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Alright. Good afternoon. We'll call this special meeting of the carroll isd board of
Trustees to order on january 12th,

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2026 at 5:00 p.m. Our first agenda item is executive session.

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therefore, we will adjourn to executive session in accordance with texas government code
551.071 551.072

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551.074 551.076 and 551.0821 at 5:00 p.m.

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that's right. Good evening everyone. We'll call this meeting back to order at 6:01 p.m.

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our first agenda item is the opening prayer,
Pledges of allegiance and moment of silence.

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will you all please rise?

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heavenly father, we come before you with grateful hearts as we begin this first school
Board meeting of the new year.

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thank you for the opportunity to serve our students,
Families and community, and for the trust that has been placed in each of us

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as we step into this new year. We humbly ask for your continued favor over this board,
Our superintendent,

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and all who lead and serve within our district. Grant us wisdom, discernment, and unity as we make decisions that affect the lives and
Futures of our students.

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we lift up our teachers and staff asking that you renew their strength,
Bless their efforts,

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and surround them with encouragement and protection. May they feel valued, supported and inspired in the important work that they do each day.

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guide our discussions this evening. Help us to listen with open minds,
Speak with respect and act with integrity.

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may every decision be rooted in what is best for our students and reflective of our shared
Commitment to excellence.

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we ask your blessings over our schools in the year ahead.

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over every classroom, campus, and program we place this meeting,
This district, and this new year in your hands,

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trusting your guidance in all that we do. It's in jesus christ's name that we pray.

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amen. Will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america,
And to the republic for which it stands.

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one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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and now for the texas pledge. Honor the texas flag.

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I pledge allegiance to thee, texas, one state under god,
One and indivisible.

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thank you. May be seated. All right. Our next agenda item is

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recognitions. Tonight we will start with what are we going to start with?

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we're going to start with inspire excellent teachers of the month. Our first presentation
Is from ms.

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blackwell. Rock and roll. Rock. Rockenbaugh elementary school. Rockenbaugh elementary. Rockenbaugh

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for the honor of introducing you to our kindergarten teacher,
Ms.

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lisa fleming. Lisa fleming is a highly deserving of the january elementary inspire
Excellence teacher award for her unwavering dedication,

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positive spirit, and profound impact on students and staff at rockenbaugh elementary.

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this is lisa's 16th year at rockenbaugh elementary,
Which includes five years as a kindergarten teacher,

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ten years as a pre-k paraprofessional, and one year as a resource paraprofessional.

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both of her daughters attended rockenbaugh elementary and are dragon graduates.

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jordan graduated in 218 and peyton in 2019. Several rockenbaugh staff members nominated
Lisa for this award and shared the following.

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lisa exemplifies commitment to education and children. She consistently shows up with a positive attitude,
Builds strong and respectful relationships with students and colleagues,

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and lays a critical academic emotional foundation for her kindergarten students.

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known for her patience, kindness, and ability to persevere through challenging classrooms.

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lisa never gives up on a child and inspires those around her through her calm,
Steady leadership.

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her students leave her classroom well rounded and prepared,
And a true testament to her excellence and selfless dedication to the profession.

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congratulations to lisa fleming. [applause] congratulations.

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okay. Next up, ms. Leonard dawson middle school.

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I never know if I need to bend down. [laughter] if y'all can hear me. You're good. We can
Hear you. Good evening.

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doctor glenn, president bryan and board of trustees,
It is my honor to recognize our inspire excellence recipient,

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ms. Amanda carruth. Ms. Carruth is a proud graduate of texas a&m university,
Where she earned a degree in english and began a journey that led her exactly where she

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was meant to be. She is currently in her 18th year in education,
With 15 of those years serving here at carroll isd.

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throughout her career, she has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to excellence and
Service.

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ms. Carruth serves as an instructional lead learner for the district and has presented
Sessions at the dragon caroll summer conference.

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she is a valued member of the curriculum writing team,
Strategic planning committee, and book selection committee,

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and she generously, generously mentors all of our most of our new teachers on the dawson
Campus.

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she represents the sunshine committee and serves as the co-sponsor of student council,
Furthering extending her impact beyond the classroom.

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reading and writing have become a part of ms. Carruth's life for as long as she can remember because,
Quite simply, they saved her.

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as a student her senior english teacher pushed her daily,
Often to the brink of tears, yet never allowed her to give up on herself.

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on graduation day, he left her with the words that have stayed with her forever.

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you're the reason I teach. That moment helped shape the educator she is today.

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ms. Carruth strives to bring that same belief,
Persistence and heart into her classroom each and every day.

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beyond her professional role, ms. Carruth is also a proud carroll isd parent.

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she is the mother of two dragons, one at carroll elementary and one at eubanks,
Making this district not only her place of work,

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but truly her home. Here's what a parent had to say about ms. Carruth. Ms. Carruth was clearly born to be an english teacher.

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I've never known another teacher so excited and invested in her students. Ms. Carruth has excellent communication with parents,
Communicates frequently, and just makes the overall english class experience awesome for

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her students. She's enthusiastic, her lessons are engaging,
And she is passionate about the curriculum.

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just ask the kids. They will tell you the same thing. This is our second year having ms. Carruth as a teacher because she teaches 7th and 8th
Grade.

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ms. Carruth recently had a shark tank project in her classroom that allowed student groups
To make arguments in front of volunteer sharks,

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which are the parent volunteers. The project allowed the students to flex their creative
Brains while coming up with brilliant business ideas that they could present.

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equipped with actual music from shark tank show and a panel of judges,
The sharks.

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ms. Carruth, also a shark, made the project memorable for above all and above all,
A fantastic learning experience.

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the kids practice their public speaking skills,
Worked in either teams or on their own, and even created their own websites to demonstrate

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their business idea. Let me just say, the kids were so impressive.

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the entire project was really cool and it was great to see english class combined with
Learning about real life business world.

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ms. Carruth's projects are always fun while still incorporating valuable learning.

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she is very deserving of the inspire excellence award. And also, I just want to share a few heartfelt words from her colleagues.

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amanda carruth possesses one of those truly rare and unmistakable passions for teaching,
The kind that immediately fills a classroom and inspires everyone around her.

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the enthusiasm she brings to her work each day is infectious,
Creating an environment where students feel energized,

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challenged, and genuinely excited to learn. She is a creative,
Outside the box thinker who consistently seeks innovative ways,

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engages students at the highest level, pushing them not only to succeed but to believe in
Their own potential beyond her exceptional work in the classroom.

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amanda is an extraordinary leader within carroll isd. As one of our instructional lead learners, she exemplifies professionalism,
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and a deep commitment to instructional excellence. I have the privilege of working closely with amanda,
And she is one of my most trusted go to educators,

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someone I rely on for insight, guidance, and thoughtful problem solving. She is always willing to step up and support her colleagues and contribute in whatever
Capacity is needed,

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all while doing so with humility and generosity. It is difficult to overstate the impact amanda has on her students,
Teachers, and our district as a whole.

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she represents the very best of our profession,
And there are very few educators more deserving of this inspire excellence award than

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amanda carruth. These reflections speak volumes about ms. Carruth's impact not only as an educator, but as a mentor,
A role model, and a source of inspiration.

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please join me in celebrating ms. Amanda carruth and her incredible love and commitment to
The students,

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families and the staff at dawson middle school. She truly embodies the spirit of inspire excellence.

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[applause] congratulations, ms. Carruth. Congrats.

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thank you, ms. Leonard. Next up is our inspire excellence employee of the month. And I'll just mention, because I always forget that our inspire excellence teachers and
Employee of the month are sponsored by eecu.

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and I know the representatives here. So thank you so much eecu for sponsoring this.

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ms. Blackwell, you're up again. All right, number two.

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rockenbaugh has the pleasure of introducing teresa perez as rockenbaugh inspire
Excellence.

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employee of the month for january. Teresa served rockenbaugh as a custodian since august
2020.

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several staff members stated the following about teresa. She serves our res community with competence and enthusiasm each and every day.

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she not only fulfills her duties but also goes beyond expectation to ensure that everyone
Has what they need.

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whenever she's needed elsewhere, she pauses whatever duties she is doing to come
Immediately and help teachers and students.

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she is friendly and kind to our staff, our students and their parents.

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teresa's very dependable and I cannot think of a day that she has missed work.

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she we can all count on teresa to help our school look great and run smoothly.

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another teacher stated an example of teresa's excellence is to help the help that she gave
Me personally when I started teaching in a room that was basically used as a storage area.

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she came in, shifted unneeded furniture to the back of the room. Then she moved heavy tables to arrange the room in an attractive way that was conducive to
Learning.

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another noted, she comes immediately when I need help placing heavy boxes above my
Cabinet.

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whenever a student becomes ill in the room, she kindly takes care of all the cleanup and
Disinfects.

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teresa notices that when a student needs help in the cafeteria,
She quickly comes to their aid.

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she leads our team of custodians with cheerful authority and respect.

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we could not ask for a better teammate than teresa. I would like to personally acknowledge teresa as the definition of a first responder.

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why? You may ask. Well, because, as you know,
There are various health challenges you can see on an elementary campus,

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particularly the dreaded stomach virus. [laughter]. So when we have these outbreaks during that season,
You will see teresa running down the hall with a shop vac and a fan while others are going

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the opposite direction. [laughter]. She is a true dragon,
A true first responder and my personal hero.

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we love and appreciate you. Congratulations,
Teresa. [applause] congratulations.

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who's first? Let's get the teachers.

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thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much

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thank you. All

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right. Okay. Good.

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okay. Good. Got it.

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right. Thank you. [applause] thank you. Thank you.

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thank you. Oh, wait. One more. Oh, we got one more.

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seriously. Huge. That should be combat.

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okay. Okay, let's see here.

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okay. All right. Thank you. Thank you so much.

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so true. All right. Teachers and employee of the month. Our next item is item 4.3.

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a little awkward but always welcome for I guess january is board appreciation month.

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is that is that? It is. Is that the case. And and we are actually able to get people up to
Recognize us.

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[laughter] this is a first. It's you can write the check andrew.

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yeah. No thank you guys so much for being here,
Ms. Kane. Thank you for being here. I know that you're going to present.

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I just have a quick thing to say. Good. Good evening. Trustees. My name is christine kane, and I'm joined tonight by gina johnson,
Lindsay reed and yanan sun.

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we're parent volunteers and pto leaders here at cisd. I've had the pleasure of working with many of you closely,
And I love that.

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and we just wanted to take a brief moment to say thank you. Serving on the school board takes enormous effort,
Time, care and courage, much of it behind the scenes.

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the decision you make shape our schools, support our teachers,
And impact our kids in in very real ways.

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across our campuses, including rockenbaugh. And I'm so honored to be here tonight. [laughter] and what a nice coincidence that that overlapped. That's right. And I love
Teresa too. We see the results of your commitment every day.

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even during challenging moments we appreciate your willingness to listen,
Lead, and serve our community.

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thank you for your dedication to cisd students and families. We truly appreciate all you do. Thank you, ms.

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kane. [applause] yes, we can

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yeah we'd like to get a picture with you guys. Okay. Andrea. Thank you. And I'll take alex. Oh, there you go.

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[laughter] thank ask him where he was at. Yes.

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thank you. Yeah. That's good.

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thank you so much

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good to see you

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good to see you. Thanks. Thank you thank. You guys. Great to see you, christine

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hold on. Gina and I dress alike, so maybe we just noticed [laughter] the blue blazer

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that's good. Yeah. Okay, here we go. Right. Camera icon.

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okay, good. Thank you, thank you, thank you

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[applause]. Thanks for coming. I really appreciate it. Thank you.

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okay. Next agenda item is item number 5, which is public comments.

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ms. Yelton, do we have any people signed up tonight? We do not have any comments this evening. Okay.

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thank you, ms. Yelton. And we'll move on to item number 6 which is consideration and
Possible action on personnel report.

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yes president bryan, I move that the board approve the personnel report as presented in
Executive session.

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second. We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? All in favor? Motion carries 5 to 0. Thank you.

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trustee yeager. We'll move on to item number.

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where are we? Item number 7 is president's report. I have a couple of items tonight just to report on,
And I'll.

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I'll read them now. Good evening. I want to begin by welcoming everyone to the new year.

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on behalf of the board. I hope each of you had a wonderful christmas break and were able
To spend meaningful time with family and friends.

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we are excited to begin a new semester and look ahead to all that 2026 has in store for
Our students,

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staff, and community. Tonight, I would also like to update the community on our process
For hiring the district's next head football coach.

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this is an important decision, and the board is committed to conducting a thoughtful,
Transparent,

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and thorough search. We will begin interviews within the next week.

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a hiring committee has been formed that includes a strong cross-section of community
Members.

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district administrators and trustees. Superintendent doctor glenn and I,
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are both actively involved in this process and a part of this committee.

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to protect the integrity of the search and ensure open and honest dialog the remaining
Members of the committee will remain anonymous.

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as always, we appreciate your understanding. We are pleased to share that we received a
Diverse and highly qualified pool of applicants from across the country.

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this reflects the strength of our district and the reputation of our football program.

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our goal is to have a head football coach in place by march 1st.

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however, we want to be very clear, we will not rush this decision or settle for anything
Less than the right fit for our district.

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if additional time is needed, we will continue the process until we find the coach who
Best aligns with our district's values,

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expectations, and commitment to excellence. We would also like to clarify that we plan to
Decouple the athletic director and head football coach

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positions. The selection of the athletic director will be pursued through a separate
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and will take place after a head football coach has been selected.

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this approach allows us to give each role the attention and focus it deserves.

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if anyone in the community has questions about this process,
We encourage you to reach out directly to me or to superintendent doctor

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glenn. Thank you for your continued trust and support. We look forward to a great year ahead. Thank you very much.

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we will move on to item number 8, which is a public hearing on the texas academic
Performance report or tapr.

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at this time, the public hearing is declared open. And I'll ask the administration to take us through a presentation regarding the 2024-2025
Texas academic performance report,

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ms. Russell. Good evening. As you all said, this is the 24-25 academic report.

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there is nothing new in this report. It is an open public hearing.

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so please ask questions as you have them. At the end,
This is our final report for the 24-25 school year.

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all of the information that is embedded in this report has already previously been shared.

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it's just now tied up in one neat bow. There are nine sections to our report.

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we'll talk about the tapr, our financial actual our financial reports,
Our accreditation status,

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which we finally have received one this year. Campus performance objectives sped determination.

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special education determination status report on violent criminal incidents.

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student performance in post-secondary institutions and our progress towards meeting our
House bill 3 goals.

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to begin, we have our tapr report. This is our texas academic performance report.

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it is our accumulation of all of our data. For the academic data for the school year,
We received a 2025 accountability rating of an a.

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this year we are. It's the first year that we are no longer under legislation and we can
Finally have ratings again.

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we also have distinction designations across all campuses and at the district level,
The post-secondary readiness distinction individual reports

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and the district at the district and campus levels can be found using those hyperlinks.

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the tapr includes information about distinctions,
Our staar results, ccmr results, attendance rates,

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staffing, dropout, graduation, all of that wonderful data that you know,
I like to bring to you.

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once again, they can all be accessed using that link.

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this next section is our financial actual reports for the 23-24 school year.

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our financial data is always a year lag behind our academic data.

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we have it is separated by the district and then the campus reports.

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everything is linked right there. Our 24-25 district accreditation status,
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is that we are an accredited district per the state regulations.

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each year we have campus performance objectives known as our campus improvement plans.

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though the 25-26 campus improvement plans were brought to the district earlier this fall,
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end of the school year are linked there for your viewing.

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our special education determination status is that we meet the state requirements,
So we continue to have all of the correct and adequate

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determination for our special education students that we are meeting all of their needs
According to the idea and state requirements.

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for a report on our violent and criminal acts,
These are very, very specific criminal and violent acts that are part of

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our summer team submission. And we had zero situations that met any of these criteria.

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they all of the breakdown of what they are are linked right there.

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the texas higher education coordinating board takes care of our student performance and
Post-secondary institutions.

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all of that data is gathered through the post-secondary institutions and then reported out
Through the texas higher education coordinating board.

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the report that they most currently have available is the 22-23 year data.

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it is always very lag behind. They should have the 23-24 later this spring.

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but what I have linked is the current data that is available,
And you can see there where our carroll senior high school data was for that year.

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the majority of our students are not necessarily included in this report,
Because we know that this is the texas higher the texas school report,

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and most of our students end up going either to private institutions or out of state.

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and those are not collected here. And then we have our house bill 3 board goals,
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literacy and math, and then our cmr advanced academic goals.

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and all of the updated data has been included in that link.

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you can use the tapr glossary, available in spanish as well. If you have any questions or want to look at any of the details regarding what anything,
Any of the definitions that are found within the tapr,

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and if you have any questions, you can always reach out to me. I'm happy to help. And the entire presentation and all the links will be on the website
Within two weeks.

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all right. Thank you, ms. Russell. At this time,
I'll recognize any speakers who have not already spoken earlier during public comments to

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address the board regarding the tapr report. Any speakers?

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trustees, any questions for ms. Russell? Okay. This concludes the public hearing on the texas academic performance report.

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the hearing is now closed. Thank you, ms. Russell,
For your time. Thank you have a good evening

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move on to the information agenda item 9.1 communications department report.

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I believe mr. Brady, you're up. Yes, yes good evening, president bryan. Trustees. Doctor glenn,
So glad to be here.

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jeff brady, your executive director of communications. And what better way to kick off the new year than to hear from your communications
Department?

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[laughter] we are the tip of the spear when it comes to outgoing communications from the
The district out to the public,

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and then vice versa. Also from sometimes from our loving public into the district.

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so I'm glad to tell you a little bit about what we do. You know, the rock stars who work in this department,
They do the work.

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I come to meetings. Brandie is our assistant director of communications.

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jaclyn harwell oversees our marketing. Amy houlihan runs communications.

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she's our communications specialist and oversees we care. And diana pitman, of course, is our front administrative center receptionist.

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she's not in the photo. Karina garcia is our administrative and compliance specialist,
And they all do a marvelous job.

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I'm not going to show the height video because you've already seen it.

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we're going to but ignite the dragon as our theme for this year is,
Most of you already know. So that's the theme that we use to, you know,
Unite the culture, build the culture and unite the district.

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we launched that at the beginning of the year. And basically we do this goes without
Saying,

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but we handle all of the district wide communications on the many,
Many platforms by which we connect with the public.

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so not just one website, but 12. We have one for the district,
One for each campus.

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we have an app. We have multiple newsletters the dragon eblast,
Doctor glenn's newsletters,

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video series including good and green and several podcasts. Several of you have been a part of those, and we appreciate that.

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but perhaps most importantly, social media that's easily the most visible channel by which
We connect with the public and hear from the public,

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sometimes. 40,000 followers, instagram, x and facebook.

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those are the primary platforms that we use. And then pr and media relations,
Of course, we handle this,

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and we've tried to amplify and increase our relationship and dialog with outside external
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this year, we've had some great results in terms of the coverage of some of the great,
Amazing things that our students and,

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and faculty and teachers do here. We also field media inquiries coming into the district.

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in fact, I was just talking to channel eight this morning about they were out in front of
One of our campuses this morning about a an issue which we'll probably talk about here in

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just a minute, but it's ongoing. Sometimes we know about what's going to be covered,
Sometimes we don't.

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and that's all fine. Last year was a big legislative year. So you all know about this. Of course, many of you were involved in our campaign to inform
Legislators in austin about what our priorities here in carroll.

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we had a. Email campaign to help encourage our citizens to contact lawmakers.

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we also made a field trip down to austin. And so your communications department was very
Involved in that,

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relating what we're doing and why we're doing it. That was a big part of last year. Sponsorships.

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we have many, many sponsorships. The one at dragon stadium is,
Of course, the most prominent but overall $500,000 that comes into the district as a

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result of these sponsorships goes into the general fund is not subject to recapture.

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we like that. And I was told not to say much,
But there's another big one that is pending.

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just wait. There's some big news coming on this front,
So we hope to have an announcement pretty soon about that.

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logo licensing. We love the dragon and the green outline of texas.

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we oversee the federally protected trademark,
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so we'll be talking about that later this year. Very important to protect the dragon. We care as our employee appreciation program,
Which amy houlihan oversees.

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that's how we take care of our employees when they need it most,
And try to recognize them when it's appropriate with different events,

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new hire orientation, teacher of the year awards,
Etc.

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silver dragons a new program that we started last year to recognize our senior citizens
And to build that relationship.

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so we maintain contact and conversation with those who may be retired in our community.

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we have some here in the audience tonight. Events. We oversee all the big events that the district manages.

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so new employee orientation, convocations, teacher of the year and inspire excellence
Awards,

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which we just had a couple of tonight to recognize our outstanding performers. Your communication department oversees all of those programs.

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inspire excellence awards. Like I said, we had some of those tonight. Also want to point out the administrative and compliance components that we have to adhere
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all of our open records requests come through our department compliance with elections
Requirements,

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records retention, all that's done by your folks in communication. So we do a lot. That's a very brief overview.

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if you have any questions I'm certainly here and capable to to answer them. But again we have a great, great team. Each person is very talented in their field.

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and I'm lucky enough to be be here going to meetings,
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thank you, mr. Brady. Appreciate the pithy presentation that you just made.

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and we appreciate you so much and your team over the past couple of years.

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our communications with the public and with our community has just skyrocketed you know,
Beyond our imagination.

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so I know you have a lot of ideas and we're going to continue to grow in that area.

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and that's a very important part of us being able to get our message out to the community
On what's going on here in the school district.

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so thank you so much. I love your good and green. Keep it up. Those are those are fantastic. Next up,
Emerald bells.

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emerald bbells. No, that was the last one

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presence is great both on x and instagram and facebook.

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so we appreciate you. We appreciate your team very much. And we know that you guys work very, very hard to get the the correct message out to our
Community on various items.

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so thank you again for being here. Thank you for your presentation. You always do an unbelievable job. Thank you.

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trustees, do you have any comments or questions? Trustee yeager. Yeah, just being the communication guy. I can just echo those comments from president
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but specifically, there are people here in this room that I want to make sure that,
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too. The work that your team did on passing the vatre,
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school district. We cannot underscore how thankful and grateful we are and the people in
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positioned us and it all comes down to our kiddos and the fact that retaining the best
Teachers and the best programs,

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you know, most districts do not pass this. And the fact that we did this is just a
Testament to the communication,

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but also ptos and community members. I just wanted to say thank you from our whole board.

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we would have done 20 more meetings if it would have,
You know, helped. [laughter]. I'm not so sure. I know about that.

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maybe you andrew because the other thing, too, is we have members of the media in the back.

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and then again, we have we have seats in the front. You can come up to the seats in the front. But I want you to also understand that this
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not only with with the vatre, but those some of us here went down to the capitol and the
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elected officials to understand the some of the issues with public school funding.

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a lot of that was was spearheaded by this department.

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I don't know if you have the number handy, but the number of emails that you helped
Generate from this community that went to our elected officials.

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it was really an incredible number. Do you happen to?

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I don't have that off the top of my head, but it's. 20,000? I think yeah, several. Yeah tens of thousands of emails.

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yeah. The take action dragon campaign. So again,
The two people in the media in the back,

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that number that is is an incredible number. So in this day and age where public schools
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this department relating to our community and helping with our message is just
Outstanding.

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and so I just want to say again, thank you to mr. Brady, your team, our community members. We're very proud and grateful for all of that.

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thank you. Thank you very much. Any other trustee?

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okay. Thank you, mr. Brady. Okay. Appreciate it. All right. [applause]. All right. Moving on to item number 10 discussion/action.

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consider and take possible action on the final recommendations from the budget reduction
Advisory committee or brac tiger team two task force.

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mr. Brady, you're still standing. Okay, I'm still here. You're still there. I keep turning up. Yup. Bad penny.

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brac tiger team two. So this is this is not new information.

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this is information that all of the trustees are very well aware of and was first
Presented about a month ago.

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and so I'm exclusively here just to review just a very quick review of the presentation
That the trustees and the community had about a month ago in december.

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and this involves the work of, as president bryan mentioned,
Tiger team two.

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and just as a reminder, this is a group of 20 people,
Parents and teachers and principals from the community who came together and met

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at least once a month for five months, september through december,
To take a deep dive in all of these analytics that the district wanted reviewed.

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basically, student enrollment, the capacity and the upkeep and condition of each of the
Campuses.

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the finance, the budget of the of the district.

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the the the mapping, the map of who goes where. The map boundaries for each school as to which family goes to which campus.

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all these metrics the team looked at and came up with a recommendation. And the idea was the charge for this tiger team was,
How can we best align the district, the campuses in order to best serve our students and

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our families going forward? Here's what we have now. Do we stay with this alignment or do we change things?

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and if we change things, what should that look like moving forward? So that was the
Challenge. And the team came up with this plan basically based on all of these analytics,
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looking at the fact that we had upwards of 100 empty classrooms,
That this district and the taxpayer money was paying to heat and to cool and to maintain

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and to secure, the tiger team recommended closing one campus in order to consolidate.

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and that campus was durham. Durham intermediate. So the idea is represented in this graphic, which I think everyone in the room can see.

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we would keep the five elementary schools. We would. The district would consolidate the middle school process around two campuses,
Which would accommodate three grades instead of two.

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that would be 6th, 7th and 8th, and then two high school campuses exactly as what we have
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the same as what we have now. The only difference at the elementary level would be that
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so this is the configuration. Many plans were considered,
Many ideas were considered.

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but after much deliberation, the tiger team two recommended this layout for the board to
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now why? What was the main reason? The main reason for this,
And it has been said many times in this board room,

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has to do with declining enrollment. And so we all know every most every school district
In the north texas area is seeing some aspect of declining enrollment.

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our peak year was 2019 we had 8525 students. This year.

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six years later, we have 7870 students. That is a significant drop.

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and so for every 100 students that we lose in the district,
We lose about $1 million of state funding.

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and so that means cisd has lost about $8 million in annual revenue every year over the
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so that's significant. And that was one of the main features that this panel considered.

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the financial impact of closing one campus. You'd save about $1.3 million in the cost of
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that campus, and then also the land on which the building sits,
The durham building all that land would be sold and the revenue from that sale would then

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be invested in some kind of long term investment vehicle,
And the interest on that investment would be about $1.25 million annually.

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so the overall financial impact would be about $2.5 million.

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so it's not insignificant. And one of the main features of this plan we really need to
Emphasize is if the board decides to go through with it,

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the recommendation of the tiger team is that it have a long runway.

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so none of these changes would take place this academic year. None of these changes would take place in the next academic year.

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the only the first time anything would affect our students in terms of how they move
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and so there's three phases. The first phase would be discussion and decision making.

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where we are now, the second phase would be about the next year,
And that would be a lot of planning as to how to implement this curriculum,

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bus routes, boundaries for each school, etc. And then the third phase would be the
Implementation right around the time school is about leading up to that first day of

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school, making sure their orientations visits to each campus so that all the families know
Exactly what to expect.

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so that's a very quick summary of the overall plan that this tiger team has recommended
For the board to consider.

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I appreciate it. Mr. Brady, and I'll just point out what I pointed out several times
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and that is while other neighboring school districts and districts around the state are
Ripping off the band aid and closing multiple schools,

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including elementary schools all over the place next year we have put ourselves this board
And this administration have been extremely

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fiscally conservative over the last five years and has allowed us to put us this district
In a position where we don't have to do that.

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we can spend a year and a half with engagement and planning with our community.

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and this is not something that we are going to do in a vacuum over the next the course of
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we will be forming community teams that will come in and tackle certain things,
Such as zoning,

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such as you know, kids going from intermediate schools to elementary schools to.

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curriculum. Curriculum to everything that you can think of. We will be involving our community, our administration trustees will be involved in making
Sure that this is done right and done well.

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and everybody has a clear understanding of what how we are going to move forward in this
Endeavor.

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and I don't know if you mentioned it or not,
And I'll just mention it again, but that $1.3 million in saving is per year.

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annually. That's. Yes sir. That's an estimated amount per year that that we would receive.

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and the durham property is approximately 30 acres on shady oaks,
Which is prime residential property.

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so if we were to vote tonight to move forward with this recommendation from the tiger
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we would and I'll have doctor glenn address this here in a minute. But we will put that
Property up for sale.

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so as we know, it takes a while to get through the covenant process with the city council
And all that to get the zoning changed.

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and and so be it. So we want to make sure that we move out on that right away and get that
Process started so that the time

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28 comes around and we move in this direction.

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if we were to vote in favor tonight of that we would be able to,
You know, hit the ground running in terms of being able to sell that property,

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which is very lucrative. And I think you mentioned this mr. Brady, but I'm gonna mentioned it again. The surplus property that this board and this
District have put up for sale.

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the millions and millions of dollars that we will receive as a result of that sale will go
Into a high yield account and earn interest.

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we're not just going to spend that tens of millions of dollars on something.

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we're going to leave it in a bank. We're going to earn interest on that.

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and that will build clear expectations for our staff and teachers.

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to put a portion of that, if not all, of that percentage towards teacher and staff raises
Every single year,

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without having to rely every other year on our state legislatures to do that for us.

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yes, sir president bryan, that's the that $1.25 million. That's the interest. That's the annual income represented.

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representing the interest that we earn on that investment. And that's just that investment. We have three other properties that we're selling.

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we're going to combine that revenue. We have a very healthy fund balance in about mr.

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park, about $45 million. Is that what we're sitting on as our as our fund balance?

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so we've put ourselves in a very good position that unlike other districts around the
State and even our neighbors that have to do these things immediately

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just to survive we have enough money in the bank to be able to allow us to move forward
And do this right and do it thoughtfully

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and include all that want to be included in that,
In that process. So I appreciate you. I appreciate the tiger team that spent numerous hours away from their
Families to come up with these solutions.

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in fact, you didn't mention this this time, but I'll mention it. The brac plan is a
Five-year plan.

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this is just year two. And so we still have other items that we want to take a look at on
That plan.

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and we will be forming a tiger team three, because we have been mentioning in the brac did
Recommend that instead of going out because we have

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capital costs. Our buildings need preservation. We need to replace hvac, we need to replace leaky roofs,
Infrastructure.

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that type of thing. Can't come out of our general budget. We don't have that money to come
Out of our general budget.

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so where do you get that money? You have to borrow it. Well, a lot of school districts around the state go out for $500,000,
$1 billion, $2 billion bonds.

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I think dallas or fort worth went out for like a $4 billion or $5 billion bond,
Which encumbers their community in debt out 30,

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40, 50 years. We will not do that while this board is sitting. We are going to come up with the idea of a short term baby bond where we will identify
What capital improvements are needed.

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and then go to the community and say, we need $50 million to fix that roof to replace that
Hvac,

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and we're going to pay it off in three years. And then we're going to ask you to allow us
To borrow another $50 million to do the same at other campuses.

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that way, we are not voting to make decisions on for for residents,
Future residents that will be here in 30 years.

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and we're not we don't want to encumber future residents of southlake in debt because of
Our poor decisions.

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and so that's next for everybody that's listening,
That's next up for this tiger team to consider.

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how would we do that? How would we market that? How would we communicate that? So we are in a really,
Really good position right now.

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and I'll echo trustee yeager. That vatre passing saved us.

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that saved us. We're able to do these things because that vatre passed.

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and we appreciate our community and those people that voted for that vader and got it
Passed.

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that was a life changer. That was a life saver for this community.

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and now we can do the things that we want to do to really preserve programs,
Retain teachers and staff.

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so thank you, mr. Brady. Yes sir

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I have two comments. First, one might be a little bit redundant,
But the tiger team was amazing.

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put together a bunch of ideas, and honestly,
The first couple of ideas that I heard, I thought were pretty crazy.

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I appreciate the thoughtfulness of that committee coming back with a really,
Really thoughtful recommendation that I think is

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elegant and it's got the least disruptions involved and the most cost savings.

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it's really a great idea. And then secondly,
I know we've talked about this in the past.

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there are several reasons that kind of has led to the decline in enrollment.

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and one of them, I mean, I'm a member of a group that's guilty of the reason for decline
In enrollment,

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and that is that I'm an empty nester, and we have lots of people in southlake who fall
Into that category.

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and we're not moving out of southlake because we love living here and we want to keep
Living here.

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now, that doesn't mean that we have kids to send to the schools so we can have a larger
Budget.

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but it's not that kids are leaving because they don't want to be here. It's because they're growing up and their parents are staying here.

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and that's a really positive thing because we love to live here. So just wanted to say those two things. Thank you trustee lannen.

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trustee yeager. You know, one of the things that we've talked about in previous meetings
Is that all of this happened and in this plan,

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at the same time, we were able to lower the tax rate for the people in this community.

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again, that's unheard of. That tax rate, which I think is about 0.92,
If we take a look, that's probably the lowest.

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we're tied for the lowest in tarrant county. And if you look around the state,
You talk about encumbered by bond debt and high tax rates,

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having the number one school district in terms of academic success and one of the lowest
Tax rates is really,

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truly we're a unicorn. And I'm very proud of this board. But I'm also just thankful to our community because without their help we wouldn't be in
This position.

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so thank you trustee yeager. Yeah I wanna say

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thank our tiger team, too. I wanted to thank our administration. I know doctor glenn worked so hard with all of the executive directors over every
Department to really make sure that the research was thorough,

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that we were intentional of really being able to talk about every plan,
What disrupted the community the least,

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what disrupted the community the most, and we were able to really come together in what
Was going to be the best,

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the best solution to keep our staff and keep our kids where they needed to be.

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and so I'm just I'm very thankful at how we were able to come together and do what was
Best for our kids.

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trustee stacy. Doctor glenn, will you just mention? Or trustee reece,
Do you have anything further?

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okay. Doctor glenn, you kind of mentioned the impacts because that's what everybody's
Talking about these days.

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can you just kind of shed some light on the truth about who's going to 5th grade,
The impacts of the intermediate school.

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specifically caroll elementary school and what we talked about in terms of those kids or
Have an opportunity to go to dawson and all that.

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yeah. Thank you, president bryan. Again, when the when the brac committee met and I would
Just encourage anyone that's with us tonight or watching online there is a really detailed

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presentation that was put forth before the board last month where we go into depth on,
On just about all of these questions.

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and I know our comms team has a website that will release a lot of information that we're
Going to be putting out over the next 18 months.

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but specifically to president bryan's question. I know that the committee members of the tiger team were super intentional about putting
Together the plan that was least disruptive.

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and so when we talk specifically about the elementaries,
We are not having conversations about rezoning any of our elementaries.

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the zones will stay intact as they are. So if your kid goes to old union now,
They'll continue to go to old union.

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there is no risk of them switching zones. Attendance boundaries or any of that.

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what will happen is if you're a 3rd grader at rockenbaugh or old union or carroll
Elementary school in in two years,

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rather than go to an intermediate school, you'll stay on your campus one extra year. And I think our kids love their elementary schools and they're excited about that
Opportunity. So that's not super impactful.

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now where do they go from there? Beyond that we have had conversations about what our
Feeder patterns look like.

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and currently carroll elementary splits. While no decision has been made and no
Recommendation has been brought forth by the tiger team,

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we have members of the tiger team, specifically two of our elementary principles that,
You know,

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we're just thinking ahead of what it may look like as we talk about the movement from
Elementary to to now,

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a 6th, 7th and 8th grade middle school. And one thing that they brought up is we can
Actually begin the process of creating a larger

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enrollment at dawson eubanks. Keep in mind, dawson eubanks that 6 through 8 middle school
Will accommodate more kids than the carroll middle school building.

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so we want to be intentional about moving more of our elementary students to that
Building.

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they said we can begin that process by not splitting the carroll elementary school zone,
But allowing all carroll elementary

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kids to go to dawson, eubanks, along with next year as early as next year.

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that's correct. Along with all of rockenbaugh and all of old union. So essentially all of our schools north of or south of 114 would feed eubanks dawson
Middle school and walnut grove and johnson.

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those two elementary schools would feed carroll middle school. We know we have some students who lag, right?

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maybe their siblings that are currently at carroll middle school or dawson and,
You know,

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they're coming out. I'm sorry. At dawson or carroll middle.

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and they're coming out of carroll elementary. We want to make sure that if you're at carroll elementary and you want to go to carroll
Middle,

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that we allow that we'll grandfather you and especially a sibling if siblings are there.

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but we feel like it's feasible as early as next year for all carroll elementary schools to
Begin their middle school journey at eubanks dawson,

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which is where they'll be when they're in 6th grade,
7th grade and 8th grade as well.

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well, if you if you turn dawson eubanks into a middle school,
There's separate buildings.

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and we have looked at what we would do to combine those buildings,
Maybe build a hallway or something like that.

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and those those two buildings sit in something called a tif zone. Correct? So it's not like we would be asking the public to pass a bond to be able to
Construct the parts.

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that's correct. So we we do have tif dollars that come to us through the city of
Southlake.

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those those funds are paid out annually. We have tif dollars coming for.

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we know for sure the next two years, guaranteed by the city of southlake.

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and we would connect eubanks and dawson with the breezeway.

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what that would look like? We're going to put a committee in place to determine that,
You know, if I were if I were the building principal, you know, I would probably want to

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see 6th grade stay together at eubanks on the first floor there at eubanks and then for
Specials and things like that.

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they would move to those classes like band or whatever they happen to be taken. They would take that breezeway over to dawson and take their classes there. But
Essentially those buildings are so close together they will operate as one building.

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again, the capacity there is going to be significantly bigger than carroll middle school.

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and and so by shifting by shifting the ces zone over there,
We'll be able to accommodate more kids.

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thank you, doctor glenn. Any other questions or discussion from trustees?

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okay. Trustee yeager. I move that this board approve the final recommendations from the
Budget reduction advisory committee,

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brac tiger team, task force two, as presented by mr. Brady. Second. We have a motion and second. Any further discussion?

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all in favor? Motion carries 5 to 0. Thank you,
Mr. Brady. No objection. We'll adjourn this meeting at 6:57 p.m.

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thank you board.