Dec 08, 2025 School Board Special Workshop

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH QUORUM]

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OKAY GOOD AFTERNOON. WE'LL CALL THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CARROLL ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2025 AT 5:00 P.M. OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[2. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

ALL RIGHT GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER AT 6:00 P.M.

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

WILL YOU ALL PLEASE RISE? HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS.

AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY.

AND WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM AND CLARITY IN EVERY DISCUSSION AND DECISION WE MAKE.

LORD, WE LIFT UP OUR INCREDIBLE TEACHERS AND STAFF, ESPECIALLY THOSE WE RECOGNIZE THIS EVENING AS TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR DEDICATION, THEIR COMPASSION, AND THE COUNTLESS WAYS THEY MAKE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

BLESS THEM WITH RENEWED STRENGTH, JOY IN THEIR WORK AND THE ASSURANCE THAT THEY ARE TRULY VALUED.

WE ALSO CELEBRATE THE REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM AND THEIR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR HARD WORK, TEAMWORK, PERSEVERANCE AND THE COACHES AND FAMILIES WHO SUPPORT THEM.

MAY THEIR SUCCESS INSPIRE OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT TO STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE IN ALL THINGS.

BE WITH US NOW, GUIDING OUR HEARTS AND MINDS.

HELP US LEAD WITH INTEGRITY, HUMILITY, AND A SPIRIT OF UNITY.

MAY ALL WE DO TONIGHT HONOR YOU AND SERVE THE BEST INTERESTS OF EVERY STUDENT ENTRUSTED TO OUR CARE.

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

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

AND NOW FOR THE TEXAS PLEDGE. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

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

PLEASE JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS RECOGNITION IS ITEM 4.1 BOARD RECOGNITION

[4. RECOGNITIONS]

GOOD EVENING. I DIDN'T REALIZE I'M GOING TO BE KICKING THIS OFF.

[LAUGHTER] GLAD TO BE HERE TONIGHT WITH SPECIAL NIGHT, RECOGNIZING THAT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

THAT'S QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. I'M HERE ACTUALLY, BECAUSE ONE OF OUR TEACHERS AT OLD UNION WAS NOMINATED FOR INSPIRE EXCELLENCE.

IT'S JADEN FREED, OUR ACE TEACHER. SHE'S AN AMAZING TEACHER THAT IMPACTS ALL OF HER KIDS.

SO I'M GOING TO SHARE WHAT WAS WRITTEN ABOUT HER.

SO THE PARENT THAT NOMINATOR SAID, I AM NOMINATING JADEN BECAUSE THERE SIMPLY ISN'T ANOTHER SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER LIKE HER.

HER ENERGY, PASSION, AND DEDICATION TO HER STUDENTS ARE UNMATCHED.

WATCHING HER ON A FIELD TRIP, SEEING HOW DEEPLY SHE CARES FOR HER KIDS AND HOW JOYFULLY SHE CELEBRATES THEIR SUCCESSES, SHOWS ME EXACTLY WHAT EVERY PARENT HOPES FOR IN A TEACHER IN JUST A FEW MONTHS.

JADEN HAS TAUGHT MY SON SO MUCH. SHE CELEBRATES EVERY WIN AND ALSO FILLS HER CLASSROOM WITH DANCE PARTIES.

MAMMA MIA IS A CLASS FAVORITE. [LAUGHTER] SHE MAKES SCHOOL A FUN, SAFE AND WELCOMING PLACE FOR HIM.

EARLY EDUCATION IS CRUCIAL, AND THE PATIENCE REQUIRED TO BE A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER IS TRULY A GIFT.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR MORE YEARS WITH HER. OLD UNION AND CARROLL ISD ARE INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO POURS HER HEART AND SOUL INTO STUDENTS WHO NEED JUST A LITTLE EXTRA SUPPORT. SO I'M PROUD TO RECOGNIZE JADEN FREED.

CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE].

OKAY, MS. LEONARD, YOU'RE UP NEXT. ALL RIGHT GOOD EVENING DOCTOR

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IT IS TRULY AN HONOR TO RECOGNIZE OUR INSPIRE EXCELLENCE MS. ASPEN MEADOWS. THIS IS HER FIRST YEAR TEACHING AT DAWSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND SHE IS A PROUD FORMER CARROLL KINDER GRAD.

SHE RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN WITH THE HIGHEST HONORS, EARNING A DEGREE IN EDUCATION WITH A MINOR IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES, AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE UT PALM SQUAD. MS. MEADOWS RETURNED HOME TO CARROLL ISD, FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF HER MOTHER, WHO HAS DEVOTED 33 YEARS TO EDUCATION AND 31 OF THOSE RIGHT HERE AT CARROLL ISD.

SHE BRINGS THE SAME PASSION AND COMMITMENT TO EDUCATING STUDENTS, BOTH IN THE CLASSROOM AND ON THE DANCE FLOOR.

SHE CURRENTLY TEACHES 7TH GRADE ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE ARTS AND SERVES AS THE DIRECTOR OF DRAGON GEMS MIDDLE SCHOOL DANCE TEAM.

HER CARROLL ROOTS RUN DEEP. HAVING BEEN A CARROLL GREEN JACKET BELL CAPTAIN AND A WHITECHAPEL LEADERSHIP PARTICIPANT.

SHE IS ALSO AN FFA FLORAL DESIGN COMPETITION WINNER WITH A LEVEL TWO FLORIST CERTIFICATION.

MS. MEADOWS IS ENGAGED TO MARRY HER BEST FRIEND AND FELLOW CARROLL DRAGON GRADUATE LUKE WENGER.

HERE ARE JUST A FEW THINGS THAT ONE OF OUR PARENTS SAID ABOUT MS. MEADOWS THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS TONIGHT. WHATEVER MAGIC MS. MEADOWS IS CREATING IN HER CLASSROOM, IT'S WORKING.

I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR HER ENCOURAGEMENT, HER COMPASSION AND BELIEF IN MY CHILD.

SHE HAS TRULY HELPED GIVE HIM THE CONFIDENCE TO SHINE HER POSITIVE ENERGY AND GENUINE CARE FOR HER STUDENTS CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERY STUDENT AND EVERY CHILD FEEL SEEN, VALUED AND CAPABLE OF SUCCESS. SHE NOT ONLY TEACHES ENGLISH, SHE BUILDS CONFIDENCE.

SHE INSPIRES JOY IN LEARNING, AND SHE REMINDS STUDENTS THAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF MORE THAN ANYTHING THEY'VE IMAGINED.

SHE SHOWS US THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW ONE TEACHER BELIEVING IN YOUR CHILD CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.

MY SON, WHO IS DYSLEXIC, ALWAYS HAS BEEN SELF-CONSCIOUS ABOUT READING ALOUD.

THIS YEAR, UNDER MS. MEADOWS GUIDANCE, HE TRULY HAS BLOSSOMED.

HE VOLUNTEERED TO STAND UP IN FRONT OF HIS CLASS AND READ A CHRISTMAS CARROLL AS BOB CRATCHIT, SOMETHING I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE HIM DO. HER BELIEF IN HIM GAVE HIM THE COURAGE TO TRY.

NOW, THIS SAME CHILD WHO ONCE DREADED READING IS PICKING UP A BOOK ALMOST EVERY DAY TO READ AT HOME.

MS. MEADOWS EXEMPLIFIES THE DRAGON CORE VALUES OF EXCELLENCE, INTEGRITY, AND COMPASSION THROUGH HER PATIENT SUPPORT AND HER ABILITY TO SEE EACH CHILD POTENTIAL. SHE ALSO GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS AND SHARE POSITIVE NEWS OR TO CELEBRATE THE WINS.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING MS. ASPEN MEADOWS FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL CARE AND DEDICATION.

SHE TRULY REPRESENTS THE SPIRIT OF INSPIRE EXCELLENCE AND WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER AS PART OF OUR DAWSON FAMILY.

CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATS ALL RIGHT.

UP NEXT IS OUR INSPIRE EXCELLENCE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, MR. PARK. HELLO GOOD EVENING.

I'M HERE TO HONOR MS. ZORAIDA ESTEVEZ AS OUR INSPIRE EXCELLENCE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

SHE, FIRST OF ALL, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE SHE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, WORKS TO EXCEED THE STANDARD, YOU KNOW, WORKS TO STANDARD NOT TO THE TIME. AND, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHO IT IS IN OUR OFFICE AND IN A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, SHE'S ALWAYS THERE, YOU KNOW, WILLING TO HELP ANYONE AND EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, WITH WHATEVER ISSUE THEY HAVE.

ONE NOMINEE YOU KNOW, MENTIONED THAT SHE'S ALWAYS WILLING TO STEP UP AND ASSIST ANYONE WHO NEEDS HELP.

SHE READILY TAKES ON ANY TASK AND CAN BE TRUSTED TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON ANY ASSIGNMENT.

AND THAT JUST KIND OF ESSENCE OF YOU KNOW, WHAT SHE DOES FOR OUR OFFICE, SO I'M EXTREMELY BLESSED TO HAVE HER.

AND PROUD TO HONOR HER WITH THIS RECOGNITION THIS MONTH.

CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE].

TEACHERS YOU WERE ABOUT. THAT'S AWESOME AND LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET TWO

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THERE WE GO. THAT'S PERFECT. OKAY GOT IT. [APPLAUSE] I ALWAYS FORGET TO MENTION OUR SPONSOR OF THE INSPIRE EXCELLENCE AWARDS IS EECU.

THEY'VE BEEN A PARTNER FOR MANY YEARS WITH THE DISTRICT AND VERY GENEROUS FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS.

AND SO WE APPRECIATE EECU VERY MUCH THEY'RE ALWAYS HERE [APPLAUSE] AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR WE WANT TO CELEBRATE OUR FIRST EVER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP OF OUR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM.

[LAUGHTER] ALL SEVEN OF US THAT ARE SITTING UP HERE.

WAS AT THE GAME, AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

IT WAS THE MOST EXCITING, NERVE-WRACKING, NAIL-BITING [LAUGHTER] GAMES THAT I'VE EVER SEEN.

I WAS SUPER CONFIDENT BECAUSE I TOLD EVERYBODY WE'RE JUST GOING TO WIPE THEM OUT THREES UP.

AND AFTER THE FIRST, LIKE, WHAT WAS IT, 14 POINTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I WAS LIKE, SEE, I TOLD YOU SO [LAUGHTER]. AND THEN AFTER THE THIRD SET, I WAS LIKE OH, OH [LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? AND EACH WE'RE PROUD EACH OF EVERY ONE OF YOU, COACH JACKSON, ALL THE COACHES, PARENTS.

THIS IS TRULY AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT. YOU GUYS WERE SO AWESOME ALL YEAR, AND IT DIDN'T GO UNNOTICED.

WE APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU. AND I NEVER LIKE TO SINGLE OUT AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE AWESOME.

BUT YOU'RE LIBERO. YOU'RE LITTLE LIBERO. WHAT? WHERE IS SHE? [APPLAUSE] IS SHE HERE TONIGHT? STAND UP. I'VE NEVER SEEN SOMEBODY SO FAST AND QUICK AND GET DOWN SO LOW TO GET THOSE BALLS SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF Y'ALL IT'S AWESOME.

COACH JACKSON, YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS? [LAUGHTER] YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. I'M NOT MUCH OF A HOT MIC GAL, SO [LAUGHTER] PARDON ME IF THERE'S SOME PAUSES IN THIS.

BUT SUPER BLESSED WITH THESE GIRLS AND THESE IN THESE FAMILIES THIS YEAR.

THEY'LL PROBABLY HEAR SOMETHING SIMILAR IN MY SPEECH NEXT WEDNESDAY FOR OUR BANQUET.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS WAS DEFINITELY A UNICORN YEAR.

THERE'S SOME TIMES, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT A SEASON WITH GIRLS, THERE'S SOME TYPE OF DRAMA OR SOME TYPE OF ADVERSITY THAT COMES UP.

AND THEY [LAUGHTER] THERE WAS NOT ANY OF THAT THIS YEAR WITH THE GIRLS OR THE FAMILIES.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE GUY AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT WAS LIKE, GIVE ME, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT DESCRIBES YOUR YEAR.

AND I TOLD HIM THAT THESE KIDS TRULY LOVED EACH OTHER MORE THAN ANY OTHER GROUP THAT I'VE HAD, FROM THE KIDS TO THE FAMILIES TO THE MANAGERS TO THE TRAINERS.

HE'S LIKE, IT'S KIND OF A COMMON THEME AMONGST PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS, YOU KNOW, FINAL IN THE STATE FINAL AND I WAS LIKE, IT IS. BUT I TRULY THINK THAT THEY HAVE SPENT MORE TIME TOGETHER THIS YEAR OUTSIDE OF PRACTICES THAN ANY OTHER GROUP AND I THINK THAT MATTERS.

AND I THINK OUR PARENTS LOVED ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE KIDS THAT WEREN'T THEIRS JUST AS MUCH AS THEIR OWN.

AND I THINK THAT'S SUPER SPECIAL. SO, I MEAN, LIKE, [LAUGHTER] LIKE YOU SAID ABOUT THIS STATE FINAL, LIKE YOU HAD SEEN EVERY, EVERY EMOTION POSSIBLE IN THAT MATCH, LIKE WHEN IT WAS LIKE 9 TO 0, YOU'RE LIKE, OH, IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT, WE GOT IT. [LAUGHTER] AND THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE 20 TO 16 NOT IN OUR FAVOR.

AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, NEVER MIND, NEVER MIND, NEVER MIND. BUT THESE GIRLS FOUGHT BACK.

AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT HAD TO DO WITH THEIR BOND JUST TRUSTING EACH OTHER AND GOING TO GET AFTER IT FOR FIVE SETS AND THAT WAS AWESOME.

SO LOVE YOU GUYS, SUPER BLESSED. CONGRATULATIONS YEAH.

[APPLAUSE] NOW I JUST HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR COACH.

YOU KNOW, ALL THROUGHOUT, WHETHER IT'S SPORTS OR WHETHER IT'S IN THE BUSINESS.

USUALLY A TEAM MIMICS THE STYLE OF THEIR COACH AND COACH JACKSON, I WATCHED YOU ON THAT SIDELINE AND YOU WERE JUST AS STOIC AS THEY COME AND YOU WERE JUST, OKAY, OKAY, OKAY [LAUGHTER]. WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE JUST, YOU KNOW, LOST A FEW POINTS AND THAT'S THE ABSOLUTE YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR TEAM IS, IS MADE UP OF AND WE SAW THAT ON THE COURT IS THAT THEY MIMIC YOUR LEADERSHIP.

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WE HAVE MANY, MANY MORE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ORDER.

SO CAN WE CONGRATULATE COACH JACKSON? [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET A PIC.

YOU GUYS WANT TO GET A PICTURE? YEAH, I THINK.

[LAUGHTER] LET'S GO DOWN YEAH OH THANK YOU.

OKAY THANK YOU OKAY OKAY GOOD GOOD BIG TEN BETTER. OKAY. WAIT, WAIT, WAIT OKAY. YAY! [APPLAUSE] GREAT JOB GUYS THANK YOU GUYS THANK YOU.

HEY HOW ARE YOU? SO HAPPY [LAUGHTER]. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.

YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH BUT WAIT TIM'S LEFT. [LAUGHTER] HE CAME FOR THE MEETING.

YOU OUGHT TO TELL HIM. YEAH. TIM. OH, NO. THANKS FOR YEAH, SHE'S A NINTH GRADER [LAUGHTER] OH, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 5.

PUBLIC COMMENTS, MS. YELTON DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS TONIGHT? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS THIS EVENING. OKAY THANK YOU, MS. YELTON. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 6, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A PERSONNEL REPORT.

[6. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON PERSONNEL REPORT]

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 0. THANK YOU TRUSTEE YEAGER.

[7. PUBLIC HEARING - FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS (FIRST) REPORT - Presenter: Chase Park]

AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS DECLARED OPEN, AND I'LL ASK THE ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE US THROUGH A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE FIRST REPORT, MR. PARK. ALL RIGHT GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

OKAY, THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR 2024-25 FIRST RATING WHICH IS BASED ON THE

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AND IT'S KIND OF STANDARDIZED THROUGHOUT EVERY DISTRICT IN TEXAS.

THE SCALE IS HERE. YOU HAVE A, B, C AND F. I THINK WE'VE BEEN SUPERIOR FOR, YOU KNOW, QUITE, QUITE SOME TIME NOW. SO YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR I'LL GET TO IT.

WE, WE OUR FINAL SCORE WAS 92 THIS YEAR. AND I CAN EXPLAIN KIND OF GO THROUGH THE EXPLANATION.

SO IT WENT DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM A 96, I BELIEVE, LAST YEAR.

SO BUT THERE'S 21 INDICATORS AND THERE'S ONLY TWO INDICATORS HERE THAT THAT WE DID NOT SCORE A PERFECT SCORE ON.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON, ON JUST THOSE TWO FOR, FOR YOU KNOW, TIME SAKE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CERTAINLY ASK AS THEY COME UP SO. AGAIN, OUR FINAL SCORE IS 92, WHICH GIVES US AN A RATING SUPERIOR.

SO I WILL JUST SKIP TO NUMBER 8 HERE. AND SO THIS INDICATOR HERE IT MEASURES OUR CURRENT ASSETS TO CURRENT LIABILITIES RATIO. AND IT BASICALLY KIND OF DETERMINES WHETHER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD SUFFICIENT SHORT TERM ASSETS AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR TO PAY OFF ALL OF OUR SHORT TERM LIABILITIES. AND SO THE BIG CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR WHEN WE SCORED A TEN HERE WAS THAT THE CHANGE IN OUR FISCAL YEAR FROM AUGUST 31ST YEAR END TO JUNE 30TH YEAR END WAS REALLY THE DRIVER FOR THIS SCORE NOT BEING A PERFECT SCORE ANYMORE.

AND SO UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN YOU GO TO A JUNE 30TH YEAR END, YOUR RECAPTURE PAYMENT AND OUR TIF PAYMENT TO THE CITY AND ALL OF OUR PAYROLL PAYABLES FOR JULY AND AUGUST BECOME PAYABLE.

AND SO OUR LIABILITIES ARE GOING TO SHOOT UP YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT MUCH MORE CASH ON HAND, BUT, YOU KNOW OUR LIABILITY SHOT WAY UP. AND SO THAT'S THE PRIMARY DRIVER FOR THIS.

SO WE HAD ABOUT $20 MILLION IN A RECAPTURE PAYMENT THAT WAS BOOKED AS A LIABILITY.

WE HAD ABOUT $8.6 MILLION AS A LIABILITY TO THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE FOR THE FOR THE TIF.

AND SO THAT'S THE MAIN DRIVER. AND THEN I WILL SAY THIS ONE IS A SOURCE OF FRUSTRATION FOR ME PERSONALLY BECAUSE AS A RECAPTURE DISTRICT, YOU'RE PENALIZED ON THIS WAY MORE THAN YOU SHOULD.

YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY A CERTAIN NUMBER OF RECAPTURE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.

AND SO ALL THOSE DISTRICTS THAT DON'T PAY RECAPTURE, THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO THIS, TO THIS BASIC PENALTY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE BECAUSE THIS RATIO IT TAKES, TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION YOUR RECAPTURE.

AND SO WHILE YOU HAVE CASH IN YOUR ASSETS, YOU KNOW, IT ALSO IT ALSO GETS BOOKED INTO YOUR LIABILITIES.

AND SO YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT MR. PARK, BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.

I MEAN, I GET IT THAT THE TIF IS PART OF OUR LIABILITIES BECAUSE THAT'S THE CHOICE THAT WE MADE.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE WITH RECAPTURE. AND THAT GOES TO PENALIZE US BECAUSE THE STATE MANDATES A CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE TO GET BACK IN OUR PROPERTY TAXES IS JUST FLAT OUT WRONG BECAUSE THAT THAT'S THAT PENALIZES US. MIGHT AS WELL NOT EVEN PAY IT.

I MEAN, RIGHT, RIGHT. I MEAN, I MEAN, IT'S JUST SEEMS LIKE TO ME THAT THAT DOESN'T I GUESS IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO YOU EITHER.

WELL, FOR WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN WHEN WE LOOK AT IT TO EVALUATE WHAT OUR OPERATING COSTS ARE, THEN THE, OUR LIABILITY FOR RECAPTURE SHOULDN'T REALLY AFFECT THIS.

CORRECT IF YOU NET IT OUT, RECAPTURE OUT OF THIS, OUR RATIO WOULD ACTUALLY BE 2.32, WHICH IS EQUAL TO 6 POINTS.

AND SO AT LEAST WE GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER SCORE.

THAT WOULD HAVE MOVED US UP ABOVE 93? RIGHT SO.

MR. PARK EXCUSE ME, IS THIS A ONE TIME BECAUSE WE YOU KNOW, WE MADE THE CHANGE FROM THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO ARE WE NOT GOING TO HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE. SO GOING FORWARD WE WILL HAVE THIS ISSUE GOING FORWARD.

SO UNFORTUNATELY OUR CEILING IS GOING TO BE A 94 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT GOING FORWARD.

SO IT IS IT IS WHAT IT IS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WILL NEVER SEE YOU KNOW, I NEVER SAY NEVER, BUT WE WILL NEVER, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO GET 100 POINTS.

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WE SHOULDN'T LOSE THIS MANY POINTS IN FUTURE YEARS THAT THAT PIECE SHOULD EVEN OUT A LITTLE BIT.

DOES THE FISCAL YEAR TIME HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT? JUST BECAUSE WE SWITCHED. BUT GOING FORWARD, IS IT STILL GOING TO BE THE SAME? YES YEAH. OKAY. BUT THE LOSS WON'T BE AS SUBSTANTIAL ON 8 POINTS.

CORRECT? WE'LL HAVE TO SEE. YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT OUR RECAPTURE PAYMENT IS YEAR OVER YEAR SO.

JUST FROM A LEGISLATIVE POINT OF VIEW, WHAT WOULD YOU BELIEVE WOULD BE THE BEST COURSE OF REMEDY? IS IT A CONTROLLER? IS IT A TEA. WHERE DO WE GO TO TALK ABOUT THIS? THE FIRST REPORT IS PUT OUT BY TEA, BUT ULTIMATELY IT WOULD PROBABLY REQUIRE SOME SORT OF LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE TO GET THEM TO CHANGE IT.

PRESSURE FROM US AND ALWAYS HELPS. OKAY. FROM OUR STANDPOINT AS WE LOOK AT INDICATOR 8 SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE NEED THEM TO UNDERSTAND IS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE LIABILITY RATIOS THAT, THAT WE DON'T WANT TO RECAPTURE, ESSENTIALLY COUNTING AGAINST US.

RIGHT? RIGHT. SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD AGAINST THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, 1063 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. WE SHOULD BE MORE COMPARABLE WITH THE 80% THAT DON'T PAY RECAPTURE.

YEAH, YEAH. JUST AS AN ANECDOTE, WE DID APPEAL THIS ONE YEAR AT HIGHLAND PARK AND THEY ACCEPTED THE APPEAL.

AND THEN THE VERY NEXT YEAR WE SENT THE EXACT SAME LETTER AND THEY DIDN'T ACCEPT THE APPEAL AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S. SO DO YOU SEND THAT TO THE COMMISSIONER? YES TO THE TO THE.

YEAH. SO. OKAY. CAN WE IS IT TOO LATE FOR US FOR? FOR THIS YEAR I BELIEVE SO, BUT YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD, WE CAN WHEN WE RECEIVE OUR PRELIMINARY RATINGS, WE CAN. YEAH LET'S GO AHEAD AND PLAN ON APPEALING.

THE NEXT INDICATOR THAT THAT WE DID NOT RECEIVE MAXIMUM POINTS ON WAS NUMBER 11 LONG TERM LIABILITIES TO TOTAL ASSETS RATIO.

AND THIS ONE JUST DUE TO OUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE OUTSTANDING.

AS WE PAY THAT DOWN, THIS ONE WILL GO UP. AND SO YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN SEE, LAST YEAR WE HAD A 6 AND THIS YEAR WE HAD A 8.

AND SO AS WE PAY OFF OUR, OUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS, THIS ONE SHOULD CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.

BY 0.01. CORRECT. OKAY SO WE SHOULD NEXT YEAR WE SHOULD BE OKAY ON THAT.

YES. IN THAT AREA BUT IT'S THAT ONE RECAPTURE THAT WE NEED TO APPEAL.

YES SIR YEAH. SO WHICH I THINK THAT THIS BOARD HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF YEAH.

AND I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE AGAIN SUPERIOR RATING, THE HIGHEST RATING THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN RECEIVE BY THE STATE.

AND WHEN WE'VE RECEIVED A SUPERIOR RATING EACH OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A MOTION QUESTIONS FOR MR. PARK? NO? OKAY AT THIS TIME, I'LL RECOGNIZE ANY SPEAKERS WHO HAVE NOT ALREADY SPOKEN EARLIER DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING THE FIRST REPORT. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? OKAY THANK YOU.

THIS CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SCHOOL FIRST REPORT. THE HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ACTUALLY TAKING ACTION ON THIS.

TRUSTEE YEAGER, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YOU GOT ME THANK YOU ALL RIGHT I MOVE I GUESS I'M READING THE RED HERE.

I'M SORRY I'M A LITTLE OFF GUARD HERE. OKAY. HANG ON A SECOND YES THANK YOU. OKAY, HERE WE GO AT THE BOTTOM.

OKAY. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE 202-2025 SCHOOL FIRST REPORT FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY RATING OF SUPERIOR AS PRESENTED BY MR. PARK. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 6 TO NOTHING. THANK YOU, MR. PARKER. OKAY NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 8 PRESIDENT'S REPORT.

[8. PRESIDENT'S REPORT]

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE I WANT TO BEGIN TONIGHT BY CELEBRATING OUR INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR OUR DISTRICT.

OUR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM BROUGHT HOME THE FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

THIS IS A REMARKABLE MILESTONE, AND WE COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF THE ATHLETES, COACHES AND FAMILIES WHO SUPPORTED THEM ON THIS JOURNEY.

THEIR HARD WORK AND COMPETITIVE SPIRIT HAS SET A NEW STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR OUR DISTRICTS.

CONGRATULATIONS, VOLLEYBALL! WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE ANOTHER EXCITING ACHIEVEMENT.

OUR FOOTBALL TEAM HAS ADVANCED TO THE STATE SEMIFINALS AND WILL TAKE THE FIELD THIS SATURDAY AT 2:00 P.M.

AT MANSFIELD ISD STADIUM AGAINST DESOTO. WE HOPE TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY COME OUT IN FULL FORCE TO SUPPORT OUR PLAYERS AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR

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ONE OF THE KEY TOPICS IS THE NEW AUTHORITY ALLOWING DISTRICTS TO CONSIDER MOVING LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS FROM MAY TO NOVEMBER.

TONIGHT WE WILL BE REVIEWING THE IMPLICATIONS, TIMELINES AND REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT OPTION.

ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE THE 5TH BLACK TIGER TEAM MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW TUESDAY.

WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE THEIR RECOMMENDATION NEXT WEEK, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A PROPOSED FACILITY CONSOLIDATION PLAN.

THE BOARD WILL FORMALLY DISCUSS THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AT OUR DECEMBER 15TH MEETING.

THAT'S NEXT MONDAY. THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT DECISIONS FOR OUR DISTRICT'S LONG TERM PLANNING, AND WE APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY'S ENGAGEMENT AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE, STAFF, STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR YOUR CONTINUED DEDICATION AND SUPPORT OF OUR DISTRICT.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESIDENT'S REPORT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 9, WHICH IS THE INFORMATION PORTION OF OUR MEETING.

[9. INFORMATION]

HOWEVER, EIGHT ARE SLATED FOR AUCTION. AND 16 FATE TO BE DETERMINED.

WE'LL GET TO THAT. GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT. WE MAINTAIN FIVE ACTIVITY BUSSES.

NINE WHITE FLEET SUVS, TRAVEL ABOUT HALF A MILLION MILES A YEAR.

KEEP IN MIND, THE EARTH AT THE EQUATOR IS 25,000 MILES ACROSS, SO THAT'S [LAUGHTER] A COUPLE TRIPS.

OUR AVERAGE ROUTE BUS IS NINE YEARS OLD AND HAS ABOUT 50,000 MILES ON IT.

WE MOVE ABOUT 4,400 STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

OVER THE COURSE OF 47 ROUTES THE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE K THROUGH 8.

OF COURSE, WE ALSO DO OUR FIELD TRIPS, INCLUDING OUR WHITE FLEET SUVS.

WE HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK IN SUV USAGE BY OUR DEPARTMENTS AND OUR PROGRAMS, WHICH IS A GOOD AND JOYFUL THING.

AND WE HAVE OUR, ON AVERAGE, 34 DAILY TRIPS BETWEEN THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

IT'S 11.4 MILE TRIP, ROUND TRIP. SO SORT OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR IS A PERSONNEL SHORTAGE. WE ACTUALLY STARTED OUT THE SCHOOL YEAR VERY STRONG, BUT OVER THE COURSE OF SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, WE LOST AN AVERAGE OF A DRIVER A WEEK AND IT HURT US.

OVER THE COURSE OF SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER A TOTAL OF 37 TRIPS WERE CANCELED.

WE'VE COME AT IT WITH CONTINUOUS INTERVIEWS, HIRING, TRAINING, BOTH LICENSED DRIVERS AND DRIVERS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE TRAINED AND IT HAS HELPED. NOVEMBER WE CUT THE OCTOBER NUMBER ALMOST IN HALF TO TEN AND ONLY ONE IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER SO FAR. WE ARE CONTINUING TO CHIP AWAY AT IT.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE THREE DRIVER TRAINEES AND SHOULD HAVE A NEW LICENSED DRIVER BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE A WE DO BUS PASSES, AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF SALES OVER THE LAST OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND ALSO THIS IS OUR FUEL COST ANALYSIS.

THE LARGEST PORTION, ALMOST HALF OF MY NON STAFF BUDGET IS MY FUEL COST.

WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN VERY FORTUNATE THIS YEAR WE HAVE NOT.

WELL, THERE'S ONLY BEEN ONE TIME IT WAS LATE AUGUST THAT WE HAD TO PAY OVER $2 A GALLON, AND CONSIDERING THAT WE PURCHASED ABOUT 8,000 GALLONS ABOUT EVERY 12 TO 15 SCHOOL DAYS, IT ADDS UP NICE. OKAY, SO THE 60 CURIOUS ABOUT THAT JUST A BIT. YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO YOU SAY WE PURCHASE IN BULK? SO WE GET IT. FOR FUEL? YES, SIR. YEAH, A DISCOUNTED RATE SO DO WE HAVE, WE HAVE, HAVE WE ALWAYS USED THE SAME VENDOR TO SUPPLY OUR FUEL OR IS THERE A NUMEROUS JUST ONE OUTFIT? NO, SIR WE HAVE A HANDFUL THAT WE WOULD JUST GO TO AND SEE WHO'S GOING TO HELP US OUT. A GOOD RULE TO A GOOD RULE OF THUMB IS THAT WHATEVER YOU'RE PAYING AT THE PUMP, IF YOU WENT TO 7-ELEVEN OR WHATEVER, WE'RE GOING TO PAY ABOUT $0.60 TO $0.75 LESS.

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IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME PRICE WHEREVER. I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT GETTING SOMEBODY THAT'S.

OH, CORRECT YES. OKAY SO EVERYTHING IS JUST DETERMINED BY MARKET VALUE ANYWAY.

HOW OFTEN DO WE CHANGE VENDORS? IS THAT, YOU KNOW, DO WE GO OUT ONCE A YEAR OR? YOU SAID, HOW MANY? HOW OFTEN IS THAT? EVERY ABOUT EVERY 12 DRIVING DAYS, EVERY 12 SCHOOL DAYS.

OKAY. SO EVERY SO EVERY 12 DAYS YOU ESSENTIALLY CALL THE VENDORS, BID IT OUT, GO WITH THE BEST PRICE AND THEN FILL UP THE TANK BASED ON WHATEVER THE MARKET VALUE IS AT THAT TIME? YES, SIR. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO DO THE MATH HERE.

WITH THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE CHARGE FAMILIES TO RIDE THE BUS AND THE COST OF FUEL AND THE PRICE, I GUESS, FOR PERSONNEL. HOW MUCH OF THAT DO WE.

DO WE RETAIN? I MEAN, IS THAT DO WE IS IT 50% OF OUR COST? IS IT 100% OF OUR COST? HOW MUCH IS HOW MUCH ARE WE IN A DEFICIT? DO YOU MEAN BUS PASS SALES VERSUS. VERSUS HOW MUCH IT COSTS THE DISTRICT? SURE SO THE FOR INSTANCE, I CAN TELL YOU THIS YEAR BUS PASS SALES IS $912,000, AND WE STILL HAVE THE SPRING SALES TO GO USUALLY GOOD FOR 5,000 TO 6,000. AND THE NON STAFF BUDGET.

WELL, JUST ALL IN IT'S ABOUT $2.5 MILLION, $2.6 MILLION.

SO WE'RE STILL SHORT ABOUT ONE AND A HALF? SO THE DISTRICT IS SUBSIDIZING FAMILIES TO PUT THEIR KID ON THE BUS BY $1.5 MILLION ANNUALLY ROUGHLY. ROUGH NUMBERS YES, SIR. ROUGHLY OKAY.

HAVE YOU DONE THE MATH TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE IN TERMS OF CHARGING FAMILIES TO RIDE THE BUS TO MAKE US WHOLE? IN ORDER TO FOR IT TO BE A BREAK EVEN? A ZERO SUM GAME YEP? I HAVE I HAVE NOT YET THIS SCHOOL YEAR WITH THE NEW COST, THE NEW BUDGET, SO ON AND SO FORTH, I CERTAINLY COULD YES. YEAH SO SHORT MATH IS GOING TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S JUST OVER DOUBLE.

I MEAN IF YOU. OH WELL YES. IF WE. SO WHAT ARE WE WHAT ARE WE PAYING NOW? WHAT IS WHAT IS THE CURRENT BUS.

OKAY. AND SO YOU WOULD SO THAT WOULD BE $1,000 TO MAKE US, MAKE US WHOLE? IF EVERYONE. PROBABLY CLOSER TO $1,200. $1,200? $1,300 YES. OKAY I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR THE TRUSTEES. SO YOU SAID WE HAVE 47 BUS ROUTES AND WE HAVE 84 BUSSES? 84 AS OF NOW WE DO HAVE 8 SLATED FOR SALE. AND IF YOU'LL GIVE ME A MOMENT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO.

I NEED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON 16 MORE OF THOSE BUSSES. OKAY YEAH.

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE TO ME I DON'T KNOW HOW. HOW DID WE, AS A DISTRICT GET UP TO 84 BUSSES WHEN WE ONLY HAVE HALF THE ROUTES? DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE TO YOU? I WILL TELL YOU I KNOW THIS HAPPENED BEFORE ALL OF OUR TIME, BUT I JUST I'M JUST CURIOUS. SURE, SURE.

WHY WOULD WE HOLD 50% MORE INVENTORY THAN WE NEED? RIGHT SO MOST DISTRICTS DO MAINTAIN WHATEVER THEIR HOWEVER MANY ROUTES THEY HAVE.

MOST DISTRICTS HAVE THAT. THAT'S ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THEIR FLEET.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, WE ARE OVER THAT AS OF NOW.

SELLING THE ONES FOR AUCTION WOULD GET US A LOT CLOSER TO THAT 66%.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR? YEAH OKAY. CORRECT YES.

OKAY AND THAT'S JUST FOR. BECAUSE THE IT MEANS A BUS BREAKS DOWN YOU HAVE A? YES, CORRECT. ALSO, YOU WANT YOUR ONES THAT CAN GO ON THE LIKE YOU WANT YOUR ROUTE BUSSES, YOUR FIELD TRIP BUSSES. SOME OF THE BUSSES STAY AT CAMPUSES, SO I DON'T ALWAYS HAVE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO THEM JUST IN CASE SOMETHING BREAKS DOWN.

YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? YEAH, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE CONSIDERED THIS ANY TIME IN THE LAST YEAR OR LONGER, BUT I KNOW SOME OTHER DISTRICTS ACTUALLY OUTSOURCE THEIR TRANSPORTATION.

AND I'M CURIOUS, HAVE WE LOOKED AT THAT AS AN OPTION FOR, YOU KNOW, LIKE RECOUPING COST OR SAVING ANYTHING? I KNOW ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, I DID HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

THEY CALLED ME AND HAD ME DO SOME RESEARCH, SUBMIT SOME NUMBERS TO THEM.

I, I CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP TO SEE WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT.

WE'VE HAD A REGIME CHANGE SINCE THEN. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NEW [LAUGHTER]. SO SHORT ANSWER TO THAT IS, IS AGAIN OUTSOURCING IS POSSIBLE.

BUT AGAIN, YOU PASS THE COST ON TO THE PARENT.

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WE HAVE TALKED TO ENTERPRISE FLEET SERVICES A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

AND THEN MAYBE WHEN YOU FIRST CAME ON BOARD, WE HAD THEM COME IN AND THEIR MODEL IS THEY EVENTUALLY TAKE OVER THE VEHICLES.

AND THEN WE END UP LEASING FROM THEM. SO IT'S A, IT'S A IT'S KIND OF LIKE CONCRETE AND ASPHALT CONCRETE'S A VERY HIGH UPFRONT COST, BUT IT LASTS LONGER THAN ASPHALT. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU PICK YOUR POISON OR DO WE WANT TO PAY FOR THE FIRST 4 OR 5 YEARS, YOU KNOW, THESE BIG COSTS BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING DOUBLE JUST TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE BREAKING EVEN OR SAVING MONEY, I DON'T KNOW. SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT DO IT.

I DON'T KNOW, DOCTOR GLENN, IF YOU'RE AWARE OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ACTUALLY.

THERE ARE AND I MEAN, AGAIN, IN THE METROPLEX, YOU KNOW, IT'S THERE ARE THERE ARE DISTRICTS THAT DO IT.

I THINK IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WE GO OUT AGAIN AND WE LOOK AT A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.

BUT BUT RIGHT NOW, KNOWING HOW MUCH THAT OUR FAMILIES ARE PAYING AND, AND HOW MUCH WE'RE ABSORBING AS A DISTRICT, WE WOULD JUST NEED TO BE PREPARED TO CONTINUE TO EAT SOME OF THAT COST.

BUT WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN ALWAYS GO OUT AND SEE IF IT'S MORE EFFICIENT, BUT LIKELY WE'RE GOING TO BE PASSING ADDITIONAL COSTS ON EITHER TO EITHER TO FAMILIES OR ONTO THE DISTRICT. RIGHT? BECAUSE WE OWN THESE BUSSES, WE JUST TOOK OUT BONDS IN 2017 FOR MOST OF THESE BUSSES.

SO, YOU KNOW, AS THEY AS THEY GET A LITTLE OLDER WE MAY LOOK AT IT AGAIN, IT MAY BE MORE EFFICIENT TO GO OUT OUTSOURCED.

SO ONE OTHER THING I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE PAST IS HOW FAR AWAY STUDENTS HAVE TO LIVE FROM A SCHOOL TO BE ALLOWED TO RIDE ON THE BUS. CORRECT. AND I ASSUME YOU'RE RELOOKING AT THAT EVERY YEAR AS TO BE CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE VARIABLES THAT WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.

RIGHT? HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH MR. PARK ABOUT THAT YES.

WE CURRENTLY BUS EVERYBODY, EVEN WITHIN THE TWO MILE RADIUS.

CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY AS LONG AS THEY BUY A PASS YES.

MOST PEOPLE ARE WITHIN THE TWO MILE [LAUGHTER].

CORRECT YES. I HAVE A QUESTION. SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE YEARS, LIKE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT PURCHASE BUS PASSES FOR THEIR KIDS, IT JUST KEEPS DROPPING. AND SO WITH THE AMOUNT OF BUSSES THAT WE'RE PUTTING UP FOR AUCTION, DOES IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO TRY TO PUT MORE UP FOR AUCTION, SINCE IT LOOKS LIKE THE TREND IS WE'RE GOING DOWN? ACTUALLY, THAT DECISION MAY GET MADE FOR US. LET ME GET TO MY NEXT [LAUGHTER] PRESENTATION YES.

GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT. ALRIGHT, SO SENATE BILL 546, THIS IS THIS IS NEW FOR THIS YEAR.

THE QUICK SHORT VERSION IS THAT IN THE PAST, THE SEAT BELT REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOL BUSSES WAS VERY DEPENDENT ON WHEN THE SCHOOL BUS WAS PURCHASED, WHEN THE SCHOOL BUS WAS MANUFACTURED, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

THAT IS GOING AWAY AS OF SEPTEMBER 2029. SO THAT ANY BUS THAT IS OPERATED OR CONTRACTED THAT HAULS STUDENTS HAS TO HAVE THE THREE POINT SEAT BELT. SO WHERE IS CARROLL ISD AS OF NOW? OR AT LEAST AS OF THE 21ST OF NOVEMBER? AS I SAID, THE TOTAL FLEET, 84 YELLOW BUSSES AND FIVE ACTIVITY BUSSES, 66 OF OUR BUSSES, INCLUDING ALL OF THOSE THAT WE RUN ROUTES WITH ON THE DAILY, ARE ALREADY IN COMPLIANCE. THAT LEAVES US 23.

SO SEVEN OF THOSE ARE ALREADY ON. SEVEN OF THOSE ARE IN THE EIGHT ALREADY.

THAT LEAVES US 16. TWO OF THEM HAVE TWO POINT SEAT BELTS, BUT 14 OF THEM HAVE NO SEAT BELTS AT ALL EXCEPT FOR, I BELIEVE, ONE OF THEM. POSSIBLY BOTH HAVE SEAT BELTS FOR THE DRIVER.

THE BUSSES THAT ARE IN THAT 16 INCLUDE TWO OF OUR LIFT BUSSES, NOT ONES THAT WE USE DAILY, BUT TWO OF OUR BACKUP LIFT BUSSES AND OUR DRAGON WAGON.

THAT'S ACTUALLY OUR SMALLEST ACTIVITY BUS SEATS, ABOUT 15.

OKAY, SO WHAT DOES THAT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO OF THE 16 BUSSES OUT OF COMPLIANCE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM ARE NEARING THE END OF THEIR LIFE CYCLE.

THE ESTIMATED COST TO RETROFIT A BUS IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $22,000 AND $42,000.

AND I KNOW THAT $20,000 IS A BIG SWING. WHAT THAT IS DEPENDENT ON IS, IS THE BUS SO OLD THAT IN ORDER TO ANCHOR A THREE POINT SEATBELT, WE WOULD HAVE TO RETROFIT THE STRUCTURE AND THEN RETROFIT SEAT BELTS? I'M GOING TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST WITH YOU, A BUS AT THE END OF ITS LIFE CYCLE, I WOULD BE OVER THE MOON JUST IN MY IN MY EXPERIENCE, IF WE COULD GET $4,000 TO $5,000 AT AUCTION, I WOULD JUST BE BLOWN AWAY.

I WOULD BE SUPER EXCITED, AND ESPECIALLY CONSIDER THE FACT THAT EVERY DISTRICT IN TEXAS IS IN THE SAME BOAT WE ARE, AND THE MARKET'S ABOUT TO. THE SECONDARY MARKET IS ABOUT TO BE FLOODED.

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HOW MUCH DID THE STATE LEGISLATURE GIVE US EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? SO THEY HAVE MADE MENTION, VAGUE MENTION, VERY VAGUE MENTION OF A GRANT AND I THE WHAT THE OTHER DIRECTORS AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS THAT THIS IS THEM SORT OF.

WHAT DID WE GET OURSELVES INTO? TYPE THING. AND SO THAT THEY WILL KNOW.

BECAUSE EVERY DISTRICT HAS TO REPORT INTO THE STATE.

HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO COST TO RETROFIT? IS IT WORTH IT? THEY HAVE MADE NO PROMISES AS TO WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.

I THINK AT THIS POINT THEY'RE DOING A, I GUESS, SORT OF A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.

OKAY. MR. BENNETT, YOU HAD MENTIONED DURING OUR CONVERSATIONS, DOES THE BOARD HAVE TO TAKE SOME SORT OF ACTION THIS FISCAL YEAR AS IT RELATES? THE BOARD HAS TO BE AWARE AND THE BOARD HAS TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT IT IS IN THE BUDGET TO PAY $685,000 TO RETROFIT.

I MEAN, WE COULD VOTE ON THAT RIGHT NOW [LAUGHTER]. WELL, YES, SIR.

I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE THE PROCEDURE, SPAN ARE USED TO, I DON'T KNOW, EQUIP OTHER BUSSES THAT NEED PARTS? DO WE USE BUSSES FOR THAT? I MEAN, ARE THEY ARE ANY OF THEM OF MORE VALUE TO KEEP SO THAT WE CAN USE THEIR PARTS ON OTHER BUSSES? I COULD CERTAINLY I WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK TO BE ABSOLUTELY SURE.

I'M REASONABLY SURE THAT THESE BUSSES ARE OLD ENOUGH THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP US OUT WITH OUR CURRENT ROUTE BUSSES.

I AM ABSOLUTELY WILLING TO GET A MORE EXACT ANSWER OFF THAT I'M CERTAINLY.

WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE DOWNSIDE OF SELLING THESE BUSSES, PUTTING THEM UP FOR AUCTION AND JUST BEING BEING RID OF THEM? KEEP IN MIND THAT WE WOULD HAVE FEWER, THAT WE WOULD HAVE FEWER BUSSES, ESPECIALLY, LIKE I SAID, OUR LIFT BUSSES, IF WE RUN INTO A SITUATION WHERE ONE OF OUR CURRENT IN OPERATION DAILY LIFT BUSSES BREAKS DOWN THERE WOULD BE AN URGENT NEED TO REPLACE THAT.

OTHER THAN THAT, WHATEVER MONEY WE GOT FOR THEM WOULD JUST GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND. I THOUGHT THAT THE GETTING RID OF THE 16 GETS US DOWN TO THE TWO THIRDS NUMBER THAT WE'RE KIND OF SHOOTING FOR, FOR EXTRA. THE 8 WOULD AT LEAST GET US A WHOLE LOT CLOSER TO THAT THE 16 WOULD PUT US WELL INTO THAT WOULD PUT US IN THE TWO THIRDS? THAT WOULD PUT US BELOW THE TWO THIRDS, YES.

BUT WE COULD CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE TWO BACKUP SPECIAL EDUCATION LIFT BUSSES UNTIL 2029.

UNTIL SEPTEMBER THE 1ST, 2029. YES, SIR. OKAY.

WE HAVE THREE YEARS HOW MANY LIFT BUSSES DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT ARE THAT ARE THAT MEET THE STANDARDS? THAT MEET THE STANDARDS? THAT WOULD BE. I'M SORRY.

I'M TRYING TO THINK OF OUR ROUTES EITHER 4 OR 5, BUT LET ME.

DO YOU THINK I WOULD NEED TO LOOK INTO THE COST BENEFIT OF THAT.

IT MAY ACTUALLY, IT MAY ACTUALLY BE EASIER TO RETROFIT AN EXISTING GEN ED BUS WITH A LIFT JUST SO THAT IT WOULD BE NEWER AND MORE RELIABLE. WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST.

OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, THAT'S MY GUESS. BUT I DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO ANYTHING WITHOUT HAVING SOME HARD.

DIDN'T WE DO THAT THIS SUMMER WITH A BUS? CORRECT YES, SIR.

ABOUT LIKE $30,000 OR SO? THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.

YES, SIR. OKAY AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING IS TAKE ONE OF OUR CURRENT GEN ED BUSSES THAT ALREADY HAVE THE THREE POINT SEAT BELTS AND THEN JUST GO AHEAD AND PUTTING A SPED LIFT ON IT? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. WE HAVE 16. WE HAVE THAT HAVE 2.

THE ONES THAT IT'S BASICALLY JUST A LAP BELT YES.

ARE THOSE BEING DRIVEN? NOT ON THE RIG NO. FOR FIELD TRIPS OR FOR COACHES TO HAUL KIDS FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL OR PRESIDENT BRYAN, THE BUS BARN IS IN THE TIF ZONE.

TRADITIONALLY FUNDS RAISED THROUGH BONDS HAVE BEEN PAID, YOU KNOW, USED FOR TRANSPORTATION PURCHASES.

YES, SIR. COULD WE NOT USE TIF FUNDS FOR THIS?

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YEAH. AND BONDS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE JUST CAPITAL TOO, BUT WE'RE ALLOWED TO TECHNOLOGY AND BUSSES, SO MAYBE THAT'S STILL QUALIFIES UNDER THE UMBRELLA.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT. OH, CHASE IS SAYING WE CAN.

I SAID WE CAN LOOK AT IT THE NEW REGIME IS LOOKING AT IT HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? OR HOW MUCH DO WE PAY FOR A BUS TO JUST SIT THERE FOR THE YEAR OH, OFF THE I WOULD NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT I KNOW WITH YEAH WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BLANKET COVERAGE ON THE INSURANCE.

THE YEAH SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE SAVING BECAUSE THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, COVERING X NUMBER OF BUSSES.

BUT IF YOU ADD ONE, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY INCREASE OUR, OUR PREMIUMS. BUT A NEW BUS NOW IS WHAT ABOUT $130,000? IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE MORE THAN THAT.

$150,000? YES, SIR. YEAH SO I MEAN, BUSSES HAVE I MEAN, THEY'RE EXPENSIVE, RIGHT? AND SO ONE THING THAT WE DO NEED TO CONSIDER IS IN THE PAST, THE DISTRICT HAS GONE OUT FOR BONDS AND BOUGHT A LARGE NUMBER OF BUSSES ALL AT ONE TIME, WHICH IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF PLAN IN PLACE WHERE FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT, WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BE BUYING, YOU KNOW, THREE BUSSES OR FIVE BUSSES EVERY YEAR.

WE NEED TO BUDGET FOR THAT. AND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T HAD TO DO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO OUT FOR A BOND AND YOU GO BUY 50 AT ONE TIME, THEN YOU GOT PLENTY YEAH.

AND YOU'RE AND SO BUT THEY, THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE GREAT RESALE VALUE TO YOUR POINT THAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER.

I MEAN YOU SAID $4,000. THE TRUTH IS WE'RE GOING TO BE LUCKY TO GET $1,500 FOR SOME OF THESE BUSSES.

COULD VERY WELL BE THAT YES. AND SO YEAH. SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH THEY DEPRECIATE OVER A GOSH, I'M GOING TO SAY A TEN-YEAR WINDOW IT'S A LOT. YES, SIR. FROM $150,000 TO $2,000 IS A IS A BIG DROP.

SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE. DID THE RETROFIT BUS WORK OUT PRETTY WELL THAT WE PUT THE SPECIAL? YES, SIR. YEAH. IT HAS YES. YES. YEAH. WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU, MR. BENNETT, AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE AND GETTING ALL THIS WRAPPING YOUR ARMS AROUND ALL THIS.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MORE CONVERSATIONS AND HOW TO MAKE THIS MORE EFFICIENT.

AND WE CERTAINLY. AND THAT'S A GOOD IDEA FROM TRUSTEE YEAGER WITH THE TIF ZONE.

IF WE COULD USE THOSE FUNDS, THAT WOULD CERTAINLY HELP OUT TREMENDOUSLY IN GETTING THIS BACK ON SCALE.

BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU IF YOU TAKE THOSE IOUS THAT YOU HAD AND GET BACK TO US EITHER AT OUR NEXT MEETING OR WHENEVER.

YES, SIR. IS APPROPRIATE FOR YOU. YES, SIR. OKAY? GUIDELINES, MS. PEDDY. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BRYAN, DOCTOR GLENN, TRUSTEES, I AM HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME UPDATES FROM THE ACADEMIC DISHONESTY COMMITTEE. IF YOU WILL RECALL, WE HAVE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH SOME PLAGIARISM, SOME CHEATING THAT IS GOING ON PRIMARILY IN OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS. AND SO WE CREATED AN ACADEMIC DISHONESTY COMMITTEE THAT CONSISTED OF TEACHERS, COUNSELORS.

THE TWO HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND THE CNI TEAM.

AND WE LOOKED AT WHAT OUR CURRENT PRACTICE WAS AT THE TIME WHEN WE FIRST STARTED LOOKING AT THIS.

WE HAD TWO NEW PRINCIPALS THAT WERE IN NEW POSITIONS, AND SO THEY HAD ASKED IF WE WOULD JUST GIVE THEM SOME TIME SO THAT THEY COULD REVIEW WHAT THE CURRENT PRACTICES WERE PUT IN MORE STRINGENT PRACTICES, AND THEN THEY WANTED TO REVIEW IT.

THEY HAVE DONE THAT. THEY HAVE ASKED US TO COME BACK AND ADD ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS TO IT.

SO WE DID CREATE THE ACADEMIC DISHONESTY COMMITTEE.

THE COMMITTEE WILL BE COMING TONIGHT WITH TWOFOLD.

THEY WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, TALK TO YOU ABOUT TEACHING PROTOCOLS THAT WE HAVE CREATED.

AND THAT IS PRIMARILY FOR JUST OUR STAFF. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO INCREASE TEST SECURITY WITH OUR STAFF? THE SECOND COMPONENT COMES WITH CONSEQUENCES OF CHEATING.

AND WHAT WOULD THOSE CONSEQUENCES? SO I AM GOING TO LET DOCTOR IRISH, WHO HEAD UP THE ACADEMIC DISHONESTY COMMITTEE, SPEAK TO THOSE TO YOU TONIGHT. HELLO SO, AS MS. PEDDY WAS SAYING REALLY, IT'S THREE COMPONENTS THAT WE DID.

THERE'S ONE, A TEACHER KIND OF TEACHER FACING COMPONENT, AND THAT IS OUR TESTING PROTOCOLS.

AND WE'VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE.

BUT WE FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THE, THE CHEATING THAT'S GOING ON IS BEING SORT OF MAGNIFIED BY OUR LACK OF

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THE FIRST IS CLASSROOM SET UP AND SUPERVISION.

THE USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES, WHICH IS REALLY JUST A CLARIFICATION OF WHAT'S ALREADY PART OF TEXAS LAW NOW AND SCHOOL BOARD POLICY AND THEN ASSESSMENT SECURITY. THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT REALLY WE'RE GETTING AT IN TERMS OF THE TESTING PROTOCOLS.

THE OTHER THE OTHER COMPONENT IS REALLY A STUDENT AND ADMINISTRATION KIND OF FACING COMPONENT, AND THAT DEALS WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF IT. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO WAS IN OUR, IN OUR CURRENT [LAUGHTER] GRADING GUIDELINES, WE HAVE WE HAVE POLICIES FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE ABSENT WHEN THEY MISS HOMEWORK. BUT IT WAS PRETTY MUCH JUST WITH DAILY WORK AND HOMEWORK, WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING IN THERE THAT WAS DEALING WITH ASSESSMENTS.

THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT FOR ASSESSMENTS. SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE TOOK WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN OUR WITH OUR HOMEWORK POLICY AND JUST SORT OF MOVE THAT AND TWEAKED IT A LITTLE BIT TO APPLY TO ASSESSMENTS. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE DID WAS CURRENTLY IN THE GRADING GUIDELINES. THE CONSEQUENCES FOR A STUDENT BEING CAUGHT CHEATING WAS NOT REALLY ROBUST ENOUGH, WE FELT LIKE. AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS TO THOSE TO THOSE CONSEQUENCES AND BASICALLY THERE ARE THREE OFFENSES THREE LEVELS.

SO EACH TIME A STUDENT IS CAUGHT CHEATING THEY GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND THEN THE THIRD LEVEL IS JUST STAYS THE SAME WITH ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN.

BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY SPECIFICS.

I APPRECIATE IT MR. IRISH, WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND MS. PEDDY AND YOUR TEAM, WE LOVE SEEING DIRECTIVES ABOUT GIVING TESTS ON PAPER.

THAT JUST MADE US ALL, I THINK, VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOU SPEARHEADING THAT. AND I THINK IT'S MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

SO I'VE HEARD IT HAS MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE THUS FAR, BUT I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

TEST, LIKE KIDS BEING ABSENT AND TEACHERS NOT BEING ABLE TO GIVE THE TEST BACK TO KIDS IN A TIMELY MANNER BECAUSE YOU HAD KIDS PUSHING IT OUT FOR WEEKS AND WEEKS DUE TO SCHEDULES IT IS BEEFED UP A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT WE ALSO LOOKED AT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING, AND THIS IS, THIS WAS SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING WHEN THEY CAUGHT A STUDENT CHEATING YEAH I THINK PROBABLY THE BIGGEST FRUSTRATION FOR THE TEACHERS WAS JUST THE SHEER NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WERE MISSING ON DAYS THAT WERE TESTS AND THERE WASN'T ANY KIND OF LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS A POLICY FOR DEALING WITH HOMEWORK.

IN TERMS OF WHEN THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, TURN IN THEIR HOMEWORK ON DAYS THAT THEY'RE GONE. BUT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING IN THERE ABOUT ASSESSMENTS.

AND I MEAN, I'VE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT FOR 15 YEARS NOW.

I MEAN, I WAS A TEACHER FOR 12 YEARS, AND I DON'T EVER REALLY REMEMBER THAT BEING A BIG ISSUE.

THERE'S ALWAYS KIDS THAT ARE ABSENT, YOU KNOW? BUT OVER THE LAST THREE OR 4 OR 5 YEARS, IT SEEMS LIKE ESPECIALLY THE LAST, LIKE YEAR OR TWO, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT THAT IS HAPPENING A LOT MORE, MORE FREQUENTLY.

I HAD ONE OF THE TEACHERS AT THE SENIOR HIGH TEXTED ME OVER THE WEEKEND AND TOLD ME THEY HAD JUST GIVEN AN ESSAY LAST WEEK, LIKE ON THURSDAYS AND THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. AND HE TEXTED ME AND HE SAID I HAD CLOSE TO 30 STUDENTS ABSENT ON THAT. JUST JUST FOR THAT PERIOD FOR THAT TEST.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS JUST FOR THAT PERIOD. THAT IS ANOTHER PHENOMENON THAT WE'RE ALSO SEEING OVER THE LAST, YOU KNOW, YEAR, ESPECIALLY STUDENTS WHO ARE MISSING THE JUST THE BLOCK THERE WHERE THEY HAVE THE ASSESSMENT AND THEN THEY'RE BACK IN CLASS AFTER THAT.

PRINCIPAL LEWIS REPORTED THAT TO ME AND, AND SAID THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT SHE HAD GROWN CONCERNED ABOUT.

AND SO I DO APPRECIATE, MS. PEDDY, I APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE BEING PROACTIVE IN THIS.

YOU KNOW, WITH THE ADVANCEMENTS IN AI, I DO THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING PHENOMENON THAT IS OCCURRING NOT JUST IN CARROLL, BUT ACROSS HIGH SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES. AND SO THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GOING BACK TO MORE PEN AND PAPER

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SO WE APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE VERY MUCH.

AND YOU'LL HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS AND DETAILS AND EVERYTHING FOR OUR MEETING IN JANUARY OR OUR MEETING MONDAY? I HAVE DETAILS RIGHT NOW IF, IF YOU IF YOU WANT SPECIFICS.

SO LIKE MS. STACY'S QUESTION ABOUT I CAN I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE ADDITIONALLY WHAT WE ADDED TO THE THE PUNISHMENTS.

SO FOR LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE A STUDENT WHO'S CAUGHT CHEATING.

WELL, ALL OF THESE ARE CUMULATIVE ALSO. SO, LIKE, IF YOU'RE CHEATING, IF YOU GET CAUGHT CHEATING IN YOUR HISTORY CLASS, THAT'S ONE OFFENSE.

AND THEN IF YOU CHEAT AGAIN IN YOUR ENGLISH CLASS, THAT WOULD BE A SECOND OFFENSE. SO THEY ARE CUMULATIVE.

SO FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE STUDENTS TO HAVE FOUND ENGAGED IN ACADEMIC DISHONESTY, THEY RECEIVE A ZERO ON THEIR ASSIGNMENT WITH NO OPPORTUNITY FOR RESUBMISSION OR RETAKE. THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WILL DOCUMENT THE OFFENSE IN SKYWARD, AND THEY WOULD RECEIVE ONE FULL FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS.

IN ADDITION, THE STUDENT WE PUT ON ACADEMIC PROBATION FOR ANY HONOR SOCIETY THAT THEY MIGHT BE IN, THEN A SECOND OFFENSE WOULD BE ALL OF THOSE, ALL OF THOSE ZERO.

THE PRINCIPALS WILL DOCUMENT IT IN SKYWARD. THEY WILL BE REMOVED FROM ANY AND ALL HONOR SOCIETIES THAT THEY ARE INVOLVED IN.

AND THEN THEY WOULD ALSO BE GIVEN A ONE DAY OF IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION WITH OTHER POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES TOO.

AND THEN FOR THE THIRD AND ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES AGAIN, A ZERO ON THE ASSIGNMENT DOCUMENTED IN SKYWARD.

AND THEN THE STUDENT WOULD RECEIVE TWO DAYS OF IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION.

AND ALL OF THE EACH ONE OF THOSE ALSO INVOLVES CONTACTING THE PARENT AND HAVING A PARENT MEETING WITH THE TEACHER AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT. SO AND LIKE MS. STACY SAID, WE DID LOOK AT OTHER DISTRICTS SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, LOOKED AT THEIR POLICIES AND STUFF.

AND SO WE KIND OF MODELED OVER SOME OF THEM. AND THEN WE ALSO TOOK WHAT WE THOUGHT WE FELT LIKE WAS IMPORTANT FOR CARROLL I GUESS BACK TO MY QUESTION IS WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE TIME FRAME AROUND THE BOARD TAKING ACTION ON THIS NEW POLICY.

AND DO WE DO WE NEED TO SAVE SOME TIME IN BETWEEN NOW AND WHENEVER WE VOTE ON IT TO ALLOW FOR COMMENTS FROM COMMUNITY OR, I MEAN, HOW ARE WE GOING TO COMMUNICATE THIS? I MEAN, WE CAN'T JUST SNAP OUR FINGERS AND SAY, OKAY, NOW THIS IS OUR NEW POLICY.

I MEAN, WE HAVE TO COMMUNICATE IT SOMEHOW. YES WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND THEY ARE PLANNING ON GETTING THIS OUT, REALLY THE TEACHER PROTOCOLS WHICH WILL GO INTO PLACE FIRST.

WE ARE WORKING THE TWO PRINCIPALS WILL BE WORKING WITH THEIR STAFF, TRAINING THEIR STAFF BEFORE MIDTERMS. SO WE WILL HAVE THE TEACHER PROTOCOLS TAKING CARE OF.

THE OTHER SITUATIONS WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL THE SPRING.

SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS EACH PRINCIPAL HAS SAID THAT THEY WILL BE TAKING A FACULTY MEETING TO GO IN DEPTH TO WHAT THESE ARE.

COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WILL BE SPREADING THE WORD OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE WILL HAVE THESE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE SO THAT PEOPLE COULD SEE THEM.

WE COULD WE WERE HOPING TO GET IT APPROVED AT NEXT MONDAY'S MEETING.

OKAY JUST WHATEVER I THINK YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO FOLLOW, TO GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME TO GET THE COMMUNICATION OUT THERE AND GET YOUR TEACHERS TRAINED AND ALL OF THAT.

OKAY WE WANT IT TO BE IN FULL EFFECT AT THAT POINT.

OKAY. SO WOULD IT BE WOULD IT BE REASONABLE THEN, TO HAVE PRINCIPALS WHEN TEACHERS COME BACK IN JANUARY, THEY HAVE THEIR FACULTY MEETINGS. IT'S POSTED ON THE CAMPUSES.

THE TEACHERS THEN HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH KIDS, AND THEN THE TRUSTEES CAN TAKE ACTION IN JANUARY TO ESSENTIALLY AFFIRM THE NEW POLICY? IS THAT REASONABLE? OKAY MS. PEDDY, I'M JUST CURIOUS WHETHER IT'S NEXT WEEK THAT WE VOTE ON IT OR AT A LATER DATE WITH COMMUNICATIONS.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT STUDENTS AREN'T CURRENTLY HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR ACADEMIC DISHONESTY, RIGHT? I MEAN, LIKE, WE WILL STILL BE HOLDING STUDENTS ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THEY CHEAT, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. AND WE REALLY DO FEEL THAT GOING BACK TO THE PAPER PENCIL WILL HELP OUT CONSIDERABLY.

SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PIECE, RIGHT? IS THAT IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME CHANGES ON HOW TEACHERS GIVE ASSESSMENTS.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S WELL, WELL COMMUNICATED OUT TO OUR STAFF.

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THE KIDS ARE JUST MADE AWARE THAT THE CONSEQUENCES NOW ARE MUCH MORE SEVERE.

RIGHT? I MEAN, REMOVAL FROM AN HONOR SOCIETY IS A BIG DEAL.

AND TRUSTEE LANNEN, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY LINE OF SIGHT FROM A VERY CONCERNED PARENT WAS THE FACT THAT KIDS WERE TAKING ABSENCES.

SO THERE WOULD BE ONE PERSON THAT WOULD TAKE THE ASSESSMENT, EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD BE ABSENT.

THEN THEY'D GIVE THEM THE, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS OR THE TESTS, AND THEN EVERYBODY SHOWS UP WHEN THEY WANT TAKES IT.

SO THE POLICY THAT DOES NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE IS THE REPERCUSSIONS OR STARTING THAT GRADE AT A LOWER PERCENTAGE.

IF YOU HAVE AN UNEXCUSED ABSENCE, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE FIXED.

YES AND ALSO I THINK WHAT IT'S DOING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 KIDS THAT MISS ONE ASSESSMENT, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THE TEACHER IS TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THESE TIMES. AND I KNOW ONE EXAMPLE WAS THERE'S A TEACHER THAT'S HAVING TO STAY TILL 6:30 P.M.

OR 7:30 P.M. AT NIGHT TO GIVE ASSESSMENTS. AND SO IF THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE THAT WE WAIT ON UNTIL JANUARY, THOSE TEACHERS LIKE THEY'RE HAVING TO WORK SO MANY EXTRA HOURS JUST TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THESE DIFFERENT TIMES THAT WORK FOR ALL THESE KIDS.

SO, SO HOW IS HOW IS THIS POLICY SOLVING THAT PROBLEM? OF, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS THAT MISS ONE PERIOD LIKE, I'M GOING TO MISS DOCTOR IRISH'S ENGLISH CLASS AND THEN I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO SCHOOL AFTER 4TH PERIOD. HOW DOES HOW DOES THIS POLICY FIX THAT ISSUE? BECAUSE I HEAR THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING FROM THE PRINCIPALS.

YEAH SO LIKE WE SAID, LIKE BEFORE, THERE WASN'T REALLY ANYTHING IN PLACE.

AND WE HAD STUFF FOR HOMEWORK, BUT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THAT WAS DEALING WITH LIKE TESTS.

SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE TOOK THE CURRENT PROCEDURE AND APPLIED IT TO MAJOR ASSESSMENTS.

AND SO CURRENTLY AND WE ALSO DID SOME OTHER THINGS TOO, WHICH, WHICH CAME UP.

SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW THE WAY IT READS IS STUDENTS WHO ARE ABSENT ON THE DAY OF AN ASSESSMENT WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE IT UP ON THE ASSIGNED MAKEUP DATE DESIGNATED BY THE TEACHER, AND THAT HAS TO BE DONE WITHIN TWO CLASS PERIODS.

SO THAT'S THE MAX WINDOW THAT A STUDENT WOULD HAVE IS SO LIKE IF I'M IF IT'S A AN A WEEK AND WE HAVE CLASS ON MONDAY, THEY'RE GONE. THEN THEY HAVE UNTIL FRIDAY TO MAKE IT UP.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO EMPOWER THE TEACHERS BECAUSE LIKE MS. STACY SAID THE TEACHERS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME.

YOU KNOW, OUR STUDENTS ARE BUSY AND STUFF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THEM IN.

MANY TEACHERS ARE HAVING THEM COME IN DURING THEIR LUNCH TIME.

THEY'RE COMING IN DURING THEIR CONFERENCE PERIODS, THEY'RE STAYING BEFORE SCHOOL OR THEY'RE COMING IN BEFORE SCHOOL. THEY'RE STAYING AFTER SCHOOL TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THE STUDENTS. SO AND STUDENTS ARE SOME STUDENTS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND JUST TRYING TO PUSH IT OFF AND PUSH IT OFF, PUSH IT OFF. SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING THE IT ALSO IN THE GRADEBOOK, IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY GO IN AS A ZERO.

SO LIKE WHEN YOU'RE ABSENT, LIKE IF YOU WERE ABSENT ON MONDAY AND YOU WEREN'T THERE FOR OUR ESSAY, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PUT A ZERO IN THE GRADEBOOK BECAUSE THEN THAT WILL NOTIFY THE PARENT.

THE STUDENT WILL SEE IT. LIKE THAT GETS YOUR ATTENTION. I KNOW WHEN I WAS A TEACHER AND I WOULD PUT THAT ZERO IN AS A HOLDING THING THAT GOT A LOT MORE ATTENTION THAN IF IT WAS JUST A BLANK. AND SO THAT WOULD BE KIND OF AN IMPETUS FOR THEM TO TRY TO OKAY, LET'S, LET'S COME IN AND GET THIS ZERO GONE.

FOR ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALSO DID WAS ADDED FOR STUDENTS.

LIKE YOU SAID, DOCTOR GLENN, THE STUDENT WHO JUST MISSES JUST MY CLASS, AND THEN THEY'RE IN CLASS RIGHT AFTER THAT.

IF THAT GETS LOGGED IN AS AN UNEXCUSED ABSENCE, THEN WHAT WE ADDED TO TO THIS WAS FAILURE TO MAKE UP AN ASSESSMENT DURING THIS TIME FRAME.

OH, SORRY THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE. STUDENTS WHO HAVE AN UNEXCUSED ABSENCE ON THE DAY OF AN ASSESSMENT MAY MAKE IT UP, BUT ONLY UP TO 70% OF THE ORIGINAL POINTS. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A CONSEQUENCE NOW FOR YOU HAVING AN UNEXCUSED ABSENCE.

AND WHEN YOU JUST MISSED THIS CLASS PERIOD AND THEN AND THEN YOU'RE ADDITIONALLY, YOU GUYS PROBABLY ALSO WANT TO KNOW IT ALSO SAYS THAT IF A STUDENT.

SO WE'LL PUT IN A ZERO FOR WHEN THEY'RE ABSENT.

FAILURE TO MAKE THAT UP WILL NOW WITHIN THAT TWO-DAY WINDOW NOW HAS A CONSEQUENCE ALSO EVEN FOR STUDENTS WHO HAD EXCUSED ABSENCES.

SO ONE DAY LATE THAT CONSIDERED LATE. THE MAX YOU COULD GET WOULD BE A 70 TWO DAYS LATE.

THE MAX YOU COULD GET WOULD BE A 50. AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT'S A ZERO.

SO IF YOU WERE GONE ON MONDAY, YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT UP BY FRIDAY, THEN THAT MEANS THAT NEXT WEEK, IF YOU COME IN THE NEXT CLASS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT UP, THEN, BUT THE MAX YOU COULD GET WOULD BE A 70.

AND THEN IF YOU DON'T MAKE IT UP, THEN YOU SAY, OH, I'M NOT READY OR WHATEVER.

THEN I SEE YOU ON WEDNESDAY AGAIN. THEN THE MAX YOU COULD GET WOULD BE A 50 THEN.

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EVEN IF IT'S AN APPROVED ABSENCE? APPROVED ABSENCES, THEY HAVE TWO DAYS TO MAKE IT UP.

OKAY, BUT THEY CAN GET THE FULL GRADE? YES. OKAY.

YEAH. LIKE A SCHOOL RELATED ABSENCE. SO OR ANYTHING DOCTOR OR WHATEVER.

ANYTHING THAT'S EXCUSED ABSENCE. THEY WOULD HAVE TWO DAYS TO MAKE IT UP.

AND THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH OKAY. YEAH BUT TYPICALLY A KID THAT'S MISSING ONE PERIOD THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.

YEAH. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO COMPLIMENT DOCTOR IRISH, MS. PEDDY AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THIS TASK FORCE AGAIN, FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, THIS IS THIS IS NOT A COMMITTEE THAT PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY COULD BE ON. THIS ISN'T A STANDING COMMITTEE.

THIS IS A TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS A SPECIFIC ISSUE.

SO THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THOSE OF US THAT HAVE HAD AND HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE CHILDREN THAT ARE IN COLLEGE, THEY COME BACK AND THEY IMMEDIATELY TELL YOU HOW INCREDIBLY TIGHT THE ASSESSMENT PROTOCOLS ARE AT UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES.

AND WHAT I LIKE SO MUCH ABOUT THIS IS WE TALK ABOUT ACADEMICALLY, GETTING OUR STUDENTS READY FOR THE NEXT LEVEL.

THIS GETS THEM READY FROM, IF YOU WOULD, A CODE OF CONDUCT.

AND THAT YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU CAN'T LEAVE THE CLASSROOM.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU'RE TAKING AN SAT OR AN ACT.

RIGHT? BECAUSE FRANKLY, SOME STUDENT AND IT'S VERY RARE, BUT WE'LL GO TO THE BATHROOM AND THEY'LL PICK UP THEIR CELL PHONE AND THEY'LL CALL A TUTOR OR A FRIEND OR WHATNOT AND GO BACK. AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING THESE PROTOCOLS ARE GOING TO BE ADHERED TO BY ALL DRAGON STUDENTS.

THERE'S NOBODY WHO'S DISADVANTAGED. AND IT REALLY DOES THE STUDENTS JUSTICE TO PREPARE THEM FOR WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO FACE WHEN THEY GO TO UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, OR EVEN IN THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD, ANY OF US WHO HAVE TAKEN CERTIFICATION TESTS.

THERE YOU GO TO A TESTING CENTER? [LAUGHTER] TESTING CENTERS ARE INCREDIBLY TIGHT, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT MAY COME ACROSS AT FIRST TO SOME STUDENTS AS THIS IS TOUGH, BUT THIS IS THE REAL WORLD.

THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE AT THE NEXT LEVEL ACADEMICALLY.

AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF YOU HAVING ACROSS THE BOARD PROTOCOLS.

IT'S NOT ONE ENGLISH TEACHER THAT DOES IT DIFFERENTLY THAN THE MATH TEACHER, RIGHT? THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE DOING IT THE SAME WAY.

AND I REALLY THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT, THIS TASK FORCE WORK.

I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, TRUSTEE YEAGER. AND THANK YOU, DOCTOR IRISH AND MS. PEDDY FOR THIS PRESENTATION. ALL THE WORK AND LEADING THIS COMMITTEE AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I DO THINK THIS IS A SUPER IMPORTANT EFFORT.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD IS CERTAINLY GOING TO SUPPORT.

AND WHENEVER WE DECIDE TO TAKE ACTION ON IT I HOPE YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE SUPPORT YOU AND WE SUPPORT WHAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED AND THAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AS, AS BEST WE CAN.

AND I THINK, MR. BRADY, YOUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAS A BIG TASK AHEAD OF THEM.

AND TRYING TO GET THIS OUT TO THE PARENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND CLEARLY WHAT THESE CHANGES ARE, BECAUSE IT IS A BIG CHANGE AND HOW WE'VE OPERATED AND HOW THIS CULTURE HAS BEEN OVER MANY, MANY YEARS AS YOU, AS YOU GUYS KNOW. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE WANT TO TAKE ACTION ON IT. OKAY THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT MOVING TO ITEM 9.3. CONSIDER PROPOSED LOCAL POLICY BOARD POLICY UPDATES 2025.7 2025.8.

MR. NICKEL. PRESIDENT BRYAN, DOCTOR GLENN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES THANK YOU.

I GUESS ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, I THINK I WAS UP HERE PRESENTING ABOUT 30 DIFFERENT POLICY REVISIONS THAT TEE HAD GIVEN ME FOR THE THINGS THAT THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION HAVE IMPACTED. TONIGHT, I THINK I HAVE ABOUT 16 OR 18 MORE.

I THINK AS THEY GO THROUGH, THEY'RE JUST FINDING NUANCE ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE OR SOME NEW POLICIES THAT NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE. AND SO TONIGHT, I'M JUST HERE TO PRESENT THOSE FOR INFORMATION AND TRY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF I CAN.

AND THEN WE'LL BRING THOSE BACK NEXT WEEK FOR US BEFORE YOU GUYS TO ACT ON.

AND SO I'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH THESE QUICKLY. AND THEN LIKE I SAID, ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM. SO FIRST POLICY IS POLICY DGC.

THIS IS A NEW POLICY. AND IT SAID IT DEFINES THE DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AND SPECIFIES WHEN A PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEE IS EXEMPT FROM SUCH ACTIONS.

IT TALKS ABOUT IF THEY HAVE REPORTED MAYBE THE ACTIONS OF ANOTHER EMPLOYEE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT ALSO GOES INTO IF THEY MAYBE HAVE HAD TO REMOVE A STUDENT FROM THEIR CLASS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT ANY DISCIPLINE TAKEN UPON THEM.

ALMOST KIND OF A WHISTLEBLOWER TYPE ACT WHERE YOU CAN'T HAVE A TEACHER GO THROUGH DISCIPLINE FOR REPORTING THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

POLICY DP LOCAL IT SAYS THIS CHANGES THE CHANGES TO DP LOCAL.

AND AGAIN, THESE ARE YOU CAN SEE THE POLICIES IN THEIR ENTIRETY IN YOUR IN YOUR BOARD PACKET.

THE CHANGES TO DPI ARE INFORMED BY THE PROVISIONS OF HOUSE BILL 6.

A NEW SECTION WAS ADDED TO DP LOCAL ADDRESSING CAMPUS BEHAVIOR COORDINATORS.

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WHEN A SCHOOL COUNSELOR IS UNABLE TO DEVOTE 80% OF TIME TO THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM.

IT GOES INTO SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT WHEN WE'RE PUT IN A POSITION WHERE STAFFING MAKES IT SUCH THAT COUNSELORS HAVE TO BE PULLED INTO OTHER ACTIVITIES, AND MAYBE THERE WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE HOURS OF THEIR DAY, THEY HAVE TO GO BELOW THE 80% THRESHOLD OF BEING DOING, DEVOTING 80% OF THEIR TIME TO THAT COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM. IT SAYS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN HAS THE OPTION TO GO BACK AND REVISE THE JOB DUTIES OF THE COUNSELOR TO MAYBE MAKE ALLOWANCE FOR THAT IF THEY IF THEY NEED TO. YES, MA'AM. I JUST CLARIFY, WE DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT? EVERYBODY'S 100% FULL TIME COUNSELOR AT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAME IN MAYBE 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO WHERE THE STATE WAS VERY INTENT.

THEY KNOW THAT COUNSELORS GET PULLED INTO THINGS LIKE.

SO TESTING IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ONE WHERE LIKE DURING THIS LIKE TRADITIONAL COUNSELING DUTIES WHERE THEY WOULD GET OVERWHELMED AND THEY'D BECOME LIKE TESTING COORDINATORS FOR A CAMPUS. AND SO THE STATE PULLED IT BACK TO KIND OF RESTRICT SCHOOLS FROM USING A COUNSELOR, A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, STRICTLY FOR TESTING. SO IT'S PROBABLY NOT SOMETHING THAT REALLY APPLIES SIGNIFICANTLY TO OUR COUNSELORS ALL THE TIME.

BUT THERE CAN BE PERIODS, MAYBE DURING STAAR TESTING WHERE THEY'RE PULLED A LITTLE BIT.

AND SO IT JUST GIVES US GRACE. AND OUR COUNSELORS DO IT TIME TRACKING TOOL WHERE THEY LOOK AT THAT.

BUT THIS IS JUST A PROVISION WHERE WHEN STAFFING DON'T ALLOW AND DISTRICTS GET PUT IN A POSITION WHERE THEY HAVE TO PULL FROM THEIR COUNSELORS THAT THEY DO HAVE THE OPTION OF, I GUESS, REVISING JOB DUTIES AND THE WAY THAT THE COUNSELORS ROLE LOOKS.

POLICY EHBAB LOCAL. THE CREATION OF THIS POLICY IS INFORMED BY PROVISIONS OF HOUSE BILL 6 AND 1188.

IT SAYS IT OUTLINES SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING WHAT QUALIFIES AS SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES AND WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THESE SERVICES. NEXT POLICY FNCD LOCAL THIS IS ABOUT STUDENT CONDUCT, TOBACCO USE AND POSSESSION OF. THE CREATION OF THE FNCD LOCAL IT'S INFORMED BY PROVISIONS OF HOUSE BILL 6.

THIS BASICALLY IF YOU REMEMBER, TWO YEARS AGO, IN THAT LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THEY MADE IT MANDATORY THAT KIDS HAD TO GO TO DAEP IF THEY WERE CAUGHT WITH A VAPE. THIS HAS WALKED IT BACK AND SAID IT'S PERMISSIBLE FOR THE SCHOOL TO DO THAT.

IT'S NO LONGER MANDATORY IT'S PERMISSIBLE. JUST A REVISION OF THAT POLICY FO LOCAL.

THIS CHANGES FO LOCAL. THAT'S INFORMED BY SENATE BILL 25.

IT'S BEEN UPDATED TO PROHIBIT SCHOOL EMPLOYEES FROM RESTRICTING STUDENTS PARTICIPATION IN RECESS AND IN PE.

AND SO THOSE CANNOT BE USED FOR DISCIPLINARY PURPOSES.

FOA LOCAL THIS IS HAS TO DO WITH REMOVAL OF A STUDENT BY A TEACHER OR BUS DRIVER.

IT SAYS THE CREATION FOA LOCAL IS INFORMED BY PROVISIONS OF HOUSE BILL 6.

FOA IS CREATED TO OUTLINE THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH A TEACHER MAY REMOVE A STUDENT FROM CLASS AND THE PROCEDURES FOR SUCH REMOVAL, AND KIND OF THE ACTIONS THAT WOULD FOLLOW THAT.

FOB LOCAL. THE CREATION OF THIS IS INFORMED BY HOUSE BILL 6.

FOB IS CREATED TO OUTLINE WHEN AND HOW OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS APPROPRIATE TO ESTABLISH THE TIMELINES FOR SUSPENSION BUT ALSO INCLUDES SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR STUDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. AND STUDENTS BELOW GRADES THREE.

AND IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT HOW THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE PARENTS MAY REQUEST FOR IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION TO BE USED IN LIEU OF OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION.

IF A PARENT SAYS NOBODY'S GOING TO BE AT HOME.

I DON'T WANT MY FOURTH GRADER AT HOME BY THEMSELVES.

CAN THE SCHOOL ACCOMMODATE? AND THERE'S A PROCESS BY WHICH THEY CAN REQUEST THAT, AND THE SCHOOL CAN MAKE AMENDMENT IF THEY WANT TO.

LET'S SEE FOF LOCAL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY THE CREATION OF FOF LOCAL IS INFORMED BY HOUSE BILL 6.

IT ADDRESSES THAT A STUDENT WITH A DISABILITY WHO RECEIVED SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES MAY NOT HAVE THEIR PLACEMENT CHANGED FOR DISCIPLINARY REASONS UNTIL THE ARD COMMITTEE CONDUCTS A AN MDR REVIEW. FOG LOCAL HAS TO DO WITH IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION, THE CREATION OF FOG LOCALS INFORMED BY ALSO BY HOUSE BILL 6. IT OUTLINES WHEN IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION IS APPROPRIATE.

AND IT TALKS ABOUT WHEN WE WHEN WE PUT A STUDENT INTO ISS, THERE'S NO LONGER A TIME LIMIT THAT IT WAS AGAIN TWO YEARS AGO IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THEY SAID IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION CAN'T BE USED FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYS AT A TIME ON ANY STUDENT.

THEY'VE SINCE WALKED THAT BACK BECAUSE OF JUST THE ISSUES THAT IT CAUSES ON A CAMPUS.

IT'S THEY'VE SAID THERE'S NO LONGER TIME CONSTRAINTS OF A IF A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR NEEDS TO PLACE A STUDENT FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYS, THEY CAN. BUT EVERY TEN DAYS THAT A STUDENT SERVES CUMULATIVELY FOR ISS, THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO A REVIEW AND BASICALLY SAY,

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THE CHANGES ESTABLISH A NEW REQUIREMENT FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS AND CONTRACTORS PROHIBITING ANY DISTRICT EMPLOYEE OR CONTRACTOR FROM ASSISTING ANOTHER IN OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT IF THEY KNOW OR SUSPECT PRIOR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT INVOLVING A STUDENT.

IT ALSO INCLUDES A PRE SERVICE AFFIDAVIT REQUIRING SERVICE PROVIDERS TO DISCLOSE PRIOR INVESTIGATIONS, SANCTIONS, ETC. IF THEY HAVE THOSE IN THEIR IN THEIR EMPLOY.

CJA LOCAL IS SIMILAR. THIS HAS VERY MUCH TO DO WITH THE CONTRACTOR.

IT SAYS THE CHANGES ARE INFORMED ALSO BY SENATE BILL 571 AND HOUSE BILL 210.

THESE CHANGES SET NEW SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE STANDARDS FOR CONTRACTED SERVICE PROVIDERS.

IT ALLOWS LIMITED EMERGENCY ACCESS FOR CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES WITHOUT COMPLETED CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS, IF THEY'RE UNDER DIRECT SUPERVISION OF THE DISTRICT.

IT REQUIRES THAT ALL SERVICE PROVIDERS TO VERIFY THAT NO INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR SERVICE SERVICES APPEARS ON THE STATE REGISTRY, OR PERSONS INELIGIBLE TO WORK FOR AN EDUCATION ENTITY.

DBAA THIS CHANGE, THE CHANGES TO DBAA LOCAL ARE INFORMED BY THE PROVISIONS OF SENATE BILL 571.

IT'S BEEN UPDATED TO ALIGN WITH THE RECENT STATE LAW CHANGES REQUIRING EXPANDED DISCLOSURES IN THE PREEMPLOYMENT AFFIDAVIT.

THE REVISIONS CLARIFY THAT ALL APPLICANTS MUST DISCLOSE WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED, SANCTIONED, LISTED ON THE STATE REGISTRY OF INDIVIDUALS INELIGIBLE TO WORK OR ACT AS SERVICE PROVIDER FOR AN EDUCATIONAL ENTITY.

APPLICANTS ALSO HAVE TO INDICATE WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED BY OR PROVIDED SERVICES TO A PUBLIC, PRIVATE, OR PRIVATE SCHOOL AND WHETHER THEY RESIGNED OR WERE TERMINATED FROM SUCH EMPLOYMENT.

DEC LOCAL THIS HAS TO DO WITH COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS.

IT ADDS PROVISION THAT REQUIRES BOARDS OF TRUSTEES TO ADOPT POLICY GIVING A CLASSROOM TEACHER THE OPTION TO ELECT NOT TO USE PAID PERSONAL LEAVE CONCURRENTLY WITH UNPAID LEAVE TO WHICH THE TEACHER IS ENTITLED UNDER FMLA.

DH LOCAL EMPLOYEE STANDARDS OF CONDUCT. THE CHANGES TO THIS ARE INFORMED BY PROVISIONS OF SENATE BILL 571.

IT'S BEEN UPDATED TO CLARIFY THAT THE DISTRICT STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS APPLY NOT ONLY TO EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO TO INDIVIDUALS ACTING AS SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR THE DISTRICT.

THE UPDATE ALSO ALIGNS WITH CHANGES IN LAW AND COMPLEMENTS THE NEXT POLICY, FFF, WHICH REQUIRES PARENTAL NOTIFICATION WHEN ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT INVOLVE EITHER AN EMPLOYEE OR A SERVICE PROVIDER. AND SO THEN FFF LOCAL, IT SAYS.

THIS IS ALSO INFORMED BY SENATE BILL 571. IT'S UPDATED TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS WHEN ALLEGATIONS OF AN EMPLOYEE OR SERVICE PROVIDER OF MISCONDUCT. IT SAYS THE POLICY REQUIRES THE DISTRICT TO NOTIFY PARENTS AS SOON AS FEASIBLE OF ANY ALLEGED MISCONDUCT AND TO DISCLOSE WHETHER THE EMPLOYEE RESIGNED OR WAS TERMINATED FOLLOWING THE INVESTIGATION, AS WELL AS WHETHER THE REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO TEA OR SBEC.

THANK YOU, MR. NICKEL I DON'T THINK ANY OF THOSE WERE.

THERE'S NOT ANY OUTLIERS THAT I DON'T THINK THAT YOU WANTED TO POINT TO.

THEY'RE ALL PRETTY MUCH ROUTINE. AND IN FACT, THERE ARE POLICIES THAT WE ALREADY PRETTY MUCH.

THERE'S THINGS THAT WITH THE CHANGES FROM THE 89TH SESSION. OKAY ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. NICKEL? OKAY. MR. NICKEL, YOU HAVE 9.4, WHICH IS CONSIDERED LEGISLATIVE CHANGES FROM THE 89TH TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

YOU, MR. BRADY AND MS. PARSONS. OKAY WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS. WE HAVE A FEW BILLS THAT WERE PRESENT JUST FOR CONSIDERATION.

THE FIRST ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT IS SENATE BILL 11. THIS HAS TO DO WITH DAILY PRAYER TIME.

WITH THE 89TH THIS BILL WENT IN PLACE, AND IT ALLOWS FOR BUT DOES NOT REQUIRE DISTRICTS TO ADOPT DAILY PERIOD OF VOLUNTEER PRAYER TIME OR THE READING OF RELIGIOUS TEXT.

IT HAS TO OCCUR OUTSIDE OF ANY INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, AND IT CANNOT OCCUR OVER THE PA.

IT REQUIRES THAT THE BOARD VOTE FOR POLICY ADOPTION BY MARCH 1ST, 2026 IF IMPLEMENTED, AND SOME OF THE KEY PROVISIONS.

IF WE WERE TO DO THIS, WE HAVE TO GET WRITTEN CONSENT.

IS REQUIRED OF ANY EMPLOYEE OR PARENT. WE HAVE TO GET A LIABILITY WAIVER AND AN AGREEMENT NOT TO OBJECT TO OTHER SPEECH.

ONLY THE STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES WHO OPT IN MAY PARTICIPATE, WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER LOCATION. FOR ANY STUDENT WHO SAYS, I DON'T WANT TO BE AROUND THAT, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE SECONDARY PLACES FOR THEM TO BE.

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AND LIKE I SAID, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A SPACE FOR THOSE NOT WANTING TO PARTICIPATE. SOME CONSIDERATIONS.

WE CURRENTLY ALREADY OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE DURING THE TIME ALLOTTED FOR THE PLEDGE, AND THIS TIME GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS OR STAFF TO PRAY.

THERE'S ALSO NOTHING THAT PRECLUDES THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT RELIGIOUS TEXTS ON, ON NON-STRUCTURED TIME.

IF A STUDENT WANTED TO READ THEIR BIBLE DURING LUNCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY HAVE THAT ABILITY TO DO SO AS WELL.

OUR STUDENTS, IF THEY WANTED TO OUTSIDE OF CLASS, CAN PRAY ALL THEY WANT.

THEY CAN READ THEIR BIBLE, THEY CAN DO ALL OF THAT OUTSIDE OF CLASS TIMES, PASSING PERIODS, THAT TYPE OF THING. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD WANT TO ADOPT A DAILY PERIOD IF STUDENTS CAN DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON OUR CAMPUSES AND WE ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN, I'M ASSUMING THAT THIS IS WRITTEN BECAUSE SOME DISTRICTS DON'T ALLOW THAT.

I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK THE LAW MAKES ALLOWANCE FOR THAT, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S PROBABLY A REASON THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY DIRECTLY APPLY.

AND TO CONFIRM FOR EVERYBODY WATCHING ALL 11 OF OUR CAMPUSES, SAY, THE AMERICAN PLEDGE, THE TEXAS PLEDGE, AND OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR PRAYER EVERY DAY.

CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU. WE DO OKAY IT'S THE TEXAS WOMEN'S PRIVACY ACT, OR IT'S ALSO CALLED THE BATHROOM BILL.

THIS NEW LAW APPLIES TO IT PUTS SEX-BASED RESTRICTIONS ON RESTROOMS AND CHANGING ROOMS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS, SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES. THE KEY PROVISIONS.

IT PROVIDES A FEW EXEMPTIONS IN WHICH PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED INTO RESTROOMS, NOT MATCHING THEIR SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH.

AND THOSE PROVISIONS WOULD BE IF YOU'RE GOING IN TO RENDER EMERGENCY AID IF YOU HAVE CUSTODIAL WORKERS OR IF YOU HAVE MAINTENANCE WORKERS GOING IN TO DO THINGS IN THOSE FACILITIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES SOMEBODY WHO IS ACCOMPANYING SOMEONE WHO IS IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE AND USING THAT FACILITY OR A CHILD AGED NINE OR YOUNGER WHO IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT, AS IN, IF A MOTHER WANTED TO BRING THEIR FIVE YEAR OLD SON INTO A PUBLIC RESTROOM.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PROVISIONS THAT ALLOW SOMEBODY TO BRING SOMEONE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX INTO INTO ONE OF THESE.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS ONE OTHER ONE. DOCTOR GLENN, YOU WERE MENTIONING TO SOME OF US THE OTHER DAY, AND THAT IS COACHES? LIKE AT HALFTIME OR SOMETHING LIKE INTO EFFECT IS THAT WE HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE WE MAY HAVE A COACH OR A DIRECTOR OF THE OPPOSITE GENDER THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO A SPACE FOR A PRE-GAME TALK, A HALFTIME TALK THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND SO THIS LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE US TO BUILD POLICY, BUT IT DOES ASK US TO ADOPT PRACTICE TO, TO CONFORM TO THIS.

AND SO SOME CONSIDERATIONS HERE. SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND PUTTING IN PLACE TO ALLOW US TO, TO FALL WITHIN THIS AND TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FOLLOWING THE LAW. WE HAVE TO DESIGNATE PRIVATE PERIODS FOR DRESSING ROOMS AS IN TIMES WHEN THERE'S DRESSING, SHOWERING, USING THE RESTROOM, THINGS LIKE THAT.

YOU CAN ALSO DESIGNATE NON PRIVATE TIMES AND SAY THAT THIS IS A NON PRIVATE PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THOSE THINGS SHOULDN'T BE OCCURRING.

THAT WOULD BE THINGS LIKE PRE-GAME TALKS, HALFTIME MEETINGS, FILM SESSIONS SOME SORT OF INSTRUCTION THAT MIGHT BE GOING ON AT THAT TIME.

TO DO THAT, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO INSTALL SIGNAGE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND DOING. THAT DESIGNATES WHEN THE SPACE IS A PRIVATE SPACE OR WHEN IT WOULD NOT BE A PRIVATE PERIOD TIME.

AND THEN WE WOULD IMPLEMENT A LOCKER ROOM CLEARING PRACTICE WHERE A SAME SEX STUDENT OR STAFF MEMBER WOULD GO IN AND MAKE SURE THAT THE COAST IS CLEAR, THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE'RE MOVING INTO A TIME WHERE IT'S NOT A PRIVATE PERIOD TIME, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE A KNOCK AND ANNOUNCE PROCEDURE, KNOCK, ANNOUNCE, CONFIRM WHERE ONCE THAT SAME SEX INDIVIDUAL HAS GONE THROUGH AND MADE SURE YES.

NOBODY'S CHANGING, YOU'RE GOOD. THEY WOULD KNOCK.

I'M COMING IN. IS EVERYBODY GOOD? AND THEN ONCE THAT'S CONFIRMED, THEY WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO ENTER AND THE SIGNAGE WOULD BE CHANGED.

IT'S NO LONGER A PRIVATE SETTING. THIS IS A NON PRIVATE TIME.

WE WOULD THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE COMMUNICATE AND TRAIN OUR STAFF.

WE WOULD HAVE TO ANNUALLY GO BACK AND REVIEW THAT TRAINING WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THEY ALL UNDERSTAND AND KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, AND THEN ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR WHEN WE HAVE VISITING SCHOOLS, USING OUR FACILITIES TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHAT'S EXPECTED. YEAH SO ESSENTIALLY SENATE BILL 8 IS MEANT TO PROTECT OUR KIDS RIGHTS. SO WE'RE GOING TO COMPLY FULLY WITH SENATE BILL 8.

BUT THERE ARE SOME COMMON SENSE PROCEDURES THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN PLACE.

I THINK ABOUT A GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM FROM YOU KNOW, KELLER, THAT IS THAT IS COACHED BY A MALE COACH THAT COMES OVER HERE TO PLAY.

AND SO POLICY AND PRACTICE NEEDS TO ALLOW HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO SPEAK TO HIS TEAM AT HALFTIME.

RIGHT? SO UIL AND THE UT HAVE ACTUALLY PUT OUT SOME GUIDANCE PROCEDURES FOR US THAT THAT WE WILL BRING BACK TO YOU GUYS FOR APPROVAL AND THEN

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OKAY NOWHERE HERE DOES IT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT CLEANING.

SHOULD I ASSUME THAT THAT'S JUST ALLOWED? BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE.

THAT IS THE KEY PROVISIONS THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS. OKAY SORRY MADE US GO WHERE OUR COACHES FALL INTO SOME OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE A THEATER DIRECTOR OR SOMETHING THAT MAY NEED TO ENTER ONE OF THOSE SPACES.

OKAY. OKAY THANK YOU BRYAN PRESIDENT BRYAN, TRUSTEES, DOCTOR GLENN. JEFF BRADY, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS.

SO NOW UP IS HOUSE BILL 3546. AS PRESIDENT BRYAN ALLUDED TO EARLIER TONIGHT.

THIS ACTUALLY, IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, ALLOWS THIS BOARD TO ADJUST THE DATE OF THE ELECTION FOR FELLOW OFFICERS.

SO THE BILL AMENDS SPECIFICALLY EDUCATION AND ELECTION CODE TO GRANT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THE DATE OF THE GENERAL ELECTION TO ALIGN WITH NOVEMBER UNIFORM ELECTION DATE, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY ONLY ALLOWED FOR OTHER ELECTED BODIES.

SO SPECIFICALLY, IT ALLOWS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO CHANGE THE LENGTH OF THE TERM FOR THE TRUSTEE TO COINCIDE WITH, OR OVERLAP THE CANVASING OF ELECTIONS FOR THE NOVEMBER DATE, IF THIS BOARD CHOOSES TO DO SO.

SO THAT'S WHAT 3546 ALLOWS. THIS BOARD NOW HAS THAT ABILITY TO CHANGE THE DATE.

HOWEVER, ONCE THE DATE IS CHANGED IT'S FIXED.

SO IT'S SET FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT ELECTIONS. IT HAS TO BE IN NOVEMBER FROM FROM THAT TIME FORWARD.

IF AGAIN, IF THIS BOARD CHOOSES TO DO SO, ANOTHER CONSIDERATION WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO 3546, BUT WORTH CONSIDERING AT THIS TIME, IS THAT THE STATE ALSO ALLOWS SCHOOL BOARDS TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO REQUIRE A MAJORITY VOTE FOR ELECTIONS FOR OFFICERS ON THIS PANEL, WHICH WOULD MANDATE A RUNOFF ELECTION.

OF COURSE, IF NO INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATE RECEIVES MORE THAN 50% OF THE VOTES.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A PLURALITY BASED ELECTION PROCESS, WHICH MOST NORTH TEXAS SCHOOL BOARDS AND TEXAS SCHOOL BOARDS IN GENERAL PROVIDE FOR.

AND THAT, OF COURSE, ALLOWS THE CANDIDATE WITH THE MOST VOTES TO WIN WITH NO RUNOFF REQUIRED.

SO FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, THIS PANEL IS NOW ALLOWED TO CHANGE THE DATE OF ALL SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS TO COINCIDE WITH THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

SO THIS IS AN INTERESTING BILL. PROBABLY WELL OVER A DECADE AGO, SCHOOLS WERE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE OFF OF THE MAY DATE TO THE NOVEMBER DATE.

THAT WINDOW SUBSEQUENTLY CLOSED. AND THROUGH THIS LAST SESSION IT'S BEEN REOPENED FOR BOARDS TO CONSIDER AGAIN.

AND, AND I THINK WHAT THE PUSH IS FROM THE STATE IS TO, TO TRY AND GET ALL TRUSTEE ELECTIONS PUSHED TO NOVEMBER.

ALL ELECTIONS PUSHED TO NOVEMBER. THERE WAS A DATE IN TIME WHEN LIKE VATRE, THE SCHOOL COULD JUST SET IT WHENEVER THEY WANTED.

IN FACT, WHEN I WAS A SUPERINTENDENT AT WAXAHACHIE, I BELIEVE WE SET OUR TR ELECTION DATE IN AUGUST, AND THERE WAS NO OTHER ELECTION GOING ON. AND AND SO WHAT IT IS, IS IT'S A IT'S A PUSH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST TURNOUT.

AND WHEN YOU GET THE BEST TURNOUT, YOU'RE ENSURING THAT THE WILL OF THE VOTERS IS IS HEARD.

AND SO THE STATE ONCE AGAIN IS REOPENED. THIS WINDOW FOR BOARDS TO CONSIDER MOVING TO A MORE UNIFORM DATE WITH ALL OF OUR OTHER STATE ELECTIONS.

SO AGAIN, THIS WOULD NOT BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION, BUT A BUT A PLEASURE OF THE BOARD.

AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. SO IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER THIS, WE'D HAVE TO TAKE ACTION PROBABLY NEXT MONDAY.

CORRECT. BECAUSE THE APPLICATION PERIOD FOR THE MAY ELECTIONS IS MID JANUARY, AND WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING TO COINCIDE PRIOR TO THAT. IS THAT CORRECT? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK. TYPICALLY IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE END OF JANUARY OR THE FIRST PART OF FEBRUARY FOR, FOR A MAY ELECTION DATE. BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, IDEALLY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO DO SOONER RATHER THAN LATER TO MAKE SURE IF YOU WERE GOING TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION TO TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE THE MOST RUNWAY POSSIBLE AS FAR AS ADVANCE NOTICE. SO IF WE WERE TO VOTE TO MOVE IT TO NOVEMBER PLACE ONE, TWO AND THREE THAT ARE UP IN MAY WOULD NOW BE UP IN NOVEMBER. THEN PLACES FOUR AND FIVE WOULD BE NOVEMBER OF 27 AND THEN PLACES SIX AND SEVEN WOULD BE NOVEMBER OF 28. IS THAT CORRECT? AND THEN THAT'S THE TRANSITION. AND THEN EVERYBODY FROM HERE ON OUT REMAINS AT THE THREE YEAR NOVEMBER ELECTION CYCLE.

YEAH. ESSENTIALLY EVERYTHING WOULD SHIFT TO NOVEMBER OF 2026.

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AGAIN, THIS IS THIS IS AN IRREVERSIBLE DECISION.

SO IT'S BINDING FOR ALL FUTURE BOARDS. SO VERY, VERY FEW DECISIONS YOU MAKE ARE BINDING FOR ALL FUTURE BOARDS.

THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THEM OKAY. GO AHEAD. I DID GET A LITTLE INSIGHTS INTO THE WHY BEHIND IT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS IS IF YOU'RE OFF CYCLE, YOU PAY FOR THAT ELECTION ON YOUR OWN.

IF YOU GO IN NOVEMBER, THEN YOU SPLIT THAT WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.

AND THEN SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW THAT THIS BILL PASSED UNANIMOUSLY ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO IN THE HOUSE THERE WAS 146 YAY, ZERO NAY. IN THE SENATE THERE WAS 31 YAY ZERO.

SO IT WAS BIPARTISAN. EVERYBODY AGREED ACROSS THE BOARD THAT THIS WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

TRUSTEE THAT'S AN INTERESTING FACT. WAS IT BECAUSE OF THE SAVINGS OR OTHER REASONS? TURNOUT TO ENCOURAGE THE MOST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE TO GET TO THE ELECTION ON BOTH SIDES? RIGHT. YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE RUN IN MAY ELECTIONS, THE FIRST THING PEOPLE IS LIKE, WHAT? YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST NOT USED TO IT. AND THE NUMBERS DO SEEM TO HISTORICALLY BE LOW.

SO IT IS AN INTERESTING FACT THAT YOU SAID THAT IT'S NOT A PARTIZAN WASN'T A PARTIZAN BILL AT ALL.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

JUST ON THE COST FACTOR. I WAS CURIOUS IF ANYBODY LOOKED AT WHAT THE POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS IS BY NOT HAVING TO, BUT BY BEING ALLOWED TO SHARE IT, THE COST IN NOVEMBER VERSUS IT BEING MORE A LOCAL COST.

WELL, I THINK IT DEPENDS ON A VARIETY OF FACTORS.

THE FIRST IS THE MAJORITY PLURALITY, RIGHT. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF YOU HAVE A RUNOFF YOU'RE GOING TO PAY MORE.

BUT ALSO WITH WITH THAT PAYMENT, YOU'RE YOU'RE ENSURING THAT THE PERSON ELECTED TO THE POSITION IS WHO THE COMMUNITY WANTS, WHO THE STAKEHOLDERS WANT. SO SO I THINK YOU WEIGH THOSE TWO THINGS WHILE YOU MAY BE SPENDING A LITTLE BIT MORE.

KEEP IN MIND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $100 MILLION BUDGET.

AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE MAKING A DECISION THAT THAT ESSENTIALLY IS IS BEING MADE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO ENSURE THE PEOPLE THAT SIT AT THIS DAIS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF WHO THE COMMUNITY WANTS. THANK YOU.

YEAH. SO CAN WE MOVE ON TO MAJORITY VERSUS PLURALITY? I KNOW THAT GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE, OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, HAS MAJORITY VOTE IN PLACE.

AND THAT IS, LET'S JUST SAY WE'VE WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD A SITUATION WHERE WE'VE HAD MORE THAN TWO CANDIDATES IN RECENT HISTORY.

I THINK THE LAST ONE WAS ACTUALLY MY PLACE. PLACE FOR BACK I THINK TRUSTEE LANE AND RAN AGAINST BRYANT AND 2018 IN, IN JORDAN. AND I THINK THE WINNER WON BY, WHAT, 100 VOTES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND SO IF THAT WAS TO EVER OCCUR AGAIN, IF WE GET MORE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN SERVING IN THESE TYPES OF POSITIONS IN MY OPINION, WE DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO WIN JUST BECAUSE THEY GOT ONE MORE VOTE THAN THE OTHER.

IT MAY BE WITH 35% OF THE ELECTORATE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE THINK AHEAD, THAT WE POSSIBLY WILL HAVE MORE THAN TWO CANDIDATES IN EITHER PLACE IN THE IN THE COMING YEARS, AND THAT THEY NEED 50% OF THE VOTE.

AND THEN A RUNOFF WOULD BE DETERMINED BY WHOM? WHAT WHAT'S THE DATE OF THE RUNOFF? IS THAT DETERMINED BY US? BY THE GOVERNOR? YEAH. AGAIN, WE WOULD WE WOULD SEEK GUIDANCE FROM THE TARRANT COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICE, BUT ULTIMATELY, YOU'RE IN YOU YOU WOULD FOLLOW THEIR CYCLES FOR RUNOFFS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISTER BRADY? OKAY. THEN I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU GUYS WILL BRING THIS TO US FOR ACTION ON MONDAY THE 15TH.

IF THIS IS SOMETHING THE BOARD WANTS TO PURSUE. ABSOLUTELY. SO, YEAH.

SO THE THE FIRST SET OF POLICIES IN 9.3, WE WERE LOOKING AT LEGAL POLICIES THAT THAT T RECOMMENDED, YOU KNOW, THESE THESE ARE LOCAL POLICIES THAT THE THE BOARD'S DISCRETION.

SO AS WE LOOK AT SENATE BILL 11, SENATE BILL EIGHT HOUSE BILL 3546, WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO TO TAKE ACTION REALLY BEFORE THIS YEAR ENDS, JUST TO GIVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM GUIDANCE ON WHERE WE'RE AT MOVING FORWARD.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. BRADY. MS. PARSONS ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BRYAN. DOCTOR GLENN AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, LET ME GET OVER.

SO I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SENATE BILL 568.

THIS IS THE BIG SPECIAL EDUCATION BILL THAT WE HAD PASSED.

SO THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THIS BILL IS THIS IS THE BILL THAT UPDATES THE FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.

IT ALLOCATES $1,000 FOR EACH FULL AND INITIAL, FULL AND INDIVIDUAL EVALUATION.

[01:40:02]

TOO BAD. MISTER BENNETT'S NOT HERE TO HEAR THAT.

AND IT ALSO ALLOWS STUDENTS WHO ONLY RECEIVE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR DYSLEXIA TO GET THE DYSLEXIA ALLOTMENT.

IT ALSO DEALS WITH THE CAMERAS IN THE CLASSROOM.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO REALLY TALK ABOUT TODAY.

SO WHAT IT DID IS IT CHANGED THE VERBIAGE IN WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY.

SO IT SAID PREVIOUSLY SELF-CONTAINED OR OTHER SPECIAL EDUCATION SETTINGS.

NOW IT JUST SAYS SPECIAL EDUCATION SETTINGS OR SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS AND OTHER SETTINGS.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS THE DEFINITION OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM OR OTHER SPECIAL ED SETTING IS A CLASSROOM SETTING WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS SPEND LESS THAN 50% OF THEIR DAY IN A GENERAL ED SETTING.

SO HOW WE HAVE DONE IT PREVIOUSLY, AS YOU KNOW, IS THAT WE HAVE HAD ALL SELF-CONTAINED CLASSROOMS JUST HAVE A CAMERA INSTALLED, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY KIND OF PARENT REQUEST OR STAFF REQUEST.

THEY JUST WOULD. THE BOARD HAD DECIDED THAT'S HOW WE WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT.

WITH THIS NEW SENATE BILL 568, THERE COULD THEORETICALLY BE WHAT WE CALL RESOURCE CLASSROOMS THAT COULD QUALIFY FOR A CAMERA. SO CURRENTLY THE DISTRICT HAS 32 CLASSROOMS WITH CAMERAS.

THREE OF THOSE ARE NEW. THIS YEAR WE HAD A PARENT REQUEST FOR THE DRAGON EXCEL CLASSROOMS, THE TRANSITION CLASSROOMS HERE TO BE A CAMERA PLACED IN THOSE.

AND WE WENT WE WENT AHEAD AND DID THAT. AND THERE IS ONE PENDING CAMERA INSTALLATION AT DAWSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IT'S NOT A REQUEST. IT'S JUST THEY THEIR ONE OF THEIR SELF-CONTAINED CLASSROOMS TOOK OVER ANOTHER CLASSROOM, SO WE NEEDED TO GET A CAMERA IN THERE. SO WHAT MY DEPARTMENT DID IS WE LOOKED AT ALL THE RESOURCE CLASSROOMS TO SEE WHICH ONES WOULD QUALIFY UNDER THIS NEW SENATE BILL 568. AND RIGHT NOW, THERE'S FIVE ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS THAT WOULD QUALIFY THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT ALL THE KIDS THAT WERE IN THAT CLASS FIVE OF THEM, AND THEY'RE ALL SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE RESOURCE CLASSROOMS IN THE SECONDARY LEVEL THAT HAD A MAJORITY OF STUDENTS THAT WERE IN A SELF-CONTAINED STUDENT, A SETTING FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE DAY. HAVE ANY HAVE ANY PARENTS OR TEACHERS REQUESTED CAMERAS TO BE INSTALLED? FIVE CLASSROOMS? NO, SIR. AND I'M ASSUMING THIS IS ANOTHER UNFUNDED MANDATE THAT IT IS VERY MUCH AN UNFUNDED MANDATE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NEED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW POLICY, WHICH IS OUR CAMERAS IN THE CLASSROOM POLICY, WILL NEED TO BE REVISED UP A LITTLE BIT. THERE IS CURRENT WORDING SAYS WE WILL HOLD ON TO THAT FOOTAGE FOR THREE MONTHS. THIS BILL SAID WE NEED TO KEEP IT FOR SIX MONTHS, WHICH WILL INCREASE.

IT'LL COST MORE TO KEEP THAT CAMERA FOOTAGE FOR THREE EXTRA MONTHS.

AND OF COURSE, THERE'S NO FUNDS TO HELP PAY FOR THAT EXTRA.

THAT LET ME DO SAY THAT THE THE THREE CAMERAS THAT WE INSTALLED HERE, DOCTOR GLENN AND THE TRANSITION CLASSROOMS, THAT WAS A PARENT REQUEST. BUT FOR THE FIVE ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS, WE HAVE GOTTEN NO FAMILY REQUESTS OR TEACHER, NO FAMILY REQUESTS FROM FROM FAMILIES THAT ARE IN THOSE CLASSES IN ORDER TO REQUEST A CAMERA.

YOU CAN BE A BOARD MEMBER OF THE BOARD CAN REQUEST IT.

AN ADMINISTRATOR CAN REQUEST IT, A STAFF MEMBER LIKE A TEACHER, A RELATED SERVICE PROVIDER PARA, OR A PARENT OF THE STUDENT IN THOSE CLASSROOMS. THAT'S WHO CAN REQUEST. UNDER THE NEW LAW, THERE'S FIVE CLASSROOMS THAT QUALIFY.

IF WE IF WE CHOSE TO DO THAT, IF THEY'RE ALL AT ONE CAMPUS, THEY'RE ALL AT C.H.S.

YES. AND THEN EVERY YEAR WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO REEVALUATE BECAUSE KIDS MOVE.

YES. OBVIOUSLY. AND THEN ANOTHER WOULD THAT MEAN THAT MAYBE A CLASSROOM THAT HAD ONE WOULD NOT QUALIFY? YES. AND ANOTHER CLASSROOM WOULD. YES. AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO MOVE THAT.

SO KIND OF JUST DOING SOME JUST EASY MATH IF WE IF THE CLASSROOM WAS SET UP, THAT WE COULD PUT ONE CAMERA IN EACH

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THEN OBVIOUSLY IT'S ABOUT $2,000 PER CAMERA. SO THANK YOU, MS. PARSONS. ANY QUESTIONS FURTHER, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, YOU SAID THAT THERE WERE FIVE CLASSROOMS THAT COULD QUALIFY.

DO QUALIFY. THEY HAVE LIKE THEY LIKE THEY MUST HAVE CAMERAS.

NO, BUT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE IF WE WANT THEM ELIGIBLE.

YES. IF THEY WHEN I SAY THEY QUALIFY, THEY HAVE THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS IN EACH CLASSROOM THAT WOULD ALLOW A CAMERA.

SO EVEN IF A THAT WE HAVE A CLASSROOM AND IT DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WOULD NEED IF SOMEONE SAID, LET'S PUT A CAMERA IN THAT CLASSROOM, THAT THAT CLASSROOM CAN'T HAVE A CAMERA.

SO THESE WOULD QUALIFY IF THE BOARD WANTS TO PUT THEM IN THERE, OR A STAFF MEMBER OR A PARENT.

AND FROM YOUR OBSERVATIONS, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH ANY OF THE STUDENTS OR ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN THOSE CLASSROOMS THAT THAT YOU WOULD SAY, GOSH, I REALLY THINK THIS PARTICULAR CLASSROOM NEEDS A CAMERA.

FOR THESE REASONS. NOTHING THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AS OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS. THERE IS YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS A CAMERA THAT WE WERE PUTTING IN IN DMS AND THERE WAS A CONCERN.

SO WE DID SAY, YES, WE DEFINITELY NEED ADMINISTRATION.

SAID, I WANT A CAMERA. AND WE AGREED. IS THERE WOULD THERE BE ANY REASONS OTHER THAN IT'S GOING TO COST US OUT OF POCKET TO NOT PUT THESE CAMERAS IN THESE CLASSROOMS? NO, IT NO, IT IS COMPLETELY AT THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD ON HOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED AT THIS POINT.

YEAH. TO THE POINT THAT YOU BROUGHT UP. EVALUATE EVERY YEAR, EVERY YEAR, EVERY YEAR.

SO YOU HAVE TO REMOVE THEM AND MOVE THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE IF THAT, IF THAT CLASSROOM DIDN'T QUALIFY THE NEXT YEAR OR SOMETHING, THAT'S NOT LIKE A FIXED. SO I'D BE CURIOUS IF WE'D HAVE TO MOVE THE CAMERAS THEMSELVES OR ONCE WE INSTALL THEM, ARE THEY ONCE YOU INSTALL THEM AND IT'S REALLY NOT IT.

THE ONE OF THE BIGGEST COSTS IS IN LAYING THE CABLE.

AND SO YOU COULD TAKE THE AND I DON'T KNOW RANDY'S BACK THERE.

HERE HE COMES SOMEWHERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE THAT IS TO PULL CABLE AND MOVE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

THERE HE IS. HE'LL TELL US THE CABLING THROUGH THE WALLS.

YOU WOULD ABANDON THE CABLING AND YOU'D MOVE THE DEVICE ITSELF CAN BE REMOVED TO ANOTHER ROOM.

BUT THEN IF THAT OTHER ROOM HADN'T EVER HAD CABLING BEFORE, YOU'D HAVE THAT COST OF PUTTING IN CABLING AND REATTACHING THE CAMERA.

THE CAMERA AND THE LICENSING CAN MOVE THE CABLING.

SO. SO I THINK YEAH, THE THE SHORT ANSWER IS THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE SOME MAYBE WORKAROUNDS WITH THE PRINCIPAL.

MAYBE AS THEY BUILD OUT CLASSROOMS THE NEXT YEAR THEY WOULD TRY AND, YOU KNOW, SHUFFLE THEM SO THAT IT WOULD WORK.

BUT BUT ULTIMATELY WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU IS THAT WHEN WHEN IT WHEN A PARENT, WHEN AN ADMINISTRATOR SAYS, HEY, WE HAVE A NEED, WE RUN TO SOLVE THAT NEED AND PUT THE CAMERAS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

IF, IF WE, WE DON'T HEAR SOMEBODY SAYING, HEY, THIS IS AN ISSUE, THEN THEN WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT THROWING MONEY AT A PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T EXIST. YES, SIR. YEAH. SOUNDS GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE FOR MS. PARSONS? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO OUR DISCUSSION AND ACTION PORTION OF THE AGENDA.

[10. DISCUSSION/ACTION]

MS. PEDDY. GOOD EVENING. IF YOU WILL RECALL, IT HAS BEEN OVER 30 DAYS.

I DID SEND IN A REQUEST FROM EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES AND FROM THE DISTRICT LEVEL FOR APPROVAL OF EPHA AND EPHB, WHICH ARE OUR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND OUR CLASSROOM LIBRARIES.

AND I AM HERE TONIGHT TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR THAT.

WE HAVE RECEIVED ZERO FEEDBACK ON THE LIST THAT HAS BEEN POSTED OVER 30 DAYS.

QUESTIONS FOR MS. PETIT. OKAY I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FALL 2025 ACQUISITION OF INSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM LIBRARY MATERIALS AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU, MS. PETIT. LAST ITEM AGENDA IS ITEM 10.2, WHICH IS THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION, INCLUDING ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY TOGETHER WITH ANY AND ALL IMPROVEMENTS DESCRIBED AS APPROXIMATELY 2.07 ACRES.

1050 SOUTH CARROLL AVENUE PORTION OF THE 16.086 ACRE TRACT SITUATED IN THE J.W.

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MR. MOODY. I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF THE SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY.

LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 2.7 ACRES LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE 16.086 ACRES AT OLD UNION ELEMENTARY.

THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED AS RESIDENTIAL, AND WE DO NOT INTEND TO HIRE A REALTOR FOR THE SALE OF THIS PROPERTY.

AND THIS IS THE PROPERTY THAT'S OVER THE BRIDGE.

THERE'S A BIG DRAINAGE. IT'S ON THE AREA ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DRAINAGE DITCH.

IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT, THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

AND RIGHT NOW IT'S ZONED RESIDENTIAL. CORRECT. IT IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL.

ALL RIGHT. AND TRUSTEES, JUST SO YOU KNOW YOUR AUTHORIZATION TONIGHT IS, IS AUTHORIZING US TO TO POST AND GO OUT FOR BIDS FOR THE POTENTIAL SALE OF THIS PROPERTY. YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO SELL THE PROPERTY IF WE RECEIVE ANY BIDS THAT ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW, WHICH MEANING THEY HAVE TO BE ABOVE THE MARKET VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.

WE CAN BRING THOSE BACK TO YOU AT A LATER DATE, AND YOU'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCEPT A BID IF YOU WANT TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY AT THAT PRICE, WHICH IS ABOVE MARKET VALUE AGAIN.

OR YOU COULD REJECT ALL BIDS EVEN IF THE PRICES ARE ABOVE.

SO ULTIMATELY, IT'LL BE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD.

THIS WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE POSTING OF THAT PROPERTY AND BRING YOU BACK BIDS AT A LATER DATE.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR GLENN. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY. I MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE AS PRESENTED.

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

THANK YOU, MR. MOONEY. IF NO OBJECTION, WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 7:51 P.M.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.