Sep 15, 2026 Regular School Board Meeting

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Agenda

[0:01] 1. Call to order and establishment of a quorum

[1:25] 4. Introductions

[5:24] 5. Board members' reports

[14:21] 6. Board committees' reports

[15:41] 7. Superintendent's report

[17:35] 8. Public Comment

[30:45] 9.A. Proposed Tax Rate for 2026-2027 Fiscal Year

[46:43] 9.B. Notice of Public Hearing regarding application for Taxable Value Limitation on Eligible Property filed by Tesla, Inc., Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Application No: J0050 under the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act, Texas Government Code 403, Subchapter T

[1:47:20] 9.C. Certificate of Compliance with Certain Laws Required by Texas Education Code Section 39.008

[1:52:42] 10. CONSENT AGENDA

[1:53:33] 10.E. Consider approval to submit a State waiver to Texas Education Agency (Class Size)

[1:57:04] 11.A. Instructional Update: Discussion of addition of Avant World Languages Assessments for Acceleration and Course Credit.

[2:10:53] 11.B. Discussion and possible action on naming of new Red Track Secondary Schools along Spur 10

[2:28:50] 11.C. Discussion of Lamar CISD Online Academy Pilot

[3:10:30] 12.A. Consider approval of documents relating to 2026 tax year and levy of property taxes

[3:12:34] 12.B. Consider adoption of resolution concerning the District's agreement to proceed with a Taxable Value Limitation on Eligible Property agreement with Tesla, Inc. and the Governor's Office, regarding Comptroller of Public Accounts No. J0050 under the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act, Texas Government Code 403, Subchapter T

[3:17:17] 12.C. Consider action to approve Certificate of Compliance with certain laws required by Texas Education Code Section 39.008

[3:18:18] 12.D. Consider approval of design development for new Terry High School

[3:21:35] 13.A. Demographics Report and Student Enrollment Projections

[3:28:25] 14. FUTURE CONSENT AGENDA

[3:29:00] 15. CLOSED SESSION

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[0:05] THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF LAMAR CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:30 P.M.. THIS IS THE REGULAR MONTHLY BOARD MEETING BEING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2026. WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH ALL MEMBERS PRESENT. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO OBSERVE AS YOU FEEL APPROPRIATE. PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG LED BY JOURNEY ALLEN FROM NAVARRO MIDDLE SCHOOL. I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE, UNDER GOD AND INDIVISIBLE. GOOD JOB JOURNEY. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS INTRODUCTIONS. STAND. RIGHT THERE. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR NIVENS. TONIGHT, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TWO NEW MEMBERS TO OUR LAMAR CISD TEAM. OUR FIRST INTRODUCTION IS POLICE CHIEF MATTHEW RODRIGUEZ, A SEASONED PUBLIC SAFETY EXECUTIVE WHO BRINGS MORE THAN 27 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE EXPERIENCE TO LAMAR CISD, INCLUDING EXTENSIVE SERVICE IN SENIOR AND EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP ROLES THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. CHIEF RODRIGUEZ HAS APPROACHED LEADERSHIP AS A RESPONSIBILITY, NOT SIMPLY A POSITION. HIS FOCUS HAS BEEN ON BUILDING STRONG ORGANIZATIONS, DEVELOPING PEOPLE, STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND LEAVING EVERY ORGANIZATION HE SERVES BETTER PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE. BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR NIVENS, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE AND WELCOME TO LAMAR CISD POLICE CHIEF MATTHEW RODRIGUEZ. OUR SECOND INTRODUCTION FOR THIS EVENING IS MR. RYAN LAMAR, RSD'S NEW IN-HOUSE LEGAL COUNSEL. MR. PAJA BRINGS A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION AND LAW TO OUR DISTRICT. HE GRADUATED FROM TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS. FOLLOWING GRADUATION, HE EARNED HIS ALTERNATIVE TEACHING CERTIFICATION AND SPENT FOUR YEARS SERVING STUDENTS AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER. PRIOR TO JOINING LAMAR ISD, MR. PARR SERVED AS AN ASSOCIATE ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY, WHERE HE ADVISED PRIVATE COMPANIES, PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS ON A WIDE RANGE OF LEGAL MATTERS. PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING MR. PARR.

[5:23] ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW HAVE BOARD MEMBER REPORTS AND SHOUT OUTS. TRUSTEES, PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO 1 TO 2 MINUTES. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST? I'D BE HAPPY TO GO FIRST. GO AHEAD. OKAY. WELL, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT THAT HOSTED GRANDPARENTS DAY. I SAW A LOT OF GOOD PICTURES FROM A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF THE COLOR TRACKS THAT THAT DID. SO AS A GRANDPARENT, I WAS VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE RANDALL HIGH SCHOOL GRANDPARENTS DAY. IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. THAT'S PART OF WHAT IMPRESSED MY WIFE AND I IS THAT THERE WERE, THERE WAS SO MUCH PARTICIPATION AND I NOTICED A LOT OF PARTICIPATION THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. AND SO IT WAS REALLY GOOD. AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERY SCHOOL THAT HOSTED GRANDPARENTS DAY FOR MAKING GRANDPARENTS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PART OF THE DISTRICT. LIKE THEY ADD VALUE AND RECOGNIZE THEIR GRANDPARENTS. AND IT'S, IT'S SUCH A NICE GESTURE FOR YOU TO DO THAT. AND I KNOW THAT IT PUTS A STRAIN ON ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE I KNOW HOW BUSY THE THE ADMINISTRATION WAS AT RANDALL PROCESSING ALL OF ALL, ALL OF US OLD FOLKS. BUT NONETHELESS, WE APPRECIATE IT. WE KNOW THAT IT ADDS A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN BURDEN, BUT NONETHELESS IT WAS WELL EXECUTED, WAS WAS WELL DONE, AND IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED. THE OTHER THE OTHER POINT I WANT TO SHARE IS THAT THIS SUMMER I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO ATTEND A SPECIAL MUSEUM NEAR FORT BEND COUNTY NEAR STAFFORD THIS WEEK, AS I THOUGHT BACK ON, ON NINE OVER 11. THOUGH FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVED THROUGH NINE OVER 11, I HAVE STUDENTS WHO DID NOT. SO THAT'S WHY I HAVE TO QUALIFY. THAT STATEMENT IS AS MANY OF US IN THIS ROOM DID. BUT THERE. THERE COULD BE SOMEBODY ONLINE WHO DID NOT EXPERIENCE IT. BUT FOR THOSE OF US WHO EXPERIENCED 911, IT'S STILL VERY VIVID IN OUR IN OUR MEMORY AND STILL VERY JARRING EXPERIENCE. AND, AND I'VE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO, TO, TO WITNESS SOME THINGS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD SEE AROUND ELECTIONS AND, AND WITH THE CHARLIE KIRK INCIDENT AND, AND OTHER INCIDENTS THAT, THAT ARE JUST JUST HORRIFYING. AND FOR ME, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO EXPRESS AND I WANT TO WORK ON IS, IS HELPING OUR STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE YOUNG PEOPLE, UNDERSTAND OF SOCIETY, UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES THERE. THERE IS A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION TO CONFLICT. AND WHAT I LOVE SERVING ON THIS BOARD BECAUSE ALTHOUGH WE CAN HAVE SOME VERY HARD CONVERSATIONS ON THIS BOARD, WE WORK REALLY HARD TO FIND COMMON GROUND. AND SO I ATTENDED THE ETERNAL GANDHI MUSEUM OF HOUSTON, WHICH IS LOCATED NEAR STAFFORD. AND FOR ANYONE WHO HAS NOT BEEN THERE BEFORE, I WILL TELL YOU, BRACE YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU'RE IN FOR A VERY IMPRESSIVE EXPERIENCE. THEY HAVE A FANTASTIC FACILITY. IT IS TX ALIGNED, SO I BROUGHT INFORMATION BACK TO THE DISTRICT IN HOPES THAT THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME, SOME FIELD TRIPS OUT TO THAT PARTICULAR MUSEUM. AND TONIGHT, EACH BOARD MEMBER WILL FIND A WRISTBAND YOU KNOW, EXEMPLIFYING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE VALUES THAT THE MAHATMA GANDHI STOOD FOR IN TERMS OF PEACEFUL RESOLUTION, INCLUDING LOVE AND PEACE AND RESPECT AND SERVICE. AND AND I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE TO, TO PEOPLE THAT THAT THIS THESE, THESE, THIS THOUGHT PROCESS THAT GANDHI TAUGHT US HAS WORKED. IT WORKS. IT WORKED WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE 60S. IT WORKED AS A AS A FARMER, FARM WORKERS MOVEMENT ALSO IN THE, IN THE 70S. AND, AND IT WILL WORK TODAY. WE JUST HAVE TO IT'S AS GANDHI SAYS, IT'S AS OLD AS THE HILLS. WE JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE TO OUR STUDENTS, TO OUR YOUNG ONES THAT THERE IS A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION AND THEIR, AND THEIR CONFLICT CAN BE RESOLVED PEACEFULLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE RIOS, WHO WANTS TO GO NEXT? JOHN TRUSTEE WELCH. IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO FOLLOW GEORGE BECAUSE HE'S SO ELOQUENT. AND SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET NOT LAST WEEK, BUT BUT THE LAST MEETING IN AUGUST I WAS TWO THINGS THAT I ATTENDED THAT I WANT TO MENTION, AND I WENT TO THE VELASQUEZ ELEMENTARY 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND THE FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT. AND THANKS TO PRINCIPAL ANGELA PETERS OF VELASQUEZ AND CHRIS WOOD OF FOSTER, AND THEY WELCOMED ME IN ABOUT 100 OTHER CLOSE FRIENDS TO THE

[10:02] CEREMONY. AND IT WAS GOOD TO BE PART OF BOTH. YES. WE GOT THE HONOR OF CELEBRATING THE OPENING OF PAUL PAUL SCHERER STADIUM OUT AT TOMAS, AND I SAW THE FAMILY OF MR. SCHERER RECENTLY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY KEPT SAYING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS HOW IMPRESSED THEY ARE WITH. AND THEY WERE WITH MISS SIERRA KING AND HER TEAM. SO THEY SAID THAT THIS EVENT, THE WAY THAT THE TEAM HONORED THEIR FATHER AND HONORED HIS LEGACY. BUT EVEN JUST FOLLOWED THROUGH LEADING UP WELL, STARTING AT THE BEGINNING AND GOING THROUGH AND THEN EVEN FOLLOWING UP AFTER THE EVENT. SO TO THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, MISS SARAH KING AND HER, THE LADIES THAT WORK ALONGSIDE HER AND THE GENTLEMEN THAT WORK ALONGSIDE HER. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT FAMILY IS SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU ALL PUT IN. I'M REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE BOTH OF MINE THIS EVENING ARE IN THIS ROOM. MY FIRST SHOUT OUT GOES TO MR. KEITH WILLIAMS. I WANT TO SAY MAYBE TWO WEEKS AGO, I WAS BEING JUST A MOM AT FROST ELEMENTARY. MY OLDER DAUGHTER WAS GOING TO CHEER AT MY YOUNGER DAUGHTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEY WERE HAVING A PEP RALLY. AND ABOUT 15 MINUTES BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED, THE POWER WENT OUT AND MR. WILLIAMS WAS THERE FOR LAST. I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST, BUT FROM THE TIME THE POWER WENT OUT UNTIL I SAW YOUR FACE WAS QUICK AND HE WAS THERE TO HELP IN ANY WAY THAT HE COULD, AND HAD LIGHTS AND JUST WANTED TO SERVE THAT PRINCIPLE AND THOSE STUDENTS. AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND MY OTHER ONE GOES TO MR. WAYNE MORAN. I HAVE BEEN SO HONORED TO GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER IN THE PRESS BOX, WE GO TO FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS AND WE WATCH THE FOOTBALL GAMES TOGETHER. AND THE HEART THAT YOU ARE POURING INTO OUR DISTRICT IS NOTICED. AND HEARING THAT YOU ARE IN THIS BUILDING AT 630 IN THE MORNING. AND I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T LEAVE UNTIL LATE IN THE EVENING, AND THAT YOU LEFT YOUR FAMILY TO BE WITH US HERE IN LAMAR. I'M HONORED THAT YOU'RE SERVING ON THIS TEAM, AND I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOUR NEW ROLE BECAUSE YOU ARE A DATA EXPERT AND I'M A DATA NERD, AND I JUST KNOW THAT YOU'RE A MISSING PIECE THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR. AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE THAT NEEDLE. AND THE PASSION THAT I SEE THAT YOU'RE PUTTING INTO EVERY SINGLE TRACK, IT'S NOT JUST MAROON TRACK ANYMORE, BUT NOW YOU GET TO SHARE THAT WITH EVERY TRACK. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. WELL, I WILL PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT TRUSTEE WELCH THANKED FOSTER. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT FOSTER PRESENTED EACH TRUSTEE WITH A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALWAYS MAKING AN EFFORT TO RECOGNIZE AND INCLUDE THE BOARD. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY OTHER SHOUT OUT IS FOR BANKS JUNIOR HIGH. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THEIR SECOND ANNUAL GRANDPARENTS DAY AND THE CAFETERIA WAS ABSOLUTELY PACKED. SO AT THIS AGE, KIDS SOMETIMES START TO PULL AWAY, ACT LIKE FAMILY INVOLVEMENT IS NOT COOL ANYMORE. SO IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL TO SEE SO MANY GRANDPARENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS THERE SUPPORTING THEIR GATORS. BEING THERE ALONGSIDE MISS ELLA BANKS, THE SCHOOL'S NAMESAKE, MADE IT EVEN MORE MEANINGFUL. BANKS IS ALWAYS DOING SOMETHING BIG, AND DOCTOR DICKEY AND HER AMAZING TEAM THE COUNCIL, THE COUNSELORS, BOOSTER CLUB, CHEERLEADERS, ORCHESTRA STUDENTS ALL HELP MAKE THE MORNING SO SPECIAL. I ENJOYED CATCHING UP WITH EVERYONE AND GETTING AN UPDATE ON DOCTOR DICKEY'S BUCKET LIST. SHE HAS THREE DOWN AND 22 TO GO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. ARE THERE ANY BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS? YES. GO AHEAD. MEGAN. THE STUDENT HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL HELD THEIR EXECUTIVE MEETING WITH THE DISTRICT LIAISONS ON SEPTEMBER 9TH TO START PLANNING FOR THE YEAR. WE HEARD UPDATES FROM SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, ESPECIALLY EMPLOYEE WELLNESS, AND TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THIS YEAR, INCLUDING FAMILY WELLNESS, PARENT EDUCATION AND GETTING MORE PARENTS INVOLVED. THE MEETING DATES THIS YEAR ARE. OCTOBER 14TH. NOVEMBER 18TH. FEBRUARY 10TH. MARCH 17TH. ALL MEETINGS ARE FROM 10 TO 11 A.M.

[15:02] IN THIS BUILDING. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR MORE PARENTS TO SERVE ON THE SHACK. A MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE HAS TO BE PARENTS WITH STUDENTS IN LAMAR SEE ISD WHO DO NOT WORK FOR THE DISTRICT. SO WE REALLY DO NEED PARENT PARTICIPATION. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THIS, GO TO THE LAMAR ISD WEBSITE. YOU CAN CLICK COMMUNITY, THEN ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND FILL OUT THE INTEREST APPLICATION. THANK YOU. DID YOU SAY WHAT SHAQ STOOD FOR? STUDENT HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AWESOME. DOCTOR NIVENS, IS THERE A SUPERINTENDENT REPORT? YES, MA'AM. THERE IS. THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. I OF COURSE, I'M ALL AROUND THE DISTRICT AND I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO TWO TEACHERS THAT I SAW IN ACTION TODAY AT THE CTE CENTER. SO ONE IS MR. MURRAY. MR. MURRAY TEACHES THE DRONES AT THE CITY CENTER, AND HIS PASSION IS CONTAGIOUS. HE WAS OUR SECONDARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR IN LAMAR, ISD, LAST YEAR. AND THIS GENTLEMAN, THIS YOUNG MAN IS HE'S HE HE WAS BORN TO SPEAK LIFE INTO YOUNG PEOPLE. YOU JUST HAVE TO SEE HIM IN ACTION. IT'S AMAZING TO SEE HIM IN ACTION. AND IF A CHILD WALKS IN HIS ROOM AND THEY'RE NOT HAVING A GOOD DAY, BY THE TIME THEY LEAVE HIM, THEY WILL BE HAVING A GOOD DAY. HIS ENERGY IS CONTAGIOUS. AND SO. AND THE NEXT IS IN THE AUTO SHOP, THE CITY CENTER. MR. JOHNSON. AND SO I LEARNED SOME THINGS TODAY. I LEARNED ABOUT WHERE THE BRAKE FLUID LINE WAS AND WHERE THE OIL LINE WAS. AND SO AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I HAD NEVER BEEN UNDER A CAR. I CAN'T FIT UNDER THE CAR. SO I HAD NEVER BEEN ON ONE. AND HE HAD IT ON THE LIFT. AND SO I WAS ABLE TO GET UNDER THERE WITH THE STUDENTS AND LOOK AT IT. AND IT WAS REALLY ENGAGING. AND HE'S ALREADY TEACHING, TEACHING OUR STUDENTS ABOUT THAT. AND SO I JUST THINK ABOUT THE PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCES OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GETTING, BUT ALSO THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE US WHEN THEY GRADUATE AND BE ABLE TO GO OUT INTO THE WORLD AND BE ABLE TO MAKE A LIVING. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, I CHALLENGE ALL OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT BUILDING IS NOT THERE JUST TO LOOK PRETTY. IT IS THERE FOR ALL OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AND GO AND BE ABLE TO MAKE A LIVING AND EARN A LIVING WHEN YOU LEAVE. WHEN YOU GRADUATE FROM THE MORRIS ISD, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO. AND SO THOSE TWO MEN REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME TODAY, OF COURSE, PRINCIPAL NAVA. AND SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT VISIT. AND THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING LIFE TO OUR PEOPLE. OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. NEXT UP IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. MISS JOHNSON, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, MA'AM. IT IS THE DESIRE OF THE LAMAR C ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO APPROPRIATELY AND EFFECTIVELY FULFILL ITS GOVERNANCE ROLE IN ACCORDANCE TO BEST PRACTICES FOR QUALITY ORGANIZATIONS AND TO THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE. TRUSTEES ALSO DESIRE TO AFFORD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC. MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WISH TO ADDRESS. THE BOARD MUST HAVE COMPLETED A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC COMMENT CARD AND SUBMITTED IT BEFORE THE PRESIDING OFFICER CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING POSTED AGENDA ITEMS AT THE TIME THAT THE ITEM IS TAKEN UP FOR DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION BEFORE THE BOARD CALLS FOR A VOTE. PUBLIC COMMENT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING NON-AGENDA ITEMS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. WHILE SPEAKERS GENERALLY HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY ESTABLISH AN OVERALL TIME LIMIT FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND PUBLIC COMMENT. TONIGHT, EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES. THE BOARD MAY NOT PROHIBIT PUBLIC CRITICISM, INCLUDING CRITICISM OF ANY ACT, OMISSION, POLICY, PROCEDURE, PROGRAM OR SERVICE OF THE DISTRICT. COMPLAINTS ABOUT A SPECIFIC MATTER SHOULD BE HANDLED THROUGH THE APPLICABLE GRIEVANCE PROCESS, AND THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY DIRECT THE PARTICIPANT TO SPECIFY. I'M SORRY, MAY DIRECT THE PARTICIPANT TO SPEAK TO SPECIFIC BOARD POLICY OR TO TWO DISTRICT STAFF TO TALK AFTER THE MEETING IF NECESSARY. SPEAKERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO USE SPECIFIC NAMES OF STUDENTS OR EMPLOYEES WHEN PROVIDING THEIR REMARKS. ANY SPEAKERS WHO FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THIS EXPECTATION DURING THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OR PUBLIC COMMENT MAY BE DIRECTED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER TO REFRAIN FROM NAMING THE EMPLOYEE OR STUDENT. SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD IN PUBLIC BUT ARE NOT PUBLIC MEETINGS. WHILE THE BOARD VALUES HEARING FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. TRUSTEES WILL NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS OR RESPOND TO COMMENTS FROM PATRONS.

[20:01] SPEAKERS WILL NOT WILL NOT ENGAGE IN DIALOG WITH THE TRUSTEES. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU COME FORWARD. OUR FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT IS JOHN LOPEZ. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR EVANS. PRESIDENT. HUTSELL. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS JOHN LOPEZ. I'M A PARENT OF A GEORGE RANCH FFA STUDENT. I'M HERE TONIGHT REGARDING THE PROPOSED FUTURE REASSIGNMENT OF LIVESTOCK PROGRAMS, AND SPECIFICALLY THE PLAN TO MOVE ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM INTO BARN NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY SHARED BY GEORGE RANCH AND RANDALL FFA. THIS IS NOT ABOUT OPPOSING ANOTHER FFA PROGRAM. EVERY STUDENT IN THIS DISTRICT DESERVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER THEIR PASSION FOR AGRICULTURE AND PARTICIPATE IN AN SI LIVESTOCK PROJECT WHILE BEING A PART OF FFA. MY CONCERN, ALONG WITH OTHERS, IS THAT THE DISTRICT IS ATTEMPTING TO ACCOMMODATE CONTINUED STUDENT GROWTH BY DIVIDING EXISTING AGRICULTURE FACILITIES, RATHER THAN EXPANDING THEM AND CONSTRUCTING AN ADDITIONAL FUTURE BARN FACILITY. WE'VE CONTINUED TO RECOGNIZE THE CONSEQUENCES OF LIMITED CAPACITY WITHIN THE BARNS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. OFFERING. IF WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ONE LC ISD MOVING ANOTHER PROGRAM INTO BARN THREE, IT DOES NOT CREATE A SINGLE ADDITIONAL STALL. IT SIMPLY DIVIDES AN ALREADY LIMITED RESOURCE AMONG MORE STUDENTS. THE UNFORTUNATE QUESTION WE HAVE TO ASK IS, ARE WE REALLY GOING TO PUT GEORGE RANCH RANDOLPH ADVISORS IN THE POSITION OF HAVING TO DETERMINE AND ADVISE WHICH 17 STUDENTS FROM EACH PROGRAM, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF 34 STUDENTS THAT WILL NO LONGER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE LIVESTOCK BECAUSE THERE'S SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH STALLS AVAILABLE. THAT'S WITH THREE SCHOOLS BEING SHARED WITHIN ONE FACILITY AND SPLIT AMONGST THE THREE. THESE TEACHERS HAVE DONE MORE THAN JUST THEIR CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION FOR OUR CHILDREN. THEY'VE BUILT AND PUSHED THE GROWTH OF THE AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS BY HAVING MORE STUDENT INVOLVEMENT AND SUCCESS WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT EVENTS CAREER DEVELOPMENT EVENTS, SUPERVISED AGRICULTURE EXPERIENCES SUCH AS LIVESTOCK PROJECTS. THE DISTRICT CONTINUES TO GROW. AS WE ALL KNOW. THIS IS ALL PREDICATED OFF OF WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AND ACCORDING TO THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE, I GUESS IT'S NOT OPENING TILL 2029, 2030, BUT I GUESS IT'S EARLIER THAN THAT. SO WE KNOW THERE'S MORE STUDENTS AND ANOTHER FFA PROGRAM THAT'S COMING IN PLACE. THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE TIME TO ADDRESS AGRICULTURE FACILITY CAPACITY, INSTEAD OF CONTINUING TO REARRANGE SCHOOLS AMONG THE SAME LIMITED NUMBER OF STALLS. I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE DISTRICT NOT MOVE ANOTHER PROGRAM INTO BARN THREE UNTIL THE EXISTING AGRICULTURE FACILITIES ARE EXPANDED OR IMPROVED TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL STUDENTS DEMAND. ALSO, RESPECTFULLY ASK DOCTOR EVANS AND THE BOARD TO CONSIDER PLACING FFA LIVESTOCK FACILITY CAPACITY. FUTURE GROWTH PROPOSED BARN REASSIGNMENTS ON AN UPCOMING BOARD AGENDA, SO THAT WAY THIS ISSUE CAN BE PROPERLY EVALUATED BEFORE ANY FURTHER CONSIDERATION OR IMPLEMENTATION TAKES PLACE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME CONSIDERATION AND FUTURE SUPPORT. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AVERY LOPEZ. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR NEVINS, PRESIDENT HARTZELL, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS AVERY LOPEZ, AND I'M A FRESHMAN AT GEORGE RANCH HIGH SCHOOL AND A MEMBER OF THE GEORGE RANCH FFA. BEING INVOLVED IN FFA AND RAISING LIVESTOCK HAS TAUGHT ME DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RESPONSIBILITY, CONFIDENCE, HARD WORK, AND DEDICATION. I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR DISTRICT IS GROWING AND THAT STUDENTS AT OTHER SCHOOLS DESERVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT I HAVE HAD. BUT I ALSO HOPE THAT GROWTH DOES NOT MEAN TAKING AWAY OPPORTUNITIES AWAY FROM OTHER STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY INVOLVED, OR FROM YOUNGER STUDENTS WHO WANT TO JOIN FFA IN THE FUTURE. WITHOUT ENOUGH STALLS, SOME STUDENTS MAY NEVER GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE A STEER. HEIFER, GOAT, LAMB, A PIG OR CHICKENS, PARTICIPATE IN A CALF SCRAMBLE OR EXPERIENCE ANYTHING THAT COMES WITH HAVING AN SI LIVESTOCK PROJECT. I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER EXPANDING OUR LIVESTOCK FACILITIES BEFORE ADDING MORE PROGRAMS TO BARNS THAT ARE ALREADY LIMITED ON SPACE. FFA HAS GIVEN ME OPPORTUNITIES THAT I AM VERY BLESSED AND VERY THANKFUL FOR, AND I HOPE THOSE SAME OPPORTUNITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR EVERY STUDENT WHO WANTS THEM. AND DON'T FORGET THE FFA. FORT BEND COUNTY FAIR. NEXT WEEK I'M AT FORT BEND COUNTY. I'M SORRY. PLEASE COME OUT AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR ALL OF OUR LCISD FFA EXHIBITORS AS THEY SHOWCASE THEIR HARD WORK.

[25:06] FROM SEPTEMBER 25TH THROUGH OCTOBER 3RD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY. AND OUR FINAL PUBLIC COMMENT, SPEAKER, IS CADEN HARPER. HARPER, NICE TO MEET YOU, DOCTOR ROOSEVELT AND MISS HUTSELL. MY NAME IS CADEN HARPER. I'M CURRENTLY A SOPHOMORE AT FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL, AND THROUGHOUT THE SEVEN YEARS OF THIS DISTRICT, I'VE. I HAVE SUFFERED AND EXPERIENCED BULLYING AND HARASSMENT. 64% OF CHILDREN WHO ARE BULLIED DID NOT REPORT IT. ONLY 36 REPORTED BULLYING. THAT'S FROM CHRISTINA GUTTENBERG, DEVAULT, AND HANSEN, 2017. I COME NOT ONLY ASKING FOR IT TO STOP, BUT FOR PEOPLE IN CHARGE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. MANY OTHER STUDENTS AND I, ALONG WITH MY OWN PARENTS, CAN SAY THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE NOTHING DONE ABOUT THE BULLYING AND ABUSE HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS. NEVER DO WE HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT YOU WILL DO OR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO DO THIS HELP THIS ISSUE. HERE ARE SOME STATS. MORE THAN ONE OUT OF EVERY FIVE 20.8 STUDENTS REPORT BEING BULLIED. NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS. HERE'S ANOTHER 90% OF TEENS WHO SUPPORT WHO REPORT BEING CYBERBULLIED HAVE ALSO BEEN BULLIED OFFLINE. SEVEN FEARS IN THE SCIENCE OF HOW MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES MAY BE INFLUENCING ADOLESCENTS IN THE DIGITAL AGE, GEORGE AND ODGERS, 2015. THESE. THESE PERCENTAGES ARE ABSURDLY TOO HIGH AND PROVE THAT NOT MUCH IS BEING DONE ABOUT THIS ISSUE, NOT ONLY IN LCISD BUT IN OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL. THESE ISSUES CAN BE LESSENED BY TAKING PROPER ACTION AND ALLOWING STUDENTS TO HAVE A BETTER AND PROPER REPORTING SYSTEM. ANONYMOUS REPORTING SYSTEM. THERE ARE MANY CAMPAIGNS THAT SPECIALIZE IN HELPING THE STUDENTS OF TEXAS FEEL SAFER, SUCH AS TEXAS ANTI-BULLYING COALITION, WHERE THEY HAVE GUEST SPEAKERS WHO CAN COME OUT TO SCHOOLS AND TALK ABOUT KIDS ABOUT THIS. TALK TO KIDS ABOUT THIS BULLYING EPIDEMIC. THEY ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO CHOOSE AN EVENT THAT THAT STUDENTS WILL FIND INTERESTING AND WILL BEST SPEAK TO STUDENTS ON THEIR OWN LEVEL. ANOTHER 8% OF TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS REPORTED BEING IN A PHYSICAL FIGHT ON SCHOOL PROPERTY IN 2019, WITH 6.7% REPORTED BEING THREATENED OR INJURED WITH A WEAPON ON SCHOOL PROPERTY. DISTURBINGLY, 12.1% REPORTED SKIPPING SCHOOL AT LEAST ONCE IN THE PAST 30 DAYS DUE TO CONCERNS FOR THEIR SAFETY. EVEN MORE DISTURBINGLY, 18.9% OF TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SAID THAT THEY HAD SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED CONSIDERED ATTEMPTING SUICIDE, WHILE 10% REPORTED ACTUALLY ATTEMPTING IT. RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY LATEST BULLYING AND SCHOOL VIOLENCE SURVEY SHOWS TEXAS STUDENTS. TEXAS STUDENTS NEED CHILD SAFETY ACCOUNTS. BY TIM BENSON ON HEARTLAND.ORG. I'VE STARTED A PETITION TO GET OTHER VOICES TO SUPPORT ME ON THIS JOURNEY TO LESSEN THIS CRISIS, AND HAS GOTTEN 102 SIGNATURES. I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WANTING A CHANGE. THESE PEOPLE WANT TO SEE ONE SOON. I KNOW THIS IS NOT GOING TO COMPLETELY STOP THIS ISSUE, BUT I ASK FOR A CHANGE AND WE ASK FOR A CHANGE. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING BRIEFLY. NOT DIRECTED AT ANY ONE PUBLIC COMMENTER, BUT THIS THIS IS JUST THE MOM AND ME COMING OUT, BUT EVERY STUDENT IN OUR DISTRICT DESERVES TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE SAFE AND RESPECTED AND BELONG SOMEWHERE IN OUR DISTRICT. AND I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE, HOW MUCH MONEY YOUR PARENTS HAVE OR DON'T HAVE, WHAT YOUR RACE IS OR WHERE YOU LIVE. HOW YOU IDENTIFY EVERY CHILD IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A PLACE. IF THERE WAS A WAY TO ERADICATE CRUELTY AND BULLYING AND I KNEW THE ANSWER TO THAT, I PROMISED I WOULD WRITE THE BEST POLICY THAT THIS DISTRICT HAD EVER SEEN. I HAVE KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT TOO, AND IT'S, IT'S AN ISSUE THAT HITS CLOSE TO HOME. BUT IF YOU ARE A STUDENT WHO HAS BEEN BULLIED I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT DON'T YOU DARE INTERNALIZE IT.

[30:01] THAT IS NOT WHO YOU ARE. I'M SORRY Y'ALL. A BULLY IS SOMEONE WHO IS STRUGGLING WITH THEIR OWN SELF-ESTEEM AND THEIR OWN SELF-WORTH. AND THEY THROW THAT THEY WANT TO THROW THAT PAIN ONTO OTHER PEOPLE. LIKE IT'S A HOT POTATO BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH IT. SO IT SAYS MUCH MORE ABOUT THEM THAN IT DOES ABOUT YOU. AND I WILL, I WROTE DOWN THE ORGANIZATION THAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT AND WE WILL, WE WILL TRY TO DO SOMETHING. OKAY. SORRY, Y'ALL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEES. NEXT WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. SO FIRST WE WILL HAVE OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR WITH MR. BUCHANAN WILL DO A PRESENTATION. AND SO JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW HOW OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL OPERATE WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE'LL HAVE THE, THE PRESENTATION AND THEN MRS. JOHNSON WILL. IF YOU SIGN UP TO SPEAK, THEN MRS. JOHNSON WILL CALL YOU TO SIGN UP TO COME TO THE PODIUM FOR THE THREE MINUTE SPEECH. SO WE HAD A PRESENTATION FIRST AND THEN THE COMMENTS. AND SO FIRST WE WILL HAVE OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE. CFO, MR. GREG BUCHANAN. GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR. TONIGHT WE WILL BRING FORTH A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING OUR TAX RATE AND OUR ASSESSMENT AND OUR LEVIES FOR PROPERTY TAXES. THIS IS OUR HISTORICAL TAX RATE FOR LAMAR COUNTY OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS. IF YOU'LL NOTICE, IT'S CONTINUALLY DROPPED SINCE 2223. THE PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR 2627 IS $1 1390. SO WE HAVE IT BROKEN DOWN. THE GREEN IS OUR CURRENT TAX RATE, WHICH IS $1 1469. AND THE LIGHT PURPLE WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE 2627 TAX RATE FOR A TOTAL TAX RATE OF $1 1390. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE TAX RATE IS DROPPING, BUT THE TAX RATE IS INCREASING. BUT THE OVERALL TAX RATE IS DECREASING. OVERALL, THE TAX RATE GOING UP BY $0.02 TO $0.50 ALLOWS THE INCREASED REVENUE OF $6.2 MILLION. AND IT ALSO ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO PAY OFF OUR DEBT SOONER. SO WHAT DOES THIS IMPACT ON OUR AVERAGE HOMEOWNER COMPARED TO OUR 2627 TAX RATE? IT IS A YEARLY DECREASE OF $22.44 AND A MONTHLY DECREASE OF $1.87. SO THIS IS A DECREASE OF THE TOTAL TAX RATE. HOWEVER, THE MOTION REQUIRED LATER ON IN THIS MEETING WILL REQUIRE THE BOARD TO SAY, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF $1 1390, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 1.96% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. SO THE QUESTION IS, IS IF IF THE TOTAL TAX RATE IS DECREASING, WHY DOES THE STATE REQUIRE THE MOTION TO SAY THAT THE TAX RATE INCREASES? A LITTLE COMPLICATED, BUT WE THINK WE'VE SIMPLY BOILED IT DOWN TO IS IF YOUR PROPERTY TAXES STAY THE SAME, THE STATE REQUIRES THAT THE MOTION SAY THIS IS NOT A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE. HOWEVER, IF YOUR PROPERTY TAXES ARE INCREASING OVERALL AS A DISTRICT FASTER THAN YOUR TAX RATE IS DROPPING, THAT CAUSES THE MOTION TO SAY THIS IS A TAX RATE INCREASE. AND TO BE CLEAR, THE STATE OF TEXAS SETS OUR TAX RATE. SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WE TURN IN OUR PROPERTY VALUE. AND THEY TELL US HOW MUCH TO COMPRESS IT BY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO THE TAX RATE OR MOTION. GREAT JOB, MR. BUCHANAN, EXPLAINING ALL THAT. ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF AUSTIN IS NEVER EASY. IT'S ALWAYS OVERLY COMPLEX, IT SEEMS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SCHOOL FINANCING. JUST TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS IN THIS BOARDROOM AND THE PREVIOUS ONE FOR A WHILE NOW, SEVERAL MONTHS. AND THIS IS THE MEETING THAT WE'RE GOING TO FINALLY ADOPT IT. BUT YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE BEEN TALKING TO US AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT TO THE PUBLIC FOR A WHILE. I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION THAT THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER. WE GOT A, WE GOT A DOCUMENT FROM THE COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR DATED JULY 7TH, 2026. I THINK IT'S PAGE 102 IN THE BOARD BOOK. IT SAYS THE 2026 ANTICIPATED TAX RATE IS 100%. AND THEN IT GIVES SOME OTHER PERCENTAGES DOWN THERE FOR THE YEARS PAST. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU'RE ABLE TO. EXPLAIN WHY IT WAS REALLY LOW IN 2025. NOT AS LOW IN 2027 AND ACTUALLY MORE THAN 100% IN 2023. I'M SORRY, 2024 AND THEN 2023. YES, SIR. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, ONCE THE BOARD SETS A

[35:10] TAX RATE AND WE HAVE OUR CERTIFIED VALUES, THAT GIVES OUR LEVY. SO THAT'S WHAT WE LEVY TO OUR TAXPAYERS TO PAY IN TAXES. IF FOR SOME REASON THERE IS UNABLE TO MAKE THOSE, THOSE TAX PAYMENTS, THAT DECREASES OUR LEVY. ALSO IN 25 THE, THE SIGNIFICANT DROP, THERE IS MUCH, I WOULDN'T SAY MAJORITY. WE HAD A LARGE SECTION OF OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES FILED LAWSUITS AGAINST THE CAD TO LOWER THEIR TAXABLE VALUE. THAT COMES AFTER THE CERTIFIED VALUE THAT THE THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE HOMEOWNER PROTEST WINDOW. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, ANYTIME THAT THOSE LAWSUITS ARE SETTLED. IT DECREASES THE LEVY. SO IT STARTS DROPPING THE PERCENTAGES OF WHAT WE CAN COLLECT, BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL LEVY IS WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE IS BASED OFF OF. FOR INSTANCE, IF A PROPERTY WAS AT $2 MILLION, GOT DROPPED TO $1 MILLION, TAXES ARE NOW PAID ON A MILLION. BUT OUR OVERALL LEVY IS STILL BASED ON THE $2 MILLION MARK. THAT'S WHY THE PERCENTAGES CONTINUE TO DROP. THERE WERE A LARGER PROTEST IN 25, THEREFORE DECREASING OUR LEVY, WHICH IS DECREASING, DECREASING THAT PERCENTAGE AS WELL. ANOTHER VERY GOOD EXPLANATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THE CAD THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE HAS ONE. AND THAT IS A COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT BODY OF THIS BODY. AND IT'S SET UP BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT. AND ALL PROPERTY OWNERS ARE BEHOLDEN TO IT TO SOME EXTENT. OKAY. MR. BUCHANAN, THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. AND I JUST WANT TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS IN RELATION TO TO THIS DECREASE IN TAX RATE. I CONSIDER IT A DECREASE EVEN IF THE STATE OF TEXAS MAY NOT WORD IT THAT WAY. FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, IT IS A DECREASE, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. WILL THIS SUPPORT A BALANCED BUDGET FOR OUR DISTRICT? YES, SIR. THE BOARD PASSED A BALANCED BUDGET IN JUNE OF 2026. THIS TAX RATE MATCHES THAT BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. FANTASTIC. AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE AND IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION, DOES THAT DID THAT BUDGET INCLUDE A PAY RAISE FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES? YES, SIR. IT WAS A 3% OFF MIDPOINT. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS AND BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE EXPLAINED, THIS TAX RATE ALSO ENABLES US TO PAY DOWN DEBT OR BOND DEBT EARLIER. THAT IS CORRECT. SO WHEN WE WHEN WE LOOKED AT OUR AT OUR TAXPAYERS IN THE EYE AND ASKED THEM TO CONSIDER A BOND PACKAGE AND EMPHASIZE TO THEM THAT IT WOULD NOT INCLUDE A TAX INCREASE. WE KEPT OUR PROMISE. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. OUR OVERALL TAX RATE IS DECREASING FOR THIS. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE YOU. OKAY. SO BACK IN JUNE, THE JUNE 9TH MEETING, IF YOU CAN DIG BACK THAT FAR. THE FIRST PROPOSED TAX RATE WE HEARD WAS TWO. WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS BACK THEN. BASED ON PROJECTED 4.49% GROWTH, WHICH I THINK WAS UP FROM THE 3% WE ORIGINALLY WENT WITH. HOW DID OUR PRELIMINARY 4.49 PROJECTION HOLD UP AGAINST THE THE ACTUAL CERTIFIED VALUES? WERE WE CLOSE? SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT IT, WE WERE LOOKING AT A COMPRESSION OF JUST OVER $0.02. ONCE WE SUBMITTED IT TO THE STATE AND THE TEA GAVE US OUR COMPRESSION, IT WAS A LITTLE OVER $0.03. SO THAT'S HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS OPTION. COMPARED TO THE OPTION THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IS BECAUSE THE STATE BASES IT ON OVERALL STATE GROWTH. SO WE OUR GROWTH WAS GREATER THAN WHAT THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS. SO THEY COMPRESSED US MORE. OKAY. AND THEN DOES THAT IS OUR FUND BALANCE STILL ON TRACK TO BE 106.5 ISH MILLION? YES, MA'AM. IT IS. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. IN A SECOND. SO THE RATE IS GOING DOWN, BUT PROPERTY VALUES ARE GOING UP BECAUSE VALUES ARE GROWING FASTER THAN THE RATE IS FALLING. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. SO THE DISTRICT WILL COLLECT MORE REVENUE THAT 6.2 MILLION IN INS. AND THAT IS WHY TEXAS IS CALLING IT A TAX INCREASE. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. I MEAN, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY HAPPY TO ADOPT A LOWER TAX RATE AND ALSO BE ABLE TO PAY DOWN OUR BOND DEBT. BUT MATERIALLY, WHAT IT SAVES THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER IS NOT A TON. MAYBE THE COST OF A NETFLIX SUBSCRIPTION OR SOMETHING. BUT REALLY WE'RE BEHOLDEN TO A FORMULA. SO EVEN AS OUR TAX BASE CONTINUES TO GROW, IT'S REALLY THE STATE AND THE T E AYE THAT SETS THE RATE FOR OUR DISTRICT BASED OFF OUR

[40:07] CERTIFIED VALUES. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE SAYING THEY'RE BEING TAXED OUT OF THEIR HOMES, THAT IS MORE SO TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT THEIR PROPERTY VALUES ARE RISING. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WHILE WE DON'T NECESSARILY CONTROL HOW MUCH WE CAN LOWER THE TAXES, I THINK WHERE THIS BOARD'S FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY REALLY SHOWS UP IS IN THE DECISIONS. SORRY. OH. IS IN THE DECISIONS WE MAKE WITH THE TAX DOLLARS THAT ARE ENTRUSTED TO US BY THE ACTUAL BUDGET WE ADOPT. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT THE BOARD'S FISCAL RECORD SHOULD BE JUDGED PRIMARILY ON BY WHAT WE DO WITH THE REVENUE WE RECEIVE, AND VERY MUCH TO THE CREDIT OF FORMER CFO JOE LUDWIG. DOCTOR NIVENS AND MR. BUCHANAN, THEY'VE ALL MADE VERY DIFFICULT CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD BE PRIORITIZING OUR SPENDING AND CONTINUALLY WORKING TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET INSTEAD OF NORMALIZING DEFICIT SPENDING, AS SO MANY OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND US HAVE HAD TO DO, WHILE ALSO GIVING THE BOARD THE ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS A HUGE PRIORITY FOR US, AND THAT IS BEING ABLE TO GIVE THOSE TEACHERS RAISES AND BE ABLE TO PUT ENOUGH MONEY INTO THE FUND BALANCE SO THAT WE CAN OPEN NEW CAMPUSES FULLY STAFFED. AND SO THAT'S THE PART THAT WE CONTROL. AND THAT'S THE PART I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR BY THE PUBLIC BECAUSE WE REDUCE YOUR TAX RATE IS NOT NECESSARILY SYNONYMOUS WITH WE REDUCED SPENDING. WE'RE GROWING. AND SO OUR SPENDING IS ALSO GOING TO GROW. AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING, LETTING US BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE, WHAT WE NEED TO DO UP HERE. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU, MR. BUCHANAN, FOR THAT, FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HUDSON. SO I JUST WANT TO REITERATE A FEW THINGS. IS AS TRUSTEE ARROYO ALLUDED TO WE, WE. EVERYBODY ON THIS DAIS LIVES IN FORT BEND COUNTY. WE ALL PAY TAXES TO FORT BEND COUNTY. WE ALL PAY TAXES TO LAMAR C ISD. AND SO WITH WITH THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY CONSERVATIVE, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO EDUCATE KIDS. OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS HAVE A GREAT EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATION IS WHEN YOU LOWER THE TAX RATE THEN PEOPLE ASSUME THEIR TAXES ARE GOING TO GO DOWN. AND SO AS PRESIDENT JUST JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE LOWER THE TAX RATE, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT BECAUSE YOU DO LIVE IN FORT BEND COUNTY, AND FORT BEND COUNTY IS A VERY POPULAR PLACE AT THIS MOMENT. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MOVING TO FORT BEND COUNTY. AND SO WHEN YOUR PROPERTY VALUES GO UP, THEN YOUR TAX BILL GOES UP, NOT NECESSARILY YOUR TAX RATE. AND SO AS YOU SEE ON THE ON THE ON THE SLIDE HERE, WE'VE REDUCED TAXES EVER SINCE 2022. YOUR TAX RATE. BUT WHEN PEOPLE GET THEIR TAX NOTE, THEY'LL SAY, WAIT A SECOND, LAMAR SAID MY TAXES WERE GOING DOWN. SO WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, YOUR PROPERTY VALUES WENT UP. THAT'S WHY YOUR TAX NOTE WENT UP. BUT YOUR TAX RATE IS GOING DOWN. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE GO OUT FOR BONDS THERE IS ALWAYS MISINFORMATION. I THINK PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE FEAR MONGER AND SAY, OH MY GOD, THEY'RE GOING TO GET TAXED OUT OF YOUR HOME. AND SO I CHALLENGE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AND EVERYONE WATCHING. PLEASE HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE. HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE TO WHAT I SAY. AND THE TAX RATE HAS NOT GONE UP. AND IF IT DOES GO UP, I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S GOING TO GO UP. BUT EVERY TIME WE GO OUT FOR A BOND, WE SAY THAT THIS DOES NOT COME WITH A NEW TAX INCREASE. AND SO OUR LAST BOND ELECTION, I SAID THE SAME THING. DOES THIS NOT COME WITH A TAX INCREASE A TAX RATE INCREASE. SO IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR TAX BILL YOU LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT I WAS TELLING THE TRUTH BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE TO COME OUT FOR ANOTHER BOND. AND THIS BOARD MAKES SURE THAT WE STAY WITHIN OUR LIMITS. AND SO THAT MEANS THAT THE NEXT BOND, WE WILL NOT GO OUT FOR MORE THAN WHAT WE NEED OR FOR WHAT WE WE WON'T GO OUT FOR MORE THAN WHAT WE CAN AFFORD WITHOUT RAISING THE TAX RATE. SO WE WILL STAY WITHIN THE TAX RATE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PARTNERS WITH YOU. BECAUSE AGAIN, WE ALL PAY TAXES TO THE ISD AND WE ALL PAY TAXES TO FORT BEND COUNTY. SO ALSO, YOU KNOW, MOVING THOSE TWO PENNIES AND GIVING US THE ABILITY TO INCREASE OUR TO GET ADDITIONAL $6 MILLION. THE OTHER MISINFORMATION IS OUT THERE IS THAT THE DISTRICT DOES NOT HAVE A PLAN TO PAY DOWN DEBT. AND SO THIS IS A PLAN TO PAY DOWN DEBT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF DEBT IN THIS DISTRICT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE YOU KNOW, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I HAVE OVER I HAVE SUPERVISED AND BUILT HOW MANY HOW MANY CAMPUSES HAVE WE BUILT? 18 SINCE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. YES, SIR. 18. AND WE'RE OPENING SIX MORE IN AUGUST.

[45:04] WE'RE OPENING SIX MORE THIS COMING AUGUST. AND SO I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, FOLKS TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A VERY POPULAR DISTRICT. THE LAST THING I WILL SAY IS. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION. IF YOU ARE A PUBLIC SCHOOL ALLY AND YOU'RE A PUBLIC SCHOOL ADVOCATE, PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE LAWS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF AUSTIN. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE LAWS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF AUSTIN. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY. IF YOU NEED ANY OTHER INSIGHT ON THAT, YOU CAN CATCH ME WHEN I'M RUNNING AROUND THE DISTRICT, WHEN I'M AT THE BURGER BARN EATING SOME SOMETHING, BUT PLEASE PAY ATTENTION. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE LAWS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF AUSTIN. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND OUR LEGISLATORS PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THAT. AND I'M STANDING UP HERE AS SUPERINTENDENT OF LAMAR ISD TO ADVOCATE FOR LAMAR ISD. BUT I ALSO ADVOCATE FOR ALL 5 MILLION CHILDREN IN THIS IN OUR STATE, BECAUSE KIDS IS WHAT I DO. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A CHILD IN MY DISTRICT FOR ME TO ADVOCATE FOR YOU. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR ALL YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE LAWS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF AUSTIN. IF YOU NEED ANY MORE INSIGHT ON THAT, I'LL BE HERE THIS EVENING. YOU CAN CATCH ME THIS EVENING TOO. THANK YOU, DOCTOR EVANS. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FOR THIS ONE. OKAY. THEN WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:16 P.M.. AND MOVING ON TO. DO YOU WANT TO ENTER THAT ONE OR DO YOU WANT ME TO. OKAY. SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO TESLA. AND WE WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE APPLICATION FOR TAXABLE VALUE LIMITATION ON ELIGIBLE ELIGIBLE PROPERTY FILED BY TESLA INC. TEXAS COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS APPLICATION NUMBER J 0050 UNDER THE TEXAS JOBS, ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 403, SUBCHAPTER T AT 7:17 P.M. AND WE WILL FIRST HAVE A PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR EVANS. I'M INTRODUCING DAVID DENNISON WITH CROW. HE WILL BE DOING THE MAJORITY OF THE PRESENTATION AS WELL AS INTRODUCING HIS TEAM. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. PRESIDENT HUTZEL. DOCTOR NIVENS, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE OF YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS DAVID DENNISON. I AM AN ADVISOR TO TESLA FOR THEIR JEDI APPLICATION FOR THEIR SITE SELECTION. AND FOR THE TAX IMPLICATIONS OF, OF WHERE THEY MIGHT LOCATE A VERY MAJOR INVESTMENT. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TO, TO TALK TONIGHT. JEDI IS THE JOBS ENERGY TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION ACT. IT WAS CREATED BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE IN 2023. IT IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. IT IS A TOOL FOR THE SCHOOL TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT AND JOBS TO THE DISTRICT. IT'S A VERY REGIMENTED STATE PROCESS. WE HAVE RECEIVED A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMPTROLLER AS OF AUGUST 31ST. THEY'VE DONE A LENGTHY APPLICATION REVIEW MANY, SEVERAL CHECKS AND WERE PASSED THAT RECOMMENDATION. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT. JETTY CHANGES JUST THE IT'S A VALUE LIMITATION AGAINST THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING PIECE OF WHAT IS A SCHOOL TAX BILL. SO THE INS REMAINS FULLY TAXABLE. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT TONIGHT. WE NEED ACTION FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS WITH THE STATE AND THE CONTROLLER. WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THE PROJECT. IT IS A COMPETITIVE SITE SELECTION DECISION. SO THEY'RE ANALYZING TWO LOCATIONS RIGHT NOW, ONE IN TEXAS AND ONE OUTSIDE OF TEXAS. AND THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AND A DUTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY SITE THE FACILITY WHERE IT WILL BE MOST SUCCESSFUL AND BE CONSTRUCTED AND OPERATED AT LOWEST COST. AND THERE IS A DELTA BETWEEN THE OTHER SITE AND THIS SITE, AND WE BELIEVE THAT JETTY COULD GET CLOSE TO LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT. IT'S A IT'S A SOLAR CELL ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FACILITY. SO IT WILL CREATE THE THE KEY COMPONENTS AND BUILDING BLOCKS OF EVENTUAL SOLAR PANELS. IT IS A MASSIVE INVESTMENT. IT WOULD BE $10.1 BILLION, ALMOST 10,000 FULL TIME JOBS, AND AROUND ABOUT 1.3 BILLION IN DIRECT, INDIRECT AND INDUCED COMPENSATION CREATED FOR THE COMMUNITY.

[50:05] AUSTIN POINT IS THE CURRENT LOCATION OF THE SITE. I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE PRESENTED AT THE WORKSHOP CONCERNING THE SITE AREA. THE SITE AREA FOR THE APPLICATION PURPOSES WAS DRAWN AT ABOUT 3000 ACRES BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE PARCELS ARE DRAWN. SO IF THE APPLICANT WERE TO MOVE FORWARD AND SELECT THE SITE, NOT ALL OF THAT WOULD BE TAKEN DOWN FOR THE SITE AREA. THAT WAS AS GOOD AS WE COULD DRAW IT WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD AT THE TIME. THE APPLICATION CLEARLY STATES THOUGH THAT NOT ALL OF THOSE 3000 ACRES WOULD BE DEVELOPED. NOW IF THERE WERE TO BE OTHER BUSINESSES, OTHER COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES THAT LOCATED ON PARCELS OF, OF, OF THE SITE THAT TESLA WOULD NOT TAKE DOWN, THOSE ARE NOT AUTOMATICALLY JETTY ELIGIBLE. OKAY. THEY'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH THEIR OWN PROCESS, THEIR OWN APPLICATION. THIS DOES NOT CREATE A HUGE WINDOW FOR A BUNCH OF TAXABLE VALUE TO KIND OF POUR INTO THOSE 3000 ACRES. I BELIEVE THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE REMAINING 1400 ACRES THAT TESLA WOULD NOT OWN IF THEY SELECTED THE SITE, WE'D REFER YOU TO THE LAND DEVELOPER. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE PLANS ARE FOR THOSE. SO YEAH, SO 1600 ACRES IT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HUGE. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO STAY CLOSER TO HOME AND FIND, YOU KNOW, REALLY ENRICHING CAREERS AT A COMPANY. I THINK THAT IS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND EXHIBITS A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS ALIGNED WITH FORT BEND'S FUTURE. YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY SOPHISTICATED STEM CAREERS, ALL THE ABOVE. JUST A QUICK LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. AGAIN, GT IS AN IMINO VALUE LIMITATION INS IS FULLY PAID THROUGH 2063. I THINK ABOUT $335 MILLION OF, OF SCHOOL TAXES PAID BY THE PROJECT IF IT WERE TO LOCATE HERE MEANING THAT THE SCHOOL WOULD GET AN ADDITIONAL BONDING CAPACITY OF ABOUT $180 MILLION. THROUGH THAT SAME TERM, WITHOUT CHANGING THE TAX RATE. THE NO VALUE LIMITATION BECAUSE OF THE TEXAS SCHOOL. STATE AID FORMULA DOES NOT AFFECT YOUR BUDGET AT ALL. I THINK THERE'S A VERY, VERY MODEST INCREASE OVER THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. BUT ESSENTIALLY THE THE SCHOOL IS GAINING A LOT OF INS AND GIVING UP. NO. AND OH, BY ENTERING INTO THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WITH THE COMPANY MR. BUCHANAN, DID I SUM THAT UP CORRECTLY? YOUR ANALYSIS. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST TO REITERATE IT IT IS A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY WITH JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. THEY'VE BEEN WIDELY RECOGNIZED AT OTHER SITES ACROSS THE NATION AND INTERNATIONALLY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, GOOD USE OF WATER. AND THEY'VE CREATED SIGNIFICANT PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW. 10,000 EMPLOYEES IS NO SMALL FEAT ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE NATION. AND THEY WOULD RELY ON THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WHERE THIS IS LOCATED THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS TO, TO GET THE WORKFORCE AND THE TALENT THAT THEY NEED. SO THAT, THAT COULD BE VERY EXCITING, I THINK FOR, FOR ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO AGAIN, OUR, OUR REQUEST IS THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WOULD APPROVE THE JEDI APPLICATION. NEXT IT WOULD GO TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SIGN OFF. A TEMPLATED AGREEMENT WOULD COME BACK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES GIVE SOMEONE ON THE BOARD THE AUTHORITY TO SIGN THE FINAL AGREEMENT. IT CANNOT CHANGE. IT IS WHAT IT IS. IT'S SET IN TEXAS LAW. AND SO APPROVAL TONIGHT AND THEN AUTHORITY TO TO SIGN SHORTLY THEREAFTER IS GRANTED BECAUSE THE PROJECT NEEDS TO MAKE SOME SITE SELECTION DECISIONS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, AND WE'D REALLY LIKE JEDI TO MAKE ITS WAY INTO THAT ANALYSIS. IF THEY MADE THAT DECISION WITHOUT IT, I THINK FORT BEND WOULD BE AT A LOSS COMPETITIVELY. SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. DENNISON. MR. BUCHANAN, DID YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION AS WELL, OR SHOULD WE ASK? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MR. BUCHANAN TALKS ABOUT THE TAX RATE AGAIN AND THE STATE OF TEXAS COMMITMENT TO THAT. YES, SIR. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE JEDI AS A WHOLE WE HIRED AN OUTSIDE FIRM, MILK AND CASEY, TO BE ABLE TO DO A FINANCIAL EVALUATION FROM THE DATA THAT WAS PROVIDED THROUGH THE JEDI APPLICATION.

[55:06] WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT APPLICATION, AND IF YOU'LL GO BACK TO SLIDE THAT HAS THOSE ON THE TWO RIGHT HAND SIDES. SO M AND O OVER 16 YEARS, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S AN $89,000 MORE IN REVENUE. AND THAT IS BASED OFF OUR OUR GOLDEN ENRICHMENT PENDANTS. IS WHERE THAT, THAT, THAT SMALL AMOUNT OF VALUE COMES FROM. THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS OUR, OUR INS THAT THEY SPOKE ABOUT. SO OUR INS IS LOOKING TO INCREASE $335.5 MILLION THROUGH 2063. AND IT ALSO ADDS ABOUT $180.3 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL BONDING CAPACITY WITHOUT HAVING TO INCREASE THE TAX RATE. ONE THING THAT MR. DENNISON SAID IS THE REASON THAT THIS IS IN STATUTE IS BECAUSE THE STATE OF TEXAS IS MAKING UP THE REVENUE. SO IF THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION, THE TAX RATE FOR THIS PROJECT IS $15 MILLION, THE STATE OF TEXAS IS COMMITTING TO THE $15 MILLION, THE OTHER HALF OF THAT $15 MILLION. SO TESLA WOULD PAY 15, THE STATE OF TEXAS WOULD PAY 15, MAKING LAMAR ISD HOLE. SO THE WAY THE STATUTE WRITES IS THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR THE AGREEMENT, IS THE STATE OF TEXAS IS SAYING, WE'RE GIVING TESLA THIS REDUCTION IN M AND O, BUT WE'RE GOING TO FILL IT BACK FULL FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS. SO ON THE SLIDE, IT SAYS M AND O $89,000 MORE REVENUE OVER 16 YEARS WITH AGREEMENT. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO GAIN REVENUE, YOU CAN'T LOSE REVENUE. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR TO, TO, TO THE PUBLIC. AND, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THE, THE FACEBOOK COMMENTS, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE GOING TO GAIN MONEY, THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE ANY MONEY. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR TO SAY THAT THE STATE IS GOING TO MAKE US WHOLE IN OUR TAX RATE. SO IF WE DO LOSE $15 MILLION, THE STATE OF TEXAS IS GOING TO GIVE THAT BACK TO US. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I SAY IT IN PLAIN ENGLISH. SO THE DISTRICT IS NOT LOSING ANY MONEY IN TAX RATE DOING THIS. ACTUALLY, WE'RE WE STAND TO GAIN ABOUT $89,000 MORE REVENUE OVER 16 YEARS. THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. OKAY, JACKIE. MR. BUCHANAN, FOR THOSE WHO WHO MIGHT BE TUNING IN TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN JUST IN PLAIN TERMS FOR THE FOR THE LAYMAN, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS AN MMO AND WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THE INS? YES, SIR. SO M AND O IS WHAT WE CONSIDER OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, WHICH IS OUR GENERAL FUND. THAT TAX RATE ALLOWS US TO OPERATE OUR SCHOOLS ON DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS, INCLUDING SALARIES, TEACHERS PAY, TRANSPORTATION LIGHTS, ELECTRICITY, UTILITIES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. INS IS OUR INTEREST IN SINKING THAT ALLOWS US TO MAKE OUR DEBT PAYMENTS. SO OUR BONDED DEBT THAT OUR COMMUNITY SAID WE, WE AUTHORIZING YOU TO GO SELL BONDS TO BE ABLE TO BUILD SCHOOLS AND REPLACE EQUIPMENT. IT ALLOWS US TO PAY THOSE BONDS OFF THOSE BONDED DEBTS CAN ONLY. THE INS TAX RATE CAN ONLY BE USED TO PAY OFF THOSE BONDS. IT CANNOT BE USED FOR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF THE SCHOOL. WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT. SO WITH THAT SAID, IF THIS IS INCREASING OUR INS BY $335 MILLION TO 2063. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO PAY DOWN OUR BOND DEBT SOONER. THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. WE'LL BE GAINING MORE REVENUE PER YEAR, ALLOWING US TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT BONDED DEBT, WHICH IS ANOTHER CONCERN WHEN WE GO OUT FOR BONDS, WHICH IS ANOTHER CONCERN THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS ABOUT OUR PLAN TO PAY DOWN TO PAY DOWN OUR DEBT. SO THERE IS AN ACTIVE PLAN TO PAY DOWN OUR DEBT AND PAY IT OFF, NOT JUST DOWN, BUT TO TRY TO PAY IT OFF AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I KEEP SAYING THAT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? QUESTIONS FOR ANYBODY? SURE. I HAVE QUESTIONS. YES. YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD. SO SO. SOME FOLKS MAY HAVE JUST BEEN JOINING US, MAY NOT HAVE LISTENED TO THE WORKSHOP. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FORT BEND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT IS HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE. COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT PARTICULAR MATTER? ABSOLUTELY. SO IN AUGUST, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR JEDI IS THAT WE BE IN A REINVESTMENT ZONE, AND THE COUNTY OR THE SCHOOL CAN SET THAT THAT UP. THE COUNTY CAN SET IT UP FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES. THE SCHOOL CAN SET IT UP ONLY FOR THE INCENTIVE OF JEDI. THEY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED US FOR REINVESTMENT ZONE. THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT. THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES IT COULD GIVE THEM TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES TO THEIR CITIZENS. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITIZENS.

[1:00:01] BUT YES, THEY THEY MADE ACTION TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT ALREADY. THANK YOU. AND I JUST I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, REITERATE THAT THIS IS HUGE. THOSE OF US WHO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE FORT BEND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT UNDERSTAND THAT THEY OVERCAME PROBABLY PROBABLY THE BIGGEST IMPASSE IN, IN HISTORY TO, TO, TO MEET, MEET ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AND VOTE FOR ALL FOUR COMMISSIONERS VOTED IN FAVOR OF ESTABLISHING A REINVESTMENT ZONE. SO WHICH WHICH I THINK IS A BIG DEAL. AND I WANT TO COMMEND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT I FIND I'VE MET WITH A LOT OF COMMISSIONERS COURT THROUGHOUT MY CAREER, THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT IS VERY COMMITTED TO TO WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF FORT BEND COUNTY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TWO DEMOCRATS THAT SIT ON THE COURT AND TWO REPUBLICANS, TWO DEMOCRATS AND TWO REPUBLICANS CAME TOGETHER AND ALL SUPPORTED THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE. AND SO I THINK THAT'S A BIG DEAL. AND WHAT I HAVE FOUND AMONG THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMISSIONERS COURT IS THEY ALL CARE DEEPLY ABOUT FORT BEND COUNTY AND THE CITIZENS OF FORT BEND COUNTY. THEY MAY DIFFER IN TERMS OF WHAT THEIR IDEAS ARE ON WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE OF OUR CITIZENS. BUT THEY DO CARE DEEPLY AND. AND SO I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST I'LL JUST END BY SAYING THAT EVERY CITIZEN OF FORT BEND COUNTY CAN LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND KNOW THAT THEIR COUNTY COMMISSIONER VOTED IN FAVOR OF ESTABLISHING THIS REINVESTMENT ZONE. YES, I DID. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY FOR ANYBODY WATCHING ONLINE IN THE PUBLIC SAKE, WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC WORKSHOP WITH TESLA LAST WEEK. IT WAS POORLY ATTENDED, TO SAY THE LEAST. AND IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK INTO THIS. THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK INTO IT. BUT LAST WEEK THERE WERE FOUR, FOUR COMMENTERS, ALL WHO WERE IN SUPPORT. AND I KNOW THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT A MANDATE, BUT JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW BUT IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE WILL. OH, SORRY. SORRY. YEAH. I'M SORRY. AND I WAS ABOUT TO MENTION THAT. JACKIE. SO THANKS FOR SAYING THAT. THAT VIDEO. SEPTEMBER THE 10TH, 2026 CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE. IF YOU SEARCH BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN OUR MEETING DATES, ANYBODY CAN GO AND WATCH THAT ARCHIVED VIDEO. AND THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THAT, IN THAT PRESENTATION. TWO QUESTIONS I GOT FROM CONSTITUENTS THAT I WANT TO PITCH TO YOU OR TO THE TESLA FOLKS WHO, WHO ARE HERE. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE? WHY, WHY IT IS QUOTE UNQUOTE RUSHED ACCORDING TO THE EMAIL THAT I GOT, WHAT THERE'S, THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE JEDI LAW THAT WANTS TO CONTROL OR APPROVES IT AS I UNDERSTAND IT. AND THAT'S KIND OF SETTING THESE THINGS IN MOTION. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. AFTER THE THE CONTROLLER RECOMMENDS IT'S SET IN STATUTE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS 30 DAYS TO ACT. THAT'S IT. YEAH. SO YOU'RE REQUIRED TO MAKE ACTION, EITHER APPROVE OR DENY THE APPLICATION WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE CONTROLLER'S RECOMMENDATION. SO THE SECOND QUESTION IS JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, I HAD A, A CONSTITUENT ASKED ME THAT BECAUSE TESLA IS SUCH AN INNOVATIVE COMPANY WITH ROBOTS AND ASKING ABOUT THE 9700 PROPOSED JOBS, WHAT'S HOW, HOW IS THE PUBLIC NOT TO THINK THAT THOSE JOBS MIGHT BE EVENTUALLY TAKEN OVER BY HUMANOID LOOKING ROBOTS IN THE FUTURE? YEP, I'M PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'VE GOT A AND I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A DEFINITIVE ANSWER LONG TERM. I'M LOOKING FOR WHAT IS THE IDEA OF THE COMPANY? PRETTY MUCH. ABSOLUTELY. EVAN YOUNG IS A ENGINEER WITH TESLA. HE'S HERE TONIGHT. AND I THINK I'D LIKE TO ASK IF HE COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR US. HE'S PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING. SO. GOOD EVENING. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME. SO THIS FACILITY IS GOING TO BE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, AND IT WILL DEMAND A LOT OF EMPLOYEES. 9700 IS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, WE WILL EMPLOY A SIGNIFICANT VOLUME OF AUTOMATION TO ENHANCE QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY. THERE'S NO PLAN TO JEOPARDIZE THOSE JOBS AS A RESULT OF THESE ADVANCED AUTOMATIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. I'LL ASK YOU A QUESTION WHILE YOU'RE THERE. WHAT ABOUT EMPLOYEES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES OR. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE CERTAIN SKILLS THAT YOU GET, BUT IS THE PLAN TO GENERALLY, AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T MAYBE SPEAK TO ALL 9700 EMPLOYEES, BUT GENERALLY HIGHER LOCAL OR WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS OR. I'M GOING TO HAND THAT QUESTION OFF TO MY COLLEAGUE. HI THERE.

[1:05:06] I'M CARLA AND I SUPPORT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR TESLA. RECENTLY MOVED TO THE AUSTIN AREA AND BASED IN GIGA TEXAS. WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS WHILE I'VE BEEN AT TESLA AND ENGAGING IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AUSTIN AREA FOR GIGA TEXAS, WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE DEL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HAVE BEEN ENGAGING ACTIVELY TO SHARE THE EARLY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WE HAVE HIRED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, THOSE SENIORS THAT ARE LOOKING TO STEP INTO THE WORK PHONE WORK ZONE AND AND HAVE PARTNERED WITH THEM REALLY CLOSELY. SO IT IS EXCITING TO ALSO LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH STUDENTS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR ENTERING THE WORK ZONE HERE IN THE AREA. AND OUR TEAM HAS MADE JUST GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE, IN THE GIGA TEXAS AREA TO, TO HELP SHARE THE WORK OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. WE HAVE ALSO HISTORICALLY BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP MANUFACTURING PROGRAMS IN THE AREA TO PIPELINE THOSE STUDENTS AND WORKFORCE INTO THE NEARBY FACTORIES. WHAT SOME OF THE IMPACTFUL STORIES WE'VE HAD, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE WITH THE DELL VALLEY DISTRICT IS WE'VE HAD A LOT OF HIRES THAT HAVE GONE ON TO DO DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNER. AND YOU'VE SEEN THE IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY FROM THOSE STUDENTS BEING ABLE TO SHARE WITH THEIR PEERS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HOW THAT HAS IMPACTED THEIR CAREER. THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT BEING COLLEGE BOUND FOR FOUR YEARS. AND TESLA HAS PROVIDED THAT EARLY CAREER OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM WITHOUT HAVING TO LEAVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. YOU GOT SOMETHING? THIS IS FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM KROLL. THIS HAS PUT FORT BEND COUNTY AND LAMAR CISD IN THE SPOTLIGHT. CNN, ALL THESE MAJOR NEWS SOURCES. YOU SEARCH TESLA AND SOLAR PANELS, WE POP UP, BUT WE KNOW ALMOST ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT THE OTHER LOCATION THAT IS IN THE RUNNING WITHOUT NAMING IT OR GIVING AWAY ANY PROPRIETARY OR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, BUT CAN YOU SPEAK TO THEIR THEIR LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT AND WHERE THEY ARE AND BEEN IDENTIFIED WATER. ALL THOSE THINGS BEEN. ARE THEY ON THE SAME PACE WE'RE ON OR YOU KNOW, FROM A COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM, THEY DON'T STAND A CHANCE. SO IF THERE WAS A WORRY ABOUT THAT THEY'RE VERY COMPETITIVE. THEY WANT THE PROJECT BAD. THEY'VE WANTED IT BAD FOR A VERY LONG TIME. OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THEM HAS GONE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. AND THEY PUT TOGETHER A VERY COMPELLING PACKAGE. I THINK YOU ASKED ABOUT INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT. YOU KNOW, TESLA'S A, IT'S AN AMERICAN COMPANY. AND IT HAS A LARGE PRESENCE IN TEXAS. I THINK THAT'S LIKE, THAT'S WHERE THEY WANT TO DO BUSINESS. BUT IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY THE SITE SELECTION DECISION THEY'VE REALLY GOT TO CREATE THESE PARTNERSHIPS WITH, WITH GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW TAX AND BEYOND THAT, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC LOCATION TODAY. IT WOULD IMPACT THEM NEGATIVELY COMMERCIALLY. BUT THEY'RE VERY SERIOUS. THE ALTERNATE LOCATION AND THEIR SITE METRICS AND ECONOMICS WERE VERY COMPELLING. SO ESSENTIALLY RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE IN A COURTSHIP. WE'RE IN A DATING RELATIONSHIP. WE'RE ABOUT TO GET ENGAGED. BOTH, BOTH STATES ARE GETTING TO THE ALTAR. AND WHEN IF WE GET TO THAT POINT, IT CAN GET TO A POINT WHERE ONE IS LEFT AT THE ALTAR. IS THAT CORRECT? IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, THAT'S HOW I THINK. AND THAT'S. NO, I APPRECIATE THAT. AS A AS A SITE SELECTION CONSULTANT I ACTUALLY HELP BIG COMPANIES MAKE THAT DECISION. YEAH. BY THE TIME THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ANALYZE DOZENS OF SITES, BY THE TIME YOU GET DOWN TO 2 OR 3. YES. SOME SOMEONE HAS INVESTED SO HEAVILY IN IT AT THAT POINT IN TIME THAT IT IS, IT'S VERY HEARTBREAKING. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS A MUSCLE YOU'VE GOT TO FLEX. YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE GAME TO BE COMPETITIVE AND THAT EXPERIENCE MATTERS. WE'VE MET A LOT OF EXPERIENCED PEOPLE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT REALLY KNOW THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WELL. SO ANY SITE THAT ITS SECOND OR THIRD BEST, THEY, THEY HAVE JUST AS MUCH TO GAIN OUT OF THE SITUATION. FOR THE NEXT TIME SOMETHING BIG COMES ALONG AND LOOKS AT THEIR COMMUNITY.

[1:10:03] OKAY. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR MR. BUCHANAN. SO MR. BUCHANAN, AS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. IN THE EVENT THAT THAT WE ARE NOT LEFT AT THE ALTAR AND WE GET THIS BRIDE AND CARRY THE BRIDE OVER THE THRESHOLD WILL THIS PROJECT ENABLE US TO DIVERSIFY OUR TAX BASE? AND IF SO, IS THAT A IS WILL THAT MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT? WITH RESPECT TO KEEPING TAX RATES THE SAME OR LOWER AT THE SAME BY OFFERING THE SAME SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS. YES, SIR. WHAT IT DOES IS CURRENTLY WE ARE VERY SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING HEAVY ON OUR TAX BASE. THE MORE COMMERCIAL TAX BASE YOU HAVE, IT HELPS BALANCE THE TAX RATE SO THAT THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR IS BURDENING THE BONDED DEBT FOR OUR FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. BUT THERE'S NO STUDENTS COMING OUT OF THOSE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. SO IT STRIKES A BALANCE FOR US. IT ALSO ATTRACTS MORE BUSINESSES COMING INTO THE DISTRICT. I WOULD BE REMISS BY OUR ATTORNEY AND MR. PAUL, IF I DID NOT SAY THE THINGS THAT SHE MENTIONED ABOUT DEL VALLEY AND STUFF WERE EXAMPLES AND THAT WERE PROHIBITED BY STATUTE IN STATE LAW TO HAVE ANY KIND OF NEGOTIATIONS OTHER THAN THE AGREEMENT THAT IS SET FORTH IN STATUTES UNTIL THAT AGREEMENT IS IS EXECUTED. YES, SIR. A QUICK FOLLOW UP BY PAYING OFF OUR DEBT EARLY, OUR BOND DEBT EARLY. WOULD THAT PUT US IN A FAVORABLE POSITION WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BOND RATING? YES, SIR. WHEN THEY START LOOKING AT BOND RATING AND LOOK AT OUR PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH AND HOW HOW THAT GROWTH IS COMING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. A PROJECT LIKE THIS WOULD DEFINITELY BE LOOKED FAVORABLE ON BY OUR CREDITORS TO CONTINUE OUR TRIPLE A RATINGS IN OUR CREDIT RATINGS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. MINE WAS ALONG WITH MR. ARROYO, SO I'M GOOD. I HAD MY MY QUESTIONS. YOU ALREADY ANSWERED. SO I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THE VOTE WILL COME LATER. BUT WE HAVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, I BELIEVE. OKAY. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS CARRIE SCHMIDT. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DOCTOR NIVENS. I'M VERY PLEASED TO BE HERE WITH A NUMBER OF OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS TONIGHT. I'M KERRY SCHMIDT, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE FORT BEND REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP. WE'RE REPRESENTING APPROXIMATELY 1000 ORGANIZATIONS AND MORE THAN 250 000 JOBS. AND AFTER 27 YEARS WITH PARTNERSHIP, I'VE WATCHED FORT BEND COUNTY GROW INTO AN EXTRAORDINARY PLACE TO LIVE, LEARN, AND RAISE A FAMILY. NOW, LIKE MANY OF YOU OR SOME OF YOU, I WANT MY CHILDREN, BUT ESPECIALLY MY GRANDCHILDREN TO HAVE EVERY REASON TO STAY RIGHT HERE IN FORT BEND COUNTY. PREFERABLY CLOSE ENOUGH TO VISIT OFTEN, BUT NOT SO CLOSE. THEY EXPECT DINNER EVERY NIGHT. OUR FORT BEND 2050 RESEARCH FOUND THAT OUR COUNTY COULD APPROACH 2 MILLION RESIDENTS BY 2050. THAT GROWTH REQUIRES MORE THAN NEW HOMES. IT REQUIRES INFRASTRUCTURE, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND HIGH PAYING JOBS. FOR DECADES, WE HAVE EDUCATED, TALENTED YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT WE'VE NOT CREATED ENOUGH OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO BUILD THEIR CAREERS HERE. THIS TESLA PROJECT COULD HELP US CHANGE THAT. AN INVESTMENT OF APPROXIMATELY $10 BILLION AND AS MANY AS 10,000 JOBS WOULD TRANSFORM OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE AND CREATE NEW, NEW CAREER PATHWAYS FOR LAMAR C ISD STUDENTS, WHETHER THEY PURSUE A UNIVERSITY DEGREE, TECHNICAL TRAINING, OR ENTER INTO THE WORKFORCE DIRECTLY. WE RECOGNIZE THE TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY THAT YOU CARRY AS TRUSTEES, BUT OPPORTUNITIES OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE RARE, AND TRANSFORMATIONAL DECISIONS ARE SELDOM EASY. FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS, FORT BEND HAS WORKED TO ATTRACT A PROJECT CAPABLE OF FUNDAMENTALLY EXPANDING OUR ECONOMY. WE BELIEVE THIS IS THAT PROJECT. ON BEHALF OF THE FORT BEND REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WE REPRESENT, I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO SUPPORT IT. LET US CREATE A FORT BEND WHERE OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN CAN RECEIVE AN OUTSTANDING EDUCATION, BUILD MEANINGFUL CAREERS, RAISE THEIR FAMILIES, AND PROSPER RIGHT HERE AT HOME.

[1:15:09] THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RACHEL GREEN. MY SON, ROY GREEN IS A SENIOR AT GEORGE RANCH. THIS WEEKEND HE'S GOING ON A RECRUITING TRIP TO YALE UNIVERSITY. LAST WEEKEND, MY OLDER SON WENT TO BE A SOPHOMORE AT DARTMOUTH. MY SONS ARE WELL PREPARED FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK OF YOU PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE WHO'VE HAD YOUR CHAIRS OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS. I'M WILDLY GRATEFUL. MY RELATIVES ARE ALL GRATEFUL. WE SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT LAMAR, AND WE ESPECIALLY SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT THE MAROON TRACK. I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THEM QUITE SO MUCH, THOUGH. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT ME. MY LAW FIRM, GREEN IP, DOES A FAIR AMOUNT OF WORK FOR FOR ONE OF THE LARGER TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN THE COUNTY, BUT ALSO I DO A LOT OF WORK FOR MANY SMALL BUSINESSES. THIS INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I REALIZE INVESTMENT IS A TRICKY WORD TO USE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TAXES, BUT THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS A BIG DEAL TO ME. AS AN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONAL ATTORNEY, A PATENT LAWYER. I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, INVESTMENT, AND SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH. OUR COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM NEW TECHNOLOGY, NEW ENGINEERING PROJECTS, AND NEW MANUFACTURING. I MOST LIKELY WILL NOT GET TO WORK FOR TESLA IF THEY MOVE HERE. I WANT TO WORK FOR THE WELDING SHOPS, THE CHEMICAL SUPPLIERS AND WHOLESALERS, THE RECYCLERS, THE WASTE HAULERS, THE WASTE TREATMENT COMPANIES THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO THIS NEW COMPANY OR THIS NEW FACILITY IN THIS NEW COMPANY TO FORT BEND. THE THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT COME FROM THE CTE GUYS AND FROM THE UNIVERSITIES IN THE REGION THAT HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WILL HAVE SPINOFFS THAT I WANT TO WORK FOR. I'M TALKING ABOUT MY SMALL BUSINESS AND THE POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MY SMALL BUSINESS. BUT I DON'T THINK I'M ALONE. THERE ARE CATERERS, JANITORIAL SERVICES, HVAC, PLUMBERS, AND OTHERS WHO ALSO WANT TO TO BENEFIT FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL CASCADE FROM THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNTY. I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JEREMY HEATH. DOCTOR. NIVENS BOARD. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JEREMY HEATH. I LIVE IN RIVERSIDE RANCH. I'M HERE TONIGHT WEARING TWO HATS. MY PROFESSIONAL HAT WITH THE FORT BEND REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP AND MY PERSONAL HAT AS A VERY PROUD FATHER OF A 2025 FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND A CURRENT FOSTER HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR. ON THE PROFESSIONAL SIDE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON ADDRESSING THE PROPOSED PROJECT ITSELF IN THAT YES, IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE LARGEST PRIVATE INVESTMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. AND THAT'S NOT AN EXAGGERATION. WITH THE DIRECT CAPITAL INVESTMENT ESTIMATED AT 10 BILLION AND A DIRECT FULL TIME EMPLOYEE COUNT OF ABOUT 10,000 BY 2033. AND YES, THAT'S HARD TO IMAGINE. IT'S REALLY HARD TO WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND. BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT WHAT I THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A FELLOW PROPERTY OWNER AND TAXPAYER. IN FORT BEND COUNTY, ROUGHLY 75 TO 80% OF THE CURRENT TAX VALUATION ON THE GROUND IS RESIDENTIAL. ROUGHLY 20 TO 25 IS COMMERCIAL. THAT MEANS RESIDENTS OF FORT BEND COUNTY CARRY THE LION'S SHARE OF THE PROPERTY TAX BURDEN, PUTTING $4 BILLION WORTH OF VALUE ON THE GROUND. WORTH OF COMMERCIAL TAXABLE VALUE WOULD GREATLY SHRINK THE GAP BETWEEN THOSE TWO. SHIFTING A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT BURDEN AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS, AND ALLOWING OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS TO MAKE RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT TO REDUCE RESIDENTIAL TAX RATES EACH YEAR, RATHER THAN TO USE PROMISES OF TAX CUTS TO INFLUENCE POTENTIAL VOTERS WITHOUT EXAMINING THE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF THOSE CUTS. PERSONALLY, I LIKE DRIVING ON SAFE ROADS AND HAVING ACCESS TO RELIABLE WATER AND SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS, AND PAYING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS WHAT THEY ARE WORTH, WHICH AT THIS TIME WE DO NOT.

[1:20:04] I ALSO LIKE THE IDEA OF BALANCING THE TAX BURDEN BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL TO FILL THOSE GAPS. ON THE PERSONAL SIDE, MY WIFE AND I HAVE PROMISED OUR SONS WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT THEIR DREAMS, WHETHER THAT TAKES THEM ACROSS THE WORLD OR ACROSS THE STREET. WE'D PREFER ACROSS THE STREET. I'M SURE THERE ARE A LOT OF PARENTS OUT THERE WHO FEEL THE SAME WAY. IF WE LAND THIS PROJECT, IF WE LAND THIS PROJECT ALONG WITH THE HIGH TECH, HIGH PAYING JOB OPPORTUNITIES IT BRINGS WITH IT, IT CREATES LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS TO MAKE THEIR DREAMS COME TRUE AND BUILD THEIR LIVES HERE AT HOME. I HUMBLY ASK THIS BOARD TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID SAFRAN. THE DANIEL SAFRAN. SO. HIGH. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS DANIEL SAFRAN AND I LIVE RIGHT HERE IN GREATWOOD. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON GRANTING A STATE JETTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR TESLA'S PROJECT. CRYSTAL SUN. LET'S LOOK PAST THE GLOSSY CORPORATE PRESENTATIONS AND TALK ABOUT SIMPLE FAIRNESS AND FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY. GIVING A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION A TEN YEAR PROPERTY TAX BREAK WHILE LOCAL RESIDENTS CARRY THE LOAD ISN'T FAIR PLAY. IT'S CORPORATE WELFARE, PURE AND SIMPLE. TESLA WANTS A MASSIVE 3000 ACRE FOOTPRINT RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD, AN INDUSTRIAL FOOTPRINT LARGER THAN THE ENTIRE TOWN OF NEEDVILLE. THEY PLAN TO RUN HEAVY CHEMICAL PROCESSES LIKE SILANE GAS AND HYDROFLUORIC ACID ETCHING, WHILE PULLING HEAVILY FROM OUR WATER TABLES AND PUTTING MASSIVE DEMANDS ON OUR POWER GRID. WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR THE FALLOUT? WE ARE. PROPONENTS WILL TELL YOU THAT THE STATE SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA WILL MAKE THE DISTRICT WHOLE. DON'T. BUT DON'T BE FOOLED. THE STATE DOES NOT WRITE CHECKS TO BUILD THE PHYSICAL CLASSROOMS BY THE EXTRA SCHOOL BUSSES, OR PATCH THE TORN UP COUNTRY ROADS THAT 10,000 DAILY COMMUTER TRIPS WILL CAUSE. FURTHERMORE, UNDER THIS NEW JETTY LAW, TESLA IS LEGALLY BARRED FROM PAYING DIRECT SUPPLEMENTAL IMPACT FUNDS TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE STATE ISN'T MAKING ANYONE WHOLE. IT'S GOING TO LEAVE LOCAL TAXPAYERS TAXPAYERS TO HOLD THE FINANCIAL BAG ON DAY ONE. THEY'LL ALSO TRY TO TELL YOU THAT THIS PROJECT IS A DONE DEAL BECAUSE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT SIGNED OFF ON IT. THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY FALSE. THE COMMISSIONERS COURT MERELY APPROVED A BASELINE REINVESTMENT ZONE, AN ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARY LINE ON A MAP. THEY DID NOT APPROVE THIS SPECIFIC TAX GIVEAWAY. THAT AUTHORITY RESIDES HERE IN THIS ROOM. OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WILL GET TORN TO PIECES, ADDING HEAVY 18 WHEELERS TO TWO LANE RURAL ROADS LIKE FM 762 AND FM 1994 WILL DESTROY OUR ROADS. THESE ARE THE SAME ROUTES OUR SCHOOL BUSSES TRAVEL EVERY SINGLE DAY. A SINGLE LOADED CHEMICAL TANKER CAUSES AS MUCH ROAD WEAR AS 10,000 FAMILY CARS. AND WHEN THOSE RURAL ROADS TURN TO POTHOLES, TESLA'S NOT GOING TO BE PAYING THE BILL. THE TAXPAYERS WILL. A COMPANY WANTS TO COME. IF A COMPANY WANTS TO COME TO TEXAS AND BUILD. THEY SHOULD PLAY BY THE EXACT SAME RULES. EVERY SMALL BUSINESS IN OMAHA. HOMEOWNER IN THIS ROOM. PAY. PAY YOUR OWN WAY. PAY YOUR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES, AND DON'T ASK LOCAL FAMILIES TO SUBSIDIZE YOUR BOTTOM LINE. DON'T LET OUT-OF-STATE CORPORATE THREATS PRESSURE LOCAL LEADERS INTO A BAD DEAL. STAND UP FOR THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE HERE. WORK AND PAY TAXES HERE. PUT LOCAL PROPERTY OWNERS FIRST AND VOTE NO ON THIS TAX ABATEMENT. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JIM RICE. PRESIDENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DOCTOR NIVENS STAFF. MY NAME IS JIM RICE. I'M HERE TO READ AN OPEN LETTER FROM FORMER LAMAR CISD SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR THOMAS RANDALL TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. THE LETTER READS AS FOLLOWS. I SPENT MUCH OF MY CAREER IN LAMAR CISD WORKING ALONGSIDE DEDICATED TRUSTEES, EDUCATORS, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO EXPAND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND PREPARE OUR STUDENTS FOR THE FUTURE. I HAVE ALSO SPENT MUCH OF MY PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL LIFE CHAMPIONING THE LONG TERM SUCCESS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, A COMMUNITY I'M DEEPLY PROUD TO CALL HOME. TODAY, WE HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY BEFORE US.

[1:25:05] FORT BEND COUNTY IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR A TESLA ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROJECT THAT, ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT TEAM, WOULD REPRESENT ONE OF THE LARGEST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY. THE PROPOSED CAPITAL INVESTMENT IS SIGNIFICANT, BUT EVEN MORE MEANINGFUL IS THE POTENTIAL CREATION OF APPROXIMATELY 10,000 FULL TIME JOBS, NOT INCLUDING THE ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES, SUPPLIERS AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD FOLLOW FOR DECADES. FORT BEND COUNTY LEADERS HAVE WORKED TOWARD A SHARED GOAL, CREATING A STRONG EMPLOYMENT CENTER WHERE MORE OF OUR RESIDENTS CAN LIVE, WORK AND BUILD THEIR FUTURES IN THE SAME COUNTY. WE HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS, BUT WE HAVE NOT YET FULLY ACHIEVED THAT VISION. THIS PROJECT COULD HELP US TAKE A HISTORIC STEP FORWARD. AS AN EDUCATOR, I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY EXTENDS BEYOND PREPARING STUDENTS FOR GRADUATION. WE MUST ALSO HELP CREATE A COMMUNITY WHERE THEY CAN FIND MEANINGFUL CAREERS, RAISE THEIR FAMILIES, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE PLACE THAT INVESTED IN THEM. A PROJECT OF THIS SCALE COULD CREATE NEW PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS PURSUING CAREERS IN ENGINEERING, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, TECHNOLOGY, CONSTRUCTION, LOGISTICS AND MANY OTHER FIELDS, ALLOWING MORE OF OUR CHILDREN TO BUILD THEIR FUTURES CLOSE TO HOME. WE SHOULD AND MUST EXPECT LAMAR C ISD AND FORT BEND COUNTY LEADERS TO CONDUCT THOROUGH DUE DILIGENCE. THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT SHOULD BE CAREFULLY EVALUATED TO ENSURE THEY PROTECT TAXPAYERS, SERVE THE DISTRICT'S EDUCATIONAL MISSION, AND PROVIDE A CLEAR, LASTING BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY. THIS COULD BE A DEFINING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CHILDREN, OUR ECONOMY AND THE NEXT 50 YEARS OF FORT BEND COUNTY. NOW IS OUR TIME TO THOUGHTFULLY AND CONFIDENTLY EMBRACE THE FUTURE. SINCERELY, DOCTOR THOMAS RANDALL. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNIFER RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY CONCERNS. MY NAME IS JENNIFER RODRIGUEZ, AND MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED TO FORT BEND COUNTY A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO FROM THE HEART OF THE GALLERIA IN HOUSTON. ONE OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS TO DO IS DRIVE OVER TO BRAZOS BEND STATE PARK AND BIKE THE TRAILS. I LEARNED OF THIS PROPOSED PROJECT SUDDENLY CRYSTAL SUN LATE AUGUST AND IMMEDIATELY SENT AN EMAIL TO THE LAMAR CISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES WITH THE FOLLOWING OBJECTION. I FORMALLY OBJECT TO THE MASSIVE TEN YEAR LIMITATION ON THE TAXABLE VALUE OF TESLA'S PROPOSED 3000 ACRE SITE OFF OF FM 762 AND FM 1994. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT TESLA EXPLICITLY NOTES IN ITS STATE DOCUMENTATION THAT THEY WILL NOT SELECT FORT BEND COUNTY WITHOUT THESE SUBSIDIES. SUBSIDIZE TAX BREAKS? AS OUR ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD, SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES, YOU HOLD THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY TO DENY THIS ABATEMENT. I URGE YOU TO REJECT TESLA'S REQUEST BASED ON THE FOLLOWING SEVERE IMPACTS TO OUR DISTRICT. NUMBER ONE, SUBSIDIZING ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION OF LOCAL ASSETS, MEANING THE TARGETED SITE IS SITUATED IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO BRAZOS BEND STATE PARK AND CRITICAL LOCAL WATERSHEDS. CONVERTING THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF OPEN LAND INTO AN INDUSTRIAL HUB. RISKS ALTERING LOCAL WILDLIFE MOVEMENT. FAST TRACKING HEAVY RESOURCE. INTENSE INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING DIRECTLY THREATENS THE ECOSYSTEMS. DARK SKY ASTRONOMY TOURISM AT THE GEORGE OBSERVATORY, AND SAFETY OF THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENTS THAT OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ENJOY. NUMBER TWO MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE STRAIN ON LOCAL ROADS. THIS PROJECT PROJECTS THOUSANDS OF REGIONAL WORKER COMMUTES AND SUBSTANTIAL HEAVY CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES ONTO RURAL TWO LANE ROADS LIKE FM 762. THIS MASSIVE INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR WAS SEVERELY INCREASED. GRIDLOCK AND COMPROMISE THE SAFETY OF OUR DISTRICT'S SCHOOL BUS ROUTES AND DAILY COMMUTES FOR LOCAL FAMILIES. NUMBER THREE DISTORTING THE TRUE BURDEN OF PUBLIC RESOURCES. WHILE A $10.1 BILLION INVESTMENT SOUNDS HISTORIC ON PAPER, GRANTING A TEN YEAR PROPERTY TAX LIMITATION SHIFTS THE LONG TERM FINANCIAL BURDEN OF INFRASTRUCTURE WEAR AND TEAR BACK ONTO EVERYDAY LOCAL HOMEOWNERS. OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDS SHOULD NOT BE UTILIZED AS FINANCIAL CUSHIONS FOR TRILLION DOLLAR CORPORATIONS AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR COMMUNITY'S RURAL INTEGRITY. IN ADDITION, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE PROJECT CRYSTAL SUN WILL CONSUME MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF BOTH ELECTRICITY AND WATER RIVALING OR EVEN EXCEEDING THE

[1:30:02] RESOURCE DEMAND OF LARGE SCALE DATA CENTERS. LAMAR SEE ISD IS CURRENTLY FACING RAPID HISTORIC POPULATION GROWTH THAT REQUIRES CAREFUL, BALANCED STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC RESOURCES. INVITING MEGA SCALE INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE INTO OUR QUIET. IS NOT THE ANSWER. THANK YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN LEBOWITZ. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. WHAT DO SOLAR PANELS HAVE TO DO WITH MUSK'S VISION? NOBODY ANSWERS THAT QUESTION. I THINK IT'S SIMPLE. IN MY OPINION, HE NEEDS ENORMOUS POWER FOR AI DATA CENTERS SUPPORTING OPTIMUS ROBOTS AND SELF-DRIVING CARS AND ROBO TAXIS. COMBINE THESE SOLAR PANELS WITH MASSIVE BATTERY STORAGE BUILT IN BERKSHIRE AND YOU SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE. I HAVE THREE POINTS TO MAKE HERE. FIRST. THIS IS BEING RAMRODDED. A STATUTORY DEADLINE CANNOT SUBSTITUTE FOR DUE DILIGENCE. IF YOU DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE APPROVING OR THE NET EFFECT OF IT, DON'T APPROVE IT. SECOND, AFTER THE FACTORY IS BUILT, WILL THE PROMISED JOBS ACTUALLY BE THERE? LISTEN TO ELON MUSK. WHAT MUSK IS SAYING IS DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT TESLA HAS PRESENTED TO YOU. ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, MUSK TOLD THE G20. THE ROBOTS WILL START MANUFACTURING THE ROBOTS. HE SAYS THERE WILL BE AT LEAST A BILLION ROBOTS WITHIN TEN YEARS, AND THE BILLION HUMANOID ROBOTS WILL BE MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN ALL HUMANS COMBINED. TESLA DOES NOW USE OPTIMUS ROBOTS IN ITS OWN ITS OWN FACTORIES. HE ALSO SAID THERE WILL COME A POINT WHERE NO JOBS ARE NEEDED. HIS ANSWER TO THAT UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME. YET TESLA SELLS THIS PRODUCT, THIS PROJECT ON JOBS, WHILE ASKING YOU TO SIGN A LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT REQUIRING ONLY 75 JOBS FOR TEN YEARS TO RECEIVE THE FULL BENEFIT OF OVER $100 MILLION. SO WHO ARE YOU GOING TO BELIEVE? I LISTEN TO ELON MUSK A BILLION ROBOTS, NO JOBS, PEOPLE LIVING ON UNIVERSAL INCOME. THIRD, THAT VISION CANNOT BE RECONCILED WITH THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT'S MISSION. YOUR MISSION SAYS WE EQUIP EVERY STUDENT WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE SKILLS TO PURSUE MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES. IS LIVING ON UNIVERSAL INCOME A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY? I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO STOP TECHNOLOGY. YOU CAN'T. I'M ASKING YOU WHY SHOULD A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT SUBSIDIZE THAT VISION? IF ELON MUSK BELIEVES A BILLION ROBOTS ARE THE FUTURE. LET TESLA PAY FOR IT. BECAUSE A SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTING TO SUBSIDIZE THAT FUTURE IS LIKE A BUNCH OF CHICKENS VOTING TO SUBSIDIZE KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JIM. JIM. RUSS AND I AM A BUSINESS OWNER WHO HAS BEEN WORKING HERE IN FORT BEND COUNTY FOR THE PAST ALMOST 40 YEARS AND HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HERE IN FORT BEND COUNTY FOR 25 OF THOSE 40 YEARS, AND JUST WANTED TO COME HERE TONIGHT TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT AND ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO SUPPORT IT AS WELL. NOT ONLY FOR THE JOBS THAT IT'S GOING TO CREATE. THEY'VE MENTIONED 10,000 JOBS, BUT THE RESIDUAL WILL BE FAR MORE JOBS THAN WHAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED. BUT ALSO THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT IT WILL MAKE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE VALUE THAT IT WILL BRING INTO, INTO A REGION THAT NEEDS, THAT CONTINUES TO NEED THAT THAT, THAT VALUE AS IT CONTINUES TO GROW. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO PLEASE SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SUZANNE STEINER LAW. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR EVANS TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS SUSANNE STIEBER LEHR. I'M THE OWNER OF STIEBER INSURANCE GROUP, AN INSURANCE AGENCY WITH LOCATIONS IN RICHMOND AND FULSHEAR.

[1:35:02] I'M A NATIVE OF FORT BEND COUNTY, AND MY FAMILY HAS DONE BUSINESS HERE FOR OVER 43 YEARS AND COUNTING. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE TESLA PROJECT. I WANT TO START WITH A NUMBER THAT HAS BEEN BOTHERING ME. ONLY 22% OF FORT BEND RESIDENTS WORK IN THIS COUNTY. ROUGHLY 65% DRIVE INTO HARRIS COUNTY EVERY MORNING. WE HAVE BUILT BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOODS AND EXCELLENT SCHOOLS, AND THEN WE SEND OUR PEOPLE SOMEWHERE ELSE TO TO EARN A LIVING. EVERY ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES COMMUTES. IS TIME A PARENT ISN'T SPENDING AT A BASE, AT A BALL GAME OR A DINNER TABLE. AS STATED IN THE PRESENTATION PROJECT, CRYSTAL SUN IS APPROXIMATELY $10.1 BILLION IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND ROUGHLY 9712 PERMANENT FULL TIME JOBS AT AT FULL OPERATIONS, WITH AN ESTIMATED ANNUAL PAYROLL NEAR 1.3 BILLION. THIS IS NOT A STORE OPENING. THIS IS AN EMPLOYMENT CENTER, ONE THAT WOULD LIKELY BECOME THE LARGEST PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYER IN THIS COUNTY. AS AN INSURANCE AGENT, I SPEND MY YEAR SITTING ACROSS THE DESK FROM FORT BEND. SMALL BUSINESSES, CONTRACTORS, MACHINE SHOPS, TRUCKING OUTFITS, WELDERS, PLUMBERS. I SEE WHICH ONES ARE GROWING AND WHICH ONES ARE QUIETLY WINDING DOWN, AND THE ONES THAT GROW ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON A LARGE, STEADY CUSTOMER. NEARBY, A MANUFACTURER OF OF THIS SIZE DOESN'T OPERATE ALONE. IT BUYS FROM LOCAL SUPPLIERS AND HIRES LOCAL CONTRACTORS. THIS IS A SCHOOL BOARD. SO LET ME GET TO THE PART THAT MATTERS MOST. TO THOSE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM. MY CLIENTS CANNOT FIND SKILLED YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY NEED WELDERS, ELECTRICIANS, TECHNICIANS, PEOPLE WHO CAN READ A SCHEMATIC AND TROUBLESHOOT A SYSTEM. TODAY, A GRADUATE WHO WANTS THAT CAREER USUALLY HAS TO LEAVE FORT BEND TO FIND IT. WHEN A. WHEN A MAJOR MANUFACTURER IS IN YOUR COMMUNITY, STUDENTS CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE PATHWAY. ROBOTICS, AUTOMATION, ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, QUALITY, LOGISTICS, OPERATIONS. IT STOPS BEING ABSTRACT AND. TO THE PARENTS WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT WATER TRAFFIC, DRAINAGE, AND NOISE. THESE QUESTIONS ARE LEGITIMATE. I SPEND MY WORK LIFE ON RISK. UNDERWRITING IS NOTHING MORE THAN ASKING HARD QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU SIGN. NOBODY IN MY BUSINESS WOULD CALL THAT OPPOSITION. WE'D CALL IT DOING THE WORK. I WANT THE NON-CONFIDENTIAL STUDIES PUBLIC AND THE AGREEMENTS WRITTEN IN PLAIN LANGUAGE. BOTH THINGS CAN BE TRUE AT ONCE. THIS CAN BE AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT CAN STILL GET THE CAREFUL REVIEW IT DESERVES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS DOCTOR J. NEIL. EVANS. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M DOCTOR J. NEIL. I'M ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, SUGAR LAND AND KATY CAMPUSES. AND I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE ROLE HIGHER EDUCATION CAN PLAY IN SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT. FORT BEND COUNTY IS BECOMING A MAJOR TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING CORRIDOR. A PROJECT OF THIS SCALE WILL REINFORCE THE COUNTY'S TRANSITION FROM A HIGH GROWTH RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY INTO A NATIONALLY COMPETITIVE CENTER FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY. HIGHER EDUCATION IS A CRITICAL PART OF MAKING THAT GROWTH SUCCESSFUL. THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, ALONG WITH ITS EDUCATION PARTNERS AND FRIENDS AT TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE, HOUSTON CITY COLLEGE AND WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE CAN HELP ENSURE THAT THE REGION HAS THE ENGINEERS, TECHNICIANS, DATA SPECIALISTS, BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS AND OTHER HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS NEEDED TO SUPPORT ADVANCED MANUFACTURING. THIS CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A TRUE EDUCATION TO EMPLOYMENT PIPELINE. LAMAR CISD, ALONG WITH A FOUR YEAR AND TWO YEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND OTHER REGIONAL PARTNERS, CAN ALIGN ACADEMIC PROGRAMS, INTERNSHIPS, APPRENTICESHIPS, CERTIFICATIONS AND WORK BASED LEARNING WITH THE SKILLS REQUIRED BY TESLA AND ITS SUPPLIERS. THE PROJECT COULD CREATE OPPORTUNITIES WELL BEYOND THE TESLA FACILITY ITSELF. A MAJOR MANUFACTURING OPERATION CAN ATTRACT SUPPLIERS, LOGISTICS COMPANIES, ENGINEERING FIRMS, TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES AND OTHER BUSINESSES, CREATING DEMAND FOR TALENT ACROSS MULTIPLE SECTORS. AND I REALIZE THAT NOT EVERY WORKFORCE NEED REQUIRES A FOUR YEAR DEGREE. HOWEVER, HIGHER EDUCATION CAN PROVIDE CERTIFICATES, SPECIALIZED TRAINING, CONTINUING EDUCATION AND PATHWAYS THAT ALLOW EXISTING WORKERS TO ADVANCE INTO HIGHER SKILLED POSITIONS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT K THROUGH 12 HIGHER EDUCATION AND INDUSTRY. FORT BEND SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE PRODUCING A GROWING TALENT BASE. OUR HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERS CAN HELP CREATE A SEAMLESS PATHWAY FROM HIGH SCHOOL CREDENTIAL OR DEGREE INTERNSHIPS TO EMPLOYMENT.

[1:40:08] THERE'S ALSO A SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH AND INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY. SOLAR MANUFACTURING INTERSECTS WITH MATERIAL SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AUTOMATION, ROBOTICS, ENERGY SYSTEMS, SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING. ALL AREAS WHERE UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY COLLABORATION CAN PRODUCE LONG TERM BENEFITS FROM A HIGHER EDUCATION PERSPECTIVE. THIS IS MORE THAN ABOUT ATTRACTING A MAJOR EMPLOYER. IT'S ABOUT BUILDING THE TALENT AND INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM THAT ALLOWS FORT BEND COUNTY TO COMPETE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES. THANK YOU. OKAY, TRUSTEES, IF THAT TRIGGERED ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, YOU CAN ASK THOSE NOW. ANYBODY? OKAY. I ACTUALLY DO HAVE JUST A FEW. SO MY FIRST ONE WAS, CAN WE EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TAX BREAK AND ABATEMENT AND A PROPERTY VALUE LIMITATION? TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT. YES. SO. A LIMITATION IS VERY MUCH LIKE WHAT WE HAVE HERE. IT'S LIMITING THEIR TAX BASE BASED ON A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE BECAUSE THEY'RE BRINGING SO MUCH REVENUE TO THE STATE. AN ABATEMENT IS, IS BASICALLY WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY IT AT ALL. RIGHT. ONE THING THAT THE STATE HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR ON THROUGH THE CHANGE IN LAW IS THE STATUTE IS, IS THAT DETERMINATION IS MADE BY THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. THE AGREEMENT IS IN STATUTE, SO THERE IS NO CHANGING TO THE AGREEMENT. IT IS BASICALLY A FILLING OUT OF THE AGREEMENT ITSELF. THE STATE HAS ALSO SAID THAT THE STATE WILL FILL IN THE TAX THAT THEY'RE ASKING TESLA TO NOT PAY. SO BASICALLY WHAT THE STATE IS SAYING IS TO ATTRACT A BUSINESS INTO THE STATE WILL TAKE HALF THE TAXES THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PAY. YOU PAY YOUR HALF AND WE'LL DO IT FOR TEN YEARS. AT THE END OF TEN YEARS, WE STOP DOING IT. SO IT'S A WAY FOR THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO ATTRACT BUSINESS INTO OUR STATE. SO ALL THE TAXES ARE PAID. IT'S JUST A PORTION IS PAID BY THE STATE FOR THE FIRST TEN YEARS, AND A PORTION IS PAID BY, IN THIS CASE, TESLA. OKAY. AND THEN SPEAKING OF THE JUST THE STATUTORY COMMITMENTS IN THE JETTY, WHICH THE MINIMUM IS 75 JOBS. THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR SOMEONE ELSE AS WELL. WHAT? THERE'S A PERFORMANCE BOND AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT WHAT IT IS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. BUT WHAT ESSENTIALLY DOES TESLA HAVE TO DO TO TRIGGER THE PERFORMANCE BOND? I'M PROBABLY GOING TO ASK PAM OR ATTORNEY MAYBE IF SHE KNOWS. COME UP TO THE MIC. SORRY. PAM PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. IT MIGHT BE BETTER THAT WE DISCUSS SOME OF THIS IN CLOSED SESSION. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE PERFORMANCE BOND REQUIRES TURNING TO IT, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE ME ON THE SPOT HERE. THE PERFORMANCE BOND DOES REQUIRE THE SPECIFIC NUMBER OF JOBS. IT'S NOT THE 9700 NUMBER THAT TESLA HAS PROVIDED. IT IS THE 75 NUMBER THAT IS THE LIMITED NUMBER THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED, BUT THEY HAVE PRESENTED TO YOU. THE LARGER NUMBER OF WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS ARE. SO THAT IS THE REQUIRED NUMBER. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR YOU. THANK YOU. THE LAST ONE, I GUESS IT'S TWO PARTS. SO ONE TESLA. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE LIGHT POLLUTION, THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE WATER USAGE. HELLO AGAIN. SO AS FAR AS LIGHT POLLUTION IS CONCERNED, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION AS IT RELATES TO EXTERNAL LIGHTING IN TERMS OF HOW THAT SHOULD BE DESIGNED. WE ARE, YOU KNOW, BY NO MEANS AT THIS POINT IN TIME, YOU KNOW, ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE EXACT PLANS, BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL REGULATIONS. YEAH. INFRASTRUCTURE. WELL, SO THE, LET'S SAY BREAKING GROUND IN 2026 WHILE YOU ARE BUILDING OUT THERE, ARE Y'ALL ALSO WORKING ON ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT REGARD? YEAH. SO THERE'S A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BE NEEDED IF THIS SITE IS SELECTED. ROADS ARE CERTAINLY A PART OF THAT TO FACILITATE LOGISTICS AND MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND THINGS.

[1:45:07] THAT IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF EFFORT WILL BE GOING INTO. IF THIS SITE IS SELECTED TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T CREATE MORE PROBLEMS BY MOVING TO THIS LOCATION AND THE WATER USAGE. I KNOW LAST AT THE WORKSHOP, Y'ALL MENTIONED YOU RECYCLE WATER. THERE'S ALL SORTS OF PROTECTIONS YOU HAVE THERE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS IN WHICH WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN REALLY CREATIVE IN REDUCING OUR WATER CONSUMPTION FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. CERTAINLY IN OTHER LOCATIONS OF THE COUNTRY, THERE'S MORE OR LESS WATER AVAILABLE. CERTAINLY WATER IS A CONCERN IN THIS LOCATION AS FAR AS OUR PROCESSES ARE CONCERNED. WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING A SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY THAT WILL RECYCLE A SIGNIFICANT VOLUME OF WATER AND REUSE IT IN THE PROCESS. SO WE WILL MINIMIZE THE REQUIRED MAKEUP WATER TO OUR FACILITY. OKAY. THEN MY LAST QUESTION BECAUSE YOU, YOU WOULD BE PURCHASING THIS PROPERTY FROM THE SIGNORELLI GROUP, WHO IS THE DEVELOPER OF AUSTIN POINT. AND THAT LAND HAS ALREADY BEEN, YOU KNOW, PLATTED FOR A HUGE AUSTIN POINT DEVELOPMENT. YOU TESLA WOULD HAVE SPECIFIC LIGHT POLLUTION RULES, I GUESS. DO YOU KNOW IF THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN. IF THERE ARE ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT A DEVELOPER WOULD HAVE, OR IF IT WOULD END UP BEING ABOUT THE SAME. I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE GROUP. THAT'S FOR THEM TO DETERMINE. BUT YOU KNOW, FOR THE SMALLER PARCEL THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING, ROUGHLY 1600 ACRES HOW THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING OF THE FACILITY WILL BE DESIGNED. WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE MORE ISSUES FROM A LIGHT PERSPECTIVE. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAD. OKAY. THAT'S IT THEN. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:17 P.M.. AND THEN BOARD, WE HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING. AND I THINK AFTER THAT WE'LL TAKE A 5 TO 10 MINUTE BREAK BECAUSE THIS ONE SHOULD BE MUCH SHORTER. SO AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN LAWS REQUIRED BY TEXAS EDUCATION CODE SECTION 39.008 AT 8:17 P.M., AND WE WILL FIRST HAVE A PRESENTATION BY DOCTOR ANDREWS. GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR NIVENS. I WILL SUMMARIZE MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT. TONIGHT I WILL PROVIDE THE OVERVIEW OF SENATE BILL 12 AND THE NEW ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT. THIS PRESENTATION IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH AN OVERVIEW AND THE DISTRICT'S RESPONSIBILITIES, AND THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATION THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU LATER IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA. ACTION ITEM SENATE BILL 12 WAS PASSED DURING THE 89TH TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND FOR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROVISIONS IS THE CREATION OF THE NEW ANNUAL CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. THIS THIS REQUIREMENT UNDER TEXAS EDUCATION CODE SECTION 39.008. SCHOOL DISTRICTS MUST ANNUALLY CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH THE SPECIFIED LAWS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT MUST SUBMIT THIS CERTIFICATION TO T BY SEPTEMBER 30TH. SENATE BILL 12 ALSO INCLUDES PROVISIONS RELATED TO PARENTAL RIGHTS AND STUDENT ACTIVITIES. SPECIFICALLY, THE LEGISLATION RESTRICTS CERTAIN INSTRUCTION AND SUPPORT RELATED TO GENDER IDENTITY, PROHIBITS CERTAIN STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY, AND ESTABLISHES PARENTAL CONSENT REQUIREMENTS FOR ROUTINE HEALTH SERVICES. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF SENATE BILL 12 IS THE PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN DEDE DUTIES UNDER THE LAW. THE DISTRICT MAY NOT ASSIGN D E DUTIES TO ANY PERSON AND MUST PROHIBIT EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS AND VOLUNTEERS FROM ENGAGING IN THOSE DUTIES. THE DISTRICT MUST ALSO MAINTAIN AN APPROPRIATE DISCIPLINE POLICY, WHICH INCLUDES POSSIBILITY OF TERMINATION WHEN AN EMPLOYEE OR CONTRACTOR INTENTIONALLY OR KNOWINGLY ENGAGES IN OR ASSIGNS PROHIBITED DI DUTIES. IN SHORT, EVERYTHING TAUGHT OR DISCUSSED MUST BE REPRESENTED IN THE CURRICULUM. THE LAW PLACES AN AFFIRMATIVE NOTIFICATION RESPONSIBILITY ON THE DISTRICT. WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE EVERY EMPLOYEE WITH A COPY OF THE APPLICABLE DISCIPLINE, POLICY AND PROCEDURE, WHICH WE DID ON AUGUST 17TH, AND OUR ONLINE BOARD POLICIES ARE PUBLISHED THROUGH OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE. THERE ARE SEVERAL BOARD POLICIES CONNECTED TO SENATE BILL 12, AND RATHER THAN READ EACH OF THEM TO YOU TONIGHT, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE SCOPE THESE POLICIES ADDRESS DI DUTIES, CONTRACTED SERVICES, EMPLOYEE STANDARDS OF CONDUCT,

[1:50:07] THE SUPERINTENDENT CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, ALONG WITH EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE OF CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS AND CERTAIN INSTRUCTIONAL PROHIBITIONS. SO COLLECTIVELY, THESE POLICIES PROVIDE THE FRAMEWORK THROUGH WHICH THE DISTRICT WILL IMPLEMENT AND MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS. THIS BRINGS US TO THE PRIMARY REASON FOR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION. EACH YEAR, NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30TH, THE SUPERINTENDENT MUST CERTIFY TO T. THE DISTRICT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, SECTION 39.008. SO BEFORE THE BOARD CAN. BEFORE WE CAN SUBMIT THIS, WE. IT MUST BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD. ONCE APPROVED, THE DISTRICT WILL UPLOAD THE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT TO T, AND T IS REQUIRED TO PUBLICLY POST THAT THEY RECEIVED OUR CERTIFICATION. FINALLY, THERE ARE THREE ACTIONS THAT WE MUST COMPLETE. THE FIRST TWO HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. DOCUMENT EACH EMPLOYER CONTRACT. RECEIVE THE NOTIFICATION VIA EMAIL. SECOND, WE MUST COMPILE A RECORD OF ANY CHANGES, POLICIES OR PROGRAMS, PROCEDURES OR TRAINING IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW, INCLUDING ANY ASSOCIATED COST SAVINGS, WHICH WAS ALSO COMPLETED. FINALLY, TONIGHT, WE MUST PREPARE THE FORMAL CERTIFICATION, BRING IT BEFORE THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL, AND SUBMIT THE APPROVED CERTIFICATION TO TI NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30TH. SO TONIGHT BOARD, WE ARE ASKING TO APPROVE THE DISTRICT'S COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION, WHICH WILL DOCUMENT THE DISTRICT'S ADHERENCE TO THESE REQUIREMENTS AND ALLOW THE CERTIFICATION TO BE SUBMITTED TO TI BY THE SEPTEMBER 30TH DEADLINE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. NO QUESTIONS. YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. OKAY. THEN WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:22 P.M.. THANK YOU, DOCTOR ANDREWS. AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT 510 MINUTE BREAK. I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE IT. I'M NOT GONNA MAKE IT. AND ACTION ITEMS IN MOTION ONLY. YEAH. OH MY GOODNESS. THAT WAS FUNNY. OKAY. WE ARE BACK. IT IS 8:33 P.M. AND WE WILL NOW TAKE ACTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO PULL? YES. I'D LIKE TO PULL TEN E PLEASE. TEN E THE WAIVER. YES. ALL RIGHT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEMS TEN E TRUSTEE. WHICH MAKES THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? TRUSTEE LAMBERT, ANY DISCUSSION? CAN'T VOTE YET. I NOW CALL FOR THE VOTE. TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE ELECTRONICALLY AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEM TEN E. ANYONE. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. TRUSTEE LAMBERT MAKES THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I WILL, I WILL SECOND THE MOTION. MAKES THE SECOND. OKAY. ANY ANY DISCUSSION? YES. I MEAN, DON'T TALK ABOUT IT NOW. OH, OKAY. I JUST HAD ASKED DOCTOR NIVENS. SO THIS IS A IT'S SOMETHING THAT I JUST WANTED YOU TO EXPLAIN IT TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE LARGE CLASSROOMS. I MEAN, NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE. AND I JUST WANTED YOU TO EXPLAIN YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS OR YOUR PROCESS OF HOW YOU. WHEN YOU GET TO A CERTAIN POINT, YOU ADD NEW TEACHERS, YOU ADD NEW CLASSROOMS, YOU CREATE ANOTHER THIRD GRADE CLASSROOM, THAT KIND OF THING, JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS HOW YOU DO THAT. GOOD EVENING. SO BASED ON OUR STAFFING GUIDELINES SPECIFICALLY FOR ELEMENTARY, WE STAFF 22 TO 1 AND ANYTHING OVER 22 IN A CLASS. WE APPLY FOR THE CLASS SIZE WAIVER. ONCE WE GET TO 25 STUDENTS IN THE CLASS, WE THEN BEGIN TO INTERVIEW AND HIRE ANOTHER TEACHER TO PUT INTO THAT CLASSROOM. BUT AS WE GO ON FOR THE LAST 3 TO 4 WEEKS, WE'VE BEEN LEVELING OUR CLASSES AND LOOKING AT MASTER SCHEDULE, SPECIFICALLY IN PRE-K THROUGH FOUR, WHERE THOSE STAFFING GUIDELINES APPLY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CLASSES ARE LEVELED AND HAVE EQUAL AMOUNT OF STUDENTS IN EACH

[1:55:02] CLASSROOM. SO WHEN YOU SAY LEVELING, YOU MEAN THAT IF ONE CLASSROOM DROPS BELOW, YOU MIGHT MOVE A STUDENT TO A DIFFERENT CLASSROOM? CORRECT. WE MAY MOVE A STUDENT OR TEACHER. IF IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE A FULL CLASS OF 22, WE MAY MOVE THAT TEACHER EITHER TO ANOTHER CAMPUS OR TO ANOTHER CLASSROOM SO THEY'RE NOT AS FULL. WITH OVER 22 STUDENTS. OKAY. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL CONSTANTLY MONITOR EVERY DAY. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. IS THERE ONCE IT GOES OVER THE 22 IS THERE ANY RELIEF OR ASSISTANCE THAT'S PROVIDED, SUCH AS AN ADDITIONAL AID. SO THAT'S USUALLY ON THE CAMPUS DECISION. BUT MOST OF OUR CAMPUSES AND PRINCIPALS WORK TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PAIRS OR PROVIDE SOME MORE IN CLASS SUPPORT IN THOSE CLASSROOMS, BUT IT'S BASED ON WHAT THE PRINCIPAL HAS THE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO IN THEIR SCHOOL. OKAY. AND IS THIS MAINLY FOR THOSE K THROUGH FOUR CLASSES, OR AT WHAT POINT IN A HIGH SCHOOL DO WE GET ABOVE THE WAIVER SIZE? SO HIGH SCHOOL DOESN'T HAVE A LIMIT, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR CAMPUSES. MOST OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOMS AT THE MOMENT ARE NOT EXCEEDING. BUT IF THEY DO GO OVER LIKE 32, 33, 34, 35, WE THEN BEGIN TO LOOK AT MASTER SCHEDULE FIRST BEFORE WE ADD AN ADDITIONAL FTE, BECAUSE THAT MAY BE A SCHEDULING ISSUE VERSUS IT MAY BE SOME UNBALANCE SOMEWHERE. SO WE LOOK AT THAT FIRST BEFORE WE ADD AN ADDITIONAL FTE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THAT IT? QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. I WILL NOW CALL FOR THE VOTE. TRUSTEES. YOU HAVE ONE MORE. SORRY. I'M SORRY. HOW LONG DOES THE WAIVER STAY IN PLACE? ONLY FOR ONE YEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU. I WILL NOW CALL FOR THE VOTE. TRUSTEES, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. WE WILL NOW HAVE PRESENTATIONS ON THE FUTURE ACTION ITEMS. ALL TRUSTEES WE HAVE. DOCTOR ANTHONY IS COMING TO THE PODIUM. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT, DOCTOR NIVENS AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES. TONIGHT, I AM HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION PROGRAMING, ENROLLMENT AND REQUEST THE ADDITION OF THE AVANT WORLD LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT TO THE LIST OF THE BOARD APPROVED CREDIT BY EXAM OPTIONS FOR ACCELERATION AND THE LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENT. THIS TABLE PROVIDES A HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT OF HOW MANY STUDENTS SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH IN LAMAR CISD BROKEN OUT BY COLOR TRACK BASED ON THE STUDENT HOME LANGUAGE SURVEY DATA FROM SCHOOL YEAR 2021 22 TO 20 2526. WE ARE STILL COLLECTING ACCURATE DATA FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. AS A SIDE NOTE, STUDENTS WHO REPORT SPEAKING MORE THAN ONE LANGUAGE ARE COUNTED ONCE PER CAMPUS. ALL TRACKS HAVE EXPERIENCED EXPONENTIAL GROWTH, WHICH MEANS THE DISTRICT DATA HAS ALSO SHOWN STEADY GROWTH FROM 6455 STUDENTS IN 2021 TO ROUGHLY 16,000 STUDENTS IN 2020 526. WITH LANGUAGES RISING FROM 72 TO 126. NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TOP TEN LANGUAGES REPORTED BY THE HOME LANGUAGE SURVEY. EVERY FAMILY COMPLETES A HOME LANGUAGE SURVEY AT ENROLLMENT. OF THE NEARLY 50,000 STUDENTS IN LAMAR CISD. THESE ARE THE TOP TEN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH REPORTED AS OF MAY 2026. SPANISH IS LEADING WITH 8400 STUDENTS, FOLLOWED BY VIETNAMESE, ARABIC, URDU AND MANDARIN. IN RESPONSE TO THE PREVIOUS DATA, WE OFFER ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, ONE WAY DUAL LANGUAGE AND WORLD LANGUAGE PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ACADEMIC CONTENT, PROMOTE BILITERACY, AND PREPARE STUDENTS FOR A GLOBAL WORKFORCE. OUR ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR OUR PRE-K THROUGH 12TH GRADE STUDENTS TO ACQUIRE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY. WE ALSO OFFER A ONE WAY DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS ATTAIN FULL ACADEMIC

[2:00:05] PROFICIENCY IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH. WORLD LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION BUILDS SECOND LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY. BEGINNING IN SEVENTH GRADE WITH FRENCH AND SPANISH, SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS ENROLL IN ADVANCED LANGUAGE COURSES AND EARN HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT BEFORE THEY EVEN ENTER NINTH GRADE, GIVING THEM A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON THE TWO LANGUAGE CREDITS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION IN HIGH SCHOOL. LANGUAGE COURSES EXPAND BEYOND FRENCH AND SPANISH. THEY INCLUDE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, WHERE STUDENTS COMPLETE THE TWO LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH CREDITS FOR GRADUATION AND WORK TOWARDS THE GLOBAL SEAL OF BILITERACY. WHY DOES THIS ADDITION EVEN MATTER TO LAMAR C ISD AS A CREDIT BY EXAM OPTION? OUR STUDENTS ARRIVE IN LAMAR ALREADY SPEAKING 126 LANGUAGES. ADDING AVANT ALLOWS US TO VALUE AND HONOR THOSE HOME AND HERITAGE LANGUAGES. A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH IS NO LONGER SOMETHING A STUDENT HAS TO OVERCOME. IT BECOMES AN EARNED CREDIT ON A TRANSCRIPT. BOARD POLICY ALREADY PERMITS CREDIT BY EXAMINATION. AVANT SIMPLY EXPANDS WHAT WE CAN OFFER FROM EIGHT LANGUAGES TO 71. AVANT IS AN ACCURATE COMPUTER ADAPTIVE TESTING SYSTEM ALIGNED WITH STATE STANDARDS THAT ALLOWS US TO AWARD CREDIT FOR LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH, BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY ADJUSTS QUESTION DIFFICULTY BASED ON EACH STUDENT'S ANSWER. IT PREVENTS TEST FATIGUE WHILE ACCURATELY MEASURING, READING, WRITING, LISTENING, AND SPEAKING AT THE NOVICE, INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS. THE DIFFERENCE IS ALSO IN HOW STUDENTS MOVE THROUGH THE EXAM. OUR CURRENT PROCESS IS STEP BY STEP. STUDENTS TAKE ONE SEMESTER AT A TIME WITHIN A SPECIFIC TESTING WINDOW, AND MUST PASS EACH EXAM BEFORE MOVING TO THE NEXT IN THE NEXT TESTING WINDOW. AVANT IS FLUID AND ADAPTIVE. AS SOON AS STUDENTS PASS ONE LEVEL, THE NEXT LEVEL OPENS AUTOMATICALLY. INSTEAD OF BEING LIMITED TO A SINGLE SEMESTER, STUDENTS ARE ASSESSED ACROSS THREE TEST LEVELS AND CAN PROGRESS AT THEIR OWN PACE OF LEARNING WITHOUT PROCEDURAL DELAYS. NOW LET'S REVIEW THE COST. TODAY, WE SPEND APPROXIMATELY 40 TO $80 PER TEST FOR A SINGLE CREDIT BY EXAM THAT'S ORDERED ONE AT A TIME. AVAUNT BRINGS THAT FEE TO TWO. 20 TO $25 PER TEST AND INCLUDES ALL IN ONE FOR A SINGLE PURCHASE FEE. THE AVANT PLATFORM AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTS TO A STUDENT'S REAL TIME PERFORMANCE AND OPENS HIGHER LEVELS OF PROFICIENCY AS STUDENTS ANSWER CORRECTLY. THE SINGLE PURCHASE ALLOWS STUDENTS TO EARN MULTIPLE YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL LANGUAGE CREDIT ON A SINGLE EXAM FEE. LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 369 LANGUAGE TESTS TODAY COST ROUGHLY $12,000 WITH AVANT. THOSE SAME 369 STUDENTS WOULD ONLY NEED 211 TESTS. THESE TESTS WOULD BE AT A LOWER PRICE BECAUSE THE EXAM IS ADAPTIVE. A PROFICIENT STUDENT ADVANCES TO HIGHER LEVEL QUESTIONS ON A SINGLE PURCHASE IN SPANISH TO FURTHER THAT EXAMPLE. IT MEANS ONE TESTS COVERS LEVELS ONE THROUGH THREE, WHERE TODAY WE BUY SIX DIFFERENT EXAMS TO COVER ALL SEMESTERS AND ALL THREE LEVELS, WHICH IS REALLY PURCHASING A SEPARATE EXAM FOR EACH LEVEL AND EACH SEMESTER. FOR THESE REASONS, WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER ADDING A VAUNT TO THE LIST OF BOARD APPROVED CREDIT BY EXAM OPTIONS FOR THE LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH. HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REQUIREMENT. AVANT IS NOT NEW TO TEXAS. THIS IS A PROVEN TOOL WITH A TRACK RECORD ACROSS OUR STATE. WITH THIS ADDITION, WE WOULD BE ALIGNED WITH DISTRICTS WHO HAVE ALREADY VETTED THIS. JUST TAKE A LOOK. AVANCE CREDIT BY EXAM APPROVAL, EXPANDS HOME LANGUAGE EXAMS, OPENS THE DOOR FOR MORE CREDIT BY EXAM OPPORTUNITIES. SUPPORTS ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND PREPARE STUDENTS WHO ARE GLOBALIZED

[2:05:06] WORLD. WITH THE ADDITION OF AVANT, WE ANTICIPATE A SIGNIFICANT SPIKE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR QUALIFYING FOR THE GLOBAL SEAL OF BILITERACY, WHICH WILL BOOST LAMAR ISD'S ACADEMIC PROFILE AND COLLEGE CAREER READINESS ACCOUNTABILITY. I BRING THIS TO YOU TONIGHT AS A FUTURE ACTION ITEM, AND IT DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY ACTION AT THIS TIME. I'LL PAUSE HERE TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR HEAR ANY DISCUSSIONS YOU MAY HAVE. VERY GOOD PRESENTATION AS AVANT AYE IS IT DEVELOPED BY A PRIVATE COMPANY? IS. YES. AVANT IS DEVELOPED BY A PRIVATE COMPANY. OKAY. WOW, THAT WAS PRETTY DRAMATIC. ANSWER, I LIKE THAT. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE T E AYE OFFERS BUY, BUY COST OR FOR FREE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WOULD BE A COMPETITOR OF THIS? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THE ANSWER RELIES ON WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE TODAY, WHICH IS COMPETITIVE BUT NOT COMPETITIVE IN PRICE, WHICH IS THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND TEXAS TECH. THOSE ARE THE TWO COMPANIES SCHOOLS WE WORK WITH NOW FOR OUR CURRENT CREDIT BY EXAM OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO IF WE PAY FOR LAMAR STUDENT TO GET CREDIT, WE PAY MORE MONEY THAN $2,025 TODAY. TODAY. YES, SIR. AND IF THEY DON'T, I'M ASSUMING THEY DON'T OFFER THAT MANY LANGUAGES. 76. EIGHT LANGUAGES TODAY FOR WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. AVANT OPENS THAT TO 71 LANGUAGES. I JUST LOOKED ACTUALLY ONE OF MY SENSES FROM ETHIOPIA AND HIS LANGUAGE IS ON HERE, WHICH I WAS REALLY SURPRISED. SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY COOL. YEAH. SO YOU REMIND ME OF WHEN I WENT TO COLLEGE, I PRIMARILY SPOKE SPANISH, BUT I WAS BILINGUAL. I SPOKE CONVERSATIONAL OR PRIMARILY SPOKE ENGLISH, BUT I WAS FLUENT IN CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH. THE NICE THING WAS THAT I WAS ABLE TO CLEP OUT OF FOUR HOURS OF SPANISH. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS THIS PROGRAM REMINDS ME OF. IS THERE ANY, ANY PARTNERSHIP THAT AVANT PROVIDES THAT ALLOWS OUR STUDENTS NOT ONLY TO QUALIFY FOR, FOR SCHOOL CREDIT K THROUGH 12, BUT ALSO COLLEGE CREDIT, SIMILAR TO A DUAL CREDIT TYPE OF SITUATION. I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THE QUESTION AND THE QUESTION. THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS YES. THAT PARTICULAR EXAM MOVES STUDENTS FORWARD TOWARDS THOSE HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THEIR LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH. IT DOES ALIGN WITH THE GLOBAL SEAL OF BILITERACY PLATFORM. SO STUDENTS ARE EARNING THEIR HIGHER LEVELS IN THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL OF LANGUAGE CLASSES, WHICH THEN GIVES THEM THE GOOD FOOTING FOR THEIR POST-SECONDARY CAREERS OR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITIES. I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING IN THAT WHEN I WHEN I ENTERED COLLEGE, I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE SPEAKING IN SPANISH, I WASN'T SURE IF MY SPANISH WAS REALLY AS GOOD AS IT NEEDED TO BE, BUT FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO CLEP OUT OF FOUR HOURS, AND THAT GAVE ME THE CONFIDENCE TO TAKE SPANISH LANGUAGE CLASSES IN COLLEGE, WHICH WERE SOME OF MY TOUGHEST COURSES. BUT. BUT WHAT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE WAS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW. AND WHEN I ENTERED THE THE MARKET, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT BEING ABLE. BEING BILINGUAL AND HAVING THE ABILITY TO SPEAK SPANISH MAY BE MUCH MORE MARKETABLE. AND I WOUND UP USING SPANISH LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT MY CAREER. I STARTED OUT MY CAREER IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FIELD AND THEN SPENT THE THE NUMEROUS YEARS IN FINANCIAL PLANNING. AND SO, AND, AND EVERY, EVERY CAREER I HAD, THE LANGUAGE HAS ITS NUANCES, ITS TERMINOLOGY, ITS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S INDIGENOUS TO THAT PARTICULAR CAREER. BUT IT WAS A START WITH JUST FOR BEING ABLE TO CLEP OUT OF FOUR HOURS OF SPANISH IN COLLEGE. THAT GAVE ME THE CONFIDENCE THAT I NEEDED TO THRIVE IN MY CAREER. SO I COMMEND YOU FOR FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO OF THE 71 LANGUAGES OR I GUESS 63 ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES, I'M ASSUMING, ARE THOSE COVER LANGUAGES OUR KIDS SPEAK. AND THEN WITH THE. HOWEVER, MANY 126 -71 ARE LEFT. WHAT ARE THEY JUST GOING TO USE WHAT WE'VE BEEN USING? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. AND I'M PROBABLY ALSO ASSUMING THAT THOSE TOP TEN LANGUAGES ARE ALL COVERED BY AVANT PATHWAYS.

[2:10:06] YES. YOUR ASSUMPTION IS CORRECT. AWESOME. HOW HOW ARE THEY PROCTORED. IT'S ALL ONLINE. ARE WE PAYING FOR ANYBODY TO PROCTOR OR. THAT'S ALL INCLUDED? NO, THAT'S A PART OF OUR NORMAL TESTING PROCEDURE THAT WE FOLLOW TODAY FOR THOSE STUDENTS. OKAY. AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? SO WHEN IT'S LIKE, IS IT LIKE TAKING AN AP OR DUAL TEST WHERE YOU SIGN UP AND YOU WE PAY LIKE THE FAMILIES PAY? NO, NO, THIS IS A YEAH, THIS IS A DISTRICT COST THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. I DON'T THINK WE CAN CHARGE FOR CVS, AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE MISS. SONIA COLE-HAMILTON TO DISCUSS RED TRACK NAMING SCHOOLS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR EVANS. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR EVANS. THIS PRESENTATION IS FOR THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON NAMING OF THE RED TRACK SECONDARY SCHOOLS ALONG SPUR TEN. SO TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION PROVIDES A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF LAMAR ISD CAMPUS NAMING AND FACILITY TRANSITIONS. AND THIS PRESENTATION IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A HISTORICAL CONTEXT TO SUPPORT BOARD DISCUSSION REGARDING THE NAMES OF THE NEW RED TRACK SECONDARY SCHOOLS BEING CONSTRUCTED ALONG SPUR TEN. SO I REVIEWED HISTORICAL PRACTICES RELATED TO CAMPUS NAMES. WHEN SCHOOLS HAVE EITHER RELOCATED TO ANOTHER FACILITY, CHANGED GRADE CONFIGURATIONS, BEEN RENAMED, CLOSED OR BEEN DEMOLISHED, OR HAD THEIR FACILITIES REPURPOSED FOR ANOTHER DISTRICT USE. SO OUR CURRENT RED TRACK SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE B OF TERRY HIGH SCHOOL, ALBERT AND MAMIE GEORGE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND JOSE ANTONIO NAVARRO MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS EVENING, TRUSTEES. THE QUESTION POSED BEFORE YOU IS WILL THE NAMES AND IDENTITIES OF THE EXISTING RED TRACK SECONDARY SCHOOLS TRANSFER TO THE NEW FACILITIES ALONG SPUR TEN? SO LAMAR CCSD HAS USED MULTIPLE APPROACHES AND OUR HISTORICAL RECORD REFLECTS THAT. I DO WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO TWO OF OUR RESIDENT HISTORIANS, SCOTT HARTFIELD AND KEVIN MCKEEVER, WHO PROVIDED MUCH OF THE BACKGROUND RESEARCH THAT I'M ABOUT TO SHARE THIS EVENING. AND I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE AS OLD AS THE FACILITIES, BUT I AM SAYING THEY ARE A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING LAMAR'S ISD BUILDING HISTORY. SO IN TALKING TO THEM, I'VE LEARNED THAT WE'VE USED MULTIPLE APPROACHES AND THEY FALL IN FOUR BUCKETS. THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHEN THE NAME HAS FOLLOWED THE SCHOOL. THERE'S BEEN TIME WHEN THE BUILDING HAS CHANGED NAMES. THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHEN THE BUILDING CHANGED GRADE CONFIGURATIONS, AND WE'VE HAD OPPORTUNITIES WHERE A NAME HAS BEEN RETIRED. SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT INSTANCES IN WHICH THE NAME FOLLOWED THE SCHOOL. SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT LAMAR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. IN 1950, LAMAR JUNIOR HIGH STARTED OPERATING IN THE OLD ROSENBERG HIGH SCHOOL. IN 1958, STUDENTS MOVED INTO WHAT'S NOW THE CURRENT LAMAR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE NAME MOVED WITH THE STUDENTS. IN 1973, A NEW CAMPUS WAS CONSTRUCTED AND STUDENTS MOVED INTO WHAT IS NOW CURRENTLY GEORGE JUNIOR HIGH BUILDING. WHEN THEY MOVED. THAT WAS CALLED LAMAR JUNIOR HIGH. THE NAME MOVED AS WELL, AND IN 1980, WHEN TERRY HIGH SCHOOL OPENED AND IT NEEDED A JUNIOR HIGH, THAT JUNIOR HIGH SPLIT. SO THAT BUILDING BECAME GEORGE JUNIOR HIGH AND LAMAR JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS WENT BACK TO THE BUILDING IN 1958, AND THE. AND THE NAME WENT WITH THEM. SO LET'S LOOK AT AN EXAMPLE WHEN. OKAY, LET'S LOOK AT AN EXAMPLE. WHEN THE BUILDING HAD MULTIPLE. THERE WE GO. MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONS. SO WE'VE GOT JACKSON, WHICH WENT FROM A HIGH SCHOOL TO A MIDDLE SCHOOL TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SAME FACILITY KEPT ITS NAME. NAVARRO WAS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND NOW IT'S A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND KEPT ITS NAME. AND BEASLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS NOW A SPECIALIZED CAMPUS. AND IT ALSO KEPT ITS NAME. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT AN EXAMPLE IN WHICH THE BUILDING NAME WAS RETIRED. SO, CROCKETT, IT USED TO BE CROCKETT MIDDLE SCHOOL IN 1957, BUT IT IS NOW THE SEGUIN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER. AND THAT SCHOOL NAME WAS RETIRED. AND LASTLY, WE'LL LOOK AT AN EXAMPLE. ANOTHER EXAMPLE. WHEN A SCHOOL NAME WAS RETIRED, ROBERT E LEE SCHOOL WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED IN 1918. IT WAS DEMOLISHED AND THE NAME WAS NOT TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER SCHOOL. LAMAR CSD CAMPUS. SO OVERALL, THAT WAS A HISTORICAL LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES THAT PREVIOUS BOARDS HAVE TAKEN REGARDING NAMING CAMPUSES. SO WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE HISTORY IS THAT NAME, SOMETIMES A FOLLOWED SCHOOL, SOMETIMES BUILDINGS HAVE CHANGED IDENTITY AND USES AND SOMETIMES NAMES HAVE SIMPLY BEEN RETIRED. SO TONIGHT THIS EVENING BOARD, THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS TO CONSIDER. AND THAT IS NUMBER ONE. DO YOU TRANSFER THE EXISTING NAMES TO THE NEW SPUR TEN FACILITIES OR OPTION TWO,

[2:15:02] DO YOU CONSIDER A NEW NAME FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE FACILITIES? BUT BOARD THIS IS A FUTURE ACTION ITEM SO NO ACTIONS NEEDED TONIGHT. HOWEVER, THOSE ARE THE OPTIONS THAT PERHAPS COULD BE PRESENTED BEFORE YOU. WELL, DARN, BECAUSE I WAS HOPING FOR A CLEAR ANSWER IN THE HISTORY OF OF OF THAT PRESENTATION. BUT IT'S REALLY MUDDIED. BUT THANK YOU FOR FOR COLLECTING THAT. AND THANK YOU, GOOD SIRS, FOR FOR PROVIDING THE ADMINISTRATION WITH THAT. I KNOW THAT I MENTIONED THIS IDEA LAST MONTH. I KNOW I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE ON THE BOARD THAT WANTED TO BE ABLE TO PUBLICLY DISCUSS IT. SO I MEAN, I HAVE A FEW THOUGHTS. NOTHING SOLID ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, BUT I WANT TO PAUSE AND GIVE THE FLOOR TO MY SIX COLLEAGUES. AND ANYBODY WANT TO SHARE ANY THOUGHTS OF WHAT YOU'RE THINKING RIGHT NOW? TO BE HONEST, THIS IDEA NEVER CROSSED MY MIND. I THINK WE WERE PRESENTED WITH THIS IS THE NEW TERRY HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE ALL JUST KIND OF WENT WITH IT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT WAS GIVEN TO US BACK IN THE BOND LANGUAGE. AND I THINK ABOUT IT, AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY AND AND MY HUSBAND'S FAMILY IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR ORIGINAL SCHOOLS LIKE LAMAR AND TERRY, THERE'S A LOT OF JUST EMOTION THAT COMES WITH THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I ALSO KNOW BEING PRODUCT OF FORT BEND AND, AND KNOWING SCHOOLS THAT ARE GETTING TORN DOWN, IF YOU WERE TO TEAR DOWN MY HIGH SCHOOL, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T CARE. BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY ATTACHED TO THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DAYS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO KNOW FOR CERTAIN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH TERRY, BECAUSE IT COULD BE THE BF TERRY THIS OR THE BF TERRY THAT. AND ARE WE TRULY BUILDING TERRY HIGH SCHOOL? I DON'T THINK WE ARE. WE'RE BUILDING A NEW HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE RED TRACK. WE'RE NOT REBUILDING TERRY. WE'RE NOT RE. IT DOESN'T REALLY FIT IN A MOLD. AND I THINK IT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THESE THINGS HAPPEN. AND I THINK IT'S ALSO PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN WITH LAMAR. THERE'S A POSSIBILITY IT AND COULD HAPPEN WITH FOSTER. AND WHEN WE DO TEAR DOWN A CAMPUS AND WE REBUILD A CAMPUS FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THAT POPULATION. DOES THE NAME HAVE TO STAY THE SAME? I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK IT'S A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR A NEW SCHOOL TO DEVELOP. SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. I WAS THINKING ABOUT KIND OF THE SAME LANE THAT YOU'RE IN. I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN MY AS A FAMILY, YOU PACK UP AND YOU MOVE TO A NEW HOUSE. HOW THE FAMILY DYNAMIC. IT'S STILL THE SAME FAMILY, BUT THE DYNAMICS CHANGE WITH THE FAMILY. SO I THINK AS WE'RE MOVING OUT TO A BRAND NEW BIG HOUSE AND WE'RE COMBINING A LOT OF FAMILIES, THAT DYNAMIC IS GOING TO CHANGE. THE POPULATION IS GOING TO CHANGE. I THINK WHENEVER WE GET TO THAT POINT OF OPENING THAT CAMPUS WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO RE ZONE THE MAJORITY OF CAMPUSES. RIGHT. DOCTOR EVANS. YES, SIR. SO ALL THE BOUNDARIES WILL PROBABLY CHANGE. SO WHENEVER WE OPEN UP THAT CAMPUS, THERE WILL BE KIDS GOING WITH KIDS THAT DIDN'T GO TO TERRY AT THAT NEW CAMPUS. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING UP THE, EVEN THE CONVERSATION OF LIKE, OH, WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT OR HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS? AND SO IT'S SOMETHING GOOD TO THINK ABOUT. AND ONE OF THE THOUGHTS I WAS HAVING, YOU KNOW I LIVE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN LAMAR AND TERRY AND, BUT MY HOUSE IS ZONED TO TERRY. BUT IT'S TECHNICALLY SMIDGET CLOSER TO LAMAR. SO KIDS THAT LIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WILL MOST LIKELY GO TO LAMAR AND NOT TO THE NEW TERRY CAMPUS. AND SO WHEN THAT REZONING HAPPENS AND WE'RE SAYING WE'RE BUILDING A NEW TERRY, THOSE STUDENTS THAT WENT TO TERRY AREN'T GOING TO GO TO TERRY ANYMORE. THEY'LL GO TO LAMAR, WHICH WOULD BE AT. AND SO WHEN WE DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE CURRENT TERRY CAMPUS, IT'S LIKE ALL THAT IS STILL UP IN THE AIR. AND SO I AGREE WITH YOU. IT'S AND WE'RE NOT TEARING IT DOWN. WE'RE NOT DEMOING IT. WE'RE GOING TO REPURPOSE IT AND WE'RE NOT SELLING IT LIKE THAT. SO BUT YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND SO MY THOUGHTS WERE AT FIRST LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THE STUDENTS THAT WILL BE ZONED OR THE FAMILIES THAT WILL BE ZONED TO THAT. AND WE KNOW THAT EVEN KINDERGARTEN PARENTS RIGHT NOW, THOSE KIDS THAT LIVE OUT IN BEASLEY KENDLETON. AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THAT AREA IS EXPLODING IN GROWTH OUT THERE. SO THERE'S THE KIDS THAT WILL GO TO THAT CAMPUS DON'T EVEN LIVE THERE YET. SO THERE'S A LOT THAT WE DON'T KNOW, BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP AND BRINGING THE DISCUSSION.

[2:20:08] I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY. I AM ALSO A PRODUCT OF FORT BEND, AND THEY ARE TEARING DOWN MY HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY'RE REBUILDING IT. AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT. WELL, I CONCUR WITH TRUSTEE HENDERSON THAT IT'S A NEW OPPORTUNITY. IT'S IT'S WORTH WORTH THINKING THROUGH. OUR DAUGHTERS ARE BOTH GRADUATES OF TERRY HIGH SCHOOL, SO I UNDERSTAND THE EMOTION. YOU ARE CORRECT. THERE'S THERE'S EMOTION TIED TO THE SCHOOL. I APPRECIATE TRUSTEE WELCH BRINGING THE ISSUE UP AND, AND I CONCUR THAT THAT WE SHOULD HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE VERY WELL IS THAT WE'VE RECENTLY IS, IS APPOINTED COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR A POINT TO CONSIDER US NAMES AND MASCOTS AND SO FORTH. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT I'D LIKE TO, TO CONSIDER IS BRINGING TOGETHER A COMMUNITY OF A COMMITTEE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND HEARING WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THEIR, IT'S THEIR SCHOOL. AND IN FACT, I MEAN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE'RE ALREADY CALLING THE NEW TERRY. NEW TERRY? AN OLD TERRY. OLD TERRY. YOU KNOW, THIS NAME IS STARTING TO CHANGE THE NOMENCLATURE AS WE AS WE EVOLVE. BUT THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS, ON THIS MATTER. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO PROCEEDING WITH THE PROCESS. YEAH, I THINK I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN TERRY FOR 46 YEARS. AND SO I THINK THE NAME AND ALL THAT BELONGS TO THOSE STUDENTS AND THE ALUMNI. BUT I DO REALIZE THAT'S GOING TO SHIFT ONCE WE HAVE REZONING. BUT WOULD THERE BE A WAY TO SEND OUT A COMMUNITY SURVEY FOR US TO GET THIS STARTED? OR HOW WOULD WE DO THAT? YES, MA'AM. SO WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A PROTOCOL IN PLACE ALREADY FOR THESE ACTIONS. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S NOT HARD TO DO AT ALL. WE CAN DO THAT. SO I'LL TALK TO MY CABINET TEAM. WE CAN FIGURE OUT A TIMELINE AND THEN I CAN LET BOARD PRESIDENT KNOW, AND I CAN LET THE BOARD KNOW AND UPDATE AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. SOUNDS GOOD. WELL, I ATTENDED DULLES HIGH SCHOOL IN OUR NEIGHBORING FORT BEND ISD, WHICH IS ONE OF THE OLDEST SCHOOLS IN THE GENERAL AREA. AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT IF THAT'S AN OLD BUILDING WAS BUILT IN THE 50S. AND I KNOW OUR LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL IS EVEN OLDER THAN THAT. BUT IF THAT DISTRICT DECIDED TO TEAR THAT DOWN AND BUILD THE QUOTE UNQUOTE, NEW JOHN FOSTER DULLES HIGH SCHOOL THREE MILES AWAY, TO ME, IT WOULD BE NO SENTIMENTAL VALUE IN THAT NAME. IT WOULD BE LIKE, I'M A DULLES GRADUATE, DANG IT. AND I WOULD I WOULD HAVE THAT AFFINITY ALONG WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT I SEE ONLINE AND YOU KNOW, FORMER GRADUATES AS WELL. HERE'S, HERE'S MY IDEA. AND THIS IS NOT ORIGINAL. THIS IS JUST KIND OF COME ABOUT AS, AS I'VE HEARD BANTERING IN THIS BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND DIFFERENT THINGS OVER THE YEARS. WHEN THAT BUILDING OPENS, THE NEW BUILDING OFFICE, BURTON. THE. THE RED TRACK WILL BE REZONED THERE. AND THERE IS TALK. IT'S NOTHING IN STONE YET. THERE'S TALK ABOUT DOING SOMETHING TO THE BLUE TRACK AS WE'VE. AS WE'VE ACKNOWLEDGED, IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, THE BEST CASE SCENARIO THAT I'VE HEARD PITCHED IS TO MOVE THE BLUE TRACK STUDENTS TEMPORARILY INTO THE CURRENT PHYSICAL BUILDING THAT IS CALLED TERRY HIGH SCHOOL. UNTIL SOMETHING COULD BE BUILT TO MOVE THE KIDS BACK TO LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL. IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, WE WOULD NEED THE JUNIOR HIGH AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IF THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE PROPOSED BOND AS WELL. MY IDEA WOULD BE TO AND THEN LONGER TERM, WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE CURRENT BUILDING OF, OF TERRY. BUT WHAT WE COULD DO IS, JUST LIKE WE DID WITH BEASLEY ELEMENTARY, WE REPURPOSED THE SCHOOL. WE GAVE IT A NEW PURPOSE, BUT WE KEPT THE NAME ON IT. WHAT WE COULD DO IS SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO RENAME IT TO THE FINE ARTS HIGH SCHOOL AT TERRY SQUARE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE COULD LOOK AT THE WHOLE GEOGRAPHIC AREA. IT'S MORE OF A RECTANGLE THAN A SQUARE. YOU KNOW, WE COULD WE COULD LEAVE THAT NAME FOR THE PURPOSE OF LEGACY. AND THOSE FOLKS WHO REALLY HAVE AN AFFINITY FOR IT. OR IT COULD JUST BE DROPPED IN THE FUTURE, BUT THAT I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO MAKE THAT DECISION NOW OR NOT, BUT THE BUILDING OF NAVARRO AND THE BUILDING OF GEORGE JUNIOR HIGH, WE'VE NOT EVEN TALKED ABOUT THOSE. AND THEY WERE A PART OF THE BOND. AND WE'VE ALL ASSUMED, AND THIS IS WHY I BROUGHT THIS UP, BECAUSE IN ALL THE LANGUAGE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS PRINTING AND THE ARCHITECTS, THEY'RE CALLING IT THE QUOTE UNQUOTE, NEW TERRY HIGH SCHOOL.

[2:25:05] AND I KEEP THINKING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT ON THE SIGN THE WORD NEW. AND SO AT WHAT POINT ARE WE GOING TO STOP DOING THAT? AND SO THAT'S WHY I THINK WE NEED TO WE NEED TO MAKE THIS DECISION AND CHANGE IT, OR WE JUST NEED TO GO WITH IT AND SAY, YES, THAT'S GOING TO BE TERRY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE FUTURE. SO I KIND OF LEAN TOWARDS GIVING NEW NAMES TO THOSE SCHOOLS ON THE RED ON SPUR TEN AND LEAVING THE CURRENT NAMES ON THE CURRENT BUILDINGS, NO MATTER WHAT THEY COULD BE IN THE FUTURE, LIKE A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER FOR STAFF, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S KIND OF I'M NOT SOLD, I'M NOT 100% IN THAT, IN THAT OPINION, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I LEAN TOWARDS. I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND AGREE THAT, THAT WITH YOU, THAT THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER THE NEW NAMES FOR THE NEW FACILITIES AND, AND WITH RESPECT TO THE OLD FACILITIES. I KNOW A LOT OF TERRY GRADUATES AND UNDERSTAND THAT THAT THEY, THEY, THEY FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THE DISTRICT IS EVOLVING AND THE, THE NAME CHANGE COULD AND MAY, MAY LIKELY TAKE PLACE. BY THE SAME TOKEN, IF, IF OUR VISION IS TO COMBINE THE STUDENTS FROM LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL OVER TO THE TERRY BUILDING. I THINK WE SHOULD RESPECT THE FACT THAT THE. ALL WHILE. WHILE WE ANTICIPATE IT WILL BE TEMPORARY, WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S LAMAR TERRY, BECAUSE I. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE THEY'RE BEING PULLED OUT OF LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL AND MOVED INTO TERRY HIGH SCHOOL IS SORT OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, TELLING TEXAS YOU'RE GOING TO OHIO STATE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN GET USED TO IT. YOU KNOW, SO, SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE, THE RIVALRY, THERE'S THE LONG STANDING YOU KNOW, CULTURES AND SO FORTH. I JUST THINK THAT THAT MOVING ON FROM, FROM FROM THE, THE CURRENT NAMING OF THE SCHOOL IS NOT A BAD IDEA. IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE, WHERE WE CAN AND SHOULD CONSIDER SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. SO I COULD DEFINITELY TO YOUR POINT, SUPPORT THE IDEA OF JUST RENAMING IT CONSISTENT WITH, WITH THE, THE REPURPOSE INITIATIVE OF THAT PARTICULAR FACILITY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YES. BUT WE WOULD STILL KEEP IT AS RED TRACK. YEAH. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO IS IT PREMATURE TO CHANGE IT FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION TO COMPLEX NUMBER NINE, INSTEAD OF CALLING IT THE NEW TERRY UNTIL WE DECIDE THAT OR THE NEW RED TRACK. RIGHT? ALL THREE SCHOOLS WILL BE BUILT ON THAT PROPERTY. ON THAT PROPERTY, IT WILL BE THE ENTIRE SECONDARY COMPLEX. SO YEAH, THE NEW RED TRACK. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHTY. ANYBODY ELSE? DID YOU GET THE ANSWER? YEAH. OKAY. JUST TO DROP, DROP, DROP NEW TERRY AND CALL IT THE NEW RED TRUCK. YEAH. DO THAT TONIGHT. WE DON'T. WE WOULDN'T NEED TO. THAT'S NOT FOR ME TO DO. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. IS THAT IT ON THAT ONE? OKAY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEES. NEXT WE HAVE DOCTOR WAITS. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU DOCTOR. GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR. TONIGHT WE HAVE OUR K12 PARTNERS HERE. THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT OUR PILOT, WE HAVE DOCTOR DANIEL AND MISS NELSON TO THE PODIUM, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THEM. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR EVANS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS PERRY DANIEL, A LONG STANDING EDUCATOR FROM LOUISIANA. BUT COMING TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT K-12 AND HOW MY COLLEAGUE HERE WITH ME, MISS ELIZABETH NELSON. MOVE THE MIC A LITTLE BIT HERE. I'M ELIZABETH NELSON, I'M ALSO WITH K-12. I AM A FORMER TEXAS RESIDENT. I LIVED IN BANDERA FOR SEVEN YEARS. MY BOYS GRADUATED FROM THERE. I HAD A GRANDSON IN ARIZONA, SO WE MOVED BACK. I'M A CERTIFIED ADMINISTRATOR STILL IN TEXAS, THOUGH, AND I DID RUN VIRTUAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS HERE FOR A FEW YEARS. SO I KNOW TEXAS, TEXAS VIRTUAL PUBLIC SCHOOL VERY, VERY WELL. SO HAPPY TO BE HERE TO TALK TO YOU. TONIGHT, WE WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT WITH YOU ABOUT K 12,

[2:30:03] THE COMPANY THAT WE'RE REPRESENTING, AND WHY WE THINK WE COULD BE A GOOD PARTNER TO WORK WITH YOU. WE'RE GOING TO STRUGGLE TO TRY TO STAND IN FRONT OF THE MIC AND LEAN DOWN SO EVERYBODY CAN HEAR ME OR SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER. ONE OF THE TWO K 12. WELL, K 12 HAS BEEN IN THE BUSINESS OF ONLINE SCHOOLS FOR OVER 25 YEARS. FOR 2526 SCHOOL YEAR, WE SERVED OVER 235,000 STUDENTS. AND JUST WANT TO HIT A FEW KEY POINTS ABOUT OUR COMPANY. WE'RE ACCREDITED BY COGNIA HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ENROLLED IN VIRTUAL SCHOOLS, WE SERVE ABOUT 75% OF THOSE STUDENTS. BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE DO AT K 12, THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ENROLLED IN OUR PROGRAMS. EACH STUDENT HAS WHAT WE WOULD CALL A LEARNING COACH. AND THAT'S SOMEONE THAT SAYS, I'M COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING A STUDENT IN ONLINE EDUCATION. AND WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE SERVE AND PREPARE THOSE LEARNING COACHES WITH TRAINING, SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO THE BEST THEY CAN TO SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS IN THE ONLINE SETTING. WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE ENROLLED WITH PARTICULARLY START IN ELEMENTARY, THAT THEY'RE ALSO GETTING NOT ONLY THE ONLINE COMPONENT, BUT THEY'RE SHIPPED A LOT OF MATERIALS TO HELP THEM TO PROCESS THEIR EDUCATION. A LOT OF WORKBOOKS, ART MATERIALS, ANY THINGS THAT THEY MAY USE FOR SCIENCE PROJECTS OR TACTILES FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS TO HELP THEM WITH PROCESSING MATH AND ANY ADDITIONAL LITERATURE BOOKS AS WELL FOR THEIR ELA. NEXT, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU WHO ARE THE STUDENTS THAT WE'RE SERVING IN K-12. AS YOU CAN SEE, ALMOST 40,000 STUDENTS, THAT OF OUR 235,000 STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE ARE SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, RANGING A LITTLE HIGHER THAN MOST DISTRICTS. THAT'S ABOUT 17% OF THE POPULATION THAT WE SERVE. 66% OF THOSE STUDENTS COME TO US BELOW GRADE LEVEL, AND THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME PROVIDING INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTING THOSE STUDENTS. A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS AS WELL, ABOUT 63%. ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THAT PARENTS ARE CHOOSING THE ONLINE SETTING, AND WHAT WE FOUND THAT ARE CHOOSING K12, IS BECAUSE OF THE FLEXIBILITY THAT OUR SYSTEM PROVIDES FOR STUDENTS. NOW, THAT FLEXIBILITY DOESN'T COME WITH JUST BEING ABLE TO DO IT WHEN YOU WANT TO. THERE'S BILL, WE HAVE WE HAVE A SCHEDULE FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE MAKE SURE WE DO IS THAT EACH ONE OF OUR COURSES IN OUR LIVE CLASSES ARE RECORDED. WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE THAT MAY HAVE MEDICAL ISSUES. WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE TRAINING TO BE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES. WE HAVE ACTORS, ACTRESSES THAT ARE ENROLLED IN OUR PROGRAM, AND THAT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THEM. THEY'RE ABLE TO GO BACK AND WATCH ANY CLASSES THAT THEY MAY HAVE MISSED WHILE THEY'RE DOING ANY TRAINING, DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO THE FLEXIBILITY REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE. NOW, WHAT IS THIS? WHAT'S THE COST FOR THIS? WELL, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IN ANY OF OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR SCHOOLS IN, IN TEXAS OR AROUND THE COUNTRY, PROVIDE AN OVERSIGHT FEE FOR THE DISTRICT WHERE NECESSARY, SALARIES FOR AGREED UPON POSITIONS THAT THE DISTRICT MAY HIRE TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM. AND WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO INITIAL COST TO THE DISTRICT. SO THAT MEANS THAT K-12 WILL FRONT ALL THE UP, TAKE CARE OF ALL THE UPFRONT COSTS FOR THE PROGRAM AS IT GETS STARTED. A LITTLE BIT OF A HEIGHT DIFFERENCE. ALL RIGHT. SO HOW DOES THIS WORK? SO PARTNERING WITH K12 ALLOWS LAMAR CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO EXPAND CHOICE FOR FAMILIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND FOR STUDENTS STATEWIDE WITHIN STATEWIDE IN TEXAS. IT ALLOWS YOU TO GROW ENROLLMENTS WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU GET TO GROW REVENUE FOR YOUR DISTRICT. IT ALLOWS YOU TO DO IT WITH MINIMAL FINANCIAL RISK. SO WHAT IS K12? DO WE MANAGE THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL? WE PROVIDE THE UPFRONT FUNDING. WE REQUIRE NO DISTRICT INVESTMENT IN THIS. AND WE ALSO FUND DISTRICT POSITIONS. SO THOSE DISTRICT POSITIONS WHICH BECOME REALLY NECESSARY ARE A TEAM SCORE. AYE. SORRY NOT TEAMS COORDINATOR A TEAMS CLERK. WE WE PAY FOR A TEAMS CLERK. THAT'S A DISTRICT POSITION, BUT THEY'RE DEDICATED TO THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL.

[2:35:05] WE PAY FOR ONE FOR EVERY 1500 STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. AND THEN WE ALSO PAY FOR VIRTUAL SCHOOL COORDINATOR. AND THAT PERSON WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL FOR ALL THE OVERSIGHT. WE INVITE THEM INTO EVERYTHING. WE SHOW YOU HOW TO WORK EVERYTHING. WE INVITE THEM INTO THE CLASS SESSIONS, STAFF MEETINGS, ANYTHING YOU WANT. WE INVITE YOU IN. AND BECAUSE OF ALL OF THIS, WE DO, WE DO ASK FOR A MULTI YEAR COMMITMENT BECAUSE WE'RE STANDING UP EVERYTHING. WE WANT TO HIRE HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS AND THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE AROUND. SO OUR AIM IN TERMS OF STAFFING AND WHO DOES WHAT. OUR AIM IS TO HAVE A TRUE PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU. SO AGAIN, THE DISTRICT PROVIDES THE OVERSIGHT OF THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL. THEY PROVIDE OVERSIGHT OF THEIR STAFF POSITIONS THAT WE'RE FUNDING. WE AGAIN, MANAGE ALL OF THOSE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS. WE HIRE THE TEACHERS, WE TRAIN THEM, WE TRAIN THEM HOW TO BE VIRTUAL TEACHERS. WE ONLY HIRE TEXAS CERTIFIED TEACHERS. WE MARKET, WE ENROLL, WE HANDLE ALL OF THE COMPLIANCE DOCUMENTS. WE HANDLE ALL OF THE SPECIAL PROGRAMS NEEDS FOR ALL THE STUDENTS, THE SPECIAL EDUCATION 500 FOR GIFTED, TALENTED, EMERGENT BILINGUAL. WE HANDLE ALL OF THAT. STUDENTS, STUDENTS WORK FROM THEIR HOMES. THEY HAVE THE LEARNING COACH AS, AS DOCTOR DANIEL TALKED ABOUT LEARNING COACH IS IS, IS PART OF THE STUDENTS, TYPICALLY THEIR FAMILY. IT'S USUALLY A PARENT, AN AUNT OR AN UNCLE, GRANDMA, GRANDPA, BUT WE DO A LOT OF ONBOARDING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO HELP THEIR CHILD. THEY KNOW THAT THE STUDENTS DO HAVE ORIENTATION, THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO TO SCHOOL EFFECTIVELY. STUDENTS DO ATTEND LIVE CLASS SESSIONS EVERY DAY. THEY HAVE ONLINE COURSEWORK TO COMPLETE AS WELL AS THEIR OFFLINE COURSEWORK. THEY DO COME IN PERSON FOR MONTHLY OUTINGS. THEY COME IN PERSON FOR STATE TESTING. TEA IS RELEASING REGULATIONS THIS MONTH FOR SOME REMOTE TESTING. AND SO WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT THAT WILL OFFER SOME GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. STATE TESTING IS A BIG DEAL FOR US TO BRING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS IN. LAST YEAR WE HAD 48,000 STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE. SO THAT WAS A LOT TO MANAGE STATEWIDE. OKAY. LET'S SEE. SO STUDENT ENROLLMENT EXPECTATIONS, WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING IN THE STATE SINCE 2006. AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF SCHOOLS VIRTUAL SCHOOLS THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION SCHOOLS, THOSE TEND TO BE OUR LARGER SCHOOLS. AS DOCTOR DANIEL SAID, 66% OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING TO US ARE COMING TO US GRADE LEVELS BEHIND. AND SO IT MAKES SENSE THAT OUR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION SCHOOLS, WHICH ARE OUR AT RISK STUDENTS, ARE GOING TO BE OUR LARGER SCHOOLS. WE ALSO OPERATE VIRTUAL SCHOOLS WITH CRITERIA, ENROLLMENT CRITERIA THAT WOULD BE ACADEMIC ATTENDANCE AND DISCIPLINE CRITERIA. AND SO IN MEETINGS WITH, WITH YOUR ADMINISTRATORS, WHAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED FOR PRELIMINARY PROGRAMS PILOTS ARE TWO DIFFERENT, TWO DIFFERENT ONES LAUNCHING AT TWO DIFFERENT TIMES. THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE A VIRTUAL PROGRAM LAUNCHING BY THE END OF THE MONTH, WHICH IS VERY, VERY QUICK. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS SENATE BILL 569 ALLOWED FOR TWO DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO VIRTUAL, WHICH I THINK YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH BECAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY DOING A HYBRID, A HYBRID PILOT. BUT IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR THAT VIRTUAL CAMPUS AND HAVE A SEPARATE CAMPUS ID FOR NEXT YEAR, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A 12 WEEK PILOT. AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THE 12 WEEKS DONE BEFORE THE APPLICATION IS DUE, WHICH I HAVE THE TIMELINES ON THE NEXT SCREEN, BUT THE APPLICATION IS DUE FEBRUARY 5TH. SO WE'VE GOT TO GET THE TIMELINE DONE OF THE PILOT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO WRITE ABOUT IT AND GET THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED. AND SO THAT WOULD BE IT'S GOT A GOAL OF 200 STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE AND TEN WITH ACADEMIC ATTENDANCE AND DISCIPLINE CRITERIA FOR ENROLLMENT. I'VE TALKED TO OUR ENROLLMENT TEAM THIS WEEK. WE PROBABLY WON'T HAVE 200 STUDENTS READY AT THE END OF THE MONTH, PROBABLY ABOUT 30 TO 50. AND THEN WE WOULD CONTINUE TO ENROLL STUDENTS IN PROBABLY WEEKLY OR BIWEEKLY. ONCE WE FILL UP THE BUCKET TO 200. AND THEN THE SECOND PROGRAM THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IS LAUNCHING AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER. AND THAT WOULD BE WELL, WE HAVE ABOUT 2000 STUDENTS RIGHT NOW IN ELEMENTARY GRADES, JUST SITTING ON A WAITLIST RIGHT NOW THAT JUST DON'T HAVE SEATS AVAILABLE IN OUR OTHER SCHOOLS. AND SO THAT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM.

[2:40:09] THERE'S A LOT OF DATES ON HERE, SO I'M NOT GOING TO RUN THROUGH ALL OF THEM. JUST THE IMPORTANT ONES TO KNOW ARE THE ONES THAT I ALREADY MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE TO MEET THAT 12 WEEK PILOT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE CAMPUS APPLICATION. OUR TEAM ACTUALLY DOES APPLICATIONS. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLKS ON OUR TEAM THAT THAT IS WHAT THEY DO. SO THE, THE BRUNT OF THE WORKLOAD FOR WRITING THE APPLICATION WOULD ACTUALLY FALL ON OUR TEAM AND NOT THE, NOT THE DISTRICT. THAT'S THE MAIN, THAT'S THE MAIN GIST OF THIS ONE. I WON'T QUIZ YOU. AND THEN FINALLY, JUST COMING BACK TO STUDENTS, I JUST WANTED TO OFFER A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE DO WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. WE KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY. I DIDN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT MILITARY HERE, BUT FOR CTE, WE DO OFFER 23 DIFFERENT CTE PATHWAYS IN OUR VIRTUAL SCHOOLS. THEY DO HAVE CERTIFICATION AVAILABILITY, INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS AND INTERNSHIPS. FOR OUR ADVANCED LEARNERS. WE DO HAVE DUAL CREDIT VIA KILGORE COLLEGE. WE ALSO HAVE HAD STUDENTS THAT WANT TO GO IN PERSON FOR DUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO WHEN I WAS A HEAD OF SCHOOL FOR TWO OF OUR SCHOOLS HERE IN TEXAS, I SIGNED AN AWFUL LOT OF MOUS FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL OVER THE STATE. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO RESTRICT OPPORTUNITY. WE ALSO CURRENTLY HAVE 13 ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES AND NEXT YEAR WE WILL HAVE 14. WE'RE ADDING ADVANCED PLACEMENT, CYBER SECURITY, AND THEN WITH CMR TRACKING, WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THOSE POINTS ARE. WE START TRACKING THAT IN EIGHTH GRADE. AND BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS COMING IN AND OUT WITH 48,000 STUDENTS LAST YEAR, AND I THINK WE'RE PROJECTING OVER 60,000 IN OUR SCHOOLS THIS YEAR. WE TRACK THEM ALL AS SOON AS THEY COME IN, IN EIGHTH GRADE, ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH 12TH GRADE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S GETTING THEIR CMR POINTS. SO THIS IS A FUTURE ACTION ITEM DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY ACTION AT THIS TIME. AND WE'RE HERE FOR QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION. YES THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO GO FIRST. I HAVE A QUESTION REAL QUICK. YOU MENTIONED THE TEAMS. CLARK'S ONE FOR 1500 ENROLLED. IS THAT ENROLLED IN K12 OR ENROLLED IN OUR DISTRICT? ENROLLED IN THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL IN THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL. SO IF WE HAVE 1499, WE'LL GET ONE. IF WE HAVE 1501, WE'LL GET 215 1501, WE'LL GET TWO. YES. SORRY. OKAY. AND THEN CAN YOU EXPLAIN? IT'S LATE. YOU. YOU MIXED ME UP A LITTLE BIT. YEAH, MY MATH MESSED ME UP, TOO. AND THEN HE EXPLAINED THE LEARNING COACH. IS THAT. IS THAT A FAMILY MEMBER? AND IT'S LIKE, JUST LIKE THEY'RE YOUR MOM. IS YOUR SON, YOUR ASSIGNED COACH, YOUR. YEAH. EXPLAIN THAT. YEAH. I CAN, I CAN EXPLAIN THAT ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. AND I USUALLY SAY THIS AT THE BEGINNING, SO MY HUSBAND AND I ARE A BLENDED FAMILY. WE HAVE EIGHT CHILDREN AND SEVEN OF THE EIGHT WENT THROUGH TRADITIONAL BRICK AND MORTAR SCHOOL AND THE BABY WHO JUST GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL. YAY. SHE GRADUATED FROM OUR SCHOOLS. BECAUSE IT JUST TRADITIONAL BRICK AND MORTAR WAS JUST NOT THE RIGHT SETTING. SO I WAS HER LEARNING COACH. SO IT IS SOMEBODY WITHIN THE FAMILY OR SOMETIMES IT'S A, IT'S AN AUNT OR AN UNCLE OR AN OLDER ADULT COUSIN, BUT IT'S AN ADULT AND IT'S AN ADULT WITHIN THE WITHIN THE FAMILY OR THE FAMILY ECOSYSTEM. AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE ONE ASSIGNED TO BE PART OF IT. ABSOLUTELY. SO WHAT IF WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT GOT DEALT LESS THAN STELLAR HANDS AND DON'T HAVE THOSE PEOPLE TO SPEAK OVER THEM OR TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING AND ALL THAT. DOES K-12 ASSIGN OTHERS ARE LIKE A BUCKET OR HOW DO WE IDENTIFY AND HELP THOSE STUDENTS THAT MAY HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS? VERY RARELY ARE WE ABLE TO ENROLL A STUDENT WHO DOESN'T HAVE A, AN ADULT THAT CAN SAY, I'M GOING TO BE THEIR LEARNING COACH AND COMMIT. NOW, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SITUATIONS WHERE YOU HAVE AN 18 YEAR OLD WHO SAYS, HEY, THIS IS MY BEST OPTION. AND THEN WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH THAT STUDENT. AND THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO PUT A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, BARRIERS IN PLACE. BUT MOSTLY WE WOULD WANT AN ADULT THAT WOULD SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO. WE. I WILL SERVE AS THE STUDENT'S LEARNING COACH. BUT WE HAVE VERY, VERY UNIQUE. PROBABLY EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I'LL SAY THAT, THAT YOU HAVE AN 18 YEAR OLD THAT SAYS, HEY, I'M ADJUDICATED. I WANT TO ENROLL. SO THAT'S VERY RARE. BUT USUALLY WE HAVE SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY OR A COMMUNITY, SOMEONE THAT SAYS, I WILL BE COMMITTED TO SERVING AS THIS STUDENT'S LEARNING COACH. AND THEN WE PROVIDE THEM WITH ONBOARDING AND TRAINING TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN THE BEST POSITION POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT THAT STUDENT.

[2:45:03] OKAY. BECAUSE I CAN SEE IN OUR DISTRICT, IN OUR ENVIRONMENT THAT THIS WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR OUR MCKINNEY-VENTO STUDENTS AND OUR STUDENTS THAT DON'T HAVE THOSE SUPPORT SYSTEMS, BUT THEY'RE STUDENTS THAT SAY, I NEED TO FINISH AND I'M CHOOSING TO DO THIS AND I'M GOING AFTER IT. AND I, IF WE GET IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND WE HAVE A STUDENT THAT WANTS TO DO THAT AND THAT OR ENROLLS THEMSELVES AFTER DROPPING OUT AND THEY DON'T HAVE THAT, I DON'T WANT TO PUT A BARRIER THAT'S GOING TO KEEP THEM FROM GETTING BACK IN SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT LEARNING, COACH. WE DON'T SAY NO TO MCKINNEY-VENTO. WELL, YEAH. EVER. OKAY. SO BUT IF THEY DON'T HAVE THEM, IF THEY DON'T HAVE A LEARNING COACH, WE WILL SAY NO. ON CUE, THERE'S USUALLY A SOLUTION. WE CAN USUALLY WORK WITH THEM TO FIND SOME KIND OF SOLUTION, SOMEBODY WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY THAT THAT CAN STEP IN AND WE CAN WORK WITH THEM. OKAY. SO I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS QUESTION IS FOR DOCTOR NEVINS. MAYBE. IS THE GOAL TO SERVE CURRENT LC ISD STUDENTS OR TO CREATE STATEWIDE ENROLLMENT AND REVENUE THROUGH THAT? WELL, THE GOAL IS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS. YOU KNOW, AS I SAID EARLIER, NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN THIS BUSINESS FOR STUDENTS, YOU'RE GOING TO SUPPORT ALL STUDENTS. BUT ALSO WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE DATA LAST LAST MONTH, DOCTOR MAXWELL SHARED IN OUR DEMOCRACY IN OUR DEMOGRAPHER DATA THAT MORE AND MORE FAMILIES ARE CHOOSING A VIRTUAL OPTION. AND SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT MARCY ISD IS GIVING OUR STUDENTS, ANY STUDENT THAT OPTION THAT WANTS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT OPTION FOR AN EDUCATION. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING A FLEXIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL KIDS IF THEY WANT IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HERE FOR US. BUT ALSO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING UP OUR, THE COMMUNITY. AND SO THIS IS NOT JUST FOR STUDENTS, THIS IS FOR ANY CHILD THAT NEEDS TO BE IN A, IN AN EDUCATIONAL SETTING WITH A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT DEEPLY CARES ABOUT THEM AS PEOPLE AND AS STUDENTS, AND IT'S GOING TO SUPPORT THEM. YEAH. I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK HOW IF YOU HAVE INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS, HOW DO YOU DO THAT? IF YOU'RE NOT PRESENT, IF YOU'RE ONLINE, HOW CAN YOU GET A CERTIFICATION IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD HANDS ON? I'LL GIVE IT MY BEST STAB. I WAS A MATH TEACHER AND I DON'T I DON'T PLAY IN THE CTE WORLD AS MUCH. WE CAN DEFINITELY GET YOU A BETTER ANSWER. THERE'S SOME THAT CAN BE DONE ONLINE. MY DAUGHTER GRADUATED FROM ARIZONA VIRTUAL ACADEMY AS A CERTIFIED NURSE ASSISTANT, SO THERE'S A LOT THAT WE CAN DO ONLINE, BUT SHE STILL HAD TO GO IN PERSON FOR FOR SOME OF HER ACTIVITIES. AND YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK IF THAT, THAT WAS REALLY THE DETAILS OF IT WHERE THERE'S NECESSARY. THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THOSE MOU S COME INTO PLAY, WHERE THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING HANDS ON OR GO FACE TO FACE. THAT'S WHERE OUR BUILDING THAT NETWORK MOU, SO THAT STUDENTS AROUND THE STATE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO GO TO MAYBE A TECHNICAL COLLEGE WHERE NECESSARY TO DO FACE TO FACE WHEN NECESSARY. BUT WOULD ANY OF IT BE AT LAMAR FACILITIES LIKE CTE CENTER, IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE IN THE DISTRICT, THAT WOULD THAT WOULD WORK OUT GREAT. THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. I WOULD HAVE A PARTNERSHIP SOMEWHERE ELSE. LIKE K12 HAS PARTNERSHIPS THAT. YES. OKAY. OKAY. IS THIS PART OF WHAT WAS WHAT OR WHAT STILL IS CALLED THE TEXAS VIRTUAL SCHOOL NETWORK? THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. SO THE TEXAS VIRTUAL SCHOOL NETWORK WAS FELL UNDER CHAPTER 30 AYE IN SENATE BILL 569, WHICH WAS PASSED DURING THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION ELIMINATED CHAPTER 38 AND CREATED CHAPTER 30 B. ALTHOUGH CHAPTER 38 IS STILL SOMEWHAT IN EXISTENCE THIS YEAR, GETTING PHASED OUT WITH THESE CAMPUS APPLICATIONS. SO YES, BUT IT'S EVOLVING. I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED AS TO WHAT YOU ALL DO FOR LAMAR SPECIFICALLY. HOW, HOW, HOW DO YOU MAKE MONEY OR HOW DO YOU GET PAID? AND ARE YOU GOING TO BE MARKETING STATEWIDE FOR THE MARS SCHOOL THROUGH YOU? ARE YOU GOING TO BE MARKETING TO STATEWIDE FOR ALL YOUR SCHOOLS OR. GOOD QUESTION. VERY GOOD QUESTIONS. I'M GOING TO LET YOU TALK REVENUE. OKAY. OKAY. WHAT WE USUALLY HAVE A NEGOTIATED RATE OF, OF AN OVERSIGHT FEE, WHICH WOULD BE IDENTIFIED THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS. WE WOULD SEE WHAT THAT FEE IS, AND THEN THAT FEE WOULD GO DIRECTLY TO YOUR DISTRICT. WE WOULD USE THE OTHER NEGOTIATED THE RATE OR THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE TO SERVE TO DO ALL THE MARKETING ENROLLMENT,

[2:50:05] THE TEACHING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPUTERS FOR STUDENTS. WE WOULD USE OUR, OUR PORTION OF THAT TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. AND THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD MAKE OUR MONEY. TELL ME WHERE THE SOURCE MONEY COMES FROM. OH, OH, IT'S THE PUBLIC. IT'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS. OKAY. IT WAS COMING FROM THE STATE. IT COMES FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS TO LAMAR. TO YOU? YES. SO ARE THESE STUDENTS WOULD NOT BE LAMAR ENROLLED OR THEY WOULD BE. THEY WOULD BE LAMAR ENROLLED STUDENTS. WOULD YOU BE MARKETING ALL OF YOUR SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, OR WOULD YOU HOW DO YOU DO THAT? WE MARKET ALL FOR ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. SO YOU WOULD SEE ON OUR WEBSITE OR YOU WOULD SEE ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS LISTED, BUT YOU WOULD SEE YOUR SCHOOL, THE VIRTUAL PROGRAM LISTED ON YOUR WEBSITE, BUT IT WOULD BE ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL. SO WE MARKET TO ALL OF THE SCHOOL, ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS IN TEXAS, ALL OF OUR PARTNERS. WE WOULD SHOW THEM ON OUR WEBSITE. SO WE WOULD MARKET THIS PROGRAM ALONG WITH OUR OTHER PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND WHAT DO YOU FOLKS DO WITH THE STUDENT DATA? THEIR PERSONAL DATA AND THEIR ACADEMIC DATA AFTER THEY GRADUATE. WE DON'T DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN WE MAINTAIN IT FOR THE TIME THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IT. BUT AFTER THAT, WE. I GUESS WE SECURE IT. I WOULD DO A LITTLE FOLLOW UP. I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT DIRECTLY, BUT I DON'T THINK WE DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN PRESERVE IT FOR THE YEARS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IT. WE DO SOME TRACKING ON OUR GRADUATES. THOSE THAT ARE GOING INTO COLLEGE, GOING INTO WORK, WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT AND MAINTAIN THAT INFORMATION. BUT OTHER THAN WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY DO WITH STUDENTS GRADUATING IN THEIR DATA, WE WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS. HOW MANY STUDENTS DO YOU HAVE THAT CURRENTLY RESIDE IN LAMAR? SEE ISD IN YOUR PROGRAM. I DON'T KNOW THAT INFORMATION. I THINK WE COULD LOOK YOU KNOW, I THINK WE COULD LOOK THAT UP AND GET BACK TO YOU. SO. WELL, THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE IF THEY'RE ENROLLED IN AN ONLINE ACADEMY NOW, WOULD THEY HAVE TO UNENROLL WHERE THEY ARE NOW TO ENROLL IN LAMAR SO THEY COULD BE TOLD OF THE OPTION. WE CAN'T MAKE ANYBODY MOVE BECAUSE IF THEY CHOSE TO GO WHERE THEY ARE AND THEY'RE HAPPY WHERE THEY ARE, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO FORCE ANY CHILD TO MAKE A DIFFERENT CHOICE. BUT THEY COULD CERTAINLY BE TOLD THAT THERE'S A SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOW A SCHOOL WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT AND THEY CAN THEY CAN DEFINITELY WALK, YOU KNOW, WALK TO WHERE THEY WANT TO. BUT THAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS. AND WE WOULDN'T RESTRICT THEM, YOU KNOW, AT ALL. RIGHT. BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO UNENROLL WHERE THEY ARE AND ENROLL INTO LAMAR. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN SO THE STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL. IT IS CONSIDERED PUBLIC SCHOOL. WITH THE ONLINE ACADEMY STUDENTS BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN U.I.L ATHLETICS, FINE ARTS. THE STUDENTS WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. TEXAS IS NOT ONE OF THE STATES THAT HAS REQUIRED BY LAW THAT STUDENTS IN ANY DISTRICT CAN GO TO THEIR HOME DISTRICT. AND PARTICIPATE IN UIL SO IT'S IT WOULD BE A GOOD LET ME JUST SAY IT WOULD BE GOOD MARKETING FOR YOU TO ALLOW STUDENTS IN YOUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS THAT ENROLLED IN LAMAR SEE ISD ONLINE ACADEMY TO ALSO COME AND PARTICIPATE. OKAY. I GUESS HOW WOULD WE CHOOSE WHICH CAMPUS WOULD BE THEIR HOME CAMPUS? HAVE TO RESIDE IN THE DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO DO SPORTS. THAT'S KIND OF A DIFFERENT A WHOLE NEW YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S A DIFFERENT CAN OF WORMS TO THINK ABOUT. THEY WOULD. AND SO LAST YEAR, THE BOARD PASSED THE POLICY FOR PARTICIPATION. AND ONE CAVEAT WAS THAT THE STUDENT COULD ONLY PARTICIPATE AT THEIR HOME CAMPUS, THE CAMPUS THAT WAS ZONED TWO. AND SO THAT RULE WILL STAY IN PLACE UNLESS THE BOARD DECIDED TO MAKE A CHANGE. OKAY. IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THIS IS A SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING, CORRECT? NO. BOTH. IT'S BOTH. WE. WE TEACH LIVE LESSONS EVERY DAY. AND THEN STUDENTS ALSO HAVE ONLINE COURSEWORK SUPPLEMENTED WITH. SO SO IF A STUDENT IS IN A SYNCHRONOUS CLASS, DOES THAT MEAN THEY ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TO, TO LISTEN TO THE RECORDINGS? YES. IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT'S NOT BINARY. IT'S NOT ONE OR THE OTHER. CORRECT. OKAY. YOU ARE AN ASYNCHRONOUS COURSE, BUT IF YOU HAVE A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT OR YOU HAVE A CONCERT TO PERFORM, YOU CAN COME BACK AND WATCH THE RECORDING, WATCH THE RECORDING. YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE CHATS WITH YOUR PEERS. YOU GET AS CLOSE TO THE FULL EXPERIENCE AS POSSIBLE. YES. OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE. AND I AND I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS, SO I'M GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU REAL QUICK. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU ONLY HIRE CERTIFIED TEACHERS, CORRECT?

[2:55:04] ABSOLUTELY. TEXAS. TEXAS CERTIFIED TEACHERS DO. LAMAR. SEE ISD TEXAS CERTIFIED TEACHERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO TEACH FOR YOU. I MEAN, WILL YOU WILL YOU WILL YOU PROVIDE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE. LAMAR SEE, ISD CERTIFIED TEACHERS? THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION. SO OUR TEACHERS ARE EMPLOYEES OF K-12, RIGHT? SO ARE YOU ASKING IF A TEACHER WANTS TO MOONLIGHT FOR US? THAT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT'S CONFLICTING WORK HOURS. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD BE TRICKY. OKAY. SO I PRESUME YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ARRANGEMENT. NOT TYPICALLY. NOT TYPICALLY. NO, BECAUSE IT'S IT'S OVERLAPPING WORK HOURS. YEAH. SO IT WOULD BE CONFLICTING FOR BOTH PARTIES. SO SO LEADS ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION. SINCE THERE ARE EMPLOYEES OF K THROUGH 12, THEN THAT TELLS ME THAT THEY'RE NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO THIS SUPERINTENDENT. CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. THEY'RE ACCOUNTABLE TO YOUR THEY'RE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OF THE SCHOOL. OKAY. AND THEN THAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MEETS WITH YOUR VIRTUAL SCHOOL COORDINATOR AND, AND YOUR DISTRICT STAFF. AS, AS OFTEN AS YOU WANT. YOU KNOW, WE, WE SET THOSE PARTNERSHIPS UP HOWEVER YOU WANT. RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE THING CLEAR, THOUGH. IF THEY'RE GOING TO IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE ISD, THEY WILL ALL BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, INCLUDING K-12. OKAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT. AND THAT'S USUALLY WRITTEN IN AGREEMENT, DOCTOR GIBBONS. IT IS. SO IN THAT REGARD IS, IS THE STATE DEBT LIKE WHEN THEY TAKE THE STAR TEST AND STUFF, DOES THAT BECOME OUR DATA AND SHOWN IN OUR STAR SCORES. IT'S NOT SEPARATE. OKAY. HOW DO THESE KIDS GRADUATE? DO THEY WOULD THEY WALK AT A HOME CAMPUS OR. GO AHEAD. YOU'RE RIGHT THERE. WELL, WHAT WE'VE WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN SOME CASES AS THE PROGRAM STARTS OUT, AND IF IT'S A SMALL CLASS, THEY MAY WALK WITH A. LAMAR ISD C ISD SCHOOL. BUT AS THE PROGRAM GROWS, THEY WILL HAVE THEIR OWN GRADUATION. ONE OF THE THINGS WE SHARED WITH THE STAFF AND TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IS THESE STUDENTS HAVE GRADUATION, THEY HAVE PROM, THEY HAVE OTHER OUTINGS THAT ALLOW THEM TO DO EVERYTHING THAT A STUDENT WOULD DO IN A TRADITIONAL SETTING. BUT INITIALLY, IF IT'S A SMALL PROGRAM, WE USUALLY HAVE A SMALL GRADUATION HERE OR IN THE LOCAL DISTRICT. BUT OVER TIME, AS THE PROGRAM GROWS, WE OFFER A GRADUATION AND MAYBE IN A MAJOR CITY. AND THE STUDENTS WILL WALK WITH THEIR GRADUATING CLASS. OKAY. AND THE STATE TESTING IS IN PERSON. THEY DON'T IT'S IN PERSON NOW, BUT WE'RE WAITING ON THOSE REGULATIONS TO SEE WHAT DEA IS GOING TO ALLOW FOR REMOTE TESTING. WE KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE PROCTORED REMOTE TESTING WITH LOCKDOWN BROWSERS, BUT WE JUST DON'T KNOW QUITE THE EXTENT OF THE REGULATIONS YET. OKAY. AND THEN THIS QUESTION IS MORE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION. HOW COULD THIS IMPACT OR AFFECT 1621 PLACE? SO FOR 1621 PLACE, THIS WOULD DELETE THAT PROGRAM. SO RIGHT NOW, THE STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN 1621, WE HAVE NOT STARTED A HYBRID PROGRAM. INITIALLY. SO THESE STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENROLL IN K 12. OKAY. SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE IN VIRTUAL SCHOOL FROM LAST YEAR FROM THOSE, THOSE 25 STUDENTS WHO STARTED. BUT RIGHT NOW, STUDENTS HAVE NOT STARTED IN OUR VIRTUAL PROGRAM. HOW MANY PEOPLE HOW MANY STUDENTS DO WE HAVE AT 1621 RIGHT NOW? ABOUT 215. OKAY. DO WE THINK THEY WOULD BE PRETTY OPEN TO DO THAT? I MEAN, WOULD THOSE KIDS HAVE THE THE HOME COACH AND WOULD THEY BE OPEN TO THIS OPTION? YES, I BELIEVE MOST OF THEM WILL BE OPEN TO IT BECAUSE AT THIS TIME WHEN WE STARTED THE HYBRID, SOME OF THE STUDENTS WERE SAYING THAT COMING INTO THE CAMPUS OR BEING ASYNCHRONOUS THREE DAYS WASN'T WORKING FOR THEM. BUT A FULL VIRTUAL PROGRAM MAY WORK FOR A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS IN SOME SITUATIONS. WITH 1621 STUDENTS, THERE MAY BE SOME OF THOSE INSTANCES WHERE THERE ARE CONCERNS AT HOME, AND I DON'T HAVE THAT ADULT TO HELP ME. SO IT MAY BE A FAR AND FEW, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT WILL BE VERY AN ADVANTAGE FOR THE 1621 STUDENTS. YEAH. I'M JUST THINKING OF OUR, OUR PREGNANT AND PARENTING TEENS THAT THIS WOULD HELP VERY MUCH. CHILDCARE IS A HUGE BARRIER. ABSOLUTELY. SO THIS WOULD BE GOOD FOR THEM. YES, MA'AM. I DO WANT TO ADD ONE THING. YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE NOT FOR EVERY CHILD, BUT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE FOR SOME CHILD, RIGHT? AND SO THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE FOR EVERY CHILD, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS. WHATEVER OUR STUDENTS NEED IN OUR DISTRICT, THEY'RE GOING TO GET

[3:00:04] IT. AND SO EVEN IF THIS PROGRAM ELIMINATES 1621, IF WE HAVE A STUDENT THAT NEEDS A CERTAIN A CERTAIN ENVIRONMENT OR A CERTAIN. SITUATION, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THAT FOR THEM BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE IN THE KID BUSINESS. AND SO I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO ELIMINATE SERVICES FOR ANY OF OUR CHILDREN. THIS IS JUST GOING TO ENHANCE THAT FOR THEM. SO IF A CHILD NEEDS A DIFFERENT SETTING, THEY'LL GET THAT. IF THEY NEED ANOTHER SETTING, THEY'LL GET THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT, BECAUSE I CAN KIND OF HEAR THE CONVERSATION. I CAN HEAR I CAN HEAR SOME OF THE MISINFORMATION THAT WILL GO OUT. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT. TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS THAT MAY BE WATCHING THIS OR THAT MAY NEED THE SUPPORT. THE TEAMS CLERKS, IS THAT LIKE A, WOULD THAT BE CLASSIFIED AS LIKE WHAT WE CALL A PARA OR IS THAT LIKE A WHAT, WHAT IS THE QUALIFICATIONS OF A CLERK. DATA. DATA IS YOUR DATA ENTRY CLERK. DATA ENTRY CLERK. OKAY. AND THEN YOU SAID THAT YOU THAT THAT SPOT WOULD BE HARD FOR ONE TIME FOR 1500. AND THERE WAS ANOTHER POSITION, A VIRTUAL SCHOOL COORDINATOR. OKAY, THAT'S LIKE A PRINCIPAL OR WHAT LEVEL WOULD THAT BE? TYPICALLY IT'S LIKE A PRINCIPAL LEVEL. OKAY. WOULD THEY BE ON STAFF AT ON THE LAMAR CAMPUS OR THEY'RE VIRTUAL PEOPLE AS WELL? ENTIRELY UP TO YOU. OKAY. CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT 1621 SO HOW MANY STAFF DO WE HAVE AT 1621 AT THE TIME, I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 14 WHEN WE LAST LOOKED AT THE AMOUNT OF STAFF MEMBERS. SO STARTING THIS PILOT, IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING FOR 1621. NO, MA'AM. OKAY. WE WOULD LOOK AT WHAT THAT WOULD DO FOR NEXT YEAR. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. OKAY. IF KIDS ARE VIRTUAL, WHAT IS THE AND YOU HAVE A TEAMS CLERK. WHAT IS THE ADA REQUIREMENT. LIKE HOW DO YOU HOW ARE THEY MARKED PRESENT? OR DO THEY HAVE TO BE. THEY DO. AND THERE ARE NEW RULES FOR IT. SO I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THE SPECIFICS. EVERYTHING CHANGED WITH SENATE BILL 569. AND SO GETTING FUNDED ON ATTENDANCE NOW INSTEAD OF JUST COMPLETION AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER CHANGED. AND SO HOW WE HAVE TO DO IT BASED ON ATTENDANCE CHANGE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN FOLLOW UP AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW JUST EXACTLY HOW THAT WORKS NOW. OKAY. AND THEN JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF TRUSTEE WELCH, I'M STILL NOT QUITE UNDERSTANDING HOW Y'ALL MAKE MONEY OR HOW IT'S, DO WE GET JUST A PORTION OF THAT STUDENT'S BASIC ALLOTMENT AND Y'ALL GET A PORTION OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? COULD YOU TALK ME THROUGH YOUR YOUR DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM? HOW DOES THAT WORK? HOW DO YOU ALREADY HAVE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS? ARE YOU GOING TO SEEK OUT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS? NO, WE ALREADY HAVE IT IN PLACE. THE MAIN ONE THAT WE USE FOR ONLINE IS KILGORE COLLEGE. OKAY. THE EXTENT TO HOW MUCH WE USE THEM IN TERMS OF WHICH COURSES THAT I DON'T KNOW, BUT I CAN, I CAN GET THE LIST FOR YOU. AND THEN FOR WHEN STUDENTS ARE WANTING TO GO IN PERSON OR THEY HAVE VERY SPECIFIC IN-PERSON NEEDS TO FINISH THEIR CTE PATHWAY OR SOMETHING. AND IT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN PERSON. THAT'S WHERE WE'LL SET UP MOU WITH WHATEVER SCHOOL IS NEAR WHERE THEY ACTUALLY LIVE WITHIN THE STATE. GOOD. OKAY. BECAUSE WE HAVE COLLEGES HERE TOO. WE'RE, WE'RE FINE WITH WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM SETTING UP, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND DUAL CREDIT INSTRUCTORS AS WELL. KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE YOU MIGHT BE ONE. OH, GOSH. OKAY. SO DOCTOR NIVENS, WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? IF WE'RE TRYING TO LAUNCH A VIRTUAL PILOT BY THE 24TH? WHAT NEXT STEPS IS NEXT WEEK? WE HAVE OUR. WE HAVE OUR HP THREE BOARD MEETING. AND SO THIS WILL BE AN ACTION ITEM ON THAT. IF THE BOARD CHOOSES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE TIMELINE AND LET THE BOARD KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. SO FIRST OFF, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU BOTH TRAVELED FROM OUT OF STATE TO BE HERE WITH US TODAY. I'M GOING TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT THAT I WORK FOR K 12. AND SO I WILL NOT BE A PART OF THIS VOTE. BUT I WILL SING YOUR PRAISES BECAUSE K 12 WHILE IT OFFERS STUDENTS FLEXIBILITY, IT'S OFFERED ME FLEXIBILITY. AND WHEN I THOUGHT THAT MY 14 YEAR CAREER IN FORT BEND ISD WAS GOING TO HAVE TO COME TO A COMPLETE END BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WAY THAT I COULD GO. FACE TO FACE WORK IN EDUCATION. I HAD A MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILD, AND I BECAME A SPECIAL NEEDS MOM, AND THIS GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP WORKING BECAUSE I LOVE STUDENTS AND I LOVE TEACHING AND I LOVE WHAT I DO.

[3:05:05] AND SO I KNOW THAT I BELIEVE I'M YEAR EIGHT. I COULD BE YEAR NINE. I'VE BEEN I WORK FOR TOPS. I WORK FOR TEXAS ONLINE PREPARATORY SCHOOL AND I AM PART OF HUNTSVILLE ISD. SO I CAN SPEAK TO WHAT THESE SCHOOLS LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY DO PARTNER WITH ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUCH APPROXIMATELY 9000 LIVES. I HAVE BEEN A, I LIKE TO HOPE POSITIVE IMPACT ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. IT HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO STILL BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS. IT HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY COMPLETELY CURRENT IN EDUCATION. I PARTICIPATE IN PLCS. I DATA DIG TO NO END TO KNOW WHERE MY KIDS ARE GOING, WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. BECAUSE I DO TEACH GOVERNMENT, AND OCCASIONALLY I'LL TEACH ECONOMICS IF I HAVE TO. I KNOW THAT MY KIDS HAVE TO PASS MY COURSE TO GRADUATE, AND THAT IS MY MAIN JOB, TO GET THESE KIDS GRADUATED AND GET THEM ON TO THEIR NEXT PATH, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE. THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO SPEAK ON. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THE REST OF THE BOARD WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN FINANCIAL WISE, WHEN A STUDENT ENROLLS WITH OUR K-12 SCHOOL? AS A, AS A PART OF OUR AGREEMENT, WE WILL LOOK AT CREATING A WHOLE HARMLESS WITH LAMAR CISD. SO THAT MEANS THAT A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE SET ASIDE FOR LAMAR STUDENTS. OKAY. SO AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE FUNDING AND A PORTION OF THAT GOING TO K12 AND A PORTION GOING TO LAMAR CISD, WHEN A LAMAR STUDENT ENROLLS, AND IN THAT PERCENTAGE OF HOWEVER MANY SEATS THAT WE MAY MAY DISCUSS, THEN YOU ALL WOULD MAINTAIN THE ENTIRE FUNDING BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO NO HARM TO THE DISTRICT. SO IF WE SAY, HEY, IT'S GOING TO BE 1%, 2% OF THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT, THEN AS THOSE STUDENTS ENROLL, THERE WILL BE NO SITTING OF THE FUNDS. YOU ALL REMAIN REMAIN, RETAIN THAT ENTIRE AMOUNT OF THE STATE FUNDING BASED ON WHATEVER THAT PERCENTAGE IS THAT WE DECIDE ON. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE THIS PROGRAM AND PULL ALL PULL YOUR STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, UNLESS THAT'S WHAT YOU. WE'RE CREATING IT FOR YOU. WE WANT TO BE A TRUE PARTNER WITH YOU. SO WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANY HARM FINANCIALLY, ACADEMICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, TO THE DISTRICT OR TO THE STUDENTS. SO WE IN OUR NEGOTIATIONS, WE WILL LAY OUT A PERCENTAGE OF OF THE ENROLLMENT THAT WOULD BE FREE SEATS. WE WOULD SAY TO LAMAR, SEE ISD. SO THOSE STUDENTS ENROLL. THERE'S NO NO COST AT ALL FOR US, FOR YOU ALL. WAS THAT GOOD ENOUGH? ALL RIGHT. I WOULD ALSO LOVE FOR YOU TO SPEAK ON OUR PLATFORMS, THE PLATFORMS THAT WE USE OR THAT OUR STUDENTS USE TO GO TO SCHOOL. SURE. JUST WHICH, WHICH PLATFORMS WE USE FOR, FOR HOSTING OUR COURSES. SURE. WE USE CANVAS FOR OUR COURSES AND WE USE POWERSCHOOL FOR OUR SIS. IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR? OKAY. OKAY. CANVAS. GOT IT. YEAH. OUR STUDENTS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT. SURE. I THOUGHT IT WAS A TRICK QUESTION. SORRY. NO. BUT THEN I, I, I JUST WANT TO CALL OUT A LITTLE ELEPHANT. IF WE HAD THE COMMUNITY GOOGLE K12. SURE. PROBABLY THE FIRST THING THAT'S GOING TO COME UP IS THAT WE HAD A RECENT CHANGE IN CEO. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE DIRECTION OF WHERE K12 IS GOING WITH THAT MASSIVE CHANGE? I'LL GIVE IT A SHOT OR YOU CAN. WELL, I THINK THE MAIN THING IS THAT OUR PREVIOUS CEO AND NEW CEO WANTED US TO PUT STUDENTS FIRST. NOW I THINK THE CHANGE IS THAT WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS A MORE PEOPLE CENTERED CULTURE THAN WE WERE WITH OUR PREVIOUS CEO. IT IS FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT OUR STAFF FEELS SUPPORTED AND APPRECIATED, AND CREATING A CULTURE THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH US TOWARD BEING THE LEADER IN VIRTUAL EDUCATION WITHOUT BEING FOCUSED TOTALLY ON BEING A BUSINESS, BUT LOOKING AT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE SERVE ON A DAILY BASIS AND MAKING THAT BE THE DRIVING FORCE OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED.

[3:10:02] SO I THINK THAT'S THE NOT THAT OUR PREVIOUS CEO DIDN'T THINK THAT WAY. IT WASN'T COMMUNICATED AS WELL, THOUGH, AS I THINK WHERE THE DIRECTION IN WHICH WE'RE HEADED RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU ALL. GOOD EVENING. OKAY. WHERE ARE WE AT? ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE ACTION ON THE ACTION ITEMS. SO. SO TRUSTEE THE ACTION ITEMS. THESE ARE ALL THE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WE HAD EARLIER. SO THESE WILL BE MOTION ONLY ACTION ITEMS. OKAY, SO THE FIRST ONE IS 12 AYE. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE 2026 TAX YEAR ASSESSMENT AND LEVY OF PROPERTY TAXES. SO. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF $1. $1 1390, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 1.96% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? TRUSTEE SECONDS. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. I'LL NOW CALL FOR THE VOTE FOR THAT. OH, SORRY. YOU AND I ARE PROBABLY GOING THE SAME PLACE FOR THE DISCUSSION TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT. EVEN THOUGH FOR THOSE TUNING IN JUST NOW, FOR THOSE THAT JUST TURNED IT ON, WE ARE NOT INCREASING THE RATE, THE TAX RATE, WE ACTUALLY DECREASING THE TAX RATE. BUT WE HAVE TO SAY THAT IT IS A PROPERTY TAX RATE INCREASE. WAS THAT WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO GO. YES. AND I WAS GOING TO SAY MANY, MANY HOURS AGO THAT MR. BUCHANAN EXPLAINED THAT. SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO REWIND THE YOUTUBE VERSION OF THIS, OR THEY CAN HEAR THAT DISCUSSED EARLIER. BUT YES. SO THE OVERALL TAX RATE IS LITERALLY GOING DOWN FROM WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS, BUT SOME OTHER CONVOLUTED SYSTEM THAT AUSTIN GAVE US THAT WE HAVE TO READ THAT STATEMENT. SO. ALL RIGHT, NOW I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. Y'ALL ARE ALREADY VOTING. BUT IT'S OKAY. IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ONE IS. CONCERNING THE JETTY. SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT [12.B. Consider adoption of resolution concerning the District's agreement to proceed with a Taxable Value Limitation on Eligible Property agreement with Tesla, Inc. and the Governor's Office, regarding Comptroller of Public Accounts No. J0050 under the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act, Texas Government Code 403, Subchapter T] THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LAMAR CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ON THE APPLICATION FOR TAXABLE VALUE LIMITATION ON ELIGIBLE PROPERTY FILED BY TESLA INC. UNDER THE TEXAS JOBS, ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION ACT APPLICATION NUMBER J 0050 AS PROPOSED. I'LL MAKE IT TRUSTEE WELCH MAKES THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? TRUSTEE HENDERSON MAKES THE SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? NOW THAT I KNOW THAT WE'RE WOOING TESLA AND KROLL. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR ADMINISTRATION AND PRESIDENT HUTSELL FOR NOT JUMPING STRAIGHT TO THE DANGLING CARROT IN FRONT OF US, BUT ALSO TO SPEAK TO TESLA AND KROLL THAT WE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT OUR JOB IS HERE FIRST, BEFORE WE GOT TO WHY Y'ALL CAME. AND THAT IS THE CULTURE OF OUR DISTRICT THAT WE ARE GOING TO PUT STUDENTS FIRST AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUR JOB FIRST, WHY WE'RE HERE, WHAT WE'RE DOING. THAT IS OUR PRIORITY OF WHO WE ARE AS LAMAR CISD. SO THAT'S THE HEART OF OUR CABINET, OUR SUPERINTENDENT THAT YEAH, Y'ALL ARE HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE YOU WAIT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO WITH WHAT WE GOT TO DO WITH FIRST. SO THAT'S IT. YEAH. AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OBVIOUSLY THAT THIS IS A VERY BIG DECISION FOR LAMAR ISD AND FORT BEND COUNTY AS A WHOLE. I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE DONE AS MUCH DUE DILIGENCE AS 30 DAYS ALLOWS YOU TO. BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT IT WAS A VERY COMPRESSED TIMELINE. AND SO I UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE WOULD FEEL THAT THIS MOVED QUICKLY. THAT'S NOT ON THE DISTRICT OR TESLA. THAT'S JUST HOW THE STATUTE IS STRUCTURED. AND ULTIMATELY, I, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I JUST, I BELIEVE A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE WILL BE A NET POSITIVE IMPACT FOR OUR COUNTY. INCLUDING THE TEN 000 JOBS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, BUT EVEN MORE SO AS TESLA BECOMES A MAJOR EMPLOYER IN THE COUNTY, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO OUR STUDENTS BENEFITING FROM THAT.

[3:15:05] AND SO WHEN TESLA TELLS US THEY INTEND TO BE A STRONG COMMUNITY PARTNER, WE'RE TAKING THAT SERIOUSLY. AND I, SO I HOPE THAT OUR WORK WITH Y'ALL DOES NOT END AFTER TONIGHT'S BOARD VOTE. AND I HOPE THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL BEGINNING OF A LONG TERM PARTNERSHIP. AS WE CONTINUE TO STEWARD THIS FOR OUR STUDENTS. LET'S GO. TRUSTEE WELCH AND THEN, OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I MEAN, HERE WE ARE IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD, AND WE GET TO MAKE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC IMPACT DECISIONS FOR THIS COUNTY AND FOR THE STATE EVER. AND I'M EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS PROCESS. OKAY. ONE VERY IMPORTANT TERM THAT WAS USED DURING THE WORKSHOP THAT I THINK THAT, THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO, TO UNDERSTAND WHICH IS A BIG FACTOR FOR MY SUPPORT FOR THIS PARTICULAR MOTION IS SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP. I APPRECIATE THAT THAT WAS EXPRESSED DURING THE WORKSHOP AND IN THE PRESENTATION TO US, BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE ANTICIPATE. AND AND SO I THINK THAT THIS IS A MOMENTOUS OCCASION THAT WHERE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SET THE COURSE TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT THAT WILL OFFER ENHANCED OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT IT WILL SUPPORT OUR TAXPAYERS BY DIVERSIFYING OUR TAX BASE. AND ULTIMATELY, IT WILL FACILITATE THE CREATION OF APPROXIMATELY 10,000 JOBS IN OUR DISTRICTS, WHICH ARE WHICH ARE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, HIGH PAYING OPPORTUNITIES WITH INTEGRITY. SO FOR THOSE REASONS AND MANY MORE, I WILL SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE. OKAY. I WILL NOW CALL FOR THE VOTE. TRUSTEES, CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. OKAY. NEXT IS THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE. SB 12. SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO APPROVE THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN LAWS REQUIRED BY TEXAS EDUCATION CODE. SECTION 39.008 TRUSTEE BOX MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND TRUSTEE. MASTERS MAKES A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. CALL FOR THE VOTE. SORRY. OH. IT'S OKAY. IT'S ALL THE HATERS OUT THERE. ARE WE DOING IT AGAIN? YES. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES, SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT FOR THE ACTION. YEP. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEES. NEXT, WE HAVE INFORMATION ITEM. WE. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. WE HAVE THE. WE HAVE CONSIDERED FOR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOR. WE DID FOR THE NEW RED TRACK. YES. 12 D SECONDARY RED TRACK FOR THE NEW SECONDARY. NEW RED TRACK. MR. BUCHANAN, GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR. TONIGHT WE ARE OFFERING A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL FOR THE NEW RED TRACK HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS DESIGN DEVELOPMENT. IT WILL SIT ADJACENT TO OUR CTE CENTER. THIS IS OPTION ONE FOR THE NEW RED TRACK HIGH SCHOOL. OPTION ONE AND THE CTE CENTER. OPTION TWO FOR THE NEW RED TRACK HIGH SCHOOL. OPTION TWO WITH THE CTE CENTER. OPTION THREE FOR THE NEW RED TRACK HIGH SCHOOL. OPTION THREE AND THE CTE CENTER. THESE WERE OUR DESIGN COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THE DESIGN COMMITTEE REVIEWED ALL THREE OPTIONS.

[3:20:07] OPTION ONE RECEIVED ZERO VOTES. OPTION TWO RECEIVED ONE. OPTION THREE RECEIVED 15. BOARD. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE AN EXTERIOR OPTION FOR THE NEW RED TRACK HIGH SCHOOL. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? I THINK YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE TO PUT YOUR NAMES BY WHO VOTED FOR WHAT. IF WE HAVE TO SHOW OUR HAND, Y'ALL SHOULD TOO. CAN YOU CAN YOU PUT THE SIDE BY SIDE WITH OPTION THREE IN THE CTE CENTER AGAIN? WHICH ONE DID YOU KNOW? YEAH. IT'S PRETTY. I THINK ALL THE OPTIONS WERE BEAUTIFUL, BUT THIS IS PRETTY. ANYBODY ELSE? ARE WE WAITING ON A MOTION? WHAT ARE WE DOING? YEAH. I NEED A MOTION. FOR WHICH EXTERIOR OPTION FOR THE NEW SAYS NEW TERRY HIGH SCHOOL. BUT I THINK WE CAN SAY NEW. OKAY, I'LL MAKE A I'LL MAKE A MOTION. DID YOU WANT TO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE EXTERIOR OPTION THREE FOR THE NEW RED TRACK HIGH SCHOOL. ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A SECOND TRUSTEE MASTER? SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. OKAY. WE WILL NOW HAVE REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS ON THE INFORMATION ITEMS. GOOD EVENING. BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR NIVENS. TONIGHT, I'LL BE SHARING THE 2026 QUARTER TWO DEMOGRAPHICS PROJECTIONS CREATED BY. CREATED BY ZONDA DEMOGRAPHICS. NOW, YOU MAY BE ASKING, DIDN'T WE JUST HAVE AN UPDATE FROM ZONDA AT THE AUGUST BOARD MEETING? AND YES, WE DID. BUT WITH NEW BOARD OFFICERS, WE WANTED TO PUSH BACK THE PRESENTATION TO AUGUST OR THE FIRST QUARTER DATA TO ALLOW TRUSTEES TO SETTLE INTO THEIR NEW POSITIONS. SO JUST YOU'RE AWARE, QUARTER ONE DATA COMES FROM JANUARY THROUGH MARCH. AND THE DATA I'M PRESENTING TONIGHT, QUARTER TWO COMES FROM APRIL THROUGH JUNE. STARTING WITH NEW HOME STARTS AND CLOSINGS IN THE GREATER HOUSTON REGION, THE NUMBER OF ANNUAL HOUSING STARTS AND CLOSINGS IN THE HOUSTON REGION DECREASED BY APPROXIMATELY 11% AND 23% YEAR OVER YEAR, RESPECTIVELY. IN THE AREA, THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 34,728 CLOSINGS AND 34,611 STARTS. THIS TABLE SHOWS THE REGION FOUR ISD S RANKED BY ANNUAL CLOSINGS DURING THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2026. AGAIN, LAMAR C ISD IS NUMBER ONE IN THIS LIST IN ALMOST EVERY CATEGORY. THIS DATA SHOWS THAT GROWTH SHOULD CONTINUE WITHIN LAMAR C ISD WELL INTO THE FUTURE. TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT LAMAR C ISD STARTS AND CLOSINGS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE WERE 1123 STARTS AND OVER 1000 CLOSINGS IN QUARTER TWO, WHICH PUTS LAMAR C ISD ON PACE FOR 4000 STARTS AND CLOSINGS FOR THE YEAR. THIS SHOWS THE HOUSING DATA BY ELEMENTARY CAMPUS ZONE. OUR HIGHEST ACTIVE AREAS ARE BECERRA ELEMENTARY, SLAVINSKI ELEMENTARY, AND HAGOOD ELEMENTARY. THIS TABLE ALSO SHOWS THAT THE MORGAN ELEMENTARY ZONE IS PRIMED FOR CONTINUED GROWTH, WITH OVER 1200 VACANT DEVELOPED LOTS. OVERALL, WE ARE STILL SEEING HYPERGROWTH NUMBERS IN MULTIPLE ELEMENTARY ZONES ACROSS OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS MAP SHOWS ALL SUBDIVISIONS, BOTH ACTIVE AND FUTURE INSIDE LAMAR ISD. THE DISTRICT HAS 93 ACTIVE SUBDIVISIONS. SUBDIVISIONS WITH MORE THAN 1900 HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND APPROXIMATELY 6400 LOTS READY TO BE BUILT ON GROUND. WORK IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY ON MORE THAN 4400 LOTS WITHIN 20 SUBDIVISIONS. THE MOST ACTIVE SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN OUR DISTRICTS INCLUDE TAMRON WEST AND THE SLAVINSKI ELEMENTARY ZONE. JORDAN RANCH IN THE MELTON AND SLAVINSKI ELEMENTARY ZONES. EVERGREEN IN THE MIRE ELEMENTARY ZONE, CROSS CREEK WEST, LOCATED IN THE HAGOOD ELEMENTARY ZONE, AND BROOKWATER IN THE BECERRA ELEMENTARY ZONE. TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS, HERE'S BLUE CREEK TRAILS WITHIN THE ADOLPHUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ZONE, 540 TOTAL LOTS AND FOUR HOMES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. EVERGREEN THAT IS IN FROST AND FAGGART ELEMENTARY 1416. TOTAL. LOTS AND GROUNDWORK IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. THE PRESERVE AT ROSENBORG WITHIN THE MEYER ELEMENTARY ZONE, IT WILL HAVE 453 TOTAL LOTS AND 41 HOMES ARE CURRENTLY OCCUPIED. RIVERA, WHICH IS IN CARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ZONE 528 TOTAL LOTS AND 22 HOMES ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO NOW LOOKING AT THE MULTIFAMILY MARKET FOR THE HOUSTON AREA, OCCUPANCY INCREASED YEAR OVER YEAR WITH THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ALSO INCREASED SLIGHTLY. AT THE SAME TIME OF THAT INCREASE, THE AREA SAW A SMALL INCREASE IN THE EFFECTIVE RENT RATES SPECIFICALLY FOR LAMAR CISD. THERE ARE CURRENTLY TEN MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE DISTRICT, COMPRISING 3150 UNITS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 13 MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PLANNING STAGES, COMPRISING NEARLY 7200 UNITS. SO ONE OF THOSE IS BROADSTONE CANDELA WITHIN THE TERRELL ELEMENTARY ZONE, AND IT IS PLANNED TO HAVE 312 TOTAL UNITS WITH PRE-LEASING CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.

[3:25:09] SO AS A REMINDER, THIS TABLE SHOWS PROJECTIONS FROM ZONDA FOR THE DISTRICT FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS. LOOKING AT OVERALL TRENDS, THE DISTRICT IS PROJECTED TO GROW BY AN AVERAGE OF 2.5% TO 3.9% ANNUALLY OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. PUT ANOTHER WAY, WE ARE PROJECTED TO ADD BETWEEN 1600 AND 1900 NEW STUDENTS ANNUALLY. AS OF THIS MORNING, THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT FOR LAMAR CISD IS 50,261. THESE ARE THE PROJECTIONS BY THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUS AND GREEN INDICATES APPROACHING CAPACITY WHILE YELLOW INDICATES OVERCAPACITY. AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THESE PROJECTIONS DO NOT INCLUDE THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN AUGUST OF 2027. OF CANTU, ADAMS AND DANZIGER ELEMENTARY. THESE ARE THE PROJECTIONS BY THE SECONDARY CAMPUS. AGAIN, GREEN INDICATES APPROACHING CAPACITY WHILE YELLOW IS OVER. JUST BE AWARE THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE OUR NEW SECONDARY CAMPUSES COMING ONLINE IN 2728, WHICH WILL RELIEVE THE PURPLE TRACK OF FULSHEAR HIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH AND ROBERTS MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO ZONDA HAS GIVEN US PROJECTION RANGES OF LOW, MID-RANGE AND HIGH, WHICH ARE SHOWN ON THE SLIDE. YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE THE CONDITIONS THAT WOULD NEED TO OCCUR FOR EACH OF THE PROJECTIONS TO COME TO FRUITION. ZONDA IS PROJECTING LAMARCHE ISD TO BE AROUND 57,600 STUDENTS BY 2030, AND 66,200 STUDENTS BY 2035. SO IN SUMMARY, NEW HOME STARTS WITHIN LAMAR C ISD ARE DOWN ABOUT 10% YEAR OVER YEAR. THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY HAS ROUGHLY 6450 LOTS AVAILABLE TO BUILD ON, AND MORE THAN 61,000 PLANNED IN THE FUTURE. GROUNDWORK IS UNDERWAY ON APPROXIMATELY 4400 LOTS WITHIN 20 SUBDIVISIONS, AND LCISD IS FORECASTED TO HAVE ABOUT 57,600 STUDENTS BY THE 2030 31 SCHOOL YEAR, AND TO EXCEED 66,200 STUDENTS BY THE 2030 536 SCHOOL YEAR. SO BOARD, THIS IS AN INFORMATION ITEM, SO NO ACTION IS NECESSARY AT THIS TIME, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. SO WE ARE OFFICIALLY OVER OUR 5000 STUDENT MARK. WHAT WAS THE NUMBER YOU SAID? 5261. 50. 50,000. 50,000 261. 261. I USE THAT TOMORROW IN MY CHAMBER PRESENTATION. AND 1619 HUNDRED A YEAR STILL IS WHAT IS BEING PROJECTED. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE. RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? SURE. WHILE WE HAVE DOCTOR MAXWELL IN FRONT OF US. I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM AND COMMEND HIM FOR THE THE JOB HE DOES FOR US. HE AND HIS HUGE STAFF MEMBER, WHEREVER HE HAS WON. YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A HARD WEEKEND FOR THE GREEN BAY PACKERS, BUT I WANT TO TELL HIM THAT HE IS. HE'S THE BART STARR OF DEMOGRAPHICS AND AND ALL HE DOES FOR US. SO. SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUALITY OF WORK THAT YOU DO FOR US. THANK YOU, SIR. WELL, WE CLEARLY DON'T HAVE BOARD MEETINGS GO THIS LATE ANYMORE. WE'RE ALL TIRED, AND I'M NOT WEARING THAT. DELIVERED THAT. OKAY. LOW BLOWS. LOW BLOW. OKAY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MAXWELL. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT TRUSTEES WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR DISCUSSION AT THE OCTOBER BOARD MEETING? NO. ALL RIGHT. IT IS, I DON'T KNOW. SORRY. 10:11 P.M.. WE ARE ADJOURNING TO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071551.072551.074 AND 551.082. THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL, LAND ACQUISITION OR CONSULTATION WITH OUR ATTORNEY. WE ARE NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION. IT IS 11:09 P.M.. WE HAVE A QUORUM. ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS TO BE MADE? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF ELEMENTARY SITE NUMBER TWO IN THE GEORGE AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? TRUSTEE MASTERS MAKES THE SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. IT IS 11:10 P.M.. GO, TEAM.