Good evening. This is the garland independent school district board of trustees regular Board meeting for tuesday,
october the 28th, 2025. We're glad that everybody is here tonight.
call this meeting to order and determine that there is a quorum present. And at this time, I'm going to ask for someone to come on item number two, The pledge of allegiance from naaman forest high school,
if she would come forward. I didn't introduce her name because I'm gonna let her tell us About herself.
let's do the pledges first. Everyone please stand.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america.
and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under god, Indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
honor the texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas.
one state under god, one and indivisible. Okay.
we have a young lady here from naaman forest high school, Miss jessica. Teddy. Tell us about yourself. Hi, guys. My name is jessica.
teddy. I'm here on behalf of naaman forest high school, And I represent the student council body as president.
excellent. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I want everybody to look at this young lady Because she's in good
hands, and we're in good hands because that's the future of gisd right there.
so thank you, jessica, for being here for us [applause]. Thank you. Thank you so much. Tell us about what you're going to do, What your future is.
ooh, that's a great question. I want to be a gastroenterologist in the future. I'm looking to help a lot of young teens. As someone who has a mother that has ulcerative Colitis,
I'm looking forward to helping the young teens in my situation that want to help their Parents with either intestinal problems or any type of health issues as a
gastroenterologist. Well thank you, jessica. Thank you [applause]. All right. Thank you. Thank you for being here tonight.
of course. Thank you. All right. That's yours.
okay. Perfect. Thank you so much. You're always.
you're welcome [applause]. Anytime. That takes us to item number three.
we're going to have a public hearing. Item a conduct a public hearing on the first school Rating report,
it is 5:02 and this public hearing will now start.
good evening, president beach board of trustees and superintendent lopez.
I present to you the results of the 2024 2025 financial integrity rating system of texas For garland isd.
this is based on fiscal year 23-24. The notice for this public hearing was published in The dallas morning news on october 6th.
there was a report that was handed to you, and I will just go over the presentation.
the report I the full package was presented on the previous monthly meeting we had for Facilities and finance.
the purpose of this rating is to expand the public education accountability system of Texas to the financial services.
it originated by senate bill 875 of the 76th texas legislature in 1999.
the primary goal of it is to improve the management of school district financial Resources.
the objectives of this rating is to assess the quality of financial management in texas Public schools.
measure and report the extent to which financial resources are allocated for direct Instructional purposes.
fairly evaluate the quality of financial management decisions, And report results to the general public.
there are four tiers for the scoring. We obtained a rating of a with full points, 100 points.
so we got the maximum amount of points to get in the 21 indicators.
so we did get the superior achievement score and I'll go through each one of the ratings.
and I'll just see how we scored. I'll mention how we scored.
was the complete annual financial report afr and data submitted to the ta within 30 days Of november 27th or january 2028
depending on the school district fiscal year ended june 30th or august 31st, Respectively.
and the answer is yes. Was there an unmodified opinion in the afr of the on the financial Statements as a whole?
the it was, yes. We did get an unmodified opinion issued by our external auditors.
number three is was the school district in compliance with the payment terms of all debt Agreements at fiscal year end?
the answer is yes. Number four is did the school district make timely payments to the Teachers retirement system?
texas workforce commission, twc, internal revenue service and other government agencies.
and the answer is yes. So there are four indicators that are passed or fail, And we didn't fail in any of them.
there's also some indicators that if you were to fail them, They will limit the amount of points you can get.
but we didn't get limited to any of them. Number five is was the total net position Balance in the governmental activities column in the statement of net position,
net of accretion of interest for capital appreciation bonds, Net pension liability and other post-employment benefits greater than zero.
and the answer was yes was the average. Number six is was the average change in assigned And unassigned fund balance over three years,
less than a 25% decrease over the current year. Assigned, an assigned balance exceeds 75 days of operational expenditures.
and with, the ceiling was passed, we didn't decline by more than 25% on the three years That this indicator looks at.
number seven was the number of days of cash on hand and current investments in general Fund for the school district sufficient to cover operating expenses,
and we got full points. All time points. Number eight was the measure of current assets to Current liabilities ratio for the school
district sufficient to cover short term debt.
and the answer was yes. We got full points. Number nine is, Did the school district general fund revenues equal or exceed expenditures excluding
facilities acquisition or construction? If not, Was the school district? Number of days of cash on hand greater than or equal to 60 days.
and we we did meet that and we got the full points.
indicator number ten was pause. For this year, It's been paused since 2021-2022.
and it usually measures how good we do on our prediction against the actual expenditure.
so budget against expenses. But this was paused for this year. Number 11 says was the ratio of long term liabilities to total assets for the school District sufficient to support long term solvency?
yes. And we did get full points. So we have enough long term assets to cover the long term Liabilities.
number 12. What is the correlation between future debt requirements and the district Assessment assessed property value?
we got ten points for that. This is a key indicator.
was the school district administrative cost ratio equal to or less than the threshold Ratio?
so what this looks at is how many expenditures we have on functions that are directly Related to instruction,
and it looks at some functions that are directed to administration.
and it compares the ratio. And you get points assigned to you based on how big your District is.
so in this case we got a 7.49%. So we got ten out of ten points.
just for perspective, we did better than last year. Last year was 7.71% and two years back was 6.92%.
indicator number 14 is asking that the school district not have a 15% decline in the Students to staff ratio over three years,
and we didn't. So we got the ten points. Number 15 is asking was the school district ada Within the allotted range of the district biennial
pupil projections submitted to tea. And yes, We we got full points.
number 16 is, did the comparison of public education information management system, Which is called peims.
data look like the information in the school district. Afr result to a total variance of less than 3% of all expenditures by function.
so this looks at how much we upload directly from our erp system against how much is Reported in our audit at the end of the year.
and if the variance is less than 3%, then we get full points. So we did pass that ceiling number 17 is asking did the external independent auditor Report that the afr was that the afr was free of
any instances of material weaknesses in internal controls over financial reporting and Compliance for local,
state, federal funds and free from substantial doubt about the school district's ability To continue as a going concern.
we passed the ceiling. Number 18 is asking, did this? Did the external independent auditor indicate the afr was free of any instances of.
material noncompliance for grants, contracts and laws related to local, State, and federal funds?
and we've got full points for that. Number 19 is asking did the school district post the Required financial information on its website in accordance with government code,
local government code, texas education code, Texas administrative code, and other statutes,
laws and rules that were in effect at the school district fiscal year end?
this is again talking about fiscal year 23-24. And we did get full points for that one. Number 20 is asking, Did the school district administration and school board members discuss any changes or
impact to local, state and federal funding at the board meeting within 120 days before District adopted budget?
and the answer is yes. And the ceiling was passed.
number 21 is the school district received an adjusted repayment schedule for more than one Fiscal year for an over allocation of
foundation school program known as fsp funds because of financial hardship.
so we didn't get any and we did pass the ceiling and that is it.
we got a superior achievement. Score again. There's some required disclosures that we have To share on top of the the scoring
and it and this slide, you can see where the website is for the superintendent's current Contract.
there's some other required disclosures in here. We're calling this or the state calls this the description for reimbursements to the Superintendent or the board members.
and this shows a table of certain categories. They want us to disclose on of expenditures that the district incurs on behalf of a board Member or the superintendent.
things like, you know, travel expenses or the internet bill for the tablets you guys use During your meetings.
there are some other required disclosures that are asking for outside compensation or fees Received by the superintendent for professional consulting and or other
professional services for that fiscal year, and there were none.
if there were any gifts received by the executive officers and or board members or first Degree relatives,
if any, on that fiscal year. And the answer is none.
and then the last one is business transactions between the district and board members for Fiscal year 2024.
and that is the end of the report. I'm happy to answer any questions. Are there any questions from any of the board members?
any questions for any board member? Thank you very much, A great report.
thank you very much. At this time I'm going to ask. Thank you. Give me a chance. Are there any members of the audience who have questions or Comments about this public meeting or about this
topic? Any question from the audience. Mr. President, Seeing there are no questions.
I make a motion to close the public hearing. We have a motion to adjourn the public Hearing.
I don't have to have a second. So at this time, At 5:13, this public hearing is closed.
thank you. That takes us to item number four, Public forum ms.
hogan. Do we have any public forum? No, sir. Seeing none there, We'll move on to item number five.
information items. Evidence of excellence. Recognize keeley elementary school pta, National pta,
school of excellence, jose mata. Good evening, President beach board of trustees and
doctor lopez. We are honored to recognize a campus that exemplifies the power of Collaboration between families,
educators, and the community. Keeley elementary school, Recipient of the 24-26 national pta school of excellence
award. The national pta school of excellence program is a prestigious, Research based recognition that strengthens family school partnerships to support every
student's success. Through this program, schools and ptas commit to a year long data Driven process that includes gathering feedback,
implementing improvement plans, and building a more inclusive, Welcoming school community.
earning this recognition is no small feat. It reflects keeley elementary's commitment to Open communication,
continuous improvement and creating meaningful opportunities for families to engage in Their children's learning.
their pta, in partnership with campus leadership, Has worked tirelessly to ensure that every family feels connected and empowered to
contribute to the success of all students. Keeley elementary stands out as a model for Others to follow,
truly embodying what it means to be built different. Congratulations to principal theresa mccutcheon, The keeley pta, and the entire keeley community for this outstanding accomplishment.
at this time, I'd like to please ask keeley elementary pta and principal to come on up to Be recognized.
[applause]
don't be shy.
congratulations. Thank you. We're going to take a quick picture.
okay. Okay. Come on up. Oh, okay. Sounds great.
thank you, sir. Well, keeley, we truly do have that partnership with our pta.
they are at our school pretty much every day. I sometimes I see them more than my staff members, Which is amazing.
they're there for arrival. They help with lunch duty. Our pta president, she is out there doing dismissal every day right alongside us.
and they their kids are just truly thriving at keeley because they see their presence on Our campus every single day.
so I just want to thank them. They do an amazing job for our students and we couldn't do It without them.
thank you. Thank you. Keeley and congratulations.
next up is item 5.b going the extra mile. Recognizing the going the extra mile recipient Is the catering service,
meeting and catering services of this district. The macs program. Jason wheeler, introduce them.
president beach board of trustees. Doctor lopez. Welcome back, mr. Glick. Tonight, we proudly honor a group whose dedication makes garland Isd truly unmatched.
we present the meeting and catering services are better known as macs team, With this month's going the extra mile award,
which we call the gem. And there's a lot of guests here tonight. We're going to get your picture in just a little bit [applause]. The macs program shows Garland isd spirit
of service and inclusion, empowering students with hands on, Real world learning.
as a special education community based vocational program, Macs provides students with disabilities opportunities to build employment and life skills
in real world settings, guided by dedicated job coaches who model excellence daily beyond The classroom,
the macs team is essential to district operations, Serving meals and providing exceptional service for district events including the board
meetings, several, several celebrations, and even what we heard tonight from mr.
beach, the stadium press box meals. Their professionalism and creativity impresses guests And shows what students can achieve with
opportunity through commitment to quality, teamwork and inclusion, The macs team turns daily service into extraordinary
experiences. Their work nourishes not only the staff and visitors, But also the confidence and pride of their students.
the macs team is truly going the extra mile, Proving that when opportunity meets heart, excellence follows.
please join me in a heartfelt celebration of the macs team for their inspiring service and Steadfast dedication to our students and community.
their impact radiates far beyond tonight. [applause] come on up.
congratulations. Okay. Yeah. Get em all here. Get it all in. Yep.
good. Three cheese. One cheese. Cheese. Oh, look, can we get up there?
we can get the parents. Yeah. Parents. Come on, Get a little closer [applause].
y'all want to stand behind them or. Yeah. Well, [inaudible].
there you go. Oh, okay. Oh, if I get down there [inaudible].
me, too. Alright, here we go. Ready? Two. Three. One. Two. Three. Cheese!
thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, Thank you, thank you.
bye, y'all. Mr. Chairman [inaudible] thank you for this prestigious honor.
thank you. Thank you. Okay. And, guys, if you guys don't feel the need
to sit here through the rest of the boring board meeting, You are more than welcome to go ahead and go.
but you're also welcome to stay if you want. Only thing I'd ask if you, If you leave, let me go with you.
potentially.[laughs] doctor lopez says I have to stay.
so.
we've really appreciated all the effort this year, Especially this year, because we really needed them to step up and they've done so.
alright, moving on in the agenda to information item five c special recognition recognize Leadership rowlett class 34.
I'm assuming the best class[laughs]. President beach board of trustees, And doctor lopez,
one of texas's most impactful and longest running leadership programs. Leadership rowlett empowers and inspires individuals to step up, Serve, and shape the communities they call home.
focused on identifying and developing emerging leaders, The program connects participants with real world service opportunities across the rowlett
area through hands on experiences in behind the scenes insight into how the community Operates,
participants build a strong foundation for lasting civic engagement and leadership.
today leadership rowlett class 34, the best class visiting garland isd meeting with our Dynamic staff members and touring our
campuses and facilities. From innovative programs to passionate staff, They saw what it truly means to be built different.
thank you class 34 for spending the day with us and experiencing what makes garland isd Truly unmatched.
at this time, I'd like to ask joe mcdermott to come up to the podium to say a few words.
thank you. Yeah. Thank you all. My name is joe mcdermott and I'm a representative of Leadership rowlett,
class number 34. As you said, the best class.
and we are 11 individuals who are active in the rowlett community who, Under the direction of the rowlett chamber of commerce,
have gotten to spend a year learning how we can be more active and better members of our Community.
and we got to spend today dedicated to learning more about garland isd.
so our three main stops today were the security center, The career and tech center, which was amazing.
I think we were all very impressed by that. And then also the nutrition center.
we had a great day. We met a lot of incredible people, And there's just a lot of things about educating kids that you guys are doing that we
might not have thought about, like running a state of the art security center or running a 70000 square foot air conditioned warehouse.
there's a lot that goes into this, so thank you so much for opening your doors to us and Educating us today.
we've really learned a lot and it's been a great experience. So thank you. And I think everybody's going to come up.
we're going to take a quick picture. So thank you guys [applause].
[inaudible] I may have to squeeze in. We can squeeze in.
can you get [inaudible]. Yeah okay. 123. 123 [laughs].
thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you all for being here [applause]. Thank you. Thank You,
thank you. Moving on. The next agenda item we have is
receive intruder detection audit report. Mark quinn.
so full of excitement, I can see. Yes, I am. Good evening. Doctor lopez, board of trustees. The top priority of garland isd and the state of texas is Keeping students and staff safe every day.
the tea in region ten recently conducted an intruder detection audit at one or more of our Campuses.
the audits test whether a campus is accessible to an unauthorized individual. This audit seeks to help districts identify how campuses can improve safety for students, Such as ensuring exterior doors are locked.
the audit provides us with the opportunity to create a safer learning environment for our Students and staff. We are working closely with the students with our district's school
safety and security committee to ensure that we are training all our staff in securing our Doors for the protection of everyone at our campuses.
the support from the state and conducting the intruder detection audits is just one of Many actions we are taking to ensure our schools are safe.
we know that this work does not end and we appreciate the board's support. We acknowledge that parents and community members are likely very interested in the Details of the audit results.
however, is in the best interest of the students that we do not share this information to The broader public as it could lead to compromising important campus security information.
specific details of the intruder detection audit will be discussed in executive session And with the safety and security committee.
garland isd is committed to providing a safe and secure learning environment for all our Students and staff. Thank you. Thank you,
mr. Quinn. That leads us to item number six, Discussion items and trustees report.
item number one trustees attendance at recent district and community events, Announcements of upcoming district and community events.
also, recognition of outstanding performance by district staff and students, And recognition of new programs and special activities.
we'll start with that. And I'm going to start to my right with mr. Larry glick, who we've been missing. And larry is back with us tonight. So, Mr. Glick, we're going to let you have open mic first. Thank you,
mr. President. Well, first, it's really good to be back.
I want to first thank the staff at lake point hospital, Especially in the emergency room.
I didn't expect on the first day of school that something like this happened.
but I had a really serious problem that developed.
and the emergency room doctor did some tests, And when she came back to see me, she said,
we're rushing you to emergency surgery right now. I've called in all board certified people. They're coming from their homes, The doctor, nurse and anesthesiologist,
and we're going to do the emergency surgery right now. It was a burst ulcer. The next morning, the doctor surgeon
said to me two hours later and you wouldn't be here anymore. So that's how close it was. So 69 days in the hospital and three different hospitals.
I had never spent one night in a hospital before that so it was very, Very different.
I want to thank all of my fellow board members, Doctor lopez, and all of his cabinet for coming and visiting me and all the
wishes and prayers. One member of his cabinet even snuck some donuts into my hospital Room.
now, I wasn't able to eat for 39 days, so the smell of the donuts was very good.
one interesting thing also happened. Somehow members of the birding community, Which I'm part of and have been for quite a while,
heard about it, and I started getting calls and best wishes from literally every continent Other than antarctica,
and that was really special. I can't tell you how many different religions I had prayers For me in all the major
religions, certainly, and a lot of religions I had never heard of, And I think they worked.
so it's good to be back. And thank you, mr. President. Larry, it's good to have you back. Mr. Selders.
how do you follow that? [laughs] good to have you back, Larry.
thank you. Sir. I had an opportunity to go to dallas county economic mobility summit.
it was a really great chance to kind of hear more about what's happening in terms of what What's going on within certain organizations within
dallas county. It was put on by a partnership led by todd williams and miguel solis, And what they're looking to do is expand economic mobility for young
people. They have a goal by the year 2040 to have at least half of the adults, Young adults in dallas county earning a living wage.
and so they're looking at how they're partnering with school districts higher ed, To, to make that happen.
a couple recognitions of achievements that happened. They noted that there was an increase in living wage attainment as well as a decrease in Poverty overall in dallas county.
they also recognized several school districts for their work in effective governance and Prioritizing student outcomes in their work.
as boards there was one gentleman that spoke guy by the name of geoffrey canada, Who had done some work with the harlem children's zone.
and one of the things that they did was they spent a lot of work identifying supports for Underprivileged students
who just in other outside of them, would not have gotten certain opportunities.
and what they've been able to show is that it doesn't matter what zip code that you come From,
and we all kind of know that. It doesn't matter what zip code you come from, Who you are, what your ethnic background is,
all kids can learn. And if they're given the right resources, Tools, and support, they're able to thrive.
and so I was really happy to be in attendance there and getting a chance to network with Some individuals within the dallas county community education community,
both in school districts as well as higher ed, And it was a great event.
so thank you, mr. Selders. Mr. Johnson. Thank you.
I also probably won't try to follow up mr. Glick's remarks with much.
I just want to focus on one thing that I that I have been kind of passionate about over The last few weeks.
I have three kids in gisd fine arts, all of which are in band.
two of them in high school band. And we had the six a area competition on saturday that Was delayed for many hours by rain.
if you remember saturday, which wasn't that long ago. So it didn't really wrap up till about 1 a.m..
we had several schools that competed at the six a level. We had rowlett high school, north garland high school, Garland and saxy all that competed in that day,
and they all performed and did amazingly well. Every one of those kids started this journey in late july on a black asphalt parking lot, And a lot of them fell
out, puked, threw up. People don't think of band as being a tremendously physical event.
it is. It's very hot when they start and they just plug forward and they keep going.
and there's lots of headaches. There's lots of bumps in the road. There's times when quite frankly, they don't sound very good. And they all managed, In my opinion,
to put together some pretty amazing performances on saturday. And I'm proud of every single one of them. Unfortunately, We did not have of our area finalists.
none of them advanced to state this year in the six a level.
that doesn't diminish anything that they did. And those kids were all brokenhearted because one day it just was over.
so ended saturday night at 1 a.m. For a lot of the kids. And so I felt bad for him. I really did. But again, Amazing performance.
this year's area was as as close as any I've ever seen.
so and at least one of our bands was only two points out of state, So it was amazing.
the good news for the gisd fine arts, we're not done yet because the five area competition Is saturday and we have two bands that are competing in that
to see if they can advance the state. Lakeview centennial and south garland are both going To make runs,
and it's good to see south garland back at area for the first time in a few years.
so they have had they're going to can try to continue their amazing year. And I'm looking forward to those. And congratulations to all the directors.
congratulations mr. Figarelli and all his staff for all the hard work they did.
long night on saturday. Hopefully saturday. This saturday goes off much easier.
but I look forward to seeing how we do that. Thanks, Ms stanley.
well thank you, I will keep it short. Mr. Glick I am thrilled to have you back.
you know, and I have the clicker ready, so yeah.
you know what? I have spent just the last several weeks just meeting with people and clubs And the community,
and I am so fortunate that I get to do it. I get to do with the people that I get to do it With.
and and there's just nobody like the tri-cities.
and I truly believe that it's a great group of people, Even when we don't all agree with each other.
it's a good group of people, and I truly, truly am blessed by them.
I did saturday stop in for the grand opening of the west branch garland library.
I sat on the garlands park and recreation board during the prep for their bond that they Did back in,
I think it was 2019. And that that library is kind of the fruition of my board's really Hard
work and it is amazing, and I just recently had gone into the central library as well.
that was on the the bond program. And I think the best part of it is to go in there and See all of our young
people in there using the facilities. And I mean, It is there's media facilities, there's little pods,
there's recreation. I mean, it was it's pretty cool. And they're all there with their computers and their phones.
I don't know how they do their work on their phones, But they're doing their works on their phone.
I can't quite see it, but it was just really nice. And then we're just going to continue to push forward and continue to meet with the Community and just go from there.
thanks. Thank you, mr. Miller. Yeah. Thank you so much. And welcome back, lawrence. We have missed you.
and we really have. One of the things I noticed, And I don't know if you had this experience,
but a few years ago, when I had the opportunity to visit one of the extended stay Hospitals,
I guess is what we call them. There were 4 or 5 of the doctors, Interns and specialists that were all gisd
graduates. And so it made me feel good that we had that quality of of people helping us Out.
but but welcome back. Just real quick. This past october 18th, We had the wheels of hope.
and it was wonderful. My, I can't thank joseph figarelli enough.
I can't thank karen hatten enough. There are other people who deserve a lot of thanks, But the the art department showed up.
they did the face painting. They did the kind of rub on tattoos.
they did all kind of artwork. We had a wheels of hope car show that's hosted in the lobby Of the of the veritex bank,
now known as huntington. And then we had everything.
we had performers, singers, musicians, dancers, We had bands, we had drum lines.
and then it rained. Okay, so it's hard to do a car show in the middle of the rain, But we did have a good time.
we got to 12:00, which was all of the kids got to perform.
the only ones that didn't get to perform were the paid band.
so all the kids got to do their thing, their parents got to see them. And I hope we had Tons of photo ops.
and it's just wonderful to watch when parents come out to support their kids.
when you go to football games, you can see it in a lot of ways. You can see a lot of kids performing, a lot of kids who've practiced all week long to get That chance to go play,
perform. Wes mentioned the band. They practice for starting in the summer to get ready to Perform.
so all the things that they do. Parents and families, Don't forget to come out and support those kids.
it is so important to them that we do that. Recently played in the garland hall of fame Garland sports hall of fame golf tournament.
this past yesterday. This past yesterday at in rowlett.
and it was at waterview. And it was truly a good day, A much better weather day than today.
it's amazing the difference a day makes. I've been able to I was able to attend a lot of The prop meetings with doctor lopez,
but in addition to that, we have this thing called grs community impact.
all you leadership rowlett people write that down.
I have to write it down. Maybe you can remember it. Grs community impact, that is a podcast that exists to bring out the great and wonderful Things of our three communities.
garland, rowlett and sachse. And there's about 17 or 18 podcasts that are out there.
three more getting ready to go out. This week we were blessed to have our superintendent, Doctor ricardo lopez,
on, and he was able to talk about many wonderful things going on with the school district,
including the facts that surround prop eight. So if you haven't had a chance to avail yourself to the facts of prop eight and the Reasons for it,
then watching his 25 minute podcast is for you.
so thank you for that. I also jason wheeler is on. I have him on all the time because there's so many things that our kids do that deserve to Be noticed,
and that's the purpose for the podcast. So leadership rowlett, I expect a few more hits on the various sites.
we've we've had a couple of rowlett businesses. We've had a couple other individuals from rowlett that have been involved as well.
and I just want to say this, the garland high art department I've supported for years, I may be the only booster if they have a booster club,
but I've, I've had them every year for my bank in the lobby. We have chalkboards like tent chalkboards, and they do four of them, And they create art totally of their own
creation, of their own creativity. And they place them in the lobby of my bank, Which is veritex bank now,
huntington, downtown garland. If you want to be impressed, Come by and look at what they can do with chalk.
it's pretty incredible. So thank you, mr. President. Thank you, mr. Miller. Thank you board. As we go to item number five here, Message from the board president.
you know, as we heard tonight, I just mr. Glick how precious life is.
and I want everybody to realize that we are family gisd is family regardless and we care.
regardless of what program you're in. It could be the macs. It could be our board, it could be the teachers. It could be administration bus drivers, Sro,
asos, custodians, maintenance, whoever the case may be.
we are family and we care and so make sure that we always wrap our arms around those, And especially with the prayers to lift up those that are having difficult
times that we sometimes don't realize or know, Because we never know what's going on in somebody's life.
that's just a special add there I want to give. So anyway, I also got to attend the fall festival for the saigon mall under jennifer Nguyen and tom,
and it was a great venue to see all of our young kids and the dances from the different Cultures that they provided.
it was a wonderful day out there. It was after the big rainstorm, But they put it on anyway,
and it was very good to see those kids and the performances that they had.
and there was one really interesting thing that I saw. There was a security officer walking around there, And I didn't know the man.
and so I went over and I introduced myself and I told him who I was, And we were talking.
he goes, oh, yes. And my son was the valedictorian for garland high school in 2019.
I said, really? I said, well, what's he doing today? He's teaching at caltech.
and he said he had an offer from mit, but he chose caltech over that.
and he just got through doing a deal with nasa. And now he's out in hawaii doing something for oceanography with somebody else.
this kid is brilliant. So that just shows you the type of kids that we're producing in the Gisd family.
and that was back in 2019. This dad was pretty proud. Dad and I would be too. But anyway, hope all the teachers and everybody had a wonderful Fall break.
I know it was kind of nice to have it. It fell at the right time. The weather was really beautiful, so I hope that everybody is ready to go and have a Spring fall forward this morning,
this year and and finish out strong to the christmas break or the thanksgiving break.
and then also I want to thank michelle, our board manager over there smiling.
yes. There you go. Anyway for the spreadsheet that you did on the a celebration, I think that's very well done.
if you, as trustees have not seen that, need to look it up and sign up as much as you can,
because they are a lot of celebrations for 23 campuses that we need to go out.
I attended one today at jackson technology. Wonderful venue. I was just at one the other day at keeley and I got to scream out, How about those cowboys like jimmy johnson.
that was pretty cool because they are the cowboys. So it's really cool to see those kids And what they do in those a celebrations.
so try to sign up if you can. So thank you for that. At this time we'll move on to item number b which is superintendent's report doctor lopez President beach.
thank you. I guess you know, mr. Miller, don't mess with grs, Right?
garland, rowlett and sachse. Three cities, one district.
right. So I also want to congratulate the leadership rowlett class of 34.
thank you for coming out and really visiting our schools. For you to really see the impact that the district is making and all the teachers and Everybody else,
that's really just making life changing programs so accessible to every student.
it's not a limited opportunity. I'm glad you got to see that firsthand. I want to remind the public that there is a proposition on the table monday through Friday,
voting is open. So this is the last week of early voting.
it's from 7 to 7. The official election day is going to be november 4th, Which is a tuesday.
the district is closed that day. The reason why we're closed is because we have it's Security reasons.
we have a lot of people that we cannot control that are going to be on our campuses. And it's easier to keep everybody away than controlling that environment.
so there will be no school in session on that day.
thank you for bringing up the celebrations. I invite the trustees to please attend, And I will tell you,
it's a lot of celebrations when you think about how big our district is and people forget If you compare our size to other urban districts where as big as boston public schools,
atlanta public schools, or san francisco united schools over in california.
and when we look at us, we're just thriving. One out of every three schools in our District is in a school.
we have no failing campuses. So the celebrations are underway. 23 schools with a's. You'll start seeing new banners on the a and b campuses across our District.
so when you see an educator, you see a student, Chances are they're coming from a really,
really high performing school. We also unexpectedly got an award there's a state Organization called kazi,
and kazi gives out an award for the national organization athlete of the year.
we didn't apply. We didn't know. They just said for what we're doing with our black Students and their improvement really is noticeable.
people are watching what we do. And what we're proving is high tides raise all boats, So everyone is thriving.
and so I really feel that the people here need to understand that they're a lighthouse for So many people across the nation.
so let's keep doing the right thing and keep moving us forward. And then finally, I just want to congratulate our finance team.
perfect rating on the first report. Congratulations.
that is huge [applause]. What people don't understand is how complicated our finance System is
and so it is so complicated that it's very easy to lose track of different aspects of how We get money,
how we spend money, how we track money, everything that goes through.
and we're probably one of the most audited agencies in out of all, All public type of agencies.
and the reason why is people want to make sure that the resources are going to students And instruction and audit after audit after audit has shown that you guys are putting the
money in the right places and ensuring that our kids are learning at high levels.
and it's not just reflected through this score, It's reflected through our thriving and continued thriving campuses happening across our
district. It's not by accident that we keep rising each and every year above that.
so when they have the resources, you're right. We thrive. So thank you and I'll turn it back to you.
president beach okay. That takes us to item c future agenda items, Board members, any future agenda items.
okay. Seeing none they're going to take us to item number seven consent agenda.
and I've asked my vice president wes johnson, If it's okay with the board to we're going to group items a all the way through
j. And there is one item in a red packet that you have there at your desk, Which is item number I.2 that you would look at that if you would take a
look at that and make sure nothing changes there. But I'm going to let mr. Johnson go through those and we'll work through that consent Agenda. Mr.
johnson. Specifically. Mr. Booker, is there any changes in this red packet that we've Seen?
that's it. Okay. So thank you, mr. President. Seeing that there's no changes on any of the items in the consent agenda, I move that we consider the approval and approve 7.a human resources report,
7.b the 2025 2026 district and campus improvement plans, 7.c approve the 25-26
hb-3 improvement plans, early childhood literacy, Math proficiency and cmr.
7.d approve the changes to the certified tax roll for tax year 2025.
7.e approved garland isd tax roll for the tax year 2025.
7.f approve resolution authorizing the designation of auditor for the purpose of excessive Or erroneous property tax refunds.
7.g approve resolution authorizing the resale of struck off properties to the city of Garland.
7.f approve budget transfers and amendments to the general fund, Debt services fund, and student service student nutrition services fund for the 25-26
school year,7.I. New bids. Contract 25-26-01 approval of purchase of point of sale for Student nutrition services
7.I.2 contract 220-26 approval of purchase of medical supplies and equipment 7.I.3 Contract
7-26 approval of purchase of fuel quoting. Item j increased to awarded bid 7.j.1 contract 390-21.
approval of increase in award amount for general trades, Transportation, merchandise, vehicles and services.
item 7.j-2 contract 321-25 approval of increase in award amount for textbook adoption.
item 7.j.3 contract 325-22-02 approval of increase in award amount for testing and Assessments.
that is the consent agenda. Do I have a second? Second. Have a second. By mrs. Stanley, any questions on any of these items?
please vote. Vote closed. That item passes
six zero. Thank you. Board. That takes us to item number eight.
action items. Item a increase an awarded amount.
contract number 47-25. Consider approval of increase in awarded amount for transportation,
gps tracking software and related services. Mr. Booker. Yes, sir. To president beach members of the board of trustees.
to doctor lopez we do have before you for an increase is contract.
you can pull up 47-25. Says 47-25. Yep. Thank you.
we want to consider approval and increase in award for that contract for transportation Gps tracking software.
this is the contract that's utilized by our transportation department to outfit our audio Visual systems and all of our 370 vehicles.
that fleet was or that equipment was put into place 2015, Which is ten years old, obsolete,
and does not interface with our existing windows 11 software.
the district is requesting an additional funding of $350,000 that we could continue to Provide safe transportation to our
students. That equipment is utilized to record and retain video while the busses are in Motion.
the awarded contractor is great south texas corporation. The increase that we're requesting, once again, Is $350,000 to replace the system that would remain the total award of
$522,000. I'll be happy to entertain any questions that you might have related to the Procurement of this service.
any questions? Board. Any questions? Mr. Miller? Yeah. Just let me make sure there were two different items that you mentioned.
then one was about our internal tracking of the busses. Is that what you said? Well, the actual title of the contract is for transportation, Gps and related services.
the related services is the equipment that's being procured for those vehicles. Okay. And then within that is a camera system.
yes, sir. That is the camera system that does record all of the video activity while that Bus is in motion.
does any of this interact with the parental apps that are out there for parents to track Busing busses?
I'm not sure this is the system that would do that tracking. This is specifically used for the district's internal processes to ensure that we can Transfer.
yeah, this is separate. All right. I'm just making sure. Thank you. Any other questions? Yes, mr. Johnson.
I mean, I think someone's going to ask the question. And I don't know if you're necessarily the one to answer it, Mr.
booker, but if transfer finder is available in every single one of our parents can see Where our busses are.
cannot our district also use transfer finder to track where our busses are?
I couldn't answer that question, mr. Johnson. That's a technology point. Yeah, and I figured that it might not be.
it might be a little bit out of your, your zone. Mr. Logan will do it here. What's this? Good evening.
president beach and board of trustees. Doctor lopez. I'm tim logan, director of transportation. It's a very good question.
I'm happy to answer that. Transponder is our routing software that also has the parent app That lets parents know where a bus is traveling to
when their student scans on and scans off this particular contract, 4725 is the gps tracking
software of the bus itself. So we can see in transportation where the bus is, It is also the vehicle gateway for any engine
diagnostics, anything wrong with the bus, and also the cellular coverage that transmits The transponder information to do that.
this contract is specifically for the replacement of the cameras, Which are at least ten years or older,
depending on the bus that we use in the system. So while they work together, trans finder to answer the question at end does not provide Cameras that interact with the
system. And even even more fundamental transponder wouldn't work, But for the system additionally.
right. Because you're saying it's the one that creates the cellular network that trans Finder uses.
correct. Okay. It's a tracking system where this is an ai camera system.
that's what we would need to know. Thank you very much. Good question. Any other questions? Good. Thank you, mr. Logan.
yes, sir. All right. Do we have a motion for this, Mr.
beach? Yes. Down here. Yeah. Sorry. Sorry. Mr..
no further questions. I would make a motion that we approve the increase to contract Number 47-25,
transportation, gps tracking software and related services as presented to the board of Trustees this evening.
second motion by mr. Miller and a second by mr.
glick. Please vote. It's open. Vote closed. Motion carried six zero.
thank you sir. Thank you. Thank you. Board. That takes us to item number nine executive Session.
executive session will be held for purposes permitted by texas open meeting act.
texas government code, section 551.001a pursuant to texas government code 551.076, Consider the
deployment specific occasions for or implementation of security personnel or devices.
number one discussion and deliberation regarding tea intruder detection audits.
b, pursuant to texas government code section 551.071, Private consultation with the board's attorney in person or by phone
when the board seeks the advice of its attorney about one pending or contemplating Litigation to a settlement offer three on a matter in which the duty
of the attorney to the governmental body under the texas disciplinary rules of Professional conduct of the state bar of texas clearly conflicts with this chapter.
item number one consultation with the district attorney concerning legal and procedural Issues regarding the proposed termination of the chapter 21 term contract of
lanola riles and the probationary chapter 21 contract of shamond hamilton.
item c pursuant to government code section 551.074 deliberation regarding the appointment,
employment evaluation, reassignment duties, discipline, Or dismissal of a public officer or employee,
or to hear a complaint or charge against an officer.
it is now 5:57 and we are now in executive session.
okay. We are now reconvening from executive session for actions relative to items to Consider during the executive session.
it is 6:50. Nothing was discussed in executive session that was not posted.
and that takes us to 10.a which we are reconvening a consider the possible action Regarding proposed terminations
of the chapter 21 term contract of lanola riles and the probationary chapter 21 contract Of shamond hamilton.
do I have a motion? Mr. President, mr. Miller, I move that the board vote to propose the termination of the chapter 21 term
contract of lanola riles. Second. We have a motion for the termination of contract of Lanola
riles and a second by mr. Johnson. Would everyone please vote?
vote closed at passes six zero. Now we have an action as far as the probationary 21 Contract of shamond hamilton.
do I have a motion, mr. President? Yes, sir. I would make a motion.
I move that the board vote to propose the termination of probationary dual contract.
dual chapter 21 contract of shamond hamilton.
second. We have a motion for the probationary contract to be canceled for shamond hamilton By mr.
miller. Second by mr. Johnson. Will you please vote? Vote open. Vote close. That passes six zero. That takes
us to item number 11. Adjournment. Do I have a motion?
so moved. It is now 6:52. And we are adjourned.