Apr 21, 2026 Regular School Board Meeting

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

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THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LAMAR CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:30 P.M. THIS IS THE REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING BEING HELD ON APRIL 21ST, 2026.

WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL MEMBERS PRESENT. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO OBSERVE. AS YOU FEEL APPROPRIATE. PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG. LED BY SIBLINGS EMILIANO AND JULIETTA HARO, SIXTH GRADERS AT WESSENDORF MIDDLE SCHOOL. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE, UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. GREAT JOB. NEXT ITEM IS RECOGNITIONS

[3. Recognitions/awards]

EACH SCHOLAR NOW STANDS TO EARN COVETED NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS, INSTITUTIONAL AWARDS, PRESTIGIOUS CORPORATE SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID PACKAGES. NATIONALLY, SEMIFINALISTS REPRESENT LESS THAN 1% OF GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS. QUALIFYING AS A FINALIST REQUIRES CLEARING SEVERAL ADDITIONAL HURDLES, INCLUDING HIGH ENOUGH SCORES ON THE OFFICIAL SAT OR ACT, AS WELL AS MAINTAINING A CONSISTENTLY HIGH ACADEMIC RECORD IN ALL COLLEGE LEVEL COURSEWORK TAKEN DURING HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS A TREMENDOUS HONOR FOR LAMAR CISD AND IS A TESTAMENT TO THE RIGOR OF OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES. CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR CAMPUSES ON A SUPPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENT. HERE TO BE RECOGNIZED THIS EVENING ARE THE FOLLOWING. FROM GEORGE RANCH HIGH SCHOOL, CHARLES MILLER FROM FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL, LUKE HENKE. AND FROM FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL, TAYLOR WALLACE. THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT FAMILY SUPPORT. SO AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO INVITE THE PARENTS OF THESE FINALISTS TO PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED AS WELL.

TWO MORGAN ELEMENTARY FIFTH GRADERS, KNOX PARKER AND AURORA PFAHLER, RECENTLY REPRESENTED THEIR CAMPUSES AT THE GLOBAL AMAZING SHAKE COMPETITION AT THE RON CLARK ACADEMY IN ATLANTA. THEY COMPETED AMONG 519 STUDENTS FROM 23 STATES, CANADA AND HONDURAS, EARNING THEIR PLACE AFTER ADVANCING THROUGH SCHOOL AND REGIONAL LEVEL COMPETITIONS.

THE GLOBAL AMAZING SHAKE IS BUILT ON THE BELIEF THAT SOFT SKILLS ARE NOT OPTIONAL, BUT MUST BE EXPLICITLY TAUGHT. STUDENTS SHOULD LEARN HOW TO PRESENT THEMSELVES, THINK ON THEIR FEET AND INTERACT WITH RESPECTFULLY WITH OTHERS, AND LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONALISM CAN BE DEVELOPED AS EARLY AS ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, KNOX AND AURORA WERE AMONG THE YOUNGEST COMPETITORS AT THIS YEAR'S GLOBAL COMPETITION, YET THEY DEMONSTRATED REMARKABLE POISE, PROFESSIONALISM AND CONFIDENCE THROUGHOUT THE TWO DAYS CONVENTION COMPETITION.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH AND AT THIS TIME, WE ALSO WOULD LIKE FOR KNOX AND AURORA'S PARENTS TO STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED AS WELL.

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DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE BACK? CREIGHTON YOU SHOULD GET IN THERE, TOO.

WHAT SOLUTION? SHE WANTS ONE. HAVE YOU ALL TO. SO. I NEED TO BRAG ON YOU TO THEM TOO. SO. I KNOW, I KNOW. AND OUR SECOND HONOR TONIGHT IS FOR THREE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE ACHIEVED MODEL PLC STATUS. MODEL PLC AT WORK SCHOOLS HAVE COMMITTED TO THE PLC AT WORK PROCESS, WHICH IS INGRAINED INTO THE DAY TO DAY CULTURE OF THIS SCHOOL MODEL SCHOOLS PROVIDE AT LEAST THREE YEARS OF DATA SHOWING EVIDENCE OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT GROWTH THAT'S ATTRIBUTED TO THEIR PLC PRACTICES. I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE FOLLOWING CAMPUSES FOR ACHIEVING THIS AWARD. ARREDONDO ELEMENTARY. HOLLY RYAN, MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL.

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STAY RIGHT HERE. MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DOCTOR NIVENS, TONIGHT WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL INTRODUCTION. SHE'S COMING. WE ARE PROUD TO INTRODUCE SIREN, OUR NEWEST ADDITION TO THE TEAM. SHE IS A FIVE YEAR OLD BELGIAN MALINOIS. SIREN WAS GIVEN TO US BY THE K-9 ORGANIZATION, WHO ALSO PROVIDED US WITH JUMBO. SIREN WILL BE JOINING HER NEW HANDLER, OFFICER EDGE, AND THEY WILL PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN ENHANCING CAMPUS SAFETY AND SUPPORTING OUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING A SECURE ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND VISITORS. THIS SPECIALIZED K-9 BRINGS ADVANCED CAPABILITIES IN NARCOTICS DETECTION AND TRACKING, WHICH WILL STRENGTHEN OUR EFFORTS IN PROACTIVE POLICING, COMMUNITY AND PROTECTION. I WELCOME YOU, I INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO SIREN.

THAT'S ALL INTRODUCTIONS TONIGHT.

[5. Board members' reports]

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WE KNOW THAT THAT YOUR YOUR JOB IS NOT EASY JOB, BUT YOU ARE WHAT MAKES THIS A TOP PERFORMING DISTRICT. SO FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU. I'LL GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MISS SONIA COLE-HAMILTON AND HER TEAM, THE WHOLE TEAM, THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS DEPARTMENT.

I SEE SIERRA KING IN HERE AS WELL. THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER FOLKS. FOR TWO DAYS WE MET.

THEY ORGANIZED THREE DIFFERENT GATHERINGS. ONE OF THEM'S CALLED GATHERING AND GROW, AND I FORGOT THE NAME OF THE OTHER TWO. BUT ONE WAS A WAS A BREAKFAST FOR FAITH LEADERS WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF LAMAR C ISD. ONE WAS A GATHERING OF ELECTED LEADERS THAT WERE ALL INVITED FROM ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES AND THE DIFFERENT PLACES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. AND THE THIRD ONE WAS FOR PARENTS. I BELIEVE THEY WERE INVITED BY PRINCIPALS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. BUT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN, AS AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER, TRYING TO REACH OUT AND GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND I DIDN'T INSTIGATE THIS AT ALL. BUT I'M GLAD WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION THAT ALSO DOES THE SAME THING AND ALSO HAS THAT SAME PHILOSOPHY. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY COMING IN TOO. WE ALL MET AT THOMAS HIGH SCHOOL OVER TWO DIFFERENT DAYS. IT WAS A BREAKFAST AND A BREAKFAST AND A LUNCH, SO I WAS GLAD TO BE PART OF THAT AS MANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE. I THINK EVERYBODY WAS THERE AT ONE POINT. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU FOR HAVING SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS.

OKAY, I APOLOGIZE, I HAVE A FEW. I WASN'T HERE LAST TIME, SO I'M ADDING ON. SO FIRST I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO COACH HAWKINS. SHE IS THE TENNIS COACH AT BRISCO JUNIOR HIGH.

HER EXPECTATIONS FOR HER ATHLETES AND HER CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS ARE EXACTLY WHAT STRONG PROGRAMS ARE BUILT ON. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK HER FOR HER LEADERSHIP TO THE FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB. THANK YOU FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE FIELDHOUSE.

IT'S A FANTASTIC UPGRADE. THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF, AND A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT STRONG COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP LOOKS LIKE. CONGRATULATIONS TO TERRY LAYMAN, FOSTER AND THOMAS FOR COMPETING AT THE GC PERCUSSION AND WINS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ON APRIL 11TH AT THE FORT BEND EPICENTER. AND A SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO TERRY LAYMAN AND FULSHEAR ON THEIR WINS. AN OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR ALL. I ALSO WANT TO THANK DOCTOR KENNETH COX, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF BANDS AT THOMAS HIGH SCHOOL, FOR THE INVITATION TO THEIR STATE SEND OFF PERFORMANCE IN THEIR FIRST YEAR OF EXISTENCE. BOTH THE INDOOR PERCUSSION AND COLOR GUARD PROGRAMS QUALIFIED FOR STATE PLACING SECOND AND THIRD AT AREA. THAT'S A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT AND A REFLECTION OF THE TALENT AND PRIDE BEING BUILT IN THE SWAMP. AND LIKE TRUSTEE ARROYO'S, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE FIRST CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE, RECOGNIZING EMPLOYEE MILESTONES ACROSS LAMAR C, ISD, AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL EVENTS I'VE EVER ATTENDED TO DATE, RIGHT UP THERE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AWARDS. EVERY HANDSHAKE, EVERY SMILE, EVERY STORY. IT WAS A POWERFUL REMINDER THAT THE STRENGTH OF THIS DISTRICT IS FOUND IN THE PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP. YEAR AFTER YEAR, POURING INTO STUDENTS AND INTO EACH OTHER. TO ALL THOSE RECOGNIZED, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND YOUR IMPACT ACROSS LAMAR C, ISD. LASTLY, I WANT TO GO BACK AND RECOGNIZE OUR THOMAS HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY STUDENTS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AT SKILLSUSA EARLIER THIS YEAR.

AND FORGIVE ME FOR IN ADVANCE. IF I MESS UP YOUR NAMES, I WILL TRY MY BEST. MASON BRIGHT EARNED FIRST PLACE IN BAKING AND PASTRY. EDUARDO CARDOSO, ZAMBRANO AND ANAYA ROCHA EARNED FIRST PLACE IN WEDDING CAKE DESIGN. SEVERAL OF THESE STUDENTS ALSO PLACED SECOND, INCLUDING THE CULINARY ARTS QUIZ BOWL TEAM. SAVANNAH BUSARI, JASON UMAN AND ETHAN PILON, AS WELL AS JASON IN RESTAURANT SERVICES, ALL ADVANCED STATE AND EARNED A COMBINED $18,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE CULINARY INSTITUTE. LE NOTRE. AN INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT AND

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SHE WAS. I SHOULD SAY SHE IS THE MAROON TRACKER. SHE HAD. SHE WAS INTEGRAL IN MAKING THE MAROON TRACK WHAT IT IS. SO. HEATHER PATTERSON, YOU WILL BE MISSED. YOUR SELFIES WILL BE MISSED. YOUR SPIRIT WILL BE MISSED. YOU HAVE VERY LARGE SHOES TO FILL. THANK YOU FOR BEING AN AMAZING TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR LAMAR C ISD. YES. SO

[6. Board committees' reports]

[7. Superintendent's report]

AND THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE SCORED IN THE TOP 1% OF STUDENTS IN THIS NATION. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I CONGRATULATE THEM AGAIN, BUT ALSO THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW IT'S A FAMILY. IT'S IT'S DEFINITELY A FAMILY TASK. BUT TALKING TO THOSE TWO YOUNG PEOPLE EARLIER, I SEE WHY. AND THEIR FUTURES ARE BRIGHT AND THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE LAMAR AND THEIR FAMILY'S EXTREMELY PROUD. SO CONGRATULATIONS YOUNG PEOPLE. AND THEN I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MISS COTTON AND HER TEAM AND THE PRINCIPAL'S FOR THE PLC RECOGNITION. YOU KNOW, SOLUTION TREE IS PROBABLY THE TOP EDUCATIONAL, INSTRUCTIONAL, INSTRUCTIONAL, EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT ORGANIZATION IN THIS COUNTRY. AND FOR THEM TO COME, FIRST OF ALL, FOR THEM TO COME AND DO IT, THEY SUPPORT THE

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[9. CONSENT AGENDA]

[12.A. Report on Board Member Training]

AND AS BOARD PRESIDENT, I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE EXCEEDED THE MINIMUM REQUIRED AMOUNT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION. BOARD MEMBERS HOURS ARE AS FOLLOWS.

TRUSTEE ARROYO'S WITH 39.25. TRUSTEE BOX WITH 23. TRUSTEE HENDERSON 31.75. MYSELF WITH 31.5. TRUSTEE LAMBERT 31.5. TRUSTEE MASTERS 38 AND TRUSTEE WELCH 27. THAT IS THAT. I

[12.B. 2026-2027 Budget Update]

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OUR CAMPUS AND DEPARTMENTS, WE EXPECT IT TO BE UNDER BUDGET BY AROUND $4 MILLION FOR A TOTAL UNDER BUDGET SAVINGS OF OUR EXPENDITURES OF $12 MILLION. SO WHEN YOU TAKE THE REVENUE MINUS THOSE EXPENDITURE SAVINGS THAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO INCREASE OUR FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF YEAR BY $10.8 MILLION. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE 2526 ESTIMATE YEAR END ESTIMATE BEFORE WE MOVE TO OTHER PARTS OF THE DISCUSSION? MR. MCKINNEY. SO WHAT WOULD THE FUND BALANCE BE AFTER THAT 10.7 IS ADDED TO IT? I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU.

I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER RIGHT OFF MY HEAD, BUT WE'RE WITHIN THE THE RECOMMENDED. THAT'S CORRECT. THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE T A FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO HAVE, WHAT IS IT, 60 TO 90 DAYS OF OF CASH ON HAND TO OPERATE WITHOUT ANY OTHER REVENUE. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. SO THE NEXT THING THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE LOOKED AT WAS THE 2627 PROPERTY GROWTH AND ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE UPPER SECTION THAT IS IN THE LIGHT BLUE, THAT IS A PROPERTY GROWTH OF ROUGHLY 3%. THE BOTTOM PURPLE SECTION IS A PROPERTY GROWTH OF 5%. THEN YOU HAVE THE COLUMNS GOING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THOSE ARE OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS FROM THE LAST DEMOGRAPHER REPORT FROM LOW MID AND HIGH. AFTER MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS OF THE PROJECTIONS AND ENROLLMENT AND PROPERTY GROWTH, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED GOING WITH THE 3% PROPERTY GROWTH AND THE LOW PROJECTIONS FOR ENROLLMENT. SO THE NEXT THING WE PRESENTED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS RAISE OPTIONS FOR THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR. WE PRESENTED A 2% RAISE, 3% RAISE, 4% RAISE. SO IN THE LIGHT BLUE SECTION, YOU'LL SEE WHAT THOSE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNTS FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. THE LIGHT PURPLE SECTION AT THE BOTTOM, YOU SEE WHAT TEACHER RAISE OPTIONS WOULD BE ALONG WITH THE STARTING SALARY FOR EACH ONE OF THE OPTIONS. AFTER DISCUSSION, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED GOING WITH A 3% RAISE, WHICH WE HISTORICALLY DONE FOR THE DISTRICT, SO IT WOULD INCREASE THE TEACHER SCALE BY $2,200. AND THIS IS A DRAFT OF THE TEACHER SCALE THAT WAS PRESENTED. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT RAISES, PROPERTY GROWTH OR PROJECTIONS? GOT A FEW QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION. FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH ANY KIND OF ANTICIPATED DEFICIT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. WE'RE LOOKING FOR A BALANCED BUDGET FOR THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR. OKAY. IN FACT, WE'RE WE'RE MOST LIKELY GOING TO INCREASE OUR FUND BALANCE BY 10 MILLION ACCORDING TO YOUR. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. AND THE REASON I RAISE THIS IS BECAUSE THERE ARE NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS THAT ARE DEALING WITH DEFICITS AND. AND DO YOU SPEND TIME ANALYZING NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, DEALING WITH DEFICIT ISSUES? DO TALK TO OTHER DISTRICTS AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT CHALLENGES THEY'RE FACING CURRENTLY? YES. AND MY, MY, MY PRIMARY CONCERN IS BEING AS PROACTIVE AS POSSIBLE, PREVENTING FROM GETTING TO THAT POINT. HAVE YOU SEEN SOME SORT OF A PATTERN AS TO HOW AND WHY CERTAIN DISTRICTS ARRIVE AT IN THAT DEFICIT SITUATION? I WOULD SAY THE BULK OF IT HAS TO BE IN PERSONNEL. CURRENTLY, 83% OF OUR BUDGET IS MADE UP OF PERSONNEL. SO WHAT YOU HAVE TO REALLY DO IN OUR HR DEPARTMENT IS, IS AMAZING AT IT IS MAKING SURE THAT THEIR STAFFING GUIDELINES FOR ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AND OUR CAMPUSES ARE ADHERED TO BASED ON OUR ENROLLMENT GROWTH. SO AS ENROLLMENT GROWTH GOES UP OR GOES DOWN, STAFFING WOULD CHANGE ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS. YES. SO SO HENCE THE THE LOW PROJECTION THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON WITH RESPECT TO ENROLLMENT GROWTH IS PROBABLY THE MOST PRUDENT THING WE CAN DO AS A DISTRICT TO PREVENT DEFICIT. WOULD THAT WOULD THAT BE CORRECT? YES, SIR. OKAY. GOOD, GOOD GOOD TO KNOW. AND ALSO, I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THAT 3% RAISE FOR STAFF MEMBERS BECAUSE I MEAN, INFLATION GENERALLY AVERAGES 3%.

SO ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT WON'T EVEN KEEP PACE WITH INFLATION. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE'S A 3% CALCULATION IN THE IN THE BUDGET. I CAN'T LET IT PASS. THERE'S A TEACHABLE MOMENT IN THIS IN THIS. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PROJECTED DRAFT FUND BALANCE, PROJECTED FUND BALANCE. SO AS AGAIN, AS TRUSTEE ARROYO SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WE ARE NOT ANTICIPATING A DEFICIT BUDGET. AND WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE REALLY

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AND SO WHEN A CAMPUS LOSES ENROLLMENT, THEY HAVE TO LOSE STAFF. IF THEY DON'T LOSE STAFF AND THEY LOSE ENROLLMENT, THEN IT IMPACTS OUR BOTTOM LINE. AND THEN YOU BECOME OVERSTAFFED, YOU BECOME OVERBUDGET, AND THEN YOU HAVE A DEFICIT BUDGET. THERE ARE SOME DISTRICTS THAT ARE SMALLER THAN THE MARSHALL ISD THAT HAVE JUST AS MANY STAFF MEMBERS AS WE DO. I WILL SAY THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE HALF OUR SIZE, THAT HAVE JUST AS MANY STAFF MEMBERS AS WE DO.

AND SO I'M SAYING THAT TO SAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. IT'S VERY UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION. BUT PEOPLE THAT ARE ON CAMPUSES THAT HAVE MAY HAVE BEEN IN A LONG TIME MAY HAVE TO MOVE BECAUSE THEY'VE LOST STUDENT ENROLLMENT. AND IT'S VERY EMOTIONAL. AND IT'S A, IT'S A STRONG CONVERSATION. BUT AGAIN, IF WE DON'T HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND WE DON'T MAKE THOSE HARD DECISIONS THAT MY TEAM IS MAKING, THE HR AND FINANCE AND PRINCIPAL LEADERS AND ALL THAT THEY'RE MAKING AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND GETTING FINAL APPROVAL FROM ME, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO SAY THESE. WE WON'T BE ABLE TO SAY THIS.

WE WON'T BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE OUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY A 3%, A 3% RAISE AND NOT GO INTO A DEFICIT BUDGET. AND SO FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, AS YOU HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I'M BEING MOVED FROM ONE CAMPUS TO THE NEXT. THE REASON IS BECAUSE THAT CAMPUS MAY HAVE LOST STUDENT ENROLLMENT, WE MAY HAVE REZONED THEM. AND SO THE STAFF HAVE TO FOLLOW STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FISCALLY SOLVENT AND THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE. WE ARE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS. AND SO IT'S A TEACHABLE MOMENT IN THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I GOT SOME CALLS YESTERDAY FROM SOME PARENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MY GOODNESS, MY FAVORITE TEACHER'S LEAVING.

SO I HAD TO TEACH THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS. SCHOOL FINANCE AND SCHOOL BUSINESS IS VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND UNLESS YOU ENTER IT EVERY SINGLE DAY LIKE I AM. BUT I WANT TO JUST BRING THAT TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS IN THE ISD. OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE IS THAT OUR STAFF MEMBERS CAN KEEP UP WITH INFLATION.

THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM BECAUSE WHEN THEY GO INTO THE CLASSROOM, I DON'T NEED A TEACHER. I DON'T NEED A BUS DRIVER, I DON'T NEED A CHILD NUTRITION EMPLOYEE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR LIVELIHOOD WHILE THEY ARE WITH STUDENTS. WE NEED THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS TAKEN CARE OF ON THAT END SO THEY CAN GIVE 100% TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN POSSIBLE. AND SO I APPRECIATE THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THAT. AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR MAKING THAT RECOMMENDATION FOR US. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S JUST THE PROCESS ON ON WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE WE REMAIN GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. CAN I JUST ADD ONE THING TO WHAT HE SAID? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE TEACHERS FROM ONE SCHOOL TO ANOTHER. IT'S NOT WE'RE NOT LAYING OFF TEACHERS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, JUST MOVE THEM TO A PLACE WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED SO THAT THEY STILL HAVE A JOB AND THEY CAN STAY IN LAMAR, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE WANT THEM TO STAY. SO, AND THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY, AND WE HAVE TO SAY A LOT OF THESE THINGS A LOT BECAUSE SOME FOLKS DON'T TUNE IN TO EVERY MEETING AND AREN'T HERE.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT TOOK ME A WHILE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND, ESPECIALLY ON THE AND DOCTOR NIVENS, YOU CAN SPEAK TO THIS IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BETTER THAN I CAN, ESPECIALLY ON THE SECONDARY LEVEL, IT'S. THE STAFF TO STUDENT RATIO IS NOT QUITE AS BALANCED AS IT IS IN THE ELEMENTARY GRADES. AND THAT'S PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF LIKE SPECIALIZED ELECTIVES. AND YOU MIGHT HAVE A SMALL NUMBER OF KIDS IN ONE ELECTIVE DURING ONE CLASS PERIOD. AND AS DOCTOR NIVENS EXPLAINED TO ME IN THE PAST, THOSE KIDS GOT TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THAT BUILDING FOR ONE CLASS, PERIOD. SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PARENTS THAT MIGHT WATCH THIS. AND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET THAT TRY TO SAY, WELL, MY, MY KID'S CLASS HAS GOT 37 KIDS IN IT OR, OR I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE EXAGGERATING OR NOT, BUT THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE FOR ONE PERIOD, BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE SPECIALIZED COURSE THAT HAS SIX KIDS, LIKE CHINESE LEVEL THREE OR LEVEL FOUR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IS THAT CORRECT? SO SPOKEN LIKE A VETERAN. OKAY. SPOKEN LIKE A I'VE ONLY BEEN AROUND SEVEN YEARS. SO I FINALLY FIGURED THIS SOME OF THIS STUFF OUT AND THAT'S. AND SO WE'RE NOT CUTTING STAFF AND BEING IRRESPONSIBLE WITH TOO MANY KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM. THAT'S MY OVERALL POINT. BUT THERE ARE THOSE DIFFERENCES IN DISCRETIONS ON THE SECONDARY LEVEL THAT DON'T ALWAYS HAPPEN ON THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. SO AND JUST TO BE AND JUST ONE MORE THING, I'M SORRY, JUST TO CLARIFY THAT AND GO DEEPER. ELEMENTARY SECONDARY ARE VERY DIFFERENT. AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING CALLED SINGLETONS, WHICH IS A VERY SPECIALIZED COURSE. COULD BE A FRENCH FOR COURSE OR, YOU KNOW, ADVANCED WOODWINDS COURSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT IF YOU THINK

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AND SO THE OTHER CONVERSATION IS, IS IF, IF, IF THERE ARE CERTAIN SUBJECTS THAT DON'T HAVE A FULL LOAD, THEN WE ENCOURAGE THAT TEACHER AND TALK TO THAT TEACHER ABOUT GOING AND GETTING A DIFFERENT CERTIFICATE SO THEY CAN TEACH A CLASS THAT HAS THAT LOAD, BUT EVERYBODY HAS TO CARRY THEIR LOAD AND THEIR WEIGHT BECAUSE THAT'S JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO. AND SO GREAT POINT, SIR. GREAT JOB. I EARLIER THIS YEAR, I WAS INVITED TO GO HELP JUDGE THE H B AND EXCELLENCE OTHER SCHOOL BOARDS. SO MYSELF AND A GROUP OF OTHER VOLUNTEERS, WE READ ALL THE NOMINATIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT IN, AND WE CHOSE THE TOP FIVE IN THE NATION, IN THE STARTING NATION, IN THE STATE, JUST LIKE WE WERE SELECTED LAST YEAR. THOSE TOP FIVE THAT WE READ, AND THEN WE INTERVIEWED AND WE VISITED THEIR DISTRICTS. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAD A DEFICIT BUDGET AND THEY WERE CLOSING SCHOOLS. SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THIS AND WE'RE ABLE TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS ABLE TO PROPOSE THIS. I JUST WANT TO SAY A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO OUR FINANCE TEAM AND TO OUR ADMINISTRATION FOR LEADING AND RUNNING OUR BUDGET IN A WAY WHERE WE CAN OPERATE LIKE THIS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN MAY, WE GET TO GO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD. AND OUT OF THOSE FIVE, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS A DEFICIT BUDGET THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO FACE. AND SO OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, THEY JUST ANNOUNCED A LOT IN HOUSTON THAT WILL BE CLOSING SCHOOLS. AND THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE. AND SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO OUR FINANCE TEAM, BUT ALSO FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS RARE WITH THAT BUDGET. SO SO THE BOARD, THE TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE NOW CURRENTLY IS OUR FINANCE BOARD. FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL MEET AGAIN DURING THAT MEETING, WE'LL DISCUSS THE PRELIMINARY PROPERTY VALUES THAT. WE'LL ALSO DISCUSS THE GENERAL FUND FOR NEXT YEAR, THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND AND THE DEBT SERVICES FUND. SO AT THE MAY 19TH BOARD MEETING, THE ACTION ITEMS WILL BE, FIRST OF ALL, TO SET A DATE AND TIME THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS OUR BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE. CONSIDER OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE ALONG WITH APPROVAL OF AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBLE FOR CALCULATING THE NO NEW TAX RATE AND THE VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE.

AT THE JUNE MEETING, WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS THE BUDGETS FOR BOTH THE GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE AND CHILD NUTRITION. THEN WE WILL HAVE AN ACTION ITEM TO CONSIDER APPROVAL FOR THE GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND AND CHILD NUTRITION, ALONG WITH THE INCREASE FOR STAFF COMPENSATION PLAN. THEN AT THE AUGUST MEETING, BECAUSE WE DON'T GET OUR CERTIFIED VALUES UNTIL JULY, IS WHEN THE BOARD WILL ADOPT AND HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR. BOY, THIS IS AN INFORMATION ITEM. THERE IS NO ACTION FOR THIS ITEM. OKAY, SORRY. CAN WE GO BACK? I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT CAN YOU GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE? NO. YEAH, THE VERY FIRST. I'M SORRY. OKAY. OH, IT DOESN'T HAVE IT ON THERE. SO OUR TOTAL BUDGET FROM LAST YEAR WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT 212 ISH MILLION CAME FROM LOCAL REVENUE AND THE REST CAME FROM STATE AID. THAT IS CORRECT. ROUGHLY. YES, MA'AM. SO THIS AND THIS YEAR IT'S GOING TO GO UP AND OUR LOCAL REVENUE IS GOING TO GO UP BY ABOUT $8 MILLION. CORRECT? 220 THE COST OF GIVING 3% RAISES TO EVERY TEACHER IS 11.5 MILLION. THAT IS CORRECT, YES. SO HAS IT HISTORICALLY BEEN BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER THAT WE THAT IT COST THAT MUCH MORE THAN THE NEW LOCAL REVENUE THAT WE'RE TAKING IN. SO REMEMBER, THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS IN THIS, BUT THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION HAS WENT UP. THEY'VE ALSO HAD A BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY EXEMPTION THAT HAS WENT IN. SO ANYTIME THAT THE THE STATE COMPRESSES OUR TAX RATE, THEY PUT BACK INTO STATE FUNDING. SO THERE'S LOTS OF TIMES WHERE OUR STATE FUNDING, OUR LOCAL FUNDING DROPS, BUT OUR STATE FUNDING PICKS IT UP BECAUSE

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SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU, WHY DON'T WE LOWER THE TAXES BY A PENNY OR MORE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU PROPOSE? JUST TO HEAR THE ANSWER. AND BECAUSE WE HAVE WE'RE COLLECTING 10.7 MILLION MORE. BUT THE KICKER IS THIS, AS FAR AS I CAN CAN TELL, IS THAT WE'RE OPENING SEVERAL NEW SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR, AND A LOT MORE STAFF MEMBERS ARE GOING TO BE FLOODING ONTO OUR PAYROLLS.

IS THAT IS THAT CORRECT? WHAT ARE WE OPENING THREE NEW CAMPUSES NEXT YEAR? YES, SIR.

AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND THE BOARD THIS IS A TEN MONTH BUDGET YEAR. SO THIS IS NOT 12 MONTHS WORTH OF EXPENDITURES. IT'S ONLY TEN BECAUSE OF OUR FISCAL YEAR CHANGE. SO THAT IS SOME OF THE SAVINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN HERE AS WELL. AN EXCELLENT POINT. SO WE'RE OPENING THREE NEW CAMPUSES NEXT YEAR AND SIX THE FOLLOWING YEAR. AND CAN YOU GIVE A BALLPARK LIKE WHAT IT COST TO STAFF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME? WHAT AN INCREASE. IT'S ROUGHLY $2.5 MILLION PER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 2.5 PER ELEMENTARY. APPRECIATE IT. OUR

[12.C. Instructional Update]

THIS REFLECTS AN ANNUAL INCREASE RANGING FROM APPROXIMATELY 450 TO MORE THAN 850 STUDENTS EACH YEAR. THE EXPANSION IS LARGELY DUE TO A HIGHER NUMBER OF STUDENTS BEING DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS, AS WELL AS THE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE THE DYSLEXIA INTERVENTION THROUGH SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR ALL INITIALLY IDENTIFIED STUDENTS.

OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES IN OUR DISTRICT HAS RISEN FROM 13.6% TO 15.2%, AN OVERALL INCREASE OF 1.6 PERCENTAGE POINTS. DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE STATE'S RATE ROSE FROM 11.6% TO 15.3%, REPRESENTING A 3.7 PERCENTAGE POINT INCREASE. BASED ON OUR TEAM'S DATA SUBMITTED IN OCTOBER OF 2025, WE HAVE GROWN TO 16.4%, WHICH IS AN ADDITIONAL 1.2 PERCENTAGE POINT INCREASE. HOWEVER, THIS PROJECTED GROWTH HAS NOT YET BEEN VERIFIED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, SO THE NUMBER MAY CHANGE WHEN WE GET THAT NUMBER VERIFIED. ALTHOUGH THE STATE RELIES ON TEAM'S DATA TO TRACK SPECIAL EDUCATION NUMBERS, IT DOES NOT CAPTURE THE GROWTH THAT OCCURS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. WHEN EXAMINING CHANGES FROM AUGUST TO MAY, THE INCREASE IS MUCH MORE APPARENT IN WHAT OUR STAFF EXPERIENCES DAY TO DAY. FOR EXAMPLE, WE BEGAN THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH 7214 STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, AND WE NOW SERVE 8331 STUDENTS, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1100 STUDENTS. THE GROWTH OBSERVED

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AS NEW CAMPUSES OPEN PROGRAMS ARE EXPANDED AND REALIGNED TO ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS AND TO PROVIDE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AS CLOSE TO STUDENTS HOMES AS POSSIBLE. WITHIN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WE WILL HAVE ADDED 11 EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS, TWO COMPLIANCE EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS, 35 STRUCTURED LEARNING CLASSROOMS. THREE COMPLIANCE STRUCTURED LEARNING CLASSROOMS FIVE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT CLASSROOMS. 14 COMPLIANCE ACADEMIC PROGRAM CLASSROOMS AND ONE TRANSITION PROGRAM CLASSROOM, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 71 SELF-CONTAINED CLASSROOMS. OF THE 71 CLASSROOMS, 20 ARE SLATED TO OPEN FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. AS SHOWN, THE PURPLE TRACK IS EXPANDING IN RESPONSE TO GROWTH WITH THE ADDITION OF ONE X PROGRAM AND THREE SLC PROGRAMS. THE GROWTH IN THE GREEN TRACK REFLECTS THE SHIFT FROM THE GOAL TRACK DUE TO CHANGES IN STUDENTS ATTENDANCE ZONES. AS A RESULT, THE GOAL TRACK WILL LOSE TWO SLC PROGRAMS, WHILE THE GREEN TRACK WILL GAIN FIVE SLC PROGRAMS AND TWO CAP PROGRAMS. THE RED TRACK IS ALSO EXPERIENCING GROWTH ACROSS ALMOST ALL PROGRAM AREAS, REQUIRING THE ADDITION OF SEVEN NEW PROGRAMS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST INCREASES AMONG ALL TRACKS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE BLUE AND SILVER AND MAROON TRACKS HAVE EXPERIENCED LITTLE TO NO GROWTH AND ARE RELIEVED

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CAN YOU EXPLAIN? I KNOW XQ AND SLC, I KNOW THAT THOSE CLASSROOMS AREN'T ON ALL CAMPUSES. HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHICH CAMPUSES HAVE AN X? WHICH CAMPUSES HAVE AN SLC OR A CAP, OR HOW DOES HOW IS THAT DETERMINED? RIGHT. I CAN SEE YOU DETERMINED HOW MANY YOU NEED, BUT HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHERE THOSE ARE LOCATED? SO IT IS BASED ON SPACE, BUT IT'S ALSO BASED ON THE HOME CAMPUSES OF STUDENTS. WE TRY TO KEEP THE LARGEST NUMBER OF STUDENTS AT THEIR HOME CAMPUSES, BUT IT CAN VARY BECAUSE IF IF WE HAVE A CAMP OR A PROGRAM THAT FLUCTUATES, SUCH AS SXSW, THERE AREN'T A LOT OF STUDENTS AT A PARTICULAR GRADE LEVEL. AND SO THEN WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHERE CAN WE PUT THE PROGRAM, HAVE A TEACHER AND MAKE SURE IT'S STAFFED APPROPRIATELY FOR, YOU KNOW, THE SERVICES THAT ARE REQUIRED. BUT DEFINITELY IT'S ABOUT SPACE, NEW CAMPUS GROWTH. WE PUT THEM ON NEW CAMPUSES FOR SURE, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A POPULAR ONE WITH PEGASUS. AND THEN WE LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE TEACHERS THAT ARE ALREADY AT THE CAMPUS WHERE WE HAVE TO MOVE STAFF. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE CONSIDERED, OKAY, SO DO WHEN WHEN WE HAVE WHEN WE'RE PUTTING A CLASSROOM TOGETHER, DO WE BASE THAT CLASSROOM ON ABILITY OF THE STUDENT OR GRADE? WELL, IT'S NOT ABILITY BASED, BUT THE PROGRAMS HAVE DIFFERENT FEATURES TO THEM. SO FOR EXAMPLE, OUR CAP PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE AVERAGE COGNITIVE ABILITIES OR CLOSE TO GRADE LEVEL FUNCTIONING. AND SO YOU MAY PUT A STUDENT IN THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE THEIR BEHAVIORS ARE NOT APPROPRIATE IN GENERAL ED, BUT THEY DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO FUNCTION ON GRADE LEVEL THROUGH THE TEAKS. WHEREAS SLC, OUR STUDENTS HAVE LOWER COGNITIVE ABILITIES. AND SO WITHIN THAT PROGRAM, WE DO LEAVE IT TO THE CAMPUS TO DETERMINE HOW THEY SET IT UP.

SO IF WE HAVE TWO CAP PROGRAMS OR TWO SLC PROGRAMS ON A CAMPUS, THEY CAN SET IT UP BY GRADE LEVEL. WE TRY TO KEEP K THROUGH TWO, MAYBE TOGETHER, THREE THROUGH FIVE TOGETHER. OKAY, BUT THAT IS UP TO THEM. OKAY, SO THEY CAN GROUP CHILDREN BASED ON THEIR LIKE, YOU KNOW, A THIRD GRADER WHO MAYBE CAN DO FOURTH GRADE WORK OR VICE VERSA. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY, RIGHT? OUR FOURTH GRADER WHO NEEDS TO DO THIRD GRADE WORK CAN BE WITH THIRD GRADERS IF THEY HAVE THAT SAME ABILITY. YES, BUT WE HAVE TRIED TO PUT THEM IN PAIRS SO THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A KINDERGARTNER WITH WITH FIFTH GRADERS ANYMORE. THAT WAS A MODEL THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, AND WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THAT. SO WE DO TRY NOT TO GROUP THEM ALL TOGETHER IF IT'S POSSIBLE. MISS MATHIS, HAS THE STATE EXPANDED THE DEFINITION OF THESE CATEGORIES? I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS DO WE UNDERSTAND WHY THE

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BUT IT JUST DEPENDS AND IT DOES. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT POSSIBLE HARMFUL EFFECTS TO THE STUDENT, AND THE ART COMMITTEES WILL MEET TO DISCUSS THOSE POSSIBLE HARMFUL EFFECTS, AND THEY MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR THE STUDENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT TRUSTEES, WE HAVE

[12.D. Demographics Report/Student Enrollment Projections]

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SO TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT LAMAR C ISD STARTS AND CLOSINGS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT 834 STARTS FOR Q4 IS THE LOWEST SINCE 2019. AGAIN, THIS MAY BE DUE TO ECONOMIC CONCERNS, BUT LCISD STILL HAS CLOSE TO 4200 STARTS FOR THE ENTIRE 2025 YEAR. AS FOR CLOSINGS, THERE WERE 943 CLOSINGS IN Q4, WITH OVER 4600 CLOSINGS FOR THE YEAR. SO THIS SHOWS THE HOUSING DATA BY ELEMENTARY CAMPUS ZONES. OUR HIGHEST ACTIVITY AREAS ARE SLIVINSKI ELEMENTARY, MORGAN ELEMENTARY, AND BECERRA ELEMENTARY. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT VELAZQUEZ, THEY HAVE ROUGHLY 16,000 FEWER SITES, WHICH IS ATTRIBUTED MAINLY TO THE AUSTIN POINT DEVELOPMENT. OVERALL, WE ARE STILL SEEING HYPERGROWTH NUMBERS IN MULTIPLE ELEMENTARY ZONES ACROSS THE DISTRICT. ALSO IN OUR AREA, IT HAS SEEN A RECENT DECREASE IN THE NEW HOME PRICES FROM THEIR PEAK IN 2023 OF OVER 500,000, TO CURRENT OF JUST BELOW 400,000. EXISTING HOME PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE IN OUR DISTRICT, SITTING AT APPROXIMATELY $445,858, SO I'LL QUICKLY SHARE SOME UPDATES OF DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS IN OUR DISTRICT. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THIS SLIDE, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE MEDIAN AGE OF RESIDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT SITS AT 36.6 YEARS.

THIS IS STILL FAIRLY YOUNG, WHICH FALLS WITHIN CHILDBEARING YEARS. ALSO, 48.3% OF PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN LAMAR C ISD HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER, AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS SITTING AT 3.0%. THIS MAP SHOWS STUDENT DENSITY OF LCISD. YOU CAN SEE MANY AREAS OF OUR DISTRICT WITH VERY HIGH STUDENT DENSITY, AND OTHER AREAS WITH VERY LOW STUDENT DENSITY.

CURRENTLY, 569 STUDENTS RESIDE OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES CHILDREN OF STAFF MEMBERS OR CHILDREN OF ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY OR PEACE OFFICERS. 16% OF OUR TOTAL STUDENT POPULATION RESIDE WITHIN ROSENBERG CITY LIMITS, WITH 5.4% RESIDING IN THE CITY OF FULSHEAR. SO NEXT, I'LL REVIEW A FEW OF THE DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR DISTRICT. BUT FIRST, THIS IS A MAP SHOWING ALL SUBDIVISIONS, BOTH ACTIVE AND FUTURE INSIDE LAMAR ISD. THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY HAS 91 ACTIVE SUBDIVISIONS, WITH MORE THAN 1400 HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND APPROXIMATELY 6500 LOTS READY TO BE BUILT ON. GROUNDWORK IS CURRENTLY UNDER UNDERWAY ON MORE THAN 6000 LOTS WITHIN 26 SUBDIVISIONS. ONE OF THOSE SUBDIVISIONS, BLUE CREEK TRAILS, IS IN THE ADOLPHUS ZONE 541 TOTAL. LOTS AND GROUNDWORK HAS RECENTLY GOTTEN UNDERWAY.

EVERGREEN IN THE FROST BENTLEY AND ZONE 1516 TOTAL LOTS. GROUNDWORK HAS RECENTLY GOTTEN UNDERWAY. CROSS CREEK WEST AND THE FUTURE FUTURE SECTION. THIS IS IN THE HAGOOD ZONE 2660 TOTAL LOTS 1972 FUTURE LOTS 324 VACANT DEVELOPED LOTS 677 OCCUPIED HOMES AND THE STUDENT YIELD FOR THOSE OCCUPIED HOMES IS 0.691 STUDENTS PER HOME. GROUNDWORK HAS NOT YET BEGUN ON THE FUTURE SITE. LAUREL FARMS HAYGOOD'S CURRENT ZONE 562 TOTAL LOTS 359. FUTURES 105 VACANT DEVELOPED LOTS AND 73 OCCUPIED HOMES, AND THE STUDENT YIELD FOR THESE HOMES IS 0.571.

BROOKWATER IN BECERRA'S FUTURE ZONE 2399. TOTAL LOTS 1698. FUTURES 376. VACANT DEVELOPED LOTS 195 OCCUPIED HOMES WITH A STUDENT YIELD OF 0.236 STUDENTS PER HOME EMBOLI. ALSO IN

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FULCHER LAKES IN MORGAN ZONE ONE, 1573. TOTAL LOTS 724. FUTURES 404. VACANT DEVELOPED LOTS WITH 349 OCCUPIED HOMES, AND THE STUDENT YIELD IS 0.523. TALON RIDGE IN THE FUTURE BECERRA ZONE 850. TOTAL LOTS 852. TOTAL LOTS AND GROUNDWORK HAS RECENTLY GOTTEN UNDERWAY.

SO NOW I'LL TALK ABOUT MULTIFAMILY HOUSING IN LAMAR CISD. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NINE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE DISTRICT, COMPRISING OF 2880 UNITS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 14 MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PLANNING STAGES, COMPRISING NEARLY 7500 FUTURE UNITS. SOME NOTES ABOUT THE APARTMENTS STUDENT YIELD WITHIN LAMAR CISD.

ON AVERAGE, FOR EACH UNIT, WE RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY 0.251 STUDENTS PER UNIT. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE AGE OF THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS, THE NEWER COMPLEXES BUILT DURING OR AFTER 2021, THAT YIELD DROPS TO 0.51 STUDENTS PER UNIT. SO IT'S TIME FOR PROJECTIONS. THIS TABLE SHOWS THE ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS BY COHORT OR GRADE LEVEL OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR, OUR NINTH GRADE COHORT IS THE LARGEST FOLLOWED BY THE FOURTH GRADE. NOW, LOOKING AT OVERALL TRENDS, THE DISTRICT IS PROJECTED TO GROW BY AN AVERAGE OF 2.5% TO 3.9% ANNUALLY OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. OR PUT ANOTHER WAY, WE ARE PROJECTED TO ADD BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 1619 HUNDRED NEW STUDENTS ANNUALLY. THESE ARE THE PROJECTIONS BY THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES. THE GREEN INDICATES APPROACHING CAPACITY, WHILE YELLOW YELLOW INDICATES OVERCAPACITY. ONE CAMPUS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THE NEW CAMPUS OPENING IN AUGUST OF 2026 BECERRA ELEMENTARY. THESE NEW PROJECTIONS HAVE. THE CAMPUS AT 904 STUDENTS BY LATE OCTOBER 2026. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 80 MORE STUDENTS THAN PREVIOUSLY PROJECTED. THIS CAMPUS WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY DURING THE SUMMER AND THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. IF THE CAMPUS HITS CAPACITY, RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE MADE TO HELP SUPPORT THE GROWTH. THESE ARE PROJECTIONS BY THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES. AGAIN, THE GREEN INDICATES APPROACHING CAPACITY WHILE YELLOW IS OVER CAPACITY. ONE NOTE ON THIS TABLE. JUST BE AWARE THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE OUR NEW CAMPUSES COMING ON BOARD. IN THE 2728 SCHOOL YEAR. ZONDA HAS GIVEN US PROJECTION RANGES OF LOW, MID-RANGE, AND HIGH, WHICH ARE SHOWN ON THE SLIDE. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE SLIDE CONDITIONS THAT WOULD NEED TO OCCUR FOR EACH OF THESE PROJECTIONS TO COME TO FRUITION. SO IN SUMMARY, LAMAR CISD ENROLLMENT INCREASED BY OVER 12,450 STUDENTS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. THE DISTRICT SAW AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 2000 STUDENTS ENTERING THE 2025 2026 SCHOOL YEAR. THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 2100 HOMES IN ACTIVE INVENTORY, ROUGHLY 6500 LOTS AVAILABLE TO BUILD ON, AND MORE THAN 61,000 PLANNED IN THE FUTURE. LCISD IS FORECASTED TO HAVE MORE THAN 57,600 STUDENTS BY THE 2030 31 SCHOOL YEAR, AND TO EXCEED 66,200 STUDENTS BY THE END OF 2035. 2036 SCHOOL YEAR BOARD THIS IS AN INFORMATION ITEM AND NO ACTION IS NEEDED, AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. ALL RIGHT, SIR, IN TERMS OF CLARIFICATION, I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THE PROJECTED GROWTH NUMBERS, THE ANNUAL PROJECTED GROWTH NUMBERS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. YOU SAID THEY RANGED FROM 1600 TO 1900 NEW ENROLLMENTS ANNUALLY PER YEAR.

YES, SIR. OKAY. GOING FORWARD, WHICH CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT DOESN'T THAT REPRESENT A DECREASE IN ENROLLMENT? AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN IN RECENT YEARS? BECAUSE I INDICATED THAT WE GREW BY 2000 STUDENTS IN 25, 26. YES, SIR. SO THIS YEAR WE ADDED APPROXIMATELY 2000 STUDENTS. THE GROWTH IS STILL THERE. SO THE WAY I DESCRIBE TO THE PUBLIC MANY TIMES IS WE WERE GROWING AT A RATE THAT WAS ALMOST STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN. IT HAS COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT STILL GROWING 1600 TO 1900 PER YEAR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NOW. WHAT HAPPENS SINCE WE RECENTLY PASSED A BOND PACKAGE? WHAT HAPPENS IF THAT IF THAT GROWTH DECREASES AND WE DON'T HAVE TO BUILD AT THE SAME RATE THAT WE EXPECTED? I MEAN, IS THAT WE CAN HAVE A CFO COME UP AND

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AND THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING WITH THE MORE MODERATE MID LEVEL LOWER END PROJECTION BECAUSE XANDER'S SAYING 16 TO 1900. SO WE FIGURED BETTER TO BE CONSERVATIVE. SO YES, BUT VERY ACCURATE THUS FAR VERY ACCURATE. ANYBODY ELSE. ARE WE ADDING SEATS TO LEHMAN AND ROBERTS? YES. HOW MANY SEATS IS IT? SO FOR ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE'D BE ADDING 125. OKAY. AND THEN FOR ROBERT, I MEAN, FOR LEHMAN JUNIOR HIGH, WE'LL BE ADDING 325. OKAY. THAT WON'T START UNTIL AFTER THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. THAT IS CORRECT. WHEN WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL COMPLEX OPENS UP THAT YEAR, WE'LL PULL THE PORTABLES OFF, START BUILDING THE ADDITION SO THAT IT WOULD OPEN UP FOR AUGUST OF 28. THANK YOU. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE

[13. FUTURE CONSENT AGENDA]

[14. CLOSED SESSION]