Jun 23, 2025 School Board

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ALRIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE'LL CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CARROLL ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER ON JUNE 23RD, 2025 AT 5PM.

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM]

[2. EXECUTIVE SESSION ]

ALRIGHT. GOOD EVENING. WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER AT 6PM. OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS THE OPENING PRAYER, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE.

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

AS WE GATHER TO DISCUSS AND DECIDE ON MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE TO OUR DISTRICT DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY THE BUDGET FOR THE COMING YEAR, WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE. HELP US TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE RESOURCES ENTRUSTED TO US.

ALWAYS KEEPING THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR STUDENTS AT THE CENTER OF EVERY DISCUSSION AND DECISION.

LORD, MAY OUR ACTIONS TONIGHT REFLECT INTEGRITY, COMPASSION, AND A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION.

WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING OVER THIS MEETING, OVER OUR DISTRICT, AND OVER THE YEAR AHEAD.

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

PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE.

YOU MAY BE SEATED. OKAY. NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT, ALL THAT ARE ATTENDING.

I AM SO EXCITED THAT THE STATE HAS DECIDED TO PASS A LAW FOR NO PHONES.

BELL TO BELL. NOW COMES THE TOUGH PART. WE AS A DISTRICT HAVE LESS THAN EIGHT WEEKS TO MAKE IT EFFECTIVE.

WE CANNOT WAIT FOR THE LAW TO GO EFFECT, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 1ST SINCE SCHOOL STARTS, I BELIEVE AUGUST 12TH.

DOING IT AND WAITING TILL SEPTEMBER 1ST WOULD BE A BIG CHALLENGE TO GET OUR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND.

THEY HAD THREE WEEKS OF WHAT THEY CALL FREEDOM AND THEN BRING IT INTO PLAY.

SO I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT WE BUILD THE RIGHT PLANS, THE RIGHT COMMUNICATION TO PARENTS, STUDENTS, FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION AND HAVE THE RIGHT ENFORCEMENT.

IT MAY BE PAINFUL. MY DAUGHTER SAID, ARE YOU KIDDING ME, DAD? NO WAY THAT'S HAPPENING. I SAID, I'VE ALWAYS SAID TO THE COUNCIL, I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

AS SOON AS I HEAR. DAD, YOU MADE IT HAPPEN. I CAN'T USE MY PHONE.

THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT MEETING. THANK YOU, MR. SHULTZ. I'LL SAVE MY TIME FOR FUTURE. VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE CONSIDERATION. POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY MATTERS ADDRESSED DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION 5.1.

[5. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ANY MATTERS ADDRESSED DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION ]

PRESIDENT BRIAN, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE PERSONNEL REPORT AS SUBMITTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE YEAGER.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 5.2. CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON TERMINATION AND MUTUAL RELEASE OF CONTRACT FOR THE SALE OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT NORTH CAROL AVENUE AND EAST HIGHLAND STREET, SOUTH LAKE, TEXAS. I MOVE THAT THIS BOARD APPROVED THE TERMINATION AND MUTUAL RELEASE OF CONTRACT OF THE SALE OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1009 AND 1101 NORTH CARROLL AVENUE AND 1301 1335, 1349,

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

ITEM 5.3 CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON TERMINATION AND MUTUAL RELEASE OF CONTRACT OF THE SALE OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2400 NORTH CARROLL AVENUE, SOUTH LAKE, TEXAS. I MOVE THAT THIS BOARD APPROVED THE TERMINATION AND MUTUAL RELEASE OF CONTRACT FOR THE SALE OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2400 NORTH CARROLL, SOUTH LAKE, TEXAS. SECOND MOTION AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE YEAGER, WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT.

[6. PRESIDENT'S REPORT]

I JUST WANTED TO THANK IF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY REMEMBER, WE HAD OUR ORIGINAL BRAC COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS VERY LARGE. WE HAD STAKEHOLDERS FROM PRINCIPALS, PTO PRESIDENTS, AS WELL AS TEACHERS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ADMIN AND A FEW FROM THE BOARD. AND IT WAS GREAT THAT WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE THAT OFFERED TO BE ON THESE SPECIAL TIGER TEAMS TO SORT OF DRILL DOWN ON SOME OF THESE BUDGET REDUCTION ITEMS. AND THAT MEETING WENT REALLY WELL, AND I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN, SAY THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY THAT'S INVOLVED IN THAT.

WE WILL HAVE FUTURE TIGER TEAMS ON OTHER MATTERS.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SERVING, THERE'S GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ROAD DOWN THE ROAD.

YEP. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE YEAGER, FOR THAT. ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS? OKAY. I HAVE A STATEMENT THAT'S RELATED DIRECTLY TO OUR TIGER TEAM RECOMMENDATION AS PART OF THE BRAC, AND I'LL READ IT TO YOU NOW AS PART OF OUR CONTINUED EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE PROJECTED $5 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR. THE BOARD IS CONSIDERING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BUDGET REDUCTION ACTION COMMITTEE.

TIGER TEAM. THIS TEAM, COMPRISED OF PARENTS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES, WAS FORMED TO PRIORITIZE WHICH BRAC RECOMMENDATIONS TO PURSUE THIS YEAR TO OFFSET THIS DEFICIT.

THE TEAM HAS RECOMMENDED THIS BOARD PURSUE A SCHOOL FUNDING MEASURE THAT WOULD REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL AND BE INCLUDED ON THE NOVEMBER 5TH, 2025 BALLOT. THIS MEASURE, OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION OR VADER, IS THE RECOMMENDED PRIMARY IMMEDIATE STRATEGY TO ADDRESS OUR BUDGET DEFICIT.

THE TEAM FOUND THAT EVEN WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COST REDUCTIONS IN EFFICIENCIES, ADDITIONAL LOCAL REVENUE WILL BE NECESSARY TO BALANCE THE BUDGET AND PRESERVE THE EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, TEACHER AND STAFF COMPENSATION LEVELS, AND STUDENT SERVICES. OUR COMMUNITY EXPECTS CARROLL ISD REMAINS ONE OF THE LOWEST FUNDED DISTRICTS PER STUDENT IN TEXAS IN 2025, UNDER THE STATE'S ROBIN HOOD RECAPTURE SYSTEM, WE PROJECT TO SEND $28 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAXES COLLECTED BACK TO AUSTIN FOR REDISTRIBUTION TO OTHER ISD'S IN THE STATE. THAT IS, APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES COLLECTED IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE CANNOT KEEP IN OUR DISTRICT. MEANWHILE, DESPITE 20% PLUS INFLATION AND AN EXPONENTIAL RISE IN THE COST OF PROVIDING EDUCATION SINCE 2019, THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE HAS ONLY INCREASED THE PER STUDENT ALLOTMENT BY 0.008%, OR $55. THIS RATE OF INFLATION ALONE WOULD EQUATE TO WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A $1,000 INCREASE TO THE PER STUDENT ALLOTMENT.

THE MINUSCULE $55 INCREASE IN PER STUDENT FUNDING IS JUST NOT ENOUGH TO ALLOW OUR CURRENT SITUATION TO BE SUSTAINABLE.

THUS, WE MUST ACT NOW TO FIND ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO KEEP IN OUR DISTRICT.

FORTUNATELY, THIS PROPOSED SCHOOL FUNDING MEASURE PROVIDES THE MEANS TO ACHIEVE THAT OBJECTIVE.

IF PASSED, IT WOULD GENERATE ADDITIONAL OPERATING REVENUE APPROXIMATELY THREE AND A HALF TO $4 MILLION PER YEAR OF TAX MONEY.

NOT, AND I REPEAT, NOT SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE AND WITHOUT INCREASING THE TAX RATE.

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WE BELIEVE THAT GIVING OUR COMMUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON A SCHOOL FUNDING MEASURE THAT WILL NOT RAISE THE TAX RATE, WHILE PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED ADDITIONAL REVENUE, IS THE MOST DIRECT, TRANSPARENT AND FAIR SOLUTION TO PROTECT THE HIGH STANDARDS OF EDUCATION EXPECTED IN THIS DISTRICT. WHILE PROGRESS WAS MADE IN THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION TOWARDS PROVIDING MORE FUNDING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE STATE. THE FUNDING FALLS WAY SHORT AND DOES NOT COME CLOSE TO MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR DISTRICT.

WE HAD HELD OUT HOPE THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION WOULD HAVE ADEQUATELY FUNDED PUBLIC EDUCATION.

IT DID NOT AND THUS TRIGGERED THE NEED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION BASED ON THE BRACS FIVE YEAR PLAN.

WE HOPE TO RECEIVE YOUR SUPPORT AND WILL CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS IN THE COMING MONTHS AND SEEK ONGOING INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS IMPORTANT MEASURE. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

[7. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT ]

STATE STANDARDS. OUR STATE STANDARDIZED TESTING DATA FOR 2425.

AFFIRMS ONCE AGAIN THAT WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW HERE IN CARROLL ISD AND THAT'S THAT OUR STUDENTS CONTINUE TO SET THE STANDARD FOR EXCELLENCE.

CARROLL ISD REMAINS ONE OF THE TOP PERFORMING PERFORMING ACADEMIC DISTRICTS NOT ONLY IN TARRANT COUNTY, BUT ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS. IN FACT, IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY LAST WEEK, THE FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM HAD A GREAT ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTING CISD READING AND MATH SCORES COMPARED TO OTHER TARRANT COUNTY DISTRICTS. THIS SUCCESS IS JUST ONE OF MANY INDICATORS OF THE OUTSTANDING WORK THAT HAPPENS ACROSS OUR CAMPUSES.

OUR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IS NOT CONFINED JUST TO STATE ASSESSMENTS.

CISD CONTINUES TO LEAD ACROSS MULTIPLE DOMAINS.

OUR ACT AND SAT PERFORMANCE CONSISTENTLY SCORES WELL ABOVE NOT ONLY THE STATE, BUT ALSO NATIONAL AVERAGES.

OVER 30 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARS THIS YEAR. OVER 40 STUDENTS RECEIVED ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS TO PLAY COLLEGE ATHLETICS AND COLLEGE.

FINE ARTS, BAND, CHOIR, THEATER PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO EARN REGIONAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL RECOGNITIONS.

THIS YEAR WE FELL A LITTLE BIT SHORT, SECOND IN THE LONE STAR CUP.

CONGRATULATIONS TO AUSTIN VANDERGRIFF FOR WINNING THE LONE STAR CUP THIS YEAR.

BUT AS OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR RILEY DODGE TOLD ME LAST WEEK, IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE TO BE IN A DISTRICT WHERE EACH AND EVERY YEAR WE'RE FINISHING IN THE TOP THREE IN THE STATE, IN THE LONE STAR CUP AND REALLY CONSISTENTLY HAVING A CHANCE TO WIN IT EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

NOT TO MENTION THE THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEER HOURS LOGGED BY OUR KIDS STUDENTS LOGGED THESE THOUSANDS OF HOURS AS THEY WORK WITH LOCAL NONPROFITS, PROPHETS CIVIC LEADERS AND BUSINESSES TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO IN ADDITION TO THESE GREAT THINGS, I WOULD REMIND YOU TO BE SURE TO THANK OUR TEACHERS FOR THE AMAZING WORK THEY DO WITH OUR KIDS.

AS WE FINISH UP THE 89TH SESSION, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BUT WE'RE STARTING TO DIG THROUGH THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THAT AFFECT PUBLIC EDUCATION.

MANY OF THE IMPLICATIONS TO THE 89TH SESSION ARE STILL BEING CLARIFIED BY TEA AND OUR LEGAL COUNSEL.

BUT LET ME HIT JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS. HB 2243 THE TEACHER RETENTION TEACHER RETENTION COMMISSION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ESTABLISHED STATEWIDE TO LOOK AT WHY THERE HAS BEEN SUCH A DRASTIC INCREASE IN TURNOVER ACROSS THE STATE.

HOWEVER IT WAS PUT OUT TODAY THAT WAS VETOED BY ABBOTT SO THAT THAT BILL WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD.

WHAT WILL MOVE FORWARD IS HB TWO, ARTICLE SEVEN AND SENATE BILL 260, WHICH ARE SCHOOL SAFETY FUNDING.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THERE AS THE ALLOTMENT MOVES FROM $10 TO $20 PER STUDENT AND FROM $15,000 A CAMPUS TO JUST OVER 33,000 PER CAMPUS. THERE'S ALSO SOME CHANGES IN HB TWO, ARTICLE FIVE, AS IT RELATES TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, SPECIFICALLY THERE WILL BE STATE MANDATED READING AND MATH MATH ASSESSMENTS THAT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR OUR EARLY LEARNERS AND MATH ACADEMIES WILL BE REQUIRED FOR K THROUGH THREE EDUCATORS.

SO TEACHERS ARE USED TO READING ACADEMIES. NOW YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MATH ACADEMIES FOR K THROUGH THREE AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE INTERVENTION FUNDING FOR STRUGGLING READERS EXPANDED BY THE STATE. ALSO HB TWO ARTICLE FOUR AND SENATE BILL 586 RELATE TO SPECIAL EDUCATION.

DISTRICTS WILL BE REQUIRED NOW AT THE BOARD LEVEL TO HOLD ANNUAL PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SPECIAL ED STUDENTS AND THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.

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YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR MR. PARK TALK ABOUT THAT LATER TONIGHT WITH THE BUDGET.

WE KNOW THE STATE HAS BEEN ASKED TO PUT THE NEW TIERS OF IMPLEMENTATION IN INTO EFFECT BY FISCAL YEAR 2027, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE POSITIVE NEWS ON THE FLOW OF SPED FUNDING TO REPORT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

BUT TONIGHT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT IN OUR ESTIMATES.

WE HAD A SPEAKER TONIGHT TALK ABOUT HB 1481, THE STUDENT DEVICE USE.

IT DOES PROHIBIT CELL PHONES AND SMART DEVICES DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, INCLUDING LUNCHTIME.

TEA IS WORKING ON A MODEL POLICY FOR DISTRICTS.

CURRENTLY, BRIAN NICOLL IS WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL ADMINISTRATORS ON WHAT OUR LOCAL POLICY COULD LOOK LIKE.

WE DO EXPECT THERE TO BE EXEMPTIONS IN PLACE FOR MEDICAL SPECIAL NEEDS AND THEN ALSO DOCTOR'S DIRECTIVES AND THEN FINALLY PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS.

THAT'S PENDING VOTER APPROVAL IN NOVEMBER. BUT WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION INCREASE AND I DO KNOW THERE IS A HOLD HARMLESS PROVISION FOR DISTRICTS.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING THE TAX RATE GO DOWN, IT REALLY DOESN'T AFFECT OUR RECAPTURE.

OUR RECAPTURE MAY DROP. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO SEE MORE MONEY.

SO IF YOU SEE THE NUMBER GO DOWN FOR RECAPTURING THE DISTRICT.

JUST KNOW THAT THOSE AREN'T FUNDS THAT AUTOMATICALLY COME INTO THE DISTRICT FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUE.

THOSE FUNDS ARE JUST PASSED ON TO THE TAXPAYERS AS PART OF A TAX BREAK.

SO ALL IN ALL, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HB2 AND THE NEW FUNDING THAT THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO SEE, YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING AT A PROBABLY A NET INCREASE OF AROUND JUST OVER $1 MILLION AND I DON'T WANT TO STEAL MISTER PARKS THUNDER, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY PUMPED INTO TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

BUT THE BIGGEST CHUNK OF THAT WENT INTO THE THE TEACHER RAISES AND THEN A SMALL PIECE FOR ADDITIONAL RAISES WHICH MRS. THIBODEAU WILL COVER IN HER REPORT. BUT JUST IN CLOSING I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE'VE HAD ANOTHER EXCEPTIONAL SCHOOL YEAR.

AND I DO WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEP GRATITUDE NOT ONLY TO THIS BOARD, BUT ALSO OUR STUDENTS, OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS THE SUPPORT OF EVERYONE THAT MAKES OUR DISTRICT GREAT AND HELPS US CONTINUE TO PERFORM AT A HIGH LEVEL YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GLENN.

GREAT REPORT AND JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE. OUT OF THE 8.5 BILLION ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT EVERYONE IS BRAGGING ABOUT, THAT IS GOING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT NETS CARROLL ISD.

I JUST WANT TO REPEAT THIS AGAIN. WE'RE GOING TO REPEAT IT OVER AND OVER WITH MR. PARKS PRESENTATION THAT SAYS ABOUT $1 MILLION, $8.5 BILLION EXTRA IN PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING NETS CARROLL ISD, THE APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION, WHILE WE HAVE A $5 MILLION DEFICIT AND ARE FALLING BEHIND ON TEACHER COMPENSATION.

SO JUST LET THAT SINK IN FOR A SECOND. WE'RE MOVING ON NOW TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CARROLL ISD PROPOSED 2025-2026

[8. PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS AND ADOPT 2025-26 BUDGET ]

MR. PARK FLOOR IS YOURS, MR. BRIAN. DOCTOR GLENN.

TRUSTEES. GOOD EVENING. I'M HONORED TO COME HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS AND ADOPT THE 2025-26.

BUDGET. DID I PUT SOMETHING? RIGHT. SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS KEY DATES.

EARLIER THIS MONTH, WE PUBLISHED OUR NOTICE OF TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET AND THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IN THE PAPER, AS WELL AS OUR WEBSITE TODAY. WE ARE HERE FOR THE BOARD TO ADOPT OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NO INS.

AND THEN IN JULY, ONCE WE RECEIVE OUR TAXABLE VALUES FROM THE TED WE WILL BE ABLE TO PRESENT AND THEN ALSO ADOPT OUR TAX RATE IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER, IF NECESSARY. SO THIS IS JUST A COPY OF THE NOTICE THAT WENT OUT IN THE PUBLIC PUBLICATIONS AS WELL AS OUR WEBSITE. MOVING ON TO THE PRELIMINARY TAX RATE.

SO AS THE, AT THE TIME OF THIS CALCULATION THE TEMPLATES AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS AVAILABLE.

THEY DID NOT 100% ACCURATELY CALCULATE OUR MCR AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M CONTINUING TO WORK ON WITH, TEA AND ALSO THE OTHER AGENCIES TO AS MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION AND TEMPLATES COME AVAILABLE TO MORE

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KNOW WHAT OUR MCR IS GOING TO BE. SO BUT AT THIS TIME I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR ENRICHMENT TAX RATE IS GOING TO GO UP TO EIGHT GOLDEN PENNIES, WHICH WILL THEN TRIGGER THE VAT ELECTION AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AND ADOPT.

SO WITH THE CURRENT CHANGES AND IN ORDER TO STAY AT A TOTAL TAX RATE OF LESS THAN WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY AT WE WILL DROP THE I&S RATE BY BY $0.01 PER $100 VALUE.

SO OUR TOTAL TAX RATE CURRENTLY AS PRESENTED IS AT 9588, WHICH IS 0.02 $0.09 BELOW WHAT OUR CURRENT TAX RATE IS FOR FY 25. I APPRECIATE THAT THIS SLIDE MR. PARK, I JUST IF I MAY POINT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY A LINE NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS THE ENRICHMENT TAX RATE.

IN THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT, I MENTIONED THAT WE ARE GOING OUT FOR A FUNDING MEASURE ON THE NOVEMBER 5TH, 2025. BALLOT FOR VOTERS TO APPROVE A TAX RATE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO KEEP THREE AND A HALF TO $4 MILLION IN THE DISTRICT WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY THAT BACK TO THE STATE AND THAT SECOND LINE REALLY DOES IT FOR US.

SO RIGHT NOW, IN THE 2024, 25 YEAR, THIS YEAR WE ARE WE HAVE A .05.

SO FIVE PENNIES IN OUR TAX RATE FOR M&O AND THE STATE ALLOWS US TO INCREASE THAT FIVE PENNIES BY THREE TO A TOTAL OF EIGHT. THAT'S NOT SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE. BUT THOSE THREE ADDITIONAL PENNIES THAT WE CHARGED THE PUBLIC HAS TO BE APPROVED BY VOTE FOR THE PUBLIC. SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, IN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM IN OUR I&S TAX RATE, THAT BELOW LINE THAT WE CAN REDUCE IT BY A PENNY, IT GIVES US A LOWER EFFECTIVE OR TOTAL TAX RATE THAN WE HAVE TODAY.

SO THAT'S WHAT I MEANT IN READING THAT. PRESIDENTS REPORT THAT A VOTE FOR THIS WILL NOT INCREASE.

IN FACT, IT WILL DECREASE YOUR TAX RATE. IN FACT, WE EVEN HAVE MORE ONCE THE AUGUST SEPTEMBER TIME FRAME COMES THAT THIS BOARD COULD CONSIDER IF THEY WANTED TO REDUCE IT EVEN MORE.

SO I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. MR. PARK AND BOARD.

THAT SAID, THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT YOU KNOW, WE DON'T CONTROL THE APPRAISALS OUR APPRAISALS, IN OUR DISTRICT KEEP ON GOING UP BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH AWESOME SCHOOLS.

IN FACT, WE HAVE THE NUMBER ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THAT'S WHY OUR PROPERTY VALUES KEEP GOING UP EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

YOUR TAX RATE STAYING THE SAME OR LESS. DOES IT MEAN THAT YOUR PROPERTY TAXES WILL NOT INCREASE THAT IS DEPENDENT ON YOUR PROPERTY VALUE OR YOUR APPRAISAL? SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT POINT, THAT PROPERTY TAXES AND THE PROPERTY TAX RATE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE WILL BE VOTING ON THE PROPERTY TAX RATE AND I'LL JUST INJECT ONE THING AND THIS WILL BE THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT THIS BOARD HAS LOWERED THE TAX RATE, THE OVERALL TAX RATE FOR TAXPAYERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

LAST YEAR, WE WERE THE ONLY DISTRICT IN TARRANT COUNTY TO ADOPT A RATE BELOW THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE AND MAYBE EVEN STATE DOCTOR GLENN FOR OUR SIDE [INAUDIBLE] A 6A DISTRICT VERY LIKELY DISTRICT. AND SO I THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

SO IS WE PROJECT RATES AS MR. PARKER SAID CERTAINLY WE ARE WAITING FOR CERTIFIED VALUES TO COME IN.

THAT'S ONE PUTS US A LITTLE BIT BEHIND WHEN WE ADOPT AN EARLY BUDGET, WE'VE GOT TO WAIT ON CERTIFIED VALUES TO COME.

OBVIOUSLY, WITH NEW LEGISLATION, THE TEMPLATES ARE A LITTLE WEAK.

THOSE WILL TIGHTEN UP BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST WHENEVER WE ADOPT THE TAX RATE.

BUT AGAIN, I THINK THIS BOARD HAS SHOWN THAT FROM A FISCAL STANDPOINT, Y'ALL ARE GOOD STEWARDS AND WHEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU'RE GOING TO PUSH THAT RATE WELL, LOWER THAN IT WAS IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND THIS YEAR SHOULD BE NO DIFFERENT, EVEN AS WE CONSIDER A POSSIBLE ELECTION TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL SURPLUS REVENUE.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR GLENN. MR. PARK, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I APPRECIATE PRESIDENT BRYAN POINTING OUT THE M&O RATE MIGHT GO UP, BUT THE I&S RATE WILL GO DOWN.

AND I THINK THAT'S COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A SWAP AND DROP.

IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. WELL, WE ARE TRYING TO USE A MORE FRIENDLY TERM, KIND OF AN EXCHANGE OR YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FOCUS ON A LOWER TOTAL TAX RATE THAN, THAN PREVIOUS YEARS.

OKAY. BUT THE POINT IS THAT, YEAH, THAT'S LANGUAGE DISTRICTS DON'T USE ANYMORE.

OKAY. THE SECOND THING I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT, I KNOW THAT THE APPRAISAL RATES WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN JULY,

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AND I WONDER, DOES THAT HAVE VERY MUCH OF AN IMPACT? YOU SAID IN JULY YOU COULD CONFIRM FOR US EXACTLY WHERE WE WOULD BE, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG PEOPLE.

I BELIEVE THE PROTEST PERIOD SHOULD BE ENDING SOON.

AND THEN ONCE YOU KNOW THE TIDE WILL PRESENT THE CERTIFIED VALUES BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY CLOSE, WHERE THEY END, THOSE PROTEST VALUES. SO IN JULY, WHEN YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS, THE PROTEST PERIOD WILL ALREADY BE.

YEAH, THAT THE CERTIFIED VALUE IS WHAT WE KIND OF CONSIDERED THE OFFICIAL VALUES FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

THERE CAN BE PROTESTS THAT ARE ONGOING BEYOND THAT.

BUT WE I MEAN, IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT IT REALLY AFFECTS OUR OVERALL REVENUE.

PLUS, BEING A RECAPTURE DISTRICT, WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE HIGH ENOUGH THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING IN ANYWAY. SO ONCE YOU MEET A CERTAIN THRESHOLD, YOU'RE GIVING IT TO THE STATE. RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO AGAIN, JUST A RECAP OF THE PARAMETERS THAT WE USE DURING OUR BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR. WE ARE CONTINUING TO ASSUME THE 131 STUDENT DECLINE PROJECTED BY OUR DEMOGRAPHERS.

THAT KIND OF EQUATES TO ABOUT A $1.1 MILLION LOSS IN FUNDING AND SO THIS YEAR, WE ARE PROJECTING A 7973 PROJECTED ENROLLMENT FOR STUDENTS. OUR MAY PRELIMINARY TAXABLE VALUES CAME IN AT 14.8 BILLION. THAT IS AN INCREASE OF 6.5% OVER LAST MAY.

AND ALSO, ONE THING TO CONSIDER THAT IT'S HARD TO PROJECT WHERE OUR CERTIFIED VALUES WILL FALL THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THIS INCREASE IN A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORING AS WE GET INTO JULY AND AUGUST.

AGAIN, THE STAFF COMPENSATION CONSIDERATIONS FROM HOUSE BILL TWO, ALL THE TEACHER SALARY INCREASES FOR THE THREE AND FOUR YEAR TEACHERS AT $2,500, AND THEN FIVE PLUS YEAR TEACHERS AT $5,000. THAT WILL ADD APPROXIMATELY A $2.8 MILLION EXPENDITURES INTO OUR BUDGET AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE ADDED ABOUT 395,000, BUT YOU KNOW, TOTAL WITH THE ADDITIONAL EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS AND THINGS, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL TOTAL ABOUT $450,000 FOR A SUPPORT STAFF FROM THE SUPPORT STAFF ALLOTMENT.

THAT'S ALL THAT WAS ALSO IN HOUSE BILL TWO. SO TOTAL WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $3.2 MILLION IN ADDED EXPENDITURES FOR SALARIES.

SO JUST ASK A QUESTION AND YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT WHEN WE HAD A MEETING WITH SENATOR HANCOCK, HE MADE MENTION THAT COMPRESSION RATE HELPS OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT BETTER WITH RECAPTURE THAN HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHTS INTO THAT? I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WAS THE TAKE I GOT.

YEAH. HERE. THIS IS AGAIN. I MAY BE WRONG. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

AND THAT IS THAT THE COMPRESSION IS DETERMINED.

EVERY LEGISLATURE. YES, BUT A HOMESTEAD IS IN THE CONSTITUTION.

SO IT'S AGAIN, I MAY BE WRONG, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THAT WAS FIXED.

SO, YOU KNOW, AS IT GOES UP, IT STAYS THERE WHERE COMPRESSION CAN CHANGE OR THERE CAN BE NO COMPRESSION FROM ONE LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO ANOTHER.

SO I THOUGHT AT LEAST SOME PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING WHEN WE SPOKE SAID THAT WAS BETTER, THAT IT WAS A TAX SAVINGS THAT WAS FIXED AND NOT SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR GO BACK AGAIN.

I MAY BE WRONG, BUT THAT WAS MY INTERPRETATION.

NO, I THINK YOU'RE CLOSE. OKAY. WHAT I WOULD SAY IS LIKE, UNDER CURRENT LAW, AS MR. O'BRIEN ALLUDED TO IN HIS PRESIDENT'S REPORT.

UNDER CURRENT LAW, IF NOTHING WERE TO CHANGE.

WE WOULD HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT A $28 MILLION RECAPTURE PAYMENT.

FORTUNATELY, IN NOVEMBER, IT GOES BEFORE VOTERS.

THERE'S THE CHANCE THAT RECAPTURE PAYMENT COULD GO DOWN WITH THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND THE FREEZE, IF THAT'S RATIFIED BY VOTERS. I THINK THE IMPORTANT NOTE HERE IS IF RECAPTURE DROPS, LET'S SAY RECAPTURES AT 28 MILLION AND IT DROPS TO 25 OR EVEN $21 MILLION, IT'S NOT LIKE THOSE DOLLARS COME BACK TO THE ISD.

IT'S JUST OVERALL, THERE'S LESS DOLLARS WE'RE PAYING INTO THE STATE.

SO THEY'RE GIVING THAT REBATE TO TAXPAYERS, WHICH IS GOOD.

WE'RE GIVING THAT IN THE FORM OF A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. WE'RE GIVING THAT IN THE FORM OF A FREEZE FOR THOSE THAT HAVE THEIR VALUES FROZEN.

THEY GET A BENEFIT AS WELL. SO THE BENEFIT IS GOING BACK TO OUR TAXPAYERS.

BUT IT'S NOT MONEY THAT WE RECOUP AND GET TO SPEND ON KIDS.

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WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT FOR THE HOMEOWNER THAT THEY PAY A LITTLE BIT LESS IN TAXES, BUT IT DOES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR OUR DISTRICT.

WE'RE STILL PAYING TAX DOLLARS BACK TO THE STATE TO BE REDISTRIBUTED TO OTHER ISDS IN THE STATE.

OUR REVENUE IS CAPPED ON THAT BASIC ALLOTMENT IN OUR ADA.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT, RIGHT NOW WHERE WE GROW, AS WE GROW, WHEN WE GET MORE STUDENTS AND AS WE KNOW, WE'RE NOT GETTING MORE STUDENTS RIGHT NOW. YEAH AND THAT'S THE MAIN MESSAGE IS THAT WITHOUT AN INCREASE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, YOU KNOW, TAX COMPRESSION HELPS HELPS THE TAXPAYER.

BUT BUT IT WON'T HELP US AS A DISTRICT. SO YEAH, THE TIGER TEAM KIND OF VETTED THIS OUT.

AND I THINK MR. BROWN SPOKE TO THIS. I MEAN WE'RE TRYING TO PURSUE THE ONLY AVENUE WE HAVE TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE LOCALLY RIGHT NOW.

SO LET ME JUST PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS.

IN THE LAST THREE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, THEY ONLY RAISED THE BASIC ALLOTMENT BY $55.55 TOTAL.

WHEN THERE'S BEEN 20% INFLATION SINCE 2019, THAT EQUATES TO 1000 OR MORE JUST TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION, THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS. AND THEY GAVE US $55.

OKAY. I THINK THIS YEAR WE'LL WE'RE LOOKING TO FINISH AROUND A 95.8% AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE RATE. BUT I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN STAY ABOVE THAT 96% NUMBER.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE KIND OF USED FOR OUR BUDGET NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN WE ARE KIND OF CONSERVATIVELY LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM A 3.25 TO A 3.5% INVESTMENT EARNINGS RATE.

WHEN, CALCULATING OUR INVESTMENT EARNINGS FOR NEXT YEAR AND THEN A TRUSTEE BOTTOMING OUT TRUSTEE A WE PUT THIS OUT ALL THE TIME ABOUT ADA AND THAT IS EVERY.

FOR EVERY 1%. THAT'S HOW MUCH? ABOUT $1 MILLION, RIGHT? FOR EVERY 1%. SO IF WE WERE AT 97%. WE'D HAVE ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS.

IN OUR M&O TO BE ABLE TO SPEND. SO IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

AND I KNOW OUR PRINCIPLES AND WE APPLAUD THEM.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN REALLY EDUCATING OUR PARENTS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND KEEPING THEM UP TO DATE ON THE ADA FOR THEIR PARTICULAR CAMPUS. AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE AT 96%. WE WANT TO DO BETTER.

WE THINK WE COULD BE AT 97 OR ABOVE. SO AGAIN, JUST A HB TWO LEGISLATOR RECAP.

IT WAS THE LARGEST TEXAS SCHOOL FUNDING BILL IN HISTORY, $8.5 BILLION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS A PRESIDENT BRIAN MENTIONED EARLIER, HOWEVER WE AS A DISTRICT ONLY RECEIVED A $55 INCREASE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

THE OTHER SOURCE OF FUNDING CAME THROUGH THIS TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT, WHICH INCREASED TEACHER SALARIES BASED ON YOUR YEAR.

FOR THREE AND FOUR YEAR TEACHER, THAT $2,500, IT EQUATES TO ABOUT A THREE AND A HALF TO 4% RAISE, DEPENDING ON WHICH YEAR. AND THEN FOR THE FIVE PLUS YEAR TEACHER, THAT $5,000 RAISE EQUATED TO ANYWHERE FROM A 6 TO 10% INCREASE DEPENDING ON YOUR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. FOR OUR DISTRICTS.

MR. PARKER, CAN I ASK YOU THIS OR DOCTOR GLENN, MAYBE YOU CAN SPEAK ON THIS AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WORRIED ABOUT WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT THIS. THE LAST THE 88TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS THAT THIS WAS NOT GOING TO BE IN PERPETUITY.

THEY WERE JUST GOING TO GIVE TEACHERS AN EXTRA 5000 OR, OR MANDATE AN EXTRA 5000 IN THEIR SALARY AND THEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WOULD HAVE TO PICK THAT UP IN FUTURE YEARS. BUT I BELIEVE THAT THEY'VE SET UP A SEPARATE FUND FOR THIS TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT, AND SO THAT $5,000 OR THE 7% INCREASE GIVEN TO FIVE PLUS YEAR TEACHERS THIS COMING YEAR IS GOING TO CONTINUE.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE JUST A $5,000 ONE TIME. THAT IS MY BONUS, RIGHT? YEAH. THAT'S CORRECT. AND I KNOW MR. PARKER WAS ABOUT TO GET INTO THIS.

I'LL STEAL YOUR THUNDER, IF YOU DON'T MIND, BUT.

YES AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WHEN MISS THIBODEAU SPEAKS LATER TONIGHT THAT WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND REFLECTED THOSE INCREASES IN OUR CURRENT SALARY SCHEDULES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE SUPPORT STAFF ALLOTMENT OF $45 PER ADA.

THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT $300,000, AS I'LL SHOW IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

THERE'S ALSO AN ALLOTMENT FOR BASIC COSTS AT $160 PER STUDENT.

THAT WILL THAT IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF, ANY INCREASING COSTS PER, INFLATION AND THE OTHER KIND OF INCREASED EXPENDITURES THAT COME AS A RESULT OF THIS SALARY INCREASE.

SO YEAH. SO BASICALLY, WHENEVER WE GIVE RAISES, WE'RE ON THE HOOK FOR ABOUT 10% ON TRS CARE AND BENEFITS AND SO THAT'S TO HELP OFFSET

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I KNOW SHE WAS TRYING TO WRITE SOME OF THE T STAFFING STUDY THAT WAS DONE A YEAR AGO, SOME OF THE DISCREPANCIES THERE.

BUT THE BULK OF THAT FUND FUNDING IS BEING SPENT ON, ON RAISING OUR LOWEST END EMPLOYEES UP AND, AND SHE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE STAFFING STUDY.

DOCTOR GLENN MENTIONED THE SCHOOL SAFETY ALLOTMENT EARLIER AT $20 PER ADA, PLUS 33,000 PER CAMPUS AND THEN TEA WILL INCREASE FUNDING. IT'S YET TO BE DETERMINED. YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT THAT ENTIRE SPECIFIC STRUCTURE IS, BUT. AND THEN HOW WE AS A DISTRICT WILL IMPLEMENT THAT.

ADDITIONALLY, THE EARLY EDUCATION ALLOTMENT IT DOES PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR FULL-DAY PRE-K.

AND THEN AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, AS WELL, THE INCREASE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING, THAT IT WILL OFFICIALLY BEGIN IN FISCAL YEAR 27. SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR CARROLL ISD BOTTOM LINE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST OVER $1 MILLION OF NET INCREASE IN FUNDING TO THE DISTRICT WHEN YOU NET ALL THOSE TOGETHER.

SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE $3.3 MILLION IN INCREASED EXPENDITURES AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL REVENUES, FROM THE ALLOTMENT FOR BASIC COSTS AND THE SCHOOL SAFETY AND THINGS LIKE THAT WILL GENERATE TO US A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION.

AND THEN AGAIN, THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT THAT'LL BE DOWN THE ROAD.

THAT WON'T AFFECT OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR AT ALL.

AND THEN THE SPED ALLOTMENT THAT'S. I TALKED ABOUT THAT IN MY REPORT.

WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO REALLY HELP US OUT. WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANY DEFINITIVE ANSWERS ON HOW MUCH MONEY WE CAN EXPECT FROM THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT THAT.

SO WE'VE SUBMITTED ALL THE PAPERWORK SO WE CAN BE PART OF THAT PROGRAM AND THAT WON'T WE'RE IN THE PROCESS.

SO YEAH, THE WE IT'S A MULTI-STEP IN FACT, NEXT MONTH WE NEED TO BRING BACK A REPORT.

AND I KNOW WE GOT SIDETRACKED FROM THAT LAST MONTH, BUT WE NEED TO BRING BACK A REPORT, AND I'LL VISIT WITH GINA, AND THEN WE'LL MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF THAT. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD WHEN WE WERE IN THE CAPITOL OR WE ACTUALLY TOLD SOME OF OUR LAWMAKERS, IS HOW FEW PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT, HOW FEW OF OUR TEACHERS ARE INVOLVED IN THAT BECAUSE IT IS VERY ONEROUS.

AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT. WAS THERE ANY CHANGE IN THAT? YES. THERE. BEFORE THEY HAD TO TAKE CLASSES ALMOST SIMILAR TO LIKE A FD THAT'S ACTUALLY BEING PHASED OUT.

SO NOW IT'S MORE OF A PAPER FOR PAY PER PERFORMANCE.

SO OUR PRINCIPLES AND KIND OF THE WAY THAT THEY'RE RATING TEACHERS AND DIFFERENTIATING THAT IS GOING TO IMPACT WHO'S GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE DIFFERENT LEVELS AND THEY'VE ALSO ADDED AN ADDITIONAL TIER AS WELL.

MOVING ON TO THE ACTUAL PROPOSED BUDGET. IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE STATE'S MANDATED HB TWO INCREASES DOES AFFECT FUNCTION 11 WITH ALL THE TEACHER SALARIES. BUT THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF ZERO BASED BUDGETING AND, YOU KNOW, LONG, HARD DISCUSSIONS WITH, DEPARTMENTS AND EXAMINING CAMPUS BUDGETS.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE DROPPED OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR EVERY FUNCTION FROM 12 TO 98 YOU KNOW, 97 YOU KNOW, BY SEVERAL HUNDRED, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND SO YOU KNOW, WE'VE MADE A REAL CONCERTED EFFORT TO YOU KNOW, GET DOWN TO REALLY THE BARE BONES AND YOU KNOW, REALLY MAKE A CHANGE THIS YEAR TO AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN DO WITH WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT WE'RE GIVEN AND THEN, YOU KNOW, START FROM THERE. SO JUST I JUST SAY, MR. PARK, THAT I APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN. AND DOCTOR GLENN AND ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF FOR EMBRACING THE ZERO BASED BUDGETING CONCEPT BECAUSE WHEN WE FIRST INTRODUCED THIS THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, I THINK THEY LAUGHED US OUT OF THE BUILDING.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S A SERIOUS MATTER AND IT'S IN BUDGETS ARE EXTREMELY SERIOUS, AND WE HAVE A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE SIMPLY AREN'T GOING TO PASS DEFICIT BUDGETS.

WE MANDATE BALANCED BUDGETS. AND SO WE APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU AND THE ADMIN STAFF FOR EMBRACING THIS.

I KNOW IT'S TOUGH. ZERO BASED BUDGETING IS TOUGH.

BUT IT PAYS DIVIDENDS. AND LOOK AT WHERE WE WERE THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO WITH OUR BUDGET AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, HATS OFF TO YOU GUYS FOR EMBRACING THAT CONCEPT AND GETTING US BACK INTO A WORKING MODEL.

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AND SO THIS IS THE EFFECTS OF RIGHTSIZING NOT ONLY FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, BUT THE YEAR WE WERE JUST IN.

AND YOU'LL NOTICE THERE ARE ONLY TWO FUNCTIONS WHERE WE INCREASE SPENDING.

THAT'S FUNCTION 11, WHICH IS DUE TO TEACHER RAISES, AND THEN FUNCTION 99, WHICH IS OUR BILL, OUR INVOICE FROM TAD. AND SO THEY WENT UP ON WHAT THEY CHARGE US AND SO YOU SEE THAT REFLECTED THERE.

ARE JUST A FEW FUNCTIONS THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT.

FUNCTION 36. YOU SEE ALMOST $1 MILLION DECREASE THERE IN THAT BUDGET.

IT'S MAINLY DUE TO YOU KNOW, PRIVATIZING OUR AQUATICS PROGRAM AS WELL AS CUTTING OUT A LOT OF OUT OF STATE TRAVEL BUDGETS THAT NOW REQUIRE YOUR APPROVAL BEFORE THEY'RE ALLOWED TO AUTHORIZED TO MAKE THAT EXPENDITURE.

SO AND THEN ALSO FUNCTION 41 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.

WE'VE CUT ALMOST A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THERE.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE REDUCED OUR LEGAL FEE BUDGET BY 100,000.

AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TAKEN OUT YOU KNOW, A LOT OF KIND OF MISCELLANEOUS EXPENDITURES, FROM OUR BUDGET AS WELL AS OTHER, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGETS. SO FUNCTION 51.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF DROPPING, YOU KNOW, HALF A MILLION ALMOST THERE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON DOING THE THINGS WE CAN AND ALSO USING KIND OF THE BOND DOLLARS AND ALSO OUR TIF MONIES AVAILABLE TO DO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS THERE INSTEAD OF TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, SINK THAT IN WITH OUR MAINTENANCE BUDGET.

LAST ONE, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT REDUCED BUDGET AND RECAPTURE FUNCTION 91 THAT IS MORE OR LESS JUST A RESULT OF OUR LOWER OF OUR TAX COMPRESSION AND OUR LOWERED YOU KNOW, LOCAL SHARE OF REVENUE.

SO IT'S NOT REALLY SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CONTROL BUT AS TAX COMPRESSION AND ALSO, THE INCREASED HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THERE'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL ON THE HOOK FOR THE SAME PERCENTAGE OF FUNDS THAT GO BACK TO THE STATE.

BUT IT'S JUST MORE OF A RESULT OF WHAT OUR LOWER REVENUES ARE AND THEN LAST SLIDE HERE.

THIS IS WE ARE PRESENTING THIS BUDGET HERE TO YOU FOR ADOPTION.

THIS INCLUDES OUR GENERAL OPERATING AND OUR DEBT SERVICE.

THE BUDGET IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD AT THE FUNCTION LEVEL.

SO HERE IS OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR BOTH FUNDS AND SO THIS WOULD BE A TIME TO POINT OUT ON, THE REVENUE SIDE.

SO THE, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT WE'RE, BRINGING A BALANCED BUDGET, BUT ON THE REVENUE SIDE, WE ARE PROJECTING THE ADDITIONAL PENNIES ON THE NO SIDE. CORRECT AND SO THAT REVENUE, THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE, IF RATIFIED BY VOTERS WOULD GET US TO BE BALANCED. SO WHAT HAPPENS IF THE VOTERS DO NOT RATIFY? THEN WE WILL LOOK TO AMEND THE BUDGET AND THEN PRESENT ONE FOR A, YOU KNOW, AMENDMENT THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT REVENUE AND WE CAN DO THAT AFTER THE NOVEMBER VOTE. YES, CORRECT AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH APPROXIMATELY THREE AND A HALF OR $4 MILLION IN CUTS IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE BUDGET AT THAT TIME. YEAH AND SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WE'VE LOOKED AT IN THE PAST IS BALANCING THE BUDGET ON PROPERTY SALES AND WE KNOW WE HAVE PROPERTIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR SALE.

WE DON'T REALLY THINK THAT'S A GOOD USE OF SELLING DISTRICT PROPERTY.

I THINK I'VE SPOKEN TO THAT MULTIPLE TIMES AND SO WHAT WE'VE ALLOTTED FOR IN THIS BUDGET IS IF THAT PROPERTY IS TO SELL, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVEST IT, PUT IT IN HIGH YIELD ACCOUNTS AND THEN GENERATE THAT REVENUE BACK INTO THE BUDGET AND SO NOW IF YOU SELL A PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR LET'S SAY $10 MILLION, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOUP 3 TO $400,000 IN INTEREST OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR.

IF WE SELL TWO PROPERTIES, WE DOUBLE THAT AND SO THOSE FUNDS BECOME YEAR OVER YEAR REVENUE FOR US.

THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE WANT TO BE. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE'RE SHORT THROUGH ABOUT $3.7 MILLION, AND VOTERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP US WITH THAT EVEN AS WE LOWER THE TAX RATE.

IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN THEN WE GO BACK TO HAVING MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CUTS AND SO WE WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE THE, REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE CUTS AND EXPENDITURES.

MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU AND BEING ON THE BRAC COMMITTEE AS YOU WERE PRESIDENT BRYAN.

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SO THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL TRIGGER POINTS, IF YOU WOULD.

IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE VOTER APPROVED THREE PENNIES.

YEP. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'LL OPEN UP FOR ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEES? YEAH, I DO. I KNOW WE'RE NOT THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE METROPLEX.

BUT I COULDN'T HELP BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT MEDIA RECENTLY AND SEEING MASSIVE BUDGETS, MASSIVE, I WOULD SAY BUDGETS THAT HAVE HUGE DEFICIT BUDGETS.

DALLAS ISD, FORT WORTH ISD, ON AND ON. SO I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW YOU KNOW, HERE WE'VE GOT A PLAN, RIGHT? MONEY ON THE TABLE.

THOSE THREE PENNIES THAT COULD HELP US HAVE BASICALLY A BALANCED BUDGET NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE.

AND EXACTLY. WE KEEP THAT MONEY FOREVER. AND HEAVEN FORBID THAT DOESN'T GET VOTER APPROVED.

WE DO HAVE THROUGH THE BRAC. OTHER, AS I SAID, TRIGGERS THAT WE CAN DO.

BUT THESE DISTRICTS. MR. PARK, YOU'VE WORKED AT OTHER DISTRICTS AS YOU HAVE, DOCTOR GLENN.

HOW ARE THEY GOING TO POSSIBLY GET BY WITH THESE MASSIVE ADOPTING MASSIVE BUDGETS THAT ARE IN DEFICITS OF TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

I THINK THE DISTRICTS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE ADOPTING BALANCED BUDGETS, MANY OF THEM, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE VOTER APPROVAL PROCESS TO CAPTURE THE ADDITIONAL PENNIES.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE. I KNOW MR. PARK AND I BOTH COME FROM DISTRICTS THAT HAVE DONE THAT.

AND SO BUT IF NOT, THEN YOU'RE DIGGING INTO FUND BALANCE OR YOU'RE MAKING SIGNIFICANT CUTS TO PROGRAMS OR CLOSING CAMPUSES.

ABSOLUTELY. WELL, AND I THINK THAT WAS THE NARRATIVE THE LAST TWO YEARS, YOU SAW LOTS OF CAMPUSES CLOSED, AND IT LOOKS LIKE FORT WORTH ISD, WHICH IS THE LARGEST DISTRICT IN TARRANT COUNTY, IS ABOUT TO START CLOSING CAMPUSES.

SO I THINK I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE AND MORE OF THAT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS ELECTIONS FOR PENNIES AND CLOSING CAMPUSES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY. AT THIS TIME, I'LL RECOGNIZE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET, NOT SEEING ANY. THIS CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2025-2026 BUDGET FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

THE HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU, MR. PARK.

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE.

[9. INFORMATION ]

MR. NICKLE, YOU'RE UP.

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

WE WERE WORKING WITH TEA ON ADOPTING I GUESS GETTING OUR HANDBOOK AND OUR CODE OF CONDUCT BACK FROM THEM BEFORE WE DO AND BEFORE WE BRING THAT TO YOU.

WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION. OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAME OUT THAT WILL IMPACT BOTH HANDBOOK AND CODE OF CONDUCT. IN PARTICULAR, THERE ARE THREE THAT I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ON HOUSE BILL SIX, THERE WAS A PIECE COMING OUT ABOUT ISS AT THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

PRIOR TO THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, FOR YEARS AND YEARS IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION DID NOT HAVE ANY SORT OF PARAMETERS ON HOW IT WAS USED AS FAR AS THE LENGTH OF PLACEMENTS.

AND SO ADMINISTRATORS HAD A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY WHERE MAYBE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SEND A STUDENT TO THE AP, BUT THEY KNEW THAT 2 OR 3 DAYS WAS NOT QUITE LONG ENOUGH FOR A PLACEMENT IN ISS.

SO THEY WOULD HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO, SAY, PLACE A STUDENT FOR FIVE DAYS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

OR MAYBE THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A HEARING AND MIGHT BE SENDING A STUDENT TO DAP.

BUT THEY COULDN'T GET IT DONE IN A THREE DAY TIME PERIOD.

AND SO THEY MIGHT MAYBE TO ALLOW TIME FOR INVESTIGATION OR HEARING OR SOMETHING THEY WOULD HAVE EXTRA DAYS TO WORK WITH AT THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

THE STATE SAID, NO, WE'RE GOING TO CAP THAT AT THREE DAYS.

NOW THEY'VE GONE BACK AND THEY'VE REPEALED THAT, AND THEY'VE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE FEEL LIKE WE CREATED SOME DIFFICULT SITUATIONS.

IT PUT US IN TIMELINE ISSUES ACROSS THE STATE AND SO THEY'VE REPEALED THAT.

SO NO LONGER IS THERE A THREE DAY CAP ON ISS.

THERE IS ON OSS. YOU CAN'T PUT A STUDENT OUT INTO OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYS, BUT THEY HAVE REMOVED THAT CAP ON ISS. WHAT THEY HAVE SAID IS THAT IF A STUDENT HAS BEEN PLACED FOR MORE THAN TEN OR MORE DAYS CUMULATIVELY, THAT THEY WANT THE DISTRICT TO SET UP A TIME TO REVIEW WITH PARENTS TO DISCUSS THAT.

THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN IN PLACE FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE UNDER AN IEP OR A 504.

BUT THE WAY I'M READING THAT AND WE'LL GET MORE GUIDANCE.

BUT THE WAY I'M READING IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING THAT IN FOR OTHER STUDENTS AS WELL.

ANOTHER THING THAT THEY HAVE REPEALED THAT THEY PUT IN AT THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THEY PUT IN THAT IT WAS MANDATORY FOR ALL VAPE OFFENSES TO GO TO DAP AGAIN

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THEY'RE LEAVING THAT AT THE DISCRETION OF DISTRICTS TO DETERMINE THAT, BUT IT'S NO LONGER A MANDATORY PLACEMENT.

AND THEN IN HOUSE BILL 1481. THIS IS THE BILL RELATED TO COMMUNICATION DEVICES.

IT TALKS ABOUT CELL PHONES, TABLETS, SMARTWATCHES, SMARTWATCHES OR ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION DEVICE.

IT SAYS THEY WILL BE PROHIBITED FOR USE IN THE SCHOOL DAY.

THAT MEANS FROM BEGINNING TO END OF THE DAY, ANYWHERE ON CAMPUS, PASSING PERIODS, LUNCH PERIODS, ETC. AND THEN IT SAYS THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO OUTLINE A POLICY FOR LIKE ENFORCEMENT, WHAT OUR DISCIPLINARY MEASURES WOULD BE.

I BELIEVE IT ALSO HAS A CAVEAT IN THERE ABOUT PUTTING LANGUAGE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DESTRUCTION OF DEVICES THAT HAVE BEEN KEPT FOR A LENGTH OF PERIOD OF TIME, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT AGAIN, THAT STUFF THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO VET OUT, WITH OTHERS WHO ARE TRYING TO READ INTO TO WHAT ALL THE LANGUAGE OF THIS MEANS.

SO I CAN SEE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND IF ISDS ARE LEFT UP TO CREATE THEIR OWN ENFORCEMENT POLICY.

IS TEA WORKING ON ANYTHING THAT YOU KNOW OF THAT A BOILER PLATE THAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON SENDING OUT TO THE DISTRICTS TO USE OR TO HAVE SAID THEY'RE WORKING ON MODEL POLICY? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE DISCIPLINARY MEASURES AROUND THAT.

YEAH. SO IT'S UP TO EACH BOARD TO COME UP WITH THAT.

YEAH, I WOULD IMAGINE SO, YOU KNOW, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH REGION 11 WE'LL HEAR FROM THE COMMISSIONER LATER THIS WEEK, BUT WHAT OTHER I WOULD IMAGINE THEY WILL HAVE LOCAL LEEWAY FOR, DISCIPLINARY MEASURES, BUT THEY'LL TRY AND GIVE AT LEAST A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING TO EVERYBODY IN THE STATE OF WHAT THE LAW MEANS AND HOW IT SHOULD BE ESSENTIALLY ENACTED IN SCHOOLS.

I KNOW I'VE ALREADY STARTED HAVING SOME DIALOG WITH SOME LOCAL DISTRICTS, JUST LOOKING AT HOW THEY'RE INTERPRETING THIS AND WHAT THEIR STANCE IS.

I VISITED WITH KELLER, WHO I KNOW KIND OF IMPLEMENTED SOMETHING LAST YEAR AND TALKED TO THEM ABOUT KIND OF WHAT THEIR PRACTICES HAVE BEEN.

AND SO THAT'LL HELP GUIDE US A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. NICKEL. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO 9.2 NWEA MEASURES OF ACADEMIC PROGRESS GROWTH AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR CISD. MISS PETTY. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BRYAN.

DOCTOR GLENN. TRUSTEES. I BRING TO YOU TONIGHT A RESOURCE THAT THE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION TEAM, AS LONG AS WELL AS OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS ARE ASKING FOR YOU TO LOOK AT FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY FOR THIS WEEK.

NWEA IS ALSO CALLED MAP. IT'S VERY COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MAP.

IT'S A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED RESEARCH BASED ASSESSMENT PROGRAM DESIGNED TO MEASURE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

IT ADAPTS TO EACH STUDENT'S LEARNING LEVEL SO IT IS ON TIME ACCURATE DATA.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE A GROWTH MEASURE THAT WILL THAT WE CAN USE FOR REAL TIME MEASURE.

SO AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOOKING AT TIA, AND AS DISTRICTS ARE LOOKING AT MOVING INTO TIA TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT, THERE ARE TWO COMPONENTS OF THE TEACHER INCENTIVE.

I MEAN, THE TWO TWO COMPONENTS OF THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER.

YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THE TEACHER EVALUATION PROCESS AND YOU HAVE TO MEASURE STUDENT GROWTH.

SO WHAT WE ARE DOING ARE WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS PROGRAM TO DETERMINE, IS THIS A PROGRAM THAT WOULD HELP TARGET EXACTLY WHERE OUR KIDS ARE.

AND IT TARGETS EVERY SINGLE STUDENT'S NEEDS. IT HELPS THE TEACHERS DIFFERENTIATE THE INSTRUCTION FOR EACH OF THE STUDENTS SO IT HITS ALL LEVELS.

IT CAN SERVE AS AN INTERVENTION. IT CAN SERVE FOR YOUR ON LEVEL.

IT CAN SERVE FOR YOUR ADVANCED KIDS BECAUSE IT IS REAL TIME AND IT'S ADVANCED.

MANY OF THE DISTRICTS AROUND US CURRENTLY USE THIS PROGRAM.

WHENEVER THE STATE LEGISLATURE WAS MEETING AND THEY WERE CONSIDERING DOING AWAY WITH STAAR? THIS WAS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAD CONSIDERED USING THAT DID NOT PASS AT THE 11TH HOUR, BUT THAT WAS A PROGRAM THAT THEY CONSIDERED. SO FOR THIS MEETING, WE ARE ONLY BRINGING IT TO YOU AS AN INFORMATION ONLY.

BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER USING THIS RESOURCE AS WE MOVE INTO THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

WE DO HAVE SOMEONE JUST I ALWAYS THINK IT'S NICE WHENEVER YOU'RE LOOKING AT PURCHASING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

HAS ANYONE ACTUALLY USED IT? AND WE HAPPEN TO HAVE SOMEONE IN THIS ROOM WHO HAS ACTUALLY USED IT.

MR. NICKEL HAS USED IT. HE'S USED IT WITH HIS CHILD SO HE CAN GIVE A PERSONAL TESTIMONY TO IT AS WELL.

SO I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THE PROGRAM AS WELL.

BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'VE HEARD GOOD THINGS ABOUT THEM.

IN FACT, WE CONSIDER, I THINK, 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO AS MAYBE AN ALTERNATIVE TO STAAR.

BUT SO THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS OF TIA. ONE IS MEASUREMENT OF STUDENT GROWTH IN ONE IS MEASUREMENT OF TEACHER EVALUATION

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WE WOULD USE MAP FOR THE STUDENT GROWTH OKAY.

AND WE ARE WORKING WITH REGION 11. ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS AND AP'S WILL BE TRAINED BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL.

AND WE WILL BE CALIBRATING OUR ASSESSMENT, OUR EVALUATIONS.

SO THEY REGION 11 WILL WORK WITH US. THEY'LL COME BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS, THEN THEY'LL COME ONCE IN THE FALL AND ONCE IN THE SPRING.

AND WE WILL CALIBRATE EVERYONE TOGETHER SO THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENCY IN OUR EVALUATION PROCESSES.

YEAH. REMEMBER ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF TIA IS NOT EVERY TEACHER IS GOING TO GET IT.

AND SO WE WANT TO BE AS CONSISTENT AS POSSIBLE AS WE EVALUATE STAFF BECAUSE ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE WILL ACTUALLY BE ELIGIBLE.

SO WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EVALUATION OF TEACHERS.

THAT'S THE PRINCIPALS. CORRECT. AND IN THAT, IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY KIND OF LIKE SO LIKE THE PRINCIPALS ARE GOING TO EVALUATE THE TEACHERS, BUT THEN ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO CALIBRATE WITH OTHER PRINCIPALS TO SAY LIKE, MY FIVE IS EQUAL TO YOUR FIVE AND SHARE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.

WELL, THAT'S GOING TO BE LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD.

SO AS WE WORK WITH REGION 11, WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE IN JULY WE'LL HAVE A FULL DAY TRAINING SESSION WHERE WE WILL ALL GET ON BOARD.

BECAUSE WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS AS YOU GO THROUGH EVALUATION, THROUGH THE EVALUATION PROCESS, EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN PERCEPTION OF THINGS. AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS WE NEED TO ALL GET ON THE SAME PLAYING FIELD SO THAT AS YOU AS WE EVALUATE OUR TEACHERS, WE'RE CONSISTENT AGAINST ALL OF THEM.

NOW, THE STATE HAS NOT SAID I MEAN, THERE'S STILL SOME I DON'T HAVE EXPECTANCY.

THEY HAVEN'T TOLD US EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THAT ONE YET. SO OUR EVALUATIONS WILL ACTUALLY I MEAN, WE WILL BE EVALUATED AS EVALUATORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A CALIBRATED STANDARD IN PLACE FOR THE DISTRICT.

SO EVERY PRINCIPAL CAN'T JUST GIVE EVERY TEACHER A PERFECT SCORE, AND IF WE'RE NOT CONSISTENT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BE EXITED OUT OF TIA AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO QUALIFY WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXPECTATIONS OF THOSE FUNDS.

SO I'LL JUST SHARE LIKE IN OUR PROFESSIONAL SETTING, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO WHAT I JUST SHARED. YOU EVALUATE AND THEN YOU HAVE TO CALIBRATE ACROSS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.

I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND PUTTING THAT IN PLACE.

IT'S YOU KNOW, THE FRIENDLY PRINCIPLE DOESN'T GET FRIENDLY.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE STATE IS TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM. YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. AND THEN BEYOND THAT ON THIS MAP PIECE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE CONCERNED WITH STAAR TESTING AND OUR KIDS ARE BEING TESTED TOO MUCH NOW ARE IS MAP AND ADDITIONAL METRICS AND STAAR LIKE, IS THAT GOING TO BE MORE EVALUATION TIME FOR THE KIDS, OR IS THAT WHAT THE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION TEAM WILL DO IS WE WILL LOOK AT OUR CURRENT ASSESSMENTS, AND WE WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ASSESSMENTS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY GIVING.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL OVER STAAR IN AND OF ITSELF, SINCE THAT'S A STATE MANDATED TEST.

BUT WE WILL EVALUATE THE I MEAN, WE'VE WE STARTED DOCUMENTS NOW OF WHERE CAN WE CUT BACK ON SOME OF OUR ASSESSMENTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY GIVING.

SO AND THIS ACTUALLY WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF QUITE A FEW OF THEM AND IT WILL GIVE US REAL TIME DATA WHICH WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY GETTING, AND MAPS SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER AND LESS INTRUSIVE THAN STAAR.

SO AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MAP WE ARE WE'RE GOING TO SEE GRANT MONEY FOR THIS.

OH OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. WE'VE TALKED PRETTY MUCH 100%.

SORRY. YEAH. WELL WE'LL SEE. WE SHOULD REPORT BACK TO THAT NEXT MONTH.

BUT I MEAN TO THE TO YOUR POINT, IT'S NOT A CHEAP PROGRAM.

I THINK IT'S RIGHT AT $134,000. AND SO YEAH, WE ABSOLUTELY IF WE CAN GET THE GRANT MONEY AND IT'S ALLOWED, THIS IS AN ALLOWABLE PURCHASE. THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO WITH IT. SIMILAR TO WHAT PRESIDENT BRYAN SAID.

WE HAD HEARD FOR YEARS THE DISTRICTS AROUND US TALKING ABOUT THAT.

AND I'M JUST CURIOUS INTO WHAT TRUSTEE BIDEN WAS SAYING.

THE ANXIETY THAT GOES WITH STAAR TESTING THE WHOLE TEACHING TO THE TEST.

YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS OUT THERE. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ACTUAL TEST TAKING WITH STAAR? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T LIKE IS THAT IT'S MANDATED BY THE STATE.

IT'S GOT TO BE ON A DEVICE THAT WE OWN. THEY DON'T GIVE US MONEY TO BUY THE DEVICES.

SO CAN YOU TELL US JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TEST TAKING ITSELF? THE TEST TAKING STUDENTS WILL TAKE THE TEST. THEY IT'S APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES IN LENGTH.

IT VARIES DEPENDING UPON YOUR GRADE LEVELS. BUT IT WILL BE PART OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESS.

SO AS TEACHERS ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEY WOULD DO A NORMAL ASSESSMENT ANYWAY, INSTEAD OF DOING THEIR NORMAL ASSESSMENT THEY WOULD TAKE THE MAP ASSESSMENT.

OKAY. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HEAR FROM FOLKS IN AUSTIN TALK ABOUT THE STAAR AND THEY SAY, WELL, IT'S ALIGNED WITH TEKS. SO IF YOUR TEACHERS HAVE CURRICULUM THAT'S IN LINE WITH THE TEKS, THEN START TESTING.

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IT IS OKAY. IT'S VERY AND IT'S ALSO ALIGNED WITH THE SAT.

IT'S ALSO ALIGNED WITH THE SAT AND THE ACT. SO IT'S ALSO DOING THE COLLEGE READINESS MEASURE AS WELL.

OKAY. WHICH IS REALLY BENEFICIAL BECAUSE AT OUR SENIOR HIGH WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING FOR THAT.

RIGHT. JUST IS THERE A PULSE THAT YOU'VE JUST, YOU KNOW, ANECDOTALLY TAKEN OF OF TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS ON MAP? I'M SORRY, HAVE YOU TALKED TO THEM ABOUT IT? IS THERE ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU COULD SHARE WITH US? JUST ANECDOTALLY, OUR PRINCIPALS, AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH THEM, OUR PRINCIPALS ALL SAT IN AND THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY I MEAN, THEY WANTED IT IMMEDIATELY. WE HAVE TALKED TO SOME TEACHERS AND YES, THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT AS WELL.

WE HAVE NOT DONE SURVEYS. WE'VE NOT TALKED TO THEM ALL OUT, BUT THE ONES THAT WE HAVE TALKED TO, THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY BECAUSE IT DOES HELP THEM DIFFERENTIATE INSTRUCTION.

FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE NOW IS IF WE FIND THAT A STUDENT IS BELOW ON A CERTAINTY, LET'S JUST SAY, ALL RIGHT, OUR TEACHERS HAVE TO GO HUNT AND FIND THINGS IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THAT.

TEAC. NOW WHAT MAP WILL DO IS IT WILL ALIGN WITH THE RESOURCE WE ALREADY HAVE, WHICH IS EXCEL.

SO THE TEACHERS BASICALLY BY CLICK OF A BUTTON WILL BE ABLE TO OKAY.

JOHNNY IS LOW IN TEK 3 B. IT WILL ALIGN ACTIVITIES FOR JOHNNY TO DO WITH TEK 3B IMMEDIATELY.

AND SO THE TEACHER DOESN'T HAVE TO LOOK AROUND. THEY'VE GOT IT RIGHT THERE. STUDENTS CAN DO THIS AT HOME.

THEY CAN DO IT IN SCHOOL. IT'S GOOD FOR THE TEACHERS.

I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE TIME SAVER FOR OUR STAFF.

THAT'S GREAT AND WHEN DOES IT START? WHAT GRADE? WELL, THEY HAVE A K12 PROGRAM. SINCE WE'RE THEY IT'S ONLY SERVING READING, WRITING, MATH AND SCIENCE.

THEY DO NOT HAVE A SOCIAL STUDIES COMPONENT TO IT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT OUR STAAR TESTED AREAS.

SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, TRYING TO ROLL IT OUT IN MAYBE THREE THROUGH EIGHT, MAYBE THREE THROUGH TEN.

WE HAVEN'T REALLY LOOKED. WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM ALL TRAINED.

SO EVEN IF WE DO A PILOT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, AT LEAST WE'VE GOT AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

BUT WE WANT TO GET EVERYBODY TRAINED SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS HOW TO USE THE PROGRAM.

AND YOUR VISION. MISS PETTY, WOULD THIS BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD ROLL OUT? OF COURSE. IT HAS TO BE VOTED BY THE BOARD FOR THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR.

YES. WE WOULD LIKE TO GET OUR PRINCIPALS TRAINED IN JULY AND AUGUST, AND THEN THEIR STAFF WOULD BE TRAINED DURING THE WEEK OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. LAST QUESTION. I'M SORRY.

WE IT'S KIND OF NICE IN A WAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE STAAR, BUT THERE IS ONE SIDE, AND THAT IS THAT PEOPLE DO GET TO SEE THIS GREAT ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR DISTRICT, BECAUSE THOSE SCORES ARE MAP SCORES OF PUBLIC INFORMATION.

THEY COULD BE. YES. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYONE'S ACTUALLY DONE AN ANALYSIS OF COMPARING BECAUSE IT'S INDIVIDUALIZED.

AND BECAUSE OF THE INDIVIDUALIZATION. I MEAN, YOU COULD GET AN OVERALL PICTURE OF HOW THE DISTRICT IS DOING.

BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYONE HAS DONE THAT UP TO THIS POINT.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS PATTY. JUST I KNOW LAST YEAR WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND STAAR AND WHETHER OR NOT WE HAD ALL THE TECHNOLOGY WE NEEDED AND THE RIGHT COMPUTERS AND ACCESS AND, AND EVEN FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS THAT WERE TALKING ABOUT ALLOWING THEM TO TAKE WRITTEN TESTS INSTEAD OF ONLINE. DO WE HAVE ANY TECHNOLOGY CONSTRAINTS OR ISSUES? IS THERE ANY REASON THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS COULDN'T OR WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TAKE THE TEST, AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO? IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE CHROMEBOOKS THAT WE RECENTLY PURCHASED, AS WELL AS THE LAPTOPS. SO WE SHOULD END THE IPADS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FOR MS. PETTY? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, 9.3 CIC EMPLOYEE ATTRITION RESIGNATION UPDATE.

ESCOBEDO.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING. DOCTOR GLENN. PRESIDENT. BRYAN.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES. I'M GOING TO BE DISCUSSING TONIGHT THE EMPLOYEE ATTRITION AND THE RESIGNATION UPDATE.

SO I WENT BACK AND ANALYZED THE DATA OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, STARTING WITH 2020 TO 2021.

AND I'M EXCITED TO SHARE SOME TRULY ENCOURAGING NEWS ABOUT OUR TEACHER ATTRITION TRENDS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, STARTING WITH 2020 2021, WE SAW ATTRITION INCREASE REACHING 14%.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN 21, 22 AND 16% IN 2223.

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AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE DATA PROVIDED IN BOTH 23 AND THIS PAST YEAR, OUR TEACHER ATTRITION RATE HAS DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY TO JUST 10%. EVEN MORE EXCITING. OUR CURRENT RATE IS WELL BELOW THE STATE AVERAGE OF 19.1%, WHICH WAS REPORTED IN THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR.

WE'RE STILL AWAITING THE OFFICIAL 24-25 STATE DATA TO BE RELEASED, BUT BASED ON THE CURRENT NUMBERS AND MOMENTUM, I'M CONFIDENT WE'LL CONTINUE TO PERFORM OUTSIDE THE STATE.

ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE. SO THAT'S EXCITING NEWS.

IT'S EXCITING. I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY WHO'S WATCHING THIS, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN SHOOT IT TO EVERY EMAIL IN THE DISTRICT THAT THERE'S NOT A MASS EXODUS OF STAFF OR TEACHERS. ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS HERE, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD AND ESPECIALLY LAST YEAR. AND THIS YEAR AT 10% UNDER 9% UNDER THE AVERAGE FOR NORTH TEXAS OR THE STATE OF TEXAS IS TRULY INCREDIBLE PLACE.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO WORK, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE NUMBER ONE.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING, WITH THE ATTRITION DO WE DO EXIT INTERVIEWS? WE DO. IN THIS. OKAY. AND THEN WITH THOSE EXIT INTERVIEWS, I GUESS THEY'RE VOLUNTARY, THAT IF A TEACHER WANTS TO, THEY CAN OR IF THEY. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY WORKED TO REALLY STREAMLINE OUR RESIGNATION PROCESS SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GATHER MORE DATA. BECAUSE IN THE PAST IT'S BEEN THE PRINCIPALS JUST SAYING, HEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE FILL THIS OUT? SOME WILL. SOME DON'T. BUT THROUGH THIS ONLINE FORM, THERE'S ACTUALLY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE. RIGHT. SO CERTAINLY IF A TEACHER THAT WAS LEAVING AND BEGGED TO HAVE A EXIT INTERVIEW, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN EXIT INTERVIEW.

CORRECT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE NOT DENYING ANY TEACHER OR STAFF MEMBER FROM AN EXIT INTERVIEW ONCE THEY WANT TO LEAVE, WHETHER THEY'RE RETIRING OR WHETHER THEY'RE LEAVING FOR SOME OTHER REASON.

CORRECT? NO. THERE'S A PLACE ON THE FORM THAT THEY CHECK THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN EXIT INTERVIEW.

AND FROM THERE WE FOLLOW UP AND SET UP A MEETING, AND THEY COME AND MEET WITH ME FACE TO FACE.

SO, WE ESSENTIALLY USE THE SOFTWARE AND WHEN THEY RESIGN, THEY GO ONLINE AND THEY AND AS THERE IS THEY'RE SUBMITTING THEIR ONLINE RESIGNATION.

THE SURVEY IS RIGHT THERE FOR THEM TO TAKE AND IT JUST KIND OF IS LIKE A ONE STOP SHOP MAKES IT EASY TO DO BOTH.

RIGHT. WHEREAS BEFORE IT WAS YOU FILL OUT THE PAPER FORM AND THEN YOU FILL OUT A GOOGLE DOC IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO SO AND EVEN WITH THE ATTRITION RATE YOU'RE SHOWING WE KNOW THERE'S BEEN A DOWNTURN STATEWIDE.

YOU KNOW TURNOVER RATES BEEN HIGHER AND WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THE PROFESSION, TALK BRIEFLY BECAUSE I KNOW YOU SHARED WITH ME TODAY WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD APPLICANTS, LIKE, REALLY WIDE POOL OF APPLICANTS FOR TEACHING POSITIONS THIS YEAR.

IS THAT CORRECT? WE'RE AVERAGING A LITTLE OVER 70 APPLICANTS PER WEEK TO DIFFERENT POSITIONS.

WOW. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. AWESOME. AND WHY IS THAT? DO YOU THINK, MISS PEOPLE WANT TO BE DRAGONS? YEAH, BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK, RIGHT? YEAH. MISS, BEFORE YOU MOVE OFF THIS SLIDE, I'M REALLY I THINK THESE ARE EXCELLENT NUMBERS AND GREAT PERFORMANCE.

AND THANKS TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO TO GET THESE ATTRITION RATES DOWN.

I KNOW THE STATE NUMBERS YOU JUST MENTIONED ARE AT 19%.

WE'RE DOWN AT 10%. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW ANY OF THE NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS OR SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WE REGULARLY COMPARE OURSELVES TO, HAVE THOSE SCHOOLS ALSO DROPPED OR ARE THEY STILL HIGH? I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT I'M WORKING ON GATHERING THAT FOR Y'ALL SO THAT I CAN GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU. THEY'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH. MOST JUST DO IT FOR THE YEAR.

AND SO AND WE STILL HAVE WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER WEEK LEFT.

TEACHER CAN RESIGN WITHOUT PENALTY UNTIL FRIDAY.

SO THIS IS PRETTY EARLY, BUT. YEAH. SO, MISS LOOKING AT THIS AGAIN, THIS LAST YEAR, THE DISTRICT WAS 10%.

COULD THAT HAVE INCLUDED THINGS SUCH AS RETIREMENTS LEAVING THE PROFESSION, MOVING OUT OF STATE.

THIS WILL INCLUDE ANYTHING. I MEAN, YOU CAN ANSWER THAT, BUT I MEAN, IT INCLUDES LEAVING THE PROFESSION, MOVING OUT OF STATE RETIREMENTS. SHE HAS A SLIDE FOR THAT.

OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO. YEAH THAT'S THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO THESE THIS DID NOT AS FAR AS ATTRITION DID NOT INCLUDE THE RETIREMENTS BECAUSE I MEAN YOU CAN'T REALLY RETAIN A RE.

YEAH. AND THEN IF I HAD MY NOTES CORRECTLY, YOU SAID THE STATE AVERAGE IS 19.9? 19.1, 19.1. SO ALMOST DOUBLE. OKAY. THANK YOU.

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YEAH. I MEAN, ESPECIALLY OLD UNION 3%, 3%, 6%, 3% AND 0%.

I MEAN THAT'S ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. ROCK AND BALL.

SAME. CARROLL IS THE SAME. I MEAN, JOHNSON MAY BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT, I MEAN, ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE INCREDIBLY LOW. WHICH SPEAKS VOLUMES. DO YOU AGREE? ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'S AN ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE STUFF. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL THAT WE'VE HAD.

THE GREAT THING, TOO, IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PROMOTE FROM WITHIN RECENTLY AND THAT JUST TELLS ME WE'RE IN.

YEAH, WE'RE IN GREAT SHAPE TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF LEADERSHIP CONTINUE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SLIDE. CAN WE PUT THIS ON OUR WEBSITE? AND HAVE A LINK TO IT. AND ALSO, CAN WE GET THIS SENT OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY? AND MAYBE WITH AN EXPLANATION BEHIND IT. BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A SCARE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS GOING DOWN AT A RAPID RATE AND THAT TEACHERS ARE LEAVING BY THE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS AND I MEAN THIS ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, TELLS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT STORY.

I THINK ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL KIND OF SEE OKAY.

APPRECIATE IT. WHAT'S GOING ON. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THAT SLIDE.

SO THESE ARE THE REASONS. SO WHENEVER A PERSON WHO'S RESIGNING OR RETIRING HAS TO COMPLETE THE FORM, THERE IS A PLACE THAT THEY HAVE TO PUT IN THE REASON THAT THEY'RE LEAVING AND SO WITH THE DATA FROM THIS YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING AT 25% WHO ARE RETIRING WHO HAVE IN MOST CASES, 30 OR MORE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION. SO WE'VE GOT 25% WHO ARE MOVING.

THAT COULD BE EITHER MOVING OUT OF STATE MOVING BECAUSE THEIR HUSBAND GOT TRANSFERRED TO A DIFFERENT JOB, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, AND LEAVING EDUCATION ALTOGETHER 30% IN THAT AND THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN ON A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE JUST ACROSS THE NATION.

UNFORTUNATELY. SO THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE COULD DEFINITELY TRY TO RETAIN SOME AND THEN PROMOTION, WE HAD 1%, ONE PERSON THAT GOT A PROMOTION AND THEN 18% WERE NOT DISCLOSED.

SO WE HAVE UNDER DISSATISFIED WITH WORK. WE DON'T HAVE ANY PERCENT THERE.

IS THAT JUST MEAN THAT THAT'S 0% OR SO? MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'M PLEASED TO SHARE THAT NOT ONE SINGLE TEACHER INDICATED DISSATISFACTION DISSATISFACTION WITH THEIR WORK AND WE HAD NO NON RENEWALS FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

JUST I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT A CREDIT TO AGAIN, OUR PRINCIPALS ON THE GOOD JOB THEY DO.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS 50%, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER.

SO ABOUT HALF THE STAFF THAT LEFT US. I MEAN, WHEN YOU RETIRE, LIKE WE CELEBRATE THAT, WE CELEBRATE PEOPLE WHO GIVEN THREE DECADES OF THEIR LIFE OR MORE TO THE PROFESSION, AND THEY'RE GOING TO STEP INTO A NEW CHAPTER OF THEIR LIFE PEOPLE WHO MOVE AND THEY LEAVE THE AREA AGAIN, THAT'S REALLY OUT OF OUR CONTROL. SO REALLY, IT'S THAT THAT OTHER 50% IS IS WHERE WE REALLY WANT TO BE ATTENTIVE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT RETENTION. YEAH. SO, MISS, I THINK YOU SAID WHEN WE WERE ON THE PRIOR SLIDE THAT THE RETIREMENTS, 25% ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THOSE NUMBERS. SO THE 10% ATTRITION DOES NOT INCLUDE RETIREMENT.

DOES IT INCLUDE ALL THE OTHERS OR NOT INCLUDE THE OTHERS? INCLUDES. IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING. IT INCLUDES ALL THE OTHERS.

BUT NOT RETIREMENTS. YOU KNOW, RETIREMENTS. YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT 3%.

WE HAD, I THINK 19%. 19 TEACHERS RESIGNED THIS YEAR.

18 LAST YEAR DUE TO RETIREMENT. DUE TO RETIREMENT? YES. OF 600 TEACHERS. RIGHT. YEAH. THOSE ARE GREAT NUMBERS. YEAH. GET THAT OUT THERE. THANK YOU.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MISS OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR DISCUSSION ACTION PORTION OF THE AGENDA ITEM TEN, ITEM 10.1, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION OF THE CARROLL ISD THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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TRUSTEES. DOCTOR GLENN GLAD TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

JEFF BRADY, YOUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS. SO WE DO HAVE A VACANCY.

AND SO I AM HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT AS PART OF THE ELECTION PROCESS.

THE REMINDER, REALLY, THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MUST CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH OF THIS YEAR, 2025, FOR THE VACANCY IN PLACE THREE.

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WE WILL ALWAYS, IF WE CAN AND WITH TIME ON OUR SIDE CALL FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION BECAUSE WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNITY AND ONLY THE COMMUNITY SHOULD DECIDE WHO REPRESENT THAT REPRESENTS THEM ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

SO THANK YOU FOR MR. BRADY FOR BRINGING THIS UP AGAIN FOR OUR VOTE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES? OKAY. MOTION DOES A RESOLUTION NEED TO BE READ? I DON'T THINK SO. OKAY. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ACCEPT THIS PROPOSED VOTE FOR THE VACANCY TO FOR PLACE THREE CALLING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION. SECOND.

MOTION. SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU. MR. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BRYAN.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM 10.2. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE 2025-26 SALARY SCHEDULE AND STIPEND SCHEDULE.

MISS THIBODEAU, YOU'RE UP AGAIN. THERE YOU ARE.

OKAY, SO I AM GOING TO REVIEW THE HIRING AND STIPEND SCHEDULES FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR AND AS YOU KNOW, THE BOARD HAS TO APPROVE THAT EACH YEAR.

SO LET'S BEGIN BY LOOKING AT THE AND I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE HEARD SOME OF THIS.

THE TEACHER HIRING SCHEDULE, THANKS TO THE PASSING OF HOUSE BILL TWO.

WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE HISTORIC INVESTMENT IN TEACHER RETENTION AND COMPENSATION.

THE TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT PROVIDES A $25 $2,500 INCREASE IN TEACHERS, WITH 3 TO 4 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND A $5,000 INCREASE FOR THOSE WITH FIVE OR MORE YEARS AND CAN I JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WASN'T HERE, OR LISTENING IN OR TUNING IN FOR THE EARLIER PERSON, THE 3 TO 4 YEARS EXPERIENCE AT 2500 EQUATES TO ABOUT 3 TO 4% RAISE.

AND THEN THE FIVE PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OF $5,000 EQUATES TO ABOUT 6 TO 7% RAISE.

CORRECT. OKAY. SO THE AT LOOKING AT THE 15 YEAR MIDPOINT, IT WAS 6.7% INCREASE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WITH THIS BEING THE LARGEST TEACHER SALARY INCREASE IN THE STATE'S HISTORY TO ENSURE WE CONTINUE ATTRACTING TOP TALENT, THE DISTRICT IS ALSO RECOMMENDING A $500 INCREASE FOR TEACHERS WITH 1 TO 2 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, SINCE THOSE WERE NOT PART OF HOUSE BILL TWO, WHILE MAINTAINING OUR STARTING SALARY AT 60,200.

AND LET ME SPEAK TO THIS REAL QUICK. WE HAVE A VERY COMPETITIVE STARTING SALARY.

WE'RE WHERE WE HURT AS A DISTRICT IS TEACHERS AT YEAR 15 AND 20.

WEREN'T REALLY SEEING MUCH OF A BUMP. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A 20 YEAR TEACHER MAY HAVE A 20 YEAR TEACHER, I THINK WAS MAKING ABOUT $67,000 A YEAR PRIOR TO HB2.

AND SO NOW YOU HAVE THAT SAME TEACHER MAKING 72,000.

SO A STARTING TEACHER IS MAKING 60, AND A 20 YEAR TEACHER IS MAKING 72 APPROXIMATELY.

SO THERE'S A MUCH WIDER GAP, THAN EXISTED ON OUR SALARY SCHEDULE BEFORE.

THE TOTAL HOUSE BILL TO ALLOTMENT FOR STAFF RAISES IS APPROXIMATELY 2.4 MILLION.

WHILE THE DISTRICT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COVERING THE INCREASE IN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS, AN ADDED COST OF NEARLY $240,000, THE STATE HAS PROVIDED THE 106 PER STUDENT BASIC ALLOTMENT TO HELP WITH THIS OFFSET.

OKAY. AND SO HERE I'VE GOT THE THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS THE PROPOSED HIRING SCHEDULE WITH THE $2,500 TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

5000. AND THEN ADDING THE 500 AT THE ONE AND TWO AND MAINTAINING THE 60,200, WHICH WE ARE CURRENTLY AT IN THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO I KNOW I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THIS AT A TIME AND MAYBE OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, BUT ARE WE STILL WITHIN THE 95% PERCENTILE FOR TEACHER SALARIES, OR ARE WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE BELOW? YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S REALLY NOT GOING TO CHANGE WITH THIS BECAUSE KEEP IN MIND YEAH, EVERYBODY SAW THIS RAISE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF I MEAN, ALL OF THIS WAS MANDATED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GIVING THE $500 TO THE THE YEAR ONE AND TWO.

AND WE DID THAT SIMPLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE STEPS ON OUR SALARY SCHEDULE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

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I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR TEACHERS TO SEE. SO IS THAT A STATE MANDATED INCREASE OR IS THAT A LOCAL POLICY? CARROLL ISD. DOES THAT'S THE LOCAL POLICY. OKAY.

MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO CONTINUE WITH THE $1,000 FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] $2,000 FOR THE DOCTORATE.

IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, IS THE EXISTING POLICY IN LINE WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS? IN THE STATE? ARE WE AHEAD OF THEM? ARE WE BEHIND THEM? DO WE NEED TO REVISIT? WE PROBABLY NEED TO REVISIT THAT.

WE ARE IN LINE WITH SOME DISTRICTS AND SOME PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR THOSE.

I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST, BUT I CAN'T.

I KNOW I'VE ASKED THE QUESTION FOR FIVE YEARS IN A ROW, AND I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A COMPONENT OF IT COMPARED TO OTHER DISTRICTS, AND I REALLY WISH WE COULD DO MORE. IT'S HONESTLY A LITTLE EMBARRASSING TO ME THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DO ALL THAT WORK FOR AN EXTRA $1,000 A YEAR AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION.

BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY FEW PEOPLE THAT EVER GO FOR A DOCTORATE, THOUGH.

I'D LOVE FOR US TO AT LEAST BENCHMARK AGAINST OTHER DISTRICTS AND SEE WHAT DOCTORATES DO, BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO GET A MASTER'S.

IT'S ANOTHER THING TO GO ALL THE WAY TO A DOCTORATE AND MAYBE WE CAN HAVE SOME MORE DISCUSSION.

BUT I KNOW THERE'S BUDGET CHALLENGES. CAN WE TAKE AN IOU FOR THAT? I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. OKAY. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE NON TEACHER.

SO IN THE SPRING OF 2024 YOU REMEMBER THAT TEA CONDUCTED A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF ITS PAY STRUCTURES AND THE SALARY MARKET THAT THEY COMPARED US TO WERE 17 NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS.

AND I'VE INCLUDED THOSE HERE ON THE SLIDE. THOSE WERE SELECTED AGAIN BASED ON THE PROXIMITY TO ISD IN DEVELOPING THE RECOMMENDED HIRING SCHEDULES. WE REVIEWED THIS THE DATA PRESENTED IN THIS ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT.

AND SO WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT CARROLL ISD OFFERS LOWER COMPENSATION THAN PEER DISTRICTS IN SEVERAL OF OUR KEY SUPPORT ROLES, INCLUDING OUR CUSTODIANS, OUR NUTRITION WORKERS, OUR BUS AIDES, OUR BUS DRIVERS, CAMPUS SECRETARIES, CAMPUS TECHNICIANS, AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT STAFF SUCH AS OUR P.E.

AIDES AND LIBRARY AIDES. ADDITIONALLY, CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS WERE IDENTIFIED AS BEING BELOW THE MARKET RATE, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.

I HAD MADE A NOTE.

WHEN LOOKING AT THOSE AND BASED ON T STUDY IN THOSE AREAS THAT I LISTED, WE FELL ANYWHERE FROM 7%, UP TO 40% BELOW IN SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS, WHICH IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT 40%. ADDITIONALLY, THE ASSESSMENT HIGHLIGHTED THAT SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES, LIKE I MENTIONED WERE BELOW THE MARKET.

WOULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE? SO ON THE HB $245 INCREASE PER STUDENT TO COVER THE COST OF SUPPORT STAFF.

SO SOMETHING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS TRYING TO ADDRESS THOSE LOWER PARAPROFESSIONAL SALARIES ESPECIALLY THOSE PEOPLE BELOW $15 AN HOUR. AND SO TONIGHT, WE'RE PROPOSING IN OUR BUDGET TO BRING EVERYBODY TO A MINIMUM OF $15 AN HOUR AND THEN RAISE PROPORTIONATELY, THE PEOPLE ABOVE THEM, BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE CAMPUS SECRETARIES, CUSTODIANS, I THINK BUS DRIVERS GOT A DOLLAR AN HOUR.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE. AND CHASE BROUGHT IT UP, BUT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IT ABOUT $45 PER STUDENT INCREASE THAT WE GOT FROM THE STATE.

IT WAS RIGHT AT ABOUT JUST UNDER $400,000. IS THAT 395 SOUND RIGHT.

I'M JUST READING OFF HER SLIDE. YEAH. AND SO AND SO WE HAD TO SUPPLEMENT TO GET ALL OF OUR PARAS AND YOU KNOW, AND I'M SUPER PROUD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HELP OUR PRINCIPALS OUT TOO, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY WERE BELOW WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE TEA STUDY.

BUT THOSE PARAS ESPECIALLY THAT ARE SEEING THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS, WE HAD TO SUPPLEMENT THAT $45 PER STUDENT INCREASE IN ORDER TO MAKE THOSE RACES

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NOTICE. BUT THIS LAST SENTENCE DOWN HERE SHE DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE TOO. COUNSELORS, NURSES, INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, DIAGS LIBRARIANS, THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT $2,500, $5,000 STIPEND.

SO THOSE POSITIONS, THEY DON'T SEE A RAISE. SO NOT EVERYBODY FALLS INTO THE CATEGORY OF BEING THE LOWEST LEVEL EMPLOYEE AND SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED.

THE STATE DID NOT INCLUDE THAT THOSE POSITIONS.

AND I KNOW WE MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME, BUT I WANT TO REPEAT MYSELF THAT $45 IS FOR ATTENDANCE.

SO WE DO NOT GET PAID THAT MONEY ALL THE WAY FULLY IF PEOPLE DO NOT ATTEND.

SO I HOPE EVERYBODY'S ENJOYING THEIR SUMMER VACATION AND HAS NO VACATIONS PLANNED OVER FALL BREAK FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME.

THAT'S MY EVERY EVERY TIME. YEAH. EVERY TIME WE TALK ABOUT THESE PER STUDENT ALLOTMENTS, ALL OF THAT IS ON ADA.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE HIGHLIGHTING THAT BECAUSE IF YOU DO THE STRAIGHT CALCULATION WE'RE GOING TO GET WAY LESS AND LESS.

YEAH AND I THINK ALSO THIS THIRD BULLET. I'M GLAD DOCTOR GLENN BROUGHT ATTENTION TO IT BECAUSE AS PRESIDENT BRYAN SAID THAT $55 TO COVER EVERYTHING ELSE. YES, WE LOVED HB2, THAT IT HAD SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, INCREASE IN SECURITY PER CAMPUS.

IT HAD INCREASE IN THE TEACHER PAY. BUT THIS IS EXACTLY THE PROBLEM THAT YOU MENTIONED.

IT DOES NOT COVER ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO GET AND WE'VE GOT A REMARKABLE READING LEVEL YOU KNOW, AND IT'S THESE COACHES AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY HUM.

WELL, WELL, I KNOW SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE HAVING TO CUT A LOT AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THOSE REVENUE DRIVERS AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE.

I KNOW SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN PRESSING ON THIS BOARD IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR STAFF.

SO HOPEFULLY AS WE TAKE AN IOU ON SOME OF THE STIPENDS, WE'LL TAKE AN IOU ON HOW WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THESE THINGS IN FUTURE DISCUSSIONS.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS INFORMATION. OKAY.

SO THE LAST IS OUR STOP AND SCHEDULE AND SO JUST LOOKING AT OUR STIPEND SCHEDULE IT ALIGNS WITH OUR MARKET COMPARISON GROUPS. THE ONLY STOPPING THAT WE ARE REQUESTING THAT WE ADD IS FOR THE BARBECUE TEAM SPONSOR OUR STATE CHAMPION BARBECUE.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. KEN GOODMAN HAS STEPPED DOWN FROM THAT ROLE.

AND SO WE KNOW THAT IT'S A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM AND WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT AS PART OF A STIPEND TO WHICHEVER SPONSOR TAKES THAT. AND CAN A TRUSTEE BE A BARBECUE I NOMINATE TRUSTEE YEAGER.

I DIDN'T GET PAID. HE DOESN'T GET THE STIPEND, THOUGH.

WE SAVE MONEY FOR FREE. WE HIRE YOU. WE SAVE MONEY.

ONLY IF HE COOKS [INAUDIBLE]. OKAY. YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE DINNER EVERY MORNING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MISS [INAUDIBLE] ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS [INAUDIBLE].

YEP. I MAKE A MOTION, AND THAT IS TO APPROVE THE TEACHER HIRING, SALARY, SCHEDULE AND COMPENSATION ADJUSTED AS PRESENTED. SECOND MOTION AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU, MISS THIBODEAU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. NEXT UP, 10.3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE 2025-2026 GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND INTEREST IN SINKING BUDGET.

MR. PARK, YOU'RE BACK UP. FIRST BRYAN, DOCTOR GLENN.

TRUSTEES. AS I PRESENTED A FEW MINUTES AGO, I'M AM BACK UP HERE TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR THE PROPOSED 25-26 BUDGET. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE 2025 2026 BUDGET, INCLUDING THE GENERAL FUND AND DEBT SERVICE FUND AS PRESENTED. SECOND MOTION AND SECOND.

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

THANK YOU, MR. PARK. NEXT UP IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[11. CONSENT AGENDA ]

IT IS 11.5 IS MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE AND CERTAIN UNIVERSITIES.

I WANTED DOCTOR GLENN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE REALLY SHOULD BE PROUD OF.

AND SOMETHING THAT DOCTOR GLENN BROUGHT TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND IT'S A BRILLIANT IDEA, AND IT'S. I CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AND THERE'S MANY UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AROUND THE STATE, AND MAYBE EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE STATE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THIS.

SO, DOCTOR GLENN, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THIS AND EXPLAINING TO THE COMMUNITY WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. YEAH, IT WAS EXCITING. IT WASN'T SUPER HARD TO BRING ANYTHING.

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BECAUSE IT STARTED REALLY SPIRALING AFTER WE GOT DOCTOR HURLEY AND TARLETON ON BOARD IS OUR FIRST DIVISION ONE PARTNER.

WE WERE ABLE TO SIGN SEVERAL SMALLER DISTRICTS OR SMALLER.

I SAY DISTRICTS. I'M A PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATOR.

SMALLER UNIVERSITIES LIKE HOWARD PAYNE AND MCMURRAY WERE ABLE TO JUMP ON BOARD BUT THEN SHE WAS ABLE TO SECURE WHAT WE BRING YOU TONIGHT, WHICH IS A TEXAS WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY. WE GOT OUR FIRST BIG 12 SCHOOL IN TEXAS TECH.

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI. OUT FROM OUT OF STATE.

I KNOW THEY HAVE A NEW PROVOST THAT WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH, BUT WE HOPE TO BRING UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ON SOON.

ACU ABILENE CHRISTIAN, ANOTHER DIVISION ONE SCHOOL RIGHT HERE IN TEXAS.

SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR KIDS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS.

SO WHAT IS THE DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP? WHAT IT IS, IS IT IS UNIVERSITIES THAT HAVE COME TO CARROLL ISD SAYING, WE WANT YOUR KIDS AND NOT ONLY DO WE WANT THEM, WE ARE READY TO TAKE THEM. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE THE SAT.

THEY DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE THE ACT. WE WILL LOOK AT THEIR GPA AND IF THEY HAVE THAT 3.35 GPA DEPENDING ON THE SCHOOL, WE'RE REALLY READY TO TAKE THEM AND ENROLL THEM IMMEDIATELY AND IN MANY CASES, THEY'RE PUTTING MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS.

SO LIKE I KNOW TARLETON AND HOWARD PAYNE ARE OFFERING PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR KIDS TO GO TO THOSE UNIVERSITIES AND ATTEND.

AND SO THAT IS THAT'S SUPER EXCITING. IS THAT FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS? ABSOLUTELY NOT. WE KNOW WE HAVE OUR IVY LEAGUERS.

WE KNOW WE HAVE OUR KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO GO TO TO MAJOR UNIVERSITIES OUT OF STATE.

WE KNOW WE HAVE OUR KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO GO TO MILITARY ACADEMIES OR GO RIGHT INTO THE WORKFORCE.

BUT WE DO HAVE A GROUP OF KIDS HERE THAT WORK EXTREMELY HARD.

THEY'RE EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT AND FOR THEIR PARENTS TO KNOW, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? BEFORE MY KID EVER FILLS OUT THEIR FIRST COLLEGE APPLICATION, I CAN JUST LOOK AT THEIR TRANSCRIPT AND KNOW THAT THERE ARE SIX UNIVERSITIES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE READY TO TAKE THEM. SIGHT UNSEEN IS ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE AND SO FROM THERE, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT.

SO WE'VE SET THE FLOOR FOR OUR KIDS THAT IF THEY WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE, NO MATTER WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THEIR GRADUATING CLASS, THAT OPPORTUNITY IS AFFORDED TO THEM AND IN MANY CASES WITH SCHOLARSHIP MONEY TO BOOT.

SO CREDIT TO OUR TEACHERS, CREDIT TO OUR PRINCIPALS FOR THE GREAT JOB THAT THEY DO AND OUR CURRICULUM DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE SET THE BAR SO HIGH THAT COLLEGES ARE SEEKING US OUT TO GET HOLD OF THESE KIDS.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR GLENN. THANK YOU, MISS PETTY FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.

TH IS IS GREAT. I CAN'T WAIT TO GROW THIS PROGRAM EVEN MORE AND GET PEOPLE MORE EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

SO I TOOK IT OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO TRUSTEE YEAGER, LET'S VOTE ON THIS SEPARATELY.

ITEM 11.5. YEP AND THAT IS THAT FOR 11.5, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN CARROLL ISD AND TEXAS WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY AND TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY FOR THE DISTINGUISHED HIGH SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.

SECOND MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE YEAGER. OKAY. NOW WE'LL GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DONATIONS. TRUSTEE YEAGER, DO YOU WANT TO ANNOUNCE THIS? WE DO. AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT BUDGET TONIGHT, AND IT CANNOT GO WITHOUT PAST THAT.

OFTENTIMES, THIS COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER CAMPUS BY CAMPUS, PROGRAM BY PROGRAM.

AND WE'VE HEARD FROM SO MANY BOOSTER CLUBS TO COME UP WITH THE SHORTFALLS TO PROVIDE OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS WITH REALLY GREAT FACILITIES, GREAT PROGRAMS AND WHATNOT AND THE FIRST DONATION HERE IS THE ROCKENBAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO.

GENEROUS DONATION OF $10,000. I USUALLY DON'T TALK ABOUT THE PURPOSE, BUT IT'S GREAT TO HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS.

AND THIS IS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF CAFETERIA TABLES FOR ROCKENBAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. ROCKENBAUGH PTO. AND THE SECOND AND LAST IS THE CARROLL ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB, CABC, WITH A DONATION OF $1,250. AND THIS IS TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR THE TENNIS TEAM.

WE TALKED ABOUT SOMETIMES REGRETTABLY, THAT WE HAVE TO JUST TIGHTEN OUR BELTS.

AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE CABC COMING AND HELPING OUT WITH THAT EXPENSE.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE YEAGER, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

SECOND MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0.

IF NO OBJECTION, WE'LL ADJOURN THIS MEETING NOW AT 7:34PM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BOARD.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.