Dec 15, 2025 Special Called Meeting

REMAINING QUIET, SO THAT EVERYONE IS ABLE TO HEAR THE PROCEEDINGS. THANK YOU. THANK

[1. Call to order]

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[2. Public Comment]

FIRST UP ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS THIS EVENING. THE BOARD ENCOURAGES AND WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. AND PLEASE REFRAIN FROM MENTIONING A STUDENT OR EMPLOYEES NAME OR OTHER INFORMATION THAT ALLOWS A SPECIFIC STUDENT OR EMPLOYEE TO BE IDENTIFIED WHEN VOICING A CONCERN. CAN I ASK OUR BOARD VICE PRESIDENT TO KEEP TIME? ANGIE, DO YOU MIND KEEPING TIME FOR US? NO, NOT AT ALL. I WANT THIS, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. AND OUR BOARD VICE PRESIDENT, ANGIE HANNON WILL GIVE YOU YOUR 32ND WARNING. FIRST UP THIS EVENING IS TERESA NOYOLA. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS TERESA NOYOLA, AND I AM THE MOTHER OF A STUDENT AT COAL VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. I AM CONCERNED WITH TALKS REGARDING REZONING OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. I WAS INFORMED THAT AS OF NOW, THERE ARE TALKS ABOUT REZONING ONLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BUT I'M SURE IT WON'T END THERE. MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS WILL BE NEXT. THAT SAID, I'M NOT ONLY CONCERNED ABOUT MY SON, BUT ALSO THE REST OF THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITIES. CHILDREN THRIVE WHEN THEIR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT MATCHES THEIR ACADEMIC GOALS AND INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. A SUDDEN CHANGE, ESPECIALLY TO A SCHOOL FACING DOCUMENTED CHALLENGES, CAN DISRUPT PROGRESS, AFFECT MOTIVATION, AND CREATE UNCERTAINTY. AS A PARENT, IT IS DIFFICULT NOT TO WORRY ABOUT HOW THIS MAY INFLUENCE MY SON'S CONFIDENCE, ACADEMIC GROWTH, AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES. I UNDERSTAND THAT REZONING DECISIONS ARE COMPLEX AND ARE OFTEN MADE TO ADDRESS LARGER DISTRICT NEEDS. HOWEVER, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS BE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. FAMILIES SHOULD BE GIVEN TRANSPARENCY, OPTIONS AND SUPPORT WHEN SUCH CHANGES INVOLVE SCHOOLS WITH NOTABLE DIFFERENCES IN PERFORMANCE. MY HOPE IS THAT THIS CONCERN CAN OPEN A CONVERSATION. FOCUS ON SOLUTIONS. FOR INSTANCE, CONSIDERING MOVING ACADEMIES TO THOSE UNDERUTILIZED SCHOOLS. MY SON IS PART OF THE GT ACADEMY AT QUAIL VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND I'M ALMOST SURE THAT PARENTS WILL MOVE THEIR KIDS TO A SCHOOL WITH AN ACADEMY. IF NOT THAT, I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS TO CONSIDER. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN, AND FOR CONSIDERING THE PERSPECTIVE OF FAMILIES WHO ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THOSE DECISIONS. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS JUANITA FRANCO. FIRST PART OF THE SPEECH IS IN ■SPANISH. BUENAS TARDES MIEMBROS DE LA JUNTA DE FORT BEND ISD. MI NOMBRE ES JUANITA FRANCO IS A MADRE ESTUDIANTE DE SEPTIMO VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. ESCUELA QUALIFICATION AYUDADO A SALIR ESTA NOCHE. QUIERO HABLAR SOBRE TRANSPARENCIA PLANIFICACION A LARGO PLAZO E PERSPECTIVA ESTRATÉGICA. TRANSPARENCIA SIGNIFICA COMPARTIDOS NUMERO DECISIONS PARA EL. CICLO 2020 2020 PROYECTO ESCUELA SECUNDARIA AL 73% DE LAS PRIMERAS 76% DE LAS PREPARATORIA CINCO POR CIENTO. SIN EMBARGO, HOY ALGUNAS PERSONAS DE ALTO CRECIMIENTO ES POR ENCIMA DEL 70 POR CIENTO DE CAPACIDAD, APENAS. AL PUNTO POR CIENTO. LAS FAMILIAS MERECEN VISTA CIFRAS LOS CRITERIOS DE LOS CAMBIOS Y LOS COMPROMISOS CLARO AQUI EL ACUERDO. ESTUDIANTES DE UNA ESCUELA DE COMO OTRA QUALIFICATION SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICATIVAMENTE MAS BAJA LA CONFIANZA EN EL PROCESO LOS PADRES. VECINDARIO ESCUELAS POR SU RENDIMIENTO. CUANDO ESTAS DECISIONES. IGNORANT. ARBITRARY. LA CONFIANZA, LA PLANIFICATION A LARGO PLAZO DE LA ESTABILIDAD. LOS ESTUDIANTES ACTUALES ESTRATEGIAS PROTEGEN LOS PATRONES DE ALIMENTACION CONTENIDO, ACADÉMICA Y LA PERSPECTIVE ESTRATÉGICA ES LA CONFIANZA. SONIFICATION. NO SON SOLO AFECTA EL ÉXITO ACADÉMICO.

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CON TODOS LOS LIMITES DE CAPACIDAD UTILIZATION. IMPACTOS ACADÉMICOS ANTES DE CUALQUIER VOTACION MANTENGAN A LOS ESTUDIANTES ACTUALES IN ESCUELAS DE ALTO RENDIMIENTO PROTEGEN LOS PATRONES DE ALIMENTACION. ESTABLECEN UNA MORATORIA NO MAS CAMBIOS EN EL MISMO PATRON DE ALIMENTACION IN MENOR A CINCO ANOS. COMPROMETE COMPROMETE A METRIC POSTERIORES OBJETIVOS UTILIZACION TIEMPOS DE TRES RENDIMIENTO Y RETENCION CON TABLEROS PUBLICOS ACTUALIZACIONES GRACIAS. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS STEPHANIE BROWN. HELLO. MUCH RESPECT TO THE BOARD. THE SUPERINTENDENT DURING THIS TIME, WHICH I KNOW IS TRYING AND HARD FOR ALL OF YOU BECAUSE I'VE LIVED IT. I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS. AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, IN THE PAST AND PRESENT, BEEN BULLIED BY NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES, DARED TO DO SOME THINGS THAT YOU'VE STATED THAT YOU NEED TO DO. AND SO MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT IF YOU ONLY CONCENTRATE ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, YOU'RE GOING TO LOCK YOURSELF INTO SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF. BECAUSE WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, YOU CONCENTRATE ON FEEDER PATTERNS AND YOU SAY, IT BEGINS WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL. YOU DON'T SAY THE QUAIL VALLEY ELEMENTARY FEEDER PATTERN ARE THE HUNTERS GLEN FEEDER PATTERN. YOU START WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS. AND SO FOR YOU TO PUT THAT ON THE BACK BURNER AND NOW PUT THAT UNTIL A LATER TIME, I THINK THAT YOU'RE DOING YOURSELF UNJUST BECAUSE THERE'S A POLICY IN PLACE THAT STATES THAT YOU CANNOT MOVE A STUDENT TO MORE THAN TWO TIMES IN WAITING TO LOOK AT THIS AS A WHOLE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE FACING SOME OF THAT. WE ALREADY HAVE SCHOOLS LIKE TRAVIS RIDGE, POINT ELKINS THAT ARE OVER UTILIZED, AND YOU HAVE UNDERUTILIZED SCHOOLS THAT YOU GUYS SAID NEEDED TO BE REBALANCED. AND SO BY YOU GUYS BRINGING THAT TO US, NOT US BRINGING THAT TO YOU, YOU PAID CONSULTANTS, YOU'VE DONE DATA. AND ALL OF THAT MONEY WAS SPENT ON THAT, WHICH AT THE TIME YOU THOUGHT MADE SENSE. THE REASON THAT I GOT UPSET AT THE COMMUNITY, THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, IS BECAUSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. IT HAPPENED TEN YEARS AGO WHERE WE JUST DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS A RACIAL ISSUE, BECAUSE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT THEIR KIDS TO GO TO CERTAIN SCHOOLS. I'M JUST GOING TO CALL IT LIKE IT IS. EVERY PARENT WANTS THEIR CHILD TO BE EDUCATED. EVERY PARENT WANTS THEIR CHILD TO HAVE A QUALITY AND EQUITABLE EDUCATION. AND IT SHOULD NOT MATTER. IN FORT BEND ISD WHERE YOUR CHILD IS GOING. IF FORT BEND ISD IS EDUCATING EVERY SCHOOL, EVERY CHILD, EVERY COURSE SELECTION IS IN EVERY SCHOOL. AND NO, WE DON'T WANT THE ACADEMIES THROWN AT A SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO ATTEND THERE. YOU SHOULD WANT TO GO TO A SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE'S EQUITY, EQUITABLE EDUCATION. WE'RE ONE FORT BEND ISD, ARE WE NOT? SO WE'RE IN THE EDUCATION BUSINESS, NOT THE PROPERTY TAX BUSINESS THAT'S LEFT UP TO THE CITY, THAT'S LEFT UP TO THE COUNTY. I'M ASKING YOU, FORT BEND ISD, TO LET'S FOCUS ON EDUCATING, EDUCATING OUR KIDS. AND THAT MEANS ALL OUR KIDS. AND IF YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE BAND AID OFF. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS SANDY STERLING. GOOD EVENING. I COME TO REPRESENT THURGOOD MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL AND THEIR FEEDER PATTERNS. AND I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN THAT HAVE GONE TO E.A. JONES, MISSOURI CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THURGOOD MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL. I ACTUALLY HAVE THAT THAT OLDEST ONE WHO'S ACTUALLY GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COME THIS THURSDAY, BECAUSE SHE WAS A PART OF THE EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM. I STAND HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR FAIRNESS, FOR

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AND THAT MEANS THAT WHEREVER THEY STAND, WHATEVER SCHOOL THEY WALK INTO, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AFFORDED THE GREATEST. AND I WANT THAT FOR EVERY PARENT, EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT I'M HERE RIGHT NOW, STANDING UNDER FORT BEND ISD'S UMBRELLA. THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, THE ADMINISTRATORS, THE TEACHERS. WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO FIGHT THIS HARD. WE'RE A COMMUNITY. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A COLLECTIVE EFFORT TO TO TO HAVE US AT THE TOP OF THE, OF THE BAR. SO I ASK FOR FAIRNESS. I DO ASK FOR EQUALITY. 30S I ABSOLUTELY LOVE WHAT IT IS THAT MY KIDS ARE DOING WHERE THEY ARE GOING. I FEEL LIKE IT'S PHENOMENAL, AND I FEEL LIKE EVERY PARENT SHOULD ALWAYS BE ABLE TO FEEL THAT WAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS JOHN FLETCHER.

OKAY. GOOD START. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANK GOD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. AND THE REASON I'M HERE COMING IS BECAUSE OF THE REZONING THING THAT'S GOING ON OR WE CALL IT REZONING. BUT THE GETTING SCHOOLS TOGETHER AND ALL OF THAT. BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO FOCUS ON WHAT'S FAIR FOR ALL THE KIDS. I KNOW WE HAVE CERTAIN PEOPLE HAVE SPECIAL INTERESTS. SOME CERTAIN PEOPLE GROUPS FEEL ENTITLED THAT THINGS SHOULD GO THEIR WAY. LET'S BE FAIR TO ALL THE KIDS. I'M THINKING ABOUT OUR CONSTITUTION THAT TALKS ABOUT ALL MEN WERE CREATED EQUAL, ENDOWED WITH ALL INALIENABLE RIGHTS THAT WE CAN DO ALL THESE THINGS. AND LET'S BE FAIR TO ALL THE KIDS. I THINK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH REZONING. THIS IS A BIG DISTRICT AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK GOTTA BE DONE. WE KNOW THIS. IT IS HARD WORK AND YOU CAN'T MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY. I KNOW THAT, BUT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND TRY TO COME UP WITH A COMMON INTEREST THAT WILL BENEFIT EVERYONE.

EVERY STUDENT, EVERY CHILD. WE THINK ABOUT THE OUR HISTORY AND WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH KIDS IN SCHOOLS SUCH AS RUBY BRIDGES, HOW SHE HAD STARTED SCHOOL, HAD A NATIONAL GUARD TO WALK HER TO CLASS BECAUSE OF CERTAIN GROUPS, DIDN'T WANT HER IN THEIR SCHOOL. AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED NOW. BUT THE THE SPIRIT OF SEPARATION IS STILL THERE. THE SPIRIT OF HATRED IS STILL THERE. THE SPIRIT OF SEPARATION IS THERE WHEN WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER ON ALL OF THIS. AND I KNOW SOME DECISIONS GOT TO BE MADE. I KNOW THE FINAL DECISION HASN'T BEEN MADE YET, BUT I JUST WANT US TO CONSIDER THAT THAT WE WERE ALL CREATED BY ONE CREATOR IN HIS IMAGE. AND WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT. WE ARE NOT THE SAME, BUT THAT'S THE WAY HE WANTED IT. SO I ASKED THE BOARD TO NOT BE AFRAID TO MAKE THAT TOUGH DECISION AND DO WHAT'S FAIR FOR EVERYONE. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF INTERESTS. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF SUGGESTIONS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS. BUT WHEN WE COME TOGETHER WITH ALL THESE IDEAS AND WE COME UP WITH THE BEST IDEA, WE CAN ALL WORK IT OUT AND DO WHAT'S BEST FOR EVERYONE. BECAUSE AT FIRST WE WERE STARTING OFF WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND NOW WE'RE DOWN TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. YES, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME THINGS DONE. AND IF WE DON'T GET THIS

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[3.A. Long Range Boundary Information and Draft Boundary Plans for Elementary Schools and Amy Coleman Middle School]

EVERY QUESTION DESERVES AN ANSWER, AND EVERY CONCERN DESERVES TO BE HEARD. SCHOOL CLOSURES AND CONSOLIDATIONS, UNFORTUNATELY, ARE HAPPENING IN COMMUNITIES IN THE HOUSTON AREA, AS WELL AS ALL ACROSS TEXAS, FROM LARGE URBAN DISTRICTS TO SMALL TOWNS. SO THIS IS NOT JUST A FORT BEND ISD PROBLEM. IT'S A STATEWIDE CHALLENGE, AND IT'S DRIVEN BY THE SHIFTING ENROLLMENT PATTERNS THAT WE'RE SEEING, RISING OPERATIONAL COSTS AND STRUCTURAL FUNDING ISSUES FACING EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT. I RECOGNIZE THE EMOTIONAL WEIGHT THIS DISCUSSION CARRIES. SCHOOLS ARE MORE THAN JUST CAMPUSES, AND THE CHANGE CAN FEEL VERY PERSONAL. AND WE HONOR THAT AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM. IN FACT, WE ARE HAVING TONIGHT'S WORKSHOP BECAUSE WE INDEED HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND THE BOARD, AND WE WANTED TO BE RESPONSIVE.

AND SO THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT REALLY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE REQUEST OF OUR COMMUNITY. I WANT TO QUICKLY REVISIT JUST WHY WE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS EVERYONE KNOWS WE'RE EXPERIENCING DECLINING ENROLLMENT, AND SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO BALANCE ENROLLMENT ACROSS OUR DISTRICT AND ADDRESS THE LOW UTILIZATION RATE AT MULTIPLE CAMPUSES IN OUR DISTRICT, AS WELL AS BALANCE THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT CONSOLIDATING SCHOOLS DOES NOT TOTALLY ELIMINATE A BUDGET DEFICIT, NOR DOES IT PRODUCE IMMEDIATE SAVINGS OVERNIGHT. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW. EFFICIENCIES AND SAVINGS WILL MATERIALIZE OVER TIME. SO TODAY, HERE'S WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH. TODAY'S WORKSHOP, AGAIN, IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU, OUR BOARD, OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THE DATA THAT WE ARE USING TO DRIVE AND MAKE DECISIONS. AND SO TONIGHT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR INFORMATION ABOUT OUR ENROLLMENT TRENDS, FACILITY INDEX INFORMATION BEFORE WE REVIEW THE OVER THE DRAFT BOUNDARY PLANS THAT WILL BE PRESENTED BY ZONDA. AND SO THE ORDER THAT WE'LL PROCEED IN THIS EVENING, WE'LL HEAR FROM.

SO THOSE ARE OUR DEMOGRAPHERS. AND THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE THE ENROLLMENT TRENDS. WE'LL FOLLOW THAT BY MISS MELISSA TURNBAUGH. SHE IS FROM PBK ARCHITECTS. AND SHE'S GOING TO UPDATE US ON THE FACILITY CONDITION INDEX AND TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT THAT IS AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT, THAT STUDY. AND THEN WE'LL FINALLY HEAR FROM ZONDA, OUR BOUNDARY PLANNER, BEFORE WE START THE PRESENTATION, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE. YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE WORD DRAFT. IF I COULD SAY THE WORD DRAFT A THOUSAND TIMES BEFORE WE STARTED, I WOULD SAY DRAFT, DRAFT, DRAFT A THOUSAND TIMES BECAUSE WE ESSENTIALLY ARE BUILDING THE PLAN IN PUBLIC. THE BOUNDARY SCENARIOS THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TONIGHT ARE NOT FINAL. I WANT TO REPEAT THEY'RE NOT FINAL. THEY ARE INDEED A DRAFT. AND THE FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY WILL BE CONSIDERED AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS.

IT'S BEEN A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS. THE SBAC HAS ENDORSED THE INFORMATION THAT TRUSTEES

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WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OVER TIME, BASED ON VERY SPECIFIC FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD, AND LIKELY WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AFTER WE GET THE FEEDBACK FROM THIS EVENING'S PRESENTATION. I SHARE THAT WITH YOU. JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THE THE EXTENT TO WHICH MYSELF AND OUR TEAM AND THE MEMBERS THAT WILL BE PRESENTING TONIGHT HAVE PRIORITIZED THE FEEDBACK FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS AND HAVE TAKEN THAT FEEDBACK SERIOUSLY AND MADE ADJUSTMENTS. THE FINAL THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION IS THE FC POLICY. OUR POLICY FC LOCAL. IT OUTLINES THE DECISION PRINCIPLES FOR SETTING ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES. AND SO WE HAVE USED THAT AS THE FOUNDATION TO GUIDE THE PROCESS AS WELL AS THE GUIDELINES THAT REALLY DRIVE DECISIONS. HOW WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS. I WANT TO CLOSE JUST WITH JUST SOME EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING. I DO UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BOUNDARY DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING TONIGHT. I DO WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY THAT'S HERE. I WANT TO THANK OUR BOARD FOR THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU'VE BEEN GIVING US, FOR THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND FOR THE PREPARATION. I KNOW YOU ALSO HAVE PUT IN OF LOTS HOURS OF YOUR OWN TIME TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND SUBMIT QUESTIONS AND REVIEW ALL THE MATERIAL AND INFORMATION THAT WE'VE PROVIDED. SO WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WITH DOCTOR STACY TEPORA. SHE'S THE PRESIDENT OF PASO. AND IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND GET PREPARED THERE. AND THEN AGAIN WE'LL FOLLOW BE FOLLOWED BY MELISSA TURNBAUGH WITH PBC.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. DOCTOR SMITH. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR SMITH. BOARD OF TRUSTEES THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT. YEAH. YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO NEED TO SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO THE MICROPHONE AND KIND OF CLOSE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY AT HOME CAN HEAR YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS STACY TEPORA. I'M THE THE PRESIDENT OF POPULATION AND SERVING ANALYSTS. AND TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT ENROLLMENT TRENDS BOTH GLOBALLY IN THE STATEWIDE AS WELL AS SPECIFICALLY. HOW LONG CAN YOU TURN IT UP, PLEASE, SO THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR AND THAT. OKAY. OH THERE WE GO. I'LL STEP BACK A LITTLE. NO NO NO, WE NEED WE NEED OKAY, I'M HEARING FEEDBACK, BUT OKAY OKAY. THIS YEAR, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS TEXAS, INCLUDING FORT BEND, HAVE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THEIR ENROLLMENT TRENDS. SINCE THIS YEAR'S ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN LOWER THAN WAS PROJECTED. THERE'S BEEN CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION AMONG THE SBAC AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT. THE WISDOM OF USING LAST YEAR'S PROJECTIONS IN THIS LONG RANGE BOUNDARY PLANNING PROCESS, AND SO PORSA HAS UNDERTAKEN OUR ANNUAL DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY TO UPDATE THESE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS. TONIGHT, YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE STATEWIDE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING, ENROLLMENT TRENDS RECENTLY, AND YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE BIGGEST LOCAL FACTORS THAT HAVE CHANGED RECENTLY TO IMPACT CURRENT AND FUTURE ENROLLMENT IN FORT BEND ISD. IMPORTANTLY, YOU WILL HEAR HOW THESE RECENT CHANGES WHAT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE LONG RANGE PLANNING BOUNDARY PROCESS.

SO LET'S START WITH SOME STATE RIGHTS. STATEWIDE ENROLLMENT TRENDS. THE BLUE BARS ON THIS GRAPH ILLUSTRATE POPULATION GROWTH. POPULATION GROWTH IN TEXAS SINCE THE 70S, AND THE MAROON LINE ILLUSTRATES ENROLLMENT IN TEXAS ISD'S DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD. SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT OVER ON THE RIGHT, THE THE TABLE SHOWS US THAT IN THE 80S AND THE 90S AND

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FEWER OF THOSE ARE CHILDREN. A SMALLER PROPORTION OF THE PEOPLE MOVING INTO TEXAS ARE CHILDREN, AND A LARGER PORTION ARE YOUNG ADULTS. AND OVER AGE 55. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT ANOTHER FACTOR THAT'S CONTRIBUTING TO THAT ENROLLMENT BEING SLOWER THAN THE GENERAL TEXAS POPULATION GROWTH. AND THAT'S THE EXPANSION OF CHARTER SCHOOLS RECENTLY, OVER THE PAST DECADE, STATEWIDE CHARTER SCHOOL LANDSCAPE HAS NEARLY DOUBLED IN THE PAST TEN YEARS.

ON THE LEFT MAP, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS LIVING IN EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WHERE THEY ARE, WHO ARE ATTENDING CHARTER SCHOOLS, THE DARKEST RED ARE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE THE MOST RESIDENTS ATTENDING CHARTER SCHOOLS. AND ALSO WE NOTICE THAT THOSE ARE CONCENTRATED IN THE URBAN AREAS. SO THIS IS THE HOUSTON URBAN AREA IN DALLAS, FORT WORTH AND AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY. LIKEWISE, ON THE RIGHT HAND, THOSE DOTS REPRESENT CHARTER SCHOOLS AND WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED ALSO IN THOSE URBAN AREAS. AND THE NUMBER OF CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT HAVE OPENED SINCE 2015 IS MORE, MORE, MORE CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE OPENED SINCE 2015 THAN WERE OPENED BEFORE 2015, SO THE NUMBER OF CHARTER SCHOOLS HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED, AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ATTENDING CHARTER SCHOOLS HAS ALMOST DOUBLED. AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE REPRESENTED HERE IN THE BLUE BARS. SO I JUST TOLD YOU THAT ENROLLMENT IN CHARTER SCHOOLS HAS ALMOST DOUBLED. AND MORE PRECISELY, THAT'S A 91% GROWTH OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS. BUT REALLY IMPORTANTLY IS THIS RED LINE IS THE ENROLLMENT IN TEXAS ISD'S. AND THAT GROWTH HAS ONLY GROWN BY 2% OVER THE SAME TEN YEAR PERIOD. WHAT ELSE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THESE? THIS LOWER ENROLLMENT IN ISD'S IN THE PAST TEN YEARS, PARTICIPATION IN VIRTUAL PROGRAMS HAS JUMPED SIGNIFICANTLY. IN TEXAS, IT'S INCREASED 1,200%, PARTICULARLY IN THE FIVE YEARS SINCE THE PANDEMIC, WHEN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHILE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS

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LET'S MOVE ONE STEP SMALLER DOWN TO THE INDIVIDUAL METRO AREAS. THESE MAPS SHOW PAST ENROLLMENT OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. THE AREAS IN RED ARE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE GROWN IN ENROLLMENT OVER FIVE YEARS. IN THE IN THE DISTRICTS IN BLUE HAVE DECLINED IN ENROLLMENT OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND THESE REPRESENT THE HOUSTON METRO AREA, DALLAS, FORT WORTH, AUSTIN, AND SAN ANTONIO. SO ALL OF THESE METRO AREAS HAVE SIMILAR PATTERNS IN THAT THE CENTRAL DISTRICTS, THE URBAN CORE ARE BLUE, ARE DECLINING IN ENROLLMENT. AND THEN THERE'S A RING OF RED GROWTH OF THE SUBURBAN AREA DISTRICTS AROUND THEM. SO NOW LET'S ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT, EVEN EVEN MORE TO REGION FOUR. SO YOU GET A BETTER VIEW OF THE HOUSTON AREA AND HOW FORT BEND FITS INTO THAT. SO YOU CAN SEE CLEARLY HERE THAT THE URBAN CORE IN HOUSTON AREA REGION FOUR INCLUDES DECLINING SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUCH AS HOUSTON ISD, ALDINE, A LEAF, SPRING BRANCH, ETC. HERE IN THE URBAN CORE, YOU ALSO SEE THIS RING OF RED AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF HIGH GROWTH SUBURBAN DISTRICTS. AND BETWEEN THOSE TWO YOU SEE A RING OF THIS, THE LIGHT PINK DISTRICTS. AND THIS IS WHERE FORT BEND FALLS, THAT THAT LIGHT PINK REPRESENTS DISTRICTS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED LESS THAN 5% GROWTH OVER FIVE YEARS. AND IN THE CASE OF FORT BEND, THIS HAS BEEN 2.5% GROWTH OVER FIVE YEARS, AND IT RANKS FORT BEND FOR 18TH IN REGION FOUR FOR HIGHEST GROWTH. NOW, WE ALL REMEMBER A TIME NOT TOO LONG AGO THAT FORT BEND WAS ONE OF THOSE RED DISTRICTS IN THE RING, IN THE RED RING. AND SO LET'S TALK NOW ABOUT OTHER DISTRICTS IN THIS SAME SITUATION THAT WERE FORMERLY HIGH GROWTH AND ARE NOW MODERATE, MODERATING OR STABILIZING IN THAT GROWTH. MANY OF THESE DISTRICTS ARE ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR SHIFTS IN ENROLLMENT GROWTH, PARTS OF THE DISTRICT IN THIS CASE. THESE ARE EXAMPLES LEANDER ISD AND FRISCO ISD THAT ALSO HAVE BUILT OUT PARTS OF THE DISTRICT THAT HAVE STABILIZED IN ENROLLMENT AND ARE ENTERING PERIODS OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT, SHOWN IN BLUE ON THESE MAPS. BUT BOTH OF THESE EXAMPLES ALSO CONTAIN AREAS THAT ARE STILL BUILDING NEW HOMES, LIKE FORT BEND ISD. AND SO THOSE ARE SHOWN IN IN ORANGE AND RED ON THESE MAPS.

THIS IS A NATURAL GROWTH PATTERN FOR DISTRICTS THAT ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY LARGE, ESPECIALLY, AND HAVE BEGUN BUILDING NEW HOMES AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN THEIR HISTORY AND IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THE DISTRICT. FORT BEND IS NOT UNIQUE IN THIS REGARD. THIS GRAPHIC REPRESENTS THE NATURAL DEMOGRAPHIC LIFE CYCLE OF ANY GEOGRAPHIC AREA. IT COULD BE A NEIGHBORHOOD, IT COULD BE A CITY, OR IN THIS CASE, A SCHOOL DISTRICT. IN THE EARLY RURAL YEARS SHOWN OVER HERE IN EMERGING GROWTH, THE AREA SEES ONLY POPULATION GROWTH FROM NATURAL POPULATION INCREASES. AT SOME POINT, RESIDENTIAL HOUSES START BEING BUILT AND THAT DEVELOPMENT BRINGS IN NEW RESIDENTS, AND THE AREA ENTERS A HIGH GROWTH PHASE OF ITS DEMOGRAPHIC LIFE CYCLE. EVENTUALLY, PARTS OF THAT GEOGRAPHIC AREA WILL REACH, BUILD OUT AND WILL STOP GROWING, AND EVENTUALLY THE AREA WILL REACH STABILIZATION. NOW, WHEN PASSA BEGAN WORKING WITH FORT BEND, THE DISTRICT WAS SQUARELY WITHIN THE HIGH GROWTH PORTION OR PHASE OF THIS DEMOGRAPHIC LIFE CYCLE NOW CATEGORIZES FORT BEND AS BORDERING BETWEEN APPROACHING STABILIZATION AND FULL STABILIZATION, AND THE REASON FOR THIS AMBIGUITY IS

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SO THIS GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATES A12 PUNCH EFFECTIVELY THAT THAT AFFECTS DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

THE POOL OF CHILDREN IS SMALLER OVERALL, FEWER BIRTHS AND LESS IN-MIGRATION, AND MORE OF THOSE CHILDREN ARE CHOOSING ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES RATHER THAN THEIR HOME ISD. AND THEN THE REDUCTION OF THE SIZES OF THOSE KINDERGARTEN CLASSES HAS A RIPPLING EFFECT FOR THE NEXT 13 YEARS. SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT STATEWIDE TRENDS, AND WE TALKED ABOUT METRO TRENDS AND OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE MATURING. LET'S TALK ABOUT FORT BEND AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED RECENTLY IN FORT BEND ISD. SO THIS TURQUOISE GRAPH ILLUSTRATES THE ENROLLMENT OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS IN FORT BEND. YOU CAN SEE THAT OVER TEN YEARS, FORT BEND HAS GAINED ABOUT 5000 STUDENTS, BUT LESS THAN HALF OF THAT GAIN HAPPENED IN THE MOST RECENT FIVE YEARS. SO THERE HAS BEEN A STABILIZATION OF THAT ENROLLMENT GROWTH. THE NAVY GRAPH AT THE BOTTOM SHOWS A CLEARER PICTURE OF THAT, AND THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, FROM 2015 TO ABOUT 2019, THERE WERE ABOUT 1000 TO 1500 STUDENTS GAINED EVERY YEAR IN FORT BEND ISD. HERE'S THE PANDEMIC YEAR, WHERE VIRTUALLY EVERY DISTRICT IN TEXAS EXPERIENCED A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT. AND THEN THERE WAS THE THE THE REBOUND AFTER THE COVID YEARS. BUT IN THE MOST RECENT YEARS, WE SEE DECLINING ENROLLMENT IN FORT BEND ISD.

NOW, WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS, WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A LOT OF FACTORS.

I WILL BRIEFLY GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON THEM A LITTLE BIT LATER. SO THE ECONOMY AND AND HOUSING PRICES DRIVES NEW HOUSING CONSTRUCTION IN FORT BEND ISD. THAT IS REDUCED COMPARED TO A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT STILL ON THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST ENDS OF THE DISTRICT, THERE'S STILL A NEW HOUSING CONSTRUCTION WHICH DRIVES GROWTH. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BIRTHS AND HOW THAT IMPACTS THE KINDERGARTEN CLASS SIZE, THE STUDENT POPULATION AS IT AGES THROUGH. IF THERE ARE BULGES IN CERTAIN CLASSES THAT WILL IMPACT ENROLLMENT IN THE FUTURE YEARS IN AND OUT, MIGRATION AND THE REGENERATION OF EXISTING HOUSEHOLDS WITH YOUNGER FAMILIES, WHETHER EMPTY NESTERS ARE STAYING PUT IN THEIR HOUSES OR THEY'RE SELLING THEIR HOMES TO YOUNGER FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, AND THEN FINALLY, ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES CHARTER SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND VIRTUAL SCHOOLS. NOW. TEN YEARS AGO. OKAY. WELL, LET'S START WITH QUESTIONS HAVE ARISEN LATELY HERE AND IN DISTRICTS ALL OVER THE STATE ABOUT THE ACCURACY OF PROJECTIONS AND THE WISDOM OF

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TEN YEARS AGO, WE DIDN'T SEE THEM COMING. OUR WHOLE BUSINESS IS BASED ON BEING ABLE TO SEE AROUND CORNERS, AND SOME OF THESE SURPRISED US. SO MOVING FORWARD, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REMEMBER THAT THERE CAN ALWAYS BE UNPREDICTABLE FACTORS WAITING AROUND THE CORNER. WE CAN'T ASSUME THAT THERE WILL BE ANOTHER GLOBAL PANDEMIC, BUT WE CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT THERE WON'T BE EITHER. WE CAN'T ASSUME THAT THE CRISIS IN TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE WILL BE RESOLVED SOON. SO TO RECAP, THERE IS NO CRYSTAL BALL. PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW AT THE TIME AND A NUMBER OF ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.

NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS TO IMPACT THESE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS. SO FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, ENROLLMENT HAS COME IN LOWER THAN PROJECTED. WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT CHANGED TO INFLUENCE ENROLLMENT DIFFERENTLY THAN WE ANTICIPATED? NUMBER ONE, THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN NEW HOUSING CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS IMPACTED BY THE BY THE ECONOMY, ESPECIALLY RISING HOUSING COSTS. AND THAT WAS RELATED IN PART AS WELL TO INFLATION OF HOUSING, HOUSING CONSTRUCTION COSTS. FEWER STUDENTS MOVED INTO THOSE NEW HOUSES THAT WERE BUILT. MORE BABY, FEWER BABIES WERE BORN, PARTICULARLY IN SPECIFIC LOCATIONS IN THE DISTRICT. WE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN FEDERAL IMMIGRATION POLICY AND ENFORCEMENT THAT COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE REDUCED ENROLLMENT, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE REMOVAL OF PROTECTION OF SENSITIVE LOCATIONS LIKE SCHOOLS AND THE FEAR OF PUBLIC SPACES AND SCHOOLS THAT THAT HAS FOSTERED. AND FINALLY, THE GROWING COMPETITION FROM ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. SO LET'S GO THROUGH THESE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. WHAT WE HAVE FOUND TO HAVE CHANGED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS WITHIN FORT BEND ISD, AND HOW THAT HAS IMPACTED OUR PROJECTIONS. SO I MENTIONED THAT STUDENT DENSITY PER HOME HAS ■DECLINED. AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE GREEN LINE, THIS HAS BEEN DECLINING FOR A DECADE OR MORE SINCE WE STARTED WORKING WITH FORT BEND IN 20 1314. THAT MEANS THE STUDENTS PER HOUSE THE STUDENT DENSITY WITHIN EACH HOUSE. THE SIGNIFICANT RECENT CHANGE HAS BEEN IN THE PAST TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS, THAT NEWLY BUILT HOUSES ARE ALSO OCCUPYING FEWER FORT BEND ISD STUDENTS. THE STUDENT DENSITY IN THESE DEVELOPING SUBDIVISIONS IS DECLINING EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANTLY THAN IN THE EXISTING BUILT OUT NEIGHBORHOODS. SO TWO YEARS AGO, SUBDIVISIONS THAT WERE BUILDING HOUSES HAD, ON AVERAGE 0.51 STUDENTS PER HOME. NOW THEY HAVE 0.44 STUDENTS PER HOME. AND THIS IS ILLUSTRATED ACROSS THE BOARD IN THE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES SHOWN BELOW, INCLUDING HARVEST GREEN, WHICH HAS DECLINED FROM 0.676 STUDENTS TO 0.65, AND SIENNA ON THE OTHER END OF THE DISTRICT. THAT'S DECLINED FROM 0.72 TO 0.67 STUDENTS PER HOME, ESPECIALLY THE NEWEST DEVELOPMENT, TRILLIUM HAS VERY FEW STUDENTS PER HOME 0.34 TO 0.23 STUDENTS PER HOME. SO TO SUMMARIZE, WHILE HOUSING

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I TOLD YOU THAT OVERALL, FORT BEND ISD BIRTHS ARE DECLINING AND BUT AND YOU'LL NOTE THAT MOST OF THESE ZIP CODES ARE ALSO DECLINING, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER. YOU CAN SEE THOSE SHOWN BY THE RED ARROWS POINTING, SHOWING THE DECLINE IN BIRTHS. HOWEVER, THERE ARE TWO ZIP CODES ON THE FAR NORTHWEST AND THE FAR SOUTHEAST THAT HAVE GAINED IN, OR HAVE BEEN GAINING BIRTHS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. NOTE THAT THOSE ARE WHERE THE NEW HOUSING CONSTRUCTION IS LOCATED. FOR EXAMPLE, IN 77406 THAT'S HARVEST GREEN AND IN 77583 THAT'S A THE 521 CORRIDOR. BUT ALSO NOTE THAT THOSE ZIP CODES, THE MAJORITY, THE THE THE BULK OF THOSE ZIP CODES EXCEED OR EXCEED THE BOUNDARIES OF FORT BEND ISD. THEY LIE IN LAMAR ISD OR IN ALVIN ISD. SO MUCH OF THAT GROWTH IS HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF FORT BEND ISD. WHAT ELSE HAS CHANGED AND IS IMPACTING THESE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS? WE HAVE FOUND THIS YEAR IN THE STUDY THAT THERE ARE TWO PLANNED HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMIES THAT COULD IMPACT FORT BEND ISD, ANTICIPATED TO OPEN IN 2027, FALL OF 27. WE KNEW ABOUT THESE. THIS IS NOT A SURPRISE. WHAT IS NEW TO US THIS YEAR ARE THE OTHER FOUR CHARTERS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED THIS YEAR THAT COULD ALSO AFFECT FORT BEND ISD. NOW, PRIVATE SCHOOLS. WE HAVE RECENTLY LEARNED THE THE THE PUBLICATION OF THE RULES OF THE ESAS. AND SO SHORT TERM FEELS LIKE THAT THERE COULD BE A MODERATE IMPACT ON FORT BEND ISD BASED ON CHARTERS, PARTICULARLY NEXT FALL. AND THE REASON FOR THIS MODERATE OR TEMPERED IMPACT IS, IN GENERAL, THE LIMITED CAPACITY OF THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS. THEY'RE ALREADY ALMOST FULL AND AND DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ROOM FOR INCREASED ENROLLMENT. BUT ALSO IMPORTANTLY, AS OF THE THE NEWLY PUBLISHED RULES, THE DEADLINE FOR APPLYING FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS NEXT SPRING IS GENERALLY EARLIER THAN THE TIME WHEN VOUCHERS WILL BE APPROVED LATER IN THE SPRING. AND SO WE FEEL LIKE THAT MOST OF THE VOUCHERS APPROVED FOR THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR WILL BE TO STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY ENROLLED IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS. NOW, WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT CAN CHANGE IN THE FUTURE, AND THAT THERE WILL BE A MORE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF VOUCHERS ON FORT BEND ISD IN THE FUTURE. ALSO, AS PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE ABLE TO EXPAND THEIR CAPACITIES AND NEW

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AND SO WE HAVE LIMITED INFORMATION ABOUT REAL. WE HAVE ANECDOTAL INFORMATION, BUT LIMITED REAL DATA. HOWEVER, RECENT ADVANCES IN GEOFENCING AND INCREASED SMARTPHONE USAGE MAY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AVENUES FOR COLLECTING THAT KIND OF DATA IN THE FUTURE. SO THIS BRINGS ME TO WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO HEAR TONIGHT. AND THAT IS WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS. HOW HAVE THEY CHANGED THIS YEAR? ON THE LEFT ARE THE MAPS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN FROM US FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THE UTILIZATION IN FIVE YEARS, THE PROJECTED STUDENTS PER COMPARED TO THE CAPACITY OF EACH CAMPUS IN FIVE YEARS. ACCORDING TO LAST YEAR'S PROJECTIONS. SO EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN RED IS PROJECTED TO BE GREATER THAN 120% UTILIZATION.

EVERYTHING IN ORANGE IS GREATER THAN 100%, EVERYTHING IN LIGHT BLUE IS LESS THAN 80% UTILIZED, AND EVERYTHING IN DARK BLUE IS LESS THAN 60% UTILIZED. NOW, AS YOU'VE SEEN FOR YEARS, THERE'S PROJECTED OVER UTILIZATION IN THE NORTHWEST AND THE SOUTHEAST WHERE THE NEW HOUSING CONSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING. AND YOU SEE A LOT OF BLUE IN THE CENTRAL AND ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF THE DISTRICT. NOW, ON THE RIGHT IS THE SAME UTILIZATION IN FIVE YEARS, BUT IT'S BASED ON THIS YEAR'S NEW PROJECTIONS. SO HOW DO THEY COMPARE? WELL, WE STILL SEE SOME PROJECTED OVER UTILIZATION IN THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST, BUT IT'S NOT PROJECTED TO BE AS SEVERE. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN NOTICE THAT PATTERSON IS PROJECTED TO HAVE FEWER STUDENTS BECAUSE OF WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT THE RATIOS IN TRILLIUM BEING SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN OTHER MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES AND AND DROPPING THIS YEAR AS WELL. WHAT ELSE DO YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE COMPARISON? THERE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE CAMPUSES IN THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE DISTRICT THAT ARE NOW DARK BLUE, OR LESS THAN 60% UTILIZED IN FIVE YEARS.

SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO THIS BOARD AND COMMUNITY TONIGHT, AND HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO THE LONG RANGE BOUNDARY PLAN, BOUNDARY PLANNING? THE NEW PROJECTIONS STRENGTHEN THE NEED FOR REZONING OR CONSOLIDATIONS THAT THE DISTRICT IS CONSIDERING. SO TO SUMMARIZE, WHAT HAS CHANGED? THE HOUSING MARKET HAS COOLED, FEWER NEW HOUSES BEING BUILT AND FEWER EXISTING HOMES BEING SOLD. THERE ARE FEWER FORT BEND STUDENTS MOVING INTO THOSE NEW HOUSES THAT ARE BEING BUILT. THERE ARE FEWER LOCAL BIRTHS IN MOST ZIP CODES IN THE DISTRICT.

THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES IN FEDERAL IMMIGRATION POLICY AND ENFORCEMENT, AND FOR NEW CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN APPROVED IN THE PAST YEAR, AND THE NEW RULES FOR EDUCATIONAL SAVINGS ACCOUNT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN PUBLISHED. SO WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THAT WILL ENTAIL. SO AGAIN, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR TONIGHT AND FOR THE BOUNDARY PLANNING PROCESS? THESE NEW PROJECTIONS HAVE BEEN USED AS A VALIDATION CHECK FOR THE SBC'S WORK AND THE THE OPTIONS THAT YOU WILL SEE TONIGHT. SINCE THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT AND THE NEW PROJECTIONS ARE LOWER THAN LAST YEAR'S PROJECTIONS, THEY NOW SUPPORT AND STRENGTHEN THE NEED FOR BOUNDARY REALIGNMENT AND CONSOLIDATION. AND JUST TO REMIND YOU, YOU'RE NOT ALONE.

THERE ARE LARGE DISTRICTS ALL OVER TEXAS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS AND AND HAVING TO MAKE SIMILARLY DIFFICULT DECISIONS, AND THEY ARE FINDING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO ONE UNDERSTAND THE FLUIDITY OF PROJECTIONS AND STILL CONTINUE TO MAKE DECISIONS IN THE ABSENCE OF A PERFECTLY CLEAR CRYSTAL BALL. SO WITH THAT, I CAN TAKE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION, I WANT TO SEE IF THE TRUSTEES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY AT THIS TIME. SO WE'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE. MISS TURNBAUGH WITH PBK. CORRECT. NO, THAT'S NOT ME. OKAY. PERFECT.

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SO I'M MELISSA TURNBAUGH. I AM AN ARCHITECT AND A SENIOR PRINCIPAL AT PBC. AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE FACILITY CONDITION INDEX AND THE UPDATE THAT WE ARE CONTRACTED TO DO. SO BEFORE I START, IT'S GOOD TO ALWAYS SET THE PREMISE AND FRAMEWORK OF WHAT IS A FACILITY CONDITION INDEX. IT IS A SCORE THAT IS THAT GIVEN COMPARING THE COST OF REPAIRING EXISTING DEFICIENCIES WITHIN A BUILDING VERSUS THE COST OF REPLACING A FACILITY, SOMETIMES YOU PROBABLY DO THIS ON YOUR OWN AT HOME WHEN YOU'RE YOU'RE LOOKING AT DO I INVEST AND HOW MUCH DO I NEED TO INVEST IN MY CAR? OR IS IT BETTER STEWARDSHIP TO REPLACE IT? THAT IS THE LENS THAT WE USE FOR FACILITY CONDITION INDEX, ABOUT BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE RESOURCES TO UNDERSTAND THE SCORE, A LOW SCORE, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN A LOT OF THE GRAPHICS TONIGHT IN REPRESENTED IN GREEN, THAT REPRESENTS A NEWER CAMPUS OR A FACILITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF DEFICIENCIES. SIMILARLY, A AN ORANGE OR A RED IS A CAMPUS WITH A HIGHER SCORE THAT MIGHT HAVE HIGHER DEFICIENCIES. HOW DO WE DETERMINE THESE THESE REPORTS? HOW DO WE FIND THESE DEFICIENCIES? IT IS THROUGH A LENS OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION AND DATA. IT IS ONE FACET THAT I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM TONIGHT THAT CONTRIBUTES TO KIND OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE CAMPUS, BUT IT IS THROUGH EXTENSIVE MULTIDISCIPLINARY WALKS OF CAMPUS TALKING TO THE STAFF AT THE CAMPUS, AS WELL AS THE FACILITIES TEAMS IN 2021. WE WERE SO FORTUNATE TO WORK ON A LONG RANGE FACILITY MASTER PLAN. THIS WAS A MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE DISTRICT. WE DID AS WELL MULTIDISCIPLINARY WALKS. SO ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, WE DID INTERVIEWS WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PRINCIPALS. WE DID IT WITH DEPARTMENTAL LEADS, UNDERSTANDING NOT JUST WHAT IS HAPPENING CURRENTLY ON THE CAMPUS, BUT ALSO WHAT IS COMING, WHAT'S HAPPENING AHEAD IN CTE, WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH ATHLETICS? WE DID DETAILED SURVEYS. WE UPDATED ALL OF THE FLOOR PLANS FROM ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAD ALREADY TRANSPIRED FROM THE 2018 BOND, DETAILED PRICING. WE MENTIONED THERE WAS A LOT OF CHANGES HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PROCESS. THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY CHANGED HOW WE DETERMINED CAPACITIES FOR CAMPUSES. SO WE DID AN ASSESSMENT OF THAT USING THE NEW LENS FROM THE T. WHAT DID THAT DO TO THE CHANGING AND HOW WE CALCULATE CAPACITIES? AND THEN FINALLY WE WE UPDATED AND REVISED THE TECHNICAL DESIGN GUIDELINES AS WELL AS THE EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS. THIS ROUND IN 2025, WE WERE FOCUSING STRICTLY ON THIS FACILITY CONDITION INDEX LENS. SO WE TOOK THE GREAT INFORMATION THANKS TO WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT THAT WAS GATHERED FROM 2021. AND WE USE THAT AS A BENCHMARK. BUT WE STILL WALKED EVERY CAMPUS. WE HAD ARCHITECTS, WE HAD ENGINEERS, CIVIL, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, WE HAD BUILDING ENVELOPE CONSULTANTS, FOOD SERVICE CONSULTANTS WALKING EVERY CAMPUS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE CURRENT NEEDS OF THE CAMPUS, AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE LIFE CYCLE. AND THAT IS HOW WE WOULD DETERMINE THE SCORE. SO SOME WOULD SAY, WELL, WHY WOULD THE FCI CHANGE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS? WELL, ONE FROM THE 2018 AS WELL AS THE 2023 BOND SCOPE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF UPGRADES AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. SO THOSE UPGRADES WILL DECREASE THE FCI SCORE BECAUSE YOU HAVE MADE AN INVESTMENT IN THOSE CAMPUSES. SIMILARLY, SOME CAMPUSES HAVE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SO NOTHING IS WRONG. THESE CAMPUSES ARE ALL VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND ARE SERVING THE STUDENTS SO WELL. BUT THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF LIFE CYCLE. THE ROOF IS GETTING OLDER, THE CHILLER IS BECOMING CLOSER TO THE END OF ITS LIFE. SO NOTHING, NOTHING POOR, BUT JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS SOME POINT WILL NEED TO BE AN INVESTMENT IN THOSE THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. AND THEN FINALLY, THE CHANGING REQUIREMENTS AS CODES HAVE CHANGED, THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY HAS CHANGED. THAT ALSO WILL PUT A LOT OF CHANGES THAT WILL REQUIRE AND DIRECTLY IMPACT THE FCI. SO I BELIEVE IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU HAVE A LIST OF ALL OF THE CAMPUSES IN THE DISTRICT IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER AND SUBSEQUENTLY BY KIND OF ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH. AND SO WITH THAT, THIS IS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THESE REPORTS JUST TO KIND OF A GRAPHIC OF WHAT TO LOOK AT. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS, YOU'LL NOTICE IN SOME OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT THE NUMBERS IN RED SHOW LIKE CLEMENTS THAT HAD IN 2021 A HIGHER FCI SCORE, THE DISTRICT MADE THE DECISION TO REBUILD CLEMENTS. AND SO NOW WHILE IN PROCESS, IT WOULD HAVE A VERY LOW FCI SCORE. AND

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SCHIFF ELEMENTARY HAD AN FCI SCORE OF 20 AND NOW IS 27. IT'S A FAIRLY NEW CAMPUS THAT'S STRICTLY DUE TO AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. UNDERSTANDING THAT OVER TIME, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A LARGER INVESTMENT IN THOSE CAMPUSES AS SOME OF THAT FALLS OUT OF LIFE CYCLE. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS IS ONE TOOL, ONE LENS THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING AT EACH ONE OF THESE CAMPUSES. FROM AN INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE. AND SO WITH THAT I CAN THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES ON THIS PRESENTATION? OKAY. THANK YOU. NONE AT THIS TIME. SO NEXT UP DOCTOR SMITH HOW DID YOU WANT TO. SO BETH IS GOING TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION. AND THEN WE'LL TRANSITION LATER TO BOB AND SANDRA OKAY. YES I. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU DOCTOR SMITH. GOOD EVENING. TRUSTEES.

PRESIDENT HASSAN, BOARD MEMBERS I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO SHARE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND PROVIDE THE DRAFT BOUNDARY PLANS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND FOR THE OPENING OF AMY COLEMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL. AS WELL AS DRAFT PLANS FOR POSSIBLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLOSURES OR CONSOLIDATIONS. THIS FOCUSED SCOPE OF WORK ALLOWED ZONDA, OUR BOUNDARY PLANNER STAFF, THE SBAC AND TRUSTEES TIME AND SPACE TO FOCUS ON ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES DISTRICT WIDE AND FOR THE BOUNDARY OF THE OPENING OF COLEMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION SYSTEM IMPACTS, CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND REALLY BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THAT WE BRING FORWARD ULTIMATELY IN MARCH, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ANSWER ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE QUESTIONS OF THE DISTRICT AND HELP FROM A CHANGE MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE AND FROM JUST A SUPPORT ASPECT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PARENTS AND OUR STAFF. THE TIME TO WORK THROUGH THAT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND ENSURE A FIRM FOUNDATION AND ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY CHANGES AT THAT LEVEL AS WE THEN BEGIN THE NEXT PHASE OF WORK AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, AND TO ALIGN THOSE FEEDER PATTERNS ACCORDINGLY. THE FOCUS OF THIS WORK, AS DOCTOR SMITH MENTIONED EARLIER, REMAINS BEING THE BALANCING OF ENROLLMENT FOR THE REASONS THAT DOCTOR TAPARA SHARED WITH YOU IN OUR STABILIZING AND DECLINING ENROLLMENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT, WE KNOW WE HAVE MORE SEATS AVAILABLE THAN WE WILL EVER NEED AGAIN IN THIS DISTRICT. GIVEN THAT WE ARE ENTERING A TIME OF FULL, FULL BUILT OUT AREAS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND THAT STABILIZATION IN OUR ENROLLMENT. THIS IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE A BUDGET DEFICIT OR TO MAKE A MAJOR IMPACT IN BUDGET SAVINGS. IT IS A TIME TO LOOK AT BALANCING THAT ENROLLMENT, MAXIMIZING THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE, AND UTILIZING IT FOR OUR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS. AND ANY COST SAVINGS ASSOCIATED WOULD BE POURED BACK INTO OUR STUDENTS AND BACK INTO OUR ACADEMIC PROGRAMING. AFTER TONIGHT'S INFORMATION SESSION, BOB TEMPLETON FROM ZONDA, OUR BOUNDARY PLANNER, WILL BE SHARING VERY SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE DRAFT PLANS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND THE DRAFT PLANS FOR CONSOLIDATION, AS WELL AS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PLANS. AND HE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD DETAILS ABOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS AS WELL AS MAPS. BUT AS I MOVE INTO THE REST OF THE PROCESS, I WANT TO SHARE SOME REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS WITH THE SBAC AROUND POLICY FC LOCAL, WHICH IS THE POLICY THAT GUIDES OUR ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY PLANNING. AND THEN AS WE SHARE THE DRAFTS PUBLICLY TODAY, IT IS CRITICAL, AS DOCTOR SMITH SAID, IF HE COULD SAY THE WORD DRAFT A THOUSAND TIMES, HE WOULD TO EMPHASIZE THE WORD DRAFT IN THIS PROCESS. IF YOU'LL RECALL, INITIALLY OUR TIMELINE WAS TO BRING FORWARD BOUNDARY PROPOSALS TO THE COMMUNITY DURING THE JANUARY TIME PERIOD, AND WE LISTENED AND WE HEARD FROM NOT ONLY YOU TRUSTEES, BUT ALSO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT TO SEE

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THEY NARROWED THEM DOWN TO THEIR STRONGEST RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE SHARING THEM. EVEN WITH DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THEY REALLY STUDIED OUR DISTRICT IN DEPTH TO DO THAT WORK. AFTER INITIAL DISCUSSIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS, THESE CONCEPTS WERE FURTHER REFINED BY THE REVIEW OF OUR CORE TEAM. THAT'S A TEAM FULL OF DISTRICT LEADERS MADE UP OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ACROSS 13 KEY AREAS SUCH AS PROGRAMS, TRANSPORTATION, HUMAN RESOURCES AND SEVERAL OTHERS. THE CORE TEAM MET FIVE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS WORK SO FAR, AND SHARED FEEDBACK TO ZONDA AND TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. ZONDA TOOK ALL THEIR FEEDBACK AND MADE ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE PRESENTING CONCEPTS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DURING TEN SMALL GROUP BOARD MEETINGS WITH MOST OF THE TRUSTEES, EACH MEETING WAS COMPRISED OF 2 TO 3 TRUSTEES, SO THAT WAS A TOTAL OF FIVE MEETINGS FOR EACH ONE OF THE TRUSTEES IN THAT TEN MEETING CYCLE, AND THEIR FEEDBACK LED TO ADDITIONAL REFINEMENTS WHERE IT WAS NECESSARY OR FEASIBLE. ONCE THESE PLANS WERE FINALIZED AT THE CONCEPT LEVEL, THEY WERE TRANSFORMED INTO THE DRAFT BOUNDARY SCENARIOS FOR THE SBAC TO BEGIN WORKING. THE SBAC MET OVER NINE MEETINGS AND ENGAGED IN EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION. REVIEW RAISED CHALLENGING QUESTIONS, AND PROVIDED FEEDBACK TO SHAPE THE DRAFT PLANS THAT YOU'LL SEE THIS EVENING. THIS PROCESS ENSURED THAT COMMUNITY INPUT WAS CONSIDERED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, AND CAME FROM A DISTRICT WIDE PERSPECTIVE WITH A STUDENT FOCUS. THE IMAGE ON THE SLIDE SHOWS THE FLUID, COLLABORATIVE PROCESS. IT SHOWS HOW INPUT FROM MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS HAVE INFLUENCED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRAFT BOUNDARY PLANS THAT YOU'LL SEE SHORTLY, AND ULTIMATELY, THE PROPOSED SCENARIOS FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND FEEDBACK IN JANUARY. BECAUSE AS WE TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK THIS EVENING AND FURTHER REVIEW THE DATA PROVIDED BY PASO, WE WILL REENGAGE IN THIS ITERATIVE PROCESS AS SOON AS WE RETURN FROM WINTER BREAK. YOU'VE HEARD US MENTION POLICY FC LOCAL. IT IS THE BOARD POLICY THAT GUIDES THE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY PROCESS. AND PER THIS PROCESS OR PER THIS POLICY, EXCUSE ME, THE SBAC SHALL GIVE INPUT TO THE ADMINISTRATION ON RECOMMENDATIONS BEING DEVELOPED FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION, AND THEY ARE TO STUDY THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE BOUNDARY PLANNER, SEEK CLARIFICATION ON ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE AND REVIEW FOR ALIGNMENT OF THE BOUNDARY PLANS AGAINST THE DECISION PRINCIPLES THAT ARE IN POLICY FC LOCAL. SO I WANT TO WALK US THROUGH THOSE DECISION PRINCIPLES SO EVERYONE IN THE ROOM AND LISTENING ONLINE CAN BE FAMILIAR. THE DECISION PRINCIPLES ARE STUDENT CENTERED RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CONSIDER THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS AT EACH CAMPUS.

THEY HAVE TO BE UTILIZED TO DESIGN SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES, AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEIR RATIONALE SHALL ALSO DEMONSTRATE EQUITABLE, EFFECTIVE, AND EFFICIENT USE OF OUR DISTRICT FACILITIES. THESE PRINCIPLES, PER POLICY, SHALL BE THE PRIMARY FACTORS EXPLICITLY CONSIDERED IN MAKING ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY DECISIONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD. THE PRINCIPLES ARE NOT IN ANY PRIORITY ORDER. THERE ARE FIVE CATEGORIES, WITH THE FIRST BEING COMMUNITY, INTEGRITY. AND YOU SEE THAT ON THE SCREEN AND IT STATES THAT ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES SHALL SAFELY HOUSE STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF. ALIGN STUDENT TRANSITIONS WITHIN THE DISTRICT WITHIN A DESIGNATED FEEDER PATTERN, AND WHERE FEASIBLE AND PRACTICAL, THE BOUNDARIES SHALL SUPPORT

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TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, JUST TO NAME A FEW. THIS APPROACH, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IS FLUID AND RESPONSIVE AND IT ALLOWED FOR UPDATES, DIALOG, AND ADDITIONAL PROCESSING TO GAUGE THE LEVEL OF AGREEMENT AMONG THE SBAC MEMBERS AND BRING FORWARD DRAFT PLANS FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW, AND ULTIMATELY WILL LEAD TO THE CREATION OF THE PROPOSED BOUNDARY SCENARIOS THAT WE WILL RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC FOR FEEDBACK IN JANUARY. YOU'VE SEEN THIS TIMELINE BEFORE, BUT IT'S EVER CHANGING SO THAT WE CAN KEEP IT CURRENT, AND WE

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AND THEN YOU CAN ACCESS INFORMATION ABOUT EACH PARTICULAR FEEDER PATTERN AND GIVE FEEDBACK THROUGH AN ONLINE SURVEY. SO I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS SINCE WE HAVE ABOUT 12 MINUTES REMAINING, LET'S ASK MR. TEMPLETON TO COME UP, PRESENT HIS FIRST COUPLE OF SLIDES, THEN WE'LL ADJOURN AND YOU CAN FINISH WHEN WE START THE NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU.

THAT WAS MY PAUSE. I DO WANT TO WELCOME BOB TEMPLETON, OUR OUTSIDE BOUNDARY PLANNER, WITH ZONDA, TO THE PODIUM. THANK YOU, BOB, FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL, GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DOCTOR SMITH, IT IS GREAT TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT. I'LL START BY JUST SHARING THAT WE STARTED THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT IN JUNE, WHERE MY COLLEAGUE STUART KEEL AND I BEGAN REVIEWING AND WORKING WITH THE FORECASTED DATA. AND I CAN CONFIRM THAT WHAT DOCTOR PIERRE MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING WAS SPOT ON WITH WHAT WE ARE SEEING AS WELL. IT IS NOT TRULY ONE ISSUE THAT'S CAUSING THESE CHALLENGES WITH ENROLLMENT DECLINE. IT'S MULTIPLE THINGS AROUND THE CHANGES IN BIRTH RATES, THE CHANGES IN CHOICES AND THE CHALLENGING HOUSING MARKET. SO WE LOOKED AT THE DATA, THE ENROLLMENT TRENDS. WE ALSO STUDIED THE FACILITY CONDITION REPORT BACK FROM THE 2021 REPORT. WE LOOKED AT GEOGRAPHY. WE LOOKED AT THE CAMPUS INFORMATION. WE LOADED THAT INFORMATION INTO OUR GIS PLANNING SOFTWARE, WHICH ALLOWS US TO STUDY THE DATA AND TO BEGIN CRAFTING THOSE SCENARIOS. ONE OF THOSE KEY PIECES OF DATA TRULY WAS THE UTILIZATION OF THOSE CAMPUSES. OF COURSE, IN THE SUMMER, WE WERE STARTING WITH THE DATA FROM THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR. AND THEN AS THE SUMMER PROGRESSED, WE GOT THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR STARTED. WE LAYERED IN THE ENROLLMENT DATA AS OF AUGUST THE 29TH. SO THE UTILIZATION RATES THAT WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT ARE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, BACK IN AUGUST. AND WHEN WE LOOKED OVER THAT DATA, YOU'LL NOTICE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT REALLY JUMP OUT. THOSE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED CELLS HAVE UTILIZATIONS LESS THAN 80%.

WHERE THERE'S A RED PERCENTAGE. THOSE CAMPUSES HAVE UTILIZATION RATES THAT ARE LOWER THAN 60%.

THOSE GREEN SHADED CELLS HAVE UTILIZATIONS BETWEEN 80 AND 100%. AND THOSE RED HIGHLIGHTS, THOSE ARE THOSE GROWTH AREAS, THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE OVER 100% UTILIZATION. NOW, THESE UTILIZATION RATES ARE BASED ON THE ENROLLMENTS AT THOSE CAMPUSES AT THAT TIME WITH THOSE PROGRAMS IN PLACE. SO IT WAS SHOWING YOU THE ATTENDING ENROLLMENTS FOR THOSE CAMPUSES.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PLANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING TONIGHT, THERE ARE NO CHANGES FOR 14 CAMPUSES. SO 14 CAMPUSES, NO CHANGES. THERE ARE ABOUT 18

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THAT DOES TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION PROGRAMS AND TRANSFERS. IT GIVES YOU THAT UTILIZATION RATE FOR THOSE CAMPUSES. YOU CAN SEE THEY RANGE ANYWHERE FROM A LOW OF 40%. FOR GLOVER TO DULLES, HAVING ONE OF THE HIGHER UTILIZATION RATES AT 77%. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT THE COLUMN FOR THE 2025 FACILITY CONDITION SCORE. AND YOU CAN SEE THE SCORING THERE. AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE PROPOSED NEW SCHOOLS. SO THIS IS SHOWING WHERE THOSE AREAS WOULD BE REZONED TO. SO THE AUSTIN PARKWAY CHANGES WOULD RESULT IN STUDENTS MOVING INTO SETTLERS WAY AND BUTCHER DULLES WOULD RESULT IN AREAS MOVING INTO HIGHLANDS AND LEXINGTON CREEK. FLEMING IS MOVING INTO AREAS INTO DRAWBACK AND TOWN WEST, GLOVER MOVING INTO ARMSTRONG AND HUNTER'S GLEN. MISSION WEST IS CONSOLIDATING INTO MISSION. AND THEN WE'VE GOT RIDGEGATE MOVING INTO ALDRIDGE AND RIDGEMONT, AND SUGAR MILL WOULD BE REZONED UNDER THIS SCENARIO INTO BARRINGTON PLACE. DRAWBACK AND LAKEVIEW. SO TOUCHING ON SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. AS WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE OVERCAPACITY OR NEARING CAPACITY. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE STUDYING WAS IF THE AREA HAD NEW DEVELOPMENTS, IF THERE WAS ANY ADJACENT SCHOOLS THAT HAD SPACE, AND THEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE GEOGRAPHY, INCLUDING ROADWAYS, WALKABILITY, THE IMPACTS OF THESE MOVEMENTS. AND HOW DO PROGRAMS IMPACT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE PROPOSED ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY SHIFT? THOSE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT AS IT RELATED TO THOSE CAMPUSES THAT WERE EITHER AT CAPACITY OR JUST OVERCAPACITY FOR THE AREAS THAT WERE UNDER CAPACITY. WE WERE LOOKING AT SOME SIMILAR TRENDS. WHAT IS THE ENROLLMENT TREND FOR THE SCHOOL? IS THAT LIKELY GOING TO CONTINUE TO DECLINE OR IS IT STABILIZING? ARE THERE ADJACENT SCHOOLS THAT NEED RELIEF? SO WE WERE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THINGS IN CLUSTERS OF WHAT WAS IN THE CLOSEST PROXIMITY, AND HOW COULD WE BEST UTILIZE THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE CLOSEST. IS THERE AN ADJACENT SCHOOL THAT IS EXPERIENCING LOWER ENROLLMENT? AGAIN, WE WERE LOOKING AT GEOGRAPHY, INCLUDING MAJOR ROADWAYS, INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES, WALKABILITY, AND HOW DO THE PROGRAMS IMPACT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS? COULD A POTENTIAL CLOSURE OF A SCHOOL IMPROVE THE OVERALL UTILIZATIONS, AND HOW WOULD SCHOOL CLOSURES IMPACT

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NOW, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR A PAUSE OR TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT THE BREAK IN THE BOARD, BUT THIS IS THAT LOOK, GOING BACK TO THE UTILIZATION TO WHERE WE STARTED THIS PROCESS BACK IN THE SUMMER. THANK YOU, MR. TEMPLETON. SO WE ARE GOING TO DIG IN A LITTLE DEEPER DURING THE REGULAR MEETING. BUT DO THE TRUSTEES HAVE ANY ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? OKAY. HEARING NONE WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND WE'LL PICK UP AT THE REGULAR MEETING DURING THE INFORMATION ITEM. AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN. AT THIS TIME. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN. OKAY. THE TIME IS 6:27 P.M. AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. SO IF THE TRUSTEES I

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.