Nov 18, 2025 Regular School Board Meeting

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

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LAMAR CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:31 P.M. THIS IS THE REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING BEING HELD ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2025. WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL MEMBERS PRESENT. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO OBSERVE AS YOU FEEL APPROPRIATE.

PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG.

LED BY RAYLAN HALL, A SIXTH GRADER AT NAVARRO MIDDLE SCHOOL. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. RAYLAN. OH. THE

[3. Recognitions/awards]

FIRST INTRODUCED WATER POLO IN 2022, FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL HAS EMERGED AS A POWERHOUSE IN BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS DIVISIONS. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF COACH NICHOLAS KOELZER, BOTH TEAMS HAVE CONSISTENTLY FINISHED THE FINAL FOUR EVERY YEAR FROM 22 TO 25, REPRESENTING FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL AND THE DISTRICT AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF COMPETITION, AND ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR, BOTH TEAMS ADVANCED TO THE PLAYOFF BRACKETS AS REGIONAL CHAMPIONS, AND BOTH OUR FOSTER BOYS AND GIRLS WATER POLO TEAM MADE US INCREDIBLY PROUD BY ADVANCING ALL THE WAY TO THE STATE SEMIFINALS IN SAN ANTONIO ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24TH. IN THE EARLY SEMIFINAL GAME THAT MORNING, THE BOYS FACED HEBRON HIGH SCHOOL FROM LEWISVILLE. THEY FELL BEHIND EARLY BUT MOUNTED A STRONG COMEBACK, CUTTING THE LEAD TO JUST ONE GOAL IN THE FINAL MINUTES. BUT DESPITE THEIR BEST EFFORTS, THEY ULTIMATELY LOST 16 TO 14, BUT THE BOYS RETURNED HOME FROM SAN ANTONIO AS STATE BRONZE MEDALIST WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 24 FIVE RECORD. GIVE IT UP FOR OUR BOYS. MEANWHILE, IN A THRILLING AFTERNOON MATCH AGAINST MARCUS HIGH SCHOOL FROM FLOWER MOUND THAT ALSO CAME DOWN TO THE FINAL MINUTES, THE FOSTER GIRLS PLAYED THEIR HEARTS OUT. THEY JUMPED TO AN EARLY LEAD WITH MARCUS, AND THEN MARCUS TOOK THE LEAD FOR THE FIRST TIME.

MIDWAY THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER, FOSTER FOUGHT HARD AND THE GIRLS FINISHED THE SEASON 20 611, GOING UNDEFEATED IN THE REGULAR SEASON AND ALSO RETURNING HOME FROM SAN ANTONIO AS STATE BRONZE MEDALIST. CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES! IT HAS BEEN ANOTHER REMARKABLE SEASON FOR BOTH OF THESE TEAMS AS THEY SET THE STANDARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEXAS. THEIR TALENT, DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP ARE A REFLECTION OF THE VALUES WE STRIVE TO INSTILL IN ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THEM AND THEIR COACHES, AND GRATEFUL TO THE PARENTS WHO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS, THEIR SUCCESS. WE HAVE ASKED FOR MEMBERS FROM EACH TEAM TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO MEDDLE OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES. SO STUDENT ATHLETES, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, YOU MAY PRESENT THE BOARD WITH YOUR MEDALS, REPRESENTING THE FOSTER BOYS TEAM, ETHAN MOLINA, LOGAN AKIN, ANDREW KOELZER, AND GABE LUCERO. FOR. REPRESENTING THE FOSTER GIRLS TEAM. KASSIDY JAX, ADDISON OLSEN, JASMINE BROWN, AND PAIGE OLSON. GREAT JOB. Y'ALL HAVE GIVEN US SO MANY. MORE. GIRLS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ONE MORE ROUND OF

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YOU MAY EXIT DOCTOR NIVENS. THAT'S ALL THE RECOGNITIONS I HAVE THIS EVENING. OKAY? OKAY.

[4. Introductions]

LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS OFFICER TROY HOWARD. HE'S AN EXPERIENCED LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL BORN AND RAISED IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. WITH OVER A DECADE OF DEDICATED SERVICE.

THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE HAS SERVED WITH DISTINCT DISTINCTION IN MULTIPLE AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE MONTGOMERY ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE HOUSTON ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT. HIS DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PROACTIVE POLICING HAS EARNED HIM NUMEROUS COMMENDATIONS, INCLUDING LIFE SAVING AWARDS AT HIS RESPECTIVE AGENCIES. BEYOND HIS PROFESSIONAL DUTIES, OFFICER HOWARD ENJOYS PARTICIPATING IN TRAIL RIDES WITH THE HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO AND PLAYING BASKETBALL. THESE ACTIVITIES REFLECT HIS APPRECIATION FOR TEAMWORK, CAMARADERIE, AND THE OUTDOORS. HE REMAINS STEADFAST IN HIS MISSION TO PROTECT AND STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITIES HE SERVES, UPHOLDING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF HONOR AND SERVICE. WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE HIM PART OF OUR TEAM, BOTH OF THESE GENTLEMEN, AS LAMAR CISD POLICE OFFICERS. Y'ALL JUST COME BACK, WE'LL MOVE AROUND. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU, DOCTOR NIVENS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THIS CONCLUDES OUR INTRODUCTIONS FOR THE EVENING.

OKAY. OKAY. WE WILL NOW HAVE BOARD MEMBER REPORTS AND SHOUT OUTS. TRUSTEES, PLEASE KEEP

[5. Board members' reports]

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[6. Board committees' reports]

[7. Superintendent's report]

SECONDLY, YESTERDAY WE HAD A STAFF MEMBER COME TO WORK LIKE ANY OTHER DAY AND SHE HAD A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. MISS ROSE LOPEZ HAD A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND SHE DID NOT SURVIVE THE EMERGENCY. AND TODAY IS A VERY DIFFERENT CONVERSATION FOR HER FAMILY THAN WHAT THEY WERE PLANNING. AND IT'S THE HOLIDAY SEASON. AND WE KNOW DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON WE, YOU KNOW, TAKE TIME TO BE WITH OUR FAMILIES, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON, RIGHT? WE WANT TO TAKE TIME TO BE WITH OUR FAMILIES AND REMEMBER WHAT'S IMPORTANT. MISS LOPEZ WAS A VERY VALUABLE MEMBER OF OUR OF OUR TEAM AND IS A VALUABLE MEMBER OF OUR TEAM. AND WE JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE WE LOVE HER AND HER FAMILY AND WOW, LIFE IS PRECIOUS, EVERYBODY. LIFE IS PRECIOUS. AND SO JUST YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME COMES, BUT WHEN IT COMES, MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN. YOU CAN LEAVE BEHIND A LEGACY, LEAVE BEHIND SOME

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[9. CONSENT AGENDA]

[9.C. Consider approval of Board Operating Procedures]

I'M SAYING THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE LIKE, SAY, IF YOU'RE SECRETARY, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT FOR THREE, FOUR YEARS IN THE SECRETARY ROLE THAT WE WOULD JUST LIKE WE'VE ROTATED THROUGH THAT, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE YOU CAN ONLY BE SECRETARY FOR TWO YEARS, OR YOU COULD BE VICE PRESIDENT FOR TWO YEARS, OR YOU COULD BE PRESIDENT FOR JUST TO ALLOW OPPORTUNITIES AND VOICES AND ALL THAT. SO ADDING TERM LIMITS TO OUR OFFICER POSITION, I THINK SO I THINK BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY WE'VE PRACTICED SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FIVE YEARS. SO AND I THINK EVEN PRIOR TO THAT, I THINK THERE WAS MAYBE MR. STEENBERGEN SERVED FOR THREE YEARS AS. YEAH, HE WAS THERE FOR THREE YEARS AS PRESIDENT. AS PRESIDENT. OKAY. SO IT READS OFFICERS ARE NOMINATED AND ELECTED DURING THE REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD AFTER THE MAY ELECTION, WHICH I BELIEVE IS WHAT IT'S ALWAYS SAID. WE JUST HAVEN'T PRACTICED IT. CORRECT. I BELIEVE I DON'T THINK ANYBODY THIS HAS BEEN IN THERE. YEAH. WE HAVEN'T CHANGED IT. YEAH. SO OFFICERS ARE NOMINATED AND ELECTED DURING THE REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD.

OH WAIT. WHAT WAS YOUR. WELL, I PRINTED OUT SOMETHING AND I HAD SUPERINTENDENT EVANS PRINT IT

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[9.M. Consider approval of Resolution and Election Ballot for casting votes for candidate(s) to serve on Board of Directors of Fort Bend Central Appraisal District ]

OKAY. GOOD EVENING. BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR NIVENS THIS EVENING. YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A RESOLUTION AND AN ELECTION BALLOT FOR THE FORT BEND CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

THEY ARE ELECTING TWO MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THEIR BOARD. THE DISTRICT. OUR DISTRICT, LAMAR C ISD IS ALLOCATED A NUMBER OF VOTES TO PUT TOWARD THIS ELECTION. THIS YEAR IT IS 264.

AND IT'S TO ELECT TWO POSITIONS ON THEIR BALLOT. THE NUMBER OF VOTES THAT YOU GUYS GET TO CAST IS DETERMINED BY A FORMULA, AND IT'S BASED ON THE TAX LEVY OF LAMAR ISD TO THE TOTAL TAX LEVY OF THE COUNTY. TYPICALLY, THAT'S SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND 15%. AND TYPICALLY THE CALCULATION IS A THOUSAND VOTES PER POSITION ON THE BALLOT. SO THAT'S HOW THEY CALCULATE THE 264 VOTE ALLOCATION. SO THIS EVENING WHEN YOU CAST VOTES, YOU CAN EITHER CAST ALL OF THEM FOR ONE CANDIDATE OR YOU CAN DISTRIBUTE IT AS YOU SEE FIT. HISTORICALLY, THE BID THE BOARD HAS ALLOCATED THEIR VOTES EVENLY AMONGST HOWEVER MANY CANDIDATES THERE ARE. SO THAT'S SO THE CHARGE TONIGHT IS TO ALLOCATE YOUR VOTES. THERE'S THIS IS A COUNTY WIDE VOTE OF ALL THE ELECTED ENTITIES, AS I UNDERSTAND IT. YES. AND ALL THE TAXING ENTITIES. THIS IS FOR THE FORT BEND CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, THE CAD. AND SO AND THIS IS FOR THEIR BOARD. RIGHT.

AND AND AS I UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS, THAT BOARD DOES NOT DECIDE THE FORMULAS THAT THE CHIEF APPRAISER USES TO APPRAISE HOME VALUES. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THOUGH, RIGHT? THE THE CHIEF APPRAISER HAS CERTAIN RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW. I WAS CONSIDERING DOING THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND I WAS TOLD BY SOMEBODY WHO WAS ROLLING OFF THAT BOARD THAT THAT THAT BOARD OF THE CAD MOSTLY SUPERVISES THE CHIEF APPRAISER HIMSELF OR HERSELF AND OVERSEES THE EMPLOYEES AND THE CONTRACTS THAT THE THE LOCAL CAD ENTERS INTO IS BASICALLY THE ROLE. SO THERE ARE TWO OPEN SEATS AND COUNTY WIDE THERE ARE ONLY TWO CANDIDATES. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. THIS IS THE THE THE SPECIFIC CANDIDATES THAT WERE ELECTED BY THE ENTITIES. AND I BELIEVE BOTH OF THESE ARE CURRENT MEMBERS. AND FOR THE COMMUNITY SAKE, DO THESE TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE VOTING FOR HAVE ANY AFFILIATION WITH LAMAR CISD? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. NO. OKAY. OKAY. SO SPLIT UP OUR VOTES FOR EACH. YOU CAN YOU CAN CAST ALL THE VOTES FOR ONE. YOU CAN SPLIT THEM. YOU CAN SPLIT THEM EVENLY. YOU CAN SPLIT THEM HOWEVER YOU SEE FIT OKAY. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE JUST SPLIT THEM 5050 BETWEEN THE TWO

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TRUSTEE LAMBERT SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I'M SORRY. MISS MASTERS MADE THE MOTION TO TALK ABOUT THE ITEM, AND MR. ROY'S SECONDED. THERE WAS NO VOTE, BUT NOW HE'S MAKING A MOTION ON SPLITTING. OKAY, SO I SHOULDN'T HAVE MADE THAT FIRST OR THE FIRST. WE HAD TO, I THOUGHT, OKAY, SO CALL FOR. NO. YOU'RE GOOD, YOU'RE GOOD. LIKE YOU'RE GOING, YOU'RE GOOD, I'M GOOD.

OKAY, SO CALL FOR THE VOTE. OKAY. SORRY. I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

OKAY. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. GOT IT. OKAY. THAT'S IT. OKAY, OKAY. WE WILL NOW HAVE

[10.A. Discussion of Becerra Elementary School and Slawinski Elementary School mascots]

OUR AREA SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE POTENTIAL COLOR TRACK LEAD A COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE OPTIONS FOR THE MASCOT, SOMETIMES WITH INPUT FROM THE NAMESAKE OF THE SCHOOL OR FAMILY MEMBER. THE OPTIONS ARE NARROWED DOWN TO TOP CHOICES. GRAPHIC ARTS COMPLETES A GRAPHIC FOR EACH OPTION, AND ONCE THE MASCOT IS SELECTED AND ZONING IS COMPLETE, THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO NAME THEIR MASCOT. SO JUST AS A REMINDER, THE FIRST SCHOOL WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS TONY BECERRA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THIS CAMPUS IS GOING TO BE LOCATED WITHIN THE RED TRACK AREA. AND IF YOU SEE THAT YELLOW STAR, THAT IS WHERE BECERRA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS LOCATED. JUST ANOTHER REMINDER. IT'S AT 522 BROOKWATER BOULEVARD, ROSENBERG, TEXAS. AND THIS CAMPUS MIRRORS IS IT A HAYGOOD? LOOK AT THAT. RIGHT, I GOT IT. I MIXED THEM UP. THIS MAYOR'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. OKAY, JUST A REMINDER ABOUT THE NAMESAKE. THIS SCHOOL IS NAMED FOR ANTONIO TONY TONY BECERRA, WHO WAS BORN IN NEEDVILLE IN 1925, WAS A WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN AND FOUGHT WITH THE 103RD REGIMENT OF COMBAT ENGINEERS. HE WAS CAPTURED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND WAS HELD AS A PRISONER OF WAR UNTIL DAYS BEFORE THE WAR'S END.

FOLLOWING HIS BRAVERY AND SACRIFICE, HE JOINED THE G.I. FORUM IN FORT BEND COUNTY AND SERVED IN A VARIETY OF POSITIONS, INCLUDING LOCAL, LOCAL, AND DISTRICT CHAIRMAN.

DURING THOSE TERMS, HE EXPANDED THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO FIGHT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION.

AS A FATHER OF 14 CHILDREN, HE ALSO BECAME A BUSINESSMAN, OWNING AND OPERATING SEVERAL STARTUPS INCLUDING TONY'S LOUNGE, MODERN BARBERSHOP, PALLADIUM BALLROOM, AND LATER TONY BECERRA INSURANCE COMPANY, AND THROUGH TONY BECERRA MINISTRIES. HE LEFT BEHIND A LEGACY OF HELPING COMBAT HOMELESSNESS, HUNGER AND SUBSTANCE RECOVERY, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING EDUCATION THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS. SO THE COMMITTEE INPUT, THEY DECIDED ON THEIR TOP THREE MASCOT OPTIONS. THE FIRST WAS THE BENGALS DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM THE BECERRA FAMILY, SYMBOLIZING STRENGTH AND ENTHUSIASM. THEY ALSO LIKED THE BULLS, SYMBOLIZING PRIDE, STRENGTH, HONOR AND COMMUNITY VALUES, CREATING A MEANINGFUL SCHOOL IDENTITY. AND THEY LIKED THE BUCS. IT'S A UNIQUE MASCOT, SYMBOLIZING NATURE, RESILIENCE AND EXCELLENCE. OF THOSE THREE OPTIONS, THE BULL WAS THE COMMITTEE'S PREFERRED NUMBER ONE CHOICE. SOME ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM THE COMMITTEE. THEY WANTED THE BULL TO WEAR SOMETHING CAMOUFLAGE OR MILITARY LIKE TO REPRESENT HIS SERVICE. THEY DID WANT THE BULL TO HAVE A POW MEDAL TO HONOR MR. BECERRA'S SERVICE, AND THEY SAID HIS FAVORITE COLOR WAS RED. IF WE WENT WITH THE BENGALS, THEY LIKED ORANGE AND BLACK, AND IF WE WENT WITH THE BUCS, THEY LIKED GREEN AND GOLD. AND SO THIS WAS AN EARLY ITERATION OF THE BULL. WE HAD THE FIRST BULL ON THE LEFT, AND THEN WE SAID, WAIT A MINUTE, HE NEEDS TO SMILE AND HAVE TEETH. SO WE ADDED TEETH AND THEY WERE LIKE, OH, DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA. SO NOT FEELING THE TEETH ANYMORE. BUT THIS WAS AN EARLY ITERATION. THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. THAT SEAL SHOWS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN WE BUILD OUT OTHER ASPECTS OF THE GRAPHIC. AND SO WE SHARED THIS WITH THE COMMITTEE AND THEY REALLY WHY THEY LIKED THE MILITARY COLORS, THEY SAID. BUT HIS FAVORITE COLOR WAS RED. CAN YOU INCORPORATE THE RED. AND SO OH IT'S NOT ON HERE OKAY. WELL WE HAVE WE DID ADD A SLIDE OF THE BULL IN A RED SHIRT AND HE'S GOT A B FOR BECERRA. AND SO THE COMMITTEE HAS REVIEWED THAT. AND THEY DO LIKE THAT. AND WE'LL BRING THIS ITEM BACK TO YOU NEXT MONTH WITH THE

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SHE LATER MOVED TO ROSENBERG, WHERE SHE WAS AN EDUCATOR AT LAMAR CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL FOR 35 YEARS AS BOTH A THEATER AND A SPEECH TEACHER TEACHER. SHE RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR LAMAR CISD AND THE INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN SOCIETY, AND BECAUSE OF HER WORK WITH THESPIANS IN TEXAS, THE ALMA SLAVINSKI LEADERSHIP AWARD IS GIVEN EACH YEAR IN HER HONOR.

AFTER RETIRING FROM TEACHING IN 1994, SHE KEPT BUSY WITH A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING LEADING TOURS AT THE ASTRODOME, VOLUNTEERING AT OAK BEND HOSPITAL, AND INTERPRETING AT GEORGE RANCH HISTORICAL PARK. SHE HELD MANY POSITIONS AT THE HOLY ROSARY CATHOLIC CHURCH THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AND ALMA WAS MOST ACTIVE IN THE CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS, SO THE COMMITTEES INPUT FOR SLAVINSKI ELEMENTARY. THEY LIKED THREE MASCOTS. THE FIRST WAS A SLUGGERS, AND THEY CONSIDERED MAKING IT ARKANSAS BEAR, REPRESENTING HER LOVE OF THEATER IN A BASEBALL UNIFORM HONORING HER LOVE FOR BASEBALL. AND, I BELIEVE, THE BEARS ALMA MATER OF HER, WHERE SHE GRADUATED FROM IN COLLEGE. THEN THEY LIKED THE SHARKS, REPRESENTING HER BOLDNESS, AMBITION AND DETERMINATION TO SUCCEED. ALSO. AGAIN, THEY WANTED TO INCORPORATE HER LOVE FOR BASEBALL. AND THEN THEY SAID, MAYBE THE SHOWSTOPPERS CREATING A STARFISH, REPRESENTING HER CARING PERSONALITY, ADAPTABILITY, STRONG WORK ETHIC AND HER LOVE FOR THE THEATER. ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE INPUT INCLUDED COLORS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME GOLD INCORPORATED AS IT REPRESENTS THE THESPIAN SOCIETY, WHICH WAS THE COLOR OF HER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION. THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE CRIMSON INCORPORATED, IF POSSIBLE, TO REPRESENT HENDERSON STATE IN ARKANSAS, WHICH IS HER ALMA MATER, AND THEN THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE BLUE INCORPORATED, WHICH REPRESENTS LAMAR CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS THE COLOR OF HER BELOVED CAMPUS, WHERE SHE SERVED FOR 35 YEARS. SO WHAT YOU SEE IS THE MOST RECENT ITERATION OF THE SHARK. THE FIRST ONE WE HAD WAS SHARK WITH THE HANDS ON THE HIPS, AND I SAY HE LOOKS A LITTLE SASSY. LET'S HAVE HIM BE EXCITED. SO WE'VE GOT FINS UP, BUT WE'RE STILL DETERMINING WHICH SHARK WE LIKE FINS UP OR DOWN. WE RECOGNIZE THAT A SHARK CAN BE A SCARY CREATURE, SO WE WANT HIM TO HAVE TEETH, BUT ALSO APPEAR FRIENDLY. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PLAYING AROUND WITH. WHAT HIS HANDS CAN DO. THIS NEXT ONE. THESE ARE SOME EARLY ITERATIONS AND WE DIDN'T LIKE THESE AT ALL. BUT JUST TO SHOW YOU THE GRAPHIC PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH, TRYING TO INCORPORATE HER LOVE OF THE THEATER. BUT YEAH, THE COMMITTEE DIDN'T REALLY LIKE WHAT WE WERE GOING WITH THIS. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY MORE BACK TO THIS DESIGN AND WE CONTINUE TO REFINE IT. AND SO, TRUSTEES, WHEN I BRING THIS ITEM BACK TO YOU NEXT MONTH, IT'LL BE MORE FINALIZED VERSION AND WE'LL HAVE SOME OTHER ELEMENTS MAPPED OUT. BUT THIS IS A FUTURE ACTION ITEM. SO THERE IS NO ACTION REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. NEXT. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEES, WE HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF

[10.B. Discussion of elementary schools rezoning process and draft options for Slawinski Elementary School, Elementary School #40, Becerra Elementary School and Elementary School #41]

SO AS DOCTOR MAXWELL SETTING UP A FEW YEARS AGO, WE HAD A PROCESS WHERE THE THE ABC COMMITTEES WOULD DECIDE ON THE MAPS AND THEN SEND THE MAPS FORWARD TO THE BOARD. IN THAT PROCESS, THE BOARD RECEIVED, I THINK, 25 MAPS AT THAT TIME. AND SO UPON MY ARRIVAL, THE BOARD ASKED US TO MAKE A DIFFERENT OPTION TO CHANGE THAT OPTION. SO NOW WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE THE BOARD DECIDE ON WHAT MAPS WILL GO FORWARD TO THE ABC COMMITTEE, AND THEN THE ABC COMMITTEE WILL RANK THOSE MAPS. AND AND ABC COMMITTEE ALSO UNDERSTANDS THAT THEY ARE JUST AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE BOARD. THEY WON'T MAKE ANY DECISIONS. AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST CONVERSATION OF MANY THAT WE'LL HAVE. AND SO AT THE END OF ALL THESE CONVERSATIONS, NOT TONIGHT, BUT AT THE END OF ALL THIS CONVERSATIONS, THE BOARD WILL DECIDE ON WHAT MAPS WILL GO TO THE COMMITTEE, AND THEN THAT COMMITTEE WILL RANK THOSE.

AND THEN WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THEN THE BOARD WILL MAKE THE FINAL DECISION SOMETIME THIS SPRING. SO DOCTOR MAXWELL, THANK YOU SIR. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. DOCTOR EVANS, TONIGHT, ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT WILL

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ALIGNING ENROLLMENT WITH CAMPUS CAPACITY, AND REDUCING OVERCROWDING. WE ALSO CONSIDER STUDENT PROXIMITY TO THE CAMPUSES, SAFE TRAVEL ROUTES, AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH IMPACTED FAMILIES. THESE CRITERIA HELP ENSURE THAT TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS IS IN EVERY REZONING EFFORT. SO OUR PROCESS INCLUDES FIVE MAJOR STEPS. STEP ONE OUR DEMOGRAPHERS DEVELOP MULTIPLE REZONING OPTIONS. THESE ARE VETTED INTERNALLY AND THEN BROUGHT TO THE BOARD TO APPROVE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW. STEP TWO WILL OPEN A COMMUNITY SURVEY FOR FAMILIES AND POTENTIALLY AFFECTED AREAS TO PROVIDE INPUT. STEP THREE THE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY COMMITTEE, OR THE ABC, WILL REVIEW BOTH THE DATA AND THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK TO RANK THOSE OPTIONS. STEP FOUR WILL PRESENT THOSE RANKINGS TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW AND THEN STEP FIVE. THE BOARD THEN SELECTS AND APPROVES THE FINAL ZONING PLANS. THE ABC PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR PARENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. EACH IMPACTED CAMPUS WILL HAVE AT LEAST TWO REPRESENTATIVES SELECTED BY THEIR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS. IN ADDITION, TRUSTEES FOR THE IMPACTED AREAS MAY EACH APPOINT UP TO TWO MEMBERS. WE WANT THIS COMMITTEE TO REFLECT OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE THOUGHTFUL, BALANCED FEEDBACK TO GUIDE THE REZONING RECOMMENDATIONS. AND SO FOR THE ABC FOR SLAVINSKI AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 40, SECRETARY BOX WOULD BE THE TRUSTEE REPRESENTING THE IMPACTED AREAS.

AND THEN FOR BECERRA AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 41 TRUSTEE ARROYOS WOULD BE THE TRUSTEE REPRESENTING THE IMPACTED AREAS. AS A REMINDER, AS DOCTOR NIVENS MENTIONED, THE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY COMMITTEE FUNCTIONS AS AN ADVISORY BODY AND DOES NOT MAKE FINAL DECISIONS FROM REVIEWING MULTIPLE DATA POINTS. THE ABC DEVELOPS AND PRESENTS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BY SHARING THE RANK ORDER OF THE ZONING OPTIONS. ON THIS SLIDE, IT OUTLINES THE PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR THE REZONING PROCESS. WE HAVE ALREADY REVIEWED OPTIONS INTERNALLY AND SHARED THEM WITH IMPACTED PRINCIPALS. AT TONIGHT'S MEETING. WE'RE PRESENTING THE PROCESS AND DRAFT OPTIONS AS A FUTURE ACTION ITEM. NEXT MONTH IN DECEMBER, WE'LL BRING THIS BACK FOR ACTION TO APPROVE THE ABC AND THE ZONING OPTIONS. FROM THERE. THE SURVEY WILL OPEN IN JANUARY. THE ABC WILL MEET IN FEBRUARY AND WILL BRING FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD IN MARCH. ALSO, TRUSTEE LAMBERT ASKED FOR THE COMMITTEE AND COMMUNITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO DETAILED MAPS FOR THE POSSIBLE ZONES. AND SO BY THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING, WE'LL HAVE INTERACTIVE MAPS AVAILABLE WHERE PEOPLE CAN ENTER THEIR ADDRESS AND THEN SEE THE SCHOOL THEY'LL BE ZONED TO FOR EACH OF THE POSSIBLE OPTIONS. SO THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES SHOW THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS AND REZONING OPTIONS FOR SLAVINSKI ELEMENTARY AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. FOR EACH OPTION BALANCES STUDENT POPULATIONS DIFFERENTLY WHILE AIMING TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTION TO EXISTING ATTENDANCE AREAS. YOU'LL SEE COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE CURRENT BOUNDARIES AND THE PROJECTED ENROLLMENTS FOR 20 2627 AND FOR 20 2728 AND BEYOND. AT THIS STAGE, THESE ARE DRAFT OPTIONS, AND AS A REMINDER, NO DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE TONIGHT. SO THIS IS OUR CURRENT ZONE. AND THESE ARE THE PROJECTIONS. IF NOTHING CHANGED. AND THIS IS FOR SLAVINSKI AREA UP IN THE PURPLE TRACK. ALSO I WANTED YOU TO KNOW WHAT THOSE COLORS MEAN ON THE TABLES. THE ORANGE IS WHEN A CAMPUS IS OVER THERE BUILDING CAPACITY, BUT UNDERNEATH THEIR CAPACITY WITH THE PORTABLES AND RED MEANS THEY ARE OVER THE BUILDING AND PORTABLE CAPACITY. ALSO, THE NUMBERS THAT ARE NEXT TO THOSE COLORS, BASICALLY WHAT THEY SHOW IS HOW MANY SCHOOLS IN THE OPTION ARE EITHER IN ORANGE OR IN RED AT SOME TIME THROUGH THE TEN YEARS. SO AGAIN, ORANGE IS UNDERNEATH THE CAPACITY OF THE SCHOOL AND THE PORTABLES. RED IS OVER BOTH. SO HERE IS OPTION ONE FOR OPTION ONE FOR SLAVINSKI. IT MOVES VAN BROOK FROM HUGGINS TO HAYGOOD. IT MOVES THE NORTHERN SECTION OF RANDALL ELEMENTARY TO SLAVINSKI, THE AREA THAT IS IN HAYGOOD THAT IS NORTH OF TAMARON PARKWAY, WOULD MOVE TO SLAVINSKI, AND A SMALL SECTION OF HUGGINS WOULD SHIFT OVER TO RANDALL. AS OF RIGHT NOW, OUR DEMOGRAPHER TELLS US THAT THERE ARE NO STUDENTS CURRENTLY LIVING IN THAT AREA. IN THE FUTURE, THERE COULD BE TEN STUDENTS, BUT SHIFTING THAT OVER INTO A LARGER BUILDING OF RANDALL. SO I'LL GIVE YOU A SECOND TO LOOK AT OPTION ONE FOR SLAVINSKI ELEMENTARY. OKAY.

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THIS MOVES PARTS OF MELTON, HAYGOOD AND MORGAN TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 40, AND THEN ALSO STUDENTS THAT ARE WEST OF POOL HILL ROAD WOULD SHIFT FROM MORGAN TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 40.

AND POOL HILL ROAD. IF I WAIT, IS THIS LINE RIGHT HERE? DOES THAT THAT DIVIDE, DOES THAT GO? DOES THAT GO SOUTH OF 1093? YES. ALL STUDENTS BELOW 1093 WOULD ALSO ATTEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

40 IN THIS OPTION, ALL STUDENTS NOT AT WHERE POOL HILL HITS TO 93, IT'S POOL HILL ROAD STRAIGHT DOWN. AND THEN ALL THE STUDENTS TO THE WEST. OKAY. OOPS. OKAY, MOVING TO OPTION TWO FOR SLAVINSKI. IN OPTION TWO, IT MOVES A PORTION OF STUDENTS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY FROM RANDALL ELEMENTARY TO SLAVINSKI. IT ALSO THE STUDENTS NORTH OF TAMERON PARK DRIVE AND TAMRON POINT DRIVE THAT ARE CURRENTLY AT HAYGOOD WOULD SHIFT TO SLAVINSKI, AND THIS ALSO MOVES VAN BROOK FROM HUGGINS TO HAYGOOD. MOVING TO THE 2728 OF OPTION TWO. THIS IS FOR THE OPENING OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. FOR THIS MOVE, STUDENTS AGAIN FROM MELTON TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 40. JUST NOT AS MANY AS YOU CAN SEE UP IN THIS AREA. WE MOVE THESE TWO SECTIONS AND LEAVE THESE TWO SECTIONS AT MELTON. IT ALSO MOVES THE STUDENTS WEST OF JORDAN ROAD FROM HAYGOOD TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 40. AND AGAIN, THE SAME STUDENTS WEST OF POOL HILL ROAD WOULD ATTEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 40, EXACTLY THE SAME AS IT WAS IN OPTION ONE. MOVING TO OPTION THREE FOR SLAVINSKI. THIS ONE WOULD MOVE STUDENTS FROM MELTON, RANDALL AND HAYGOOD TO SLAVINSKI VANDENBROUCKE AND STUDENTS IN THE NORTHERN REGION OF HUGGINS ZONE, WHICH ARE BETWEEN FM 359 AND KATY FULSHEAR ROAD. THEY WOULD MOVE FROM HUGGINS TO HAYGOOD, AND STUDENTS NORTH OF ROGERS ROAD MOVE FROM MORGAN TO HAYGOOD. SO THE DIFFERENCE IS YOU REALLY SEE IN THE CENTRAL AREA RIGHT HERE, ROGERS ROAD NORTH THERE CURRENTLY AT MORGAN WOULD SHIFT HAYGOOD AND THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, THAT IS HUGGINS WOULD ALSO SHIFT TO HAYGOOD. OPTION THREE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 40. THIS MOVE, STUDENTS FROM MELTON, MORGAN AND HAYGOOD OVER TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 40 STUDENTS CURRENTLY IN THE MORGAN ZONE WHO LIVE SOUTH OF 1093 WOULD REMAIN AT MORGAN ELEMENTARY. AND THIS ALSO MOVES VANDENBROUCKE TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 40. AND THEN FINALLY OPTION FOUR FOR SLAVINSKI. THIS MOVE, STUDENTS FROM MELTON, RANDALL AND HAYGOOD TO SLAVINSKI VANDENBROUCKE AND STUDENTS AGAIN IN THE NORTHERN REGION OF HUGGINS ZONE BETWEEN FM 359 AND KATY ROAD WOULD GO TO HAYGOOD, AS WELL AS STUDENTS IN THE NORTHERN NORTHERN SECTION OF MORGAN, WHICH IS NORTH OF HANNIBAL ROAD, WOULD SHIFT TO HAYGOOD. STUDENTS IN PECAN RIDGE AND PARTS OF FULSHEAR LAKES WOULD SHIFT FROM MORGAN TO HAYGOOD. AND THEN THERE'S A SMALL SECTION ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY THAT IS CURRENTLY TAMARON. THOSE WOULD SHIFT TO MELTON. AND THEN OPTION FOUR FOR ADDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 40. THIS MOVE STUDENTS FROM SLAVINSKI MORGAN AND HAYGOOD TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 40. VANDENBROUCKE SHIFTS AGAIN TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 40 STUDENTS SOUTH OF 1093 WOULD REMAIN AT MORGAN, AND ALSO STUDENTS WEST OF PUJOL ROAD AND NORTH OF 1093 WOULD BE ZONED TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 40. AT THIS POINT.

WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD REGARDING SLAVINSKI, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 40 DRAFT OPTIONS. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT, JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY'S SAKE,

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ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE'LL LOOK AT BECERRA ELEMENTARY AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 41 REZONING OPTIONS. AS WITH THE PREVIOUS GROUP, WE ARE PRESENTING MULTIPLE OPTIONS TO BALANCE ENROLLMENT AS GROWTH CONTINUES IN THIS AREA. AND AGAIN, THESE ARE INITIAL DRAFTS. SO THIS OOPS. THERE WE GO. SO THIS SHOWS THE CURRENT ZONES WITH THE PROJECTIONS IF NOTHING CHANGED. AND HERE IS OPTION ONE. THIS OPTION WOULD SHIFT ALL BEASLEY STUDENTS FROM BEASLEY INTO THE NEW CAMPUS OF BECERRA. BY SHIFTING ALL BEASLEY STUDENTS TO BECERRA. IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE THE STUDENTS AT ONE CAMPUS AND ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR PORTABLE BUILDINGS AT BEASLEY. AT THE SAME TIME, IT PROVIDES THE DISTRICT WITH FLEXIBILITY TO REPURPOSE BEASLEY INTO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SCHOOL. AND JUST SO THE BOARD IS AWARE AND THE PUBLIC, THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP WILL BE BRINGING A RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT BEASLEY SCHOOL TO THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING FOR DISCUSSION. THIS OPTION ALSO SHIFTS MILLER POND FROM BOWIE TO BECERRA, WHICH IS RIGHT OVER HERE. AND THEN ALSO PART OF CALVERT ZONE WOULD SHIFT TO BECERRA. THAT'S PART IS NORTHWEST OF BAND ROAD AND SOUTHWEST OF BURTON. SO HERE IS BAND ROAD AND THEN HERE IS SPUR TEN. THOSE SECTIONS GOING TO BECERRA. NEXT I'LL SHOW THE ADDITION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 41 IN OPTION ONE. AND THIS ONE STUDENTS SOUTHWEST OF ISLIP ROAD WOULD ATTEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 41 STUDENTS SOUTHWEST OF HAMLIN ROAD WOULD ATTEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 41, AND WITH THIS OPTION, IT LEAVES BEASLEY PROPER. THAT MAIN DOWNTOWN AREA OF BEASLEY WOULD REMAIN AT BECERRA. ALL RIGHT. OPTION TWO FOR BECERRA. AGAIN, ALL

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MILLER POND AGAIN SHIFTS TO BECERRA. AND ALSO FAIR PARK VILLAGE WOULD ALSO SHIFT TO BECERRA FROM BOWIE. THIS ONE ALSO THE STUDENTS IN CULVER THAT ARE ALL NORTHWEST OF BAND ROAD WOULD MOVE TO BECERRA. SO IN THIS ONE, THE CHANGES WE'D ADD IN MORE STUDENTS FROM THAT ARE CURRENTLY AT CULVER UP IN THESE TWO REGIONS TO BECERRA ELEMENTARY. AND OPTION TWO, WITH THE ADDITION OF ELEMENTARY 41. AGAIN, STUDENTS SOUTHWEST OF ISLIP ROAD WOULD ATTEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 41 STUDENTS SOUTHWEST OF HAMLIN ROAD WOULD ATTEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 41.

THIS WOULD LESS OF BEASLEY PROPER WOULD REMAIN AT BECERRA AND SHIFT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 41. AND IN THIS OPTION, THE NEW DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS HOLLY RIDGE, WHICH IS IN THAT NORTHERN SECTION, PART OF THIS AREA, THAT WOULD SHIFT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 41. AND JUST AS A REMINDER TO THE BOARD, HOLLY RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO HAVE MORE THAN 1000 TOTAL LOTS.

PHASE ONE WILL CONTAIN ABOUT 410 HOMES. AND THEN OPTION TWO ADDING OR OPTION TWO ADDING OR JUST OPTION THREE. EXCUSE ME. OPTION THREE. THIS AGAIN, ALL BEASLEY ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WOULD SHIFT TO BECERRA ELEMENTARY, MILLER POND AND FAIR PARK VILLAGE WOULD ALSO GO TO BECERRA AGAIN FROM BOWIE. AND THEN WHAT WE DID ON THIS ONE IS IT'S VERY SIMILAR IN THE CULVER ZONE OF SHIFTING THESE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THESE AREAS TO BECERRA, EXCEPT WE WOULD LEAVE THE THIS LITTLE SMALL SECTION THERE, WHICH IS EAST OF KEYSTONE SQUARE LANE. THEY WOULD REMAIN AT CULVER. THEN ADDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 41 STUDENTS SOUTHWEST OF ISLIP ROAD WOULD ATTEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 41 AGAIN SOUTHWEST OF HAMLIN ROAD WOULD ATTEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 41. MORE OF ALL BEASLEY PROPER WOULD GO TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 41, AND THEN STUDENTS WHO LIVE NORTH OF US 59 WOULD SHIFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 41. THAT ENTIRE AREA, INCLUDING HOLLY RIDGE, WOULD GO TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 41. SO AS A REMINDER, TRUSTEES, THIS IS A FUTURE ACTION ITEM. NO ACTION IS NEEDED TONIGHT FROM THE BOARD. WE'RE SIMPLY REVIEWING THE PROCESS TIMELINE AND DRAFT OPTIONS FOR REVIEW AND FEEDBACK. THIS ITEM WILL BE BROUGHT BACK AT THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING AS AN ACTION ITEM, AND AT THAT TIME WE WILL INCLUDE THE PROPOSED NAME. MEMBERS OF BOTH ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY COMMITTEES. I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. JUST SITTING HERE LOOKING AT IT AND LISTENING TO YOU SPEAK, WE JUST GOT VOTER APPROVAL TO BUILD THE RED TRACK HIGH SCHOOLS OFF SPUR TEN. SO SOMETHING TO NOTE THAT THE WHOLE SOUTHERN AREA OF OUR DISTRICT RIGHT THERE, EVERY STUDENT IN THAT AREA WILL BE IN BRAND NEW CAMPUSES WITHIN FOUR YEARS. AND WE DID ADD TERRY HIGH SCHOOL, THE NEW TERRY HIGH SCHOOL COMPLEX. ON THESE MAPS.

WE PUT A LITTLE STAR WHERE APPROXIMATELY THAT WOULD BE LOCATED. SO THAT'S I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT EVERY STUDENT IN THAT AREA WILL BE ENTERING A BRAND NEW CAMPUS. SO WE WANT ALL CAMPUSES ACROSS OUR DISTRICT TO BE TOP NOTCH. AND SO THESE STUDENTS AND THESE FAMILIES THAT ARE IN THAT AREA THAT HAVE BEEN IN THAT HISTORICALLY, BUT THEN ALSO NEW ONES WILL BE IN BRAND NEW CAMPUSES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR MAXWELL. SO BOARD ALSO WHAT WE'LL ASK YOU TO CONSIDER NEXT MONTH IS TYPICALLY THE BOARD ALLOWS THE ABC TO DEVELOP AN OPTION AN ADDITIONAL OPTION. AND SO THAT'S ALSO ANOTHER CONSIDERATION THAT WE'LL ASK THE BOARD TO TO ACT ON AS WE SEND THESE MAPS FORWARD, AS IF YOU WILL ALLOW THEM TO, TO DO THAT OR NOT. AND THEN ALSO I ASK THAT THESE MAPS THAT YOU CONTINUE TO STUDY THEM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS, JUST LET ME KNOW. AND THEN WE CAN WORK. WE CAN WORK THROUGH THOSE AND THEN MAKE SURE WE GET ANY REVISED COPIES OF THE MAPS TO THE BOARD, AND THEN SHOW THOSE AT THE BOARD MEETING IN

[12.A. Instructional Update - Update on House Bill 8]

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SINCE THEN, EVERY GENERATION OF TESTING AS THE CURRICULUM, AS WELL AS STUDENT EXPECTATIONS HAVE EVOLVED FROM ASSESSING BASIC SKILLS AND TO ASSESSING NOW ACADEMIC READINESS. SO IF WE LOOK AT EACH GENERATION OF TESTING THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, STARTING OUT WITH 1980, IT WAS A TRUE TEST OF BASIC SKILLS. THEN IT EVOLVED INTO THE TEAM'S TEST, WHICH WAS TEST OF MINIMAL SKILLS, THEN ACADEMIC SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS. AND THE CURRENT GENERATION THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE 2012, WHICH IS THE ASSESSMENTS OF ACADEMIC READINESS. TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF COMPARISON, WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT IS AN EXIT LEVEL MATH QUESTION FROM 1982, AND THE ORIGINAL BASIC SKILLS TEST. WHAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT IS A QUESTION FROM THE 2025 PRACTICE STAR TEST. SO THE EXPECTATIONS OVER THE LAST 45 YEARS ARE MUCH DEEPER TODAY THAN THEY ARE WHERE WE STARTED THIS PROCESS IN 1980. THE CURRENT SCOPE OF STAR TESTING IS THAT WE GIVE A READING LANGUAGE ARTS TEST IN GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT. WE HAVE AN END OF COURSE, ENGLISH ONE AND ENGLISH TWO. TEST WRITING IS INTEGRATED AS A COMPONENT OF THOSE TESTS. MATH. WE GIVE GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT AND ALGEBRA ONE. AND OF COURSE SCIENCE GRADES FIVE EIGHT AND BIOLOGY AND THEN SOCIAL STUDIES GRADE EIGHT IN US HISTORY. HOUSE BILL EIGHT CAME OUT OF THE SECOND CALLED SESSION OF THE 89TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE. IT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR ABBOTT IN SEPTEMBER OF 25. THERE WILL BE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO THE CURRENT AND 2627 SCHOOL YEARS. HOWEVER, THE THE BILL DOES REPEAL AND REPLACE THE STAR TEST. BEGINNING. BEGINNING WITH THE 2728 SCHOOL YEAR. IT ALSO REVISES SEVERAL ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS THAT WILL IMPACT A THROUGH F ACCOUNTABILITY REFRESH THAT WILL OCCUR IN 2028. THE MINOR CHANGES THAT WE ANTICIPATE FOR THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR IS A REPEAL OF THE PROHIBITION AGAINST STARTING STAR ON A MONDAY. IT'S NOW REQUIRED THE DISTRICT'S HELP PARENTS ACCESS THE TEXAS ASSESSMENT FAMILY PORTAL, AND TIA ALSO MUST REVISE THE ASSESSMENT FAMILY PORTAL TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PARENTS TO ACCESS AND NAVIGATE. STARTING WITH THE 2728 SCHOOL YEAR AND BEYOND. WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM. FIRST OF ALL, IS THE ELIMINATION OF THE STAR TEST AND THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW GENERATION OF TESTS CALLED THE STUDENT SUCCESS TOOL. THE STUDENT SUCCESS TOOL WILL BE SHORTENED IN LENGTH WHEN COMPARED TO THE STAR TEST.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A MOVEMENT FROM ONCE A YEAR TESTING TO THREE TIMES A YEAR TESTING, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE WITH THE NWEA MAP TEST. THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WINDOW WOULD BE IN SEPTEMBER. FOR THIS, DISTRICTS MAY SELECT A EITHER A COMMISSIONER OR APPROVED ALTERNATIVE, OR THEY CAN STAY WITH THE STATE TEST MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE AROUND JANUARY OR FEBRUARY. ONCE AGAIN, DISTRICTS MAY CHOOSE TO USE THE SAME COMMISSIONER APPROVED TEST, OR CHOOSE TO USE THE STAR OR THE THE STATE TEST THAT WILL BE PROVIDED. AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THERE WILL BE A MANDATORY WRITING TEST IN APRIL, FOLLOWED BY READING LANGUAGE ARTS IN MAY WITH MATH AND SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE. DISTRICTS MUST USE THE STATE

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PERFORMANCE LEVELS HAVE TO REMAIN THE SAME YEAR OVER YEAR, WHICH IS A CHANGE BECAUSE USUALLY THE PERFORMANCE LEVELS ON THE TEST, AS FAR AS WHAT'S CALLED THE RAW SCORE, CHANGES YEAR OVER YEAR, ITEMS MUST BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY COMMITTEES OF TEXAS TEACHERS AND EVALUATED TO BE WRITTEN AT A GRADE APPROPRIATE READING LEVEL. THERE'S BEEN SOME CRITICISM THAT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ON THE CURRENT STAAR TEST AT CERTAIN GRADE GRADE LEVELS ARE WRITTEN ABOVE THE GRADE LEVEL. READING CAPACITY OF STUDENTS, PRACTICE TESTS AND NON-CURRICULAR BENCHMARKS MEANT TO PRACTICE FOR THE STATE ASSESSMENT WILL BE PROHIBITED, AND T MUST DEVELOP A TRANSITION REPORT BY THE START OF THE 2027 LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO MAKE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE FINAL IMPLEMENTATION. WITH THIS, WE'LL ALSO SEE SOME CHANGES TO ACCOUNTABILITY. JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT'S NOT CHANGING THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM ITSELF.

WE'LL WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE A THROUGH F SYSTEM, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND TWEAKS THAT WILL BE COMING BY 2028. THE GOAL OF THESE TWEAKS IS THAT T WANTS US TO BE IN THE TOP FIVE STATES ON OUR ACHIEVEMENT, ON THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS WITHIN THE NEXT 15 YEARS, THE COMMISSIONER MAY NO LONGER RAISE CUT SCORES OUTSIDE THE REFRESH CYCLE, WHICH WILL BE EVERY FIVE YEARS. RULES FOR EACH ACCOUNTABILITY YEAR MUST BE PUBLISHED NO LATER THAN JULY 15TH, BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS. NOT TOO LONG AGO, WE WOULD GO THROUGH AN ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN IN APRIL OR MAY RECEIVE THE ACCOUNTABILITY MANUAL. THAT'S NO LONGER GOING TO BE ALLOWED. THE TEXAS ACCOUNTABILITY ADVISORY GROUP MUST HAVE PARTICIPATION FROM LEGISLATIVE STAFF, AND ANY CHANGES TO RULES MUST BE COMMUNICATED TO THE LEGISLATURE BEFORE ADOPTION, AND T MUST DEVELOP A SYSTEM TO MEASURE GROWTH BETWEEN BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TEST, MIDDLE OF THE YEAR TESTS AND END OF YEAR TESTS. BY THE TIME WE COME TO 2028 FOR THE SYSTEM REFRESH. OTHER CHANGES ARE TARGETED SPECIFICALLY TO CMR. THE LIST OF INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS WILL NOW BE DEVELOPED BY THE TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION. REVISING LIST WILL OCCUR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FIVE YEAR CYCLE, AND INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS CAN ONLY BE REMOVED WITH A TWO YEAR PRIOR WARNING TO DISTRICTS.

STUDENTS COMPLETING FOUR YEARS OF JROTC AND PASSING THE ASVAB TEST WILL COUNT TOWARDS CMR STARTING IN THE 2728 SCHOOL YEAR. TSA MUST PROVIDE A PROCESS FOR DISTRICT TO SUBMIT ADDITIONAL PRIOR YEAR CMR DATA FOR ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES. AFTER TEAM'S IS COMPLETED. SO FAR, WE'VE NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO DO THAT PRETTY MUCH ONCE IS FINISHED. THAT'S IT. IF YOU HAD ANYTHING ELSE OCCUR, IT WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO COUNT FOR YOU. AND THEN THE CMR INDICATORS WILL BE BASED WEIGHTED BASED ON THEIR CORRELATION TO POST-SECONDARY SUCCESS. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? THAT WAS A VERY GOOD SUMMARY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU TALKED SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THE SYSTEM BEING REVISED. IS THAT FOR CAMPUSES OR THE DISTRICT OR BOTH? BOTH FOR BOTH. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. I THINK FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC LISTENING. WE'RE GOING FROM ONE STAR TEST TO NOW, THREE TESTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. OF THOSE

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AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE PRACTICE TESTS AND YES, PROHIBITING THOSE. WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THAT? DO WE KNOW? WELL, THERE'S TWO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT PIECES OF THAT. FIRST OF ALL, THE THE TEST IS REALLY THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS TO MEASURE GROWTH ACROSS THE YEAR.

SO WHERE HAVE I GROWN FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE MIDDLE YEAR AND MIDDLE YEAR TO THE END OF THE YEAR? ANOTHER PART OF THAT COULD BE, IN SOME INSTANCES, THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE A FEATURE THAT WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE DISTRICTS. SO BY CREATING THAT KIND OF STRUCTURE, YOU'RE BUILDING IN A GROWTH MEASURE THAT COULD BE USED FOR THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT AND PRETTY MUCH WOULD BE THE SAME ACROSS EVERY DISTRICT. AWESOME. THANK YOU. WITH THAT GROWTH ACROSS THE YEAR, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN OR IN THE PAST WITH PREVIOUS STAR ABOUT HAVING TO TEACH TO THE TEST, NOT NECESSARILY TEACHING TO THE SUBJECT. WILL THIS ALLOW OUR TEACHERS TO TEACH TO THE SUBJECT AND THE CONTENT SHOULD THE. THEORETICALLY, THE TEST SHOULD BE ALIGNED TO THAT MORE SO THAN TEACHING TO THE TEST? THEORETICALLY, YES. WE DON'T KNOW THE. SINCE THIS IS BRAND NEW, WE DON'T KNOW THE BLUEPRINTS OF THAT YET. SO THE ASSUMPTION IS YES, IT WOULD ALLOW THE TEACHERS TO TEACH THE THE HOLISTIC COURSE ITSELF INSTEAD OF HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT THIS IS WHAT I'VE GOT TO GET DONE BEFORE THE BENCHMARK. BUT WE DON'T KNOW THE BLUEPRINTS OF HOW THE TEST IS GOING TO LAY OUT. SO IT COULD END UP THAT THERE WAS ONE INTENTION HERE, AND THE REALITY BECAME SOMETHING ELSE. YOU MENTIONED TEACHER COMMITTEES TO REVIEW QUESTIONS. WHO WILL WHO WILL MAKE THE DETERMINATION WHICH TEACHERS WILL SERVE? IS THAT WILL THAT BE THE TEACHER OR WILL DISTRICTS BE ABLE TO WHAT THEY WILL DO? IS THAT WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS THAT THEY'VE SENT INFORMATION THROUGH THE REGION SERVICE CENTERS TO SUPERINTENDENTS AND SUPERINTENDENTS CAN WORK WITH THEIR STAFF TO ENCOURAGE TEACHERS TO JOIN. OF COURSE, IT WOULD BE ALL VOLUNTARY, BUT TEACHERS THAT WOULD JOIN IN THE PAST USUALLY WILL BE. PEARSON WORKING WITH TI USUALLY DETERMINES THOSE COMMITTEES, AND THEN THEY WILL SET UP THOSE COMMITTEES TO REVIEW THOSE ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP OUR NEXT TRUSTEES. WE HAVE OUR

[12.B. Recruitment and Retention — Human Resources]

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WE ALSO STRIVE FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT THROUGH SERVANT LEADERSHIP, EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, AND ACCOUNTABILITY AT EVERY LEVEL AND ORGANIZATION. TOGETHER, THESE PRIORITIES FORM THE FOUNDATION OF OUR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION STRATEGY, ENSURING THAT WE NOT ONLY ATTRACT GREAT PEOPLE TO LAMAR CISD, BUT ALSO CREATE CONDITIONS THAT HELP THEM THRIVE AND GROW WITH US. TONIGHT WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON FOUR KEY AREAS. FIRST, WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE CURRENT STAFFING LANDSCAPE, PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF OUR CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS AND HIRING TRENDS. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE INTO RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES, WHERE I'LL SHARE HOW WE'RE ATTRACTING TOP TALENT THROUGH TARGETED OUTREACH, JOB FAIRS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH UNIVERSITIES AND ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS. THEN WE'LL DISCUSS COMPENSATION RETENTION EFFORTS AND FINALLY CLOSE OUT WITH OUR FUTURE OUTLOOK. AS WE LOOK AT OUR CURRENT STAFFING LANDSCAPE, YOU CAN SEE THAT LAMAR CISD EMPLOYS A TOTAL OF 6508 STAFF MEMBERS ACROSS ALL CATEGORIES. THE FIELD RATE FOR EACH EMPLOYEE GROUP RANGES BETWEEN 91 TO 90 1% TO 99%, WITH AN AVERAGE FILL RATE OF 95%. AND FOR CLARITY, THE TECHNICAL EMPLOYEE CATEGORY INCLUDES OUR TECHNOLOGY STAFF, PARTS OF OUR GRAPHIC ARTS STAFF, LVNS AND CERTIFIED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS AND ASSISTANTS.

THESE NUMBERS REFLECT HOW WELL STAFFED OUR DISTRICT IS AND HOW READY WE ARE TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS, WHILE ALSO HIGHLIGHTING THE AREAS WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS. THIS CHART ILLUSTRATES THE NUMBER OF NEW HIRES OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. IN THE OPENING OF SEVEN NEW SCHOOLS, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A MORE THAN 25% INCREASE WITH NEW HIRES, WHICH REFLECTS THE GROWTH IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF OUR NEW CAMPUSES. SUBSTITUTES IN THE CURRENT STAFFING LANDSCAPE. SUBSTITUTES, AS YOU KNOW, ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR ENSURING OUR CONTINUITY LEARNING IN OUR CLASSROOMS. WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES OVER THE PAST YEAR TO STRENGTHEN OUR SUBSTITUTE PROGRAM AND SUPPORT OUR CAMPUSES. IN JULY 2024, WE ADDED OUR SUBSTITUTE COORDINATOR POSITION, AND SINCE THEN, OUR COORDINATOR, STACY QUARLES, HAS TRANSITIONED OUR ONBOARDING PROCESS. THAT WAS AN ONLINE MODEL ONLY TO AN IN-PERSON ORIENTATION, ENSURING THAT OUR SUBSTITUTES ARE FULLY PREPARED AND CONFIDENT AND SET UP FOR SUCCESS WHEN THEY'RE ENTERING OUR CLASSROOMS. THESE EFFORTS ARE ALREADY SHOWING RESULTS. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 783 ACTIVE SUBSTITUTES, INCLUDING 154 SUBSTITUTES WHO HAVE BEEN ONBOARDED THROUGH OUR IN-PERSON ORIENTATION SINCE JUNE OF THIS YEAR. WE HAVE 102 SUBSTITUTES FILLING LONG TERM ASSIGNMENTS, AND THOSE COULD BE TEACHERS WHO MAY BE OUT OR A VACANCY THAT PROVIDES STABILITY AND CONTINUITY FOR OUR STUDENTS. ADDITIONALLY, OUR OVERALL FILL RATE HAS INCREASED FROM 70% DURING THE 2023 2024 SCHOOL YEAR TO 74% OVER THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR. WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED VALUABLE FEEDBACK THAT WHILE PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE, ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED TO MAKING THE HIRING PROCESS QUICKER AND MORE EFFICIENT. IN RESPONSE, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING A FAST TRACK HIRING OPTION FOR OUR RETIRED TEACHERS AND FORMER ISD TEACHERS TO ACCELERATE THEIR ONBOARDING PROCESS INTO THE SUBSTITUTE POOL. ADDITIONALLY, OUR NEW APPLICATION SYSTEM THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT WILL REQUIRE CANDIDATES TO PROVIDE CURRENT REFERENCES BEFORE THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD SO THEY'LL KNOW EVERY STEP IN THE PROCESS. SO IF THEY'RE STUCK OR THEY'RE NOT HEARING FROM US, THEY KNOW ON THE APPLICANT SIDE WHY THEY'RE

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FOCUS ON ENGAGEMENT, OUTREACH AND PROVIDING COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY EMPLOYEES. FIRST ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH. SOME DEPARTMENTS ARE UTILIZING RECRUITMENT CARDS THAT ALLOW CURRENT EMPLOYEES TO SERVE AS AMBASSADORS FOR LAMAR CISD, SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT OUR DISTRICT AND ENCOURAGING POTENTIAL APPLICANTS TO JOIN OUR TEAM. THROUGH ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT, WE PROMOTE DISTRICT JOB OPENINGS WHILE ALSO HIGHLIGHTING EMPLOYEE ACHIEVEMENTS AND THE POSITIVE, SUPPORTIVE CULTURE THAT SETS LAMAR CISD APART AS AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE, WE'VE ALSO STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND CAREER FAIRS, EXPANDING OUR APPLICANT POOLS AND BUILDING LONG TERM CONNECTIONS WITH POTENTIAL CANDIDATES. TO FURTHER ENCOURAGE INTERNAL ADVOCACY, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED A REFER A FRIEND HIRING INCENTIVE, WHICH PROVIDES EMPLOYEES WITH A $100 REWARD WHEN THEIR REFERRAL IS SUCCESSFULLY HIRED INTO AN ELIGIBLE POSITION. NEXT, COMPENSATION AND OPPORTUNITIES OUR DISTRICT REMAINS COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING COMPETITIVE PAY STRUCTURES, AND WE ALSO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO EARN ADDITIONAL INCOME THROUGH EXTRA DUTY. STIPENDS AND OVERTIME WERE APPLICABLE. ACKNOWLEDGING THE DEDICATION OF OUR STAFF WHO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, AND JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, WE EMPHASIZE CLEAR PATHWAYS FOR ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION FROM WITHIN, ENSURING OUR EMPLOYEES SEE LAMAR ISD NOT JUST AS A PLACE TO WORK, BUT AS A PLACE TO GROW AND BUILD A LASTING CAREER. TOGETHER, THESE RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES REINFORCE OUR GOAL OF BRINGING IN AND KEEPING THE VERY BEST TALENT TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, CAMPUSES AND COMMUNITY. EACH YEAR, WE HOST MULTIPLE JOB FAIRS TO ATTRACT BOTH NEW AND EXPERIENCED EDUCATORS. LAST WEEK, WE HOSTED OUR ANNUAL RESIDENT AND STUDENT TEACHER JOB FAIR, WHICH ALLOWS US TO CONNECT WITH CANDIDATES, COMPLETING THEIR CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS AND INTRODUCE THEM TO OPPORTUNITIES IN LAMAR CISD. IN EARLY SPRING, WE HOST OUR TEACHER JOB FAIR, ONE OF OUR LARGEST RECRUITMENT EVENTS OF THE YEAR, AND IN MAY WE HOLD AN ALL POSITIONS JOB FAIR, WHICH HELPS US FILL BOTH INSTRUCTIONAL AND NON-INSTRUCTIONAL ROLES AHEAD OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. WE CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OUR UNIVERSITY AND ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, OR ACP PARTNERSHIPS, ENSURING THAT INDIVIDUALS AT EVERY STAGE, WHETHER THEY'RE CURRENT STUDENTS, CAREER CHANGERS OR PARAPROFESSIONALS, HAVE A CLEAR PATHWAY TO BECOMING A LAMAR CISD TEACHER. THIS YEAR, OUR HR DEPARTMENT EXPANDED THE NUMBER OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY JOB FAIRS THAT WE ATTEND TO INCLUDE OVER 15 INSTITUTIONS ACROSS TEXAS. IN ADDITION TO THESE EVENTS, WE PARTICIPATE IN YEAR ROUND ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENT VISIBILITY AMONG FUTURE EDUCATORS. THIS YEAR, WE'RE ALSO DEVELOPING AN EXCITING NEW EVENT CALLED ACP NIGHT OUT, WHICH WILL SHOWCASE OUR ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PARTNERS AND HELP STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS LEARN HOW THEY CAN TRANSITION INTO TEACHING CAREERS IN OUR DISTRICT. FINALLY, WE'RE EXPANDING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY TO INCLUDE AUTHENTIC STORYTELLING, SUCH AS DAY IN THE LIFE, FEATURES THAT HIGHLIGHT OUR EDUCATORS EXPERIENCES, AND A LINKEDIN HASHTAG CAMPAIGN TO BOOST PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND ATTRACT HIGH QUALITY CANDIDATES.

OUR RECRUITMENT STRATEGY FOR CAMPUS INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF EMPHASIZES BUILDING STRONG INTERNAL PIPELINES FOR FUTURE TEACHERS, WHICH INCLUDES TALENT POOLS OF RESIDENT TEACHERS, STUDENT TEACHERS, SUBSTITUTES, AND PARAPROFESSIONALS, GIVING US A FOUNDATION OF TALENTED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH OUR DISTRICT AND CULTURE. WE CURRENTLY PARTNER WITH TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY VICTORIA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON TO OFFER A RESIDENT TEACHER PROGRAM. CANDIDATES SELECTED AS A RESIDENT TEACHER SPEND ONE YEAR IN A PAID RESIDENCY WITHIN LAMAR CISD, GAINING HANDS ON EXPERIENCE IN OUR CLASSROOMS. IN EXCHANGE, THEY COMMIT TO TEACHING AT LEAST ONE YEAR IN THE DISTRICT. ONCE FULLY CERTIFIED, WE CURRENTLY PLACE UP TO 20 RESIDENT TEACHERS PER SCHOOL YEAR, BUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH

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IN LAMAR CISD, OUR TURNOVER RATE WAS 11.48%. THAT MEANS THAT LAMAR CISD IS RETAINING TEACHERS AT A HIGHER RATE, REFLECTING THE STRENGTH OF OUR CULTURE, OUR SUPPORT SYSTEMS, AND THE WORK WE CONTINUE TO PUT INTO IMPROVING OUR EMPLOYEES EXPERIENCES SO THAT THEY CHOOSE TO STAY WITH OUR DISTRICT. AS WE FOCUS ON RETAINING OUR TALENTED STAFF, OUR STRATEGIES EMPHASIZE BOTH RECOGNITION AND REWARD, ENSURING EMPLOYEES FEEL VALUED, SUPPORTED, AND FAIRLY COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK THEY DO EVERY DAY. SO FIRST, FOR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION AND MORALE. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THERE ARE CELEBRATIONS AND RECOGNITION EVENTS TO HIGHLIGHT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR STAFF AND REINFORCE A CULTURE OF APPRECIATION ACROSS THE

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IMPORTANTLY, BENEFITS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR OUR SUBSTITUTES, WHO WORK THE MINIMUM REQUIRED DAYS EACH MONTH. ANOTHER WAY THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP OUR CAMPUSES RUNNING EVERY DAY. WE ALSO HOST AN ANNUAL HEALTH FAIR AND BRING SERVICES DIRECTLY TO STAFF THROUGH MOBILE HEALTH UNITS AND PREVENTATIVE CARE PROGRAMS THAT MAKE ACCESS TO WELLNESS RESOURCES EASIER AND MORE CONVENIENT. NEXT, OUR PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. WE PROVIDE ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SUPPORTING BOTH INSTRUCTIONAL AND NON-INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF AND CONTINUOUS LEARNING. OUR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS HELP PREPARE ASPIRING ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND PRINCIPALS FOR FUTURE ROLES, STRENGTHENING OUR INTERNAL LEADERSHIP PIPELINE. WE ALSO EMPHASIZE COLLABORATION AND NETWORKING ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND CAMPUSES, AND WE'VE EXPANDED OUR GROW YOUR OWN PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT TEACHER PATHWAYS FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS AND OTHER ASPIRING EDUCATORS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. FINALLY, OUR FOCUS ON WELLNESS AND SUPPORT, EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT AND WELLNESS ARE EMBEDDED IN DISTRICT PLANNING AS ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF OUR CULTURE.

WE'VE INTRODUCED WELLNESS DAYS TO PROMOTE WORK LIFE BALANCE AND GIVE EMPLOYEES AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECHARGE. ALL EMPLOYEES RECEIVE ONE WELLNESS DAY PER SEMESTER, AND THIS YEAR, OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION SELF-CONTAINED STAFF RECEIVED TWO WELLNESS DAYS PER SEMESTER TO SUPPORT THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS. ADDITIONALLY, THE INNOVATIVE SCHOOL DAY INITIATIVE WAS IMPLEMENTED TO INCREASE PLANNING TIME FOR TEACHERS AND FURTHER SUPPORT A HEALTHY WORK LIFE BALANCE. TOGETHER, THESE INITIATIVES SHOW OUR HOLISTIC APPROACH. WE VALUE, SUPPORT, AND INVEST IN OUR PEOPLE SO THEY CAN THRIVE IN OUR DISTRICT. ATTRACTING AND RETAINING TALENTED EDUCATORS STARTS WITH COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION. EACH YEAR, THE BOARD HAS APPROVED PAY INCREASES FOR ALL STAFF, INCLUDING TEACHERS, DEMONSTRATING THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO RECOGNIZING AND VALUING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR EMPLOYEES. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, AT 66,700, OUR STARTING TEACHER SALARY IS HIGHER THAN OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS. IN ADDITION TO BASE PAY, WE PROVIDE STIPENDS FOR HIGH NEED AREAS SUCH AS SPECIAL EDUCATION, CTE, BILINGUAL PROGRAMS, AND OTHER CRITICAL AREAS. THESE STIPENDS RECOGNIZE THE EXTRA SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND DEDICATION REQUIRED IN THESE AREAS AND HELP TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS IN ALL CLASSROOMS HAVE ACCESS TO HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS. THIS SLIDE INCLUDES A FEW EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE STIPENDS THAT WE CURRENTLY OFFER. BY COMBINING BOARD APPROVED PAY INCREASES WITH TARGETED INCENTIVES, WE CREATE A COMPENSATION STRATEGY THAT NOT ONLY ATTRACTS TOP TALENT, BUT ALSO SUPPORTS RETENTION IN THE ROLES WHERE IT'S MOST NEEDED. AS WE LOOK AHEAD, OUR HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM IS FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING THE SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES THAT SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION SUCCESS. FIRST, WE'RE WORKING TO STREAMLINE STREAMLINE OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESSES, FROM JOB POSTINGS TO ONBOARDING TO ENSURE A FASTER, MORE CANDIDATE FRIENDLY EXPERIENCE. THIS INCLUDES UTILIZING MORE EFFICIENT WORKFLOWS AND TECHNOLOGY TO MINIMIZE DELAYS AND ENABLE HIRING MANAGERS TO FILL VACANCIES QUICKLY. NEXT, WE'RE ENHANCING DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING TO MAKE INFORMED, PROACTIVE DECISIONS BY TRACK BY TRACKING RECRUITMENT METRICS, TURNOVER TRENDS, TURNOVER TRENDS, AND APPLICANT PIPELINES, WE CAN BETTER ANTICIPATE STAFFING NEEDS AND ADJUST OUR STRATEGIES ACCORDINGLY. WE'RE ALSO FOCUSED ON IMPROVING POSITION CONTROL, ENSURING OUR STAFFING DATA IS ACCURATE, TRANSPARENT, AND ALIGNED WITH CAMPUS AND BUDGET PRIORITIES. THIS WILL SUPPORT ACCOUNTABILITY AND LONG TERM PLANNING AS OUR DISTRICT CONTINUES TO GROW. ANOTHER KEY AREA IS A KEY AREA STRENGTHENING OUR PRINCIPAL PARTNERSHIPS. WE KNOW THAT PRINCIPALS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN

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AND AND I HOPE THEY KNOW THAT THAT THEY THEY ARE MAKING A VERY POSITIVE DIFFERENCE, VERY POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE STUDENTS THAT THEY'RE TEACHING. AND THOSE STUDENTS WANT TO PAY THAT FORWARD. SO SO I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT. IN FACT, YOU JUST REMINDED ME OF ALSO OF A PARA WHO IS CURRENTLY IN MY CLASS, AN LCISD PARA WHO IS CURRENTLY MY CLASS, WHO ASPIRES TO BE AN LCISD TEACHER. AND SO I GET TO SEE THE I GET TO SEE THIS PROCESS FULL CIRCLE. AND AND IT EXCITES ME. I GET VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT BECAUSE I WENT I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE WITH A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO WANTED TO BE TEACHERS BACK IN, LIKE BACK IN THOSE DAYS, PEOPLE MAJORED IN EDUCATION, OKAY? AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT SO MUCH THE CASE ANYMORE. MY MY SISTER, IN FACT, WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO WHO ASPIRED TO BE A TEACHER. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE WERE SO WE WERE IMPACTED BY PUBLIC EDUCATORS. ASIDE FROM PARENTS AND GOD, PUBLIC EDUCATORS MADE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN OUR LIVES. SO. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT FOR FOR YOUR EFFORTS. I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, ESPECIALLY THE RETENTION. MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS WITH RESPECT TO THE DATA THAT YOU SHARED REGARDING THOSE TEACHERS WHO HAD BEEN EVALUATED, AND THEN I THINK THEY SHARED THE REASON FOR THEIR FOR LEAVING IN THEIR EXIT INTERVIEW. MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS THAT DID YOU PARSE THE DATA IN TERMS OF THOSE WHO HAD RECEIVED A POSITIVE EVALUATION, OR WAS IT JUST AN EVALUATION? IN GENERAL, IT'S EVERYONE THAT WAS EVALUATED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT OKAY.

AND SO SO OKAY, THAT WAS PRIMARILY IT. SECONDLY, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THE EMPHASIS ON EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. I SPENT A CAREER CONDUCTING EMPLOYEE BENEFITS EDUCATION. SO MY QUESTION BEGS THE QUESTION IS, IS ARE WE ENGAGED IN EFFORTS IN HELPING OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR TEACHERS, ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES UNDERSTAND THEIR BENEFITS PACKAGE BECAUSE IT IS A VERY GENEROUS ONE. IT IT ABSOLUTELY IS. AND WE'RE LOOKING ON WAYS TO INCREASE THE AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF BENEFITS. SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. AND THAT'S PART OF OUR HEALTH FAIR INITIATIVE. GOOD, GOOD. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR BECAUSE IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT IF THAT IF IF EMPLOYEES UNDERSTAND THEIR BENEFITS, IF THEY'RE ENGAGED IN THEIR BENEFITS, THEY REALIZE THAT THAT IF THEY'RE LEAVING A DISTRICT, THERE'S MUCH MORE TO THAT, TO THAT PAYCHECK THAN JUST WHAT YOU KNOW, THAN JUST WHAT GOES INTO THE BANK ACCOUNT. YOU KNOW, THE BENEFITS PACKAGE HERE AND IS IS GENEROUS. I CAN ATTEST TO THAT. AND AND SO I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE WITH

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YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO YOU WANT TO YOU'RE I DON'T KNOW, I'M ASKING A QUESTION. ARE YOU PROPOSING OR IS IT GOING TO BE DONE THAT $25 MORE PER DAY AND THEN $35 MORE PER DAY IS GOING TO BE THE NEW PAY RATE FOR SECONDARY SUBS? THAT IS SOMETHING WE'LL PROPOSE IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET UPCOMING BUDGET CYCLE. AND SO THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING TO A JULY 1ST BUDGET YEAR. OKAY. AND SO AS WE TALK TO THE BOARD OFFICERS AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ABOUT THAT, THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL PROPOSE TO THE BOARD FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND THEN EVENTUALLY THE ENTIRE BOARD ABOUT INCREASING THAT PAY. SO THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY GO INTO EFFECT NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. YES, SIR. THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG ONE. YES. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. AND OUR SUB PROCESS WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT REVIEW ALL THE APPLICATIONS. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO WORK TO FAST TRACK IT. SO WE RECEIVE ABOUT 17 TO 25 A DAY APPLICATIONS.

BUT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE APPLICATION CHECK THE REFERENCES. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE PUTTING SOME PARAMETERS IN PLACE TO TRY AND FAST TRACK WITH THE STAFF WE HAVE. WOULD YOU CONSIDER WOULD Y'ALL CONSIDER FAST TRACKING CERTIFIED TEACHERS OR LIKE YES, CERTIFIED CERTIFIED TEACHERS? WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. YEAH. WE JUST WE'RE VERY CAUTIOUS WITH THE THE REFERENCE PIECE. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PUTTING THE VERY BEST IN FRONT OF OUR STUDENTS. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY. WHEN THE LEGISLATURE WAS COMING UP WITH, YOU KNOW, THEIR TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT, I KNOW A LOT OF THINK TANKS IN TEXAS WERE STUDYING DISTRICTS.

AND LIKE, WHAT KEEPS TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT. AND BY FAR IT WAS PAY. IT WAS TRAINING AND SUPPORT, AND IT WAS JUST CULTURE. AND I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING YOU'VE LAID OUT, WE'RE DOING LIKE MAYBE WE DON'T DO THE MOST, BUT WE DO A LOT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK DOCTOR NIVENS BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE WHO ADVISES THE BOARD TO APPROVE A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT WE APPROVE. SO GOOD JOB. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO ADD TO WHAT JACKIE SAID TOO, I THINK WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT CULTURE, I THINK THAT REALLY HAS A LOT TO DO WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND HOW THEY RUN THEIR SCHOOLS. AND YOU KNOW, WHO WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO SUB. AND SO I THINK THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH IT TOO. SO YOU. OKIE DOKES, I THINK THAT'S IT.

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DO WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE A NOTE OF THAT. YES WE DO OKAY. NEXT ITEM OKAY I'D LIKE TO PULL J ON THE FUTURE ACTION. AND I DON'T NECESSARILY NEED A THOROUGH LOOKING FOR. I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A BROAD OVERVIEW. SINCE WE JUST PASSED THIS VERY, VERY LARGE BOND, WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY AS A DISTRICT. AND I'M JUST GOING TO BE ASKING THE ADMINISTRATION FOR A LOT OF EXPLAINING THE PROCESS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ABOUT SELECTING THE DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS WHO DO BUSINESS WITH THE DISTRICT, SO WE CAN JUST GO OVER, OUT OF OUR WAY TO MAKE SURE IT'S IT'S TRANSPARENT FOR THE PUBLIC. AND THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS THERE. YES, SIR. AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE AN INFORMATION ITEM NEXT MONTH TO DISCUSS LIKE THE NEXT STEPS IN THAT AS WELL. THAT WILL BE LED BY MR. BUCHANAN. ALL RIGHT. SO ITEMS F

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