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[3. Call Meeting to Order]
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED THIS EVENING.LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE COMING OUT TONIGHT.
THIS IS THE REGULAR SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING FOR THE LENGTHS.
DICEY BOARD OF TRUSTEES BEING HELD ON JANUARY 25TH, 2022 AT 6:30 PM.
HELD IN THE LANCASTER ADMINISTRATION BOARD AUDITORIUM AT 4 22 SOUTH CENTER AVENUE, LANCASTER, TEXAS.
THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
I WILL NOW CALL ROLL AND NOW THAT A FORM IS PRESENT.
MR. STEVENSON, MR. SMITH, MR. JONES PRESENT MS. MORRIS, MS. DAVIS, MYSELF PRESENT ABSENT IS MS. MAYES.
TERRY, A QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE TO OPENING CEREMONY FOR THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
[6.A. Recognition of Students, Staff, Community Members, Donations, and Gifts]
TO GET A GOOD EVENING BOARD PRESIDENT DR.PERRERA OR THE TRUSTEES TONIGHT.
I'M GOING TO WELCOME OUR WESTMOUNT ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.
THEY ARE, UM, FEATURING THEIR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT AT THE CAMPUS.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO CALL THOSE STUDENTS UP HIGHER WEEDER CASE IN BALLARD, JADEN WILLIS, GERALD HOMES, CAITLYN HERNANDEZ, ARIANA LOWERY, NATALIE , JADE SADLER OLIN.
THESE STUDENTS ARE REPRESENTING THEATER, ARTS, MUSIC, PIANO DANCE, THE LITTLE TIGERETTES SISTER TO SISTER STEPPERS, MY BROTHER'S KEEPER AND THE CODING TEAM.
THEY'RE GOING TO LEAD US IN OUR U S TEXAS USC, TEXAS PLEDGES.
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO, UM, RECOGNITIONS AND COMMENDATIONS THAT'S FOR THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AGAIN, MS. SIMPSON WILL LEAD US IN THIS JOURNEY.
IT'S A VERY SPECIAL TIME WHERE PRESIDENT THAT CAREER BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IT IS JANUARY, WHICH MEANS IT IS SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ALL TO JOIN ME ON THE FLOOR SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU ALL FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY FOR THE LANCASTER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO YOU NOTICE THE DECOR AND EVERYTHING TODAY IS ALL ABOUT YOU GUYS PROVIDING AN EXCELLENT EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR THE MANY VERY STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT REQUIRES DEDICATION AND CREATIVITY.
AS WE NAVIGATE THIS TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF A COVID 19 PANDEMIC, THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE REQUIRED AN UNUSUAL COMBINATION OF SKILLS AND TALENTS FROM DISTRICT LEADERS.
UNEXPECTED CIRCUMSTANCES RESULTED IN CHANGES IN LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
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AND THOSE STATEWIDE CHANGES REQUIRE ADAPTABILITY, QUIT PROBLEM, SOLVING, TEAMWORK AND LEADERSHIP AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, OUR TRUSTEES HAVE COME THROUGH WHEN WE HAVE NEEDED THEM THE MOST, THIS YEAR, CHARTING A COURSE THAT PROTECTED OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS WHILE ENSURING THAT ACADEMIC PROGRESS COULD CONTINUE FOR ALL STUDENTS.IT HAS BEEN A DAUNTING SITUATION, BUT THEY CONTINUE TO RISE ABOVE THAT IS THE THEME THIS YEAR FOR JANUARY SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH, THEIR LEADERSHIP SHOWS SUPPORT FOR ALL EDUCATORS AND LIKE STRATEGY AND THEIR VISION IS TO ENSURE QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL.
WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND HONOR THE WORK THEY DO EVERY DAY.
AS WE CONTINUE TO RAISE OUR ROAR IN AUSTRALIA STEEP, WE APPRECIATE EACH OF YOU CHOOSING TO SERVE THE EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS OF LANCASTER IST.
SO AT THIS TIME YOU GUYS HAVE SEVERAL TOKENS OF APPRECIATION.
IF YOU REMEMBER A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WE, THE ARTWORK OF MISS ASIA BERRY, SHE WENT ON THAT, UM, HER DESIGN WENT ON AND IT IS NOW IN THE STATE COMPETITION LEVEL.
SO WE TOOK THAT DESIGN AND WE PUT IT ON A MUG FOR YOU ALL TO ENJOY YOUR COFFEE AND BRAG ON ONE OF THE STUDENTS FROM LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO YOU ALL HAVE THAT IN YOUR BAG AS WELL.
AND NEXT, UM, THE LANCASTER ISD LEADERSHIP TEAM, WE WANT YOU ALL TO BE FASHIONABLE REPRESENTING LIKE SARIAH CITY.
SO EACH OF YOU NOW HAVE YOUR OWN LIKES.
AND YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE CAMPUSES HAD TO SHOW YOU A LOT OF LOVE.
SO NOW AS MY TEAM BRINGS UP YOUR BASKETS, I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH ALL THE GOODIES YOU ALL ARE GOING TO RECEIVE.
I KNOW YOU WANT TO, BUT YOU CAN'T GO THROUGH THEM.
IT'S SO MUCH SO RIGHT BEHIND YOU, YOU HAVE THIS REALLY CUTE, CUTE TOOLBOX.
I'M STICKING WITH THE THEME FOR BELTLINE ELEMENTARY TO BUILD BACK BETTER FROM HOUSTON ELEMENTARY, YOU HAVE A MONOGRAMMED PEN AND JOURNAL FROM PLEASANT RUN.
YOU HAVE THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS THAT ARE ON THE DAY.
IT'S RIGHT NOW FROM ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY, YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CINCH BAG.
ALONG WITH THE JOURNAL INCLUDED ROSA PARKS AND MILLBROOK.
THEY HOOKED YOU UP WITH A PHOTO FRAME AND A CHARGING STATION.
UM, WESTMEAD ELEMENTARY GAVE YOU A WONDERFUL PUB PORTFOLIO GWC THEY GAVE YOU PERSONALIZED STATIONARY LIKES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, GAVE YOU A PERSONALIZED CLIPBOARD BAMMO THEY GAVE YOU A PERSONALIZED PENCIL, PEN AND PENCIL SET LIKES HER HIGH SCHOOL GET GET ACCUSTOMED PLAQUE.
EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL GAVE YOU, UM, CUSTOMIZED BLANKETS AND SHADY HALL GAVE THEY ARE GOING TO, I REALLY LIKED THIS WHEN IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR ME LOOKING AT THESE NOTHING BUNDT CAKES ALL DAY, BUT THEY GAVE YOU THE NOTHING BUT K TOWERS.
MY TEAM KNOWS I REALLY LIKED THOSE.
AND TO CLOSE OUT THIS WONDERFUL CELEBRATION, WE HAVE A SPECIAL TREAT FOR YOU GUYS.
WE HAVE MS. HYATT HANNAH HERE IN HERE.
SHE IS A SENIOR AT LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE'S ALSO A MEMBER OF OUR STUDENT, HE COMMUNICATOR TEAM.
AND SHE WROTE A SPECIAL POEM THAT SHE'S GOING TO RECITE FOR YOU ALL.
IF I'M GOING TO ASK HER TO COME ON UP AND WHILE SHE'S COMING UP, SHE IS A SENIOR AND SHE PLANS ON GOING TO UTA AND MAJORING IN BIOLOGY.
AND IN HER SPARE TIME, SHE WRITES POINT FOR THE DRAMATIC AND DRAMA.
SO SHE VOLUNTEERED TO DO THIS.
AND HERE SHE IS, TEST TEST AGAIN.
I'M A SENIOR AT LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL.
I WROTE A POEM AN HONOR FOR YOU GUYS.
IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE TO MEET ALL OF YOU.
I CALLED IT A TREASURE WITHIN AS TIME PASSES BY AND WE GROW UP.
WE WON'T FORGET HOW YOU GOT UP FAR FOR THE BEST SO WE CAN SLEEP AND REST.
I THINK YOU WOULD BE TOO LITTLE FOR YOUR HARD WORK IS NEVER BELITTLED IN A WORLD FULL OF SELFISHNESS.
YOU CHOSE TO BE SELFLESS STAR GENERATION CAN ONE DAY GROW UP AND SAY, ALL WE EVER WANTED WAS TO SEE THE LIGHT, BUT YOU BROUGHT THE SUN AND IT BRIGHT.
YES, IT CAN BE DIFFICULT, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE AN AMAZING SCHOOL BOARD THAT MADE US KNOW THAT IT IS AN AWARD TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE SHIELDING US, PEOPLE THAT THINK THE WORLD OF US.
I KNOW A THANK YOU WHAT I'M BE ENOUGH, BUT THANK YOU, MERCY.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT IS TOUGH.
WANT TO TAKE A QUICK PICTURE WITH HER AND YOU ALL DO HAVE A COPY OF THE POINT IN YOUR BASKET AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, EVERYBODY READY? OKAY.
AND THEN WE GOT, WE WANT YOU TO HOLD UP THE BASKETS WHEN IT'S LIKE A GROUP PICTURE WITH THAT AS WELL WITH YOUR BIG SMILES, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE SO HAPPY.
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SO I'D LIKE EVERYONE TO JOIN ME IN THANKING OUR WONDERFUL SCHOOL BOARD.SO MY TEAM, THEY WILL TAKE YOUR BASKETS AND WE'RE GOING TO GET ON WITH OUR BOARD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
YEAH, NO, YOU GOT TO STAY HERE.
SO EARLIER THIS MONTH, LIKE STRESSY HOSTED IT'S THE DISTRICT SPELLING BEE 10 COMPETITORS FROM GRADES FOUR THROUGH EIGHT SHOWED OFF THEIR ACADEMIC SKILLS.
AFTER SEVEN ROUNDS OF COMPETITION, ONE STUDENT TOOK THE DISTRICT SPELLING BEE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE.
THAT IS MR. CHRISTOPHER MATILDA, COME ON UP.
OH, CHRISTOPHER, WE'RE GOING TO GO RIGHT OVER HERE.
SO MR. CHRISTOPHER IS OUR DISTRICT SPELLING BEE CHAMPION.
CHRISTOPHER IS A SEVENTH GRADER FROM LUXOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HE CORRECTLY SPELLED THE WORD LUGGAGE TO SECURE THE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE, CHRISTOPHER, AND THE SECOND RUNNER UP FIFTH GRADER, DENISE CRUZ FROM HOUSTON ELEMENTARY WILL GO ON TO COMPETE IN THE COUNTY SPELLING BEE IN FEBRUARY.
WE WANT TO WISH CHRISTOPHER AND DENISE, WHO IS AN ALTERNATE.
WE GONNA, UM, WISH THEM GOOD LUCK.
AND WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL DO WELL.
THANK YOU FOR AND I'M GOING TO ASK THE BOARD TO SHIFT ALL THE WAY OVER HERE SO WE CAN GET A GOOD PICTURE.
AND WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO RECOGNIZE OUR TEACHERS OF THE MONTH.
I'M GOING TO ASK MS. CHRISTINA PETTY AND BRITTANY PARTS TO COME ON UP.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START READING.
WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THESE TWO LADIES WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE GO SINCE JOINING LANCASTER ISD.
OUR DISTRICT BLENDED LEARNING COORDINATORS ARE VERY BUSY WHILE THEY, WHILE WE, UM, WORK TO PIVOT TO VIRTUAL LEARNING A FEW WEEKS AGO, UM, THEY WERE PART OF THE TEAM.
THEY MADE SURE THAT THIS WAS A SMOOTH TRANSITION PIVOTING.
THE ENTIRE DISTRICT WAS A HUGE UNDERTAKING BY THE INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, BOTH MS. PARKS AND MS. PETTY WERE A HUGE PART OF THE UNDERPINNING THAT MADE THE JANUARY 4TH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY, A SUCCESS THAT ENSURE TEACHERS WERE EQUIPPED TO TEACH VIRTUALLY FOR THREE DAYS LONG BEFORE THE PIVOT MS. PETTY HELPED LEAD THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REMOTE LEARNING PATHWAY.
AND MS. PARTS HELPED LEAD THE INTEGRATION OF THE ELEVATE PROGRAM WITH REMOTE INSTRUCTORS INSTRUCTORS INTO OUR SECONDARY CLASSROOMS. BOTH EFFORTS PROVIDED INTEGRAL PIECES OF DATA USED FOR THE DECISION TO PIVOT VIRTUAL AS WELL AS PROVIDED A ROADMAP OF NEEDED INSTRUCTIONAL AND OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM.
WE THANK THESE TWO LADIES FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH ON BEING OUR DECEMBER EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH.
AT THIS TIME, BOY, YOU CAN RETURN TO YOUR SEATS AND IT'S FIRST YEAR, THE LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL DECA PROGRAM HAS BEEN AWARDED THE MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE 20 21 20 22 SCHOOL YEAR.
DECA RECOGNIZES LEADING CHAPTERS IN SCHOOLS THAT BUILD LOCAL PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON SERVING MEMBERS, ADVISERS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS EACH YEAR.
THE LHS CHAPTER ADVISOR, LITERALLY GRANT AND STUDENT LEADERS HAVE DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT TO DECA ONLY 775 CHAPTERS, INCLUDING LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL AREN'T DECO'S MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN RECOGNITION.
DECA CURRENTLY TIES IN WITH THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CLASSES OFFERED IN LIKE STRI HIGH SCHOOL LAST WEEK FIRST COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND CONVERSATION SERIES DISTRICT CABINET MEMBERS PRESENTED UPDATES AND INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR DEPARTMENTS
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AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS.MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE WEBINAR AND THE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND CONVERSATION WEBINAR WILL BE HOSTED EVERY TWO MONTHS TO PROVIDE UPDATES TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE ARE PEACOCK PROUD AND LIKE PSORIASIS DE TO ANNOUNCE THAT ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY IS BEING RECOGNIZED STATEWIDE.
J CUMMINGS, TEXAS ALLIANCE OF BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS DEMONSTRATION SCHOOL, ROLLING HILLS PRINCIPAL CHAIRS, PIPKIN AND MEMBERS OF HER TEAM WILL PRESENT ABOUT THE INNER WORKINGS OF HER CAMPUS, WHICH PRODUCES A POSITIVE SCHOOL CULTURE AND STUDENT SUCCESS.
DURING THE UPCOMING STATE EDUCATOR CONFERENCE IN FEBRUARY AT OUR SEVERAL SUBMISSIONS ROLLING HILLS IS ONE OF FOUR CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS SELECT IS SELECTED FOR THIS HONOR.
SO WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
AND AT THIS TIME WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL THAT WE'VE ADDED TO THIS, UM, OUR BOARD MEETINGS NOW THAT I REALLY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FIND FUN AND JUST IN MY HEART, GOT THE IDEA FROM THE TAJ ALLEN.
BUT IT'S OUR ALUMNI RECOGNITION.
UM, WE JUST WANT TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS AND IT'S BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO GRADUATE FROM LANCASTER HIGH ESTEEM.
AT THIS TIME, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE TWO OF OUR LIKE STRATEGY ALUMNI WHO ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS AFTER GRADUATION.
FIRST IT'S MS. KENNEDY MATTHEWS LIKES TO HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2018.
SHE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED INTO TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY'S COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE.
KENNEDY IS THE DAUGHTER OF DR.
MATTHEW'S THE PROUD PRINCIPAL OF JD HALL LEARNING CENTER, STEM LEARNING CENTER.
AND FOR KENNEDY, HER SET, THIS IS A LIFELONG DREAM COME TRUE.
SHE'S WANTING TO BE A VETERINARIAN EVER SINCE SHE WAS IN THE SECOND GRADE AT ROSA PARKS MILLBROOK ELEMENTARY.
WE WANT TO WISH HER ALL THE BEST THAT SHE BEGINS AT TUSKEGEE IN THE FALL.
AND NEXT YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE NAME RENITA WILLIAMS. SHE WAS AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT AND LIKES TO IST AND LEADER ON OUR AWARD-WINNING GERALD TC PROGRAM.
SHEETAL SHE UTILIZED HER J ROTC EXPERIENCE AND TOOK HER ACADEMIC TALENTS TO WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY.
WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT RENITA GRADUATED FROM WEST POINT IN DECEMBER AND IS NOW RANKED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE U S ARMY.
SO I WAS ABLE TO TRACK DOWN THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS.
SO THEY SENT US A COUPLE OF VIDEOS.
OKAY, HELLO, I'M CURRENTLY A SENIOR AT FAIRVIEW ANAL UNIVERSITY, AND I'LL BE HEADED TO SKI.
SO GO TO THEIR SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AFTER THIS LAST SEMESTER IN PV.
UM, I REALLY WANT TO GIVE THEM MY THINKS AND, AND APPRECIATION TO LIKES THE EYES DE SUPPORT, UM, FOR THEM.
THAT'S HOW I GOT THIS FAR, UH, AND MY PLANS FOR THE FUTURE AFTER I GRADUATE.
AND I'M A LICENSED, I PLAN TO OPEN UP A MEGA CENTERS, MINORITIES, AND ESPECIALLY AFRICAN-AMERICANS CAN HAVE A EASIER PATHWAY AND A HELPING HAND TO GET INTO THE VETERINARY FIELD IF THAT IS WHAT THEY WISH, BECAUSE IT IS MY EASY AND DRAWERS ARE NOT AS OPEN.
AND I WAS WANTING TO BE AROUND PEOPLE THAT OPEN DOORS HELLO, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS SECOND LIEUTENANT RITA WILLIAMS. I'M IN LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE OF THE CLASS OF 2016 AND THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY GRADUATED THE CLASS OF 2021.
UM, I RECENTLY GRADUATED IN DECEMBER, COMMISSIONED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
AND I AM A QUARTERMASTER OFFICER.
I AM CURRENTLY, UM, IN BASIC OFFICER LEADER COURSE HERE AT FORT LEE, VIRGINIA.
UM, AT THE COMPLETION OF THIS COURSE, I WILL MOVE ON TO FORT DRUM, NEW YORK FOR MY OPPORTUNITY TO TIME, UM, IN MY FIRST FEW UNITS, UM, I JUST WANT TO REACH OUT AND SAY, THANK YOU TO STEVE LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL AND THE LANCASTER JOE TC DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR KIND WORDS, YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT AND YOUR CONGRATULATIONS FOLLOWING GRADUATION.
YOU GUYS MEAN THE WORLD TO ME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING.
AND I WILL BE SURE TO KEEP IN TOUCH.
THANK YOU AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF LANCASTER, LANCASTER ISD HAS JOINED THE IT'S TIME, TEXAS HEALTH CHALLENGE.
WE HAVE ENCOURAGED ALL BOARD MEMBERS, STUDENTS, PARENTS, STAFF IN OUR COMMUNITY TO JOIN IN ON THE CHALLENGE AND HELP US WIN BY LOGGING THEIR HEALTHY MEALS AND ACTIVITIES.
WE'VE HAD GREAT PARTICIPATION SO FAR, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY NUMBER ONE IN OUR CATEGORY.
WE ARE PUSHING THE HEALTH, HEALTH CHALLENGE HEAVILY ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THROUGH EMAIL AND EVEN TEXT WE'RE EVEN SENDING OUT HEALTHY DAILY TIPS TO GET EVERYONE ON BOARD, TO BE A PART OF OUR
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CHALLENGE.THE HEALTH CHALLENGE CONTINUES TO FEBRUARY 27TH.
SO THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF TIME FOR ALL OF YOU IN HERE TO JOIN UP.
IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY, JUST HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE AND OUR, OR OUR FACEBOOK PAGE FOR ALL OF THE SIGN UP INFORMATION AND HELP US STAY IN FIRST PLACE SUPPORT.
I'M ASKING YOU ALL TO BE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE APP SO WE CAN ALL REMAIN IN FIRST PLACE.
BY WHAT, 80,000 POINTS, MAYBE 82,000, WE WERE UP A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
SO YOU NEED TO, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO LOG IN NOW.
AND THAT'S GOING TO CONCLUDE OUR BOARD ANALYSIS FOR THIS EVENING.
AT THIS TIME, IT'S CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS STUFF FOR OUR, DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
[8. Review of Redistricting Maps]
AT THIS TIME, WE'D LIKE TO GIVE, UM, WE HAVE BEEN DOING A REDISTRICTING OF OUR MAPS.THIS IS A FINAL OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE CHANGES OF THE TRUSTEE ELECTION DISTRICTS IT'S REQUIRED BY THE 2020 BUSTS IN YOUR CENSUS.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? THESE ARE FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WE'VE HAD PREVIOUSLY.
[9.A. COVID-19 Update]
TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE DOCTOR PER OUR SUPERINTENDENT REPORT DOCTOR FOR THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT, I'M GOING, GONNA CALL FORWARD A NURSE CROWDER TO GIVE WHAT WOULD BE MAYBE HER LAST REPORT TO OUR BOARD.MADAM PRESIDENT, DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, LET ME SAY THIS BEFORE I GET STARTED, WHERE I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER TOLD YOU THIS, BUT I LIKE WHAT YOU DID ALL YEAR, BASICALLY REGARDING COVID-19 YOU'RE AN INNOVATOR AND WHAT YOU DID.
UM, I THINK THAT OUR NUMBERS I'LL TELL YOU A NUMBER SHORTLY ARE REFLECTIVE OF SOME OF THE DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT YOU HAD TO MAKE.
AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT, UM, SUPPORTING US AND SUPPORTING ME AND MAKING THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS.
AND I THANK YOU BOARD FOR STANDING BEHIND SUPERINTENDENT CARERRA, UM, AND MAKING THOSE DIFFICULT DECISIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS LIKE, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
THAT BEING SAID, UM, AS COMPARED TO DALLAS COUNTY, OUR NUMBERS ARE SOME OF THE LOWEST.
UM, BASICALLY RIGHT NOW, OUR STUDENT COUNT IS ABOUT 65.
STAFF COUNT HAS GONE WAY DOWN.
WE'VE HAD ABOUT 80, ALMOST 90, UM, STAFF MEMBERS RECOVERED FROM IT.
SINCE WE STARTED SCHOOL, WE HAVE VERY LOW COUNT AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE STAFF, STUDENTS, FAMILIES THAT YOU'RE TUNING IN.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILDREN ARE STILL CONTINUING TO WEAR THE MASK.
WE DO HAVE SEVERAL VARIANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, SOME LESS THAN THE OTHER, BUT THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE.
AND NOW WE'RE SEEING COMBINATIONS OF VARIANTS.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE VERY PERSISTENT IN OUR PROTOCOLS, UM, AND MAINTAINING THOSE RULES THAT WE PUT IN PLACE TO KEEP YOU SAFE AND CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT SO THAT WHEN YOU COME BACK IN THE DISTRICT, YOU DON'T BRING COVID ALRIGHT.
I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR TIME AND LISTENING.
UM, CONTINUE TO STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY.
[9.B. Campus Highlights ]
IS OUR, UH, CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS AND, UM, HAVING A CALLED FOR FIRST, UH, MS. STEVENSON FROM HOUSTON ELEMENTARY.GOOD EVENING BOARD PRESIDENT HAMILTON, SUPERINTENDENT PERRERA AND DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS, WAYNE DIRECTOR OF STEVENSON GRADIENTS.
I TAUGHT TO NOOSA STEVENSON, THE PROUD PRINCIPAL OF HOUSTON HILLSIDES TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY.
IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS EVENING ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING AT HOUSTON ELEMENTARY.
MY TEAM CONSISTS OF MYSELF, MS. RENETTA PERKINS, OUR TULSA AND COUNSELOR SHAQUITA SMITH, BOTH OF WHOM ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.
ALLOW ME TO TELL YOU THE STORY ABOUT ALL THE GREAT PROGRAMS WE HAVE TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS ARE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY FOR OUR STEM PROGRAMS. WE HAVE KIDS THAT CODE LEGO CLUB, CULINARY CLUB FLYING CLASSROOM IN FRONT OF YOU AS A FLIGHT MUSEUM.
THESE PROGRAMS EXPOSE STUDENTS TO DIFFERENT FIELDS OF STUDY AND OCCUPATIONS AND CREATE A PIPELINE TO OFFER STUDENTS NEW AVENUES FOR LEARNING OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. OUR CUB SCOUTS GIRLS INC.
MY BROTHER'S KEEPER AND SISTER, SISTER.
THESE PROGRAMS PROMOTE SELF-AWARENESS AND TEACH STUDENTS LEADERSHIP SKILLS.
FINALLY, OUR CO-CURRICULAR PROGRAMS ARE DANCE DRUMS, DRUMMERS, CHOIR, CHESS, BIKE, AND GARDEN CLUB.
STUDENTS ARE LEARNING LIFE SKILLS, PROBLEM SOLVING, COLLABORATING
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WITH THE TEAM AND GETTING ENGAGED IN A FUN ACTIVITY.SO THE HIGHLIGHT OF OUR STORY, OUR POINTS OF PRIDE AT HOUSTON HEALTH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY, THE MODEL FOR OUR SCHOOL IS HONOR EXCEED AND SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF PUT HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS DAILY.
ALTHOUGH WE WORK HARD, WE PLAY HARD.
WE ENJOY A FAMILY ATMOSPHERE AND HAVE A DIVERSE STAFF OF OVER 50 PEOPLE THAT TEACH GENERAL AND BILINGUAL EDUCATION.
WE SERVE THE MOST DIVERSE GROUP OF STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND STAFF IN THE DISTRICT, AND PROUDLY SERVE ALL ELEMENTARY BILINGUAL STUDENTS ON OUR CAMPUS.
THE CLIMATE AND CULTURE AT AGSM IS UNMATCHED STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS ARE HIGHLY VALUED IN CONSTANTLY SHOWN APPRECIATION AS EVIDENCED HERE TODAY, WE CONSTANTLY TELL OUR STORY AND HOUSTON ELEMENTARY, ALL STAKEHOLDERS ENJOY A PLETHORA OF AVENUES OF WHICH TO GAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS GOING ON AT AGSM.
SO TAKE OUT YOUR CELL PHONES, BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT PERRERA AND FOLLOW UP AT AGS, LANCASTER ON TWITTER AND AT HOUSTON E S MY SISTER ON FACEBOOK, WE EMPLOY SOME OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING THIS YEAR AS DISTRICT ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR, MS. SAR SANDINO, WHO WAS FEATURED IN REGENCY AND REACH MAGAZINE STUDENTS AND PARENTS LOVE OUR CAMPUS EVENTS AND INITIATIVES, INCLUDING OUR ANNUAL LITERACY CHALLENGES, WHICH INVOLVE MS. STEVENSON KISSING A TURKEY THAT HER HAIR PURPLE AND BEING SLIMED.
WE BUILD LEADERS AT AGS JUST THIS YEAR.
FORMER AGS STAFF MEMBERS WERE PROMOTED TO BE COUNSELORS AND DISTRICT CURRICULUM, TEAM MEMBERS, AND NOT TO BE OVERLOOKED.
WE HAVE A UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH WFAA NEWS CHANNEL EIGHT.
OUR CAMPUS HAS BEEN FEATURED IN SEVERAL NEWS STORIES, INCLUDING THE EMMY AWARD WINNING SERIES ROOTED, PRODUCED BY REPORTER.
AND HERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF PHOTOS OF OUR POINTS OF PRIDE.
YOU CAN SEE OUR SUPERSTAR TEACHERS, MR NORIO AND OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR MISSING, YOU KNOW, FEATURE HERE.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE ME PRINCIPALS STEVENSON BEING SLAMMED, BNB SEMPER.
THERE'S A PICTURE OF OUR STAFF RAISING OUR ROAR ON CONVOCATION DAY.
A PICTURE OF ONE OF OUR SCIENCE CLASSES IN GAUGED IN HIGH LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT AND RIGOR, AND SOME OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS PICTURE WITH WFA A'S TO SHARP PARK.
NOW, THE STORY OF STAR, WE NOTICED THAT OUR AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY EARLY ON WERE SCIENCE AND WRITING, AND WE HAVE BEEN INTENTIONAL ABOUT COACHING OUR STAFF AND EMPLOYING NEW INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES TO MAKE GAINS IN THESE AREAS.
WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR AREAS OF REINFORCEMENTS AND READING AND MATH IN THESE AREAS.
WE TRENDED ABOVE THE DISTRICT AVERAGE.
I ALSO WANT TO TELL THE STORY OF OUR DEMOGRAPHIC PERFORMANCE, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
NOT MANY CAMPUSES MET TARGETS LAST YEAR, BUT WE ARE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE MET TARGETS WERE AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AT ELA READING.
THIS IS THE STORY OF WHO WE SERVE AT AGS ARE AT PROMISE.
STUDENT AVERAGES RANGE FROM NINE TO 14% FROM GRADES PRE-K TO FIFTH GRADE.
MOST STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AS SPECIAL EDUCATION AND PRE-K THROUGH SECOND GRADE ARE RECEIVING SPEECH SERVICES.
OUR FOURTH GRADE HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.
AND WE CURRENTLY SERVE 325 ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
AND THAT NUMBER INCREASES DAILY.
IF WE TELL THE STORY OF OUR JOURNEY AT HOUSTON ELEMENTARY, LOOKING BACK, WE ONLY SERVE PRE-K THROUGH THIRD GRADE BILINGUAL STUDENTS, WE RECEIVE A T A RATING OF C IN 2017, AND WE WERE CONFIDENT IN PROVIDING STAFF WITH EMBEDDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
NOW WE HAVE AN INCREASED STUDENT ENROLLMENT THAT HOVERS NEAR 700 ANNUALLY.
OUR LAST TA READING WRITING WAS A B, AND WE EARNED THE STINKERS AND POST-SECONDARY READINESS AND CLOSING GAPS.
WE ARE WELL-KNOWN FOR POSITIVE CLIMATE AND CULTURE AND FAMILY ATMOSPHERE.
WE HAVE BUILT AN INTENTIONAL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY FOCUSED ON INDIVIDUAL STUDENT NEEDS.
AND WE CONSISTENTLY BUILD LEADERS AND PROMOTE FROM WITHIN OUR THEME.
WE ARE UPGRADING ACHIEVEMENT, COMMITMENT AND ENGAGEMENT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ENOUGH TO GET BACK TO WHERE WE WERE, BUT TO EXCEED THAT, LOOKING AHEAD, WE ARE STRIVING FOR THAT T A RATING OF AN A, WE WANT TO BE THE MODEL FOR OTHER CAMPUSES.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO ASK, WHAT ARE THEY DOING AT HOUSTON ELEMENTARY? WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW STAFF
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STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY ARE VALUED.AND AS A LEADER, I WANT TO BE KNOWN AS AN ADVOCATE FOR ALL MY STUDENTS AND STAFF.
I WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO ASK THE TECH THE TOUGH QUESTIONS, AND I WILL ALWAYS DO WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT I SEE US.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE PRIVILEGE TO TALK ABOUT HOUSTON ELEMENTARY, MS. MS. WRIGHT, I'M GOING TO HAVE MS. WRIGHT COME UP NEXT.
MADAM MADAM PRESIDENT FROM WEST MAIN ELEMENTARY, THIS SHARE THEIR STORY.
PRESIDENT HAMILTON, DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, DR.
PERRERA WHILE I LEFT THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS, I'M THE PROUD PRINCIPAL OF WEST MAIN GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS AND FINE ARTS ACADEMY.
I AM HERE ALSO TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SCHOOL.
FIRST, WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO MY LEADERSHIP TEAM ARE PART OF MY LEADERSHIP TEAM IS MS. RASHONDA MILNER PARKIN.
SHE'S MY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND DR.
SHE IS MY, UH, COUNSELOR NOW TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CAMPUS PROGRAMS THIS YEAR, UH, WE HAVE OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT, WHICH OFFERS DANCE, PIANO, THEATER, MUSIC, AND VISUAL ARTS.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR CO-CURRICULAR PROGRAMS OF WHICH INCLUDE THE FLAT MUSEUM.
WE HAVE CORONA MUSEUM COMING ON A REGULAR BASIS, OUR, UH, FLYING CLASSROOM, OUR CODING CLUB AND OUR MULTIPLE PBLS AND STEM CHALLENGES UTILIZING, UH, THE, UH, ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS.
WE DO THAT QUITE OFTEN IN OUR CLASSROOMS, UH, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, OF COURSE INCLUDE TUTORING.
MY BROTHER'S KEEPER SISTER, THE SISTER PIANO CLUB, CHOIR TIGER STEPPERS, AND OUR LITTLE TIGER STEPPERS.
AND YOU GOT TO MEET SOME OF THOSE TODAY.
UH, ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES PROMOTE SELF-ESTEEM CREATIVITY.
THEY ALSO IMPROVE SOCIAL SKILLS AND INCREASED STUDENT CAPACITY FOR HIGH ORDER THINKING SKILLS, THEREFORE, YOU KNOW, PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR SECONDARY POST-SECONDARY, UH, SKILLS AND GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT IN THE FUTURE.
SOME OF THE THINGS WHERE CAN I TAKE THIS IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND? CAUSE IT'S JUST RUBBING ON MY FACE HERE.
UM, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HERE AT WEST MAIN IS OUR 2020 NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL.
UM, WE ARE A 20, 20 NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL RECIPIENT.
WE ARE THE ONLY ONE IN THIS AREA.
WE ARE A T A A CAMPUS, THE ONLY ONE IN THIS AREA.
WE ALSO RECEIVE DISTINCTIONS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND ENGLISH, LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING, UH, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND MATH, TOP 25% AND STUDENT PROGRESS TOP 25% AND CLOSING THE GAPS POST-SECONDARY READINESS.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR AWARD-WINNING SIGN ARTS DEPARTMENT AND WE ARE KNOWN FOR OUR FAMILY LIKE ENVIRONMENT.
ONE THING THAT, UM, I WANT TO MENTION, UH, ON OUR, UH, UM, AS IT RELATES TO CLOSING THE GAPS IS THAT, UH, FOR ALL DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS, WHICH WERE 16 AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, 12 AND GROWTH STATUS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY, STUDENT, AND STUDENT SUCCESS, WE MET ALL OF THOSE AREAS AT A HUNDRED PERCENT, GIVING UP A HUNDRED PERCENT AND CLOSING THE GAPS.
AND THAT'S THE AREA THAT WE RECEIVED OUR BLUE RIBBON IN.
SO WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF, UH, UH, REACHING ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS.
THESE ARE SOME OF OUR POINTS OF PRIDE, UH, VERY, UH, PROUD OF THAT.
THAT'S, UH, PICTURES OF OUR THEATER DEPARTMENT, UH, PICTURES OF US GIVING AWAY, UH, BIKES FOR PERFECT ATTENDANCE DOWN IN THE LEFT-HAND CORNER.
WE WERE, UM, MY LEADERSHIP TEAM, UH, WAS INVITED TO PRESENT AT THE NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE OF, UM, CONFERENCE THIS YEAR.
AND WE, UH, SO WE REPRESENTED WEST MAIN, UH, UH, VERY WELL, SUPER PROUD OF THAT AS WELL.
I LOOK BACK AT SOME OF OUR STAR PERFORMANCE, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, 2000 FROM 2013 TO 2021, WE GREW QUITE A BIT.
UH, WE ACTUALLY, UH, FAIL A LITTLE BIT OFF IN 2021, OF COURSE, DUE TO COVID, BUT WE WERE ON TARGET TO DO SOME GREAT THINGS.
AND, UH, IN 2019 AND 2020, UH, THE SCHOOL WAS REBUILT IN 2017.
WE TOOK OVER THE CAMPUS IN 2018.
AND SO THE DATA REFLECTS HOW WE, UH, MADE, UH, GREAT GAINS IN THOSE AREAS.
SO THIS IS THIRD GRADE READING AND MATH.
THIS IS FOURTH GRADE READING AND MATH, AND THIS IS FIFTH GRADE READING AND MATH.
SO WE'RE ON TARGET FOR DOING SOME GREAT THINGS THIS YEAR AS WELL.
BUT YOU CAN SEE, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO SO.
LOOKING AT OUR ENROLLMENT DEMOGRAPHICS, WE'RE AT 617, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WHAT WE NORMALLY HAVE ON OUR CAMPUS.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, QUITE A FEW STUDENTS AT RISK.
SO AGAIN, AS YOU CAN TELL, WE HAVE
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OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US.AND WHEN WE FIGURED OUT AT RISK POPULATION, WE INCLUDED OUR, UH, STUDENTS WHO HAVE MULTIPLE, UH, LANGUAGE WHO SPEAK MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, OR ARE THERE MULTIPLE LANGUAGES IN THE HOME STUDENTS WHO HAVE LOW PERFORMANCE ON TESTS, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO THAT'S WHY OUR AT RISK PERCENTAGE IS PRETTY HIGH.
SO WHAT DO WE DO AT WESTMONT? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT, UH, OUR AT RISK STUDENTS OR, UH, WHAT DO WE DO SPECIAL? WE CALL THAT THE WEST MAIN WAY.
WHAT IS THE MESS WAY WEST MAIN WAY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE READY TO LEARN WHEN THEY COME THROUGH THE DOOR, ALL STUDENTS ARE GREETED EACH MORNING VERBALLY WITH THE PHONE.
WE MAKE SURE NO MATTER WHAT INTERESTS THEIR STAFF, THEY'RE READY TO GREET THEM.
WHAT WE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GIVEN WHATEVER THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
IF WE NEED TO COMB THEIR HAIR, WE DO THAT.
IF WE NEED TO CHANGE THEIR COLES OR WASH THEIR CLOTHES, WE DO THAT BECAUSE WE IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT DR.
PERRERA HAS SAID BLUES BEFORE.
I MEAN, MASH WALLETS BEFORE BALLOONS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND AND READY TO LEARN.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE MAKE SURE WE DO THAT WHEN THEY WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR.
THE NEXT THING WE DO IS WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO RIGOROUS INSTRUCTION.
WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE WORKING WITH ARE USING THE ADOPTED CURRICULUM, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S GRADE LEVEL APPROPRIATE.
ALL OF OUR TEACHERS ARE ASKED TO, UM, ARE GIVEN A FRAMEWORK INSTRUCTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR READING AND MATH SO THAT STUDENTS ARE LEARNING ONE THING IN ONE CLASS AND SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
IN ANOTHER CLASS, WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL STRATEGIES ARE VERTICALLY ALIGNED SO THAT STUDENTS AREN'T LEARNING SOMETHING NEW FROM GRADE LEVEL TO GRADE LEVEL.
WE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE TEACHING TO THE DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY OF STUDENT EXPECTATIONS, AND ALL ACTIVITIES ARE STRICTLY ALIGNED TO THE STANDARD.
UH, AS IT RELATES TO ACADEMIC SUPPORT, ALL TEACHERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE VISUAL AIDS FOR ALL OUR CONCEPTS.
UM, UH, JUST OUR ELL LEARNERS.
AREN'T THE ONLY ONES WHO NEED VISUAL AIDS.
WE FEEL ALL STUDENTS NEED VISUAL AIDS.
SO THEY MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE VISUAL AIDS.
WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION PLANS.
IF YOU DON'T NEED THAT INFORMATION, THEN WE DON'T TEACH THEM THAT INFORMATION.
DURING OUR INTERVENTION TIME, CAMPUS-WIDE DEDICATED INTERVENTION BLOCKS ACROSS THE, UH, BUILDING.
THAT WAY YOU DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE INTERVENTION IS DONE AT THE TOP OF THE DAY, UH, CAMPUS BY READING AND MATH STRATEGIES.
SO THAT AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT LEARNING SOMETHING NEW, EVERY GRADE LEVEL.
THE NEXT THING WE DO IS, UH, OUR RICHMOND TEACHER SUPPORT READING AND MATH INSTRUCTION AND INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS OF COURSE, UH, PROVIDE, UH, ASSISTANCE DURING TIER ONE INSTRUCTION.
AND THEN BOTH OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS DO GO STANDING.
THE NEXT THING WE DO IS WE WORK ON OUR SCHOOL, CLIMATE AND CULTURE.
WE ARE DEDICATED TO FOSTERING A FAMILY LIKE ENVIRONMENT.
WE ENSURE THE CAMPUS IS A SAFE HAVEN FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS.
WE USE SEVERAL PLATFORMS TO ENSURE OUR PARENTS REMAIN INFORMED, AND WE DO MONTHLY TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES TO TRY TO KEEP OUR TEACHERS, UH, MOTIVATED.
AND WE HAVE INCENTIVE-BASED ACTIVITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.
SO IT'S NOT ABNORMAL TO SEE YOUR TUTOR AT YOUR, UH, BIRTHDAY PARTY OR YOUR BASKETBALL GAMES OR ANY OTHER EVENT THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON THE CAMPUS.
OUR STUDENTS GET REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UH, THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO GO OVER IS JUST THIS, THIS IS JUST LETTING US KNOW THAT WHEN WE MEET ALL OF THOSE BASIC NEEDS, THEN WE CAN FOCUS ON SELF ACTUALIZATION.
AND SO, UH, WE FEEL THAT WE DO REALLY WELL AT THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES US SO SUCCESSFUL.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, I LOOK, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S TIME TO, UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT, UH, THE RESULTS WERE, BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, UH, THAT I WANT TO IMPLEMENT MOVING FORWARD IS INCREASED COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
I WANT TO BUILD STUDENT CAPACITY AS IT RELATES TO THE ARTS.
I WANT TO CREATE A CAMPUS CULTURE THAT EMBRACES ALL CULTURES, UM, AND INCREASE FAMILY INVOLVEMENT.
I WANT TO HELP TEACHERS MAKE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN LITERACY AND, UH, AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT BY INCORPORATING READING AND WRITING IN EVERY CONTENT AREA.
SO IF YOU TEACH MATH, I WANT MY MATH TEACHERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN ALSO BE A TEACHER OF READING AND WRITING AND INCORPORATE SOME OF THOSE STRATEGIES IN YOUR CLASSROOM.
I WANT US TO FOCUS ON THE THREE PS PROFESSIONAL PREPARED AND BE PERSISTENT TEACHERS.
WHEN STUDENTS WALK INTO YOUR CLASSROOM, THEY KNOW IF YOU'RE PREPARED OR NOT.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I WANT TO INCORPORATE MORE STUDENT LED ACTIVITIES, BUT, AND THAT WRAPS UP MY PRESENTATION, BUT I FEEL LIKE A WEST MAIN IS ON TARGET TO DO SOME, CONTINUE, TO DO SOME GREAT THINGS.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A SUCCESSFUL YEAR AGAIN THIS YEAR.
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MS. WRIGHT, UM, MADAM PRESIDENT, I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.[10. Recess to Closed Session]
BOARD IS GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 5 5 1, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0.071 LEGAL ADVICE WILL SCHOOL ATTORNEY 5 5, 1 0.072 DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY, 5 5, 1 0.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS AND 5, 5, 1 0.076 DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS.AND WE HAVE A DISCUSSION OF TEACHER'S RIGHTS INTEGRATION WITH NO GOOD CALLS AND PROPOSED COMPLAINT TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATORS CERTIFICATION FOR ABANDONMENT OF CONTRACT B DISCUSSION OF SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION FOR A DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES.
SEE CYBERSECURITY INFORMATION, THE DISCUSSION OF EXITING INITIATIVES FOR LSD EMPLOYEES.
WE WANT TO CLOSE SESSION AT 7:12 PM, AND WE'RE GOING TO
[11. Reconvene in Open Session]
GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION.THE TIME IS 8:40 PM OR RETURNING INTO OPEN SESSION.
THIS TIME WE'LL TAKE, UM, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.
THE FIRST ONE IS A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OF TEACHERS RESIGNATION WITH NO GOOD CALLS AND PROPOSED COMPLAINT TO THE TEXAS STATE OF EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION FOR ABANDONMENT OF CONTRACT BOARD.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OH, YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY.
WE STARTED A OPEN SESSION AT EIGHT 40.
THIS IS, UM, THE ACTION ITEMS FOR CLOSED SESSION.
THE FIRST ONE IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OF TEACHERS RESIGNATION WITH NO GOOD CALLS AND PROPOSED COMPLAINT TO THE TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATORS CERTIFICATE FOR ABANDONMENT OF CONTRACT, OR IF THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HEARING NONE? IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPTED SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION AND THAT ONE, THE BOARD MAKES A FINDING A GOOD CAUSE DID NOT EXIST UNDER THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 21.210 C2 FOUR AND CURVY SMITH'S RESIGNATION FROM OUR CHAPTER 21 PROBATIONARY CONTRACT FOR THE 20 21 20 22 SCHOOL YEAR.
THE BOARD DID NOT CONSENT TO OUR RESIGNATION.
NUMBER THREE AND KIRBY SMITH HAS FAILED TO PERFORM A CONTRACT AND FOR THE BOARD AUTHORIZES THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATORS, CERTAIN CERTIFICATION TO SEEK SANCTIONS FOR HER ABANDON OTHER CONTRACT.
IS THERE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. STEVENSON.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, HAVE A SECOND BY MS. MORRIS AT THIS TIME.
MOTION PASSES, EXCITED FOR CLOSED SESSION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION FOR DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES.
MADAM PRESIDENT, AND A CALL TO THE PODIUM, DR.
TAYLOR, TO INTRODUCE OUR, A RECOMMENDATION.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ THE INTRO FIRST? OKAY.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO? THAT'S FINE.
THEN WHAT ABOUT AFTER YOU'VE READ THE SUMMARY? OKAY.
DEBRA BEAR BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE IN NURSING.
SHE BEGAN HER CAREER IN HEALTHCARE AS AN NURSES
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AID IN A HOSPITAL SETTING OVER THE YEAR.SHE HAS WORKED IN ALMOST EVERY ASPECT OF HEALTH CARE PRIOR TO JOINING LANCASTER ISD.
SHE HAS SERVED IN THE FOLLOWING CAPACITIES, HIGH SCHOOL CTE TEACHER, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NURSE, NURSING INSTRUCTOR, CAMPUS DIRECTOR, AND NURSE MANAGER, MS. BEAR'S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE WORKING AS A NURSE MANAGER AT PARKLAND HOSPITAL AND THE VETERAN AFFAIRS HOSPITAL IN DALLAS, TEXAS IN HER SPARE TIME.
SHE VOLUNTEERS FOR A CHURCH MINISTRY WHERE SHE PROVIDES COVID-19 INFORMATIONAL FORUMS AND BREAST CANCER, EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS TO SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
NURSE A BEAR HAS EARNED BOTH IN ASSOCIATE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND ASSOCIATE OF ARTS AND NURSING FROM LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
IN ADDITION, SHIP'S ATTAINED A BACHELOR'S OF SCIENCE AND NURSING AND A MASTER'S OF SCIENCE IN NURSING FROM UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX.
NOSSA BEAR IS LICENSED BY THE BOARD OF NURSING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND IS LICENSED AS A COMPACT REGISTERED NURSE.
UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL FOR NURSE OR BEAR DEBRA OBERA AS DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HEARING NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT.
WE ACCEPT THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDATION FOR DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, HAVE A SECOND BY MS. MORRISON.
THIS TIME I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.
MADAM CHAIRMAN AND I, AND THE BOARD.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I WILL PUT MY BEST FOOT FORWARD TO DO THE BEST JOB THAT I CAN.
AND, UH, I COME WITH A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AS DR.
TAYLOR HAD MENTIONED, AND I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR THIS BLESSING, AND I WANT TO THANK MY HUSBAND FOR HIS SUPPORT, MY WHOLE FAMILY.
AND I THANK YOU ALL, BUT YOUR SUPPORT.
IT'S GOOD TO PUT A FACE WITH THE APPLICATION.
HEY, THE NEXT ITEM IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF VACCINE INITIATIVES FOR L ISD EMPLOYEES FOR THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I'M GOING TO CALL IT FORWARD AND DR.
TAYLOR CAN REMAIN AND SHE'LL BE JOINED BY MS. PUMPHREY PRESENTERS MANNA, PRESIDENT DR.
PEREIRA AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
AND WE COME TONIGHT WITH THE VACCINE AND BOOSTER INCENTIVE RECOMMENDATION.
UM, HERE ARE OUR VACCINE INCENTIVE OPTIONS.
UM, WE ARE REQUESTING, WE LOOKED AT, UH, SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPTIONS, UM, BASED ON, UH, TRS INFORMATION S OR PHONES AND THE PAYOUT TO THE EMPLOYEES.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE $400 OPTION, WHICH WOULD BE A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST SHOT, A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE SECOND SHOT, OR IF YOU HAVE THE J AND J JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, $200 FOR FULLY VACCINATED EMPLOYEES, AND THEN A $200 BOOSTER SHOT FOR A TOTAL OF $400 PER EMPLOYEE WHO MEET THE ELIGIBILITY THAT ELIGIBILITY WOULD INCLUDE, UH, LANCASTER ISD FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME EMPLOYEES WHO ARE EMPLOYED BY THE DISTRICT NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 1ST, 2021, AND ALSO SUBSTITUTES WHO WORKED AT LEAST 30 SCHOOL DAYS BY JANUARY 31ST OF THIS YEAR DURING THE 2122 SCHOOL YEAR, THOSE FULLY VACCINATED AND BOOSTER PROOF OF VACCINATION CAN BE SUBMITTED TO LANCASTER ISD BETWEEN FEBRUARY 1ST AND MARCH 18TH, 2022.
THIS IS A ONE-TIME INCENTIVE, UM, AND WILL BE PAID OUT BY THE END OF APRIL, 2022 ON THAT PAYROLL CYCLE.
AND OF COURSE, IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THIS INCENTIVE STIPEND, ALL EMPLOYEES MUST BE CURRENTLY IN ACTIVE STATUS AT THAT TIME OF PUBLISHED PAYROLL DATE.
UM, WE DID THIS ALSO IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE TRS TO HAVE 90 DAYS OF CREDIBLE YEARS OF SERVICE, AND THEN TO, UM, ALSO INCLUDE OUR SUBSTITUTES WHO ARE ON OUR CAMPUSES, UH, KEEPING OUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY AND BEING THERE WITH OUR TEACHER SHORTAGE.
OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE VACCINE AND BOOSTER.
THE FUNDING SOURCE IS SR FUNDS.
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I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.WELL, I GUESS OUR ONE QUESTION FOR HUMANS FROM FREE OR THE EXTRA FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THIS INITIATIVE, THE APPLICATION IS BEING AMENDED TO INCLUDE THIS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
UM, ARE THESE BONDS SUBJECT TO, UM, UM, DEDUCTION? NO MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
IS THERE A MOTION? UH, MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE VACCINE INCENTIVES, LSD EMPLOYEES.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY.
WE'LL HAVE A SECOND BY MS. MORRIS.
THIS TIME I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE TO POSSIBLY APPROVE THE VACCINATION INCENTIVE FOR LANCASTER ISD EMPLOYEES.
AND BOARD, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, IF YOU ALL WILL JOIN US ON THE FOUR REALLY QUICKLY, SO WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE NEW NURSE DIRECTOR.
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
[12. Adoption of Consent Agenda]
ON TO THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.THIS TIME APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING MINUTES, DECEMBER 14TH, 2021, REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 11TH, 2022, CALL MEETING, AND B IS CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF DECEMBER, 2021 FINANCIAL REPORTS.
BOARD, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO ONE, LIKE PULL ANYTHING OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IF NOT, WE CAN APPROVE IT AS RED.
I WOULD LIKE TO POOL P I'M SORRY.
AND I MOVED THAT WE ACCEPT A, CAN I HAVE A MOTION WILL HAVE A REQUEST ON MS. MORRIS TO PULL B AND RE AND TO APPROVE A, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, CAN I HAVE A SECOND BY MR. JONES? THIS TIME? I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.
[12.B. Consider approval of December 2021 Financial Reports - CCA(LOCAL) - (G2)]
A AND SIX WAS POOLE MS. MORRIS.UM, SO I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE TO MS. PUMPER.
UM, HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS EVENING? I'M DOING FINE.
I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION WITH THAT DECEMBER 21ST FINANCIAL REPORT, IT COVERED ALL OF THE DEPOSITS AND THE ACCOUNTS THAT WE HAVE INCLUDING, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, THE FOUNDATION IS DOESN'T INCLUDE THAT.
ANY OTHER PORTIONS ON B? I HEAR AN ONBOARD.
I MOVED THAT WE CONSIDER THE APPROVED THEIR APPROVAL OF THE DECEMBER, 2021 FINANCIAL REPORT UNDER C A LOCAL DASH
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G TWO.I HAVE A MOTION BY MS. MORRIS.
IS THERE A SECOND, HAVE A SECOND BY MR. STEVENSON.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
YES, MY CELL PHONE AND YES, MOTION PASSES.
[13.B. Consider and possible approval of the adoption of redistricting maps, Plan A or Plan B.]
TO THE ACTION ITEMS BOARD.WE'RE GONNA, UM, SWITCH THIS AROUND AND WE'RE GOING TO DO B FIRST, BEFORE WE DO A, AT THIS TIME, WE'LL CONSIDER IMPOSSIBLE APPROVAL OF ADOPTION OF THE REDISTRICTING MAPS PLAN A OR PLAN B.
MATT, ARE YOU? YES, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION YOU MAKE THE MOTION DISCUSS? UH, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ADOPTIVE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT IN DISTRICT, WHICH PLAN? THERE'S PLAN AND PLAN B.
OH, WILL BE ALWAYS FILL OUT A, A B.
MS. MORRIS HAS MADE A MOTION TO CONSIDER IMPOSSIBLY APPROVE THE ADOPTION OF THE REDISTRICTING MAP.
HAVE A SECOND BY MS. DAVIS AT THIS TIME.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? EXCELLENT.
CAN WE PULL UP PLAN D KIMBERLY, DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT? I BELIEVE IT'S RIGHT HERE TO THE HERE TO THE SIDE.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
MS. TURNING, HOW DO WE HANDLE THE TIE? I PROPOSE ANOTHER, UM, MAKE ANOTHER MOTION THAT THE MOTION HAS FAILED.
SO YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT MOTION.
UM, MAYBE HAVE SOME WITH A SPECIAL, OKAY.
THEIR MOTION WILL NOT PASS DUE TO THE TIE.
ANY DISCUSSION AS TO THE TWO MAPS, SINCE WE'RE TIED.
UM, I HAVE SOME DISCUSSION AND MY DISCUSSION IS GOING TO BE ONE THING.
EVERYBODY WANT TO KEEP THEIR DISTRICT BLOCK IDEAS, BUT THEY DON'T CARE IF MY DISTRICT IS GENDER MEN, UH, JEREMY MENDON.
MS. MORRIS, CAN YOU ELABORATE ON WHY YOU FEEL YOUR DISTRICT IS BEING JEREMY? BECAUSE I LIVE ON ONE SIDE OF LANCASTER AND MY DISTRICT TELLING WAY ON BEDSIDE, WHICH CROSSES THREE DISTRICT THAT WAS DONE TO GET ME OUT THE BOARD BEFORE THOSE NUMBERS.
AND A, IF CARA MEAN BACK DOWN TO THE OTHER END OF LANCASTER AND THE BOARD IS VERY MUCH AWARE OF THAT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY ELABORATION TO IT BECAUSE ONE, ONE GOOD THING ABOUT IT.
EVERYBODY HAVE A CHOICE OF WHAT THEY WANT.
THEY PICKED ME ON THE OTHER SIDE OF BLANKS.
ANY OF THE DISCUSSIONS ON THE BOARD? YEAH.
I MET HIM PRESIDENT, I THINK BASED ON THE CRITERIA THAT WE PROVIDED TO DEMOGRAPHERS, UH, PLAN A FALLS IN LINE WITH THE MAJORITY OF THAT CRITERIA.
UH, ALSO I DON'T BELIEVE, UH, THAT THIS INFORMATION IS POINTED FOR ANY SPECIFIC TRUSTEE.
WE ARE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS AND THAT WE REPRESENT THE STUDENTS OF LANCASTER ISD.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S FOCUSED ON ANY INDIVIDUAL PERSON, BUT I THINK ONE OF THE MAIN COMPONENTS OF OUR CRITERIA WAS TO BE THE LEAST EVASIVE AND OUT OF THE TWO PLAN A PROVIDES THAT OPTION FOR US.
I'LL HAVE IT BECAUSE YES, IT'S POINTED AT ME.
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YOU SUPPORTED THIS THE FIRST TIME I WAS GOING TO GET ME OFF THE BOARD.AND I DO WANT TO SAY THIS AGAIN.
UH, YOU ARE TAKING ME OUT OF MY COMMUNITY.
THIS IS WHAT THE BOARD WANTED BECAUSE NOBODY DISTRICT GETS MESSED WITH, BUT DISTRICTS THAT THAT'S THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT A IMPACT IS DISTRICT SIX.
WELL, FOR A MONTH COMMENT, I'LL SAY THAT PLAN B MY DISTRICT, WHICH IS ONE, I HAVE THE HIGHEST DEVIATION.
SO MY, THIS PLAN B AFFECTS MY DISTRICT THE MOST, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE OF YOUR DISTRICT BEING ALL OVER THE CITY.
CAUSE I HAD THAT PROBLEM WITH MY FIRST, UM, MATT, WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE BOARD, I WAS BACK IN AREAS THAT ARE, IT WAS JUST SCATTERED ALL OVER THE CITY OF LANCASTER WHERE SOME MAPS ARE REALLY COMPACT WHERE YOU'RE IN YOUR SPOILER IN THIS, WHERE YOU ARE.
SO FOREST, UM, B I'M OKAY WITH, WE ARE STILL STAYING ON THE CRITERIA OF STAYING UNDER 10% DEVIATION.
THE DEMOGRAPHERS HAVE ADVISED US THAT BOTH MAPS WILL BE CONSIDERED LEGAL BASED ON THE CRITERIA AND WHAT THE LAWS ARE FOR RE-DISTRICTING AND FOR AS MA BE MYSELF, I'M THE ONLY PERSON SITTING HERE ON THE BOARD IS GOING TO TAKE IT HERE FOR THEIR DISTRICT.
AND MY THING IS WHEN IT COMES TO AN ELECTION, IF IT'S AN ELECTION, I WANT TO, WHEN I'M A WORKING, WHEREVER IT IS, BUT JUST CONSIDERING THAT ALL OF US SIT IN A NICE STATE LITTLE SQUARE, UM, OKAY.
TAKE THE HIT TO NOT HAVE MY DISTRICT LIKE THAT, OR GET VOTES TAKEN FROM ME, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO SOLVE ANOTHER PROBLEM.
LONG AS WE'VE BEEN ADVISED THAT I KNOW THE DEVIATION ON B IS A 9.6, THE DEVIATION ON A IT'S A 5.5, NOTHING IS OVER A 10, A 10 WITH WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO STAY.
I'M OKAY FOR DISTRICT ONE TO TAKE THAT OBLIGATION ON.
IF WE CAN COME TO A CONSENSUS HERE TONIGHT TO TRY TO GET THIS RESOLVED AND PAST POINT MADAM PRESIDENT, I'D ALSO LIKE TO JUST MAKE ANOTHER STATEMENT, PAY SOMEWHAT TRUSTEE.
MAURICE SAID THAT, UH, IT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO GET HER OFF THE BOARD.
I BELIEVE WHEN WE DID THIS IN 2011, SHE WAS LEFT ON THE BOARD.
SO IT WASN'T ANY ATTEMPT ON MY BEHALF.
UH, AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO ANYBODY ELSE ON THE BOARD AT THAT TIME TO GET YOU OFF THE BOARD.
BUT AT THAT POINT, YOU, WOULDN'T NOT ON THE BULL.
UM, BUT THIS, AGAIN, THE MAP, UH, A PLAN A AS IT A 5.5% DEVIATION PLAN B PUTS US AT A NEGATIVE 9.6, WHICH MEANS WE'RE A FOUR-TENTHS FOR BEING OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
UH, BUT AGAIN, THAT IS WHERE WE STAND AND BASED OFF THE CRITERIA THAT WE PROVIDED WITH OUR DEMOGRAPHER, I THINK PLAN A MEETS THE MAJORITY OF THAT CRITERIA.
UH, I HAVE A STATEMENT, NOBODY EVEN TALK TO THE DEMOGRAPHERS WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO GET THIS BOARD TO TALK TO HIM WHEN HE CAME UP.
AND MS. MORRIS, I THINK W FOUR IS THAT WE, A LOT OF US DID END UP TALKING TO THE DEMOGRAPHER.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A FAIR STATEMENT TO MAKE.
FORD, THIS IS AN EXTRA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE AN EMOTION? AND I'M PRESIDENT.
I MOVED THAT WE ADOPTED REDISTRICT WITH MAP PLAN A, I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. JONES SAID ADOPT PLAN A, A SECOND BY MR. STEVENSON.
I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION.
JAN, YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.
WE HAVE A DEADLINE TO GET THIS MAP, PASS, HAVE A DEADLINE.
WHEN YOU MAKE THE CIRCLE BACK AND ASK THE SPECIALISTS LATER AND PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA AGAIN.
MAYBE REWORK THE MAPS, LOOK AT THE MALVERN.
THAT WILL, THAT WILL ENFORCE A CALL BOARD MEETING.
IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO COME TO A DECISION TONIGHT, UM, MAYBE WE CAN ENCOURAGE HER MEMBERS AND, YOU KNOW, I CAN DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO 'EM.
WOULD YOU ALL LIKE FOR ME TO REACH OUT TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, MS. LEON IS IN A WAY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HER, THEN YOU CAN ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT IF THERE'S A CONCERN, MAINLY BECAUSE I AGREE WITH BOTH OF THESE MASKS, OUR CONSTITUTION,
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THAT THEY NEED THE TOP AND BOTTOM, UM, DEVIATION.UM, IT, IF YOU GOT ALSO THINK LONG-TERM AS WELL, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE WON'T BE REDISTRICTING FOR ANOTHER.
AND SO AS LANCASTER GROWTH, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE OUT OF.
SO STARTING WITH HIGHER NUMBERS MAY, MIGHT END UP WITH HIGHER NUMBERS LATER, ASKED THEM, YOU KNOW, THE DEVIATIONS MAY CAUSE RIGHT NOW, ONE MAP HAS A HIGHER DEGREE.
LIKE ONE MAP HAS A HIGHER DEVIATION.
NOW THEN YOU MIGHT BECOME OUT OF, UM, OUT OF COST AT A CON CONSTITUTIONAL DEVIATION QUICKER THAN 10 YEARS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT COMMENT THAT YOU JUST MADE, RIGHT? HOW WILL WE COME OUT OF BEING UNCONSTITUTIONAL UNTIL IT WILL BE 10 YEARS? RIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE EFFECT, BECAUSE THE WHOLE POINT OF HAVING A DISTRICT THING IS TO HAVE A BALANCE WITH, WITH NOT WITH REGARDS TO YOUR BOARD MEMBERS, PER SE, BUT A BALANCE OF RACE AND REPRESENTATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THESE, THAT THE MAPS REFLECT A DIVERSE, DIVERSE DISTRICTS THAT EACH DISTRICT HAS SOME EQUAL VOTING POWER FROM EACH DISTRICT.
I THINK IN MY MIND, WHEN WE DID THIS, WE NEVER DISCUSSED RACE FOR ONE IS BASICALLY JUST THE CENSUS NUMBERS IN, DURING THE DIVIDE.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S A LOT, HAS TO DO SOUNDS OF A LOT OF TIMES THESE FUNDS.
AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DIVERSE POLITICALLY RACIALLY AND YOU KNOW, AND THAT THERE'S FAIR REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE BOARD WHEN IT COMES TO THE, TO YOUR VOTING PRECINCTS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AND I'M PRETTY SURE Y'ALL BEING CONSIDERED MIGUEL LOOK AT BOTH OF THESE MASKS.
UM, AND IF IT'S AN ISSUE OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH REPRESENTATION FROM, YOU KNOW, ONE DISTRICT OR ANOTHER, THERE'S A PRINCE SEEK THAT PARTICULAR PRECINCT THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.
MAYBE YOU COULD TALK TO YOU TO BOB FIRST TO LOOK AT THAT PRINT SEAT, TO SEE IF IT COULD BE ADDED OR REMOVED.
UH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I SEE.
I DON'T THINK THAT ONE OF OUR PROBLEMS AT ALL, NO.
AND I WILL SAY, BE AS IN LINE WITH WHAT THE, OF CIVIL RIGHTS ORIGINALLY DID FOR SEEING A MEMBER DISTRICT, THEY KEEP INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, NOT ACROSS, WERE THERE ANY ONE AREA WHERE THERE ANY COMMUNITIES I'M INTERESTED IN, BUT THAT YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN.
THAT MIGHT BE A QUESTION HERE THAT MAKE A MAKE, MAY MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH EACH, FOR MS. MORRIS IS CONCERNED AS HER DISTRICT CROSSES INTO DOWNTOWN CURRENTLY.
AND THAT'S THE SAME THING ON PLAN B I MEAN PLAN EIGHT, CORRECT? NO, HIS OWN PLAN, A BUT PLAN B PUTS SITS IN THEIR DISTRICT AND PUT AIR IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND PUT EVERYBODY ELSE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
THERE IS NOBODY OUT OF THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND SO YOU ARE CORRECT IT'S BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
CAUSE I WENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS THEY'RE DOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LINCOLN.
SO THEREFORE PROBABLY WAY BEFORE 10 YEARS FROM NOW, UH, I THINK IT'S MR. JONES DISTRICT AND MISS, UH, HAMILTON DISTRICT, IT'S GOING TO BE OUT OF PROPORTION, BUT WE'LL KNOW LOUDER, THEY'LL BE HEALED.
SO THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE BEING DEAL.
AND SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO EITHER COME BACK, LIKE YOU GOT TO STAY LIKE THAT.
SO THERE'S, THOSE ARE SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IF YOU'RE RUNNING UP ON OUR DEADLINE, I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE TABLING AND HAVING A SPECIAL CALL MEETING AND MAYBE TAKING SOME TIME TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER WITH YOUR DEMOGRAPHER AND YOUR, UM, REDISTRICTING ATTORNEY.
AND I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S FAIR FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT FEEL LIKE A IT'S APPROPRIATE.
I THINK IT'S ON THE FAIR FOR THEM TO VOICE THAT TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, YOU KNOW, VOICE WHY THERE IS A CHOICE VERSUS CAUSE IT PUTS EVERYBODY IN THEIR SAME SPOT, IN THEIR SAME TERRITORY.
SO I REALLY WOULD JUST LIKE TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION COMMENTS FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, MAP A IS NOT JUST ADEQUATE.
IT'S THE LEAST AMOUNT OF CHANGE AT LEAST DEVIATION AND THE LEAST GERRYMANDERED MAP B IS THE EPITOME OF GERRYMANDER THAT LOOKS LIKE A SNAKE.
I MEAN, IT MAKES NO, I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE JERRY, UH, WE'RE B YEARS ART DIRECTION TO THE DEMOGRAPHERS WORK FOR DISTRICTS TO BE AS COMPACT AS POSSIBLE.
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TAKES EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING OUT OF WHACK JUST TO SATISFY YOU BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.YOUR COMMUNITY IS THE WHOLE, THE STEPHENS.
THAT IS NOT A TRUE STATEMENT BECAUSE IF YOU LOOKED AT IT LOOKED AT B AND YOU LOOK AT THE STREETS, YOU WILL CLEARLY SEE THAT MOST OF THOSE THAT LOOK LIKE A SNAKE TO YOU ARE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE AND RIGHT ON THE SIDE OF MY HOUSE.
SO NO YOU ARE NOT DOING, YOU'RE NOT VOTING, YOU'RE VOTING TO SATISFY ME.
SO IF YOU THINK YOU ARE, THAT'S WHY YOU A VOTE THAT SATISFY YOU BECAUSE THESE STREETS HERE, THESE STREETS ARE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE.
SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TELL ME THAT IT'S OUT OF PROPORTION? WELL, I'M NOT VOTING TO SATISFY ANYONE EXCEPT JUSTICE, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE EXACT PARAMETERS WE GAVE THE DEMOGRAPHERS TO BE COMPACT DISTRICTS, THE LEAST AMOUNT OF CHANGES, KEEP TRUSTEES AND THEIR DISTRICTS AND A DOES IT PERFECT.
SO YOU, IN OTHER WORDS, THAT GETS TO WANT TO HEAR IT.
TO TAKE ME THROUGH, OH, CROSS THREE DISTRICTS THAT WHERE I LIVE AT CLAM D HEY, CAMILLE CRAWLS MAY'S DISTRICT.
THIS ACTOR PUT ME PARALLEL WITH THAT DIFFERENT GOING OUTSIDE OF LANCASTER, BUT THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.
MS. ALEXANDER, CAN YOU, UH, GIVE US A GOOD, CLEAR DEFINITION OF JEREMY AND DURING, JUST TO ENSURE EVERYONE? YEAH.
SO THERE IS THERE GERRYMANDERING IT'S BEING DELIBERATE IN, UM, DECIDING YOUR LINES, UM, LIKE PARTICULARLY SPECIFICALLY MOVING DISTRICTS AROUND TO SERVE A CERTAIN PURPOSE? UM, NOT NECESSARILY A COLLECTIVE PERSON, BUT FOR A SPECIFIC PERSON, HISTORICALLY GERRYMANDERING WAS DONE TO KEEP BLACK AND WHITE PEOPLE SEPARATE.
UM, BUT THERE IS POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE.
GERRYMANDERING HAS BEEN USED IN THE PAST TO HELP ENSURE THAT THERE IS A BALANCE.
AND THERE ARE THAT MAYBE A CLASS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN REPRESENTED IN THEIR DISTRICTS TO SPECIFICALLY MOVE THEM IN CLOSER.
SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME HISTORICAL GERRYMANDERING TO HELP ENSURE THAT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, UH, REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND SO GERRYMANDERING, I MEAN, JUST PARTICULARLY THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE LOOKED AT THIS PLAN AND YOU'VE COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, SEPARATELY WITH YOUR, UM, DEMOGRAPHERS TO PLANS THAT YOU WANT TO PRESENT.
IF YOU WERE TO GO BACK AND THEN TRY TO SPECIFICALLY CHANGE TO SATISFY ONE PERSON OR ONE PARTICULAR DISTRICT THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED GERRYMANDERING, AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF THE QUESTION, WHY AREN'T WE DOING, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? ARE WE DOING THIS FOR AN AMICABLE PURPOSE? OR ARE WE DOING THIS FOR, UM, SOMETHING NEGATIVE? YOU KNOW, SO THERE, LIKE AGAIN, THERE IS POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE GERRYMANDERING, AND YOU JUST HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE PURPOSE IN WHICH YOU'RE DOING THAT.
UM, MY, MY ADVICE TO EVERYONE HERE IS TO DECIPHER THE PLAN THAT IS, YOU KNOW, HAS THAT MEETS THE CONSTITUTIONAL, UM, PARAMETERS, MAKE SURE THAT YOU MEET YOUR DRUG GUIDELINES, THAT YOU SAID CONTINUITY, MAKING SURE THAT EACH DISTRICT FLOWS, THERE'S SOME CONNECTION AND CONNECTIVITY AND MAKING SURE THAT THE RACIAL DIVIDES ARE EQUAL AND THAT YOU'RE NOT DISENFRANCHISING A GROUP OF PEOPLE BECAUSE OF YOUR CHANGES.
AND TO ALSO THINK ABOUT YOUR EXPANSION, THINK ABOUT OVER TIME, WHERE YOU'RE GROWING, IF YOU'RE GROWING FARTHER TO THE EAST, OR IF YOU'RE GROWING FARTHER TO THE WEST, TAKE THOSE THINGS IN CONSIDERATION AND DEVELOP A MAP THAT PROVIDES, UM, FOR FUTURE, UM, THINK, THINK AHEAD OF TIME.
AND THEN ALSO, WHICH MAP DISRUPTS THE COMMUNITY AS MUCH.
I MEAN LESS RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IF YOU GOT TO ALSO THINK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN VOTED IN ONE PRECINCT AND NOW THEY MIGHT BE VOTING IN ANOTHER PRECINCT, SO YOU DON'T WANT TO DISRUPT YOUR COMMUNITY TOO MUCH AS WELL.
AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE COMMUNITIES, OUR INTEREST ARE IN, UM, STAY INTACT.
UH, OTHERWISE IT COULD HAVE A LEGAL BATTLE ON YOUR HANDS IF YOU DISRUPT A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST.
SO ON THAT NOTE, LET ME MAKE A COMMENT.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'VE TRIED TO REMAIN PRETTY SILENT.
UH, BUT I, I DO WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE MENTION OF A COUPLE ITEMS. NUMBER ONE, THAT THIS IS, THIS PLAN HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE WEBSITE FOR A WHILE.
AND, UH, I, I JUST BEING 100% TRANSPARENT PLAN B IS THE ONLY PLAN THAT I'VE BEEN BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT AND QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT VOICED THEIR OPPOSITION FROM MY DISTRICT.
AND, UH, I DIDN'T, DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO PUT ALL OF THIS OUT
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THERE, BUT, UM, AND, AND THE EFFORT TO BE TOTALLY TRANSPARENT.I GOT, I WANT YOU GUYS TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS MAP, THERE IS A PORTION OF DISTRICT SEVEN THAT IN MAP B GETS REAPPROPRIATED TO THE WHOMEVER IS IN DISTRICT FOUR.
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE DISTRICT FOUR REPRESENTATIVE HAS NOT BEEN TO A MEETING AND ALMOST A YEAR.
SO NOW WITH MATT B, YOU'VE JUST MOVED HALF OF MY PEOPLE TO AN AREA WHERE THEY HAVE NO VOICE.
AND I I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ON THE BLACK PLAYERS, IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT MAP B, IT ACTUALLY SWITCHES DISTRICT FOUR, DISTRICT SIX, COMPLETELY SWITCHES THEM AROUND.
THERE IS NO ACCEPTABLE EXCUSE TO MAKE THAT RADICAL CHANGE WITH THE DISTRICTS.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'M RETIRING THIS TERM, SO I'M NOT EVEN RUNNING FOR MY DISTRICT, BUT I HAVE RECEIVED CALLS FROM SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND PEOPLE THAT IN MY DISTRICT THAT THEY WANTED ME TO SUPPORT B.
SO RIGHT NOW THE OPPOSITE OF YOU, I'M REPRESENTING MY, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION, MS. MOORE, IF YOU COULD PROBABLY, YOU'RE PROBABLY THE ANSWER ABOUT TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
SO PRIOR TO THIS CURRENT, UM, MAP THE WORD, THE EXISTING MAP THAT WE'RE USING, WHERE YOU TRYING TO GO BACK TO THAT USED TO BE YOUR DISTRICT IN THE PAST WHEN SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT INFERRING WAS ACTUALLY PLACED IN LANCASTER DUE TO RACE.
AM I CORRECT? NO, ACTUALLY IT'S THE COMMUNITY THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL ARE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
UH, I WAS NOT EVEN CONSIDERING RACE BECAUSE RACE IS NOT AN ISSUE AND NONE OF THESE AREAS, I THINK, BUT ONLY IN MR. SMITH AREA.
AND SO, BUT HIS AREA IS GREATLY PROP POPULATED WITH WHITE.
SO THEREFORE BOB PLAN B, HE HAS A WHITE AND BLACK HE'D PROBABLY HAVE LITTLE BIT MORE BLACK NOW WOULD BE, THEN HE DID, DID WAS A, SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF, IF THEY WERE NOT LOOKING AT RACE OR THEY WERE NOT LOOKING IN A WAY THAT IF THERE WAS SOMEONE THAT, HEY, I THINK I CAN WORK THIS BETTER IF AGAIN, IF HE'S OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND SO NOW THAT'S A RACE ISSUE.
WHY, WHY DID WE NOT BRING FORTH ALL OF THE MAPS? BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE CHOICES THAN A AND B WELL, I THINK, I GUESS WHAT I RECALL FROM THE FIRST INTRO OF THE MAINTENANCE, THE WAY WE NARROW DOWN AND BE NOBODY LIKED THE OTHER ONES.
AND THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH A AND B.
AND THEY WENT BACK AND REDREW BASED ON OUR COMMENTS.
AND THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH AMB.
DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY COMMENTS OR COMMENTARY FROM NOW WHEN WE'VE HAD, UM, TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WE WERE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT, JUST IN CASE SOMEONE HAD LAST MINUTES AND THE LAST TWO MINUTES, PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE HERE TO HEAR THE PLAN BOTH TIMES THE FIRST ONE, I WASN'T HERE AT THE BOARD MEETING, BUT THE SECOND TIME THEY WERE FROM DISTRICT SIX, BECAUSE THEY WERE CONCERNED EVERY YEAR.
AND I HAVE BEEN ON THE BALLOT EVERY YEAR THAT THERE IS AN ELECTION IN THIS CITY.
AND THE QUESTION IS, MS. MARGARET, WHY ARE YOU? YOU ARE RIGHT ACROSS THE SCREEN FROM ME.
HOW COME I CAN'T VOTE FOR YOU? AND THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WE'RE HEARING THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THEY WERE ALL FROM DISTRICT SIX.
SO THEY'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW THAT HAPPENED.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE AT AN IMPASSE.
IF WE CAN'T COME TO A DECISION OF WHO SOME IS, THERE CAN BE A MOTION TO TABLE AND WE HAVE TO HAVE CALL A MEETING.
AND I'M JUST NOT SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO, WE'VE BEEN A SIX MEMBER BOARD FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE TIE BREAKER WOULD COME.
I DON'T SEE THIS MADAM PRESIDENT.
IF I COULD GO BACK TO THE RESOLUTION THAT WE APPROVED ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2021, UH, THERE ARE, I'VE TOLD THEM NINE ITEMS THAT WE ADOPTED.
I START WITH NUMBER FOUR, ALTHOUGH IT IS RECOGNIZED THAT EXISTING DISTRICTS WILL HAVE TO BE ALTERED TO REFLECT NEW POPULATION DISTRIBUTIONS.
ANY DISTRICT THING PLAN SHOULD TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE BE BASED ON EXISTING
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DISTRICTS.NUMBER FIVE DISTRICTS MUST BE CONFIGURED SO THAT THEY ARE EQUAL IN TOTAL POPULATION, ACCORDING TO THE 2020 FEDERAL CENSUS, AND NO EVENTS SHOULD THE TOTAL DEVIATION BETWEEN THE LARGEST AND SMALLEST DISTRICT EXCEED 10% AND PLAN B.
WE ARE THERE, BUT WE ARE AT THE, AT THE BRINK OF EXCEEDING THAT, UH, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL ATTEMPT TO ACHIEVE A DEVIATION THAT IS LESS THAN 10% UNDER THE DATA RELEASED BY THE CENSUS BUREAU.
NUMBER SIX, THE DISTRICTS SHOULD BE COMPACT AND COMPOSED OF CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY, COMPACTNESS MAKING CHANEY FUNCTIONAL AS WELL AS GEOGRAPHICAL DEMENTIA.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL POPULATIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED IN BOTH OF THE PLANS, WE HAVE THAT THERE A NUMBER SEVEN CONSIDERATION MAY BE GIVEN TO THE PRESERVATION OF IN COMMON CONSTITUENCY RELATIONS BY RECOGNITION OF THE RESIDENTS OF INCUMBENTS AND THEIR HISTORY AND REPRESENTING CERTAIN AREAS, INCLUDING CAMPUS ATTENDANCE ZONES EIGHT, THE PLAN SHOULD BE NARROWLY TAILORED TO AVOID DISCRIMINATORY IMPACT ON THE PHYSICIAN OF RACIAL MINORITIES AND LANGUAGE MINORITIES AS DEFINED IN THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT WITH RESPECT TO THEIR EFFECTIVE EXERCISE OF THE ELECTORAL FRANCHISE AND NINE, THE PLAN SHOULD NOT FRAGMENT OR GEOGRAPHICALLY COMPACT MINORITY COMMUNITY, OR PAC MINORITY VOTERS IN THE PRESENCE OF POLARIZED VOTING.
SO AS TO DENY OR BRAVES OR RIGHT TO VOTE IN ANY VOTER OR GROUP OF VOTERS ON THE CHAPTER, 103 OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT 52 USA CA 1 0 3 0 1.
SO WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, A LOT OF THESE CHANGES THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING AND B ARE CENTERED AROUND ONE INDIVIDUAL OR ONE DISTRICT.
UH, WE SPECIFY THAT IT'S NOT WITHIN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE ARE REPRESENTING OVER 7,000 STUDENTS.
AND IT'S NOT ANY INDIVIDUAL THAT'S REALLY IMPACTED BY THIS.
SO IF WE WERE TO GO WITH B, I'M STILL REPRESENTING 7,000 STUDENTS.
IF WE WERE TO GO WITH MAP C, WHICH THEY REFERENCED 77 THOUSANDS OF MY STUDENTS, BUT THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT WE NEED TO IDENTIFY WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING, OR WHY WE'RE HERE VOTING ON THIS MAP AND HAVING ALL THIS CONVERSATION BASED ON THE CRITERIA THAT WE ADOPTED ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2021, A MEETS THE MAJORITY OF THESE ITEMS THAT I JUST READ B DOES NOT.
SO I'LL END WITH THAT AND NO SCHOOL.
SO YOU TAKE AWAY ALL OF THE SCHOOLS.
I'M NOT, I GUESS I'M THE, WHEN YOU REFERENCED THE SCHOOLS, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE ASSIGNED TO ANY SPECIFIC SCHOOL.
WE ARE NOT, WE ARE NOT, BUT THE KIND OF STRANGE THAT, UM, A DON'T HAVE A SCHOOL IN IT.
I GUESS I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.
I LOOKED AT THIS BASED ON THE CENSUS POPULATION OF NUMBERS, GOT DELL WAS KIND OF HOW WE WERE ADVISED BY THE DEMOGRAPHERS ISN'T AGE, SEPARATE THE TERRITORIES.
AND OF COURSE THE ONE THING WAS EVERYBODY WANTED TO STAY IN, YOU KNOW, THEIR AREA IN PROXIMITY TO THEIR DISTRICT.
AND I GUESS WHEN WE SAW, I GUESS NOW RETROSPECT BACK, AND WE SAW A AND B AND WE KNEW B ONLY DISPLACED MY DISTRICT AND ANOTHER DISTRICT.
WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE ASKED THEM TO DO SOME MORE CONFIGURING AROUND WHERE IT WOULD HAVE KIND OF MOVED AROUND.
NOW, ANOTHER THING THAT HAPPENED WITH THIS MAP, A AND B IS WE ASKED THE DEMOGRAPHERS NOT TO BREAK UP THE PRECINCTS.
AND THAT WAS ANOTHER REASON WE ENDED UP DISCARDING THOSE OTHER MAPS BECAUSE THEY BROKE UP PRECINCT LINES.
MOST OF US DIDN'T HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE PRECINCT LINES AND IT'S OKAY TO BREAK THOSE OUT.
THE MAPS WERE A LOT WORSE THAN BE, I GUESS, I GUESS MY, I GUESS JUST BACK TO MY INITIAL STATEMENT IS A AND B ARE BOTH LEGAL.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE A RACE ISSUE IN THE CITY.
WELL, WE MAY HAVE ONE, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO DRAWING THESE LINES, WE DON'T HAVE, THERE'S NOT A RACE ISSUE BASED ON GETTING LIKE THE OFFICIALS INTO SEATS TO REPRESENT A DISTRICT.
THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT OUR PROBLEM BASED ON SQUARES AND EVERYBODY BEING IN THEIR AREA.
YOU KNOW, I'VE ALREADY MADE MY P MY STATE, MY STATEMENT AS TO WHAT I'LL DO.
I'M WILLING TO RUN A SACRIFICE FOR MY DISTRICT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S BASED ON THE NUMBERS AND I'M B MY DISTRICT IS THE ONE THAT'S REALLY AFFECTED.
YOU KNOW, IF I JUST ADD THIS, WHICH I DID NOT READ, UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE OF THIS SAME
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RESOLUTION THAT WE ADOPTED, WHERE POSSIBLE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES SHOULD BE FOLLOWED.NUMBER TWO, COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST SHOULD BE MAINTAINED IN A SINGLE DISTRICT WHERE POSSIBLE AND ATTEMPTS SHOULD BE MADE TO AVOID SPLITTING NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THREE, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE EACH DISTRICT SHOULD BE COMPOSED OF WHOLE VOTING PRECINCTS, WHERE THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE, OR PRACTICAL DISTRICTS SHOULD BE DRAWN IN A WAY THAT PERMITS THE CREATION OF PRACTICAL VOTING PRECINCTS.
AND THAT ENSURES THAT ADEQUATE FACILITIES FOR POLLING PLACES EXIST IN EACH VOTING PRECINCT, WHICH MEANS IF WE WERE TO GO TO B, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CHANGES FOR A LOT OF OUR CITIZENS.
WE HAVE VOTING COMING UP PRETTY SOON, WHICH MAY GET THEM CONFUSED, GOING TO THE WRONG POLLING PLACES.
AND WHEN ALL THE OTHER MAN IS GOING ON WITH OUR VOTING RIGHTS, THAT COMPOSE A HUGE PROBLEM, NOT JUST WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, I'LL CONCLUDE WITH THAT.
UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.
REDISTRICTING MAP PLAN A, OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE A AT THIS TIME.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.
NO, MS. DAVIS, NO MYSELF VOTING NOW.
SO I MAKE A SUGGESTION AT THIS POINT.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS ITEM AND WE REACH OUT TO OUR DEMOGRAPHERS AND OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
AND WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A CALL MEETING AND TRY TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS ONE SECOND.
HAVE A SECOND BY MR. SMITH, THAT WE TABLE THIS ITEM ON RE UH, ADOPTING THE REDISTRICTING MAP AND WE'LL SCHEDULE THE UPCOMING MEETING THIS TIME.
I WANT TO SAY, UM, ONE THING WHEN THE DEMOGRAPHY FIRST MET WITH US, THEY SHARE WITH EVERY BOARD MEMBER THAT WAS PRESENT EVERY DISTRICT OR THE GIC COMMUNITIES TOGETHER, EVERY DISTRICT WILL BE AFFECTED EVERY DISTRICT.
SO TO GET TO THIS POINT, AS IF NOBODY UNDERSTOOD THAT BEFORE TONIGHT, I UNDERSTOOD IT VERY CLEARLY BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND YOUR NEIGHBORS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT EACH ONE OF US ARE PROUD OF ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AND THEIR PROGRESS.
ALL OF US ARE, AND COMMUNITY TO ME, I'VE BEEN OUT IN LANCASTER ALMOST 38, 39 YEARS.
COMMUNITIES MEANS SOMETHING TO ME.
UM, SO I WANT TO THANK THE ONES THAT SUPPORT THAT SUPPORTED ME.
AND I WANT TO VERBALLY SAY THAT BECAUSE SACRIFICIAL, UH, GO THE LONG WAY.
I COULD SEE MYSELF GOING FURTHER NORTH THEN COMING FURTHER SOUTH.
AND I JUST, I JUST NEEDED TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE DON'T DO ENOUGH OF.
WE DON'T THINK INDIVIDUALS THAT THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.
WELL, LET ME, LET ME MAKE A COMMENT AND THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.
THIS ONE'S OUTSIDE OF ALL OF THAT.
IF WE COULD, IF WE COULD THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE FIX THIS MISSING BOARD SEAT, WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THAT ABOUT A THIRD OF MY DISTRICT IS ABOUT TO GET NO VOICE.
IF WE COULD FIX THAT, IF WE COULD FIX THAT, WE'VE DEFINITELY BEEN WORKING ON THE MR. SMITH.
BELIEVE ME, IT'S NOT GOING UNNOTICED.
AND MORE THAN HALF OF MY DISTRICT WAS AFFECTED 10 YEARS AGO, MORE THAN HALF BECAUSE ALL OF THEIR SNAKE THAT SAID IT WAS LOOKED AT ALL OF THAT'S IN MY COMMUNITY, ALL THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY, THAT IS THE AIR.
SO I, I FEEL YOU, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
AND MS. UH, I GUESS WHAT I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY DURING THAT 10 YEAR PERIOD, OUR DISTRICT MADE TREMENDOUS STRIDES REGARDLESS OF WHAT LINES WERE DRAWN.
AND I THINK REGARDLESS OF WHAT LINES WE DRAW NOW, IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME, BUT IT'S NOT A PERSONAL ATTACK ON YOU.
IT JUST BASED OFF OF WHAT WE ADOPTED AS A RESOLUTION AND THE WAY I INTERPRET THAT PLAN, AMY'S THAT CRITERIA AT THE END OF THE DAY, BOTH OF THE MAPS ARE LEGAL.
AS MS. ALEXANDER SAID, THEY WILL EITHER ONE OF THESE MAPS THAT WE ADOPT.
SO I THINK WHAT WE GOT FOR A VOTE NOW, RIGHT? AND WE'RE PROVOKED MR. STEVENSON.
THIS IS A VOTE TO TABLE, THE POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
UH, I WANTED TO MAKE, MENTION THAT ON A
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9TH AT 10:00 AM.I WAS THE FIRST TO MEET WITH THE DEMO.
DEMOGRAPHERS JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT.
W L ALL OF US MET WITH THE DEMOGRAPHERS AFTER WE WERE ADVISED AND NOBODY MET WITH THEM.
EVERYBODY DID MAKE AN EFFORT TO HAVE A ZOOM CALL WITH THEM, JUST MAKING THE ENGINEER.
HEY, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE, MR. STEVENSON.
YES, MY CELL PHONE AND YES, MOTION PASSES.
WE'LL TABLE THIS, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT A COLUMN MEETING IN THE FUTURE.
[13.D. Discussion and possible approval of the 2021 Lancaster ISD Financial Audit - CFC(LEGAL) - (G2, G4)]
AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE 2021 LANCASTER ISD FINANCIAL AUDIT.PERRERA THINKING ABOUT A PRESIDENT OF THE CALL FORWARD, MICHELLE, A PROPERTY AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM WHITLEY PRINT TO PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS REALITY.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT SUPERINTENDENT PRAYER AT DISTINGUISHED TRUSTEES THIS EVENING, WE HAVE OUR AUDIT PARTNER FROM WHITLEY PENN HERE TO PRESENT THE RESULTS.
SO OUR FISCAL YEAR 2021 AUDIT SHE'S HERE ALL THE WAY FROM HOUSTON.
SO I WILL LET HER, UM, THANK YOU.
SO THIS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.
PRESIDENT HAMILTON MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.
PRAYER, WE'RE PLEASED TO REPORT THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 AUDIT RESULTS.
OUR, OUR AUDIT BEGAN EARLY IN THE SPRING INTO THE SUMMER WITH OUR RISK ASSESSMENT OVER FEDERAL PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS OVER ALL THE FINANCIAL REPORTING AREAS.
UH, WE LOOK AT INTERNAL CONTROLS.
WE MET WITH VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE FINANCES, BUT WE ALSO LOOK AT, UM, NONFINANCIAL AREAS THAT COULD IMPACT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, SUCH AS AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
WE IDENTIFIED THE KEY CONTROLS, TESTED THOSE CONTROLS ALL IN AN EFFORT TO DESIGN OUR PROCEDURES SO THAT WHEN THE DISTRICT CLOSED ITS BOOKS, AS OF AUGUST 31ST, 2021, WE WOULD COME BACK AND PERFORM OUR SUBSTANTIVE TESTING, WHICH IS STEP NUMBER THREE.
AT THAT POINT, WE CORROBORATED VERIFIED VOUCHED AND ALSO INQUIRED OF MANAGEMENT, UH, ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE SAW, ALL OF THIS WAS IN AN EFFORT TO, UH, ISSUE AN OPINION.
SO THERE'S THREE TYPES OF OPINIONS THAT WE CAN ISSUE ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THEY WORSEN AS THEY GO FROM RIGHT TO LEFT.
SO EVERY ENTITY WANTS AN UNMODIFIED OR CLEAN OPINION.
UM, SO WE ARE PLEASED TO REPORT THAT YOU ARE RECEIVING, UH, AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON AUDIT, AND THE OPINION IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT CAN BE GIVEN ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHICH MEANS THAT TEA CAN RELY ON THIS OPINION IN THE FIGURES PRESENTED THERE IN YOUR RATING AGENCIES OR BOND RATING AGENCIES, UH, BECAUSE YOU DO SPEND MORE THAN $750,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDS.
WE HAVE TO ADD ON ANOTHER LAYER OF AUDITING STANDARDS, THE GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS, AND WE'LL GO OVER YOUR FEDERAL FUNDS HERE IN A BIT, AS FAR AS CONTROLS OVER COMPLIANCE.
UH, WE DIDN'T FIND ANY INTERNAL CONTROL, UH, MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES RELATED TO FINANCIAL REPORTING.
AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT YOUR COMPLIANCE ITEMS, SO NOT ONLY JUST ON THE FEDERAL SIDE, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT YOUR STATE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS, UH, SUCH AS THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT, UH, THE PROCUREMENT, UH, PROCEDURES, AND EVEN A PLEDGED COLLATERAL.
WE DIDN'T FIND ANY INSTANCES OF NON-COMPLIANCE EVERY YEAR.
WE HAVE TO SELECT DIFFERENT MAJOR PROGRAMS, FEDERAL PROGRAMS FOR TESTING.
AND THERE'S ALWAYS THE THREE, THE BIG THREE FEDERAL PROGRAMS IDEA, B CHILD NUTRITION AND TITLE ONE THIS YEAR WITH THE COVID 19 FUNDING, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE CORONA VIRUS RELIEF FUND.
AND IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS, YOU'LL SEE THE ESSAR FUNDS BEING AUDITED PROBABLY FOR THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS.
THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL HAS ALREADY DESIGNATED THOSE FUNDING SOURCES AS HIGHER RISK.
AND SO AUDITORS WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO NOT AUDIT IT, UM, EVERY YEAR.
SO OUR AUDIT IN, UH, IN ADDITION TO ANY REGULATORY, UH, AGENCIES WILL ALSO BE LOOKING AT THOSE SR FUNDS.
SO FOR IDEA B UH, THE, THE CRF, THE BULK PURCHASE PROGRAM, AND THEN ALSO THE CRF PRIOR PURCHASE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM, WE ARE ISSUING AN UNMODIFIED OPINION OVER COMPLIANCE, AND THEN ALSO NO INTERNAL CONTROL, UH, FINDINGS OVER COMPLIANCE AS WELL.
I DO WANT TO THANK MS PUMPHREY AND HER ENTIRE TEAM FOR ASSISTING US WHILE WE WERE OUT HERE IN THE FIELD, VERY ACCOMMODATING HOSPITALITY WAS WONDERFUL TO MY TEAM, AND WE APPRECIATE THEM.
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WE KNOW THAT IT IS DIFFICULT FOR MANAGEMENT TO DO THEIR JOB, AND THEN TACK ON AN AUDIT, UH, ON TOP OF THAT AS WELL.SO WE THANK THEM FOR ALL OF THEIR DUE DILIGENCE IN GETTING US THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GET INTO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT PORTION.
SO IN YOUR, IN YOUR BOOKLETS, UM, YOU HAVE TWO SETS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THE FIRST ONE, OR THE STATEMENT IS THE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION, AND THAT SHOWS THE NET WORTH OF THE DISTRICT.
THIS IS LIKENING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO A BUSINESS ENTITY.
I WAS RAISING MY HAND, BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE YOUR SLIDE SO YOU CAN SPEAK DIRECTLY, BUT FOR EACH ONE OF YOUR SLIDES, COULD YOU DIRECT THE PAGE NUMBERS? SO I CAN LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SEE THIS BEFORE TODAY.
SO WE SURE IF WE HAVE A VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT.
THAT'S WHERE I'M SPEAKING FROM.
SO YOU SKIPPED PAGE 10 IF I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON 10.
WELL, WHY CAN GO BACK? ARE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT OUR OPINION? UH, WELL, WE DIDN'T, WE'RE GOING STRAIGHT INTO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THE MTNA IS SUMMARIZING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN GO OVER THE MTNA IF YOU'D LIKE, WOW, I KINDA WANTED YOU TO ELABORATE ON THESE DEFICITS AND THE, UH, MINUS 3%.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST ONE, 3%, BUT IT'S A LOT OF MINUS IN THE PERCENTAGE CHANGE AS A NEGATIVE.
AND I WILL ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE BECAUSE I NEED TO, I NEED TO SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STATEMENT AND THAT POSITIONS ON PAGE 17.
AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THAT.
AND THEN, BECAUSE THIS STATEMENT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU SEE ON, UH, OH, WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CHARTS.
BUT GOOD NEWS IS YOU ALSO HAVE HANDOUTS, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S DOING THAT.
I MEAN, WE CAN PULL IT FOR THE AUDIENCE.
OH, NO, THAT'S THE ACTUAL REPORT.
BUT WE CAN KEEP GOING ON PAGE 17 CAUSE, UH, 17 AND THIS SLIDE DOESN'T HAVE ANY, UM, OH, YOU DO HAVE THAT.
IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION, PLEASE, THERE WE GO.
SO THIS IS SHOWING EVERYTHING THAT THE OWNS AND EVERYTHING THAT THE DISTRICT OWES.
SO ALL ASSETS, ALL LIABILITIES.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF INTRICACIES IN THIS STATEMENT THAT YOU DON'T SEE IN YOUR GENERAL FUND, YOUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, OR YOUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
SO FOR THIS STATEMENT, YOU'LL SEE THAT ASSETS ARE MADE UP OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS.
YOUR CAPITAL ASSETS ARE $210.9 MILLION.
AND THEN YOU HAVE DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF RESOURCES, WHICH ARE RELATED TO YOUR TRS PENSION AND OPEB LIABILITIES.
SO THESE ARE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE INTO THE TRS, UH, THAT ARE REPORTED AS, AS A QUASI ASSET.
AND THEN I'LL EXPLAIN THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE LIABILITY SECTION, YOUR TOTAL LIABILITIES, TOTAL 298.8 MILLION, UH, YOUR BONDS PAYABLE, PREMIUMS AND CAPITAL LEASES MAKE UP THE BULK OF THAT A $218.6 MILLION.
YOUR NET PENSION LIABILITIES AND YOUR NET OPEB LIABILITIES ARE 20.8 AND 20.9 RESPECTIVELY.
AND THOSE ARE SHOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE, UNDER DATA CONTROL CODE 25, 40 AND 25 45.
AND THEN YOU HAVE DEFERRED INFLOWS OF YOU MOVE DOWN THE PAGE AT $24.3 MILLION.
SO THE NET, THE NET DEFICIT OF THE DISTRICT IS $5.4 MILLION.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE DISTRICT IS NOT SOLVING.
LET'S REVISIT THE NET PENSION AND THE NET OPEB LIABILITIES, THOSE ALONE TOTAL ABOUT $42 MILLION.
IF YOU ADD THAT BACK, YOU'RE ACTUALLY HAVE A NET POSITION THAT IS POSITIVE.
IF YOU'LL NOTICE HERE AT THE ASTERICK DESERT AT THE BOTTOM, THIS IS THE PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE TRS LIABILITY.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S MS. PUMPHREY, UH, DETERMINED.
IT IS DETERMINED BY TRS IS ACTUARY.
SO AT THIS, BECAUSE YOU PARTICIPATE IN TRS, THERE IS A STATEWIDE LIABILITY AND STARTING WITH, UM, THE FISCAL YEAR 20 18, 20 17, EXCUSE ME, YOU HAVE
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GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES HAD TO START REPORTING THESE LIABILITIES ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT, ONLY IN THE GOVERNMENT WIDE.IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE GENERAL FUND, ET CETERA.
SO THESE DO NOT REPRESENT A, UM, A LIABILITY, LIKE AN ACCOUNTS PAYABLE WHERE YOU'LL HAVE TO WRITE A CHECK.
SO WHEN YOU ADD THESE BACK, YOU'LL, YOU'RE ACTUALLY, UM, HAVE A POSITIVE NET POSITION IF YOU'RE RECALL ALSO EARLIER IN THE FALL.
UH, I'M SURE WHEN THE FIRST RATING WAS BROUGHT BACK TO YOU, IF YOU DELVE INTO THE NET POSITION INDICATORS, THERE'S AN INDICATOR WHERE THIS IS CALCULATED AND TEA AUTOMATICALLY ADDS BACK THE NET PENSION LIABILITY AND THE NET OPEB LIABILITY, AND AS WELL AS ANY, UM, UH, ACCRETION ON CAPITAL APPRECIATION BONDS.
SO ALL OF THOSE ARE PART OF THE FORMULA.
SO IT'S NOTHING FOR YOU TO BE WORRIED ABOUT THERE ANY, BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH YOU ADOPT AN OPERATING BUDGET AND REVIEW ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
UM, MY QUESTION IS WE GOT A LOT OF DEFICITS HERE FOR YOU TO TELL US THAT WE DON'T HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND LISTEN TO YOUR NO, MA'AM, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING FOR YOU TO WORRY ABOUT ON THIS, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE THESE LIABILITIES.
IF THESE TWO LIABILITIES DID NOT EXIST, YOU WOULD REALLY BE AT 35 MILLION IN THE BLACK TO THE POSITIVE, NOT IN THE RED.
SO COME WITH ME INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE ACTUAL GENERAL FUND WHERE YOU SIT AND WHAT BOND RATING AGENCIES ACTUALLY LOOK AT.
OH, I DON'T NEED TO CONTROL THAT ONE BACKUP, PLEASE, IF YOU PLEASE TURN, WE'LL TURN TO PAGE 21.
THIS SHOWS ON EXHIBIT C3, EXHIBIT C3 SHOWS ALL OF YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS.
THIS IS WHAT YOU BUDGET ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND YOU REVISIT IT EVERY TIME THERE'S AN AMENDMENT, RIGHT? AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THE BUDGET TO ACTUAL HERE IN A BIT.
BUT IF WE LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND, IT'S YOUR OPERATING FUND.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THE TOTAL REVENUES WERE $77.1 MILLION.
AND THE BULK OF THAT IS MADE UP OF 35.00 $35.1 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAXES.
THE SECOND HIGHEST CATEGORY IS YOUR STATE AID.
AND THEN YOU HAVE OTHER STATE FUNDING, WHICH IS THE TRS ON BEHALF.
YOU HAVE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT IS MADE UP OF THE SCHOOL HEALTH AND RELATED SERVICES FUNDING, PERHAPS SOME INDIRECT COST AS WELL.
AND THEN OTHER LOCAL FUNDING LAST YEAR, YOUR TOTAL REVENUES WERE 72.1.
SO YOU SAW AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $5 MILLION.
AND THAT WAS A ATTRIBUTABLE, A LITTLE BIT TO PROPERTY TAXES, BUT ALSO TO STATE AID, UH, FOR THE PER CAPITA PORTION ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND WE'RE STILL ON PAGE 21, WE'LL LOOK AT THE EXPENDITURES AND YOU'LL SEE THAT YOUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES WERE $66.6 MILLION.
AND IF YOU MOVE DOWN THE PAGE AND YOU GO TO DATA CONTROL CODE 1200, THE NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE, YOU ADDED $11 MILLION TO FUND BALANCE IN YOUR OPERATING FUND.
YOU ALSO ADDED, IF WE MOVE OVER ONE COLUMN TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, YOU'LL SEE THAT YOU ADDED ABOUT $1.4 MILLION AND YOUR DEBT SERVICE FUND, YOU LEVY PROPERTY TAXES TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON YOUR LONGTERM DEBT, YOUR BONDS, AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, WHICH INCLUDES YOUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND YOUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.
IF YOU ALL WANT TO SEE A DETAIL OF THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS COLUMN, YOU CAN TURN STARTING ON PAGE 76.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT YOUR DISTRICT OPERATES, UH, IN ADDITION TO STATE AND LOCAL SPECIAL REVENUE AND THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND AS WELL.
SO ALL OF THIS IS INCLUDED IN HERE.
SO, UH, TO MS. MORRIS'S POINT, THE WAY YOU CAN TRANSLATE, HOW DID WE GET FROM THIS $36,000,036.6 MILLION, UM, POSITIVE FUND BALANCE? HOW DID THAT TRANSLATE? OR EVEN THE $50.5 MILLION.
IF YOU GO WITH ME AND KEEP, PUT A PIN IN THE $50.5 MILLION IN ENDING FUND BALANCE AND GO BACK ONE PAGE ON PAGE 20, OKAY.
AT THE, ON THE VERY FIRST ROW, YOU'LL SEE THE $50.5 MILLION.
SO AGAIN, THESE, THESE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS ARE ON A MODIFIED ACCRUAL BASIS, ALL YOUR CURRENT RESOURCES, AND THEN ALL THE CURRENT USES, RIGHT? BUT ON THE NET POSITION, IT'S ALL YOUR LONG LIVED ASSETS AND THEN ALL YOUR LONG-TERM LIABILITIES.
SO THIS PROVIDES YOU A RECONCILIATION OF HOW DID YOU GET TO THE DEFICIT OF $5.4 MILLION? SO YOU WILL, AGAIN, IF YOU ADD BACK THE NET PENSION OPEB, THE NET PENSION AND THE NET OPEB LIABILITIES,
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YOU GET BACK TO A POSITIVE NUMBER, BUT THAT, THAT, UM, EXHIBIT C2 GIVES YOU A RECONCILIATION ON HOW IN THE HECK DID WE END UP WITH A NEGATIVE 5.4 WHEN EVERYTHING SHOWS US IN OUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS AT 50, $50.5 MILLION.BUT AGAIN, BOND RATING AGENCIES, THEY LOOK AT YOUR GENERAL FUND, IS IT SOLVING? AND I HAVE A FEW MORE SLIDES ON WHAT TEE LOOKS AT.
AND IF YOU ACTUALLY, IF YOU SUBMITTED, UM, AN ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ALSO OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION ALSO HAS SOME PARAMETERS AS WELL.
BUT BEFORE WE, WE, UH, MOVE AWAY FROM PAGE 21, LET'S LOOK AT YOUR EXPENDITURES AS WELL.
AND BECAUSE I'M NOT WEARING MY GLASSES, I NEED TO SEE THE PIE CHART UP CLOSE HERE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT 58% OF YOUR EXPENDITURES ARE $38.3 MILLION.
UM, MADE UP INSTRUCTION AND RELATED SERVICES.
AND WHAT I DID THERE, I ADDED UP ALL THE FUNCTIONS, 11, 12, AND 13 FROM PAGE 21 FACILITIES, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS IS THE SECOND HIGHEST CATEGORY AT 12% OR 7.8%.
AND YOUR THIRD LARGEST CATEGORY IS A $5.2 MILLION OR 8% STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDES YOUR GUIDANCE, COUNSELING HOUSE SERVICES, FOOD SERVICE EXTRACURRICULAR MAKES UP 5%.
AND THEN YOUR STUDENT TRAP TRANSPORTATION, UH, MAKES UP A SMALLER PIECE AT ABOUT 3% OR $2.3 MILLION.
UH, SO I INCLUDED ALL OF THAT.
YOU HAVE YOUR GENERAL ADMINISTRATION MAKING UP 5% AT $3.6 MILLION.
YOU HAD HIGHER ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THIS YEAR, BUT YOU'RE STILL, UH, BELOW THE 8% OF THAT, THAT THE CAP THAT TEA GIVES YOU AS FAR AS GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, UH, COSTS ARE CONCERNED.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO, UH, LOOKING AT YOUR BUDGET TO ACTUAL AS, AS WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, TURN WITH ME TO PAGE.
SO COULD YOU TELL ME WHY YOU ALL OR WHY YOU DID NOT PUT 20? LIKE YOU HAD 20, 20 AND 2021.
WHY BEING, YOU PUT THAT IN A CATEGORY WHERE WE CAN SEE THE GENERAL FUNDS FROM 2020? COULD YOU SPEAK TO ANY 20 ON YOUR POWERPOINT, JUST SO THAT YOU COULD SEE WE DIDN'T AUDIT 2020, SO WE'RE YOUR NEW AUDITORS? SO I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUES, BUT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE PIE CHARTS SIDE BY SIDE, THAT WOULD BE FINE TOO.
WELL, THE REASON WHY, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION OF 2020 UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU DIDN'T AUDIT 20, BUT IT WOULD BE A GOOD VISUAL FOR SOMEONE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED FOR OUR, WHERE WE ARE NOW.
AND IS THERE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED IN 2020? AND IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO BETTER IN 2021? SURE.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, YOUR BUDGET, WHEN YOU SET YOUR BUDGET, UH, FOR THE 20, 21 SCHOOL YEAR, YOU TAKE THE 2020 EXPENDITURES.
SO IF YOU TURN TO PAGE 56 AND YES, I CAN SEE THAT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT IF YOU LOOK BACK ON PAGE 21, YOU STARTED THE YEAR AT $25.6 MILLION IN 2020.
THAT'S WHERE YOU ENDED THE YEAR AND YOU ADDED THE LEVEL.
NOW YOU TELL ME WHERE IT'S, WHAT DID YOU SAY? GO TO PAGE 21.
IF YOU SEE 21, IF YOU LOOK AT DATA CONTROL CODE ZERO 100, WHICH IS FUN BALANCE SEPTEMBER ONE, BEGINNING 25.
THAT'S WHERE YOU ENDED THE FISCAL YEAR 20.
AND THEN YOU ADDED $11 MILLION JUST IN YOUR GENERAL FUND OVERALL FUND BALANCE.
YOU STARTED THE YEAR AT 38.3 MILLION.
THAT WAS YOUR ND NUMBER FOR 2020.
OKAY, SO LET'S GO TO YOUR BUDGET.
UM, EXHIBIT G ONE, TURN THE PAGE WITH ME TO PAGE 56 OKAY.
SO WHEN YOU ADOPTED YOUR BUDGET BEFORE, UH, YOUR FISCAL YEAR 2021 STARTED, YOU STARTED THE BUDGET AT $74.5 MILLION AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR YOU AMENDED IT.
UH, AND I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT REVENUES.
YOU AMENDED THE REVENUE BUDGET UP TO $75.7 MILLION, AND I'M ROUNDING THE ACTUAL RESULTS WERE $77.1 MILLION.
SO YOU, YOUR BUDGET OF YOUR FINAL BUDGET BY $1.4 MILLION, A POSITIVE VARIANCE.
IF WE LOOK AT ALL OF YOUR EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES, YOU'LL SEE THAT.
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TO A DATA CONTROL CODE, 60, 30 TOTAL EXPENDITURES.YOU HAD APPROPRIATED $71.6 MILLION, AND THEN YOU INCREASED IT SLIGHTLY BY ABOUT 30 TO $40,000 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND THEN YOU CAME UNDER BUDGET, UH, BY 4.9, ALMOST $5 MILLION.
AND YOU SAW THE BIGGEST SAVINGS IN INSTRUCTION AT 1.1, AS WELL AS IN FACILITIES, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AT $1.7 MILLION.
SO OVERALL, YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO ADD ORIGINALLY, YOU HAD PASSED A BUDGET THINKING YOU WERE GOING TO PASS OR ADD $2.9 MILLION.
AND I'M NOW LOOKING AT THE NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE ROW 1200.
SO YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO ADD $2.8 MILLION.
YOU AMENDED THE BUDGET THINKING, PERHAPS WE CAN ADD $4.6 MILLION.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU ADDED ALMOST $11 MILLION, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF $36.6 MILLION.
SO YOU HAD A POSITIVE VARIANCE OF $6.4 MILLION.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR ACTUAL RESULTS COMPARED TO, UH, THE BUDGETED AMOUNTS, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE AS WELL? UM, IT'S, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO LOOK AT THE COMPONENTS OF YOUR FUND BALANCE.
SO TEA LOOKS AT THE ENDING FUND BALANCE AND THEY DISSECT, THEY DISSECT ALL OF THE CATEGORIES, AND THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN ASSIGN AN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
YOU DO HAVE A RESTRICTED, UH, AMOUNT FOR DEBT SERVICE IN THE FUND, IN YOUR GENERAL FUND FOR $3.6 MILLION.
AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE THAT, GO BACK TO PAGE 21, UH, EXCUSE ME, PAGE 19, BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR BALANCE SHEET, WHERE IT SHOWS ALL OF YOUR ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.
SO YOU WILL SEE IN THE GENERAL FUND ON PAGE 19 THAT YOU HAVE A RESTRICTED FUND BALANCE FOR $3.6 MILLION TO PAY OFF DEBT.
AND THEN YOU HAVE UNASSIGNED $32.9 MILLION THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR APPROPRIATIONS.
UM, IT IS NOT FOR OPERATING COSTS.
IF YOU DO NEED TO USE IT IN CASE OF, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, WE ALSO INCLUDED A NOTE DISCLOSURE THAT IS SEPTEMBER, 2021, THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY INDICATED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO WAIVERS, UM, OR ANY HOLD HARMLESS LIKE THEY DID IN, IN FISCAL YEAR 2021.
SO UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE IS VERY, AND IF WE LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE THAT'S ON HERE, I LIKE TO LOOK AT FUND BALANCE IN TERMS OF EXPENDITURES.
SO THIS IS INDICATING THAT IF WE TAKE THAT $32.9 MILLION AND ALL REVENUES WERE TO CEASE, IF YOU DIDN'T COLLECT THE $77 MILLION, HOW LONG WOULD THE DISTRICT LAST ON THE $32 MILLION? SO YOU WOULD LAST ABOUT 179 DAYS.
THE OPTIMAL AT 90 DAYS FOR A DISTRICT, YOUR SIZE WOULD BE, EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE THAT NUMBER.
AND I DON'T WANT TO, IT WOULD BE $16.5 MILLION.
30 DAYS WOULD BE $5.5 MILLION.
YOU DON'T EVER WANT TO GET SO CLOSE TO THE $5.5 MILLION.
SO YOU ARE ABOVE THE OPTIMAL AMOUNT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TOO MUCH.
IT JUST SAYS, IF YOU NEED IT TO REPURPOSE IT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AT THE BOARD'S DESIRE, YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AGAIN.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT COVID 19 WILL DO TO OUR ECONOMY, TO YOUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, WHICH IS CRITICAL FOR STATE AID.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE YOU HAVE YOUR PROPERTY TAXES, UH, WHICH, WHICH ARE SOLID, ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THOSE RESTRICTED FUNDS BECAUSE THAT 3, 6, 4, 5 A MALE UNDER THE GENERAL FUND OR RICH CRICKET BAN THAT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR INSTRUCTIONAL FOR DEBT SERVICE.
MA'AM FOR PRINCIPLE AND INTEREST PAYMENTS ON DEBT.
AND NOTHING ELSE AND NOTHING ELSE.
SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE LOOK AT YOUR CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM AND ALSO YOUR DEBT SERVICE FUND.
AND THE REASON WE LOOK AT THAT IS BECAUSE YOU DO ADOPT A BUDGET ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE ACTUAL STATEMENTS WHERE I'M, WHERE THIS SLIDE WAS CREATED FROM TURN TO PAGES, 90 AND 91
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SO THE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM ENCOMPASSES, YOU KNOW, JUST NOT YOUR, YOUR BREAKFAST AND LUNCH, BUT ALSO YOUR CHILD AND AN ADULTS ACT, UM, FOOD PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE SNACKS AND, AND, UM, SUPPER PROGRAM THAT MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS OPERATE.UM, SO YOUR ACTUAL REVENUES, IF WE LOOK AT YOUR ACTUAL REVENUES, THEY TOTAL $3.1 MILLION.
YOU CAME IN A LITTLE UNDER YOUR BUDGETED AMOUNT BY $22,000, AND THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE KIDS GOING THROUGH THE LINE AND WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY, UH, CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR YOUR FREE AND REDUCED MEALS HAVE BEEN DECREASING.
IF WE MOVE DOWN TO THE EXPENDITURES, YOU'LL SEE THAT YOUR BUDGET FOR BOTH ADOPTED AND AMENDED STATE AT $3.3 MILLION, MEANING THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS, UM, YOUR ACTUAL EXPENDITURES STILL CAME UNDER YOUR BUDGET BY $1.1 MILLION.
SO THEY TOTAL 2.1, UH, $2.2 MILLION.
SO YOU ACTUALLY ADDED FUN BALANCE TO YOUR, UH, DEBT SERVICE.
YOU ADDED A LITTLE UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO YOU STARTED THE YEAR IN FISCAL YEAR 2020.
YOU ENDED THE YEAR AT $650,000, BUT THIS YEAR YOU ALMOST ADDED A MILLION ENDING THE YEAR AT $1.6 MILLION.
NOW, I WILL SAY THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM FUND AND YOUR GENERAL FUND, UM, IS THAT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DOES NOT WANT YOU CREATING A FUND BALANCE GREATER THAN THE 90 DAYS.
WHEREAS ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE, THEY WANT YOU TO BUILD RESERVES BECAUSE IT'S YOUR OPERATING FUND.
WHAT THEY WANT IS FOR YOU TO ALMOST BREAK EVEN DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO BREAK.
WHEN DISTRICTS WORRY ABOUT WE HAVE TOO MUCH FUN BALANCE, WHAT'S NOT A BAD PROBLEM.
IT JUST MEANS HOW CAN WE REINVEST IT? YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ISSUE.
AND WHEN YOU DO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SAYS, GIVE US YOUR SPENDING PLAN.
ARE YOU GOING TO ADD SERVING LINES? ARE YOU GOING TO BUY, MAKE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES? SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT THIS FUND IS NOT MADE SO THAT YOU CAN BUILD ON IT, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO KEEP IT LOW SO THAT YOU SHOW THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE THAT, UM, THAT KIDS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE EATING, UH, FOR FREE AND REDUCE THAT YOU'RE NOT MAKING MONEY OFF OF ANY, EH, ANY KID, REGARDLESS OF CATEGORY, WHETHER PAID, REDUCED OR FREE.
IF WE MOVE OVER TO PAGE 91, AND THEN ALSO, UM, IT'S STILL SAME SLIDE, I'M SORRY, BUT OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DEBTS OF THE SLIDE AS WELL, YOU'LL SEE THAT YOU STARTED YOUR BUDGET AT $12.6 MILLION FOR REVENUES.
AND REMEMBER THAT YOU LEVY A SPECIFIC INTEREST IN SINKING OR, UM, INTEREST, UM, AN INTEREST IN SINKING, UH, A TAX RATE, UM, OR A LEVY, UH, SPECIFICALLY TO PAY YOUR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, UH, ON YOUR, ON YOUR LONGTERM DEBT AS WELL.
AND SO YOU, UM, ENDED UP COLLECTING $14.9 MILLION, UH, WHERE YOUR FINAL BUDGET SHOWED A LITTLE UNDER 14.9.
SO YOU HAD A POSITIVE VARIANCE OF $80,000 OVERALL, YOU HAD $128,000 MORE IN REVENUE THAN YOU HAD BUDGETED, AND THEN YOUR EXPENDITURES.
SO WHAT YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM DOES, THEY KNOW BASED ON THE AMORTIZATION SCHEDULES, WHICH PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS ARE COMING DUE.
SO YOU ALL HAD BUDGETED FOR 13,813 MILLION, EXCUSE ME, EIGHT AND 44,000.
AND YOU, UH, UM, CAME IN AT 13 MILLION, 843,000 FOR A $1,000, UM, VARIANCE.
YOU DID INCREASE FUND BALANCE, UH, IN THIS DEBT SERVICE FUND BY $1.4 MILLION.
UH, SO YOU STARTED THE YEAR AT 5.4 MILLION WITH THE ADDITION OF FUND BALANCE, YOU ADDED 6.8 IN THIS FUND, YOU NEED TO HAVE ABOUT 25% OR 90 DAYS AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO EITHER LOOK AT YOUR, EVALUATE YOUR TAX RATES OR PAY OFF DEBT EARLY.
IF, IF YOU BUILD ENOUGH FUND BALANCE, IF, IF THE BOARD SO DESIRES, UH, BUT YOU, AGAIN, YOU'RE IN A HEALTHY POSITION WITH $6.8 MILLION COMPARED TO THE $13.8 MILLION.
YOU'RE ALMOST AT 50%, A LITTLE UNDER 50% OF YOUR EXPENDITURES.
SO IF YOU NEED TO BE AT 25%, YOU'VE EXCEEDED, UM, THAT, THAT EXPECTATION, UH, IN YOUR, IN YOUR FUND BALANCE, AS FAR AS REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS, WE LOOK AT YOUR ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND THE ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT.
UH, THE ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES THAT ARE INCLUDED ARE FIRST STATE AID.
OF COURSE, WE, WE VERIFY THE STATE AID REPORTS THAT ARE GIVEN TO US BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, THE PAYMENT LEDGERS,
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AND WE KNOW THAT PROPERTY TAXES, UH, INFLUENCE, UH, THE STATE AID ALLOTMENTS, BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS THAT INVERSE RELATIONSHIP.UH, THE, BUT WE DO TEST AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE BECAUSE ANY, ANY DECLINE IN AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, WE KNOW HAS A DIRECT HIT ON YOUR STATE AID, UM, AND ANY INCREASES WILL ALSO INCREASE YOUR STATE AID.
SO YOUR ALLOWANCE FOR UNCOLLECTABLE TAXES RECEIVABLE IS ALSO AN ESTIMATE.
SO YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM LOOKS AT HISTORICAL TRENDS FOR COLLECTIONS AND SETS THAT THAT ALLOWANCE, OF COURSE, YOU COLLECT A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF YOUR PROPERTY TAXES.
SO IT'S NOT VERY LARGE ON THAT RECEIVABLE.
AND THEN THE BIG ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SLIDES IS THAT NET PENSION AND NET OPEB LIABILITIES, UH, THOSE ARE NOT EVEN DETERMINED BY YOUR FINANCE TEAM.
THOSE ARE GIVEN TO US BY THE ACTUARIES, THAT TRS, UM, HIRES.
UM, AND, AND JUST ON, ON THAT NOTE TOO, AND I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THAT, BUT THOSE STANDARDS WERE SET UP FOR LARGE CITIES THAT HAD THEIR OWN PENSION PLAN, LIKE THE CITY OF DETROIT, OR EVEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, CITY OF DALLAS, WHERE IF WE HAVE TO PAY THOSE EMPLOYEES, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE.
WELL, IT'S THE CITY IN THIS CASE, THIS IS THE STATE'S LIABILITY, BUT THEY'RE SAYING IF TRS WERE TO GO UNDER HOW MUCH IS THE DISTRICT'S PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THAT LIABILITY.
AND SO IT, THE STATE DIVVIES UP THAT, THAT LIABILITY TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS WITHOUT, WITHIN TRS.
SO A THOUSAND PLUS SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AND EVEN SOME STATE AGENCIES SHARE IN THAT LIABILITY.
AND SO DO WE DO BELIEVE THAT THE ESTIMATES INCLUDED ARE, ARE WITHIN INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND REASONABLE.
SO LIKE I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DIFFICULTIES DEALING WITH MANAGEMENT, OR DID WE HAVE ANY DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT, AND THEN WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS THAT WE HAD TO CORRECT.
OR DID WE HAVE TO PROPOSE? SO AGAIN, WE THANK YOUR TEAM FOR GIVING US CLEAN RECORDS, UM, TO DO OUR, OUR, OUR PROCESS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE AUDIT, THE LAST PIECE OF AUDIT EVIDENCE THAT WE DID RECEIVE.
AND WE RECEIVED THAT, UM, ABOUT A WEEK AGO WAS THE MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER WHERE YOUR TEAM HAS ASSERTED THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED, UM, TO PERFORM OUR WORK AND THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN WITHHELD SO THAT WE COULD MAKE THE APPROPRIATE, UM, DISCLOSURES.
UH, WE CONTACTED, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR ATTORNEYS, JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO LIABILITIES OUT OF, OUT THERE.
AND ALSO YOUR GENERAL COUNSEL.
WE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS, MAKE SURE THERE WAS NOTHING IN HERE THAT WOULD AFFECT THESE NUMBERS.
AND, AND THERE WAS NOT HAD THERE BEEN, WE BRING THAT TO YOU HERE TONIGHT AND ALSO DISCLOSE IT AS WELL.
WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE CONSULTED WITH OTHER ACCOUNTANTS AS FAR AS OPINION SHOPPING.
THIS WAS A POSITIVE OPINION HAD YOU OR YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM.
UM, AND IT'S TYPICALLY THAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS IF THERE'S A DISAGREEMENT.
UM, BUT WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT HAS, THAT HAS HAPPENED ANY TIME THAT YOUR TEAM ASKS US FOR, FOR ANY ADVICE, TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.
OUR RESPONSE IS NOT A CONDITION OF OUR RETENTION.
SO THE ANSWER IS NO, THE ANSWER IS NO WE'LL SEEK GUIDANCE FROM TEA JUST TO GET THE RIGHT, UH, RESPONSE FOR YOUR DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH YOU ALL.
UM, AS WE DO THESE, THESE AUDITS, UM, FOR YOUR DISTRICT, ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I, UM, THE, THE ONLY THING THAT YOU, YOU HIT ON ALL OF THE NUMBERS, I GUESS, DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT? I'M SORRY.
WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT.
YOUR DEADLINE, YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS TO TEA AND APPROVE IT BY JANUARY 28TH TEA.
SO, BUT THE DETAIL WASN'T ABLE TO BE READ, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT.
YEAH, I GUESS MYSELF, I WAS LIKE, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
ALSO WANT TO AFFIRM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FROM THE WORK.
WELL, THEY WE'VE HAD AN UNMODIFIED OPINION FOR SEVERAL CONSECUTIVE YEARS, SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT WORK AND, UH, ENSURING THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MS. DAVIS SECOND, MR. SMITH AND MR. JONES SMITH BY MR. SMITH TO APPROVE THE 2021 LINK DIAS DE FINANCIAL AUDIT.
THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, MR. STEVENSON.
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YES.THANK YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR US HAVING A CLEAN AUDIT THIS TIME.
[13.E. Discussion and possible approval of the Lancaster ISD Election Order and Notice for the May 7, 2022 General Election for Districts 3 and 6. -BBBA(LEGAL) - (G4) (Part 1 of 2)]
ITEM ON UNDER ACTION ITEM, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE LANCASTER ISD ELECTION ORDER AND NOTICE FOR THE MAY 7TH, 2022 GENERAL ELECTION FOR DISTRICT THREE AND DISTRICT SIX.SOME OF I HAVE A MOTION BY MS. MORRIS.
HEY BOARD, THIS IS AN EXTRA ITEM.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
THERE'S NO DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME.
I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE FOR POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF LENGTHS TO ISD ELECTION ORDER FOR THE NOTICE FOR MAY 7TH, 2022 GENERAL ELECTION FOR DISTRICT THREE AND DISTRICT SIX.
MR. JONES, MS. MORRIS, MS. DAVIS, MY CELL PHONE AND YES, MOST OF THE PAST NEXT ITEM IS
[13.F. Discussion and possible approval of Lancaster ISD Performance Pay Plan.]
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE LANCASTER ISD PERFORMANCE PAY PLAN DOCTOR FOR THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND CALL FORWARD DR.HOWARD, TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD, YOUR AUDIENCE, GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT HAMILTON, TRUSTEES, DUCT PRAYER.
THIS EVENING, I'M COMING TO SPEAK TO YOU REGARDING OUR 20 21, 20 22 LANCASTER ISD PERFORMANCE PAY PLAN.
IN AUGUST OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, YOU, YOU APPROVED THE TIA TEACHER INCENTIVE, ALLOTMENT PERFORMANCE PAY PLAN, WHICH THE STATE OFFERS YOU APPROVED THAT OUR TEACHERS PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE'S PERFORMANCE PLAN.
AND SO TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE A LOCAL PERFORMANCE PAY PLAN FOR ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO DO NOT QUALIFY FOR THE STATE'S PERFORMANCE PAY PLAN.
OUR DISTRICT HAS TRADITIONALLY, UM, OFFERED PERFORMANCE PAY, UH, FOR OUR STAFF MEMBERS AS A RECOGNITION AND WERE, UM, HAD TO DISCONTINUE THE PLAN BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE STATE ASSESSMENT NOT BEING, UM, GIVEN THE PAST TWO YEARS OR ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAST TWO YEARS.
AND SO WE'RE REQUESTING THAT WE CONTINUE WITH OUR PROPOSAL, OUR LOCAL PERFORMANCE PAY PLAN.
OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS CAN EARN PERFORMANCE PAY BY THESE THREE CRITERIA, THE INDIVIDUAL STAR PERFORMANCE.
IF THEY'RE NOT A STAR TESTED GRADE LEVEL TEACHER, THEY CAN, UM, HAVE A PORTFOLIO.
AND THE EXPECTATIONS FOR THE PORTFOLIO ARE ESTABLISHED AT THE CAMPUS.
THE CAMPUS EARNING AN A, B OR C IS ALSO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR TEACHERS TO EARN PERFORMANCE PAY.
NOW WE ADJUSTED THIS MEASURE FROM OUR ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE PAY PLAN TO INCLUDE, SEE PREVIOUSLY, WE DID NOT, WE ONLY OFFERED PERFORMANCE PAY FOR A AND B, BUT WE WANTED TO, OUR COMMITTEE MET AND WE WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CURRENT CHALLENGES THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE FACING AFTER THE PANDEMIC AND BEING AT HOME.
AND WE DID NOT WANT TO PUNISH OUR TEACHERS FOR THE CURRENT CHALLENGES THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE FACING.
AND SO WE, UM, ADDED THE CRITERIA THAT A CAMPUS CAN EARN A, B OR C AND THEY CAN QUALIFY PERFORMANCE PAY.
WE ALSO ADJUSTED THE ATTENDANCE RATE BASED ON OUR CURRENT ATTENDANCE DATA AND, UM, LOOKING AT WHERE WE STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR AND WHERE OUR CAMPUSES HAVE PROGRESSED OUR ATTENDANCE RATE, UH, WHEN WE FIRST CAME BACK OR LOWER THAN TRADITIONALLY, WE HAVE BEEN, UM, OUR PREVIOUS PLAN SAID OUR ATTENDANCE RATE WOULD BE AT 96% AND HIGHER TO EARN PERFORMANCE PAY.
AND WE ADJUSTED TO 90% BASED ON OUR CURRENT TRENDS WITH ATTENDANCE, OUR INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS CAN EARN PERFORMANCE PAY BASED ON THEIR SKILL SCORE WITH THEIR STUDENTS, PERFORMING AT THE APPROACHES MEETS AND MASTERS LEVELS.
AND, UM, LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT LOCAL BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTS WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE SO FAR IN THE CURRENT YEAR, OUR COMMITTEE TALKED ABOUT ADJUSTING THE MEETS AND MASTERS REQUIREMENTS AS WELL TO MAKE
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SURE THAT WE'RE BEING FAIR.UM, BASED ON OUR CURRENT SITUATIONS, WE CONTINUE TO OFFER INCENTIVE FOR OUR CTE PROGRAMS. OUR TEACHERS WHO HELP OUR STUDENTS EARN A LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION BASED ON THE EIGHT THROUGH, UH, REQUIREMENT THAT TA HAS ESTABLISHED.
SO ANY STUDENT THAT EARNS THOSE CERTIFICATIONS, THE TEACHER EARNS $50 PER STUDENT.
OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARN PERFORMANCE PAY BASED ON THEIR CAMPUS RATING AND THEIR ATTENDANCE RATING.
AND SO IT'S A SCALE SCORE FOR OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS TO EARN IT'S THE PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.
AND THEN THE BOARD HAS ALWAYS BEEN SO GRACIOUS TO OFFER A PERFORMANCE PAY FOR EVERY STAFF MEMBER.
AND SO BASED ON YOUR DISTRICT SUPPORT STAFF, WE LOOKED AT OUR DISTRICT OVERALL SCORE BEING 80% OR HIGHER THAT THE DISTRICT STAFF COULD EARN INCIDENT PAY AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT ATTENDANCE RATE BEING AT 90% OR HIGHER.
AND THEN ANY MEMBERS, UM, ON THE CAMPUS CAN ALSO EARN BASED ON THE CAMPUS RATING AND THE TENANTS RATING THAT INCLUDES THE CUSTODIANS ARE, UM, CAFETERIA WORKERS, ANYONE IN THE DISTRICT CAN EARN INCENTIVE PAY.
WE, UM, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR STAFF REALIZE THAT IF THEY QUALIFY FOR THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT, THEN THEY WILL, UM, EARN UNDER THAT PERFORMANCE PAY PLAN.
AND EVERYONE ELSE WILL UTILIZE THE DISTRICTS, UH, PERFORMANCE PAY PLAN.
AND SO THIS EVENING I'M, WE'RE REQUESTING THAT YOU APPROVE THE LANCASTER ISD PERFORMANCE PAY PLAN FOR THE 20 21 20 22 SCHOOL YEAR.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TYPE THEM AT THIS TIME.
HOWARD, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? YES.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A REQUEST FOR GOING TO ABBOTT TO SUSPEND STAR FOR THIS YEAR IN THE EVENT THAT THAT DOES HAPPEN, WHICH MOST OF ALL LIKE THAT, IT WON'T, WELL, WE GO TO THE CONTINGENCY PLAN IN THAT CASE.
SO, UM, WITH, UH, IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE STAR RESULTS, THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, GET THE PERFORMANCE PAY BASED ON THERE IS NO ASSESSMENT.
SO, UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT NOT ADMINISTERING A PERFORMANCE PAY PLAN BASED ON THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN THIS PLAN, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT IF THERE'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY OR ANOTHER WAY TO RECOGNIZE STAFF.
IT'S SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER.
I NWA MAP DATA AT SOME POINT, RATHER THAN START BEING IT'S MORE A CONTINUOUS LET'S SEE IN GROWTH.
THIS IS SOME OF US CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION MADAM PRESIDENT AMMO THAT WE EXCEPT THE INCENTIVE PAID FOR TEACHERS? CAN I HAVE A MOTION BY MS. MORRIS TO APPROVE THE LIKES ISD PERFORMANCE PAY PLAN FOR 2021? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? I HAVE A STACK OF MY MR. SMITH, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION HEARING NONE.
MR. JONES, MS. MORRIS, MS. DAVIS.
YES, MY CELL PHONE AND YES, MOTION PASSES.
THAT'S PROBABLY GIVE ME JUST A MINUTE.
[13.E. Discussion and possible approval of the Lancaster ISD Election Order and Notice for the May 7, 2022 General Election for Districts 3 and 6. -BBBA(LEGAL) - (G4) (Part 2 of 2)]
I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE LAST ITEM THAT WE PASSED ABOUT THE ORDER FOR THE CALL OF THE ELECTION.JUST FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES AND ELECTION IS HEREBY ORDERED TO BE HELD ON MAY 7TH, 2022 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LANCASTER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ONE TRUSTEE FOR EACH POSITION DESIGNATED AS SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT THREE AND SIX FOR A FULL THREE-YEAR TERM APPLICATIONS MUST BE APPLICATIONS FOR THE PLACE IN THE BALLOT SHALL BE FOULED BY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH AT 5:00 PM.
EARLY VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE WILL BE CONDUCTED AS FOLLOWS AT THE LANCASTER VETERANS MEMORIAL LIBRARY AT 1600 VETERANS MEMORIAL PARKWAY LINKS FOR TEXAS 75 1 3 4 EARLY VOLUME WILL BE VOTING WILL BE APRIL 25TH THROUGH THE 29TH, 2022, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EIGHT TO FIVE, APRIL 30TH, 2022 SATURDAY FROM EIGHT TO FIVE MAY 1ST, 2020 TO SUNDAY FROM ONE TO 6:00 PM, MAY 2ND, THIRD, 2022, MONDAY AND TUESDAY 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM.
PLEASE VISIT DALLAS COUNTY VOTES.ORG/EARLY HYPHEN VOTING HYPHEN INFORMATION FOR ADDITIONAL EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS.
APPLICATIONS FOR MAIL BALLOTS SHALL BE MAILED TO MICHAEL SCORE PILLOW JOINT ELECTION FOR EARLY VOTING CLERK AT DALLAS COUNTY ELECTIONS, 1520 ROUND
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TABLE DRIVE DALLAS, TEXAS 75 TO 47.AND APPLICATIONS FOR FMT BALANCED BY MAIL MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON TUESDAY, APRIL 26TH, 2022.
AND THIS HAS BEEN OUR CALL FOR THE ELECTION FOR MAY 7TH, 2022.
THIS TIME WE'LL RESUME WITH THE NEXT ACTION ITEM,
[13.G. Discussion and possible approval of a Custodial Hourly Rate Increase - CE(LOCAL) - (G3) ]
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL OF THE CUSTODIAL HOURLY RATE INCREASED DR.MADAM PRESIDENT CALLED FORWARD DR.
PRICE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE BOARD.
GOOD EVENING BOARD PRESIDENT HAMILTON, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.
PERRERA OR SUPERINTENDENT TENTATIVE.
I BRING YOU THE CUSTODIAL HOURLY RATE INCREASE RECOMMENDATION.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY 69 POSITIONS AUTHORIZED FOR CUSTODIANS IN THE DISTRICT, BUT CURRENTLY WE HAVE 22 VACANCY AND 47 FIELD POSITIONS.
WE HAVE 1,693,235 ADJUSTED SQUARE FEET CLEANING SPACE IN THE DISTRICT.
AND IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE, UM, UH, INDUSTRY STANDARD THAT I TALKED ABOUT ON, UH, POINT NUMBER FIVE, UH, 20 TO 22,000 ADJUSTED SQUARE FEET IS THE NORM FOR EACH CUSTODIAN THAT, THAT YOU HAVE.
THAT MEANS THAT WE SHOULD BE AT APPROXIMATELY 76 POSITIONS, BUT WE HAVE 69 FIELD POSITIONS.
SO EACH OF THESE WOULD COVER 24,005 40, BUT WITH 47 POSITIONS FEEL ALL THE SPACES STILL HAVE TO BE CLEAN.
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING THESE 47 POSITIONS TO CLEAN 33,201 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE.
NOW WE HAVE DONE, UM, A LOT OF WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH, UH, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES TO DO EVERYTHING WE COULD TO, UH, INCREASE, UH, OUR HIRING IN THE CUSTODIAL AREA.
THERE IS WE'VE HAD IN PERSON JOBS, FAIRS, WE'VE USED, UH, EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES TO TRY TO HELP US TO, UH, RECRUIT, UH, BUT WE'VE HAD MINIMAL SUCCESS WITH THESE STRATEGIES, QUITE FRANKLY.
UH, AS I POINT OUT IN POINT NUMBER SEVEN, THE DISTRICT IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING ALMOST A THIRD VACANCY IN OUR RACE RATIO OF CUSTODIAL STAFFING, BUT THESE ARE CHALLENGES AND RECRUITING, UM, UH, EFFORTS THAT ARE FACING, UH, THE ENTIRE NATION BECAUSE WE HAVE BASICALLY ALMOST A NON-EXISTENT APPLICANT POOL, UH, WHICH IS THE TRIPLE TO THE, UH, TIGHT NATIONAL LABOR MARKETS AND LOW, UH, WAGES.
THE NEXT ITEM IS A CHART OF HOW WE COMPARE WITH OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, UH, DURING THE WINTER BREAK, UM, LET'S SEE THE HILL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, DEALER PAY RAISE FOR HIS CUSTODIANS AND RAISE THEM TO $15 PER HOUR.
UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE PIG, UH, RATES THAT ALL OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE, UH, PAYING EXCEPT DESOTO IS THE ONLY DISTRICT IN THIS CHART THAT CURRENTLY OUTSOURCES STILL YOUR FUNCTION.
SO I'M BRINGING TO THE BOARD A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WHERE WE'RE RECOMMENDING AN INCREASE IN STARTING MINIMALLY.
OUR LI W WHERE EACH WEIGHT OF EACH CUSTODIAN FROM 1250 TO 15, 50 PER HOUR EFFECTIVE.
THERE WERE FIRST 2022 IF APPROVED THE HOURLY RATE INCREASE WOULD IMPACT ALL OUR CUSTODIAN STAFF AND WOULD PROVIDE A MINIMAL PERCENTAGE INCREASE TO ALL CUSTODIAL EMPLOYEES, WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH HR AND FINANCE.
WE DETERMINED THAT THE BUDGET IMPACT, UH, WILL, COULD BE ABSORBED, UH, BY, UH, SALARY SAVINGS THAT WE HAVE AS A RESULT OF THE HIGH VACANCY RATIO THAT WE NOW ADD.
THE DOLLAR IMPACT OF THE INCREASE FOR THIS ACADEMIC YEAR WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 355,000 7 0 9, 290 6,000 4 24.
THAT WOULD BE IN WAGES PLUS PLUS, UM, 59,000 2 85 AND FRANCE BENEFITS COMPUTED AT A 20% RATE GOING FORWARD INTO THE NEXT, UH, BUDGET YEAR.
THE DOLLAR IMPACT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $518,659 WITH 430, 2002 16 OF THAT BEING IN WAGES.
AND THEN THE 86,000 4 43 WOULD BE RANGE BENEFITS, UH, COMPUTED AT THE, UM, 20% RATE.
AND THIS WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO OUR, UH, BUDGET RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 22, 23.
IF THE BOARD APPROVES THIS RECOMMENDATION TO A KNIGHT,
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IF THE DISTRICT IS ACHIEVED SUCCESS IN RECRUITING AND FEELING ALL CUSTODIAL POSITIONS, A BUDGET AMENDMENT MAY BE NECESSARY.UH, THE CUSTODIAL SALARY EXPENDITURES WILL BE MONITORED BY THE CFO AND THE STAFF IN FINANCE WHO WILL DETERMINE IF A BUDGET AMENDMENT IS NECESSARY AND WE'LL SUBMIT OF COURSE THAT, BUT REG UH, AMENDMENT TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
SO WE'RE COMING TO YOU ASKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINIMUM HOURLY CUSTODIAL RATE FROM 1250 TO 1550 PER HOUR EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1ST, UH, 2022, UM, FUNDING SOURCE WOULD BE THE GENERAL THOUGHT.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH.
IS THERE A MOTION, UH, PRESIDENT I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CUSTODIAL HOURLY RATE, INCREASED $15 AN HOUR EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1ST, 1550.
I'M TRYING TO CHANGE HIM HOUSE.
I'M TRYING TO SAVE ME SOME MONEY.
I HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. JONES TO APPROVE OF THE CUSTODIAL HOURLY RATE INCREASED TO 1550 PER HOUR.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY MR. STEVENSON? NO, THE DISCUSSION THIS TIME I'LL HOP IN THE BOAT.
MR. SMITH, MR. JONES, MS. MORRIS, MS. DAVIS, MY CELL FOLDING.
AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE CUSTODIANS AND MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS TRANSPORTATION, WE APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, YES, DEFINITELY.
WE DEFINITELY NEED A CLEAN SCHOOLS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS.
[14. Informational Items]
ITEMS THAT FOR THE PRESIDENT, UM, ONE OF OUR LAST PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON, AGAIN, IS DR.PRICE WITH OPERATIONS, UM, UPDATE ON LIKE AS A HIGH SCHOOL AND THE BOARDROOM.
HERRERA, AMANDA, UM, BOARD PRESIDENT, UH, DISTINGUISHED TRUSTEES, UH, DOCS, PRAYER, OUR SUPERINTENDENT ON THE LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE COLISEUM WALL WORK IS COMPLETE.
I'M ALSO HAPPY TO, UH, REPORT AGAIN THAT THE ORCHESTRA ORCHESTRA PIT AND THE AUDITORIUM WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED AS, UH, AS WELL.
THE ONLY OTHER ITEM THAT WE HAVE OR COOLEST IS THE BOARDROOM UPGRADE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE STATUS OF THAT, THE WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE, UH, CONTROL MECHANISM, WHICH IS THE ONLY PART THAT, UH, PART, UH, HAS BEEN BACKLOG DOWN TO LATE JANUARY, WHICH WE ARE IN THE PERIOD OF LATE JANUARY, BECAUSE MONDAY IS THE 31ST, BUT, UH, DELAYS IN RECEIVING THIS PART HAS BEEN FRUGAL TO THE GLOBAL, UH, CHAIN SUPPLY CRISIS, WHICH, UH, NOT ONLY HAS IMPACTED OUR DISTRICT, BUT IT'S IN FACT, THE, THE ENTIRE, UH, WORLD.
AND OF COURSE THE CHAIN SUPPLY CONTINUES TO, UH, COME BE A COMPLEX, UH, IN OTHER AREAS OF OUR ECONOMY AS WELL.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE, UH, UH, BEEN GIVEN ASSURANCES BY SWAGGART THAT AS SOON AS THAT PART IS IN, AND THEN IT'S AVAILABLE WITH DISTRICT WILL BE GIVEN A TOP PRIORITY IN SCHEDULING, UH, THE COMPLETION OF THE BOARD ROOM, UH, UPGRADE.
UM, I HAVE NO PROJECTION ABOUT WHEN THAT WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE, UH, I'VE COME TO LEARN THAT, UH, UH, SUPPLY CHAIN PRICES CAN NOT BE, UM, PREDICTED.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IN THE MEANTIME, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH TECHNOLOGY TO BRAND NEW HIGH QUALITY, UH, BOARD PRESENTATIONS, AND WE'LL GET, UH, THE BOARD UPGRADE COMPLETED JUST AS SOON AS WE CAN WITH THAT.
UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO ACCEPT ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS POINT.
AT THIS TIME, FUTURE ACTION ITEMS SAY NONE.
WE'LL SKIP THAT AND MOVE ON TO A BOARD
[16.A. Forensic Audit Update]
MATTERS, FORENSIC AUDIT UPDATE.THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE FOR THE COMMUNITY, JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE BOARD IS IN A PROCESS OF A FORENSIC AUDIT.
AND WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN, GONE OVER THE DRAFT IN OUR LAST MEETING IN DECEMBER.
SO WE ARE NOW ANTICIPATING THE FINAL DRAFT TO BE COMPLETED BY THE NEXT UPCOMING BOARD MEETING.
SO THAT'S AN UPDATE FROM THE BOARD ON THE FORENSIC AUDIT
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BOARD.WE'RE DOWN TO THE LAST THING, WHICH IS A GERMAN.
IS THERE A MOTION MOVED? AND WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.