Dec 18, 2023 School Board

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM]

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

WE'LL CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CARROLL ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER ON DECEMBER 18TH, 2023 AT 5:00 P.M..

OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[2. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

[3. PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE/MOMENT OF SILENCE]

OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER AT 6:00 P.M..

OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE.

WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING CARROLL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THIS MONTH, SO WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS LEADING US IN THE PLEDGES AND MOMENT OF SILENCE.

WILL YOU PLEASE RISE? HELLO, MY NAME IS JOAQUIN AND MY FAVORITE SUBJECT IS PE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THE PLEDGES.

I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

MY NAME IS KATHERINE AND I'M GOING TO BE DOING THE TEXAS.

MY NAME IS KATHERINE AND MY FAVORITE SUBJECT'S, MUSIC.

AND, I'M GOING TO BE SAYING THE TEXAS PLEDGE.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS; ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

HELLO, MY NAME IS HARPER, AND MY FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECT IS MUSIC.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU STUDENTS.

[4. RECOGNITIONS]

OUR FIRST ITEM GROUP TO RECOGNIZE IS 4.1 BOARD RECOGNITION CAMPUS OF THE MONTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MS. WAGNER. GOOD EVENING, BOARD, DR.

LEDBETTER, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HIGHLIGHT CARROLL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

CARROLL ELEMENTARY WAS THE SECOND ELEMENTARY IN THE DISTRICT.

IT OPENED IN 1986 AND WAS NAMED A NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL IN 1993.

THERE HAVE BEEN THREE PRINCIPALS IN ITS 37 YEARS OF BEING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING THESE KIDS FOR 22.

IT'LL BE STARTING MY 23RD YEAR NEXT SEMESTER.

[APPLAUSE] WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THREE MAJOR RENOVATIONS SINCE THE ORIGINAL BUILDING AN CARROLL ELEMENTARY WAS THE FIRST SCHOOL TO HOST OUR BEACH CLUB AND ALL PRO DADS, WHICH THEN SPREAD TO THE OTHER ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.

WE HAVE RECEIVED MANY SCHOOL HONORS, WITH BEING NAMED THE NUMBER ONE SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IN THE NICHE 2018 2019 POLL.

WE REMAIN IN THE TOP TEN AND I GIVE ALL OF OUR CREDIT TO OUR SECOND TO NONE STAFF, STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] NEXT I HAVE MISS STOUGH AND SHE'S HERE WITH OUR FOURTH GRADE CHOIR, AND WE HAVE KATELYN HAHN THAT'S GOING TO ACCOMPANY THE STUDENTS ON THE PIANO.

KATELYN HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF PLAYING IN CARNEGIE HALL LAST YEAR, AND SO I THINK YOU ALL ARE GOING TO REALLY ENJOY THIS PERFORMANCE.

THROUGH THE DARK.

THROUGH THE DOOR.

THROUGH WHERE NO ONE'S BEEN BEFORE.

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IT ALL SOUNDS CRAZY.

THEY CAN SAY I LOST MY MIND. I DON'T CARE, I DON'T CARE, SO CALL ME CRAZY. WE COULD LIVE IN A WORLD THAT WE DESIRE.

THERE'S A HOUSE WE CAN BUILD.

EVERY ROOM INSIDE IS FILLED WITH THINGS FROM FAR AWAY.

DAY. IT ALL SOUNDS CRAZY.

SINGING PERFORMANCE] BUILDING DREAMS FOR THE WORLD WE'RE GONNA MAKE. HOWEVER BIG, HOWEVER SMALL.

LET ME BE PART OF IT ALL.

SHARE YOUR DREAMS WITH ME.

YOU MAY BE RIGHT YOU MAY BE WRONG, BUT SAY THAT PERFORMANCE] I CLOSE MY EYES TO SEE.

EVERY NIGHT.

THE BRIGHTEST COLORS OF MY HEAD A MILLION DREAMS. SINGING PERFORMANCE] FOR THE WORLD WE'RE GONNA MAKE.

JUST DOWN THERE.

OH THREE.

GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB.

YOU GUYS HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS, OKAY.

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CAPTAIN. YEAH.

THAT WAS. GOOD JOB.

THAT'S. WHAT? THE COFFEE? YEAH. YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT TO GO? NOT CHANGING PLACES.

ALL RIGHT, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR FROM OUR STUDENTS AND BEING ABLE TO RECOGNIZE A CAMPUS EACH MONTH.

CARROLL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.

WE LOVE SEEING OUR STUDENTS PERFORM, AMAZING TALENT UP AND DOWN ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

SO THANK YOU, PARENTS, FOR ALLOWING THEM TO COME TONIGHT.

OUR NEXT RECOGNITION IS FOR OUR AWESOME BOYS AND GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS. I BELIEVE COACH KEASLER AND COACH LEONARD WILL BE PRESENTING.

YES. GOOD EVENING BOARD.

THAT WAS QUITE AMAZING.

LOVE TO SEE OUR KIDS PERFORM.

IT'S AWESOME. SO, THIS GROUP OF FOLKS ARE UP AWFUL EARLY EVERY MORNING, AND THEY DON'T GET REALLY RECOGNIZED PUBLICLY.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN ALLOWING THEM TO BE BE RECOGNIZED.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST UNBELIEVABLE GROUP OF PEOPLE, AND SUPPORT GROUP FOR OUR PARENTS.

AND REALLY, IT JUST I CAN'T EXPRESS TO YOU HOW MUCH DEDICATION THIS GROUP HAS.

I'M SUPER PROUD OF OUR COACH.

HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR 20 YEARS.

HE'S BEEN A PART OF 16 STATE CHAMPIONS, AND MOST COACHES AROUND THE COUNTRY WOULD HAVE LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AT THE STATE MEET ONCE, BUT WE'VE BEEN THERE, ALMOST EVERY TIME WHEN HE'S BEEN HERE WITH US, 20 YEARS.

SO I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO HIM, AND HE'S GOING TO TALK TO, YOU ABOUT THE KIDS.

BUT HE WON THE NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY COACH OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR.

AND THIS IS COACH JUSTIN LEONARD.

[APPLAUSE] THANKS FOR HAVING US OUT.

WE APPRECIATE IT. I ALWAYS SAY EVERY YEAR THAT GETTING THE EMAIL FROM MS. YELTON IS A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO COME OUT AND AND PRESENT THESE KIDS AND KIND OF CELEBRATE THEM AND THEIR SUCCESS.

SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

IF YOU WANT THE KIDS TO COME OUT HERE OR.

YEAH, STAND UP THERE IF WE CAN GET YOU ALL TO COME ON OUT HERE, I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE RUNNERS.

FIRST THINGS FIRST.

ON THE BOYS SIDE, THIS SEASON, WE HAD AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL YEAR.

WE WON OUR FIFTH CONSECUTIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE BOYS SIDE.

AND I THINK THE, THING THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST AMAZING FEAT IS THIS YEAR MARKED THE 14TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT OUR BOYS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM HAS FINISHED EITHER FIRST OR SECOND PLACE AT THE STATE MEET.

SO THAT'S 14 YEARS OF THAT.

AND SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE RUNNERS.

WE HAVE JUNIOR ALEX SEVERSON.

[APPLAUSE] HE FINISHED, HE FINISHED 54TH PLACE AT STATE.

JUNIOR GRIFFIN CORDS.

HE FINISHED 41ST PLACE AT THE STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET.

[APPLAUSE].

SENIOR RON VANDERBURG.

HE FINISHED 28TH AT THE STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET.

[APPLAUSE] ZACH TROUTMAN, TCU COMMIT SENIOR.

HE FINISHED 19TH PLACE AT THE STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET THIS YEAR.

[APPLAUSE] SENIOR JUDE ALVAREZ FINISHED UP 14TH PLACE AT THE STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET.

[APPLAUSE] BLAKE BULLARD JUNIOR FINISHED FOURTH PLACE AND RAN A PHENOMENAL RACE THIS YEAR AT THE STATE CROSS COUNTRY.

[APPLAUSE] AND THEN CADEN LEONARD, WON THE STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET THIS YEAR SOPHOMORE.

[APPLAUSE] SO. AND THEN OUR GIRLS THIS SEASON WERE STATE RUNNER UP.

THE THING ABOUT THE GIRLS, THE GIRLS HAD A PHENOMENAL CROSS COUNTRY SEASON.

THE FLOWER MOUND GIRLS WERE REALLY, REALLY EXCEPTIONAL THIS YEAR, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO COMPETE AGAINST THEM AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

BUT WE GOT SECOND PLACE.

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[INAUDIBLE] DOESN'T MATTER 27 STRAIGHT YEARS OF STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET.

OF THOSE 27 YEARS, OUR GIRLS HAVE FINISHED ON THE MEDAL STAND FIRST, SECOND OR THIRD, 23 OUT OF 27 STRAIGHT YEARS.

SO. [APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW.

I'LL RUN THROUGH THIS. WE HAVE ELIZABETH SMITS, JUNIOR.

SHE FINISHED 10TH PLACE AT THE STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET.

[APPLAUSE] SENIOR ALEX WALSH AUBURN COMMIT, FINISHED 11TH PLACE.

[APPLAUSE] WHERE ARE YOU GOING? SENIOR SYLVIA SCHWEDLER FINISHED 35TH PLACE AND SHE'D BE GOING TO NEW MEXICO.

[APPLAUSE] SORAYA [INAUDIBLE] 37TH PLACE JUNIOR.

[APPLAUSE] SENIOR CHARLOTTE MARTIN 48TH PLACE AT THE STATE MEET.

[APPLAUSE] JUNIOR VANESSA VEZGA 55TH PLACE AT THE STATE MEET.

[APPLAUSE] AND SENIOR JULIA GASSETT, 96 PLACE [APPLAUSE].

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, ONE OTHER THING IS, AFTER THE SEASON IS OVER WITH THE STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET, THERE'S A NIKE NATIONAL QUALIFIER MEET THAT.

SO NIKE CREATED A MEET WHERE THEY TAKE THE TOP 22 TEAMS IN THE NATION AND WE COMPETE.

SO THERE ARE OVER 26,000 ELIGIBLE HIGH SCHOOLS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS COMBINED.

THE TOP 22 TEAMS THEY QUALIFY FOR THAT MEET.

OUR BOYS FINISHED THIRD PLACE AND OUR GIRLS FINISHED 18TH PLACE THIS YEAR AT THE NATIONAL MEET, SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THEM.

[APPLAUSE] I HAVE A LOT OF THANK YOU'S TO DO.

I THINK COACH KEASLER AND I HAVE AN HOUR, SO WE SHOULD BE GOOD.

JUST KIDDING. ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE.

I KNOW FOR ME, FOR EXAMPLE, THE KIDS WE HAVE, IN MY OPINION, THE BEST PRINCIPALS IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS.

RYAN WILSON DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB.

HE SUPPORTS US.

HE'S AT EVERYTHING.

HE DOES AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB OF SUPPORTING THE KIDS COMING OUT.

CHRISTINA BENHOFF, MISS BENHOFF.

SHE TRAVELS WITH US TO THE WOODBRIDGE CROSS COUNTRY MEET.

SHE DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

WE LOVE HER AND HER SUPPORT.

OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS A LITTLE BIASED TO ONE OF THEM, BUT WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT THEY DO AND ENCOURAGING KIDS TO COME OUT AND DO CROSS COUNTRY.

SO I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A GREAT SUPPORT SYSTEM.

THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.

COACH KEASLER, TAYLOR O'BRIEN AND JENNY SUITOR DON'T GET ENOUGH CREDIT FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO TO KEEP THE WHEELS TURNING OF THIS POWERHOUSE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AT CARROLL ISD.

IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB KEEPING THAT GOING.

BILL WEBB, OUR BOOSTER CLUB PRESIDENT.

UNBELIEVABLE JOB.

THE ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL BOARD.

I KNOW Y'ALL GET A TON OF EMAILS.

THANK YOU EMAILS FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND A LOT OF ENCOURAGEMENT, BUT I WANTED TO SEND YOU A SPECIAL THANKS THAT WE REALLY GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU AND ALL THAT YOU DO WITH YOUR WORK FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO KEEP IT GOING.

THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, THEY LET US RUN AT BOB JONES PARK ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY AND KEEPS OUR KIDS OFF OF THE SIDEWALKS AND OFF OF THE STREETS.

THEY ALLOW US TO DO THAT. CITY OF SOUTHLAKE IS UNREAL.

WE LOVE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.

AND, THE PARENTS, I WANT TO THANK OUR PARENTS FOR BEING ABLE TO DRIVE THEIR KID TO PRACTICE AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING, DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

SO KUDOS TO YOU ALL AND THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

AND LOVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

AND IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD DAY TO BE A DRAGON.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

ALL RIGHT.

MR. YEAGER.

THERE YOU GO, GUYS. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD JOB.

CONGRATS.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COACH KEASLER.

THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS, COACH LEONARD, ON YOUR NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR.

AND CONGRATULATIONS, BOYS AND GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS. OUR NEXT RECOGNITION IS FOR OUR MONTHLY INSPIRE EXCELLENCE TEACHERS OF THE MONTH.

I BELIEVE OUR FIRST PRINCIPAL TO ANNOUNCE THE SELECTEE IS MISS BLACKWELL.

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I AM PROUD AND HONORED TO INTRODUCE ROCKENBAUGH'S INSPIRE EXCELLENT TEACHER, MISS MORGAN WALTHER.

MISS WALTHER'S RECOGNITION IS A TESTAMENT OF HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT, DEDICATION AND EXCEPTIONAL TEACHING ABILITIES WHICH HAVE BEEN A PROFOUND IMPACT ON ALL THE LIVES OF THE LITTLE FIRST GRADERS.

THE PARENT WHO NOMINATED MISS WALTHER STATED, WE LOVE MISS WALTHER.

SHE TAKES SO MUCH CARE FOR EACH CHILD AND THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS.

SHE WORKS WITH THEM WITH A TON OF PATIENCE.

MY DAUGHTER ENJOYS SO MUCH BEING IN HER CLASS.

SHE IS THE BEST TEACHER.

THIS COMMITMENT AND COMPLIMENT FROM THE PARENT REFLECTS THE TREMENDOUS INFLUENCE MISS WALTHER HAS IN A ROLE AS AN EDUCATOR.

MISS WALTHER'S JOURNEY BEGAN AS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AND A TUTOR FOR ROCKENBAUGH.

LAST YEAR, SHE TRANSITIONED TO BECOME A FULL TIME FIRST GRADE TEACHER.

HER DEDICATION AND PASSION FOR TEACHING SHINES THROUGH IN HER STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, CREATING AN ENJOYABLE AND ENRICHING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

MISS WALTHER'S COMMITMENT TO HER STUDENTS AND HER CONTINUOUS EFFORTS TO FOSTER A NURTURING AND SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED.

HER IMPACT EXTENDS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, LEAVING A LASTING IMPRESSION ON THE LIVES OF THOSE SHE TEACHES.

THIS RECOGNITION SHE HAS RECEIVED AS AN INSPIRE EXCELLENT TEACHER IS TRULY WELL-DESERVED.

PLEASE ACCEPT MY HEARTFELT AND CONGRATULATIONS.

HER DEDICATION AND PASSION FOR TEACHING SERVES AS AN INSPIRATION TO US ALL.

I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BE A POSITIVE INFLUENCE AND IMPACT THE LIVES OF MANY MORE FIRST GRADERS FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS, MISS WALTHER.

UH, MISS BENHOFF, YOU'RE NEXT UP.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR LEDBETTER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SPEAKING TO YOU TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF MRS. WENDY ATHEY.

MRS. ATHEY, THIS IS HER SECOND YEAR AT CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL, BUT HER 24TH HEAR THAT, 24TH YEAR IN EDUCATION.

AMAZING. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

OUT OF THOSE 24 YEARS, SHE HAS TAUGHT IN MANY DIFFERENT STATES.

SHE'S TAUGHT MANY DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.

SHE HAS TAUGHT, AP LANG.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH AP LANG, THAT IS AP ENGLISH THREE.

SHE IS ALSO TEACHING CURRENTLY ENGLISH TWO GT.

SHE HAS TAUGHT ENGLISH TWO ADVANCED SO PLETHORA OF KNOWLEDGE THERE AT CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE HAS BEEN NOMINATED BY ONE OF HER STUDENTS.

HER STUDENT HAS WRITTEN, I AM PLEASED TO PUT FORWARD MRS. ATHEY AS A NOMINEE FOR THE DECEMBER AWARD, IN HONOR OF HER EXCEPTIONAL COMMITMENT AND THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES SHE HAD BROUGHT ABOUT IN BOTH THE STUDENTS AND THE BROADER SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. THROUGHOUT THIS ACADEMIC YEAR, MRS. ATHEY HAS DISPLAYED A DETERMINED DEDICATION TOWARDS CREATING A POSITIVE AND ENCOURAGING LEARNING SPACE.

ANOTHER STUDENT, WRITES MRS. ATHEY, ALWAYS INSPIRES EXCELLENCE THROUGH HANDS ON TEACHING AND THIS HAS INSPIRED ME TO WORK HARDER INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM.

WE ARE ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY AND BLESSED TO HAVE MRS. ATHEY AS A MEMBER OF OUR CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL FAMILY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, WENDY ATHEY, WE ARE SO PROUD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

I THINK.

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OUR NEXT RECOGNITION IS FOR INSPIRE EXCELLENCE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

AND WE HAVE MISS SHUTLER.

YES. GOOD EVENING, DR.

LEDBETTER AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

I AM EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE INSPIRE EXCELLENCE EMPLOYEE AWARD.

EUBANKS INSPIRE EXCELLENCE EMPLOYEE WAS NOMINATED BY A PARENT.

HERE'S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY ABOUT HER.

NURSE STEWART GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND CARING FOR OUR EUBANKS STUDENTS.

SHE MAKES THEM FEEL CARED ABOUT AND COMFORTABLE SEEKING FOR HER HELP.

SHE IS CHEERFUL, WARM, AND KNOWLEDGEABLE.

HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW GREAT SHE IS.

NURSE STEWART IS CARING FOR OUR MEDICALLY COMPLEX CHILD THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

SHE IS THOROUGH, KIND AND AN AWESOME COMMUNICATOR.

SHE KNOWS HIS BASELINE AND ALWAYS LETS US KNOW HOW HE'S DOING.

IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE SUCH CONFIDENCE THAT OUR SON HAS SUCH A LOVING, KIND AND SUPPORTIVE NURSE KEEPING WATCH OVER HIM WHILE HERE AT EUBANKS.

AND I CAN ATTEST TO THE HEART THAT NURSE STEWART HAS.

SHE TAKES CARES OF NOT ONLY OUR EUBANKS STUDENTS, BUT ALSO OUR STAFF.

AND MOST RECENTLY, THIS YEAR SHE HAS MOVED INTO THE DISTRICT LEAD NURSING POSITION, SO SHE'S ALSO HELPING ALL THE DISTRICT NURSES AROUND, CARROLL ISD AS WELL.

SHE'S AMAZING AT ALL SHE DOES, AND THE HEART THAT SHE HAS IS FOR ALL DRAGONS.

I AM BLESSED TO WORK WITH SUCH AN AWESOME PERSON EVERY DAY.

BRANDI STEWART, COME ON UP.

SHE'S ALREADY HERE, SHE IS EUBANKS INSPIRE EXCELLENCE EMPLOYEE.

[APPLAUSE] HELLO AGAIN EVERYONE.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO REMIND YOU.

WE WANT YOU TO ALL COME BY TOMORROW OR WEDNESDAY TO FOR OUR POLAR EXPRESS DAY AND TO JUDGE OUR SNOWMAN.

SO IF YOU CAN JUST JUMP IN FOR A FEW MINUTES, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU AT CARROLL ELEMENTARY.

NEXT TO ME IS CLARICE DUNAWAY.

AND CLARICE HAS SERVED AS A LONG TERM SUB FOR OUR CAMPUS THIS YEAR.

SHE HAS BEEN PART OF OUR CHS FAMILY AND STAFF ALL SEMESTER AND IS ONE OF US.

PRIOR TO THIS ASSIGNMENT, CLARICE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO PICK UP LAST MINUTE JOBS, AND OUR STAFF HAS DEPENDED ON HER FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

SHE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO TAKE ANY JOB, TEACHER, OR PARAPROFESSIONAL WHENEVER NEEDED.

SHE IS WILLING TO MAKE LAST MINUTE CHANGES TO ACCOMMODATE OUR CAMPUS NEEDS, AND WE JUST SO APPRECIATE HER AND GOING TO MISS HER.

SHE'LL BE. I KNOW SHE'LL BE AROUND, BUT SHE WON'T BE WITH US EVERY SINGLE DAY NEXT SEMESTER.

SO PLEASE HELP ME CONGRATULATE CLARICE DUNAWAY.

[APPLAUSE] AND A

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[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THOSE SPEAKING TODAY THAT TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.042 PREVENTS TRUSTEES FROM RESPONDING TO A PUBLIC COMMENT INQUIRY OF A SUBJECT MATTER NOT ON THE AGENDA, UNLESS A STATEMENT OF SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION IS GIVEN IN RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRY OR RECITATION OF EXISTING POLICY IS GIVEN IN RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRY.

MISS YELTON, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER? YES. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS MARISSA MAHON.

AND IF THE SPEAKERS WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE WITHIN CARROLL ISD BOUNDARIES, PLEASE.

HELLO, MY NAME IS MARISSA MAHON AND I AM WITHIN CARROLL ISD BOUNDARIES.

TONIGHT YOU WILL HEAR FOUR STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF ADMINISTRATION, AS SHE HAS LIMITED PARENTS ABILITY TO HAVE MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND RESTRICTED MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOR DUE PROCESS OF A LEVEL THREE IS PROTECTED BY FEDERAL AND STATE LAW.

OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, THIS SEVERELY IMPACTED THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS.

TWO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, MY KINDERGARTEN SON, WHO HAS DOWN SYNDROME, WAS GIVEN IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION FOR BLOWING A RASPBERRY THE DAY BEFORE, WHICH WAS A FORM OF HIS COMMUNICATION MANIFESTED FROM HIS DISABILITY.

THE SEVERE BEHAVIOR WAS NEVER DOCUMENTED IN ANY COMMUNICATION LOG, AND HE WAS PLACED IN AN AVERSIVE TECHNIQUE BY BEING PLACED IN A ROOM AT THE FRONT OF A SCHOOL, BY HIMSELF, AWAY FROM HIS CLASSMATES, AND AWAY FROM ACCESS TO HIS EDUCATION.

I WENT THROUGH A PROCESS WITH MR. BUTLER, AND MY REMEDY TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION WAS ONLY PARTIALLY GRANTED.

HE DEEMED THE IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION WAS APPROPRIATE, BUT YES.

YET JACKSON'S DISABILITY WAS NEVER CONSIDERED AND HE WAS PLACED INTO AN ILLEGAL AVERSIVE TECHNIQUE.

THESE ITEMS ARE ILLEGAL TO THE LAW AND STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

IT IS SIMPLE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS ARE NOT INDEPENDENT IF THE DISTRICT IS INVOLVED.

I PROCEEDED ON WITH A LEVEL THREE AND GRACIOUSLY.

TWO MONTHS LATER, I MET WITH THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR ADMINISTRATION AND EFFORT TO HELP HER BE INFORMED OF THE HISTORY AS SHE WAS NEW TO THE DISTRICT.

SHE SUMMARIZED THE MEETING INTO AN INFORMAL REMEDY WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE AT THE TIME OF THE MEETING, AND AS A RESULT, SHE STATED, SHE GRANTED MY REQUEST FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION. SHE STATED THAT SHE SERVED AS THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT.

SHE IGNORED THE AVERSIVE TECHNIQUE THAT WAS USED AND IGNORED STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT BECAUSE SHE GRANTED A REMEDY TO THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.

THE APPEAL WITH TEA I MADE DEEMED THAT THE COMMISSIONER DID NOT HAVE JURISDICTION TO REVIEW A GRANTED DECISION.

AT THIS POINT, I STILL HAD AN OPEN GRIEVANCE ON THE LACK OF AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.

WITHOUT AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION, PEOPLE LIKE OUR FORMER SPED DIRECTOR, FORMER SPED FACILITATOR MARGARET BLOODWORTH AND OTHER EDUCATORS WERE NEVER HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

MARGARET WAS ABLE TO RESIGN IN APRIL OF 2022 FROM CISD APPLIED TO ALEDO WITHOUT A NON-RENEWAL OF HER CONTRACT, WHERE SHE WAS HIRED AS DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, HAS CONTINUED TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT MANY CHILDREN, AS DEMONSTRATED BY CURRENT ISSUES GOING ON.

ULTIMATELY, THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR ADMINISTRATION EMAILED ME A LETTER FIVE MONTHS AFTER THE TEA APPEAL WAS GRANTED.

AND STATED THAT I WAS NOT COMPLIANT WITH TIMELINES DESPITE PRIOR EXPERIENCE OF OTHER ADMINISTRATORS NOT MEETING A 5 P.M.

BUSINESS MATERIAL DEADLINE, BUT MORE SO THE ISSUE WAS THAT INACCURATE, UNILATERAL DECISION SHE MADE THAT TEA APPEAL PROHIBITS MY RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS.

WHEN, A YEAR BEFORE, SHE SAID IT WAS AN UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND THAT BOARD POLICY COULD NOT ANTICIPATE THE ISSUE.

SO THERE'S NOT A POLICY THAT APPLIES.

BECAUSE OF THE LENGTHY TIMELINES MY DESIRE TO HAVE A COLLABORATIVE OUTCOME.

I WAS UNABLE TO FILE AN OCR UPON THE INITIAL INCIDENT TWO YEARS AGO.

TRUSTEES, I AM REQUESTING FOR YOU TO LOOK AT THE SUBMISSION METHODS OF GRIEVANCES AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, ASK DOCTOR LEDBETTER TO LOOK INTO MY LEVEL THREE.

AS I WAS PROHIBITED BY THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR ADMINISTRATION TO EXERCISE MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF DUE PROCESS 133 DAYS AGO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS MAHON.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ASHLEY HUTCHINSON.

HI, I'M ASHLEY BALLARD HUTCHINSON AND I LIVE IN CARROLL ISD.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

MY NAME IS ASHLEY BALLARD HUTCHINSON.

MY HUSBAND AND I ARE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN DENIED A MEETING WITH YOU BY THE DISTRICT AND ITS ATTORNEYS.

WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE GRIEVANCE COMPLAINT PROCESS AND HAVE BEEN WAITING TO MEET WITH YOU SINCE AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.

THE DISTRICT HAS CLAIMED THAT THEY HAVE FULFILLED THE REMEDIES REQUESTED IN OUR GRIEVANCE, BUT HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING CLOSE TO THE SORT.

IN OUR OPINION, IT IS VERY APPARENT THE DISTRICT DOES NOT WISH FOR US TO SPEAK WITH YOU TO SAVE THEMSELVES FROM THE EMBARRASSMENT AND THE OVERSIGHT WHICH YOU ARE HERE TO PROVIDE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTHLAKE.

WE HAVE FOUR STUDENTS IN CARROLL ISD.

THEY CURRENTLY ATTEND CARROLL MIDDLE, DURHAM INTERMEDIATE AND JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

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OUR TIME IN CARROLL HAS BEEN VERY PLEASANT AND FOR MOST OF THE TIME ENJOYABLE.

THIS ALL CHANGED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR.

THE ADMINISTRATION CHANGED AND DURHAM INTERMEDIATE GOT A NEW PRINCIPAL AND TWO NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.

WE HAD A RUN IN WITH ONE OF THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

OUR SON AND A FRIEND SLAPPED EACH OTHER ON THE BACKSIDE LIKE WE SEE MANY FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, SOCCER, TENNIS PLAYERS DO AT MANY CARROLL EVENTS, INCLUDING DRAGON YOUTH FOOTBALL, WHICH THEY BOTH PLAYED.

THIS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL TOOK IT UPON HERSELF TO HAVE AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH OUR CHILD ABOUT SEXUAL HARASSMENT, AND CONTACTED THE MOTHER OF THE OTHER CHILD TO ASK IF SHE WANTED TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION AGAINST OUR SON.

WE MET WITH THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND SHE BACKPEDALED AND IN OUR OPINION, WAS VERY DECEITFUL WITH HER EXPLANATION.

FAST FORWARD TO FEBRUARY 2023.

WE HAD OUR SECOND RUN IN WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.

IN FEBRUARY OUR SON WAS ACCUSED OF PENETRATING THE ANUS OF ANOTHER STUDENT WITH HIS FOOT FOUR TIMES BY WHITNEY WHEELER, GARY SULLIVAN AND TAMMY SMALSKAS OF CISD.

THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE AFTERNOON OF THURSDAY.

ON FEBRUARY 23RD, MARK, MY HUSBAND, WAS CALLED TO THE SCHOOL.

GARY SULLIVAN EXPLAINED TO MARK THAT HER SON WAS INVOLVED IN AN ALTERCATION WITH ANOTHER CHILD, AND HE WAS TO BE SUSPENDED THE FOLLOWING DAY.

MARK WAS NOT GIVEN ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

AFTER SPEAKING WITH OUR SON, WE DETERMINED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS NEEDED.

WE EMAILED SULLIVAN AND WHEELER THURSDAY EVENING, REQUESTING TO MEET FRIDAY MORNING.

THE FOLLOWING MORNING, MARK AND I ARRIVED AT THE SCHOOL PRIOR TO ITS OPENING.

WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL BY GARY SULLIVAN AT 6:47 A.M.

SAYING THEY COULD NOT MEET.

WE WENT INSIDE REGARDLESS, REQUESTING TO SPEAK WITH THEM.

INSTEAD, WE WERE ESCORTED OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING BY THE SRO.

MARK AND I WENT TO THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING TO SPEAK WITH TAMMY SMALSKAS.

TAMMY REFUSED TO SPEAK WITH US AND SAID SHE WAS FLYING OUT OF TOWN AND DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME.

WE WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET WITH WHEELER AND SULLIVAN UNTIL THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY.

FRIDAY EVENING WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GARY SULLIVAN STATING OUR SON WAS ACCUSED OF PENETRATING THE ANUS OF A CHILD FOUR TIMES WITH HIS FOOT.

IT ALSO STATED THAT HE WOULD BE SUSPENDED FRIDAY THAT HAD ALREADY PASSED.

IF YOU'LL GIVE ME JUST ANOTHER FEW SECONDS TO FINISH MY PARAGRAPH AND MY HUSBAND MARK WILL CONTINUE WITH MY STATEMENT.

THANK YOU. THE LETTER BASICALLY ACCUSED OUR SON OF RAPE, SODOMY, AND ASSAULT.

WE WERE LEFT WITH MANY QUESTIONS AFTER READING THE LETTER AND EMAILED AND ASKED IF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WERE, EXAMINED, IF ANY MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL EXAMINED THE CHILD, IF THE POLICE WERE INVOLVED, AND SEVERAL OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RAPING OF A PERSON OR A CHILD, THESE EMAILS WERE NEVER RESPONDED TO.

MARK WILL FINISH THE REST.

THANK YOU, MISS HUTCHINSON. UNFORTUNATELY, AND AS YOU KNOW, PUBLIC COMMENTS IS NOT A DELIBERATIVE OPPORTUNITY.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER TO YOU, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME ANY TIME TO DISCUSS THESE MATTERS FURTHER, AT A DIFFERENT TIME.

I KNOW THREE MINUTES IS NOT ENOUGH, FOR YOU TO DISCUSS, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU ON THAT.

AND ALSO, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE THE DISTRICT HASN'T MADE A FORMAL DECISION YET ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND CAN COME BEFORE US AS A LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE.

SO, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT WE CAN STILL BE IN TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT POSSIBILITY AS WELL.

IT'S NOT A DELIBERATIVE OPPORTUNITY.

I'M JUST MAKING A STATEMENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS HUTCHINSON.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE WERE TOLD BY OUR ATTORNEYS THAT THEY WERE DECLINED US.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARK HUTCHINSON.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARK HUTCHINSON AND I DO RESIDE IN CARROLL ISD.

I'M GOING TO CONTINUE WHERE ASHLEY LEFT OFF AT.

IN THE TUESDAY MEETING WE RECEIVED VIDEO EVIDENCE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO SHOW OUR SON PENETRATING THE ANUS OF ANOTHER CHILD.

AND THE VIDEO WAS VERY CLEAR.

OUR SON BARELY TAPPED THE BACK OF ANOTHER STUDENT'S THIGH.

IT WAS ALSO VERY APPARENT HE WAS PLAYING THE GAME WHERE YOU PRETEND LIKE IT'S NOT YOU A FTER TAPPING SOMEONE TO MAKE THEM GUESS OR FIGURE OUT WHO IS TAPPING THEM.

MY SON TAPPED THE BACK OF THE THIGH OF A CHILD WHOM HE THOUGHT WAS A FRIEND, WHILE ENTERING THE BUILDING FOR RECESS.

IT TURNED OUT TO BE ANOTHER CHILD, BUT OUR SON DIDN'T REALIZE THIS BECAUSE THE CHILD HAD A HOODIE ON.

THE CHILD WAS NOT PROPELLED FORWARD.

NEVER ASKED OUR SON TO STOP.

AND THIS EVENT OCCURRED IN FRONT OF 50 OR MORE OTHER STUDENTS AS THEY WERE ENTERING THE BUILDING.

DURING THE MEETING AND AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO, MARK AND I WERE ASHLEY AND I REQUESTED THEY REMOVE THE DISCIPLINARY RECORD FROM OUR SON'S RECORDS AND APOLOGIZE.

MISS WHEELER DID NOT APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS ASHLEY ASKED, AND INSTEAD OF ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS OR ALLOWING MR. SULLIVAN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER THEM, SHE DEMANDED THAT ASHLEY LEAVE THE ROOM.

THIS MARK, I CONTINUED THE MEETING WITH MISS WHEELER.

ASHLEY SAW OFFICER WORMLEY IN THE HALL, WHO WAS THE SRO, AND THEY BEGAN SPEAKING.

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AFTER THE SIDE CONVERSATION WITH MRS. WHEELER, OFFICER WORMLEY SAID LOUDLY ACROSS THE HALL HE DID NOT SAY IT COULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A SIMPLE ASSAULT.

THE DEFINITION OF SIMPLE ASSAULT REQUIRES INTENT TO HARM FOR AN ACTION TO BE CONSIDERED AS ASSAULT.

AND PEYTON, OUR SON, DEFINITELY DID NOT.

THE ADMINISTRATION THEN DOUBLED DOWN ON THEIR STANCE AND HAD US ONCE AGAIN REMOVED BY THE SRO.

WE IMMEDIATELY FILED A GRIEVANCE WITH THE DISTRICT ON THE DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE EGREGIOUSNESS OF THE ACCUSATION, WE ALSO RETAINED COUNSEL.

SUBSEQUENTLY, ASHLEY AND I PULLED OPEN RECORDS ON THE EVENT.

THE OPEN RECORDS REVEALED SEVERAL THINGS ONE, TAMMY SMALSKAS STATED IN AN EMAIL TO WHEELER AND SULLIVAN THAT THE LANGUAGE WAS NOT DESCRIPTIVE ENOUGH AND SHOULD BE CHANGED TO ANAL PENETRATION. NUMBER TWO, THE CHILD ACCUSED BY THE OTHER STUDENT WAS NOT OUR SON.

NUMBER THREE SMALSKAS REQUESTED NO FURTHER EMAILS IN CASE AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST WAS MADE, AND NUMBER FOUR, GARY SULLIVAN, FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST OUR SON WITH CPS.

WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE GRIEVANCE PROCESS.

IN THE LAST MEETING, COURTNEY CHANGED THE WORDING FROM ANAL PENETRATION TO CLEFT OF THE BUTTOCKS.

THIS IS STILL INCORRECT.

WE REQUESTED A MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND HAVE BEEN DENIED THE MEETING REPEATEDLY BY THE COUNSEL RETAINED BY THE DISTRICT AND THE DISTRICT ITSELF.

THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO BRING TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION AS A OUTCOME OF THIS.

NUMBER ONE, OUR SON HIS 504 PROGRAM WAS COMPLETELY DISREGARDED DURING HIS ENTIRE SIXTH GRADE YEAR, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS EVENT.

OUR SON WAS SLEEPING AFTER THIS FOR 18 HOURS A DAY FOR ALMOST TWO WEEKS AND WAS NOT IN SCHOOL.

THE ULTRASONOGRAPHER, GAVE A DIAGNOSIS OF APPENDICITIS AND OUR SON WAS GOING THROUGH TWO WEEKS OF TESTING, INCLUDING AN MRI, CAT SCAN.

SORRY.

IT'S ABYSMAL WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

A YEAR OF THIS AND NO APOLOGIES.

JUST SMUG.

AND THEY HID IT FROM Y'ALL, AS FAR AS I KNOW.

I HOPE Y'ALL ARE NOT AWARE OF THIS, BUT THE ABILITY FOR THIS IS MY PROPOSAL.

SO THE BOARD SHOULD CONSIDER REMOVING THE PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS ABILITY TO HAVE ADULT DISCUSSIONS WITH CHILDREN WITHOUT ANY OVERSIGHT. KIDS WHO HAVE NOT HAD YET BEGUN TO UNDERSTAND WITH THINGS LIKE ANAL PENETRATION, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND MANY OTHER ADULT THINGS IN NATURE, SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECTED TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SO EAGER TO CRITICIZE, ACCUSE AND PUNISH.

THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT A 12 YEAR OLD IS ACCUSED OF ANAL PENETRATION WITH HIS FOOT.

AND THEY STICK BY IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HUTCHINSON. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS HOWARD ROSENTHAL.

YES. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR LEDBETTER AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.

MY NAME IS HOWARD ROSENTHAL.

I AM A 20 YEAR RESIDENT OF SOUTHLAKE CARROLL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I'M ALSO THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF FORT WORTH AND TARRANT COUNTY.

I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE RESOLUTION THAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR SENATE BILL 763, DEALING WITH CHAPLAINS IN SCHOOLS. AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE HAS BEEN, UH, HAS LONG BEEN A PART OF, OF OUR, UH, VIEW OF, OF MATTERS AND, UH, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO BE SURE THAT THERE IS NO SINGLE RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE THAT IS FAVORED OVER OTHERS.

I HAVE REVIEWED THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PROPOSED, AND IT LEAVES ME WITH A FEW QUESTIONS IF NOT CONCERNS. SO I'M SURE THAT I'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND LISTEN TO YOUR COMMENTS LATER, BUT TO HOPEFULLY ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE NOT HERE TO CARRY ON A DIALOG AT THIS MOMENT, AS YOU STATE, UH, AS YOUR RESOLUTION STATES, IN THE SECOND, RECITAL, THE SENATE BILL 763, WHICH WAS PASSED BY THE MOST RECENT LEGISLATURE, REQUIRES EACH SCHOOL BOARD TO TAKE A RECORD VOTE, AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO ADOPT A POLICY AUTHORIZING A CAMPUS OF THE DISTRICT TO EMPLOY OR ACCEPT A VOLUNTEER AS A CHAPLAIN. AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, AS I READ THROUGH HERE, I'M HOPING THAT THIS EVENING I WILL GET AN ANSWER OR THAT

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IT'S NOT CLEAR FROM REVIEWING THE LANGUAGE HERE.

SECONDLY, UH, IT WOULD BE I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IF SOMEONE COULD COMMENT DURING YOUR OPEN DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SECOND PART OF THE RESOLUTION ITSELF.

THAT'S QUOTE AND EXPECTATIONS AS A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR IN THIS RESOLUTION AND SENATE BILL 763, AS CODIFIED IN TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 23001A I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED.

WE GO THROUGH HERE, WE TALK ABOUT AND WE ADOPT CERTAIN PARTS OF THE STATE CODE, BUT THEN WE COME DOWN HERE AND WE COME BACK INTO SENATE BILL 763. I GUESS BOTTOM LINE, WHY WE HAVE SCHOOL COUNSELORS.

WHY ARE WE GOING OUT OF OUR WAY TO SAY WE WE ARE GOING TO ACCEPT HAVING CHAPLAINS? UH, I MEAN, WE HAVE SCHOOL COUNSELORS.

THERE ARE LAWS THAT SET OUT THERE THE RESTRICTIONS AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BEING SUCH.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DOING BY SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO ADOPT SOME PORTION OF THIS.

763 VERY UNCLEAR TO ME.

I HOPE TO LISTEN LATER AND APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT.

THANK YOU, MR. ROSENTHAL, AND WE'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AT THE TIME THAT WE DISCUSS.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS NATALIE GREGORY.

IS IT OKAY IF MY FAMILY STANDS UP HERE WITH ME? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY, GREAT. AND DAVID'S GOING TO SPEAK FIRST, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

DO YOU ALL MIND THAT? OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. EVENING, DOCTOR LEDBETTER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MY NAME IS DAVID GREGORY, AND I RESIDE WITHIN CARROLL ISD.

I'VE ACTUALLY LIVED IN SOUTHLAKE MY ENTIRE LIFE.

MY MOM AND DAD, MOVED HERE IN THE LATE 70S.

I ATTENDED THE FIRST CLASS, FIRST KINDERGARTEN CLASS OF CARROLL ELEMENTARY BACK IN 1986.

SO I'VE GOT MY OLDEST DAUGHTER, GRACE, FIFTH GRADE AT EUBANKS.

YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, CHRISTINA, THIRD GRADE AT OLD UNION.

AND LOVELY WIFE, NATALIE HERE WITH ME.

SO WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT, SOME NURSING SCHOOL NURSING ISSUES THAT WE'VE RECENTLY, BEEN INTRODUCED TO AT OLD UNION.

CHRISTINA IS MEDICALLY COMPLEX.

YOU CAN SEE THAT SHE'S TRACHED.

SHE ATTENDS SCHOOL EVERY DAY WITH A PRIVATE DUTY NURSE THAT WE PAY FOR BUT ON OCCASION, THAT PRIVATE DUTY NURSE IS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND.

AND SO THE DISTRICT APPROVED PLAN FOR HER IS TO HAVE THE DISTRICT, THE CAMPUS NURSE, STEP IN AND PROVIDE THE ONE ON ONE CARE THAT CHRISTINA NEEDS.

THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT OFTENTIMES, OUR PRIVATE DUTY NURSE IS CALLING IN THE DAY OF THERE'S A FAMILY EMERGENCY.

PERHAPS SHE GOT SICK.

AND SO YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO FILL THAT SUBSTITUTE NURSE ROLE AT 7 A.M., 30 MINUTES, 40 MINUTES BEFORE FIRST BELL.

THIS EXACT SCENARIO PLAYED OUT LAST FRIDAY.

OUR PRIVATE DUTY NURSE CALLED US AT 6 A.M., I BELIEVE IT WAS, LET US KNOW SHE WASN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND.

WE NOTIFIED OLD UNION, NOTIFIED THE DISTRICT.

THEY BEGAN WORKING ON A SUBSTITUTE NURSE.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, SO CHRISTINA DID NOT GET TO ATTEND SCHOOL SHE MISSED A COUPLE OF TESTS THAT SHE HAD BEEN STUDYING FOR ALL WEEK.

SO SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY UPSET ABOUT THAT.

SO WE'RE HERE TODAY NOT JUST TO BRING UP THE ISSUE, BUT TO PROVIDE WHAT WE THINK IS A COMMON SENSE SOLUTION.

SO WHEN THIS RARE OCCASION TAKES PLACE HER PRIVATE DUTY NURSE CALLS IN THE DISTRICT'S UNABLE TO SECURE A SUBSTITUTE NURSE.

WE'RE REQUESTING THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD APPROVE NATALIE, MY WIFE, TO GO TO SCHOOL WITH CHRISTINA.

SHE IS WELL TRAINED IN CHRISTINA'S CARE.

SHE'S GOING TO GET INTO THAT NEXT, BUT EFFECTIVELY, NATALIE IS ALREADY APPROVED AS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER WITHIN THE DISTRICT, SO SHE'S PASSED ALL THE BACKGROUND CHECKS.

HE ACTUALLY SUBS AT OLD UNION PRETTY OFTEN.

THIRD, AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT TO THE DISTRICT, NATALIE DOES NOT NEED TO BE COMPENSATED.

THE DISTRICT WOULD NOT NEED TO TO SPEND VALUABLE TIME, MONEY, RESOURCES TRYING TO STAFF THIS LAST MINUTE SUBSTITUTE NURSE POSITION. SO, UM, WE THINK IT'S A WIN WIN.

IT WORKS FOR THE DISTRICT.

IT CERTAINLY WORKS FOR CHRISTINA.

KEEPS HER IN CLASS, WHICH IS WHAT SHE WANTS AND WHAT SHE DESERVES.

WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS MAY BE A LIABILITY ISSUE FOR THE DISTRICT.

WE WANT TO GO ON RECORD BY SAYING THAT WE ARE PERFECTLY FINE SIGNING ANY WAIVER OF LIABILITY, INDEMNIFICATION WHATEVER THE DISTRICT'S ATTORNEYS FEEL LIKE IS NECESSARY.

WE'RE WILLING AND ABLE TO SIGN THAT SO WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

SO NATALIE WILL THANK YOU, MR. GREGORY. YEP. ALL RIGHT.

HI, GUYS. WELL, I'M NATALIE, THIS IS MY FAMILY HERE.

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I'M HERE JUST TO OFFER A SIMPLE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.

LIKE DAVID DETAILED, IF TINA'S PRIVATE DUTY NURSE IS SICK AND THE DISTRICT CANNOT SECURE A SUBSTITUTE AS REQUIRED BY HER IEP, I WOULD LIKE TO STEP IN AS HER CAREGIVER SO THAT SHE CAN ATTEND SCHOOL.

I AM HIGHLY QUALIFIED TO CARE FOR MY DAUGHTER'S MEDICAL NEEDS AT ALL TIMES, INCLUDING WHILE AT SCHOOL FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

I UNDERWENT EXTENSIVE TRAINING DURING TINA'S 163 DAYS SHE SPENT AT COOK CHILDREN'S WHEN SHE WAS FIRST BORN.

THEY WOULDN'T RELEASE HER IN MY CARE UNLESS I WAS CERTIFIED AND TRAINED AND SIGNED OFF BY THE HOSPITAL, BY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO CARE FOR HER AT HOME.

I'M HER TRAINED MEDICAL CAREGIVER PER HER PHYSICIAN'S ORDERS, I AM HER AUTHORIZED BACKUP CAREGIVER IF HER NURSING AGENCY CANNOT SECURE A NURSE FOR HER, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY IS VERY OFTEN AND IS ACTUALLY OCCURRING RIGHT NOW, I'M HERE.

I'M IN CHARGE OF MY DAUGHTER.

I'M KEEPING HER MEDICALLY STABLE AND BASELINE AND SAFE, AND WE DON'T HAVE A NURSE TO DO SO.

I'M ACTUALLY AN EXPERT IN ALL THINGS TINA.

SO BASED ON THESE QUALIFICATIONS, I THINK THE MOST SIMPLE SOLUTION TO ENSURE TINA IS ABLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL IS TO ALLOW ME TO STEP IN AS HER CAREGIVER, AS A LAST RESORT, AND THIS VERY RARE AND SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE THAT OCCURRED ON FRIDAY, IT'S JUST FRESH IN OUR MIND, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING THAT TO THE BOARD SO THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

WE'VE GOT TO COME TOGETHER, FIND A SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, CHRISTINA SHOULDN'T SUFFER JUST BECAUSE HER NURSE IS OUT SICK.

WHEN SHE'S HEALTHY AND ABLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL, SHE NEEDS TO BE THERE.

WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE DISTRICT TO COME UP WITH THE BEST SOLUTION THAT PROTECTS HER RIGHT TO A FREE, APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION.

TINA IS SUCH A HARD WORKER AND A JOY TO BE AROUND.

PLEASE HELP ME KEEP MY DAUGHTER IN SCHOOL WITH HER FRIENDS WHERE SHE CAN KEEP SPREADING THAT JOY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS GREGORY.

AND WE, RECEIVED YOUR EMAIL, AND WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU TO TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION WITH THIS.

SO LET'S GET TOGETHER AT SOME POINT AFTER THE HOLIDAYS AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION.

SURE. GREAT. AND TINA SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

CAN SHE JUST. YEAH.

SAY ONE THING REAL QUICK. LET'S GO.

SHE WAS JUST GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY.

JUST SO THAT Y'ALL CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE HAD TO GO THROUGH.

BABY GIRL, SAY WHAT YOUR NAME IS.

MY NAME IS CHRISTINA GREGORY.

AND ON FRIDAY LAST WEEK, MY NURSE [INAUDIBLE] WAS HOME SICK, AND IT WAS FRIDAY, AND IT WAS A REALLY FUN DAY AT SCHOOL AND I COULDN'T DEAL WITH IT.

AND, THEN I HAD TO DO TWO TESTS.

ONE WAS THE VOCABULARY TEST, ONE WAS THE GRAMMAR TEST.

AND I WAS VERY SAD I COULDN'T DEAL WITH IT.

SO I HOPE YOU FIND A SOLUTION.

THANK YOU. CHRISTINA.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] GRACE GREGORY IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

WOULD YOU LIKE HER TO SPEAK? THE NEXT SPEAKER IS PATRICK DANIELS.

HELLO, MY NAME IS PATRICK DANIELS AND I'M A RESIDENT OF SOUTHLAKE IN CARROLL ISD.

UH, THANK YOU, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE USE OF CHAPLAINS IN SCHOOL.

THE FIRST ONE WAS AROUND POTENTIAL FUTURE LITIGATION, AND THE SECOND ONE WAS AROUND INCLUSIVITY.

THE FIRST QUESTION IS, I UNDERSTAND OUR DISTRICT IS IS CURRENTLY SUBJECT TO SEVERAL FEDERAL INVESTIGATIONS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ACTION COULD RESULT RESULT IN ANOTHER SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE LAWSUIT.

I WAS CURIOUS IF THERE HAS BEEN A RISK REWARD ANALYSIS AROUND THE COST OF FEDERAL LITIGATION AS OPPOSED TO THE SAVINGS PROVIDED BY VOLUNTEERS.

AND I WAS ALSO CURIOUS IF THE COST OF IF THE COST OF THAT LITIGATION EXCEEDS THE SAVINGS PROVIDED BY THE VOLUNTEERS, WOULD CARROLL ISD STILL CONTINUE WITH ENGAGING THE CHAPLAINS IN THE DISTRICT? MY SECOND QUESTION WAS AROUND INCLUSIVITY, AND IT WAS REGARDING THE NATURE OF THE CHAPLAINS THAT WOULD BE RETAINED BY THE DISTRICT.

WOULD IMAMS, RABBIS, GURUS, \DENOMINATIONS OF OTHER FAITHS, HAVE THE SAME PARTICIPATION AS CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS, AND IF SO, WHO WOULD DECIDE HOW THOSE DENOMINATIONS WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE SCHOOLS? IS THERE A PROCESS BY WHICH THEY WOULD BE EQUITABLY, DISTRIBUTED TO ALL THE DIFFERENT, PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS? FINALLY, I WAS ALSO CURIOUS IF CHILDREN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPT IN OR OUT OF PARTICIPATION WITH, CHAPLAINS, THAT THOSE ARE MY TWO QUESTIONS.

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THANK YOU, MR. DANIELS, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO STICK AROUND TO HEAR OUR CONVERSATION ON THAT MATTER.

WE'LL DO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS TARA EDDINS.

GOOD EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD.

MY NAME IS TARA EDDINS AND I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN ACROSS FOUR CAMPUSES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, CARROLL MIDDLE SCHOOL, DURHAM INTERMEDIATE, AND ROCKENBAUGH ELEMENTARY.

AS OF 8 A.M.

THIS MORNING, FOR THE LAST 45 DAYS, I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ANY ONE OF MY CHILDREN'S 45 TEACHERS AND COACHES.

THANKS TO TRUSTEE BRYAN, MY EMAIL BECAME UNBLOCKED TODAY.

I HAVE HEARD THE EXCUSES THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY AND I DON'T BUY IT.

THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, DOCTOR SMALSKAS, MADE THE DECISION ON OR AROUND NOVEMBER 2ND TO BLOCK MY EMAIL WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING OR LETTING ME KNOW HAVE ANY RIGHT.

AND I DID NOT REALIZE THIS UNTIL EARLIER THIS MONTH, WHEN I DESPERATELY NEEDED TO GET A HOLD OF MY KINDERGARTEN TEACHER.

AS YOU'VE HEARD OTHER PARENTS SPEAK TONIGHT, SMUG IS THE WORD I WOULD USE TO DESCRIBE THE VERY TOP LEVELS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION.

YOU SIMPLY DO NOT RESPOND.

YOU ARE SMUG, AND YOU HAVE AN UTTER DISREGARD FOR PARENTS IN THIS DISTRICT THAT PAY YOUR SALARY.

WHILE THE BOARD IS HOLDING THIS ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE BY REMOVING THE BLOCKAGE OF MY EMAIL.

THIS IS NOT THE GESTAPO.

THIS IS NOT WE SIMPLY DON'T AGREE WITH YOU AND WE ARE GOING TO BLOCK YOUR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE.

SOMETIMES MY CHILDREN ARE AT SCHOOL FOR OVER 12 HOURS OF THE DAY.

I HAVE AN EIGHTH GRADER WHO RUNS FOR COACH LEONARD, BY THE WAY.

AMAZING PROGRAM.

MY CHILDREN ARE IN THE CARE OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT I HAVE TO TRUST.

I HAVE MISSED DEADLINES.

I HAVE MISSED T SHIRTS, I HAVE MISSED MY CHILDREN, GOT SOME SORT OF VIRUS THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER.

I COULD NOT COMMUNICATE WITH ANY ONE OF THOSE TEACHERS.

THIS WAS DONE KNOWINGLY BY THIS ADMINISTRATION.

THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

YOU SIT THERE ON YOUR COMPUTERS TYPING AWAY.

WE WANT ANSWERS.

THIS BOARD NEEDS TO HOLD THIS ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE.

THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

WE ELECTED. THIS BOARD LOOKS EXTREMELY DIFFERENT THAN 2021 AND THIS ADMINISTRATION FOR THAT MATTER.

MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, IN THIS TOWN, WHEN WE WERE FIGHTING THE CCAP AND WE WERE FIGHTING OUR CHILDREN TO GO TO SCHOOL UNMASKED, WE CAME TO EVERY SINGLE MEETING.

WE SPOKE AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING.

I AM HERE TONIGHT, AFTER A LONG HIATUS, TO SPEAK UP ON BEHALF OF MY CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY HAD NO VOICE.

AND I HAVE ACADEMIC CHILDREN.

I DON'T HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE JUST GOOD AT SPORTS.

I HAVE BOTH AND I FEEL ROBBED OF THAT TIME, ESPECIALLY COMING INTO FINALS WEEK.

IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT YOU WOULD MAKE SUCH A DECISION TO DENY A PARENT'S RIGHT TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR CHILDREN'S TEACHER, SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T LIKE THE TONE OF MY EMAILS. THANK YOU.

THE FINAL SPEAKER FOR THE EVENING IS JENNIFER SCHUTTER.

I'M HERE AT THE REQUEST OF ANOTHER PARENT TO DISCUSS HONESTY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THIS DISTRICT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE BEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TEXAS, BUT WE HAVE ONE ADMINISTRATOR WHO IS A DISGRACE TO THIS INSTITUTION AND AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY.

THIS ADMINISTRATOR HAS DENIED OUR FAMILY A LEVEL THREE GRIEVANCE, AND THEN SUBMITTED FALSE DOCUMENTATION TO THE OCR, STATING THAT OUR LEVEL THREE WAS HEARD AND REMEDIES WERE GIVEN.

THIS ADMINISTRATOR INVENTS PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES FOR HER AGENDA, INCLUDING MAKING UP THINGS LIKE LEVEL 2.5 GRIEVANCES.

THIS ADMINISTRATOR DOES NOT FOLLOW THROUGH ON GRANTED RELIEFS.

THIS ADMINISTRATOR HAS DESCRIBED HERSELF TO OUR FAMILY AS BASICALLY A LAWYER, AND SHE BEHAVES IN A WAY THAT SHOWS HER COMPLETE DISRESPECT TOWARDS THIS COMMUNITY AND OUR CHILDREN.

IF THIS ADMINISTRATOR HAD A BIT OF INTEGRITY, SHE WOULD BE PRESENTING HER RESIGNATION BASED ON WHAT HAS BEEN SAID THIS EVENING.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE INTEGRITY IS NOT A WORD THAT SEEMS TO BE IN HER VOCABULARY.

I AM STUNNED, MISTER BRYAN, TO HEAR THAT THIS BOARD SAY THAT YOU ARE NOT SURE IF A FAMILY WILL BE ALLOWED THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BE HEARD BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.

THAT'S NOT A PRIVILEGE.

THAT IS A RIGHT.

AND I THINK YOU NEED TO EXPLAIN THAT COMMENT TO THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST TO THE FAMILY.

FINALLY, THIS BOARD WILL UNDOUBTEDLY VOTE TO DIRECT SCHOOL SAFETY FUNDS TO EMPLOY OR ACCEPT AS VOLUNTEERS CHAPLAINS.

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I'M NOT DELUSIONAL ENOUGH TO THINK THAT YOU WON'T PASS THIS RESOLUTION, BUT WHAT I'M ASKING IS THAT YOU ALLOW PARENTS TO OPT IN IF THEY WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO BE COUNSELED BY CLERGY MEMBERS IN A SCHOOL.

I WANT TO CHOOSE WHAT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION MY CHILDREN RECEIVE, NOT CISD AND NOT THE SCHOOL BOARD.

IF THE BOARD ELECTS TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION, I ENCOURAGE ALL PARENTS TO DO WHAT I AM PLANNING TO DO, WHICH IS TO WRITE A LETTER EXPRESSING THEIR PARENTAL VOICE AND DECLINING IF THEY DO NOT WISH THEIR CHILD TO RECEIVE RELIGIOUS INDOCTRINATION IN SCHOOLS, AND ALSO, IF THEY DO, TO SELECT WHAT SPECIFIC RELIGION THEY WOULD LIKE THEIR CHILD TO BE COUNSELED ABOUT IN SCHOOL.

IF THIS BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION REALLY BELIEVE THAT A FEW PARENTS CAN CONTROL WHAT BOOKS MY CHILDREN CAN CHECK OUT OF THE LIBRARY, THEN CERTAINLY YOU BELIEVE THAT PARENTS SHOULD HAVE THE ULTIMATE VOICE IN WHAT CLERGY MEMBERS ARE COUNSELING THEIR CHILDREN IN SCHOOL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SCHUTTER.

THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS YELTON.

WE'LL GO ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER SIX.

CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY MATTERS ADDRESSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE HAVE NONE.

[7. PRESIDENT'S REPORT]

TRUSTEES, DO WE HAVE ANY REPORTS ON YOUR COMMITTEE'S.

NONE THIS MONTH. OKAY.

DOCTOR LEDBETTER, I KNOW WE HAD SEVERAL INQUIRIES ABOUT AN EMAIL THAT WENT OUT EARLIER THIS WEEK FROM THE DISTRICT REGARDING THE ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN CURRICULUM.

CAN YOU PROVIDE.

I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THAT.

CAN YOU PROVIDE A QUICK SUMMARY OF THAT? AND, YOU KNOW, THE OPT IN OPPORTUNITY AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU THINK IS NECESSARY FOR THE PUBLIC TO HEAR? CERTAINLY, MR. BRYAN, I THINK, IT'S PROBABLY BEST IF MISS PEDDY, WHO HAS BEEN VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THAT PARTNERSHIP, SHARES A FEW A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU. MS. PEDDY. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU. YES.

I AM HERE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE INSIGHT INTO SENATE BILL NINE.

SENATE BILL NINE IS REQUIRED BY LAW.

UM, IT IS AN OPT IN FOR OUR PARENTS.

SO WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO POST OUR CURRICULUM ON OUR WEBSITE.

IT IS CURRENTLY POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE, ON THE COUNSELING WEBSITE SO YOU CAN VIEW IT.

IT IS A K 12 PROGRAM.

THIS PROGRAM WAS REVIEWED BY SHAC AND RECOMMENDED BY SHAC.

SO WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS IT'S BASED UPON AGE APPROPRIATENESS AND IT GOES UP THROUGH EACH OF THE GRADE LEVELS.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS BY LAW, WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO OFFER THIS CURRICULUM TO OUR, DISTRICT.

UM, AND THE OUR LEGISLATORS WERE SO CONFIDENT THAT THIS IS A GREAT BILL THAT THEY MADE IT AN OPT IN INSTEAD OF AN OPT OUT, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S RIDICULOUS, BUT OKAY.

YES, WE NEED TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, OUR COUNSELORS.

YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. CHILDREN AREN'T GOING TO BE TAKE THIS CURRICULUM, RIGHT, UNLESS THEIR PARENTS ACTUALLY SIGN TO OPT THEM IN TO TO SELECT THIS CURRICULUM.

CORRECT. THAT IS VERY TRUE. WHICH HAS BEEN THAT IS NOT OUR NORMAL PRACTICE.

OUR NORMAL PRACTICE IS TO OPT OUT AS OPPOSED TO OPTING IN.

I DID CHECK, CHECK WITH MISS PULSE THIS MORNING AND WE'VE HAD VERY AT THIS POINT WE ARE GETTING OUR PARENTS ARE ARE OPTING IN.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. WE REALLY DO NEED TO GET THE WORD OUT.

AND THAT IS IT'S A STRUGGLE TO GET THAT OUT BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST HAVING THE OPT IN.

SO, MS. PEDDY, I FOUND IT PRETTY DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE MY WAY TO THE LINK TO GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE CURRICULUM WAS ALL ABOUT AND WHAT THE TEACHERS WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO TEACH.

IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN FIND A MORE READABLE LINK THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN THEN JUST CLICK ON.

CAN WE SEND AN EMAIL OUT DOCTOR LEDBETTER AND SAY, CLICK ON THIS LINK AND REVIEW YOUR MATERIAL? BECAUSE I GUESS, GUESS WHAT? YOU'RE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, GOING TO MAKE UP YOUR DECISION PRETTY QUICK ON WHAT TO DO.

OKAY. SURE, WE COULD DO THAT.

GOOD WITH THAT DR.

LEDBETTER. TRUSTEES, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY COMMENTS? AND CAN YOU ALSO SEND OUT SOMETHING? I HAD SOME PARENTS ASK, WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE? WILL THE KIDS BE PULLED OUT INTO LIKE AN ASSEMBLY? WILL IT BE WILL THEY GO TO A CLASSROOM? UM, JUST QUESTIONS ON WHAT THAT ACTUALLY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IF THEY OPT IN.

OKAY. AND AND MISS PULSE WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD.

UM, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHEN WE SENT THE LETTER, EACH CAMPUS SENT THE EXACT SAME LETTER TO THEIR PARENTS WITH THE LINK TO THE WEB PAGE.

SO THE WEB PAGE THE PARENTS WHO WANT TO OPT IN, UM, THE LINK IS, IS RIGHT THERE FOR PARENTS TO SEE.

AND ON THE LINK, THERE'S A TOOL KIT THAT LISTS THE CURRICULUM.

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BUT THEN I'VE ALSO INCLUDED AN EMAIL THAT PARENTS CAN, UM, SEND TO LOOK AT A DIRECT CURRICULUM FOR THEIR CHILD FOR THEIR GRADE LEVEL.

EACH SCHOOL, SO WE HAVE FOUR PRESENTERS FROM ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN, UM, THAT WILL UM, VISIT THE SCHOOLS JANUARY 16TH THROUGH 19TH.

UH, THE GRADE LEVEL PRESENTATIONS ARE 30 MINUTES FOR ELEMENTARY.

THEY'RE 45 FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.

AND, UM, THEY'RE SET UP IN THE LETTER THAT WENT HOME.

IT SAYS SPECIFICALLY PER CAMPUS WHEN THE LESSONS WILL BE TAUGHT.

UM, I'M LISTED ON THE LETTER.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.

UM, I'VE ALREADY HEARD MOST OF THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.

WE'VE HAD 100 PER CAMPUS OPT IN.

UM, AND IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT YOU HAVE TO IF YOU'RE COMPLETING THE INFORMATION, YOU'RE OPTING YOUR CHILD INTO THE FOR THE LESSON.

UM, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THE EMAIL THAT WENT OUT SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT.

I RECEIVED THE EMAIL. I HAVE A CHILD ON CAMPUS IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO NAVIGATE.

AND I MEAN, MOST PARENTS DON'T READ EMAILS ANYWAY, I GUESS.

SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A LINK THAT SAYS, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE SAMPLE CURRICULUM BEFORE YOU SIGN THIS LETTER, BECAUSE I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THERE WOULDN'T BE 100 PER CAMPUS THAT SIGN, THAT LETTER IF PARENTS WERE TO READ THAT LIKE LIKE I DID.

SO GOING TO THAT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, OH, I HAD TO CLICK ON TOOLKIT AND THEN I HAVE TO SCROLL DOWN WAS VERY CUMBERSOME.

I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR US TO HAVE A BIG, HUGE BOX SOMEWHERE ON OUR WEBSITE WITH AN EMAIL THAT SAYS, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

HERE'S WHERE YOU GO TO REVIEW THAT MATERIAL.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

[8. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT]

THANK YOU, MR. BRYAN.

TRUSTEES, A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN CARROLL ISD.

I THINK THIS PAST WEEK, I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU WERE ABLE TO ATTEND, ATTEND THE CHRISTMAS CONCERTS AT BOTH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS, BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND THEN OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, UH, CHOIR AND BAND AT OUR FINE ARTS FACILITY.

SO THEY ALL DID A GREAT JOB.

IT WAS FUN TO TO SEE OUR STUDENTS PERFORM.

ALSO TALKING ABOUT BAND, WE HAD 66 STUDENTS, MUSICIANS THAT QUALIFIED FOR THE REGION, 31.

UH, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

ALSO, CAN'T GO WITHOUT MENTIONING THE OUTSTANDING SEASON THAT OUR FOOTBALL TEAM HAD.

THEY FINISHED 13 AND TWO LOST TO DESOTO A COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO.

UH, WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE GAME.

HARD FOUGHT GAME.

UH, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FOOTBALL TEAM.

UH, ALSO JUST WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE.

WELL, BEFORE I DO THAT, I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT THIS PAST WEEK WE HAD OUR OUR CLASS MEETING, WHICH IS OUR COMMUNITY GROUP THAT COMES TOGETHER.

WE MET ON THE 13TH, HAD A GREAT SESSION ON SCHOOL FINANCE, UH, AND UNDERSTANDING THE SCHOOL BUDGETING PROCESS.

SO MR. JOHNSON FACILITATED THAT FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.

AND, UH, HAD A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK ABOUT, THE DETAILS OF THAT SESSION.

SO THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON, AND THANK YOU TO OUR CLASS MEMBERS FOR THEIR ATTENDANCE AT THAT.

NOW, A COUPLE OF LOGISTICAL THINGS I JUST WANT TO MENTION, AS A REMINDER TO OUR BOARD AND AS REMINDER TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT IN JANUARY, RIGHT NOW, WE DO NOT HAVE A BOARD WORKSHOP SCHEDULE. IT IS STRICTLY THE REGULAR MEETING.

AND THAT WILL BE ON THE 22ND, OF COURSE, THAT'S AT THIS TIME ANYTHING CAN CHANGE.

UH, BUT JUST WANT TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE THAT RIGHT NOW, THE 22ND IS THE ONLY DATE THAT IS SCHEDULED.

AND THEN ALSO, I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY ALL VERY WELL AWARE, BUT, UH, OUR CHRISTMAS BREAK BEGINS AT THE END OF THIS WEEK, SO ALL GRADES FIVE THROUGH 12, UH, WILL BE EARLY RELEASE ON WEDNESDAY.

SO GRADES FIVE THROUGH 12, EARLY RELEASE WEDNESDAY.

AND THEN ALL GRADES PRE-K THROUGH 12 ON THURSDAY WILL BE EARLY RELEASE AND THEN NO SCHOOL FOR STAFF OR STUDENTS ON FRIDAY.

AND THEN WE RETURN FROM THE HOLIDAYS ON JANUARY THE 8TH WITH TEACHERS ONLY, AND THEN THE NINTH ALL STUDENTS WILL RETURN.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.

AWESOME. THANK YOU, DOCTOR LEDBETTER.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS PUBLIC HEARING 2022 2023 FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM.

[9. PUBLIC HEARING]

MR. JOHNSON WILL BE PRESENTING TONIGHT.

MR. JOHNSON, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BRYAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DOCTOR LEDBETTER, I'M HAPPY TO BRING TO YOU OUR 2022-23, FIRST RATING, ITS FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS. IT IS THE FINANCIAL RATING THAT MEASURES ALL SCHOOLS BASED ON THE SAME CRITERIA.

THE PURPOSE OF FIRST IS TO, UH, IT'S DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO BETTER MANAGE THEIR FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND TRANSPARENCY AS PART OF THE AUDIT PROCESS.

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SO TONIGHT'S FIRST RATING.

THE 2022-23 RATING IS BASED ON THE 2021 2022, UH, FINANCIAL REPORT.

SO IT'S A YEAR IN ARREARS.

UM, THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY TO TAXPAYERS, BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH SUPPORTS MEANINGFUL FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THERE ARE 20 TOTAL INDICATORS.

SOME OF THOSE ARE NOT MEASURED, IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

AND I'LL GO OVER THOSE INDIVIDUALLY AS I GO THROUGH EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL INDICATORS.

ONE BY ONE, THEY'LL BE PRESENTED IN A TWO YEAR CONTINUUM.

SO WE CAN SEE HOW WE DID IN THE PRIOR YEAR.

SO ONE THROUGH FIVE WILL BE CRITICAL INDICATORS, SIX THROUGH 14 WILL BE SOLVENCY AND FINANCIAL COMPETENCY.

THERE WILL BE FIVE OF THOSE AS WELL.

SO THESE ARE THE STATE STATS.

UH, STATE STATISTICS DISTRICT WIDE.

UH, 90% GOT AN A OR SUPERIOR.

UH, THERE ARE ABOUT 5% THAT WERE ABOVE STANDARD C, WHICH IS ABOUT A APPROXIMATELY 4%.

AND THEN THERE ARE A FEW.

THERE WERE EIGHT THAT WERE SUBSTANDARD.

CARROLL ISD, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE HIGHLIGHTED BOX, DID GET A FINANCIAL SUPERIOR RATING ON OURS.

SO THE CRITICAL INDICATORS TALK ABOUT TIMELY FILING OF AUDIT, AUDIT OPINION, DEBT COVENANTS, TIMELY PAYMENTS TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, UM, UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION.

AND THEY CALL THEM CRITICAL INDICATORS BECAUSE THOSE ITEMS ARE CRITICAL TO GET RIGHT THEIR TIMELY FILING OF AUDIT.

THAT IS STATE LAW.

THE AUDITOR'S OPINION AGAIN WE GET AN AUDIT UH, ANNUALLY.

AND THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BASIS FOR THIS REPORT, DEBT COVENANTS.

UM, ARE WE PAYING OUR DEBT ON TIME, TIMELY PAYMENT TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION? THE SOLVENCY INDICATORS LOOKS AT OUR FINANCIAL STABILITY OVERALL.

IT LOOKS AT FUND BALANCE, CASH ON HAND, LIQUIDITY, REVENUE, EXPENDITURES, BUDGET, ACTUAL VARIANCE, MEASURING LEVERAGE, ABILITY TO PAY DEBT AND INTEREST.

MEASURING PERCENT SPENT ON ADMINISTRATION, MEASURES SPENT ON PERCENT STUDENT TO STAFF RATIO.

AND THEN THE COMPETENCE INDICATORS.

ARE WE DOING THINGS LIKE WE NEED TO DO THOSE.

AND THAT IS THE HOW THE DATA THAT WE SUBMIT TO THE STATE BIENNIAL PUPIL PROJECTIONS DATA REPORT.

AND AGAIN, WE ALL KNOW THAT, UH, CARROLL ISD AND ALL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE BASED ON, ON STUDENTS AND THOSE THAT ATTEND, WHICH IS REFERRED TO AS AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

UH, THE FINANCIAL QUALITY, THEY LOOK AT THE DATA THAT WE SUBMIT, WE SUBMIT THREE TIMES ANNUALLY, UH, MEASURES THE INTERNAL CONTROLS AS PART OF THE AUDIT PROCESS.

MATERIAL NONCOMPLIANCE IS PART OF OUR OUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND GRANTS, FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AND PROPERTY VALUES AND TAX DISCUSSION.

SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THESE ONE BY ONE.

DID WE FILE THE AUDIT REPORT ON TIME.

AND OF COURSE WE DID DO THAT.

WE'VE DONE THAT ON BOTH YEARS.

UM WAS THERE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE AFR ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS A WHOLE.

AND SO AUDITS COME IN IN A VARIETY OF OF OPINIONS, UNMODIFIED IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT A DISTRICT CAN RECEIVE.

AND CARROLL ISD RECEIVED THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE ISSUED BY AUDITORS IN THE TWO PERIODS PRESENTED.

CRITICAL INDICATOR NUMBER THREE, WERE WE IN COMPLIANCE WITH PAYMENT OF ALL DEBT AGREEMENTS AT FISCAL YEAR END? WE WERE FOR BOTH YEARS.

UH, DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAKE TIMELY PAYMENTS? ARE WE PAYING OUR BILLS ON TIME? SO THE TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM, TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AND OTHER AGENCIES, THEY'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING CURRENT ON OUR DEBT AND OUR BILLS, AND WE ARE BOTH PERIODS PRESENTED.

UM, WAS A TOTAL UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION BALANCE, NET OF ACCRETION OF INTEREST FOR CAPITAL APPRECIATION BONDS AND THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES COLUMN OF THE STATEMENT GREATER THAN ZERO. THIS WAS NOT SCORED, UH, ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO.

GASB 75, WHICH REQUIRES SCHOOLS TO RECOGNIZE THEIR PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF TRS PENSION DEBT ON THEIR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WAS INCORPORATED TO DISTRICTS DISTRICT WIDE STATEWIDE.

AND EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS NOT SCORED, WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE.

WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW THAT HAS A POSITIVE NET POSITION.

SO I THINK THAT'S A REAL POSITIVE FOR THE DISTRICT.

SEVERAL WEREN'T, UH, SOLVENCY INDICATORS.

WAS THE AVERAGE CHANGE IN ASSIGNED AND UNASSIGNED BALANCE OVER THE THREE YEARS, LESS THAN 25% DECREASE.

OBVIOUSLY OUR FUND BALANCE IS NOT DECREASED.

SO THAT'S IMMEDIATELY A PASS.

UH, WAS THE NUMBER OF DAYS OF CASH ON HAND AND CURRENT INVESTMENTS IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SUFFICIENT TO COVER OPERATING EXPENDITURES, EXCLUDING FACILITIES ACQUISITION? UH, WE DID HAVE ACTUALLY, WE HAVE 126 DAYS CASH ON HAND AS OF AUGUST 30TH, UH, 31ST, 2022.

SO WE GOT ALL TEN POINTS ON THAT SOLVENCY INDICATOR.

NUMBER EIGHT WAS THE MEASURE OF CURRENT ASSETS TO CURRENT LIABILITIES RATIO FOR THE SCHOOL DEBT DISTRICT SUFFICIENT TO COVER SHORT TERM DEBT.

WE ARE ABOUT 0.04 UNDER ON THAT.

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AND SO AS OUR DEBT GOES DOWN, THAT WILL RECTIFY ITSELF.

SO, UH, AGAIN, WE WE SCORED EIGHT ON THIS LAST YEAR.

AND A LOT OF DISTRICTS IN THIS GENERAL, UH, GEOGRAPHICAL AREA LOST THAT.

AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT RATIO.

SO WE'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT BELOW.

BUT AS WE PAY OFF DEBT EARLY, THAT IMPROVES OUR POSITION ON THAT ONE.

SOLVENCY INDICATOR NUMBER NINE.

DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND REVENUES EQUAL OR EXCEED EXPENDITURES? WELL, FOR THE 2021, 21, 22 YEAR, WE DIDN'T WE HAD A DEFICIT IN THE PERIOD REPORTED, BUT WE DID HAVE MORE THAN 60 CASH, 60 DAYS CASH ON HAND. SO WE DID GET THE FULL TEN POINTS ON THAT INDICATOR.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAD A FUND DEFICIT, OUR FUND BALANCE ALLOWED US TO STILL GET THE FULL TEN POINTS ON THAT SCORE.

DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AVERAGE LESS THAN A 10% VARIANCE WHEN COMPARING BUDGETED REVENUES TO ACTUAL REVENUES FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS? THIS ONE IS NOT BEING EVALUATED.

THAT IS PER TEA AND EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T HAVE WE DIDN'T EVALUATE, WE WEREN'T BEING EVALUATED.

WE HAVE HAD REALLY TIGHT ALIGNMENT WITH OUR BUDGETED REVENUE ALONG WITH OUR ACTUAL REVENUE.

AND WHAT THAT GIVES A BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE TAXPAYERS IS CONFIDENCE THAT WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD SOUND SYSTEM OF BUDGETING REVENUE.

SOLVENCY INDICATOR NUMBER 11 WAS THE RATIO OF LONG TIME LIABILITIES.

AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIALS OF THE DISTRICT.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE GOVERNMENT WIDE.

SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING ALL TOGETHER.

WAS THE RATIO OF LONG TERM LIABILITIES TO TOTAL ASSETS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT LONG TERM SOLVENCY.

AND OF COURSE, CARROLL ISD HAS DEBT, AS DO ALL DISTRICTS OR MOST DISTRICTS IN THIS GENERAL AREA.

AND SO WE LOST FOUR POINTS ON THAT.

UH, AGAIN, AS WE PAY THAT DEBT OFF EARLY.

UH, NOT A NEGATIVE.

I DON'T SEE THAT AS A NEGATIVE BECAUSE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, UH, SERVICING THAT DEBT.

WE'RE RETIRING DEBT EARLY, BUT WE DID LOSE FOUR POINTS ON THAT ONE.

I GOT A QUESTION, MR. JOHNSON.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? AND I DIDN'T ASK YOU AHEAD OF TIME.

I APOLOGIZE, BUT I JUST THOUGHT OF IT.

HOW MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND HERE, UM, ARE AT A SIX OR BELOW? I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE WERE EIGHT, EIGHT DISTRICTS IN TARRANT COUNTY THAT LOST POINTS ON THIS INDICATOR.

AND I DO ACTUALLY HAVE THAT DATA.

SO ON INDICATOR 11.

THERE WAS ONE THAT LOST TEN.

THERE WERE SEVERAL THAT LOST, A COUPLE THAT LOST FOUR, A COUPLE THAT LOST SIX AND A FEW THAT LOST TWO.

SO IT WAS PRETTY SPREAD OUT.

BUT EIGHT OF THE 16 DISTRICTS THAT ARE PRIMARILY IN TARRANT COUNTY LOST, THOSE WE'RE UP. I MEAN, LOSING ONLY FOUR POINTS, RIGHT? CORRECT. YES, THERE WERE THOSE THAT LOST MORE.

AND WITH OUR EARLY PAYMENT OF DEBT THAT WILL IMPROVE THIS THIS INDICATOR GOING FORWARD.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON.

SORRY. YES, SIR. IF I MAY? WHAT MIGHT BE A STATE AVERAGE FOR THIS SCORE? THE STATE AVERAGE? UM, ACTUALLY, I THINK I BELIEVE I HAVE THAT ONE TOO.

SO IN THE STATE OF TEXAS ON ITEM 11.

UH, THERE WERE ABOUT 85% THAT GOT ALL TEN POINTS.

UM, 8% GOT EIGHT POINTS.

SO, UM, 83 DISTRICTS LOST TWO POINTS, 38 LOST FOUR POINTS, UM, 21 SIX.

SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE IN THE TOP END OF IT.

BUT IN THE SAME BREATH, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT AS WE RETIRE DEBT EARLY THAT WILL HELP THAT POSITION.

SO BUT IT IS IT IS COMMON IN NORTH TEXAS BECAUSE EIGHT OF THE 16 DISTRICTS IN TARRANT COUNTY DID LOSE POINTS ON THAT INDICATOR.

WAS THE DEBT PER $100 OF ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT FUTURE DEBT REPAYMENTS.

WELL, OBVIOUSLY THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES, BECAUSE WITH 33 PENNIES WE ARE RETIRING DEBT WAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

AND SO WE DO HAVE VERY GOOD SUFFICIENCY ON THE DOLLARS PER 100.

THE TAX RATE PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUE.

SO WE GOT ALL TEN POINTS ON THAT.

SO SOLVENCY INDICATOR NUMBER 13 WAS A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE THRESHOLD WE WERE WE GOT ALL TEN POINTS ON THAT ONE. UH, NUMBER INDICATOR NUMBER 14.

DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NOT HAVE A 15% DECLINE IN THE STUDENT TO STAFF RATIO OVER THE THREE YEARS? THE STATE DIDN'T EVALUATE THAT ONE BECAUSE AS DISTRICTS CONTINUE TO LOSE, NOT JUST IN TARRANT COUNTY, BUT STATEWIDE, THERE ARE A SHIFT.

EXCUSE ME. UM.

SO WE DID GET THE FULL TEN POINTS ON THE BASIS OF NOT BEING EVALUATED.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH OUR STAFF, WE HAVE NOT LOST STUDENTS IN, IN AS OF THIS POINT IN TIME.

AND WE HAVE REDUCED STAFFING.

SO WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE FULL TEN POINTS ON THIS INDICATOR AS WELL.

ON THE FINANCIAL COMPETENCE, WAS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ACTUAL ADA WITHIN THE ALLOTTED RANGE OF THE DISTRICT'S BIENNIAL PUPIL PROJECTIONS SUBMITTED TO TEA? AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH BIENNIUM, WE WERE REQUIRED TO PROJECT THE ADA SO THAT TEA CAN CREATE A PAYMENT SCHEDULE, AND EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT EVALUATED, CARROLL ISD HAS HAD

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UM, DID THE COMPARISON OF TEAMS INFORMATION, PUBLIC EDUCATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DATA LOCK INFORMATION IN THE SCHOOLS AFR RESULTED IN A TOTAL VARIANCE OF LESS THAN 3% OF ALL EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION.

SO TEA GETS THE ANNUAL AUDIT REPORT.

AND THEN WE SUBMIT A DETAILED DATA FILE FOR EVERY PENNY THAT MAKES THAT UP.

AND SO TEA WILL COMPARE THAT WE DID NOT BREACH THE 3% VARIANCE.

AND SO WE GOT ALL UH WE PASSED THAT INDICATOR.

SO WE'VE GOT REALLY TIGHT ALIGNMENT WITH OUR DATA VERSUS THE REPORTS.

UH FINANCIAL COMPETENCE INDICATOR NUMBER 17.

DID THE EXTERNAL INDEPENDENT AUDITOR REPORT THAT THE AFR WAS FREE OF ANY INSTANCES OF MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IN INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE FOR LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS? AND WE PASSED THIS INDICATOR.

AND IF YOU DON'T PASS THIS INDICATOR, YOU THE HIGHEST RATING YOU CAN GET IS A C.

AND SO, UH, CARROLL ISD HAS HAD A STRONG HISTORY OF GOOD INTERNAL CONTROLS.

THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THOSE DOCUMENTED IN HALF FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

AND SO, UM, WE PASSED THAT INDICATOR AS WELL.

UH, FINANCIAL COMPETENCE INDICATOR NUMBER 18.

DID THE EXTERNAL INDEPENDENT AUDITOR INDICATE THAT THE AFR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT WAS FREE OF ANY INSTANCES OF MATERIAL NONCOMPLIANCE FOR GRANTS, CONTRACTS AND LAWS RELATED TO STATE AND LOCAL FEDERAL FUNDS? AS EACH OF YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF STATE FUNDS THAT WE'VE GOT VERY SPECIFIC CRITERIA THAT WE'VE GOT TO FOLLOW IN SPENDING THOSE FUNDS.

SAME THING HAPPENS WITH ALL THE GRANT FUNDS, AND WE DON'T GET AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF GRANT FUNDS.

BUT BETWEEN THE MIX OF THE TWO, WE'VE GOT REALLY GOOD CONTROLS OVER MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT MATERIAL COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE WITH THE SPENDING OF THOSE FUNDS.

SO WE GOT ALL TEN POINTS FOR BOTH PERIODS PRESENTED.

FINANCIAL COMPETENCE INDICATOR NUMBER 19.

DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT POST A REQUIRED FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON ITS WEBSITE IN ACCORDANCE WITH A WHOLE LOT OF RULES BASICALLY.

AND WE DO AND AUDITORS TEST THAT.

THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT AUDITORS TEST.

SO WE GOT THE FULL FIVE POINTS ON THAT ONE AS WELL.

UH, AND NUMBER 20, DID THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSS THE DISTRICT'S PROPERTY VALUES AT A BOARD MEETING WITHIN 120 DAYS BEFORE THE DISTRICT ADOPTED ITS BUDGET? AND I THINK IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, BACK WHEN WE ADOPT THE BUDGET, AT BUDGET ADOPTION, I'LL GO OVER KIND OF THE PROPERTY VALUES, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOUSE BILL THREE, WHICH IS GOING TO CURRENT YEAR VALUES, TOOK AWAY A BIG FINANCIAL BENEFIT FOR LOTS OF DISTRICTS VERSUS THE PRIOR TO THAT PRIOR TO HOUSE BILL THREE.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.

HISTORICALLY IT'S BEEN REFERRED TO AS THE LAG.

IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN YOU HAVE PROPERTY TAX GROWTH AND YOU GET DEDUCTED BASED ON PRIOR YEAR VALUES, YOU GET A LOT MORE MONEY.

AND SO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT AND WE DISCUSS THAT AT BUDGET ADOPTION.

SO WE PASSED THAT, EXCUSE ME, THAT INDICATOR AS WELL.

ALSO AS PART OF THE REQUIRED DISCLOSURE, IT SHOWS REIMBURSEMENTS FOR MEALS, TRANSPORTATION, FUEL AND OTHERS.

THE DISTRICT DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF THAT, BUT WE DID DISCLOSE THAT.

AND THIS WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE WITH OTHERS.

OUTSIDE COMPENSATION, NO OUTSIDE COMPENSATION TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, NOR WERE THERE ANY GIFTS TO BOARD MEMBERS GREATER THAN $250.

I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT IS NECESSARY.

THAT YOU MAY HAVE QUESTIONS.

MR. JOHNSON. UM, SO THIS IS A GREAT FINANCIAL REPORT.

I REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT THE, YOU KNOW, CONTROLS ARE IN PLACE AND THAT OUR PROCESSES ARE REALLY WORKING WELL.

IT'S A BIT INTERESTING TO SEE THAT 90% OF THE DISTRICT'S GOT A SUPERIOR RATING.

BUT SOME OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT AREAS.

THAT MAYBE THEY WOULD HAVE NOT DONE SO WELL WE'RE NOT GRADED.

ANY INSIGHT INTO.

I THINK IF THEY WOULD HAVE GRADED EVERY ELEMENT, I THINK HOW THOSE DISTRICTS WOULD HAVE PERFORMED.

I THINK IN A POST COVID ENVIRONMENT WHERE WHAT WAS ONCE PREDICTABLE WITH ATTENDANCE AND ENROLLMENT HAS REALLY JUST NOT BEEN CONSISTENT.

AND SO I THINK TEA MOVED THOSE OUT TO NOT TO, I GUESS, TO KEEP, UH, FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES.

THAT DISTRICT, EXCUSE ME, CAN'T CONTROL, UH, NOT PENALIZE THE DISTRICT FOR ITEMS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS I REFLECT ON THE REPORT, 90%.

YES, I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

BUT I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE STRINGENCY OF DATA REPORTING BY DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALL REQUIRED TO HAVE INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL AUDITS, THERE'S A LOT OF FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT IN DISTRICTS AND WITH THE COMMUNITIES, WITH THE FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY, THE REQUIRED DISCLOSURES.

I THINK THAT THAT OUR STATE AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT AS I LOOK ON A NATIONAL, AREA, UM, TEXAS HAS A REALLY GREAT SET OF FINANCIAL GUIDANCE THAT WE'VE GOT THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM RESOURCE GUIDE.

AND THAT REALLY HAPPENED IN THE LATE 90S, IN EARLY 2000.

TEA REALLY HAS A GREAT SYSTEM OF REPORTING THAT IS CONSISTENT AND REQUIRES DISTRICTS TO CONFORM TO THEIR ACCOUNTING GUIDANCE.

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THANK YOU. OKAY AT THIS TIME DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MR. JOHNSON, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED, AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TEN ON OUR AGENDA.

[10. INFORMATION]

MR. JOHNSON. MR. MASON, LET ME SEE.

OKAY. HERE WE.

KYLE MAZAC, OUR FACILITIES DIRECTOR, IS GOING TO COME UP.

UH, IT'S GOING TO COME UP HERE AND GO THROUGH THIS, BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.

MR. MAZAC JOINED OUR TEAM IN JULY, AND WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT BUDGET, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT OBVIOUSLY VERY EARLY ON.

UM, AND WE HAVE HAD A MIX OF BUDGET, OF BUDGET DOLLARS, AND WE'VE HAD BOND DOLLARS THAT ARE SPENT.

I DID SOME ANALYSIS IN THE SUMMER, AND I ACTUALLY TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BUDGET ADOPTION AT OUR JULY WORKSHOP, HOW WE HAVE HISTORICALLY OUT OF NO BUDGETED, LESS MAINTENANCE DOLLARS FOR OUR FACILITIES.

WITH HIM BEING NEW THERE ARE SOME BEING, SOME ITEMS, AND HE'S GOING TO GO THROUGH THOSE IN DETAIL HERE IN A MINUTE.

UM, I CHOSE TO BUDGET CONSISTENT AS WE HAD SPENT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS KNOWING THAT THIS WOULD BE AN ITEM THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO REVISIT.

AND THAT'S WHY I DISCLOSED, I THINK, IN JULY, THE 27TH MEETING, THAT WE BUDGETED ABOUT $1 MILLION LESS.

SO, UH, WE HAD A CONVERSATION AT THAT TIME SPECIFICALLY ABOUT BUDGET, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE REASON THAT WE INCLUDED THAT IN THERE, SOME THINGS THAT I WANTED HIM TO DO BEFORE WE HAD A BASIS FOR INCREASING THAT BUDGET, SOME ANALYSIS.

HE WAS GOING TO DO A COMPUTER MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

HE'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S I WANTED TO TO PREFACE HIS PRESENTATION WITH WHAT I'M SAYING NOW IS THAT THIS WAS PART OF A PLAN SO THAT WE COULD HAVE AN INFORMED ASK, RATHER THAN JUST PUT DOLLARS INTO THE BUDGET AT THE TIME WE ADOPTED IT.

SO WITH THAT SAID, I WILL ASK THAT HE COME UP AND GO THROUGH THIS.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DOCTOR LEDBETTER.

GLAD TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO SPEAK ABOUT THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT MID-YEAR UPDATE.

WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER 4 OR 5 THINGS.

UH, QUICKLY ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

MAINTENANCE VEHICLES, O&M PROJECTS, ASSESSMENTS.

SO AS THE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES FOR THE LAST FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS, EXCUSE ME, I HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON TWO MAIN CONCERNS.

AND THAT WAS NUMBER ONE, TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE FACILITIES AND OUR CUSTOMERS AS THOSE NEEDS COME IN AND TO MANAGE THE BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS NECESSARY.

SORRY TO FULFILL THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

SO TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES THAT WE WERE HAVING IN THE BUDGET, WE INSTITUTED THREE INDUSTRY STANDARDS GUIDELINES FOR THESE REQUESTS.

AND THE FIRST IS THAT WE ARE DIRECTING OUR EFFORTS CURRENTLY AND OUR BUDGET TOWARDS ESSENTIAL SERVICES.

BASICALLY, YOU COULD LOOK AT THAT AS HVAC RELATED ISSUES, FIRE RELATED ISSUES, ADA COMPLIANCE ISSUES, UH, ESSENTIAL LOCKSMITH ISSUES, KEY REQUESTS THAT ARE NECESSARY.

UM, ALL SAFETY ISSUES, ALL FIRE RELATED ISSUES, ALL AUTHORITIES HAVING JURISDICTION THAT TELL US WHAT TO DO SOMETIMES THAT WE HAVE TO DO.

SO WE'RE FOCUSING ON THAT DEFINITELY.

NOW. SECONDLY, AND THE SECOND INDUSTRY STANDARD GUIDELINE THAT WE'RE USING IS THE BUDGET REVIEW REQUEST.

AND WE'RE GIVING THOSE A CATEGORY WHICH IS ANOTHER STANDARD OF ONE, TWO, THREE AS THEY COME IN.

ONE WOULD BE CRITICAL PROJECTS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL OR NECESSARY FOR THE FUNCTION OF CISD.

IF IT WAS GIVEN A NUMBER TWO, IT'S GIVEN A HIGH IMPACT THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY, SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTES TO THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF THE SCHOOL.

IF IT'S GIVEN A THREE, IT'S BASICALLY A COSMETIC ISSUE, OR IT'S AIMED AT IMPROVING THE CUSTOMER OR THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAVE AS STAFF MEMBERS, OUR STUDENTS.

SO THIS SECOND BUDGET REVIEW REQUEST THAT WE HAVE INSTITUTED IS ALL REQUESTS FOR FACILITY MODIFICATIONS, LARGE SCALE PROJECTS REQUESTS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. CURRENTLY, OUR EXCEL FILE SHOWS THIS ABOUT $120,000 THAT HAVE COME IN AS REQUESTS FROM, OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR SCHOOLS. THE THIRD PRINCIPLE THAT WE INSTITUTED THIS INDUSTRY STANDARD IS CALLED DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.

BASICALLY, THIS LIST, AND WE'LL JUST LOOK AT IT REAL QUICK, IS, IS O&M.

THIS IS WHAT WE DO IN FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.

HOWEVER, IT DIDN'T MEET NUMBER ONE OR NUMBER TWO OF THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.

SO TO HELP THIS BUDGET UH, SHORTFALL, WE HAVE INSTITUTED DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ON THESE ISSUES THAT SHOULD BE DONE BUT AREN'T NECESSARILY FOR THE FUNCTION OR THE

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CURRENTLY, THIS LIST STANDS AROUND $125,000 THAT WE HAVE ASSESSED.

ALSO, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT REAL QUICKLY OUR VEHICLES FOR FACILITY STAFF.

UM, MY ASSESSMENT IS THAT WE NEED ABOUT 22 VEHICLES TO MEET THE STAFFING NEED.

WE HAVE FOUR VEHICLES THAT CURRENTLY ARE INOPERABLE.

WE HAVE THREE THAT HAVE EXCESSIVE COSTS.

UH, MAINTENANCE COSTS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED.

SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE 15 VEHICLES IN THE WHITE FLEET FOR FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.

UH, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE IS TO GET 2 OR 3 QUARTER TON CHEVY TRUCKS, TWO CHEVY HE VANS AND ONE CHEVY LOCKSMITH VAN.

MR. MAZAC, JUST A QUICK COMMENT ON THAT.

JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY.

TRUSTEE YEAGER AND TRUSTEE STACY AND I AND DOCTOR LEDBETTER, MR. JOHNSON MET WITH A FLEET MANAGEMENT SERVICE, A FEW MONTHS AGO ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF BECAUSE WE OWN ALL OF OUR OUR VEHICLES, BOTH BUSSES AND OUR WHITE FLEET.

UM, SO WE WANTED TO LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF MOVING TO A FLEET MANAGEMENT TYPE SERVICE JUST TO SEE IF THAT WOULD DO SOME NUMBERS, SOME ANALYTICAL ANALYSIS, TO SEE IF THAT WOULD SAVE US MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.

SO I KNOW THIS IS INFORMATION AND NOT ACTION, BUT I'D REALLY LIKE FOR US TO HOLD OFF ON ANY TYPE OF PURCHASE OF VEHICLES UNTIL WE CAN REALLY , DIVE INTO THE BENEFITS OR NOT, UM, OF A FLEET MANAGEMENT SERVICE.

SO I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT.

WE WANT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WAYS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, UM, IN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO EFFICIENTLY, YOU KNOW, MAKE THINGS MORE EFFICIENT AND ALSO COST EFFECTIVE. UM, SO I'D REALLY LIKE FOR US TO JUST KIND OF HOLD OFF ON THIS, BUT KNOWING THAT YOU'RE KEEPING UP WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH VEHICLES NEED TO BE REPLACED AND WHICH DON'T, AND MAYBE WE CAN MAKE A DECISION AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE ON THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'VE BEEN DOUBLING UP AND BORROWING ALSO FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE THE ENDS MEET.

SO OUR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN HAD PUT FORTH A HIRING TWO COMPANIES TO DO OUR FACILITIES ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS ONGOING AS WE SPEAK.

AND CORGAN ARCHITECT FIRM WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT WE HIRED TO LOOK AT THE BUILDING ENVELOPE.

AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE ROOF, THE EXPANSION JOINTS, DOORS, FRAMES.

AND WE WENT OVER THAT IN JULY AT THE JULY BOARD MEETING.

ALSO, WE ALSO HIRED DBR ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS AND THEIR PROJECT SCOPE IS THE MEP MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING.

ALSO SOME SECURITY AND TECHNOLOGY WAS IN THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY DOING THIS ASSESSMENT AS WE SPEAK IN THE EVENINGS, WEEKENDS AND DURING THE BREAK ALSO.

SO WHEN THIS ASSESSMENT COMES IN, IT'S GOING TO GIVE US THE FINAL REPORTS COMPONENTS THAT WE CAN TAKE FOR A LIFE CYCLES REPLACEMENT COST.

IT'S GOING TO SHOW US WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR PLANNING, MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR OUR BUILDINGS.

THIS REPORT IS GOING TO BE INCORPORATED INTO OUR NEW COMPUTERIZED MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CMMS. IT'S CALLED FMX.

WE GET TO TRACK ALL OF OUR ASSETS THROUGH THIS SYSTEM.

WE GET A QR CODE, OUR ASSETS, WE GET A TRACK COST SUMMARY, PERFORMANCE OPERATIONS.

BASICALLY, WE GET TO TRACK OUR HIGH LEVEL ASSETS AND WE CAN EVEN GO DOWN TO LOW LEVEL ASSETS.

TAKING THAT INTO THIS CMMS HERE'S JUST AN EXAMPLE.

WE WERE IN OUR SIX AND A HALF WEEK LAUNCH OF OUR CMMS PROGRAM.

HERE'S WHAT WE SPENT.

HERE'S OUR LABOR COSTS DOWN THERE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S GOING.

WE CAN DETAIL THIS DOWN TO PER TICKET, PER REQUEST, PER VENDOR, PER TECHNICIAN WHO DID THE WORK.

WE HAVE THE DETAILS FOR ALL OF THAT IN THE REPORTING.

ALSO, WE CAN LOOK AT WORK REQUESTS BY TYPE FOR THE LAST SIX WEEKS, SEE WHERE IT'S GOING AND WHAT OUR GREATEST NEEDS ARE.

ALSO, WE CAN LOOK AT WORK REQUESTS BY BUILDING FOR THE LAST SIX WEEKS.

SEE WHICH BUILDINGS ARE USING IT.

WE USE THIS DATA TO HELP US FURTHER PLAN FOR WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN OUR BUILDINGS.

SO OUR O&M COSTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR UNTIL THE END OF, UH, NOVEMBER, WE HAD ABOUT 1.1 MILLION IN THE BUDGET.

WE SPENT ABOUT A HALF A MILLION, AND WE HAD ABOUT A HALF A MILLION LEFT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT HVAC, PLUMBING, CUSTODIAL SUPPLIES, MISCELLANEOUS AND ELECTRICAL ARE THE MAIN CULPRITS THERE.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT REALLY USE UP THE BUDGET FUNDS.

SO THIS BUDGET SURPLUS SHORTFALL, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT'S ABOUT $185,000 A MONTH TIMES SEVEN MONTHS BECAUSE OF THE SHORT FISCAL YEAR THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR, UM, EQUALS ABOUT ALMOST 1.3 MILLION.

BUT IF YOU MINUS WHAT'S ALREADY IN THE BUDGET PLUS WHAT WE NEED, PLUS THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS O&M, IT SHOULD BE GETTING DONE, IS $880,000 THAT WE WOULD NEED, ACCORDING TO THESE FIGURES, TO GET BY THE REST OF THE YEAR.

THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE, PLEASE NOTE, THE BUDGET REVIEW OF $820,000, WHICH WOULD BE ADDRESSED WITH SURPLUS OR WITH AT ANOTHER FISCAL YEAR TO BE REVIEWED.

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SO THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT IS A GREAT PRESENTATION ITS JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SHOCKING TO SEE THE BURN RATE, UM, SO MUCH AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR FROM WHAT WE DID NOT BUDGET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. I KNOW MR. JOHNSON EXPLAINED A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, BUT, UM, WITH THIS NEW SYSTEM, AUTOMATED SYSTEM, WHICH WE'VE NEVER HAD IN THIS DISTRICT BEFORE AND ABLE TO KEEP TRACK OF THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BETTER BUDGET IN THE FUTURE FOR ITEMS, WITHIN THE O&M BUDGET, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. AND I SEE THAT AFTER WE POPULATE THE SYSTEM, MAYBE WITH A FULL CYCLE, THAT IT WOULD EVEN LEVEL OUT AND WE'LL GET AN EVEN BETTER PICTURE.

OKAY. AND ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAD WE DISCOVERED, UH, MANY INVOICES THAT HAD BEEN SITTING SOMEWHERE UNPAID. AND THAT IS A PART OF THIS DOLLAR FIGURE AS WELL.

CORRECT. OKAY. AND SO I GUESS MY POINT IS, IS THAT YOU HAVE COME ON AND YOU ARE GOING TO TURN AROUND THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE O&M DEPARTMENT THAT HAD VIRTUALLY NONE IN THE PAST, NO AUTOMATED SYSTEM.

WE WEREN'T PAYING INVOICES ON TIME.

THEY WERE SITTING AROUND LOST, NOT BEING PAID.

WE'RE HAVING TO PAY FOR THAT NOW, BUT IT'S GOING TO CORRECT ITSELF IN THE FUTURE BY BEING ABLE TO DO BETTER BUDGETING.

THAT IS A GOOD WAY TO PUT IT.

I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE PAST, BUT I KNOW MOVING FORWARD THAT WE HAVE A SYSTEM NOW WHERE WE CAN TRACK IT, WE CAN IDENTIFY IT, AND WE CAN PRESENT IT TO THOSE WHO NEED THAT INFORMATION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. MAZAC? UM, THIS IS KIND OF A BIT MORE FOR MR. JOHNSON. ENERGY.

DO THE BUILDINGS, FACILITIES, ENERGY USE COME UNDER YOU, MR. MAZAC? YES, SIR.

OKAY, GREAT.

JUST FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

AND THAT WAS HOW WE CAN SAVE MONEY.

WE HAVE HAD, LIKE, EVERYBODY AT THEIR HOUSEHOLD, ENERGY BILLS THAT HAVE JUST GONE, NO PUN INTENDED, THROUGH THE ROOF.

AND IT HAS BEEN OUR BOARD.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DESPERATELY WANT TO DO, IS TO TRY TO GET THAT TACKLED BY LOOKING AT ENERGY EFFICIENCIES.

AND LIKE PRESIDENT BRYAN SAID, THERE ARE SOME THINGS ON FACILITY SIDE AND OPERATIONS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN DONE HERE BEFORE.

SO WE'RE WE'RE GETTING SOME NEW EFFICIENCIES.

BUT THAT ENERGY, UM, KIND OF AUDIT, IF YOU WOULD, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY MIGHT EXPECT SOMETIME.

HE'S ACTUALLY GOT SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO START.

YEAH. JANUARY 8TH.

YEAH JANUARY 8TH. OUR NEW ENERGY MANAGER STARTS AND WE HAVE A THREE TIER SYSTEM THAT WE'RE GOING OVER BIG ITEMS, FIRST MEDIUM ITEMS AND SMALL ITEMS THAT WILL BE PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL. GREAT. DOCTOR LEDBETTER WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET A PRESENTATION ON AT THE JANUARY 22ND MEETING.

WE'LL HAVE 22ND OR.

WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE THIS PERSON, BUT WE CAN GET AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

OR WOULD THAT BE IN THE FEBRUARY MEETING? WE'RE FINDING A LITTLE MORE TIME IN A COUPLE WEEKS.

RIGHT. SO HE STARTS ON THE EIGHTH.

SO MAYBE THE FEBRUARY MEETING.

FEBRUARY REGULAR MEETING.

OKAY. YEAH.

WE'LL TALK. WE MAY SOONER, BUT YEAH.

PERFECT. EXCELLENT. ANY OTHER QUICK QUESTION, DO WE KNOW WHAT A DOLLAR PER SQUARE FOOT MAINTENANCE COST IS? DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AT THIS POINT? ACROSS. I CAN FIND IT REAL QUICK.

FACILITIES ARE DIFFERENT. WE HAVE CLOSE TO 2,000,000FT².

SO WE CAN TAKE THAT FIGURE, AND I COULD FIGURE IT OUT PRETTY QUICK, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT ON MY TOP OF MY HEAD RIGHT NOW.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE ANY MORE? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY.

NEXT ITEM 10.2.

CONSIDER 2024 2025 ACADEMIC PLANNING GUIDE AND NEW COURSE OFFERINGS.

I THINK MISS PEDDY.

YES. GOOD EVENING.

HOLD ON.

LET ME GET THIS BROUGHT UP REAL QUICK.

THANK YOU.

WE ARE HERE TONIGHT FOR TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE ACADEMIC PLANNING GUIDE UPDATES, AS WELL AS A LIST OF 12 NEW COURSES THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING BE PLACED IN OUR 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR.

OUR ACADEMIC PLANNING GUIDE.

WE'RE VERY THRILLED TO PRODUCE THIS.

THANK YOU. TO PRODUCE THIS DOCUMENT FOR YOU.

IT HAS HAD A TON OF INPUT.

WE'VE GOT THIS HAS GONE THROUGH, UM, THROUGH THE CAMPUSES.

IT'S GONE THROUGH THE PRINCIPALS, THE TEACHERS, THE COUNSELORS.

EVERYONE HAS HAD HAD THEIR EYES ON THIS DOCUMENT.

SO AS WE'LL GO THROUGH, I'M FOR TODAY.

WE ARE DOING INFORMATION ONLY.

WE'VE MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE ACADEMIC PLANNING GUIDE BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE THEY WERE MORE USER FRIENDLY FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE HAVE ALSO ASKED FOR THOSE 12 COURSES TO BE INCLUDED.

SO AS WE BEGIN, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK.

ONE OF THE FIRST CHANGES THAT WE MADE WAS TO THE SCHEDULE CHANGES.

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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE INTENT WAS GOOD.

THE INTENT WAS THAT WE WOULD GIVE OUR KIDS TIME TO GET IN AND TRY THE COURSE.

THE FIRST WEEK YOU'RE KIND OF GETTING SETTLED IN, THEN YOU'RE DOING SOME REVIEW.

BUT WHAT WE'RE DISCOVERING IS, IS THAT BY THE FOURTH WEEK GRADING, BY THE TIME WE GET THE KIDS SCHEDULES CHANGED, IF THEY'RE NOT BEING SUCCESSFUL THEY'RE GOING IN, THEY'RE CHANGING. THEY'RE CHANGING, POSSIBLY GRADE LEVEL OR ON GOING FROM AN ADVANCED PLACEMENT CLASS TO AN ON LEVEL CLASS.

AND THEIR GRADES HAVE HAVE SUFFERED.

SO WE ARE ASKING TO MOVE THAT FROM A FOUR WEEK TO THE THREE WEEK THAT WE HAD LOTS OF REQUESTS FOR THAT THIS YEAR, AND WE DID REVIEW THAT, AND WE FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP OUR STUDENTS CONSIDERABLY.

UM, WE HAD A REQUEST TO ASK THIS, TO ADD THIS TO THE APG WHEN YOU WERE IN THE ACADEMIC WORLD, YOU JUST ASSUMED THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT ALL YOUR ACRONYMS ARE, AND UNFORTUNATELY, NOT EVERYONE DOES.

AND SO WE DID NOT HAVE AN EXPLANATION IN OUR APG ABOUT OUR GPA POINTS, WHICH IS KIND OF IMPORTANT.

SO WE HAVE ADDED THAT.

SO NOW PEOPLE KNOW THIS IS HOW MUCH EACH CLASS IS WEIGHTED.

UM, IT WAS NICE THAT SOMEONE POINTED THAT OUT TO US.

UM, WE ARE ALSO WE'VE REMOVED SOME CORE COURSE OPTIONS.

THOSE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE BY THE COUNSELING STAFF.

WE'VE GOT SEVERAL, UH, CHARTS IN OUR APG, AND WE HAD REDUNDANT INFORMATION IN THERE, AND I INITIALLY WE THOUGHT MORE IS BETTER, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT'S ALMOST A HUNDRED PAGES LONG, MORE MAYBE IS NOT BETTER.

SO ANYWAY, SO WE TOOK THAT OUT.

WE DID MAKE A WE ARE REQUESTING A CHANGE TO THE SUCCESS SCHOLARS PROGRAM.

WE WANT IT TO BE MORE OF MORE FOCUSED ON A SERVING OF A SERVING AWARD, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.

WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS THAT WOULD THE MOST OF THE REQUIREMENTS WOULD REMAIN THE SAME, BUT THE THREE YEAR OF THE WORLD LANGUAGE WOULD BE REMOVED. THAT HAS CAUSED SOME ANXIETY IN THE PAST.

AND SO WE DID.

WE STARTED TO LOOK AT THIS AND WE SAID, IF OUR FOCUS REALLY IS ON SERVING, ON BEING BETTER HUMANS, THEN IS THAT THREE YEAR CRUCIAL? SUPPLY FEES.

WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE.

WE'VE HAD LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM.

AS EACH OF THE COURSES HAS HAS REQUESTED EITHER THEIR SUPPLY FEE GO UP OR THEIR SUPPLY THEIR SUPPLY FEE GO DOWN, THEY HAVE MET WITH THEIR PRINCIPALS TO DISCUSS THE RATIONALE FOR THAT.

WE WILL BE MEETING IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR TO TRY TO GET MORE CONSISTENCY IN THAT WE ARE, UM, UNDER MR. JOHNSON'S DIRECTION WE ARE GETTING A BETTER HANDLE ON THAT.

AND WE ARE REALLY PUTTING IN PLACES SOME THINGS AS TO MONITORING THAT, HOW ARE WE WATCHING THAT? HOW ARE WE GETTING THIS, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE USE OUR FINANCES WELL.

IN THE CTE CLASSES IN PARTICULAR, WE HAVE DONE SOME NAME CHANGES.

THE NAME CHANGES ARE SIMPLY TO REFLECT WHAT THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY CALLS THE THE COURSE.

WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST IS WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE VERY MANY CTE COURSES, WE COULD KIND OF CALL IT WHATEVER WE WANTED TO.

I MEAN, WE COULD CALL IT LIKE SOMETHING THAT SOUNDED LIKE FUN THAT KIDS WOULD WANT TO DO.

UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN IT GOES ON THE TRANSCRIPT AND CHILD TRANSFERS, OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT.

SO NOW THAT OUR CTE PROGRAM IS GROWING, WE'VE SEEN A NEED TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALIGNED SO THAT WHEN KIDS GO TO COLLEGES OR WHEN THEY TRANSFER TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PEOPLE KNOW WHAT COURSES THOSE ACTUALLY ARE.

WE DID HAVE SOME TEACHERS THAT MADE SOME SLIGHT CHANGES TO THEIR COURSE DESCRIPTIONS THEMSELVES.

AND THEN WE'VE MADE SOME OTHER CHANGES THAT YOU'LL SEE OR SOME ADDITIONS HOPEFULLY TO THE COURSE LOADS.

SO WE'VE HAD TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO OUR FLOW CHARTS, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THOSE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

BUT THESE WERE THE MAJOR.

THESE WERE THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE TO THE WRITTEN PORTION COMPONENTS OF THE ACADEMIC PLANNING GUIDE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OVER THIS? NO. PERFECT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

THIS IS THE FUN PART. I THINK THIS IS THE FUN PART.

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AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN ON A ROLL WITH OUR CTE PROGRAM.

UH, MISS GOODMAN HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH IT.

AND WE HAVE MR. JENNINGS, WHO'S STARTING THE NEW CBA, ACADEMY THIS, THIS NEXT COMING SCHOOL YEAR.

SO WE'VE REALLY LOOKED AT OUR CLASSES AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AND EVALUATING WHAT COURSES ARE WE OFFERING? IN THE PAST, AS I'VE TOLD YOU, UM, WE DON'T HAVE COMPLETERS.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CALLED.

WHEN YOU HAVE FOUR SECTIONS OF THEM, WE DON'T HAVE IT.

SO WE HAD A HODGEPODGE.

WE'D HAVE ONE AND THEN WE'D HAVE THREE.

AND SO NOW WHAT YOU'LL SEE AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THESE, WE ARE HAVING COMPLETE SETS.

SO NOW OUR STUDENTS, AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DECIDE, YES, I CAN IF I WANT TO, BECAUSE CULINARY ARTS IS THE FIRST ONE UP THERE.

UM, IF I WANT TO DO CULINARY ARTS, I WILL HAVE A FULL PATHWAY THAT I COULD GO THE FULL CULINARY ARTS, PATHWAY.

WE ARE AT CULINARY ARTS HAS REALLY CAUGHT ON.

OUR STUDENTS ARE ENJOYING THAT CLASS.

WE DID MAKE SOME CHANGES TO IT LAST YEAR.

WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO IT FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE STARTED OUR AUDIO VIDEO PRODUCTION.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE BROUGHT FORTH.

FOR THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR.

IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, SO WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND START CARRYING OUT THAT TRACK AS WELL.

WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, HONORS, AEROSPACE ENGINEERING.

THAT'S ANOTHER CLASS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'RE THINKING OUR STUDENTS ARE REALLY LOOKING.

AS YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE CTE TRACKS ARE LOOKING AT, WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE WORKFORCE, THAT'S ONE THAT'S AN AREA THAT'S IN HIGH NEED AND HIGH DEMAND.

WE ARE LOOKING AT A PRACTICUM IN STEM.

IF YOU'LL NOTICE, WE ARE TRYING TO REALLY WORK ON GETTING MORE OF OUR PRACTICUMS, GETTING MORE INTERNSHIPS.

THAT IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF COMPLETERS THAT WE CAN HAVE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND WE ARE LOOKING AT A PRACTICUM IN STEM.

WELDING TOO.

ALWAYS EXCITED TO HAVE OUR WELDING PROGRAM GROW.

AS YOU WELL KNOW, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUR WELDING PROGRAM, WE REALLY HONESTLY WE JUST HAD THE WELDING EQUIPMENT DONATED.

WE REALLY HAD NO IDEA IF THE WELDING PROGRAM WAS GOING TO MAKE.

NOT ONLY DID IT MAKE IT LIKE GREW OUT OF CONTROL.

SO WE ARE THRILLED THAT WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER ANOTHER, SECTION OF OUR WELDING.

HONORS ENTREPRENEURSHIP TWO.

THIS IS ONE OF THE NEW COURSES THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ADDING FOR OUR CARROLL BUSINESS ACADEMY.

AS WE TOOK, UH, MISS GOODMAN DID A POLL AND AS SHE WAS POLLING OUR STUDENTS WHAT WE WERE NOTICING IN THE BUSINESS ACADEMY.

AND YOU MAY RECALL THIS FROM ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS, BUT WHAT WE HAD WAS WE HAD OUR STUDENTS IN OUR BUSINESS ACADEMY.

THEY WERE TAKING THE PRINCIPLES, WHICH IS YOUR FIRST LEVEL COURSE, AND THEN THEY WERE TAKING ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ENTREPRENEURSHIP ONE, AND THEN THEY WERE LEAVING THE PROGRAM ALTOGETHER. AND SO WE PUT OUT A SURVEY AND WE SAID, ALL RIGHT, WHAT ARE YOUR INTEREST? WHAT CAN WE DO? YOU KNOW, WE WANT THIS PATHWAY TO GROW.

WHAT CAN WE DO? HOW CAN WE MAKE IT GROW? ENTREPRENEURSHIP TWO WAS A PROGRAM THAT THEY REALLY WANT TO SEE GROW.

SO WE ARE LOOKING INTO HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS PROGRAM EXCITING FOR OUR KIDS, THINGS THAT OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN AND EXCITED ABOUT, AND TRULY GROWING OUT, FILLING OUT THAT PATHWAY WHICH YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE PATHWAYS IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

ON OUR SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT IS ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE HAD LOOKED AT THAT WOULD BE ADDED TO OUR CPA PROGRAM.

IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE TO OTHER STUDENTS, BUT WE THAT IS ONE THAT WILL HELP US GET OUR CERTIFICATIONS, WHICH WILL INCREASE OUR CTE FUNDING.

WE HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER PRACTICUM IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

IF YOU'LL SEE, WE'RE REALLY WITH THIS WITH THE PRACTICUM IN YOUR ENTREPRENEURSHIP THAT WOULD COMPLETE THE BUSINESS STRAND FOR THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

WE HAVE VARSITY DRILL TEAM.

THEY WOULD LIKE AN OFFICER BLOCK.

WE HAVE PRINTMAKING TWO WHICH WOULD BE AN ELECTIVE.

AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE AP COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT.

WE HAD AP COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT MANY YEARS AGO AND IT JUST DIDN'T CATCH ON.

WE FEEL LIKE NOW, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING AP PROGRAM AND WE HAVE AND OUR STUDENTS REALLY ENJOY THAT CLASS.

AND WE REALLY FEEL LIKE NOW WE'VE GOT THE PEOPLE IN PLACE THAT CAN REALLY BRING EXCITEMENT TO THAT PROGRAM, AND IT WILL MAKE THAT COME ALIVE.

SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR AP PROGRAM.

AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE.

SO THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR NEW COURSES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING.

THAT'S EXCELLENT. MISS PEDDY THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THE AUDIO VIDEO.

I KNOW THAT WHEN WE BOUGHT THE NEW SCOREBOARD, WE COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE OUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN RUNNING THE SCOREBOARD DURING ATHLETIC

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I'M SURE THERE'S OTHERS OUT THERE WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

DO YOU SEE THAT COMING TO FRUITION IN THIS NEXT YEAR? YES. MISS JACOBSON HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THAT PROGRAM.

SHE REALLY HAS. AND SO THIS YEAR WAS A LEARNING LETTING OUR OUR STUDENTS GET KIND OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND MISS GOODMAN CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.

BUT YES, THAT IS WHAT SHE IS PLANNING THIS YEAR.

WE'RE PLANNING TO GET MORE HANDS ON.

SO EXCELLENT.

MISS PEDDY, HAVING HAD CHILDREN HERE THAT WERE THROUGH THE STEM PROGRAM AND ESPECIALLY A LITTLE ROCKETEER, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT HONORS AEROSPACE ENGINEERING.

PERHAPS THAT IS REPLACING A ROCKETS COURSE.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS AND MS. GOODMAN CAN GIVE YOU.

OKAY. THE RATIONALE FOR THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

BECAUSE ONCE IN A WHILE, WE MAY GET A PARENT WHO MIGHT SAY, OH, 12 NEW COURSES, BUT SOME OF THESE MAY BE REPLACING OTHER COURSES AS WELL.

AND I THINK THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE.

THAT'S EXACTLY THAT'S CORRECT.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BOARD AND DOCTOR LEDBETTER.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT PHASING OUT THAT ROCKETS PROGRAM, AND PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE, BEING COST EFFECTIVE WITH ALL OF OUR CTE COURSES. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE IS THAT WE HAVE TO DO A EVERY TWO YEAR REVIEW WITH TEA AND WITH OUR PERKINS FUNDING. AND SO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION'S LABOR REPORTS.

AND WHAT IS THAT DEMAND, FOR HIGH SKILL, HIGH DEMAND AND, AND, POPULATIONS OF OUR OWN NORTH TEXAS AREA.

AND SO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO US THROUGH TEA'S PAPERWORK AND IT'S A PRETTY BIG LITTLE, PACKET HERE, BUT I DO HAVE ALL OF THAT, IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT IT, IS THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HELP SUPPLY, UM, AIRLINE PILOTS? DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF OUR OWN STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY GET THEIR PILOT'S LICENSES? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL SEE THAT OUT THERE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK, BUT WE HAVE LIKE SIX HIGH SCHOOLERS THAT ARE WORKING ON THEIR PILOT'S LICENSE RIGHT NOW.

AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT LABOR MARKET DATA TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP SUPPLEMENT OUR OWN NORTH TEXAS DEMOGRAPHICS UP HERE FOR THOSE JOBS.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT PHASING OUT THE ROCKETS.

NOW, AEROSPACE ENGINEERING WILL STILL INCLUDE A SPACE PORTION.

AND IT'S ALSO GOING TO INCLUDE THE DRONES PORTION.

SO ON THOSE FLOW CHARTS THAT YOU'LL HAVE YOU'LL PROBABLY SAY, WELL WE TOOK THAT DRONES, SECTION OUT FOR TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS AND IT'S ALL GOING TO BE IN THAT ONE COURSE.

SO WHILE THEY WON'T BUILD A TRANSONIC ROCKET, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE DOING SOME ROCKETRY IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER AIRLINE STUFF THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN THERE.

SO THEY'LL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A MIX AS OPPOSED TO JUST HAVING ONE CLASS THAT'S BUILDING ONE ROCKET TO LAUNCH ONE TIME AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COST EFFECTIVE IN SUPPLYING THE COURSE WITH THOSE EXPERIENCES.

SO YEAH, I APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THOSE THOSE PIVOTS, UH, BASED UPON THAT DATA.

YEAH. AND, WELL, IT'S HOW WE DO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO GET OUR PERKINS FUNDING FROM THE STATE.

SO THE STATE IS REQUIRED TO LOOK AT THOSE AS WELL.

WHAT IS THE LABOR MARKET FOR EACH OF THE AREAS, AND THEN HOW ARE THEY GOING TO FUND THAT OUT TO THE LEAS.

AND SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY SHOWING THAT IN OUR REPORTS.

AND SO WHILE WE CAN GET COMPLETERS AND WE CAN GET THAT WEIGHTED FUNDING FOR CTE, I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET AS MUCH PERKINS FIVE FUNDING FOR CTE IF I'M NOT MEETING THE LABOR MARKET FOR NORTH TEXAS.

THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION.

TRUSTEE YEAGER, MAYBE SOMETHING AN IOU FOR MR. JOHNSON IS, UH, DOING SOME ANALYSIS ON THE ADDITION OF THESE.

IS IT 11 OR 12? WELL, CTE COURSES, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO THE DISTRICT? IF WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THIS IN THE NEXT YEAR.

WE'LL JUST HAVE TO CALCULATE THAT I CAN CERTAINLY.

YEAH. WE CAN PUT IT ALL INTO THE CALCULATOR AS WE GET HEADCOUNT.

SO WE CAN KIND OF SEE LIKE HOW IS THAT GOING TO TRANSLATE INTO OUR FUNDING.

SO BUT YEAH WE.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING BACK UP IN THERE.

I HEAR A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE MAKING SOME PRETTY GOOD MONEY, OFF OF THEIR CTE PROGRAMS. AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO BUILD OURS, IF WE CAN.

WITH THE ADDITION OF THE FOURTH LEVEL, WE WOULD GET THAT TIERED FUNDING.

OKAY. SO THAT WOULD BE JUST THAT REGULAR NORMAL TIERED FUNDING THAT WE GET.

BUT THEN WE ALSO WANT TO INCREASE OUR PERKINS FUNDING.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HITTING THE LABOR MARKETS FOR OUR AREA.

SO BUT STILL PROBABLY STILL WE'RE STILL GOING TO GIVE THEM THE SPACE AND EVERYTHING.

SO ROCKETS ONE THAT IS CURRENTLY IN SESSION.

NOW THE 29 STUDENTS, THEY STILL HAVE THE OPTION TO DO ROCKETS TWO NEXT YEAR.

SO THEY WON'T GET PHASED OUT UNTIL AFTER THAT YEAR.

SO THEY WILL STILL HAVE THAT OPTION.

IT'S JUST ANY NEW FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES COMING IN WILL GO DIRECTLY INTO THE AEROSPACE ENGINEERING CLASS.

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YEAH, THEY ARE VERY EXCITING.

AEROSPACE. I MEAN, COME ON.

DRILL TEAM, DRILL TEAM, DRILL TEAM.

YEAH, YEAH, WELL, WE'VE HAD A REALLY BIG BLAST OF INCORPORATING ALREADY SOME OF THE AEROSPACE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM INTO THAT ROCKETS ONE CLASS.

SO THIS WEEK THEIR MIDTERM EXAM IS THEY'RE RAISING HOT AIR BALLOONS.

SO THEY'VE ALL BUILT THEIR OWN HOT AIR BALLOONS.

AND I WAS THINKING LIKE A LITTLE THING.

BUT THEN WHEN THEY GOT THE KITS, IT'S LIKE IT'S A PRETTY BIG HOT AIR BALLOON.

SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT STUFF ON OUR INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER HERE REAL SOON TOO.

BUT THAT'S AWESOME.

YEAH. LAST YEAR WE ACTUALLY HAD A REALLY GREAT PARENT VOLUNTEER WHO HAPPENED TO BE AN AIRLINE PILOT, AND ALSO A TRAINING PILOT WITH TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS, AND HE ACTUALLY BUILT A SIMULATOR, AND I WONDER IF THAT MAY STILL BE AVAILABLE.

HE WAS WILLING TO DONATE THAT TO THE DISTRICT.

THAT WOULD BE REALLY AWESOME.

I WONDER IF TRUSTEE YEAGER OR ANYONE ELSE MAY KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE.

IT SURE WOULD BE.

A LOT OF FUN. YEAH, IT SURE WOULD BE FUN.

SO ANY ONE OF Y'ALL, DO YOU HAVE HIS CONTACT INFO? CAN YOU CONTACT HIM AND ASK HIM IF HE'S STILL.

YEAH, WE WOULD LOVE THAT.

WE WOULD LOVE THAT. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THOSE PATHWAYS? TRYING TO JUST GET THESE KIDS AS MUCH EXPERIENCE AS WE CAN GET THEM.

THIS IS REALLY EXCITING.

YEAH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MISS PEDDY, ONE, ONE LAST QUESTION FOR YOU.

AND I KNOW THIS WAS, TRUSTEE YEAGER HAD A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT IN THIS LAST YEAR, AND WE HAD WE STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT WITH OUR ABILITY TO FIND AN INSTRUCTOR FOR WELDING.

YES. HAVE WE GOTTEN ALL THAT RESOLVED? AND WE'VE GOTTEN THAT RESOLVED. WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

WE ARE GOOD TO GO IN PLACE.

I WAS GOING TO SAY HE'S HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB.

OKAY. HE REALLY IS.

SO THANK YOU.

YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. OKAY.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MISS PEDDY? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS PEDDY.

I WILL COME BACK NEXT MONTH TO SEEK APPROVAL.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU.

MOVING ON TO OUR DISCUSSION ACTION, SECTION OF THE OF THE MEETING 11.1 CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL OF FALL 2023 ACQUISITION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND

[11. DISCUSSION/ACTION]

OKAY, WELL, I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU COULD REMIND OUR PARENTS, WHAT IS THE POLICY IF THEY WANT TO CHALLENGE A BOOK . IF THEY WANT TO CHALLENGE A BOOK, WE HAVE A FORMAL RECONSIDERATION.

SO THE FORM IS LOCATED ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.

IT'S ON THE LIBRARY WEBSITE.

AND SO THEY WOULD COMPLETE THAT FORM.

AND AT THAT POINT THE FORM WOULD COME BACK TO IT'S A GOOGLE DOC, IT WOULD COME BACK TO ME AND WE WOULD SET UP A COMMITTEE.

ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD READ THE BOOK, AND THEN WE WOULD WE WOULD EVALUATE BASED UPON THAT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I WANTED TO BRIEFLY GO OVER WITH YOU AGAIN JUST BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW THE ACQUISITION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS GOES.

WE USUALLY WE HAVE TWO MAIN POINTS.

WE HAVE ONE.

IT SEEMS CRAZY, BUT WE HAVE ONE AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

SO WE HAVE OUR FALL ACQUISITION AND OUR SPRING ACQUISITION.

SO PRETTY MUCH AS SOON AS THE TEACHERS GET BACK FROM SUMMER BREAK, WE ASK THEM TO START COMPLETING THE LIST OF THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW.

SO THEY COMPLETE THE LIST OF ALL THE NEW MATERIALS THAT THEY REVIEWED.

THEY GET THEIR, TWO REVIEWS.

IF IT'S A CLASSROOM LIBRARY, THAT LIST IS THEN TAKEN TO THE PRINCIPALS.

THE PRINCIPALS WILL REVIEW THAT LIST.

UM, THEY WILL LOOK AT IT.

THEY WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT IT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH THEIR PHILOSOPHY AS WELL.

THEN THE PRINCIPALS WILL SEND THAT LIST TO ME.

THEN MY OFFICE WILL REVIEW THAT.

WE'LL REVIEW ALL THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE LIST, AND THEN WE WILL SEND THE LIST TO DOCTOR LEDBETTER FOR HIS APPROVAL.

DOCTOR LEDBETTER WILL LOOK AT IT.

AND THEN JUST AS WHAT WE DID IN THIS PROCESS, WE WILL BRING THE LIST TO YOU FOR APPROVAL.

IT DOES NEED TO STAY ON FOR BOARD, FOR IT NEEDS TO STAY OUT FOR THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW FOR 30 DAYS.

DURING THAT 30 DAYS, IF THERE'S QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, THEY CAN CONTACT YOU AND THEN WE WILL TAKE ACTION AS NEEDED OR NOT.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THAT THAT PROCESS WAS.

IT'S WE DO APPRECIATE YOU EXPEDITING SOME OF THESE PROCESSES OR SOME OF THESE, UM, RESOURCES THAT WE'VE HAD.

WE TRY TO LIMIT THAT, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN ONE'S GOING TO SNEAK UP ON US.

SO ANYWAY, SO I AM COMING TONIGHT TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR OUR FALL 2023 ACQUISITION LIST

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I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FALL 2023 ACQUISITION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM LIBRARY MATERIALS.

SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU. WE'LL HAVE SOME HAPPY TEACHERS.

THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS 11.2.

CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL OF THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL CALENDAR.

WE'LL CALL UP MS. PEDDY AGAIN. BUT BEFORE SHE SPEAKS.

DOCTOR LEDBETTER I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS BEFORE WE BEGIN REGARDING CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S BREAK, AND I APPRECIATE YOU REFERRING TO IT AS CHRISTMAS BREAK IN YOUR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. I'VE RECEIVED, AS WE ALL HAVE, SEVERAL CORRESPONDENTS THIS MONTH FROM THE DISTRICT REFERRING TO A WINTER BREAK, WINTER PARTIES, HOLIDAY BREAK, HOLIDAY PARTIES, EVERYTHING BUT CHRISTMAS BREAK AND CHRISTMAS PARTIES.

IT'S CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S BREAK, AND I THINK THE DISTRICT SHOULD REFER TO IT AS SUCH.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT DOCTOR LEDBETTER, FURTHER, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, I'VE HEARD THAT SOME OF OUR TEACHERS AND I HOPE THIS IS NOT TRUE.

ADMINISTRATORS AND EVEN PARENTS ARE AFRAID TO OPENLY RECOGNIZE THIS HOLIDAY ON OUR CAMPUSES DUE TO FEAR OF RETRIBUTION.

RETRIBUTION FROM WHOM? I THINK THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.

I HAVE THREE POINTS TO SHARE IN REGARD TO THIS.

NUMBER ONE, SINCE 1870, WHEN CHRISTMAS WAS OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED AS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY IN THE UNITED STATES, IT HAS BEEN A LONG STANDING TRADITION IN THIS COUNTRY TO HAVE CIVIL OBSERVANCE OF WHAT SOME RECOGNIZE AS A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY.

NUMBER TWO, THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION ESTABLISHES OUR RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION, NOT FREEDOM FROM RELIGION.

AND NUMBER THREE, THE MERRY CHRISTMAS.

LAW HOUSE BILL 308 OF 2013, SIGNED BY GOVERNOR PERRY, GUARANTEES THE FREEDOM OF OUR CHILDREN, TEACHERS, PARENTS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS TO ACKNOWLEDGE CHRISTMAS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS WITHOUT FEAR OF CENSORSHIP, PERSECUTION OR LITIGATION.

THAT IS THE LAW IN TEXAS.

SO THEREFORE, I WANT EVERY CARROLL ISD STUDENT, TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR, AND PARENT TO KNOW IT IS OKAY TO RECOGNIZE AND OBSERVE THIS HOLIDAY ON OUR CAMPUSES, IF YOU SO CHOOSE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BUT THEN AGAIN, YOU SHOULDN'T BE PREVENTED FROM.

SO, DOCTOR LEDBETTER, I'LL ASK YOU TO PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL AS SOON AS YOU CAN TO ALL CISD STAFF SUMMARIZING HOUSE BILL 308.

AND PLEASE INCLUDE THE ACTUAL BILL.

MS. PEDDY.

PERFECT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. AS YOU WILL RECALL, LAST MONTH I WAS HERE AND I BROUGHT FORTH THREE POSSIBLE SCHOOL CALENDAR OPTIONS.

WE HAVE DONE WE HAVE TAKEN SURVEYS FROM PARENTS, STAFF AND OUR TEACHERS.

AND AS WE SOUGHT THE RESULTS.

UM, OPTION ONE WAS THE ONE THAT RECEIVED THE MOST VOTES IN ALL THREE OF THOSE CATEGORIES.

SO WITH THAT INFORMATION BEING KNOWN, WE ARE RECOMMENDING OPTION ONE OR CALENDAR OPTION ONE FOR OUR 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR.

I MOVE TO APPROVE CALENDAR.

BEFORE YOU DO THAT, CAN I JUST ASK A QUICK QUESTION? SURE. DO WE HAVE ANY STATS? WE DO. WE DO.

ON THE PARENTS.

FOR THE PARENTS WE HAD FOR CALENDAR OPTION ONE, IT WAS 42.6%.

UM, THE CALENDAR OPTION THREE WAS 39.9% AND CALENDAR OPTION TWO WAS 17.5.

THAT WAS FOR THE PARENTS, OUR STAFF FOR THEIR CALENDAR OPTION ONE WAS 38.2, CALENDAR OPTION THREE 38 EVEN AND CALENDAR OPTION 2, 23.8.

AND THEN FROM OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS CALENDAR, OPTION ONE WAS 44.4%, CALENDAR OPTION THREE 30.7% AND CALENDAR OPTION TWO 24.8%.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS PEDDY.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS PEDDY? MISS PEDDY? HOW WELL IS OUR CALENDAR ALIGNED TO GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE AND KELLER AND SOME OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS? I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A CONCERN THAT HAS BEEN RAISED TO ME.

THAT THE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE JUST NOW GETTING THEIR CALENDARS OUT.

WHEN WE PUT OUR THREE OPTIONS OUT THERE, THERE WERE VERY FEW DISTRICTS THAT HAD THEY WERE JUST IN THE STARTING PHASE OF THAT.

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THEY TEND TO.

KELLER LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A FALL BREAK IN THEIRS.

BUT THE OTHER ONES THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT ARE IN OUR IMMEDIATE AREA, ARE FOLLOWING PRETTY MUCH OPTION ONE, WHAT WE CALL OPTION ONE.

THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE SOME OF OUR PARENTS ARE ACTUALLY TEACHERS IN OTHER DISTRICTS, AND SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME OFF DAYS GENERALLY.

THEY DO IT.

YES. THAT'S WITH OPTION ONE.

THE DISTRICT IS RECOMMENDING.

OKAY. OPTION ONE.

OKAY. I MOVE TO APPROVE CALENDAR OPTION ONE FOR THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR.

SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU, MISS PEDDY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.

AGENDA ITEM 11.3, CONSIDER SENATE BILL 763 RESOLUTION REGARDING CHAPLAINS.

I KNOW DOCTOR SMALSKAS IS MAKING HER WAY UP.

I WILL GO AHEAD AND READ THE RESOLUTION AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR SMALSKAS.

RESOLUTION FOR SB 763 CHAPLAINS, WHEREAS SECTION 23.001 OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE PERMITS THE DISTRICT TO EMPLOY OR ACCEPT AS A VOLUNTEER A CHAPLAIN TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS AS ASSIGNED BY THE BOARD.

WHEREAS SENATE BILL 763, PASSED BY THE 88TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE, REQUIRES EACH SCHOOL BOARD TO TAKE A RECORD VOTE BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2023 AND MARCH 1ST, 2024, ON WHETHER TO ADOPT A POLICY AUTHORIZING A CAMPUS OF THE DISTRICT TO EMPLOY OR ACCEPT AS A VOLUNTEER A CHAPLAIN UNDER EDUCATION CODE CHAPTER 23.

WHEREAS THE CARROLL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUIRES ITS GUIDANCE COUNSELOR APPLICANTS TO HOLD A MASTER'S DEGREE IN COUNSELING FROM AN ACCREDITED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY IN A VALID TEXAS SCHOOL COUNSELOR CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 21.003.

WHEREAS THE CARROLL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUIRES ITS GUIDANCE COUNSELOR EMPLOYEES TO PLAN, IMPLEMENT, AND EVALUATE A COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENTAL GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING PROGRAM AT THE ASSIGNED CAMPUS, COUNSEL STUDENTS TO FULLY DEVELOP EACH STUDENT'S ACADEMIC CAREER, PERSONAL AND SOCIAL ABILITIES, AND ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF SPECIAL POPULATION STUDENTS.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CARROLL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HEREBY PERMIT A DISTRICT CAMPUS TO EMPLOY OR ACCEPT A CHAPLAIN PURSUANT TO THE SAME JOB REQUIREMENTS.

QUALIFICATIONS AS FOUND IN TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TITLE 19, CHAPTER 239 AND EXPECTATIONS AS A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR IN THIS RESOLUTION AND SENATE BILL 763, AS CODIFIED IN TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 23.001A.

DOCTOR SMALSKAS. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BRYAN.

SO AS YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT BEGINNING IN THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR, SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER MAY EMPLOY OR ACCEPT AS A VOLUNTEER, AS CHAPLAIN TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. AND THEN SENATE BILL 763, PASSED BY THE 88TH LEGISLATURE, REQUIRES A SCHOOL BOARD TO TAKE A RECORD VOTE AND WHETHER OR NOT TO ADOPT THAT POLICY, AND AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT TO ACCEPT AS VOLUNTEER CHAPLAIN.

IT IS THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU. ONE COMMENT BEFORE I OPEN IT UP, WHAT THIS RESOLUTION MEANS IS THAT THIS DISTRICT IS NOT HIRING CHAPLAINS TO BE JUST CHAPLAINS.

WE'RE NOT HIRING CHAPLAINS TO REPLACE COUNSELORS.

IF SOMEBODY IS A CHAPLAIN AND THEY HAVE THE SAME QUALIFICATIONS AND MEET THE STANDARDS OF CISD COUNSELORS, THEY ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO APPLY FOR AN EMPTY SEAT AND COMPETE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.

THAT'S ALL THIS RESOLUTION IS SAYING.

WE'RE DOING A PROCEDURAL VOTE BECAUSE OUR LEGISLATURE, FOR WHATEVER REASON MANDATED BY LAW THAT THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY SHOULD TAKE A VOTE, A PROCEDURAL VOTE, WHICH MAKES ZERO SENSE TO ME WHY ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE BODY WOULD LEGISLATE US.

AND, YOU KNOW, SO THEREFORE WE ARE FOLLOWING THE LAW AND WE HAVE WRITTEN A RESOLUTION AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO PUT TOGETHER POLICY IN THIS REGARD.

THIS RESOLUTION SAYS THAT IF YOU ARE A CHAPLAIN, NUMBER ONE, FINE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO ASK YOU.

NUMBER TWO, YOU HAVE TO QUALIFY UNDER OUR COUNSELOR GUIDELINES.

BOTTOM LINE. DONE. AND YOU HAVE TO COMPETE FOR ANY OPEN POSITION THAT EXISTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

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YES, SIR. THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES.

NOW, I THINK THIS RESOLUTION, AND YOU'LL SEE ME IN A MOMENT WITH A MOTION TO PASS.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE.

AND I THINK IT'S WELL WRITTEN.

I KNOW THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN THAT CAME TONIGHT BEFORE, AND I HOPE THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THE CLARITY.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU EXPLAINING THAT.

WE HAVE PEOPLE CURRENTLY WHO WORK FOR OUR DISTRICT WHO COME FROM ALL TYPES OF FAITH BACKGROUNDS, SOME OF WHICH HAVE HAD JOBS.

I'VE MET THEM. THEY'RE WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

THEY GOT QUALIFICATIONS TO BE A TEACHER IN OUR DISTRICT AND ARE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB.

THIS, TO ME, IS EXACTLY THE SAME.

IT DOESN'T SHOW ANY TYPE OF FAITH DISCRIMINATION FROM ANYBODY'S BACKGROUND.

IT SAYS IF WE HAVE A COUNSELOR OPENING, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS, TO BE THAT COUNSELOR.

AND IT DOESN'T GIVE ANY PREFERENCE TO ANY ONE RELIGION OVER THE OTHER, AND IT DOESN'T GIVE ANY DISCRIMINATION TOWARDS ANY.

SO I APPRECIATE THE CAREFUL WORDING OF THIS, AND I HOPE THERE'S EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS.

AND TO FURTHER THAT, YOU DON'T GET PREFERENCE FOR BEING A CHAPLAIN.

RIGHT. YEAH.

OKAY, I MAKE A MOTION AND THAT THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU. DOCTOR SMALSKAS. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO TRUSTEE YEAGER TO DISCUSS ALL THE GRACIOUS DONATIONS, LET ME JUST I'VE GOT SOME STATS, FROM OUR FIRST YEAR OF OUR NEW RADIO BROADCAST FROM CABC.

AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATION AT THIS POINT.

THIS YEAR WE HAD 18 SPONSORS SIGN UP FOR OUR RADIO BROADCAST.

THE NET REVENUE TO THE DISTRICT WAS $110,000.

THAT'S AN $85,000 INCREASE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS FROM OUR OLD BROADCAST.

OUR REGULAR SEASON VIEWERSHIP WAS AVERAGED ABOUT 4800 A GAME, WITH THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF THE REGULAR SEASON AT 10,000.

THE NUMBERS GREW THROUGHOUT THE PLAYOFFS, WITH THE DESOTO GAME OF A WHOPPING 16,000, AND I KNOW WE PROBABLY HAD ABOUT 8000 THERE IN PERSON.

UM, WE EXPECT THOSE NUMBERS TO CONTINUE TO GROW NEXT SEASON.

WE APPRECIATE CABC FOR TAKING THIS ON FOR THE DISTRICT.

EVERY DOLLAR THAT GOES TOWARDS THE RADIO BROADCAST FROM OUR SPONSORS AND IS RAISED BY THIS ENTITY COMES BACK STRAIGHT BACK TO THE DISTRICT IN THE FORM OF CABC DONATIONS, WHICH YOU WILL HEAR A COUPLE TONIGHT.

SO, UM, A VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL FIRST YEAR.

WE EXPECT IT TO START EXPONENTIALLY GROWING IN THE YEARS TO COME.

UM, AND WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL AND MADE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY AS A RESULT.

I HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT.

AND THAT IS THAT MANY OF US, WHEN WE RAN FOR SCHOOL BOARD IS WE SAID WE NEED TO HAVE CREATIVE IDEAS TO FIND NEW SOURCES OF REVENUE.

SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN POSED AND APPROVED IN EARLIER MEETINGS, THIS IS ONE OF THEM, AND THAT IS THAT WE KNEW THAT THE DRAGON BRAND, A SPORTS BRAND, IS REMARKABLE.

WE SAW THE STATE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONS AND THE RUNNER UP.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT A REVENUE SPORT, PER SE, THAT WE CAN CAPITALIZE AND MONETIZE, BUT OUR FOOTBALL COVERAGE IS.

AND I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR CHOOSING A NEW ORGANIZATION TO REPRESENT OUR MEDIA NEEDS.

AND AGAIN, THAT IS A NET $85,000.

AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN, MR. JOHNSON, TELL ME. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE.

THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE.

WE NEED DOLLARS THAT ARE NOT SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE TO DO ALL THE GOOD THINGS, LIKE GIVING OUR TEACHERS RAISES AND WHATNOT.

SO THANK YOU TO THIS BOARD FOR THAT DECISION.

AND I THINK THAT'S ALREADY REAP BENEFITS.

AND IT'S JUST GOING TO GET TO BE A BETTER SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR US.

THAT SAID, I'M HAPPY AS PRESIDENT BRYAN SAID, WE HAVE MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO WONDERFUL WORK.

TONIGHT, WE'RE STARTING WITH A DONATION FROM OUR SOUTHLAKE ASSOCIATION FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THOSE VOLUNTEERS.

THE DONATION OF $16,280.95 IS GLADLY ACCEPTED FROM OUR EUBANKS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PTO.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE VOLUNTEERS THAT MAKE THAT A GREAT PTO.

THEIR DONATION OF $24,036 IS GLADLY ACCEPTED.

TO OUR CARROLL ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB.

[02:15:02]

AND LASTLY, PRESIDENT BRYAN AND TRUSTEES, A DONATION FROM THE TOUCHDOWN CLUB $13,180.

THIS IS IN-KIND FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR CARROLL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND DAWSON MIDDLE SCHOOL WEIGHT ROOMS. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR GENEROUS DONATIONS AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEHIND THOSE DONATION ORGANIZATIONS WHO VOLUNTEER, WHO MAKE THIS A GREAT DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE YEAGER.

[12. CONSENT AGENDA]

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.

OKAY. WE WILL NOT SEE YOU FOR ANOTHER MONTH.

SO I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

IF NO OBJECTION, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:15 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.