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          EVERYONE'S ATTENTION. BUT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING BEGAN, WE ASK THAT EVERYONE PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. BEFORE BEING I S D BOARD OF TRUSTEE IS HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING AS REQUIRED BY LAW. FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, THE BOARD WILL ASK IF ANYONE PRESENT WANTS TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THE PRESENTATION. WE ALSO ASK THAT MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE BE RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS BY REMAINING QUIET SO THAT EVERYONS AND QUESTIONS ASKED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, OFFICER THE TIME 
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RIGHT NOW IT'S 530 PM AND THIS MEETING IS HEREBY CALLED TO ORDER. WE HAVE THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM ATTENDING IN PERSON. NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE AND ADDED FOUR BY 
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NICE T ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS. WE HAVE ONE ITEM FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING SESSION IS INFORMATION ITEM. I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO DR. WAY BACK. THANK YOU, DR WELBECK. 
          THANK YOU, PRESIDENT DAY TONIGHT . WE HAVE A REPORT ON OUR SCHOOL FINANCE THAT IS PART OF A YEARLY PROCESS REQUIRED BY THE STATE. AND WE HAVE BRIAN GWYN HERE TO OVERSEE THAT AND TO SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE, BUT JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A GLIMPSE. THIS IS VERY GOOD NEWS AND EVEN IMPROVED UPON RATINGS OF THE PAST. SO THANK YOU, MR GWEN. AND THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, DR WHITBECK AND PRESIDENT DAY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THIS EVENING, WE WILL HEAR THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST READING OF THE DISTRICT HAS RECEIVED AS WELL AS THEY HOLD THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT'S REQUIRED BY LAW. THIS EVENING. OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE WILL PROVIDE THAT MISS KELLY SLACKS AND JUST I DON'T WANT TO STEAL ANY OF HER THUNDER. WE HAVE MAINTAINED OUR RATING OF A BUT THINGS GET BETTER FROM THERE, AND SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MS FLAX TO WALK THROUGH THE PRESENTATION FOR US. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT DAY BOARD MEMBERS AND DR WHITBECK. 
          I'M GOING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF FIRST AND THEN I'LL DISCUSS THE DISTRICTS PERFORMANCE AND THEN GO OVER SOME OTHER REQUIRED DISCLOSURES AS PART OF FIRST. FIRST IS AN ACRONYM THAT STANDS FOR THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS. IT WAS DEVELOPED BY THE T A IN ORDER TO MEASURE THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES OF DISTRICTS. AND THE RATING CONSISTS OF 20 INDICATORS THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, AND THOSE INDICATORS COULD HAVE DIFFERENT SCORES. SOME OF THEM HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 10 POINTS. SOME HAVE A MAXIMUM OF FIVE POINTS, AND SOME OF THEM ARE JUST YES OR NO QUESTIONS WITH YES BEING THE PREFERRED RESPONSE THAT A DISTRICT WOULD WANT WOULD WANT TO ACHIEVE. AND THIS DOES REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING AND IN ADDITION TO THE PUBLIC NOTICE ON THE WEBSITE, WE ALSO FILED A NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER AND THE TIME MANNER PRESCRIBED TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE THE PUBLIC KNEW ABOUT THIS MEETING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT MEETING TODAY. THIS IS A MATRIX THAT SHOWS WHAT A DISTRICT COULD ACHIEVE AS FAR AS A RATING BASED ON THE NUMBER OF POINTS EARNED. SO IF A DISTRICT RECEIVED 90 TO 100 POINTS THAN THEY WOULD RECEIVE A SUPERIOR OR A RATING, AND AS BRIAN MENTIONED , WE DID RECEIVE THE SUPERIOR RATING. THE RATING WE'RE GOING OVER IS FOR THE 2223 RATING YEAR, BUT THAT'S USING FINANCIAL INFORMATION FROM 2122, SO THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION USED IS KIND OF A YEAR OLD. SO IT'S NOT BASED ON THE ANNUAL REPORT THAT THE BOARD JUST APPROVED LAST MONTH. THE REPORT THAT YOU APPROVED LAST MONTH WILL BE USED IN NEXT YEAR'S FIRST RATING, AND THAT'S BECAUSE MANY DISTRICTS HAVE 831 YEAR IN SO THEY HAVEN'T EVEN FINALIZED THEIR ANNUAL REPORTS YET AND THEY DEFINITELY HAVEN'T FILED HIM WITH TIA AND THEN TA NEEDS TIME TO REVIEW ALL OF THOSE, UM, ANY REPORTS TO BE ABLE TO CALCULATE THE FIRST TRADING FOR EVERYBODY? I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT THERE ARE SOME INDICATORS. UH THAT ARE CONSIDERED A CEILING INDICATORS. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME THAT ARE CONSIDERED CRITICAL INDICATORS. AND SO I KIND OF WANT TO MENTION SOME OF THOSE CRITICAL INDICATORS BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T MEET THOSE, THEN WE COULD, THE DISTRICT COULD FAIL FIRST, AND THAT'S IF YOU FILED YOUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT ON TIME. AND SO TA PRESCRIBES THE DATE FOR WHICH THAT COULD BE FILED AND IT'S AFTER THE BOARD WOULD APPROVE THAT ENGINE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT RECEIVING AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE ISSUE. ALL FINANCIAL REPORTS, SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO RECEIVE THAT UNMODIFIED OPINION. BEING COMPLIANT WITH ALL DEBT AGREEMENTS. UM MAKING TIMELY PAYMENTS TO ALL FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES AND WHETHER OR NOT YOUR NET POSITION WOULD BE GREATER THAN ZERO. NOW THAT NET POSITION WASN'T EVALUATED THIS 
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FISCAL YEAR, SO THAT IT'S NOT APPLICABLE. UM BUT GOING FORWARD IT MIGHT BE, AND I'LL GO OVER THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, IN A LITTLE WHILE. AS I MENTIONED THERE ARE SEVERAL INDICATORS THAT WERE NOT EVALUATED FOR THIS RATING PERIOD . ONE IS THAT NET ASSET POSITION AND WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE POSITIVE INDICATOR. 10 BUDGETED ACTUAL REVENUES OVER THREE YEAR PERIOD WASN'T EVALUATED. SO REMEMBER, THIS IS 2122 FINANCIAL DATA, AND SO A LOT OF DISTRICTS WERE STILL FEELING SOME IMPACTS FROM THE PANDEMIC, AND WE'RE APPRECIATIVE THAT T A WAS WILLING TO NOT EVALUATE SOME OF THESE INDICATORS. AH INDICATOR 14, THE STUDENT TO STAFF RATIO OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD WASN'T EVALUATED AND INDICATOR 15 WHETHER THE ACTUAL 88 WAS WITHIN THE RANGE THAT THE DISTRICT SUBMITTED TO TA DURING THE BIENNIUM PUPIL PROJECTION. AS YOU RECALL, A LOT OF DISTRICTS SAW DROPS IN THEIR ENROLLMENT AND THEY HAD PROJECTED. YOU KNOW, NOBODY HAD THOUGHT ABOUT THE PANDEMIC, AND SO WE THOUGHT THINGS WOULD BE KIND OF NORMAL. 
          AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT HAD LOWER ENROLLMENT THAN WHAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY PROJECTED, BECAUSE THAT WAS A TWO YEAR LOOKOUT PERIOD. WHEN WE ORIGINALLY HAD TO SUBMIT THAT TO T A. AND SO NOW I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE DISTRICTS PERFORMANCE FOR EACH EACH ONE OF THOSE INDICATORS AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS INDICATOR ONE. WE DID FILE THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT ON TIME. IT'S DUE ONE MONTH AFTER THE NOVEMBER 28TH DATE FOR US BECAUSE WE'RE JUNE 30TH DISTRICT AND WE GOT THAT REPORT FILED IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, SO WE WERE WELL AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON THAT ONE. INDICATOR. TWO DID WE RECEIVE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE FINANCIALS? AND YES, WE DID RECEIVE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION. INDICATOR. THREE IS WHETHER THE DISTRICT WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL PAYMENT TERMS FOR ALL DEBT AGREEMENTS, AND WE WERE COMPLIANT WITH THAT. INDICATOR FOR IS THAT THE DISTRICT MAKE TIMELY PAYMENTS TO ALL THE FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCY, SO THAT'S IRS TRS TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, AND WE DID WE HAVE ANY WARRANT HOLDS ON ANY OF OUR OF THOSE ACCOUNTS, AND NO, WE DID NOT HAVE ANY WARRANT HOLDS. 
          SO WE MET THAT INDICATOR. INDICATOR FIVE IS THAT NET POSITION GREATER THAN ZERO AND THAT WASN'T EVALUATED. AND SO THERE WAS NORTH. NO SCORE RECEIVED. WE ARE GETTING INDICATIONS THAT TA WOULD BE EVALUATING THIS INDICATOR FOR NEXT YEAR. UM AND IF THEY DID, YOU MAY RECALL IN THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT THAT YOU APPROVED LAST MONTH THAT WE DID HAVE A NET POSITION THAT WAS NEGATIVE. BUT THAT NET POSITION INCLUDED OR WAS AFTER WE HAD TO BOOK UP THE PENSION LIABILITY AND OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT LIABILITY FOR GAS BE 68 AND 75. 
          THAT'S JUST OUR PROGRAM TO SHARE OF THOSE STATE LIABILITIES. SO THE STATE PREPARES AN ANNUAL REPORT, AND THEN WE HAVE TO BOOK UP OUR PROGRAM TO SHARE AND WHEN YOU DO THIS CALCULATION IN THE PAST. WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO ADD BACK THOSE LIABILITIES. AND IF WE DID THAT IF I RAN THE CALCULATIONS BASED ON OUR FISCAL YEAR 23 ANNUAL REPORT, WE WOULD HAVE A POSITIVE NET POSITION, SO I THINK WE'LL BE FINE THERE. INDICATOR, SIX WAS WAS THE AVERAGE CHANGE IN ASSIGNED AND UNASSIGNED FIND BALANCE IN GENERAL FUND OVER THREE YEARS LESS THAN A 25% DECREASE. NOW WE HAVE HAD SOME BUDGET CONSTRAINTS AND OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE HAS DECREASED, BUT IT WAS WELL BELOW THAT 25% THRESHOLD DECREASED BY 1.65. SO WE MET THAT PASSED THAT CEILING INDICATOR. INDICATOR. 
          SEVEN IS IF THE CASH DAYS OF CASH AND INVESTMENTS ON HAND FOR GENERAL FUND ARE SUFFICIENT TO COVER OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES. WE RECEIVED THE MAXIMUM POINTS THERE 10 POINTS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A FULL 10 POINTS, A DISTRICT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST 90 DAYS OF CASH AND INVESTMENTS ON HAND, AND WE HAD 100 AND NINE DAYS OF CATCH INVESTMENTS ON HAND. INDICATOR. 
          EIGHT IT LOOKS AT THE CURRENT ASSET, THE CURRENT LIABILITY RATIO AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'S SUFFICIENT TO COVER SHORT TERM DEBT. WE RECEIVED SIX OUT OF 10 POINTS ON THIS ONE. THIS IS THE ONE OF THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. IT'S ALWAYS, UH BEEN DOING A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR US TO RECEIVE THE FULL 10 POINTS. SO IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE FULL 10 POINTS YOU WOULD HAVE HAD TO, WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO ACHIEVE A THREE 3.0 CURRENT ASSET TO CURRENT LIABILITY RATIO ARE RATIO WAS 2.25. WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN TO THAT THREE. BUT WHAT'S KIND OF BAD ABOUT THIS RATIO IS IT LOOKS AT YOUR CONSOLIDATED FINANCIALS ON A WHOLE SO THAT OVERALL NET POSITION WHICH INCLUDES ARE THE CURRENT PORTION OF DEBT. AND SO BECAUSE WE'RE ON THAT COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAM, AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY GO OUT AND ISSUE ARE BONDED DEBT, UH, EARLY BECAUSE IT YOU HAVE TO PAY 
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INTEREST EXPENSE ON THAT, AND WE'D RATHER NOT INCUR THAT INTEREST EXPENSE AND WOULD RATHER KEEP THE DEBT TAX RATE AS LOW AS POSSIBLE FOR TAXPAYERS. AND SO JUST IN FISCAL YEAR, 22 WE HAD OVER 70 MILLION OF CURRENT LONG TERM DEBT. UH THAT WOULD BE ON THE BOOKS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CORRESPONDING ASSET FOR BECAUSE WE HADN'T ISSUED THE DEBT. YET AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE DIDN'T NEED THAT ISSUE THAT DEBT UNTIL, LIKE MAY OF 23, SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING FOR A WHOLE YEAR AND WE WOULD HAVE BEEN PAYING INTEREST EXPENSE, WHICH WOULD HAVE MAYBE NECESSITATED INCREASING THE DEBT RATE. AND WE JUST DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S PRUDENT. WE'D RATHER KEEP THAT THAT RATE AS LOW AS POSSIBLE FOR TAXPAYERS, SO WE DON'T MIND, UH, GETTING A LITTLE BIT LOWER RIGHT HERE AS LONG AS WE CAN MEET OUR SUPERIOR RATING AND TRY TO KEEP THE RATE AS LOW AS POSSIBLE FOR TAXPAYERS. INDICATOR NINE IS THAT THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES EXCEED EQUAL OR EXCEED EXPENDITURES. WE DID RECEIVE THE FULL 10 POINTS HERE NOW FOR 20 TO OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES. UH WE'RE LESS THAN OUR EXPENDITURES, SO WE HAD 700. 34 MILLION OF REVENUES AND 746 OF EXPENDITURES. BUT IF YOU READ THAT SECOND PART, THAT'S WHERE AS LONG AS WE HAVE 60 DAYS OF CASH ON HAND WILL GET THE FULL FULL POINTS. AND SO REMEMBER, WE HAD 109 DAYS OF CASH AND INVESTMENTS ON HAND, SO WE WERE STILL ABLE TO MEET THIS INDICATOR. AS WELL AS HAVING A FULL 90 DAYS OF FUN BALANCE ON HAND AS WELL. SO WE'VE MAXIMIZED FUND BALANCE THERE. INDICATOR 10. LOOKS AT THE DISTRICT, UM, AVERAGE IF IT WAS LESS THAN A 10% VARIANTS WHEN COMPARING THE BUDGETED REVENUES TO ACTUAL FOR THE THREE YEAR PERIOD THAT WASN'T EVALUATED, BUT THEY GAVE ALL DISTRICTS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF POINTS 10 POINTS, SO WE AUTOMATICALLY EARNED THAT WHETHER OR NOT BECAUSE THEY JUST DIDN'T LOOK AT THAT INDICATOR. 
          BUT WE WOULD HAVE MET THAT INDICATOR, EVEN IF EVEN HAD BEEN EVALUATED. INDICATOR, 11 LOOKS AT THE RATIO OF LONG TERM LIABILITIES TO TOTAL ASSETS AND IF IT WAS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT LONG TERM SOLVENCY, AND WE RECEIVED THE FULL MAX 10 POINTS FOR THAT INDICATOR INDICATOR. 12 LOOKS AT THE DEBT PER $100 OF ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUE. AND IF THAT RATIO IS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT OUR FUTURE DEBT PAYMENTS , AND WE RECEIVED THE FULL MAXIMUM POINTS ON THAT INDICATOR AS WELL. INDICATOR, 13 LOOKS AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO AND WHETHER OR NOT NOT, THAT'S EQUAL OR LESS THAN THE THRESHOLD SET. SO IN THIS RATIO, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY LOOK AT THE SIZE OF A DISTRICT WERE CONSIDERED A LARGE DISTRICT AND SO IN ORDER TO GET THE FULL 10 POINTS ON THAT ARE RATIO WOULD HAVE HAD TO BE 0.0855. AND OUR RATIO WAS ACTUALLY 0.7735. SO WE MET THAT INDICATOR. INDICATOR 14 IS WHETHER OR NOT THE DISTRICT DID NOT HAVE A 15% DECLINE AND STUDENTS TO STAFF RATIO OVER THE THREE YEAR PERIOD. THAT WASN'T EVALUATED. WE GOT THE MAX SCORE. 
          BUT EVEN IF IT HAD BEEN EVALUATED, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN OKAY. WE WERE WELL BELOW 15. 
          INDICATOR 15 LOOKS AT WHETHER OR NOT THE DISTRICT'S ACTUAL 80 A WAS WITHIN THE RANGE OF WHAT THE DISTRICT SUBMITTED TO TA DURING THAT BIENNIUM PROJECTION AND AGAIN, THIS IS ONE THAT ISN'T EVALUATED AND THEY JUST GAVE ALL DISTRICTS. THE MAX SCORE THERE, WHICH IS FIVE POINTS. INDICATORS 16 LOOKS AT WHETHER OR NOT THE TEAM'S DATA THAT WE SUBMIT TO TIA AND HOW THAT COMPARES TO THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT THAT WE FILED THE PDF VERSION. SO WHAT HAPPENS THERE IS WE TAKE A FILE FROM OUR AARP SYSTEM, AND WE UPLOAD THAT TO TA AND A DATA FORM CVS FILE AND AS LONG AS THAT TOTAL VARIANCE UH, USUALLY THERE'S ROUNDING AREAS BECAUSE WE'RE ROUNDING TO WHOLE NUMBERS. 
          THEY ONLY TAKE THE WHOLE NUMBERS AND AS LONG AS IT'S LESS THAN 3% ARE, WE HAD A VARIANCE OF LESS THAN $10,000 ON $1.2 BILLION, AND SO THAT WAS WELL BELOW EVEN A 1% THRESHOLD. INDICATOR 17 LOOKS AT WHETHER THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR REPORTED THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FREE OF ANY INSTANCE OF MATERIAL WEAKNESS IN INTERNAL CONTROLS. AND WE PASSED THAT INDICATOR. INDICATOR 18 LOOKS AT WHETHER OR NOT THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR INDICATED IF THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT WAS FREE OF ANY MATERIAL, NONCOMPLIANCE FOR GRANTS, CONTRACTS OR ANY LAWS, AND WE WERE COMPLIANT WITH THAT AND RECEIVED THE FULL 10 POINTS FOR THAT INDICATOR AS WELL. 
          INDICATOR 19 LOOKS AT WHETHER OR NOT THE DISTRICTS REPORTED ALL THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE REPORTED ON THE DISTRICT'S EXTERNAL WEBSITE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT 
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CODE AND TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, AND WE DID FILE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION ON OUR EXTERNAL WEBSITE ON A TIMELY BASIS. SO THAT'S UH WE RECEIVED THE FULL FIVE POINTS ON THAT INDICATOR. 
          AND THEN INDICATOR 20 LOOKS AT WHETHER OR NOT THE SCHOOL BOARD DISCUSSED THE DISTRICT'S PROPERTY VALUES AT A BOARD MEETING WITHIN 120 DAYS BEFORE ADOPTING THE BUDGET. AND THE BOARD. WE DID DISCUSS THE PROPERTY VALUES WITH THE BOARD PRIOR TO ADOPTING THAT BUDGET, AND SO WE PASSED THAT INDICATOR. SO OVERALL, WE RECEIVED 96 POINTS OR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT, THE HIGHEST RATING THAT A DISTRICT CHIEF FOR THE FIRST RATING. THERE ARE SOME OTHER REQUIRED DISCLOSURES THAT WERE THAT WE NEED TO DISCLOSED AND THAT INCLUDES ANY REIMBURSEMENT THAT THE DISTRICT MADE TO SUPERINTENDENT OR ANY BOARD MEMBER FOR THAT 12 MONTH PERIOD ENDING JUNE 30TH 22. SO WE'VE LISTED WHAT THOSE REIMBURSEMENTS WERE BY MAJOR CATEGORY AND WE WILL BE POSTING THIS PRESENTATION TO OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE AFTER THIS MEETING. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE TO DISCLOSE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT AS PART OF FIRST THAT CONTRACT IS ON OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE AND I'VE LISTED THE U. R L HERE SO PEOPLE COULD ACCESS THAT AT ANY POINT, BUT WE HAVE IT ON HERE AS WELL. PEOPLE CAN REFERENCE BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO FIND FIND THINGS ON OUR WEBSITE. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THERE, BUT THAT IS AVAILABLE. 
          AND WITH THAT, OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT SOMEONE MAY HAVE THANK YOU, MR KELLY. FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, GOING TO ASK FOR THE BOARD IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. HANNAH THANK YOU, MISS, UH, SLACK FOR THE INFORMATION AND KUDOS TO, UM , THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR HAVING A STELLAR OUTCOME ON THE FIRST PERFORMANCE RATING. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A THIS THIS ISN'T FOR YOU MISS LACK, BUT THIS IS SOME INFORMATION FOR THE BOARD. AND I THINK SINCE IT'S IN THE REPORTING OF, UM, REIMBURSEMENTS . I THINK IT'S APPLICABLE HERE. I WANT THE BOARD TO CONSIDER. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT MY TOTAL, I WAS GLAD THAT WAS HERE BECAUSE IT GIVES ME A CHANCE TO GIVE SOME HISTORICAL BACKGROUND. UM IN JANUARY OF 22 I ATTENDED NOW AS B WHICH IS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARD, ADVOCACY, A CONFERENCE AND, UM THAT YEAR. YOU KNOW, YOU LEARN THINGS. I BROUGHT THINGS BACK AND DISCUSS THINGS ABOUT ESPECIALLY ABOUT SPECIAL ED WITH DR WHITBECK AND MR GWYNNE THE YEAR BEFORE, I TENDED ZOOM BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. BUT PRIOR TO THAT UM, THERE WERE TWO BOARD MEMBERS THAT ALWAYS ATTENDED THIS CONFERENCE. AND IT WAS FOR A WHILE. IT WAS MR RICE AND MISS GRILL JAMES. AND SO I DO THINK THAT AS WE THINK ABOUT, UM ADVOCACY AND LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY ADVOCACY. I THINK WE SHOULD THINK ALSO ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL ADVOCACY, AND I DO THINK THAT THAT IS ONE THING I KNOW NO ONE WENT THIS YEAR. UM AND I UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD, BUT I DO THINK FOR THE SAKE OF THE BOARD, IT'S SOMETHING TO RECONSIDER. UM IN 2024. HAVING AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE BOARD ATTEND, UM, THAT ADVOCACY CONFERENCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR HAMLIN. IT'S VERY GOOD INFORMATION FOR THE BOARD AND FOR THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU. UM DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO THANK YOU, MR SHERLOCK. THANK YOU. SO AT THIS MOMENT, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT THIS IS ONLY FOR PUBLIC HEARING NOW FOR THE BORMAN FOR THE BOARD MEETING. IF YOU REGISTER TO SPEAK, IT'S FOR THE NEXT SESSION. THIS IS JUST REGARDING TO THIS FINANCIAL REPORT. DO WE HAVE ANY PEOPLE WANT ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WANTED TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENTS. WELL, I DON'T. SEE ANYONE. UM BUT THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          AND SO THIS IS THE END OF OUR FIRST SESSION OF THE MEETING OF TONIGHT IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOVED TO ADJOURN? THANK YOU, MISS HANNAH AND DR GILLIAM, AND THE TIME IS 549 AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED, SO WE'RE GOING TO RETURN THE BORDER WILL RETURN AT SIX PM FOR OUR WORKSHOP. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
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