Mar 09, 2026 Called Meeting & Agenda Review

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

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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.

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FIRST IS MOLLY BAKER. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. BEFORE YOU VOTE, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

FIRST, DOES THIS HAVE TO BE ALL OR NOTHING? BECAUSE IF SUGAR MILL DOESN'T BELONG ON THIS LIST, IT SHOULDN'T GO DOWN WITH IT. SECOND, ARE YOU SURE? IF THERE'S ANY DOUBT IN THIS ROOM, I ASK THAT YOU SAY SO TONIGHT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S CLOSED SCHOOLS OR MAKE PAINFUL CUTS ELSEWHERE. BUT YOUR OWN DISCUSSION SHOWS THOSE CUTS ARE COMING. EITHER WAY, DON'T CLOSE AN A-RATED SCHOOL TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. AND ONE MORE THING. I'M NOT SURE YOU KNOW THIS, BUT FORT BEND ISD HAS CLOSED SCHOOLS BEFORE. THE LAST TIME WAS 1965 FOR DESEGREGATION.

TONIGHT'S REASON IS A BUDGET SHORTFALL. IF YOU VOTE YES, NAMES WILL BE FOREVER ATTACHED TO IT. SO BE CERTAIN. 15 SECONDS. THANK YOU. NEXT IS MONIQUE CLARK. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT CLOSING A SCHOOL IS NOTHING LIKE OPENING A SCHOOL. WHEN YOU OPEN A SCHOOL, YOU ARE STARTING WITH NOTHING AND BUILDING EVERYTHING. BUT WHEN YOU CLOSE A SCHOOL, YOU DESTROY COMMUNITIES, LEGACIES, STUDENT AND STAFF MORALE, AND THE YEARS OF HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. WHAT ABOUT THE LONG TERM EFFECTS ON THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR GRADES? WHAT ABOUT THE DEDICATION AND HARD WORK THAT THE STAFF POURED INTO THE SCHOOL TO MAKE IT WHAT IT IS? SUGAR MILL ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE AND WENT FROM BEING C TO A RATED IN ONE YEAR. THAT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN BY MAGIC. EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER POURED THEIR HEART INTO THAT SCHOOL AND SAW THE POTENTIAL EACH STUDENT, AND GAVE THEM THE KEYS TO SUCCESS. YOU CAN'T SPREAD THESE KIDS AND STAFF AROUND AND GET THE SAME RESULTS. THAT WORK WAS BUILT ON TRUST, TEAMWORK, AND SUPPORT. BUT I GUESS IT DOESN'T MATTER REALLY, BECAUSE ZONDA SAYS WE SHOULD CLOSE SCHOOLS AND THAT'S OUR ONLY OPTION. ONCE YOU CLOSE THE SCHOOL, YOU CAN NEVER UNDO THE DAMAGE. WHAT I'M ASKING TODAY IS A VOTE BY VOTE FOR EACH SCHOOL AND REALLY UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTS OF THIS DECISION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT THREE SPEAKERS WILL BE IVY NGUYEN, MICHAEL TRUONG, AND MIA TRUONG. NEXT IS CAROLYN FALL. CLOSING SUGAR MILL WILL BE A NAIL IN THE COFFIN FOR OUR VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOOD. ALL AROUND US, COMMUNITIES LIKE BARRINGTON PLACE, LAKEVIEW TOWN WEST, DRAWBACK FLEMING IN THE MISSION AREAS HAVE BEEN DECLINING FOR OVER A DECADE NOT BECAUSE THE HOMES ARE AGING, BUT BECAUSE FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN STOPPED CHOOSING TO LIVE THERE. SUGAR MILL IS DIFFERENT. FAMILIES ARE STILL CHOOSING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. YOUNG PARENTS STILL SEE IT AS ONE OF THE FEW STABLE, DESIRABLE AND COST EFFECTIVE PLACES LEFT IN THE AREA TO BUY A HOME AND RAISE KIDS. THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. OUR STABLE ENROLLMENT, STRONG ACADEMICS, AND DEEP PARENT INVOLVEMENT ARE ALL CONNECTED. THEY EXIST BECAUSE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS ANCHORED BY OUR SCHOOL. IF YOU CLOSE SUGAR MILL AND DIVIDE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AGAIN, YOU BREAK THAT CONNECTION. YOU TAKE AWAY THE VERY THING THAT KEEPS FAMILIES HERE AND KEEPS THIS COMMUNITY STRONG. 15 SECONDS. PLEASE DON'T MAKE A DECISION THAT WILL ACCELERATE THE DECLINE OF THE ONE NEIGHBORHOOD IN OUR AREA THAT IS STILL THRIVING. PLEASE CHOOSE TO VOTE SEPARATELY FOR

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GOOD EVENING. WE'RE ALL HERE TONIGHT FOR ONE PURPOSE TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR CHILDREN. SO NONE OF US LEAVE THIS WITH REGRETS. OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN SHARING OUR STORY, OFFER REAL SOLUTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES, REVEAL HOW SM IS A SHINING STAR AND A LEGACY SCHOOL THAT DESERVES TO THRIVE AND KEEP ITS DOORS OPEN FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. WE EXHAUSTED. NONE OF US WANT TO GO HOME TONIGHT. OUR KIDS AND TELL THEM THEIR SCHOOL ARE GONE. EACH OF US HAS A RESPONSIBILITY NOT TO PLACE THE BURDEN ON OUR CHILDREN AND STAFF, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO BRING SM TO AN A-PLUS RATED SCHOOL. SO I ASKED, IS THE BOARD 100% CERTAIN THAT CLOSING SM IS RIGHT? IF THERE'S ANY DOUBT, PLEASE CONSIDER VOTE ON EACH SCHOOL INDIVIDUALLY. LET'S PROTECT THIS LEGACY. NEVER REGRET. THANK YOU. NEXT IS MICHAEL TRUONG. GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT SUZANNE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT SMITH, HERE I AM AGAIN. THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE LAST TIME YOU'LL SEE ME FOR A WHILE. I HOPE THE ONLY THING I REALLY WANT TO RAISE AS A CONCERN IS LAST TIME WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED, MADDEN WAS SHOWN TO HAVE LESS THAN 80% UTILIZATION WITHIN FIVE YEARS. SO MY QUESTION SIMPLY IS, IS THE REZONE EVEN NECESSARY? THAT'S REALLY ALL I WANT TO IMPART UPON YOU ALL AS YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION. SO ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE VOTE NO FOR THE REZONE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT THREE SPEAKERS WILL BE CARTER TRUONG, CHRISTINE TRAN, AND LISA COVINGTON. NEXT IS MIA TRUONG. HELLO. MY NAME IS MIA.

I AM A KINDERGARTNER. PLEASE VOTE NO TO THE REZONE OF MADDEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT IS CARTER TRUONG. HELLO, MY NAME IS CARTER. I'M A SECOND GRADER. PLEASE VOTE NO TO THE REZONING OF MADDEN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT IS CHRISTINE TRAN. DEAR BOARD, PLEASE VOTE NO TO REZONE OF MADDEN 246. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT THREE SPEAKERS WILL BE DEBORAH WANG, SARAH WANG, AND CHRISTINE WANG. NEXT UP IS LISA COVINGTON. TODAY I STOOD AT THE CORNER OF JUST PEARL AND BOURNEWOOD AND I CRIED. I WATCHED THE BELOVED CROSSING GUARD MISS BONNIE VISIT WITH PARENTS. I WATCHED THIS YEAR'S SM TEACHER OF THE YEAR, MISS KHAN, MAKE SURE THE MARQUIS WALKERS DIDN'T CROSS UNTIL MISS BONNIE GAVE THE GO AHEAD. FROM AFAR, I WATCHED TEACHERS LOAD KIDS INTO CARS AND PARENTS WAVE GOODBYE. YOU MIGHT SAY THAT THIS IS NOSTALGIA AND NOT DATA.

YOU MIGHT SAY THAT THIS IS TRUE OF EVERY SCHOOL IN FORT BEND ISD. BUT HERE IS THE FACT FOR MY FAMILY. SUGAR MILL IS OUR COMMUNITY. I DON'T HAVE A NEW PIECE OF DATA TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. I'M SIMPLY HERE TO ASK DO NOT VOTE TO CLOSE BECAUSE YOU FEEL PRESSURE FROM SOME FORCE. DO NOT VOTE TO CLOSE BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER OPTIONS WE HAVE.

PLEASE VOTE TO AMEND THE AGENDA ITEMS AND VOTE SCHOOL BY SCHOOL. LET'S LET FORT BEND ISD BE KNOWN FOR INNOVATION AND NOT DESPERATION. THANK YOU. NEXT IS DEBORAH WANG.

HI, MY NAME IS DEBORAH FROM AUSTIN PARKWAY. LAST MONTH WAS BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND I LEARNED ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR. THIS IS MY PROJECT ON THIS SIDE. IT SAYS FOR THE DOCTOR, MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR. JUNIOR'S DREAM WAS FOR THE WORLD WILL BE FILLED. DOCTOR KING FIGHTING FOR EQUAL RIGHTS. MY DREAM IS THAT AUSTIN PARKWAY WILL NOT BE CLOSED BECAUSE IT IS THE BEST SCHOOL IN THE WORLD. PLEASE SAVE AUSTIN PARKWAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT IS SARAH WANG. I'M SARAH. I WENT TO AUSTIN PARKWAY FROM KINDERGARTEN TO

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GO AHEAD. TONIGHT'S STORY IS A CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE. YOU CAN TURN TO PAGE FOUR TO PUSH MORE KIDS INTO FOUR TEMPORARY BUILDINGS. AT SETTLERS WAY, YOU CAN TURN TO PAGE 609 TO MOVE 609 KIDS FROM ELEMENTARY TO TWO NON SEP SCHOOLS, LEAVING THE MOST VULNERABLE WITHOUT ESSENTIAL SERVICES. OR YOU CAN TURN TO PAGE 53 AND LISTEN TO THE 53 VOICES HERE TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT AT PUBLIC COMMENT, POINTING OUT THE FLAWS IN THE DATA UNACCOUNTED FOR COSTS, LACK OF CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS. BECAUSE WE ALL WANT YOU TO TURN TO PAGE SEVEN WHERE YOU DO NOT CLOSE SEVEN SCHOOLS TONIGHT. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE NOT THE SAME AS SCHOOL REZONING. SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE PERMANENT. YOU CAN CHOOSE TO REJECT THIS PROPOSAL.

YOU CAN CHOOSE TO ONLY CLOSE ONE SCHOOL AND SEE IF THE MODEL SAVINGS PAN OUT. YOU CAN FIND 5 TO 7 MILLION SAVINGS ELSEWHERE. THE COMMUNITY TRUST, ONCE LOST, IS GONE. I WISH THIS WAS A CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE, BUT YOU CAN'T TURN BACK THE PAGES AND CHOOSE SOME DIFFERENT ENDING. PLEASE CHOOSE WISELY. THANK YOU MONICA CHAN. JENNA MOHAMED. OKAY, OUR NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE DIANE TREN, BARBARA RITA RUIZ, AND MACKENZIE RUIZ. IS DIANE TREN OKAY? BARBARA RITA RUIZ. THANK YOU. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE BALANCED ENROLLMENT AND SUPPORTING THE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. THE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ARE HERE, THOUGH.

THEY'RE HERE NOW. THEY'RE NOT THE ARCHITECTS. THEY'RE NOT THE FACILITY CONDITION PEOPLE THAT ARE TELLING YOU WHAT BUILDING IS RIGHT AND WHAT BUILDING IS WRONG. THE FAMILIES ARE HERE, THE STUDENTS ARE HERE, AND THEY'RE ASKING YOU TO LISTEN TO THEM. I'M JUST ASKING THAT Y'ALL DO A LITTLE BIT OF DIGGING YOURSELF. IF YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO LOOK AT ONE SCHOOL, LOOK AT SUGAR MILL. AND I'M NOT EVEN HERE FOR SUGAR MILL. BUT I SAW THE NUMBERS AND IT JUST DOESN'T. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. WE'RE ASKING THAT Y'ALL LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND DON'T DOUBT YOUR DECISION TONIGHT. GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT INFORMED AND KNOW THESE. LET THESE STUDENTS KNOW THAT YOU SEE THEM AS THEIR FIRST. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT THREE SPEAKERS WILL BE KATHERINE MONACO, KATRINA SKELTON, AND SARAH MICHAUD. NEXT IS MACKENZIE RUIZ. GO AHEAD. INSTEAD OF CLOSING THE SCHOOLS, YOU CAN INSTEAD OF CLOSING THE SCHOOLS WITH THE BIGGER POPULATION, YOU CAN CLOSE THE SCHOOLS WITH A SMALL POPULATION AND FILL UP THE OTHER SCHOOLS OF THE SMALLER POPULATION. INSTEAD OF OVERFLOWING THE SCHOOLS WITH THE BIGGER POPULATION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT IS KATHERINE MONACO. GOOD EVENING.

FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, SBC HAS BEEN WORKING ON GATHERING DATA AND COMPILING IT TO HELP FORT BEND ISD MAKE AN EDUCATED AND DIFFICULT DECISION ON SCHOOL CLOSURES TO HELP ATTACK THE DEBT THAT'S BEEN ACCUMULATING. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT HAS BEEN PUT INTO THIS TASK BY BOTH PARTIES AND THAT THIS IS NOT BEING TAKEN LIGHTLY AT THIS TIME. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN BY THE SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY COMMUNITY, AND ONLY THE LAST THREE MONTHS DEDICATED COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE RESEARCHED AS WELL COMPILED DATA THAT WASN'T CONSIDERED AND HAVE DONE THE GROUNDWORK ON GETTING THIS INFORMATION OUT TO NUMEROUS SOURCES TO SHOW EVIDENCE THAT THE CLOSURE SUGAR MILL SHOULD NOT BE IN THAT PROPOSAL. I KNOW THE EVIDENCE AND THE QUESTIONS WE AS A COMMUNITY INQUIRE HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO YOU. WE'RE ASKING

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE DOLORES COLLINS, HANNAH CASALOTTI, AND LATIFA HODA. NEXT IS SARAH MCHUGH. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME YOU'RE GIVING US TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU ALREADY HEARD OVER MONTHS ABOUT THE FLAWED DATA, THE DANGER OF CLOSING THE SCHOOL PERMANENTLY, WHAT THAT DOES FOR CHILDREN, PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY. INSTEAD, I JUST WANTED TO COME HERE AND LOOK AT YOU IN YOUR FACE AND ASK YOU TO REFLECT ON WHO YOU SERVE. EPHESIANS SIX VERSE 12 SAYS, WE DO NOT WRESTLE WITH FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST PRINCIPALITIES AND THE WICKED FORCES IN HEAVENLY PLACES. YOU AND US ARE NOT ENEMIES, BUT THE FORCES IN THE BEHIND THAT DRIVES EACH ONE OF US MIGHT BE. SO I CAME HERE JUST TO REMIND YOU TO VOTE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.

I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF YOU TOOK THAT POSITION HERE TO BECOME TRUSTEES WHO ARE UNTRUSTWORTHY TO THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO TOUGH DECISIONS, MAKE SURE YOU'RE DOING IT FOR THE RIGHT THING. VOTE TO SAVE SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS UP FOR CLOSURE TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT IS DOLORES COLLINS. I'M HERE TO EXPRESS THE SAME CONCERNS THAT I'VE HAD, AND I'VE HAVE EXPRESSED TO THE FORT BEND SCHOOL BOARD SINCE BEFORE 2000. THAT'S OVER 25 YEARS. THE PATTERN THAT I SAW THEN IS NOW ESCALATING. THE WILLOW RIDGE ATTENDANCE ZONE HAS BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY DISMANTLED, AND THIS GREATLY IMPACTS OUR COMMUNITY. WE'VE GONE FROM A THRIVING SCHOOL COMMUNITY WITH HUNDREDS OF ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS TO PRESTIGIOUS COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND MILITARY ACADEMIES, TO WORLD RENOWNED BAND STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL AND TRACK AND MANY OTHER ACCOLADES. WE'VE HAD SO MANY AREAS TAKEN AWAY FROM OUR SCHOOL ZONE. HUNTER'S GLEN ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE, QUAIL, GREEN, QUAIL RUN, MEADOW CREEK, CHASE WOOD AND NOTHING ADDED TO OUR COMMUNITY. EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT WILLOW BRIDGE WAS EVER OVERCROWDED. AND YOU SAY THAT THIS IS AN UNDERUSED SCHOOL, IT'S BECAUSE THE DISTRICT HAS DONE THAT. PLEASE DON'T DISMANTLE OUR COMMUNITY EVEN MORE BY CLOSING MORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN OUR AREA. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT IS HANNAH CASALOTTI. I KNOW THE DISTRICT WANTS YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE MASSES THAT ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSAL, BUT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF KIDS YOU WILL SHOW DIRECTLY BY AN EXAMPLE TONIGHT WHAT MATTERS. THE DISTRICT SETS EXPECTATIONS FOR THE KIDS AND FAMILIES BECAUSE THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT. OR ARE THEY TO MENTION A COUPLE? MY FOURTH GRADER HAS PERFECTLY PUNCTUAL FROM KINDER TILL TODAY. SHOW ME THAT IT MATTERS. WE DON'T HAVE EXTRA 30 MINUTES TO DRIVE AND WAIT IN LINE IN THE MORNINGS TO GET TO AN OVERCROWDED SCHOOL. FAR FROM US, BUT MAYBE BEING LATE IS FINE. WE BELIEVE IN ATTENDANCE MATTERS. SHOW ME THAT ATTENDANCE MATTERS. I TAKE MY KIDS TO THE DOCTOR WHEN THEY'RE SICK, NOT ALWAYS BECAUSE THEY'RE SICK, BUT TO GET AN OFFICIAL NOTE FOR THE SCHOOL. WHEN MY KIDS DON'T WANT TO GET UP IN THE MORNING, OR MY ANXIOUS CHILD IS HYPERVENTILATING FROM THE PRESSURE, WE WIPE THE TEARS AND GO EVERY DAY, SHOW US THAT IT MATTERS. 15 SECONDS. WE BELIEVE IN TESTING, STAR MAP, YOU NAME IT, WE DO IT. OUR SCHOOL HAS AN A RATING. SHOW ME THAT IT MATTERS. LAST YEAR MY SON WENT IN THE BATHROOM TO CRY THREE TIMES DURING HIS ENGLISH STAR. WHILE THIS HORRIFIES ME, I TELL HIM THAT IT'S OKAY BECAUSE HE GETS MY MAJORS AND STAR MATTERS. PLEASE SHOW THE KIDS TONIGHT THAT THEY MATTER. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKERS WILL BE DADA SHIRODKAR, CAROL CHEE, AND CRYSTAL SANTOS. NEXT IS LATIFAH. JADA. GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING. STANDING HERE TODAY, I DON'T

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AS YOU PREPARE TO VOTE, I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF THIS DECISION. REZONING MADDEN TO HOLLY DISRUPTS STABLE AND DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THAT FAMILIES INTENTIONALLY CHOSE.

MANY OF US PARENTS DID NOT GROW UP IN DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE FOUNDED IT. MILAN, MADDEN AND IN ALIANA FOR OUR CHILDREN. OUR KIDS HAVE BUILT FRIENDSHIPS, RELATIONSHIPS WITH TEACHERS, AND A SENSE OF TRUE BELONGING. THIS PROPOSAL FRACTURES THE FEEDER PATTERN AND SEPARATES STUDENTS FROM THEIR COMMUNITY. HOLLY IS FARTHER AWAY, REQUIRING TRAVEL ACROSS MAJOR ROADS, AND WHAT IS NOW A SHORT, ACCESSIBLE ROUTE BECOMES A LONGER COMMUTE, WITH ADDED SAFETY CONCERNS FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AT MULTIPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, INCLUDING THOSE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION. LIKE MY YOUNGEST SON, THIS CREATES AN EVEN GREATER DAILY BURDEN. ULTIMATELY, THE DECISION IS 15 SECONDS TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES WHEN WHAT WE TRULY WANT IS TO REMAIN COMMITTED TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TO MADDEN, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PRESERVE STABILITY WHERE IT EXISTS. VOTE NO ON THE REZONING FROM MADDEN TO HOLLY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT THREE SPEAKERS WILL BE GAIL, LAKSHMANA, RAHUL DING AND CARMEL KAISER. NEXT IS CRYSTAL SANTOS. GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES. TONIGHT YOU WILL VOTE ON THE DECISION THAT AFFECTS 3539 CHILDREN. THEY ARE NOT NUMBERS ON A SPREADSHEET. THESE ARE CHILDREN WITH TEACHERS AND FRIENDS THEY TRUST. FOR MANY FAMILIES LIKE MINE, THIS DECISION MEANS BEING PUSHED OUT OF SCHOOLS WHERE OUR CHILDREN ARE THRIVING AND REASSIGNED TO CAMPUS, WITH MASSIVE DIFFERENCE ON ACADEMIC OUTCOMES AND CHALLENGES. THAT IS NOT TRANSITION, THAT IS EDUCATIONAL LOSS. YOU SAY THIS IS TO SAVE $7 MILLION, BUT FOR FAMILIES, THE COST IS STABILITY, TRUST AND OPPORTUNITY. MANY PARENTS LIKE ME ACROSS THE DISTRICT ARE ALREADY PREPARING TO LEAVE FORT BEND ISD NOT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO, BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO CHOICE. TONIGHT, YOU HOLD THE FUTURE OF THOUSANDS OF OUR CHILDREN IN YOUR VOTE. PLEASE RECONSIDER. PLEASE VOTE NO TO THE REZONE OF MADDEN 15 SECONDS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT IS GAIL LACSAMANA. OKAY. RAHUL. DING! OH, THERE'S GAIL. HI, EVERYONE. I HOPE YOU REMEMBER ME. MY NAME IS GAIL AND I'M KINDERGARTEN AT MADDEN. PLEASE REMEMBER ME MY FRIEND AND ALL THE OTHER KIDS WHO WILL BE AFFECTED. PLEASE THINK OF US BEFORE YOU VOTE. AND PLEASE SAY NO TO HIS OWN. OF MADDEN 246. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT IS RAHUL DING. GOOD EVENING BOARD.

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DON'T LET THESE PARENTS DOWN. VOTE NO TO REZONE THE MADDEN 246. KEEP THE ALIANA KIDS IN ALIANA. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT THREE WILL BE LAWRENCE LACSAMANA, RAJ PATEL AND PRIYA THAKUR. NEXT IS KAMAL KAISER. I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THE REZONING CRITERIA DOES NOT CONSIDER DISTANCE OR PROXIMITY OF SCHOOLS TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS GIVES RISE TO ALL SCHOOL ZONES WHICH CREATE UNFAIR IMPACTS IN COMMUTING COST. FOR EXAMPLE, BOTH NEIGHBORHOODS ARE LOCATED WITHIN A MILE OF HOLY ZONE TO PATTERSON, WHICH IS LOCATED FURTHER AWAY. WHILE MADDEN IS THE CLOSEST SCHOOL TO US IN ALIANA, BUT INSTEAD WE'RE NOW BEING ZONED FURTHER TO FURTHER HOLY. THIS PROXIMITY IMPACTS THE COST EFFECTIVENESS PRINCIPAL OF FC LOCAL CRITERIA. AS BUS TRANSPORTATION COSTS TO THE DISTRICTS ARE NOT FACTORED IN. FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE RECENT SIGNALIZATION OF BENNION AND BELLFORT, A HAZARDOUS CROSSING FROM ALIANA TO MARIN IS NOW SAFE CROSSING, WHICH ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO REMOVE SCHOOL BUS SERVICE TO ALIANA AND TRANSPORTATION COST. BY ZONING ALIANA TO HOLY, THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE TO INCREASE ITS TRANSPORTATION BUDGET, KEEP KIDS IN SCHOOL. PLEASE VOTE NO TO REZONING ALIANA. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT IS LAWRENCE LACSAMANA. ALL. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD. I'M ASKING YOU TO VOTE NO FOR THE REZONING OF MADDEN ELEMENTARY. SO, I MEAN, IT'S EASIER TO VOTE IF YOU HAVE TRANSPARENCY, RIGHT? SO STAKEHOLDERS, PARENTS ASK FOR TRANSPARENCY AND NONE WAS GIVEN. EVEN AS SIMPLE AS A PLANNING UNIT, WE CANNOT FIND IT. ALSO, THE DISTRICT HAS NOT FOLLOWED THE NORMAL BOUNDARY PLANNING NORMS IT HAS USED FOR YEARS. NO MEETINGS, NO DOCUMENTATION OF FEEDBACK, AND NO TRANSPARENT DATA SHOWING ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND CAPACITY IMPACTS. WITHOUT THOSE BASICS, THE COMMUNITY CANNOT TRUST THE PROCESS. EVEN SOME OF YOU, THE BOARD MEMBERS ASK THESE QUESTIONS, BUT NO ANSWERS WERE GIVEN. FC LOCAL TO PROTECT CONTINUITY, MINIMIZE DISRUPTION, AND ALIGN BOUNDARIES WITH STUDENT NEEDS. THIS PROPOSAL DOES THE OPPOSITE. PLEASE VOTE NO IN REZONING.

MADAM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT IS RAJ PATEL. GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES, I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE MADDEN 246, THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FROM TWO SECTIONS OF ALIANA WHO WOULD BE REZONED UNDER THIS PROPOSAL. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, OUR COMMUNITY HAS DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENGAGE CONSTRUCTIVELY. WE'VE ATTENDED MEETINGS, PROVIDED FEEDBACK, SHARED ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS, AND PARTICIPATED IN THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE CURRENT PLAN. OUR GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO WORK WITH YOU ALL AND THE COMMUNITY IN GOOD FAITH.

REZONING A SUBSET OF STUDENTS AT THE SAME TIME ADDS ANOTHER LAYER OF INSTABILITY FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE ALREADY NAVIGATING THE ROADMAP OF A SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTION TRANSITION WITH MADDEN'S CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. AND WHILE NOT THE SAME AS A CLOSURE OF A SCHOOL, REZONING FOR OUR KIDS WILL HAVE A LASTING IMPACT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, WITH 15 SECONDS MODIFICATION TO THE FEEDER PATTERNS. SO, ON BEHALF OF THE MADDEN 246, PLEASE VOTE NO TO REZONING AND KEEP OUR KIDS TOGETHER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT THREE WILL BE TARA DOWNEY FURLEY, PATRICK FURLEY, AND ALEXA BRADLEY'S. NEXT IS PRIYA THAKUR. GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, OUR FAMILIES HAVE GIVEN THIS EVERYTHING WE HAVE. WE'VE COME PREPARED WITH DATA BACKED SPREADSHEETS, THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS, AND MULTIPLE ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS. WE'VE DONE OUR HOMEWORK BECAUSE THIS COMMUNITY MEANS THAT MUCH TO US. AND WE AND WE'VE GIVEN YOU EVERYTHING WE HAVE NOW. THE FATE OF THE MADDEN 246 IS IN YOUR HANDS. THESE ARE REAL CHILDREN, REAL FAMILIES IN A REAL COMMUNITY THAT WILL BE PERMANENTLY DIVIDED BY THIS DECISION. TONIGHT, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE BUILT TOGETHER. PLEASE MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. PLEASE VOTE NO TO THE REZONING OF THE MADDEN 246. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT IS TARA DOWNEY. IS IT FURLEY? YES. GOOD MORNING. EVENING. SORRY. MY NAME IS TARA FURLEY, AND I'M A PARENT AND ALUM OF SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY AND THE CURRENT PTA PRESIDENT AT SM. MY CHILDREN'S FATHER AND I BOTH ATTENDED THIS SCHOOL AS CHILDREN. WE CHOSE TO MOVE BACK TO SUGARLAND INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS WE GREW UP IN SO OUR CHILDREN COULD GROW UP IN THE SAME COMMUNITY THAT SHAPED US. THIS SCHOOL ISN'T JUST A BUILDING TO US, IT'S THE PLACE WHERE NEIGHBORS BECOME FAMILY, WHERE PARENTS VOLUNTEER, AND WHERE CHILDREN FEEL KNOWN AND SUPPORTED. AS PTA PRESIDENT, I

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THEY HELPED US THROUGH EVERYTHING. THEY REBUILT MY FAMILY. THEY WERE THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, BROUGHT US FOOD WHEN WE NEEDED IT. THE COMMUNITY THAT WE BUILT IS BETTER THAN IT WAS THEN, AND I WOULDN'T I WOULDN'T TRADE THAT FOR ANYTHING. SO PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT CLOSE SUGAR MILL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT THREE SPEAKERS WILL BE MARIA, DIANA FU AND ANNA RAMSHAW. NEXT IS ALEXA DALLAS. ESTEEMED BOARD. ESTEEM BOARD. MY NAME IS LISA AND I'M BACK YET AGAIN FOR THE THIRD TIME. BUT I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. CAN YOU PLEASE KEEP MR. WEST OPEN? IT'S THE ONLY TITLE ONE A-RATED SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT. ALL THE MONEY YOU SPENT ON OUR PLAYGROUND, BARN, HALLWAYS AND MUCH MORE WILL GO TO WASTE. MISSION WEST IS MORE THAN A HOME TO US WILDCATS. IT'S OUR HOME. PLEASE KEEP IT. PLEASE KEEP IT OPEN. AND EVEN THOUGH THIS IS MY LAST YEAR, I STILL LIKE TO DRIVE BY IT. SOMEDAY WHEN I GROW UP AND SAY, THIS IS MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SO PLEASE DON'T DO IT FOR ME. DO IT FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS. LAST TIME I TOLD YOU THE DANGERS WITHOUT HAVING A SIDEWALK AND HAVING TO WALK A GAS STATION. NOW I ASK YOU TO PLEASE KEEP OUR BELOVED SCHOOL OPEN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION. BY THE WAY, THIS WEEK AT SCHOOL WE LEARNED CPR AND HOW TO SAVE A LIFE. SO NOW ALL I ASK YOU IS TO SAY MISSION WEST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT IS MARIA. TONIGHT IS ABOUT THE HEARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. MISSION WAS TO SO MUCH MORE THAN A NAME ON A CLOSURE LIST.

IT IS THE ONLY TITLE WON A RATED SCHOOL. A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN WHO OFTEN START WITH FEWER RESOURCES, ARE PROVING EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS WHEN THEY ARE SUPPORTED, BELIEVED IN, AND LOVED. TAKING THAT AWAY DOESN'T JUST SHIFT STUDENTS, IT RISKS BREAKING SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARILY PRECIOUS. IT IS ALSO THE ONLY BILINGUAL PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN THE AREA, A REFUGE FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE LEARNING IN TWO LANGUAGES, FINDING CONFIDENCE IN THEIR IDENTITY AND FEELING TRULY UNDERSTOOD BY TEACHERS. IF MISSION WAS CLOSED, AS FAMILIES WILL FACE LONGER COMMUTES AND TRANSPORTATION BURDENS. BUT FOR MANY OF OUR FAMILIES, THIS ISN'T JUST A LOGISTICS ISSUE. THESE ARE PARENTS WORKING TWO JOBS WITHOUT FLEXIBLE HOURS, ALREADY STRETCHED THIN, TRYING TO GIVE THEIR CHILDREN EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY NEVER HAD. FOR THEM, THESE CHANGES HURTS AS PARENTS WERE ASKING THE MOST HUMANE, HEARTFELT QUESTION HOW CAN WE MEASURE OUR CHILDREN'S SENSE OF BELONGING OR THEIR STABILITY IN DOLLARS? WE ARE ASKING WHETHER DISRUPTION MISSION WEST IS NOT FAILING. IT IS STRIVING. IT IS LIFTING CHILDREN UP AND IT'S GIVING FAMILIES HOPE. IT'S SHOWING THAT WHEN A COMMUNITY IN ITS KIDS, GREAT THINGS HAPPEN. IT DOES SO FOR THE PAST 30. THANK YOU. NEXT IS DIANA FU. THE BUDGET. THE DISTRICT'S MAIN LINE IS THAT CLOSING SEVEN SCHOOLS WILL SAVE 5 TO 7 MILLION A YEAR. AND THAT FIVE YEAR SAVINGS TOTAL 25 TO 35 MILLION, OFTEN PLACING THAT NUMBER NEXT TO THE 34.6 MILLION ANNUAL BUDGET SHORTFALL. BUT THAT COMPARISON IS MISLEADING. COMPARING ONE YEAR OF DEFICIT TO FIVE YEARS OF GROWTH SAVINGS BEFORE COSTS AGAINST THE CURRENT BUDGET SHORTFALL, 5 TO 7 MILLION IS ONLY 14 TO $0.20 ON THE DOLLAR. IT DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM IN ANY MEANINGFUL WAY AND THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT CONTINUES TO GROW. WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK HERE IN 2 TO 3 YEARS.

TRANSITION COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSPORTATION REDESIGN. PORTABLE CLASSROOMS, ART COMPLIANCE, STAFFING SHIFTS, AND MORE ALL REDUCE THE PERCEIVED SAVINGS. THE DISTRICT FINANCE PROFILE SHOWS TOTAL REVENUE AT 12,794 PER STUDENT. LOSING JUST 200 STUDENTS TO ATTRITION WIPES OUT 2.5 MILLION OF THOSE SAVINGS. NO ATTRITION ANALYSIS. NO NET SAVINGS ANALYSIS. ELIMINATING SEVEN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS LOOKS LESS LIKE A SOLUTION AND MORE LIKE A DISTRACTION. VOTE NO TO THIS PROPOSAL AND SAVE AUSTIN PARKWAY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT THREE SPEAKERS WILL BE TAO VU SOURS, CRYSTAL MCKEON, AND JOHN STRADER. NEXT IS ANNA RAMSHAW.

GOOD EVENING. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN EMOTIONAL DECISION, BUT I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT FACTS.

[00:35:05]

TONIGHT'S DECISION ON SCHOOL CLOSURES WILL AFFECT THOUSANDS AND WILL HAVE RIPPLING EFFECTS NOT ONLY IN THE LOCAL SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, BUT THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE. PLEASE SAVE SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS A THRIVING, ACADEMICALLY STRONG, STABLE SCHOOL WITH A LARGE, DEDICATED PTA, SUPPORTIVE TEAM OF TEACHERS, AND A STABILIZING PRESENCE FOR THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH IT SERVES. MY WORK AS A CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIST HELPS ME TO SEE THAT A STABLE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT IS ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL PILLARS IN CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS. MY HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR YOU TONIGHT IS TO MAKE SLOW AND STEADY DECISIONS THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU PERSONALLY, AND HAVE SAFEGUARDS FOR CHECKING TO SEE IF THOSE CHANGES PROVIDE THE OUTCOMES YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. 15 SECONDS. PLEASE VOTE NO ON THE DECISION TO CLOSE SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY AND SEEK ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS. SCHOOLS LIKE SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY ARE AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO FORT BEND ISD, AND WE AS A COMMUNITY NEED TO PRESERVE WHAT WORKS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT IS CRYSTAL MCKEON. GOOD EVENING. WE HAVE MADE DATA DRIVEN ARGUMENTS TO SAVE SM. YOU'VE HEARD A RATED HIGHEST ENROLLMENT, MOST STABLE LONG TERM ENROLLMENT, HIGHEST PERCENTILE PERCENTAGE UTILIZATION, MOST INVOLVED PARENTS ACTIVE PTA, EXPERIENCED AN AMAZING TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATION WALKABLE SCHOOL, GREAT SPED PROGRAMS, NO FOUNDATION ISSUES. NOW THAT ALL OUR DATA IS ON THE TABLE, ALL I HAVE LEFT IS AN EMOTIONAL PLEA. DON'T LET THEM SHUT DOWN OUR SCHOOL. I MADE A VIDEO WHERE STUDENTS, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAID WHAT SM MEANS TO THEM AND HERE IS WHAT A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID. COMMUNITY. A BIG HAPPY FAMILY, HEARTFELT COMMUNITY, SUCCESS, THE BEST MUSIC TEACHER, HAPPINESS, A HOME FOR ALL FAMILY 15 SECONDS EDUCATION, FRIENDS, LOVE, FRESH START EDUCATION, SAFE SPACE, HOME TEACHERS AND SUPPORTIVE AND LOVING COMMUNITY. AMAZING TEACHERS, STAFF THAT CARE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SAVE SM THANK YOU. OUR NEXT THREE SPEAKERS WILL BE HARRISON MCNAMARA, MALLORY MCNAMARA, AND JACKSON MCNAMARA. NEXT IS JOHN STRADER. THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TONIGHT. YOU'RE NOT HERE TO CAST A VOTE AS A TEAM OF EIGHT, NO MATTER WHAT THE DISTRICT WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU. OTHERWISE, YOU'RE HERE TO SERVE AS A JURY OF SEVEN AND SEVEN.

SCHOOLS ARE SITTING ON DEATH ROW FACING THE DEATH PENALTY TONIGHT. AND THIS DECISION IS PERMANENT AND IT'S IRREVERSIBLE. AND IF THERE IS ANY REASONABLE DOUBT. YOUR DUTY IS TO VOTE NO OR SEEK AN AMENDMENT. THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS. AND A 6% BUDGET DEFICIT DOESN'T JUSTIFY PERMANENTLY CLOSING SCHOOLS THAT SERVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND ENTIRE COMMUNITIES.

REAL LEADERS MAKE HARD CUTS ALL THE TIME. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT YOU DON'T START BY CUTTING OUT THE HEART OF COMMUNITIES AND THIS DISTRICT'S FUTURE AND CALL IT A STRATEGY. 15 SECONDS.

YOU CAN ADD POSITIONS BACK, YOU CAN FUND CONFERENCES LATER, YOU CAN REBUILD PROGRAMS. BUT ONCE YOU CLOSE A SCHOOL, YOU CANNOT BRING A SCHOOL BACK. IF YOU VOTE YES TONIGHT, THIS DECISION WILL FOLLOW YOU. THE REST OF YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER WHO STOOD FOR THEIR SCHOOLS. NEXT IS HARRISON MCNAMARA. GOOD EVENING. I'M JUST HERE TO SAY AUSTIN PARKWAY IS A GREAT SCHOOL. I'VE CHOSEN TO SEND MY MY TWO KIDS THERE FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS, AND IT'S FOR THE COMMUNITY AND CULTURE THAT THE SCHOOL HAS. IT'S REALLY INSTILLED A LOVE OF LEARNING AND A LOVE OF READING IN BOTH OF MY KIDS, AND IT'S JUST A SCHOOL THAT DESERVES TO BE THERE AND DESERVES TO STAY OPEN. I HOPE YOU ALL MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION AND VOTE TO SAVE AUSTIN PARKWAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT IS MALLORY MCNAMARA. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR SMITH. TRUSTEES, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO TELL Y'ALL THAT YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY HEARD. I JUST

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TONIGHT, I ASK YOU TO VOTE ON EACH SCHOOL INDIVIDUALLY, AND I URGE YOU ONE MORE TIME TO PLEASE SAVE AUSTIN PARKWAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT THREE SPEAKERS WILL BE VALERIE APPLEGATE, ASHLEY SHAMBLIN, AND HANNAH BUTLER. NEXT IS JACKSON MCNAMARA. MY NAME IS JACKSON MCNAMARA. I AM A CUB SCOUT AND A FOURTH GRADER AT AUSTIN PARKWAY ELEMENTARY. I HAVE GONE TO AUSTIN PARKWAY SINCE KINDERGARTEN AND I LOVE MY SCHOOL. I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THE SAME FIFTH GRADE TEACHERS MY BIG SISTER HAD FOUR YEARS AGO, AND I HOPE MY LITTLE SISTER GETS TO WALK THROUGH THE HALLS OF OUR SCHOOL WHEN SHE STARTS KINDERGARTEN FOUR YEARS FROM NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR LISTENING TO ME AND MY FRIENDS AT ALL OF THESE MEETINGS. AND PLEASE SAVE AUSTIN PARKWAY. THANK YOU. NEXT IS VALERIE APPLEGATE. I AM AN ALUMNI OF SUGAR MILL AND A PARENT OF TWO SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY GRADUATES, WITH THE CURRENT FIRST GRADER STILL ATTENDING. SUGAR MILL IS THE HEART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S MORE THAN A BUILDING. IT'S A SOURCE OF STABILITY, LOVING AND CARING ENVIRONMENT AND SUPPORT FOR OUR OUR CHILDREN. THIS IS ONE REASON WHY WE CHOSE TO STAY IN THIS COMMUNITY, TO RAISE OUR FAMILY HERE. SUGAR MILL REPUTATION IS EXCEPTIONAL.

WHENEVER I'M ASKED WHERE MY CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL NEAR OR FAR, LIKE A SPORTING EVENTS, ALL I HEAR IS COMPLIMENTS OF ABOUT SUGAR MILL. THE PRIDE PEOPLE FEEL IN THE SCHOOL IS REAL, REAL AND WIDESPREAD. CLOSING MILL WOULDN'T SIMPLY RELOCATE STUDENTS, IT WOULD HAVE LASTING NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. MOST IMPORTANTLY, DEEPLY AFFECT OUR YOUNG STUDENTS 15 SECONDS. THEY WOULD FEEL ABANDONMENT, CONFUSION, DISRUPTION IN THE ROUTINE AND THE LOSS OF DAILY CONNECTION WITH TEACHERS WHO SUPPORT THEM AND CARE FOR THEM.

I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE BOARD TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCES OF CLOSURE OF OUR SCHOOL. THANK YOU. NEXT IS ASHLEY SHAMBLIN. YOU GOT IT. DULLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS A CEP SCHOOL. A CEP SCHOOL IS A HIGH POVERTY SCHOOL THAT PROVIDES FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH TO ALL STUDENTS, REGARDLESS OF INCOME, WITHOUT REQUIRING HOUSEHOLD APPLICATIONS. STUDENTS AT DULLES WOULD BE SENT TO SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT CEP SCHOOLS. I URGE YOU, AS A MOTHER, AS A VOTER, AND AS A PROUD MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY, TO VOTE NO ON CLOSING DULLES AND THESE OTHER INCREDIBLE SCHOOLS. IF YOU VOTE YES TO CLOSE DULLES ELEMENTARY, YOU ARE VOTING AGAINST DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ELIMINATING ONE, ELIMINATING ONE OF THEIR SAFE PLACES BY VOTING YES, YOU ARE ACKNOWLEDGING AND IGNORING THE SAFETY HAZARDS AND CONCERNS PRESENTED AT THIS AND OTHER PREVIOUS MEETINGS. BY VOTING YES, YOU WILL HAVE MADE IT CLEAR TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND THAT THE FAMILIES , THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IGNORED. THAT SAID, YOU ARE ENTRUSTING THAT ALL THESE PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP AT THE POLLS. OUR NEXT THREE SPEAKERS WILL BE MONICA VALDEZ, REBECCA PAGE, AND MILAM PAGE.

NEXT IS HANNAH BUTLER. THE DISTRICT SAYS IT VALUES STABILITY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA. SUGAR MILL HAS THE MOST STABLE ENROLLMENT COMPARED TO LAKEVIEW, BARRINGTON PLACE AND DRYBECK PASSES. PROJECTIONS ARE PASTA HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY OFF FOR MOST CAMPUSES, BUT SUGAR MILLS NUMBERS HAVE REMAINED STEADY. THAT STABILITY IS NOT ACCIDENTAL. IT IS THE RESULT OF COMMUNITY. SUGAR MILL IS A WALKABLE SCHOOL WHERE FAMILIES KNOW EACH OTHER.

PARENTS, VOLUNTEER AND ALUMNI CHOOSES TO SEND THEIR OWN CHILDREN THERE. THAT KIND OF COMMUNITY INVESTMENT IS WHY THE ENROLLMENT HAS STAYED STRONG. IF YOU ARE A SUGAR MILL ALUMNI AND CURRENT PARENT, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? THERE ARE MANY MORE FAMILIES LIKE THIS WHO HAVE WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT. COMMUNITY LIKE THIS TAKES DECADES TO BUILD, AND IT IS THE REASON FAMILIES REMAIN INVESTED IN SUGAR MILL. THE STABILITY YOU WANT ALREADY EXISTS HERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT IS MONICA VALDEZ. GOOD EVENING. I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF SUGAR MILL FOR OVER 35 YEARS. ALL THREE OF MY CHILDREN WENT TO SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY AND EVENTUALLY GRADUATED FROM TEXAS A AND M HOOP 35 YEARS AGO. AS A STAY AT HOME MOM WITH AN ENGINEERING DEGREE, I CHOSE TO SEND MY CHILDREN TO A HIGHLY RATED SCHOOL IN A GOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO I AM VERY NERVOUS AND VERY UPSET. TODAY, OUR

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WE'RE ASKING YOU TO VOTE INDIVIDUALLY BY SCHOOLS AND TIME. PUT THE WEIGHT ON. THANK YOU. NEXT IS REBECCA PAGE. DON'T START MY TIME. BUT I MISSED MISS MONICA. SHE WAS AT OUR SCHOOL LAST YEAR AND SHE LEFT. HADN'T SEEN HER SINCE THEN. OKAY, NOW WE CAN START.

HI, Y'ALL. CAN I SEE YOUR EYEBALLS? I LOVE IT SO MUCH. WHEN Y'ALL ME FEELS GOOD.

YOU'RE ABOUT TO VOTE ON CLOSING THE ONLY A-RATED SCHOOL IN OUR AREA IN OLD SUGAR LAND. FRANKLY, IT'S GOT A SPECIAL EDUCATION POPULATION, 39%. I FEEL LIKE I'M READING DATA THAT YOU GUYS FREAKING KNOW WE ARE 90 FROM TEA WHILE SPENDING LESS PER STUDENT THAN SOME OTHER CAMPUSES THAT Y'ALL ARE NOT CLOSING IN 2018, Y'ALL. THE ADMINISTRATION, MAYBE NOT YOU INDIVIDUALLY CHOSE TO SPEND $34.5 MILLION REBUILDING LAKEVIEW WHEN $12 MILLION COULD HAVE BEEN SPENT REMODELING SUGARLAND SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY. IT'S ON A BIGGER LOT OF LAND ANYWAY. WE COULD HAVE ABSORBED THEIR SCHOOL WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THE ENROLLMENT PREDICTIONS CONTRADICT EACH OTHER ON YOUR OWN WEBSITE. THE FCI SCORES ARE OUTDATED. BARRINGTON PLACES FOUNDATION ISSUES ARE INSANE, AND EVERY TIME I'VE ASKED TO PLEASE JUST TALK TO ME AND HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE DATA GAPS BECAUSE I WANT TO. I'M A REASONABLE HUMAN. NOBODY CAN DO IT. I GET 60S TO ASK YOU THESE QUESTIONS AND THEN THERE'S NO DISCOURSE. THE THANK YOU, MA'AM, I NEED YOU TO. MILAM PAGE IS OUR LAST BUT NOT LEAST. MY NAME IS MILAM PAGE AND I'M EIGHT YEARS OLD. I HAVE TOURETTE SYNDROME, TOURETTE SYNDROMES.

SOMETIMES MY BODY DOES THINGS I CAN'T CONTROL. AND IT'S HARD TO FEEL LIKE I BELONG AT MY SCHOOL.

I HAVE A FRIEND WHO UNDERSTANDS ME AND A TEACHER WHO KNOWS HOW TO HELP ME. THEY MAKE ME FEEL SAFE. IF YOU CLOSE MY SCHOOL, YOU ARE SENDING MY FRIEND TO ONE PLACE AND ME TO ANOTHER. MY SISTER NEEDS TO FEEL SAFE TOO. SHE HAS. SHE HAS TOO MANY SCHOOLS ALREADY. PLEASE DON'T BREAK UP A NEIGHBORHOOD. PLEASE DON'T TAKE AWAY THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW US. OUR SCHOOL IS AN A PLUS AND I WANT TO STAY WITH MY FRIENDS. PLEASE VOTE NO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT UP ON OUR

[4.A. SB-546 Three-point Seatbelts on Buses]

AND I'M GOING TO LET YOU GUYS DO YOUR HAVE YOUR PRESENTATION, IS THAT CORRECT, DOCTOR? YES, WE HAVE JUST A SHORT PRESENTATION. THOMAS LONG, CHIEF OF OPERATIONS. YES, SIR.

MADAM PRESIDENT, TRUSTEES, DOCTOR SMITH, UNDER SENATE BILL 546 T REQUIRES. CAN YOU PUT UP THE. T REQUIRES TO HAVE THREE POINT SEAT BELTS SYSTEMS INSTALLED IN THEIR ENTIRE BUS FLEET BY SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2029. IF IMMEDIATE FULL COMPLIANCE IS NOT FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE THIS SCHOOL YEAR, T REQUIRES THE DISTRICT TO PRESENT THE STATUS OF SEAT BELTS TO THE TRUSTEES IN A PUBLIC MEETING. THE SEAT BELT. YEP. THE BOARD'S ROLE UNDER SENATE BILL 546 IS TO REVIEW THE SEAT BELT STATUS AND CONSIDER THE FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY OF RETROFITTING ALL OF OUR BUSSES BEFORE THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR. THIS REPORT THAT I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU WILL DETAIL THE NUMBER OF BUSSES IN THE DISTRICT WITH NO SEAT BELTS, WITH TWO POINT SEAT BELTS WITH

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YOU MAY BE WONDERING HOW SAFE SCHOOL BUSSES ARE WITHOUT SEAT BELTS. WELL, RESEARCH CONSISTENTLY SHOWS THAT SCHOOL BUSSES, EVEN WITHOUT SEAT BELTS, ARE THE SAFEST MODE OF TRANSPORTATION FOR CHILDREN. THIS IS LARGELY DUE TO THEIR SIZE, VISIBILITY, AND SEATING COMPARTMENTS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO PROTECT PASSENGERS WITH HIGH BACKED, ENERGY ABSORBING, CLOSELY SPACED SEATS. SENATE BILL 546 REQUIRED THREE POINT SEAT BELTS AS AN ADDITIONAL SAFETY MEASURE ON AN ALREADY SAFE SCHOOL BUS. THE COST TO ACHIEVE IMMEDIATE FULL COMPLIANCE WITH SENATE BILL 546 IS APPROXIMATELY $12 MILLION. THIS WILL OUTFIT OUR 294 BUSSES THAT DO NOT HAVE THESE SYSTEMS, AND APPROXIMATELY 2 MILLION TO OUTFIT OUR CONTRACTED BUSSES THAT DO NOT HAVE THESE SYSTEMS TO HELP US NAVIGATE TOWARDS FULL COMPLIANCE WITH SENATE BILL 546, FBISD HAS MADE THREE POINT SEAT BELTS STANDARD PURCHASE SINCE 2020.

ADDITIONALLY, OUR CONTRACTOR WILL ENSURE ALL OF THEIR BUSSES ARE FULLY COMPLIANT BY SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2029, EASING OUR FINANCIAL BURDEN. WE ARE PRESENTING THIS DATA TO YOU TODAY BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FULL AND IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION OF SENATE BILL 546 IS NOT FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE WITHIN THIS SCHOOL YEAR'S BUDGET. BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT FULL COMPLIANCE IS NOT FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE AGAIN THIS SCHOOL YEAR, FBISD WILL MAKE THE SAME DETERMINATION AS OTHER PEER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING SOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP COVER THESE COSTS TO COME INTO FULL COMPLIANCE. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU DOCTOR.

LONG QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES. MISS HANNAN, DOCTOR SMITH OR WHOEVER WANTS TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION. DOES THE STATE PROVIDE US WITH ANY FUNDS FOR THIS MANDATE, OR ARE THESE ALL REQUIRED TO COME OUT OF LOCAL FUNDS? THESE ARE ALL REQUIRED TO COME OUT OF LOCAL FUNDS BY SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2029. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HANNAN. MISS CHARANIA, ARE THERE ANY KIND OF GRANTS OR FUNDS AVAILABLE THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR? BECAUSE COME 2029, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE IN THE SAME POSITION WE'RE IN. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? YES, MA'AM. SO T IS GATHERING THESE REPORTS. SO MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS LIKE US ARE ANNOUNCING THIS. SO T IS GOING TO GATHER THE DATA AND THEN TAKE THAT. AND THEN THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE WILL HAVE TO GET THOSE GRANTS. SO THIS IS A REPORTING MEASURE. SO THEN WE HAVE THAT DATA THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT. GOT IT OKAY. THANKS. YES MA'AM. THANK YOU MISS TORONTO OKAY. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR LONG. OKAY.

[Additional Item]

SO IT'S THE ROLE OF THE BOARD TO GOVERN AND NOT TO MANAGE THE DISTRICT. AND THUS THE ADMINISTRATION WILL BRING ITEMS TO THE BOARD BASED ON BOARD POLICY. AND IT IS OUR JOB TO EITHER APPROVE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS OR NOT. IN THE CASE OF THE BOUNDARY PLANS ON

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IF THE BOARD CHOOSES TO VOTE ON THE RECOMMENDATION DIFFERENTLY BY AMENDING THE ORIGINAL MOTION AND CHANGING THE FORMAT IN WHICH THE RECOMMENDATION IS PRESENTED, THEN THAT'S UP TO THE BOARD COLLECTIVELY. AND THEN FINALLY, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE BOUNDARY PROCESS IS GOVERNED BY POLICY. AND SO THE PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN FOR THE PAST YEAR FOLLOW SPECIFIC GUIDELINES IN BOARD POLICY, INCLUDING ENGAGEMENT OF THE SBAC AND COMMUNITY AS PART OF THAT PROCESS. SO THE BOUNDARY PLANS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE SBAC, COMMENTED ON BY THE COMMUNITY AND SUBMITTED BY THE ADMINISTRATION IN THE SAME FORMAT THAT YOU SEE THEM ON THE AGENDA. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY AND INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS AS GOVERNED BY POLICY AND STRUCTURE. THE BOUNDARY PLANS ON THE AGENDA TO COINCIDE WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE PROCESS. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT JUST TO CLARIFY ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS. HAVING SAID THAT, ITEM FOUR B IS THE AMY

[4.B. Amy Coleman Middle School Attendance Boundary]

THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH. ARE WE READY TO TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES OR DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING, MISS MARTINEZ, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT SOMETHING SPECIFIC ABOUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARY FOR COLEMAN AND THAT IT IT WAS PART OF THE SCOPE THAT WE FOCUSED ON FOR ELEMENTARY AND THAT WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO OPEN MIDDLE SCHOOL. 16 AMY COLEMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND SO WE'VE RECEIVED QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS, NOT ONLY FROM TRUSTEES, BUT FROM THE PUBLIC AS WELL. AND I JUST WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION AS A REMINDER THAT OUR NEXT PHASE OF WORK IS INTENDED TO BE AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, AND COLEMAN TAKES FROM TWO CAMPUSES, BANES AND THORNTON, PURPOSE BEING TO RELIEVE OVERUTILIZATION AT THORNTON AND TO TO ENSURE THAT IN OUR NEXT PHASE OF THE WORK, AS WE REVISIT THAT AREA AND ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS, THAT THERE WERE NO DECISIONS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD IN TERMS OF A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD THAT MIGHT ZONE AND THEN REZONE A PARTICULAR AREA, BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WAS THE NEXT LEVEL OF FOCUS IS MORE INTENSE WORK AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. I

[01:00:02]

[4.C. Southeast/Central Elementary Attendance Boundaries including School Closures for Austin Parkway Elementary, Dulles Elementary, Glover Elementary, and Ridgegate Elementary]

[01:05:01]

OKAY. AND THEN. IF WE BECAUSE I THINK DOCTOR SMITH SHARED THAT THIS HAS A 5 TO $7 MILLION IMPACT. IF WE CHOOSE TO DO THIS TONIGHT, I GUESS I WROTE DOWN SOME QUESTIONS BASED ON SOME SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME A MINUTE THAT SOME OF THE OUR PARENTS SHARED TODAY WHEN SOMEONE SAID 5 TO 7 MILLION DOES NOT MOVE, BASICALLY THEY SAID DOES NOT MOVE THE NEEDLE. SO THIS IS SOMETHING FOR. I'M SORRY, MISS HELLINGER, BUT SO WE NEED TO LIMIT COMMENTS TO JUST THE MOTION TO AMEND. AND I THINK WHEN WE GET INTO THE SUBSTANCE.

IS THAT CORRECT, MR. BRUSH? THAT'S CORRECT. DELIBERATION AT THIS POINT IS LIMITED TO THE BASIS FOR THE MOTION TO AMEND SUBSTANTIVE DELIBERATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO CLOSE WOULD COME WHEN THE MOTION IS VOTED ON. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR MY PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES.

CORRECTION. SO THEN. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS HELLINGER. SO, MISS HAMMOND, SO I JUST I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON TRUSTEE HELLINGER'S IMPORTANT QUESTION, BECAUSE THAT IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, I'M MAKING THE MOTION BECAUSE I, I HAVE HEARD STAKEHOLDERS REPEATEDLY ASK FOR THAT. AND I WANT TO RESPECT THAT. THE OTHER REASON IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGING FOR ME TO VOTE FOR THE TWO AMENDMENTS AS THEY ARE WRITTEN. SO I WANT TO I WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH EITHER MISS MARTINEZ OR DOCTOR SMITH.

AND MAYBE IF YOU COULD PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY ON THAT. SO I, I AM FULLY AWARE OF THE CASCADING EFFECT THAT IF 1 OR 2 SCHOOLS. IN A CERTAIN AREA ARE, ARE VOTED DOWN. OR LET ME REPHRASE THAT, ARE ARE THE VOTE SHOWS THAT THEY DO NOT CLOSE. CAN I ADDRESS THE I MEAN I THINK I CAN BECAUSE MISS MARTINEZ ADDRESSED IT. SO IF THERE IS A CASCADING EFFECT AND WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE AT SOME POINT ON THE BOUNDARY ISSUES, ASIDE FROM THE CLOSURES. DOES THAT ENABLE YOU TO TAKE OUR VOTE AND DO ANY ADJUSTMENTS YOU WOULD NEED TO DO AND BRING THAT BACK TO US AT A LATER TIME? DOCTOR SMITH YEAH, SO MY THOUGHT PROCESS ON THAT WOULD BE IT WOULD TAKE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR ME TO VISIT WITH ZONDA, MAKE ASSESSMENTS THROUGH THEIR GEOCODING PROCESS BASED ON WHATEVER DECISION IS MADE TONIGHT, AND MAP OUT THE CASCADING IMPACT THAT THAT WOULD HAVE, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF NUANCES THERE IN TERMS OF WHERE THE STUDENTS WILL GO, WHAT THE UTILIZATION RATE IS, A POTENTIAL CAMPUS WHERE THEY WOULD GO. SO ONCE WE HAVE CLARITY ON WHATEVER'S GOING TO HAPPEN TONIGHT, AND IF WE WERE TO SELECT INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, I WOULD SAY TO THE BOARD THAT IT WOULD TAKE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS, UNDERSTAND AGAIN, GO THROUGH THE GEOCODING PROCESS AND THEN SEE WHAT THE IMPACT AND BRING THOSE SCENARIOS BACK TO THE TRUSTEES SO THAT YOU ALL CAN HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPACT AND AND HAVE THE DATA

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THE ADMINISTRATION CAN'T MAKE A UNILATERAL CHANGE. ANY CHANGE MUST BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD, AND THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD BE OBLIGATED TO FOLLOW ALL STEPS AND POLICY. FC LOCAL. NO. THAT IS THAT IS ALL I JUST WANTED TO TO TO BE REASSURED AND SO THAT THE TRUSTEES UNDERSTAND THAT IT WOULD BE FEASIBLE STILL FOR EVEN THOUGH DOCTOR SMITH CLEARLY SAYS HE NEEDS TIME, WHICH I WOULD HOPE HE WOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO ADDRESS ANY CASCADING. CASCADING IMPACTS THAT THAT A VOTE TO KEEP A SCHOOL OPEN, YOU KNOW, WOULD PRODUCE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS TANIA. SORRY. SO I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, BASED ON WHAT MISTER BRUSH JUST SAID AND WHAT TRUSTEE HANNANS JUST SAID. SO IF WE DO REMOVE SCHOOLS OUT, WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AGAIN ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE ALL OVER AGAIN. SO THIS WOULD NOT BE IMPLEMENTED FOR THE THE ENTIRE SOUTHEAST IF THEY'RE REMOVED OUT AND VOTED TO NOT BE CLOSED. SO BOTH THINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN. SO THE MOTION TO AMEND MIGHT REMOVE IT OUT IF IT PASSES. BUT THEN WE WILL VOTE SEPARATELY ON WHATEVER SCHOOL IS MOVED OUT, WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THAT SCHOOL. SO IT WOULD IF SO, IF MISS HANNAN'S AMENDMENT PASSES, WE ARE REMOVING AUSTIN PARKWAY FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION, AND THEN WE WILL TAKE A SEPARATE VOTE ON AUSTIN PARKWAY. WHETHER OR NOT TO CLOSE THAT SCHOOL, THERE WILL STILL BE A VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO CLOSE IT, BUT IT WILL LEAD TO TWO SEPARATE VOTES. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? OKAY, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR. OKAY. AND JUST ONE MORE QUESTION. SO IF IF THE VOTE PASSES NOT TO CLOSE A SCHOOL, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE REST OF IT. LIKE WOULD WE STILL BE IMPLEMENTING THE OTHER CLOSURES IN THE IN THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR? LIKE HOW WOULD THAT CASCADING WORK? GOOD. I THINK TO ATTORNEY BUSH'S POINT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND WE'D HAVE TO START THE PROCESS OVER AND STAY CONSISTENT WITH THE BOARD'S POLICY. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY IS IF IF WE VOTE NOT TO CLOSE 1 OR 2 OR WHATEVER NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK. I MEAN, WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. IT'S NOT GOING TO GET IMPLEMENTED IN THE NEXT COMING SCHOOL YEAR. YES.

TO THE EXTENT THAT THE DECISION NOT TO CLOSE A SCHOOL IMPACTS OTHER ASPECTS OF THE BOUNDARY PLAN, THEN THE ADMINISTRATION WILL HAVE TO TAKE A NEW LOOK AT THE BOUNDARY PLAN THAT'S IMPACTED. SO, FOR INSTANCE, IF THE BOARD WERE TO VOTE TO NOT CLOSE ONE SCHOOL, BUT CLOSE ANOTHER TO THE EXTENT THAT THE CLOSED SCHOOLS BOUNDARY PLAN COULD BE IMPLEMENTED AND THE BOARD OTHERWISE VOTED FOR THE BOUNDARY PLAN, THAT WOULD BE A FINAL BOARD ACTION. OKAY, SORRY, I, I NEED SOME CLARITY. CAN I SAY IT A DIFFERENT WAY? WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION AGAIN. SO SAY FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE NOT CLOSING AP. WE VOTE NOT TO CLOSE IT. RIGHT. WE WERE CASCADING STUDENTS LIKE, WELL AP WAS GOING TO ONE OTHER SCHOOL. THOSE THOSE KIDS WERE BEING CASCADED SOMEWHERE ELSE. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WHOLE CASCADING EFFECT? DO THOSE STUDENTS STILL MOVE OVER EVEN THOUGH AP KIDS ARE NOW MOVING OVER? I'M CONFUSED. IT'S IT'S IT'S IT'S ALL INTERTWINED. IT IS ALL INTERTWINED. SO THAT IS MY POINT THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO REALLY DETERMINE THAT TODAY. WE WOULD HAVE TO ASSESS THE IMPACT. BUT YES, THE STUDENTS THAT WERE IF WE TO YOUR EXAMPLE, IF WE CLOSED AUSTIN PARKWAY, THERE WERE STUDENTS THAT WERE GOING TO BE MOVED TO SETTLERS WAY IN BUTCHER. RIGHT. WELL, IF WE DON'T CLOSE AUSTIN PARKWAY, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A DETAILED LOOK AT THINGS TO SEE WHAT IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE ON

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WHAT MY VOTE WOULD REPRESENT IS ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE A CLOSURE THAT I VOTE FOR AND IT MAY PASS OR MAY NOT, BUT I AGREE WITH THE REMAINING BOUNDARY RECOMMENDATIONS YOU'VE MADE.

WHAT I'M NOT. IF IF THE BOUNDARY CHANGES THEN GETS ITS OWN VOTE, WE WOULDN'T BE SAYING WE WANT YOU TO START FROM SCRATCH. WE WOULD WANT YOU TO SAY WE WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE BOUNDARY, THE BOUNDARY IMPACTS OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE UP FOR CLOSURE BUT WERE VOTED TO REMAIN OPEN. SO THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO CLARIFY FOR ME AND ALONG, I GUESS, WITH MR. BRUSH, HOW WE WOULD HANDLE OUR POLICY. THAT'S GOVERNING THE PROCESS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I'M DEFAULTING BACK TO. WE WE HAVE A WE HAVE A POLICY. THE POLICY DRIVES THE PROCESS. WE FOLLOW THAT POLICY, WHICH HAS LED TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE BEFORE US THIS EVENING. IN MY VIEW, IF WE WANT TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT, IF YOU ALL DECIDE TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO LOOK TO YOU ALL BECAUSE FOR ME, I'M GOING TO DEFAULT BACK TO THE POLICY.

THAT'S THE SAFE PLACE FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO GUIDE OUR NEXT STEPS. SO IF IF YOU ALL WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, I THINK THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE HAVE TO HAVE. BUT THE POLICY PIECE HAS TO BE THE CENTER POINT OF THAT CONVERSATION. THANK YOU, MISS HELLINGER. JUST FOR CLARITY, IF WE VOTE, THE AMENDMENT ON THE TABLE IS TO VOTE TO TAKE A P OUT OF THE THE WHOLE BOUNDARY, THIS PARTICULAR BOUNDARY GROUPING. WE WOULD NOT KNOW THEN HOW IT WOULD IMPACT IF WE VOTED YES TO KEEP THEM OPEN OR WHICHEVER WHAT IS YES OR NO? HOW WE VOTE TO KEEP THEM OPEN, THEN WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE REST OF THE BOUNDARY GROUP. WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO CASCADE. SO TO ME, SO IT SOUNDS AS IF THE STRENGTH OF THE RECOMMENDATION IS NOW WEAKENED BY BY SEPARATING THESE THINGS, BECAUSE NOW WE DON'T KNOW THE FULL IMPACT ON BUDGET PROGRAMING ALL THAT. RIGHT? OKAY. YES. AND JUST TO CLARIFY THE REASON WHY WE WOULDN'T KNOW THAT INFORMATION IN REAL TIME IS BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A GEOCODING PROCESS THAT ZONDA UTILIZES TO MAP OUT BY ADDRESS WHERE THE STUDENTS GO. AND SO OBVIOUSLY ABSENT OF BEING ABLE TO DO THAT IN REAL TIME, WE, WE WE CAN'T BE REAL SPECIFIC ABOUT THAT, WHICH IS WHY I ALLUDED TO IF IF WE DID SOMETHING DIFFERENT, I WOULD LIKE TO IT WOULD TAKE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE

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I MEAN, I DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING FOR THE 26TH SCHOOL YEAR, TO BE HONEST WITH, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW INTERTWINED THE WHOLE THING IS ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE. THANK YOU, MISS CHARANIA. MISS WAS VICKI. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, PRESIDENT TYSON, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST MAKING THE MOTION TO SEPARATE IT. WE'RE NOT MAKING. AND THEN WE CAN. EVERYONE CAN VOTE NO OR YES ON AUSTIN PARKWAY. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT I SAID. AND THEN WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION AFTER THIS. WELL, BUT WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW THE WEATHER, WHETHER IT IS RIGHT, THE RIGHT THING TO DO OR WHETHER WE SHOULD BE PULLING IT OUT AT ALL. THAT'S THE CRUX OF THE CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION. YES, I SEE THAT. BUT I ALSO THINK THAT THAT'S PART OF THE IS ACTUALLY, I GUESS, I MEAN, SCHOOL CLOSURE, SCHOOL CLOSURE IS SEPARATE AND APART FROM WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD BE PULLING THIS SCHOOL OFF OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION. THAT'S WHY THE CONVERSATION IS WHETHER WE SHOULD BE PULLING SCHOOLS OFF OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION. OKAY. AND THE IMPACT OF THAT. OKAY.

OKAY. SO WE ARE NOW GOING TO VOTE ON THE MOTION TO AMEND. AND THIS WILL JUST BE IF YOU VOTE YES, THEN YOU ARE VOTING TO REMOVE AUSTIN PARKWAY FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION. YOU'RE NOT VOTING TO LEAVE OPEN OR CLOSE THE SCHOOL, JUST WHETHER OR NOT TO REMOVE IT FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION FOR A SEPARATE VOTE ON CLOSURE. OKAY. PLEASE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES FOR TWO.

FIVE, TWO. SORRY. OKAY, SO NOW THE ORIGINAL MOTION IS AS PRESENTED WITH THE EXCLUSION.

OF AUSTIN PARKWAY ELEMENTARY. AND THE SECOND MOTION WILL BE AUSTIN PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SEPARATELY FOR CLOSURE AND TO. I'M SORRY, MAY I ASK A CLARIFICATION? YES, MISS. SAME QUESTION. SO IF I WANT TO MAKE MULTIPLE AMENDMENTS, SHOULD I MAKE THEM AT THIS? AT THIS POINT, WHAT WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO HAVE US VOTE FIRST ON AUSTIN PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SEPARATELY, AND THEN I WILL GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION AND YOU CAN MAKE ANOTHER AMENDMENT, OKAY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW THE MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR AUSTIN PARKWAY ELEMENTARY. I'M FOR THE CLOSURE AND THE BOUNDARY CHANGES THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT. SO, MISS TORSEN, MAY I INSTEAD OR I'M GOING TO LOOK TO MR. BRUSH. MAY I INSTEAD MAKE THE MOTION SOLELY ABOUT THE DECISION ON AUSTIN PARKWAY? AND THEN FOLLOWING ALL OF MY SERIES OF AMENDMENTS FOR CLOSURE, MAKE ONE FULL MOTION AMENDMENT TO ACCEPT BOUNDARY CHANGES. I THINK ALL THE BOUNDARY CHANGES IMPACT CLOSURES. SO THE CURRENT MOTION THAT'S BEEN PASSED SEPARATES OUT AUSTIN PARKWAY IN CONSIDERATION OF THE AUSTIN PARKWAY CLOSURE. WHAT THAT LEAVES IN THE MAIN MOTION, AS AMENDED CURRENTLY ARE THE BOUNDARY CHANGES AND THE OTHER THREE SCHOOLS. RIGHT. OKAY. SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL VOTE ON AUSTIN PARKWAY. AND THEN IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE OTHER AMENDMENTS TO REMOVE THE SCHOOLS, WE CAN DO THAT ONE AT A TIME. AND THE ONLY THING REMAINING WILL BE THE BOUNDARY CHANGE, THE ADDITIONAL BOUNDARY CHANGES OKAY. MAY I MAKE THOSE AMENDMENT MOTIONS TO AMEND NOW? NO, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE FIRST ON AUSTIN PARKWAY ELEMENTARY, AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION. SO WHAT I NEED

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AND IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT ARE DESIRED, WE WILL TAKE UP THOSE AMENDMENTS AT THAT TIME. EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROCESS. COULD YOU JUST STATE THE STATE IT AGAIN, IF YOU VOTE YES, YOU ARE CLOSING THE SCHOOL. IF YOU VOTE NO, YOU'RE KEEPING IT OPEN. YOU'RE KEEPING IT OPEN. ALL RIGHT. MISS CHARANIA, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? OKAY, OKAY. PLEASE VOTE YES IS TO CLOSE. MOTION PASSES. FOUR THREE. WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION, WHICH NOW INCLUDES CLOSURE OF DULLES ELEMENTARY, GLOVER ELEMENTARY AND RIDGEGATE ELEMENTARY AND THE OTHER BOUNDARY CHANGES. YOU DON'T NEED THE ORIGINAL MOTION, DO NOT. I JUST NEED TO KNOW FOR MY NEXT AMENDMENT, I MOVE TO AMEND THE MOTION TO REMOVE THE PROPOSED CLOSURE OF DULLES ELEMENTARY FROM THE MOTION SO THAT THE BOARD VOTE VOTES ON THE PROPOSED CLOSURE IN A SEPARATE VOTE. I SECOND THAT.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS HANNAN AND A SECOND BY MISS WURZBACH. SO THIS IS RELATED TO THE REMOVAL OF DULLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION. AND FOR A SEPARATE MOTION ON THE CLOSURE OF DULLES ELEMENTARY. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

PLEASE VOTE. A YES IS TO REMOVE IT AND SEPARATE IT OUT. AND A NO IS TO NOT. NO, IT'S NOT ABOUT CLOSING. IT'S JUST ABOUT REMOVING IT. RIGHT NOW. IT'S JUST ABOUT REMOVING IT FROM THE MOTION. MOTION FAILS FOR THREE. WE ARE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION WHICH HAS ALL THE SAME

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[4.D. Northwest/Central Elementary Attendance Boundaries including School Closures for Arizona Fleming Elementary, Mission West Elementary, and Sugar Mill Elementary]

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WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. A YES VOTE REMOVES THE BOUNDARIES FOR NEILL, PECAN GROVE, MALALA, MADDEN, SEGUIN AND JORDAN FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY. A NO VOTE KEEPS ALL OF THESE BOUNDARIES IN THE ORIGINAL MOTION. GOT IT? ALL RIGHT. PLEASE VOTE. NO.

MOTION PASSES. FIVE TWO. OKAY, SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THOSE BOUNDARIES BEFORE WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION. SO JUST ON THOSE BOUNDARIES. SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO VOTE SEPARATELY ON THOSE BOUNDARIES TO APPROVE THEM AS PRESENTED AS RECOMMENDED. SO DOES THAT IMPACT THE OTHER CLOSURES? UNLESS I ADD TO THE AMENDMENT? PRESENTLY, THE CLOSURES REMAIN IN THE MAIN MOTION AND WOULD BE VOTED ON WITH THE MAIN MOTION RIGHT. YOU CAN ADD YOUR AMENDMENT AFTER IF THERE ARE OTHER SCHOOLS YOU WANT TO PULL OUT, AS YOU DID PREVIOUSLY. AFTER WE VOTE ON THESE BOUNDARIES, THEN YOU CAN PULL THOSE SCHOOL CLOSURES OUT FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION. OKAY. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

CURRENTLY, ONLY THE BOUNDARIES FROM THE SELECTED SIX SCHOOLS ARE ON THE TABLE FOR THE BOARD'S VOTE. AND SO WHAT CAN BE REVISITED IN THE MAIN MOTION IS THE THREE PROPOSED SCHOOL CLOSURES. AND I BELIEVE THE TWO REMAINING SCHOOL BOUNDARIES. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE BOUNDARY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEIL PECAN GROVE, MALALA MADDEN, SEGUIN AND JORDAN AS PRESENTED, AS PRESENTED. I'M SECOND AGAIN. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS HELLINGER AND A SECOND BY MISS CHARANIA. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THOSE BOUNDARIES, MISS CHARANIA? OKAY, SO PULLING THESE OUT DOES NOT IMPACT THE THREE SCHOOL CLOSURES OR THE CASCADING EFFECT OF THOSE BECAUSE. SO SO I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT IT HAS IT DOES NOT IMPACT THOSE JUST SPECIFIC TO THESE 12345, SIX SCHOOLS. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND POINT OUT THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THESE BOUNDARIES, WE LOOKED AT IT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE OVERCROWDING, FOR THE SCHOOLS, FOR NEIL, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS SEGUIN, WHICH WHICH NEIL IS ON. AND SEGUIN WAS OVERCROWDED.

THAT'S WHY WE WERE LOOKING AT IT WAS MAINLY TO REBALANCE ON THAT SIDE. SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT, THE PARCEL DATA, THE MOST UPDATED PARCEL DATA HAD NOT BEEN RELEASED. AND WE GOT THAT SOMETIME IN DECEMBER, JANUARY. AND THAT DATA SHOWED A MORE OF A DECLINE IN THAT NORTHWEST AREA AT ALMOST ALL OF THE SCHOOLS, EXCEPT FOR THREE, I THINK IT WAS NEIL AND SEGUIN AND PATTERSON WERE THE ONES THAT DIDN'T SHOW A DECLINE. EVERYTHING ELSE IN THAT AREA SHOWED A DECLINE. SO WITH THE MADDEN MOVE TO MISSION GLEN, WHEN WE MOVE MADDEN TO MISSION GLEN, YOU KNOW, MALALA, IF, IF, IF WE CONTINUE WITH THIS VOTE OF OF REBALANCING THAT AREA, MALALA WILL REMAIN OVERCAPACITY FOR AT LEAST ONE SCHOOL YEAR, IF NOT MORE, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S ONE FOR SURE. SO THE 246 MADDEN STUDENTS ARE ENTIRELY DISPLACED OUT OF THE COMMUNITY TO A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITHOUT KNOWING. SINCE WE HAVEN'T DONE THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES OF WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO LAND IN. SO YES, WE DON'T LOOK AT IT AS A NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS ONE LARGE DEVELOPMENT, LIKE SIENNA, LIKE RIVERSTONE TELFAIR, AND THIS IS ONE LARGE DEVELOPMENT. SO OUT OF THIS ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT, THESE 246 STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE DISPLACED, NOT KNOWING WHICH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO. ARE THEY GOING TO COME BACK, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT COHORT BACK TO THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL, WE WE'VE DONE THAT. SIMILARLY, WHEN WHEN RIVERSTONE WAS IN AUSTIN

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AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE DECLINING. THE CON GROVE ALSO CONTINUES TO DECLINE, AND OAKLAND IN TWO YEARS FROM NOW WILL ALSO BE DECLINING. BUT THESE WERE NOT NUMBERS THAT WERE PRESENTED WHEN WE HAD FIRST LOOKED AT THAT CORRIDOR. AND I THINK WITH LIKE WITH THESE NEW NUMBERS, IT WARRANTS US RELOOKING AT IT. AND MALALA AND MADDEN, EVEN WITH THIS REBALANCE IN 2031, ARE GOING TO BE AT 81%, WHERE THEY'RE MUCH HIGHER IN THE 90S RIGHT NOW.

AND SO PAGE NINE HAS THE UPDATED PASS THE DATA WITHOUT THE LIKE WITHOUT THE BOUNDARY CHANGES, IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, WHICH SHOWS THAT WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE ADJUSTED THIS DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE OAKLAND IS SHOWING A DECLINE IN PECAN GROVE. HOLLY.

ALL OF THOSE MADDEN, WHICH IS SHOWING A DECLINE STARTING THIS SCHOOL YEAR AT 79%. BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT DATA WHEN WE MADE THESE DECISIONS THEN. OR WE DECIDED WHICH OPTION OR EVEN SPARK DECIDED WHICH OPTION TO GO WITH. AND THEN ON PAGE SIX, IF YOU GO TO PAGE SIX, WHICH HAS THE MAP FOR MALALA, NEIL MADDEN, PECAN GROVE, WE CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE THE NEIL COMMUNITY THERE, WHICH IS COMING FROM THE NORTH OF 99, THE CROSSING OVER 99 TO COME TO NEIL. BUT THEN AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE PUSHING THE NEIL THE EXISTING NEIL COMMUNITY TODAY TO MOVE OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 99. SO IT'S LIKE WE'RE ALMOST DOING THIS TWO TIMES TO ACCOMMODATE WITHOUT LOOKING AT THAT PAST DATA AGAIN AND SEEING WHERE THE DECLINE IS IN THE CURRENT YEAR, THIS CURRENT YEAR IN 2526, NEIL IS AT 100% WITH CAP AND FLOW, WITH 56 KIDS GOING TO OAKLAND AND 61 KIDS AT THE GROVE. FROM WHAT MISS MARTINEZ HAD SHARED IN ONE OF THE CALLS THAT WE HAD, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF 117 NEIL ZONED STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN CAP AND FLOW. SO WHEN WE'RE MOVING THESE 237 NEIL STUDENTS TO MALALA, WE'RE ONLY REALLY SOLVING FOR 120 STUDENTS. REALLY LIKE THAT ADDITIONAL NUMBER, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE TODAY AS IT IS.

RIGHT. SO BUT INSTEAD WE'RE IMPACTING THE ONES WE DO HAVE, WHICH IS 821 STUDENTS BETWEEN THE 237. NEIL'S STUDENTS MOVING TO MALALA, THE 338 MALALA STUDENTS MOVING TO MADDEN, AND THE 246 MADDEN STUDENTS MOVING TO HOLLY. SO I JUST FEEL LIKE WE'RE SOLVING FOR 120 STUDENTS, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE IMPACTING AN ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE CURRENTLY DO HAVE. AND NEIL AND SEGUIN BOTH HAVE A STAFFING MODEL IN PLACE TO MANAGE THE OVERCAPACITY TODAY VERSUS IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS REBALANCING, NEIL AND SEGUIN AND MALALA, ALL THREE WILL HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR CURRENT STAFFING MODELS. MALALA FOR THE OVERCAPACITY THAT'S TAKING IN FROM NEIL AND THEN NEIL AND SEGUIN FOR THE REDUCTIONS, WHICH IS WHY MY RECOMMENDATION WAS TO KEEP CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, TO KEEP IT AT AT STATUS QUO AND KEEP THE CAP AND FLOW. AND THEN WE REVIEWED THE BOUNDARIES, SORRY.

AND THEN REREVIEW THE BOUNDARIES FOR THE REMAINING SCHOOLS WHEN WE DO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T DO ANYTHING. I'M SAYING LET'S LOOK AT IT WHEN WE DO THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL BOUNDARIES, AND WE LOOK AT THIS LIKE THESE SCHOOLS THAT WE'VE TAKEN OUT AT THAT TIME. SO, MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT AND TRUSTEE CHARANIA, THAT'S A LOT TO UNPACK RIGHT NOW IN THE MOMENT. AND IN ALL FAIRNESS, WE RECEIVE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU SHARED WITH US JUST TODAY. AND WE WE DID A BRIEF, CURSORY REVIEW OF IT. SO I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE HAVE COMMAND OF ALL THE DETAILS OF IT, BUT WE DID SPEAK TO SOME CONCERNS THAT WE THINK ARE VALID TO STRESS. AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK PILE AND BETH TO SPEAK TO THOSE CONCERNS. SURE. THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, SO THE FIRST A COUPLE THINGS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, I JUST MARTINEZ, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO SPEAK INTO YOUR IT'S JUST HARD FOR US TO HEAR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THIS BETTER? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT COME TO MIND INITIALLY. SO SINCE THAT DATA WAS SHARED LAST WEEK ABOUT THE CAP AND OVERFLOW PECAN GROVE, WE'VE GAINED ONE MORE AT PECAN GROVE AND ONE MORE AT

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MISS MARTINEZ, MISS VICKY. JUST TO CLARIFY AND CONFIRM, IF THIS MOTION PASSES, THE CAP AND FLOW WILL STILL BE IN PLACE FOR NEIL. OKAY. YES. YES, MA'AM. WITH NO ALTERNATIVE, IT WOULD NEED TO REMAIN IN PLACE. OKAY. I ALSO JUST WANTED TO MENTION SOMETHING. I THINK TRUSTEE TANIA MADE SEVERAL GOOD POINTS. MY ACTUAL ALSO CONCERN BECAUSE OF THE PAST DATA, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF MADDEN BEING MOVED TO MISSION GLEN. THIS YEAR. I WOULD REALLY LIKE US TO LOOK AT THAT SPECIFICALLY WHEN WE GO, IF WE IF THIS PASSES, TO REMOVE ALL OF THEM. BUT LOOKING AT MADDEN SPECIFICALLY WHEN IN THE NEXT YEAR THEY HAVE THEY'RE GOING TO BE AT MISSION GLEN FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS, I THINK. I DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE THERE IS A RUSH TO HAVE THEM REZONED THIS YEAR AND MAKE IT WE. THE DATA WAS WRONG TO BEGIN WITH, SO LET'S LOOK AT THE RIGHT DATA AGAIN IN WHENEVER IT COMES OUT AGAIN IN DECEMBER. AGAIN FROM PASTA. THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU, MISS HELLINGER. I THINK SHE ANSWERED MY QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT DATA, ESPECIALLY AFTER IT CAME OUT IN DECEMBER. AND YOU'RE SAYING IT DID? I WANT TO LOOK AT THE SPEC.

I SEE THEM HERE. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU GOT THAT RIGHT ANSWER? DID YOU DID YOU USE THAT DATA? OKAY. SO AND I SEE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT ANSWERS OVER THERE. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S HAPPENING. BUT SO. SO BASED ON I WISH WE HAD THIS EARLIER BECAUSE YOU KNOW WITHOUT THE BOUNDARY CHANGE WE'RE WE'RE STILL OPERATING THESE SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY NEIL, AT SUCH A HIGH CAPACITY. AND THAT IS A CONCERN OF MINE. THAT'S A MAJOR CONCERN OF MINE. AND THEN NOW WE ALSO OPERATE IN HOLLY AT SUCH A LOW CAPACITY AT, YOU KNOW, ALMOST AT 34%. IN LOOKING AT THIS FIVE YEAR TREND, WE HAVE TO PUT KIDS INTO THIS SCHOOL OR THIS MIGHT BE ANOTHER SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, THAT WE PUT UP FOR REMOVAL OR CLOSING. ARE YOU REFERRING TO TRUSTEE SHARON AS INFORMATION? YES. IS THAT THAT'S NOT FROM THE DISTRICT? OKAY. THAT'S FROM MR. RONNIE. AND WE AS I WAS STATING, WE JUST GOT IT TODAY AND WE HADN'T REALLY HAD TIME TO REALLY PROCESS IT. WE DID A CURSORY LOOK OVER IT TODAY. SO YOU KNOW OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BUT ALSO THERE WERE SOME POINTS THAT WE STRESSED TODAY IN OUR MEETING THAT WERE POINTS OF CONCERN AND I THINK IS VALID FOR THE TRUSTEES TO KNOW. AND I WANT PYLE AND BETH TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THOSE AND SPEAK TO THOSE JUST FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES. SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVED IN DECEMBER. SO I WANTED TO BRING A POINT OF CLARIFICATION THAT EVERY STEP OF THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN MULTIPLE LAYERS OF REVIEW. AND SO WHEN WE RECEIVED THE THE UPDATED PARCEL INFORMATION PASS ACTUALLY CAME TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. AND WE SHARED THAT WITH OUR BACK AS WELL. AND SO ZONDA THEN LOOKED AT THAT INFORMATION TO SEE HOW DID THOSE BOUNDARY PLANS, THE DRAFT BOUNDARY PLANS THAT WE HAD, HOW DID THEY ALIGN WITH

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AND THOSE WERE THE SAME INDIVIDUALS THAT RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION. OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND AND YOU ALSO FOR MEMBERS WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE MEETINGS IN PERSON, YOU HAD SUBSEQUENT UPDATES FOR THOSE MEMBERS WHO WERE NOT THERE. CORRECT. THERE WERE TWO OPPORTUNITIES AFTER EACH MEETING A MAKE UP SESSION AND A LUNCH AND LEARN SESSION.

OKAY, SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD I DON'T SEE STRUCTURAL LIMITATIONS TO THE SBAC. I THINK THE SBAC FOLLOWS POLICY. EVERY MEMBER IS GIVEN EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND IN PERSON.

THEY ARE GIVEN EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO GET UPDATES. IF THEY CANNOT ATTEND IN PERSON, AND THEY WERE GIVEN EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A VOTE OR FEEDBACK OR COMMENT. AND I THINK I'VE HEARD FROM SBAC MEMBERS PERSONALLY THAT THAT IS THE CASE, THAT THEY FELT LIKE THE PROCESS WAS CARRIED OUT WITH FIDELITY. SO I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO KNOCK THE SBAC PROCESS BECAUSE I, I THINK I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BY THOSE MEMBERS AND, AND NOT JUST SHOWING UP, BUT IN DELVING INTO THAT INFORMATION AND UNDERSTANDING IT INSIDE AND OUT. AND I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE DID HAVE WE DID HAVE THAT DATA.

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WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED EVERY STEP OF THE WAY IN THIS PROCESS. WE HAVE GIVEN FEEDBACK. WE HAVE GIVEN OUR OPINIONS ON WHAT WE THINK SHOULD HAPPEN OR SHOULDN'T HAPPEN. AND THAT'S FOR A YEAR. SINCE DAY ONE. THE SBAC HAS ALSO PROVIDED THAT FEEDBACK. AND SO I JUST I HESITATE, I'M HESITANT TO AT THIS POINT, SUDDENLY BE PRESENTED WITH A NEW SCENARIO THAT HAS NOT BEEN VETTED BY THE SBAC, BY THE TRUSTEES, BY ZONDA, BY THE ADMINISTRATION, BY THE COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT THAT CONCERNS ME A GREAT DEAL THAT WE'RE HERE KIND OF GETTING THIS IN THE MOMENT. SO THOSE ARE MY MISS HANNAH, DID YOU HAVE ONE MORE THING BEFORE WE VOTE? YES.

AND I'M SORRY. AND BECAUSE MY MY QUESTION DOESN'T NECESSARILY PERTAIN SPECIFICALLY TO THE MOTION ON THE TABLE, BUT MY QUESTION IS. I'M ACTUALLY NOT SURE WHEN I CAN SHARE SOME REMARKS THAT AREN'T SPECIFIC TO THIS ITEM, BECAUSE WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION, WE GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION AFTER I. YES, THEN DO MY AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION I APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. OKAY. MISS TANIA. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WHEN WE FIRST LOOKED AT THIS DATA, WE IT WAS SEPTEMBER, I BELIEVE. RIGHT AT THAT TIME THERE WERE FIVE OPTIONS PRESENTED IN THAT FIRST ROUND. THERE WAS ONE OPTION THAT WAS PRESENTED THAT DIDN'T MOVE THESE KIDS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE BREAKING UP THIS ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT AND IT AND IT AND IT DID IT MORE COUNTERCLOCKWISE VERSUS ANTI-CLOCKWISE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. AT THAT TIME WE LOOKED AT THAT PLAN, BUT WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT BECAUSE THE PASSIVE DATA WASN'T THERE. AND WHEN THE PASSIVE DATA WAS SHARED, ONE OF THE COMMENTS I HAD BEEN MAKING AGAIN AND AGAIN WAS, CAN WE REVISIT THIS? BECAUSE THAT IS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FURTHER OPTION PRESENTED IN LIGHT OF THE NEW DATA THAT CAME OUT THAT SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A DECLINE IN THIS AREA, THAT SHOWED THAT THERE WAS NOT A NEED TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE THESE KIDS OUT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SEGUIN THAT'S OVERCROWDED. YES.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NEIL. THAT IS AT 100% AT CAP AND FLOW, BECAUSE SEGUIN IS RIGHT NOW AT 111%, BUT IT'S DECLINING AS WELL. RIGHT? 208 THIS THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR, NEIL IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT LIKE ALL OF THAT AREA IS ZONED THERE VERSUS ANYWHERE ELSE. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE IN CAP AND FLOW. SO WE'VE GOT TWO AREAS THERE, TWO TWO SCHOOLS THERE THAT ARE 100% OR OVER 100% VERSUS NOW WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PLAN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MALALA. THAT'S GOING TO BE WELL OVER 120% LIKE AT ONE SCHOOL, BECAUSE WE CAN'T MOVE THOSE KIDS INTO MADDEN. SO YES, THE TRADE OFF IS TWO VERSUS ONE, BUT THOSE TWO SCHOOLS ALREADY HAVE A MODEL IN PLACE RIGHT NOW WHICH WHICH WE'RE GOING TO NOW CHANGE IT AT THREE SCHOOLS. I JUST THINK THAT IN LIGHT OF THE NEW DATA AND KNOWING THAT THIS DOESN'T AFFECT ANY OF THE SCHOOL CLOSURE CASCADES, I THINK IT WARRANTS ANOTHER VISIT AGAIN IN THE NEXT SPARK. SO BETH AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, OF COURSE, BUT DO YOU HAVE THE DATA IN FRONT OF YOU? BECAUSE FROM THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON'T THINK THE DATA WAS VERY DIFFERENT. BUT DO YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU SO THAT YOU COULD SPEAK TO IT? OKAY, CAN YOU DO THAT PLEASE, FOR CLARIFICATION? SURE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT I'M LOOKING AT THE DATA IN THE NEW IN THE BOUNDARY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT. SO IN NOT THE ORIGINAL PARCEL DATA THAT CAME THROUGH IN OUR CURRENT AS OF TODAY BOUNDARY. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE CHANGES, THERE WILL BE AN IMPACT AT MALALA AS THEY HOST. IF IF WE FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION AS THEY HOST THE STUDENTS WHO ARE MOVING OUT OF NEIL AND INTO MALALA, WE CALL THAT THE HOST YEAR OR THE AS LONG AS IT TAKES FOR MADDEN TO BE REPAIRED AND THEN NOT MOVING STUDENTS FROM MALALA TO MADDEN, THEY WOULD BE AT 120% WITH

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OKAY. THANK YOU. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO VOTE NOW. AND THIS VOTE IS STRICTLY ON THE BOUNDARIES FOR NEIL PECAN GROVE MALALA MADDEN SEGUIN AND JORDAN A YES SUPPORTS THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION. AND A NO DOES NOT. PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES FOUR THREE. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL MOTION, WHICH HAS THE BOUNDARIES. THE SCHOOL CLOSURES FOR ARIZONA FLEMING, MISSION WEST AND SUGAR MILL AND ANY BOUNDARIES OTHER THAN THOSE THAT WE JUST VOTED ON FOR NEIL PECAN GROVE, MALALA, MADDEN, SEGUIN AND JORDAN. YES, PRESIDENT TYSON, I MOVE TO AMEND THE MOTION TO REMOVE THE PROPOSED CLOSURE OF ARIZONA FLEMING FROM THE MOTION SO THE BOARD VOTES ON PROPOSED CLOSURES IN A SEPARATE VOTE. I SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS HANNAN AND A SECOND BY MISS WURZBACH. THIS MOTION IS TO REMOVE ARIZONA FLEMING AS FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION FOR CLOSURE AND FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. SO THIS IS JUST FOR REMOVAL? YES. REMOVES IT FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION. NO. KEEPS IT IN THE ORIGINAL MOTION. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION FAILS FOR THREE.

WE ARE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION, WHICH HAS ALL THREE SCHOOL CLOSURES. YES I AM MOVE TO AMEND THE MOTION TO REMOVE THE PROPOSED CLOSURE OF MISSION WEST ELEMENTARY FROM THE MOTION.

SO THE BOARD VOTES ON THE PROPOSED CLOSURE IN A SEPARATE VOTE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS HANNAN AND A SECOND BY MISS HELLINGER. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

PLEASE VOTE. A YES REMOVES MISSION WEST FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION AND KEEPS IT FOR SEPARATE VOTE. A NO LEAVES IT IN THE ORIGINAL MOTION. MOTION FAILS FOR THREE. MY FINAL AMENDMENT. I MOVE TO AMEND THE MOTION TO REMOVE THE PROPOSED CLOSURE OF SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY FROM THE MOTION, SO THE BOARD VOTES ON THE PROPOSED CLOSURE IN A SEPARATE VOTE.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS HANNAN AND A SECOND BY MISS HELLINGER. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. PLEASE VOTE. A YES REMOVES SUGAR MILL FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION, AND A NO LEAVES IT IN THE ORIGINAL MOTION. A YES REMOVES SUGAR MILL FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION AND KEEPS IT FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, AND A NO LEAVES IT IN THE ORIGINAL MOTION. MOTION PASSES FOR THREE. WE WILL NOW VOTE SEPARATELY ON SUGAR MILL CLOSURE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I'M MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE. TAKE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE DISTRICT TO CLOSE SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS HELLINGER AND A SECOND BY DOCTOR GILLIAM. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

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WE ARE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION, WHICH HAS THE CLOSURES OF ARIZONA FLEMING ELEMENTARY AND MISSION WEST ELEMENTARY. MISS TORSEN, IS THIS OUR FINAL VOTE? YES. ON THIS ITEM, DO YOU HAVE. GO AHEAD. MISS HANNAN, I WOULD LIKE TO TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS. THIS HAS BEEN A HARD PROCESS FOR THIS BOARD, THIS COMMUNITY, OUR STAFF, AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT.

AND SO I HAVE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE I HAVE SOMETHING I'M GOING TO READ. SO THE GREATEST DANGER FOR MOST OF US IS NOT THAT OUR AIM IS TOO HIGH AND WE MISS THAT, BUT THAT OUR AIM IS TOO LOW AND WE REACH IT. I AM NOT SURE WHO OFFERED THIS QUOTE TO THE WORLD, BUT IT IS HOW I FEEL AND HOW I HAVE FELT AS I AM FACED WITH THE DECISIONS TO CLOSE SCHOOLS. FORT BEND ISD PROVIDES ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE IMPACTING PUBLIC SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. MOMS AND DADS AND CAREGIVERS FROM MISSOURI CITY, SUGARLAND, MEADOWS PLACE, AND PORTIONS OF STAFFORD, RICHMOND, FRESNO AND ARCOLA IN HOUSTON. SEND US THEIR CHILDREN IN HOPES WE AIM HIGH SO THEIR CHILDREN MIGHT DO THE SAME. WE ARE FACING A CROSSROADS TONIGHT. OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, THE CLOSURES AND BOUNDARY CHANGES HAVE BEEN OUR FOCUS. WE HAVE ALSO RECENTLY LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT DISTRICT'S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE SCHOOL CHOICE. I AM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OUR NEWLY CREATED ELEMENTARY SPANISH DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM AND CHINESE IMMERSION PROGRAM, THE VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR FRESHMEN IN THE DISTRICT'S GOAL TO MAKE IT A STANDALONE PROGRAM IS ANOTHER PROMISING STRATEGY TO PROMOTE CHOICE AND BRING NEW STUDENTS INTO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE POSSIBILITY OF BROADER TRANSFER POLICIES WILL ENABLE PARENTS TO BRING STUDENTS INTO FORT BEND AND MOVE THEM WITHIN. FORT BEND IS ALSO A PROMISING WAY OF RECRUITING AND RETAINING STUDENTS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH OUTSTANDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. AT THE LAST MEETING, A TRUSTEE REMINDED US OUR JOB IS TO HOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES A TRUSTEE HAS IS TO HOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR MAXIMIZING STUDENT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE THROUGH STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP. ANOTHER KEY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ENSURE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT IS EFFECTIVELY MANAGING MANAGING THE BUDGET. IN THIS DAY AND AGE.

I KNOW THOSE ARE BOTH TIED SO CLOSELY TOGETHER AND HARDER THAN EVER. I WOULD LIKE TO I WOULD LIKE THIS BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT TO AIM HIGHER BY CREATING ATTAINABLE GOALS THAT FOCUS ON BRINGING STUDENTS BACK, WHO HAVE LEFT FORT BEND ISD, AND TO TO DEVELOP GOALS.

FOCUSING ON KEEPING OUR WONDERFUL STUDENTS IN FORT BEND ISD. I AM NOT NAIVE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AGING CAMPUSES, AGING NEIGHBORHOODS, LOWER BIRTH RATES, AND NEIGHBORING HYPER GROWTH DISTRICT, A FORECASTED BUDGET DEFICITS, AND CHARTER SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS LOCATED WITHIN A STONE'S THROW OF EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS IN OUR DISTRICT. BUT FOR OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS AND CAMPUSES WITH LOWER ENROLLMENT, I KNOW MANY PARENTS DON'T FEEL LIKE WE ARE LEVELING UP FOR THEM. I THINK THEY FEEL LIKE WE ARE GIVING UP ON THEM. I ASSURE YOU THAT IS NOT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT I RECOGNIZE COMPLETELY THE ANGST THAT PARENTS FEEL WHEN DELIBERATING THE CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS. I KNOW THAT EVERYONE UP HERE HAS WEIGHED SO MANY FACTORS. WE'VE LISTENED TO PARENTS, WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY, WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT EVERYONE'S KIDS AT EVERY ONE OF THESE SCHOOLS. AND WE'VE ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT THE FINANCIAL PREDICAMENT THAT WE'RE IN. I HAVE CONSIDERED THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IN FRONT OF ME VERY CAREFULLY AND THOUGHTFULLY. I'VE ALSO VERY CAREFULLY CONSIDERED WHAT THE SBAC HAS BROUGHT TO ME. I'VE SPENT MUCH TIME ASKING QUESTIONS AND REVIEWING THE DATA. RECENTLY. THERE WAS ALSO A COMMENT MADE BY A FELLOW TRUSTEE ABOUT BEING ON TI'S RADAR. IT IS UNFORTUNATE, AND IT IS A REALITY THAT MANY SUPERINTENDENTS AND BOARD MEMBERS ACROSS THE STATE WORRY ABOUT THE THREAT OF STATE

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BECAUSE THE NUMBERS YOU SEE FROM PISA TO ME IS IS VERY STARTLING AND CONCERNING WITH THE GIBSON AUDIT, I THINK THAT STAFF MIGHT AGREE WITH ME. AND IF YOU DON'T, I HOPE YOU SPEAK UP. BUT THAT THE NUMBER OF 5 TO 7 MILLION REALLY CAME OUT OF THAT COST SAVINGS AUDIT. THEY ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED THAT WE CLOSE 12, AND THEIR NUMBER WAS SOMETHING LIKE A COST SAVINGS OF 14.6. READING THROUGH IT SEVERAL TIMES, AGAIN, I COULD NOT FIND EVIDENCE THAT THE COST

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AND IF YOU DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE FROM ME IN EMAIL THIS WEEK, I SIMPLY GOT TOO OVERWHELMED. SO WHATEVER THE OUTCOME BRINGS TONIGHT, WE'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME OF IT. I WILL HOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT ACCOUNTABLE TO ENSURE ALL STUDENTS ARE MADE TO FEEL WELCOMED ON THEIR NEW CAMPUS, AND THAT THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ARE RIGOROUS, INTENTIONAL, AND APPROPRIATE FOR EVERY SINGLE LEARNER. I HOPE MY MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS ALSO DO THE SAME. I KNOW CHANGES WILL BE CHALLENGING FOR MANY STUDENTS, PARENTS, FAMILIES, ALSO FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO SUPPORT OUR LEARNERS. I APPRECIATE THE INPUT FROM EVERY SINGLE STAKEHOLDER, WHETHER THAT WAS VIA SURVEY, SHOWING UP HERE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO US IN PUBLIC. COMMENT. WHETHER YOU FOUND MY PHONE NUMBER AND TEXTED ME, WHETHER YOU WHETHER YOU SAW ME WHEN MY COWBOY HAT WAS GETTING STEAMED AT THE HAT STORE, WHOEVER YOU ARE, AND WHEREVER YOU GAVE ME FEEDBACK, I APPRECIATE IT. SO AGAIN, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR VOTE IS TONIGHT, I KNOW YOU MADE IT WITH DEEP CONTEMPLATION. I RESPECT THAT AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MISS TYSON, FOR ALLOWING ME THAT TIME.

THANK YOU, MISS HANNAH. MISS WAS VICKI. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS WHO SENT COUNTLESS EMAILS AND REQUESTS AND DID THEIR OWN RESEARCH. I HAVE BEEN NOT FOR THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, BUT I HAVE BEEN ON IN THAT SEAT FIGHTING FOR WHAT I THOUGHT WAS RIGHT, AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR DOING SO. PLEASE DON'T GIVE UP ON US AND I DON'T. AND AND I DO TRUST THE ADMINISTRATION FOR WHAT THE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. I WISHED I HAD A LITTLE MORE TIME TO FEEL 100% MORE CONFIDENT, AND THAT WAS A BIT OF WHERE MY STRUGGLE WAS. AS TRUSTEES, WE MUST GROUND OUR DECISIONS IN OUR DISTRICT'S MISSION TO

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WE HAVE GREAT TEACHERS, BUT IT'S HARD WHEN I'M ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR WITH OUR KIDS. WHEN YOU'VE GOT 1 OR 2 TEACHERS WITH A GRADE VERSUS 3 OR 4 WITH A GRADE, THAT MAKES IT VERY, VERY HARD FOR OUR CAMPUSES TO SUCCEED, OUR TEACHERS TO SUCCEED. THE BAR KEEPS GETTING HIGHER FOR EDUCATION, AS WE ALL KNOW. RIGHT? AND HOW DO WE PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION OF STRENGTH FOR OUR KIDS TO BE SUCCESSFUL, TO COMPETE IN THIS

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MISS CHARANIA, I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF ALL OF MY FELLOW TRUSTEES. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A HARD DAY, HARD DECISIONS TO MAKE, AND I KNOW TOMORROW WE'LL HAVE HARDER DECISIONS BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A DEFICIT GAP THAT WE STILL NEED TO CLOSE. AND IT'S GOING TO AFFECT LIKE THE PROGRAMING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT AS WELL, AS WELL AS OTHER CENTRAL ADMIN. SO TODAY WE'RE OWNING DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBERS AND WE'RE OWNING THEM. AND AS LEADERS WE'RE LOOKING LONG TERM AND THINKING STRATEGICALLY. AND THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. AND YEAH, I MEAN, WE ARE LOOKING TO COURSE CORRECT BECAUSE OUR BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE ENROLLMENT THAT WE WERE BUILT FOR. WE HAVE OTHER PRESSURES WITH TO AND YES, THERE WILL BE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF FAMILIES MAKING OTHER CHOICES, BUT THERE WILL BE LONGER LASTING ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF NOT DOING ANYTHING EITHER. SO. SO THANK YOU REALLY TO US BACK AND TO THE ADMIN AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, EVERYONE WHO'S REACHED OUT, EVERYONE WHO'S ADVOCATED. IT'S BEEN TOUGH. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. WE'RE ALL IN IT FOR THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MISS CHARANIA. SO IN CLOSING, I SAID MOST OF WHAT I WANTED TO SAY AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING AND THE IMPACT THAT THIS THESE DECISIONS HAVE ON ME PERSONALLY AND HOW I HAVE LIVED THEM AS WELL. AND SO I'LL JUST REITERATE THAT FOR ME, THIS DECISION, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU

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AND I THINK THE GREEN SHEET THAT YOU GAVE US, MISS HANNAN BEARS THAT OUT. AND SO WHAT WE ARE FACED WITH IS WITH THAT REALITY WHICH IMPACTS THE SEATS IN THE BUILDINGS. AND IT ALSO IMPACTS THE DOLLARS THAT COME INTO THE DISTRICT. HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAINTAIN ■OUR IMPROVEMENT AND OUR GROWTH, OUR ACADEMIC GROWTH THAT MISS HANNAN TALKED ABOUT EARLIER? HOW ARE WE GOING TO SUSTAIN THAT? AND THAT MEANS MAKING HARD DECISIONS. HOW ARE WE GOING TO COMPETE? YOU KNOW, WE WE ARE IN AN IN AN AGE OF CHOICE. BUT I WANT TO BE I WANT TO BE. FAMILY'S CHOICE REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEIR OPTIONS ARE OUT THERE. AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO COMPETE WITH LCISD THAT'S OPENING THEIR NEW AUTISM PROGRAM? I MEAN, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT? WE OPENED SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN ADDIE AND I WERE ON THE BOARD TOGETHER. PREVIOUSLY THE EARLY INTERVENTION ACADEMY. HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT ACADEMY, WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE? HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE SOME OF OUR REALLY GOOD READING ACADEMIES, LITERACY CENTERS? HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE SOME OF OUR EXCELLENT BILINGUAL PROGRAMS OR EXPAND THEM? AND THE ANSWER IS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING, WE'RE NOT. AND THAT IS JUST NOT SOMETHING I COULD VOTE FOR. I, HAVING LIVED 26 YEARS AS OF TWO WEEKS AGO IN THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY WITH MY DAUGHTER, AND IN SPECIAL ED SPECIFICALLY, I KNOW HOW HARD TRANSITIONS ARE. I GET IT, I'VE LIVED IT. I KNOW IT'S HARD, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE CANNOT OFFER PROGRAMING, THAT IMPROVES THE LIVES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF OUR STUDENTS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION, THEN WHETHER THEY HAVE TO TRANSITION OR NOT WILL NOT MATTER. AND I KNOW BECAUSE I'VE LIVED IT. SO THIS WAS A DECISION THAT I MADE.

EVEN KNOWING THE CHALLENGES THAT SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO FACE, BECAUSE I THINK THE ALTERNATIVE IS UNTENABLE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO AND SAY THAT WE ARE GIVING HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION TO EVERY STUDENT. SO THAT WAS MY FOCUS. IT WAS FUNDING, IT WAS PROGRAMING, IT WAS DECLINING ENROLLMENT, AND IT WAS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW OUR ACHIEVEMENT IN THIS DISTRICT? AND THAT'S BY RECRUITING AND RETAINING HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS, RETAINING THOSE THAT WE HAVE, AND RECRUITING TO FILL SPACES AS THEY COME AVAILABLE. AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH FUNDING OR PROGRAMS OR RESOURCES THAT OUR STAFF AND OUR TEACHERS NEED. AND SO THAT'S WHAT IT CAME DOWN TO FOR ME. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, MISS HELLINGER, WE ARE TRUSTEES, AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ENTRUSTED WITH THE EDUCATION OF. OVER 70,000 STUDENTS. AND MY HEART BREAKS FOR THE FOR THE 3000 THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THESE CHANGES. BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S EMOTIONAL. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THE EDUCATION OF THOSE CHILDREN, AS WELL AS THE OTHER 70,000 THAT WE'RE ENTRUSTED WITH. THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY.

THERE WERE LOTS OF OF THANKSGIVING TO THE COMMUNITY, AND I, TOO, SAT ON THAT SIDE OF THE DAIS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND I DO APPRECIATE THE ENGAGEMENT OF EVERY FAMILY MEMBER WHO SENT AN EMAIL, WHO CAME AND SPOKE, AND WHO REALLY ENGAGED, LOOKING AT DATA AND OTHERWISE. EVERY ASPECT MEMBER, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE EMAILED US OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, WE I, I READ THEM ALL, I PROMISE. AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS DIGGING IN AND CHALLENGING OUR THOUGHT PROCESSES AND CHALLENGING THE DATA AND EVERYTHING. I REALLY DID APPRECIATE IT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK EVERY TRUSTEE WHO HAS

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AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE REST OF THE TEAM, BECAUSE I KNOW EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU HAVE HAD TO GIVE DATA AND NUMBERS AND ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS FROM YOUR OWN DEPARTMENTS. AND SO THANK YOU FOR BEING ENGAGED AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND GIVING US THE TIME THAT WE'VE NEEDED TO MAKE THIS DECISION. AND I'M WITH MISS HANNAN. THIS ENTIRE BOARD'S GOING TO HOLD YOU ALL ACCOUNTABLE. BUT WHAT I KNOW IS I KNOW YOUR HEARTS AND I KNOW YOUR WORK ETHIC, AND I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU CARE ABOUT THE KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT. AND MY EXPECTATION IS AND WHAT I KNOW IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO MAKE IT WORK, AND YOU'RE GOING TO CARE ABOUT EVERY SINGLE KID. AND, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE DOCTOR SMITH, THE TEAM THAT YOU'VE ASSEMBLED, BECAUSE I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE THE BEST TEAM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND I KNOW IF ANYBODY CAN MAKE THIS WORK, IT'S GOING TO BE YOU GUYS. AND I'M REALLY SORRY THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE FACING, BECAUSE BACK IN THE DAY, WE HAD GROWTH SO MUCH THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE NEXT SCHOOL. AND WE'RE FACED WITH THE EXACT OPPOSITE. SO I THINK YOU GUYS ARE HERE FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. WE HAVE THIS TEAM TO WORK ON THIS. AND I HATE THAT YOU HAVE TO THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IT THIS WAY. WITH THAT I AM GOING. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? GO AHEAD, DOCTOR SMITH. JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE BOARD AS WELL AS THE EXCUSE ME, OUR PARENTS AND THE TEAM HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT AND DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE CHARGE THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED FOR ME. AND JUST VERY PASSIONATE AND CONFIDENT THAT WITH YOU ALL COLLECTIVELY AND WITH THE TEAM, EMBRACE THE CHALLENGE AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A DISTRICT NOT JUST SURVIVES THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BUT THRIVES THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AND SO I AM CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL MEET THAT STANDARD. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW GOING TO VOTE ON THE REMAINING SCHOOLS IN THE NORTHWEST CENTRAL ELEMENTARY ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES ARIZONA, FLEMING AND MISSION WEST ELEMENTARY AND THE REMAINING BOUNDARIES. SO A YES IS TO CLOSE THE SCHOOLS AND ACCEPT THE DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDATION. AND A NO IS TO NOT CLOSE. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION FAILS FOR THREE. SO THAT'S ARIZONA FLEMING AND MISSION WEST. GALVESTON. SO A MOTION.

SO THE MOTION WAS TO ACCEPT THE DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDATION TO CLOSE ARIZONA FLEMING AND MISSION WEST. SO THE VOTE. SORRY, I INCORRECTLY VOTED. I'M SORRY I WAS. NO, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. SO MISTER BRUSH TRUSTEE COULD MAKE A

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[5.A. Bond 2023 Overview]

MOST OF OUR PRESENTATIONS TO YOU THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN ABOUT PROPOSITION A AND HAVE BEEN ON THE PART OF OUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM. BUT TONIGHT WE WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE FOR YOU FROM OUR IT DEPARTMENT, WHICH HAS ITEMS IN PROP A RELATED TO TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS PROP B, WHICH RELATES TO STUDENT AND STAFF DEVICES. SO OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, MR. CHRIS NIELSEN, WILL BE BRINGING YOU THAT UPDATE THIS EVENING, FOLLOWED BY MR. NIELSEN. MR. BRIAN GWINN, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, WILL PROVIDE A FINANCIAL UPDATE RELATED TO BOND TO THE BOND PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE STATUS OF CONTINGENCY FUNDS. SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. NIELSEN. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT AND DOCTOR SMITH. AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE 2023 BOND IT PROJECTS. AS YOU KNOW, THE 2023 BON INTO THREE PROPOSITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW. BOTH PROPOSITIONS A AND B CONTAINED IT. RELATED PROJECTS. PROPOSITION A CONTAINS IT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. THINGS LIKE OUR NETWORK DATA CENTER SERVERS, CYBER SECURITY, AND DISASTER RECOVERY. WHILE PROPOSITION B CONTAINS ALL THE TECHNOLOGY THAT OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS USE EVERY DAY DESKTOPS, LAPTOPS, IPADS, AND SO ON. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE COMPLETED 56% OF THE PROJECTS IN PROPOSITION A AND 55% OF THE PROJECTS IN PROPOSITION B. AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION, I'LL GIVE SOME DETAILS ON PROJECTS PLANNED FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, WHICH WILL BRING PROPOSITION A TO 74% COMPLETION AND PROPOSITION B TO 93% COMPLETION.

THE LARGEST IT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT WITHIN THE 2023 PROP A BOND IS A COMPLETE NETWORK REPLACEMENT. THE INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR CORE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE IS A 5 TO 7 YEAR REPLACEMENT CYCLE. HOWEVER, BY MAINTAINING STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR VENDORS AND OUR THE WORK FROM OUR DEDICATED NETWORK ENGINEERING TEAM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADOPT A TEN YEAR NETWORK REPLACEMENT CYCLE. OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE REPLACED THE WIRELESS NETWORK CONTROLLERS, SWITCHES THE WIDE AREA AND LOCAL AREA NETWORK EQUIPMENT AT ALL CAMPUSES, AS WELL AS MORE THAN 4000 WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS AT ALL MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS, ALL OF WHICH WERE ORIGINALLY INSTALLED IN 20 1516 AS PART OF THE 2014 BOND PACKAGE. AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, PROPOSITION B IS DEDICATED TO END USER DEVICES LAPTOPS, DESKTOPS, IPADS WITH

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THIS IS AN AMAZING PROGRAM THAT KEEPS FBISD ON THE FOREFRONT OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATION OFFERINGS, PROVIDING STUDENTS ADDITIONAL LEARNING, ENGAGEMENT AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

EXCITINGLY, THIS PAST FALL SEMESTER, USA TODAY RANKED THE CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL ESPORTS TEAM FOURTH IN THE ENTIRE NATION. NOW LOOKING FORWARD, BOTH PROP A AND B HAVE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS TAKING PLACE OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. THIS SUMMER, OUR ELEMENTARY WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS, OUR CORE NETWORK AGGREGATION SWITCHES, AND THE NETWORK EQUIPMENT IN MANY OF OUR TEMPORARY BUILDINGS WILL REACH THE TEN YEAR MARK, HAVING BEEN INSTALLED IN 20 1617. IN FACT, THE BOARD APPROVED AN AGENDA ITEM THIS JANUARY TO BEGIN THE REPLACEMENT OF THIS KEY NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE. THESE PROJECTS WILL BRING THE IT PORTION OF PROPOSITION A TO 74%. COMPLETION. PROPOSITION B PROJECTS PLANNED BEFORE THE START OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR INCLUDE REPLACEMENT OF MORE THAN 12,007 YEAR OLD IPADS, PRIMARILY IN PRE-K THROUGH FIRST GRADE, AND FINE ARTS CLASSROOMS. THE THE DEPLOYMENT OF CHARGING TOWERS IN ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS. THESE HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY POPULAR IN OUR SECONDARY CLASSROOMS. WE EVEN HAVE A FEW IN USE HERE IN THE BOARDROOM THIS EVENING. AND THESE ARE ONE OF THE MOST REQUESTED ITEMS FROM ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS. ALL CAFETERIA POINT OF SALE MACHINES AND MANAGERS COMPUTERS WILL BE REFRESHED THIS SUMMER, AND THE REPLACEMENT OF AS MANY OF THE SEVEN YEAR OLD ELEMENTARY LAPTOPS AS POSSIBLE. THIS WILL BRING PROPOSITION B TO 93% COMPLETION. AS YOU CAN SEE, BOND FUNDS ARE A CRITICAL PART OF MAINTAINING A HEALTHY IT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, AND I'M NOW HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES, MISS HANNON? SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE OUR KIDS ON TECHNOLOGY TOO MUCH, AND PROBABLY ALL OF US SITTING UP HERE AND OUT THERE ALSO ON OUR TECHNOLOGY DEVICES TOO MUCH.

BUT I PROPOSED THE ESPORTS PROGRAM WHEN THE LAST SUPERINTENDENT WAS HERE. AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED THAT THAT WE'RE SEEING SUCCESS. SO MY QUESTION IS DO DO WE HAVE TEAMS AT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS? WE HAVE TEAMS AT TEN OF THE 12 HIGH SCHOOLS, OKAY. WE HAVE EQUIPMENT AT FIVE OF THOSE TEN SCHOOLS, WITH THE REMAINING SCHOOLS BEING DEPLOYED AS WE SPEAK, WE DEPLOYED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AT BUILDINGS WHERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTED IT.

HIGH END GAMING COMPUTERS REQUIRE A LOT OF POWER, AND SO WE'RE HAVING TO BRING IN NEW CIRCUITS AND NEW POWER TO SOME OF THESE ROOMS. AND THAT WORK IS ONGOING AS WE SPEAK, SO THAT THAT EQUITY ISSUE IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO ME. AND SO I HEAR YOU SAY WE'RE BRINGING IT INTO FIVE OTHER. ARE THERE TWO CAMPUSES THAT CANNOT. NO. THEY'RE JUST RECRUITING THE THE COACHING STAFF TO START NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WITH A FULL SEASON. THEY'RE RECRUITING THE SPONSOR WHO WILL RUN THE PROGRAM. OKAY. SO HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR, AM I HEARING YOU SAY ALL 12 SCHOOLS WILL HAVE A COACH AND THE THE YES. THE EQUIPMENT. YES. OKAY. VERY GOOD. AND SO I HOPE THAT THEY CAN YOU KNOW. WELL I DON'T KNOW IF CLEMENTS WANTS TO SHARE SOME SECRETS, BUT HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOME COLLABORATION SO THAT WE ALL SHARE IN THE SUCCESS AND NOT JUST A SINGLE

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MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DOCTOR SMITH, I'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE FINANCE UPDATE FOR THE 23 BOND. THE BUDGET REMAINS AT $1.26 BILLION TO DATE, $270.6 MILLION IS ENCUMBERED. AND WE'VE ACTUALLY EXPENDED $573 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES. AND THAT LEAVES US A BALANCE OF $417.8 MILLION REMAINING AS THE BALANCE ON THE 23 BOND. AND JUST AS A REMINDER, ITEMS THAT ARE ENCUMBERED ARE FOR CONTRACTS THAT THE BOARD HAS APPROVED, BUT FOR WHICH WE HAVE NOT YET MADE THE EXPENDITURES AND EXPENSES OF THOSE ITEMS, WHERE WE HAVE ACTUALLY WRITTEN THE CHECKS FOR THE SERVICES THAT THE BOARD HAS APPROVED US TO SPEND ON FOR AVAILABLE BOND CONTINGENCY. LAST MONTH, WE REPORTED $43 MILLION IN CONTINGENCY. YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE COLUMN ON THE FAR LEFT. SINCE THAT TIME, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE CLOSED OUT AND ADDITIONAL INTEREST THAT'S BEEN EARNED ON CONTINGENCY. AND SO OUR TOTAL THAT IS BEING ADDED TO PROGRAM CONTINGENCY IS $1.67 MILLION. THERE'S ALSO AN ITEM THIS EVENING THAT IS ON THE AGENDA FOR REVIEW, IN WHICH WE WOULD UTILIZE $2.5 MILLION OF CONTINGENCY. AND THIS IS FOR THE MADDEN SLAB REPAIRS. IF THAT WERE TO BE APPROVED, WE WOULD HAVE TOTAL PROGRAM CONTINGENCY OF $42.2 MILLION. THE AMOUNT OF CONTINGENCY THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE USED HAS CHANGED FROM LAST MONTH IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. LAST MONTH, WE REPORTED TO YOU THAT WE WERE EXPECTING TO USE $13.2 MILLION IN CONTINGENCY AND THAT WAS BASED ON THE LIFE CYCLE DEFICIENCIES, THAT DEFICIENCIES THAT WE HAD THIS MONTH. WE ARE REDUCING THAT AMOUNT BY $2.8 MILLION. THAT INVOLVES TWO PROJECTS BEING CLOSED OUT BID BID PACKAGE 35, WHICH IS THE INTERCOM SYSTEMS, AND BID PACKAGE 37, WHICH IS SITE WORK.

PACKAGE TWO ARE BOTH BEING NOT CLOSED OUT. BUT THE INITIAL ESTIMATES THAT WE HAVE FOR THOSE ARE BEING REDUCED. AND SO THE ANTICIPATED USE OF CONTINGENCY WILL NOT OCCUR. AND THEN WE'RE ADDING IN BID PACKAGE 23 WHICH IS FOR THE MADDEN SLAB REPAIRS AT 2.5 MILLION THAT I JUST MENTIONED. AND SO THE REVISED USE OF CONTINGENCY WILL GO FROM 13.2 MILLION TO $10.4 MILLION INSTEAD. SO OUR TOTAL AVAILABLE CONTINGENCY IS 42.2 MILLION.

AND THAT INCLUDES THE USE OF THE 2.5 THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED. AND SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS $7.9 MILLION. THAT IS BECAUSE WE INCLUDED THAT AMOUNT IN THE PRIOR SLIDE AND IT'S BEING SHOWN AS BEING USED. AND SO $7.9 MILLION IS WHAT WOULD BE REMAINING. THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WOULD ANTICIPATE THE USE OF THAT CONTINGENCY, AND THE TIMELINE OF WHEN WE WOULD BE BRINGING THOSE FORWARD. AND AGAIN, THE MADDEN SLAB REPAIRS IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD IN MARCH. SO IT'S REFLECTED IN THE PRIOR NUMBERS. SO OUR TOTAL CONTINGENCY OF $42.2 MILLION. AGAIN, THAT INCLUDES THE USE OF THE MADDEN SLAB REPAIR. SO IT HAS BEEN BACKED OUT OF THAT NUMBER AFTER BACKING OUT THE REMAINING $7.9 MILLION FOR PROPOSITION A LIFE CYCLE, THE LIFE CYCLE DEFICIENCIES, THERE WOULD BE $34.3 MILLION REMAINING IN CONTINGENCY. AND JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, THAT IS $4.5 MILLION HIGHER THAN THE NUMBER THAT WE PRESENTED LAST MONTH. SO THE CONTINGENCY THAT WE WOULD HAVE REMAINING IS INCREASING COMPARED TO WHAT WE SHOWED WITH YOU LAST MONTH. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS. THANK YOU, MR. GWEN. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE TRUSTEES. OKAY. MY ONLY COMMENT IS THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR CONTINUING TO PUT MONEY BACK INTO CONTINGENCY OR FINDING WAYS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. OKAY. WE WILL NOW CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, CHAPTER FIVE, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. CHAPTER 551. UNDER THOSE SECTIONS LISTED IN THE AGENDA. WAIT, DID I MISS ONE TEACHER

[5.B. Teacher Incentive Allotment Update]

DOCTOR SMITH. YES, STEPHANIE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND WILL BE PRESENTING THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR SMITH, PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF

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AND I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THIS IS FUNDED VIA THE FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM. SO THIS IS NOT FUNDING THAT THE DISTRICT HAS TO COME UP WITH. IT'S FUNDED THROUGH THE FOUNDATION PROGRAM.

TIA TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT HAS TWO PATHWAYS. LAST MONTH LAST MEETING YOU RECOGNIZED NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS. THOSE TEACHERS WHO ARE NATIONALLY BOARD CERTIFIED ARE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING AN ALLOTMENT AND ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION. SO THAT'S THE FIRST PATHWAY. THE SECOND PATHWAY IS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT LOCAL DESIGNATION SYSTEM. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 22 NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS THROUGH THREE COHORTS IN THE DISTRICT. THESE TEACHERS ARE FUNDED AT THREE LEVELS OF DESIGNATIONS RECOGNIZED, EXEMPLARY, OR MASTER, AND THEY CAN RECEIVE BETWEEN 3000 AND $32,000 WHEN DESIGNATED. NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS ARE DESIGNATED AT THE RECOGNIZED LEVEL, AND THAT FUNDING IS ALLOCATED BY BY THE DISTRICT THEY WORK IN AND THE CAMPUS ON WHICH THEY SERVE. AND SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT A RURAL, RURAL CAMPUS MAY RECEIVE, ON THE HIGHER END OF THAT, BETWEEN 3000 AND $9000. HOUSE BILL TWO HAS OFFERED SOME CHANGES RECENTLY TO THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT NUMBER ONE, THAT THE SPEC IS REVIEWING THE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION TO DETERMINE IF IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE RECOGNIZED AS PART OF THE TIER SYSTEM. NUMBER TWO, THEY HAVE ADDED THE ACKNOWLEDGED DESIGNATION. SO NOW THEY'RE SAYING THERE WILL BE FOUR LEVELS OF DESIGNATIONS THAT DISTRICTS NEED TO PREPARE FOR.

AND THE FUNDING IS GOING TO INCREASE ACROSS ALL FOUR DESIGNATIONS. WE SHOULD FIND OUT IN APRIL. THE NEW FUNDING STRUCTURE. SO A LOCAL DESIGNATION SYSTEM, FORT BEND ISD, IS WORKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR OWN. THERE ARE TWO REQUIRED COMPONENTS.

FIRST, THE TEACHER OBSERVATION PERFORMANCE. SO WE MUST HAVE DATA ON TEACHER OBSERVATION AND THEIR PERFORMANCE. AND WE ALSO MUST HAVE A STUDENT GROWTH MEASURE FOR THAT TEACHER'S CLASSROOM. SO FOR A TEACHER TO BE ELIGIBLE WITHIN OUR LOCAL DESIGNATION SYSTEM, THEY MUST HAVE A T TEST EVALUATION. BECAUSE T TEST IS OUR FORM OF TEACHER OBSERVATION. AND THEY MUST HAVE STUDENT DATA FOR THAT DEFINED GROWTH MEASURE. THOSE TWO MUST BE IN PLACE BEFORE WE CAN ENTER THEM INTO A COHORT. EACH DISTRICT IS OFFERED THE OPTION TO DEFINE OPTIONAL COMPONENTS THAT WILL BE PART OF THEIR SYSTEM, AND I'LL BE COVERING THOSE IN A FEW MOMENTS.

AND THEN WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A SPENDING PLAN TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE DISTRICT WILL ALLOCATE THE MONEY THAT TEACHERS GENERATE. AND THIS BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED OUR SPENDING PLAN IN APRIL OF 2025. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THOSE FOUR COMPONENTS, THE TEACHER OBSERVATION PERFORMANCE LOOKS AT DOMAINS TWO AND THREE. AND THAT IS THE INSTRUCTION COMPONENT. AND THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT COMPONENT. ELIGIBLE TEACHERS AND COHORT ONE WILL USE A MAP AS THEIR DATA SOURCE. IN COHORT TWO WE WILL BRING IN CIRCLE AND DISTRICT CREATED PRE AND POST TEST. AND CURRENTLY WE ARE WORKING TO DEVELOP STUDENT GROWTH MEASURES FOR COHORT THREE AND BEYOND. AND I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU FOR TEACHERS TO BE ELIGIBLE THEY MUST HAVE T TESTS AND STUDENT GROWTH MEASURE DATA FOR THEIR STUDENTS. IN FORT BEND ISD. OUR OPTIONAL COMPONENTS ARE DOMAINS ONE AND FOUR OF T TEST. THAT'S THE PLANNING INSTRUCTION COMPONENT AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES. THE DESIGN TEAM FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT TEACHERS, FOR EVERY BIT OF THEIR OBSERVATION, RECEIVED CREDIT OR POINTS TOWARDS THE SYSTEM, AND THAT'S WHY DOMAINS ONE AND FOUR WERE CREATED. THE OTHER OPTIONAL COMPONENT IS STAR SCHOOL WIDE GROWTH PERFORMANCE. LOOKING ACROSS THE SCHOOL AT GROWTH PERFORMANCE. JUST AS A REMINDER, THE SPENDING PLAN THAT REQUIRED BOARD APPROVAL, THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE REQUIREMENT SAYS THAT 90% MUST GO TO TEACHER PAY. BUT IF MY IF MY CLASSROOM GENERATES THE ALLOTMENT, THEY OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO GIVE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO BRIAN'S CLASSROOM. SO. BUT 90% MUST GO TO TEACHER PAY ON THE CAMPUS WHERE THE DESIGNATED TEACHER WORKS, AND THEN THE OTHER 10% CAN BE USED TO IMPLEMENT A LOCAL DESIGNATION SYSTEM TO SUPPORT TEACHERS IN EARNING A DESIGNATION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED A SPENDING PLAN IN FORT BEND ISD, DESIGNATING ALL 90% WOULD GO TO THE TEACHER WHO EARNS THE DESIGNATION, SO ALL 90% OF THAT

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IT WILL CONTINUE TO USE NWEA MAP, BRING IN THE CIRCLE ASSESSMENT AND ALSO DISTRICT CREATED PRE AND POST ASSESSMENTS. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT PRE-K FOR OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAMING. FIRST AND FOURTH GRADE PE ALONG WITH SIXTH THROUGH EIGHTH PE, HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH, MIDDLE SCHOOL DANCE AND SECONDARY ESL. AND THAT WILL MOVE US UP TO 68% OF OUR OUR TEACHERS ELIGIBLE THROUGH OUR LOCAL DESIGNATION SYSTEM. AND THEN IN COHORT THREE YOU NOTICE THIS IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THESE ARE COURSES WHERE AN ASSESSMENT DID NOT ALREADY EXIST. WE HAD NOT PURCHASED ONE. AND SO THE TEACHING AND LEARNING DEPARTMENT HAD TO LOOK AT WHAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT. AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO DEVELOP THESE. AND WHEN WE SUBMIT COHORT THREES APPLICATION, THEIR FUNDING WOULD OCCUR AUGUST OF 2029. THAT INCLUDES OUR ABL TEACHERS ACTION BASED LEARNING. THAT'S WHAT THAT STANDS FOR. PSYCHOLOGY ENGLISH THREE, ENGLISH FOUR. AND MANY OF OUR SOCIAL STUDIES CONTENT AREAS COME IN IN COHORT THREE. AND THEN COHORT FOUR AND BEYOND IS STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT. AND YOU CAN SEE THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD BRING IN OUR IDENTIFIED CTE COURSES, UPPER LEVEL MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE. OUR WORLD LANGUAGES IDENTIFIED AP COURSES AND SECONDARY SPECIAL EDUCATION COURSES ALONG WITH XQ. SO SORRY. SO JUST LEAVING YOU WITH SOME KEY TALKING POINTS FOR THE TIER SYSTEM. THE GOAL OF THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT THROUGH EITHER THE NATIONAL BOARD PATHWAY OR THE LOCAL DESIGNATION SYSTEM IS TO RECOGNIZE, RECORD AND REWARD AND RETAIN OUR MOST EFFECTIVE TEACHERS, KEEPING THEM IN THE CLASSROOM. OUR CURRENT STATUS, COHORT ONE IS IN DATA CAPTURE THE YEAR THIS YEAR, AND COHORT TWO, WE ARE DOING OUR EXPANSION APPLICATION, WHICH CAN BE SUBMITTED ANNUALLY IN APRIL.

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SO YEAH, BUT THAT'S BUT THAT'S ON THE LOW END OF THE 3 TO $9000. RIGHT. AND THAT'S A GIANT AMOUNT OF WORK. SO I REALLY RESPECT EVERYBODY THAT WENT THROUGH THAT. SO OKAY.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU MISS. MISS WILLIAMS I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE FEEDBACK BEEN FROM COHORT ONE. COHORT TWO BECAUSE WE'VE OBVIOUSLY PUT THIS OUT TO OUR TEACHERS. RIGHT. AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY FOR. ACTUALLY WORKING THROUGH THIS TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE TEACHERS HAVE THIS DESIGNATION, WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE T OF THE INCENTIVE. SO WHAT IS I MEAN? AND THIS IS GREAT, BY THE WAY, THIS IS FANTASTIC THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PROACTIVELY DOING THIS TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE FROM THE STATE. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN FROM THE FROM THE VARIOUS COHORTS. SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT. INTERESTINGLY, RIGHT HERE IN 2324, WE WENT TO TEACHERS IN 2122 AND THEY SAID, NO THANK YOU. WE DON'T WANT TO PROVE OUR WORTH. AND WE WERE SURPRISED BY THAT. WE WENT BACK TO TEACHERS IN 23, 24 AND THEY SAID, TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE. WE MIGHT BE READY NOW. AND THEN ONCE THEY LEARNED MORE ABOUT IT,

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YES. SO K-12 YES. BECAUSE I SEE MIDDLE SCHOOL DANCE OUT SEPARATE. I WOULD CONSIDER THAT A FINE ART. SO I SO MAYBE MAYBE IT'S NOT CONSIDERED THAT WAY BY DEFINITION FROM YOU GUYS. SO THAT'S THE MAIN REASON I ASKED THE QUESTION. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHOIR AND BAND AND ORCHESTRA AND ART. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. MIDDLE SCHOOL DANCE I BELIEVE, IS GROUPED WITH PE BECAUSE IT MAY COUNT AS A PHYSICAL EDUCATION CREDIT. IT MAKES SENSE. OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND SO MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION, AND I THINK I ASKED YOU GUYS ABOUT THIS LAST TIME, WAS ABOUT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. WE HAVE SOME IDENTIFIED SECONDARY SPED COURSES OUT IN COHORT FOUR. BUT AND I GUESS HERE'S MY CONCERN BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT WE ALL KNOW. LIKE WE LIKE WE HAVE WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL ED TEACHERS WHO ARE TEACHERS, BUT WE HAVE PARAPROFESSIONALS WHO ARE ALSO TEACHERS. SO AND I KNOW WE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM KNOWS THAT. AND I KNOW THAT ESPECIALLY EVERYONE IN THE SPECIAL ED COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT. AND SO I MY ASK FOR YOU IS THIS. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER ME TONIGHT. BUT I GUESS MAYBE IT'S TWOFOLD. HOW ARE WE CAPTURING OUR SPECIAL ED TEACHERS? K WHATEVER I SEE IDENTIFIED SPED COURSES, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. SO HOW ARE WE CAPTURING THE SPED TEACHERS IN K-5 AND MAYBE EVEN AT THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVELS? AND THEN I'D LOVE FOR US TO FIND A WAY TO SUPPORT OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS. THEY TEND TO GET LEFT OUT OF OUR RAISES FOR TEACHERS. THEY TEND TO GET LEFT OUT. THEY TEND TO GET LEFT OUT.

AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO INCLUDE THEM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY WITH OUR KIDS. AND I DON'T KNOW, I KNOW THAT THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE SOME THOUGHT FROM YOU GUYS AND, AND HOW TO MEASURE THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THE STATE DOESN'T CONSIDER THEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STUDENT. SO I GET THAT. I KNOW HOW THE LAW WORKS, AND I UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US, AND I'M SPEAKING FOR ME PERSONALLY. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE OTHER TRUSTEES FEEL ABOUT THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO IT DIFFERENTLY IN FORT BEND AND START. PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS, SO TO SPEAK, WHERE WE VALUE THOSE PARAPROFESSIONALS AND THE WORK THEY DO WITH OUR KIDS EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND THE TEACHING THAT ACTUALLY GOES ON. BECAUSE IN MANY CASES, BECAUSE OUR TEACHERS ARE SPREAD SO THIN IN THESE CLASSROOMS, I MEAN, WE KNOW IT'S THE PARAPROFESSIONALS THAT ARE DOING A LOT OF THE TEACHING AS THEY'RE SUPPORTING THOSE STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE GENERAL ED CLASSROOM. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE AN ANSWER OR IF YOU GUYS CAN JUST LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE PROVIDE THAT IN AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD, SO THAT WE CAN SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT FOR FOR THEM. YES, MA'AM. I NEED TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON THE PARAS, BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE WAY THEY'RE CODED THEY WOULD NOT QUALIFY. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE COULDN'T LOOK AT THAT. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ONE THING THAT I DID NOT MENTION ANY SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER OF RECORD FOR THE COURSES LISTED IS ELIGIBLE IN COHORT ONE. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD, I APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T SAY THAT. YEAH. AND YOU MAY HAVE SAID THAT PREVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IN A QUESTION I ASKED PREVIOUSLY. SO THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER. SO OKAY. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE US. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE STATE TIES OUR HANDS ON A LOT OF THIS FUNDING. AND, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD ADVOCATE FOR THEM TO STOP DOING THAT. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE COULD MAKE THAT WORK, THAT I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. OKAY.

[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]

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[8. Consider Action on Closed Session Items]

PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW GO THROUGH OUR REVIEW ITEMS. FIRST

[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]

[9.B. 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.C. College & Career Preparatory Resources: Consideration and approval for the purchase of College & Career Preparatory Resources from momentum education through the Central Texas Purchasing Alliance (CPTA) and authorization for the Superintendent to negotiate and execute the agreements through July 2028.]

OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW. THANKS. THANK YOU, MISS MISS HANNAN. SO THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WIERZBICKA FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION. SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THE THE FOLLOW UP THAT HAPPENS ONCE PER WEEK IS ALSO ONLY FOR THESE 100 STUDENTS. YES, MA'AM. AND THEY ARE GIVEN SPECIFIC TIME OUTSIDE THE CLASS TO DO THAT. YES, MA'AM. SO WE WILL WE WILL WORK WITH THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AND WE'LL HAVE THE THE NONPROFIT WILL HAVE A STAFF MEMBER ON CAMPUS. AND SO THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE STUDENTS ATTAIN WHAT'S CALLED THE CMR OUTCOME BONUS. SO YOU KNOW THAT ANNUALLY WE GET FUNDS, YOU KNOW, ANNUALLY WE'RE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HAVING STUDENTS ATTAIN A CERTAIN SCORE AND GET A CMR SCORE. WHAT THE STATE OF TEXAS DOES EVERY YEAR IS THE STATE OF TEXAS PROVIDES FUNDING FOR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENT OF STUDENTS THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. SO IF WE HAVE A STUDENT THAT ATTAINS A PASSING SCORE ON THE SAT, THE ACT, THE TSC, AND THEN THEY MATRICULATE TO COLLEGE IN THE FALL, WE ACTUALLY GET A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO DO THAT.

SO WE GET $5,000 FOR EVERY FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH STUDENT, AND WE GET $2,000 FOR EVERY NON FREE REDUCED LUNCH STUDENT. SO THE GOAL OF THIS PARTNERSHIP IS TO IDENTIFY 100 STUDENTS AND THEN TO SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS THROUGH THEIR SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL AND HAVE THEM MATRICULATE TO COLLEGE. THE GREAT BENEFIT OF THIS PARTNERSHIP IS IT BENEFITS THE STUDENTS, BUT WE ACTUALLY ONLY PAY IF THE STUDENTS MATRICULATE TO COLLEGE AND THEN ACTUALLY ENROLL AND SHOW UP. SO IF 100 STUDENTS DO THAT, WE WOULD BE ON THE HOOK FOR $2,000 PER STUDENT. IF ONLY FOUR STUDENTS DO THAT, WE'D ONLY BE ON THE HOOK FOR $8,000. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS MONEY THAT'S COMING BACK TO US FROM THE STATE. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. WE THINK IT'S A WIN WIN FOR US. WE THINK IT'S A WIN WIN FOR THE STUDENTS. OKAY, SO I'M SORRY. SAY THAT

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IT'S 11%. SO EVERY STUDENT ABOVE THAT 11%, WE ACTUALLY GET A $5,000 CHECK BACK. SO FOR THE CLASS OF 2024 WE ACTUALLY EARNED BACK TO THE DISTRICT $6.5 MILLION. SO THIS $200,000 THAT WE WOULD USE IF ALL 100 STUDENTS MATRICULATED THROUGH THE SENIOR YEAR OF COLLEGE AND ENROLLED IN, ATTENDED IN THE FALL, WOULD COME FROM THAT 6.5 MILLION. OKAY, THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I WAS NEEDING YOU TO GET ME. SO THANK YOU. AND CAN CAN I ASK, WAS THERE WAS THERE SOMETHING SPECIAL THAT WHY WE CHOSE BUSH. WELL SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ENOUGH STUDENTS. AND THEN WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD PROVIDE THE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES, IS GOING TO TAKE SOME SUPPORT FROM OUR CENTRAL OFFICE. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD ENOUGH STUDENTS THAT NEEDED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO ATTAIN THEIR CMR OUTCOME BONUS, SO THEY HAD ENOUGH STUDENTS THAT WE COULD SUPPORT THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. OKAY, SO YOU'VE ALREADY CONFIRMED THAT YOU'VE GOT. YES, MA'AM. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CAMPUS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR THIRD PARTY PROVIDER. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP. OKAY. SO I HOPE THAT ARE THESE JUNIORS. YES, MA'AM. THESE ARE JUNIORS RIGHT NOW. THEY'LL BE RISING. SO I HOPE THAT WE GET A FOLLOW UP. YES, MA'AM. I KNOW THAT'S A THAT'S A LONG WAY OUT. RIGHT. BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE LEVEL OF SUCCESS THAT THIS INSPIRED WITH OUR STUDENTS AND THE MONEY THAT ALSO CAME TO FRUITION. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MISS CHARANIA. SO IS THIS A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DOING? WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE.

THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM. SO THE COMPANY IS THE NONPROFIT IS MOMENTUM EDUCATION. THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN ALDINE ISD. AND THEN THEY WERE JUST APPROVED TO OPERATE IN PEARLAND. WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY'LL GET APPROVED AT THE MARCH BOARD MEETING. AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO UP FOR APPROVAL IN ALIEF AS WELL. OKAY. AND THEN IS THE INTENT NEXT YEAR TO EXPAND BEYOND THE 100 OR TO A DIFFERENT CAMPUS? THAT WOULD BE THE GOAL. IF WE HAVE THE SUCCESS THAT WE THINK WE CAN HAVE. OKAY. SO UPFRONT WE'RE SPENDING THE 2000 PER STUDENT UPFRONT WE'RE SPENDING NO MONEY. OH NO, WE'RE NOT SPENDING ANY. WE DON'T, WE DON'T. WE ONLY PAY FOR THE STUDENTS WHO MATRICULATE TO AND GO TO COLLEGE. OKAY. SO THE MOST THAT WE WOULD POSSIBLY SPEND IS $2,000 PER STUDENT, BUT THOSE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO GENERATE $5,000 BACK. AND SO WE COULD WE COULD ULTIMATELY END UP SPENDING ZERO, WHICH WE WOULD NOT WANT TO DO. BUT WE'RE ONLY GOING TO PAY FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO GENERATE THE OUTCOME BONUS.

SO WE'RE SPENDING THE 2000 FOR EACH STUDENT AT THE END IF THEY GENERATE THE MONEY, OKAY. IF THEY GENERATE IT, THE STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL. OKAY, GOOD. GREAT PROGRAM. WE SHOULD DO IT FOR MORE CAMPUSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM, NINE D LIBRARY BOOK PURCHASE

[9.D. Library Book Purchase Programs Update: Consideration and approval of the purchase of new library materials that were posted for public review beginning February 2026.]

[9.E. Targeted and Local Improvement Plans (TIPs and LIPs) – 2025-2026: Consideration and approval of the Targeted and Local Improvement Plans (TIPs and LIPs) required by Texas Education Agency for the following campuse]

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RIGHT. YES, MA'AM. AND SO I'M NOT SURE THAT'S BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS BOARD PROVIDE OVERSIGHT FOR THOSE STUDENTS, AS WELL AS STUDENTS RECEIVING LARGE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS, LIKE AT HOLLY. SO THOSE SCORES WILL GO WITH THOSE STUDENTS AND WE'LL BE TRACKING THOSE STUDENTS. AND SO EVEN THOUGH HOLLY IS NOT IN A TARGETED IMPROVEMENT OR LOCAL IMPROVEMENT, I, I STILL I WANT TO I WANT TO LOOK AT ALL OF THESE, BUT BUT NOT ALL OF THE CAMPUSES NECESSARILY ARE IN A TARGETED IMPROVEMENT OR LOCAL IMPROVEMENT. SO I THINK YOU, YOU KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M COMING FROM. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MISS TANIA. SO MY COMMENT WAS SIMILAR TO TRUSTEE HANNAN'S COMMENT FOR THE STUDENTS FROM DULLES AND GLOVER WHO ARE GOING TO BE MOVING INTO THE OTHER SCHOOLS. OBVIOUSLY, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT. OH, SORRY. YES. OH, SO DULLES AND GLOVER ARE THE TWO ONES THAT ARE CLOSING, WHICH ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO OTHER SCHOOLS. AND SO OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE KIDS IN THIS SCHOOL THAT ARE GOING TO MOVE TO A SCHOOL THAT IS NOT IN THE IN THE LIP, THE LOCAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, BUT THEY WOULD STILL NEED TO BE TRACKED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE.

SO I MEAN, I HEARD YOU SAY THAT ALREADY, BUT THAT WAS BUT IT'S ALONG THE SAME LINES.

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[9.F.1. Warehouse Lease Agreement: Consideration and approval for the lease of warehouse space in the Sugar Land Business Park, in an amount not to exceed $748,790 over a three-year term, and authorization for the Superintendent to negotiate and execute the agreement yearly through 2029.]

[9.F.2. Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) No. 1 for the Madden ES Slab Repairs & Upgrades (BP023): Consideration and Approval of a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) No. 1 with Millennium Project Solutions, Inc. for the Madden ES Slab Repairs & Upgrades (BP023) for a not-to-exceed amount of $7,702,057 and authorization for the Superintendent to execute the GMP Amendment.]

THAT'S THE POOR, POOR CHOICE OF WORDS, BUT. DID WE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN WE HAD TO DO BARRINGTON PLACE REPAIRS OR BECAUSE MOLD REMEDIATION AND THE THINGS WE DID THERE, WE

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ACTUALLY IT WAS, BUT WE COULDN'T WE NEEDED TO GET SOME PLANNING OUT IN THE WAY. SO WITH OUR GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND THE THINGS WE HAD TO SET INTO MOTION EARLY TO TRY TO GET THIS THING DONE OVER SUMMER, SO WE COULDN'T SPECULATE THAT MISSION WEST WAS GOING TO CLOSE. SO WE DID GET TOGETHER AS A TEAM, AND WE PUT THROUGH A LOT OF SCENARIOS AND WENT THROUGH ALL OF IT. AND THE BIGGEST IDEA OR THE BIGGEST THING WE WANT TO DO IS KEEP EVERYBODY TOGETHER. SO THE WAY THAT WE DID WAS DECIDED. WE ENDED UP MAKING THE DECISION TO GO TO MISSION GLEN. OKAY. SO WE WILL THEN HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THOSE REMOVED ONCE THEY ARE GONE, AND THEN WE WILL JUST HAVE A BIGGER PARKING LOT WITH AN EMPTY BUILDING. SO OKAY, I THINK THAT WE WOULD WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE BECAUSE NOW I THINK THINGS MAY CHANGE BASED ON THE THE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE TONIGHT. SO I WOULD EXPECT A BOARD UPDATE AS, AS OPPOSED WHEN IT COMES TO SO THAT THE MOVE THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. DOCTOR SMITH BEFORE THE VOTE. YES MA'AM. I CAN GET A I CAN GET ONE OUT REALLY QUICK OKAY. OKAY. BECAUSE I'M GOING TO START I'M GOING TO START REALLY PICKING THROUGH COSTS THAT ARE COMING AT ME. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS HANNAH. MISS TORONTO, I KNOW I'D ASKED IN THE BOARD UPDATE THE QUESTION OF WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE 1.5 MILLION THAT WE'RE DOING THIS, WHICH IS A PORTABLES AND THE PARKING LOT, ETC. AND THEN THERE WAS I THINK THIS IS THE ONE THAT ALSO HAD THE FFA INCLUDED. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. THE FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT AND I WHAT I GOT BACK FROM, FROM IN THE REPORT WAS THAT THIS IS, THIS IS THE ENTIRE COST FOR, FOR LIKE FOR TAKING WHATEVER WE NEED FROM MADDEN TO MISSION GLEN AND THEN BACK FROM MISSION GLEN, BACK TO MADDEN. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME OR WE MAY, BUT I'M JUST SAYING BUT WE DON'T EXPECT TO, YOU KNOW, SAY, HEY, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL COST FOR THE MOVE BACK. NO, MA'AM. NOT AT ALL. WE HAVE A DATA THAT WE'VE COLLECTED BASED ON BRIARGATE, BLUE RIDGE, ALDRIDGE MISSION, GLEN MISSION, ROSA PARKS. SO WE'VE MOVED CAMPUSES BEFORE. SO WE DO HAVE A GOOD BASELINE FOR BEING ABLE TO MOVE THOSE. AND WE ALSO HAD TO PUT THAT DATA TOGETHER FOR WHENEVER THE CAMPUSES WERE GOING TO CLOSE. SO WE ALSO KIND OF HAD THAT IN THE MIX AS WELL.

SO MOVING TO AND FROM PUT US RIGHT AT THAT $900,000 MARK, AND IT DOES HAVE SOME CONTINGENCY BUILT INTO IT TO TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY. SO WE DO NOT HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU. OKAY. AND THEN I KNOW I ASKED THE QUESTION OF THE 975,000 FOR THE FOR THE FAB, AND BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE RESPONSE. COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY? YEAH, OF COURSE I KNOW IT DOES SAY FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT, THE SAME STUFF. SO IT IS A IT'S A BUCKET. AND WITHIN THAT ALSO WE USE FOR LOGISTICS. AND SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE BUYING FURNITURE FOR THIS MOVE. WE HAVE THE FURNITURE THAT WE HAVE, BUT WE WILL BE GETTING SOME EQUIPMENT. AND I'M NOT FIXTURES. FIXTURES IS NOT EVEN REALLY A GOOD WORD FOR THAT BUCKET AS WELL. BUT WE WILL BE GETTING LIKE IT EQUIPMENT. AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF LOGISTICS WITH IT. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS THE INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT. JUST TO MOVE THE INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT ALONE THAT'S NOT IN THE CLASSROOMS WAS LIKE AROUND 200 AND $222,000. WE HAD $70,000 TO MOVE CLASSROOM MATERIALS. AND SO THERE'S LOTS OF LARGE EXPENSES WITH MOVING. OKAY. SO WE JUST BUCKETED INTO ONE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND. YES, MA'AM.

FAIR ENOUGH. THANKS. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. MR. THANK YOU.

[9.F.3. Construction Services Agreement for Intercom System Replacements (BP035): Consideration and approval of a Construction Services Agreement with M. Scott Construction, Inc. for Intercoms at Multiple Campuses, for a not-to-exceed amount of $6,243,000 and authorization for the Superintendent to negotiate and execute or terminate the agreements.]

[9.F.4. Job Order Contract (JOC) for the Special Education Transportation Center for Excellence (BP056): Consideration and approval of a Job Order Contract (JOC) with JR Thomas Group, Inc. for the SPED Transportation Center for Excellence (BP056) for a not-to-exceed amount of $7,114,069 and authorization for the Superintendent to negotiate and execute or terminate the agreements. ]

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SO WE WERE ABLE TO TRY TO CUT BACK ON THAT AS WELL, TO TRY TO HIT THE MARK. OKAY. THAT MAKES

[9.F.5. Door Barricade System (COOP): Consideration and approval for the purchase of the RhinoWare Door Barricade System from Campus Safety Products (CSP) and FlipLok LLC under a cooperative contract with The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS) in an amount not to exceed $300,000 over a five-year period and authorization for the Superintendent to negotiate and execute the agreements through February 2031.]