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Good evening and welcome. My name is

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Taylor Kingman, I am the chairman of the

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San Angelo School District Board of Trustees

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. I would like to welcome everyone

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attending today's regular

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council meeting, as well as those

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who will be watching the recording

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online or through our

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public channel. Today is

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September 21st. All agenda items

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were posted as

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required by state law, and

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most were discussed

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during prior workshops

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prior to the council meeting. As a council,

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our work includes setting goals

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, hearing reports from the

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superintendent of schools, approving

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budgets, contracts, personnel matters, and

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making decisions regarding

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district policy. Please remember

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that this is a council meeting

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held in public and is not a

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public meeting. The proceedings of

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the meeting are being recorded and will

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become part of the district's permanent records

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. To help us maintain the

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clarity of the recording, we ask that you

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refrain from speaking

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when others are speaking and that you

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silence your cell phones.

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Thank you again for your

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attendance and support for SAISD.

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We have a quorum tonight. Let us start with the

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first point of our program,

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that is, our prayer. Grant Hill,

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associate pastor at The

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Gathering Church, will help us with this

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tonight. Would

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you like to join me in

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prayer? Heavenly Father, we gather tonight

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in the name of Jesus.

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Your Word says that when we ask for

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wisdom, You will give it to us generously and

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without reproach. That is why we ask for

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your wisdom and insight at

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our school district meeting today

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. We know that the Holy Spirit

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is the Spirit of Truth who will guide

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us into all truth. And we ask You to

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fill our minds with a clear

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vision of the decisions that must be made

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today for the education of our children.

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I ask You to fill each

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of these members with wisdom,

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clarity, and insight so they know

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what to decide today. And I ask You to

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fill them with understanding, so that

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they will know how every

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decision we make today will affect our tomorrow.

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We believe all this before You in the

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mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

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Thank you. The next item on our

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agenda is our pledge of

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allegiance to the United States and

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Texas. We have

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some students from

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Buell Elementary here tonight who are very punctual and

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came very early. We have Natalie

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Soto, Rachel Villarreal, Rowan Seaton,

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Palmer Seaton, Olivia and Olivia Lucky

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. If everyone will stand and join

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them in taking the oath to the

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United States and Texas. I pledge I pledge to the flag of the United States of

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America and the republic for which it stands

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, one nation under

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God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the state of

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Texas, one state under God,

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one and indivisible.

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Good job, guys.

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Okay, next up for us

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tonight is the awards

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, and Ms. Shannon Schwartz will be helping us

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award DESK, a

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non-profit organization that

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helps our students every year.

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All right. Good evening. Tonight, we are

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honored to recognize a

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community partner who has

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supported students, families, and

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schools in the San Angelo School District for over two decades.

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DESK, provide educational materials

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for children. Since its founding in

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2004 by Eric Wilson, DESK

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has raised over $1 million for

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school supplies for students in need

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, helping them

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succeed in school and beyond.

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This year alone, they generously donated

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over $67,000, directly

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supporting all schools in our

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district and providing students with the

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tools they need to

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succeed while also reducing the burden on

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teachers. These incredible

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public education supporters with us

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tonight, as well as those who

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couldn't be with us, dedicate

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their time, energy, and talents

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year-round to raising funds for

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our students in need of

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school supplies.

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School materials that allow you to learn,

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develop, create and think

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critically. We are honored to

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recognize and host

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some of the

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board members here tonight. When we call your

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name, please come and stand

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in the middle and we will take a

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group photo. First up we have

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Desk Chairman Eric Wilson.

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Vice President Vicki Loso of First Community Federal Credit Union.

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Secretary Diane Wilson from McDonald's.

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Ken Graham of KLST. And Mrs.

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Jacqueline Ochoa. Please join

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me in applause and a very

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grateful thank you to Desk.

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Okay, next on the agenda is

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public comments. We have people

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signed up for speaking engagements

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tonight. For those taking the floor

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this evening, please remember to

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follow the guidelines

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you received when you logged in and which

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were displayed on your screen before the

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meeting began. Our

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first speaker is Joanne

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Stringfield, and her topic is

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student transfer guidelines and a

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plea for transparency.

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Good evening everyone. My name is

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Joanne Stringfield and I would like to

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request greater transparency

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regarding the proposed change to

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transfer policy. Specifically,

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we have had many discussions with different

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people I meet. I have a granddaughter

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in public school. I have friends

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who are teachers. I am a

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San Angelo resident and I think there is

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a lot of concern and confusion

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. Let me add a little about my

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experience. I am a retired

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military officer. My children, my

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four and now four adults,

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have transferred to other schools multiple times

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and after some

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issues with those transfers were resolved,

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changes were made to the

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military regulations to provide them with

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some protection in the event of a

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transfer. But I'll tell you from

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personal experience,

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transfers can be disruptive, and

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doing so during, um, the

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school year, in other words, with education from,

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um, elementary school in the middle of the

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cycle, when children would have completed, let's

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say, kindergarten

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through fifth grade and then on to

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middle school and so on, can be

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very disruptive, and also if those

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children don't have the opportunity to

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continue their education with their

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siblings. Hmm, we found that

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sibling support had a

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significant impact on my children. I see this

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again in my grandchildren, I have seven

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grandchildren, also with

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military parents. Across the spectrum of

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sibling support, this is very important.

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So I'm asking for transparency in the

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proposed policy changes so that

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both school board members

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and families can understand what

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these changes are, what

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we say, both in the medical world

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and in education, are the actual basis for

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these decisions. What literature was

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considered, what was the input from families,

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what are the pros and cons, including the

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potential economic impact,

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because with school vouchers,

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parents can decide to

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leave the school system and

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go to another school. If

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school systems are not meeting their

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needs and penalizing them for seeking

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things like staying in

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their chosen schools, I ask

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for consideration of these issues and for easy

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access to this information.

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I tried to review the

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proposed policies on the

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SAISD website and had great

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difficulty finding the

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proposals. Therefore, I am asking for

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increased transparency.

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Thank you for your attention.

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Thank you, and I

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look forward to your presence this

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evening, where

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you will be able to hear some of

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this information. Now it's time for Mr.

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Michael Petrella, who will be responsible for

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settling the budget.

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Good evening. My name is Michael

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Petrella. I am here tonight

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parent of two children who attend

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schools in our district. Like many

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parents, I realized I

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needed to get to work and take a closer

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look at how

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our district was functioning. During my

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budget research, I looked at our

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salary structure. A teacher

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starting in our district

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earns a starting salary of

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approximately $50,000. Meanwhile,

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our essential, full-time

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cleaning and support staff earn between $

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24,000 and $36,000 per year. And it is

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these people who ensure the

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functioning of our schools every

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day. In stark contrast,

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public records reveal

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payments from October 2025 to

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August 2026 of

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$6,000 per month,

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totaling $66,000, made

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by the district to CWBD Properties, a

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company owned by a current

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board member. Despite official requests

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for information, I have yet to find

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any documentation that

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actually justifies these expenses

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. When parents and taxpayers have to

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dig through public

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records to track down

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public funds and still find no

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justification, accountability

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has failed. This 66,000 is not just a

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budget item. These are essential

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resources. These could fund an

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additional position or provide

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significant support to our

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underpaid frontline workers

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. Management should not ignore

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this transaction. For reasons of

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public trust, no board member or

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their private company should

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receive taxpayer money from the

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district they oversee.

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If a board member is truly

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committed to SAISD, any

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services provided should be

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completely voluntary. If

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you need to borrow a shed,

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you can borrow mine for free.

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Okay, I just want to

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make this clear. Signing a

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conflict of interest declaration does not resolve the

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ethical dilemma associated with

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granting limited

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public funds to a private entity

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whose board members are members

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. While our teachers

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and support staff are receiving the

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bare minimum, tonight

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I am asking the board to halt all

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future payments to this

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entity and initiate an independent

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review of this contract to ensure a

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full, transparent public

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accounting of these expenses. Thank you.

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Mr. Patrol. Now we have

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Mrs. Sarah Alexander on

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school safety.

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I'm here today to discuss

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school safety. I sent

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detailed emails to every person

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on this podium. You all know these

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problems. I will not discuss them here

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because I do not want to escalate the situation

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by drawing too much public attention to it

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. That's why

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I've been talking to all of you about this

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privately until now. Nevertheless, we cannot

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ignore this problem.

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SAISD administrators have failed our

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children, especially those on the north

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side of the school, and have

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effectively covered it up until now because

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many of you on the board have refused to

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take action. Turning a blind eye

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to the problem won't make it go away. As we

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all know, the TEA commissioner was here

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last week. None of us take

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this visit lightly because

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we face a state takeover

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if our STAR scores do not improve.

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But STAR scores are not the only reason

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TEA may intervene.

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According to the TEA, it may intervene when

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intervention is necessary to

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prevent a significant or imminent

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threat to the well-being of the district's students

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or to the public interest. With that

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in mind, if you all don't

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take safety seriously

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, perhaps a

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TEA-appointed monitor, curator, or board will. Honestly

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, I don't want it. I believe in

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local control and representatives

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who act in the best

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interests of their constituents. But local

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control is meaningless if you

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all fail to exercise the authority

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granted to you by your voters to

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intervene in such situations.

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I am asking for immediate intervention.

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If you do not take action,

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I will report this to TEA by the end of

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tomorrow business day. For those

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who might suggest a formal

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complaint, time is of the essence.

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We must act now. We cannot

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wait for the grievance process.

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Thank you.

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Mrs. Alexander. Next

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we have Ms. Kendall Jastro on

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school policy.

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Hi.

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Good evening.

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Sorry. I, uh, started

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paying attention to what was going on in

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our district actually about three

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weeks ago when I asked for a pep rally

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at

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Central High School to be held during the day,

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during school hours, instead of, uh,

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before school when it usually happens.

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Ugh, when I was told at one of the meetings with

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the administration that

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because one of the elementary schools

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wasn't even part of the

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Central High School structure, it would be difficult to

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do anything outside of the norm,

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I thought it was strange. Um, and

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I thought that was a really interesting

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excuse that a school that's not even

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in the structure of Central High School,

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uh, would have an influence on what

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happens at Central High School,

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especially a pep rally like that. And I can't

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believe I had to

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take this all the way to the school board. I

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started digging deeper into the topic and was

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curious about what was happening at this

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failing school. So, um,

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I looked at Bradford and

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wondered why they kept

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failing. And have we done enough

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? Are there

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schools in Texas that

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we could look up to that

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were in the same situation, that

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were in the same situation as Bradford,

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that were successful? I looked at the

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Bradford Improvement Plan and

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the improvements from year to year. And I don't mean that

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nothing was done. My point is

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whether the reaction was

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commensurate with years of failure. Other

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schools in Texas have shown that

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failing schools don't have to

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happen in

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economically challenged schools. There

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are three schools in Laredo ISD that

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have a very high percentage of

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economically disadvantaged students who received an

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A grade from the TEA. And also, um, a few other

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schools. You can simply

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search and find many schools in

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Texas, East Texas, outside of

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Houston. For example,

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Kirk Elementary School went from 55 to um, to 3 in 2 years. So,

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again, I'm not suggesting that Bradford

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and Kirk are identical. I ask that we

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try to learn from some of the

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schools, schools in Texas that are

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successful. But there's another

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lesson, um, that we should

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consider before we set

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attendance limits. And I know there have been

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votes on this and I know

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they are pending and the transfer policy is

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pending, but we have to be careful not to

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confuse changing the demographics of the school with

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improving it. Redistributing

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students may change the outcome of

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the assessments. It may take a campus from a

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5 to a 3, but a letter grade earned

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by someone attending a

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school is very different from

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building the academic capacity

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that allows the kids already

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there to succeed.

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Thank you, Mrs. Jester.

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Thank you.

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All right. Then we move on to a

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closed session. This will be in accordance with

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Texas Government Code 551.071,

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which covers consultations with an attorney

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, 551.074, which covers

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personnel matters, and 551.082, which covers

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students, school district employees,

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and disciplinary and

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grievance matters. And we'll be right back. Okay, we're back

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from closed session, at least

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temporarily. I now move on to point

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eight, i.e. consideration and

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possible action in connection with the

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complaint submitted by Mr. Michael

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Petrella. Do I have an application?

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Dr. Hammond, I move

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that Mr. Petrelli's request for

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release be granted.

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Do I have a motion of support?

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I support this.

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I have a motion from Mr. Dindle and a motion from

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Mrs. Duncan. Are there any further

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questions or comments from the management regarding

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the complaint filed by Mr. Patrol?

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All in favour, please say: "Yes.

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" Please raise your hand. The motion

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passes 5-0. All right. We now return

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to closed session pursuant to

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Texas Government Code 551.071, 551.074, and

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551.082. Okay, we're back from

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closed session. No votes were taken

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. Hmm, we will

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now move on to point seven, which

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concerns the consideration and

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possible action taken in connection with the

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complaints filed by Jamal

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Shubert. Do I have an application?

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I will file a motion regarding

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Jamal Shubert’s Level 1 complaints filed on

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May 29, 2026, May 29,

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2026, and June 15, 2026. I request that the

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administrative decisions be upheld and the

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requested remedies be denied.

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Do I have a second application?

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Second.

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So, a motion from Dr. Mills and a second

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motion from Mrs. Duncan. Are there

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any other comments or questions from the management board?

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All in favour, I say "I" and

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raise your hand.

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I.

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The motion passes 5-0. All right.

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Next, we will update the

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bond structure. Who is here from Park Hills?

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Hello Hector.

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Good evening, President Killeen and

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Board of Trustees, Dr. Moran. Hector

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Santiago, Partner at Parkhill, and I am

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pleased to provide

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an update on the bond projects.

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Can I? Oh, here it is. All right. As

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you've seen this slide a few times

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before, of course, the general

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bond construction timeline. We

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're still basically on track

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with everything. Of course, Lakeview GMP

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has been previously approved.

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We approved the Glenn Middle School

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GMP, and tonight you'll see the Glenn

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, that's me, Central High School GMP

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tonight as well. A general,

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broken-down timeline in terms of

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design, construction, and then the

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owner actually moving in is fine. One

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of the ones you'll see is almost

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ready, very close to completion. They're

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just tackling a few items on their to-

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do list, Crockett.

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So you'll see some of that, but

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otherwise we

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even had a groundbreaking ceremony

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for Lakeview, which was

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quite well attended, even on a

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very hot day. As

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for Crockett, we, er, Lee Lewis

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Construction, have received our certificate

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of occupancy. This is about the dining room.

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They had previously received them for the

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classroom before school even started

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. And, uh, yeah, we just cover the

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dots. The

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next thing to discuss is the

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closing documentation that they, um,

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have started preparing. And once we

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review it, we'll be, you know, well on our

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way to closing this project.

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I had the opportunity to take a

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quick tour there before the

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board meeting, so I took a few photos

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. Here you see a photo of the dining room and

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kitchen. Then the interior of the dining room and

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the corridor. And then a typical classroom

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and playground. The playground

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looks really, really elegant

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and I was very pleased with the result.

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Have any questions about

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Crockett? Okay, if not, then I'll move on

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to Miguel Elementary Phase Two with

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Collier Construction. Uh the steel

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erection has been completed in both

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areas A and B. Uh uh happy

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when that was completed and the

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metal deck has also been

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completed in both areas A and B. And the

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metal framing, uh last

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I heard last week that they're getting close

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to completion in

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area A. Uh next up is the metal

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framing in area B and the

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electrical installation. I've

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already seen some mechanical

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assembly work in area B. Uh here

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you see uh the library and

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administrative part of area A. And then

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area B, all the steel is already in place

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and some of the ventilation ducts

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have started to be hung. And then I'll

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move on to Oh, I'm sorry. Any

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questions about Miguel?

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Well, in area A, they are, as

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you said, they do it in different

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sections and so on.

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Correct.

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Uh how long are they going to be working on Do

561
00:25:39,736 --> 00:25:41,508
you have any idea how long it will take them to

562
00:25:41,508 --> 00:25:44,776
get to that area A? I only ask

563
00:25:44,776 --> 00:25:46,537
because this has been

564
00:25:46,537 --> 00:25:48,046
talked about before – all this

565
00:25:48,046 --> 00:25:50,328
construction activity right next to the playground.

566
00:25:50,328 --> 00:25:51,397
Yes, yes.

567
00:25:51,397 --> 00:25:53,084
I go there, I see him and I think, "

568
00:25:53,084 --> 00:25:54,573
Let's hurry up."

569
00:25:54,573 --> 00:25:56,899
Yes. Generally speaking, the work

570
00:25:56,899 --> 00:26:01,758
should be completed by June

571
00:26:01,758 --> 00:26:03,981
2027, but in this area I plan to

572
00:26:03,981 --> 00:26:06,401
finish around

573
00:26:06,401 --> 00:26:10,690
January-February at the latest. So it will be before the

574
00:26:10,690 --> 00:26:12,777
June deadline for the entire

575
00:26:12,777 --> 00:26:17,512
project. They started this area first

576
00:26:17,512 --> 00:26:19,507
and then moved to area B,

577
00:26:19,507 --> 00:26:21,452
mainly because it's

578
00:26:21,452 --> 00:26:23,447
more crowded and there's more traffic for the

579
00:26:23,447 --> 00:26:28,534
kids to get to the playground.

580
00:26:28,534 --> 00:26:30,049
I will contact them to

581
00:26:30,049 --> 00:26:31,895
make sure they are still on

582
00:26:31,895 --> 00:26:33,748
track to meet this deadline.

583
00:26:33,748 --> 00:26:39,440
Okay, thank you, Hector.

584
00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:41,219
Regarding Glenn High School

585
00:26:41,219 --> 00:26:42,795
, at the last August

586
00:26:42,795 --> 00:26:44,676
board meeting you approved the

587
00:26:44,676 --> 00:26:48,551
GMP. The plans are undergoing

588
00:26:48,551 --> 00:26:51,817
city review. We have received the first

589
00:26:51,817 --> 00:26:53,752
round of comments, which have been responded to and

590
00:26:53,752 --> 00:26:56,993
forwarded. The

591
00:26:56,993 --> 00:26:59,072
building permit has been issued, so you know

592
00:26:59,072 --> 00:27:02,223
, Lee Lewis Construction can get started.

593
00:27:02,223 --> 00:27:03,838
And when I last spoke with

594
00:27:03,838 --> 00:27:05,706
Michael, he was also going to

595
00:27:05,706 --> 00:27:07,271
get a building permit for the

596
00:27:07,271 --> 00:27:08,987
foundations so they could, you know,

597
00:27:08,987 --> 00:27:14,553
get started. We waited a bit

598
00:27:14,553 --> 00:27:16,212
until the permits were more

599
00:27:16,212 --> 00:27:18,299
advanced to make sure that

600
00:27:18,299 --> 00:27:21,284
before we released NTP. Well, you know, so it does

601
00:27:21,284 --> 00:27:24,362
n't delay them. But

602
00:27:24,362 --> 00:27:26,230
I think we will soon issue an order

603
00:27:26,230 --> 00:27:31,313
to start work. You've seen

604
00:27:31,313 --> 00:27:32,813
a few of these visuals already, but

605
00:27:32,813 --> 00:27:34,653
I thought I'd leave them there just in

606
00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:46,744
case. Well, show them, again. Library.

607
00:27:46,744 --> 00:27:52,871
Gymnasium. Gym. Maybe there

608
00:27:52,871 --> 00:27:55,214
will be no questions to ask.

609
00:27:55,214 --> 00:27:57,019
When exactly are we planning to start,

610
00:27:57,019 --> 00:27:58,481
Glenn?

611
00:27:58,481 --> 00:28:00,442
Well, Michael is here, but I won't

612
00:28:00,442 --> 00:28:02,455
stop him, but I saw a

613
00:28:02,455 --> 00:28:05,647
construction trailer there. And we want to

614
00:28:05,647 --> 00:28:07,522
make sure that they can actually

615
00:28:07,522 --> 00:28:08,712
start working.

616
00:28:08,712 --> 00:28:10,636
So we are waiting for city permits?

617
00:28:10,636 --> 00:28:11,631
Yes, sir.

618
00:28:11,631 --> 00:28:12,980
That's pretty much all I wanted you to

619
00:28:12,980 --> 00:28:13,773
say.

620
00:28:13,773 --> 00:28:17,696
Yes, more or less. You know, they've

621
00:28:17,696 --> 00:28:19,576
already started some things, you

622
00:28:19,576 --> 00:28:21,557
know, and they've gotten the building permits

623
00:28:21,557 --> 00:28:23,437
, so they can get going, but they can't go too

624
00:28:23,437 --> 00:28:25,266
far

625
00:28:25,266 --> 00:28:26,791
until they get the

626
00:28:26,791 --> 00:28:33,016
building permits. All right.

627
00:28:33,016 --> 00:28:35,590
For Dr. Moran. Sorry for the interruption

628
00:28:35,590 --> 00:28:37,261
. So, construction work is currently underway

629
00:28:37,261 --> 00:28:39,040
on the training pitch.

630
00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:39,865
Correct.

631
00:28:39,865 --> 00:28:42,011
I guess we'll use it now

632
00:28:42,011 --> 00:28:44,136
. What are the plans? What will we

633
00:28:44,136 --> 00:28:46,008
use during construction?

634
00:28:46,008 --> 00:28:48,180
The fence has been up for some time

635
00:28:48,180 --> 00:28:50,055
. These boys use the

636
00:28:50,055 --> 00:28:52,151
practice fields at the stadium, the

637
00:28:52,151 --> 00:28:54,248
artificial turf field, and the grass fields

638
00:28:54,248 --> 00:28:57,215
at Nimitz and Bucker. And yes, that

639
00:28:57,215 --> 00:28:59,212
practice field west of Glenn

640
00:28:59,212 --> 00:29:01,241
was not used this year.

641
00:29:01,241 --> 00:29:01,863
All right.

642
00:29:01,863 --> 00:29:05,385
Yes, there is a fence there. And a small note

643
00:29:05,385 --> 00:29:07,583
, we had a really good meeting with

644
00:29:07,583 --> 00:29:11,019
Phil Urudia. He is the new

645
00:29:11,019 --> 00:29:13,716
city manager. He is fully

646
00:29:13,716 --> 00:29:15,830
aware that we had some

647
00:29:15,830 --> 00:29:19,612
permitting issues. And he assured us that he would look into

648
00:29:19,612 --> 00:29:21,629
it, given

649
00:29:21,629 --> 00:29:23,594
his experiences in Garland and,

650
00:29:23,594 --> 00:29:26,474
I believe, Odessa. Either way,

651
00:29:26,474 --> 00:29:28,298
the city is aware of our

652
00:29:28,298 --> 00:29:30,074
disappointment and we hope

653
00:29:30,074 --> 00:29:32,850
everything goes well.

654
00:29:32,850 --> 00:29:35,867
Thank you. We move on to Lakeview High School

655
00:29:35,867 --> 00:29:39,182
. You know, the plans are still waiting

656
00:29:39,182 --> 00:29:41,479
for verification. We have received

657
00:29:41,479 --> 00:29:43,430
approved portable facilities and

658
00:29:43,430 --> 00:29:45,484
approved general planning permission

659
00:29:45,484 --> 00:29:49,059
. So they started

660
00:29:49,059 --> 00:29:52,168
some work there. The

661
00:29:52,168 --> 00:29:53,808
groundbreaking ceremony,

662
00:29:53,808 --> 00:29:55,746
again, was very well

663
00:29:55,746 --> 00:29:57,634
attended, and one of the things when

664
00:29:57,634 --> 00:29:58,975
we organize events, especially

665
00:29:58,975 --> 00:30:00,864
Mexican events, is the question, "When are the

666
00:30:00,864 --> 00:30:03,010
mariachis coming?" When will

667
00:30:03,010 --> 00:30:05,484
the mariachis arrive? Yes, they were there, so the party

668
00:30:05,484 --> 00:30:07,529
was great and it was great to have them

669
00:30:07,529 --> 00:30:12,362
. They are very talented. I'm very, happy about it, so… It's a

670
00:30:12,362 --> 00:30:15,056
great event. They have already been

671
00:30:15,056 --> 00:30:16,572
called in to inspect the

672
00:30:16,572 --> 00:30:18,319
plumbing and electrical installations in the

673
00:30:18,319 --> 00:30:20,116
portable buildings. So, as far as

674
00:30:20,116 --> 00:30:21,856
portable buildings go, they're doing pretty

675
00:30:21,856 --> 00:30:25,460
well anyway. I saw

676
00:30:25,460 --> 00:30:27,176
some photos today of the

677
00:30:27,176 --> 00:30:31,544
site clearing and demolition that is already underway.

678
00:30:31,544 --> 00:30:33,662
I thought I would add a visualization of the

679
00:30:33,662 --> 00:30:38,283
current technical building. And some

680
00:30:38,283 --> 00:30:40,457
photos from the cornerstone laying ceremony

681
00:30:40,457 --> 00:30:51,735
. And here are the mariachis. As you can see

682
00:30:51,735 --> 00:30:53,863
, cleaning work is underway, as well as

683
00:30:53,863 --> 00:30:58,245
the demolition of concrete sidewalks where the

684
00:30:58,245 --> 00:31:00,077
base for the

685
00:31:00,077 --> 00:31:03,096
mariachi building was to be built. Good to see

686
00:31:03,096 --> 00:31:11,937
this happening. Do you have any questions?

687
00:31:11,937 --> 00:31:14,120
If not, I'll go to Central High

688
00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:20,091
School. CMAR received offers. Up for

689
00:31:20,091 --> 00:31:22,368
consideration today is GMP Central

690
00:31:22,368 --> 00:31:25,660
High School. And of course the plans

691
00:31:25,660 --> 00:31:28,484
were submitted for review. And

692
00:31:28,484 --> 00:31:30,593
then when, uh, we get, uh,

693
00:31:30,593 --> 00:31:32,823
if the GMP is approved, we'll

694
00:31:32,823 --> 00:31:35,173
let them know so they can proceed

695
00:31:35,173 --> 00:31:37,806
. Um, they did some work earlier,

696
00:31:37,806 --> 00:31:39,742
as you remember, water pipes,

697
00:31:39,742 --> 00:31:45,552
which were completed over the summer. And

698
00:31:45,552 --> 00:31:47,256
they took advantage of the fact that there were no

699
00:31:47,256 --> 00:31:49,458
children on campus. It was really,

700
00:31:49,458 --> 00:31:51,699
um, well thought out and planned

701
00:31:51,699 --> 00:31:55,420
on their part. Um, that's actually, um, the

702
00:31:55,420 --> 00:31:59,551
prep work they did.

703
00:31:59,551 --> 00:32:01,455
Uh, they took advantage of the lack of students at

704
00:32:01,455 --> 00:32:04,830
school. And then, um, yeah, some

705
00:32:04,830 --> 00:32:06,623
visualizations that

706
00:32:06,623 --> 00:32:12,400
I showed earlier when we approved GMP.

707
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:16,781
Er, a shot of the corner of the auditorium.

708
00:32:16,781 --> 00:32:24,105
Interior of the auditorium. Gym.

709
00:32:24,105 --> 00:32:26,348
And only the main hall between the dining room

710
00:32:26,348 --> 00:32:31,829
and the gymnasium. And the front hall of

711
00:32:31,829 --> 00:32:36,922
the auditorium. So, any questions

712
00:32:36,922 --> 00:32:39,241
about the Center?

713
00:32:39,241 --> 00:32:41,223
But do you have any idea how many students

714
00:32:41,223 --> 00:32:42,991
will be in, I think this is the center of

715
00:32:42,991 --> 00:32:45,793
things, the gymnasium? Approximately how

716
00:32:45,793 --> 00:32:47,409
many people will fit there?

717
00:32:47,409 --> 00:32:49,791
Er, yes. The gym will

718
00:32:49,791 --> 00:32:50,581
have 2200 seats

719
00:32:50,581 --> 00:32:52,347
there? 2200, okay.

720
00:32:52,347 --> 00:32:52,772
Yes.

721
00:32:52,772 --> 00:32:54,407
I didn't see that. Sorry.

722
00:32:54,407 --> 00:32:55,717
No, no, no, no problem.

723
00:32:55,717 --> 00:32:57,081
Actually, uh, I remember

724
00:32:57,081 --> 00:32:58,378
someone once asked me that I didn't have those

725
00:32:58,378 --> 00:33:00,120
numbers. I thought they might ask

726
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:01,625
in the future. I'll make sure the

727
00:33:01,625 --> 00:33:03,140
numbers are there at the same time. That's how it

728
00:33:03,140 --> 00:33:04,801
was. I've gotten used to

729
00:33:04,801 --> 00:33:05,794
not seeing them there.

730
00:33:05,794 --> 00:33:06,706
No kidding.

731
00:33:06,706 --> 00:33:07,931
Thank you, Lord.

732
00:33:07,931 --> 00:33:09,686
On that same point, as uh I know

733
00:33:09,686 --> 00:33:11,395
we talked about this a few years ago

734
00:33:11,395 --> 00:33:13,058
so I'm trying to come back, but when

735
00:33:13,058 --> 00:33:14,905
you build these gyms for these

736
00:33:14,905 --> 00:33:16,383
schools, is it normal for the

737
00:33:16,383 --> 00:33:18,231
capacity to be such that the entire gym can

738
00:33:18,231 --> 00:33:19,709
accommodate all the

739
00:33:19,709 --> 00:33:21,372
students or not? Is this how

740
00:33:21,372 --> 00:33:22,736
you determine the size of these

741
00:33:22,736 --> 00:33:25,507
gyms?

742
00:33:25,507 --> 00:33:27,433
We usually size them

743
00:33:27,433 --> 00:33:29,256
based on these kinds of criteria,

744
00:33:29,256 --> 00:33:31,287
like, "Hey, we'd like to have

745
00:33:31,287 --> 00:33:33,058
at least two full, you know,

746
00:33:33,058 --> 00:33:34,881
grade levels, three grade levels, and

747
00:33:34,881 --> 00:33:36,391
sometimes the entire

748
00:33:36,391 --> 00:33:41,954
student body." It depends on the needs and whether

749
00:33:41,954 --> 00:33:43,696
they will be organizing

750
00:33:43,696 --> 00:33:47,975
any events. We've had a

751
00:33:47,975 --> 00:33:49,858
few sports halls where we've had

752
00:33:49,858 --> 00:33:51,840
graduation ceremonies,

753
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:53,623
but those are smaller districts that, you

754
00:33:53,623 --> 00:33:55,605
know, obviously don't have a lot of

755
00:33:55,605 --> 00:33:57,141
families that can

756
00:33:57,141 --> 00:33:59,437
attend. So a lot depends

757
00:33:59,437 --> 00:34:01,476
on the type of request we receive and

758
00:34:01,476 --> 00:34:03,514
what they plan to use

759
00:34:03,514 --> 00:34:06,745
the room for. I was a project manager

760
00:34:06,745 --> 00:34:09,900
at Lakeview. I don't remember exactly

761
00:34:09,900 --> 00:34:11,578
what was communicated to the

762
00:34:11,578 --> 00:34:13,502
project team, what events, but I

763
00:34:13,502 --> 00:34:23,608
can definitely find out. Are

764
00:34:23,608 --> 00:34:25,148
there any other questions?

765
00:34:25,148 --> 00:34:30,544
Mr. Santiago. So maybe this question is

766
00:34:30,544 --> 00:34:35,636
for Lee Lewis. When do permits

767
00:34:35,636 --> 00:34:37,516
become an issue for

768
00:34:37,516 --> 00:34:39,976
completion dates? Are we

769
00:34:39,976 --> 00:34:44,275
close yet? Is this already on our

770
00:34:44,275 --> 00:34:45,974
radar?

771
00:34:45,974 --> 00:34:47,596
I think we are still in the

772
00:34:47,596 --> 00:34:48,639
safe window.

773
00:34:48,639 --> 00:34:50,325
Since you didn't register it,

774
00:34:50,325 --> 00:34:52,161
I'll say it's in a safe

775
00:34:52,161 --> 00:34:55,960
window now. So it's okay.

776
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:57,481
Again, because they have received

777
00:34:57,481 --> 00:34:59,459
building permits and can get

778
00:34:59,459 --> 00:35:01,386
foundation permits, they can get

779
00:35:01,386 --> 00:35:03,059
going before they

780
00:35:03,059 --> 00:35:04,682
need the rest of the actual

781
00:35:04,682 --> 00:35:08,358
building permit.

782
00:35:08,358 --> 00:35:15,168
All right. Any other questions? All right.

783
00:35:15,168 --> 00:35:16,407
Thank you, Hector.

784
00:35:16,407 --> 00:35:17,397
Thank you.

785
00:35:17,397 --> 00:35:20,386
All right. Now we will update the

786
00:35:20,386 --> 00:35:22,412
academic programs and begin discussing the

787
00:35:22,412 --> 00:35:24,171
guidelines for

788
00:35:24,171 --> 00:35:28,337
transferring students. Dr. Moran

789
00:35:28,337 --> 00:35:30,029
will be leading this discussion, and as a

790
00:35:30,029 --> 00:35:33,676
comment, I know one of our

791
00:35:33,729 --> 00:35:37,871
public commenters. Oh, you're welcome, sir.

792
00:35:37,871 --> 00:35:39,788
You know, since we don't have them

793
00:35:39,788 --> 00:35:41,757
on the website yet because of the

794
00:35:41,757 --> 00:35:43,574
Open Meetings Act, this is the

795
00:35:43,574 --> 00:35:45,492
first time the board

796
00:35:45,492 --> 00:35:49,084
has gotten them together as a group as well. So we can

797
00:35:49,084 --> 00:35:50,887
start discussing how

798
00:35:50,887 --> 00:35:53,402
this will end. So I hand

799
00:35:53,402 --> 00:35:54,417
over to Dr. Marine.

800
00:35:54,417 --> 00:35:56,484
Are you ready? All right.

801
00:35:56,484 --> 00:35:59,645
We have been informing since May that transfer guidelines would be

802
00:35:59,696 --> 00:36:03,298
developed in the autumn. Our team

803
00:36:03,298 --> 00:36:05,263
analyzes scenarios to

804
00:36:05,263 --> 00:36:07,021
generate data that can

805
00:36:07,021 --> 00:36:08,935
help us, and we share it with

806
00:36:08,935 --> 00:36:13,056
management weekly. Oh, and here's a

807
00:36:13,056 --> 00:36:15,051
summary sheet you can

808
00:36:15,051 --> 00:36:16,944
use as a reference,

809
00:36:16,944 --> 00:36:18,580
because some of the things

810
00:36:18,580 --> 00:36:20,320
I'm going to mention are

811
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:24,761
on that sheet. But let's start the

812
00:36:24,761 --> 00:36:27,767
conversation. My intention this

813
00:36:27,767 --> 00:36:29,572
evening is to logically address the points of

814
00:36:29,572 --> 00:36:31,427
our discussion regarding the

815
00:36:31,427 --> 00:36:33,031
primary school zones for the

816
00:36:33,031 --> 00:36:36,151
next school year. I think

817
00:36:36,151 --> 00:36:38,630
everyone knows it's the fall of 2027

818
00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:41,547
when the reset will happen. We

819
00:36:41,547 --> 00:36:43,872
will all have questions. There will be many

820
00:36:43,872 --> 00:36:45,894
exceptional circumstances and we will discuss

821
00:36:45,894 --> 00:36:49,457
some of them in a few minutes.

822
00:36:49,457 --> 00:36:51,377
During this presentation, although it will not be a

823
00:36:51,377 --> 00:36:53,197
formal slide show,

824
00:36:53,197 --> 00:36:55,168
you will have questions, but it will be a conversation

825
00:36:55,168 --> 00:36:57,323
that I will discuss. Just

826
00:36:57,323 --> 00:36:59,345
write down your questions and we'll

827
00:36:59,345 --> 00:37:01,048
come back to them at the end and start

828
00:37:01,048 --> 00:37:05,126
discussing them. Let's start with the

829
00:37:05,126 --> 00:37:06,887
district's guidelines for

830
00:37:06,887 --> 00:37:10,570
student transfers. Our local FDB branch

831
00:37:10,570 --> 00:37:12,599
stipulates that the education superintendent will be

832
00:37:12,599 --> 00:37:14,734
authorized to review and approve

833
00:37:14,734 --> 00:37:17,275
transfers between schools. That's

834
00:37:17,275 --> 00:37:23,073
all. It's very transparent and

835
00:37:23,073 --> 00:37:24,903
quick, so for years it was an

836
00:37:24,903 --> 00:37:26,994
administrative function, and in a moment

837
00:37:26,994 --> 00:37:28,667
you'll hear that our practice was

838
00:37:28,667 --> 00:37:30,392
that

839
00:37:30,392 --> 00:37:32,483
school principals were the ones who approved

840
00:37:32,483 --> 00:37:34,469
and denied transfers for decades, as far as

841
00:37:34,469 --> 00:37:42,919
I know. But because of the importance of this

842
00:37:42,919 --> 00:37:44,596
discussion and our community,

843
00:37:44,596 --> 00:37:47,281
we want everything to go well. That is why we

844
00:37:47,281 --> 00:37:49,149
are here at the

845
00:37:49,149 --> 00:37:51,066
council podium and we will be leading this

846
00:37:51,066 --> 00:37:53,446
discussion. Your contribution is important. We

847
00:37:53,446 --> 00:37:55,509
will do it right. We will do this well

848
00:37:55,509 --> 00:37:58,865
for our community. So, as a result

849
00:37:58,865 --> 00:38:00,930
,

850
00:38:00,930 --> 00:38:02,778
gifted and talented programs are

851
00:38:02,778 --> 00:38:04,518
offered at all of our

852
00:38:04,518 --> 00:38:08,076
San Angelo ISD campuses. I think

853
00:38:08,076 --> 00:38:10,448
everyone knows that. But the history of the

854
00:38:10,448 --> 00:38:12,890
GT Magnet campus dates back to 1999, and

855
00:38:12,890 --> 00:38:15,266
you might ask: why are

856
00:38:15,266 --> 00:38:20,197
you jumping straight to GT Magnet? Because that's where

857
00:38:20,197 --> 00:38:22,071
a lot of the friction will come

858
00:38:22,071 --> 00:38:23,759
in this conversation about how we're going to

859
00:38:23,759 --> 00:38:25,305
deal with our siblings and

860
00:38:25,305 --> 00:38:27,087
which grades we're going to move up to

861
00:38:27,087 --> 00:38:28,633
in order to stay in our

862
00:38:28,633 --> 00:38:33,725
primary schools. These are the two main

863
00:38:33,725 --> 00:38:35,368
issues that have come to the

864
00:38:35,368 --> 00:38:37,011
surface over the last few

865
00:38:37,011 --> 00:38:40,564
months. And I think I have some

866
00:38:40,564 --> 00:38:42,439
good suggestions for all of you today on this

867
00:38:42,439 --> 00:38:47,341
topic. But the history of the GT Magnet campus

868
00:38:47,341 --> 00:38:53,565
dates back to 1999. Gifted elementary schools

869
00:38:53,629 --> 00:38:55,797
began in Santa Rita in 1999 for

870
00:38:55,797 --> 00:38:58,285
students in first through sixth grade

871
00:38:58,285 --> 00:39:03,801
. You may remember that our

872
00:39:03,801 --> 00:39:06,431
elementary schools included sixth

873
00:39:06,431 --> 00:39:08,797
grade, and then our middle schools

874
00:39:08,797 --> 00:39:11,032
then included grades 7, 8, and 9.

875
00:39:11,032 --> 00:39:16,399
Around 2002, the district changed the model.

876
00:39:16,399 --> 00:39:18,856
Therefore, Fort Concho accepted

877
00:39:18,856 --> 00:39:21,124
GT students from grades 1 to 3, and Santa

878
00:39:21,124 --> 00:39:23,518
Rita from grades 4 to 6. Therefore,

879
00:39:23,518 --> 00:39:25,597
children move from one

880
00:39:25,597 --> 00:39:27,676
campus to the other throughout

881
00:39:27,676 --> 00:39:31,376
elementary school. Around 2007,

882
00:39:31,376 --> 00:39:33,765
sixth graders were moved from the

883
00:39:33,765 --> 00:39:36,490
elementary campus to the middle school. As

884
00:39:36,490 --> 00:39:38,850
a result, the district offered the

885
00:39:38,850 --> 00:39:41,273
GT Magnet program in both Santa Rita and

886
00:39:41,273 --> 00:39:43,137
Fort Concho for grades 1 through 5.

887
00:39:43,137 --> 00:39:45,249
We are evaluating our

888
00:39:45,249 --> 00:39:48,265
children in kindergarten. Most are

889
00:39:48,265 --> 00:39:50,349
assessed and identified in kindergarten

890
00:39:50,349 --> 00:39:52,220
, and their program begins after the

891
00:39:52,220 --> 00:39:54,358
identification process, but for our

892
00:39:54,358 --> 00:39:56,175
purposes we can say

893
00:39:56,175 --> 00:40:01,735
grades 1 through 5. These programs

894
00:40:01,735 --> 00:40:03,284
also allowed students to

895
00:40:03,284 --> 00:40:04,978
transfer to fill

896
00:40:04,978 --> 00:40:06,914
vacancies created by the decline in

897
00:40:06,914 --> 00:40:09,710
student numbers at the time.

898
00:40:09,710 --> 00:40:11,717
We had a decline in enrollment in some elementary school zones,

899
00:40:11,717 --> 00:40:13,724
and to fill

900
00:40:13,724 --> 00:40:15,431
those spots, not only was the

901
00:40:15,431 --> 00:40:16,936
GT Magnet program implemented, but

902
00:40:16,936 --> 00:40:18,943
others were also allowed to

903
00:40:18,943 --> 00:40:20,900
move to that campus to fill those spots

904
00:40:20,900 --> 00:40:24,844
. Then a third GT campus was added in Holleman

905
00:40:24,844 --> 00:40:26,538
, with the idea that

906
00:40:26,538 --> 00:40:28,670
we would have three elementary schools

907
00:40:28,670 --> 00:40:32,239
that would feed into three middle schools.

908
00:40:32,239 --> 00:40:34,882
So, uh, Santa Rita feeds Lone Star,

909
00:40:34,882 --> 00:40:37,195
Fort Concho feeds Glenn and Holleman

910
00:40:37,195 --> 00:40:41,705
feeds Lincoln. Um, many San

911
00:40:41,705 --> 00:40:43,742
Angelo ISD campuses have closed over the

912
00:40:43,742 --> 00:40:45,836
years due to declining

913
00:40:45,836 --> 00:40:47,704
student enrollment and aging

914
00:40:47,704 --> 00:40:50,124
facilities. I went back and tried

915
00:40:50,124 --> 00:40:51,975
to list some, er, all of

916
00:40:51,975 --> 00:40:53,971
them. Uh, elementary school closures

917
00:40:53,971 --> 00:40:57,018
include Hammond.

918
00:40:57,018 --> 00:40:58,856
Some of you may not be familiar with

919
00:40:58,856 --> 00:41:01,028
Hammond Elementary, but it is now the North

920
00:41:01,028 --> 00:41:03,843
Side Boys and Girls Club.

921
00:41:03,843 --> 00:41:06,657
We actually own this building.

922
00:41:06,657 --> 00:41:08,934
So, Hammond Elementary, Day,

923
00:41:08,934 --> 00:41:11,275
Blackshear, Real Vista, Sam Houston, Travis

924
00:41:11,275 --> 00:41:13,806
, Austin, Alta Loma, San Jacinto,

925
00:41:13,806 --> 00:41:16,273
and now Reagan and Bowie at the end of this

926
00:41:16,273 --> 00:41:19,173
school year. These are all the

927
00:41:19,173 --> 00:41:21,136
elementary schools that have closed

928
00:41:21,136 --> 00:41:22,848
in the last two decades in

929
00:41:22,848 --> 00:41:25,319
our district. And let's not forget

930
00:41:25,319 --> 00:41:27,580
Edison Junior High, which was

931
00:41:27,580 --> 00:41:30,093
transformed into CFC, Central Freshman

932
00:41:30,093 --> 00:41:32,543
Campus, and is now the campus of the

933
00:41:32,543 --> 00:41:35,283
DAEP and PAYS programs. Declining student populations

934
00:41:35,283 --> 00:41:37,009
due to a nationwide decline in the

935
00:41:37,009 --> 00:41:38,549
birth rate and increased

936
00:41:38,549 --> 00:41:40,089
opportunities for parents are a

937
00:41:40,089 --> 00:41:41,815
reality

938
00:41:41,815 --> 00:41:44,353
many districts are facing. Add to

939
00:41:44,353 --> 00:41:46,402
that increased capacity and

940
00:41:46,402 --> 00:41:48,388
voucher funding, and

941
00:41:48,388 --> 00:41:50,886
public schools should prepare for

942
00:41:50,886 --> 00:41:52,935
what was recently called a

943
00:41:52,935 --> 00:41:57,321
bumper year in 2027-2028.

944
00:41:57,321 --> 00:41:59,418
We anticipate the Legislature

945
00:41:59,418 --> 00:42:01,515
will expand the voucher program by $4 billion, up from

946
00:42:01,515 --> 00:42:03,452
$500 million over the

947
00:42:03,452 --> 00:42:07,270
past two years. The

948
00:42:07,270 --> 00:42:09,450
San Angelo School District (San Angelo ISD)

949
00:42:09,450 --> 00:42:11,812
will reset its elementary school boundaries

950
00:42:11,812 --> 00:42:15,446
from 14 to 12 next school year.

951
00:42:15,446 --> 00:42:17,432
To smoothly transition to new frontiers

952
00:42:17,432 --> 00:42:19,470
, our team analyzed scenarios

953
00:42:19,470 --> 00:42:21,457
and used data to predict the

954
00:42:21,457 --> 00:42:24,546
impact of possible decisions. And there are

955
00:42:24,546 --> 00:42:26,735
some important questions. Some of this

956
00:42:26,735 --> 00:42:28,634
may seem redundant, but for

957
00:42:28,634 --> 00:42:30,430
community members who

958
00:42:30,430 --> 00:42:32,432
may have been disconnected from this or are

959
00:42:32,432 --> 00:42:34,382
now interested and engaged,

960
00:42:34,382 --> 00:42:37,794
why are we changing the zoning?

961
00:42:37,794 --> 00:42:39,591
First of all, well, since 2016,

962
00:42:39,591 --> 00:42:41,748
the number of students has been falling dramatically and

963
00:42:41,748 --> 00:42:43,964
we have to close primary schools and

964
00:42:43,964 --> 00:42:47,801
merge them. When will the new zones come

965
00:42:47,801 --> 00:42:49,858
into force? We said next

966
00:42:49,858 --> 00:42:51,572
fall. Will students be able to

967
00:42:51,572 --> 00:42:53,330
apply for an exemption from

968
00:42:53,330 --> 00:42:54,693
transferring to another

969
00:42:54,693 --> 00:42:56,100
primary school to which they are not

970
00:42:56,100 --> 00:42:58,068
assigned? Generally no, the goal is to

971
00:42:58,068 --> 00:42:59,809
reset the zones and allow

972
00:42:59,809 --> 00:43:01,550
students to attend schools where they

973
00:43:01,550 --> 00:43:04,456
live. What about

974
00:43:04,456 --> 00:43:06,791
special programs? Well, the district has a few

975
00:43:06,791 --> 00:43:08,846
, as you know, we have a functional learning program

976
00:43:08,846 --> 00:43:10,681
. It is designed

977
00:43:10,681 --> 00:43:12,064
for our students with significant

978
00:43:12,064 --> 00:43:13,405
disabilities and

979
00:43:13,405 --> 00:43:14,746
special needs who

980
00:43:14,746 --> 00:43:16,296
attend Lamar Elementary School

981
00:43:16,296 --> 00:43:20,166
. And, uh, they're on the same campus. I do

982
00:43:20,166 --> 00:43:21,949
n't think this is the

983
00:43:21,949 --> 00:43:23,832
best solution for us, but it's the only

984
00:43:23,832 --> 00:43:25,815
way we can do it with our

985
00:43:25,815 --> 00:43:30,127
current staffing shortage. I don't know how

986
00:43:30,127 --> 00:43:31,961
many classes we have without a teacher

987
00:43:31,961 --> 00:43:34,184
, but I know that last

988
00:43:34,184 --> 00:43:36,352
year we had 12 classes and only five

989
00:43:36,352 --> 00:43:40,837
teachers. So we hired

990
00:43:40,837 --> 00:43:42,825
teaching assistants to help, and the

991
00:43:42,825 --> 00:43:44,864
teacher worked in two different

992
00:43:44,864 --> 00:43:47,378
classes. And it's certainly hard to

993
00:43:47,378 --> 00:43:50,033
find workers in this area.

994
00:43:50,033 --> 00:43:51,918
But at Lamar Elementary School we learn

995
00:43:51,918 --> 00:43:54,293
in elementary schools. Our

996
00:43:54,293 --> 00:43:56,172
growing bilingual campus

997
00:43:56,172 --> 00:43:57,903
is located at Bradford Primary School

998
00:43:57,903 --> 00:43:59,881
and serves students

999
00:43:59,881 --> 00:44:01,942
from kindergarten to third grade. And

1000
00:44:01,942 --> 00:44:03,832
if students are monitored or

1001
00:44:03,832 --> 00:44:05,522
leave school, they return to

1002
00:44:05,522 --> 00:44:08,349
their home school. This is

1003
00:44:08,349 --> 00:44:09,906
Bradford for the gifted and

1004
00:44:09,906 --> 00:44:11,970
talented. You have heard of the three

1005
00:44:11,970 --> 00:44:14,377
campuses mentioned. And any student

1006
00:44:14,377 --> 00:44:16,123
identified as gifted and

1007
00:44:16,123 --> 00:44:17,920
talented can now receive

1008
00:44:17,920 --> 00:44:19,817
help at their home school.

1009
00:44:19,817 --> 00:44:21,485
All our primary schools

1010
00:44:21,485 --> 00:44:23,201
offer a gifted and

1011
00:44:23,201 --> 00:44:25,060
talented program, but as we all know,

1012
00:44:25,060 --> 00:44:27,745
I think it's a taboo subject. Over time, on

1013
00:44:27,745 --> 00:44:29,817
some campuses, we have principals

1014
00:44:29,817 --> 00:44:31,112
who are exceptional

1015
00:44:31,112 --> 00:44:33,133
administrators and people want to be at

1016
00:44:33,133 --> 00:44:38,538
their school. And because of that, transfers

1017
00:44:38,538 --> 00:44:39,859
created campuses that

1018
00:44:39,859 --> 00:44:41,767
attracted more families who

1019
00:44:41,767 --> 00:44:43,675
could drive their children to school

1020
00:44:43,675 --> 00:44:48,276
instead of taking the bus. And not

1021
00:44:48,276 --> 00:44:50,621
just GT, but other families that

1022
00:44:50,621 --> 00:44:55,275
are not really GT. And I'll draw your

1023
00:44:55,275 --> 00:44:57,351
attention to the upper left corner, part of

1024
00:44:57,351 --> 00:44:59,427
your chart, there you'll see GT in

1025
00:44:59,427 --> 00:45:05,422
Santa Rita, those are transfers. These are the This

1026
00:45:09,538 --> 00:45:12,978
is a board meeting. And that's how it is

1027
00:45:12,978 --> 00:45:14,876
for us right now. Everything at

1028
00:45:14,876 --> 00:45:16,852
our meeting will be published

1029
00:45:16,852 --> 00:45:20,369
as always. Not now. No, this is a

1030
00:45:20,369 --> 00:45:25,863
meeting. This is a board meeting. The

1031
00:45:25,863 --> 00:45:28,443
GT Transfers field will show you that

1032
00:45:28,443 --> 00:45:34,266
Santa Rita has 52 GT Transfers. Fort

1033
00:45:34,266 --> 00:45:37,292
Concho has 133 GT transfers and Holloman

1034
00:45:37,292 --> 00:45:43,638
has 20 GT transfers. So you can

1035
00:45:43,638 --> 00:45:45,134
see that campuses there

1036
00:45:45,134 --> 00:45:47,184
attract more GT families than

1037
00:45:47,184 --> 00:45:50,473
others and that's no secret. I think

1038
00:45:50,473 --> 00:45:52,258
everyone in the community

1039
00:45:52,258 --> 00:45:57,078
knows this. And it's no one's fault. That's just how the

1040
00:45:57,129 --> 00:46:03,840
system was configured and that's how it worked over time.

1041
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:05,790
When we talk about gifted students,

1042
00:46:05,790 --> 00:46:07,740
we mean providing them with access

1043
00:46:07,740 --> 00:46:09,740
to their home school or, if

1044
00:46:09,740 --> 00:46:11,490
parents choose, one of the

1045
00:46:11,490 --> 00:46:15,880
district's three GT Magnet campuses.

1046
00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:17,853
We are currently approving these in the "uh

1047
00:46:17,853 --> 00:46:22,022
feeder" model. If you live in the

1048
00:46:22,022 --> 00:46:24,184
Lincoln Middle School zone and are a

1049
00:46:24,184 --> 00:46:26,237
GT student, you attend Holliman, and so

1050
00:46:26,237 --> 00:46:31,307
on, along with the other two.

1051
00:46:31,307 --> 00:46:33,231
We've provided you with a breakdown of students

1052
00:46:33,231 --> 00:46:35,156
identified as gifted on

1053
00:46:35,156 --> 00:46:36,727
each campus so you can

1054
00:46:36,727 --> 00:46:39,679
see where students live.

1055
00:46:39,679 --> 00:46:41,717
If you look at the far right

1056
00:46:41,717 --> 00:46:43,924
where the GT students lived,

1057
00:46:43,924 --> 00:46:48,170
you can see the distribution of GT students for each campus in the district and the

1058
00:46:48,170 --> 00:46:50,265
distribution of those GT GT students by

1059
00:46:50,265 --> 00:46:57,888
where they actually lived.

1060
00:46:57,888 --> 00:46:59,638
Now, what do we think we can

1061
00:46:59,638 --> 00:47:01,707
recommend to the Board of Trustees, and

1062
00:47:01,707 --> 00:47:03,670
now I'll draw your attention to the

1063
00:47:03,670 --> 00:47:05,633
GT transfer box in the upper left corner,

1064
00:47:05,633 --> 00:47:07,277
where you'll notice there are

1065
00:47:07,277 --> 00:47:14,156
non-GT siblings. So, that

1066
00:47:14,156 --> 00:47:15,590
was really what

1067
00:47:15,590 --> 00:47:17,555
we were trying to find to help

1068
00:47:17,555 --> 00:47:19,679
us decide how to deal

1069
00:47:19,679 --> 00:47:21,750
with families of GT students who have

1070
00:47:21,750 --> 00:47:25,973
non-GT siblings. I think it's

1071
00:47:25,973 --> 00:47:28,691
very simple for the district. This does not apply to

1072
00:47:28,691 --> 00:47:30,475
everyone, as please remember

1073
00:47:30,475 --> 00:47:32,072
that some of these families may

1074
00:47:32,072 --> 00:47:33,904
return to their home school

1075
00:47:33,904 --> 00:47:36,502
. And so, from year to year, the situation

1076
00:47:36,502 --> 00:47:38,695
will look completely different.

1077
00:47:38,695 --> 00:47:40,212
I know my wife and I have

1078
00:47:40,212 --> 00:47:42,122
four children, and each of them is

1079
00:47:42,122 --> 00:47:43,688
gifted in a different area, and

1080
00:47:43,688 --> 00:47:45,402
I would say that every

1081
00:47:45,402 --> 00:47:47,360
student in our district is gifted

1082
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:49,334
in some area. It's simply the

1083
00:47:49,334 --> 00:47:51,602
state's definition of giftedness and talent

1084
00:47:51,602 --> 00:47:54,627
. All our children have talent.

1085
00:47:54,627 --> 00:47:56,751
Our task is to find the key to

1086
00:47:56,751 --> 00:47:58,876
open the door to help these children

1087
00:47:58,876 --> 00:48:00,789
develop what they love and what

1088
00:48:00,789 --> 00:48:03,777
is their gift from God. You will notice,

1089
00:48:03,777 --> 00:48:05,941
however, that there are very few non-GT siblings

1090
00:48:05,941 --> 00:48:09,245
. Uh Santa Rita has 10

1091
00:48:09,245 --> 00:48:11,900
, Fort Concho has 24 and Holloman has

1092
00:48:11,900 --> 00:48:14,536
one. So I would like to see this concern

1093
00:48:14,536 --> 00:48:16,346
not be a concern for our

1094
00:48:16,346 --> 00:48:20,989
community. We believe we can

1095
00:48:20,989 --> 00:48:23,279
easily provide support to

1096
00:48:23,279 --> 00:48:31,232
GT students and their siblings without any worries. So

1097
00:48:31,232 --> 00:48:33,179
for anyone who wants to respect that and

1098
00:48:33,179 --> 00:48:35,176
make sure we can keep these

1099
00:48:35,176 --> 00:48:38,657
kids together. Now, another note that we

1100
00:48:38,657 --> 00:48:40,548
all need to remember, it

1101
00:48:40,548 --> 00:48:44,263
all depends on the capacity.

1102
00:48:44,263 --> 00:48:46,027
does not necessarily mean

1103
00:48:46,027 --> 00:48:48,050
the size of a building, but rather the number of

1104
00:48:48,050 --> 00:48:52,030
staff in that building. And so, you know, we

1105
00:48:52,030 --> 00:48:53,987
come back to the caveat that it

1106
00:48:53,987 --> 00:48:56,107
's possible as long as the capacity

1107
00:48:56,107 --> 00:48:58,765
allows it. But our intention would be to

1108
00:48:58,765 --> 00:49:00,636
try to make it possible for all of

1109
00:49:00,636 --> 00:49:02,457
these children and their siblings to

1110
00:49:02,457 --> 00:49:07,122
stay together. That being

1111
00:49:07,122 --> 00:49:09,101
said, it does, in a sense, raise

1112
00:49:09,101 --> 00:49:11,028
another question about how we deal

1113
00:49:11,028 --> 00:49:15,321
with acquired rights. And that's something that,

1114
00:49:15,321 --> 00:49:17,455
uh, I'll ask the board for their opinion on

1115
00:49:17,455 --> 00:49:23,860
at the end. um, remember the goal of

1116
00:49:23,860 --> 00:49:25,901
this whole process is to allow

1117
00:49:25,901 --> 00:49:27,839
the district to properly and accurately

1118
00:49:27,839 --> 00:49:29,829
plan, budget, and

1119
00:49:29,829 --> 00:49:31,360
staff our

1120
00:49:31,360 --> 00:49:33,349
elementary schools and make sure

1121
00:49:33,349 --> 00:49:35,390
we know in advance who's coming and

1122
00:49:35,390 --> 00:49:43,427
what we need. When there

1123
00:49:43,427 --> 00:49:45,453
are a lot of transfers in a school district, when there

1124
00:49:45,453 --> 00:49:47,479
are a lot of unknowns in the school year

1125
00:49:47,479 --> 00:49:53,536
, it makes it difficult. We're doing

1126
00:49:53,536 --> 00:49:55,576
better and better because we have fewer campuses, so it

1127
00:49:55,576 --> 00:49:58,803
's easier for us. I would say

1128
00:49:58,803 --> 00:50:01,361
our squad is much better. This

1129
00:50:01,361 --> 00:50:03,505
school year we started from scratch with no

1130
00:50:03,505 --> 00:50:05,649
primary classes and no teacher, and I am

1131
00:50:05,649 --> 00:50:08,705
proud of that. This is very important. This means

1132
00:50:08,705 --> 00:50:10,560
that our children have a good

1133
00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:12,627
teacher, and that is one of our

1134
00:50:12,627 --> 00:50:16,583
goals. Speaking of which, the

1135
00:50:16,583 --> 00:50:18,553
grandfathering issue is important, and we'll come back to that

1136
00:50:18,553 --> 00:50:20,414
, but the more

1137
00:50:20,414 --> 00:50:22,385
transparent it is, the easier it is for a

1138
00:50:22,385 --> 00:50:24,191
school district to plan and

1139
00:50:24,191 --> 00:50:27,520
budget. And then we can use this to

1140
00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:29,360
determine which classes

1141
00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:31,410
can remain and complete their

1142
00:50:31,410 --> 00:50:35,529
primary school education. One more

1143
00:50:35,529 --> 00:50:36,995
comment or observation that

1144
00:50:36,995 --> 00:50:38,864
the public should hear and

1145
00:50:38,864 --> 00:50:40,785
that is important to us:

1146
00:50:40,785 --> 00:50:42,756
middle school students who

1147
00:50:42,756 --> 00:50:44,726
started sixth grade this school year will complete

1148
00:50:44,726 --> 00:50:46,242
middle school at the school where

1149
00:50:46,242 --> 00:50:49,215
they started this year. We have no

1150
00:50:49,215 --> 00:50:52,176
intention of changing this. But for

1151
00:50:52,176 --> 00:50:54,042
sixth graders starting

1152
00:50:54,042 --> 00:50:55,762
next school year,

1153
00:50:55,762 --> 00:50:57,089
we plan to require them

1154
00:50:57,089 --> 00:50:58,956
to attend the middle school where

1155
00:50:58,956 --> 00:51:00,675
they live so we can

1156
00:51:00,675 --> 00:51:02,542
readjust,

1157
00:51:02,542 --> 00:51:04,114
plan, budget, and

1158
00:51:04,114 --> 00:51:07,332
staff positions accordingly.

1159
00:51:07,332 --> 00:51:08,990
With our three programs:

1160
00:51:08,990 --> 00:51:11,062
functional learning,

1161
00:51:11,062 --> 00:51:12,669
emerging bilingualism, and

1162
00:51:12,669 --> 00:51:14,689
gifted and talented, we believe

1163
00:51:14,689 --> 00:51:16,658
we can, uhm, keep families

1164
00:51:16,658 --> 00:51:18,161
together, allow siblings

1165
00:51:18,161 --> 00:51:20,209
to attend school, uhm, with that.

1166
00:51:20,209 --> 00:51:22,264
There are some scenarios that, uhm, we

1167
00:51:22,264 --> 00:51:24,269
probably haven't even thought about

1168
00:51:24,269 --> 00:51:26,119
, but we really tried to

1169
00:51:26,119 --> 00:51:28,172
analyze it in depth.

1170
00:51:28,172 --> 00:51:29,994
So think about this, I'll give you a few to think about

1171
00:51:29,994 --> 00:51:31,489
, but think about a

1172
00:51:31,489 --> 00:51:32,797
family with three children,

1173
00:51:32,797 --> 00:51:34,572
the fifth grader who is a

1174
00:51:34,572 --> 00:51:36,113
general education (GT) student, and

1175
00:51:36,113 --> 00:51:37,981
let's say the third grader is a

1176
00:51:37,981 --> 00:51:39,710
GT student, but the

1177
00:51:39,710 --> 00:51:43,859
first grader is not. The question is, and

1178
00:51:43,859 --> 00:51:45,719
this is for our board and our

1179
00:51:45,719 --> 00:51:47,470
administrative team to

1180
00:51:47,470 --> 00:51:49,221
really, uh, negotiate and

1181
00:51:49,221 --> 00:51:53,025
then make a good decision.

1182
00:51:53,025 --> 00:51:54,969
If we keep families together, uhm, it

1183
00:51:54,969 --> 00:52:00,358
seems pretty simple. What about

1184
00:52:00,358 --> 00:52:02,460
a family where the older children

1185
00:52:02,460 --> 00:52:04,454
are not GT students and attended X

1186
00:52:04,454 --> 00:52:06,609
Elementary School, and then a

1187
00:52:06,609 --> 00:52:08,442
younger sibling comes along who is

1188
00:52:08,442 --> 00:52:10,274
identified as GT, and the parents

1189
00:52:10,274 --> 00:52:12,430
decide to move those children to

1190
00:52:12,430 --> 00:52:16,695
GT Magnet? What do we think about this? Are

1191
00:52:16,695 --> 00:52:18,199
more children coming? These

1192
00:52:18,199 --> 00:52:19,876
are all questions and things we

1193
00:52:19,876 --> 00:52:23,397
need to think about. But again,

1194
00:52:23,397 --> 00:52:25,233
our commitment is to try to

1195
00:52:25,233 --> 00:52:26,907
keep these babies together and

1196
00:52:26,907 --> 00:52:29,067
really respect the GT Magnet model

1197
00:52:29,067 --> 00:52:32,758
that we have. So, let's talk

1198
00:52:32,758 --> 00:52:37,404
about the principle of acquired rights for a moment.

1199
00:52:37,404 --> 00:52:39,305
If, say, we impose

1200
00:52:39,305 --> 00:52:41,306
grandfathering only on fifth-

1201
00:52:41,306 --> 00:52:43,158
grade children, this would give those children

1202
00:52:43,158 --> 00:52:44,709
currently in fourth grade

1203
00:52:44,709 --> 00:52:46,460
the opportunity to complete school at

1204
00:52:46,460 --> 00:52:48,311
their school, while everyone else would have to

1205
00:52:48,311 --> 00:52:50,062
temporarily attend

1206
00:52:50,062 --> 00:52:52,064
their home school in the zone where

1207
00:52:52,064 --> 00:52:56,655
they live. That would be, well

1208
00:52:56,655 --> 00:52:58,258
, easy to plan

1209
00:52:58,258 --> 00:53:02,151
because we know who lives there. We have

1210
00:53:02,151 --> 00:53:03,868
the number of inhabitants, it's simple for us

1211
00:53:03,868 --> 00:53:08,496
. We don't know if we would like to

1212
00:53:08,496 --> 00:53:10,124
do this or not, we don't know how many

1213
00:53:10,124 --> 00:53:12,048
parents would take advantage of the opportunity

1214
00:53:12,048 --> 00:53:14,022
if more classes were

1215
00:53:14,022 --> 00:53:17,758
grandfathered. We don't know how many of them

1216
00:53:17,758 --> 00:53:20,823
would choose to do this and how many wouldn't.

1217
00:53:20,823 --> 00:53:22,719
So this is a topic of discussion

1218
00:53:22,719 --> 00:53:26,480
that we will have to have. I don't

1219
00:53:26,480 --> 00:53:28,471
know, I don't know if we even as a team

1220
00:53:28,471 --> 00:53:30,263
agree on this, but

1221
00:53:30,263 --> 00:53:31,855
I think most of us are

1222
00:53:31,855 --> 00:53:33,847
leaning towards the

1223
00:53:33,847 --> 00:53:35,688
fifth-grade-only principle, and let's be

1224
00:53:35,688 --> 00:53:37,530
clear, but I also understand there's a lot

1225
00:53:37,530 --> 00:53:42,330
more to it. And this conversation is

1226
00:53:42,330 --> 00:53:46,679
important to us. So tonight,

1227
00:53:46,679 --> 00:53:48,641
as we lay this foundation, our

1228
00:53:48,641 --> 00:53:50,653
intention is to come back in October with the

1229
00:53:50,653 --> 00:53:54,150
project. Draft guidelines to

1230
00:53:54,150 --> 00:53:55,647
present to the board to

1231
00:53:55,647 --> 00:53:57,529
share with the community

1232
00:53:57,529 --> 00:53:59,315
to make sure everyone is

1233
00:53:59,315 --> 00:54:01,246
aware of what we intend to do and

1234
00:54:01,246 --> 00:54:04,579
what we think we can do.

1235
00:54:04,579 --> 00:54:06,493
That way we can reject it and

1236
00:54:06,493 --> 00:54:08,354
then adopt the guidelines in November

1237
00:54:08,354 --> 00:54:10,491
. This will give us the opportunity

1238
00:54:10,491 --> 00:54:12,341
to communicate this before the

1239
00:54:12,341 --> 00:54:15,075
semester break. Well, that's our

1240
00:54:15,075 --> 00:54:18,321
hope, that's our goal. We want to be

1241
00:54:18,321 --> 00:54:20,709
transparent. We want to have these

1242
00:54:20,709 --> 00:54:22,602
conversations and start ensuring this, but

1243
00:54:22,602 --> 00:54:24,445
we also realize that we

1244
00:54:24,445 --> 00:54:26,437
don't have to rush and make

1245
00:54:26,437 --> 00:54:30,668
mistakes. So we approached this

1246
00:54:30,668 --> 00:54:32,668
with a bit of caution, rather than just

1247
00:54:32,668 --> 00:54:34,360
throwing something on the table and asking the

1248
00:54:34,360 --> 00:54:36,776
board to vote up or down.

1249
00:54:36,776 --> 00:54:38,834
We believe this puts you all

1250
00:54:38,834 --> 00:54:40,101
in a difficult position. This is

1251
00:54:40,101 --> 00:54:42,242
irresponsible. We want this to be

1252
00:54:42,242 --> 00:54:46,956
beneficial for the entire community.

1253
00:54:46,956 --> 00:54:52,878
Questions for Dr. Moran.

1254
00:54:52,878 --> 00:54:54,495
I think you mentioned this somewhere

1255
00:54:54,495 --> 00:54:56,582
, but I just want to clarify

1256
00:54:56,582 --> 00:54:58,513
that outside of special programs, it doesn't

1257
00:54:58,513 --> 00:55:00,600
appear the district is offering

1258
00:55:00,600 --> 00:55:04,380
any transfers there. Is this true?

1259
00:55:04,380 --> 00:55:05,218
Correct.

1260
00:55:05,218 --> 00:55:07,767
All right.

1261
00:55:07,767 --> 00:55:09,611
Now, I will say that there are always

1262
00:55:09,611 --> 00:55:11,403
exceptional cases, and we know that

1263
00:55:11,403 --> 00:55:13,406
the families of soldiers and

1264
00:55:13,406 --> 00:55:15,198
law enforcement officers, the law gives them

1265
00:55:15,198 --> 00:55:17,254
the opportunity to apply for a transfer,

1266
00:55:17,254 --> 00:55:19,362
and if the possibilities allow it,

1267
00:55:19,362 --> 00:55:21,988
we implement it. We are happy to

1268
00:55:21,988 --> 00:55:24,485
do this. We want to honor

1269
00:55:24,485 --> 00:55:26,187
those who serve and

1270
00:55:26,187 --> 00:55:28,744
protect us.

1271
00:55:28,744 --> 00:55:30,543
Dr. May, on this point as well,

1272
00:55:30,543 --> 00:55:32,398
we currently have a policy where

1273
00:55:32,398 --> 00:55:34,416
teachers can transfer

1274
00:55:34,416 --> 00:55:36,534
their students to their own campus.

1275
00:55:36,534 --> 00:55:38,177
Yes, I'm glad you

1276
00:55:38,177 --> 00:55:41,520
mentioned that. All of our employees,

1277
00:55:41,520 --> 00:55:43,785
we believe we should provide this,

1278
00:55:43,785 --> 00:55:46,938
especially our teachers.

1279
00:55:46,938 --> 00:55:48,899
If they teach on campus and want

1280
00:55:48,899 --> 00:55:51,020
their children to attend, we will make sure that happens

1281
00:55:51,020 --> 00:55:54,570
. I mean, it's really almost

1282
00:55:54,570 --> 00:55:56,483
like our Tiny Texans program, which

1283
00:55:56,483 --> 00:55:58,551
gives our employees a place for their

1284
00:55:58,551 --> 00:56:00,361
kids and it's really, you know,

1285
00:56:00,361 --> 00:56:02,429
we can use it as a

1286
00:56:02,429 --> 00:56:04,238
marketing tool, but it's something that

1287
00:56:04,238 --> 00:56:05,996
we want to provide to all of our

1288
00:56:05,996 --> 00:56:09,873
employees. There are some exceptional

1289
00:56:09,873 --> 00:56:12,410
cases. Think about the people who

1290
00:56:12,410 --> 00:56:14,809
work in this building. This is not a

1291
00:56:14,809 --> 00:56:17,622
campus. And yes, this may not

1292
00:56:17,622 --> 00:56:19,619
apply, especially if there is no

1293
00:56:19,619 --> 00:56:22,090
space. But for the teachers and

1294
00:56:22,090 --> 00:56:23,657
staff on every campus, we would make

1295
00:56:23,657 --> 00:56:25,527
this

1296
00:56:25,527 --> 00:56:29,316
possible for their children.

1297
00:56:29,316 --> 00:56:31,017
I have a few questions, but I have one

1298
00:56:31,017 --> 00:56:35,354
before. Um, one thing, when

1299
00:56:35,354 --> 00:56:37,078
we finally implement this policy, uh,

1300
00:56:37,078 --> 00:56:38,964
whatever we decide on next,

1301
00:56:38,964 --> 00:56:41,011
well, you were talking about fifth graders,

1302
00:56:41,011 --> 00:56:44,738
third graders, first graders.

1303
00:56:44,738 --> 00:56:46,073
Yes.

1304
00:56:46,073 --> 00:56:47,571
My opinion, and of course it's just my

1305
00:56:47,571 --> 00:56:49,069
opinion, is this: when a child

1306
00:56:49,069 --> 00:56:50,831
gets on campus, at this point,

1307
00:56:50,831 --> 00:56:52,593
like with the new policy, shouldn't they

1308
00:56:52,593 --> 00:56:54,356
be there, if just because

1309
00:56:54,356 --> 00:56:56,074
their child went to middle school,

1310
00:56:56,074 --> 00:56:57,660
their brother went to middle school, that

1311
00:56:57,660 --> 00:56:59,379
child shouldn't have to go back to

1312
00:56:59,379 --> 00:57:00,982
their home campus. I

1313
00:57:00,982 --> 00:57:02,682
mean, it's just my opinion, just like

1314
00:57:02,682 --> 00:57:04,204
you let them go to

1315
00:57:04,204 --> 00:57:05,726
campus, not being siblings,

1316
00:57:05,726 --> 00:57:07,516
we should let them finish on

1317
00:57:07,516 --> 00:57:09,136
any campus. They shouldn't have to

1318
00:57:09,136 --> 00:57:10,385
leave in fourth grade just

1319
00:57:10,385 --> 00:57:11,563
because their older sister

1320
00:57:11,563 --> 00:57:12,931
graduated. It's just like that

1321
00:57:12,931 --> 00:57:13,390
.

1322
00:57:13,390 --> 00:57:15,226
something to think about from my point of

1323
00:57:15,226 --> 00:57:15,762
view.

1324
00:57:15,762 --> 00:57:19,153
And we discussed it. If you think about

1325
00:57:19,153 --> 00:57:21,033
the children who are coming in, the young

1326
00:57:21,033 --> 00:57:22,382
family with

1327
00:57:22,382 --> 00:57:24,310
preschool children and the children who are entering

1328
00:57:24,310 --> 00:57:26,093
adulthood, the question is, where do

1329
00:57:26,093 --> 00:57:30,579
you draw the line? Here's the scenario.

1330
00:57:30,579 --> 00:57:32,530
A child in fourth grade this year, a

1331
00:57:32,530 --> 00:57:34,378
child in second grade, a

1332
00:57:34,378 --> 00:57:36,432
preschool child, and then comes a

1333
00:57:36,432 --> 00:57:40,530
3-year-old or a 2-year-old. Where to draw

1334
00:57:40,530 --> 00:57:42,457
the line? And I'm not suggesting I know

1335
00:57:42,457 --> 00:57:45,652
the answer to that question. I'm

1336
00:57:45,652 --> 00:57:47,368
just suggesting that this is a question that

1337
00:57:47,368 --> 00:57:49,033
we're going to have to get comfortable with

1338
00:57:49,033 --> 00:57:50,957
because, you know, if we're saying that

1339
00:57:50,957 --> 00:57:52,986
we're going to allow this family to stay on this

1340
00:57:52,986 --> 00:57:55,014
campus and even new kids, um,

1341
00:57:55,014 --> 00:57:56,762
come in, I'm

1342
00:57:56,762 --> 00:57:58,221
only talking to the child to

1343
00:57:58,221 --> 00:58:00,015
clarify what I'm saying. I'm just talking about

1344
00:58:00,015 --> 00:58:01,387
how their siblings react

1345
00:58:01,387 --> 00:58:02,920
if they can come there because

1346
00:58:02,920 --> 00:58:04,352
their siblings are currently there.

1347
00:58:04,352 --> 00:58:06,364
Yes.

1348
00:58:06,364 --> 00:58:07,937
Again, of course you can

1349
00:58:07,937 --> 00:58:09,510
analyze how many kids that

1350
00:58:09,510 --> 00:58:11,540
actually affects, but my point is

1351
00:58:11,540 --> 00:58:13,266
that if… I'm not saying I have

1352
00:58:13,266 --> 00:58:17,816
six, I have a fifth grader now. I'm

1353
00:58:17,816 --> 00:58:19,203
not saying that if my

1354
00:58:19,203 --> 00:58:21,184
fifth-grader went to Central,

1355
00:58:21,184 --> 00:58:24,464
my three-year-old son could

1356
00:58:24,464 --> 00:58:26,133
transfer to the campus

1357
00:58:26,133 --> 00:58:28,443
my fifth-grader went to. I'm saying

1358
00:58:28,443 --> 00:58:29,711
that if we had a

1359
00:58:29,711 --> 00:58:31,614
fifth grader right now and we allowed their

1360
00:58:31,614 --> 00:58:33,126
first grade brother or sister

1361
00:58:33,126 --> 00:58:35,029
to come in and then suddenly take that away from them

1362
00:58:35,029 --> 00:58:36,834
, it would be better to say you ca

1363
00:58:36,834 --> 00:58:38,493
n't transfer than to

1364
00:58:38,493 --> 00:58:41,798
try to transfer those kids.

1365
00:58:41,798 --> 00:58:43,790
I think if we want to achieve the

1366
00:58:43,790 --> 00:58:45,272
goal of keeping families together,

1367
00:58:45,272 --> 00:58:47,060
we should respect this throughout the

1368
00:58:47,060 --> 00:58:47,649
process.

1369
00:58:47,649 --> 00:58:49,332
Yes, part of the problem…Yes, part of the

1370
00:58:49,332 --> 00:58:50,800
problem is that when

1371
00:58:50,800 --> 00:58:52,527
we changed our destiny, we did

1372
00:58:52,527 --> 00:58:55,905
it based on where we lived. The

1373
00:58:55,905 --> 00:58:57,847
challenge for us will therefore be how to

1374
00:58:57,847 --> 00:58:59,498
deal with residents

1375
00:58:59,498 --> 00:59:01,052
compared to families who

1376
00:59:01,052 --> 00:59:02,557
attend a different

1377
00:59:02,557 --> 00:59:04,306
primary school or who should

1378
00:59:04,306 --> 00:59:05,763
attend a different

1379
00:59:05,763 --> 00:59:07,462
primary school because of where they

1380
00:59:07,462 --> 00:59:12,253
live. At what point, you know

1381
00:59:12,253 --> 00:59:14,274
, do we overload the campus? This is more or less where we are

1382
00:59:14,274 --> 00:59:16,268
. And it's hard to

1383
00:59:16,268 --> 00:59:18,138
say whether parents would decide to do

1384
00:59:18,138 --> 00:59:19,419
this or not.

1385
00:59:19,419 --> 00:59:21,214
And I think it goes back to whether

1386
00:59:21,214 --> 00:59:22,863
all transfers have always been there

1387
00:59:22,863 --> 00:59:24,829
if the opportunities allowed.

1388
00:59:24,829 --> 00:59:25,871
Bright.

1389
00:59:25,871 --> 00:59:27,873
So I understand that if we don't have to

1390
00:59:27,873 --> 00:59:29,980
create a fourth unit of

1391
00:59:29,980 --> 00:59:32,088
third-grade teachers, we... We don't want to run into

1392
00:59:32,088 --> 00:59:34,090
the same problem we have where we do

1393
00:59:34,090 --> 00:59:35,776
n't have enough

1394
00:59:35,776 --> 00:59:37,831
teachers and we have 15 kids in each

1395
00:59:37,831 --> 00:59:39,939
classroom on one campus and 22 kids in

1396
00:59:39,939 --> 00:59:41,994
camp in classrooms on different campuses

1397
00:59:41,994 --> 00:59:44,040
. I understand that. Just, if

1398
00:59:44,040 --> 00:59:45,977
capacity allowed, I think

1399
00:59:45,977 --> 00:59:48,257
keeping kids on that campus.

1400
00:59:48,257 --> 00:59:48,713
Um,

1401
00:59:48,713 --> 00:59:50,603
so, Dr. Young, what you're talking about is

1402
00:59:50,603 --> 00:59:52,650
if a fourth-grade student, like the

1403
00:59:52,650 --> 00:59:54,645
oldest, is a GT and then they

1404
00:59:54,645 --> 00:59:56,640
transfer, they have a younger sibling who

1405
00:59:56,640 --> 00:59:58,688
was on campus and now

1406
00:59:58,688 --> 01:00:00,753
other students are coming. None of the younger

1407
01:00:00,753 --> 01:00:04,328
students are GT. How far into

1408
01:00:04,328 --> 01:00:05,677
infinity can they

1409
01:00:05,677 --> 01:00:07,733
move? So, what are you trying to

1410
01:00:07,733 --> 01:00:09,687
say?

1411
01:00:09,687 --> 01:00:11,307
That's one example, although we have

1412
01:00:11,307 --> 01:00:13,125
n't really thought about the

1413
01:00:13,125 --> 01:00:16,661
GT siblings yet. We think we

1414
01:00:16,661 --> 01:00:19,629
can probably do it.

1415
01:00:19,629 --> 01:00:21,428
Rather, it is unidentified

1416
01:00:21,428 --> 01:00:23,082
students in any

1417
01:00:23,082 --> 01:00:24,492
special program, simply children

1418
01:00:24,492 --> 01:00:26,146
transferred or families transferred from one

1419
01:00:26,146 --> 01:00:30,226
elementary school to another. From

1420
01:00:30,226 --> 01:00:34,109
Bonham, you know, to Bowie. And what

1421
01:00:34,109 --> 01:00:37,230
will we do there? Will we let these families

1422
01:00:37,230 --> 01:00:40,188
stay or not? How much should

1423
01:00:40,188 --> 01:00:42,672
the regulations be enforced, to what extent?

1424
01:00:42,672 --> 01:00:43,518
So

1425
01:00:43,518 --> 01:00:45,682
those who have moved recently

1426
01:00:45,682 --> 01:00:48,316
but are not identified as GT.

1427
01:00:48,316 --> 01:00:50,440
So let me explain, Dr.

1428
01:00:50,440 --> 01:00:53,557
Graham. What I'm saying is, I think Dr.

1429
01:00:53,557 --> 01:00:55,139
Mills is trying to explain what

1430
01:00:55,139 --> 01:00:57,036
I was trying to say, that GT is the

1431
01:00:57,036 --> 01:00:58,986
future, whenever GT kids can

1432
01:00:58,986 --> 01:01:01,652
go there.

1433
01:01:01,652 --> 01:01:02,873
I see.

1434
01:01:02,873 --> 01:01:04,599
This siblings in the future, like

1435
01:01:04,599 --> 01:01:06,666
no, I don't even understand,

1436
01:01:06,666 --> 01:01:08,684
I think the GT family, yeah, I don't

1437
01:01:08,684 --> 01:01:10,763
think this GT talk is

1438
01:01:10,763 --> 01:01:12,883
worrying us. We can put that aside

1439
01:01:12,883 --> 01:01:13,034
.

1440
01:01:13,034 --> 01:01:13,651
All right.

1441
01:01:13,651 --> 01:01:15,867
I think we're more worried about

1442
01:01:16,467 --> 01:01:18,827
vested interests and how we plan for it.

1443
01:01:18,827 --> 01:01:20,416
Because it's a bigger, bigger

1444
01:01:20,416 --> 01:01:21,827
volume.

1445
01:01:21,827 --> 01:01:23,594
Yes, if you look at your

1446
01:01:23,594 --> 01:01:25,703
transfers, GT transfers, top left transfers

1447
01:01:25,703 --> 01:01:29,863
, non-GT transfers.

1448
01:01:29,863 --> 01:01:33,024
Santa Rita, there are 90. Fort Concho, there are

1449
01:01:33,024 --> 01:01:36,266
116. Holloman, there are 16. So we're talking about

1450
01:01:36,266 --> 01:01:39,346
90 kids in Santa Rita who

1451
01:01:39,346 --> 01:01:45,044
are not GT and are on transfer. The question

1452
01:01:45,044 --> 01:01:47,023
is, which classes will they graduate from at Santa

1453
01:01:47,023 --> 01:01:51,159
Rita and where do you draw the line? This

1454
01:01:51,159 --> 01:01:52,916
is really where we

1455
01:01:52,916 --> 01:01:56,588
are. Because it's not an easy

1456
01:01:56,588 --> 01:02:00,701
answer. I mean, it might

1457
01:02:00,701 --> 01:02:02,748
be an easy answer, but it's not

1458
01:02:02,748 --> 01:02:05,798
easy for families and communities. I

1459
01:02:05,798 --> 01:02:07,808
mean, uh, my experience in

1460
01:02:07,808 --> 01:02:09,235
previous districts was

1461
01:02:09,235 --> 01:02:11,298
incoming fifth graders,

1462
01:02:11,298 --> 01:02:13,581
that's all. Because then a

1463
01:02:13,581 --> 01:02:16,132
hard reset occurs. It's painful for a year, but

1464
01:02:16,132 --> 01:02:20,097
then it's fine. Uh, but this isn't my my

1465
01:02:20,097 --> 01:02:24,326
This is our district. I mean, I want to make

1466
01:02:24,373 --> 01:02:26,259
sure I'm listening and that we're going to do this

1467
01:02:26,259 --> 01:02:28,154
right.

1468
01:02:28,154 --> 01:02:28,547
And

1469
01:02:28,547 --> 01:02:30,434
the more classes Oh, sorry.

1470
01:02:30,434 --> 01:02:31,508
No, you did.

1471
01:02:31,508 --> 01:02:33,369
The more class levels you

1472
01:02:33,369 --> 01:02:35,175
include, the more difficult it is to

1473
01:02:35,175 --> 01:02:38,751
plan. And then the question is, where do

1474
01:02:38,751 --> 01:02:40,794
we draw the line? Is this the third,

1475
01:02:40,794 --> 01:02:42,972
fourth and fifth? What about kindergarten,

1476
01:02:42,972 --> 01:02:47,672
first and second grade?

1477
01:02:47,672 --> 01:02:50,053
Well, under the same policy,

1478
01:02:50,053 --> 01:02:57,599
so if a fifth-grade student

1479
01:02:57,599 --> 01:03:17,455
has earned the right to move to...

1480
01:03:17,455 --> 01:03:19,601
You have to go to your campus, because that's the

1481
01:03:19,601 --> 01:03:21,894
whole idea of ​​changing the zone.

1482
01:03:21,894 --> 01:03:24,499
Bright. Yes. I have one more question.

1483
01:03:24,499 --> 01:03:27,312
Sorry. I know we're looking at

1484
01:03:27,312 --> 01:03:29,180
options because we have enrollment,

1485
01:03:29,180 --> 01:03:31,098
I know you're all working on that,

1486
01:03:31,098 --> 01:03:32,460
but I think at our

1487
01:03:32,460 --> 01:03:34,429
October meeting where we'll

1488
01:03:34,429 --> 01:03:36,397
look at options and

1489
01:03:36,397 --> 01:03:38,365
what gives us grandfathered status for

1490
01:03:38,365 --> 01:03:40,334
current fourth-grade students now that

1491
01:03:40,334 --> 01:03:42,201
we have more transparent data

1492
01:03:42,201 --> 01:03:44,169
about who lives in our

1493
01:03:44,169 --> 01:03:46,368
new zones, right?

1494
01:03:46,368 --> 01:03:47,611
Bright.

1495
01:03:47,611 --> 01:03:49,525
We can check what gives the right to

1496
01:03:49,525 --> 01:03:52,712
be acquired for this year's

1497
01:03:52,712 --> 01:03:53,762
fourth-grade students.

1498
01:03:53,762 --> 01:03:55,444
Current fourth grade students.

1499
01:03:55,444 --> 01:03:56,767
Current fourth graders and

1500
01:03:56,767 --> 01:03:58,245
current students can see what we are

1501
01:03:58,245 --> 01:03:59,591
actually capable of.

1502
01:03:59,591 --> 01:04:06,525
Bright. We can do it. And it's hard to

1503
01:04:06,525 --> 01:04:08,530
predict when, when you think about

1504
01:04:08,530 --> 01:04:10,588
parents making the decision to

1505
01:04:10,588 --> 01:04:12,381
take them to the school where they

1506
01:04:12,381 --> 01:04:14,492
live or let them stay,

1507
01:04:14,492 --> 01:04:16,549
depending on how many levels

1508
01:04:16,549 --> 01:04:18,501
or whether it's one, two or three,

1509
01:04:18,501 --> 01:04:26,850
parents are going to make decisions.

1510
01:04:26,850 --> 01:04:28,725
So that will cause some variation in

1511
01:04:28,725 --> 01:04:30,753
the numbers and projections, but

1512
01:04:30,753 --> 01:04:33,604
we are definitely taking the number of students into account.

1513
01:04:33,604 --> 01:04:35,703
We take into account campus capacity

1514
01:04:35,703 --> 01:04:38,169
and staffing. And that will help us

1515
01:04:38,169 --> 01:04:42,520
develop some recommendations.

1516
01:04:42,520 --> 01:04:43,904
I think it's just to

1517
01:04:43,904 --> 01:04:45,467
capitalize on that because essentially

1518
01:04:45,467 --> 01:04:46,986
every year that the

1519
01:04:46,986 --> 01:04:48,728
grandfather rule is in effect is essentially a year that

1520
01:04:48,728 --> 01:04:50,514
we delay the ultimate goal of

1521
01:04:50,514 --> 01:04:52,952
balancing schools.

1522
01:04:52,952 --> 01:04:55,223
So if, say, 2 or 3 years,

1523
01:04:55,223 --> 01:04:57,319
like you, you're just delaying the whole

1524
01:04:57,319 --> 01:05:01,236
process.

1525
01:05:01,236 --> 01:05:05,160
Okay. I just

1526
01:05:05,160 --> 01:05:08,134
hear it all. The only thing that

1527
01:05:08,134 --> 01:05:12,501
worries me is the "grandfather" issue.

1528
01:05:12,501 --> 01:05:16,639
Fifth grade. So I'll really have to

1529
01:05:16,686 --> 01:05:21,807
think about this some more. I'm thinking more like fourth

1530
01:05:21,807 --> 01:05:25,875
and fifth grade, but that's just me.

1531
01:05:25,875 --> 01:05:27,117
You are not alone in this.

1532
01:05:27,117 --> 01:05:28,255
Yes, I just

1533
01:05:28,255 --> 01:05:29,928
want you to know that it's okay

1534
01:05:29,928 --> 01:05:32,152
. You are not alone. We

1535
01:05:32,152 --> 01:05:34,077
struggled with this behind closed doors.

1536
01:05:34,077 --> 01:05:34,543
Yes.

1537
01:05:34,543 --> 01:05:35,952
Because someone might say, "Well

1538
01:05:35,952 --> 01:05:37,362
, I wish third, fourth, and

1539
01:05:37,362 --> 01:05:38,764
fifth grade could do that too."

1540
01:05:38,764 --> 01:05:40,980
Bright. I agree with that. And I just

1541
01:05:40,980 --> 01:05:41,774
… Well, the

1542
01:05:41,774 --> 01:05:43,646
hardest part is we have to

1543
01:05:43,646 --> 01:05:45,058
figure out,

1544
01:05:45,058 --> 01:05:47,126
you know, what grade the child is in and

1545
01:05:47,126 --> 01:05:51,828
yeah, I'll think about that some more. I

1546
01:05:51,828 --> 01:05:53,733
can't say I taught at

1547
01:05:53,733 --> 01:05:55,537
Glenn, my own child was in

1548
01:05:55,537 --> 01:05:57,292
eighth grade and was incredibly

1549
01:05:57,292 --> 01:05:58,746
excited to be a

1550
01:05:58,746 --> 01:06:02,249
first grader at Glenn. I

1551
01:06:02,249 --> 01:06:04,319
mean all her classmates

1552
01:06:04,319 --> 01:06:05,912
and they, this was the year that

1553
01:06:05,912 --> 01:06:07,558
the eighth graders instead of becoming

1554
01:06:07,558 --> 01:06:09,575
freshmen at Glenn, went to

1555
01:06:09,575 --> 01:06:12,780
Oaks. And it was traumatic for

1556
01:06:12,780 --> 01:06:17,392
everyone. We survived it and… and I won't

1557
01:06:17,392 --> 01:06:21,243
say it was easy. My

1558
01:06:21,243 --> 01:06:23,052
eldest daughter is not

1559
01:06:23,052 --> 01:06:24,855
easy sometimes. She wanted me to homeschool her

1560
01:06:24,855 --> 01:06:26,331
and I said it was a bit

1561
01:06:26,331 --> 01:06:27,941
difficult when I was not

1562
01:06:27,941 --> 01:06:30,629
home. She went there, she didn't have

1563
01:06:30,629 --> 01:06:32,117
any friends in the class.

1564
01:06:32,117 --> 01:06:33,560
I told her to find

1565
01:06:33,560 --> 01:06:35,086
new friends because, you know,

1566
01:06:35,086 --> 01:06:36,883
she was meeting a lot of new people. So it's

1567
01:06:36,883 --> 01:06:42,428
difficult. This is a difficult matter. But I know

1568
01:06:42,428 --> 01:06:44,293
that whenever and whatever we decide, once

1569
01:06:44,293 --> 01:06:46,012
we make the decision,

1570
01:06:46,012 --> 01:06:47,780
we have to be positive and

1571
01:06:47,780 --> 01:06:49,646
make our children believe

1572
01:06:49,646 --> 01:06:53,554
that everything will be okay. Because

1573
01:06:53,554 --> 01:06:56,606
eventually it will be. But, um, the class

1574
01:06:56,606 --> 01:06:58,580
where we are grandparents will be the

1575
01:06:58,580 --> 01:07:01,290
biggest challenge for me.

1576
01:07:01,290 --> 01:07:04,647
But you are not alone. And just to clarify

1577
01:07:04,647 --> 01:07:06,282
, so I know what you're thinking, because

1578
01:07:06,282 --> 01:07:07,780
again, as I was saying about the

1579
01:07:07,780 --> 01:07:09,460
Open Meetings Act, that's how

1580
01:07:09,460 --> 01:07:11,279
we need to have this discussion. When

1581
01:07:11,279 --> 01:07:13,001
you say third, fourth, and fifth

1582
01:07:13,001 --> 01:07:14,768
grade, are you talking about current

1583
01:07:14,768 --> 01:07:16,414
third, fourth, and fifth grade students?

1584
01:07:16,414 --> 01:07:18,057
So you're really talking about

1585
01:07:18,057 --> 01:07:19,321
third and fourth graders, because

1586
01:07:19,321 --> 01:07:21,280
fifth graders are going to leave anyway. All right. I

1587
01:07:21,280 --> 01:07:23,121
just want to make sure I

1588
01:07:23,121 --> 01:07:28,440
understand what you're saying.

1589
01:07:28,440 --> 01:07:29,936
So our goal is to…

1590
01:07:29,936 --> 01:07:32,001
we’ll… we’ll make some changes

1591
01:07:32,001 --> 01:07:33,756
to this discussion and present you with a

1592
01:07:33,756 --> 01:07:35,562
project and then we’ll start working on it

1593
01:07:35,562 --> 01:07:38,777
. We'll see if we can

1594
01:07:38,777 --> 01:07:40,120
find something we can all

1595
01:07:40,120 --> 01:07:43,772
live with.

1596
01:07:43,772 --> 01:07:45,657
Do you have any other questions for Dr.

1597
01:07:45,657 --> 01:07:50,571
Moran? I repeat, as I said,

1598
01:07:50,571 --> 01:07:54,149
this is stage one. I know there was a lot of information released over the summer

1599
01:07:54,149 --> 01:07:56,002
and before

1600
01:07:56,002 --> 01:08:02,194
. But now that we know the

1601
01:08:02,194 --> 01:08:03,999
data about where

1602
01:08:03,999 --> 01:08:05,653
our children live, we can significantly

1603
01:08:05,653 --> 01:08:10,058
increase their opportunities. We're not

1604
01:08:10,058 --> 01:08:11,966
going to do this until everyone

1605
01:08:11,966 --> 01:08:14,339
knows what's going to happen. It's about making

1606
01:08:14,339 --> 01:08:16,055
sure

1607
01:08:16,055 --> 01:08:17,629
we get it right, and being open

1608
01:08:17,629 --> 01:08:19,441
means we'll do it the way

1609
01:08:19,441 --> 01:08:21,964
we do it right. Let's start with the

1610
01:08:21,964 --> 01:08:24,129
report that we'll all receive and

1611
01:08:24,129 --> 01:08:27,791
then we'll analyze what

1612
01:08:27,791 --> 01:08:29,744
we said tonight. People

1613
01:08:29,744 --> 01:08:32,740
will email, call and

1614
01:08:32,740 --> 01:08:35,781
give feedback. And then we, as a

1615
01:08:35,781 --> 01:08:37,535
board, will take it back to

1616
01:08:37,535 --> 01:08:38,988
the administration so we can

1617
01:08:38,988 --> 01:08:40,842
make a recommendation, and we will

1618
01:08:40,842 --> 01:08:42,646
review it and not vote on it

1619
01:08:42,646 --> 01:08:46,818
next month. We're going to take the

1620
01:08:46,818 --> 01:08:48,670
time to make sure

1621
01:08:48,670 --> 01:08:50,680
everyone knows what we're doing because there will be

1622
01:08:50,680 --> 01:08:52,267
things we haven't

1623
01:08:52,267 --> 01:08:54,172
thought of because there

1624
01:08:54,172 --> 01:08:56,023
are 12,000 kids in the district and we're not going to

1625
01:08:56,023 --> 01:08:57,611
think about every single

1626
01:08:57,611 --> 01:09:00,659
scenario. But our goal is to

1627
01:09:00,659 --> 01:09:02,697
make sure we get it right so that we

1628
01:09:02,697 --> 01:09:04,532
can hopefully, by

1629
01:09:04,532 --> 01:09:06,570
November, as a board, put it to a

1630
01:09:06,570 --> 01:09:08,944
vote. I just wanted to

1631
01:09:08,944 --> 01:09:10,770
reiterate that this was more or less a

1632
01:09:10,770 --> 01:09:12,596
timeline of what we were going to do

1633
01:09:12,596 --> 01:09:19,128
. All right. Now we will move on.

1634
01:09:19,128 --> 01:09:21,510
Consent items A and B, we have the donations and

1635
01:09:21,510 --> 01:09:23,957
we have the minutes from our regular

1636
01:09:23,957 --> 01:09:26,532
board meeting from August 10th and

1637
01:09:26,532 --> 01:09:29,684
August 24th. Do I have an application for

1638
01:09:29,684 --> 01:09:32,562
approval of consent points A and B?

1639
01:09:32,562 --> 01:09:34,585
Submit an application for approval of

1640
01:09:34,585 --> 01:09:36,649
consent points A to B? You say

1641
01:09:36,649 --> 01:09:38,639
A and B.

1642
01:09:38,639 --> 01:09:40,880
I have a request from Mr. Gallegos. Do I have a

1643
01:09:40,880 --> 01:09:41,749
vote of support?

1644
01:09:41,749 --> 01:09:43,883
I support this.

1645
01:09:43,883 --> 01:09:46,202
I support Dr. Mills' motion. Are there

1646
01:09:46,202 --> 01:09:47,867
any other comments or questions from the

1647
01:09:47,867 --> 01:09:51,256
management board? All in favor, I say "I".

1648
01:09:51,256 --> 01:09:52,977
All against, I say yes.

1649
01:09:52,977 --> 01:09:55,196
The motion was passed by a vote of

1650
01:09:55,196 --> 01:09:58,042
5-0. We will now conduct a workshop for the

1651
01:09:58,042 --> 01:10:00,055
Finance and Audit Committee and I will give the

1652
01:10:00,055 --> 01:10:02,964
floor to Mr. Dindle.

1653
01:10:02,964 --> 01:10:05,918
Thank you, Dr. Kaiman. To start,

1654
01:10:05,918 --> 01:10:08,313
our September report starts

1655
01:10:08,313 --> 01:10:10,455
on page 26. This is just a primer

1656
01:10:10,455 --> 01:10:12,399
. If we turn to

1657
01:10:12,399 --> 01:10:14,276
page 30, this is our total

1658
01:10:14,276 --> 01:10:16,104
income and expenses statement for

1659
01:10:16,104 --> 01:10:18,748
August. We currently report a

1660
01:10:18,748 --> 01:10:20,847
committed fund balance of

1661
01:10:20,847 --> 01:10:23,487
$4,892,209, of which

1662
01:10:23,487 --> 01:10:26,127
$4 million is earmarked for

1663
01:10:26,127 --> 01:10:30,248
capital projects. Additionally, our

1664
01:10:30,248 --> 01:10:32,749
assigned fund balance at this

1665
01:10:32,749 --> 01:10:36,791
time is $41,215,170.

1666
01:10:36,791 --> 01:10:38,512
This is still within the limits of

1667
01:10:38,512 --> 01:10:40,538
our resources, which TA requires as

1668
01:10:40,538 --> 01:10:42,513
reserve funds as we implement our

1669
01:10:42,513 --> 01:10:46,438
budget. There are no questions about this.

1670
01:10:46,438 --> 01:10:48,482
We can turn to page 33, which

1671
01:10:48,482 --> 01:10:50,221
contains our general fund income and expenses

1672
01:10:50,221 --> 01:10:52,043
for August.

1673
01:10:52,043 --> 01:10:54,948
We see that our income is low.

1674
01:10:54,948 --> 01:10:56,611
Mainly due to the ADA shortage

1675
01:10:56,611 --> 01:10:59,072
that occurred at the beginning of the year.

1676
01:10:59,072 --> 01:11:01,333
We have made some adjustments. Our

1677
01:11:01,333 --> 01:11:04,531
revenue is 95.9% and we have all been

1678
01:11:04,531 --> 01:11:07,729
able to reduce our expenses to

1679
01:11:07,729 --> 01:11:10,012
95.1%. The staff is great,

1680
01:11:10,012 --> 01:11:11,838
especially considering that

1681
01:11:11,838 --> 01:11:13,559
most of our budget is

1682
01:11:13,559 --> 01:11:16,033
ADA. So it's hard to

1683
01:11:16,033 --> 01:11:17,868
adjust. They introduced several

1684
01:11:17,868 --> 01:11:20,195
innovative ways to save, which

1685
01:11:20,195 --> 01:11:22,522
reduced our expenses by

1686
01:11:22,522 --> 01:11:25,014
95.1%. Again, the ADA reduction from 2526 will

1687
01:11:25,014 --> 01:11:27,387
ultimately impact our

1688
01:11:27,387 --> 01:11:31,000
annual results. In addition,

1689
01:11:31,000 --> 01:11:32,528
we incurred several

1690
01:11:32,528 --> 01:11:34,401
capital expenditures this year that were to be

1691
01:11:34,401 --> 01:11:37,960
carried forward to next year.

1692
01:11:37,960 --> 01:11:39,915
We incurred those this year, so our

1693
01:11:39,915 --> 01:11:42,214
current budget will be subject to some

1694
01:11:42,214 --> 01:11:44,399
adjustments in term 13.

1695
01:11:44,399 --> 01:11:46,411
We'll likely see some exciting

1696
01:11:46,411 --> 01:11:50,491
changes there. We have additional income. Our

1697
01:11:50,491 --> 01:11:52,145
expenses are pretty well-established right now

1698
01:11:52,145 --> 01:11:53,945
, so this extra income will

1699
01:11:53,945 --> 01:11:55,794
really help us balance our

1700
01:11:55,794 --> 01:11:57,483
budget. I'm not sure

1701
01:11:57,483 --> 01:11:58,847
we'll achieve complete

1702
01:11:58,847 --> 01:12:00,211
balance, but I think

1703
01:12:00,211 --> 01:12:02,441
we're very close. Many things

1704
01:12:02,441 --> 01:12:05,001
are in flux and Period 13 will help us

1705
01:12:05,001 --> 01:12:07,225
determine the final outcome

1706
01:12:07,225 --> 01:12:09,650
of how

1707
01:12:09,650 --> 01:12:13,833
our 2020-2026 budget cycle will end.

1708
01:12:13,833 --> 01:12:16,460
Do you have any questions? We can

1709
01:12:16,460 --> 01:12:18,623
go to pages 34 through 51, where

1710
01:12:18,623 --> 01:12:20,615
our August check register is located

1711
01:12:20,615 --> 01:12:24,768
. Again, all checks

1712
01:12:24,768 --> 01:12:26,748
issued by the district are included

1713
01:12:26,748 --> 01:12:29,792
in this report. Like every

1714
01:12:29,792 --> 01:12:31,583
report I will be discussing

1715
01:12:31,583 --> 01:12:33,374
tonight, it will be available on our

1716
01:12:33,374 --> 01:12:34,843
website sist.org under the

1717
01:12:34,843 --> 01:12:36,588
"Financial Transparency

1718
01:12:36,588 --> 01:12:38,403
" tab. All these reports can be

1719
01:12:38,403 --> 01:12:40,158
found there. Anyway, I have no

1720
01:12:40,158 --> 01:12:41,759
questions about these

1721
01:12:41,759 --> 01:12:44,049
checks. If there are any, please

1722
01:12:44,049 --> 01:12:47,014
forward these notes to Dr. Brandon.

1723
01:12:47,014 --> 01:12:48,740
He can answer these questions, and the

1724
01:12:48,740 --> 01:12:50,466
accounting department can

1725
01:12:50,466 --> 01:12:52,250
contact you regarding any of these issues.

1726
01:12:52,250 --> 01:12:54,139
But if there are any questions now,

1727
01:12:54,139 --> 01:12:55,876
great. If not, we can

1728
01:12:55,876 --> 01:12:58,041
skip to pages 52 to 64 where you will

1729
01:12:58,041 --> 01:12:59,978
find our monthly,

1730
01:12:59,978 --> 01:13:02,200
quarterly and annual investment reports

1731
01:13:02,200 --> 01:13:06,220
. Our monthly profits are

1732
01:13:06,220 --> 01:13:11,502
$1,423,389.75. Our monthly

1733
01:13:11,502 --> 01:13:14,643
interest rates range from 3.66 to 3.86%.

1734
01:13:14,643 --> 01:13:18,401
Our quarterly profits currently stand at

1735
01:13:18,401 --> 01:13:23,241
$4,329,749.99. And our annual profits were

1736
01:13:23,241 --> 01:13:30,240
$18,520,809.70. Much of

1737
01:13:30,240 --> 01:13:32,266
this revenue is supported by

1738
01:13:32,266 --> 01:13:34,239
our ability to

1739
01:13:34,239 --> 01:13:35,999
redeem bonds early, which will ultimately

1740
01:13:35,999 --> 01:13:38,132
allow the district to save approximately

1741
01:13:38,132 --> 01:13:40,105
20% of the value of these bonds as

1742
01:13:40,105 --> 01:13:44,854
they are repaid. If we can move on

1743
01:13:44,854 --> 01:13:46,609
to page 60, are there any questions

1744
01:13:46,609 --> 01:13:48,365
about these quarterly reports

1745
01:13:48,365 --> 01:13:49,705
or monthly,

1746
01:13:49,705 --> 01:13:52,572
quarterly or annual reports? Well,

1747
01:13:52,572 --> 01:13:54,278
if not, we can go to page

1748
01:13:54,278 --> 01:13:55,899
65 where our

1749
01:13:55,899 --> 01:13:57,493
tax receipts report for August is.

1750
01:13:57,493 --> 01:14:03,904
Our revenue was 20% in 2024, is 99.35%, which is

1751
01:14:03,904 --> 01:14:07,109
average, and our revenue for 2025

1752
01:14:07,109 --> 01:14:09,986
is slightly lower at

1753
01:14:09,986 --> 01:14:13,377
98.91%. Do you have any questions about the

1754
01:14:13,377 --> 01:14:14,992
tax receipts report?

1755
01:14:14,992 --> 01:14:17,245
We can go to pages 63, 66–70,

1756
01:14:17,245 --> 01:14:19,048
where we find orders from

1757
01:14:19,048 --> 01:14:21,189
August that exceeded

1758
01:14:21,189 --> 01:14:22,867
$20,000. There are several moving

1759
01:14:22,867 --> 01:14:24,152
parts, a curriculum and

1760
01:14:24,152 --> 01:14:25,822
instructions. There are some bus repairs there

1761
01:14:25,822 --> 01:14:27,484
. And also several

1762
01:14:27,484 --> 01:14:28,948
bond projects that are leased and

1763
01:14:28,948 --> 01:14:30,743
reserved. And also some

1764
01:14:30,743 --> 01:14:32,441
groceries and some other

1765
01:14:32,441 --> 01:14:34,082
miscellaneous things. I'm not sure

1766
01:14:34,082 --> 01:14:35,603
if you have any questions about

1767
01:14:35,603 --> 01:14:38,723
any of these assignments. If

1768
01:14:38,723 --> 01:14:40,679
not, this is where I will end my

1769
01:14:40,679 --> 01:14:43,041
financial report. Dr. Kingman, thank you.

1770
01:14:43,041 --> 01:14:46,059
Mr. Dindle. All right.

1771
01:14:46,059 --> 01:14:48,313
We will then move on to the

1772
01:14:48,313 --> 01:14:52,046
action items on page 71. First,

1773
01:14:52,046 --> 01:14:53,983
we will consider our accounts, receipts, and

1774
01:14:53,983 --> 01:14:55,522
financial statements that

1775
01:14:55,522 --> 01:15:00,276
Mr. Dindle has just discussed with us.

1776
01:15:00,276 --> 01:15:01,279
Do I have an application?

1777
01:15:01,279 --> 01:15:02,679
Yes, Dr. Kingman, I request

1778
01:15:02,679 --> 01:15:04,702
approval of the September accounts, receipts, and

1779
01:15:04,702 --> 01:15:06,621
financial statements

1780
01:15:06,621 --> 01:15:09,438
as listed. Currently, the

1781
01:15:09,438 --> 01:15:10,936
quarterly and annual reports will be

1782
01:15:10,936 --> 01:15:12,967
approved under a separate

1783
01:15:12,967 --> 01:15:14,785
budget line, but in any case,

1784
01:15:14,785 --> 01:15:16,710
all of these reports, as I just

1785
01:15:16,710 --> 01:15:18,528
mentioned, can be found on

1786
01:15:18,528 --> 01:15:20,185
ssd.org under the "

1787
01:15:20,185 --> 01:15:24,084
Financial Transparency" tab.

1788
01:15:24,084 --> 01:15:26,062
And just to clarify, we approve them in

1789
01:15:26,062 --> 01:15:28,370
September, but it's for August.

1790
01:15:28,370 --> 01:15:31,876
Correct. I'm just sorry. Correct.

1791
01:15:31,876 --> 01:15:33,683
Yes, I knew what you meant

1792
01:15:33,683 --> 01:15:33,830
.

1793
01:15:33,830 --> 01:15:35,193
Thank you for the explanation.

1794
01:15:35,193 --> 01:15:35,936
I support this.

1795
01:15:35,936 --> 01:15:38,635
I support Mr. Gallegos. Motion by Mr.

1796
01:15:38,635 --> 01:15:40,897
Dindle and I support Mr. Gallegos. Are

1797
01:15:40,897 --> 01:15:42,824
there any other questions or comments from the

1798
01:15:42,824 --> 01:15:45,883
management board? All in favour.

1799
01:15:45,883 --> 01:15:46,350
Yes.

1800
01:15:46,350 --> 01:15:48,725
The motion was passed by a vote of

1801
01:15:48,725 --> 01:15:50,556
5-0. Next, we will consider our

1802
01:15:50,556 --> 01:15:52,708
quarterly investment report. Page

1803
01:15:52,708 --> 01:15:54,387
72. Do I have a request for the

1804
01:15:54,387 --> 01:15:56,445
quarterly investment report we

1805
01:15:56,445 --> 01:16:00,990
just discussed?

1806
01:16:00,990 --> 01:16:02,861
Again, Dr. Kingman, this is in a separate

1807
01:16:02,861 --> 01:16:04,499
cover because it's a

1808
01:16:04,499 --> 01:16:06,277
quarterly report, not an investment report,

1809
01:16:06,277 --> 01:16:07,869
so this would apply to the quarterly

1810
01:16:07,869 --> 01:16:09,460
investment report for the fourth

1811
01:16:09,460 --> 01:16:10,957
quarter of this year, and I would like to

1812
01:16:10,957 --> 01:16:12,782
make a motion to approve that

1813
01:16:12,782 --> 01:16:13,257
report.

1814
01:16:13,257 --> 01:16:14,962
Therefore, the motion to approve the

1815
01:16:14,962 --> 01:16:16,888
quarterly investment report

1816
01:16:16,888 --> 01:16:19,024
ending August 31, 2026.

1817
01:16:19,024 --> 01:16:20,234
Do I have a vote of support?

1818
01:16:20,234 --> 01:16:21,482
I support this.

1819
01:16:21,482 --> 01:16:23,710
Motion by Mr. Dendall, seconded by Dr.

1820
01:16:23,710 --> 01:16:27,207
Mills. Are there any other comments

1821
01:16:27,207 --> 01:16:28,933
or questions from the management board? All in favor,

1822
01:16:28,933 --> 01:16:30,047
let's say "yes".

1823
01:16:30,047 --> 01:16:31,541
Yes.

1824
01:16:31,541 --> 01:16:35,354
The motion passes 5-0. Next,

1825
01:16:35,354 --> 01:16:37,659
we must consider approving the

1826
01:16:37,659 --> 01:16:40,468
annual portfolio report

1827
01:16:40,468 --> 01:16:43,873
ending August 31, 2026. Mr. Dendall,

1828
01:16:43,873 --> 01:16:47,100
may I make a motion?

1829
01:16:47,100 --> 01:16:49,157
As we said earlier, these reports

1830
01:16:49,157 --> 01:16:51,161
are considered in a separate category

1831
01:16:51,161 --> 01:16:52,691
because they are not

1832
01:16:52,691 --> 01:16:54,274
monthly reports, so I would like to

1833
01:16:54,274 --> 01:16:56,384
approve the annual investment report

1834
01:16:56,384 --> 01:17:00,239
for the year 2025-2026.

1835
01:17:00,239 --> 01:17:02,734
I have a request from Mr. Dendall. Do I have a

1836
01:17:02,734 --> 01:17:03,354
second one?

1837
01:17:03,354 --> 01:17:04,452
Second. The

1838
01:17:04,452 --> 01:17:06,883
second is from Mrs. Duncan. Are there

1839
01:17:06,883 --> 01:17:09,873
any other questions or comments from the management board?

1840
01:17:09,873 --> 01:17:12,061
A reminder for those

1841
01:17:12,061 --> 01:17:14,729
paying attention, interest accrued for the

1842
01:17:14,729 --> 01:17:17,396
24-25 tax year was eight out of

1843
01:17:17,396 --> 01:17:24,423
18 million. So, um 25-26 No.

1844
01:17:24,423 --> 01:17:24,893
Yes.

1845
01:17:24,893 --> 01:17:29,957
25-26 So, and then like this, finishing up Oh

1846
01:17:29,957 --> 01:17:31,721
, you see, I can't even get the

1847
01:17:31,721 --> 01:17:34,129
dates right. Er, okay, we have a motion and a

1848
01:17:34,129 --> 01:17:36,127
second one. Everyone says yes.

1849
01:17:36,127 --> 01:17:42,018
The motion passes 5-0. Uh,

1850
01:17:42,018 --> 01:17:46,198
okay, next up, Dr. Brandon. The

1851
01:17:46,198 --> 01:17:51,831
action point everyone has been waiting for.

1852
01:17:51,831 --> 01:17:53,441
Dr. Keman and Dr. Rambor of the Board of

1853
01:17:53,441 --> 01:17:55,167
Trustees, tonight

1854
01:17:55,167 --> 01:17:56,950
we are considering a GMP with a guaranteed

1855
01:17:56,950 --> 01:17:58,964
maximum price for Central High

1856
01:17:58,964 --> 01:18:01,815
School. We know this is part of our

1857
01:18:01,815 --> 01:18:03,778
2025 bond project.

1858
01:18:03,778 --> 01:18:05,845
Lee Lewis Construction has been selected

1859
01:18:05,845 --> 01:18:07,601
as the construction manager, which is at

1860
01:18:07,601 --> 01:18:09,751
risk. They worked with Parkhill

1861
01:18:09,751 --> 01:18:11,709
Architects on the design, all

1862
01:18:11,709 --> 01:18:13,772
the details, the

1863
01:18:13,772 --> 01:18:20,514
site plan, months of work on

1864
01:18:20,514 --> 01:18:22,734
materials and colors, and all

1865
01:18:22,734 --> 01:18:24,898
aspects of the design,

1866
01:18:24,898 --> 01:18:29,115
and developed a GMP that stayed within the

1867
01:18:29,170 --> 01:18:35,624
$113 million construction budget. And they've had a

1868
01:18:35,624 --> 01:18:40,743
problem with that over the past month. It's just

1869
01:18:40,796 --> 01:18:42,692
tough in construction right now, with

1870
01:18:42,692 --> 01:18:46,207
data centers and all that stuff. So they

1871
01:18:46,207 --> 01:18:48,387
worked hard to achieve this,

1872
01:18:48,387 --> 01:18:50,185
through intense communication

1873
01:18:50,185 --> 01:18:52,364
between the district, the architect and the

1874
01:18:52,364 --> 01:18:55,958
construction company. I am pleased to

1875
01:18:55,958 --> 01:18:57,577
present this. And you see the

1876
01:18:57,577 --> 01:18:59,586
recommended board action, uh,

1877
01:18:59,586 --> 01:19:01,344
for the Board of Trustees to approve a

1878
01:19:01,344 --> 01:19:03,253
guaranteed maximum price from Lee

1879
01:19:03,253 --> 01:19:04,960
Lewis Construction for

1880
01:19:04,960 --> 01:19:06,969
Central High School projects

1881
01:19:06,969 --> 01:19:08,978
under the 2025 bond program, according

1882
01:19:08,978 --> 01:19:10,587
to the administration's presentation.

1883
01:19:10,587 --> 01:19:12,483
Delegation of authority to negotiate,

1884
01:19:12,483 --> 01:19:14,430
finalize and execute the

1885
01:19:14,430 --> 01:19:15,927
GMP amendment by the trustee or

1886
01:19:15,927 --> 01:19:17,674
designee in a form approved

1887
01:19:17,674 --> 01:19:20,371
by our legal counsel.

1888
01:19:20,371 --> 01:19:22,489
Everyone knows our Friday facts.

1889
01:19:22,489 --> 01:19:24,316
Um, and I just want to thank Lee

1890
01:19:24,316 --> 01:19:26,397
Lewis for being Anne Parkhill.

1891
01:19:26,397 --> 01:19:28,535
Sorry, Hector. Ugh, that's

1892
01:19:28,535 --> 01:19:31,516
great. I mean, the fact that it

1893
01:19:31,516 --> 01:19:33,410
came in under budget, you know, we... you

1894
01:19:33,410 --> 01:19:35,099
don't have to look far to

1895
01:19:35,099 --> 01:19:37,095
see where something is

1896
01:19:37,095 --> 01:19:38,886
under budget or, uh, and so,

1897
01:19:38,886 --> 01:19:40,780
thank you for all the work that

1898
01:19:40,780 --> 01:19:42,418
you've done and the work that

1899
01:19:42,418 --> 01:19:44,312
you've done with, uh, the district to

1900
01:19:44,312 --> 01:19:45,898
make sure that this all

1901
01:19:45,898 --> 01:19:47,945
meets all the needs and gets done as

1902
01:19:47,945 --> 01:19:49,788
our

1903
01:19:49,788 --> 01:19:51,733
taxpayers approved, but also stays within the

1904
01:19:51,733 --> 01:19:56,598
project budget. Um, any

1905
01:19:56,598 --> 01:20:05,518
questions or comments about GMP?

1906
01:20:05,518 --> 01:20:08,512
All right. Do I have an application for approval

1907
01:20:08,512 --> 01:20:10,976
? Oh, I have one question. We are still

1908
01:20:10,976 --> 01:20:12,644
within budget, even with the

1909
01:20:12,644 --> 01:20:14,080
money we

1910
01:20:14,080 --> 01:20:15,655
previously spent on moving the

1911
01:20:15,655 --> 01:20:16,098
water line.

1912
01:20:16,098 --> 01:20:18,212
We fit in. A portion of the total

1913
01:20:18,212 --> 01:20:20,452
amount of 2.8 million is included in the

1914
01:20:20,452 --> 01:20:22,691
total amount of the bond project

1915
01:20:22,691 --> 01:20:24,586
that was approved for

1916
01:20:24,586 --> 01:20:25,146
Central.

1917
01:20:25,146 --> 01:20:27,412
Perfectly. Sorry. That's all, I just

1918
01:20:27,412 --> 01:20:29,341
want to make sure. Um

1919
01:20:29,341 --> 01:20:31,662
Okay. Do I have a request for

1920
01:20:31,662 --> 01:20:32,951
approval?

1921
01:20:32,951 --> 01:20:34,652
I will submit a motion to approve a

1922
01:20:34,652 --> 01:20:36,559
guaranteed maximum price with Lee

1923
01:20:36,559 --> 01:20:38,570
Lewis Construction for the Bond

1924
01:20:38,570 --> 01:20:40,581
2025 Central High School projects in the amount of

1925
01:20:40,581 --> 01:20:42,591
$113 million presented by

1926
01:20:42,591 --> 01:20:44,499
the administration and forwarded to the superintendent

1927
01:20:44,499 --> 01:20:46,252
or his representative for

1928
01:20:46,252 --> 01:20:48,263
negotiation, finalization, and execution of the

1929
01:20:48,263 --> 01:20:50,273
GMP amendment in a form approved

1930
01:20:50,273 --> 01:20:52,979
by legal counsel.

1931
01:20:52,979 --> 01:20:57,294
I have a request from Dr. Mills. Do I have a second one?

1932
01:20:57,294 --> 01:20:58,334
Second. The

1933
01:20:58,334 --> 01:21:01,075
second is from Mrs. Duncan. All in favour,

1934
01:21:01,075 --> 01:21:03,759
I say, and raise your hand.

1935
01:21:03,759 --> 01:21:08,206
The motion passes 5-0. All right.

1936
01:21:08,206 --> 01:21:08,828
Next.

1937
01:21:08,828 --> 01:21:12,761
Dr. King 4-1. Extra, extra

1938
01:21:12,761 --> 01:21:14,744
thanks to Mr. Santiago for

1939
01:21:14,744 --> 01:21:16,783
helping with Parkhill and Mr. McGuffin

1940
01:21:16,783 --> 01:21:18,877
with Lee Lewis and Mr. Donahue Donahue

1941
01:21:18,877 --> 01:21:21,026
Mr. Turner for being boots on the ground

1942
01:21:21,026 --> 01:21:22,789
as we built these buildings and

1943
01:21:22,789 --> 01:21:24,718
certainly moved

1944
01:21:24,718 --> 01:21:27,894
education forward in San Angelo. So,

1945
01:21:27,894 --> 01:21:29,924
thank you. A coordinated effort for

1946
01:21:29,924 --> 01:21:31,830
all of you as we move forward.

1947
01:21:31,830 --> 01:21:33,915
Thank you. I appreciate it.

1948
01:21:33,915 --> 01:21:36,335
Yes, congratulations. Not under budget,

1949
01:21:36,335 --> 01:21:40,273
but way under budget, So.

1950
01:21:40,273 --> 01:21:43,314
All right. Good job. Hmm,

1951
01:21:43,314 --> 01:21:45,821
next we'll consider the 0.328 acre

1952
01:21:45,821 --> 01:21:48,556
right-of-way abandonment at Central

1953
01:21:48,556 --> 01:21:51,410
High School. And I know we talked

1954
01:21:51,410 --> 01:21:54,479
about this on our initial plan. Hmm,

1955
01:21:54,479 --> 01:21:56,720
we talked. Just a few quick

1956
01:21:56,720 --> 01:21:59,255
notes. Hmm, as you can see in the picture, the

1957
01:21:59,255 --> 01:22:05,610
red line...hmm. And that's the hard part

1958
01:22:05,610 --> 01:22:07,768
... If we look at Hickory, as

1959
01:22:07,768 --> 01:22:09,709
Park Hill and Lee Lewis were working on the

1960
01:22:09,709 --> 01:22:11,758
project, there on Hickory Street as

1961
01:22:11,758 --> 01:22:13,700
we go west, with the building, the

1962
01:22:13,700 --> 01:22:15,695
setbacks and the requirements, there was a

1963
01:22:15,695 --> 01:22:24,209
need to have that right of way. And

1964
01:22:24,209 --> 01:22:25,958
then, as Russell Gully from SKG,

1965
01:22:25,958 --> 01:22:27,708
engineering, when we started

1966
01:22:27,708 --> 01:22:29,676
looking at the campus, you see

1967
01:22:29,676 --> 01:22:31,589
other areas of rights of way that over

1968
01:22:31,589 --> 01:22:33,721
time, the district has put in either parking lots

1969
01:22:33,721 --> 01:22:41,461
or developed green spaces,

1970
01:22:41,461 --> 01:22:46,706
so the city talked to the district and

1971
01:22:46,706 --> 01:22:48,540
said do they want to take over those

1972
01:22:48,540 --> 01:22:50,473
rights of way since they've already developed them,

1973
01:22:50,473 --> 01:22:55,199
right? And so they came in, so if

1974
01:22:55,199 --> 01:22:57,150
we take those five small parcels and

1975
01:22:57,150 --> 01:23:04,085
look at the next page of the

1976
01:23:04,085 --> 01:23:17,858
city's valuation, you can see where that

1977
01:23:17,858 --> 01:23:22,356
calculation came from - 328 acres. They convert that

1978
01:23:22,356 --> 01:23:24,224
to square feet and then

1979
01:23:24,224 --> 01:23:28,852
calculate the average

1980
01:23:28,852 --> 01:23:31,396
property sale and it

1981
01:23:31,396 --> 01:23:36,564
comes out to a total of $3,358. Therefore, it is

1982
01:23:36,564 --> 01:23:38,462
in the best interest of the district to

1983
01:23:38,462 --> 01:23:40,155
own and control these properties

1984
01:23:40,155 --> 01:23:43,812
. We don't have to

1985
01:23:43,812 --> 01:23:46,079
come back later and take up, you know, 40 or 50

1986
01:23:46,079 --> 01:23:48,346
parking spaces because we have 3

1987
01:23:48,346 --> 01:23:51,587
feet in the right-of-way. So it's in our

1988
01:23:51,587 --> 01:23:53,427
best interest to own

1989
01:23:53,427 --> 01:23:55,122
every one of those lanes, and

1990
01:23:55,122 --> 01:23:59,842
we can do that tonight.

1991
01:23:59,842 --> 01:24:01,944
Legal counsel reviewed the descriptions of

1992
01:24:01,944 --> 01:24:03,987
each of the five properties,

1993
01:24:03,987 --> 01:24:06,209
which total 0.328 acres, and

1994
01:24:06,209 --> 01:24:08,192
presented a resolution requesting

1995
01:24:08,192 --> 01:24:10,294
board approval of the purchase of

1996
01:24:10,294 --> 01:24:19,220
the property.

1997
01:24:19,220 --> 01:24:21,071
We were also very lucky that they did

1998
01:24:21,071 --> 01:24:22,874
n't come and use those

1999
01:24:22,874 --> 01:24:24,434
rights-of-way and tear up

2000
01:24:24,434 --> 01:24:26,188
part of the road or something,

2001
01:24:26,188 --> 01:24:28,089
so that's kind of a guarantee

2002
01:24:28,089 --> 01:24:31,628
that it won't happen.

2003
01:24:31,628 --> 01:24:33,955
Well, I just have a question. So who…

2004
01:24:33,955 --> 01:24:36,355
How… How did they set the price? Is this

2005
01:24:36,355 --> 01:24:38,173
just a standard pattern?

2006
01:24:38,173 --> 01:24:40,945
Yes. I think they just got the

2007
01:24:40,945 --> 01:24:42,890
average price per square foot

2008
01:24:42,890 --> 01:24:44,529
for other properties in that

2009
01:24:44,529 --> 01:24:46,474
area to come up with a baseline, and

2010
01:24:46,474 --> 01:24:48,522
then they just took the price per

2011
01:24:48,522 --> 01:24:50,927
square foot for each one

2012
01:24:50,927 --> 01:24:56,770
and just took 50% of that.

2013
01:24:56,770 --> 01:24:59,479
Okay, do I have a request?

2014
01:24:59,479 --> 01:25:01,591
Dr. Keman, I will try to explain this well

2015
01:25:01,591 --> 01:25:05,552
, but I request that the Board approve a waiver of

2016
01:25:05,604 --> 01:25:07,453
right-of-way resolution accepting a

2017
01:25:07,453 --> 01:25:09,354
property right totaling

2018
01:25:09,354 --> 01:25:11,202
0.328 acres for five

2019
01:25:11,202 --> 01:25:13,315
distinct right-of-way lanes around

2020
01:25:13,315 --> 01:25:14,846
Central High School along the

2021
01:25:14,846 --> 01:25:16,906
following streets: Mesquite Street,

2022
01:25:16,906 --> 01:25:18,860
Hickory Street, San Antonio Street, and

2023
01:25:18,860 --> 01:25:20,919
Cottonwood Street in the City of San Angelo

2024
01:25:20,919 --> 01:25:22,821
, Tom Green County, Texas, as

2025
01:25:22,821 --> 01:25:24,880
further described in Appendix

2026
01:25:24,880 --> 01:25:27,953
A to this resolution. The district pays

2027
01:25:27,953 --> 01:25:30,829
the city $3,387, which is

2028
01:25:30,829 --> 01:25:33,562
50% of the value of the unpaved right of

2029
01:25:33,562 --> 01:25:36,035
way plus registration fees.

2030
01:25:36,035 --> 01:25:37,631
I further request that the

2031
01:25:37,631 --> 01:25:39,327
board or designee be authorized to

2032
01:25:39,327 --> 01:25:40,924
negotiate with the City of San Angelo

2033
01:25:40,924 --> 01:25:44,366
all related documents and that the

2034
01:25:44,416 --> 01:25:48,505
board chair be authorized to sign the required document.

2035
01:25:48,505 --> 01:25:51,153
So I have a request from Mr. Dindle. That's

2036
01:25:51,153 --> 01:25:54,100
great. Do I have a second vote?

2037
01:25:54,100 --> 01:25:54,830
Second.

2038
01:25:54,830 --> 01:25:56,952
And the second vote from Mr. Gallegos. Are

2039
01:25:56,952 --> 01:25:58,835
there any other comments or questions from the

2040
01:25:58,835 --> 01:26:02,946
management board? All in favour, I say.

2041
01:26:02,946 --> 01:26:05,384
Raise your hands. Sorry.

2042
01:26:05,384 --> 01:26:08,675
State law. The motion passes 5-0. Um,

2043
01:26:08,675 --> 01:26:10,696
okay. Now Mrs. Becerra will lead us

2044
01:26:10,696 --> 01:26:12,605
. I'm sorry I kept you

2045
01:26:12,605 --> 01:26:14,996
waiting all evening. He will talk to

2046
01:26:14,996 --> 01:26:16,770
us about mitigating the effects of the

2047
01:26:16,770 --> 01:26:18,649
San Angelo County Hazard Mitigation Plan

2048
01:26:18,649 --> 01:26:21,233
and Tom Green.

2049
01:26:21,233 --> 01:26:23,391
I have a short presentation. Um, good

2050
01:26:23,391 --> 01:26:25,223
evening, Dr. Moran, Dr. Keman and

2051
01:26:25,223 --> 01:26:27,554
members of the board. Tonight,

2052
01:26:27,554 --> 01:26:29,293
I will give you a brief overview of the

2053
01:26:29,293 --> 01:26:31,130
San Angelo School District's involvement

2054
01:26:31,130 --> 01:26:32,918
in the

2055
01:26:32,918 --> 01:26:34,905
City of San Angelo and

2056
01:26:34,905 --> 01:26:36,810
Tom Green County Hazard Mitigation Action Plan, or HMAP. Um, this was a

2057
01:26:36,810 --> 01:26:38,491
regional planning process that

2058
01:26:38,491 --> 01:26:40,315
started last fall. Um,

2059
01:26:40,315 --> 01:26:41,695
district staff provided

2060
01:26:41,695 --> 01:26:43,477
information about our facilities, our

2061
01:26:43,477 --> 01:26:45,214
current capabilities, threats

2062
01:26:45,214 --> 01:26:46,995
that impact our schools,

2063
01:26:46,995 --> 01:26:48,599
and possible mitigation needs

2064
01:26:48,599 --> 01:26:50,544
. Uh, we're now at the point in the

2065
01:26:50,544 --> 01:26:52,423
process where formal

2066
01:26:52,423 --> 01:26:54,301
board adoption is required for SAISD to

2067
01:26:54,301 --> 01:26:56,083
be included in the final

2068
01:26:56,083 --> 01:26:58,018
approved plan. So I want to

2069
01:26:58,018 --> 01:26:59,831
give you some context about

2070
01:26:59,831 --> 01:27:01,644
what the plan is, what

2071
01:27:01,644 --> 01:27:03,604
our involvement is, and what adopting the plan does

2072
01:27:03,604 --> 01:27:06,887
or doesn't do for the district. Okay,

2073
01:27:06,887 --> 01:27:08,359
so what is a

2074
01:27:08,359 --> 01:27:10,550
threat mitigation action plan? It is easiest to

2075
01:27:10,550 --> 01:27:12,328
think of HMAP as a

2076
01:27:12,328 --> 01:27:14,549
risk reduction plan before a

2077
01:27:14,549 --> 01:27:16,710
disaster occurs. The city is obligated to

2078
01:27:16,710 --> 01:27:18,782
renew it, if I'm not mistaken, every

2079
01:27:18,782 --> 01:27:21,823
5 years. Rather than focusing on

2080
01:27:21,823 --> 01:27:23,346
how we respond after a

2081
01:27:23,346 --> 01:27:24,869
crisis occurs, mitigation asks

2082
01:27:24,869 --> 01:27:26,432
what we can do in advance to

2083
01:27:26,432 --> 01:27:27,938
reduce damage or disruption. The

2084
01:27:27,938 --> 01:27:29,098
planning process considers

2085
01:27:29,098 --> 01:27:30,414
hazards that impact

2086
01:27:30,414 --> 01:27:31,691
our community, such as

2087
01:27:31,691 --> 01:27:33,238
extreme weather, floods,

2088
01:27:33,238 --> 01:27:34,577
wildfires and other events. It

2089
01:27:34,577 --> 01:27:36,267
then considers which people,

2090
01:27:36,267 --> 01:27:38,006
facilities and infrastructure may be

2091
01:27:38,006 --> 01:27:39,889
exposed. For SAISD, there is another

2092
01:27:39,889 --> 01:27:41,383
important element included in the

2093
01:27:41,383 --> 01:27:42,925
FEMA-approved

2094
01:27:42,925 --> 01:27:44,804
hazard mitigation plan that allows

2095
01:27:44,804 --> 01:27:46,587
the district to apply for certain

2096
01:27:46,587 --> 01:27:48,225
FEMA funding opportunities for

2097
01:27:48,225 --> 01:27:50,133
mitigation. It is both a

2098
01:27:50,133 --> 01:27:51,806
public education plan on

2099
01:27:51,806 --> 01:27:53,344
risk reduction and a mechanism

2100
01:27:53,344 --> 01:27:54,973
that could potentially open the

2101
01:27:54,973 --> 01:27:56,601
door to external funding for

2102
01:27:56,601 --> 01:27:57,958
projects that will increase the

2103
01:27:57,958 --> 01:28:04,880
resilience of our facilities. Our

2104
01:28:04,880 --> 01:28:06,687
participation began in

2105
01:28:06,687 --> 01:28:09,991
October 2025. HTO Partners, a

2106
01:28:09,991 --> 01:28:12,203
consultant working with the city

2107
01:28:12,203 --> 01:28:13,961
and county, asked

2108
01:28:13,961 --> 01:28:16,003
participating entities to provide several pieces of

2109
01:28:16,003 --> 01:28:17,931
information to SAISD, including an assessment of

2110
01:28:17,931 --> 01:28:20,030
our current capabilities, a list of

2111
01:28:20,030 --> 01:28:22,299
district facilities, and information on the

2112
01:28:22,299 --> 01:28:24,398
threats we believe

2113
01:28:24,398 --> 01:28:26,677
impact the district most.

2114
01:28:26,677 --> 01:28:28,384
I used our existing

2115
01:28:28,384 --> 01:28:30,453
information from our

2116
01:28:30,453 --> 01:28:32,315
EOP for a lot of this

2117
01:28:32,315 --> 01:28:33,816
information and I passed it on to

2118
01:28:33,816 --> 01:28:35,885
the consultant, and the risk analysis

2119
01:28:35,885 --> 01:28:37,851
in our EOP is what I

2120
01:28:37,851 --> 01:28:39,562
passed on to them. We

2121
01:28:39,562 --> 01:28:40,820
also developed possible

2122
01:28:40,820 --> 01:28:42,456
mitigation actions that could address

2123
01:28:42,456 --> 01:28:44,355
some of these risks.

2124
01:28:44,355 --> 01:28:46,415
Staff work allowed SAISD to be included

2125
01:28:46,415 --> 01:28:48,304
in the regional plan as a

2126
01:28:48,304 --> 01:28:51,054
participating jurisdiction. The step

2127
01:28:51,054 --> 01:28:52,865
before you now is

2128
01:28:52,865 --> 01:28:54,675
different because formal adoption of a

2129
01:28:54,675 --> 01:28:56,535
complete, finished plan is a

2130
01:28:56,535 --> 01:28:58,654
management action. I just want to

2131
01:28:58,654 --> 01:29:00,422
mention that when I was working on

2132
01:29:00,422 --> 01:29:02,096
this process, there were two different

2133
01:29:02,096 --> 01:29:03,818
types of involvement that the

2134
01:29:03,818 --> 01:29:05,541
county could have. One was about

2135
01:29:05,541 --> 01:29:07,480
active participation and the other was about

2136
01:29:07,480 --> 01:29:10,853
simply being a stakeholder. And so,

2137
01:29:10,853 --> 01:29:12,619
the district decided to actively

2138
01:29:12,619 --> 01:29:16,703
participate in this process. This allows

2139
01:29:16,703 --> 01:29:18,604
us to apply for potential

2140
01:29:18,604 --> 01:29:20,669
grants and funding opportunities

2141
01:29:20,669 --> 01:29:22,734
through FEMA without the need for

2142
01:29:22,734 --> 01:29:27,508
city sponsorship. Let's think.

2143
01:29:27,508 --> 01:29:34,566
I think that's good. All right.

2144
01:29:34,566 --> 01:29:36,505
Potential

2145
01:29:36,505 --> 01:29:41,306
SAISD Disaster Mitigation Projects. We have listed and

2146
01:29:41,306 --> 01:29:43,365
identified 14 possible

2147
01:29:43,365 --> 01:29:47,073
mitigation actions. These are just

2148
01:29:47,073 --> 01:29:50,121
suggestions. One of them is to improve

2149
01:29:50,121 --> 01:29:51,824
emergency power supply in key

2150
01:29:51,824 --> 01:29:53,276
facilities of the district using

2151
01:29:53,276 --> 01:29:55,229
generators and wired connections

2152
01:29:55,229 --> 01:29:57,403
. The second is to expand the

2153
01:29:57,403 --> 01:29:59,482
weather warning capabilities of the

2154
01:29:59,482 --> 01:30:01,829
weather radio. We

2155
01:30:01,829 --> 01:30:03,692
also identified digitizing and securely

2156
01:30:03,692 --> 01:30:05,360
backing up

2157
01:30:05,360 --> 01:30:07,125
county data as a way to ensure

2158
01:30:07,125 --> 01:30:08,939
business continuity following a major

2159
01:30:08,939 --> 01:30:11,954
incident. We also identified

2160
01:30:11,999 --> 01:30:13,416
drainage improvements on campuses where

2161
01:30:13,416 --> 01:30:14,966
flooding or stormwater could

2162
01:30:14,966 --> 01:30:16,488
pose problems.

2163
01:30:16,488 --> 01:30:17,916
Other concepts are also in the plan, including

2164
01:30:17,916 --> 01:30:19,657
safe room options

2165
01:30:19,657 --> 01:30:23,004
, strengthening the roof and HVAC systems,

2166
01:30:23,049 --> 01:30:24,388
stormwater drainage system improvements, and

2167
01:30:24,388 --> 01:30:31,410
transportation infrastructure. Therefore, the board requested

2168
01:30:31,410 --> 01:30:33,423
the adoption by resolution of

2169
01:30:33,423 --> 01:30:35,488
the City of San Angelo and

2170
01:30:35,488 --> 01:30:37,243
Tom Green County 2026 Hazard Mitigation Plan. This completes

2171
01:30:37,243 --> 01:30:39,257
SAISD’s formal adoption in the

2172
01:30:39,257 --> 01:30:41,219
regional planning process, and once

2173
01:30:41,219 --> 01:30:43,284
this documentation is incorporated into the

2174
01:30:43,284 --> 01:30:45,349
state and FEMA process, SAISD can remain

2175
01:30:45,349 --> 01:30:47,001
part of the approved

2176
01:30:47,001 --> 01:30:48,963
regional plan and retain the ability to

2177
01:30:48,963 --> 01:30:50,873
apply for eligible

2178
01:30:50,873 --> 01:30:53,658
mitigation opportunities. Do

2179
01:30:53,658 --> 01:30:57,128
you have any questions for me?

2180
01:30:57,128 --> 01:30:59,123
I would like to thank Ms. Becerra,

2181
01:30:59,123 --> 01:31:01,118
you and the administration for your involvement

2182
01:31:01,118 --> 01:31:04,065
in this. Of course, the project was

2183
01:31:04,065 --> 01:31:05,723
also proposed to many other

2184
01:31:05,723 --> 01:31:07,473
stakeholders who took no

2185
01:31:07,473 --> 01:31:10,341
action. So thank you for the

2186
01:31:10,341 --> 01:31:11,907
work you do

2187
01:31:11,907 --> 01:31:13,826
because any money

2188
01:31:13,826 --> 01:31:15,694
we can allocate to help our

2189
01:31:15,694 --> 01:31:17,563
students and facilities is money

2190
01:31:17,563 --> 01:31:19,330
that the local taxpayer doesn't have to

2191
01:31:19,330 --> 01:31:22,733
allocate. So I want to comment on the

2192
01:31:22,733 --> 01:31:24,676
fact that we are acting and taking

2193
01:31:24,676 --> 01:31:26,261
these actions to try to

2194
01:31:26,261 --> 01:31:28,275
solve local problems.

2195
01:31:28,275 --> 01:31:30,093
Thank you to everyone involved in

2196
01:31:30,093 --> 01:31:31,705
these activities.

2197
01:31:31,705 --> 01:31:33,741
Dr. Kingman, I will also add that

2198
01:31:33,741 --> 01:31:35,778
Ms. Becerra has been very proactive in

2199
01:31:35,778 --> 01:31:37,501
reaching out to the city and the county,

2200
01:31:37,501 --> 01:31:39,590
asking questions like: How can we

2201
01:31:39,590 --> 01:31:42,741
be more engaged? How

2202
01:31:42,741 --> 01:31:46,120
can we have a seat at the table?

2203
01:31:46,120 --> 01:31:47,770
Congratulations to her for her work and

2204
01:31:47,770 --> 01:31:49,782
ongoing efforts to improve

2205
01:31:49,782 --> 01:31:53,425
campus safety.

2206
01:31:53,425 --> 01:31:55,721
Thank you. All right. Are there

2207
01:31:55,721 --> 01:31:58,650
any other questions? Do I have an application to

2208
01:31:58,650 --> 01:32:06,655
approve? I will submit a motion to

2209
01:32:06,655 --> 01:32:08,174
approve the

2210
01:32:08,174 --> 01:32:10,026
City of San Angelo and

2211
01:32:10,026 --> 01:32:11,877
Tom Green County 2026 Hazard Mitigation Plan as presented

2212
01:32:11,877 --> 01:32:14,047
. Do I have a vote of support?

2213
01:32:14,047 --> 01:32:16,420
I support this.

2214
01:32:16,420 --> 01:32:18,392
My motion and Mr.

2215
01:32:18,392 --> 01:32:20,212
Dindle's vote of support. Are there any other

2216
01:32:20,212 --> 01:32:23,986
questions or comments for the board?

2217
01:32:23,986 --> 01:32:25,104
All in favor: "Ja."

2218
01:32:25,104 --> 01:32:26,792
We assume that the same motion

2219
01:32:26,792 --> 01:32:28,740
passes by a vote of 5-0.

2220
01:32:28,740 --> 01:32:31,636
Okay, Mrs. Doyle, you're welcome.

2221
01:32:31,636 --> 01:32:34,499
We will conduct Request for Quotation RFQ

2222
01:32:34,499 --> 01:32:36,835
26.0904, Approval of

2223
01:32:36,835 --> 01:32:39,396
Zoom Telephony Service and Related

2224
01:32:39,396 --> 01:32:41,006
Equipment.

2225
01:32:41,006 --> 01:32:43,267
Good evening board members and Dr.

2226
01:32:43,267 --> 01:32:47,275
Marion. In the spring of 2023, Snead ISD

2227
01:32:47,275 --> 01:32:49,434
issued a call for bids and we conducted a

2228
01:32:49,434 --> 01:32:51,052
full, extensive, formal

2229
01:32:51,052 --> 01:32:53,049
bidding process to select a

2230
01:32:53,049 --> 01:32:55,146
new telephone service. At that

2231
01:32:55,146 --> 01:32:56,970
time, we had very outdated

2232
01:32:56,970 --> 01:32:59,072
telephone systems in place.

2233
01:32:59,072 --> 01:33:01,256
14 suppliers responded to us.

2234
01:33:01,256 --> 01:33:02,936
We narrowed our choices down to five and

2235
01:33:02,936 --> 01:33:04,863
chose the Zoom phone service

2236
01:33:04,863 --> 01:33:07,121
. We did very well, but there

2237
01:33:07,121 --> 01:33:08,713
are still locations that we need to

2238
01:33:08,713 --> 01:33:10,459
modernize or switch to the

2239
01:33:10,459 --> 01:33:12,782
Zoom phone service.

2240
01:33:12,782 --> 01:33:14,499
We ran our largest

2241
01:33:14,499 --> 01:33:16,408
project at two high schools, and

2242
01:33:16,408 --> 01:33:18,221
then we went to the campuses

2243
01:33:18,221 --> 01:33:20,082
that were having the most problems with

2244
01:33:20,082 --> 01:33:22,381
their systems and solved them.

2245
01:33:22,381 --> 01:33:24,359
Some locations were also

2246
01:33:24,359 --> 01:33:26,233
developed in connection with

2247
01:33:26,233 --> 01:33:29,902
construction projects. For example,

2248
01:33:29,902 --> 01:33:32,652
we recently moved Crockett to Zoom.

2249
01:33:32,652 --> 01:33:34,566
We ran the project at McGill as soon as it

2250
01:33:34,566 --> 01:33:36,816
started.

2251
01:33:36,816 --> 01:33:38,674
We managed to service many campuses

2252
01:33:38,674 --> 01:33:40,238
even though our three-year contract had

2253
01:33:40,238 --> 01:33:43,118
come to an end. So the time has come

2254
01:33:43,118 --> 01:33:47,866
to renew it. We sent a

2255
01:33:47,866 --> 01:33:49,554
request for proposal to four

2256
01:33:49,554 --> 01:33:51,079
vendors that were

2257
01:33:51,079 --> 01:33:53,258
approved by Zoom as resellers of

2258
01:33:53,258 --> 01:33:55,437
our current telephony service, and

2259
01:33:55,437 --> 01:33:57,071
Zoom is now offering what is known as

2260
01:33:57,071 --> 01:34:02,218
pro licensing model. We have received

2261
01:34:02,218 --> 01:34:04,205
bids for this as well as the remaining

2262
01:34:04,205 --> 01:34:06,193
seven locations that require

2263
01:34:06,193 --> 01:34:10,082
completion. We currently have two more

2264
01:34:10,082 --> 01:34:12,075
locations to work on, and

2265
01:34:12,075 --> 01:34:14,270
we already have the equipment. We just need to

2266
01:34:14,270 --> 01:34:16,345
figure out the time, namely the stadium and

2267
01:34:16,345 --> 01:34:18,311
transportation, because both are very

2268
01:34:18,311 --> 01:34:20,753
small. However, we have seven campuses

2269
01:34:20,753 --> 01:34:23,868
that still need to be completed.

2270
01:34:23,868 --> 01:34:25,554
The response we received

2271
01:34:25,554 --> 01:34:27,191
was: "Three

2272
01:34:27,191 --> 01:34:31,271
suppliers responded." And the pro licensing model

2273
01:34:31,271 --> 01:34:32,876
that they're offering now for a

2274
01:34:32,876 --> 01:34:35,015
small price difference, I think it was

2275
01:34:35,015 --> 01:34:36,994
around $6,000 for

2276
01:34:36,994 --> 01:34:38,920
our current site, we could

2277
01:34:38,920 --> 01:34:40,845
get a pro licensing model that would

2278
01:34:40,845 --> 01:34:42,557
give our administrators and

2279
01:34:42,557 --> 01:34:44,589
teachers the ability to make

2280
01:34:44,589 --> 01:34:46,622
calls if they wanted (it's not

2281
01:34:46,622 --> 01:34:48,708
mandatory, but if they choose to

2282
01:34:48,708 --> 01:34:50,740
install the Zoom app on

2283
01:34:50,740 --> 01:34:53,556
their phone). They can then

2284
01:34:53,556 --> 01:34:55,217
make calls from their

2285
01:34:55,217 --> 01:34:57,116
phone; it looks like they're in

2286
01:34:57,116 --> 01:34:59,015
their classroom, it uses the San Angelo

2287
01:34:59,015 --> 01:35:00,914
ISD number and that's what will be displayed

2288
01:35:00,914 --> 01:35:02,813
on caller ID to the people they

2289
01:35:02,813 --> 01:35:05,163
call. So, if

2290
01:35:05,163 --> 01:35:07,320
I'm a coach and I'm on a trip with

2291
01:35:07,320 --> 01:35:09,370
my kids and I need to call a

2292
01:35:09,370 --> 01:35:11,473
parent, I can call the parent from

2293
01:35:11,473 --> 01:35:13,144
this Zoom app; it will

2294
01:35:13,144 --> 01:35:15,032
look like I'm calling from

2295
01:35:15,032 --> 01:35:17,135
my classroom and they will see San Angelo

2296
01:35:17,135 --> 01:35:20,699
ISD. They can carry on a conversation and so

2297
01:35:20,699 --> 01:35:23,476
on. So this will be a new

2298
01:35:23,476 --> 01:35:25,591
feature. It will take us some time to

2299
01:35:25,591 --> 01:35:29,607
set it up. But, um, it will also give us a

2300
01:35:29,607 --> 01:35:31,509
good secondary

2301
01:35:31,509 --> 01:35:33,573
communication option in case we have to

2302
01:35:33,573 --> 01:35:35,529
evacuate the campus, the network goes down, or the

2303
01:35:35,529 --> 01:35:40,332
lines go down. So, um, we're continuing

2304
01:35:40,332 --> 01:35:42,433
to add ways to communicate with our

2305
01:35:42,433 --> 01:35:44,481
families as well as additional

2306
01:35:44,481 --> 01:35:47,875
safety measures. This will give us an

2307
01:35:47,875 --> 01:35:51,868
additional level of resilience. The supplier we

2308
01:35:51,868 --> 01:35:55,739
recommend is TCS. They have been

2309
01:35:55,739 --> 01:35:57,775
our supplier for 3 years and, well,

2310
01:35:57,775 --> 01:36:03,831
we can recommend them again. They're offering

2311
01:36:03,831 --> 01:36:05,954
us an additional license renewal, but

2312
01:36:05,954 --> 01:36:07,968
for the seven locations that we need to

2313
01:36:07,968 --> 01:36:09,819
update, they're offering us, um,

2314
01:36:09,819 --> 01:36:11,561
if we update all

2315
01:36:11,561 --> 01:36:13,684
locations within 12 months, we won't have to

2316
01:36:13,684 --> 01:36:15,589
pay the

2317
01:36:15,589 --> 01:36:17,767
license fee for those 12 months for those

2318
01:36:17,767 --> 01:36:21,301
seven locations. They're basically

2319
01:36:21,301 --> 01:36:23,395
saving us $25,000 to

2320
01:36:23,395 --> 01:36:25,382
continue updating these

2321
01:36:25,382 --> 01:36:27,141
locations. We'll just have to

2322
01:36:27,141 --> 01:36:28,450
pay for the equipment, and they'll

2323
01:36:28,450 --> 01:36:30,056
all need new

2324
01:36:30,056 --> 01:36:31,881
phones anyway. So, um, we'll be

2325
01:36:31,881 --> 01:36:33,846
working on that over the next year

2326
01:36:33,846 --> 01:36:36,807
. So, my request is to

2327
01:36:36,807 --> 01:36:40,951
approve TCS for a 3-year contract.

2328
01:36:40,951 --> 01:36:42,957
We'll use the pro licensing model and, um,

2329
01:36:42,957 --> 01:36:45,074
we'll update the other sites and

2330
01:36:45,074 --> 01:36:49,766
fully implement Zoom in our district.

2331
01:36:49,766 --> 01:36:51,882
I have one question for you, Ms. Dole, and

2332
01:36:51,882 --> 01:36:53,977
then I'll open it. One of the campuses

2333
01:36:53,977 --> 01:36:55,073
is Glynn.

2334
01:36:55,073 --> 01:36:55,696
Yes.

2335
01:36:55,696 --> 01:36:57,917
And this is a 3-year contract. Is this

2336
01:36:57,917 --> 01:37:00,017
also in 3 years? All right

2337
01:37:00,017 --> 01:37:02,441
. So all these phones

2338
01:37:02,441 --> 01:37:04,462
are IP-based, so they

2339
01:37:04,462 --> 01:37:06,669
connect to the network. They use the network as

2340
01:37:06,669 --> 01:37:09,090
their infrastructure. And so, when

2341
01:37:09,090 --> 01:37:10,984
we're ready to move

2342
01:37:10,984 --> 01:37:12,830
from our current campus to the new campus,

2343
01:37:12,830 --> 01:37:14,336
we'll pick up all the phones,

2344
01:37:14,336 --> 01:37:15,939
take them to the new campus,

2345
01:37:15,939 --> 01:37:17,494
update their

2346
01:37:17,494 --> 01:37:19,242
location information on the phone, and we're

2347
01:37:19,242 --> 01:37:20,120
ready to go.

2348
01:37:20,120 --> 01:37:21,660
I knew you would have an

2349
01:37:21,660 --> 01:37:24,352
answer. Thank you. We did

2350
01:37:24,352 --> 01:37:26,258
n't want Glenn to wait

2351
01:37:26,258 --> 01:37:28,112
another two years while everyone

2352
01:37:28,112 --> 01:37:31,814
else had new opportunities. And

2353
01:37:31,814 --> 01:37:33,696
there is no reason to wait because

2354
01:37:33,696 --> 01:37:35,578
the phone will just use the phones and

2355
01:37:35,578 --> 01:37:37,559
if we need to add more

2356
01:37:37,559 --> 01:37:39,292
due to extra rooms, it won't

2357
01:37:39,292 --> 01:37:41,618
be a problem.

2358
01:37:41,618 --> 01:37:43,554
And I think being in an industry

2359
01:37:43,554 --> 01:37:45,598
where I also return calls from my

2360
01:37:45,598 --> 01:37:47,642
personal phone, being able to

2361
01:37:47,642 --> 01:37:49,740
do that as a teacher, coach or

2362
01:37:49,740 --> 01:37:51,891
staff member, to be able to call back

2363
01:37:51,891 --> 01:37:53,505
parents and stakeholders

2364
01:37:53,505 --> 01:37:55,603
identified as San Angelo ISD,

2365
01:37:55,603 --> 01:37:57,647
rather than giving out my personal

2366
01:37:57,647 --> 01:37:59,583
cell phone number, I think it's

2367
01:37:59,583 --> 01:38:01,412
worth every penny for

2368
01:38:01,412 --> 01:38:05,116
our staff. So, um

2369
01:38:05,116 --> 01:38:06,986
Anyway, do I have any other questions

2370
01:38:06,986 --> 01:38:08,116
for you? I just

2371
01:38:08,116 --> 01:38:09,779
had a quick question about this.

2372
01:38:09,779 --> 01:38:11,482
I think this is a great feature. What

2373
01:38:11,482 --> 01:38:13,845
if they call back? Will they transfer to

2374
01:38:13,845 --> 01:38:15,853
So that they will still call to

2375
01:38:15,853 --> 01:38:17,862
give you the campus phone number, give you

2376
01:38:17,862 --> 01:38:19,871
their extension and/or we may be

2377
01:38:19,871 --> 01:38:21,827
able to give them a direct

2378
01:38:21,827 --> 01:38:23,836
ID number where Charlene

2379
01:38:23,836 --> 01:38:25,845
has this number, you have this number and so

2380
01:38:25,845 --> 01:38:27,906
on; but they are all under the umbrella of

2381
01:38:27,906 --> 01:38:31,344
this campus. And then the teacher or

2382
01:38:31,344 --> 01:38:33,210
administrator, the people

2383
01:38:33,210 --> 01:38:35,024
we share these resources with, won't be

2384
01:38:35,024 --> 01:38:36,734
calling everyone at school

2385
01:38:36,734 --> 01:38:38,600
because there's no reason for janitors to be

2386
01:38:38,600 --> 01:38:40,414
calling parents after hours

2387
01:38:40,414 --> 01:38:43,770
. But we will give license to teachers

2388
01:38:43,770 --> 01:38:45,523
and administrators; can set their

2389
01:38:45,523 --> 01:38:47,018
working hours and choose whether the

2390
01:38:47,018 --> 01:38:48,719
call should ring or

2391
01:38:48,719 --> 01:38:54,199
go to voicemail. And, um,

2392
01:38:54,199 --> 01:38:55,981
they can choose whether they want to answer the

2393
01:38:55,981 --> 01:38:57,817
call or not, both on

2394
01:38:57,817 --> 01:38:59,809
their personal device and on a

2395
01:38:59,809 --> 01:39:01,750
school device like an iPad

2396
01:39:01,750 --> 01:39:05,335
or laptop. And as long as the device is

2397
01:39:05,335 --> 01:39:07,124
connected to Wi-Fi, it will work,

2398
01:39:07,124 --> 01:39:08,554
and they can set the hours for the

2399
01:39:08,554 --> 01:39:10,253
device to ring or

2400
01:39:10,253 --> 01:39:10,532
not.

2401
01:39:10,532 --> 01:39:14,725
Excellent. Very cool. It

2402
01:39:14,725 --> 01:39:16,813
also has an SMS sending function

2403
01:39:16,813 --> 01:39:18,845
and records all sent

2404
01:39:18,845 --> 01:39:21,587
messages. Do you have

2405
01:39:21,587 --> 01:39:24,817
any further questions for Mrs. Doyle?

2406
01:39:24,817 --> 01:39:27,141
Do I have an application? I

2407
01:39:27,141 --> 01:39:28,479
will submit a motion that we

2408
01:39:28,479 --> 01:39:30,538
recommend an agreement with TCS to

2409
01:39:30,538 --> 01:39:32,597
continue the Zoom telephony service

2410
01:39:32,597 --> 01:39:34,553
for the current locations, as well as to

2411
01:39:34,553 --> 01:39:36,200
modernize seven additional

2412
01:39:36,200 --> 01:39:37,740
locations. The contract will be

2413
01:39:37,740 --> 01:39:40,454
valid for three years.

2414
01:39:40,454 --> 01:39:41,693
Do I have a voice?

2415
01:39:41,693 --> 01:39:43,553
I support this.

2416
01:39:43,553 --> 01:39:46,046
So, Mr. Gaygos' motion and

2417
01:39:46,046 --> 01:39:48,603
Dr. Mills' motion. Are there any other

2418
01:39:48,603 --> 01:39:51,926
questions or comments from the management board? All in favour:

2419
01:39:51,926 --> 01:39:53,991
"I" and please raise your hand.

2420
01:39:53,991 --> 01:39:56,337
The motion was passed by a vote of

2421
01:39:56,337 --> 01:39:56,684
5-0.

2422
01:39:56,684 --> 01:39:57,821
Thank you all.

2423
01:39:57,821 --> 01:39:59,516
Thank you, Mrs. Doyle. So,

2424
01:39:59,516 --> 01:40:01,488
the announcements: there will be a

2425
01:40:01,488 --> 01:40:03,411
pre-meeting workshop on October 12th,

2426
01:40:03,411 --> 01:40:04,989
and our regular

2427
01:40:04,989 --> 01:40:06,320
board meeting will be on

2428
01:40:06,320 --> 01:40:09,509
October 19th. This is where we end.

2429
01:40:09,509 --> 01:40:11,125
Thank you.