[1. Call to order and establishment of a quorum]
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THIS IS A REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING BEING HELD ON APRIL 15TH, 2025.
THANK YOU. PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG LED BY SARAH LANG, A SIXTH GRADER FROM WERTHEIMER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL HAVE RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS.
[3. Recognitions/awards]
DOCTOR EVANS. YES, SIR. MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE MISS COLE-HAMILTON COMING TO THE MICROPHONE.TONIGHT, WITH GRADUATION SEASON FAST APPROACHING.
TONIGHT WE'RE CELEBRATING SEVERAL OF OUR STUDENTS SPRING SEMESTER SUCCESSES, BOTH ACADEMIC AND ATHLETIC, AS WELL AS A NATIONAL RECOGNITION EARNED BY OUR DISTRICT AS A WHOLE AND BY SEVERAL OF OUR INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES.
FIRST UP, THIS PAST FALL, THE DISTRICT RECOGNIZED THREE SENIORS SELECTED AS NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS, AND NOW THE SAME GROUP HAS ADVANCED TO BECOME NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR FINALIST.
EACH SCHOLAR NOW STANDS TO EARN COVETED NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS, INSTITUTIONAL AWARDS, PRESTIGIOUS CORPORATE SCHOLARSHIPS, AND FINANCIAL AID PACKAGES.
THIS IS A TREMENDOUS HONOR FOR LAMAR CISD, AND A TESTAMENT TO THE RIGOR OF THE DISTRICT'S COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS PROGRAM, AND OPPORTUNITIES AS FINALISTS WERE FIRST DUBBED SEMIFINALISTS EARLIER THIS YEAR.
EACH STUDENT MUST ALSO HAVE AN OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC RECORD THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL, BE ENDORSED AND RECOMMENDED BY A HIGH SCHOOL OFFICIAL, WRITE AN ESSAY, AND EARN, ACT OR SAT SCORES THAT CONFIRM EARLIER PERFORMANCE ON QUALIFYING TESTS.
WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THESE STUDENTS, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE TWO OF THE THREE WITH US THIS EVENING. PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING THIS YEAR'S LAMAR CISD NATIONAL MERIT FINALIST. NOT WITH US YET. WE'VE GOT PARKER BLACKLOCK, BUT HERE TONIGHT.
CHASE. CHASE CHANG FROM LAMAR CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL AND MICHAEL HUFFMAN FROM FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL.
CONGRATULATIONS, STUDENTS. NEXT UP, THIS EVENING WE RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR DECA STUDENTS WHO ADVANCED TO COMPETE AT THE 2025 DECA INTERNATIONAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE AND COMPETITION.
MORE THAN 7000 STUDENTS ACROSS TEXAS COMPETED, STUDENTS WHO ADVANCED TO THE DECA INTERNATIONAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE AND COMPETITION WILL COMPETE LATER THIS MONTH IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA.
AND ISIDRO HARDELL MARTINEZ AND VIVIAN WEST. FROM GEORGE RANCH HIGH SCHOOL LED BY MIKE MILNER MILLER AND TERRY HEIDEL. WE'VE GOT CDC QUALIFIERS MARCUS NGUYEN AND KELLY WU.
ICDC QUALIFIERS ARE BRI RICHTER AND KATIE TOMPKINS.
THESE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE AND GET THEIR PHOTOS BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING.
NEXT UP, WE ARE RECOGNIZING OUR TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE MUSICIANS.
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VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL FIELDS IN LAMAR CISD. WE HAD 14 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICIANS, ALL QUALIFIED FOR TMEA, A ALL STATE. THE HONORS PLACED THESE MUSICIANS SCHOLARS IN THE TOP 3% IN THE STATE.WE'VE GOT JESSE BOGELUND, SENIOR FROM FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL.
ANY HARDELL SENIOR FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL. NOT WITH US THIS EVENING.
SENIOR JACKSON INGRAM, SENIOR JESSE JOEL AND SENIOR KATHRYN MARTIN FROM FULSHEAR HIGH SCHOOL.
WE HAD NOAH HESLOP, SENIOR JUNIOR THATCHER LANG, SENIOR JOSHUA MORRELL AND JUNIOR TAKISHA OBARA FROM GEORGE RANCH HIGH SCHOOL WITH US THIS EVENING. WE GOT ANDRES BARRERA, SENIOR TIM CRANSTON, JUNIOR, WILL CRANSTON, JUNIOR AND HARRIS MANCIA, SENIOR. AND FROM TERRY HIGH SCHOOL WE HAD FABIO MARQUEZ SENIOR.
AND THAT CONCLUDES RECOGNITIONS FOR THE TMA STUDENTS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE STUDENTS. OKAY. NEXT UP LAMAR 60.
CHEER SQUADS BROUGHT HOME SOME IMPRESSIVE RESULTS FROM THE NATIONAL CHEER ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, WITH THREE TEAMS EARNING REGIONAL BIDS AND ADVANCING TO COMPETITION.
FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL, GEORGE RANCH HIGH SCHOOL, AND FULSHEAR HIGH SCHOOL EACH FINISHED IN THE TOP TWO IN THEIR REGIONAL COMPETITIONS EARLY THIS YEAR, AND ALL WENT ON TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT WITH DISTINCTION AT NATIONALS.
FULSHEAR ENTERED THIS YEAR AS THE REIGNING UIL STATE CHAMPIONS AND NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, AND ONCE AGAIN, THEY'VE PROVEN THAT THEY ARE UNTOUCHABLE, CLINCHING THE TITLE OF BACK TO BACK NCAA HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CHEERLEADERS. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS EVENING WE'RE CELEBRATING THE FACT THAT LAMAR CISD HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS AN HONOR ROLL DISTRICT BY THE EDUCATIONAL RESULTS PARTNERSHIP.
THE EARP HONOR ROLL HIGHLIGHTS SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DEMONSTRATE HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, CONSISTENT GROWTH, AND MEASURABLE PROGRESS IN CLOSING ACHIEVEMENT GAPS FOR UNDERSERVED STUDENT POPULATIONS.
THIS ACHIEVEMENT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS OF OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, CAMPUS STAFF, AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IN ADDITION TO THE HONOR RECEIVED BY THE DISTRICT OVERALL.
WE HAD SEVERAL SCHOOLS THAT MADE THE LIST INDIVIDUALLY, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO CELEBRATE TOGETHER TONIGHT WITH THE CAMPUS LEADERS FROM THIS SCHOOL FROM BRISCOE JUNIOR HIGH AND A STAR CATEGORY PRINCIPAL, JENNIFER ZIEBOLD.
RAY ELEMENTARY STAR CATEGORY PRINCIPAL NANCY GARCIA.
WILLIAMS. ELEMENTARY STAR CATEGORY PRINCIPAL.
LACEY CROWSON, AUSTIN ELEMENTARY STAR CATEGORY PRINCIPAL STEPHANIE HOLIKA HOLIKA FROM DICKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOLAR CATEGORY PRINCIPAL SHANNON ARMENDARIZ.
KIMBALL ELEMENTARY SCHOLAR, CATEGORY PRINCIPAL MANDY CASEY.
FROST ELEMENTARY STAR CATEGORY. WE'VE GOT AP NIKOLA NIKOLA PARRISH IS REPRESENTING THE CAMPUS FROM MCNEAL ELEMENTARY STAR CATEGORY PRINCIPAL JEREMY JORDAN. HUBENAK ELEMENTARY STAR CATEGORY PRINCIPAL KATHLEEN LEVERETT'S ARREDONDO, ELEMENTARY STAR CATEGORY PRINCIPAL AMBER BARBARO.
AND FROM BENTLEY ELEMENTARY STAR CATEGORY, WE'VE GOT THE AP REGINA INGRAM REPRESENTING THE CAMPUS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WONDERFUL STUDENT LEADERS.
WILL BE TAKING A GROUP PHOTO. GROUP PHOTO. BACK UP HERE.
COME ON BACK. IN THE MAN WITH THE CAMERA. ALL ALRIGHT.
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WE'LL MOVE ON TO INTRODUCTIONS.YOU JUST STAY RIGHT THERE, OKAY?
[4. Introductions]
ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR NIVENS, PRESIDENT LAMBERT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES. TONIGHT, I AM PROUD TO INTRODUCE THE NEW CAMPUS ATHLETIC COORDINATOR AND HEAD FOOTBALL COACH FOR FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL, MR. STEPHEN HILL. MR. HILL WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HEREFORD, TEXAS. HE IS A PROUD GRADUATE OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION.THE REIGNING FIVE A STATE CHAMPIONS IN FOOTBALL, STEPHEN HAS A TOTAL OF 24 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION, SERVING AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER, OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, ALSO PREVIOUSLY AS A HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.
MR. HILL TONIGHT IS HIS WIFE, JOHN. HIS DAUGHTER CAMPBELL, WHO IS A SENIOR AT FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL. AND HIS DAUGHTER REECE, WHO IS AN EIGHTH GRADER AT LEAMAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
DOCTOR NEVISON, PRESIDENT LAMBERT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS FOR THIS EVENING. ALL RIGHT,
[5. Board members' reports]
TRUSTEES, WE WILL NOW HAVE OUR BOARD MEMBER REPORTS AND SHOUT OUTS.TRUSTEES, PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO 1 TO 2 MINUTES.
MISS DANZIGER, YOU'RE GOING TO MISS ME. OKAY.
AND I PROBABLY WE WILL, WE WILL. AND I'M PROBABLY RAINING ON SOME OF YOUR PARADE, BUT THREE BIG SHOUT OUTS I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO RECOGNIZE TONIGHT. ONE WAS THE TAYLOR RAY AND NANCY GARCIA WITH THEIR FIRST EVER CELEBRATE READING DAY WITH THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS THEME. IT'S THEIR FIRST TIME THEY HAVE DONE THIS THERE.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, THERE ARE TEACHER LETICIA RUDEL FOR HAVING ALL HER STUDENTS CREATE ARTWORK DEPICTING THE THEMES HIGHLIGHTED FROM THE POPULAR CHILDREN'S PBS SHOW. AND IT BROUGHT THOSE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THAT CAMPUS TO LIFE.
AND PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WERE HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME THAT DAY.
PRINCIPAL AMBER BARBARO OPENED THAT SCHOOL TEN YEARS AGO, AND THEY HAD STUDENTS HIGHLIGHTING WHAT HAD HAPPENED OVER THE TEN YEARS. AND IT WAS FUN TO SEE THE CHANGES IN WHAT WENT DOWN EVERY YEAR.
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, THERE WERE SO MANY FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WERE THERE TO THAT THAT DESCENDENTS FROM MR. ARREDONDO AND THERE WERE ALMOST TWO DOZEN, I THINK, FORMER TEACHERS THERE THAT CAME AND THEN AND ALSO A OUR FORMER SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR RANDALL, ATTENDED. SO IT WAS A, A VERY WELL ATTENDED EVENT.
AND IT WAS I WAS GLAD I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT. AND THEN A COUPLE SATURDAYS AGO, AFTER HEADED OVER TO THE TERRY HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SPRING BOOK FESTIVAL, AFTER THE LUNCH IS A LOVE WALK A THON FOR AND THE LIBRARIANS NEVER DISAPPOINT.
THEY BRING OUT SO MANY ACTIVITIES FOR THESE KIDS TO DO.
BUT I WANT TO DO A SHOUT OUT TONIGHT TO LEAF, BECAUSE THEY PROVIDED BOOKS THAT THE CHILDREN THAT HAD EARNED A FREE BOOK, AND THEY PROVIDED THOSE BOOKS FOR THOSE STUDENTS.
SO ANY WAY TO GET BOOKS IN THE HANDS OF STUDENTS IS A A PLUS IN MY BOOK.
SO THOSE ARE MY THREE SHOUT OUTS. THANK YOU. I WANT TO GIVE A VERY SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO OUR SPECIAL
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EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR PUTTING ON WHAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE NIGHTS OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS SPECIAL EDUCATION PROM. THAT WAS FRIDAY NIGHT.TRUSTEE BOX. PRESIDENT LAMBERT AND I HAVE ATTENDED TOGETHER THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IN CASE THEY WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER DISTRICTS DO THIS, BUT IF THEY DO, THERE'S NO WAY THAT THEY DO IT.
LIKE LCISD. I'M SEEING THESE SWEET KIDS, LIKE, DRESSED TO THE NINES.
THEY ARE LAUGHING AND DANCING AND JUST HAVING THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT TRULY STAYS WITH YOU. THEY CROWN A PROM KING AND QUEEN, AND THEY GIVE OTHER FUN AWARDS LIKE BEST DRESSED AND BEST DANCER. AND, LIKE, JUST THE GENUINE HAPPINESS ON THESE KIDS FACES AND THEY CELEBRATE EACH OTHER.
IT'S JUST REALLY SWEET. AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A BIG THANK YOU AND SHOUT OUT TO THE LCISD POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO STANDS OUT THERE AT THE ENTRANCE WITH ROSES AND CHIEF GARCIA, OR LIEUTENANTS OR SERGEANTS, AND SEVERAL OF OUR OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE JUST FOR THE KIDS.
AND THEY DON'T JUST DO THAT. THEY STAY, THEY CHAPERON, THEY DANCE WITH THE KIDS.
I MEAN, THEY DANCE WITH THE KIDS. IT IS SO AWESOME TO SEE.
SO JUST TO EVERYONE WHO HELPS MAKE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE, JUST A HUGE THANK YOU.
AND PLEASE KEEP INVITING US BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF MY FAVES.
AND I'LL MENTION THAT I WENT WITH AMBER STALEY OF OF WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY AND A COUPLE OF HER KIDS TO THIS PAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON, WE WENT TO TRAILER STADIUM. AND THIS IS ANOTHER BIG SHOUT OUT TO CHIEF GARCIA AND ALL OF OUR OFFICERS IN THE LAMAR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB HOSTING WHAT YOU CALLED THE PINWHEEL PROJECT.
AND WE HAD SNACKS. WE HAD GAMES. THERE WERE FOOD TRUCKS, THERE WERE BOUNCY HOUSES.
THERE WAS A DUNK A COP BOOTH. AND WE HAD POLICE DEPARTMENTS FROM LITERALLY ALL OVER THE COUNTY, AND WE HAD OTHER ISD POLICE DEPARTMENTS THERE.
WE HAD THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THERE, AND THEY HAD A BIG EASTER EGG HUNT.
WELL, IT WAS BASICALLY AN EASTER EGG PICKUP ON, ON THE FIELD ITSELF.
AND IT WAS A IT WAS A GOOD AFTERNOON THAT I SPENT ABOUT A GOOD TWO HOURS THERE.
AND I WAS I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO BE THERE. AND I WAS REALLY PROUD TO BE A TRUSTEE.
SO GOOD JOB. YES. IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE WE HAVE SOMETHING EVERY SINGLE NIGHT OF THE WEEK. AND BUT FOR MINE, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT LIKE MISS DANZIGER ALREADY SAID TO MISS NANCY GARCIA WITH TAYLOR RAE.
EVERY SCHOOL WHEN WE BUILD SCHOOLS SHOULD LOOK THIS COLORFUL AND VIBRANT AND FULL OF LIFE IN THERE.
SO WE'LL BE TALKING TO OUR BOND OFFICE ABOUT THAT.
NO, BUT YOU WALK IN AND MISS MISS GARCIA WAS DRESSED LIKE MISS FRIZZLE.
HER TEACHERS WERE ALL IN IT. THE STUDENTS WERE ENGAGED.
I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ TO SOME CLASSES.
I WAS THERE WITH MISS DANZIGER AND VICE PRESIDENT HUTZEL.
AND I THINK THE THREE OF US, WHEN WE WERE WALKING TO OUR CARS, JUST FELT REFRESHED BECAUSE THESE STUDENTS HAD AN EXPERIENCE THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO FORGET BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I HAVEN'T FORGOT IT. AND SO MASSIVE SHOUT OUT TO HER TEAM THAT STAYED UP THERE FOR THE NIGHT BEFORE AND DECORATED AND IT REALLY WAS AN INCREDIBLE SIGHT WHEN YOU WALK IN. SO THE SPED PROM WAS AMAZING AS WELL.
A COUPLE OF OUR OFFICERS WERE ON THE DANCE FLOOR, AND I THINK THERE WERE PROBABLY SAW THE NEXT MORNING FOR THE PINWHEEL PROJECT AND ALL THAT. SO AGAIN, JUST SHOUT OUT TO MISS GARCIA AND HER TEAM AT TAYLOR RAY.
ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'LL HAVE BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS.
[6. Board committees' reports]
I GET TO SIT AND LEAD THE BOARD BUDGET COMMITTEE WITH VICE PRESIDENT HANSEL AND SECRETARY WELCH.AND SO THAT COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF THE OFFICERS.
SO TO OUR COMMUNITY WE HAVE A GREAT BUDGET TEAM, BUDGET FINANCE, ALL THAT UP THERE.
THEY'RE VERY GOOD STEWARDS WITH THE FUNDS THAT ARE ENTRUSTED TO US.
AND SO WE HAD SOME PRODUCTIVE MEETINGS AND ALL THAT. ANY OTHER BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS? THE POLICY COMMITTEE MET, I DON'T KNOW, 2 OR 3 WEEKS AGO.
AND WE HAVE A FOLLOW UP MEETING TOMORROW. SO THAT'S.
I'LL SAY SOMETHING. I'M THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE.
AND TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR A REPORT FROM TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF THAT COMMITTEE.
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AND WE WENT OUT AND SOLICITED BIDS FOR A COMPANY.WE HIRED ONE. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS INVOLVED.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE FOLKS WHO CAME TO THOSE COMMITTEE'S MEETINGS.
THEY WERE HELD ONCE A MONTH. NOW, THE FIRST ONE, WE HAD ABOUT 60 FOLKS THERE, I THINK IT WAS.
AND AFTER THAT, WE KIND OF DWINDLED DOWN TO ABOUT, I WOULD SAY ABOUT 20.
AND THE 20 FAITHFUL THAT Y'ALL SHOWED UP ALMOST EVERY MONTH, SOME OF YOU LITERALLY EVERY MONTH.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU, BECAUSE YOU REALLY HELPED FORMULATE SOME IDEAS AND TO HELP THE DISTRICT CAPTURE WHAT THE COMMUNITY BELIEVES AND THINKS AND WHERE WE SHOULD GO IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING THE REPORT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO TELL THE COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
DOCTOR EVANS, DO WE HAVE A SUPERINTENDENT REPORT? YES, SIR.
[7. Superintendent's report]
MR. PRESIDENT. AS WE KNOW IT'S ALREADY MID-APRIL, AND IT GOES FAST.IT GOES REALLY FAST. WELL, WE ALL KNOW THAT LEADERSHIP IS VERY DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY IN 2025.
AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL MY PRINCIPALS BECAUSE AS YOU SAW THEM PARADE THROUGH HERE, YOU KNOW, THOSE CAMPUSES WERE RECOGNIZED FROM AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S BASED IN CALIFORNIA ON HOW WELL THEIR CAMPUSES ARE PERFORMING.
AND SO I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL MY PRINCIPLES THAT ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB OF GETTING THERE EARLY, STAYING LATE, PUTTING OUT ALL THE FIRES WHILE MAKING SURE THEY SPEAK LIFE INTO THEIR KIDS AND TO THEIR TEACHERS.
AND AND SO IF YOU'RE WATCHING THESE PRINCIPLES, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.
I LOVE YOU TO THE COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, AS YOU ARE INVESTING IN YOUR CAMPUSES, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU STOP BY AND THANK YOUR PRINCIPAL BECAUSE YOUR PRINCIPAL IS THE PERSON THAT MAKES IT GO. AND I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE THEM, ESPECIALLY IN 2025.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO BE A LEADER OF PEOPLE IN 2025.
MRS. JOHNSON, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TAKE ACTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[9. CONSENT AGENDA]
TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL TO DISCUSS? I WOULD LIKE TO PULL F9F FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO PULL NINE F. THAT'S THE CONSIDER OF APPROVAL OF RENEWAL.
ENGAGEMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR FOR 2024 2025 FISCAL YEAR.
MRS. JOHNSON, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC PUBLIC PARTICIPATION? THAT'S A MOUTHFUL. IT IS THE DESIRE OF THE LAMAR CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO APPROPRIATELY AND EFFECTIVELY FULFILL ITS GOVERNANCE ROLE IN ACCORDANCE TO BEST PRACTICES FOR QUALITY ORGANIZATIONS AND TO THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.
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 PRESIDING OFFICER CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER. 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 A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC COMMENT FORM WILL BE HEARD DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT OR PUBLIC 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 IN PUBLIC COMMENT AND ADJUST THE TIME ALLOTTED TO EACH SPEAKER 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. TONIGHT, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
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 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS, F AND G STUDENT AND PARENT COMPLAINTS AND
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PUBLIC COMPLAINTS. THE PRESIDING OFFICER OR DESIGNEE SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER A SPEAKER HAS FILED A COMPLAINT ACCORDING TO POLICY, ANY SPEAKERS WHO COMPLAIN OF INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES DURING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.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 COMPLAINTS POLICY.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE MEETINGS HELD IN PUBLIC BUT ARE NOT PUBLIC MEETINGS.
WHILE THE BOARD 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 FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT IS OTILIA GONZALEZ.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR NIVENS AND TRUSTEES.
I'M PRESENT TONIGHT WITH OUR ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY, MR. DAMIAN MILLINGTON, WHO'S ON OUR FORT BEND COLLECTIONS TEAM.
PURDUE BRANDON HAS BEEN COLLECTING DELINQUENT TAXES IN TEXAS FOR 55 YEARS, AND 33 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN HERE IN FORT BEND COUNTY, INCLUDING FOR THE CITY OF ROSENBERG AND 62 SPECIAL DISTRICTS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF LAMAR CISD.
WE CONSISTENTLY DELIVER OUTSTANDING RESULTS AND EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR OUR CLIENTS BASED UPON THE AGENDA WORDING AND THE BACKUP INFORMATION, WE SEE THAT WE ARE NOT THE LAW FIRM THAT IS RECOMMENDED FOR THIS CONTRACT WITH THE DISTRICT.
IT HAS BEEN MANY YEARS MORE THAN I CAN REMEMBER SINCE THE DISTRICT CONSIDERED THIS SERVICE IN THE RFQ PROCESS, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO SHARE HOW OUR FIRM COULD ADD VALUE FOR THE DISTRICT AND THE SERVICE THAT WE HOPED TO PROVIDE.
I BELIEVE THE PROPOSED CONTRACT FOR THIS SERVICE IS THREE YEARS, AND I HOPE THAT AT THAT TIME IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN, OFFERING OUR SERVICES IN A PROPOSAL AND HOPEFULLY RECEIVING A DIFFERENT RESULT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
TRUSTEES, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM G. I'LL MAKE IT. ALL RIGHT.
VICE SECRETARY WELCH MAKES THE MOTION. OH, SORRY.
OH, I APOLOGIZE. I APOLOGIZE. THAT IS CORRECT.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF F JOHNSON. DO I HAVE A SECOND? OH, TRUSTEE BRONSON MAKES A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH. YES, SIR. I JUST WANT TO. I WANT TO EXPLAIN BRIEFLY ITEM NINE C, BECAUSE THERE WAS A QUESTION ON ONE OF THE FACEBOOK FORUMS TODAY ABOUT THIS.
THE DISTRICT HAS CANCELED TWO OF THE FOUR CURRENT BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONS.
THE REASON WE DID THAT, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE FOR YOU PULLED F, BUT WE'RE TALKING C.
OH, YOU'RE JUST GIVING INFORMATION ON THE DISCUSSION DURING THE DISCUSSION OF THE REST OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? YES, YES. SEATS ONE AND TWO. WE CANCELED THE ELECTION UNDER STATE LAW.
MR. LAMBERT IS CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD, AS EVERYBODY CAN SEE.
BUT HE IS THE ONLY PERSON THAT FILED FOR DISTRICT ONE OR SEAT ONE.
MONICA HENDERSON. SO SHE IS ZACH AND MONICA ARE BOTH DECLARED WINNERS BY DEFAULT UNDER STATE LAW.
SO THAT IS WHY WE CANCELED THE ELECTION FOR THOSE TWO.
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SO WE DO HAVE TWO OTHER ELECTIONS GOING ON FOR TWO OTHER BOARD SEATS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET THAT BE KNOWN OUT THERE.THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. I WILL NOW CALL FOR THE VOTE.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM F, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA, SAY AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NONE OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES.
ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'LL GET TO THAT ONE, WHICH IS.
[9.F. Consider approval of renewal engagement of independent auditor for 2024-2025 fiscal year]
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEM F.DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE DANZIGER MAKES THE MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? TRUSTEE MAKES A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH. LAST YEAR, WHEN WE WERE CONSIDERING HIRING AN OUTSIDE CPA FIRM I EXPRESSED A DESIRE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MIX IT UP A LITTLE BIT AND GO WITH A DIFFERENT FIRM.
I HAVE NO COMPLAINTS WITH WHITLEY PENN, NONE WHATSOEVER AND THEIR SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE.
I'VE JUST BEEN ADVISED THAT IT WOULD BE WISE FOR A FRESH PAIR OF EYES TO COME AND LOOK AT THE BOOKS OF LAMAR, SEE ISD. WHETHER IT'S ONE YEAR, WHETHER THAT'S TWO YEARS, I THINK I THE FEAR I HEARD EXPRESSED WAS JUST THE FAMILIARITY OF PERSONNEL AND OF BOOKS AND OF THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE.
IT WOULD JUST BE GOOD FOR A FRESH PAIR OF EYES TO COME IN.
AND SO I EXPRESSED THAT LAST YEAR THE ADMINISTRATION, I BELIEVE I UNDERSTAND WHY THE ADMINISTRATION IS AGAIN, RECOMMENDING THEM. BUT I PULLED THIS BECAUSE I INTEND TO VOTE AGAINST IT TONIGHT.
THAT'S IT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? TO ADD TO THAT.
WELL, WHEN IS THE ACTUAL AUDIT? WE'VE ALREADY ENGAGED THEM.
AND UPON APPROVAL, WE WILL EXECUTE THAT LETTER.
TYPICALLY THAT'S IN THE JUNE JULY TIME FRAME, AND THEN THEY COME BACK AND DO FINAL WORK IN THE FALL AFTER WE'VE CLOSED THE BOOKS FOR THIS YEAR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? TRUSTEES. ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL NOW CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING? YES, MA'AM. WELL, SO IF WE WERE TO DO AN RFQ, WHAT'S THE TIME FRAME FOR A PROCESS LIKE THAT TO ENGAGE IN, TO DO AN RFQ OR RFP, RFQ, RFQ AT LEAST 60 DAYS.
PROBABLY. MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE OF THE ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN THE EVALUATION AND GIVING THE PROPOSERS TIME TO ASSEMBLE THEIR PROPOSALS.
WE TYPICALLY LIKE TO GIVE THEM AT LEAST 2 TO 4 WEEKS TO DO THAT.
AND SO WHEN WOULD THEY WHEN WOULD THE WORK ACTUALLY BE ENGAGED INTO MAY? WHEN WOULD THEY ACTUALLY START DOING THE WORK? THEY START DOING THEIR WORK IN JUNE, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY SCHEDULING THEIR THEIR ENGAGEMENTS WITH ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THEIR OTHER CLIENTS RIGHT NOW IN THIS IN THE SPRING. YEAH. SO TO GET ON THEIR SCHEDULE, THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME FRAME TO APPROVE THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT.
SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S ENOUGH TIME TO DO AN RFQ, AND IT WOULD BE FAIRLY RUSHED? YES. AND THEN I WOULD WORRY THAT WE WOULDN'T GET ON ON THE CALENDAR OF WHICHEVER FIRM WE SELECTED.
I DO, AND I HAD FORGOTTEN. SO I WOULD JUST SUGGEST MAYBE WE GO WITH THEM THIS YEAR, BUT REMEMBER, NEXT YEAR AND STRICTLY BECAUSE OF THE TIMELINE WE'RE UNDER, BUT NEXT YEAR, MAYBE DO A NEW RFQ? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE SAID LAST YEAR TOO. SO I THINK BEFORE WE GET TO THIS POINT NEXT YEAR, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO, YOU KNOW, DO IT AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT WE'RE NOT RUSHED AND.
YES, DOCTOR EVANS. YES. SO I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY AND CONTEXT TO THAT.
WHEN WHEN TRUSTEE WELCH BROUGHT IT UP LAST YEAR, WE HAD JUST COMPLETED THE RFQ PROCESS FOR, FOR AUDITORS. AND SO WHEN HE BROUGHT THAT UP, SO HE AND I HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ABOUT THAT AND THEN TALKING WITH MISS LUDWIG AND THE TEAM DECIDED TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD, AND I DIDN'T BRING IT TO THE REST OF THE BOARD TO MOVE FORWARD.
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BUT IF THAT'S THE BOARD'S WILL DESIRE, THEN WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT OUT AN RFQ. THAT'S THAT'S NOT HARD TO DO AT ALL FOR NEXT YEAR.TRUSTEES. ANY OTHER. THANK YOU, MISS LUDWIG. WE'LL NOW CALL FOR THE VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING CONSENT. ITEM F SAY AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SECRETARY WELCH AND TRUSTEE BOX OPPOSE.
[10.A. Discussion of schematic design for Middle School #8]
ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE TO THE PODIUM, MR. BUCHANAN? GOOD EVENING, BOARD TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR. TONIGHT WE BRING FORTH A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBER EIGHT.SO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER EIGHT WILL BE LOCATED ADJACENT TO HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER EIGHT.
IT IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF 359, NORTH OF DOWNTOWN FULSHEAR.
THIS IS THE FLOOR PLAN FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IF YOU'LL NOTICE, THE LIGHT BLUE AREAS ARE ACADEMIC WINGS ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT.
CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIONS IN THE CENTER. THIS IS THE LIBRARY MULTIMEDIA SECTION.
THIS IS FINE ARTS CTE WITH ATHLETICS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO WHAT TWO QUESTIONS, ACTUALLY THE CAPACITY OF THAT BUILDING.
AND WHY DO WE WHY DO WE CHANGE THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING? WHY DON'T WE JUST GO WITH WHAT WE HAVE? IS THERE IMPROVEMENT OR LIKE, WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THAT? SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW OUR PRACTICE HAS BEEN AS EVERY 5 TO 6 YEARS WE UPDATE OUR EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY CHANGES ALL OF THAT STUFF.
AND THEN WE'LL UPDATE OUR EDUCATIONAL SPECS AGAIN.
AND THE CAPACITY FOR THE BUILDING, THIS ONE WILL BE 775.
THAT IS CORRECT. WHAT DOES ROBERTS HAVE RIGHT NOW? 650. OKAY. SO HAVE MORE ROOM. YES, MA'AM. OKAY.
[10.B. Discussion of design development for Junior High School #8]
NEXT WILL BE OUR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER EIGHT.AGAIN, IT IS LOCATED ON THE SAME COMPLEX IN THE SAME AREA AS HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER EIGHT.
THIS IS OUR OPTION ONE FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER EIGHT.
THIS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS OPTION ONE FOR THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
ON THE RIGHT IS THE APPROVED DESIGN FOR HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER EIGHT.
THIS IS OPTION TWO. AGAIN THIS IS OPTION TWO ADJACENT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS APPROVED.
THIS IS OPTION THREE. THIS IS OPTION THREE ADJACENT TO THE APPROVED DESIGN FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS WAS OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT VOTED. OPTION ONE RECEIVED TWO VOTES.
OPTION TWO RECEIVED SEVEN. OPTION THREE RECEIVED ZERO.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS OPTION TWO ALONG WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL APPROVED DESIGN AND THE VOTING OPTIONS.
THANK YOU SIR. CAN I ASK YOU, WHAT ABOUT THE CAPACITY FOR THE JUNIOR HIGH? DO YOU KNOW 1550? HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO LAYMAN THERE AT 1225? OKAY. I WILL JUST SAY THIS, MR. BUCHANAN, I LOVE THE WAY YOU PRESENTED THIS TO US.
IT'S VERY EASY TO FOLLOW. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU SIR.
MY TRUSTEES. WE HAVE MISS COLE-HAMILTON COMING NEXT TO TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
[10.C. Discussion of Lamar CISD Strategic Plan]
THANK YOU, DOCTOR NIVENS. LAST SPRING, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES INITIATED AN RFQ TO SELECT A VENDOR TO LEAD THE LAMAR CSD COMMUNITY THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.[00:40:09]
AND TONIGHT, MYSELF AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THAT COMMITTEE WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE PROCESS AND PRESENT A FINAL DRAFT FOR CONSIDERATION.SO A STRATEGIC PLAN IS A COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT THAT OUTLINES AN ORGANIZATION'S DIRECTION, GOALS AND ACTION STEPS OVER DESIGN PERIOD, AND IT SERVES AS A ROADMAP TO GUIDE DECISION MAKING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION.
KEY ELEMENTS INCLUDE VISION, MISSION GOALS, OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES, AND VALUES.
AT THE SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING, YOU APPROVED THE STRATEGIC THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE AND THIS COMMITTEE IS COMPOSED OF SELECTED MEMBERS FROM VARIOUS SEGMENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, PARENTS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE APPOINTED BY BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.
IN ADDITION, CAMPUS STAFF REPRESENTATIVES WERE APPOINTED AS A RESULT OF THEIR HONOR AS SUPPORT STAFF MEMBER, TEACHER, OR PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR. JG CONSULTING LED MONTHLY PLANNING SESSIONS WITH OUR COMMITTEE FROM SEPTEMBER TO APRIL, AND AS PART OF OUR PLANNING PROCESS, WE PLACE A STRONG EMPHASIS ON GATHERING BROAD AND MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY INPUT.
SO JG CONSULTING LED THE EFFORTS TO CAPTURE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES, AND WE HOSTED A SERIES OF TARGETED FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING CAMPUS LEADERS AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS, FAITH BASED LEADERS AND CHURCHES, HIGHER ED PARTNERS, LOCAL RESIDENTS NOT DIRECTLY AFFILIATED WITH THE DISTRICT, NON-INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF, PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, AND VETERAN TEACHERS AND NOVICE TEACHERS.
THIS APPROACH ENSURED THAT EVERYONE FROM CLASSROOM TEACHERS TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAD A SEAT AT THE TABLE, AND WE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM THOSE WHO WERE EXPERIENCING OUR SYSTEM FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES, ALLOWING US TO IDENTIFY BOTH STRENGTHS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THIS EVENING WE HAVE TWO COMMUNITY COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES, VANESSA MASTERS AND PASTOR JIM KYLES, HERE TO PRESENT THE FINAL DRAFT PLAN TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MR. KIRK. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. YEAH. HELLO. GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING. I'M VANESSA MASTERS. YEAH, I'M JIM KYLES.
WE'RE HONORED TO BE HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU. WE REPRESENT AN AMAZING AND DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD. AND SO WHAT WE GET TO PRESENT TONIGHT IS REALLY A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
AND WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF ALL THE HARD WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.
AND WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT IT TO YOU. AND HAVE YOU HEAR FOR YOURSELVES? YEAH. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
SO HERE WE HAVE OUR PROCESS AND CONVERSATIONS.
SO THE FIRST ITEM IS WORD CHOICE MATTERS. AS A COMMITTEE, WE KNEW THIS PLAN NEEDED TO SPEAK TO EVERYONE IN THE LAMAR CISD COMMUNITY. WE SPENT TIME BEING INTENTIONAL WITH LANGUAGE, CHOOSING WORDS THAT ARE CLEAR, MEANINGFUL, AND REFLECT OUR SHARED VALUES. EVERY WORD WE INCLUDED IN THE VALUES AND PRIORITIES WAS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED FOR HOW IT WOULD BE UNDERSTOOD AND EMBRACED BY THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. YEAH. NEXT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED WAS SIMPLICITY WITH THE LANGUAGE.
COMMON LANGUAGE, EVERYDAY LANGUAGE. IN OTHER WORDS, WE WANTED IT TO NOT BE SO ACADEMIC THAT ANYBODY COULD READ IT AND UNDERSTAND IT AND NOT ONLY READ AND UNDERSTAND. THE KEY IS WE WANT THEM TO BUY INTO IT, NO MATTER WHAT WALK OF LIFE THEY'RE IN.
THE NEXT ITEM. THE IDENTITY. WHO ARE WE? WHAT DO WE WANT FOR OUR STUDENTS? A CONSISTENT THEME THAT CAME UP ACROSS MEETINGS AND FEEDBACK WAS THE DESIRE TO PRESERVE THE SMALL TOWN FEEL THAT HAS LONG DEFINED LAMAR.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE FUTURE READY LEADERS WHO ARE WELL ROUNDED WITH GRIT, WORK ETHIC, AND A STRONG CHARACTER. THE NEXT ITEM.
STAY TRUE TO WHERE WE COME FROM. EMBRACE WHERE WE ARE NOW.
PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. AS A HYPERGROWTH DISTRICT, LAMAR CISD IS IN A MOMENT OF TRANSFORMATION.
THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, WE WERE FOCUSED ON BALANCING GROWTH WITH STAYING TRUE TO OUR CORE VALUES, MAKING SURE OUR PRIORITIES REFLECT WHO WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE, AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
WE WANT TO BREAK THE MOLD, AND SO WE HAVE AN IDEA THAT WE THOUGHT COULD BRING THIS TO LIFE.
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VANESSA IS GOING TO PASS THIS OUT. WE SO I HAVE FOUR TEENAGERS ONE TWEEN AND THREE TEENAGERS.AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THEY LOVE THIS KINDER JOY CHOCOLATE CANDY.
AS I'M SURE IF YOU'VE GOT KIDS, THEY LOVE IT AS WELL.
AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT ILLUSTRATION, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, TO REALLY ILLUSTRATE THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP AND THINKING WE'RE STEPPING INTO AS A DISTRICT. IF YOU'VE EVER HAD A KINDER CANDY, WHICH WE HAVE ONE FOR YOU OUT THERE AS WELL.
SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO PASS IT OUT. YEAH, LET'S PASS IT OUT.
AND SO IT'S A GREAT ILLUSTRATION BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE HAD A KID, I KNOW IF YOU'VE NEVER HAD IT, IT'S VERY CONFUSING. SO IT'S LIKE YOU GOT THIS OUTSIDE SHELL BREAK IT UP.
IT COMES INTO TWO PIECES. NOW, THE THING THAT'S INTERESTING IS THEY DON'T ALWAYS LOVE THE CHOCOLATE, BUT THEY ALWAYS LOVE THE PRIZE THAT'S INSIDE.
SO IF YOU GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP, IF YOU GET THE CHOCOLATE SIDE, YOU CAN INDULGE IN THAT, SEE IF YOU LIKE IT. IF YOU LIKE THE OTHER SIDE, WE WANT YOU TO OPEN THE PRIZE AS WELL.
BUT WHAT THEY'RE AFTER IS THE PRIZE THAT IS INSIDE.
IT'S ABOUT BREAKING THE MOLD TO GET TO WHAT MATTERS MOST, WHICH IS ON THE INSIDE.
AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE MOLD IN EDUCATION, WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S TRADITION. IT'S DOING WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE.
IT'S THE SYSTEMS, IT'S THE ROUTINES, IT'S THE SAFE PATHS.
BUT HERE AT LCISD, WE'RE SAYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
LET'S NOT PROTECT THE MOLD. IF IT KEEPS US FROM REACHING THE PRIZE.
LET'S BREAK IT. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT'S THE PRIZE ON THE INSIDE, THE PRIZE ON THE INSIDE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT'S WITHIN EVERY SINGLE CHILD THAT IS IN OUR DISTRICT. IT'S THE LEADERSHIP AND THE OWNERSHIP OF EVERY SINGLE TEACHER THAT IS IN OUR CLASSROOM.
AND AS A DISTRICT, WE COULD KEEP THINGS PREDICTABLE, POLISHED AND PREPACKAGED.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHY WE'RE HERE. AND WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE EITHER.
WE'RE ALL HERE TO REACH THE HIDDEN POTENTIAL INSIDE OF EVERY STUDENT THE DREAMS, THE GIFTS, THE PURPOSES. AND WE KNOW THOSE THINGS DON'T NATURALLY SHOW UP ON THE SURFACE.
AND BECAUSE WE'RE WILLING TO BREAK THE MOLD. WE WILL GET TO WHAT MATTERS MOST.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR VALUES, OUR WELL, I'M SORRY.
WE'LL GO INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN OF OUR VISION, OF THE VISION.
RIGHT. THE VALUES. OKAY. HERE WE GO. THE VALUES.
OKAY. SO HERE WE GO. BACK RIGHT THERE. OUR VALUES REFLECT THE HEART OF THIS PLAN.
THEY DEFINE WHO WE ARE AS A DISTRICT AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IN GUIDING HOW WE SERVE STUDENTS, SUPPORT STAFF AND WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.
SO THE FIRST VALUE THAT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING IS ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
ACCOUNTABILITY MEANS OWNING OUR ACTIONS AND OUTCOMES.
THE DISTRICT IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH OUR STANDARDS.
THAT MEANS NOT JUST HOPING STUDENTS ARE READY, BUT MEASURED ON HOW WELL WE WE PREPARE THEM.
BUT BEYOND THE DATA, ACCOUNTABILITY IS ABOUT TRUST.
TRUST BETWEEN STAFF AND LEADERSHIP. TRUST FROM FAMILIES TO OUR SCHOOLS.
AND TRUST THAT WE WILL KEEP STUDENTS AT THE CENTER OF EVERY DECISION.
YEAH, THE NEXT ONE IS BIG THINKING. OUR PRESIDENT.
ZACH LAMBERT STRETCHED OUR THINKING, ASKING US TO REALLY CONSIDER WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE INNOVATING, IF WE'RE BREAKING THE MOLD. AND SO BIG THINKING IS THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, NOT ALLOWING LIMITATIONS TO STOP US, BUT TO REALLY DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES AND THINKING NEW WAYS TO INNOVATE, FRESH NEW IDEAS.
OUR NEXT VALUE IS COMPASSION. AS A COMMITTEE, WE DEFINE COMPASSION AS MORE THAN JUST CARING.
IT'S ABOUT BUILDING A DISTRICT WHERE PEOPLE LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER, WHERE DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR SOMEONE ELSE ISN'T EXTRA, IT'S EXPECTED. YEAH. ANOTHER VALUE THAT WE HAVE IS EXCELLENCE.
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THAT EVERYWHERE WE'RE AT, WE SHOW UP FULLY. WE GIVE OUR BEST AS STUDENTS.WE GIVE OUR BEST AS FACULTY, WE GIVE OUR BEST AS LEADERS.
AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE A SPIRIT THAT WE CARRY WITH US AND THAT STUDENTS WOULD GRADUATE WITH, THAT WOULD CAUSE THEM TO BE IN HIGH DEMAND FROM EMPLOYERS AND THOSE AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT MIGHT INVITE THEM TO BE A PART OF THE NEXT JOURNEY OF THEIR LIFE.
THE THIRD VALUE IS INTEGRITY FOR OUR COMMITTEE.
INTEGRITY. INTEGRITY MEANS WHOLENESS. THAT'S WHAT WE SAY MATCHES WHAT WE DO.
IT'S ABOUT BEING CONSISTENT, PRINCIPLED AND FOLLOWING THROUGH EVEN WHEN IT'S HARD OR INCONVENIENT.
WE FELT STRONGLY THAT INTEGRITY ISN'T JUST ABOUT BIG DECISIONS.
IT'S REFLECTED IN THE EVERYDAY ACTIONS OF STUDENTS, STAFF, AND LEADERSHIP.
IT MEANS HOLDING OURSELVES TO A STANDARD WHERE OUR ACTIONS REFLECT OUR VALUES AT ALL TIMES.
IN A DISTRICT THAT'S GROWING AND EVOLVING. INTEGRITY KEEPS US ANCHORED.
IT REMINDS US TO STAY TRUE TO WHO WE ARE. NO MATTER HOW MUCH CHANGES AROUND US.
AND IT WAS GREAT. SOME I FIND JOY AND PURPOSE IN SERVING THE STUDENTS.
AND WHAT WE REALIZED WAS THIS IS THAT THE DEBATE WAS IS JOY AND EMOTION.
AND THE ANSWER IS YES, BUT IT'S INCOMPLETE IF WE LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THAT'S HAPPINESS. JOY IS NOT JUST AN EMOTION, IT'S ACTUALLY A STATE OF BEING.
WE GET TO CHOOSE TO BE JOY FILLED AS WE EXPERIENCE AN EMOTION OF JOY.
AND WHAT WAS SO FASCINATING IS THAT ALL THE DIFFERENT IDEAS, ALL THE DIFFERENT OPINIONS AROUND THIS WORD, WHICH I FELT WAS VERY A GREAT CONVERSATION AND WE ALL DID.
EVERYONE AGREED THAT WE SHOULD LEAVE IT ON THERE, AND THAT WAS REALLY A FASCINATING THING.
SO WE PROPOSED JOY. OKAY. SO THE VISION IS ACTUALLY CREATED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. WITH THE VALUES IN PLACE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TOOK THAT FOUNDATION AND CREATED THE VISION STATEMENT.
THE VISION STATEMENT IS WE ARE VALUES DRIVEN COMMUNITY WHERE INNOVATION THRIVES.
EXCELLENCE IS THE STANDARD AND EVERY STUDENT HAS ACCESS TO AN ELITE EDUCATION.
AND WE WERE SO PLEASED WITH THE. IS THAT YOU? YEAH. WHAT WHAT WE APPRECIATED ABOUT THE VISION THE BOARD CRAFTED IS HOW CLEARLY IT ALIGNS WITH THE VALUES AND PRIORITIES OUR COMMITTEE IDENTIFIED.
LET'S START WITH THE FIRST WORD OF THE VISION, WHICH IS WE.
THE GOAL WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN SOMEONE READS WE, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHO THAT IS.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THE DISTRICT OFFICE OR THE SCHOOLS.
IT'S ALL OF US STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF, BOARD MEMBERS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, EVERYONE WHO'S PART OF LAMAR CISD. NOW LET'S GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT THE WORD THAT PROBABLY CAUGHT EVERYBODY'S EYE RIGHT AWAY.
ELITE. WE KNOW WE WE TALKED ABOUT IT TOO. AT FIRST GLANCE, ELITE CAN SOUND EXCLUSIVE LIKE IT'S ONLY FOR A SELECT FEW, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT IT MEANS IN THIS VISION. WHEN THE BOARD INCLUDED ELITE EDUCATION, IT WAS WASN'T ABOUT PRIVILEGE.
IT WAS ABOUT SETTING A HIGH STANDARD, ONE THAT EVERY STUDENT IN LAMAR CISD CAN REACH.
NOT JUST IN TEXAS, BUT ANYWHERE. SO THINK OF ELITE AS SOMETHING WE DELIVER, NOT SOMETHING WE LIMIT.
YEAH. IN OTHER WORDS, WE TAKE ALL THE BLUEBERRIES. I JUST HAVE TO REITERATE WHAT VANESSA SAID.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE SO PLEASED TO SEE YOU TAKE THE HEART OF WHAT WE CAME UP WITH AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
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SO THE STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR MISSION. WE EQUIP EVERY STUDENT WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO PURSUE MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES, BOLDLY SHAPING FUTURES FILLED WITH PURPOSE, POSSIBILITIES, AND IMPACT.SO PRIORITY NUMBER ONE LAMAR CISD STUDENTS ACHIEVE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND SKILLS FOR LIFE THROUGH INNOVATIVE INSTRUCTION AND STUDENT CENTERED EXPERIENCE. YEAH. PRIORITY NUMBER TWO SAFE LEARNING AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT.
LAMAR CISD ENSURES SAFETY AND BELONGING FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF BY ADDRESSING PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND MENTAL WELL-BEING. PRIORITY NUMBER THREE LAMAR CISD ATTRACTS AND RETAINS THE BEST STAFF THROUGH COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION, COMPREHENSIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND SUPPORTIVE WORK ENVIRONMENTS.
THE PRIORITY NUMBER FOUR. HOME AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS LAMAR CISD CULTIVATES LASTING PARTNERSHIPS WITH FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT WELL-ROUNDED STUDENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESS. AND PRIORITY NUMBER FIVE, LAMAR CISD DRIVES CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT THROUGH SERVANT LEADERSHIP.
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY AT ALL LEVELS.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEES. AND SO NEXT STEPS.
YOU ALL DID CREATE THE VISION AND THE MISSION.
THE COMMITTEE CREATED, THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND THE VALUES, AND THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM TO WORK ON THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND THE ACTION PLAN, AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE DURING THE SUMMER IN OUR PLANNING MEETINGS, WHERE WE REALLY FLESH THAT OUT. AND THEN IN AUGUST, WE SHOULD BE ALL SET TO LAUNCH OUR NEW STRATEGIC PLAN AND START THE COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN TO BUILD AWARENESS. AT THIS TIME, TRUSTEES, MYSELF AND OUR COMMUNITY REPS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THAT WAS AWESOME. THE VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT.
MISS COLE-HAMILTON, I CANNOT REMEMBER. IS THAT WHAT WE CAME UP WITH OR WAS THAT.
I FEEL LIKE THE MISSION WAS WAS THAT THE VISION THAT WE CAME UP WITH? WE TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT OF THE LANGUAGE THROUGH THE CONVERSATIONS. WE RECEIVED FEEDBACK THAT WE WANTED TO TRULY GET ELITE IN THERE BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SO CENTRAL TO SOME BELIEFS. AND JUST BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN AND PRESENT IT IN A WAY WHERE IT DID NOT FEEL ELITIST OR OFFENSIVE.
RIGHT. OKAY. I LIKE IT. I JUST COULDN'T REMEMBER IF THAT WAS EXACTLY THE WORDING.
YEAH. YES, YES. THANK YOU FOR THE TWEAKS. THE HELP.
YEAH. IN CASE ANYBODY WASN'T WATCHING THE PORTION OF THE VIDEO ABOUT THE BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE AGAIN. IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS.
AND YOU GUYS SHOWED UP EVERY MONTH. YOU TWO AND ABOUT 20 OTHERS SHOWED UP ALL THE TIME, AND YOU GUYS PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT AND ENGAGEMENT INTO THIS. AND SO WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT ON THE SCREEN TO THE PERSON WATCHING AT HOME WHO'S JUST A CASUAL TUNER IN MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT WE'RE A HUGE ORGANIZATION AND WE'RE GETTING BIGGER ALL THE TIME, AND WE HAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FLOWING THROUGH HERE, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF SOULS WE'RE TOUCHING AND WE'RE EDUCATING AND WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WE HAVE SPENT THE TIME AS AN ORGANIZATION, AND WE'VE GOTTEN THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AS A GUIDEBOOK FOR THE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND FOR THE BOARD. SO I JUST AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND LIKE SECRETARY WALSH JUST SAID, IT'S THAT GUIDEBOOK. AND SO FOR THE COMMUNITY WATCHING AND PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS AND STAFF AND THIS FIVE YEAR PLAN IS GOING TO BE THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING TO GO AS A DISTRICT. THIS IS WHERE I'VE BEEN A PART OF ORGS WHERE WE CREATE THIS PLAN AND WORK REALLY HARD ON IT AND PUT IT ON A SHELF.
SO FROM THE GOALS AS THE BOARD TO THE GOALS THAT DOCTOR EVANS HAS, THEN THE GOALS THAT HE WILL PUT ON HIS TEAM BELOW HIM WILL ALL BE ALIGNED TO THIS STRATEGIC PLAN. SO YOU DO THE THINGS YOU TALK ABOUT THE MOST.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS THE MOST AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING WE DO WITHIN LAMAR ISD MEETS THESE PRIORITIES, THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS INVOLVED AND THAT THE VISION AND THE MISSION IS THE DIRECTION WHERE WE'RE GOING.
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SO WE HAVE A GREAT, GREAT TEAM THAT'S GOING TO SUPPORT THAT.AND SO WE'LL BE VOTING ON THAT IN THE IN THE FUTURE.
SO THANK YOU, DOCTOR EVANS. YES. SO BEFORE Y'ALL SIT DOWN.
AS AS AS THE, AS THE BOARD SAID, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS.
I WANT TO BRING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE SIMPLE FACT THAT MRS. MASTERS AND PASTOR KYLES ARE UP HERE DOING THIS.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF INPUT FOR YOU. I CALL IT DIGITAL COURAGE.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GET ON FACEBOOK AND THEY MAKE ALL THESE POSTS. AND IT'S LIQUID COURAGE.
IF THEY'VE BEEN DRINKING SOMETHING AND THEN THEY START POSTING ON FACEBOOK. BUT VERY FEW PEOPLE, VERY FEW PEOPLE WILL STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND ACTUALLY BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION.
AND YOU TWO HAVE DONE THAT CONSISTENTLY. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THAT.
AS SUPERINTENDENT, I'VE WATCHED YOU TWO IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I'VE WATCHED YOU WITH YOUR FAMILIES, I'VE WATCHED YOU WITH OTHER FOLKS. AND FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE SOLUTION. THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN LAMAR. SEE ISD. THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN OUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN OUR BOARD. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE
[11.A. Innovative CTE Course for 7th and 8th Grade Students ]
ACTION ITEMS. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT I REQUESTED WE PULL SO WE CAN HEAR FROM DOCTOR LAZAR ABOUT THE THINGS WE'RE DOING FOR OUR SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS.THAT AS WE'RE GEARING UP TO OPEN UP OUR CTE CENTER, THAT WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD THAT PIPELINE NOW.
SO. ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING. WHAT A PRESENTATION TO FOLLOW.
FOR OUR CTE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN OUR SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE CLASSES.
SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE SCREEN NOW A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO COURSES.
SO A UNIT IS DEDICATED TO EACH PROGRAM OF STUDY.
SOME EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT THEY LEARN ARE USING APPROPRIATE GREETINGS, GIVING AND RECEIVING APOLOGIES, ACCEPTING CONSEQUENCES FOR YOUR ACTIONS AND LEARNING FROM MISTAKES.
THE LIST COULD GO ON AND ON FOR THE DIFFERENT SOFT SKILLS THAT THEY LEARN IN THESE COURSES. ANOTHER THING THAT THEY LEARN IN BOTH BOTH OF THESE COURSES IS THEY EXPLORE TOPICS RELATED TO JOB SEARCHES. THEY EXPERIMENT WITH VARIOUS MODES TO SEARCH FOR JOBS.
NOW AT THE BOTTOM YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE TWO THERE ARE DIFFERENCES.
CURRENTLY IN CAREER INVESTIGATIONS, STUDENTS DO NOT RECEIVE A HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT FOR THIS COURSE.
IF THE DECISION IS MADE TO TRANSITION TO GENERAL EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS, STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE ONE HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT FOR TAKING THE CLASS CURRENTLY IN CAREER INVESTIGATIONS. NO CTE FUNDING IS RECEIVED FOR THAT COURSE.
BUT IF GENERAL EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS IS APPROVED, CTE FUNDING WILL BE RECEIVED FOR THAT CLASS.
SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CTE FUNDING.
SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE CTE IS FUNDED IN A THREE TIER SYSTEM.
FOR TIER ONE WE RECEIVE A $1.10. THESE ARE COURSES THAT ARE NOT ASSIGNED TO A PROGRAM OF STUDY.
TIER TWO. WE RECEIVE A $1.28. THESE ARE COURSES.
LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO COURSES IN A PROGRAM OF STUDY.
SO WHEN I AM REFERRING TO THE LEVELS AND THE COURSES THIS IS WHERE THE COURSES APPEAR.
THESE ARE THE COURSES THAT WE OFFER IN OUR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OF STUDY.
WHAT IS BOXED IN BLUE. THOSE ARE OUR LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO COURSES.
AND WE WILL RECEIVE A $1.28 FOR THOSE BOXED IN PURPLE.
THOSE ARE LEVEL THREE AND FOUR COURSES. THOSE WOULD BE CONSIDERED TIER THREE.
SO THAT WOULD BE $1.47. DOCTOR LAZAR. YES. CAN YOU FLUSH OUT THE $1.28 AND $1.47? IS THAT PER STUDENT? PER SEMESTER? PER YEAR? PER.
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YES, SIR. SO I HAVE ANOTHER SCREEN WHERE I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THAT. HOW WE GET TO THAT? YES, SIR. SO TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TIER ONE COURSE, THOUGH.GENERAL EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS WOULD BE A TIER ONE.
THAT'S A $1.10. CURRENTLY WE HAVE 962 STUDENTS THAT ARE SITTING IN OUR CAREER INVESTIGATIONS COURSE.
SO IF WE WERE TO TAKE THOSE KIDS AND WE'RE EXPECTING AROUND THE SAME ENROLLMENT NEXT YEAR AND SO IF WE WERE TO TAKE IN TRANSITION THOSE KIDS TO GENERAL EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS, WE WOULD RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE OF ALMOST $94,000 FOR THAT COURSE.
SO HOW IS THE TOTAL COURSE REVENUE CALCULATED? A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.
WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS, WHICH WE REFER TO AS FTES.
TO GET THAT, WE TAKE THE ENROLLMENT, DIVIDE IT BY SIX, MULTIPLY IT BY THE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
I'VE USED 95% HERE. SO YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBER IN RED THAT WE GET FOR FTES.
AND THIS IS FOR I'M LOOKING AT GENERAL EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS.
RIGHT. IF WE WERE TO TAKE THAT 962 ENROLLMENT, THEN YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.
PER THE SUMMARY OF FINANCES, WE GET $6,160 FOR A BASIC ALLOTMENT PER FTE.
SO WE WOULD TAKE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, MULTIPLY IT BY THE FTES, WHICH WAS THAT NUMBER IN RED.
AND WE GET THE NUMBER THAT'S IN BLUE THERE. THEN TO GET THE ADDITIONAL WEIGHTED FUNDING OKAY.
SO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT TIMES THE FTES MULTIPLY IT BY THE TIER WEIGHT.
HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TIER ONE COURSE. SO THAT WOULD BE $1.10.
YOU SUBTRACT A DOLLAR FROM THAT. AND THAT'S WHERE THAT ADDITIONAL $93,827 COMES FROM.
AND THEN THE TOTAL COURSE REVENUE, YOU ADD THE BASIC ALLOTMENT PLUS THE WEIGHTED FUNDING.
SO THE COURSE AS A WHOLE WOULD BRING IN A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION.
SO FINALLY, HOW IS THIS COURSE REVENUE SPENT? IT'S SPENT ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. OKAY, SO IT'S BEEN ON CTE.
SALARIES AND BENEFITS. THAT INCLUDES OUR CTE TEACHERS.
IT'S BEEN ON RESOURCES AND SUPPLIES FOR ALL OF OUR CTE COURSES.
THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE WELDERS AND AG SAWS AND CARPENTRY, GROCERIES FOR CULINARY ARTS, COMPUTERS FOR BUSINESS COURSES, 3D PRINTERS AND ENGINEERING, CPR CARDS, AND RESOURCES NEEDED FOR OUR HEALTH SCIENCE CERTIFICATIONS.
AND AGAIN, THE LIST COULD GO ON AND ON FOR THE MULTITUDE OF RESOURCES THAT WE BUY FOR CTE CLASSES.
AND IT'S SPENT ON MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR FOR CTE EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES.
IT'S USED TO PURCHASE CTE TEXTBOOKS AND ONLINE SUBSCRIPTIONS.
SOME EXAMPLES OF ONLINE SUBSCRIPTIONS WOULD BE THE ICEV CURRICULUM THAT WE USE IN OUR AG CLASSES, OR CODE IS WHAT WE USE IN OUR COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES.
IT PURCHASES INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS. IT GOES TO FUND CTE STAFF DEVELOPMENT.
EVERY SUMMER WE PAY FOR OUR TEACHERS TO GO TO CONTENT SPECIFIC CONFERENCES.
FOR INSTANCE, WE SEND OUR AG TEACHERS TO AG TEACHER CONFERENCE.
OUR HEALTH SCIENCE TEACHERS GO TO SOMETHING CALLED HOSA FOR A CONFERENCE.
IT GOES TO CTE STUDENT AND EMPLOYEE TRAVEL FOR CTSO STUDENT COMPETITIONS.
PAYS FOR BUSSES, FOR CTE FIELD TRIPS AS WELL AS ANY BARN UPKEEP AND SUPPLIES.
AND THOSE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES. SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
WE'RE GOING TO START THIS TRANSITION NEXT YEAR IF THAT IS WHAT'S PROPOSED.
YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THAT GIVEN MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR STUDENTS AT AN EARLIER AGE SO THEY CAN START DEVELOPING THAT INTEREST AND ALSO GET THE HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT RIGHT AWAY. THAT'S THAT'S A MASSIVE PLUS. AND THAT FALLS IN LINE WITH THE PRIORITY ONE THAT WE JUST HEARD FROM OUR COMMITTEE.
SO YOU'RE ALREADY DOING WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT. AND EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE CTE IS FOND.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DOCTOR LAZARD, MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO APPROVE THE CTE COURSE, GENERAL EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS FOR SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS TO TAKE STARTING IN THE 2025 AND 2026 SCHOOL YEAR.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VICE PRESIDENT HUTZEL MAKES THE MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MISS DANZINGER MAKES A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. NONE OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES.
WE WILL NOW HAVE REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS ON INFORMATIONAL ITEMS.
[12.A. Demographic Report]
OUR TRUSTEES. WE HAVE DOCTOR MAXWELL AND MR. BOB TEMPLETON HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR QUARTER FOR DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT.[01:10:03]
WELL, GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. DOCTOR NIVENS. TONIGHT WE HAVE MR. BOB TEMPLETON FROM ZONDA EDUCATION TO PRESENT ON THE QUARTER FOUR DATA AND PROJECTIONS FOR LAMAR CISD.BUT WE'LL BOTH BE UP HERE AFTER THE PRESENTATION FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. TEMPLETON. WELL THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. BOARD PRESIDENT.
DOCTOR NIVENS, BOARD MEMBERS, IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
THE SCHOOL YEAR HAS FLOWN BY. THIS IS OUR FOURTH QUARTER REPORT.
WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES AS OF DECEMBER FOR HARRIS COUNTY.
BRAZORIA COUNTY, RIGHT AT THAT 4% RANGE. THE REGION IS STILL SEEING JOB GROWTH.
IT IS STILL LEADING TO POPULATION GROWTH. IN FACT, WE'RE FORTUNATE.
TEXAS STILL LEADS THE NATION IN NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION.
WE HAVE FOUR MAJOR CITIES IN TEXAS THAT ARE IN THE TOP SIX CITIES IN THE COUNTRY FOR NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION, AND HOUSTON IS IN THE SECOND SPOT. NEW HOME STARTS AS OF THE FOURTH QUARTER WAS 39,036.
THAT'S UP ABOUT 10% FROM THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2024.
AND WHEN WE COMPARE IT TO PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, IT'S UP ABOUT 27%.
THE DARK BLUE LINE IS THE ANNUALIZED START RATE.
THE CLOSING RATE IS KEEPING PACE. SO WE ARE SEEING STRONG ACTIVITY FOR STARTS AND CLOSINGS FOR NEW HOMES DESPITE THE INTEREST RATES STILL BEING WELL ABOVE 6%, AND DESPITE THE OVERALL CONCERNS WITH THE ECONOMY, NEW HOUSING IS CONTINUING TO HOLD THEIR OWN.
WE HAD THE MOST HOME SALES WITHIN THE DISTRICT BACK IN 2021.
THAT'S WHEN THOSE INTEREST RATES WERE A LITTLE LOWER. AND THEN WE STARTED TO SEE THE RISING INTEREST RATES, LEADING TO A PRETTY DRAMATIC DROP IN TOTAL HOME SALES.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS NEW HOME SHARE OF THE SALES HAS ACTUALLY GONE UP.
THE BUILDERS HAVE BEEN VERY COMPETITIVE WITH BUY DOWNS ON THE INTEREST RATES, OFFERING SOME DISCOUNTS, OFFERING INCENTIVES TO TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE.
AND SO NEW HOME MARKET HAS ACTUALLY GROWN IN SHARE OF THE TOTAL HOME SALES WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
WE ARE STARTING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A SOFTENING IN THE SALES PRICE OF NEW HOMES.
YOU CAN SEE DURING 2024 NEW HOME SALE AVERAGE PRICE WAS 406,000.
THERE'S A LOW AMOUNT OF EXISTING HOMES FOR SALE.
MANY OF THE CURRENT HOMEOWNERS LIKELY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THOSE LOW INTEREST RATES.
SO THEY'RE SITTING ON THE SIDELINES NOW, NOT REALLY WANTING TO MOVE UP OR TO BUY A DIFFERENT HOME.
THEY'RE STAYING PUT, WHICH IS KEEPING THAT SUPPLY OF EXISTING HOMES LOW.
THE ANNUAL CLOSING IS 5011. THE INVENTORY. THOSE ARE HOMES THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND FINISHED VACANT NEW HOMES IS AT 2455 STANDS FOR VACANT DEVELOPED LOTS. THOSE ARE LOTS THAT ARE ON THE GROUND READY FOR BUILDERS TO BUILD.
WE HAVE 5085 AND WE HAVE 53,797 FUTURES. THAT'S THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF FUTURES IN THE HOUSTON REGION. AND YOU CAN SEE YOU'RE GOING TO BE GROWING VERY STRONG GROWTH FOR MANY, MANY YEARS BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE DISTRICT LOCATION, THE AMOUNT OF VACANT LAND, THAT'S STILL NOT EVEN IN THESE FUTURES.
YOU DO HAVE A LONG RUNWAY OF GROWTH. WE TRACK THE STARTS AND CLOSINGS BY QUARTER.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THE CLOSINGS ARE KEEPING PACE.
SO WE'RE NOT SEEING A BIG BUILDUP OF OF FINISHED VACANT INVENTORY.
WE CLOSED A LITTLE OVER 5000 WHEN WE COMPARE IT TO A YEAR AGO.
BUT COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN STARTS BY 689.
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WHEN WE BREAK IT ALL DOWN BY YOUR CURRENT ELEMENTARY ATTENDANCE ZONES, YOU CAN SEE THE MOST ACTIVE BY FAR IS THE HAYGOOD ELEMENTARY, WITH OVER 1100 STARTS. THE SECOND MOST ACTIVE IS THE MORGAN ZONE WITH WITH 574.THE CRAZY THING ABOUT YOUR DISTRICT IS YOU HAVE SEVEN ELEMENTARY ZONES BUILDING MORE THAN 300 HOMES.
MOST FAST GROWTH DISTRICTS WOULD BE LUCKY TO HAVE 4 OR 5, AND YOU'VE GOT SEVEN.
YOU HAVE 11 ZONES THAT ARE BUILDING MORE THAN 200 HOMES.
SO VERY STRONG GROWTH ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THIS MAP REALLY KIND OF PAINTS THAT PICTURE VERY CLEARLY.
THE GREEN SHADED AREAS ARE THE ACTIVE SUBDIVISIONS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE GROUNDWORK UNDERWAY. BULLDOZERS WORKING TO DELIVER NEW LOTS.
WE HAVE 2900 LOTS WHERE THE GROUNDWORK IS UNDERWAY IN 18 DIFFERENT SUBDIVISIONS.
DEVELOPERS AREN'T SLOWING DOWN, SO IT'S FULL SPEED AHEAD.
WE DELIVERED ABOUT 1600 LOTS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE A RED OUTLINE, THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE SEEING NEW LOTS BEING DEVELOPED.
IT'S 983 TOTAL LOTS, 33 HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
IT'S REALLY JUST GETTING STARTED. THAT YIELD IS STILL GROWING.
IT'S CURRENTLY ABOUT 0.299 STUDENTS. I SUSPECT THAT YIELDS PROBABLY GOING TO MORE THAN DOUBLE AND GET CLOSER TO 0.5 FIVE TO POINT SIX WHEN WE START THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. ITS LOCATION TO GRAY ELEMENTARY REALLY DOES SET IT UP FOR SEEING A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE YIELD.
NEXT, WE'RE LOOKING AT A VERY LARGE FUTURE. IT'S BRENTWOOD FARMS 1500 FUTURE LOTS.
IT'S ALSO IN THE GRAY ELEMENTARY ATTENDANCE ZONES.
THE FIRST THREE SECTIONS ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 166 LOTS.
THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SATELLITE IMAGE BACK FROM DECEMBER.
THE GROUNDWORK IS UNDERWAY. NEXT WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERGREEN 743 LOTS.
26 HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IT'S A DR. HORTON COMMUNITY.
PRICE POINTS ARE IN THAT 300 TO $400,000 RANGE.
AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SATELLITE IMAGE FROM FEBRUARY HUGE NUMBERS OF LOTS THAT HAVE JUST RECENTLY DELIVERED, PLUS THE FUTURE SECTIONS WHERE THE GROUNDWORK IS UNDERWAY.
WHAT'S CRAZY ABOUT YOUR DISTRICT IS YOU HAVE THESE MASSIVE MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITIES AND LITERALLY OF THE 80 DISTRICTS THAT WE WORK WITH, THERE'S NOT ANOTHER ONE THAT WE WORK WITH THAT HAS THIS SCALE OF THE LARGE MASTER PLAN.
AND THIS IS THE HINES MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY, ABOUT 7000 LOTS.
THAT NUMBER WILL MOVE AROUND JUST A LITTLE BIT AS THEY GET FURTHER ALONG IN THEIR PLANNING PROCESS.
IT'S ABOUT 3000 ACRES. DO EXPECT THAT THE THE DEVELOPMENT TO START IN THE FIRST QUARTER EXPECTING FIRST LOTS DELIVERED IN 2027. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO WATCH THE DEVELOPMENT TAKE PLACE HERE.
BUT AGAIN, 7000 LOTS THAT'S MULTIPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WOULD BE NEEDED.
IT COULD JUST ABOUT FILL UP A MIDDLE SCHOOL JUST WITHIN THAT MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY.
PECAN RIDGE 774 TOTAL LOTS, 83 HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS YIELDING ABOUT 0.502. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE SATELLITE IMAGE FROM FEBRUARY, WHERE THE LARGE NUMBERS OF VACANT DEVELOPED LOTS ARE ON THE GROUND, READY FOR BUILDERS TO BUILD.
AND WE DO HAVE A SECTION OF FUTURES WHERE THE GROUNDWORK IS UNDERWAY.
TAMRON WEST, IT'S BEEN YOUR MOST ACTIVE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS ON THE SINGLE FAMILY.
THE REASON IS WE'RE ADDING SO MANY UNITS. WE ADDED 19,680 MULTIFAMILY UNITS ACROSS THE HOUSTON METROPLEX, AND WE ONLY ABSORBED 13,000. NOW, THE RENTS HAVEN'T SOFTENED YET, BUT WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE APARTMENTS THAT ARE OFFERING CONCESSIONS.
SO THEY'RE BEING VERY CREATIVE. ABOUT 34% OF THE APARTMENTS OFFERING CONCESSIONS.
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BUT WE STILL ARE SEEING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW, SO I DON'T SEE THIS CHANGING ANYTIME SOON.ON THE OCCUPANCY RATES. WHEN WE LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT MULTIFAMILY PICTURE FOR LAMAR CONSOLIDATED, THE TURQUOISE SHADED CIRCLES REPRESENT THE PLANNED MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS.
THE PURPLE CIRCLES ARE THE MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND IT'S GROWING IN POPULARITY. BUT THESE LOOK LIKE LITTLE HOME COMMUNITIES, SMALL BACKYARDS.
THEY DO HAVE AMENITY CENTERS. THE RENTS ARE ARE ARE PRETTY HIGH.
SO THEY'RE HIGH RENTING. AND WE DO EXPECT TO SEE A LITTLE HIGHER YIELD THAN A TRADITIONAL MULTIFAMILY, BUT NOT AS HIGH YIELDING AS TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE'VE GOT AN ADDITIONAL 6700 RENTAL UNITS, MULTIFAMILY UNITS THAT ARE IN THE PLANNING STAGES.
PLUS OF THOSE, ABOUT 500 ARE THE SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL TYPE AS WELL.
THESE ARE ONE, TWO AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS. LEASING IS EXPECTED TO START IN THE LATE 2026.
IT'S JUST TO THE NORTH OF MCNEAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
YOU CAN SEE THAT SATELLITE IMAGE FROM JANUARY.
THEY STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK LEFT BEFORE THOSE WILL BEGIN LEASING IN THE LATTER PART OF 26.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PROJECTS HERE. WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THE CANVAS ON FOUNDERS HILL IS A SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL COMMUNITY.
IT'S EXPECTED TO START LEASING ANY TIME NOW. IT'S PROBABLY ALREADY LEASING.
YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SATELLITE IMAGE TO THE LEFT THERE THE SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER ARE FINISHED.
AND THEN THEY'LL WORK THROUGH THE REMAINING UNITS THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR.
IT'S EXPECTED TO BE LEASING THIS SPRING. IT'S VERY CLOSE TO RANDALL ELEMENTARY.
IT'S A MIXED USE PROJECT. WE DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS ON WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BREAK GROUND.
LIKELY LEASE A YEAR AND A HALF OUT BEFORE. WE'LL SEE THAT BREAK GROUND.
THE ELECTION IS 150 FUTURE APARTMENT UNITS. CONSTRUCTION EXPECTED TO START IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
NOW, THIS IS THE MID-LEVEL PROJECTIONS. THESE ARE THE SAME PROJECTIONS THAT I PRESENTED IN THE FALL.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S A SLIGHTLY CONSERVATIVE COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH HOUSING.
SO UNDER THIS MODEL, WE'RE FORECASTING THE ENROLLMENT WOULD GROW A LITTLE OVER 2000 STUDENTS THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND MAINTAIN ABOUT A 2200 TO 2300 PER YEAR GROWTH FOR THE NEXT 4 TO 5 YEARS.
HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, STARTING WITH THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.
YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT SEVERAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT ARE JUST OVER CAPACITY DURING THE NEXT YEAR.
I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE OPENING CAMPUSES EACH YEAR FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE TO HELP MITIGATE THESE AREAS WHERE YOU DO HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE GROWTH, THIS IS THE SECOND PAGE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
AGAIN, BOTTOM LINE IS YOU'RE GROWING ABOUT AN ELEMENTARY WORTH OF STUDENTS EACH YEAR.
EACH YEAR THAT'S ABOUT AN ELEMENTARY OF GROWTH.
AND YOU CAN SEE IT DOES CONTINUE TO PICK UP SPEED.
AND BY ABOUT 4 TO 5 YEARS, COULD BE UP TO ABOUT 1100 STUDENTS OF GROWTH IN THE 2829 SCHOOL YEAR.
HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AT YOUR MIDDLE AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS.
YOU CAN SEE ROBERT'S SIXTH GRADE ABOVE CAPACITY SIGNIFICANTLY OVER.
NOW, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE RELIEVING THAT WITH THE NEXT OPENINGS.
AND SAME FOR THE DEAN LEHMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL. AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS, IT'S FULSHEAR HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I KNOW THERE'S, YOU KNOW, PLANS FOR RELIEF DOWN THE ROAD WITH ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL OPENING.
NOW, WHAT I INTRODUCED THIS QUARTER WAS A HIGH FORECAST.
SO BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE FROM THE FALL TO THIS QUARTER'S DATA, THAT INCREASE FROM A YEAR AGO WHERE THE STARCH JUMPED UP, I FELT IT WAS PRUDENT TO SHOW YOU A HIGHER MODEL.
AND THIS MODEL IS BASED ON MAINTAINING ABOUT 5000 NEW HOMES PER YEAR.
I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ON WHAT I THINK ABOUT THAT OVER THE LONG HAUL.
I THINK IN THE SHORT HAUL FOR NEXT YEAR, IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO PLAN ON THE HIGH FOR NEXT YEAR.
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BUT THEN BEYOND THAT, BECAUSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH VOUCHERS, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY, WITH TARIFFS. TARIFFS ARE A BIG CONCERN FOR THE HOMEBUILDERS NATIONALLY.IT'S A CONCERN BECAUSE OF LUMBER. LUMBER IS NOT AS HUGE OF AN ISSUE FOR US IN TEXAS.
BUT NATIONALLY LUMBER IS BECAUSE A LOT OF THE NATIONAL LUMBER COMES FROM CANADA.
FOR THE OTHER PIECES OF THE HOUSING MARKET, IT'S ALSO APPLIANCES.
IT'S THE WINDOWS, THE ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE A CONCERN WITH INFLATION.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M A LITTLE HESITANT ON THE LONG TERM LOOKING AT THE HIGH FORECAST.
BUT FOR NEXT YEAR, I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO LOOK AT THE HIGH NUMBER BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN RIGHT NOW WITH STARTS, AND IT'S LIKELY GOING TO CLOSE 5000 HOMES BY THE FALL OF NEXT YEAR.
NOW, HERE'S WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE AT THE GRADE LEVEL.
YOU CAN SEE UNDER THIS MODEL YOU'RE GROWING ABOUT 2500 STUDENTS PER YEAR.
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU COULD DO THIS OVER TEN YEARS? IT IS POSSIBLE. THE THINGS I THINK THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THIS IS AT SOME POINT, THE INTEREST RATES COMING DOWN, SO THAT WHEN THE INTEREST RATES DO EVENTUALLY COME DOWN, THAT WILL REALLY HELP FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS RIGHT NOW, FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS. A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUGGLE BECAUSE OF THE HIGH COST RELATED TO THE COST AND THE MORTGAGE RATES.
SO I THINK AT SOME POINT THEY WILL COME DOWN.
WHAT THIS DOES IS YOU CAN SEE IT JUST ACCELERATES THOSE YELLOW SHADED CELLS.
AND BEFORE WE WERE GROWING ABOUT 750 ELEMENTARY KIDS PER YEAR UNDER THE HIGH GROWTH MODEL, WE'RE GROWING ABOUT 900 STUDENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE IT JUST KIND OF PUSHES UP EVERYTHING EARLIER.
AND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL PUSHES IT UP A LITTLE EARLIER AS WELL.
AND SO AGAIN, I THINK FOR ONE YEAR I WOULD LOOK AT THE HIGH.
THE FOURTH QUARTER NEW HOME STARTS WERE UP ABOUT 4% FROM A YEAR AGO, AND THAT'S DESPITE THE HIGHER INTEREST RATES ALONG WITH THE INFLATION AND ELECTION UNCERTAINTY. OVERALL, 24 STARTS WERE UP ALMOST 16% COMPARED TO 23 TOTALS.
THE DISTRICT HAS ROUGHLY 2450 HOMES CURRENTLY IN INVENTORY.
SOME OF THOSE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SOME OF THOSE ARE FINISHED VACANT.
WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF LOTS AVAILABLE FOR BUILDERS TO BUILD ON.
GROUNDWORK IS STILL MOVING AT A VERY STRONG PACE.
2900 LOTS WHERE THE GROUNDWORK IS UNDERWAY. I THINK IN FIVE YEARS, YOUR ENROLLMENT COULD BE ROUGHLY 57,600 STUDENTS, AND IN TEN YEARS, THAT ENROLLMENT NUMBER COULD BE AROUND 67,400 STUDENTS.
BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND YOU. I KNOW YOU KEEP A LOT OF THIS IN YOUR HEAD, AND IT'S AMAZING HOW YOU.
I KNOW YOU REFER TO THE POWERPOINT, BUT YOU DO AN EXCELLENT JOB, SO THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR KEEPING US INFORMED. WE ARE WE ARE LEANING INTO NEW DATA BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW ERA.
WE'RE IN A NEW ERA IN EDUCATION, AND ENROLLMENT IS MORE THAN ROOFTOPS AND BIRTH RATES.
IT IS ALSO ABOUT THE CHOICE ASPECT. AND SO IN OUR NEXT REPORT, I'M VERY EXCITED BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE INTRODUCING CHARTER SCHOOL LOCATION DATA. I'M ABOUT TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHOW THE CHARTER SCHOOLS IMPACTS BY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO EVENTUALLY DO THE SAME THING FOR PRIVATES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SHOW PRIVATE SCHOOL LOCATION DATA, CHARTER SCHOOL LOCATION DATA.
AND THIS IS ALL IN PREPARATION FOR THE CHANGE THAT'S HAPPENING, IF IT HAPPENS AND WHEN IT HAPPENS.
AND SO THAT WE'RE TRYING TO LEAN INTO HELPING PROVIDE CLARITY ON YOUR KIDS AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING BECAUSE AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, THERE'S THOUSANDS OF KIDS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT ARE CHOOSING CHARTERS OR PRIVATE OR HOMESCHOOL.
THE HOMESCHOOL IS A TOUGH NUT TO CRACK BECAUSE IN TEXAS RIGHT NOW, THEY DON'T HAVE TO REPORT.
AND SO WE'RE BASING SOME OF OUR CALCULATIONS ON HOMESCHOOL, ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN OTHER STATES.
SO WE'RE STUDYING OTHER STATES THAT DO REQUIRE HOMESCHOOL REPORTING.
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I'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL PRINCIPALS ALONG THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THAT THEY'RE SEEING SOME HOMEOWNERS, TWO FAMILIES LIVING. IS THERE A WAY WE CAN GET A HANDLE ON THAT, OR IS THAT REALLY HARD TO FIND THAT INFORMATION OUT? IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO FIND THAT INFORMATION.AND SO THE HIGH COST OF HOUSING THERE WILL BE AND SOME OF IT'S FOR A SEASON.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FOR A WHOLE YEAR. IT CAN BE A TEMPORARY THING AS THEY MOVE INTO AREAS.
MAYBE THEY'RE LIVING WITH FAMILY OR FRIENDS UNTIL THEY CAN MAKE DECISIONS ON WHERE TO LIVE.
YES. AND I WOULD THINK AND THIS IS JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION, BUT IF ONCE WHATEVER HAPPENS IN AUSTIN WITH THE THE, THE VOUCHERS AND IF HOMESCHOOL PARENTS DO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPORT.
RIGHT. SO WE WOULD HAVE SOME INFORMATION AT THAT POINT.
DOCTOR EVANS MAY HAVE SOME MORE UP TO DATE INFORMATION. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE SENATE VERSION HAS A HOMESCHOOL ALLOWANCE, BUT THE HOUSE VERSION DOES NOT. SO WE JUST HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
SO A COUPLE OF THINGS IS ONE IS THIS IS REALLY FOR.
SO TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION ABOUT THE BASICALLY DUAL RESONANCE, YOU KNOW, FOLKS THAT SAY THEY LIVE WITH OTHERS WE WE CAN'T BE PROACTIVE ABOUT THAT, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS BE REACTIVE. AND SO IF THERE'S EVERY TIME THE TRUSTEES WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THAT NUMBER IS, WE CAN ALWAYS PULL THAT REPORT AND MAKE SURE THE TRUSTEES KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY FAMILIES WE SAY ARE LIVING WITH OTHER FAMILIES. SO WE CAN JUST HAVE THAT INFORMATION, WE CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY. AND SO WE CAN ALWAYS USE LIKE A FIVE YEAR TREND AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAKE SOME DECISIONS ON ENROLLMENT BASED ON THAT ALSO. AND SO IF THE BOARD EVER WANTS THAT, WE CAN ALWAYS DO THAT. SECONDLY, THIS IS REALLY JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY'S SAKE, TO SAY IT OUT LOUD. YOU KNOW, WE CHOSE ZONDA BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ABLE TO GIVE US A REPORT EVERY QUARTER.
AND SO THAT'S BEEN A HYPERGROWTH SCHOOL SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, IS IS PRUDENT FOR US TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS DATA AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. MY CHALLENGE TO EVERYONE WATCHING AND EVERYONE IN THE ROOM IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SWAGIT IS OUR SYSTEM FOR BOARD MEETINGS.
AND SO USING SWAGIT, YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN GO TO THE BOARD MEETING.
YOU CAN FIND THE AREA, YOU CAN CLICK ON THE AGENDA, YOU CAN FIND THE MEETING YOU WANT.
AND YOU CAN SHARE THAT SPECIFIC PORTION OF THE MEETING WITH PEOPLE.
WHAT I'LL ASK YOU TO DO IS YOU KNOW, AFTER THIS IS POSTED TOMORROW, YOU KNOW, FIND A PORTION OF THE MEETING THAT TALKS ABOUT DEMOGRAPHICS, SHARE THAT WITH ALL THE EVERYBODY. BECAUSE AS WE START, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO BUILD BUILDINGS.
YOU KNOW, I HATE TO SAY THE WORD REZONING, BUT THAT'S GOING TO COME UP AGAIN EVENTUALLY. AND SO BECAUSE WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, YOU SAW THE SLIDE WHERE ALL THE YELLOW. AND SO WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING TO LAMAR SEE ISD AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE.
WE'RE SPEAKING LIFE INTO KIDS, AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB. AND SO I, I BELIEVE LAMAR WILL CONTINUE TO GROW, JUST AS MR. TEMPLETON SAID FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS AND BEYOND.
WHAT I NEED YOU TO DO IS SHARE THAT INFORMATION. BECAUSE AS WE START MAKING DECISIONS AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS, THE REZONING CONVERSATION WE HAD LAST YEAR, I THINK WE HAD THAT FOR A WHOLE YEAR, JUST ABOUT AND THEN WHEN WE DID IT, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THERE'S A CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD IN THIS ROOM PUBLICLY FOR ABOUT A YEAR.
AND SO WHAT WILL HELP US IS IF YOU TAKE THIS INFORMATION AND YOU SHARE IT SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING THAT THE DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS GET A PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE, AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEN PEOPLE CAN BE INFORMED AND THEY CAN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR SCHOOL SYSTEM, BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, IF YOU LIVE HERE, YOU'RE PAYING TAXES TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS THE INFORMATION. SO WHEN IT'S TIME TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. FEWER PEOPLE ARE CAUGHT OFF GUARD, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. AND SO IF YOU WOULD HELP US OUT WITH THAT.
AND SO SWAGIT WILL ALLOW US DO THAT. YOU CAN TAKE IT.
YOU CAN POST IT ONLINE, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT, EMAIL IT TO YOUR FRIENDS AND JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO WATCH THAT PIECE AND WATCH THIS PIECE. BECAUSE LAMAR CISD IS A HYPER GROWTH SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND WE WILL BE THE BEST SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THIS NATION.
AND SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MR. PRESIDENT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT.
[12.B. 2025-2026 Budget, Compensation Plan, and Related Items]
NEXT WE HAVE MISS LUDWIG, OUR CFO, TO GIVE US A BUDGET UPDATE.GOOD EVENING. BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR NIVENS.
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AS HE SAID TONIGHT, I WILL BE COVERING KEY POINTS OF OUR 2526 BUDGET PREPARATION PROCESS.I'LL COVER MOSTLY THINGS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING THAT WILL IMPACT THIS BUDGET.
AND SALARIES SPECIFICALLY, I'LL COVER THE BUDGETARY CALENDAR AND THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE'RE OPERATING UNDER AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE EVENING, WE HAVE HAD SOME BOARD BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETINGS WHERE WE'VE DISCUSSED DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND THINGS THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER FOR THIS NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. I'LL DISCUSS THOSE OPTIONS ALSO, THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET ESTIMATE AS OF THE CURRENT DATE, AND THEN ALSO DISCUSS SOME COMPENSATION PLAN INCREASES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
FIRST OF ALL, WE START THE BUDGET PROCESS LATE JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY BY UPDATING OUR FINANCIAL PLAN, AND WE REFLECT ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS. AS YOU'VE JUST SEEN WE HAVE BAKED ALL THAT INTO THIS, INTO THESE PROJECTIONS. AND IT ALSO IMPACTS OUR STAFFING NEEDS.
SO WE DO THAT. WE MEET WITH CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS AND DISCUSS THE BUDGET PROCESS OVERALL AND START DOING OUR BENEFIT AND PAYROLL PROJECTIONS, ESTIMATES. AND THEN WE LOOK, OF COURSE, AT OUR HEALTH PLAN AND HOW OUR BUDGET WILL IMPACT THAT.
AND THEN ALSO WE, WE RELEASE OUR BUDGET PACKETS TO THE CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS SO THAT THEY CAN START ENTERING THEIR BUDGETARY DATA WITHIN OUR SYSTEMS. IN MARCH THE COMMITTEE STARTS MEETING, AND WE ALSO START PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS. THEY KEY IN THEIR INFORMATION, AND THEN WE START COMPILING AND DOING OUR RECONCILIATIONS.
AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY AFFIRMED THE RACE SCENARIOS, WHICH I'LL COVER LATER.
WE ALSO WILL PROVIDE COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION AND OTHER RELATED ITEMS. IN MAY, WE WILL DO UPDATES TO ALL THOSE ITEMS, ALIGN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, AND START DISCUSSING PROPERTY VALUES WITH THE TRUSTEES, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT. IT'S ACTUALLY STATE LAW THAT WE DISCUSS IN DETAIL THE VALUES.
WE WILL ALSO PROVIDE ANOTHER UPDATE TO THE BOARD, AND WE PLAN TO TO BRING COMPENSATION PLAN ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BOARD ON MAY 5TH FOR APPROVAL. IN JUNE. WE PLAN TO DO ALL THE TRUTH AND TAXATION PUBLICATIONS AND PREPARE TO ADOPT ALL OF OUR BUDGETS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WHICH IS THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
CHILD NUTRITION BUDGET AND DEBT SERVICE BUDGET.
IN AUGUST, WE WILL PUBLISH OUR NOTICES OF TAX RATE.
THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL TRUTH AND TAXATION REQUIREMENTS.
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE YEAR.
SO WITH THAT, THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS ARE THE PRETTY MUCH THE ROADMAP AND THE OVERARCHING VALUES THAT WE USE IN BUILDING THE BUDGET. SO FIRST OF ALL, THE PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH RATE THAT WE'RE USING THIS YEAR IS 8% OVER THE CERTIFIED VALUES FROM LAST SUMMER.
THE TAXABLE VALUE WE'RE USING TO COMPUTE THE LEVY IS 30 BILLION TO $30.293 BILLION.
WE'RE USING A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AMOUNT OF $100,000, WHICH IS CURRENT LAW, 99% COLLECTION RATE, AND THEN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT AMOUNT OF 6001 60.
AGAIN, WE ARE ALL OF THE ESTIMATES YOU'LL SEE ARE BASED ON CURRENT LAW, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE KEEPING UP WITH THE BILLS THAT ARE MOVING THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW, AND WE ARE MODELING THE IMPACT TO THE DISTRICT OF SOME OF THOSE ENROLLMENT GROWTH IS ALWAYS BASED ON OUR DEMOGRAPHIC REPORTS, AND THE QUARTERLY REPORTING HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL FOR US.
IN 24, 25, THE ENROLLMENT THAT WE BASE BUDGET ON WAS 46,005 25.
WE HAVE LOOKED AT BOTH THE MID GROWTH SCENARIO AND THE HIGH GROWTH SCENARIOS.
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THIS THE ESTIMATES YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT. AS IT'S NOTED IN RED, ARE BASED ON THE HIGH GROWTH SCENARIO FOR 48,951 STUDENTS, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OVER 2400 MORE THAN LAST YEAR.CURRENT EXPERIENCE OF ATTENDANCE IS AROUND 95%.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO ESTIMATE LOCALLY, AND WE DO NOT SEE THE VALUE FROM THE CONTROLLER UNTIL ALMOST FEBRUARY OF OF 2026. SO THAT'S DEFINITELY AN ESTIMATED VALUE.
IS NOT BASED ON THE LEVEE PREDICTION. IT'S BASED ON A DIFFERENT SET OF VALUES.
THIS PROJECTION FOR 2025 IS BASED ON A TAX RATE OF 1.1447, ABOUT $1.14, WITH ABOUT 66.5 CENTS OF THAT BEING RELATED TO THE RATE, AND THEN A CONSISTENT $0.48 FOR INS, WHICH IS THE CURRENT YEAR RATE. ALSO, SOME ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE ARE USING THE STAFFING GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE HAD IN PLACE THROUGH OUR HR DEPARTMENT. WE'RE STILL CONSISTENTLY FOLLOWING THOSE.
THIS YEAR'S CENTRAL OFFICE ROTATION IS PROVIDING NEW POSITIONS FOR DEPARTMENTS OF LEARNING, TECHNOLOGY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SOME ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE NEEDED FOR GROWTH.
THE 3% RAISE FOR STAFF IS AN AVERAGE. IT'S THE ESTIMATED COST FOR A 1% RAISE ON THE TEACHER SALARY SCHEDULE, AND THOSE EMPLOYEES PAID ON THAT SCHEDULE IS $2.4 MILLION.
ONE POINT MILLION $1.1 MILLION IS THE COST OF A 3% OF MIDPOINT RAISE FOR THE PAY GRADE TABLES, AND WHAT IS IN THIS PROJECTION IS A 3% RAISE COST FOR OPENING.
SCHOOLS ARE INCLUDED, AND WE DID USE THE ZERO BASED BUDGETING CONCEPT.
NOW, WITH RESPECT TO OUR BOARD BUDGET COMMITTEE OPTIONS THAT WE'VE WE'VE DEBATED AND TALKED ABOUT AND, AND RESEARCHED THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THOSE WHICH I'LL COVER NEXT.
OPTION ONE WAS TO REVIEW THE INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE PAY.
SO WE LOOKED AT THE INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE PAY GRADE TABLE HAS FOUR PAY GRADES.
AS YOU'LL SEE, GOING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT IN THIS TABLE, PAY GRADE ONE HAS 196 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE PAID ON THAT PAY GRADE. AND TO ALIGN US WITH OUR COMPARISON DISTRICTS, WE WOULD NEED TO ADJUST OUR, OUR MIDPOINTS AND PROVIDE A $553.52 RAISE PER YEAR TO STAFF ON THAT SCHEDULE. AND THEN ONCE WE ALIGN THAT PAY GRADE, WE WOULD ADD ANOTHER 3% OF MIDPOINT RAISE, WHICH WOULD EQUATE TO ANOTHER $803 ROUGHLY. SO THE ESTIMATED TOTAL ANNUAL INCREASE FOR EACH EMPLOYEE WOULD BE THE COMBINED AMOUNT, WHICH IS $1,357. IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY THE 196 EMPLOYEES ON THAT PAY GRADE, IT'S A COST OF ABOUT $266,000. SO IF YOU GO WORK THROUGH THE PAY GRADES 266,000 FOR PAY GRADE ONE 340,000 FOR PAY, GRADE TWO, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, FOR A TOTAL OF $1.4 MILLION, CARRYING THAT $1.4 MILLION TO THIS NEXT TABLE. WE HAVE ALREADY INCLUDED A 3% RAISE OF OUR CURRENT PAY GRADE TABLES, WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT $537,000. SO THE ADDITIONAL COST OF THIS ADJUSTMENT IS RIGHT AT $908,000.
SO THAT THAT IS THE FIGURE THAT WE HAVE ALREADY REFLECTED IN THIS BUDGET, 908,000..
THE SECOND OPTION WE LOOKED AT WERE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION AREA.
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THE FIRST ONE BEING PROVIDING FOR TRAINING AND OBSERVATION FOR SUBSTITUTES THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO SELF-CONTAINED CLASSROOMS. SO HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT PROVIDING TEN PAID, PAID DAYS OF INTENSIVE TRAINING AND FIVE PAID DAYS OF OBSERVATION.OUR GOAL IS TO TRAIN 100 SUBSTITUTES FOR THE SELF-CONTAINED CLASSROOMS AND THE BUDGET IMPACT IN TOTAL OF THAT WOULD BE $187,500. THE TRAINING. THE TEN TRAINING DAYS WOULD ACTUALLY OCCUR IN THIS YEAR, THE 2425 FISCAL YEAR, AT A COST OF $125,000. SO AND IT WOULD BE PAID AT $125 PER DAY.
THE FIVE PAID DAYS OF OBSERVATION WOULD OCCUR IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR OF 2526 AT 125 DAYS PER DAY, IN A COST OF $62,500. THE 62,500 IS WHAT IS IN OUR PROJECTION.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE TABLE, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE NON-DEGREE DEGREED AND CERTIFIED SUBS.
AND THE RATES RELATIVELY SPEAKING, ARE $90, $105 AND $120 BASED ON WHICH CATEGORY THEY'RE IN.
WE ARE LOOKING AT RAISING EACH OF THOSE BY $35 A DAY.
SO IT WOULD BE 125, 140 AND 155 PER DAY. THERE ARE 12 LEAVE DAYS THAT ARE ALLOWED DURING THE YEAR. SO THE $35 TIMES, THE 12 LEAVE DAYS. AND WE FEEL LIKE THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 525 TEACHERS AND OR AIDES IN THOSE CATEGORIES. SO WHEN YOU COMPUTE THAT THE ESTIMATED COST IS $220,500.
WE WOULD ALSO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WELLNESS DAYS.
AND THE ESTIMATED COST OF THAT IS $147,000. WE ARE USING THE DEGREED DAILY RATE SINCE IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TABLE. SO AT $140 A DAY, TWO DAYS FOR 525 EMPLOYEES WOULD BE WHERE WE GET THE $147,000 WELLNESS WELLNESS DAYS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS? YES. WE HAVE BEEN REFERRING TO THAT AS MENTAL HEALTH DAYS.
SO THE WELLNESS DAYS ARE ARE THE SAME. OUR THIRD CATEGORY OF OF DISCUSSION WAS THE PAY TO PLAY FEES. WE HAVE CERTAIN CERTAIN ATHLETIC PROGRAMS WHERE STUDENTS PAY IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE. TO PARTICIPATE. THE CURRENT FEES WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AT THIS POINT UNTIL ENOUGH MONEY HAS BEEN SAVED TO PAY FOR STADIUM REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS.
IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, WE MADE SOME PRETTY DRASTIC BUDGET CUTS IN ORDER TO MAKE ROOM TO PAY FOR THOSE STADIUM REPAIRS, AND SO THAT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL YOU KNOW, A BOND REFERENDUM IS PASSED THAT'S ESTIMATED AT $550,000 PER YEAR.
THE FOURTH AREA WE DISCUSSED WERE CAMPUS LIBRARY BUDGET ALLOCATIONS.
AT THIS POINT, ALL LIBRARY BOOKS FOR CAMPUSES WILL BE PURCHASED BY CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION.
CAMPUS ALLOCATIONS WILL BE USED FOR ITEMS IN THE LIBRARY, BUT NOT LIBRARY BOOKS.
AND WITH THAT, WE DID END WITH A COUPLE ADDITIONAL MARCHING ORDERS, AND WE WILL BE REVIEWING THE RATES OF PAY FOR ALL SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS AND ALSO CONSIDERING OPTIONS FOR REVENUE GENERATION.
MAINLY WE DISCUSS FACILITY RENTALS ON THAT. ALL RIGHT.
LIKE THIS IS OUR FIRST OUR FIRST ESTIMATE $506.9 MILLION.
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AND AND IT CAN BE FURTHER CATEGORIES AS CATEGORIZED AS LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS.WITHIN THIS BUDGET, WE HAVE 44% OF THE FUNDS COMING FROM LOCAL SOURCES, WITH THE BIGGEST PIECE BEING PROPERTY TAXES AT ABOUT $215 MILLION. THEN STATE SOURCES PROVIDE ALMOST 56% OR $282.2 MILLION, WITH THE BULK OF THAT COMING FROM THE PER CAPITA APPORTIONMENT AND THE FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM.
SO THAT IS OUR FUNDING FORMULA. AND THEN THERE'S A SMALL PORTION, ABOUT A THIRD OF A PERCENT, $1.575 MILLION COMING FROM FEDERAL SOURCES, MAINLY SHAHS, WHICH IS MEDICAID.
SO HERE IS A COMPARISON OF THE THE ORIGINAL ADOPTED BUDGET FOR 2425 OUR CURRENT YEAR COMPARED TO NEXT YEAR'S PRELIMINARY BUDGET. EXPENDITURES. WE ARE COMING IN AT $511.918 MILLION AT THIS POINT, WITH THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF THAT BEING FOR PAYROLL AND BENEFITS AT $436.6 MILLION.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE ARE ABOUT $5 MILLION SHORT.
AND I'M REALLY PROJECTING THAT THOSE REVENUES WILL GO UP.
SO THAT WILL CLOSE THAT GAP A LITTLE BIT. AND EXPENDITURES WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH DEPARTMENT AND CAMPUS BUDGETS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS, IS, YOU KNOW, AS WE INTENDED TO ALLOCATE.
WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE TO COMPENSATION INCREASES.
THIS WILL BE AN ACTION ITEM ON THE MAY 5TH AGENDA.
THE BOARD BUDGET COMMITTEE MADE SALARY INCREASES A TOP PRIORITY, AS ALWAYS.
AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE STARTING TEACHER SALARY FOR NEXT YEAR TO BE $65,700.
AND THAT IS A $2,000 FLAT RAISE FOR EVERYBODY PAID ON THE TEACHER SALARY SCHEDULE.
ALL OTHER STAFF WILL RECEIVE 3% OF MIDPOINT. THE SCHEDULE YOU WILL SEE.
THESE ARE OUR DISCLAIMERS ARE QUOTED FROM THE HIRING SCHEDULE.
AND SO THIS IS NOT A PREDICTION OF ANY FUTURE SALARY INCREASES.
IT ALSO ILLUSTRATES MINIMUM SALARIES ONLY. THERE ARE EMPLOYEES THAT WORK MORE THAN THE STATED NUMBER OF DAYS FOR THIS TABLE, SO OF COURSE THEIR ANNUAL SALARY IS INCREASED BASED ON THE NUMBER OF DAYS THEY WORK.
SO THIS IS THE SCHEDULE. YOU'LL SEE THAT IF A TEACHER OR EMPLOYEE ON THIS SCHEDULE HAD ZERO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, THIS YEAR THEY WERE MAKING 64,100, AND THEY'LL BE MAKING 66,100 THIS NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THEY WILL MOVE DOWN TO, TO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ONE.
SO YOU'LL SEE HOW IT MOVES DOWN. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE $2,000 COMES IN.
WITH THAT, I'LL COVER A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. THIS IS MORE HOUSEKEEPING IN NATURE.
WE ARE TRANSITIONING TO THE JULY TO JUNE FISCAL YEAR IN THE 2627 FISCAL YEAR.
SO THAT MEANS THE 2526 YEAR IS A SHORT YEAR. IT'S A TEN MONTH YEAR.
IT WILL START AS USUAL ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, BUT IT WILL END JUNE 30TH OF 2026.
AND WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. WOW.
AND HOW YOU KEEP ALL THOSE NUMBERS AND EVERYTHING JUGGLED.
I GUESS I NEED A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION.
THE $35 ON THE SUBSTITUTES WERE SELF CONTAINED ONLY AND NOT ALL SUBSTITUTES.
YES. NOW, HOW DO WE COMPARE WITH OUR DISTRICTS AROUND US? OR HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THAT? I AM NOT SURE THAT THEY HAVE A SPECIAL CATEGORY FOR SELF SELF-CONTAINED ONLY.
SO SO WE'RE WE DEFINITELY ARE ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF THAT.
OKAY. GOOD. I JUST WONDERED ABOUT THAT TOO. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. I JUST I ONLY FOLLOWED YOU BECAUSE I WAS IN THE BOARD BUDGET COMMITTEE YESTERDAY WITH. SO I'M SEEING IT TWICE. IT REALLY MAKES IT A LOT MORE SENSE.
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SO IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO ABSORB, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT WE JUST HEARD.SO THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY EVERYONE'S SITTING OUT THERE, IT'S PROBABLY NOT SO OBVIOUS THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TIME TO SET A BUDGET.
WHAT ELSE? WE HAVE THINGS IN THE LEGISLATURE THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THE BUDGET.
AND WE ARE GOING OFF OF THE HIGHEST ESTIMATED ENROLLMENT NEXT YEAR, WHICH COULD BE LOWER.
AND THEN BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT, HE JUST SAID MAYBE MIDPOINT WOULD BE BETTER.
SO LOTS OF MOVING PARTS. BUT JUST THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE MADE IT SO CLEAR AND I'VE REALLY, TRULY NEVER UNDERSTOOD IT MORE. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
TOMORROW IN THE HOUSE, YOU HAVE A SECOND READING ON HOUSE BILL TWO.
YOU HAVE A SECOND READING ON SENATE BILL TWO.
AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE READINGS ON THE SAFETY ALLOTMENT.
MAYBE. SO A LOT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING TOMORROW WOULD BE DEPENDENT ON OUR BUDGET GOING FORWARD.
SO SOME OF THAT MAY INCREASE IF THERE'S AN INCREASE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS FINANCES AND HOW FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT THE BASIC ALLOTMENT CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON CERTAIN THINGS.
AND SO WHEN WE DO BONDS AND ALL THAT BOND MONEY CAN'T GO TOWARDS PEOPLE.
SO BOND MONEY CAN IS THINK ABOUT YOUR MORTGAGE FOR YOUR HOUSE.
IT CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO I ENCOURAGE OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND OUR STAFF TO SOMEWHAT PAY ATTENTION AND ADVOCATE FOR AN INCREASE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, BECAUSE THAT INCREASES THE BASIC ALLOTMENT WILL ALLOW US TO SOMETIMES JUST NOW MEET THE NEED THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO ALLOW US TO GO INTO EXCESS OR HAVE THESE EXTRA FRILLS, BECAUSE WE STILL DO A LOT OF FUNDRAISING FOR OUR PTO TO SEND KIDS ON FIELD TRIPS WITH BUSSES AND ALL THAT. SO THE INCREASE IN BASIC ALLOTMENT WILL HELP US GET TO WHERE WE CAN SOMEWHAT AFFORD THIS THING CALLED EDUCATION.
SO AGAIN, TOMORROW'S TALKS IN THE HOUSE WILL BE VERY I MEAN, IT'S SAYS PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE TALKED ABOUT TOMORROW. SO ALL THIS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FUTURE PRESENTATIONS ON THIS FROM MISS LUDWIG AND HER TEAM. AND THEY'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS AS WELL. SO FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR TEACHERS WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.
IN ASKING FOR AN INCREASE IN THAT, BECAUSE THAT WILL YOUR BUDGET AND OUR STAFF PAY.
WITH THAT INCREASE IN BASIC, IT WILL ALLOW US TO INCREASE OUR SUB PAY FOR OUR SELF-CONTAINED.
IT WILL ALLOW US TO INCREASE OUR TEACHER PAY ALL THAT.
SO INCREASE THAT PLEASE. STATE REPRESENTATIVES.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? YEAH. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE PARA PAY.
DO YOU WANT ME TO DO IT. THE PARA PAY. IT'S OPTION THE IT'S UNDER THE FIRST OPTION.
AND TRUSTEE WELCH BROUGHT THIS UP, AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO SAY THAT I.
IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, 1.44 MILLION PLUS ANOTHER ALMOST MILLION ON TOP OF IT.
BUT IT IS IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE PAY OUR PARAS COMPARABLY TO OTHER DISTRICTS.
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WE NEED THEM. THEY DO A LOT OF WORK. SO I JUST I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS USE OF THE BUDGET.YEAH. I WANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE, LITTLE. IF YOU GO TO THE SLIDE WHERE WE SHOW THE $5 MILLION DEFICIT, PLEASE. OKAY. DOCTOR. MIDWAY THROUGH WHERE WE SAW THE DEFICIT.
THERE YOU GO. RIGHT. AND SO, AS YOU SEE SO BASICALLY HOW THIS WORKS IS THE BOARD COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, TALKS TO THE ENTIRE BOARD AND THEN THEY COME WITH PRIORITIES.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD IS TO DECIDE THE BUDGET. AND WE KNOW WHERE THAT GOES AND HOW TO ALLOCATE IT. AND SO THAT WAS A PRIORITY FOR EVERYTHING YOU SAW WAS A PRIORITY FROM THE FROM THE BOARD BUDGET COMMITTEE AND ALSO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A YOU KNOW, WE'LL WORK THROUGH THAT.
YEAH, THEY AMAZE ME EVERY YEAR BECAUSE WE FIND IT AND WE MAKE IT HAPPEN.
BUT I WANT TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS. I'VE BEEN STOPPED IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, REZONING AND SOME CAMPUSES ARE HAVING TO DECIDE ON WHAT TEACHERS HAVE TO GO TO OPEN NEW SCHOOLS. AND SO AS WE DO THAT, AS WE OPEN, AS WE GROW, YOU KNOW, JUST STAFF FOLLOWS KIDS, OKAY. 85% OF OUR BUDGET IS PEOPLE. AND SO THE QUICKEST WAY YOU CAN GET INTO A BUDGET DEFICIT IS WHEN YOU HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE AND NOT ENOUGH CHILDREN. MAKE SENSE? BECAUSE YOU GET YOUR FUNDING BASED OFF OF CHILDREN.
AND THEN THAT FUNDING COMES WHEN THEY COME TO SCHOOL.
SO IF THEY'RE NOT IN SCHOOL, YOU MISS THAT FUNDING.
SO SIMPLY WE GET FUNDING FOR HOW MANY CHILDREN WE HAVE.
AND THEN THAT ALLOWS US TO PAY THE ADULTS. MAKE SENSE? SO WHEN YOU HAVE AN ENTIRE TRACK OPENING. SOME TEACHERS HAVE TO LEAVE SOME SCHOOLS TO GO OPEN NEW SCHOOLS.
AND THAT IS A VERY HARD CONVERSATION ESPECIALLY WITH CAMPUS PRINCIPALS, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS A PRINCIPAL, I WAS VERY TERRITORIAL AND I DID NOT WANT TO LOSE MY STAFF I LOVED.
I WANTED TO KEEP THEM WITH ME. BUT PEOPLE FOLLOW CHILDREN.
SO WHEN THE CHILDREN GO TO THE GREEN TRACK, PEOPLE HAVE TO GO TO THE GREEN TRACK.
AND SO WHEN CHILDREN LEAVE A CAMPUS, THAT MEANS SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO LEAVE THAT CAMPUS.
WE'RE NOT FIRING ANYBODY BY A STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.
WHEN THE STUDENTS LEAVE, THEY HAVE TO GO. THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW CHILDREN.
AND SO I'M GETTING EMAILS. PEOPLE ARE STOPPING ME SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOSING THIS PERSON. WE REALLY GOT TO KEEP THIS PERSON. I UNDERSTAND, BUT THE CHILDREN ARE GOING TO ANOTHER CAMPUS.
SO THE PERSON HAS TO GO TO ANOTHER CAMPUS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO KEEP SAYING THAT PUBLICLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE SYSTEM, YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS. AND SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO EDUCATE EVERYONE ON HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS AND HOW WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PAY OUR STAFF, BECAUSE THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF THIS BOARD HAS ALWAYS BEEN MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PAY OUR STAFF WELL. AND SO WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. I'M A STAFF MEMBER. I WANT THEM TO DO THAT.
AND SO AS YOU HAVE CONVERSATIONS, PRINCIPALS, AS YOU HAVE CONVERSATIONS, TEACHERS AS YOU HAVE CONVERSATIONS, I NEED EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CHILDREN OKAY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUMPED OUT TO ME IN THIS WHOLE THING, DIGGING INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT, IS THE ATTENDANCE RATE. AND I WAS LISTENING TO A COMMITTEE IN AUSTIN THE OTHER DAY, AND ONE OF THE, I THINK IT WAS THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE MAYBE IT WAS THE HOUSE.
AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW SINCE COVID, THERE'S BEEN A MIND SHIFT IN THE MINDS OF THE PUBLIC, IN THE MINDS OF THE PARENTS, THAT GOING TO SCHOOL IS IMPORTANT, BUT NOT LIKE IT USED TO BE.
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HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT IN RELEVANCE TO SOMETHING ELSE. THAT A DIFFERENT POINT THAT I'M MAKING RIGHT NOW. BUT IF WE COULD IF WE COULD INCREASE THE ATTENDANCE BY JUST 1% OR 1.5%, WE COULD CLOSE THAT GAP WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM AUSTIN.AND THAT'S VERY INTERESTING, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT OUR 94.5, 95% ATTENDANCE, DAILY ATTENDANCE RATE IS AS HIGH AS OUR PRE-COVID ATTENDANCE RATE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT'S STILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
SO IF YOUR KID CAN GO TO SCHOOL, MAKE THEM GO TO SCHOOL, AND IF YOU CAN SCHEDULE THOSE DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS AFTERWARDS THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST FOR FOR THE WHOLE SYSTEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY, TRUSTEES. NEXT WE HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS MR.
[12.C. Legacy Provisions Update]
DEVIN GARRETT COMING TO TALK ABOUT LEGACY PROVISIONS.GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT. BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR NIVENS.
SO IN DECEMBER, WE HAD THREE MANDATORY ZOOM MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THE LEGACY PROCESS AND REQUIREMENTS.
APPLICATIONS WERE ACCEPTED FROM THAT POINT THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH AFTER FEBRUARY 28TH.
DECISIONS WERE EMAILED ON MARCH 7TH. BASICALLY WE CLICKED A BUTTON IN THE PORTAL, APPROVED OR DENIED, AND THE EMAIL WENT OUT FOR THOSE THAT WERE DENIED.
WE FOLLOWED UP WITH AN EMAIL FOR AN APPEAL PROCESS FOR THE FEBRUARY 28TH ROUND.
THE ACTIVITIES THAT WERE INCLUDED. YOU CAN SEE THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR ACTIVITIES, THE FALL AND WINTER ACTIVITIES, SPORTS AND BAND AND WRESTLING AND SWIMMING THAT HAD ENDED BEFORE THE FEBRUARY 28TH DEADLINE.
SO WHEN WE PULLED THE INFORMATION BASED ON THE LEGACY RESULTS, THIS IS A BREAKDOWN BY CAMPUS.
OUR TOTAL APPLICATIONS WERE 212. THERE WERE 158 APPROVED AND 54 DENIED.
AND I'VE GOT IT BROKEN DOWN BY CAMPUS. IF YOU LOOK AT TOTALS PER CAMPUS, YOU HAD FOSTER WITH 110 APPLICATIONS, FOSTER WITH 78, LAMAR CONSOLIDATED WITH 19, RANDALL WITH FIVE.
BEFORE I GO ON, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PAGE? SO THIS ACCOMPANIES BOTH THE LEGACIES THAT WERE GRANTED AND THE APPEALS.
THE APPEALS WERE GRANTED. THERE WERE 17 APPEALS.
12 OF THEM WERE APPROVED. FIVE OF THEM WERE DENIED.
WE'VE TAKEN THESE NUMBERS AND THESE THESE STUDENT INFORMATION WE'VE DISTRIBUTED TO CAMPUSES.
WE'VE ALSO DISTRIBUTED TO DOCTOR MAXWELL'S OFFICE SO HE COULD DISTRIBUTE IT TO THE DEMOGRAPHICS.
SO THE NEXT ROUND OF LEGACIES ENDS THIS FRIDAY.
AND SO THE DECISION EMAILS WILL BE SENT TO PARENTS ON MAY 9TH.
THE APPEALS WINDOW WILL BE MAY 9TH TO MAY 23RD, AND THEN FINAL DECISIONS WILL BE JUNE 2ND BASED OFF BOTH THE APPEALS AND THE ACCEPTED DENIALS. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 48 APPLICANTS IN THE APRIL PORTAL.
THESE ACTIVITIES ARE GOING TO INCLUDE OUR WINTER AND SPRING ACTIVITIES THAT WERE NOT FINISHED BY FEBRUARY 28TH, AND THEN ALL OF OUR SPRING ACTIVITIES, BOTH ACADEMICS AND ATHLETICS, THAT ARE ENDING AFTER THAT FEBRUARY 28TH DEADLINE.
IS THIS ABOUT AS MANY KIDS AS WE WERE EXPECTING, OR DID WE HAVE ANY IDEA? I THINK IT'S CLOSE TO WHAT WE EXPECTED. LIKE RIGHT NOW WITH IT BEING 50 AND YOU'LL SEE AN INFLUX LIKE IT WAS ABOUT WHERE IT IS NOW.
AND THEN I'D SAY NOW WE SAW THAT NUMBER DOUBLE THE WEEK OF.
SO LIKE BETWEEN NOW AND FRIDAY, I THINK WE'LL END UP AT 100.
AND I THINK THAT'S CLEARED SOME OF THE CONFUSION AND KEPT THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT PLACES.
OKAY. AND SOME OF THE DENIALS IS THAT WAS THAT JUST GRADES OR WAS IT THEY WEREN'T ELIGIBLE OR.
SO I CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ATHLETICS, WHAT I SAW.
A LOT OF THE DENIALS THAT WE SAW IN FEBRUARY 28TH WERE FOR SOCCER AND TENNIS, AND THOSE SEASONS WEREN'T COMPLETED YET, LIKE THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE APRIL. AND SO IN THAT EMAIL BACK TO THEM IN THE DENIAL, YOU KNOW, YOUR APPLICATION WAS DENIED. BUT REALISTICALLY, YOU SHOULD APPLY IN APRIL BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN YOUR SEASON IS OVER AND WE CAN DETERMINE THOSE. SO SOME OF THEM WAS WAS THEY JUST APPLIED AT THE WRONG TIME.
AND THEN SOME OF THEM WHERE THEY DIDN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. OKAY.
AND WHAT ABOUT FINE ARTS. WAS THAT BROKEN DOWN I COULDN'T I DON'T REMEMBER PVA SORRY.
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SO FOR. FOR FINE ARTS. THERE WAS A POINT SYSTEM THAT THEY HAD TO HIT, AND THERE WAS THE BAND OPTION AND THE THEATER OPTION. THERE WERE JUST TWO DIFFERENT POINT SYSTEMS. IT'S ACTUALLY FAIRLY EASY TO HIT THOSE POINTS IF THEY ARE VERY IF THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN A LOT OF THINGS.[12.D. Strengthening Our Schools Through Campus Climate Surveys ]
THANK YOU, DOCTOR NIVENS. AND MR. PRESIDENT, AS WE CONTINUE WORKING TO BUILD A CULTURE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS LIKE THEIR VOICE MATTERS AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE IS VALUED, WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO FOCUS ON A VERY POWERFUL TOOL THAT WE HAVE AND UTILIZE IN LAMAR CISD, AND THAT'S OUR CAMPUS CLIMATE SURVEY. SO THERE IS A SAYING THAT WE MIGHT HAVE ALL HEARD PEOPLE DON'T LEAVE JOBS.THEY LEAVE BOSSES. AND WHILE THAT MIGHT BE AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION, IT DOES SPEAK TO SOMETHING VERY REAL THAT THE CAMPUS CLIMATE SURVEY, THE CAMPUS AND CULTURE OF OUR CAMPUS, I'M SORRY, THE CLIMATE ON CAMPUS, THE CLIMATE AND CULTURE CAMPUS MATTERS.
AND THE BEST WAY TO UNDERSTAND THAT IS TO ASK THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IT EVERY DAY.
SO THIS IS WHY WE DO OUR CAMPUS CLIMATE SURVEYS.
THE SURVEYS GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAUGE FEEDBACK FROM OUR PARENTS, STAFF AND STUDENTS.
THEY ALLOW US TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE IN A WAY THAT CAN DRIVE REAL CHANGE.
BUT FOR SURVEYS TO TRULY HAVE AN IMPACT, THREE THINGS MUST BE TRUE.
NUMBER ONE, PEOPLE HAVE TO TRUST THE PROCESS.
NUMBER TWO, THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR FEEDBACK DOES MATTER.
AND NUMBER THREE, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH WHAT WE LEARN.
AND AS I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY, WHAT GETS FEEDBACK GETS BETTER.
SO THIS EVENING I'M GOING TO WALK US THROUGH HOW LAMAR CISD IS WORKING TO BUILD TRUST, COMMUNICATE OUR PROCESSES CLEARLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW WE USE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE DO RECEIVE. SO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE CONSISTENTLY HEARD FROM STAFF, IS THE TRUST IN THE SURVEY PROCESS. FOR MANY EMPLOYEES, THEIR TWO BIGGEST CONCERNS ARE IS MY FEEDBACK ANONYMOUS AND WHAT DO YOU ALL DO WITH THE RESULTS? AND THOSE ARE FAIR QUESTIONS. IF WE'RE GOING TO ASK OUR PARENTS, STAFF AND STUDENTS TO BE TRANSPARENT AND SHARE HONEST FEEDBACK, WE OWE IT TO THEM TO BE EQUALLY TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THEIR IMPACT.
SO HERE'S HOW IT WORKS. WE PARTNER WITH K12 INSIGHT.
THEY ARE A THIRD PARTY PROVIDER THAT SPECIALIZES IN EDUCATIONAL FEEDBACK SYSTEMS. ONCE OUR SURVEYS ARE DISTRIBUTED AND COMPLETED, K12 INSIGHTS COLLECTS AND COMPILES THE RESPONSES INDEPENDENTLY.
OUR ADMINISTRATORS DO NOT SEE INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSIONS AND WHAT WE RECEIVE ARE AGGREGATED CAMPUS LEVEL REPORTS WITH TRENDS, INSIGHTS AND BREAKDOWNS OF RESPONSES BASED ON GROUPINGS LIKE ROLES OR DEPARTMENTS, NOT INDIVIDUALS.
OTHERWISE, THE DATA IS ALL COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS.
TO ALLEVIATE SOME CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE MAY HAVE ABOUT TAKING THE SURVEY, WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PRINCIPALS TO COMMUNICATE THE PROCESS CLEARLY TO STAFF AND EARLY TO STAFF, BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE AND TO DO SO HONESTLY.
WE ALSO WANT TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHY WE CONDUCT THESE SURVEYS.
WE WANT TO IDENTIFY WHAT'S WORKING WELL SO WE CAN CELEBRATE IT AND BUILD ON IT.
AND ULTIMATELY, WE WANT EVERY SCHOOL AND EVERY DEPARTMENT TO BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE FEEL HEARD, SUPPORTED AND VALUED. AND SO OUR ANNUAL CAMPUS CLIMATE SURVEYS ARE FOR OUR PARENTS, STAFF AND STUDENTS.
WE'VE ESTABLISHED CORE GROUPS FOR THE CAMPUS CLIMATE SURVEYS.
BUT ANY CAMPUS OR ANY DEPARTMENT CAN ADMINISTER THEIR OWN SURVEY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IF THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON ANY SPECIFIC TOPIC OR IF THERE'S ANY DATA THEY WANT TO MEASURE OR DATA OR GATHER. BUT THE GOAL IS NOT JUST DATA COLLECTION.
OUR GOAL IS MEANINGFUL CAMPUS LEVEL CHANGE, AND THAT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN WE LISTEN AND CLOSE THE LOOP.
AND SO YES, OUR SURVEYS ARE ABOUT FEEDBACK, BUT THEY'RE ALSO ABOUT BUILDING TRUST.
ANOTHER COMMON QUESTION WE RECEIVE IS WHO WRITES THESE SURVEY QUESTIONS.
AND DO THEY REALLY REFLECT WHAT MATTERS MOST TO TEACHERS AND STAFF? AND THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF BUILDING TRUST.
AND HERE'S WHAT WE WANT OUR STAFF AND OUR LEADERS TO KNOW. K12 INSIGHT THEY'RE OUR PROVIDER.
THAT MEANS EACH QUESTION IS NOT CREATED IN ISOLATION.
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LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS, EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, AND RETENTION ACROSS VARIOUS DISTRICTS.CUSTOMIZATION. FOR CONTEXT. WHILE K12 INSIGHT PROVIDES A STRONG FOUNDATION OF CORE QUESTIONS, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAILOR OUR QUESTIONS TO REFLECT OUR DISTRICT'S UNIQUE NEEDS AND VALUES.
INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT THE SURVEY INCLUDES INPUT AND INSIGHT FROM EDUCATORS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND THOUGHT LEADERS FROM A RANGE OF SCHOOL SETTINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO ENSURE THAT OUR QUESTIONS ARE RELEVANT AND INCLUSIVE FOR DIFFERENT ROLES, MEANING OUR TEACHERS, SUPPORT STAFF AND PRINCIPALS, AND THEN CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS.
OUR QUESTIONS ARE REVIEWED ANNUALLY AND REFINED EACH YEAR BASED ON FEEDBACK OR EMERGING TRENDS.
THEY'RE ENGAGING REALLY STRATEGICALLY WITH DESIGNED QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TESTED AND REFINED TO GET TO THE HEART OF WHAT MATTERS MOST OUR CAMPUS CULTURE, LEADERSHIP, EFFECTIVENESS, COMMUNICATION, SUPPORT, AND OVERALL EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE.
THIS COMES FROM K12 INSIGHT, 10 TO 15% FROM OUR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, 50% RESPONSE RATE FROM STAFF MEMBERS, AND A 60% RESPONSE RATE FROM STUDENTS. AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION FROM K12 INSIGHT.
AND SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE DATA. WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN NOW ARE STAFF RATES.
THAT LAST COLUMN SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE. REMEMBER I SAID THE GOAL FOR STAFF IS 50%.
YOU'LL SEE AS I CLICK THROUGH THESE SLIDES MANY OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE WELL ABOVE 50.
WE'VE GOT 9281. WE'VE GOT ONE STAFF, I MEAN ONE CAMPUS THAT IS RIGHT AT IN THE HIGH 90S, 97 AS RANDALL ELEMENTARY. I KNEW IT WAS THERE. THAT WAS A SHOUT OUT TO YOU, MR. BAINBRIDGE. ALL RIGHT. IN STUDENT PARTICIPATION RATES, THE GOAL THERE IS 60%.
AND YOU'LL SEE IN THAT LAST COLUMN AGAIN, MANY OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE WELL ABOVE 60%.
WE HAVE A HEALTHY COMPETITION AMONG OUR PRINCIPALS.
K-12 INSIGHTS DOES PROVIDE A LINK THAT I SHARE WITH PRINCIPALS IN REAL TIME AND WITH AREA SOUPS, SO THEY CAN MONITOR THE PARTICIPATION NUMBERS.
OKAY. SO USING USING SURVEY RESULTS. ANOTHER CONCERN WE SOMETIMES HEAR IS EVEN IF I TAKE THE SURVEY, HOW DO I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING ANYTHING WITH THE RESPONSES? WELL THAT'S WHERE ACCOUNTABILITY AND FOLLOW THROUGH COME INTO PLAY. SO IN LAMAR CISD, WE ARE COMMITTED TO UTILIZING OUR SURVEY DATA ALL YEAR AND NOT JUST AS A ONE TIME SNAPSHOT, BUT IT'S PART OF AN ONGOING IMPROVEMENT CYCLE.
AND WHEN THEY MEET DURING THE SUMMER PLANNING ACADEMY, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO PRESENT CAMPUS CLIMATE SURVEY DATA TO PRINCIPALS NEXT MONTH, SO THEY WILL HAVE IT IN TIME FOR THEIR SUMMER PLANNING ACADEMY, AND THAT CAN INFLUENCE WHAT THEY DO WITH THEIR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM OUR STAFF.
WE KNOW THAT SOME THINGS ARE JUST BETTER SAID FACE TO FACE OR IN SMALL GROUPS. SO DOCTOR NIVENS HOST SUPERINTENDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGS WHERE HE MEETS WITH THE DISTRICT TEACHERS AND STAFF MEMBERS OF THE YEAR FROM EVERY CAMPUS, AND WE DO IT TWICE A YEAR.
REAL TRANSPARENT CONVERSATIONS WHERE HE GETS THEIR FEEDBACK, WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING, AND WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THEY FEEL HE SHOULD FOCUS AND PRIORITIZE.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE RELATIONSHIPS MATTER.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DO ENCOURAGE STAFF TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THEIR CAMPUS LEADERS OR THEIR SUPERVISORS AND INITIATE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ON THE GROUND LOCALLY WITH THEIR BUILDING PRINCIPALS IF THEY'VE GOT CONCERNS OR IDEAS.
ALL THE DATA WE GET, WHETHER IT'S FROM THESE FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS, I MEAN THE ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGS, FACULTY MEETINGS OR ONE ON ONE MEETINGS. IT USED TO IMPROVE THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS AND HOW WE OPERATE.
THAT WAS JUST A QUICK, HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF HOW AND WHY WE USE SURVEYS IN LAMAR CSD.
BUT I'M PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. I DO.
I HAVE A QUESTION. WE USE K THROUGH K 12 INSIGHTS.
DO THEY PROVIDE US WITH LIKE A SOFTWARE WHERE WE CAN GO IN WE MEANING THE ADMIN GO IN AND LOOK AT OKAY THIS IS HOW BASICALLY LIKE I DON'T KNOW TABS FOR HOW PEOPLE ANSWERED HOW THE HOW ALL THE DIFFERENT SURVEY QUESTIONS.
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I JUST. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT I REALLY DO THINK I LIKE EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID, AND I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF WHO ARE TAKING THESE SURVEYS TO UNDERSTAND. AND THESE ARE CONFIDENTIAL. YOU KNOW, K-12 GETS THIS INFORMATION COMES FROM THEM, IT GOES BACK TO THEM, AND THEN IT'S AGGREGATED.AND THEN, LIKE YOU SAID, A REPORT GOES TO FOLSOM HIGH SCHOOL OR LEHMAN OR WHATEVER.
THERE'S NO NAMES ATTACHED TO IT. IT IS PURELY CONFIDENTIAL AND IT HAS NOTHING.
IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE DISTRICT, BUT IT DOES NOT COME FROM THE DISTRICT ITSELF.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I KNOW YOU SAID 50% PARTICIPATION RATE, BUT I THINK THAT'S TO ME, THAT'S LOW. I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING, OH, WELL, WHY SHOULD I FILL IT OUT? NOTHING GETS DONE WITH IT. WELL, WHEN YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF AN ATTITUDE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T FILL IT OUT, IF YOU DON'T DO SOMETHING TO ENACT CHANGE, THEN CHANGE ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY LOVE THAT YOUR PRINCIPAL DOES THAT YOU'RE LIKE, OH MAN, IF SHE STOPPED DOING THAT OR I WOULD, I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE HERE, I'D PROBABLY LEAVE.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO REINFORCE ON THESE SURVEYS THAT SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PLEASED WITH THIS, YOU LOVE THIS ABOUT YOUR JOB. AND THEN AND HOW CAN, LIKE YOU SAID, HOW CAN WE IMPROVE? HOW CAN YOU KNOW YOUR PRINCIPAL WANTS TO SUPPORT YOU AND SUPPORT THEIR SCHOOL BECAUSE HAPPY TEACHERS EQUALS HAPPY STUDENTS, WHICH EQUALS A HAPPY PRINCIPAL. I MEAN, IT JUST MAKES EVERYTHING WORK WELL. SO THE PEOPLE BEING UPSET AND NOT SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT IT, OR PEOPLE BEING PLEASED AND NOT SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT IT ALL THE WAY AROUND, IT JUST DOESN'T IT DOESN'T WORK.
SO I THINK PARTICIPATION LIKE, I MEAN, I WOULD SHOOT SUPER HIGH, I WOULD I MEAN, SOME OF THEM ARE AT 80, 85%, BUT I THINK 50% IS VERY, VERY LOW. AND I THINK THAT'S A LOW STANDARD.
BUT I JUST THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STAFF TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD.
SO. AND I WANT TO AGAIN, THANK YOU, TRUSTEE BOX, FOR BRINGING THIS UP AND ASKING FOR THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW. AND WE'RE GOING TO ASSUME ONE WAY, BUT WE NEED THE FEEDBACK FROM ALL THE COMMUNITY, THE PARENTS, THE THE STAFF AND LIKE TO SAY WHAT GETS MEASURED GETS DONE.
AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE'RE ABLE TO MEASURE THE RELATIONAL SIDE OF THE JOB.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP AND ALLOWING US TO TALK PUBLICLY ABOUT WE WANT TO HEAR HOW OUR TEACHERS ARE FEELING, AND WE WANT TO KNOW SO WE CAN MAKE THINGS BETTER AND IMPROVE WHAT'S ALREADY IS AWESOME.
SO, YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE, DOCTOR EVANS? NO, SIR.
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. CAN I JUST ADD ONE OTHER THING? I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS IS THROUGH THE INNOVATIVE SCHOOL DAY.
BUT I THINK THAT ONE THING THAT MIGHT BE VERY INTERESTING IS TO HAVE A SURVEY SENT OUT TO OUR STAFF AT ALL CAMPUSES REGARDING INNOVATIVE DAY, HOW IT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED, IF IT'S WORKING, HOW IT CAN BE IMPROVED, WHAT ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THEM, HOW HAS IT HELPED THEIR DAY? THOSE KIND OF THINGS JUST TO SEE BECAUSE THERE'S WE HAVE SO MANY CAMPUSES AND SO I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST FOR US TO SEND OUT JUST TO SEE GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE NOW IT WON'T BE A PILOT, IT'LL BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED. SO TO FIND OUT WHERE WHERE WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN UP OR WHAT WORKS WELL AND CAN BE SHARED WITH OTHER SCHOOLS.
OH, ABSOLUTELY. AND TO YOUR POINT, DOCTOR NIVEN'S HAS ALREADY RECEIVED A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM STAFF BY INNOVATIVE DAY. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS HE WAS INTENTIONAL ABOUT ASKING STAFF DIRECTLY FACE TO FACE AND BASED ON INPUT.
I KNOW MISS CUNNINGHAM AND HER TEAM HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED SOME THINGS FOR NEXT YEAR.
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THE MAY BOARD MEETING? ALL RIGHT. YOU GOOD? ALL RIGHT. IT IS 8:55 P.M..[14. CLOSED SESSION]
WE ARE ADJOURNED TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 551.071551.072551.074 AND 551.082.THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL LAND ACQUISITION AND OR CONSULTATION WITH OUR ATTORNEY.
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WE ARE NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION. IT IS 10:27 P.M..WE HAVE A QUORUM. ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS TO BE MADE? 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 TO APPROVE THE PERSONNEL. IS THERE A SECOND? SECRETARY WELCH MAKES A SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. MOTION.
MOTION CARRIES. NONE OPPOSED. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 10:27 P.M..
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.