAVE FIVE OPTIONS THAT, UH, UNTIL 2011.
SO IF YOU NEED THOSE TO REVIEW AS WELL, I CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
LET ME JUST TELL YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT YOUR DISTRICT.
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BUILT, UM, BUT, UM, DALLAS COUNTY DOES SOMETHING THAT, UM, PROBABLY SOME OTHER COUNTIES DO, BUT WE'VE NOT COME ACROSS IT.USUALLY THEY BUILD YOUR TRUSTEE DISTRICTS ALONG THE LINES OF PRECINCTS IN THE COUNTY.
UM, BUT IN EVERY INSTANCE HERE, THERE ARE SOME, SOME PRECINCT, SOME PRECINCTS THAT ARE CUT INTO SMALLER PIECES.
AND, UM, WHAT WE'VE NOTICED IN THE DISTRICTING, UM, OVER YOUR SEVEN DISTRICTS IS THAT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OF THOSE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE CENSUS BUREAU DOESN'T COLLECT DATA BELOW THE PRECINCT LEVEL.
SO ONE OF THE EFFORTS IS GOING TO BE, TO HAVE TO WORK WITH THE SUB PRECINCT AREAS, SOME OF WHICH ARE RELATIVELY SMALL AND SOME OF WHAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY LARGE.
UM, BUT, UM, THE BUILDING WALKS HERE ARE PRETTY SIMPLE.
UM, IF WE MADE CHANGES TO A DISTRICT SIX, I SHOULD TELL YOU THAT THEY'RE GOING TO AFFECT THE OTHER SIX DISTRICTS, BECAUSE OF COURSE WE HAVE TO HAVE AN EQUAL REPORT NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER DISTRICT, GIVEN A LITTLE DEVIATION OF 10%.
UM, BUT I, MY GUESS IS THAT WON'T BE VARIED AND I'LL DEFER TO JOHN ON SOME OTHER ISSUES HERE.
UH, I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WE'RE OBVIOUSLY OPEN TO, UH, CONFERRING INDIVIDUALLY WITH ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, UM, WHO HAVE, UH, PARTICULAR CONCERNS.
UM, WE'RE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN TAKING THAT INPUT INTO ACCOUNT.
UH, IT DEFINITELY WOULD BE HAPPY TO BE HELPFUL, SORRY.
I'M IMPRESSED TO SEE SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED LAST TIME, NOT IN THE SENSE THAT THEY NECESSARILY COULD BE RECREATED WITH THE NEW POPULATION.
UM, BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO GET A SENSE OF THE KINDS OF THE CHARACTER OF OPTIONS THAT WERE, UH, AVAILABLE SO THAT, UM, PERHAPS WE COULD, UM, TRY TO GET YOU SOMETHING ALONG THAT SORT OF SAME SET OF, UH, A RANGE OF OPTIONS, UM, IN TERMS OF THE REDRAWING OF THE DISTRICTS.
UM, I'LL SAY A FEW OTHER THINGS WE HAVE IN HAND, UH, THE CURRENT, UH, CENSUS NUMBERS AND ARE, ARE READY TO START MAPPING WITH THOSE.
THE, THE ONE AREA THAT ADDS A LITTLE COMPLICATION IS THAT THE DISTRICTS ARE BUILT OUT OF CENSUS BLOCKS.
THOSE CENSUS BLOCKS IN THE PAST CORRESPONDED TO THOSE SUB PRECINCTS DALLAS COUNTY PRECINCTS THAT, UM, THAT DR.
STEIN WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE NEW CENSUS BLOCKS ARE MOSTLY CHANGED AND, UM, MAY NOT CORRESPOND AS CLOSELY.
SO THERE'LL PROBABLY BE SOME ADJUSTMENT THERE, BUT THAT WILL BE TRUE THROUGHOUT DALLAS COUNTY.
SO IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT, THAT THE ELECTION OFFICE IN THE COUNTY WON'T BE PREPARED FOR, UH, BECAUSE IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT'LL BE TRUE, UM, BY JUST THE LAXER, BUT OF OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CITIES.
UM, SO WE'RE, UH, WE'RE GETTING THINGS GEARED UP GETTING THE OLD MAPS PUT IN AND, UM, PREPARING TO START PROVIDING YOU SOME OPTIONS IN PARTICULARLY SORT OF AS AN INITIAL PRODUCT AND JUST GIVING YOU, UH, FIRST OFF A SENSE OF WHAT THE POPULATION BALANCES ARE, WHERE THE GREAT GROWTH HAS TAKEN PLACE.
UM, AND THAT'LL IMMEDIATELY GIVE YOU A SENSE OF, UM, THAT A MINIMUM, WHICH OF THE, OF THE DISTRICTS WILL HAVE TO SHRINK, UH, AND, AND WHERE THAT, UH, SHIFT WILL LIKELY TAKE PLACE.
UM, I'LL, UM, PROBABLY, UH, CALL, UM, MS. KENNEDY, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH BOARD MEMBER REPRESENTS TRUSTEE DISTRICT SIX.
SO, UM, IF YOU COULD JUST I CAN, I CAN KILL HIM IF HE WANTS TO.
I MEAN, IF YOU COULD GIVE ME SOME CONTACT INFORMATION EITHER.
UM, I KNOW I DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE A, I'M TRYING TO, OR JUST A PHONE NUMBER.
WE'LL TRY TO SET UP A TIME WHERE WE CAN GET THE INTUITIVE ZOOM MEETING MAYBE AND SHOW YOU SOME.
I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TO SAY.
WE WE'VE BEEN MOVING ALONG, YOU KNOW, PRETTY BRISKLY.
WE, WE, I, ONLY THING I, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S HANDLING IT.
I WAS TALKING TO MS. KENNEDY BEFORE, UM, WE SENT IN ALL THE PAPERWORK, WE'VE GOTTEN NOTHING BACK FROM YOU.
SO I WAS HOPING THAT, UM, IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW,
I GUESS THE, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT HAS SIGNED THE AGREEMENT.
WE, JOHN AND I SIGNED IT ON BEHALF OF JOHN AND I, AND I THINK WE FILLED ALL THE ETHICS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST REPORTS, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE OVERLOOKED,
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LET US KNOW.UM, AND WE'RE JUST PROCEEDING WITH THE SAME SCHEDULE WE HAD BEFORE.
UM, WE THINK WE WILL GET AT WELL, WELL, WITHIN THE 180 DAYS, I THINK THAT WAS IN THE PROPOSED CONTRACT.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
WE WILL HAVE SOMEBODY TO CONTACT YOU TO GET THOSE LOGISTICS TAKEN CARE OF, AND ALSO THE INFORMATION FOR A SECRETARY OF MARS FOR YOU TO HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION.
AND ALSO FOR THOSE ARE OPTIONS FROM 2011, 10 FOR YOU GUYS TO REVIEW AS WELL.
AND ONE LAST THING I KNOW I WAS TALKING WITH KENNEDY, THERE WAS A CHANCE THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT'VE HAD A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL WHAT'S SOMETIMES CALLED IS A SHAPE FILE.
IT'S UM, UM, PART OF THE ART GIS, UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACQUIRE MOST OF IT FROM DALLAS COUNTY, UH, THE CLERK, THE ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE, BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SEE IF WE HAD THAT NOT ONLY THOSE FIVE PLANS, BUT SOME OF THE, THE, THE THEY'RE CALLED SHAPE FILES OR JUST COMPUTER GENERATED MAPS.
WE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE'RE NOT WORKING FROM SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE AN ACCURATE, UM, THAT HAD BEEN SUBMITTED IN 2010, AS YOU ALL KNOW, YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT, YOU HAD TO SUBMIT EVERYTHING TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FOR PRE-CLEARANCE THAT'S NO LONGER REQUIRED.
SO, UM, WE DON'T HAVE THAT ADVANTAGE OF, UM, GOING TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ASKING FOR THE PLAN.
I HAVE A COPY OF THE PLAN, ALL PLANS ALL THE WAY BACK TO 19 94 95.
SO I DO HAVE THOSE GENERAL, I HAVE, UM, THE MAJORITY 2 0 5, THEN THE NEXT 10 YEARS FROM THAT, YEAH.
TWO 10 WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD NEED IF SOMEONE HAS THAT WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
WELL, WE WILL DEFINITELY THAT AND GET THE INFORMATION TO YOU, UH, THAT BOB'S CRUSHED.
YOU REMINDED ME OF SORT OF A TECHNICAL QUESTION I HAVE, WHICH IS NOT ABOUT SHAPE FILES, WHICH ARE SOMEWHAT TACTICAL, BUT ABOUT ANOTHER TECHNICAL KIND OF FILE CALLED A BLOCK EQUIVALENCY FILE.
IT'S A FILE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE IT FAIRLY EASY FOR US TO AT LEAST START THE, UH, UH, PART OF THAT PROCESS.
AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO JUSTICE WITH YOUR PRE-CLEARANCE STATEMENT.
UM, AND WHAT I WAS WONDERING IS THAT OBVIOUSLY WE'D BE THROUGH THE ATTORNEYS AND, UM, UH, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF, UH, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT YOUR, UH, ATTORNEY STILL HAS THE, UM, PRE-CLEARANCE DOCUMENTS THAT WENT TO JUSTICE IN FOLLOWING THE 2010 REDRAW.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE SHAPE FILE, AS WELL AS THE PRE-CLEARANCE STATEMENT THAT WAS SENT IN 2010, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
SO WE WILL HAVE A ADMINISTRATION TO REVIEW THAT, AND I'LL ALSO CHECK SOME OF MY NOTES FOR SOME INFORMATION THAT I MAY HAVE RANKING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I THINK YOU ANSWERED QUITE A BIT OF ENFORCED AT THIS POINT.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING, AND WE'LL BE IN CONTACT SOON TO FINALIZE THOSE OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE PENDING.
UM, A LOT OF SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS STRANGE, BUT I LOVE TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT JUST, I'M ALWAYS FASCINATED, UM, AT THE, BOTH THE, THE, THE INTEREST THAT CITIZENS TAKE AT THE SCHOOL BOARD LEVEL, AND THEN THE, THE SORT OF THE CARE THAT BOARD MEMBER SAY, GIVEN THAT THEY'RE BEING PAID SUCH LARGE SALARIES.
I ALWAYS FIND THAT REASSURING TO KNOW, UM, THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER THEY'RE THE COMMENTER OR THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE HAVING TO LISTEN TO AND ACT ON THOSE COMMENTS.
SO, UM, I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DO.
I SHOULD, I SHOULD SAY ALSO IT IS OUR INTENTION TO ATTEND A BOARD MEETING AND MAKE OUR FINAL PRESENTATION IN PERSON, BUT THAT OF COURSE IS SADLY UP TO BOTH THE DELTA VIRUS AND WHAT YOU AND THE BOARD AND THE GOVERNOR DECIDE ARE ALLOWABLE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
SO WE'RE READY TO MEET ON ZOOM AND DO THE PRESENTATION.
WE HOPE IN 180 DAYS, THINGS ARE BETTER FOR US.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU IN PERSON.
YOU AS WELL, RIGHT? UH, AND SO WE DO HAVE A CHARGE THAT WE'LL GET THE INFORMATION TO THEM.
THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA OR OPERATION UPDATES, DR.
PRICE WILL NOW HAVE THREE ITEMS HERE, BOARDROOM UPDATE REPAIRS AND LINKS TO HIGH SCHOOL AND REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FOR DESIGN BUILD SERVICES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION.
THE THING WAS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, SUPERINTENDENT, UH, DR.
BARRERA, I BRING YOU SOME OPERATIONS UPDATES ON THE BOARDROOM UPGRADE.
JUST TELL YOU THAT THE FIRST PHASE OF THE UPGRADE IS COMPLETE AND ITEM NUMBER THREE, I'M DISCUSSING THAT THE SECOND PHASE WE EXPECT TO BEGIN ON SEPTEMBER THE 14TH WITH JUST THE AUDIO INSTALLATION PHASE, WE ARE STILL PROJECTING TO BE COMPLETE AND HAVE SOME TRAINING DONE IN ORDER TO HAVE THE FIRST
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BOARD MEETING ON THE 28TH OF SEPTEMBER WITH THE, WITH THE NEW SYSTEM, UM, GO TO THE DESIGN BILL, UH, RFQ FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION PROJECTS.WE ARE RUNNING SLIGHTLY BEHIND ON THAT.
WE HAD THE, UH, PRO PROJECTED DATE OF HAVING IT OUT BY THE END OF, UH, AUGUST.
NOW WE'RE MOVING THAT TO, BY THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER, HOWEVER, WE HAVE NOT CHANGED THE DATE THAT WE WILL BRING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD FOR A DESIGN BUILD FIRM.
AND FOR, TO ASK YOU FOR PERMISSION FOR APPROVING US TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH THAT WOULD THAT FIRM, UM, UH, SINCE, UH, BLOATED THIS, I WANT TO TALK, UH, JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT, UM, UH, BEFORE I DO THAT, LET ME GO BACK TO, UH, THE, UH, REPAIRS AT LANCASTER HASKELL AND LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ALL KNOW OR KNOWS.
WE HAVE TO THE COLOSSEUM WALL ON THAT.
WE HAVE A REPORT FROM A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER.
HOWEVER, THAT REPORT DID NOT TELL US THE CAUSE OF THE, UH, BLOCKS FALLING FROM THE WALL.
SO WE'VE ASKED THEM TO SEND US BACK A REVISED REPORT, INDICATING THE CAUSE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO FIX WHATEVER CAUSED THE BRICKS TO THE FALL IN THE, IN THE FIRST PLACE, WE'RE ALSO WAITING A QUOTE FOR THE EXPENDITURE TO REPAIR THE COLOSSEUM WALL, AND WE WANT TO RECONCILE THE STRUCTURE ENGINEER'S REPORT AGAINST THE, UH, QUOTE FOR REPAIRING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING FIXED WITH THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
THE OTHER ITEM IS THE ORCHESTRA PIT AT THE, UH, HIGH SCHOOL, UH, AUDITORIUM.
THAT'S STILL GOING THROUGH AN ANALYSIS WITH OUR INSURANCE ADJUSTERS.
WE'VE COMPLETED AN AIR QUALITY STUDY, BUT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THEM RESULTS BACK.
SO AS SOON AS WE GET THE RESULTS BACK FROM THE AIR, UH, QUALITY, UH, STUDY, UH, WE'LL ALSO GET INFORMATION ON HOW MUCH IT WILL COST TO RESTORE THAT FACILITY AND THE DETERMINATION FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY AS TO WHAT PORTION, IF ANY OF THAT, THEY WILL, UH, THEY WILL PAY, YOU HAVE, UM, A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM THAT SPEAKS TO EMERGENCY PAIR OF RESOLUTION.
AND WE WANT TO SIMPLY BE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH THE REPAIR WORK AT THESE TWO, UH, FACILITIES.
UH, AND WE CERTAINLY EXPECT TO GET THAT PRIOR TO YOUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT EMERGENCY REPAIR RESOLUTION IS ALL ALL ABOUT.
AND CAN TALK ABOUT THAT MORE LATER, IF YOU'D LIKE FINALLY, UH, SINCE I UPLOADED THIS PRESENTATION, WE HAD A CHILLER FAILURE FAILURE AT THE, UH, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
ONE OF TABLES FINALLY WENT OUT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, NOT, UH, UNEXPECTED, BECAUSE YOU WILL RECALL THAT WE HAVE A CHILLER REPLACEMENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, ON OUR HVAC, UH, REPLACEMENT LIST.
THOSE CHILLERS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE REPLACED IN, UM, UH, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER DOING THE, UH, BREAKS IN THOSE MONTHS, BUT WE HAD TO ACT QUICKLY AND WE CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO DO A, UH, CHILL CHILLER RENTAL, UH, ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS.
AND SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL RENT THIS, UH, CHILLER THROUGH, UH, NOVEMBER AND THEN BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND PUT IN THE PERMANENT REPLACEMENTS AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME.
I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE DID, UH, UH, DO, DO A TURNAROUND REPAIR ON THIS WITHIN A DAY.
AND, UH, WE NOW HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL COOLING AS IT SHOULD.
AND WE ARE GOOD TO GO ON THAT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ABOUT 72 TO 73 DEGREES, AVERAGE TEMPERATURES RUNNING OVER THAT.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE UPDATE.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS PRESENTATION? I HAVE A QUESTION.
MADAM SECRETARY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, YOU KNOW, OVER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, UH, CALL US DOWN WHERE THAT PIECE FELL DOWN AND BROKE THE WINDOWS.
SO WE'LL I INSURANCE COVER, UH, MOST OF THAT, THAT THAT IS NOT LIKELY TO, UM, TO BE COVERED BY INSURANCE AS I'VE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED.
UM, WE, WE NEED TO GET A CAUSE FIRST BACK FROM THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, ONCE WE GET THE CAUSE WE WILL INVESTIGATE WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE A CLAIM WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY, BUT MOST LIKELY THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO HAVE TO ABSORB BECAUSE MOST LIKELY AS A RESULT OF JUST WEAR AND TEAR AND, AND AGE.
CAUSE OUR BUILDING IS NOT
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
UH, BEFORE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION, WE DO HAVE
[6. Citizens Communication (Part 2 of 2)]
ONE ADDITIONAL CITIZENS COMMUNICATION, UH, WHO DID NOT COME UP A MOMENT AGO.[00:35:18]
GOOD EVENING BOARD PRESIDENT BOARD MEMBERS, DR.CAREER OR POLICY STATES, IT'LL JUST BE HER.
WHAT POLICY STATES THAT PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENT DURING REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD, PRESIDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT.
IF ADDRESSING AND AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE IDENTIFY THE ITEM THAT YOU WILL BE COMMENTING.
GOD SPEAKERS MAY NOT USE ANY INDIVIDUAL'S NAME OR IDENTIFIABLE TITLES WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD.
IF THE SPEAKER IS PRESENTING A COMPLAINT REGARDING THAT PERSON, ALTHOUGH THE BOARD CANNOT TAKE SPECIFIC ACTION ON CITIZEN'S COMMUNICATION TOPICS DUE TO LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, THEY WILL HEAR THE TOPIC AND THE BOARD MAY ONE HAVE THE ITEM PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM FOR ACTION, OR TO REFER THE ITEMS TO A BOARD COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE OR THREE REFER THE ITEMS TO STAFF OR STUDY.
FOR CONCLUSION, WE ASK THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PRIOR TO SPEAKING AND IDENTIFY THE TOPIC THAT YOU ARE COMMENTING ON.
AFTER YOU HAVE STATED YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND THE AGENDA ITEM.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND TO PERSONALLY SPEAK AND GIVE YOU MY TESTIMONY IN REFERENCE TO MY THREE CHILDREN THAT I HAVE AT THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
I'M WITH THE DISTRICT THREE DIFFERENT AGES AND THREE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES.
UM, AS MR. JOEL FLORES HAD MENTIONED TO YOU, I WAS ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT BROUGHT IT TO HIS ATTENTION, MY AWFUL EXPERIENCE THAT I EXPERIENCED THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WHILE DROPPING OFF MY SON, UM, FOR HIS FIRST DAY AND FOURTH GRADE, UM, I WAS ACTUALLY HANDED OVER TO A STUDENT THAT IS NOT MY CHILD.
HE LITERALLY ALMOST GOT HIT BY A MOVING VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS VERY CHAOTIC.
UM, THANK GOD SOMEONE SEEING THE KID FORTUNATELY ENOUGH AND JUST PULLED THEM BY THE STRAPS ON HIS BACKPACK, PLACED THEM OVER TO THE SIDE.
I'D SAY HE WAS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS OF AGE.
HE HAD A TAG, WHICH LEADS ME TO PRESUME THAT HE WAS POSSIBLY IN PRE-K AT THE FIRST TIME, NO PARENT AROUND I'M ASSUMING HE WAS TRYING TO CROSS INTO THE PARKING LOT.
WHILE THE MOVING CARS WERE BEING DIRECTED THROUGH A CHAOTIC TRAFFIC.
THERE'S DOUBLE LINES, PEOPLE BEING DROPPED OFF.
CHILDREN BEING DROPPED OFF IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND IT BROKE MY HEART TO HAVE A CHILD HANDED OVER TO ME.
FIRST OF ALL, UM, WE TRUST THE TEACHERS.
WE TRUST THE STAFF AND HAND IT OVER TO A COMPLETE STRANGER.
AND IF THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN, MY CHILD COULD HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED ABDUCTED SOMEWHERE DEAD BURIED.
GOD KNOWS WHAT, ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES THAT WE'RE LIVING TODAY.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WENT HOME.
COULDN'T EVEN MAKE IT TO WORK EMOTIONALLY DISTRESSED, CRYING, JUST THINKING GOD THAT SOMEONE WAS WATCHING OUT FOR HIM AND THAT I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE THERE.
AND THAT I HAVE A GOOD KAREN HEART AS A HUMAN BEING AND MOTHER AND I ESCORTED THE CHILD TO THE FRONT OF THE DOOR, ALONG WITH MY SON AS HIP AS IF HE WERE MY OWN.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT BEING IS BECAUSE MY CHILDREN HAVE SUFFERED ACTUALLY SEVERAL, UM, INSTANCE SINCE, UM, WHERE IT'S JUST BEEN AWFUL FROM HAVIN TO FRACTURES AND ARM TO BE IN BULLIED, TO HAVE AN EVEN A, A TEACHER PHYSICALLY LAY THEIR HANDS ON MY TOUT FOR SPEAKING UP.
AND I DO SEE THERE ARE NEW FACES AND THE DISTRICT AT THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
HOWEVER, I SEE THAT THE TOXICITY OF THE CULTURE WITHIN THE SCHOOLS CONTINUE, THEY HAVE NOT CHANGED.
THESE KIDS ARE STILL IN DANGERED.
THERE ARE SO MANY SAFETY GUIDELINES THAT ARE NOT BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
AND I HONESTLY BELIEVE IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE A BIGGER EYE-OPENER COMING UP AGAINST THE DISTRICT, MAYBE A POSSIBLE DEATH OR A LAWSUIT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SIT HERE AND TELL ME THAT THERE'S NOT SOMETHING WRONG.
[8. Recess to Closed Session]
ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS A CLOSED SESSION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE TEXAS OPENS MEETING ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODES, UH, CHAPTER 5, 5, 1, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5, 1 0.071[00:40:01]
LEGAL ADVICE WITH SCHOOL ATTORNEY 5 5, 1 0.072 DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY, 5 51 0.07, FOUR PERSONNEL MATTERS AND 5, 5, 1 0.076 DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS.UH, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF SEVEN ITEMS, WHICH WE'LL GO AND RETURN BACK SHORTLY.
[9. Reconvene in Open Session]
IS NOW 8:14 PM.WE ARE RETURNING TO OPEN SESSION.
WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS AS WE RETURN.
THE FIRST ITEM IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR DIRECTOR OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
TRUSTEE JONES, ACTUALLY I'LL HAVE A MS. TAYLOR COME THROUGH THE FRONT AND, UM, SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE AUDIENCE AND, UM, CALL THE CANDIDATE UP.
GOOD EVENING, MR. VICE PRESIDENT AND NO, MADAM PRESIDENT IS ON THE LINE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT DR.
I'M HERE TO READ MRS. SHEILA BIN SKIN, HER EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR A DIRECTOR OF CTE.
CAN WE PLEASE STAND AND COME TO THE FRONT? BEN SKIN HAS 14 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION.
SHE BEGAN HER CAREER AS A TEACHER AND NAF NATIONAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION ACADEMY DIRECTOR AT THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL IN DALLAS ISD.
PRIOR TO JOINING LANCASTER ISD, SHE SERVES AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST COORDINATOR FOR CTE STAFF AND THE ISD BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO EDUCATION.
SHE WORKED IN SEVERAL KEY POSITIONS IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH AT AND T MRS. BEN SKIN CURRENTLY SERVES AS A COORDINATOR OF CTE WITH LANCASTER ISD, A POSITION SHE HAS HELD FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS UNDER HER GUIDANCE.
STUDENTS HAVE ATTAINED OVER 600 TA INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATIONS WORKING ALONGSIDE OTHER DISTRICT CO-WORKERS MRS. BEN SKIN IS PART OF THE TEAM BRINGING THE TOYOTA LEADERSHIP ACADEMY TO OUR STUDENTS AND S LSD.
MS. BENSON HAS EARNED A BACHELOR'S OF SCIENCE AND ACCOUNTING FROM FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY AND A MASTER'S IN EDUCATION LEADERSHIP FROM CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY.
IN ADDITION, SHE HAS A CLASSROOM TEACHER CERTIFICATION AND MARKETING EDUCATION GRADE SICK, EXCUSE ME, GRADES EIGHT THROUGH 12 AND PRINCIPAL CERTIFICATION GRADES ISI THROUGH 12.
LET'S TAKE A VOTE AND THEN WE'LL LET YOU GIVE YOUR ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.
MADAM SECRETARY, WE HAVE A MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND MILE HONORABLE STEVENSON WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TRUST.
UH, AND I WOULD JUST WANT TO THANK GOD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS JUST NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT A VILLAGE OF FOLKS TO SUPPORT YOU AND MY VILLAGE, MANY OF THEM ARE SITTING RIGHT OUT THERE.
UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE WORK THAT, UH, MS. BELL AND I HAVE DONE, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE WORK THAT I'VE DONE WITH DR.
HOWARD, UH, OUR OPERATIONS TEAM, I'LL NEVER FORGET BEFORE, UH, SONIA BUTLER WAS EVEN HIRED AS OUR CHIEF OF TECHNOLOGY.
SHE WAS IN MY OFFICE TALKING TO ME ABOUT WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO TO BRING THIS DISTRICT, TO RAISE THEIR ROAR, IF YOU WILL, UH, THE TEAM AT, UH, LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, THERE JUST SO MANY PEOPLE THAT DESERVE, UH, FOR ME TO THANK THEM, YOU GUYS ON THE BOARD.
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THANK YOU.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND, A MAN OF GOD, YOU KNOW, MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THAT VIDEO, UH, WHEN WE WERE IN THE SNOW AND HE WAS WALKING BEHIND ME.
UH, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, HE NOT ONLY WALKS BEHIND ME.
HE IS TRULY THE DEPICTION OF EMMANUELLE WITH US.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES HE'S THERE TO SUPPORT ME AND MONISH ME SOMETIMES HE'S THERE HOLDING ME UP AND SOMETIMES HE'S THERE BLAZING THE WAY.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR ME.
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY THAT, GREG.
THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES, OFFICER BACK PREMIERE.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT, UM, DR.
TAYLOR WILL BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE HERSELF WITH THAT.
HOWEVER, I WILL ALLOW FOR, UH, MS. SIMPSON TO DO THAT THIS EVENING.
GOOD EVENING BOARD, MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT'S VIRTUAL THAT THE PEREIRA, IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE MR. I'M SORRY.
SHE BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE FROM THE CORPORATE SECTOR, PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HIGHER EDUCATIONAL REALM.
SHE HAS 19 YEARS IN EDUCATION.
SHE HAS GAINED EXPERIENCE IN VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL ROLES, SUCH AS A TEACHER ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPAL, EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST, DISTRICT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR, DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND STUDENT SERVICES.
AND MOST RECENTLY SHE JOINED LIKE PSORIASIS D IS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF HUMAN CAPITAL IN STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.
THAT TO TAYLOR EARNED HER BACHELOR OF BUSINESS BACHELOR'S OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND MARKETING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AND A MASTER'S OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP FROM AMBERTON UNIVERSITY TO SUPPORT HER LOVE OF EDUCATION.
SHE ALSO EARNED HER MASTER'S OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND A DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY AND CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.
IN ADDITION, SHE HOLDS CERTIFICATIONS AS A TEACHER.
PRINCIPAL IS SUPER GOOD ATTENDING.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, UH, WE HAVE THIS INFORMATION AND THIS WONDERFUL BIO OF DR.
LABAR TAYLOR, DO I HAVE A MOTION? UM, VICE PRESIDENT JONES.
I MADE THE MOTION WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, HIS RECOMMENDATION FOR CHIEF OF HUMAN RESOURCE RESOURCES OFFICER.
SECOND, SECOND BY HONORABLE STEVENSON.
WE'LL NOW TAKE A VOTE ON OVER STEVENSON.
I WILL DAVIS, UH, MADAM PRESIDENT.
WELCOME MS. TAYLOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M SO HONORED AND THANKFUL TO GOD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
GOD GIVES YOU FRIENDS FOR A REASON, A SEASON AND A LIFETIME, AS THEY SAY, BUT THEY ALSO GAVE YOU FAMILY WHEN YOU'RE AWAY FROM THOSE FRIENDS.
UM, AND SO I REALLY BELIEVE THIS IS MY, UM, EXTENDED FAMILY HERE AND I'VE BEEN SO WELCOMED.
SO I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING LIKE STIR ISD FOR MANY YEARS.
THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS DISCUSSION.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR.
TAYLOR, UH, I GUESS YOU'RE GOING TO BE UP THERE FOR RIGHT NOW, CHIEF OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
WE'LL BE DOING THE NEXT ONE AS WELL.
SO, UH, DISCUSSING POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES, DR.
TAYLOR, CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES, OFFICER LANCASTER, INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL DOWN MS. BRENDA CORPUS DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES CANDIDATE.
BRENDA CORPUS HAS 23 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION.
SHE BEGAN HER CAREER AS A TEACHER AT DALLAS ISD.
AFTER 12 YEARS, MS. CORPUS STARTED HER JOURNEY WITH LANCASTER ISD IS THE THIRD GRADE BILINGUAL TEACHER AT HOUSTON ELEMENTARY.
THIS WILL BE HER 11TH YEAR WITH LANCASTER ISD.
MRS. CORPUS CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE BILINGUAL ESL
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COORDINATOR FOR L I S D A POSITION SHE HAS HELD FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS IN THIS POSITION.SHE HAS PARTNERED WITH DALLAS COLLEGE TO PROVIDE ESL AND GED ADULT CLASSES FOR LANCASTER ISD PARENTS.
IN ADDITION, SHE HAS CONDUCTED ESL TRAININGS FOR ALL CAMPUSES IN ORDER TO CREATE AN AWARENESS OF THE ENGLISH LEARNER.
MRS. CORPUS HAS EARNED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION FROM SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY SMU AND A MASTER OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP WITH PRINCIPAL FROM TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY IN LUBBOCK.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, MR. VICE PRESIDENT JONES.
I MAKE A MOTION SUPERINTENDENT, DR.
HERRERA'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES.
I HAVE A MOTION ON THE SECOND.
WHEN I TAKE A VOTE, I'M GOING TO SWITCH IT UP ON WITH DAVIS SECRETARY, MAURICE SMITH.
ABSOLUTELY HONORABLE STEVENSON.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AM HIGHLY HONORED AND TO ME IT'S A CALLING AND I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S A DREAM SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL TO SERVE STUDENTS, TO MAKE AN IMPACT, TO INSPIRE, TO MOTIVATE.
I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THE BOARD AND DR.
PERRERA FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF LANCASTER ISD, STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND COMMUNITY.
I'VE BEEN HERE 11 YEARS, AND THIS IS THE BEST DECISION THAT I HAVE EVER MADE TO COME AND WORK FOR LANCASTER ISD.
AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN LANCASTER.
AND I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO GREAT THINGS IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY AND PARENTS.
I GUESS BOARD WILL NOW CONVENE DOWN FOR A PHOTO.
I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THEY ARE PASTORS AND LANCASTER HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN THEIR PRAYERS, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS PRAYING FOR LANCASTER FOR GOD TO GIVE US THE GUIDANCE, TO HELP US THE STRENGTH THAT WE NEED TO LEAD THE CHILDREN AND GIVE THEM EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND MY HUSBAND TOO, AND MY CHILDREN THAT ARE WATCHING, I HAVE FOUR, UM, BOYS, ADRIAN, JONATHAN, BRIAN, AND BRENDAN, AND THEY'RE ARE PRAYING FOR US TOO.
THAT'S DEFINITELY EXCITING TO, UH, STAFF TO, INTERNALLY TO GET IN THESE POSITIONS AND CONTINUING TO MOVE US FORWARD AND RAISING OUR ROAR.
THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON TEACHERS RESIGNATION WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE AND PROPOSED COMPLAINT TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION FOR ABANDONMENT OF CONTRACT BACK TO FOREVER.
UM, IF I SEE A JONES, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, SHARE THAT I HAVE SHARED THAT INFORMATION AND IT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION FOR THE BOARD.
UM, DO YOU WANT ME TO PRESENT INFORMATION? I CAN.
HOWEVER, WHAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE STAFF MEMBERS WHO ABANDONED THEIR POSITIONS PRIOR TO THE START OF SCHOOL.
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SOME AT SCHOOL STARTED AND LEFT THE DISTRICT AND BY LAW, I AM TO GATHER THOSE NAMES AND INFORMATION AND SEND THOSE TO TA, TO ESPEC FOR CONSIDERATION OF IMPACT ON THEIR LICENSURE.AND I SHARE THAT WITH THE BOARD, UM, IN OUR SESSION AND, UH, IT'S DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE TO ACCEPT THAT.
UH, IS THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD REGARDING THIS ITEM? OKAY.
UH, SEE, AS AN ACTION ITEM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO PROCEED? UH, MR. VICE PRESIDENT JONES.
SO I MOVED THAT WE ACCEPT, UH, A SUPERINTENDENT, UH, RECOMMENDATION FOR TEACHERS OR OTHER NATIONS WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE AND PROPOSE THE PUNCH, UH, COMPLAINT TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION CERTIFICATION FOR ABANDONMENT OF CONTRACT.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY SECRETARY MORRISON, A SECOND BOUNDABLE STEVENSON.
UM, THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE.
UM, AND IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR TEACHERS TO ADHERE TO THEIR CONTRACT.
AND FORTY-FIVE DAYS BEFORE AT THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL, YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR DECISION IF YOU PLAN NOT TO BE IN THIS WONDERFUL DISTRICT, WHICH I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD DO THAT, BUT, UH, IN ANY EVENT, MAKE SURE THAT YOU ADHERE TO WHAT'S IN YOUR CONTRACT THAT YOU'VE SIGNED.
UH, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, UH, DISCUSSION AND ACTION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION REGARDING THE NECESSITY THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD BE ABLE TO MAKE LOCAL DECISIONS REGARDING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ITS STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES, UH, WILL THIS BE UNITED PERERA? THIS IS A DISCUSSION OF THE BOARD AND IMPOSSIBLE.
AS, AS, AS, AS A RESIDUE OF SOME IN DRAFTING.
SO, UH, I GUESS, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS CONCERNING THIS TOPIC, UH, FROM THE BOARD AT THIS POINT, IF NOT, I'LL SHARE SOME COMMENTS OR MADAM PRESIDENT, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS EITHER? I DON'T HAVE ANY, I DEFINITELY SUPPORT ADD THE MORE STANDING BEHIND THIS SPACE FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS, AS WELL AS OUR STAFF.
MADAM PRESIDENT, UH, ALMOST MET NO, NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENT I WAS GOING TO MENTION IF HE COULD, COULD YOU KIND OF ELABORATE ON THE TOPIC FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE AWARE OF, BUT FOR THAT TO THE DISCUSSION? UH, YES, I CAN.
UM, SO WHAT WE HAVE IS OBVIOUSLY, UM, AS A DISTRICT, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, AGAIN, THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF, AND WE KNOW THAT THE SCIENCE TELLS US THAT THE MASK DO HELP, UH, MITIGATE SOME OF THE SITUATIONS WITH COVID.
UM, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, OUR GOVERNOR HAS BANNED MANDATING, UH, MANDATES.
AND SO WE, UM, AS A DISTRICT FELT IT IS BEST FOR OUR DISTRICT AND OUR LOCALITY AND OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF THAT WE DO ADHERE TO A MATH MANDATE AND HAVE CONTINUED TO ENFORCE THAT THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE, WE TOOK A STANCE ALONG WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE IN ORDER TO DO SO.
UH, I THINK THE POWER OF THE LOCALITY HAS THAT IT SHOULD HAVE THAT DECISION.
I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TAKING THE TIME TO ELABORATE.
I DIDN'T WANT ANY AMBIGUITY OR ANYONE TO MAYBE ASSUME WE WERE THINKING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AND, UH, JUST REMOVE ALL DOUBT.
STEVE WAS IN, I THINK B THE OTHER KEY FEATURE HERE WITHIN THIS ITEM IS THAT, UM, THE MOST PRESSING ITEM RIGHT NOW IS MASK, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ISSUES THAT HAPPEN TO COME UP, WE NEED TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
BUT AT THIS POINT IT IS MASKING DUE TO THE DELTA VARIANT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT REQUIRES ACCIDENT AND EMOTION.
I'M SORRY, JESSE JONES THAT I MIGHT WANT TO ADD THAT WE ALSO SURVEYED OUR FAMILIES AS WELL, UH, THAT WE SERVE IN ALMOST 97% OF THEM WERE IN FAVOR OF US HAVING MATH.
SO I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DATA POINT WAS SHARED WITH THE BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR STATING THAT I THINK THAT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT.
IT GOES BACK TO LOCAL CONTROL.
AS WE BEING SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS, WE ARE LISTENING TO THE VOICES OF OUR CONSTITUENTS AND, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THEIR STUDENTS ARE SAFE.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY PROBLEMS, UH, YOU CAN CONTACT US VIA THE WEBSITE AND VIA OUR PHONE NUMBERS.
WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT SAID THIS AS AN ACCIDENT ITEM, DO I HAVE A MOTION
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VICE PRESIDENT JONES, UH, MAKE A MOTION THAT THE LANCASTER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES BE ABLE TO MAKE LOCAL DECISIONS REGARDING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ITS STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES, OR WHERE WE HAVE A MOTION BY SECRETARY MAURICE.AND THE SECOND AMOUNT OF STEVENSON WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE, UH, STEVENSON.
THIS MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THAT RESOLUTION WILL GO FORWARD.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE DISCUSSING AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE O'HANLON DEMARIS ANCA STEELO TO AMEND HIS LAWSUIT AGAINST GOVERNOR ABBOTT AND ALL THE STATE OF TEXAS AND RELATED PARTIES TO ADD THE DISTRICT TO THE LAWSUIT AND ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO MAKE LOCAL DECISIONS REGARDING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ITS STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES.
UM, IF ALEXANDER IS ON, IF SHE COULD JUST SPEAK TO THAT GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
UM, JUST, UH, UPDATE THE PUBLIC.
WE, THE STATE OF THERE IS PENDING LITIGATION FOR TEMPORARY INJUNCTION AGAINST THE GOVERNOR TO NOT IMPLEMENT ANY, UM, ANY REPRIMANDS OR ANY, UM, UM, IN ANY THERE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS DON'T SEE ANY KIND OF RECOMMENDATION REPRIMAND FOR, UM, THE, THE, UM, GOVERNOR FOR IMPLEMENTING MASS MANDATES AND HAS THREATENED BY THE GOVERNORS GA UM, UM, THE EXECUTIVE ORDER 38.
AND SO, UM, PENDING THAT ORDER, UM, WELL, PENDING THAT IN, UM, THE RULING ON THAT PARTICULAR LITIGATION AND PENDING ANY, UM, SUBSTANTIVE, UM, DECISIONS ON THIS MATTER, WE ARE, UM, HAVE ENCOURAGED THE DISTRICT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, BE A PART OF THIS, THIS, UM, LITIGATION SO THAT YOU CAN PROTECT YOURSELF SO THAT YOU WON'T BE SUBJECT TO ANY PENALTIES OR FINES BY THE GOVERNOR DURING THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
AND RIGHT NOW WHERE WE ARE IS, UM, THE GOV, THE CASE WENT BEFORE THE JUDGE, UM, THIS EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND BY, UM, TOMORROW EVENING, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME RESULTS ABOUT WHETHER THE TEMPORARY INJUNCTION STANDS.
AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE TEMPORARY INJUNCTION STANDS BY BEING A PART OF THIS LAWSUIT, UM, YOU WILL STILL BE PROTECTED BY, UM, FROM ANY EXECUTIVE ORDER OR ANY ACTION ON THE EXECUTIVE ORDER AFTER THE INJUNCTION EXPIRES, BECAUSE UNTIL WE GET SOME, A HEARING ON THE MERITS, AND UNTIL WE GET A DEFINITIVE ANSWER FROM THE SUPREME COURT JUDGE OR A JUDGE THAT HAS AUTHORITY OVER ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEN WE BELIEVE THAT YOU ALL WILL BE SAFE FROM ANY KIND OF LITIGATION OR ANY ADDITIONAL HARM FOR HAVING JOINED OUR LAWSUIT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. ALEXANDER, UM, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.
I DO JUST HAVE ONE QUICK ONE, UH, APPRECIATE, UH, OUR ATTORNEYS BRINGING HIM HIS CHARGE TENSION, AND, UH, I DEFINITELY SUPPORT US BEING A PART OF THE LAWSUIT.
THANK YOU, SECRETARY MARS, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COMMENTS.
THIS PRETTY MUCH ALIGNS WITH WHAT WE JUST APPROVED AS FAR AS THE RESOLUTION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO A STEP FURTHER AND JOIN A LAWSUIT, UH, ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
SO THIS IS AN ACTION FOR PROMOTION.
DO I HAVE A, UH, MOTION BY IT'S FURTHER THAN JOHN'S SO MOVE.
MY SECRETARY TOMORROW IS THE SECOND ONE.
UM, TAKE A VOTE ON NO STEVENSON.
SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN IN A FIGHT, SO NOW IT'S, UH, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.
UH, THE SOUND XANDER FOR YOUR WORK AND PARTICIPATION ON THIS MATTER.
[10. Superintendent's Report]
OUR AGENDA IS THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT, CORRECT? YES.I WANTED TO SHARE ONE BEING ENROLLMENT, AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD, UM, THAT WE ARE AVERAGING AT ABOUT A 92% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE FROM, OR HAVING TO RETURN AT EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS.
AND SO THAT TO ME IS PRETTY EXCITING.
UM, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE THAT WE HAVE A LARGE PERCENTAGE
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OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR SCHOOLS.AND WITH THAT SAID, UM, OF COURSE WE CONTINUE TO, UH, AS SHARED, UH, ENFORCE THE MATH MANDATE, UM, AS WELL AS OTHER SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, I'VE ASKED, UM, NURSE CROWDER TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, JUST TO SHARE, UH, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF, UM, CASES, ET CETERA, THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE AS WELL AS, UH, UPCOMING CLINICS FOR COVID SHOTS VACCINES.
PRESIDENT HAMILTON, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, DR.
PERRERA JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF HOW COVID HAS BEEN AFFECTING LANCASTER ISD.
I CAN SAY PRESENTLY, UM, CURRENTLY OUR STUDENT STAFF NUMBERS ARE LOW WE'RE ABOUT 32 STUDENTS WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID.
AND AS FAR AS OUR STAFF, ABOUT 18 STAFF MEMBERS, UM, LOW COMPARED TO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE NEWS WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
SO I DO BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF THAT IS CREDITED TO THE MITIGATION PRACTICES THAT WE DO HAVE IN PLACE.
PRICE AND HIS TEAM FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPLY THE, THE SUPPLIES THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE AND DISINFECT OUR CAMPUSES.
UM, BUT IT IS AN ONGOING EFFORT.
PERRERA, UM, FOR BEING BOLD ENOUGH TO SAY THAT WE NEED TO WEAR A MASK BECAUSE WE DO THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT CAN PREVENT THE SPREAD OR DECREASE THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THE VACCINATIONS.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING VACCINATION CLINICS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO VACCINATION CLINICS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WE HAVE ONE TOMORROW AT ELSIE ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL FROM 10 TO TWO, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
AS THIRD DOSES ARE NOW NECESSARY BOOSTER DOSES.
UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE OFFER OUR COMMUNITY, OUR STAFF, OUR STUDENTS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE IF THEY SO CHOOSE.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
I MEAN, LITERALLY THE HERO OF MINE SAYS IS, HAS BEEN THERE'S CROWDER IN THIS AND KEEPING US ALL STRAIGHT AS TO WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING TO HELP MITIGATE ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT REPORT, DR.
PERRERA AND ALSO NURSE CROWDER AND THE ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION TEAM TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS FOR YOUR WORK AND EFFORTS.
[11. Adoption of Consent Agenda]
ITEM WE HAVE IS THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS FAIRLY LENGTHY.UH, I'M GOING TO TAKE THE LIBERTY AND NOT READ ALL OF THESE, UH, THUS YOU, UH, SO WE HAVE A PRETTY LENGTHY CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF ITEMS. SO, UH, I GUESS DOYLE IS EVERYBODY READ THROUGH THOSE.
AND DO I NEED TO READ THOSE OUT INDIVIDUALLY, ZIMA, HAVE ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO PULL AND DISCUSS IN MORE DETAIL? OKAY, WELL, UH, HEARING NONE, UH, WE WILL, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ACTUALLY, I WILL DO THAT FOR THE RECORD.
SO LET ME JUST GO AHEAD AND READ, READ THROUGH THESE.
UH, WE HAVE, UM, A IS THE APPROVAL OF THE FAMILY MINUTES, UH, JULY 29TH, 2021, REGULAR BOARD MEETING AUGUST 12TH, 2021.
CALL BOARD MEETING, UM, ITEM B AS A CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE JULY, 2021 FINANCIAL REPORTS.
SEE AS THE CONSIDER THE APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION COMMITTING FUND BALANCES D CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT CERTIFICATION OF APPRAISAL ROLE.
HE CONSIDERED THE APPROVAL FOR DEAD PROPOSALS FOR VARIOUS SUPPLIERS, MATERIALS AND SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEARS, 2021 TO 2023 F CONSIDERING TAKE A POSSIBLE ACTION TO RATIFY AND APPROVE APPLICATION AND ACCEPT GRANT FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021, UH, G CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE RENEWAL OF INSURANCE COVERAGE WITH THE TAZZY RISK MANAGEMENT FUND H CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE RENEWAL OF APEX LEARNING SOFTWARE.
I CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN LANCASTER ISD AND HEADSTART FOR GREATER DALLAS INCORPORATED J CONSIDER THE APPROVAL, UH, FOR REGION 10 EDUCATIONAL CONTRACTED SERVICES.
KAY, CONSIDERED THE APPROVAL OF THE 2020 1 22 STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT L CONSIDERED THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO EXERCISE EMERGENCY CONTRACTING POWERS, TO REPAIR DAMAGES, TO LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOLS, EDITORIAL ORCHESTRA, PIT, AND COLISEUM, EXTERIOR, AND CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE ELEVATE
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K12 CONTRACT AGREEMENT IN DISCUSS AND APPROVE REDEMPTION RESOLUTION TO REDEEM A PORTION OF THE SERIES 2015, A BOND PRIOR TO MATURITY.OH, CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, RFP NUMBER 2 0 2 1 0 8 1 3 P CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF VARSITY TUTORS, QUEUE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF $10,000 DONATION FROM CONCORD BAPTIST CHURCH.
SO WITH ALL THOSE BEING READ, IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO PULL AND DISCUSS MS.
I'LL GET THAT ONE ON THE SCREEN.
WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY TO COME UP AND GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION ON THAT AND THEN WE'LL GO FORWARD THERE.
SO, UH, WELL, WE WOULD ASK FOR, AT THIS POINT IS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH ITEMS, EXCLUDING ITEMS, E F AND J.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UM, PULL ITEM IN.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? EXCLUDING E F J N E.
I MOVED TO, UM, APPROVE THE ADOPTED CONSENT AGENDA AS RED, UH, EXCLUDING E F G N E N.
WAS THAT G I'M SORRY, THAT G OR J J J I'M SORRY.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND A MOTION, MY SECRETARY MARA SECOND BY HONORABLE STEVENSON.
POSTED THIS PASSAGE UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, SO I GUESS NOW WE WILL GO TO
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ITEM, UH, E CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF BID PROPOSALS FOR VARIOUS SUPPLIES, MATERIALS, AND SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR, 2021 TO 2023.WHAT IS YOUR QUESTIONS THERE? UM, IF WE COULD GET THAT ON THE SCREEN, THAT'D BE GREAT.
BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT THE FUNCTION OF THIS FORM IS.
IT LISTS, UH, COMPANIES AND BIDS.
SOME OF THEM HAVE A DISCOUNT AMOUNT, BUT NO DOLLAR AMOUNTS AND A PRETTY VAGUE DESCRIPTION OF EXACTLY WHAT IT IS WE'RE DOING WITH THESE FOLKS.
SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.
DO WE HAVE LIKE AN OPEN AMOUNT TO WHAT CAN BE PURCHASED FROM EACH ONE OF THESE COMPANIES? UM, WHAT WAS DONE WAS IT WAS 27 CATEGORIES.
MADAM PRESIDENT HAMILTON, VICE PRESIDENT THAI SUPERINTENDENT, AND TALKED TO PEREIRA AND ALL OF THE TRUSTEES, UM, WHAT THIS WAS, WAS THERE WAS 27 CATEGORIES THAT WERE DONE AND IT'S CALLED A CATALOG THAT, AND WHEN THERE'S CATALOG BIDS, THEN THE, THESE ARE JUST OPEN.
IF YOU FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK PROPERLY AND YOU RETURN IT IN TIME, THEN YOU BECOME AN AWARDED VENDOR.
WHAT HELPS US WITH THIS IS THAT IT OPENS UP THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING BECAUSE NOW OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE SEVERAL VENDORS TO LOOK AT AND TO CHOOSE FROM, UM, AS COMPARED FOR EACH CATEGORY.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO DO OFFICE SUPPLIES, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE COOPERATIVES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE ONES WHO ANSWERED OUR BEDS, THERE'S NO SUCH AMOUNT.
AND THE REASON WHY THIS HAS DONE IS BECAUSE THESE ARE THE CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE SPENT $50,000 OR MORE WITH.
AND SO THAT'S ONE REASON WHY I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BID THEM OUT DURING THE YEAR.
SOMETIMES THE CATEGORY MAY DROP OFF IF WE STOPPED SPENDING $50,000 IN THAT PARTICULAR CATEGORY, BECAUSE WE DON'T, I JUST DON'T LOOK AT THAT ONE VENDOR.
I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE TOTAL CATEGORY, WHICH IS ALSO CALLED COMMODITY.
UM, BUT THAT IS ONE REASON WHY THAT IS DONE.
DOES THAT ANSWER? THE THING I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT THE BUDGETARY IMPACT IS ON THOSE BEDS? THERE'S THE REASON WHY THERE'S FOUR FOR IN THE PROCUREMENT PRO SECTION OF IT IS THAT I'M OPENING IT UP TO ALLOW OUR CAMPUSES, TO HAVE THOSE VENDORS TO USE.
THEY HAVE A PARTICULAR BUDGET FOR EACH OBJECT CODE THAT THEY USE.
SO THEY MAY HAVE A BUDGET FOR IN 63 99, WHICH IS YOUR OFFICE SUPPLIES.
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GO ABOVE THAT BUDGET THAT THEY'VE ALREADY HAD.
ALL THIS IS, IT'S JUST A LOT ON YOU TO HAVE MORE VENDORS TO CHOOSE FROM.
SO THAT WAY WE'RE NOT JUST STUCK IN A PRICE.
SO OUR VENDORS KNOW THAT NOT ONLY CAN THEY GO TO A COOPERATIVE, BUT THEY CAN ALSO CHOOSE FROM THESE VENDORS THAT ARE WHETHER THEY'RE LOCAL
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OR WHETHER THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOMEWHERE IN THE STATE, OR MAYBE SOMETIMES OUT OF THE STATE THAT THEY CAN CHOOSE FROM.SO, WHICH ALSO HELPS US TO GET MORE OF A COMPETITIVE EDGE, BECAUSE IF I KNOW THAT I JUST DON'T HAVE TO GO TO OFFICE DEPOT, I HAVE STAPLES, I HAVE A DREAM BRANCH.
I HAVE MATTHEW'S OFFICE SUPPLY.
I KNOW THAT I CAN GO TO THESE DIFFERENT ONES AND SOMEBODY MIGHT CHARGE ME ONE AMOUNT FOR TONER.
SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT CHARGE ANOTHER AMOUNT FOR TONER, BUT I KNOW I CAN GO TO THIS PERSON.
WHO'S GOING TO OFFER ME A LOWER AMOUNT FOR THAT.
SO BASICALLY THIS IS JUST A LIST OF, UH, AUTHORIZED VENDORS, RIGHT? THIS IS JUST THE VENDORS WHO, WHO, UH, RESPONDED TO THE CATEGORIES THAT HAVE BEEN VETTED.
UH, WHAT I LIKE TO DO, IF THERE'S NOT A PROBLEM, WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
JUST TAKE A, A VOTE ON ALL OF THOSE AT ONCE, IF THAT'S OKAY.
SO NOW WE'LL GO TO, UH, F WHICH IS CONSIDERING TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO RATIFY AND APPROVE APPLICATIONS AND ACCEPT GRANT FONTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 IT'S PROPER.
AND BEFORE YOU PROCEED ON WITH STEVENSON, DID YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC PLAN, A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THOSE ITEMS? UM, WHAT IS THE BUDGETARY IMPACT? WHERE'S THE MONEY GO? DOES THAT GO INTO THE GENERAL BUDGET? ARE THOSE FUNDS RESTRICTED? YES.
THESE ARE GRANTS THEY'RE RESTRICTED.
UH, MOST OF THESE ARE STATE GRANTS AND, UM, OR FROM DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
SO WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR AUTHORIZING THOSE FUNDS.
UH, FOR EACH ONE I'VE LISTED THE MAJORITY OF THESE, THE BOARD HAS ALREADY APPROVED THAT VARIOUS BUDGET MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND THEN ON THE TEXAS EDUCATION GRANTS, UM, FOR LIKE OUR TITLE ONE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THAT AUTHORITY IS DELEGATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
SO WE HAVE BEEN DON'T, DON'T TYPICALLY BRING THOSE TO THE BOARD, BUT BECAUSE OF THE CARES ACT AND ALL THE S THE FUNDING AND REQUIREMENTS SURROUNDING THOSE, RIGHT, AS FAR AS TRANSPARENCY, AND YOU'RE PRESENTING IT TO THE BOARD OR FOR, FOR TRANSPARENCY AND CONSISTENCY OF PROCESS, I'M JUST GOING BACK AND BRINGING ALL OF THEM TO THE BOARD SO THAT YOU ARE AWARE, AND THEY'RE ALL IN ONE SPOT.
WE'VE HAD SOME TRANSITION IN ROLES AND PEOPLE IN AND OUT.
SO TO JUST HAVE THEM ALL IN ONE PLACE, JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZING THE ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE AND FOR THE PUBLIC'S CONVENIENCE WAS THE MOTIVATION VERY WELL.
AND THE OTHER ITEM WE HAD IS, UH, JAY CONSIDERED THE APPROVAL OF REGION 10 CONTRACTOR SERVICES.
BARKER WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE ANY ANSWER ANY, AND THAT WAS OKAY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A DIFFERENT ONE.
UH, MS. STEVENSON, WHAT, WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION PRETENDING LIKE THIS ONE ONLY IS CONTRACTED SERVICES.
WHAT EXACTLY ARE CONTRACTOR SERVICES? UM, SO REGION 10 SERVICES, MANY OF THE DISTRICTS IN THIS AREA.
UM, AND SO, UM, IT'S PULLED TOGETHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL OF OUR CONTENT AREAS, SPECIAL ED, UM, SOME OF OUR, UM, SERVICES RELATED TO EVALUATION OF TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS.
THEY'RE ALL KIND OF LISTED OUT THERE AS YOU CAN SEE, FINE ARTS, IT CALLS THEM OUT DIRECTLY.
WE DO NOT HAVE A PER SE, A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT UNIT HERE.
IT'S MAINLY DECENTRALIZED TO THE CAMPUSES.
AND SO THIS GIVES THE CAMPUS LEADERS OR LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SAMPLE THIS AND USE IT AS NEEDED.
SO WE ALSO GET TO LEARN WITH, UM, WITH FOLKS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS.
SO IT'S NOT JUST US LEARNING FROM LANCASTER, IT'S US BEING ABLE TO LEARN FROM DESOTO.
AND I CAN'T THINK OF ALL OF THE DISTRICTS IN THE REGION, DALLAS.
UM, WE'RE ABLE TO SAMPLE FROM THINGS THAT THEY, THAT THEY HAVE AS WELL, THAT'S BEING PROVIDED TO THEM AS WELL.
THIS IS, UM, PRETTY STANDARD THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
UM, AND AS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY RENEWING, UH, ONE OF THE NEWEST PIECES OF THIS IS TO BE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE, UM, PD INFORMATION FOR OUR NURSING SERVICES, UM, WHICH RIGHT NOW WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO WHAT IS AVAILABLE IN, IN, IN THIS AREA, IN THIS REGION.
AND SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE NEWEST PIECE THAT WE'VE ADDED, BUT THIS IS PRETTY STANDARD THAT WE'VE DONE FROM OVER THE PAST, AT LEAST FIVE YEARS WHEN I WENT BACK.
YEAH, I'M JUST HAVING A REAL HARD TIME VISUALIZING WHAT WE GIVE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR $21,470.
UM, UM, WE COULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT ITEM BY ADAM WITH WHAT ALL OF THOSE MEANS,
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BUT, UM, IT, IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE COOPERATIVE THAT WAS SPOKEN ABOUT BEFORE.IF WE WERE TO CONTRACT EACH ONE OF THESE, WHICH WE NEED, I SEE THERE, THAT'S HOW WE, WE REPORT TO THE STATE, OUR STUDENT DATA AND RECEIVE FUNDING.
AND WE WERE TO CONTRACT THOSE OUT INDIVIDUALLY.
THAT NUMBER WOULD PROBABLY BE MUCH LARGER, BUT BECAUSE THIS IS A, A CONSORTIUM, A COHORT OF PEOPLE TOGETHER, UM, WE ARE ABLE TO GET IT AT A DISCOUNT FUNDING PRICE THAT CORRECT.
JUSTIN, JOSH, JUST TO ADD TO THAT AS WELL, IT ALLOWS US TO, TO PAY IN ACCORDANCE TO THE SIZE OF OUR DISTRICT.
UM, AND, AND SO AS YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE SERVICES THAT WE PAY FOR, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THE NURSING PIECE THAT SHE JUST SHARED, IT'S $5,000 FOR US BECAUSE OF THE DISTRICT, OUR SIZE OF OUR DISTRICTS BETWEEN 7,000 TO 10,000.
SO IT ADJUSTS ALLOWS US TO ADJUST THE PRICING IN ACCORDANCE TO OUR SIZE, AND WE'RE NOT PAYING THE SAME FOR THE SAME SERVICES AS A DALLAS ISD, WHO HAS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BUDGET THEY HAVE VERSUS THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE.
SO IT IS, UM, I GUESS IF YOU WILL, IT'S BASED ON YOUR SIZE OF YOUR DISTRICT, UM, AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY ANTICIPATE YOU UTILIZING USUALLY LEAD TO THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT ON THAT IS, IS USUALLY PRETTY GOOD.
NICOLE OPERATIVE, UH, SCENARIOS HAS DR.
BARKER, UH, REPORTED WERE TO BE AT ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALLY.
YOU'D PROBABLY BE PAYING THREE OR FOUR TIMES THE AMOUNT THAT YOU SEE THERE.
UH, BUT BEING A PART OF THE COOPERATIVE ALLOWS US TO GET A MORE COMPETITIVE PRICING.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY MORE ABOUT PRICE CONTROL THAN, THAN NOT ALL RIGHT.
AND, UH, JUST TO ADD ANOTHER PIECE ON THERE DURING MY TIME IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, AS A ADMINISTRATOR, WE DID UTILIZE THOSE SERVICES AS WELL.
SO SOME OF IT WAS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR ME WITHIN THE ASSESSMENT AND RESEARCH DEPARTMENT, I WOULD GO AND LEARN AND GET UPDATES ON DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WERE COMING DOWN THE PIPE FROM LEGISLATOR, AND ALSO JUST FROM DIFFERENT THINGS REGARDING TESTING.
SO THESE ARE JUST DIFFERENT AVENUES FOR US TO GET, AS THEY MENTIONED MORE INFORMATION AND TO, UH, CUT THE COST FROM THEM, HIRING ONE INDIVIDUAL FOR THIS PARTICULAR ROLE.
NOW YOU'RE PAYING A FRACTION OF THAT AMOUNT.
AND SOME OF THOSE ARE THE ZERO PRICE.
SOME OF THOSE ARE, SO WE'RE NOT DOING ALL OF THEM.
THE NEXT ITEM THAT I HAD WAS THE, UH, DISCUSSING APPROVED REDEMPTION RESOLUTION TO REDEEM A PORTION OF SERIES 2015, EIGHT BONDS PRIOR TO MATURITY.
UM, AND I JUST WANT YOU TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THE REASON WE'RE DOING IT.
AND I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE, UH, UH, WORK THAT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DOING AND US BEING ABLE TO SAVE SOME MONEY BASED ON A BOND THAT WE PASSED IN 2015.
UH, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, UH, DISTINGUISHED TRUSTEES, UH, SUPERINTENDENT PERRERA, UH, MADAM PRESIDENT HAMILTON, UH, SHE'S VIRTUAL VP, UH, JONES, B RESOLUTION WE'RE BRINGING FORTH.
UM, AS I MENTIONED AT THE WORKSHOP, UM, IN PREVIOUS OCCASIONS, WE BUILT, UM, A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, UH, TWO NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
WE BREATHE MODELED, UH, BARACK AND MICHELLE OBAMA, UH, MIDDLE, UM, NINTH GRADE CENTER.
AND SO, UH, THESE PARTICULAR, UH, PROJECTS, WE DID BONDS FOR THOSE.
SO RIGHT NOW, UM, WE HAVE TO PAY THOSE BONDS BACK AND HE GOES, UH, YOU KNOW, WAY INTO THE 2040S AND FIFTIES.
AND SO RIGHT NOW, OUR AVERAGE, UM, DEBT PAYMENT FOR A YEAR WILL BE AROUND 14 TO $15 MILLION PER YEAR, OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AND THEN THERE'S LIKE A GRADUATED A CYCLE.
UM, BUT I DID PROVIDE THAT BEFORE THEY LISTED ALL OF THAT OUT.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS RESOLUTION IS TO TRY TO MANAGE OUR DEBT.
UH, SO ON THE, UM, SCHOOL FIRST RATING AT THE WORKSHOP, UH, MENTIONED TO THE BOARD, WE HAD RECEIVED PRELIMINARY, UH, RATINGS OF AN 88, WHICH IS A B, AND ON THAT PARTICULAR, UM, RATING SCALE, THE DEDUCTIONS THAT THE DISTRICT RECEIVED RELATED TO, UM, PRETTY MUCH OUR DEBT AS IT RELATES TO OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO AT THIS POINT, UH, ONE OF THE OPTIONS WE CAN DO TO MANAGE, UH, THE DEBT AND HOPE TO INCREASE OUR RATINGS IS TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY THE DEBT DOWN SO THAT IT BECOMES LOWER.
SO WHAT'S THE TEXT ACT, UM, THAT TRUMP PASSED IN 2018, I BELIEVE.
UM, IT DID AWAY WITH SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN DO AS FAR AS LIKE REFUNDING.
AND SO NOW THERE'S SOME TAX IMPLICATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE FOR REFUNDING BONDS.
SO, UM, PER DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR BOND ADVISOR, IT IS ADVANTAGEOUS IN THE, WHEN THEY STRUCTURE THE BOND PAYMENTS, THE INTENT WAS TO HAVE DIFFERENT,
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UH, BONDS IN THEIR COLUMN AT CERTAIN DATES TO ALLOW US TO PREPAY THEM TO, UM, LOWER OUR OVERALL DEBT RATE AND MANAGE OUR INTEREST IN SINKING, UH, TAX RATE.SO, UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE ON THE INTEREST AND SINKING PORTION OF THE DEBT THAT IS RESTRICTED FOR DEBT PAYMENTS, SO THERE IS NOTHING ELSE YOU CAN DO WITH THOSE FUNDS EXCEPT PAY DEBT.
SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE FUN BALANCED IN OUR, UH, DEAD ACCOUNT AND, UH, WITH THE INTEREST IN SINKING RATE OF THE 43 CENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO GENERATE SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUES, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A PREPAYMENT ON THE DEBT IN FEBRUARY OF 2022.
SO BY DOING THAT, WE REDUCE OUR DEBT PRINCIPAL AND ALSO SAVE THE DISTRICT OVER $2 MILLION IN FUTURE INTEREST COSTS.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS WAITING ON RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS WAITING ON, SAVING US $2 MILLION.
YOU COULD SAY IT THAT PART INSTEAD OF DOING ALL THAT STUFF.
SO THE KEY THERE, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HIGHLIGHT THAT, UH, WE ARE BEING AS TRANSPARENT AND RESPONSIBLE WITHOUT, WITHOUT FINANCES AS POSSIBLE.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE TEAM FOR THAT WORK.
SO, UH, NOT TO BELABOR THIS ANY LONGER, WE HAD FOUR ITEMS THAT WE PULL, UH, WAS ITEM E CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THEIR PROPOSALS FOR VARIOUS SUPPLIES, MATERIALS, AND SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEARS, 20 2021 TO 2023, CONSIDERING TAKE POSSIBLE ACCIDENT RATIFY AND APPROVE APPLICATIONS AND ACCEPT GRANT FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR, 2021, CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF REGION 10 EDUCATIONAL CONTRACTOR SERVICES, AND LASTLY, UH, DISCUSSING APPROVED REDEMPTION RESOLUTION TO REDEEM A PORTION OF SERIES 2015, EIGHT BONDS PRIOR TO MATURITY, SAVE US ALMOST $2 MILLION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE VICE PRESIDENT JONES? SO MO YEAH, THE SECOND, SECOND.
HAVE A, UH, MOTION BY SECRETARY AND MAURICE SECOND BY STEVENSON WHEN I TAKE A VOTE ON STEVENSON.
WE WILL NOW, UH, TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK IF THAT'S OKAY FOR EVERYBODY.
AND WE WILL RETURN AT 9:07 PM.
IS OUR ATTORNEY STILL ON? I DON'T BELIEVE I WILL CHECK.
ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK.
WE ARE ROUGHLY 119 SECONDS BEHIND SCHEDULE, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET GOING.
UH, SECRETARY MYRA, SHE WANTED A COMMENT IS TO COME AND PERTAIN TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO COVER NEXT.
CAN WE WAIT UNTIL WE GO THESE ACTION ITEMS IN IT AND THEN ADDRESS IT, THEN IT JUST GOING TO BE REAL QUICK.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT THE ATTORNEY TO LEAVE BEFORE I ASKED THEM.
[12. Action Items (Part 1 of 2)]
AGENDA OR ACTION ITEMS, THESE WILL REQUIRE US TO HAVE A MOTION AND HOPEFULLY TAKE ACTION.THE FIRST ITEM IS A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED 2021, 2022 LANKA, THE BUDGET AND COMPENSATION PLAN, UH, MS. PUMPHREY AND DR.
PERRERA DISTINGUISHED TRUSTEES.
I COME YOU AGAIN, UH, REQUESTING, UH, YOUR APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE 20 21, 20 22 GENERAL FUND DEBT SERVICE AND CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES, BUDGET, AND COMPENSATION PLAN HERE.
ONCE AGAIN IS THE PROPOSED A SUMMARY BUDGET LISTING, THE GENERAL FUND CHILD NUTRITION FUND DEBT SERVICE FUNDS.
AS WE DISCUSSED DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING NEXT ARE THE COMPENSATION PLANS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE ADOPTED, UH, LISTED HERE ON THE SLIDE.
AND, UM, I'M REQUESTING PART OF THE COMPENSATION PLAN IS A REQUEST FOR A 3% PAY INCREASE ON THE MEDIAN FOR ALL PAY GROUPS.
IT SAYS HERE A ONE AND A HALF PERCENT,
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UH, GENERAL PAY INCREASE FOR EMPLOYEES PAID AT OR ABOVE THEIR RANGE MAXIMUM.AND SO I KNOW THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS AND THIS SLIDE MAY BE INACCURATE.
PERRERA WHOMEVER ADDRESSED THERE AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. POVERTY.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS MOMENT BASED ON THE ITEM BEFORE US? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, UH, JUST AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION AS RELATES TO THAT, UH, PAY INCREASE, WOULD YOU SPEAK YES.
THAT IS A, IT WOULD BE A THREE FROM THE MEDIUM ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO IF YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING A 3%, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD BASED ON THE MEDIUM.
UH, WITH THIS BEING AN X AMOUNT OF, DO I HAVE A MOTION VICE PRESIDENT JONES?
WE HAVE A MOTION BY A SECRETARY MARCH 2ND BY HONORABLE DAVIS TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED 2020 1 22 SIZED TEAM BUDGET AND COMPENSATION PLAN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT STEVENSON, NO, ON A WILL SMITH.
UH, THIS PAST IS FIVE ONE AND ONE, TWO, UH, CONGRATULATE EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND EFFORTS IN GETTING THIS BUDGET AND A COMPENSATION PLAN TOGETHER.
I ALSO WANT TO APPLAUD OUR TEACHERS.
UH, THIS IS JUST ONE SMALL TOKEN THAT WE CAN DO A GESTURE THAT WE CAN DO TO SHOW YOU OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.
SO YES, MA'AM MADAM PRESIDENT.
CARERRA DEFCON, COULD YOU PLEASE ELABORATE BASED ON 3% AND ELABORATE ON ALL INDIVIDUALS, NOT MAYBE GETTING THE FULL 3%? YES, I CAN.
MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THAT TIME.
UM, AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, WE HAD PRESENTATIONS FROM OUR TEXAS SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION WHERE THEY DID A STUDY ON OUR, UH, PAY BANDS AND, UH, OUR COMPENSATION PACKAGE AS A DISTRICT.
UM, AND IN SOME OF THOSE SCENARIOS, THERE WERE, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE A HUNDRED PERCENT OVER THEIR PAY RANGE AND A PAY BAND.
UM, BUT SINCE THAT DISCOVERY AT WELL AT THAT TIME, WE WERE RECOMMENDING A ONE FIVE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO FELL INTO THAT CATEGORY WHO WERE OVER THAT 100%.
UM, WE RECOMMENDED A ONE FIVE FOR THEM AND THREE FOR EVERYONE ELSE FROM THE MEDIAN.
UM, BUT SINCE THEN, I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH WITHIN OUR OWN DISTRICT AND LOOKING AT, UH, AUDITING SOME OF OUR POSITIONS.
AND IN SPEAKING WITH, UM, OUR FINANCE TEAM, AS WELL AS OUR HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM AND FINDING THAT WE HAD ACTUALLY NEED TO LOOK AT RECONSTITUTING SOME OF OUR POSITIONS, BECAUSE SINCE THEY WERE ORIGINALLY HIRED OR CREATED, THERE'VE BEEN DIFFERENT CHANGES IN ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, UM, WHICH CAN ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THAT AS WELL AS IN THE PAST SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS, BECAUSE THEY HAD RECEIVED A STIPEND AND IT WAS ROLLED INTO THEIR SALARY THAT BUMPED THEM OVER THAT, UM, AS WELL.
AND SO WITH THAT IN MIND AND THINKING, UM, AND LOOKING AT THE AMOUNT THAT IT WAS COST THE DISTRICT TO CHANGE, THAT WOULD BE, UM, A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT $20,000, UH, FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
AND SO TODAY WE COUNTED ON MY RECOMMENDATION OF A ONE FIVE AND MADE THAT THE FULL THREE AS EVERYONE ELSE WITH THE THREE WITH ALLOWING, UH, MY TEAM AND I TO LOOK AT THOSE POSITIONS AND LOOK AT RECONSTITUTING THEM SO THAT THEY ARE IN THEIR RIGHT PAY BANDS, UM, AS OPPOSED TO WHERE THEY ARE AT THE MOMENT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU NEEDED? UM, PRESIDENT HAMILTON.
UM, I WANTED TO ASK MS. PUMPHREY ABOUT, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE ADA, UH, THE FUNDS PER STUDENT THAT WE RECEIVE AND NOW, AND MAYBE THIS MAY GO TO DR.
UH, IF A PARENT CHOSE VIRTUAL, UH, ARE WE GOING TO GET REALLY, NO, THAT'S WHAT I MENTIONED BEFORE.
UM, OUR BUDGET ASSUMES A FULL IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S NO FUNDING FOR VIRTUAL LEARNING, SO THE DISTRICT WOULD LOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY ASSOCIATED ADA, ADA DOLLARS, BUT I KNOW IT'S SUPPOSEDLY GOING TO BE BROUGHT BACK UP DURING THE SPECIAL SESSION.
SO WE'LL BE WATCHING TO SEE WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT AMOUNTS TO DO.
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A BOARD TO VOICE OUR CONCERNS WITH OUR LEGISLATORS IN REGARDS TO THAT.AND WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE WE BACK IN SCHOOL? UM, UH, ADVOCATION ALWAYS HELPS IN MY OPINION.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE SITTING IN EARLIER AS STATED, WE WERE AT ABOUT 92% BACK, ABOUT 92% OF OUR STUDENTS ATTENDING, UM, ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, BUT WHAT I WANT TO SHARE IS THAT THERE WAS SOME CONSIDERATION LAST EVENING AT OUR T AT TA AT, UH, AT A SPECIAL SESSION LAST NIGHT WITH TEA.
UM, BUT THEY'RE ONLY LOOKING TO AWARD, UM, UH, COMPENSATION, IF YOU WILL, UH, FOR STUDENTS VIRTUAL, IF THE CAMPUS ITSELF IS RATED A C OR ABOVE CURRENTLY, THAT IS THE PROPOSAL, UM, WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
UH, BUT THAT WAS THE LATEST PROPOSAL IS THAT THE STATE DOES SUPPORT.
UM, IF THE CAMPUS ITSELF IS RATED A C OR ABOVE, UM, AND I THINK WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT.
BARKER MIGHT WANT TO CORRECT ME ON THIS NUMBER RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE CURRENTLY HAVE 120 SLOT OF OUR STUDENTS, UM, ON THE VIRTUAL.
SO THERE IS A NEED, AND WE OFFER THOSE MOSTLY TO, UM, OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE, UH, MEDICALLY, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT VIRTUAL.
SO WE WILL GET ADA FOR THE MEDICAL PART RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE NOT SET TO GET ANYTHING WE'RE USING SOME OF OUR SR DOLLARS IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS A POSSIBILITY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
AND THAT IS WHY THERE'S SUCH A LOW NUMBER OF SLOTS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, CAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ONE ALSO NOT PUTTING THE DISTRICT A PARTICULAR PREDICAMENT EITHER.
UH, BUT ALSO STEAM, STILL BEING ABLE TO OFFER SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE MEDICALLY FRAGILE AND OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO ALSO LEARN WITH OUR OWN STAFF AS WELL.
RIGHT? SO THAT CAREER, IF YOU SEE A NEED FOR THE BOARD TO ADDRESS THIS WITH A LEGISLATOR AS A BOARD OF A WHOLE BOARD, THEN YOU'RE BRINGING IT BACK TO US.
UM, AND I'D ALSO, AGAIN, AS MS. CONNOR SAID, AVERAGE ADVOCACY IS ALWAYS GOOD AND WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS WHOLE NEW VARIANT.
UM, UH, WE, RIGHT NOW, OUR CASES ARE FAIRLY LOW, BUT I THINK THAT'S ALSO, AND IT HAS, UH, THE SAFETY MEASURES THAT ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE.
UM, BUT AS THIS THING CONTINUES TO GROW, I MEAN, NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN PERSON NEXT WEEK.
IT COULD BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
AND AGAIN, WE KNOW THE SCIENCE TELLS US THAT THE MASS DO HELP MITIGATE.
UM, AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO MANDATE THOSE.
AND I THINK THE BOARD FOR THEIR SUPPORT, UM, EARLIER THIS EVENING, UM, AND ENSURING THAT WE CONTINUE WITH THAT MANDATE.
UM, AND AGAIN, ADVOCACY IS ALWAYS GOOD, BUT YES, IF I DEFINITELY SEE A NEED, DEFINITELY WILL.
UM, THE STRONGEST ARE ALWAYS TO THEIR PARENTS.
WELL, I WANT TO SUPPORT AND THANK THE BOARD FOR US VOTING FOR THE LOCAL CONTROL ON THAT HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE TO MANDATE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY AND OUR EMPLOYEES THAT HERE.
AND IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN VACCINATED, PLEASE, PLEASE CONSIDER THAT AND CONSIDER THE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU WORK WITH AND THE CHILDREN THAT YOU SERVE.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT'S PROPERLY.
ONCE AGAIN, UH, TONIGHT I'M BRINGING THE FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE FISCAL 2021 SCHOOL YEAR.
AND WHAT HAPPENS TYPICALLY AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IS WHAT I'M BRINGING IN ARE ALL THE FINAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BUDGET, UH, TO ALIGN THEM WITH ACTUALS AND WHAT IS OCCURRING AND WHAT I PROJECT, UH, MAY STILL BE OUT THERE UNKNOWN TO THE DISTRICT AS FAR AS ANY, UH, LIABILITIES OR EXPENDITURES, UH, THAT MAY COME THROUGH.
SO AT THIS TIME I GO THROUGH AND TRY TO REALIGN THOSE.
AND IF THERE WAS A NEED TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL FUNDING, I WOULD DO THAT.
I DO NOT SEE THAT NEED AT THIS TIME.
SO I'M ON THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE SIDE, AND I'LL JUST GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THE DIFFERENT FUNDS ON THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT I'M PROPOSING THAT YOU SEE IN YOUR BOARD PACKET ON THE GENERAL FELON ON THE LOCAL LOCAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE BUDGET SIDE.
UM, AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, THE BUDGETS, SO ON THIS FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT, I'M REQUESTING, UH, APPROVAL TO AMEND THE, UH, LOCAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE BUDGET TO INCREASE IT BY THE 5.7 MILLION 2 MILLION TO ALIGN IT WITH THE ACTUAL COLLECTIONS, WHICH ARE GREATER THAN PROJECTED, DUE TO DELAYED PROPERTY TAX DISPUTE, RESOLUTIONS CAUSED BY COVID 19.
AND THE OFFSET OF THAT IS A STATE REVENUE BUDGET DECREASE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE COULD GET OUR FUNDING FROM LOW PROPERTY TAXES AND STATE AID.
AND AS A RESULT OF HB THREE AND PROPERTY TAX COMPRESSION,
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UH, THE STATE HAS SAID THEY WOULD MAKE A DISTRICT COAL.SO IF WE LOST ANY REVENUE ON THE PROPERTY TECH SIDE, THEY WOULD OFFSET IT ON THE STATE REVENUE SIDE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAD PROJECTED LAST YEAR.
AND SO AS THE ACTUALS CAME IN AND THOSE CASES WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, WE ENDED UP, UM, GENERATING MORE ACTUAL REVENUE THAN WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED.
SO WHAT YOU SEE AS A FLIP-FLOP.
SO OUR LOCAL PROPERTY ACTUAL REVENUE THAT WE COLLECTED, UH, WAS 5.7 MORE ROUGHLY THAN WHAT I HAD PROJECTED.
AND SO THAT IS THE OFFSETTING REDUCTION, UM, ON THE STATE REVENUE SIDE AND THE OTHER REVENUE SOURCES THAT BUDGET IS BEING INCREASED BY $479,987.
AND THAT IS TO RECORD THE FULL VALUE OF THE THREE YEAR DEAL TEACHER LAPTOP, A LEASE THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, UM, BY THE DISTRICT, SINCE WE'RE FINANCING, THAT ARRANGEMENT IS CONSIDERED, UM, A DEBT.
AND SO I'M ONE OF THE ACCOUNTING ENTRIES WE NEED TO DO IS TO, UM, PUT THE FULL VALUE OF THOSE LEASES ON OUR BOOKS SO THAT WE CAN AMORTIZE THEM OVER THREE YEARS.
SO THIS IS REALLY AN ACCOUNTING ENTRY.
SO WE'RE INCREASING THE OTHER REVENUE SOURCES, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE AN EXPENDITURE INCREASE AS WELL FOR THIS, UM, THIS RELATIVE TO THE SAME AMOUNT.
SO THE NET IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE BUDGET IS AN INCREASE OF $1.6 MILLION ON THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, UH, BUDGET SIDE.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU'LL SEE A FEW CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TRANSFERS TO ALIGN THE BUDGET, UH, WITH WHAT OUR PROJECTED FINAL ACTUAL NUMBERS TO BE.
AND SO THE NET IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE BUDGET IS ZERO.
IT'S JUST, UM, REALLOCATING A FEW OF THE FUNCTIONS, UH, WITH SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM THE INSTRUCTIONAL SIDE WHERE WE HAD SOME EXCESS DUE TO VACANCIES IN THE CHILDREN BEING, UM, A MAJORITY OF THE CHILDREN BEING ONLINE AND NOT FACE TO FACE, WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE, UM, IN THOSE AREAS ON THE DEBT SERVICE AND CHILD NUTRITION SIDE ON THE DEBT SERVICE, I'M PROPOSING A $2.4 MILLION ADJUSTMENT TO THE BUDGET TO ALIGN THAT WITH THE ACTUALS, UM, THE SAME AS THE GENERAL FUND DUE TO THE, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE THOSE DISPUTES WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH THE RESOLUTION PROCESS, THEY ACTUALLY ENDED UP BEING GREATER THAN WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING.
UM, SO THAT WAS THE NET INCREASE THERE ON THE DEBT SERVICE ON THE CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES BUDGET, I'M REDUCING THEIR OVERALL REVENUE BUDGET BY $400,000 DUE TO, UM, THE LESS THAN EXPECTED REVENUE COLLECTION AS A RESULT OF COVID-19.
WE DIDN'T HAVE, UH, THE KIDS ON CAMPUS, UH, MAKING ANY PURCHASES OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
AND SO, UM, UH, BASICALLY ALIGNING THE BUDGET TO ACTUALS AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THESE BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED HEARING NONE? UH, I WILL TAKE A MOTION.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE BUDGET AND MINUTES.
SECOND EMOTION, MY UNCLE DAVID'S SECOND BY SECRETARY TAMARA'S UH, NOW TAKE A VOTE.
YES, I WILL STEVENSON NO, UH, MADAM PRESIDENT HAMILTON.
WE'LL NOW GO TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS DISCUSSING AND CONSIDER THE APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED TAX RATE AND ORDINANCE TO SET TAX RATE AS POSSIBLE.
THANK TRUSTEE JONES, ONCE AGAIN.
UH, TONIGHT I'M BRINGING IT TO YOU THE FORMAL, UM, ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE 2021 TAX RATE.
AND WHAT THIS ORDINANCE IS, IS THE, UM, DOCUMENT THAT WE WILL ACTUALLY SEND OVER TO THE DALLAS COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR, AND THEY WILL UTILIZE THIS TO PREPARE THE TAX BILLS, UH, TO BE MAILED OUT TO CONSTITUENTS.
SO I'M PROPOSING THAT THE BOARD ADOPT A TAX RATE OF 1.4, 7 0 4, WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS PORTION BEING 1.0 3, 2 9 AND THE DEBT SERVICE PORTION BEING 0.4, 3 7 5 ONCE AGAIN, FOR A TOTAL OF 1.4, 7 0 4, AND THE MOTION REQUIRES SPECIFIC WORDING WHEN ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE.
AND SO, UM, I'VE SUBMITTED THAT INFORMATION TO THE TRUSTEES AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. PORN-FREE REGARDING THE TAX RATE? OKAY.
MS. PUMPHREY, IF YOU WOULD GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE JUST TO REFERENCE TO THAT MOTION, IF THEY SO CHOOSE.
SO THE MOTION IS ON THE SCREEN.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT, OR YOU MAY HAVE IT WITHIN
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BOARD BOOK AS WELL.THIS IS AN ACCIDENT I'M DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, FIVE PRESIDENT JONES.
I MOVED AT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BEING CREEPED BY THE ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE.
UM, ONE, UH, IS THAT 1000004.4 7.470, WHICH IS AFFECTED, UH, THE A 5.5, FOUR, 4.5%.
SO I'M GOING TO RESTATE THAT CAUSE YOU MISSED THE, AND THEN ONE OF THE LAST DIGITS ON, ON THE, ON THAT FIRST 47 0 4 0 4.
YOU WANT TO RESTATE IT AGAIN? YEAH.
I'M ALWAYS AT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, BEING CRITIQUED BY THE ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE OF 1,000,004, $1 47 0 4 47 0 4.
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU SAID 1 MILLION.
1 47 0 4, WHICH IS EFFECTIVE AFFECTIVELY, UH, A 4.5% INCREASE IN PACT IN THE TAX RATE.
YOU GOT A LITTLE BETTER AT THAT TIME.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, SECRETARY MAURICE SECOND BY HONORABLE DAVIS THAT WE MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE OF $1 AND 7 0 4, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.
UH, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A VOTE, BUT DAVIS, YES.
MOTION PASSES FOUR TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE DISCUSSION.
UH, ACTUALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND, UH, IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UH, DR.
UH, MS. PORPHYRY, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE DISCUSSION TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE URBAN TEACHER ACADEMY CONTRACT.
MR. VICE PRESIDENT POINT OF ORDER, PLEASE.
BY THE TAX CODE, TEXAS TAX CODE, SECTION 26, THE TAX VOTE REQUIRES A 6% MAJORITY IT'S FIVE VOTES.
UH, LET ME CONSULT WITH, UH, OUR ATTORNEY ON THAT.
UM, THE VOTE ON THE TAX RATE WITH CREDITS ARE SUPER MAJORITY OF 60% IN A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD.
THAT WILL BE, BUT WE ONLY HAVE, I GUESS, UH, MS. ALEXANDER.
CAN YOU ASSIST WITH, WITH THIS PARTICULAR STATEMENT? UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE BOARD MEMBER THAT IS ABSENT.
SO IT WOULD BE, UM, LET ME, LET ME, CAN WE TABLE THIS BOAT UNTIL THE, PUT IT AT THE END SO I CAN DO A LITTLE BIT OF A RESEARCH.
I JUST COME INTO, WE HAVE SEVEN SWORN BOARD MEMBERS YOU DO.
UM, BUT THERE'S ONE ABSENT, SO I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S A SUPER MAJORITY OF THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT OR OF THE TOTAL BOARD.
SO WHAT WE'LL DO, WE WILL GIVE ME JUST A SECOND.
WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, FOR HONORABLE STEPHENS.
SO WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM D, WHICH IS THE DISCUSSION TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE URBAN TEACHER ACADEMY CONTRACT.
UM, MADAM PRESIDENT, VIRTUALLY, UH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.
PERRERA, I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT ANOTHER INITIATIVE RELATED TO OUR ADDRESSING OUR TEACHER SHORTAGE.
SO IN JANUARY, UM, UM, UH, MEMBERS OF THE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION STAFF CAME TO YOU AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT, EDUCATE TEXAS GRANT WITH TEI, WHICH IS AN, AN EXTENSION OF THE STEM GRANT THAT WE HAD YEARS AGO, THIS HAD YEARS AGO.
UM, WHAT, UH, TEI AND EDUCATE TEXAS ARE LOOKING TO DO IS EXTEND THE EFFORTS AROUND STEM, BUT ALSO TO HELP US TO FILL SOME HOLES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE DISTRICT.
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URBAN TEACHERS ACADEMY, WHICH IS AN ORGANIZATION TO RECRUIT, SELECT TRAIN, PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO BECOME TEACHERS AT THIS TIME.AND LANCASTER I'S D WERE ASSIGNED SIX URBAN TEACHER RESIDENTS, UM, IN YEAR ONE OF THIS PROGRAM, THE RESIDENTS, UM, UM, OUR STUDENT INTERNS, UM, WE HAVE TWO AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, TWO AT PLEASANT RUN AND TWO AT ROSA PARKS.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF SIX AND THEY ARE IN THE LITERACY THAT THE ELR AREA.
UM, ALSO AT THIS TIME WE HAVE FOUR FELLOWS, UM, AND, UH, THERE ARE TWO IN THE MATH AREA AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND, UM, TWO AT THE LOWER GRADES, UM, AGAIN, IN THE LITERACY AREA, UM, WE LOOKED AT WHAT SOME OF THE HIGH NEEDS AREAS WERE.
UM, AND ALSO OF COURSE AT THE SPECIALTY OF, OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD, WOULD SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY IN THE DISTRICT.
AND SO TONIGHT WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT WITH TEXAS, UH, I'M SORRY, WITH THE URBAN TEACHER'S ACADEMY AND APPROVAL TO BE ABLE TO USE UP TO 240,000 OF THE GRANT MONEY TO FUND THIS PROGRAM.
AND SO, AGAIN, THIS WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BACK IN JANUARY, UM, AND, UH, THE, RIGHT NOW, UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO PAY ABOUT 180,000 OF THIS 240, UH, TO THE PROGRAM TO FIND IT, THE TEACHERS ARE IN THE CLASSROOM AS WE SPEAK, WELL, NOT ASK ME TO SPEAK BECAUSE IT'S NINE 30, BUT THEY WILL BE THERE TOMORROW, UH, WAITING TO WELCOME OUR STUDENTS.
BARKER, ANY QUESTIONS? OH, AND THERE WAS NO, THERE'S NO IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET BECAUSE THIS COMES OUT OF THE GROUND.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? SECOND THAT A SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY SECRETARY MORRIS AND A SECOND BY HONORABLE STEVENSON.
UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION AMONGST THE BOARD? I THINK I'VE BEEN MISSING THAT COMPONENT HAS GONE THROUGH.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, I LOVE THIS PROGRAM.
THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING WE NEED TO DO.
WE NEED TO BE EMBRACING PEOPLE AND BRINGING THEM ALONE.
AND HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE THE GUYS THAT MAKE LANCASTER DESTINATION THAT OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO BE HERE.
WANT TO TEACH, WANT TO BRING THEIR KIDS TO THANK YOU.
WELL NOW IT TOOK A VOTE, UH, HUMBLE DAVIS.
THIS MOTION PASSES SUCCESSFULLY SIX ZERO.
THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALIGNMENT COMPENSATION PLAN.
HOWARD, GOOD EVENING BOARD PRESIDENT HAMILTON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.
TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH YOU ABOUT THE TEACHER AND CINEMA ALLOTMENT.
THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT WAS CREATED BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE AS PART OF THE HOUSE, BILL THREE, TO PROVIDE A PATHWAY FOR TOP TEACHERS TO EARN HIGHER SALARIES, TO HELP RECRUIT AND RETAIN EFFECTIVE TEACHERS AT TRADITIONALLY HARD TO STAFF CAMPUSES.
THERE ARE THREE LEVELS OF DESIGNATION THAT TEACHERS CAN EARN RECOGNIZE EXEMPLARY AND MASTER.
AND CURRENTLY, ALREADY IN TEXAS, THERE'S 4,617 TEACHERS WHO HAVE EARNED THESE DESIGNATIONS IN 127 DISTRICTS.
THERE ARE THE THREE LEVELS AND DIFFERENT AMOUNTS ARE ALLOTTED FOR THE THREE LEVELS, BUT ANY TEACHER CAN ALSO EARN A RECOGNIZED LEVEL FOR EARNING THEIR NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION, WHICH TAKES APPROXIMATELY ONE TO THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE.
BUT ONCE COMPLETED, THEY CAN EARN THE RECOGNIZED LEVEL.
YOU'LL SEE, HERE ARE THE ALLOTMENTS THAT ARE DESIGNATED FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT EACH OF THE DESIGNATIONS ARE DIFFERENT ALLOTMENT AMOUNTS THAT TEACHERS CAN EARN.
AND ALSO EACH CAMPUS BASED ON THE CENSUS BLOCK, UH, DETERMINES WHICH AMOUNTS THAT THE CAMPUSES CAN EARN AT THOSE DIFFERENT LEVELS.
FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL RECOGNIZED TEACHER COULD EARN AN ADDITIONAL $5,641, BUT AT BELTLINE, THE RECOGNIZED TEACHER COULD EARN AN ADDITIONAL $6,149.
SO THAT'S BASED ON THE CENSUS BLOCK AND WHERE THOSE CAMPUSES ARE LOCATED IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM.
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IT HAS TO BE A TEACHER WHO IS CERTIFIED BY THE STATE, AND THESE DESIGNATIONS WILL STAY ON THE TEACHER CERTIFICATION FOR FIVE YEARS.AND, UM, THIS FUNDING COMES FROM THE STATE.
SO IT DOES NOT IMPACT OUR BUDGET AT ALL.
IT IS, UM, FUNDED THROUGH THE STATE'S HOUSE BILL GRANT.
SO WE DEVELOPED A COMMITTEE BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2021 TO GET INPUT FROM OUR TEACHERS, OUR CAMPUS LEADERS, AS WELL AS CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF, TO THINK THROUGH WHAT OUR APPLICATION WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND EACH CAMPUS LEADER TOOK THAT INFORMATION BACK THEIR STAFF AND PRESENTED THE INFORMATION AND PROVIDED ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FOR THE COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER IN ORDER TO DEVELOP OUR APPLICATION.
SO THE DESIGNATION COMPONENTS CONSISTS OF A TEACHER OBSERVATION, WHICH IS 20% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT.
AND WE USE THE TAP RUBRIC TO EVALUATE OUR TEACHERS.
ALSO STUDENT PERFORMANCE IS ANOTHER CONSIDERATION IN 70% OF THE TOTAL IS BASED ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE.
WE ARE USING THE STUDENT GROWTH WITH OUR MAP ASSESSMENTS, DATA FOR READING AND MATH TEACHERS, AS WELL AS THE CIRCLE ASSESSMENT FOR OUR PRE-K TEACHERS.
AND WE ACTUALLY BEGAN ADMINISTERING OUR MAP ASSESSMENTS ON MONDAY WITH OUR STUDENTS.
AND THE FINAL 10% IS ADDITIONAL FACTORS, WHICH IS RESPONSIBILITIES RUBRIC THAT WE UTILIZE WITH OUR STAFF JUST EVALUATES THEIR EMPLOYEE SKILLS.
SO THERE ARE THREE OR FIVE STEPS IN THE SEQUENCE TO GET APPROVAL.
WE ARE AT THE THIRD STEP IN THIS PROCESS, UH, WITH, UM, OUR APPLICATION WAS JUST APPROVED THIS MONTH IN AUGUST.
WE ARE PART OF COHORT DEAN, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE TIMELINE THAT THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THE 20 21, 20 22 SCHOOL YEAR IS THE YEAR THAT WE COLLECT THE DATA IN ORDER FOR TEACHERS TO EARN THEIR DESIGNATION.
AND SO THIS WHOLE YEAR WE'LL DO OUR MATH TESTING, BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND END OF THE YEAR ASSESSMENT.
AND OUR TEACHERS WILL BE EVALUATED THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AND SO TEACHERS WILL SUBMIT THAT DATA TO, UM, THE STATE.
AND THEN BY THE SPRING OF 2023, THE TEACHERS THAT EARN THE DESIGNATION WILL BE IDENTIFIED AND THEN THE PAYOUT OR THE ADDITIONAL, UM, STIPEND COMES IN THE FALL OF 2023.
AND SO THIS IS A PROCESS THAT TAKES OVER A YEAR TO COLLECT THE DATA, AND THEN THE DESIGNATIONS COME AFTER THAT.
SO WE ARE SEEKING THE BOARD'S APPROVAL FOR THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT PLAN FOR THE LANCASTER ISD DISTRICT.
AND I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE NOW.
HOWARD, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? I HAVE A COUPLE, UH, ON A WILL SMITH GREETINGS.
NOW, HOW DO YOU DO STOP MUFFLING MYSELF? UH, REALLY QUICK.
I LOVE THIS PROGRAM, BUT I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF REALLY QUICK ISSUES, NOT ISSUES.
DO WE KNOW WHO ELSE MIGHT BE IN COHORT? D ARE WE COMPETING WITH SIMILAR DISTRICTS? ARE WE STARTING WITH OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE AREA? I DON'T HAVE THE LIST OF ALL THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN COHORT D OR WHO WERE APPROVED BECAUSE APPLICATIONS HAVE TO BE APPROVED.
UM, BUT I BELIEVE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ANOTHER DISTRICT IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST THAT HAS, UM, APPLIED FOR TIA YET.
I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW IF MAYBE WE WERE STARTING A PROGRAM WITH DUNCANVILLE AND THEN PERHAPS DOWN THE ROAD, PEOPLE ARE JUMPING SHIP BECAUSE THEY STARTED A YEAR AHEAD OF US OR SOMETHING OR WHATNOT.
UH, ON ANOTHER NOTE, UH, HOW DOES THIS PROGRAM TRANSLATE? I MEAN, LIKE IF, IF YOU, I SAW WHERE THE ALLOTMENTS WERE DIFFERENT PER CAMPUS, BUT THEN WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PERSONNEL THAT MOVE FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS.
DO THEY RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL ASSESSMENT SCORES AND THEIR ORIGINAL ALLOTMENT WHEN THEY GO TO WHEREVER THEY GO, IF THEY MAYBE MOVE UP TO THE HIGH SCHOOL OR MOVE TOWARD THE MIDDLE SCHOOL OR WHATNOT.
WHEN THEY EARN THEIR DESIGNATION, IT'S GOES ON THEIR CERTIFICATE.
AND SO THEY KEEP THAT AMOUNT IF THEY LEFT THE SCHOOL OR EVEN IF THEY LEFT THE DISTRICT.
THAT IS AWESOME FOR THE FIVE YEARS.
AND YOU SAID THAT WAS, UH, TO BE REALIZED SPRING 23 WITH THE PAYOUT OF THE FOLLOWING FALL.
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THE STATE WILL NOTIFY US THAT, THAT THEY CONFIRM WHICH TEACHERS WHO HAVE EARNED THOSE DIFFERENT DESIGNATIONS, AND THEN WE'RE PROVIDED THE FUNDS BY THE FALL IN ORDER TO PAY OUT TO THE TEACHERS.I PROMISE THAT I DON'T HAVE IT ANYMORE.
DO WE HAVE ANY INPUT AT ALL? I KNOW THAT 10% LOOKED LIKE THAT MAY BE ITEMS THAT MAYBE WE CAN SPECIFY, BUT, UH, COULD WE MAYBE REQUIRE THAT, UH, DISTRICT PERSONNEL PERFORM OUR CLOSE GAPS OR DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY'VE DONE DUMB THINGS, JUST A CUSTOMER LANCASTER.
UM, SO WE HAVE SET UP SOME FORMULAS TO IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENT LEVELS BECAUSE WE REALLY DO WITH THE 70% IS WEIGHTED MORE FOR STUDENT GROWTH VERSUS JUST THE EVALUATION PIECE, BECAUSE WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT EFFECTIVE MASTER TEACHERS IMPACT STUDENT LEARNING.
AND SO THERE SHOULD BE CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE THOSE EXEMPLARY MASTER TEACHERS, WHICH IS WHY STUDENT GROWTH IS 70% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT IS CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR FINAL SCORE.
SO STUDENT GROWTH IS ASSESSED THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND I'M ASKING, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE SOME SCHOOLS WITH DIFFERENT AREAS OF NEED, UH, AND I DON'T SEE HOW THE ASSESSMENT COULD BE AS EFFECTIVE DEPENDING ON THE CAMPUS.
SO IT'S, IT'S BASED ON THE GROWTH OF THE STUDENTS IN THAT CLASSROOM.
SO WE TAKE A BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND THEN AN END OF THE YEAR PICTURE TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT THOSE STUDENTS MADE WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE TEACHER INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN.
SO MOST OF MY OWN DAVIS SECOND MINOR WAS STEVENSON.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO DO WELL.
GIVE THEM SOME MONEY BEFORE IT WAS FALL OF 23.
I GOT TO WORK HARD TO GET IT INTO THEIR ACCOUNTS, YOU KNOW, AND THEY DO THE WORK IT'S GOING TO SHOW UP.
UH, NEXT ITEM IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF H THREE EARLY CHILDHOOD AND CCM OUR GOALS, UH, TANYA PELL AND DR.
JACKSON, GOOD EVENING, MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT VIRTUALLY, UH, VICE PRESIDENT JONES, SUPERINTENDENT, DR PERRERA AND OUR DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS TONIGHT.
WE PRESENT, UH, THE L I S D COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS AND EARLY CHILDHOOD HB THREE GOALS AND KEEPING IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STATE'S ULTIMATE 60 BY 30 TEXAS GOAL.
THE COMMISSIONER RECOMMENDED ESTABLISHING A PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE BOARD GOALS WITH TWO KEY CHECK POINTS THOUGH.
THOSE TWO KEY CHECK POINTS ARE THIRD GRADE READING AND MATH AND CCM.
CCM ARE ALSO, UH, WITH THOSE GOALS BEING ESTABLISHED.
UH, THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT WE REVIEW THE GOALS ANNUALLY FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS TONIGHT, AS I GET STARTED WITH TALKING ABOUT OUR DATA POINTS, I WANT TO JUST POINT OUT THAT HISTORICALLY, UH, AS A DISTRICT, WE HAVE INCREASED ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO THREE POINTS OVER SUBJECT AND CONTENT AREAS IN OUR TESTED AREAS.
AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT TO MAKE.
I ASKED TONIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING SOME REALLY AGGRESSIVE, UH, AGGRESSIVE GOALS IN ORDER TO MITIGATE, UM, OUR DATA AND, AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE IMPACT THAT WE WANT WITH OUR STUDENTS.
SO I'M GOING TO READ OUR FIRST GOAL, WHICH IS FOR EARLY LITERACY.
UH, IT STATES PERCENT OF STUDENTS IN GRADE THREE, DEMONSTRATING EARLY LITERACY IS MEASURED BY MEETS LEVEL PERFORMANCE ON STAR READING WILL INCREASE FROM 39% TO 47% BY 2025.
AND I WANT TO JUST SAY ON THE CHART THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS ILLUSTRATING TWO 18, 2019 AND 2021, UH, COMPARATIVE FROM THIRD GRADE TO, UH, ENGLISH SECOND ENGLISH TO ELC, WHICH IS 10TH GRADE ON THIS NEXT CHART.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT IT ILLUSTRATES OUR ACHIEVEMENT, UH, BASICALLY WHERE WE, UH, HAD OUR LOSS OF OUR 13 POINT DROP.
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POINT, UM, THIS IS MEATS DATA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IT.SO 2021, OUR STUDENTS IN THIRD GRADE LITERACY, IT MEETS LEVEL PERFORMANCE, UH, SCORED A 26%.
SO IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THAT, WE ARE, UM, WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE, UM, MOVE OUR STUDENTS FIVE POINTS EACH YEAR SO THAT WE CAN REACH OUR INTENDED OR OUR INITIAL INTENDED GOAL OF 47% MEETS.
SO ADDITIONALLY, UH, THIS YEAR, UH, WITH THE HELP OF OUR, UM, OUR NEW CHIEF, UH, OF, OF, UH, WHAT I WANT TO CALL YOU CHIEF OF ACADEMICS AND, UH, ALSO WITH THE HELP AND GUIDANCE OF DR.
HOWARD AND THE REST OF OUR TEAM, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A KEENER FOCUS ON OUR MASTER'S LEVEL PERFORMANCE, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO HELP US PULL OUR STUDENTS.
JACKSON IS GOING TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT PLAN.
WHEN WE TOOK A LOOK AT OUR STUDENTS PERFORMING AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL, WE QUICKLY REALIZED THAT WE WERE LAGGING, UM, IN THE REGION AND WE WERE LAGGING IN THE STATE.
IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE AND MY BELIEF THAT WHEN YOU'RE LEADING BOTH FROM THE AFFECTIVE AND COGNITIVE DOMAIN AT THE MASTERY LEVEL, AND YOU'RE SUPPORTING PRINCIPALS AND PROVIDING INTENTIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AT THE MASTERY LEVEL, THAT PRINCIPAL IS ABLE TO LEAD THAT SCHOOL AT A MASTER LEVEL.
THEREFORE, THAT TEACHER IS ABLE TO DELIVER INSTRUCTION AT A MASTER LEVEL, WHICH INCREASES THE OPPORTUNITY AND CHANCES OF THE STUDENT PERFORMING AT A MASTER'S LEVEL IMMENSELY.
THEREFORE WE PUT SOME AGGRESSIVE GOALS IN PLACE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD AN 11 POINT DIP, UM, DUE TO THE, UM, COVID, UM, WITH OUR TEST SCORES LAST YEAR.
AND WE ARE STILL HAVING AN EXPECTATION OF RE REACHING THAT 30% GOAL IN 2025.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE HAVING A 5% INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO REACH THAT 30% GOAL.
AND WE HAVE A PLAN WHICH TOMORROW WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR COORDINATORS AND OUR INSTRUCTIONAL, UM, OUR TEACHER ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS.
WE'LL BEGIN THAT PROCESS WITH, UM, PUTTING THAT PLAN IN ACTION TOMORROW AT OUR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION MEETING.
SO OUR NEXT GOAL, I WANT TO JUST READ OUR MATHEMATICAL PROFICIENCY GOAL IS STATES A PERCENT OF STUDENTS IN THIRD AND IN GRADE THREE, DEMONSTRATE MATHEMATICAL PROFICIENCY AS MEASURED BY MEETS PERFORMANCE LEVEL ON STAR.
MATH WILL INCREASE FROM 43% TO 51% BY YEAR 20, 26 AND NOTICEABLY.
UH, WE, WE HAVE ADDED ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR TO THIS GOAL, UH, AS WE'RE WORKING TO MITIGATE, UM, THE, THE DROPS WITH OUR, WITH THE DROP, WITH OUR MATH OR DECREASE IN OUR MATH SCORE.
SO ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT HERE WITH MATH, UH, WE EXPERIENCED A 29 POINT, UM, DECREASE.
UM, IT COMPARATIVELY WITH OUR READING WAS A 13% DECREASE.
AND SO I ALSO WANT TO ILLUSTRATE FOR YOU, UH, ON THE CHART THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING AT 2018, 19 AND 2021, UM, MATH DATA FROM THIRD GRADE ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH ALGEBRA ONE.
AND SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, YOU WILL SEE OUR MEATS DATA AGAIN, AND THIS IS SHOWING YOU, WE STARTED OFF AT 43 MEATS, UH, WITH OUR LAST ACCOUNTABILITY YEAR AND 1819 2018, 2019.
AND SO HERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT IN 2021, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE F AT 14% IN MEATS.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A CHALLENGE AHEAD OF US, CERTAINLY, UH, 7%.
WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, COMMIT TO ENSURING THAT WE ARE GROWING 7%, SEVEN PERCENTAGE POINTS EACH YEAR UNTIL WE REACH OUR INTENDED GOAL.
UM, ALSO I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS OUR MASTER'S PLAN AND DR.
JACKSON'S GOING TO SHARE MORE ABOUT THAT FOR OUR MASTER'S PLAN WITH MATH.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU WILL SEE A NATURAL MAJOR DIP.
UM, IN MATHEMATICS, WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT ACROSS THE BOARD IN BOTH THE MEETS AND MASTERS LEVEL, UM, AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL, WE DECIDED TO ACTUALLY PLACE A 3% GAIN TO ACTUALLY GET US TO OUR INTENDED 20% GAIN, UM, IN 2025.
SO OUR NEXT SLIDE IS TALKING, DISCUSSING OUR CCM, OUR, UH, GOALS, UH, PERCENT OF STUDENTS IN GRADE 12, DEMONSTRATING CCM, OUR READINESS AS MEASURED BY THE STATE PERFORMANCE LEVEL WILL INCREASE FROM 41% RAW SCORE TO 71% RAW SCORE BY 2024.
AND I WANT TO MENTION TO YOU THAT, UM, THIS IS THE ONE AREA THAT WE CAN, UH, SOMEWHAT CELEBRATE, UH, BECAUSE, UH,
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ON HERE, YOU'LL SEE FOR 2021, WE HAVE 41 IN WHICH THAT'S OUR BASELINE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS AND MONITORING THAT WE ARE AT OR ABOVE THE 41% WE'RE WAITING ON TAPER, UM, BEFORE WE COME OUT OF THE GATES WITH THE ACTUAL INFORMATION, BUT I WILL ASSURE YOU THAT WE ARE THERE ARE BETTER.AND SO, UH, WE'RE ALSO, UH, PROJECTION WISE IN OUR TRAJECTORY.
WE ARE GOING TO LAND ON OUR GOAL A YEAR BEFORE 2025.
SO, UH, SO THERE'S SOME, UH, CELEBRATION AND SILVER LINING RIGHT HERE ON THE CCR CCR SLOT.
ALSO WANT TO MENTION ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NEXT SLIDE WITH CCM, MAR YOU CAN JUST SEE TWO HERE, UH, OUR TRAJECTORY, UH, THE, THE NUMBERS, ALTHOUGH WE ARE ADVANCED IN 10 YEARS, UH, EACH YEAR, UH, THIS IS CERTAINLY ATTAINABLE AS WE, AS WE KNOW AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UH, THE 41 BASICALLY MEANS THAT 41% OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE RECEIVED A CCMI INDICATOR.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, ULTIMATELY, UH, WE'RE GOING TO REACH THAT GOAL OF 71 BEFORE I CAN ASSURE YOU OF THAT.
UM, BUT THE ONE THING THAT I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW IN THIS ROOM IS THAT WE ULTIMATELY WANT 100% OF OUR STUDENTS TO RECEIVE A, OUR INDICATOR AS THEY PREPARE TO GRADUATE.
AND ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, ANY QUESTIONS, TRUSTEES, BUT I WILL MAKE A COMMENT.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE MINUTE TO SAY THANK YOU.
JACKSON, UH, MS. BELL, UH, YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN AWESOME JOB, UH, DR.
HOWARD, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE A PHENOMENAL TEAM.
I SEE GOOD THINGS HAPPENING HERE.
I WANT TO ECHO WHAT MAN THAT YOU ALL ARE ON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, BUT THERE I THANK YOU.
I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
I'M SORRY IF YOU'LL GO BACK TO THE EARLY LITERACY FOR MEETS THIRD GRADE READING, AND WE CAN FOLLOW THE SAME PATH FOR A MASTER'S AND ALSO FOR MATT.
SO I'M LOOKING AT THE DATA HERE.
WE HAVE A GROWTH OF FIVE PERCENTAGE POINTS.
WHICH I RECOGNIZE THAT FOR THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR BEING, WE HAVE THOSE STUDENTS THAT WERE IMPACTED BY COVID.
SO WHEN WE GO OUT TO LET'S SAY, 20, 23, THOUGH, THE STUDENTS THAT WERE, THOSE STUDENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN KINDERGARTEN IN 2020.
SO, UM, IF I'M GETTING MY INFORMATION CORRECT HERE.
SO I GUESS WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS FOR THE 2024 AND 2025 SCHOOL YEARS, I THINK OUR GROWTH SHOULD BE A LOT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE'RE REFLECTING WITH THESE INCREMENTAL INCREASES.
THIS IS ACTUALLY, UH, EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE GOALS THAT WE'RE VOTING ON FOR THIS YEAR, WE DO NOT HAVE TO, UM, JUST STICK WITH THIS SET OF GOALS.
WE CAN ACTUALLY COME BACK AND REVISIT IT AT ANY TIME.
SO AS WE SEE THAT WE ARE MAKING THOSE, UH, CLOSING THOSE GAPS AND MAKING THOSE GAINS, WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND READJUST THOSE GOALS.
AND SO, UM, THIS BASICALLY IS A LIVING AND BREATHING DOCUMENT.
AND JUST FOR, UH, PUBLIC, JUST FOR YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT THE MEET PASSING PERCENTAGE FOR THIRD GRADE IS A 74%, AND THEN A MASTERS IS THE 85% ON READING.
AND IT'S ROUGHLY THE SAME FOR MATH, 75% AND 88% RESPECTIVELY.
SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS INFORMATION, WE'RE SAYING THAT BY 20, 25, LESS THAN HALF OF OUR KIDS WILL BE MAKING A 74.
AND I AGREE WITH YOU, LIKE, UM, WE WILL DEFINITELY BE REVISITING OUR GOALS AGAIN.
AND SO I WOULD SAY EVEN A YEAR, THIS YEAR, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR US TO COME BACK TO THE TABLE TO THINK ABOUT, UH, WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE AT THAT TIME WITH OUR DATA, UH, THIS YEAR.
PEREZ GUIDANCE, I'M CERTAIN THAT WE CAN COME BACK AND LOOK AT OUR GOALS AGAIN AND MAKE NEW PROJECTIONS.
I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THAT AS WELL IN, IN SAYING THAT, UM, AS EDUCATOR MYSELF, I DON'T NECESSARILY BELIEVE IN 3, 5, 6 YEAR PLANS.
I REALLY BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO VISIT THEM ON A CONSISTENT BASIS THROUGHOUT AND LOOKING AT THOSE.
UH, BUT WE DO TRY TO MAKE SMART GOALS, IF YOU WILL JUST TRY TO DO INCREMENTALLY, HOWEVER, KNOW THAT THE STRIVE IS ALWAYS A HUNDRED PERCENT.
WE GOTTA GET OUR KIDS UP AND WE WILL.
AND I THINK SEEING SOME OF THE THINGS I ALREADY KNOW THAT ARE GOING INTO PLACE IN SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS OR PRINCIPALS ARE, ARE LEADING COURAGEOUSLY AND BOLDLY AS
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WELL AS OUR, OUR TEACHERS, UM, ARE DOING TO BOTH THINGS RIGHT NOW IN ORDER TO, UM, BECAUSE WHAT WE CAN'T DO IS RACE BACK TO THE NORMALCY WHERE WE WERE, UM, AT ALL.I KNOW THAT THOSE ARE JUST SOME NUMBERS THAT STICK OUT TO ME, UH, QUICKLY AND, UH, DEFINITELY BE AN AREA FOR US TO ADDRESS SOMETHING WITH A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE APPROVED TONIGHT.
UH, THE TEACHER ALLOTMENT FOR ONE, UH, THE TUTORS THAT I THINK IS COMING UP IF WE HAVEN'T APPROVED THAT YET.
SO, UH, DEFINITELY SOME AREAS THAT WE CAN THEN BEGIN TO FOCUS IN TO ENSURE THAT MORE OF OUR KIDS ARE GETTING TO THAT LEVEL SOONER THAN LATER.
THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT JONES, DEFINITELY.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION OF EMOTION? MY SECRETARY, MAURICE TO APPROVE HB THREE EARLY CHILDHOOD AND CC EMR GOES IN SECOND AND BY ON STEVENSON.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
SECRETARY MAURICE HONORABLE SMITH.
THIS MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH THIS BEING A LIVING DOCUMENT.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF FORECAST FIVE ANALYTICS CONTRACT AGREEMENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT VIRTUALLY, UH, VICE PRESIDENT JONES, DR.
PERRERA AND OUR DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS TONIGHT.
I BRING BEFORE YOU, AND REALLY AN INFORMATION ITEM, UH, FOR FORECAST FIVE ANALYTICS.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU IS THAT WE ARE, UH, PURCHASING OR IN THE, IN THE PROCESS OF PURCHASING THIS PROGRAM CALLED FORECAST FIVE, WHICH IS A ROBUST, UH, ANALYTIC SYSTEM THAT ANALYZES LOCAL AND STATE ASSESSMENTS IN REAL TIME, LIKE A DASHBOARD BOARD SETTING, UH, IT LEVERAGES PRE-BUILT DATA SETS AND INFORMATION, UH, SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PULL INFORMATION ABOUT OUR STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT, UH, DIFFERENT TESTING SETS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAVE A GROUP OF THIRD GRADE STUDENTS AND WE WANT TO PULL A STUDENT AND LOOK AT THIS ONE STUDENT, WE CAN PULL MAP DATA, LOCAL ASSESSMENT, DATA, STATE, DATA, ATTENDANCE, INFORMATION, UH, STUDENT GRADES, DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ALL AT ONE TIME.
AND SO THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IN FRONT OF US, WE CAN NOT ONLY HELP THE STUDENT ACADEMICALLY.
WE CAN ALSO HELP THE STUDENTS SOCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY, UH, WE CAN, AND WE CAN PROVIDE RESOURCES OR ANYTHING THAT STUDENT POTENTIALLY MAY NEED THAT, THAT WE SEE WITHIN THAT WITHIN THOSE DATA SETS.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, THIS, UM, THIS PROGRAM, I BELIEVE OFFERS OUR DISTRICT LEVERAGE POWER, UH, WITH DEMOGRAPHIC AND PEER DATA AS WELL.
AND IT HELPS US TO MAKE MORE FOCUSED FUTURE-FOCUSED STRATEGIES AND IMPROVING, UH, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.
PERRERA PUT IT SO NICELY, THE OTHER NIGHT, A GREAT RETURN ON ROI ON RETURN ON INSTRUCTION.
AND SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, PURCHASING, UM, THIS PROGRAM ALSO IN FRONT OF YOU.
I'LL JUST GO OVER THE, UM, THE PRICE POINT WITH YOU BASICALLY, UH, RIGHT NOW, W AT A PRORATED PRICE OF 2000 340, 40 $3 AND 33 CENTS, UH, WE'RE BEGINNING TO WORK ON MIGRATING THE DATA AND GETTING THE PROGRAM SET UP.
UM, ALSO, UH, WE HAD THE LUXURY OF HAVING A $7,036 DISCOUNT AND OUR IMPLEMENTATION FEE IS, WILL ONLY BE A 7,036, UH, $7,036.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, OUR LICENSE AGREEMENT IS $28,144, UH, TOTALING $37,525.
AND, UH, VICE-PRESIDENT, JOHN'S, THIS IS VERY SIMILAR, SIMILAR TO ARROGANCE, UH, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT HE'S FAMILIAR WITH.
UH, HOWEVER, THIS PROGRAM DOES TALK AND WALK WITH OUR TEAMS PROGRAM WITH OUR TEAMS, UH, PROGRAM.
AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH EASIER FOR US TO MIGRATE THE INFORMATION AS IT POOLS DIRECTLY FROM THE TEAMS. WE'LL TAKE LESS, UH, SUPPORT FROM OUR TECHNOLOGY TEAM TO GET IT UP AND RUNNING AND MOVING.
AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
RIGHT? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BELL? WHAT WERE YOU USING BEFORE? UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE DEMAC AND WE HAVE, UM, EDUPHORIA, UM, BUT THESE ARE SOMEWHAT LINEAR IS AS FAR AS THEY ARE ONLY PULLING STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT DATA, BUT THEY'RE NOT PULLING IN LIKE ATTENDANCE OR, UH, MAYBE MAPS TESTING OR WHAT HAVE YOU LIKED THAT?
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SO THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM IS SO ROBUST.IT'S GOING TO BE PULLING FROM OUR, FROM OUR TEAM'S DATABASE IS TALKING TO THAT VERSUS JUST TALKING TO JUST ONE SET OF DATA.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PRETTY COOL BECAUSE IT WILL ALLOW US TO CREATE A DATABASE TO LIKE A DASHBOARD WE'D BE TERMINATING THE AGREEMENT WITH THE OTHER STUFF.
NO, WE'LL STILL HAVE DEMAC AND WE'LL STILL HAVE FOR YOU BECAUSE WE USE UTILIZE THOSE PROGRAMS FOR ONLINE ASSESSMENT TOOLS AND, UM, LOTS OF OTHER KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE UTILIZE THOSE PROGRAMS FOR, INCLUDING, UH, GIVING OUR STUDENTS LIKE ACCESS TO, UM, WHEN THEY'RE TAKING THE TEST ONLINE AND THEY HAVE LIKE ACCOMMODATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THOSE TOOLS PROVIDE US A LOT OF DIRECTION WITH HOW WE ADDRESS INSTRUCTION, UH, FORMATIVELY IN THE CLASSROOM.
SO, UH, THEY DON'T OFFER MODULES FOR THAT IN, IN NO, THIS PROGRAM IS IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
IT'S MORE OF A LEVERAGING KIND OF PROGRAM.
MORE OF A STRATEGIST TYPE PROGRAM IS ALSO USING FINANCE TO WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT, UM, BASICALLY HOW WELL THE CURRICULUM IS MAKING AN IMPACT AND BE ABLE TO DETERMINE LIKE WHICH DEMOGRAPHICS NEED MORE SUPPORT OR WHICH AREAS IN THE SCHOOL OR IN THE SYSTEM MAY NEED MORE SUPPORT.
SO IT HAS A LOT OF ANALYTICS, LIKE IT'S REALLY ANALYTICS SYSTEM BASICALLY.
AND IT'S, THIS IS A ON PREMISES, OR IS THIS ALL A CLOUD BASED SOLUTION IS CLOUD-BASED AND IT'S UNLIMITED END USERS TOO.
SO IS, IS IT'S GOING TO HELP US A GREAT DEAL RATHER THAN ME BUILDING A DASHBOARD AND TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH IT AND KEEP FEEDING IT.
AND ALL OF THAT, THIS IS GOING TO HELP US A GREAT DEAL.
THIS IS, THIS IS ALSO TIED TO STATE DATA AS WELL.
UM, TRUSTEE STEVENSON, SUSAN SMITH, AND THAT IT, UM, LET ME SPEAK SOME OF YOUR LANGUAGE AS AN IT PERSON.
IT'S TABLO TABLO, AND ALLOWS US TO PULL AGAIN, DATA.
UH, WE CAN COMPARE AND CONTRAST WITH LAKESIDE DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.
AND AGAIN, LOOKING AT THAT RETURN ON IT ON INVESTMENT.
BUT THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE FORECAST FIVE, I THINK IS IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR US TO REALLY GET A HANDLE ON THINGS PRIOR TO SOMETHING OCCURRING, BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU THOSE MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT WHERE SUPPORT WILL BE NEEDED.
IF THERE'S AN ATTENDANT, THERE ARE ALERTS.
UM, SO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE HAVING TO DO MANUALLY IF YOU WILL, WHERE AS THIS IT ALL IN ONE AND THE OTHER PROGRAMS, THEY DO SOME OF THIS ONE OR TWO OF THESE FEATURES, BUT THEY ALSO ALLOW FOR SOME OTHER THINGS LIKE THE ASSESSMENT PIECE, BUT THIS IS A DASHBOARD THAT'S, UM, I THINK WILL BENEFIT GREATLY FROM, UM, DEFINITELY IS TABLEAU, TABLEAU, TABLEAU.
I JUST HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ALL, BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
WE'RE TRYING TO REACH THOSE GOALS THAT WE'RE SETTING AT CANADA IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF SECURITY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, BUT I'LL SAVE THAT FOR ANOTHER TIME DAY.
I'M GOING TO, I'M NOT GOING TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS.
AND SO THIS WAS AN INFORMATION ITEM ACTUALLY, IT'S ACTUALLY LISTED ON CONSENT, BUT IT'S REALLY AN INFORMATION ITEM THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S UNDER OUR THRESHOLD.
IS THAT BECAUSE IT'S UNDER OUR THRESHOLD IS A DOLLAR ROUND, I GUESS, SIR.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE BOARD THOUGH.
I'M TRYING TO BE TRANSPARENT ON THAT.
IT'S BEEN NO DOLLARS WITHOUT HEARING.
I WAS SPELLING ALSO LIKE PREMIERE.
UH, NEXT ITEM WE HAVE, IS HE DISCUSSING IMPOSSIBLE APPROVAL TO PURCHASE AN APPLE DEVICE LEASE? UH, THIS BUTLER? I THINK I'VE HEARD THIS PRESENTATION.
MADAM PRESIDENT IN HER PRESENCE VIRTUALLY, UH, VICE-PRESIDENT JONES, UH, SUPERINTENDENT PORRETTA PERRERA BOARD TRUSTEES.
I COME TO YOU TONIGHT TO ASK FOR AN APPROVAL OF THE APPLE DEVICE LEASE PURCHASE.
UM, ON THE SCREEN, YOU WILL HAVE THE SPECS FOR A 13 INCH MACBOOK PRO, UM, THAT I AM PROPOSING TO YOU AS A PURCHASE FOR AT LEAST 4 75, A QUANTITY.
UM, THAT'S GOING TO SUIT OUR ADMINISTRATION FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS UP TO ADMINISTRATION.
UM, I WON'T READ OUT ALL OF THE SPECS, BUT I WILL, UH, RAISE SOME ATTENTION TO, UM, THE FACT THAT THE APPLE
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DEVICE LOWERS THE RISK FOR ONLINE THREATS.UM, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM A SECURITY PERSPECTIVE, UM, HERE IN JUST A SECOND, BUT ALSO IT HAS A WIDE RANGE OF HARDWARE QUALITY.
THE SOFTWARE SUPPORT VARIES IN QUALITY AND APPLE DEVICES JUST TO HAVE A LONGER LIFESPAN.
UM, THEY ALSO HOLD A HIGH RESALE VALUE OVER TIME.
THE LEAST AS I STATED IS FOR 75 QUANTITY, THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS $113,212 AND 50 CENTS.
UM, WITH THREE ANNUAL PAYMENTS OF 38,000 9 65 45.
AND AT THE END OF THE LEASE, THERE'S A DOLLAR BUYOUT OPTION TO EXPOUND ON THE SECURITY.
UM, THERE'S AN ADDED LAYER OF SECURITY, UM, AND IT IS IN EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN LIS THE SECURITY STANCE, GIVEN OUR SECURITIES, UH, CLIMATE THAT WE'VE BEEN IN AND, UM, RECOVERING FROM RANSOMWARE.
UM, ONE OF THE DECISIONS TO MOVE TO THE APPLE DEVICES, THAT IT IS A MORE SECURE DEVICE.
UM, AND THEN THE DECISION TO, UH, FIRST ROLL THIS OUT TO THE ADMINISTRATION IS THINKING ABOUT, UM, THE DATA THAT WE DEAL WITH, UM, THE SENSITIVE, PRIVATE, CONFIDENTIAL DATA THAT WE DEAL WITH.
AND SO WE DO DEAL WITH A LOT OF DATA AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE, UM, LEVEL.
AND SO THIS WOULD, UH, ALLOW OUR ADMINISTRATORS TO WORK AND ALSO TO, UH, FUNCTION, TO DO THEIR JOBS WITH A ADDED LAYER OF SECURITY.
UM, SO TO KIND OF SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE THE LAYER OF, BECAUSE THERE ARE FEWER APPLE PRODUCTS, UH, THAN THERE ARE WINDOWS DEVICES, THERE'S FEAR OF VIRUSES THAT ARE CREATED FOR THE OSX, UM, UH, OPERATING SYSTEM.
AND ALSO THERE'S MUCH LESS BLOATWARE INSTALLED ON THE NEW SYSTEMS. ALONG WITH THE LEAST, THERE'S AN EXTENSIVE, COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT MODEL THAT IS A THREE-YEAR ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE COVERAGE AND EXTENDED WARRANTY.
IT'S INCLUDED TO ENSURE DEVICES, UM, TO BE IN TOP WORKING CONDITION THROUGHOUT THE LEASE TERM.
THE APPLECARE, UH, IS INCLUDED WITH THAT.
I, UM, UH, AND IT'S COVERED, UH, EACH DEVICE IS COVERED, UH, TWO FOR TWO SERVICE EVENTS EVERY 12 MONTH PERIOD, WHICH MEANS FOR THE LIFE OF THE LEASE, THE THREE-YEAR LEASE, EACH DEVICE IS COVERED FOR SIX EVENTS EACH ALSO ANOTHER LEASE ADVANTAGES THAT THE LEASE OFFERING IS, UM, AT LEAST TO OWN.
AND THERE ARE NO HIDDEN FEES AT THE END OF THE TERM.
SO I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME, RIGHT? ANY QUESTIONS, TRUSTEES HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
WHY ARE WE LEASING VERSUS PURCHASING? DAMN.
SO THE APPLE PRODUCTS, UM, ARE GOING TO BE, AS YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE, UM, GIVEN IT BEING MORE OF A PROPRIETARY BRAND.
UM, AND SO IT'S BETTER TO HAVE A, UM, LEASE WITH THOSE PRODUCTS.
YOU SEE, WE HAVE 75 THAT WE'RE LEASING AT 113 ALSO WITH THE, UM, WITH THAT APPLECARE THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT AND ALSO THE WARRANTY.
UM, IT'LL GIVE US A CHANCE TO PURCHASE THESE OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME VERSUS, UM, JUST PURCHASING ALL OUT.
BUT ACTUALLY, I MEAN, CAUSE I'VE ALWAYS USED APPLE AND I HAVE APPLE CARE.
SO I MEAN, IF I JUST TIMES 55, IT'S THE SAME TO ME.
IT'S GOING TO COME OUT LESS THAN 113,000 WHEN WE CAN, BECAUSE YOU WILL GET THE SAME THING.
IF YOU, IF YOU PURCHASE THE AFTERCARE OR, UH, I MEAN EVERYTHING YOU'RE SAYING, YOU GET YOU GET IT WHEN YOU PURCHASE IT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY BUY IT.
SO YOU DO, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON THE LEASE AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE FROM A COMMERCIAL PERSPECTIVE.
SO NOT LIKE MORE OR LESS FROM A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE.
SO WE'RE BUYING IN A HUGE QUANTITY VERSUS JUST BUYING AN INDIVIDUAL ONE WITH THE APPLE CARE PRODUCT.
SO, AND, YOU KNOW, APPLE DOES THINGS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALSO.
SO ARE, ARE THEY GIVING US A GOOD DEAL BECAUSE I JUST HATE LEASING, UH, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RENEW THAT LEASE.
AND THEN WHEN YOU RENEW THE LEASE, UH, YOU COULD HAVE BEEN IN BRAVA ANOTHER COMPUTER.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE TO DO ALL 75 BUCKS.
SO WITH THE APPLE PRODUCT, BECAUSE IT HAS A HIGHER RESALE VALUE AND WE'RE ALL BUYING THEM FOR A DOLLAR.
UM, AT THE END OF THIS LEASE, WE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE, THIS PRODUCT BECAUSE, UM, THE VALUE WILL STILL BE VERY HIGH AND WE WOULD AT LEAST, I WOULD SAY HAVE THEM FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER TWO YEARS, TWO
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OR THREE YEARS.AND THAT'S THE SAME THING WITH OUR IPADS.
I, AND WE HAVE, WE DID DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO LOOK AROUND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GETTING THE BEST PRICE, UM, FROM AN APP PERSPECTIVE.
APPLE IS CONSIDERED AN EDUCATIONAL ENTITY FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING WITH APPLE.
I THINK WE SHOULD'VE HAD APPLE A LONG TIME AGO SHOULD BE IN THEM.
WE, WE SHOULD JUST BUY IN BULK AND SEE IF WE CAN NEGOTIATE A DEAL, UH, BECAUSE IF WE KEEP, IF WE KEEP IT AND KEEP OUR APPLE CARE UP, THEY SHOULD GIVE US A BIGGER DEAL IF WE PURCHASE THEM.
AND I'M OPEN TO CONSIDERING THAT AS WELL.
I'M JUST LOOKING FOR OPTIONS TO GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE APPLE INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE AS LONG AS WELL OVERDUE.
THE OTHER SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, I KNOW MELLOW, UH, WHEN I GO IN THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT, I MEAN KINDERGARTEN ALL THE WAY UP TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, UH, ALL ALONG ONE SINK AND THAT'S APPLE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUY THAT EXTRA.
UM, AND THAT'S WHEN KENNY AS WELL, BUT REMEMBER I'M TALKING THE VALUE OF THE PRODUCT, EVEN IN MCKINNEY ISD, THEY PURCHASED THEIR APPLE PRODUCTS OFF OF A BOND, MCKINNEY ISD.
AND BECAUSE OF THE HIGH VALUE, WHEN THEY DO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, THEY PURCHASE SOME BASED ON THE BOND I'M CALLING THEIR BROTHER AND THEIR ELECTION.
AND THEN I GIVE TO, COULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN HOURS IF AT THAT TIME, MAYBE IF WE DO ANOTHER ONE OR RATHER, I MEAN, THE LEASE IS OKAY IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING, BUT YOU KNOW, THE FEARS FOR FUTURE THINKING ABOUT PURCHASE.
IF WE COULD LOOK HERE, I CERTAINLY WOULD CONSIDER IT.
IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND THAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I THINK IT'S A LONG OVERDUE THAT WE SHIFTED THE MINDSET AND THE WAY WE USE MACHINES AND HAVING BEEN THERE, I CAN SAY, UH, AND I WASN'T THERE TO, AS YOU PERFORM YOUR DILIGENCE.
UM, BUT HAVING BEEN THERE, I CAN SAY THAT IT'S A MUCH SMARTER OPTION TO LEASE.
USUALLY WHEN YOU LEASE, YOU AUTOMATICALLY GET COVERAGE AND REPLACEMENT COSTS AND INSURANCE, A LOT OF OTHER PARTS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, WHEN THE END OF THE TERM IS UP FOR THIS, WE CAN BUY THE MACHINE FOR A DOLLAR.
IS THAT RIGHT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
UNHEARD OF VERSUS SENDING IT BACK AND NOT GETTING ANYTHING FOR IT.
AND AT THE END OF THREE YEARS, A BRAND NEW APPLE IS STILL WORTH SOMETHING, WHEREAS, UH, EXACTLY WORTH NOTHING.
LET ME ADD, I JUST KIND OF, WHY DO YOU USE THAT? I DON'T HAVE ANY APPLE DEVICES.
Y'ALL MY POINT HERE IS MUCH MORE SECURE IF YOU GUYS DID NOT KNOW ABOUT WINDOWS 10 OR THE LATEST VERSION OF WINDOWS HAS LIKE A 1000 KNOWN VULNERABILITIES.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE TYPICALLY USE IN ALMOST ANY LARGE ORGANIZATION.
SO THE FACT THAT WE'RE SHIFTING TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT IS SPEAKS VOLUMES OF WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'RE TAKING SECURITY SERIOUSLY.
THE COST OF SIMPLY STAGGERING.
AND THEN YOU ALSO HIT ON THE LIST OF A MOUSE FOR $89 A KEYBOARD.
UM, SO EXTRAORDINARILY EXPENSIVE.
THE DEVICES WAS AN APPLE PRODUCT AND IT'S PROPRIETARY SOME FROM HERSELF, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO BUY IT FROM SCHOOLS.
WELL, WE DO NEED TO BUY THEM FOR SCHOOLS BECAUSE, UM, WE CONSIDER OURSELVES THE 21ST CENTURY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE'RE PREPARING THESE STUDENTS FOR 21ST CENTURY AND AS DR.
AND SO WE WOULD REALLY BE FAILING OUR STUDENTS IF WE DID NOT EXPOSE THEM TO THOSE ENVIRONMENTS BEFORE THEY WENT OUT INTO CORPORATE AMERICA OR WENT OUT TO, UM, PURSUE WHATEVER THEIR DREAM WOULD BE.
UM, APPLE IS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, OVERWHELMING AS PCS, APPLE IS THE, IT IS IN ANY ENVIRONMENTS.
AND SO WE NEED TO EXPOSE OUR STUDENTS TO THESE THINGS.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION.
WE APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF APPLE LEASE.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION BY HONORABLE DAVIS? THE SECOND ITEM WAS SMITH.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
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YES, BUT I WANT TO BUY ONE OF THOSE $1 MACHINES AND GO AHEAD AND RESERVE IT ALMOST WITH NO MADAM PRESIDENT HAMILTON.UH, MOSTLY, UH, ITEM PASSES, 6 1 5 1 5 1 HAM BURGER.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSSED AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF A TASK B LOCALIZED POLICY UPDATE 117 ITEMS, A ONE C H LOCAL PURCHASING ACQUISITION ITEM TWO C H E LOCAL PURCHASING AND ACQUISITION VENDOR RELATIONS, ITEM THREE, CV, LOCAL FACILITIES, CONSTRUCTION ITEM FOUR, DEC LOCAL COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS LEAVES AND ABSENCES.
TAYLOR, MADAM PRESIDENT VIA ZOOM.
MR. VICE PRESIDENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT PERRERA TONIGHT, WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS TASK B POLICY UPDATE ONE 17.
THESE AGAIN ARE, UH, C H LOCAL CONSIDERATION TO EITHER REPLACE THE POLICY C H E LOCAL DELETE THE POLICY CB LOCAL REPLACED THE POLICY DC LOCAL REPLACED THE POLICY.
THESE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM TAZ B.
WE DID HAVE A POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING, SO, UM, THEY ARE BEING PRESENTED THE SAME.
UM, AND THERE WAS A UP FROM THE POLICY CONSULTANTS OR ANYONE FROM THAT COMMITTEE HAS ANYTHING TO ADD, BUT WE CAN, UM, EITHER REJECT THE REVISIONS OR ACCEPT THE REVISIONS AS RECOMMEND.
SO, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE, UM, UPDATE ONE 17.
THIS IS BASICALLY A BOARD DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY, UH, DUE TO THE MAJOR STORMS THAT WE HAD IN FEBRUARY THAT BASICALLY SHUT DOWN TEXAS, THEN TAZZY WENT IN AND UPDATED THESE POLICIES TO GIVE, UH, THE SUPERINTENDENT POWER TO APPROVE PURCHASEE PURCHASES AND IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY CATASTROPHE OR LIKE THAT, WE ALSO HAVE C H PURCHASING AND ACQUISITION AND CV FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION.
UM, YOU CAN'T FIND THIS INFORMATION IF YOU HAVE YOUR BLUE FOLDER, UM, THE TASK, THE INFORMATION IS IN THAT PACKET FOR YOU.
AND AGAIN, THE CV LOCAL POLICY IS JUST BASICALLY OUTLINING THAT IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, WHAT WE DO.
AND SO THEN C H LOCAL BREAKS DOWN THAT INFORMATION.
THIS IS BASICALLY OUR COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS, LEAVES AND ABSENCES.
AND THAT IS TALKING ABOUT CONCURRENT USE OF LEAVE COMP TIME AND LIMITED USE.
SO THESE PROVISIONS HERE, UM, THEY'RE JUST REALIGNING BASICALLY, UH, LANGUAGE DURING OUR WEBINAR AND CONVERSATION WITH OUR TABBY POLICY CONSULTANT, THEY WERE TAKING OUT MORE ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, REGULATION AND LANGUAGE THERE AND JUST LEAVING STANDARD INFORMATION FOR, UH, AS A RECOMMENDATION TO SCHOOL.
SO, FIRST OF ALL, WE SEE HERE A C H LOCAL, WHICH IS PARKER PURCHASING AND ACQUISITION, EXCUSE ME.
UH, SO IN THIS EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, THEN THE BOARD WOULD POSSIBLY DELEGATE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT THAT AUTHORITY FOR CONTRACTS, FOR A REPLACEMENT.
HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT, UH, GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT POWER TO, YOU KNOW, OVERSEE COMPETITIVE BID.
SO WE WOULD FOLLOW THAT SAME PURCHASING REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, CHG, LOCAL PURCHASING AND ACQUISITION ACQUISITIONS FOR VENDOR RELATIONS.
THIS HERE TAZZY RECOMMENDS THAT WE DELETE THAT POLICY.
THESE ARE ITEMS THAT CAN SIMPLY BE TOLD ABOUT UTILIZE IN THE VISITOR'S GUIDE IS, UH, SHE SUGGESTED, AND THEN WE HAVE CB LOCAL FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION.
SO THIS IS JUST THE SIMPLE NOTE THAT JUST SAYS, HEY, IN A CASE OF A CATASTROPHE OR EMERGENCY, WHAT DO WE DO? AND THEN WE REFER BACK TO THAT ORIGINAL CH LOCAL POLICY.
AND THEN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGES HERE IN D E C LOCAL WAS FOR PEACE OFFICERS SO OUR SENATE BILL 1359, WHICH WAS A, WHICH WILL BE EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2021.
IT REQUIRES A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THAT EMPLOYS PEACE OFFICERS TO DEVELOP AN ADOPTIVE POLICY ALLIANCE, ALLOWING THE USE
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OF PAID MEDICAL HEALTH LEAVE BY OFFICERS WHO EXPERIENCED A TRAUMATIC EVENT IN THE SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT.SO A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT EMPLOYEES POLICE OFFICERS IS SUBJECT TO THESE REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE HOUSE BILL 2073 EFFECTIVE JUNE 15TH, 2021, WHICH CREATES A NEW CATEGORY OF LEAVE FOR INDIVIDUALS IN CERTAIN JOBS, INCLUDING PEACE OFFICERS WHO ARE EMPLOYEES OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO THIS BILL REQUIRES A BOARD TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PAY QUARANTINE LEAVE POLICY FOR DISTRICT PEACE OFFICERS WHO ARE ORDERED TO ISOLATE OR QUARANTINE BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE OR KNOWN EXPOSURE TO A DISEASE WHILE ON DUTY, SUCH AS, UH COVID.
AND SO, UH, THESE THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE AT THE 87TH REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND DID AFFECT OUR, UH, POLICY FOR DEC LOCO, UM, UNDER TASMANIA'S RECOMMENDATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH DAYS FOR POLICE OFFICERS, WE DID PUT IN OUR POLICY TWO DAYS, AND THAT WAS IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR DISCRETIONARY DAYS, WHICH WERE ALSO TWO DAYS.
AND SO AT, UH, THIS TIME WE WERE SEEKING EITHER AN APPROVAL TO THE ADDITIONS FROM TAZZY, HIS RECOMMENDATION, OR AN, A REJECTION TO THE ADDITIONS OF TABBY RECOMMENDATIONS.
TAYLOR, UH, AS THE COMMITTEE CHAIR FOR THE POLICY, WE DID HAVE ONE REVISION AS IT RELATED TO, UH, C H UH, LOCAL WITH TABBY'S RECOMMENDATION, UH, AND UTILIZING THE POLICY WHICH WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE AS RELATES TO BE LOCAL.
WE CAN ACTUALLY CALL AN EMERGENCY MEETING, UH, WITHIN ONE HOUR TO EXECUTE SOME OF THESE RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, REJECT THAT PORTION OF WHERE WE DELEGATE THE, UH, UH, WE PUT A SLIDE UP, I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME AT THIS POINT, UH, THAT LANGUAGE, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE CAN REMAIN THE SAME AND, UH, PURCHASING AUTHORITY.
SO IT WAS THE, UH, LINE TO, UH, WHAT HAS THE BOARD DELEGATES THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT, UH, FOR THE REPLACEMENT CONSTRUCTION, THAT INFORMATION THERE, WE THINK IF WE, IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S NEEDED, WE CAN HAVE A EMERGENCY MEETING CALL IN THE EVENT OF THIS COVID.
CAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE REASON WHY THEY MAKING THIS CHANGE AND THEN ADDRESS IT AT THAT POINT.
UH, THAT WAS THE WILL OF THE COMMITTEE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE OR, UH, DR.
CAREER AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AS TO THEIR THOUGHTS ON THAT.
SO AGAIN, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS RECOMMENDATION BY THE COMMITTEE? UH, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTION.
I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UM, THE LEGAL CHANGES TO UPDATE THIS.
IT DID, IT'S COME OUT OF THE COMMITTEE THAT, UM, YOUTUBE, THIS WAS THE RECOMMENDATION BY TASK B.
AND THAT'S ALL WE LOOKED AT WITHIN OUR POLICY WAS THIS, YES.
WE ONLY EVALUATED THE LOCAL POLICIES BECAUSE LEGAL WOULD GO FORTH ANYWAY.
BUT YEAH, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT, THAT THE COMMITTEE EVALUATED, WHETHER THE LOCAL POLICIES AND LEGAL STATE, THE SAME, OTHER THAN WHAT LEGISLATION, UH, SESSIONS THIS YEAR, WELL, SOME OF THE LEGAL DID CHANGE, BUT THE ONLY ONES THAT WE EVALUATED WITH JUST A LOCAL LEGISLATION AS LEGISLATORS, AS WELL AS LAW.
AND SO, UH, THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE, UH, AND THIS IS WHEN I ASKED THE RAIDS OF PRIVILEGE, I DID AGREE TO HOLD IT OFF, BUT ACTUALLY UNDER THE ROBERTS GROUP, I PUT MY ONE AT TO FIND OUT THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE PERFECT TIME TO ASK THIS QUESTION.
WE HAD KEPT RUNNING, UM, UNDER, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, VACANCY DAM, REMOVAL FROM OFFICE.
WHAT, UH, WHAT'S STATED ABOUT BOARD PURCHASING VIOLATIONS, BECAUSE ACTUALLY YOU CAN'T PURCHASE ANYTHING AS A BOARD MEMBER.
AND THEN I HAVE THE OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT REMOVAL.
AND I GUESS THAT COULD GO BACK TO OUR ATTORNEY ASKING, I KNOW A COUPLE OF MEETINGS THAT WE HAD ASKED FOR A CERTIFIED LETTER TO GO TO ONE OF THE DISTRICTS THAT IS VACATED NOW.
SECRETARY MORRIS, IF WE CAN HOLD THAT PART INTO BOARD MATTERS.
AND THEN WE CAN, WE CAN ADDRESS THAT THEN THE, THE PORT THAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF A TRUSTEE IS NOT.
SO CAN WE JUST STAY ON THE CH CH LOCAL FOR THE MOMENT? AND THEN WE'LL ADDRESS THAT WHEN, WHEN WE GET TO BOARD MATTERS?
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NO, JUST TALKING ABOUT THESE SPECIFIC POLICIES FOR US TO, TO APPROVE.WE ARE, WE HAVE A C H LOCAL CAG, LOCAL CV, LOCAL AND BDC, LOCAL, RIGHT.
TO SEE LEGAL AND C H COME DOWN WITH FIVE THEM.
FOR THE, UH, POLICY UPDATE, ONE 17, THEY SEND LIKE EVERYTHING AND THEY EXPLAIN IT TO HER, HE NOTES, BUT IT WE'RE ONLY ADDRESSING THE, THE FOUR, BUT THEY SEND EVERYTHING RIGHT.
I GUESS, I GUESS I CAN'T GET MY CAR.
I, I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU TO GO HERE AND THEN YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT DURING THE BOARD MATTERS SECTION OF THE AGENDA.
SO, UH, MADAM PRESIDENT ARE, ARE THEY IN ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE OVER THIS PARTICULAR SECTION? NO, THERE'S NOT.
I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING OUT THAT ONE PARTICULAR MATTER.
UH, IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THIS PARTICULAR SUGGESTION FOR THE CHANGE IN POLICY IS PROBABLY FOR LARGER DISTRICTS.
UH, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE EVERY ONE OF US IN THE, ON THE BOARD AND ANDY PROBABLY IN THE ROOM LIVE WITHIN FIVE MILES OF WHERE WE'RE SITTING.
I DON'T SEE WHERE I DON'T SEE WHERE WE COULDN'T HAVE AN EMERGENCY MEETING IF NECESSARY.
AND THEN ALSO WITH THAT BEING SAID AND BE LOCAL, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE EVERYONE HERE.
I THINK IT ONLY CALLS FOR THREE MEMBERS FOR US TO HAVE THAT EMERGENCY MEETING AND THEN TO GIVE THE AUTHORITY FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO MOVE FORWARD.
ALSO WITH THE CURRENT STATE OF THINGS, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE VIRTUAL MEETINGS AS WELL.
SO UNTIL THAT CHANGES, I THINK WE'RE IN A GREAT POSITION TO KIND OF GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF.
AND EVEN IF IT DOES HAPPEN AGAIN, ABSOLUTELY AGREE PICK UP.
UH, SO THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WE'LL, UH, ASK FOR A MOTION.
SO WE'RE VOTING ON THE ONE BY ONE.
NO, WE'RE GOING TO DO THEM COLLECTED ME UNLESS YOU WILL NEED TO PULL ONE.
WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL AGAIN, IF WE CAN DO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OKAY.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO, UH, FOR THE POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE TASK, BE LOCALIZED POLICY UPDATE 117 LOCAL CH LOCAL CHC, LOCAL CV, LOCAL IN D C LOCAL, MR. VICE PRESIDENT.
WE LOCALIZED POLICY UPDATE ONE 17.
I SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY HONORABLE STEVENSON.
SECOND MOUNTABLE SMITH WILL NOT TAKE A VOTE ON A BILL STEVENSON.
THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, I, TAYLOR TAILOR FOR THE PRESENTATION DURING THE COMMITTEE AND ALSO DR.
HOWARD AS RELATED TO A CODE OF CONDUCT.
UH, ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION, UM, WAS THE C, C H LOCAL, IS THAT REJECTED WITH THE REVISIONS OR ACCEPTED AS IS WITH THE REVISIONS? OKAY.
I SUPPOSED STRIKE OUT, CORRECT.
UH, SO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS, UH, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT EXERCISE EMERGENCY CONTRACT EMPOWERS TO REPAIR DAMAGES, TO LANGUAGE, THE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, AN ORCHESTRA PIT AND COLISEUM EXTERIOR.
WE HAD A LOT OF THEM ON THERE.
YOU ALL CORRECT? THAT WAS ITEM L.
SO WE'LL SAY, ARE YOU READY FOR THIS NEXT ONE? THEN I COME OVER HERE.
THEY STAY ON UP THAT HERE, DOCTOR, BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY COVERED THAT.
YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK TO US TONIGHT.
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ITEM WE'LL GO TO THE BOARD MATTERS AND, UH, AND NEXT WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE PUSHED AS WELL.SO, UM, THE SECRETARY MORRIS' QUESTION.
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THAT ATTORNEY, HAVE SHE HAD A RESPONSE FROM THE LEAD CERTIFIED LETTER? UM, WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING REGARDING THE CERTIFIED LETTER.SO WHAT DO WE DO IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE? WELL, UM, ACCORDING TO OUR BOARD POLICIES, AND JUST ACCORDING TO THE LAW IN GENERAL, BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE ONLY WAY TO REMOVE A BOARD MEMBER FROM OFFICE IS TO ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, THE, UH, COURT, A JUDGE DO IT.
SO A COMMUNITY MEMBER, UM, WHO, UM, IS A RESIDENT, UM, WHO HASN'T DOESN'T HAPPEN, A CRIMINAL HISTORY KID BRING A PETITION BEFORE THE COURT, UM, TO, UH, PETITION FOR THE BOARD MEMBER TO BE REMOVED FOR CERTAIN REASONS THAT MAKE, IF THEY HAVE ANY KIND OF FELONIES OR IF THEY HAVE ANY, IF THIS PARTICULAR BOARD MEMBER IS DERELICT IN THEIR DUTIES, UM, ARE NOT CARRYING OUT THEIR WHATEVER REASONS THAT YOU HAVE.
UM, YOU WOULD ARGUE THAT BEFORE THE COURT AND THE COURT WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER, UM, YOU ARE ABLE TO REMOVE THAT BOARD MEMBER OR NOT.
SO AT THE EXPENSE OF THEIR OWN EXPENSE, AS A BOARD, AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY OR LET YOUR SEATS STAY VACANT FOR THREE YEARS OR A YEAR.
THE PERSON CAN ONLY BE REMOVED BY BOARD ACTION, NOT BOARD ACTION, BUT ABOUT IT BY A JUDGE.
UH, ATTORNEY ALEXANDER, UM, YOU SAID BY BOARD ACTION.
I MISSPOKE BY JUDGE ACTION AT THE COURT.
SO WASN'T THE DISTRICT EVALUATION.
LET ME SEE IF IT'S BEFORE, WHEN THEY, WHEN A FORMER BOARD MEMBER VOTED A BOARD MEMBER OFF THE BOARD, WAS THAT VIOLATION IF IT WAS DONE WITHOUT A COURT ORDER, THEN YES.
AND SO DO WE NEED TO RATIFY THAT? OR WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO ABOUT THAT? NOTHING.
IF IT ALREADY HAPPENED AND THEY GOT AWAY WITH IT AT THIS POINT, I DON'T THINK THERE, THERE IS THAT THAT BOARD MEMBER IS NO LONGER ON THE BOARD.
UM, I'M NOT SURE THERE'S ANYTHING YOU COULD DO.
DO YOU KNOW WHO OUR ATTORNEY WAS AT THE TIME THAT HAPPENED? I DO NOT.
ARE THERE, UH, ARE YOU FINISHED SECRETARY MARS? OKAY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS LATER? THE BOARD MATTERS? ALL RIGHT.
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TO, UH, MS. ALEXANDER REGARDING, UH, THE, UH, MAJORITY VOTE THAT WAS QUESTIONED ITEM C DISCUSSION TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED TAX RATE TRUSTEE STEVENSON WAS CORRECT.IT IS, IT DOES REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY AND A SUPER MAJORITY OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF BOARD MEMBERS, WHICH IS SEVEN.
SO THAT MEANS IN ORDER TO, UM, PASS A RATE INCREASE TAX RATE INCREASE, YOU WOULD NEED AT LEAST FIVE BOARD MEMBERS TO VOTE.
AND SO IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THAT IN ONE ON VACATED THEIR SEAT.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE WOULD HAVE VOTED IF SHE WAS HERE OR NOT.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING IF SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE BEING, AT LEAST IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CLEAR TO TRUSTEES STEVEN'S QUESTION.
BUT SO NOW SINCE THE SCENE, IT HADN'T BEEN FEEL AND 6, 7, 8 MONTHS.
SO THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN, THIS, I MEAN, WE ARE HERE TO REPRESENT, AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION, BUT I, THE AVERAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO INVEST.
AND I REALLY THINK THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER AS A BOARD TO GO TO THE COMMISSION AND ASK THAT, I GUESS THAT WAS MY MAN ABOUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE LOCAL CONTROL THAT SOMETIMES WE GET POTTER CONTROL, UH, WITH BEANS, WHAT HAPPENED WELL ONCE SET A BOARD MEMBERS AND SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITHOUT ANOTHER STEP.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION NOW, AS THIS RELATES TO THIS TAX RATE, UM, I KNOW WE HAVE CERTAIN, UH, ARE THERE CERTAIN CONSTRAINTS AS IT RELATES TO US APPROVING THIS OR NOT APPROVING THIS? UM, WHAT IS OUR DEADLINE TO APPROVE? I KNOW WE, I GUESS IT WAS TONIGHT BEING THAT WE VOTED SEPTEMBER 30TH.
OR RECONSIDER TONIGHT, OR EVEN IN THE MOTION OF THE STUFF THAT WOULD READ THAT.
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THAT'S CORRECT.SO, UH, WHAT IS THE WILL OF THE BOARD BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY, UH, MS. BRIAN WAS SERVING AS OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN.
UH, DO YOU, DO YOU RECALL WHO MADE THAT MOTION INITIALLY? OH, SEE.
SO, UM, MS. MORRIS MADE THE MOTION DAVID'S SECOND.
SO WHOEVER WAS ON THE PREVAILING SIDE TO ACTUALLY MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER TONIGHT IN TONIGHT'S MEETING, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN, YOU WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT APPOINT MEETING TO, UM, WRISTBAND THE MOTION AND DO ANOTHER VOTE.
WE RECONSIDER THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE IN THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE, THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, AND PERHAPS RISK WE'RE GOING TO COMPROMISE.
THE FIVE NUMBERS MIGHT AGREE TO TRUSTEE STEVENSON WAS NOT ON THE PREVAILING SIDE.
SO IT HAS TO BE SOMEBODY ON THE PREVAILING SIDE TO RECONSIDER THE MOTION IN TONIGHT'S ME.
UH, I HAVE A QUESTION, WOULD THIS IMPACT OUR TEACHERS, RIGHT? IF WE CAN'T COME TO A, UM, SITUATION, UH, AND OUR FUNDS, BECAUSE WHERE DO WE EXPAND RIGHT NOW, AS I UNDERSTAND IT IS A SUBJECT TO DELAY THE BEGINNING OF THAT, IF WE WERE WAITING UNTIL AFTER SEPTEMBER 1ST, WHICH IS WHEN THE FIRST, UH, PAY PERIOD AGAIN BEGINS FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR, UM, MS. PUMPHREY, YOU WANT TO COME AND SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIGHT ON THAT WITH A DELAY OF, UH, THE TAX RATE INFORMATION.
I KNOW IT'S NOT DUE UNTIL THE 30TH OF SEPTEMBER.
UM, HOWEVER, OUR NEW SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS OR PAY FISCAL YEAR BUDGET HAS ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED.
SO WE'RE CLEAR TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BUDGET AS IT IS.
UM, WE WOULD GO BACK AND WHATEVER COMPROMISE THE BOARD DECIDES ON THE TAX RATE, UH, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD RESEND THEIR RESOLUTION TO PREPAY DEBT AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT OTHER, UH, COST CUTTING MEASURES THAT WE CAN DO IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
SO WHERE YOU SEE YOUR THINK NOW 800,000 PROJECTED FOR FUND BALANCE THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE REDUCED.
AND THEN WE WOULD JUST MANAGE IT FROM THERE.
AND IF WE NEEDED TO COME BACK AND, UH, MAKE A REDUCTION, WE WOULD DO THAT.
MA'AM YOU ARRIVE AT YOUR TOTAL BASED ON THE FORMULA FROM TPA, CORRECT.
ON THE I, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AGAIN? ALL THE TAX RATE.
MA'AM BASED ON THE FORMULA THAT YOU SHARE WITH US, CORRECT.
UH, THE MA THE MAXIMUM FREIGHT, THAT'S WHAT WE, UM, WENT OVER THE MAXIMUM COMPRESS RATE PLUS THE, UM, THE, UH, GOLDEN PENNIES, UH, SO TO SPEAK.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU GET AT THE, UH, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATES.
SO OUR COMPRESSED TAX RATE WAS THE 0.89, UH, SINCE I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD PLUS THE, UM, THE ENRICHMENT PENNIES THAT THE, UH, TAXPAYERS VOTED ON DURING THE TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION.
SO THE COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO IS HOW WE GET TO THE 1.03 AND THEN OUR TAX RATE CALCULATION FORMULAS ABOUT SEVEN PAGES LONG THAT WAS ALSO UPLOADED, UH, AS BACKUP IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THAT HAS TO BE SIGNED OFF BY THE DALLAS COUNTY, UH, TAX APPRAISER.
THEY ACTUALLY DID THAT CALCULATION, WHICH, UH, CORRESPONDED WITH MY CALCULATION, UH, THAT WAS PROVIDED TO ME.
AND I HAD TO INITIAL ON THE FRONT AND BACK PAGE OF THAT.
AND THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED, UH, IN YOUR BLURRED DOCUMENTS.
AND, UH, IT KIND OF GOES THROUGH ALL OF THE, UM, INFORMATION AND POINTS THAT TRUSTEE STEVENS, UH, HEY, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT AS FAR AS THE INCREASES IN HOME VALUES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
IT'S ABOUT SIX PAGES LONG CLARIFY THAT, UH, I'M SORRY, IT'S NOT FINISHED.
UH, WHAT, WHEN DOES THAT DOWNFALL IF WE DON'T DO THIS, OR ARE WE GONNA DO YOU DON'T WANT TO PENALIZE CAN CAUSE WE'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO ADOPT A TAX RATE BY SEPTEMBER 30TH.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, IF IT'S NOT ADOPTED, UM, TONIGHT, THEN I WOULD NEED TO LET THE DALLAS COUNTY, UH, TEXTS OFFICE KNOW BECAUSE THEY PREPARE TO SEND THOSE STATEMENTS OUT IN OCTOBER AND THEY REQUIRE A LEAD TIME TO GET THAT DONE.
SO THAT WOULD THEN POSSIBLY DELAY OUR TEXTS, UH, BILLS GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THEY WERE WAITING TO GET THIS ORDINANCE, UH, FROM US SO THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO
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ON THEIR END TO GENERATE, UH, THOSE, UH, DOCUMENTS FOR THE TAXPAYERS.I HAVEN'T EVER BEEN IN A SITUATION THAT WE CAN, WELL, ACTUALLY THERE IS A DROP DEAD DATE AT SOME DATE.
DOESN'T THE TAX RATE REVERT TO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.
UH, I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND READ THE DETAILS.
I JUST KNOW SOMETHING HAS TO BE ADOPTED BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, IF NOT AT X DATE, WILL THE TAX RATE WILL REVERT TO THE KNOWN NEW REVENUE RATE, WHICH SHOULD, SHOULD BE POSTED IN THAT NOTICE YOU HAVE THE NO NEW NIB, UH, REVENUES ALSO, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL RECEIVED THIS, IT'S ALSO HERE AND IT'S ON THE, UH, SIX PAGE OR SEVEN PAGE DOCUMENT FROM THE DALLAS COUNTY TAX ASSESSORS.
UM, LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND WHAT PAGE YOU CAN FLIP TO THAT.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, UH, THIS PAGE HERE, UH, THAT BEHIND THAT PAGE, THERE SHOULD BE LIKE SIX OR SEVEN PAGE DOCUMENT.
AND ALL OF THAT GOES THROUGH ALL THE TEXTS FROM, UH, JOHN.
AND SO I'M TRYING TO, ACTUALLY, WHEN I CALLED, THEY SAID WE WERE KIND OF CONSERVATIVE, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
SO THAT, THAT SPELLS OUT THE CALCULATION OF THE TAX RATE.
I'M TRYING TO SEE IF I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY WHICH PAGE, UH, TO GET TO THAT.
SO IF YOU GO TO
UM, SCROLL TO PAGE ONE, TWO PAGE FOUR, LINE 25 ON THAT DOCUMENT.
YOU'LL SEE A 20, 22 21 IN NR, WHICH IS A NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT AS 1.406838.
AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT IS SAYING IS IF WE WANTED TO GENERATE THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT WE DID LAST YEAR, THAT IS THE TAX RATE, UM, THAT IT WOULD BE, AND THEN ON THE THAT'S PAGE FOUR, IF YOU GO TO PAGE PAGE SIX, LINE 36 IS THE 20, 21 VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE.
AND THAT IS THE TAX RATE THAT THE TAXPAYERS HAVE ALREADY APPROVED FOR THE DISTRICT.
ONCE YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE MAXIMUM COMPRESSED TAX RATE AMOUNT, THE 89 CENTS THAT I REFERENCED BEFORE FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, PLUS THE ALREADY VOTER APPROVED, UM, SINCE FOR THE, UH, TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION, THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE 1.4704, WHICH IS THE AMOUNT I PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR THE LANCASTER ISD TAX RATE.
SO THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE OF 6 CENTS, WHICH IF YOU DIVIDE THE 1.406, EIGHT, OR WHERE DID YOU SUBTRACT 1.4068 FROM THE 1.4704 THAT I PROPOSED THAT IS A 6 CENTS DIFFERENCE.
AND SO ONCE YOU, UH, DO THE CALCULATION, THAT'S HOW YOU GOT TO THE 4.5, 2% EFFECTIVE, A RATE INCREASE THAT HAS TO BE STATED ON THE MOTION THAT YOU READ.
CAUSE IT'S IT'S FOR, UM, TRANSPARENCY TO TAXPAYERS BECAUSE WE'RE, UM, BASICALLY GENERATING MORE REVENUE THAN WE DID LAST YEAR, EVEN THOUGH THE TAX RATE IS LOWER AND IT'S GIVING THEM THAT EFFECTIVE PERCENTAGE RATE.
AND THE AVERAGE, UM, ON A HOME, UH, LAST YEAR WAS $138,694 THIS YEAR.
IT'S $151,327, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE.
SO AT OUR CURRENT PROPOSED TAX RATE, WE ARE LOOKING AT AN INCREASE OF $144 AND 84 CENTS TO THAT PARTICULAR TAXPAYER.
AND THAT'S WHAT TRANSLATES INTO THE 4.5, 2% EFFECTIVE INCREASE.
SO I'M LOOKING AT D CAT NOW, AND THEN FOR, UH, FOR MY, FOR MY RATE, IT SAYS TAX RATE PER HUNDRED FOR LANCASTER ISD WAS $1 AND 4 9, 9, 9, 9.
THAT WAS THE TAX RATE LAST YEAR.
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YEAR IT'LL BE THE 1.4, 700 FOR WHATEVER THE BOARD ULTIMATELY DECIDES TO ADOPT.SO THAT WILL BE, AND JUST PURE NUMBERS.
THAT'S LESS, IT DOESN'T FACTOR IN TO THE INCREASED VALUES OF THE HOMES.
NOW I HAVE THE VALUES OF THE HOMES WHERE LESS, WHICH MEANS THE DISTRICT WOULD BE GETTING LESS AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO, UH, BUDGET ACCORDINGLY AND MAKE THAT STRETCH.
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE PROVISIONS YOU'RE REQUIRED TO ADOPT YOUR BUDGET BEFORE THE TAX RATE, BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR BUDGET.
UM, SO OUR BUDGET IS WHAT OUR BUDGET IS DETERMINED ON THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS BEFORE.
UM, BASICALLY THE DISTRICT IS HELD HARMLESS BY THE STATE DUE TO THE, UH, TAX COMPRESSION.
SO IF PROPERTY VALUES, YOU KNOW, WE COULDN'T CHARGE WHAT WE NEEDED TO MEET OUR OBLIGATIONS OR OPERATING BUDGET, THEN THE STATE WOULD MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE.
AND SO, UM, THAT IS WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED FOR LAST YEAR WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE STATE WOULD MAKE UP THE, UH, REVENUE DECREASE THAT WE NEEDED TO FULFILL OUR BUDGET.
UM, SO ONCE ALL THE, UM, DISPUTES CAME THROUGH WHEN WE DID COLLECT WHAT WE NEEDED FROM A LOCAL TAX LOCAL PROPERTY TAX STANDPOINT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS WERE PRESENTED TO BASICALLY FLIP-FLOP, UH, THOSE TWO THINGS.
UM, MS.
I WANT TO SAY, AND I WOULD HAVE TO VERIFY, I WANT TO SAY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, 1200 RESIDENTS ARE HOMELESS 1200 ADDRESSES THAT HAD A FROZEN TAX VALUE.
SO I'M ASSUMING EITHER THEY'RE OVER 65 OR THEY WERE DISABLED OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE GOT A COUPLE OF OPTIONS, UH, FOR US TO PROCEED FORWARD.
IF YOU WOULD RESTATE THOSE, THAT LANGUAGE.
FINALLY, WE CAN DO A MOTION TO RECONSIDER.
IT'S AN ICE MEETING, UM, ON SOMEONE ON THE PREVAILING THOUGHT WAS, WHICH WOULD BE SOMEONE WHO VOTED YET.
UM, THEY COULD ACTUALLY, UH, DO A MOTION TO, UM, EITHER PLACE IT ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA OR DO A COMM MEETING, UM, WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, OR YOU COULD DO A, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO REFER THEN, UH, THE ACTION AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
UH, SO AGAIN, OUR OPTIONS ARE TO MOTION TO RECONSIDER.
THAT WOULD BE, UH, PRESIDENT HAMILTON, SECRETARY OF MAURICE HONORABLE DAVIS OR MYSELF TO RECONSIDER THIS AT THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH COULD BE A CALL MEETING OR OUR NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING.
UH, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE A BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING IN WHICH TO HAVE A CHANCE TO KIND OF DISCUSS THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND THEN I, THAT NICK WILL HAVE A BUDGET MEETING IN THE INTERIM BEFORE THAT CALL MEETING, AND THEN BE ABLE TO, UH, COME BACK AND GET THIS DONE BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30TH, IF NOT SOONER, THAT'S ONE OPTION.
THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE TO MOTION TO RESEND, UH, THE MOTION THAT WAS PRESENTED BY, UH, SECRETARY MAURICE.
AND, UH, I'M NOT GONNA BE BY ANYONE AT THE NEXT MEETING AT THEN.
THE NEXT MEETING SO FORTH TONIGHT.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER FROM THE INDIVIDUALS WHO I NAMED A MOMENT AGO ON THE PREVAILING SIDE? UH, SO THAT'S UP FOR CONSIDERATION RIGHT NOW.
WE RECONSIDER, UH, THE MOTION, UH, FOR APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IN ORDINANCE TO SET THE TAX RATE, UH, FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MYSELF A SECOND BY MADAM PRESIDENT HAMILTON WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE ON A BILL DAVIS, SECRETARY MARS.
I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE ONCE.
SO THEN WE HAVEN'T THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, THE, UH, SO I GUESS AT THIS POINT,
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WE'LL SET A TIME WITH THE BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIR, UH, TO VISIT WITH ADMINISTRATION AND MADAM PRESIDENT TO GET THAT SCHEDULED.AND THEN WE'LL SCHEDULE A CALL MEETING IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER.
UH, SO I WILL LEAVE THAT TO YOU AND MADAM PRESIDENT TO GET THAT RIGHT.
I MOVE THAT WE, UH, SET THE BUDGET MEETING AND TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
SO, UH, I'M GONNA HAVE, YOU DO CONDUCT THAT WITH MINISTRATION AND MADAM PRESIDENT AND YOU GUYS CAN GET THAT SCHEDULED.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ADJOURNMENT.
UH, AND B, BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO A COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATION AND ALL OF YOU FOR STAYING HERE THIS LONG, WE HAD ROUGHLY, I THINK 47 ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
UH, WHEN I COUNTED, UH, 47 IS THE LAST PRIME NUMBER IN THE FORTIES.
SO I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN.
AND, UH, WHEN I CALL FOR A SECOND, SECOND, ALL RIGHT, WE ARE SO ADJOURNED AT 10:52 PM.
THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK GUYS.
WE KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE ALL DAY.