Mar 18, 2025 Regular School Board Meeting

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THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LAMAR CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:30 P.M..

[1. Call to order and establishment of a quorum]

WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH SIX MEMBERS PRESENT. TRUSTEE HUBENAK IS ABSENT.

PLEASE JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO OBSERVE AS YOU FILL APPROPRIATE.

BODY. THANK YOU. PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG LED BY ELLEN VERDELIS.

DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY? THAT'S CORRECT. ALL RIGHT.

SHE'S A SIXTH GRADER FROM NAVARRO MIDDLE SCHOOL.

PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

NOW FOR THE TEXAS PLEDGE. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE WILL HAVE RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS, DOCTOR EVANS.

[3. Recognitions/awards]

TRUSTEES, DOCTOR EVANS AND LAMAR COMMUNITY. AND THOSE WHO HAVE JOINED US IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY TONIGHT.

IT'S BEEN A BUSY SPRING FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND TONIGHT WE'LL BE CELEBRATING SEVERAL OF OUR DEDICATED STUDENT ATHLETES FOR THEIR UIL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ALONG WITH A TALENTED GROUP FROM RANDALL HIGH SCHOOL WHO RECENTLY BROUGHT HOME A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE.

BUT FIRST, WE ARE THRILLED TO CELEBRATE THE INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS OF TWO OUTSTANDING SWIMMERS FROM FULSHEAR HIGH SCHOOL.

SENIORS AVERY DYLAN AND KYRA ROBINSON COME ON IN WHO HAVE PROVEN THEMSELVES AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF COMPETITION.

AVERY DYLAN IS A FOUR TIME STATE QUALIFIER. SHE MADE AN IMPRESSIVE MARK BY EARNING SECOND PLACE IN THE 500 METER FREESTYLE AND THIRD PLACE IN THE 200 METER FREESTYLE.

THOSE ARE REMARKABLE FEATS AT THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS LEVEL. ON TOP OF THAT, AVERY WAS HONORED AS AN ATHLETE OF THE MEET FOR THE 60 REGIONS AND A WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION FOR HER TALENT DEDICATION. SHE WILL CONTINUE HER SWIMMING JOURNEY AT TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, JOINING THEIR COLLEGIATE SWIM TEAM. WE'RE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF HER AND LOOK FORWARD TO HER FUTURE SUCCESS. AND KYRA ROBINSON IS A TWO TIME STATE QUALIFIER.

SHE DISPLAYED INCREDIBLE SPEED AND DETERMINATION, FINISHING SECOND IN THE 50 METER FREESTYLE AT THE SIX A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

KYRA'S HARD WORK AND DEDICATION WERE ALSO RECOGNIZED, AND SHE WAS ALSO NAMED AN ATHLETE OF THE MEET AT THE 60 DISTRICT.

KYRA WILL CONTINUE HER SWIMMING CAREER AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY.

KYRA AND AVERY ARE COACHED BY HANNA SCHMIDT AND AVA PETERSON.

CONGRATULATIONS. TO THE 2025 UIL STATE WRESTLING MEET.

MET IN CYPRESS, TEXAS AND THEY SHOWCASE SOME OF THE EXCEPTIONAL TALENT FROM LAMAR ISD WITH 19 STUDENTS FROM LAMAR CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL.

TERRY HIGH SCHOOL, FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL, GEORGE RANCH HIGH SCHOOL, AND FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL COMPETING.

THESE ATHLETES EARNED THEIR SPOTS AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT. AFTER A STRONG SHOWING AT REGIONALS AND OVER THE COURSE OF A TWO DAY COMPETITION, OUR WRESTLERS MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR SALIH KAZIM COME ON IN.

SALIH HAD AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE, FINISHING SECOND PLACE.

AND PROVING HERSELF TO BE ONE OF THE TOP COMPETITORS IN THE STATE.

DESPITE HAVING STEPPED ONTO THE MAT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME THIS SEASON.

SALIH IS A BASKETBALL PLAYER TURNED WRESTLER.

SHE IMMEDIATELY APPLIED HER GROWTH MINDSET, ATHLETICISM AND COACHABILITY AND MADE HUGE STRIDES.

SALLEY IS COACHED BY SCOTT KIMBALL. MACKENZIE KIMBALL AND KENT JONES.

CONGRATULATIONS, SALLEY. IN ADDITION, THIS EVENING WE'RE EXCITED TO HONOR THE MEMBERS OF THE RANDALL ROYALS DANCE TEAM AND CELEBRATION OF THEIR FIRST PLACE NATIONAL WIN AT THE NATIONAL DANCE ALLIANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

THE ROYALS MADE HISTORY THIS PAST SUMMER BY ATTENDING THE PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL DANCE ALLIANCE CAMP, WHERE THEY EARNED A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE BID TO COMPETE AT NATIONALS IN ORLANDO.

THIS MARKS THE FIRST TIME IN DISTRICT HISTORY THAT A DANCE TEAM HAS COMPETED AT SUCH AN ELITE LEVEL BEFORE.

NATIONALS. THE ROYALS SHOWCASED THEIR SKILLS IN SEVERAL LOCAL COMPETITIONS.

THEIR EFFORTS PAID OFF WHEN THEY WERE NAMED OVERALL GRAND CHAMPION AT BOTH THE ASCENSION SPACE CITY CHALLENGE AND CHAMPIONSHIP.

AT NATIONALS, THE ROYALS COMPETED IN TWO HIGHLY COMPETITIVE CATEGORIES GAME DAY AND PALM AND GAME DAY.

THE ROYALS MADE AN IMPRESSIVE LEAP FROM THE PRELIMINARIES DIRECTLY TO FINALS, BYPASSING SEMIFINALS DUE TO THEIR EXCEPTIONAL PLACEMENT IN THE FINALS.

THEY PLACED 12TH OVERALL IN THE MOST COMPETITIVE DIVISION OF THE COMPETITION, AND IN THE INTERMEDIATE CATEGORY.

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WHO THEY WERE CROWNED THE 2025 NBA LARGE INTERMEDIATE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, SECURING THEIR FIRST EVER NATIONAL TITLE ON THEIR FIRST EVER ATTEMPT. IN ADDITION, THEY EARNED THE PRESTIGIOUS UNLEASHED AWARD FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING POM CHOREOGRAPHY.

THIS HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT IS A TESTAMENT TO THEIR HARD WORK, RESILIENCE AND TALENT OF THE ROYALS DANCE TEAM, A TEAM THAT IS JUST FOUR YEARS OLD. THE VICTORY NOT ONLY BROUGHT IMMENSE PRIDE TO THEIR SCHOOL, BUT TO THE DISTRICT. WE ARE PLEASED TO CONGRATULATE MEMBERS OF THE RANDLE ROYALS THIS EVENING FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH US THIS EVENING.

HEAD COACH SHANE O'HAVER, ASSISTANT COACH MADISON STUBBS.

CO-HEAD CAPTAIN KATHRYN CISNEROS. MEADOWS, CO-HEAD CAPTAIN GLORIA DIAZ MARRERO, CAPTAIN EILEEN HERNANDEZ, CAPTAIN ISABEL MURILLO, CAPTAIN JASMINE SIMON, LINE SERGEANT MALIA PANETTA, AND LINE SERGEANT MIA MEDRANO.

CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES. THANK.

YOU. GREAT JOB. AWESOME. PRESIDENT LAMBERT, THIS CONCLUDES THE RECOGNITIONS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT LAMBERT. BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR NEVINS, TONIGHT, WE'RE EXCITED TO INTRODUCE TO YOU ALL OUR NEW POLICE OFFICERS ON THE POLICE

[4. Introductions]

GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR NEVINS, MR. PRESIDENT, AND ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

TONIGHT, I HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR OF INTRODUCING THE THREE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE LAMAR CISD POLICE DEPARTMENT.

FIRST, WE WELCOME OFFICER RICHARD WHITE. WITH OVER 30 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE AND A WEALTH OF SENIOR LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE.

OFFICER WHITE BRINGS A VAST ARRAY OF SKILLS TO LAMAR ISD.

HE IS MARRIED, A PROUD FATHER OF SEVEN CHILDREN AND A US ARMY VETERAN.

OFFICER WHITE HAS AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, GANG SUPPRESSION, AND POLICE TRAINING.

COORDINATING. HE HAS SERVED WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT SEVEN AND PRECINCT TWO, AND SPENT THE MAJORITY OF HIS CAREER WITH THE FORT BEND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

IN ADDITION TO HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER, OFFICER WHITE IS A NONFICTION CRIME NOVELIST AND A SCREENPLAY WRITER.

NEXT. NEXT, WE INTRODUCE OFFICER KEVIN RODRIGUEZ.

WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, OFFICER RODRIGUEZ HAS A DISTINGUISHED CAREER, INCLUDING SERVING IN A PRECINCT DEDICATED TO SAFEGUARDING SCHOOLS.

BORN AND RAISED IN THE BRONX, OFFICER RODRIGUEZ IS MARRIED AND A PROUD FATHER OF TWO.

NOTABLY, HE WAS THE FIRST RESPONDER. HE WAS A FIRST RESPONDER DURING THE NINE OVER 11 ATTACKS ON GROUND ZERO.

HIS WIFE WAS ALSO ON THE FRONT LINES AS A NURSE WHO TREATED PATIENT ZERO DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC IN NEW JERSEY.

LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WE WELCOME OFFICER DR.

RODERICK GATES. OFFICER GATES COMES TO LAMAR CISD WITH FOUR YEARS OF POLICE EXPERIENCE.

HE IS ONE OF 12 SIBLINGS AND PROUDLY SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY FOR SIX AND A HALF YEARS, EARNING THE RANK OF SERGEANT. OFFICER GATES ENTERED THE WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE POLICE ACADEMY IN 2020 AND UPON GRADUATION JOINED THE KATY POLICE DEPARTMENT BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO LAMAR C-I-S-D.

HE IS JOINED TONIGHT BY HIS WIFE, SAGRARIO. AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN.

THESE ARE THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE LAMAR ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE THEM ON OUR TEAM.

THANK YOU. PRESIDENT LAMBERT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S INTRODUCTIONS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES. NOW WE WILL HAVE BOARD MEMBER REPORTS AND SHOUT OUTS.

[5. Board members' reports]

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AND THEY HAVE AN ADORABLE KINDERGARTEN CLASS.

AND THOSE TEACHERS HAVE WORKED WONDERS WITH THEM THIS YEAR.

BUT THEY ALSO DID A SHOUT OUT TO THE ADMINISTRATION, TO US THAT THEIR CLASSES WERE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THIS YEAR, AND THEY SAID EVERY ONE OF THEIR KIDS ARE READING, SO IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

BUT I WAS GLAD TO BE ABLE TO VISIT WITH THEM.

AND THEN THE DAY WE GOT THE RIGHT BEFORE SPRING BREAK, THE FORT BEND COUNTY RETIRED TEACHERS DONATED OVER 300 BOOKS TO ARREDONDOS PRE-K, KINDERGARTEN, AND FIRST GRADE CLASSES.

TAKE THE BOOKS IN. THE CHILDREN GET TO CHOOSE ONE THAT THEY WANT TO TAKE HOME TO KEEP, AND WE PUT THEIR NAME IN IT.

AND THEY WERE SO THRILLED. AND THE TEACHERS ARE THRILLED.

AND IT'S ALSO A LOT OF THE RETIRED TEACHERS ARE THRILLED BECAUSE THEY ENJOY BEING BACK WITH THOSE KIDS AGAIN AND READING WITH THEM AND SEEING THEIR JOY FOR READING AND LEARNING.

SO THAT'S A COUPLE SHOUT OUTS. ARREDONDO AND AUSTIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SECRETARY WELCH.

YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO JANICE SIMONEAUX, PRINCIPAL OF MORGAN ELEMENTARY, ROBIN STOVER, PRINCIPAL OF LINDSEY ELEMENTARY. AND TAMELA ALLEN, PRINCIPAL OF CAMERON ELEMENTARY, WHO ALL HOSTED ME ON CAMPUS SINCE WE LAST MET IN THE BOARDROOM HERE. AND I GOT TO GO TO ALL CAMPUSES FOR SECOND, THIRD OR FOURTH TIME, HOWEVER LONG IT'S BEEN FOR EACH ONE.

BUT IT'S BEEN A WHILE, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR HOSPITALITY AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

FOR MINE, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT SOME OF THE TEACHERS AT JANE LONG PUT IN.

THEY DO AN EVENT CALLED THE AMAZING SHAKE EVERY YEAR.

AND THIS IS THEY TAKE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS.

TEACH THEM ABOUT HANDSHAKES, BUT ALSO HOW TO TALK AND SPEAK AND DO PUBLIC SPEAKING.

AND IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL EVENT. SO THEY MAKE IT A COMPETITION WHERE THEY START WITH A LARGER GROUP, THEN WILL WHITTLE IT DOWN. AND I WAS INVITED TO BE A JUDGE, ALONG WITH, I BELIEVE, SIX OTHER PEOPLE IN THE FINAL ROUND, WHICH IS THE HARDEST ROUND TO JUDGE. BUT THE STUDENTS DID GREAT.

SO A SHOUT OUT TO ROXANNE ANDERS MISS KATIE JONES, MISS DEBBIE HILBERT, ANGELA CRUZ, ALLISON MUNDAY, MISS JESSICA WATTS, MISS DANA WATTS, LAKISHA VYKOUKAL, I MISPRONOUNCED THAT, I APOLOGIZE, AND MISS DARCY MONTOYA. THEY ALL DID A GREAT JOB.

THE KIDS SHOWED UP AND THEY WERE DRESSED TO THE NINES AND VERY POLITE HANDSHAKES, EYE CONTACT AND JUST PUBLIC SPEAKING AND SPEECHES.

AND THEN I WAS INVITED BACK TO GO SEE THE AWARDS CEREMONY AND WAS ALSO ON THEIR HOUSE.

HOUSE CELEBRATION DAY. SO THEY DID ALL THAT. AND SO WHILE THEY WERE DOING THEIR HOUSE CELEBRATION THE TEACHERS AT JANE LONG, THEY WERE PLAYING GAMES WITH THE KIDS. AND THEY WERE DOING SOME MEASURING.

AND SO WHILE THEIR KIDS WERE PLAYING GAMES, THEY CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE KIDS WERE STILL LEARNING DURING THE GAMES.

SO THE KIDS WERE HAVING FUN. THEY WERE ALL IN THE GYM JUST GOING CRAZY IN A GOOD WAY.

BUT MISS MISS HALBERT WAS UP THERE AND MISS KATIE JONES WAS ON THE FLOOR LEADING THE GAMES.

AND SO THEY WERE INTERACTING WITH THE KIDS FROM THE MICROPHONE, ASKING MATH FACTS AND PROBLEMS AND ALL THAT.

SO THEY CREATED THE ENVIRONMENT DURING THE GAMES.

IT WAS STILL LEARNING GOING ON. SO MASSIVE SHOUT OUT TO JANE LONG.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS? ALL RIGHT. DOCTOR. NIVENS. SUPERINTENDENT. REPORT.

[7. Superintendent's report]

WE CELEBRATED THE GREEN TRACK. AND SO WE ANNOUNCED THE THE GATORS AND THE GREEN.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT DID MY HEART WELL TO SEE SO MANY PICTURES OF OTHER CAMPUSES AND OTHER TRACKS WEARING GREEN.

AND SO THAT JUST SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LCISD.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT THE RED TRACK. WE'RE NOT THE BLUE TRACK. WE'RE NOT THE PURPLE TRACK. WE ARE LCISD. AND SO I WAS VERY PLEASED AND HAPPY TO SEE THAT.

AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS COMING ON THE GREEN TRACK AS WELL. WE DO OTHERS. AND SO Y'ALL KEEP LOOKING OUT AND SEE THOSE GATORS GOING TO GET THEM.

MISS JOHNSON, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY.

[8. Public Comment]

TRUSTEES ALSO DESIRE TO AFFORD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD MUST HAVE COMPLETED A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC COMMENT CARD AND SUBMITTED IT BEFORE THE

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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING POSTED AGENDA ITEMS. PUBLIC COMMENT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING NON-AGENDA ITEMS. TRUSTEES MAY NOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, AS THEY ARE PROHIBITED BY LAW FROM DISCUSSING OR DECIDING ANY SUBJECT THAT IS NOT ON THE BOARD'S PUBLICLY NOTICED AGENDA. ALL PATRONS DESIRING TO SPEAK AND WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC COMMENT FORM WILL BE HEARD DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT OR PARTICIPATION PORTION OF THE MEETING BEFORE FINAL BOARD ACTION IS TAKEN ON AN AGENDA TOPIC.

WHILE SPEAKERS GENERALLY HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY ESTABLISH AN OVERALL TIME LIMIT FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND PUBLIC COMMENT AND ADJUST THE TIME ALLOTTED TO EACH SPEAKER WHEN WHEN NECESSARY, TO ACCOMMODATE A LARGE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS.

HOWEVER, NO SPEAKERS SHALL BE GIVEN LESS THAN ONE MINUTE.

ALL OF THIS IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH HB 2840. EACH SPEAKER TONIGHT WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

IF TWO OR MORE INDIVIDUALS ARE SPEAKING ON THE SAME TOPIC, THE DISTRICT MAY ENCOURAGE SPEAKERS TO CONSOLIDATE THEIR COMMENTS TO ALLOW FOR MORE TIME.

EACH SPEAKER MUST ADDRESS THE BOARD FROM THE PROVIDED PODIUM UNLESS SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED AND APPROVED.

SPEAKERS ARE TO PRESENT THEIR REMARKS TO THE BOARD AND NOT TO THE AUDIENCE.

SPEAKERS HAVING COMPLAINTS AGAINST INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES MAY ONLY ADDRESS THE BOARD AFTER FILING A COMPLAINT FORM, AND IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR IN BOARD POLICY.

IGBA EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS F AND G STUDENT AND PARENT COMPLAINTS GF PUBLIC COMPLAINTS.

THE PRESIDING OFFICER OR DESIGNEE SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER A SPEAKER HAS FILED A COMPLAINT ACCORDING TO POLICY.

ANY SPEAKER WHO COMPLAINS OF INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES DURING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

PUBLIC COMMENT MAY BE DIRECTED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER TO REFRAIN FROM NAMING THE EMPLOYEE, AND WILL REFER THE SPEAKER TO THE APPROPRIATE COMPLAINT POLICY.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE OR MEETINGS HELD IN PUBLIC, BUT ARE NOT PUBLIC MEETINGS.

WHILE THE BOARD OF VALUES HEARING FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

TRUSTEES WILL NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS OR RESPOND TO COMMENTS FROM PATRONS.

SPEAKERS WILL NOT ENGAGE IN DIALOG WITH THE TRUSTEES.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU COME FORWARD.

OUR SPEAKER TONIGHT IS VIVIAN HUANG. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR NIVENS AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS VIVIAN HAHN.

I'M CURRENTLY A FRESHMAN AND A VARSITY MEMBER OF THE FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC TRAINING STUDENT AID PROGRAM.

I AM PRESENT TODAY TO ADDRESS THE UNFAIRNESS OF ATHLETIC TRAINING STUDENTS.

MANY OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN US AND HAVE NOT REALIZED THE ROLE THAT WE PLAY IN ATHLETICS.

SOME THINK WE JUST HAND OUT WATER, BUT THIS COULD NOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.

WHILE HYDRATION IS A VITAL ROLE IN KEEPING ATHLETES SAFE AND HEALTHY, SO ARE ACL PREVENTION PROTOCOLS SUCH AS PEP.

OUR COMMITMENT TO HELPING ATHLETES RANGE FROM TAPING BEFORE.

PRACTICES AND GAMES, ASSISTING IN LONG AND SHORT REHABS, TO BEING THE FIRST ONES IN IN THE LAST ONES OUT OF ATHLETIC FACILITIES.

ORIGINALLY WE WERE INFORMED THAT IF WE WERE AN ACTING MEMBER OF THE VARSITY SQUAD, WE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMAIN A STUDENT AT FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL.

IT WAS THEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT WE WOULD NO LONGER HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND MUST ATTEND THOMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

WE FIND IT UNFAIR THAT WE ARE HELD TO THE STANDARDS AND EXPECTATION OF STUDENT ATHLETES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT NOT IN THIS SITUATION. OUR REQUIREMENTS TO BECOME AN AZZA IS THE EXACT SAME OF AN ATHLETE, MARCHING BAND OR DRILL TEAM MEMBER. BY HAVING A PHYSICAL AND RANK ONE FORM COMPLETED PRIOR TO PARTICIPATION.

ALSO, UNDER THE UIL SIDE BY SIDE RULE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THE NO PASS, NO PLAY RULE FOR OLYMPIC ELIGIBILITY, JUST AS ANY ATHLETE OR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY.

ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO HAVE A CERTIFICATION IN CPR, FIRST AID, AED, AND CONCUSSION AS WELL AS STOP THE BLEED TRAINING.

WE ALSO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO WORK A FOOTBALL SEASON, PLUS A SECOND SPORT AND SOMETIMES EVEN A THIRD IN ONE YEAR.

UNLIKE ATHLETES, WE DO NOT GET A OFF SEASON. WE WORK THE ENTIRE YEAR.

ON TOP OF THOSE SPORT ASSIGNMENTS AND DUTIES WITH THE TEAM TEAMS, WE ALSO ASSIST WITH THE BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF ATHLETIC TRAINING, WHICH INCLUDES FILING AND DOCUMENTATION, AND WITH ASSISTING WITH MASS PHYSICALS.

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WE ARE THE BLOOD THAT KEEPS THE KEEPS ATHLETES ON THE FIELD.

THEREFORE, I AM ASKING YOU TO RECONSIDER LETTING STUDENT ATHLETIC TRAINING AIDS BE INCLUDED IN THE LEGACY GUIDELINES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND A HAPPY NATIONAL ATHLETIC TRAINING MONTH.

THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE ACTION ON

[9. CONSENT AGENDA]

I. NONE OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES. WE WILL NOW HAVE PRESENTATIONS AND REPORTS ON FUTURE ACTION

[10.A. Discussion of RFP #12-2025TB artificial intelligence-based detection systems]

GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MR. PRESIDENT.

TODAY I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED RFP PROCESS FOR OUR A.I.

WEAPONS DETECTION TECHNOLOGY. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS RFP, RFP IS GOING TO ALLOW US, AS A DISTRICT, TO EVALUATE AND SPEAK WITH A VARIETY OF VENDORS WHO SPECIALIZE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED WEAPON DETECTION SYSTEMS. THE GOAL IS TO ENHANCE THE SCHOOL SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND INTEGRATE ADVANCED REAL TIME WEAPON DETECTION TECHNOLOGY IN OUR CURRENT EXISTING SECURITY PROTOCOLS AND HARDWARE.

THE RFP WILL ALSO ALLOW THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COORDINATOR TO EVALUATE THE EQUIPMENT FIRSTHAND, AND IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO REACH OUT TO THOSE COMPANIES WHO HAVE DEPLOYED THESE SYSTEMS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IN A K-12 ENVIRONMENT.

THE EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT WE THAT WE'RE USING IN ORDER TO EVALUATE THE THE VENDORS THAT COME IN, IS GOVERNED BY LAMAR ISD BOARD POLICY LOCAL UNDER PURCHASING AND ACQUISITION.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE REGARDING THE TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO INFRINGE ON THIS POLICY AND SWAY THE BIDDING PROCESS IN ANY MANNER.

THE RFP TIMELINE IS PROPOSED AS AS IS RIGHT NOW.

THE FIRST ADVERTISEMENT WENT OUT ON FEBRUARY 11TH, FOLLOWED BY A SECOND ADVERTISEMENT ON FEBRUARY 18TH.

VENDOR QUESTIONS WERE DUE AT 2 P.M. ON MARCH 4TH, AND WE HAD A PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING PRIOR TO THAT WITH THE VENDORS.

ON FEBRUARY 27TH. THE DEADLINE FOR ANY ADDENDUMS FOR THE RFP IS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26TH WOULD BE NEXT WEDNESDAY, AND A PROPOSAL PACKAGE DUE BACK TO PURCHASING BY 2 P.M.

ON MARCH 27TH. THE COMMITTEE WILL THEN BEGIN TO EVALUATE THE THE CRITERIA AND THE INFORMATION AND THE PROPOSALS RECEIVED TO THE DISTRICT BETWEEN THE WEEK OF APRIL 1ST AND APRIL 4TH. THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL.

THE TOP RATED PROPOSALS WILL BE SELECTED AND EMAILED BY MONDAY BY FRIDAY, APRIL 4TH WITH AND GIVE THEM TWO WEEKS NOTICE TO PREPARE FOR AN ON SITE DEMO.

THAT DEMO WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN DEMO EVALUATION WILL OCCUR ON APRIL 20TH 2ND TO APRIL 25TH, WITH THE HOPES OF HAVING A VENDOR OR SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND BROUGHT TO THE BOARD ON TUESDAY, MAY 20TH. ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE ACTION ON THE ACTION ITEMS.

[11.A. Consider approval of location/design development for Elementary School #37]

GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR. TONIGHT WE'RE BRINGING BACK A DECISION ITEM THAT WAS TABLED AT LAST BOARD MEETING ABOUT THE LOCATION SLASH DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 37. SO THESE ARE THE THREE OPTIONS THAT WERE DISCUSSED.

THE FIRST ONE IS TO KEEP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 37 AT PEAK AND BEECHNUT, AND THEN ADD PORTABLE BUILDINGS TO BOTH MILTON HAGOOD AND RANDALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO ADDRESS CAPACITY NEEDS. THE COST OF THIS, THESE MOVES WOULD BE $4.5 MILLION FROM THE 2020 BOND.

AVAILABLE SAVINGS. OPTION TWO IS TO KEEP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 37 AT PEKIN BEECHNUT AND JUST MANAGE THE ENROLLMENT.

IF IT WERE TO GO OVER CAPACITY AT MELTON, RANDALL OR HAYGOOD THROUGH A CAP AND OVERFLOW PROCESS.

THE THIRD IS TO RELOCATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 37 TO CAMERON WEST NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE WOULD KEEP $10 MILLION OF THAT FUNDING TO CONTINUE TO DO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT AT THE PEAK AND BEECHNUT SITE, WHICH WOULD BE OUR UTILITIES, WATER, SEWER, ROADS AND OUR DRAINAGE ISSUES.

SO AS WE DISCUSSED ABOUT OPTION ONE, THIS IS THE PEAK AND BEECHNUT.

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SO WE WOULD LEAVE THE SITE THERE, BUT IT WOULD NOT OPEN UNTIL THE FALL OF 27, WHICH WOULD BE ONE YEAR LATER THAN WHAT WE ANTICIPATED.

CAMERON WEST IF YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE FIRST SET OF ENROLLMENT DATA, THIS IS WITHOUT PORTABLE BUILDINGS FOR THESE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

YOU'LL NOTICE 2728 IS WHEN THEY GO TO RED. AND JUST TO REMIND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE PUBLIC, IF IT IS WHITE, WE CAN HOLD ALL THE STUDENTS WITHIN THE BUILDING FOR WALLS, BRICK AND MORTAR.

IF IT'S IN THE ORANGE, WE'RE HAVING TO USE PORTABLE BUILDINGS AND THE BUILDING ITSELF, IF IT'S RED, IT'S A DECISION POINT TO EITHER ENROLL CAP AND OVERFLOW OR TO BUILD A NEW SCHOOL OR TO ADD PORTABLE BUILDINGS.

SO IF WE WERE TO ADD PORTABLES, IF YOU WILL NOTICE, THE RED THAT IS IN THE CURRENT 2728 SCHOOL YEAR WOULD EXTEND OUT TO THE 29, 20, 30 SCHOOL YEAR FOR HAYGOOD, BUT IT WOULD PUT MAJORITY OF OUR WELL, ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES IN PORTABLES BY THE 2728 SCHOOL YEAR, BASED ON THE LAST DEMOGRAPHERS DATA. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OPTION ONE? THIS IS THE LAYOUT FOR THE ROADS, UTILITIES. AND AGAIN, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS ALREADY DECIDED THE EXTERIOR OF THAT FACILITY AT THE PEAK IN BEECHNUT. OKAY. IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS ON OPTION ONE, WE WILL GO TO OPTION TWO. OPTION TWO IS VERY SIMILAR TO OPTION ONE, EXCEPT FOR WE WOULD NOT MOVE PORTABLE BUILDINGS.

THE ENROLLMENT DATA WOULD STILL STAY THE SAME.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 37 WOULD AGAIN OPEN IN THE FALL OF THE 2027.

PENDING BOARD APPROVAL AND THE CALLING OF A BOND.

THE POSSIBILITY WOULD BE TO OPEN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE 2728 SCHOOL YEAR IN THE TAMARIND WEST NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IF NOT, IF ANY OF THESE WERE TO EXCEED THE PROJECTED ENROLLMENT, THERE WOULD BE.

IF YOU'LL NOTICE, ESPECIALLY AT CAMERON, THEY HAVE A CAPACITY OF JUST OVER 1200.

AND THEIR ENROLLMENT AFTER OPENING HAGOOD. YOU SEE, IT JUST SLOWLY STARTS TO DECLINE THERE AND THEN.

LINDSAY ALSO HAS A CAPACITY OF 1200. THEY START AT 900 AND STAY RIGHT AROUND BETWEEN THE 900 TO 925 RANGE.

SO THOSE ARE CAMPUSES THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE WITHIN THAT AREA TO BE ABLE TO OVERFLOW THOSE STUDENTS TO IF IT WERE TO BE NECESSARY.

BUT ACCORDING TO OUR CURRENT DEMOGRAPHER'S DATA, WE WOULD NOT NEED TO USE THE OVERFLOW.

AND AGAIN, OPEN A SCHOOL IN THE 2728 SCHOOL YEAR PENDING A BOND.

WE WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE UTILITIES DRAINAGE BUILDING LAYOUT.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS A DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PEKIN BEECHNUT SITE.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OPTION TWO? OKAY THEN OPTION THREE WOULD BE TO RELOCATE THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WHAT IT WOULD DO IS WE WOULD CONTINUE TO DO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT, GET THE UTILITIES AND ROAD DRAINAGE READY, AND THEN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 39, PENDING A BOND APPROVAL AND CALLING FOR A BOND, WOULD POSSIBLY BE OPEN IN THE 2728 SCHOOL YEAR.

AND AGAIN, WE HAVE DRAFT. IF EVERYONE KNOWS WE PUT A BIG DRAFT MARK ON THIS.

THIS IS A DRAFT ENROLLMENT ZONE THAT DOCTOR MAXWELL HELPED ME PUT TOGETHER.

SO THIS WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE ENROLLMENT COULD LOOK LIKE.

IF YOU'LL NOTICE, EVERYTHING WOULD OPEN IN THE FALL OF 26.

BUT AGAIN, JUST EVEN WITH THIS ONE, THE MELTON ATTENDANCE ZONE, WE WOULD HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS OTHER THAN THIS, BECAUSE IT STILL GOES RED IN THE 2728 SCHOOL YEAR.

BUT THIS IS WHAT THE PROJECTED ENROLLMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

OPENING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 37, IN THE TAMRON WEST NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS IS WHERE IT'S LOCATED. SO IF YOU'LL NOTICE, IT IS IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRIANGLE BETWEEN MELTON HAYGOOD, WHICH OPENS THIS FALL OR THIS AUGUST. TAMRON AND THEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 37 WOULD SIT THERE AT THE TAMRON WEST NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS IS OPTION ONE THAT WAS LOOKED AT FOR THE EXTERIOR.

THIS WAS OPTION TWO. THIS WAS OPTION THREE. THESE WERE OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT RANKED THE OPTIONS.

THEY RANKED THE OPTION AS NUMBER ONE HAD ZERO VOTES.

ONE PERSON LIKED OPTION TWO. THE OTHER SIX LIKED OPTION THREE.

SO THIS IS OPTION THREE. ALONGSIDE THE RANKING AGAIN THESE ARE THE THREE OPTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS?

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CURRENTLY. ALL OF THAT IS PART OF THE DOCTOR HORTON NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THOSE WILL ALL BE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THE PART THAT YOU'RE NOT SEEING IS THIS UPPER SECTION HERE.

THIS IS WHAT'S PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON MELTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BECAUSE THAT IS THE EXTENSION OF JORDAN RANCH, WHICH IS THE JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT WHERE HAYGOOD CURRENTLY SITS AS PART OF CROSS CREEK WEST, BUT CROSS CREEK WEST ALSO EXTENDS BETWEEN FM 359 AND WOODS ROAD ALL THE WAY UP TO SECONDARY COMPLEX EIGHT, SO THERE ARE PROBABLY APPROXIMATELY PROBABLY ANOTHER 4500 TO 6000 HOMES THAT WILL BE GOING UP IN THIS AREA. SO EVEN PUTTING THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THERE, BASED ON THE CURRENT DEMOGRAPHICS, WE MAY NEED TO OPEN TWO ADDITIONAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THIS GENERAL AREA IN THE NEAR FUTURE. IF WE GO WITH OPTION THREE, THE FOLKS AT PEAK AND BEECHNUT, THOSE FOLKS WON'T GET THAT SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. WE CANNOT BUILD A SCHOOL THERE RIGHT NOW, NO MATTER WHAT WE DO TONIGHT.

THAT IS SO THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE REITERATED. AND JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS, WE'VE WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, WE HAD PUBLIC FORUMS AT TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS LAST, LAST MONTH, AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THIS BOARD ROOM LAST MONTH.

BUT SO IF WE DON'T, IF WE MOVE THAT MONEY TO THIS SITE, IF WE TAKE OPTION THREE, THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUT PRESSURE ON ADOLPHUS ELEMENTARY. IS THAT CORRECT? AND MCNEIL IS. DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE ARE THE Q3 CURRENT ENROLLMENT DATA.

SO YOU WILL SEE ADOLPHUS WILL CONTINUE TO BE OVER A THOUSAND STUDENTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

I MEAN, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT DROPS AT ALL.

ONE THING THAT WE HAVE NOTICED IS THAT MCNEIL'S ENROLLMENT DOES DROP, BUT IT DROPS EVER SO SLIGHTLY OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS.

SO THEY WOULD NOT GET ANY RELIEF FROM THEIR THEIR PORTABLES AND THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT AREA.

DO WE STILL FEEL CONFIDENT UPDATING FROM LAST MONTH? WE STILL FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THE PIPELINES THAT ARE THE ISSUE ON THAT PROPERTY ARE GOING TO BE MOVED, AS WAS DISCUSSED AT THE PUBLIC FORUM? YES, SIR.

TYLER MORRISON HAS BOUGHT THIS SECTION OF LAND THAT SITS NORTH EAST OF 99.

I LIKE TO SAY IT'S THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE. IF YOU GO DOWN 99, THERE'S A BRIDGE THAT EVERYBODY TAKES OFF THE SIDES.

THE EXTENSION OF PEAK ROAD IS A FORT BEND COUNTY PROJECT THAT CAN'T BE COMPLETED BECAUSE ALL THE DRAINAGE HAS TO COME, ACTUALLY RUNS NORTH AND EAST AND THEN RUNS EAST DOWN BEECHNUT.

BECAUSE OF THAT, THOSE TWO PIPELINES ARE THERE.

TAYLOR MORRISON HAS BEEN WORKING WITH DOW CHEMICAL AND ATMOS ENERGY BECAUSE THERE'S TWO PIPELINES THAT RUN THERE.

WE'RE REALLY CLOSE TO HAVING THE DESIGN COMPLETELY APPROVED BY BOTH ENTITIES.

AND THEN WE'LL START THE PROCESS. ONE THING THAT BECAUSE OF THE RAIN AND THE FLATNESS OF OUR OF OUR AREA, WE HAVE TO GET THE DRAINAGE IN AND WE HAVE TO GET THE DRAINAGE INSTALLED BEFORE WE CAN START MOVING ANY KIND OF DIRT.

THAT SITE RIGHT THERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING TO ADD ANYWHERE BETWEEN 2 TO 3FT.

IT'S HOW FAR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE IT TO BE ABLE TO PUT THE SITE ON.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE DIDN'T WANT TO ADD ADDITIONAL WATER ONTO THE LONGMEADOW FARMS NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH SITS ADJACENT RIGHT THERE TO THE SITE. SO RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING IS STILL MOVING IN PROGRESS.

THEY'RE HAVING THEY'RE PROJECTING TO HAVE THE DRAINAGE COMPLETED BY FEBRUARY OF 2026, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE IF WE WANTED TO OPEN IT IN FALL OF 27, WE NEED TO START CONSTRUCTION IN MARCH OF 26.

SO RIGHT AFTER THEY GOT THE DRAINAGE COMPLETED, WE'D BE ABLE TO START WORKING ON THE SITE AND BE ABLE TO BUILD THE SCHOOL.

SO SO YOU'RE SAYING IF WE POSTPONE 27 AT BEECHNUT 37.

SORRY, 37. THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO OPEN IT IN 27 STILL? YES WE WOULD. SO IT'S A SCHEDULED IT WAS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN THE FALL OF 26, BUT BECAUSE OF THE DRAINAGE ISSUES, IT WOULD BE DELAYED A YEAR. OKAY. AND THEN IF WE DID THE TAMRON WEST, THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO OPEN IN FALL OF 26.

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THE ONLY THING IS, IS THE PEAK IN BEECHNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIKE WE SHOW HERE.

WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING TO ACTUALLY BUILD THE SCHOOL. WE WOULD HAVE FUNDING TO DO THE ROADS, UTILITIES AND WATER.

BUT IN LESS THERE IS A BOND CALLED REALLY IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR, 25 TO GET FUNDING FOR IT IN AUGUST OR JANUARY OF 26 FOR US TO BE ABLE TO START CONSTRUCTION IN MARCH OF 26, FOR IT TO OPEN IN THE FALL OF 27, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE TIMELINE TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE FALL OF 27, BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE FUNDING FOR IT.

SO I GUESS IN SUMMARY, IF IT PASSES TONIGHT THAT WE DECIDE TO MOVE 37 TO TAMRON WEST, HOW SOON CAN THAT START UNDER CONSTRUCTION? WELL, THE SECOND ITEM ON OUR ON OUR ACTION ITEM TONIGHT, DEPENDING ON WHAT OPTION IS CHOSEN, WE'VE ALREADY BID THAT PROJECT.

SO? SO WE WOULD HAVE A NOTICE TO PROCEED TOMORROW.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SO, TRUTHFULLY, TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR STUDENTS, IF WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT BEING MOVED FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL OR OUT IN PORTABLES OR SPENDING MONEY TO MOVE PORTABLES BY VOTING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE 37 AND HOPEFULLY AGAIN GET THE FUNDING FOR 39.

WE'RE NOT HURTING A HUGE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS, BUT FOR WAITING, A LOT OF CHILDREN WILL BE MISPLACED OR MOVED AROUND. THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING. OKAY.

THANK. YOU. WELL, VICE PRESIDENT, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? WE HAVEN'T REZONED ADOLPHUS IN EVER, HAVE WE? IT HASN'T BEEN RECENTLY ONE THING THAT WE DID WHEN.

SO? SO AGAIN, JUST TO REMIND THE BOARD, MILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AT PEKIN BEECHNUT AND IT GOT MOVED TO ERIC FAGGART WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN THE PEKIN BEECHNUT SITE, AND WE'VE MOVED IT TO WHERE FARRAGUT WILL BE OPENING THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

SO THE REZONING, WE DID NOT TOUCH THE ATTENDANCE ZONE EXPECTING THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO OPEN.

SO KNOW THAT THAT ATTENDANCE ZONE DID NOT CHANGE.

NOW THIS SECTION THAT'S GREEN AND MCNEAL THAT IS EAST OF 99 DID COME OFF OF HUBENAK ONTO MCNEAL THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR.

OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK, BECAUSE THAT WEIRD LITTLE TRIANGLE OR RECTANGLE THAT SPLITS MCNEAL IN HALF IS THERE ARE THERE A LOT OF STUDENTS IN THAT ZONE? I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT. DOCTOR MAXWELL WILL BE PULLING UP THAT DATA.

I KNOW LOST CREEK IS THERE, AND THEY ARE BUILDING APARTMENT BUILDINGS JUST NORTH OF BEECHNUT AND PEAKE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED MOVING INTO THOSE APARTMENTS YEP.

OKAY. WELL, I THINK REGARDLESS, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE A TON OF SENSE TO.

DO SO. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEES.

WE WILL NOW MAY HAVE A MOTION. YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

BECAUSE WE CANNOT NO MATTER WHAT, WE CANNOT BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON A SCHOOL AT BEECHNUT AND PEAK ROAD RIGHT NOW, NO MATTER WHAT WE DO. AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO THOSE FOLKS WHO WHO VOTED FOR THIS.

AND YES, IT WAS, WHAT, 35? AND IT WAS 36, AND NOW IT'S 37.

OUR HANDS ARE TIED BECAUSE OF THESE DARN PIPELINES.

BECAUSE OF THAT, THOUGH, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO WASTE THE MONEY DUE TO INFLATION AND SOME OTHER THINGS, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE RELIEF OVER BY HAYGOOD AND MELTON AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER PLACES.

SO I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT. WE GO WITH OPTION NUMBER THREE.

ALL RIGHT. SECRETARY WELCH MAKES THE MOTION THAT WE GO WITH OPTION NUMBER THREE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

NUMBER 37. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE BOX MAKES THE SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE WE WILL NOW CALL.

CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I. I. NONE OPPOSED.

THE MOTION CARRIES. MR. BUCHANAN. GOOD EVENING.

[11.B. Consider approval of CSP#04-2025 for Elementary School #37]

PROPOSAL NUMBER 042025 FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 37.

BECAUSE THE BOARD HAS CHOSEN OPTION THREE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE.

AGAIN, THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

37. THE TIMELINE FOR OUR BID. WE WE ADVERTISED THE BID IN THE PAPER.

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PROPOSALS WERE DUE ON FEBRUARY THE 25TH. AND THEN WE EVALUATED THE PROPOSALS ON FEBRUARY THE 26TH.

THIS IS THE RANKING. WE HAD FIVE PROPOSALS COME IN.

SO THIS IS THE RANKING OF EACH ONE OF THEM BASED ON THE BEST VALUE FOR THE DISTRICT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? CAN YOU GO BACK? YEAH. I I HAD A SOMEBODY WHO'S IN THE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS MAKE A COMMENT TO ME THAT LAMAR CISD GIVES A LOT OF OUR WORK TO DRZYMALA. AND THAT'S BEEN THE CASE SINCE I'VE BEEN AROUND, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG BEFORE THAT, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IT'S A LOT TO DO WITH QUALITY AND MOST OF ALL, PRICE.

THAT IS CORRECT. IS THAT ACCURATE COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL? IS NOT REALLY A HARD BID. IT ALLOWS US TO EVALUATE OTHER THINGS, BUT PRICE IS OUR NUMBER ONE FACTOR.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS RISK, THIS LIST HERE, JAMALA WAS CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN THE OTHER BIDDERS.

BUT THEY ALSO HAVE PERFORMED. THEY'VE BEEN ON BUDGET AND THEY'VE BEEN ON TIME, AND THEY PRODUCE GOOD SCHOOLS FOR US IN THE PAST.

AND THESE ARE JUST TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW.

THESE ARE SEALED BIDS THAT COME IN AND THEY'RE THEY'RE ADVERTISED AND ASKED, SOLICITED FROM COMPANIES, ANY COMPANY. AND THAT'S HOW YOU RECEIVE THEM.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. WHEN WE WHEN WE PUT THESE IN THE PAPER, WE HAVE TO ADVERTISE THEM OUT PUBLICLY.

WE ALSO PUT THEM IN PLAN ROOMS WHERE ALL GENERAL CONTRACTORS SEE WHAT THOSE BIDS LOOK LIKE.

CONSTRUCTION PLANS, ALL OF THAT. WE ALSO HAVE A PRE-PROPOSAL MEETINGS IN CASE THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE PLANS, ABOUT THE PROCESS, ABOUT ANYTHING.

SO WE'RE AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE. AND THEN WHEN THE PROPOSALS ARE DUE ON FEBRUARY THE 25TH, WE TAKE THE PROPOSALS THAT ARE DUE AT A CERTAIN TIME.

I THINK IT WAS 2:00 ON FEBRUARY THE 25TH. WE OPEN THEM ALL ONE AT A TIME, AND WE READ THE PRICING OUT LOUD SO THAT EVERYONE IN THE ROOM KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THE PRICING IS FOR EACH VENDOR, THAT THAT BIDS ON THE PROJECT.

THEN THE BOARD IS NOT INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.

BUT. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. IT'S OUR BOND PROGRAM OFFICE THAT DOES THE EVALUATIONS.

WE ALSO DO REFERENCE CHECKS WITH OTHER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE USED YOUR MODEL IN THE PAST.

OUR ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS ALSO GO THROUGH THE EVALUATION.

AND THEN WE HAVE A FINANCIAL COMPONENT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH ONE OF OUR GENERAL CONTRACTORS IS FINANCIALLY SOLVENT, TO BE ABLE TO BUILD OUR BUILDINGS AND, AND NOT GO BANKRUPT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, HAVE ANY ISSUES DURING THE PROCESS.

I TRUSTEE I RECEIVED SOME OF THE SAME FEEDBACK.

AND WHAT I COMMUNICATED WAS YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE YOU LIVE IN THE AREA DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE'RE OBLIGATED TO GIVE YOU WORK.

BECAUSE ANYTIME YOU OPEN A BUILDING, IT IS TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT WORDS.

IT IS TIMELINES ARE VERY IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, IT'S.

YOU CAN'T YOU I CAN'T COME TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAY, OKAY, COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, THOMAS IS GOING TO BE OPEN FOUR WEEKS LATE BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE MISPLACED, DISPLACED, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE OUR BUILDINGS ARE IN AND ON TIME.

AND SO JAMAL HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF THAT FOR US.

AND SO THE FEEDBACK I GAVE WAS JUST BECAUSE YOU LIVE HERE DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE OBLIGATED TO GIVE YOU WORK.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO COMPETE AND WE HAVE A VERY TRANSPARENT PROCESS, YOU CAN COMPETE IN THAT.

BUT UNTIL YOU CAN SHOW THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE US QUALITY WORK AND BE ON TIME AND COMPETE COMPETITIVELY AND COMPETE COMPETITIVELY IN OUR IN OUR BIDDING PROCESS, THEN IT IS WHAT IT IS. AND SO I'M TRYING TO SAY THAT THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS THAT LIVE IN OUR DISTRICT THAT SAYS, HEY, YOU KNOW, I DO THIS AND I CAN'T, I CAN'T GET IN. WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE YOUR BID CAME IN 100,000 $200,000 OVER THE OTHER BIDS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS THE BEST POSSIBLE FACILITY THAT THEY DESERVE TO GET. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY.

AND SO AS PEOPLE CONTINUE TO EMAIL AND ASK, YOU KNOW, WHY? WHY IS IT THAT I CAN'T GET THE BUSINESS? WELL, IT'S BECAUSE YOU MAY COME IN OVER, OVER, OVER BUDGET.

OR YOU HAVE A HISTORY OF NOT PERFORMING WELL IN OTHER DISTRICTS AND OTHER PLACES BECAUSE WE DO CHECK REFERENCES.

AND SO THOSE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING.

BUT THAT, THAT THAT'S A FREQUENT CALL OR EMAIL THAT I GET.

YOU KNOW, BUT WE'RE MANAGING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN, IN CONSTRUCTION FUNDS.

AND SO EVIDENTLY THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT LIKE TO BE A PART OF THAT.

YEAH, I BROUGHT THIS UP JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY AND AS A AS A SITTING BOARD MEMBER FOR NEARLY SIX YEARS, I HAVE FOUND THE ADMINISTRATION TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT.

THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION AND THIS CURRENT ONE.

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AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TUNING IN AND FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION ANYMORE.

SO IT'S JUST WE HAVE SO MUCH MONEY FLOWING THROUGH HERE.

I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY KIND OF, ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS OF WHY THIS ONE COMPANY OR WHY THOSE 2 OR 3 COMPANIES GET ALL OF OUR BUSINESS.

BECAUSE IT'S IT'S IT'S A VERY OPEN PROCESS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SO WHEN WE DO PUT OUT THE BIDS, AS YOU SAID, DO WE SET A BUDGET LIKE WHAT OUR BUDGET IS OR.

NO, WE WE SAY WHAT WE WANT AND THEN NO PART OF THE PROCESS IS, IS THAT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM A DEFINED SCOPE, WE GIVE THEM WHAT OUR CONSTRUCTION BUDGET IS.

OH, OKAY. AND IT WAS CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN WHAT THE BIDS CAME IN, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY'RE COMPETING AGAINST OTHER GENERAL CONTRACTORS, NOT JUST OUR BUDGET. OKAY. SO THEY HAVE A NUMBER AND THEN THEY COME BACK WITH THEIR PROPOSALS.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY. TRUSTEES, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? OKAY. BECAUSE WE WENT WITH OPTION THREE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO APPROVE THE RANKINGS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER 37, AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE CONTRACT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER 37.

ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE DANZINGER MAKES THE MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? VICE PRESIDENT HARTZELL MAKES A US SECOND ANY DISCUSSION.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. MOTION CARRIES. WELL? NONE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.

WE WILL NOW HAVE REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS ON THE INFORMATIONAL ITEMS.

[12.A. Instructional Update]

GOOD EVENING. BOARD. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR NIVENS. SO TONIGHT, AS HE SAID, I WILL BE GIVING THE INSTRUCTIONAL UPDATE.

SO BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTS ARE GIVEN TWICE A YEAR, ONCE IN THE FALL AND AGAIN IN THE SPRING TO ALL STAR TESTED AREAS AS PROGRESS MONITORING.

THE RESULTS OF THESE ASSESSMENTS ARE ANALYZED AND USED TO DETERMINE NECESSARY INTERVENTIONS FOR THE STUDENTS.

SPRING BENCHMARKS ARE RELEASED STAR TESTS, WHICH COVER ALL TESTED CONTENT FOR THE YEAR, AND THE PURPOSE FOR THIS IS TO DETERMINE TWEAKS THAT NEED INTERVENTION, AS WELL AS PRE-ASSESSMENT TO HELP PACING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

HERE ARE THE DISTRICT RESULTS OF THE BENCHMARK THAT WERE TAKEN IN FEBRUARY.

COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES, THE GREEN SHADED AREAS ARE GAINS FOR THE SPRING BENCHMARK LAST YEAR TO THE SPRING BENCHMARK THIS YEAR.

PURPLE SHADED AREAS ARE DOUBLE DIGIT GAINS, AND AREAS THAT ARE WHITE STAYED THE SAME, AND ORANGE AREAS DECREASED FROM LAST YEAR'S TEST.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE MANY MORE AREAS OF GREEN AND PURPLE SHOWING THAT WE ARE IMPROVING.

WE SHOWED IMPROVEMENT IN 93% OF THE AREAS, AND 33% OF THE GAINS MADE WERE DOUBLE DIGITS.

SOME ACTIONS CONTRIBUTING TO THE GAINS ARE TEACHERS HAVING MORE TIME TO PLAN A FOCUS ON PLCS, AND TRAINING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF HOW TO USE DATA TO GUIDE INSTRUCTION.

ACTIONS WE ARE CONTINUING TO TAKE TO SUPPORT CAMPUSES INCLUDE CELEBRATION OF THE GAINS THAT WERE MADE, CONDUCTING CAMPUS PERFORMANCE REVIEW MEETINGS WITH HIGH PRIORITY CAMPUSES.

WE'RE VISITING PLCS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK DATA ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE AREAS OF FOCUS TRAINING THROUGH THE INSTRUCTIONAL COACH, PRINCIPAL, TRACK, AND IOT MEETINGS, AS WELL AS COLLABORATION AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

THE SUCCESS WE ARE SEEING CURRENTLY IS A RESULT OF ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

IT'S LIKE MAKING A CAKE WHEN ALL THE INGREDIENTS ARE ADDED IN THE CORRECT PROPORTIONS.

YOU HAVE A DELICIOUS DESSERT, BUT LEAVING OUT ONE INGREDIENT CAN CAUSE THE WHOLE THING TO FAIL.

QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? I DO. YES, MA'AM. SO WHEN WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THOSE PERCENTAGES, DOES THE.

DO WE HAVE GOALS THAT ARE SET FOR WHERE WE WANT TO REACH? LIKE WHAT? WHAT OUR GOAL IS GOING FROM FALL TO SPRING OR FALL TO FALL THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

DO WE HAVE SPECIFIC GOALS SET THAT WE'RE MEASURING WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE MET OR EACH CAMPUS HAS THEIR OWN CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN WHERE THEY'VE SET GOALS FOR INDIVIDUAL AREAS, BUT THEN ALSO THE GOAL WE'VE SHARED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STRIVING FOR IS EVERY CAMPUS IN A OKAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN BE REACHED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. IT CAN BE REACHED BY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE REACHED IN DOMAIN TWO BY SHOWING GROWTH.

OKAY. AND THEN WHAT IS CALIBRATION TRAINING? CALIBRATION TRAINING IS SO THAT LIKE WITH THE AREA SUPERINTENDENTS WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO DO AN SSE ANALYSIS SO THAT WE ALL SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE.

SO WHEN THEY GO OUT AND TALK TO THE CAMPUSES, ALL OF THE TRACKS ARE HEARING THE SAME MESSAGE.

SO, YOU KNOW, MR. MORAN MAY NOT BE SAYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN, YOU KNOW, DOCTOR HOOD IS SAYING.

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SO WE'RE COMMUNICATING THE SAME MESSAGE. WHEN WE HAVE 52 CAMPUSES.

THAT'S A BIG JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS HEARING THE SAME MESSAGE.

MISS COTTINGHAM, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE CHART, PLEASE? YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. CAN WE JUST STOP AND LOOK AT THAT? WHAT? AM I GETTING EMOTIONAL. LIKE, Y'ALL, WE'RE DOING GOOD THINGS IN THE CIC.

THIS IS SOMETHING FOR ALL OF OUR TEACHERS. ALL OF OUR STAFF FROM MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND CUSTODIAL AND ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS AND EVERYONE LIKE THIS IS MASSIVE GAINS.

AND THIS SHOWS THAT ALL OF OUR STAFF PLAY A ROLE IN THIS.

AND SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE GREEN.

AND THEN WE GOT DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH. THIS IS HUGE.

SO I WANT TO GIVE A THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR STAFF BECAUSE SEEING THAT MUCH GROWTH IN A YEAR, SOMETHING WE'RE DOING IS WORKING. SO EXTREMELY PROUD OF THAT CHART.

AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PUT OUT DISTRICT WIDE COMMUNICATIONS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, JUST TO SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR STUDENTS ARE LEARNING, OUR STUDENTS ARE EXCELLING AND DOING BETTER.

OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AND OUR PRINCIPALS AND APS AND ASSOCIATES, AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THE CAMPUS IS PLAYING A ROLE IN MAKING SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING GROWTH LIKE THIS.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO INSTRUCTIONAL AND JUST CURRICULUM PEOPLE.

AND IT'S JUST THAT'S HUGE. I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT TOO.

AND I KNOW COMING FROM THAT SIDE OF THE FENCE WHERE YOU EVERY DAY YOU'RE A TEACHER AND YOU'RE IN THE MUD AND YOU'RE WORKING SO HARD AND YOU'RE NOT SURE YOU'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. I CAN IMAGINE WHEN YOU SHARE THIS WITH THE TEACHERS, AND I GET EMOTIONAL, TOO, THAT THEY'RE SEEING THE DIFFERENCE. SO THAT CAN MAKE THEM WORK HARDER AND WANT TO DO MORE AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES.

BECAUSE NOW, WHEN SO MANY TEACHERS ARE SAYING, I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO CONTINUE THIS AS MY CAREER OR MY JOB, OR HOWEVER THEY PLACE IT IN THEIR LIVES THAT THEY SEE THIS.

SO I HOPE THAT WE ARE CELEBRATING EVERY LITTLE GAIN ON EVERY CAMPUS, ON EVERY LEVEL AND TELLING WE SEE YOU, WE HEAR YOU AND THE WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING ON THIS TOGETHER.

AND THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO OUR TEACHERS BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE MAKING THAT DIFFERENCE.

YES, MA'AM. I MADE AT ILT MEETING. I MADE THE COACHES AND PRINCIPALS GET UP AND DO A DANCE WHEN WE SHARED THIS.

CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? AND I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS WAS EXPLAINED LAST MONTH.

BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE PERCENTAGES TO ME LIKE YOU HAVE? SO JUST THE FIRST LINE READING, YOU HAVE 70% AND THEN 35% AND THEN 15%.

CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN? YES, MA'AM. FOR THE STAR TEST THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT.

AND SO 70% IS APPROACHES. AND SO THAT'S IT'S PASSING THE TEST.

BUT IT'S PASSING THE TEST AT THE LOWEST STANDARD AND MEETS IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.

THE KIDS HAVE TO GET A FEW MORE QUESTIONS CORRECT ON THE TEST.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE CALL IT. AND THEN MASTERS IS YEAH.

SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENT LEVELS. AND SO YOU KNOW WE STRIVE WE ALWAYS STRIVE FOR 90 60 30.

THAT'S THAT'S THE GOAL BECAUSE THAT WOULD GIVE ALL CAMPUSES AN A AND ACHIEVEMENT.

OKAY. SO YOU'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO MOVE ONE UP TO THE NEXT LEVEL IS WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.

YES, MA'AM. WHAT WHAT WOULD YOU ACCOUNT FOR LIKE SUCH A DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASE? LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING THAT GETS YOU TO THAT POINT? THIS YEAR OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN AND I SHARED IT LAST YEAR WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS.

BUT THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GIVEN THEM THE INNOVATIVE SCHOOL DAY. SO THEY HAVE TIME TO SIT AND DO THE PLANNING.

THAT'S NECESSARY BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER SAT DOWN AND LOOKED AT OUR STANDARDS AT OUR TECHS.

THEY'RE THEY'RE MASSIVE, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S THERE MAY BE, YOU KNOW, THREE TECHS THAT YOU HAVE TO TEACH IN THIS UNIT, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT PIECES. AND A LOT OF TIMES WE WILL TEACH, WE'LL HIT ONE AREA OF THE TECH REALLY WELL, BUT WE'RE NOT HITTING THE OTHER TWO. AND SO GIVING THEM THAT TIME AND GIVING THEM THIS PROCESS TO GO THROUGH NOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT EVERY PIECE AND OUR INSTRUCTION IS SO MUCH MORE ALIGNED. AND THE RIGOR THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TO MEET THAT STANDARD.

IS IS THERE? ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU. DID YOU GO TO THAT LAST SLIDE AGAIN, MISS CUNNINGHAM? I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANT TO REITERATE LIKE, LIKE SHE SAID ABOUT THE CAKE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T YOU DON'T EAT BUTTER BY ITSELF. YOU DON'T EAT SUGAR BY ITSELF, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU PUT ALL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER, YOU GET THIS DELICIOUS CAKE. AND SO ALL THOSE THINGS I WANT TO REITERATE ALSO ARE PART OF THE SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE IN THE MARSHALL ISD IS BECAUSE,

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BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS.

AND SO AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL DAY GIVES THEM TIME TO DO THAT. AND IF YOU LEAVE ONE PIECE OUT, THEN YOU WON'T EXPERIENCE THE SAME SUCCESS THAT WE'RE GETTING NOW. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE ALL THE HARD WORK THEY'RE DOING AT THE CAMPUSES.

THANK YOU. MA'AM. YOU'RE BACK UP STILL THERE.

[12.B. Teacher Incentive Allotment]

THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE WITH A GOAL OF PROVIDING OUTSTANDING TEACHERS A PATHWAY TO A SIX FIGURE SALARY.

THE SYSTEM IS BUILT FOR TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DESIGNATE AND REWARD TOP PERFORMING TEACHERS.

TEACHERS CAN EARN ONE OF THREE DESIGNATION LEVELS RECOGNIZED, EXEMPLARY, OR MASTER, AND TEACHERS WITH NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATIONS ALSO CAN BE DESIGNATED AS RECOGNIZED. DISTRICTS RECEIVE AN ANNUAL ALLOTMENT FOR EACH ELIGIBLE DESIGNATED TEACHER THEY EMPLOY, WHICH ARE USED TO BE USED TO INCENTIVIZE TEACHERS TO REMAIN IN THE CLASSROOM.

THROUGH THE TIA SYSTEM. TEACHERS CAN EARN DESIGNATIONS WHICH ARE DISTINCTIONS AWARDED TO HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS.

THERE ARE THREE LEVELS OF DESIGNATION RECOGNIZED, EXEMPLARY, AND MASTER.

THE AMOUNT EARNED IS BASED ON THE TEACHER DESIGNATION AND THE CAMPUS AVERAGE STUDENT POINT VALUE, WHICH COMES FROM THE STUDENT'S CONSENSUS BLOCK GROUP.

TEACHERS AT CAMPUSES WITH HIGHER ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PERCENTAGES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO EARN A HIGHER REWARD THAN CAMPUSES WITH LOWER ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PERCENTAGES.

ONCE THE DESIGNATION IS EARNED, TEACHERS KEEP IT FOR FIVE YEARS, AND IF THEY MOVE TO ANOTHER DISTRICT, THE DESIGNATION DOES FOLLOW THE TEACHER. THE DISTRICT DOES NOT DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF REWARD A TEACHER EARNS. THIS IS DETERMINED BY A FUNDING FORMULA.

CAMPUS ALLOTMENT VALUES CHANGE YEARLY DUE TO THE MAKEUP OF STUDENTS ON THE CAMPUS AND THEIR CENSUS BLOCK.

HERE ARE THE CAMPUS ALLOTMENT VALUES FOR THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR FOR THREE OF OUR CAMPUSES, AS AN ILLUSTRATION OF POTENTIAL REWARD.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THE TOP EARNING POTENTIAL FOR A TEACHER THERE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR WOULD HAVE BEEN $12,814.

AT RANDALL HIGH SCHOOL, THE TOP POTENTIAL WOULD HAVE BEEN $16,237.

AND AT LAMAR CONSOLIDATED, THE TOP POTENTIAL WOULD HAVE BEEN $19,484.

LIKE I SAID, WHICH IS DETERMINED BY THE CONSENSUS BLOCK OR THE CENSUS BLOCK GROUP.

THE TIA SYSTEM IS MADE UP OF THREE POSSIBLE COMPONENTS, TWO OF WHICH ARE REQUIRED.

THOSE BEING TEACHER OBSERVATION AND A STUDENT GROWTH COMPONENT.

DISTRICTS ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO INCORPORATE DATA FROM OTHER SOURCES THAT ALIGN WITH THE DISTRICT GOALS AND VALUES INTO THEIR PLAN AS WELL.

BUT TIA ONLY VALIDATES DATA FROM THE REQUIRED COMPONENTS.

THE TIMELINE FOR TIA IS A THREE YEAR PROCESS.

YEAR ONE IS THE APPLICATION YEAR, AND FOR US, THAT'S THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR.

DISTRICTS WILL BE NOTIFIED IN AUGUST OF APPROVAL STATUS.

IF APPROVED, THE 2526 WOULD BE OUR DATA CAPTURE YEAR, AND THEN IN THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR, THAT DATA WOULD BE SUBMITTED FOR VALIDATION AND TEACHERS WOULD RECEIVE THEIR DESIGNATIONS AND REWARDS.

FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SYSTEM IS A PHASE IN PROCESS.

SO OUR PLAN IS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. WE WOULD INCLUDE PRE-K USING THEIR CIRCLE ASSESSMENT KINDERGARTEN USING THEIR TEXT KEY ASSESSMENT FIRST THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY ENGLISH ONE AND TWO TEACHERS USING THE MAP ASSESSMENT.

THESE ARE APPROVED ASSESSMENTS WITH THE STATE THAT WE ALREADY ADMINISTER, AND THEY INCLUDE A PRE AND POST TEST.

YEAR TWO WOULD ADD THE REMAINING STAR AND EOC TEACHERS, SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AS WELL AS AP WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE FINE ARTS COURSES.

THIS ALLOWS FOR TIME, FOR CREATION, FOR QUALITY PRETESTS BECAUSE THESE AREAS ALREADY HAVE POST TESTS AND YEAR THREE WOULD ADD ALL OTHER TEACHING AREAS.

SO BY THE END OF THE THIRD YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION, ALL TEACHING AREAS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE DESIGNATION.

THE REASON FOR THE PHASE IN PROCESS IS THE CREATION OF PRE AND POST TEST THE YEAR.

AS I SAID, THE YEAR TWO AREAS HAVE POST TESTS BUT NOT PRETEST AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE CREATED ALONG WITH ACCEPTABLE GROWTH MEASURES TO DETERMINE THE.

WOULD NEED TO BE DETERMINED AND YEAR THREE. THAT CATEGORY WOULD NEED BOTH PRE AND POST TEST.

ALONG WITH THEIR ACCEPTABLE GROWTH MEASURES. THE LCISD PLAN ALLOTS 90% OF THE FUNDS GENERATED BY THE TEACHER TO. THAT TEACHER.

THE REMAINING 10% WILL REMAIN AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL TO.

SUPPORT. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN. THE ONLY PORTION OF THE TIA PLAN THAT IS BOARD APPROVED IS THE SPENDING PLAN, AND THIS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL BUDGET THE YEAR THOSE FUNDS ARE GENERATED.

THE COMMITTEE TO DESIGN THE LCISD TIA PLAN WAS COMPOSED OF TEACHERS FROM EVERY TRACK.

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AND HERE'S A LIST OF THE PEOPLE THAT SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? MAYBE I MISSED IT.

WOULD EVERY TEACHER UPON EMPLOYMENT BE UP FOR THIS, OR WOULD THEY HAVE TO BE IN THE DISTRICT NOT AS A FIRST OR SECOND YEAR TEACHER? OR DOES IT MATTER? THEY'RE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FROM THE GET GO FROM THE GET GO.

YES, MA'AM. UPON THEIR EVALUATIONS AND ITS STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND THEIR EVALUATION RESULTS.

YES, MA'AM. AND IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE TEACHERS THAT BASICALLY TIE ALONG THE WAY, THEY WOULD ALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SAME AMOUNT.

YES, MA'AM. SO THEY'RE NOT COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER. THEY'RE COMPETING AGAINST THEMSELVES AND THE JOB THEY DO.

WELL, THEY'RE YEAH, THEY'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE STUDENT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN PLANS IN THE PAST THAT HAVE PUT TEACHERS AGAINST EACH OTHER.

NO, IT'S NOT COMPETITIVE. YEAH, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. AND THEN YEARS AGO, WE HAD WHAT WAS CAREER LADDER, WHERE YOU HAD TO JUMP THROUGH SO MANY HOOPS TO GET ANY TYPE OF RECOGNITION.

OKAY. SO THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED THAT EXPLAINED OUT LOUD THAT YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB.

YOU'RE ELIGIBLE. YES, MA'AM. IF YOU'RE IN ONE OF THOSE FIELDS.

YES, MA'AM. TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT, CAN YOU SEE ANY POTENTIAL DOWNFALLS TO DOING THIS? LIKE ANY NEGATIVE. NO, I REALLY CAN'T. I MEAN, IT'S REWARDING TEACHERS FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR DOING THEIR JOB IS THE WAY I SEE IT.

AND I KNOW TEACHERS IN OTHER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE EARNED THIS. AND IT'S I MEAN, IT'S LIFE CHANGING FOR THEM, RIGHT? SO IT'S FIVE YEARS AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU SAID THIS, BUT THIS IS A SEPARATE STATE FUNDING ALLOTMENT.

SO EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT STUDENT FUNDING RIGHT NOW.

IT'S SEPARATE FROM YOUR STUDENT ALLOTMENT. YES.

YES. THIS. AND WE'VE BEEN ASSURED THAT THIS MONEY IS IN IN STATUTE AND IT'S NOT GOING AWAY IS THE LATEST WE'VE HEARD.

RIGHT. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT REALLY IT'S A CONDITION.

EXACTLY. RIGHT. FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR OUR TEACHERS THEIR SENATE BILLS AND HOUSE BILLS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED.

THERE WERE HOUSE BILL SIX WAS DISCUSSED TODAY, BUT SENATE BILL THREE AND MULTIPLE ARE WERE OUT THERE THAT ARE MEETING IN COMMITTEES RIGHT NOW. SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR AND MANY OF THEM INCLUDE FUNDS THAT WILL INCREASE THIS TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT.

SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO EMAIL GET ON THE STATE LEDGE WEBSITE OR THE STATE SENATE WEBSITE, FIND OUT WHO'S ON THE COMMITTEES AND EMAIL AND SAY, INCREASE OUR TEACHERS, PAY OUR TEACHERS DOING A LOT MORE WORK.

AND SO AS TRUSTEES, WE DO THAT OUR, OUR PEOPLE MAKING DECISIONS IN AUSTIN NEED TO HEAR FROM OUR, OUR TEACHERS AND FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO THAT'S A PLUG.

AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE IN JUST A MINUTE. BUT THIS IS ALL STUFF BEING TALKED ABOUT TODAY IN AUSTIN.

SO TOMORROW GET ON YOUR EMAIL AND LET SECRETARY WELCH CAN YOU AM I UNDERSTANDING RIGHT THAT ONE THIRD OF A TEACHER.

QUALIFYING IS SUBJECTIVE TO THE EVALUATION IS IS HOW I UNDERSTAND IT.

THAT'S A PIECE OF IT. BUT WE ACTUALLY OUR COMMITTEE AND OUR MEETING VOTED AS TO THE PERCENTAGE SHOULD GO PAST IT.

AND OUR PLAN WILL ONLY HAVE TEACHER OBSERVATION AND STUDENT GROWTH.

AND SO THE THING ONE OF THE THINGS WE TOOK TO THE COMMITTEE TO VOTE ON WAS THE PERCENTAGE OF THIS THAT WOULD GO TO EACH OF THOSE COMPONENTS, AND WHAT THEY VOTED ON WAS 60% WOULD BE STUDENT GROWTH AND 40% WOULD BE OBSERVATION.

HOW DO YOU HOW WILL YOU DETERMINE THE STUDENT GROWTH WILL WITH THOSE TESTS WITH EITHER THE MAP TEST OR WITH THE WITH THE STAR TEST OR WITH CIRCLE TESTS? WITH THOSE ASSESSMENTS, WE HAVE TO HAVE A PRE AND A POST ASSESSMENT.

AND WOULD THE TEACHER OBSERVATION BE THE EQUIVALENT OF WHAT THEY HAVE NOW FOR TESTS.

YES SIR. AND THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE OF IT IS WE ARE PART OF OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SORRY THAT WE ARE CALIBRATED ACROSS THE DISTRICT IN EXPECTATIONS FOR THAT OBSERVATION, WHAT THE OBSERVATION IS. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T BE REALLY EASY AT THIS CAMPUS AND REALLY HARD AT THIS CAMPUS.

THE EXPECTATION IS THAT WE'RE CALIBRATED ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND WHAT WE SAY IS PROFICIENT IS PROFICIENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

YEAH, I LOVE THE IDEA BECAUSE IT'S A STATE LAW THAT WE'RE JUST NOW TAKING ADVANTAGE OF.

AS, AS KAY WAS SAYING A SECOND AGO, THOUGH, WE'RE WE'RE NOT SETTING UP A SYSTEM TO PURPOSELY PIT TEACHERS AGAINST EACH OTHER.

I THINK THAT MY FEAR IS THAT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IS THAT THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE OF THE SUBJECTIVE EVALUATION.

SO DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? THAT'S PART OF THE DATA VALIDATION THAT WE SEND IN IF AND IF WE SEND IT IN AND AND WE SEND OUR DATA TO TEXAS TECH,

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SO IT'S ON US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE VERY CALIBRATED.

AND SO WE HAVE TO WHEN WE SUBMIT OUR APPLICATION, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT WHAT IS OUR PLAN FOR CALIBRATION.

AND WE ALREADY HAVE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR PRINCIPAL MEETING, OUR IOT MEETING, OUR AP MEETINGS.

AND SO WE CAN WORK THOSE THINGS IN THROUGH THOSE MEETINGS WHERE IT'S NOT ANYTHING EXTRA ON ANYBODY.

IT'S JUST WE'RE GOING TO SPEND PART OF OUR MEETINGS GOING THROUGH THESE CALIBRATION STEPS.

I'M SORRY, TWO THINGS. ONE, SO SOME OF THE TEACHERS POSSIBLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO QUALIFY UNTIL EVEN AFTER SCHOOL'S OUT BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE TEST SCORES DON'T COME BACK TILL LATER. AM I CORRECT ON THAT? THEY WELL, THEY DON'T. YEAH. WE HAVE MAPPED ROCK STAR.

BUT REMEMBER WE SUBMIT OUR DATA THE YEAR AFTER.

SO THIS YEAR. SO NEXT YEAR WOULD BE OUR DATA CAPTURE YEAR OKAY.

WE DON'T SUBMIT DATA UNTIL THE FALL OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

SO IT'S ALL THE DATA WOULD BE IN BY THAT TIME.

AND WILL WE HAVE SOMETHING. BECAUSE ANYTIME YOU HAVE A TEACHER WHO FEELS LIKE THEY DID NOT JUSTLY GET WHAT THEY DESERVE, WOULD THEY HAVE A PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO? I DON'T KNOW.

APPEAL. WELL, DATA IS DATA, BUT I KNOW. BUT THEN ALSO WHAT I'M SAYING.

WE ALREADY HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE THAT IF YOU KNOW YOU DISAGREE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION, YOU CAN HAVE A SECOND. THAT'S TRUE OBSERVATION.

SO WE HAVE THOSE THINGS IN PLACE. OKAY, GOOD.

SO CERTAIN TEACHERS WILL KNOW WHO OF OTHER TEACHERS ARE GETTING THE ALLOTMENT AND THOSE WHO AREN'T.

IS IT ALL GOING TO BE PUBLIC? THEY'LL KNOW WHAT THEIR DESIGNATION IS, BUT THEY WON'T KNOW THE AMOUNTS UNLESS THAT PERSON SHARES THEIR AMOUNT.

OKAY. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? CAN YOU GO TO THE THE PAGE THAT HAD THE THREE CHARTS ABOUT THE KEEP GOING, I THINK FORWARD. LATER IN THE ONE MORE WHEN YOU GO BACK THIS WAY.

YES. THAT ONE. SO. SO IN THE FIRST THING, WE USE MAPS TESTING AND STAR TESTING FOR THOSE THINGS.

AND IN THE NEXT ONE IS CIRCLE AND TEXT KIA FOR KINDERGARTEN.

OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE SPECIAL ED IN THE SECOND COLUMN AND IN THE THIRD NONSTORE CON NON STAR CORE CONTENT CTE AND FINE ARTS.

SO HOW ARE WE HOW WHAT WERE, WHAT WILL BE HOW WE ALL DECIDE GROWTH MEASURES FOR THOSE.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SPACED OUT LIKE THAT. BECAUSE NEXT YEAR IS EASY. BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE TESTS GIVE US A PRE AND POST TEST ALREADY.

AND THE STATE FOR MOST OF THOSE HAS GUIDELINES LIKE WE ALREADY HAVE THOSE THINGS SET UP WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.

YES. AND SO THEN THE NEXT YEAR THOSE ALREADY HAVE A POST TEST.

WE JUST WOULD NEED TO COME UP WITH THE PRETEST.

AND THEN WE AS A DISTRICT WOULD SET WHAT OUR GROWTH MEASURES WOULD BE FOR THOSE.

OKAY. SO THE COMMITTEE YOU WOULD HAVE THE SAME COMMITTEE.

YES. Y'ALL WOULD. IT COULD BE THE SAME. WE COULD COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT ONE, BUT THEN THAT THIRD YEAR THEY DON'T HAVE REALLY ANY ANY TESTS IN PLACE.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT A PRE AND POST TEST IN PLACE AND DETERMINE THOSE GROWTH MEASURES. SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE WAY WE DETERMINED WHAT WOULD TAKE US THE MOST TIME.

WHAT COULD WE IMPLEMENT NOW? NOW AND THEN WHAT WHAT WOULD TAKE MORE TIME.

AND THAT'S HOW HOW WE'VE SET THIS UP. OKAY. AND THEN YOU ALL HAVE TO TURN THOSE PLANS INTO T IS AN APPLICATION PROCESS OKAY.

SO THEY'LL SAY OKAY, WE THINK THESE ARE GOOD GROWTH MEASURES OR WE DON'T THINK AND OKAY.

YES MA'AM OKAY. CAN Y'ALL LOOK AT HOW OTHER SCHOOLS DO THAT.

WHO HAVE WE HAVE DISTRICTS OKAY OKAY I KNOW IT'S CALLED TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT, BUT NOT EVERYTHING FROM GOVERNMENT IS ACCURATELY DESCRIBED.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER STAFF THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS BESIDES THEY HAVE TO BE A TEACHER ACCORDING TO THEIR THEIR SERVICE CODE.

SO AN INSTRUCTIONAL COACH WOULD NOT QUALIFY? NO, SIR.

SO WOULD THAT BE AN INCENTIVE? YOU WOULD IF WHAT IF THEY GOT THE DESIGNATION AND THEY WERE ON A PATH TO BECOME GET OUT OF THE CLASSROOM ON A ON.

THEY HAVE TO REMAIN A TEACHER. THEY HAVE TO REMAIN A TEACHER. AND SO THIS DOESN'T TOUCH ANYBODY ELSE.

IT DOESN'T TOUCH PEREZ OR DIAGNOSTICIANS OR NURSES OR ANYTHING ELSE IN OUR DISTRICT.

THEY HAVE TO BE, I THINK IT'S WHAT IS IT, 87.

THAT HAS TO BE THEIR CODE. THEIR SERVICE CODE.

OKAY. AND THAT JUST TO REITERATE, THAT'S FROM THE STATE GOVERNMENT.

IT'S NOT THE LAMAR THING. YES. THAT'S THEY CAN GO TO THE TIA WEBSITE AND LOOK AT ALL THE REGULATIONS.

THANK YOU. BUT I MEAN THIS WHOLE PROGRAM WAS SET UP FOR THEM TO HAVE INCENTIVE TO STAY IN THE CLASSROOM, CORRECT? YEAH. YES. I HAVE A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

I HAVE A COUSIN WHO GETS THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, SHE JUST GOT RAISED TO MASTER TEACHER AND SHE SAID, AND NOW, NOW, NOW I NEED TO STAY IN THE CLASSROOM.

I SAID, WELL, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS DESIGNED FOR.

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OKAY. OKAY. I JUST THOUGHT OF ONE MORE THING.

SO THEY GET THE DESIGNATION FOR FIVE YEARS. IF YOU ARE.

WHAT'S THE THE LOWER DESIGNATION CALLED WHAT IS IT? RECOGNIZED. RECOGNIZED. OKAY. SO SAY YOU GET RECOGNIZED THE FIRST YEAR, YOU DON'T JUST COAST FOR FIVE YEARS.

YOU HAVE TO. YOU WOULD WANT. YOU COULD BECOME MASTER.

YOU COULD, YOU COULD, YOU CAN MOVE UP AND LET'S SAY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET IT THIS YEAR AND THEN NEXT YEAR YOU GET IT AGAIN, THEN YOU'RE THAT STARTS A NEW FIVE YEARS. YOU KNOW, YOUR FIVE YEARS CAN KEEP ROLLING.

THAT'S AWESOME. EITHER WAY I MEAN ONCE YOU AND THEN THIS IS PROBABLY OBVIOUS, BUT IT GOES.

IT COUNTS TOWARDS TRES. YES. THAT'S THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEES. NEXT WE HAVE DOCTOR MAXWELL TO TALK ABOUT LEGISLATIVE UPDATES.

[12.C. Legislative Update]

IF MR. BUCHANAN WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, DELAYED FOR ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES, I'D HAVE HAD THAT NUMBER WHILE HE WAS STILL UP HERE. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT.

BUT TONIGHT, I'LL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH A QUICK UPDATE ABOUT THE 89TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AS WELL AS SOME IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES, AREAS THAT COULD DIRECTLY IMPACT LAMAR ISD.

THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION FOR TEXAS BEGAN BACK ON JANUARY 14TH AND IS SCHEDULED TO GO THROUGH JUNE 2ND.

OF COURSE, THE GOVERNOR COULD CALL SPECIAL SESSIONS THAT WOULD OCCUR AFTER THAT JUNE DATE.

ALSO, AS YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT, TO DETERMINE WHO REPRESENTS YOUR YOU IN THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE THAT IS ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW OR SCAN THE QR CODE, ENTER YOUR ADDRESS AND IT WILL TELL YOU WHO REPRESENTS YOU IN THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE TO HELP YOU REMEMBER, THE W.R.M IN THE WEBSITE IS WHO REPRESENTS ME.

THAT'S WHAT IT STANDS FOR. SO AS WE LOOK AT THE LEGISLATURE, WE'VE COME UP, THE DISTRICT HAS COME UP WITH AND IDENTIFIED FOUR DISTRICT PRIORITIES FOR LAMAR ISD. THEY ARE A REVISION OF THE CURRENT BOND LANGUAGE, ESPECIALLY FOR HYPERGROWTH DISTRICTS, DESIGNATING SCHOOLS AS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, INCREASING THE BASIC FUNDING ALLOTMENT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND SHIFTING TO AN ENROLLMENT DRIVEN FUNDING EQUATION FROM AN ATTENDANCE DRIVEN ONE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE PRIORITIES AND GIVE A FEW MORE DETAILS AS WE GO THROUGH. SO THE FIRST ONE, THE REVISION OF BOND LANGUAGE, THE ISSUE IS CURRENT BOND LANGUAGE MANDATED BY HOUSE BILL THREE INCLUDE NEED.

WE NEED TO INCLUDE THE STATEMENT THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FOR A BOND ELECTION, WHICH IS MISLEADING.

FOR HYPER GROWTH DISTRICTS LIKE LAMAR SEE ISD.

THIS COULD CONFUSE VOTERS AND HINDER OUR ABILITY TO PASS NECESSARY BOND PROPOSITIONS, BECAUSE THE BECAUSE THE PAST FEW BONDS THAT WE DID PASS DID NOT INCREASE THE TAXES FOR OUR RESIDENTS. WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS FOR SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION TO UPDATE BOND LANGUAGE TO REFLECT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT ACCURATELY, ESPECIALLY FOR RAPIDLY GROWING DISTRICTS WHERE THE BOND DOES NOT INCREASE PROPERTY TAXES.

WHY THIS MATTERS IS CLEAR LANGUAGE FOSTERS VOTER TRUST AND ALLOWS LAMAR SEE ISD TO ADDRESS CRITICAL FACILITY NEEDS WITHOUT CONFUSION.

AND LET ME REMIND THE BOARD AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHAT IT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A HYPER GROWTH DISTRICT.

HYPER GROWTH IS WHEN A DISTRICT HAS A SINGLE AREA THAT HAS OVER 300 ANNUAL HOUSING STARTS.

THAT DISTRICT IS CONSIDERED HYPER GROWTH. CURRENTLY, LAMAR ISD HAS SIX AREAS THAT HAVE 300 HOUSING STARTS ANNUALLY.

THE SECOND ONE PRIORITY IS SCHOOLS AS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE ISSUE IS LAMAR ISD IS FACING OVERCROWDING AND FACILITY SHORTAGES DUE TO THE RAPID RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.

THE GROWTH IN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT HAS OUTPACED OUR ABILITY TO BUILD NEW SCHOOLS.

THIS HAS RESULTED IN OVERCROWDED CLASSROOMS AND STRAINED RESOURCES.

CURRENTLY, MUNICIPALITIES ARE UNABLE TO REQUIRE DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS TO SET ASIDE OR SELL LAND FOR SCHOOLS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THESE GROWING AREAS.

WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATION TO DESIGNATE SCHOOLS AS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

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BY DESIGNATING SCHOOLS AS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, WE CAN ENSURE THAT DEVELOPERS CONTRIBUTE TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS OF THE GROWING COMMUNITY, PREVENTING OVERCROWDING IN THE FUTURE.

THE NEXT PRIORITY IS INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

AS OUR DISTRICT GROWS, THE FINANCIAL DEMANDS TO EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS GROW AS WELL.

THE CURRENT FUNDING MODEL IS NOT KEEPING UP WITH THE PACE OF OUR EXPANSION.

SO THE ISSUE IS LAMAR CISD NEEDS INCREASED FUNDING TO ADDRESS INFLATION, GROWING STUDENT POPULATIONS AND THE RISING COST OF PROVIDING QUALITY EDUCATION.

INCREASING THE BASIC ALLOTMENT WILL ENSURE THAT LAMAR ISD CAN CONTINUE OFFERING EXCELLENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, OPPORTUNITIES AND MAINTAIN A HIGH STANDARD OF TEACHING.

WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS ADVOCATING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT FOR SCHOOL FUNDING WITHOUT RESTRICTIVE CONDITIONS.

AND WHY THIS MATTERS IS AN INCREASE WILL HELP RECRUIT AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY EDUCATORS, EXPAND PROGRAMS SUCH AS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, CTE, AND BETTER SUPPORT ALL STUDENTS. AND THE FOURTH ONE OF ENROLLMENT DRIVEN FUNDING.

SO THE ISSUE IS FUNDING FOR LAMAR ISD IS BASED ON ATTENDANCE RATHER THAN ENROLLMENT RATHER THAN ENROLLMENT, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO PLAN EFFECTIVELY FOR OUR GROWING STUDENT BODY.

OUR DISTRICT IS EXPERIENCING RAPID GROWTH, AND FUNDING BASED ON ATTENDANCE DOESN'T REFLECT THE REALITY OF OUR INCREASING ENROLLMENT.

WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS ADVOCATING FOR FUNDING BASED ON STUDENT ENROLLMENT TO ENSURE STABILITY, WHICH WOULD THEN LEAD TO BETTER PLANNING. WITH FUNDING TIED TO ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, WE CAN BETTER ANTICIPATE NEEDS, PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, AND ENSURE RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED WHERE THEY ARE MOST NEEDED.

LAMAR ISD IS A IS GROWING AT AN UNPRECEDENTED RATE.

WE SERVED NEARLY 47,000 STUDENTS ACROSS 53 CAMPUSES, WITH MANY MORE STUDENTS EXPECTED IN THE COMING YEARS.

THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN ADDRESSING THESE CRITICAL ISSUES WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE PROVIDING ELITE EDUCATION, ENSURING OUR COMMUNITY REMAINS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND RAISE A FAMILY.

SO WITH THAT, ON MARCH 27TH, 2025, LAMAR ISD WILL BE SENDING A DELEGATION OF DISTRICT LEADERS AND BOARD MEMBERS TO AUSTIN, TEXAS. WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND SHARE THE DISTRICT PRIORITIES.

THE GOAL OF THIS TRIP IS TO ENSURE IS TO STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIP WITH STATE LAWMAKERS AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOWARD SOLUTIONS THAT ENHANCE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS. AND JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, IN THE PUBLIC, WE HAVE ALREADY CONFIRMED MEETING TIMES WITH REPRESENTATIVE STAN KITZMAN, SENATOR LOIS KOLKHORST, REPRESENTATIVE MATT MORGAN, AND REPRESENTATIVE DOCTOR SULEIMAN LALANI.

AND WE HAVE REACHED OUT, MADE CONTACT, BUT WE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM SENATOR JOE HUFFMAN AND REPRESENTATIVE GARY GATES.

SO IN CONCLUSION, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR FOUR DISTRICT PRIORITIES OF REVISION OF BOND LANGUAGE FOR HYPER GROWTH DISTRICTS, DESIGNATING SCHOOLS AS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INCREASING THE BASIC ALLOTMENT AND SHIFTING TO AN ENROLLMENT BASED FUNDING MECHANISM.

THESE WILL HAVE AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR THE PUBLIC ON OUR WEBSITE, INCLUDING FLIERS AT COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON TO HAVE UP THERE SO THAT IT WILL HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION INCLUDED. AND ALSO I'VE INCLUDED THE QR CODE AGAIN TO BE ABLE TO FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES.

WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? LET HER GO FIRST.

GO AHEAD. TRUSTEE BOX. SO WHEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DESIGNATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, DOES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING THEM DESIGNATE LAND, BUT DOES IT ALSO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE TIMING OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT IN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH TIMING OF BEING ABLE TO BUILD SCHOOLS? NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO. I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT, BUT I DON'T THINK SO.

THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALLOWING THE MUNICIPALITIES TO HAVE SOME FORM OF LEVERAGE OVER A DEVELOPER TO SAY, HEY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE COMING IN AND BUILDING ALL THESE AREAS, WE WOULD DESIGNATE THIS AS A NEED BECAUSE SCHOOLS ARE CRITICAL FOR SERVING THE PUBLIC IN THAT AREA.

YEAH, THE TIMING OF THAT IS SOLELY UP TO THE MUNICIPALITY WHERE THAT DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO IS GOING TO LAND.

AND SO THE CITY CAN SAY THEY CAN PUT SOME PARAMETERS ON THE TIMING OF IT, BUT THEY CAN'T DO IS PUT PARAMETERS ON IF THE IF THE DEVELOPER GIVES US OR SET A SET ASIDE LAND FOR US. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ASKING FOR. BUT THAT TIMING SOLELY DEPENDS ON THE MUNICIPALITY.

SO NOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT NOW THE MUNICIPALITIES HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF SAYING, OH WAIT, YOU CAN'T BUILD HERE JUST YET BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SCHOOLS.

THEY CAN REALLY THEY CAN SLOW THAT DOWN. THEY CAN THEY CAN PUT LIKE A 30 DAY MORATORIUM ON DEVELOPMENT.

BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. THAT'S YEAH, THERE'S A MUNICIPALITY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF NEAR DALLAS THAT DID THAT SLOWED IT DOWN.

I MEAN, 30 DAYS TO ME IS NOT REALLY SLOWING IT DOWN.

YEAH. SO. BUT YEAH, THE DISTRICT I'M AWARE OF WAS THE DOCTOR MAXWELL.

I MEAN, TOLD HIM THAT WE'RE GOING TO STOP FOR THE TIME BEING UNTIL WE CAN CATCH UP.

YEAH. THEY WERE WAITING TO CATCH UP FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME, BUT I READ THE ARTICLE. IT WAS NEAR DALLAS, AND THEY SAID WE'RE NOT ALLOWING ANY NEW

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AND THAT'S. YEAH. AND THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS NEXT DOOR TO MY SCHOOL DISTRICT WHEN I WAS, WHEN I WAS SUPERINTENDENT UP THERE. SO THAT WHOLE AREA IS FAST GROWTH IN COLLIN COUNTY.

SO YEAH. DOES SHE HAVE ANYTHING? DOCTOR MAXWELL, I HAVE TWO, TWO QUESTIONS I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR FIRST AND YOUR LAST POINT.

I AGREE THAT THE THE BALLOT LANGUAGE SHOULD CHANGE.

WHAT ARE YOU OR THE WHAT IS THE ADMINISTRATION PROPOSING THE LANGUAGE CHANGE TO? I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION OF A BACK AND FORTH OF TALKING THAT THROUGH TO MAKE IT MUCH MORE ACCURATE, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S IN AN AREA THAT IS DESIGNATED AS HYPER GROWTH OR FAST GROWTH.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE THAT IDEA OF ONE SIZE FITS ALL.

DOES THAT WORK ALL THE TIME? AND SO I THINK THAT'S A DISCUSSION OF BUILDING THAT TOWARDS OF HOW WOULD THAT WORK AND BE ACCURATE FOR THE AREAS THAT THOSE ELECTIONS ARE OCCURRING IN. YEAH. I WANT TO I WANT TO FLUSH THIS OUT A LITTLE BIT IN THE DETAILS.

SO THE LAST TIME WE WENT OUT FOR A BOND, WE SAID TO THE PUBLIC, I WON'T USE WE THE BOARD DID NOT.

THE ADMINISTRATION SAID WHEN THEY WERE MAKING PRESENTATIONS THIS IS NOT GOING TO INCREASE YOUR TAXES.

SO IF WE USE WHOLE NUMBERS AND LET'S SAY YOU HAVE $10,000 OF CREDIT CARD DEBT AND YOU OWE $500 A MONTH TO VISA OR AMERICAN EXPRESS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO INCREASE THAT DEBT AMOUNT ON YOUR CREDIT CARD TO $15,000.

BUT AMERICAN EXPRESS OR MASTERCARD SAYS, NO, NO, NO, YOU CAN STILL PAY $500.

THAT'S WHAT WE THAT'S WHAT THE LAMAR ADMINISTRATION WAS TELLING THE PUBLIC, WOULD YOU AGREE THAT THAT WAS ACCURATE BECAUSE IT WAS NO INTENTION TO BE DECEPTIVE? YOU'RE STILL YOU WERE NOT INCREASING YOUR $500 A MONTH PAYMENT, BUT NOT A TAX INCREASE.

BUT WHAT THE OTHER FLIP SIDE OF THAT IS WE ARE INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF DEBT YOU OWE TO THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY.

AGREED. SO IT NEEDS TO SAY I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF CHANGING THE BALLOT LANGUAGE TO SOMETHING FROM WHAT IT IS, BUT IT NEEDS TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THIS IS NOT JUST A BENIGN BIG PROBLEM FOR YOU OR A DECISION FOR YOU. THIS WILL EXTEND THE DEBT OF THE DISTRICT AND EXTEND YOUR DEBT AS A PROPERTY OWNER AND AS A AS A TAXPAYER.

SO WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT? I JUST MADE MY NOTE TO WRITE THAT DOWN AS ONE OF A POSSIBILITY.

YES, SIR. YEAH. SECOND THING, THE ENROLLMENT DRIVEN FUNDING, I, I HEAR THE ARGUMENTS.

I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO SOME OF THE COMMITTEE HEARINGS IN AUSTIN THAT ANYBODY CAN DO FROM THEIR LAPTOP OR THEIR PHONE.

I THINK IT'S A IT'S AN INTERESTING IDEA. I KNOW A LOT OF STATES DO IT.

NOT ALL STATES DO IT. BUT THE THE BIGGEST HURDLE I SEE TO THAT IS HAVING KIDS ENROLL ON A CERTAIN TIME.

LET'S JUST SAY, LIKE NOVEMBER 1ST, FAMILY MOVES INTO THE AREA AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE CAPTURED AS AN ENROLLED FAMILY OR AS ENROLLED STUDENTS, AND THEN THEY'RE NOT SHOWING UP TO SCHOOL ON A REGULAR BASIS.

OR UNBEKNOWNST TO US, THE PARENTS PULLED THEM OUT AND ENROLLED THEM IN A PRIVATE SCHOOL.

AND SO HOW WOULD WE HOW WHAT DO YOU THINK A RESPONSIBLE WAY TO ADDRESS THAT WITH THE LEGISLATORS ARE? SO WE WOULD BE USING THE DATA THAT WE HAVE. AND AS MISTER MOORE, I USED TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH MISTER MOORE.

AND THE WAY THEY'RE SHIFTING TO THIS MANNER OF CONTINUOUS DATA THAT IS GOING BACK AND FORTH FROM THE STATE AND THE THE DISTRICT.

AND SO IT'S NOT THESE CHECKPOINTS ANYMORE OF WHEN DATA IS SUBMITTED FROM THE DISTRICT TO THE STATE, IT COULD BE INSTANTANEOUS AND FOLLOWING UP ON THOSE.

SO I THINK IT OPENS UP THE OPTIONS OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES OF HOW THAT COULD LOOK.

WELL, THE PROBLEM WE HAVE NOW IS THAT WHEN IT'S JUST A SNAPSHOT DAY, CERTAIN TIMES OF WHO'S SITTING IN THEIR DESK THAT DAY, WHICH DOESN'T GIVE A TRUE SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THE DISTRICT IS.

AND LET'S SAY CHILDREN DO MOVE AROUND AND WE HAVE CHILDREN THAT LEAVE OTHER EITHER PRIVATE SCHOOL OR CHARTER SCHOOL AND COME TO US AFTER THOSE DAYS. THEN WE'RE NOT HAVING FUNDING FOR THOSE STUDENTS, WHEREAS IF THEY WOULD DO AN ENROLLMENT SNAPSHOT SEVERAL TIMES DURING A YEAR TO SEE THE FLUCTUATE, HOW IT FLUCTUATES, I THINK YOU GET A MORE ACCURATE PICTURE THAN JUST SAYING WHO'S SITTING IN THAT CHAIR THAT DAY. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION IS.

BUT RIGHT NOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE HAVING ARE LOSING MONEY AND THEIR.

AND THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED PUTTING THAT PRESSURE ON KIDS.

YOU NEED TO BE IN SCHOOL. YOU NEED TO BE IN SCHOOL.

YEAH. AND YES, THEY DO. BUT WE DON'T WANT THEM HERE SICK.

WE DON'T WANT THEM HERE WHEN THEY CAN'T BE HERE.

AND PARENTS ARE FREAKING OUT BECAUSE THEIR KIDS ARE GETTING NOTICES THAT THEY'RE NOT THERE.

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SO AND I DON'T THINK A LOT OF FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS TO THIS THING.

AND I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD THING TO DO FOR THE LEGISLATURE? I JUST DON'T KNOW. THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO, I DON'T JUST I DON'T KNOW IF BOTH CHAMBERS ARE GOING TO AGREE TO IT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO GO THERE. THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

YEAH. THE CURRENT ESA PLANS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED IN BOTH THE HOUSE BILL AND THE SENATE BILL IS THAT THE ESA WILL BE ENROLLMENT BASED, AND THEN SO WILL BE SO ESA ARE THE EDUCATIONAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.

SO THAT IS WHAT SOME OF THE VOUCHERS THAT THE REPRESENTATIVES ARE PROPOSING.

SO WE'RE A FAMILY ALREADY HAS THE CHOICE TO CHOOSE HOW THEY WANT TO EDUCATE THEIR CHILD.

AND WE BELIEVE AS A BOARD THAT THAT IS A PARENT'S RIGHT TO DO SO.

WITH THE ESAS ARE DOING THAT, SEPARATING SAYING, OKAY, NOW FAMILY A YOU WANT TO GO OVER HERE, YOU APPLY TO GET THE ESA, THE EDUCATIONAL SAVINGS ACCOUNT, AND THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS WITH YOUR CHILD TO GO TO THIS SCHOOL AND APPLY THOSE FUNDS THERE. WHEN THE CURRENT SENATE BILLS AND HOUSE BILLS HAVE THOSE DOLLARS DESIGNATED AS ENROLLMENT BASED FUNDING. SO WHETHER FAMILY A SON IS ENROLLED AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL AND NEVER SHOWS UP, THAT SCHOOL WILL STILL BE GETTING THAT FULL ENROLLMENT BASED FUNDING, WHERE THE FUNDING COMING TO US FROM THE BASIC ALLOTMENT WILL BE ATTENDANCE BASED.

AND SO I THINK AS WE'RE ADVOCATING, WE WOULD LIKE JUST EQUAL PLAYING FIELDS AND SAY, OKAY, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE ENROLLMENT BASED AND THEN THEN THIS SHOULD BE ENROLLMENT BASED BECAUSE IT'S STILL THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING APPLIED TO EDUCATION.

NO, NO. LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. YES, SIR. I HAVEN'T READ THE HOUSE VERSION.

I'VE READ THE SENATE VERSION. BUT THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF BILLS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT BOTH OF THEM ARE SAYING THAT BOTH OF THEM WILL BE ENROLLMENT BASED? FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, READING THROUGH THE BILLS AND WATCHING THE COMMITTEES OF COURSE, THE TWO DIFFERENT HOUSES, THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE, THEY THINK THEY CAN CREATE A BETTER PLAN THAN THE OTHER, THAN THEY'LL MERGE TOGETHER AND MAYBE AGREE ON ONE, BUT THOSE WILL BE ENROLLMENT BASED.

SO IF WE CAN ADVOCATE ONE OF OUR POINTS COULD BE THAT ONE WILL BE.

THEN WHY IS THE OTHER ONE NOT. AND SO BECAUSE WE WHEN WE DO OUR BUDGET, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BIG DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, WE HAVE TO STAFF AND WE HAVE TO BUY CURRICULUM AND WE HAVE TO BUY CONSUMABLES AS IF EVERY STUDENT WILL BE THERE.

SO IF WE'RE, YOU KNOW, STUDENT DOESN'T SHOW UP.

AND THEN ALSO THEN SOMETIMES OUR STUDENTS HAVE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WILL KEEP THEM OUT, WHETHER IT'S HEALTH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE THAT STAFF MEMBER THERE TO.

YEAH, TO EDUCATE THEM. I THINK IT WAS BACK IN DECEMBER.

TRUSTEE BRUNZELL AND DOCTOR NIVENS AND I MET WITH MATT MORGAN, STATE REP MATT MORGAN AND GARY GATES.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE SAID IS THAT IT'S NOT FAIR WHEN A KID GOES TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL, IF IF IT PASSES, IF THE WHOLE VOUCHER ESA THING PASSES, IF THEY GO TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL AND THEN THEY COME BACK TO LAMAR, THAT MONEY NEEDS TO BE PRORATED FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY WERE AT THAT PRIVATE SCHOOL, AND THEY DON'T NEED TO KEEP THAT MONEY FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR OR WHATEVER.

BUT THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT INTERESTING THINGS HAPPENING UP THERE IN AUSTIN RIGHT NOW REGARDING EDUCATION.

BUT I DO WANT TO SAY ALSO THAT THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE PROPERTY TAX MONEY STAYS WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT STATEWIDE.

IT DOES NOT FOLLOW THE STUDENT. AND THAT THAT IS THE CASE.

IF, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AT LEAST IN THE SENATE BILL THAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR THE ESSAYS.

SO IF A KID IN THE LAMAR FOOTPRINT TAKES AND THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A LOT OF MONEY COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN TEXAS, BUT IF ONE OF THOSE IF ONE OF THE STUDENTS OF LAMAR TAKES THE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO GO TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL AND THE PROPERTY TAX MONEY ON THAT KID'S FAMILY'S HOUSE WILL STILL GO TO LAMAR, AND THEY WILL PAY THE TAX RATE THAT WE SET AS A BOARD.

AND WITH THAT, THE CLARIFYING PART OF THAT IS THAT MONEY CAN ONLY BE APPLIED TO CERTAIN THINGS.

THAT DOES NOT APPLY TO THE EDUCATIONAL LEARNING OF THE STUDENT HIMSELF.

SO FOR THE BOND BONDS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

RIGHT, RIGHT. SO A LOT OF THE, THE POSTINGS ON FACEBOOK AND ON X AND ALL THOSE ONES, IT TALKS ABOUT HOW THERE'S $15,000 BEING SPENT ON STUDENTS AND THE MAJORITY OF THAT, SOME OF IT, WELL, MAYBE NOT THE MAJORITY OF IT, BUT A LOT OF THAT DOES NOT EVEN APPLY TO WHAT HAPPENS

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AND SO SOME OF THAT PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS, YEAH, THERE'S MORE MONEY BEING SPENT BECAUSE IT COSTS MORE TO BUILD A BUILDING.

SO OUR STUDENTS ARE BENEFITING FROM BEING INSIDE THOSE BUILDINGS, BUT IT'S NOT GOING INTO THE INSTRUCTION OF THE STUDENT.

SO WE GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION WHERE WE HAD ALL THOSE GAINS DOUBLED.

SINGLE DIGIT GAINS AND ALL THAT. THAT'S COMING FROM THE BASIC ALLOTMENT THAT THE STATE GIVES.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ASKING FOR THE INCREASE OF THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ACTUALLY AFFECTS OUR TEACHERS TEACHING OUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE UP. SO I WANT TO ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WE'VE BEEN HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS EVEN SINCE LAST SESSION.

AND SO LAST SESSION, THE BOARD AND I WENT DOWN TO AUSTIN DURING FORT BEND COUNTY DAY.

AND SOME OF SOME OF THE SAME TRUSTEES WERE IN THE ROOM WHEN I BROUGHT THAT UP TO A REPRESENTATIVE OR SENATOR, EITHER ONE. I BROUGHT THAT UP. AND I SAY, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.

AND THEY LOOKED ME IN MY EYES AND SAID, THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR MORE PEOPLE TO CALL AND ADVOCATE.

BECAUSE THEY LOOK ME IN MY EYES AND SAID THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN.

AND I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO DO THAT.

THAT'S NOT THE FAIR WAY TO DO THAT. BUT ALSO, AS PRESIDENT LAMBERT TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE THIS INFORMATION ABOUT THE STATE IS SPENDING $15,000 PER KID, THEY'RE USING THE OVERALL TAX RATE.

AND AS TRUSTEE WALSH TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TAX RATES. WE HAVE NO TAX RATE IN THIS TAX RATE.

NO MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS HAPPENS IS WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CLASSROOM.

OUR BASIC ALLOTMENT FOR THAT IS $61,000 AND 61 $6,100, RIGHT.

WE SPEND ROUGHLY $10,000 EDUCATING STUDENTS. MAYBE MORE.

SO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT IS NOT KEEPING UP WITH WHAT WE DO IN THE CLASSROOM.

AND SO THE OTHER PART OF THAT MONEY IS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

IT'S FOR BUILDING BUILDINGS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BUILD A LOT OF BUILDINGS. HAVE YOU HEARD THAT? WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS IN LAMAR SIZED, A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL COMING TO LAMAR ISD. AND SO THAT MONEY IS SET ASIDE FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

WE CANNOT USE INS DOLLARS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS TO PAY TEACHERS.

WE CAN'T USE IT TO SEND KIDS ON FIELD TRIPS WE CAN'T USE IT FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SO I WANT YOU TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES. AS THE BOARD PRESIDENT SAID, IS WHEN YOU START SEEING THAT INFORMATION.

AND I EVEN HAD A LEGISLATOR ARGUE WITH ME ON WHAT THE BASIC ALLOTMENT WAS.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE BASIC ALLOTMENT WAS. AND I SAID, NO, IT'S 6160.

AND SO FINALLY THEY LOOKED IT UP AND, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE DAYS LATER TOLD ME I WAS RIGHT. BUT WE WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD.

WE HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING. IF WE SAY IF WE SAY IF WE DON'T SAY ANYTHING, WE'LL GET ANYTHING RIGHT.

IF WE DON'T SAY SOMETHING, WE'LL GET ANYTHING. AND SO THAT'S WHY THESE PRIORITIES ARE SO IMPORTANT.

AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW YOU'RE A VOTER AND THAT YOU FIND OUT WHO YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IS OR YOUR SENATOR IS, AND YOU MAKE IT KNOWN THAT YOU'RE SUPPORTING THEM AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING SO WE CAN GET THE ASSISTANCE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN STILL EDUCATE STUDENTS.

ONE THING ABOUT KNOWING WHO OUR PEOPLE ARE, LIKE, SO, YOU KNOW WITH OUR, OUR SENATOR AND OUR MISS LOIS COKER.

SHE'S AN AMAZING WOMAN. SHE ADVOCATES WELL WITH REPRESENTATIVE MORGAN AND REPRESENTATIVE GATES FOR US.

THERE'S ALSO THESE COMMITTEES WHERE THESE PEOPLE ARE MAKING DECISIONS.

SO WE ALSO NEED TO REACH OUT AND ADVOCATE TO THEM AS WELL.

SO I WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. YEAH. OUR PEOPLE, THEY HEAR US.

BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO DIFFERENT. THERE'S A PUBLIC ED COMMITTEE.

THERE'S HIGHER ED COMMITTEE. THERE'S ALL THESE THE APPROPRIATIONS, ALL THESE OTHER COMMITTEES WHERE THERE'S OTHER REPRESENTATIVES.

THEY NEED TO HEAR OUR VOICES AS WELL. YEAH. THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE FUTURE CONSENT AGENDA THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR

[13. FUTURE CONSENT AGENDA]

IT IS 8:04 P.M.. WE ARE ADJOURNED TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS

[14. CLOSED SESSION]

WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY TRUSTEE. BRUNZELL. SECOND.

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WE'LL CALL. CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. MOTION CARRIES. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE MOTIONS? YES. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION, WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE PRESIDENT HARTZELL FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL, AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT. SECRETARY WELCH MAKES A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. MOTION CARRIES. ANY MORE MOTIONS? YES. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE IN FOSTER FARMS AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE CONTRACT. ALL RIGHT. HEARING A MOTION BY TRUSTEE DANZINGER FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE AND FOSTER FARMS. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? TRUSTEE BOX MAKES A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT.

THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 8:46 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.