May 11, 2026 Board Meeting

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

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PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. YOU MAY BE SEATED. IF THE BOARD. IF

[4. Recognitions]

GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, DOCTOR SMITH AND TRUSTEES. THANK YOU. TO THIS EVENING'S NATIONAL ANTHEM SAXOPHONE QUARTET FROM ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL FOR LEADING OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM. THEY ARE LED BY DIRECTORS JOSEPH CHEN, HANNA SCOTT AND CHRISTOPHER DIAL. CAN WE GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE? FOR SURE. CAN I SPEAK TO THE. SCHOOL GYM JUST A LITTLE MORE TO THE RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. PLEASE. ONE. TWO. THREE. FOUR. MORE. ONE. TWO. AND THANK YOU. ALL RIGHTY.

THIS FIRST RECOGNITION IS GOING TO BE REALLY FUN. SO I'M GOING TO HAVE ALL OF YOU STEP UP ONE MORE STEP. YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY. JUST A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL BEGIN TONIGHT'S

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TONIGHT, WE WELCOME THE STATE FINALIST RUNNER UPS IN THE FOUR A DIVISION. HERE WITH US ARE IN ORDER. ISAIAH ADIDI. DARRION BOYD, ANDREW CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN GREEN. LAKE HUNT. JACKSON TAYLOR, CADEN JOHNSON, ALVIN MOSLEY, JALEN SINGLETON, MILES TENNEN, BRYCE VAN DYLAN YOUNGER AND JACE ABRAHAM. THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY COACHES CHRIS ILES, ZACHARY TARVIN, ELTON HOLMES AND MICHAEL PORTER. PLEASE GIVE IT UP FOR THIS TEAM. VERY IMPORTANT. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHTY GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU GO AHEAD AND LINE UP WITH OUR MOST TALL IN THE BACK. ONE.

RIGHT. AND A LITTLE BIT TO YOUR RIGHT. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY LOOKING HERE, PLEASE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE, TWO AND THREE. THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL. WE ARE SO PROUD THAT OUR STUDENT COUNCILS FROM AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL, BUSH HIGH SCHOOL, CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL, KEMPNER HIGH SCHOOL AND TRAVIS HIGH SCHOOL RECEIVED STATE RECOGNITION FOR THE. FROM THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL COUNCILS IN THE AREAS OF OUTSTANDING STUDENT COUNCILS FOR DRUGS, ALCOHOL, SAFETY AND HEALTH. ALSO KNOWN AS DASH PRIDE AND PATRIOTISM AND ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT, AS WELL AS FOR THE SUBMISSION OF THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE REPORTS. ALL HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED AS SWEEPS AS A SWEEPSTAKES COUNCIL. TONIGHT WE HAVE HERE WITH US FROM AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL, GORICA GUPTA AND NISSA ALI WITH SPONSORS JOSH SOTO AND REAGAN MCDONALD FROM BUSH HIGH SCHOOL.

ANTHONY VELAZQUEZ, PRESIDENT, AND ETHAN GIA PHAM, VICE PRESIDENT AND SPONSOR. SYMONE EVANS FROM CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL. SONNY THACKER AND SONALI GUPTA WITH SPONSORS RICARDO GARCIA FROM KEMPNER HIGH SCHOOL. LAUREN PHUNG, VICE PRESIDENT, AND LISA MOE, HISTORIAN WITH SPONSOR DANIELLE BUCHANAN FROM TRAVIS HIGH SCHOOL. MONI ANJU WITH SPONSORS ANGELA GARRETT.

PLEASE GIVE THEM A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE. WE'LL HAVE OUR HONOREES STEP IN FOR OUR PHOTOGRAPH.

AND. YOU CAN BRING IN.

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TONIGHT WE RECOGNIZE THE AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL IN JROTC AERIAL DRONE TEAM WHO WON THE SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONS AERIAL DRONE COMPETITION. THE REGION CONSISTS OF SIX STATE TEAMS. THIS TEAM IS RANKED NUMBER 20 WORLDWIDE AND NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION. TEAM MEMBERS ARE ISSA ABDI, MENSTRIE, TOBY IQ, JAYDEN OSEI AND AZIZ HOGAYA WITH INSTRUCTOR CHIEF DANIEL BECERRA.

HERE WE GO. 1231112 AND THREE. THANK YOU. OUR DULLES HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM IS BEING AWARDED FIRST PLACE AT THE 2026 TEXAS ACADEMIC DECATHLON. THOMAS E MOSLEY STATE FINALS. THE TEAM ALSO ADVANCED TO COMPETE IN THE NATIONAL ACADEMIC DECATHLON COMPETITION, WHERE THEY PLACED FOURTH NATIONALLY. TEAM MEMBERS ARE ARSHAD ALI, KABIR BEIG, ALICIA BANTU, ALICE JANG, BOB NGUYEN, SULEIMAN BASHIR, ALBERT LEE, TREAT NGUYEN, AND NICHOLAS KELLY WITH COACHES ANDREW HARTMAN, MADISON PITRONE, MARK ROSENBAUM, CASEY JOHNSON AND KAT COLEMAN. PLEASE GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. FOR. IF WE CAN HAVE YOU ALL STEP BACK IN FOR A PHOTOGRAPH.

EVERYBODY ON YOUR WINDOW. ALL RIGHTY. BIG SMILES. HERE WE GO. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. ONE.

TWO. THREE. TWO. FORT BEND ISD CHOIRS WERE SELECTED BY INVITATION TO PERFORM AT THE SOUTHWESTERN AMERICAN CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE. THIS IS A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE PROCESS, AND THE SELECTION REFLECTS THE OUTSTANDING MUSICAL EXCELLENCE

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LOOKING RIGHT HERE, PLEASE. 123, ONE ONE, ONE TWO AND THREE. THANK YOU.

SEVERAL FORT BEND ISD STUDENTS WERE SELECTED AS GOLD SEAL WINNERS AT THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION'S VISUAL ARTS SCHOLASTIC EVENT, ALSO KNOWN AS VASE STATE CONTEST.

FIRST UP, WE HAVE ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL. SHEILA GANN, 10TH GRADE WITH RYAN MORALES, ART TEACHER, RIDGE POINT HIGH SCHOOL. NADIA TAN, 10TH GRADE. LEAH EVANS, 11TH GRADE. AND JENNY NGUYEN, ART TEACHER, AS WELL AS MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL. MICHELLE HUANG, 11TH GRADE WITH LLOYD WADE, ART TEACHER. PLEASE GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. RIGHT FACE WINNERS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU STEP IN FOR A PHOTO.

OVER TO YOUR LEFT. OKAY. LET ME SEE YOU BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE. OKAY, HERE WE GO. WE'VE GOT ONE, 234. ONE. TWO. THREE. WE HAVE A FEW INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITIONS. FIRST STUDENT SAVION TALATI FROM SIENNA CROSSING ELEMENTARY IS BEING RECOGNIZED FOR HIS SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. SAVION IS THE NUMBER ONE STUDENT FUNDRAISER IN FORT BEND ISD. NUMBER TWO IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA AND NUMBER FIVE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. EARLIER TODAY, SAVION WAS RECOGNIZED AND HONORED BY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AT HIS CAMPUS FOR RAISING OVER $7,600. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK THAT REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION JOIN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH, AS WELL AS THE PRINCIPAL. ONE. TWO. THREE.

ONE MORE. ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, SAVION. TWO FORT BEND ISD ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS WERE RECENTLY AWARDED THE 2026 TEXAS ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION'S ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR. FIRST UP, RETIRED FBISD DIRECTOR ANNE VICTOR AND HEATHER DAVIS, ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR AT SATARTIA MIDDLE SCHOOL. HERE TONIGHT FROM THE TEXAS ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION IS SUNDAS MOITRA, WHO WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SUNDAR AND I SERVE AS THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT. THE TEXAS ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION DIRECTOR OF DISTINCTION AWARD RECOGNIZES

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UNDER HER DIRECTION, THE VARSITY ORCHESTRA RECENTLY PERFORMED AT THE MIDWEST CLINIC AND WAS RECENTLY SELECTED AT THE TMEA AS THE TMEA MIDDLE SCHOOL STRING HONOR ORCHESTRA.

IN ADDITION TO BEING NAMED A FINALIST MULTIPLE TIMES. EQUALLY IMPORTANT, MRS. DAVIS HAS EARNED THE TRUST AND RESPECT OF HER STUDENTS, PARENTS, COLLEAGUES AND ADMINISTRATORS THROUGH HER PROFESSIONALISM, ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE. SHE WAS ALSO NAMED SATARTIA MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR BY HER PEERS RECENTLY. BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, HEATHER REMAINS ACTIVE AS A PERFORMER, CLINICIAN, AND CONDUCTOR, OFTEN INVITED TO LEAD REGIONAL ORCHESTRAS AROUND THE STATE AND REGULARLY PRESENTING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS AT STATE CONFERENCES.

SHE BALANCES THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH DEVOTION TO HER FAMILY AS A WIFE AND MOTHER. MRS. DAVIS REPRESENTS THE VERY BEST OF ORCHESTRA EDUCATION IN TEXAS AND IS HIGHLY DESERVING OF RECOGNITION AS A DIRECTOR OF DISTINCTION. CONGRATULATIONS. TO ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD RECOGNIZES EDUCATORS WHOSE CAREERS HAVE DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY EXCELLENCE, LEADERSHIP, MENTORSHIP, AND LASTING IMPACT ON ORCHESTRA EDUCATION IN TEXAS. THIS YEAR, WE ARE HONORED TO RECOGNIZE AN VICTOR. THE FOLLOWING REFLECTS THE ADMIRATION AND GRATITUDE SHARED BY HER STUDENTS, COLLEAGUES, AND THE MANY LIVES SHE HAS INFLUENCED THROUGHOUT HER DISTINGUISHED CAREER. OVER A REMARKABLE 36 YEAR CAREER SPANNING WEST TEXAS, FORT BEND ISD AND THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA, MRS. VICTOR ESTABLISHED ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED LEGACIES IN TEXAS ORCHESTRA EDUCATION. AS THE FOUNDING ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR AT SATARTIA MIDDLE SCHOOL, SHE BUILT A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAM KNOWN FOR ITS EXCEPTIONAL MUSICIANSHIP, MUSICIANSHIP, AND CONSISTENT EXCELLENCE. UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, SATARTIA APPEARED MULTIPLE TIMES AS AT THE MIDWEST CLINIC, EARNED THE 2012 TMEA MIDDLE SCHOOL STRING HONOR ORCHESTRA TITLE, ACHIEVED REPEATED HONOR ORCHESTRA FINALIST RECOGNITIONS AND PERFORMED AT PRESTIGIOUS ASTA NATIONAL ORCHESTRA FESTIVALS, AND WAS ON FROM THE TOP. FOLLOWING HER TENURE AT SATARTIA, SHE CONTINUED HER TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE AT STEPHEN F AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL, CULMINATING IN THE ORCHESTRA'S INVITATION TO PERFORM AT THE MIDWEST CLINIC IN 2022. BY THE WAY, BOTH MRS. DAVIS AND MISS VICTOR WERE AT THAT MIDWEST CLINIC AT 2022 TOGETHER, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY COOL. BEYOND THESE EXTRAORDINARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, MISS VICTOR IS KNOWN FOR HER KINDNESS, HUMILITY, AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO STUDENTS. COLLEAGUES CONSISTENTLY DESCRIBE HER AS ONE OF THE MOST SUPPORTIVE AND ENCOURAGING EDUCATORS THEY HAVE EVER KNOWN.

AS BOTH A MENTOR AND A TEACHER, SHE HAS INSPIRED GENERATIONS OF MUSICIANS THROUGH HER PATIENCE, WISDOM, AND BELIEF IN OTHERS POTENTIAL. MANY OF HER STUDENTS HAVE GONE ON TO PROFESSIONAL MUSIC CAREERS, WHILE COUNTLESS OTHERS CARRY WITH THEM A LIFELONG APPRECIATION FOR MUSIC AND THE CONFIDENCE SHE HELPED INSTILL WITHIN THEM. HER INFLUENCE EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE CLASSROOM. MISS VICTOR HAS MENTORED YOUNG TEACHERS ACROSS TEXAS, CONTRIBUTED TO CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, AND SERVED AS A GUIDING FORCE FOR ORCHESTRA PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. HER LEADERSHIP, MUSICIANSHIP AND GENEROSITY HAVE LEFT A PERMANENT MARK ON THE TEXAS ORCHESTRA COMMUNITY. SHE REPRESENTS THE VERY HIGHEST IDEALS OF MUSIC EDUCATION AND IS PROFOUNDLY DESERVING OF RECOGNITION. AS THE ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR, CONGRATULATIONS! OH, OKAY. OR ONE? ONE. THANK YOU. AND OUR VERY LAST RECOGNITION. IS A SPECIAL ONE AT THE ANNUAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR BANQUET, THE DISTRICT ANNOUNCED OUR TWO DISTRICT WINNERS, MISS CHENOA KRAMER FROM SUGAR LAND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND MISS FAWZIA EL SAADI FROM SULLIVAN ELEMENTARY. TONIGHT, WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM SENATOR BORRIS MILES'S OFFICE WHO WILL BE GIVING A SPECIAL RESOLUTION IN HONOR OF OUR TWO DISTRICT TEACHERS OF THE YEAR. MAY I PLEASE WELCOME MISS BIRDIE KELLY TO THE PODIUM? GOOD

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ALL RIGHT. 1231112 AND THREE. THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S RECOGNITIONS.

[5. Public Comment]

DOCTOR GILLIAM WILL KEEP TIME. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND DOCTOR GILLIAM WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE 30S REMAINING. OUR FIRST SPEAKER FOR THE EVENING IS MICHAEL VERDUN. NEXT UP WOULD BE AMANDA BROCK. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MICHAEL VERDUN. I'M A RETIRED TEACHER THAT CAME BACK TO EDUCATION THIS YEAR. LAST WEEK I WAS INFORMED THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD NO LONGER BE PAYING THE TRS SURCHARGE, NOR THE TRS CARE SURCHARGE. BASED ON MY PAYCHECK I'D BE TAKING, I'D BE LOSING ABOUT $900 EVERY PAYCHECK, OR 28.4% OVERALL IN MY TAKE HOME PAY. OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR, I'D BE LOSING $21,000, WHICH BACK WHEN I STARTED TEACHING IN 1993, THAT WAS MY TOTAL SALARY. NOT A SINGLE PENNY OF THE SURCHARGE WOULD BE RETURNED TO ME, NOR IN MY PENSION OR ANY BENEFIT. MATTER OF FACT, IT'LL TAKE ME 44 SCHOOL DAYS TO PAY OFF THIS SURCHARGE. FORT BEND, I BELIEVE, HAS BENEFITED FROM RETIRED

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PASSING ON THESE. THESE SURCHARGES MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RESIGNATIONS FROM TEACHERS LIKE MYSELF. THIS WILL CAUSE THE DISTRICT TO HAVE TO HIRE, TRAIN AND RETAIN TEACHERS, WHICH ALREADY IS DIFFICULT. I KNOW OUR GLORIOUS LEGISLATURE HAS GIVEN YOU THE BOARD, THE AUTHORITY TO DO THIS, BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT. I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY OF YOU AND I KNOW YOU ALL ARE VOLUNTEERS AS BOARD OF TRUSTEES, BUT IN YOUR REAL JOBS, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO TAKE A 20% PAY CUT? I'M ASKING FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE. MAYBE THERE'S SOME SORT OF COMPROMISE THAT CAN FROM THIS GRANDFATHERING. PORTIONS OF THE SURCHARGES, EITHER THE PENSION OR THE TEACHER CARE, WOULD REALLY SEND A MESSAGE THAT THE BUDGET ISN'T BEING BALANCED ON THE BACK OF TEACHERS. SO I ASK FOR YOU PLEASE TO CONSIDER THIS. WE'RE VITAL TO THE DISTRICT. I'M DEDICATED TO MY STUDENTS AND TO MY SCHOOL. I'M ALSO DEDICATED TO MY FAMILY, AND I THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS AMANDA BROCK AND FOLLOWING WILL BE CHARLOTTE BROCK. I'M A PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN CURRENTLY AT AUSTIN PARKWAY ELEMENTARY. THE DISTRICT WEBSITE STATES ON THE HOME PAGE, FORT BEND ISD EXISTS TO INSPIRE AND EQUIP ALL STUDENTS TO PURSUE FUTURES BEYOND WHAT THEY CAN IMAGINE. LATELY, I'VE NOT BEEN INSPIRED BY THE ACTIONS OF THIS BOARD OR THE ADMINISTRATION, AND I DO NOT FEEL THAT YOU WERE DOING ALL YOU CAN TO EQUIP THE A P STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FOR SUCCESS. I RECENTLY BECAME AWARE THAT THE STAFF AND TEACHERS AT EHP ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PACKED UP BY MAY 22ND. THIS IS SO DISHEARTENING TO HEAR.

THE TEACHERS, STAFF AND PARENTS HAVE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME. HOWEVER, IT SEEMS THE ADMIN IS POURING SALT IN A FRESH WOUND WITH THIS DIRECTIVE TO HAVE STAFF PACKED UP EARLY. WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN THE LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL? ARE THE STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO BE IN AN EMPTY, STARK BUILDING? WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THIS DIRECTIVE? WHAT ARE THE FUTURE PLANS FOR A P E AND WHEN WILL THE COMMUNITY BE MADE AWARE OF THEM? WILL THE SCHOOL PARK THAT SO MANY STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS STILL BE AVAILABLE THIS SUMMER? ARE THERE PLANS TO RENT OUT THE BUILDING? WHEN WILL OUR COMMUNITY BE MADE AWARE OF THESE DECISIONS? OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, MANY PARENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS HAVE SPOKEN AND SAID THAT THE CLOSURES AND REZONING ARE MOVING TOO FAST. NOW THAT YOU'VE MOVED FORWARD WITH THE ELEMENTARY CLOSURES AND REZONING, THE SAME PARENTS ARE DISAPPOINTED AND FRUSTRATED. WE DO NOT HAVE THE ANSWERS THAT WE NEED TO PLAN FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. WHY HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION ROUTES FOR NEXT YEAR NOT BEEN FINALIZED YET? MANY PARENTS HAVE CONTACTED THE BOARD AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WITH VALID CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE ROUTE OUR STUDENTS WILL NEED TO TAKE TO SCHOOL NEXT YEAR. A FEW BOARD MEETINGS AGO, IT WAS STATED THAT THE TRANSPORTATION COSTS RELATED TO THE REZONING ARE LOWER THAN EXPECTED. WITH THIS INFORMATION BASED ON YOUR OWN DISTRICT POLICY REGARDING HAZARDOUS ROUTES. THE STUDENTS FROM A P E SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH BUS SERVICE. NOT TO MENTION THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION THAT THE REZONING HAS CREATED AROUND SETTLERS WAY, WITH THE STUDENTS LIVING ON SETTLERS WAY BOULEVARD ALSO BEING REZONED TO OTHER SCHOOLS. THE SETTLERS WAY SCHOOLS AND ROUTES THAT SURROUND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE UNSAFE WITH THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC THIS REZONING HAS CAUSED. NOT FEELING INSPIRED FOR THE FUTURE? THE DISTRICT IS CREATING. THANK YOU. NEXT IS CHARLOTTE BROCK AND THEN WILL BE MARY EVANS. MY NAME IS CHARLOTTE AND I GOT. AND I'M IN THIRD GRADE. I GO TO AUSTIN PARKWAY ELEMENTARY. WHY PRETEND TO CARE ABOUT THE TEACHERS WHEN IMPRISONED AND BE PACKED UP BY MAY 22ND? THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL WAS MAY 28TH. WHY NOT HAVE THEM BE PACKED UP BY MAY 28TH? I AM WORRIED I'M GOING TO BE UNACCEPTED AND NOT VERY WELCOME THE LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL.

I FEEL BAD THAT THE TEACHERS HAVE TO BE PACKED UP, BUT BEFORE THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THE TEACHERS ARE HAVING TO MULTITASK AND STILL TEACH AND PACK UP THE CLASSROOM. I WALKED TO FROM SCHOOL EVERY DAY. I WALKED TO SCHOOL EVER SINCE KINDER. NEXT YEAR I'LL GO. SO THIS WAY I WILL NOT BE SAFE FOR ME TO WALK. THERE WAS BUS SERVICE SO THAT THE PARENTS DID NOT HAVE TO WAIT THAT LONG LINE. THEY'LL TAKE FAMILY TIME AWAY. IT WILL BE SAFE FOR THE

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IT'LL REALLY HURT. I. I FEEL SAD AND UPSET THAT AP IS CLOSING AND I'M GOING TO MISS ALL MY TEACHERS. GIVE US BUS SERVICE AND GIVE THE TEACHERS MORE TIME TO PACK. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP IS MARY EVANS. AND THEN WE'LL BE DERRICK DAWSON. GOOD EVENING. I'M ASKING THAT YOU RECONSIDER HAVING RETIREES PAY THE 16.5% SURCHARGE. MANY OF US OBJECT TO THE TERM OF DOUBLE DOUBLE DIPPING, BECAUSE IT SUGGESTS THAT WE UNFAIRLY COLLECT TWO INCOMES FOR THE SAME JOB. IN REALITY, WE REALLY EARNED OUR RETIREMENT BENEFITS THROUGH DECADES OF SERVICE AND MANDATORY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. OUR PENSION IS DEFERRED COMPENSATION, NOT A BONUS FOR RETURNING TO WORK. WE'RE NOT DIPPING FROM THE SAME JOB. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE GIVING MONEY TO THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM THAT WE WILL NEVER GET BACK. WHEN DISTRICTS REHIRE EXPERIENCED RETIREES FULL TIME BECAUSE OF TEACHER SHORTAGES, WE ARE PERFORMING REAL, NECESSARY WORK AND PAYING TAXES LIKE THE OTHER EMPLOYEES. CALLING THAT DOUBLE DIPPING IGNORES THE FACT THAT DISTRICTS ARE RELYING ON OUR EXPERTISE FOR CLASSROOM STAFF AND STABILITY. STABILITY. THE SURCHARGE ISSUE ADDS ANOTHER LAYER OF UNFAIRNESS AND TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS DISTRICTS CAN BE REQUIRED TO PAY A SURCHARGE WHEN HIRING RETIRED TEACHERS FULL TIME. WHILE THE FEE IS INTENDED TO PROTECT THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, MANY, MANY OF US KNOW THAT IT UNFAIRLY PENALIZES BOTH THE SCHOOLS AND THE EXPERIENCED EDUCATOR WHO HAS SOLVED STAFFING SHORTAGES. WE ARE WORKING A FULL TIME JOB, NOT VOLUNTEERING. THUS, WE SHOULD GET FULL TIME SALARY WITHOUT PENALIZING US OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE CAN BE ONE OF THE STRONGEST ASSETS A SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS DURING TODAY'S TEACHER SHORTAGE. WHILE DISTRICTS MAY PAY ADDITIONAL RETIREMENT SURCHARGES FOR RE HIRING RETIREES, MANY ADMINISTRATORS FIND THAT THE BENEFITS OFTEN OUTWEIGH THE ADDED COSTS. WE BRING YEARS OF CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE THAT CANNOT QUICKLY BE REPLACED. WE UNDERSTAND CURRICULUM, STUDENT BEHAVIOR, PARENT COMMUNICATION, TESTING EXPECTATIONS, AND SCHOOL PROCEDURES. CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST STRUGGLES FOR NEW TEACHERS. VETERAN RETIREES USUALLY HAVE WELL DEVELOPED MANAGEMENT SKILLS THAT HELP CREATE STABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, IMMEDIATELY REDUCING DISRUPTIONS AND IMPROVING STUDENT LEARNING. WE CAN MENTOR AND SUPPORT YOUNG TEACHERS. MANY BEGINNING TEACHERS LEAVE WITHIN THE FIRST FEW YEARS BECAUSE THEY FEEL OVERWHELMED. EXPERIENCED, RETIRED 30S TEACHERS CAN MANAGE. I HAVE THREE NEW TEACHERS THAT ARE ON MY HALL, AND I AM THE PERSON THAT THEY COME TO. I KNOW THAT THIS SHOULD BE TAKEN UP WITH THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE LEGISLATURE TO REMOVE THE SURCHARGE COMPLETELY, SO THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR THE RETIREE DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY. UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, I'M ASKING THAT WE AT LEAST SHARE THE COST BY SPLITTING THE 16.5% SURCHARGE FOR NOW TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS DERRICK DAWSON.

GOOD AFTERNOON. TRUE SUPPORT IS DEMONSTRATED THROUGH ACTIONS, RESPECTFUL COMMUNICATION, FAIRNESS AND CONSISTENT PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP PRACTICES. SADLY, MANY EMPLOYEES HESITATE TO ASK FOR HELP BECAUSE DOING SO IS OFTEN PERCEIVED AS CARRYING THE RISK OF RETALIATION, TARGETING UNNECESSARY MEMORANDUMS, OR T TEST APPRAISALS THAT FAIL TO ACCURATELY REFLECT WHAT TRULY OCCURRED IN THE CLASSROOM. TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS ARE CONSISTENTLY HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS AND OUTCOMES, AND EMPLOYEES WOULD APPRECIATE CONTINUED ATTENTION TO HOW ADMINISTRATORS ARE ALSO SUPPORTED AND GUIDED IN FOSTERING POSITIVE LEADERSHIP PRACTICES. PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND HEALTHY CAMPUS CULTURES. INSTEAD OF BEING MET WITH AUTHENTIC CONVERSATIONS, NON PUNITIVE COACHING, AND GENUINE COLLABORATION, EMPLOYEES ARE OFTEN LEFT FEELING DISCOURAGED

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REGARDLESS OF THE TITLE, POSITION, OR ROLE ANYONE HOLDS WITHIN THIS DISTRICT, WE ARE ALL SERVANTS ENTRUSTED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SUPPORTING PEOPLE. WELL, SERVANT LEADERSHIP IS NOT MEASURED BY THE AUTHORITY A LEADER HOLDS, BUT BY THE TRUST, SUPPORT AND EMPOWERMENT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE UNDER THEIR LEADERSHIP. I STAND AT THE READY FOR A SOLUTIONS ORIENTED DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S

[6. Superintendent Update]

AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN ESPORTS PROGRAM. WE ALSO CELEBRATED OUR SPRING SIGNING DAY, WHERE WE RECOGNIZE MORE THAN 100 STUDENT ATHLETES FROM ALL 12 HIGH SCHOOLS IN OUR DISTRICT. THE STUDENTS SIGNED LETTERS OF INTENT TO COLLEGES AND TO UNIVERSITIES, WHERE THEY WILL CONTINUE BOTH THEIR ACADEMIC CAREER AS WELL AS THEIR ATHLETIC CAREER. AND WE ALSO HAD TWO FORMER STUDENTS THAT WERE SELECTED IN THE NFL DRAFT. AND WE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT THAT EVENT. AND SO IT WAS A GREAT MOTIVATION FOR OUR STUDENTS, WHO ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ONE OF OUR FORMER GRADUATES OF FORT BEND ISD, HIGHTOWER HIGH SCHOOL, WHO ALSO WAS A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYER. AND HE JUST SPOKE ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO MAINTAIN YOUR GRADES, AS WELL AS YOUR ATHLETICS AND HOW HARD IT IS TO WORK. AND HE WAS A GREAT REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE STUDENTS THAT WERE THERE RECEIVING THAT RECOGNITION. AND THEN ALSO OUR NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS. WE CONTINUE TO SET THE STAGE OF DOING GREAT WORK. WITH THAT. I'M PROUD TO SHARE THAT. TEN FORT BEND ISD STUDENTS FROM OUR FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS, FROM FOUR OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, WERE NAMED CORPORATE SPONSOR. NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS, AND THIS RECOGNITION HONORS STUDENTS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND STRONG PERFORMANCE. AND IT PLACES THEM AMONG THE TOP SCHOLARS IN THE NATION. AND SO WE ARE SO VERY PROUD OF ALL OF OUR NATIONAL MERIT WINNERS. AND THEN IN OUR FINAL FINE ARTS, KUDOS AGAIN TO OUR AWARD WINNING FINE ARTS

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[7. Board Activity Report]

FORT BEND ISD VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION BREAKFAST SL 102 END OF YEAR SENIOR CELEBRATION POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING. TEACHER OF THE YEAR BANQUET, FORT BEND ISD GIFT AND GIFTED AND TALENTED MENTORSHIP SHOWCASE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, STEM SHOWCASE H-E-B EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AWARDS. SUGAR LAND ROTARY CLUB ANNUAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR LUNCHEON AND STAFF

[8.A. SHAC – School Health Advisory Council Annual Update]

AND THEN ALSO WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THE THINGS THAT WE DID OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR AND DEFINITELY WANTED TO THANK OUR DISTRICT SUBCOMMITTEE LEADS, LORI SARTAIN AND THE REST OF YOUR STAFF THAT WORKS WITH US. SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW, OUR SHACK IS MADE UP OF 41 MEMBERS. WE HAVE SEVEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS, 20 PARENTS. WE HAVE 14 DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.

WE HAVE ANDY WHO COMES TO OUR MEETINGS. AND THEN ALSO WE ARE ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FEW SHACKS THAT HAS A STUDENT COALITION OR STUDENT MEMBERSHIP AS PART OF OUR SHACK. SO WE ACTUALLY HAD

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THE NUTRITIONIST THAT CAME IN HAD SOME AMAZING HANDOUT THAT IS NOW ON MY REFRIGERATOR DOOR, AND MY WHOLE FAMILY IS REFERENCING IT. SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU ACCESS THAT ONE.

WE ALSO HAD DOCTORS COME IN AND TALK ABOUT FROM THE HOUSTON NEUROSCIENCE BRAIN CENTER, AND HE DID AN AMAZING JOB OF KIND OF SHARING WITH US THE IMPACT THAT THESE SCREENS HAVE ON OUR KIDS. AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THE SCREENS HAVE AN IMPACT ON THEIR SLEEP CYCLES AND ON THEIR BRAIN HEALTH, BUT IT WAS IT WAS REALLY GREAT INFORMATION, AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU GUYS GET A CHANCE TO LOOK THROUGH SOME OF THIS STUFF. IT'S ALSO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO HAVE THE DISTRICT COME IN AND MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT COME AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR POLICIES. LIKE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR BULLYING POLICY. AND ACTUALLY ONE OF THE OTHER THE LATEST ONE WAS WE HAD UNITED AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING COME AND SPEAK TO US. AND WE REALLY HOPE THAT WE GET TO EXPAND THAT IN OUR SCHOOLS. I KNOW THE PARENTS HAVE TO OPT IN FOR THESE PROGRAMS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE WORLD CUP COMING, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A REAL CONCERN. IT COMES WITH IT. SO DEFINITELY WANT YOU GUYS TO KEEP THAT TOP OF MIND. AND MAYBE WE CAN SEND OUT A COMMUNICATION TO ALL OF OUR STAFF. SO OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, I THINK SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS FROM THESE PRESENTATIONS, I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS IN THIS ROOM HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT THIS YEAR. THE SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE NO LIGHT DEAL. YOU STILL HAVE PEOPLE COMING AND TALKING ABOUT IT.

THE FACT THAT THE THE STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS AND THE STAFF ARE STILL DEALING WITH JUST THE COMPLEXITY OF IT ALL. AND THEN ALSO WITH OUR DEPENDENCY ON SCREENS, LIKE WE HAVE THE 1 TO 1 DEVICE RATIO, THAT'S BEEN AWESOME. BUT ALSO, I THINK AS A DISTRICT, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR HANDING OVER THOSE SCREENS TO THE KIDS AND MAKING SO MUCH OF THEIR SCHOOL WORK BE ON THESE SCREENS. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO OUR KIDS. AND I THINK AS PARENTS, WE'RE STRUGGLING AND AS THE SCHOOL IS STRUGGLING, BUT LIKE AT LEAST THE I MEAN, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE NEW CELL PHONE POLICIES, BUT OUR ASK FOR YOU GUYS TODAY WOULD BE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE MENTAL HEALTH A PRIORITY. WE'VE COME UP HERE OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST THREE YEARS, AND WE'VE MENTIONED THAT IDEALLY, WE WOULD HAVE ONE MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST FOR EACH HIGH SCHOOL FEEDER PATTERN. NOW WE'RE DOWN TO FOUR. AND FROM WHAT I HEAR IS OUR SOCIAL WORKERS, WE HAVE EVEN FEWER SOCIAL WORKERS THAN WE DID BEFORE. SO WE REALLY HOPE THAT YOU GUYS, AS A BOARD, CONTINUE TO TREAT MENTAL HEALTH AS IMPORTANT AS IT IS. TREAT HOW HOW WE'RE MAKING THESE TRANSITIONS, TRYING TO MAKE THEM AS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED, AND THEN ALSO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS IN BUILDING HEALTHY SCREEN HABITS BECAUSE IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. AND IF WE CAN JUST HAVE MORE STAFF REINFORCING WHAT ALL THE PARENTS ARE TRYING TO TELL THEIR KIDS, IT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE. LIKE I MENTIONED, WE ALSO HAVE THE STUDENT WELLNESS COALITION, AND THAT'S MADE UP OF STUDENTS ACROSS ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, 3 TO 4 STUDENTS FROM EACH HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB DOING THEIR THINK TANK. THEY CAME UP WITH IDEAS FOR THINGS TO DO ON THEIR CAMPUSES. THEY BROUGHT IT BACK HOME. AND WITH THE THE FUNDING FROM UNITEDHEALTHCARE, THEY WERE ABLE TO TO MAKE A LOT OF THEIR PLANS COME INTO REALITY. AND WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO JOIN IN WITH THE DISTRICT IN FINDING FOR STUDENTS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT THAT WERE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS FROM GULF COAST BLOOD CENTER. SO THAT'S WE'VE HAD SOME EXCITING THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR. AND NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE NICOLE COME UP HERE AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING NEXT YEAR. HI.

GOOD EVENING. I'M NICOLE YURACHEK. THANKS FOR GIVING ME A FEW MINUTES TO SPEAK. TONIGHT.

I'M GOING TO BE SERVING AS THE CHAIR FOR THE 2627 PLAN YEAR. I WANT TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR FORT BEND ISD. I KNOW SERVING ON THE BOARD ISN'T EASY, AND ALL THE THE RESPONSIBILITIES YOU HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS EVERY DAY REALLY MATTERS. TONIGHT I WANT TO SHARE THREE PRIORITIES WE'LL HAVE FOR THE 2627 PLAN YEAR.

THESE ARE ALL CONNECTED AND THEY'RE ALL SUPPORTED BY A THEME OF STUDENT WELL-BEING AND LEARNING. FIRST IS ACTION BASED LEARNING, WHICH IS ALSO CALLED A BLAB, L CONNECTS PHYSICAL MOVEMENT WITH INSTRUCTION. IT HELPS MEMORY, FOCUS AND BEHAVIOR THROUGH ACTIVE LEARNING. BECAUSE THE REALITY IS, IT'S HARD FOR KIDS TO SIT STILL ALL DAY. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY OKAY BECAUSE A, B, L DOESN'T ASK STUDENTS TO FIGHT HOW THEY'RE WIRED. IT ACTUALLY WORKS WITH THEM. SO IN AN A, B, L CLASSROOM MOVEMENT ISN'T A BREAK FROM THE LEARNING. IT IS

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YOU'RE ALWAYS I KNOW YOU ARE ALWAYS REPRESENTED AT SHAQ. WE'VE HAD THE BENEFIT OF HAVING BOTH ANGIES COME, BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF THE BOARD TO ATTEND AT LEAST ONE SHAQ MEETING FOR THE 2627 PLAN YEAR. WHEN YOU SEE THE F B, I, S D STUDENTS, PARENTS AND STAFF ALL COME TOGETHER. IT'S REALLY A SPECIAL EXPERIENCE, SO I HOPE YOU CAN MAKE TIME TO AT LEAST VISIT US FOR ONE MEETING DURING THE 2627 PLAN YEAR. I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS THE SHAQ CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE DOCTOR JORDAN? THAT'S IT. OKAY, SO FIRST, BEFORE I TAKE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE TRUSTEES, I WANT TO THANK YOU, MISS FLORES, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THE PAST AND YOUR SERVICE TO FORT BEND ISD. WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOU AS VOLUNTEERS OURSELVES. WE KNOW HOW MUCH IT TAKES FOR YOU GUYS TO INVEST YOUR TIME AND TALENTS INTO FORT BEND. AND THANK YOU. MISS YOUR FOR STEPPING UP AND TAKING THE BATON. AND THANK YOU ALL TO. ALSO TO MISS BECKY FOR BEING THE BOARD'S REPRESENTATIVE ON SHAQ. WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. AND NOW I'LL THROW IT TO MISS ROZBICKI AND JUST ECHO THE PRESIDENT'S GRATEFULNESS FOR AN APPRECIATION FOR THE LEADERSHIP FOR SHAQ AND ALSO EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED THERE AT THE MEETINGS. I KNOW THIS WAS MY FIRST YEAR ATTENDING AS A TRUSTEE IN GENERAL, AND I ENJOYED MYSELF THOROUGHLY. AT EVERY MEETING. I CAN SEE ALL THE ENERGY HAPPENING AND THE AND THE SYNERGIES HAPPENING, AND I'M SO EXCITED. I ACTUALLY REALLY, AGAIN, JUST WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT THE TAKEAWAYS YOU HAVE CAME FROM REAL RESEARCH. THEY CAME FROM REAL STORIES. AND, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING SUPPORT YOUR GOALS FOR THE NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU, MISS VICKI. AND WE HAVE NOTHING FURTHER, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE THIS EVENING AND GIVING OUR ANNUAL UPDATE. NEXT

[8.B. Annual Demographic Report]

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AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TAKE STUDENT DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ACROSS THE STATE AND WITHIN THE DISTRICT, AND THEY WORK TO GEOCODE THAT INFORMATION, AND THEY ANALYZE INFORMATION ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. THEY ANALYZE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE HERE AND THAT ARE FORTHCOMING HOUSING AND ECONOMIC TRENDS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THEY GENERATE DISTRICT WIDE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS AND ANALYZE LONG RANGE PLANNING INFORMATION AND IMPLICATIONS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. IT'S I'VE SAID BEFORE, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE THEY I KNOW THEY DO. IT'S AN ART AND A SCIENCE, BUT I, I KIND OF SEE IT SORT OF AS SOME PSYCHIC ABILITY TO. BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DETERMINE TO SELL THEIR HOMES AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MOVE IN. I SEE IT MORE AS THAT THESE DAYS THAT WE'RE REACHING FULL BUILD OUT THAN WHEN WE WERE A DEVELOPING AREA WITH, WITH NEIGHBORHOODS TURNING OVER DIRT AND BUILDING AND EXPLODING IN THE AREA LIKE WE DID SEVERAL YEARS AGO. BUT GIVEN THAT WE'RE REACHING MORE OF A STABLE COMMUNITY AND LESS OF THAT DEVELOPMENT, I THINK IT REALLY DOES BRING IN SOME OF THAT, SOME OF THAT ABILITY. SO WE APPRECIATE THEIR THEIR WORK AND THEIR INSIGHT AND THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING THIS EVENING, GIVEN THAT THEY WERE HERE IN DECEMBER AND PROVIDED THE UPDATED ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS AND SOME OF THAT INFORMATION FROM WHAT THEY'RE SEEING ACROSS THE STATE, WE USE THOSE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE ELEMENTARY BOUNDARY BOUNDARY PLANNING PROCESS AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU ALL APPROVED IN MARCH. AND SO WE'VE ASKED THEM TONIGHT TO REALLY GIVE US A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S WITHIN THEIR ANNUAL REPORT. AND THEN WE'LL BE POSTING THAT ANNUAL REPORT IN ALL ITS GRANULARITY ONLINE AFTER TONIGHT'S BOARD MEETING. SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE SUCCINCT AND A LITTLE BIT HIGHER LEVEL THAN YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST AND THAT YOU SAW IN DECEMBER. BUT WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR TAPERA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DOCTOR SMITH. MADAM DOCTOR, IF YOU'LL PLEASE SPEAK INTO YOUR MICROPHONE AND MAKE SURE IT'S ON. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, DOCTOR SMITH. MADAM PRESIDENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT. AS MISS MARTINEZ MENTIONED, WE WERE HERE IN DECEMBER TO SHARE PRELIMINARY ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS. AND AT THAT TIME WE DISCUSSED EARLY INDICATORS AND DIRECTIONAL TRENDS. AND TODAY'S PRESENTATION BUILDS ON THAT WORK, OFFERING COMPLETE A MORE COMPLETE VIEW OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING BOTH LOCALLY AND ACROSS THE STATE. HISTORICALLY, ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS HAVE TENDED TO MORE CLOSELY MIRROR ACADEMIC ENROLLMENT OUTCOMES, ACTUAL ENROLLMENT OUTCOMES. THAT CONSISTENCY WAS LARGELY DRIVEN BY A RELATIVELY STABLE PUBLIC EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT, WHERE THE UNDERLYING FACTORS INFLUENCING ENROLLMENT CHANGED MORE GRADUALLY AND MORE PREDICTABLY. PROJECTIONS AT THEIR CORE ARE DEVELOPED AS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME. THEY'RE BASED ON, EXCUSE ME. THEY'RE BASED ON CURRENT DATA, OBSERVED TRENDS AND INFORMED ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HOW THOSE TRENDS ARE EXPECTED TO EVOLVE. IN THAT SENSE, THEY ARE BOTH, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, A SCIENCE AND AN ART, THE SCIENCE GROUNDED IN DATA AND METHODOLOGY, AND THE ART IN INTERPRETING HOW MULTIPLE AND OFTEN SHIFTING FACTORS COME TOGETHER. AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS THAT SOME OF THOSE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING MORE DYNAMIC. AND AS A RESULT, PORSA IS DEVELOPING NEW TOOLS AND DATA SOURCES TO ADDRESS THIS CHANGING EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE. FOR TODAY, OUR FOCUS WILL BE ON HOW THOSE TRENDS INFORM WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE THE MOST LIKELY ENROLLMENT PATTERNS OVER THE NEXT DECADE. SO WHILE YOU SEE A FEW OF OUR FACES ■REGULARLY HERE IN THE BOARDROOM, KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN ENTIRE TEAM DEDICATED TO THIS PROJECT. EVERY MEMBER OF OUR TEAM BRINGS EXPERTISE FROM A VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS, IN ADDITION TO PROJECTIONS, MODELING, AND LONG RANGE PLANNING. WE ALSO HAVE MEMBERS OF STAFF WHO BRING BACKGROUNDS IN GIS OR MAPPING, URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE ALSO HAVE FORMER EDUCATORS AND EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATORS ON STAFF WHO PROVIDE IMPORTANT CONTEXT ABOUT HOW YOU, AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, USE THIS DATA TO MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS.

THIS GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION ILLUSTRATES THE NATURAL DEMOGRAPHIC LIFE CYCLE OF ANY GEOGRAPHIC AREA. AND THIS COULD BE A NEIGHBORHOOD, A CITY, OR A SCHOOL DISTRICT. IN THE EARLY

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BRINGING IN NEW RESIDENTS IN THE AREA ENTERS THE HIGH GROWTH PHASE, AND EVENTUALLY PARTS OF THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA WILL REACH, BUILD OUT AND STOP GROWING, AND EVENTUALLY THE AREA WILL REACH TRANSITION PHASE. WHEN CASA BEGAN WORKING WITH FORT BEND ISD, THE DISTRICT WAS SQUARELY IN THE HIGH GROWTH PHASE AND NOW CATEGORIZES FORT BEND ISD AS BORDERING BETWEEN APPROACHING STABILIZATION AND FULL STABILIZATION. AND THE REASON FOR THIS AMBIGUITY IS THAT DISTRICT WIDE NUMBERS HAVE STABILIZED AND ARE DECLINING IN ENROLLMENT OVERALL. BUT WITHIN THE DISTRICT, THERE ARE STILL AREAS THAT ARE GROWING WHILE OTHER AREAS ARE DECLINING.

STATE WIDE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES ARE HAPPENING THAT ARE IMPACTING ENROLLMENT. AND THIS HAS BEEN A BIG TOPIC OF DISCUSSION ACROSS THE STATE FOR US. AMONG A NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO ON THE TOP LEFT, THAT DATA SHOWS THAT FEWER BABIES ARE BORN IN TEXAS.

GENERALLY, WE'VE SEEN A DOWN DOWNWARD TREND SINCE 2015, AND ESPECIALLY FEWER BABIES ARE BORN IN THE AREAS MARKED BLUE ON THE MAP. THOSE ARE RURAL AND URBAN COUNTIES. TYPICALLY, FOR EXAMPLE, HARRIS COUNTY, DALLAS AND TRAVIS COUNTY IN THE DFW AREA, TRAVIS AND BEYER AND EL PASO AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS SLIDE, YOU SEE DATA THAT SHOWS THAT MIGRATION INTO TEXAS, BOTH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL COMBINED, HAS DECLINED SINCE 2022. AND ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THOSE PEOPLE MOVING INTO TEXAS, A SMALLER PROPORTION OF THEM ARE SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN. THAT'S THE MAROON LINE, AND A LARGER PROPORTION ARE 55 YEARS OR OLDER. AND THAT'S THE DARK GRAY LINE. THE BOTTOM LEFT IS PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO THIS DISCUSSION, AND THAT IS THAT FOR DECADES, THE GROWTH IN TEXAS POPULATION MIRRORED THE GROWTH IN ISD ENROLLMENT ACROSS TEXAS. IN OTHER WORDS, PEOPLE MOVED INTO TEXAS AND BY DEFAULT PUT THEIR CHILDREN IN PUBLIC. ISD'S. IN THE 80S, 90S AND 2000 ENROLLMENT GREW AT THE SAME RATE OR THE SAME PERCENT GROWTH AS THE GENERAL POPULATION OF TEXAS. THIS BEGAN TO CHANGE IN THE TEEN YEARS. ENROLLMENT GREW AT ABOUT HALF THE RATE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION, AND IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE GENERAL POPULATION CONTINUED GROWING IN TEXAS. BUT THE ISD ENROLLMENT ACROSS TEXAS HAS NOT GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY AT ALL. SO TO SUMMARIZE, AT THE STATE LEVEL, FEWER BABIES ARE BEING BORN, FEWER CHILDREN ARE MOVING INTO TEXAS, AND FEWER STUDENTS ARE CHOOSING PUBLIC ISD EDUCATION. THE TRIFECTA OF ENROLLMENT DECLINE. THE NEXT QUESTION IS WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING AT THE LOCAL FBISD LEVEL? THE TURQUOISE BARS ON THE LEFT SHOW THAT OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, FORT BEND ISD HAS GAINED ABOUT 5000 STUDENTS ENROLLED. BUT THE FIRST HALF OF THAT DECADE OF GROWTH OF YEARS, THE FIRST HALF OF THOSE YEARS EXPERIENCED 75% OF THE GROWTH OF THE DECADE. SO THE LAST MOST RECENT FIVE YEARS HAVE SEEN A STABILIZATION IN DECLINE. AND THAT IS SHOWN MORE CLEARLY ON THE RIGHT WITH THE THE NAVY BARS. WE SEE THAT THE YEARS PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC HAD ABOUT A 1000 TO 1600 STUDENT ANNUAL GAIN EACH YEAR. THEN THERE WAS THE PANDEMIC YEAR, AND THEN A COUPLE OF YEARS OF RECOVERY AFTER THE PANDEMIC.

AND IN THE PAST THREE YEARS SINCE THEN HAVE SEEN A DECELERATING GROWTH AND DECLINING ENROLLMENT. ONE OF THE BASIC FACTORS THAT WE CONSIDER IS HOW MANY BABIES ARE BORN TO MOTHERS WHO LIVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT, AND HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT FIVE YEARS LATER? SO THE NAVY LINE ILLUSTRATES HOW MANY BIRTHS TO MOTHERS LIVING IN ZIP CODES IN FORT BEND ISD. AND THESE HAVE BEEN SHIFTED TO THE RIGHT FIVE YEARS SO THAT THEY LINE UP WITH THE YEAR THOSE BABIES SHOULD ENTER KINDERGARTEN. THE GREEN LINE IS THE KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT IN FORT BEND ISD. SO FOR THE YEARS BETWEEN 5 AND 15 YEARS AGO, BIRTHS IN KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT FIVE YEARS LATER TRACKED GENERALLY VERY WELL.

THOSE LINES ARE PRETTY SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER. BABIES BORN HERE GENERALLY ENTERED KINDERGARTEN IN FORT BEND ISD AND IN. MIGRATION AND OUTMIGRATION WERE APPROXIMATELY EQUIVALENT OF FAMILIES WITH 0 TO 4 YEAR OLD CHILDREN. HOWEVER, IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN FEWER KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS ENROLLED IN FORT BEND THAN THERE WERE BIRTHS HERE FIVE YEARS PRIOR. THAT MEANS THERE THAT'S ILLUSTRATED BY THE GREEN LINE IS LOWER THAN THE BLUE

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AND THIS RECENT PATTERN OF FEWER KINDERGARTNERS THAN BIRTHS IN FORT BEND IS TRENDING TO BE MORE SIMILAR OVERALL TO REGION FOUR IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. TRENDS, WHERE THE GREEN KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT LINES ARE LOWER THAN THE BLUE BIRTH LINES BECAUSE THE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES HAVE HAD AN IMPACT THROUGH REGION FOUR AND REGION IN TEXAS OVERALL FOR A LONGER TIME. ANOTHER PART OF OUR PROCESS IS TO STUDY STUDENT DENSITY, OR THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER HOME. THE GREEN LINE HERE ILLUSTRATES STUDENTS PER SINGLE FAMILY HOME, AND THIS DENSITY HAS DECREASED FROM 0.59 STUDENTS PER HOME IN 2013 TO 0.47 STUDENTS PER HOME THIS YEAR. LIKEWISE, THE BLUE LINE IS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER MULTIFAMILY UNIT. THIS HAS BEEN RELATIVELY STABLE AND TYPICALLY DENSITY OF IN MULTIFAMILY UNITS IS USUALLY LOWER THAN IN SINGLE FAMILY UNITS. SO THIS IS ALL VERY TYPICAL. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND THE COMPETITION THAT THEY CREATE FOR ISD ENROLLMENT ON THIS MAP. THE NAVY BLUE DOTS REPRESENT ALL OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE AREA THAT ENROLL AT LEAST ONE STUDENT WHO LIVES IN FORT BEND ISD, AND THE ORANGE DOTS REPRESENT FUTURE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT WE ANTICIPATE WILL BE OPENING IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR SO. LIKEWISE, THE TURQUOISE DOTS REPRESENT ALL OF THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA WHOM WE HAVE CONTACTED, AND THEY TELL US THAT THEY ENROLL AT LEAST A FEW STUDENTS FROM FORT BEND ISD. AND SO THE BIG QUESTION ON EVERYONE'S MIND IS VOUCHERS AND WHERE WILL THE AND HOW MANY STUDENTS WILL BE ATTENDING PRIVATE SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR WITH THE VOUCHER? SO WHAT WE KNOW FROM THE FROM THE PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS IS THAT STATEWIDE, THERE WERE ABOUT 274,000 APPLICATIONS FOR FOR FUNDS OR VOUCHERS. OF THOSE, ABOUT 8400 APPLICANTS.

APPLICANTS WERE IDENTIFIED AS LIVING INSIDE FORT BEND ISD, BUT ONLY ABOUT 2000 OF THOSE WERE PREVIOUSLY ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND AS OF LATE LAST WEEK, WHEN THE THE THE TIER TWO, TIER ONE AND TIER TWO RESULTS WERE PUBLISHED, WE NOW KNOW THAT LESS THAN HALF OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE AWARDED A VOUCHER OR FOR FUNDS BASED ON THE STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN FORT BEND ISD AND HAD PREVIOUSLY ATTENDED A PRIVATE SCHOOL, I MEAN A PUBLIC SCHOOL.

HOMESCHOOLING IS A BIG QUESTION, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR, AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT QUESTIONS FOR US TO ANSWER, BECAUSE TEXAS IS ONE OF 20 STATES THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE HOMESCHOOLERS TO REGISTER WITH THE STATE. SO IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO KNOW ITS TRUE IMPACT.

THE CENSUS BUREAU SAYS THAT ABOUT 350 000 STUDENTS IN TEXAS ARE HOMESCHOOLED, AND THE TEXAS HOME SCHOOL COALITION SAYS BETWEEN 500 AND 620,000 STUDENTS STATEWIDE ARE HOMESCHOOLED. BECAUSE OF THIS AMBIGUITY AND BECAUSE OF THE INCREASING IMPORTANCE OF THIS TREND TO ISD'S IS DEVELOPING A PARTNERSHIP TO USE GEOFENCING TECHNOLOGY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS IMPACT OF HOMESCHOOLING POPULATION ON ENROLLMENT IN THE DISTRICT IN THE FUTURE. THIS GRAPH ILLUSTRATES THE IMPACT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE LIVING WITHIN FORT BEND ISD AND TRANSFERRING INTO ANY OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL. THE BLUE BARS INDICATE THE NUMBER OF FORT BEND ISD RESIDENTS WHO ATTEND CHARTER SCHOOLS. RED IS THE THE NUMBER WHO ATTEND OTHER. ISD'S GREEN IS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ATTENDING VIRTUAL SCHOOLS AND. THE PINK ARROW SHOWS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS LIVING OUTSIDE OF FORT BEND AND TRANSFERRING INTO AND ATTENDING FORT BEND ISD. SO THE CHARTER GROWTH. THE BLUE BARS REPRESENTS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF FORT BEND RESIDENTS ATTENDING ELSEWHERE, AND THE GROWTH OVER THE PAST DECADE RESULTS FROM THE NUMBER. THE INCREASING NUMBER OF CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE AREA. SO AT THE. ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS CHART IN 2014, THERE WERE LESS THAN 50 CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT PULLED STUDENTS FROM THIS AREA, AND THIS YEAR, THERE ARE OVER 140 OF THESE CHARTER SCHOOLS. SO TO SUMMARIZE, THERE ARE FAR MORE STUDENTS LIVING IN FORT BEND ISD WHO TRANSFER OUT TO OTHER PUBLIC OPTIONS THAN THOSE WHO TRANSFER INTO FORT BEND ISD. AND THIS GRAPH ILLUSTRATES ALL OF THE STUDENTS WHO LIVE WITHIN

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WE PREVIOUSLY KNEW ABOUT THOSE, BUT NOW THERE ARE FOUR NEW ONES THAT HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR PLANS TO OPEN A NEW CAMPUS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. SO THIS SUMMARIZES A LOT OF THOSE FACTORS THAT I MENTIONED. NEW HOUSING CONSTRUCTION PROVIDES GROWTH IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT, AND ALMOST ALL OF THESE OTHERS PROVIDE VARIATIONS AND DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT. SO FEWER BIRTHS

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THANK YOU, DOCTOR ZAPORA DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE TRUSTEES? MR. SHOAF? YEAH, OVER ON SLIDE NINE, YOU MENTIONED GEOFENCING FOR GETTING HOME SCHOOL DATA. YEAH.

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OKAY. I HAVE A LOT MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT, BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THAT OFFLINE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. SHOAF. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR TAPARA.

[8.C. Long-Range Boundary Planning Update]

OKAY, I THINK HE'S GOING TO LOOK FOR THE PRESENTATION. I CAN SPEAK TO IT.

OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO WAIT FOR THE SLIDES? GO AHEAD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS A VERY BRIEF AND VERY HIGH LEVEL PRESENTATION FOR YOU. AS YOU ALL KNOW, TRUSTEES, WE'VE BEEN WE ARE IN THE SECONDARY PHASE OF THE LONG RANGE BOUNDARY PLANNING PROCESS. I WANTED TO COME TO YOU THIS EVENING BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT PHASE. AND SO IN APRIL, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE SMALL GROUP MEETINGS WITH OUR TRUSTEES. AND I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME TOGETHER. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE BOUNDARY PLANNER AND INTERNAL STAFF TO TO WORK THROUGH SOME CONCEPTS, AND WE GO TO THESE SMALL GROUP MEETINGS AND WE SHARE WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS AND WE GET SOME FEEDBACK. AND THAT'S WORKING TOWARD MEETING WITH THE SBAC FOR MORE FORMAL FEEDBACK AND WORKING THROUGH THE THE PROCESS AS THEY ADVISE THIS DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCENARIOS, ULTIMATELY TO LEAD TO THAT REVIEW BY THE PUBLIC FOR FEEDBACK SHAPING UP TO THOSE FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE PLAN TO BRING TO THE PUBLIC IN THE FALL FOR FEEDBACK. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO TALK THROUGH WHERE WE ARE IN THAT AS WE PREPARE TO BRING THE SCENARIOS TO THE SBAC IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS MONTH, MAY, ABOUT MAY 20TH OR SO, OUR CURRENT REALITY IS VERY MUCH ALIGNED TO WHAT DOCTOR TABORA SHOWED, SHOWED YOU AND WHAT WE'VE PRESENTED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, AND THAT WE'VE PROVIDED CHOICE THROUGH THE TEACHING AND LEARNING DEPARTMENT. YOU ALL HAVE BEEN A PART OF THOSE PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE SHARED BY DOCTOR JORDAN AND HER TEAM. THERE IS CHOICE THAT'S BEING PROVIDED TO STUDENTS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. NEW CHOICE OPPORTUNITIES.

FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT WE KNOW, STUDENTS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CHOICE OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT, WE'VE BUILT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHOICE WITHIN THE DISTRICT THROUGH THOSE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAMS AT SIX OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS COLEMAN, CROCKETT, GARCIA, HODGES, BEND, MISSOURI CITY AND SATARTIA CONTINUING TO OFFER CHOICE THROUGH THE ACADEMY PROGRAMS AT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL POLICIES THAT YOU ALL APPROVED RECENTLY TO OFFER CHOICE THROUGH INTRA AND INTERDISTRICT TRANSFERS TO ALLOW OUR STUDENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT MORE CHOICE IN WHERE THEY ATTEND WITHIN THE DISTRICT, AND THEN STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT TO ATTRACT STUDENTS INTO THE DISTRICT WITH THE. THE PLAN FOR ATTRACTING AND RETAINING STUDENTS TO A GREATER DEGREE. AND YOU SAW THAT DELTA OF STUDENTS THAT WE COULD HAVE ATTENDING WITHIN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. SO REALLY ATTRACTING THOSE STUDENTS BACK AND ATTRACTING THEM TO THE DISTRICT WITH THOSE CHOICE OPPORTUNITIES.

OUR CURRENT REALITY ALSO IS THAT THAT WE HAVE OVER UTILIZATION AT THREE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. SO AT AUSTIN, ELKINS AND TRAVIS, WE ARE OVER UTILIZED IN THOSE SCHOOLS. AND

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ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT I JUST FINISHED. BUT JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A VISUAL, IF YOU IF YOU'RE MORE VISUAL THAN AUDITORY, IT'S OUR CURRENT REALITY. WE HAVE CHOICE PROGRAMING AND CHOICE POLICY THAT ALLOWS MOVEMENT WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND INTO THE DISTRICT.

AND, AND WE HAVE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE IN FEEDER PATTERNS. AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME HOTSPOTS IN THE AREA AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, AND WE NEED TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THAT. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ENTERING INTO THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE SECONDARY, FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, PRIMARILY, WE NEED TO RELIEVE THAT OVERUTILIZATION AT AUSTIN, ELKINS AND TRAVIS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SOME FEEDER PATTERN ADJUSTMENTS TO ALIGN SIXTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE FEEDER PATTERNS TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. SO WE'LL BE ASKING FOR REVIEW OF THOSE FEEDER PATTERNS DURING THAT SCOPE OF WORK. AND THIS IS A DRAFT. IT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS ALL THE TIMELINES ALWAYS ARE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO LEAVE SPACE AND TIME FOR THAT FEEDBACK, NOT ONLY FROM THE BOARD, BUT ESPECIALLY FROM THE SBAC AND THE PUBLIC. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON TRACK WITH THIS TIMELINE, AND WE'VE LEFT SOME SPACES AND PLACES WHERE WE CAN ADJUST THROUGHOUT. WE'RE IN MAY. WE'RE ASKING, SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL TODAY ON THE SBAC MEMBERSHIP. THAT'LL BE AN ACTION ITEM, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE MAY TO AUGUST, WORKING WITH THE SBAC AND SOME COMMITTEE MEETINGS, GOING THROUGH THAT BOUNDARY SCENARIO PROCESS AND ASKING FOR FEEDBACK FROM THEM. AND THEN IN THE AUGUST SEPTEMBER TIME FRAME, GOING TO THE PUBLIC FOR FEEDBACK, WORKING TOWARD THAT SEPTEMBER OCTOBER BOARD APPROVAL PROCESS. NOW, WITH ALL OF THAT IN MIND AND ALL THAT I MENTIONED ABOUT OUR CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS WITH THE CHOICES THAT WE'VE PROVIDED, THE MAIN REASON FOR SHARING THAT WITH YOU AND WITH THE PUBLIC THIS EVENING IS THAT BECAUSE OF THAT AND BECAUSE OF NEEDING TO MONITOR HOW THAT WORKS, AND HOW MANY STUDENTS COME BACK TO THE DISTRICT OR COME INTO THE DISTRICT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE CHOICE PROGRAMS. AS WE MENTIONED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE BRINGING FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SCHOOL CLOSURES AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING PRIMARILY ON THOSE ADJUSTMENTS FOR RELIEVING OVERUTILIZATION AT THOSE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS AND THEN FOR MAKING THOSE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT'S THE SCOPE OF WORK WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS AND THAT WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING WITH OUR SBAC AND HOPEFULLY HAVING A FULL TEAM AFTER TODAY'S MEETING, A FULL COMMITTEE AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO DO THAT WORK. THANK YOU, MISS MARTINEZ. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE TRUSTEES? MISS CHARANIA? YEAH, I SAW THAT ON ON ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT WE HAVE ON SLIDE FIVE. THAT AUGUST THROUGH SEPTEMBER IS WHEN WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK ON THAT SECONDARY PLAN. OBVIOUSLY, IF IF WE CAN SORT OF JUST MAKE SURE WHEN SCHOOL STARTS, BECAUSE PARENTS WILL BE, YOU KNOW, MORE INVOLVED WITH THE SCHOOL KIND OF TAKING, TAKING THEIR KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL. AND ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, PARENTS ARE GOING THROUGH THE BOUNDARY CHANGES. SO IF WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, MAYBE EVEN THE ENDING THAT, HEY, THIS IS ON THE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEY KIND OF KEEP IT FOREFRONT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT PARENTS TO COME BACK AND SAY, GOSH, YOU DID IT LIKE RIGHT WHEN SCHOOL WAS STARTING OR WE WERE REALLY BUSY. YES. GIVING THAT FEEDBACK.

VERY GOOD POINT. WE'VE BEEN VERY MINDFUL IN THAT IN DEVELOPING THE TIMELINE TO WORK THROUGH THAT AND STAY AWAY FROM THAT TIME PERIOD. YEAH, AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING IN THE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, YOU KNOW, WELL IN ADVANCE TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THIS FOR THE 27 FALL YEAR. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS TANYA. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS MARTINEZ. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS OUR INTRUDER

[8.D. Intruder Detection Report]

[Consent Agenda]

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MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF 9E9E9L9L7 AND NINE L NINE I SECOND IT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS HELLINGER AND A SECOND BY MISS CHARANIA.

DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. AND MISS HANNON, YOU CAN VOTE YES BY SHOW OF HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM NINE E? YES.

[9.E. School Boundary Advisory Committee Membership]

PLEASE VOTE. AND, MISS HANNON, YOU MAY VOTE YES BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES

[9.L.7. Construction Services Agreement for Sitework Package 1 (BP036)]

[9.L.9. Construction Services Agreement for Sitework Package 3 (BP038)]

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[10. 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]

[11. Reconvene in Open Session]

[12. Consider Action on Closed Session Items]

WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS CHARANIA AND A SECOND BY MISS HELLINGER. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE MISS HANNON BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, MISS BECKY. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACCEPT THE HEARING OFFICER'S RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING THE LEVEL 3DGBA GRIEVANCE OF MICAIAH HARDIE. SECOND. SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS BECKY AND A SECOND BY DOCTOR GILLIAM. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE MISS HANNON BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. DOCTOR GILLIAM, I MOVE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACCEPT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO RESCIND APPROVAL OF THE 2026 2027 TERM CONTRACT RECOMMENDATION FOR EMILY AGENA, AND INSTEAD PROPOSED NON-RENEWAL OF HER TERM EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT AT THE END OF 2025 2026 CONTRACT YEAR AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT OR HIS DESIGNEE TO NOTIFY THE EMPLOYEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND POLICY AND FURTHER AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SELECT AN OUTSIDE ATTORNEY TO CONDUCT ANY REQUESTED HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED CONTRACT.

NON-RENEWAL. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY DOCTOR GILLIAM AND A SECOND BY MISS HELLER. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE MISS HANNON BY SHOW OF HANDS. MOTION PASSES

[13.A. University of Texas Interlocal Agreement with the Regional Security Operations Center: Consideration and approval for an Interlocal Contract (ILC) with the Regional Security Operations Center (RSOC) at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin.]

[13.B. Donation and General Fund Budget Amendment: Consideration and approval of a donation and General Fund budget amendment for 2025-2026.]

[14. Future Meeting Discussion]

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