May 13, 2024 Called Meeting & Agenda Review

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PROCEEDINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SERGEANT WALTON. THE TIME RIGHT NOW IS 6:03 P.M. AND THIS MEETING IS HEREBY CALLED TO ORDER. WE HAVE THE PRESENCE OF A QURAN ATTENDING IN PERSON.

NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE AND AT THE FOUR BAND IC ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS. FIRST WE HAVE A NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMED BY OUR VERY OWN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS, MR HOUP, PLEASE STANDING STAND UP FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.

S CAN YOU SEE BY THE DAWNS NIGHT ? WHAT SO PRO WE HAVE AT THE TWILIGHT LAST GLEAMING, WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS THROUGH THE FIGHT THE POS WEED WERE SO. STREAMING AND THE ROCKETS RED GLOW. THE BOMBS BURST IN. GIVE THE PROOF THROUGH THE. THE FLAG WAS STILL THERE.

OH SAY TO THAT STORE SPANGLED BY YET. OR THE OF THE FREE. AND THE WHOLE OF THE.

THANK YOU, MR HO, C, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. NEXT WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT. WE HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS.

[3. Public Comment]

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THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS FACED SOME STRUGGLES, ESPECIALLY OVER THOSE MORE RECENT YEARS THAT HAS REQUIRED THE BOARD TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS AND TAKE HARD STANCES. AND, UM AND ALL IN THE BEST INTEREST OF CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITY. HARD DECISIONS COME WITH CONTROVERSY.

AS PEOPLE OFTEN VIEW THESE DECISIONS FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, YET THERE ARE SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS ELECTED FROM THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW THE FACTS AND UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION FROM ALL THE ANGLES TO MAKE THE BEST AND MOST IMPORTANT DECISION ON OUR BEHALF FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CHILDREN AND THE COMMUNITY YOU SERVE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE HARD DECISIONS AND DOING THE HARD THINGS NECESSARY FOR OUR DISTRICT AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR CHILDREN. I WANNA THANK JUDY DAY AND KIN MALONE FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE TO THE DISTRICT. I CONGRATULATE AND WELCOME MADAM SCHIFF AND WELCOME BACK KRISTEN TASSAN. UH TO THE BOARD AND WELCOME DOCTOR, MARK SMITH. WE HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET YET. I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING IN THE FUTURE. UM I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS . THIS NEW BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT, UH, IN YOUR WORKS TO CONTINUE TO BUILD AND STRENGTHEN FOR BES D AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A, UH, KEEPS FOR BEND COUNTY AS THE GREAT COUNTY FOR ACHIEVING, UH ACADEMIC SUCCESS FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN, AND WE'RE KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE AND HEALTHY.

UM, I HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR THE OUTGOING BOARD PRESIDENT JUDY DAY, UH, FOR HER FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE AND SACRIFICE FOR BEN ISD OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THE NEXT WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVE MR RON REYNOLDS. THANK YOU, SIR. FOR COMING TONIGHT. WELL, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M PROUD TO BE HERE THIS EVENING AND, UH, MY COLLEAGUES STOLE A LOT OF MY THUNDER. SO I WON'T EVEN I'LL BE AT A YEAR BACK SOME EXTRA TIME.

I. I WANNA THANK UH, CERTAINLY THE SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR SMITH, UH, AND THE TEAM OF EIGHT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR EXEMPLARY PUBLIC SERVICE AND FAR TOO OFTEN, SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES TAKE THE BRUNT OF SO MUCH CRITICISM IN THE COMMUNITY AND SO VERY LITTLE ACCOLADES FOR THE GREAT JOB THAT YOU DO YOU MAKE TREMENDOUS SACRIFICES ALL FOR A WHOPPING $0 IN PAY, SO IT COMES AS A GREAT SACRIFICE TO YOUR FAMILY TO YOUR CAREERS, AND IT TAKES A LOT TO TAKE THE CRITICISM, BUT NEVER REALLY, UH, YOU HAVE TO DO IT FOR THE RIGHT REASON. AND I CAN TRULY SAY I BELIEVE THAT THIS GROUP DOES IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, WITH ALL THE CHALLENGES FACING OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE AS JC TALKED ABOUT ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT COME FROM AUSTIN AND DC WITH ALL THE RED TAPE, ALL OF THE YOU KNOW, TEACHING TO THE TEST ALL OF THE CHALLENGES WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS AND TAKING AWAY LOCAL CONTROL. YOU ALL HAVE TO TAKE THAT AND STILL EDUCATE THE KIDS AND DO WHAT'S BEST FOR ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS AT FORT BEN D BEING FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE WITH THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND YOU ALL DO THAT, HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT BOOKS AND ALL KIND OF OTHER CHALLENGES, AND SO MANY PARTISAN POLITICS THAT IS PERMEATED SCHOOL BOARDS THAT NEVER EVER HAPPENED IN THE PAST THAT YOU HAVE TO FACE SO I COME THIS EVENING JUST TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICES. THANK YOU FOR PAYING IT FORWARD FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY TO PREPARE OUR STUDENTS TO MEET THE WORKFORCE, WHETHER THEY GO TO COLLEGE OR NOT, AND I WANNA THANK UH, CERTAINLY, UH, KRISTEN MALONE FOR YOUR SERVICE, UH, FOR FORT BEN SD, AND, UH, I BOUGHT PRESIDENT JUDY DAY. I WANNA THANK YOU FOR, UH, TAKING ON THE LEADERSHIP OF BOARD PRESIDENT, WHICH COMES TO LOT OF OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES. I CERTAINLY WANNA CONGRATULATE ADAM S FOR, UH, WINNING YOUR ELECTION AND KRISTEN FOR COMING BACK KRISTEN TESSA FOR COMING BACK TO FORT BEN ID AND UM, CERTAINLY, I LOOK FORWARD TO BETTER DAYS AHEAD WHEN WE HAVE MORE RESOURCES. UH FOR FORT BEND, ID. WE HAVE $5 BILLION SURPLUS JC HOPEFULLY WILL BE ABLE TO FIND SOME OF THAT MONEY THAT COMES TO OUR OUR OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO EDUCATE OUR KIDS AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CUTS ARE NOT GIVING TEACHERS THE ADEQUATE PAY RAISES THAT THEY

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THANK YOU, EVERYONE. NEXT WE HAVE OUR FORMER TRUSTEE AND ALSO OUR FORMER BOARD PRESIDENT, MR DAVE ROSENTHAL. THANK YOU. BOARD PRESIDENT DAY. IT'S NICE TO BE BACK HERE. IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS AND IT'S NICE TO SEE FAMILIAR FACES, UM, EXTREMELY HAPPY TO BE ON THIS SIDE OF THE DAIS. UM FIRST OF ALL, THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AS THESE OTHER FINE GENTLEMEN HAVE STATED, UM JUDY DAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR SIX PLUS YEARS NOW. AND I KNOW YOU'RE A PERSON OF HIGH INTEGRITY. AND HIGH MORAL STANDARDS. UM YOU KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE. TALK ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. BUT IT'S NOT THAT EASY TO IMPLEMENT. IT'S NOT THAT EASY TO DO OFTEN BECAUSE AS BOTH THESE GENTLEMEN BEFORE ME SPOKE ABOUT A LOT OF THE CRITICISM. FROM PEOPLE NO MATTER WHAT DECISION YOU MAKE. SO YOU ALL SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR YOUR YOUR YOUR LEADERSHIP. UM, VERY FEW, VERY FEW PEOPLE. REALLY HAVE THE WILL TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT AND TO DO WHAT'S NECESSARY. AGAIN MISS THAT YOUR LEADERSHIP SHOULD BE COMMENDED. WHEN YOU SAY GOODBYE THIS EVENING, I HOPE YOU WILL HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH. AND KNOW THAT YOU HAVE LED WELL FOR THESE LAST THREE DIFFICULT YEARS. MAY YOUR LEADERSHIP BE AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS. MISS MALONE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS WELL. I DID ENJOY WORKING TOGETHER FOR THAT ONE YEAR THAT WE DID. AND AGAIN THANK YOU AND BEST OF LUCK TO YOU ON ANY FUTURE ENDEAVORS. UM IS TOSS IN.

I STILL THINK YOU'RE CRAZY, BUT BUT THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP. UH, YOUR EXPERIENCED AND SELFLESS LEADERSHIP WILL BE WELCOME TO FORT BEND ISD. I'M CONFIDENT THAT JUST AS YOU DID MANY YEARS AGO THAT YOU WILL HELP THIS DISTRICT SOAR TO NEW HEIGHTS. DR SMITH. I KNOW YOU ENJOY WORKING WITH M TOSS IN. ADAM. UM YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU JUST STEPPED INTO. UM BUT SERIOUSLY, I, I HOPE YOU WILL LISTEN AND LEARN AND SEEK GUIDANCE FROM OTHERS. UM OTHERS THAT THAT YOU FIND TO BE TRUSTWORTHY TO YOU. UM, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW JOURNEY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT WE HAVE STEPHANIE BROWN. THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. UH, THANK YOU. BOARD I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE THAT YOU GAVE TO FORT BENIA SD, AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO AFTER WE WISH YOU WELL, JUDY, I WANTED TO COMMEND YOU ON COMING IN IN 2019 WITH THINGS ON YOUR MIND TO MAKE BETTER, AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS WAS THE RANKING POLICY THAT I TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME, SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISION AND SERVING BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND YOU STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND YOU DIDN'T GIVE UP, ALTHOUGH THAT IT DID NOT GET CHANGED, AND YOU WORKED HARD TO DO THAT ON LAST YEAR, I HAVE FAITH. AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO ARE SERVING NOW AND WHO WILL BE SERVING THAT WE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE IN THE LIVES OF THESE CHILDREN, UH, WHERE THEIR RANKING IS CONCERNED AND WHERE THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHERE THEY'RE RANKED AND WHERE SOMEBODY ELSE GOES TO SCHOOL TO STEAL THAT AWAY FROM THEM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISION. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THE OUTSIDE. I APPRECIATE YOU ALWAYS SAY I'M

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[4. Recognition of Outgoing Trustees]

WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND THANK YOU . I HAVE I WANTED TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND FOR THE PAST YEAR, ESPECIALLY THE PAST YEAR, WE HAD A MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER AND YOU TAUGHT ME THE PERSPECTIVE FROM THE CITY AND I SHARED OUR PERSPECTIVE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY WHEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WORK TOGETHER. SO FOR THAT REASON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. SO NEXT WE HAVE OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE. SO MR J, UH, JASON JAN AND MR RON REYNOLD. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH. I KNOW WE HAD A MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS AS WELL IN THE LAST YEAR, AND I KNOW SOMETIME WE DISAGREE FROM THE STATE LEVEL FROM DISTRICT LEVEL, BUT I WANTED TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR ALWAYS ALWAYS TELL ME. HONEST OPINION AND HELP ME TO SEE FROM DIFFERENT, UH, HIGHER LEVEL. UH,

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SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND I CAN'T WAIT. WAIT BC NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. UM DID I MISS ANYONE? BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY BAD. OH, MONICA! RILEY. OH, MONICA, CAN YOU WE HAVE A MONIKER READY FROM MISSOURI CITY COUNCIL? YES SO, MONICA, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND WE I KNOW WE HAVE YOU HAVE SOME PLANS TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE THIS NEW BOARD FOR THAT REASON. I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO THAT BEING SAID, UM M MALONE. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE ON THE BOARD, AND I KNOW WE SERVED TOGETHER FOR THREE YEARS. AND RIGHT NOW IT'S THE RECOGNITION FOR OUTGOING TRUSTEE I. I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE SHARE A FEW WORDS TO THE FELLOW TRUSTEES. I DID, AND EVERYONE KNEW. SURE, OF COURSE. LET'S. ALRIGHT SO TO THE FELLOW TRUSTEES AND ALSO TO THE PUBLIC, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR. I THINK IT'S ON IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE TO SERVE THE DISTRICT THAT GAVE SO MUCH TO ME. YOU KNOW, WE WALKED IN HERE AND THE SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED. WE OPENED THE SCHOOLS. WE WENT FROM VIRTUALLY NOBODY VOLUNTEERING IN THE SCHOOLS TO OVER 200,000 HOURS THIS PAST YEAR. I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK, UM OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND ALSO THE BOARD. WE INCREASED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. WE CUT $40 MILLION FROM THE BUDGET. THAT WAS VERY DIFFICULT. AND WE PASSED A BOND. AND THEN WE PASSED A VA T AND WE THANKFULLY GAVE OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF THAT DESERVED RAISES. UM AND HAVE POSITIONED OURSELVES IN A BETTER FOOT THAN WE WERE BEFORE. SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE SACRIFICE THAT EACH OF YOU MAKE AND YOU KNOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO SAY TO MY DEAR HUSBAND. UM THANK YOU, SCOTT. FOR YOUR SACRIFICE TO MY KIDS. YOU'RE IN THE BACK SOMEWHERE. I CAN'T SEE YOU. BUT MARY ELLEN. ETHAN, WHAT A GIFT. YOU ARE TO ME. AND YOU REMIND ME EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY WHY. AND IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU THAT I SERVE THIS GREAT OR I HAVE SERVED THIS GREAT DISTRICT AND I WILL CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE IN POSITIVE WAYS TO IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY. INTO MY, UM PARENTS. I SEE YOU IN THE BACK OF MY MOTHER. UM, YOU ARE MY ONLY MOTHER, BY THE WAY, SO THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION OVER WHO MY MOM IS. I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL MOTHER BACK THERE. AND FATHER UM, WHO'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR GOOD GRAVY OVER 55 YEARS TO MY MOTHER IN LAW AND MY FATHER IN LAW. SAME THING WITH YOU. YOU'RE ACTUALLY MY MOTHER AND FATHER IN LOVE. I AM SO BLESSED TO HAVE YOU FOR THOSE WHO THOUGHT THAT I HAD, UM, SPECIAL PRIVILEGES WITH CARPOOL. I DO, IT'S THEM. IT'S THEM AND ITS NEIGHBORS. YOU GUYS ARE MY SUPPORT SYSTEM AND YOU ARE THE ROCK THAT REALLY, REALLY, UM CONTRIBUTES TO MY FAMILY AND THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE OTHERS. THANK YOU TO MY SISTER. AND TO OTHERS THAT ARE HERE.

GOOD GRAVY. YOU ARE SUCH A BLESSING. SAME THING AND ALERT. IF THE MEETING WENT WRONG, I WOULD CALL YOU OR MESSAGE AND YOU GUYS CAME THROUGH EVERY SINGLE TIME INTO FRIENDS AND I KNOW TO THOSE OF YOU WATCHING BECAUSE I TOLD YOU GUYS DON'T PLEASE DON'T DON'T SHOW UP. I KNEW THEY WERE ALL ALREADY SO MANY OTHERS. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE YOU TO THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE TOUCHED MY LIFE WHO HAVE EMAILED ME. OR MAYBE IT'S JUST A PASSING AT THE GROCERY STORE AND TO THOSE THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE, BECAUSE, FRANKLY, THE REALITY IS I'M STILL FRIENDS WITH KIDS. I WENT TO KINDERGARTEN OR KINDERGARTEN WITH YOU MATTER AND THANK YOU FOR BEING INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, AND THEN ALSO TO THE FORMER BOARD, WHETHER IT'S MR ROSENTHAL AND MR RICE. UM I APPRECIATE WHAT I LEARNED FROM EACH OF YOU AS WELL. AND TO TASSAN. AND TO MR SHU, CONGRATULATIONS. UM I

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THANK YOU. MR GARCIA. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM DEFINITELY BEING SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE IS A VERY DIFFICULT JOB. UM, I REMEMBER BEING ON THE BOARD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AND GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE TRAININGS AHEAD AND SITTING DOWN AND LISTENING TO SOME OF THE HORROR STORIES AND NOT REALLY SURE IF I WANTED TO RUN OR NOT, AND I REMEMBER, UH, APPROACHING MR RICE WHEN YOU'RE IN AND ASKING IF HE WOULD CONSIDER SUPPORTING ME, AND HE TOLD ME WHAT HE HAD ALREADY SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO SUPPORT YOU AND WANNA MET YOU. UM I LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK SHE'S GONNA DO A REALLY GOOD JOB AND I DID NOT RUN BECAUSE I WANTED TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR CAMPAIGN. AND GOING THROUGH THAT THAT TIME AND GETTING A CHANCE TO KNOW YOU AND SEE HOW YOU WORK. UM IT'S BEEN JUST AN EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE AND GETTING ON THE BOARD. UM AND WORKING VERY HARD TO SUPPORT THE ADMINISTRATION. BUT ALSO NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT I'M WHAT I WAS DOING. UH, WORKING WITH BOTH YOU AND TRUSTY MALONE GOING THROUGH NUMEROUS DISCUSSIONS.

NUMEROUS, UM I'D SAY JUST BEING IN THE TRENCHES, WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, GOING BACK AND FORTH ON ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DECISIONS. VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS. UM, IT'S NOTHING LIKE I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED. EVER. UM BUT IT'S BEEN VERY REWARDING. WORKING WITH YOU WORKING WITH UH, THE BOTH OF YOU. UM AND OPERATING, UM, AT THAT LEVEL, SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR YOUR SERVICE. BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. UM IT. IT'S BEEN A VERY REWARDING TO WATCH THIS BOARD. UM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BEN AND ISD FORWARD WITH AND MR SHU, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MS GARCIA, MISS JONES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT DAY. I JUST I'M JUST GONNA KEEP THIS SHORT. I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. MISS DAY. YOU'VE TAUGHT ME A LOT. YOU YOU? YOU'RE WISE. YOU YOU YOU'RE BEYOND WISE AND I AM DEFINITELY GOING TO MISS MY BUDDY. AND MY FRIEND AND I WISH YOU THE BEST IN EVERY ENDEAVOR, MISS MALONE. I JUST WANTED TO

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DR GIL. I WAS GONNA SAY THE SAME THING THAT ANGIE SAID SHE JUST OK. NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE. OK, SO CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? OK? UM EVERYONE'S BEEN SO NICE. THESE TWO LADIES. THEY WERE SOMETHING ELSE. WE HAD SOME DIFFERENT STUFF GOING ON. THERE WERE TIMES BUT IT WAS ALL IN IN. IT WAS ALL IN MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE DOING THE RIGHT THING. SO, UM I HAVE A K MALONE TO MY RIGHT AND THEN JUDY DAY TO MY LEFT, AND WE DID. WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD TIMES THROUGH KARAOKE AND HANGING OUT AFTER A BOARD MEETING AND YOU KNOW, IN IN THE BOARD ROOM, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOME GOOD TIMES, BUT THEN THERE WERE A LOT OF TIMES THAT WE JUST REALLY WE GOT TO THE WORK. AND I. I THANK YOU, KRISTEN. AND I THANK YOU, JUDY FOR THE WORK. AND UM AND I ALSO THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE TEMPERAMENT. THAT BOTH OF YOU NEEDED WITH ME. OK NOW. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED MY TEMPERAMENT TOO, BUT BASICALLY WHAT? WE HAD A LOT . WE HAD A LOT GOING ON. WE DID THE BOND. AND THEN WE HAD THE VA TRE, AND THEY'RE JUST JUST DIFFERENT THINGS THAT, UM AND I. I THINK, ANGIE, WE'VE BEEN THERE, BUT THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAH. YEAH OK, SO AND YOU KNOW, IN IN THE YEAR IN IN THAT PARTICULAR YEAR, UH, UH, JUDY, YOU KNOW, AND KRISTEN, WE HAD A LOT GOING ON. WE HAD A LOT GOING ON. SO I, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND COMMITMENT. KRISTEN AND JUDY AND I THOUGHT THE SAME THING BECAUSE WHEN I SAW KRI, KRISTEN AND SCOTT'S THE BABIES AND I'M LIKE, OH, HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING BECAUSE, I KNOW YOUR BABIES, AND I THEN SAW YOUR DAUGHTER AND I SAID, WHAT DID I TELL YOU TONIGHT? WHAT DID YOU SAY? WHAT DID I TELL YOU? SAY LOUD. ARE YOU EXCITED TO GET YOUR MOM BACK? AND SO, UM, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO IS, UM AGAIN . IT'S NOT EVEN A AMOUNT ABOUT THIS THING ABOUT NOT GETTING PAID FOR WHAT IT IS, IS WE COME AND WE WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD.

AND THESE TWO LADIES HAVE WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD TO DO THE RIGHT THING. AND UH AND SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO DO THE RIGHT THING. UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THAT HAPPENED, WE WORKED AND WE MADE SOME THINGS, UH, COME THROUGH AND COME TRUE. UM, THANK YOU. KRISTEN. THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE. AS I. I SEE YOU IN, UM WHERE YOU I MEAN, YOU HAVE A

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AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING FORT BEN TE JUDY. THANK YOU. REAL LEADERSHIP. WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS LOOKING AT ME LIKE I'M GETTING READY TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE YOU? SHE'S LIKE, OH, WHAT IS SHE GONNA SAY? I'M GONNA SAY THANK YOU. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY? YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I WANNA SAY THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OK BUT THANK THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP THIS LAST YEAR WE HAD YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ALL IN ALL YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY WE DID OK, AND WE'RE GONNA WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT. I'M I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKING IT HAPPEN AND MAKING THINGS CONTINUE, AND, UM, FOR OUR STUDENTS HERE ARE 80,000 STUDENTS. THANK YOU, LADIES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GIDEON. AND I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT. THANK YOU FOR BEING MY VP THIS YEAR, AND, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE ONE THING YOU JUST SAID. I APPRECIATE A LOT OF THINGS YOU SAID IT SAYS, ESPECIALLY ONE THING YOU SAID. WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES, BUT WE ALL WANTED TO DO THE WORK AND WE WANTED TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE DISTRICT. SO THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR MY , UH, MY TRUSTEES AND I WILL MAKE, UM A STATEMENT OR MY GOODBYE STATEMENT. UH, IT'S BEEN A BITTERSWEET I HAVE TO SAY THAT AND, UH I'M VERY HAPPY. TO GO BACK TO MY FAMILY TO MY FRIENDS, BUT I DID THE SAME TIME. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT COMMUNITY TRUST IN ME. I MADE A COMMITMENT THREE YEARS AGO. I WANT TO SERVE ON THE BOARD AND TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. UH, OBVIOUSLY, UM, I WASN'T REALLY CLEARLY AWARE WHEN I MAKE THAT COMMITMENT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT IT'S THREE YEARS, BUT IT FEELS LIKE SIX. SO FOR THIS THREE YEARS, IT HAS BEEN VERY HARD. UM ME AND MISS MALONE. WHEN WE GOT ON THE BOARD HE WAS DOING PANDEMIC. AND I REMEMBER MY VERY FIRST ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT VOTES IS A MASK MANDATE. AND THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE I WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW IN THIS ROOM AND IN THE COMMUNITY SERVING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD IS A VERY DIFFICULT THING. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO MAKE AND EACH ONE OF US WE HAVE TO MAKE THE WHAT WE BELIEVE THE BEST DECISION BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE. SO, FOR THAT REASON, I'M ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO PLEASE BE MORE UNDERSTANDING TO THIS NEW BOARD TO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY DO BELIEVE THEY HAVE THE BEST INTEREST IN YOUR CHILDREN IN THIS DISTRICT. SO PLEASE DON'T JUDGE THEM BY ONE OR OTHER VOTES. WE GIVE THEM A GRACE. THAT'S ONE THING I'M ASKING FROM THE COMMUNITY. SECOND I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, MS. TA. WELCOME BACK. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU WAITING TO SERVE AGAIN KNOWING THE CHALLENGES AND THANK YOU AND ADAM XU. AND I APPRECIATE YOU WILLING TO SERVE I JUST WANTED TO KNOW I WILL BE HERE TO HELP YOU JUST LIKE MANY OF THEM. HELP ME SO I WOULD I WOULD JUST ALWAYS A PHONE CALL AWAY. SO THANK YOU. AND NEXT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE ET MEMBERS AND ALL THE STAFF FOR BEING SO PATIENT AND BE PATIENT WITH ME AND WILLING TO ANSWER ALL MY QUESTIONS. AND UH, I SEE SOME NEW FACE TODAY AND JOINING US AND WELCOME AND, UM AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL THE STAFF. THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO ALWAYS BEEN HERE FOR US TO KEEP US SAFE AND STAY VERY LATE FOR THOSE VERY LATE MEETINGS. UM AND ALSO I WANNA THANK OUR LEGAL COUNSEL. I MEAN, ESPECIALLY THE LAST YEAR. HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THREE LEGAL COUNSELS. THANK YOU, MR BRUSH, MS WILBANKS AND MISS MORRIS, WHO IS NOT HERE TODAY, BUT BECAUSE OF YOU. YOU ALWAYS WANNA MAKE SURE THE SPORT OBEY THE LAW AND FOLLOW THE RULES SOMETIME, YOU KNOW? IT'S NOT THAT EASY FOR ME TO DO TO TAKE THE ADVICE FROM YOU, BUT THANK YOU. ESPECIALLY MR WEBANK. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR BEING ALWAYS BEING HONEST WITH ME. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. AND, UM I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR

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THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE. UM BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION WHEN YOU COME TO FOUR BY 19. AND I REMEMBER THE DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER WHEN I CALLED YOU I. I KNOW YOU HAVE EVERY REASON. AND I RIGHT TO SAY, WELL, I CHANGED MY MIND. I'M NOT COMING TO FORM BY ID. WHAT A MASS. BUT YOU DIDN'T WHEN I CALLED YOU, YOU SAID IN MY OPINION. FOR BENAS NEED ME MORE THAN EVER. AND I'M THE GUY. I WILL DO THE JOB. I WILL LEAD THIS DISTRICT AND I WILL LEAD THIS DISTRICT TO A BETTER FUTURE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND YOU ARE THE LEADER WITH INTEGRITY AND THE COURAGE SINCE THE YOU GOT HERE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER FOR A FEW MONTHS AND SEE IS WORK AND WORK AND WORK YOU SO FOCUSED AND YOU HAVE A PASSION AND A DRIVEN FORCE. AND FOR THAT REASON I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE . DOCTOR SMITH AND I WILL MISS WORKING WITH YOU. BUT TO MY FAMILY MICHAEL AND MY HUSBAND, MICHAEL. THANK YOU. SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND MY TWO DAUGHTERS, MELINDA AND JESSICA.

HOW MUCH LOVE YOU GIVE IT TO ME. AND FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS AND I ASKED FOR MICHAEL, UH, IMPOSSIBLE THING THREE YEARS AGO, I SAID, PLEASE DO NOT WATCH THE BOARD MEETING. SO THAT WAY I CAN BE YOUR WIFE AND YOU CAN KEEP GIVE ME WE CAN TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO DO. BUT YOU DID IT.

THANK YOU. AND THERE'S ONE LADY IN THIS AUDIENCE. I WANT TO THANK YOU, WHICH IS, UH, STEPHANIE BROWN. AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER. I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU FOR I SEE YOU.

HOW YOU HOW MUCH YOU GROW FOR THESE THREE YEARS? AND THREE YEARS AGO WHEN WE SPOKE, ALL I HEARD WAS MARSHALL MARSHALL. BUT NOW IT'S THE DISTRICT. IT'S ALL STUDENTS AND THEN THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE AND I ADVOCATE FOR OUR CHILDREN. I APPRECIATE YOU AND TO. TO ALL THE FRIENDS. I HAVE NAMED YOU BECAUSE THE ONLY BECAUSE YOU'RE MY DEAR FRIENDS. I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE MAD AT ME. AND THERE'S ONE LADY ON THIS SIDE. I REALLY WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, MS MARTINEZ. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE WHEN WE HAVE THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME. YOU TOOK THE LEADERSHIP. WAITING TO BE THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT AND SHOWED YOUR LOVE AND CARE FOR THIS DISTRICT SO FOREVER THE SPORT. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO YOU. SO THANK YOU. SO LAST THING I WANTED TO PLEASE JOIN ME TO WELCOME THE THREE LEADERS. MS TASAN, MR. XU AND DOCTOR SMITH. THANK YOU.

SO, DOCTOR SMITH. I THINK I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO YOU. YOU HAVE A FEW THINGS. YES MA'AM, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE HAVE ONE LAST THING TO DO BEFORE THE WE ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO THE NEWLY ELECTED TRUSTEES. UH, WE HAVE A GIFT. UM, FROM THE DISTRICT, AND SO I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THAT GIFT ONE TO YOU AND THEN SECOND TO TRUSTEE MALONE, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO GET A PHOTO MOMENT AND THEN THAT WE CAN PROCEED. AND IF WE CAN BEFORE I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THIS IS FOR FROM ALL MEMBERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SURE YOU GET A HOT DOG. YEAH. YEAH. BREAD. THANK YOU.

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THANK YOU, SIR. SO PRESIDENT DAY WE HAVE THE TRADITIONAL, UH, GAVEL FOR, SAYS JUDY DAY, PRESIDENT OF FORT BEND, ISD. BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2003 TO 2024 MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HIT THIS TOO HARD WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE DISTRICT, SO I WANNA PRESENT THIS TO YOU. YES AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE THIS CRYSTAL, IT SAYS IN RECOGNITION FOR SERVING AS A FOR BISD BOARD MEMBER 2021 TO 2024.

THANK YOU. FOR YOUR SERVICE AND MAYBE GET ONE PHOTO AND THEN I'LL OK? THANK YOU. FIRST TEAM MALONE. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A GREAT THREE MONTHS. I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR TRUST IN ME, AND IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU, SAYS KRISTEN DAVISON, MALONE AND RECOGNITION OF SERVING AS FOR BEN ID BOARD MEMBER OF 2021 TO 2024.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAY I? MAY I ASK ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS TO JOIN, UM US ON THE FLOOR SO WE CAN TAKE A GROUP PICTURE. THANK YOU.

THANKS AGAIN. TILL NEXT. WE'LL HAVE ADMINISTRATOR OATH OF OFFICE TO NEWLY ELECTED TRUSTEES

[5. Administer Oath of Office to Newly-Elected Trustees]

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I'M MICHAEL ADAMS SHOW. YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR FIRM, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE A FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEE POSITION TWO. A FOUR BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEES POSITION TWO OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. RESERVE. PRESERVE PROTECT, PROTECT AND DEFEND AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS , THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE, SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

YOU WILL. I CONGRATULATIONS. TAKE THE SEAT.

[Convene in closed session (Part 1 of 2)]

[Reconvene in Open Session (Part 1 of 2)]

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ALL RIGHT MOTION PASSES. AND YOU GET TO STAY IN THAT SEAT. ALL RIGHT BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH OUR BOARD MEETING. I'M GONNA TAKE A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT MY FIRST TIME TO SIT ON THIS DAIS AND I AM HAPPY TO BE SITTING HERE AGAIN WITH THESE TRUSTEES ON THIS DAIS. I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL STATE THAT TODAY STARTS A NEW DAY IN FORT BENS.

THIS BOARD IS COLLECTIVELY COMMITTED TO SERVING OUR COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT IS BECOMING OF THE EXCELLENCE TO WHICH FORT BEN IS ACCUSTOMED. I PLEDGE AS THE WIN NEW BOARD PRESIDENT. WORK TO RESTORE RESPECT AND PROFESSIONALISM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE BOARDROOM TOWARDS MY FELLOW TRUSTEES, THE SUPERINTENDENT TEACHERS STAFF. PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. THE TIME FOR PETTINESS IN FIGHTING. ACCUSATIONS. NAME CALLING. HIS PAST. I PLEDGED TO MOVE TO WORK TO MOVE US FORWARD IN A POSITIVE WAY. AND I ASK MY FELLOW TRUSTEES TO DO THE SAME.

OUR DISTRICT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR STUDENTS DESERVE BETTER. AND THEY NEED US TO DO BETTER. IT IS TIME FOR OUR FOCUS TO BE ON THE THINGS WE WERE ELECTED TO DO. ON THE THINGS THAT WILL IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF OUR OVER 80,000 STUDENTS. I WILL WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO DEVELOP BOARD LED PRIORITIES. GOALS AND CORE BELIEFS AND COMMITMENTS THAT, FROM MY OWN PERSPECTIVE SHOULD INCLUDE AND SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE TEAM OF EIGHT EXTENDED TO THE EXECUTIVE TEAM. TO RESTORE A TEAM DRIVEN APPROACH AND POSITIVE DISTRICT CULTURE THAT WILL TRICKLE INTO THE CLASSROOM. RESTORING THE BOARD DRIVEN AUDIT FUNCTION BY A THIRD PARTYH WILLD ACCOUNTABILITY. INCREASED BOARD OVERSIGHT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION.

URGENT COMPLIANCE WITH ALL SPECIAL EDUCATION LAWS AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, PROVIDING APPROPRIATE SUPPORTS AND ACCOMMODATIONS FOR ALL STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES. INCREASED BOARD OVERSIGHT OF COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS. INCREASED CCMR SUPPORT AND IMPROVE STUDENT READINESS. IN BOARD OVERSIGHT OF LITERACY AND IMPROVE STUDENT LITERACY RATES WITH AGGRESSIVE INTERVENTIONS. BUDGET LINE ITEM ALIGNMENT WITH BOARD SPECIFIED PRIORITIES. IMPROVED COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY AT THE BOARD AND DISTRICT LEVELS. IMPROVE TEACHER LISTENING SUPPORT AND TARGETED RETENTION. IMPROVED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND LISTENING AND TARGETED IMPROVEMENT WITH APPLIED RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS FOR ALL SCHOOLS WITHIN THE MARSHALL AND WILLOW RIDGE FEEDER PATTERNS. AND I KNOW DOCTOR SMITH THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON A LOT OF THESE THINGS. AND I AM HAPPY TO BE PART OF THE TEAM THAT IS GOING TO HELP PUSH THIS. THESE THINGS FORWARD. I RESPECT AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH TRUSTEE UP HERE TO INCLUDE THEIR OWN PRIORITIES AND PERSPECTIVES FOR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT AS WELL. I APPRECIATE AND THANK EACH OF THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE. I'D LIKE TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK OUR OUTGOING BOARD OFFICERS FOR THEIR SERVICE FOR PRESIDENT, JUDY DAY. BOARD VICE PRESIDENT DOCTOR SHIRLEY GILLIAM. AND

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WE'RE GONNA GET TO WORK. FIRST UP. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BUDGET UPDATE. WHO'S UP? UM THANK YOU,

[8A. Budget Update ]

FOR EXPENDITURES ARE VACANCY FACTOR THIS YEAR HAS BEEN HIGHER THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE BUDGETED FOR A 5% VACANCY FACTOR, AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE RUN MUCH CLOSER TO 6% EACH

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ADDITIONALLY WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO A GENERAL INCREASE FOR TEACHERS OR OTHER EMPLOYEES AS PART OF THE BUDGET. AND SO THIS IS A GOOD POINT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT ALTHOUGH WE ARE IN A PLACE WHERE OUR BUDGET IS BALANCED, AND YOU'RE PROBABLY SEEING AND HEARING THE HEADLINES FROM OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE REGION AND AROUND THE STATE THAT ARE MAKING MASSIVE REDUCTIONS, THE REASON WE ARE NOT HAVING TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE WE'VE GONE THROUGH TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF MAKING BUDGET REDUCTIONS FOR THE 2223 BUDGET YEAR WE REDUCED $16 MILLION AND FOR THE CURRENT YEAR WE'RE IN 2324. WE REDUCED AN ADDITIONAL $23 MILLION AND SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE WHAT THEY ARE NOW HAVING TO DO. AND SO THE NARRATIVE THAT IS I'VE SEEN IN THE PRESS IS THAT THERE ARE DISTRICTS IN THE REGION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO MAKING REDUCTIONS. WE WERE LISTED AS ONE OF THE TWO. THE ANSWER IS YES, WE HAVE. WE HAVE MADE REDUCTIONS JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, AND WE'RE BEING CONSTRAINED BY THE LACK OF STATE RESOURCES AS YOU'LL SEE MORE AS WE GO FORWARD. I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT OUR BUDGET IS BASED ON OUR DEMOGRAPHERS MODERATE GROWTH SCENARIO, AND I DO ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE OUR ENROLLMENT GROWTH START TO SLOW. SO LAST YEAR, THE 10 YEAR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT THAT THE DEMOGRAPHER PROVIDED TO US SHOWED A STUDENT COUNT OF ABOUT 80,767. THIS YEAR . THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN REVISED TO 80,572. AND SO THAT'S 195 STUDENTS, FEWER THAN WHAT THEY WERE PROJECTING LAST YEAR THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT ONE $1.1 MILLION, ASSUMING THOSE STUDENTS ONLY RECEIVE REGULAR SERVICES, AND SO WE'RE AGAIN. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS SHOWN THAT OVERALL AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE OUR DISTRICT REACH FULL BUILD OUT, AND SO OUR GROWTH IS NOT GOING TO CONTINUE AT THE RATE IT HAS HISTORICALLY. THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD MENTION IS THAT OUR DEMOGRAPHER TYPICALLY GETS OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBER GREATER THAN 99% AND SO THEY'RE USUALLY AT 99.5% OR GREATER WITH A DEGREE OF IN TERMS OF HOW CLOSE THEY ARE TO THE FINAL NUMBER, AND SO WE HAVE A HIGH DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE IN THE NUMBER THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED TO US AND AGAIN, WE'RE USING THEIR MODERATE GROWTH STANDARD AND AGAIN THE REASON THAT WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT STEEP GROWTH LINE THAT WE'VE SEEN HISTORICALLY IS THAT WE ARE STARTING TO REACH FULL BUILD OUT. AND THEN THE FINAL THING THAT I'LL MENTION IS OUR EARLIER I MENTIONED THAT OUR SPED POPULATION IS CURRENTLY AT 14% BASED ON THE UPCOMING YEAR. WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT NUMBER TO INCREASE TO CLOSER TO 16% OF THE OVERALL POPULATION. I MENTIONED THAT THE BOARD HAS TAKEN SOME PRIOR ACTION RELATED TO THE BUDGET. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED PREVIOUSLY, AND THESE HAVE ALL BEEN BASED ON ENROLLMENT GROWTH OR ADDRESSING THE SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS THAT WE HAVE. SO ON MARCH 25TH, THE BOARD APPROVED 33 CLASSROOM POSITIONS THAT WERE INCLUDED AS PART OF OUR STAFFING GUIDELINES OF THOSE 33 POSITIONS. 25 WORST

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EARNINGS ON PROPERTY TAXES HAVE BEEN REVISED BY ABOUT $200,000 BASED ON UPDATED INFORMATION AND THEN TRS ON BEHALF HAS ALSO BEEN UPDATED BY ABOUT 300,000 AND THEN THE NEXT LARGEST COMPONENT THAT YOU SEE IN THERE IS WE HAVE ADDED IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION GROWTH. OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION REVENUES ARE BEING INCREASED THIS YEAR, WE ADDED ONE TIME FUNDING TO ASSIST WITH INITIAL EVALUATIONS AND REEVALUATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR. THE BOARD HAS APPROVED THOSE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AS PERMANENT AND SO THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MAINTAIN THE PACE OF INITIAL EVALUATIONS THAT WE HAVE AND INCREASE OUR OVERALL SPED REVENUES. AND THEN ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE WE'VE INCORPORATED IN THE SPED ITEMS THAT THE BOARD HAS APPROVED IN APRIL AND MADE SOME ADDITIONAL STAFFING ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON STAFFING GUIDELINES. THE NET IMPACT IS ABOUT $3.5 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND, AND THAT'S OFFSETTING THOSE ADDITIONAL REVENUES THAT WE DISCUSSED ABOVE . AND SO WHAT WE'RE CARRYING FORWARD WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN THE FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT $3.3 MILLION, AND THAT'S AGAIN DUE TO THE CURRENT YEAR END BEING BETTER THAN EXPECTED, AND WE HAVE A SURPLUS OF ABOUT $5.7 MILLION AT THIS POINT AND AGAIN $2 MILLION OF THAT ABOUT $3.5 MILLION OF THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR RECURRING NEEDS, BECAUSE ABOUT 2 MILLION OF THAT IS FROM THE CHARGES PAYMENT THAT WOULD BE NON RECURRING REVENUE. AND SO I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT AT THE BEGINNING WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS AS WE DO EACH YEAR OF IDENTIFYING OUR NEEDS AND AT THE TIME AS THE DEPARTMENTAL DIRECTORS AND CAMPUSES PUT FORWARD THE NEEDS THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED IT TOTALED ABOUT $35 MILLION, AND SO ABOUT 30% OF THOSE REQUESTS WERE FOR DIRECT CLASSROOM SUPPORT WITH COMPENSATION AND SPED, MAKING UP AN ADDITIONAL 15% AND SO AGAIN THROUGH PRIOR BOARD APPROVALS WE'VE ACTUALLY ADDRESSED THAT COMPONENTS OF THIS AND SO IF YOU BACK THAT NUMBER OUT, WE HAVE $30 MILLION WORTH OF NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE BUDGETARY PROCESS. AND AS WE LOOK AT THIS, WE HAVE NO NEW STATE FUNDING THAT'S EXPECTED TO COME IN TO PROVIDE ANY TYPE OF RELIEF. AND SO THERE'S REALLY NO CAPACITY AS I MENTIONED TO DO ANY TYPE OF GENERAL INCREASE, AND SO IF YOU TAKE THAT COMPONENT OUT, SINCE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FUND IT, THAT LEAVES US WITH ABOUT $25 MILLION IN TOTAL REQUEST THAT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH

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AUGMENTATION WE KNOW THAT OUR STAFFING GUIDELINES AREN'T ABLE TO ADDRESS ALL THE UNIQUE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE FOR ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES. SO WE HAVE SOME CAMPUSES THAT BASE OFF OF THE ENROLLMENT OF THEIR CAMPUS. THEY WOULD LOSE SOME POSITIONS, BUT THEY STILL HAVE A HIGH NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT REQUIRE TIER THREE SUPPORT. SO WE HAVE REVIEWED THE DATA FOR THOSE CAMPUSES, AND WE HAVE SOME CAMPUSES THAT REQUESTED TO RETAIN SOME POSITIONS. IF THEY WERE TO LOSE THESE POSITIONS, THEIR CLASS SIZES WOULD INCREASE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP THE CLASS SIZE IS LOWER AT THOSE CAMPUSES. BECAUSE THEY HAVE HIGHER NUMBER OF TIER THREE STUDENTS, AND IF WE REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE CLASSES, WE CAN FOCUS ON TIER ONE INSTRUCTION WITH SMALL NUMBERS AND ALSO HAVE AN IMPACT ON INTERVENTION FOR THOSE STUDENTS AS WELL. SO YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED SOME POSITIONS TO BE RETAINED, AND SOME OF THESE POSITIONS ARE AT OUR COMPREHENSIVE CAMPUSES AT MCCULLOUGH, MARSAU AND WILLOW RIDGE. SO WE WANNA RETAIN SOME OF THOSE TEACHING POSITIONS. THEY'RE ALSO SOME NEED FOR CAMPUS SAFETY. SO WE HAVE SOME POSITIONS LIKE A HALL MONITOR AT SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT THEY ARE LARGER ENROLLMENT AND THE STAFFING GUIDELINES WOULD NOT ADD THAT ADDITIONAL POSITION, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME DATA IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE SAFETY DATA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE STUDENTS OF THE CAMPUS. WE ALSO HAVE A REQUEST FOR SOME COUNSELORS AT SOME CAMPUSES WHERE THEY HAVE HIGH ENROLLMENT, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE COUNSELING SUPPORT FOR THOSE SCHOOLS AS WELL. SO YOU WILL SEE IN THOSE THE LIST OF ALL OF THOSE REQUESTED POSITION. THERE'S A COMBINATION OF THOSE POSITIONS.

SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE GOING TO BE A COMPREHENSIVE CAMPUSES. SOME WILL BE AT TITLE ONE CAMPUSES, AND SOME WILL BE AT NON TITLE CAMPUSES AS WELL. AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE SOME OF THE HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS THAT ARE AT THOSE CAMPUSES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE ARE SLATED TO LOSE THEM AND EXCESS. WE'RE RETAINING THEM RIGHT NOW AND PAUSING SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS, AND WE'RE STILL ACTIVELY RECRUITING TEACHERS FOR THOSE POSITIONS THAT WE THAT WE ARE REQUESTING JUST SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS, AND WE'RE NOT WAITING UNTIL JUNE AND JULY TO GET THOSE POSITIONS. RIGHT THANK YOU, DOCTOR MENSAH. WE HAVE REMOVED THE SLIDE. IF YOU SAW AN EARLIER VERSION OF THIS PRESENTATION, THE SLIDES THAT WE HAVE NOW ARE ONLY FOCUSING ON INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO THEIR REQUEST, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STEPHANIE WILLIAMS TO WALK THROUGH THE TEACHER SHORTAGE. THANK YOU, BRIAN. GOOD EVENING. UM ON THIS SLIDE, IT DETAILS THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION TO ADDRESS THE TEACHER SHORTAGE THROUGH AN EXPANDED TEACHER PIPELINE ON THE LEFT. YOU SEE THE WELL KNOWN CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING, UM, NATIONWIDE.

OUR DATA SHOWED IN AUGUST OF 2023 THAT THERE WERE ABOUT 55,000 TEACHER VACANCIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. UM, THE 34% IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO TEXAS. AND IT SHOWS THAT I'M ONE IN THREE TEACHERS THAT WE ARE HIRING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS ARE UNCERTIFIED AT THIS TIME. AND UM , IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES. WE HAVE SOME PATHWAYS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION. PATHWAY IS ONE THAT YOU'RE WELL FAMILIAR WITH.

WE HAVE GROW YOUR OWN, MOVING OUR PAIR OF PROFESSIONALS INTERNALLY TO TEACHING ROLES.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN CERTIFIED TEACHERS. THIS RECOMMENDATION OUR RESPONSE REPRESENTS, UM, OUR INVESTMENT IN PATHWAYS FOR CERTIFIED TEACHERS. THROUGH A TEACHER RESIDENCY MODEL, SO I'LL TAKE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO OUTLINE THAT TEACHER RESIDENCY MODEL FOR YOU. SO A TEACHER RESIDENCY MODEL MEANS THAT WE WOULD START RECRUITING IN THE JUNIOR YEAR OF COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO ARE, UM, PURSUING A TEACHER CERTIFICATION. SO THAT MEANS WE'RE STARTING EARLIER. THE TRADITIONAL PATHWAY INTO TEACHING HAS STUDENT TEACHING FOR ONE SEMESTER, AN INTERNSHIP UNDER A SUPERVISING TEACHER FOR A SEMESTER. FORT BEND HAS PARTICIPATED IN THIS AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT AND IN THAT MODEL. WE'RE ACTUALLY GROWING THE EDUCATIONAL PROFESSION WE INVEST IN STUDENT TEACHERS WHO MAY OR MAY NOT TAKE A JOB IN FORT BEND WHENEVER THEY ATTAIN THEIR CERTIFICATION IN ORDER TO GROW OUR PROFESSION. UM IN 2021, WE TRANSITIONED INTO PAID TEACHER RESIDENCIES WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE T CLASS GRANT AND A PAID TEACHER RESIDENCY PAYS A LIVING WAGE OF $20,000 PLUS BENEFITS TO A TEACHER WHO TO A PRESER TEACHER WHO COMMITS ONE YEAR IN A FORT MIDNIGHT. THE CLASSROOM UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF A COOPERATING TEACHER AND EXPERIENCED TEACHER. THAT YEAR LONG RESIDENCY IS MORE THAN JUST MORE TIME. IT'S BETTER SUPPORT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNIVERSITIES . WE HAVE UNIVERSITY SITE COORDINATOR WHO DOES COACHING CYCLES WITH EACH OF THE CANDIDATES. WE HAVE. FORT BEND, A CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF WHO ALSO ENGAGES IN SUPPORT ACTIVITIES

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AND THIS HAS BEEN NEEDED FOR PRETTY MUCH. I VOTE UNTIL NOW, WE JUST NEED A BUSINESS CONTRACT DISASTER RECOVERY. GOOD EVENING. SINCE THE 2015 2016 SCHOOL YEAR WE'VE HAD A 10 NEW CAMPUSES, UH, INCLUDING CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL, REESE, CTC AND THORNTON. MIDDLE SCHOOL. AT LEAST 10 CAMPUSES MAKE UP OVER 10/1 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF FACILITIES. THE GROWTH OF THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT HAS NOT KEPT PACE WITH THE GROWTH OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO WE NEED THESE SIX ADDITIONAL FTES ON THE H PAC TEAM TO MAINTAIN THE SYSTEMS, OUR CURRENT OUR NEW, NEWER SYSTEMS, WHILE MORE EFFICIENT OR MORE MAINTENANCE INTENSIVE. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, AND SO THE TOTAL BUDGETARY IMPACT OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS IS $4.8 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND, AND I DO WANT TO CALL OUT FUNDING FOR TWO OF THESE SPECIFIC ITEMS. SO FOR THE PAID TEACHER RESIDENT, WE ARE USING ONE TIME SHAS FUNDING THAT I MENTIONED TO COVER THE COST OF THIS PROGRAM. IF WE DETERMINE THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM, WE WILL HAVE TO IDENTIFY FUNDING SOURCES IN THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR TO MAINTAIN THAT, BUT THIS WILL GIVE US OPPORTUNITY TO TEST AND CONTINUE AND ENSURE THAT IT CONTINUES TO BRING IN QUALITY CANDIDATES TO THE DISTRICT. AND THEN ON THE IT BUSINESS CONTINUITY, THE DISTRICT HAS RECEIVED E RATE REBATES THAT WILL COVER THE ONE YEAR YEAR ONE COST OF THE SERVICES. AND SO THERE'S A $700,000 INITIAL START UP COST FOR THAT SERVICE, AND THEN EACH YEAR THEREAFTER, IT WOULD BE

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THAT'S WHERE THOSE E RATE REBATES WERE PLACED. AND AGAIN THAT WOULD BE TO DO THE INITIAL COST FOR THOSE AND SO WE'VE REVISED OUR 2425 BUDGET TO INCLUDE THE ITEMS THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING AND HAS JUST PRESENTED WHEN WE INCORPORATE THOSE ITEMS INTO THE BUDGET. THE $4.8 MILLION YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MEET OUR 90 DAY OPERATING RESERVE REQUIREMENT.

AND SO AT THE MAY 20TH WHAT OUR PLAN WOULD BE TO BRING BACK WHAT THIS ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE. IN FUTURE YEARS AS WELL. SO YOU CAN SEE THE LONG LONG TERM IMPACT THESE DECISIONS HAVE ON THE DISTRICT. AND SO AS WE WRAP UP THE PRESENTATION, I DO WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD OF THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS SURROUNDING THE BUDGET. THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE DOES REQUIRE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT FILE A BUDGET BY JUNE 19TH FOR DISTRICTS ON JULY 1 FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WE ARE AND THE BOARD MUST ADOPT THE BUDGET BY JUNE 30TH. AND SO THE DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO POST THE PUBLIC NOTICE AND HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AND THEN PUBLISH THE BUDGET ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE , AND SO ON THE AGENDA LATER THIS EVENING, YOU'LL SEE AN ITEM FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE TIME AND PLACE OF THAT PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR THE FIRST MEETING IN JUNE. AND THEN FINALLY, THE ADOPTED BUDGET MUST INCLUDE THE GENERAL FUND, THE DEBT SERVICE AND THE CHILD NUTRITION FUNDS THIS EVENING WE'VE REVIEWED FOR YOU, THE GENERAL FUND AND ON MAY 20TH. OUR PLAN IS TO COME BACK WITH A THAT THEY THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE CHILD NUTRITION AND DEBT SERVICE FUNDS AS WELL AS ANY FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM YOU ALL THIS EVENING ON THE GENERAL FUND. FROM A TIMELINE PERSPECTIVE. THIS IS THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED IN THE BUDGET PROCESS AGAIN ON MAY 20TH. WE'LL BE BACK WITH A BUDGET UPDATE. THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE SENT TO LOCAL PAPERS FOR PUBLICATION.

AND THEN ON JUNE 3RD. WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET, WHICH IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BUDGET FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME IN AND PROVIDE COMMENT TO THE BOARD IN TERMS OF FEEDBACK RELATED TO BOTH THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE, AND THEN ON JUNE 4TH. WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE A BUDGET WORKSHOP WITH THE BOARD TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AND THAT'S NEEDED AND FOR THE BOARD TO GET A LEVEL OF COMFORT WITH ADOPTING A BUDGET ULTIMATELY ON JUNE 17TH AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS. THANK YOU, MR GWEN AND TEAM. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES? MISS HANNON. UH, YES. THANK YOU, UM MR GWYN AND MISS WILLIAMS. MISS LOSS, DOCTOR LAWSON. I CAN'T. I CAN'T. I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH EVERYBODY THAT THAT SPOKE, UM SO, I. I WANT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE BUDGET. UM THE PRELIMINARY FORECAST ON SLIDE 28 AND IT AND IT SITUATES US AT THE 90 DAY RESERVE. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SO I, I YOU KNOW, I SUPPORT THE ITEMS. UM THAT YOU'RE COMING TO US WITH THE STA THE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT MY QUESTION IS THIS. SO WHEN I ASK ABOUT SHOWS TODAY YOU SAID THAT THEY'RE GONNA HOLD ON TO THAT 2 MILLION AND WE MAY NOT REALIZE IT FOR 12 TO 18 MONTHS, SO IS THERE A POTENTIAL THAT WE DON'T SEE THAT MONEY UNTIL 2526. THAT IS A POTENTIAL, BUT I WOULD PUT IT AT MORE THAN LIKELY REMOTE. WE'VE INITIATED THE OFFICIAL PROCESS ALREADY FOR THAT APPEAL, AND SO BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED IT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE ATTORNEYS WHO ARE HELPING US OVERSEE THIS IS THAT YOU CAN EXPECT A 12 TO 18 MONTH WINDOW TO RECEIVE THAT WHEN WE CALCULATED THE 18 MONTHS THAT WOULD STILL PUT US AT MAYBE AT THE VERY TAIL END OF FISCAL YEAR 2526 OR 2425, BUT IT IS WITHIN THAT WINDOW. OK, OK, BECAUSE JUST THAT 2 MILLION PUTS YOU UNDER THE 90 DAYS, RIGHT? LITTLE BIT WOULD GO SLIGHTLY BELOW 90 DAYS. IF THAT WERE NOT TO COME IN. THAT'S CORRECT. OK AND THEN YOU YOU KNOW, YOU SAID THAT MOST EVERYTHING OF THE OTHER BITS AND PIECES OF THE 10 MILLION ARE HIGHLY PROBABLE. YES SO I CAN STEP THROUGH THOSE SO AND LOOKING AT THIS. I MAY NEED TO GO BACK A COUPLE OF FLY OR ACTUALLY, PROBABLY TO THE BEGINNING. SO THAT MAY BE A LITTLE ENOUGH MORE EFFORT. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'LL DO. I'M GONNA TELL YOU THE SLIDE NUMBER AND YOU CAN FLIP OVER TO IT AND YOUR PAGES IN THAT WAY. WE WON'T HAVE TO TAKE SO LONG TO CATCH UP. SO ON SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN. IT SHOWS OUR OUTLOOK ON THE GENERAL FUND AS OF TODAY, AND SO INCLUDED IN THAT IS $3.5 MILLION FROM A

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BUT THANK YOU, MR GWEN FOR THE EXPLANATION, AND BEFORE WE VOTE, UM ON THE, UH OR MAYBE EVEN BEFORE NEXT WEEK, IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD GET A LINE ITEM OF THE 32 FTES THAT ARE GOING TO BE AT SOME OF OUR TARGETED SCHOOLS AND THE COUNSELORS. YES, MA'AM, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT IN ADVANCE.

I DO IF I MAY GO BACK JUST A MOMENT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD SAY RELATED TO THAT IS THAT WE THE YEAR END PROJECTION THAT WE HAVE IS SHOWING US SEEING A SLIGHT INCREASE IF WE END THIS YEAR AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS WITH ANY GUARANTEE, BUT TYPICALLY, WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THAT WE END THE YEAR SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN WHAT WE ARE PROJECTING BECAUSE WE'RE CONSERVATIVE WITH BOTH OUR REVENUES AND OUR EXPENDITURES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GO OVER OR UNDER. AND THAT'S A THAT'S AN ART. UNFORTUNATELY NOT A SCIENCE, AND SO IF WE DO SEE A MORE POSITIVE FUND BALANCE THAT YOU'RE IN FOR THE WE'RE IN THAT WOULD GIVE US THE CAPACITY TO MAINTAIN THAT 90 DAYS, EVEN WITH ALL OF THESE EXPENDITURES, AND SO AS WE'RE MAKING THIS RECOMMENDATION TO STAFF, WE FEEL COMFORTABLY THAT IT'S COMFORTABLY CONSERVATIVE. BUT OF COURSE, ULTIMATELY AS A BOARD, YOU ULTIMATELY DECIDE THAT AND SO WHAT I WOULD SAY IS FOR MY POSITION. WE'RE BEING CONSERVATIVE, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY CARVE THINGS OUT TO GET CLOSER TO 91 DAYS. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE BOARD WOULD LIKE US TO. DO WE KNOW THAT MR GWEN BEFORE WE'RE REQUIRED TO VOTE ON IT. I WISH I COULD SAY YES, BUT FORTUNATELY, WE DON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL USUALLY MID TO LATE JULY. OK, OK. THANK YOU. UM SO THE OTHER THE LAST QUESTION. I HAVE, UM WAS YOU SHARED WITH US. I THINK MS WILLIAMS YOU SHARE YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME UP. BUT IF YOU COULD GET US YOU SHARED ON THE SLIDE THE NUMBER OF UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS AT THE STATE WHICH WAS AT 34% AND I'M CURIOUS IF WE COULD KNOW OUR PERCENTAGE RATE. AND IF YOU HAVE A GREAT AND IF YOU DON'T, YOU COULD JUST SHARE THAT WITH THE BOARD. AND MAYBE YOU SAID IT, AND I MISSED IT. I DID NOT SAY IT, BUT IT IS COMPARABLE TO THE 34% ON THE TE A DASHBOARD. OK SO WE'RE SITTING AT ABOUT THE SAME 34% UNCERTIFIED. THANK YOU, MS WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HANNON, MISS JONES. FINE. SO I'M LOOKING AT THE BEGINNING WHERE WE SAT, THE PROJECTED ENROLLMENT AND SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE, AND I COULDN'T ACCESS ON DATA FOR WHATEVER REASON, SO I'M JUST GONNA ASK THIS QUESTION. UM AT WHAT RATE? CAN WE SAY THAT

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THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS THERE 10 YEAR PROJECTION IS SHOWING CONTINUED GROWTH BECAUSE I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT IT. SHE JUST NOT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE THEY'RE LOSING STUDENTS AND ENROLLMENT IS DECLINING. AND I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT AS YOU GAVE THIS PRESENTATION. IS THERE ANYWHERE WE CAN FACTOR IN THE POTENTIAL OF DECLINE IN GROWTH WITHIN THIS BUDGET? SO WE WON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AGAIN IN FACTOR THAT BACK IN. SO ONE THING THAT I WOULD SAY THAT OUR DEMOGRAPHER DOES IS THEY PRESENT US EACH YEAR WITH THREE SCENARIOS. THEY PRESENT US WITH A HIGH GROWTH, A MODERATE GROWTH AND A LOW GROWTH SCENARIO. AND I THINK I INDICATED THIS IN THE PRESENTATION. WHAT WE HAVE FOUND WITH THE YEAR THAT WE ARE MOVING INTO OUR DEMOGRAPHER HAS BEEN AT A 99% OR GREATER CONFIDENCE LEVEL IN WHAT THEY HAVE, AND WE'VE TYPICALLY HIT THAT THERE WERE TWO EXCEPTIONS TO THEIR HIGH PERCENTAGE RATE, AND THAT WAS DURING COVID THE FIRST YEAR AND THE SECOND YEAR THEY MISSED THAT. BUT WHAT WE SAW IS THAT DEMOGRAPHERS ACROSS THE STATE WERE MISSING THAT NUMBER. AND SO IN TERMS OF CAN WE ACCOUNT FOR AN ENROLLMENT DECLINE? THE ANSWER IS AND I'M SAYING THIS SITTING HERE. I WAS ASKED EARLIER TODAY BY ONE OF THE RATING AGENCIES. ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS? MY ANSWER IS I'M NOT AS MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS AS I AM. THE POTENTIAL FOR E SAS ARE EDUCATIONAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS , AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO CREDIBLY. MODEL WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, AT LEAST WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE DEMOGRAPHER DOES A VERY GOOD JOB OF ACCOUNTING FOR WHERE THEY ARE COMING IN, AND THE TRADITIONAL MIGRA MIGRATION PATTERNS OUT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT THEY'VE SEEN . AND SO THAT'S THE REAL UNKNOWN THAT I THINK IS IN OUR FORECAST IS WHAT POTENTIAL IMPACT ESA WOULD HAVE ON BUT OVERALL, I WOULD SAY THAT JUST BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE FROM OUR DEMOGRAPHER, THERE'S A PRETTY HIGH CONFIDENCE LEVEL AT LEAST INTERNALLY THAT WHAT THEY PROJECT OUT WILL LIKELY MATERIALIZE BASED ON THEIR TRACK HISTORIC TRACK RECORD, BUT I'LL CAVEAT THAT, LIKE THEY SAY, WITH INVESTMENTS PAST PAST PERFORMANCE DOESN'T GUARANTEE FUTURE RETURNS. OK AND SO MY FINAL QUESTION IS ON ATTENDANCE. SO WHAT IS OUR NORMAL ATTENDANCE OR PROJECTED DAILY ATTENDANCE? BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT IF WE'RE FALLING BELOW THAT, THEN WE NEED TO BE TAKING MEASURES TO INCREASE THAT IN ATTENDANCE AS WELL. SO THE DISTRICT HAS HISTORICALLY PRE COVID HAD ATTENDANCE IN THE 96 TO 97% RANGE POST COVID. WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN AT 95% THE BUDGET NUMBERS THAT WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU THIS EVENING ARE BASED ON THAT. 95% ATTENDANCE FACTOR.

HOWEVER YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN SOME COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE DISTRICT FOCUSING ON ATTENDANCE.

AND SO THAT WILL BE CONTINUED EFFORTS THAT WE MAINTAIN GOING INTO THE UPCOMING HERE. I'M SAYING THIS ANECDOTALLY WITH NO PROOF. SO THIS IS EDITORIAL COMMENTARY COURTESY OF YOUR CFO.

AND THAT IS PRE COVID OR WE TRAINED OUR PARENTS EXCEPTIONALLY WELL DURING COVID.

IF YOUR KID HAS A SNIFFLE OR A COUGH, KEEP THEM HOME. AND NOW WHAT WE'RE HEARING. THE CDC AND OTHER MEDICAL PROVIDERS SAY IS THAT IF THEY HAVE A SNEEZE OR A COUGH UNLESS IT'S ACCOMPANIED BY A FEVER OR SOME OTHER MITIGATING SYMPTOM, THAT WOULD SAY KEEP THEM HOME, SEND THEM TO SCHOOL.

AND THAT'S A MESSAGE WILL BEGIN TO BROADCAST AS WELL. BUT IN SHORT, WE TRAINED OUR PARENTS, AND WE HAVEN'T GONE BACK THE OTHER WAY TO RETRAIN THEM TO NOW THAT COVID IS OVER. IT'S OK AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BEGIN TO SEE OUR NEEDLE MOVE MORE TOWARDS 96 97% BUT AGAIN AT THIS POINT, WE'RE ASSUMING THAT MORE CONSERVATIVE 95% AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY. WE'RE SEEING CONSISTENTLY RIGHT AT 95% AND SO MY ASK IS TO GET BACK TO THE 96 97. IT REALLY WILL WILL HELP IN OUR BUDGET AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU, MISS JONES. MR HAMILTON. YES, THANK YOU. PRESIDENT TOSA IN DID I GET THE SOUTH LOUISIANA TWANG, OK? PRETTY GOOD, NOT PERFECT,

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AND SO BUT I WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT TO JUST KIND OF TIE INTO THE BUDGET AND THEN ALSO WITH YOUR, UH, ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR PRIORITIES OF MAKING SURE THAT EVERY LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET ALIGNS WITH ONE OF THE BOARD GOALS. UM SO I HOPE WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS BEFORE WE APPROVE THE BUDGET BECAUSE THERE MAY THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS IN THE BUDGET THAT ARE NOT ALIGNED WITH THE BOARD GOALS. AND SO WE MAY BE ABLE TO FIND SOME UH, SOME ADDITIONAL UH, SOME SAVINGS ON THAT END THAT WE CAN USE. AND SO THERE'S OBVIOUSLY, UH, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY BAD SPENDING, BUT IT'S JUST, UM WE'RE WE'RE CHOOSING. ONE LINE ITEM OVER OTHER POSSIBLE EYELINE ITEMS, AND I WOULD ASSUME TRUSTY HAND AND THAT THE TEACHER INTERVENTIONISTS BEING CUT FROM THE RECOMMENDATION JUMPED OUT AT YOU THE WAY THAT IT DID ME. UM AND SO I THINK THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SORELY NEEDED AT OUR LOWER PERFORMING CAMPUSES ALSO, UM SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE HOW WE TRANSITIONED THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS SPEAKERS, SO GREAT JOB, UH, ALSO WANNA SAY DOCTOR JORDAN WELCOME. I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE. YEAH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR HAMILTON. SO I, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM SOME OF WHICH I'M GONNA LET YOU GUYS ANSWER OFFLINE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I'M GONNA ASK QUESTIONS. NOT ONLY ABOUT, UM SPECIAL EDUCATION EVALUATORS DIAGNOSTICIANS, BUT ALSO ABOUT, UM TEACHERS IMPAIR PROFESSIONALS BECAUSE WHEN I SAT ON THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY WE TRANSITIONED TO COTE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY MEANT MORE TEACHERS, AND WE'VE MADE LOTS OF CUTS. AND SO WE'RE NOT REALLY OFFERING THAT, UH, LIKE WE WERE PREVIOUSLY AND SO, UM OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S CONCERNING FOR ME. AS A PARENT, IT'S CONCERNING FOR ME AS A TRUSTEE, AND, UM AND I FEEL LIKE THAT. WE'VE TRANSITIONED BACK INTO SORT OF UM PRESSURING. PARENTS TO PULL THEIR KIDS OUT OF THE GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM, SO I'M JUST GONNA MAKE THAT GENERAL STATEMENT. UM AND THAT'S MORE OR LESS WHAT? I'VE JUST BEEN HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO THOSE ARE SOME QUESTIONS. I'M GONNA ASK, AND I'LL ASK THAT OFFLINE BECAUSE I KNOW I'M GONNA GET MY UPDATE MR GWEN AS A NEW TRUSTEE, UM, AND SO WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, AND I'M SURE SURE THAT, UM UH, THAT DEAH HILL CAN GIVE US SOME, UH, SOME NUMBERS AS WELL FOR HOW THINGS ARE GOING , UM, SO I'LL RESERVE THAT FOR

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AND THEN LAST UM, MR WILTZ. I'M GONNA ASK UH, ABOUT OUR H VAC. FTES WHY TALK TO ME AND I AND I'VE HAD THIS QUESTION ANSWERED FOR ME IN THE PAST, BUT I'M GONNA ASK IT AGAIN. ANYWAY UM, TALK TO ME ABOUT WHY WE'RE HIRING IN AS OPPOSED TO CONTRACTING OUT. SO WE DO HAVE CONTRACTED SUPPORT WITH HV AC. ARE CHILDREN. MAINTENANCE IS CONTRACTED OUT. WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL HV AC CONTRACTORS THAT SUPPLEMENT. UH, THE HV AC TEAM. UH, THESE ARE WE'RE REQUESTING FTS FOR THE IN HOUSE FOOT BIN TEAM. OK, SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE END? TA TALK TO ME ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE, THEN BETWEEN THE IN HOUSE FORT BENNY SD TEAM. WHAT ARE THEY PROVIDE THAT A CONTRACTOR AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR DOESN'T PROVIDE. SO THAT OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS ARE ARE THERE TO SUPPLEMENT THE TEAM WHEN THE REPAIRS ARE BEYOND THE CAPABILITY OF OUR TEAM IS EITHER SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T DO IN A TIMELY MANNER OR IT'S BEYOND THE CAPABILITY OF OUR TEAM. UH, SO AGAIN, THE HV AC THE CHILLER, UM MAINTENANCE. REGULAR MAINTENANCE IS 100% CONTRACT SUPPORT AND THEN THE OTHER CONTRACTORS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, UH, SUPPORT THE TEAM WHEN IT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR CAPABILITY. OK, THANK YOU, UM DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YES MADAM PRESIDENT. WHAT I THINK I'M HEARING IS IT MIGHT BE A BENEFIT FOR US TO KIND OF DO. UM A QUICK ANALYSIS OF WHAT CONTRACTING SERVICES COULD POTENTIALLY SAVE US. AND SO, UH, WE'LL WE'LL PUT A PLAN IN PLACE AND GET SOME DATA BACK TO YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE QUESTION. SO OK, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT, FOR THAT PRESENTATION, IT WAS WAS VERY WELL DONE. AND

[8B. Bond 2023 Overview - May 2024]

YES I'LL BRING MR BANK HEAD UP, AND SO HE'S GOING TO TEAM WITH, UH, DOCTOR DAMIAN VELD, UH, TO BEGIN THIS PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS THE MAY 2023 BOND UPDATE AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR DAN BANQUET. THEY USED TO TALKING LOUD IN THE CLASSROOM. UM GOOD EVENING. UH,

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OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE SITE, LOGISTICS AND SAFETY AND TRAFFIC PLAN. UM WHERE THEY'RE WORKING TO GET SOME BUY IN FROM THE CITY AT THIS POINT, AND ONCE THEY DO THAT, I KNOW THE BOARD HAD ASKED US TO COME BACK AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT SOME OF THE SITETICS. OUR WALKERS. UH THE TRA THE PEDESTRIAN DRIVE. I MEAN, THE VEHICLE DROP OFF PARENT DROP OFF AND ALL THAT, AND SO WE'LL BE READY TO DO THAT. ONCE WE GET SOME BUY IN FROM THE CITY, UM AND SO THAT PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD PRETTY WELL. ONE TO ALSO TOUCH ON FERNDALE, HENRY. THAT PROJECT IS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE PLAN TO BRING TO YOU AS I MENTIONED EARLIER A MINUTE AGO. WE ARE EXPECTING OUR BID. PROPOSALS ON THAT PROJECT IS COMING WEDNESDAY. UM WE COULD.

HOPEFULLY WITH THAT PROJECT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF T BUILDINGS AT, UH, HERITAGE ROADS AND GIVE THEM SOME RELIEF AND SUPPORT IN TERMS OF HELPING WITH THEIR CAPACITY.

UM WE STILL ARE SCHEDULED ON THAT PROJECT TO HAVE THAT PROJECT OPEN IN THE SUMMER OF 2025. WE'RE EXPANDING THE CORE TO HANDLE UP TO 1000 STUDENTS AND DOING SOME RENOVATIONS TO GET THAT FACILITY READY. TO ACCOMMODATE STUDENTS. WE HAVE SOME ROOFING REPAIRS AND UPGRADES AND MULTIPLE CAMPUSES THAT WILL BE COMING TO YOU NEXT MONTH. UH, THIS IS ONE OF OUR PROJECTS THAT'S GOING THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS RIGHT NOW. WE EXPECT TO REALIZE, UH, SOME SAVINGS ON THIS PROJECT AS A RESULT OF WORK THAT WAS COMPLETED AS A PART OF THE 2018 BOND, SOME ROOFING WORK THAT WAS COMPLETED THEN, AND, UH, BUT THE PROJECT IS SET UP TO, UH,

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BECAUSE ON THIS PRESENTATION IT SAYS AQUATIC PRACTICE FACILITY. AND THROUGHOUT MY TIME ON THE

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BUT IF WE'RE NOT BEHIND SCHEDULE, IT'S A DIFFERENT THING, BUT ON A $200 MILLION PROJECT. EVERY MONTH THAT WE ARE BEHIND AND I'M LOOKING AT THE COSTS. AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU KNOW, IT'S THE COSTS ARE GOING UP, UH, ON CLEMENS SO EVERY MONTH THAT WE'RE BEHIND THAT'S $1.3 MILLION IN ESCALATION COSTS SO THAT THAT'S CONCERNING WHEN I SEE THE NUMBERS GOING UP. UM BUT IF I COULD JUST GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT PROJECT, START DATE AND KIND OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE OVERALL PROCESS. UH, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. FOR ME IN MY HEAD AS I'M AS I'M LOOKING THROUGH, BECAUSE ALL I'M SEEING OBVIOUS, OBVIOUSLY THE OVERVIEW BUT IF I CAN JUST LOOK IN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, THAT WOULD THAT WOULD HELP ME MY BRAIN WORK A LITTLE BIT. I'LL BE GLAD TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. WE ALSO HAVE, UH, SCHEDULE ON THE UM ON ONLINE. UH, DASHBOARD. UM TYPICALLY FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, YOU'LL SEE A SIX MONTH MAYBE EIGHT MONTH OVERALL DESIGN SCHEDULE, BUT, UH CLEMENS, UM, TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER. IT'S A 400,000 OVER 400,000 SQUARE FOOT HIGH SCHOOL, SO IT'S TAKING JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT THE TEAM IS MOVING VERY QUICKLY.

UH, SINCE WE'VE HAD THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND WELL, I WAS ALSO WONDERING BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD MULTIPLE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, SO I WAS WONDERING IF THAT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH BUT THAT THAT'S ALSO PART OF THEIR THEIR WORKING DOUBLE TIME TO MAKE UP FOR THAT, AND THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, MR GARCIA. MR HAMILTON? YES THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UH,

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THE SKYLIGHT HERE AT THE ADMIN BUILDING AND THAT THAT'S FOR EVERYTHING. THAT IS, UH, THE ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW FOR EVERYTHING, DID YOU? DID YOU BID THOSE OUT? UH THERE OUT ON THE, UH, THEY'RE OUT IN THE BID PROCESS RIGHT NOW. OK SO WE'RE THIS IS JUST THAT, BUT THEY'RE UNDER THE, UH CODE OF SILENCE AND THE BIDDING PROCESS, AND WE ALSO HAVE TO DETERMINE WHO THE BEST VALUE PROPOSAL IS SO OK? YEAH I'D I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE INDIVIDUAL BY PARTICULAR SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU GOT EXHIBIT SIX, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S T CHIP ROOF AND THEN 38, WHICH THAT'S THAT'S ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ROOFING TYPE THAT ARE GONNA COST TIRE, YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. UM SO, YEAH. IF YOU COULD GET THOSE TO ME, I WHENEVER THEY COME IN, I'D APPRECIATE IT. OK? UM IT WILL HAVE TO CLEAR IT THROUGH PROCUREMENT, BUT WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. THANK YOU, MR SH. UM SO TO MR HAMILTON'S POINT. ABOUT HAVING THOSE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS. I'M GONNA ASK THE QUESTION AND I DON'T WANT THE COMMUNITY TO FREAK OUT. BUT I'M GONNA ASK THE QUESTION ANYWAY. I'D LIKE TO GET A LIST OF OUR UNDERUTILIZED SCHOOLS AND PROXIMITY TO THE NEW SCHOOLS THAT THAT ARE IN THE BOND PROGRAM. UM BECAUSE I JUST LIKE TO VISUALLY BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND HOW CLOSE THEY ARE TO SOME OF OUR UNDERUTILIZED SCHOOLS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN GROWING, ESPECIALLY IN CERTAIN AREAS. I KNOW MY KIDS WENT TO LEXINGTON CREEK ELEMENTARY, AND IT WAS FULL AND NOW IT'S NO LONGER FULL. SO I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT. YES, MA'AM. UM, BOTH YOU AND MR THANK YOU. UM, WE'LL BE PROVIDING YOU. THE UPDATED POSA REPORT, WHICH IS ELECTRONIC AND WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE IT TO YOU IN HARD COPY AS WELL AND THAT INFORMATION WILL BE THERE AND THEN WE'LL ADD THE PROXIMITY AS REQUESTED. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR BLAKE. APPRECIATE IT. UH, PRESIDENT TYSON. I JUST WELL, I. I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO WHAT YOU HAD SAID, UH, WHAT YOU ASKED I CAN GIVE. I THINK IN THE BOARD UPDATE. I THINK IT WAS MARCHES BOARD UPDATE THAT BETH HAD PROVIDED THAT UTILIZATION REPORT . SO WHILE THEY'RE GATHERING THAT INFORMATION, UM I'LL SEE IF I CAN FIND IT AND SEND IT OVER SO YOU CAN HAVE SOME TYPE OF PRELIMINARY. I'D APPRECIATE THAT

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[8C. School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) Update]

WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE THE ANNUAL UPDATE, UH, FROM OUR SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.

AS YOU KNOW, SHAQ RECOMMENDS, UM , INITIATIVES RELATED TO HEALTH, EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT BY STATE LAW AND ALSO POLICY BDF LEGAL WHILE WHILE OUR PARENT CHAIR MRS ALISON THUMBLE COMING TO THE STAGE, I WANNA JUST SHARE A FEW WONDERFUL W WORDS ABOUT THIS WOMAN SHE HAS SERVED AS CHAIR OF THE PAST TWO YEARS AND BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF SHAQ THE PAST EIGHT YEARS. SHE HAS AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL PROFESSIONAL CAREER AND MAKES TIME FOR SHAQ AND WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF HER, UM, WANTED TO SHARE JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER. SHE LOVES SPENDING TIME WITH HER HUSBAND OF 25 YEARS AND ALSO HER TWO CHILDREN. SHE TRAINS AND COMPETES IN TRIATHLONS, LIKES TO TRAVEL AND IS ACTIVE IN HER CHURCH. SHE LOVES TO TRY NEW FOODS, EVEN DESSERT, SO AS A REGISTERED DIETICIAN. SHE WANTS US ALL TO KNOW. EVEN DIETICIANS ENJOY DESSERT, SO IT IS, IS TRULY AN HONOR TO BE INTRODUCING HER TONIGHT. UH, FORT BEN ISD IS KNOWN ALL OVER THE STATE. UH, FOR THE ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP OF SHAQ, IT'S TRULY AN HONOR. AND WE'RE APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE UPDATE. SO IS THE OK THANK YOU, DOCTOR. LAWSON UM, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES. DOCTOR SMITH, MY FELLOW SHAQ GROUP OVER HERE. YEAH, I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER SHAQ PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE ROOM. AND ALL OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE, AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS QUICK MOMENT AND HAVE A WELLNESS BREAK BECAUSE IF ANYBODY LIKE ME HAD A DH D AS A KID, YOU'RE LIKE BOUNCING IN YOUR SEAT. SO IF EVERYBODY COULD JUST PLEASE TAKE A STAND IF YOU WANT TO STRETCH IF YOU WANT TO TURN AROUND, WE'LL DO LIKE 20 SECONDS. READY SET. GO GO, GO, GO! OH, DONE THAT FOR GOOD, OK? OK EXCELLENT. THAT WAS 20 SECONDS, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU FEEL BETTER. IT'S 950 AT NIGHT. I THINK MOST OF US HAVE BEEN UP FOR 1416. 18 HOURS. UM BUT I WANNA THANK YOU FOR BEING AT THIS MEETING. IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO COME TO YOU TONIGHT WITH THE ANNUAL REPORT OF WHAT SHAQ HAS BEEN DOING. SHAQ IS OUR SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL. WE ARE A GROUP OF PARENTS. THE MAJORITY OF US ARE PARENTS, ALSO DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

SO WITH THAT WE ARE SET IN HIS ADVISORY COUNCIL. TO WORK WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH POLICIES, PRINCIPLES. UM, AND PROCEDURES TOWARDS HEALTH AND WELLNESS. FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY. I DO WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT SHAQ IS MANDATED. IT IS EHA A AND FAA LOCAL. WE ARE GOING TO BE REVIEWING OUR TRIENNIAL WELLNESS POLICY, WHICH IS DISTRICT POLICY , SO IT IS MANDATED BY THE STATE AND IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY. WORKING WITH THE BOARD, UM AS UM, IN AN ADVISORY ROLE. SO WHAT SHAQ HAS IS SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WORK TO ESTABLISH DIFFERENT GOALS. WE'RE ALL TRYING TO WORK TOWARDS THIS NICE, BRIGHT YELLOW COMMUNITY. THIS IS CALLED OUR WHISK MODEL WITH THE WHISK MODEL. THAT'S OUR WHOLE SCHOOL, WHOLE COMMUNITY, WHOLE CHILD MODEL, AND WITHIN THIS MODEL, WE HAVE DIFFERENT FACETS IN THE TURQUOISE THAT ARE COMPONENTS OF HEALTH, WELLNESS SAFETY, CAMPUS SECURITY. ALL OF THIS ENCOMPASSES OUR WH MODEL. WITHIN THESE WH MODELS ARE SHAQ HAS BROKEN INTO SUBCOMMITTEES.

WE HAVE SIX SUBCOMMITTEES THAT ESTABLISH GOALS THAT ARE DIRECTED TOWARDS THAT SUBCOMITTEE. EACH SUBCOMITTEE IS LED BY A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE. WE HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR DISTRICT LEADS IN THE MEETING RIGHT HERE, AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE DISTRICT TO PROVIDE THOSE, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO INCLUDE A PARENT ON EACH OF THOSE COMMITTEES, SO EACH OF THOSE COMMITTEES HAS AT LEAST ONE AND POSSIBLY MORE PARENTS ON THE SUBCOMMITTEES. SO THE SIX WE HAD WERE AND P A PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. WE HAD CAMPUS WELLNESS COMMITTEES. WE HAD ADVOCACY, WHOLE CHILD HEALTH, NUTRITION AND CAMPUS SAFETY. SO EACH OF THESE ESTABLISHED, UM, WITH WITH SHAQ, WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS. WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR CAMPUSES. WE'RE ENCOURAGING COLLABORATION WITH THE DISTRICT WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES, AND THEN WE'RE BUILDING CAPACITY. WE'RE PROVIDING RESOURCES. THESE ARE WHAT SHAQ IS HELPING THE COMMUNITY AND EACH CAMPUS. UM THAT'S THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF WHAT SHAQ IS PROVIDING. SO IN 23 AND 24. WE HAD SIX DIFFERENT GOALS AND I'LL BREAK SOME OF THESE INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IN A MOMENT, BUT I JUST WANNA ELABORATE, UM AND GIVE YOU WHAT WE WORKED ON. FIRST OF ALL, WE TRIED TO ESTABLISH LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. THE SHACK VOTED ON SIX AND WE HONED IT INTO THREE, WHICH WILL PRESENT IN A MOMENT. UM THIS WAS

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WE'RE TRYING TO INSPIRE THESE KIDS AND, UM, IT WAS FANTASTIC. OK OUR THIRD GOAL WAS CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS. WE WANTED EVERY CAMPUS TO HAVE IN THEIR C IP A WELLNESS, UM, INITIATIVE AND, UH, WELLNESS, SOMETHING THEY WERE TRYING TO STRIVE FOR. THE FOURTH GUN SAFETY AND STORAGE. WE WANTED TO DEVELOP A PROCESS FOR GETTING GUN SAFETY AND STORAGE INFORMATION OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THIS GOAL AND I'LL TOUCH ON THIS IN A MOMENT AS WELL. ACTION BASED LEARNING THAT WAS GOAL NUMBER FIVE. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT CAMPUSES THAT HAD ACTION BASED LEARNING CONTINUED AND THANKFULLY WE DID NOT LOSE ANY A BL CAMPUSES, SO I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT. ACTION BASED LEARNING IS BRINGING, UM, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO THE LEARNING. IT HELPS. FACILITATE THE LEARNING BETTER AND IT HELPS RETAIN AND THE BEHAVIORS. UM, THE BEHAVIORAL. UM, PROBLEMS ON THE CAMPUSES GO DOWN WHEN A BL IS IMPLEMENTED, SO THAT WAS A HUGE HUGE UNDERTAKING WAS CONTINUING THOSE A BL CAMPUSES. WE STILL WANT TO ASK FOR IT AGAIN. BUT I'LL GO OVER THAT IN A MINUTE AND THEN SIX. WE WANT THAT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. WE ALL KNOW THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS SUPER IMPORTANT FOR THESE KIDS, AND THAT WAS OUR OUR ONE OF OUR MAIN GOALS. NOW OUR LEGISLATIVE PART, SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE TASKS THAT ARE OUR SHAQ WAS, UM WAS. HOW DOES A GOAL SO WE HAD THREE THAT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO POSSIBLY ADOPT AS THEIR OWN LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. THE THREE ARE WE SUPPORT MEASURES THAT ENCOURAGE PHYSICAL FITNESS AND ACTION BASED LEARNING, INCLUDING EFFECTIVE USE OF PHYSICAL FITNESS ASSESSMENTS. THE SECOND WE WANT FUNDING FOR MULTI TIERED SYSTEM OF MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORTS THAT FOSTER AND HEALTHY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS FOR STUDENTS, EDUCATORS AND STAFF. AND FINALLY , THE SHACK SUPPORTS MEASURES THAT INCLUDE ENSURE ALL CHILDREN RECEIVE ACCESS TO HEALTHY SCHOOL MEALS, INCLUDING BREAKFAST AND LUNCH TO REDUCE THE FOOD INSECURITY AND HUNGER. SO A COUPLE OF THESE, I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, BUT I DO WANT TO HONE IN ON THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE HAD. THIS YEAR. WE HAD SIX WHOLE CHILD, UM, HEALTH. PARENT AND STUDENT SUCCESS, WEBINARS. THEY WERE VERY WELL ATTENDED. THEY ARE ON OUR SHACK WEBSITE. YOU CAN GO BACK AND LISTEN TO THEM. SOME OF THEM WERE STUDENT DRIVEN AND M. SARTAIN WAS ABLE TO HELP GET SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS. THEY WERE VERY CUTE. UM, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO BACK AND LISTEN TO SOME OF THOSE WEBINARS, UH, PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE SIX FEEDER PATTERNS THAT HAVE, UM, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS. WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO BUMP IT UP TO 12. WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE FTES AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR BIG ASKS FOR NEXT YEAR. BECAUSE WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT EVERY CAMPUS NEEDS A FULL TIME MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. UM, PROFESSIONAL, SO THAT IS ONE OF OUR ASKS, UM, THE THIRD ITEM WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE SUCCESS WITH WE PROVIDED AWARENESS OF THE DISTRICT'S MULTI TIER SYSTEM OF SUPPORT. OK SO TIER ONE GOING TO EVERYBODY TIER TWO. THOSE THAT NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE GROUP SUPPORT AND TIER THREE. THOSE KIDS THAT MAYBE WERE PRES SUICIDAL, HARMFUL THEMSELVES. THINGS LIKE THAT. SO HAVING THAT AWARENESS WE'RE STILL GOING TO PROMOTE THAT MULTI TIER SYSTEM OF SUPPORT. AND FINALLY, WE OFFERED WHOLE CHILD HEALTH, CAMPUS EVENTS AND INITIATIVES. SO REAL QUICKLY. I KNOW I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE MORE MINUTES. UM THESE WERE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE HAD 100% OF OUR CAMPUSES. UM, DO OUR CAMPUS WELLNESS COMMITTEE. THAT'S THANKS TO MR LADONNA GREEN. UM SHE ROPED EVERYBODY IN 100% THAT'S FANTASTIC. UM OUR STUDENT WELLNESS COMMITTEES, ALL 12 OF THE CAMPUSES HAD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THEIR STUDENT WELLNESS COMMITTEE. WE HAD, UM, OUR SECOND ANNUAL THINK TANK. THINK TANK WAS PROVIDED BY UNITEDHEALTHCARE. I HAVE A PICTURE COMING UP. UNITED HEALTHCARE ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR THE KIDS TO HAVE KIND OF A CONTEST THEY HAD, UM THEY BROUGHT TO THE SHACK THEIR IDEAS OF WHAT WOULD HELP THEIR CAMPUS.

WAS IT MENTAL HEALTH? WAS IT PHYSICAL HEALTH? WAS IT NUTRITION? WAS IT, UM ABSENT,

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START TIMES LATER, THE CDC AND AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS RECOMMEND THAT NO HIGH SCHOOL START BEFORE 830 IN THE MORNING THAT COMES FROM THE CDC AND THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO POSSIBLY ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE THAT LOOKS AT THE FEASIBILITY OF CHANGING THE START TIMES FOR THIS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE FOURTH, EXPANDING THOSE DISTRICT LEVEL MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS, SO I TALKED ABOUT THE SIX FEEDER PATTERNS THAT HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. WE WOULD LIKE FOR ALL 12 HIGH SCHOOLS TO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS. ON THE RIGHT SIDE PROVIDE A PROCESS FOR THE DISTRICT TO PROVIDE FAMILIES WITH GUN SAFETY AND STORAGE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY COMING OUT OF HOUSE BILL NUMBER THREE, MR. ROSE BARRE OVER HERE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS THEM, BUT THE STATE IS MANDATING AND REQUIRING THAT, UM, SAFE GUN STORAGE AND SAFETY INFORMATION IS PRESENTED TO ALL FAMILIES. SO THAT GOAL SHOULD BE, UM, HELPED BECAUSE OF THE STATE. OK, THE NUMBER 23456. WE WANT TO RECOMMEND EXPANSION OF A BL. WE'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH SEVEN CAMPUSES. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE CAMPUSES, BUT WE WOULD WE DO THINK THERE'S SO MUCH BENEFIT IN THAT ACTION BASED LEARNING AND EVEN THE CAMPUSES THAT CAN'T HAVE ACTION BASED LEARNING LABS BRINGING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTO THE CLASSROOM SO THAT THE KIDS CAN RETAIN AND HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE. AND THEN THE LAST. WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS HAVE THAT WELLNESS STRATEGY IN THEIR COMPONENT. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF MY PRESENTATION. AT THIS TIME. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM OR DEFER TO A SMARTER PERSON THAN ME. THANK

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SO I'M GONNA BE REAL DIRECT HERE. UM WHAT DATA? DO YOU HAVE THAT SUPPORT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF YOUR PROGRAM? MM. OF WHICH PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY A BL. UM YES. SO I'M GONNA BRING UP. UM, PROBABLY M SARTAIN. WOULD THAT BE? UM, I'M GONNA BRING UP MISS SARTAIN FOR THAT, UH, DATA. SO WE CAN GET YOU THAT DATA, BUT WE DO DO SURVEYS, UM, WITH THE TEACHERS AND THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE CAMPUSES TO DETERMINE, LIKE DO THEY FEEL LIKE KIDS ARE MORE, UM, LIKE, DO THEY BEHAVE BETTER AFTER A BL OR THEY RESET FOR LEARNING WHEN THEY COME BACK FROM THE LABS? WE ALSO, UM EVERY A BL LAB. THEY WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS TO DETERMINE IF WHAT THEIR FOCUS IS GONNA BE. SO THEY ALIGN WITH THE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT FOCUS. SO IF THEY IMPROVEMENT FOCUS ON A CAMPUS IS READING IF IT'S SCIENCE IF IT'S MATH, WHATEVER THAT IS, THAT'S THE FOCUS OF THE LAB. IS THOSE A BL TEACHERS, UM, ATTEND PL CS, AND THEY REALLY, REALLY FOCUS ON DRIVING TOWARDS, UM THE SUCCESS OF THE CAMPUS GOALS. BUT WE CAN GET YOU SPECIFICS ON THE, UM THE IMPROVEMENT OF ATTENDANCE BEHAVIOR I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND END OF YEAR. YEAH, WE CAN GET YOU OUT. OK SO I'M GONNA ASK ANOTHER HARD QUESTION AND SOMEBODY MIGHT GET MAD AT ME. SO, BRIAN, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. HOW MUCH IS THIS FUNDED? HOW MUCH DO WE PAY FOR THIS PROGRAM? WE CAN PULL THE NUMBERS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE SPENDING ON A BL. I DON'T HAVE THAT THIS EVENING. YEAH, BECAUSE I SEE THE ASK AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET. AND BEFORE WE EVEN EMBARK UPON THAT, LET'S SEE WHAT WE NEED VERSUS WHAT WE WANT IN THAT RESPECT. SO COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE ME THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS JONES. MISTER SCUFF. YES. HERE.

UH, YOUR PRESENTATION WAS GREAT. YOU HAD, UH A LOT OF ENERGY WAS IT WAS VERY GOOD. A DH D TOO. SO IT WAS FUN, RIGHT? YEAH WE SENSE EACH OTHER. UH SO I. I GOT A FEW QUESTIONS ONE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ON EACH CAMPUS. WHAT TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL? ARE YOU GUYS ADVOCATING TO BE ON EACH CAMPUS? WE'D REALLY LIKE A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR. YEAH L PC WOULD BE GREAT L PC. AND UM, UH, WHAT ABOUT? UH, SO, UH, YOU BROKE DOWN INTO DIFFERENT TIERS.

WHAT WERE WHAT WERE THOSE TEARS FOR? FOR MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS AGAIN? OK? YEAH. SO IT'S TIER 12. AND THREE AND TIER ONE IS YOUR GENERAL MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION AT YOU KNOW, CAMPUS LEVEL OR, YOU KNOW, NINTH GRADE 10TH GRADE, ETCETERA. UM THE TIER TWO IS GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT MAYBE NEED A LITTLE BIT OF A COMMUNITY SUPPORT. MAYBE A SOCIAL SKILLS GROUP, A LUNCH BUNCH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE PULLED OUT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE.

UM UH, FOCUSED. AND THEN THOSE TIER THREE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE SEVERE, RIGHT? SO THERE ARE YOUR CIT. THE CRISIS INTERVENTION. EXACTLY SORRY. I'M A PARENT. NOT A. YEAH AN EDUCATOR. YES CIT WOULD BE A GOOD DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY DATA ON COST TO PUT AN L PC ON EACH CAMPUS? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THAT FAR IN THE PROCESS. WE DO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS IN THE DISTRICT, BUT WE CERTAINLY COULD PROVIDE THAT. GOT YOU. OK ALL RIGHT. UM AND THEN, UH, THE OTHER ONE. MY COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. CELL PHONES. UM WELL, WHAT'S YOUR GUYS' OVERALL RECOMMENDATION ON CELL PHONE POLICY? WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW BEST PRACTICES. SO UM, I HAVE MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION. BUT THE SHACK IN GENERAL, UM, HAS NOT REALLY COME TO CONSENSUS. WE BASICALLY HAVE JUST STARTED EXPLORING THIS . UM IT'S MY PERSONAL BELIEF THAT, UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY STAIR STEP INTO CELL PHONE POLICY WHERE THE ELEMENTARY MAY HAVE NONE. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MIGHT HAVE CONTROL AND THEN THE HIGH SCHOOL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTROL OF THEIR CELL PHONE DEVICES. BUT IT'S JUST ME PERSONALLY, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE THAT WOULD LOOK AT BEST PRACTICES. UM, WHAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING ? LOOK AT DATA. WE DO KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF HEALTH IMPLICATIONS, UM, FROM CYBERBULLYING TO ANXIETY, DEPRESSION. UM THE RATES ARE ARE SKYROCKETING, AND IT'S DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO, UM, WHEN CELL PHONES HAVE COME ABOUT.

ABSOLUTELY I'D AGREE WITH THOSE STATISTICS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR SH MR GARCIA. THANK YOU,

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DEFINITELY I HEAR A LOT OF REALLY, REALLY GOOD THINGS. AND SO I WOULD SUPPORT LOOKING INTO THAT EVEN FURTHER. I KNOW SOME CAMPUSES ARE DOING IT. MORE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE DOING IT, UM, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I CAN'T EVEN FATHOM A NEED FOR WHY AN ELEMENTARY STUDENT WOULD NEED A CELL PHONE. UM AND THEN, UM, THE FEASIBILITY STUDY. I WOULD SUPPORT ON ON LOOKING AT THAT FOR LATER START TIMES IN HIGH SCHOOL. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOGISTICS QUESTION THERE BECAUSE , UM, MIDDLE SCHOOL STARTS AT EIGHT. 20 OR 30 ISH, SO SIMILAR TIME AT HIGH SCHOOL, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A COMPONENT OF UM THE BUSES, PICK UP, PICK UP, DROP OFF AND THEN GO AND PICK UP AND DROP OFF BETWEEN THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL. SO UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. AND UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DEFINITELY ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE AND ENGAGED COMMITTEES WE HAVE, AND IT'S NOT JUST YOU KNOW, AT HERE. IT'S AT ALL THE CAMPUSES, SO I COMMEND YOU AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU ARE DOING. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, MR GARCIA, MS HANNON. YES THANK YOU, MISS THAL, AND IT IS MY HONOR TO BE THE SHACK LIAISON FOR THE BOARD. AND I'VE BEEN DOING THAT. I THINK 3.5 YEARS AND UM, WHAT I WANNA SAY MISS THUMB IS WHAT I THINK THAT YOU'VE REALLY BROUGHT. THE BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT ARE SOME THINGS THAT AS WE BEGAN A NEW WITH VISIONING AND GOAL SETTING, UM AND EVEN OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE 89TH LEGISLATURE, THAT WILL COME UP. NOT THIS YEAR, BUT NEXT, BUT WE NEED WE NEED TO GET THAT GOING GIVEN US SOME SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT, AND I DO HOPE THAT WE WILL RESPECT SHAQ IN THAT, PERHAPS NOT EVERYTHING.

FALLS INTO THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT THE BOARD LANDS ON. BUT THAT THERE IS A COMPONENT.

UM IN THERE, SO I. I APPRECIATE MISS THUMBLE. I APPRECIATE CATALINA FLORES RAU, WHO IS GOING TO BE AT THE HELM NEXT YEAR. LADONNA GREEN. LAURIE SARTAIN. UH UM DOCTOR WESTBROOK THE IF YOU HAVE NOT THE MEETINGS ARE RECORDED, AND THEY ARE THE MOST PROFESSIONALLY DONE MEETINGS OUTSTANDING. SPEAKERS UM, THAT YOU KNOW THAT ARE EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY. THEY'RE EDUCATING THE STUDENTS THAT JOIN THEY EDUCATE ME AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WROTE DOWN IS BECAUSE TWO OF THE A BL INSTRUCTORS CAME . WAS IT THE LAST MEETING? YES THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE AMAZING NOT ALL AT ONCE, OBVIOUSLY. BUT IF OUR BOARD MEMBERS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO GO SEE WHAT A BL LOOKS LIKE, UM, IT IN THE CLASSROOM BECAUSE WHAT THESE GENTLEMEN PRESENTED IN SOME OF THE CLIPS THAT WE SAW, I'M GONNA BE HONEST. EVEN BEING ON THE SHACK THIS LONG. I WAS NOT AWARE. OF THESE SEVEN A BL CLASSROOMS THAT WE HAVE. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN ASK, UM DOCTOR SMITH FOR NEXT YEAR. YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT THE TAIL END.

I WOULD NOT DO THAT TO MY WORST ENEMY. UM HEY, GREAT. LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL, COME ON IN, OBSERVE.

UM BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY GOOD INFORMATION. THANK YOU, AND I'D LIKE TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MISS HANNAN SAID, UM, IF YOU CAN KIND OF KEEP YOUR EYE OUT FOR THE AUGUST SEPTEMBER, I BELIEVE THAT, UM KIM TAYLOR OF OUR PE NP. A, UM, IS LOOKING AT ESTABLISHING A FIELD TRIP AND SO BOARD WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU ON THAT FIELD TRIP THAT EXPLORES THAT A BL CAMPUS, SO THAT IS IN THE WORKS. SO UM, MISS HANNAN, YOU WILL CERTAINLY KNOW ABOUT IT. AND WE

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HANNON, MISS JONES. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. I JUST KIND OF POPPED UP. SO I'M THINKING ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN TARGETED IMPROVEMENT. SO I HAVEN'T ASK OR REQUEST. I WANT TO SEE THE DATA FROM SHAQ FROM THE LAST THREE YEARS AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'S EFFECTIVE IN THOSE THREE SCHOOLS BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WE HAVE THIS HERE. BUT IS IT REALLY HELPING OUR KIDS AND DO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE? SO CAN YOU PROVIDE THAT AS WELL? ABSOLUTELY AND I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, I BELIEVE ONE OF OUR WILLOW RIDGE. IT WAS ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS SO THEY WERE THE WINNER OF OUR $500 3RD PLACE. UM AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR PROJECT WAS, BUT THEY THE KIDS WERE REQUIRED TO CREATE THEIR PROJECT AND THEN IMPLEMENT IT, SO I WOULD I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY, UM, EITHER WATCH THE VIDEO AND GO BACK AND SEE WHAT WILL WILLOWRIDGE DID. SO THAT WAS ONE COMPONENT. UM THE OTHER IS WE DO WE TRY AND MAKE SURE OUR PARENT REPRESENTATIVES COME FROM ALL THE FEEDER PATTERNS AND MISS STEPHANIE WILLIAMS, WHO WAS JUST, UM WAS HERE A FEW MINUTES AGO AND LEFT. UM SHE IS OUR MARSHALL CHAMPION.

SHE IS RIGHT THERE AT THE FOREFRONT, PUSHING MARSHALL MARSHALL MARSHALL. UM, I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE RECOMMENDED SHE IS A SHACK MEMBER. UM AND WE CAN CERTAINLY GET YOU THE INFORMATION, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT YES. ALL OF THE CAMPUSES ARE STILL, UM EVEN THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE ARE WORKING TOWARDS YOU KNOW, STRONGER PROGRESS ARE STILL HAVING THAT CAMPUS WELLNESS COMPONENT. UM AND BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT THAT ACTUAL DATA I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DATA, SEE HOW IT AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'S EFFECTIVE IN THOSE THREE SCHOOLS. YEP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS JONES. UM SO MY ONLY COMMENTS ARE SO I'VE SEEN A BL BECAUSE WE IMPLEMENTED IT IN OUR EDGE PROGRAM YEARS AGO. UM IT WAS VERY EFFECTIVE AND AS A MOM OF A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY. UM IT, UH, WE UNDERSTAND THE BENEFIT TO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS NOT JUST PHYSICALLY BUT COGNITIVELY. UM AND SO, SO, I. I DO THINK THAT IT, UM THAT IT HAS A GOOD PLACE, SO I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE THE SAME DATA THAT THAT JUST REQUESTED, UM ALSO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DID WHEN I SERVED PREVIOUSLY. I'M SORRY. I SOUND LIKE BROKEN RECORD. UM WE TALKED ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH. UM, PROFESSIONALS ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE PRIORITIZE. SO MY QUESTION IS ALONG THE LINES OF, UM, BEING WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR US TO CONTRACT OUT AND HAVE THAT? UM I KNOW MR SHOVE ASKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD THE COST BE FOR FTES? BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO DO THIS. AND WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND IT YEARS AGO , SO I'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THE NUMBERS AND HOW WE WOULD, UH , POTENTIALLY BE ABLE TO CONTRACT OUT. UM, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT UM PARTICULARLY SINCE COVID. WE'VE SEEN MORE OF OUR CHILDREN, UM, WHO ARE IN NEED OF , UH, A LITTLE MORE TARGETED, UH, SUPPORT. UM I MENTORED IN THE DISTRICT FOR MANY YEARS, AND THAT'S GREAT, BUT I THINK SOME OF OUR KIDS COMING OFF OF COVID, ESPECIALLY, UM, COULD USE A LITTLE EXTRA SUPPORT. UM SO THAT'S MY ASK IS ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO CONTRACT OUT AND THEN FINALLY I SERVE ON THE, UM MY DAUGHTER'S, UH, CAMPUS SPACE. IT USED TO BE CAMPUS BASED LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND THEY CALL IT CPAC NOW WHICH I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT STANDS FOR, BUT I SERVE ON IT. AND IT'S THE, UM ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE THINGS THAT I HEAR FROM THE TEACHERS. UM NUMBER ONE COMPLAINTS. I THINK I WOULD SAY IS CELL PHONE USE BY THEIR STUDENTS AND HOW IT DETRACTS FROM LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM, AND I KNOW BECAUSE WE HAVE BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE IN OUR CAMPUSES THAT IT HAS REQUIRED US TO ALLOW THEM TO THEIR DEVICE. NOW THAT WE ARE ROLLING OUT, UM EVERY STUDENT GETS A LAPTOP THEN I THINK THAT SHOULD ALLOW US TO DO A LOT MORE WITH OUR POLICY, UM, RELATED TO CELL PHONES. SO UM, I'M JUST GONNA THROW THAT OUT THERE AS FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR THE TRUSTEES, AND PARTICULARLY OUR POLICY COMMITTEE, AS YOU GUYS ARE WORKING. UM AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY TAKE TO HEART. AND IT'S CERTAINLY A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING INTO.

UM ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE HAVE THE LAPTOPS ROLLING OUT. I MEAN, BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME NECESSITY ANYMORE. SO UM, THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY. I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I'D LIKE TO GET SOME OF THAT INFORMATION THAT I MENTIONED. UM OTHERWISE I JUST

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OK, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TEAM. YEAH. OK, WE'RE GONNA MOVE THROUGH OUR REVIEW ITEMS. FIRST

[9A. Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes]

[9B. School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) Membership]

[9C. Budget Amendment Regarding Use of 2018 Bond Program Contingency Funds]

[9D. Low Attendance Waiver]

UM YEAH. AND WE GO BACK TO THE LOW ATTENDANCE WAIVER. YEAH. 90 LOW ATTENDANCE WAIVER. GO AHEAD, MISS JONES. SO I'M LOOKING AT IT. AND AT GOODMAN, THE ATTENDANCE WAS IMPACTED. ON 921 AND 922. AND SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS I THINK IT WAS LIKE 76 AND 78. IS THERE ANY JUSTIFICATION FOR THE LOW ATTENDANCE ON THOSE DAYS? OH, ARE THERE ANY, UH, JUST WHAT'S THE JUSTIFICATION FOR LOWER LOWER TENANT ON SOME OF THESE DATES? BECAUSE SOME STONES THE JUSTIFICATIONS ARE LISTED ON TOP AND THE SUMMARY SECTION, ESPECIALLY FOR GOODMAN. IT WAS A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMED THERE WAS SEVERE WEATHER TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND SO THAT'S WHY, UH, BURTON AND GOODMAN AND HIGHTOWER I GOT YOU.

I GOT YOU OK? I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MISS JONES. ALL RIGHT, GOING

[9E. Modified Schedule State Assessment Testing Days Waiver]

[9F. Detention Pond Easement with Mission Bend Municipal Utility District No. 1 for Mission Bend Elementary School (BP002)]

[9G. Water Meter Easement with Mission Bend Municipal District No. 1 for Mission Bend Elementary School (BP002)]

[9H. Delegation of Authority]

[02:50:04]

WE'LL KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP. YEAH, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS THE TAS B REGION FOR

[9I. TASB Region IV, Position G]

[9J. Review of proposed expenses that exceed $50,000]

[Convene in closed session (Part 2 of 2)]

[02:55:11]

[Reconvene in Open Session (Part 2 of 2)]

[Consider Action on Closed Session Items]

YES, THANK YOU. I MOVED THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO APPOINT. UH OH, I'M SORRY. TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF TANYA EDWARDS AS PRINCIPAL OF HUNTERS. GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MY SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION BY MS HANNON AND A SECOND BY MR HAMILTON. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? NONE. PLEASE VOTE BY RAISE OF HANDS. ALL WHO APPROVE. MOTION PASSES. NEXT, DOCTOR GILLIAM. I MOVED THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF MARIO MCDONALD AS PRINCIPAL OF GEORGE BUSH HIGH SCHOOL. SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION BY DOCTOR GILLIAM AND A SECOND BY MS HANNAN. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? SEEN NONE. PLEASE VOTE APPROVAL BY RAISE OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES. UH, NEXT, MISS JONES. I MOVED TO RENEW AND TO AWARD WILLIAM HERMAN'S PROBATIONARY EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT FOR THE 2025 CONTRACT YEAR. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS JONES AND A SECOND BY DR GILLIAM. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? NONE. PLEASE VOTE APPROVAL BY SHOW OF HANDS. OH, I'M PRESSING A BUTTON.

MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT NOW, OUR ACTION ITEMS. UH A IS ON THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2024 25

[13A. Public Hearing on 2024-25 Budget & Tax Rate]

PLEASE VOTE YOUR APPROVAL BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES. NEXT UP 13 B IS A RESOLUTION

[13B. Resolution regarding 2024 Commencement Ceremonies]