Dec 16, 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 6:30 P.M. THIS IS THE REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING BEING HELD ON DECEMBER 16TH, 2025. WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL MEMBERS PRESENT. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO OBSERVE AS YOU FEEL APPROPRIATE.

OKAY. PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG LED BY GRAHAM DAVIS, A SIXTH GRADER AT WERTHEIMER MIDDLE SCHOOL. TO HONOR THE TEXAS I MIGHT KNOW. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. NOW FOR THE TEXAS FLAG. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. WHO CHANGED THE FLAG. GOOD JOB.

[3. Recognitions/awards]

JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, DURING A VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL GAME AT FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL, A REFEREE SUFFERED A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND COLLAPSED ONTO THE COURT.

ATHLETIC CAMPUS COORDINATOR STEPHEN HILL, ATHLETIC TRAINER JESSICA BLAINE AND LAMAR CISD POLICE OFFICER CHARLES CHARLES CROCKER IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED, ADMINISTERING CPR WHILE AN AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR MACHINE WAS RETRIEVED AND APPLIED, ALL WITHIN ABOUT ONE MINUTE AND 44 SECONDS, AND THANKS TO THEIR CONFIDENT RESPONSE AND SWIFT ACTIONS, THAT REFEREE REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS. EVENTUALLY, THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED. PARAMEDICS TOOK CONTROL OF THE SITUATION AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, AND I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT HE IS NOW ALIVE AND RECOVERING BECAUSE OF THE ACTIONS OF COACH HILL, MISS BLAINE AND OFFICER CROCKER. AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING THEM UP. HERE. WE'VE GOT A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION ACKNOWLEDGMENT THIS EVENING. MISS BLAINE, WILL YOU GO BACK FOR YOUR PHOTO OFFICER? GO BACK FOR YOUR PHOTO. AND AS THEY POSE FOR THE PHOTO, I'LL CONTINUE. IT IS NO EXAGGERATION TO SAY THAT THEIR QUICK RESPONSE AND ACTIONS ULTIMATELY SAVED A LIFE, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO THEM AND TO OTHERS ON THE SCENE WHO KEPT A COOL HEAD AND HELPED WITH CROWD CONTROL, INCLUDING THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, ALISON RYAN'S TEACHER PHILIP BAKER AND TARA SMITH AND SPECIAL EDUCATION AIDE ANITA HAMMOND.

ALL OF THE STAFF MEMBERS ACTIONS AND CARING RESPONSE EXEMPLIFY THE VALUES AND SPIRIT OF LAMAR CISD. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. AND FINALLY, THIS EVENING, OUR DISTRICT

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DOCTOR EVANS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND FOR LIVING OUR DISTRICT VALUES IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. I KNOW YOUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES FEELS THE SAME WAY. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR MUCH DESERVED SUCCESS AND YOU BETTER BRING IT HOME FROM NASHVILLE. THOSE ARE ALL OF THE RECOGNITIONS I HAVE AT THIS TIME. DO WE HAVE INTRODUCTIONS? NOPE. OKAY, THEN WE'RE DONE. THANK YOU SIR.

OKAY, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO BOARD MEMBERS REPORT, I JUST WANT TO SAY VERY QUICKLY TO DOCTOR NIVENS. THERE'S SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE AND SPECIAL ABOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND I THINK THAT'S THAT NO MATTER HOW MANY AWARDS YOU GET, HOW MANY RECOGNITIONS YOU GET, AND IT IS VERY COOL TO SEE THIS CULMINATING IN, IN A NATIONAL RECOGNITION. AT THE END OF THE DAY, DOCTOR NIVENS WOULD NOT POST OR WOULD NOT POINT TO A TROPHY OR AN AWARD OR A PLAQUE ON A WALL AS THE MEASURE OF HIS SUCCESS, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT THE MEASURE OF SUCCESS FOR A GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT. AND I'M JUST TRULY GRATEFUL THAT. THE IT'S NOT THE AFFIRMATION OF PEOPLE, IT'S THE AFFIRMATION OF THE LORD ON YOUR LIFE. THAT IS WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU. I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT KIND OF LEADERSHIP. AND JUST CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE MILLIONTH TIME THIS YEAR, IT FEELS LIKE, BUT SO VERY WELL DESERVED. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS. WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST? ANY VOLUNTEERS?

[5. Board members' reports]

FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO THANK LEIF FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE DONE TO RAISE MONEY FOR GRANTS. I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO AWARD THOSE GRANTS TO TEACHERS. WHEN I TRAVELED TO SILVER TRACK, IT WAS A FRONT SEAT TO SEEING THE THE PASSION THAT OUR TEACHERS EXUDE. AND IT'S JUST IT WAS JUST AN UNBELIEVABLE EXPERIENCE FOR ME.

AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED THAT TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THAT WHOLE PROCESS. THE OTHER POINT I WANT TO SHARE IS THAT TODAY WE HAD THE THE PLEASURE OF TOURING SEVERAL OF OUR SPECIAL SITES, AND IT PUT A VERY UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE INTO EDUCATION FOR ME, AN AREA THAT I'M NOT INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH, BUT NONETHELESS NONETHELESS LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON MY HEART FOR THE STUDENTS THAT THAT WE SERVE AND FOR THE EDUCATORS WHO SERVE, WHO HELP US, WHO WORK HARD EVERY DAY. AND INCIDENTALLY, ONE OF THE THE YOUNG LADIES DURING OUR TOUR GAVE ME A A BOOKMARK, AND I'M GOING TO REMEMBER HER BY THAT. AND I'M GOING TO KEEP TRACK OF MY BOARD

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[7. Superintendent's report]

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[8. Public Comment]

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING POSTED AGENDA ITEMS. PUBLIC. PUBLIC COMMENT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING NON-AGENDA ITEMS. TRUSTEES MAY NOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, AS THEY ARE PROHIBITED BY LAW FROM DISCUSSING OR DECIDING ANY SUBJECT THAT IS NOT ON THE BOARD'S PUBLICLY NOTICED AGENDA.

ALL PATRONS DESIRING TO SPEAK AND WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC COMMENT FORM WILL BE HEARD DURING THAT PORTION OF THE MEETING BEFORE FINAL BOARD ACTION IS TAKEN ON AN AGENDA. TITLE TOPIC. SORRY. WHILE SPEAKERS GENERALLY HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY ESTABLISH AN OVERALL TIME LIMIT FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND PUBLIC COMMENT AND ADJUST THE TIME ALLOTTED TO EACH SPEAKER WHEN NECESSARY. TO ACCOMMODATE A LARGE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS. HOWEVER, NO SPEAKER SHALL BE GIVEN LESS THAN ONE MINUTE. ALL OF THIS IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH HB 2840. EACH PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKER TONIGHT WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES. EACH SPEAKER MUST ADDRESS THE BOARD FROM THE PODIUM UNLESS SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED AND APPROVED.

SPEAKERS ARE TO PRESENT THEIR REMARKS TO THE BOARD AND NOT TO THE AUDIENCE. SPEAKERS HAVING COMPLAINTS AGAINST INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES MAY ONLY ADDRESS THE BOARD AFTER FILING A COMPLAINT FORM AND IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR IN BOARD POLICY. DBA EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS F AND G STUDENT AND PARENT COMPLAINTS G PUBLIC COMPLAINTS. THE PRESIDING OFFICER OR DESIGNEE SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER A SPEAKER HAS FILED A COMPLAINT. ACCORDING TO POLICY, ANY SPEAKERS WHO COMPLAIN OF INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES DURING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OR PUBLIC COMMENT MAY BE DIRECTED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER TO REFRAIN FROM NAMING THE EMPLOYEE, AND THEY WILL REFER THE SPEAKER TO THE APPROPRIATE COMPLAINT POLICY. SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE MEETINGS HELD IN PUBLIC BUT ARE NOT PUBLIC MEETINGS. WHILE THE BOARD VALUES HEARING FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, TRUSTEES WILL NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS OR RESPOND TO COMMENTS FROM PATRONS, SPEAKERS WILL NOT ENGAGE IN DIALOG WITH THE TRUSTEES. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU COME FORWARD. OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKER IS LETICIA ROBLES.

DO I GO AHEAD AND START? HELLO, MY NAME IS LETICIA ROLLINS AND I'M HERE TO

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IT'S ON VIDEO, BUT YOU DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. I GUESS THIS IS ACCEPTABLE FOR LAMAR CISD EMPLOYEES, AS Y'ALL ALWAYS WANT TO SIT HERE AND PREACH ABOUT HOW GREAT Y'ALL'S EMPLOYEES ARE.

REALLY? YOU DON'T KNOW BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE AUDIO. YOU SIT HERE AND PROTECT YOUR EMPLOYEES AT EVERY COST THAT YOU CAN, AND YOU DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. BUT YET, WHENEVER MY CHILD IS NOW LASHING OUT AND SAYING THE SAME EXACT VERBIAGE AS WHAT THESE WHAT THESE TEACHERS ARE, MY CHILD DOES NOT HAVE TO SUFFER ES AND BEING SUSPENDED ON MULTIPLE DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS THERE. I WANT TO ENFORCE A HARASSMENT POLICY AND TO LEAVE MY LEAVE MY CHILD ALONE, ENSURING THAT MY CHILD IS SAFE WHENEVER SHE GOES TO SCHOOL, AND LAST DISCIPLINED THAT FOR THE MISCONDUCT FROM THE STAFF BEFORE AGAIN, I MAKE THIS PUBLIC AND I WILL. I WILL NOT STOP UNTIL MY VOICE IS HEARD. I WILL NOT STOP UNTIL MY CHILD IS PROTECTED, AND I WILL NOT STOP UNTIL Y'ALL SIT HERE AND TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY. AS I STATED BEFORE, I WILL COME IN FRONT OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL TO MAKE THIS PUBLIC AS TO KNOW THAT THIS IS MY FIRST STEP TO.

HOPEFULLY YOU WOULD SIT HERE AND TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS AND JUMP THROUGH ALL THESE OTHER DIFFERENT PEOPLE. TAKE MULTIPLE HOURS, MULTIPLE TIMES WRITING THINGS AND GRIEVANCE LETTERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. MY CHILD FILLING OUT STATEMENT FORMS, EVERYBODY FILLING OUT STATEMENT FORMS FOR IT TO ABSOLUTELY GET NOWHERE, JUST FOR THEM TO SIT THERE AND SAY THAT THEY CANNOT FIND THIS ON AN EMPLOYEE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT HAVE AUDIO. AGAIN, I THINK IT'S PRETTY CRAZY THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE AUDIO INSIDE YOUR SCHOOL, THERE IS STATEMENTS THAT HAS GONE SO FAR OF THE CUSSING AND THE SEXUAL COMMENT THAT HAS BEEN MADE TO MY CHILD. I HAVE TO STAND HERE TODAY TO SIT HERE AND TELL YOU THAT THIS IS COMPLETELY SICK. YOU NEED TO START PROTECTING THESE CHILDREN THAT ARE INSIDE THESE SCHOOLS, INSTEAD OF JUST STANDING THERE AND TRYING TO PROTECT YOUR STAFF. MY CHILD AGAIN, I AM REQUESTING FOR HER TO HAVE A SAFETY TRANSFER. I HAVE REQUESTED THIS ALREADY AND AS I STATED, IT'S BEEN DENIED. AGAIN, I'M PRETTY SURE NONE OF Y'ALL WILL PROBABLY CALL ME, BUT THAT'S FINE. 24 TO 48 HOURS I REALLY SWEAR TO GOD. I PROMISE YOU YOUR VIDEO FROM YOUR ADULT STAFF MEMBER THAT I HAVE ON MY PHONE. THAT WAS A WITNESS TO THE CURSING TO MY CHILD FROM ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER WILL BE PUBLICIZED EVERYWHERE.

TIKTOK I DON'T CARE, IT WILL BE PUBLICIZED. HOPE TO HEAR FROM Y'ALL BECAUSE IT WILL BE THERE.

LOOK FOR MY NAME LETICIA ROBLES. HAVE A GOOD ONE. THAT IS ALL. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL

[9.A. Discussion of names for Elementary Schools #40, #41, Middle School #8, Junior High School #8, High School #8 and stadium]

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COMMUNICATIONS ACCEPTED AND REVIEWED ALL SUBMISSIONS AND ORGANIZE THEM ACCORDINGLY. MORE THAN 400 SUBMISSIONS WERE RECEIVED, RESULTING IN ABOUT 150 FINAL NAMES. TRUSTEES HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF EVERY SUBMISSION FOR REVIEW, AND TRUSTEES WILL LATER SELECT THE NAMES OF CAMPUSES BY VOTE, SO THE APPLICATION WAS DIGITAL AND IT WAS ONLINE, BUT THIS IS WHAT THE PAPER VERSION LOOKED LIKE. IN ADDITION, THE SCHOOLS ELEMENTARY 40 WILL BE LOCATED AT SECONDARY EIGHT SITE AND FULSHEAR ELEMENTARY 41 LOCATED IN AMBERLEY NEAR KENDLETON MIDDLE SCHOOL, EIGHT JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL EIGHT ON FM 359 IN BROOKSHIRE, AND OUR STADIUM IS CURRENTLY LOCATED AT THE GREEN TRACK WHERE THE THOMAS HIGH SCHOOL FACILITY RESIDES. THIS MAP. THIS IMAGE SHOWS MAPS OF THE FOUR FACILITIES, SO YOU CAN SEE THE PROXIMITY OF WHERE THOSE FACILITIES ARE LOCATED. AND THEN AS FAR AS OUR TIMELINE, TONIGHT IS THE PUBLIC HEARING WHERE YOU WILL GET TO HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY REGARDING THEIR SUBMISSIONS AND POTENTIALLY AT NEXT MONTH'S BOARD MEETING, POTENTIAL BOARD APPROVAL. YOU WILL SELECT THE NAMES OF THE NEW FACILITIES. SO WE HAVE RECEIVED COMMENT CARD SUBMISSIONS. PLEASE NOTE INDIVIDUALS MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE CALLED TO SPEAK IN THE ORDER OF ARRIVAL OF SUBMISSION, BUT RATHER WE MAY ENSURE THAT THE BOARD HEARS FROM A VARIETY OF NOMINEE ADVOCATES, ALTERNATING WHEN NECESSARY. MISS JOHNSON WILL NOW SHARE INFORMATION REGARDING THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WISHING TO SHARE COMMENTS ON THEIR NOMINATION MUST HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK PRIOR TO THE START OF THE BOARD MEETING TONIGHT. SPEAKERS WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. PLEASE NOTE THAT MULTIPLE SPEAKERS ON A NOMINEE DO NOT INCREASE THE NOMINEE'S CHANCES OF BEING SELECTED FOR A CAMPUS. WHILE THE BOARD VALUES HEARING FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, TRUSTEES MAY NOT RESPOND TO COMMENTS. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU COME FORWARD. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MICHAEL SCHERER FOR PAUL SCHERER. ALL Y'ALL GO. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MICHAEL SCHERER. I GRADUATED FROM LAMAR CISD IN CLASS OF 1970 FROM LAMAR BECAUSE THAT'S ALL THERE WAS. WE'RE HERE TO HONOR THE LEGACY OF OUR FATHER, PAUL SCHERER.

DAD WAS ELECTED TO THIS BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN 1954 WHEN I WAS THREE YEARS OLD. HE SERVED THROUGH 1975, WHEN I WAS 24 YEARS OLD. OUR FAMILY GREW UP WITH SCHOOL BUSINESS. DAD HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL AND BUSY LAW PRACTICE AS AN ESTATE PLANNING ATTORNEY, BUT HE WAS PASSIONATE

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THAT WAS THE WORST YEAR OF MY FAMILY EVER HAD. AND HE WASN'T JUST A PRINCIPAL. HE WAS A COUNSELOR TO ME EVERY SINGLE DAY. I WAS IN FIFTH GRADE. HE HELPED ME GET THROUGH THAT AND HELP ME BECOME THE PERSON I AM. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS THAT CAME THROUGH AROUND THAT SAME TIME THAT I'M FRIENDS WITH THAT ARE EITHER A FEW YEARS OLDER THAN ME OR A FEW YEARS YOUNGER, AND THEY WHEN HE SAID IMPACTING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, I CAN PROBABLY NAME A HUNDRED TEACHERS IN LAMAR CONSOLIDATED OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS THAT WERE INFLUENCED BY TROY WILLIAMS. HE'S A DEFINITE LEGACY THAT DESERVES A SCHOOL NAMED AFTER HIM. I WAS SO PROUD TO BE HONORED, TO BE ASKED TO COME AND SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF. THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RON STERN FOR HENRY B STERN. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RON STERN. I'M A 1963 GRADUATE OF LAMAR CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL. I'M HERE TO SPEAK FOR MY GRANDFATHER, HENRY B STERN. HENRY MOVED TO THE COMMUNITY IN BEASLEY IN THE EARLY 1900S. HE ENROLLED HIS KIDS IN SCHOOL THERE. IN 1935, HE PURCHASED 500 ACRES BETWEEN RICHMOND AND ROSENBERG. THAT IS WHERE LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL SITS TODAY. IN 1947, WHEN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS FORMED, THEY WENT TO MY GRANDFATHER AND ASKED ABOUT PURCHASING SOME OF HIS LAND TO PUT THE HIGH SCHOOL ON. HE AGREED TO IT A TRANSACTION WITH THEM. HE THEN PROVIDED THE EASEMENT, WHICH IS NOW HERNDON AVENUE, WHICH CUT HIS FARM IN HALF TO PROVIDE ACCESS FROM THAT AVENUE RATHER THAN. THANK YOU, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TODD PATTERSON FOR TROY WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TODD PATTERSON, CLASS OF 85 AT LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS WITH DEEP RESPECT THAT I URGE THE DISTRICT TO HONOR THE LASTING AND TRANSFORMATIVE LEGACY OF MR. TROY WILLIAMS BY NAMING A SCHOOL IN HIS HONOR. LONG TIME RESIDENT OF THIS DISTRICT, MY FAMILY AND I, MR. WILLIAMS WAS MY PRINCIPAL AT CROCKETT INTERMEDIATE AND AT LAMAR JUNIOR HIGH. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE WAS A TEACHER IN THE TRUEST SENSE OF THE WORD. WHILE SERVING AS PRINCIPAL AT LAMAR JUNIOR HIGH, HE CHOSE TO TEACH ALGEBRA TO A SMALL GROUP OF STUDENTS. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT GOT TO BE IN THAT CLASS. YOUR GREAT TEACHERS ARE OFTEN ASKED TO STEP AWAY FROM THE CLASSROOM TO LEAD, EVEN WHEN TEACHING IS WHERE THEY MAKE THEIR DEEPEST IMPACT. MR. WILLIAMS ANSWERED THAT CALL, BUT HE NEVER TRULY, TRULY LEFT TEACHING BEHIND. MR. WILLIAMS INSPIRED MY INTEREST IN MATH AND SHOWED IT SHOWED ME WHAT IT MEANT TO CARE ABOUT PEOPLE. FAST FORWARD YEARS. WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHE STRUGGLED WITH ALGEBRA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TIFFANY TORRES FOR CHERYL GUTIERREZ.

I'M SORRY. HI. MY NAME IS TIFFANY GUTIERREZ, A GRADUATING CLASS OF 2001 FROM LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL. MY DAUGHTER ACTUALLY BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH NOMINATING MY MOM, BUT I DECIDED TO SPEAK ON HER BEHALF. I WANTED TO WE WANTED TO NOMINATE MY MOM BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN A SHE.

WELL, SHE HAS BEEN AN EMPLOYEE FOR LCISD AND HUMAN RESOURCES, AND SHE'S BEEN A POSITIVE IMPACT TO SO MANY. DURING HER TIME LCISD, SHE HAS SHOWN COMPASSION, PATIENCE AND

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THERE ARE THREE CHARACTERISTICS OF DAD THAT WE WOULD WANT STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO KNOW ABOUT AND EMULATE. FIRST, TO WORK HARD. DAD DID NOT HAVE AN EASY CHILDHOOD. HE OVERCAME POVERTY AND FAMILY, MENTAL ILLNESSES AND CRISES AND EVENTUALLY GAINED A MASTER'S DEGREE. HE TAUGHT, TAUGHT OR WAS AN ADMINISTRATOR AT EVERY LEVEL.

THIS WAS THE ONLY DISTRICT HE SERVED IN HIS 35 YEAR EDUCATION. CAREER. THE CLASSROOM WAS HIS CALLING. EVEN AFTER BECOMING A PRINCIPAL, HE TAUGHT CLASSES OF ALGEBRA CONCURRENTLY. SECOND, BE KIND. EVERYONE IS FIGHTING A BATTLE. YOU MAY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. HIS CONSTANT SMILE WAS HOW HE DEALT WITH EVERYONE THE STAR ATHLETE, THE KID NEEDING DISCIPLINE, THE UNHAPPY PARENT OR THE FRUSTRATED. THANK YOU, MR. WILLIAMS. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MATT MORGAN FOR BUD WILDMAN.

HOWDY. THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT. FIRST, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE A TOUGH TASK AHEAD OF YOU DECIDING THIS IN JANUARY, BUT I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT BUD. BUD IS NOT SOMEONE THAT I KNEW AS A AS A TEACHER OR A PRINCIPAL, BUT HE'S SOMEBODY THAT WORKED IN THE DISTRICT FOR NEARLY THREE DECADES. HE SPENT ALMOST FIVE DECADES IN EDUCATION, AND HE REACHED SO MANY INSIDE OUR COMMUNITY IN PECAN GROVE, PART OF LAMAR. SO I GOT REACHED OUT BY MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS FROM HOUSE DISTRICT 26 THAT RESIDE IN LAMAR AS WELL, ASKED ME TO COME SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I DO THINK HE WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT CHOICE TO BE A STADIUM OR SCHOOL NAMED AFTER HIM. HE'S DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO EDUCATING STUDENTS, AND I KNOW WHAT THAT IS COMING FROM. THE SON OF AN EDUCATOR AND GRANDSON OF EDUCATORS AS WELL. WHAT THAT MEANS. AND SO HE HIS IMPACT IS STILL FELT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY TODAY, AND I FEEL LIKE IT WILL CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU, GUYS.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RUTH GUNDERSON FOR BOB MASSEY. I'M RUTH GUNDERSON, A RETIRED LCISD TEACHER. BUT I, UNLIKE THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE YOU'VE HEARD, I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WAS RECRUITED FROM OUT OF STATE. I FLEW DOWN TO A TEACHER JOB FAIR AT NIMITZ HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS LOOKING FOR JOBS, AND I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO INTERVIEW WITH BOB MASSEY, AND HE MADE THE DECISION THAT I WAS SOMEONE HE WANTED ON HIS TEAM. AND THE RECEPTION I GOT UPON BEING HERE WAS ABSOLUTELY ONE OF ACCEPTANCE AND AMAZEMENT. BOB WAS ALWAYS A MAN OF VISION WHO EXPECTED HIS TEACHERS TO BRING OUT THE BEST IN CHILDREN AND GIVE THE MOST FOR CHILDREN. HE DID THAT BY EXAMPLE AND PROVIDED, IN MY CASE AT SMITH ELEMENTARY, AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR PREDOMINANCE OF LOWER SOCIO ECONOMIC KIDS TO JUST THRIVE AND FLOURISH EVERY WEEK. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EXCUSE IF I MISPRONOUNCE BLAKE KOPEK FOR JOE AND DORIS GORECKI. GOOD

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UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, THE CITY EXPERIENCED RESPONSIBLE AND THOUGHTFUL GROWTH, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRAZOS TOWN CENTER, A MAJOR REGIONAL HUB OF COMMERCE AND COMMUNITY LIFE.

JOE AND DORIS ALSO MADE A LASTING, MADE, LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS TO HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION. JOE SERVED AS BOARD PRESIDENT OF OAKMAN MEDICAL CENTER, HELPING EXPAND ACCESS AND CARE TO LOCAL FAMILIES. THANK YOU SIR. INTERIM. OUR OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CINDY BILSKY FOR JOE AND DORIS GORECKI. MAYBE I SHOULD JUST FINISH HIS SPEECH. HI.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CINDY BILSKY. I'M A PRODUCT OF LAMAR CISD. I GRADUATED LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL WHEN IT WAS THE ONLY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE VICINITY. I TAUGHT 33 YEARS HERE FOR THE DISTRICT. I AM CURRENTLY RETIRED. I'M HERE TO RECOMMEND JOE AND DORIS GORECKI. THEY HAPPEN TO BE MY AUNT AND UNCLE. JOE IS MY DAD'S BROTHER. SINCE THEIR DAUGHTERS WENT THROUGH LAMAR SCHOOLS, THEY HAVE BEEN LONGTIME SUPPORTERS OF LAMAR CISD. THEY'VE BEEN TAXPAYERS, THEY'VE OWNED THEIR HOME IN ROSENBERG ALL THESE YEARS. THEY STILL LIVE IN THE SAME HOME THAT THEY FIRST BECAME MARRIED IN, ONLY TO IMPROVED IT. THEY SUPPORTED THE FINE ARTS, AND THEY WERE LIKE CHOIR BOOSTERS. AND WE ONLY HAD ONE CHOIR. SO WE RELIED ON NICE PEOPLE FOR DONATIONS. AND THOSE CHOIR SHOWS WERE LIKE, REMARKABLE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW THE NAME TOM PHILLIPS, BUT HE ROCKED THIS TOWN. THANK YOU, MISS BILSKY. ALSO, OUR NEXT THANK YOU. YES, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JERRY KIPPING FOR DEBBIE URBANSKI, I'M JERRY KIPPING.

I'M GOING TO SAY THAT BEFORE I GET THERE. IN JULY OF 2015, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM HUMAN RESOURCES THAT I WAS GOING TO BE THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL, REPLACING THE LEGEND MR. THOMAS. I WAS EXCITED AND NERVOUS ABOUT THE TASK. WHEN WALKING IN THE BUILDING, I WAS GREETED BY A DISTINCTIVE WOMAN, DEBBIE URBANSKI. DEBBIE WANTED ME TO BE SUCCESSFUL JUST AS SHE AS SHE DID EVERY SINGLE STUDENT AND STAFF MEMBER WHO WALKED THROUGH OUR DOORS. DEBBIE WAS A MATRIARCH OF EVERY SINGLE PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR OVER 30 YEARS. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, YOU ASKED MISS URBANSKI. EVERY SINGLE HIGH SCHOOL SECRETARY WAS TRAINED OR ENCOURAGED BY MISS URBANSKI, INCLUDING BARBARA JOHNSON, WHO SITS HERE TONIGHT. DEBBIE URBANSKI GREW UP. SHE WORKED, SHE LOVED, AND SHE PASSED AWAY BREATHING LIFE INTO THE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AND STAFF AT LCISD. I CAN THINK OF NO OTHER HUMAN MORE WORTHY OF HAVING HER NAME ON A BUILDING THAN DEBBIE URBANSKI. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER SPEAKER IS LINDSAY LEO FOR BOB MASSIE. GOOD. SHE'S. I GUESS I'M SPEAKING. ANYWAY. I'M JUST GONNA BE THAT WAY. I'M LINDSAY FRANCO, I AM THE DAUGHTER OF HUEY MICHALSKI AND PATRICIA MIKULSKI'S, WHO'S BACK THERE. HUEY LIVED HIS LIFE IN DEDICATION TO EDUCATION, AND HE WENT ON THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE TO DO SO. HE WENT THROUGH AND TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. HE WAS A REGION FOR. HE WAS ACKNOWLEDGED BY REGION FOUR AS A HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE, AND HE SPENT HIS LIFE DEDICATING HIMSELF TO THE TEACHERS AND THE STAFF, AND HE WAS TELLING STORIES ABOUT HIS TEACHERS AND HIS STUDENTS, LIKE UP UNTIL HIS LAST DAY. SO THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RUTH GUNDERSON. FOR HUEY MCCLOSKEY. RUTH

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AND I ASKED MY WIFE, BECAUSE SHE'S A PRODUCT OF FORT BEND ISD. FIRST OF ALL, MY NAME IS RICK GARCIA, FORMER BOARD MEMBER, FORT BEND ISD BEEN IN THIS AREA FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND A SUPPORTER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. AND SO I TURNED OVER TO MY WIFE AND SAID, DID YOU KNOW MR. BUD WILDMAN? AND SHE PERKED UP REAL FAST. SHE GOES, YEAH, THAT WAS MY JUNIOR HIGH PRINCIPAL WITH MR. TOMAS. AND SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY, SAY NO MORE. SO I DON'T KNOW, BUD. BUT WHEN I READ HIS BACKGROUND AND HIS EXPERIENCE, I CAME HERE BECAUSE I LOVE TEACHERS AND I WOULD BE HONORED TO SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF. I THINK NAMING A SCHOOL OR A STADIUM AFTER MR. WILDMAN IS A TESTAMENT TO ALL THE GOOD WORK AND ALL THE AMAZING THINGS THAT HE'S DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR PEOPLE IN GENERAL. MY WIFE IS A PRODUCT OF LAMAR. THANK YOU, MR. GARCIA. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS COACH ALCALA FOR ENO CANTU. GOOD EVENING. I'M COACH ALCALA TODAY. IT IS MY HONOR TO NOMINATE MR. ENO CANTU FOR THE NAMING OF OUR FUTURE ELEMENTARY. FOR OVER 30 YEARS, HE HAS INSPIRED GENERATIONS THROUGH THE CANTU RUN HELD AT TRAVIS ELEMENTARY, AN EVENT THAT HONORS HIS LEGACY AND DEDICATED FORMER COUNSELOR OF TRAVIS ELEMENTARY. EACH YEAR, 168 STUDENTS COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE NOT JUST THEIR LOVE FOR RUNNING, BUT THE PRINCIPLES OF PERSEVERANCE AND EXCELLENCE THAT MR. CANTU EMBODIES. MR. CANTU ACHIEVEMENTS ARE REMARKABLE. HE EARNED ALL-AMERICAN HONORS IN CROSS COUNTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AND WAS INDUCTED TO THE NATIONAL HISPANIC SPORTS HALL OF FAME IN 2007. HIS ATHLETIC PROWESS DID NOT STOP THERE. HE HAS BROKEN MULTIPLE WORLD RECORDS IN HIS AGE GROUP, INCLUDING TWO WORLD RECORDS FOR THE 80 YEAR OLD CATEGORY, CLOCKING A MILE AT SIX MINUTES AND 42 SECONDS. REMARKABLY, AT THE AGE OF 85, HE SET A NEW INDOOR MILE RECORD AT SEVEN MINUTES AND 47 SECONDS. HE WENT BACK AT 90 AND NOW GOT THE WORLD RECORD AT NINE MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS. HIS JOURNEY IS AWESOME. NAMING THE SCHOOL AFTER HIM WOULD BE A TRIBUTE.

THANK YOU COACH. OUR NEXT OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CRYSTAL JAMES FOR MARJORIE M ADAMS. THANK YOU.

IS CRYSTAL JAMMER. GOTCHA. SHOUT OUT TO MY LONGHORNS. THANK YOU BOARD. GOOD AFTERNOON.

I AM THE DAUGHTER OF MARJORIE M ADAMS. I AM NOMINATING HER FOR THE NAMING OF HER SCHOOL. SUCH AN HONOR WOULD BE MEMORIALIZED IN HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO INSPIRE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, EDUCATORS, AND TO UPHOLD THE VALUES SHE EMBODIED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MISS ADAMS WOULD ASK IS THAT WHAT CAN DEMONSTRATE VALUE? WHAT CAN YOU DO? A NO WAS UNACCEPTABLE. IT WOULD NOT BE TOLERATED. FIND A WAY TO DO IT. SHE SAID. IT NEEDED TO GET DONE AND SHE DID IT. THANK YOU.

BOARD. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ROBIN WILLIAMS FOR MARJORIE M ADAMS. I'M GONNA START RIGHT NOW. MY NAME IS ROBIN WILLIAMS, CLASS OF 2024. YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE ME FROM NRG STADIUM DJ OR YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE ME FROM MINUTE MAID, BUT I'M HERE TO REPRESENT MY GRANDMOTHER, AND YOU ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT CROWD TO ME RIGHT NOW. SO RIGHT NOW, I'M REPRESENTING MARJORIE M ADAMS. I AM HER GRANDDAUGHTER. YES, I DJ FOR CELEBRITIES AND I DJ FOR THE STADIUMS. BUT TODAY IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU. YOU ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT CROWD. AND TODAY I ADVOCATE FOR MY GRANDMOTHER

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HIS CLASSES WERE NEVER JUST ABOUT FORMULAS AND EQUATIONS. THEY WERE ABOUT CURIOSITY, PERSEVERANCE, AND DISCOVERING CONFIDENCE IN OUR OWN ABILITIES. BUT WHAT TRULY SET HIM APART WAS THE WAY THAT HE TAUGHT LIFE. ALONG WITH MATH. HE BUILT CHARACTER AS INTENTIONALLY AS HE TAUGHT ALGEBRA. I'M GONNA SKIP AHEAD BECAUSE I'M GONNA RUN OUT OF TIME. ONE OF HIS KEY SAYINGS FOR HIS ALMOST DAILY IN HIS CLASSROOM WAS PEOPLE, YOU GOTTA HAVE PRIDE, WHICH I THINK SOUNDS CORNY MAYBE IN THIS IN THESE DAYS, BUT TEACHING YOUNG PEOPLE TO HAVE PRIDE IN THEMSELVES AND PRIDE IN THEIR WORK IS FUNDAMENTAL. THANK YOU, MR. TRACY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LINDSAY LEO FOR BOB MASSEY. I DON'T THINK THAT SHE IS. OKAY. THEN OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LUKE DORMAN FOR JOE GORECKI. OKAY. HI. MY NAME IS LUKE DORMAN. AS A GRANDKID OF JOE AND DORIS GORECKI, I WANT TO SHARE A PERSPECTIVE THAT GOES BEYOND TITLES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM AN EARLY AGE. WE WATCHED JOE AND DORIS LIVE OUT THE BELIEF THAT SUCCESS IS NOT MEASURED BY WHAT YOU GAIN, BUT BY WHAT YOU GIVE BACK. THEY TAUGHT US THAT IF YOU ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BUILD SOMETHING, WHETHER A BUSINESS OR A FAMILY, YOU ALSO CARRY RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE OTHERS. WE SAW THAT LESSON IN THEIR DAILY LIVES, AND THE WAY JOE APPROACHED LEADERSHIP WITH HUMILITY AND FAIRNESS WHILE BEING MAYOR OF ROSENBERG FOR 12 YEARS, AND THE WAY DORIS SUPPORTS COMMUNITY QUIETLY AND FAITHFULLY, ALWAYS PUTTING PEOPLE BEFORE RECOGNITION.

GIVING BACK IS NEVER A SPECIAL EVENT. IT IS SIMPLY HOW THEY LIVE. THEIR COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE AND PUBLIC SERVICE WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY BOASTED ABOUT. IT IS SOMETHING THEY SIMPLY DEMONSTRATED. WHETHER THAT BE FROM THE SUPPORT THEY HAVE PROVIDED. TSTC TO FURTHER EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR TECHNICAL FIELDS, OR THEIR COMMITMENT TO OAK BEND TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE FOR EVERYONE, A SCHOOL NAMED IN THEIR HONOR WOULD STAND AS A LASTING REMINDER TO STUDENTS THAT CHARACTER, SERVICE, AND COMMITMENT MATTER. IT WOULD REFLECT THE VALUES JOE AND DORIS HAVE LIVED BY EVERY DAY OF THEIR LIVES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PATRICIA BOOKER FOR MARJORIE ADAMS. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING. BOARD. MARJORIE WAS A THIRD GENERATION RESIDENT OF FORT BEND COUNTY. SHE GRADUATED FROM POWELL POINT HIGH SCHOOL IN KENDLETON AND ATTENDED DILLARD UNIVERSITY IN NEW ORLEANS. SHE WAS A A TRAILBLAZER BY EVERY MEANING OF THE WORD. SHE WAS A TAX COLLECTOR IN THE LOCAL OFFICE. SHE WAS A TAX COLLECTOR FOR THE CITY OF KENDLETON RICHMOND, AND SHE ALSO COLLECTED SCHOOL TAXES. AT THE TIME, SHE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT EDUCATION. SHE WAS AN ACTIVIST AND RAN FOR THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN FORT BEND COUNTY SEVERAL YEARS AGO. SHE INDEED HAD A VISION FOR EVERYONE. SHE HAD A PASSION FOR EDUCATION. SHE COMES FROM A FAMILY OF EDUCATORS. MARJORIE. INDEED, MARJORIE INDEED RESONATED. THE VALUES AND MISSIONS ALIGNED WITH THOSE EDUCATION ABOUT EDUCATIONAL VALUES OF THE SCHOOLS. WHAT AN HONOR TO HAVE HER AS MY SISTER. A ROLE MODEL, A THANK YOU, MISS BOOKER. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO TRY THIS AGAIN. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LINDSAY LEAL FOR BOB MASSEY. THAT'S NOT. IT'S YOUR FIRST. IT'S YOUR FIRST. IT'S YOUR FIRST I GUESS. YES. ARE WE SAYING IT WRONG. YEAH. THAT'S NOT HER NAME AT ALL. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? OKAY. OKAY. SOMEONE SIGNED UP. LINDSAY. OKAY OKAY OKAY, OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE PATSY NEAL FOR BOB

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NAMING THE SCHOOL AFTER HER WOULD BE AN HONOR BOTH HER ADVOCATES FOR STUDENTS, FOR HER EFFORTS FOR PRESERVING AND HER COMMUNITY IDENTITY, AND CREATING A LEGACY THAT CONNECTS THE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND THE FUTURE. AS THE MAYOR OF KENDLETON, I SEE HER VALUE, HER MISSION, AND HER WORTH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DOCTOR JOHN STERN FOR HENRY BEN STERN. GOOD EVENING. BOARD. HENRY BEN STERN WAS MY GRANDFATHER. ONE THING.

HE'S NOT A HE WASN'T AN EDUCATOR. HE WAS AN EDUCATOR TO ALL OF HIS GRANDCHILDREN. HE TAUGHT US HOW TO WORK, HOW THE WHAT LIFE WAS ABOUT IN THE FARMING COMMUNITY. WE FORMED ALL THE LAND THAT WAS SURROUNDING LAMAR CONSOLIDATED. AND YOU ALREADY ALLUDED THAT HE HAD GIVEN THE LAND TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HERE. HE WAS AN EDUCATOR, BUT NOT BY TITLE, BUT BY PERSONAL BEING FAMILY ORIENTED, JUST A VERY GREAT INDIVIDUAL. DIDN'T HAVE THE EDUCATION AT THAT TIME THAT BUT HE WAS BESTOWED THAT ON ALL HIS ALL HIS CHILDREN AND TOLD THEM HOW HARD, HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO HAVE AN EDUCATION. AND THAT HAS RESONATED ALL TO THE GRANDCHILDREN. AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD THANK YOU. DOCTOR STERN. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS COCO LILLE.

LILLE FOR HUEY MCCLUSKEY. AND GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. DOCTOR NIVENS, MY NAME IS COCO MIKULSKI. LILLE. I'M DAUGHTER OF HUEY MIKULSKI. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY AND SHARE A FEW THINGS ABOUT MY FATHER. HE CAME FROM VERY HUMBLE BEGINNINGS. HE WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY PERSON IN HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY OF FIVE TO GRADUATE COLLEGE. HE UNDERSTOOD THE VALUE OF EDUCATION AND WORKED IN THE OIL FIELDS DURING THE SUMMERS, AND WOULD LATER GO ON TO WORK IN HIS BOARDING HOUSE TO HELP PAY FOR HIS TUITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, HIS BOARDING HOUSE. HE BECAME GOOD FRIENDS WITH REG TRAYLOR, SON OF GUY TRAYLOR.

MR. TRAYLOR CONVINCED DAD TO COME APPLY HERE AND BE A TEACHER. OF COURSE HE DID. MY MOM CAME ALONG A YEAR LATER. MY BROTHER AND I WERE RAISED HERE. I'M GRADUATE IN 1985 OF LAMAR, MY BROTHER. IN 1984. WE WERE EDUCATED BY SUCH NOTABLE TEACHERS AS CHORUS THOMAS DICK, HEYWOOD HAYGOOD, MAXINE FALLON, DON CARTER, GENE THOMAS, AND ALSO MR. TROY WILLIAMS MENTIONED HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LOGAN LEAL, DRESSER FOR HUEY MCCLUSKEY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LOGAN LEAL, AND I AM THE GENERAL COUNSEL AT HARRIS COUNTY SPORTS AND CONVENTION CORPORATION, NRG PARK. I AM HERE ON MY PERSONAL BEHALF TONIGHT, SO MY THOUGHTS ARE MY OWN. I AM HONORED TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE NOMINATION OF MY GRANDFATHER, HUEY G. MIKULSKI. HE SERVED LAMAR CISD FOR 33 YEARS, BEGINNING IN 1958, AS A PE COACH AT TRAVIS AND LEE, SERVING AS A PRINCIPAL FOR 15 YEARS AND ULTIMATELY AT A PERSONNEL DIRECTOR. WHEN HE RETIRED IN 1991, HE WAS ELECTED TO THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE. HE SERVED IN 1993 AND 1995. ONE NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT FROM HIS TIME IN OFFICE WAS AUTHORING AND PASSING HOUSE BILL 2203, SUCCESSFULLY PASSING INTO LAW A

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OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARLA JURIC FOR MICHAEL AND BEVERLY. RICHARD. GOOD EVENING, MOLLY YORK, CLASS OF 1980. BEVERLY IS A RETIRED EDUCATOR WITH LAMAR CSD WITH 45 YEARS OF SERVICE, 40 OF THOSE HERE IN LAMAR CISD, BUT EVEN THROUGH BEVERLY'S, RETIRED FROM THE CLASSROOM.

THIS SOFT SPOKEN POWERHOUSE OF A LADY CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE FOR EDUCATION. SHE HAS COORDINATED HUNDREDS OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS. SHE IS A CHAIR OF THE TEXAS PROJECT LEARNING TREE AND HAS ANNOUNCED MORE SPELLING BEES THAN I CAN COUNT. SHE AND MIKE CHAMPIONED THE LAMAR EDUCATION AWARDS FOUNDATION, AND BEVERLY IS PRESIDENT OF LEAF, BOTH AS A GREATER AND AS A LUCKY PERSON TO GIVE THOSE GRANTS TO TEACHERS. SHE AND MIKE ALSO VOLUNTEER WITH MEN WHO COOK. SHE IS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE ROSENBERG RAILROAD MUSEUM BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND SHE IS A COMMITTEE CHAIR WITH DELTA KAPPA DELTA, AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES FEMALE EDUCATORS. BEVERLY'S FINE TOUCH CAN BE SEEN IN SO MANY ACTIVITIES WITH FORT BEND COUNTY RETIRED TEACHERS, I MEAN EDUCATORS. I'VE SEEN HER FACE LIGHT UP EVERY SPRING WHEN SHE PRESENTS THE BOOKS TO THE CHILDREN. BEVERLY ALWAYS TOLD HER STUDENTS, I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU. AND TO THIS DAY, THANK YOU, MISS STEWART. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHAD DUBAY FOR BEVERLY AND MICHAEL. RICHARD. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CHAD DUBAY AND I'M HERE TO ON BEHALF OF BEVERLY AND MICHAEL SCHAAD, I MET MIKE RICHARD AS HE WAS AN AUDITOR WITH TEXAS COMMERCE BANK BACK IN THE LATE 70S. AND WE HAD A PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP. GOT ALONG WELL. WE DIDN'T SOCIALIZE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE BECAME BUSINESS FRIENDS. SUBSEQUENTLY, MY WIFE AND I MOVED TO ROSENBERG IN 1981, AND BEVERLY RICHARD WAS MY KIDS KINDERGARTEN TEACHER. SHE WAS WONDERFUL PERSON. SHE TAUGHT HIM NOT JUST THE SUBJECTS, BUT LIFE LESSONS AND GETTING TO KNOW HER. MIKE RICHARD GOT IN TOUCH WITH ME AND HE ASKED ME TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE FOR THE ROSENBERG CIVIC CENTER. IT WAS HIS VISION AND DOROTHY RIMES THAT PUT THAT CENTER OUT THERE. THERE WAS POLITICAL OPPOSITION TO IT, AND HE DIDN'T GO FOR IT. HE KNEW IT WAS FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE, AND WE WENT WITH IT.

AND THAT GYM OUT THERE. THANK YOU, MR. DUBAY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GABRIELLE SNIDER FOR PETE LOPEZ. HI. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TO NOMINATE A MAN WHO WASN'T A POLITICIAN. HE WASN'T A PERSON OF POWER. HE WAS MY GRANDPA. JUST A MAN WHO LOVED HIS FAMILY AND HIS COMMUNITY. PETE LOPEZ WAS A VIETNAM WAR VETERAN WHOSE LIFE OF SERVICE DID NOT END WHEN HE CAME HOME. HIS CHARACTER WAS DEFINED BY HIS HUMILITY, HARD WORK, AND HIS SINCERE DESIRE TO HELP OTHERS. HE WAS NEVER ONE TO SEEK RECOGNITION, YET HIS ACTIONS SPOKE VOLUMES. HE BELIEVED IN DOING WHAT WAS RIGHT EVEN WHEN NO ONE WAS WATCHING, AND HIS SERVICE EXTENDED QUIETLY THROUGH DECADES OF COMMUNITY CARE. HIS STRENGTH WAS IN HIS CONSISTENCY, HIS WORD, AND HIS WILLINGNESS TO LEND A HELPING HAND. ALTHOUGH HE NEVER SOUGHT RECOGNITION, HIS QUIET LEADERSHIP MADE HIM A PILLAR OF THE COMMUNITY. HIS LEGACY

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[9.B. Discussion of annual financial accountability management report regarding the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (Schools FIRST)]

GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DOCTOR NIVENS AND MEMBERS OF THE LAMAR CISD PUBLIC. THIS EVENING I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION OF THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY MANAGEMENT REPORT, BETTER KNOWN AS SCHOOLS. FIRST, THERE ARE SEVERAL GOALS AND INDICATORS OF SCHOOL. FIRST, THE PRIMARY GOALS ARE TO ACHIEVE QUALITY PERFORMANCE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. FINANCIAL RESOURCES A SECOND GOAL IS TO MEASURE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE USING UNIFORM INDICATORS, AND THE FINAL ONE IS TO IMPROVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND TRANSPARENCY OF DISTRICTS. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON THE 2020 2425 FISCAL YEAR. FINANCIAL INFORMATION. AND IT'S ACTUALLY IT'S BASED ON 20 2324 DATA, AND IT HAS 21 INDICATORS. THOSE ARE IN THE AREAS OF CRITICAL SOLVENCY AND FINANCIAL COMPETENCE. INDICATOR NUMBER TEN WITHIN THE SYSTEM IS NOT BEING SCORED THIS YEAR. UNDER THE SCHOOL FIRST RATING SYSTEM. THE RATINGS CAN BE AN A, B, C, OR F RATINGS ON EACH CRITICAL INDICATOR INDICATE INCLUDE A YES OR NO ANSWER, NO ANSWERS ON ANY OF THE CRITICAL INDICATORS.

RESULT IN AN AUTOMATIC F, AND SOME OF THE INDICATORS HAVE CEILING PARAMETERS RATINGS ON THE THE REMAINING INDICATORS OTHER THAN CRITICAL INCLUDE POINT SCORES, EACH ONE WITH A MAXIMUM OF 5 OR 10 POINTS EACH, AND THE MAXIMUM SCORE AVAILABLE IS 100 POINTS. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, DISTRICTS CAN RECEIVE A, B, C, OR F 90 TO 100 IS SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT. THEN B IS ABOVE STANDARD, C MEETS STANDARD AND F BELOW 70 OR NO TO CRITICAL INDICATORS WOULD BE SUBSTANDARD ACHIEVEMENT. LAMAR RSD'S RATING THIS YEAR IS SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT OR AN A WITH A SCORE OF 94. FIRST, I WILL COVER THE CRITICAL INDICATORS. THERE ARE FOUR OF THOSE. NUMBER ONE HAS TO DO WITH WHETHER WE FILED OUR ANNUAL REPORT ON TIME, WHICH WE DID. THERE'S AN UNMODIFIED OR CLEAN OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL REPORT. NUMBER THREE IS WHETHER WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL PAYMENT TERMS AND AGREEMENTS ON DEBT AGREEMENTS. AND THEN

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AS YOU CAN SEE OUR ENROLLMENT GROWTH RATE OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS WAS 26.69%, EXCEEDING PTA'S TARGET OF 7%. CONTINUING WITH EDUCATION WITH INDICATOR NUMBER 12. THIS INDICATOR IS A SOLVENCY INDICATOR, AND IT'S A RATIO OF OUR OUTSTANDING DEBT TO STATE PROPERTY VALUE. IT'S MEASURED ON A SLIDING SCALE OF 4 TO 13.5. THE LOWER THE SCORE, THE BETTER. LAMAR ISD'S RATIO WAS 11.16. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS THAT THE T.A. DOES NOT FACTOR INTO THIS INDICATOR. THE THE PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH AND THE FAST GROWTH NATURE OF LAMAR ISD. IT DOES NOT FACTOR IN THE DEMONSTRATED NUMBER OF HOUSING STARTS, COMMERCIAL GROWTH, OR THE UNDEVELOPED LAND THAT LAMAR CISD HAS WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES. SO WITH THAT, WE SHOULD ALWAYS BEAR IN MIND THAT THE FUTURE VALUE GROWTH IN THE DISTRICT IS VERY IMPORTANT. BUT LAMAR CISD CANNOT CONTROL THAT VALUE. APPRAISALS ARE DONE BY THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. AND THERE'S ALSO SOMETIMES A LEGISLATIVE OR A STATE IMPACT, SUCH AS WHEN WHEN ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS ARE GIVEN TO TAXPAYERS. MOVING TO INDICATOR 13. THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE DISTRICT'S ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO. THE GOAL IS TO BE LESS THAN THE THRESHOLD. LAMAR RSD'S RATIO WAS 5.95%. IT NEEDED TO BE BETWEEN 8.5% AND 18.55%. SO IT WAS WE HAD A VERY GOOD SCORE ON THAT. OUR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES WERE $10.6 MILLION IN THIS OF IN THIS PERIOD, WHICH WAS 2.4% OF TOTAL COST. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COST IS VERY LOW. INDICATORS 17 AND 18 HAVE TO DO WITH WEAKNESSES OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IN INTERNAL CONTROLS, WHETHER THE DISTRICT IS SUBSTANTIALLY A GROWING A GOING CONCERN, WHICH MEANS HAS THE

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WE REPORT IT AND POST IT ON OUR DISTRICT'S WEBSITE. AND WITH THAT, WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. MISS LUDWIG. YES, GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS. WHERE ON OUR WEBSITE CAN THE PUBLIC FIND THIS? CAN YOU POINT THE PUBLIC TO SPECIFIC AREAS? IT'S YES, IT'S UNDER THE BUSINESS OFFICE. THE BUSINESS OFFICE? YES. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE ON THE THE ALL KNOWING FACEBOOK FORUMS FOR LAMAR PEOPLE CHIME IN. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN A LOT, BUT PEOPLE CHIME IN SOMETIMES ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST. AND WHAT IN THE WORLD IS LAMAR DOING? ALL THE MONEY THAT WE COLLECT? ONE OF THE REASONS I RAN FOR THIS BOARD IN 2019 WAS BECAUSE I WAS VERY CONCERNED, AS A TAXPAYER, WHAT THE DISTRICT WAS DOING WITH THE MONEY THAT I WAS PAYING. AND SO WHILE I HAVEN'T ALWAYS VOTED TO APPROVE ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT, THEY'VE ALL BEEN BOARD APPROVED ON, ON THAT LEVEL. AND OF THOSE PROGRAMS, I HAVE BEEN VERY SATISFIED IN OVER SIX YEARS OF OF WATCHING THE DOLLARS AND OF SEEING THESE KIND OF REPORTS THAT YOU AND YOUR, YOUR TEAM HAVE HAVE GOTTEN FOR THE DISTRICT. SO THIS IS I'VE, I'VE LEARNED IT'S TAKEN ME A LITTLE WHILE, BUT I'VE LEARNED THAT THIS REPORT THAT'S THAT'S PUT OUT EVERY YEAR IS A GOOD SUMMARY FOR ANYBODY THAT JUST KIND OF WANTS AN OVERVIEW. THEY DON'T WANT TO JUST A HEADLINE, BUT THEY WANT A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO GO DEEP IN THE WEEDS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF DOCUMENTS ON OUR WEBSITE, FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS. PEOPLE CAN GO DEEP IN THE WEEDS. ANYBODY OUT THERE THAT WANTS TO DO LIKE A DOGE THING IN LAMAR AND COME AND HELP US FIND MONEY THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE SPENDING WISELY, I WELCOME IT. I DON'T THINK THAT WE ARE, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.

THE MORE EYES THE BETTER. BUT THIS IS A GOOD REPORT THAT I WOULD I'M GOING TO POINT FOLKS TO ON ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA SPACES, SO I APPRECIATE THAT ALSO IN HERE, AS AS YOU MENTIONED, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT IS IN HERE. SOME OF OUR I BELIEVE IT'S OUR EXPENSES OR OUR REIMBURSEMENTS THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE'VE TRAVELED TO CONFERENCES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE IN HERE. THIS IS FOR THE 2023 YEAR THAT'S DONE, REPORTED IN 2024. IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S THE 20 2324 DATA OKAY. REPORTED IN 2425. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT ALWAYS LAGS A YEAR. LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'RE UNDER AUDIT FOR 2425. SO IT'S THE THE LAST AUDITED YEAR.

MISS LUDWIG I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THAT A RATING THAT'S EXCELLENT. WOULD YOU SAY THAT THIS REPORT PROMOTES FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY. YES I DO AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THAT COMPLIMENT. BUT IT'S NOT JUST JUST ME. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WORK VERY HARD ON KEEPING OUR RATING WHERE IT IS AND MONITORING THINGS ALONG THE YEAR, AND SO IT'S LIKE I SAY, IT'S IT'S A IT'S A CULMINATION OF A LOT OF WORK BY A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE TIME AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WHERE THE PUBLIC HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN COMMENTING ON THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT REGARDING THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS, PLEASE COME AND STAND BY, MISS JOHNSON. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES. FOR COMMENTS. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME BEFORE YOU BEGIN. OKAY, WE WILL CLOSE THE

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[10. CONSENT AGENDA]

THE STATE NOW REQUIRES US TO PUBLICIZE THE LIBRARY BOOKS BEFORE WE PURCHASE THEM. THE ADMINISTRATION DOES THAT. I'VE DONE THAT ON MY OWN. SOCIAL MEDIA SPACES. AND I JUST WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO THAT ISSUE BECAUSE THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S SOME WHAT I DEEM SOME, SOME FOLKS WITH SOME THEIR INTENTIONS ARE NOT NECESSARILY PURE THAT SEEM LIKE THEY'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO CAUSE TROUBLE WHERE THERE'S NO TROUBLE TO BE HAD. THESE ARE MY WORDS. ONLY I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR ANYBODY ELSE IN THIS BOARD OR THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE ADMINISTRATION, BUT WE ARE FOLLOWING STATE LAW BY PUTTING THIS OUT THERE. I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE VOLUME OF OF MATERIALS THAT LAMAR IS STILL BUYING FOR OUR LIBRARIES, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF BOOKS. AND WE IN THE PAST, WE HAD A REPORT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ABOUT THE NUMBER OF BOOKS THAT WE GET OUT OF THE LIBRARIES AND THE NEW NUMBER OF BOOKS THAT WE PUT INTO LIBRARIES TO TRY TO KEEP UP WITH CERTAIN TRENDS. AND COMPARED TO THE CHECKOUT RATES, IT'S BEEN A CONCERN THAT WE'VE HAD IN SOME OF OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS. BUT WITH THAT SAID, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ANY PARENTS, THAT'S ANY PARENTS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THEIR STUDENT MIGHT BE CHECKING OUT FROM OUR LIBRARIES, THERE IS A SYSTEM THAT YOU CAN BE NOTIFIED OF THAT AND THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING STATE LAW BY PUBLICIZING THIS LIST BEFORE THE DISTRICT GOES AND INVEST MONEY IN THEM. SO. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, I NOW CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CURRENT CONSENT AGENDA. SAY I, I ANY OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. WE WILL NOW HAVE PRESENTATIONS ON THE FUTURE ACTION ITEMS. DOCTOR

[11.A. Bond Update: Discussion of architect RFQ and bond sale]

ARCADIS ARCHITECTURE IS THE ARCHITECTURE FOR THIS. JAMALA CONSTRUCTION WAS AWARDED THIS TO A CMAA WHICH IS A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. THEY HAD THEIR BIDS. THAT CAME IN WAS $397,000 LESS THAN THE SECOND RANKED BIDDER FOR THIS PROJECT. OF OUR 22 BOND PROJECTS, WE HAVE HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS A NEW PROTOTYPE. THERE'S TWO CONTRACTS THAT ARE GOING ON SIMULTANEOUSLY, ACTUALLY, FOR THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW. WE DID THE SITE WORK, WHICH IS AGAIN THROUGH A CMAA AT RISK. THESE ARE OPEN BIDS THAT ANYONE CAN BID IN OUR PUBLIC. KALUZA ENGINEERING IS DOING ALL THE CIVIL WORK. THIS IS OUR ROADS, UTILITIES, DRAINAGE THAT PART. JAMALA CONSTRUCTION IS DOING THE CMAA RISK AT THAT. THEY WERE $279,000 LESS THAN THE SECOND RANKED BIDDER FOR THAT PROJECT. HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER EIGHT IS A NEW PROTOTYPE. IT'S OPENING IN AUGUST OF 27. PBK ARCHITECTURE IS THE ARCHITECT FOR THE PROJECT. JAMALA CONSTRUCTION WAS AWARDED THIS THROUGH A COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL. THIS IS WHERE ALL THE BIDS ARE READ ALOUD AT A MEETING. WHEN BID BIDS ARE OPENING. JAMALA CONSTRUCTION WAS $4,522,000, LESS THAN THE SECOND RANKED BIDDER FOR THAT PROJECT. THE NEXT PROJECT WE HAVE IS OUR CTE CENTER, WHICH OPENS IN AUGUST OF 2026.

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CONSTRUCTION WAS AWARDED THIS TO A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. THEY WERE $397,700 LESS THAN THE SECOND RANKED BIDDER FOR THAT PROJECT. NEXT IS BECERRA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THIS IS A PFLUEGER ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AS OUR ARCHITECT FOR THAT BUILDING. CONSTRUCTION IS OUR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. THEY WERE AWARDED THIS TO A COMPETITIVE CIP PROPOSAL. THEIR BID WAS $2,851,300, LESS THAN THE SECOND RANKED BIDDER FOR THIS PROJECT. THIS PROJECT WILL OPEN IN THE FALL OF 20TH AUGUST OF 2026. SLAWINSKI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPENS IN AUGUST OF 26.

JOINER, ARCHITECT IS THE ARCHITECT FOR THIS FACILITY. JAMALA CONSTRUCTION IS THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. THEY WERE AWARDED THIS TO A COMPETITIVE CIP PROPOSAL. THEIR BID WAS $825,000, LESS THAN THE SECOND RANKED BIDDER FOR THIS PROJECT. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER EIGHT IS A NEW PROTOTYPE. IT OPENED IN AUGUST OF 27. PBK IS THE ARCHITECT FOR THIS FACILITY.

THE CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY METHOD WAS A COMPETITIVE CIP PROPOSAL. JAMAL CONSTRUCTION WAS AWARDED THAT THEY WERE $4,050,022, LESS THAN THE SECOND RANKED BIDDER FOR THAT PROJECT. MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBER EIGHT IS AGAIN. ANOTHER PROTOTYPE OPENS IN AUGUST OF 27.

PBK IS THE ARCHITECT JAMAL CONSTRUCTION WAS AWARDED THE PROJECT TO A COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL. THEIR BID WAS $1,955,000, LESS THAN THE SECOND RANKED BIDDER. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 22 BOND OR ANY PROJECTS? MOVING ON TO THE 2025 BOND? WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE FINANCES, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE PROPS AND THE PROJECTS. SO I'LL INTRODUCE MISS JILL LUDWIG TO COME TALK ABOUT THE FINANCES. GOOD EVENING. SO THE FIRST THING I WILL DO IS COVER A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF ALL THE TIMELINE AND ACTIVITIES THAT WILL WE WILL BE ENGAGING IN DURING THIS 2025 BOND PROGRAM. FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE CONSIDERING FOUR ISSUANCES, SO THEY'LL ALL LOOK SIMILAR TO THE ORDER OF ITEMS THAT I'M GOING TO DISCUSS TONIGHT. SO FIRST, THE PROCESS BEGINS WITH THE PREPARATION AND ADOPTION OF THE BOND ORDER. AND THIS TIME, AS IN MOST TIMES A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION. ALSO, THE PREPARATION OF THE PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND THEN ALSO ADVERTISING AND RECEIVING AND EVALUATING PROPOSALS FOR UNDERWRITERS AND THEN FINALLY FILING OUR SPH GUARANTEE APPLICATION THAT WILL OCCUR THIS MONTH AND NEXT MONTH, STARTING IN JANUARY OR AT THE JANUARY MEETING. ACTUALLY, WE'LL ASK THE BOARD TO ADOPT THE BOND ORDER AND THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION AND ALSO APPROVE THE UNDERWRITING TEAM. IN JANUARY. OUR TEAM DOES OUR DUE DILIGENCE, DILIGENCE, AND WE GO THROUGH THE CREDIT RATING PROCESS. THEN IN FEBRUARY, THE BONDS ARE MARKETED AND PRICED MARCH. WE CLOSED THE TRANSACTION AND THAT'S WHEN WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE FUNDS. AND THEN IN MARCH, WE WILL ASK THE BOARD TO APPROVE INITIAL CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION. SO GOING THROUGH EACH OF THOSE ACTIVITIES IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, THE ORDER IS A FORMAL DOCUMENT THAT'S PASSED BY THE BOARD THAT LEGALLY PERMITS US TO SELL OR ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH ARE REFERRED TO AS GEO BONDS, FOLLOWING A VOTER APPROVED ELECTION. IT SETS ALL THE SPECIFIC TERMS OF THE BONDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ISSUED OR SOLD, SUCH AS THE AMOUNT, THE INTEREST RATES, THE REPAYMENT SOURCES, WHICH IS USUALLY OUR PROPERTY TAX LEVY. THE ORDER IS ALSO SUBJECT TO LEGAL REVIEW BY THE AG'S OFFICE. THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION HANDLES CONDITIONS IN TIMES WHERE BOND PROGRAM RELATED CONTRACTS NEED TO BE ENTERED INTO, TO KEEP THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM MOVING FORWARD. PRIOR TO THE CLOSING OF THE BOND TRANSACTION. THAT'S WHEN WE MIGHT ISSUE PURCHASE ORDERS ON THE GENERAL FUND. WE HAVE DONE THAT A FEW TIMES IN THE PAST, BUT NOT NOT A WHOLE LOT. THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION IS DESIGNED AS A LEGAL DOCUMENT

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THE UNDERWRITERS TAKE THE RISK THAT THE BONDS WILL SELL TO INVESTORS, EITHER ON THE DATE OF THE SALE OR AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. THE SELECTION OF UNDERWRITERS IS MADE WITH AN RFQ REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, WHERE FIRMS ARE ASKED TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS OUTLINING THEIR STRENGTHS AND CREDENTIALS. THE UNDERWRITERS WILL PLACE THE BONDS WITH BUYERS WITH VARYING TERMS LIKE MATURITIES, INTEREST RATES AND CONDITIONS THAT ARE ATTRACTIVE BOTH TO US AS THE DISTRICT AND THE BUYERS. AND IT IT ACTUALLY RESULTS IN LOW INTEREST RATES AND FAVORABLE MATURITIES, WHICH TRANSLATE INTO LOW TAX RATES. THE RFQ IS A SOLICITATION DOCUMENT THAT'S SENT DIRECTLY TO FIRMS. IT'S ALSO POSTED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE. SO MANY, MANY FIRMS ARE ABLE TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS. THOSE PROPOSALS ARE REVIEWED AND ANALYZED BY ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL AS OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, POST OAK. POST OAK ACTUALLY HAS A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO THE DISTRICT. CRITERIA ARE PUBLISHED IN THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENT, AND THOSE CRITERIA ARE USED TO DEVELOP A SCORING OR A RANKING SYSTEM BASED ON THE FIRM'S EXPERIENCE, LOCAL PRESENCE, INNOVATIVE IDEAS AND NET EXCESS FIRM CAPITAL. A SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS ARE PREPARED AND ADMINISTRATION, AND OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR WILL RECOMMEND AN ELIGIBLE LIST OF FIRMS. THEY WILL BE NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND HUB FIRMS. NOT ALL FIRMS WILL PARTICIPATE IN EVERY ISSUANCE OF BONDS. SO WE HAVE A POOL AND WE PICK AND CHOOSE BASED ON THE TYPE OF TRANSACTION. ALL THE FIRMS ON THE LIST WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR ALL OF THE 2025 ISSUANCES, AND REFUNDING AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS THAT OCCUR IN THAT PERIOD BEFORE THE ISSUANCE OF OR BEFORE EACH ISSUANCE OF BONDS. WE WORK WITH OUR MUNICIPAL ADVISOR OR FINANCIAL ADVISOR TO SELECT THE TEAM THAT'S RIGHT FOR THAT TRANSACTION. SO WE LOOK AT THE COMBINATION OF STRENGTHS THAT WILL SERVE THE DISTRICT'S INTERESTS. WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO ISSUING WE WE AS A DISTRICT REQUEST THE SPH GUARANTEE, WHICH IS A PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND GUARANTEE IF THAT IS GRANTED, WHICH IT TYPICALLY IS, IF THERE'S CAPACITY IN THE SYSTEM, OUR CREDIT RATING IS A TRIPLE A RATING ON THE BONDS, WHICH HELPS US ACHIEVE FAVORABLE INTEREST RATES. ALONG WITH THAT, I MENTIONED EARLIER THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD AND THE CREDITING CREDIT RATING ANALYSIS. THE DISTRICT DOES GET AN UNDERLYING RATING THAT SUPPORTS THE TRIPLE A RATING. WE ALSO, DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, PREPARE A SOLICITATION DOCUMENT CALLED AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT. THE. AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCIAL ADVISOR PARTICIPATE IN THE RATINGS REVIEW PROCESS. AFTER THAT, AFTER ALL OF THE DUE DILIGENCE AND COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET, THE BONDS ARE SOLD OR PRICED, THEY'RE MARKETED BY THE UNDERWRITERS, AND TERMS ARE ACCEPTED BY THE DISTRICT, AND THE TRANSACTION MOVES TOWARD CLOSING. AND AND THERE'S A BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT THAT IS SIGNED BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE UNDERWRITERS. MOST OF THE BONDS ARE PURCHASED BY INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS, WHICH ARE BANKS, MUTUAL FUNDS, INSURANCE COMPANIES. BUT INDIVIDUALS CAN ALSO BUY OUR BONDS, AND THEY WOULD CONTACT THE UNDERWRITING TEAM IN ORDER TO DO THAT. AFTER ALL, THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS ARE PREPARED, VERIFIED, ACCURATE AND THE TRANSACTION IS CLEARED, IT'S FUNDED AND CLOSED, AND THEN WE GET THE PROCEEDS OF THE ISSUANCE. WE THEN INVEST THOSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT AFTER CLOSING OF THE TRANSACTION. THEN WE'RE ABLE TO ENTER INTO CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER CONTRACTS AND THEN DO THE ELIGIBLE REIMBURSEMENTS UNDER THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION.

AND WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. MISS LUDWIG. THANK YOU FOR THAT. VERY GOOD

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DOES THAT ENABLE US TO KEEP TAXES LOW? YES. GREAT. THANK YOU MA'AM. YES. ANYBODY ELSE.

NO. OH, ONE MORE PART OKAY. OKAY THEN. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT I BELIEVE. THERE HE IS. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE 2025 BOND. SO WHEN WE START OFF WE TALK ABOUT ARCHITECTS. SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS PROTOTYPES. WE HAVE THREE PROTOTYPES. WE HAVE A PROTOTYPE. WE HAVE AN ELEMENTARY ONE PROTOTYPE AN ELEMENTARY TWO PROTOTYPE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE THE SECONDARY PROTOTYPE WE'RE ASKING FOR PBC. THEY'RE DOING HIGH SCHOOL SECONDARY COMPLEX EIGHT. IF WE WERE TO CHOOSE A DIFFERENT ARCHITECT AND NOT GO WITH THE PROTOTYPE, IT WOULD COST ANYWHERE BETWEEN 10 TO $14 MILLION EXTRA FOR US TO HAVE THAT DESIGNED FROM GROUND UP. IT WOULD ALSO ADD A YEAR TO THE OPENING OF THE SCHOOL. SO INSTEAD OF OPENING IN 2029, THEY WOULD OPEN IN 2030 BECAUSE IT TAKES A YEAR TO COVER THAT. ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BY USING A PROTOTYPE FOR EVERY PROTOTYPE WE USE, IT SAVES ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1 MILLION TO $1.4 MILLION IN ARCHITECTURAL FEES BY REDOING A PROTOTYPE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. ALSO, AGAIN, IT ADDS OR CUTS OFF A YEAR OF THE DESIGN TIME BECAUSE THOSE DESIGNS DON'T HAVE TO BE DONE. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE A RFQ THAT HAS BEEN TURNED IN ON DECEMBER THE 11TH. WE HAVE ROUNDS OF PROCESSES THAT WE GO THROUGH TO EVALUATE THESE ARCHITECTS FOR HVAC, ROOFING SAFETY AND SECURITY AND ANY ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE APPROVED OUT OF THE PAST BOND SAVINGS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ARCHITECT, RFQ OR SELECTION? MR. BUCHANAN, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE WOULD SAVE $6 MILLION BY USING THE PROTOTYPE. AGAIN, DO THE ARCHITECTS I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE REUSING THE DESIGN.

DO THE ARCHITECTS ADD THE EQUIVALENT OF, I GUESS, INFLATION AND THEN GIVE US THE DISCOUNT, OR IS IT THE PRICE OF HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER SEVEN. AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET A DISCOUNT WHEN WE DO THAT FOR HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER EIGHT. SO ALL OF OUR ARCHITECTURAL FEES ARE 7.5% FOR A REMODEL, 6% FOR A GROUND UP DESIGN AND 3% FOR A PROTOTYPE. IT'S BASED OFF THE CONSTRUCTION PRICE. SO YES, INFLATION IS BUILT IN THERE, BUT IT'S BASED ON MARKET VALUE. SO IF THE CONSTRUCTION PRICE IS HIGHER OR LOWER, THEIR FEE GOES UP AND DOWN BASED ON THE FEE OF THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND THE BID AWARDED FOR THAT PROJECT. FOR THE SAKE OF OF PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE. WE WE WOULD NOT KNOW UPFRONT, WOULD WE? AND THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, EDUCATE ME HERE. WE WOULD NOT KNOW NECESSARILY HOW MUCH MONEY WE COULD POSSIBLY SAVE BY USING A PROTOTYPE VERSUS GOING BACK OUT IS IT'S VERY LIKELY WE WOULD SAVE. IS THAT A BEST WAY TO CHARACTERIZE IT? GUARANTEED THAT WE SAVE BECAUSE USING A PROTOTYPE, IT'S AT 3% OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST. IF WE WERE TO GO BACK OUT, IT'S 6% OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST. THAT 3% IS A DEFINITE ADD. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A PRICE RANGE OF THE SECONDARY BETWEEN 10 MILLION TO 14 MILLION, BECAUSE THAT DEPENDS ON THE CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE BUILDING. BUT YES, EVERY TIME WE REUSE THE PROTOTYPE, WE SAVE THAT 3% OF THAT CONSTRUCTION COST. THAT WOULD GO TO ARCHITECT IF WE WERE DOING A BRAND NEW DESIGN. SO IF WE USE THE SAME ARCHITECT FOR SEVEN HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER SEVEN, HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER EIGHT, HIGH SCHOOL VERSUS I GUESS MY QUESTION. LET ME SEE IF I CLARIFY IT. IF VERSUS GOING BACK OUT TO ALL THE ARCHITECTS

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AND THEN THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL COMPLEX AND THEN SECONDARY NINE. AND WE POSSIBLY COULD USE IT AGAIN DEPENDING ON HOW EDUCATIONAL SPECS GO. IF WE CAN JUST TWEAK THE DESIGN THEN WE COULD DO THAT AS WELL. WHAT WOULD BE THE PURPOSE OF CHANGING LIKE? IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T LIKE ABOUT IT, I MEAN, BUT WHY WOULD WE WHY WOULD WE WANT A NEW PROTOTYPE TO BE DESIGNED IF THE IF IT WORKS SOME, SOME THINGS THAT WE DO IS THAT IT'S DRIVEN BY OUR EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS. SO ONE THING THAT WE'RE REQUIRED AS AN OWNER BY STATE LAW IS THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE AN EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATION TO OUR ARCHITECT AND SAY, YOU NEED TO DESIGN BASED ON THESE PARAMETERS. WELL, IF THOSE EDUCATIONAL SPECS CHANGE DRASTICALLY, THEN THAT WOULD CAUSE US TO HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT A NEW REDESIGN, BECAUSE NOW OUR EDUCATIONAL SPACES ARE DIFFERENT. THEY INCLUDE OUR LIBRARIES, OUR COMPUTER LABS, OUR INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOMS, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF SPACES. SO IF THOSE SPACES CHANGE DRAMATICALLY DURING OUR EDUCATIONAL SPEC PROCESS, THEN THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD NEED TO COME BACK AND DO A REDESIGN BASED ON OUR EDUCATIONAL. AND WHERE DO THOSE SPECS COME FROM? THEY COME FROM US. SO IF WE START LOOKING AT IT AND REALIZE LIKE A BIG SHIFT NOT TOO LONG AGO WAS GOING TO PROMETHEAN BOARD'S INTERACTIVE WHEN ADDING MORE WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE FOR OUR CARTS THAT NEED TO GO INSIDE THE CLASSROOMS BECAUSE ONLINE TESTING DUE BY THE STATE. ALTHOUGH THOSE CHANGE OUR EDUCATIONAL SPECS, WHICH REQUIRES US TO CHANGE THE WAY WE BUILD OUR BUILDINGS. SOME OF THEM ALSO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE. SOME SOME STATE LAWS HAVE COME OUT AND SAID, YOU HAVE TO HAVE MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE IN YOUR LIBRARY BASED ON STUDENT ENROLLMENT, PROJECTED ENROLLMENT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO NOW WE GO INTO OUR 2025 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. SO DENZINGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT'S LOCATED NEAR PEAK AND BEECHNUT ALL SIDES WORK HAS ALREADY BEGAN. WE'VE ALSO SCHEDULED TO BE START WORK ON JANUARY OF 2026. THE ROAD UTILITIES AROUND THE SITE ITSELF. THIS IS A PFLUEGER OR JOYNER DESIGN ON THE DANZIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IF YOU WILL LOOK AT THIS ONLY GREEN SPOT BASICALLY THAT'S LEFT OUT THERE.

THAT IS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE. THE REST OF IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT THAT YOU SEE IN THIS AREA HERE, THAT IS THE DETENTION AREA THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO IT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. THE DESIGN FOR THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD. WE WILL BRING BACK A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT CONTRACT HOPEFULLY IN APRIL OF 2026. WE'RE LOOKING AT A COMPETITIVE CIP PROPOSAL FOR THAT, WITH IT OPENING IN AUGUST OF 27. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 40, WHICH IS SECONDARY EIGHT SITE. THIS IS THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE JUNIOR HIGH, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS IS FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON THE FAR LEFT. THIS IS A PFLUEGER DESIGN. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT A CSP FOR THIS DESIGN DEVELOPMENT WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD FOR ACTION IN FEBRUARY OF 2026. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IN MARCH OF 2026. THE CAMPUS WILL OPEN IN AUGUST OF 27. MR. BUCHANAN, CAN YOU DEFINE CSP? WHAT DOES

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ARCHITECTS ARE USUALLY THERE TO HELP. GO THROUGH THOSE AND READ THOSE ALOUD. OKAY. CAN YOU ALL LET THE BOARD KNOW WHEN THAT IS? BECAUSE WHEN THAT DATE COMES. YES, SIR. WHETHER ANY OF US CAN MAKE IT OR NOT, I'M NOT SURE, BUT JUST. JUST FOR SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE IT. YES, SIR. AND SIR? WHERE IS WHERE IS WHERE DO YOU DO THAT? IN THE BOND OFFICE? DEPENDS ON SPACE AVAILABILITY.

IT GETS TIGHT. A LOT OF TIMES WE TRY TO DO IT IN THE SERVICE CENTER WHICH IS NEAR THE PURCHASING. PURCHASING IS IS INSIDE THE SERVICE CENTER. THERE THEY HAVE A TRAINING ROOM.

WE TRY TO DO IT IN THERE OR IN THE BOND OFFICE OR IF WE CAN FIND A SPACE AVAILABLE, DEPENDS ON WHAT WE EXPECT TO TURN OUT TO BE FOR THE THE BIDS. SO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 41 IS IN THE AMBERLY COMPLEX. THIS IS A PFLUEGER DESIGN. WE'LL BE USING CSP FOR OUR CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY METHOD, WHICH IS A COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. DESIGN DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE AN ACTION ITEM AT THE FEBRUARY 26TH BOARD MEETING. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WOULD BE AN ACTION ITEM AT THE MARCH 26TH BOARD MEETING, WITH THE CAMPUS OPENING IN AUGUST OF 2027. THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL, NEW GEORGE, NEW NAVARRO MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE'RE LOOKING INTO CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK WILL BE AN ACTION ITEM AT THE FEBRUARY 2026 BOARD MEETING. WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT DESIGN DEVELOPMENTS, ONE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEN THE JUNIOR HIGH, THEN NAVARRO MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THEN ALL OF THESE CAMPUSES ARE SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN AUGUST OF 2029. THIS IS PBC WILL BE THE ARCHITECT FOR THIS. AGAIN UTILIZING THE PROTOTYPE SET FOR SECONDARY EIGHT. HIGH SCHOOL COMPLEX NINE. JUNIOR HIGH NINE. MIDDLE SCHOOL NINE. AGAIN CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK WILL BE AN ACTION ITEM AT THE FEBRUARY 2026 BOARD MEETING.

THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENTS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE CAMPUSES. OCTOBER OF 26 JANUARY 27TH SEPTEMBER 27TH WITH THE CAMPUSES OPENING AUGUST OF 2029, PBC WILL BE THE ARCHITECT BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE PROTOTYPE. LEAMAN JUNIOR HIGH AND ROBERTS MIDDLE SCHOOL DESIGN DEVELOPMENT WILL BE AN ACTION ITEM. SEPTEMBER 2026 BOARD MEETING CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK WILL BE THE CONTRACT THAT WE'LL BE TAKING ACTION ON AT THE JUNE 26TH BOARD MEETING. THE REASON THAT WE'RE USING THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK IN THIS IS BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY AN EXISTING FACILITY. THINGS CAN ARISE. IT HELPS US ADDRESS THOSE WHERE COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS CURRENT CONDITIONS WITHIN THE FACILITY THAT JUST COME UP. OPENS IN AUGUST OF 2028. WE'RE LOOKING AT PBC AS AN ARCHITECT FOR THIS BECAUSE THEY WERE THE ARCHITECT FOR THE ORIGINAL BUILDINGS. IT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT HARD IF YOU DO AN ARCHITECT FOR AN ADDITION. A DIFFERENT ARCHITECT DID THE MAIN BUILDING. NOW YOU POINT FINGERS IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, IF THE SAME ARCHITECT DOES ALL OF IT, THERE'S ONLY ONE FINGER TO POINT IN ONE DIRECTION. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROP EIGHT PROJECTS BEFORE WE GO TO PROP B? SO FOR THE ROBERTS AND LEHMAN EXPANSION. SO Y'ALL ARE ARE WE DOING IT ON THIS TIMETABLE BECAUSE WE WANT THE EIGHT CAMPUS EIGHT TO OPEN UP SO THAT THERE'S LESS STUDENTS AT LEHMAN. SO WE DON'T NEED THOSE PORTABLES. THAT KIND OF A THING. YES, MA'AM. BECAUSE AT LEHMAN IN PARTICULAR, WE'LL BE HAVE TO MOVE THE PORTABLES TO DO THE ADDITION. SO BY STARTING THE CONSTRUCTION IN JUNE OF 27, THE ENROLLMENT WILL BE THE LEAST THAT IT WILL BE WHEN THE SECONDARY EIGHT COMPLEX OPENS. SO WE CAN COME IN AND DO THE ADDITIONS AND THEN OPEN IT UP WITHIN THE YEAR.

SO I NOTICED THAT. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG WITH RESPECT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER 41 AND AMBERLY SUBDIVISION. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TIMELINE. THE. CONSTRUCTION BEGINS IN MARCH, ENDS IN OKAY. EXPECTED TO OPEN IN A YEAR LATER, ABOUT A YEAR OR 27. SO I'M JUST WONDERING I'M THINKING THROUGH THE THE RELEVANCE OF OF NAMING THE SCHOOL, HOW HOW IMPORTANT IS TO TO NAME THE SCHOOL IN ADVANCE OF, OF A SCHEDULE? I MEAN, IS IT IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE ALL

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WELL, BY KEEPING THE CURRENT NAMING CYCLE THAT WE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, IT ALLOWS US TO ORDER ALL THE PLAQUES OR THE EXTERIOR LETTERING FOR EVERYTHING. THERE'S A SUPER GRAPHICS WHICH GOES THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY IS USUALLY DONE BY MR. COLE-HAMILTON'S TEAM. THEY LOOK AT WHO IT WAS NAMED AFTER, SO IT HELPS BUILD OUT THAT PACKAGE. THAT TENDS TO TAKE QUITE A BIT OF TIME. IT'S 3 TO 4 MONTHS JUST BUILDING OUT THE SUPER GRAPHICS PACKAGE ON THE INTERIOR OF THE FACILITY TO MATCH THE NAME THAT IS GIVEN FOR THE CAMPUS. I SEE. SO IF, IF, LET'S SAY. WE NEEDED CONSIDER THE RED TRACK SCHOOLS THAT ARE BEING MOVED OUT TO TO SPARTAN. AND LET'S SAY I WAS. HAVING TO ORDER FOR NAVARRO MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MAKING SURE THAT THAT THAT NAMESAKE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE PRETTY EARLY IN THE PROCESS.

CORRECT? YES, SIR. MR. COLE-HAMILTON CAN BRING BACK THAT TIMELINE. WE CAN PROVIDE THAT FOR THE LBU, FOR THE FOR THOSE IF, IF, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE NAMES ARE, IF THEY CHANGE, IF THEY DON'T CHANGE, SURE. THAT'S OUTSIDE MY PROCESS. I UNDERSTAND I CAN GIVE MISS COLE-HAMILTON UP HERE. YEAH. NO AND I GET IT. I MEAN I'M NOT AND I'M NOT QUESTIONING THAT PROCESS. JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE THE TIMELINE AND WHAT KIND OF IMPACT THAT WOULD MAKE. YES, SIR. IT REALLY WOULD FOLLOW THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE DOING FOR SECONDARY EIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. SO 2025 PROPOSITION B THE THAT PROPOSITION DID FAIL FROM FROM FROM THE VOTERS.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE A STADIUM AT THOMAS HIGH SCHOOL. THE BOARD APPROVED THE EXPANSION OF SEATING FROM 900 TO 4000 SEATS. IT'S A SEPTEMBER 2025 BOARD MEETING. THE. WE DECIDED TO USE THE 2014 2017 BOND SAVINGS TO FUND THE STADIUM EXPANSION, BECAUSE THAT WAS BEFORE THE LAW PASSED. IT HAD TO BE ITS OWN PROPOSITION. THE MATERIALS WERE ORDERED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025.

THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN IN APRIL OF 26, AND THE REASON BEING IS IT TAKES THAT LONG OF A LEAD TIME BETWEEN THE TIME IT WAS APPROVED AND ORDERED BEFORE THE MATERIAL ACTUALLY COMES IN.

IT OPENS IN AUGUST OF 2026, AND THIS WILL BECOME OUR PRIMARY STADIUM BEGINNING IN AUGUST OF 2026. THIS IS THE PRESS BOX THAT'S ON THE OUTSIDE DISTRICT. STADIUM NUMBER TWO IS JUST A PLACEHOLDER, AS MISS COLEMAN TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, ABOUT POSSIBLY NAMING THAT FACILITY.

AND WE ALREADY HAVE RENDERINGS OF THE LOGOS FOR CAMPUSES ON THE EXTERIOR OF THAT PRESS BOX.

THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE CURRENT PRESS BOX, BUT IT EXPANDING OUT TO 2000 SEATS ON THE HOME SIDE. SO THERE'LL BE 2000 SEATS ON THE HOME SIDE AND 2000 SEATS ON THE VISITOR SIDE.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PROP B? CAN WE JUST STATE AGAIN FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE APPROVED THAT PRIOR TO THE VOTE EVEN TAKING PLACE FOR THE BOND? YOU'RE YOU'RE CORRECT. SO THAT WE'RE NOT GOING BACK NOW JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR THAT THIS WAS A PLAN. THIS WAS PLAN. WE VOTED ON IT BEFORE THE VOTE EVEN HAPPENED. YES, SIR. MR. LAMBERTI WAS VOTED ON AT THE SEPTEMBER 25TH BOARD MEETING, AND IT IS ONLINE FOR PEOPLE TO VIEW THAT VOTE. PERFECT, I LOVE THAT. AND I'LL BRING UP DOCTOR CHAD JONES TO TALK ABOUT THAT. TECHNOLOGY PROPOSITIONS. GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. AND DOCTOR NIVENS. WITH THE PASSAGE OF PROPOSITION C AND D IN THE 2025 BOND, A NUMBER OF TECHNOLOGY TOOLS WILL BE REFRESHED OR ADDED TO OUR ENVIRONMENT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. THE TECHNOLOGY BOND PROPOSITION C AND D WILL BE SPLIT INTO THREE PHASES, WITH PHASE ONE ADDRESSING TECHNOLOGY NEEDS IDENTIFIED FROM 2024 THROUGH 20 2627 SCHOOL YEAR. PHASE TWO WILL BE FOR THE 20 2728 SCHOOL YEAR, AND PHASE THREE WILL BE FOR THE 20 2829 SCHOOL YEAR. TONIGHT, I WILL BE DISCUSSING PHASE ONE PROJECTS. PHASE ONE OF THE TECHNOLOGY BOND PROPOSITIONS INCLUDES THE PROP C PROJECT TO REFRESH ABOUT 1400 MONITORS, 9200 STUDENT LAPTOPS, 63 STUDENT DESKTOPS, 2500 STAFF LAPTOPS, 288 STAFF DESKTOPS, AND 20,000 IPADS. THIS PHASE ALSO INCLUDES THE PROP D 1 TO 1 STUDENT LAPTOP PROJECT OF ADDING 6320 STUDENT LAPTOPS TO OUR SCHOOLS. THE TIMELINE FOR THESE PROJECTS INCLUDES REVIEWING AND DEFINING OUR DEVICE SPECIFICATIONS TO ENSURE WE ARE STILL PURCHASING DEVICES THAT MEET OUR NEEDS. THIS WILL BE FINALIZED IN JANUARY. ALSO DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY JANUARY, WE WILL BE COMPLETING AN INVENTORY AND REVIEW OF CURRENT DEVICES AND LAPTOP CARTS WITH THE INTENTION OF BEING DONE IN MARCH 2026. WITH

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MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING ON, THAT WE'RE STAYING ON TASK. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO BRING UP. I AM CHALLENGING THE PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE THAT THE TAX RATE WOULD INCREASE, RIGHT. BECAUSE THE BOND LANGUAGE ON THE BALLOT SAID THERE'S THIS, THIS WILL INCREASE. THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE. I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE THAT SAW THAT AND HEARD ME SAY THAT THERE IS NO TAX INCREASE. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO FOLLOW ALONG AND WATCH THAT SO YOU CAN HAVE PROOF AND EVIDENCE THAT THAT LANGUAGE ON THE BALLOT DOESN'T IS NOT FITTING FOR US. RIGHT. SO OUR TAX RATE IS $0.48. IT'S GOING TO BE $0.48. AND SO EVERYONE WHO BELIEVED THAT WE WERE NOT BEING TRUTHFUL IN THAT, I'M CHALLENGING YOU TO PAY ATTENTION AND WATCH EVERY BOARD MEETING FROM THIS POINT FORWARD AND SEE IF WE TALK ABOUT THE TAX RATE, SEE IF WE TALK ABOUT INCREASING THE TAX RATE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. RIGHT. AND SO NOW THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT THAT BOND LANGUAGE THAT'S ON THE BALLOT IS NOT FITTING FOR LAMAR ISD. SECOND IS OUTSOURCING. AND SO AS YOU HEARD DOCTOR JONES TALK ABOUT WE USE A THIRD PARTY TO WIPE OUR MACHINES, AS YOU HEARD MISS LUDWIG SAY IN OUR FIRST REPORT, WE ARE ONE OF THE LOWEST. WE ARE ONE OF THE WE. WE HAVE THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF DISTRICTS, OUR SIZE IN ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. THAT MEANS COSTS OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM, YOU KNOW, AND SO PEOPLE SAY THAT WE ARE BLOATED ADMINISTRATIVELY. ONE WAY WE GET AROUND THAT AND BUT

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AND SO WE ALL HAVE A VESTED INTEREST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. ONE IS BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND SECONDLY, BECAUSE WE ALL PAY TAXES TO LAMAR RSD. AND SO AGAIN, ANYONE THAT HAS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR CONCERNS, JUST LOOK AT THE BOARD MEETINGS. YOU CAN EMAIL US AT INFO AT ORG AND ASK QUESTIONS. BUT I'M CHALLENGING YOU AND WHOEVER YOU IS, WHOEVER WHOEVER THAT IS, FOLLOW ALONG AND HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE. AND IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT'S OUT OF PLACE, DEFINITELY BRING IT UP AND WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR CONCERNS THAT ANYONE HAS. THANK YOU. OKAY,

[12.A. Consider approval of Board Operating Procedures]

GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THIS EVENING WE ARE BRINGING BACK THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES TRUSTEES. AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT YOU ALL CREATE, THAT YOU ALL FOLLOW AND IT GUIDES HOW YOU OPERATE WITHIN A BOARD. IT GUIDES YOUR GOVERNANCE AND PRACTICES AS BOARD OF TRUSTEES, INCLUDING YOUR COMMUNICATION NORMS, MEETING PROCEDURES, AGENDA PREPARATIONS, AND ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. THIS DOCUMENT COMPLEMENTS BUT DOES NOT REPLACE BOARD POLICY OR STATE LAW. AND YOUR MOST RECENT BOARD MEETING TRUSTEES. YOU WANTED TO REVISIT THE PROCESS FOR SELECTING BOARD OFFICERS. AND SO WE DID MAKE THOSE EDITS. AT THIS TIME, I CAN TURN IT OVER TO VICE PRESIDENT WELCH SO YOU CAN SHARE YOUR RECOMMENDED EDITS. LAST MONTH WE WE HAD LAST MONTH, I MENTIONED THAT THE PREVIOUS DOCUMENT, I GUESS THE CURRENT DOCUMENT IS A BETTER WAY TO SAY IT. THE CURRENT DOCUMENT IS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. BEFORE THIS VOTE HAD SOME LANGUAGE IN IT ABOUT BOARD OFFICER ELECTIONS. THAT WAS NOT THE PRACTICE OF THIS BOARD. FROM MY TIME ON HERE AND EVEN BEFORE MY TIME ON HERE. AND I DON'T REMEMBER HOW THAT HAPPENED IN THE IN THE LAST TIME WE APPROVED THE BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. BUT THIS IS I SENT MY RECOMMENDATIONS TO MISS COLE-HAMILTON AND SHE'S THE GOOD WORDSMITH AND SHE CAME UP WITH THIS VERBIAGE. AND SO I THINK THIS ADDRESSES OUR PRACTICE ON HOW WE'VE GONE ABOUT IT. AND IT ADDRESSES WHEN WE HAVE BOARD ELECTIONS AND ALSO THE YEARS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE BOARD ELECTIONS. SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS ABOUT IT? I THINK LAST TIME THERE WERE TWO CONCERNS.

ONE WAS ABOUT GRADUATION. YOU RAISED THE WANTING THE CURRENT OFFICERS TO PRESIDE OVER THE GRADUATION, AND THERE WAS ONE OTHER. BUT DO WE THINK THIS FIXES THEM ALL? WELL, PERSONALLY, I'M TIRED OF DEALING WITH THIS DOCUMENT. EXACTLY. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE IS. THIS IS AN INTERNAL, DEEP IN THE WEEDS STUFF. NO ONE CARES ABOUT THIS STUFF EXCEPT THE SEVEN OF US, AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT IT. THAT'S IN JOKE.

THAT'S FOR ANYBODY CALLING. BUT I'M READY TO APPROVE IT AND GET IT OVER WITH. SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY, ANY PASSIONATE, HEARTFELT OPINIONS ON WHAT WE NEED TO CHANGE, PLEASE SPEAK NOW.

OTHERWISE, I REALLY HOPE WE CAN TAKE THIS VOTE AND MOVE ON. ALL RIGHT. ARE WE GOOD THEN? OKAY

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[12.B. Consider approval of Becerra Elementary School and Slawinski Elementary School mascots]

OUR PROCESS IS THE SAME. OUR AREA SUPERINTENDENTS FOR THE COLOR TRACK, MOST LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW CAMPUS, LEADS A COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE OPTIONS FOR THE MASCOT, SOMETIMES WITH INPUT FROM THE NAMESAKE OF THE SCHOOL OR A FAMILY MEMBER. THE OPTIONS ARE NARROWED DOWN TO TOP CHOICES. OUR GRAPHIC ARTS TEAM COMPLETES A GRAPHIC FOR EACH OPTION, AND ONCE THE MASCOT IS SELECTED AND ZONING IS COMPLETE, THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SELECT A NAME FOR THEIR NEW MASCOT. SO THE FIRST CAMPUS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS EVENING IS TONY BECERRA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT'S GOING TO BE LOCATED WITHIN THE RED TRACK. HERE IS A RENDERING OF THAT CAMPUS. AND JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CAMPUS NAMESAKE. MR. BECERRA WAS BORN IN NEEDVILLE IN 1925. HE 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 AND DISTRICT CHAIRMEN. DURING THOSE TERMS, HE EXPANDED THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO FIGHT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AS A FATHER. 14 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 THE TONY BECERRA MINISTRIES. HE LEFT A LEGACY OF HELPING COMBAT HOMELESSNESS, HUNGER, AND SUBSTANCE RECOVERY, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING EDUCATION THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS. SO THE COMMITTEE MET AND THEY HAD THREE TOP OPTIONS. FIRST WAS THE BENGALS. THEY FELT THAT MASCOT DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM THE BASARA FAMILY, SYMBOLIZING STRENGTH AND ENTHUSIASM. THEY ALSO LIKE THE BULLS, WHICH SYMBOLIZE PRIDE, STRENGTH, HONOR, COMMUNITY VALUES, CREATING A MEANINGFUL SCHOOL IDENTITY. AND THEY ALSO SUBMITTED THE BUCKS, WHICH IS A UNIQUE MASCOT SYMBOLIZING NATURE, RESILIENCE AND EXCELLENCE. BUT THE COMMITTEE DID NOTE THAT THE NUMBER ONE CHOICE WAS THE BULL. AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM THE COMMITTEE, THEY WOULD. THEY ASKED IF WE COULD INCORPORATE SOME KIND OF CAMOUFLAGE TO REPRESENT HIS MILITARY SERVICE, PERHAPS A POW MEDAL, AND THEY SAID HIS FAVORITE COLOR WAS RED. THEY ALSO GAVE US A POTENTIAL COLORS, DEPENDING ON WHICH MASCOT WE CHOSE. AND SO BASED ON THE FEEDBACK AND BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE BULL WAS THE COMMITTEE'S NUMBER ONE CHOICE, WE MOVED FORWARD WITH A DESIGN OPTION INCORPORATING A BULL. THESE ARE SOME OF THE EARLY ITERATIONS OF THE BULL. WE HAVE THEM IN MILITARY COLORS, THE GREEN IN THE KHAKI. AND THEN WE DID DESIGN A METAL TO REPRESENT HIS POW SERVICE. WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WHETHER OR NOT THE BULL SHOULD HAVE TEETH OR NOT. LIKE SHOULD HE BE SMILING AND HAPPY? THE BOTTOM LEFT GRAPHIC REPRESENTS A POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL GRAPHIC OPTION. ONCE WE FULLY BUILT OUT. WE DID SHARE THIS VERSION WITH THE COMMITTEE AND THEY GAVE FEEDBACK THAT THEY REALLY DID WANT TO SEE RED INCORPORATED.

AND WE ALSO THOUGHT WHY NOT? IT'S A RED TRACK SCHOOL. AND SO THIS IS THE MOST RECENT UPDATED GRAPHIC OF THE BULL THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. AND WE UPDATED THE POW MEDAL TO ACTUALLY REFLECT THE COLORS OF A POW MEDAL. OUR NEXT STEPS ARE TO CONTINUE TO REFINE THE DESIGN AND BUILD OUT THE FULL GRAPHICS PACKAGE. THE SECOND CAMPUS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS EVENING IS ALMA LEMON SLAVINSKI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH WHICH WHICH WILL BE LOCATED WITHIN THE PURPLE TRACK. AND HERE IS A RENDERING OF THAT CAMPUS. AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CAMPUS NAMESAKE. MISS SLAVINSKI WAS BORN IN 1934, IN PHILADELPHIA. 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. SHE RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS FROM LAMAR CISD AND THE INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN SOCIETY. 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 OAK BEND HOSPITAL, AND INTERPRETING AT GEORGE RANCH HISTORICAL PARK.

SHE HELD MANY POSITIONS AT THE HOLY ROSARY CATHOLIC CHURCH THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AND SHE WAS MOST ACTIVE IN THE CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS, SO THE COMMITTEE FEEDBACK INCLUDED THREE TOP OPTIONS. NUMBER ONE WERE THE SLUGGERS, AND THEY WANTED TO SEE AN ARKANSAS BEAR REPRESENTING HER LOVE OF THEATER AND BASEBALL UNIFORM, HONORING HER LOVE OF THEATER, AND IN A BASEBALL UNIFORM HONORING HER LOVE OF BASEBALL. THEY ALSO SUBMITTED THE SHARKS, REPRESENTING HER BOLDNESS, AMBITION, AND DETERMINATION TO SUCCEED WHILE ALSO STILL DONNING A BASEBALL UNIFORM. AND THE THIRD OPTION WAS A SHOWSTOPPER, AND THEY SAID IT COULD BE A STARFISH, PERHAPS HER REPRESENTING CARING PERSONALITY, ADAPTABILITY,

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SO WE ARE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE MASCOT AND THE COLORS AS PRESENTED.

ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION. MR. COLE-HAMILTON, ARE YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE GRAPHICS TEAM'S GOING TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND AND WORK ON THIS SOME MORE. IS THAT IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? SOME THINGS THAT WE DO LIKE THAT BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. SO WE'LL TAKE THE GRAPHIC AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO REFINE IT.

THEY MAY SAY WE WANT THE BULL WITH HIS HANDS ON HIS HIPS OR SAYING, HEY, SO WE'LL DO ELEMENTS LIKE THAT. WE'LL CONTINUE TO REFINE THE GRAPHIC. OFTENTIMES THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUS WILL WANT A CAP AND GOWN OR MORTARBOARD ON THE HAT ON THE HEAD OF THE MASCOT. SO WE'LL DO THAT. BUT CREATING LIKE THE SEAL AND THOSE ELEMENTS ARE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO REFINE. BUT THE BASE DESIGN IS WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING TONIGHT ON THAT LAST SLIDE. CAN YOU REMIND ME WHO SITS ON THE COMMITTEES TO DO THIS? YES. THE AREA SUPES TYPICALLY PULL PEOPLE FROM THE EXISTING CAMPUS. THEY INVITE PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND SOMETIMES ADDITIONAL DISTRICT LEADERS OR OTHER CAMPUS LEADERS. OKAY, AWESOME. WELL, THEY'RE REALLY CUTE. THEY'RE SO CUTE. I MEAN, ALL OF OUR MASCOTS. YES, THE PAST FEW WE'VE OPENED, THEY'RE JUST KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK. SO GOOD JOB TO THE DESIGN TEAM. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO APPROVE THE ADOPTION OF MASCOTS AND COLORS FOR THE FOLLOWING CAMPUSES AS PRESENTED. SLAVINSKI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASCOT AS THE SHARKS. COLORS RED, BLUE, AND GOLD. AND BECERRA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASCOT AS THE BULLS. COLORS RED AND GREEN. SURE, TRUSTEE BOX MAKES THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND TRUSTEE? LAMBERT SECONDS. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, I'LL NOW CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, WE HAVE DOCTOR

[12.C. Consider approval of SB1882 contract with Lamar Legacy Partners and application ]

DOCTOR NIVENS, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE IN THE THEME OF SOMETHING FUN IN THIS DISCUSSION. TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS AN ACTION ITEM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BRIGHT FUTURES ACADEMY AT BEASLEY ELEMENTARY. AND THIS PRESENTATION IS ABOUT ENVISIONING A FUTURE OF POSSIBILITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS, ONE WHERE CHOICE IS NOT JUST A BUZZWORD, BUT A COMMITMENT WE MAKE TO EACH FAMILY AND EACH STUDENT AT BRIGHT FUTURES ACADEMY AT BEASLEY ELEMENTARY, OUR GOAL IS TO GET YOUR APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONTRACT PARTNERSHIP WITH LAMAR LEGACY PARTNERS UNDER SENATE BILL 1882. TONIGHT, WE WILL SHARE THE VISION AND MISSION OF BRIGHT FUTURES ACADEMY AT BEASLEY ELEMENTARY.

WE'LL EXPLAIN THE STUDENT AND FAMILY EXPERIENCE. WE'LL CLARIFY ENROLLMENT CRITERIA AND TIMELINES, AS WELL AS REVIEW THE OVERALL PROJECT. PROJECT TIMELINE. IN LAMAR CISD AND ACROSS THE STATE. WE'RE SEEING. A RISE IN YOUNG STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER WHO REQUIRE SPECIALIZED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. BRIGHT FUTURES ACADEMY AT BEASLEY ELEMENTARY ALLOWS US TO OFFER A HIGHLY STRUCTURED, THERAPEUTIC, INDIVIDUALIZED PROGRAM THAT'S SUPPORTED BY A SENATE BILL, 1882 PARTNERSHIP. THERE ARE FEW CHARTERS SCHOOLS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, EVEN FEWER PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO AS YOUNG LEARNERS EXPERIENCE SENSORY OVERLOAD, PHYSICAL AGGRESSION, AND ELOPEMENT BEHAVIORS IN TRADITIONAL SCHOOL SETTINGS, MANY OF THE SCHOOLS CAN'T MEET THEIR NEEDS. MANY EARLY CHILDHOOD TO SECOND GRADE STUDENTS WITH ASD REQUIRE HIGHLY STRUCTURED, SPECIALIZED

[02:25:01]

CAMPUS. BRIGHT FUTURES ACADEMY AT BEASLEY ELEMENTARY IS DESIGNED TO MEET THIS NEED AND SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE STUDENT COMMUNICATION AND SELF-REGULATION SKILLS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. SO THE VISION THAT BRIGHT FUTURES ACADEMY AT BEASLEY ELEMENTARY IS TO EMPOWER STUDENTS TO THRIVE BY INTEGRATING INNOVATIVE, EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES THAT DEVELOP COMMUNICATION AND SELF-REGULATION SKILLS, PREPARING THEM FOR LIFELONG SOCIAL, ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIORAL SUCCESS. IN THIS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN LAMAR CISD AND LAMAR LEGACY PARTNERS BRIGHT FUTURES ACADEMY, OUR MISSION IS TO EMPOWER STUDENTS TO THRIVE ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY THROUGH THAT PERSONALIZED LEARNING EXPERIENCE, INNOVATIVE TEACHING, AND A STRONG COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP. BOTH LCISD AND LAMAR LEGACY PARTNERS ARE COMMITTED TO MEETING EACH LEARNER WHERE THEY ARE, AND EQUIPPING THEM WITH THE SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE NEEDED TO CREATE A BRIGHT FUTURE AND MAKE MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD. NOW WE'LL HAVE MISS TIFFANY MATHIS COME UP AND SHARE SOME OF THE PROGRAM INSIGHTS AROUND BRIGHT FUTURES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF ATTENDING BRIGHT FUTURES ACADEMY ARE THE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING, THERAPEUTIC INTEGRATION, BEHAVIORAL COLLABORATION WITH BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS, SENSORY RESPONSIVE ENVIRONMENTS, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND REAL WORLD EXPERIENCES. OUR PARENT AND IN-HOME AND OR COMMUNITY BASED INSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS HAVING OUR CAMPUS LEADERSHIP AND ALL STAFF TRAINED IN EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES WITH REQUIRED ONGOING TRAINING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING ALLOWS US TO DELIVER INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT BY ADAPTING TO EACH STUDENT'S UNIQUE LEARNING STYLE, COMMUNICATION NEEDS, AND SELF-REGULATION, THEREBY PROMOTING OPTIMAL ENGAGEMENT.

IT ALSO HELPS REDUCE STRESS AND BURNOUT, FOSTERING A HEALTHIER AND MORE PRODUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF. BY UTILIZING NONTRADITIONAL ATTENDANCE MODELS. ADDITIONALLY, THIS APPROACH ALLOWS TIME FOR THERAPY SESSIONS, SENSORY BREAKS, AND MEANINGFUL FAMILY INVOLVEMENT WITHOUT DISRUPTING ACADEMIC PROGRESS. THE ENTIRE CAMPUS WILL OPERATE WITHIN A THERAPEUTICALLY INTEGRATED MODEL, INCLUDING ALL EXTENSION ACTIVITIES SUCH AS PLAY THERAPY, MOVE THERAPY, MOVEMENT THERAPY, AND MUSIC THERAPY. BRIGHT FUTURES BRIGHT FUTURES ACADEMY AT BEASLEY ELEMENTARY WILL USE A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO DEVELOP THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED BY SPECIALISTS WHO COLLABORATE TO CREATE INDIVIDUALIZED THERAPEUTIC PLANS EMBEDDED DIRECTLY INTO EACH STUDENT'S DAILY ROUTINE. FOR EXAMPLE, OUR SPEECH AND LANGUAGE STRATEGIES WILL BE REINFORCED THROUGH SMALL GROUP SOCIAL SKILLS LESSONS, WHILE SELF-REGULATION STRATEGIES WILL BE TAUGHT BY SPECIAL EDUCATION COUNSELORS WITH DEDICATED TIME TO STRENGTHEN PREVIOUSLY LEARNED SKILLS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THIS THERAPEUTIC FOCUS ALSO EXTENDS TO FAMILY ENGAGEMENT TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY AND CONTINUITY ACROSS ENVIRONMENTS. THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW, BECAUSE WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON MORE THAN JUST EDUCATIONAL ACCESS TO ENSURE THERE IS A LONG TERM IMPACT FOR THE STUDENT AND THEIR ABILITY TO ACCESS THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THE WORLD. BEHAVIOR SUPPORT WILL BE GUIDED BY BOARD CERTIFIED BEHAVIOR ANALYST THAT WILL INCLUDE OBSERVATIONS, GOAL SETTING, COACHING FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS, AND SPECIALIZED INTERVENTIONS. APPLIED BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS PRINCIPLES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED TO ENSURE EVERY DECISION IS DATA BASED, AND EVERY PLAN IS CONTINUOUSLY

[02:30:02]

THE CLASS SIZES ARE BASED ON THEIR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER LEVEL. THEREFORE, STUDENTS WHO MEET THE LEVEL ONE CRITERIA WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 15 STUDENTS WITH TWO ADULTS IN THE CLASSROOM. LEVEL TWO STUDENTS WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM OF TEN STUDENTS WITH THREE ADULTS IN THE CLASS. AND THEN OUR LEVEL THREE STUDENTS WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM OF FIVE STUDENTS WITH FOUR ADULTS IN THE CLASS. THE SCHOOL YEAR WILL HAVE A MINIMUM OF 175 DAYS. TRANSPORTATION WILL BE PROVIDED IF DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE ARD COMMITTEES, AND THERE WILL BE A MAXIMUM OF 300 STUDENTS AT THE CAMPUS. THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA REQUIRES THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE AN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, WHICH INCLUDES DEFICITS IN SOCIAL COMMUNICATION AND RESTRICTED REPETITIVE PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR. THEY MUST ALSO HAVE AN IEP AND DEMONSTRATE A NEED FOR COMMUNICATION AND SELF-REGULATION. SUPPORTS.

ADDITIONALLY, STUDENTS MUST BE ENROLLED IN LAMAR CISD, RESIDE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES, THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, AND PARENTS MUST SIGN A FAMILY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OUTLINING SHARED GOALS, ATTENDANCE EXPECTATIONS REQUIRED, PARENT TRAINING, AND PARTICIPATION IN STUDENT PROGRESS MEETINGS. THIS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A POSSIBLE DAILY SCHEDULE THAT REFLECTS THE STRUCTURED, THERAPEUTIC, AND INDIVIDUALIZED NATURE OF THE PROGRAM.

ACADEMICS, THERAPY AND SENSORY BREAKS ARE SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATED. FOR EXAMPLE, P.E.

WILL BE MORE SENSORY FRIENDLY AND RECESS WILL BE STRUCTURED TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN STUDENTS. TO ENSURE TEACHERS HAVE APPROPRIATE PLANNING TIMES, THERE WILL BE AN INNOVATIVE SCHOOL DAY ONCE PER MONTH, AND WEDNESDAYS WILL BE HALF DAYS FOR THERAPY AND COMMUNITY BASED TRAINING. TEACHERS WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL TRAINING DURING THIS TIME TO ENSURE THAT THEY STAY WELL EQUIPPED WITH TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR THEIR STUDENTS. ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO UTILIZE THIS STAFF AS BUILT IN TRAINERS FOR LAMAR CISD STAFF, TO ENSURE EVERYONE IS BETTER PREPARED TO WORK WITH STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. THANK YOU.

SO OUR COMMITMENT TO PARENTS IS TO CREATE A SAFE, SUPPORTIVE, ELITE THERAPEUTIC LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WHERE EACH STUDENT CAN GROW ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY AND BEHAVIORALLY. WE WILL

[02:35:06]

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AND SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO WANT TO INUNDATE THE CAMPUS WITH THE LEVEL THREE STUDENTS AND NOT BE ABLE TO GROW AS MANY STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE LIMITED THE NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS WE COULD HAVE HAD. RIGHT. SO I'M SORRY, CAN YOU JUST REPEAT NOW THAT I'M LOOKING AT IT? SO LEVEL ONE, YOU SAID FOUR CLASSROOMS. FOUR CLASSROOMS. OKAY. YES, YES. AND THEN THREE OF BOTH. THE OTHER. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE, AS BOARD MEMBERS, MISS HUTSELL AND I MET WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND MISS MATHIS AND SUPERINTENDENT HERE. EXCUSE ME. PHILLIPS, TO HAVE A PERSONAL DISCUSSIONS AND ASK ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS BEHIND THE SCENES. SO I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I'M SURE THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS DID. WE MET IN SMALL GROUPS. THE ONLY ONE I WANT TO ASK NOW, FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC, IS CLARIFYING ALL THE CAMPUSES THAT CURRENTLY HAVE AUTISM CLASSES WILL CONTINUE. IN ADDITION TO THIS ONE SPECIFIC CAMPUS. COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT? YES. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A CONTINUUM OF SERVICE OPTIONS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, STUDENTS IN LAMAR ISD WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER ACCESS ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. THEY ARE IN OUR GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS, AND THEN THEY'RE IN SELF-CONTAINED CLASSROOMS. SO THIS WILL BE IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING. BUT THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE THE LEVEL OF THERAPEUTIC SUPPORTS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED. THE REQUIREMENT UNDER FEDERAL AND STATE LAW IS THAT WE PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL ACCESS WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THERAPIES. BRIGHT FUTURES BRIGHT FUTURES ACADEMY AT BEASLEY ELEMENTARY WILL BE LOOKING AT EXTENDED THERAPY AND LOOKING AT THE WHOLE CHILD AND NOT JUST EDUCATIONAL ACCESS. THIS CAN BE A QUESTION FOR EITHER OF YOU. CAN YOU EXPLAIN FOR THE PUBLIC WHY THIS IS SOMETHING A SCHOOL WE CAN DO ONLY UNDER THE 1882 AGREEMENT? YES, MA'AM. SO UNDER THE 1882 AGREEMENT, THIS CAMPUS IS TECHNICALLY A CHARTER SCHOOL, WITH IT BEING A CHARTER SCHOOL. WHEN WE SUBMIT OUR APPLICATION, WE WILL ASK FOR CERTAIN FLEXIBILITIES THAT ARE ALLOWED FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY ALLOWED FOR TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS. SO THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A FLEXIBLE SCHOOL DAY WHERE STUDENTS MAY NOT HAVE TO BE AT SCHOOL FIVE DAYS A WEEK, SEVEN HOURS A DAY, WHICH WE BELIEVE WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO A LOT OF PARENTS. IT WILL ALLOW US TO BE CREATIVE WITH PROVIDING EXTRA TIME FOR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN WAYS THAT WE CURRENTLY AREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT. I THINK ALSO DURING OUR MEETINGS, WE MENTIONED THAT THIS WILL ALLEVIATE MUCH OF THE COST THAT SOME PARENTS FACE WHEN CARING FOR THEIR AUTISTIC STUDENTS IN THE FORM OF THERAPY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE WE'LL BE ABLE TO ALLOW THE

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AND THIS IS NOT A DISCIPLINARY SETTING. NOT AT ALL. THIS IS A PROGRAMING OPTION TO SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS. WHERE WILL THE CURRENT BEASLEY STUDENTS GO ONCE THE SCHOOL OPENS. SO DOCTOR MAXWELL IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT REZONING WHEN HE COMES UP. BUT THOSE STUDENTS THE PLAN CURRENTLY IS FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO BE REZONED TO THE BRAND NEW CAMPUS THAT'S OPENING UP MAYBE TWO MILES AWAY FROM CURRENT BEASLEY. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A MIXED POPULATION SCHOOL. IT'S GOING TO BE ONLY FOR THE AUTISTIC STUDENTS, CORRECT? CORRECT. IT WILL. LIKE WE SAID, IT IS A CHARTER SCHOOL WHICH IS A SCHOOL OF CHOICE. PARENTS WILL CHOOSE TO SEND THEIR KIDS THERE. OKAY. AND BY CHANCE, IF WE HAVE MORE APPLICANTS THAN WE HAVE SPACE FOR, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? WILL THERE BE A LOTTERY SYSTEM OR A WAITLIST? YES, MA'AM. BOTH OF THOSE WILL CONDUCT A LOTTERY SYSTEM BASED ON OUR INITIAL ENROLLMENT. IF WE EXCEED THE REQUEST OF 100, WE ALLOCATE 100 SEATS. IF WE EXCEED THAT REQUEST, WE'LL ESTABLISH A LOTTERY SYSTEM, AND THEN WE'LL ESTABLISH A WAITLIST THEREAFTER. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE GOAL IS TO ADD ONE GRADE PER YEAR. YES, MA'AM. UP UNTIL FIFTH GRADE, WE'LL ADD A GRADE A YEAR.

REALLY MONITORING THE LEVELS OF STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING IN SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE PROPER SUPPORT TO EACH STUDENT. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? YES. SO I'LL GO AHEAD. OKAY. HOW WOULD I JUST KIND OF WANT TO BACK UP A LITTLE BIT AND ASK WITH RESPECT TO THE POPULATION, THE ASD POPULATION, HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE THE SIZE OR GROWTH WITHIN THE DISTRICT? ARE WE SEEING AN INCREASE IN STUDENTS WITH THIS CONDITION? YES. WE CURRENTLY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 800 1800 STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, AND WE HAVE ALMOST DOUBLED THAT IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS. OKAY. AND HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF STATE TRENDS AND SO FORTH? I WOULD HAVE TO COMPARE THE STATE TRENDS, BUT AUTISM IS ON THE RISE. DOCTOR, DOCTOR PHILLIPS TALKED ABOUT THE CDC AND HAVING ONE OUT OF 31 STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS. SO IT IS DEFINITELY ON THE RISE.

WE'RE FEELING IT HERE IN OUR DISTRICT AND ACROSS THE STATE. I JUST DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC STATE NUMBERS. THAT'S FINE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT YOU KNOW OF WITH A SIMILAR PARTNERSHIP IN THE AREA OR IN THE STATE OF TEXAS? I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE CHARTERING OR HAVE ANY DISTRICT CHARTER THAT THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR STUDENTS. SO WE WOULD BE ON THE FOREFRONT, OKAY. AND UTILIZING OUR INNOVATIVE OKAY APPROACH AND DOING SOMETHING ALONG THESE LINES NOW. WOULD THE ULTIMATE GOAL BE FOR FOR THIS POPULATION OF STUDENTS TO INTEGRATE INTO A CLASSROOM? YES. THE ULTIMATE GOAL FOR ALL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY IS TO BE DISABILITIES IS TO BE INTEGRATED WITH THEIR NON-DISABLED PEERS. WE WILL LOOK AT WORKING WITH A A CAMPUS CLOSE ENOUGH TO BEASLEY ELEMENTARY. WHEN OUR STUDENTS ARE PREPARED TO GO OUT AND START TO INTEGRATE WITH THEIR NON-DISABLED PEERS, BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR TEACHERS OR PARAPROFESSIONALS SHADOW THEM SO THAT THEY CAN HELP THEM WORK THROUGH THEIR SELF-REGULATION OR ANY TYPE OF ANXIETIES THAT THEY MAY HAVE AS WE START TO INTEGRATE. SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE STRATEGY SO THAT THEY'RE PREPARED WHEN THEY ARE PLACED BACK WITH THEIR NON-DISABLED PEERS SO THAT THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL. OKAY. WELL, THIS BE OPEN TO ANY CHILD WHO RESIDES IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

LET'S SAY THERE'S A CHILD WHO'S CURRENTLY AT A PRIVATE INSTITUTION. WOULD THEY BE ELIGIBLE TO BE PLACED WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL IF THEY ARE DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, AND THEY RESIDE WITHIN LAMAR CISD BOUNDARIES, THEN THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THE CHARTER SCHOOL. OKAY, SO WHAT ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS WOULD BE A CHARTER SCHOOL AS YOU AS YOU EXPLAINED IT. SO WE'D BE PARTNERING WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOL WHO WOULD BE ULTIMATELY ACCOUNTABLE. WHO WOULD THEY BE ACCOUNTABLE TO FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FOR ACADEMICS AND FOR MANAGEMENT IN GENERAL? YES, SIR. SO THOSE THINGS WILL BE WRITTEN INTO THE CONTRACT SO THAT THE DISTRICT, AS THE AUTHORIZER, WILL HOLD THE CHARTER OPERATOR ACCOUNTABLE FOR ACADEMICS,

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YES. THESE ARE THE GOALS SET BEFORE US, BUT ULTIMATELY THEY'RE LAMAR CISD KIDS. SO LAMAR CISD AS THE AUTHORIZER IS STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE KIDS. OKAY, GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE OVERVIEW. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE. I THINK THIS IS INNOVATIVE SOLUTION FOR A SPECIAL POPULATION. I'M EXCITED THAT THAT WE'RE AT THIS JUNCTURE.

THANK YOU. MR. LAMBERT. I HAVE A QUESTION. SO GOING A LITTLE BIT OFF OF WHAT YOU JUST ASKED.

YOU SAID OPERATING PARTNER. AND IN ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT SAID OPERATING PARTNER. SO WHAT CONTROL WOULD LAMAR LEGACY PARTNERS HAVE IN THE DAY TO DAY DECISIONS. YEAH. SO AUTONOMY OVER SOME OF THE STUDENT INTERACTIONS IN THE WAY THAT THE STUDENTS SCHOOL DAY IS OPERATED, THE CAMPUS WILL HAVE THAT AUTONOMY TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS WITHOUT HAVING TO STICK TO A STRICT SCHEDULE OF X AMOUNT OF MINUTES PER SUBJECT.

LIKE RIGHT NOW, OUR TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS HAVE TO REACH X AMOUNT OF MINUTES PER CORE SUBJECT.

WELL, BEING IN THE CHARTER ENVIRONMENT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO REACH THOSE MINUTES OF THE AUTONOMY AND THE FLEXIBILITY WILL BE THERE FOR THE CHARTER SCHOOL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, AS A TRUSTEE, I'M EXTREMELY PROUD ABOUT, AND A LOT OF TIMES THE THE WORK IS DONE BY THE EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT. AND SOMETIMES AS TRUSTEES, WE GET TO RIDE ON THE COATTAILS OF ALL THE AWESOME AND INNOVATIVE STUFF. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M PROUD THAT WE ARE STEPPING INTO THIS, THIS AREA BECAUSE I KNOW, I MEAN, I KNOW EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IN THIS ROOM. WE CAN PICTURE A FAMILY RIGHT NOW THAT CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS. AND KNOWING WHAT SOME OF THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS CHARGE FOR THIS TYPE OF CARE, THIS WILL BE A MASSIVE BLESSING TO OUR COMMUNITY. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A POINT OF THE STEWARDSHIP PIECE OF AS US, AS TAXPAYERS AND MANAGERS OF IT THAT WE.

LAST NIGHT, ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS HAD TO PUT OUT A PLAN TO POSSIBLY CLOSE SEVEN SCHOOLS, AND NOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE CAMPUSES THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE UTILIZED. AND SO THE STEWARDSHIP PIECE OF THIS IS THAT WE ARE OPENING UP A BRAND NEW CAMPUS ACROSS 59 FROM THIS BUILDING, AND WE'RE IMMEDIATELY GOING GOING TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE IT RIGHT AWAY. SO THE MONEY THAT WAS SPENT ON PREVIOUS BONDS AND PREVIOUS THINGS TO GET THAT CAMPUS UP TO THE AMAZING STATE IT IS IN NOW, WE'RE UTILIZING IT RIGHT AWAY.

AND SO FOR FUTURE DOWN, DOWN THE LINE IS WHENEVER WE OPEN UP THE NEW RED TRACK, THINGS LIKE THIS CAN TAKE PLACE IN THOSE BUILDINGS. AND SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO STEP INTO A SPACE FOR A FAMILY, AND NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO, BUT BECAUSE WE SEE A NEED IN OUR STAFF ARE WILLING TO MEET THAT NEED FOR THESE FAMILIES. I THINK I'M EXTREMELY PROUD. AND MR. ROYCE WAS IN MY MINI MEETING. AND SO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS HE ASKED, I WAS GOING TO ASK BECAUSE WE BOUNCE THINGS OFF EACH OTHER TOO. SO AGAIN, AS A TRUSTEE, I'M PROUD THAT WE'RE STEPPING INTO THIS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR BEING CREATIVE, DOCTOR NIVENS AND WITH YOUR TEAM TO HELP MEET THESE NEEDS OF THESE FAMILIES THAT ARE SOMETIMES LIKE, OKAY, HOW DO I GET THE BEST FOR MY CHILD? SO YEAH, THAT'S. COULD YOU VERY SIMPLY FOR THE PUBLIC, EXPLAIN A CHARTER SCHOOL? SURE.

SO VERY SIMPLY I'LL TRY. SO A NORMAL CHARTER SCHOOL, YOU TAKE A IDEA, A KIPP, A YES. PREP THEY'RE AUTHORIZED BY TO IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THEY'RE STANDALONE. THOSE ARE SUBCHAPTER D CHARTERS. WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS A SUBCHAPTER C CHARTER. SAME FLEXIBILITY, SAME ALLOWANCES. ONLY NOW THE DISTRICT IS THE AUTHORIZER VERSUS T.A. BEING THE AUTHORIZER. AND THE DISTRICT IS AUTHORIZING THEIR OWN CHARTER WITHIN. THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT COMES WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOL. WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. AND THOSE OTHER FLEXIBILITIES THAT WE SPOKE OF EARLIER AND JUST THE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO SAY, THIS SCHOOL DOESN'T WORK FOR MY KID. I WANT TO CHOOSE TO SEND THEM TO THAT SCHOOL. IS THAT ALL RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. SO BOARD A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET ON THE RECORD, MISS MATHIS. WE OR YOU RATHER MET WITH SEVERAL FOCUS GROUPS WHO WHAT FOCUS GROUPS DID YOU MEET WITH AGAIN? YES, I MET WITH A TEACHER FOCUS GROUP TO

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SO THEY'LL BE ALREADY SOUGHT AFTER. RIGHT. AND SO WE WANT TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT EVERY LITTLE PIECE OF EVERY PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO END RESULT IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO HELP STUDENTS WHEN THEY LEAVE US BE POSITIVE, PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND GO OUT AND MAKE THEIR OWN LIVING. AND SO THE 1882 AGREEMENT HAS A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION IN OTHER PLACES, BECAUSE NORMALLY IT'S USED FOR INTERVENTION. SO WE HAVE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE FAILING CAMPUSES. THEN THEY ENTER INTO THESE AGREEMENTS TO KIND OF SLOW DOWN THE AGENCY FROM TAKING OVER. WE'RE USING IT AS A AS A INNOVATION. RIGHT. SO THIS WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE THE NECESSARY FLEXIBILITY IN THE DAYTIME IN THE SCHEDULE. SO NOW WE CAN SEND TEACHERS OUT WITH PARENTS AND THEY CAN GO OUT AND HELP PARENTS WITH THEIR STUDENTS IN THE REAL WORLD. AND SO THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS WE HAVE I HAVE SPOKEN TO ABOUT EIGHT PARENTS, NOT NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PARENTS, BUT I'VE SPOKEN TO ABOUT EIGHT PARENTS AS I'VE HAD THIS IDEA IN MY HEAD, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO PARENTS THAT I KNOW THAT HAVE STUDENTS WITH ASD. SOME OF OUR PARENTS HAVE SPENT UP TO $40,000 A YEAR IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO THEIR CHILDREN. I SPOKE WITH ONE PARENT AND THEY WERE TELLING ME HOW THEY HAD TO PRETTY MUCH LOSE THEIR HOME AND GO INTO AN APARTMENT SO THEY CAN HAVE THEY CAN AFFORD TO GET SERVICE FOR THEIR FOR THEIR STUDENTS. AND SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS SERVICE FREE OF CHARGE TO SOME OF OUR FAMILIES. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE LIFE ALTERING FOR FAMILIES. RIGHT.

AND SO I'M VERY I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT. AND SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MISS MATHIS AND HER TEAM, BECAUSE I JUST DROPPED IT IN HER LAP AND SHE TOOK IT AND JUST AND MADE IT BETTER THAN WHAT I COULD HAVE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, DOCTOR PHILLIPS, YOU KNOW, RECRUITED DOCTOR PHILLIPS TO COME TO LAMAR TO HELP US WITH THIS. AND SO HE'S DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB AS WELL. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE TEAM AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO SCHOOL DIFFERENTLY. WE HAVE TO DO SCHOOL DIFFERENTLY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. AND SO THIS IS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. CAN I SAY ONE MORE THING REAL QUICK? I WAS READING IN OUR BOARD BOOK AND I NOTICED THIS THE OTHER DAY, BUT I JUST NOTICED IT AGAIN. SO ON EVERY ITEM WE TALK ABOUT IN OUR BOARD BOOK, WE TALK ABOUT IF IT'S POLICY REFERENCE, WHAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN PRIORITY IS, DISTRICT VALUES, BUT THE DISTRICT VALUES. WE JUST ADOPTED THE NEW VALUES OF ACCOUNTABILITY, BIG THINKING, COMPASSION, EXCELLENCE, INTEGRITY AND JOY. AND I WAS LOOKING AT IT. AND THREE OF THE SORRY FOUR OF THE SIX ARE CHECKED. BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, COMPASSION WASN'T CHECKED AND JOY WASN'T CHECKED. BUT I THINK THIS TOPIC, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO CHECKS OFF ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO WHAT WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO AS A DISTRICT, WE'RE DOING IT AS A DISTRICT. SO. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO APPROVE THE SB 1882 PARTNERSHIP CONTRACT BETWEEN LAMAR ISD AND LAMAR LEGACY PARTNERS FOR THE OPERATION OF BRIGHT FUTURES ACADEMY AT BEASLEY ELEMENTARY,

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AND WE'RE TALKING TO STAFF MEMBERS ABOUT ANY OTHER POSITIONS. SO. SO DOCTOR MAXWELL AND MISS ORTEGA ARE HERE. LAST TIME THEY DID THIS LAST MONTH I THOUGHT THEY DID A GREAT JOB. I FAILED TO MENTION MISS ORTEGA, THOUGH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR ASSISTANTS, THOSE ARE THE REAL BOSSES. AND SO ALL THAT YOU SEE TONIGHT IS THAT THE WORK OF MISS ORTEGA. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I, I GIVE HER GIVE HER THE CREDIT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DON'T MAKE SURE I DON'T FORGET THAT. AND SO IT IS TEAMWORK. AND SO THIS IS MY ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT TEAM OF TWO. AND I'VE GIVEN THEM A TREMENDOUS TASK. AND SO THEY'VE

[12.D. Consider approval of elementary schools rezoning process and draft options for Slawinski Elementary School, Elementary School #40, Becerra Elementary School and Elementary School #41 ]

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DURING THE NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING, WE PRESENTED THE PROCESS AND DRAFT OPTIONS AS A FUTURE ACTION ITEM. TONIGHT, WE'RE BRINGING THIS BACK FOR ACTION TO APPROVE THE ABCS, THE ZONING OPTIONS AND WHETHER THE BOARD WOULD ALLOW WOULD ALLOW THE ABCS TO CREATE THEIR OWN OPTION. FROM THERE, THE SURVEY WILL OPEN IN JANUARY. THE ABC WILL MEET IN FEBRUARY AND WILL BRING FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD IN MARCH. SO, AS I MENTIONED IN THE LAST MEETING, WE WERE CREATING AN INTERACTIVE MAP TOOL THAT ALLOWS OUR THE PUBLIC AND ALSO THE ABC TO GO IN AND LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THE DIFFERENT ZONES. AND SO DOCTOR JONES, IF YOU CAN SWITCH IT OVER PLEASE. AND, AND THIS IS THE INTERACTIVE MAP THAT WAS CREATED. AND SO DOCTOR JONES DO YOU WANT ME TO TRY TO LEAD OR. YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU SIR. AND SO ON THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER YOU'LL SEE THAT IT SAYS ELEMENTARY 2627. THAT CAN BE SWITCHED TO THEN 2728, WHICH WILL THEN BRING IN THE POSSIBLE OPTIONS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 40 AND 41. AND GOING ACROSS RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL YEARS IS OPTION ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR. AS A REMINDER, BOARD FOR SLAVINSKI AND ELEMENTARY 40. THERE CURRENTLY ARE FOUR OPTIONS, BUT FOR BECERRA AND ELEMENTARY 41 WE CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE THREE OPTIONS. SO UNDER THE FOURTH OPTION IT REVERTS BACK TO THE CURRENT ZONE AS OF TODAY. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT OBVIOUS.

ALSO, IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER THERE'S A LITTLE CIRCLE WITH FOUR TRIANGLES. IF YOU CLICK ON THAT YOU CAN ZOOM IN USING THE PLUS BUTTON, AND IT ALLOWS YOU TO ZOOM ALL THE WAY IN TO SEE STREET NAMES AND ALSO HOUSE NUMBERS. YOU CAN GO INTO THE LEVEL TO ACTUALLY FIND YOUR OWN HOUSE NUMBER, AND THEN GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO SEE WHERE WOULD YOU BE ZONED IN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. SO WE HAVE THIS CREATED AND THIS WILL BE LIVE IF APPROVED BY THE BOARD TOMORROW MORNING. OKAY I'M GOING TO SWITCH BACK. THANK YOU DOCTOR JONES. SO THESE NEXT SLIDES SHOW ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS AND REZONING OPTIONS FOR SLAVINSKI ELEMENTARY AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 40. AT THIS STAGE, REMINDER THESE ARE JUST DRAFT OPTIONS. AND AS A REMINDER REMINDER, NO FINAL ZONING DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE TONIGHT. SO THIS SHOWS THE CURRENT ZONES AND THE PROJECTIONS. IF NOTHING CHANGED.

JUST AS A REMINDER FOR THE COLORS, THE ORANGE SHOWS WHERE A BUILDING IS OVER THE BUILDING CAPACITY, BUT IS WITHIN THE PORTABLE BUILDINGS AND THE RED SHOWS THEN THOSE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS THAT ARE OVER BOTH THE BUILDING AND THE PORTABLE CAPACITIES. WE ALSO INCLUDED THE NUMBER NEXT TO THAT TO SHOW YOU HOW MANY SCHOOLS HIT THOSE DIFFERENT COLORS AS THEY GO THROUGH THE YEARS. THEN THIS SHOWS OPTION ONE FOR 2627 MOVES. VAN BROOK FROM HUGGINS TO HAYGOOD, MOVES THE NORTHERN SECTION OF RANDALL TO SLAVINSKI, NORTH OF TAMRON PARKWAY, FROM HAYGOOD TO SLAVINSKI, AND A SMALL SECTION OF HUGGINS TO RANDALL. THEN THIS IS OPTION ONE FOR THE SCHOOL. YEAR 2728 MOVES PARTS OF MELTON, HAYGOOD, AND MORGAN TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 40 AND WEST OF POOL HILL ROAD WOULD ATTEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 40. THIS IS OPTION TWO FOR 2627 MOVES PORTION OF STUDENTS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY FROM RANDALL TO SLAVINSKI, NORTH OF TAMRON PARK DRIVE AND TAMRON POINT, TO FROM HAYGOOD TO SLAVINSKI, AND IT MOVES VAN BROOK FROM HUGGINS TO HAYGOOD. HERE IS OPTION TWO FOR THE 2728 SCHOOL YEAR. IT MOVES STUDENTS FROM MELTON TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 40 WEST OF JORDAN ROAD, FROM HAYGOOD TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 40 AND WEST OF POOL HILL ROAD, WOULD ATTEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 40. HERE IS OPTION THREE FOR 26. 27 MOVES STUDENTS FROM MELTON, RANDALL AND HAYGOOD TO SLAVINSKI VAN BROOK AND STUDENTS IN THE NORTHERN REGION OF HUGGINS ZONE BETWEEN FM 359 AND KATY FULSHEAR ROAD FROM HUGGINS TO HAYGOOD AND STUDENTS NORTH OF ROGERS ROAD MOVED FROM MORGAN TO HAYGOOD. THIS THEN IS OPTION THREE FOR 2728. IT MOVES STUDENTS FROM MELTON, MORGAN AND HAYGOOD TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 40 STUDENTS CURRENTLY IN THE MORGAN ZONE WHO LIVE SOUTH OF 1093 WOULD REMAIN AT MORGAN AND MOVES VAN BROOK TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 40. OPTION

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I SEE, OKAY. AND WE EXPECT TO AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 41 AS WELL. YES, SIR. YOU SAID ALL CAMPUSES.

YES. OKAY. SO YOU'VE ANSWERED MY QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MA'AM, I WAS MISINFORMED I APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME. I HAVE A QUESTION. THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU CREATED WHERE YOU CAN SEE ALL THE OPTIONS. THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME. I DID NOT CREATE THAT. WHOEVER THAT WAS, THAT WAS WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH PLAN WHERE. SO WE WENT IN AND WE BUILT OUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. AND THEN I WORKED WITH PLAN WHERE TO SET THAT UP. THEY WERE EXCITED AS WELL, BECAUSE IT EXPANDS THEIR OPTIONS TO WORK WITH OTHER DISTRICTS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH ZONING. AND SO US PARTNERING ALLOWS THEM TO A COLLABORATION. WELL GOOD JOB, I LIKE IT. I WAS

[03:15:01]

TRUSTEE WELCH MAKES THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? OKAY. TRUSTEE MASTERS SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I WILL NOW CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR MAXWELL. AND FINALLY, WE WILL NOW HAVE REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS ON

[13.A. Instructional Update - 1621 Place Virtual School Pilot]

WE'RE GOING TO INFUSE JOY WHILE KEEPING STUDENTS ENGAGED AND INSPIRED. WE'RE GOING TO UPHOLD STRONG ACCOUNTABILITY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING AND STUDENT OUTCOMES AND THIS VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE. AND WE'RE GOING TO EMBRACE BIG THINKING AS WE REIMAGINE THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION. FOR EVERY STUDENT IN LAMAR CISD. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WHAT. SO SENATE BILL 569 ALLOWS SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE FOR VIRTUAL AND HYBRID EDUCATION MODELS. SO 2526, WHICH IS OUR SCHOOL YEAR WE'RE CURRENTLY IN, WILL BE THE PHASE IN YEAR THAT WE CAN TEST AND DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT BEFORE A FULL ROLLOUT. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT 1621 PLACE IS. SO 1621 PLACE PROVIDES A NONTRADITIONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT DESIGNED TO EDUCATE

[03:20:01]

HERE'S THE STRUCTURE FOR THE VIRTUAL PROGRAM PILOT. SO RIGHT NOW FOR THE STRUCTURE, WE'RE LOOKING AT 25 STUDENTS SELECTED BY AN APPLICATION PROCESS. THE DELIVERY METHOD WILL BE A FULL TIME HYBRID, TWO DAYS VIRTUAL THREE DAYS IN PERSON. AND THE CURRICULUM WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO USE EDGENUITY WHEN WE'RE GOING TO ENHANCE IT BY HAVING A CERTIFIED VIRTUAL TEACHING SERVICES AT THAT TIME. AND ATTENDANCE VERIFICATION WILL BE THE SAME AS THE CURRENT 1621 ATTENDANCE TRACKING. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REQUIRED PROGRAM MINUTES. SO IN GREEN YOU'LL SEE NO FUNDING LOSS WITH A TWO DAY VIRTUAL MODEL. RED A FUNDING LOSS WHICH WE DON'T WANT, AND BLUE WHICH OUR CURRENT 1621 MODEL WITH FIVE DAYS IN PERSON, FOUR HOURS A DAY. SO IF WE MOVE TO THE BLUE ON THE CHART, YOU CAN SEE WITH FOUR HOURS A DAY, IT IS $2,700 FOR MAXIMUM FUNDING PER STUDENT FOR 15 WEEKS. SO WITH OUR VIRTUAL MODEL, WITH THREE DAYS IN PERSON AND TWO DAYS VIRTUAL, WE WILL HAVE $2,700. SO WE WON'T LOSE ANY FUNDING.

ANYTHING IN RED, WE CAN LOSE UP TO APPROXIMATELY $40,000 WITH THOSE 25 STUDENTS. SO THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE TWO DAYS VIRTUAL AND THREE DAYS IN PERSON. SO THE STRUCTURE FOR THE PROGRAM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN PERSON AT THE 1621 PLACE SCHOOL HOURS WILL BE FROM 8 A.M. TO 3 P.M. WITH A 30 MINUTE LUNCH, FOUR HOURS OF EDGENUITY COURSEWORK, AND A STRUCTURED CLASSROOM FACILITATED BY A CERTIFIED FACE TO FACE TEACHER THAT'S CURRENTLY AT 1621 FOR 2.5 HOURS. WE HAVE INNOVATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES FACILITATED BY THE COLLEGE CAREER FACILITATOR. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CMR AND ACHIEVEMENTS, COLLEGE AND CAREER PLANNING, GRADUATED TRACKING AND STAR PREP AND ETC. TO MAINTAIN ACADEMIC INTEGRITY. ALL MAJOR ASSESSMENTS WILL BE TAKEN ON CAMPUS FACE TO FACE WITH TEACHER SUPERVISION MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, THEY'LL HAVE VIRTUAL LEARNING. STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE COURSEWORK WERE MOSTLY AT THEIR OWN PACE, AND INSTRUCTION EXPECTATIONS WILL BE ALIGNED TO THE IN-PERSON LEARNING MODEL. HERE'S A PROGRAM OVERSIGHT. SO THE PROGRAM OVERSIGHT WILL BE MONITORED BY A COORDINATOR OF CMR WHO'S CURRENTLY ON ADVANCED ACADEMICS TEAM. THE COORDINATOR WILL ALSO SERVE AS THE CENTRAL OFFICE IN EDGENUITY POINT OF CONTACT. ALL STUDENTS WILL FOLLOW THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND THE ACCEPTABLE USE GUIDELINES. THERE WILL BE A TRANSFER PROCESS FOR STUDENTS TO RETURN TO THE REGULAR 1621 PROGRAM IF THEY ARE MEETING THE IF THEY'RE NOT MEETING THE VIRTUAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

SO HERE'S THE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS. IT'S FOR CURRENT 11TH AND 12TH GRADE 1621 STUDENTS, A MINIMUM OF 2.5 GPA WITH NO FAILING GRADES IN THE PREVIOUS SEMESTER, A MINIMUM OF 95% ATTENDANCE IN PREVIOUS IN THE PREVIOUS SEMESTER. ALSO, A PARENT COMMITMENT CLAUSE.

PARENTS UPHOLD EXPECTATIONS FOR LEARNING. STUDENT AND PARENTS WILL BE EXPECTED TO SIGN AND INITIAL THE CLAUSE TO UPHOLD THE EXPECTATIONS FOR THEIR LEARNING FOR THEIR STUDENTS AT HOME. THREE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A TEACHER, A COUNSELOR AND AN ADMINISTRATOR AND FOR THE INTERCOURSE EXAMS MUST BE COMPLETED EXCEPT US HISTORY. BECAUSE SOME OF OUR JUNIORS HAVE NOT COMPLETED US HISTORY AT THIS TIME. HERE'S THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND THE TIMELINE. IT WILL BE MANAGED BY THE ADVANCED ACADEMICS TEAM. ALL STUDENTS AND PARENT INTEREST MEETING WHICH HAPPEN TODAY. AND THAT WENT WELL. WE ALSO HAVE AN APPLICATION WINDOW FROM TOMORROW STARTING AND TO JANUARY 6TH, AND NOTIFICATIONS FOR STUDENTS WHO ACTUALLY GOT INTO THE PROGRAM OR DID NOT WILL BE SENT OUT BY JANUARY 9TH, 2026, AND THE CONFIRMED PARENT INFO SESSION WILL HAPPEN JANUARY 14TH. THE STUDENT ORIENTATION WILL HAPPEN JANUARY 21ST, AND THE FIRST WEEK OF VIRTUAL SCHOOL WILL HAPPEN JANUARY 26TH. AND THE END GOAL FOR THIS IS FOR FOR OUR VIRTUAL CAMPUS IS TO GO BEYOND 1621. WE WANT TO EXPAND IT FULLY ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHERE STUDENTS CAN FULLY HAVE ASYNCHRONOUS EXPERIENCE FOR VIRTUAL SCHOOL.

HERE IN LAMAR ISD BOARD, NO ACTION IS REQUIRED. THIS ITEM IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. AT THIS TIME I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION. SO THE STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AT 1621,

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DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH, NO. OR SO THE FIRST THING IS GOING TO BE FOR STUDENTS THAT MAY BE AT RISK OF DROPPING OUT. RIGHT. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO SUPPORT THEM AND HELP THEM WHILE THEY'RE SERVING AND HELPING THEIR FAMILIES OUT. THEY'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO GET A FULL, BONAFIDE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT. BUT THE FIRST INSTANCE IS GOING TO BE STUDENTS THAT ARE AT RISK OF DROPPING OUT, AND HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THEY DON'T DROP OUT, THAT WE CAN HELP THEM MOVE FORWARD WITH EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO DO SO THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR LIVES? SO THAT'S LIKE PHASE ONE. I'M JUST SAYING, YOU SEE ENVISION IN THE FUTURE MAYBE. YES. LIKE YOU SAID, LETTING PEOPLE GET AHEAD OR DO ADDITIONAL COURSES OR. YES. I ENVISION THIS IN THE FUTURE TO HELP STUDENTS IN WHATEVER PATHWAY THEY NEED TO GO, HELP THEM GET TO THAT END GOAL SO THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR LIVES, WHATEVER THAT MEANS. OKAY. BECAUSE THE WAY IT WORKS BEFORE THIS WAS AN OPTION FOR US IS IF YOUR CHILD WANTED TO ESSENTIALLY DROP OUT OF LAMAR AND GO AND MOVE TO LIKE A K 12 MODEL, THEY COULD DO THAT, BUT WE LOSE THE FUNDING FOR THAT STUDENT THIS WAY. I MEAN, 1621 WAS PROBABLY OUR BEST OPTION FOR A STUDENT THAT WAS THINKING ABOUT DOING THAT. AND I KNOW MANY STUDENTS WHO HAVE WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH 16, 21 AND IT FOR WHATEVER REASON, AND IT REALLY IS WHAT KEPT THEM FROM OR MADE THEM MAKE IT TO GRADUATION WITHOUT 16, 21. THEY NEVER THEY NEVER WOULD HAVE. AND THEY MAY TAKE A SLOWER PATH, BUT BUT THEY STILL GET IT DONE. AND THEY'RE SO ENCOURAGED TO DO IT THERE. BUT NOW I GUESS WE'LL TAKE 25 OF THOSE STUDENTS, PILOT IT WITH THE INTENTION OF NEXT YEAR. ANYONE? IT'LL BE OPEN TO ANYONE. YES, MA'AM. WE WANT TO EXPAND. DEFINITELY. YES, MA'AM. DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ATTENDED THE INTEREST MEETING TODAY? YES WE DO. IT'S THREE FAMILIES WHO CAME IN. WELL, AND I ASKED THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S KIND OF TO BE EXPECTED. A LOT OF THOSE 1621 KIDS ARE, ARE BASICALLY ON THEIR OWN. YEAH. THIS WILL BE A FANTASTIC OPTION FOR THEM TO BECAUSE I KNOW JUST EVEN TRANSPORTATION IS A BARRIER. A LOT OF THEM TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO 1621. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I THINK THIS WILL BE A REALLY GOOD IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE INTEREST AT THE BEGINNING, WILL YOU ALLOW SOME STUDENTS TO JOIN IN, SAY, IN MARCH OR IS THAT NOT POSSIBLE? NO. NO CHOICE. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT.

IF THE INTEREST FOR REMEMBER, THERE'S 232 STUDENTS AT 16, 21 PLACE. NOW, IF WE DON'T GET THE 25 STUDENTS, WE START TO EXPAND WHAT THE QUALIFICATIONS ARE SO THAT WE CAN GET THE PILOT GOING.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU DOCTOR. THANK YOU. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT

[14. FUTURE CONSENT AGENDA]

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[15. CLOSED SESSION]

OKAY, WE ARE NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION. IT IS 11:01 P.M. WE HAVE A QUORUM.

ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS TO BE MADE? YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE TO SUSPEND JESSE LEVY WITHOUT PAY PENDING DISCHARGE OF HIS PROBATIONARY CONTRACT. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE LAMBERT MAKES A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? TRUSTEE? WELCH MAKES A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL NOW CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. ANY OTHER MOTIONS? YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION. OKAY, VANESSA. TRUSTEE MASTERS MAKES THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? TRUSTEE LAMBERT MAKES THE SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. ANY OTHERS? YES. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE BALLISTIC SHIELDS GRANT AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE WELCH MAKES THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? TRUSTEE BOX MAKES THE SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. I ALSO HAVE A COUPLE MOTIONS. FIRST, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE CONTRACT FOR THE SALE OF LAND TO WILDERNESS BAPTIST CHURCH. SECOND TRUSTEE BOX. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? OH, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

LAST ONE. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE CONTRACT FOR THE SALE OF LAND TO HELPING HANDS. HAVE A SECOND TRUSTEE. LAMBERT. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE, AYE.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THAT IS ALL. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. IT IS 11:03 P.M.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.