Dec 01, 2025 Called Meeting & Agenda Review

[1.Call to order]

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ATTENTION BEFORE THE MEETING BEGIN, 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, PATIENTS MAY ONLY ADDRESS THE BOARD DURING A DESIGNATED AUDIENCE ITEM SECTION ON THE AGENDA. IF YOU ARE PRINTED MATERIAL 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 THAT 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 6:32 P.M. AND THIS MEETING IS HEREBY CALL TO ORDER. WE HAVE THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM ATTENDING IN PERSON. AND NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED ONLINE AND AT THE FORT BEND ISD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR AT LEAST THREE BUSINESS DAYS. IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. YOU MAY BE SEATED. FIRST UP THIS EVENING IS PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS

[5.A.Debt Management Strategy]

THIS MONTH. THE DISTRICT HAS AN ACTIVE DEBT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO MAINTAIN A LOW TAX RATE WHILE SAVING TAXPAYERS MONEY. THE DEBT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS GOVERNED BY STATUTES INCLUDING THE STATE'S GOVERNMENT, EDUCATION, TAX, AND ADMINISTRATIVE CODES. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS AND POLICY. CC AND CCG, ALONG WITH THE FISCAL AND BUDGETARY DISCLOSURE STRATEGIES THAT ARE ADOPTED BY THE BOARD EACH YEAR TO MANAGE THE DISTRICT'S DEBT. WE USE OUR IN-HOUSE EXPERTISE, ALONG WITH EXPERT ADVICE FROM OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND BOND COUNSEL, TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THIS EVENING, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, MISS MICHELLE ARAGON WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES, IS AVAILABLE VIRTUALLY AND OUR BOND COUNSEL, MR. JONATHAN FRILLS WITH BRACEWELL IS HERE THIS EVENING AS WELL. I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE AN ACTIVELY MANAGED DEBT PROGRAM, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE DON'T ISSUE DEBT IN A LUMP SUM LIKE YOU SEE SOME DISTRICTS DO. AS A MATTER OF PRACTICE, WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF REFUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO LOWER INTEREST COSTS. WE USE VARIABLE RATE DEBT WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE AND COMMERCIAL PAPER TO CASH FLOW PROJECTS. AND THESE STRATEGIES HAVE LOWERED OUR BORROWING COSTS AND RESULTED IN SAVING TAXPAYERS MONEY. WE ALSO USE PARAMETER ORDERS TO SET UP AN ANNUAL FRAMEWORK FOR ISSUING DEBT. WE'VE USED THIS STRATEGY OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS OR SO, AND IT'S A KEY PART OF HOW WE EFFECTIVELY MANAGE OUR DEBT PROGRAM. EACH YEAR, THE BOARD APPROVES THE PARAMETERS UNDER WHICH DEBT CAN BE ISSUED, AND STAFF REPORTS BACK ON THE FINAL OUTCOME OF THE TRANSACTIONS AFTER THEY HAVE OCCURRED. THESE ARE SOME OF OUR KEY DEBT STATISTICS. THE DISTRICT HAS 1.84 BILLION IN PRINCIPAL OUTSTANDING AS PART OF OUR DEBT.

OF THAT, 25% IS IN VARIABLE ISSUES, WITH 75% IN FIXED RATE ISSUES, AND BOARD POLICY DOES LIMIT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF VARIABLE RATE DEBT THAT WE HAVE TO 25%. SO WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH POLICY. ABOUT 75% OF OUR DEBT IS CALLABLE, MEANING THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF REFUNDING OPPORTUNITIES WHEN INTEREST RATES ARE LOWER THAN RATES AT THE TIME THAT THE DEBT WAS ISSUED. AND THIS IS MUCH LIKE REFUNDING OR REFINANCING YOUR HOME MORTGAGE. THAT'S A SIMILAR TERMINOLOGY THAT ALLOWS US TO OBTAIN SAVINGS. THE TAX RATE THAT SUPPORTS THE DEBT PAYMENTS IS $0.27, AND THAT HAS BEEN UNCHANGED SINCE 2023. AND THE 23 BOND ANTICIPATED A $0.01

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THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DISTRICT'S FINANCES. AND IS THE DISTRICT FOLLOWING THE POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THE BOARD. AND SO AGAIN, BOTH THE FIRST RATING THIS AS WELL AS OUR UNDERLYING CLEAN AUDIT ALL REFLECT THOSE MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES. WE HAVE RECEIVED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE INTEREST RATES THAT WE PAY ON CALLABLE VERSUS NON-CALLABLE DEBT. AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR TO PULL THAT INFORMATION AND PROVIDE THAT TO YOU ALL. BUT WHAT I DO WANT TO SHARE NOW, INFORMATION THAT WE DO HAVE IS THAT THE WEIGHTED INTEREST RATE ON OUR DEBT PORTFOLIO IS 3.6%, AND THAT INCLUDES THE WEIGHTED INTEREST RATE FOR BOTH OUR FIXED DEBT AND OUR VARIABLE RATE DEBT. AND SO WHEN YOU TAKE ALL ISSUANCE THAT WE'VE DONE, WE'RE AT A 3.6 INTEREST RATE. AND AGAIN WE'LL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE CALLABLE VERSUS NON CALLABLE. I MENTIONED THAT OUR STRATEGIES ARE EMPLOYEES TO SAVE TAXPAYER MONIES. AND SO I WANT TO SPEND A FEW SECONDS TALKING ABOUT OUR COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAM. THAT PROGRAM WAS PUT IN PLACE BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2016 TO PROVIDE CASH FLOW FOR OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND BY USING THIS PROGRAM, WE'RE ABLE TO AVOID ISSUANCE COSTS AND INTEREST COSTS. AND SO SINCE THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, WE HAVE SAVED TAXPAYERS OVER $30 MILLION IN INTEREST COSTS SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM. AND SO, AS A RESULT OF NOT HAVING TO PAY THAT INTEREST THAT RESULTS IN LOWER PAYMENTS, ARE THE LEAD FOR A LOWER TAX RATE.

AS PART OF OUR OVERALL TAX RATE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VERSUS THE INS, WE MENTIONED BRIEFLY THE A+ RATING THAT WE HAVE, AND I WANT TO SHOW TWO KEY DEBT RATIOS THAT THE AGENCIES USE AS THEY MEASURE HOW TO PROVIDE US WITH THAT RATING. ONE IS THE OUTSTANDING DEBT PER PUPIL AND THE OUR PRINCIPAL OUTSTANDING PER PUPIL, AND THE OTHER IS PRINCIPAL OUTSTANDING VERSUS PROPERTY VALUATION. AND SO YOU CAN SEE COMPARED TO SOME OF OUR PEER DISTRICTS WHERE THE MAROON LINE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM, WE ARE LOWER THAN ALL DISTRICTS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ALIEF. AND IF YOU ARE AWARE OF ALIEF, THAT IS A FULLY GROWN OUT DISTRICT THAT'S STABLE. AND MOST OF THE DEBT THAT THEY ISSUE IS RELATED TO MAINTAINING THEIR EXISTING FACILITIES. AND SO PART OF OUR ACTIVE DEBT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY HAS ALLOWED US TO MAINTAIN THOSE LOW RATIOS. AND OUR FORMER. AUDITOR, FINANCIAL AUDITOR USED TO SAY HE PUT A LEAF ON THERE TO KEEP US HUMBLE SO THAT WE DIDN'T THINK TOO MUCH OF OURSELVES. THERE ARE FOUR ITEMS THAT ARE PART OF OUR BOND PARAMETER ORDERS THAT WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER. THE FIRST IS A FIXED RATE BOND ORDER THAT WILL ALLOW US TO REFINANCE UP TO $150 MILLION IN COMMERCIAL PAPER. IT WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO ISSUE $200 MILLION IN NEW MONEY, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES REFUNDING OF UP TO $64.6 MILLION IN FIXED RATE BONDS AND UP TO $106.9 MILLION IN VARIABLE RATE DEBT.

AND THEN SECOND, WE HAVE A VARIABLE RATE BOND ORDER. AND THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE FIXED RATE ITEM, AND THAT IT ALLOWS US TO REFUND UP TO 150 MILLION IN COMMERCIAL PAPER AND ISSUE UP TO $200 MILLION IN NEW MONEY, AND THEN REFUND 106.9 MILLION IN VARIABLE RATE DEBT. AND THE KEY NOTE ON BOTH OF THESE IS THAT THE BOARD IS ONLY AUTHORIZING US TO REFINANCE UP TO $150 MILLION IN COMMERCIAL PAPER AND THE ISSUANCE OF $2 MILLION IN NEW MONEY. SO IT'S NOT A COMBINATION. WE WOULD EITHER USE ONE OR THE OTHER BASED ON MARKET CONDITIONS AT THE TIME. AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS WORK WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND CHOOSE THE BEST OPTION AT THE TIME OF THE TRANSACTION TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE RECEIVING THE MOST FAVORABLE RATES FOR THE DISTRICT. AND IN SOME CASES, AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, WE MAY USE A COMBINATION OF VARIABLE RATE DEBT WITH FIXED RATE, AND THAT WILL ENSURE THAT WE MAINTAIN THAT WE'RE NOT EXCEEDING THE $150 MILLION OF REFINANCING FOR COMMERCIAL PAPER, OR $200 MILLION IN NEW MONEY. BUT AGAIN, IT GIVES US SOME FLEXIBILITY IN SAVINGS THAT WE CAN PASS ON TO TAXPAYERS. THE FINAL TWO ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ARE PART OF THE PERIMETER ORDER ARE THAT ARE PART OF THAT ARE A DEBT CONVERSION AND REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION, AS YOU SAW, FOR BOTH THE FIXED RATE AND THE VARIABLE RATE ITEMS, THERE'S $106.9 MILLION THAT EXPIRES IN 2026. THIS ITEM AUTHORIZES STAFF TO EITHER ENTER A NEW RATE PERIOD, OR DO A FIXED RATE

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IF THEY ARE NOT AS AT. PERMIT, OR I JUST COMPLETELY LOST THE WORD. IF THEY'RE NOT AS NICE AS WE WOULD LIKE, THEN WE WOULD POTENTIALLY USE THE VARIABLE RATE TRANSACTION AGAIN. BUT AGAIN, THIS PROVIDES US THE ABILITY TO MAKE THAT OPTION AT THE TIME OF THE TRANSACTION, RATHER THAN HAVING TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION WHEN THE MARKET MAY CHANGE IN THAT THAT PARTICULAR TIME. THE SECOND ITEM THAT WE HAVE IS A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION THAT ALLOWS US TO USE GENERAL FUNDS FOR SHORT TERM CASH FLOW OF BOND PROJECTS. WE USE THE FUND BALANCE PRIOR TO ISSUING COMMERCIAL PAPER, AND THE GENERAL FUND IS REIMBURSED ONCE THE COMMERCIAL PAPER IS ISSUED AND FOR THE 2025 CALENDAR YEAR, THE MOST GENERAL FUND CASH FLOWED WAS ABOUT $944,000, AND THAT AMOUNT WAS REIMBURSED WITHIN 22 DAYS WITH THE ISSUANCE OF COMMERCIAL PAPER. AND SO IT DOESN'T HAPPEN FREQUENTLY, BUT IT PROVIDES A MEANS OF FLEXIBILITY, OF USING OUR OWN INTERNAL MONEY RATHER THAN HAVING TO PAY THE INTEREST ON ISSUING THE COMMERCIAL PAPER. AND SO THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION DOES NOT ALLOW US TO SPEND MORE THAN THE $200 MILLION THAT'S AUTHORIZED THROUGH THE FIXEDTION. IT'S JUSA TOOL THAT WE WOULD USE TO AVOID INTEREST COSTS AND ALLOW THE PROJECTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. AND SO THE THING THAT I WOULD END WITH IS THAT THE FOUR ITEMS THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU ARE AN ANNUAL APPROVAL, AND SO YOU ARE ONLY APPROVING THESE ACTIONS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2026. WE WILL BE COMING BACK LATE IN 2026 WITH A SIMILAR ITEM, SIMILAR RECOMMENDATION TO GET THE PERIMETER ORDERS FOR 2027. SO THIS IS NOT A LONG TERM ITEM. IT'S JUST FOR THE PERIOD OF NEXT YEAR FOR THE DEBT ISSUANCES THAT WE WILL BE DOING. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. AND AGAIN, OUR BOND COUNSEL IS HERE WITH US IN PERSON THIS EVENING. AND WE HAVE OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR VIA VIRTUALLY. AND SO WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS RELATED TO THE PERIMETER ORDERS OR OUR DEBT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. THANK YOU. MR. GWEN, DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES, MISS HANNAN? SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THAT INFORMATION. MR. GWEN AND I ALSO APPRECIATED BECAUSE I HAD A QUESTION AND I KNOW WE'VE APPROVED THIS BEFORE, BUT AS FAR AS THE GENERAL FUND CASH, AND YOU MENTIONED YOU GAVE THE EXAMPLE OF THE 944,000, AND I THINK YOU SAID IT WAS REIMBURSED WITHIN 20 DAYS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. DO WE HAVE A CEILING, LIKE DO WE HAVE A GENERAL RULE OF THUMB, LIKE WE DON'T USE MORE THAN X OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AT A GIVEN TIME. WE DON'T HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OUTSTANDING FROM THAT.

CORRECT. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT THE AGENDA ITEM DOES SPECIFY THAT LIMIT, AND I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN SEE FROM KELLY. DO YOU JUST RECALL IMMEDIATELY WHAT THAT THRESHOLD IS? OKAY. SO ROUGHLY 5 MILLION WOULD BE THE MOST THAT WE WOULD EVER HAVE. BUT AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE, BASED ON THE AVERAGE AND I DIDN'T CITE IT HERE SPECIFICALLY, BUT I DO HAVE THE STATISTIC. AND THAT WAS FOR 2025. BUT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, JUST IF WE LOOK AT THE AVERAGE, IT'S TYPICALLY AROUND $250,000 THAT WE'RE CASH FLOWING WITH NO MORE THAN 40 DAYS BEING IT BEING OUTSTANDING. SO IT'S RELATIVELY A SMALL AMOUNT. BUT AGAIN, IT PROVIDES SOME FLEXIBILITY FOR US TO AVOID THE INTEREST COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMERCIAL PAPER WHEN WE ISSUE IT. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. GWYNNE. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THESE ARE SIMILAR THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST TO SAVE TAXPAYER MONEY AND TO NOT HAVE TO PAY INTEREST AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THAT IS CORRECT.

OVER ABOUT THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, THE BOARD HAS CHOSEN TO DO THE PERIMETER ORDERS. AND AGAIN, IT PROVIDES THE FRAMEWORK FOR OPERATING FOR ONE YEAR. AND WE COME BACK EACH YEAR. AND I THINK THAT THE PRIMARY THING TO HIGHLIGHT IS YOU MAY RECALL BACK IN NOVEMBER, YOU ALL APPROVED THE EXTENSION OF THE COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAM THAT HAS GENERATED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS OF ABOUT 30 MILLION OVER THE LIFE OF THAT PROGRAM. THANK YOU. MR. GWYNNE.

[5. B. Bond 2023 Overview (Part 1 of 2)]

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AND WELCOME BACK FROM VACATION. ALSO, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME IN AND GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE SPED TRANSPORTATION CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE. I'M SEAN MURPHY, I'M A PROJECT MANAGER AT MW. I HAVE OVER 40 YEARS OF ARCHITECTURAL EXPERIENCE, MOST OF WHICH IS IN COMPLEX TECHNICAL BUILDINGS, WHICH THIS COULD BE DEPENDING UPON THE WAY WE GO WITH HOW TO PUT THE THING TOGETHER. SO I'M I HAVE DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY TO MANAGE PRODUCTION OF SPECIFIC, COMPLEX AND TECHNICAL PROJECTS WITH MW. I ALSO DO NORMAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR MANY OF YOUR OTHER PROJECTS. WE PLAN TO DELIVER THIS BUILDING. I ASK YOU TO SPEAK DIRECTLY. SORRY.

YEAH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE FOLLOWING US CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THIS IMPORTANT BUILDING BE DELIVERED BY AUGUST OF 2026, WHICH IS QUITE TIGHT FOR FOR A SCHEDULE.

I GET MY SLIDES UP IN HERE. OKAY. THE PROJECT IS LOCATED ALONG JULIE RIVERS DRIVE IN A THE SUGAR LAND INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PARK. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE TRIPLEX, THAT'S THE BUILDING IMMEDIATELY TO OUR SOUTH OF THAT ORANGE AREA. THERE AND THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA ARE THE EXISTING EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. NOW, OUR IDEA IS TO GO RIGHT ACROSS THE PARKING LOT AND PUT THIS SPED CENTER THERE. SO WE PROMOTE THE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE AND THE COORDINATION. THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED BACK IN JULY OF THIS YEAR. THE BUILDING SIZE IS APPROXIMATELY 7000FT■!S. ADDRESS IS 650 JULIE RIVERS DRIVE AND IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, WE DO HAVE GUIDELINES WE HAVE TO FOLLOW BECAUSE IT IS UNDER A PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, THE BUILDING, AND PROVIDE A SAFE, RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION TO THE SPED STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. IT WILL PROVIDE SPACES FOR MANAGERS, DRIVERS, OBSERVERS AND DISPATCHERS. IMPORTANTLY, THE NEW BUILDING WILL BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE FBISD TRANSPORTATION EXECUTIVES CURRENTLY OFFERING OFFICES IN THE TRIPLEX BUILDING TO THE SOUTH, JUST ACROSS THAT PARKING LOT. LIKE I MENTIONED, THIS WILL PROMOTE THE COORDINATION OF THE SPED STAFF AND THE. AND OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT. OUR RESEARCH ON THE NEEDS OF THE SPED COMMUNITY AND ITS STAKEHOLDERS LED US TO INTERVIEW MR. ANTHONY SIMS, YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, AS WELL AS TOURING HODGES BEND TRANSPORTATION CENTER AND LAKE OLYMPIA TRANSPORTATION CENTER.

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PARKING IN THE FRONT FOR 17 VISITORS AND ALL THE AREAS OF THIS PLAN ARE WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF AN EXISTING PARKING LOT. IF YOU GO OUT TO THE SIDE AND LOOK, WE ALREADY HAVE A PARKING LOT THERE AND EVERYTHING YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE FALLS WITHIN THAT PARKING LOT. WHILE THE EXISTING ASPHALT TOPPING OF THIS PARKING LOT WILL BE REPLACED BY CONCRETE, WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE EXISTING BASE AS EITHER RECYCLED MATERIAL OR GOING BACK IN AND PUTTING PUT THE NEW CONCRETE PAVING ON TOP OF IT. WE'VE JUST RECEIVED GEOTECHNICAL REPORTS THAT WILL GUIDE US ON THAT. THERE WILL BE A MASONRY WALL ALONG JULIE RIVERS DRIVE. AGAIN, THIS IS A COMMUNITY REQUIREMENT WITHIN THAT THAT CENTER THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, IT'LL BE APPROXIMATELY EIGHT FOOT TALL, EIGHT FOOT HIGH. AND THEN ON THE BALANCE OF THE FENCES WILL BE EITHER MONUMENTAL IRON FENCING OR CHAIN LINK. HERE'S AN AERIAL PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT IT MAY LOOK LIKE IN THE END. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE BUSSES WOULD BE OUT BACK, STAFF PARKING IN THE REAR, VISITOR PARKING IN THE FRONT, AND THE MONUMENTAL IRON FENCE THERE WITH THE BRICK WALL OUT TOWARDS JULIE RIVERS. THE APPROXIMATE SIZE OF THE BUILDING IS 7000FT■!S. AGAIN, TT MAY GROW A BIT OR CHANGE. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS ARE SHOWN IN PINK AND THEY INCLUDE 18 OFFICES FOR ADMINISTRATORS, ADMINISTRATIVE RESTROOM WITH A LAB, SMALL CONFERENCE ROOM FOR THEM, AND A DISPATCH COUNTER. THE CIRCULATION SPACES HERE ARE SHOWN IN GRAY AND THOSE WILL HAVE WILL HAVE OVERSIZE CORRIDORS. THESE DOUBLE AS WAITING AREAS FOR THE DRIVERS AND THE OBSERVERS, AND IN SOME AREAS WE WILL HAVE COMPUTER STATIONS WHERE THEY CAN STUDY FOR THEIR CDL OR IN ACTUALLY PURSUE ADDITIONAL CAREER ENHANCEMENT STUDIES. LET'S SEE. ALSO IMPORTANTLY, WE'LL HAVE A DISPATCH COUNTER, AND THAT DISPATCH COUNTER WILL BE STAFFED BY TWO PEOPLE AND WILL CONTROL THE SECURITY VESTIBULES AT EACH END OF THE CORRIDOR. SO THEY WILL HAVE CONTROL OF WHO COMES IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDING. THE LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE AREAS FOR DRIVERS TO WAIT BETWEEN THE MORNING AND THE AFTERNOON RUNS WILL ALSO BE IN THAT GRAY AREA, THE HALLWAY. AND THEN WE HAVE SERVICE AREAS IN YELLOW. THESE SERVICE AREAS WILL HAVE RESTROOMS FOR INTERIOR USE.

THEY'LL ALSO HAVE RESTROOMS FOR THE DRIVERS. FROM THE EXTERIOR. THEY CAN ACCESS THEM FROM THE EXTERIOR. WE'VE ALSO GOT A COMPUTER ROOM, A FIRE RISER ROOM THAT WILL BE SPRINKLERED PER CODE, AND IN COMMON AREAS ARE SHOWN HERE IN BLUE, AND THESE COMMON AREAS WILL INCLUDE LARGE CONFERENCE ROOM, A DRIVER'S LUNCHROOM WITH A FOLD OVER PARTITION, AND OTHER AMENITIES. THIS PARTICULAR VIEW IS WHAT YOU WOULD SEE FROM JULIE RIVERS DRIVE, AND YOU'RE LOOKING ACROSS THE VISITOR'S PARKING LOT, AND TO THE RIGHT IS GOING TO BE THE TRIPLEX. SO WE WOULD HAVE A SIDEWALK FROM THIS SIDE OVER TO THE TRIPLEX TO PROMOTE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT'S A STUCCO AND BRICK EXTERIOR, AND THAT'S PER BUSINESS PARK REQUIREMENTS. AND THEN LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MODULAR CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE. THIS IS THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO DELIVER IT AS QUICKLY AS WE'VE SHOWN. THE KEY TO MODULAR CONSTRUCTION IS THAT THE PART THE BUILDING ITSELF WILL BE BUILT IN A FACTORY. IT WILL BE PLACED ON TRUCKS DELIVERED TO THE SITE AND ANCHORED TO A FOUNDATION. NOW I CAN BUILD THE BUILDING. AT THE SAME TIME, I'M BUILDING THE FOUNDATION, THE TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. I CAN PERMIT THE BUILDING AT THE SAME TIME. I'M PERMITTING THE FOUNDATION WITH CITY OF SUGAR LAND. SO ALL THESE THINGS ARE GOING CONCURRENTLY AND THEY REALLY SPEED THINGS UP. SO WHEN THE FOUNDATION IS READY, THE BUILDING WILL COME FROM THE FACTORY AND MOUNT IT TO THE FOUNDATION. AND YOU SAY, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO PUT BRICK ON IT AT THE FACTORY? THEY DON'T. WE'LL ACTUALLY BOLT IT DOWN TO THE FOUNDATION, ERECT PARAPETS.

THAT'S A THAT'S A FLAT ROOF. SO WE HAVE A HIGH PARAPET AROUND IT. AND THEN THEY WILL MOUNT THE BRICK ONTO THE BUILDING AT THAT TIME. SO QUITE A BIT OF WORK WILL BE DONE ONCE THE BUILDINGS ARRIVE ON SITE ABOUT 90 DAYS WORTH. AND THEN AT THE END OF THAT 90 DAYS, THE BUILDING WILL BE FINISHED AND READY FOR OCCUPATION. HERE'S A FRONT ELEVATION OF WHAT YOU

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OKAY, AND THAT'S THE PRESENTATION AGAIN. WE'RE VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS, BUT THAT'S THE BEST WAY FORWARD, WE SEE TO DELIVER YOU A VERY IMPORTANT BUILDING IN AS QUICK A TIME AS POSSIBLE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. MURPHY. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES, MISS HILLIKER? YEAH. I'M NOT SURE IF I NEED TO WAIT FOR MY NEXT THE NEXT PRESENTATION ABOUT THE FINANCIALS, BUT WHAT KIND OF CONTINGENCY DO DO YOU HAVE AROUND THE TIME FRAME FROM BOTH OF THOSE OPTIONS? WHAT'S BUILT INTO THOSE PLANS ON THE FIRST ONE TIME CONTINGENCY? YES. ON THE FIRST ONE. VERY LITTLE. VERY LITTLE. VERY FAST. YES. ON THE SECOND ONE, WE PROBABLY MIGHT HAVE 30 TO 45 DAYS, BUT THAT'S AN ESTIMATE. SO AGAIN WE NEED TO GET THE BUILDING DESIGNED, LAID OUT AND COME UP WITH A VERY DETAILED TIMELINE.

SO FAR WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE ENGINEERS THAT PRODUCE THESE TYPES OF BUILDINGS, AND WE ARE WITHIN THEIR TIME SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW USING A MODULAR. SO IT'S VERY LITTLE CAN YOU QUANTIFY THAT LIKE THREE, FIVE, TEN. ARE YOU GOING TO HOLD ME TO IT? NO, I WON'T HOLD YOU TO IT. BUT NO I WOULD SAY AT MAX 30 DAYS MAX. OKAY. YEAH OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MISS MISS HANNAN. YES. AND THANK YOU, SIR FOR THE INFORMATION. AND GOING BACK, DID I HEAR SOMEONE SAY THE DIFFERENCE IN THE MODULAR VERSUS THE MORE CONVENTIONAL WAS 1.2 MILLION. YEAH, ABOUT 20 TO 24%. IS THAT ABOUT 1.2 MILLION. 1.6 OKAY. AND SO OF THOSE BUILDING, IS THERE ANY SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE OTHER THAN JUST THE WAY YOU'RE BUILDING IT LIKE ENERGY EFFICIENCY. IS THERE ANY THEY WOULD ALL THAT WE GET WITH ONE BUILDING OVER THE OTHER, OTHER THAN THE THE SPEED IN WHICH IT'S BUILT? WELL, SPEED OF COURSE IS PRIMARY, BUT THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY WOULD MEET CURRENT CODE. ALL OF THEM WOULD BE BOTH CONVENTIONAL. AND THE MODULAR APPROACH WOULD MEET CURRENT CODE, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT EVERYBODY DESIGNS FOR NOW. AND IT'S A IT'S A GOOD ENERGY EFFICIENCY CODE. OKAY.

OTHER THINGS WOULD BE THE REALLY NOTHING ELSE WOULD CHANGE BETWEEN THE TWO. THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR OKAY OKAY. AND THEN ONE MORE QUESTION. AND THIS IS. DID I HEAR AND I'M NOT GETTING INTO MANAGEMENT, BUT DID I HEAR SOMEBODY SAY THOSE 18 ADMINISTRATORS ARE GOING TO BE ARE THEY GOING TO BE TEACHING AND LEARNING. NO THEY ARE THEY'RE GOING TO BE TRANSPORTATION. TRANSPORTATION. I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO PERPETUATE THE WORKING IN SILOS.

OKAY, SO I MISUNDERSTOOD. NO, THEY'RE THEY'RE ADMINISTRATION IN THE NEW BUILDING ONLY. AND

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THANK YOU, MISS TOWSON. THANK YOU, MISS HANNAH. MISS VICKI. AND I, I GUESS I HAD A QUESTION TO TO FOLLOW UP ON THE DIFFERENCES. WHAT IS THE LIFESPAN IS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE MODULAR VERSUS THE CONVENTIONAL, THE LIFESPAN OF THE BUILDING. AND ALSO THEN WHAT ARE THE MAINTENANCE NEEDS. LESS. MORE THE DIFFERENCE. SO BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD GIVE A BIT FULLER PICTURE. RIGHT. WELL THE MAINTENANCE NEEDS ARE ABOUT EQUAL. IF YOU'LL NOTICE WE'RE USING BRICK ON THE OUTSIDE AND STUCCO WHICH MEANS IT'S FAIRLY WEATHERPROOF. IT'S ABOUT A 50 YEAR LIFESPAN IS WHAT THEY PLAN FOR ON THESE TYPES OF BUILDINGS. IN BOTH CASES, CONVENTIONALLY YOU CAN EXPECT ABOUT THE SAME. IT'S NOT A NO MAINTENANCE FACILITY, BUT THE MATERIALS WILL BE THE SAME, WILL BE LIVE, AND IT'LL BE DRYWALL. YOU KNOW, TYPICAL CEILING TILES, TYPICAL LIGHTING. SO IT WILL BE VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THE BUILDING LOOKS LIKE IF IT WERE CONVENTIONALLY MADE. THE THE ONLY THING THAT YOU MIGHT NOTICE IS THE DURING CONSTRUCTION WHERE THE FLOORING COMES TOGETHER, THERE'LL BE SOME SEAMS THAT WILL BE COVERED UP IN THE PROCESS OF FINISHING IT OUT. BESIDES THAT, IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I HAD MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED, SO. OH, MISS TANIA.

SORRY, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFICATION. IT IS THE MODULAR ONE THAT IS MORE EXPENSIVE. YES. NO, I'M SORRY. IT'S THE CONVENTIONAL. IT'S OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

I WANT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE. SO THE MODULAR IS CHEAPER BY A MILLION OR SO 20 TO 25%. AND IT'S FASTER. IT GETS US THE BUILDING FASTER. OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. JUST NOT A CONSTRUCTION PERSON. BUT WHY IS IT THAT THE DESIGN PHASE FOR THE MODULAR IS GOING TO TAKE US LIKE IT WILL BE DONE IN JANUARY VERSUS THE OTHER ONE'S GOING TO TAKE US, AND CONVENTIONAL BUILDING, IT TAKES ABOUT THAT LONG TO GET THE APPROVALS AND DESIGN LAID OUT ON THE MODULAR BUILDING. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TURNING OVER THE INTERIOR, BUILD OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PRODUCING THE ACTUALLY SHOP DRAWINGS. THEY KIND OF SKIPPED RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF THE DRAWINGS. THEY TAKE WHAT I GIVE THEM AND THEY TURN THEM INTO THINGS THEY CAN BUILD WITH OUT OF THE FACTORY. GOT IT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT EXPLANATION. OKAY. THANK YOU.

SURE. SURE. SO THANK YOU, MR. MURPHY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO WANT TO REMIND US OF BOARD IS THE APPROVAL PROCESS THAT WE BROUGHT THE ITEM TO YOU. WHEN WE BROUGHT IT, WE BROUGHT IT WITH MODULAR IN MIND FOR THE AMOUNT THAT YOU APPROVED AT THAT TIME FOR THAT LITTLE OVER $8 MILLION. SO ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT GOING TO THE CONVENTIONAL WOULD REQUIRE US TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY FUNDS TO TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION. THAT DEFINITELY IS AN OPTION THAT YOU HAVE. BUT I WANTED TO JUST REMIND US OF THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. OKAY. OKAY, MISS, ONE MORE QUESTION. IS THERE I MEAN, ARE YOU RECOMMENDING ONE OVER THE OTHER? I'M JUST CURIOUS. AND WHY. YES. YES, I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. THE REASON WE DECIDED TO GO WITH THE MODULAR ONE TIMELINE, BUT ALSO IT GIVES US SOME FLEXIBILITY MOVING FORWARD. WHEN YOU HAVE A BUILDING THAT'S CONVENTIONAL BUILDING. IF WE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR YOU DECIDED TO MOVE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AS A BOARD, THAT MODULAR BUILDING, WE COULD USE THAT FOR, WE COULD REPURPOSE THAT THE WAY THEY BROUGHT IT IN.

THEY COULD ALSO PICK THAT UP AND THEN TAKE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND WE COULD USE THAT FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE FORWARD THINKING AS IT RELATES TO THE FUTURE, AS IN IN OUR DISTRICT. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MURPHY. MR. GOODWIN. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. I'LL GIVE THIS JUST A SECOND TO PULL UP OR BACK UP FOR THE 23 BOND EXPENDITURES. TO DATE, THE BUDGET FOR THE BOND IS $1.26 BILLION, A TOTAL OF $333.6 MILLION. ENCUMBERED IS ENCUMBERED ON CONTRACTS THAT THE BOARD HAS APPROVED, BUT FOR WHICH THE PAYMENTS HAVE NOT YET BEEN MADE. WE'VE SPENT $480.8 MILLION, AND THAT IS ON CONTRACTS THAT THE BOARD HAS APPROVED. AND SO THE TOTAL BALANCE REMAINING FOR THE BOND IS $447 MILLION. FOR CONTINGENCY. WE HAVE $54 MILLION AVAILABLE. AND ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING, THERE ARE TWO SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO CONTINGENCY. A TOTAL OF $5.6 MILLION IS BEING ADDED TO THE 2018 BOND CONTINGENCY DUE TO PROJECT CLOSE OUTS, AND $1.8 MILLION IS BEING ADDED TO THE 23 BOND CONTINGENCY DUE TO PROJECT ESTIMATE ESTIMATES COMING IN UNDER BUDGET. AND SO AGAIN, WE ARE INCREASING OUR CONTINGENCY AS WE GO FORWARD. AND AGAIN, THAT WILL BRING OUR

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AND SO AFTER WE ACCOUNT FOR THAT UTILIZATION OF CONTINGENCY THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED, THE CONTINGENCY REMAINING WOULD BE ABOUT $21.7 MILLION. AND THEN ALSO ON THE AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING, THERE'S $3.1 MILLION FROM THE 2018 CONTINGENCY THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSED AQUATICS PRACTICE FACILITY. AND IF THAT MOVES FORWARD, WE WOULD HAVE $18.6 MILLION, ROUGHLY, IN PROGRAM CONTINGENCY AVAILABLE. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. MR. GWEN.

I DIDN'T SEE WHICH OF YOU PUT UP FIRST, MISS HELLINGER. OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN YOU GO CAN YOU GO BACK TO YOUR TIMELINE FOR ME, PLEASE? THIS IS KIND OF THE QUESTION I ASKED THE LAST TIME THAT WE HAD THIS TIMELINE, JUST DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE WERE GREAT DIFFERENCES WHEN IT COMES TO WHEN WE FIRST. I GUESS, BID OR ESTIMATE, ESTIMATED THE AQUATIC FACILITY AND HAD THAT NUMBER HASN'T CHANGED SINCE THE LAST MEETING, HAS IT? THAT IS CORRECT. AND THIS STILL REFLECTS THE 6.2 MILLION THAT WE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING. THEY'LL HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ON WHAT'S ANTICIPATED TO COME FORWARD. AND SO THE NUMBER THAT I REFERENCED IS REFLECTIVE OF THE CURRENT NUMBER. HOWEVER, IF YOU GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OR WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED THIS EVENING, THERE'S STILL FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION WITHIN CONTINGENCY. OKAY. AND THEN WITH THAT. IS ONE OF MY OTHER QUESTIONS WAS BASED ON THE TIME FRAME. IF WE MAKE THAT DECISION IN MARCH, THE ESTIMATE BASED ON WHAT WAS NEEDED, WE WILL BE ABLE TO LOCK DOWN THOSE NUMBERS. WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME TO LOCK DOWN THOSE NUMBERS? BECAUSE WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR, RIGHT? THERE WAS SUCH A BIG GAP IN THE ESTIMATE. AND SO IF WE VOTE IN MARCH FOR THE TIMELINE, WHEN WILL WE HAVE TO HAVE MAKE DECISIONS AND CONTRACTS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS TO LOCK DOWN ON THE COST? I'LL DEFER TO MISS BROWN FOR THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO WAIT OR WHATNOT, BUT OKAY. YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. YES. ONCE THE BOARD DECIDES WHICH DIRECTION YOU'D LIKE US TO GO, WE'D BE ABLE TO MOVE RATHER QUICKLY. WHEN WE SHARE THE INFORMATION TONIGHT, WE'LL SHARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT MAY BE POSSIBLE, DEPENDING ON WHICH DIRECTION WE GO AS WELL WITH THE AQUATIC PRACTICE FACILITY. SO THERE WAS A BIG GAP WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE THE INFLATION, BUT THE INFLATION WAS JUST HIGHER BASED ON MULTIPLE THINGS. BUT THE TIMELINE WOULD MOVE RATHER QUICKLY AFTER AFTER THE DECISION IS MADE. AND I'M GOING TO INTERJECT THAT DOCTOR SMITH AND I ARE WORKING TO GET THIS ON THE AGENDA NEXT MONTH. OKAY, SO WE ARE MOVING QUICKER. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. GWEN. NEXT UP, WE HAD LONG RANGE BOUNDARY PROCESS, TIMELINE INCLUDED IN CASE WE NEEDED EXTRA TIME FOR MISS MARTINEZ, BUT WE DID NOT. SO I AM GOING TO PUSH US PAST THAT BECAUSE SHE PRESENTED EVERYTHING IN THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING. BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WILL NOW CONVENE IN CLOSED

[ 6. Convene in closed session under Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551 under the following sections: 551.071 - For the purpose of a private consultation with the Board's attorney on any or all subjects or matters authorized by law; Section 551.072 - Consider purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property, Section 551.074 - Personnel matters, Section 551.076 - Security matters, Section 551.082 - Student discipline matter or complaint, or Section 551.0821 - Personally identifiable information about public school student]

[ 7. Reconvene in Open Session]

[9. A. Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes: Consideration and approval of the minutes of Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees meetings and/or public hearings on the following dates: 1 5 14 32 33 • November 3, 2025 Called Meeting and Agenda Review • November 17, 2025 Regular Business Meeting]

[9. B. 1st Quarter 2025-26 Financials: Consideration and approval of the first quarter 2025-2026 Financial Report.]

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WELL ACTUALLY I'M SORRY. SO LAST YEAR WE SAW. YES PLEASE. SO LAST YEAR ON THE 30TH OF SEPTEMBER WE WERE AT 79,633 AND WE'RE ABOUT 939 STUDENTS LESS THAN WHAT WE WERE PROJECTED FOR ENROLLMENT AS OPPOSED TO THIS YEAR. WE WERE IN THE 1800 RANGE. SO THIS YEAR WE WERE GROWING SLOWER THAN WHAT WE GREW LAST YEAR. IS THAT WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET CORRECT? WELL.

NOT NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE THE GAP IS NO LONGER. I KNOW, I KNOW, OUR SNAPSHOT MAY NOT HAVE LOOKED GREAT, BUT RIGHT NOW THE GAP IS NOT THAT BIG. NO. AM I WRONG? THAT'S RIGHT. NOW THE GAP IS. YES, IT IS 1800 STUDENTS. OH, WE WERE PROJECTING. OKAY. I WAS LOOKING AT IT INCORRECTLY THEN, SO FORGIVE ME. OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION. THANK

[9. C. Resolution Expressing Intent to Finance Expenditures Incurred in Conjunction with the 2023, 2018 and 2014 Bond Programs: Consideration and approval of a Resolution Expressing the Intent to Finance Expenditures (“Reimbursement Resolution”) to be incurred in conjunction with the 2023, 2018 and 2014 Bond Programs]

[9.D. Conversion Order for Series 2021B: Consideration and approval of an order authorizing the conversion of the Fort Bend Independent School District Variable Rate Unlimited Tax Refunding Bonds, Series 2021B to a new rate period; authorizing the preparation of a remarketing memorandum; and enacting other provisions relating thereto (the “Conversion Order”).]

[9.E. Fixed Rate Bond Order for New Money and Refunding Bonds and Commercial Paper: Consideration and possible approval of an order authorizing the issuance of Fort Bend ISD Fixed Rate Unlimited Tax School Building and Refunding Bonds, which may be issued in one or more series in accordance with specified parameters; and enacting other provisions relating thereto (the “Fixed Rate Order”).]

[9. F. General Fund – Budget Amendment: Consideration and approval of a General Fund budget amendment for 2025-2026.]

[9. G. Variable Rate Bond Order for New Money and Refunding Bonds and Commercial Paper: Consideration and approval of an order authorizing the issuance of Fort Bend ISD Variable Rate Unlimited Tax School Building and Refunding Bonds, which may be issued in one or more series in accordance with specified parameters; and enacting other provisions relating thereto (the “Variable Rate Order”)]

[9.H. Revision of Policy CW (Local): Consideration and approval of proposed revision of local policy CW (Local).]

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[9. I. Revision of Policy FEA (Local): Consideration and approval of proposed revision of local policy FEA (Local).]

[9. J. Revision of Policy BBB (Local): Consideration and approval of proposed revision of local policy BBB (Local).]

[9. K. School Boundary Advisory Committee Membership: Consideration and approval to ratify approval of the following new members serving on the School Boundary Advisory Committee (SBAC). • Crystal Sergent, HHS-Alt • Jolie Tillman, MHS-Alt]

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF KIND OF ANECDOTAL STORYTELLING. AND SO FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS I'VE BEEN A VOLUNTEER DEPUTY REGISTRAR. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS I, I HELP

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AND I KNOW WE DO THAT. I SEE IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT BUT TRULY MAY IS NOT ON THEIR MINDS. THE PRIMARIES ARE ON THEIR MINDS AND NOVEMBER IS ON THEIR MINDS AND AND EVEN AND YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S NOT LOTS OF FEDERAL ELECTIONS SOMETIMES EVEN STATE THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS WERE NOT ON PEOPLE'S MINDS. AND SO AND THAT WAS A NOVEMBER ELECTION. SO ON MY BALLOT, THAT WAS ALL THAT WAS ON MY BALLOT. AND SO NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE TURN OUT FOR THAT IN THE PRECINCTS IN MY AREA. SO ANYWAY, I JUST I DO THINK ONE, WE COULD DO A MUCH BETTER JOB AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, EDUCATING OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR STUDENTS ABOUT WHAT VOTING LOOKS LIKE.

PEOPLE ARE EVEN AFRAID BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT A VOTING MACHINE THEY DON'T. THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THE PROCESS. SO WITH THAT, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I DO A LOT OF RESEARCH, AND I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH BEFORE BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD. WHEN THE LEGISLATURE OPENED THIS WINDOW AFTER THE 89TH LEGISLATION AND I THERE'S AN ARTICLE DONE BY A GENTLEMAN OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IN THEIR THEIR POLITICAL SCIENCE AREA. AND IT'S IT'S PRETTY CURRENT. IT WAS FROM 2024. AND HE STATES THAT CHANGING LOCAL ELECTION DATES TO COINCIDE WITH HIGHER LEVEL RACES IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL REFORMS FOR INCREASING VOTER TURNOUT. AND I AM OF THE MINDSET THAT I THINK NO MATTER HOW WE OPEN UP SO MORE PEOPLE CAN LEND THEIR VOICES AT THE POLLS TO WHO SITS ON THE DAIS, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. AND, YOU KNOW, WE SIT AROUND THIS DAIS AND WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO WERE ELECTED IN MAY, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO WERE ELECTED IN NOVEMBER. WE GOT THE GAMUT. WE'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO WON IN THOSE MONTHS AND LOST IN THOSE MONTHS. AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT. AND AND IT DOES SAY WHILE SOME HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT VOTERS IN SYNC ELECTIONS WILL BE LESS INFORMED ABOUT LOCAL ISSUES, RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT ELECTIONS ACTUALLY LEAD TO BETTER REPRESENTATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AND WHAT THIS GENTLEMAN IS TALKING ABOUT WITH REPRESENTATION IS REPRESENTING THE ACTUAL ELECTORATE. THE ACTUAL PEOPLE WHO VOTE. THERE WAS. WELL, I'LL READ FROM THIS PART BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. IT SAYS THE RELATIVELY FEW VOTERS WHO DO TURNOUT FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS ARE UNREPRESENTATIVE OF THE OVERALL ELECTORATE ELECTORATE. WHILE BIASES AND TURNOUT ARE WELL KNOWN IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS, THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VOTERS AND NONVOTERS IN LOCAL ELECTIONS APPEARS TO BE EVEN GREATER. SEVERAL, IT SAYS. SEVERAL STUDIES SHOW THAT VOTERS IN LOCAL ELECTIONS ARE DEMOGRAPHICALLY UNREPRESENTATIVE OF THE ELECTORATE OVERALL AND THERE. AND, HE NOTES, SOME DIFFERENCES EMERGE IN THE RESEARCH. AND HE LOOKED AT IT FROM A META ANALYSIS STANDPOINT. BUT HE SAYS VOTERS HAVE NOTABLY HIGHER INCOME AND HIGHER EDUCATION LEVELS THAN NON VOTERS, WHILE THE GAP BETWEEN UNEMPLOYED AND FULL TIME WORKERS IS ESPECIALLY LARGE. AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT OFF CYCLE ELECTIONS LIKE A MAY ELECTION. OR IF YOU HAVE A JUNE ELECTION OR A RUNOFF IN, YOU KNOW, DECEMBER. HE'S TALKING ABOUT OFF CYCLE ELECTIONS. HE SAYS VOTERS ARE OLDER THAN NONVOTERS. VOTERS OVER THE AGE OF 65 ARE THE MOST OVER OVERREPRESENTED GROUP IN LOCAL ELECTIONS. THEY CAST BALLOTS 2 TO 5 TIMES AT THE RATE OF VOTERS AGE 18 TO 34, RESULTING IN AN AVERAGE AGE GAP OF 15 YEARS BETWEEN THE MEDIAN AGE OF VOTERS AND MEDIAN AGE OF VOTERS ELIGIBLE IN THE POPULATION.

WHILE THERE ARE DOCUMENTED RACIAL AND ECONOMIC AND AGE GAPS IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS AS WELL, THE DISPARITIES IN LOCAL ELECTIONS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER AND. I JUST BRING THOSE UP AND I SAY, HEY, KUDOS. I JUST SAY KUDOS TO ALL THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE 65 AND OLDER AND

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SO I JUST DON'T PUT AS MUCH WEIGHT ON THAT AS YOU PUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT MY POSITION IS ANY LESS VALID THAN THE POSITIONS THAT THAT YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING FORWARD. I DON'T I DON'T LIKE WHEN POLITICS COMES INTO PLAY IN THIS BOARDROOM OR IN ELECTING THE PEOPLE IN THIS BOARDROOM. I KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT, REGARDLESS OF WHEN THE ELECTIONS ARE, BUT I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THE MORE POLITICS WE CAN KEEP OUT OF IT, THE BETTER, AND THAT THAT'S JUST MY VIEW. I THINK IF I THINK WHEN WE HAVE ELECTIONS AT A DIFFERENT TIME THAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND STATE AND NATIONAL ELECTIONS, WHICH OVERSHADOW EVERYTHING, THEY OVERSHADOW ALL LOCAL ELECTIONS. AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT TO BE A FACT. I THINK IT DOES A DISSERVICE TO THE DISTRICT WHEN THAT HAPPENS. SO I TOO, REGARDLESS OF OF, YOU KNOW, HOW THIS VOTE GOES. YOU KNOW, I, I TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF ISSUE WITH EXTENDING MY TERM SIX MONTHS BY VOTING TO EXTEND MY TERM SIX MONTHS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE VOTE FOR THIS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND SO I DON'T LIKE DOING THAT BECAUSE THE VOTERS DIDN'T PUT ME IN FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS. I HAD TO DO IT ONCE BEFORE DURING COVID. AND AS MISS HELLINGER KNOWS, WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AND DIDN'T LIKE DOING IT, BUT WE WERE SORT OF FORCED INTO THAT. SO I DON'T LIKE DOING IT HERE.

I THINK IF THE VOTERS WANTED ME IN AN EXTRA SIX MONTHS, THEN THEY COULD THEY CAN DECIDE THAT.

BUT I DON'T REALLY WANT TO VOTE FOR THAT. INCREASING VOTER TURNOUT. I MEAN, I THINK THOSE ARE LOFTY GOALS AND GOOD THINGS. AND I'VE, YOU KNOW, I'VE TRIED TO GET PEOPLE TO REGISTER TO

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I THINK WE DO REPRESENT THE ELECTORATE. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S THAT'S MY POSITION ON IT. AND I, I UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES OF IT. I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK I MAYBE HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW OR A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. I DON'T THINK IT MEANS THAT YOUR OPINION IS NOT LEGITIMATE.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL SAYING THAT JUST BECAUSE I MIGHT VOTE NO, THAT I DON'T CARE ABOUT VOTER TURNOUT, BECAUSE I CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT IT, I JUST SEE IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. SO, OKAY, MR. SHOAF. I MEAN, I'LL, I'LL DO IT NEXT WEEK BEFORE THE VOTE. OKAY.

MR. SHOAF, I ASKED IF ANYBODY ELSE HAD ANYTHING BEFORE I SPOKE. GO AHEAD. YES, WELL, I'M ALWAYS QUICK, SO. I MEAN, YOU CAN'T BE MAD AT ME. I'M ALWAYS QUICK. BUT IT'S SIMPLE. IF YOU WANT IT TO REMAIN NONPARTISAN, KEEP IT IN MAY. IF YOU WANT IT TO BE A PARTIZAN BOARD, MOVE IT TO NOVEMBER. I MEAN, IT'S JUST AS SIMPLE AS THAT. OKAY. MR. I'M SORRY, I HAD A QUESTION ON A COMMENT THAT TRUSTEE SHUFORD MADE LAST MEETING AND THAT WAS REGARDING, I THINK IT SAID, WAS THERE A WAY AND I THINK YOU ASKED MR. BRUSH WAS WAS THERE A WAY TO MANDATE THAT BONDS WERE IN NOVEMBER AND ELECTIONS DATE IN MAY? I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION AND I THOUGHT ABOUT IT WHEN I WENT HOME AND I. SO COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEANT WHEN YOU SAID THAT? WELL, YEAH. WE ONLY WHAT I WAS THINKING WAS WE COULD JUST MOVE THE I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD, UNDER THE NEW LEGISLATION, IF WE COULD JUST MOVE THE BOND ELECTIONS TO NOVEMBER. BEING AND KEEP THE TRUSTEE ELECTIONS IN MAY BECAUSE. YEAH, BOND ELECTIONS ARE CONSIDERED SPECIAL ELECTIONS. SO THEY CAN BE HELD ON EITHER OF THE UNIFORM ELECTION DATES. IT'S NOT THAT SECTION OF THE THE CODE WAS NOT CHANGED BY THE NEW STATUTE. SO IT'S NOT NOT LIKE TRUSTEE ELECTIONS WERE PREVIOUSLY. YOU WERE LOCKED IN TO EITHER THE NOVEMBER MAY DATE.

AND AND WHY WOULD YOU. BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE VOTER TURNOUT IS HIGHER IN NOVEMBER AND YOU WOULD WANT THE BOND TO PASS. BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT WAS THE REASONING. YEAH. WE ONLY HAD 18. WE ONLY HAD 18,000 VOTER TURNOUT FOR $1 BILLION BOND. SO YEAH. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO PUSH US ALONG. BUT DEFINITELY I'M GOING TO PULL IT NEXT WEEK ANYWAY SO WE CAN HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. I'LL PULL IT OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA. YES. GO AHEAD.

OKAY. SO IF B.B.B IS REMOVED FROM OH NO, YOU'RE YOU'RE JUST SAYING WE'LL REMOVE IT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'M SORRY, I WAS I WAS MISUNDERSTANDING AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHAT I MEANT BY THE ELECTORATE. I'M NOT SAYING WE DIDN'T. WE DON'T REPRESENT THE ELECTORATE. I'M SAYING THE VOTERS IN MAY DON'T REPRESENT THE ELECTORATE. THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T, SO I DIDN'T I DON'T

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WE'RE GOING TO MOVE. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. MISS GALLAGHER, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? CORRECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT UP IS ITEM NINE K, WHICH IS SCHOOL BOUNDARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP. AND LISTED ARE CRYSTAL SERGEANT FOR AN AS AN HHS ALTERNATE AND JULIE TILLMAN AS AN ALTERNATE. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS. OH YOU NEED YEAH. GO AHEAD. NEED TO SAY SOMETHING VERY BRIEF ON THE LIST AGENDA. THERE ARE ONLY TWO PEOPLE LISTED, BUT ON THE ACTUAL AGENDA SUPPORTING DOCUMENT, THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE BEING RECOMMENDED, THE THIRD BEING DAVID OLNEY FOR THE TRAVIS HIGH SCHOOL ALTERNATE. AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, THAT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS CORRECTED ON THE 15TH AGENDA LIST TO MATCH THE DOCUMENT. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.

[9. L. Library Book Purchase Programs Update: Consideration and approval of the purchase of new library materials that were posted for public review beginning October 2025.]

[9. M. RPHS GAPP International Travel: Consideration and approval of international travel during the summer of 2026 by Ridge Point High School students. Students can participate in the 2026 German - American Partnership Program (GAPP) in Germany]

YOU ASKED IF THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL OF OUR OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS. AND WE DO HAVE ANOTHER PARTNERSHIPS. THAT'S F TOURS, AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL OTHER CAMPUSES THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THAT. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHARE OUT WITH. WE SHARED OUT WITH THE BOARD AS AN INFORMATION ITEM LAST YEAR, APRIL IN APRIL. AND THEN WE ALSO SHARE WITH OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT UP IS NINE N WHICH

[9.N. Budget Amendment Regarding Use of 2018 Bond Program Contingency Funds: Consideration and approval for the use of 2018 Bond Program Contingency as proposed.]

[9. O. Budget Amendment Regarding Use of 2023 Bond Program Contingency Funds: Consideration and approval for the use of 2023 Bond Program Contingency as proposed by Administration.]

[9.P. 1. Construction Services Agreement for Kitchen Renovations ES at Multiple Campuses (BP013): Consideration and approval of a Construction Services Agreement with Bass Construction Company, Inc. for Kitchen Renovations ES at Multiple Campuses (BP013), for a stipulated sum of $17,247,000 and authorization for the Superintendent to negotiate and execute or terminate the agreements]

[9.P. 2. Additional Funding for Aquatic Practice Facility (BP007): Consideration and approval for additional funding for Aquatic Practice Facility (BP007) for a total revised project budget of $33,900,000, and authorization for the Superintendent to negotiate and execute or terminate the agreements.]

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2023 IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY IN THE 2023 BOND CONTINGENCY. WITH 18 BOND CONTINGENCY WE DO. AND SO THAT CAN BE USED FOR ATHLETIC PURPOSES. ANY ANY PURPOSE THAT THE THAT THE BOARD NOT ANY BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE STAFF RAISES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT

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AND THEN AS WE MOVE INTO THE THIRD ONE, THE THIRD ONE IS ONE THAT COMES INTO BUDGET, BUT IT MOST NOTABLY ELIMINATES THE STRETCH LANES FROM THE POOL, WHICH DOESN'T GIVE THEM THE WARM UP AREA. SO JUST A QUICK RECAP. OCTOBER BOARD APPROVAL. THE PROJECT BUDGET TOTAL WAS ABOUT 28 898. THE DECEMBER BOARD REQUEST IS GOING TO INCREASE THAT ESTIMATED PROJECT BUDGET TO 32 MILLION. AND THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE WOULD NEED AND WE WOULD BE REQUESTING WOULD BE 3.1 MILLION. AND THEN IT WAS JUST A QUICK RECAP OF THAT A THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED, THE THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE HAD BRINGS THE TOTAL 2018 CONTRIBUTIONS IN A LITTLE OVER $15 MILLION. SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MISS HANNON? OKAY, SO MY RECOMMENDATION IN MY PACKET SAYS 33.9 MILLION IS WHAT ADMINISTRATION IS IS ASKING FOR. OKAY. IS IT THAT OR IS IT 32 MILLION. WHAT IS WHAT IS WHAT IS ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDING? OKAY AND I APOLOGIZE. I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT WHEN I CAME UP WE ON LAST WEEK BEFORE THE BREAK. WE PROVIDED TO YOU ALL IN SEVERAL WAYS SOME UPDATED DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THIS ITEM AS WE CONTINUE TO SHARPEN OUR PENCILS. AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS. AND WHEN AT YOUR SEATS, THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL COPY. DID YOU ALL HAVE A IF YOU DID NOT APOLOGIZE, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDITIONAL COPY. AND I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT TO YOU. AND SO THERE'S AN UPDATED ONE THERE FOR YOU WITH THE 32 MILLION THERE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION COST OF 27.8, AND THEN THE PROJECT BUDGET WITH EVERYTHING INCLUDING CONTINGENCY BEING 32 MILLION. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. OKAY. SO THIS IS WITH THE WEIGHT ROOM REMOVED. YES. WE RECEIVED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THERE WAS NOT A WEIGHT ROOM. WHERE WOULD STUDENTS GO? AND SO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WORK WITH ATHLETICS TO SEE IF STUDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THE FACILITY AT THEIR CAMPUS, AT THEIR, AT THEIR OWN CAMPUS. AND THEY THEY POTENTIALLY COULD. IT'S NOT AS IDEAL. IT WOULD NOT MATCH WHAT THE WHAT WE HAVE AT THE OTHER TWO OTHER FACILITIES. BUT IT IS POSSIBLE AND AS AS WE KNOW, THIS FACILITY WILL SIT CLOSE TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH WILL ALSO HAVE A WEIGHT ROOM THERE AS WELL. RIGHT. BUT OUR OUR HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMERS WERE NOT GOING TO WANT THEM GOING IN THE BUILDING AT 5:45 A.M. INTO THE MIDDLE. I MEAN, THAT I, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S A FEASIBLE. OUTCOME. SO I WANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION BECAUSE I, I FEEL LIKE TO CONFIRM OUR PRACTICE FACILITY ON THE WEST SIDE HAS A WEIGHT ROOM. IT DOES. AND IT IS USED. YES IT IS SWIMMERS, DIVERS, WATER POLO. IT IS OUR NATATORIUM HAS A WEIGHT ROOM. YES. AND IT IS USED. YES. OKAY.

SO I'M, I SOUND LIKE I'M GETTING INTO MANAGEMENT, BUT I'M IF WE'RE REDUCING WHY AT

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AND SO SOME PEOPLE ARE IN THAT SECTION AND THEN OTHERS DO SIT OUTSIDE. BUT THAT'S THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING. I DON'T KNOW THIS. I HAVE ADDED GRAY HAIRS OVER THIS FACILITY BECAUSE WE WERE AT 29.5 IS WHAT VOTERS APPROVED. AND I KNOW 25 POINTS. TRUSTEE HELLER NO. 2020 2.5 19 THE ORIGINAL, THE ORIGINAL. THE ORIGINAL WAS AT 19. YOU WERE CHEERING ABOUT THE EXTRA 5.5 MILLION THAT WE JUST ADDED BACK INTO THE 2018 BOND, BUT THIS MAKES 3 MILLION DISAPPEAR FROM THAT, CORRECT? YES. IT WOULD MAKE A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION. THAT WAS JUST HARD FOR ME. I WANT THEM TO HAVE A WEIGHT ROOM, BUT I'M LIKE, BECAUSE I ANTICIPATE YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR SOME MORE. WELL, WE WE ARE HOPING THAT WE WILL NOT. BUT LIKE MANY OF THE PROJECTS IN THE 2023 BOND, I WILL TAKE THIS MOMENT JUST TO REMIND US THAT HOW WE GOT HERE IN THE 2023 BOND WAS THAT THE ENTIRE BOND THAT WAS POOR PLANNING ON THE 2023 BOND, WE KNOW THAT. AND SO WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, BE AS CONSERVATIVE AS WE CAN, BRING AS MUCH FUNDING BACK AS WE CAN, SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE TO COME FORWARD TO ASK SO THAT WE KNOW YOUR COMMITMENT ON BOARD TO DELIVER ON THE PROMISES THAT THAT WERE MADE TO THE COMMUNITY BEFORE ANY OF OUR TIME. BUT WE'RE PARTNERED WITH YOU IN TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT. AND SO THAT 2018 FUNDING, GETTING THAT BACK INTO CONTINGENCY, CONTINGENCY JUST GIVES THE BOARD THE FLEXIBILITY THAT THEY NEED, BECAUSE 2023 CONTINGENCY WOULDN'T GIVE US AS MUCH OF AN OPTION. OKAY. I WOULD JUST LOVE THIS TO GO BACK UNDER 30. AND SO I'LL I'LL STOP. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE HARD FOR ME TO APPROVE THAT MUCH MONEY.

THE ONE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD ADD TO WHAT MISS BROWN JUST SAID IS THAT IF I'M GOING BACK TO DURING THE PRESENTATION WE DID EARLIER, THE TIMELINE THAT HAS THE DIFFERENT FLAGS ON THERE, WITH THE ESTIMATED NUMBERS THAT OUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION GROUP DID AFTER THE KERFUFFLE WITH THE NUMBERS THAT PREVIOUSLY, WE HAVE BEEN VERY CLOSE TO THOSE NUMBERS. AND SO I THINK WHAT WE WOULD SAY IS AN ADMINISTRATION AS THOUGH SHE SAID SHE HOPES THAT IT DOESN'T GO UP. WE HAVE BEEN REASONABLY CLOSE WITH ALL THOSE NUMBERS AND IN SOME CASES HAVE ACTUALLY COME DOWN FROM THOSE NUMBERS. AND SO IT IS A SHOULD BE A PRETTY TIGHT NUMBER THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE TODAY. OKAY. SO OUR OUR HOPE AGAIN, I KNOW HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY THAT IF IT IF WE COME IN, IF WE WANT TO WEIGHT ROOM, OUR OPTION WOULD BE THE $29.1 MILLION. WITHOUT A WEIGHT ROOM, WE WOULD GO OUT FOR BID. IF IT COMES UNDER, WE WILL ADD THAT WEIGHT ROOM BACK IN, BUT WE JUST WANTED THAT TO BE THE SHARPENED PENCIL OPTION THAT THE BOARD WOULD HAVE. THANK YOU, MISS GALLAGHER. I KNOW THIS IS MY FAVORITE SUBJECT THIS MONTH, SO. CAN YOU GET BACK UP? I WANT TO TALK ABOUT LET'S TALK ABOUT MONEY.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M REALLY CLEAR ON THE MONEY THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU ALL FOUND IN THE 2018. I WANT TO DO THE MATH. I FEEL LIKE I NEED, LIKE, A RUNDOWN OF THE NUMBERS JUST TO MAKE SURE HOW WE GET TO THE, HOW WE GET TO THE CONTINGENCY DOLLARS THAT WE NEED FOR FOR 29.1. I WANT TO TELL YOU, IT IS VERY HARD FOR ME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OVER BUDGET. YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT. BUT IT'S ALSO PAINFUL FOR ME WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE SAY. THE EAST SIDE IS ABOUT TO GET MESSED OVER ONCE AGAIN. AND SO IT IS A CHALLENGE FOR ME OF BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO DO WHAT WE SAID WE

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YEAH. SO LET ME SEE IF I AS WE'RE WAITING TO PULL THAT UP. SO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AVAILABLE IN CONTINGENCY IS $46.4 MILLION. WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT WE WILL USE ABOUT $18.5 MILLION ON THE REMAINING PROJECTS THAT WE WILL NEED TO BRING FORWARD TO THE BOARD THROUGH THE. SO THIS WAS THE LIFE CYCLE DEFICIENCY ITEMS AND THAT WOULD USE A PORTION OF THAT CONTINGENCY. AND SO THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE RESERVED $6.2 MILLION IN CONTINGENCY FOR THE AQUATICS PRACTICE FACILITY. WHEN YOU FACTOR ALL OF THOSE IN, WE WOULD HAVE ABOUT $21.7 MILLION REMAINING IN CONTINGENCY. NO, IT'S STILL NOT IT. THIS IS.

THAT'S NOT MATCHING THIS. OKAY. SO WE WOULD HAVE ABOUT $21.7 MILLION AVAILABLE IN CONTINGENCY IF YOU TAKE THE $3.1 MILLION OUT, THAT WOULD LEAVE YOU WITH $18.6 MILLION STILL AVAILABLE IN CONTINGENCY. SO IN SHORT, WE WOULD START WITH 46 MILLION. WE'RE BACKING OUT ABOUT $25 MILLION FOR THE EXISTING AQUATICS PRACTICE FACILITY CONTINGENCIES. THAT'S RESERVED, PLUS THE ROUGHLY $17 MILLION THAT'S SET ASIDE FOR THE LIFE CYCLE DEFICIENCY ITEMS FROM THIS PARTICULAR THESE ITEMS THAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED, THAT'S THAT'S JUST ON HERE. WE HAVEN'T USED THE MONEY FOR THE ANTICIPATED. I'M SORRY. I'M NOT. YEAH I THINK I NEED ONE. RIGHT. SO THIS IS. YEAH. SO SO WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS THAT THIS IS SHOWING THAT WE DIDN'T USE ALL THE MONEY THAT WE ANTICIPATED. SO AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT WE REFLECTED EARLIER.

THE MILLION DOLLARS THAT IS BEING ADDED IN HAS BEEN DEDUCTED FROM WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO TO SPEND. AND THEN THIS IS SHOWING GOING FORWARD THAT WE'RE ROUGHLY EXPECTING ABOUT $16 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES TO OCCUR THAT WOULD UTILIZE CONTINGENCY. SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WHILE SHE'S THINKING ABOUT IT. SO THE $16 MILLION, IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK IS GOING TO COME OUT OF THE REMAINING 18.6 MILLION? SO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO RUN US UP TILL WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 2.5 MILLION LEFT? CORRECT? OKAY. THAT IS CORRECT. JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT'S 6.2 GETS US TO WHICH OPTION IS IT. OPTION 1 OR 2. 222 OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. BUT I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT YOU THE BOARD STILL HAS THAT THERE IS STILL AVAILABLE CONTINGENCY TO USE AN ADDITIONAL ROUGHLY $2 MILLION TO GET YOU TO THE 29 MILLION.

YOU STILL HAVE CONTINGENCY AVAILABLE TO DO THAT, BUT IT LOCKS US UP. AND THEN THAT WOULD REALLY CLEAN US OUT OF OUR CONTINGENCY WILL BRING US DOWN TO ZERO. WE WOULD STILL HAVE CONTINGENCY AVAILABLE. EVEN WITH THAT DECISION. I AND WITH THE OPTION ONE OR THE OPTION TWO DECISION BOTH. WITH BOTH OPTIONS, YOU WOULD HAVE CONTINGENCY REMAINING. YEAH, WE HAVE A LOT. RIGHT. AND SO SO THEN THAT'S WHERE THE THAT'S WHERE MAYBE THE CONFUSION IS BECAUSE I THINK MISS TYSON'S QUESTION JUST NOW WAS WE HAVE AFTER YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ABOUT $18 MILLION LEFT AND THEN WE TAKE THE 16. WE DID THE MATH AND WE ALL SAID 2.5. SO WHERE'S THE REST OF THE MONEY COMING FROM? SO THIS SO THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF THE CONTINGENCY THAT IS AVAILABLE. AND SO IF YOU KNOW I'M GOING TO START ON THE FAR LEFT, THERE'S $54 MILLION TO START WITH. WE'RE BACKING OUT THE 17.8 THAT WE WOULD EXPECT TO EXPEND. AND THEN THE $6.2 MILLION THAT IS RESERVED FOR THE EXISTING AQUATICS FACILITY, AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. SO THERE'S $30 MILLION LEFT IF YOU BACK OUT THE 3.1 AND ANOTHER MILLION

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THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MISS CHARANIA. YEAH. I'M SORRY. I'M JUST THINKING THROUGH YOUR NUMBERS AND WHAT YOU JUST SAID. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. AND COULD YOU JUST REMIND ME AGAIN WHERE EXACTLY IS THIS BEING LOCATED? WHICH MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THIS NEXT TO? SORRY, IF YOU COULD.

THAT'S A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT'S LOCATED ON POST OAK AT 22300 SOUTH POST OAK IN FRESNO.

THE NEW SO NEAR COLEMAN IS THAT WHERE IT'S IT'S RIGHT BY COLEMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL JUST FROM MY I GUESS FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND CURRENTLY HOW IS I MEAN HOW ARE LIKE WHERE ARE THE STUDENTS GOING WITH NOT HAVING A FACILITY IN PLACE ON THAT SIDE? LIKE WHERE ARE THEY GOING? CURRENTLY OUR STUDENTS ARE USING RENTAL FACILITIES. AND SO WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT THE THE ITEM TO THE BOARD, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACILITIES THAT THAT WERE BEING USED. WE TALKED ABOUT THE POOLS NOT BEING GROUNDED, SOME BEING OUTDOOR POOLS. AND SO THIS IS JUST AN EQUITABLE OPTION SO THAT ALL SWIMMERS HAVE AN INDOOR FACILITY TO USE. YEAH, I MEAN I THINK FOR EQUITY SAKE IT WOULD BE THE MOST IDEAL TO ENSURE THAT THE NEW FACILITY THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE MATCHES WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. I KNOW BUDGET IS AN ISSUE, BUT I ALMOST FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO CONSTRUCT IT, IT SHOULD MATCH WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

YEAH. SO. MISS HELLINGER. SO YEAH, I AGREE. I THINK THE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE INITIAL SHOCK WAS THAT THERE WAS INITIAL BUDGET FOR AN AMOUNT AND WE HAD EXCEEDED THAT BUDGET. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE TREPIDATION WAS. AND I THINK UNDERSTANDING WHERE OUR, OUR REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHERE OUR CONTINGENCY LIES TODAY GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE FOOD FOR THOUGHT, I THINK, TO REALLY DIGEST THE OPTION A AS OPTION ONE OR WHATEVER IT IS, OPTION A, WHEN IT COMES TO REALLY PROVIDING THAT EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EAST SIDE OF THE DISTRICT. NOW THE ONLY OTHER THING WOULD BE. AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED EARLIER IN YOUR OTHER PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE, WHAT KIND OF CONTINGENCY HAVE YOU BUILT IN IN THOSE NUMBERS? SO I CAN UNDERSTAND ARE WE ARE WE BUILDING IN A 10%, 5% CONTINGENCY IN THOSE DOLLARS ALREADY AS PART OF THAT BUDGET? YES, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

THE ON THE THE BOND 2023 OVERALL THERE WAS LESS THAN 1% CONTINGENCY BUILT IN WHEN THE 2023 BUDGET BOND WAS APPROVED AND VOTED UPON. SINCE THAT TIME, AS WE'VE BROUGHT NEW PROJECTS, WE'VE WE'VE FOLLOWED THE INDUSTRY STANDARD, AND WE DO HAVE CONTINGENCY BUILT INTO THE PROJECTS. BUT FOR THE INITIAL BOND, NO, MA'AM, IT WAS LESS THAN 1% CONTINGENCY. AND THAT'S WHY WE FOUND OURSELVES IN THIS SITUATION. OKAY. SO AND THEN WITH THINKING AHEAD OF WHAT OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLETE WITHIN THE 2023 BUDGET IS, THAT IS THAT TIMELINE ONLY, DOES THAT REFLECT EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY? IT DOES. OKAY. I WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT REALLY QUICKLY JUST TO TO SHOW THAT TIMELINE. IS THIS THE TIMELINE THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING? DOES THAT REFLECT EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE COMMITTED TO TO OUR TO OUR TAXPAYERS, WITH OUR CURRENT BUDGET, OUR BONDS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, THE THINGS THAT WE THAT HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO STAY WITHIN THE BOND. YES, MA'AM. AND I WILL TELL YOU, THIS IS THE TIMELINE THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. AND ON THIS TIMELINE, IT WAS OUR INTENSIVE, ANTICIPATED USE OF CONTINGENCY. AND MANY OF THESE THINGS WE HAVE NOT HAD TO TO USE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK AT JUNE 2025, THERE WAS AN AMOUNT THERE PREVIOUSLY THAT WE ANTICIPATED NEEDING FOR BUSH HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATIONS. YOU'LL SEE NOW THAT 0.0, THAT MEANS WE DID NOT HAVE TO COME FORWARD TO ASK FOR THOSE FUNDS. AND SO THEN WE BACK THAT OUT AND WE'LL PUT IT AT ZERO SO THAT SO THAT WE KNOW IF WE'RE USING THOSE SO THAT WE HAVE NOT USED EVERYTHING THAT WE ANTICIPATED ASKING FOR, AND WE PLAN TO CONTINUE TO DO SO, WE WON'T ASK FOR ANYTHING WE DON'T NEED. OKAY. WELL, I, I FEEL A LITTLE BETTER NOW THAT WE'VE REALLY GOT TO UNDERSTAND THE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. I KNOW SOMETIMES IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW YOU SHARE IT AND WHAT THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE. I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'VE SHARED IT BEFORE, BUT THE MATH JUST WASN'T MAPPING FOR US. AND I THINK IT IT MAKES A LITTLE BIT BETTER SENSE TO ME THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU, MISS CHARANIA. YEAH. I JUST HAD ONE REQUEST, MR. QUINN.

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[9.P. 3. Digital Temperature System (COOP): Consideration and approval for the purchase of Digital Temperature System from Digi SmartSense, LLC under a cooperative contract with Choice Partners Cooperative in an amount not-to-exceed $350,000 over a five-year period and authorization for the Superintendent to negotiate and execute the agreements through December 2030]

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[9.P.4. Stop Loss Insurance: Consideration and approval for the purchase of Stop Loss Insurance from UnitedHealthcare in an amount not to exceed $23,940,840 over a five-year period and authorization for the Superintendent to negotiate and execute the agreements through December 2030]

FOR THIS ITEM. YES. IT IS NORMAL FOR THE STOP LOSS OKAY OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT UP

[9.P.5. School Bus Purchase: Consideration and approval to increase the existing contract awarded under 23-082AR School Bus Purchase by $967,404 for a total not to exceed amount of $5,637,404 to continue the purchase of school buses through September 2028.]

[9.P. 6. Band Uniforms and Related Items – Travis High School (COOP): Consideration and approval for the purchase of band uniforms and related items from Fred J. Miller, Inc. through Buy Board cooperative in an amount not to exceed $127,500 and authorization for the Superintendent to 3 358 360 362 364 370 381 384 388 390 negotiate and execute the agreement through June 2028.]

QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? NEXT UP IS OUR ACTION ITEM. MAY I HAVE A MOTION MISS HANNON? I MOVE

[10. A. Construction Manager-at-Risk for Madden Elementary School Foundation Repairs and Upgrades (BP023): Consideration and approval of Millennium Project Solutions, Inc. as Construction Manager-at-Risk (CMaR) for Madden ES Foundation Repair and Upgrades (BP023), and authorization for the Superintendent to negotiate and execute the agreement.]

IT'S JUST A HUGE AMOUNT COMPARED TO WHAT? AND I AND I KNOW THIS IS BEATING THE DEAD HORSE. I KNOW WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE NUMBERS THAT THAT THE BOARD VOTED ON IN 2023.

WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD. YES, MA'AM. IN ANSWER TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, YES, THE SLAB WOULD AFFECT THE FCI INDEX AS A PART OF THEIR ASSESSMENT AND RATING. AND WHAT WAS THE INDEX? I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC ONE ON MADDEN. I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU THOUGH. OKAY. I JUST THINK BEFORE THE BOARD VOTES WE SHOULD. THIS IS JUST A LOT OF MONEY. AND THE ANSWER TO YOUR OTHER QUESTION, WE'VE DETERMINED THAT IT'S NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. I KNOW THAT WE KEEP PUMPING MONEY INTO IT TO HAVE TO FIX DOORS AND TILES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. IT'S JUST IT'S TO TO TRUSTEE HELLINGER'S POINT THAT AS CONTINGENCY DWINDLES AND DWINDLES AND WE STILL HAVE A HALF $1 BILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS ALMOST THAT WE HAVEN'T THAT HAVEN'T COME TO FRUITION.

YEAH. I JUST THIS THE CONTINUED INVESTMENT OF DOLLARS JUST TO PATCH AND REPAIR THOUGH, IS JUST ALMOST GOING TO BE PROHIBITED. THAT COST, WE WILL QUICKLY EQUAL THE COST THAT IT WILL TAKE TO PERMANENTLY AND CORRECTLY ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BY ANNUAL PATCH AND REPAIR COST.

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AND SO IT IS IT IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S SO THAT WE STOP THROWING MONEY IN SMALL SPURTS. AND I WOULD IMAGINE WE'LL HAVE PAID FOR IT AGAIN IF WE CONTINUE TO PATCH. SO. AND I KNOW WE'VE SHARED THE PICTURES BEFORE OF WHAT HAS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE BUILDING. IT'S NOT A FOUNDATION ISSUE THAT WE HAVE. IT'S AN ISSUE WITH THE SLAB BASED ON THE SOIL UNDERNEATH THE BUILDING. AND SO IT IS VERY COSTLY FOR US TO GO IN AND TAKE THAT SLAB OUT AND DIG ALL OF THAT SOIL OUT. SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT US BECAUSE THIS ITEM IS NOT ABOUT COST. AND SO WE REALLY CAN'T WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THE COST. SO WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CMA. BUT WE CAN'T REALLY I DON'T I'M TOLD WE CAN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT THAT. SO OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ABOUT THE ITEM. BUT BUT I DO. WELL MISS HANNAN. BUT WE ALREADY APPROVED THE COST. SO WE CAN'T WE CAN'T REVISIT THAT. I JUST WISH WE HAD KNOWN WHAT THE FACILITIES CONDITION INDEX WAS WHEN WE VOTED. OKAY. WELL OKAY. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IT'S 29%. CAN I SAY THAT THE FCI SCORE. SURE. IT'S 29%. YOU ALREADY SAID IT. OH I'M SORRY, IT'S 29%. YOU CAN'T.

IT'S TOO LATE. THAT'S OKAY, THAT'S OKAY. STOP STARING AT ME LIKE THAT, PLEASE. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE. SO ALL IN FAVOR? BY SHOW OF HANDS. IF YOU WERE VOTING FOR THE ACTION ITEM, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN? THE

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