Jul 22, 2024 Board Meeting

WE ARE ADJOURNED AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING.

[1. Call to order]

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DID YOU COPY THAT? I WILL MOVE RIGHT INTO THE NEXT ONE.

MOVING RIGHT INTO IT. ALL RIGHT. THERE YOU GO.

GO AHEAD. MAY I HAVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TENSION BEFORE THE MEETING BEGAN.

WE ASK THAT EVERYONE PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES.

THE FORT BEND ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEETING IS AN OPEN MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC TO OBSERVE THE BOARD CONDUCTING DISTRICT BUSINESS.

THEREFORE, PATRONS MAY ONLY ADDRESS THE BOARD DURING A DESIGNATED AUDIENCE ITEM SECTION ON THE AGENDA.

IF YOU HAVE PRINTED MATERIALS YOU WANT TO GIVE TO BOARD MEMBERS, YOU MUST PROVIDE THEM TO ME OR ANY OFFICER PRESENT AND WE WILL PROVIDE THEM TO THE BOARD.

WE ALSO ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, BE RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS BY REMAINING QUIET SO THAT EVERYONE IS ABLE TO HEAR THE PROCEEDINGS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SERGEANT. THE TIME IS 6:12 P.M.

AND THIS MEETING IS HEREBY CALLED TO ORDER. WE HAVE THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM ATTENDING IN PERSON, AND NOTICE OF THE MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE AND AT THE FORT BEND ISD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS.

WE WILL START WITH THE SINGING OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.

IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE RISE. DO WE KNOW HIS NAME? OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE. BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT. WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING.

WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS. THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT. O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING.

AND THE ROCKETS RED GLARE, THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR. GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE. O SAY, DOES THAT STAR SPANGLED BANNER. YET WAVE. O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. NEXT UP ARE RECOGNITIONS.

[4. Recognitions]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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YUP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR SMITH.

APOLOGIES FOR. WE'D FIRST LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THIS EVENING'S NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMER, BRETT ROSNER.

BRETT IS AN ALL STATE CHOIR MEMBER AT ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PERFORMANCE THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU.

85. 83. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

BRETT. FOR OUR SECOND AND FINAL RECOGNITION THIS EVENING, WE WILL WELCOME TRAVIS HIGH SCHOOL HEAD CHOIR DIRECTOR, DAN MINER, WHO WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE EMILY CROCKER EMERGING COMPOSER AWARD THROUGH THE TEXAS CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION.

MR. MINER'S COMPOSITION LA VIDA WAS THE WINNING COMPOSITION AT THE ANNUAL COMPOSITION THIS YEAR.

THIS AWARD IS NAMED FOR EMILY CROCKER, A RENOWNED COMPOSER AND CHORAL EDITOR FOR HAL LEONARD, THE LARGEST EDUCATIONAL MUSIC PUBLISHER. MR. MINER'S MINOR'S PUBLICATION WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE ON THE HAL LEONARD WEBSITE.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THIS CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK.

YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS OUR SUPERINTENDENTS UPDATE, DOCTOR SMITH.

[5. Superintendent Update]

SO I WANT TO BEGIN BY GIVING A BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR FORT BEND ISD FAMILY.

AND ALL OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS REALLY CAME TOGETHER IN A VERY STRONG WAY AND PROVIDED EXCELLENT RECOVERY RESPONSE AFTER AFTER THE EVENTS WITH THE HURRICANE. OUR DEPARTMENTS WENT INTO ACTION PRETTY QUICKLY, AND WE HAD TO GET A WEBSITE UP AND RUNNING TO DIRECT OUR FOLKS TO OUR RESOURCES AND ALSO OUR FACILITIES TEAM. THEY WENT OUT AND DID ASSESSMENTS ALL THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT ALL HOURS OF THE OF THE NIGHT AND MORNING DURING VERY CRITICAL TIME, WHERE THEY WERE, OF COURSE, DEALING WITH THEIR OWN PERSONAL SITUATION, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE GET INFORMATION RELATED TO OUR SCHOOLS.

AND SO WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THEM. THEY MADE SOME ASSESSMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPAIRS THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE, AND ALSO DID A LOT OF WORK IN PICKING UP DEBRIS ALL ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

WE ALSO SAW SEVERAL STUDENT ATHLETES, FROM PARTICULAR FROM CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL OUT THERE CLEANING UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALONG WITH SO MANY OTHERS, JUST DEMONSTRATING WHAT FORT BEND ISD STRONG REALLY IS.

WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

WE PARTNERED WITH MISSOURI CITY, FORT BEND COUNTY, THE COUNTY JUDGE, STATE REPRESENTATIVE RON REYNOLDS, AND SO MANY OTHERS TO SUPPLY OUR COMMUNITY WITH ESSENTIALS SUCH AS ICE AND WATER.

WE ALSO OPENED UP MERCER STADIUM TO OUR PARKING LOT THAT WAS USED BY CENTER POINT AS A STAGING AREA, SO THAT THEY COULD GET THE POWER BACK ON AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND THEN OUT OF 170 BUILDINGS, INITIALLY, WE HAD ABOUT 77 THAT LOST POWER.

AND FORTUNATELY, NOW AS WE'RE HERE TODAY, ALL OF THOSE CAMPUSES HAVE REGAINED THEIR POWER WAS A HUGE HERCULEAN EFFORT BY SO MANY MEMBERS OF OUR

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ONE OF THE BIGGEST REMAINING CHALLENGES IS THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, WHICH HAD SIGNIFICANT IMPACT WITH THE ROOF AND WATER DAMAGE.

AND SO WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS ON THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR THAT ARE BEING RELOCATED AND OTHER AREAS IN THE DISTRICT WHILE THOSE REPAIRS ARE UNDERWAY AT THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. AND SO, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK OUR BOARD.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR STAFF WHO REALLY CAME TOGETHER TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER AND REALLY DID A GOOD JOB OF PARTNERING WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND GETTING US TO A PLACE WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO BRING OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF BACK SAFELY.

SO KUDOS TO EVERYONE THERE. THE NEXT ITEM I WANTED TO SHARE WAS THIS PAST WEEK WE HAD OUR BREAKTHROUGH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT.

IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SET THE TONE FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.

PROVIDE CLARITY ON EXPECTATIONS AS WE BEGIN OUR WORK.

ALSO TO EMPHASIZE LEADERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND HOW CRUCIAL THAT IS.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE KIND OF WRAPPED UP REMEMBERING OUR WHY AND OUR PURPOSE FOR BEING HERE.

I WANT TO THANK MANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS WHO WERE ABLE TO ATTEND.

WE HAD A HAD A GREAT TIME JUST REALLY FOCUSING ON OUR PACK PROFESSIONALISM, ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMMUNICATION.

WE HAD SEVERAL HUNDRED DISTRICT LEADERS ATTEND.

WE HAD TO PIVOT AT THE LAST MOMENT, BUT CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL WAS AN EXCELLENT LOCATION FOR US.

ON DAY ONE, WE HAD OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER, WHO WAS CHRIS MCCHESNEY.

HE IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BEST SELLING BOOK, THE FOUR DISCIPLINES OF EXECUTION, WHICH WE AS AN ADMINISTRATION ARE READING THIS YEAR SO THAT WE CAN DEVELOP TOOLS TO EXECUTE AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM.

HE DID AN AWESOME JOB. HE WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY WITH HIS INSIGHT AND WITH THE COACHING THAT HE PROVIDED.

AND THEN ON DAY TWO, IT WAS ALL ABOUT OUR LEADERSHIP AND GROWING AS LEADERS AND OUR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

AND WE CLOSED WITH AN AWESOME, POWERFUL MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER THAT ALL REMINDED US OF OUR WHY.

WE HEARD A DEEPLY EMOTIONAL, INCREDIBLE, POWERFUL MESSAGE FROM MR. MANNY. DOCTOR MANNY SCOTT, YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH HIS STORY FROM THE FREEDOM RIDERS, BUT IT WAS AN AWESOME, AWESOME PRESENTATION AND REALLY TAPPED INTO THE HEART.

AND IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO END AS WE REALLY, AGAIN, WANTED TO GO BACK TO OUR WHY.

SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO WAS ASSOCIATED WITH PUTTING TOGETHER OUR LEADERSHIP SUMMIT WAS A BIG EFFORT.

ALL OF OUR LEADERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT WERE SO ENGAGED OVER SEVERAL DAYS, AND I THINK IT WAS A GREAT TONE SETTER.

AS WE BEGIN BEGIN THE YEAR AND THEN STEPHANIE WILLIAMS AND HER TEAM, THE ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM, WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK FOR COORDINATING A FANTASTIC EVENT.

AND THEN FINALLY, AS WE BEGIN, JUST A FEW SHORT DAYS AWAY FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, IN FACT, WE WILL START SCHOOL BEFORE WE HAVE OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.

AND SO I WANTED TO SHARE SOME KEY DATES JUST TO KEEP ON EVERYONE'S RADAR.

JULY 24TH IS THE FIRST DAY OF NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION, SO WE'LL BE ONBOARDING SEVERAL NEW TEACHERS INTO THE DISTRICT.

OUR BOARD PRESIDENT HAS A MESSAGE TO SHARE WITH THEM.

I'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH THEM, BUT WE HAVE A GREAT EVENT PLANNED FOR THEM ON THE 24TH.

AND THEN ON JULY 29TH, OUR TEACHERS, THEY START RETURNING TO THEIR CAMPUSES AND THEY'LL ALL BE IN PLACE BY AUGUST 1ST.

AND THE WEEK OF AUGUST 5TH, OUR SCHOOLS WILL HAVE THEIR FIRST MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 8TH, WE'LL CELEBRATE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. AND SO WE'RE ALL REALLY EXCITED AND PREPARED TO WELCOME OUR STUDENTS BACK FOR AN AWESOME 2425 SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH. AND I WANT TO ALSO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE LEADERSHIP TEAM, THE WHOLE FORT BEND STRONG TEAM FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS.

THROUGHOUT THE CRISIS, THE HURRICANE, THE ALL THE THE DURING THE BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER.

I KNOW YOU HAD A LOT OF A LOT OF PEOPLE, A REALLY STRONG TEAM WORKING REALLY HARD.

AND SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS. WE WENT QUITE A LONG TIME WITH A LOT OF CAMPUSES WITHOUT POWER, AND I KNOW IT HAS HAD EXTRA ISSUES THIS PAST WEEK WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON.

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THANK YOU. NEXT UP, OUR BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS.

[6. Board Committee Reports]

THE COMMITTEE, CONSISTING OF MEMBERS DAVID HAMILTON, RICK GARCIA AND ME, ALONG WITH DOCTOR SMITH, MET ON FRIDAY, JUNE 14TH, 2024. THE AGENDA INCLUDED REVIEW OF THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE REVIEW AND PROPOSED UPDATES TO THE BOARD, OPERATING PROCEDURES AND ETHICS STATEMENT REVIEW AND PROPOSED UPDATES TO THE BOARD SELF-EVALUATION INSTRUMENT, WHICH YOU WILL SEE ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.

REVIEW AND PROPOSED UPDATES TO THE SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION INSTRUMENT.

AND DISCUSSING THE FEASIBILITY OF RESTORING RESTARTING THE BOARD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AS WELL AS PROPOSED FORMAT, TIMELINE AND GOALS BASED ON DISCUSSION AND AGREEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE.

THE PROPOSED UPDATES TO THE BOARD SELF-EVALUATION INSTRUMENT ARE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.

AS I SAID, FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL, THE PROPOSED UPDATES TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS EVALUATION INSTRUMENT BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND ETHICS STATEMENT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE AUGUST AGENDA FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.

THE COMMITTEE AGREED THAT THE BOARD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED DURING THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR, THE COMMITTEE TASKED THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS STAFF WITH PRESENTING THE BOARD WITH A PROPOSED TIMELINE AND BUDGET.

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IN AN UPCOMING BOARD UPDATE, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT INCLUDED IN THE AUGUST AGENDA FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL AS WELL. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF FOR THEIR HELP AND COOPERATION AS WE UPDATE AND PLAN FOR THESE IMPORTANT ITEMS THAT HELP KEEP US ALL ACCOUNTABLE TO EACH OTHER AND TO THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS BUILD COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION RELATED TO BOARD OPERATIONS AND GOVERNANCE. NEXT UP IS OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORT.

THE COMMITTEE, CONSISTING OF MEMBERS DAVID HAMILTON, SONIA JONES AND ME, ALONG WITH DOCTOR JORDAN, DOCTOR LAWSON AND DOCTOR HILL, MET ON MONDAY, JUNE 10TH, 2024.

THE AGENDA INCLUDED REVIEW OF INITIAL EVALUATIONS AND COMPLIANCE, REEVALUATIONS AND COMPLIANCE.

THE TCS PROGRAM EVALUATION TO NON COMPLIANCE LETTERS AND CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS.

SPECIAL EDUCATION BUDGET AND REQUESTED BUDGET.

CAMPUS RANKINGS FOR INITIAL AND REEVALUATIONS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING.

WE ALSO HELD DISCUSSION OF THE 2017 SPECIAL EDUCATION AUDIT COMMUNICATION.

FORT BEND ISD COMPLIANCE PLAN. INNOVATIVE APPROACHES FOR COMPLIANCE.

AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT IN ALL AREAS FOR SPECIAL ED IN FORT BEND ISD.

IT WAS QUITE A ROBUST MEETING. THE COMMITTEE HAD A THOROUGH REVIEW OF ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS AND DISCUSSION OF WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE, AND NEXT STEPS. THE NEXT STEPS AGREED UPON BY THE COMMITTEE INCLUDED INVITING THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE OCTOBER MEETING AS AN INFORMATION ITEM.

DISTRICT STAFF WILL BE PROVIDING UPDATES ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. SIGNIFICANT DISPROPORTIONALITY. OUR CURRENT PROCESS FOR MONITORING SUSPENSIONS AND PREVENTING SIGNIFICANT DISPROPORTIONALITY AND ENSURING THE PROCESS ALLOWS FOR US TO BE PROACTIVE VERSUS REACTIVE.

THE CLASS PROGRAM PROGRAMING AND AVAILABLE EXPANSION SPACE.

DOCTOR HILL IS GOING TO ADD THIS TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING INFORMATION ITEM FOR US.

BUDGET PROGRAMING, FUNDING AND GAP ANALYSIS. BEHAVIORAL SPECIALISTS SUPPORTING EACH CAMPUS.

WE ASK FOR A STUDY ON THIS. SIMILAR TO SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND HOW OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HANDLES THINGS.

WE ASKED FOR STAFF TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS FOR US.

DOCTOR HILL WILL ALSO BE SENDING THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO THE COMMITTEE.

PREVIOUS GIBSON UPDATES ON THE LAST SPECIAL EDUCATION AUDIT.

STAFFING AND RETENTION DATA SO VACANCIES AND THE REASONS FOR OUR HARD TO FILL POSITIONS.

BUDGET AND ALL OF THIS WILL BE DISAGGREGATED BY CAMPUS.

WE ARE STILL WAITING TO GET THIS INFORMATION.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK DOCTOR SMITH AND STAFF TO PLEASE FOLLOW UP AND SEE TO IT THAT THE COMMITTEE GETS IT, AND THEN IT WILL BE SHARED OUT WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD.

I WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND ALL STAFF FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT IN THIS IMPORTANT AREA IN FORT BEND ISD.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO MEET TO RECEIVE UPDATES AND STAY ON THE STEPS THAT ARE TAKEN TO MOVE US INTO COMPLIANCE,

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WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE REGULAR BOARD UPDATES ON SPECIAL EDUCATION.

WE WILL DO THIS AT REGULAR INTERVALS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST, TO KEEP THE BOARD APPRIZED.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORTS FOR BOTH THOSE COMMITTEES.

[7. Board Activity Report]

CAN YOU HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT. YOUR FORT BEND ISD SCHOOL BOARD AT WORK.

BOARD MEMBERS, DISTRICT ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR JULY 22ND, 2024 FORT BEND CHAMBER EVENT.

FORT BEND ISD UPDATE WITH DOCTOR MARK SMITH TASB.

SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE BOARD GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING TASB NEW DIRECTOR, ORIENTATION BOARD.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS. BOARD POLICY COMMITTEE MEETINGS MONTHLY 1 TO 1 MEETINGS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT BOARD, AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING, AND BREAKTHROUGH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT.

THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON. NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT.

[8. Public Comment]

PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES, AND PLEASE REFRAIN FROM MENTIONING STUDENT OR EMPLOYEE NAMES OR OTHER INFORMATION THAT ALLOWS A SPECIFIC STUDENT OR EMPLOYEE TO BE IDENTIFIED.

FIRST UP IS OR ONLY UP THIS EVENING IS STEPHANIE ELLIS.

STEPHANIE HERE THIS EVENING? OKAY. YEP. SO AS I STATED, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

OUR BOARD SECRETARY, DAVID HAMILTON, WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN YOU HAVE 30S REMAINING.

YOU MAY BEGIN. HI. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON REPRESENTING THE PROUD PARENTS PSYCHOLOGISTS DEPARTMENT.

I'M HERE TO TALK WITH YOU AGAIN ABOUT THE NEED TO START HIGH SCHOOL AT A TIME THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH ALL THE AVAILABLE RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT.

WHAT I'VE HEARD RECENTLY IS THE ONLY BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTING THIS NEEDED CHANGE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND LOGISTICS.

DON'T WORRY, I AM WORKING DILIGENTLY ON EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY WHO ONCE THEY KNOW THE RESEARCH.

I AM SURE IT WILL NOT TRADE THE INCONVENIENCE FOR THE IMPROVED HEALTH, SAFETY, WELLNESS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THEIR KIDS.

REGARDING LOGISTICS, I GET THAT THIS IS A BIG PROJECT.

I CAN'T FIND EVIDENCE YET. I AM LOOKING THAT WE HAVE HAD A RECENT MEANINGFUL, THOROUGH CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL DISCUSSION ABOUT WHY THIS NEEDED CHANGE THAT OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE EMBRACED IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR OUR KIDS.

I'M STILL OPEN TO HEARING ABOUT THAT, BUT I ALSO JUST WONDER IF MAYBE THERE ARE PLENTY OF FOLKS RIGHT NOW WHO KNOW IT'S A GOOD IDEA, BUT JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S TOO DIFFICULT TO PURSUE ALONE.

SO HERE'S A COMMITTEE. WE NEED A WHY AND A HOW.

ALL RIGHT. THE WHY GROUP SHOULD BE ONE OR A FEW OF YOU BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IN IT.

YOU'VE BEEN LISTENING. REPRESENTATIVES FROM ACADEMICS SHACK BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH, 504 SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES, A FEW PARENTS AND A FEW HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS WHO KNOW HOW MUCH THESE KIDS AND FAMILIES ARE SUFFERING.

A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FORT BEND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WILL BE GREAT. WHO CAN SPEAK TO JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND DRIVING ACCIDENTS? A CONTENT EXPERT I VOLUNTEER, I DO, BUT I CAN RECOMMEND I CAN RECOMMEND OTHER PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING SOME WHO ARE EXPERTS IN IMPLEMENTATION.

ALL RIGHT. THE HOW PART A REPRESENTATIVE FROM TRANSPORTATION WHO CAN HELP IN THE DISCUSSION ABOUT BUS ROUTES IF NEEDED.

A REP FROM EXTENDED LEARNING WHO CAN HELP IN THE DISCUSSION OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCING FOR THOSE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY PICKED UP AND WATCHED BY THEIR TEEN SIBLINGS AFTER SCHOOL, WHICH IS THE RISKIEST TIME FOR TEEN DELINQUENCY, BY THE WAY.

A REPRESENTATIVE FROM ATHLETICS WHO CAN HELP IN THE DISCUSSION ABOUT PRACTICE AND COMPETITION SCHEDULES, AND WHO'S PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THE RATE OF STUDENT ATHLETE INJURIES, WHICH SURPRISE ALSO NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY EARLY HIGH SCHOOL START TIMES.

AND MAYBE SOMEBODY FROM RESEARCH EVALUATION WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP GATHER RELEVANT DATA FOR THE COMMITTEE.

SO THE DISTRICT CAN MAKE DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS, WHICH I KNOW IS IMPORTANT TO YOU.

RIGHT? WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE IT ALL FIGURED OUT YET.

WE JUST NEED A FEW PEOPLE TO REALIZE THAT WE SHOULD BOTHER TO REALLY TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT.

OUR KIDS DESERVE IT. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

[9.A. Bond 2023 Overview - July 2024 ]

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YES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. BOARD MEMBERS, TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE OUR UPDATE ON THE BOND.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, THE TEAM AND I CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN RESPONSIVE TO YOUR FEEDBACK.

AND YOU WILL SEE SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK.

AS WE PROVIDE AND PRESENT THE INFORMATION TO YOU ON THIS EVENING, I WANT TO TURN THINGS OVER TO MISS KATHLEEN BROWN, AND THEN SHE'LL KIND OF TEE UP FOR OUR PRESENTER.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. DOCTOR SMITH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IT'S OUR PLEASURE TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO YOU AN UPDATE ON THE 2023 BOND.

LIKE DOCTOR SMITH SAID, YOU WILL SEE SOME ADJUSTMENTS IN THE PRESENTATION ON THIS EVENING.

FIRST UP, WE WILL HAVE MRS. ASHLEY DIXON. SHE SERVES AS THE DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION.

AND SO THE FIRST FEW SLIDES WILL GIVE AN GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE WITH CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS RELATED TO BOND 2023.

AND SHE WILL ALSO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON ONE ITEM FROM THE 2018 BOND AS WELL.

FOLLOWING MISS DIXON'S PRESENTATION YOU WILL HEAR FROM OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, MR. BRIAN GWYNN. AND HE WILL GIVE US AN UPDATE ON FINANCIALS.

AND THEN WE'LL ALSO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT BOND CONTINGENCY FUNDS.

AND SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO MRS. DIXON. THANK YOU, MISS BROWN. MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, DOCTOR SMITH.

THE FIRST PROJECT I WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE YOU ON IS BRIARGATE ELEMENTARY ON BOND 2023.

AS OF JUNE, THE PROJECT IS APPROXIMATELY 15% COMPLETE.

THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS PROJECT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD THREE TIMES.

THE FIRST IN OCTOBER OF 2023, WHICH INCLUDED THE DEMO OF THE EXISTING BUILDING BY A CONTRACTOR.

THE SECOND APPROVAL, WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, TOOK PLACE IN JANUARY OF 2024.

AND THAT'S FOR THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR LONG LEAD ITEMS IN GENERAL CONDITIONS.

THE BOARD DID THE FINAL APPROVAL OF THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE NUMBER TWO, FOR THE REMAINDER OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES IN APRIL.

THE FIRST TWO PICTURES ON THIS SLIDE. WELL, THE MIDDLE AND RIGHT PICTURE ON THIS SLIDE ARE FOR THE OR IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEER RENDERING OF THE FRONT ENTRY AND COURTYARD FOR THE FACILITY.

THIS INCORPORATES CHANGES THAT WERE MADE DURING THE VALUE ENGINEERING PROCESS, AND CLOSELY RESEMBLES WHAT WAS APPROVED OR WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR SCHEMATIC DESIGN IN AUGUST OF 2023, AS WELL AS WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY LAST YEAR.

EXAMPLES OF VALUE ENGINEERING ITEMS THAT WERE PICKED UP IN THIS PROJECT INCLUDES DECKING AROUND THE LEGACY TREE IN THE COURTYARD, AND THE REMOVAL OF THE AMPHITHEATER. THE METAL PANEL AND BRICK SIZES WERE ALSO MODIFIED DURING VALUE ENGINEERING, WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF THE LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THIS WAS PROTOTYPED AFTER. TO THE TOP LEFT IS A SITE LOGISTICS PLAN PREPARED BY THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR THE DESIGN TEAM AND FBISD TO REVIEW.

THIS PLAN HAS BEEN PRESENTED BY FBISD'S, PROJECT MANAGER TO THE NEIGHBORING HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION TO UPDATE THEM ON UPCOMING ACTIVITIES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT THEIR COMMUNITY, SUCH AS TRAFFIC ROUTE RELOCATIONS OR MODIFICATIONS, OR THOSE EARLY MORNING CONCRETE POURS.

THE LAST TWO PICTURES ARE OF CURRENT CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES ON SITE.

THE FOUNDATION. THE THE FIRST IS THE FOUNDATION PREPARATION FOR AN UPCOMING SLAB POUR.

NOW THAT THE PIERS ARE COMPLETE FOR THE BUILDING AND THE GRADE BEAMS IN THIS AREA ARE INSTALLED.

THE LAST PICTURE IS AREA F STRUCTURAL STEEL INSTALLATION, WHICH BEGAN LAST MONTH.

THE IMPACT TO THE SITE IS A RESULT OF HURRICANE BURL IS FIVE DAYS, AND THE TEAM IS WORKING COLLABORATIVELY ON A RECOVERY SCHEDULE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL MAINTAIN THE JUNE 2025 SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE.

THE NEXT PROJECT IS BP ZERO TWO MISSION BEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AS OF THE END OF JUNE, THE PROJECT IS ROUGHLY 28% COMPLETE.

THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS PROJECT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD TWICE, THE FIRST OCCURRING IN OCTOBER OF 2023.

FOR THE DEMO OF THE EXISTING BUILDING AND LONG LEAD ITEMS SUCH AS ELECTRICAL SWITCHGEAR.

THE SECOND BOARD APPROVAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OF THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES WAS APPROVED THIS JANUARY.

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THIS CLOSELY RESEMBLES FERGUSON AND NEAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AS WELL AS WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IN AUGUST OF 2023, AND THE COMMUNITY BRICK SIZE AND COLORING, ALONG WITH REMOVAL OF COLUMN WRAPS, WERE THINGS THAT WERE PICKED UP AS EXAMPLES FOR VALUE ENGINEERING.

NEXT IS A CURRENT PICTURE OF THE CONSTRUCTION AT THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT CLOSELY RESEMBLES THAT FRONT RENDERING THAT IDENTIFIES FROM BEECHNUT THAT FRONT OF THE SCHOOL THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON. HERE YOU WILL SEE THIS MIMICKING THE RENDERING.

NEXT IS ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION. OH, OKAY. I DIDN'T EVEN TOUCH ANYTHING.

OKAY. NEXT ARE ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS WHICH REFLECT THE COMPLETION OF SLAB FLOORS.

NEAR COMPLETION OF THE STRUCTURAL STEEL INSTALLATION, AS WELL AS INSTALLATION OF ROOF DECKING AND EXTERIOR SHEATHING.

THE FINAL PICTURE INDICATES INTERIOR PROGRESS, OR YOU CAN SEE INTERIOR STUDS ARE BEGINNING TO BE PLACED ALONG WITH MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AND PLUMBING. ROUGH INS. THE IMPACT FROM HURRICANE BURL IS ONE DAY, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THIS PROJECT WAS NOT TIED INTO THE ELECTRICAL GRID.

RATHER, WE HAVE ON SITE GENERATORS AND WE'RE ABLE TO BE UP AND RUNNING THE FOLLOWING DAY.

THERE WAS ONE TREE THAT WAS IMPACTED, BUT BUILDING MATERIALS AND MATERIALS IN THE BUILDING WERE NOT AFFECTED BY THE STORM.

AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE FOR THIS PROJECT IS HAPPENING TOMORROW WITH THE TOPPING OUT CELEBRATION.

THIS MILESTONE HAPPENS AT THE END OF THE STRUCTURAL STEEL ERECTION, WHERE A BEAM IS SIGNED SET IN PLACE AND THE TEAM CELEBRATES THEIR WORK.

YOU ALL ARE INVITED AND IF AVAILABLE, WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE.

ANOTHER EXCITING PROJECT WE HAVE IS BARRINGTON PLACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RENOVATION.

THE BOARD APPROVED THIS PROJECT IN MAY OF 2020, THREE DAYS AFTER THE BOND HAD PASSED.

FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT CAME FROM THE BOND 2018 AND 2023 PROGRAMS. THE PROJECT SCOPE INCLUDED FACADE UPGRADE, CANOPY EXTENSION, GYM ADDITION AND BUILD BACK OF THE DEMOLISHED INTERIOR BUILDING ALONG WITH NEW DRIVES AND FOR BOTH PARENT AND BUS DRIVEWAYS AND SO MUCH MORE.

WITHIN THESE PICTURES YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE NEW FLOORS, NEW WALL FINISHES, NEW CEILINGS.

WE'VE CREATED COLLABORATION SPACES IS TO MIMIC THE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

WE ALSO EXPANDED THE GYMNASIUM FOR THE SCHOOL.

THIS IS THE BOTTOM LEFT PICTURE IS AN EXPANSION FROM THE CAFETERIA TO THE GYMNASIUM.

THE MIDDLE PICTURE IN THE BOTTOM ROW IS ONE OF THE MURALS THAT WERE PRESERVED DURING CONSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS WE ACTUALLY PRESERVED THE MURALS IN THE LIBRARY.

SO WHEN STUDENTS AND STAFF RETURN, THEY'LL SEE SO MUCH NEW, BUT THEY'LL ALSO SEE SOME OF THEIR EXISTING SCHOOL.

SO THE FINAL PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS WITH REGARDS TO THE NEW PLAYGROUND THAT WE INSTALLED WITH RUBBERIZED FLOOR SURFACE AND COVERED PROVIDED BY THE PROJECT. THESE ALIGN WITH OUR TECHNICAL DESIGN GUIDELINES.

THE IMPACT TO THE PROJECT FROM HURRICANE BURL IMPACTED THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE OF THE PROJECT.

WHERE STAFF MOVE IN, THERE'S MINOR ROOF LEAKS THAT THE STAFF IS WORKING THROUGH WELL THAT THE CONTRACTOR AND THE FACILITIES ARE WORKING THROUGH, AND WE WILL BE INSTALLING THE FINAL FURNITURE THIS WEEK.

ADMINISTRATION STAFF HAS BEGUN TO MOVE IN, AND THE SCHOOL WILL BE READY FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF THIS FALL.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. HERE I'VE GOT A SERIES OF COUPLE OTHER PROJECTS ONE BEING BP 016, WHICH WAS FIXTURES, FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT. THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES 12 CAMPUSES TO RECEIVE NEW FURNITURE, WITH FOUR CAMPUSES RECEIVING THEIR REFURBISHMENT THIS SUMMER. DULLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL, ALONG WITH HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RECEIVING NEW ELEMENTARY OR I'M SORRY, NEW ADMINISTRATION, CLASSROOM, CAFETERIA, AND LIBRARY FURNITURE. HURRICANE BURL IMPACTED DUE TO POWER AND POWER AND REMEDIATION EFFORTS, BUT WITH HEADLAMPS WE ARE ABLE TO PERFORM OUR WORK.

SO THE PICTURE DISPLAYS THE CLASSROOM DESK AND TABLES AT DULLES HIGH SCHOOL.

NEXT PROJECT IS BP 018. OUR FLOORING PROJECT.

THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD APPROVED IN APRIL OF 2024, AND YOU APPROVED THE JOB ORDER CONTRACTOR TO PERFORM THIS WORK.

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HUNTERS GLEN, PECAN GROVE ELEMENTARY, AND SIENNA CROSSING.

THE REMAINING EIGHT SCHOOLS WILL BE COMPLETED IN SUBSEQUENT SUMMERS.

THE PICTURE HERE IS OF SIENNA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE THE EXISTING CARPET AND VCT WERE REMOVED AND LUXURY VINYL TILE, OR LVT, WAS INSTALLED IN CLASSROOMS AND CORRIDORS.

THE NEXT PROJECT IS BP 019 PLAYGROUNDS. THE PACKAGE INCLUDES 13 CAMPUSES, AND SIX OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE HAVING WORK TAKE PLACE THIS SUMMER. WE'VE INSTALLED THAT CONCRETE WALK AT OYSTER CREEK, AS WELL AS BEGUN THE LIME STABILIZATION AT THREE SCHOOLS WHO ARE TO RECEIVE HARD TOP PLAY SURFACES OR PLAYGROUND FOUNDATIONS. THE TEAM'S APPROACH TO THIS SUMMER WORK IS INSTALLING FOUNDATIONS FOR SCHOOLS WHO ARE TO RECEIVE NEW PLAYGROUNDS.

WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE LONG LEAD ITEMS LIKE THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, TO ARRIVE ON SITE.

ONCE SCHOOL BEGINS, WE WILL TRANSITION AND PERFORM WORK DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AT THREE CAMPUSES AT A TIME AND ARE AND WILL BE COMPLETE WITH THIS PACKAGE IN SPRING OF 2025. FINAL PROJECT FOR 2023 BOND IS THE SAGE CURTAIN REPLACEMENT.

THIS IS INCLUDES 13 SCHOOLS WITH NINE HAVE THEIR STAGE CURTAINS COMPLETED.

WE HAD A DELAY ON THE ROYAL BLUE FABRIC THAT IS AFFECTING THREE SCHOOLS AND ONE IS MISSING A BORDER, BUT ALL THE EXISTING CURTAINS REMAIN IN PLACE.

AND WHEN THOSE ARRIVE IN AUGUST, WE WILL MAKE THAT SWITCH OUT AND THIS PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED.

FINALLY, THE BOND 2018 PROJECT I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS TONIGHT IS THE CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL FIELDHOUSE PROJECT, AS IT IS NOW COMPLETE AND READY FOR USE BY FORT BEND ISD STAFF AND SOON TO BE STUDENTS.

THE BOARD APPROVED THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AGREEMENT IN AUGUST OF 2023.

AT THE TIME THE PROJECT, THE PROJECT WAS INTENDED TO BE OCCUPIED BY OUR STUDENTS IN JANUARY OF 2024.

HOWEVER, DURING CONSTRUCTION, THE TEAM ENCOUNTERED SIGNIFICANT DELAYS FROM OUR UTILITY SERVICE PROVIDERS OR PROVIDER, WHICH IMPACTED THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE THIS SPRING LATE SPRING.

THE SERVICE PROVIDER ENERGIZED THE PROJECT AND ALLOWED THE PROJECT TO OR THE CONTRACTOR TO COMPLETE THEIR WORK, AND IS NOW IN USE FOR OUR STAFF. HALF. THE ON SCHEDULE COMPONENT OF THIS SLIDE PERTAINS TO BOND 2023 WORK, AS THE CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL REBUILD PROJECT IS NOW ABLE TO BEGIN THEIR WORK.

ONCE THE CONTRACTOR IS DECOMMISSIONS AND DEMOLISHES THE EXISTING BUILDING.

NOW THAT THE NEW BUILDING IS COMPLETE. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU ASHLEY. WE'LL NOW WALK YOU THROUGH THE FINANCIAL PORTION OF THE BOND.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO START OUT WITH A REMINDER FOR THE 2023 BOND.

AND SO IN MAY OF 23, VOTERS APPROVED THREE SEPARATE PROPOSITIONS TOTALING $1.26 BILLION FOR THE 23 BOND.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST BOND ELECTION THAT WE THAT WE HAVE HAD THAT HAS BEEN UNDER NEW STATE STATUTES THAT REQUIRE THAT CERTAIN TECHNOLOGY AND ATHLETIC FACILITIES BE INCLUDED AS SEPARATE PROPOSITIONS TO THE BOND VERSUS WITHIN THE MAIN PROPOSITION.

AND SO AS WE IMPLEMENT THE 23 BOND, THAT DOES PLACE SOME LIMITS ON HOW WE OPERATE COMPARED TO WHAT WE DID WITH THE 2014 AND 2018 BONDS.

AND SO WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER ABOUT THIS IS THAT EACH OF THOSE THREE PROPOSITIONS STAND ALONE, AND WE CANNOT SHIFT MONEY BETWEEN PROJECTS WITHIN THE 23 BOND.

AND SO THAT MEANS IF WE HAVE SAVINGS IN PROPOSITION A, THOSE SAVINGS CANNOT BE SHIFTED INTO PROPOSITION B OR C AND VICE VERSA.

AND SO ALL SAVINGS WITHIN EACH PROPOSITION CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THOSE SPECIFIC PURPOSES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE REFERENDUM.

AND SO IN THIS CASE IT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION FOR PROPOSITION A, TECHNOLOGY FOR PROPOSITION B, AND THE NATATORIUM FOR PROPOSITION C. SEE? THIS IS THE CURRENT FINANCIAL PICTURE FOR THE 23 BOND AS OF JULY 28TH OR JULY 18TH. THE TOTAL BUDGET IS AT $1.26 BILLION.

AND YOU MAY NOTICE THE NUMBER ON THIS PAGE IS ABOUT $235,000 HIGHER THAN WHAT IT WAS ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

AND THAT IS BECAUSE INTEREST EARNINGS HAVE OCCURRED ON THE BONDS THAT WE'VE ISSUED.

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AND SO THIS DOES PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL RELIEF FOR THE FINANCIAL PRESSURES THAT WE'RE FEELING IN THE BOND.

IT'S NOT A LOT OF ADDITIONAL MONEY, BUT IT DOES GIVE US SOME ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO WORK WITH AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE BOND.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE $145 MILLION IN ENCUMBRANCES.

THIS IS FOR CONTRACTS THAT THE BOARD HAS ALREADY APPROVED FOR CONSTRUCTION, BUT WE HAVEN'T MADE THE ACTUAL PAYMENTS TO THE VENDORS AT THIS POINT.

BUT THEY ARE OBLIGATIONS THAT ARE UNDER CONTRACT.

AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE $50 MILLION IN ACTUAL EXPENDITURES.

THESE ARE EXPENDITURES WHERE WE HAVE ACTUALLY WRITTEN THE CHECKS TO THE VENDORS AND THEY HAVE CASHED THEM. AND SO THE NUMBER THAT YOU SEE HERE OF $50 MILLION, THOSE ARE PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTRUCTION ON MISSION BEN BRIARGATE AND BARRINGTON PLACE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE THE LARGEST COMPONENT OF THOSE EXPENDITURES.

AND SO AFTER WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THOSE ENCUMBRANCES AND THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES, THERE'S $1.6 BILLION REMAINING TO BE EXPENDED ON THE 2018 BOND. NOW, I DO WANT TO TAKE JUST A FEW MINUTES TO MAKE ONE DISTINCTION ON THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT.

THESE NUMBERS ARE FROM PEOPLESOFT, WHICH IS THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM OF RECORD.

THE NUMBERS THAT APPEAR ON THE PUBLIC DASHBOARD, HOWEVER, ARE FROM KAHUA, WHICH IS THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE THAT THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM USES FOR MANAGING THE SOFTWARE.

THERE IS A SLIGHT LAG BETWEEN THOSE TWO SYSTEMS, BUT THERE IS A MONTHLY RECONCILIATION THAT OCCURS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK WITH THOSE DIFFERENCES. AND SO IF YOU GO AND YOU COMPARE THE DATA FROM THIS PRESENTATION TO THE DASHBOARD, YOU WILL SEE THOSE VARIANCES. BUT AGAIN THAT IS BECAUSE WE'RE USING OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM OF RECORD TO REPORT TO YOU THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES WE'VE MADE THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF BOARD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF CONTINGENCY AVAILABLE FOR BOND PROJECTS.

AND SO THIS SLIDE IS INTENDED TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE AVAILABLE.

AND SO BETWEEN THE 2014 2018 AND 2023 BONDS, THERE'S $15.8 MILLION AVAILABLE AS OF JULY THE 18TH. THERE'S $10.6 MILLION REMAINING FROM THE 14 BOND, 4.4 MILLION REMAINING FROM THE 2018 BOND AND ABOUT $800,000 FROM THE 23 BOND. AND SO, IN AGGREGATE, THAT REPRESENTS THE $15.8 POINT $8 MILLION THAT'S AVAILABLE.

THE OTHER COLUMNS THAT YOU SEE THERE. THIS EVENING WE DO HAVE ITEM TEN ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS FOR THE FACADE UPGRADES.

AND THIS WOULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE THAT AMOUNT IF IT'S APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

AND SO HOW THAT WILL WORK IS THE BID FOR THE FACADE UPGRADES CAME IN ABOUT $5.2 MILLION LESS THAN WHAT WAS BUDGETED FOR THE PROJECT.

AND THAT BID DOES COVER ALL OF THE WORK THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE BOND.

SO ALL WORK THAT WAS PLANNED WILL BE COMPLETED AS PART OF THAT BID PACKAGE THAT WENT OUT.

HOWEVER, YOU'LL RECALL THAT WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL 16, WE'RE ABOUT $4 MILLION UNDER BUDGET ON THAT PROJECT.

AND SO ITEM TEN, L WOULD PLACE THE $5.2 MILLION IN SAVINGS FROM THE FACADE PROJECT INTO PROGRAM CONTINGENCY.

AND THEN WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE ALLOCATE $4 MILLION OF THAT SAVINGS TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.

16. AND WHAT THAT WILL DO IS RESULT IN A NET THAT INCREASE TO THE OVERALL CONTINGENCY OF ABOUT $1.2 MILLION, BUT WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO FINISH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AS IT WAS PLANNED.

AND SO, AGAIN, BOTH THE FACADE UPGRADES AND MIDDLE SCHOOL 16 ARE WITHIN PROPOSITION A, AND SO THE BOARD DOES HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE THOSE FUNDS BETWEEN PROJECTS IN ORDER TO COMPLETE BOTH OF THEM AS AS NEEDED.

SO THE POSITIVE NEWS HERE RELATED TO CONTINGENCY IS THAT MUCH OF THE CONTINGENCY IS IN 2014 AND 18, AS YOU CAN SEE, AND THE BOARD HAS A MUCH GREATER DEGREE OF LATITUDE IN DETERMINING HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE USED AS COMPARED TO 20 TO 23 BOND.

AND SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE BOARD DOES HAVE DISCRETION TO REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS INTO 2023 BOND PROJECTS IF THAT BECOMES NECESSARY.

BUT IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE FOR OTHER ELIGIBLE REPAIRS THAT ARE NOT FUNDED WITHIN OUR OPERATING BUDGET, SUCH AS CHILLER FAILURES OR OTHER LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS. AND SO THE TOTAL NUMBER THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO WORK WITH.

AGAIN, ASSUMING THAT THE ITEM TEN IS APPROVED TONIGHT WOULD BE 17, RIGHT? AT $17 MILLION. IF THAT ITEM DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD, THEN THERE IS $15.8 MILLION AVAILABLE IN BOND CONTINGENCY.

SINCE FEBRUARY, STAFF HAS SHARED THE ESTIMATED SHORTFALL IN THE 23 BOND.

WE STARTED OUT WITH ABOUT $163 MILLION SHORTFALL AND THROUGH VALUE ENGINEERING, THE USE OF CONTINGENCY AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES,

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NOW, WE BELIEVE WE'VE PROBABLY ARRIVED AT THE POINT WHERE VALUE ENGINEERING IS AT ITS LIMIT, AND SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE A LOT MORE SAVINGS FROM THAT AVENUE.

AND SO WE'RE PLANNING A FUTURE BUDGET WORKSHOP WITH THE BOARD, HOPEFULLY IN THE AUGUST TIME FRAME, WHERE WE CAN SHARE SOME STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS IN TERMS OF HOW WE WOULD ADDRESS THAT REMAINING $56.8 MILLION SHORTFALL.

AND AS YOU'VE HEARD PREVIOUSLY FROM OUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION GROUP, THOSE EFFORTS WILL REQUIRE SOME DIFFICULT DECISIONS.

BUT WE BELIEVE WE WILL GET TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT WITHIN THE $1.26 BILLION THAT WAS AUTHORIZED BY VOTERS.

AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS.

THANK YOU, MR. GWIN AND MISS DIXON AND DOCTOR BROWN, WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

I'M GOING TO TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES. NOW. WE'LL START WITH MISS JONES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TYSON. AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, MISS BROWN, MISS DIXON AND MISS AGAIN.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK THE BOARD IF WE COULD CHANGE IT UP A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS THESE THESE BOND INFORMATION UPDATE. I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE THAT OUR BOND COUNSEL START GIVING THESE PRESENTATIONS RATHER THAN STAFF.

AND THE REASON WE HAVE A BOND COUNSEL, I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM.

AND I THINK HE'S THE HE'S SUPPOSED TO GIVE THE OVERSIGHT OVER THE BOND.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE IF HE DOES THE PRESENTATIONS AS WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S A LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY ON OUR END AND THERE'S A LEGAL OBLIGATION OF THAT BOND COUNSEL ON THEIR END AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION. I THINK THERE IS A LEVEL OF LEGAL ADVICE OR MAYBE QUESTIONS THAT HE CAN ANSWER. HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK LEGAL COUNSEL IS GOING TO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE FINANCIAL DATA AND THE UPDATES ON THE PROJECTS AND THAT TYPE OF THING, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD BOND COUNSEL INTO THE MIX.

WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION SO THAT IF WE HAVE LEGAL QUESTIONS OR ACCOUNTABILITY TYPE QUESTIONS, THEN WE HAVE HAVE HIM HERE TO ANSWER THOSE. YES.

BECAUSE THE OTHER THING IS I'M LOOKING AT BRIARGATE AND THE BOND WAS PASSED IN 2023.

AND HERE WE ARE ABOUT A YEAR LATER AND WE'RE ONLY AT 15% COMPLETION.

AND SO IN THAT RESPECT I'M THINKING ABOUT, OKAY, WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

HOWEVER, I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME QUARTERLY MILESTONES PROVIDED TO THE BOARD ON EACH OF THESE PROJECTS, SUCH AS BRIARGATE CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL 16.

SO WE'LL HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THE PROCESS OF PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION.

BECAUSE HEARING BRIARGATE AT 15% AND SOME OF THE OTHER CAMPUSES ARE AT 98% IS VERY CONCERNING.

SO I MY ASK IS THAT ON EACH OF OUR PROJECTS, WE GET A QUARTERLY MILESTONE REPORT ON ON THOSE BOND PROJECTS. AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.

THOSE ARE MY REQUEST. THANK YOU, MISS JONES. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE, I HAVE ONE. IF NO ONE ELSE HAS ANY. I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE.

I KNOW WE HAVE ADDED SPECS THAT WERE PASSED BACK WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WHEN WE'RE BUYING FFA AND WE ARE COMPLETING THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE SPECS ARE AT THE AT THE FOREFRONT AND ARE BEING FOLLOWED BECAUSE WE DID A LOT OF WORK ON THOSE.

AND IT WAS TO NOT ONLY ENSURE A LOT OF 21ST CENTURY LEARNING TYPE, YOU KNOW, IDEAS AND, AND BEST PRACTICES AND THAT KIND OF THING.

BUT ALSO TO ENSURE FOR OUR STUDENTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION OR 504 OR ANY OTHER STUDENTS WITH NEEDS WOULD BE ABLE TO BE, YOU KNOW, EDUCATED WITHOUT HAVING TO WALK CLEAR ACROSS THE BUILDING AND BE PULLED OUT OF CLASSROOMS AND THAT TYPE OF THING.

I RECOGNIZE I WASN'T ON THE BOARD WHEN SOME OF THESE THINGS WERE PASSED.

SO THAT'S JUST MY MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, IN THE 2018, WE DEVELOPED THE

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WE DID AN UPDATE AS PART OF PRE-PLANNING FOR THE 2023 BOND, AND THAT ACTUALLY INCLUDED THE FURNITURE STANDARDS THAT WERE DEVELOPED WITH STAKEHOLDER INPUT BASED OFF OF THE 2018 SPEC. SO THE NEW STANDARDS FOR OUR FACILITY.

EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS INCLUDE BOTH THE ORIGINAL 2018 WITH OUR FURNITURE STANDARDS INCORPORATED.

SO WHEN WE ARE BUYING EQUIPMENT, WE ARE BUYING IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FURNITURE STANDARDS AND THE TECHNICAL OR THE SPECS.

OKAY. OKAY, GREAT. THANK THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT QUESTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS. JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING ROBERT'S RULES AND WE DON'T HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT, THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED IS I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION ON EACH ITEM AND THEN I WILL OPEN IT FOR DISCUSSION IF WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENT TO MAKE ON THE ITEM AS PRESENTED.

THEN I THINK PROBABLY THE CLEANEST WAY TO DO IT, PROVIDED MR. MORRIS SAYS THIS IS OKAY. I'D LIKE TO JUST MAYBE REQUEST THAT THE ORIGINAL MOTION BE WITHDRAWN AND THE NEW MOTION BE PRESENTED AS AMENDED, WITH THE ITEM AS AMENDED. AND THEN THAT MIGHT BE THE CLEANEST WAY TO TO DO THAT.

OKAY. FIRST UP WE HAVE ITEM TEN A, WHICH IS THE REGION FOUR TASB DIRECTOR ENDORSEMENT.

[10.A. Region IV TASB Director Endorsement: Consideration and approval for endorsement of Region IV Positions C and F on the Texas Association of School Board's Board of Directors.]

APPROVE ACTION ITEM TEN A AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY MISS HANNON.

NOW, NOW DISCUSSION. MISS HANNON, DID YOU WANT TO BE FIRST TO DO THIS DISCUSSION? DID YOU GET YOUR MIC WORKING? I, I DID I, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS POINT. DID I, I DID HEAR MR..

MR. GARCIA, I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE. DID YOU NAME.

NO, I JUST MADE THE MOTION. DID NOT NAME. OKAY.

SO THEN I WILL IF YOU DON'T. IF YOU DON'T MIND.

SO WE ARE WE'RE LOOKING AT POSITIONS C AND F FOR REGION FOUR.

AND THE TWO CANDIDATES ARE KELLY HODGES WITH SPRING ISD AND TONY HOPKINS.

AND I LOOKED UP MISS HODGES BECAUSE I DON'T PERSONALLY KNOW HER.

I KNOW SHE YOU KNOW, SHE DOES NOT CURRENTLY HOLD A BOARD.

SHE HOLDS A DIRECTOR'S SEAT, BUT NOT A BOARD OFFICER POSITION.

AND SO SHE, YOU KNOW, SHE'S GOT A LOT OF INTERESTING QUALITIES ON THE THE INTERNET THAT I FOUND.

AND I APPRECIATE ANYONE THAT'S WILLING TO BE A BOARD MEMBER OR BE A TASB BOARD OF DIRECTOR.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE HER PUTTING HERSELF OUT THERE FOR POSITION.

SEE I THINK MANY OF US KNOW TONI HOPKINS IS VERY, VERY ACTIVE IN THE GULF COAST REGION BOARD GROUP THAT HELPS US WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORTING BOARD MEMBERS IN THIS AREA.

SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S OKAY FOR ME TO, TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FROM MY, MY VANTAGE POINT, KNOWING MR. HOPKINS AND WHAT HE DOES.

HE IS CURRENTLY ON THE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

THE THE OFFICER, HE HOLDS AN OFFICER POSITION, AND I WOULD MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS BOARD TO ACCEPT TONY HOPKINS FOR REGION FOUR POSITION. SEE? THANK YOU, MISS HANNON. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR RECOMMENDATIONS? OKAY. WITH THAT, MR. GARCIA, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION AND LET'S RESTATE IT USING MR. HOPKINS NAME IN THE MOTION. MADAM PRESIDENT, I WITHDRAW MY PREVIOUS MOTION.

AND DO YOU WITHDRAW YOUR SECOND, MISS HANNON? I WITHDRAW MY SECOND.

YES. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

APPROVE. ACTION ITEM TEN, A REGION FOUR. TASB DIRECTOR ENDORSEMENT FOR POSITION C, TONY HOPKINS.

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DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? MISS JONES? WHAT QUALIFIES A PERSON TO BE A TO BE A DIRECTOR CANDIDATE? I THINK WHAT MAKES THEM. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS ANY.

IS THERE ANYBODY? RICK, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION? I DON'T KNOW WHO HERE CAN CAN SPEAK TO TASB SPECIFICALLY.

I THINK ANYONE WHO IS ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, JUST LIKE ANY OF US, CAN BE A DIRECTOR AT TASB, AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF LOOKING AT EACH PERSON AND DETERMINING WHICH ONE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ENDORSE OR WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS AN OFFICER.

OKAY, I'M JUST ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC AND SO. WELL TO ADD, IF I MIGHT, TO ADD TO THAT BECAUSE WE CERTAIN DISTRICTS YOU'RE SIMPLY APPOINTED BY YOUR YOUR BOARD BECAUSE CERTAIN LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEY ARE SORT OF SELF APPOINTED.

AND THEN TASB SORT OF OFFICIALLY BRINGS YOU IN.

BUT FOR INSTANCE SPRING ISD AND FRIENDSWOOD ISD DON'T FALL INTO THOSE LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICT CATEGORIES.

SO THEY THEY ACTUALLY ARE THEY ARE RUNNING FOR THIS, THIS PARTICULAR SEAT, FOR INSTANCE.

AND SO THAT AND I HOPE I'M NOT MISSPEAKING ON HOW THAT THAT WORKS OUT.

BUT JUST SINCE YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC TO EXPLAIN THAT, THAT IS THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS RUNNING FOR, FOR THE SAME POSITION.

OKAY. OKAY. WHAT ARE SOME OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARDS TOWARDS THE BOARD AS WELL AS REPRESENTING THEM OR REPRESENTING THEIR REPRESENTATION ON TASK B AS A DIRECTOR? WHAT ARE SOME OF THEIR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES? A B DIRECTOR THEMSELVES? A B DIRECTOR HAS TO SHOW UP TO TO ALL OF THE THE CALLED MEETINGS.

THEY ARE ALL APPOINTED TO A COMMITTEE. THAT THEN THEY HAVE TO TO PARTICIPATE AND BE ACTIVE IN THOSE COMMITTEES.

THERE IS AN ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT. TO TO BE PRESENT.

THERE IS A SMALL BIT OF LENIENCY. THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING.

OUTSIDE OF WHAT A REGULAR BOARD MEMBER WOULD.

IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD DO. AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, UPHOLDING AND PROMOTING.

YOU KNOW, THE TASB BYLAWS, HELPING CREATE RESOLUTIONS HELPING TO FACILITATE THE THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY. SOME OF THOSE SOME OF THOSE ITEMS ARE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES CREATING LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, DOING MUCH OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO HERE AS BOARD MEMBERS CREATING RESOLUTIONS FOR THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, COMING UP WITH PRIORITIES FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR PRESENTING HIRING AND FIRING, PROBABLY THE, THE I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE TERM FOR THE, THE TASB ADMINISTRATIVE PERSON THAT THAT IS SUCH AS DAN TROXEL, WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE BOARD WOULD DO THAT PROCESS.

BUT BUT THE BUT THE TASB LIKE MR. TROXEL WOULD HIRE OTHER FOLKS THAT WOULDN'T BE LIKE, WE HIRE WE WE APPROVE PRINCIPALS AND AND DIRECTORS. WE THE BOARD WOULD WOULD APPROVE THAT THAT TOP LEVEL POSITION SIMILAR TO HOW WE APPROVE A SUPERINTENDENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS JONES AND MISS HAMMOND.

OKAY. BY SHOW OF HANDS. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT UP IS TENBY, THE BOARD SELF-EVALUATION INSTRUMENT.

[10.B. Board Self-Evaluation Instrument: Consideration and approval of updates to the Board of Trustees Self-Evaluation Instrument.]

APPROVE. ITEM TEN B BOARD SELF-EVALUATION INSTRUMENT AS PRESENTED.

MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY MISS HANNON. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION, MISS HANNON? SO I WANT TO THANK THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. I CAN TELL THERE WERE SOME BECAUSE THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.

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AND SO AS A TEACHER, SOMETHING THAT YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER IS AND A TRAINER IS IF YOU GET TEN POINTS OF PRAISE AND ONE POINT OF RECOMMENDATION OR CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO ONLY REMEMBER THE ONE POINT OF CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM.

SO BUT I DO, I DO I'M NOT GOING THROUGH THIS TO TO COMMEND EVERY PIECE THAT I AM REALLY SUPPORTING.

BUT WHAT I AM SAYING WITH THIS EVALUATION INSTRUMENT IS ONE OF THE MEASURES THAT I ACTUALLY DO LIKE.

ON NUMBER FOUR, IT SAYS BOARD SETS ANNUAL MEASURABLE.

AND IT SAYS ANNUAL MEASURABLE GOALS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT AND DISTRICT AND USES THEM TO THEM TO EVALUATE THE SUPERINTENDENT.

SO THE ONE, THE THE ONE CRITICISM THAT I HAVE FOR SOME OF THESE, EVEN THOUGH KIND OF THE LIKERT SCALE IS NOT PRESENT, PARTIALLY PRESENT, AND FULLY PRESENT, IS ON SOME OF THESE I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE AND NAME HOW MUCH AND TO WHAT EXTENT. SO FOR INSTANCE, WHEN WE SEE WHEN WHEN WE'RE USING NOT PRESENT, PARTIALLY PRESENT AND FULLY PRESENT ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS. LET ME FIND ONE. FOR INSTANCE, THE BOARD A BOARD CONSISTENTLY MONITORS STUDENT PERFORMANCE DATA BY GRADE AND SCHOOL THAT HAS BEEN DISAGGREGATED BY RACE AND AND SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND.

SO. HERE'S WHAT I MEAN BY BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE OUR SOME OF OUR GOALS TO BE EXPLICITLY MEASURABLE.

AND SOME OF THESE ARE WE DID IT OR WE DIDN'T DO IT.

RIGHT. IT'S IT'S DONE OR WE DIDN'T DO IT. RIGHT.

IT'S A YES OR NO. BUT FOR INSTANCE, THIS ONE AND ON THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD AND BY MAJOR ACADEMIC PROGRAM THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE LOOKING AT STUDENTS DISAGGREGATING DATA BY RACE AND SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND, BUT ALSO BY MAJOR ACADEMIC PROGRAM.

AND BY THAT I MEAN SPECIAL ED DYSLEXIA. AND I BELIEVE DYSLEXIA IS NOW UNDER SPECIAL ED.

BUT LOOKING AT ESL, BILINGUAL GT, SOME OF OUR MAJOR PROGRAMS, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

BUT WHAT I WHAT I MEAN BY MEASURABLE, TO WHAT EXTENT IS, IS HOW HOW DO WE HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT CONSISTENTLY MEANS IS THAT TWO MINUTES PER BOARD MEETING AND WE CONSISTENTLY DID THAT.

I'M JUST I'M. I KNOW WE'RE EVALUATING OUR SUPERINTENDENT IN THAT WAY.

BUT THERE ARE SOME. SO. SO MAYBE MISS TOWSON.

THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO LAND WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT.

BUT I, I DO HAVE AN EXPECTATION BECAUSE I'M VERY AWARE AT EVERY BOARD MEETING HOW MUCH TIME WE SPEND SPEND ON LOOKING AT STUDENT OUTCOMES.

AND IT'S NOT VERY MUCH TIME. AND SO HOW IS THE BOARD FOR ESPECIALLY THIS ONE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE WE TAKE NO EXCUSES FOR LOW PERFORMANCE RIGHT.

WE ACCEPT THERE'S ONE IN HERE THAT READS SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND SO HOW DO WE HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE. TO WHAT EXTENT ARE WE GOING TO EXPECT TO SEE THESE DISAGGREGATED MEASURES. WHETHER THAT'S IN A BOARD UPDATE EVERY FRIDAY, WHETHER YOU KNOW, SOME OF THIS MIGHT BE PART OF MISS JONES'S COMMITTEE.

SO THAT THAT WAS THAT WAS THE ONE THAT STUCK TO ME IS JUST TO WHAT EXTENT IS THIS BOARD GOING TO HAVE THE EXPECTATION THAT WE ARE WHAT THAT WHAT DOES THAT WORD CONSISTENTLY MONITORS MEAN? SO LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO AMEND THIS PORTION OF THE EVALUATION SELF-EVALUATION, WHICH I AM PERFECTLY, YOU KNOW, AGREEABLE TO, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE DISCUSS TIMING, SO OR, AND I WOULD SUGGEST WE KEEP IT TO SOMETHING LIKE MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY HARD WHEN WE GET INTO MINUTES, YOU KNOW, HOW KNOW, HOW MANY MINUTES DO WE SPEND? LIKE YOU SAID? BUT IF WE SAY THAT MONTHLY, WHETHER WHETHER IT'S IN AN UPDATE OR A BOARD MEETING DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.

ARE WE MONITORING IT EACH AND EVERY MONTH IN SOME FORM OR FASHION IN SOME MANNER?

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BEING PUT INTO THIS PARTICULAR I THINK IT'S ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

MISS JONES. YEAH. I MEAN, I WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO SAYING MONTHLY COMING TO A BOARD MEETING BECAUSE I DO THINK MONTHLY THAT'S 12 TIMES A YEAR TO A BOARD MEETING THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT SOME TYPE OF DATA, WHETHER THAT'S PART OF A EVEN PART OF THE GT UPDATE THAT'S REQUIRED PER YEAR.

RIGHT. THAT THAT THAT WE SEE DATA. SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE THE REQUIRED HOUSE BILL THREE MEASURES OR STAR OR I MEAN, I WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO MONTHLY IF WE SAID MONTHLY BOARD MEETINGS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THIS IS JUST MY OPINION.

BUT ANYWAY, I'LL TURN TO TO YOU, MISS JONES. OKAY.

SO TEACH BACK. OKAY. SO THE TEACHER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A LANGUAGE THAT WOULD REQUIRE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT INFORMATION ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? WHAT IT SAYS IS THE BOARD CONSISTENTLY MONITORS STUDENT PERFORMANCE DATA BY GRADE AND SCHOOL.

THAT HAS BEEN SEGREGATED BY RACE AND SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND.

AND MISS HANNAN SUGGESTED THAT WE ADD AND BY MAJOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS SUCH AS ESL, BILINGUAL GT, AND SPED. OKAY, SO WHAT I SUGGESTED WAS IF WE'RE AND SO SHE WAS QUESTIONING WHAT IS CONSISTENTLY MEAN.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF WELL, LAST YEAR WITH THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COMMITTEE.

SO I'M A LITTLE SHOCKED THAT MISS TRUSTEE HANNAN IS REQUESTING THIS.

WE HAD A CALENDAR LAST YEAR THAT CAME THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH WE FOLLOWED IN PRESENTING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT DATA, AND WE'RE STILL CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT, AND WE'RE STILL USING THAT AS A GUIDE AS FAR AS THE CALENDAR IS CONCERNED, BECAUSE THERE'S CERTAIN DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE IN DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR DATA, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, IS THERE A SPECIFIC DATA THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ON A MONTHLY BASIS THAT IS A NON-NEGOTIABLE OR YOU JUST WANT DATA? BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THAT CALENDAR, IT'S BEEN CONSISTENT WITH CERTAIN MEETING, CERTAIN DEADLINES AS FAR AS PROVIDING THE BOARD INFORMATION ABOUT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. SO I DON'T THINK THAT SO THAT I THINK THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING.

THERE'S NOT A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GETTING DATA AND HOW.

AND THE QUESTION THIS PARTICULAR QUESTION IS ABOUT IN OUR EVALUATION, WHAT ARE WE HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE FOR. SO I THINK THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE WHEN WE SAY THAT WE CONSISTENTLY DO SOMETHING AND WE'RE EVALUATING OURSELVES, THEN HOW ARE WE DEFINING CONSISTENT CONSISTENTLY? SO THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE SAYING WHEN WE EVALUATE OURSELVES AND WE'RE HOLDING OUR OWN SELVES ACCOUNTABLE? ARE WE SAYING THAT CONSISTENTLY LOOKING AT DATA MEANS WE DO THAT MONTHLY? WE DO THAT QUARTERLY. WE DO THAT ANNUALLY. I THINK IT'S JUST IN TERMS OF THE EVALUATION AND THAT THAT IS CORRECT.

I'M NOT. AND I'M SUPER GLAD TO HEAR THAT, THAT BECAUSE THE GOAL LAST YEAR WAS BY THE THIRD YEAR, WE HAVE A CALENDAR CONSISTENTLY IN PLACE THAT THAT WE GO THERE EVERY TIME.

AND SO WHEN WE THIS IS A WAY TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE, TO MAKE SURE.

MISS JONES, YOU'RE RIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT CALENDAR IS ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THINGS THINGS LAST YEAR GOT BUMPED FROM THE CALENDAR BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF WE WEREN'T GOING TO THROW OUT THE CALENDAR.

ANGIE. SO NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT SHE'S SAYING. SHE'S ASKING.

I'M JUST SAYING, HOW DO WE HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONSISTENTLY.

LOOKING AT THIS DATA AS A BOARD. AND SHE'S RIGHT.

I'M JUST SAYING, IS IT WEEKLY? I MEAN, IS IT IS IT BI, IS IT BI WEEKLY? IS IT MONTHLY? IS IT QUARTERLY? SO THE QUESTION IS WHAT DO WE AS A BOARD WANT TO WHAT LANGUAGE DO WE WANT TO PUT IN THERE TO MEASURE OUR OWN SELVES? WELL HOW OFTEN DO YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT.

WELL THAT'S WHAT SHE'S SAYING. SHE SAID. THAT'S WHY I SUGGESTED MONTHLY.

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WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY DO IT AT THE BOARD.

YOU'VE GOT TWO CHOICES. YOU DO IT AT THE AGENDA REVIEW, OR YOU DO IT AT THE BOARD MEETING.

AND AT SOME POINT, WHETHER THAT'S HOUSE BILL THREE DATA, WHETHER THAT'S AN UPDATE ON SPED OUTCOMES, WHETHER THAT'S AN UPDATE ON PSAT OUTCOMES, STAR OUTCOMES.

I MEAN, THERE'S SOMETHING ALWAYS ROLLING IN THERE.

AND AND BY DOING THIS, WE CAN LOOK BACK AT THE MINUTES AND SAY, DID EVERY SINGLE BOARD MEETING? DID EVERY SINGLE MONTH. WE TOOK A HARD LOOK AT SOME DATA.

THAT'S. SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO MONTHLY, MR. GARCIA? I DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO MONTHLY, BUT WE'RE SAYING, LIKE, EVERY MONTH, NOT NOT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE SAME THING EVERY MONTH. IT'S SOMETHING ELSE WHICH. OH, IT COULD BE IT COULD BE LOOKING AT ANY STUDENT OUTCOME IN MY, YOU KNOW, THE MEANINGFUL STUDENT OUTCOME THAT'S EITHER REQUIRED OR, OR SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT HAS COME UP IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION.

AND IT'S A PIECE AND IT'S A DATA POINT THAT WE, THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT.

WELL, WE HAD A WORKSHOP LAST YEAR, AND IT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT WAS A GOVERNANCE TYPE OF WORKSHOP.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY I TOOK FROM IT IS EVERY SINGLE MONTH THAT WE'RE THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE IS, IS STUDENT OUTCOMES, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. AND WE SHOULD HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA EVERY SINGLE MONTH REGARDING TO SOMETHING STUDENT RELATED.

YOU KNOW, THE THE BUSINESS OF THE DISTRICT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ACADEMICS IS IS WHY WE'RE HERE.

STUDENTS ARE WHY WE'RE HERE. SO I THINK I'M PERFECTLY FINE WITH WITH MONTHLY.

I THINK I'M OKAY WITH MONTHLY BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING.

WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT HOW OUR KIDS ARE DOING, WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHERE ARE THEIR WHERE THERE ARE AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT IN TEACHING AND LEARNING. SO IF I'M ALL FOR HAVING THAT CONVERSATION ONCE A MONTH AND SO MONTHLY IN A BOARD MEETING, BECAUSE A BOARD UPDATE IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEN OUR, OUR, OUR PUBLIC DOESN'T GET THE BENEFIT OF ALSO GETTING TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE. SO I'M GOING TO SAY IN A PUBLIC MEETING.

SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THIS LANGUAGE, RICK.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO AMEND YOUR MOTION.

WELL, MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION IN THAT REGARD? MR. MORRIS, MAKE A SUGGESTION. WELL, FOR ANY ONE OF THESE ITEMS TO THE POINT THAT TRUSTEE HANNON MADE, YOU COULD DEBATE, DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF ANY ONE OF YOUR GOALS OR EXPECTATIONS, WHAT FREQUENCY LEVEL YOU EXPECT.

AND SO I'M HESITANT TO TELL YOU TO MAKE FURTHER AMENDMENT TO THIS INSTRUMENT, GIVEN THAT IN TERMS OF TIME FRAMES, WHEN YOU EXPECT TO RECEIVE INFORMATION, I THINK THAT CAN BE PART OF YOUR ONGOING DIALOG.

YOU'VE CREATED A RECORD TONIGHT THAT YOU'RE GENERALLY HAVING THE EXPECTATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT MONTHLY.

I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO AMEND THIS INSTRUMENT FOR THAT PURPOSE.

I DO THINK YOU NEED TO AMEND THE INSTRUMENT TO MAKE THE SUGGESTION, OR TO ADD THE SUGGESTION OF TRUSTEE HANNON, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO INCLUDE MAJOR PROGRAMS. AND SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THAT BE MADE IN THE FORM OF A MOTION TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL MOTION ON THE FLOOR. BUT IF YOU IF THAT MOTION TO AMEND PASSES AND THEN THE AMENDED ORIGINAL MOTION PASSES, THEN YOU ALL HAVE THE EXPECTATION AS TO WHAT YOU KNOW, PRESENT OR NOT PRESENT OR PARTIALLY PRESENT MEANS YOUR EXPECTATION IS FOR YOU TO BE FULLY PRESENT, THAT YOU WILL DEAL WITH THE STUDENT PERFORMANCE ISSUE ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

SO SO I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK AND HERE'S MY CONCERN WITH THAT.

NUMBER ONE, I FEEL LIKE IF IT'S NOT WRITTEN DOWN, THEN WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT.

AND NUMBER TWO, WHAT I HAVE SEEN, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT I PERSONALLY WENT AND ADDED INTO THIS INSTRUMENT, AND THE REASON THAT I DID IT WAS BECAUSE I FOUND THAT WHAT WHAT MAY WE MAY INTEND TODAY, FUTURE BOARD MEMBERS WILL NOT NECESSARILY CARRY THAT OUT.

SO IF WE WANT TO HOLD, IF WE BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT TO HOLD THE BOARD ACCOUNTABLE, TO LOOK AT DATA IN SOME FORM OR FASHION AND A PUBLIC MEETING ONCE A MONTH, IF WE DON'T WRITE IT IN THIS INSTRUMENT, THEN THE FUTURE BOARDS ARE NOT GOING TO HOLD

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AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I FOUND. LIKE THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT AUDIT, INTERNAL AUDIT THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE HAD COMPLETE BOARD TURNOVER, THERE WASN'T ALWAYS A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WE DID THINGS THE CERTAIN WAY WE DID THEM.

AND SO I THINK WE'RE ONLY GOING TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE IF IT'S WRITTEN IN THE INSTRUMENT.

AND THEN FUTURE BOARDS WILL HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE.

AND TO MISS HANNAN'S POINT, THIS IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING I THINK, THAT WE DO IN THE DISTRICT.

THE SIMPLEST WAY THAT I CAN SEE TO MEMORIALIZE THAT IN THE INSTRUMENT, THEN, IS UNDER EACH OF THE COLUMNS, NOT PRESENT, PARTLY PRESENT, FULLY PRESENT, TO SIMPLY INSERT THE WORD MONTHLY IN BETWEEN THE WORDS NOT AND MONITOR. YEAH, BUT I THINK THE ONLY ONE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR NUMBER SEVEN ONLY.

YES.

WELL, NOT PRESENT SEEMS TO BE FINE THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN.

I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT THIS. MAY I MAKE ONE SUGGESTION AND.

OKAY. AND MAYBE THIS IS WHAT RICK SAID, BUT MAYBE I'M NOT SO FULLY PRESENT IN PARENTHESES.

CAN YOU JUST DEFINE WHAT FULLY, FULLY PRESENT IS DEFINED AS AT A MONTHLY PUBLIC BOARD MEETING? PARENTHESES. MONTHLY. PUBLIC BOARD MEETING. SO THAT'S FULLY PRESENT.

IF WE TAKE THE FIRST COLUMN BOARD DOES NOT MONITOR AFTER MONITOR.

YOU COULD PUT AN OPEN PARENTHESES AND PUT MONTHLY AT A PUBLIC MEETING, CLOSE FRIENDS AND THEN PICK UP THE REST OF THAT SENTENCE.

AND YOU COULD REPEAT THAT FOR PARTLY PRESENT AFTER THE WORDS CONSISTENTLY MONITOR.

OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO ADD PARENTHESES MONTHLY AT A PUBLIC MEETING RIGHT AFTER MONITOR IN EACH ONE OF THESE. CORRECT.

AND THEN FOR FULLY PRESENT WE'RE GOING TO ADD AND BY MAJOR ACADEMIC PROGRAM ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO ADD THAT TO ALL THREE OF THESE. AND BY MAJOR ACADEMIC PROGRAM INCLUDING ESL BILINGUAL GT AND SPECIAL EDUCATION.

CORRECT. OKAY. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THOSE ARE THE TWO ADDITIONS.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE UNDER NOT PRESENT, FULLY PRESENT, PARTLY PRESENT AND FULLY PRESENT.

SO. I'M GOING TO BRING YOU THE LANGUAGE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

DO I RECALL THE PREVIOUS MOTION? OR JUST SAY I'M GOING TO AMEND MY MOTION? SO I MOVE THAT WE AMEND THE CURRENT MOTION BY ADDING MONTHLY AT A PUBLIC MEETING AFTER BOARD DOES NOT MONITOR INSERT MONTHLY AT A PUBLIC MEETING.

AFTER NOT PRESENT AND AFTER PARTLY PRESENT, BOARD DOES NOT CONSISTENTLY MONITOR MONTHLY AT A PUBLIC MEETING AND ALSO BOARD CONSISTENTLY MONITORS MONTHLY AT A PUBLIC MEETING.

WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD AT THE END OF FULLY PRESENT BY MAJOR ACADEMIC PROGRAM AREA ESL BILINGUAL GT SPED ALL THREE OF THEM NOT PRESENT, PARTLY PRESENT AND FULLY PRESENT.

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SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY MISS HANNON. WE DON'T HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION.

I'LL TAKE A VOTE ON THE AMENDED MOTION. BY SHOW OF HANDS.

ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES. ANY OPPOSED? ONE OPPOSED, MR. HAMILTON. OKAY. AND DO I HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL? NOW I'M BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORIGINAL MOTION, AS AMENDED.

OKAY. THE ORIGINAL TO APPROVE THE ORIGINAL MOTION, AS AMENDED.

ALL IN FAVOR? BY SHOW OF HANDS. THE AMENDED MOTION.

OKAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS. THANK YOU. YES. OKAY.

[10.C. 2024 Legislative Priorities Resolution: Consideration and approval of the Board of Trustees' 2024 Legislative Priorities Resolution.]

MAY I HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY MISS HANNON.

DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? MR. HAMILTON? YES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

SO I AGREE WITH A LOT OF THIS. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT IT'S INTERESTING THAT THE LEGISLATURE BUDGETED, BUT THEN DID NOT ALLOCATE $3.99 BILLION. AND IF AND IF YOU DIVIDE THAT BY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN TEXAS AND THEN MULTIPLY IT BY OUR ENROLLMENT, THAT SHOULD BE ABOUT $62 MILLION FOR FORT BEND ISD.

SO GREAT JOB BUDGETING IT. BUT MAYBE LET'S ALLOCATE IT.

AND THEN THE NEXT LINE SHOWS THAT THERE'S A $2.3 BILLION SHORTFALL IN FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.

AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I THINK OUR NUMBER LAST YEAR WAS AROUND $31 MILLION GAP BETWEEN WHAT WAS MANDATED BY THE STATE AND WHAT WAS FUNDED BY THE STATE.

DOES THAT SOUND ABOUT RIGHT? OKAY. SO JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THOSE COUPLE OF THINGS.

AND THEN ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY, DESPITE AGREEING WITH MOST OF THIS, I PRETTY STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE TRYING TO GO SOFTER ON ENFORCING VAPOR VAPING, THE NEW VAPING LAW.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD LESS THAN 1% OF OUR STUDENTS.

ACCORDING TO THE DISCIPLINE NUMBERS COMMIT VAPING OFFENSES.

AND SO I JUST, I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE CAMPUSES WHERE VAPING AND OTHER FORMS OF SMOKING ARE RENDERING BATHROOMS UNUSABLE FOR MANY STUDENTS WHO DON'T WANT TO USE THE RESTROOM WHERE ANY KIND OF SMOKING IS OCCURRING, EVEN VAPING.

AND SO I JUST THINK IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A PROBLEM THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF SOLVING.

AND I DON'T AGREE WITH ASKING THE LEGISLATURE TO GO WHAT APPEARS TO BE SOFTER.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WANTS TO CLARIFY OR EXPLAIN.

SO I'LL, I'LL ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE NOT ONLY AM I THE LEGISLATIVE LIAISON, BUT I LOOKED INTO THIS BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT EITHER.

AND SO IT IS WHAT WHAT THE ASK IS. SO THE ORIGINAL THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE ASKED FOR THE REPEAL OF THAT LAW. AND WHAT I ASKED FOR IN THIS LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY IS AN AMENDMENT TO ALLOW DISTRICTS SUCH AS FORT BEND ISD WHO HAVE A PROGRAM LIKE WE HAVE THAT IS THAT IS SIMILAR TO WHAT THE LEGISLATURE, WHAT THE LAW IS OR WHAT THE LEGISLATURE WAS TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH THE LAW, ALLOWS US TO USE OUR PROGRAM AS OPPOSED TO JUST FLAT OUT MANDATING HOW WE HANDLE DISCIPLINE.

SO THE POINT IS NOT TO GO SOFTER. THE POINT IS, AND IF ANYBODY CAN SPEAK TO THE FORT BEND ISD PROGRAM, VAPING PROGRAM. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE WHO CAN DO THAT TONIGHT, BUT OKAY, GOOD.

I'LL LET YOU GUYS SPEAK TO IT. BUT IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE IN FORT BEND ISD HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WE

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AND NOT JUST SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO MISS CLASS AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE PUT OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS.

HOW? BUT WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO REHABILITATE YOU SO THAT YOU DON'T DO THIS IN THE FUTURE.

NOT THAT DEEP IS NOT BEING USED OR WON'T BE USED, BUT THAT WE TRY TO STOP THEM FROM VAPING IN THE FUTURE.

SO I'LL LET YOU GUYS SPEAK TO THAT REAL QUICKLY.

GOOD EVENING. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR PROGRAM.

THE FOUR PROGRAM IS FOR FIRST FIRST OFFENSE RESPONSE PROGRAM.

IT IS A DAP PLACEMENT. AND BUT THE STUDENTS ARE WE FOCUS ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE EDUCATION.

AND AS YOU SAID, THAT REHABILITATION AND GETTING THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT VAPING AND THE CONSEQUENCES TO THEIR PHYSICAL BODIES, MENTAL HEALTH, ALL OF THAT, AND THAT CURRICULUM WAS WRITTEN IN-HOUSE IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

AND SO THE STUDENTS ENGAGE IN THAT ONLINE PROGRAM WHILE THEY ARE ON THEIR CAMPUS.

AND UPON COMPLETION, AND IT DOES HAVE A PARENT COMPONENT TO IT AS WELL.

AND THE PARENTS HAVE TO GO TO A SESSION TO GET EDUCATED AND SUPPORT THEIR STUDENT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO REOCCURRENCE.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT PROGRAM. THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETING IT.

IF THEY DON'T COMPLETE IT OR IF THERE IS AN INFRACTION, THEN THEY DO PHYSICALLY GO TO EMERYWOOD AND COMPLETE IT THERE.

SO. YEAH. SO I THINK WHEN I, WHEN I WAS AND THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.

AND WHAT I DON'T WANT IS FOR THE STATE TO REPLACE PLACE THEMSELVES OR PUT THEM REPLACE US WITH THEMSELVES. IF WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT DOES A SIMILAR THING AND HAS CONSEQUENCES.

BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE POINT, RIGHT, IS TO ENSURE THAT THESE STUDENTS TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.

IF WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT DOES THAT, I FELT LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE JUST BE ALLOWED TO IMPLEMENT THAT PROGRAM AND WITH THE CONSEQUENCES COMPONENT AS WELL AS THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT.

SO THAT'S WHY I LEFT THAT IN THERE IN THAT WAY.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. CAN I CAN I ASK MISS LANGSTON TO REPEAT? YEAH, YEAH. GO AHEAD. SO, MISS LANGSTON, CAN YOU CAN YOU PROVIDE CLARITY AND SAY SOMETHING AGAIN? SO FIRST TIME VAPING OFFENDERS, THEY ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE FOUR PROGRAM.

AND WHERE IS THE FOUR PROGRAM LOCATED ON THEIR CAMPUS.

IT IS ON THEIR CAMPUS. YES. IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION.

IS IT? WHEN DO THEY PARTICIPATE? WHAT? LIKE WHAT TIME? WHAT PART OF THE DAY? WELL, ALL DAY THEY'RE IN IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION OR IN IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION? YES. SO IF A IF IF FOR DIDN'T EXIST, WOULD WE BE SENDING THE CHILD TO THE DAP OR WOULD THEY BE AT THEIR CAMPUS SERVING THEIR DAP. THEY WOULD THEY WOULD GO TO DAP.

THEY WOULD GO TO DAP. YES. DOCTOR HARTLEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD? YES. PART OF THE HOUSE BILL INDICATED THIS CLAUSE THAT IF THE DAP WAS AT CAPACITY, THAT THE STUDENT WOULD REMAIN AT THEIR HOME CAMPUS UNTIL THERE WAS A VACANCY AT DAP AT MR..

WOULD THAT STUDENTS WITH MORE AGGRESSIVE OFFENSES WENT TO M.R.

WOOD AS A PRIORITY OVER THE VAPING OFFENSES. WE FOUND THAT MOST OF THOSE STUDENTS, MR. WOOD, WAS AT CAPACITY. VAPING IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST OFFENSES.

IT WOULD INUNDATE MR.. WOOD, AND WE WOULD BE KEEPING THEM AT THE HOME CAMPUS, WAITING FOR A PLACEMENT AT MR..

WOOD THAT MAY NEVER COME UP. AND THAT WAS THE REASON WHY WE INITIATED THIS PROGRAM.

SO JUST TO RESTATE WHAT MISS LANGSTON SAID, IF THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL OFFENSE OF ANY KIND WHILE THEY'RE IN THE ES ROOM, IF THERE IS SKIPPING, IF THERE'S AN UNEXCUSED ABSENCES, THEN THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE FOUR PROGRAM IS VOIDED.

AND THEY DO GO TO MR.. WOOD. OKAY. AND THE CURRENT THE CURRENT WAY THE LAW IS WRITTEN, IT IS JUST REQUIRING THE PLACEMENT, NOT ANY TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL PREVENTIVE.

STRATEGIES OR EDUCATION TO THE STUDENT, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. AGAIN JUST TO RESTATE, HOWEVER, IF THE DAP IS AT CAPACITY, THE STUDENT REMAINS AT THEIR HOME CAMPUS USING THEIR

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OKAY. OKAY. AND THANK YOU, MISS TORSEN, FOR YOUR EXPLANATION.

AND I DO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT STUDENTS THAT WE TRY TO, TO MAKE SOME EFFORT, TO MAKE STUDENTS STOP. AND I HEAR YOU WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT DO WE WANT, YOU KNOW, THE STATE TAKING THE CONTROL OVER WHAT TO DO WITH OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE WE HAD A SIMILAR CONVERSATION WITH THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

DO WE, YOU KNOW, DO WE TAKE SOME OF THE JUDGMENT FROM OUR PRINCIPALS AND WE SAY WHAT THE PUNISHMENT IS? AND SO I JUST THINK KNOWING INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS, MS IS VERY IMPORTANT IN, IN ANY KIND OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION, AND I KNOW WHAT THE LAW IS, BUT I SUPPORT IT BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE I WOULD LOVE TO TARGET PREVENTION FIRST THAN PUNISHMENT. SO THANK YOU, MISS HANNON. WAS THAT ALL YOU HAD, MR. HAMILTON? OKAY. DOCTOR GILLIAM? YES. I JUST WANT TO ADD WHEN WE WERE AT SLI, THERE WAS A A SESSION THAT TALKED ABOUT, OF COURSE, VAPING AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT IS GOING ON IN OTHER CAMPUSES AND OTHER SCHOOLS BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH SPACE TO HOUSE. SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST PIGGYBACK ON WHAT YOU ALL SAID.

AND THAT IS WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN MANY SCHOOLS.

THANK YOU. MISS JONES. OKAY, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VAPING.

AND I KNOW IN STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF OFFENSES FOR VAPING.

SO MY QUESTION IS ARE THEY GOING TO THE FAU PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY'RE VAPING WITHOUT THC, OR ARE THEY GOING TO THE FAU PROGRAM VAPING WITH THC? THEY ARE GOING FOR EITHER. IT'S BOTH.

OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THAT IS BECAUSE. SO I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING ON SUBJECT OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

YEAH. I DON'T WANT TO GET US OFF INTO AND GET US IN TROUBLE.

I GET IT. I'M JUST. I THINK WE NEED TO BUILD A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC.

SO HB 114 ACTUALLY EQUATED THE TWO. THERE WAS NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN VAPING AND VAPING WITH THC.

IT EQUATED THE TWO. SO WE IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT, WE CODED THEM SEPARATELY ONLY FOR DATA COLLECTION PURPOSES, SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE ADDRESSING IN TERMS OF WHAT BEHAVIOR STUDENTS ARE EXHIBITING.

SO LET ME ASK, WILL YOU LADIES PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT DOCTOR SMITH CAN SEND US ON THIS PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR SO THAT WE CAN GET A LITTLE MORE EDUCATED.

WE'RE ALL GOING TO NEED TO BE EDUCATED ANYWAY WHEN WE GO TO AUSTIN.

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WANT TO TAKE AWAY THE TEETH, SO TO SPEAK, AND MAKE SURE, BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS A HEALTH CRISIS FOR OUR KIDS, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE.

AND OF COURSE, AS USUAL, OUR CLASSROOMS ARE THE FIRST LINE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND IT AND AND UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE REQUIREMENTS AND, AND HOW IT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED AND ALL OF THAT.

YES, WE CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD.

OKAY. SO THIS WAS NOT AMENDED. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR A VOTE ON THE MOTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES.

ALL OPPOSED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS OUR

[10.D. Voting Delegate and Alternate to TASB Delegate Assembly: Consideration and approval of a voting delegate and alternate for participation in the Texas Association of School Boards' (TASB) Annual Delegate Assembly to be held in conjunction with the TASA/TASB conference in September 2024.]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

APPROVE ITEM TEN D VOTING DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE TO NASBE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY MISS HANNON.

I'LL START THE CONVERSATION BY SAYING THAT TYPICALLY, I KNOW TYPICALLY THE BOARD PRESIDENT TAKES THE DELEGATE POSITION.

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ANYBODY THAT. OKAY, WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO AMEND.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO AMEND THE MOTION ANYWAY.

SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, MR. GARCIA, WILL YOU AMEND YOUR MOTION? I'D LIKE TO AMEND PREVIOUS MOTION. I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE MOTION FOR ITEM TEN D AND ADD VOTING DELEGATE, APPROVE VOTING DELEGATE RICK GARCIA AND ALTERNATE DAVID HAMILTON TO BE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY MR. SHOAF. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. LET'S VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.

ALL IN FAVOR? BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION, AS AMENDED.

ALL IN FAVOR? BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[10.E. Hurricane Beryl Emergency Resolution: Consideration and approval of a Board resolution declaring that Hurricane Beryl and its aftermath constitutes an unforeseen emergency and authorizing the Superintendent to procure and execute contracts for goods and services necessary to respond and repair resulting damage.]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE BOARD.

APPROVE. ITEM TEN E HURRICANE EMERGENCY RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY MISS HANNON.

DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT.

[10.F. Hurricane Beryl Staff Compensation Resolution: Consideration and approval of a Board resolution authorizing compensation during an emergency closing of the District as a result of Hurricane Beryl.]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION, MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE BOARD.

APPROVE. ITEM TEN F. HURRICANE BERYL STAFF COMPENSATION.

RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY MISS HANNON. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? MR. GARCIA? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK SOMEONE FROM STAFF TO JUST REVIEW THIS ITEM FOR TRANSPARENCY, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC. JUST WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE DOING HERE.

THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU, MR. GARCIA. DURING THE CLOSURE, OF COURSE, STAFF ARE NOT WORKING IN IDLE.

AND CURRENTLY, DISTRICT POLICY DOES ALLOW THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ENSURE THAT STAFF WHO ARE IDLE ARE PAID FOR THAT TIME.

ANY DAYS AFTER THE FIFTH DAY DO REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL.

AND SO THE WEEK AFTER WE CAME BACK FROM BREAK, WE WERE CLOSED THE ENTIRE WEEK UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENT'S AUTHORITY.

HE CAN APPROVE THAT PAY, BUT WE WERE ALSO IDLED FOR ADDITIONAL DAYS BEYOND THAT, AND THAT DOES REQUIRE THE BOARD TO TAKE ACTION.

THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THAT PRIMARILY WERE ASSOCIATED WITH SUMMER SCHOOL, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS WHO WERE ALSO IDLED AS A RESULT OF THAT.

THIS ENSURES THOSE STAFF MEMBERS WERE PAID AND THOSE WHO ARE HOURLY EMPLOYEES, BUT WORKING DURING THESE EVENTS WHEN OTHER STAFF MEMBERS ARE PAID, ARE PAID AT TIME AND A HALF. AND SO THIS AUTHORIZES THOSE STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE IDLE TO BE PAID FOR THE DAYS BEYOND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PURVIEW, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO WORKED DURING THAT TIME AND ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THAT TIME AND A HALF PAY.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. AND WE HAD STARTED GETTING A FLURRY OF QUESTIONS COMING IN FROM STAFF, SO I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.

LET'S VOTE ON THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR BY SHOW OF HANDS.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT UP IS ITEM TEN G, THE 20 2425 STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

[10.G. 2024-25 Student Code of Conduct: Consideration and approval of the Student Code of Conduct for the 2024-25 school year.]

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY MISS HANNON.

DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? MR. HAMILTON? YES. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

JUST BRIEFLY, YOU WANT TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

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MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THAT WE DID NOT SEE THAT IMPROVED ENFORCEMENT OVER THE COURSE OF THAT SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THAT, IN MY OPINION, IS THE NUMBER ONE REASON WHY THE INITIAL PROPOSED STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT LAST YEAR WAS VOTED DOWN 6 TO 1 BY THE BOARD, WHICH I WOULD THINK RARELY HAPPENS. PROBABLY MOST OF THE TIME, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BRING STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT UNLESS YOU HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF WHERE THE BOARD IS ON IT. BUT BUT THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR, AND SO IT TOOK US THREE TRIES TO GET TO A DOCUMENT THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD WOULD APPROVE. AND WE STARTED LAST SCHOOL YEAR WITHOUT A STUDENT CODE, WITHOUT A NEW STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

WE STARTED IT UNDER THE PREVIOUS YEARS, AND THEN WE MADE SOME FAIRLY MAJOR CHANGES TO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

AND SO I JUST THINK IT'S WORTH BRIEFLY REITERATING THAT HISTORY AND JUST SAYING I DON'T THINK WE ARE SERVING OUR STUDENTS WELL WHEN WE GO ALONG WITH WHAT'S WHAT'S A NATIONAL MOVEMENT, A NATIONAL NATIONAL AGENDA TO LOWER STANDARDS AND REMOVE NEGATIVE SEQUENCES FROM THE EQUATION. I KNOW DOCTOR SMITH IS NOT IN FAVOR OF EITHER OF THOSE TWO APPROACHES.

AND SO WELCOME ONCE AGAIN, AND I'M EXCITED TO TO LET YOU START A FULL SCHOOL YEAR AS OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

AND JUST WANT TO CONVEY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THAT WITH MY OWN KIDS, WHETHER THEY'RE AT HOME OR AT SCHOOL, AND WHAT I THINK IS BEST FOR THE DISTRICT IS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE RULES THAT THE STUDENTS CLEARLY UNDERSTAND.

AND WHEN NECESSARY, WE NEED TO CHANGE THE RULES, WHICH I THINK WE DID LAST YEAR.

BUT THEN WE THERE'S THERE'S AN ENFORCEMENT COMPONENT THAT WE NEED TO FAIRLY AND CONSISTENTLY ENFORCE.

AND THERE WAS A NARRATIVE PUSHED BY OUTSIDERS TO FORT BEND ISD A DECADE AGO, THAT RACIAL FACTORS WERE MOTIVATING DISPARITY IN HOW WE ENFORCE DISCIPLINE RULES. AND TO ME, THE FACT THAT WE REDUCED SUSPENSIONS BY 70% IN THE PAST LAST DECADE AND WE STILL HAVE THE SAME RACIAL DISPARITY. THE THEORY WAS THAT WE WERE OVER DISCIPLINING BLACK STUDENTS BASED ON THEIR SKIN COLOR, AND THEREFORE REDUCING DISCIPLINE OVERALL WOULD IMPROVE THE DISPARITY, THE RACIAL DISPARITY.

AND I THINK, IN MY OPINION, THAT THEORY HAS BEEN CLEARLY DEBUNKED.

AND SO WE TRIED IT. IT FAILED. WE NEED TO CLEARLY ENFORCE THE RULES REGARDLESS OF SKIN COLOR, GOOD, BAD OR WORSE. ENFORCE THE RULES. AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEST FOR THE STUDENT WHO BREAKS THE RULE.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S WHAT'S BEST FOR THE STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM WHO HAVE THEIR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT INTERRUPTED. AND I JUST THINK THAT'S WORTH REITERATING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON. MISS JONES.

OKAY, SO COMB THROUGH A COUPLE OF TIMES. IT'S GOOD.

SO I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH. THE PROPOSED STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION THAT SOMEBODY PUT IN MY EAR THIS AFTERNOON WHERE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PBIS TRAINING? BECAUSE THERE IS SOME PBIS TRAINING GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT.

SO POSITIVE BEHAVIOR. YEAH. YEAH. NOT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO KNOW WHAT PBIS MEANS.

RIGHT, RIGHT. SO SOME CAMPUSES TEACHERS ARE UNDERGOING PBIS TRAINING.

AND I KNOW WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION LAST YEAR. IS ANYONE AWARE OF THIS? ANYONE ON THE STAFF? OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE TO DO IT BY LAW.

SO THERE ARE COMPONENTS THAT WE NEED TO INCLUDE BASED ON LAW TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE SYSTEMATIC PRACTICES TO ENSURE THAT TEACHERS UNDERSTAND BEST PRACTICES, THAT SCHOOLS HAVE A SYSTEMATIC STRUCTURE IN PLACE TO ADDRESS EXPECTATIONS ON A CAMPUS, AND TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS KNOW THE EXPECTATIONS ACROSS THE CAMPUS THAT THEY'RE CLEAR, THEY'RE CLEARLY ARTICULATED THAT THE PARENTS KNOW WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE. KIND OF LIKE MY HOUSE, MY RULES.

THE IDEA NEEDS TO BE CLEAR TO FAMILIES AND STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN HELP US IMPLEMENT AND, AND THEN ADDRESS WHEN THINGS AREN'T HANDLED ACCURATELY OR CORRECTLY.

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BUT ONE OF THE RECOMMENDED METHODOLOGIES IS TO USE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS AS A METHOD OF ADDRESSING DRESSING, LAYING OUT A SYSTEMATIC STRUCTURE. SO PERHAPS THEY ARE EQUATING THOSE PIECES.

I'D HAVE TO ACTUALLY GET A LISTING OF WHO'S PROVIDING WHAT TRAINING TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE YOU THE NAMES OF THE TRAINING BEING PROVIDED.

YEAH, BECAUSE I'M ASKING DIRECTLY, ARE TEACHERS UNDERGOING PBIS TRAINING IN THE DISTRICT? THAT'S MY QUESTION. I'M SORRY NOT TO GIVE YOU A DIRECT ANSWER, BUT PBIS IS A METHODOLOGY OF SYSTEMATIC STRUCTURES FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, FOR SCHOOLS AND FOR CLASSROOMS TO HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE SO THAT MY ENTIRE STUDENT BODY KNOWS WHAT THE PLANS ARE IS A BEST PRACTICE, WHETHER YOU CALL IT CHAMPS OR SOMETHING ELSE.

IT BECOMES THE SYSTEMATIC WAY WE DO SCHOOL. SO MUCH OF THE RESEARCH AROUND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE WAY WE TEACH STUDENTS HOW WE DO SCHOOL AT MY SCHOOL IS BASED ON THE IDEA OF POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS, WHICH CEA HAS ON THEIR RECOMMENDED LIST. OKAY.

TRUSTEE SMITH, YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR ME, PLEASE.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION AND WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER.

NEXT QUESTION. POLICY COMMITTEE. WHERE ARE WE? ON THE CELL PHONE POLICY. SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO.

I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GETTING OUTSIDE A STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND PASSING THIS PARTICULAR.

BUT WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED TO US IN THE BEGINNING.

AND SO NOW YOU'RE ASKING A POLICY QUESTION. YES.

AND WE ACTUALLY MENTIONED THAT POLICY THAT THIS WAS THIS WOULD BE BROUGHT UP IN THE POLICY COMMITTEE OR DISCUSSED AS A PART OF SCLC, BECAUSE I ASKED A QUESTION. SHOULD WE INCLUDE IT IN SCLC OR DO WE AMEND THE CURRENT POLICY? AND WE HAVE. I HAVE YET TO GET AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

OKAY, RICK, ARE WE ARE WE OKAY? WELL, IT'S NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR TO ME WHAT THE GERMANENESS IS. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, THOUGH, WITHOUT REVIEWING THE ENTIRETY OF THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT TO SEE WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT CELL PHONES. YEAH. SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

DO WE INCLUDE IT IN THE SCOC IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE TO OUR CELL PHONE POLICY, OR IS THAT A POLICY COMMITTEE, THAT OR IS THAT A POLICY CHANGE OR AMENDMENT THAT WE MAKE IN ADDITION TO PASSING THE CODE OF DOCTOR SMITH, DID YOU GIVE US THAT RESPONSE? I THOUGHT I RECALLED HAVING THE CONVERSATION AND SAYING THAT IT WAS A STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE NEEDED TO INCLUDE IN STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, WHETHER OR NOT IT NEEDED TO BE A SEPARATE POLICY OR NOT.

YEAH, I BELIEVE IN AN UPDATE. YEAH, I WOULD. IT'S BEEN A MONTH OR SO AGO, BUT I RECALL PROVIDING SOME INFORMATION RELATED TO THAT. OKAY. WE CAN CONFIRM AND RESEARCH AND BETH CAN PULL THAT UP FOR US.

BUT IRRESPECTIVE OF THAT QUESTION, I GUESS YOU DON'T HAVE A PROPOSED POLICY CHANGE FROM THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO INFORM YOUR FROM THE POLICY COMMITTEE.

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO INFORM YOUR DECISION TONIGHT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO APPROVE THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

NOW, IF THE POLICY COMMITTEE BRINGS A POLICY CHANGE AT SOME LATER DATE, AND IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT THAT YOU MIGHT APPROVE THIS EVENING.

WELL, THEN YOU CAN REVISIT A LATER REVISION TO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THAT AS OF YET.

OKAY. MAY I ASK A QUESTION? I LIKE THIS. I WANT TO LET HER.

LET HER FINISH. I LIKE HIS ANSWER. AND I THINK THAT.

I THINK THAT'S THE ROUTE WE SHOULD GO. OKAY. YEAH.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO GO TO DOCTOR GILLIAM, AND THEN.

AND THEN I'LL COME TO YOU, AND I WILL HURRY. OKAY.

FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, I DON'T REMEMBER PBIS BEING.

AND I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT.

COULD YOU PLEASE SHARE AGAIN WHAT PBIS IS? THE WORDS POSITIVE BEHAVIOR.

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OKAY. AND UNFORTUNATELY, I, I HOPE THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER AS A BOARD AND HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS.

HOWEVER, WE NEED TO TO HAVE THEM BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.

AS FAR AS I DON'T, I, I SEE YOU STANDING AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD SAY THIS OR DO THEY? BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IF A TEACHER WANTS TO DO PBI, I'M SORRY.

IF THE PRINCIPAL WANTS TO DO PBIS ON THEIR CAMPUS, THEY CAN DO THAT.

AND SO THAT'S THE WAY THAT I GOT IT FROM LAST YEAR.

NOW IT MAY BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND IT'S NOT TABOO OR ANYTHING BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WORKS FOR THAT FOR THAT PARTICULAR CAMPUS.

AND I'M GOING TO SHARE AS A PRINCIPAL THIS I THAT WAS ALWAYS WHAT IT WAS.

AND SO I FEEL FEAR FROM THE STAFF AND IT MAY NOT BE OR JUST, OH, I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD SAY THIS OR NOT, AND I THINK THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE LIKE THAT IF IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON AND WE DO HAVE A PRINCIPAL THAT'S DOING THAT, IT OKAY, WELL LET'S GO AND SEE HOW IT'S WORKING.

JUST BECAUSE WE SEE IT SEE IT IN ONE CLASS AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

AND I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT TRAIN LIKE THAT.

THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL THAT I HAVE TO SHARE.

BUT PLEASE REMEMBER, WHEN WE WE ARE ALL INDIVIDUALS, BUT WE COME TOGETHER AS AS A TEAM AND LET'S LISTEN TO EACH OTHER.

AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE CODE OF CONDUCT GOT US KIND OF IN TROUBLE LAST YEAR OR JUST KIND OF STOPPED.

AND IT WE CAN'T DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT EVERYONE I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYONE, JUST TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND LET'S SEE WHAT ACTUALLY WORKS ON CAMPUSES BEFORE WE DECIDE THAT WE WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO DO THAT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD FROM SOMEONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILLIAM, MISS HANNON.

SO I WANT TO REALLY THANK STAFF AGAIN FOR AND I KNOW MR. HAMILTON MENTIONED THAT, THAT WE SORT OF WENT FORWARD LAST YEAR USING THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S CODE OF CONDUCT.

SO I'M HAPPY THAT HERE WE ARE. WE'RE ABOUT TO ABOUT TO PASS THE.

HOPEFULLY THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT. BUT I DO WANT TO ADDRESS THE PBIS.

I THINK THAT AND MY RECOLLECTION MAY BE WRONG.

BUT WHEN WE WERE CLEANING UP THIS DOCUMENT, BECAUSE BEFORE WE HAD A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ELEMENTS WITHIN, WE HAD DESCRIPTIONS OF, OF THE, OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE GOING TO TRAIN TEACHERS AND THOSE THINGS WERE PULLED OUT.

AND SO I THINK THAT MAYBE THAT'S WHERE THE THINKING THAT BECAUSE I'M EVEN THINKING LIKE THE HARRY WONG BOOK TO ME IS, IS PBIS. RIGHT. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ANYTHING THAT THAT YOU'RE USING A STRATEGY TO SUPPORT POSITIVE BEHAVIOR.

SO IT'S JUST THIS PLETHORA OF, OF STRATEGIES TO USE.

SO ANYWAY, I'M JUST GOING BACK TO SAY I, I DO APPRECIATE HOW THIS IS MUCH MORE CLEAN.

IT'S STREAMLINED. AS A PARENT, I CAN OPEN IT AND I'M NOT I'M NOT MOVING THROUGH THINGS LIKE WE HAD BEFORE, WHICH FELT VERY PD. IT FELT VERY MORE TEACHER ORIENTED THAN THAN PARENT FRIENDLY.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THIS NEW FORMAT. AND YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD SEVERAL TIMES, YOU KNOW, IT'S A NEW DAY.

IT'S A NEW DAY. AND SO I ALSO APPRECIATE DOCTOR GILLIAM'S COMMENT IS IT'S A NEW DAY.

WE HAVE A NEW NEW MAKEUP OF OUR BOARD. AND AND I SUPPORT I SUPPORT THIS AS WRITTEN.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HANNA AND MR. SHOAF.

MY BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH PBIS IS IT IT DOESN'T MIMIC OR FALL IN LINE WITH THE AMERICAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM.

I THINK IMPLEMENTING POLICY THAT'S MORE IN LINE WITH THE AMERICAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS MORE BENEFICIAL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, KIDS, WHEN THEY TURN 18, THEY'RE THERE'S SOMEWHAT OF THEY'RE SOMEWHAT USED TO THE WAY THINGS ARE AS AN ADULT.

BUT PBIS IS BASICALLY THE OPPOSITE OF THE AMERICAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM, WHERE ALMOST BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, OKAY, NOW A COP CAN STOP YOU FOR NOT SPEEDING AND TELL YOU, GOOD JOB.

IT DOESN'T MAKE VERY MUCH SENSE. BECAUSE IT DOESN'T TRANSFER OVER FOR WHEN THESE KIDS GRADUATE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. SHOAFF. SO I'M GOING TO TRY.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO ARTICULATE THIS. SO THE IRONY IS, IS THAT PBIS WAS IN THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT BECAUSE OF ME.

AND THE REASON THAT I PUT THAT IN THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AT THE TIME IS BECAUSE WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO IMPLEMENT

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WE ARE NOT A JUDICIAL OR A JUSTICE SYSTEM. WE ARE AN EDUCATION SYSTEM AND PBIS WORKS.

AND THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE NEGATE CONSEQUENCES.

IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE CONTINUE, CONTINUE, CONTINUE GOING DOWN A ROAD THAT IS NOT WORKING WITH STUDENTS AND THAT HAS NO CONSEQUENCES TO IT. SO I THINK PBIS GETS A BAD RAP BECAUSE IT IS MISUNDERSTOOD.

THE REASON THAT IT'S REQUIRED BY LAW IS BECAUSE IT WORKS.

THERE ARE STUDIES AND BEST PRACTICES THAT SHOW THAT IT WORKS, AND IT PARTICULARLY WORKS WITH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

100% TAKE IT FROM A MOM WHO HAS WATCHED IT WORK ON HER OWN CHILD AND ON COUNTLESS OTHER CHILDREN.

AND I'VE I'VE WORKED WITH PARENTS AND EDUCATORS AND PRINCIPALS AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN HELPING IT WHEN IT'S IMPLEMENTED CORRECTLY AND HELPING IT WORK. THIS IS NOT A PBIS WORKSHOP.

THIS IS A STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT DEAL. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THE REASON THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX FOR OUR PRINCIPALS AND FOR OUR TEACHERS IS BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF STUDENTS WHO NEED THIS AND WHO IT WORKS FOR. YOU COULD PUNISH MY DAUGHTER ALL DAY LONG AND SHE DOES NOT CARE.

SHE HAS AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND YOU CAN'T WRITE HER A TICKET AND SHE DOES NOT CARE.

OKAY, SO THE REASON PBIS WORKS IS BECAUSE YOU ARE GIVING HER POSITIVE MOTIVATION AND SOMETHING TO WORK FOR.

AND SO THAT WORKS WITH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND IT WORKS WITH A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER STUDENTS.

SO WE NEED TO NOT BE TYING THE HANDS OF OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR TEACHERS FROM BEING ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THINGS THAT DO WORK.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE SHOULD NOT BE TYING THE HANDS OF OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR TEACHERS FROM BEING ABLE TO BRING DOWN CONSEQUENCES ON STUDENTS WHO HAVE DISCIPLINE PROBLEMS. AND AND WE NEED TO PUT THEM OUT OF THE CLASSROOM IF WE NEED TO PUT THEM OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S HARD FOR US TO SIT ON HIGH AND SAY WHAT SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T BE DONE BECAUSE THE TEACHERS ARE DEALING WITH IT, AND THE TEACHERS NEED TO BE GIVEN A WHOLE TOOLBOX OF TOOLS TO USE.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE ONES WHO DETERMINE WHAT WORKS BEST FOR STUDENTS.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT I GET REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, BECAUSE I HAVE ADVOCATED FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES FOR MY DAUGHTER'S ENTIRE LIFE. AND THIS IS KIND OF BACKWARDS THINKING TO ME BECAUSE IT'S THAT IS A BEST PRACTICE FOR STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE THOSE SERVICES. SO THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO CALL FOR THE VOTE ON THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, THE MOTION AS PRESENTED. ALL IN FAVOR? BY SHOW OF HANDS.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS ITEM TEN H, WHICH IS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

[10.H. Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes: Consideration and approval of the minutes for Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees meetings and/or public hearings on the following dates:]

APPROVE. ITEM TEN H BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING MINUTES AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY MISS HANNON.

DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THE MEETING MINUTES? MISS HANNON, I ASSUME YOU DON'T HAVE DISCUSSION ON THE MEETING.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. PLEASE VOTE BY SHOW OF HANDS.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT UP IS ITEM TEN

[10.I. Food Certification Supplement Resolution: Consideration and approval of a resolution authorizing a one-time supplemental Food Certification payment for eligible Child Nutrition Department staff payable in FY 2024-25.]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THE BOARD, APPROVE AGENDA ITEM TEN, A FOOD CERTIFICATION SUPPLEMENT RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY MISS HANNON.

DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[10.J. Fort Bend ISD District of Innovation Amended Plan: Consideration and approval to adopt the amended District of Innovation Plan.]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO APPROVE ITEM TEN J.

FORT BEND ISD DISTRICT OF INNOVATION AMENDED PLAN AS PRESENTED.

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DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? MISS JONES? YES. I READ THROUGH IT. I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION.

SINCE THERE'S AN AMENDMENT TO THE DOI, WILL THIS IMPACT THE KICK START PROGRAM? BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME ISSUES RELATING TO BACK IN MAY.

WAS IT MAY, APRIL OR MAY SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CHANGE DOES NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE KICK START PROGRAM.

THANK YOU, MISS JONES. I CAN ANSWER THAT FOR YOU.

SO THE CLARIFICATION AROUND THIS EXEMPTION WITHIN THE DOI THROUGH THIS AMENDMENT KIND OF BROADENS THE THE WAY THAT WE CAN PRACTICE THAT, AMEND THAT EXEMPTION OF TEACHER CERTIFICATION, AND NOW COVERS NON-CORE AREAS, PROGRAMMATIC AREAS, CONTINUES TO COVER CTE AND OUR WORLD LANGUAGES, BUT THEN ALSO ALLOWS US FOR OUT OF STATE CERTIFICATION TO COME IN AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HIRED BEFORE THAT PROCESS COMPLETES. AND THEN ALSO THE NON CORE AND THE OUT OF GRADE BAND.

SO KICKSTART WOULD FALL UNDER THAT NON CORE ABILITY FOR US.

SO THE SHORT OF THAT IS IT IS NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACTING.

IN FACT IT IS ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN THROUGH THIS EXEMPTION OKAY.

BECAUSE WHEN I READ IT THAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MIND WAS LIKE MAKE SURE IT HAS NO IMPACT ON THE KICKSTART PROGRAM.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MISS JONES. MISS HANNON, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU TO STAFF. I KNOW I ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I WILL SAY I WILL VOTE FOR THIS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE UNDERSTAND THE NECESSITY, BUT THIS ONE IS VERY HARD FOR ME. THIS IS VERY HARD FOR ME.

THINKING ABOUT UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS COMING IN TO OUR CONTENT AREAS.

AND THERE IS THERE IS SOME RESEARCH OUT THERE THAT THAT TALKS ABOUT IT IS ADVANTAGEOUS TO HAVE CERTIFIED TEACHERS WHO UNDERSTAND PEDAGOGY, WHO, WHO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE WITH THINGS LIKE PBIS AND BEING KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THEIR CONTENT AREA. SO MANY OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED TODAY.

HERE'S, HERE'S, HERE'S THE, THE LINE, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO OUR BOARD ATTORNEY TODAY BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS.

I WANT YOU GUYS TO HEAR THIS. MY QUESTION WAS, DOES PASSING THE DOI.

I MAKE IT WHERE WE COULDN'T PASS POLICY TO PUT IN SOME GUARDRAILS OF HERE ARE SOME EXPECTATIONS OF EVEN THOUGH WE WE ARE APPROVING THAT WE CAN PUT NON-CERTIFIED FOLKS IN A CLASSROOM.

SO I DIDN'T WANT OUR HANDS TO BE TIED BECAUSE THIS IS ONCE THIS CAT'S OUT OF THE BAG AND WE WE, WE OPEN IT UP TO THE DISTRICT OF INNOVATION WHERE WE CAN PUT UNCERTIFIED PEOPLE IN ANYWHERE BUT SPED, ESL AND BILINGUAL. WE'RE WE'RE NEVER GOING BACK.

AND SO TODAY I LOOKED AT SOME NUMBERS IN REGION FOUR, I THINK HAS WE'RE BETTER THAN MOST.

WE HAVE 60% CERTIFIED TEACHERS AND 40% UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS IN CLASSES IN REGION FOUR.

THE VICTORIA AREA LOOKED OPPOSITE OF US. AND SO I'M GUESSING THAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT AS MORE AND MORE SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO THIS. AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK DOCTOR SMITH.

SO MAYBE IT'S NOT POLICY THAT WE USE TO PUT GUARDRAILS ON THIS BECAUSE TRULY, I, I, I STRUGGLE TO THINK OF MY OWN CHILD SITTING IN A FIRST GRADE CLASSROOM. YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THE PERSON HAS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF PROFICIENCY IN LANGUAGE IN THEIR READING AND THEIR WRITING AND AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT ARE THE STANDARDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SELF IMPOSE ON OUR DISTRICT, IN ADDITION TO THE FEW THINGS THAT YOU WROTE HERE, LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SAY THAT EVERY, EVERY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OF CTE. EVERY NON-CERTIFIED PERSON MUST HAVE A FOUR YEAR DEGREE.

YOU KNOW, UNLESS IT'S, YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU MEET THE MILITARY.

BUT THAT'S STILL CTE, RIGHT? THAT THAT WAS STILL OPEN JUST TO CAREER AND TECH ED IN CERTAIN IT AREAS.

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BUT IF WE CAN'T FILL IT YOU KNOW, AND I WANT US TO BE CONSISTENTLY WORKING SO HARD TO IMPLEMENT PLAN A, BUT IF WE HAVE TO MOVE TO PLAN B, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT SELF-IMPOSED STANDARD IS THAT WE HAVE THE EXPECTATION BEFORE PUTTING SOMEBODY IN A CLASSROOM. SO THANK YOU, MISS HANNON.

AND I ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO ASK DOCTOR SMITH TO RESPOND, BECAUSE I HAD SIMILAR NOTES THAT WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO GET WAS NOTICE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF WHAT POSITIONS ARE VACANT, WHAT POSITIONS WILL BE FILLED BY THE UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS OR STAFF. AND AND WITH THESE EXEMPTIONS AND WHAT CAMPUSES AND THAT TYPE OF THING.

SO I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT WE IMPLEMENT OR I GUESS AMEND THIS PLAN TO IMPLEMENT A REPORTING MECHANISM.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S NECESSARY NECESSARILY THAT A POLICY IS NEEDED.

THAT CERTAINLY CAN BE DISCUSSED. MR. HAMILTON IN YOUR COMMITTEE, BUT I THINK AT LEAST WE NEED A REPORTING MECHANISM FROM YOU TO LET US KNOW WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE, WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT POSITIONS ARE BEING FILLED AND AND WHY.

RIGHT? AND ON TOP OF THAT, THE ONE OF THE ANSWERS GIVEN TO ME TODAY WAS THAT THAT SELF-IMPOSED STANDARD IS CAMPUS BY CAMPUS. AND TO ME, THERE'S THAT'S THERE'S NOT I MEAN, I DON'T MEAN TO DISRESPECT OUR PRINCIPLES, BUT THAT'S THERE NEEDS TO BE, IN MY OPINION, MORE FIDELITY IN, IN THAT, IN THAT PIECE THEN. SO LET ME, LET ME GET DOCTOR, DOCTOR SMITH RESPOND AND THEN I'LL THANK YOU.

WELL, FIRST I WANT TO JUST EMPHASIZE NUMBER ONE, IT IS DEFINITELY OUR TOP PRIORITY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CERTIFIED TEACHER IN EVERY CLASSROOM. AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO DO.

AND THAT IS WHAT OUR TOP PRIORITY IS. AT THE SAME TIME, WE UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A NATIONAL TEACHER SHORTAGE CRISIS.

AND SO WE HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, VERY FLEXIBLE AND PURSUE ALL OPTIONS TO BE ABLE TO GET TEACHERS IN OUR CLASSROOMS. THE THING THAT I WANT TO STRESS IS THAT AS WE EXPAND OPTIONS TO GET TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM, ONE THING I WANT TO REINFORCE WITH THE BOARD IS THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRAINING AND SUPPORT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE TEACHERS.

IT'S NOT A SCENARIO WHERE WE HIRE SOMEONE WHO MAY NOT HAVE PEDAGOGY EXPERIENCE, AND WE JUST SAY, HERE YOU GO. HERE ARE THE KEYS TO THE DOOR. WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE SUPPORT AND TRAINING SO THAT THOSE TEACHERS GET THE PEDAGOGY AND SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED SO THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL, AND THEN CREATING A PATHWAY FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY EARN THEIR CERTIFICATION.

SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ENVISION THAT SOMEONE WHO MAY NOT HAVE THEIR FULL CERTIFICATION CREDENTIALS AS THEY START THE START THE YEAR WITH US, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THAT WOULD BE THE SAME CASE FOR THAT PERSON AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

WE EXPECT THEM TO BE PURSUING A PATHWAY TO GAIN THEIR CERTIFICATION.

AND SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LAYERS OF SUPPORT THAT WE WILL PRIORITIZE, SO THAT THE TEACHERS THAT WE ARE GETTING ARE EQUIPPED WITH WHAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND THAT THEY HAVE A PRETTY EXPEDIENT PATHWAY TO GAIN THE CREDENTIALS REQUIRED TO TEACH IN THEIR FIELD. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH. MR. HAMILTON NEXT.

YES. THANK YOU. SO I WAS I WAS GOING TO MAKE THE SAME POINT.

SO I KNOW STAFF'S PREFERENCE IS OBVIOUSLY TO HAVE A CERTIFIED TEACHER IN EVERY CLASSROOM.

SO THAT'S I THINK OBVIOUS. AND THEN SECONDLY, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE REALITY, LIKE YOU SAID, WITH THE TEACHER SHORTAGE AND SPECIFIC TO FORT BEND ISD, WE ENDED LAST SCHOOL YEAR WITH 85 TEACHER TEACHING VACANCIES.

AND SO I THINK IF YOU ASK OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A CERTIFIED TEACHER IN EVERY CAMPUS? THE OBVIOUS ANSWER IS YES. BUT THEN DEALING WITH REALITY.

NEXT QUESTION SHOULD BE HOW? HOW IS IT DEALING? I THINK TWO OF OUR CAMPUSES HAD SEVEN AND EIGHT TEACHING VACANCIES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

AND SO WE SHOULD ASK THOSE TEACHERS, HOW IS IT DEALING WITH TRYING TO STAFF LONG TERM SUBS AND SHORT TERM SUBS AND HAVE ONE TEACHER COVER MULTIPLE CLASSROOMS AT THE SAME TIME? AND SO WE JUST HAVE AND THEN THE THE TEACHING SHORTAGE IS A IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM.

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I THINK IT'S AROUND FIVE LEAVING FOR EVERY ONE NEW TEACHER. AND SO WE HAVE TO GET CREATIVE.

AND THEN AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE OBVIOUS FACT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF STRONG COMPETITION FOR TEACHERS WITHIN FORT BEND ISD.

I MEAN, WITHIN THE HOUSTON AREA. AND SO WE'RE COMPETING WITH WITH OTHER DISTRICTS FOR TEACHERS. SOME OF THEM ARE PAYING MORE THAN WE ARE. AND SO WE JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT REALITY. AND I THINK IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT I THINK THE THE PLAN IS FOR THIS GIVES STAFF AN OPTION TO BRING IN UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS WHO DON'T HAVE THE CERTIFICATION ON DAY ONE.

AND THEN I THINK THE PLAN IS TO MOVE TOWARDS EITHER MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THOSE TEACHERS BEING CERTIFIED IF THEY END UP STAYING WITH THE DISTRICT LONG TERM. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE GETTING CREATIVE WITH THE SITUATION, BECAUSE I KNOW ONE OF ONE OF THE CHALLENGES AS WE LOOK AT OUR LOWER PERFORMING SCHOOLS IS WE TEND TO HAVE MORE, MORE, MORE TEACHING VACANCIES AT THE LOWER PERFORMING SCHOOLS.

AND SO IF WE CONTINUE WITH THE THE PLAN THAT WE'VE OR THE ACTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IN PLACE LOOKING BACKWARD, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE 7 OR 8 TEACHING VACANCIES AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AT LOWER PERFORMING CAMPUSES.

THAT MEANS IN MANY CASES, YOU GO THE WHOLE SCHOOL YEAR WITH LONG TERM SUBS OR SHORT TERM SUBS, OR ONE TEACHER COVERING MULTIPLE CLASSROOMS. AND SO, AS WE ALL STRIVE TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES AT LOWER PERFORMING CAMPUSES AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, WE HAVE TO GET CREATIVE GIVEN THE REALITY WITH THE TEACHING SHORTAGE.

AND THAT'S WITHIN FORT BEND ISD AND OUTSIDE OF FORT BEND ISD.

AND SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE GETTING CREATIVE. ALSO, I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT CERTIFIED TEACHER AND EXCEPTIONAL TEACHER ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. SO I'M SURE SOME OF OUR BEST TEACHERS CAME IN THE NONTRADITIONAL ROUTE, AND SOME OF THEM MAY BE ON THE PATH TO BEING CERTIFIED, BUT NOT YET CERTIFIED. AND IT'S THOSE YOU CAN BE A NON CERTIFIED AND EXCEPTIONAL AT YOUR JOB.

AND WE HOPE THOSE TEACHERS ARE STICKING WITH THE DISTRICT LONG TERM AND ON THAT PATH TO CERTIFICATION.

SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION OF GETTING CREATIVE AND TRYING TO PUT THE LONG TERM GOAL IS TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE A CERTIFIED TEACHER IN EVERY CLASSROOM. THE SHORT TERM GOAL, THE SHORT TERM REALITY, IS THAT WE HAVE TO PUT A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE IN EVERY CLASSROOM AND THEN WORK TOWARDS GETTING THOSE TEACHERS CERTIFIED. SO I APPLAUD THAT EFFORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON. MISS JONES. OKAY, I APPLAUD THAT. I AM FOR CERTIFIED AND THE GOAL IS TO GET TEACHERS CERTIFIED.

OKAY. BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DEFEND THE TEACHERS NOW.

I'VE WORKED IN PRIVATE SCHOOL. I'VE WORKED IN CHARTER SCHOOL, I'VE WORKED IN K-12.

I HAVE WORKED ALONGSIDE SOME DYNAMIC AND SOME PHENOMENAL TEACHERS WHO WERE NOT CERTIFIED.

AND THESE WOULD BE IN THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND IN THE CHARTER SCHOOLS WHO WERE PASSIONATE ABOUT TEACHING AND TEACHING KIDS. SO I DON'T WANT US TO TAKE AN ELITIST TYPE ATTITUDE ABOUT CERTIFIED VERSUS UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS. AND HAVING JUST MY EXPERIENCE OF MENTORING FIRST YEAR TEACHERS, I FOUND THAT THE PASSION IS MORE THERE FOR UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE THERE.

THEY WANT TO TEACH OUR KIDS. THEY DON'T REALLY WANT TO BE WEIGHED DOWN WITH THE OTHER STUFF.

THEY REALLY WANT TO TEACH. AND I DON'T WANT THE DISTRICT TO HAVE THIS ATTITUDE OF COMING OUT OF ANOTHER DISTRICT LIKE, WELL, THEY GOT THEY JUST DROVE THEM OFF THE STREET.

NO, THERE IS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THERE ARE STANDARDS.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT THE TEACHING BECAUSE CERTIFICATION IS REALLY ABOUT TAKING CLASSES AND A TEST AND IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU ANY MORE BETTER OF A TEACHER, OR ANY LESS OF A TEACHER BECAUSE YOU'RE CERTIFIED OR UNDER CERTIFIED? AND SO I COMMEND THAT THIS EFFORT IS TO BE ALL INCLUSIVE, AS WE ARE LOOKING AT WHO WHO ARE TEACHING OUR KIDS. THANKS. THANK YOU, MISS JONES. DOCTOR GILLIAM, VERY, VERY QUICKLY. I THINK THAT'S IT. OKAY. CAN SOMEONE JUST TELL ME HOW DOES IT LOOK? OKAY, SO LET'S SAY, FOR INSTANCE, IT'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I'M GOING TO THINK THAT POSSIBLY I'M NOT GOING TO SEE TEACHERS IN KINDERGARTEN FIRST.

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HOW MANY HOW MANY TEACHERS ARE COMING IN THAT WE'RE WE'RE PULLING IN SO WE CAN GET SOME TYPE OF NUMBERS BECAUSE I'M HEARING REMEDIES AND I'M WONDERING IF WE. WE HAVE HIRED FOUR. WE HAVE ONBOARDED 486 TEACHERS FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

AND FOR THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR FOR OUR INSTRUCTIONAL APPRENTICE, WE HAD 84 COMPLETE THE PROCESS.

84 OF THEM HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AND COMPLETED THE PROCESS, AND WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 60 OF THEM THAT ARE RETURNING FOR US NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

OKAY, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS SUCCESSFUL. WE HAVE 54% IN TERMS OF RETAINING FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

OKAY. AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CERTIFICATION, ARE WE LOOKING MORE SO ELEMENTARY MIDDLE OR HIGH.

IT'S A COMBINATION OF THEM. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS ON WHICH LEVELS, BUT IT'S A COMBINATION.

WOULD YOU COME. AND THIS IS I'M NOT GOING TO KEEP GOING.

LIKE I'M JUST GOING TO I'M THINKING THAT HIGH SCHOOL PROBABLY MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

OR NOT NECESSARILY. I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFICS, BUT I'LL GET THAT FOR YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT DATA. I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

SO I THINK THAT IF WE CAN SEE WHERE THEY ARE AND IF WE REALLY DO HAVE STUDENTS, OUR FIRST AND SECOND GRADE AND WITH A TEACHER THAT IS NOT CERTIFIED, THAT TYPE OF THING, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO REALLY LOOK AT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILLIAM.

SO I WANT TO ECHO I WANT TO ECHO MY GRATITUDE TO YOU, DOCTOR SMITH AND YOUR TEAM, FOR COMING UP WITH CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE TEACHERS.

WE HAVE OUR STUDENTS COVERED, BASICALLY. I MEAN, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE OUR STUDENTS COVERED, AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.

AND THE REASON WE PASSED DISTRICT OF INNOVATION MANY YEARS AGO WAS SO THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT THESE KIND OF STRATEGIES.

SO THANK YOU FOR COMING UP WITH THIS PLAN. I WOULD I'M GOING TO REITERATE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME REPORTING TO THE BOARD IN AN UPDATE, JUST LETTING US KNOW WHAT POSITIONS ARE BEING FILLED AND WHERE AND THAT TYPE OF THING.

I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO STAY ABREAST OF THAT.

SO ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO CALL FOR THE VOTE NOW.

ALL IN FAVOR BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT UP IS TEN K, THE WATER METER EASEMENT WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

[10.K. Water Meter Easement with City of Houston: Consideration and approval of one Water Meter Easement with the City of Houston at Briargate Elementary School, and authorization for the FBISD Board President to negotiate and execute this easement.]

APPROVE. ITEM TEN K WATER METER EASEMENT WITH CITY OF HOUSTON AS PRESENTED.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY MISS HANNAN.

DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? DOCTOR GILLIAM, I ASSUME YOU.

YEAH. OKAY. SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? BY SHOW OF HANDS.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM TEN L IS THE 2023 BOND PROGRAM A

[10.L. 2023 Bond Program Contingency: Consideration and approval for the use of 2023 Bond Program Contingency as proposed by Administration.]

APPROVE. ITEM TEN EL 2023 BOND CONTINGENCY. BOND PROGRAM.

CONTINGENCY. CONTINGENCY AS PRESENTED. SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY DOCTOR GILLIAM.

DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR? BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES.

ALL OPPOSED. MISS JONES IS OPPOSED. NEXT UP IS ITEM

[10.M. Consideration and approval of proposed expenses that exceed $50,000: Specifically for:]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THE BOARD. APPROVE ITEM TEN M ONE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR FACADE UPGRADES AND RENOVATIONS. BID PACKAGE 024 AS PRESENTED, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY DOCTOR GILLIAM. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I JUST HAVE ONE. I JUST WANTED TO I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE IN PUBLIC.

I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO VOTE TO APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, BUT I WANT US TO MAKE SURE.

AND I'VE EXPRESSED THIS TO YOU, DOCTOR SMITH, THAT WE ARE ENSURING THAT WE HAVE COMPETITION IN OUR BID PROCESS.

AND IN OUR COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL PROCESS, WE HAD ONE.

WE HAD ONE CSP THAT WAS SUBMITTED AND I, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REASONS ARE FOR THAT OR WHAT THE

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WE DO THAT TWICE FOR EACH SOLICITATION. WE DO ONE DAY FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS.

WE ALSO SEND OUT INVITATIONS THROUGH OUR BID SYSTEM CALLED BONFIRE.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THIS PARTICULAR CSP, OVER 3000 INVITATIONS WERE EMAILED NATIONWIDE.

WE ALSO ADVERTISE ON THE STATE BULLETIN BOARD THAT VENDORS COME IN AND SIGN UP FOR TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN THERE ARE BIDS OUT THERE THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN. IN THE CASE OF THAT PARTICULAR CSP, WE HAD OVER 54 VENDORS PULLED DOWN THE PLANS AND THE BID INSTRUCTIONS.

BUT BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE ONLY GOT ONE BID.

NOW, WHAT WE DO DO AFTER EACH BID IS THAT WE DO DO SURVEYS WITH THE VENDOR POPULATION.

AND WE WE ASK THEM, WELL, WHY DIDN'T YOU SUBMIT A BID? AND IT CAN BE FOR ANY NUMBER OF REASONS, SUCH AS WE.

WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO BID. THE PROJECT WASN'T OF VALUE TO US.

YOU KNOW, VARIOUS THINGS, OR WE JUST MISSED THE DEADLINE.

BUT WE DO GO BACK AND GET THAT FEEDBACK TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHY WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE PROPOSAL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND DO WE WE GET THE FEEDBACK AND THEN WE ANALYZE IT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE COULD BE DOING DIFFERENTLY THAT MIGHT ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS. I MEAN, ARE WE LOOKING AT THAT DATA? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

MR. GARCIA, ARE WE DOING BUSINESS, OR IS BASS CONSTRUCTION DOING BUSINESS WITH THE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW? HAVE THEY DONE? HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN DOING BUSINESS WITH THE DISTRICT? THEY'RE ONE. THEY'RE ONE OF THE ONES THAT I THINK.

WELL, BASS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF YEARS.

THEY'RE THEY'RE A STATEWIDE COMPANY AND THEY'VE BEEN THEY'VE BEEN DOING BUSINESS HERE BEFORE, BEN. AND I THINK AT LEAST SINCE 2014, FOR THE THE SURVEYS THAT YOU RECEIVED BACK FROM THIS PARTICULAR IF YOU IF YOU'VE GOTTEN THEM BACK YET.

WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THEM BACK YET. NO, SIR. WELL, WHEN YOU GET IT BACK, IS IT POSSIBLE TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD? ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.

LIKE ONE OF MY ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS, AND I'VE HEARD THIS FROM A FEW VENDORS, IS SOMETIMES THEY DON'T BID BECAUSE THEY DON'T.

THEY JUST DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GET IT. THEY THEY KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE WORK. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING IN THIS SITUATION, BUT IT SORT OF DEPENDS ON MAYBE THE RELATIONSHIP THAT A CERTAIN VENDOR HAS WITH THE DISTRICT.

THEY SORT OF HAVE A LOCK ON CERTAIN CERTAIN PROJECTS IS HOW IT'S FELT BY SOME OTHER OUTSIDE VENDORS.

I THINK WE SAW THAT WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH SOME OTHER RFPS, JUST TALKING WITH FOLKS WITH, YOU KNOW, GET REALLY GET INTO WHICH ONES THEY WERE.

BUT THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'D BE VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING SOME OF THE SURVEY RESULTS WHEN Y'ALL GET THAT BACK, I WOULD LOVE TO. WELL, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT ALL OF OUR SOLICITATIONS ARE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE LAW AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

WE BELIEVE IN A FAIR PROCESS. WE BELIEVE IN AN INCLUSIVE PROCESS, AND WE BELIEVE IN A TRANSPARENT PROCESS.

AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 29 YEARS, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU, I HAVE NEVER HAD MY INTEGRITY AS A PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONAL EVER QUESTIONED BY A VENDOR AS FAR AS NECESSARILY QUESTIONING. SO I THINK I THINK JUST JUST IN GENERAL, I THINK THE NOT REALLY BECAUSE YOU'RE ON THE PROCUREMENT SIDE, ANYTHING THAT GOES IN ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE, I, I JUST, I'M JUST SAYING THAT IN, IN THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE RECEIVED, I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW IT MATCHES UP TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON SOME OF THE SURVEYS, BECAUSE I HEAR THINGS DIFFERENT FROM MAYBE WHAT, WHAT Y'ALL WOULD HEAR. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF MY, MY BRAIN IS WHERE I'M GOING WITH IT.

I'VE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH WE SAT DOWN, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. I THINK YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD PROCESS. I THINK IT WORKS. IT WORKS VERY WELL AND WE DO A GOOD JOB WITH WITH

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WE CALL IT A POST POST BID BRIEFING. THEY CAN COME IN, WE'LL TALK TO THEM.

WE'LL LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THEIR PROPOSAL WAS SO THAT THEY CAN ENHANCE THAT AND DO BETTER NEXT TIME.

BECAUSE I WANT TO BE I WANT IT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE VERY INVITING.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME IN AND WE WANT YOU KNOW, WE THERE'S CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO, AND THEY'RE THERE. AND THERE'S SOME THAT ARE THAT YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW UNLESS THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. SO YOU WON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY UNLESS YOU BID.

AND OBVIOUSLY AND SO I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT, THAT WE ARE VERY INVITING.

WE WANT YOU TO COME. WE WANT WE WANT YOU TO COME TO THE FAIRS. WE WANT YOU TO REGISTER AS A AND WE WANT WE WANT YOU TO SUBMIT AND SUBMIT AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN.

AND FROM OUR SIDE, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S A $1.2 BILLION BOND. THERE'S THERE'S A LOT TO GO AROUND.

AND SO THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK ABOUT WHEN WHEN I LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE APPROVING, I TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE'RE IT WAS A FAIR PROCESS, WHICH I KNOW THAT IT IS. BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE THAT ARE REALLY TRYING VERY HARD TO GET IN.

SO AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT. SO THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, MR. GARCIA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY. VOTING ON THIS ITEM. ALL IN FAVOR? BY SHOW OF HANDS.

OH, SORRY. SO YOU'RE BEHIND A BOX OF KLEENEX THERE? OKAY. YOU SURE? YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES. ALL OPPOSED.

MISS JONES AND MR. SHOAF. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, ITEM TEN M TWO CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBER 16.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THE BOARD. APPROVE ITEM TEN M TWO.

CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL 16 BID PACKAGE 005 AS PRESENTED.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY DOCTOR GILLIAM.

DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? MR. HAMILTON? YEAH. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

JUST BRIEFLY. SO I KNOW THERE WAS SOME DISAGREEMENT OVER EXACTLY WHAT WAS PROMISED IN THE 2018 BOND REGARDING THE SCHOOL.

SO WE WE PUT THE DESIGN PACKAGE IN THAT BOND WITH THE PLAN TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION LATER.

AND SOME IN THE COMMUNITY WAS NOT ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT EXPECTATION.

AND SO THIS SCHOOL HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. SO I'M GLAD THAT I'M GLAD WE'RE ABLE TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN VOTE ON IT AND BREAK GROUND ON THIS SCHOOL.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FOR THE EAST SIDE OF FORT BEND ISD TO TO GET MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S VOTE ON THIS ITEM. ALL IN FAVOR? BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES. ALL OPPOSED.

MISS JONES AND MR. SHOAF. NEXT UP IS ITEM TEN M THREE AV EQUIPMENT INTERACTIVE FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THE BOARD. APPROVE ITEM TEN M3 AV EQUIPMENT INTERACTIVE FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS COUPLED.

I THINK SO. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO STOP YOU RIGHT THERE. ADMIN HAS ASKED THAT WE PULL THIS ITEM.

NO. ITEM NUMBER FOUR. AND FOR ITEM FOUR. SO IT'S NOT THREE.

CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. SORRY, MR. GARCIA. GO AHEAD.

I MOVE THE BOARD. APPROVE. ITEM TEN M3 AV EQUIPMENT INTERACTIVE FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS AS PRESENTED.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY DOCTOR GILLIAM.

DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS? MR. HAMILTON? OH, MISS HANNON.

SOMEBODY THAT HAS A PAPER COPY. TELL ME WHAT PAGE THIS IS ON.

THREE IS ON PAGE 15. 215. THANK YOU, MR. SHOW.

OKAY. WHERE IS THIS MONEY? WAS THIS WAS THIS BUDGETED FOR FOR

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THIS IS COMING OUT OF 23 BOND. AND THAT DOESN'T PUT THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE OVER ITS BUDGET.

NO, MA'AM. NO. YOU'RE STILL YOU'RE STILL GOOD.

YOU'RE STILL GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HANNON.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. HEARING NO OTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR? BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE ARE. THE ADMINISTRATION HAS ASKED THAT WE PULL ITEM TEN FOUR.

SO WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE THAT THIS EVENING. SO NEXT UP WILL BE TEN M FIVE I'VE IT STAFF AUGMENTATION SERVICES. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THE BOARD.

APPROVE ITEM TEN M FIVE IT STAFF AUGMENTATION SERVICES AS PRESENTED.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY DOCTOR GILLIAM.

DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR? BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT UP IS ITEM TEN M SIX INSTRUCTIONAL TUTORS AND RELATED SERVICES.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE BOARD.

APPROVE. ITEM TEN M SIX INSTRUCTIONAL TUTORS AND RELATED SERVICES AS PRESENTED.

I SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY DOCTOR GILLIAM.

DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? YES, I DO, MR. HAMILTON. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT SO THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THERE IS A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT DISPARITY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WHEN YOU COMPARE SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T STRUGGLE WITH AS MUCH POVERTY VERSUS NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DO STRUGGLE WITH MORE POVERTY.

AND SO I THINK ONE THING THAT GETS MISSED ON A LOT OF OUR OUR EDUCATION OUTCOME DATA IS HOW MUCH WHAT PARENTS DO OR DO NOT DO AT HOME IMPACTS THE EQUATION. AND ALSO HOW MUCH WHEN PARENTS HIRE TUTORS.

AND SO I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THAT WE ARE DOING.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS. SO I THINK SOME OF YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WHERE I AM NOT ON THE SAME PAGE WITH STAFF.

AND ONE OF MY REASONS THERE IS BECAUSE I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF VERY GOOD TUTORING THAT'S HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE DO.

THAT THAT TENDS TO TENDS TO MASK THE OUTCOMES IN OUR HIGHER PERFORMING CAMPUSES.

AND SO WHEN WHEN PARENTS DO MORE AT HOME AND WHEN PARENTS CAN AFFORD TO HIRE A TUTOR IF THEY NEED ONE, YOU'RE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THAT'S MUCH MORE COMMON.

AND SO THE THERE'S BEEN AN EXPLOSION. THERE'S RESEARCH THAT'S JUST COME OUT ON THIS, THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT MORE TUTORING.

A LOT OF TUTORING COMPANIES HAVE POPPED UP IN THE LAST FIVE OR SO YEARS. AND THEY'VE BEEN CONCENTRATED IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE DOING THE BEST ACADEMICALLY.

AND SO I THINK THAT KIND OF MASKS, WHEN WE EVALUATE OUR DATA, IT GETS A LITTLE BIT MESSY BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT LOOKS LIKE STUDENT A MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS. AND WE MAY NOT NECESSARILY IF WE DON'T KNOW AS A DISTRICT THAT THAT STUDENT IS GETTING TUTORING, THEN WE MAY SAY, HEY, LOOK, OUR APPROACH IS WORKING WITH THAT STUDENT. SO IT MUST NOT BE OUR LITERACY PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE. THAT IS THE PROBLEM AT A AT A LOWER PERFORMING CAMPUS.

AND SO I THINK SO ALL THAT TO SAY, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING THIS AS A SERVICE TO, TO PROVIDE SOME EQUALITY WHEN IT COMES TO TUTORING SERVICES, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT'S GOING TO GO A LONG WAY TO IMPROVING OUR STUDENT OUTCOMES, ESPECIALLY IN LOWER PERFORMING CAMPUSES. THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON. MISS JONES. I SECOND MR. HAMILTON'S COMMENTS.

I SAW ONE OF THE VENDORS AS BEING BE A CHAMPION, AND THEY ARE A PHENOMENAL ORGANIZATION.

I ACTUALLY HAD WORKED SIDE BY SIDE WITH TUTORS FROM BE A CHAMPION AS WELL AS INTERVENE K-12.

AND SO I HOPE TO SEE THIS IMPLEMENTED IN OUR LOWER PERFORMING SCHOOLS AS FAR AS SUPPORT AND INTERVENTION FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO I'M FOR THIS. MOST DEFINITELY.

THANK YOU, MISS JONES. MISS HANNAN. HAD IT ON.

AND WHEN I TURNED IT OFF. NOTHING. OKAY, THERE WE GO.

SO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTION THAT THAT I HAD, BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT 5 MILLION,

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AND MY QUESTION WAS, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE VENDORS PAY THEIR TUTORS? BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I RECOGNIZE VENDORS HAVE TO PAY INSURANCE AND OVERHEAD.

BUT MY QUESTION, I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE WE STILL HIRE IN-HOUSE TUTORS.

YES OR NO? CAMPUSES CAN HIRE FROM A POOL OF PEOPLE WHO APPLY TO TUTORING POSITIONS HERE IN THE DISTRICT AND USE SUPPLEMENTAL PAY.

BUT THOSE ARE USUALLY RETIRED OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPLIED TO A POSITION HERE IN THE DISTRICT, NOT THROUGH A COMPANY. AND THAT DOES EACH CAMPUS HAVE SPECIFIC FUNDS OR IS IT JUST DISCRETIONARY IF THEY WANT TO UTILIZE THEIR FUNDS FOR FOR HIRING TUTORS. OTHER THAN THAN THESE, ARE THESE DISTRIBUTED AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL OR DO THE CAMPUS? I KNOW I JUST ASKED MULTIPLE QUESTIONS THERE.

I THINK WE GOT YOU. SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR RFP THAT WE'VE POSTED WE DO NOT HAVE ANY DISTRICT ALLOCATED FUNDS LIKE OUT OF THE TEACHING AND LEARNING BUDGET FOR THIS.

BUT CAMPUSES CAN ALLOCATE FUNDS OUT OF EITHER THEIR TITLE ONE FUNDS THEIR DISCRETIONARY OR COMPENSATORY SERVICES FUNDS OR THEIR GENERAL FUND BUDGET. BUT WE DID NOT ALLOCATE A SPECIFIC AMOUNT FROM DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP OR TEACHING AND LEARNING.

OKAY. SO PRINCIPALS HAVE THE AUTONOMY TO USE THESE VENDORS, USE THIS MONEY OR USE SOMEBODY THEY KNOW THAT'S THAT'S VETTED, I GUESS THROUGH HR. IS THAT IS THAT HOW THE TUTORS WORK THAT AREN'T PART OF THESE VENDORS? YES. THEY CAN APPLY FOR THOSE POSITIONS ONLINE.

AND THEN THEY WOULD GO TO THE CAMPUS FOR SCREENING AND FOR INTERVIEWING.

OKAY. AND THEN DO ARE ALL OF THESE I SEE THE BOTTOM BULLET WHERE IT SAYS WHEN THEY'RE OFFERED SCHOOL DAY BEFORE AND AFTER ON ALTERNATIVE DAY INCLUDING SATURDAYS, DO THESE ALL HAPPEN IN OUR FACILITIES.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY A COMPUTER BASED. TUTORIAL DOESN'T HAVE TO BE HERE, BUT ARE THESE ALL BASED IN OUR BUILDINGS? YES AND NO. SO YES, IF THEY'RE HAPPENING DURING THE DAY, BUT THERE ARE SOME SERVICES WHERE LET'S JUST SAY A CAMPUS SAID I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, SAT TUTORING.

AND SO THAT FAMILY COULD POSSIBLY WORK WITH THAT COMPANY IN THE SCHOOL TO SCHEDULE OUTSIDE VIRTUAL TUTORING WITH THE COMPANY.

SO, SO ONE OF THE COMPANIES ACTUALLY OFFERED THE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, SOME FREE, YOU KNOW, BUT WE DIDN'T TAKE IT BECAUSE OF THE RFP PROCESS.

BUT HAVING THAT AS SOMETHING THAT CAME WITH THE, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR PRODUCT WOULD BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL TUTORIAL WITH HOMEWORK VIRTUALLY OR ANY SAT PREP VIRTUALLY.

OKAY. AND THEN THE VENDORS THAT DO THAT OR ACTUALLY COME IN OR OUT, THEY HAVE TO CERTIFY IN THE RFP PROCESS THAT ALL OF THEIR CONSULTANTS ARE CRIMINAL, HAVE CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO WE KNOW OUR STUDENTS ARE. YES, MA'AM. THAT WAS PART OF THE RFP PROCESS.

THEY HAD TO SUBMIT THEIR PROCESSES FOR VETTING THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE IN OUR BUILDINGS.

OKAY. AND HOW MUCH DO WE PAY IN-HOUSE TUTORS? I BELIEVE IT'S $30 AN HOUR. 30. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS.

AND I MEAN, I SUPPORT TUTORIALS. I THINK IT'S IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT.

AND THESE WERE I SEE THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING IT DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

I HOPE THAT THAT ISN'T CAUSING THEM TO MISS CONTENT AREA INSTRUCTION OR INSTRUCTION.

THAT SHOULD PROBABLY BE PROVIDED BY AN INTERVENTIONIST.

SO THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MISS HANNAH.

MR.. MISS JONES. OKAY, I HAVE ONE QUESTION. IS IT NOT TO EXCEED $5 MILLION THROUGH JULY 2029? SO THAT'S ABOUT $1 MILLION A YEAR. IS THAT ENOUGH? BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT OUR SHORTAGE AS FAR AS TEACHERS AND INTERVENTIONISTS.

AND WE COULD REALLY SUPPLEMENT THAT WITH THE TUTORS AND WITH WITH THE INTERVENTION.

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SO I'M LIKE, WELL, YOU'RE REALLY GETTING A GOOD DEAL RIGHT HERE.

$1 MILLION A YEAR. SO MY QUESTION IS, ARE YOU GUYS BEING MODEST IN YOUR ASK OR DO YOU REALLY NEED MORE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE AN RFP LIKE THIS.

AND SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY HISTORICAL SPEND. OKAY.

ON TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT HISTORICALLY HOW MUCH WE HAVE SPENT ON SERVICES LIKE THIS.

SO WE ALSO WANTED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE BUDGETS THAT CAMPUSES SOME OF THEM HAD BEEN WANTING.

AS DOCTOR MASON HAD MENTIONED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WHEN SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT CAMPUSES WANTING THIS TYPE OF SUPPORT.

YEAH, WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE PROJECTIONS THAT THOSE HIGHER NEED CAMPUSES HAD PROJECTED FOR USE.

AND SO I THINK THAT IT IS KIND OF MODEST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE HISTORICAL SPENDING.

IF WE DID LOOK AT THIS YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION WE COULD POTENTIALLY THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH AFTER HAVING A COUPLE OF YEARS OF SPENDING, TO SEE IF WE COULD ALLOCATE MORE TOWARD THIS GROUP OF VENDORS, BECAUSE THIS RFP IS, IF YOU NOTICED IN THE NOTES, IT'S FOR THREE YEARS WITH AN OPTION OF TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS FOR THESE ON THIS RFP.

OKAY. SO THIS COULD BE SOMETHING WE COME BACK FOR, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO COME WITH A HIGH OVER INFLATED AMOUNT WHEN WE DON'T HAVE HISTORICAL SPEND DATA. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION BECAUSE I'M LIKE THEY'RE GETTING A GOOD DEAL HERE, $1 MILLION A YEAR. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, THAT I'M OPEN TO THAT.

YOU GUYS BRINGING IT BACK. THANKS. THANK YOU, MISS JONES.

OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THIS ITEM. ALL IN FAVOR? BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT UP IS ITEM TEN, M7 LIBRARY, MEDIA SERVICES AND RELATED ITEMS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THE BOARD. APPROVE ITEM ITEM TEN M7 LIBRARY MEDIA SERVICES AND RELATED ITEMS AS PRESENTED. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY MISS HANNON. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? MR. HAMILTON? YES. SO I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME MISINFORMATION ON THE WHOLE LIBRARY ISSUE.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACCUSED ME OF BEING ANTI LIBRARIANS, AND I WOULD SAY THAT I'M VERY PRO READING, VERY PRO LITERACY, VERY PRO LIBRARIAN, WHILE ALSO BEING VERY ANTI SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT IN SCHOOL LIBRARIES.

AND SO WITHIN THAT MISINFORMATION OUT THERE, I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THERE ARE PEOPLE WITHIN THAT ACCUSATION.

THEY THEY SEEM TO THINK THAT I THINK LIBRARIANS ARE THE MAIN PROBLEM.

AND I DON'T THINK LIBRARIANS ARE THE MAIN PROBLEM. I THINK THE VENDORS THAT ARE PUSHING THAT TYPE OF CONTENT, AND TO USE ONE EXAMPLE, WE WE SPENT, I THINK WAS $187,000 TO STOCK THE LIBRARY AT CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL TO OPEN A NEW HIGH NEW HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE CRAWFORD LIBRARIAN AND THE LIBRARIAN FROM ANOTHER CAMPUS EACH WENT THROUGH THAT LIST.

AND THEY IDENTIFIED, I THINK, SOMEWHERE IN THE 20 TO 30 RANGE OF BOOKS THAT HAD SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT, AND THEY REMOVED THEM FROM THE LIST. AND SO I WANT TO COMMEND THEM FOR THAT GREAT JOB.

AND ALSO, THERE WERE IT TOOK ME LIKE THREE MINUTES TO IDENTIFY ANOTHER 15 PLUS BOOKS THAT HAVE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT THAT SHOULDN'T BE IN A SCHOOL LIBRARY, IN MY OPINION. AND SO SO ALL THAT TO SAY, THIS DOES TIE TO THIS ISSUE.

I'M ON THE RIGHT ISSUE, RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. SORRY.

SOMEBODY WAS GIVING ME A FUNNY LOOK. AND SO ONE THE VENDOR THAT PUT AT LEAST 30 PLUS SEXUALLY EXPLICIT BOOKS ON THAT LIST IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE HAD TO GO FIND THEM AND OPT OUT OF THEM ALL.

IS IS IN THIS EXPENDITURE ITEM. AND SO YOU CAN ACCUSE ME OF THROWING THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATH WATER IF YOU WANT TO, BUT I'M NOT VOTING TO GIVE ANY MORE FORT BEND ISD TAXPAYER MONEY TO THAT VENDOR.

AND SO I'M OPEN TO TABLING THIS IF WE WANT TO TABLE IT.

AND I THINK THIS AND SOME OTHER ITEMS TONIGHT WOULD HAVE BENEFITED BY HAVING THE NORMAL AGENDA AGENDA REVIEW MEETING, WHICH WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS MONTH, OBVIOUSLY. AND SO I INTEND TO VOTE NO.

AND I'M OPEN TO TABLING IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO.

MAY I ASK WHO THE VENDOR IS? FOLLETT. ALL RIGHT.

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UNTIL IF LOCALS PASSED, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE VOTING FOR THIS.

YOU KNOW, NEARLY $12 MILLION. THIS IS ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY 450,000 BOOKS.

YEAH. I'M NOT VOTING. I'M NOT VOTING FOR THIS UNTIL THE LOCALS PASSED.

THANK YOU, MR. SHOAFF. DOCTOR SMITH, DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT? YES, A COUPLE OF THINGS. YOU KNOW, WE HAD SCHEDULED TO HAVE A POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE SO THAT WE COULD KIND OF GIVE GUIDANCE FROM THE COMMITTEE AND MR. HAMILTON'S LEADERSHIP. UNFORTUNATELY, THE SITUATION THAT HAPPENED WITH THE HURRICANE AND US BEING OUT, WE'VE PUSHED THAT OUT. SO I JUST WANTED TO REINFORCE THAT WE ARE GOING TO RESCHEDULE THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND THEN THAT WILL ALLOW US TO GET BETTER GUIDANCE FROM YOU AND THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON A POLICY.

AND HOPEFULLY IN AUGUST, WE'LL BE AT A MUCH BETTER PLACE AND HAVE THE CONFIDENCE OF THE BOARD.

AND WE CAN HAVE DIRECTION AS A STAFF AS WELL ON WHERE WE NEED TO GO.

IN THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, I WANTED MELISSA TO COME UP SO THAT SHE COULD ALSO GIVE SOME PERSPECTIVE TO SOME OF THE CHECKS AND BALANCES THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE, SO WE CAN KIND OF REASSURE THE BOARD THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN THE PAST, LIBRARIANS HAD THE AUTONOMY TO PURCHASE AND SELECT BOOKS, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A REAL TIGHT VETTING PROCESS TO KIND OF CATCH THINGS BEFORE THEY GOT OUT THERE.

AND I KNOW THE TEAM HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK. SO I WANTED I DIDN'T WANT US TO PASS BY THIS ITEM AND NOT PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.

YES. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE APPROVAL OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT IT ADDS A LIST OF AWARDED VENDORS SO PEOPLE WE CAN PURCHASE FROM. AND SO IN ANY OF THOSE SITUATIONS, WHOEVER IS ON THE AWARDED VENDOR LIST REGARDLESS OF WHO IS ON THAT LIST, WE HAVE TO DO OUR DUE OUR DUE DILIGENCE WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNED WITH THE POLICY AND THE PROCEDURES.

SO I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING WITH OUR PROCESS OF NOT ALLOWING BLANKET PURCHASE ORDER OF LIBRARY BOOKS FROM OUR SCHOOL LIBRARIANS. THEY SUBMIT A LIST THAT IS APPROVED AND VETTED THROUGH OUR SYSTEM.

AND THEN WE SUBMIT THE THE ORDER INTO THE INTO THE SYSTEM.

WHETHER IT IS FOLLETT AS WAS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, OR MCCANN, WHICH IS ALSO ON THIS LIST, OR OVERDRIVE. THERE ARE SEVERAL VENDORS ON HERE THAT WE PURCHASE LIBRARY BOOKS FROM, AND WE WILL MAINTAIN THAT SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNED WITH THE POLICY, REGARDLESS OF THE VENDORS THAT ARE APPROVED ON OUR LIST.

AND THAT IS AN INTERNAL PROCESS THAT WE WILL BE USING.

SAYING THANK YOU. AND DO YOU WANT TO MAYBE GIVE THE WHEN IS OUR DEADLINE TO PASS THIS? SORRY. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK.

SO AND THIS IS NOT JUST LIBRARY BOOKS JUST TO CLARIFY.

SO OUR SYSTEM OF INVENTORYING THE BOOKS, OUR SYSTEM FOR PARENT NOTIFICATION OF THEM BEING ABLE TO GO ONLINE AND SEE WHAT IS CHECKED OUT AS WELL AS OUR SYSTEM FOR THE COMMUNITY BEING ABLE TO SEE OUR LIBRARY INVENTORY IS PART OF THIS RFP.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THAT.

OUR LICENSE AND CONTRACTS WILL EXPIRE ON SEPTEMBER THE 15TH, WHICH GIVES US AUGUST TO REEVALUATE IF THAT IS WHAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO DO.

YES. SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK IS IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO HELP THE TRUSTEES UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT AND WHY WE DIDN'T? BECAUSE, FULL DISCLOSURE, I HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH DOCTOR SMITH AND ASKED ABOUT PUSHING IT.

YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE GOT F LOCAL PASSED AND THERE'S A REASON THAT WE CHOSE TO KEEP IT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

SO YOU GUYS WANT TO SHARE THAT WHY IT'S HERE TONIGHT AS OPPOSED TO BUMPING IT TO NEXT MONTH? REALLY, IT WAS JUST ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING NECESSARY RESOURCES FOR OUR TEACHERS TO START THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH.

YEAH, WE'RE JUST A LITTLE MORE THAN JUST. YEAH, YEAH.

OKAY. MISTER GARCIA, BUT IF THE CONTRACT DOESN'T EXPIRE UNTIL SEPTEMBER, THE RESOURCES ARE STILL THERE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15TH.

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AND IF WE'RE WAITING ON THE POLICY, AS LONG AS THE POLICY IS UPDATED BY THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET THAT. IF WE CAN, THEN THAT'S ONE THING.

IF WE CAN'T, THEN WE STILL HAVE TO VOTE ON IT AS UNLESS WE END UP PULLING SOME OF THE WELL, IT HAS TO COME TO US NEXT MONTH BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS APPROVED.

SO THE POLICY WILL BE ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA.

WOULD WOULD TABLING IT A MONTH HELP IN THE CHANCES THAT WE CAN GET F LOCAL UPDATED BY THEN WITH IT? I MEAN IF NOT THEN WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO VOTE ON IT ANYWAY AS IT IS.

BUT SO THAT'S WHAT I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN JUST WAIT ONE MORE MONTH.

SO TELL US WHAT THE IMPACT IS IF WE TABLE THIS UNTIL.

BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T VOTE ON IT UNTIL AUGUST. WHAT'S THE MEETING DATE ON THE 26TH? SO THAT'S THE END. I MEAN, WE COULD POTENTIALLY PUT IT AS AN ACTION ITEM ON THE 12TH, BUT REALLY THE ACTION WOULD COME UP ON THE 26TH TYPICALLY. SO TELL US WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE, PRACTICALLY SPEAKING.

ONE OF MY CONCERNS WOULD JUST BE THE THE RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT.

RIGHT. TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE HAD A CONTRACT IN PLACE BEFORE THE END OF THE SUBSEQUENT.

I ASKED MR. GAY AND IF WE COULD, WE COULD GET IT.

WE COULD GET THE CONTRACT. SINCE WE'RE CONTRACTING WITH SOME PRIOR VENDOR THAT'S BEEN AWARDED.

THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR LANGUAGE, OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND EVERYTHING. SO WE COULD MOVE VERY QUICKLY TO GET IT APPROVED. IF YOU WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND TABLE THIS TONIGHT.

OKAY. MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT, MAY I ADD SOMETHING TO THAT DISCUSSION, PLEASE? WHATEVER BOARD POLICY YOU APPROVE IS UNLIKELY TO INFORM THE LIST OF VENDORS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO YOU IN THE PROCUREMENT, SUCH THAT IT SEEMS TO ME IT DOESN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE TO DELAY.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE POLICY, THOUGH WILL BE FOR I THINK, AS STATED, ONCE YOU HAVE THAT LIST OF VENDORS AND YOU'RE SELECTING MATERIALS FROM THEM, THE POLICY WILL GUIDE YOUR SELECTION PROCESS FROM THE AVAILABLE LIST OF VENDORS.

BUT BUT IT'S NOT. THE POLICY IS NOT LIKELY TO CHANGE THE LIST OF AVAILABLE VENDORS IN THE PROCUREMENT.

AND I THINK THAT WAS DOCTOR SMITH'S POINT IS THAT IF WE HAD THE POLICY IN PLACE IN AUGUST, IF WE'RE AND WE ARE GOING TO BE BRINGING IT IN AUGUST, THAT THE VENDORS WOULD BE IN PLACE AND THEN ORDERING COULD TAKE PLACE BASED ON THE POLICY.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. AND I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THAT NEXT MEETING SCHEDULED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

OKAY. MEANING THE NEXT POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING.

OKAY, DOCTOR GILLIAM. I PRETTY MUCH WAS GOING.

I WOULDN'T HAVE SOUNDED LIKE THAT, BUT I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN DO YOU ACTUALLY START LOOKING? AND WHAT HAPPENED, OF COURSE YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK BEFORE, SO. BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TIME. BUT I'M RIGHT WITH YOU ALL.

THANK YOU, MISS HANNON. MISS HUBBARD, CAN YOU TELL THE BOARD WHAT WHAT SERVICES? THIS FALL OUT, PROVIDE IN ADDITION TO LIBRARY BOOKS.

WHAT DO WE RELY ON THEM FOR? WE DO RELY ON PAULETTE AS OUR BASICALLY OUR LIBRARY INVENTORY SYSTEM.

THEIR DESTINY IS IF YOU LOG IN AND LOOK AT OUR LIBRARY CATALOG FROM A COMMUNITY STANDPOINT YOU'RE LOGGING INTO THAT SYSTEM.

IS THAT COMMON FOR, LET'S SAY, REGION FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO USE FOLLETTE, OR ARE THERE OPTIONS FOR THAT? I MEAN, BECAUSE IF NOBODY SITTING HERE HAS EVER HELPED A LIBRARIAN DO INVENTORY.

IT'S A BIG, BIG TASK. I WOULD HAVE TO DIG DEEPER INTO WHICH OTHER DISTRICTS USE THIS AS THEIR SYSTEM. I WOULD GATHER THAT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO TELL YOU ANY.

SO MY INFORMATION AND MY OTHER QUESTION IS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE LIST IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT ARE THERE ANY OTHER OF THESE VENDORS, LIKE, I WOULD GUESS, BARNES AND NOBLE, BLUE WILLOW BOOKSHOP, ABOUT HOW MANY OF THESE PROVIDE BOOKS TO THE DISTRICT LIBRARY BOOKS? NOT NOT INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. NOT NOT AN INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE PER SE.

SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO A LIBRARY. SO BOUND TO STAY BOUND IS ONE OF OUR FREQUENT FLIERS FOR LIBRARY BOOKS.

LIKE I SAID PREVIOUSLY, THAT FOLLETTE AS WELL AS ARTHUR MACHEN AS WELL.

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I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH. I THINK I THINK MY POINT HERE IS AND I'M NOT TRYING TO DISMISS YOUR CONCERNS.

I'M NOT. BUT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SITUATION WITH FOLLETTE.

BUT DO YOU KNOW THAT ANY OTHER OF THESE VENDORS HAVE RECOMMENDED A BOOK THAT HAPPENED TO GET IN THE LIBRARY THAT YOU DISAPPROVE? AND SO WOULD WE REMOVE THAT VENDOR? ALSO, I JUST GO BACK TO MISS HUBBARD'S AND DOCTOR SMITH'S INFORMATION ABOUT VETTING, THE VETTING PROCESS. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF 30 BOOKS OUT OF.

I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY NEW BOOKS CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL ORDERED.

I'M GUESSING IN THE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS THAT I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M JUST I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE I GO BACK TO. I KNOW IT'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS, BUT THE THE THE PROCESS.

WHY? YOU KNOW, LIKE, WE'RE ONLY GETTING ONE VENDOR FOR FOR BOND PROJECTS AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE WE'VE HAD SOME OTHERS THAT I'M I'M, I'M PRO VENDOR.

I WANT PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND PROVIDE GREAT SERVICES FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR KIDS SO THAT WE'RE ORGANIZED, HAVE GREAT ACCESS TO LIBRARY BOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

AND I JUST, I, I JUST WANT US TO BE CAREFUL THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW OF ONE SITUATION WHERE SOME BOOKS GOT IN, I DO THINK IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

ALSO, HOW LONG HAVE WE USED FALLOUT AS A VENDOR IN FORT BEND ISD? THEY HAVE BEEN ON THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF OUR RFP.

I ALSO KNOW THAT IN 2017 IS WHEN WE INTRODUCED OUR SYSTEM WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO START INVENTORYING ELECTRONICALLY, AND WE STARTED USING THAT SYSTEM IN 2017. SO WE COULD HAVE BEEN USING THEM PRIOR TO THAT.

I'D HAVE TO DO RESEARCH ON THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE STARTED USING THEM, BUT I KNOW AS FAR BACK AS 2017.

AND DID YOU SAY THAT THIS SYSTEM IS CONNECTED TO THE SYSTEM THAT NOTIFIES PARENTS? I MEAN, ARE WE OR DID WE CREATE THAT IN HOUSE THAT NOTIFIES? SO WE HAVE THE SKYWARD SYSTEM. THAT'S THE EMAIL AND THAT'S INDEPENDENT.

THAT'S INDEPENDENT OF FOLLETT. BUT THE SYSTEM I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING F LOCAL, WHERE THE PARENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO ABLE TO GO IN AND MAKE NOTE OF BOOKS THAT THEY DID NOT WANT THEIR CHILD TO CHECK OUT WOULD BE EMBEDDED IN THIS.

THAT WOULD BE IN THE FALLOUT, WOULD BE USED FOR THAT.

AND THAT'S AND I THINK THAT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT IS FOR PARENTS TO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO GO IN.

PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW MY CHILD TO CHECK THESE OUT.

AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO HELP US DO THAT.

AND AND SO WITH THE TIMELINE OF, LET'S SAY FOR WHATEVER REASON, THIS BOARD DOESN'T APPROVE THIS ITEM WITH FOLLETT ON IT, WHAT WOULD DO YOU HAVE ANY BALLPARK AS TO HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO FIND THE VENDOR TO REPLACE THIS, SO THAT PARENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT? IT WOULD PROBABLY BE ABOUT 3 TO 4 MONTHS TO DO ANOTHER RFP TO ADVERTISE, TO GET IT OUT, TO EVALUATE IT AND BRING IT BACK HERE TO THE BOARD.

WE HAVE A HAVE A LONG GLIDE PATH TO GET INTO THE BOARD AGENDA, SO IT MAY BE EVEN FIVE MONTHS.

OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS TYSON. THANK YOU, MISS HUBBARD.

THANK YOU, MR. GAY. THANK YOU, MISS HANNON. MISS JONES, QUICK QUESTION.

LET'S KEEP THIS SIMPLE. SO OUR EXPIRATION IS SEPTEMBER 15TH FOR OUR CURRENT CONTRACT.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY. START OF SCHOOL. WILL TEACHERS HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED IF WE TABLE THIS TONIGHT? WELL, THEY WILL HAVE THEIR CURRENT LIBRARY INVENTORY.

AND WE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

THE THING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER IS IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE A CHANGE.

AND THIS WAS APPROVED IN AUGUST AFTER THE SCHOOL YEAR HAS STARTED.

AND THEN WE'RE MAKING A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AFTER SCHOOL HAS STARTED, RIGHT? IT'S JUST SOME OF THOSE CONSIDERATIONS ON THE IMPACT TO THE SYSTEM.

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OKAY. GOTCHA. GOTCHA. OKAY. I WOULD BE GOOD WITH A TEMPORARY EXTENSION, WITH THE WITH AN END DATE OF MOVING TO A DIFFERENT VENDOR. SO THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE A THAT'S A NICE CONTRACT.

I'M SURE I'M SURE IT HAS COMPETITORS THAT WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT CONTRACT.

AND IF THEY WANT OUR BUSINESS, THEN THEY CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO HOW TO HELP US MAKE THE CHANGE.

SO SO I'M FOR TABLING IT OR PUSHING IT BACK UNTIL AUGUST.

SO OKAY SO WE WE HAVE TWO WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS HERE.

WE CAN TABLE IT AND PUSH IT TO AUGUST. OR WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH APPROVING THE VENDORS.

AND, AND WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WILL USE THE POLICY THAT WE PASS IN AUGUST TO ACTUALLY MAKE THE PURCHASES AND IF AND IF WE DECIDE TO DO THAT AND THERE IS THE OPTION OF ASKING THAT FOLLETT BE REMOVED OR MOVED TO A MONTH TO MONTH CONTRACT UNTIL WE CAN DO THE NEW RFP AND GET VENDORS TO BID ON THE SYSTEM THAT THE PARENTS USE TO SEE WHAT'S THERE.

WHAT'S CHECKED OUT, THAT TYPE OF THING IS THAT DOES THAT ACCURATELY MEAN THOSE ARE OUR TWO OPTIONS WE CAN TABLE OR WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VENDOR LIST WITH THE WITH THE FOLLETT OPTION.

MADAM BOARD PRESIDENT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH THE CURRENT RFP AND DISQUALIFY JUST ONE OF THE VENDORS.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO. OKAY. THAT IS NOT AN OPTION.

OKAY. SO THEN WE'RE EITHER IN OUR RFP. SO MAKE YOUR MOTION TO DO WHAT I THINK YOU NEED.

I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE THE MOTION TO TABLE AT THIS POINT.

OKAY I MOVE THAT WE TABLE THIS MOTION UNTIL THE AUGUST BOARD MEETING.

I SECOND IT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. HAMILTON AND A SECOND BY MISS JONES. SO WE'RE I'M GOING TO CALL FOR A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO TABLE FIRST.

ALL IN FAVOR? BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES.

ALL OPPOSED. MISS HANNON AND DOCTOR GILLIAM. AND SO I NEED TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION OR. NO, THIS SUPERSEDES THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. SO WE WILL WE WILL HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT NEXT MONTH AND PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA AND MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. MISS TOLSON? YES. COULD I ASK FOR SOME INFORMATION TO BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD WHEN THIS COMES TO THE BOARD? SEPARATE FROM THE POLICY? YEAH. DO YOU MIND? CAN WE DO THAT IN A IN AN EMAIL? SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND COPYING ME ON THAT EMAIL SO THAT I CAN MAKE SURE.

YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. LAST UP IS ITEM TEN M EIGHT, WHICH IS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. I HAVE A MOTION. I MOVE THE BOARD. APPROVE ITEM TEN M EIGHT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY DOCTOR GILLIAM.

DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? MISS JONES? NO. MISS HANNAN? NO. MR. HAMILTON, WAS THERE THREE STRIKES IN MY.

OUT. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO HOW MUCH OF THIS.

SO I KNOW, PER OUR DISCUSSION EARLIER, OR PER THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES.

SOME OF THE SERVICES ARE REQUIRED BY STATE AND OR FEDERAL LAW.

DO WE HAVE A BALLPARK AMOUNT OF HOW MUCH OF THIS 5 MILLION IS REQUIRED VERSUS DISCRETIONARY? SO VOCA GRANT FUNDING PROVIDES SERVICES THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE ESSENTIALLY REQUIRED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WHEN STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED UNDER CERTAIN PROVISIONS BASED ON THEIR PARTICULAR NEEDS.

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I DON'T HAVE THE BREAKDOWN OF WHO WOULD BE REQUIRED VERSUS NEEDS.

THIS BASED ON A DETERMINATION THAT A PARENT OR A STAFF MEMBER RECOMMENDED THEM FOR SERVICES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE TWO RESERVATIONS ABOUT THIS.

ONE IS THAT IF WE WANT TO EXCEL AS AN ACADEMIC INSTITUTION, THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE HARD CHOICES.

AND SOMETIMES THAT MEANS REJECTING THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT GOOD THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO. AND THOSE ARE EASIER.

SOMETIMES WE'RE REJECTING GOOD THINGS THAT WE AGREE WITH, BUT WE'RE CHOOSING ONE GOOD OPTION OVER ANOTHER GOOD OPTION.

AND SO I THINK THERE'S IT'S AT LEAST DEBATABLE WHETHER OR NOT ALL THE PUSH FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WITHIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE IMPROVED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OR IMPROVED STUDENT OUTCOMES.

AND SO I THINK WE ARE NOT A MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDER.

AND SO I KNOW SOME OF THIS IS IS CONTRACTING TO OUTSIDE PARTNERS.

BUT IT'S BUT EVEN IN SOME OF THOSE, AT LEAST SOME OF THOSE CASES, WE'RE DOING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ON OUR CAMPUSES INSTEAD OF INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON, ON ACADEMICS. THAT'S ONE CONCERN.

AND AND I THINK MAYBE THE LESS COMPELLING OF THE TWO.

THE OTHER ONE IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FAST FORWARD, WHAT, 9 OR 10 MONTHS? WE'LL APPROVE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. AND ALL OF THE MONEY THAT WE SPEND BETWEEN NOW AND THEN WILL IMPACT WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN GIVE TEACHERS RAISES.

AND SO I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE COULD NOT GIVE. TEACHERS RAISES IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR.

AND THEN WE, WE HAD TO PASS THE. TREE TO DO SO WAS BECAUSE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DID SPEND MONEY ON.

THAT A LOT OF THEM WERE GOOD THINGS THAT WE SPENT MONEY ON. BUT IT'S JUST. WE CHOSE SPENDING MONEY ON OTHER GOOD THINGS.

AND BACK TO THE SITUATION WITH. TEACHER VACANCIES.

WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE TOP NOTCH TECHNOLOGY IN A CLASSROOM WITH.

A LONG TERM SUB OR A SHORT TERM SUB, OR WOULD YOU RATHER SPEND THAT MONEY ON.

BEING ABLE TO GO ABOVE WHAT ANOTHER DISTRICT IS OFFERING TO BE ABLE TO TO.

BRING IN ENOUGH CERTIFIED TEACHERS AND OR GET THEM ON THE PROCESS OF BRINGING IN THE NON CERTIFIED TEACHERS AND GETTING THEM ON THE PATH TO CERTIFICATION. SO IT WAS KIND OF RAMBLING AND CONFUSING.

BUT ALL THAT TO SAY, I MEAN I THINK YOU GET WHERE I'M GOING EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE SPEND BEEN FROM NOW TILL THE NEXT BUDGET WILL IMPACT WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN AFFORD TO GIVE. TEACHERS RAISES. AND SO I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME GREAT THINGS IN THIS 5 MILLION.

DOLLARS. BUT THE THE AMOUNT THAT WAS TEACHER RAISES WAS IT I THINK IT WAS TEACHER AND STAFF RAISES.

WAS $3.5 MILLION. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE SPENDING MORE THAN THE RAISES.

TEACHERS GOT ON THESE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

AND AGAIN, WE DO WE HAVE KIDS WHO NEED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

ABSOLUTELY. I TAKE I DIDN'T WANT TO INTERJECT AFTER I GOT HERE LATE, BUT THE 87% OF YOUNG PEOPLE SUFFERING ONGOING MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. I THINK YOU'RE BEING VERY GENEROUS WITH THE GOALPOSTS ON HOW YOU DEFINE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. TO GET TO 87% OF YOUNG PEOPLE 100% OF YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE ANXIETY AND AND CHALLENGES AND STRESS AND EVERYTHING, BUT BUT TO TO SAY THAT THAT'S A THAT 87% OF KIDS DEALING WITH LONG TERM MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

I THINK THAT'S EXAGGERATING THE SITUATION. AND I THINK SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO PUT STUDIES OUT LIKE THAT ARE GETTING MONEY FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, SO THERE'S AN INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO DO SO. SO.

SORRY TO RAMBLE. IT'S PAST MY BEDTIME. NOT REALLY.

ALRIGHT, MR. HAMILTON, MAY I? YEAH, YEAH. GO AHEAD.

SO THE GRANT FUNDING IS NOT ABLE TO BE USED FOR ANYTHING ELSE.

IT'S JUST FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. AND IF WE DON'T GET IT, WE WOULD HAVE TO RETHINK HOW WE WOULD DO THINGS.

AS FAR AS OTHER THINGS BEING ABLE TO BE USED BY THIS GRANT FUNDING.

WE WENT OUT FOR THE VOCA GRANT. AGAIN FOR THE SIXTH YEAR, FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR BEING OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH NEXT SEPTEMBER 2025. AND WE REQUESTED APPROVAL TO GO OUT FOR THAT FUNDING.

AND NOW WE'RE JUST WAITING ON APPROVAL FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR.

AND RIGHT NOW, ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THESE SERVICE PROVIDERS.

WE'RE NOT ASKING ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL VOCA GRANT FUNDING, BUT BECAUSE OUR RFP EXPIRED, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SERVICES THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH OR SERVICE PROVIDERS WE CAN PARTNER WITH.

[03:10:06]

TO CLARIFY FOR ME, PLEASE, BECAUSE HE'S HE'S SHAKING HIS HEAD.

RIGHT. DO YOU WANT TO. YEAH. HE'S ALREADY BEEN DONE.

CORRECT. SO IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SPEND ANY KIND OF MONEY, WHETHER IT BE OPERATING BUDGET OR GRANT FUNDS.

WE HAVE TO HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE WITH THESE VENDORS THAT HAVE BEEN VETTED AND GONE THROUGH A CONTRACTING PROCESS.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN SPEND MONEY WITH THEM.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. OKAY, MR. SCHUE. YEAH.

I THINK IT WOULD MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE TO HIRE THROUGH THE DISTRICT LPC'S FOR THE INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES TO MEET THE CHAPTER 38 REQUIREMENTS AND COMPLETELY STEP AWAY FROM THE VOCA GRANTS ALTOGETHER.

IT'S GOING TO FREE US UP A LITTLE BIT. A LOT LESS RESTRICTION ON THE BACK END LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD.

BUT IT 5 MILLION SEEMS LIKE TOO MUCH. IT FEELS LIKE THAT THIS CAN BE DONE WITH AN ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, 17 OR 18 EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU, MR. SHOAF.

MISS JONES. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S UP NEXT. I'M SORRY.

SO I HEAR WHAT TRUSTEE HAMILTON IS SAYING. I'M HEARING WHAT TRUSTEE SHOAF IS SAYING.

I HAVE MUCH RESERVATION ABOUT A SCHOOL DISTRICT PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO OTHER PEOPLE'S KIDS. WE SHOULDN'T BE OPERATING IN THAT CAPACITY.

AND SO I'M JUST LIKE, OH, WELL, YOU CAN GO TO OUR LPC.

EVEN AS A PARENT, I WOULD BE LIKE, WHOA, THAT'S PERSONAL.

THAT'S REAL PERSONAL. FOR SUCH A RECOMMENDATION TO MY CHILD TO RECEIVE SERVICES THAT CLOSE KNIT WITH THE DISTRICT. I THINK. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED SHOULD BE BETWEEN THAT PARENT, THAT CHILD AND THAT PROVIDER. AND IT SHOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE SCHOOL BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SOCIAL WORKERS. OUR TEACHERS ARE NOT SOCIAL WORKERS.

THE OTHER THING IS HOW MANY OF OUR KIDS ARE ON FREE LUNCH OR PERCENTAGE? CURRENTLY, OUR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENT POPULATION IS JUST UNDER 50%, ABOUT 49.6 OR 7%.

HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE ELEMENTARY? DO YOU KNOW? I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT STATISTIC.

I DON'T KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD BECAUSE I'M THINKING $5 MILLION.

WHAT COULD WE DO WITH $5 MILLION? OUTSIDE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES SPENDING $5 MILLION, I DON'T KNOW, WE COULD PROVIDE KIDS. WHO. DO WE DO WE EVEN OFFER FREE BREAKFAST IN THE IN THE MORNING TO OUR KIDS AT ELEMENTARY LEVEL. YES, MA'AM. WE DO OFFER IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR BREAKFAST AND LUNCH.

ONE THING I DO WANT TO QUALIFY, AND I'M GOING TO LOOK BACK TO DOCTOR WESTBROOK ON THIS.

BUT THE CONTRACT WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL. THE 5 MILLION WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY SPENT OUT OF GRANT FUNDS.

THEREFORE BY NOT APPROVING THIS CONTRACT THE DISTRICT WILL NOT BE MAKING THE EXPENDITURES AT ALL.

AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S APPROVED OR NOT APPROVED, THOSE WOULD BE GRANT FUNDS.

SO THE DISTRICT WOULD BE FORGOING THAT GRANT.

IN ESSENCE, IF THIS CONTRACT IS NOT APPROVED.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. YEAH. SO MY POSITION ON THIS IS WE SHOULDN'T BE PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BECAUSE HONESTLY THAT'S A FAMILY MATTER.

THAT'S NOT A SCHOOL MATTER. THAT'S BETWEEN THAT PARENT THAT CHILD AND THAT PROFESSIONAL, NOT THE TEACHER, NOT THE PRINCIPAL, IS HONESTLY NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS.

WHETHER OR NOT A CHILD IS RECEIVING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OR COUNSELING.

I THINK WE'RE OVERSTEPPING HERE. AND SO IN THAT REGARD, I'M I'M NOT VOTING FOR THIS.

MAY I ADD THAT THESE SERVICES ARE ONLY PROVIDED IF A PARENT CONSENTS AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE PARENTS WHO DON'T CONSENT AND THEY DO NOT RECEIVE SERVICES. CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT, MR.

[03:15:02]

WE'RE CONTRACTING OUT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO PROVIDE SERVICES BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN THE MENTAL HEALTH BUSINESS.

RIGHT. SO WE'RE GIVING THIS TO SOMEBODY ELSE AND IT'S GRANT MONEY.

SO IF WE VOTE NO ON IT, THEN WE CONTINUE THE SERVICES WE'RE HAVING TO SPEND THE $5 MILLION OR UP TO $5 MILLION OUT OF GENERAL FUND OR OTHER SOURCES. CORRECT. I MEAN, WE WON'T SPEND IT AT ALL.

WELL, AGAIN, IF YOU DO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH A CONTRACT, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE SERVICE PROVIDERS IN PLACE TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. CORRECT. SO AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT.

PARENTS MUST CONSENT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE SERVICES, AND SERVICES ARE TO BE PAID FOR BY THE GRANT FUNDS THROUGH THROUGH THE GRANTS FREE MONEY, CORRECT? YES. THEY COME THROUGH GRANT FUNDS, PRIVATE INSURANCE FOR THE FAMILIES, MEDICAID OR A SELF-PAY SLIDING SCALE.

AND IF A STUDENT QUALIFIES FOR SERVICES AND REQUEST SERVICES, CAN THE DISTRICT SAY NO? ARE WE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THOSE SPECIFIC SERVICES THAT THIS GRANT MONEY WOULD PROVIDE? IS THAT A SO LIKE LIKE IF I'M IN A 504 OR 5 CLASSIFIED SPECIAL ED, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE CERTAIN SERVICES.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IF THEY, IF THEY REQUIRE, IF, IF THEY QUALIFY FOR THESE SERVICES, IS IT IN THE DISTRICT.

CAN THE DISTRICT SAY, NO, YOU DON'T. WE CAN'T PROVIDE THIS FOR YOU IF THERE'S NO MONEY.

IS THAT ONE OF THOSE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I THINK I UNDERSTAND.

SO WE CURRENTLY EMPLOY SIX MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS IN THE DISTRICT THAT COULD PROVIDE SERVICES.

IT JUST AMOUNTS TO 13,000 AND CHANGE STUDENTS PER MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR.

SO IT'S IT'S WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MEET THAT CAPACITY.

WE HAVE DONE THESE SERVICES UNDER THE VOKA GRANT, THE VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT GRANT.

THIS IS OUR THIS WOULD BE OUR SIXTH YEAR. OKAY.

I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. DOCTOR GILLIAM.

OH MY GOODNESS. MY HEART IS IS IS JUST RACING PARENTS AND GETTING TO THE DOCTOR.

I DON'T NORMALLY DO THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO DO THIS.

MY MOM WORKED TWO JOBS WHEN MY DAD WAS IN JAIL.

SHE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO BRING MY SISTER TO THE DOCTOR TO BRING US TO THE DOCTOR.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. WE HAVE CHILDREN THAT THE PARENTS ARE WORKING.

IT JUST MAY BE MOM WITH SIX KIDS. IT MAY BE MOM WITH ONE CHILD.

AND THAT MOM IS TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT SHE CAN.

THANK YOU AGAIN. THIS IS GRANT FUNDED. AND WHY WOULD WE NOT HELP? NO, I DON'T I DON'T GET IT. WE WE WE WANT HEALTHY CHILDREN AND WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE AT FIRST WE SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO PBIS.

OKAY. WELL WHY ARE WE DOING THAT OKAY. SO BUT WE WE CAN'T DO THAT.

AND THEN NOW WE DON'T. YES. I NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO MY.

MY SON. I SURE DO. I NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO HIM.

AND IT'S JUST. AND IT'S. IT'S NOT. THIS IS MY TIME, OKAY? I'M JUST SHARING WHAT IS IN MY HEART AND WHAT I HAVE SEEN AS A 35 YEAR EDUCATOR, WHAT I HAVE SEEN ON CAMPUSES WHERE, OKAY, WE CAN DO PBIS AND YOU CAN PUT THEM IN.

I'VE SEEN THEM TEAR UP IN ES. I'VE SEEN THEM TEAR UP AS THEY'RE WALKING OUT OF THE THE HALLWAY AND GOING DOWN, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO SIT ON THE, THE CURB WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO PICK THEM UP, BECAUSE MOM AND DAD ARE DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO PICK THEM UP BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THEM TO MESS UP THE CAR OR DO WHATEVER WE HAVE TO THINK MORE ABOUT, NOT JUST ON.

EVERYONE DIDN'T GROW UP THE WAY THAT WE DID. I DIDN'T GROW UP THE I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYONE'S STORY IS.

I KNOW THAT MY MOM WORKED IN A NURSING HOME. THEN SHE WORKED AT GRISSOM ELEMENTARY IN THE CAFETERIA, AND I APPRECIATE IT. GRISSOM ELEMENTARY IN THE CAFETERIA BECAUSE WE WOULD GET SOME GOOD TASTING FOOD IN THE EVENING BECAUSE WE LOVE THE LUNCH OVER THERE AT GRISSOM ELEMENTARY IN HISD. SO I KNOW IT'S LATE, BUT I AM 100% IN FAVOR OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL WHAT WE NEED FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR OUR CHILDREN.

YOU JUST HAVE NO IDEA WHAT. AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL DO.

BUT THEN THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THESE DAYS, 18 MONTHS, WHETHER YOU SAY, OKAY, PANDEMIC, WHAT? IT WASN'T THIS, IT WASN'T THAT.

[03:20:02]

NO THAT'S NOT NO, WE'RE NO. SO I CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME.

BUT I REMEMBER AT WHEATLEY HIGH SCHOOL SHE WAS ABOUT TO GO OVER THAT.

IT WAS SECOND FLOOR AND IT WAS A BALCONY, AND IT TOOK FOUR OF US TO HOLD HER BACK.

AND THEN SHE RAN OUT INTO THE STREET, AND THERE WERE ABOUT SIX OF US THAT WENT AROUND TO STOP THE CARS FROM COMING.

AND YES, SHE DID GO TO THE HOSPITAL THAT DAY.

AND I CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON. BUT WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN FOR THE HEALTH, FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GILLIAM. MISS HANNON.

I REMEMBER HAVING THIS DISCUSSION. MAYBE THE YEAR BEFORE LAST, BUT I TALKED ABOUT HOW CHALLENGING IT IS FOR A PARENT THAT EVEN HAS THE MEANS TO FIND, JUST TO FIND A MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER WHO WILL PROVIDE SERVICES FOR YOUR CHILD. AND SO YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE IF YOU'VE NEVER HAD TO LOOK FOR THAT, LUCKY YOU, IT IS NOT AN EASY TASK. AND AS YOUR BOARD LIAISON TO THE SHACK, THE STUDENT HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS THEY BRING IN ARE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE SIX MENTAL HEALTH THERAPISTS.

I REMEMBER ONE OF THE SIX COMING TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD.

I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS PUBLIC DURING A PUBLIC SPEAKING.

AND SHE WAS SHE WAS ASKING US TO PLEASE PROVIDE MORE.

AND SO WE CAN'T PROVIDE MORE OR WE'RE NOT. SO WE HAVE THIS VOCA MONEY.

AND THIS 5000 I'M GUESSING EQUATES TO AN APPROXIMATION OF WE'RE HOPING TO GET AROUND 435,000 AGAIN OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. I'M GUESSING WHERE THAT MONEY COMES FROM.

SO THAT IS GRANT MONEY. AND I KNOW THAT MR. SHOAF AND IT WAS MYSELF.

I KNOW DOCTOR SMITH WAS THERE. DOCTOR GILLIAM WAS THERE WHEN WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO HEAR SOMEONE NAMED DOCTOR MANNY SCOTT LAST WEEK, AND HE TALKED ABOUT THE TRIALS IN HIS LIFE.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT HE DIDN'T HE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT A MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER, BUT HIS TEACHERS WERE PROVIDING HIM WITH THE POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS HE NEEDED FOR HIM TO NOT CLIMB OVER THAT FENCE AND LEAVE SCHOOL FOREVER.

SO IF A MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER THAT WE CONTRACT KEEPS A KID IN SCHOOL, KEEPS THE KID FROM RUNNING AWAY, KEEPS A KID FROM SELF-MEDICATING, KEEPS A KID FROM COMMITTING SUICIDE, I'M ALL IN BECAUSE IN FORT BEND ISD, YOU KNOW WHAT WE SAY WE DO. WE HAVE A WHOLE CHILD.

WE TEACH THE WHOLE CHILD. WE HAVE WHOLE. WE TALK ABOUT WHOLE CHILD HEALTH.

AND MAYBE THIS IS TELLING ME, AS YOUR LIAISON TO THE SHACK, I'M NOT DOING A VERY GOOD JOB AT BRINGING BACK WHAT I'M LEARNING IN THE SHACK.

AND I'LL VOW TO DO BETTER AT THAT. IT'S A LOT.

IT'S A LONG MEETING. THEY'RE RECORDED ALSO. ANYWAY, I'M FULL IN.

I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS MONEY, BECAUSE IT BREAKS MY HEART TO THINK THAT THIS BOARD WOULD TURN DOWN 400.

HOPEFULLY, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL GET NEXT YEAR. 435,000 TO PROVIDE SOME STUDENTS WITH ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS THAT THESE SIX IN-HOUSE FOLKS CAN'T POSSIBLY, CAN'T POSSIBLY GIVE.

AND EVEN IF DOCTOR GILLIAM'S MOM WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THE TIME OR THE FUNDS TO FIND A MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER, I'M GUESSING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST AS HARD THEN AS IT IS NOW TO FIND A MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER.

AND, AND AND IT'S HARD. AND I KNOW A WHOLE LOT OF FOLKS THAT THAT ARE MY, MY DAUGHTER'S AGE.

THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS BECAUSE THEY NEED IT AND BECAUSE ANXIETY AND STRESS IS REAL.

[03:25:06]

HURTING YOURSELF IS REAL. IT'S REAL. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? I CAN'T EDUCATE A KID WHO'S SITTING IN THE BACK ROOM THINKING ABOUT IF HE'S GOING TO MAKE IT TO TOMORROW.

AND SO I. I DO HEAR YOU. I HEAR THAT YOU THINK THAT WE'RE NOT.

AND AND IS IT TOO BAD THAT WE'RE IN THE SITUATION IN OUR SOCIETY WHERE, WHERE WE HAVE TO TAKE ON THAT ROLE THAT THAT SOCIETY IN GENERAL CAN'T HELP PUBLIC SCHOOLS. BUT THAT'S THE DEAL, GUYS.

WE'RE THAT WE'RE WHAT SOCIETY DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE CARE OF.

WHO IS IN CHARGE OF TAKING CARE OF IT? OKAY. PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

SO THANK YOU, MISS TYSON. I SUPPORT THIS ITEM 100%.

THANK YOU. SO EVERYBODY HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

SO I'M GOING TO SPEAK I'M GOING TO BE HONEST, GUYS I'M REALLY CONFUSED BECAUSE.

I WAS ON THE BOARD WHEN THE VOCA GRANT GOT APPROVED THE FIRST TIME AND WE WENT OUT FOR IT.

WE WE DIDN'T HAVE THERE WAS NO CONTROVERSY AROUND THIS.

I'M REALLY CONFUSED. SO WE ARE NOT PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES.

DOES EVERYBODY GET THAT? WE ARE NOT PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES.

FORT BEND ISD IS NOT PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES.

THE GOVERNOR, WHO HAPPENS TO BE A REPUBLICAN, IS GIVING GRANT MONEY TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SO THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH PROVIDERS WHO WILL COME IN TO THE SCHOOL TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE, NOT FORT BEND ISD. THE PROVIDER WILL PROVIDE THE SERVICE AT THE CAMPUS, SIMPLY SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LEAVE THE CAMPUS TO GO TO THE APPOINTMENT.

THIS IS ONLY DONE WITH PARENTAL APPROVAL PERMISSION, SO IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN IF I WENT AND TOOK MY CHILD TO A PROVIDER AND SAID, MY CHILD NEEDS HELP AND I'M GOING TO PAY FOR IT, OR INSURANCE IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT OR EVOKE A GRANT IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT.

WE JUST ARE PROVIDING THE SPACE ON OUR CAMPUS FOR THEM TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE THAT THE PARENTS SAYS, YES, MY CHILD NEEDS THIS. IT'S NO OUT OF POCKET FOR US.

IT'S NOT TAKING AWAY FROM ACADEMICS. IT'S NOT.

OUR TEACHERS ARE NOT PROVIDING THIS. OUR EMPLOYEES ARE NOT PROVIDING THIS.

SO I'M JUST I'M HAVING A HARD TIME SEEING THE DOWNSIDE TO THIS.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, I'M GOING TO JUST SHARE WITH YOU GUYS THAT PART OF THE REASON WE DID THIS IS BECAUSE I WAS THE BOARD PRESIDENT WHEN SANTA FE HAPPENED, WHEN THE SCHOOL SHOOTING HAPPENED. AND I DON'T WISH THAT ON ANYBODY BECAUSE WE WERE SCARED TO DEATH THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE NEXT. AND THERE'S THIS POLITICAL DEBATE BETWEEN GUN CONTROL AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OUT THERE.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE REALLY SAY IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, AND I HAPPEN TO BE ONE WHO BELIEVES IT IS A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, THEN I THINK OPENING OUR SCHOOLS FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND PROVIDE THESE SERVICES. I MEAN, OUR, OUR LENS AT THAT TIME WAS HOW CAN WE HELP THIS NOT HAPPEN ON ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES? HOW CAN WE, YOU KNOW, HELP STUDENTS WHO A TEACHER MAY IDENTIFY OR A PARENT MAY IDENTIFY OR SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING. STUDENT MAY IDENTIFY.

AND THEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, TO THE ATTENTION OF EVERYBODY AROUND THEM.

AND THEN WE HAVE THAT SERVICE THERE PROVIDED A PARENT SAYS IT'S OKAY.

SO I JUST I'M STRUGGLING WITH I'M REALLY CONFUSED ABOUT WHY THIS IS SO CONTROVERSIAL.

I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S A WIN WIN ALL THE WAY AROUND BECAUSE WE IT'S IT IS NO MONEY OUT.

[03:30:07]

I MEAN, I THINK TEACHERS WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AS MUCH HELP ON THE CAMPUSES AS THEY CAN POSSIBLY GET BECAUSE THEY AREN'T MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS AND THEY ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO HANDLE A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY MAY SEE IN A DAY OR A MONTH OR A SEMESTER.

SO I THINK IN A LOT OF WAYS THEY WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, PLEASE GIVE US ALL THE RESOURCES YOU CAN, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF YOUR POCKET.

SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO CALL ON YOU GUYS AGAIN.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FINAL SAY. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A VOTE. BUT I'M JUST REALLY STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS NOT AN EASY APPROVAL. MR. SCHIFF. WELL, BEING A I, I DO WORK IN CRISIS INTERVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

WHERE THERE'S A LACK OF MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, THERE'S THERE'S LIKE 20 OF THEM IN A TWO MILE RADIUS OF HERE.

I MEAN, THEY ARE ALL OVER THE COUNTY. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS WITHIN THE COUNTY.

ALL OF THEM ARE EVER SINCE THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES WHERE INSURANCE CAN NOT BE DENIED, STATE PICKS UP FUNDS WHEN THERE IS NO INSURANCE.

NOW. THEY ARE ALL FIGHTING FOR MORE CLIENTS, AND WE'RE BASICALLY PAYING $5 MILLION TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS AS STUDENTS AS REFERRALS.

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. I KNOW WE'RE NOT, BUT IT'S THROUGH.

IT'S THROUGH BROKERS. BUT I MEAN, I'VE VOICED MY ISSUES WITH VOCA EARLIER, YOU KNOW, IN THE IN THE HEARING.

THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH VOCA. I'M NOT I'M NOT FOR VOCA GRANTS.

I THINK THAT WE CAN DO THIS WHOLE THING CHEAPER.

I'M FOR I'M FOR HAVING LPCS ON EVERY CAMPUS. I WOULD RATHER HAVE OUR OWN LPCS ON EACH CAMPUS THAT ABIDE BY OUR POLICIES AND AND WITH NO OUTSIDE ENTITIES WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, OUR CONSTITUENTS.

CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RECORDS. OKAY. MISS JONES.

OKAY. SO YOU GUYS ARE PAINTING THIS LIKE WE GOT SOMEBODY PARTNERING WITH FORT BEND ISD.

LIKE THEY'RE COMING IN TO GIVE US GIVE KIDS VISION AND SCREENING AND HEARING SCREENINGS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH HERE. IT GOES DEEPER THAN I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.

OH. HI, PARENT. WE HAVE LPCS. WE'RE PARTNERED WITH THE GROUP.

YOUR CHILD MAY NEED SOME SERVICES. THEY CAN PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.

SO AS A PARENT, THE FIRST THING I'M GOING TO ASK.

WELL, WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? WHO'S CHOOSING THIS FOR MY CHILD? THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO ASK. WHO'S ACTUALLY TALKING TO MY CHILD? WHO'S INFLUENCING MY CHILD? THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.

I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WE SHOULD PROVIDE.

EVERYONE IS SAYING WE SHOULD PROVIDE THAT TO STUDENTS.

I'M SAYING WE SHOULD PROVIDE RESOURCES TO STUDENTS AND ALLOW THE PARENTS TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ON THE TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER AND SERVICES THAT THEY FEEL IS SUITABLE FOR THEIR CHILD.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S OUR CALL, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE OUR CALL, BECAUSE THE PROBLEM AND IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS IN K-12, BUT YOU DON'T HEAR THESE DISCUSSIONS IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS. WE'RE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL AS A HUGE HOTBED ISSUE OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. AND SO I'M THINKING ABOUT IS THIS BIGGER? ARE WE MAKING THIS A BIGGER ISSUE THAN WHAT IT IS? BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE HERE TO EDUCATE, NOT BE SOCIALIZED BABYSITTERS.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S LOOKING LIKE TO ME THAT, WELL, WE'LL JUST STEP IN FOR THE PARENT.

THE PARENT. THE PARENT IS WORKING. THE PARENT IS DOING THIS.

AND THEN WE GET UPSET WHEN PARENTS DON'T DO THEIR PART, BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY TAKING THE SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTING AND LOOKING AFTER THEIR CHILD FROM THEM.

AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS, I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE IN THIS PARTICULAR SETTING.

[03:35:06]

THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SO I'LL BE QUICK.

SO FIRST, IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO PHRASE IT OR FRAME IT AS WHETHER YOU'RE PRO OR ANTI MENTAL.

MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WHO NEED THEM. SO I THINK I SUPPORT CHILDREN GETTING THE SERVICES THEY NEED.

I THINK WE PROBABLY ALL DO. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER WE SHOULD BE FUNDING IT.

AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT BASED ON THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE DID NOT SPEND IN EXCESS OF THE GRANT.

BUT THE WAY THE BUDGETED AMOUNT READS IS THAT IT WOULD BE HALF GRANT MONEY AND HALF FOR TAXPAYERS GENERAL FUND MONEY.

AND SO, YES, THAT'S BUDGETING CONSERVATIVELY OR SAFELY, BUT IT'S IT SAYS THAT HALF OF THE $500,000 PER YEAR WOULD BE GRANT PENDING APPROVAL, AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ANNUALLY IS $1 MILLION.

SO AS WE LEARNED FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE, BUDGETING MONEY IS NOT THE SAME AS ALLOCATING OR SPENDING THE MONEY.

BUT THE WAY THAT IT'S BUDGETED IS POTENTIALLY UP TO UP TO $2.5 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUNDS.

AND SO IF IN THEORY AND THE ONLY YEAR THAT WE'VE GONE BACK FIVE YEARS, THE ONLY YEAR THAT WE'VE DONE THAT WAS THE COVID YEAR.

SORRY, I WASN'T SPEAKING IN THE MIC. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH. OKAY. SORRY. AND SO. SO. YES. AND SO ANOTHER MY NEXT POINT IS THAT THE COUNTY, THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE ALL DOING FAR MORE TODAY THAN THEY WERE EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH.

AND SO FROM A BEST, I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT WE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE A CRITICAL ROLE IN IDENTIFYING NEEDS BECAUSE WE SEE KIDS MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE DOES, AND WE SEE A LOT OF A LOT OF TIMES OUR EMPLOYEES SEE PROBLEMS THAT NOBODY ELSE SEES.

AND SO WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE A DETECT PROBLEMS ROLE AND A REFERRAL TO SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED.

AND THERE ARE SERVICES THAT ARE FUNDED BY THE COUNTY, THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND I GET THAT SOME OF THAT IS COMING TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS BY WAY OF THE VOCA GRANT.

BUT I JUST I THINK WE CAN IDENTIFY NEEDS, REFER THOSE NEEDS OUT AND ALSO NOT POTENTIALLY SPEND $2.5 MILLION A FORT BEND ISD TAXPAYERS MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

IF WE IDENTIFY AND SERVE MORE STUDENTS THAN EXPECTED.

THANK YOU, MR. HAMILTON. OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS ISSUE.

ALL IN FAVOR? BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES.

ALL OPPOSED. MR.. SHOAF, MR. HAMILTON, MISS JONES.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, WE WILL NOW CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

[11. Convene in closed session]

THE TIME IS 9:49 P.M. AND WE ARE NOW CONVENED IN CLOSED SESSION.

THE TIME IS 10:33 P.M. AND WE ARE NOW RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION.

[12. Reconvene in Open Session]

[13. Consider Action on Closed Session Items]

I SECOND THE MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. SHOAF AND A SECOND BY MISS HANNON.

DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.

ALL WHO APPROVED BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT, MISS HANNON. I MOVE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ASSIGN THE LEVEL THREE EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCE APPEAL OF YAHARA CADRE TO THE BOARD'S DESIGNATED HEARING OFFICER UNDER BOARD POLICY DBA.

LOCAL. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS HANNON AND A SECOND BY MR. GARCIA. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. PLEASE VOTE.

[03:40:05]

NEXT, MR. GARCIA. I MOVE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACCEPT THE HEARING OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING THE LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE APPEAL OF RAFIQ AND MEDINA. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY MISS HANNON. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. APPROVAL BY SHOW OF HANDS.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. DOCTOR GILLIAM, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO, MISS JONES. NO. I MEANT A MOTION. I COULDN'T REMEMBER WHO I GAVE THE OTHER ONE TO.

I MOVE THE BOARD, ENGAGE THE SERVICES OF ATTORNEY MICHELLE MORRIS TO INVESTIGATE ISSUES RELEVANT TO THE SCOPE OF THE 2023 BOND NATATORIUM PROJECT, AND DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO TAKE ALL ACTION IN FURTHERANCE OF SUCH ENGAGEMENT.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS JONES AND A SECOND BY MISS HANNON.

DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. PLEASE VOTE.

APPROVAL BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MOVE TO ADJOURN.

MAY I HAVE A SECOND? THE TIME IS 10:36 P.M. AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.

HA HA HA!

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.