Dec 16, 2024 School Board

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON.

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM]

OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[2. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 1 of 2)]

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER AT 6 P.M..

[3. OPENING PRAYER AND PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE/MOMENT OF SILENCE]

WILL YOU ALL PLEASE RISE? DEAR LORD, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY.

WE ASK FOR YOUR PRESENCE AND GUIDANCE AS WE COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THE MATTERS IMPACTING OUR DISTRICT.

LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE DEDICATED TEACHERS, STAFF AND SUBSTITUTES WE ARE RECOGNIZING TONIGHT.

THEIR COMMITMENT AND PASSION MAKE A LASTING IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS, AND WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS AND STRENGTHEN THEM IN THEIR WORK. AS WE ADDRESS BOTH INFORMATIONAL AND ACTION ORIENTED TOPICS WE PRAY FOR WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT.

HELP US TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT REFLECT FAIRNESS, COMPASSION, AND THE BEST INTEREST OF THOSE WE SERVE.

GUIDE OUR WORDS AND ACTIONS SO THAT THEY REFLECT RESPECT AND COLLABORATION.

AND MAY OUR DISCUSSIONS LEAD TO POSITIVE OUTCOMES THAT BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD AND SERVE, AND WE ASK FOR YOUR CONTINUED BLESSING OVER OUR WORK.

IT'S IN JESUS CHRIST'S NAME THAT WE PRAY.

AMEN. MISS WHEELER.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR GLENN, PRESIDENT BRYAN AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

I'M WHITNEY WHEELER, AND I'M THE PROUD PRINCIPAL OF DURHAM INTERMEDIATE.

AT DURHAM WE STRIVE FOR OUR SCHOLARS OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW AS LEARNERS, SPEAKERS, AND LEADERS.

SO WITH OUR CAMPUS PLAN IN MIND, I'M TRULY HONORED TO HAVE A FEW OF OUR SIXTH GRADE DRAGONS JOINING ME TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE DURHAM AND TO LEAD US THROUGH THE PLEDGES IN MOMENT OF SILENCE.

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

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

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

[4. RECOGNITIONS]

WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE DURHAM, AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT DOING THAT IN THE DECEMBER FASHION.

AND SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO LET SOME OF OUR STUDENTS CELEBRATE A SAVVY SANTA.

OH MY GOODNESS, HAVE YOU SEEN SANTA? HIS LOOK IS A BIT OUTDATED, SO THE STUDENTS IN MISS MOORING'S GT LANGUAGE ARTS CLASSES DECIDED TO GIVE SANTA A SWAG NEW LOOK.

AVIKA TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT THIS ENGAGING AND INNOVATIVE PROJECT.

I SURE CAN.

SO IT ALL STARTED WITH A BRAINSTORMING SESSION ON HOW SANTA COULD IMPROVE HIS LOOK.

AFTER THE BRAINSTORM WAS DEVELOPED, STUDENTS WERE DIVIDED INTO GROUPS OF 5 OR 6.

STUDENTS THEN VOTED ON THE BEST IDEAS THAT WE KNEW WE COULD MARKET FOR A VOTE.

IN THIS PROJECT, WE HAD TO DESIGN A SIX FOOT TALL PERSUASIVE ADVERTISEMENT POSTER OF THE NEW LOOK FOR SANTA, GIVE SANTA AN ALLITERATIVE NAME SUCH AS HAPPY HAWAIIAN SANTA OR COWBOY CLAUS, AND ADD A FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE SLOGAN SUCH AS HAPPY HAWAIIAN SANTA WILL MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S A HAWAIIAN BEACH RIGHT IN YOUR HOME. AND CHRISTMAS COWBOY CLAUS CAN DELIVER PRESENTS FASTER THAN A SPEEDING RACEHORSE.

EVERYTHING ON THE POSTER HAD TO REPRESENT THE THEME OF THE SANTA.

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WE HAD TO WRITE A PARODY TO A POPULAR SONG BY MATCHING THE SYLLABLE COUNT AND RHYME SCHEME OF THE ORIGINAL SONG, IT HAD TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO VERSES AND ONE CHORUS THAT WOULD BE REPEATED 2 TO 3 TIMES.

WE HAD TO CREATE DANCE MOVES TO THE PARODY AND PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE.

THEN THERE WAS A SCHOOL WIDE VOTE TO DECIDE WHICH NEW LOOK WAS CHOSEN FOR SANTA.

AND TONIGHT WE ARE HERE TO PERFORM THE TOP TWO MOST VOTED NEW LOOKS FOR SANTA.

THE STUDENTS IN THE FIRST GROUP ARE ANIKA CHELLURI, ARLIE GRAUL, NIKKI KANCHERLA, DAVID OLA AND LUKE SIMONAK ASKED TO PERFORM THEIR PARODY CHRISTMAS COWBOYS CLAUS SUNG TO THE TUNE OF OLD TOWN ROAD.

YEAH. I'M GONNA TAKE MY REINDEER TO THE NORTH POLE TIL I CAN'T NO MORE.

I'M GONNA TAKE MY RIDER TO THE NORTH POLE.

AND LIVE THERE UNTIL I CAN'T.

GOING ALL THE WAY.

LIVING ALL DAY.

CAN'T NOBODY TELL ME I'M NAUGHTY.

CAN'T TELL ME I'M NAUGHTY.

CAN'T TELL ME I'M NAUGHTY.

CAN'T TELL ME I'M NAUGHTY.

RIDE INTO THE SUNRISE [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE I'M DELIVERING ALL THE PRESENTS.

LOVE IS A MOVIE. [INAUDIBLE] CAN'T TELL ME I'M NAUGHTY.

YEAH. I'M GOING TO TAKE MY REINDEER TO THE NORTH POLE [INAUDIBLE] NO MORE CHRISTMAS CLAUS IS THE BEST I CAN DELIVER YOUR PRESENTS FASTER THAN A SPEEDING RACEHORSE.

[APPLAUSE] THE SECOND GROUP HERE TO PERFORM HAPPY HAWAIIAN SANTA SUNG TO THE TUNE OF JINGLE BELL ROCK.

WILLIAM CHIEN, CLARA DOYLE, CHAD GARREN, AND SHIVANI NARAYAN.

SURFING IN TOWN.

IT'S CHRISTMAS TODAY.

IT'S TIME TO PLAY.

IT'S CATCHING SOME WAVES AND WE'RE HAVING SOME FUN.

CHRISTMAS DAY HAS JUST BEGUN.

IT'S TIME TO TAKE THE DAY AWAY.

LISTEN TO YOUR GRANDPA, [INAUDIBLE].

HAPPY DAY, HAPPY DAY.

SURFING IN TOWN.

IT'S CHRISTMAS TODAY.

IT'S TIME TO PLAY.

CATCH A WAVE AND HAVE SOME FUN CHRISTMAS DAY HAS JUST SPEAK TO MARY FOR A SPECIAL TREAT. SWIMMING AROUND THE DOCK WITH THOSE LITTLE FLIPPER FEET.

HAPPY MORNINGS IN THE ROCK.

WHOO! HAPPY DAY, HAPPY DAY.

SURFING IN TOWN.

IT'S CHRISTMAS TODAY.

IT'S TIME TO PLAY.

CATCHING SOME WAVES AND HAVING SOME FUN.

CHRISTMAS DAY HAS JUST BEGUN.

HAPPY HAWIIAN SANTA WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE A HAWAIIAN BEACH RIGHT IN YOUR HOME.

[APPLAUSE] BEFORE WE LEAVE, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD JUST SPREAD A LITTLE MORE CHRISTMAS CHEER BY SHARING ALL ABOUT THE GREATNESS OF DURHAM.

TWAS THE WEEKS BEFORE DISMAS PARODY TO TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS BY SHARON MOORING FIFTH GRADE GT LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER SLIDE SHOW BY MEGAN BRADLE FIFTH GRADE COMPACTED AND ACCELERATED MATH TEACHER.

TWAS DRAGONS AT DIS WHEN ALL THROUGH THE SCHOOL TEACHERS PREPARING THEIR LESSONS OF FUEL.

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AS STUDENTS ARRIVED THE NEXT MORNING SO TIRED, THE SKILLS THAT WERE TAUGHT CERTAINLY INSPIRED WITH CREATIVE PROJECTS OR A COLLABORATIVE LAB, EQUATIONS, ART DECO AND MUSIC SO FAB.

WHEN OUT IN THE HALLS THERE WERE DRAGONS ON FIRE, FRIENDLY INTEGRITY, RESPECT, EFFORT TO ADMIRE.

AWAY TO THEIR CLASSROOMS, THE STUDENTS EAGER TO SEE THEIR TEACHERS, CONTENT AREA EXPERTS TO A T.

MEMORIES, INSPIRATIONS AND TRADITIONS ALL MADE EACH DAY WE'RE A FAMILY THERE'S NO WAY WE WOULD TRADE.

BUT WHAT TO OUR WONDERING EYES SHOULD APPEAR BUT TREASURES OF HAPPINESS TO ALWAYS HOLD DEAR.

WITH A BALANCE OF STRUCTURE AND TONS OF GOOD FUN, DURHAM INTERMEDIATE IS CLEARLY THE ONE.

MORE RAMPANT OUR SPIRITS ARE NONE TO COMPARE.

EACH PURPOSEFUL LESSON IS DEVISED WITH GREAT CARE.

FROM AWESOME FIELD TRIPS AND DONATIONS TO NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK WE ARE LEADERS OF DRAGONS WHO CERTAINLY OUTRANK.

OUR CAMPUS HAS STAFF WHO WENT TO SCHOOL HERE.

THERE'S NO WAY THEY WOULD WORK WITHOUT DIS PEERS.

NOW WHEELER NOW BRADLE AND MORE THAN WE KNOW HAVE COME THROUGH DIS OUR EXTRAVAGANT SHOW, AWESOME ATHLETES AND OLYMPIANS TOO, ARE ALL A PART OF DURHAM'S ALUMNI SLEW. AND THEN, IN A TWINKLING, I HEARD AND I SAW STUDENTS FROM DIS OUTSTOOD THEM ALL.

THEY FLOURISHED IN SCHOOL AND SOARED TO THE TOP WITH THEIR ENDLESS SUCCESSES.

NO ONE CAN STOP.

DON AND MARTHA DURHAM ARE CERTAINLY SMILING, PROUD DURHAM STUDENTS STAND OUT IN A CROWD.

THEY HELP ACCEPT AND MOTIVATE OTHERS, TREATING EVERYONE LIKE SISTERS AND BROTHERS.

OUR EYES HOW THEY TWINKLE.

OUR DIMPLES HOW MERRY WE ARE DIS PROUD OUR VOICES WILL CARRY.

TO SHOW EVERYONE WE STRIVE FOR OUR BEST AUTOGRAPHING OUR WORK WITH EXCELLENCE NOT ONLY ON TESTS.

LOVING THE CHALLENGES AND STRETCHING THEIR MINDS THE RIGOR OF LEARNING GOES ABOVE DAILY GRINDS, MAXIMIZING TIME AND SHOWING REAL GROWTH.

POSITIVE BEHAVIOR IS ALWAYS OUR OATH.

INNOVATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING IS HOW WE ALL THRIVE.

DISPLAYING CARROLL'S EXCELLENCE FOREVER WE STRIVE.

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IS A GOAL IN OUR HEARTS AND PRINTING FOOTPRINTS, LEAVING LONG LASTING MARKS.

WE SPEAK LOUD AND CLEAR TO ADMONISH OUR WORK.

THE QUENCHING OF LEARNING THIRST IS OUR GREATEST PERK.

YOU BELONG HERE.

WE WELCOME ONE AND ALL WORKING TOGETHER AS DURHAM STANDS TALL.

SO IF YOU ARE WONDERING, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW WE ARE DURHAM INTERMEDIATE PROUD OF OUR GLOW.

BOARD MEMBERS EXCLAIM WOW! THEY'RE A SITE.

NOW DURHAM HAS BROUGHT IT THEIR FABULOUS LIGHT.

WE SPRANG TO OUR FEET TO OUR TEAM GAVE A WHISTLE.

OUR DIS TEACHERS AND STUDENTS SO SKILLFUL.

BUT WE HEARD OTHERS EXCLAIM AS WE DROVE OUT OF SIGHT.

MARY DISMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT.

MARY DISMAS Y'ALL.

[APPLAUSE]. YOU'RE GOING TO GET A PICTURE.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT, MISS WHEELER, WE WANT TO GET A PICTURE WITH EVERYBODY.

MAYBE WE'RE IN THE BACK.

OKAY. WE'RE IN THE BACK.

WE'LL BE IN THE FRONT. JEFF, SHOULD WE COME UP? YEAH, YEAH.

ALL. RIGHT.

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ALL RIGHT. EACH CAMPUS SEEMS TO ONE UP EACH OTHER EVERY MONTH.

THAT WAS PRETTY AWESOME LIVE ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE BOARD WAS PRETTY COOL.

UKULELE WAS PRETTY.

THAT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. THAT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

YEAH. OKAY.

NEXT AGENDA ITEM WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR MONTHLY INSPIRE EXCELLENCE TEACHER STAFF AND SUBSTITUTES OF THE MONTH.

I THINK MISS SHUTLER, ARE YOU UP FIRST? OKAY. COME ON UP.

GOOD EVENING.

I DON'T FEEL LIKE I CAN GO AFTER THAT.

THAT WAS SO GREAT DIS AMAZING.

GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR GLENN, PRESIDENT BRYANT AND TRUSTEES.

I AM SUPER EXCITED TO BE UP HERE TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF MY TEACHERS AND MY EIS TEACHER, MISS DEBBIE COPELAND.

COME ON UP. MISS DEBBIE COPELAND HAS BEEN SELECTED AS ONE OF THE CISD INSPIRE EXCELLENT TEACHERS OF THE MONTH, AND I COULDN'T BE MORE THRILLED.

DEBBIE WAS NOMINATED BY A PARENT WHO HAS EXPRESSED IMMENSE GRATITUDE FOR HER IMPACT ON THEIR CHILD'S LOVE FOR MATH.

THIS PARENT SHARED, SHE MAKES MATH FUN FOR THE FIRST TIME MY DAUGHTER LOVES MATH CLASS AND IS THRIVING IN IT.

JUST LIKE SO MANY OF HER PEERS, SHE IS CREATIVE, ENERGETIC, CARING, AND ORGANIZED, CONSTANTLY FINDING WAYS TO KEEP STUDENTS ENGAGED FROM SINGING DAILY SONGS.

DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD? NO, I'M JUST KIDDING [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] TO HOSTING SPECIAL THEMED DAY.

SO SHE HAS TALK LIKE A PIRATE.

SHE HAS OH, WHAT IS YOUR/ SO SHE DRESSES UP AS A PHARAOH.

ALL KINDS OF FUN THINGS.

AND THEN SHE DOES. SHE JUST GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND, MAKING LEARNING EXCITING HER TRADITION OF WEARING CRAZY SOCKS.

SO, LITERALLY, THIS LADY HAS, LIKE, A THOUSAND SOCKS.

AND EVERY DAY SHE HAS NEW SOCKS.

AND SHE RELATES THEM SOMEHOW TO MATH AND SOMEHOW TO SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE DOING.

DO YOU HAVE CRAZY SOCKS ON TODAY? SHE SURE DOES.

THERE WE GO.

SO ALWAYS HAS SOMETHING.

AND SHE IT'S JUST A PERSONAL TOUCH THAT HELPS STUDENTS FEEL CONNECTED AND ENGAGED.

I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR HER PASSION.

IT TRULY MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THE KIDS PARTICIPATION AND SUCCESS.

MOREOVER, I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST TO HER DEDICATION AND DEBBIE'S COMMITMENT TO HER STUDENTS IN EVIDENCE, EVEN JUST HER GOAL THIS YEAR WAS THAT SHE WAS GOING TO NOT STAY PAST 5 P.M..

SO THAT JUST TELLS YOU THAT TRULY SHE IS THERE BEFORE OTHER TEACHERS GET THERE.

SHE IS THERE UNTIL LATE AT NIGHT.

AND SO THAT WAS HER GOAL THIS YEAR, WAS SHE WAS GOING TO NOT STAY UNTIL AFTER FIVE.

AND I'VE SEEN HER SOMETIMES. AND I SAID, DEBBIE, IT'S FIVE, YOU GOT TO GO, IT'S TIME TO GO.

AND WHICH JUST REFLECTS THE HARD WORK SHE PUTS IN DAILY.

SHE ARRIVES EARLY AND STAYS LATE.

SHE CUSTOMIZED HER TUTORIALS FOR HER STUDENTS.

WE HAVE TUTORIALS IN THE MORNING FROM 8 TO 8:20.

NOT DEBBIE IF THEY NEED TO STAY AFTER SCHOOL UNTIL 4:45 5:00.

SHE'S GOING TO BE THERE.

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BUT ON TOP OF THAT, THIS IS HER LAST YEAR.

SHE IS RETIRING.

AND SO IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO HONOR HER AND HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO EUBANKS.

SO THANK YOU, DEBBIE, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND CONTINUE TO DO FOR EVERY STUDENT AT EUBANKS.

YOUR PASSION AND COMMITMENT ARE TRULY, GENUINELY INSPIRING AND I'M SO PROUD THAT YOU ARE THE INSPIRE EXCELLENCE TEACHER OF THE MONTH.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS MISS COPELAND.

IF YOU'LL STICK AROUND, WE'LL GET A PICTURE AFTER WE RECOGNIZE THE OTHERS.

THANK YOU, MISS SCHUTTLER.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, MISS BENHOFF.

YES, I TOOK THE LONG WAY AROUND.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO WORRIES.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR GLENN AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

IT IS AN ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE TO HONOR CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL'S LATIN EDUCATOR, MS. TESS FLYNN, AS DECEMBER'S INSPIRE EXCELLENCE AWARD RECIPIENT.

SO, TESS, COME ON UP HERE.

YES, [APPLAUSE] YES, EXACTLY, EXACTLY.

THIS IS MISS FLYNN'S SECOND YEAR AT CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE ARE BEYOND GRATEFUL THAT SHE'S A PART OF OUR CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL FAMILY.

NOT ONLY IS SHE A JOY TO BE AROUND, BUT SHE MAKES LEARNING IN HER CLASSROOM FUN AND ENGAGING, WHICH CAN BE A LITTLE TRICKY IN LATIN.

BUT ONE OF MISS FLYNN'S STUDENTS PARENTS WROTE THAT MISS FLYNN EXEMPLIFIES THE HEART OF A TRUE TEACHER PAYING ATTENTION TO THE SMALLEST DETAILS AND EMBRACING EVERY STUDENT.

I AM CONTINUALLY IMPRESSED BY HER DEDICATION AND GENUINE EFFORT AND INTERESTS THAT SHE HAS IN HER STUDENTS SUCCESS AND WELL-BEING.

ANOTHER ONE OF HER PARENTS WROTE IN LATIN CLUB BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES SHE TEACH, BUT ALSO MISS FLYNN HELPS WITH LATIN CLUB.

TESS CREATES MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO CONNECT AND BUILD FRIENDSHIPS, FOSTERING A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

FOR INSTANCE, SHE RECENTLY VOLUNTEERED HER PERSONAL TIME TO ACCOMPANY STUDENTS TO WATCH THE MUSIC HADESTOWN AT CARROLL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL'S AUDITORIUM. HER ACTIONS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATE HER COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING INCLUSION AND BELONGING.

SO, TESS, THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL.

I PERSONALLY AM FOREVER GRATEFUL.

SO THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, MISS BENHOFF.

THANK YOU, MISS FLYNN.

IF YOU'LL STICK AROUND FOR PICTURES AS WELL.

OKAY. UP NEXT IS OUR INSPIRE EXCELLENCE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

WHO DO WE HAVE PRESENTING? MR. BENNETT? YES.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS JIM BENNETT. I'M THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, AND I AM HONORED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE TO YOU MISS PATRICIA SMITH.

WE CALL HER TRICIA.

SHE'S BEEN DRIVING FOR SEVEN YEARS, SIX OF THAT FOR CARROLL ISD.

HER COLLEAGUES DESCRIBE HER AS SUPER HELPFUL, ALWAYS WILLING TO GO THE EXTRA MILE.

PUN INTENDED.

THEY SAY SHE.

[LAUGHTER] THEY SAY SHE APPROACHES HER ROLE IN THE DISTRICT WITH DEDICATION, SERIOUSNESS, AND SHE TREATS EVERY WRITER ON HER BUS WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT AND COMPASSION.

I CAN PERSONALLY ADD THAT SHE'S ALWAYS SEEKING OUT OPPORTUNITIES TO BE OF ASSISTANCE.

SHE'S ONE OF OUR COVER DRIVERS, WHICH MEANS WE MIGHT CALL UPON HER TO DRIVE ANY OF OUR ROUTES WITH JUST A FEW MINUTES OF PREP.

SHE IS ALWAYS READY, WILLING, AND ABLE.

WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER ON OUR TEAM, AND WHEN THEY TOLD ME THAT TRICIA HAD BEEN NOMINATED AND WOULD BE RECEIVING THE INSPIRE EXCELLENCE AWARD, I WAS HONORED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE HER TO ALL OF YOU AND TO OUR COMMUNITY.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

OKAY. UP NEXT, WE HAVE OUR SUPER SUBSTITUTE OF THE MONTH, AND I THINK MISS WHEELER.

IS IT MISS WHEELER.

MISS RAY. OKAY.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. WE ARE THRILLED TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON SOMEONE WHO PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE SUCCESS AT DURHAM INTERMEDIATE.

MISS PAMELA FAIRBROTHER.

HER DEDICATION AS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER GOES FAR BEYOND SIMPLY STEPPING INTO THE CLASSROOM.

SHE EMBODIES THE QUALITIES OF A TRUE EDUCATOR WHO FOSTERS LEARNING, GROWTH AND STABILITY FOR OUR STUDENTS.

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A GREAT SUBSTITUTE IS MORE THAN JUST A TEMPORARY PRESENCE.

THEY ARE A CORNERSTONE OF CONSISTENCY, ADAPTABILITY AND INSPIRATION.

MISS FAIRBROTHER HAS DEMONSTRATED ALL OF THESE QUALITIES AND MORE WHETHER IT'S QUICKLY MASTERING LESSON PLANS, CONNECTING WITH STUDENTS IN A MEANINGFUL WAY, OR CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE LEARNING CONTINUES UNINTERRUPTED.

HER CONTRIBUTIONS ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT FEELS SUPPORTED AND EMPOWERED, NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

HER ABILITY TO SEAMLESSLY ADAPT TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF EVERY CLASS WHILE MAINTAINING A POSITIVE, ENCOURAGING ATMOSPHERE, REFLECTS HER DEEP COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION. YOU NOT ONLY KEEP THINGS RUNNING SMOOTHLY, BUT YOU ALSO BRING YOUR OWN WARMTH, CREATIVITY AND PROFESSIONALISM THAT LEAVE A LASTING IMPACT ON STUDENTS AND STAFF ALIKE. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR HER TIRELESS EFFORTS, HER POSITIVE ATTITUDE, AND THE MANY WAYS THAT SHE ENRICHES OUR DURHAM COMMUNITY.

SHE'S ALWAYS THERE WHEN WE CALL HER.

JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY.

THANK YOU, MISS FAIRBROTHER, FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS, AND FOR BEING A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT MAKES A SUBSTITUTE TRULY EXTRAORDINARY. SO CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE] OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE AWESOME.

OH MY GOSH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR.

[APPLAUSE] MIC].

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS A REALLY SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR OUR ALL STATE JAZZ ENSEMBLE.

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WILL YOU PLEASE COME UP? AND WHILE HE'S COMING UP, WE SAW A REALLY AWESOME MEDIA PIECE.

WAS IT WFAA, CBS? CBS, YOU DID A GREAT JOB, MR. LOWN. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT AND WHAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I WAS GOING TO PUT THIS LAST, BUT I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT JEFF BRADY FOR DOING BEYOND HIS JOB IN PUSHING FOR GETTING SOME GOOD NEWS OUT ABOUT US. AND WE WERE REALLY PLEASED WITH THAT WAS A GREAT PIECE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MAN. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. YEAH. AND THANKS, JEFF.

DOCTOR GLENN, BOARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING THESE KIDS TONIGHT.

I WANT TO JUST KIND OF ARTICULATE THE CRAZY PERCENTILE THAT THESE YOUNG MEN ARE IN.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS OR NOT, BUT AT TMEA, EVERY SINGLE YEAR, OVER 2000 KIDS COME IN WHO ARE A PART OF AN ALL-STATE STATE ORGANIZATION.

AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT ALL THESE DIFFERENT BANDS, YOU GOT CHOIRS, YOU GOT ORCHESTRAS, AND IT REALLY ADDS UP ACROSS MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LEVELS.

WITH JAZZ, HOWEVER, THERE ARE ONLY TWO JAZZ ENSEMBLES.

PERIOD. ONLY TWO.

EACH ONE ONLY HAS 20 STUDENTS IN IT.

AND SO YOU CAN DO THE MATH.

THAT'S 40 KIDS. AND THESE ARE FOUR PEOPLE.

SO STANDING RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW ARE 10% OF ALL STATE JAZZ STUDENTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE PRETTY DARN PROUD OF THEM.

YEAH AND SO I'D LIKE TO JUST TELL YOU WHO THEY ARE.

THIS IS MATTEO LONGARINI RIGHT HERE, AND HE'S OUR PIANIST.

AND THIS IS MICHAEL FRADKIN, JUNIOR TENOR SAXOPHONIST, FIRST CHAIR IN THE ENTIRE STATE.

JUNIOR. THIS IS OUR BABY.

HIS NAME IS WESTON CLARK.

HE'S A SOPHOMORE DRUMMER.

AND FINALLY, THIS IS NEKEL KAMALIA, WHO PLAYS THE GUITAR.

SO. AND THESE ARE JUST FOUR STUDENTS OF WHO ARE PART OF A THREE BAND ORGANIZATION THAT WE HAVE AT CARROLL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

THREE JAZZ CLASSES THAT ARE GOING STRONG.

SO JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU ALL A LOT FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND AGAIN, FOR RECOGNIZING THEM.

THAT'S INCREDIBLE. YEAH.

CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] MIC] CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

YEAH, IT'S SUPER NEAT RECOGNITION.

WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE OF MR. LOWN AND THE KIDS FOR THE AMAZING TALENT WE HAVE IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON.

OUR LAST RECOGNITION OF THE EVENING IS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT, BUT WE'VE BEEN RECOGNIZING A NONPROFIT THAT WORKED SO HARD TO FUNDRAISE FOR OUR DISTRICT TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF OUR BUDGET CHALLENGES. THIS MONTH, WE'D WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE CARROLL BUSINESS ACADEMY BOOSTER CLUB AND INVITE THEM UP.

AND THEIR BOARD PRESIDENT, MR. GUY MIDKIFF, TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CLUB AND WHAT THEY'RE ALL ABOUT.

MR. MIDKIFF.

THANK YOU, MR. BRYAN. APPRECIATE IT.

MY NAME IS GUY MIDKIFF, AND I AM THE FOUNDER OF CARROLL BUSINESS ACADEMY.

JUST A QUICK RUNDOWN ON WHERE THIS CAME FROM.

ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, MY DAUGHTER WAS IN CARROLL MEDICAL ACADEMY AND I TOLD HER AT THE TIME, I SAID, I THINK WE NEED A BUSINESS ACADEMY.

AND SHE GOES, DAD, THAT'LL NEVER FLY.

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YEAH, WE GOT IT. [LAUGHTER] SO, OKAY, THAT WAS FUNNY.

ROUGH NIGHT, SO ANYHOW, MY NAME IS GUY MIDKIFF AND I WANT TO DIFFERENTIATE CBA AND CBAB.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE BOARD YOU'LL SEE CARROLL BUSINESS ACADEMY.

BUT THERE'S ALSO CARROLL BUSINESS ACADEMY BOOSTERS.

IT STARTED OUT AS CARROLL BUSINESS ACADEMY.

AND I GRABBED THE DOMAIN NAME ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO.

AND I'VE BEEN SITTING ON IT.

AND THEN THIS, THIS WONDERFUL LOT GOT ELECTED TO A SCHOOL BOARD AND THEY SAID, DUST OFF YOUR PLAN, BRING IT.

AND LUCKILY I MET DANNY BATSALKIN, WHO'S BEEN MY WINGMAN.

IF I COULD USE MILITARY AVIATION PHRASES, I'D APPRECIATE THAT, GUYS.

SO WITHOUT DANNY, I'D BE LOST ALSO.

BILL TATE IS ON THE BOARD.

HE COULDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT ALONG WITH BETHANY SHIREY.

BUT WE DO HAVE THE WORLD FAMOUS COLLEEN NEELY, WHO I HAVE NICKNAMED MAVERICK, LIKE IN TOP GUN BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T KNOW THE WORD NO.

AND SHE'S A FIGHTER AND SHE'S IN FUEGO, AND SHE'S JUST BEEN A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO OUR TEAM.

AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU QUITE A BIT.

A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WILL ASK ME, WHAT IS THE SECRET SAUCE OF SOUTHLAKE TEXAS.

I'VE LITERALLY AND I BET ALL OF YOU HAVE HEARD THAT BEFORE AND I ALWAYS ANSWER THEM.

I GO, LOOK, IT'S NOT A SECRET SAUCE.

IT'S YOU GUYS, IT'S YOUR PARENTS.

IT'S PEOPLE THAT ARE DEDICATED THAT WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO STRIVE AND SUCCEED.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE SECRET SAUCE.

IT'S ENGAGED PARENTS THAT CARE, AND THEY COME UP HERE AND THEY SUPPORT THEIR SCHOOL AND THEIR STATE AND THEIR CHILDREN.

AND IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL THING.

AND I'M VERY FORTUNATE TO BE A PART OF IT.

LEADERSHIP BEGINS AT THE TOP.

I LEARNED THIS IN THE MARINE CORPS A LONG TIME AGO.

AND YOU FIND LEADERS AT THE FRONT QUITE FREQUENTLY.

I FOUND THE LEADER AT THE FRONT ON SUNDAY, AND THAT'D BE DOCTOR JEREMY GLENN.

HE WAS OUT THERE ALONG WITH NANCY HOLLIS ON A WONDERFUL FUNDRAISER.

THEY HAD AN INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL DAY.

AND THAT'S WHEN I SAID, THIS GUY IS A WINNER.

I'M SO GLAD TO HAVE HIM ON THE TEAM.

SPEAKING OF THE TEAM, CAM BRYAN, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND THE FACT THAT YOU AND YOUR WELL, NOT YOUR THE ELECTED TRUSTEES HAVE GOT IT.

THEY SEE THE VISION AND WITHOUT YOU GUYS, THIS AIRPLANE SIMPLY WOULD HAVE NEVER TAKEN OFF AT ALL.

DOCTOR GLENN, HERE'S A THUMBS UP TO YOU.

THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN INSIDE BASEBALL.

YOU KNOW WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT, SIR? I DO. IF WE COULD, LET'S START WITH THE PRESENTATION.

I DON'T KNOW WHO'S SCROLLING THIS THING.

DO I HAVE SCROLL ABILITY? OH, I DON'T KNOW.

THERE WE GO. LOOK AT THAT. SO I'LL JUST KIND OF READ THIS STUFF IN ORDER TO FACILITATE CARROLL BUSINESS ACADEMY, IT'S A FLAGSHIP, INNOVATIVE IMMERSIVE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM THAT'S OFFERED TO STUDENTS. CARROLL ISD, WHO ARE INSPIRED TO BECOME FUTURE LEADERS AND INTERESTED IN PURSUING CAREERS IN BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

CBA BOOSTERS STRIVES TO RAISE AND PROVIDE FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR CBA TO FUND PROGRAMS, TEACHERS, EVENTS, AND TYPICALLY FUNDED THAT ARE SOMETIMES NOT FUNDED UNDER CISD.

LET'S SEE. NEXT ONE.

WRONG WAY. OKAY.

YEP. FOUNDER DANNY BATSALKIN IS MY WINGMAN.

VICE PRESIDENT BILL TATE.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS COLLEEN NEELY, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT BETHANY SHIREY.

SHE IS OUR CPA, CFO, AND TREASURER.

NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT FACULTY AND STAFF.

JEREMY JENNINGS, ABSOLUTE SUPERSTAR.

I COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN TO WHERE WE'VE GOTTEN SO FAR WITHOUT HIS INPUT INTO THIS PROGRAM.

CASEY COMBS, UNBELIEVABLE.

JASON JAYNES, JOSH RAULERSON, AND KIM GOODMAN WE'RE ETERNALLY INDEBTED TO YOUR INPUT.

LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE.

DANNY, IS THIS WHERE YOU TAKE OVER? I BELIEVE SO. YEAH. COME ON UP.

IT'S ALL YOURS. THANKS, GUY.

HEY, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE GUY WRAP THAT, BUT.

ALL RIGHT. YEAH. SO ANYWAY OKAY, SO FIRST, YOUR HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BOOSTER CLUB.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR HONORING US. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR WHAT'S TO COME.

BUT WE HAD A REALLY GREAT LAUNCH EVENT OVER AT FEED STORE, RAISED A LITTLE OVER $11,000 AND BROUGHT AWARENESS TO CARROLL BUSINESS ACADEMY.

SO THAT WAS GREAT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A WELCOME EVENT THAT JEREMY HELPED PUT ON.

WE HAD OVER 200 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.

WE HAD 1956 PIZZA THERE.

KIDS, STUDENTS, FAMILIES.

EVERYONE WAS SUPER EXCITED.

SO THAT WAS GREAT. AND THEN WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP AND THEN THIS YEAR WE WERE ECSTATIC.

WE HAD OVER 200 APPLICANTS TO THE PROGRAM.

OVER 100 OR 167 FOUNDING STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED.

SINCE THEN, WE'VE HAD OVER 33 GUEST SPEAKERS FROM VARIOUS BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE COME TO THE SCHOOL TO SPEAK TO STUDENTS.

WE HAVE 22 MENTORS, WHICH IS ONE FOR EVERY STUDENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP GROUP FROM VARIOUS INDUSTRIES THAT THE KIDS ARE LEARNING FROM.

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WE ALSO LAUNCHED A CHAPTER OF FBLA, WHICH IS STANDS FOR FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA, FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA.

THERE YOU GO. SO WE LAUNCHED A CHAPTER, AND THE THE OFFICERS OF THAT CLUB ARE CBA MEMBERS EXCLUSIVELY.

SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.

AND THEN SEVERAL CBA STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY LAUNCHED COMPANIES.

ONE WAS ACTUALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE SOUTHLAKE AND KELLER CITY COUNCIL FOR WHAT SHE'S DONE.

SO WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS HAPPEN ALREADY.

HERE ARE JUST SOME PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE EVENTS SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE THAT WAS THE WELCOME EVENT WITH 1956 PIZZA AND ALL THE KIDS FOUNDING STUDENTS.

THIS WAS THE THESE WERE THE TEAMS AT SMU.

MY SON WAS ON ONE OF THOSE TEAMS IN ONE OF THOSE PICTURES, SO THAT'S REALLY COOL.

BY THE WAY, FUNNY STORY ABOUT THAT IS MY SON IS A JUNIOR, AND WHEN HE GOT HIS CLASS SCHEDULE AND HE SAID, DAD, WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME? NOW I HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE 9TH AND 10TH GRADE SCHOOL AND HANG OUT WITH THE FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES BECAUSE I'M IN THIS PROGRAM.

SO I SAID, LISTEN, IF IT'S TOO MUCH TROUBLE, HE'S GOT BASKETBALL IN THE MORNING.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT. SO HE GOES FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND HE'S IN MR. COMBS ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLASS, AND HE COMES BACK AND HE'S LIKE, THAT'S MY FAVORITE CLASS.

I LOVE THIS PROGRAM I'M STAYING IN.

SO JUST A TESTAMENT TO HOW GREAT IT'S BEEN.

SO THEY WERE AT SMU.

THESE ARE PHOTOS WITH ALL THE MENTORS THAT HAVE COME IN TO TALK TO THE STUDENTS FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES.

AND THEN HERE IS FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA.

AND THEN HERE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT ARE COMING IN ON THE VARIOUS TOPICS.

SO THAT'S SUPER COOL.

AND THEN WITH THAT I WILL INTRODUCE OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, COLLEEN NEELY.

THANK YOU.

SCROLLING DOWN. THANK YOU.

IT'S REALLY AN HONOR TO BE HERE.

I'VE BEEN IN SOUTHLAKE FOR 23 YEARS AND IT'S JUST BEEN PHENOMENAL.

SO I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE.

THE CBA BOOSTERS HIGHLIGHTS.

WE DO HAVE A SPRING EVENT.

SO YOU'RE ALL INVITED.

IT'S APRIL 11TH ON A FRIDAY.

IT'S DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' 80S THEME, SO THAT'S ALWAYS A GUARANTEED GOOD NIGHT.

FUNDRAISING GOALS $250,000 TO BE USED FOR TO FUND A TEACHER FOR CBA.

SEND A CBA STAFF FOR ONGOING TRAINING SCHOLARSHIPS AND WE HAVE A LOT MORE PLANNED.

IT'S BEEN WE JUST LAUNCHED IN SEPTEMBER AND WE ARE ON FIRE, SO THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS TO COME.

UPCOMING CBA EVENTS ARE DRAGON TALKS IN THE FALL IN DRAGON TANK AS WELL.

AND THEN SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU ALL TO DO.

WE NEED EVERYBODY TO PULL OUT THEIR PHONES AND SCAN THE QR CODE.

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT.

WE NEED YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION SO WE CAN GET AHOLD OF YOU FOR ALL THESE FUN EVENTS.

AGAIN, THE 80S PARTY SCHOLARSHIPS, END OF THE YEAR GIVING AND ONE TIME MONTHLY OPTIONS.

ON THAT WHEN YOU DO SCAN THE QR CODE, THERE WILL BE A REGISTRATION.

AND BELOW THAT, IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING AN END OF THE YEAR GIFT OR DONATION, YOU CAN DO IT AT THAT TIME AS WELL.

SO WE ARE ON FIRE.

THE CARROLL BUSINESS ACADEMY TRAIN HAS LEFT THE BUILDING.

WE ARE GOING PLACES AND WE WANT YOU WITH US.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, MISS NEELY. AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL STICK AROUND FOR A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR SURE.

THANK YOU. IF I COULD RIGHT QUICK, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE WE HAD ABOVE AND BEYOND AWARDS THAT WE GAVE OUT TODAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE BEST TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

YOU SURE CAN. OKAY.

BUT CASEY COMBS WAS A RECIPIENT, ALONG WITH JEREMY JENNINGS.

SO THERE YOU GO, GUYS.

YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS? [APPLAUSE] AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO WITH THE MONEY THAT WE GET.

WE SPEND IT.

WE PLOW IT BACK INTO CARROLL BUSINESS ACADEMY AND THE TALENT THAT WE HAVE HERE.

SO COME ON UP GUYS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

EXCELLENT JOB. AND THANK YOU FOR DISTINGUISHING THE CARROLL BUSINESS ACADEMY, WHICH IS A CARROLL ISD CURRICULUM FROM THE CARROLL BUSINESS ACADEMY BOOSTERS, WHICH IS YOU GUYS.

AND WE NEED THAT SUPPORT TO KEEP THIS PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL.

JUST MAYBE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

ONE IS, CAN YOU TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW INVOLVED BUSINESSES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN, OR ARE YOU GUYS GENERATING SOME EXCITEMENT ABOUT THEM SUPPORTING US IN NOT ONLY MONETARILY BUT IN YOU KNOW, INTERNSHIPS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

HOW SUCCESSFUL HAVE YOU ALL BEEN IN GETTING THAT WORD OUT TO OUR BUSINESSES WITHIN SOUTHLAKE? WELL, I JUST GOT ON THE TRAIN HERE ABOUT ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO.

SO WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS BUSINESS OWNERS AND CORPORATIONS, BUT WE'RE NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE YET.

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WE NEED THE WORD OUT.

SO ANYBODY WITH A ONE DEGREE OF SEPARATION FROM SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS SOMEBODY AT A LARGE CORPORATION, WE NEED THAT NETWORKING.

THERE'S SO MUCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE KIDS TO GET INTERNSHIPS.

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SAY CERTAIN CORPORATE, BUT SEWELL.

SEWELL HAS AN AMAZING INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

MY SON IS AT A&M, AND THAT'S A GREAT FEEDER.

WHY DOESN'T THAT THAT START EARLIER ON HERE IN HIGH SCHOOL WITH A PORTION OF A SMALLER INTERNSHIP.

SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE GETTING INVOLVED.

ALSO MENTORING IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS OWNER, COME JOIN OUR PROGRAM AND COME LEAD THESE KIDS.

I MEAN IT COULD BE WE HAVE HOW MANY MENTORS AT THIS TIME, LIKE 55 I THINK WE HAVE 55.

BUT ANYWAY, SO MENTORS THERE'S 22.

SO WHO KNOWS.

IN THE FUTURE WE CAN HAVE ONE MENTOR PER FIVE GROUPS OF KIDS.

SO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO GET INVOLVED.

THEY JUST REALLY DON'T KNOW THAT WE EXIST AT THIS POINT.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO GET THE WORD OUT.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS GALA.

AND WE JUST NEED YOU ALL TO SUPPORT AND JUMP ON AS WELL.

SOUNDS GOOD. I WANT YOU ALL TO TALK ABOUT THE GALA FOR A SECOND, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, SOUTHLAKE HAS A VERY STRONG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THAT I'M SURE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GET INVOLVED AND SUPPORT CARROLL ISD AND ITS CARROLL BUSINESS ACADEMY.

AND I REALLY WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND ASK FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

TRUSTEE YEAGER IS THE BOARD TRUSTEE, THAT IS THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE DISTRICT ON THE CHAMBER.

AND I'M SURE TRUSTEE YEAGER, YOU WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROMOTE THIS GOING FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SO MANY CONTACTS AND THEY HAVE SUCH A TREMENDOUS EMAIL LIST, AND THEY DO SO MUCH TO RECOGNIZE BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT I KNOW THAT THEY WOULD BE SUPER HAPPY AND SUPER THRILLED TO PROMOTE CARROLL BUSINESS ACADEMY AS PART OF THE CARROLL ISD BECAUSE, AS WE ALL KNOW, BUSINESSES DON'T THRIVE IN DISTRICTS THAT ARE FAILING.

PEOPLE MOVE HERE BECAUSE OF OUR DISTRICTS AND OUR AWARD WINNING SCHOOLS, AND OUR BUSINESSES PROFIT FROM THAT.

AND THAT'S WHY WE SEE OUR BUSINESSES SO SUCCESSFUL HERE IN SOUTHLAKE.

SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ASK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND TO GET YOU GUYS EVEN MORE SUPPORT THAN YOU ARE GETTING NOW.

AND WE AS A BOARD SUPPORT YOU, AND WE'LL DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO ALSO GET THE WORD OUT.

AND JEREMY JENNINGS, MR. JENNINGS IS AWESOME AND IS A GREAT LEADER, AND WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT HE IS A PART OF THIS PROGRAM.

SO WITH THAT, CAN YOU GIVE US JUST KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU GOT A SETTING WHERE DO WE GO TO SIGN UP FOR THIS GALA AND THEN ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHERE DO WE GO TO DONATE TO THE CBA BOOSTERS, WHICH ALL THE MONEY THAT GOES TO THE CBA BOOSTERS COMES DIRECTLY BACK IN FORM OF DONATION TO CARROLL ISD TO SUPPORT THE CARROLL BUSINESS ACADEMY.

SO YOU TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND, PLEASE.

I'M GOING TO HAVE DANNY ANSWER THAT, BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU FOR US, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT AND INVESTMENT ON OUR OWN TO GET THE BACK END SYSTEMS CORRECT. IT IS NOT A SIMPLE THING FOR YOU TO CLICK ON THAT CODE RIGHT THERE AND HAVE THAT CONTRIBUTION, AND THAT'S A SPLIT CONTRIBUTION.

YOU CAN EITHER JUST BECOME A MEMBER AND SIGN UP, OR YOU CAN SEND US A MILLION BUCKS.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT, CAM.

YEAH. BUT SO ANYHOW, I'M GONNA LET DANNY.

YEP. YEAH.

WELL, SO ACTUALLY, COLLEEN CAN TALK ABOUT THE THE GALA AND WHAT WE HAVE GOING FOR THE 80S THEMED PARTY.

OH, OKAY. APPARENTLY, I HAVE THE MIC TONIGHT, SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON A LOT OF THE DETAILS FOR THAT.

OKAY, WE DO HAVE A DATE.

WE DO HAVE THE VIBE.

WE. I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH SOMEONE TODAY.

I'M TRYING TO HARD CLOSE HIM WITH GIVING US THE WHOLE VENUE FOR NOTHING, BUT WE'LL SEE HOW THAT WORKS.

SO WE THAT IS NEEDING TO BE ROLLED OUT IMMEDIATELY, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

BUT IF PEOPLE WANT TO GET INVOLVED, THERE'S THE QR CODE.

THAT'S WHERE YOU GO AND THERE IS A PLACE TO DONATE ON THAT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE LIKE I SAID, BUT THAT'S WHERE YOU START.

WE HAVE TO GET YOUR NAME AND YOUR EMAIL AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT 72 HOURS WE CAN GET SOMETHING OUT FOR THE GALA.

AWESOME, PERFECT. AND AS SOON AS YOU GET THOSE DETAILS, WILL YOU PLEASE FORWARD THOSE TO MR. BRADY. AND WE'LL GET THAT OUT ALSO TO OUR COMMUNITY AND PARENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND ONE LAST NOTE.

AND AGAIN, I'M NEVER AFRAID OF THE MICROPHONE SO YOU CAN CUT IT OFF IF NEEDED.

BUT FOR THOSE OF THOSE KIDS THAT DON'T THOSE PARENTS THAT DON'T HAVE KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL, YOU STILL GET INVOLVED THAT YOUR KIDS ARE COMING UP THE

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IT DOESN'T JUST HAVE TO START.

WELL, THE CARROLL BUSINESS ACADEMY IS FOR HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I HAVE IDEAS TO TRICKLE DOWN.

SO WE HAVE THE PIPELINE COMING UP.

SO THIS CAN OUR REACH CAN GO OUT VERY FAR.

WE NEED THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS.

THIS CAN GO VERY FAR ALMOST OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY AS WELL.

YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEES.

NO, JUST A QUICK COMMENT.

I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ONE OF THE MENTORS, AND I KNOW LOTS OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE APPLIED TO BE SPEAKERS AND MENTORS, AND THERE WAS SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPLIED THEY HAD TO BE SELECTIVE, BUT THAT SHOULDN'T DISCOURAGE ANYONE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'LL BE YEARS HERE WHERE YOU CAN GET INVOLVED AND IT'S REALLY COOL.

I HAVE TO SAY, THE FOUR MENTEES I HAVE ARE THEY'RE KIND OF INTIMIDATING.

THEY KNOW THEY ALREADY KNOW A LOT ABOUT BUSINESS, AND THEIR PROJECT IS REALLY SOPHISTICATED.

AND I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY COOL.

AND THANK YOU, TRUSTEE LANNEN FOR BEING A MENTOR AND SUPPORTING IT.

ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE.

WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU.

WHAT WAS THE TIME HACK ON THAT FIVE MINUTES.

[LAUGHTER] YEAH. YEAH.

THANKS AGAIN GUYS. THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL DONE.

[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

THERE ARE THREE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TONIGHT, SO WE'LL GIVE EACH SPEAKER THREE MINUTES.

MISS YELTON, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER? THE FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS MICHAEL ALFRED.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MIKE ALFRED, AND I'M HERE ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE ON MY NOMINATION TO THE TAB BOARD.

I'M ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS.

I'VE LIVED IN COLLIERVILLE NOW FOR ALMOST NINE YEARS.

TIME DOES FLY BY.

BUT NINE YEARS IN COLLEYVILLE.

AND I AM A SUPPORTER OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO CONVEY THAT TO YOU.

I'VE GOT A SON WHO IS IN THE GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I ACTUALLY RAN FOR SCHOOL BOARD LAST YEAR IN GCISD.

I'M ALSO A PRACTICING ATTORNEY OF OVER 24 YEARS, SPECIALIZING IN COMPLEX COMMERCIAL BUSINESS DISPUTES.

THAT INCLUDES OBVIOUSLY ANYTHING BUSINESS RELATED, BUT AS WELL AS REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE.

AND I THINK THAT MAKES ME VERY WELL POSITIONED FOR THIS ROLE ON THE TAD BOARD.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS TRUSTEE JORDAN, YOU ARE A LICENSED ATTORNEY, AND I'M SURE THAT IS AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE FOR THE ENTIRE BOARD TO DRAW UPON THAT EXPERIENCE AND THAT WISDOM IN THAT ROLE.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY SHARING THAT EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND WITH THE TAB BOARD.

MY BACKGROUND IN REAL ESTATE LAW, I BELIEVE, WILL BE AN ASSET FOR THE BOARD.

I HAVE HANDLED IN PRIVATE DISPUTES VALUATION ARGUMENTS AND VALUATION CASES INVOLVING APPRAISALS.

AND I BELIEVE THAT WILL PUT ME IN A POSITION TO ADVOCATE FOR APPRAISALS OUT OF THE DISTRICT THAT ARE FAIR, TRANSPARENT AND ACCURATE.

AND I THINK EVERY RESIDENT IN TARRANT COUNTY WANTS THAT.

I BELIEVE MY BACKGROUND IN BUSINESS AND INSURANCE CASES, INSURANCE IN PARTICULAR, PROBABLY IS ALSO VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES IN THOSE TYPES OF CASES, EVEN THOSE ON THE SAME SIDE OF A DISPUTE MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE ALIGNED 100% AS AN ADVOCATE FOR BOTH THE TAXPAYER AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS LIKE YOURS.

THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHERE MAYBE THE ISSUES ARE NOT ENTIRELY ALIGNED.

I THINK MY BACKGROUND ALLOWS ME TO BE ABLE TO VIEW A SITUATION LIKE THAT FROM ALL PERSPECTIVES, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE RESULT IS FAIR TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED.

I'VE ALSO REPRESENTED A LOT OF BOARDS IN MY CAREER.

I KNOW HOW TO STRUCTURE A BOARD MEETING AND TO MAKE SURE THAT BOARD MEETINGS WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, THE BUSINESS, IS BEING DONE WITH TRANSPARENCY AND WITHIN THE LAW.

SO I THINK WITH THOSE QUALIFICATIONS IN MIND, THAT WOULD BE A VERY VALUABLE ASSET.

SORRY TO REPEAT MYSELF, BUT A VERY VALUABLE ASSET TO THE TAD BOARD.

I'VE LIVED IN TARRANT COUNTY FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND I AM A FIFTH GENERATION TEXAN, AND I'M HERE ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. ALFRED.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS VINCE PUENTE.

I DON'T THINK VINCE IS HERE.

MONA IS HERE, THOUGH.

[LAUGHTER] THE FINAL SPEAKER FOR THE EVENING IS MONA PUENTE.

WE DIDN'T KNOW IF HE COULD BE TWO PLACES AT ONCE, SO EVIDENTLY IT DIDN'T WORK.

GOOD EVENING, CARROLL ISD TRUSTEES.

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I'M HERE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER ALLOTTING A PORTION OF YOUR 115 VOTES FOR TAD BOARD MEMBER POSITION TO GO TO VINCE PUENTE.

WE RESPECT YOUR SUPPORT OF MICHAEL ALFRED AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM AS THE VOTE STANDS NOW. CANDIDATES.

BLAYLOCK, CAMPOS, AND PENA AT LEAST AT THE TIME OF THIS PRINTING, WILL HAVE THREE OF THE FIVE SEATS.

CANDIDATE ALFRED SHOULD GLIDE IN.

SO THAT LEAVES ONE SPOT WITH TWO POSSIBLE CANDIDATES.

VINCE PUENTE OR MISS BURGESS.

UPON VINCE'S FIRST FEW MONTHS ON THE BOARD, HE INFLUENCED THE BOARD TO REDUCE THE 2024 BUDGET THAT WAS OFFERED BY STAFF, WHICH HAD NOT BEEN A PRIOR PRACTICE IN THE LAST HALF OF 2023.

VINCE WAS A CRITICAL BOARD MEMBER THAT RESHAPED THE LEADERSHIP OF THE TAD STAFF AND THE HIRING OF THE NEW CHIEF APPRAISER.

MISS BURGESS WAS IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE PRIOR CHIEF APPRAISER AND THE LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE THAT WAS IN PLACE, AS WELL AS NEVER ASKING FOR A REDUCTION IN OPERATING COSTS.

IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, VINCE'S PEERS ELECTED HIM AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.

HE HAS SHOWN BOLD LEADERSHIP IN THE RESHAPING OF TAD, AS WELL AS ENGAGING THE CHALLENGES SUCH AS THE CYBER ATTACK THIS SPRING, OF WHICH $0 WERE PAID TO THE ATTACKER.

AND THIS SUMMER VINCE BROUGHT BALANCE AND COMMON SENSE TO THE CONVERSATION OF THE 2025 REAPPRAISAL PLAN AND HELPED INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME TO BE ON A TWO YEAR PLAN, RATHER THAN THE ORIGINAL THREE YEAR PLAN THAT WAS PROPOSED.

FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS, HE HAS BROUGHT FOCUS TO HOW EACH ISD WAS APPEARING TO PERFORM RELATIVE TO THE PROPERTY VALUE STUDY, AND HE HAS PUBLICLY STATED THAT IF HE CONTINUES ON THE BOARD, THERE WILL BE I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME, A REVIEW AGAIN IN JANUARY OF THE PVS, AND I'M GOING TO SKIP TO THE BOTTOM.

WHO WOULD BEST REPRESENT CARROLL ISD AND THE TAXPAYERS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

MISS BURGESS OR VINCE PUENTE? THAT DECISION IS YOURS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.

THANK YOU, MISS PUENTE, VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

OKAY. MISS YELTON, IS THAT IT? THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS YELTON.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.

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

WE HAVE NONE. SO WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN WHICH IS THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT.

[7. PRESIDENT'S REPORT]

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL WHO PARTICIPATED.

IT WAS A GREAT FOUR MEETINGS, INCLUDING THE VERY LAST MEETING WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST.

THE NEXT STEP IS FOR THE DISTRICT TO COMPILE WHAT WAS DISCUSSED OVER THE COURSE OF OUR MEETINGS, AND DEVELOP A MULTIYEAR PLAN TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD, AND THAT WILL OCCUR MOST LIKELY AT OUR FEBRUARY 3RD BOARD MEETING, SO PLEASE TUNE IN ON FEBRUARY 3RD TO THAT BOARD MEETING ON THE DISCUSSION OF WHAT THE RESULTS FROM THE BRAC COMMITTEE MEETINGS WERE.

ALSO, FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT PLANNING TO STICK AROUND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING, WE PLAN TO VOTE ON A NEW POLICY THAT REQUIRES THE DISTRICT TO PRESENT AN ANNUAL BALANCED BUDGET TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.

WE HOPE OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS BY NOW HOW SERIOUSLY THIS BOARD TAKES ITS FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY.

WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING IT IN WRITING IN A POLICY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. WE'LL MOVE.

[8. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT]

DOCTOR GLENN. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.

IT'S BEEN A FAST SEMESTER, ONE FILLED WITH SOME INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

BECAUSE IT IS OUR LAST MEETING OF 2024.

I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK RECAP.

35 NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS AT CARROLL SENIOR HIGH, THIRD PLACE IN THE LADIES WATER POLO.

[01:00:02]

EMERALD BELLS GETTING READY TO PERFORM AT HALFTIME FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS.

FIRST YEAR OF THE CARROLL BUSINESS ACADEMY, AS YOU SAW IS IS OFF TO A STRONG, STRONG START.

NINTH LONE STAR CUP.

WE AS A BOARD LOWERED THE TAX RATE TO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

PAID OFF MORE BOND DEBT.

RECEIVED AN OUTSTANDING FINANCIAL DISTRICT AUDIT LAST MONTH.

LATER TONIGHT WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS OR FIRST REPORT.

WE RECEIVED A SUPERIOR RATING GIVING IT AWAY FOR YOU, DAVID.

BUT THAT IS THE HIGHEST FINANCIAL RATING THAT A DISTRICT CAN RECEIVE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

ALSO, A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS ON EACH AND EVERY CAMPUS.

LAST YEAR, WE COMBINED FOR 15,688 TOTAL VOLUNTEER HOURS.

WE ARE ON TRACK TO BREAK THAT THIS YEAR.

THE APPROXIMATE VALUE OF THOSE HOURS, IF QUANTIFIED INTO DONATION DOLLARS, WOULD BE ABOUT $313,000 TOWARDS OUR DISTRICT.

AND I KNOW I'M LEAVING SOMEONE OR SOMETHING OFF, SO I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.

BUT THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THERE'S A REASON THAT CARROLL ISD IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST DISTRICTS IN THE NATION.

SO THANK YOU TO ALL OUR STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND STAFF.

WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE IN STORE FOR US NEXT SEMESTER.

I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR HR DIRECTOR, MELANIE KIBODEAUX.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN A NATIONAL TEACHER SHORTAGE.

IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA TO FIND HIGH QUALITY STAFF.

MISS KIBODEAUX SHARED SOME RESPONSES WITH ME TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT CHAT GROUP THAT SHE'S IN A COLLABORATION WITH, AND I WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THOSE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

SPECIFICALLY WHEN WHEN DISTRICTS HR DEPARTMENTS ARE ASKED ABOUT STAFFING NORTHWEST ISD.

THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE CHALLENGES NOT LIMITED TO SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, BUT ALL TYPES OF TEACHERS.

THEY'VE BEEN SEARCHING TO FIND A PATTERN, BUT THERE'S NOT ONE IN NISD.

ALLEN ISD WE HAVE THE SAME STAFFING ISSUES, MAINLY IN SPED, BUT SOME GEN ED TEACHERS AS WELL.

KELLER ISD WERE THE SAME AS NORTHWEST ISD.

NOT A PATTERN, BUT HEAVIER FINDING POSITIONS FOR SPED TEACHERS.

THEY ARE NOT USING CONTRACTED SERVICES FOR DIAGS, BUT THEY HAVE LOOKED AT HIRING ADJUNCT EDUCATORS TRYING TO GET CREATIVE WITH ALT CERT PROGRAMS. GRAND PRAIRIE HAVING THE SAME CHALLENGES.

BIRDVILLE HAVING RETENTION ISSUE WITH SPED TEACHERS.

GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES WITH STAFFING.

CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH.

HAVING SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS LEAVE THE CLASSROOM AND WALK OFF THE JOB.

IT'S A REAL PROBLEM. GARLAND ISD EXPERIENCING THE SAME.

SO I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY.

AS OF THIS MORNING, HR TOLD ME THAT WE ONLY HAVE FIVE OPENINGS IN CISD TO FILL BETWEEN NOW AND THE START OF THE SPRING SEMESTER.

SO THANK YOU HR.

OUR HR STAFF FOR STAYING ON TOP OF WHAT IS A STATEWIDE ISSUE.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR NOT COMPROMISING THE HIGH STANDARDS OF OUR DISTRICT WHEN WE LOOK TO FILL POSITIONS, WE'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE HR DEPARTMENT IN THE SPRING TO HELP WITH RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF OUR STAFF.

ADDITIONALLY, WE WANT TO BE SURE TO LET THIS BOARD KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.

WE KNOW YOU HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO NOT ONLY RECOGNIZE THIS CRISIS, BUT BE WILLING TO FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

FINALLY, TO THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, WE HAVE EARLY RELEASE THIS FRIDAY CHRISTMAS BREAK AND WE WILL RETURN TO SCHOOL ON JANUARY 7TH.

SO FROM ALL OF US HERE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, ON THE ADMINISTRATION STAFF, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN IN 2025.

MR. PRESIDENT, THAT'S YOUR REPORT FOR DECEMBER.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GLENN.

AND ABSOLUTELY MERRY CHRISTMAS.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE.

IT'S GOOD TO HEAR ABOUT IT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO THE DISTRICT.

THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS THAT ARE NOT LEAVING, COMPARED TO MANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES IS JUST AMAZING.

AND JUST ANOTHER PROOF THAT WE'RE ONE OF THE PREMIER DESTINATION DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.

MR. LANNEN. YEAH. MR. BRYAN, JUST REAL QUICK, ONE COMMITTEE UPDATE WE HAD A SHAC MEETING LAST WEEK.

MR. YEAGER AND I ARE BOTH ON THE SHAC COMMITTEE, AND WE COVERED A NUMBER OF THINGS.

BUT THE ONE MAIN THING, WE HAD A SPECIAL GUEST FROM THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION WHO CAME AND KIND OF SPOKE WITH US AND EVEN BRAINSTORMED WITH US.

IT'S REALLY COOL TO KNOW AND LEARN THAT THEY'RE KIND OF PARTNERING WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO GIVE EDUCATION TO STUDENTS ABOUT HEART EDUCATION MATTERS, AND IN PARTICULAR, THEY HAVE A PROGRAM THEY CALL FINN'S MISSION, WHICH IS TO TEACH KIDS HOW TO DO HANDS-ONLY ONLY CPR, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO KIND OF KNOW HOW TO REACT IN AN EMERGENCY IF SOMEBODY HAS A HEART EVENT, WHAT TO DO.

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AND THE OTHER SLIDE UPDATE, WHICH IS GOOD FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW, DEBORAH WARNER ON OUR STAFF, KIND OF BRIEFED US ON HOUSE BILL 3908.

IT'S THE LAW THAT REQUIRES THAT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS GIVE EDUCATION TO STUDENTS ABOUT FENTANYL.

AND SO WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, DOING OUR PART TO EDUCATE STUDENTS ABOUT SIGNS OF STUDENTS USING FENTANYL AND EVEN DRUG ABUSE IN GENERAL.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN THINGS WE COVERED.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE LANNEN, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT RECOGNIZING YOU AS PART OF THE COMMITTEE REPORTS.

I ALWAYS FORGET THAT I NEED TO MOVE THE COMMITTEE REPORTS TO THE BEGINNING, AND THEN DO THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT AFTERWARDS THEN MAYBE I'LL REMEMBER.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS BEFORE I MOVE ON.

OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE.

[9. PUBLIC HEARING]

MR. JOHNSON.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BRYAN THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS GREAT REPORT TO CONTINUE THE GOOD NEWS THAT WE'VE HEARD EARLIER TONIGHT.

SO TONIGHT I'M PRESENTING THE FIRST RATING, WHICH IS THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS.

IT IS THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY'S WAY OF RATING SCHOOLS FINANCIALLY.

THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY TO TAXPAYERS IS TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION BASED ON THE RATING INDICATORS THAT I'M ABOUT TO GO OVER.

THERE ARE 21 TOTAL INDICATORS.

IF WE LOOK AT THOSE, ONE THROUGH FOUR IS CRITICAL.

SOLVENCY IS 5 THROUGH 14 AND FINANCIAL COMPETENCE IS 15 THROUGH 21.

STATEWIDE THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 86% OF THE DISTRICTS THAT GOT AN A.

WE WERE ONE OF THOSE 86% B ABOVE STANDARD WAS ABOUT 7.7.

C IS FOR A LITTLE UNDER FIVE, AND THEN F WAS 12 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE INDICATORS I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH OVER THOSE IN DETAIL.

BUT THIS IS THE THE BULK OF THE INDICATORS.

REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT WE LOST A DEDUCTION OR HAD, WE WENT FROM A 94 LAST YEAR TO A 96 THIS YEAR MEASURING LEVERAGE.

WE LOST FOUR POINTS ON THAT.

AND I'LL GO OVER THAT ON THAT VERY SPECIFIC INDICATOR AS WE GO THROUGH THIS THIS PROCESS.

SO THE CRITICAL INDICATORS ARE DID WE FILE OUR ANNUAL AUDIT REPORT ON TIME.

WHAT THAT TELLS TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY IS THAT WE ARE ON SCHEDULE.

WE'RE CLOSING THE BOOKS.

WE'RE GETTING THE AUDITORS IN HERE, AND THEY'RE RENDERING THEIR OPINION IN A TIMELY FASHION.

OBVIOUSLY, WE DID THAT AND FILED THE REPORT ACCORDINGLY.

THE SECOND ONE, DID WE GET THE HIGHEST RATING? WE HAD AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT A PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM ISSUES.

CRITICAL INDICATOR NUMBER THREE, WERE WE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR DEBT PAYMENTS? AND OBVIOUSLY WE WERE.

CRITICAL INDICATOR FOUR DID WE MAKE TIMELY PAYMENTS TO THE TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM, THE WORKFORCE COMMISSION AND THE IRS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES? WE DID DO THAT AS WELL.

SOLVENCY INDICATORS.

SO THEY LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE DISTRICT.

AND SO SOLVENCY IS EXACTLY AS IT IMPLIES.

WAS THE NET POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES IN THE COLUMN GREATER THAN ZERO? IT WAS IT WAS $51 MILLION.

IT WENT UP FROM $29 MILLION LAST YEAR TO 51.

THAT'S BECAUSE WE CHANGED FISCAL YEARS, BUT WE ALSO PAID OFF DEBT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

SO THOSE COMBINATION OF THINGS HELPED IMPROVE OUR NET POSITION, IMPROVED OUR FINANCIAL POSITION IN THE STATE.

SOLVENCY INDICATOR NUMBER SIX WAS THE AVERAGE CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE OVER THREE YEARS LESS THAN 25% DECREASE.

WELL WE KNOW THAT OURS DID NOT DECREASE.

OURS DECREASED BY 5%.

SO I THINK WE DID BETTER COMPARED TO A LOT OF PEERS.

WE ALSO HAD UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE EXCEEDING 75 DAYS OF EXPENDITURE.

I'VE GOT A PRESENTATION AND I'LL GO OVER THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.

AND SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR FINANCIAL STABILITY BASICALLY WITH THIS INDICATOR.

AND OURS HAS BEEN VERY WELL.

INDICATOR NUMBER SEVEN WAS THE NUMBER OF DAYS OF CASH ON HAND.

AND CURRENT INVESTMENTS IN THE GENERAL FUND SUFFICIENT TO COVER OPERATING EXPENDITURES.

YES. WE HAVE GOT A GOOD CASH POSITION.

WE GOT TEN. WE GOT WELL OVER 90 DAYS.

AND AGAIN IN A LATER PRESENTATION I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

INDICATOR NUMBER EIGHT WAS THE MEASURE OF CURRENT ASSETS TO CURRENT LIABILITIES ARE SUFFICIENT TO COVER SHORT TERM DEBT.

IT WAS WE HAD AN EIGHT ON THIS LAST YEAR.

WE IMPROVED TO TEN THIS YEAR.

NUMBER NINE, DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND REVENUES EQUAL OR EXCEED EXPENDITURES OR HAVE GREATER THAN 60 DAYS ON CASH ON HAND? OBVIOUSLY WE DID.

SO WE GOT FULL POINTS ON THAT.

NUMBER TEN DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AVERAGE LESS THAN A 10% VARIANCE WHEN COMPARING BUDGETED REVENUES TO ACTUAL REVENUES? FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS WE'VE HAD A VERY TIGHT ALIGNMENT WITH OUR REVENUE VARIANCE.

I THINK I'VE GONE OVER THAT A LITTLE BIT.

NUMBER 11 WAS THE RATIO OF LONG TERM LIABILITIES TO TOTAL ASSETS FOR THE DISTRICT SUFFICIENT TO COVER LONG TERM SOLVENCY?

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WE DID GET SIX ON THIS.

SO WE'VE IMPROVED A LITTLE BIT FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

THIS IS WHERE WE LOST SOME POINTS.

BUT WE HAVE IMPROVED OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS.

SOLVENCY INDICATOR NUMBER 12.

WHAT IS THE CORRELATION BETWEEN FUTURE DEBT REQUIREMENTS AND THE DISTRICT'S ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUE? WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS ARE YOU OVER LEVERAGED, HAVE YOU OVER BORROWED.

AND WE GOT TEN BECAUSE WE WERE IN REALLY GOOD POSITION ON THAT RELATIVE TO OUR PROPERTY VALUES.

SOLVENCY INDICATOR NUMBER 13 WAS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE THRESHOLD RATIO FOR A DISTRICT OUR SIZE, WE WOULD EXPECT TO BE BELOW 10%, AND WE ARE ABOUT 20% BELOW THAT 10%, WHICH MEANS WE'VE GOT A GOOD CONTROL ON OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COST RATIO.

NUMBER 14 DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NOT HAVE A 15% DECLINE IN THE STUDENTS TO STAFF RATIO OVER THREE YEARS? WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS TO MAKE SURE IS IF YOU'RE LOSING STUDENTS, YOU'RE LOSING STAFF.

AND SO WE PASSED THAT ONE AS WELL.

WE'RE DOING GOOD IN THAT REGARD.

FINANCIAL COMPETENCE INDICATORS WAS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ADA WITHIN THE ALLOTTED RANGE OF THE DISTRICT'S BIENNIAL PUPIL PROJECTIONS SUBMITTED TO TEA.

IT HAS NOT BEEN EVALUATED.

STILL ON ON THE RADAR.

BUT WHAT THEY ASK YOU TO DO IS TELL YOU WHAT YOU EXPECT YOUR ADA TO BE SO THAT THEY CAN FUND ACCORDINGLY.

AND WE'VE HAD A VERY GOOD ALIGNMENT WITH OUR ACTUAL ESTIMATES TO THE OUTCOMES.

SO WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN ALL THE FIVE POINTS HAD THAT BEEN AN ISSUE.

NUMBER 16, DID THE COMPARISON OF PUBLIC EDUCATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PEIMS, DATA TO LIKE INFORMATION IN THE SCHOOL'S ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT RESULTS IN A TOTAL VARIANCE OF LESS THAN 3% OF ALL EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION.

WHAT THEY LOOK AT IS A PDF, AND THEY COMPARE IT TO THE DATA SOURCE, THE DETAILED DATA SOURCE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY REPLICATE WHAT YOUR AFR IS, YOUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT IS THAT THEY ARE IN ALIGNMENT.

AND WE OBVIOUSLY GOT ALL POINTS ON THAT.

WE PASSED THAT CEILING INDICATOR, FINANCIAL COMPETENCE INDICATOR NUMBER 17.

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

INDICATOR NUMBER 18.

DID THE EXTERNAL INDEPENDENT AUDITOR INDICATE THE AFR WAS FREE OF ANY INSTANCES OF MATERIAL NONCOMPLIANCE FOR GRANTS, CONTRACTS AND LAWS RELATED TO LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDS? WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE.

SO WE GOT ALL TEN POINTS ON THAT.

NUMBER 19. DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT POST THE REQUIRED FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. TEXAS EDUCATION, TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE.

OTHER LAWS AND STATUTES THAT WERE IN EFFECT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S YEAR END.

WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO TO POST A PLETHORA OF DISCLOSURES ON OUR WEBSITE, AND WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT REQUIREMENT AS WELL.

GOT ALL FIVE POINTS.

FINANCIAL COMPETENCE INDICATOR NUMBER 20.

DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ADMINISTRATIVE AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSS ANY CHANGES AND OR IMPACT TO LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL FUNDING AT A BOARD MEETING WITHIN 120 DAYS? AS YOU REMEMBER, THERE'S AN EXTRA SLIDE THAT I TALK ABOUT PRIOR YEAR VALUES AND SOME OTHER REVENUE ELEMENTS, AND I DISCUSSED THAT.

SO WE GOT THAT INDICATOR THAT REALLY KIND OF EVOLVED OUT OF THE CHANGE IN HOUSE BILL THREE GOING TO CURRENT YEAR VALUES HAD A FINANCIAL IMPACT.

THEY LEFT THAT IN THERE FOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT STAYS ON THE RADAR.

AND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT.

NUMBER 21 DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVE AN ADJUSTMENT REPAYMENT SCHEDULE RIGHT THERE? WE DIDN'T HAVE A PAYMENT REPAYMENT SCHEDULE, SO WE GOT ALL TEN POINTS OF THAT.

THE REQUIRED DISCLOSURE.

AND THIS IS THE REIMBURSEMENTS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD.

THOSE ARE POSTED AS REQUIRED.

FEES RECEIVED. THERE WERE NONE.

AND THEN GIFTS OVER 250 YEARS, $250 A YEAR, NO BUSINESS TRANSACTION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BOARD MEMBERS.

SO AND THEN A COPY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT IS POSTED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEB PAGE, AS REQUIRED BY BY LAW.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON.

AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? OKAY, TRUSTEES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN. MR. JOHNSON. THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM 10.1, TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT REPORT.

[10. INFORMATION]

GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN.

MY NAME IS JIM BENNETT. I'M THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, AND I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO LET YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR TRANSPORTATION OPERATION AND HOW IT RUNS ON THE DAILY.

WE HAVE 61 EMPLOYEES.

MOST OF THEM ARE, OF COURSE DRIVERS.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE OUR OFFICE STAFF AND OUR MECHANICS AND LOGISTICS.

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THAT'S WHAT MOST FOLKS THINK OF WHEN THEY THINK OF A SCHOOL BUS.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE OUR FIVE ACTIVITY BUSSES, AND THERE ARE NINE SUVS IN OUR WHITE FLEET.

ON THE ANNUAL. WE RUN 550,000 MILES.

THAT'S A LITTLE TOUGH TO CONCEPTUALIZE, BUT THE MOON IS 240,000 MILES AWAY.

SO WITH MY 550,000 MILES, I'LL GET YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK AND HAVE ENOUGH LEFT OVER.

I'LL CIRCLE YOU AROUND THE EARTH A COUPLE OF TIMES.

IF YOU AVERAGE THAT OUT OVER THE AVERAGE SCHOOL DAY I COULD GET YOU FROM NEW YORK TO LA FAIRLY EASILY WITH THAT.

OUR AVERAGE BUS HAS 45,000 MILES AND IS EIGHT YEARS OLD.

WE MOVE ABOUT 3,600 STUDENTS A DAY.

AND THAT'S PRETTY THAT'S PRETTY EVENLY SPLIT BETWEEN OUR MORNING ROUTES, OUR AFTERNOON ROUTES, AND OUR SHUTTLES BETWEEN THE TWO HIGH SCHOOL BUILDINGS. IT'S NOT ON THE DAILY, BUT WE THERE'S NON ROUTE DRIVING AS WELL, FIELD TRIPS SO ON AND SO FORTH.

AND ALL THE LOGISTICS AND PREPARATION THAT GO INTO THAT.

WE HAVE 46 TOTAL ROUTES.

THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS OUR GEN ED ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL ROUTES.

THAT'S 259,000 OF OUR 550,000 MILES.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE TEN HIGH SCHOOL ROUTES, GEN ED, AND WE HAVE OUR NINE SPECIAL NEEDS ROUTES.

THE SHUTTLES BETWEEN THE HIGH SCHOOLS, THAT IS, 33 BUSSES THAT I SEND OUT DAILY.

AND BY THE TIME YOU GO FROM THE LOT AND PICK UP AT ONE BUILDING, DROP OFF AT THE OTHER BUILDING AND THEN COME BACK TO THE LOT, THAT'S A 12 MILE ROUND TRIP.

WE DO THAT 33 TIMES EVERY SCHOOL DAY, SO THAT'S 69,000 OF OUR 550,000 MILES.

SO, MR. BENNETT. YES, SIR.

AND THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR MR. JOHNSON. NO, NO.

AN IOU. WE DON'T NEED THE NUMBER TONIGHT.

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH THE COST IS FOR THAT 33 TRIPS DAILY, 69,000 MILES ANNUALLY.

YOU DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER AT THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD.

AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DO NOT.

I COULD FIND OUT. I YEAH, I COULD.

IT'S NOT A RUSH. I'M JUST SUPER CURIOUS.

HOW MUCH THAT'S COSTING THE DISTRICT? YES, SIR. SO OUR NON-ROUTE, WE BREAK IT DOWN INTO THREE CATEGORIES.

THE FIRST CATEGORY IS WHAT MOST FOLKS THINK OF WHEN THEY THINK OF A FIELD TRIP THAT'S YOUR SECOND GRADERS ARE GOING TO THE MUSEUM.

YOUR FOURTH GRADERS NEED TO GO SEE THE PLAY AT THE AT FINE ARTS.

THAT'S 16,000 MILES EVERY YEAR.

AND WE SEND OUT ABOUT 400 BUSSES EVERY YEAR FOR THAT.

DRIVEN BY COACHES OR OTHER CISD EMPLOYEES.

THAT'S OUR CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES.

MOST OF THAT IS OUR ATHLETICS, OF COURSE, BUT ALSO THINK ABOUT STUFF LIKE THE DEBATE TEAM OR THE ROBOTICS CLUB.

THAT'S ABOUT 750 BUSSES WE SEND OUT EVERY YEAR, AND OUR WHITE FLEET SUVS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR OUR FOR THE STAFF TO CHECK OUT GO OUT ABOUT 100 TIMES A YEAR.

ABOUT 45,000 MILES.

AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE A PAY TO RIDE DISTRICT.

HERE'S A QUICK LOOK AT OUR BUS PASS SALES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

THAT NUMBER IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER IS WAY LOW, OF COURSE, BUT WE ONLY STARTED SELLING OUR SPRING 2025 PASSES THE WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING, SO THAT'S IN PROGRESS.

BUT AS OF THE TIME I HAD TO SUBMIT THIS, WE HAD 36 PASSES SOLD.

ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU GO BACK? YES. THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.

SO ANNUALLY, WHAT'S THAT NUMBER UNDER THE ANNUAL COLUMN.

UNDER THE ANNUAL COLUMN, THAT IS THE NUMBER OF ACTUAL ANNUAL PASSES THAT WE SOLD THAT SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THEN THE SEMESTER PASSES FOR THE FALL SEMESTER PASSES FOR THE SPRING.

SOME PEOPLE BUY AN ANNUAL PASS.

SOME PEOPLE BUY JUST FALL, JUST SPRING.

OKAY, I WAS THINKING OH, RIGHT. OKAY. SO. SO THESE ARE ANNUAL PASSES THAT WE SELL SOLO FALL PASSES AND SOLO SPRING PASSES.

TRUE STORY. YES, SIR. YES, SIR.

YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH.

OF COURSE.

MOVING THE FLEET 550,000 MILES.

THERE IS A FUEL COST WITH THAT.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FUEL COST OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

KEEP IN MIND THAT CARROLL ISD, BECAUSE WE BUY IN BULK AND BECAUSE WE DO NOT PAY THE STATE TAXES, WE DO PAY SOME OF THE FEDERAL TAXES.

IT DOESN'T AMOUNT TO A WHOLE LOT.

A GOOD RULE OF THUMB IS IF YOU AND I WENT TO EXXON OR WHATEVER, WE'RE PAYING ABOUT $0.75 A GALLON MORE THAN CARROLL ISD WOULD PAY.

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AND THAT'S WHAT I HAD UNLESS ANYONE HAD.

WHAT IS THE TOTAL REVENUE GENERATED FROM THE BUS PASSES? I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I DO HAVE ACCESS TO IT, AND I COULD, I COULD GET THAT FOR YOU.

LOOKS LIKE MR. JOHNSON MAY.

915,000. LAST YEAR WE WENT UP THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE INCREASED THE BUS PASS SALES.

SO THIS YEAR WE ANTICIPATE ABOUT A MILLION.

WELL OVER A MILLION, MAYBE A MILLION, 100, A MILLION, 100,000.

SOMEWHERE IN THAT, ABOUT 1.1 MILLION IN REVENUE.

IT'S GROWN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

OKAY. SO WE RECEIVED 1.1 MILLION IN REVENUE.

AND THEN HOW MUCH DO WE ACTUALLY SPEND? WHAT'S THE COST? ACTUAL COST.

I BELIEVE THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY.

SO 2.7. AND SINCE YOU'RE NOT IN THE MICROPHONE, I'M JUST REPEATING IT.

SO 2.7 MILLION.

CARROLL, IS THIS IS ACTUAL COST ROUGHLY 2.7 MILLION A YEAR FOR BUS SERVICE? AND WE CHARGE 1.1, WE RECEIVE $1.1 MILLION FROM FAMILIES.

SO WE'RE OFF.

WE SUBSIDIZE BUS SERVICE AT $1.6 MILLION, WHICH IS JUST ABSOLUTELY INSANE TO ME.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHARGE WHAT IT COSTS US TO OPERATE THAT.

AND I GET IT THAT THIS DISTRICT DIDN'T RAISE THE COST OF BUS PASSES FOR MANY YEARS, AND WE'RE HAVING TO CATCH UP.

WE CAN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, RAISE THE BUS PASSES EACH YEAR BY 125% OR WHATEVER IT COSTS TO GET UP TO OUR ACTUAL COST.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT EACH YEAR.

UNTIL WE CAN EITHER FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO REDUCE OUR BUS SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO PAY OR SUBSIDIZE $1.6 MILLION IN THE FINANCIAL CRISIS THAT WE'RE IN.

IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.

SO I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO TAKE AN IOU TO DO SOME ANALYSIS ON THAT AND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR US TO GET CLOSER AND CLOSER OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS, MAYBE A FIVE YEAR PERIOD TO GET IT TO WHERE YOU KNOW, WE EITHER COVER ACTUAL COSTS OR DARN NEAR NEAR IT.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION, IS, I KNOW LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE, YOU'RE KIND OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT NUMBER WAS, WHERE FAMILIES WOULD STILL PARTICIPATE.

IT WOULDN'T, LIKE, DISINCENTIVIZE FAMILIES.

DID YOU FEEL LIKE WITH THE.

IT LOOKED LIKE WE LOST 100 RIDERS OR SO? IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE KIND OF ANTICIPATING WHEN YOU INCREASE THE PRICE? OR DO YOU THINK THAT WE LOST THOSE RIDERS BECAUSE OF OTHER FACTORS? THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY FOR SURE, AS FAR AS LOSING RIDERSHIP, OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FEWER STUDENTS AS FAR AS WHAT THE MARKET IS DOING.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO PREDICT WHAT THE MAGIC NUMBER WAS AS FAR AS WHERE WE COULD RAISE IT OR WHATEVER.

THANK YOU. SO, MR. BENNETT, ON THAT TOPIC, WHEN YOU BRING THE ANALYSIS BACK NEXT TIME, IF WE COULD SEE JUST KIND OF THE HISTORICAL CHANGE IN FEES, NOT JUST FOR THE ANNUAL FEES, BUT THE FALL OR SPRING FEES, AND THEN.

HOW MUCH WE'VE RAISED IT EACH YEAR.

YES, SIR. AND I THINK SOME YEARS THEY WENT UP AND SOME YEARS THEY DIDN'T.

YES. WE'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE AGAIN.

AND I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WE I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE CHARGING FOR BASICALLY THE SAME TYPE OF SERVICE.

ARE WE ON THE LOW END OR ARE WE ON THE HIGH END? YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHERE DO WE STAND? AND I MEAN, SOONER OR LATER, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME IS WE ACTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT OR CONSIDERED ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY, LIKE OUTSOURCING.

I MEAN, IT'D BE INTERESTING TO KIND OF COMPARE WHAT IS THE COST AND WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS, AND ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO SAVE? SO VERY GOOD.

YES. YES, SIR. MR. BENNETT, I HAD A QUESTION.

DO YOU KNOW OUT OF OUR 8411 BUS YELLOW BUSSES AND THEN THE FIVE ACTIVITY AND THE NINE FLEET, DO WE UTILIZE ALL OF THOSE? SO, YES, IN SOME FORM OR FASHION? YES. NOT ALL OF THEM FOR ROUTES, OBVIOUSLY.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEANT, BUT THEY'RE SOME OF THEM ARE AT CAMPUSES THAT THE COACHES WILL USE TO SHUTTLE STUDENTS.

SOME OF THEM ARE MADE READY FOR FIELD TRIPS.

THE MAJORITY OF THEM AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ARE ALLOCATED TO EITHER ROUTES OR WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE READY BUSSES, WHICH IS TO SAY, IF SOMETHING, ANYTHING SHOULD PREVENT A REGULAR ROUTE BUS FROM BEING ABLE TO RUN YOU WANT A ROUTE BUS OR YOU WANT A BUS READY TO GO BECAUSE THE KIDS AREN'T GOING TO WAIT.

YOU WOULDN'T WANT THE KIDS TO WAIT, YOU KNOW THAT.

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HOW MANY HOW MANY ROUTES DO WE RUN TOTAL? 46 ON THE DAILY, SIR.

46 ROUTES. AND WE HAVE ABOUT 84 BUSSES.

YES, SIR. YES, SIR.

MR. BENNETT, THROUGH THE THREE YEARS OF BEING ON THE BOARD, I'VE LEARNED THAT THE STATE LAW IS THAT STUDENTS PASS A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM THE SCHOOL, OR WE ARE REQUIRED TO OFFER UP TRANSPORTATION.

DO I HAVE THAT CORRECT? CORRECTLY UNDERSTOOD.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IF WE OFFER TRANSPORTATION, THEN THERE IS A CERTAIN.

WE CAN GET WE CAN GET A REIMBURSEMENT.

THEY DON'T REIMBURSE.

WHEN YOU'RE DAVID, DO YOU REMEMBER IT'S WITHIN TWO MILES.

THREE MILES? YES.

YOU GOT TO LIVE AT LEAST TWO MILES AWAY FROM THE CAMPUS THAT YOU SERVE.

IF WE'RE UNDER THE STATE REIMBURSEMENT, BUT WE'RE NOT UNDER THE STATE REIMBURSEMENT.

YOU EITHER GET REIMBURSED OR YOU CHARGE LIKE WE DID.

WE WOULD GET ABOUT A FOURTH OF THE REVENUE IF WE WERE USING THE STATE REIMBURSEMENT MODEL.

SO THIS ONE IS MUCH MORE MAKES MUCH MORE SENSE.

SO AS MANDATED, I GUESS BY THE STATE WE ARE GIVING TRANSPORTATION TO STUDENTS THAT ACTUALLY THE STATE DOESN'T REQUIRE US TO BECAUSE THEY LIVE WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE TO THE SCHOOL.

PROBABLY NEED TO GET SOME REFINING ON THAT.

BUT THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IF YOU IF YOU DO THE STATE REIMBURSEMENT, IT'S THERE'S CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE YOU JUST DESCRIBED.

BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION.

WE ARE NOT REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION.

TO SPECIAL EDUCATION.

UNDERSTOOD. SO FOR GENERAL POP.

SO TO MR. BRYAN'S POINT WE'RE LOSING ABOUT $1.6 MILLION.

WE'RE NOT REQUIRED BY LAW TO ACTUALLY HAVE TRANSPORTATION FOR THAT FOR THOSE STUDENTS.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO GET MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF BUDGET REDUCTION TO GET TO BALANCE THIS BUDGET.

YEAH. AND WE AND IT DOESN'T COMPUTE TO ME EITHER.

WE HAVE 46 ROUTES, BUT WE HAVE TWICE THE NUMBER OF BUSSES.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I MEAN THAT'S WHAT THE DISTRICT HAS HAD FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED.

WE SHOULD SELL 40 BUSSES.

YEAH. YEAH.

I MEAN, OKAY.

MR. BENNETT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY.

THANK YOU, MR. BENNETT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 10.2, REVIEW OF DISCRETIONARY ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY ATTENDANCE POLICIES.

MR. NICKEL.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BRYAN AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DOCTOR GLENN.

I'M HERE TO DO KIND OF AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM REGARDING OUR ATTENDANCE REGULATIONS AND KIND OF OUR RESPONSE TO THOSE.

AND SO TO START WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE REASON BEHIND TALKING ABOUT THIS? WE KNOW IF OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT PRESENT, WE CAN'T EDUCATE THEM.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE WANT THEM THE HIGHEST RATE OF STUDENTS WE CAN TO BE HERE EACH DAY.

AND THEN ALSO, IF THEY'RE NOT PRESENT, WE'RE NOT FUNDED ON THEM.

AND SO AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT OUR OUR BUDGET CRISIS.

WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO BE HERE SO THAT WE GET PROPER FUNDING FOR THEM.

THAT BEING SAID, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BIG REGULATIONS THAT I'M GOING TO DISCUSS AND THEN TALK ABOUT HOW WE RESPOND TO THOSE AS A DISTRICT.

THE FIRST BEING THE 90% RULE THE STATE SAYS THAT FOR A STUDENT TO BE ABLE TO GET CREDIT OR GET A FINAL GRADE FOR A COURSE, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PRESENT FOR 90% OF THE SCHOOL DAYS.

THERE ARE A FEW ABSENCES THAT ARE NOT COUNTED AGAINST THEM.

THEY'RE EXEMPT FOR THAT. BUT IN GENERAL, THEY'RE EXPECTED TO BE THERE 90% OF THE TIME.

AND SO IF A STUDENT FALLS BELOW 90%, BUT ABOVE 75% OF ATTENDANCE, THE PRINCIPAL IS ABLE TO WORK OUT A PLAN WITH THE STUDENT, WITH THE FAMILY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO, KIND OF A PLAN TO RECOVER THAT CREDIT OR GET THAT FINAL GRADE.

AND THIS IS K THROUGH 12.

THAT EXPECTATION TAKES PLACE.

SO OUR CAMPUSES AT EACH LEVEL HAVE A WAY OF RESPONDING TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE FAMILY AND THEY AT THE UPPER LEVELS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ABOVE, THEY DO A LOT OF RECOVERY.

SEAT TIME SATURDAY SCHOOL AFTER SCHOOL TIME WHERE THEY COME IN AND DO SOME FORM OF REMEDIATION OR SPEND TIME TO MAKE UP THAT TIME FOR BEING BELOW 90%. AT YOUR LOWER LEVELS IT'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION.

IT'S A LOT OF PARENT MEETINGS, A LOT OF FIGURING OUT WHY THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO BE THERE, WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP THEM GET THEIR CHILD TO SCHOOL AT A MORE REGULAR OCCURRENCE.

IF A STUDENT FALLS BELOW 75% ATTENDANCE, THE STATE SAYS THEY THEN HAVE TO GO BEFORE AN ATTENDANCE RECOVERY COMMITTEE, AND THAT GROUP MEETS TO AGAIN FIGURE OUT WHY ARE WE MISSING SO MUCH? WHAT ARE THE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED.

AND AT THAT POINT, AGAIN, SITUATIONS CAN BE DECIDED, LIKE DOES A GRADE LEVEL NEED TO BE REPEATED? DOES A CHILD NEED TO REPEAT A COURSE AND THINGS LIKE THAT? SO THAT AGAIN IS THE 90% ATTENDANCE RULE.

THE OTHER BIG PIECE OF ATTENDANCE THAT THE STATE REGULATES AND TALKS TO US ABOUT IS ABOUT TRUANCY RULES.

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RARELY WOULD YOU EVER HEAR OF A STUDENT BEING CONSIDERED TRUANT FOR BEING THREE DAYS AND FOUR WEEKS, BUT IF THEY MISS TEN DAYS OR PARTS OF DAYS, THEN SIX MONTHS, AND THOSE ARE UNEXCUSED ABSENCES.

SO AGAIN, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 90% RULE THAT THAT CATEGORICALLY INCLUDES MOST ABSENCES, IT'S NOT SCHOOL RELATED.

AND A FEW THINGS LIKE COURT AND BEING SERVING SOME OTHER ROLES.

BUT WHEN WE GET INTO TRUANCY, THOSE ARE UNEXCUSED ABSENCES THAT IS A PARENT WHO HAS NOT TOLD US WHY THEIR CHILD IS NOT AT SCHOOL.

THEY'RE NOT COMMUNICATING WITH US.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT AGAIN, FALL.

THIS IS NOT A CHILD WHO IS ILL THAT HAS A DOCTOR'S NOTE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO IF THEY HAVE TEN DAYS IN SIX MONTHS, THEY CAN BE CONSIDERED TRUANT.

SO AGAIN, HOW DOES THE DISTRICT RESPOND TO THAT? I THINK FOR SEVERAL YEARS WE HAVE NOT HAD A REGULAR TRUANCY PROCESS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE FILED ON A STUDENT FOR TRUANCY AT LEAST FIVE OR MORE YEARS.

LAST YEAR, OUR PRINCIPAL'S KIND OF EXPRESSED THIS CONCERN.

AND SO I WORKED WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER DISTRICTS AND LOOKED AT THEIR PROCESSES AND DEVELOPED ONE.

AND SO WE HAVE NOW EDUCATED OUR PRINCIPALS ON THAT.

AND AGAIN, THEY NOW ARE ABLE TO USE THAT WITH.

AND AGAIN, OUR DESIRE IS NEVER TO FILE ON A FAMILY.

THAT IS WORST CASE SCENARIO.

BUT THESE ARE AGAIN STUDENTS WHO'VE MISSED TEN DAYS AND SIX MONTHS WITH NO COMMUNICATION, NO EXCUSE.

NO. MY CHILD IS SICK.

THEY CAN'T COME TO SCHOOL. HERE'S A NOTE.

WE HAVE A REASON WHY WE CANNOT BE THERE.

IT'S BEING WITHOUT COMMUNICATION, NO EXCUSE UNEXCUSED.

AND SO AT THAT POINT, THE SCHOOL SENDS OUT LETTERS.

THEY HAVE TO DO WHAT THEY CALL TRUANCY PREVENTION MEASURES, WHERE THEY TRY TO MEET WITH THE FAMILY AGAIN, FIGURE OUT WHY ARE THEY ABSENT? WHAT CAN WE AS THE SCHOOL HELP YOU WITH TO BE HERE MORE REGULARLY? ARE THERE ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO YOUR SCHOOL SCHEDULE? ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

AND ONCE THEY'VE DONE THAT, THEY'VE DONE MULTIPLE LAYERS OF COMMUNICATION.

THEY CAN REACH A POINT WHERE THEY WOULD FILE FOR TRUANCY.

SO THAT IS MY GENERAL UPDATE.

AND THEN AGAIN, ALL OF THAT RELATES BACK TO THE IDEA THAT WE KNOW THAT FOR EVERY 1%, WE INCREASE OUR ATTENDANCE IT'S ROUGHLY DAVID, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, ABOUT $600,000 ISH.

SO WE AGAIN WANT OUR STUDENTS HERE SO WE CAN EDUCATE THEM AND WANT THEM HERE SO WE'RE FUNDED ON THEM.

THANK YOU. MR. NICKEL. QUESTIONS.

OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

TRUSTEES. MR. NICKEL.

WHEN I FIRST LEARNED OF THIS, I WAS SORT OF SURPRISED THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ELEMENTARY ATTENDANCE POLICY IN THE DISTRICTS YOU'VE WORKED WITH DID THEY ALL HAVE POLICIES FOR ATTENDANCE? I DON'T THINK IT WAS AN ISSUE OF HAVING AN ABSENCE OF POLICY.

I THINK IT WAS JUST HAVING REGULAR PRACTICES.

AGAIN, THE STATE KIND OF LAYS OUT HOW WE CODE ABSENCES.

THE STATE LAYS OUT LAYS OUT KIND OF THE 90% RULE, ALL OF THOSE EXPECTATIONS.

BUT I THINK THAT AGAIN, WE HAVE WE HAVE TRIED TO PRIDE OURSELVES SO MUCH ON BEING SO CUSTOMER FRIENDLY THAT I THINK THAT WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE HESITANT TO HOLD SOME PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE IN SOME AREAS.

AND SO I THINK THAT WORKING WITH OUR PRINCIPALS LAST YEAR, THEY WERE LIKE, HEY, WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE SOMETIMES WE HAVE KIDS THAT WON'T ATTEND SCHOOL AND WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS. AND SO I WOULD SAY THAT IT IS UNUSUAL FOR A DISTRICT TO GO YEARS WITHOUT FILING TRUANCY ON ANYONE AT ALL OR HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE TO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE FORWARD FROM FOURTH GRADE TO FIFTH GRADE BECAUSE YOU'VE MISSED, YOU KNOW, 30% OF SCHOOL.

SURE. FUNDING ISSUES ASIDE, THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN YOU KNOW, WE'VE EDUCATED THEM ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDANCE.

WHAT IS THE FROM YOUR UNDERSTANDING, WHAT'S THE FEELING FROM OUR PRINCIPALS ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

ARE THEY SUPPORTIVE INDIFFERENT? SUPPORTIVE OF? A POLICY LIKE THIS? I THINK THAT THEY FEEL MORE EMPOWERED.

I FEEL LIKE THAT AGAIN LAST YEAR, THAT WAS THAT WAS THE FEELING THAT I WAS GETTING WAS WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS, WE'VE CALLED, WE'VE DONE HOME VISITS, WE'VE ASKED PEOPLE TO MEET WITH US, BUT WE'RE STILL HAVING THESE SAME ISSUES.

WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE.

WE HAVE A GOOD ATTENDANCE RATE, BUT IT'S A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF OUR POPULATION.

BUT THEY REACH A POINT AND THEY GO, I'M NOT SURE WHAT OUR NEXT STEP IS SUPPOSED TO BE.

AND SO I THINK DEVELOPING THE PROCESS WHERE THEY KNOW THIS IS WHAT YOU DO WHEN THEY FALL BELOW 10% OF ATTENDANCE, THIS IS WHAT YOU DO WHEN THEY FALL BELOW 25%.

AND THEN ON THE TRUANCY SIDE, IF THEY'RE NOT GIVING YOU ANY EXCUSE, THEY'RE NOT EXPLAINING TO YOU WHY THEY'RE GONE THESE ARE THE STEPS TO MOVE TOWARDS TRUANCY.

I THINK IT JUST EMPOWERS THEM TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS TO TRY TO COMPEL PEOPLE TO BE AT SCHOOL.

AND I CAN TELL YOU, I KNOW PRINCIPALS HAVE EXPRESSED, ESPECIALLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

THEY'VE EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION TO ME THAT WE'RE THREE MONTHS INTO SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE KIDS THAT HAVE MISSED 30 DAYS OF SCHOOL, GOING ON TRIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

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AND CERTAINLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO ACADEMICALLY TO GET KIDS READY FOR THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL, PUTTING IN PLACE SOME PARAMETERS SEEMS REASONABLE OR REALLY JUST ENFORCING SOME OF THE STATUTES THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.

I PERSONALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING A PROCESS, BUT I THINK OUR POLICY NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST.

AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE SOME EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS HERE AND WE'VE GOT FAMILIES THAT ARE EXCEPTIONAL.

I WOULD SAY, AND I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT THE DATA SAYS ABOUT WHY THESE KIDS ARE MISSING AND IF THERE IS ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THEIR GRADES OR THEIR PERFORMANCE OR THEIR BEHAVIORS.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SOME PRETTY UNIQUE AND INCREDIBLE THINGS HERE.

WE'VE GOT ATHLETES THAT ARE INVITED TO NATIONAL TEAM CAMPS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF ABSENCES THAT GO ALONG WITH IT THAT WE HAVE KIDS THAT ARE SELECTED TO DO SPECIAL SOCCER ACADEMIES. AND I THINK YOU GOT TO CONSIDER THAT.

AND WHILE WE'RE BALANCING IT, I THINK YOU GOT TO BALANCE ACCOUNTABILITY WITH, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT WE ARE EXCEPTIONAL.

TRUSTEE SEXTON, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND AND I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF PARENTS ABOUT THAT.

TO ME, THOUGH, THIS CONVERSATION IS JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, RIGHT? I MEAN, BECAUSE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT PARENTS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES.

I MEAN, ESPECIALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WORLD CLASS ATHLETES.

THEY'RE DOING WORK, RIGHT.

THEY'RE JUST LOOKING FOR CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FROM US AS A DISTRICT.

AND A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, MR. NICKEL, IS JUST THEY'RE GONE, YOU KNOW, TRUANCY.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT THEY DON'T HAVE AN EXCUSE.

THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AM I RIGHT? I MEAN, YEAH, I WOULD AGREE AGAIN.

I THINK THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY ACCOMMODATING FOR OUR FAMILIES.

I THINK THAT THEY'VE AGAIN, DONE, DONE A GREAT JOB OF WORKING BACK AND FORTH WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS.

BUT WHEN WE GET INTO SITUATIONS WHERE YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS IS THE FOURTH WEEK LONG TRIP, YOU KNOW, GOING OUT OF THE STATE OR OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND OR WE JUST DON'T HEAR ANYTHING. THEY'RE JUST GONE WITH WITH NO COMMUNICATION.

I THINK THAT IT IT PUTS IT PUTS THE PRINCIPALS, IT PUTS TEACHERS IN A DIFFICULT POSITION.

BUT I THINK THAT AGAIN, PART OF THAT 90% RULE IT SAYS AGAIN THAT THE PRINCIPAL IS SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING WITH THE FAMILY IF THEY'RE BETWEEN 90 AND 75, TO FIGURE OUT AGAIN, IF THEY MASTERED THE MATERIAL, ARE THEY READY TO MOVE FORWARD? AND THAT'S WHERE THEY CAN COME UP WITH PLANS TO HELP REMEDIATE AND DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHY THERE'S TWO BUCKETS.

YOU HAVE THAT 90% AND 75% SIDE WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLE RETENTION.

THEN YOU HAVE THE SIDE THAT'S TRUANCY, WHICH IS MORE COURT RELATED, AND YOU'RE NOT COMMUNICATING PROPERLY WITH THE SCHOOL AND YOU'RE FALLING OUTSIDE OF THOSE REGULATIONS.

AND SO AGAIN, BUT NO, I THINK THAT OUR BUILDINGS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF WORKING WITH FAMILIES THAT HAVE THOSE KIND OF SITUATIONS.

I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE BEEN AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T FILED TRUANCY ON ANYONE IN MANY YEARS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT AGAIN, IT'S JUST TRYING TO DEVELOP SOME PARAMETERS AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS.

I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. NICKEL.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM 10.3.

CONSIDER FUND BALANCE, MR. JOHNSON. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO GO OVER POST AUDIT, BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS WAIT FOR THE AUDIT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOUR FUND BALANCE IS.

I WANTED TO GO OVER FUND BALANCE.

SO, GENERAL FUND BALANCE.

AS OF JUNE 30, 2024, THE AUDITED FUND BALANCE WAS JUST A HAIR UNDER $50 MILLION.

ONE OF THE MEASURES THAT WE ALWAYS USE TO MEASURE SUFFICIENCY OF FUND BALANCE IS TYPICALLY THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN FUND BALANCE.

AS OF JUNE 30TH, WE LOOK TO THE 24-25 BUDGET, HOW MUCH WE HAVE AS FAR AS DAILY EXPENDITURES, AND WE HAVE 139 DAYS IN FUND BALANCE POLICY.

AND WE JUST GO BACK TO THE FIRST REPORT.

TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY MEASURES SUFFICIENCY ON 75 DAYS.

SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT 64 DAYS ABOVE THE MINIMUM FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS ABOUT 88.5% ABOVE WHAT OUR FUND BALANCE NEEDS TO BE, ACCORDING TO THE STATE.

AND ACCORDING TO CARROLL ISD POLICY.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABOUT, GOSH, 20, ALMOST $23 MILLION ABOVE THAT THRESHOLD RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE GOT ABOUT AN $8.5 MILLION DEFICIT.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR FINANCIAL STABILITY, IT'S MEASURED LARGELY BY FUND BALANCE AND HOW WE MAY OR MAY NOT TAP INTO THAT.

SO AS FAR AS THE OTHER COMMITTED FUND BALANCE, WE'VE GOT NON SPENDABLE INVENTORY, NON SPENDABLE PREPAID IN THAT FUND BALANCE OF 49.857.

THE OTHER COMMITTED FUND BALANCE DATES BACK TO 2011.

THE LAST MAJOR FUNDING CRISIS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WAS ABOUT 2011.

ABOUT THAT SAME TIME, GASB GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD ISSUED STATEMENT NUMBER 54 THAT TALKS ABOUT THE SEPARATION IN THE CATEGORIES OF FUND BALANCE.

COMMITTED FUND BALANCE WAS ONE OF THE CATEGORIES THE BOARD, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FUNDING CRISIS THAT WAS IN PLACE AT THAT TIME, DECIDED TO COMMIT THAT $10

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AND I THINK IT'S CHANGED ONCE SINCE THEN.

I THINK IN RECENT TIMES, MAYBE THERE'S BEEN SOME COMMUNICATION THAT MAYBE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMETHING ELSE.

I KNOW THAT MY I THINK THAT MY PREDECESSOR MAY HAVE MENTIONED CAPITAL, SET ASIDE.

SO MAYBE THERE HAD BEEN SOME TALK ABOUT DOING THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT EVER OFFICIALLY HIT THE MINUTES.

BUT AS FAR AS FUND BALANCE, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY MAY HAVE.

GO AHEAD. NO.

BUT ESSENTIALLY THAT COMMITTED FUND BALANCE, ANY BOARD ACTION BY THIS BOARD OR A FUTURE BOARD COULD, COULD REASSIGN THAT FUND BALANCE ANYWHERE THEY WANTED.

CORRECT. THEY COULD UNASSIGN IT.

THEY COULD THEY COULD CHANGE THE COMMITMENTS.

YOU CAN DO ANYTHING. AND IT MAKES SENSE TO UNASSIGN IT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S COMMITTED TO.

RIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY DOCUMENTATION.

WELL THE LAST IT'S COMMITTED.

BUT WHAT IS IT COMMITTED TO THE LAST.

THE LAST OFFICIAL COMMITMENT WAS IN 2011.

YEAH. FOR WHAT THOUGH.

WELL THAT THAT I FOUND THE RESOLUTION AND IT SAID FOR FUTURE STATE FUNDING SHORTAGES.

AGAIN THERE WAS A THERE WAS MUCH LIKE WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING NOW DISTRICTS WERE LARGELY IN DEFICIT POSITIONS.

AND SO THEY, COMMITTED THAT I GUESS, TO, OFFSET ANY FUTURE DEFICITS THAT WAS COMMITTED FOR STATE FUNDING SHORTAGES.

YEAH. AND THERE USED TO BE A REPORT IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL AUDITS THAT THAT THEY SPECIFICALLY THE STATE WANTED TO SEE, WHICH ARE AUDITED NUMBERS WERE AS FAR AS YOUR FUND BALANCE WAS CONCERNED.

AND SO A LOT OF DISTRICTS WOULD COMMIT FUND BALANCE SO THAT IT KIND OF HID AND OR PULLED DOWN THE AMOUNT THAT WAS REPORTED.

YES SIR. THAT REPORT A LOT OF TIMES, AND I THINK SNOW GARRETT STILL PUTS IT IN THE REPORT, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT TEA LOOKS AT ANYMORE.

CORRECT. SO YOU'VE TAUGHT US OVER THE YEARS, MR. JOHNSON, ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE AND THE BENEFITS OF HAVING THE FUND BALANCE RIGHT, FOR OUR FINANCIAL RATINGS AND WHATNOT.

IS THE COMMITTED THEN NOT PART OF THAT RATING? YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THAT SORT OF YOU KNOW.

BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RATING, RATINGS AGENCIES, LOOK AT YOUR FINANCIAL STABILITY.

AND SO WHEN YOU'VE GOT FUND BALANCE, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR FUND BALANCE AND SAY 139 DAYS.

WHERE I SUSPECT LARGELY ABOVE PEERS.

AND IT JUST SAYS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A MAINTENANCE OF OF EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES TO KEEP THAT AT THAT LEVEL.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

STILL MAKES NO SENSE TO ME.

BUT CAN YOU PUT THAT ON A FUTURE AGENDA? ITEMS? ABSOLUTELY.

CERTAINLY. ABSOLUTELY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. NEXT ITEM IS 10.4.

DISCUSS CURRENT BOND SCHEDULE.

OKAY. I THINK THEY'RE HERE WE GO.

SO JUST TO KIND OF LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE IN OUR BONDED DEBT WHAT I PUT ON THERE IS WHAT'S REFLECTED IN OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT. SO IF YOU WENT TO OUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, YOU WOULD SEE AMOUNTS OUTSTANDING OF $254,945,002. THIS IS WHAT WE'VE GOT OUTSTANDING.

I'VE GOT A FEW THINGS HIGHLIGHTED.

SO FOR THE TOP FOUR ISSUES, THOSE ARE ALL NEW MONIES ISSUES.

SO THE ORIGINAL BORROWING IS STILL OUTSTANDING.

IT HAS NOT BEEN REFUNDED OR REFINANCED.

THE TERMINOLOGY THAT IS USED BY GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING.

YOU SEE THAT THE ISSUE DATE, THE MATURITY.

AND SO THE BOND TERMS FOR THE 2009 CREDIT TAX BONDS WAS 17 YEARS.

THE NEXT THREE ISSUES WERE 24, 24 AND 25, RESPECTIVELY.

THE DARKER GRAY HIGHLIGHT IS THE 2017 BOND.

THOSE BONDS THEY'RE NOT QUITE 25 YEARS.

BUT ON ORIGINAL ISSUE, WHEN WE GO TO THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT, WHICH IS THE DOCUMENT THAT WE WORK WITH, WITH THE SEC, THOSE, BONDS ARE OVER 24 TO 25 YEARS.

SO THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF ALL OF THE 2017 BONDS.

THERE WERE THREE SEPARATE ISSUANCES.

OF THOSE 77 MILLION, 68MILLION AND 58 MILLION.

AND THOSE YOU CAN SEE TO THE RIGHT OF THOSE, THE AMOUNT OUTSTANDING, 64, 38 AND 45 ARE STILL OUTSTANDING.

BUT ALL OF THOSE BONDS WERE 25 YEAR BONDS.

THE NEXT ONES, YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE ARE REFUNDING.

THOSE ARE A LIGHTER GRAY COLOR WHEN YOU REFUND A BOND.

IT'S THE SAME THING AS REFINANCING YOUR MORTGAGE.

SO YOU GO THROUGH STEPS.

YOU REISSUE THE BONDS.

THOSE ARE THEN TERMED REFUNDING BONDS.

AND WITH A REFUNDING YOU LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE TERM.

AND I'M GOING TO JUST SAY THAT IT WAS SEVEN CALL IT 25 YEARS.

I DON'T THINK THIS DISTRICT HAS DONE OVER 25 YEARS, BUT ON THAT VERY FIRST ONE YOU SEE 18.

THAT MEANS THEY HAD PAID 7 YEARS ON THAT AMORTIZATION, AND THEY REFUNDED THAT AND EXTENDED THAT FOR THE 18.

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THE AMOUNT CALLABLE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON AS FAR AS THE DEFEASING YOU CAN SEE THAT WE CAN STILL DEFEASE DEBT.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ON SCHEDULE TO DO THAT.

THAT WILL HAPPEN IN JUNE.

254 OUTSTANDING 223 CALLABLE.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CLEAR ON THOSE TERMS. YEAH I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THIS, MR. JOHNSON. I THINK THESE ARE GREAT NUMBERS.

SUPER CURIOUS THOUGH, BECAUSE IN OUR LAST TOWN HALL MEETING, WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT INSISTED THAT THE DISTRICT HAD SOLD SHORT TERM BONDS IN THE PAST, LIKE THREE YEAR BONDS FOR BUSSES AND TECHNOLOGY.

I DON'T SEE ANY OF THAT ON THE SCHEDULE.

HAVE YOU FOUND ANY EVIDENCE THAT THIS DISTRICT ACTUALLY.

NO. I MEAN, I JUST.

SOLD THREE YEAR SHORT TERM BONDS.

I JUST LOOKED KIND OF REALLY WHAT WE HAD OUTSTANDING AND USED THAT AS THE BASIS.

SO SINCE REALLY I GUESS THESE BONDS ARE FROM 2009 TEN.

BUT AGAIN, THE MOST RECENT BOND THAT WAS VOTED ON IN 2017 HAS ALL BEEN 25 YEAR BONDS.

RIGHT. AND ALL THESE BONDS HAD VARIOUS ITEMS WITHIN THEM THAT THE COMMUNITY VOTED ON, WHICH INCLUDED BUSSES, TRANSPORTATION, VEHICLES AND TECHNOLOGY.

BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT'S THREE YEARS OR LESS ON HERE.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY WE ACTUALLY ARE PAYING FOR TECHNOLOGY FOR YOUR DEVICE AND LEVERAGING IT OUT MULTIPLE 25 YEARS OR MORE.

CORRECT. BASED ON. WHICH MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE.

BASED ON THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT ACCURATE.

AND IT WOULD BE GREAT, THOUGH IF WE WERE TO COME UP WITH A WAY THAT WE COULD CONVINCE THE COMMUNITY TO SELL SOME THREE YEAR SHORT TERM BONDS AND HAVE SPECIFIC ITEMS WITHIN THAT, AND THAT WE PAY IT OFF EVERY THREE YEARS, WHICH WOULD BE I THINK, SMART FINANCIAL MOVE ON THE PART OF A DISTRICT TO ALLOW US TO FUND SOME OF THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED THAT WE CAN'T FUND UNDER M&O BUT THAT'S A DISCUSSION FOR ANOTHER TIME.

SO I APPRECIATE THIS.

I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS TO TRUSTEES.

WE UNCOVERED A LITTLE INTERESTING MATH EARLIER FROM MR. BENNETT. THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. BENNETT. AND THAT WAS THE 47 BUS ROUTES AND 84 BUSSES.

HOW MANY OF THOSE BUSSES WERE PURCHASED IN THE 2017 BOND? I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK.

TRUSTEE YEAGER.

GREAT QUESTION. BECAUSE, I BELIEVE THAT THAT JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT.

I ALSO NOTICED THAT IT SAID THE AVERAGE, THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE BUSSES WERE EIGHT YEARS.

EXACTLY MY POINT.

EIGHT YEARS. MY POINT? YEAH, EXACTLY. YEAH. THEY CAME FROM THE 2017 BOND.

WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD.

AND WE HAD. DID I GET THAT RIGHT FROM MR. BENNETT THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE ON HAND 84 BUSSES OR WE PURCHASED 84 BUSSES IN THE LAST.

SINCE THAT. WE HAVE ON HAND 84 BUSSES.

ON HAND, 84 BUSSES AND WE HAVE 46 ROUTES.

THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THE AVERAGE AGE IS EIGHT YEARS.

OKAY. WE DO HAVE SOME OLDER BUSSES AND WE HAVE SOME THAT THAT I KNOW THAT HE KEEPS ON THE LOT JUST BECAUSE I TOURED IT WITH HIM JUST FOR PARTS.

SO THERE ARE SOME OLDER BUSSES AND, AND THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL NEW BUSSES AND I BELIEVE IN THAT INVENTORY THAT INCLUDES THE CHARTER BUSSES AS WELL.

OKAY. I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO TO KNOW WHAT THE OPERATIONAL RATE IS, WHAT THE UTILIZATION RATE IS FOR THOSE BUSSES.

WE CAN GET YOU AND HOW EFFICIENT THEY ARE.

YOU KNOW, HOW LONG DO THEY RUN PER DAY.

HOW MANY OF THEM ACTUALLY RUN? IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT'S THE AVERAGE USEFUL LIFE OF A SCHOOL BUS LIKE LIKE WE HAVE.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE STANDARD IS.

MR. BENNETT, DO YOU WANT TO STEP UP HERE FOR A SECOND? SO DO WE. HAVE YOU JUST THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE WITH THE TRANSPORTATION REPORT? [LAUGHTER] WE GOT YOU BACK. THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR STICKING AROUND MR. BENNETT. ALL RIGHT.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE AVERAGE WHAT OUR TURNOVER RATE IS OR WHAT WE PLAN TO RETIRE BUSSES AT? I KNOW WHERE TO FIND THAT, BUT I DO NOT KNOW IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

YOU KNOW, 25 YEARS.

25 YEARS. WELL, I'LL SAY THIS.

IT LIKELY WON'T BE 25 YEARS BECAUSE MOST OF OUR BUSSES ARE GAS ENGINE BUSSES.

YOU'RE TALKING A DIESEL ENGINE BUS.

IT CAN RUN FOR A LONG TIME.

AND, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY YOU'RE GOING TO GET MORE MILEAGE OUT OF THEM.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE DURABLE.

GAS ENGINES TEND TO BREAK DOWN.

AND I WOULD IMAGINE PROBABLY YOUR MECHANICS SEE THE SAME THING.

THE DIESEL ENGINES OUTLAST THE GAS ENGINES.

THAT IS AN ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY.

YES, YES.

AND YEAH. AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR FLEET THAT WAS RECENTLY PURCHASED TENDS TO BE GAS ENGINES, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE A HUGE GAS TANK OUT THERE AND THE DIESEL ENGINE OR THE DIESEL GAS TANK OUT THERE IS PROBABLY A QUARTER OF THE SIZE.

IT'S ABOUT HALF. YES, SIR.

AND THE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR FLEET RUNS ON UNLEADED.

THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

YES. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING FOR A LOT OF THESE BUSSES YEARS AFTER WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RETIRE THEM AND BUY NEW ONES.

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YES, SIR. SO, MR. BENNETT, BEFORE WE MOVE ON. JUST LIKE TECHNOLOGY, SINCE THERE'S ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT THE 47 ROUTES, AND I CAN'T HELP BUT BE CURIOUS, DID WE HAVE A LOT MORE ROUTES IN THE PAST AND NOW IT'S DOWN TO 47? OR LIKE, HAS IT BEEN THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME? MAYBE WHEN YOU BRING BACK YOUR ANALYSIS FOR THE NEXT PRESENTATION, CAN YOU GIVE US THE HISTORY ON THAT TOO, PLEASE? CERTAINLY. CERTAINLY, YES.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

[11. DISCUSSION/ACTION (Part 1 of 2)]

11.1 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION ALLOCATING CARROLL ISD VOTES FOR THE TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

I AM GOING TO MOVE THAT ITEM TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA AFTER ITEM 12, CONSENT AGENDA.

AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO 11.2, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER LOCAL BOARD POLICY, 5.9.3 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.

AND DOCTOR GLENN, I BELIEVE THAT'S YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

TONIGHT WE ARE ASKING TRUSTEES TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO T POLICY.

5.9.3 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.

WE NEED TO CLARIFY SOME ISSUES WITH OUR GPA CALCULATION IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THAT OUR POLICY ALIGNS WITH OUR PRACTICE.

WE'VE ADDED A FEW NEW STAFF MEMBERS THIS YEAR AND ESPECIALLY AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, AND THEY RECENTLY MADE MY OFFICE AWARE OF A DISCREPANCY IN POLICY.

I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH OUR CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT AND PRINCIPALS MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKGROUND ON THIS.

TRADITIONALLY, THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN STEADFAST NOT ONLY IN COUNTING HIGH SCHOOL MATH COURSES OR I'M SORRY.

TRADITIONALLY, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY STEADFAST IN MAKING SURE THAT WE DO NOT COUNT HIGH SCHOOL MATH COURSES TAKEN AT THE JUNIOR HIGH LEVEL TOWARDS GPA.

TONIGHT WE ASK THAT YOU AMEND OUR T POLICY 5.9.3 TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE THAT PRACTICE.

IT WOULD EXEMPT ALL HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL MATH.

AND BEGINNING THIS YEAR, BECAUSE IT'S NEW TO OUR DISTRICT, TO HAVE A CTE COURSEWORK TAKEN AT THE JUNIOR HIGH LEVEL FROM HIGH SCHOOL GPA CALCULATION.

THIS WILL ALLOW US TO REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH OUR DISTRICT'S PRACTICE FOR REALLY MORE THAN THE LAST DECADE.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO ENSURE OUR POLICY REFLECTS THE INFORMATION THAT FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE LAST DECADE OR MORE, OUR ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN PRESENTING TO PARENTS AND FAMILIES. SO EFFECTIVELY, THIS POLICY CHANGE WILL KEEP OUR CURRENT PRACTICE IN PLACE, AND IT WILL HAVE NO BEARING ON HOW GPA IS CALCULATED, AND FAMILIES WILL SEE NO IMPACT TO WHAT THEY'VE BEEN TOLD IN THE PAST BY ADMINISTRATION.

SO SIMPLY, WE'RE WANTING TO CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE IN OUR POLICIES SO THAT IT REFLECTS PAST PRACTICE AS WELL AS THE EXPECTATIONS WE'VE GIVEN TO PARENTS AND FAMILIES.

I APPRECIATE THAT, DOCTOR GLENN.

AND I SUPPOSE THAT WE HAVE PROBABLY SOME POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG, LONG TIME THAT MAYBE WE'VE PIVOTED FOR WHATEVER REASON OR ANOTHER AND HAVE BEEN DOING SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, SETTING PRECEDENT SUCH AS THIS PAST PRACTICE.

YOU SAID THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO PARENTS ABOUT THIS FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.

SO I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UPDATE AS WE FIND THESE THINGS.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION.

SO, MR. YEAGER.

YES. MOTION TO APPROVE LOCAL POLICY 5.9.3 AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR GLENN.

OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM 11.3.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PROPOSED LOCAL BOARD POLICY 3.5.2 TO ANNUALLY ADOPT A BALANCED BUDGET.

MR. JOHNSON. YES, SIR.

IN THE LAST BOARD MEETING, I BROUGHT THE PROPOSED LOCAL POLICY 3.5.2 THAT RELATES TO THE BALANCED BUDGET REQUIREMENT POLICY.

I MODIFIED, MADE SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS.

WHAT I DID IS WE TALK ABOUT REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.

WHAT I ADDED IS OTHER RESOURCE BECAUSE IN ACCOUNTING TERMS IN TEA ACCOUNTING GUIDE OTHER RESOURCES ARE NON-OPERATING REVENUES.

SO SELL A PROPERTY FOR INSTANCE.

SO THAT IS OUR LARGE OPPORTUNITY TO BALANCE THE BUDGET GOING FORWARD WITHOUT REVENUES.

AND SO TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ALIGNS WITH WHAT AUDITING STANDARDS AND LANGUAGE WERE AUDITED TO, THAT WAS MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD.

OTHER THAN THAT, THERE REALLY WASN'T ANYTHING SUBSTANTIVE TO THE ORIGINAL POLICY THAT I PRESENTED LAST MONTH.

OKAY. AND I THINK WHAT THIS DOES IS IT HOLDS THIS BOARD AN FUTURE BOARDS TO THE COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL BE SEEKING OUT YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, A BALANCED BUDGET.

YES, SIR. YEAH. VERY IMPORTANT.

THANK YOU. I KNOW WE WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS AT OUR LAST MEETING AND SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT TO OUR BOARD AND THAT IS THE DISTRICT ALWAYS NEEDS TO FIND A WAY TO PRESENT A BALANCED BUDGET SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE OUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

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I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION, AND THAT IS.

I KNOW THIS BOARD HAS NOT BEEN AFRAID TO DO THINGS THE FIRST IN THE STATE.

I WOULD LIKE MR. JOHNSON TO SAY, HOW MANY DISTRICTS DO YOU KNOW HAVE THIS AS A LOCAL POLICY TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET? I'M ACTUALLY NOT AWARE OF ANY, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, I'VE NOT ACTUALLY HEARD IT DISCUSSED.

BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING TO HAVE.

WE ALWAYS WANT TO FOCUS ON THAT FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY AND HAVING A BALANCED BUDGET.

THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON.

TRUSTEE YEAGER.

I MOVE THAT THIS BOARD APPROVES THE PROPOSED LOCAL BOARD POLICY, 3.5.2 TO ANNUALLY ADOPT A BALANCED BUDGET.

SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0.

THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON.

THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11.4.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF REPLACEMENT OF CARROLL ISD STORAGE AREA NETWORK.

MR. STUART.

SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES, PRESIDENT BRYAN, I BRING FOR YOUR APPROVAL A REFRESH OF OUR STORAGE AREA NETWORK.

THE STORAGE AREA NETWORK CONTAINS ALL THE DATA FROM DISTRICT SERVERS, INCLUDING THE MAJORITY OF IT BEING VIDEO SURVEILLANCE FROM ALL OF OUR CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

IT HAS REACHED END OF LIFE AND IS AND IS UP FOR REFRESH.

I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS PREVIOUSLY, AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE WHOLE SYNOPSIS FOR YOU ALL AGAIN.

ONE QUESTION THAT DID COME UP WAS IF WE NEED TO RECONFIGURE OUR DATA CENTER FACILITIES, WOULD WE STILL NEED THIS PURCHASE? AND THE ANSWER IS YES, WE STILL NEED THE STORAGE, NO MATTER WHAT OUR CONFIGURATION OF OUR DATA CENTERS IS MOVING FORWARD.

ALSO ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT IS THIS PURCHASE DOES INCLUDE SIX YEARS OF MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT.

SO IF A HARD DRIVE WAS TO FAIL OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS IF PURCHASED.

IT COMES IN OVERNIGHT AND WE SWAP THOSE OUT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY INTERRUPTION OF SERVICES FOR ALL OF OUR CRUCIAL SYSTEMS AND DATA.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? SO, MR. STUART, WE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION.

THIS IS JUST A RENEWAL OF AN EXISTING CONTRACT THAT'S OUTLIVED ITS USEFUL LIFE.

IT'S HARDWARE THAT'S REACHED END OF LIFE.

AND SO IT'S REFRESHING IT WITH A NEW APPLIANCE.

YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. STUART? JUST HAS THIS BEEN A PART OF THE BUDGET? IT HAS. YES. VERY GOOD QUESTION.

IT IS WAS BUDGETED FOR WITHIN THE 24-25 BUDGET AND IS UNDER BUDGET.

WERE YOU ABLE TO FIND OUT IF THE OEM WOULD HONOR THE AGREEMENT AND THE PRICING FOR THE FUTURE YEAR? I THINK THAT WAS AN ISSUE IN THE LAST DISCUSSION.

IN THIS, SINCE IT INCLUDES THE SIX YEARS OF MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT, IT'S NOT AN ISSUE OF IF WE BUY OFF THE SHELF HARD DRIVES FROM SOMEBODY ELSE, WILL THEY SUPPORT THEM? NO.

YOU GOT TO USE THEIR DRIVES WITH IT.

RIGHT? BUT THIS INCLUDES THAT SIX YEARS OF ALL THE DRIVES, ANY DRIVE THAT FAILS, IF THEY IF WE LOSE 1 IN 6 YEARS, WE LOSE 6000 IN SIX YEARS, IT'S INCLUDED IN THIS COST.

OKAY. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE HADN'T VERIFIED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HOLD THE PRICING FOR THIS YEAR, SO THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT. YEP.

ANY OTHER.

OKAY. YEP.

MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A STORAGE AREA NETWORK SAN FROM NETSYNC FOR $825,000 AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0.

THANK YOU MR. STUART. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M GOING TO DO THAT.

OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12.

[12. CONSENT AGENDA]

TRUSTEE YEAGER, YOU WANT TO TELL US WHAT THOSE ARE? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BRYAN.

ABSOLUTELY. AGAIN, WE THANK THE MANY PEOPLE, PARENTS AND PEOPLE, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN VERY GENEROUS.

SO OUR FIRST ONE TONIGHT IS A DONATION FROM THE CARROLL ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB ON THE AMOUNT OF $22,842.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CABC A DONATION FROM THE CARROLL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO.

VERY GENEROUS AMOUNT OF $29,982.

THANK YOU SO MUCH CARROLL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO.

ANOTHER PTO, THE JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

A VERY GENEROUS DONATION OF $35,193.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND A DONATION WE DON'T NORMALLY HAVE FROM A PARENT.

THIS IS FROM A CISD PARENT, JORGE OR [GEORGE] ALVAREZ.

A VERY GENEROUS DONATION OF $40,000.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MENTION THIS.

AND THAT IS THAT $20,000 DONATION IS IN SUPPORT OF DURHAM INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL AND $20,000 DONATION IN SUPPORT OF WALNUT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

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AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT GENEROUS DONATION, MR. ALVAREZ. ABSOLUTELY.

DITTO THAT. OKAY.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0.

OKAY. WE HAVE SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO WE WILL ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071,

[2. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 2 of 2)]

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

CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY MATTERS ADDRESSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION 6.1 CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY MATTERS ADDRESSED DURING PERSONNEL REPORT.

YES. MR. BRYAN. PRESIDENT BRYAN, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR PERSONNEL THAT WAS MADE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0.

[11. DISCUSSION/ACTION (Part 2 of 2)]

11.1. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION ALLOCATING CARROLL ISD'S VOTES FOR THE TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

I MOVE THAT THIS BOARD DIRECT ALL 115 VOTES TO MR. MIKE ALFRED.

I SECOND THE MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0.

IF NO OBJECTION, WE'LL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 8:12 P.M..

THANK YOU BOARD.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.