Oct 20, 2026 Regular School Board Meeting

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

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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 OCTOBER 20TH, 2026. WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL MEMBERS PRESENT. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO OBSERVE AS YOU FEEL APPROPRIATE. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LAMAR. PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG, LED BY SILAS BACHMAN FROM WERTHEIMER MIDDLE SCHOOL. I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AN INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. SILAS. GOOD JOB. NEXT ITEM ON THE

[3. Recognitions/awards]

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TALENTED STUDENTS AND THEIR DIRECTORS, JAMAL WASHINGTON, DANIELLE MORENO, TAYLOR CASS, PAUL ROBERT, ROBBIE GREEN, ANDREW LEE, AARON CROMWELL, PAIGE NIELSEN AND NATHAN CARTER ON THIS EXCEPTIONAL NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT REPRESENTING THE CHARGER BAND WIND SYMPHONY HERE THIS EVENING ARE THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS. CASE DIKRAN. ELLA HURLBUTT. JAMAL, WASHINGTON JUNIOR. AND YASI GRACE FAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT THE END.

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GOT A GREAT JOB. AND FINALLY THIS EVENING, IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE AND EXCITEMENT THAT WE RECOGNIZE AN EXCEPTIONAL GROUP OF YOUNG LEADERS IN AGRICULTURE FROM ACROSS OUR DISTRICT. TONIGHT, WE CELEBRATE STUDENTS REPRESENTING GEORGE RANCH, FFA, RANDALL FFA, FOSTER FFA AND THOMAS HIGH SCHOOL FFA CHAPTERS WHO PROUDLY REPRESENTED THEIR SCHOOLS, THEIR CHAPTERS AND OUR DISTRICT AT THIS YEAR'S FORT BEND COUNTY FAIR. FOR MORE THAN 85 YEARS, THE FORT BEND COUNTY FAIR HAS BEEN A CHERISHED TRADITION IN OUR COMMUNITY, CELEBRATING AGRICULTURAL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND THE RICH HERITAGE OF FORT BEND COUNTY.

FOR OUR STUDENTS, THIS FAIR REPRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THE MONTHS OF HARD WORK, RESPONSIBILITY, PREPARATION, AND PERSEVERANCE. TONIGHT, WE RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS FOR EARNING CHAMPIONSHIP HONORS WITH THEIR LIVESTOCK PROJECTS FROM FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL. WE RECOGNIZE OLIVIA OUSLEY FOR RESERVE DIVISION, AMERICAN AND GRAND SENIOR SHOWMANSHIP FOR STEERS. GRETCHEN LEGGETT, RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION, SENIOR SHOWMANSHIP FOR SWINE. LAYTON LARA, GRAND CHAMPION. SHOWMANSHIP FOR ROOSTERS. CARLY HEINE, RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION, EXOTIC AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION. SHOWMANSHIP FOR SCRAMBLE.

HEIFERS. ELIZABETH KAUVAR, RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION AMERICAN FOR SCRAMBLE HEIFERS AND RESERVE OVERALL SCRAMBLE HEIFER. AND MORGAN FINCH, GRAND JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP FOR LAMB. SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT THIS EVENING, BUT THIS IS OUR FOSTER KIDDOS.

ALL RIGHT. FROM GEORGE RANCH HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE AVERY LOPEZ, RESERVE

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FROM RANDALL HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE RECOGNIZING KENNEDY FRANKLIN, GRAND CHAMPION FOR BRITISH HEIFERS. AND EMILY HOGAN, RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FOR BRITISH HEIFERS.

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AND FROM THOMAS HIGH SCHOOL, WE'RE RECOGNIZING LINLEY BAILEY'S RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION FOR GOATS. AND HAILEY KATARA'S, GRAND CHAMPION FOR EXOTIC HEIFER. AND AS THEY TAKE THEIR PHOTOS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THESE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES ARE IMPRESSIVE. BUT THE IMPACT OF OUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATION GOES EVEN FURTHER. COLLECTIVELY, ALL OF THESE STUDENTS AUCTION THEIR LIVESTOCK PROJECTS FOR AN INCREDIBLE TOTAL OF ALMOST $206,000. RAISING AND EXHIBITING LIVESTOCK PROJECT REQUIRES COUNTLESS HOURS OF WORK, RESPONSIBILITY, PERSEVERANCE AND COMMITMENT. AND THESE STUDENTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. SO AT THIS TIME, WE INVITE ALL OF OUR FFA PARENTS TO PLEASE STAND AS WE OFFER YOU A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR YOUR KIDDOS. AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO OUR CHAMPIONS. THEIR HARD WORK, PERSEVERANCE, AND PASSION HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEM IN THE SHOW RING AND HAVE MADE THE SCHOOL'S CHAPTER IN OUR DISTRICT PROUD. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN EVERYBODY! A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF OUR FORT BEND COUNTY FAIR CHAMPIONS.

[4. Board members' reports]

I WAS VERY PLEASED TO INTERACT WITH THEM THIS WEEKEND. IT MARKED THE CULMINATION OF THE

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AND AND I RESPECT THAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND SO I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE DEPARTURE OF TREY AND OTHERS, OTHER STUDENTS WHO ENLISTED. AND I WAS PARTICULARLY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THEIR OATH OF ENLISTMENT IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON. AND AND IT WAS A VERY IMPRESSIVE EXPERIENCE TO SEE OUR STUDENTS TAKE THAT OATH OF ENLISTMENT AND TO SEE THE DIVERSE TAPESTRY THAT IS OUR UNITED STATES MILITARY. SO I ASKED THE THE RECRUITERS WHO ARE HERE THIS EVENING, STAFF SERGEANT EMILY THORMAN AND STAFF SERGEANT JOSEPH BOYLE TO TO PLEASE ATTEND THIS EVENING AND BE RECOGNIZED AND KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT THAT YOU EXERT IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS, COLLABORATING WITH OUR DISTRICT, PROVIDING THE GUIDANCE AND THE SUPPORT THAT YOU DO TO THE FAMILIES, BECAUSE IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE AND I WAS ONE OF THE EMOTIONAL PEOPLE AT THAT PARTICULAR EVENT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. WE AS A DISTRICT HAVE SOME HAVE SOME ITEMS FOR YOU AND BOARD MEMBERS AND TEAM OF. EIGHT DOCTOR NIVENS. THEY HAVE THEY HAVE BEEN GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO BRING US EACH AN ITEM, A NICE PEN AND CAP AND, AND YOU'LL FIND A CALENDAR ON YOUR DESK AND. AND THE DOCTOR NIVENS HAS BEEN KIND ENOUGH TO PROVIDE A COUPLE OF ITEMS FOR YOU. SO. SO PLEASE KNOW THAT ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL CITIZEN, ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL DISTRICT AND ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL NATION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THESE SERVICE.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR. WHO'S NEXT? NEXT. I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MISS SALEEM AT FULSHEAR HIGH SCHOOL. SHE HOSTED THE SCIENCE FUN DAY TOURNAMENT AT FULSHEAR THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO HER. THERE'S A LOT OF STUDENTS THERE PARTICIPATING, DOING, YOU KNOW, ROBOTICS AND CREATING CARS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. AND IT'S JUST FUN TO SEE SOMEBODY WHO'S EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY DO EACH DAY AND TO SHARE IT BECAUSE IT'S CONTAGIOUS. AND SO I KNOW HER STUDENTS WERE APPRECIATIVE. AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LOSS OF A STUDENT AT FULSHEAR HIGH SCHOOL THIS OVER THE PAST WEEK. AND HIS NAME WAS JAMES, AND HE WAS LOVED BY MANY. IT WAS A VERY HEARTWARMING TO SEE STUDENTS, TEACHERS, COACHES AND ADMIN STAFF. AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, THE CHURCH, JUST TO COME AROUND THIS FAMILY AND TO OFFER THEIR LOVE AND SUPPORT. AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE A CHARGER AND PART OF THE COMMUNITY. FOR MY BOARD.

SHOUT OUT. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COACH MICHAEL LUCIANO WITH RANDALL HIGH SCHOOL. OVER THE YEARS, I'VE WATCHED COACH LUCIANO JUST SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. THERE'S STUDENTS GOT TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B, DIFFERENT EVENTS AND GAMES, AND I'VE SEEN HIM STEP UP AND HELP DRIVE OUR STUDENTS TO GET TO THOSE PLACES. SO HE DOES IT. YOU ALWAYS SEE COACH LUCIANO SITTING OVER THERE IN HIS LAWN CHAIR WHEN HE'S WAITING FOR THE KIDS TO PERFORM AND DO THEIR THINGS. HE'S ALWAYS GOT HIS FOLDING CHAIR, BUT HE DOES IT IN THE BACKGROUND WITHOUT NEEDING ANY RECOGNITION. BUT TO COACH LUCIANO, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR GETTING OUR KIDS THROUGH THOSE EXPERIENCES. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE TEAM THAT PUT TOGETHER THE TEX

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OKAY, I HAVE A BOARD SHOUT OUTS. THIS IS TO ALL OF THE STUDENTS IN THE FFA. SO ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STUDENTS RECOGNIZED TONIGHT FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT THE FORT BEND COUNTY FAIR. I WANT TO THANK ANNA CHAVEZ, A PROUD RANDOL FFA MOM, FOR HER THOUGHTFUL EMAIL INVITING US TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. IT WAS A PLEASURE MEETING ANNA AND THE FFA CREW. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MORGAN KEZIAH FOR SHOWING ME AROUND THE LIVESTOCK AREA. I ALSO GOT TO MEET SOME OF OUR FOSTER AND GOLD TRACK CREW AND THEIR ANIMALS. THEY WERE SO WELCOMING AND EAGER TO SHARE WHAT THEY DO. SOME OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE STUDENTS I HAVE EVER MET ARE PART OF THE FFA PROGRAMS AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE, DEDICATION AND COMPETENCE REALLY STAND OUT. THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR AG TEACHERS FOR THE TIME THAT YOU INVEST THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING OVER THE SUMMER, AND TO THE FAMILIES SUPPORTING THESE STUDENTS AND TO THE EDUCATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO CAME OUT TO CHEER THEM ON.

AND I THINK MY FAVORITE PART OF THE SHOW WERE THE LAMBS WITH THEIR LITTLE LEG WARMERS. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT. I THINK THAT SHE MIGHT HAVE LEFT ALREADY, BUT TO MISS CARLY HEINE, CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING NAMED THE 2026 NEEDVILLE FALL FESTIVAL QUEEN. CARLY WANTED TO STEP OUTSIDE HER COMFORT ZONE AND GROW HER CONFIDENCE IN INTERVIEWING AND PUBLIC SPEAKING, AND SHE DID EXACTLY THAT WITH POISE, BEAUTY, AND GRACE. CARLY, YOU SHOULD BE SO PROUD OF YOURSELF. AND THEN I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE. A COUPLE OF SHOUT OUTS TO THE BRISCOE EAGLES, OUR EIGHTH GRADE FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND THEIR COACHES USE THEIR BYE WEEK TO GIVE BACK BY VOLUNTEERING AT LUNCHES OF LOVE. I LOVED SEEING THEM SPEND TIME SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. BEING A PART OF A TEAM MEANS LEARNING TO SHOW UP FOR OTHERS, TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK TOWARDS SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF. THOSE LESSONS MATTER ON THE FIELD AND CARRY WELL BEYOND IT. THANK YOU TO THE COACHES FOR MAKING TIME FOR THAT AND LEADING BY EXAMPLE. AND ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SEVENTH GRADE B TEAM VOLLEYBALL B TEAM AND THEIR COACHES ON WINNING THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP. THAT WAS SUCH A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.

SINCE WE GATHERED LAST IN SEPTEMBER, I HAVE BEEN TO THREE FOOTBALL GAMES AT TAYLOR STADIUM, AND TWO OF THEM I'LL MENTION WAS WAS LAMAR HOMECOMING AND GEORGE RANCH HOMECOMING. MY SHOUT OUT IS TO THE ARMY OF VOLUNTEER PARENTS THAT HELP WITH THE FINE ARTS HALFTIME SHOW, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF YOU. AND I WAS WITH AMBER AND A COUPLE OTHER FOLKS AT SEVERAL OF THE GAMES, AND WE WERE JUST WATCHING. WHEN YOU FROM THE TIME YOU GO IN THE PARK AND TO THE TIME THEY'RE STAGING, BY THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND QUARTER, AND THEY'RE RUNNING ON THE FIELD AND HELPING EVERYTHING BE BE PROPERLY IN ITS PLACE AT HALFTIME. AND THEN AFTERWARDS, YOU GUYS DO A LOT FOR YOUR KIDS AND FOR THIS DISTRICT. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. PIGGYBACKING OFF OF THAT ONE, I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO OUR FOSTER FALCON BAND AND GUARD AS THEY HEAD TO BANDS OF AMERICA, SAINT LOUIS SUPER REGIONAL. THEY'RE

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WHAT AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT FOSTER, OUR DISTRICT AND TEXAS. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING THEIR SEPTEMBER 26TH SHOWCASE AND WAS ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY BY THEIR SHOW, VINYL AND VIBES, THE MUSIC, THE CHOREOGRAPHY, THE UNIFORMS AND THE PROPS ALL COME TOGETHER TO CREATE SUCH A UNIQUE PERFORMANCE. THESE STUDENTS BRING THE WHOLE SHOW TO LIFE. I'VE WITNESSED THEIR DEDICATION FIRSTHAND THROUGH THE SUMMER AND EVERY DAY SINCE.

THEY PUT HOURS INTO THE HEAT, WORKING THROUGH EVERY DETAIL LONG BEFORE MOST OF US SEE THEM PERFORM. CONGRATULATIONS AS WELL ON ANOTHER OUTSTANDING U.I.L REGIONAL PERFORMANCE IN 25 CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF MARCHING EXCELLENCE. THANK YOU TO MR. ALLMAN AND THE DIRECTORS AND STAFF FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE PARENTS AND TO THE FOSTER BAND BOOSTER CLUB. THAT GROUP IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. SO MUCH HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES AND THESE STUDENTS HAVE AN INCREDIBLE TEAM SUPPORTING THEM. TAKE IT ALL IN, LEAVE IT ALL ON THE FIELD AND KNOW THAT WE'RE CHEERING YOU ON. SO GO SHOW SAINT LOUIS THOSE VINYL AND VIBES. AND LAST IS ANOTHER EXCITING SENDOFF FOR FOSTER. OUR GIRLS WATER POLO TEAM IS HEADED TO STATE.

THEY'LL FACE BRAZOSWOOD IN THE SEMIFINALS THIS FRIDAY IN SAN ANTONIO. A WIN PUTS THEM IN SATURDAY'S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES AND THEIR COACHES ON THIS INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND THANK YOU TO THE FAMILIES WHO SUPPORT THEM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. LADY FALCONS ENJOY THE MOMENT AND KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY IS CHEERING YOU ON. GO MAKE SOME WAVES AND SAFE TRAVELS TO ALL THE FALCONS. I'M SO PROUD OF YOU AND CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU SHINE. OKAY, WELL IT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE GOING LAST BECAUSE WE'VE ALL BEEN TO SO MANY OF THE SAME EVENTS, AND MY FELLOW TRUSTEES HAVE USUALLY COVERED THEM ALL BY THE TIME WE GET TO MEET. BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE ANOTHER SHOUT OUT. TRUSTEE HENDERSON MENTIONED THE PERFORMANCE LAST WEEKEND. WAS IT LAST WEEKEND, I THINK, BUT SPECIFICALLY TO MISS KINGSLEY, MR. CRANSTON, LUIS MALDONADO AND CHARLES WILLIAMS AT GEORGE RANCH TO SHANE O'HAVER AT RANDALL, THOSE ARE THE ONES I SAW. I KNOW THERE WERE MANY MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED, BUT IT WAS TRULY INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE AND I KNOW IT WAS A LONG TIME PREPPING AND ALL THAT, AND YOU REALLY DID US PROUD FOR SURE. AND DOCTOR NIVENS CRIED. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU DID A GOOD JOB WHEN THAT HAPPENS. AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SOME TEACHERS AT REDDING, CHRISTIE CHAMBERS, JENNIFER CAMPBELL AND COACH WALKER AT REDDING JUNIOR HIGH. I ATTENDED A PEP RALLY AT ONE OF THE DAYS AND WELL, FIRST SHOUT OUT TO KYLE LITTLE, THE PRINCIPAL, AND HIS AMAZING AND COACH SEWELL AND HIS ADMIN TEAM, BECAUSE THOSE PEP RALLIES ARE THE MOST THEY'RE THE LOUDEST BUT AND MOST PACKED BUT CONTROLLED CHAOS THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN. AND THEY'RE JUST SO FUN. BUT I GOT TO WITNESS WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE MOST EPIC DANCE BATTLE I'VE EVER SEEN TEACHERS AND STUDENTS DO. AND I WAS JUST THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE. AND I LOVE SEEING TEACHERS WHO ARE WILLING TO HAVE FUN WITH THEIR STUDENTS.

WE NEED MORE OF THAT. THAT'S THE KIND OF SCHOOL CULTURE THAT MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE. SO IT'S BEEN A BUSY FEW WEEKS, BUT A WONDERFUL REMINDER OF WHAT MAKES LCISD SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE. I THINK THAT'S EVERYBODY. RIGHT. OKAY. DOCTOR NIVENS, IS THERE A SUPERINTENDENT REPORT?

[5. Board committees' reports]

SO THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL OR SHACK MET ON OCTOBER 14TH AND RECEIVED PRESENTATIONS FROM OUR NEW ELSIE ISD POLICE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT AND EMPLOYEE WELLNESS COORDINATORS. THE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS SHARED HOW THEY SUPPORT STUDENTS IN CRISIS, WORK WITH FAMILIES TO CONNECT WITH THEM, APPROPRIATE CARE AND COORDINATE FOLLOW UP SUPPORT. THEY ALSO DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING CONCERNS EARLY AND MAKING SURE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES KNOW WHERE TO TURN FOR HELP. STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH HIGH SCHOOL WERE ALSO INTRODUCED. THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECOGNIZED COACH SMALLWOOD AND COACH GABBARD FOR NATIONAL COACHES DAY, ALONG WITH NURSE AARON SWAN AND HUGGINS ELEMENTARY, FOR EARNING RECOGNITION IN THREE CATEGORIES OF AMERICA'S HEALTHIEST SCHOOLS. THANK YOU EVERYONE INVOLVED FOR THEIR WORK SUPPORTING THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS AND

[6. Superintendent's report]

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THAT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE. AND I HELD ON TO THAT PODIUM AS HARD AS I COULD NOT TO CRY, BUT IT DIDN'T DIDN'T HOLD UP. I WAS EXTREMELY PROUD OF THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE AND ALL THE ADULTS THAT PUT IN TIME. I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR THEM. TODAY, DOCTOR PHILLIPS AND I WENT TO VISIT BRIGHT FUTURES ACADEMY AND IT IS. IT IS BEYOND WORDS, PHENOMENAL. I CAN'T DESCRIBE THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE'RE THAT THAT MISS SCOTT AND HER TEAM AND THIS DISTRICT ARE DOING FOR THE FOR THE CHILDREN OUT THERE AND TO SEE MISS SCOTT'S ENERGY AND PASSION FOR SERVING OUR STUDENTS WITH AUTISM IS. IT'S A PURPOSE AND IS LIFE CHANGING TO WATCH HER DO THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, SO WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE DID. SHE IS SHE'S DOING. SHE'S CREATING ALL THESE EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. AND THEN SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW HER PARENTS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY WILL BE NEGATIVE, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, ANYTIME YOU'RE DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR KIDS, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME OUT AND BE NEGATIVE. NOT EVERYBODY LOVES KIDS. I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT THEY DON'T. IT'S WEIRD.

RIGHT. AND SO SHE SAYS, YOU KNOW, SHE'LL SHE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPEN. BUT HER PARENTS AND HER STAFF SURROUND THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE AND WITH LOVE AND HAD A CHANCE TO GO INTO SOME CLASSROOMS AND TALK TO SOME STUDENTS. AND IT IS A PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE THAT WE'RE GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE OUT THERE. SO MISS SCOTT AND YOUR STAFF, I APPRECIATE YOU FOR LOVING ON OUR BABIES. I APPRECIATE YOU FOR HAVING A HEART FOR THEM AND FOR TAKING CARE OF THEM. AND I KNOW THEIR PARENTS DO TOO. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MISS JOHNSON, ARE THERE

[7. Public Comment ]

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING POSTED AGENDA ITEMS AT THE TIME THE ITEM IS TAKEN UP FOR DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION BEFORE THE BOARD CALLS FOR A VOTE. PUBLIC COMMENT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING NON-AGENDA ITEMS. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. WHILE SPEAKERS GENERALLY HAVE THREE 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. ANY CHANGES TO THE ALLOTTED TIME WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO PARTICIPANTS PRIOR TO THEIR ALLOTTED TIME. HOWEVER, NO SPEAKER SHALL BE GIVEN LESS THAN ONE MINUTE TONIGHT. EACH SPEAKER TONIGHT WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES. THE BOARD MAY NOT PROHIBIT PUBLIC CRITICISM, INCLUDING CRITICISM OF ANY ACT, OMISSION, POLICY, PROCEDURE, PROGRAM OR SERVICE OF THE DISTRICT. COMPLAINTS ABOUT A SPECIFIC MATTER SHOULD BE HANDLED THROUGH THE APPLICABLE GRIEVANCE PROCESS, AND THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY DIRECT THE PARTICIPANT TO SPECIFIC BOARD POLICY OR DISTRICT STAFF TO TALK TO AFTER THE MEETING. IF NECESSARY. SPEAKERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO USE SPECIFIC NAMES OF STUDENTS OR EMPLOYEES WHEN PROVIDING THEIR REMARKS. ANY SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THIS EXPECTATION DURING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OR PUBLIC COMMENT MAY BE DIRECTED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER. TO REFRAIN FROM NAMING THE EMPLOYEE OR STUDENT. THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE MEETINGS HELD IN PUBLIC BUT ARE NOT PUBLIC MEETINGS. WHILE THE BOARD VALUES HEARING FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, TRUSTEES WILL NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS OR RESPOND TO COMMENTS FROM PATRONS, SPEAKERS WILL NOT ENGAGE IN DIALOG WITH THE TRUSTEES. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU COME FORWARD. OUR FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT IS LILY BROWN. I'M JUST GONNA LIKE, PUT THIS RIGHT HERE. OKAY. HI, MY NAME IS LILY BROWN. I AM A RANDALL FFA. AND TODAY I WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT PERSEVERANCE AND HOW IT INVOLVES FFA AND RAISING ANIMALS. THIS IS ONE OF OUR PRIDE PILLARS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT OUR SCHOOL STANDS FOR. AND FFA. WE LEARN

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AGAIN, HOPEFULLY THE PRESENCE AND AND THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM, WE CAN DO SOMETHING COLLECTIVELY TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD. SO WE ALL ARE PRAYING FOR THAT. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. AND OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS BROOKE RODRIGUEZ. GOOD EVENING,

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[8. CONSENT AGENDA]

TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES ELECTRONICALLY. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT.

[9.A. Discussion of design development for new Red Track Junior High School ]

OPTION THREE IN THE RED TRACK HIGH SCHOOL. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE NEW RED TRACK APPROVED DESIGN AT THE TOP AND THEN OPTION ONE. OPTION TWO AND THEN OPTION THREE. WE HAVE A DESIGN COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WILL BE HAPPENING ON OCTOBER THE 28TH. THERE WILL BE VIEWING THESE ASKING QUESTIONS AND RANKING THESE AND WILL BRING FORTH TO YOU AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING. SO THIS IS A FUTURE ACTION ITEM AND DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY ACTION AT THIS TIME. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? NEXT ITEM IS MINE AS WELL. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF

[9.B. Discussion of Lamar CISD annual comprehensive financial report for 2025-2026 fiscal year]

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IS A BIG COMPONENT OF OUR EVALUATION. WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW IS WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF ACCESS IS GIVEN TO THE DISTRICT'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. HOW DO THOSE SYSTEMS TALK TO EACH OTHER AND HOW ARE SYSTEMS BACKED UP? NEXT, WE WE FOCUS ON PAYROLL AND HR, AS WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. PAYROLL IS YOUR LARGEST EXPENDITURE WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO WE WANT TO KNOW ALL THE PROCESSES SURROUNDING PAYROLL AND HUMAN RESOURCES. NEXT, WE FOCUS ON PROCUREMENT AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, WHICH IS YOUR CASH DISBURSEMENT CYCLE. SO WE WANT TO KNOW HOW DOES CASH LEAVE THE DISTRICT TO PAY VENDORS. SO WE WILL ALSO WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, IS THE DISTRICT FOLLOWING PROPER PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES. ARE WE FOLLOWING FEDERAL GUIDELINES, STATE GUIDELINES AND OUR LOCAL POLICY? NEXT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SUBSTANTIVE PROCEDURES. SO THIS IS THE THE PART OF THE AUDIT WHERE WHERE WE FILL UP OUR AUDIT BUCKET. WE HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROCEDURES THAT WE CAN PERFORM. THE FIRST ONE BE AN ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE. SO THIS INCLUDES FLUX ANALYSIS RATIO ANALYSIS. NEXT IS PREDICTIVE TEST WHERE WE AS YOUR AUDITORS LOOK AT DRIVERS OF CERTAIN ACCOUNTS AND SEE IF THOSE ACCOUNTS MOVED IN, RELATE IN THE DIRECTION OF OUR EXPECTATIONS. NEXT WE DO VOUCHING, WHICH IS TRACING TRANSACTIONS BACK TO THEIR SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION. WE CONFIRM BALANCES DIRECTLY WITH THIRD PARTIES. AND THEN WE ALSO PULL THIRD PARTY REPORTS PRIMARILY FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, AND THEN TRACE THOSE REPORTS BACK TO THE DISTRICT'S BOOKS AND RECORDS. AGAIN, WE DO ALL OF THAT SO THAT WE CAN ISSUE AN OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SO THERE'S THREE TYPES OF OPINIONS THAT WE CAN ISSUE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION KNOWN AS A CLEAN OPINION, A MODIFIED AND A DISCLAIMER. BUT THE ONE WE WANT TO FOCUS ON IS JUST THE UNMODIFIED OPINION. ANYTHING ELSE IN THE DISTRICT RECEIVES AN F ON ITS FIRST TRADING. SO TO THE ACTUAL RESULTS OF OUR AUDIT. SO WE PERFORMED OUR AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS. WE WILL BE ISSUING AN UNMODIFIED REPORT.

AGAIN, A CLEAN OPINION. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DID EVALUATE THE DISTRICT'S INTERNAL CONTROLS. WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES IN INTERNAL CONTROLS. THERE WERE NO CONTROL DEFICIENCIES THAT REQUIRED COMMUNICATION WITH MANAGEMENT. PART OF THAT PROCESS. WE ALSO DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY NONCOMPLIANCE WITH LAWS OR REGULATIONS. SO JUST AS A QUICK SUMMARY, THAT'S GREAT RESULTS.

AS MEMBERS OF GOVERNANCE, YOU REALLY YOU CAN'T GET BETTER RESULTS THAN THAT. IN ADDITION TO PERFORMING AN AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WE ALSO PERFORMED A FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT. SO THIS IS REQUIRED BECAUSE THE DISTRICTS EXPENDS OVER $1 MILLION OF FEDERAL FUNDING. SO THE DISTRICT IN TOTAL SPENT $34 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING. YOU ALL ARE CONSIDERED A LOW RISK AUDITEE BECAUSE OF YOUR CLEAN AUDIT REPORTS AND HISTORY OF CLEAN REPORTS. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY ONLY REQUIRED TO GET 20% COVERAGE OF YOUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES. THESE PROGRAMS ARE ON A THREE YEAR ROTATION. SO BECAUSE OF THAT THREE YEAR CYCLE, WE HAD TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE TESTED, TITLE ONE AND SPED THAT GAVE US 30% COVERAGE OF YOUR TOTAL FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WERE SPENT. AGAIN, WE ISSUE AN OPINION OVER THIS AUDIT AS WELL. UNMODIFIED OPINION, CLEAN OPINION. WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY CONTROL DEFICIENCIES OVER COMPLIANCE.

SO NEXT WE'LL MOVE INTO THE THE NUMBERS SIDE OF THE AUDIT OR THE PRESENTATION. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE THIS IS THE GOVERNMENT WIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENT. SO THIS IS THE

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SO LAST YEAR YOU HAD $152 MILLION DEFICIT. NOW YOU'RE AT $100 MILLION DEFICIT. BUT THERE WAS A FOUR YEAR TREND OF MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO SO THE DISTRICT DID HAVE POSITIVE RESULTS TO ITS NET POSITION. NEXT WE'LL LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND. SO THIS IS THE PRIMARY OPERATING FUND OF THE DISTRICT. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE ARE THE TOTAL REVENUES FOR THE TEN MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30TH. THE DISTRICT HAD TOTAL REVENUES OF 532 MILLION, COMPARED TO 475 MILLION OF THE PRIOR YEAR. STATE AID IS THE LARGEST COMPONENT OF YOUR REVENUE SOURCE AT 56.6%. NEXT, FOLLOWED BY PROPERTY TAXES, TRS ON BEHALF AND OTHER REVENUES.

THESE RATIOS OF REVENUE SOURCES ARE VERY COMPARABLE TO PRIOR YEAR. NEXT, WE'LL LOOK AT YOUR FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES. SO AGAIN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AT THE FUNCTIONAL LEVEL. THE GENERAL FUND HAD TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF 502 MILLION, COMPARED TO 479 MILLION OF THE PRIOR YEAR.

INSTRUCTION AND RELATED SERVICES WERE BY FAR THE LARGEST CATEGORY OR FUNCTIONAL EXPENDITURE THAT YOU HAD AT 320 MILLION, REPRESENTS 63.7% OF YOUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES. NEXT WAS STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES AT 60 MILLION FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS AT 47, SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AT 36. SECURITY AND DATA PROCESSING AT 20. GENERAL ADMIN AT 13. AND THEN OTHER FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES WERE 6 MILLION. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE DISTRICT IS WITHIN.

IT'S ACTUALLY BELOW KIND OF THE STATE GUIDELINES FOR GENERAL ADMIN, WHICH GENERALLY RANGE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 3 AND 5%. THE DISTRICT CAME IN AT 2.4% FOR GENERAL ADMIN EXPENSE. THIS NEXT SLIDE, AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPENDITURES. BUT INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT THE FUNCTIONAL LEVEL, WE'RE LOOKING AT CLASS AT THE CLASSIFICATION LEVEL. SO WHAT I'VE DONE HERE IS I'VE KIND OF SEPARATED OUT THE PAYROLL. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, PAYROLL IS THE LARGEST EXPENDITURE WITHIN THE DISTRICT. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE INSTRUCTION RELATED PAYROLL WAS 305 MILLION COMPARED TO ALL OTHER PAYROLL, WHICH WAS 127 MILLION. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS COMPARABILITY FROM 26 TO 25 ACROSS ALL THESE CLASSIFICATIONS. YOU ALSO HAVE CONTRACTED SERVICES AT 37 MILLION SUPPLIES AT 16 AND THEN OTHER OPERATING AT 17 MILLION.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOUR YOUR FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF THE DAY? SO WE STARTED FUND BALANCE AT 96 MILLION. WE ADDED $532 MILLION IN REVENUE. WE HAD $502 MILLION OF EXPENDITURES. SO WE ENDED THE GENERAL FUND YEAR WITH $126 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE. IT'S A $30 MILLION INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. WHAT WE DO IS WE LIKE TO LOOK AT FUND BALANCE IN ITS CLASSIFICATIONS, PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT BEING UNASSIGNED AND ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. THAT'S EFFECTIVELY WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR NEXT YEAR'S OPERATIONS. SO WITH $120,000,121 MILLION UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, THAT GIVES YOU 88 DAYS OF OPERATIONS AND IS EQUAL TO EQUIVALENT OF 24% OF YOUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES, WHICH AGAIN, FALLS IN LINE WITH THE DISTRICT'S POLICY. THE DISTRICT HAS A FUND BALANCE POLICY TO EQUAL BETWEEN 12.5 TO 25% OF YOUR OPERATING EXPENDITURES. SO AGAIN, YOU'RE ON THE TOP END OF YOUR FUND BALANCE POLICY REQUIREMENT. NEXT, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.

SO THIS IS THE FUND THAT'S USED TO ACCUMULATE PROPERTY TAXES FROM THE INSIDE OF YOUR TAX RATE TO BE USED FOR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS. THE DISTRICT STARTED FUND BALANCE AT 59 MILLION. WE ADDED $181 MILLION. AGAIN, THAT'S COMPRISED PRIMARILY OF PROPERTY TAXES AND STATE AID. THERE'S $102 MILLION OF EXPENDITURES WHICH WENT TOWARDS PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS. AND THEN YOU HAD $10 MILLION OF OTHER FINANCING SOURCES THAT WERE USED TO PAY FOR SOME ACCRUED INTEREST. SO YOU ENDED THE YEAR WITH $148 MILLION OF FUND BALANCE IN YOUR DEBT SERVICE FUND. KIND OF JUMPS OFF THE PAGE. THAT'S A LOT HIGHER THAN WHAT YOUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCE WAS. THE REASON WE SEE A BIG DIFFERENCE IS BECAUSE YOU'RE NOW A JUNE FISCAL YEAR END. SO THE DISTRICT'S DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS ARE SCHEDULED IN FEBRUARY AND IN AUGUST. SO YOU'RE GOING TO CARRY A LARGER FUND BALANCE IN YOUR DEBT SERVICE FUND TO PAY FOR THAT AUGUST PAYMENT. SO THAT AUGUST PAYMENT WAS ABOUT $75 MILLION.

SO IF WE TAKE 75 MILLION AWAY FROM THAT 148, IT PUTS YOU BACK IN LINE WITH YOUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCE AS OF AUGUST. YES, SIR. IS THAT CHANGE IN YEAR? DOES THAT CHANGE AN AUDIT YEAR

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YES. THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR TO PERFORM THE AUDIT. COULD YOU COULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF, YOUR NAME AND YOUR COMPANY? GREG. GREG PETERSON, AUDIT PARTNER WITH WEAVER AND TIDWELL.

YEAH. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT'S ALWAYS IN THE NEWS WHEN IT COMES TO SCHOOL, PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCING IS CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION. YES, SIR. AND I CAUGHT THE THE PERCENTAGE YOU HAD UP THERE, 2.4%. YES, SIR. WITHOUT ANY FUNNY BUSINESS OR ANYTHING THAT'S NOT TAKING ANY KIND OF FOLKS THAT SHOULD BE COUNTED AS CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION, BUT COUNTING THEM AS CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION INSTEAD, WOULD YOU WOULD YOU SAY THAT THAT 2.4% IS A IS AN ACCURATE NUMBER? YES, AS FAR AS YOU CAN TELL, YES. AND THE AVERAGE ISD IN TEXAS IS, IS WHAT APPROXIMATELY RANGE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 3 TO 5%, 3 TO 5%. SO WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD IS DOING PRETTY GOOD. DOING PRETTY GOOD. YEAH. THANK YOU.

WELL, THOSE ARE TWO TWO OF MY QUESTIONS. SO GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE, JOHN. SO WELCOME ABOARD.

WAS YOUR WAS YOUR PROCESS YOUR FIRST FIRST YEAR IN THIS PROCESS? WORKING WITH OUR STAFF? WAS THAT IT WAS GREAT. YEAH. YOU KNOW, THESE FIRST YEARS ARE ALWAYS AN INVESTMENT. YEAH. TO GET TO KNOW THE DISTRICTS, UNDERSTAND INTERNAL CONTROLS PROCESSES. SO IT WAS IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. YOU KNOW, AS AN AUDIT FIRM, WE COME IN WITH LOTS OF QUESTIONS. WHAT MAKES US FEEL GOOD IS WHEN WE GET ANSWERS. SO EVERY TIME WE HAD A QUESTION, WE GOT AN ANSWER.

EVERY TIME WE ASK FOR A DOCUMENT, IT WAS PROVIDED TO US. IT WAS A LOT OF TRANSPARENCY BETWEEN OUR OUR FOLKS THAT WERE IN THE FIELD AND YOUR FOLKS IN THE OFFICE. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A DECISION WE DIDN'T MAKE LIGHTLY. AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE STAFF THAT COLLABORATED WITH YOU BECAUSE WE KNOW HAVING BEEN A PART OF THE AUDIT PROCESS, I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY TO PRODUCING SOURCE DOCUMENTS AND, AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO AN AUDIT, MY UNDERSTANDING AND FOR, FOR CLARIFICATION IS THAT THIS IS A CLEAN AUDIT.

THERE WERE NO RED FLAG ISSUES WHATSOEVER. YES, SIR. YEAH. THIS WAS A CLEAN AUDIT.

HONESTLY, YOU CAN'T REALLY LOOK FOR BETTER RESULTS THAN THAN WHAT YOU ALL RECEIVED. AND THAT REALLY JUST GOES BACK TO THE FOLKS IN THOSE OFFICE TAKING A LOT OF PRIDE IN THEIR WORK.

AGAIN, THEY WERE SO HELPFUL DURING THE AUDIT. LIKE I SAID, THIS FIRST YEAR IS, ARE, ARE THE TOUGH ONES. YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF HOW WE ALL GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. YES. SO WE, WE POKE AROUND QUITE A BIT. ALL RIGHT. AND MY FINAL QUESTION IS WITH WITH RESPECT TO THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF 2.4%. SO SO THIS THIS PERCENTAGE THAT YOU PROVIDED US 3 TO 5%, I BELIEVE IS WHAT YOU. YEAH. THAT'S TYPICALLY AROUND THE RANGE THAT FOR. AND IS THAT FOR ALL DISTRICTS OR DISTRICTS FAR SIDE. THAT'S JUST ALL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL. YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. AND I, YOU KNOW, MY ONE POINT I WANT TO ASK MR. BUCHANAN, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

DOCTOR NIVENS HAS POINTED OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT GOT US HERE WON'T GET US THERE. SO WE AS A PUBLIC PROBABLY OUGHT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THAT COULD STAND TO INCREASE, YOU KNOW, AS THE DISTRICT CONTINUES TO TO INCREASE. IS THAT IS THAT YOUR POSITION? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR.

YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, MR. PETERSON. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE FOR EVERYBODY LISTENING. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON SOME THINGS. I KNOW WE SAID WE HAVE A WE'RE GOING TO ADD $30 MILLION IN THE FUND BALANCE.

THAT IS NOT FREE MONEY. I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT. THAT IS NOT FREE MONEY. SO I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. IF YOU'VE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE BOARD MEETINGS AND THIS BOARD HAS HEARD ME SAY THE BUDGET DEFICIT IS COMING OUR WAY. AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS WHO HAVE ALL HAD TO HAVE TO CUT STAFF, CUT PROGRAMS AND ADOPT DEFICIT BUDGETS, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD TO DO THAT. WE'RE WE ARE PROJECTING A DEFICIT BUDGET FOR

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WE'RE PROJECTING A BUDGET DEFICIT FOR NEXT YEAR. SO PLEASE, STAFF, PLEASE. IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO GET A BUNCH OF EXTRA PEOPLE. DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT MEANS THAT WE WILL STILL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO PRESENT A BALANCED BUDGET TO THE BOARD NEXT YEAR. AM I CLEAR ON THAT? VERY GOOD. DOCTOR NIVENS, COULD YOU EXPLAIN, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAKE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GENERAL ADMIN AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP? WELL, I COULD BE REALLY SIMPLE. GENERAL ADMIN IS ME AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AS THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL. AND SO GENERAL ADMIN WOULD BE EVERYBODY IN THIS BUILDING. EVERYONE SUPPORTS CENTRAL OFFICE AND THEN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR. SCHOOL LEADERSHIP IS SCHOOL LEADERSHIP.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE PRIDE IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR OUR PRINCIPALS ARE TAKEN CARE OF AND OUR STAFF IS TAKEN CARE OF. AND AGAIN, WE ARE ON THE BOTTOM END OF GENERAL ADMISSION GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS ALL THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN THIS BUILDING. AND SO WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT LAMAR IS TOP HEAVY. AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE DATA THAT WE'RE NOT.

AND SO FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE NOT BEEN. AND AS FAR AS I REMEMBER, WE HAVE NOT BEEN. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S THE THAT'S THE EXPLANATION. THAT'S THE BEST WAY I CAN PUT IT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. CAN WE PUT UP THE SLIDE AGAIN THAT HAD THE THE PIE CHART. SO AND AGAIN THANK YOU TO WEAVER AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK. THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THAT GOES INTO MANAGING A DISTRICT THIS SIZE. AND A CLEAN AUDIT IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WE WANT AND WE'RE PROUD OF. BUT I FEEL LIKE A CLEAN AUDIT TELLS US THAT WE ARE ACCOUNTING FOR TAXPAYER DOLLARS PROPERLY. BUT AS TRUSTEES, WE HAVE TO TAKE IT ONE STEP FURTHER AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE USING THOSE DOLLARS EFFECTIVELY. AT THE SAME TIME. AND ONE OF THE THINGS HE'S LOOKING AT ME LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU ABOUT TO SAY? YEAH. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, PARTICULARLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION, IS JUST THE INCREASED ATTENTION ON SCHOOL DISTRICT SPENDING, FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS TEXAS. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S IMPORTANT. BUT THE GOVERNOR HAS DIRECTED THE COMPTROLLER TO AUDIT FOUR DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND HAS YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN POTENTIAL DISCUSSION OF A REQUIRING 70% OF SCHOOL FUNDING TO GO DIRECTLY INTO CLASSROOMS. AND WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE LEGISLATIVELY, HOW THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, COMPARTMENTALIZED.

BUT I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO. AND I KNOW THAT 63. I KNOW THAT INSTRUCTION AND RELATED SERVICES. WELL, I SEE THAT AND THAT'S 63.7%. AND THEN I SEE 12% IN STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES. AND BOTH ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT. SO I'M NOT SURE HOW WE'RE GOING TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT 70%. BUT WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR ADMINISTRATION TO MAYBE START ANALYZING THE CURRENT SPENDING OF. AND LIKE THE A FEW POTENTIAL DEFINITIONS OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN CASE WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS DOWN THE ROAD. YES, MA'AM. AND ACTUALLY, WE ALREADY HAVE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THAT OUR CFO, MR. BUCHANAN, CAN DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. I'VE SEEN HIM DO JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING. BE HONEST WITH YOU. AND SO HE AND HIS TEAM. AND SO HE AND HE AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT AND ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE PRESENT A BUDGET TO THE BOARD THAT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETELY ALIGNED WITH THE STATE, STATE LEGISLATORS AND THE LAW. SO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BUT WHEN WE HAVE OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WE'LL BRING THOSE NUMBERS TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO TRUSTEES.

[9.C. Discussion of elementary schools rezoning process and draft options for Danziger Elementary School]

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SEVERAL KEY OBJECTIVES GUIDE OUR REZONING PROCESS. ABOVE ALL, WE AIM TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS. THAT MEANS KEEPING NEIGHBORHOODS AND FEEDER PATTERNS TOGETHER WHENEVER THAT IS POSSIBLE, ALIGNING ENROLLMENT WITH CAMPUS CAPACITY AND REDUCING OVERCROWDING. WE ALSO CONSIDER STUDENT PROXIMITY TO CAMPUSES, SAFE TRAVEL ROUTES, AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH IMPACTED FAMILIES. THESE CRITERIA HELP ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS IN EVERY REZONING EFFORT. OUR PROCESS INCLUDES FIVE MAJOR STEPS. STEP ONE OUR DEMOGRAPHERS DEVELOP MULTIPLE REZONING OPTIONS. THESE ARE VETTED INTERNALLY AND THEN BROUGHT TO THE BOARD TO APPROVE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW. STEP TWO WILL OPEN THE COMMUNITY SURVEY FOR FAMILIES AND POTENTIALLY AFFECTED AREAS TO PROVIDE INPUT.

STEP THREE THE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY COMMITTEE, OR ABC, WILL REVIEW BOTH THE DATA AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK TO RANK THE OPTIONS. STEP FOUR WILL PRESENT THOSE RANKINGS TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW AND STEP FIVE. THE BOARD THEN SELECTS AND APPROVES THE FINAL ZONING PLANS. THE ABC PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. EACH IMPACTED CAMPUS WILL HAVE AT LEAST TWO REPRESENTATIVES SELECTED BY THEIR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR. WE WANT THIS COMMITTEE TO REFLECT OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE THOUGHTFUL, BALANCED FEEDBACK TO GUIDE OUR REZONING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ABC.

FOR DANZIGER ELEMENTARY SECRETARY, MASTERS, TRUSTEE, TRUSTEE LAMBERT AND TRUSTEE HENDERSON WOULD BE THE TRUSTEES REPRESENTING THE POSSIBLY IMPACTED AREAS. AS A REMINDER, THE ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY COMMITTEE FUNCTIONS AS AN ADVISORY BOARD AND DOES NOT MAKE FINAL DECISIONS FROM REVIEWING MULTIPLE DATA POINTS, THE ABC DEVELOPS AND PRESENTS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BY SHARING THE RANK ORDER OF THE ZONING OPTIONS.

THIS SLIDE OUTLINES THE PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR THE REZONING PROCESS. WE'VE ALREADY REVIEWED OPTIONS INTERNALLY AND SHARED THEM WITH IMPACTED PRINCIPALS. AND TONIGHT'S MEETING, WE'RE PRESENTING THE PROCESS AND DRAFT OPTIONS AS A FUTURE ACTION ITEM. NEXT MONTH.

IN NOVEMBER, WE'LL BRING THESE BACK FOR ACTION TO APPROVE THE ABC AND THE ZONING OPTIONS.

FROM THERE, THE SURVEY WILL OPEN IN NOVEMBER. THE ABC WILL MEET IN DECEMBER AND WILL BRING FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD BOARD IN DECEMBER AND ASK FOR ACTION AT THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT IF THE BOARD ALLOWS THE ABC TO CREATE A DIFFERENT OPTION AND THE ABC CREATES THAT OPTION, WE WILL CONDUCT A SECOND COMMUNITY SURVEY INSTEAD OF BRINGING A FUTURE ACTION ITEM TO THE BOARD IN DECEMBER. ALSO, SO THAT THE COMMITTEE AND COMMUNITY HAVE ACCESS TO DETAILED MAPS FOR THE POSSIBLE ZONES, WE WILL HAVE INTERACTIVE MAPS AVAILABLE BY THE NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING, WHERE PEOPLE CAN ENTER THEIR ADDRESS AND SEE THE SCHOOLS THEY WOULD BE ZONED TO FOR EACH OF THE OPTIONS. SO THESE NEXT SLIDES SHOW ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS AND REZONING OPTIONS FOR DANZIGER ELEMENTARY. EACH OPTION BALANCES STUDENT POPULATION DIFFERENTLY WHILE AIMING TO BALANCE ENROLLMENT ACROSS THE AREA. YOU'LL SEE COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE CURRENT BOUNDARIES AND THE PROJECTED ENROLLMENTS FOR THE 2728 SCHOOL YEAR AND BEYOND. AT THIS STAGE, PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ARE DRAFT OPTIONS, AND AS A REMINDER, NO DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE TONIGHT. SO THIS SHOWS THE CURRENT ZONES AND THE PROJECTIONS IF NOTHING CHANGES. TO UNDERSTAND THE COLORS IN THE TABLES, ORANGE MEANS THAT THE ENROLLMENT IS OVER THE BUILDING CAPACITY. BUT UNDER THE CAPACITY WITH THE PORTABLE BUILDINGS, RED MEANS THE CAPACITY IS OVER THE BUILDING AND PORTABLE CAPACITY. DANZIGER ELEMENTARY IS BEING BUILT TO RELIEVE BOTH ADOLPHUS ELEMENTARY AND MCNEAL ELEMENTARY, AND IS LOCATED IN THE BLUE CREEK TRAIL SUBDIVISION. THE RED STAR ON THE MAP REPRESENTS THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION FOR DANZIGER ELEMENTARY. FROM REVIEWING THE PROJECTIONS FOR THE CAMPUSES IN THE AREA, WE DID WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORTH OPTIONS THAT ARE BOTH GOOD FOR THE SHORT TERM, AS WELL AS THE LONG TERM FOR ENROLLMENTS IN THE CAMPUSES IN THE AREA. I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS IF WE DO NOT CHANGE ITS ZONE, IT WILL BE UNDERUTILIZED IN THE FUTURE WHILE CONTINUING TO DECREASE ENROLLMENT. SO BOARD MEMBERS, THIS IS OPTION ONE. DANZIGER ZONE IS MADE UP OF PARTS OF THE CURRENT ADOLPHUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE MCNEAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ZONES.

THE PORTION OF LONG MEADOW FARMS NEIGHBORHOOD EAST OF 99 WOULD GO TO DANZIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEN WE SHIFT PARTS OF THE CURRENT ELEMENTARY ADOLPHUS ELEMENTARY AND MCNEAL

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FROM THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AUSTIN WAS AT 68%, THE SAME AS HUMAN CAPACITY. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE HIGH SCHOOL ZONES? IS ANYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS GOING TO AFFECT THE HIGH SCHOOLS? SO NOTHING THAT WE DO WITH ELEMENTARY ZONES IMPACTS SECONDARY ZONES. THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE MORE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I WALKED INTO THIS MEETING, THIS WAS NOT WHAT I WAS EXPECTING WITH OPENING ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO POTENTIALLY RELIEVE TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. AND THEN THAT CAME TO REZONING A HUGE PORTION OF OUR DISTRICT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE REASONS WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT REZONING ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS AND BALANCING OUT THE ENROLLMENT INTO ALL OF THESE CAMPUSES, RATHER THAN JUST ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF MCNEIL AND ADOLPHUS? YES, MA'AM. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE ZONES, WE LOOKED AT PROJECTIONS GOING OUT TEN YEARS AND ON THE ORIGINAL CURRENT MAP, WITHOUT DOING ANY CHANGES, WE SEE THAT WE START RUNNING INTO MANY CAMPUSES IN THE AREA THAT WILL GET TO THAT TIME WHERE THEIR ENROLLMENT STARTS HITTING THEIR CAPACITY OR GOING OVER THEIR CAPACITY. AND SO AS WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE AREA OF WHERE THE CAMPUSES WOULD BE, WE TRIED TO CREATE ZONES THAT COULD RELIEVE THE ENTIRE AREA BY MAKING SMALL TWEAKS AS WE GO THROUGH SO THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO TOUCH THE AREA FOR MUCH MORE FOR TEN MORE YEARS DOWN THE FUTURE. AGAIN, THOSE ARE PROJECTIONS. THINGS COULD CHANGE. BUT WITH THE DATA THAT WE HAVE, THAT WAS THE REASON WHY WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT. WE ALSO TRY TO LOOK AT MINIMIZING COSTS WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE OVERBUILT WHEN WE HAVE SPACE THAT IS AVAILABLE IN NEIGHBORING SCHOOLS AROUND THE AREA. AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THIS, LOOKING AT A CLUSTER OF SCHOOLS THAT WERE AROUND WHERE THE DANZIGER OPENING, WE WANTED TO TRY TO AGAIN, LOOK LONG RANGE AND SHIFT IT ONE TIME AND NOT HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO RE-EDITS TO THE ZONES OR ASK YOU AS THE BOARD, TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ZONES IN THE FUTURE. OKAY, SO NEXT IS THE TRUSTEES WHO IS THEIR AFFECTED AREA. OH I'M SORRY. WELL HANG ON, WE'LL GIVE OPTIONS FOR THEIR A, B, C MEMBERS. MEMBERS. YES, MA'AM. AND WE'LL APPROVE THAT IN NOVEMBER. YES, MA'AM.

OKAY, OKAY. CAN I CAN I ASK SOMETHING ON PIGGYBACK ON THAT? HOW HOW DO WE KNOW WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM? THERE'S SO MANY MOVING PARTS HERE. LIKE WHAT PARENTS IS, IS A BROAD RANGE OF PEOPLE WHO COULD BE AFFECTED OR NOT AFFECTED. WE HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE IMPACTED BY THE REZONING OPTIONS, WHICH WE CAN GET TO DOCTOR NIVENS TO YOU TO HELP YOU WITH THOSE DECISIONS, IF THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. OKAY, SO IN ALL THREE OF THE OPTIONS, MCCRARY MEADOWS IS BEING SPLIT. YES, MA'AM. CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHY, OTHER THAN BRANDT ROAD MAKES A CLEAN LINE IN A BOUNDARY? NO. YES, MA'AM. WHEN WE LOOK AT MCCRARY MEADOWS, JUST LIKE ANY OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE LOOK AT THAT IN, SOME OF OUR OPTIONS TEND TO BE SPLIT. WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE DENSITY OF POPULATIONS IN SOME OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE LARGER, THAT HAVE HIGHER DENSITY OF STUDENTS OR FAMILIES LIVING IN THOSE AREAS, REALLY IMPACT AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO INCLUDE AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD TO STAY AT ONE CAMPUS WHILE THEN NOT HAVING ENOUGH STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AT ANOTHER CAMPUS, PER SE. SO WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT MOVING PIECES AROUND TO CREATE THE DIFFERENT ZONES, IT'S A DOMINO EFFECT. AND SO IF WE START MOVING, SAY 500 KIDS FROM ONE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THERE, WELL, THAT MEANS 500 KIDS AREN'T GOING TO BE AT ANOTHER CAMPUS. AND WE HAVE TO THEN BALANCE IT OUT THAT WAY. I WISH GEOGRAPHICALLY WE COULD HAVE

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[10.A. Consider approval of addition of Avant World Languages Assessments for Acceleration and Course Credit]

AVANT PROVIDES LAMAR C ISD WITH A MODERN STANDARDS ALIGNED ASSESSMENT SYSTEM THAT ACCURATELY MEASURES STUDENTS PROFICIENCY IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH, WHILE CREATING A MORE EFFICIENT AND STUDENT CENTERED EXPERIENCE. UNLIKE OUR CURRENT CREDIT BY EXAM PROCESS, WHICH REQUIRES STUDENTS TO COMPLETE AND UNLOCK ONE SEMESTER LEVEL AT A TIME WITHIN DESIGNATED TESTING WINDOWS, AVANT USES ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY THAT RESPONDS TO EACH STUDENT'S PERFORMANCE IN REAL TIME. STUDENTS MOVE SEAMLESSLY THROUGH PROFICIENCY LEVELS AS THEY DEMONSTRATE MASTERY, ALLOWING THEM TO PROGRESS WITHOUT UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND PROVIDING A MORE COMPLETE PICTURE OF THEIR LANGUAGE ABILITIES ACROSS READING, WRITING, LISTENING, AND SPEAKING. AS OF TODAY, THERE ARE OVER 1400 INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION WHO ACCEPT AVANT AS COLLEGE CREDIT. THIS ADDITION ALLOWS LAMAR C ISD TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY, INCREASE ACCESS TO LANGUAGE CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES, BETTER RECOGNIZE STUDENTS MULTILINGUAL SKILLS, AND DO SO WHILE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF DISTRICT RESOURCES.

THE RESULT IS A STRONGER, MORE FLEXIBLE SYSTEM THAT BENEFITS STUDENTS. I BRING THIS TO YOU TONIGHT AS AN ACTION ITEM, AND WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVE ADDING THE AVANT WORLD LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT TO THE LIST OF APPROVED CREDIT BY EXAM OPTIONS FOR ACCELERATION AND THE LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENT. AT THIS TIME, I'D BE HAPPY WITH THE TEAM TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR HEAR ANY DISCUSSION THAT YOU MAY HAVE. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? WELL, Y'ALL GAVE SUCH A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION LAST MONTH THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO APPROVE AVANT AS A BOARD APPROVED EXAMINATION FOR ACCELERATION AND COURSE CREDIT? TRUSTEE BOX MAKES THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND TRUSTEE MASTER? SECONDS. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. AND I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. OKAY. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

[10.B. Instructional Update: Consider approval of House Bill 3 Board Goals]

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THIS WAS DONE BY INCLUDING THEM IN THE DISTRICT AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS. THE CHART AT THE TOP OF THIS SCREEN IS LCI ISD'S PERFORMANCE IN READING IN THE 2020 526 SCHOOL YEAR. THE CHART AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN SHOWS THE DOMAIN THREE PERFORMANCE TARGETS, WHICH ARE SET FOR EACH SUBGROUP INDIVIDUALLY AT THE MEETS LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE AND INCREASE INCREMENTALLY OVER TIME. AREAS THAT ARE SHADED GREEN ARE TARGETS THAT WE HAVE MET OR EXCEEDED. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE MET ALL OF THE TARGETS FOR 2026. WE HAVE MET ALL BUT ONE OF THE 2027 TO 32 TARGETS AND HAVE ALREADY MET TWO OF THE 2030 738 TARGETS. OUR GOAL RECOMMENDATION FOR THIRD GRADE READING IS THE PERCENT OF THIRD GRADE STUDENTS THAT SCORE MEETS LEVEL OR ABOVE ON STAR READING WILL INCREASE FROM 67% TO 73% BY 2031, WITH AN ANNUAL GOAL OF HISPANIC SUBGROUP INCREASING FROM 58% TO 60% AND THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED SUBGROUP INCREASING FROM 56% TO 60% BY JUNE OF 2027. THIS WILL HAVE US REACHING THE DOMAIN THREE 2037 TO 38 GOAL SIX YEARS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. AND OUR GOAL RECOMMENDATION FOR OUR EVALUATED SUBGROUPS FOR THIRD GRADE READING IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. THIS WILL HAVE US REACHING THE DOMAIN THREE, 2037 TO 38 TARGET BY 2031. SO NOW LET'S LOOK AT MATH. THE CHART AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN IS LQ ISD'S PERFORMANCE IN MATH FOR THE 20. IN THE 2526 SCHOOL YEAR.

THE CHART AT THE BOTTOM SHOWS THE DOMAIN THREE PERFORMANCE TARGETS FOR MATH. AREAS THAT ARE SHADED GREEN ARE TARGETS WHERE WE HAVE MET OR EXCEEDED THE TARGET. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE MET ALL BUT ONE OF THE TARGETS FOR 2026, AND WE HAVE ALREADY MET HALF OF THE 27 TO 32 TARGETS. OUR GOAL RECOMMENDATION FOR THIRD GRADE MATH IS THE PERCENT OF THIRD GRADE STUDENTS THAT SCORE MEETS LEVEL OR ABOVE ON STAR MATH WILL INCREASE FROM 56% TO 66% BY 2031, WITH AN ANNUAL GOAL OF THE ALL STUDENTS CATEGORY INCREASING FROM 56% TO 58% BY JUNE OF 2027. THIS WILL HAVE US EXCEEDING THE 2027 TO 32 GOAL AND WELL ON OUR WAY TO REACHING THE 2037 TO 38 GOAL IN 2031. OUR GOAL RECOMMENDATION FOR OUR EVALUATED SUBGROUPS FOR THIRD GRADE MATH IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, AND THIS WILL HAVE US REACHING AND SURPASSING THE DOMAIN. THREE 2027 TO 32 GOAL BY 2031. SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO MISS MONICA BAINES TO TALK ABOUT OUR COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS. THANK YOU. AS YOU KNOW, COLLEGE CAREER, MILITARY READINESS MEASURES, GRADUATES, READINESS FOR COLLEGE, THE WORKFORCE OR THE MILITARY. WE HAVE TWO GOALS THAT GROUND AND GUIDE OUR CMR WORK. CMR GOAL NUMBER ONE IS THAT BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, 97% OF OUR GRADUATES WILL MEET CMR AS MEASURED BY T A CMR INDICATORS FOR OUR MOST RECENT GRADUATING CLASS OF 2026. OUR PRELIMINARY IN-HOUSE PROJECTION IS A 97% CMR RATING. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT BECAUSE CMR DATA LAGS ONE YEAR, WE WILL NOT KNOW THE FINAL RATINGS FOR THE CLASS OF 2026 UNTIL LATER IN 2027.

CURRENTLY, FOR THE CLASS OF 2027, ABOUT 53% OF SENIORS HAVE ACHIEVED CMR. WE ARE OVER HALFWAY THERE AND ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE SYSTEMS WE HAVE IN PLACE WILL CONTINUE TO YIELD HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL RESULTS. SOME OF OUR INTENTIONAL PROGRESS MONITORING AND PLANNING INCLUDE INCLUDE INCREASING OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND PERFORMANCE IN OUR DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM, VERIFYING WITH CAMPUSES, THE CMR PLAN FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SENIORS, ENSURING STRONG ALIGNMENT BETWEEN CTE COURSES AND CORRESPONDING IBCS FOR CTE COMPLETERS. OUR SECOND CMR GOAL IS THAT BY MAY OF 2027, 50% OF OUR GRADUATES WILL MEET CMR OUTCOMES. BONUS CRITERIA UNDER HB THREE OR HOUSE BILL THREE. CMR OUTCOMES BONUS ACHIEVEMENT OCCURS IN THREE WAYS. ONE, THERE'S COLLEGE READINESS. A STUDENT MUST ACHIEVE A SUCCESSFUL SCORE IN MATH AND READING ON EITHER THE S, T, A, C, T OR TSIA AND ENROLL IN COLLEGE BY THE FALL.

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YES, SIR. THE PARENTS DECIDE WHICH WHICH PROGRAM THEY WOULD PREFER THEIR CHILD TO GO INTO.

I SEE. ALL RIGHT. AND I JUST WANTED TO BE POSITIVE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I'VE I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH. AND, AND THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING. I JUST WANTED TO TO BE CLEAR ON THAT IN PARTICULAR. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I, I'M JUST I JUST GREW UP IN A HOUSEHOLD WHERE I LEARNED I KNEW SPANISH BEFORE I KNEW ENGLISH AND I LEARNED ENGLISH FROM MY OLDER BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO WERE IN SCHOOL AT THE TIME. AND I JUST GREW UP WITH THE KIND OF PARENTS WHO WOULD HAVE SAID, WE SEND YOU TO SCHOOL TO LEARN ENGLISH. AND SO THAT I WAS I WAS A LITTLE TAKEN ABACK BY THAT, BY THE BY THE CHOICE. BUT NONETHELESS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A CHOICE MY PARENTS WOULD HAVE MADE AT THE TIME. AND, AND I JUST, I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS IS THAT IS THAT STATE, IS THAT SET UP BY THE STATE? YES. THAT THAT PARTICULAR CHOICE, THAT OPTION IN PARTICULAR. OKAY. YES, SIR. WHEN THEY COME IN, THEY FILL OUT A HOME LANGUAGE SURVEY AND THEN THAT. YES, MA'AM. AND THE REASON THAT THAT THAT I'M CURIOUS IS THAT WHEN IT COMES TO READING LEVELS FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS LIKE MYSELF, IT'S TAKEN ME YEARS TO THINK IN ENGLISH FIRST, BECAUSE GENERALLY WE TEND TO THINK IN SPANISH FIRST, AND THEN WE TRANSLATE IT IN OUR HEAD TO ENGLISH. AND SO IF WE'RE IF WE'RE LEARNING TO READ, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PROCESS BY WHICH, BY WHICH WE GO THROUGH THAT. AND SO PARENTS LIKE MINE WOULD HAVE, WOULD HAVE DECIDED, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE WANT YOU TO LEARN ENGLISH FIRST. WE WANT YOU TO LEARN HOW TO SPEAK OR READ IN ENGLISH AND BE PROFICIENT IN THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. AND SOMETIMES WHEN WE SEE THESE SCORES, AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT THESE SUBGROUPS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED BY, BY ETHNICITY ARE, ARE DETERMINED BY THE STATE, NOT BY THE DISTRICT. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. AND SO FOR THE PUBLIC, FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY SEE WHEN THEY SEE A PRESENTATION LIKE THIS AND THEY SEE US IDENTIFY IT IN TERMS OF OF SUBGROUPS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT WE DO BECAUSE THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE TEA REQUIRES US TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS IN THOSE SUBGROUPS.

YES, SIR. OUR DOMAIN THREE IS STRICTLY SUBGROUPS. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE HOUSE BILL? THREE BOARD GOALS. TRUSTEE HENDERSON MAKES THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND TRUSTEE BOX? SECONDS. ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. WE WILL NOW HAVE REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS ON THE INFORMATION ITEMS.

[11.A. Williams High School legacy exemption process and application]

BEFORE I BEGIN, MISS BOX AUSTIN ELEMENTARY AS OF THIS MORNING HAD 475 STUDENTS. THEIR BUILDING CAPACITY IS 625. WITH THE TWO PORTABLE BUILDINGS, THEIR CAPACITY IS 713, SO THAT WOULD BE 67% WITH THE PORTABLE BUILDINGS, 75% WITH JUST THE BUILDING. SO GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DOCTOR DIVENS. TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THE UIL LEGACY PROCESS FOR WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH OPENS IN AUGUST OF 2027. AS A REMINDER, BACK IN THE MAY BOARD MEETING, YOU CREATED THE NEW TITLE TRACK FOR WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL, URBANSKI JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND DRESDNER MIDDLE SCHOOL. ALSO DURING THE MAY MEETING, YOU APPROVED WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL TO OPEN WITH GRADES NINE THROUGH 11 AND ALLOWED THE LEGACY FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY TO REMAIN AT FULSHEAR HIGH SCHOOL. TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO REVIEW THAT PROCESS AND THE CRITERIA FOR THE BOARDS AND PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE. FAMILIES CAN VISIT THE FIND MY SCHOOL SITE ON LAMAR CISD WEBSITE TO DETERMINE IF THEIR ADDRESS IS BEING REZONED TO THESE NEW CAMPUSES. TO GET TO THE SITE, YOU FIRST GO TO LCISD.ORG. THEN CLICK ON THE POPULAR LINKS IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND SIDE. THEN CLICK ON FIND MY SCHOOL. FROM THERE, CHANGE THE SCHOOL YEAR TO 2728 AND BEGIN ENTERING THE ADDRESS. CLICK ON YOUR ADDRESS AND IT WILL SHOW YOU WHICH CAMPUSES THE ADDRESS IS ZONED TO. FOR THE 2728 SCHOOL YEAR. NOW I'M GOING TO GOING TO HAND THE PRESENTATION OFF TO MISS MONICA BAINES, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ADVANCED ACADEMICS, TO BEGIN SHARING THE DETAILS OF THE LEGACY PROVISION. STUDENTS REZONE TO THE 20TH FOR THE 2728 SCHOOL YEAR MAY REMAIN AT THEIR CURRENT SCHOOL THROUGH GRADUATION. IF THE STUDENT MEETS THE EXTRACURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENT, PARTICIPATION EXEMPTION AND EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING U.I.L ACADEMICS U.I.L ATHLETICS OR U.I.L PERFORMING

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GOOD EVENING FOR OUR PROCESS. WE ALSO HAVE TWO SEPARATE ONES. WE HAVE OUR VARSITY LETTER RING FOR BAND AND COLOR GUARD, CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA, AND THEY GO OFF OF A SIX POINT SYSTEM WHICH CAN BE FOUND IN THEIR STUDENT HANDBOOKS, LISTED VERY WELL ON PAGES 146 TO 160. AND FOR THEATER, BECAUSE IT IS UNDER U.I.L ACADEMICS, THAT HAS A DIFFERENT STYLE OF POINT SYSTEM, BUT ALSO CAN BE FOUND IN OUR HANDBOOK ON PAGES 160 TO 162. I WILL NOW HAND IT BACK OVER TO OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS. A QUICK QUESTION, MA'AM, WHILE YOU'RE STILL THERE.

ABSOLUTELY. SO SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT IF A STUDENT PARTICIPATES IN DANCE LIKE THE FOSTER FLAIRS OR THE RANDALL ROYALS, THAT'S NOT A THAT'S NOT CONSIDERED A UL, NOT AT THIS TIME. BUT IT IS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR THE 2829 SCHOOL YEAR FOR U. I L FOR YOU. OKAY. SO WOULD A STUDENT. HOW IS IT? HOW'S A STUDENT TREATED IF THEY'RE IN DANCE, ARE THEY NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS TYPE OF LEGACY? THEY ARE CURRENTLY NOT ELIGIBLE BECAUSE DANCE IS NOT CONSIDERED A UIL, CORRECT? OKAY.

THANK YOU. SO IN ORDER TO LEGACY, A PARENT MUST REGISTER AND ATTEND AN ONLINE TEAMS MEETING WHERE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED REGARDING LEGACY APPLICATIONS IN THE PROCESS.

ANY QUESTIONS CAN BE ASKED DURING THIS TIME, AND WE TRY TO ADDRESS MOST OF THEM IN THE PRESENTATION AS WELL. WE HOLD THREE SEPARATE MEETINGS AT DIFFERENT TIMES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY. THIS WILL GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS AND ONCE AGAIN TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE. WE ALSO HAVE PUT THEM AT DIFFERENT TIMES, ON DIFFERENT DAYS TO TRY TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE PROCESS OF SCHEDULING. THE THREE MANDATORY MEETINGS ARE IN DECEMBER. THERE IS NOT A SPRING MEETING FOR IT, BUT WE ENCOURAGE ALL THE PARENTS THAT ARE GOING TO APPLY IN THE FALL OF THE SPRING TO ATTEND THOSE THREE DEADLINES. THAT WAY, THE INFORMATION IS CONSISTENT. AN IMPORTANT NOTE FROM THE ATHLETIC SIDE IS UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE LEGACY DECISION DOES AND U.I.L. WHEN A U.I.L WILL GIVE THEM THEIR VARSITY STATUS OR THEIR ELIGIBILITY STATUS BASED ON THAT FIRST DECISION.

SO WHEN WE OPEN TOMAS, IF A IF A STUDENT ATHLETE CHOSE TO STAY AT FOSTER AND THEN A YEAR LATER DECIDED TO CHANGE THEIR MIND AND GO TO TOMAS, THEY HAVE TO SIT OUT A YEAR OF VARSITY COMPETITION BEFORE THEY CAN ESTABLISH RESIDENCY AGAIN. AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REITERATE THAT WITH THE PARENTS SO THEY UNDERSTAND UP FRONT, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DECISION THAT DOESN'T JUST AFFECT THIS YEAR. IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND, IT ALSO COULD AFFECT NEXT YEAR.

SO THESE ARE NUMBERS BASED ON OUR OUR FINAL LEGACIES FROM LAST YEAR. THE LAST TIME WE PRESENTED IT, WE HAD THE FIRST ROUND OF LEGACIES. BUT THIS IS THE TOTAL FINAL FROM BOTH BOTH SURVEYS OR BOTH LEGACIES. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAD SEVEN THAT RESCINDED THE LEGACY BEFORE SCHOOL ACTUALLY STARTED. SO INITIALLY THEY DECIDED TO STAY ON A CAMPUS. BUT THEN ONCE THEY SAT DOWN AND REALIZED THAT WITH THEIR PARENTS AND TALKED THROUGH SOME OF THE LOGISTICS, THEY DECIDED TO ATTEND THE NEW SCHOOL OR THE SCHOOL THEY WERE ZONED TO. IT DIDN'T AFFECT THOSE SEVEN KIDS BECAUSE THEY STARTED THE NEW SCHOOL BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. WE'VE HAD SIX. THAT RESCINDED LEGACY. AND THOSE SIX KIDS HAVE SINCE HAD TO SIT OUT A FULL CALENDAR YEAR BEFORE THEY COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR VARSITY COMPETITION. LEGACY APPLICATION

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THOSE KIDS NOW HAVE TO SIT OUT THIS ENTIRE YEAR FROM VARSITY COMPETITION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR NEXT YEAR. THOSE FOUR STUDENTS, FOUR OF THEM. CORRECT. OKAY. GOTCHA. OKAY. OKAY. ARE THERE

[12. FUTURE CONSENT AGENDA]

[13. CLOSED SESSION]