[5.D. Consider approval of order calling a bond election to be held by Lamar CISD, making provision for the conduct of election, and resolving other matters incident and related to such election]

BREAK. AND WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM FIVE D. OUR BOARD. WE HAVE MR. BUCHANAN AT THE PODIUM. TALK ABOUT OUR CALL FOR A BOND ELECTION. AND SO AS WE DEAL WITH THE LAST CONVERSATION WE'LL GET TO THE END. WE'LL ASK SOME SPECIFIC THINGS FROM TRUSTEES. AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE CONVERSATION AND OUR BOND ATTORNEYS HERE, BUT ALSO OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS HERE. AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK THOSE. SO MR. BUCHANAN GOOD EVENING, BOARD TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR NIVENS. TONIGHT WE WANT TO BRING FORTH A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FOR A CALL FOR BOND ELECTION. SO DURING THIS PROCESS, WE HAD TWO COMMUNITY INPUTS. THE FIRST COMMUNITY INPUT WE HAD WAS THE BOND CITIZEN COMMITTEE AND THE SECOND WAS A ONLINE SURVEY. SO FOR BOND CITIZEN COMMITTEE THESE WERE OUR BOND CITIZEN COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

OUR BOND COMMITTEE MET ON JUNE THE 10TH, 2025. WE DISCUSSED ALL THE PROPOSED PROJECTS AT THAT TIME. WE DISCUSSED THE FINANCIAL IMPACT, AND THEN WE TOOK VOTES TO GET THEIR INPUT. THE SECOND WAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GAIN INPUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS WAS THROUGH AN ONLINE SURVEY SURVEY LAUNCHED ON JUNE THE 30TH. IT CLOSED ON JULY THE 18TH. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 3258 RESPONSES. OF THOSE RESPONSES. WHEN IT SAYS SINGLE USE LINK, WE SEND OUT DIRECT EMAILS TO OUR PARENTS AND STAFF TO BE ABLE TO GATHER THAT INFORMATION. SO 2775 USED THAT DIRECT LINK THAT WAS SENT OUT. THE 483 USED BOTH THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE SURVEY. SO THE FIRST QUESTION WE ASKED THEM IS, WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO LAMAR CISD? THEY CAN PICK ALL THAT APPLY. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, 72% OF THE RESPONDENTS WERE A PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF LAMAR CISD STUDENT. OUR NEXT HIGHEST WAS THEY WERE ALSO AN EMPLOYEE OR WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT. NEXT RESPONSE THAT WE ASK IS WHAT CITY DO YOU CURRENTLY RESIDE IN? 39% OF OUR RESPONDENTS WAS FROM RICHMOND, 20% WAS FROM ROSENBERG, AND 15% WAS FROM FULSHEAR. OUR NEXT QUESTION WAS HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED WITHIN THE LAMAR CSD AREA? AS YOU CAN SEE, MAJORITY OF OUR RESPONDENTS HAD MORE THAN TEN YEARS RESIDING IN THE AREA. OUR NEXT HIGHEST WAS BETWEEN 1 TO 5 YEARS. SO PART OF THE SURVEY, WE DID PROVIDE LINKS FOR OUR JUNE 16TH

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MEETING AND OUR JUNE 17TH MEETING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT TOOK THE SURVEY, TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THOSE MEETINGS AND BE ABLE TO VIEW THE CONTENT OF THE RESPONDENTS, 60% CHOSE NOT TO LOOK AT EITHER ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS BEFORE THEY TOOK THE SURVEY. NOW, BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR PROPOSED PROJECTS, WE WILL PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON EACH PROJECT AFTER WE'VE GONE THROUGH THEM IN DETAIL. OR IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT JUST THE SURVEY IN GENERAL? SO PROPOSED PROJECTS. THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE PROPOSITION A NEW SCHOOLS AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. SO THIS IS OUR BLOCK OF NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THERE'S A TOTAL OF SEVEN ALTOGETHER. THE FIRST COLUMN IS THE YEAR THAT THE CAMPUS WILL OPEN. THE NEXT IS THE BUDGET. THOSE BUDGETS ARE BASED ON OUR LAST COMPLETED BID THAT WE HAD FOR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEN WE'VE ADDED OUR SOFT COSTS, WHICH IS OUR FAA, FFA, OUR ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING MATERIAL TESTING THAT GAVE US AN OVERALL BUDGET. AND THEN WE INCLUDED INFLATION OF 7% FOR EACH YEAR. THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE FROM 27 TO 20 8 TO 29. THOSE PRICES GO UP AS IT ADDS AN EXTRA 7% FOR THE YEAR OF INFLATION. FOR THOSE CAMPUSES. IF OUR BOND CITIZEN COMMITTEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS 40 THROUGH 44 WAS 100% IN FAVOR OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 39 AND 45 WERE AT 95%. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN PROPOSITION A? OKAY, PROPOSITION A HAS OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, LEHMANN AND ROBERTS ADDITIONS RIGHT NOW WE IN THE 22 BOND. THE BOARD APPROVED A 1000 SEAT ADDITION AT FULSHEAR HIGH SCHOOL. CURRENTLY, FULSHEAR HIGH SCHOOL CAN HOLD MORE KIDS IN THEIR FACILITY THAN CAN FEED THROUGH ROBERTS AND LEHMANN SCHOOLS, SO THESE ADDITIONS WOULD BE ADDING 13 CLASSROOMS TO LEHMANN JUNIOR HIGH TO BRING THEIR CAPACITY UP TO 1550, ADDING FIVE CLASSROOMS TO OUR THREE CLASSROOMS TO ROBERTS MIDDLE SCHOOL, BRINGING THEM TO 775. THAT WOULD CREATE A FEEDER PATTERN FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH OUR SECONDARY CAMPUS. THE NEXT THING ON THE LIST IS HIGH SCHOOL COMPLEX NINE. SO THIS IS A HIGH SCHOOL, JUNIOR HIGH AND MIDDLE SCHOOL BASED ON OUR CURRENT DEMOGRAPHER STUDY. BY 2030, WE'RE LOOKING AT OVER 6100 STUDENTS AT BOWSHER HIGH SCHOOL. KNOWING THAT COMPLEX EIGHT WILL OPEN UP IN 27. IF YOU STILL DIVIDE THAT BY TWO, THAT'S PUTTING 31 ROUGHLY A LITTLE OVER 3000 KIDS AT BOTH OF THOSE SECONDARY CAMPUSES, MEANING THAT THE NEXT SECONDARY CAMPUS NEEDS TO OPEN UP IN THE FULSHEAR AREA AS WELL. THE LAST IS A NEW TERRY HIGH SCHOOL, NEW GEORGE JUNIOR HIGH, NEW NAVARRO MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO AS WE LOOK AT THESE, THIS IS OUR CURRENT MAP OF OUR OF OUR DISTRICT AS IT LAYS OUT CURRENTLY. IF YOU'LL NOTICE THE OCTAGON EIGHT AT THE TOP, THAT'S WHERE OUR SECONDARY EIGHT CAMPUS WILL BE. IF YOU LOOK AT LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL AND LAMAR AND TERRY HIGH SCHOOL, LAMAR CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL AND TERRY HIGH SCHOOL ARE VERY CLOSE IN PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER. IF WE WERE TO EXPAND THE TERRY OR LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL'S ATTENDANCE ZONE, YOU WOULD BASICALLY ENCAPSULATE THE TERRY HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, SO YOU WOULD HAVE A SECONDARY CAMPUS SITTING WITHIN A ANOTHER SECONDARY CAMPUS ATTENDANCE ZONE. THE OTHER THING WE'RE LOOKING AT IS BEING ABLE TO MOVE THAT NEW TERRY HIGH SCHOOL DOWN TO THE SPUR 1059 LOCATION ADJACENT TO OUR CTE CENTER. WE ALREADY CURRENTLY OWN THE LAND FOR THAT SITE. THE CAPACITY. CURRENTLY, TERRY HIGH SCHOOL HAS 1875 AS A CAPACITY. AT THAT HIGH SCHOOL, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT BUILDING A 2575 SEAT CAMPUS, POSSIBLY DOING AN ALTERNATE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE IT UP TO 3100. THE OTHER THING IT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO IS IT WOULD PUT THREE HIGH SCHOOLS ON THE SOUTHERN PART OF 59, ALLOWING US TO BE ABLE TO ZONE AND HOPEFULLY, DEPENDING ON OUR ZONING AS WE GO THROUGH, TO BE ABLE TO DO IT LESS OFTEN. SO IF WE DID THAT, IT WOULD GIVE US LONGER STRETCHES TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THOSE ATTENDANCE ZONES SOLID. THE OTHER THING IT DOES IS IT PUSHES THE NEW TERRY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MIDDLE OF ITS CURRENT ATTENDANCE ZONE TRACK, SO IT WOULD SIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RED TRACK CURRENT ATTENDANCE ZONE, BUT ALSO SPREADING OUT THESE CAMPUSES. IT ALLOWS US, IF WE DO HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, MINOR ADJUSTMENTS ON THE EDGES OF THE ATTENDANCE ZONE, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DO A LEVELING LIKE WE HAD TO DO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES? IS PROPOSITION A? MR. BUCHANAN, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT PHYSICALLY PICKING UP THE RED TRACK SCHOOLS AND MOVING THEM. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'RE BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS. BUT WHAT THAT ALSO MEANS IS THAT NOT EVERY STUDENT WHO NOW ATTENDS GEORGE JUNIOR HIGH, NAVARRO AND TERRY HIGH SCHOOL WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE

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GOING TO THE NEW CAMPUSES BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY SIT GEOGRAPHICALLY. THEY MIGHT ALSO NEED TO GO TO LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL. AS I'M ASKING YOU TO SPECULATE. SO THE WAY IF IT WORKS NOW, WE WERE TO BUILD IT AT TERRY HIGH SCHOOL, UNLESS WE DO A REZONING OR A LEVELING, THE ATTENDANCE ZONES WOULD NOT CHANGE. SO IF THE BOARD DECIDES TO DO SOME LEVELING AND REZONING BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, AS WE CONTINUE TO GET THAT AND NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, THEN YES, IT WOULD BE THROUGH THAT PROCESS THAT THOSE STUDENTS MAY OR MAY NOT ATTEND THAT CAMPUS. BUT IF WE WERE TO MOVE THAT CAMPUS AND NOT REZONE, EVERY STUDENT THAT ATTENDS THOSE THREE CAMPUSES WOULD ATTEND THE NEW CAMPUSES. SO IF THIS IS APPROVED BY US AND THEN APPROVED BY THE VOTERS, WHEN WOULD THAT CAMPUS PROBABLY OPEN? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OPENING IT IN THE FALL OF 2019.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT BOTH PROPOSITION A FOR SECONDARY AND ELEMENTARY, YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT CORRECTLY. WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT OPENING UP EIGHT CAMPUSES IN THE FALL OF 29, TWO HIGH SCHOOLS, TWO JUNIOR HIGHS, TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. I'M JUST I'M JUST WANT TO MAKE THE POINT TO THE PUBLIC THAT AND THIS CAME UP SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LEVELING AND THE REZONING THAT WE DID LAST YEAR AND A HALF, IS THAT SCHOOL ZONES DO NOT BELIEVE A REALTOR WHEN THEY SAY YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL. IF YOU BUY THIS HOUSE, THAT IS, THERE'S NOTHING THERE'S NOTHING THAT DEFINES THAT. THIS BOARD, WHETHER WHOEVER'S ON IT WILL DEFINE THOSE LINES. AND THAT IS A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY, ESPECIALLY FOLKS WHO LIVE VERY CLOSE TO THE CURRENT CAMPUS, THE RED TRACK, SECONDARY CAMPUSES. IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THEY THEY MIGHT NOT GO DOWN TO THE NEW CAMPUSES JUST BECAUSE OF THE AGING POPULATION AND NOT AS MUCH TURNOVER IN THAT OLD ROSENBERG AND RICHMOND AREA. I'M ALSO I'M ALSO SPECULATING, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS. IT'S NOT A GUARANTEE THAT YOUR STUDENT WHO'S IN SIXTH GRADE IS GOING TO ATTEND THIS SCHOOL IN A COUPLE YEARS. THAT IS CORRECT. THE OTHER THING IS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED IS WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE CURRENT TERRY HIGH SCHOOL, GEORGE JUNIOR HIGH, AND NAVARRO MIDDLE SCHOOL? IF THIS WERE TO BE PASSED BY THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER, WOULD WE WOULD DO IS PUT A COMMITTEE TOGETHER TO SEE HOW WE COULD REPURPOSE THOSE FACILITIES. IF THOSE FACILITIES NEED TO BE REPURPOSED. SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IS MAYBE A FINE ARTS ACADEMY IS SEVEN THROUGH 12. TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT OTHER WAYS. IF WE WERE TO POSSIBLY IN THE NEXT BOND AFTER THIS ONE, DO SOMETHING WITH TERRY LAMAR, CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL, LAMAR JUNIOR HIGH AND WESSENDORF. IT MIGHT GIVE US A PLACE TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION THOSE STUDENTS TO WHILE WE DID SOMETHING TO THOSE CAMPUSES. ALL OF THOSE NEED TO BE EXPLORED. IF THE VOTERS DECIDE THAT WE WANT A NEW TERRY HIGH SCHOOL, THEN WE NEED TO START THOSE CONVERSATIONS EARLY, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE PART OF THE 28 BOND OF WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH THOSE FACILITIES. OKAY, LET'S SAY THAT YOU LIVE RIGHT BY TERRY HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. DO YOU KNOW LIKE MINUTES WISE, HOW LONG LIKE HOW WHAT THAT CHANGE WOULD BE TO GO TO THE NEW TERRY HIGH SCHOOL, LIKE FIVE, TEN MINUTES? GREAT QUESTION. IT REALLY DEPENDS ON TRAFFIC TIME OF DAY, BUT IT COULD RANGE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 15 TO 25 MINUTES BECAUSE THAT'S CURRENTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. WHEN WE LOOKED AT MOVING THE CTE CENTER AND BEING ABLE TO MOVE STUDENTS FROM EACH CAMPUS TO THE CTE CENTER. YOU'RE SAYING IT WOULD TAKE 15 MINUTES TO DRIVE FROM THE CURRENT TERRY HIGH SCHOOL TO THE PROPOSED LOCATION? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. NOW 59.

YES, SIR. I CAN DO THAT IN FIVE. SO I DON'T KNOW. SOMEBODY'S DRIVING SLOW BECAUSE I DO. I DID IT TODAY. IT WAS DRIVING THE LCISD VEHICLE. HE'S BEING CAUTIOUS. AND. IT TAKES ABOUT 12 TO 15 BECAUSE I USED TO BUY MATERIAL RIGHT THERE. BUY IT FROM. OKAY. SECOND QUESTION. YOU YOU MENTIONED AND I'M JUST ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION WITH THE WITH THE MONEY BUILDING FOR 2575. BUT THEN YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT 3100. YES, MA'AM. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR BOTH A SECONDARY COMPLEX NON AND THE NEW TERRY COMPLEX IS CURRENTLY IN OUR, OUR BASE BID.

WE WOULD BID AT 2575 STUDENTS BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATE BID TO TAKE IT UP TO THE MAX. SO WE WOULD MATCH WHAT CURRENTLY FISHER HIGH SCHOOL AND SECONDARY EIGHT. IT'S THE SAME METHOD WE USE FOR SECONDARY EIGHT. THE BIDS CAME IN AND WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD ALL THREE OF THOSE CAMPUSES AT A LARGER CAPACITY BECAUSE IT FIT WITHIN OUR CURRENT BUDGET. BUT WHAT IT

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ALLOWS US TO DO IS WITH THAT INFLATION, DEPENDING ON THE INFLATION NUMBER, HOW IT WORKS, HOW THE BID PRICES COME BACK, IT GIVES US THAT FLEXIBILITY. AGAIN, WE WOULD BUILD IT, THOUGH, THAT WE COULD COME BACK AND ADD 500 ADDITIONAL SEATS LATER IF IT DID NOT MAKE IT WITHIN THE BUDGET, JUST LIKE WE DID AT RANDALL HIGH SCHOOL, GEORGE JUNIOR OR GEORGE RANCH AND FOSTER AND THOMAS. OKAY. SO, MADAM PRESIDENT, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT I'D LIKE TO JUST GET FOR CLARIFICATION AND REITERATE AS WELL IS. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE THE FASTEST GROWING SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE GROWING AT A RATE OF ABOUT 2000 STUDENTS PER YEAR.

YES, SIR. OKAY. FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, THAT IS CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. SO? SO. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT I THINK IS A REAL IMPORTANT WE UNDERSTAND IS THAT TRUSTEE MASTERS AND I ATTENDED A CONFERENCE IN AUSTIN AT THE TIA. AND ONE OF THE MANY GOOD THINGS THAT WE LEARNED AT THAT CONFERENCE IS THAT LCISD IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE TOP RATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS OF NO SURPRISE TO US. THAT'S PART OF WHY WE WANTED TO BE A PART OF THIS WINNING TEAM. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND THAT VIEWERS UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT FAMILIES WANT TO MOVE INTO GOOD SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THAT'S PART OF WHY WE'RE GROWING. AND I KNOW AND I UNDERSTAND, I'M A COUNTRY BOY. I LOVE I LOVE RURAL COMMUNITIES. AND I REMEMBER WHEN THERE WAS A LOT OF PASTURE OUT HERE IN THIS AREA. AND I MISS THOSE DAYS. BUT GROWTH IS INEVITABLE. OKAY. AND IT'S YOU KNOW, I'VE SERVED ON A ON A CITY COUNCIL WHERE WE WERE GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED IN THAT EXPERIENCE IS THAT YOU CAN'T STOP GROWTH. OKAY. SO MY POINT IS, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AT LEAST IN THE SOUTHERN, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE DISTRICT, PART OF THE DISTRICT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO RELOCATE TERRY HIGH SCHOOL, THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE IN THE NEAR FUTURE IN THAT GENERAL AREA. YES, SIR. I WOULDN'T SAY COMING ONLINE. THEY'RE ALREADY THERE. THEY'RE ALREADY STARTING TO DEVELOP.

YES, SIR. THERE THERE ARE ROOFTOPS AND ANYONE YOU KNOW, FOR YEARS I COMMUTED INTO HOUSTON, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I WORKED IN CORPORATE AMERICA. AND IF SOMEONE EVER DOES NOT, IT DOES NOT EVER DRIVE SOUTH. IT DOESN'T MAKE THAT FIVE MINUTE DRIVE TO THE NEW TERRY HIGH SCHOOL. THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT, THAT THERE ARE SOME THERE ARE MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS DOWN IN THAT AREA. AND JUST BEFORE THIS MEETING, I HEARD THAT THERE'S YET ANOTHER SUBDIVISION THAT'S COMING IN AT 98. SO MY POINT IS THAT AND THAT'S JUST THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE DISTRICT, THERE'S AUSTIN POINT, THERE'S WIMBERLEY, THERE'S THE GEORGE. AND THAT'S GOING TO PUT A HUGE POPULATION ON THOSE HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE DISTRICT. SO FRANKLY, MY POINT IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE NECESSARY FOR US TO CONSTRUCT A HIGH SCHOOL AT HIGHWAY 59 AND SPUR TEN. BUT BEYOND THAT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT DURING THE LAST GRADUATION CYCLE, TERRY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATED APPROXIMATELY CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, 2500 STUDENTS. MAYBE DOCTOR WAITS CAN CONFIRM THAT TERRY GRADUATED ABOUT 2500 STUDENTS. SO DID LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL. NO, SIR. JUST FOR THE CORRECTION. ABOUT 400 STUDENTS FOR TERRY HIGH SCHOOL AND FOUR. OH. I'M SORRY. YES, SIR, I MISSPEAK. THAT'S A CAPACITY. I'M ALMOST TO CAPACITY. YES, SIR. OH, MY NUMBERS ARE WAY OFF. I'M GLAD YOU'RE CONFIRMING SO. SO MY POINT IS THAT THAT FULSHEAR HIGH SCHOOL ALONE GRADUATED APPROXIMATELY 800 STUDENTS. SO? SO TERRY HIGH SCHOOL AND LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL COMBINED. GRADUATED LESS STUDENTS THAN WHAT? FULSHEAR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATED. AND IF ANYONE HAS NOT RECENTLY BEEN OUT TO FULSHEAR HIGH SCHOOL, THERE ARE A LOT OF PORTABLES OUT THERE THAT UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T THINK ARE CONDUCIVE TO, TO BEING A GOOD LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S GOING TO BE SO NECESSARY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND. SO MY POINT IS THAT THAT IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. IT MAKES LOGICAL SENSE. I KNOW THAT IT CAN BE AN EMOTIONAL ISSUE FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TO CONSIDER THE FACT THAT WE WERE WE MAY RELOCATE TERRY HIGH SCHOOL IF THE BOND VOTERS APPROVED THE BOND. BUT IT'S REAL IMPORTANT ALSO TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT MAKES LOGICAL SENSE TO, TO MAKE THAT CHANGE. BUT THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO, TO REITERATE IS THAT IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THAT MR. BUCHANAN, YOU MENTIONED THAT THAT WE ARE GOING TO REPURPOSE

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THOSE TERRY HIGH SCHOOL OR THOSE RED TRACK BUILDINGS, INCLUDING TERRY HIGH SCHOOL, GEORGE HIGH SCHOOL IN NAVARRO SCHOOL, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO PUT A COMMITTEE TOGETHER. RIGHT. SO WE WANT TO GET INPUT, JUST LIKE WE'VE DONE WITH THIS. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT OF WHAT THOSE BUILDINGS WILL LOOK LIKE AND WHAT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH THOSE MOVING INTO THE FUTURE. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN REITERATE THAT A LOT. A LOT OF THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT I NOTICED THAT IN YOUR SURVEY, THERE WERE ABOUT 60% OF THOSE WHO WHO COMPLETED THE SURVEY THAT DID NOT GO BACK TO WATCH OUR BOARD MEETING FROM A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN WE INITIALLY DISCUSSED THIS. SO I'M HOPING THEY'RE TUNING IN NOW. AND I'M HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MORE WE TALK ABOUT THIS AND CLARIFY IT, BECAUSE I'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE JUST CONTINUE TO ASK THE SAME GENERAL QUESTIONS, AND I'M GLAD THEY'RE ASKING QUESTIONS. THAT'S A GOOD THING. BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, I THINK IT'S REAL IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THIS IS PART OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AS PART OF HYPER GROWTH DISTRICT. AND I'LL CLOSE BY SAYING THIS. I SPENT A CAREER IN FINANCIAL PLANNING. AND THERE WAS AN OLD ADAGE AMONG, YOU KNOW, THAT I USED TO SHARE WITH MY CLIENTS THAT IT SAYS PEOPLE DON'T PLAN TO FAIL, THEY JUST FAIL TO PLAN. SO I COMMEND THIS BOARD AND YOUR WORK IN PUTTING THIS PLAN TOGETHER, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A PART OF KEEPING LCISD COMPETITIVE. AND A TOP RATED SCHOOL DISTRICT. THANK YOU. SO THE LAST SECTION OF OUR PROPOSITION A IS CAMPUS SUPPORT AND IT SUPPORTS ALL TRACKS.

FIRST LINE IS LAND AND LAND DEVELOPMENT. THE BOARD ALSO KNOWS THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 39 PEAK AND BEECHNUT, THAT WAS ONE OF THE CASES WHERE WE BOUGHT THE LAND, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT. THE BOARD MADE THE DECISION TO MOVE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT LEAVE THE LAND DEVELOPMENT THERE. FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THAT LAND AND GET IT PREPPED FOR THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. BUT THIS ALLOWS US TO DO IS CURRENTLY WE EITHER HAVE UNDER CONTRACT OR WE'LL BE UNDER CONTRACT BEFORE THIS GOES OUT TO THE VOTERS. FOR EVERY PIECE OF STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD. AND PART OF THIS BOND WILL ALREADY HAVE THE LAND. THIS IS TO BUY LAND FOR THE NEXT BOND. THIS IS TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP IT, BE ABLE TO PUT THE ROADS, THE STREET UTILITIES, PUT THE DRAINAGE IN SOME OF THESE. IT'S TAKEN US UP TO 18 MONTHS TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THESE. SO IT MAKES OUR SITE SHOVEL READY. THE NEXT IS PORTABLE BUILDINGS, IT'S MOVES AND NEW PORTABLES. WE WOULD LOVE TO GET OUT OF THE PORTABLE BUSINESS JUST TO INFORM THE BOARD. RIGHT NOW, IT TAKES US $300,000 TO MOVE A PORTABLE FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER. IT COSTS US $600,000 TO BUY A BRAND NEW ONE. THE NEXT WE HAVE IS VEHICLES, BUSSES, AND WHITE FLEET. THIS ALLOWS US TO ROLL THOSE EXPENSES EXPENSES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AND BUY THESE LARGE CAPITAL OUTLAY EXPENSES OUT OF OUR BOND FUNDS. THE NEXT IS OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY. AND LASTLY IS OUR ROOF AND AIR CONDITIONING. I WILL INFORM THE BOARD IF YOU'LL NOTICE THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT HAS CHANGED BETWEEN LAST BOARD MEETING AND THIS ONE. IT WENT FROM 169 MILLION TO 169,000,600 $656. THE REASON BEING WAS IS OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND OUR BOND ATTORNEY SAID THAT WE SELL BONDS IN $10,000 INCREMENTS. SO THAT WAS A METHOD TO ROUND UP. SO EACH ONE OF THESE PROPOSITIONS HAVE BEEN ROUNDED UP TO THE NEAREST $10,000. SO THAT WAY IT MEETS WHAT WE NEED TO WHEN WE GO TO SELL A BOND. SO THESE ARE OUR ROOFING AND HVAC PROJECTS. THESE ARE BROKEN DOWN BY COLOR TRACK. MAJORITY OF THESE IF YOU'LL NOTICE AS WE GET TO OUR NEW CAMPUSES, WE HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF SERVER EQUIPMENT WITH NEW CAMERAS AND CARD READER BADGES AND WIRELESS ACCESS POINT DEVICES. THESE ARE FOR ALLOW US TO AIR CONDITION THOSE TECHNOLOGY ROOMS. THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY INPUT THAT WE GOT FROM PROPOSITION A. WE ASKED HOW SUPPORTIVE ARE YOU OF THE PROPOSITION A WITH EVERYTHING INCLUDED. IF YOU'LL NOTICE, 78% IS EITHER SOMEWHAT OR STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF PROPOSITION A, AND ONLY 7% IS SOMEWHAT OR STRONGLY OPPOSED TO PROPOSITION A. THE OTHER QUESTION WE ASKED IS HOW SUPPORTIVE OF YOU OF THE PROPOSITION A ITEM REGARDING THE NEW TERRY HIGH SCHOOL, GEORGE JUNIOR HIGH, AND NAVARRO MIDDLE SCHOOL AT SPUR TEN AND CLOSTER ROAD, 59% ARE SOMEWHAT OR STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE, 15% ARE SOMEWHAT OR STRONGLY OPPOSED.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NEUTRAL OF 26%, ASSUMING THAT THOSE THOSE ARE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT THIS MOVE WOULD NOT AFFECT. SO THEY REALLY PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE OPINION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER OF WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PROPOSITION A? BEFORE I BRING UP DOCTOR

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JONES TO DISCUSS PROPOSITION B? AND C WAS THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT AGAIN OF PROPOSITION.

PROPOSITION A IS. 1,903,490,000. AND WE HAVE A SLIDE FURTHER IN THE PRESENTATION THAT BREAKS DOWN EVERY ONE OF THE PROPOSITIONS. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DOCTOR NIVENS, ONE OF THE OTHER PROPOSITIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING IS TECHNOLOGY PROPOSITIONS. THE FIRST ONE HERE IS PROPOSITION B FOR TECHNOLOGY DEVICE REFRESH. ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, WE HAVE TO HAVE TECHNOLOGY ITEMS BE A SEPARATE ITEM ON A BOND PROPOSAL. SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS BROKEN OUT AS A SEPARATE PROPOSITION FOR PROP B TECHNOLOGY DEVICES. THIS WOULD IMPACT ALL TRACKS. IT WOULD BE, FIRST OF ALL, A TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT REFRESH, WHICH WOULD BE $43,880,000. AND THEN GRAPHIC ARTS UPDATES, WHICH IS $250,000 FOR A TOTAL OF $44,130,000. AS MR. BUCHANAN JUST MENTIONED, THOSE NUMBERS HAVE CHANGED JUST SLIGHTLY TO BE IN THE $10,000 ROUND UP NUMBERS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNTS THAT WE HAVE TO GO OUT TO WHEN SELLING A BOND FROM THE BOND CITIZEN COMMITTEE. BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS HAD 100% SUPPORT FROM THOSE COMMITTEES. SO TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT REFRESH, JUST AS A REMINDER, IS WHAT THAT MEANS. TECHNOLOGY REFRESH IS REPLACING TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT THAT HAS AN EXPIRED WARRANTY OR IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED FOR SECURITY OR FUNCTIONALITY UPDATES. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMPUTERS, WE'RE REFERENCING DESKTOPS, LAPTOPS, MONITORS, AND THEY ARE ALL PURCHASED WITH A FIVE YEAR WARRANTY. IPADS ARE NOT PURCHASED WITH A WARRANTY AND TYPICALLY HAVE A FIVE YEAR FUNCTIONAL LIFESPAN IS WHAT WE TRY AND GET OUT OF THOSE DEVICES. ITEMS THAT ARE DUE FOR REFRESH. YOU SEE, LAST SCHOOL YEAR, THERE ARE STILL SOME ITEMS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE REFRESHING FROM THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR, AND THEN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEVICES ACROSS FOR EACH SCHOOL YEAR THAT WOULD COVER THE BOND. WE INCLUDED STUDENT LAPTOPS FOR 2028 2029, FOR A TOTAL OF 20,868 EXCUSE ME FOR JUST ABOUT 21,000 IPADS, ABOUT 21,000 STUDENT LAPTOPS.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER AREAS INSIDE THERE AS WELL FOR THE GRAPHIC ARTS. JUST AS A REMINDER, THE GRAPHIC LAMAR ISD GRAPHIC ARTS DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS LARGE SCALE PRINTING NEEDS FOR THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING HIGH VOLUME PRINTING AND LARGE FORMAT PRINTING TOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR REPLACEMENT OR ADDITIONAL NEED INCLUDE ONE LARGE FORMAT PRINTER REPLACING A LARGE VOLUME PAPER CUTTER, REPLACING A CUTTER CREASER PERFORATOR FOLDER MACHINE, AND REPLACING FOUR WACOM TABLETS. ESTIMATED COST. WHENEVER DEVELOPING THESE PRICES WAS BASED ON CURRENT QUOTES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET IN THE SPRING, WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 15% TO COVER ANY POSSIBLE PRICE INCREASES OVER TIME AND IMPLEMENTATION COSTS. MONITOR COSTS IS ABOUT $200. STUDENT LAPTOPS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT $840. STUDENT DESKTOP 1000.

STAFF LAPTOP 1300. STAFF DESKTOP 1000. IPADS 350. AND THEN YOU SEE IN THE NEXT COLUMN THE 15% INCREASE THAT COVERS IMPLEMENTATION COSTS AND ANY POSSIBLE COSTS THAT COME OVER TIME AS THINGS INCREASE. OVERALL COST OF THE PROJECT. YOU CAN SEE EACH OF THE ITEMS THERE, THE NUMBER OF DEVICES WE WOULD BE PURCHASING AND HOW WE TOTAL COSY END OF 44,125,008. DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BULK OF THE FUNDS WOULD BE GOING TOWARDS STUDENT LAPTOPS, AND THEN IT WOULD THEN BE IPADS STUDENT DESKTOPS. NEXT. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON THIS TYPE OF PROJECT PRICE OF STUDENT LAPTOPS. THE PRICE OF STUDENT LAPTOPS SEEMS HIGH. WHY ARE WE BUDGETING $840 FOR A STUDENT LAPTOP? THE COST OF A STUDENT LAPTOP HAS RISEN SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS. NOW IT'S BEEN 8 OR 9 MONTHS. ALTHOUGH BULK PURCHASING MAY HELP REDUCE THAT. WE WOULD TRY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AS BEST WE COULD. WE'RE ALSO RESPONDING TO ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE HEAR FROM OUR CAMPUSES THAT THEY WANT LARGER BATTERIES, SO THAT THE LAPTOPS THAT WE ARE NOW PURCHASING HAVE LARGER BATTERIES TO MEET EDUCATORS. REQUESTS FOR LONGER BATTERY LIFE SLIGHTLY INCREASES THE COST. AND UNLIKE A STANDARD CONSUMER DEVICES, STUDENT LAPTOPS ARE BUILT TO BE MORE DURABLE AND ALSO INCLUDE THAT FIVE YEAR ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE WARRANTY TO MINIMIZE LONG TERM REPAIR EXPENSES. EXPENSES THAT A FIVE YEAR ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE WARRANTY CAN BE 2 TO $300 ADDED ON THERE, BUT ENSURES WE CAN REPLACE THAT DEVICE EVERY SINGLE YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS THROUGHOUT FOR THE LIFE OF THAT DEVICE. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE'VE GOTTEN IS WHAT ARE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR OUR LAPTOPS? WE HAVE STUDENT LAPTOPS THAT COST AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE WAS $797. THEY COME WITH AN INTEL I5 PROCESSOR WITH TEN CORES. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE BRAINS OF THE DEVICE. AND THEN

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16GB OF RAM IS HOW IT THE MEMORY, THE LOCAL MEMORY IT CAN USE TO DO ITS PROCESSING. AND THEN 256GB OF SOMETHING CALLED A SOLID STATE DRIVE, WHICH IS ITS LONG TERM MEMORY. HOW LONG CAN IT HOLD ON TO THINGS? IT HAS A THREE CELL BATTERY WITH 55 WATT HOURS. THE HOPE IS THAT WITH GOOD MANAGEMENT, 55 WATT HOUR BATTERY IS GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOL DAY AND THEY ARE 14 INCH DEVICE THAT ARE A TOUCH SCREEN. SO A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN WHAT OUR STAFF GET INSTRUCTIONAL LAPTOPS. YOU SEE THE PRICES THERE AS WELL AS THE ADMINISTRATOR LAPTOP. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE IS GOING TO BE THE NUMBER OF CORES FOR THOSE DEVICES, AND THEN THE BATTERIES FOR OUR ADMINISTRATOR LAPTOPS. WE DO A LARGER BATTERY LIFE BECAUSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE USUALLY MOVING MORE AROUND THE CAMPUS. WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT A SOLID BATTERY FOR THEM? A QUESTION WAS, COULD WE DO A CHEAPER INSTRUCTIONAL LAPTOP? THERE ARE SOME OPTIONS THERE, BUT REALLY THE PLACE WHERE WE CAN SAVE MONEY IS GOING TO BE IN RAM AND EIGHT GIGABYTES OF RAM IS GOING TO IMPACT THE DEVICE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A FUN DEVICE, PROBABLY FOR OUR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF TO UTILIZE.

WHAT ARE THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR OUR DESKTOPS? OUR CURRENT DESKTOP MODEL IS ABOUT $958. AT THE EARLY IN EARLY JUNE. IT HAS AN I5 PROCESSOR WITH 14 CORES, SO A LITTLE BIT BEEFIER THAN OUR STUDENT LAPTOPS, 16GB OF RAM, AND THEY DO HAVE THAT CD, CD, DVD ROM THAT CAN BE HELPFUL IN THE CLASSROOM FUNCTIONS OF A LAMAR CISD STAFF COMPUTER. WHAT CAPABILITIES SHOULD A COMPUTER IN LAMAR ISD HAVE TO SUPPORT DAILY INSTRUCTIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A COMPUTER THAT CAN HANDLE MULTIPLE TASKS AT ONCE. NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO RUN MULTIPLE WEB APPLICATIONS, SUCH AS SKYWARD CANVAS. OTHER ONLINE INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS SUPPORT LOCALLY INSTALLED SOFTWARE LIKE WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, OUR INTERACTIVE FLAT PANEL APPS, AND IT NEEDS TO OPERATE BACKGROUND TOOLS SUCH AS OUR CONTENT FILTER, OUR SYSTEM MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT TOOL SOFTWARE, WHICH WE DISCUSSED EARLIER IN THE MEETING, ANTIVIRUS AND SECURITY TOOLS. AND THEN IT NEEDS TO MAINTAIN SMOOTH MULTITASKING PERFORMANCE FOR SEAMLESS INSTRUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY. I'VE HEARD OTHER DISTRICTS ARE USING CHROMEBOOKS. WHY AREN'T WE PURCHASING THOSE? WHILE CHROMEBOOKS ARE MORE AFFORDABLE OPTION, THEY TEND TO BE LESS DURABLE AND TYPICALLY COME WITH SHORTER WARRANTIES, TYPICALLY 3 TO 4 YEARS, OFTEN REQUIRING REPLACEMENT SOONER THAN A STANDARD LAPTOP. THEIR LIMITED ABILITY TO RUN INSTALLED APPLICATIONS, AND RELIANCE ON WEB BASED TOOLS CAN RESTRICT THEIR USEFULNESS FOR CERTAIN INSTRUCTIONAL NEEDS.

ADDITIONALLY, CHROMEBOOKS ARE MORE PRONE TO DAMAGE AND MAY NOT WITHSTAND DAILY STUDENT USE, AS WELL AS A STURDIER DEVICE. IMPLEMENTING CHROMEBOOKS IN LAMAR ISD WOULD ALSO REQUIRE BUILDING A NEW INFRASTRUCTURE, INCREASING LOCAL BUDGET DEMANDS, WHILE MAINTAINING CURRENT SYSTEMS, REPURPOSING REFRESH DEVICES. SO WHAT DOES LAMAR ISD DO WITH THE COMPUTERS AND IPADS AFTER THEY ARE REFRESHED? AFTER DEVICES SUCH AS COMPUTERS AND IPADS ARE REFRESHED, LAMAR ISD SELLS THEM TO CERTIFIED RESELLERS. THE RESELLER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURELY WIPING ALL PRIVATE AND SENSITIVE INFORMATION FROM THE DEVICES. ONCE THAT DATA IS REMOVED, THE RESELLER EVALUATES THE CONDITION OF THE DEVICE AND PAYS THE ISD A CURRENT MARKET VALUE BASED ON ITS SALE. THE MOST RECENT ONE WE HAD WAS IN MAY 2025. WE SOLD 120 DESKTOPS AND RECEIVED $4,860. WE ALSO SOLD 201 LAPTOPS AND RECEIVED $6,001. HOW SUPPORTIVE ARE YOU IN PROPOSITION B? THIS IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS PUT OUT IN THE SURVEY. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE NUMBERS THERE THAT 77% EITHER STRONGLY SUPPORTED OR SOMEWHAT SUPPORTED THIS PROPOSITION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OVER PROP B? TO OVERCOMMUNICATE FOR FOLKS WHO DIDN'T WATCH THE PREVIOUS MEETING? WE ARE NOT PLANNING TO SEND THESE LAPTOPS HOME WITH STUDENTS, IS THAT CORRECT? NO, SIR. ALL DEVICES WOULD STAY ON CAMPUS. YES. OKAY, THAT IS CORRECT. I'M SORRY. THAT'S OKAY.

JUST TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS IT, I APOLOGIZE. YES. SO THIS WOULDN'T BE NECESSARILY A STUDENT. WOULDN'T BRING IT HOME TO CONTINUOUS HOMEWORK ON THE COMPUTER AT HOME. AND THIS PROPOSITION IS SPECIFICALLY JUST REFRESHING THE DEVICES WE HAVE. THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE THE STUDENT DEVICE INITIATIVE THAT WOULD GET US TO A MORE 1 TO 1 NUMBER. BUT YOU ARE STILL CORRECT. THOSE DEVICES WOULD STAY ON CAMPUS. THEY WOULD NOT GO HOME. ALL RIGHT I'M GOING TO MOVE ON. PROPOSITION C, THE STUDENT DEVICE INITIATIVE, THE STUDENT DEVICE INITIATIVE FOR ALL TRACKS. THE PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD BE $10,690,000 AT THE BOND CITIZENS COMMITTEE, IT RECEIVED 73% APPROVAL. LAMAR. SEE ISD. THIS IS INFORMATION FROM. AT THE END OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR. OUR NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE HAD 36,459 STUDENT LAPTOPS AND 35,008 STUDENTS THAT WERE IN GRADES THREE THROUGH 12. A 1 TO 1 STUDENT LAPTOP RATIO IS POSSIBLE IF WE REALLOCATED AT THE END OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR. DEVICES BETWEEN CAMPUSES AND ADDITIONAL PURCHASES TO SUPPORT BREAK, FIX, AND ANNUAL ENROLLMENT INCREASES. THE LAMAR ISD STUDENT DEVICE INITIATIVE PROPOSAL DOES NOT SEND DEVICES HOME, SO WE ARE INTO THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. YOU SEE THE NUMBERS THERE. THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS IS THE TOP ROW THERE OF STUDENT

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ENROLLMENT FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH 12. AND THEN THE NUMBER BELOW THAT IS THE NUMBER OF LAPTOPS WE WOULD NEED AS A DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO MEET THOSE AND BE AT THOSE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, PLUS 10% TO ENSURE THAT AS DEVICES BREAK DURING THE DAY, WE HAVE A DEVICE READY TO SWAP OUT SO THAT INSTRUCTION DOES NOT HAVE TO STOP. YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR, THAT NUMBER WE WOULD HAVE NEEDED WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 2050 DEVICES. FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE WOULD NEED TO PURCHASE AN ADDITIONAL 2079. OVER THE COURSE OF THE PLANS FOR THIS BOND PROPOSAL, WE WOULD NEED TO PURCHASE AN ADDITIONAL 11,065 DEVICES. THAT'S WHERE THE $10,688,790 COMES FROM. SOME FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON THIS INCREASING TOTAL DEVICES BENEFITS FOR TEACHERS. WHAT ARE SOME POTENTIAL BENEFITS FOR TEACHERS HAVING A LAPTOPS AVAILABLE FOR EVERY STUDENT IN THEIR CLASSROOM? PROVIDING EVERY STUDENT WITH A LAPTOP ENSURES CONSISTENT ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL DIGITAL TOOLS SUCH AS ONLINE TEXTBOOKS, CANVAS, AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES. THIS ACCESS ENABLES TEACHERS TO MORE EFFECTIVELY INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY IN THEIR LESSON PLANNING, ENRICHING DAILY INSTRUCTION, AND BOOSTING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT. IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING EVERYDAY LEARNING, THIS APPROACH ALSO FULFILLS THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY'S REQUIREMENT FOR ONLINE STAAR TESTING FOR GRADES THREE AND UP, GIVING STUDENTS REGULAR PRACTICE WITH DIGITAL ASSESSMENTS AND STRENGTHENING THEIR TESTING READINESS FOR OUR STUDENTS. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS FOR THEM? HAVING A LAPTOP IN THEIR CLASSROOM IS VALUABLE FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM BUILD THOSE ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY LITERACY SKILLS, LIKE TYPING AND NAVIGATING DIGITAL TOOLS. IT ALSO PREPARES THEM FOR SUCCESS IN AN INCREASINGLY TECH DRIVEN WORLD BY GIVING THEM HANDS ON EXPERIENCE WITH THE TOOLS THEY'LL USE IN FUTURE CAREERS.

ADDITIONALLY, REGULAR LAPTOP USE ENSURES THAT STUDENTS ARE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE DIGITAL PLATFORMS USED IN STATE MANDATED ONLINE ASSESSMENTS, GIVING THEM A BETTER CHANCE TO PERFORM CONFIDENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY. WHAT IF A TEACHER DOESN'T WANT TO USE A LAPTOP IN THEIR CLASSROOM? TEACHERS 100% ARE OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE IN THE CLASSROOM. WITHOUT THEM, INSTRUCTION DOES NOT HAPPEN, AND A LAPTOP FOR EVERY STUDENT PROVIDES THE TEACHER WITH A KNOWN TOOL AVAILABLE TO EVERY STUDENT, BUT DOES NOT REQUIRE THE TEACHER TO USE THAT TOOL. IF A TEACHER WISHES TO NOT UTILIZE STUDENT LAPTOPS FOR A PARTICULAR LESSON, THE TEACHER HAS THE DISCRETION TO DO SO BY PROVIDING A LAPTOP TO EVERY STUDENT. THOUGH, WE GIVE THAT TEACHER PEACE OF MIND KNOWING THAT IF THEY DO WANT TO USE TECHNOLOGY FOR A PARTICULAR LESSON, IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR HIS OR HER STUDENTS. WILL STUDENTS BE TAKING THEM HOME? NO, THEY WILL NOT. THE PLAN FOR LAMAR ISD STUDENT DEVICE INITIATIVE PROGRAM IS TO ENSURE DEVICES ARE AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS, BUT NOT CHECKED OUT TO GO HOME. THE DISTRICT IS CURRENTLY INVESTING SECURE, INVESTIGATING, SECURE ON CAMPUS STORAGE SOLUTIONS FOR STUDENT LAPTOPS. HOW SUPPORTIVE ARE YOU IN PROPOSITION B? PROPOSITION C FROM THE SURVEY, YOU CAN SEE THAT 79% OF THOSE THAT RESPONDED WERE EITHER STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OR SOMEWHAT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROPOSITION.

DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON PROPOSITION C? YES, CHAD, CAN YOU JUST REMIND ME WHY WE'RE NOT WHY WE'RE SAYING THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE THEM HOME? WHENEVER YOU ALLOW THEM TO GO HOME, YOU LOSE OUT ON THE OPPORTUNITY OF THEM MAYBE NOT COMING BACK. AND SO NOW YOU HAVE SOME INSTRUCTIONAL STRUGGLES THERE. BY HAVING THEM ON CAMPUS, WE CAN CONTROL WHAT THEY'RE BEING, HOW THEY'RE BEING USED, MAKING SURE THEY'RE GETTING CHARGED EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.

WE'RE NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT INSURANCE THAT YOU MAY HAVE TO SEND HOME FOR STUDENTS FOR DEVICES LIKE THAT, THAT IT JUST MAKES IT A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR DEVICES AND FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND THEY CAN HAVE THEM. WE CAN ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THEM AVAILABLE FOR THEM DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. ANYBODY ELSE OKAY? PASS IT BACK TO MR. THANK YOU SIR. SO OUR LAST PROPOSITION THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT WAS PROPOSITION D TRAILER STADIUM REPAIRS. AGAIN. THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT HAS BEEN ROUNDED UP TO THE TO THE NEAREST 10,000. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT $26,740,000. SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT DOING AT TRAILER STADIUM. SO CURRENTLY TRAILER STADIUM SEATS 10,000. IN OUR CURRENT BLEACHER THAT WE HAVE. IT WAS PUT IN IN 1961 THAT ENGINEERING FIRM AND CONSTRUCTION FIRM ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. CURRENTLY, WE CAN'T GET ANY STRUCTURAL ENGINEER TO PROVIDE US DRAWINGS, TO BE ABLE TO REPAIR AND DO ANYTHING WITH THE BLEACHERS, BECAUSE THEY'RE RISKING THEIR CERTIFICATION AND LICENSE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ALL THOSE DRAWINGS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS TAKING DOWN BLEACHERS ON THE VISITORS AND THE HOME SIDE. BY DOING THAT, OUR CURRENT BLEACHERS MEET THE 1961 BUILDING CODE. SO IF WE PUT BACK BLEACHERS, WE HAVE TO MEET THE 2025 OR IN THIS CASE, PROBABLY 2627, BUILDING CODE THAT REQUIRES SO MANY WHAT WE CALL DEVICES, WHICH WOULD BE A TOILET OR URINAL PER ATTENDEE.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD ADDITIONAL RESTROOMS, BOTH FOR MEN AND WOMEN. AND THE CONCESSION STANDS, ALONG WITH THE ADA ISSUES AND COMPLIANCE AS FAR AS BOTH OF THOSE GOES. ALSO, WHEN ADDING THAT OUR SOUND SYSTEM IS PART OF OUR BLEACHER SYSTEM. SO WE'D BE LOOKING AT UPGRADING THAT SYSTEM AS WELL AND UPDATING THE SCOREBOARD. SO WHEN WE PUT OUT THIS PROPOSITION

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DATA TO OUR COMMUNITY, HOW SUPPORTIVE OUR VIEW OF PROPOSITION D, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, 79% IS STRONGLY OR SOMEWHAT SUPPORTIVE. AND AGAIN, 10% IS EITHER STRONGLY OR SOMEWHAT OPPOSED TO PROPOSITION D. WE ALSO ASK THE QUESTION BECAUSE DURING THAT TIME WE WERE POSSIBLY EXPLORING A SECOND STADIUM. SO IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN INVESTING BOND DOLLARS AND REPAIRING TRAYLOR STADIUM OR BUILDING A NEW STADIUM, WHICH WOULD YOU PREFER? AND AS YOU CAN SEE, 54% OF OUR SURVEY RESPONDENTS SAID BUILD A SECOND STADIUM, OVER 32% SAYING REPAIR TRAYLOR STADIUM, AND THEN YOU HAVE BASICALLY 14% THAT SAYS EITHER DO EITHER OR OTHER. SO WITH OUR ROUNDED DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT WE HAVE PROPOSITION A WOULD BE 1,903,490,000, PROPOSITION B IS 44,130,000. THEN PROPOSITION C IS 10,690,000. AND AGAIN TRAYLOR STADIUM IS 26 SEVEN 26,740,000, FOR A TOTAL BOND OF. $1,985,050,000. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PROPOSITION D BEFORE MISS LUDWIG COMES AND SPEAKS ABOUT OUR FINANCIAL? I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO IT SAYS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING, RENOVATING, IMPROVING, UPGRADING. ET CETERA.

ET CETERA. IN THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING REPAIRS TO TRAILER STADIUM. WHY WOULDN'T WE SAY REPAIRS TO TRAILER STADIUM? AND THEN I'M ASSUMING IF WE HAVE BOND SAVINGS, THEN WE WOULD USE THAT TO RENOVATE OR IMPROVE OTHER OTHER STADIUMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT? YES, MA'AM. FURTHER IN THE PRESENTATION, WE WILL WE WILL HAVE A DEEPER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PROPOSED BOND LANGUAGE. OKAY, FURTHER IN OUR DISCUSSION, BUT YES. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. SO WE CURRENTLY, AS A DISTRICT HAVE OUTSTANDING BONDS OF $3.096 BILLION. OUR INTEREST IN SINKING TAX RATE IS $0.48. AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY DECREASED THE TOTAL TAX RATE ABOUT $0.12 OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, POST OAK MUNICIPAL ADVISORS, TO ESTIMATE THE COST OF THIS ELECTION. WITH 2 BILLION IN PROJECTS, WE HAVE USED VARIOUS ASSUMPTIONS OR VARIABLES AND HAVE MODELED ALL THE DATA THAT YOU'VE JUST SEEN.

AND WE HAVE ALSO CONSIDERED ANNUALLY SELLING BONDS WITH FOR ANNUAL SALES. AND WITH THAT, OUR TAX RATE WOULD NOT FOR INS, INTEREST IN SINKING WOULD NOT EXCEED $0.48 WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE NOW. GREG. SO BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE THREE THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT IS A OUR NUMBER ONE, THE NUMBER OF PROPOSITIONS THAT WE WOULD BE TAKING TO THE VOTERS.

NUMBER TWO, WHAT ORDER OF THOSE PROPOSITIONS WOULD GO IN ON THE BALLOT? AND NUMBER THREE, THE LANGUAGE OF THE PROPOSITIONS. WE'LL GO THROUGH A DISCUSSION OF THIS. THE BOARD, AFTER YOU'VE MADE YOUR DECISIONS, WE'LL PROBABLY NEED TO TAKE MAYBE A FIVE, TEN MINUTE RECESS FOR OUR BOND ATTORNEY TO BE ABLE TO DRAFT THE LANGUAGE BASED ON THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE, SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK AFTER THAT AND PRESENT THE MOTION TO YOU. SO NUMBER OF PROPOSITIONS IN ORDER.

SO THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF POSSIBLE OPTIONS. SO WE JUST WANT TO PUT SOME THINGS ON THE ON THE BOARD OPTION ONE YOU HAVE THE PROPOSITIONS JUST AS THEY WERE PRESENTED TONIGHT. OPTION ONE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE TRUSTEE ASKED HEY COULD YOU POSSIBLY PUT MAYBE TRAILER STADIUM AT THE TOP AND THEN REARRANGE THEM. SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF JUST MOVING THEM ABOUT IN ORDER. IF YOU HAVE OPPOSITION TO OPTION TWO. AGAIN, THAT IS BOTH COMBINING BOTH TECHNOLOGY DEVICES. SO THE REFRESH AND THE STUDENT DEVICE INITIATIVE COMBINE THEM AS A SINGLE PROP. YOU COULD DO THAT. AND THEN OPTION TWO ON THE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WOULD AGAIN BE ABLE TO JUST REARRANGE THOSE AS WE LOOK FORWARD. WHAT DO WE THINK. YEAH OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS. WELL I ASKED THE QUESTION AND THIS MIGHT BE FOR OUR BOND ATTORNEY. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ORDER OF PROPOSITIONS IS WAS MY QUESTION IN THE COMMITTEE MEETING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR FIRM HAS DONE ANY RESEARCH ON THAT, BUT WE'VE TRIED TO REPAIR TRAILER STADIUM,

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OUR ONE DISTRICT STADIUM, AT LEAST IN TWO PREVIOUS BONDS, AND IT'S FAILED. AND SO THE QUESTION WAS, IS THERE ANY PSYCHOLOGY TO PUTTING IT FIRST MIGHT HELP GET IT PASSED? BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED THIS PAST. SO STEPHANIE LIBBY NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT BOND COUNSEL FOR THE DISTRICT, I DO NOT HAVE ANY PSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLACEMENT ON THE BALLOT. I WILL SHARE THAT HISTORICALLY STADIUM PROPOSITION STATEWIDE HAVE NOT HAD SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE RATES. SO IT IS AN ONGOING STRUGGLE NOT JUST FOR LAMAR CONSOLIDATED, BUT FOR DISTRICTS STATEWIDE. SOME DISTRICTS WILL CHOOSE TO PUT WHAT THEY THINK ARE GOING TO BE THE LESS DESIRABLE PROJECTS TOWARDS THE END OF THE BALLOT. SOME DISTRICTS HAVE GONE IN TO BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE.

OBJECTIVE WITH HOW THEY NUMBER THEM, AND SO THEY'RE DOING BOND PROPOSITIONS FROM MOST EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION TO LEAST EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION. SO THERE THERE REALLY IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER FOR HOW THE PROPOSITIONS THEMSELVES ARE ORDERED. I WILL OFFER WITH THE TECHNOLOGY PROPOSITIONS WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION FOR WHETHER OR NOT YOU ALL WANT TO COMBINE THOSE TWO PROPOSITIONS INTO ONE. AS WE TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSITION LANGUAGE, BECAUSE FOR THE TECHNOLOGY PROPOSITIONS, WE DO HAVE MORE DETAILED LANGUAGE WITHIN THE BOND PROPOSITIONS, BECAUSE THERE IS A STATE LAW REQUIREMENT THAT A MEASURE CAN ONLY BE PUT BEFORE THE VOTERS ONE TIME ON THE ELECTION. SO YOU CAN'T HAVE KIND OF THESE ALTERNATIVE PROPOSITIONS. SO IF YOU DO DECIDE TO STAY WITH TWO TECHNOLOGY PROPOSITIONS, WE WILL HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THE LANGUAGE WITHIN THOSE PROPOSITIONS IS SUFFICIENTLY DIFFERENT SO THAT THE VOTERS CAN TELL WHICH OF THE TWO PROPOSITIONS THEY'RE VOTING ON. I HAVE A QUESTION. A FOLLOW UP TO JOHN'S. ARE WE REQUIRED TO PULL OUT TRAILER STADIUM AND MAKE IT ITS OWN PROPOSITION, OR COULD WE COMBINE THAT WITH FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS? COULD, FOR EXAMPLE, OFFER A PROPOSITION, A NEW SCHOOLS AND FACILITY AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS? SO FOR STADIUMS, STADIUMS THAT HAVE MORE THAN A THOUSAND SEATS, WHICH WOULD ENCOMPASS TRAILER STADIUM HAVE TO BE THEIR OWN SEPARATE PROPOSITION, MORE THAN A THOUSAND SEATS, MORE THAN A THOUSAND SEATS, ANY STADIUM 600 THOUGH 6000. 6000. RIGHT. SO THERE WAS A STATE LAW CHANGE. AND SO YOU CAN HAVE GENERAL SCHOOL FACILITIES, TECHNOLOGY AS A STANDALONE PROPOSITION. IF YOU HAVE AN AUDITORIUM, STADIUMS WITH MORE THAN A THOUSAND SEATS, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES OUTSIDE OF STADIUMS. AND SO FORTH. SO TRAILER STADIUM WILL HAVE TO BE ITS OWN PROPOSITION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I ORIGINALLY WE WERE PRESENTED THE TECHNOLOGY PROPOSITION AS ALL ONE. AND THEN WE DECIDED IN THE COMMITTEE MAYBE OR MAYBE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TO MAYBE SEPARATE IT OUT BECAUSE PEOPLE MAY NOT LIKE THE 1 TO 1 WE DIDN'T KNOW. BUT NOW I FEEL LIKE THINGS ARE DIFFERENT IN THE SURVEY RESULTS.

EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IT'S A SMALL SAMPLING. IT KIND OF SURPRISES ME THAT PEOPLE WERE SO IN FAVOR OF THE 1 TO 1 INITIATIVE. SO NOW WHAT DO WE DO? WE THINK WE NEED TO SEPARATE IT OUT AND HAVE FOR PROPS. DID WE DID WE TALK ABOUT THAT? WAS THAT BEFORE IT WAS ACTUAL LAW WAS SIGNED? WE SAID WE I THINK IT WAS LIKE HYPOTHETICALLY, IF THIS WAS SIGNED WE WOULD SEPARATE IT. AND SO NOW THAT IT IS LAW, WOULD IT BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE IT SEPARATED? BECAUSE NOW EVERYONE KNOWS ASSOCIATED TO. WHEN WE ADD THEM ALL TOGETHER. I JUST FEEL LIKE WHEN WE ADD THEM ALL TOGETHER, IT'S LARGER. I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF I APOLOGIZE WHEN THEY SEE A LARGER NUMBER, THEY VOTE NO. I THINK WE ALSO SAID WE DIDN'T WANT THE REFRESH, WHICH IS VERY MUCH NEEDED TO FAIL BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT THE 1 TO 1. OKAY. SO DO WE WANT FIRST OF ALL, DO WE WANT TO KEEP THEM SEPARATED BECAUSE THEN THAT TAKES AWAY AT LEAST TWO OPTIONS. I WOULD SAY YES TO SEPARATE KEEP THEM SEPARATE PROPS OKAY. SO THEN WE DON'T NEED TO LOOK AT TWO OF THE OPTIONS. SO THEN IT'S EITHER OF OPTION ONES. DO WE PUT TRAILER STADIUM FIRST OR ANY OPTION OF

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THAT. CAN WE PUT TRAILER STADIUM REPAIRS OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE TRAILER STADIUM. IT CAN BE REPAIRS. ALSO, I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT THESE ARE JUST TWO OPTIONS. HOWEVER YOU WANT TO ARRANGE THE FOUR, WE CAN ARRANGE THEM HOWEVER YOU WANT TO. SORRY. WELL GO AHEAD. I MEAN, WE'VE TRIED PUTTING TRAILER STADIUM AT THE BOTTOM EVERY TIME, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE OR NOT, BUT IT WOULDN'T HURT TO TRY IT. PUTTING IT UP TOP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ALL THINK THAT MEANS WHEN DOCTOR NIVENS GOES OUT AND HE CAN'T ADVOCATE FOR OR AGAINST IT, BUT HE CAN GIVE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC. THE FIRST THING HE CAN TALK ABOUT IS HOW IMPORTANT REPAIRING THAT ONE STADIUM IS, AND HOW MANY STUDENTS GO THROUGH THAT ONE STADIUM INSTEAD OF IT KIND OF BEING LOST, YOU KNOW, 30 MINUTES LATER IN THE DISCUSSION, THAT'S ONE IDEA. I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO I'D LIKE TO TRY IT ON AS PROP A PERSONALLY. OKAY. I THINK OKAY. SORRY. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. I WAS JUST GOING TO LIKE HELP US PICK. SO DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY? NO, I WOULD LIKE WHAT TRUSTEE WELCH SAID A AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

AND SO THAT TOP OPTION ONE ON THE RIGHT JUST FLIP FLOP C AND D MAYBE. SO PUT STUDENT DEVICE INITIATIVE LAST BECAUSE WE NEED THE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE REFRESH OKAY. SO OPTION A TRAILER STADIUM REPAIRS OR PROP A PROP B NEW SCHOOLS AND FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS. PROP C TECHNOLOGY DEVICE DEVICES AND PROP D STUDENT DEVICE INITIATIVE. OKAY. AND SO IS THAT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO? THE BOND LANGUAGE. YES. SO NOW THE ATTORNEY CAN START LOOKING AT THAT. SO THE THIRD THING THAT WE ASK IF WE'RE READY TO MOVE TO THE PROPOSITION LANGUAGE WELL IS EVERYBODY DOES EVERYBODY THINK THAT'S MR. REYES. I AM SO RELUCTANT TO LEAD WITH THE STADIUM. I JUST FEEL LIKE IT SENDS A IT JUST I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE MESSAGE THAT IT SENDS THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO LEAD WITH THE STADIUM. I MEAN, I KNOW I GET IT. BUT I, I FEEL I HAVE TO COME DOWN ON THE SIDE OF LEADING WITH NEW SCHOOLS AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT PUTTING IT AS B, THEN PUTTING NEW SCHOOLS AS A. I'M OKAY WITH B AS LONG AS IT SAYS TRAILER STADIUM IMPROVEMENT OR REPAIRS. IS THAT IS THAT THE THOUGHT PROCESS? OKAY, SO SWITCHING THOSE TWO BUT NO. WELL AND LET ME ASK YOU THIS, I MEAN I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO BE THE LONE HOLDOUT. I WANT TO DO WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT. I THINK IT'S ALL A GUESSING GAME. IT'S ALL WE'RE BECOMING THE PSYCHOLOGY EXPERIMENT. SUPERINTENDENT EVANS, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ADMINISTRATION? WE VALUE YOUR OPINION. WELL, I UNDERSTAND WHERE TRUSTEE WATTS IS COMING FROM. IT'S LIKE THE YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY, RIGHT? DOING THE SAME THING, EXPECTING A DIFFERENT RESULT. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT STATE, AS OUR ATTORNEY SAID, STADIUM BONDS HAVE FAILED THROUGHOUT THIS DISTRICT. I THINK 95% FAILURE RATE ACROSS ACROSS OUR STATE. AND SO WHATEVER THE BOARD DECIDES TO DO WHEN WE GO OUT AND WE TALK ABOUT THE BOND, WE WILL TAILOR MAKE OUR MESSAGE TO FIT EACH AUDIENC, BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY AN AUDIENCE OF OUR BOOSTER CLUBS, OUR BOOSTER MEMBERS, AND WE WOULD PROBABLY TALK MORE ABOUT STATE AND REPAIRS THAN ANYTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, AND PARENTS MAY TALK ABOUT MORE ABOUT SCHOOLS, BUT ALL OF IT WOULD GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF INFORMATION. BUT IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW WE WILL LEAVE THAT OUT. I CAN SEE BOTH SIDES OF THAT COIN. I CAN SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM SAYING IF THE IF TRAILER STADIUM IS WAS PROPOSITION A, THEN I CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, THE FACEBOOK WARRIORS SAYING, SEE, THEY DON'T EVEN VALUE SCHOOLS.

THEY WANT THE STADIUM MORE. I IT CAN GO EITHER WAY. IT CAN GO EITHER WAY. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR OPINION. THAT'S MY CONCERN IS THAT I DON'T WANT IT TO LEAD TO AT THE DETRIMENT OF THE OTHER IMPORTANT PRIORITIES. THAT'S MY PRIMARY AND HAVING THERE IS, I AM STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF STADIUM

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ACTIVITIES. ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS WELL THAT EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT I'M AT THAT STADIUM IF WE'RE HAVING A GAME. BUT MY CONCERN IS I DON'T WANT IT TO BE AT THE DETRIMENT OF THE OTHER VERY IMPORTANT NEEDS THAT WE HAVE. THAT'S THAT'S MAINLY WHERE I'M COMING FROM. THANK YOU.

DOCTOR. I AGREE. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WERE YOU THAT YOU AGREE I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S SAYING. IT'S THE APPEARANCE OF IT. EVEN THOUGH OBVIOUSLY WE OUR PRIORITY IS SCHOOLS AND BUT THIS HAS BEEN HOW MANY TIMES ALREADY. YEAH I DO AGREE. SO THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. NOW. WELL IT IS LIKE THROWING DARTS IN THE DARK AND YOU'RE TRYING TO HIT THE BULL'S EYE, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE WE DON'T KNOW I DON'T AS A VOTER, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER GONE IN AND SEEN THEM IN ORDER AND THOUGHT, OH, THIS IS OUR ORDER OF PRIORITY. SO I DON'T Y'ALL CAN I DON'T HAVE AN OPINION EITHER WAY. I MEAN, I JUST GO IN, I READ THEM, AND THEN I DECIDE IF I WANT THEM OR NOT. I MEAN, THAT'S USUALLY HOW I DO IT, BUT IN MY HEAD, THE, THE 1.9 BILLION PROP, THE BIGGEST ONE SHOULD BE FIRST. IT'S THE BIGGEST, IT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE. AND THEN THEN WE'RE SAYING TRAILER. I MEAN TRAILER REALLY IS A PRIORITY. IT IS OUR ONLY STADIUM AND IT NEEDS REPAIRS. AND THEN THE OTHER TWO JUST OKAY. SO PROP B A AND THEN D AND C. YES OKAY. D A D. SO JUST TO RECAP JACKIE, CAN YOU READ THEM OFF. WHAT WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. SO PROP A WILL BE NEW SCHOOLS AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. PROP B WILL BE TRAILERS STADIUM REPAIRS. PROP C WILL BE TECHNOLOGY DEVICES AND PROP D WILL BE THE STUDENT DEVICE INITIATIVE. OKAY. SO THEN DO I NEED TO CALL FOR 5 TO 10 MINUTES OR NO. WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH PROPOSITION LANGUAGE.

THAT'S THE LAST THING THAT WE HAVE TO GO TO OKAY. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF TWO DIFFERENT PROPOSITION LANGUAGES. SO IF YOU'LL NOTICE THE RED LETTERING IN THE IN OPTION ONE, IT IS A MORE DETAILED VERSION OF THE BOND LANGUAGE. ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, IT USED TO YOU COULD PUT ALL OF THE BALLOT LANGUAGE IN ALL CAPS. THEY CAME IN AND SAID, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. AND YOU COULD PUT THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE AS PART OF THE BOND LANGUAGE. THEY ARE NOW REQUIRING IT TO BE AT THE VERY FRONT IN ALL CAPS, AND EVERYTHING ELSE HAS TO BE IN NORMAL FONT AS FAR AS UPPER AND LOWER CASE. SO IF YOU'LL NOTICE, I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES ON THAT ON THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. AND I THINK THE WHOLE BOARD HAS BEEN WITH ME AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AND THE BOARD, AND I'VE GONE WITH THE BOARD TO ADVOCATE. AND AS MISS LUDWIG SAID, IN OUR IN OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS HERE, WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO INCREASE OUR TAX RATE. BUT THIS SAYS IT IS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO INCREASE OUR DEBT. AND SO SOME DISTRICTS IN THE PAST WERE CREATIVE AND MADE SENSE. THIS IS A TAX INCREASE. HAD TO BE ALL CAPS. THEY MADE EVERYTHING ALL CAPS. SO YOU KNOW WE DIDN'T DO THAT. BUT NOW BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED NOW THE STATE LAW HAS SAID THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT CAN BE IN ALL CAPS. EVERYTHING ELSE HAS TO BE CASE SENSITIVE.

BUT ALSO NOW YOU HAVE TO MOVE IT TO THE FRONT OF THE VERY FIRST THING IN THE PARAGRAPH. SO IT'S THE VERY FIRST THING THAT OUR VOTERS SEE IS THAT THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE. AND SO I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES ON THAT. JUST ONE MINOR POINT OF CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE WE DID GET SOME GUIDANCE LAST WEEK FROM THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. AND SO WHEN WE HAD THIS LANGUAGE ORIGINALLY, WE DID MOVE IT TO THE FRONT OF THE PROPOSITION. THE GUIDANCE WE GOT FROM THEM LAST WEEK WAS ACTUALLY THAT IT NEEDS TO BE AT THE TOP OF THE PROPOSITION. AND SO WHAT THE VOTERS ARE SAYING, YOU WILL HAVE AN ACTUAL LINE BREAK. SO WE'LL HAVE PROPOSITION A AND THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE AT THE TOP. AND THEN THE BALLOT LANGUAGE FOR THE PROPOSITION ITSELF WILL START WITH THE VERBIAGE RELATING TO THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE BONDS AND THE PROJECTS. SO THE FORMAT WILL BE THE FORMAT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN HOW IT'S PROVIDED HERE. IT'LL BE SEPARATE. IT'LL BE SEPARATE.

THEY'LL THERE'LL BE A HARD RETURN BECAUSE THEY'VE INSTRUCTED US THAT IT SHOULD BE AT THE TOP, NOT AT THE BEGINNING. AND SO WE'VE PLACED IT AT THE TOP. I REALLY WISH THE LEGISLATURE HAD SAID THIS IS A PROPERTY, THIS IS A THIS IS A DEBT INCREASE, NOT A PROPERTY TAX, BECAUSE THEY IMPLIES WE'RE INCREASING THE TAX RATE. BUT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE'RE

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NOT. BUT BUT WE ARE INCURRING MORE DEBT AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THAT IS A MORE ACCURATE LANGUAGE. AND I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE. AND WE ADVOCATED FOR THAT IN AUSTIN IN, IN THE LANGUAGE, CAN WE SAY YOUR PROPERTY TAX RATE WILL NOT INCREASE? WE CANNOT. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE HAS BEEN VERY EXPLICIT IN SAYING THAT THESE STATUTORY WORDS ARE THE ONLY STATUTORY WORDS THAT CAN BE USED, AND THAT THE LANGUAGE CANNOT IN ANY WAY BE QUALIFIED AND MODIFIED OR EXPLAINED WITHIN THE PROPOSITION ITSELF. I THINK THE ONE SAVING GRACE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN UNDER THIS REQUIREMENT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN BOND ELECTION CYCLES. NOW THIS IS ROLLING OUT SO THAT IT'S GOING TO APPLY TO BOTH CITIES, COUNTIES AND OTHER LOCAL JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE BOND ELECTIONS. SO YOU WILL HAVE A MORE UNIFORM MESSAGE COMING FROM OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ABOUT THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE AND THE ACTUAL TAX RATE IMPACTS. AND THEN JUST I'LL, I'LL JUST GO ON THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE LANGUAGE. SO THE, THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN RED IS KIND OF THE, THE DISCRETIONARY LANGUAGE FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER. SO WE CAN MODIFY THIS. HOWEVER YOU ALL WOULD LIKE. WHAT WE DID IS WE JUST KIND OF GROUPED THEM BY PROJECTS AS THEY'VE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE BOARD. THE HARD BRACKETS SHOW WHAT'S THE DISCRETIONARY LANGUAGE WITHIN THE HARD BRACKETS AS IT RELATES TO THE SCHOOLS WE'VE ENUMERATED HOW MANY OF EACH SCHOOLS ARE PROPOSED. YOU COULD OR COULD NOT INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOUR VOTERS AS WELL. FOR ANY PROJECT THAT'S SPECIFICALLY ENUMERATED, THE AG'S OFFICE WILL REQUIRE THAT THOSE THAT THOSE FACILITIES BE FUNDED FIRST. AND SO IF WE TAKE OPTION ONE OR THE GENERAL PROPOSITION FOR GENERAL SCHOOL FACILITIES, YOU HAVE GENERAL SCHOOL FACILITIES, WHICH WOULD BE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY ENUMERATED. WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO PROJECTS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY ENUMERATED BEFORE WE MOVE TO ANY OTHER SCHOOL FACILITIES. SO IF WE HAVE TWO NEW HIGH SCHOOLS, THE AG'S OFFICE, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, WHEN WE GO FOR BOND REVIEW AND APPROVAL, WE'LL WANT TO KNOW THAT THOSE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED BEFORE WE BUILT, SAY, THE EIGHTH NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IF THAT MAKES SENSE FOR YOU ALL. SO ACCORDING NOT ACCORDING TO OUR CALENDAR THAT WE'RE PROJECTING OF WHEN WERE THINGS GOING TO ORDER, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, SINCE THE HIGH SCHOOLS WERE LISTED FIRST. THAT'S JUST IF YOU WANT TO EXCEED, IF YOU WANT TO EXCEED, IF YOU WANT TO EXCEED WHAT'S PROPOSED. AND SO THE MORE SPECIFIC YOU ARE AT THIS POINT, THE LESS DISCRETION YOU HAVE MOVING INTO THE FUTURE, THE MORE GENERAL YOU ARE AT THIS POINT, THE MORE DISCRETION IS RETAINED FOR THIS BOARD OR FUTURE BOARD WHEN THE PROJECTS ACTUALLY COME ONLINE. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE PROPOSED THE LANGUAGE IN THIS MANNER. SO YOU ALL CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SAY INCLUDING SEVEN NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, OR WE CAN JUST SAY INCLUDING NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, OR WE CAN TAKE EVERYTHING IN BRACKETS OUT TOGETHER AND JUST HAVE, YOU KNOW, FOR NEW SCHOOL FACILITIES, I WILL SAY, AND IT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION, BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE ASK TO THE VOTERS THAT THERE IS SOME AMOUNT OF DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSITION, AND THAT YOU DON'T GO WITH JUST A GENERAL SCHOOL FACILITIES BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF THE PROPOSITION. BUT THE ORDER OF THE LANGUAGE DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE COULDN'T IMMEDIATELY START ON ROOF AND HVAC. EVEN IF IT'S NOT THE ORDER, IT'S NOT THE ORDER OF THE LANGUAGE. IT'S JUST THE FACT THAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY ENUMERATED. YOU'D HAVE TO DO THOSE PROJECTS BEFORE YOU WENT TO A PROJECT THAT WAS NOT ENUMERATED. OKAY. OKAY, I'M GONNA DO THAT ANYWAY. YEAH.

OKAY. SO. THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS? I LIKE TAKING THE COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATION. I DON'T I DON'T SEE I DO AS WELL AND NOT ENUMERATING. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID YOUR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO NOT PUT THE NUMBER THE RED LETTERS. YES, BUT NOT SO. I THINK I WOULD INCLUDE SOME TYPE OF DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE WITHIN THE BRACKETS. AND SO I THINK FOR THE BOARD TO DECIDE, AND MAYBE

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IT'S BASED ON PLANNING. NO. SO LET'S BE A LITTLE MORE CLEAR OKAY. SO LET'S BE AN EXAMPLE. SO WE'RE AT THE RED SAYS INCLUDING SEVEN NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THE NUMBER THE WORD SEVEN IS WHAT IN YOUR OPINION THAT IS THE YOU'RE SAYING DO DO INCLUDE THAT OR DO NOT INCLUDE THAT. SO I THINK THE OUTER BRACKETS I SAY WE INCLUDE THE LANGUAGE THAT'S ENCOMPASSED BY THE OUTER BRACKETS WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUMBER OF EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS. I THINK THAT CAN GO EITHER WAY. SO YOU CAN EITHER INCLUDE THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED, OR YOU CAN OMIT THAT. AND THE RE AGAIN, THE REASON TO OMIT IT IS IF YOU THINK THAT THERE'S A CHANCE THAT YOU MAY NEED AN EIGHTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BEFORE YOU NEED THE SECOND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT. THAT WOULD PRESERVE SOME FUTURE FLEXIBILITY. IF THE DEMOGRAPHICS DON'T COME ONLINE EXACTLY AS IT'S BEING PROPOSED, AND THERE'S FLEXIBILITY THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE TO BE BUILT. CAN YOU REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER? DID YOU SAY WE NEED TO HAVE ALL SEVEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION BEFORE WE WOULD START THE SECOND OR THE FIRST OR SECOND MIDDLE SCHOOL OR. NO. SO YEAH. SO IT'S NOT THE THIS IS NOT AN ORDER OF PRIORITY, OKAY. IT'S JUST THAT OKAY. SO BOARD OF TRUSTEES CURRENTLY WHEN WE HAVE A PROJECT RIGHT. AND WE COMPLETE THE PROJECT AND IT WAS UNDER BUDGET, THEN IT GOES INTO AVAILABLE SAVINGS OKAY. AND THEN SOMETIMES WE COME TO YOU AND SAY CAN WE USE AVAILABLE SAVINGS TO REPLACE A CHILLER OR TO DO THESE OTHER THINGS BY THIS LANGUAGE BEING SPECIFIC AND NUMERAL, WE WOULD HAVE TO COMPLETE ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO TOUCH ANY OF THE AVAILABLE SAVINGS COMING OFF ANY INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS. AND ON TOP OF THAT, IF YOU SAY SEVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, YOU CAN'T BUILD THE EIGHTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BEFORE YOU FINISH THE REST OF THE STUFF. RIGHT? SO THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM. SO INSTEAD OF INCLUDING SEVEN NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WE SHOULD PROBABLY JUST SAY INCLUDING NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, NEW MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND JUST TAKE THE NUMERATION OUT OF THE BRACKETS.

WHEN WE DO THAT, THAT TAKES AWAY SOME OF THE DESPERATION THAT WE'RE FEELING. THAT PSYCHOLOGY PIECE BEHIND IT SAYING LIKE, WE NEED, YOU KNOW, WE HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ATTEND THE MEETINGS AND THE DISTRICT MEETINGS WILL UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING TO SHOW UP TO THE POLLS THAT HAVE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING. MOST PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO ATTEND THOSE TOWN HALLS OR THIS COMMUNITY. SO WHEN WE LIST A NUMBER OF SEVEN, I MEAN, LIKE THAT'S PEOPLE SEE THE GROWTH AND THEY FEEL THE GROWTH, BUT WHEN THEY SEE IT, THEY'RE LIKE, THERE IS SOME DESPERATION THERE. WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO SPEAK REAL PERSONALLY FOR THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT I WENT IN AND VOTED FOR THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND KNOWING THAT IT KEPT YOU CAN KEEP PUSHING IT, YOU CAN KEEP PUSHING IT. AND SO IF YOU LOCK YOURSELF INTO THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO COME BACK AND HOLD YOU TO IT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, WHERE IS THAT THAT YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD? AND LIKE THEY SAID, WE DON'T KNOW FOR 100% FACT THAT OUR NUMBERS ARE EXACTLY SOME OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS COULD GO UNDER TOMORROW. AND WE ARE NOW SAYING THAT WE ARE DOING THESE SEVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. WE DON'T KNOW THAT WITH COMPLETE CERTAINTY TO SAY THAT. SO WHEN IT COMES TO AN EXAMPLE LIKE THAT, HAD WE USED THIS LANGUAGE AND THEN FOUND OUT THAT WE COULDN'T BUILD AT PEAK AND BEECHNUT, WOULD WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SWITCH IT TO 41 STILL? SO YOU WOULD BE YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME OF THAT FUTURE DISCRETION. IT'S NOT QUITE AND I DON'T I HATE TO DO THIS, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE AS LOCKED IN BECAUSE IF YOU GO DOWN THROUGH THE REST OF THE PROPOSITION LANGUAGE, RIGHT, YOU HAVE DISTRICT WIDE RENOVATIONS, ADDITIONS AND SAFETY AND SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS. THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY THAT'S BUILT IN TO THAT LANGUAGE. IT WOULD JUST BE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ENTIRELY NEW FACILITY. RIGHT. SO THERE IS BOARD DISCRETION BUILT INTO THIS LANGUAGE ALREADY. IT'S JUST THE IDEA OF BRINGING ON AN ENTIRE NEW FACILITY. WHEN YOU USE THE NUMBERS IN THE PROPOSITION. OKAY. I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE DESCRIPTIVE AND THE NUMBERS, BECAUSE THAT SHOWS HOW MANY WE ACTUALLY NEED FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T GOING TO ATTEND A MEETING OR WATCH A BOARD MEETING. AND IF IT DOES LEAVE IN THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. WE CAN

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USE SAVINGS. WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO BUILD ANY NEW CAMPUSES BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED NOW. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? I MEAN, WE'RE PRETTY POSITIVE THAT I MEAN, ALL THESE ARE GOING TO GET BUILT. WE NEED THEM. WE THEY HAVE TO GET BUILT. SO. I JUST DON'T WANT ACCIDENTALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY, DO WE HAVE TO VOTE BEFORE STAFF CAN PUT TOGETHER THE WORDING? CAN THEY NOT PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSED WORDING SO THAT WE CAN SEE IT MORE SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE? COULD WE NOT GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT BREAK JUST TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT TOGETHER A WORDING UNDER EACH SCENARIO AND THEN COME BACK AND LOOK AT IT MORE SPECIFICALLY, WOULD THAT WORK? YEAH, I YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS THE INTENT OF WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO HERE SO THAT I CAN RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL FOR HOW YOU WOULD LIKE THE WORDING TO LOOK. DO YOU NEED US TO VOTE FIRST BEFORE YOU YOU PUT WORDING TOGETHER OR COULD YOU PUT WORDING TOGETHER. IS THIS FEEDBACK? YEAH OKAY OKAY. WE'RE GIVING YOU THE INFORMATION OUR FEEDBACK NOW SO THAT SHE CAN GO DO THAT. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO VOTE AFTERWARDS. YEAH. THAT'S SO THAT'S WHAT I'M PROPOSING. OKAY. WE'RE DECIDING WHETHER TO LOCK IN WITH A NUMBER OR NOT OKAY.

WELL THEN IN THAT CASE I WOULD NOT ENUMERATE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT LOCKS YOU IN. SO YOU WOULD PREFER OPTION TWO WHERE IT'S MORE GENERAL. IT DOESN'T HAVE A DESCRIPTIVE. NO NO NO. THAT NO.

THAT'S WHAT I THINK GEORGE IS SAYING. HE WOULD PREFER OPTION TWO. I BELIEVE THAT SHE IF YOU ELIMINATE, FOR EXAMPLE, SEVEN WITHIN THE TOP OPTION ONE. YEAH. THEN THAT THAT THAT DOES NOT LOCK US INTO SEVEN. SO WHAT SHE'S SAYING ENUMERATE IS OPTION ONE AND THEN WITHOUT IT IS OPTION TWO. CORRECT. SO I THINK THAT THERE'S A THIRD OPTION RIGHT. SO WE'LL SAY WE'LL SAY OPTION ONE A YES WHICH IS THE LANGUAGE ALL IN RED WITH THE NUMBERS IN BRACKETS. OPTION ONE B WOULD BE THE LANGUAGE IN RED, OMITTING THE NUMBERS THAT ARE IN BRACKETS. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M PROPOSING. AND THEN OPTION TWO WOULD BE REMOVING EVERYTHING IN RED IN ITS ENTIRETY. YES. OKAY.

SO I THINK MOST OF US ARE WITH OPTION ONE B WHERE WE JUST REMOVE THE NUMBERS. YES OKAY OKAY. SO LET'S GO WITH THAT. IS IT DO WE HAVE TO VOTE. NO NO OKAY. SHE HAS THE FEEDBACK. SO SHE'S GOING TO WORK ON THAT ONCE WE GO OKAY. AND THEN THIS IS TO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSITION B. AND THIS WILL NOW BE PROPOSITION C. AND AGAIN HERE BECAUSE THE TWO TECHNOLOGY PROPOSITIONS WOULD REMAIN SEPARATE I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU ALL INCLUDE THE DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN RED, SO THAT THE VOTERS ARE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE TWO TECHNOLOGY PROPOSITIONS. BECAUSE IF WE TAKE THAT LANGUAGE OUT, THE LANGUAGE THAT THE VOTERS WOULD SEE WOULD BE IDENTICAL. OKAY. SO OPTION ONE FOR THAT ONE. YES. OKAY. PROPOSITION C, WHICH IS PROPOSITION D, SAME THING BECAUSE THIS IS THE OTHER TECHNOLOGY PROPOSITION. AND THEN PROPOSITION. SORRY. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT. BECAUSE I KNOW YOU SAID EARLIER THAT THE AG'S OFFICE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT LANGUAGE IS CLEARLY DESIGNATES WHICH ONE IS WHICH. AND SO THIS LANGUAGE YOU'RE, YOU'RE PRESENTING HERE MEETS THAT CRITERIA THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT.

YES. THE BOARD CHOOSES TO KEEP THOSE TWO SEPARATE. THAT'S RIGHT. BECAUSE THE PRIOR PROPOSITION WE HAD RIGHT. KIND OF THE REPLACEMENT OF CURRENT TECHNOLOGY DEVICES. AND WE'VE ENUMERATED THOSE DEVICES THAT WILL BE REPLACED. AND THEN MOVING TO THE OTHER PROPOSITION, WE HAVE STUDENT LAPTOPS WHICH WOULD IMPLEMENT THE 1 TO 1 STUDENT DEVICE INITIATIVE OKAY.

SO OPTION ONE ON THAT ONE DO WE NEED TO SPECIFY THREE THROUGH 12. WE YOU DO NOT. YOU COULD BUT YOU DO NOT NEED TO OKAY. THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA THOUGH BECAUSE BECAUSE WE'RE TRULY NOT GOING 1 TO 1 K-12. WE'RE GOING 1 TO 1 THREE THROUGH 12. RIGHT. BUT THE DISTRICTS 1 TO 1 STUDENT DEVICE INITIATIVE IS FOR GRADES 3 TO 12. SO IT'S BUILT IN TO WHAT THE DISTRICT'S INITIATIVE

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IS. SO BUT AGAIN YOU HAVE DISCRETION WITHIN THE LANGUAGE. AND SO IF YOU THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH 12, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT WITH THE MEDIUM TO WOULD IT ALIENATE K THROUGH TWO OR, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME OF THE PARENTS WHO THINK MY K THROUGH TWO DOESN'T NEED TO BE ON A LAPTOP, I DON'T WANT THEM ON A IPAD. MY IT MIGHT HELP.

THERE'S TWO SIDES TO IT. YEAH. SO IF YOU INCLUDE GRADES THREE THROUGH 12, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GO BACK. AND USE THE DEVICES FOR K ONE THROUGH TWO. RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT REPEAT THAT AGAIN.

YEAH. SO IF YOU SAY FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH 12 THEN THESE MONIES ARE DEDICATED FOR LAPTOPS FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH 12. AND YOU COULDN'T LATER COME BACK AND USE TO BUY IPADS FOR K THROUGH TWO. OKAY. SO THEN PROBABLY NOT DO THAT THEN DON'T PIGEONHOLE US OKAY. SO OPTION ONE AS IS. OKAY.

AND THEN FOR THE REPAIRS TO TRAILER STADIUM. SO THIS IS NOW PROPOSITION B. AND SO AGAIN WE HAVE THE INCLUDING REPAIRS TO TRAILER STADIUM IN BRACKETS. QUESTION WAS ASKED EARLIER IS IF WE COULD ADMIT OMIT THE SPORTS STADIUM RIGHT. AND JUST SAY REWORD THIS PROPOSITION SO THAT IT'S VERY SPECIFIC FOR REPAIRS TO TRAILER STADIUM. AND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS YES, WE CAN REWORK THE PROPOSITION SO THAT IT'S VERY SPECIFIC. BUT GOING BACK TO THE MORE SPECIFIC YOU ARE WITHIN THE PROPOSITION LANGUAGE, THE LESS DISCRETION YOU HAVE AS IT RELATES TO ANY EXCESS BOND FUNDS. AND SO IF YOU VOTE THE PROPOSITION ONLY FOR REPAIRS TO TRAILER STADIUM, THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT THE MONIES WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR. AND IF YOU HAD EXCESS BOND PROCEEDS, YOU COULD NOT IMPLEMENT IT, IMPLEMENT THEM AT ANY OTHER STADIUMS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. COULD COULD WE AT LEAST PUT THE REPAIRS TO STADIUM TO TRAILER STADIUM FIRST IN THE LIST? I MEAN, SINCE THAT'S WHAT THE BOND IS TRULY ABOUT. AND THEN THE OTHER STUFF THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATING, IMPROVING OTHER STADIUMS. IF WE HAVE BOND SAVINGS AFTER, I MEAN, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S AN AFTERTHOUGHT HERE, INCLUDING REPAIRS TO TRAILER STADIUM. BUT THE MAIN POINT OF THE BOND IS TO REPAIR TRAILER STADIUM SO IT IS USABLE AND FUNCTIONAL, AND ITS FULL CAPACITY AS OUR MAIN STADIUM IN THE IN THE DISTRICT. SO, SO FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPAIRS TO TRAILER, TRAILER, STADIUM AND DESIGNING AND DESIGNING RENOVATING. BUT AT THAT POINT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS WITHIN THE PROPOSITION. IF YOU INCLUDE THE.

AND I THINK IF YOU WANTED TO IF YOU WANTED TO NARROW, WE COULD TAKE OUT. WE COULD TAKE OUT ACQUIRING. FROM THE VERBIAGE BECAUSE THERE'S NO NEW PROPERTY THAT'S BEING ACQUIRED THROUGH THAT. BUT I THINK WE'D WANT TO KEEP IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS. RENOVATING AND IMPROVING ARE BOTH VERBS THAT WOULD DESCRIBE THE REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS. AS WE WORK THROUGH THE PROPOSITION LANGUAGE. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE USE THE VERBS THAT WE USE IS THAT. IT MAKES COMMUNICATION AFTER THE BOND IS CALLED, MUCH MORE EFFICIENT. FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING WHAT IS ELECTIONEERING AND WHAT IS FACTUAL INFORMATION. AND SO IF YOU HAVE VERBS WITHIN THE PROPOSITION THAT TALK ABOUT UPGRADING, UPDATING AND IMPROVING, WHEN YOU GO TO THE VOTERS AND YOU TELL THEM THAT YOU'RE GOING TO UPGRADE, UPDATE AND IMPROVE, THAT'S FACTUAL BECAUSE IT'S BUILT INTO THE BOND. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE WORDS BUILT INTO THE PROPOSITION, THEN IT COULD BE VIEWED AS ELECTIONEERING. WHEN YOU GO OUT AND YOU TALK ABOUT THE UPGRADES AND UPDATES THAT ARE PROPOSED. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BELTS AND SUSPENDERS. IT'S A LOT OF WORDS TO DESCRIBE WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT IT IS BASED ON PAST PRACTICE AND GUIDANCE THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM TEXAS ETHICS, OPINIONS THAT HAVE COME OUT IN RELATION TO BOND ELECTIONS. SO QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. THE TITLE OF THE PROPOSITION. CAN IT SAY TRAILER STADIUM REPAIRS OR REPAIRS TO TRAILER STADIUM?

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BECAUSE THEN IN THE ACTUAL CONTEXT OR CONTENT INCLUDING REPAIRS TO TRAILER STADIUM CAN BE THERE IF THEY SEE IT AT THE VERY BEGINNING. THAT THIS PROPOSITION IS FOR REPAIRS TO TRAILER STADIUM. CAN YOU TITLE THAT THAT WAY? SO WE WOULD GO IN AND TITLE EACH OF. WE'D GO IN AND TITLE EACH OF THE PROPOSITIONS RELATED FOR HOW THEY ARE, AND WE CAN DO THAT.

AND SO TRAILER STADIUM REPAIRS OR REPAIRS TO TRAILER STADIUM CAN BE A TITLE ON THE BOND BALLOT. WE WOULD SAY YEAH, WE WOULD SAY PROPOSITION A GENERAL SCHOOL FACILITIES. PROPOSITION B REPAIRS TO TRAILER STADIUM. PROPOSITION C TECHNOLOGY REFRES. PROPOSITION D 1 TO 1 DEVICES.

QUESTION WOULD IT BE CONSIDERED ELECTIONEERING IF WE ADDED SOME SOME WORDING TO INCLUDING REPAIRS TO TRAILER STADIUM? IN ORDER TO ENHANCE SECURITY AND ENSURE CODE COMPLIANCE? SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. IS THAT CONSIDERED ELECTIONEERING OR IS THAT FACTUAL? I THINK THAT WOULD COULD BE FACTUAL. OKAY. BECAUSE I JUST BELIEVE THAT CONVEYS THE REASONING BEHIND THAT WE'VE HEARD AND WHAT THE VOTER NEEDS TO HEAR IN ORDER TO BE TO UNDERSTAND AND PUT THIS MATTER INTO PERSPECTIVE. SO IF IT'S FACTUAL, I'D SUGGEST THAT WE INCLUDE IT. I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS IN ON THE REPAIRING PORTION AND AGAIN, THE DESPERATION BEHIND IT, BECAUSE IN THE PAST, PREVIOUS BONDS, IT WAS IMPROVING, IT WAS UPGRADING. SO EVEN IF WE WERE IMPROVING AND UPGRADING TO THE END AND JUST WE NEED TO HIT HARD REPAIR, WE GOT TO MA'AM, ARE WE ABLE TO START OUT WITH THE VERY FIRST SENTENCE, VERY FACTUAL. SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF WE LAMAR. SEE, ISD HAS ONE DISTRICT STADIUM. WE CURRENTLY HAVE SEVEN HIGH SCHOOLS. I'M TRYING I'M WANTING TO EDUCATE THE IGNORANT VOTER WHO WILL BE VOTING ON THIS. IGNORANT DOESN'T MEAN STUPID OR FOOLISH. IT MEANS THEY DO NOT HAVE INFORMATION AND THEY'RE GOING TO POSSIBLY GO IN THE BOOTH AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO WHAT IS DONE ACROSS THE STATE. NOPE. SPORTS STADIUM. I'M TRYING TO CONVEY TO THEM THAT WE HAVE ONE STADIUM THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE. HAVE REPAIRS AND EVERYTHING DONE TO IT. SO I'M WONDERING, WOULD A LANGUAGE ALLOWS SOME SIMPLIFICATION LIKE THAT AT THE VERY BEGINNING? NO. OKAY. AND I'M SORRY IT DOESN'T. BUT WHAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO PUT IN THE PROPOSITION AND WHAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO PUT IN THE BALLOT IS A QUESTION TO THE VOTERS. AND FROM WHAT WE FROM WHAT WE DO, YOU SEE, IT'S, YOU KNOW, FIVE LINES LONG, BUT IT'S ONE SENTENCE AND IT'S A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT THAT IT BE ONE SENTENCE. AND SO IT'S A QUESTION TO THE VOTERS TO AUTHORIZE THE BONDS IN A SPECIFIC AMOUNT FOR DESIGNATED PROJECTS AND VOTING THE TAX. OKAY. CAN YOU REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID? YES, MA'AM. AT THE END OF INCLUDING REPAIRS TO TRAILER STADIUM IN ORDER TO ENSURE SAFETY OR ENHANCE SAFETY AND TO ENSURE CODE COMPLIANCE. FULL CODE COMPLIANCE OR SOME SOME VERBIAGE ALONG THOSE LINES TO AVOID GREG HAS EXPLAINED TO US, IS MR. BUCHANAN HAS EXPLAINED TO US THAT HIS WOULD BRING US IN COMPLIANCE WITH WITH THE CODE STANDARDS. SO IS THAT SO? YES. AND I THINK I CAN WORK WITH THE SUGGESTED LANGUAGE. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN SAY ENHANCED SAFETY AT THE STADIUM. I THINK THAT WE CAN HAVE REPAIRS TO THE STADIUM AND I'LL USE SOMETHING OTHER THAN INCLUDING BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY USED INCLUDING. BUT WE'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, IN ESSENCE, INCLUDING SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO ENSURE CODE COMPLIANCE, I BELIEVE THAT SOMEHOW SAFETY SHOULD BE INCLUDED. THE WITH THE SPIRIT IS TO INCLUDE SAFETY AND CODE COMPLIANCE SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE VOTER UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE'S A LOGICAL REASON FOR THESE REPAIRS FIRST. YES. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION. IF WE CAN WORK WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT.

OPTION ONE. BUT THAT LANGUAGE OKAY. IS THAT OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THAT BRINGS US TO OUR

[03:40:01]

QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THROUGH THIS I BELIEVE THAT THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED. SO IF WE CAN TAKE MAYBE A TEN MINUTE RECESS AND LET HER BE ABLE TO DRAFT THE LANGUAGE, THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. JUST TEN MINUTES. ENOUGH. OKAY, OKAY. SO WE WILL TAKE OUR BREAK. CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION. SO, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WE HAVE MET WITH OUR LEGAL COUNSEL AND OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR. SO WE HAVE ARRANGED THIS FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE BOND LANGUAGE. ALSO IS THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION BELOW IT AS DOCTOR JONES WILL SLOWLY SCROLL THROUGH THIS, ALL THIS THIS INFORMATION MUST BE DISPLAYED BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION FOR ANY KIND OF BOND ELECTION. SO AGAIN THIS IS PROPOSITION A WHICH IS OUR MAIN PROPS. IT HAS A LISTING OF ALL THE SCHOOLS, BUT WE TOOK OUT THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT IT WAS TO INCLUDE. OKAY. IF YOU SCREW UP IT IS THE ONE 1,000,000,900, $3,490,000.

AGAIN, THIS IS THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION TALKING ABOUT PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST COMBINED.

IF YOU'LL KEEP SCROLLING CHAD TO THE VERY BOTTOM. THAT IS ALL THE FINANCIAL DATA BUILT INTO PROPOSITION A. IF YOU GO TO PROPOSITION C, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE COMPUTER REFRESH DEVICE REFRESH THAT WE HAVE. AND THEN AGAIN BELOW THAT IS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. AND THEN THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST. THE NEXT WILL BE PROPOSITION D WHICH WOULD BE OUR STUDENT DEVICE INITIATIVE. BELOW THAT IS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AGAIN PRINCIPAL INTEREST. AND THEN FINALLY YOU HAVE PROPOSITION B WHICH IS OUR TRAILER STADIUM.

THAT THEY WERE. OKAY. SO YOU GE. 240,240,172. OKAY, I'LL READ IT ALL OKAY. OKAY. SO. WE CHANGED ON PROPOSITION B SO IT LOOKS THE SAME UNTIL YOU GET TO THE BRACKETS, INCLUDING REPAIRS AND SAFETY AND ADA IMPROVEMENTS TO TRAILER STADIUM. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY I MEAN, IS THAT THE SPIRIT OF WHAT YOU WERE THINKING? YEAH. OKAY. I MEAN, I LIKE IT. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE NOT. THE FOCUS ISN'T ON TRAILER STADIUM. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WHAT'S THIS? WHAT'S THIS ABOUT THAT DOCTOR JONES? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TRAILER STADIUM MENTIONED EARLIER BECAUSE IT'S IN THE BRACKETS. IT SOUNDS. LIKE IT'S NOT THE FOCUS. COULD WE COULD WE NOT SAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPAIRS AND SAFETY AND THEN INCLUDING DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING, RENOVATING, IMPROVING LIKE STILL USE THE VERBS THAT YOU HAVE, BUT JUST SWITCH THE ORDER. KIND OF LIKE THE BONDS FOR THE PURPOSES OF REPAIRS AND SAFETY. AND ADA IMPROVEMENTS TO TRAILER STADIUM, INCLUDING DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING, RENOVATING, IMPROVING, UPGRADING, UPDATING, ACQUIRING, EQUIPPING SPORTS STADIUMS IN THE DISTRICT. THEY INCLUDING IS INTENDED TO BE DESCRIPTIVE AND SO SPORTS STADIUMS IN THE DISTRICT IS NOT DESCRIPTIVE OF TRAILER STADIUM.

[03:45:05]

TRAILER STADIUM IS A SPORTS STADIUM WITHIN THE DISTRICT. SO WE CAN I MEAN, WE CAN TAKE OUT SPORTS STADIUMS IN THE DISTRICT AND LEAD STRAIGHT INTO JUST TRAILER STADIUM OR. OR COULD YOU JUST LEAVE WHICH TRAILER STADIUM AND THEN PUT SPORTS STADIUMS AFTER THAT? JUST FLIP FLOP THAT ORDER BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T APPEAR AT THE TOP OF THE MARKET INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPOSITION B AND THERE'S THE COLONS THERE. WILL THAT AFTER THOSE COLONS, WILL IT SAY TRAILER STADIUM REPAIR? IT'LL SAY TRAILER REPAIRS AFTER THAT PROP B. BUT IF YOU PUT TRAILER STADIUM AND STADIUMS IN THE DISTRICT, THAT'S TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS. BUT EVEN THOUGH IT'S UPGRADING AND RENOVATING STADIUMS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT CONSTRUCTING NEW STADIUMS. OR ACQUIRING, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING FOR 20, ALMOST 27 MILLION, BUT WE KNOW THAT A HUGE MAJORITY OF THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO TRAILERS SPECIFICALLY. SO BUT I THINK SHE'S SAYING THAT WHATEVER BOND SAVINGS IS LEFT OVER WOULD HAVE TO GO TO TRAILER STADIUM IF WE PUT AND IF WE USE THE WORD AND. RIGHT. BECAUSE THEN IT WOULD BE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. I JUST REMEMBER THOSE HARD CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WHENEVER THE NEW TRUSTEES THREE WEREN'T ON IT. I'M NOT SURE IF Y'ALL WERE. WHENEVER WE HAD TO MAKE CHOICES TO CUT PROGRAMS AND THAT WE WE'VE GOT TO MAKE TRAILER STADIUM REPAIRS AND EMPHASIS JUST BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT IMPACTED PROGRAMS THAT IMPACTED BODIES AND STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND COACHES. AND IF WHEN THAT DIDN'T PASS BEFORE. I MEAN, I THINK WE CAN I MEAN, WE CAN TAKE OUT SPORTS STADIUMS IN THE DISTRICT AND WE CAN SAY TRAILER STADIUM, INCLUDING REPAIRS AND SAFETY AND ADA IMPROVEMENTS, AND HAVE IT MORE LIMITED THAT WAY. BUT WOULD WE BE ABLE TO USE BOND SAVINGS FOR ANYTHING ELSE? WHAT WOULD WE DO WITH BOND SAVINGS? AT THAT POINT, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REINVESTED IN TRAILER STADIUM. SO BUT WHENEVER WE WHENEVER WE'RE USING THESE BOND SAVINGS TO WORK ON THOMAS RIGHT NOW, THAT'S NOT COMING FROM PREVIOUS BOND FROM STADIUMS BONDS THAT'S COMING FROM OTHER GENERAL BOND SAVINGS BECAUSE THAT WAS PRE 19. THAT WAS PRE 19 2019. SO WHAT THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO DO IS IF YOU WERE TO MAKE IT THIS SPECIFIC, WHEN THE THAT MONEY WOULD JUST HAVE TO SIT THERE IN THE NEXT TIME WE NEEDED TO RESURFACE THE RESURFACE THE TRACK OR REPLACE SOME LIGHTING OR REPLACE THE TURF, THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD GO TO PULL THE MONEY FROM. IF WE WERE THIS SPECIFIC WITH IT, IT WOULD JUST STAY THERE AND HOLD UNTIL WE NEEDED TO USE IT FOR OTHER REPAIRS FROM THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. I THINK HONESTLY, THAT'S PROBABLY SMART BECAUSE THE TURF AND THE TRACK DO COST A TON OF MONEY. I ALSO WANTED TO ASK IF WE COULD SCRATCH THE WORD ACQUIRING, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'RE ACQUIRING ANYTHING. WHAT ABOUT CONSTRUCTING? WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY STATEMENT. OR COULD WE SAY EQUIPPING DISTRICT STADIUMS. AND RIGHT THERE PARENTHESES PUT TRAILER NAMING JUST THAT ONE BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY ONE WE HAVE NAMED. BUT THEN THAT'S STILL SPECIFIC. I JUST DON'T WANT US TO SAY LIKE LIKE TRUSTEE BOX SAID OF AND TRAILER AS LIKE ADDING IT ON. NO, THAT IS THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS BOND IS TRAILER. I THINK THIS IS A VERY TRANSPARENT STATEMENT WE'RE ASKING. THIS IS A VERY TRANSPARENT STATEMENT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS. AND THEN WHAT IT WAS BEFORE WITH STADIUMS IN GENERAL, I THINK THAT THIS IS MUCH STRONGER, I THINK. SO. SO I WHAT IF WE LEAD WITH SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF THE, THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED 26,000 $740,000 OF LAMAR CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS. FOR THE PURPOSES RELATING TO TRAILER STADIUM REPAIRS, ALONG WITH SAFETY AND ADA IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN ADD THE REST. SO WE LEAD WITH RIGHT AFTER. SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS FOR THE PURPOSES RELATING TO TRAILER STADIUM REPAIRS ALONG WITH SAFETY AND ADA IMPROVEMENTS, ALONG WITH AND THEN THE REST OF THE LANGUAGE. SO THAT PUTS TRAILER STADIUM

[03:50:07]

RIGHT AT THE TOP. OF. I MEAN, WHEN YOU READ LIKE WHEN THE LEGISLATURE PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF WHAT THE LEGISLATION IS ABOUT, IT'S USUALLY THE WAY THEY WRITE THE SUMMARY FOR THE PURPOSES OF AND BOOM, THEY GIVE IT TO YOU RIGHT AWAY. WHAT IS IN RELATION TO. SO THAT MIGHT BE WHY TRUSTEE HENDERSON PROBABLY RECOGNIZES THAT LANGUAGE RIGHT OFF THE BAT. COULD WE THEN JUST SAY INCLUDING DESIGNING, RENOVATING, IMPROVING, UPGRADING, UPDATING. OH WELL FORGET IT. NO. MOVEMENTS AT THE MOMENT. SO FOR THE PURPOSES RELATING TO TRAILER STADIUM REPAIRS. ALONG WITH SAFETY AND ADA IMPROVEMENTS. SHE'S LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY WORDING? NOW? SAY INCLUDING OR ALONG WITH DESIGN? I THINK MY ONLY FEEDBACK TO THAT IS NO. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE TWO SEPARATE PURPOSES. YOU HAVE TRAILER, THE REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO TRAILER STADIUM AND DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING, IMPROVING SPORTS STADIUMS IN THE DISTRICT. THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE BEFORE TO ME. WELL, OR OR INCLUDING INCLUDING BUT NOT INCLUDING. THE SECOND. IT'S REALLY. SO, IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO HIGHLIGHT TRAILER STADIUM? SO THE AG'S OFFICE DOESN'T COME AFTER US AT THE END OF THIS, BUT WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT, I MEAN, I THINK BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE GOTTEN AT TONIGHT'S MEETING, THE LANGUAGE THAT WE HAD ON THE SCREEN PREVIOUSLY WHERE WE REMOVED SPORTS STADIUMS IN THE DISTRICT AND TIED IT TO TRAILER STADIUM, INCLUDING REPAIR, SAFETY AND ADA IMPROVEMENTS, IS WHAT I THINK THE BOARD IS ASKING FOR. SO DO YOU BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE HAVE UP THERE WOULD PASS MUSTER? NO, NO, THAT'S OUR ANSWER. OKAY. NO. IF WE GO THROUGH AND SAY REVERTING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE AND EQUIPPING SPORTS STADIUMS IN THE DISTRICT. NO, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT DESIGNING, EQUIPPING, RENOVATING AND IMPROVING SPORTS STADIUMS IN THE DISTRICT IS DESCRIPTIVE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS TO TRAILER STADIUM, WHEREAS YOU HAD THE STADIUMS AT THE BEGINNING AND THEN THE INCLUDING IMPROVEMENTS TO TRAILER STADIUM IS DESCRIPTIVE OF THE PREVIOUS LANGUAGE. CAN WE JUST END THE SENTENCE AT THE END OF ADA IMPROVEMENTS? YOU CAN. DOESN'T THAT MAKE IT SIMPLE AND CLEAR LANGUAGE FOR THE VOTER? YEAH. IT DOES. IT JUST MEANS WE CAN'T USE ANY BOND SAVINGS FOR ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN TRAILER STADIUM.

SO AS THAT'S WRITTEN RIGHT THERE, WOULD THAT PASS MUSTER WITH WITH THE STRIKETHROUGH. SO AS WRITTEN RIGHT THERE, IT WOULD PASS MUSTER. IT WILL LIMIT THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU ALL ARE ALLOWED TO USE TO DESCRIBE THE BOND, BECAUSE WE'VE TAKEN OUT THOSE DESCRIPTIVE VERBS. SO YOUR ADVICE IS SO MY ADVICE IS TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE WHERE WE HAD THE ORIGINAL MODIFIED LANGUAGE DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING, RENOVATING, IMPROVING, UPGRADING, UPDATING AND EQUIPPING TRAILER STADIUM, INCLUDING REPAIRS AND SAFETY AND ADA IMPROVEMENTS.

[03:55:06]

SO YOUR YOUR POINT THERE IS THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO USE THOSE WORDS WHEN COMMUNICATING IF IT'S NOT LISTED THERE, BECAUSE IT CAN BE SEEN AS DESCRIPTIVE. THAT'S RIGHT. OR IF THE BOARD WANTED THE DISCRETION RIGHT TO USE THE EXCESS BOND PROCEEDS FOR OTHER STADIUMS, SHOULD THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, THEN I THINK THE LANGUAGE AS IT'S PRESENTED HERE IS THE LANGUAGE. BUT IF YOU WANT TO COMMUNICATE TO THE VOTERS THAT THESE ARE ONLY BE USED FOR TRAILER STADIUM, THEN WE MODIFY IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD OTHER STADIUMS, MR. BUCHANAN. 26,740,000. WE WOULD USE ALL THAT TO FIX IT UP, AND IF THERE IS ANY LEFTOVER, IT COULD BE USED FOR FUTURE TURF REPAIR TEN YEARS FROM NOW. YES, SIR. I MEAN, SO YOU'RE LOOKING THAT WE HAVEN'T GOING TO HAVE TO CARRY SOME KIND OF CONTINGENCY AS PART OF YOUR DESIGNS AND PART OF YOUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO MAJORITY OF THIS IS GOING TO BE SPENT ON THE ACTUAL PROJECT ITSELF. SO THERE WON'T THERE WILL BE MINIMAL SAVINGS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TO USE SOMEWHERE ELSE. THAT'S CORRECT. SO THE, THE, THE CONCEPT AND THE IDEA OF US WANTING TO USE IT, BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE LOGICALLY AND REALISTICALLY, THERE WON'T BE MUCH SAVINGS. NO.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE GOING OVER ALL THESE SEMANTICS OVER SOMETHING THAT WON'T BE THERE. AND WE COULD WE CAN BE CREATIVE AS WE USE IT. SO IF WE HAVE AN AIR CONDITIONING AND AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT THAT GOES OUT THERE, INSTEAD OF USING OUR GENERAL FUND, WE COULD GO BACK TO HERE AND BUY THE EQUIPMENT. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE COULD USE TO HELP SLOWLY ROLL AWAY ANY MONEY THAT WOULD BE LEFT OVER. SO FOR THIS SITUATION, IT'S OKAY THAT WE LEAVE THAT MONEY FOR TRAILER I BELIEVE SO, YES, SIR. OKAY. SO THEN. YEAH. YEAH, THERE WE GO.

THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S IT. WHAT? YOU JUST EDITED THE SECOND PARAGRAPH. YEAH. SEE I LIKE THAT. YES, YES. EXCEPT DO WE STILL WANT TO STRIKE ACQUIRING OR DOES IT MATTER.

YES. STRIKE ACQUIRING. OKAY. YEAH I THINK THAT LOOKS GOOD. GOOD. COOL. LET'S GO. GOOD.

OKAY. IF WE'RE GOOD, WE GET A MOTION. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. CAN I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT AN ORDER CALLING A BOND ELECTION AS MODIFIED PURSUANT TO BOARD DIRECTION. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. OKAY. TRUSTEE LAMBERT MAKES THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? TRUSTEE ARROYO MAKES THE SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? OKAY. WE'RE

[8. CLOSED SESSION]

TIRED. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CLOSED SESSION. IT IS 1108. WE ARE ADJOURNING TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS. 551.071551.072551.074 AND 551.028 THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL LAND ACQUISITION OR CONSULTATION WE ARE NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION. IT IS 11:18 P.M. WE HAVE A QUORUM. ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS TO BE MADE? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE WITHDRAWAL OF PROPOSED TERMINATION OF FARRAH HARKRIDER EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT DUE TO RESIGNATION. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. MISS MASTERS SECONDS. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, I MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. BYE, BUDDY. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. IT IS

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Aug 12, 2025 Special School Board Meeting

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