Feb 24, 2025 School Board

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE'LL CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CARROLL ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER ON FEBRUARY 24TH,

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM]

[2. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER AT 6 P.M.

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

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

WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY, AND WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS THE WORK BEFORE US.

LORD, WE ESPECIALLY LIFT UP THOSE WE RECOGNIZE THIS EVENING OUR TEACHERS, SUBSTITUTES AND EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH WHO DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO SHAPING YOUNG MINDS AND FOSTERING A LOVE OF LEARNING. MAY THEY CONTINUE TO FIND JOY AND FULFILLMENT IN THEIR WORK, AND MAY WE ALWAYS SUPPORT AND APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS.

WE ALSO CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES WHOSE HARD WORK, DISCIPLINE AND PERSEVERANCE INSPIRE US ALL.

MAY THEY CONTINUE TO GROW NOT ONLY IN SKILL BUT ALSO IN CHARACTER, USING THEIR TALENTS TO UPLIFT AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS.

FATHER, WE ASK FOR YOUR PRESENCE TO BE WITH US IN ALL THAT WE DO.

GRANT US WISDOM IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, UNITY IN OUR DECISIONS, AND A SPIRIT OF SERVICE THAT HONORS YOU AND BENEFITS EVERY STUDENT AND STAFF MEMBER IN OUR DISTRICT. IT'S IN JESUS CHRIST'S NAME THAT WE PRAY.

AMEN. MISS WAGNON. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR GLENN AND SCHOOL BOARD, MR. BRYAN. I HAVE THREE GREAT KIDS HERE TO LEAD THE PLEDGES.

HI, MY NAME IS CARSON. I'M IN FOURTH GRADE, AND MY FAVORITE SUBJECT IS LANGUAGE ARTS.

HI, MY NAME IS KNOX AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE. AND MY FAVORITE SUBJECT IS MATH.

HI, MY NAME IS. HI, MY NAME IS NIXON, AND MY FAVORITE SUBJECT IS READING AND I'M IN KINDER.

PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US FOR OUR PLEDGES. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

TEXAS FLAG. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

YOU MAY BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GREAT JOB. STUDENTS. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS ]

MISS YELTON, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER? OUR FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS MR. GLEN DAVIDSON.

GOOD EVENING, FOLKS. SO I JUST WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY.

I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE AWAY ANYTHING FROM DR. GLEN WHO'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE READOUT.

BUT I DO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE.

I'M A 25 YEAR RESIDENT OF SOUTHLAKE, RAISED TWO DRAGON DAUGHTERS.

THEY GRADUATED IN '03 AND '04. I DO SUBSTITUTE TEACHING IN THE DISTRICT.

I FOCUS ON THE HIGH SCHOOL AND AT THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT CALLING FOR THE LITTLE KIDS JUST AT THIS POINT.

I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT A LONG TIME, AND I'VE WATCHED THE CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.

I WANT TO JUST TELL YOU HOW THANKFUL I AM FOR YOUR FOCUS ON FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.

WE LOOK AT THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND US THAT ARE STRUGGLING.

I FEEL UPLIFTED AND CONFIDENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS, THIS CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE.

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I LED ONE OF THE WORKING GROUPS AND LEAD IS MAYBE TOO STRONG A WORD, BUT I WAS JUST KIND OF THE PERSON AT THE TABLE THAT TRIED TO KEEP THINGS GOING.

I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT I OBSERVED IN THE PROCESS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY CAN GET A SENSE THAT THIS WAS A REAL, WELL-RUN PROCESS. AND I'M SORRY I'M ABOUT TO LOSE MY VOICE.

YOU KNOW, WE GOT EDUCATED ON THE FUNDING PROCESS FOR TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND IT WAS AN EYE OPENER FOR ME.

I HAD NO UNDERSTANDING OF THE BYZANTINE NATURE OF THE WAY THAT MONIES ARE MANAGED FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IN PARTICULAR. YOU KNOW, THE BASIC ALLOTMENT ON THE MACRO SIDE, THE TIER TWO FUNDING, THAT UNFORTUNATELY IS PRETTY GROSSLY UNDERFUNDED FOR THOSE OF US HERE. THERE WAS OPEN SHARING OF THE DISTRICT'S INFORMATION TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE REALITIES THAT WE'RE FACING IN TERMS OF DEMOGRAPHICS AND SO FORTH. I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.

THERE WERE NO BAD IDEAS. CAM, YOU DID A GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE FELT INCLUDED AND THAT WE WERE OPEN TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE TOPICS. AND THERE WERE MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.

WE HAD THE COMMUNITY, THE TEACHERS, WE HAD ADMINISTRATORS, WE HAD THE PTOS REPRESENTED, AS WELL AS EVEN BOARD MEMBERS.

AND FROM ALL THAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M COMPLETELY SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THIS EVENING IN TERMS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU, DR . GLENN, ARE GOING TO SHARE WITH US, AND I THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

THANK YOU, MR. DAVISON. THE NEXT SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS TIM SCHUETZ.

HI. MY NAME IS TIM SCHUETZ. I'VE BEEN IN SOUTHLAKE FOR 40 YEARS.

I'VE SEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GROW, AND I'M GLAD TO BE BACK ABOUT TALKING ABOUT CELL PHONES IN OUR SCHOOL FOR THE THIRD TIME.

SERIOUSLY, NINE TO 10TH GRADE PARTICULARLY IS IMPORTANT.

RESTRUCTURING. RESTRICTING CELL PHONES IN YOUR CLASSROOM HAS BEEN WIDELY SUPPORTED BY RESEARCH IMPROVING FOCUS ATTENTION, HIGHER ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, BETTER SOCIAL INTERACTIVITY, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, REDUCED CHEATING AND ACADEMIC DISHONESTY, AND DECREASE ANXIETY AND IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH.

NO SURPRISE. THIS IS TO NAME JUST A FEW OF THE BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE.

IN FACT, A HARVARD PROFESSOR I HEARD TODAY ON THE RADIO RESTRICTED HIS STUDENTS IN THE CLASS.

THEY PUSHED BACK AT THE END OF THE YEAR. THEY SAID IT WAS THE BEST THING HE COULD HAVE EVER DONE.

I THINK WAIT UNTIL EIGHT, WHICH WE HAD A PRESENTATION LAST WEEK AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF YOU WENT TO IS A GREAT IDEA.

NOW, WHAT DO WE DO AT NINTH IF IN FACT WE IN FACT, I THINK OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD LOOK VERY HARD AT THAT AND ADOPTING THEIR PROGRAM THROUGH EIGHTH. BUT NOW WHAT DO WE DO FOR NINE AND 12? LET'S BE SERIOUS. OUR RESTRICTIONS ARE FAIRLY WEAK.

THE POLICY BASED IN OUR BOOK CHECK IN TIME HERE OKAY, PERMITS ELECTRONIC DEVICES ACCESSIBLE IN CLASS EXCEPT FOR LIMITED INSTRUCTION PURPOSES DETERMINED BY THE TEACHER.

YOU CANNOT USE CELL PHONES. WHO'S MONITORING THE TEACHERS? I DON'T BLAME THE TEACHERS. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE TEACHER TO BE ENFORCING A RULE WHEN OTHER TEACHERS MAY OR MAY NOT ENFORCE IT.

IN FACT, IT'S AN ESCAPE OUT. IN FACT, MANY TEACHERS SAY ONCE YOU FINISH YOUR WORK, AND WE'VE GOT LONG PERIODS YOU CAN GET ON YOUR PHONE DOESN'T WORK.

I'D BE INTERESTED IN HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE HAD A $15 FEE.

WHEN WE CONFISCATE, THAT'S IN THE POLICY. WE COULD SOLVE MAYBE OUR FINANCIAL ISSUE IF WE REALLY ENFORCE THE $15 FEE SINCE AUGUST. THE LAST TIME I WAS SPEAKING HERE, I VISITED THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE SENIOR HIGH.

I WAS THERE LAST WEEK, SAW THE PHONE RACKS EMPTY, PEOPLE PICKING UP THEIR PHONE.

THAT'S NOT WORKING. MY RECOMMENDATION I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THE BOARD CREATE A WORKGROUP OF PARENTS, TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS TO WORK TOWARDS A MORE REALISTIC APPROACH FOR PHONE USE.

I KNOW IT'S NOT FUN. THE IMPACT FOR OUR CHILDREN IS.

SO I SUGGEST WE DO THAT. I'D LIKE THE BOARD TO STEP UP TO THAT.

ONCE AGAIN, I'D SAY WHEN MY DAUGHTER COMES HOME AND SAYS, WHAT HAPPENED TO MY PHONE AT SCHOOL?

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OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE. RECOGNITIONS.

[5. RECOGNITIONS]

AND I THINK MISS GLICK, YOU'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR SPEAKER.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BRYANT AND TRUSTEES, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TODAY OF INTRODUCING THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS UNIFIED CHEER TEAM.

THIS YEAR MARKS A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE FOR THEM THEIR FIRST YEAR COMPETING AS A UNIFIED SQUAD.

NOT ONLY DID THEY STEP INTO THE COMPETITION FLOOR WITH SKILL AND ENTHUSIASM, BUT THEY ALSO ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST HONOR FIRST PLACE AT THE COMPETITION.

YES. YES. THANK YOU. THIS TEAM HAS SHOWN INCREDIBLE DEDICATION AND GROWTH. THEY'VE WORKED TIRELESSLY AND THEIR EFFORTS HAVE PAID OFF.

I'M PROUD TO SHARE THAT THEIR TEAM POINTS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION.

THIS IS DEMONSTRATING THEIR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND THEIR AMAZING PROGRESS.

THIS TEAM TRULY EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF TEAMWORK AND THE BELIEF IN EACH OTHER.

I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO HONOR THE COACHES THAT HAVE ENCOURAGED AND POSITIVELY IMPACTED THESE ATHLETES.

ASHLEY POTEET, SPECIAL OLYMPICS HEAD OF DELEGATION, COULDN'T BE WITH US TONIGHT, BUT SHE LEADS THIS GROUP.

OUR SPECIAL OLYMPIC COACHES, SARAH KEENAN. AND KELLY KEENAN. YES. ROBIN GONDEK, WHO COULDN'T BE WITH US TONIGHT? WE'LL GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AT THE END THERE. YEAH. AND OUR VOLUNTEER COACHES.

CHLOE TRACY. VICTORIA HEFFINGTON, JASON FREED. AND DANIELA PETERSEN. SO, CHLOE IS GOING TO INTRODUCE THESE ATHLETES, AND I OFFER CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS WONDERFUL GROUP.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL START WITH OUR ATHLETES THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT.

FIRST ARJUN POOLEY AND JACKSON MAHONE, MACKENZIE SHAFER, DYLAN GARCIA, ARIEL ABRAHAM, RORY SCHAEFER, IZZY LABRADO. YAY! CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYONE. YOU GUYS WORKED SO HARD.

GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YES.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS AND I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS OR NOT, BUT FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, WE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZING A CAMPUS OF THE MONTH.

AND WE'VE ASKED THE PRINCIPALS TO BRING IN STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL TALENTS OR TELL US ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE CAMPUS.

AND THIS IS OUR SECOND GO AROUND. AND IT'S BEEN SUPER SUCCESSFUL.

AND WE'RE SO EXCITED. THIS MONTH WE ARE CELEBRATING CARROLL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

MISS WAGNON. TAKE IT AWAY. GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

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I BELIEVE I PUT THIS IN PLACE SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT I WAS LIKE, REALLY AT AN ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

OKAY. WE'LL SEE. AND THEN I WENT TO THEIR CHRISTMAS CONCERT IN DECEMBER, AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY WITH WHAT THEY COULD DO AFTER SUCH TWO AND A HALF MONTHS OF LEARNING THEIR INSTRUMENTS. AND THIS IS STEPHANIE ROJAS FROM ROJAS MUSIC.

SHE'S GOING TO COME UP AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO DO THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. I AM STEPHANIE ROJAS.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ROJAS SCHOOL OF MUSIC. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE AT CARROLL ISD THIS YEAR.

THANK YOU, GUYS FOR HAVING US. THESE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES HAVE BEEN AMAZING.

SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE PLAYING JUST TWO SHORT THINGS FOR YOU ALL TODAY TO DEMONSTRATE OUR BEAUTIFUL BOW SKILLS.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PERFORM TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR.

[MUSIC]. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GUYS SO MUCH. THAT'S VERY SWEET.

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SO, ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 5.3.

INSPIRE EXCELLENT TEACHERS OF THE MONTH, I THINK.

FIRST UP IS MR. HOLLIDAY. THAT'S NOT FOR ME. THANK YOU TO ALL THE DJS, FAMILIES AND STAFF THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT SUPPORTING MRS. BLAIR TONIGHT. SO GOOD EVENING, DR. GLENN. MR. BRIAN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM.

IT'S BOTH AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE THIS MONTH'S ELEMENTARY INSPIRE.

EXCELLENT RECIPIENT, JOHNSON ELEMENTARY'S VERY OWN MRS. ALLISON BLAIR, WHO? AS YOU CAN TELL, SHE'S VERY WELL LOVED ON OUR CAMPUS.

SO SHE'S A DEDICATED AND EXCEPTIONAL THIRD GRADE READING LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER ON OUR CAMPUS.

AND THIS AWARD CELEBRATES EDUCATOR EDUCATORS WHO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND EMBODYING THE DRAGON STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE BY INSPIRING THEIR STUDENTS, THEIR COLLEAGUES, AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY, THE CISD COMMUNITY.

WHEN I THINK OF THE QUALITIES THAT DEFINE THIS RECOGNITION, MISS BLAIR ABSOLUTELY EXEMPLIFIES EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE.

SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT CONNECTING WITH THE STUDENT'S HEART IS THE KEY TO UNLOCKING THEIR MIND.

SHE'S INTENTIONAL, GENUINE, AND UNWAVERING IN HER COMMITMENT TO BUILDING MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR STUDENTS, BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM. HER IMPACT EXTENDS FAR BEYOND ACADEMICS.

SHE'S A MENTOR, A SUPPORTER, AND A CHAMPION FOR EVERY CHILD SHE TEACHES.

AND ALSO, SHE'S A TEAM LEADER FOR OUR THIRD GRADE TEAM.

AND SHE DOES ALL THOSE SAME THINGS FOR OUR STAFF AND OUR ADMINISTRATION, ALL WHILE RAISING TWO WONDERFUL CHILDREN AND BEING AN AMAZING MOM.

SHE ALSO BRINGS COOKIES AND OTHER BAKED GOODS OFTEN.

IT'S WHAT SHE'S MOST KNOWN FOR IN THE KIDS EVEN KNOW IT.

SO, IT'S IF YOU'RE OVER AT OUR CAMPUS EVER. AND YOU WALK DOWN THE HALL, DOWN THE FOURTH GRADE HALLWAY, THIRD GRADE HALLWAY, AND YOU SEE TUPPERWARE CLEAR, TUPPERWARE BOX STOP.

IT'S SOMETHING YOU'LL WANT TO TRY. SO HER DEDICATION TO OUR STUDENTS IS BEST REFLECTED IN THE WORDS OF A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT NOMINATED HER FOR THIS HONOR.

A PARENT SHARED WITH ME THAT MISS BLAIR HAS BEEN A LIFE CHANGING PRESENCE IN BOTH OF MY CHILDREN'S EDUCATION.

FIRST WITH MY OLDER CHILD AND NOW WITH MY YOUNGER ONE WHO HAS TRULY THRIVED UNDER HER CARE THANKS TO HER KEEN INSIGHT.

MY CHILD WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DYSLEXIA EARLY, ALLOWING US TO SEEK THE NECESSARY SUPPORT EVEN BEFORE FORMAL INTERVENTIONS BEGAN.

MRS. BLAIR WAS ALREADY WORKING CLOSELY WITH MY CHILD, BUILDING CONFIDENCE AND ESSENTIAL SKILLS IN HER.

HER DEDICATION, ADVOCACY AND ABILITY TO BALANCE HIGH ACADEMIC EXPECTATIONS WITH ENCOURAGEMENT HAVE MADE AN IMMEASURABLE IMPACT.

SHE REPRESENTS THE VERY BEST IN EDUCATION, AND I HOPE SHE KNOWS JUST HOW MUCH SHE MEANS TO OUR FAMILY AND SO MANY OTHERS AS WELL.

AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS I WAS PUTTING THIS TOGETHER TODAY, AND I GOT ANOTHER EMAIL FROM A PARENT ABOUT MRS. BLAIR, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THAT AS WELL. SO WE FEEL INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH INSPIRING EDUCATORS IN OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES.

YESTERDAY OUR DAUGHTER HAD HER CHAIR SHOW OFF IN GRAPEVINE AND THERE WAS MRS. BLAIR CHEERING HER ON. SHE'S GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR OUR DAUGHTER THIS YEAR RECOGNIZING HER NEEDS AND REIGNITING HER LOVE OF LEARNING.

SHE SEES HER FOR WHO SHE IS AND IS HER BIGGEST SUPPORTER EVERY DAY IN THE CLASSROOM.

HER PASSION FOR TEACHING AND INSPIRING CHILDREN IS SIMPLY UNMATCHED AND WE ARE GREATLY, DEEPLY GRATEFUL.

AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, I ASKED A COUPLE OF HER STUDENTS TODAY TO DESCRIBE HER IN THEIR OWN WORDS.

99% OF IT WAS AWESOME. I'M JUST KIDDING. JUST KIDDING.

105% WAS. THEY SAID THINGS LIKE THIS. INSPIRING, POSITIVE.

KIND, ENCOURAGING, DEDICATED. AND THEN MY FAVORITE OF ALL WAS THAT THAT I HAD SEVERAL KIDS TELL ME THAT SHE LOVES US.

AND TO ME, THAT SAYS IT ALL ABOUT HER. SO IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY ALONGSIDE OUTSTANDING EDUCATORS ALONGSIDE OUTSTANDING EDUCATORS LIKE MRS. BLAIR. SHE'S AN EXCEPTIONAL TEACHER, AN INSPIRING ROLE MODEL, AND A TRUE DIFFERENCE MAKER IN THE LIVES OF HER STUDENTS.

WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO, MRS. BLAIR. CONGRATULATIONS, MR. BLAIR. OKAY, MR. INHOFE, YOU'RE UP. OKAY.

GOOD EVENING, DR. GLENN AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

I'M EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE AN EXCEPTIONAL MEMBER OF OUR CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL FAMILY FOR FEBRUARY'S INSPIRE EXCELLENCE AWARD.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S MRS. YUSHAN LEE. COME ON UP HERE, YUSHIN.

YUSHIN TEACHES MANDARIN CHINESE AT CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL.

MANDARIN IS NO SMALL TASK. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX, COMPLEX LANGUAGES IN THE WORLD.

BUT MRS. LEE HAS A WAY OF WAKING IT NOT ONLY ACCESSIBLE, BUT GENUINELY ENJOYABLE FOR ALL OF HER STUDENTS THROUGH CREATIVE LESSONS THAT START WITH

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THOSE ARE PRETTY FUN CULTURAL EXPERIENCES LIKE VISITING ASIAN GROCERY STORES AND A WELCOMING CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT, MRS. LEE INSPIRES STUDENTS TO EMBRACE BOTH THE LANGUAGE AND THE RICH CULTURE BEHIND IT.

THE ENTHUSIASM AND PROGRESS WE'VE SEEN AMONG STUDENTS ARE A DIRECT REFLECTION OF MRS. LEE'S DEDICATION. IT'S EDUCATORS LIKE MRS. LEE WHO REMIND US HOW A POWERFUL, GREAT TEACHING CAN BE, NOT JUST IN ACADEMICS, BUT IN SHAPING CONFIDENT, GLOBALLY MINDED LEARNERS.

ONE OF MRS. LEE'S OWN STUDENTS WROTE I HAVE NEVER BEEN I'VE.

EXCUSE ME, I WOULD HAVE NEVER PASSED, LET ALONE LEARN TO SPEAK MANDARIN WITHOUT MRS. LEE'S GUIDANCE. SHE IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO HER STUDENTS' SUCCESS, GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ENSURE NO ONE FALLS BEHIND.

IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING, SHE DOESN'T JUST SUGGEST EXTRA HELP.

NO, MRS. LEE, SHE PERSONALLY ENCOURAGES YOU TO ATTEND AFTER SCHOOL TUTORIALS WITH HER, MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT NEEDED TO CATCH UP AND EXCEL.

HER DEDICATION AND PERSISTENCE MAKE US ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN MASTERING SUCH A CHALLENGING LANGUAGE.

SO, MRS. LEE, THANK YOU. AND SHE ALSO SAID SHE WOULD BE UP HERE DOING HER DRAGON DANCE BY HERSELF TONIGHT.

SO, YOU SHOULD DO YOU WANT TO? SO THANK YOU, MRS. LEE, FOR BEING SUCH A CRUCIAL PART OF OUR CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL FAMILY. CONGRATULATIONS, MISS LEE. OKAY, NEXT UP IS OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, MISS SHETLER.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, DR. GLENN, PRESIDENT BRIAN AND ESTEEMED TRUSTEES, I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT MISS AMBER BRABHAM, THE AIS PARAPROFESSIONAL, HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE RSD INSPIRE EXCELLENCE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

THIS RECOGNITION IS WELL DESERVED AND I'M TRULY EXCITED TO CELEBRATE HER ACHIEVEMENTS.

AMBER WAS NOMINATED BY A PARENT WHO EXPRESSED, AMBER GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND EVERY DAY TO MAKE EUBANKS A BETTER PLACE FOR STUDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE. BEYOND HER ROLE AS A CAMPUS SECRETARY, SHE DEDICATES COUNTLESS HOURS TO ENHANCING THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, WHETHER PAINTING THE FRONT OFFICE TO CREATE A MORE WELCOMING SPACE OR FOUNDING THE EYES KINDNESS CLUB TO FOSTER COMPASSION AND AWARENESS AMONG STUDENTS.

THOUGH OFFICIALLY PART TIME, HER PASSION AND COMMITMENT EXTEND FAR BEYOND HER WORK HOURS, MAKING A LASTING IMPACT ON THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

EMPLOYEES LIKE AMBER, WHO POUR THEIR HEARTS INTO CREATING A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR EVERY STUDENT, ARE TRULY RARE AND DESERVING OF RECOGNITION, AND I CAN PERSONALLY SAY AND VOUCH FOR AMBER'S DEDICATION.

OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, HER COMMITMENT TO OUR CAMPUS HAS BEEN EVIDENT IN EVERYTHING THAT SHE DOES.

SHE FREQUENTLY APPROACHES ME WITH INNOVATIVE IDEAS.

SOMETIMES I HAVE TO SAY NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT SHE LOVES TO ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS AND CULTIVATE A POSITIVE CULTURE.

IT'S AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO EUBANKS.

AMBER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNWAVERING PASSION AND COMMITMENT TO EVERY STUDENT AT EUBANKS.

YOUR EFFORTS ARE TRULY INSPIRING, AND I'M PROUD TO HONOR YOU AS THE INSPIRE EXCELLENCE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. LAST UP IS OUR SUPER SUBSTITUTE OF THE MONTH, MISS WAGNON. ALL RIGHT. HELLO AGAIN. ALL RIGHT.

I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE AND TELL YOU HOW THRILLED WE ARE TO NAME MISS LEANNE COPPELL AS OUR SUPER SUB FOR CARROLL ELEMENTARY.

LEANNE IS A PROUD CARROLL ISD GRADUATED GRADUATE AND DEDICATED DRAGON PARENT.

LEANNE'S ROOTS RUN VERY DEEP IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WITH ALL THREE OF HER CHILDREN CURRENTLY ATTENDING CARROLL ISD SCHOOLS AND I MUST SAY, CARROLL ELEMENTARY AS WELL. SHE HAS BEEN A VALUED PART OF OUR DRAGON FAMILY AND AS A FORMER JOHNSON ELEMENTARY TEACHER, LEANNE BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE, PASSION AND CARE TO EVERY CLASSROOM THAT SHE STEPS INTO.

THIS YEAR, SHE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND BY STEPPING IN AS A LONG TERM KINDERGARTEN SUBSTITUTE FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER.

SO, YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THOSE BABIES LOOK LIKE IN SEPTEMBER, RIGHT? AND SHE DID AN AMAZING JOB WITH THAT. SHE WAS PROVIDING THEM STABILITY AND SUPPORT FOR OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS.

AND WHEN THE NEED AROSE, SHE DIDN'T HESITATE TO EXTEND HER ASSIGNMENT THROUGH JANUARY.

SO SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING OUT IN NOVEMBER AND SHE STAYED UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY.

SO SHE IS DEMONSTRATING HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

WHEN ASKED HER STUDENTS DESCRIBE MRS COPPELL AS FUNNY, KIND AND HELP THEM LEARN, READ AND DO THEIR WORK, THEY SAID SHE TAKES CARE OF THEM AND THAT SHE IS COOL.

ONE EVEN SAID I LOVE HER. DEBBIE SHEFFIELD, WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE WITH THE KINDERGARTEN TEAM SAID THAT SHE WAS A TRUE BLESSING WHEN SHE FOUND

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JOINING HER THIS EVENING AND HELPING CELEBRATE LEANNE ARE HER CHILDREN, CAMERON AND LANDRY, BACK THERE AND THEN CARSON WAS ONE OF OUR PLEDGES UP HERE.

CHANCE IS HER HUSBAND IS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE WITH US.

BUT HE IS ALSO A CARROLL ISD GRADUATE. PITCHED FOR THE BASEBALL TEAM.

PITCHED FOR A TEAM I LOVE IN COLLEGE STATION.

AND SO, HE SUPPORTS HER AND EVERYTHING. AND THEN YOU MIGHT KNOW HER MOM, WHO'S SITTING RIGHT HERE.

I KNOW MISS LEWIS IS SOMEWHERE IN THE AUDIENCE, AND SHE IS MISS LEWIS'S SECOND HAND PERSON, AND THAT IS DEBBIE THOMAS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, SHE RUNS VERY DEEP IN CARROLL ISD.

I'VE GOT THE KINDERGARTEN TEAM HERE AS WELL, AND SHE IS JUST A REALLY A TRUE, TRUE DRAGON.

LEANNE'S DEDICATION AND WILLINGNESS TO SERVE WHENEVER IT WAS NEEDED.

MAKE HER AN INVALUABLE PART OF OUR DISTRICT, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE LASTING IMPACT THAT YOU MADE ON HER.

CONGRATULATIONS.

YEAH. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT.

99%. CONGRATULATIONS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYONE. NEXT UP IS ITEM 5.6, OUR TEXAS BOYS CROSS COUNTRY.

GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. COACH LEONARD, ARE YOU HERE? THERE HE IS. COME ON UP. THE WHOLE LEONARD FAMILY.

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WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. IT'S AN HONOR TO COME AND DO THIS GATORADE.

CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER OF THE YEAR. GATORADE IN EACH SPORT NOMINATES THE STATE, EACH STATE'S TOP ATHLETE FROM EVERY SINGLE SPORT.

AND FOR CROSS COUNTRY THIS YEAR CADEN ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE GATORADE AWARD AGAIN FOR BACK TO BACK YEARS.

SO CADEN HAD A PHENOMENAL JUNIOR SEASON. CADEN WAS BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPION, AND HE WENT ON AND WON NIKE REGIONALS AND THEN GOT THIRD PLACE AT THE NIKE CROSS NATIONAL MEET THIS YEAR AND REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF CADEN AND EVERYTHING THAT HE'S ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR.

BUT I KNOW WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT, IF YOU ASKED HIM, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR HIM IS REPRESENTING HIS TEAM, BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT NONE OF THIS INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADES WOULD TAKE PLACE BY HIMSELF.

SO HE'S VERY, VERY MOTIVATED TO HELP THE TEAM OUT AND THE TEAM HELPS HIM OUT.

SO I ALWAYS TELL THE KIDS ALL THE TIME, THE WORST THING THAT YOU CAN HAVE AS A TEAM IS JUST ONE GREAT INDIVIDUAL.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE CONSTANTLY PUSH YOU SO THEY CONSTANTLY PUSH HIM.

ONE THING THAT ME AND NICKY ARE REALLY PROUD OF IS CADEN WAS BORN A DRAGON.

THE FIRST EVER OUTFIT HE EVER HAD WAS A DRAGON ONESIE.

AND HE'S BEEN TO EVERY STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET SINCE BIRTH.

SO HE'S NEVER MISSED THE STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET.

SO HE'S A DRAGON THROUGH AND THROUGH. AND SO I KNOW HE LOVES TO REPRESENT THAT.

AND I WILL SAY THIS, AND I SAY IT EVERY TIME YOU HEAR A LOT OF NEGATIVE STUFF ABOUT EDUCATION RIGHT NOW AND ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS.

OUR SCHOOL AT CARROLL IS THE BEST IN THE ENTIRE NATION, AND I STAND BEHIND THAT.

WE HAVE GREAT ADMINISTRATORS. OUR PRINCIPALS ARE OUTSTANDING.

I'M REALLY BIASED TO ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, BUT OUR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, OUR SCHOOL BOARD, OUR SUPERINTENDENT, OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTORS, EVERYBODY HERE IN THIS PLACE IS PHENOMENAL.

AND IT'S AN HONOR TO WORK WITH THEM. AND CAIDEN GETS TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DO.

SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING HIM. AND WE GET ONE MORE YEAR.

SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

OKAY. I'M GETTING READY. DID YOU GUYS GET IT? THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. GOT IT. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CONGRATS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GUYS. YES. THANK YOU.

SO NEXT ON THE AGENDA, OUR WRESTLING TEAMS HAD AN AWESOME YEAR.

WE HAD TWO STATE CHAMPIONS, AND THEY FINISHED REALLY WELL AT STATE.

I'M GOING TO CALL ON COACH HATHAWAY. COACH HATHAWAY.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US OUT TONIGHT. WE HAD AN AWESOME, AWESOME WRESTLING SEASON.

BOYS AND GIRLS SIDE. AND WE'VE GOT SOME OF OUR WRESTLERS THAT MADE THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE THEM. WE'VE GOT WE'LL START WITH OUR WE HAD TWO STATE CHAMPIONS.

GO AHEAD. AND YOU GUYS COME OVER HERE. DYLAN.

DYLAN ODA WON HIS SECOND STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AT 106.

THIS YEAR. SO SECOND STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. AND KEEGAN SOROSKY WON HIS FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AT 132 OR 138. THE FIRST. IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD TWO STATE CHAMPIONS IN ONE YEAR IN THE PROGRAM'S HISTORY.

SO PRETTY EXCITING. YEAH. IT'S AWESOME. CORA HAYES TOOK FIFTH AT 1:32.

THE GIRLS. YES. AND LUKE BERGER TOOK FIFTH AT 01:50. YOU GOT BACK THERE? YEAH.

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DOES CARSON MADE HIS SECOND TRIP TO STATE TOURNAMENT? AND HAD AN AWESOME SEASON THIS YEAR. WAS THE DISTRICT OUTSTANDING WRESTLER.

AND HAD A GREAT, GREAT FINALS RUN AT REGIONALS.

AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, MAKE IT A SECOND, SECOND TRIP TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT. AND THEN WE GOT ROBERT SOTO.

WHO AS A FRESHMAN, MADE A HUGE IMPACT ON THE TEAM THIS YEAR.

CAME OUT WAS A DISTRICT CHAMPION WRESTLED REALLY TOUGH AT REGIONALS AND THEN MADE THE STATE TOURNAMENT AND MADE THE ROUND RIGHT BEFORE PLACING AT STATE TOURNAMENT AS A FRESHMAN. IT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. SO AWESOME SEASON FOR ROB.

AND GRACE JONES. SHE WAS A STATE ALTERNATE THIS YEAR.

DID A GREAT JOB, MADE THE FINALS OF THE DISTRICTS, AND WAS A WAS AN ALTERNATE AND TOUGH WEIGHT TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

THE BOYS ON THE BOYS SIDE THEY WERE RUNNER UP AT THE DISTRICT CHAMPS, RUNNER UP AT REGIONALS, AND THEN TOOK FOURTH AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT. AND WE'VE GOT ALL BUT ALL BUT ONE IN THE GROUP IS COMING BACK NEXT YEAR.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE BACK AROUND THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.

CONGRATS, COACH.

MIC].

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, ITEM 5.8 IS OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS, MISS GOODMAN.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TRISTAN TY, CAROL DECKER'S VICE PRESIDENT.

FEBRUARY IS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH, A TIME TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE THE INCREDIBLE VALUE THAT CTE EDUCATION HAS TO OUR SHAPING OUR WORKFORCE AND EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS.

RCT PATHWAYS HERE AT CARROLL PROVIDES OUR STUDENTS WITH THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE THEY NEED TO SUCCEED IN A WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT HIGH DEMAND CAREERS, SUCH AS HEALTHCARE, ENGINEERING AND IT, BUSINESS AND HOSPITALITY.

HELLO, MY NAME IS HISHAM GU, THE REGIONAL PRESIDENT OF CARROLL ISD BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA.

THE IMPORTANCE OF CTE HAS NEVER BEEN MORE EVIDENT THAN IT IS TODAY.

WITH INDUSTRIES RAPIDLY EVOLVING AND TECHNOLOGY ADVANCING, THE NEED FOR A HIGHLY SKILLED WORKFORCE IS CRUCIAL.

CTE PROGRAMS NOT ONLY OFFER HANDS ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES, BUT ALSO HELP STUDENTS EARN INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATIONS THAT PREPARE THEM FOR HIGHER PAYING JOBS RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT JOBS.

CTE OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONAL GROWTH, CONFIDENCE, AND A SENSE OF PURPOSE.

IT GIVES STUDENTS THE TOOLS TO THRIVE IN A COMPETITIVE WORLD, WHETHER THEY'RE HEADING STRAIGHT FOR THE WORKFORCE, PURSUING HIGHER EDUCATION, OR STARTING BUSINESSES OF THEIR OWN.

MY NAME IS ARNAV KAKARALA WITH FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA.

HELLO, MY NAME IS AVERY FRASER CARROLL ISD, HOSA PRESIDENT.

THROUGHOUT CTE MONTH, WE NOT ONLY HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, BUT ALSO THE DEDICATION OF OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS.

THESE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE DECA, HOSA, BPA, FBLA, FCCLA, AND FFA OFFER STUDENTS A PLATFORM TO ENHANCE THEIR LEADERSHIP, TEAMWORK, AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS. KEY TRAITS THAT WILL SERVE THEM THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE.

CTE AND CTSOS WORK TOGETHER TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN CLASSROOM LEARNING AND REAL WORLD APPLICATION,

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WE WANT TO THANK YOU, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT DR.

GLENN, AND ALL OF OUR CISD STAFF FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY FOR OUR CTE PROGRAMS, ENSURING THAT THE FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE PREPARED FOR SUCCESS IN OUR EVER CHANGING WORLD.

AND WE DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

HAPPY CTE MONTH. THANK YOU, MISS GOODMAN.

THAT'S GOOD.

OKAY. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. IT'S AWESOME.

SUPER EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THIS NEXT GROUP. OUR STATE CHAMPIONS, THE ROBOTICS TEAM.

MISS SCHWEDLER. YEP. OKAY.

YEAH. YEAH. THEY CAN COME UP TO THE PERFECT. YEP.

FOR SURE. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE THIS TEAM HERE ON 7110H.

AND HERE GUYS, FACE THIS WAY, FACE THIS WAY. ABOUT A MONTH AGO, THIS TEAM WON STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE 6A POOL TOURNAMENT. AND IT WAS AN EXCITING. THIS WAS ESPECIALLY EXCITING BECAUSE VEX ROBOTICS HAS BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING OFFICIALLY UIL FOR MANY YEARS. I THINK IT STARTED I WENT BACK AND I THINK IT STARTED IN 2018 OR 2019 WAS WHEN THE PROCESS FIRST STARTED, AND THEN IT TOOK A LONG TIME BECAUSE THERE WAS A PANDEMIC AND ALL OF THESE THINGS, AND IT JUST TOOK A WHILE FOR US TO BE LIKE, ACTUALLY, UIL AND WE, I HAD SPOKEN WITH ADMINISTRATIONS LIKE, JUST BE PATIENT.

LIKE WE'RE GOOD AT VEX ROBOTICS AND ONE DAY WE'RE GOING TO BE UIL.

SO, FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS IT WAS A PILOT UIL, AND WE HAD OUR TEAMS WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

BUT THEN THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CARROLL ISD HISTORY THESE TEAMS ARE ROBOTICS TEAMS WERE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE LONE STAR CUP.

SO WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. YEAH. AND THIS TEAM OF OUTSTANDING STUDENTS IS GOING TO BE COMPETING THIS WEEKEND AT THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT.

SO WE HAVE THE FULL TOURNAMENT. BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO THE VEX ROBOTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, WHICH IS A VERY BIG, EXCITING GLOBAL EVENT THAT OUR TEAMS HAVE COMPETED IN EVERY YEAR.

AND THIS THIS WEEKEND IS THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT, AND IT'S AT THAT TOURNAMENT THAT THE TEAMS WILL BE COMPETING FOR A SPOT AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. SO, WE'RE WISHING THEM LUCK THIS WEEKEND AND HOPING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO REACH THAT MILESTONE AS WELL.

AND THEY DID BRING THE CONTROLLER. SO IF YOU WANT TO IF THEY WANT YOU TO, IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT, DRIVE IT AROUND, THEY CAN DO THAT AS WELL. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU.

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THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. CONGRATS, GUYS. ALL RIGHT.

YEAH. THANKS.

SO IT'S GREAT WHEN THE RECOGNITIONS TAKE ABOUT HALF OF OUR MEETING, RIGHT? YEAH. THINGS ARE GOOD. THINGS ARE GOOD. OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.

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

WE'RE GOING TO SWAP. OH, I MISSED ONE. I'M SORRY.

OH, HERE YOU ARE. AND I'M JUST LIKE ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU ON. WE'LL PUT YOU ON AT MIDNIGHT.

IS THAT OKAY? I'M KIDDING, I'M KIDDING. EVERY MONTH WE.

YEAH. EVERY MONTH WE RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR BOOSTER CLUBS.

AND WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE TO OFFSET SOME OF THE SHORTFALLS IN OUR BUDGETS.

SO THIS THIS MONTH, WE ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE DRAGON CHEER BOOSTER CLUB.

AND WE'RE VERY SO WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE OF THEM AS COUNTRYMEN.

WHO'S GOING TO PRESENT? YES. OKAY. TELL US ALL ABOUT THE DRAGON CHEER.

WELL PRESIDENT BRIAN. DR. GLENN, TRUSTEES, THANK YOU FOR INVITING US AND LETTING US TAKE A LITTLE OF YOUR TIME TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO.

SO OUR PURPOSE IS TO HELP SUPPORT, CHEER. AND PRIMARILY, WE WERE FORMED TO HELP COMPETITIVE CHEER BECOME A PART OF THE PROGRAM. SO WE PROMOTE SCHOOL UNITY SCHOOL SPIRIT SCHOOL.

SKILL, SPORTSMANSHIP. WE PROMOTE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN AMATEUR COMPETITIONS.

WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE STUDENT LEADERS AND TO BE INVOLVED IN CHARITABLE WORKS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND THEN WE ARE HERE TO MAKE THE MONEY TO HELP ALL THAT STUFF HAPPEN.

SO CURRENTLY OUR BOARD, YOU HAVE MYSELF, ALISON SARVER IS OUR PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS. KELLY MINKIN IS OUR PRESIDENT OF FUNDRAISING AND SPONSORSHIPS.

WENDY LANG IS OUR PRESIDENT. VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING AND PUBLICITY.

TINA MCFARLAND IS OUR TREASURER. SHAYNA HINES IS OUR SECRETARY.

AND THEN SUSAN HERRING IS OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN.

AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THEM, OUR SPONSORS AND COACHES.

STEPHANIE FULLER IS OUR NEW VARSITY SPONSOR. SHE CAME IN THIS YEAR.

WE'VE BEEN IN QUITE A BIT OF TRANSITION THIS YEAR, AND WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR HER COMING IN, ARMS WIDE OPEN, EMBRACING ALL OF OUR GIRLS, LEARNING ALL ABOUT THE PROGRAM.

DR. MEREDITH DAVIS IS OUR OTHER VARSITY SPONSOR.

WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL THAT SHE STAYED WITH US AND HELPED STEPHANIE LEARN THE ROPES.

COURTNEY KIDWELL IS OUR VARSITY SPONSOR. I MEAN, OUR VARSITY COACH.

SHE'S A CONTRACT EMPLOYEE. SHE IS A JOINT EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT AND OURS.

WE RAISED THE MONEY TO PAY HER. AND THEN WITH JV, WE HAVE JENNIFER WUNDERLICH, WHO I THINK ALL CHEER WOULD FALL APART IF HER CONSTANT STAGE PRESENCE WASN'T WITH US. WE'VE BEEN VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR HER THIS YEAR.

LIZ DEAN IS OUR OTHER JV SPONSOR, AND THEN RACHEL JOHNSON IS OUR JV SPONSOR IN MIDDLE.

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SO FUNDRAISING. WE COLLECT DUES FROM OUR MEMBERS, BUT THESE ARE NEVER ENOUGH TO COVER ALL OF OUR EXPENSES.

SO WE ALSO RAISE MONEY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THROUGH OUR SUMMER YOUTH CLINIC, CASH SPONSORSHIPS, IN-KIND SPONSORSHIPS. AND THEN THIS PAST YEAR, OUR YOUTH CLINIC DIDN'T DO AS WELL AS IT HAD IN THE PAST.

SO, WE DID AN URGENT T-SHIRT SALE. SO, BUT WE ACTUALLY ARE, I THINK, FAIRLY SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISING ORGANIZATION RAISING CLOSE TO 100,000 AND OVER 100,000, DEPENDING ON THE YEAR.

WHERE DO WE SPEND OUR MONEY? THE BULK OF OUR MONEY GOES TO COACHES SALARIES, CHOREOGRAPHY FEES.

WE ALSO PAY FOR ALL THE COMPETITIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF UIL.

AND THIS YEAR WE COMPETED IN THREE ADDITIONAL COMPETITIONS.

WE PAY FOR TEAM BONDING EVENTS, FOOD AND SNACKS FOR GAMES AND COMPETITIONS, SPONSOR WISH LISTS, COACHES WISH LISTS, MATS, SPEAKERS, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEN BANQUET AND OTHER THINGS THAT THE GIRLS ENJOY.

IT IS A HUGE GOAL OF OURS TO GROW DRAGON CHEER INTO KIND OF THE TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE IN COMPETITIVE CHEER THAT WE HAVE OTHER COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS SEE YEAR AFTER YEAR.

PART OF OUR WAY OF DOING THAT WAS STARTING THE DRAGON SHOWCASE.

WE ALWAYS HAD LIKE A SHOW OFF WHEN WE GET READY TO COMPETE, JUST SO THE GIRLS CAN SHOW THEIR FAMILIES WHAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

TRY TO GET THE BUGS OUT, GET A LITTLE OF THE ANXIETY ABOUT BEING IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE.

BUT LAST YEAR WE DECIDED, LET'S MAKE IT A CELEBRATION OF ALL DRAGON CHEER.

AND SO WE HAVE DRAGON YOUTH CHEER. WE HAVE THE UNIFIED TEAM.

COME. WE HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THEN THE JV AND HIGH SCHOOL ALL THERE PERFORMING, AND WE USE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR ST .

JUDE'S. ANYTIME YOU CAN PUT GOOD IN THE WORLD, WE WANT TO TEACH THE GIRLS YOU SHOULD DO THAT.

SO IN THIS PAST YEAR WITH THE DOOR SALES AND SOME OTHER FUNDS, WE WERE ABLE TO DONATE $2,000 TO SAINT JUDE'S.

SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. AND THEN COMPETITION DRAGON CHEER HAS MADE IT TO THE FINALS EVERY YEAR.

WE HAVE COMPETED AT UIL, AND WE PLACED SECOND AT UIL IN 2022.

OUR PERFORMANCE AT UIL CONTRIBUTES TO THE LONE STAR CUP.

SO WE ALSO COMPETE AT THE NCAA NATIONAL CHEERLEADING ASSOCIATION NATIONALS FOR HIGH SCHOOL CHEER.

THIS IS A NATIONWIDE COMPETITION. WE'VE DONE THIS FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

WE WON THE NATIONAL TITLE IN 2023, AND WE FINISHED IN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE.

TWO OTHER TIMES, WITH THE BRONZE MEDAL IN 2022 AND IN 2025.

SO HOW CAN YOU HELP US? HELP US IN OUR SPONSORS IN GROWING THE DRAGON CHEER PROGRAM, HELP US REALIZE OUR DREAM OF BECOMING COMPETITIVE EXCELLENCE. ONE OF THE WAYS THAT YOU CAN HELP US IN DOING THAT IS THE EARLIER WE CAN START TRAINING THE GIRLS IN COMPETITION CHEER, THE BETTER WE WILL DO. IT WOULD BE AWESOME TO START THAT IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, SO HELP US IDENTIFY GYM SPACE FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRACTICES, BECAUSE ONE OF THEM DOES NOT HAVE GYM SPACE AND EXTRA SPACE THAT WHERE THAT WE AS A COMPETITION TEAM CAN USE WHEN WE NEED TO PRACTICE OUTSIDE OF OUR BLOCK BECAUSE THE TEAMS WE COMPETE AGAINST PRACTICE BEFORE SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL IN THEIR BLOCKS AND THEY START, MANY OF THEM START COMPETING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AS LONG AS THIS BUILDING IS STILL A PART OF RSD, WE WOULD LOVE TO BRING AN EXTRA SET OF MATS HERE AND HAVE PRACTICES HERE.

OR IF THERE'S ANOTHER PLACE THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THAT, PERHAPS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GYM OR SOMEWHERE WE WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT.

RIGHT NOW WE TAKE THE ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO A PRIVATE GYM AND HAVE THEM PRACTICE THERE.

THAT SPACE IS DONATED, BUT WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A SET SPACE BECAUSE MATS ARE HARD TO MOVE.

ALSO WE WOULD LOVE THAT CHEERLEADING BE RECOGNIZED AS A COMPETITIVE SPORT.

AND SO IN THAT MEANING THAT WHEN WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SELECTING A NEW TEAM, HAVING TRYOUTS FOR A NEW TEAM, THAT THAT THAT PROCESS BE A FAIR RECRUITMENT PROCESS THAT SECURES THE BEST ATHLETES BECAUSE THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH A RIGOROUS TRYOUT PROCESS, THEY HAVE MET CERTAIN SKILLS AND THAT THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE THOSE SKILLS ARE CUT FROM THE TEAM.

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AND THAT WE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT AT THE SIDELINE WE COMPETE IN GAME DAY.

SO WHAT WE DO ON THE SIDELINES IS PART OF WHAT WE DO WHEN WE COMPETE.

SO THE SIDELINE IS NOT JUST THERE FOR SCHOOL ENJOYMENT AND EXCITEMENT AND TEAM UNITY.

IT'S ALSO THERE FOR US TO PRACTICE THE SKILL SET THAT WE NEED TO PRACTICE TO COMPETE.

AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY WHO IS ON THE SIDELINES WITH US CAN DO THE BASIC SKILLS THAT WE NEED TO DO SAFELY.

SO THAT'S ONE ASK. THE OTHER ONE IS HELP US FIND ACCESS FOR OUR FOOTBALL POLL [INAUDIBLE] AT THE STADIUM, BECAUSE A LARGE PART OF OUR SPONSORS BUDGET IS ACTUALLY SPENT JUST TO BUS THOSE BACK AND FORTH FROM THE SCHOOL TO THE STADIUM AND BACK.

SO BECAUSE THE CHEERLEADERS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL REALLY DON'T NEED A BUS TO GET TO THE STADIUM, BUT WE NEED A BUS FOR THE POLLS. SO LET'S SEE.

SUPPORT OUR BUSINESS SPONSORS LIKE OUR POSTS THAT RECOGNIZE THEM, VISIT THEIR BUSINESSES AND THANK THEM PERSONALLY.

SUPPORTING DRAGON CHEER AND ALL OF DRAGON NATION.

OUR BUSINESSES GET ASKED BY A LOT OF BOOSTER CLUBS TO SPONSOR AND DONATE A MOTION AND CASH AND IN-KIND, AND WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE THEM SOME LOVE WHENEVER WE CAN AND TELL THEM THANK YOU AND THEN CONSIDER BEING A BUSINESS SPONSOR OR MAKING A DONATION.

WE HAVE A LITTLE QR CODE AND ANY AMOUNT IS APPRECIATED.

YOU CAN SELL IT RIGHT TO US. SO AND THEN HERE'S OUR BROCHURE AND THERE'S OUR QR CODE.

SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S AWESOME. CAN YOU GO BACK TWO SLIDES PLEASE.

YES. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE. WE, CERTAINLY I MEAN, I CERTAINLY SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO BUILD A GIRLS' ATHLETIC PROGRAMS AT CARROLL ISD, AND CERTAINLY COMPETITIVE CHEER IS ONE OF THEM.

AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT YOU GUYS ARE TEAMING UP WITH DRAGON YOUTH CHEER.

I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH DRAGON YOUTH FOOTBALL FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. AND I APPRECIATED WHEN COACH DODGE CAME IN AND REALLY EMBRACED DRAGON YOUTH FOOTBALL AS A FEEDER PROGRAM AND WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT DRAGON YOUTH CHEER COULD STILL ALSO BE A FEEDER PROGRAM FOR THE OTHER SPORT HERE AT CARROLL ISD. I'M JUST CURIOUS, AS FAR AS GYM SPACE I'M WONDERING WHY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM SPACE.

WHAT'S IS THAT? WHAT WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THAT? ANYBODY HAVE AN ANSWER? MISS LEWIS? NO. IF YOU CAN TALK FOR THE MIC.

YEP. HELLO? DR. GLENN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. HELLO. I'M HERE ACTUALLY TO SUPPORT BRAC, BUT I AM ALWAYS READY TO TALK ABOUT CHEER.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WANT TO SHOUT OUT VICTORIA HEFFINGTON, WHO IS OUR CHEER SPONSOR.

I DIDN'T SEE HER NAME, BUT SHE IS FABULOUS. I ACTUALLY WAS TALKING TO TSO A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO BECAUSE SHE HAS DONE SOME PHENOMENAL THINGS AT CARROLL MIDDLE SCHOOL.

OUR SQUAD IS PHENOMENAL. YOU ARE CORRECT, THEY DO PRACTICE BEFORE SCHOOL.

IF YOU CAN REMIND ME OF OUR-- THE LADY THAT COMES AND HELPS US.

RACHEL. RACHEL. SHE'S AWESOME. SHE DOES COME AND HELP US, BUT IT'S OFF CAMPUS AND THEY DO PRACTICE IN THE MORNING BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OUR ATHLETICS THAT PRACTICES AND USES OUR BIG GYM AND OUR SMALL GYM IN THE MORNING.

SO WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT BASKETBALL SEASON, VOLLEYBALL SEASON, YOU'RE RIGHT.

THEY ARE USING BOTH OF THOSE GYMS TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN GET THEIR PRACTICE IN.

AND SO WE KIND OF SHARE SPACE. WE DO HAVE SPACE IN THE OTHER PARTS OF THE SCHOOL.

SOMETIMES THEY USE OUR SAC, SOMETIMES THEY USE OUR CAFETERIA.

AND THEN ACTUALLY TSO JUST BOUGHT US QUITE A BIT OF MATS.

WE ARE GETTING THAT APPROVED TOO. SO YES, WE ARE TALKING A LOT ABOUT WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO FOR THEM, BUT THEY'RE DOING AWESOME. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU MENTIONED ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL AT SPACE ONE DIDN'T.

DOES DAWSON NOT HAVE I BELIEVE DOES HAVE THE SPACE AT CARROLL MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT THEY SHARE AN EXTRA GYM AT DAWSON? I'LL LET HER HAVE THE MIC. NO. SO, THEY OUR PRACTICES HAVE JUST ADJUSTED TO GIVE THE KIDS THE GIRLS THE TIME IN THE GYM.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S A GAME DAY THURSDAY, THEN THEY HAVE SCHEDULED THEIR PRACTICES AND THE GAME DAY WHERE WE'RE NOT USING THE GYMS IN THE MORNING FOR VOLLEYBALL AND THE SAME THING FOR BASKETBALL.

SO, I DON'T THEY WERE JUST ABLE, I GUESS, WORKED WITH THE COACH ON THE DAYS AND THEY'RE USING IT ON THE GAME DAYS AND THAT'S WHERE THEY PULL THE MATS.

SO WOULD IT BE HELPFUL FOR BOTH SQUADS MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO PRACTICE AT THE SAME TIME WITH EACH OTHER TO LEARN?

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WHY COULDN'T WE USE. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. YES.

DR. GLENN, IF WE CAN DO IT HERE, I THINK. I THINK ALL THAT IS, IS AN ASK.

AND IT WOULD BE GRANTED BECAUSE THEY'RE OPEN.

I DO KNOW THAT THAT'S. THAT'D BE AWESOME. AND I DO KNOW THAT OUR GIRLS DO GET TOGETHER.

THEY HAVE DONE COMPETITIONS TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER.

SO I DON'T THINK COACH DODGE IS HERE, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT STORING POLES AT THE DRAGON STADIUM IS PROBABLY NOT A BIG LIFT EITHER.

SO YEAH, CAN YOU MAKE THAT HAPPEN? I KNOW I CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN, BUT I'M CERTAINLY I'M CERTAINLY JUST LIKE TALKING TO COACH DODGE LIKE THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE AN EMAIL. HE'S PRETTY ACCOMMODATING. AND SO YEAH, I THINK WE CAN MAKE THOSE TWO THINGS ARE EASY TO CHECK OFF.

YEAH. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, YEAH.

WE, I MEAN, WE APPRECIATE THAT. WE WANT TO HELP GROW THESE PROGRAMS. AND WE KNOW YOU GUYS SPEND A LOT OF YOUR HOURS AWAY FROM FAMILY SPENDING TIME ON THIS.

AND SO, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND WANT TO, AS A BOARD, WANT TO HELP IN ANY WAY WE CAN.

SO ANYTIME THAT YOU HAVE ANY NEEDS WHATSOEVER, DON'T HESITATE TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL ANY ONE OF US.

WE'RE ALWAYS ACCESSIBLE. EMAIL US WHATEVER OR CALL DR.

GLENN. SO, WE ARE WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO. I THINK THAT'S EASY SPACE.

YEAH. AND WE'RE LOOKING TO FILL THIS SPACE. SO, THAT'S A WIN.

I KNOW IS LIKE, CAN YOU PRACTICE IN HERE IF YOU'LL LET US KEEP THE MATS OUT? YEAH. RIGHT. WE DO. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF AREAS WE CAN TALK ABOUT.

SO THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. YEAH. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU ALL IN THIS BUILDING. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE ASSUME YOU'RE GOING TO APPROVE OUR CHECK.

CAN WE GET IT TO YOU? YES, WE'LL TAKE IT. YOU CAN GIVE IT TO MISS DALTON.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, GUYS, FOR BEING HERE.

MOVING ON. NOW I CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX CONSIDERATION.

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

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH 6.2 WHICH IS CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY MATTERS ADDRESSED DURING PERSONNEL REPORT.

YES. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE MATTERS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED TO US REGARDING PERSONNEL IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. OKAY. ITEM 6.1 CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON HIRING RECOMMENDATION FOR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. IT'S MY PLEASURE TONIGHT TO RECOMMEND MR. CHASE PARK AS THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BUSINESS AND FINANCE.

JUST A KIND OF HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MR. PARK. HE WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

HE IS A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, PUBLIC INVESTMENT OFFICER.

AND HE IS REGISTERED WITH THE TEXAS SCHOOL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR ASSOCIATION.

I USE A FORMER AUDITOR FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND CURRENTLY IS THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FOR HIGHLAND PARK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HE GOT HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE AT EMORY UNIVERSITY, HIS MASTER'S DEGREE AT MCCOMBS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.

HE WAS A CPA TRACK, AND HE WAS FOUR YEARS UNITED STATES MILITARY ROTC RECIPIENT AT GEORGIA TECH UNIVERSITY.

AND SO, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE LUNCH LAST WEEK WITH MR. PARK. WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO BRING SOMEONE WITH HIS KNOWLEDGE, HIS BACKGROUND AND HIS BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.

HIS WIFE, NIA IS WITH US. HIS TWO DAUGHTERS HAVE BEEN PATIENT FOR THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT.

BU ANYWAY, MR. PARK IS A, HE'S A FAMILY MAN. HE IS A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE.

HE IS SOMEBODY THAT'S BRINGING A VAST AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM JOIN OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AS OUR DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, AND WE KNOW THIS IS A GUY THAT WILL GET IT DONE, AND WE ARE SO GLAD TO BE STEALING HIM AWAY FROM HIGHLAND PARK AND MAKING HIM A DRAGON.

JOINING THE TOP SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

MR. CHASE PARK. ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE YEAGER. CAN I GET A MOTION? I AM PROUD TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT THIS BOARD APPROVE.

MR. CHASE PARK AS THE NEXT DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE FOR CARROLL ISD.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. CONGRATULATIONS, MR. PARK.

READY FOR YOUR PICTURE.

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LET'S GET. ONE MORE PICTURE SO YOU CAN GET THE DRAGO . SIR. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, CALLING AROUND FOR REFERENCES ON MR. PARK. YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY SAID WHEN YOU WHEN YOU BRING HIM IN, HE'S THE SMARTEST GUY IN THE ROOM.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT IN A CFO IS THE SMARTEST GUY IN THE ROOM, EVEN THOUGH HE LOOKS LIKE HIS DAUGHTER'S HAIR IS, LIKE, TANGLED. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD ONLY HAPPEN TO ME.

AND CHASE, I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE ADVICE. THIS IS THIS IS PROBABLY THE ONLY BOARD MEETING YOU'LL GET THE CHANCE TO LEAVE EARLY ON.

AND SO I WOULD TAKE THOSE GIRLS AND GO GO CELEBRATE AND HAVE DINNER.

SO GET GET OUT OF HERE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING.

I CAN FILL YOU IN ON THE ON THE [INAUDIBLE] STUFF.

WE'VE ALREADY HAD A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT. SO CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, GUYS. THANK YOU, GUYS FOR BEING HERE. OKAY. APPRECIATE YOUR FAMILY BEING HERE.

ALL RIGHT. EXCITING TIMES. ITEM 6.3. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO CONSIDER, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER

[7. PRESIDENT'S REPORT]

I KNOW WE HAVE A FEW. WHO WANTS TO WHO WANTS TO BEGIN? I'LL GIVE YOU; I'LL GIVE A QUICK ONE. WE HAD A MEETING ON 213.

ABOUT 12 MEMBERS PRESENT. WE ALWAYS HAVE INTERESTING THINGS TO TALK ABOUT, INCLUDING SCREEN TIME AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT.

DEBORAH WARNER GAVE US AN UPDATE ON ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN.

YOU GUYS MAY REMEMBER THAT IS THE SENATE BILL ON TRAFFICKING THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO SOME TRAINING IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN LOOKING IT UP AT SENATE BILL NINE. ALSO, WE TALKED ABOUT RECOVERY RESOURCES CENTER, THAT SENATE BILL 3908.

IT'S ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE. AND WE DO A LOT OF TRAINING IN THAT AREA.

AND THE LAST THING THAT WE GOT AN UPDATE ON WAS MENTAL HEALTH, SPECIFICALLY TRAINERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM [INAUDIBLE].

AND THAT'S HOUSE BILL THREE. SO LOTS OF GOOD DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE LEONARD, TRUSTEE STACY. YES.

OKAY. SO, TRUSTEE BOTTOM AND I WERE ON ALL OF THESE TOGETHER.

SO, WE HAD A DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING ON 211 AND ALL THAT THEY REALLY DISCUSSED THERE WAS JUST GETTING READY FOR THEIR [INAUDIBLE] WITH THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS APRIL 1ST.

AND THEN WE HAD A STRATEGIC ACTION TEAM MEETING FOR OBJECTIVE ONE AND FOUR ON TWO FOUR AND THEN OBJECTIVE TWO ON TWO SIX.

AND THAT ACTUALLY WAS JUST COVERING AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH STRATEGIC PLANNING AND WE'RE GETTING INTO YEAR THREE.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN CHECKED OFF THE LIST IN TERMS OF CURRICULUM, HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL ALIGNMENT.

AND SO AND OUR STUDENT OPPORTUNITY. SO JUST SHARING WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, WHAT'S STILL ONGOING.

BUT THERE'S NOT MUCH ONGOING. MOST EVERYTHING HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.

AND THEN ON 2/11 WE HAD OUR STUDENT AND STAFF WELLNESS COMMITTEE, WHICH IS ANOTHER STRATEGIC ACTION TEAM MEETING.

AND THAT ONE ACTUALLY WAS GREAT. WE REALLY JUST GOT TO HAVE REALLY GREAT DIALOG ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ON WHAT OUR STAFF REALLY NEEDS NOW, LOOKING INTO NOW THAT THINGS ARE HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY ALIGNED, ESPECIALLY ON THE LOWER LEVELS WHERE WE HAVE MULTIPLE CAMPUSES REALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT DOES OUR STAFF NEED NOW? SO, IT WAS GREAT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE STACY, HOW OFTEN DO YOU GUYS HAVE THOSE STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETINGS? WE USUALLY HAVE FOUR A YEAR, BUT SINCE WE'RE COMING, COMING DOWN ON THINGS BEING ACCOMPLISHED, WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE IN THE FALL AND ONE IN THE SPRING. OKAY, SO TWICE A YEAR. YES.

OKAY. TRUSTEES. ANY OTHER REPORTS? YEP. TRUSTEE YEAGER, TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE MEETING MET ON FEBRUARY 11TH.

I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. STEWART AND HIS TEAM, MR. SALAZAR, AND THE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE DISTRICT THAT ATTENDED.

WE GOT A STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE. AS A REMINDER, PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO BUY DEVICES FOR 1 TO 1.

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AND THEN WE JUST WENT THROUGH SOME ADDITIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATES, EVERYTHING FROM CYBERSECURITY TO PURCHASING PROCESSES.

IT WAS A GOOD MEETING. AND MR. BRYANT, THAT COMMITTEE MEETS ONCE A QUARTER.

OKAY. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE YEAGER. ANY OTHER REPORTS? OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO MY REPORT. I'VE GOT FOUR ITEMS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY.

A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT I'VE SENT OUT, EMAILS BRIEFING THE COMMUNITY ON.

BUT I'D LIKE TO READ STATEMENTS INTO THE RECORD IF I CAN.

THE FIRST ONE IS ON PROPERTY VALUE STUDIES PROJECTIONS.

ON FEBRUARY 3RD, 2025, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM JOE DON FROM JOE DON BOB, CHIEF APPRAISER, APPARENT TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAD REQUESTED THE CARROLL ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES CONSIDER PASSING A RESOLUTION ASKING TAD TO REAPPRAISE PROPERTIES WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. IN MY STATEMENT TO THE COMMUNITY, I EXPLAINED THAT THE STATE REQUIRES A DISTRICT'S PROPERTY VALUES TO BE AT 95% OF MARKET VALUE FOR STATE FUNDING CALCULATIONS. DISTRICTS THAT ARE LOWER THAN THE 95% THRESHOLD COULD RISK LOSING SOME STATE FUNDING, AND OR PAY A HIGHER AMOUNT IN RECAPTURE. THERE ARE SIX OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TARRANT COUNTY PROJECTED TO BE UNDER THE THRESHOLD.

TAD IS CURRENTLY PROJECTING CARROLL ISD'S PROPERTY VALUES AT 83% OF MARKET VALUE.

IF VALUES BECOME FINAL AND ARE BELOW THE THRESHOLD, IT DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY IMPACT OUR RECAPTURE OBLIGATIONS.

HOWEVER, A SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF NOT MEETING THE THRESHOLD COULD LEAD TO THE STATE ASSIGNING HIGHER PROPERTY VALUES, POTENTIALLY INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF LOCAL TAX REVENUE SENT TO THE STATE THROUGH RECAPTURE.

WHILE THE DISTRICT DOES NOT CONTROL PROPERTY APPRAISALS, WE RECOGNIZE THE POTENTIAL FINANCIAL IMPACT ON OUR RESIDENTS AND WILL REQUEST HAD TO ENSURE FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY IN THE VALUATION PROCESS.

WE WILL NOT PASS A RESOLUTION ASKING TAD TO REAPPRAISE YOUR PROPERTIES.

THIS BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION REMAIN COMMITTED TO RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP AND PROTECTING OUR LOCAL TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

NEXT ITEM IS OUR FEDERAL JUDGES RULING ON OUR TITLE NINE CHALLENGE.

I AM WRITING ON BEHALF OF YOUR CARROLL ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO INFORM YOU OF A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT REGARDING OUR DISTRICT'S LEGAL CHALLENGE TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S REVISED INTERPRETATION OF TITLE NINE.

ON FEBRUARY 19TH, 2025, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE REED O'CONNOR ISSUED A FINAL JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF CARROLL ISD, RULING THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S REWRITE OF TITLE NINE EXCEEDS ITS STATUTORY AUTHORITY AND UNDERMINES THE ESSENTIAL PROTECTIONS.

TITLE NINE WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THIS DECISION TO VACATE THE FINAL RULE IS AN IMPORTANT VICTORY, AFFIRMING OUR DEDICATION TO MAINTAINING A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WHERE ALL STUDENTS CAN THRIVE IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT TITLE NINE CONTINUES TO FULFILL ITS FOUNDATIONAL PROMISE, WHICH IS TO PREVENT ANY FORM OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEX IN EDUCATION.

OUR PRIMARY CONCERN HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS, AND THIS RULING REINFORCES OUR ABILITY TO UPHOLD THESE VALUES.

WE THANK JUDGE O'CONNOR FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF THESE PROTECTIONS AND THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES THE REVISED INTERPRETATION WOULD HAVE IMPOSED.

THIS RULING, WHICH STATES THAT THE REWRITE QUOTE UNDERMINES THE PURPOSE OF TITLE NINE, ENDANGERS STUDENTS AND HAS NO BASIS IN REALITY. END QUOTE UNDERSCORES OUR CONCERNS AND VALIDATES THE RATIONALE BEHIND OUR CHALLENGE. PLEASE KNOW THAT CARROLL ISD WILL CONTINUE TO COMPLY FULLY WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS REGARDING NONDISCRIMINATION, AND MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF ALL OUR STUDENTS WHILE ENSURING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT SUPPORTS EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE.

I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT AN IMPORTANT UPCOMING EVENT FOR CARROLL ISD.

OUR ADVOCACY DAY IN AUSTIN IS MARCH 4TH. ON THIS DAY, OUR TRUSTEES, DISTRICT LEADERS, AND MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE TRAVELING TO THE TEXAS CAPITOL TO MEET WITH LEGISLATORS AND ADVOCATE AND ADVOCATE FOR KEY PRIORITIES THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS.

OUR FOCUS WILL BE ON THREE CRITICAL AREAS. NUMBER ONE, RAISING THE BASIC ALLOTMENT TO ENSURE OUR SCHOOLS RECEIVE THE FUNDING NECESSARY TO PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION. NUMBER TWO, RECAPTURE REFORM TO BRING FAIRNESS TO THE SYSTEM AND ALLOW MORE OF OUR LOCALLY RAISED TAX DOLLARS TO

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THANK YOU, RENEE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO JOIN US.

YOUR WILLINGNESS TO STAND ALONGSIDE US IN ADVOCACY IS A POWERFUL TESTAMENT TO THE COMMITMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY HAS IN EDUCATION.

LASTLY, I AM PLEASED TO SHARE AN IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENT THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS CARROLL ISD AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS TEXAS.

REPRESENTATIVE NATE SHETTSLINE HAS OFFICIALLY FILED A BILL TO REFORM RECAPTURE, A CRITICAL STEP IN ADDRESSING THE FINANCIAL BURDEN PLACED ON DISTRICTS LIKE OURS. TRUSTEE ANDREW YEAGER AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVE SHAZLIN REPRESENTATIVE BRIAN HARRISON AND THEIR STAFFS THIS PAST WEEK TO PUSH FOR THIS LEGISLATION. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP IN RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR REFORM, AND FOR TAKING ACTION TO ENSURE THAT TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE USED EFFECTIVELY TO SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION. AND IN ADDITION TO ADVOCATING FOR THIS BILL, WE WILL ALSO BE REQUESTING A FORENSIC AUDIT FROM THE STATE AUDITOR ON RECAPTURE. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE FULLY UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR LOCAL TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING AND HOW THEY ARE BEING USED.

TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THIS PROCESS ARE NOT JUST NECESSARY, THEY ARE OWED TO EVERY TAXPAYER IN OUR DISTRICT.

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF OUR EFFORTS TO BRING MEANINGFUL CHANGE.

WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH LAWMAKERS, ADVOCATING FOR FAIR FUNDING AND ENSURING THAT CARROLL ISD AND DISTRICTS ACROSS TEXAS HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO SERVE STUDENTS EFFECTIVELY. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED THIS EFFORT, AND WE ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO STAY ENGAGED AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THIS FIGHT FOR FAIRNESS IN EDUCATION FUNDING. ALL RIGHT.

LET'S MOVE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. DR.

[8. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT]

I WANT TO THANK LAINEY MOODY, WHO'S IN THE ROOM, ALSO OUR DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, MR. BENNETT, FOR THEIR EFFORTS. ALSO, A SHOUT OUT TO OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, FOR PROVIDING DETAILED UPDATES TO OUR ADMINISTRATION.

AS WE MADE IT THROUGH THE WINTER WEATHER EVENT.

IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO CLOSE SCHOOLS. AND IT'S ALWAYS HARD ON PARENTS AS WE TRY AND PUSH OUT INFORMATION.

SO IT REALLY HELPS WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH OUR CITY AND COUNTY TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.

OUR ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN TRUSTEES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN AUSTIN NEXT WEEK.

LATE LAST WEEK, OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT SHARED A STUDY ON THE TOP ACADEMIC SCHOOLS IN TARRANT KENT AND TARRANT COUNTY.

AS EXPECTED, CARROLL ISD WAS RANKED NUMBER ONE FOR STUDENTS READING ON GRADE LEVEL.

CARROLL WAS THE ONLY DISTRICT WITH A RATING IN THE 90S, WHILE THE NEXT CLOSEST DISTRICT HAD ONLY 77% OF STUDENTS READING ON LEVEL.

I REPORT THAT TONIGHT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT CARROLL ISD CONTINUES TO BE THE LOWEST FUNDED DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHILE REMAINING AT THE TOP WHEN IT COMES TO PROVIDING THE BEST ACADEMIC AND EXTRACURRICULAR EDUCATION IN OUR STATE.

EQUITABLE FUNDING MATTERS WHILE WE SUPPORT THE STATE WORKING TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS, WE STRESS TO ALL OF OUR LEGISLATORS NOT TO FORGET ABOUT THE TOP STUDENTS.

LEGISLATION SHOULD FOCUS ON LIFTING ALL SCHOOLS UP, NOT BRINGING THE TOP PERFORMERS DOWN TO THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK.

JUST A FEW. CONGRATULATIONS. I WAS AT THE STATE SWIM MEET ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER ADMINISTRATORS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH THE GIRLS AND BOYS TEAM FOR ADVANCING THE STATE AND TO OUR GIRLS FOR FINISHING AS STATE RUNNER UP.

ALSO TO SHOW CHOIR FINISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE TOP SIX AT THE COWTOWN CLASSIC ON FEBRUARY 15TH.

THEY'LL PERFORM AT THE SOUTHLAKE SHOWDOWN ON MARCH 8TH.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH MARKLEY, COACH MCCOURT.

THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB THIS SEASON. THE BOYS, IN FACT, BOTH ADVANCED TO THE PLAYOFFS.

THE BOYS ACTUALLY HAD THEIR FIRST PLAYOFF WIN IN OVER A DECADE.

13 OF CARROLL'S 19. ODYSSEY OF THE MIND TEAMS ADVANCED TO THE WORLD FINALS, WHICH IS A HUGE, HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT. DRAGON CHEER TOOK THIRD PLACE AT NATIONALS.

AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE BARBECUE TEAM FINISHED THIRD OVERALL AT REGIONAL, AND WE'LL HEAD TO STATE IN APRIL.

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THE BOARD MEETING ON MARCH 3RD WILL BE MOVED TO MARCH 10TH.

CORRECT, MR. PRESIDENT, AND THEN AS MENTIONED EARLIER, FEBRUARY IS CTE MONTH, SO BE SURE TO SHOW SOME LOVE TO ALL OF OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION STAFF. SO WITH THAT, MR. PRESIDENT, I'D ALSO LIKE TO READ A LETTER SUBMITTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE CBC, MITCH STACY. AND IT READS, PRESIDENT BRYANT ON BEHALF OF THE CARROLL ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB AND CABC BOARD OF DIRECTORS, I AM WRITING WITH SOME EXCITING NEWS. AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH ASHLEY PETTIT, DIRECTOR OF CARROLL SPECIAL OLYMPICS, WE WERE MADE AWARE OF FUNDING NEEDS FOR THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES AT CARROLL ISD.

ASHLEY AND HER TEAM ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB FOR THE SPECIAL DRAGON ATHLETES, APPROXIMATELY 60 TO 70 PER SEASON ACROSS FIVE SPORTS.

THE CARROLL ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE BEGUN THE PROCESS TO ADD THE CARROLL SPECIAL OLYMPICS PROGRAM UNDER THE CABC UMBRELLA AND HAVE STARTED RAISING FUNDS NEEDED TO FULLY SUPPORT ASHLEY AS A DIRECTOR, HER COACHES AND ALL THE CAROLL SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES.

GOING FORWARD, THEY WILL HAVE THEIR OWN CHART OF ACCOUNTS, AS DOES EVERY SPORT IN CABC.

DONATIONS TO THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS PROGRAM RECEIVED BY THE CIBC WILL BE USED SOLELY FOR THIS PURPOSE.

OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND RELIEF THROUGH RAISING FUNDS, SO ASHLEY AND HER TEAM CAN FOCUS ON THE ATHLETES, AND THE ATHLETES CAN FOCUS ON THEIR SPORT AND THEIR GOALS AS THEY TO PROTECT THE TRADITION.

MORE TO COME AS WE WORK TO ADD SPECIAL OLYMPICS TO THE DRAGON APP, THE WEBSITE AND SUPPORT THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.

CHANNELS. I WANT TO THANK THE CISD BOARD PRESIDENT, CAM BRYAN, AS WELL AS ALL TRUSTEES ATHLETIC DIRECTOR RILEY DODGE, FOR THEIR COMPLETE AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF THE CIBC AND THIS INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT ALL CAROL SPECIAL OLYMPIAN ATHLETES.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S FROM THE CIBC BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THEIR PRESIDENT, MITCH STACY.

THANK YOU, DR. GLENN. THAT IS PRETTY AMAZING.

WE HAVE SUCH AMAZING VOLUNTEERS AND PARENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT TAKE ON THIS.

AND WE HONORED SOME OF THE SPECIAL OLYMPIC ATHLETES TONIGHT.

AND THE FACT THAT CBA, CIBC IS TAKING THEM UNDER THEIR WINGS IS JUST TRULY PHENOMENAL.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO SUCH A GREAT JOB. AND WE JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE THAT.

AND WE APPRECIATE PRESIDENT STACY AND HIS BOARD FOR TAKING ON THIS.

IT'S JUST A BLESSING THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE WILLING TO GO THE LENGTHS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT MAKES SOUTHLAKE SO SPECIAL.

AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT SO INCREDIBLE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, I DO WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING.

IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN A JUDGE FOR THE BARBECUE TEAM, YOU MIGHT WANT TO VOLUNTEER.

IT'S VERY DELICIOUS, ISN'T IT? TRUSTEE. YES, IT'S VERY GOOD.

GET FREE FOOD IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. AND THEY'RE PHENOMENAL, TOO.

LED BY OUR DRAGON VOICE, MR. KEN GOODMAN. SO BEFORE WE GO ON, I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO

[9. INFORMATION]

9.1 IS OUR BUDGET REDUCTION ACTION COMMITTEE.

AND DR. GLENN IS GOING TO GIVE US A FINAL REPORT.

TONIGHT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE SITTING OUT IN THE AUDIENCE AND COMING TO SUPPORT US TONIGHT.

AND I KNOW DOCTOR GLENN IS GOING TO SAY THIS, BUT IT JUST TRULY WAS A PHENOMENAL COMMITTEE THAT WE MET.

AND I THOUGHT REALLY PUT TOGETHER A PRETTY, PRETTY SOLID HIGH LEVEL PLAN THAT'S BUILT ON TRIGGERS.

AND I'M GOING TO LET DOCTOR GLENN TALK ABOUT THAT BEFORE. BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO DR. GLENN, I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING THAT ALL OF YOU ALL HAVE PROBABLY HEARD ME SAY A MILLION TIMES. AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN THIS FINANCIAL SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN.

IT'S CERTAINLY NO FAULT OF THIS BOARD OR THIS DISTRICT, AS WE HAVE SHOWN A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR MANY YEARS.

IN FACT, THAT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY IS THE REASON WHY WE ARE OPERATING AS IS TODAY AND NOT HAVING TO MAKE MAJOR CUTS LIKE MANY OF OUR NEIGHBOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE HAVING TO DO. BUT THAT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR THE LONG TERM.

IT'S JUST NOT. WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A PLAN MOVING FORWARD, AND WE MUST HOPE AND PRAY AND ADVOCATE THAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS DOWN IN AUSTIN DO THEIR JOB FOR A CHANGE AND ADEQUATELY FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION IN TEXAS IN THIS 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE. DID YOU KNOW THAT TEXAS RANKS 42ND IN THE NATION IN TERMS OF FUNDING PER STUDENT AT

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THEY PROVIDE $13,700 PER STUDENT. $3,700 MORE THAN TEXAS.

LOUISIANA. HOW EMBARRASSING. AND DID YOU KNOW THAT CARROLL ISD DOCTOR GLENN MENTIONED THIS IN HIS SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT? RANKS DEAD LAST OF APPROXIMATELY 1200 ISDS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AT $8,100 PER STUDENT, $1,900 BELOW THE STATE AVERAGE. DOCTOR GLENN ALSO MENTIONED, WHILE WE RANK DEAD LAST IN FUNDING, WE CONSISTENTLY RANK AT THE TOP IN ACADEMICS AND OTHER PROGRAMS, AND THAT IS A TRUE TESTAMENT TO OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF, WHO, INCIDENTALLY, MAKE UP ABOUT 80% OF OUR ENTIRE BUDGET AND SALARIES.

SO, THE BRAC HAD ITS WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM. WE ASK THEM TO CONSIDER FINDING EFFICIENCIES IN AREAS WE COULD CUT.

WITH LITTLE TO NO IMPACT ON THAT 80% OR OUR EXISTING ACADEMIC PROGRAMS. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR. GLENN NOW TO WALK YOU THROUGH HOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

DR. GLENN, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT O'BRIEN. AND I DO WANT TO THANK OUR BRAC COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE PRESENT.

I KNOW YOU GUYS PUT IN A LOT OF TIME. SOME OF YOU EVEN HAD MEETINGS ON THE SIDE WITH ME AND BOARD PRESIDENT CAM BRYAN.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT WE KNOW YOU PUT IN A LOT OF WORK, BOTH INSIDE THE BRAC MEETINGS AND OUTSIDE, TO MAKE THIS PLAN SUCCESSFUL. AND WE'RE TRULY GRATEFUL.

AND PRESIDENT O'BRIEN'S RIGHT. I THINK IDEALLY, WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE THIS, THIS PLAN AND SHOVE IT SOMEWHERE AND NOT HAVE TO USE IT.

BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT AS WE LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE IN THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

AS WE LOOK AT RECAPTURE FACING OUR DISTRICT AND WE LOOK AT AN ENROLLMENT DECLINE, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO USE AT LEAST SOME OR ALL OF THIS PLAN NOW AS WE JUMP INTO THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.

I THINK I THINK THERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS TO TALK ABOUT FIRST.

THE FIRST IS THAT AS A DISTRICT, WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT THAT OUR TRUSTEES, WELL, BEFORE I CAME ON BOARD, HAVE BEEN VERY PROACTIVE IN DEALING WITH THE FUNDING ISSUES FACING THE DISTRICT.

WE'VE KEPT A RELATIVELY LOW TAX RATE COMPARED TO ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

THE BOARD HAS DONE A DEFEASANCE YEAR OVER YEAR, I BELIEVE, FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

MR. RYAN, EVER SINCE YOU'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD NETTING RIGHT AT ABOUT $160 MILLION IN SAVINGS, PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST. AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU COME ON TO A BOARD AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF DEBT AND YOU CAN PAY THAT DEBT DOWN QUICKLY, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE SAVING LONG TERM INTEREST. THINK OF IT A LOT LIKE YOUR HOME MORTGAGE.

IF YOU CAN PAY ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT HOME MORTGAGE EVERY MONTH, YOU'RE GOING TO END UP PAYING LESS THAN YOU WOULD IF YOU PAID THAT FULL AMORTIZATION OUT OVER 30 YEARS. AND SO, OUR BOARD HAS BEEN GREAT STEWARDS.

THEY'VE LOOKED AT SURPLUS PROPERTY AND PUT US IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE GOING INTO WHAT REALLY IS A TUMULTUOUS TIME FACING ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TEXAS. AND SO, AS WE DEVELOPED THE PLAN, WE, UNLIKE OTHER DISTRICTS, HAD THE LUXURY OF LOOKING AT IT OVER FIVE YEARS, TRIGGERED BY THE NEXT THREE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS.

SO THE CURRENT SESSION, WHICH WOULD BE YEAR ONE, THE 89TH SESSION, THE 90TH SESSION IN YEAR THREE, AND THEN THE 91ST SESSION, WHICH WOULD BE IN THE 28-29 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO WE LOOK AT THOSE LEGISLATION, THOSE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS AS TRIGGERS.

AND AGAIN, IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE JUST IN, IN TWO AND A HALF DECADES OF PUBLIC SERVICE THAT THAT GIVEN TIME, TYPICALLY THE LEGISLATURE WILL ALWAYS ADD TO AND ADJUST THE FUNDING THAT THEY GIVE TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AND SO UNFORTUNATELY, SINCE 2019, WE HAVEN'T SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

BUT EVEN AS WE COME INTO 24-25, WHERE I THINK THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF WE'LL SAY NEGATIVITY TOWARD WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THIS SESSION, WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE MOVEMENT, KNOWING THAT EVEN IF THE FUNDING COMES IN POCKETS LIKE SPECIAL EDUCATION AND SECURITY AND A SMALL INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME HELP. IT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO COVER OUR ENTIRE DEFICIT IN THE 89TH SESSION, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME IF WE SEE A LITTLE MORE IN THE 90TH SESSION AND THE 91ST SESSION, PLUS THE MEASURES TAKEN BY THE BRAC, THEN THEN THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY OVER THE COURSE OF THIS FIVE YEARS TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET OUT.

BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE COMMITTEE.

AND THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED IF NECESSARY.

SO, THE FACT THAT THE IDEAS ARE IN THIS PLAN DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH ALL OF THEM.

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AS WE GOT INTO OUR LAST MEETING, I THINK THERE WAS THE TASTE IN THE ROOM WAS TO NOT CONTINUE TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD, BUT TO HIT THE PROBLEM STRAIGHT ON. AND SO, AS WE SAID IN THIS YEAR, WE KNOW THAT THE DISTRICT HAS LOOKED AT PROPERTY SALES.

THEY CONTINUE TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES KNOWING THAT THOSE ARE ONE TIME HITS AND HOW CAN WE HOW CAN WE PIVOT AND AWAY FROM, FROM SOMETHING THAT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM, BUT ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE, THE ABILITY TO SELL SURPLUS PROPERTY NOW AND THEN? I'LL TALK ABOUT IT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT. HOW CAN WE TAKE THOSE PROPERTY SALES AND USE THEM TO THE DISTRICT'S ADVANTAGE.

FEES AND RENTALS AND DONATIONS. THE TRUTH IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MASSAGE THAT WE GENERATE PROBABLY BETWEEN 6 AND $700,000 IN FEES, RENTALS AND DONATIONS ALREADY. SO, YOU KNOW, IS THERE THE POTENTIAL TO INCREASE THAT BY ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, 15 TO 20%? ABSOLUTELY. BUT IS IT GOING TO COVER THE ENTIRE DEFICIT? NO. AND I THINK THAT'S THE THEME THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THROUGHOUT THIS PLAN IS IT'S NOT 1 OR 2 THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO SOLVE IT.

IT'S GOING TO BE COMPOUNDED BY PUTTING ALL OF THE THE PIECES IN PLACE.

FUND BALANCE. WE KNOW WE HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE JUST OVER $49 MILLION RIGHT NOW.

THE CONSENSUS OF THE COMMITTEE WAS TO USE THAT SPARINGLY.

MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MARKET AGAIN.

THE BOARD IS SUPER PROACTIVE. ALREADY SIGNED METHODIST HOSPITAL TO RIGHT AT A HALF $1 MILLION FOR OVER FIVE YEARS.

SPONSORSHIPS. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MARKET THOSE OUT AND THEN ENROLLMENT ANYTIME THAT WE CAN LOOK AT ENROLLMENT INCREASES, OR WE CAN LOOK AT ATTENDANCE. WE NEED TO DO THAT.

I THINK IT'S BEEN SAID. I KNOW MISS BOTTOM TALKS ABOUT THIS A LOT WHEN SHE GIVES HER LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

1% ENROLLMENT INCREASE IS WORTH 6 TO $700,000 FOR US.

SO, IF WE CAN GET KIDS TO COME TO SCHOOL AND TO BE AT SCHOOL, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT WE CAN GENERATE.

SO THOSE ARE ALL REVENUE GENERATING IDEAS. AGAIN, TRYING TO BE AS CREATIVE AS POSSIBLE, BUT ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S COST SAVING OPPORTUNITIES, FACILITY EFFICIENCIES. WE'RE NOT SUPER EFFICIENT WITH OUR BUILDINGS RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE 79 EMPTY CLASSROOMS, DISTRICT WIDE OUTSOURCING AND PARTNERSHIPS.

WE KNOW THAT THERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE.

AND AND CERTAINLY WE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AS MANY AS WE CAN.

THE THE TRANSPORTATION FACILITY AND, AND THE NUTRITION FACILITY ARE LISTED ON THIS.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU, IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE DIFFICULT FOR SOMEONE TO COME IN AND, AND OUTSOURCE, LIKE OUR NUTRITION PROGRAM THAT WE DO FOR COST.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO TRY AND DO IT FOR PROFIT. BUT THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES OR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CITY WHERE WE COULD LOOK AT LIKE LAWN CARE AND MAINTENANCE, AND THERE COULD BE SYNERGY THERE. AND SO THOSE ARE IDEAS THAT THE BOARD HAS ASKED US TO DELVE INTO.

WE MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TONIGHT THE IDEA OF BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE SHIFTING AWAY FROM THE 1 TO 1 TECHNOLOGY, REDUCING THE RELIANCE ON DISTRICT PROVIDED TECHNOLOGY, AND THEN THE AQUATIC CENTER, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE WAYS TO CUT COSTS ON WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A VERY, VERY COSTLY ITEM IN OUR DISTRICT.

AGAIN, HAVING JUST LEFT THE STATE SWIM MEET, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE INCREDIBLE PROGRAMS AND ATHLETES THAT USE THAT FACILITY ALL THE TIME.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW THEM ACCESS, BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT A WAY THAT THAT WE CAN REDUCE SOME OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CENTER.

SO IN YEAR TWO, LET'S SAY THAT NOW WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HELP.

WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY ITEMS, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE SITTING? WHERE ARE WE SITTING NEXT YEAR? AND AGAIN, SOME OPTIONS OR OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST.

ONE IS A VAT RATE. WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO CALL A VAT RATE, BUT CERTAINLY I THINK IT IS IT IS A REVENUE GENERATING IDEA THAT IS ON THE TABLE. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE TEMPERATURE IN THE ROOM WAS NOT TO RAISE TAXES.

SO, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS REINVESTING OUR CURRENT TAX RATE AND SHIFTING PENNIES THAT ARE ON THE INSIDE OF OUR TAX RATE OVER THE NO SIDE. AND SO, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR, MAYBE YOU'RE LISTENING ONLINE AND YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH HOW THE DISTRICT TAX RATE WORKS. IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO SECTIONS, M&O, AND SINCE THOSE TWO SECTIONS MAKE UP ONE TAX RATE, AND SO THE ABILITY DOES EXIST FOR THIS BOARD TO SWAP PENNIES FROM THE INS SIDE OVER TO THE NO SIDE.

WHY WOULD WE DO THAT? WE WOULD DO IT BECAUSE WHEN THAT SHIFT IS MADE, THEY BECOME WHAT IS KNOWN AS GOLDEN PENNIES, WHICH ARE NOT SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE. ESSENTIALLY, THAT SWAP HELPS THE DISTRICT GENERATE WHAT WOULD BE JUST UNDER $4 MILLION ANNUALLY,

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THE BIGGEST ONE IS RIGHT SIZING AND THEN FACILITY EFFICIENCIES.

SO I SPOKE TO FACILITY EFFICIENCIES EARLIER AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT IF WE ROLL UP CURRENTLY, WE'RE GRADUATING 722 SENIORS. THAT WAS ON SNAPSHOT.

IF WE JUST ROLL UP EVERY CLASS AND THEN WE LOOK AT OUR KINDERGARTEN CLASS AND WE TAKE JUST A GUESS AT WHAT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN KINDERGARTEN, LET'S PICK THE NUMBER 400. THIS YEAR WE HAD 409 AT SNAPSHOT.

I THINK THE LAST FIVE YEARS WE'VE DECREASED IN KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT EVERY YEAR.

SO, LET'S JUST PLUG 400 IN THERE. IF WE DO THAT, WE'LL HAVE AND NOBODY ELSE MOVES IN.

WE'LL HAVE 322 LESS STUDENTS THAN WE DO CURRENTLY NOW A HUNDRED STUDENTS, ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU'RE DOING THE SHORT MATH, IS $1 MILLION. SO THAT COULD BE OVER $3 MILLION LESS IN FUNDING NOW.

NOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS, I DON'T EXPECT US TO LOSE 322 KIDS BECAUSE WHAT WE DO SEE YEAR OVER YEAR IS KIDS MOVE INTO OUR DISTRICT.

IF YOU GO AND YOU LOOK AT TRENDS, YOU'LL SEE THAT CLASS SIZES TEND TO GROW EVERY YEAR ALL THE WAY UP.

AND SO, WE ADD KIDS JUST DOING A LITTLE SHORT MATH.

IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL YOU COULD SEE CLOSE TO TEN.

NOW, WHEN THEY GET IN HIGH SCHOOL, THOSE CLASSES DON'T MOVE AS MUCH.

BUT IN GRADES FOUR FIVE, SIX, SEVEN YOU DO SEE A LITTLE MORE MOVEMENT.

SO IT'S NOT OUT OF THE RANGE OF POSSIBILITY THAT WE ADD 100 KIDS JUST THROUGH TRANSFERS INTO THE DISTRICT.

IT'S NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY THAT THAT CLASS OF 400 KIDS MAY BE 450 KIDS, BUT BUT ARE WE GOING TO MAKE UP THAT DEFICIT OF 322 KIDS NEXT YEAR? VERY UNLIKELY, VERY UNLIKELY. AND SO FACILITY EFFICIENCIES, RIGHT SIZING ARE IMPORTANT.

SO IF WE LOSE 100 KIDS AND WE'RE THINKING ON A 20 TO 1 STUDENT TEACHER RATIO, THAT MEANS FIVE STAFF MEMBERS WHO LEAVE THE DISTRICT LIKELY AREN'T REPLACED.

AND THAT'S HOW WE WANT TO DO IT. WE WOULD WANT TO DO IT THROUGH ATTRITION.

AND THE GOOD THING IS, YOU KNOW, JUST COMING IN THAT I THINK OUR BOARD HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE AND TRYING TO DO SOME RIGHT SIZING ALREADY, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO HAVE TO GET BETTER AT IT AS WE GET INTO YEAR TWO.

SO AGAIN, LOOKING AT YEAR THREE AND JUST REMINDING EVERYBODY THAT JUST BECAUSE IT IS JUST BECAUSE IT IS ON THIS LIST DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE IMPLEMENTED.

THINGS CONTINUE TO CHANGE. NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

WE'RE GOING TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT SHORT TERM BONDS.

WHY WOULD WE LOOK AT A SHORT TERM BOND? WELL, WE CURRENTLY INVEST RIGHT AT $2 MILLION ANNUALLY IN THE NO SIDE IN ITEMS THAT COULD BE SHIFTED TO THE INS SIDE. THINGS LIKE ROOFS, HVAC UNITS, CHILLER CHILLERS, BOILERS, HEATERS ALL OF THOSE THINGS COULD BE SHIFTED TO THE INS SIDE, ESSENTIALLY FREEING UP $2 MILLION IN NO REVENUE.

AGAIN, THAT REQUIRES A BOND. YOU HAVE TO GO TO VOTERS.

I KNOW THAT OUR BOARD PRESIDENT HAS SAID THIS MANY TIMES.

WE'RE NOT REALLY LOOKING TO ADD MORE DEBT, BUT WE DO HAVE BOND CAPACITY.

AGAIN, OUR BOARD HAS BEEN VERY CAREFUL STEWARDS OF HOW THEY MANAGE THE INS PORTION OF OUR BUDGET, AND THERE IS CAPACITY TO HAVE AN ELECTION WITHOUT RAISING THE TAX RATE.

AND SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT WOULD BE IS A SHORT TERM BOND.

YOU COULD WITH OUR PROPERTY WEALTH HERE, WE COULD DO A THREE YEAR BOND AND PAY IT OFF.

WE COULD DO A THREE YEAR BOND FOR $45 MILLION AND HAVE IT PAID OFF.

SO. SO NOT A LOT OF DISTRICTS HAVE THE LUXURY OF GOING OUT AND BORROWING $45 MILLION AND PAYING IT OFF IN THREE YEARS, BUT THIS IS A DISTRICT THAT DOES. AND SO, THAT IS ONE IDEA.

BUT AGAIN, IT WOULD REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL, AND WE WOULD CERTAINLY WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE 90TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION BEFORE MOVING FORWARD.

AND THEN AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS A THEME FACILITY EFFICIENCIES AND RIGHT SIZING.

AGAIN, IF WE DO NOT FIGURE OUT THIS, THIS ENROLLMENT DECREASE, IF WE CONTINUE TO PLATEAU AND EVENTUALLY THE PLATEAU WILL STOP.

BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE PUSHING SOME OF OUR LARGER CLASSES OUT.

IF YOU WERE TO GO LOOK AT OUR ENROLLMENT RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE OUR LARGEST CLASSES ARE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

AND SO JUST ABOUT EVERY CLASS FROM 12TH GRADE TO 11TH GRADE TO 10TH GRADE, JUST DROPS IN ENROLLMENT ALL THE WAY DOWN.

SO, AS WE SLOWLY WORK OUR WAY OUT OF THESE CLASSES OF 700 KIDS INTO THESE CLASSES OF ABOUT 550 KIDS, THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE OUR ENROLLMENT KIND OF STABILIZE, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE ABOUT 5 OR 6 YEARS.

SO, LOOKING AHEAD, EXPLORING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES, LOOKING AT ENERGY MANAGEMENT, SAVING OPPORTUNITIES.

REVENUE GENERATING IDEAS. MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES.

ALL OF THOSE IDEAS REMAIN ON THE TABLE. AND THEN AGAIN, YEAR FOUR.

WE'VE NOW GONE THROUGH TWO LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO RIGHTSIZE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT REVENUE GENERATING IDEAS.

SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO BRING UP HERE IS WE'RE MONITORING FUND BALANCE AT THIS POINT.

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SOMETHING THAT CAME UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN WAS MONITORING WHAT WE'RE PAYING OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF, KNOWING THAT WHERE DO WE WANT OUR MONEY INVESTED? DO WE WANT OUR MONEY INVESTED IN EMPTY CLASSROOMS, OR DO WE WANT OUR MONEY INVESTED IN THE HIGHEST PAID TEACHERS IN THE AREA? AND THOSE ARE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE FUNDED PROPERLY BY THE STATE, AND ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO DECLINE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO PUT YOUR MONEY SOMEWHERE.

RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE 79 EMPTY CLASSROOMS WE'RE PUTTING OUR MONEY INTO.

DO WE CONTINUE THAT TREND IF ENROLLMENT DECLINES, OR DO WE MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS? AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE BRAC WAS, IS MAKE THE TOUGH DECISION IF YOU HAVE TO.

BUT WHEN YOU DO IT, LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT.

AND SO WHENEVER I LOOK AT AT THIS POINT, IT IT REMINDS ME THAT WHERE, WHERE I BELIEVE OUR BOARD WANTS TO BE AND WHERE I BELIEVE THE BRAC WANTED US TO BE, IS AT A PLACE WHERE WE WERE PAYING OUR TEACHERS, NOT AT MARKET LEVEL, BUT ABOVE MARKET LEVEL.

AND SO WHEN WE ARE GOOD FINANCIAL STEWARDS OF HOW WE'RE SPENDING ALL OF OUR MONIES, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO YEAR FIVE, THIS IS WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO BE.

WE DON'T WANT TO BE RELYING ON THE 91ST LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO BAIL US OUT.

WE HOPE THAT WE'VE TAKEN THE APPROPRIATE STEPS TO RIGHT SIZE THAT WE'VE UTILIZED OUR FACILITIES EFFICIENTLY.

EARLIER I MENTIONED THE LAND SALES AND WHAT THE DISTRICT WOULD DO WITH SURPLUS PROPERTY.

SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD HAS TALKED ABOUT, IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CLOSE OUT ON THE SALE OF PROPERTY, POSSIBLY PUTTING THOSE FUNDS INTO A HIGH YIELD ACCOUNT.

KNOWING THAT THAT SALES SELLING PROPERTY TO PAY OFF DEFICITS IS NOT A LONG TERM SOLUTION.

BUT IF YOU COULD TAKE THOSE MONIES AND YOU COULD PUT THEM INTO A HIGH YIELD ACCOUNT IN YEAR OVER YEAR, GENERATE AN ADDITIONAL TWO AND A HALF, $3 MILLION AND PUT THAT MONEY TOWARDS SALARIES, THEN THAT'S A WIN FOR EVERYBODY.

AND THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD USE OF RESOURCES. AND SO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CREATIVITY OF SELLING PROPERTY, THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE FOR GENERATING REVENUE USING EXISTING RESOURCES WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN YEAR FIVE IS HAVING TO EXHAUST THAT $49 MILLION FUND BALANCE. IF WE IF THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT, WE DID NOT DO A GOOD JOB IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS OF IMPLEMENTING THIS PLAN.

EITHER THAT OR WE LOST ENROLLMENT AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE.

AND WE DIDN'T RIGHT SIZE APPROPRIATELY. SO COST SAVING OPPORTUNITIES AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THAT AGAIN THROUGHOUT FACILITY EFFICIENCIES AND RIGHT SIZING. THAT'S HOW WE GET OURSELVES OUT OF THE HOLE.

WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING GOOD USE OF EVERY ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS.

WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT SIZE STAFF FOR THE NUMBER OF KIDS WE HAVE.

AND THEN AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE THE DISTRICT'S LONG TERM SOLVENCY AND FINANCIAL STABILITY.

THE TRUTH IS, IF WE GET TO YEAR FIVE AND WE'RE STILL RUNNING LARGE DEFICITS, THAT THAT THIS PLAN, THIS PLAN IS NOT MEANT TO GO BEYOND YEAR FIVE.

SO, YEAR FIVE, THIS IS THIS IS KIND OF A WARNING SIGN TO US TO SOLVE IT BEFORE WE GET HERE.

IS THERE ANOTHER SLIDE? IS THAT IT? I APPRECIATE THAT.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS A QUESTION SLIDE. I GUESS THERE'S NOT.

SO BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY YOU HAVE THOUGH. MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, DR. GLENN. I APPRECIATE GREAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, GUYS AGAIN FOR BEING HERE AND SUPPORTING THIS.

AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO I GUESS THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE WE'LL PROBABLY PUT THIS ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA IN MARCH TO TAKE ACTION ON UNTIL THEN, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PORTAL BACK UP.

DOCTOR GLENN IF YOU WOULD, TO THE COMMUNITY. FOR THOSE THAT HAVE WILL HAVE SEEN LIVE YOUR PRESENTATION AND MAY GO BACK IN AND WATCH IT CAN PROVIDE US SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT THIS PLAN LOOKS LIKE, AND WE JUST OPEN IT BACK UP.

I THINK WE PROMISED THAT TO THE COMMUNITY WE'D OPEN IT BACK UP FOR THEIR COMMENTS.

SO, IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND DO THAT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE GATHERED THOSE COMMENTS AND SEE WHAT WE GET FOR OUR MARCH MEETINGS DISCUSSION.

AND YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK THAT THIS COMMITTEE REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, 80% OF OUR MONEY GOES TOWARDS SALARIES AND WE WANT TO KEEP YOU KNOW, OUR TEACHERS THE BEST WE CAN. THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS TO CONTINUE TO PAY THEM.

AND WE WANT TO TRY TO REMAIN AT 95% OF MARKET VALUE.

YOU JUST CAN'T DO THAT. IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.

SO, WE'RE FALLING. WE'RE FALLING BEHIND. AND SO, WE'RE LEAVING $3.6 MILLION OR CLOSE TO $4 MILLION ON THE TABLE ANNUALLY.

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NO AND NOT YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE THAT 3.6 MILLION OR 4 MILLION OR WHATEVER IT IS SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE.

WE GET TO KEEP 100% OF THAT. SO WE'RE LEAVING.

WE'RE LEAVING $3.6 MILLION ON THE TABLE EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE AN EFFECTIVE TAX RATE, THAT RINS RATE CAN MAKE UP FOR THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN GOOD STEWARDS IN TRYING TO PAY OFF BOND DEBT.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE THING. AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA THAT THE COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH IN TERMS OF SHORT TERM BONDS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, YOU KNOW, SCARES PEOPLE TO DEATH IS TO PASS, YOU KNOW, 20, 30, 40 YEAR DEBT.

YOU KNOW, AND LIKE NORTHWEST JUST DID OVER $1 BILLION WORTH OF DEBT.

I MEAN, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TELL THE COMMUNITY WHERE EXACTLY YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND $1 BILLION? YOU'RE NOT. IT'S GOING TO GO TOWARDS THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY REALLY DOESN'T WANT IT TO GO TOWARDS.

SO WHY NOT DO A $40 MILLION DEBT OVER THREE YEARS AND TELL OUR COMMUNITY, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE VOTING FOR, YOU'RE VOTING FOR THIS NUMBER OF HVAC SYSTEMS, THIS NUMBER OF ROOFS, THIS NUMBER OF PRESERVATION PROJECTS.

AND WE WILL REPORT BACK TO YOU BEFORE WE PUT IT ON A BALLOT AGAIN TO GO FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME THAT'S THE MOST FEASIBLE THING TO DO, AND THAT OUR COMMUNITY THEN WE CAN BUILD TRUST IN OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO DO WHAT WE SAY WE ARE GOING TO DO AND RELY ON THEM TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT.

SO I THINK THOSE ARE THE TWO, YOU KNOW, BIGGEST THINGS.

AND YOU DIDN'T MENTION THIS, BUT I'VE HEARD THAT FACILITY CONSOLIDATION, LET'S JUST SAY IT'S A CAMPUS COULD SAVE US AS MUCH AS $2 MILLION ANNUALLY. IS THAT IS THAT A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER? YEAH, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS. I THINK THE NUMBERS WE WERE, WE WERE LOOKING AT WAS LIKE, INITIALLY THERE WOULD BE A MUCH LARGER SAVINGS SO CLOSE TO THAT FOR, FOR YEAR ONE. BUT OVER YEAR OVER YEAR AFTER THAT 1.2 MILLION.

RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THIS SURPLUS PROPERTY CLOSED ON.

I DON'T HAVE ANY HIGH HOPES FOR THIS YEAR, BUT I KNOW IT'S VERY MARKETABLE PROPERTY, AND WE HAVE SOME THINGS IN THE WORKS TO HOPEFULLY GET THAT CLOSED AND GET SOME MONEY IN THE BANK SO THAT WE CAN SET UP KIND OF A HIGH YIELD ACCOUNT OR AN ENDOWMENT TO WHERE THAT WE'RE LESS RELIANT ON THE STATE AND MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT, PUTTING THE I BACK INTO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND THAT THE THE REVENUE PRODUCED FROM THE SALE OF THAT PROPERTY COULD GO TOWARDS BUILDING EXPECTATIONS AND GIVING TEACHERS RAISES. SO 2%, 3%, 4%, WHATEVER THAT IS.

EVERY YEAR WE CAN BUILD EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR TEACHERS TO SAY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THIS COMES UP WITH, THAT'S HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE IN A SALARY INCREASE.

WE JUST CAN'T BUILD THAT EXPECTATION NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE NO CLUE OF WHAT THE LEGISLATIVE BODY IS GOING TO GIVE US, WHICH YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M HEARING IS NOT THAT THAT MUCH IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE TO THINK OF CREATIVE WAYS.

I THINK THIS COMMITTEE HAS DONE THAT, HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF THINKING OF CREATIVE WAYS, INNOVATIVE PROCESSES THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE REVENUE THAT TYPICALLY SCHOOL DISTRICTS DON'T GENERATE ON THEIR OWN.

AND WE JUST HAVE TO START THINKING IN THOSE TERMS AND HAVE THAT BUSINESS ACUMEN AND BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BRING OUR COMMUNITY IN LIKE WE'VE DONE.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD DO MORE OF THAT IS BRING OUR SMART PEOPLE IN FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND GIVE US RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE CAN BUILD NEW REVENUE STREAMS. WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT BECAUSE WE CAN'T RELY ON OUR STATE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT FOR US.

YEAH. AND AGAIN, TO YOUR POINT, THAT $3.6 MILLION IS THIS YEAR IS WHAT IT WOULD GENERATE ON CURRENT VALUE, GOLDEN PENNIES. AND SO, EVERY TIME OUR VALUES GO UP AS A DISTRICT, THOSE GOLDEN PENNIES ARE WORTH MORE.

AND SO THE MORE GOLDEN PENNIES YOU HAVE AGAIN, THE MORE FUNDS YOU'RE GENERATING. AND THEN FROM A CAPACITY STANDPOINT, YEAH, THE DISTRICT DOES HAVE CAPACITY TO DO THESE THINGS WITHOUT RAISING THE TAX RATE, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD ON EITHER OF THOSE.

YEAH. AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT SOME OF THESE TRUSTEES HAVE SEEN THIS. OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT UNTIL WE TALK ABOUT IT IN PUBLIC SESSION AT A MEETING. SO I'LL JUST OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANY OF THE TRUSTEES.

I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. YES. SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THE EXPLANATION BEHIND THE VATRE AND THE SHORT TERM BONDS.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST SAW THAT THIS COMMUNITY ALREADY PAYS VERY HIGH TAXES, AND THEIR EXPECTATION IS THAT WE KIND OF LOOK UNDER EVERY STONE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS IN PLACE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T JUST AUTOMATICALLY PULL THAT LEVER TO RAISE TAXES. SO IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT THERE WILL BE NO NET INCREASE IN TAXES IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY. AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE THAT DID CATCH MY ATTENTION, SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE VATRE THAT YOU ALL KIND OF LANDED ON, DOES THAT MEAN THERE WILL BE LESS RECAPTURE GOING BACK TO AUSTIN? ROUGHLY $4 MILLION? IS THAT DID I GET THAT CORRECT?

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SO IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE A BIG DENT. THE BIG DENT WOULD COME IN COMPRESSION, WHICH WE DO EXPECT THIS SESSION AS WELL.

I THINK THE KEY POINT ON THE VAT IS ONE, THE COMMITTEE WAS LOOKING AT A REVENUE GENERATOR AND TWO, WE WERE LOOKING AT RETURN ON INVESTMENT. THOSE THREE PENNIES ARE ALREADY BEING TAXED.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALREADY BEING LEVIED AS PART OF OUR TAX RATE.

SHIFTING THEM, SHIFTING THEM INTO THE NO SIDE, KEEP THE TAX RATE THE SAME.

BUT ALLOW US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT WOULD BE A LITTLE LESS RECAPTURE, A LITTLE HIGHER YIELD, A LITTLE MORE OF THAT MONEY STAYING HERE. OKAY.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT DOES. YES. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT. THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO REDUCE RECAPTURE IS IF THEY RAISE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT AND ALLOW US TO KEEP MORE OF OUR PROPERTY TAX TAXES THAT ARE COMING IN WORKING ON THAT.

RIGHT. THANK YOU. OR WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT ENROLLMENT GROWTH.

OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. I DO HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION.

YOU KNOW, I SAW IN HERE FACILITY EFFICIENCIES, RIGHT SIZING KIND OF MULTIPLE TIMES.

WHAT TYPE OF LEAD TIME DID BRAC RECOMMEND TO IMPLEMENT THOSE POTENTIAL CHANGES? SO, IF THERE ARE FACILITY CHANGES LIKE WHAT'S THAT RUN UP LOOK LIKE.

YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, I GET THAT QUESTION A LOT, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, FROM STAFF ABOUT THE IDEA OF CONSOLIDATION.

WOULD WE CONSOLIDATE A CAMPUS. AND I CAN TELL YOU AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE NO PLANS TO DO THAT.

I THINK FROM A FROM A LEAD TIME STANDPOINT, THE IDEAL TIME WOULD BE ABOUT A YEAR TO PUSH THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE WOULD WANT TO GIVE OUR PRINCIPALS TIME TO PLAN ANY TYPE, OF ANY TYPE OF PROGRAM SHIFTS OR CURRICULUM CHANGES.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T SACRIFICE THE EXCELLENT PROGRAMS WE HAVE.

IF THERE IS GOING TO BE A CHANGE TO ANY OF OUR CURRICULUMS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE TIME TO KIND OF DIVE INTO IT WITH OUR TEACHERS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAMS WE CURRENTLY OFFER AT THE HIGH LEVEL WE CURRENTLY OFFER, THAT'S ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS. AND SO ANY TYPE OF ANY TYPE OF CHANGE AS IT RELATES TO CONSOLIDATING A FACILITY OR A GRADE LEVEL, WE WOULD SPEND A LOT OF TIME. WE'D SPEND A LOT OF TIME PLANNING AND COMMUNICATING THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

SO SO IDEALLY WHAT I'M SAYING I GUESS, AND I'M JUST BEATING I'M BEATING AROUND THE BUSH.

NOTHING. NOTHING NEXT YEAR. BUT BUT I WOULD BUT YOU KNOW, WE WOULD PROBABLY, YOU KNOW BY BY AUGUST WANT TO MAKE A DECISION IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING THE NEXT YEAR. THAT WAS REALLY WHAT YOUR QUESTION WAS, IS WHEN WOULD WE COMMUNICATE IT.

SO I WOULD SAY NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER, AUGUST IF WE'RE PLANNING TO, TO CONSOLIDATE FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO ASK IT ADVANCED MATH.

YEAH. HOW WOULD THAT BE ADDRESSED. BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, IN OUR DIFFERENT TOWN HALLS THAT PEOPLE HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS ABOUT. SO IF THERE WAS A SHIFT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

IT'S A VALID QUESTION. IT'S KIND OF WHY IT TOOK SO LONG IN MY LAST ANSWER, TALKING ABOUT THE PRINCIPALS HAVING TIME TO SPEND WITH TEACHERS, TO SPEND WITH ONE ANOTHER, TO LOOK AT PROGRAM SHIFTS.

AND, AND I THINK I'LL GO BACK TO SOMETHING THAT THAT JOHN FIKE SAID EARLY, YOU KNOW, IN HIS EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, COMING FROM HIGHLAND PARK AS THEY STARTED ADVANCED MATH EARLY, LIKE IN FOURTH GRADE.

THEY DIDN'T THEY DIDN'T WAIT TILL FIFTH GRADE.

AND SO, AND JUST IN CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD SIDEBAR WITH HIM AND OTHER ADMINISTRATORS, YOU KNOW, THE POSSIBILITY OF REVAMPING OUR ADVANCED MATH AND OUR ADVANCED READING PROGRAMS AND STARTING THEM EARLIER, ALLOWING KIDS OPPORTUNITIES TO FAIL EARLIER, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING.

YOU KNOW, HAVING RAISED ONE DAUGHTER AND THREE BOYS, I CAN TELL YOU THAT ALL KIDS LEARN AT DIFFERENT LEVELS, BUT LIKE CERTAINLY BOYS DO. AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO START IN AN ADVANCED MATH PROGRAM EARLY AND MAYBE SLOW, SLOWLY WORK THEIR WAY INTO IT.

I CAN SEE A LOT OF ADVANTAGES TO DOING IT THAT WAY, RATHER THAN JUST SAYING, HEY, IN FIFTH GRADE, WE'RE JUST WE'RE PUSHING YOU IN THE DEEP END OF THE POOL.

LET'S SEE IF YOU SINK OR SWIM. AND SO I HAVE TOTAL CONFIDENCE IN OUR CAMPUS TEACHERS AND CAMPUS PRINCIPALS THAT ANY TYPE OF CHANGE WE MAY HAVE WOULD BE MET WITH SUCCESS.

THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE BOTTOM. TRUSTEE YEAGER. YEAH.

HAVING BEEN A PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH LEGISLATORS THIS LAST WEEK WITH PRESIDENT BRYAN, I FEEL LIKE THERE IS GOING TO BE AT LEAST A DISCUSSION IN AUSTIN ABOUT RECAPTURE.

AND FOR PEOPLE ON THE BRAC, A QUICK UPDATE. WE TALK TO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN OUR TRUSTEE ROLLS AROUND THE STATE EVERY WEEK.

AND WE ARE WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME, YOU KNOW, PROBLEM, RIGHT? THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S RECAPTURED FROM US IS VERY SMALL COMPARED TO SOME OF THESE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, OVER $100 MILLION. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

BEFORE I GET TO A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS, I THINK, AND IT MAY NOT BE EVIDENT TO EVERYBODY, BUT WHERE WE JUST BROUGHT OUR NEW CFO MR. CHASE PARK, HE HAS SOME.

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BUT HIS EXPERIENCE SPECIFICALLY AT HIGHLAND PARK, WHICH WENT THROUGH SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH, THEY BECAME A SMALLER DISTRICT. THEY USED AN EDUCATION FOUNDATION EXTREMELY WELL, YOU KNOW, ENDOWMENT, ENDOWMENT. THERE'S SOME GREAT EXPERIENCE THAT MR. PARK BRINGS TO OUR DISTRICT THAT I CANNOT WAIT TO TAP INTO.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, MEMBERS OF THE BRAC, I THINK WE GOT WE GOT AN ABSOLUTE GOLD MINE, A UNICORN, IF YOU WOULD, FOR CFOS. AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO PAY DIVIDENDS THERE.

A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS. ONE IS NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW IN AUSTIN LEGISLATIVELY, AND THAT IS THE ISAS OR EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS OR EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS ACCOUNT.

WHAT THE THRESHOLD. THERE ARE 5 MILLION, OVER 5 MILLION STUDENTS THAT ARE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN TEXAS.

FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN, THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 100,000 THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO QUALIFY OR BE FUNDED FOR THAT.

AND SO THE QUESTION MIGHT BE WILL ISAS, SHOULD IT PASS, HAVE AN EFFECT ON ENROLLMENT, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THIS DISTRICT? I THINK I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT, BUT I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM DR.

GLENN AND MR. BRYAN. SO, YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU ANY DOLLAR THE STATE THE STATE SPENDS ON SOMETHING ELSE OTHER THAN PUBLIC EDUCATION WOULD HAVE AN EFFECT. BUT THE TRUTH IS, $1 BILLION IN ISAS AT $10,000 A POP IS 100,000 KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO BENEFIT.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE'S ABOUT 5.5 MILLION KIDS.

AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE KIDS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY IN THE SYSTEM, HOMESCHOOL KIDS, PRIVATE SCHOOL KIDS THAT ARE LIKELY GOING TO JUMP IN AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS, TOO. HOW WILL IT IMPACT US IN CARROLL ISD? I DON'T THINK IT WILL IMPACT US VERY MUCH. THE TRUTH IS, WE'RE A UNICORN OURSELVES.

WE'RE A UNIQUE DISTRICT. I DON'T SEE A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES TAKING A $5,000 VOUCHER AND TRYING TO JUMP INTO A PRIVATE SCHOOL, MAINLY BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES, IF THEY WANT TO GO TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL, THEY CAN KIND OF GO RIGHT NOW. THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ON THAT $5,000 VOUCHER.

SO THEY MAY GET THEY MAY BE THERE ALREADY, AND THEY MAY GET THE VOUCHER, BUT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY LEAVING OUR DISTRICT TO GO.

AND THAT $5,000 VOUCHER IS NOT GOING VERY FAR IN THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN OUR AREA.

AND I THINK I SAW AN INCOME THRESHOLD OF 160,000 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT'LL BE A MOVING TARGET.

AND, AND THEY'RE I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT PRIORITIZING SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS.

THE TRUTH IS AGAIN, I DON'T A LOT OF THAT A LOT OF THAT.

IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHO REALLY GETS THE VOUCHERS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER STATES THAT HAVE GOTTEN VOUCHERS, YOU KNOW, 75% OR MORE TEND TO GO TO KIDS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE SYSTEM.

SO YOU'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT 20, 25% OF KIDS THAT ARE NEW KIDS COMING IN TO GRAB A VOUCHER THAT ARE LEAVING PRIVATE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO GO TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL, SO I DON'T THINK IT DOESN'T HAVE AS BIG OF A SWAY AS PEOPLE THINK.

AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE FACT THAT IT'S $1 BILLION THAT COULD GO TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THAT'S NOW BEING SHIFTED TO ANOTHER DIRECTION.

GO AHEAD. AND I YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. SO, AS THE BILL IS WRITTEN, CURRENTLY, 80% OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE PRIORITIZED TOWARDS CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. AND, YOU KNOW, FAMILIES THAT MEET A CERTAIN FINANCIAL THRESHOLD.

SO THAT'S 80% THAT ARE GOING THERE. THAT LEAVES VERY FEW FOR EVERYBODY ELSE TO KIND OF FIGHT FOR.

OKAY. AND BECAUSE WE'RE ALL PROPERTY OWNERS HERE AND WE THINK ABOUT OUR BILLS AND ALL THE PEOPLE LISTENING.

YOU TALKED ABOUT COMPRESSION. THE GOVERNOR, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BRING DOWN THE BILL, EVEN THOUGH, AS MR. BRYANT SAYS, WE'RE EVENTUALLY WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THIS ASSESSMENT, AND IT TAKES THINGS UP.

BUT THE OTHER THING THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDED, I BELIEVE, IS ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

AND THAT WOULD AFFECT NOT ONLY, I THINK, SENIORS, BUT EVERYBODY WHO OWNS PROPERTY IN SOUTHLAKE.

IS THERE ANYTHING ALSO THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN DO FOR AN EXTRA HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION? YEAH. SO, DISTRICTS DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO YIELD AN ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS CURRENTLY ALLOWABLE BY THE STATE.

SO WE COULD TACK ON AN ADDITIONAL 10%. 20%. YES, SIR.

OKAY. PRESIDENT BRIAN. YES. NO QUESTIONS. SPECIFICALLY, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE BRAC COMMITTEE.

I FEEL REALLY BLESSED THAT WE HAVE SMART PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP COME UP WITH THESE GREAT IDEAS.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK TRUSTEE BOTTOM AND TRUSTEE STACEY FOR DOING SOME EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOLS AND EVEN THE LUNCH AND LEARNS.

I'M NOT ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT I THINK I'VE HEARD OR LEARNED ABOUT MOST OF THESE, NOT FROM YOU GUYS, BUT FROM PEOPLE WHO COME UP AND ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT, HEY, YOU KNOW, THE BRAC COMMITTEE MEMBER WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS OR THAT,

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AND IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO EDUCATE OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY IS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.

AND I REALLY LIKE HOW IT'S KIND OF SCHEDULED OUT OVER FIVE YEARS.

IT'S VERY STRATEGIC. I KNOW THERE'S NOTES ON THE SCREEN THAT YOU SEE RIGHT NOW.

THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL ONLY BE IMPLEMENTED IF NECESSARY.

I KNOW SOME PEOPLE MIGHT THINK OF THESE THINGS AS DRACONIAN, AT LEAST THE ONES THAT ARE FURTHER OUT.

I HOPE WE NEVER HAVE TO GET THERE, BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE A PLAN IN CASE WE HAVE TO.

SO THANK YOU TO THE BRAC COMMITTEE TRUSTEE. ANYTHING.

TRUSTEE STACY IN YOUR PLACE? YEAH. DO YOU ALL FIND IT INTERESTING THAT IF THIS VOUCHER PROGRAM PASSED THE SB TWO, THAT $10,000 IS WORTH MORE THAN OUR KIDS IN CARROLLWOOD AT $8,100? ANYWAY, SO WITH THAT, ANY ANYTHING ELSE? LAST QUESTIONS.

WE'LL MOVE ON. OKAY. THANK YOU, DR. GLENN. APPRECIATE IT.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 9.2, TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.

MR. STEWART. SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES, PRESIDENT BRIAN, I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE OF THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT AND SOME OF THE MANY THINGS WE'VE GOT GOING ON.

TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MANY THINGS THAT WE SUPPORT IN TECHNOLOGY.

HERE'S A LIST OF SOME OF THE RESOURCES WE HAVE CLOSE TO 13,000 COMPUTERS ACROSS DESKTOPS AND LAPTOPS AND IPADS AND NETWORK PRINTERS AND COPIERS AND 1150 IP PHONES. THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF TECHNOLOGY LINGO IN HERE.

AND SO, IDDFS AND SWITCHES, THOSE ARE OUR NETWORK CLOSETS THAT WE SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT TO KEEP GOING.

WE HAVE TWO DATA CENTERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UP AND RUNNING EFFECTIVELY IN THE DISTRICT, ONE HERE AT THE AT THE ADMIN BUILDING AND ONE IN THE STADIUM WITH A FIBER RING AROUND THE CITY THAT WE MAKE SURE IF THERE'S A BREAKAGE IN IT THAT WE CAN KEEP FUNCTIONING, THAT WE CAN KEEP PAYROLL GOING OUT, KEEP DATA SYSTEMS HAPPENING.

VIDEO SURVEILLANCE IS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

WE HAVE CLOSE TO A THOUSAND CAMERAS IN THE DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MONITOR WHAT'S GOING ON.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PRESENTATION WITH YOU BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SHARED WITH YOU, AND I DON'T WANT TO JUST READ IT TO YOU. I JUST WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE SUPPORT AND MAINTAIN THROUGHOUT THIS DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING KEEPS WORKING AND RUNNING AND THAT WE CAN DO SCHOOL EFFECTIVELY FOR STUDENTS AND FINANCES AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

SOME OF OUR, SOME OF OUR CRUCIAL SYSTEMS ARE SKYWARD FOR OUR TEAM SYSTEM TO SUBMIT TO THE STATE FOR OUR GRADE BOOKS AND OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEMS. WE HAVE CANVAS, WHICH IS OUR OUR ONLINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SO STUDENTS CAN CHECK WHETHER THEIR ASSIGNMENTS, THEY CAN GO IN AND SEE WHAT THEIR GRADES ARE FOR.

IN THESE SYSTEMS, THEY CAN CHECK WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO THIS WEEK.

THEY CAN SUBMIT THEIR ASSIGNMENTS. WE HAVE KIND OF A LIGHTER WEIGHT VERSION CALLED SEESAW FOR PRE-K THROUGH FOUR.

AND SO PARENTS CAN LOG IN THERE AND IT'S A SECURE PLATFORM THAT THEY CAN SEE.

HERE'S SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND TASKS THAT STUDENTS ARE WORKING ON.

OUR VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM IS TIED IN WITH OUR ACCESS CONTROL, WHICH IS OUR BADGES.

IT'S ALSO TIED IN WITH ADMINISTRATOR WALKIE TALKIES.

AND SO, IF THERE'S A SITUATION GOING ON AND THEY NEED TO LOCK DOWN THE CAMPUS, THEY CAN HOLD BUTTONS ON THE RADIO AND LOCK DOWN THE CAMPUS.

IT'S ALSO INTEGRATED WITH OUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT SO THAT THEY CAN MONITOR CAMPUS CAMERAS AND SYSTEMS REMOTELY IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROTECTION IN PLACE.

WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO STREAM LIVE, DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS ACROSS OUR CAMPUSES AND BELL PA SYSTEMS TO GIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LOCKDOWN SITUATIONS. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE ON THEIR COMPUTERS AND FILTER THOSE DEVICES, BUT ALSO IF THEY'RE TYPING OR RESEARCHING OR SOMETIMES WRITING NOTES ABOUT SELF-HARM, THOSE ARE ABLE TO BE RELAYED TO CORRECT ADMINISTRATORS SO THAT WE CAN HELP STUDENTS OUT IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY, EVEN FROM THEIR HOME, IF THEY'RE ON A DISTRICT COMPUTER.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CALL IT ASSISTANCE FOR THEM WHEN THEY'RE IN NEED.

AS WELL AS A LOT MORE. AND WE DO ALL THIS. WE SUPPORT ALL THESE RESOURCES AND MAINTAIN ALL THESE SYSTEMS AND HELP THESE STUDENTS TO LEARN EFFECTIVELY.

WITH A VERY LIGHT AMOUNT OF STAFF. HERE'S OUR ORG CHART BREAKDOWN.

WE HAVE KIND OF THREE LEAD FOLKS. WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE JOHN SALAZAR, OUR TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR, PATTY KELLEHER, AND OUR DIRECTOR OF TEAMS AND ACCOUNTABILITY, LESLIE RUSSELL.

AND EACH OF THEM, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL GROUP OF TEAM THAT REALLY HAS BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE,

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AND SO I WON'T READ THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK HIGHLIGHT AND SEE IF YOU GUYS HAD ANY QUESTIONS.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, MR. STEWART. I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

MR. STEWART. WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO THE DISCUSSION ACTION PORTION OF THE AGENDA ITEM 10.1 CONSIDERABLE KERRVILLE ISD EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE PROGRAM.

[10. DISCUSSION/ACTION]

SO TONIGHT, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THE POSSIBILITY OF STARTING A CHILDCARE FACILITY FOR STAFF IN OUR SCHOOLS.

I THINK THIS CAN OFFER NUMEROUS BENEFITS TO BOTH OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND THE DISTRICT.

AGAIN, HAVING JUST GONE THROUGH A CONVERSATION ABOUT BUDGET REDUCTION.

I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY WE WOULD BE ALLOTTING SPACE IN OUR BUILDING FOR THIS FACILITY, AND IT WOULD BE A PROGRAM THAT WE PASS THE COST ON TO THE STAFF. AND SO ESSENTIALLY WE WOULD WE WOULD HOUSE THE FACILITY, WE WOULD SET IT UP AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, BUT WE WOULD PASS ON THE COST OF RUNNING THAT FACILITY TO OUR STAFF MEMBERS.

AND WE BELIEVE WE CAN DO THAT AT A LOWER COST THAN WHAT THEY CAN GET ON THE PRIVATE MARKET.

SOME REASONS WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER IT IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR OUR WORKING PARENTS.

MANY TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE PARENTS, AND HAVING A RELIABLE CHILDCARE FACILITY ON SITE CAN MAKE OUR SCHOOL MORE ATTRACTIVE.

WORKPLACE AS WE GO TO RECRUIT TEACHERS. IT CAN ALSO HELP STAFF MEMBERS KIND OF REDUCE STRESS.

STAFF MEMBERS, KNOWING THAT THEIR KIDS ARE ON SITE, FEEL SAFE AND AT EASE KNOWING THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE NEARBY AND WELL CARED FOR, WELL CARED FOR ALSO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY. LOOKING AT REDUCING ABSENTEEISM.

IF A STAFF MEMBERS DON'T NEED TO TAKE TIME OFF OR COME UP WITH LAST MINUTE ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHILDCARE, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO BE PRESENT AND FOCUSED ON TAKING CARE OF OUR KIDS.

AGAIN, IT'S AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DISTRICT AS WELL, AS IT WOULD BE A GATEWAY TO OUR THREE YEAR OLD PROGRAM.

AND AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT COST EFFICIENCIES. THIS WOULD BE A SHARED RESOURCE, A COST NEUTRAL PROGRAM USING SPACE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN THE ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM.

AND AGAIN, THE GOAL WOULD BE TO KEEP COSTS LOW.

THE AFTER SCHOOL PORTION. AGAIN CONVENIENCE AND STABILITY OF THIS PROGRAM OFFERING IT TO TO PARENTS OF STAFF AND ALSO OF PARENTS IN THE DISTRICT THAT HAVE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT. DEPENDABLE PLACE FOR CHILDREN TO GO ONCE SCHOOL IS OVER.

BUILDING STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SCHOOL.

PARENTS CAN FEEL CONNECTED TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY IF THEIR KIDS ARE INVOLVED IN OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.

WE CAN PROVIDE HOMEWORK AND TUTORING HELP. AND THEN AGAIN, IT'S A COST EFFECTIVE OPTION COMPARED TO PRIVATIZED CHILDCARE.

IF WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER THAT FOR OUR PARENTS AND STAFF.

AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. THANK YOU.

DR. GLENN, I THINK THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING IDEA, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT TO THE BOARD FOR ACTION TONIGHT.

I'LL OPEN UP ANY QUESTIONS FOR DOCTOR GLENN? YEAH.

JUST REALLY A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I THINK WE MISSED MENTIONING DOCTOR GLENN.

I KNOW I GOT TO GO TO A COUPLE OF LUNCH AND LEARNS.

AND TO ME, THE WHOLE IDEA IS A NO BRAINER. IF IT'S COST NEUTRAL AND WE HAVE THE EXCESS SPACE.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU, I DON'T, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU MENTION IS WE CAN ACTUALLY UTILIZE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THIS PROGRAM.

THEY CAN ACTUALLY LEARN HOW TO CREATE AND RUN A DAYCARE CENTER.

IT'S NOT JUST DAYCARE WORKERS. IT'S LITERALLY HOW TO RUN A BUSINESS.

AND WE CAN HAVE A CURRICULUM WHERE YOU CAN GET CERTIFIED IN THAT AREA TOO.

SO, IT'S REALLY BENEFICIAL TO STUDENTS AS WELL AS THE TEACHERS WHO THEMSELVES ARE HAVING CHILDREN.

AND I PERSONALLY WITNESSED, AS WE SAW SEVERAL OF OUR YOUNG TEACHERS WHO ARE EXPECTING MOTHERS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU MENTION THAT THEY BRIGHTENED UP AND THEY SAID, I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, STOP WORKING FOR A FEW YEARS NEXT YEAR.

AND THEY WERE LIKE, WE COULD REALLY USE THIS.

AND IT WOULD BE CONVENIENT AND EASY. IT'D BE CHEAPER TO US.

WE COULD AFFORD TO CONTINUE OUR EDUCATION. I CAN'T SEE A DOWNSIDE TO IT.

I MEAN, LIKE IT'S A NO BRAINER TO ME. YEAH. SO I'M GLAD YOU I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE CTE PORTION OF THIS.

SO YES, EDUCATION IS A PATHWAY THAT'S AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS.

SO WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE ABLE TO UTILIZE SOME STUDENT LABOR.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE DAYCARE REQUIREMENTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WE'D WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FULFILL THEM. BUT CERTAINLY IT WOULD GIVE INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR KIDS LOOKING TO GO INTO EDUCATION.

TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE] OTHERS AND WOULD BE A SOMEWHAT OF A REVENUE GENERATOR FROM THAT ASPECT, BECAUSE THE KIDS INVOLVED IN THOSE CAPSTONE CLASSES DO RECEIVE THAT CTE MULTIPLIER.

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AND SO, WE'LL ESSENTIALLY SET UP THEIR, THEIR OWN BUDGET WITHIN A BUDGET.

YOU'RE GETTING A HECK OF A DEAL. IT'LL BE A GREAT DEAL FOR OUR STAFF.

OKAY. YEAH. ESSENTIALLY THE KIDS ENROLL IN THE PROGRAM THAT WILL DETERMINE THE NEED OF THE SUPERVISORS, THE PEOPLE THAT WE HIRE ON, AND THEN THAT COSTS WILL BE SUBDIVIDED AMONGST THE KIDS IN THE PROGRAM.

AND THEN IT DOES SUBSIDIZE THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.

ONE OF THE NECESSITIES OF THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM IS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE KIDS. IT'S A SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED COST BECAUSE WE TRY AND KEEP THAT COST LOW, TOO. BUT ESSENTIALLY THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A PROFIT MARGIN ON THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, WHICH HELPS US SUBSIDIZE IT AS WELL. I JUST THINK AND YOU SAID THIS TRUSTEE LANDON BUT IN THE DAY AND AGE, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR OUR TEACHERS, AND OUT OF THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

THIS IS JUST ANOTHER TYPE OF BENEFIT OR SERVICE THAT WE CAN OFFER THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY OFFER, AND TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN I LOVE THIS. ABSOLUTELY.

AND EVEN IN THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, NOT ONLY IS IT A BENEFIT TO OUR TEACHERS AND PARENTS WHO UTILIZE THAT PROGRAM, BUT SOME OF OUR LOWEST PAID EMPLOYEES ARE PARAPROFESSIONALS ON CAMPUSES.

AND SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, TIME AND A HALF OR DOUBLE TIME WORKING A COUPLE OF MORE HOURS AFTER SCHOOL.

IF THEY IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT, THEY WANT THAT EXTRA SOURCE OF INCOME THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THEM.

THAT'S GREAT. SO THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS.

SO THE EXTENDED CARE. WOULD THAT BE ON THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES THAT WOULD OPEN UP FOR STAFF AND FOR PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT.

AND PARAPROFESSIONALS COULD CHOOSE TO WORK THAT IF THEY WANTED TO? ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. WE WOULD HAVE THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AT EVERY ELEMENTARY CAMPUS.

THAT WOULD IS WHERE IT WOULD BE HOUSED. OKAY.

AND THEN ON THE CHILDCARE, WHAT ARE THE THAT WOULD JUST BE FOR OUR STAFF AND WHAT WOULD BE THE AGES.

YEAH. SO, AGAIN TYPICALLY YOU START WITH INFANTS AND AN INFANTS WOULD COME IN I GUESS AFTER ABOUT TWO MONTHS, TWO MONTHS OLD BECAUSE THERE IS THAT THAT MATERNITY TIME.

SO, I THINK THE EARLIEST WE WOULD TAKE THEM WOULD BE, WOULD BE RIGHT AT EIGHT WEEKS.

AND, AND THEN AFTER THE TWO YEAR OLD PROGRAM ENDS, THEY WOULD FEED INTO OUR THREE YEAR OLD PROGRAM AT THE PRE-K LEVEL.

SO AND BOTH AGAIN, ALL OF THOSE ARE COST BASED.

AND I CAN TELL YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RATIO, RATIOS CHANGE.

AND SO THE REASON THAT THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL IS BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE LARGER RATIOS, RIGHT? IF YOU HAVE YOU CAN PUT 15 FOURTH GRADERS WITH WITH ONE PARAPROFESSIONAL AND THEY CAN WATCH THEM RESPONSIBLY.

WELL, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOU CAN ONLY HAVE LIKE FOUR INFANTS WITH ONE WITH ONE WORKER.

SO THE RATIOS ARE LOWER. THEREFORE, THE COSTS WILL LIKELY BE STAGGERED BASED ON THE AGE OF THE CHILD.

TRUSTEE YEAGER, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I MOVE THAT THIS BOARD APPROVE THE CARROLL ISD EMPLOYEE CHILDCARE PROGRAM.

SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU, DR.

GLENN. MOVING ON TO 10.2. CONSIDER ACQUISITION OF K THROUGH 12 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND K THROUGH 12 LIBRARY MATERIALS.

MISS PETTY. HI. HI. GOOD EVENING, DR. GLENN. PRESIDENT BRYAN.

TRUSTEES. I COME TO YOU TONIGHT FOR INFORMATION ONLY, I AM BRINGING YOU THE UPDATED SPRING K THROUGH 12 ACQUISITION LIST. WE HAVE TWO LISTS THAT WE ARE PRESENTING.

WE ARE PRESENTING THE LIBRARY LIST, AND WE ARE ALSO PRESENTING THE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONAL LIST.

SO, AS YOU ARE AWARE THESE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO PREVIEW FOR 30 DAYS.

SO AFTER THE 30 DAYS WE WILL COME BACK AND SEEK APPROVAL.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. INFORMATION OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO BE REMINDED OF THE PROCESS OF GETTING SOMETHING ON THE LIST.

YES. OKAY. IN ORDER TO GET SOMETHING ON THE LIST, THE TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS OR THE STAFF CAN BRING THE REQUEST TO THE PRINCIPALS.

THE PRINCIPALS DO REVIEW THE LISTS. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO READ THE BOOKS, BUT THEY DO HAVE TO REVIEW THE LIST.

AFTER THEY GO FROM THE PRINCIPALS, THEY GO TO THE LIBRARIANS.

ALL THE LIBRARIANS WILL REVIEW ALL THE LIBRARY BOOKS.

ALL THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ARE REVIEWED THROUGH THE COORDINATORS, AND THEN THEY COME TO THE COORDINATORS OFFICE.

AND THEN WE IN CNI WILL REVIEW THEM AND THEN THEY GO TO DR.

GLENN. YOU ALL RIGHT? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISS PETTY? THANK YOU, MISS PETTY. OKAY. THANK YOU. MOVING ON.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CIC AQUATIC CENTER ROOF REPLACEMENT.

MR. MOONEY, THERE YOU ARE.

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TRUSTEES. DR. GLENN, I'M PRESENTING TO YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

PMR ROOFING TO REMOVE AND REPLACE THE ROOF FOR THE AQUATIC CENTER.

AFTER THE BIDDING PROCESS IN JULY. IN JULY, WE PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE, PERFORMED THE MATRIX AND PMR ROOFING WAS THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER FOR $2,066,696.56. THIS PROJECT WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY FIVE WEEKS TO PERFORM, AND IT SHOULD START MID-APRIL. IT'S GOING TO TAKE US ABOUT 6 TO 8 WEEKS TO GET THE MATERIAL AFTER WE WRITE THE PO AFTER THIS APPROVAL.

A LOT OF MONEY FOR A ROOF, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.

YES, SIR. SO, WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM? INSURANCE.

ALMOST ALL OF IT. HUNDRED PERCENT. ALMOST CLOSE TO IT.

WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO IT. WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF RENEGOTIATING WITH THEM RECENTLY TO GET THE PRICE UP.

I'M SORRY. THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD. THANK YOU FOR NEGOTIATING THAT PRICE.

SO, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ROONEY? OKAY, SO HAVE Y'ALL VISITED WITH THE COACHES AND HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE? YES, SIR. WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT.

I MOVE THAT THIS BOARD APPROVE THE AQUATIC CENTER ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT, AND THAT WILL BE TO THE PMR COMMITTEE. YES. AS PRESENTED. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND.

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

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND NOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING TO COME FROM. MR. MYERS. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I HAD THE WRONG AGENDA.

NO WORRIES. PRESIDENT BRIAN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

BRINGING TO YOU THE CONSIDERATION TONIGHT FOR THE REMAINING FUNDS FROM THE 2017 BOND ELECTION.

THESE ARE TAX FREE MUNICIPAL BONDS. SO, WE WERE REQUIRED TO PAY WHAT'S CALLED ARBITRAGE ON THE EXCESS INTEREST EARNINGS.

SO TO DATE, WE'VE PAID ABOUT 347,000 IN ARBITRAGE.

AND WE EXPECT TO WILL BEFORE THIS IS COMPLETED, WILL ALSO ACCRUE ANOTHER $100,000 FROM ARBITRAGE.

WITH THESE REMAINING FUNDS, THE DISTRICT IS LOOKING TO ADDRESS MULTIPLE AREAS OF NEEDS.

THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN FRONT OF YOU. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE REPAIRS TO OUR AQUATIC CENTER.

VARIOUS MAINTENANCE, OTHER MAINTENANCE ISSUES, AND PURCHASES AT MULTIPLE CAMPUSES, INCLUDING CARROLL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, ROCKENBAUGH ELEMENTARY, JOHNSON ELEMENTARY, CARROLL ELEMENTARY AND WALK, AND WALNUT GROVE ELEMENTARY, AND A HANDICAP LIFT CONVERSION KIT FOR ONE OF OUR SCHOOL BUSSES.

CAMPUSES IN THE TIF ZONE WERE INTENTIONALLY LEFT OFF THIS LIST AND WILL BE ADDRESSED AT A LATER DATE.

WE WERE PROUD WE HAVE PROVIDED TO YOU THE BREAKDOWN OF THE ESTIMATED COST TO LIQUIDATE THESE FUNDS, AS REQUIRED BY STATUTE, TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. WE NEED TO SPEND THESE FUNDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE 2017 BOND SALE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

OUR FACILITIES DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR MOONEY AND DR.

GLENN HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PLAN AND VERY, VERY STRONG DETAIL WITH THE BUSINESS OFFICE, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN PULLING DOUBLE DUTY, RIGHT? HOPEFULLY WE GOT YOU SOME HELP COMING IN.

COMING IN PRETTY FAST. YOU MENTIONED IN THERE THE TIP ZONE, AND I JUST KIND OF WANT TO ELABORATE FOR THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE THAT ARE ONLINE TONIGHT.

THE REASON THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT REPAIRS IN THE TIP ZONE RIGHT NOW IS WE DO KNOW THAT THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY OR THE POTENTIAL TO WORK WITH THE CITY.

AND AS PART OF THE CONTRACT AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH THEM TO HOPEFULLY GET SOME OF THOSE MONIES TO OFFSET SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE AND FACILITY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE ON THE CAMPUSES THAT EXIST WITHIN THAT ZONE, WHICH WOULD BE DAWSON EUBANKS, OLD UNION AND THEN DRAGON STADIUM. SO DR. GLENN OR MR. MEYERS CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE WHOLE ARBITRAGE? SO JUST LIKE, WHAT IS THAT, 347,000 PLUS ANOTHER 100,000 THAT WERE IN GENERAL, IN THE PAST, SCHOOL DISTRICTS COULD NOT INVEST MONEY AND EARN MUCH BECAUSE THE INTEREST RATES WERE SUPER LOW.

AND SO WHEN WE SOLD BONDS AT AROUND 2.6%, THAT WAS THE CASE.

NOW IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THE INTEREST RATES HAVE INCREASED.

AND SO, WE HAVE EARNED A DOLLAR AMOUNT LARGER THAN THAT 2.6%.

SO, IN A SENSE, IT'S THIS LEVEL OF INTEREST EARNINGS ABOVE THE COST OF THE ACTUAL BONDS.

SO THAT WAS $347,000 OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

YEAH. THEY GIVE YOU A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. IT'S LIKE THREE YEARS AND THEN TWO YEARS OF GRACE. YES, SIR. AND WE'RE PAST THAT.

WE PASSED THAT IN DECEMBER, I GUESS IN A IN ESSENCE, WE'RE PAYING WE'RE PAYING A PENALTY ON OUR EXCESS EARNINGS.

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IF WE'RE AUDITED, THE FUNDS HAVE TO BE EXPENDED.

YES, SIR. WE CAN'T, YOU CANNOT AS DISTRICTS CAN'T CONTINUE TO HOLD THOSE.

WHERE DO WE PAY THAT? 347,000. THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE PAID BACK.

IS IT A FEDERAL ARBITRAGE IS PAID BACK FEDERALLY TO THE IRS, TO THE IRS.

YEAH. OKAY. BECAUSE THESE ARE THESE ARE SCHOOL BONDS ARE TAX FREE TO THE INVESTOR.

THERE MAY NOT BE ANYBODY THERE TO COLLECT IT. THAT MAY NOT GET CASHED.

IT MIGHT BE A GOOD RISK TO TAKE. SO, I THOUGHT IT WAS UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAD TO PAY THE 357.

BUT I ALSO HEARD AND MAYBE YOU CAN CONFIRM THAT BECAUSE WE DO STILL HAVE BOND MONEY AND WE'RE STILL EARNING INTEREST.

YES, SIR. THE INTEREST THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EARN MORE OR LESS NEUTRALIZES THE PENALTY THAT WE HAVE TO PAY IN THE 357.

I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT THE INTEREST THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO EARN OVERRIDES IT, RIGHT? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. YEP. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FROM THE UNSPENT 2017 BOND FUNDS AS PRESENTED BY MR. MYERS. SECOND.

MOTION AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU, MR. MYERS. MR. MOONEY, I KNOW YOU. I KNOW YOU SAID THIS. WOULD YOU GIVE ME AGAIN? WHEN WILL THEY START CONSTRUCTION ON THAT ROOF AT THE NATATORIUM. NOW.

WE. IT'S OUR APPROXIMATION TO START MID-APRIL.

IT'LL BE FINE. HOW LONG IS THAT CONSTRUCTION? FIVE WEEKS. FIVE WEEKS? WE'VE. I'VE COMPRESSED THE SCHEDULE DOUBLED UP IN SOME CERTAIN THINGS TO.

IT'S PRETTY AGGRESSIVE, BUT I'M VERY CONFIDENT WE CAN MAKE IT, SIR.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11.

[11. CONSENT AGENDA]

TRUSTEE YEAGER. YES, I WILL GO QUICKLY. WE'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATIONS.

THE DRAGON CHEER BOOSTER CLUB, $30,000. AS MENTIONED EARLIER WHEN THE BOOSTERS CAME.

THIS IS DOLLARS THAT GO TOWARDS THE FEES FOR THE COACHES SALARIES.

DAWSON MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO $12,853. THE CARROLL MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO 6182. THE DURHAM INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PTO 6324.

THE EUBANKS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PTO $25,000. THE CARROLL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PTO 13,797.

THE CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL PTO 31,365. AND LASTLY, THE CARROLL ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB 17,500.

AND WE THANK EACH OF THOSE WONDERFULLY GENEROUS ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEIR DONATIONS.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE YEAGER AND I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. IF NO OBJECTION, WE'LL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT THIS TIME AT 8:28 P.M.

THANK YOU. BOARD.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.