Sep 14, 2026 Called Meeting & Agenda Review

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

[1. Call to order]

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 AND FOR REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AND WHO WERE AFFECTED BY THE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON NINE OVER 11. YOU MAY BE SEATED. FIRST ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE THREE

[3. Public Comment]

NEXT IS MISS PRINCE.

OKAY. AGENDA ITEM NINE, NOTED IN THE AGENDA AS CHANGES TO LOCAL POLICY FOR GRADING AN E H POLICY FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED IS WHAT I'M REQUIRED TO RELATE MY COMMENTS TO. BECAUSE THIS IS AN AGENDA REVIEW MEETING INSTEAD OF A REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING. GRADING IN FORT BEND ISD CAN AND HAS BEEN ERRONEOUS, ARBITRARY, AND NOT CONSISTENT WITH DISTRICT GRADING POLICY. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, IN THE PAST I FILED GRIEVANCES AND SPOKE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE PRIOR EDITIONS OF THE BOT, OF WHICH FOUR CURRENT TRUSTEES WERE SITTING DURING ALL OR PART OF THOSE ADDRESSES. THIS DISTRICT'S LAWYERS OUTRIGHT LIED TO THE LIED IN THEIR SUBMISSIONS TO THE COMMISSIONER, FALSELY CLAIMING THAT FORT BEND ISD WAS NOT AWARE THAT I HAD ANY PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY FALSELY CLAIMED THAT I HAD NEVER SUBMITTED A SINGLE GRIEVANCE OR COMPLAINT TO ANYONE ABOUT ANY ISSUES. THEY CLAIM TO NOT HAVE A SINGLE EMAIL OR LESS TALK OR GRIEVANCE FROM ME. THAT REALLY MEANS THAT SOMEONE WAS CORRUPT ENOUGH TO DELETE THE RECORDS, OR TO LIE ABOUT THE RECORDS, WHILE THOSE THAT WERE THAT WHILE THOSE WITH OVERSIGHT LET IT HAPPEN. SO IF SOMEONE. AND THIS IS TO ADDRESS A COMMENT THAT I HEARD FROM THE DAIS. IF SOMEONE INCORRECTLY THINKS THAT I SPEAK BEFORE THIS BODY BECAUSE I WANTED MY KID IN A HIGHER GRADE. PLEASE ALLOW ME TO DISABUSE YOU OF THAT NOTION BECAUSE MY CHILD SKIPPED MY GT CHILD SKIPPED A FULL GRADE. HOWEVER, I OBSERVED CLEARLY HOW YOUR PAST INATTENTIVENESS, YOUR IGNORANCE OF DISTRICT POLICY, AND LACK OF CONCERN FOR WHETHER FORT BEND ISD POLICY IS FOLLOWED RESULTS IN SUCH WRONG HEADED THINKING. TODAY'S AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER NINE SAYS AT THE BOTTOM NOTATION THAT IT WAS ISSUED IN NOVEMBER 2025. I WAS AT THAT AGENDA REVIEW MEETING. I DON'T RECALL THAT. SO I LOOKED UP MY MY PRINTOUTS OF THAT AGENDA. I DIDN'T SEE IT THERE. I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE NOVEMBER 17TH MEETING. I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE DECEMBER. SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY IT'S DATED AS IF IT WAS TALKED ABOUT OR DISCUSSED IN NOVEMBER 2025. I DO KNOW THAT LAST FALL I CAME BEFORE THIS BOARD MANY TIMES TO DISCUSS ISSUES WITH TRANSCRIPTS, PROGRESS REPORTS, LACK OF EMAILS, LACK OF COMMUNICATION, ETC. EVEN SAYING THAT MY KIDS TRANSCRIPTS AND DOCUMENTS DON'T LOOK LIKE WHAT THE FORT BEND ISD FORMATTED APPROVED POLICY WAS. NOW IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING'S BEING BACKDATED TO RETROACTIVELY GIVE PEOPLE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THE FORMAT ON THEIR OWN, TO CHANGE THE FORMAT ON THEIR OWN. BUT THAT WAS NOT THE FORMAT. WHEN MY CHILD'S STUFF WAS BEING SENT OFF TO APPLY FOR THINGS AND TO TRY TO MAKE HER WAY OUT OF THIS DISTRICT. SO AGAIN, I WANT ALL THE VOTERS AT HOME. PLEASE GO LOOK AT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE. YOU SHOULD PRINT IT OUT ON PAPER IF YOU CAN, BECAUSE RECORDS WILL DISAPPEAR IN THIS DISTRICT. PEOPLE WILL NOT TELL

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IT WAS TAKEN UP ON THE BOND. THE TENNIS COURTS WERE REBUILT, BUT THEN IT WAS KEPT LOCKED FOR NO PUBLIC USE. I AM THANKFUL THAT THE COURTS WERE THERE BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER AND ME, WE WERE USING THOSE COURTS TILL THE TIME IT WAS LOCKED IN 2021 WITH THE NETS. MY DAUGHTER TODAY IS IN A TENNIS SCHOLARSHIP AT UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON. I OWE THANKS TO THE FORT BEND ISD FOR THE TENNIS COURT FACILITIES, BUT I WANT THIS SAME THING TO BE AVAILABLE TO OTHER KIDS. PLEASE HAVE THESE COURTS. IT'S BUILT. PLEASE MAKE THEM AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO USE DURING OFF SCHOOL HOURS AND DURING HOLIDAYS AND SUMMER HOLIDAYS AND WINTER HOLIDAYS. BECAUSE THE BOND MONEY IS ULTIMATELY COMING FROM THE PUBLIC. THE PUBLIC ARE SHOWING THE MONEY AND SENDING THE BOND, PAYING FOR THE TAXES. THAT IS ONE THING. AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT ON THE MAINTENANCE THAT IS BEING DONE ON THE GENERAL FACILITIES. A TOTAL OF 900 AND $920 WAS SPENT IN FOUR YEARS ON TENNIS COURT MAINTENANCE THAT WE KNOW OF. THERE'S NO RECORDS PRIOR TO THAT. AND IN THAT MOST OF THE MONEY WAS ONLY FOR LAWN MOWING AND NOTHING TOWARDS PRESSURE WASHING, TENNIS COURT NET REPLACEMENTS, FENCE REPAIRS, ZERO. I HAVE SENT THE EMAILS TO THE MR. SMITH, DOCTOR SMITH SUPERINTENDENT, AND ALSO TO ANOTHER LADY CALLED WHAT'S HER NAME? I FORGOT THE NAME. I SENT ANOTHER EMAIL TO. I THINK YOUR ASSISTANT WHO SENDS THIS MEETING THING. MY REQUEST IS PLEASE. WHEN YOU'RE SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY ON THE BOND, THERE IS NO POINT IN SPENDING THE MONEY. BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VERY GOOD PROGRAM TO MAINTAIN THE FACILITIES THAT YOU HAVE.

AND I AGAIN, HUMBLY REQUEST THAT YOU MAKE THE FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. THERE IS A NOTICE BOARD WHICH SAYS ALL ALL FBISD FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC DURING OFF SCHOOL HOURS AND HOLIDAYS. IT IS. THERE IS A NOTICE, BUT THERE IS NOT TIME. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. MR. OKAY. NEXT UP ARE IS OUR INFORMATION ITEM FOR THIS

[4.A. Bond 2023 Overview]

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AND SO WHEN MISTER BANKHEAD GIVES YOU AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THOSE ATHLETIC PROJECTS, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR TURF PROJECT, THAT IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO TO REMIND YOU ABOUT, BECAUSE IT WILL FOCUS ON THE SPECIFIC SCHOOLS THAT ARE THAT ARE RECEIVING TURF. AND SO THAT PROJECT IS UNDERWAY, AND WE'LL HAVE SOME PHOTOS OF THAT TO SHARE WITH YOU AS WELL. AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CHALLENGE THAT REMAINS. WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT TONIGHT FROM OUR SPEAKER. SO EVEN WITH ALL THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO KEEP OUR FOCUS ON IS OUR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, RIGHT? SO WE KNOW WHEN WE STARTED THE 2023 BOND IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT BOND, WE STARTED THAT WITH DEFERRED MAINTENANCE UPON US AT THE SAME TIME. AND SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, IT IMPACTS US ACROSS THE DISTRICT. SO YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT HVAC THIS YEAR AND SOME OF THE, THE HICCUPS THAT WE'VE HAD OR THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACED AS IT RELATES TO HVAC. AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE WILL HAVE A SNOWBALL EFFECT, RIGHT? AND SO EVERY DAY THAT GOES BY, OUR FACILITIES CONTINUE TO AGE, OUR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AMOUNT CONTINUES TO GROW. AND SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT OUR CONTINGENCY FUNDING THAT WE DO HAVE. AND WE PLAN LATER THIS SEMESTER TO BRING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU AS IT RELATES TO THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE PLAN. WE ALSO HAVE NOT BEEN SITTING IDLY BY. I'VE TALKED TO YOU PROBABLY ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO, ABOUT THE PLANNING THAT IS TAKING PLACE AS IT RELATES TO REPLACEMENT PLANS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

THOSE ARE VERY CRITICAL AND WE AND US BRINGING SOUND RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU. AND SO WE HAVE REPLACEMENT PLANS FOR MULTIPLE THINGS OUR YELLOW FLEET, OUR WHITE FLEET. AND SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT INFORMATION TO YOU LATER THIS YEAR AS WELL. TONIGHT, HOWEVER, WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE THUS FAR AND BY UPDATING YOU ON OUR ATHLETICS PROJECTS. AND THEN WE WILL FOLLOW THAT WITH MISS SCHLACKS GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR BOND FINANCIAL. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. BANKHEAD AT THIS TIME TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON ATHLETIC PROJECTS. THANK YOU, MISS BROWN.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT TYSON. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DOCTOR SMITH THIS EVENING, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE THAT HIGHLIGHTS HOW OUR BOND 23 INVESTMENTS IS IMPROVING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND OUR ATHLETIC FACILITIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT. TONIGHT, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SEVERAL ACTIVE PROJECTS, INCLUDING SOME FIELD IMPROVEMENTS, SOME ATHLETIC RENOVATIONS, AND ALSO A COUPLE OF NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GYMNASIUMS. ALL RIGHT, GIVE ME ONE SECOND. AND. HERE WE GO. AT CLEMENS HIGH SCHOOL, WHILE WORK CONTINUES ON THE NEW SCHOOL ITSELF. AND IT'S GOING VERY WELL AT THE NEW SCHOOL, WE'VE ACCELERATED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS. THE TURF FOR THE FACILITIES IS ALREADY BEEN IN PLACE, AND THE CONCESSION STANDS, RESTROOMS, ETC. ARE ALL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE ACCELERATED THAT CONSTRUCTION TO HELP AVOID MAKE BEST USE OF OUR BOND DOLLARS, AND AVOID INVESTING ANY MONEY IN EXISTING FACILITIES THAT WOULD SOON BE REPLACED. WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, AND ALSO THEIR PERMITTING OFFICE TO ALLOW US TO OPEN THE FACILITY AS EARLY AS JANUARY OF 2027 IN TIME FOR THE THE NEW BASEBALL SEASON. SO WE'RE MOVING VERY WELL ON THAT PROJECT. MISS BROWN JUST MENTIONED TURF AND ATHLETICS. THAT WORK IS PROGRESSING AS PLANNED AT AUSTIN DULLES, ELKINS, KEMPNER AND WILLOWRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. SITE DEMOLITION AT THE FIELDS IS A COMPLETE AND. EVERY CAMPUS HAS MOVED INTO THE DRAINAGE, STABILIZATION AND EARLY FIELD BUILD BACK PHASE DETENTION PONDS ARE NEARING COMPLETION AND OUR UTILITY WORK IS UNDERWAY. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THAT, FOR INSTANCE, IN THAT TOP RIGHT PICTURE OF ELKINS, THEY'RE PUTTING IN DRAINAGE.

AND THAT'S THE BLACK PLASTIC FABRIC THAT YOU SEE THERE IS WORKING ON THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

THE UTILITY WORK IS UNDERWAY AND SETTING THE SITE UP FOR TURF AND FIELD SYSTEM

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AS I SAID, YOU CAN SEE IT'S A BROAD PROGRAM IN THIS ONE. AND BID PACKAGE 22. OUR GYMNASIUM ADDITIONS ARE PROGRESSING AT PALMER AND HUNTER GLENN HUNTERS GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT PALMER. THE SLAB HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THE WALLS ARE GOING UP ALREADY ON THAT CAMPUS.

THEY'RE WORKING ON THE MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, ROUGH END. IN OTHER WORDS, PUTTING IN PIPING AND WIRING. NOW, AT THIS POINT, AND THEN AT HUNTER'S GLEN, THE CONCRETE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN POURED, AND IT WAS POURED IN AUGUST. AND THEN UTILITY WORK, FIRE CONNECTION, DRAINAGE WORK, AND ALL IS GOING IN PLACE. AND THEN ONE OF THE LAST ELEMENTS WE HAVE IS THAT ROSA PARK. WE'RE PUTTING IN NEW PLAYGROUND, BUT THAT WORK WON'T START UNTIL THE SUMMER OF 2027. IN CLOSING, THESE PROJECTS SHOW HOW OUR BOND $23 AT WORK ACROSS THE DISTRICT. WITH CONSTRUCTION ADVANCING FROM EARLY SITE PREPARATION IN SOME OF OUR PROJECTS TO FINAL TURNOVER IN OTHERS, MODERNIZATION OF ATHLETIC FACILITIES CREATES SAFE, INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS THAT SUPPORT STUDENT WELLNESS, PHYSICAL FITNESS, AND EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO GIVE YOU THIS UPDATE AND OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS UPDATE TO YOU TONIGHT, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. BANKHEAD. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS BY THE TRUSTEES, MISS HANNAN? THANK YOU, MR. BANKHEAD. SO THAT'S EXCITING FOR CLEMENTS THAT THEY MAY GET TO START USING SOME OF THOSE SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL FIELDS IN JANUARY. IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND SO CAN YOU HELP US WITH THE NEXT SLIDE THAT HAD THE WILLOW RIDGE ELKINS BASEBALL, KEMPNER BASEBALL, AND AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL WITH THIS. AND THIS MAY NOT BE A QUESTION FOR YOU SINCE THEY AREN'T THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE FACILITIES.

HOW HOW DO THEY PRACTICE? DO THEY PRACTICE IN THE OFF SEASON? OR WHEN IS THE ESTIMATED TIME THAT THAT THESE WILL BE READY? WILL THEY BE READY TO START THEIR SEASON? THEY SHOULD BE READY TO START THEIR SEASONS AS WELL. IN THE SPRING OF 2027. OKAY. RIGHT NOW WE'RE SCHEDULED TO FINISH THAT WORK ALSO IN ROUGHLY A JANUARY TIME FRAME. OKAY. THESE PICTURES THAT YOU SEE IN THIS SLIDE WERE TAKEN ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO. THEY'VE ALREADY THE WORK HAS

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MISS TORONTO WAS JUST GOING TO COMMENT. I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT TRAVIS WAS ON THEIR LIST THERE FOR THE TRACK, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE HAD A PARENT THAT'S WRITTEN SEVERAL TIMES WANTING TO FOLLOW UP, AND MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO LET HER KNOW, BECAUSE SHE'S GOING TO KNOW THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. BUT I THINK SHE HAD SOME MORE OTHER ITEMS ON HER LIST AS WELL THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET TO SOON. YEAH, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THAT PARENT AND YEAH, KEEP THEM APPRIZED THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS SCHLACKS. NEXT. YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING. THE APPROVED BUDGET FOR THE 2023 BOND IS 1.2 6,000,000,274.8 MILLION IS ENCUMBERED FOR CONTRACTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED, BUT PAYMENTS HAVEN'T BEEN MADE PENDING WORK TO BE COMPLETED BY THE VENDORS, 724.3 MILLION HAS BEEN EXPENSED. THAT LEAVES A REMAINING BUDGET OF 260 MILLION FOR THE 2023 BOND. THE TOTAL BOND CONTINGENCY IS CURRENTLY AT 53.3 MILLION, WITH NO PROPOSED USES FOR THIS MONTH'S BOARD AGENDA. THAT CONTINGENCY BALANCE HAS INCREASED FROM THE LAST PRESENTATION THAT THE.

GIVEN TO THE BOARD IN JULY THAT HAD AN ENDING BALANCE OF 39.7 MILLION, THE 13.6 MILLION INCREASE IN BOND CONTINGENCY IS DUE TO MANY BOND PROJECTS. BUDGETS BEING ADJUSTED DUE TO THE SEVEN CLOSED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, INTEREST INCOME BEING RECOGNIZED, AND SEVERAL OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED OUT. THAT 53.3 MILLION IS AN ACCUMULATION OF ALL THREE BOND PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE ONGOING RIGHT NOW BETWEEN THE 14, 18 AND 23 BOND, WE DO PROPOSE A FUTURE USE OF BOND CONTINGENCY OF $1 MILLION FOR THE FLOORING AND SOUND SYSTEM, BIG PACKAGES THAT WE FORESEE COMING UP IN THE FUTURE. THOSE ESTIMATES ARE UNCHANGED FROM THE LAST PRESENTATION THAT WE GAVE. SO PROJECTED BOND CONTINGENCY WOULD BE 52.3 MILLION IF THE BOARD WERE TO APPROVE THOSE FUTURE PROPOSED USE OF BOND CONTINGENCIES, BASED ON THE 53.3 MILLION. WE CURRENTLY HAVE LESS THAT FUTURE PROPOSED USE OF 1 MILLION. AND WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. LAX. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES? MISS HANNAN, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? OKAY. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW CONVENE IN CLOSED

[5. 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 ]