May 20, 2024 Board Meeting

EVERYONE IS ABLE TO HEAR THE PROCEEDINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE TIME IS 6:01 P.M. AND

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NOTICE OF THE MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE AND AT THE FORT BEND ISD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS. FIRST UP, WE HAVE THE NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMED BY THE DULLES HIGH SCHOOL TROMBONE QUARTET. IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE STAND . MADAM. BERM I. HAVE.

MADAM. MADAM. VICE.

PROVOST 11 MEMBERS.

THANK YOU. AND EVERYONE, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE . YOU MAY BE SEATED

[4. Superintendent Update]

THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH, FIRST WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR COHORT OF STUDENTS FROM OUR STUDENT LEADERSHIP ONE ON ONE 102 PROGRAM. CAN I PLEASE HAVE MISS ROSA MARTINEZ COME TO THE PODIUM SO SHE CAN ANNOUNCE OUR GRADUATING SENIORS? GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY, DOCTOR MARK SMITH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, CELEBRATING OUR STUDENTS TODAY. WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE SENIOR LEVEL COHORT OF THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THIS EVENING. THE BOARD HAS HELPED THESE STUDENTS BECOME PARTNERS FOR POSITIVE CHANGE IN FORT BEND COUNTY BY EXPOSING THEM TO LEADERS AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVELS WHILE

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FORBUSH HIGH SCHOOL. ELISA. COSME AND SONIA. SAYED.

THREE. TWO. ONE MORE. THREE. TWO. ONE. FROM CLEMENS HIGH SCHOOL. RHEA, CHADRON AND VICTORIA LOU . THREE. TWO. ONE MORE. THREE. THREE. ONE. FROM DULLES HIGH SCHOOL, KYLIE WOOD, ISAAC WASCO, AND REEMA RAJ . THREE. THREE. ONE AND ONE. THREE. TWO. FROM. FROM ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL. TEMITOPE SAMUEL AND JOSH KEATON . THREE. TWO. ONE MORE. THREE. TWO. ONE. FROM HIGHTOWER HIGH SCHOOL. SNEHA JOVI AND VENUS KUMAR

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FIVE. THREE. THREE. ONE AND MORE. THREE. TWO. ONE. FROM RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL, HANNAH THORSON, COHEN, MANLEY AND SOFIA BLANCO . SMILE. THREE. TWO. ONE AND MORE. THREE. TWO. ONE. FROM TRAVIS HIGH SCHOOL, AUSTIN VENABLE AND SALMAN MOMIN . FROM WHEELER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, CHAMERIA. LANE.

THREE AND MORE. THREE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HE'S BEEN A JOY TO SEE OUR STUDENTS GROW FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. AND SEE THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS. MANY OF YOU KNOW, KNOW, KNOW THEM BY NAME AND THEY HAVE LEARNED FROM YOU. AND THEY HAVE LEARNED FROM THE EXPERIENCES THAT WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR THIS PROGRAM. SO THANK YOU FOR HONORING THEM TODAY. THANK YOU.

NEXT WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR WONDERFUL DULLES HIGH SCHOOL TROMBONE ENSEMBLE. AND THEY PROVIDED OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM THIS THIS EVENING. THEY'RE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ARNEL DAYRIT AND SPENCER CLAYTON. THANK.

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CONGRATULATIONS. VERY IMPRESSIVE. OUR NEXT RECOGNITION. WE HAVE SEVEN FORT BEND ISD STUDENTS WHO WERE SELECTED AS GOLD SEAL WINNERS AT THE TEXAS ART EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION, STATE VISUAL ARTS SCHOLASTIC EVENT. THE STUDENT WORK, ART, ARTWORK WAS SELECTED BASED ON EXEMPLARY CONCEPT, TECHNIQUE, CRAFTSMANSHIP, AND CREATIVITY. THE GOLD SEAL WINNERS WILL HAVE THEIR ARTWORK EXHIBITED ACROSS THE STATE. BUSH HIGH SCHOOL, KIMBERLY RODRIGUEZ.

TEACHER BONNIE RAMOS.

CONGRATULATIONS FROM CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL. TINGYU WU, HANNAH WANG. TEACHER REBECCA T . CONGRATULATIONS. ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL. SO WHEN PARK TEACHER RYAN MORALES. NOT PRESENT. CONGRATS ANYWAY, DULLES HIGH SCHOOL. REGINA ZHAO, TEACHER KAYLA MATTHEWS . AND LAST FROM RIDGE POINT HIGH SCHOOL. YVONNE YOU.

APOLOGIES. AND SOFIA BLANCO. CONGRATULATE. TRAVIS. HIGH SCHOOL PRESENT. NOT PRESENT.

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YES. WELL, THAT'S HER DAUGHTER. SO I'M BACK. OKAY.

CONGRATULATIONS. THIS CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENING. REALLY.

RESPOND. NEXT IS OUR BOARD ACTIVITY REPORT, MR. HAMILTON. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[5. Board Activity Report]

[6. Public Comment]

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THINKING THE POTENTIAL BENEFIT WAS GOING TO BE ENOUGH. BUT TODAY, I WANT TO FRAME IT DIFFERENTLY IN CASE THAT HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. SEE, IT'S NOT JUST THAT THINGS COULD BE BETTER. MAYBE YOU'RE SATISFIED WITH OUR GRADUATION RATES AND ATTENDANCE AND STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES. MAYBE YOU DON'T CARE IF THOSE GO UP, BUT ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH OUR STUDENTS PHYSICAL HEALTH? ARE YOUR PE TEACHERS GIVING YOU SOME FEEDBACK THAT SOMEHOW 40% OF FORT BEND TEENS ARE MAGICALLY NOT OVERWEIGHT? ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THEIR ANXIETY, THEIR DEPRESSION? THEIR SUICIDALITY? DOES YOUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS ARE BORED BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WORK? HOW ABOUT THEIR CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR? NO, TEACHERS ARE ALL HAPPY ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? IS IT THE DRUGS AND THE RISKY SEX AND THE CRIME THAT YOU'RE OKAY WITH JUST TEENS BEING TEENS, YOU COULD NOT POSSIBLY BE HAPPY WITH THE MORE THAN 3000 TEEN CAR CRASHES LAST

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NEXT, JOSHUA SILBERMAN. I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON. WE'LL KEEP YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. LAST MONTH, I STOOD UP HERE ASKING THE BOARD AND ASKING DOCTOR SMITH TO RECONSIDER THE DECISION ABOUT KICKSTART BEING A PE OR NO LONGER BEING A PE CREDIT AND TODAY I STAND HERE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE DECISION TO KEEP IT AS A PE CREDIT. AS AS WE AS THE NEWS SPREAD RIGHT BEFORE THE STATE TOURNAMENT, THAT WAS A VERY HOT TOPIC OF DISCUSSION WHILE WE WERE THERE, AND IT WAS IT WAS CELEBRATORY TO KNOW THAT THAT DECISION WAS MADE. NOW, I DON'T KNOW EVERYONE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN MAKING THAT DECISION. SO IF I IF I LEAVE YOU OUT OF THIS, PLEASE, IT'S JUST BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU. BUT I SPOKE WITH MISS JONES. MISTER HAMILTON, I EXPRESSED THOSE CONCERNS. THEY ACCEPTED THE CONCERNS AND DEFINITELY I FELT LIKE THEY WERE ADDRESSED IN PARTICULAR, MISTER GARCIA, HE AND I WORKED VERY CLOSELY IN MAKING SURE ALL OF THE INFORMATION WAS OUT THERE AND THAT THE DECISION WAS DATA DRIVEN AND THAT THE FACTS WERE DEFINITELY PUT OUT, DOCTOR SMITH, I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU PERSONALLY, BUT AS A PERSON THAT TAUGHT LEADERSHIP TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR WELL OVER 15 YEARS, ONE OF THE LESSONS I ALWAYS TAUGHT THEM WAS GOOD LEADERS ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT DECISIONS THAT HAVE A QUESTIONABLE FEEL AND REEVALUATE. AND I TRULY APPRECIATE AND YOUR LEADERSHIP TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO REEVALUATE THAT DECISION AND MAKING ONE THAT IS ABSOLUTELY BEST FOR KIDS. SO ONCE AGAIN, I KNOW OFTEN PEOPLE WILL COME UP AND ASK FOR SOMETHING OR PEOPLE WILL CLAIM SOMETHING. AND WHEN IT DOES TURN OUT IN A POSITIVE WAY, THEY DON'T TAKE THE TIME TO SAY THANK YOU. SO I AM UP HERE TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT IS LORNA MORRIS. GOOD EVENING TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS OF THE FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. MY NAME IS LORNA MORRIS. AND ON THURSDAY I WILL GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL. MY FAMILY AND I HAVE LIVED IN FORT BEND SINCE 2014, SO I'M HONORED TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL THIS EVENING AND IMPLORE YOU TO PRIORITIZE READING FREEDOM FOR OUR YOUTH AS YOU ENDORSE A CANDIDATE TO THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS THIS PAST SEMESTER, I TOOK A SENIOR SEMINAR, MAD, BAD AND DANGEROUS TO KNOW. THAT COMPLETELY SHIFTED THE WAY I VIEW EDUCATION AS WELL AS THOSE WHO SHAPE IT. MY ENGLISH TEACHER, ALONGSIDE OUR SCHOOL'S COMMUNITY SERVICE COORDINATOR, CREATED A CURRICULUM WITH OFTEN CHALLENGED BOOKS LIKE GIOVANNI'S ROOM BY JAMES BALDWIN, NEVER LET ME GO BY KAZUO ISHIGURO IN 1984 BY GEORGE ORWELL. IN APRIL, I PRESENTED ON MAYA ANGELOU'S 1969 AUTOBIOGRAPHY I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS. DUE TO ITS EXTENSIVE BANNING ACROSS MULTIPLE TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BAN A BOOK LIKE THIS AND

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THIS OVERWHELMING BURDEN SEVERELY UNDERMINES THE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE CARE AND SUPPORT FOR EACH STUDENT. TO PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE, WITH ALMOST 74,000 OPERATIONAL MINUTES PER ACADEMIC YEAR PRE WAIVER, THIS CHANGE WOULD ALLOW NOT ONLY 76 MINUTES PER STUDENT ANNUALLY. THIS CALCULATION DOES NOT EVEN CONSIDER THE MANY ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES COUNSELORS UNDERTAKE, WHICH WOULD FURTHER REDUCE DIRECT CONTACT TIME WITH STUDENTS. OUR COUNSELORS ARE INTEGRAL NOT ONLY IN PROVIDING EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL SUPPORT, BUT ALSO IN HANDLING ACADEMIC TESTING, SPECIAL PROGRAMS, AND NUMEROUS ESSENTIAL INITIATIVES. ASC HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STUDENTS TAKING THE CPA EXAM OR PROCESS OVERSEEN BY THE COUNSELOR. WE ALSO HAVE A HIGHER NUMBER OF GT STUDENTS WHO REQUIRE EVALUATION AND ENROLLMENT SUPPORT. ALSO OVERSEEN BY THE COUNSELOR.

ADDITIONALLY, ASC HOUSES THE SALES PROGRAM AND WILL INTRODUCE A NEW ABC PROGRAM IN THE FALL.

OUR COUNSELORS ARE ALSO TASKED WITH IMPLEMENTING IMPORTANT INITIATIVES SUCH AS SAY NO TO DRUGS AND TOBACCO, BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH, RED RIBBON WEEK, JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT CAREER DAY, AND MIDDLE SCHOOL TRANSITION ACTIVITIES, AMONG MANY OTHERS. EVEN IF ASC REACHES ITS 1000 STUDENT QUOTA BY THE FALL TO HIRE A SECOND COUNSELOR, OUR BELOVED CURRENT COUNSELOR WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN MOVED TO A NEW SCHOOL. THE SECOND COUNSELOR AT ASC HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS AND PARENTS CONTRIBUTING SIGNIFICANTLY TO A SUPPORT AND STABLE ENVIRONMENT. SUPPORTIVE AND STABLE ENVIRONMENT. 30S.

REMOVING THIS POSITION NOW WOULD DISRUPT THESE RELATIONSHIPS AND DIMINISH THE QUALITY OF SUPPORTIVE SUPPORT AVAILABLE TO OUR CHILDREN. I URGE FORT BEND ISD TO PRIORITIZE THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS BY RETAINING THE SAME COUNSELOR AT ANNE SULLIVAN ELEMENTARY, ENSURING ADEQUATE COUNSELING SUPPORT IS NOT JUST A MATTER OF MEETING RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT A FUNDAMENTAL ASPECT OF PROVIDING A SAFE AND NURTURING EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS URGENT REQUEST. THANK YOU. NEXT

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CORRECT GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TRISHA GURNANI AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 2020 FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. STARTED OUT ROUGH. COVID, THE MAX MANDATE, FLIP FLOPPING OVER, RETURNING TO SCHOOL CHANGES TO THE ACADEMY CURRICULUM, NOT KNOWING OUR RANKS AND THE DISASTROUS SCHOOLING SWITCH. ALL THIS TO SHOW FBISD HASN'T MADE OUR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE EASY.

IN ADDITION TO THESE HARDSHIPS, THIS BOARD HAS DONE AN EXTREME DISSERVICE TO OUR CLASS BY RANKING US WITH OUR OWN SCHOOLS. AS IN RECENT HEADLINES, MANY FAMILIES COMMITTED FRAUD AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE POLICY IN WAYS THAT ARE BEYOND UNETHICAL. THE MANIPULATION OF THESE FAMILIES ALMOST RESULTED IN DESERVING VOWS AND SOULS LOSING SCHOLARSHIPS. THE WAY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CHEAT THE RANKS SHOWS HOW HORRIBLE OF A DECISION THIS WAS, AND ALTHOUGH CLAIMED TO BE PUT INTO PLACE TO CREATE MORE EQUITABLE OUTCOMES, THAT CLEARLY HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE. INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON BANNED BOOKS, HOW ABOUT WE FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT ACTUALLY MAKE A LASTING IMPACT ON LIVES? BECAUSE THIS IS THE MESS AS A RESULT. AND EACH YEAR UNTIL THE CLASS OF 2028, IT WILL JUST GET WORSE. IF YOU TRULY WANT TO CREATE EQUITY, GET RID OF THE ACADEMIES AND LET PEOPLE GO TO SCHOOLS WHERE THEY SHOULD BE GOING. I GRADUATE ON THURSDAY ALONG WITH MY FELLOW PEERS WHO HAVE OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES PRESENTED BY EIC LOCAL. YOU OWE THE CLASS OF 2024 AN APOLOGY FOR HOW YOU'VE IMPACTED THE COURSE OF OUR LIVES. REMEMBER, EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE HAS AN IMPACT, AND ALTHOUGH YOU MAY NOT SEE IT, WE THE STUDENTS FEEL IT. I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MY FELLOW GRADUATES AND THEIR SUCCESSES THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN, NOT BECAUSE OF THIS BOARD'S HELP, BUT IN SPITE OF IT. THANK YOU. NEXT, STEPHANIE BROWN. YEP STEPHANIE BROWN, LIKE I KNOW SHE'S HERE. HI TO THE BOARD. TO THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, THE RETURNING BOARD MEMBER AND THE HONORABLE DOCTOR SMITH. I CONCUR WITH EVERYTHING THAT THE YOUNG LADY JUST SAID. I PROBABLY DON'T EVEN NEED TO SPEAK BECAUSE SHE SAID, AND SHE DID A GREAT JOB OF EXPLAINING EVERYTHING. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU, THE BOARD MEMBERS, TO CHANGE THIS POLICY NOW AND NOT WAIT. THE THREE YEAR WAITING PERIOD THAT YOU GUYS DECIDED TO DO UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DOCTOR WHITBECK, WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN THE DAMAGE THAT THIS POLICY HAS CAUSED IN JUST THIS FIRST YEAR WITH PARENTS CHEATING THE SYSTEM, HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE STAKEHOLDERS, MAKE ME AND SOME OTHERS AWARE OF THE FALSIFICATION OF RESIDENTS FROM A STUDENT WHO ACTUALLY RESIDES IN THE CLEMENTS FEEDER PATTERN, OUR VALEDICTORIAN STATUS WOULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO A DULLES STUDENT WHO HAS NEVER STEPPED FOOT ON OUR CAMPUS. SAME THING GOES FOR THE WILLOWRIDGE FEEDER PATTERN. THEIR VALEDICTORIAN WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THEM AS WELL. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY MANY OTHER STUDENTS RANKINGS WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT HAVE ALSO BEEN AFFECTED, AND FOR THIS REASON, I'M ASKING THAT THE BOARD NOT WAIT UNTIL 2028. BUT CHANGE THIS POLICY NOW TO AVOID FURTHER PROBLEMS FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHAT CORRECTIVE ACTION IS BEING TAKEN TO THE PARENTS WHO WERE CAUGHT IN THIS TYPE OF FRAUD IN ORDER TO TEACH OUR KIDS RIGHT FROM WRONG AND INTEGRITY, WE HAVE TO EXEMPLIFY THOSE CHARACTERISTICS AND QUALITIES OURSELVES. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I AM SURE THAT THIS TEAM OF EIGHT WILL DO THE RIGHT THING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CECILY. GASTON SHE HERE? CECILY. OKAY JAYLA SANDERS

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IN CONVERSATION WITH MY PEERS AND STUDENT VOICES, I'VE BEEN STRUCK WITH THE GLARING DISPARITY IN AP COURSE OFFERINGS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT, PARTICULARLY AT SCHOOLS LIKE MARSHALL, WILLOWRIDGE, AND HIGHTOWER. THIS DISPARITY NOT ONLY HINDERS OUR ACADEMIC GROWTH, BUT ALSO CREATES AN UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD WHEN IT COMES TO EARNING CREDITS NECESSARY FOR HIGHER RANKINGS. AS A RESULT, OUR COLLEGE PROSPECTS AND COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ARE UNFAIRLY COMPROMISED. AS MAYA ANGELOU ONCE SAID, EDUCATION IS THE PASSPORT TO THE FUTURE. WE ENTRUST IN YOU OUR SELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, NOT TO ERECT ROADBLOCKS ON THIS VITAL JOURNEY . IT IS TIME FOR CHANGE. IT IS TIME FOR EQUALITY, AND IT'S TIME FOR A TIME FOR A SYSTEM THAT TRULY VALUES THE POTENTIAL AND ASPIRATIONS OF EVERY STUDENT IN OUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND DEDICATION TO ENSURING A BRIGHTER AND MORE EQUITABLE FUTURE FOR ALL STUDENTS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. JOHN FLETCHER. JOHN FLETCHER. GOOD EVENING. BOARD. HELLO EVERYBODY. I MEAN, I JUST FINISHED FIXING SOME PLUMBING PROBLEMS. I JUST RAN UP HERE, BUT AFTER EVERYBODY SAID I HEARD WHAT SOME OF THE THINGS WERE SAID. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO WORK. LET'S LET'S GO TO WORK AND LET'S FIX SOME THINGS. LET'S, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO GET BETTER. WE ALWAYS CAN DO BETTER BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GAME THE SYSTEM. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TRY. I'M SORRY. OKAY. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TRY AND DO OTHER THINGS, BUT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. LET'S GET THIS THING FIXED. LET'S. LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO MOVE OUR DISTRICT FORWARD FOR EVERYBODY. AND THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S ON THE BOARD. LET'S LET'S WORK TOGETHER, ALL OUR STUDENTS ARE IMPORTANT, ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. AND WE NEED TO WORK AT THAT. AND LET'S, LET'S WORK TOGETHER. THE TEAM, AND GET THINGS DONE. I KNOW A LOT OF THINGS ARE DONE IN THE PAST THAT , CAUSED DISADVANTAGES FOR THE STUDENTS. WE CAN FIX THOSE THINGS. WE GOT THE POWER TO FIX THEM. WE CAN DO THIS. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, WILLIE RAINWATER.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I WANT TO FIRST SAY, THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH, FOR MEETING WITH ME. AND I THANK ALL THE REST OF YOU WHO I'VE SPOKEN WITH YOU, IN THE PAST.

HERE. I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT ALL THE REST OF YOU PUT IN. WHAT I LIKE TO SAY TONIGHT IS SIMPLY THIS. I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THE SAME OLD THING IS NOT GOING TO. IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. IT HADN'T WORKED IN THE PAST. AND I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS DON'T GO DOWN THE SAME ROAD YOU'VE BEEN GOING DOWN BEFORE, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME BUDGET ISSUES AND SOME THINGS LIKE THAT THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. AND I HOPE THAT YOU ADDRESS THEM IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT WILL HELP GET FORT BEND BACK. THE TRUST THAT I KNOW IT'S LOST ON MY SIDE OF. THE EAST SIDE AND STUFF, AND IT'S WITHOUT IT'S NOT WITHOUT CAUSE. LIKE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU JUST HEARD ARE THE REASONS WHY THAT THERE ISN'T A LOT OF TRUST. YOU KNOW, HAVING A POLICY THAT AFFECTS PEOPLE'S RANKING, THAT'S THE WRONG THING. SO IT SHOULDN'T TAKE EVERYBODY COMING UP HERE TELLING YOU TO CHANGE IT. THAT'S SOMETHING, AS ADMINISTRATORS, YOU SHOULD SAY, HEY, LOOK, THAT'S NOT WORKING.

WE NEED TO CHANGE IT AND YOU NEED TO GO AHEAD AND DO SO. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO YOU NEED TO EXERT THAT AND GO AHEAD AND DEAL WITH THAT, ALSO ON THE SITUATION WITH THE BUDGET, I WILL SAY THIS TO YOU. THERE'S SOME I MEAN, YOU CAN ONLY VALUE ENGINEERS SO MUCH A BRICKS, A BRICK, IT'S GOING TO COST WHAT IT COST. AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS MADE, I THINK. AND I THINK THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, YOU CAN'T SHY AWAY FROM THOSE DECISIONS. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO AHEAD. IF YOU'VE GOT TO TELL US THAT, HEY, WE CAN'T BUILD SOMETHING, THEN DON'T DO

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VERY SHORT. HELLO. BOARD MEMBERS AND DOCTOR SMITH, A CONCERNED PARENT HERE SPEAKING AGAINST THE RANKING POLICY YET AGAIN. WE SPOKE TO YOU ALL WHEN THE RANKING POLICY WAS PASSED.

PLEASE PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T PASS THIS. SOME OF YOU LOOKED RIGHT INTO THE EYES OF MY THEN SEVENTH GRADER AND SAID, WE BELIEVE IN THIS POLICY AND WE ARE GOING TO PASS IT. AND GUESS WHAT? YOU CREATED THIS MESS. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT WHO HAVE CHOSEN THEIR PROGRAM OF CHOICE TO BE GTA AND MSA. WE CHOSE THIS BECAUSE THAT WAS THE RIGHT FIT FOR OUR CHILD.

WE BELIEVE IN THE PROGRAM. WE BELIEVE THAT THE PROGRAM HAS SOMETHING TO OFFER TO OUR KIDS AND OUR OUR KIDS THRIVED WITH THIS PROGRAM. IT DID NOT HAVE OR IT DID NOT. IT SHOULD NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE RANKING POLICY. WE CHOSE THIS BECAUSE THIS WAS A RIGHT FIT FOR MY CHILD. THE WHOLE CLASS OF GRADUATE, THE WHOLE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2024 HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS. THIS CHANGE POLICY ALLOWED FOR PEOPLE TO MANIPULATE THE SYSTEM FOR GENERATIONS AND TAKE AWAY THE SPOTS FROM UNDERPRIVILEGED NEIGHBORHOODS. HAD THIS POLICY NOT EXISTED, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS. SIMPLE. THEY WOULD NOT HAVE RANKED. THEY WOULD HAVE RANKED WITH THE SCHOOL THAT THEY ATTEND. BUT NO, WE CHANGED THE POLICY. EVERY SINGLE GRADUATING SENIOR AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE BEAR THE BRUNT OF THIS SITUATION. LAST FEW WEEKS WHEN WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING OUR SENIORS ACHIEVEMENT AND WHAT THEY DID IN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS. HERE WE ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO FORCED THEIR ADDRESS, WHO DID NOT. WHERE DO THEY LIVE? WHERE DO THEY NOT? THE WHOLE DISTRICT IS IN A CHAOS BECAUSE OF THIS. GUESS WHAT? WE CREATED THIS CHAOS. DO YOU WANT THIS CONFUSION? CHEATING CHAOS FOR TO GO ON FOR FOUR MORE YEARS? HONESTLY NOT FAIR. NOT FAIR TO ANY OF THESE CHILDREN. YOU'RE AFFECTING A WHOLE GENERATION OF GENERATION WITH THIS POLICY. AS A PARENT OF CLASS OF 2024, I WILL FORGIVE YOU IF YOU CHANGE IT. STARTING WITH THE CLASS OF 2025. THEY DESERVE THIS. THEY DESERVE THIS.

YOU MESSED UP ALL OF 2024, OKAY? WE'LL FORGIVE YOU FOR THIS. MY NEXT GRADUATING CLASS, MY NEXT CHILD WILL BE CLASS OF 2030. SO I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR MY CHILD. I'M SPEAKING FOR ALL THE CHILDREN THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED IN NEXT THREE YEARS. DO IT NOW. THERE IS NO CHOICE. JUST DO IT NOW. I REPEAT, ONLY ONE CHOICE. CHANGE THE POLICY. STARTING CLASS OF 2025 TO THE SCHOOL THAT THEY ATTEND. 30S. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. NEXT WE WILL CONVENE IN CLOSED

[7. Convene in closed session]

[8. Reconvene in Open Session]

[9. Consider Action on Closed Session Items]

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SECOND, AND WE HAVE A MOTION BY DOCTOR GILLIAM AND A SECOND BY MISS HANNON. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT.

MR. GARCIA, I MOVE THE BOARD, ACCEPT THE HEARING OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION IN THE BULLYING TRANSFER CASE OF A G, A DISTRICT STUDENT. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY MISS HANNON. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. DOCTOR GILLIAM, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ACCEPT THE HEARING OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION IN THE BULLYING TRANSFER CASE OF A S R A DISTRICT STUDENT. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY DOCTOR GILLIAM AND A SECOND BY MR. GARCIA. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MISS JONES. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE GAS BILL.

SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AND RELEASE BETWEEN FORT BEND ISD AND SYMMETRY ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC. AND GET DELEGATE TO THE SUPERINTEND, THE AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT. WE'RE PAYING A GAS BILL. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS JONES AND A SECOND BY MISS HANNON. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT

[10.A. Intruder Detection Report ]

[10.B. Budgetary Update ]

GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DOCTOR SMITH, THIS EVENING WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE 2425 BUDGET. AND AS DOCTOR SMITH MENTIONED, INDICATE SOME OF THOSE AREAS OF CHANGE THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE LAST PRESENTATION. AS WE START OUR CONVERSATION, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE ONE OF THE STATE OF SCHOOL FUNDING. SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING. WE SHARED LAST WEEK THAT MANY DISTRICTS AND THE STATE AND THE REGION ARE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY, AND THEY ARE HAVING TO MAKE DEEP CUTS.

AND SO OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2425 IS BALANCED, BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN IMMUNE TO THIS. WE'RE NOT IN BETTER SHAPE THAN OTHER DISTRICTS. AND AS IT HAPPENS, WE WERE FORCED TO REDUCE OUR BUDGET BY $40 MILLION OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IN ORDER TO BE IN THE SHAPE THAT WE'RE IN TODAY. AND SO ALTHOUGH WE ARE BALANCED, WE ARE LIVING WITH THE PAIN OF THE REDUCTIONS THAT WE HAVE MADE

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TRANSITION BACK INTO OTHER CLASSROOM BASED POSITIONS THROUGH THE ATTRITION PROCESS.

WE HAD ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE THAT WE PURCHASED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. THAT WAS TO ENHANCE AND SUPPLEMENT WHAT WE ALREADY HAD. BUT WITH THE EXPIRATION OF ESSER, WE'VE HAD TO BACK OFF ON THOSE COSTS. AND SO AS AN EXAMPLE, WE HAD A PROGRAM CALLED DREAMBOX THAT ASSISTS WITH CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED DURING THE PANDEMIC. AFTER THAT, WE'VE DECIDED THAT WE IT SERVES A BETTER PURPOSE THAN ONE OF THE EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD.

AND SO WE TRADED THOSE OUT IN KEEPING WITH WHAT WE HAD. BUT IN AN IDEAL SITUATION, WE WOULD HAVE MAINTAINED BOTH BECAUSE THEY BOTH SERVE OUR STUDENTS WELL. AND THEN FINALLY, WE WERE WE SHIFTED SOME ESSER RESOURCES AND POSITIONS TO OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT CAME THROUGH. TITLE TWO, THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ALLOTMENT, AND A VERY MINIMAL PART OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

BUT AGAIN, I SAY ALL THIS BECAUSE THE NARRATIVE IS THAT WE MISS USE THE ESSER FUNDING AND

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IN SHORT, THE BUDGET'S GOING TO BE BALANCED. WE WILL MEET OUR 90 DAY OPERATING RESERVE REQUIREMENT, AND WE HAVE ABOUT $3.55 MILLION AVAILABLE TO FUND ALMOST $25 MILLION IN IDENTIFIED NEEDS THAT CAME FROM CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS. THE BUDGET THAT WE'VE PREPARED IS BASED ON THESE ASSUMPTIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS. AND SO WE'RE USING OUR DEMOGRAPHERS MODERATE GROWTH SCENARIO. SO AN ATTENDANCE RATE OF 95, WE'VE INCORPORATED. AND THE DIFFERENTIATED TEACHER STEP THAT WAS PART OF THE VA TIER PASSED IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. WE'VE INCLUDED STAFFING BASED ON ENROLLMENT GROWTH. AND WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED THE POSITIONS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION TO DO INITIAL EVALUATIONS AND REEVALUATIONS. SO AS WE LOOK AT THE 2425 BUDGET, WE ESTIMATE THAT WE'LL RECEIVE $9.2 MILLION IN FEDERAL REVENUES, 405 OR ALMOST $406 MILLION IN STATE REVENUES, $412 MILLION IN LOCAL REVENUES. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A CONTRIBUTION OF ABOUT $2.5 MILLION COMING FROM OUR EXTENDED LEARNING AND ENTERPRISE FUNDS. SO IN TOTAL, WE HAVE $829.5 MILLION IN REVENUES OR OTHER SOURCES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE TO PUT TOGETHER OUR BUDGET FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR. AND TRUSTEE JONES, AT THE LAST MEETING, YOU DID ASK US WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE TO USE A LOW GROWTH SCENARIO? AND IN THAT SCENARIO, WE WOULD HAVE ABOUT 215 FEWER STUDENTS THAN WE DO WITH THE MODERATE GROWTH SCENARIO. AND SO THAT WOULD RESULT IN REVENUES BEING ABOUT $1.7 MILLION LESS THAN WHAT THEY ARE PROJECTED HERE. AND SO WE'D HAVE 827.8 MILLION VERSUS THE 829. AND SO THAT WOULD ALSO REDUCE THAT 3.55 MILLION WE HAVE FOR THOSE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES TO ABOUT 1.8 MILLION. AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS THERE. BUT THE THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THE MODERATE GROWTH SCENARIO IS THE ONE THAT OUR DEMOGRAPHER PASSÉES, RECOMMENDING, WE'VE SEEN THAT THEY HAVE TYPICALLY EITHER BEEN RIGHT AT THEIR PROJECTION OR SLIGHTLY EXCEEDED IT FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF TIME. THE REALLY THE REAL EXCEPTIONS TO THAT HAVE BEEN DURING THE PANDEMIC. AND SO WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT USING THEIR RECOMMENDATION OF THE MODERATE GROWTH SCENARIO IN OUR BUDGET. AND THEN WE PREVIOUSLY SHARED WITH YOU ALL THE 72 POSITIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET CYCLE. THAT INCLUDES THOSE POSITIONS BASED ON ENROLLMENT AS WELL AS THE CLASSROOM OR THE SPED ADDITIONS TO DO THE EVALUATIONS AND REEVALUATIONS THOSE POSITIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET THAT WILL REVIEW THIS EVENING. AND THEN AT THE LAST MEETING, WE SHARED SEVEN RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD UTILIZE THAT $3.55 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES. THAT TOTALS 4.8 MILLION AND AGAIN, 107 POSITIONS ARE INCLUDED WITH THAT. OF THOSE, ONE OF THOSE, THE PAID TEACHER RESIDENT WOULD UTILIZE ONE TIME FUNDING FROM THE SHAH'S REVENUE DELAY IN PAYMENT THAT WE'RE SEEING THIS YEAR TO FUND THAT. AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO REEVALUATE THAT IN AN UPCOMING YEAR. AND THEN WE WERE ALSO ASKED TRUSTEE HAMILTON, YOU SAID YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW OUR EXPENDITURES ARE BEING ALIGNED WITH OUR GOALS, AND WE'VE PLACED EACH OF THESE REQUESTS UNDER OUR DISTRICT GOALS, SO THE BOARD CAN HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO OF THAT $4.8 MILLION, $2.1 MILLION IS ALIGNED WITH GOAL ONE, AND THAT INCLUDES THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT STAFFING. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND INTERVENTIONISTS THAT ARE PART OF THE STAFFING GUIDELINES AUGMENTATION. WE ALSO HAVE ROUGHLY $1 MILLION ALIGNED WITH GOAL TWO, GOAL TWO. THAT INCLUDES THE COUNSELORS, THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, HALL MONITORS THAT ARE PART OF THE STAFFING GUIDELINES, AUGMENTATION LINE, AND THEN ALSO THE COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS ADVISORS THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED IN THE BUDGET AND THEN THE TEACHER RESIDENT PROGRAM IS ALIGNED UNDER GOAL THREE. AND THEN THE 192,000 WE HAVE AVAILABLE UNDER STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT TOOLS THAT ALIGNS WITH THE BOARD, DISTRICT GOAL FOUR. AND THEN THE LAST TWO ITEMS THAT WE HAVE, THE HVAC,

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MOVING TO THE STAFFING GUIDELINES AUGMENTATION, TRUSTEE HANNON HAD REQUESTED INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE THE SUPPLEMENTAL STAFFING WOULD BE ALLOCATED. AND SO TO BREAK THIS DOWN, WE'LL START AT THIS AND THEN GO INTO THE DETAIL LEVEL. THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 32 POSITIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED AS PART OF THAT STAFFING AUGMENTATION. THAT OF THOSE HALF OF THEM OR 50, WHICH WOULD BE HALF, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THAT CORRECT ANSWER. RIGHT? I WASN'T A MATH MAJOR, SO FORGIVE ME. THERE 50% OF THOSE POSITIONS WOULD BE GOING TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE CAMPUSES FOR CAMPUS SUPPORT. THERE. 25% ARE EIGHT POSITIONS ARE ALLOCATED TO PROVIDING ACADEMIC SUPPORT OR ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT AT CAMPUSES, AND FIVE POSITIONS FOR CAMPUS SAFETY AND BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT. AND THEN THREE COUNSELORS WILL ASSIST STUDENTS WITH COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ARE UNDER THAT. AND SO THIS IS THE DETAIL OF WHERE THOSE POSITIONS WILL ACTUALLY BE HOUSED. THESE ARE ALL BASED ON PRINCIPAL REQUESTS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP. AND SO EACH PRINCIPAL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY OUTSIDE OF STAFFING GUIDELINES TO TELL US WHERE THEY NEEDED ADDITIONAL STAFF OR WHERE THAT WAS NEEDED. THIS THIS HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE TO THAT. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE 16 POSITIONS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE CAMPUSES ARE ALL ALLOCATED WITHIN THE MARSHALL AND WILLOW RIDGE FEEDER PATTERNS . AND THEN THE ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT POSITIONS ARE AT CAMPUSES. WITH ENROLLMENT GROWTH ACROSS THE DISTRICT, THAT INCLUDES HIGHTOWER, TRAVIS AND TRAVIS HIGH SCHOOLS, HODGES BEND MIDDLE SCHOOL, HERITAGE, ROSE MADDEN AND NEAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IS WHERE THOSE WOULD GO. AND THEN FOR THE SAFETY AND BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT POSITIONS, THOSE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS WOULD BE AT HIGHTOWER, PROGRESSIVE AND BUSH HIGH SCHOOLS, THE REESE CTC CENTER, AS WELL AS STAUNTON THORNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THEN FINALLY THE ADDITIONAL COUNSELORS ARE ALLOCATED AT HIGHTOWER, TRAVIS AND THORNTON. AND SO IN ALL, WE HAVE 32 POSITIONS THAT ARE PART OF THAT PACKAGE, AND THAT'S $2.3 MILLION OF THE TOTAL OF THAT 4.8 MILLION. MOVING TO THE HVAC STAFFING THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED. PRESIDENT HASSAN, YOU MENTIONED, HAVE WE LOOKED AT THE OPTION OF POTENTIALLY DOING THAT THROUGH OUTSOURCING AND THE DISTRICT UTILIZES A HYBRID APPROACH TO OUR HVAC MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS CURRENTLY. AND SO THAT EVOLVES INTERNAL STAFF AS WELL AS EXTERNAL CONTRACTS TO MAINTAIN THOSE SYSTEMS. AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE FOUND THAT OUTSOURCING HAS HAD A GREATER COST. AND THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO THAT OVERHEAD COST THAT WE PAY ON THOSE CONTRACTS FOR THE HVAC SIDE. SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO MAINTAIN THE HYBRID MODEL THAT WE HAVE. THIS REQUEST DOES THAT. AND IT WILL ALLOW US TO ADD THE INTERNAL STAFF TO ADDRESS GROWTH. WE'VE EXPERIENCED WHERE WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE THAT WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY WITH THE CONTRACT WORKERS. AND SO AT THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE HYBRID AND THE OUTSOURCED MODEL. ONE OF THE DRAWBACKS TO THE CONTRACTED MODEL IS THAT WE COMPETE WITH OTHER CUSTOMERS IN TERMS OF WHAT IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY LEVEL OF WORK, AND SO IF WE HAVE AN OUTAGE, WE WOULD BE COMPETING WITH SOME OF THOSE EXTERNAL JOBS THAT THOSE CONTRACTORS MAY HAVE AND HAVE TO BALANCE THAT. THE HYBRID MODEL DOES GIVE US THE ABILITY TO DIRECTLY PUT THE EMPLOYEES WHERE THE WORK IS NEEDED, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO AUGMENT THAT WORK WITH OUTSOURCED CONTRACTING WHERE IT'S NEEDED. AND SO AGAIN, THIS GIVES US A SIX TECHNICIANS THAT WE BELIEVE WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT WORK MOST EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY. AND THE TOTAL COST IS $360,000. AND SO HAVING WALKED THROUGH THAT, THAT BRINGS US UP TO THE TOTAL BUDGET. OUR BUDGET IS 820. THIS IS THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS $820.6 MILLION. THIS INCLUDES THE ADDITIONS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD, AS WELL AS THOSE ADDITIONS THAT WE JUST MENTIONED. THE $4.8 MILLION. AND SO OF THE TOTAL BUDGET OF 700 AND 720.76 MILLION, OF THAT, OR 87, IS SALARY AND BENEFITS. THE REMAINING 13% ARE 107.82 MILLION. IS ALLOCATED TO MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS, AND THIS IS USED TO PURCHASE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, UTILITIES AND ANY OTHER NON PERSONNEL RELATED COSTS THAT RUN THE DISTRICT. SO THIS IS EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S NOT PEOPLE. AND SO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR OPERATIONAL. HOW SOME OF THAT OPERATIONAL BUDGET IS SPENT. THAT 107 MILLION. AND THESE ARE THOSE CATEGORIES IMPACTED BY INFLATION THAT I SHARED WITH YOU ALL EARLIER. THESE ARE EXPENDITURES THAT YOU CAN SAY LITERALLY KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. AND SO UTILITIES PROPERTY INSURANCE, PROPERTY VALUATIONS THAT ARE CONDUCTED BY THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, HVAC AND LAWN MAINTENANCE VEHICLE FUELS, JANITORIAL SUPPLIES AND OUR ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE FOR FINANCIALS, HUMAN RESOURCES, AS WELL AS OUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM. AND WE DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO CONTROL THESE COSTS. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, NOT ANY OF THEM ARE REALLY OPTIONAL.

WE HAVE TO HAVE THEM IN ORDER TO DO BUSINESS AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND SO WE SPEND ALMOST

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THAT INCLUDES 10,250 FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS. OR IF YOU WANT TO SAY IT NICELY, EMPLOYS. SO THAT'S THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT. AND SO STARTING OUT WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES AREA, THAT MAKES UP 62% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET. AND YOU CAN CONSIDER THIS FUNCTION TO BE OUR CORE BUSINESS. THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC OF TEACHING, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND ALL OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES ARE PURCHASED. AND SO THAT'S AGAIN WHAT OUR CORE BUSINESS IS 96% OF WHAT WE BUDGET IN THIS AREA IS ON PAYROLL. SO THE SALARY AND BENEFITS. AND SO THIS INCLUDES OVER 4700 TEACHERS, ALMOST 1200 CLASSROOM AIDES. IT'S ALL LIBRARY RUNS MATH LITERACY AND BILINGUAL SPECIALISTS, MATH AND LITERACY INTERVENTIONISTS, SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS, ART FACILITATORS AND PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS ARE WITHIN THIS SPENDING CATEGORY. AND THEN THE REMAINING 4% OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES BUDGET IS FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES. AGAIN OPERATIONS MAKES IT SOUND LIKE IT'S RUNNING HARD EQUIPMENT, BUT THIS IS JUST THE NORMAL, SUPPLIES AND THINGS THAT WE PURCHASE OUT OF HERE.

AND SO THINGS LIKE OUR UNIVERSAL SCREENER KICK START NONPUBLIC RESIDENTIAL DAY SCHOOLS AND CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ARE ALL WRAPPED INTO THAT NUMBER. MOVING TO OUR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP. IT MAKES UP 8% OF THE BUDGET AT $67.87 MILLION AND INCLUDES 826 EMPLOYEES. INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP INCLUDES BOTH THE CAMPUS BASED LEADERSHIP AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP. AND SO 98% OF WHAT WE BUDGETED IN THIS FUNCTION IS ON SALARY AND BENEFITS. AND SO THIS IS GOING TO INCLUDE ALL PRINCIPALS, THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF SUCH AS RECEPTIONISTS, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS AND BOOKKEEPERS THAT HELP ON THE CAMPUS. THE NON CAMPUS BASED STAFFING INCLUDES AND INCLUDED IN THIS FUNCTION OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THE PROGRAMING THE DISTRICT OFFERS, AND THOSE ASSIST WITH RUNNING OF SCHOOLS. AND SO THIS IS GOING TO INCLUDE THE CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER AND CHIEF OF SCHOOLS, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND DIRECTORS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING CTE FINE ARTS, EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION, MULTILINGUAL SERVICES AND GT AND THE COORDINATORS AND PROGRAM MANAGERS THAT ASSIST THEM IN IMPLEMENTING THE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION WITHIN THE DISTRICT. AND SO THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL BUDGET HERE MAKES UP THE REMAINING 2% OF THAT COST. THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE YOU'LL FEES, PROGRAM EVALUATION, AND THE SUPPLIES NEEDED TO SUPPORT EACH OF THESE AREAS. ON THE NEXT FUNCTIONAL AREA IS GOING TO BE STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES. THAT MAKES UP 12% OF THE BUDGET AT 90, ALMOST $96 MILLION. AND THAT INCLUDES 1172 EMPLOYEES. THIS INCLUDES GUIDANCE, COUNSELING, SOCIAL WORK AND HEALTH SERVICES, STUDENT TRANSPORTATION, AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. AND SO 82% OF WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS GOING TO GO INTO STAFFING. AND THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE ALL COUNSELORS, EDUCATIONAL DIAGNOSTICIANS AND LSPS. IT INCLUDES SOCIAL WORKERS, NURSES AND THEIR AIDES, BUS DRIVERS, AND THOSE WHO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THE BUSSES, HEAD FOOTBALL COACHES, ATHLETIC TRAINERS, TRAINERS AND OTHER SUPPORT STAFF SUCH AS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS AND CLERKS. ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE MAKING SURE OUR STUDENTS GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE ARE TAKEN CARE OF AND THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING IS MET, AND THEN THE REMAINING 18% OF THAT BUDGET IS FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE. AND THAT'S OUR TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTOR. BUS FUELS AND PARTS, ATHLETIC TRAINERS. THE CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH METHODIST'S, ATHLETIC SUPPLIES AND UNIFORMS, FINE ARTS , UIL FEES AND SUPPLIES AND TESTING MATERIALS. AND THAT'S INCLUSIVE OF THE PSAT AND SAT. MOVING TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT COMPONENT OF THE BUDGET. IT MAKES UP 2% OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET AT $19.8 MILLION AND INCLUDES 168 EMPLOYEES. THIS IS THE BUSINESS AND FUNCTION OF THE DISTRICT. AND SO THIS IS ALL THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENTS, ALL FINANCE STAFF, HUMAN RESOURCES, LEGAL AND COMMUNICATION, AND 83% OF THIS BUDGET IS GOING TO BE FOR SALARY AND BENEFITS. WE MAKE SURE THAT THE BILLS ARE PAID HERE. EMPLOYEES ARE PAID HERE. THIS IS THE PURCHASE OF WHERE

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AND SO STAFFING IN THIS AREA INCLUDES ALL CUSTODIANS, CRAFTSMEN, ELECTRICIANS, PLUMBERS, BUILDING AND HVAC TECHS, THE POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR DISPATCHERS, CROSSING GUARDS, HALL MONITORS AND PARKING LOT ATTENDANTS. AND THEN ON THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE, WE HAVE THE NETWORK ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS, USER SUPPORT ANALYSTS, PROGRAMMERS AND DEVELOPERS THAT ARE ALL INCLUDED HERE. AND SO AGAIN, THAT'S MAKES UP 54% OF THE BUDGET. THE OTHER 46% THAT IS ON MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. AND THAT INCLUDES WHERE WE PAY UTILITIES, PROPERTY INSURANCE, BUILDING AND LAWN MAINTENANCE, ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE, HVAC SUPPLIES AND MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS, AS WELL AS JANITORIAL SUPPLIES, AND THEN WRAPPING THINGS UP AS OTHER SERVICES. AND THIS IS THE REMAINING 1% OF THE BUDGET. IT'S $12.2 MILLION AND INCLUDES FOUR EMPLOYEES. AND THAT IS NOT FOUR EMPLOYEES MAKING $3 MILLION EACH, ONLY ABOUT 4% OF THAT TOTAL BUDGET IS FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS. AND IF IT IS, I WANT TO BE IN THAT CATEGORY.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE NOT, BUT THIS INCLUDES THE COLLABORATIVE COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITIES DEPARTMENT AND THOSE FOUR EMPLOYEES. THE REMAINING 96% OF THAT BUDGET IS FOR PAYMENTS TO THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. AND WATCH THIS ONE. THIS ONE'S REAL FUN. I EVEN LIKE READING THIS ONE OUT LOUD. JUST WAIT TILL YOU HEAR IT, IT IS TO THE AMORTIZATION OF OUR COPIER LEASE AND SOFTWARE LICENSING. THAT'S REQUIRED BY GASB. AND SO THAT'S WHERE ALL THAT FUN HAPPENS IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. AND WE CAN SIT DOWN AND HAVE LONG CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT AFTER THE BOARD MEETING IF YOU'D LIKE OR DURING LUNCH. BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THAT THOSE EXPENDITURES ARE. AND SO THAT WRAPS UP THE, THE, THE MAJOR FUNCTIONAL AREAS. WE HAVE ONE.

AND THEN THE BUDGET AGAIN, OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES WOULD BE $827 MILLION AGAINST $828.6 MILLION IN REVENUES. BUT WE ALSO HAVE THAT $2.5 MILLION THAT WOULD BE TRANSFERRED IN FROM OUR EXTENDED LEARNING AND ENTERPRISE FUNDS. AND SO OUR TOTAL AVAILABLE RESOURCES IS 829, $829.5 MILLION THAT WE SHOWED YOU A BIT EARLIER . AND SO WITH THAT TAKEN AGAINST THE 828.6 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES, WE WOULD HAVE A SMALL SURPLUS OF ABOUT $900,000 IF THE BOARD MOVED FORWARD WITH APPROVING THIS BUDGET AS PRESENTED. AND SO THE FINAL THING I WOULD CLOSE OUT WITH, WE DID HAVE A QUESTION IN THE GENERAL FUND, AT LEAST WE DID HAVE A QUESTION LAST WEEK OF IF WHAT WOULD WE NEED TO DO TO GET US CLOSER TO A 91 DAY OPERATING RESERVE, AS OPPOSED TO BEING RIGHT AT OUR MINIMUM RESERVE REQUIREMENT? AND SO I WANT TO EMPHASIZE A COUPLE OF ITEMS RELATED TO THAT. SO FIRST, WE BUDGET VERY CONSERVATIVELY. AND SO AGAIN WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR REVENUES ARE GOING TO BE PROBABLY SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT WE BUDGET AND OUR EXPENDITURES SLIGHTLY LOWER. AND SO WE DO THAT AS A SAFETY NET. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT IF AT ANY POINT DURING THE YEAR, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, WE PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH THE MONTHLY FINANCIALS AS WELL AS A QUARTERLY FINANCIAL UPDATE. IF WE WERE TO FORESEE THAT, WE WOULD GO BELOW THAT 90 DAYS. THERE ARE STEPS THAT ARE IN PLACE THAT WE COULD TAKE TO MITIGATE THAT. WE WOULD USE THE BOARD APPROVED FISCAL AND BUDGETARY STRATEGY TO SLOW DOWN EXPENDITURES, TO MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN THAT 90 DAY OPERATING RESERVE. AND SO HIS RHETORICALLY, WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY HIT THAT NUMBER RIGHT AT 90 DAYS OR HIGHER. AND I THINK THAT JUST LOOKING AT THIS, EVEN THROUGH OUR REDUCTION CYCLE AND THE PANDEMIC, WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN 90 DAYS. AND SO FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT. OF COURSE, WE CAN ALWAYS GO WITH THE BOARD RECOMMENDATION TO LOWER EXPENDITURES, BECAUSE ONE OF TWO THINGS WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN TO GET US CLOSER TO 91 DAYS. WE WOULD HAVE TO INCREASE OUR REVENUES, OR WE WOULD HAVE TO LOWER OUR EXPENDITURES. AND JUST FOR A FRAME OF REFERENCE, IT WOULD BE A SIMILAR IN REDUCTIONS TO WHAT WE WOULD SEE IF WE WERE TO GO WITH THAT MODERATE GROWTH OR, SORRY, LOW GROWTH SCENARIO, WE WOULD NEED

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AND SO AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT GIVES YOU ANY LEVEL OF COMFORT AROUND NOT BEING AT OR ABOVE 90 DAYS, BUT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT THROUGH THIS BUDGET CYCLE. THAT THAT WALKS US THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND PORTION OF THE BUDGET. THERE ARE TWO OTHER FUNDS THAT THE BOARD IS REQUIRED TO APPROVE AS PART OF THE BUDGET, THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND AND DEBT SERVICE AND SO I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH BOTH OF THOSE AS WE REVIEW THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND, YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE SOME NUMBERS THAT ARE NOT TYPICAL IN THIS FUND. AND SO CURRENTLY THE DISTRICT IS IN A SPIN DOWN PROGRAM OR SPEND DOWN PLAN. AND BECAUSE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WE'VE HAD THE OPPOSITE PROBLEM IN THIS FUND THAT WE'VE HAD WITH ALL THE OTHERS, WE'RE RECEIVING MONEY FASTER THAN WE CAN SPEND IT. AND SO THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IS THE ONES WHO ULTIMATELY OVERSEE THIS. AT THE STATE LEVEL. IT'S THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, AND WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A FUND BALANCE ABOVE 90 DAYS. IF YOU EXCEED THE 90 DAYS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SPEND DOWN PLAN APPROVED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. THE DISTRICT HAS HAD OUR PLANS SUBMITTED TO TDA AND IT HAS BEEN APPROVED. AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING OVER THAT OVER THE LAST YEAR IN ORDER TO DO THAT, AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PLAN, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT SOME OF THE EXPENDITURE TIMING IS A LITTLE BIT OFF. AND SO THE NUMBERS LOOK A LITTLE BIT CRAZY, BUT THE LONG STORY SHORT IS WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE IN THIS FUND. THERE ARE TWO NEW POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED AS PART OF THIS, THE BUDGET. BOTH OF THOSE ARE SUPERVISOR LEVEL POSITIONS. WITH THE ADDITION OF THE CRAWFORD FEEDER PATTERN, WE WOULD ADD AN ADDITIONAL ONE ADDITIONAL SUPERVISOR. WE HAVE ONE FOR EACH FEEDER PATTERN. THIS WOULD ALLOW THE CHILD NUTRITION DEPARTMENT TO HAVE ONE TO BETTER HELP MANAGE OPERATIONS THERE, AS WELL AS A TRAINING SUPERVISOR WHO WOULD ASSIST WITH MAKING SURE ALL OF THE FOOD HANDLING AND OTHER REQUIRED TRAININGS THAT THE CHILD NUTRITION HAS TO UNDERTAKE TO DO THAT. AND AGAIN, NONE OF THESE FUNDS COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. IT'S IN THE SEPARATE CHILD NUTRITION FUND. AND THEN PART OF THE SPEND DOWN PLAN SUBMITTED TO TDA DID INCLUDE PROVIDING A SUPPLEMENTAL PAY FOR OUR CHILD NUTRITION STAFF WHO ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE FOOD CERTIFICATION. AND SO THIS WOULD BE A ONE TIME PAYMENT FOR THEM THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. AND IT WOULD BE $1,000 PER EMPLOYEE IF APPROVED BY THE BOARD. AND THEN FINALLY, THE DISTRICT DOES HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL CAMPUSES THAT WILL BE ADDED AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROVISION THAT CEP, AS IT'S CALLED, ALLOWS ALL STUDENTS AT THE DESIGNATED CAMPUS TO EAT AT NO COST. CURRENTLY, THE DISTRICT HAS 29 CAMPUSES THAT ARE DESIGNATED AS CEP. THIS WOULD ADD HIGH TOWER HIGH SCHOOL AND BARRINGTON PLACE ELEMENTARY INTO THE CEP, AND SO FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, THOSE STUDENTS WOULD EAT AT NO COST.

THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL. THIS IS JUST TO INDICATE THAT WE WOULD HAVE THOSE STUDENTS WHO WOULD BE EATING AT NO COST GOING FORWARD. AND THEN THE FINAL POINT THAT I'LL MAKE ON HERE IS THERE ARE NO PLANNED INCREASES TO STUDENT MEAL PRICES FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. SO LOOKING AT THIS, THIS IS OUR OUTLOOK. THE CENTER COLUMN THERE SHOWS HOW WE ANTICIPATE ENDING THE YEAR. AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE'RE GOING FROM A ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 6.6 MILLION UP TO OVER 27 MILLION. AND AGAIN, THAT IS PART OF THOSE GRANTS. THE TIMING OF THE WHEN WE'RE MAKING THOSE EXPENDITURES, MOST EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN CHILD NUTRITION IMPACTS THE SERVING LINES IN THE KITCHEN. AND SO MOST OF THAT WORK WILL BE DONE THIS SUMMER.

AND SO THAT THOSE FUNDS WILL BEGIN TO SPEND DOWN OVER THE UPCOMING YEAR. AND SO YOU'LL NOTICE IN 24, 25, IF YOU GO ONE COLUMN OVER, YOU'LL SEE A 13. AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT. THAT IS A PLANNED SPEND DOWN OF THOSE FUNDS. AND SO WE'RE NOT IN A DEFICIT SITUATION. WE'RE JUST SPENDING DOWN THOSE FUNDS TO GET TO THE 90 DAY OPERATING RESERVE REQUIREMENT. AND AS I MENTIONED, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MEAL PRICE INCREASES BUILT IN TO THE BUDGET. THE FINAL FUND THAT WE HAVE FOR THE BOARD'S APPROVAL IS OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND. THERE'S SOME INFORMATION THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT OUR UPCOMING PRICING. BACK IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR, THE BOARD APPROVED THE PARAMETER ORDERS FOR OUR TRANSACTION. THIS YEAR, THAT TRANSACTION WILL OCCUR AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, WE'LL BE ISSUING $100 MILLION OF NEW MONEY, $135 MILLION IN REFUNDING OF COMMERCIAL PAPER. AND SO BOTH THE 2019 A AND 2022 B SERIES ARE VARIABLE RATE DEBT, AND THOSE WILL BE ISSUED WITH NEW TERMS AND INTEREST RATES. AND THIS UPCOMING TRANSACTION. THEN WE'LL ALSO BE REFINANCING THE 2014 AND 2016 A SERIES. BONDS AND WILL PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH A WRITTEN UPDATE ONCE THE TRANSACTION CONCLUDES, TO ALLOW TO LET YOU KNOW HOW THOSE HAVE HAVE MOVED FORWARD, AND SO ON. OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND, WE ARE EXPECTING TO END THE CURRENT YEAR BETTER THAN EXPECTED. THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT CENTER COLUMN THAT YOU

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YOU'LL NOTICE THAT OUR FUND BALANCE IS PROJECTED TO BE ABOUT $158.5 MILLION. HOWEVER, THE DISTRICT MAKES ITS DEBT PAYMENTS IN FEBRUARY AND AUGUST OF EACH YEAR, AND SO IN AUGUST, WE'LL MAKE A PAYMENT OF $121.9 MILLION. AND SO OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE WILL ACTUALLY BE ABOUT $37.2 MILLION. AND SO IT SOMETIMES THE PUBLIC WILL SEE THIS AND THINK THAT WE'RE HOARDING MONEY IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. IT'S ACTUALLY JUST THE NATURE OF THE TIMING OF WHEN WE MAKE OUR PAYMENTS. THE SAME IS TRUE FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE HAVE REVENUES OF 172.3 MILLION, EXPENDITURES OF 164.6 MILLION. THIS IS ALL ON THE DISTRICT'S OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST. AND SO THIS IS THE DEBT PAYMENTS THAT WE'RE USING TO PAY DOWN THE 23 BOND AND ALL PRIOR BONDS. AND SO WHEN THE FISCAL YEAR CONCLUDES, WE WOULD HAVE A ENDING BALANCE OF ABOUT 166.2 MILLION. BUT AGAIN, ONCE WE MAKE THOSE DEBT PAYMENTS, THAT WILL BRING THAT NUMBER DOWN TO $44 MILLION. AND SO THAT WAS A VERY QUICK RUNDOWN OF SOME OF THE ADJUSTMENTS WE'VE MADE TO THE BUDGET SINCE WE MET WITH YOU ALL LAST MONDAY. WE ARE NEARING FINAL ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET. AND SO I WANT TO STEP YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE GOING FORWARD. AND SO, FIRST OF ALL, WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR JUNE THIRD AT 530. THE NOTICES OF THAT PUBLIC HEARING THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE PLACED IN A LOCAL PAPER WILL OCCUR THIS WEEK THAT WILL ANNOUNCE THE TIME AND THE PLACE OF THAT PREVIOUSLY, AT THE LAST MEETING, YOU ALL APPROVED THAT THE SETTING OF THE MEETING THAT FOR THIS BUILDING AT 530.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'LL HAVE A BUDGET UPDATE THAT EVENING AS WELL. AND SO IN ADDITION TO THE PUBLIC BEING ABLE TO HEAR AND COMMENT ON IT, THE BOARD WILL ALSO HAVE AN ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT IN ADDITION TO THIS MEETING. AND THEN ON JUNE 10TH, THE BOARD WILL VOTE TO EITHER APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE THE BUDGET. AND THAT MEETING INCLUDES ACTIONS ON THE POSITIONS THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THAT SUPPLEMENTAL, THE HVAC POSITIONS AS WELL. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE 2324 BUDGET, AS WELL AS THE FUND BALANCE RESOLUTION. AND THAT COMPLETES OUR PRESENTATION. AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. GWYNNE. I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS. SO DO YOU. ARE. THANK YOU. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, MR. HAMILTON, TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. THANK YOU AS ALWAYS. MR. GWYNNE, I HATE TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT ANYWAYS. SO IN THE FALL, WE HAD SOME DIFFERENT NUMBERS FOR INFLATION, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, IF YOU JOKING ABOUT PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT. SO IF YOU WANT TO GET BACK TO ME YOU CAN, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS EITHER 865 OR 9 SOMETHING PER STUDENT WAS THE IMPACT OF INFLATION. THIS SCHOOL YEAR NUMBER THAT WE USED? DURING THE PRESENTATION ON THE BATTERY. AND SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT LARGER THAN THE 11.4. IS THAT WHAT THE AMOUNT WAS FOR INFLATION THAT WE USED. SO THE 11.4 MILLION IS JUST CONCENTRATED ON THOSE EXPENDITURES. I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION THAT WE DID. IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, AT THE TIME OF THE YEAR, INFLATION WAS RUNNING IN THE 14 TO 16% RANGE. AND SO I CAN PULL THAT INFORMATION AND SEE WHAT CLARIFICATION WE CAN PROVIDE TO YOU. BUT AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE JUST THOSE SPECIFIC CATEGORIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. IT'S NOT ON A PER STUDENT BASIS. IT'S JUST THE RAW COST OF INFLATION. RIGHT SO BUT THE OVERALL COST OF INFLATION IMPACT WITH THAT NUMBER I THINK IT WAS NORTH OF NORTH OF $70 MILLION FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. OVERALL. IF YOU MULTIPLY THE PER STUDENT COST THAT WE HAD IN THAT PRESENTATION TIMES 80,000 STUDENTS. YES, I CAN PULL THAT INFORMATION. SO THAT'S TO SAY TO KIND OF ECHO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES THAT WE'VE BEEN UNDER AS A DISTRICT AND AS YOU I THINK YOU SAID LAST WEEK, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE IN A LITTLE BETTER SITUATION, RELATIVE TO OTHER DISTRICTS IS BECAUSE WE WERE WE WERE IN A WORSE SITUATION THAN THEY WERE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SOME OF THAT HARD WORK THAT WE DID, HAS US A LITTLE BETTER PREPARED FOR THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN I RAMBLED A LITTLE BIT LAST WEEK, BUT I, I'M NOT SURE THAT I GOT TO THE POINT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE, WHICH WAS , WE, WE ENDED THIS SCHOOL YEAR WITH, I THINK, 85 TEACHING VACANCIES. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SEND THE MESSAGE THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING CREATIVE THAT THAT YOU NEED TO DO, TO FILL ALL THOSE TEACHING VACANCIES, SO THERE HAVE BEEN TEACHERS WHO HAVE BROUGHT, COMPLAINTS TO ME AND I KNOW AT THOSE, THOSE PARTICULAR CAMPUSES THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE VACANCIES. AND SO I KIND OF KNOW

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FORTUNATELY, WE LIVE IN A DIGITAL WORLD, AND SOMEONE PROVIDED ME. SO I THINK THE SLIDE YOU WERE REFERRING TO SHOWED THE BASIC ALLOTMENT GRAPHED OUT. SO THIS IS BASED ON 14.4% INFLATION THAT WE HAD BACK IN NOVEMBER. OUR WERE MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT TODAY. THE BASIC ALLOTMENT AT 6160 IS ESSENTIALLY ABOUT $5,205 PER PERSON OR PER PUPIL, VERSUS THE 6160 IF YOU DO A DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR COMPARISON BACK TO 2019. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON. MR. SHOAF. OKAY, MISS HANNON, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR. GWEN, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING, WHY WE CAN'T GET TO THE NIGHT. I MEAN, WE CAN GET TO THE 91 DAY, RIGHT? RESERVE. BUT EXPLAINING THAT YOU'RE BUDGETING CONSERVATIVELY BECAUSE THAT 10,000 HIGHLY PROBABLE NUMBER, LIKE WITH THE SHAH'S MONEY. THAT'S STILL CONCERNS ME, RIGHT? IF IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY COME TO FRUITION. AND SO. BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME LAST WEEK, I APPRECIATE THAT. SO I WANT A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION BECAUSE WE HAVE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION SLIDE. AND THEN WE HAVE TWO STAFFING GUIDELINES AUGMENTATION. SO ALL THREE OF THOSE SLIDES ARE RECOMMENDED. AND STAFFING POSITIONS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE BUDGET. SO I'M GOING TO BACK UP. SO THE SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION HAS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT STAFFING, THE PAID TEACHER RESIDENT, THE COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ADVISORS. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THESE ARE ALL. INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. YES, MA'AM. SO ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT WE'VE JUST PRESENTED. WHAT THIS SLIDE IS DOING THAT'S SHOWING THOSE 32 POSITIONS SPECIFICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH STAFFING GUIDELINES, HOW THAT BREAKS OUT.

AND SO IT GIVES YOU CLARITY ON OKAY, WHERE ARE THOSE 32 POSITIONS GOING THAT ARE PART OF THE STAFFING GUIDELINES, AUGMENTATION. AGAIN THIS WOULD BE WHERE THOSE OKAY. BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT. THEY'RE DIFFERENT. OR ARE THEY DIFFERENT . THIS IS THE SAME REQUEST JUST SHOWING YOU WHERE THEY'RE GOING. SO THEY'RE SHOWING ME WHERE THEY'RE GOING. YES MA'AM. OKAY.

SO OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ADVISORS. SO I SEE THE TRAVIS. AND SO WE'RE STILL WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE A SPLIT BETWEEN SOME SCHOOLS LIKE DULLES AND CLEMENTS. OKAY. SO THAT'S I'M JUST NOT SEEING IT SPELLED OUT HERE. SO THAT'S LET ME SEE IF I CAN PROVIDE SOME CLARITY. AND IF I DON'T GET IT RIGHT THEN WE HAVE YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLARIFY IT TONIGHT. OKAY. WILL YOU CLARIFY IT? I JUST MY BOTTOM LINE QUESTION IS ARE THOSE THAT ARE BEING POINT FIVE BETWEEN TWO CAMPUSES? IS THAT BEING FLESHED OUT WHERE THERE WILL AT LEAST BE ONE. YES MA'AM. THAT IS CORRECT. SO ON THIS SPECIFIC SLIDE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE COLLEGE CAREER READINESS ADVISORS, THAT'S ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN. WE CURRENTLY HAVE SIX COLLEGE CAREER READINESS ADVISORS IN PLACE TODAY THAT ARE BEING SPLIT BETWEEN TWO CAMPUSES. THIS WILL ADD IN AN ADDITIONAL SIX. AND SO WE'LL NOW HAVE ONE AT EACH CAMPUS. THOSE COUNSELORS THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON

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SO WHEN WE'RE BUDGETING FOR, SAY, 95% ATTENDANCE RATE AND WE'RE KIND OF COMING IN EITHER RIGHT AT IT OR RIGHT BELOW IT, WHAT IS THE IMPACT TO THE BUDGET? IF WE COME IN BELOW, WHAT OUR PROJECTED ATTENDANCE TARGET IS? AND EACH 1% IS ROUGHLY, I THINK, $6 MILLION.

AND SO OUR 6 MILLION, IS THAT CORRECT, LUIS? FIVE POINT ABOUT AROUND $5 MILLION. AND SO IF WE START COMING IN BELOW THAT, THAT WAS THAT OBVIOUSLY STARTS TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR REVENUES.

CONVERSELY, IF WE START COMING IN ABOVE THAT, THAT WOULD BE A POSITIVE IMPACT. OKAY. PERFECT AND MY LAST QUESTION, IS IN REGARDS TO, OUR INS. SO WHEN WE WHEN I'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE HOW WE USE STAFF, WE FUND STAFF OUT OF THE INS SIDE, IF THEY'RE WORKING ON BOND RELATED PROJECTS. IS THAT ALSO INCLUDE, ANY, LIKE MAINTENANCE OR ANY HVAC STAFF OR ANY IT STAFF THAT ARE WORKING ON BOND RELATED PROJECTS LIKE FOR THE 1 TO 1 DEVICES THEY'RE ROLLING OUT OF THE 1 TO 1 DEVICES, THEY'RE DOING STUFF THAT'S SORT OF BOND RELATED. DO ANY OF THOSE,

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[11. Consent Agenda]

[11.I. TASB Region IV, Position G: Consideration and endorsement of a candidate to represent Region IV, Position G as a Director on the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Board of Directors.]

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SO THANK YOU. AND I CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. AND I'LL WORK WITH, PRESIDENT TOLSON TO DETERMINE HOW WE CAN DO THAT, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH A BOARD UPDATE FROM THE DAIS OR WRITTEN UPDATE. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GARCIA. SO I I'LL SPEAK LAST. SO, MISS HANNA AND I, I INTEND TO SUPPORT YOU FOR THIS POSITION, AND LIKE MR. GARCIA, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD TO GET UPDATES ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH TASBIH. MY ONLY OTHER ASK WOULD BE THAT IF THERE IF IN ANY WAY, FORT BEND ISD TAKES A POSITION THAT MIGHT BE CONTRARY TO SOMETHING THAT TASBIH IS DOING THAT I WOULD ASK THAT, FORT BEND ISD'S POSITION BE ADVOCATED FOR ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD, THAT WOULD, I THINK THAT'S AN EXPECTATION THAT THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST AS A BOARD, AND CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE GOING FORWARD. AND THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY ASK, IS THAT WHATEVER WE, AS FORT BEND ISD DECIDE IS BEST FOR FORT BEND ISD, THAT THAT, THAT YOU REPRESENT US AND IN THAT, IN WHATEVER ISSUE THAT MIGHT BE.

ALL RIGHT. PLEASE VOTE . MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP IS ACTION ITEM 12 A. IT'S A

[12.A. Donation over $50,000: Consideration and approval of cash and non-cash donations.]

CAN ANYBODY GIVE ME A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE DONATION. READY TO GO FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS , AS STATED IN OUR, BOARD BOOK, FOR SCHIFF ELEMENTARY, I SECOND. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS HANNON. WE HAVE A SECOND BY MISS JONES. I SEE NO DISCUSSION, SO PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. DOCTOR GILLIAM, MAY I HAVE A MOTION

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.