Nov 13, 2023 Lockhart ISD Board of Trustees

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I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE LOCKHART INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2023, AT 6:30 P.M.

[Call to Order]

PLEASE RISE.

COMMANDED THE LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL ROTC IS COLOR GUARD IS CADET JEANETTE ARTURO SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS THALIA RAMOS.

CHLOE BINGHAM AND EMMA BINGHAM.

[SINGING] I WANT TO ADD, I WILL NOW ASK TRUSTEE BURNETT TO LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION.

LET'S PRAY. FATHER GOD, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING OVER US, TAKING CARE OF US.

THANK YOU FOR THE RAIN.

BE WITH US TONIGHT AS WE CONDUCT THIS MEETING.

GIVE US WISDOM AND ALL WE SAY AND DO.

IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.

AMEN. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR.

[Recognition]

MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA, WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD TO HELP RECEIVE THIS EVENING'S HONOREES FOR RECOGNITION AS THEY MOVE FORWARD? I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE AWARD THAT THE BOARD WILL PRESENT TO HONOREES THIS EVENING.

IT IS THE LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE COIN GIVEN BY THE BOARD ONLY TO THOSE WHO TRULY EXEMPLIFY EXCELLENCE IN LOCKHART ISD.

AND NOW WE BEGIN WITH TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION.

TODAY, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS PROUD TO HONOR THE LATE ABBI MICHELSON AND EXPRESS OUR PROFOUND APPRECIATION TO THE GLOSSERMAN FAMILY FOR THEIR GENEROSITY AND SUPPORT OF THE CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM.

WE ARE DEEPLY HONORED TO HAVE THE GLOSSERMAN FAMILY HERE WITH US TODAY, MANY OF WHOM HAVE TRAVELED TO JOIN US IN THIS SPECIAL MOMENT.

THOSE WHO KNEW ABBI HAVE SAID THAT SHE WAS THE EPITOME OF A GRACIOUS HOSTESS, SOMEONE WHO OPENED HER HOME AND HER HEART TO EVERYONE SHE MET.

ABBI HAD A TALENT FOR BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, CREATING MOMENTS OF JOY, LAUGHTER AND LOVE IN HER KITCHEN.

HER CULINARY SKILLS WERE UNMATCHED, AND WITH EVERY MEAL, SHE INFUSED HER DISHES WITH LOVE AND NOURISHED THE SOULS OF THOSE AROUND HER.

ABBI'S COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION WAS AS DEEP AS HER LOVE FOR COOKING.

SHE EARNED HER DEGREE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN AND BEGAN HER TEACHING CAREER IN DALLAS BEFORE MOVING TO THE LOCKHART AREA.

IN HONOR OF ABBI'S PASSION FOR EDUCATION AND HER LOVE FOR CULINARY ARTS.

THE GLOSSERMAN FAMILY HAS GENEROUSLY DONATED $100,000 TO GO TOWARD A FOOD TRAILER FOR THE LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM.

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THE TRAILER, WHICH WILL BE CALLED ABBI'S KITCHEN, WILL HELP LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS UNLOCK THEIR POTENTIAL IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY BY LEARNING HANDS ON COOKING SKILLS AND ALLOWING THEM TO SHARE DELICIOUS MEALS WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

THE TRAILER WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH AN AC, A SIX-BURNER STOVE, A PIZZA OVEN, AN EXTRA-LARGE FLAT TOP, A WARMING STATION, A BARBECUE PIT, ORDERING WINDOWS, A BACK PORCH AND MORE.

THE OUTSIDE WILL BE DECORATED IN LOCKHART'S MAROON AND WHITE COLORS, AND THE NAME ABBI'S KITCHEN WILL BE PRINTED ON THE FRONT.

THROUGH ABBI'S KITCHEN, HER INCREDIBLE MEMORY WILL LIVE ON BLESSING OUR YOUNG CHEFS AS THEY LEARN THE ART OF HOSPITALITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SHARING LOVE AND NOURISHMENT WITH OTHERS, JUST AS ABBY DID.

OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE GOES TO THE GLOSSERMAN FAMILY FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTION TO OUR DISTRICT, WHICH WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF OUR STUDENTS LIVES AND OUR COMMUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME.

WE WILL NOW RECOGNIZE THE GLOSSERMAN FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE AT TODAY'S MEETING, AND THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME.

JEFFREY MICHELSON, JOHN MICHELSON, MICHAEL GLOSSERMAN, DEBRA GLOSSERMAN, MOISHE KAPLAN, ANGELICA KAPLAN.

LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY ARTS STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE TODAY ARE BROOKLYNN TORRES-PUENTE, SHANIECE WALKER, GABRIELLA LONGORIA, SOFIA GONZALEZ, DESHAWN COVI.

THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY INSTRUCTOR LISA CILELLA, LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL CYNTHIA VASQUEZ, AND LOCKHART ISD CTE COORDINATOR RACHEL SOTELO.

GET THIS PROGRAM A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO RACHEL SOTELO, WHO GRABBED THE BALL.

COORDINATED THIS EFFORT AND IS STILL FINALIZING DETAILS ON THE CURRICULUM.

IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN A, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND WE'RE REALLY GLAD THAT WE COULD REACH THIS TIME TO ANNOUNCE IT.

UM, OBVIOUS.

MOISHE ANGLICA.

AH, THEY'VE JUMPED ON THERE AT A FAMILY CELEBRATION.

BUT I CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE GOT THEIR ZOOM ON.

AND ABBY'S YOUNGEST SON, JOHN, IS ALSO JOINING IN.

BUT I'M GIVING REGRETS FROM BROTHER MICHAEL, WHO COULDN'T JOIN IN DUE TO TRAVEL SCHEDULE.

WE COULDN'T BE MORE DELIGHTED TO HONOR ABBI IN THIS WAY.

WE ALL ATTENDED LOCKHART SCHOOL, EVEN THOUGH NOT ALL OF US GRADUATED LOCKHART HIGH.

AND BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL.

IN THIS MANNER IS NOT ONLY BEFITTING OF ABBI'S MEMORY.

BUT IT'S MOST GRATIFYING TO ALL OF US HAVING GROWN UP IN LOCKHART.

ABBI SPENT HER LIFE ALWAYS MAKING OTHERS FEEL WELCOMED AND SPECIAL IN ANY SITUATION THAT WAS.

MENTIONED IN DIFFERENT WORDS.

SHE WAS AN EDUCATOR.

LOCKHART. ADVOCATE.

TALENTED COOK AND HOSTESS WITH THE MOSTEST.

HER KITCHEN PULSED WITH HOSPITALITY, GENEROSITY, HIGH ENERGY AND PASSION FOR FOOD.

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SHE MANAGED TO CRANK OUT BIG POTS OF BUBBLING CHICKEN SOUP ROASTERS FILLED WITH HER CUSTOMIZED VERSION OF TEXAS TRASH AND HER INFAMOUS CHEESECAKE.

ALL WHILE TALKING ON WHATEVER PHONE SHE COULD FIND THAT WAS CHARGED NEAR HER.

ABBI USED HER KITCHEN TO CONNECT WITH HER COMMUNITY, NOT JUST LOCKHART, BUT OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

SHE WOULD DELIVER FOOD TO WEDDINGS, BAR MITZVAHS, LIBRARY FUNDRAISERS, HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS, AND COUNTLESS MEALS FOR OTHERS WHO WERE IN NEED OR HAD HEALTH ISSUES.

WE'RE HOPING OUR GUEST WILL BE THE FOUNDATION AND THE BEGINNING OF A MORE ROBUST HOSPITALITY AND FOOD RELATED PROGRAM AT THE SCHOOL.

WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL TO PROVIDE A BASIS UPON WHICH OTHERS WHO ADMIRED ABBY AND LIKED THIS PROGRAM. CAN JOIN US IN SUPPORTING IT.

WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO WORK THOSE DETAILS OUT AND LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW ABOUT THEM SOON.

ULTIMATELY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FOOD TRAILER AND THE PROGRAM REFLECTING WHO ABBI WAS.

TEACHING WHAT SHE LEARNED AND PROJECTED FROM OUR FAMILY CULTURE THAT TAUGHT US ON A DAILY BASIS.

TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER AND TO ENJOY SERVING.

THE TASTIEST FOOD AVAILABLE.

I'M PRETTY SURE.

AND I KNOW MY SISTERS AND BROTHER AGREE THAT ABBY WOULD BE THRILLED.

AND I ENVISION HER PUTTING HER APRON ON SAYING, FIRE UP THE GRILL.

JOIN US.

DINNER WILL BE READY SOON.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT TREAT.

THANK YOU ALL.

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HALF HELEN IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PARTNERS WITH SCHOOLS TO HELP STUDENTS SEE THE WORLD MORE CLEARLY BY PROVIDING PREVENTATIVE VISION AND HEARING SCREENINGS.

SINCE IT BEGAN, THE HALF HELEN FOUNDATION HAS SCREENED OVER 68,000 CHILDREN.

COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS IS A PROGRAM THAT COLLABORATES WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO UNDERSTAND COMMUNITY NEEDS AND DELIVER RESOURCES TAILORED TO EACH SCHOOL COMMUNITY. THEIR WORK EMPOWERS STUDENTS TO SET AND MEET GOALS, PROVIDE PARENT ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT, AND HELP EVERY CHILD MEET THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

OUR LOCKHART ISD NURSES WORK TO UNLOCK POTENTIAL IN STUDENTS BY KEEPING THEM HEALTHY AND SAFE AT SCHOOL.

THROUGH THEIR HARD WORK TO IDENTIFY AND ASSIST WITH INDIVIDUAL STUDENT NEEDS.

OUR LIONS CAN STAY HEALTHY AND FOCUSED ON THE CLASSROOM.

THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF ALL THREE GROUPS HAVE ENABLED STUDENTS AT ALL LOCKHART ISD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THE JUNIOR HIGH TO RECEIVE THE FREE VISION CARE THAT THEY NEED.

THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS NOT ONLY PROVIDED OUR STUDENTS WITH CLEAR VISION BUT HAS ALSO EMPOWERED THEM TO EXCEL IN THEIR STUDIES AND STAY ON THE PATH TO EXCELLENCE.

WE WILL NOW RECOGNIZE OUR GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE FROM HALF HELEN TONIGHT IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ASHKAN HABIBI.

IN ATTENDANCE FROM COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS ARE LINDSAY RAZZAZ, DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS.

JOHN SANCHEZ, PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF CAMPUS-BASED SERVICES.

MARIA CALIXTO FROM LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH.

JULIA SMITH FROM STRAWN ELEMENTARY.

COURTNEY MATHIS FROM BLUEBONNET ELEMENTARY.

AND ARMIDA VASQUEZ FROM PLUM CREEK ELEMENTARY.

OUR LOCKHART ISD NURSES ARE SHELLY WEBER, HEALTH SERVICES AND WELLNESS COORDINATOR.

TASHA MILLER, PLUM CREEK ELEMENTARY NURSE.

KATRINA MILLS, BLUEBONNET ELEMENTARY NURSE.

CARRIE MOORE, CLEAR FORK ELEMENTARY NURSE AMBER STONE, STRAWN ELEMENTARY NURSE.

AND KAYLEE WILSON NAVARRO, ELEMENTARY NURSE.

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THIS SEASON, THE TEAM DEMONSTRATED AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.

THEIR HARD WORK CULMINATED IN A SECOND-PLACE FINISH AT REGIONALS LAST MONTH IN CORPUS CHRISTI, SECURING A VERY WELL-DESERVED SPOT AT THE STATE MEET.

AT THE STATE MEET, THEY GAVE IT THEIR ALL AND REPRESENTED LOCKHART ISD WITH TRUE EXCELLENCE AND GREAT SPORTSMANSHIP.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM ON THIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE SENIORS FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO OUR PROGRAM OVER THE YEARS.

THIS IS COACH HIPPENSTEEL 23RD TIME COACHING A LOCKHART LION TEAM ALL THE WAY TO THE STATE MEET.

AND. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR HIS DEDICATION TO THIS PROGRAM AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO OUR STUDENTS. WE WILL NOW RECOGNIZE OUR CROSS-COUNTRY ATHLETES.

COLE FRY, MASON GRIFFIN, NATHAN PERALES, MASON NINO, ZEKE SANCHEZ, CARLOS TERRAZAS, IVAN GONZALEZ, ETHAN HERRERA, RYAN TAMAYO, AND ALEJANDRO CRUZ.

AND THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY COACH SCOTT HIPPENSTEEL.

NOW

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PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, WE HAVE NONE.

MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX.

[CLOSED SESSION]

NO FINAL ACTIONS, DECISION OR VOTES WILL BE TAKEN WHILE THE BOARD IS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THE BOARD ENDED ITS CLOSED SESSION AT 7:38 P.M.

ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2023.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN, THE BUSINESS CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH D.

[Business: Consent Agenda ]

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS LISTED.

SECOND CONSENT AGENDA.

SORRY. CONSENT AGENDA.

WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 7 TO 0.

MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT. COMMUNICATION.

[Student Demographic Projections Report]

THANK YOU, MR. WRIGHT. BOARD MEMBERS.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE AGAIN FOR THE ANNUAL UPDATE ON THE DISTRICT'S DEMOGRAPHICS.

LET'S BEGIN BY TAKING A LOOK AT THE 2023 ESTIMATED POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD NUMBERS FOR THE DISTRICT.

ALSO PRESENTED HERE FOR YOU ALL ARE THE 2020 CENSUS OFFICIAL RESULTS.

YOU CAN SEE THE CENSUS COUNTED A LITTLE MORE THAN 31,600 TOTAL PEOPLE, WITH A LITTLE MORE THAN 10,000 TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS, SO THAT WAS ABOUT A 30% INCREASE FROM 10 TO 20.

ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT THE REPORT IS THAT THE DISTRICT KIND OF BEING IN THAT 2 TO 3% GROWTH RATE FOR THE OVERALL POPULATION, AS WELL AS THIS, THE STUDENT POPULATION.

SO, THE KEY TAKEAWAY HERE IS JUST THAT WE'RE THE NUMBERS FROM ESRI ARE NATIONAL DATA SOURCE FOR 23 SHOW THE DISTRICT CONTINUING ON THAT PATH OF ABOUT 3%, 2 TO 3% PER YEAR.

AND THE NUMBERS THERE AND THE CHART ON THE MIDDLE RIGHT FOR POPULATION UNDER 18, THAT WAS, THE CENSUS COUNTED A LITTLE MORE THAN 8300 TOTAL RESIDENTS UNDER AGE 18 IN THE OFFICIAL NUMBERS, AND THAT WAS UP 29% FOR THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD.

NOW, THE DATA PRESENTED HERE SHOWS THE ENROLLMENT DATA FOR ALL OF THE DISTRICTS IN THE GREATER AUSTIN AREA.

THIS THIS DATA WAS RELEASED SINCE I WAS HERE THE LAST TIME, SO I WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.

IT IS LAST YEAR'S DATA BUT GIVES YOU A GOOD SENSE OF THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE REGION AS OF LAST YEAR.

LOCKHART WAS THE 16TH LARGEST IN THE AREA.

WE'VE SEEN MANY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS RECOVER FROM THE PANDEMIC.

REMEMBER OR RECALL THAT I TALKED ABOUT THE STATE LOST ABOUT 2.5% OF ITS ENROLLMENT.

YOU CAN SEE THE CHART THERE ON THE LEFT THAT THE ENROLLMENT TOTALS FOR THE STATE HAVE RECOVERED SINCE THE PANDEMIC.

BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING IS MOST REGIONS HAVE RECOVERED, BUT REGION 13 NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY FLAT.

SO THAT'S A DIFFERENT CHART THAN WHAT WE SEE IN MOST AREAS.

SO, YOU MIGHT WONDER WHY THAT IS.

BUT THIS CHART RIGHT HERE GIVES YOU A GOOD SENSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENED.

MANY OF THE LARGER DISTRICTS IN THE CENTER OF THE REGION HAVE SEEN DECLINING ENROLLMENT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT REGION 13 NUMBER.

BUT WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING HERE IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE OUTER RING.

AS YOU LOOK AT THAT, THE PINK AREAS ARE AREAS OF GROWTH.

YOU CAN SEE AS THE HOME BUILDING INDUSTRY HAS SPREAD FURTHER OUT IN THE REGION; YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH THAT'S BEEN THE RESULT OF ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION IN THE DISTRICTS AROUND THE GREATER AUSTIN AREA.

SO, YOU CAN SEE LOCKHART RIGHT THERE IN THOSE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE GROWN 8 TO 15% OR SO.

ALL RIGHT. SO, THESE ARE THE SNAPSHOT NUMBERS FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS.

SO, YOU CAN SEE THE OFFICIAL ENROLLMENT FOR THIS FALL AT 6619.

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OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS THE DISTRICT'S GROWN ABOUT 9% AND THE NET INCREASE OF ABOUT 542.

SO, YOU CAN SEE THE LEVELING OFF DURING THE PANDEMIC AND THEN THE DISTRICT JUMPING RIGHT BACK ON THE GROWTH RATE THAT IT HAD BEEN ON FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS, RIGHT ABOUT 3%.

SO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS YEAR OVER YEAR BASIS, YOU CAN SEE THIS PAST YEAR WAS A 2.4% INCREASE.

THAT'S COMING OFF THE TEN-YEAR HIGH THAT WE SAW A YEAR AGO.

BUT AGAIN, STRONG NUMBERS WHEN YOU LOOK BACK OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS.

SO, THE AVERAGE RATE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND IT FACTORS IN THE PANDEMIC LOSSES IS RIGHT ABOUT 1.6.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST TEN YEARS, THAT AVERAGE IS ABOUT TWO POINT -- EXCUSE ME, 1.6 FOR THE FIVE YEAR AND 2.6 FOR THE TEN YEAR.

AND THIS IS WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE A YEAR AGO.

WE WERE PROJECTING RIGHT ABOUT 6600 AND WE'VE COME RIGHT IN ON IT.

SO, I'M PROUD OF THAT.

BUT MORE GROWTH TO COME IS I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU MORE HISTORY HERE.

THESE ARE THE TWO-YEAR INCREMENTS FOR THE TOTALS BY ATTENDANCE LEVEL.

WE SEE IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRE-K NUMBERS THERE ON THE LEFT BACK, OVER 300 ENROLLED THERE.

NOTE THAT K THROUGH FIVE ENROLLMENT IS UP TO A RECORD HIGH, APPROACHING 2800 TOTAL STUDENTS.

JUNIOR HIGH HAS BEEN FLAT SINCE THE 2019 PEAK.

I'LL SHOW YOU WHY THAT IS HERE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

AND THEN ANOTHER IMPORTANT TREND IS HIGH SCHOOL CONTINUES TO GROW IN THIS YEAR, ANOTHER RECORD HIGH APPROACHING 2100 TOTAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. SO, THIS SLIDE HERE GIVES YOU THE YEAR OR THE ANNUAL TOTALS PER GRADE.

WHAT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN ARE THE LARGEST CLASSES PER EACH GRADE LEVEL.

AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE ARE TWO GROWTH WAVES THAT THAT GROWTH WAVE THAT STARTED BACK IN THE 20 1620.

WELL, 2013-2015 TIMEFRAME IS AGED UP.

THAT'S WHERE YOUR RECORD HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES ARE COMING FROM.

YOU CAN SEE RECORD NINTH GRADE 11TH GRADE NUMBERS THIS YEAR BUT TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE K THROUGH FIVE NUMBERS.

YOU CAN SEE THE MOST KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT THAT THE DISTRICT'S EVER HAD IN THAT LITTLE WAVE THAT STARTED BACK IN PRE-K, REALLY PRE-K-KINDERGARTEN THERE IN 19 AND 20 HAS AGED UP AND GIVING YOU THE RECORD ENROLLMENT THAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IN ELEMENTARY. NOW IN BETWEEN YOU CAN SEE HOW BEHIND THAT THAT FIRST WAVE ENROLLMENT DID FELL BACK.

THAT'S WHAT'S MOVING THROUGH THE JUNIOR HIGH LEVEL RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THOSE NUMBERS FLAT CURRENTLY.

BUT THEY'LL BE INCREASING AS THESE LARGER CLASSES COME UP OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

THE BIRTH RATE CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT.

IT WAS DECLINING.

RECALL IT DECLINED FROM 2007 TO 2012.

BUT FROM 2013, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE LATEST DATA THAT WE HAVE IN 2020, THE BIRTH RATE CONTINUES TO CLIMB.

YOU CAN SEE THAT.

REMEMBER, THE BIRTH RATES REPRESENTED THERE BY THE BLUE BARS.

SO, WHAT THIS IS INDICATING IS THAT KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT IS SHOULD MOVE TOWARDS THE 450 TO 460 TOTAL STUDENTS NEXT YEAR. THE DISTRICT CONTINUES TO BE POSITIONED FOR GROWTH.

MORE STUDENTS COMING IN THAN ARE GRADUATING.

LAST YEAR WE SAW THAT THIS COMPARISON GETS A LITTLE CLOSER, BUT THE GAP WIDENED AGAIN BACK TO MORE HISTORICAL NORMS. THERE, ON THE FAR-RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE CHART, YOUR COHORT SURVIVAL RATES ARE IN THERE FOR YOUR REFERENCE.

I'LL MOVE AHEAD IN FOCUS A LITTLE BIT HERE ON STUDENT MOBILITY.

SO, RECALL THESE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS.

WE'RE DOING A COMPARISON OF STUDENT IDS.

SO, THIS IS THE ORANGE BARS REPRESENT NEW STUDENT IDS IN GRADES ONE THROUGH ONE THROUGH 12 THAT WEREN'T PRESENT THE PREVIOUS YEAR IN K THROUGH 11.

SO, YOU CAN SEE IN THE UPPER RIGHT, THE AVERAGE IS, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT IS AVERAGED ABOUT 650 LEAVERS, 765 NEWCOMERS OVER THESE LAST FEW YEARS.

THE LAST TWO YEARS YOU HAVE HAD MORE NEWCOMERS OR ABOVE AVERAGE NEWCOMERS.

OVER THESE LAST TWO YEARS, YOU CAN SEE THE NET THERE OF OVER 300.

SO, A LOT OF THOSE NEWCOMERS ARE COMING IN FROM THE HOUSING MARKET, WHICH I'LL TOUCH ON HERE MOMENTARILY.

I'M ALSO SEEING SOME MORE NORMALIZATION PRE K STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PRE-K MOVING UP TO KINDERGARTEN 57% DID THAT THIS YEAR.

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SO MORE MOVING BACK TO PRE-COVID NORMS. NOW THE GROWTH HERE IN THE DISTRICT COULD HAVE BEEN FASTER, BUT WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE INFLUENCE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS AND OTHER PUBLIC NEIGHBORING PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO, RECALL, THIS IS THE TRANSFER REPORT THAT THE TEA RELEASES EACH SPRING.

SO, THIS DATA ON THE FAR HAND, RIGHT IS FOR THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT YEAR OVER YEAR, THE NUMBER FOR LOCKHART WENT UP ABOUT 24%.

SO, 419 STUDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE DISTRICT ARE ATTENDING ELSEWHERE.

NOW WHERE ARE THEY GOING? THE MAJORITY, 63%, ARE GOING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

MOST OF THEM ARE AT THE IDEA LOCAL CAMPUSES OR THE KIPP CAMPUSES.

YOU CAN SEE ABOUT 37% ARE TRANSFERRING TO NEIGHBORING PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

BUT I WOULD POINT OUT THAT MANY OF THOSE ARE LIKELY EMPLOYEE STUDENTS IN OTHER DISTRICTS TAKING THEIR CHILDREN WITH THEM.

THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES JUST GIVE YOU MORE DETAIL ON WHERE HOW THOSE TRANSFER NUMBERS BREAK OUT.

HERE YOU CAN SEE THE TRANSFER OUT TO OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

YOU KNOW, AUSTIN BEING THE LEADER.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CHARTER SCHOOLS, YOU CAN SEE IDA AND KIPP DOWN IN THE OTHER CATEGORY THAT'S GROWING.

WE'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW.

5 TO 10 AT EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL.

THAT THAT NUMBER IS GROWING AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO WATCH IT.

BUT THIS IS A THIS IS A CHALLENGE THAT MANY OF THE DISTRICTS IN, IN THE I-35 CORRIDOR DEAL WITH IN, IN GREATER AUSTIN.

SO, YOU THINK BACK TO THAT SLIDE WHERE MANY OF THE DISTRICTS HAVE LOST ENROLLMENT.

YOU ALL DO SEE SOME IMPACT FROM THESE DISTRICTS OR CHARTER SCHOOLS AND OTHER DISTRICTS.

NOW LET'S MOVE AHEAD TO THE GEOCODING.

ONE OF THE TRENDS WE'VE SEEN OVER THESE LAST TEN YEARS IS A GRADUAL DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, OR AT LEAST PROPORTIONALLY, THAT LIVE IN THE CITY OF.

I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. CAN YOU SHOW THE LAST SLIDE? I JUST WANT TO JUST AS A POINT OF RECORD.

WE, A FEW YEARS AGO, WE STOPPED OTHER THAN FOR STAFF MEMBERS TRANSFERRING IN.

SO, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

AND I WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE DONE THAT BECAUSE OF SPACE ISSUES.

YOU'LL SEE THAT I THINK WAS IN 2018 WAS THE YEAR THAT WE REALLY STOPPED.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE KIND OF TAKING THEM AS A CASE BY CASE.

AND NOW ESSENTIALLY, WE'VE ALLOWED KIND OF GRANDFATHERED KIDS THAT WERE ALREADY IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT LARGELY THOSE ARE STAFF MEMBER RELATED AND THEN KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN GRANDFATHERED IN.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE NOT ALLOWING DUE TO SPACE, OTHER STUDENTS TO COME IN.

THAT NUMBER WOULD PROBABLY EASILY BE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED MORE.

ALL RIGHT. SO, WE MAPPED THE STUDENT DATA FOR THIS FALL.

AND YOU CAN SEE 97% NOW ARE LIVING WITHIN THE DISTRICT BOUNDARY.

THAT'S THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE THAT WE'VE HAD IN OUR ANNUAL GEOCODING.

WE ALSO CONTINUE TO SEE MORE OF PROPORTIONALLY MORE STUDENTS LIVING OUTSIDE THE CITY OF LOCKHART IN THE WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

THIS IS OUR PLANNING AREA.

SO AGAIN, THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE CITY, THE MAJORITY ARE UP IN THE LINTON SPRINGS AREA.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR MANY YEARS.

IT CONTINUES TO SEE ABOUT 30% OF ALL LOCKHART ISD STUDENTS LIVE IN THIS AREA.

YOU CAN SEE BETWEEN US 183 AND FM 672, WHERE THOSE MOST DENSELY POPULATED AREAS ARE.

I'LL MOVE ON HERE TO THE GROWTH.

SO, THIS IS A THREE-YEAR COMPARISON TO FALL OF 2020 AND 2023.

SO THOSE AREAS NORTH OF BATH ROAD HAVE BEEN THE FASTEST GROWING AREAS OVER THESE LAST FEW YEARS.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY BACK TO STRAWN BEING BUILT.

BUT THOSE AREAS CONTINUE TO GROW AND ADD STUDENTS.

NOW WHAT'S ALSO BEGINNING TO CONTRIBUTE MORE IS THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY.

YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE CLEAR FORK ATTENDANCE ZONE, THAT AREA THAT'S BETWEEN 142 AND MAPLE STREET.

THAT'S PRIMARILY WHERE WE'VE SEEN THE IMPACT OF NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION MEADOWS AT CLEAR FORK AND VINTAGE SPRINGS.

AND THEN THAT NUMBER WILL CONTINUE TO GROW, BECAUSE CENTER POINT MEADOWS IS BEGINNING TO FINISH HOMES IN THAT AREA AS WELL.

THE HOUSING MARKET HAS BEEN IMPORTANT TO THE DISTRICT, AND IT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE DISTRICT'S GROWTH AND IT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT GOING FORWARD.

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WE'VE SEEN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF LAST YEAR WAS PRETTY ROUGH.

IT TURNED OUT TO BE A REALLY GOOD YEAR FOR MOST OF THIS YEAR, BUT WE'VE SEEN INTEREST RATES CLIMB TO NEAR 8% AND THEN COME BACK DOWN HERE IN NOVEMBER JUST ABOUT 7.75.

SO THIS IS A CONCERN.

IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WATCHING.

AFFORDABILITY IS A BIG, BIG ISSUE.

BUT IF I GO BACK A SLIDE YOU CAN SEE IN BLUE THOSE ARE STARTS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE HOUSING OR THE NEW HOME BUILDERS HAVE PULLED BACK ON STARTS IN MANY AREAS ACROSS THE REGION.

NOW BUILDERS ARE CONTINUING TO OFFER RATE BUY DOWNS AND PAY CLOSING COSTS FOR CUSTOMERS.

GET THEM TO GET THEM CLOSED AND INTO THEIR HOUSES.

YOU KNOW IT'S CONTINUING TO AFFECT THE NEW HOME IS BENEFITING FROM THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT THEY CAN OFFER.

THIS IS THE EXISTING YOU CAN SEE THIS THE DARK BLUE BARS.

YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE DECLINE THERE ON THE RIGHT.

MANY OF THE RESALE NUMBERS HAVE REALLY SLOWED DOWN IN THE REGION BECAUSE OF INTEREST RATES.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE CONTINUE TO SEE STRONG NUMBERS IN THE ECONOMY, BOTH FOR TEXAS AS A WHOLE AND THEN THE MAJOR MARKETS.

AUSTIN, YOU CAN SEE THERE ANOTHER 3% YEAR OVER YEAR GROWTH THROUGH SEPTEMBER.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE.

THE CHART ON THE LEFT.

THE OVERALL TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED IS NOW OVER 1.3 MILLION RECOVERED FROM THE COVID LOSSES IN GROWING PAST THAT NOW ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WE'RE SEEING THE NUMBERS COME BACK TO THE MORE HISTORICAL NORMS. BUT AGAIN, VERY POSITIVE NUMBERS HERE FOR THE REGION ADDING A LITTLE MORE THAN 40,000 NEW JOBS EVERY 12 MONTHS.

MORE DETAILED.

NUMBERS HERE BY INDUSTRY, BUT I WANT TO MOVE AHEAD TO THE ACTIVITY HERE IN THE DISTRICT.

IT'S BEEN A REALLY REMARKABLE TIME THESE LAST NINE MONTHS.

LOOK AT THE CHART THERE ON THE LEFT.

THAT'S THE QUARTERLY NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IN PRETTY, PRETTY SLOW ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL THREE QUARTERS AGO.

AND THEN WE'VE SEEN RECORD ACTIVITY THESE LAST 6 TO 9 MONTHS.

SECOND QUARTER, THERE WERE OVER 188 NEW HOMES STARTED IN THE DISTRICT.

THAT'S A RECORD.

AND THEN THIS PAST QUARTER, IN THE THIRD QUARTER, 91 MOVED INTO THOSE ARE THE MOST WE'VE EVER COUNTED IN A THREE-MONTH PERIOD.

SO, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE DISTRICT IS NOW UP TO A RECORD 517 ANNUAL STARTS, AND CLOSINGS ARE NOW UP TO 194. AND SO RIGHT NOW, THE DISTRICT IS POSITIONED TO SEE THOSE CLOSINGS COME UP INTO THAT 4 TO 500 PERIOD AS WE MOVE FORWARD. I'LL TOUCH ON THAT AGAIN HERE IN A MINUTE.

SO ABOUT 650 NEW SINGLE-FAMILY LOTS WERE PUT ON THE GROUND OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS HERE IN THE DISTRICT.

TOP PRODUCERS OF NEW HOMES HAVE BEEN THE SUBDIVISIONS LIKE VINTAGE SPRINGS, THE NEW PHASES OF SUMMERSIDE, THE NEW CENTER POINT MEADOWS FOR KB.

BUT THEN WE'RE WATCHING THE HEARTLAND RANCH, THE HANSFORD SUBDIVISION THAT DR HORTON HAS, AND THEN TRINITY SQUARE.

SO BACK WHEN WE DID OUR SURVEY IN SEPTEMBER, THEY HAD A BUNCH OF HOUSES STARTED BUT NOT MOVED INTO.

SO, IF YOU DRIVE OUT THERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT MANY OF THE OF THOSE HOMES ARE STARTING TO BE OCCUPIED HERE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER.

I KNOW OF ONE. WE CAN UPDATE THIS FROM ZERO TO AT LEAST.

SO, A LOT OF THAT ACTIVITY IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY AS YOU, AS YOU, YOU ALL KNOW WHEN YOU DRIVE AROUND, IT'S ABOUT 73% IN THE CLEAR FORK ATTENDANCE ZONE.

YOU CAN SEE 375 HOMES STARTED JUST IN THE CLEAR FORK ZONE.

OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, I'M SEEING ACTIVITY IN THE NAVARRO ZONE.

THAT'S MOSTLY IN SUMMERSIDE.

NOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INVENTORY GOING FORWARD WITH ABOUT 400 HOMES CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT OR EXCUSE ME IN PROCESS BUT NOT CLOSED, YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 640 LOTS THAT ARE FULLY DEVELOPED WAITING FOR HOUSES TO START AND THEN ANOTHER 700 PLUS LOTS.

NOW SOME OF THAT LIST THERE HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.

I THINK THE LOCKHART PLACE TOWNHOMES THAT WE THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING IN SEPTEMBER, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE PULLED BACK ON THAT.

BUT THAT 246 TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT IS APPROVED BY THE CITY.

BUT YOU CAN NOW DRIVE OUT TO SUMMERSIDE AND SEE ALL OF THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE, ALL OF THE NEW PHASES GOING THERE.

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SO, WHEN YOU ADD IT ALL UP, THERE'S MORE THAN 11,000 FUTURE LOTS THAT ARE PLANNED FOR, FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISTRICT.

A LOT OF THE IMMEDIATE GROWTH WILL BE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY.

WHAT YOU SEE IN THE MAP HERE, THE ONES THAT ARE IN YELLOW ARE ONES THAT ARE ACTIVE ALREADY.

BUT NOTICE SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE IN BLUE.

THOSE ARE ONES THAT HAVE STARTED THE PLATTING PROCESS.

SO, ONES THAT WE PUT INTO OUR FORECAST AND OUR MONITORING AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO, A LOT OF ACTIVITY RIGHT HERE IN THIS AREA BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, ON THAT NORTH SIDE OF 142 WHERE YOU GOT LOCKHART FARMS AND THE LOCKHART FARMS APARTMENTS THAT ARE COMING IN THE HANSFORD SUBDIVISION, AND THEN AS WELL AS THE CENTER POINT MEADOWS.

WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE FAR WEST, NOTE THAT DR HORTON IS OUT A LITTLE FURTHER OUT TO THE WEST ON 142.

IN HEARTLAND RANCH.

THE JUNIPER SPRINGS SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS THE LOCATION OF ELEMENTARY NUMBER SIX, I BELIEVE IN TALKING WITH MR. ESTRADA, THEY RECEIVED APPROVAL FOR THEIR DISTRICT OUT THERE.

SO, WE'RE CONTINUING TO WATCH THAT.

BUT PAY ATTENTION IN THE NORTH FAR NORTHWEST.

A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN HAYS CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 21.

AND NOW ONE OF THOSE MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS, SUNSET OAKS, HAS MOVED ACROSS THE BOUNDARY.

AND THEY HAVE A SECTION OF LOTS THAT ARE READY TO GO.

AND IF YOU THEY HAVE THE FORM BOARDS DOWN FOR THE MODEL HOME THERE IN SUNSET OAKS PHASE FIVE.

SO, A LOT OF THAT SUNSET OAKS WILL BE VERY SIMILAR PRODUCT TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN SUMMERSIDE.

IT WILL LIKELY BE LENNAR OR LGI, ONE OF THOSE TYPE OF BUILDERS.

SO, ENTRY LEVEL IS THE LOWER END OF THE PRICE SPECTRUM.

NOW ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT THAT GATEWAY WALTON DEVELOPMENT HAS CONTROLLED LAND OUT HERE FOR OVER A DECADE.

AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE ONE OF THOSE PIECES THAT COTTON CENTER OR COTTON GATEWAY THERE AT THE UPPER LEFT, START TO MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS.

SO THAT'S ONE I'VE GOT MY EYE ON.

AND THE ONES THAT YOU SEE HERE IN PINK, THOSE ARE ONES THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE COUNTY, OR AT LEAST IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIAL RESIDENTIAL THROUGH CALDWELL COUNTY. THIS IS A SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE CITY.

YOU CAN SEE SUMMERSIDE THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN RIGHT HERE IN IN YELLOW.

BUT NOTE THAT THIS IS BEING WORKED UP FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1000 LOTS.

ALSO, THIS COMING THROUGH THE CITY IS AN ADDITIONAL 400 LOTS AT LOCKHART 92.

SO, THESE ARE THIS AREA DOWN HERE IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION THAT'S NAVARRO ATTENDED.

ZONE IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

ALSO NOTE ANOTHER NEW ONE THAT'S COME THROUGH IS BLACKJACK GROVE RIGHT THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FM 20.

THAT'S ONE THAT JUST CAME THROUGH THIS PAST YEAR.

NOW OUT IN THE DALE AREA, WE CONTINUE TO SEE MORE MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES RIGHT THERE IN THE CENTER OF THAT EARL ESTATES AREA HAS PRODUCED QUITE A FEW KIDS AND QUITE A FEW MOBILE HOMES OUT THERE.

SO, WE CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS AREA AND WE EXPECT MORE GROWTH OUT THERE IN THESE AREAS.

AND THEN ON THE NORTH SIDE.

ONE SUBDIVISION WANTED TO POINT OUT WAS UP HERE IN THE FAR NORTH.

NORTHEAST. THIS LUNA ROSSA SUBDIVISION THAT'S RECENTLY COME THROUGH CALDWELL COUNTY IS ABOUT 1300 LOTS, SO WE'VE GOT OUR EYE ON THAT ONE TO SEE WHO THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE.

AND THEN ANOTHER ONE MR. ESTRADA POINTED OUT TO ME WAS THAT IN THE NEWS RECENTLY, THIS LOOKS LIKE THIS LAND HERE ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF 21, COMING IN BASTROP AND INTO LOCKHART ISD, IS RECENTLY SOLD AND COULD POTENTIALLY BE ANOTHER RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

SO THAT'S VERY THAT CONSTANT TURNING OVER OUR NEW PLATS COMING IN IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SEEING THROUGHOUT THIS AREA. AS YOU KNOW, THE JOB CORRIDOR IN ONE 8180 THREE QUARTER.

AND WE START TO SEE DEVELOPERS TURN THEIR ATTENTION FURTHER AND FURTHER SOUTH.

SO, IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME TO START SEEING MORE OF THESE, AT LEAST GET LOOKED AT AND START TO BE PRESENTED TO BUILDERS.

ANOTHER ONE TO POINT OUT IS THIS TOMAHAWK SUBDIVISION.

THE PLAT DID COME THROUGH THE COUNTY.

I WOULD EXPECT THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE MORE MOBILE HOMES IN THE AREA.

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TRINITY SQUARE, SHOWN HERE JUST TO THE EAST OF COLORADO.

YOU MOVE OVER SOUTH OF 20 ALL TO ONE, ABOUT 30 LOTS IN THAT SUBDIVISION ARE READY.

HERE'S HOW SUMMERSIDE LOOKED IN SEPTEMBER.

NOTHING GOING ON. AND THEN IF YOU DRIVE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, IT'S ALL THE DIRT WORK IS WELL UNDERWAY.

AND THEN LOOK VINTAGE SPRINGS NOW ALMOST BUILT OUT.

JUST THINK BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT WAS NOTHING THERE EXCEPT BLUEBONNET.

AND THEN THE AREA ALONG 142.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE.

THIS IS ON THE NORTH HAND SIDE; YOU CAN SEE THE LOCKHART FARMS APARTMENTS AND IN SUBDIVISION AND DR HORTON'S HANSFORD SUBDIVISION.

JUST A DIFFERENT ANGLE OF THAT AREA.

NOTE THAT THERE'S 32-FOOT-WIDE LOT DUPLEXES AT KELLY VILLAS.

PLAN THERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AND THEN THERE'S CENTER POINT MEADOW, ALSO IN THE NEWS ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE YOU KNOW, THERE'S POTENTIAL A BUILD TO RENT SUBDIVISION ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TOLLWAY.

AND THEN HERE'S A PICTURE OF HEARTLAND RANCH.

AND THE LARGER LOTS ARE SHOWN HERE IN THE PICTURE.

THE 200 OR SO SMALLER LOTS ARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW.

BACK UP A COUPLE SLIDES.

ONE MORE. SO, THERE'S IN THE MIDDLE HERE.

THAT'S KB HOMES; CORRECT? DO WE YOU KNOW THEY'RE ABOUT TO FINISH THAT OUT THERE.

DO THEY. YOU KNOW IF THEY PLANNED ANY OTHER NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS AREA.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I HAVE NOT SEEN WHAT THEIR NEXT MOVE IS.

THEY HAVE NOT SAID WHERE THEY'RE GOING.

BUT MEADOWS, CLEAR FORK TO HERE.

YOU KNOW, LIKELY THAT THEY HAVE.

ANOTHER SPOT, BUT WE IT HASN'T BEEN REVEALED YET.

AND THEN THIS IS THE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.

THOSE ARE THE HOMES IN HAYS.

AND THEN THE NEW PHASE OF LOTS UP THERE AT SUNSET OAKS.

PHASE FIVE. OKAY, SO WHEN YOU PUT ALL OF THE SUBDIVISIONS INTO THE FORECAST AND YOU PROJECT THEM OUT OVER THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS, WE LOOK AT THE MARKET BEING ABOUT 400.

THE NEXT TWO YEARS. NOW UNDERSTAND I'M BEING VERY CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE INTEREST RATES HAVE GONE AS HIGH AS EIGHT.

WE'VE SEEN IT COME BACK A LITTLE BIT.

I THINK THEY'LL SETTLE HERE IN THIS 7.5 RANGE THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR, BUT THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR THEM TO GO BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE CAUTIOUS WITH.

NEXT YEAR IS AN ELECTION YEAR, SO THERE'S A LOT OF WILD CARDS THAT THE ECONOMY COULD FACE AS WE GO INTO.

BUT RIGHT NOW, WE THINK INTEREST RATES WILL STAY UP IN THAT UPPER SEVEN AT LEAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.

SO, TRYING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSERVATIVE OVER THESE NEXT TWO YEARS.

NOW WHEN ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THESE ADDITIONAL PHASES OF SUMMERSIDE, FOR EXAMPLE, GET UP AND RUNNING WHEN JUNIPER GETS UP AND RUNNING IN 18 MONTHS TO TWO YEARS, THEN THAT'S WHEN THE MARKET GOES TO 5 TO 700 A YEAR.

AND THEN IF WE SEE THE ADDITIONAL GROWTH ON THE NORTH SIDE WITH MORE ON THE SOUTHEAST THAN THE MARKET COULD PUSH UP TO 900 TO 1000 HOMES PER YEAR.

BUT I THINK IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO GET THERE.

BUT UNDERSTAND THE AUSTIN HOUSING MARKET IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF KYLE.

IT'S MOVING INTO SAN MARCUS AND IT'S MOVING TOWARDS LOCKHART.

IT'S MOVING INTO DEL VALLEY, MOVING SOUTH.

YES, SIR. YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION CLOSINGS, INTEREST RATES, ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

HOW MUCH DOES YOUR RESEARCH INCLUDE? POTENTIAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS, LARGE SCALE MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES POTENTIALLY COMING? DOES ANY OF THAT PLAY INTO YOUR PROJECTIONS, OR ARE THOSE OUTSIDE THINGS THAT, IF THAT WOULD HAPPEN, COULD ACCELERATE SOME OF THESE NUMBERS? I THINK IT'S THE LATTER IF.

WE'RE LOOKING AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF WHAT WE SEE TODAY.

YOU KNOW, IF WE RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WE SUSPECT THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING MAJOR, WE WILL HAVE TO ADJUST OR AT LEAST MOVE, POTENTIALLY MOVE THESE TO THE HIGH SCENARIOS LENS.

BUT RIGHT NOW, AS YOU'LL SEE HERE IN A MINUTE, I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

BUT I'M CURRENTLY PROJECTING BASED ON A LOT OF OUR MORE STABILITY.

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THE STUDENT YIELDS ARE SHOWN HERE.

WE USE A GEOCODING.

IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE IN THE CHART IN THE UPPER LEFT AS MORE OF THE NEWER HOMES ARE OCCUPIED.

WE'VE SEEN THE YIELD COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT IF YOU'VE DRIVEN MANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW THAT MANY OF THE HOMES ARE SMALLER AND THERE'S ON SMALLER LOTS, SMALLER SQUARE FOOTAGES.

SO, SEEING THE YIELD DROP TO AN AVERAGE OF 0.56 IS NOT UNUSUAL.

WE SEE IT ALL ACROSS TEXAS THAT MANY OF THE NEWER HOMES ON THE 40-FOOT-WIDE LOTS, 40- AND 50-FOOT LOTS, ARE PRODUCING IN THE 0.3 TO 0.5 STUDENT YIELD, WHEREAS THE LARGER LOTS THAT WERE 60 AND 70 80 FOOT WIDE, THEY WERE UP IN THE 0.7 RANGE HISTORICALLY.

SO, WE'RE SEEING THAT HERE IN THE DISTRICT.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE UPPER RIGHT SEVERAL OF THE ACTIVE SUBDIVISIONS, WHAT THEY'VE YIELDED SO FAR.

SO, WE'RE FACTORING THAT IN.

WHEN YOU SEE THE MODERATE PROJECTIONS USING A REALLY IN THAT 0.4 RANGE FOR MOST SUBDIVISIONS.

SO THE GREEN LINE HERE SHOWS OR ASSUMES THAT WE DON'T SEE SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS.

WE SEE THE DISTRICT MOVE MORE ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN HISTORICALLY IN A 2 TO 2.5% RATE.

YOU CAN SEE THE CAPACITY LEVELS FOR WHAT THE DISTRICT'S CURRENTLY AT AND WHAT IT WILL BE WHEN ADDITIONAL SEATS ARE ADDED FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL EXPANSION. AND ELEMENTARY NUMBER SIX, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FOR THE MODERATE, OUR MOST LIKELY SCENARIO, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A THREE AND A HALF OR 3 TO 3.5% GROWTH OVER THIS NEXT 12 MONTHS, PUSHING THE DISTRICT OVER THE 6800 TOTAL. HOPEFULLY BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, ABOUT 68 TO 45 IS WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING.

AND THEN STAYING IN THAT 3 TO 4% OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WOULD RESULT IN A NET INCREASE OF 1100 MORE STUDENTS.

NOW, OVER THE TEN YEAR, YOU CAN SEE HOW IT MOVES TOWARDS FOUR ON THE MODERATE.

AND THEN IF WE SEE THE FASTER GROWTH IN THE FOUR AND A HALF TO EVEN 6%, THAT'S WHAT THE RED LINE REPRESENTS.

BUT THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME OF THOSE MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS, LIKE THE LAGUNA RANCH IN THE NORTH, IN SEVERAL OF THE LIKE A COTTON CENTER OUT IN THE WEST FOR TO GET FOR THE MARKET HERE TO PRODUCE THAT MANY HOUSES.

BUT RIGHT NOW, EVEN WITH WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTED TO SEE IN A IN THAT 4 TO 500 RANGE PER YEAR, LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS A PERCENTAGE OF FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY, THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS VERSUS WHAT THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY HAS ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN. YOU CAN SEE HOW HIGH SCHOOL IS ALREADY OVER THERE UP AT 110 111% OF CAPACITY RIGHT HERE. AND YOU CAN SEE ELEMENTARY IS NEARLY FULL THIS YEAR AND EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER NEXT YEAR.

NOW, WITH THE ADDITION OF THE 650 SEATS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 600 SEATS FOR ELEMENTARY NUMBER 6 IN 2 YEARS, YOU CAN SEE IT WILL DROP THOSE.

PERCENTAGES BACK DOWN AND THEN BY YOU ALL TIME FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

BUT WATCH THE GREEN LINE FOR JUNIOR HIGH.

IT'S GOING TO START MOVING.

LET ME GO BACK JUST QUICKLY.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE THINK ABOUT WE KNOW WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVELY HAPPENING AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL AND WILL SOON START FOR ELEMENTARY NUMBER SIX.

AND AS WE'RE BACKWARDS PLANNING, KNOWING THAT A BOND IS COMING.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS UPDATED CHART, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT WOULD BE WISE FOR US TO START PLANNING ANOTHER BOND GOING INTO THAT 2026 TIME PERIOD, KNOWING THAT IT TAKES TIME TO PLAN, BUILD IT BY THE TIME IT'S OPENING SO THAT AS WE'RE. YOU KNOW, EXCEEDING OUR CAPACITY, INCLUDING ELEMENTARY NUMBER SIX.

IF WE WENT FOR A BOND, NOT THIS COMING YEAR, BUT THE YEAR AFTER THAT WOULD BE IDEAL AND TIMELY.

YEAH, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK THIS NEXT SLIDE ILLUSTRATES YOUR POINT.

IF YOU LOOK DOWN HERE SORRY IF I'M IN THE WAY.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THE.

CAPACITY NUMBERS.

WHEN YOU ADD ELEMENTARY NUMBER SIX THERE, IT DROPS DOWN UNDER 90%.

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SO, LOOKING AT THAT 28-29 TIMEFRAME, IF THE DISTRICT'S GROWING AT THAT THREE, 3.5% RATE, IT WILL BE FULL AGAIN BY 2029. SO, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT HAVING TO PLAN AND BOND AND BUILD A SCHOOL, THERE'S YOUR WINDOW RIGHT THERE BEFORE THE NEXT ONE IS NEEDED. AND SAME THING WHEN YOU LOOK AT JUNIOR HIGH, YOU CAN SEE I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THERE IN PINK THE WHEN THE SCHOOL IS OVER CAPACITY OR PROJECTED TO BE FULL OR OVER CAPACITY, YOU CAN SEE IN 2627 THOSE BIG CLASSES COMING UP FROM ELEMENTARY ARE GOING TO FINALLY MAKE IT TO THE JUNIOR HIGH.

AND THEN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE ADDITIONAL SPACE, YOU SHOULD HAVE ROOM THROUGH THE END OF THE DECADE, BUT THEN IT'LL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AGAIN AT SOME POINT DOWN THE ROAD.

AND NOW RECALL THIS IS ALL BASED OFF OF YOU ALL SEEING A GROWTH RATE THAT'S IN THAT 3 TO 4% RATE.

IF IT DOES GET FASTER, JUST START MOVING EVERYTHING UP IN TIME, MOVE IT TO THE LEFT.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION AND MYSELF.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND WATCH THE HOUSING MARKET AND SEE IF THESE NEED TO BE SPED UP OR SLOWED DOWN.

SO, I'LL ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AT THIS TIME.

BOARD, THANK YOU.

GOOD JOB, MR. ALEXANDER AND WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. WHAT WOULD BE THE NEED FOR JUNIOR HIGH OR ELEMENTARY? WELL, YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE DATA AND THIS MOST UPDATED REPORT, A SECOND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARE CERTAINLY PRIORITIES.

I THINK WE HAVE SOME OTHER NEEDS.

WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH CARVER.

WE SAW VERY CLEARLY THOSE NUMBERS THAT THAT CAMPUS IS, IS, HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE CAPACITY ISSUES.

WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SOME PROGRAMMATIC DECISIONS ON WHICH TYPES OF PROGRAMS DO WE WANT TO HAVE AT EACH CAMPUS MOVING FORWARD, AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AT, YOU KNOW, AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ALSO AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL.

SO, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FACTOR IN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, AS WE CONSIDER.

BUT ABSOLUTELY, ANOTHER ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THINKING ABOUT CARVER AS WELL.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SIR.

APPRECIATE IT. WE MOVE ON TO BE GIFTED AND TALENTED.

[Gifted and Talented Program Report]

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WRIGHT.

SORRY. AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.

I'M YVONNE GARCIA, AND THIS IS SHEILA MULBERRY.

AND WE ARE THE GIFTED AND TALENTED FACILITATORS AND TEACHERS FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND WE'RE HERE TO UPDATE YOU ON THE PROGRAM.

SO THIS RIGHT HERE IS JUST OUR MISSION STATEMENT BASICALLY WORKING THROUGH CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING, COLLABORATION, PROBLEM SOLVING.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF OUR GIFTED, TALENTED STUDENTS WITH BEING INDEPENDENT LEARNERS.

THIS IS OUR CURRENT PROGRAM PARTICIPATION 364 STUDENTS IN THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, WHICH IS ABOUT 6% OF OUR TOTAL ENROLLMENT, AND THE STATE AVERAGE IS AROUND 8%.

AND THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE STUDENTS AT EACH OF THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.

AND THIS REPRESENTS ABOUT 130 STUDENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

THOSE ARE THAT IS OUR CASELOAD COMBINED.

THE TWO OF US HAVE EACH HAVE ABOUT 70, 70 STUDENTS ON OUR ROSTER.

AND THIS IS WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS ON INCREASING OUR DEMOGRAPHICS AND HAVING IT MATCH THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR DISTRICT MORE CLOSELY. AND THIS IS YOU CAN SEE THE TREND FROM 2018 TO NOW.

AND IT WHEN IN 2018 WE HAD 26% EMERGING BILINGUAL OR IN THE DISTRICT OF THAT IN THE GT PROGRAM WE ONLY HAD 8%.

AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE DEMOGRAPHICS HAVE GONE UP FOR THE DISTRICT, BUT THEY'VE ALSO GONE UP IN OUR IN OUR PROGRAM AS WELL.

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BUT ACTUALLY THE YEAH. THE DIFFERENCE HERE.

AND THE DIFFERENCE AND THE DIFFERENCE.

HERE IS MUCH LESS NOW.

AND SO EVEN THOUGH THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE DISTRICTS ARE GOING UP, THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPATION IS INCREASING AT A GREATER SPEED TO CATCH UP TO THAT.

AND HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT? HOW ARE YOU MAKING IT? GOOD QUESTION.

WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT.

BUT WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE DATA TO GET THROUGH FIRST.

THIS IS IN 2022.

AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE HAD PRETTY CLOSE REPRESENTATION.

SO, THE CHART ON THE RIGHT IS THE REPRESENTATION INDEX.

AND THAT IS A CALCULATION OF THE PERCENTAGE IN THE DISTRICT COMPARED TO THE PERCENTAGE OF PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM.

AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT STRONG.

WE WERE REALLY CLOSE WITH 60% OF OUR POPULATION PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM BEING 60% COMPARED TO THE SCHOOL BEING 66%.

AND THAT REPRESENTS A 91% REPRESENTATION INDEX.

AND ALSO AT PLUM CREEK, WE HAVE REALLY CLOSE REPRESENTATION THERE.

IN 2023.

THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT AT STRAWN IT WENT DOWN, AND AT PLUM CREEK IT WENT DOWN.

PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT WAS THAT WE HAD A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF FIFTH GRADERS WHO ARE IDENTIFIED AS EMERGING BILINGUAL, WHO THEN WENT ON TO JUNIOR HIGH, BECAUSE YOU'LL NOTICE, THE JUNIOR HIGH COMPARISON IS A LOT CLOSER.

SO THERE.

OOPS. SORRY. I'M BACK.

TRYING TO GO BACK. LETTING ME GO BACK.

IT'S NOT LETTING ME GO BACK.

THERE WE GO. SO HERE WE HAD 11% COMPARED TO 23%.

AND THEN 29%, COMPARED TO 35%.

WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR STUDENT GROUP DATA.

THIS IS FROM 2021.

SO AT THAT TIME, WE HAD 79% OF THE DISTRICT WAS CODED AS HISPANIC.

AND OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPATION, IT WAS 49%.

AND COMPARED TO THEN IN THE DISTRICT, 16% IS OUR WHITE POPULATION AND IN OUR ENROLLMENT IS 42%. SO, WE'RE OVERIDENTIFIED IN THAT AREA.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

YOU'LL NOTICE IT'S TRENDING.

THE HISPANIC IS TRENDING UP IN ENROLLMENT AND DOWN IN THE WHITE ENROLLMENT.

AND THEN THIS IS THIS YEAR.

LAST YEAR. THIS IS AS OF THE DATA FOR THE SNAPSHOT.

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR LAST FALL.

AND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, BASICALLY SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING TO IMPROVE THE PROGRAM IS DIFFERENT TEACHER TRAININGS, MAKING SURE THERE'S EQUITY IN OUR IDENTIFICATION WHEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE STUDENTS, AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR RIGOR AND DIFFERENTIATION AS WE GO ON.

SO, OUR FIRST GOAL UNLOCKING POTENTIAL IS TEACHER TRAINING.

AND THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WE'VE DONE DURING THE PANDEMIC.

WE CREATED AN ONLINE 30-HOUR FOUNDATION TRAINING, WHICH IS REQUIRED TRAINING FOR ANY TEACHER WHO HAS STUDENTS ON THEIR ROSTER.

WE CREATED A VARIETY OF UPDATE OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH LOCKHART ISD.

SO, ALL OF THESE ARE INTERNAL PROGRAMS, INTERNAL COURSES THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED.

WE'VE DONE LEARN AND LEAD SESSIONS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL SUMMERS.

THIS PAST SUMMER, WE TRAINED THE LEVER LEADERS.

THEY RECEIVED THEIR ADMIN GT TRAINING.

WE ALSO DEVELOP FACE TO FACE AND ONLINE 30-HOUR TRAINING WAS AVAILABLE THIS SUMMER.

AND THEN THE LAST THING WE DID WAS LAST YEAR.

TWO YEARS AGO, WE TRAINED THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS, THE ART TEACHERS AND THE LIBRARIANS TO ADMINISTER A PLANNED EXPERIENCES TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE KINDERGARTNERS WHO WERE VERY CREATIVE, TO THEN UNDERGO FURTHER TESTING.

SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE DID WERE THIS IS KIND OF OUTSIDE LOCKHART WE HAVE PRESENTED AT THE STATE CONFERENCES.

THERE ARE THREE STATE CONFERENCES, ONE ON EQUITY, ONE THE GENERAL CONFERENCE AND ONE ON THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE THIS PAST YEAR.

MS. RANGEL AND I PRESENTED AT THE EQUITY CONFERENCE ABOUT OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAM AND HOW TO IDENTIFY AND SERVE BILINGUAL

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AND THEN I ALSO ATTEND THE MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH THE GT COORDINATOR.

AND THEN THE LAST THING IS THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING LEAD HAS BEEN ATTENDING THE MONTHLY LEADER NETWORK MEETINGS.

AND HERE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES OF THINGS THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE LAST YEAR.

SO, AS WE GO FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AND MONITOR THE REQUIRED 30-HOUR FOUNDATION TRAINING AND SIX-HOUR UPDATE TRAININGS FOR THE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. AND ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THAT IS AUDIT IS DOING AN AUDIT OF THE SECONDARY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.

SO, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR ADVANCED LEVEL TEACHERS ARE TRAINED AND HAVE RECEIVED THEIR 30-HOUR TRAINING AND THEIR SIX-HOUR UPDATES, SINCE THAT'S HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE SERVED AT SECONDARY.

ONE OF THE NEXT. THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAD PLANNED ON DOING, AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, IS DEVELOPING A VARIETY OF CONTENT SPECIFIC LEARN AND LEAD SUMMER, EITHER 1 HOUR OR 3-HOUR COURSES THAT THAT TEACHERS CAN TAKE TO GET TO SATISFY THAT SIX-HOUR UPDATE REQUIREMENT.

AND THEN THE LAST THING WE NEED TO DO, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US AND TO OUR SUCCESS, IS TO RECRUIT THE STAFF TO FILL THAT OPEN BILINGUAL FACILITATOR POSITION. THE BOARD APPROVED THAT IN MARCH OF 2021, AND WE HAVE NOT FILLED IT YET.

OKAY. SO, OUR SECOND GOAL IS TO IMPROVE THE EQUITY AND IDENTIFICATION IN SOME OF THE WAYS WE'VE DONE THIS.

IS THAT OUR REFERRAL FORMS, THEY'RE BOTH IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH.

WE DO HARD COPIES. WE DO ONLINE COPIES, WHATEVER WORKS FOR THE PARENTS.

ALSO PROVIDING FACULTY TRAININGS AT EACH OF THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES TO WORK FOR THEM.

AND THEN WE ALSO OFFER ONLINE IF SOMEBODY NEEDS IT.

FOR SOME REASON, WE HAVE REFERRAL PERIODS OPEN EVERY OCTOBER AND THEN CLOSED, AND THEN WE ARE CURRENTLY TESTING 130 STUDENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

SO FAR LOCKHART FOR PEOPLE.

SOME OF THESE MEASURES TO HELP IT BE MORE EQUITABLE IS WE HAVE THESE DIFFERENT TESTS AND THEY'RE OFFERED IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, DEPENDING ON THE STUDENT'S LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION.

THERE'S NONVERBAL.

THERE'S ALSO INSTRUCTION IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH FOR THE CREATIVITY PART OF THE TORRANCE.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE SLOCUM PAYNE WHICH IS OUR TEACHER INVENTORY.

AND THAT ONE IS SPECIFIC TO IDENTIFY THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN POVERTY.

AND THEN WE COLLECT PORTFOLIO SAMPLES ALONG WITH THAT.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE IN THAT THREE? YES, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

YOU SKIPPED A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE.

OKAY. SORRY. OKAY.

SO, THE IN THAT THREE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE STARTED A FEW YEARS AGO IS THAT IN FEBRUARY, WE SCREEN EVERY SECOND GRADER IN THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

AND WITH THIS BEING NONVERBAL, IT DOESN'T ACCOUNT INTO IF THEY ARE NOT QUITE UP TO GRADE LEVEL ON READING, AND IT DOESN'T ACCOUNT IF THEY ARE SPANISH OR ENGLISH SPEAKERS BECAUSE IT'S ALL PICTURES, BUT IT DOES ALL THAT LOGICAL AND NON-VERBAL REASONING, AND SO IT SHOWS A POTENTIAL FOR THE PROBLEM SOLVING AND THE LOGICAL PROCESSES THAT THEY GO THROUGH ALREADY.

AND SO THAT ONE USUALLY HELPS US CAPTURE SOME OF THE STUDENTS THAT DIDN'T STAND OUT IN THE KINDER CREATIVITY EXPERIENCES, OR MAYBE HAVE NOT STOOD OUT IN CLASS.

AND SO, WE TRY TO COLLABORATE WITH COUNSELORS TO PROVIDE.

OH SORRY. THESE ARE OUR NEXT STEPS.

OOPS, SORRY. COLLABORATE WITH THOSE COUNSELORS TO PROVIDE THAT GT SPECIFIC LESSONS.

AND THEN WE ALSO OFFER A KINDERGARTEN PARENT MEETING EACH SPRING IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

WE'VE OFFERED THIS BOTH VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON, TO GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE TESTING GOES AND WHAT THE PROGRAM IS LIKE IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND ASK QUESTIONS.

SO, I'M NOT SURE.

DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO SOME DEGREE? IS THERE LIKE AN EXITING OF STUDENTS THAT ONCE THEY GET IDENTIFIED, THEY STAY IN THE PROGRAM YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR? OR THERE WAS A TIME WHERE YOU EXIT SOME KIDS OR.

AND SO ACCORDING TO THE STATE PLAN, STUDENTS ARE NOT EXITED UNTIL, UNTIL OR IF IT NO LONGER BECOMES AN APPROPRIATE INTERVENTION FOR THEM.

SO, WHAT THAT WOULD ENTAIL, WE DON'T DO ANY EXITING.

ONCE A STUDENT IS IDENTIFIED, WE LOOK AT THEM AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO MAKE SURE THIS IS STILL AN APPROPRIATE EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION FOR THEM.

IN THE CASE THAT IT'S NOT, WE WOULD MEET WITH THE PARENTS.

WE WOULD MEET WITH THE TEACHER AND THE STUDENT, POSSIBLY TO FIND OUT WHETHER IT IS OR WHETHER SOMETIMES STUDENTS DON'T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED ANY LONGER.

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SO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE DON'T EXIT STUDENTS.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO TEST AGAIN UNLESS THERE'S SOME EDUCATIONAL REASON OR RATIONALE FOR THEM NO LONGER PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM.

SO, THERE'S YEARLY TESTING AT EACH GRADE LEVEL FOR KIDS.

SO YES, WE OFFER YEARLY TESTING FOR ANY STUDENT.

SO, A STUDENT CAN TEST.

BUT ONCE THEY'VE QUALIFIED OR BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE PROGRAM, THEY DON'T TEST AGAIN.

AND EVEN THAT THAT GOES ON TO JUNIOR HIGH.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT JUNIOR HIGH IN JUST A SECOND.

SO, A PARENT CAN RECOMMEND IF I WANT MY CHILD TESTED.

YES, I CAN JUST HAVE MY CHILD TESTED.

YES, WE HAVE TO HAVE PARENT PERMISSION.

SO THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE STARTED DOING THE KINDERGARTEN SCREENING AND THE SECOND-GRADE VERBAL SCREENING IS BECAUSE SOMETIMES PARENTS AREN'T AWARE THAT THEY CAN REFER STUDENTS.

AND SO THAT'S TO LOOK FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT THE PARENTS MIGHT NOT KNOW, OR THEY MIGHT NOT BE SHOWING UP FOR THE TEACHER.

AND SO, WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE ALL THOSE STUDENTS WE CAN.

THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'VE INCREASED OUR EQUITY BY FINDING THOSE STUDENTS WHOSE PARENTS MIGHT NOT KNOW.

A LOT OF TIMES, BILINGUAL PARENTS ARE NOT AWARE OF THE PROGRAM.

WE'VE TRIED TO GET THE WORD OUT AND WE'VE PUT INFORMATION ON ALL THE SCHOOL WEBSITES, BUT THEY MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF THAT, THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND SO THAT'S HOW WE TRY TO CAPTURE THOSE KIDS.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT THEY'RE NOW MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND MORE PARENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, REQUESTING FOR KIDS TO BE TESTED? YES. BECAUSE WHEN WE FIND THOSE STUDENTS, WE SEND WE SEND A LETTER TO THE PARENTS IN ENGLISH OR SPANISH, WHICHEVER LANGUAGE IT NEEDS TO BE TO SAY YOUR CHILD'S SCORED HIGH ON THIS TEST.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THEM GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE SCREENING? SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE CATCHING MORE OF THOSE KIDS.

AND WHEN IS IT? WHEN PARENTS ARE ABLE TO REQUEST THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR? MIDDLE SCHOOL YEAR? YES.

SO, WE HAVE TWO TESTING SESSIONS OPEN A YEAR, ONE IN THE IN THE FALL IN OCTOBER AND THEN ANOTHER ONE IN THE SPRING.

SO IN ABOUT FEBRUARY WE TRY TO DO IT BEFORE SPRING BREAK.

OKAY. IF WE HAVE A STUDENT WHO COMES NEW TO THE DISTRICT AND THEY'RE AND THEY STAND OUT WITH THE TEACHER, WE CAN ALSO TEST THAT AT THAT TIME. SO, WE DON'T HAVE THE WINDOW OPEN NORMALLY, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T TEST IN THE INTERIM.

I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. ARE ALL TEACHERS CERTIFIED IN IN THE 30 HOUR AND THE GT OR ALL CLASSROOM TEACHERS? NOT ALL CLASSROOM TEACHERS.

ANY TEACHER WHO HAS GIFTED STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASS.

AND WE CLUSTER THEM IN IN CLASSES.

ANY TEACHER WHO HAS THOSE STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASS IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO HAVE THAT 30-HOUR TRAINING.

SO THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN AUDITING, AUDITING AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE.

BUT NOT EVERY TEACHER HAS TO.

AND A STUDENT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED IN ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WHEN THEY MOVE TO LOCKHART, THEY ARE PLACED IN THE GT PROGRAM.

THEY ARE NOT AUTOMATICALLY THE WAY THE WAY OUR HANDBOOK IS READ AND THE WAY THE STATE PLAN IS READ IS THAT WE LOOK AT THEM AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE THE APPROPRIATE AND APPROPRIATE EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION FOR THEM.

SO, WE DON'T AUTOMATICALLY DO THAT, THAT THAT'S WITH ANY DISTRICT.

IF ONE OF OUR STUDENTS LEFT AND WENT TO ANOTHER DISTRICT, WE WOULD LOOK AT THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY WOULD LOOK AT THEM, TO MAKE SURE IT'S APPROPRIATE.

WHEN YOU SAY YOU LOOK AT THEM, DOES THAT MEAN YOU WOULD TEST THEM AGAIN OR SOMETHING? NOT NECESSARILY. IF THEY IF THEY'VE ALREADY HAD THE SAME TESTS THAT WE ADMINISTER, EVERY DISTRICT DOES A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

IF WE HAVE THE SAME, IF WE ADMINISTER THE SAME TEST, WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT TESTING.

AGAIN. IF THEIR PROGRAM IS VERY SIMILAR TO OURS, THEN WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY THEM.

WE TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE REGISTRARS, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE A TRANSFER STUDENT WHO COMES IN TO PLACE THEM.

PURPOSEFULLY IN A CLUSTER CLASS IN THE EVENT THAT THEY ARE IDENTIFIED BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE CLUSTERED TOGETHER, THEY CAN'T BE IN JUST ONE TEACHER'S CLASS WHO DOESN'T HAVE THEIR TRAINING. SO, WE TRY TO BE WE TRY TO KEEP THE REGISTRARS INFORMED AND HELP THEM COMMUNICATE WITH US IN THE EVENT THAT THAT HAPPENS.

I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU GUYS HAVE LIKE A RATIO OF 1 TO 70.

WHAT KIND OF A PROGRAM MODEL IS THAT? DO YOU GO INTO THE CLASSROOM? DO YOU PULL THE KIDS OUT? NO, THEY COME TO US FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS A WEEK.

SO. SORRY.

GRADE LEVEL. THAT'S K THROUGH FIVE.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET TO JUNIOR HIGH IN JUST A MINUTE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

UM, WHERE WERE WE? YES. OKAY.

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AND THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK AND WHY WE FEEL IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO HIRE THAT THIRD PERSON.

BECAUSE CURRENTLY I'M AT THREE, THREE CAMPUSES AND MS. GARCIA IS AT TWO CAMPUSES.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE BEEN HELPING WITH THE JUNIOR HIGH.

SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS WE CREATED ADVISORY LESSONS FOR SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADE.

WE STARTED IT LAST YEAR AND WE MOVED UP A YEAR.

SO THOSE KIDS ARE CLUSTERED IN AN ADVISORY CLASS TOGETHER, AND THEY RECEIVE LESSONS FROM US THAT THE TEACHERS CAN USE ABOUT TWO DAYS A WEEK.

SO, THEY STILL DO LEADER IN ME AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY DO IN ADVISORY, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE LESSONS THAT ARE GT SPECIFIC LESSONS FOR THEM.

WE ALSO TOOK OUR FIFTH-GRADE STUDENTS BACK TO STARBASE AUSTIN, WHICH IS A FANTASTIC PROGRAM DONE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN AUSTIN.

AND IT'S ALL FIFTH-GRADE SCIENCE TEACHERS THAT THE KIDS GET, AND THEY SPEND FIVE DAYS THERE AT FIVE SEPARATE DAYS, THEY DON'T SPEND THE NIGHT FIVE SEPARATE DAYS DOING EVERYTHING FROM ROCKETRY TO CAD DRAWINGS TO 3D PRINTING TO ROBOTICS.

IT'S REALLY A GREAT PROGRAM, AND IT IS AT NO COST BECAUSE IT IS THROUGH A GRANT THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

WE HAVE, WE DO ACTIVITIES USING THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION GRANTS.

WE'VE RECEIVED GRANTS EVERY YEAR.

AND SO, WE DO ACTIVITIES WITH THEM.

WE DID A SHOWCASE LAST YEAR, FIRST THROUGH SIXTH GRADE OR KINDER THROUGH SIXTH GRADE, AND THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SEVENTH GRADE ALSO.

AND THEN WE DO THAT NONVERBAL UNIVERSAL SCREENER AT SECOND GRADE.

AND SO, OUR NEXT STEPS THAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS DO A FULL PROGRAM EVALUATION THIS SPRING.

AND LOOKING AT THE AREAS OF REFERRAL PROCESSES, EVALUATION PROCESSES AND PROGRAM SERVICES, AND TO HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, AND THEN COLLABORATING MORE WITH THE LEVEL LEADERS AND THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY PLANNING THE CURRICULUM IN ORDER TO ACCELERATE THESE STUDENTS.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WORKING ON UPDATING THAT LOCAL HANDBOOK.

OR DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. DO YOU HAVE AN EXAMPLE OR ABOUT THE REFERRAL FORM THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE IN SPANISH? COULD YOU SHOW THAT, OR DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT? SO, THE REFERRAL FORM IS JUST DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT.

WE DON'T, IT'S NOT WE DON'T ASK THE PARENTS ANY QUESTIONS.

SO, IT'S JUST A NAME AND CAMPUS AND.

AND ALL THAT. SO, THE REFERRAL FORM IS JUST COLLECTING THE INFORMATION.

OKAY. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT ANY OF THE TESTING.

OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR BILINGUAL PARENTS ARE ABLE TO HAVE EASILY ACCESS TO THAT.

YEAH. SO, WE HAVE THE FORM ONLINE AND I CAN SHOW YOU A COPY OF THE HARD COPY ALSO.

EITHER OR I CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

OKAY. THAT'S FINE. THAT'S WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE IT IN THE BRIEFING THIS WEEK.

YES, SIR. SURE.

THANK YOU, LADIES. THANK YOU.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO 8.C TEACHER AND STAFF HOUSING PROGRAM, MR.

[Teacher and Staff Housing Program]

I WANT TO JUST KIND OF PREFACE THIS.

WE'VE. FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, WE'VE EXPLORED, EXPLORES WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN PROVIDE TOTAL COMPENSATION PACKAGES AND BENEFITS TO OUR STAFF OUTSIDE OF JUST PAY.

AND WE'VE GONE DOWN THIS PATH AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE TAKEN SOME PIT STOPS AND EXIT RAMPS, BUT WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN PROVIDE BENEFITS TO, TO OUR STAFF.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS ISSUE OF TEACHER HOUSING AND STAFF HOUSING, NOT JUST TEACHERS, BUT ALL OF OUR STAFF IN GENERAL IN CENTRAL TEXAS, CONTINUES TO CREATE CHALLENGES WITH AFFORDABILITY.

WE SEE IT AS A REASON WHY PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THE TEACHING.

YEAH. PROFESSION JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, PEOPLE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION RIGHT NOW ARE FINDING IT VERY CHALLENGING TO MAKE A LIVING AND LIVE IN CENTRAL TEXAS.

SO WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE WAYS IN WHICH TO DO THAT.

SO WE HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION JUST AS JUST EXPLORATORY.

ANOTHER OPTION THAT WE CAN CONSIDER AS WE CONTINUE DOWN THIS PATH.

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AND IF YOU WANT TO JUMP INTO I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION, RIGHT.

WE DON'T HAVE IT. IF I CAN.

IF I NEED TO FORWARD IT TO YOU, I CAN.

WELL WHILE WE'RE BRINGING IT UP.

WELL, GOOD EVENING, BOARD, AND A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

MR. ESTRADA, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

MY NAME IS RUDY MEJIA, FOR THE RECORD.

I'M A FINANCIAL ADVISOR WITH NICOLE HAYDEN ADVISORS.

I'M THE CEO AND FOUNDER OF THE FIRM, AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF REPRESENTING THE TEXAS WORKFORCE HOUSING FOUNDATION.

AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PROVIDING WE'RE FIGURING OUT WAYS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.

AND IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING THAT I'M FOLLOWING UP THE GT PRESENTATION AND THE BILINGUAL PRESENTATION BECAUSE.

HONESTLY, THAT'S HOW THIS WHOLE PROGRAM CAME ABOUT.

MY WIFE AND I, WE LIVE IN EANES ISD, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF KIDS IN THE DISTRICT, AND WE WERE AT A TOWN HALL MEETING WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD WERE DISCUSSING THE BILINGUAL PROGRAM AND POSSIBLY DOWNSIZING THE PROGRAM BECAUSE OF HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO ATTRACT BILINGUAL TEACHERS TO THE DISTRICT.

AND WHAT I STARTED TO REALIZE THEN AND THERE WAS.

PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS AUSTIN AREA.

WE'RE JUST GETTING PRICED OUT.

AND SO I TURNED TO MY WIFE AND I SAID, LOOK, I THINK I MAY HAVE A SOLUTION TO THIS, TO THIS PROBLEM AND UTILIZED BASICALLY MY EXPERTISE IN BONDS AND ASSISTING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND FOUND A SOLUTION WHERE WE CAN GO OUT AND PURCHASE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, TAKE IT OFF THE TAX ROLLS, AND UTILIZE THAT TAX SAVINGS TO HELP SUBSIDIZE TEACHER RENT.

THE PROGRAM CURRENTLY IS IN OPERATION IN ROUND ROCK ISD.

PFLUGERVILLE ISD.

EANES ISD. WE JUST GOT APPROVAL TONIGHT.

TYPICALLY, IT'S A TWO MAN SHOW WITH MY LAWYER, ADAM HARDEN, BUT HE'S IN FREDERICKSBURG ISD RIGHT NOW WHERE THEY JUST APPROVED THE PROGRAM.

WE'RE IN HAYS CISD, AND THEN TOMORROW WE'RE PRESENTING AT DEL VALLE ISD.

SO, THE PROGRAM HAS, YOU KNOW, SINCE THAT MEETING WITH EANES, THE PROGRAM HAS KIND OF EXPLODED HERE IN THE STATE.

AND I'VE BEEN ATTENDING SEVERAL BOARD MEETINGS AND PRESENTING THE IDEA AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DISTRICT.

SO. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION THAN I TYPICALLY GIVE.

BUT I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN THE PROGRAM ITSELF.

YOU KNOW, I GREW UP MY MOTHER WAS AN EDUCATOR.

SHE JUST RETIRED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO FROM HAYS CISD, AND WE LIVED IN AND OUT OF APARTMENTS THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE CHILDHOOD.

SO, I UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLES THAT OUR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES ARE GOING THROUGH AND LIVED IT FIRSTHAND.

RIGHT. SO, HERE'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO THE TEXAS WORKFORCE HOUSING FOUNDATION IS.

IT'S FORMALLY KNOWN AS TEXAS CENTRAL HOUSING, AND IT IS A NONPROFIT PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION.

SO, WE ARE A GOVERNMENT ENTITY, AND WE HAVE A GOVERNING BOARD.

THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE BOARD MEMBERS AT THE PFC LEVEL AND FIVE BOARD MEMBERS AT THE MMD LEVEL, WHERE WE RECEIVED OUR PFC SPONSORSHIP FROM. SO, OUR MAIN FOCUS, OUR ONLY MISSION IS TO FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR TEXANS.

WE DECIDED TO FOCUS PRIMARILY ON TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS AND DISTRICT STAFF BECAUSE WHEN WE STARTED GOING AROUND THE STATE ASKING WHERE THE NEED WAS.

THE FIRST AND FOREMOST DEMOGRAPHIC THAT NEEDS THE MOST ASSISTANCE IS TEACHERS AND DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.

NOW, NOT TO GET TOO POLITICAL, BUT OUR STATE ISN'T PROVIDING US THE NECESSARY FUNDING AND TOOLS THAT WE NEED TO BE COMPETITIVE TO ATTRACT THE TALENTED STAFF THAT THAT WE NEED.

AND SO, WE HAD TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING CREATIVE, SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

NO ONE IN THE STATE IS DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND IT WAS CREATED BY MYSELF AND MY PARTNER LAWYER.

AND OUR MAIN MISSION IS TO HOW DO WE HELP SCHOOL DISTRICTS RETAIN AND ATTRACT TALENT? SO, I ALREADY MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, I GREW UP IN AND OUT OF APARTMENTS.

WE LIVE IN AUSTIN.

I UNDERSTAND HOW EXPENSIVE THINGS HAVE GOTTEN AND.

ONE THING THAT'S REALLY TOUCHED ME THE MOST AS I'VE BEEN GOING AROUND THE STATE, IS WHEN I TALK TO SUPERINTENDENTS, AND I TALKED TO TWO BOARDS AND THEY TELL ME HOW CAFETERIA WORKERS AND JANITORS ARE HAVING TO DRIVE IN AN HOUR EACH WAY TO SERVE THE KIDS.

AND IT'S LIKE IT'S GETTING TOO EXPENSIVE FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF TO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY TEACH.

RIGHT. SO, I STARTED THINKING ABOUT MY OWN CHILDREN, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE IS LIKE IN A CLASSROOM.

AND I THINK, WHAT IF MY KID'S TEACHER HAD TO DRIVE IN AN HOUR BATTLING TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF AUSTIN?

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WHAT IF THERE IS A WAY WE COULD GET THEM CLOSER TO THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY TEACH? RIGHT. SO THAT'S REALLY THE UNDERLYING FOCUS THAT WE HAVE AS A FOUNDATION AND WHAT DRIVES OUR MISSION.

AND SO HERE'S KIND OF THE PROGRAM, HOW IT WORKS VERY BRIEFLY.

THE FOUNDATION WANTS TO PARTNER WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE A NEED TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN TALENT.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP AS MANY TEACHERS AND DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AS WE POSSIBLY CAN THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND SO THROUGH WHAT WE CALL AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT OR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, THE FOUNDATION WILL ASK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AT SOME POINT TO ENTER INTO A PARTNERSHIP, SOME TYPE OF AN AGREEMENT WHERE THE BOARD SAYS, HEY, LOOK, TEXAS WORKFORCE HOUSING FOUNDATION, WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE LANDLORD BUSINESS, BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO OUR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, GO OUT AND FIND AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT YOU CAN PURCHASE AND TAKE IT OFF THE TAX ROLLS, USE THE SAVINGS TO PAY DOWN TEACHER RENT.

SO THAT'S THE KIND OF PARTNERSHIP.

INITIALLY. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I WAS GOING AROUND THE STATE PITCHING THESE.

PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATIONS, LIKE OTHER NONPROFITS, WHERE THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD ACTUALLY GO OUT AND PURCHASE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND TAKES IT OFF THE TAX ROLLS AND PAY THE SUBSIDIZED RENT.

THE ISSUE THERE, THOUGH, IS.

SCHOOL BOARDS DIDN'T SIGN UP TO BE ON PUBLIC FACILITY BOARDS.

WRITE YOUR SUPERINTENDENT.

AS GREAT AS HE IS, HE'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MAKE THE BEST LANDLORD.

RIGHT? AND THEN THE DISTRICT PROBABLY DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE ON THE RISK.

SO. I'M SURE THERE'S NOTHING HE CANNOT DO.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT DOESN'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH RUNNING AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE PARTNERSHIP COMES IN AND WHERE WE CAN KIND OF TAKE OFF THE RISK OF THE DISTRICT AND PROVIDE A VERY VALUABLE PROGRAM FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES. AND THEN WHAT THE FOUNDATION DOES.

SO, THEY TAKE A PROPERTY OFF THE TAX ROLLS, RIGHT? SO, THE NET OPERATING INCOME WILL AUTOMATICALLY GO UP.

RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S ONE LINE ITEM THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANYMORE.

WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE A PORTION OF THAT MONEY.

AND IN THIS CASE FOR LOCKHART ISD, I KNOW IT SAYS 250,000, BUT THAT'S FROM AN EXISTING OLD PROGRAM TODAY.

THE NUMBER IS 500,000.

SO, WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY'LL TAKE $500,000 OF THAT SAVINGS AND PUT IT INTO AN AFFORDABILITY FUND THAT'S UTILIZED AT THE DISTRICT'S DISCRETION TO PAY DOWN RENT.

SO, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE AT ROUND ROCK ISD.

THERE WERE FOUR PROPERTIES IN THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE AFFORDABILITY FUND WAS FUNDED WITH $1 MILLION, AND RIGHT NOW EACH EMPLOYEE IS GETTING $500 OFF OF RENT A MONTH.

SO, WHEN YOU DO THE MATH, THAT'S $6,000 A YEAR OFF OF RENT.

SO THAT'S TAX-EXEMPT MONEY THAT'S GOING DIRECTLY TO YOUR TEACHER'S POCKET AND NOT BEING COUNTED TOWARDS YOUR TAXABLE INCOME.

RIGHT. YES, SIR.

WHY IS IT NOT BEING COUNTED AS TAXABLE INCOME BUT NET SAVINGS.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO, THE AFFORDABILITY FUND IS ITS OWN SEPARATE NONPROFIT AS WELL.

AND SO, THE WAY WE CHANNEL THE MONEY IS FROM THE FOUNDATION TO THE AFFORDABILITY FUND, FROM THE AFFORDABILITY FUND DIRECTLY TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.

IF THE MONEY WOULD GO TO THE DISTRICT OR IT WOULD GO TO THE EMPLOYEE, THEN THAT WOULD TRIGGER A TAXABLE EVENT FOR THE EMPLOYEE.

SO, THE WAY AROUND THAT IS TO CREATE A NONPROFIT AFFORDABILITY FUND THAT PAYS THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES DIRECTLY.

ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT EMPLOYEE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING WE'RE SEEING SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS GOING BACK TO ROUND ROCK.

THERE'S ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS RENTING A TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT THAT TYPICALLY GOES FOR $1,800 A MONTH.

HE'S PAYING $750.

SO, THE SAVINGS CAN DEFINITELY BE SUBSTANTIAL.

AND THEN WHEN THE FOUNDATION ACQUIRES A PROPERTY.

THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE PRIORITY ACCESS TO THE AVAILABLE UNITS.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE MAY FIND THAT ONE APARTMENT COMPLEX IS ENOUGH, AND YOU ONLY NEED 50 UNITS.

YOUR DISTRICT STAFF WOULD RECEIVE PRIORITY ACCESS TO THOSE 50 UNITS AND ACCESS TO THE AFFORDABILITY FUND.

SO, WHEN YOU TAKE IT OFF THE TAX ROLLS, DO YOU TAKE IT OFF THE TAX ROLLS JUST FOR THE DISTRICT OR FOR EVERY GOVERNMENT ENTITY IN THAT AREA? IT'S FOR EVERY GOVERNMENT ENTITY IN THE AREA.

AND. SO DO THEY.

DO THEY PROTEST THAT? DO OTHER ENTITIES PROTEST THAT, OR ARE THEY UPSET THAT THEY'RE LOSING THAT TAXABLE INCOME OR THE? AND. AND HOW DID YOU GET AROUND THAT? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY PUSHBACK FROM COUNTIES OR CITIES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING IN.

THIS WAS A GOVERNMENT SPONSORED, SPONSORED ENTITY.

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OUR FOCUS IS JUST ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN PARTICULAR.

BUT, YOU KNOW, OUT OF GOOD FAITH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR CITY MAYOR OR YOUR CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE HERE'S THE WAY THAT THE PROGRAM WORKS, RIGHT? LET'S SAY WE FIND AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT HAS 300 UNITS.

150 OF THOSE UNITS ARE GOING TO BE AT MARKET RENT.

THE OTHER 150 ARE GOING TO BE AT A REDUCED RENT.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING RATE IS BASED ON THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.

SO YOUR NURSES, YOUR FIREFIGHTERS, YOUR POLICE OFFICERS, THEY CAN ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS.

THE AFFORDABILITY FUND SPECIFICALLY SET UP FOR LOCKHART ISD IS ONLY FOR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, BUT THERE IS SOME SAVINGS TO BE HAD BY YOUR POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS AND CITY EMPLOYEES AS WELL.

YES, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

YOU KNOW, THE THIS PROGRAM I THINK WE LAUNCHED IT IN.

JUNE OF THIS YEAR, SO WE'VE ONLY BEEN AROUND FOR MAYBE 4 OR 5 MONTHS.

WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED MUCH, IF ANY, PUSHBACK AT ALL FROM CITIES OR COUNTIES.

BUT THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, THOUGH.

YOU KNOW, I HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH YOUR WITH YOUR SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, KIND OF DESCRIBING THE PROGRAM.

WE'VE HAD SEVERAL NEWS ARTICLES WRITTEN AND SEVERAL NEWS STATIONS COVERING WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND SO I WANTED TO PRESENT TO MR. ESTRADA THE IDEA THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT LOCKHART ISD IS INTERESTED IN.

IT DOES TAKE US TIME.

I WOULD ESTIMATE ABOUT SIX MONTHS FROM WHEN I INITIALLY MET WITH MR. ESTRADA TO WHEN WE CAN ACTUALLY START OPENING UP UNITS FOR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.

SO, THERE IS SOME TIME TODAY WE'RE JUST INFORMATION ONLY, NOT ASKING FOR APPROVAL.

I WANT THE BOARD TO FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THIS.

I WANT YOU TO ALSO KNOW THAT THE FOUNDATION WANTS TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.

SO, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, LIKE MR. WRIGHT MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER AND HAVE AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION ABOUT HAVE A QUESTION.

SO, YOU'VE USED THE NUMBER $500 PER DAY REDUCED RENT.

IS THAT JUST AN EXAMPLE? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT ONCE WE LOOK AT THE PURCHASE PRICE VERSUS, YOU KNOW, THE TAXABLE VALUE THAT'S BEING TAKEN OFF AND THE SAVINGS AND YOU KNOW, Y'ALL'S COST ANALYSIS, IS THAT NUMBER NEGOTIABLE, OR IS THAT JUST A STANDARD THING THAT YOU DO ACROSS THE BOARD, REGARDLESS OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE APARTMENT BUILDING THAT'S PURCHASED, STANDARD RENT, THOSE TYPE MARKET RATE RENTS? WHAT CAN WE EXPECT ON THOSE NEGOTIATIONS.

SO, EVERYTHING'S NEGOTIABLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE WE WANT TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT.

SO, EVERYTHING IS NEGOTIABLE.

ROUND ROCK ISD STARTED AT $250 A MONTH FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.

WE QUICKLY FOUND THAT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TO ENTICE A TEACHER TO MOVE OUT OF THEIR EXISTING LEASE INTO ANOTHER LEASE.

IT'S A PAIN.

IT'S LIKE CHANGING BANK ACCOUNTS.

NOBODY EVER WANTS TO DO IT RIGHT.

SO, WE INCREASED IT TO $500.

THAT SEEMS TO BE MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE TO ACTUALLY UPROOT AND MOVE OUT OF THEIR EXISTING, YOU KNOW, LIVING SITUATION.

SO, YOU CAN ADJUST IT AND.

FOR SPEED PURPOSES AND JUST MORE EFFICIENT, EFFICIENT PURPOSES.

WHEN WE DO ASK FOR APPROVAL, I ALWAYS ASK FOR THE BOARD TO GRANT THE SUPERINTENDENT THE AUTHORITY TO DO THOSE NEGOTIATIONS, AND THEN TO ALSO TELL ME, YES, GO AFTER THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX OR NO, STAY AWAY FROM THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST BUY ANYTHING THAT'S AVAILABLE WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

WE WANT THE APPROVAL OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND WE WANT SOMETHING THAT YOUR STAFF WILL BE PROUD TO LIVE IN.

SO. YES, SIR.

I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.

CAN YOU SPEAK BRIEFLY JUST ABOUT THE TYPES OF PROPERTIES THAT YOUR COMPANY OR THE NONPROFIT LOOKS AT? SURE.

SO, THE FOUNDATION IS TARGETING CLASS A SPACE ONLY AND NEWER BUILDS.

SO, 2022-2023 BUILDS.

WE WANT, LIKE I SAID, SOMETHING FOR OUR STAFF TO BE PROUD TO LIVE IN.

AND WE ALSO ARE PUTTING 40-YEAR DEBT ONTO THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX.

SO, WE NEED THE BONES OF THE BUILDING TO BE RELATIVELY FRESH AND NEW, SO THAT WE WON'T HAVE AS MANY MAINTENANCE ISSUES OR SERVICE CALLS ON THE PROPERTY.

SO, THE NEWER THE BETTER FOR US AND THE NICER THE BETTER FOR YOUR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT I MEAN, HAYS CISD IS ALSO IN THE PROGRAM.

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SO, WE'RE LOOKING AT PLACES THAT MATCH THAT HERE IN LOCKHART ISD.

AND I KNOW THERE'S A FEW OF THEM THAT ARE EITHER ABOUT TO BE BUILT OR IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETION OR RECENTLY BUILT.

THOSE ARE THE ONES WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO GO LOOK AT FIRST.

YEAH, I WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION.

WAS THAT A FACTOR THAT HAS THAT BEEN A FACTOR IN TRYING TO LOCATE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE SUITABLE IN THE, IN THE PREVIOUS DISTRICTS THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH? YES. I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT BEING A MAJOR ISSUE HERE IN LOCKHART AND EANES ISD.

WE HAVE A HUGE ISSUE.

THERE'S JUST NOTHING FOR SALE THAT FITS INTO THAT CLASS A SPACE AT LOCKHART ISD.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE A FEW THAT ARE GOING UP, AND IT'S COOL THAT THE DEMOGRAPHER PRESENTED EARLIER BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHAT'S COMING.

BUT WHAT WE KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT.

BUT INTEREST RATES ARE REALLY HIGH AT THE MOMENT, RIGHT.

AND A LOT OF THESE DEVELOPERS, WHEN THEY GOT THEIR INITIAL FINANCING, HAVE SOME TYPE OF VARIABLE RATE DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH IT, WHICH IF IT'S ALMOST AT COMPLETION, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO COME DUE, THE LOAN'S GOING TO COME DUE AT A VERY HIGH INTEREST RATE.

AND SO THERE ARE SOME DEVELOPERS AND I HOPE THEY'RE NOT WATCHING THIS, BUT THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE THAT ARE LOOKING TO GET OUT OF THE FINANCIAL SITUATION THAT THEY'RE IN.

RIGHT. SO, WITH BY TASKING THE FOUNDATION TO GO OUT AND LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO GO AND TRY TO IDENTIFY THOSE TYPE OF PROPERTIES THAT WE KNOW HAVE THOSE BALLOON LOAN PAYMENTS AND TRY TO BUY THEM OUT. AND THE REASON WHY IT WORKS ECONOMICALLY FOR US IS WE'RE ISSUING TAX EXEMPT BONDS, RIGHT.

WHICH AUTOMATICALLY COME AT A, LET'S JUST CALL IT 2% LESS THAN WHAT THE TYPICAL MARKET CAN PROVIDE.

THESE ARE NON-RATED DEBT.

SO, IT'S NOT THE SAFEST DEBT YOU COULD POSSIBLY DO.

IT'S THE INTEREST RATE IS STILL GOING TO BE HIGH BUT NOT AS HIGH AS LIKE PRIVATE MONEY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I ALSO WANT TO NOTE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEVERAGE ANYTHING LOCKHART ISD EXCEPT THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

WE DON'T LEVERAGE THE NAME.

WE DON'T LEVERAGE YOUR CREDIT RATING.

WE DON'T LEVERAGE YOUR TAX RATE.

YOUR INSIDE. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR BOND CAPACITY.

EVERYTHING IS ON.

ALL THE RISK IS ON THE FOUNDATION SIDE.

I THINK, TO BE CLEAR, THERE'S NO WE HAVE NO LIABILITY INVOLVED IN THIS, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. THERE'S NO LIABILITY.

IN THE WORDS OF VERNON JEAN MOTT, WHO'S A LONGTIME PFLUGERVILLE ISD BOARD MEMBER, SHE SAID.

SO, THERE'S NO RISK ALL UPSIDE.

AND IT IS KIND OF LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TENANTS THAT.

MAY NOT LIKE A CERTAIN SITUATION AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, AND THEY MAY CALL THE SUPERINTENDENT TO COMPLAIN.

YOU KNOW, I CAN'T PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT THERE'S NO RECOURSE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, MY FINANCING GOES DOWN OR WE FORECLOSE ON THE PROPERTY.

LOCKHART ISD IS NOT HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING.

WE HAVE A BRIEF LITTLE CASE STUDY HERE FOR ROUND ROCK ISD.

IT HAS. THEY'VE BEEN IN THE PROGRAM THE LONGEST OF ANYONE, AND THAT'S ABOUT THREE MONTHS.

SO, IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT.

BUT CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 25 DISTRICT EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE MOVED INTO THEIR 100 UNITS.

THEY HAVE 100 UNITS.

IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT THE FOUNDATION ALREADY OWNED FOR APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN ROUND ROCK ISD.

AND SO, WHEN ROUND ROCK SIGNED ON, THEIR PROGRAM WENT LIVE, I BELIEVE JULY 1ST.

AND SO, SINCE JULY TO TODAY, WE'VE HAD ABOUT 25, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES MOVE IN TO THE TO THE COMPLEX.

AND LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE AT $500 A MONTH REDUCTION RIGHT NOW.

BUT ALL OF THOSE PROPERTIES I TOURED, I TOURED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.

THEY'RE NICE. THEY'RE REALLY NICE.

I MEAN, POOLS, YOU KNOW, WEIGHT ROOMS. WHAT DO YOU CALL HIM? YOU COULD HOST EVENTS.

THEY HAVE, LIKE, LITTLE EVENT CENTERS.

AND THEY WERE NICE. VERY NICE.

AND SO, WITH THAT, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT.

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR APPROVAL.

IT'S JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION.

SO, WHO SETS DO YOU SET THE PARAMETERS AS FAR AS STAFFING? I MEAN, WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO COME IN AND SAY IF A, IF A STAFFER LEFT EMPLOYMENT WITH THE DISTRICT OR HOW WOULD THAT, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE TO.

THAT HAVE TO GET THE RENT ADJUSTED.

THEY GET KICKED OUT. HOW WOULD THAT WORK OUT? YEAH. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES THAT ARE IN PLAY WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.

SO BASICALLY, WE'LL LOOK TO MR. ESTRADA TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON.

I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND YOU'RE OUT.

ALL EMPLOYEES WELCOME.

ALL EMPLOYEES ARE WELCOME.

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YEAH. IF SOMEBODY IS IN THE PROGRAM AND THEY'RE RECEIVING THE AFFORDABILITY FUND SUBSIDY, IF THEY WERE TO LEAVE THE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT EVICTING THEM.

THEY WOULD JUST LOSE ACCESS TO THE AFFORDABILITY FUND.

AND THIS PROGRAM ISN'T INTENDED FOR SOMEONE TO LIVE IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX FOR TEN, 20 YEARS.

RIGHT? THIS IS THIS IS GEARED TOWARDS OUR JANITORS, OUR BUS DRIVERS, CUSTODIANS, OUR CAFETERIA WORKERS, AND THEN THOSE NEWER TEACHERS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO GET THEIR FEET WET, TRYING TO GET THEIR FINANCES IN ORDER PAY BACK STUDENT LOANS, THINGS LIKE THAT, MAYBE TAKE SOME THREE YEARS, MAYBE FIVE YEARS, AND THEN THEY CAN PURCHASE ONE OF THOSE NICE KB HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT DOWN THE STREET, RIGHT? THIS ISN'T THE END ALL, BE ALL SOLUTION TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS, BUT IT'S A STEPPINGSTONE IN GETTING THERE.

NO THANK YOU.

OKAY. WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU.

OKAY, WE MOVE ON TO EIGHT D.

[Special Services Department Update]

SPECIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT UPDATE AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND HANGING WITH US TONIGHT.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN WE START WITH JUST A QUICK STRETCH BREAK FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE SEATS? WHAT YOU WANT TO DO? STRETCH BREAK REALLY QUICK.

CAN WE JUST STAND UP REALLY QUICK AND STRETCH? DO YOU HAVE. HEY, DID YOU HAVE ANY MUSIC? WHERE'S DR. C? WHERE'S THE DJ? WHERE'S THE DJ? WHERE THE LINE IS. OH.

THAT WAS.

THEN THE LION SAM.

ARE YOU GOING TO LEAD US IN A DANCE? SAM GETTING UP OVER THERE.

LEAD US IN A DANCE.

YOU GO. DON'T DO ANY KICKS OUT THERE.

OKAY. I DON'T WANT TO CUT INTO YOUR FIVE MINUTES TONIGHT.

ARE YOU READY TO GO? READY TO GO? NO PROBLEM AT ALL.

DID YOU HEAR THAT EMPHASIS ON THE FIVE MINUTES? WELL. PRESIDENT WRIGHT, SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

MELODY MCINTOSH HERE FOR 2.0.

HAPPY TO BE BACK THIS YEAR AGAIN.

WANT TO JUST START OUT JUST WHO'S ON TEAM LOCKHART? WE? THIS IS OUR TEAM PHOTO FROM OUR FIRST DAY BACK IN AUGUST.

IT'S A ROBUST TEAM OF 30 PLUS STAFF MEMBERS.

OUR DYSLEXIA TEACHERS ARE NOT REPRESENTED HERE, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE HERE THIS EVENING.

SO, THIS IS THE MAKEUP OF OUR DEPARTMENT.

CURRENTLY, WE'RE SERVING 1782 STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT THROUGH INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND ALSO 504 PLANS. STUDENTS WILL TALK IN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CHANGE IN DYSLEXIA, BUT WE'RE REACHING 28% OF THE STUDENT BODY.

SO, IT'S BEEN A GREAT MEETING TONIGHT, LEARNING A LOT ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING KIND OF TO PREDICT IN YOUR MIND.

SPECIAL EDUCATION ELIGIBLE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO MAKE UP APPROXIMATELY 12 TO 14% OF YOUR TOTAL POPULATION.

SO, IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS FROM EARLIER, YOU CAN KIND OF PREDICT ON THE SPECIAL ED, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT AROUND 12%.

THAT'S ABOUT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

SO AS WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT THIS GROWTH, YOU CAN KIND OF KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD.

SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MILAN.

MILAN IS A FIRST-GRADE STUDENT AT PLUM CREEK ELEMENTARY.

HE IS IN A BILINGUAL CLASSROOM.

HIS GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHER IS MONICA KANTARAS.

HE IS SERVED BY A HANDFUL OF STAKEHOLDERS AND TEAM LOCKHART.

HIS CASE MANAGER IS KRISTA UTZINGER, WHO IS OUR VISION IMPAIRMENT TEACHER.

THANK YOU, MS. RAYNA.

VANNA WHITE'S THIS EVENING.

SHE'S HANDED YOU WORK SAMPLES FROM ELLEN FROM THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

SO, STUDENTS WHO ARE LEARNING BRAILLE LIKE MILAN.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE MIDDLE PICTURE, MILAN IS IN A BILINGUAL CLASSROOM, BUT HE'S LEARNING BRAILLE IN ENGLISH.

HE'S A REALLY HAPPY DUDE.

SUPER, SUPER ENERGETIC YOUNG MAN.

THOSE SMILES YOU SEE IS 24 DIVIDED BY SEVEN FOR THIS GUY.

BUT BRAILLE READERS USE ACTUALLY BOTH OF YOUR HANDS WITH MULTIPLE FINGERS.

SO, IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND PUTTING BOTH OF YOUR HANDS ON THE PAGE AND USING MULTIPLE FINGERS AND JUST SLIDING ACROSS THAT LINE OF BRAILLE.

THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE LEARNING STYLES THAT MILAN IS ENGAGING IN RIGHT NOW.

WHY DID WHY DO WE TALK ABOUT MILAN? LAST YEAR IT WAS NEHEMIAH.

WHY MILAN? IT'S REALLY GOD.

THE GENERAL EDUCATION, SPECIAL EDUCATION COLLABORATION BETWEEN MS.

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IT'S TEXTBOOK.

YOU CAN SEE MS. CANTATAS IN THE UPPER WELL DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU'RE FACING.

UPPER RIGHT PHOTO.

MILAN ENGAGED IN ACCELERATED READING FOR THE FIRST TIME.

HE GOT TO JOIN THE PARTY THIS YEAR, AND THAT'S MAINLY BECAUSE HIS GEN ED TEACHER IS REALLY IMPLEMENTING HIS IEP WITH FIDELITY.

SHE'S PROVIDING THESE ACCOMMODATIONS BY READING THE QUIZZES TO HIM.

THAT GIVES HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER, TO ANSWER ORALLY.

BUT MY FAVORITE STORY IS ACTUALLY WHEN HE HAD A SUBSTITUTE.

AND MS. CANTATAS LEFT A PACKET OF WORK THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON IN MILAN.

LAGOURANIS LIKE DOES IT, DOES IT LOOK, DOES IT? DOES MINE LOOK LIKE THE OTHER KIDS? WELL, THE FRONT PAGE DID.

SO, THE PACKET OF WORK THAT HE RECEIVED LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE'S.

BUT WHEN YOU OPEN IT UP, IT WAS COMPLETELY MODIFIED TO MEET HIS NEEDS.

AND THAT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO MS. MONIKA, MS. CHRISTA AND THE REST OF THE STAFF JUST REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THOSE IEPS AND THAT HAPPENS THROUGH THAT COLLABORATION.

SO, THIS IS JUST ONE STORY, FOLKS.

THERE'RE SO MANY STUDENTS THAT ARE JUST REALLY DOING A GREAT JOB.

I'M SUPER PROUD TODAY JUST TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM.

THE COLLEAGUES THAT ARE IN THE SEATS RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE JUST GETTING THE WORK DONE.

THEY'RE DOING FANTASTIC.

SO, WHEN I FIRST MET YOU A YEAR AGO, I DIDN'T QUITE HAVE MY FEET UNDER ME.

STILL KIND OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE DISTRICT NEEDED, WHAT THE TEACHERS NEEDED.

WHAT ARE THE STAFF MEMBERS NEED? WHAT DO THE STUDENTS NEED? SO, ONE OF THE BIG STEPS WE TOOK THIS YEAR IS REALLY MAKING RESOURCES ACCESSIBLE AND AVAILABLE TO STAFF.

SO, YOU GUYS WERE FANTASTIC AND APPROVED A COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR MID-YEAR.

THAT'S BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR OUR DISTRICT.

CHRISTINA SMITH SPEARHEADED THIS WEBSITE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE COLUMN, YOU'LL SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS WHEN YOU CLICK ON THESE LINKS FROM 504 SUPPORT, DYSLEXIA ARD MEETINGS.

IT'S JUST A VERY ROBUST WEBSITE.

IF YOU HAVE A LOCKHART EMAIL OR PASSWORD, YOU CAN ACCESS THIS.

THIS IS NOT AN EXTERNAL WEBSITE.

YOU CAN ACCESS IT WITH YOUR BOARD EMAILS.

GEN ED TEACHERS CAN ACCESS.

THIS NEWS AND UPDATES HAPPEN ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THIS.

GO AHEAD SIR, ACCESS IT.

CAN YOU ACCIDENTALLY CLICK AND LIKE DELETE ANYTHING? NO, I CAN'T, I CANNOT DELETE ANYTHING.

MS. SMITH IS IN CONTROL OF THIS.

I WOULDN'T EVEN THINK TO DO THAT.

ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT US? WE WOULD.

NOT JUST YOU.

YOU JUST ADMITTED THAT.

SO, ONCE YOU GET INTO THAT WEBSITE, TWO OF THE RICH RESOURCES THAT ARE EDUCATORS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS AND ONE THAT IS JUST VERY RICH WITH SUPPORT, GUIDANCE, SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW AND THE LIKE IS OUR ART FOUNDATIONS BINDER.

SO, IT HAS ANYTHING FROM ART AGENDAS FOR AN ANNUAL ART OF REVISION ART, REVIEW ART TO A DISAGREEMENT ART.

WHAT DO YOU DO IF A PARENT DOESN'T AGREE WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT THE ART COMMITTEE COMES TO? THIS ART FOUNDATION'S BINDER WALKS YOU RIGHT THROUGH THOSE STEPS.

SO, THE BIG PART IS WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD CAPACITY, TRYING TO GIVE THESE RESOURCES TO THE STAFF MEMBERS.

IT'S THE FIRST PLACE THEY CAN STOP.

ONE STOP SHOPPING, GO INTO THIS WEBSITE, SEE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

IF YOU CAN'T FIND THAT, YOU GO TO YOUR TEAM LEADER.

IF YOUR TEAM LEADER DOESN'T HAVE THE ANSWER, THEY CONTACT THE COORDINATOR, AND WE GET THEM THE ANSWER.

BUT THE OTHER EXCITING SUPPORT IS OUR SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT GUIDANCE.

THIS IS ALL OF THESE ARE WORKING DOCUMENTS, BY THE WAY, THAT NO ONE CAN EDIT.

BUT MS. SMITH. BUT THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL SUPPORTS GUIDANCE HAS REALLY BEEN SPEARHEADED BY OUR BEHAVIOR SPECIALISTS, MAKING SURE THAT WE ALSO HAVE A RESOURCE FOR HELPING OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE DYSREGULATED IN CLASS TEACHERS WHO MIGHT NEED SOME ANTECEDENT STRATEGIES TO KIND OF PREVENT THE BEHAVIOR, HELP, YOU KNOW, RESPOND TO THE BEHAVIOR ALSO HELPS YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENTS AND BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION PLANS.

SO AGAIN, THESE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WITH LOCKHART ISD EMAIL.

THIS YEAR WE STARTED OUR SPECIAL SERVICES SCOOP.

THIS IS OUR MONTHLY S'MORE THAT GOES OUT TO STAFF MEMBERS ADMINISTRATORS.

TEACHERS. IT HIGHLIGHTS A TEAM OF TEACHERS OR TEACHING ASSISTANTS EVERY MONTH.

THIS WAS FROM OUR 1ST AUGUST.

GIVE ME A SHOUT OUT. AUGUST.

SEPTEMBER. THANK YOU, MS. SMITH. THIS WAS OUR SEPTEMBER SPOTLIGHT.

ALMA BREWER, STRAWN SPECIAL SERVICES TEAM.

WHAT'S REMARKABLE ABOUT THIS TEAM IS FOUR OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS ARE FIRST YEAR IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.

YOU'LL SEE MS. SHAW HERE.

OUR DYSLEXIA TEACHER HAS ALSO BEEN MENTORING THOSE TEACHERS THAT ARE NEW.

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WE ALSO TAKE NOMINATIONS, SO ANYBODY CAN ALSO NOMINATE A TEAM.

EVERY YEAR. EVERY MONTH.

EXCUSE ME. OH, DO WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT TO.

OKAY. SO AGAIN, WHEN I STOOD BEFORE YOU A YEAR AGO, WE ALREADY HAD THESE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS UNDERWAY.

SO, FROM THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR, WE WERE LOOKING AT HAVING TO RESPOND TO NONCOMPLIANCE IN THE AREA OF IEP DEVELOPMENT, MEASURABLE ANNUAL GOALS, AND INTENSIVE PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION OR IEP.

AND THE OTHER ONE WAS AN AREA OF NONCOMPLIANCE, WHICH WAS OUR TIMELY INITIAL EVALUATION.

SO THAT WOULD BE OUR EVALUATION TEAM, SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO JUST ADD TO THIS, BECAUSE SP 11 IS ONE OF THE ACTUAL MOST DIFFICULT SPS TO PASS EVERY YEAR FOR MOST DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.

WHY? BECAUSE DIAGNOSTICIANS AND SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.

A LOT OF OUR EVALUATORS ACROSS THE STATE ARE WORKING FOR PRIVATE COMPANIES AT THIS TIME.

SO MORE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES, WORKING FROM HOME, HIGHER PAY, ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE KIND OF CHANGED POST COVID.

WE'RE IN COMPETITION WITH THEM NOW.

SO, YOU'LL SEE MOST DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE NOT PASSING THIS.

THAT'S NOT AN EXCUSE. IT'S JUST KIND OF TO GIVE YOU A BROADER PICTURE THAT THIS ISN'T JUST A LOCKHART A LOCKHART THING.

SO SUPER PLEASED TO SHARE THAT AT THIS TIME WE HAVE CORRECTED THROUGH AUDITS, THROUGH SUBMISSION OF DATA CORRECTION, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER COMPLIANCE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO SUBMIT TO.

TEA TOOK A LOT OF HARD WORK FROM THE COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR.

THANK YOU. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

WHOLE GROUP EFFORT HERE.

THIS CAME FROM PUTTING IN SYSTEMS OF TRACKING OUR EVALUATIONS, WORKING WITH OUR EVALUATION TEAM LEADER TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE WE ARE NOW SIX WEEKS AHEAD OF PLANNING FOR ANY INITIAL EVALUATIONS OR REEVALUATIONS THAT ARE COMING UP.

OUR EVALUATION TEAM LEADER LIZ OWEN AND I MEET WEEKLY.

WE LOOK AT EVERYBODY'S CASELOAD AND THE EVALUATION TEAM HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB PICKING UP EVALUATIONS WHEN ONE EVALUATOR MAY HAVE A REALLY HIGH, HEAVY MONTH, THE TEAM PICKING UP THOSE AND WORKING ON OTHER CAMPUSES AND JUST IT'S JUST BEEN A GROUP EFFORT.

SO, I'M REALLY HAPPY AND PLEASED THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT COMPLIANCE AS MUCH THIS YEAR.

SO, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE 22-23 REVIEW, WE DID NOT PASS THE SB 11 AGAIN.

SO THAT WAS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THAT WE DIDN'T PASS THAT.

HOWEVER, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE IN THE GUIDANCE OF THE COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS IN TANDEM WITH THE CASE MANAGERS ON THE CAMPUSES.

WE HAD THAT TIME TO GIVE US THAT TIME TO MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS.

WE SUBMITTED THEM.

AND SO THERE ARE NO FURTHER CLARIFICATIONS NEEDED FOR THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO, READER'S DIGEST VERSION IS OFF OUR PLATE FOR NOW.

YES. OKAY, SO NOW TO THE FUN STUFF.

THIS IS THE STUFF WE'RE ALL HERE FOR.

SO, THIS MONTH WE WERE JUST ECSTATIC.

WE WORKED REALLY HARD THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR TO ALLOCATE MONEY IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

THE TEAM DID SOME HEAVY LIFTING, TAKING ON MORE EVALUATIONS.

THAT SAVED US THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN CONTRACTING MONEY.

SO IT WAS, AGAIN A GROUP EFFORT TO ALLOW US TO USE SOME GRANT MONEY THAT WE HAD, OR EXCUSE ME, SOME FEDERAL MONEY WE HAD LEFT OVER FOR PRE-K.

AND AGAIN, WITH SOME FINAGLING WITH FUNDS, WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE SOME EXTRA LOCAL MONEY THAT WE NEEDED TO SPEND.

AND HOW DID WE SPEND THAT? WE'VE CREATED A LENDING LIBRARY FOR OUR TEACHERS.

SO, IF YOU LOOK IN THE TOP CORNER, THAT'S ALEX REFIGURE, OUR REDIRECTION TEACHER AT NAVARRO.

THE BOX THAT HE'S HOLDING IS ACTUALLY TAILORED TO THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN HIS CLASS RIGHT NOW.

SO, OUR BEHAVIOR SPECIALISTS IN THE BOTTOM CORNER SHOWING THE TABLE WORTH OF RESOURCES.

MEGAN CORONADO AND ELISA PENA SPEARHEADED THE DECISION MAKING ON WHAT SENSORY ITEMS WE WERE GOING TO PURCHASE, WHAT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL CURRICULUM WERE WE GOING TO PURCHASE FOR OUR TEACHERS, WHAT INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT WERE AT A PREREQUISITE LEVEL? WE HAVE STUDENTS IN FOUNDATIONAL LEARNING THAT ARE NOT ACCESSING TEKS AT GRADE LEVEL.

HOW DO WE HOW DO WE SCAFFOLD THAT? HOW DO WE DIFFERENTIATE THAT FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO LEARN? WELL, PART OF THAT IS PURCHASING RESOURCES ACADEMICALLY THAT ARE AT THE PREREQUISITE LEVEL.

SO, WHAT WE DID IS WE INVITED ALL OF THE SPECIAL PROGRAM TEACHERS THIS MONTH, CAME TO ADAMS GYM, PICKED UP THEIR BOXES.

SO, THE EFFORT AND THE STRATEGY I LIKE TO CALL IT IS THE BEHAVIOR SPECIALISTS LOOKED THROUGH EVERY SPECIAL PROGRAM STUDENT'S IEPS AND REALLY LOOKED AT WHAT ARE THE KIDS IN THE SEAT RIGHT NOW IN LOCKHART ISD CLASSROOMS?

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AND THEN SO THE BOXES WERE PICKED UP BY EVERY TEACHER.

WE HAD A PREPACKED BOX FOR THEM TO TAKE.

AND THEN ON THE TABLE IS ALL THE EXTRA RESOURCES.

SO, IT WAS PRETTY MUCH JUST, YOU KNOW, COME AND PICK WHAT YOU NEED AS AN EARLY CHRISTMAS A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT.

LOTS OF SMILES THAT DAY, DR.

SANCHEZ. YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST KIND OF A CLOSER IN PICTURE AT SOME OF THOSE MATERIALS.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE UP IN THE CORNER, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, TO USE THE FANCY.

THAT ONE. IT'S THE LITTLE THE FACES, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE ORAL COMMUNICATION THAT THAT YOU AND I DO.

AND THEY CAN IDENTIFY WHAT THEY'RE FEELING IS AT THAT TIME.

RIGHT. AND JUST SLIDES.

THESE ARE REALLY SIMPLE THINGS.

BUT THESE ARE GAME CHANGERS FOR OUR KIDS THAT CAN'T COMMUNICATE ORALLY OR CLEARLY.

SO WHY IS IT A LENDING LIBRARY.

SO, WE HAVE SPREADSHEETS THAT HAVE LOGGED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE ITEMS. EVERYTHING IS LABELED ONE THROUGH EIGHT, TWO, EIGHT, THREE, EIGHT, AND THE TEACHERS HAVE THEM FOR A THREE-WEEK PERIOD.

SO, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THESE MATERIALS, USE THEM FOR THREE WEEKS, INCORPORATE IT INTO THEIR LESSON PLANS AND THEIR STATION ROTATIONS.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT THEM IN THREE WEEKS.

NOW IF SOMETHING'S WORKING, IF A KID HAS LATCHED ON TO SOMETHING, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO CHECK IT OUT AGAIN.

BUT THE IDEA IS, IS THAT NOTHING IS STAGNANT.

NOTHING SITS ON A SHELF; NOTHING IS FORGOTTEN ABOUT BECAUSE WE'RE JUST BUSY.

RIGHT? SO, THERE'LL BE A THREE-WEEK ROTATION.

THE IDEA IS ONCE WE GET ROLLING WITH THIS AND THE SYSTEM RIGHT, THERE'S GOING TO BE KINKS.

WE'VE NEVER TRIED THIS BEFORE, BUT ONCE WE IRON IT OUT, WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND IT TO OUR RESOURCE TEACHERS AS WELL.

THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS.

AND THE HOPE IS RIGHT THROUGH ALL THIS GROWTH, ALL THIS TAX MONEY COMING IN, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO EXPAND THIS ONCE WE HAVE THE BUDGETARY MEANS THAT WE CAN INCREASE THIS.

BUT IT WAS A GOOD DAY FOR TEACHERS AND KIDS.

ALL RIGHT, GOLDBERG TOOLKIT.

SO, THE DISTRICT HAS QUITE A FEW RESOURCES THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH.

ISTATION, DREAMBOX, RINDLER, AND WE HAVE THESE SUBSCRIPTIONS.

WRIGHT GOLD BOOK IS NOT AN INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM.

KIDS DON'T ACCESS.

THIS GOLD BOOK IS AN INSTRUCTIONAL TOOL THAT'S ONLINE TO HELP NOT ONLY VARY THE LEVELS OF THAT INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT, BUT ALSO TO HELP DEVELOP THOSE IEPS.

SO, WE NEVER GET IN THAT COMPLIANCE ISSUE AGAIN, RIGHT.

SO HOW ARE WE COURSE CORRECTING.

WELL GOLD BOOK CAN TAKE.

SO, LET'S GO THROUGH AN EXAMPLE.

STUDENT QUALIFIES THROUGH AN INITIAL EVALUATION FOR READING COMPREHENSION.

WE'VE GOT THIS GREAT EVALUATION THIS FULL INDIVIDUAL EVALUATION WE LOOK AT.

AND WE'RE LIKE OKAY. BUT NOW WE HAVE TO BUILD AN IEP RIGHT.

WE'VE GOT TO GET A ROBUST IEP THAT MATCHES THIS EVALUATION.

SO, WE SAY THAT ALIGNMENT WE NEED ALIGNMENT FROM THAT EVALUATION TO THAT IEP SO THAT YOU GO IN, AND YOU CAN TAKE THE DATA FROM THAT FOR THE PRESENT LEVELS THAT ARE IN THERE. YOU PLUG IT INTO THIS PROGRAM, INTO THE PRESENT LEVELS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE.

THAT STATEMENT WE PLUG THAT IN.

IT'S GOING TO GUIDE US THEN TO GOALS.

THE GOALS ARE GOING TO BE ALIGNED ALL THE WAY TO THAT READING COMPREHENSION ELIGIBILITY.

YOU PICK THAT GOAL.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU STRAIGHT TO THAT PROGRESS MONITORING SHEET.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU STRAIGHT TO THOSE BASELINE ASSESSMENTS THAT TEACHERS CAN JUST CLICK ON TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE AT WITH THAT GOAL.

THIS IS ONE STOP SHOPPING.

THIS IS TAKING 8 TO 12 HOURS OF IEP DEVELOPMENT THAT IT TAKES THESE TEACHERS.

AND LET ME TELL YOU THEY'RE NOT DOING THIS IN 45 MINUTE CONFERENCE PERIODS.

ALL OF OUR STAFF THAT WRITES IEPS ARE DOING THIS AFTER SCHOOL.

THEY'RE DOING IT BEFORE SCHOOL, THEY'RE DOING IT AT HOME.

THAT'S JUST THE KIND OF THE REALITY OF A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER.

WHAT THIS DOES IS THIS CUTS DOWN THE TIME AT LEAST IN HALF.

WE'RE CUTTING HOURS OFF THE DEVELOPMENT.

BUT THE BEAUTIFUL PIECES IT'S DOING THE WORK KIND OF FOR YOU.

IF YOU HAVE THE ACCURATE BASELINE DATA THAT'S SUPPORTING DATA, YOU JUST PLUG IT IN.

SO, WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON SOMETHING, RIGHT? WE PAID FOR THIS THROUGH OUR EXTRA, I BELIEVE, ART MONEY THAT WAS LEFT OVER GAVE IT A SHOT.

BUT HERE'S OUR DATA.

IS IT BEING USED? SO GOLDBECK DOESN'T MEASURE HOW MANY TIMES YOU LOG IN.

OKAY. GOLD BOOK TAKES THE AMOUNT OF TIMES A RESOURCE IS USED, A RESOURCE NOT LOGGING IN.

BUT IF YOU'VE GONE IN, YOU GO TO THE GOAL, YOU GO TO THE PROGRESS MONITORING SHEET.

SO, SINCE WE ROLLED THIS OUT IN AUGUST, 67 OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS HAVE ACCESSED OVER 9000 RESOURCES.

SO, IT'S BEING USED.

IT'S BEING USED WELL.

WE LOOK AT EVALUATIONS NOW.

WE LOOK AT IEPS.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT ALIGNMENT.

OUR FACILITATORS ARE LOOKING FOR THAT ALIGNMENT AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.

WE HAVE SEEN INFINITE IMPROVEMENT JUST IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS SUPPORT FOR OUR TEACHERS.

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THIS IS ALSO AN EXCITING SLIDE FOR ME TO SEE, BECAUSE IT MADE ME SIT DOWN AND GO, WOW, LOOK AT LOOK AT HOW WE'RE UNLOCKING POTENTIAL IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

LIZ OWENS COMPLETED HER PRINCIPAL CERTIFICATION IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT.

CYNTHIA ALEXANDER, OUR ONE FULL TIME SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST, IS TRAINING RIGHT NOW TWO SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST INTERNS FROM TEXAS STATE.

WITH ONLY 1.5 SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS IN THE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW.

THIS HAS LIFTED SOME OF THAT HEAVY LIFTING OFF OF MS. ALEXANDER AND MARY PHILLIPS ARE HALF TIME SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS.

BECAUSE THESE TWO INTERNS ARE ABLE TO DO THE ACTUAL TESTING WITH THE STUDENTS, AND THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING HOW TO WRITE THOSE REPORTS.

ELISA PENA, ONE OF OUR BEHAVIOR SPECIALISTS, COMPLETED HER BOARD-CERTIFIED BEHAVIOR ANALYST CERTIFICATION.

THIS TAKES OVER, I BELIEVE, 1000 HOURS OF CLINICAL WORK TO EVEN SIT FOR THIS EXAM.

SO WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT TO US? BCBAS TYPICALLY WORK OUTSIDE OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM.

IT IS PRIMARILY AN INTERVENTION FOR STUDENTS AND ADULTS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM.

NOW THAT ELISA HAS COMPLETED THIS, WE'VE GOT LOTS OF IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE PARENT TRAINING.

A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE ON THE SPECTRUM, BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE IN SCHOOL, BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE ROUTINES FOR THEM, THEY THRIVE AND THEN THEY GO INTO THE HOME AND WE DON'T HAVE THE STRUCTURE, WE DON'T HAVE THE PROMPTING AND THE REMINDERS.

IT'S HARD FOR THEM OFTEN TO GENERALIZE THOSE SKILLS INTO THE HOME.

SO, WE'RE EXCITED THAT MS. PENNY HAS SOME GREAT IDEAS OF HOW WE CAN KIND OF BRIDGE THAT IN-HOME PARENT TRAINING THAT SHE'LL BE GUIDING US THROUGH THAT DEVELOPMENT OF HOW WE CAN HELP OUR FAMILIES AT HOME, GET THOSE KIDDOS TO GENERALIZE THOSE SKILLS INTO DIFFERENT SETTINGS.

AND THAT'S EXCITING.

NORA MOLINA OVER AT ABS IN PLUM CREEK IS CURRENTLY THE SUPERVISOR OF A BILINGUAL SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST CLINICAL FELLOW.

THAT'S A BIG, LONG TITLE FOR SHE'S IN HER INTERN YEAR TO BE A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST.

WHY THIS IS SO EXCITING IS BECAUSE SHE'S BILINGUAL.

THESE ARE UNICORNS. THESE ARE REALLY HARD TO FIND, SO WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO TAKE CARE OF HER AND HOPE THAT SHE'LL CONSIDER STAYING WITH US AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

CHRISTINA SMITH, OUR COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR, IS CURRENTLY IN A PHD SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AT TEXAS STATE.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

ALL AGAIN ABOUT BUILDING CAPACITY.

ALWAYS LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN TRIM SOME OF THE BUDGET.

ONE OF THOSE WAYS WAS ENSURING THAT ELISA PENA AND MEGAN CORONADO, OUR BEHAVIOR SPECIALISTS, ARE NOW SAM A TRAINER OF TRAINERS.

SO, SALMA IS OUR CONTAINMENT AND DE-ESCALATION TRAINING THAT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TWO TRAINERS WE'RE ROLLING OUT EVERY DAY.

WE HAVE NOT JUST TEACHERS AND TAS, BUT ALSO ADMINISTRATORS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THESE TRAININGS.

I THINK THIS NUMBER IS WRONG.

I THINK IT'S MORE THAN THREE AT THIS POINT.

YES. THANK YOU.

SO, THREE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE WILSON READING PROGRAM.

TWO MORE DYSLEXIA TEACHERS ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PROGRAM RIGHT NOW.

WILSON, READING IS ONE OF THE APPROVED DYSLEXIA INTERVENTIONS PER THE STATE.

AND WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE A GRANT FOR DYSLEXIA THROUGH REGION 13, AND ALL BUT ONE SPECIAL EDUCATION RESOURCE TEACHER AT ELEMENTARY IS TRAINED IN READING BY DESIGN, WHICH IS ANOTHER DYSLEXIA APPROVED INTERVENTION.

SO, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

THE LAST REMAINING TEACHER WILL BE TRAINED IN TWO MONTHS.

GOOD STUFF. ALL RIGHT.

SO, A PIVOT THAT WE'VE MADE IS REALLY LOOKING AT THE DATA LOOKING AT WHAT DO OUR TEACHERS NEED.

WHAT DO OUR STAFF NEED.

AND TRULY THE RESOUNDING SCREAMING TO US IS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.

WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE CONSISTENTLY WITH FIDELITY, W E WERE IN THIS ROOM, BUT WE ACTUALLY IN THIS LAST MEETING, WE TOOK SCENARIOS, REAL LIFE SITUATIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THIS YEAR BUT MAYBE HAPPENED AT THIS CAMPUS OVER HERE, BUT WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE WITH THE WHOLE GROUP.

SO, WE HAD KIND OF ROUNDTABLE SMALL GROUP LEARNING FOR THAT.

BUT THOSE MONTHLY MEETINGS ARE THREE HOURS.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THE GREATEST PART FOR ME IS LEARNING FROM THEM.

WE HAD OUR TRAINING AMONGST OURSELVES.

SO, OUR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST, OUR PHYSICAL THERAPIST TRAINED US IN SEPTEMBER ON REFERRALS.

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WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING THE STAFF TRAIN US ON BEST PRACTICES AS WELL.

SO THOSE HAVE BEEN REALLY EXCITING TO START OUR EVALUATION TEAM, OUR SPEECH LANGUAGE TEAM AND OUR MOTOR TEAM RELATED SERVICES.

THEY ALL MEET MONTHLY.

I DON'T NECESSARILY GO TO THOSE MEETINGS.

THEY DON'T NEED ME TO GO TO THOSE MEETINGS.

THEY KNOW WHAT THEY NEED TO TALK ABOUT.

I DO, OF COURSE, LOOK AT THEIR AGENDAS.

I ENJOY GOING, I ENJOY LISTENING TO THEM, BUT THEY'RE ALSO GROWING EACH OTHER.

DYSLEXIA TEACHERS MEET MONTHLY, AND OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM LEADERS MEET MONTHLY AGAIN IN THE VEIN OF BUILDING CAPACITY.

THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAM LEADERS.

LAST YEAR WE HAD TWO GROUPS.

WE HAD THE ELEMENTARY COME AT 330 AND WE HAD THE SECONDARY COME.

WELL, WE REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT, AND WE WERE LIKE, WHY ARE WHY ARE WE HAVING TO SEPARATE? THERE ARE ONLY TWO TEAM LEADERS AT SECONDARY.

SO, WE MADE A COURSE CORRECTION AND NOW SECONDARY AND ELEMENTARY MEET TOGETHER.

WE DO THEM IN PERSON.

WE FOUND THAT THIS IS MOST VALUABLE FOR US TO ALL GET IN A ROOM.

AND ALREADY IN A FEW SHORT MONTHS, THE FEEDBACK FROM ESPECIALLY THE SECONDARY FOLKS IS LIKE, THIS IS WHAT WE NEEDED.

WE NEED ELEMENTARY TEACHERS TO HEAR WHAT WE'RE RECEIVING FROM THE ELEMENTARY IEPS.

SO REALLY PROUD OF THOSE KINDS OF COURSE CORRECTIONS THAT WE MADE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COLLABORATING.

AND EVERYBODY'S HEARING THE SAME THING.

AS LONG AS WE'RE CONSISTENT, WE'RE GOING TO GET POSITIVE GAINS FOR KIDS.

SO, IN THE SUMMER OF 2023, MAN, WE REALLY ROLLED OUT THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THE ESSENTIALS FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATOR WAS OUR ONLY REQUIRED TRAINING FOR ALL STAFF MEMBERS.

I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT ONLY TWO SPECIAL EDUCATORS IN THE WHOLE DISTRICT WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, AND THAT WAS DUE TO, YOU KNOW, VACATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT THE ESSENTIALS REALLY GOT US ALL AT A BASELINE, RIGHT? BRINGING IN NEW INFORMATION, TRAINING ON NEW INFORMATION.

OUR MANTRA THIS YEAR IS IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT'S HAPPENED BEFORE.

WE'RE ALL STARTING FROM THE SAME STARTING LINE THIS YEAR.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS THIS TRAINING WAS.

IT WAS EVERYBODY GETTING ON THE SAME PAGE, HEARING THE SAME THING AND KNOWING THAT THIS IS OUR STARTING POINT.

SO AS THE SUMMER WENT ON, THE BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST PROVIDED THE FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT AND BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION PLAN TRAINING.

WE HAD SEVERAL OF THOSE.

TRANSITION PLANNING IS HUGE.

THIS IS A THIS IS A FOCUS FOR US THIS YEAR IS ENSURING THAT WE ARE HAVING THESE TRANSITION CONVERSATIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS FOR POST-SECONDARY.

WE LEGALLY HAVE TO START HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS AT AGE 14.

IT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE MEETINGS.

BUT REALLY WHAT WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS IS EVEN AT ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WE START HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR FAMILIES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT TAKING A ASSESSMENT PREFERENCES AND SEEING LIKE, WHAT AM I INTERESTED IN IN, IN, EVEN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE KNOW THAT CHANGES.

WE KNOW WITH EXPERIENCE IN DIFFERENT CLASSES, CERTAIN TEACHER INSPIRES US TO GO TO A CERTAIN FIELD.

BUT THE POINT IS, IS THAT WE HAVE TO BE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND NOT HAVING IT THEIR JUNIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THEM ALIGNED IN THEIR RIGHT TRACKS, WHETHER THEY DO A FOUR SQUARE IN HIGH SCHOOL, WHETHER THEY DO A CTE TRACK.

WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS EARLY.

SPECIAL EDUCATION ESSENTIALS FOR THE GENERAL EDUCATOR.

THIS WAS PHENOMENAL.

THE MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT INVITED MISS SMITH AND I TO JOIN THEIR ENTIRE FACULTY.

SO, WE STARTED THE YEAR ON ALMOST ALL OF THE CAMPUSES WITH FACULTY TRAININGS, JUST BRINGING IN THAT INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE TO THE CAMPUS.

IT'S NOT SAYING THE CAMPUS IS NEEDED IT THERE ALL INCLUSIVE, BUT JUST STARTING OFF ON THAT FOOT OF HAVING THE SAME GOAL FOR OUR STUDENTS.

LOOKING AT THE STUDENTS WITH IEPS AS JUST THAT, STUDENTS WITH IEPS NOT SPED STUDENTS, BUT STUDENTS THAT HAVE THESE PLANS.

IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO START THE YEAR THAT WAY, AND WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THAT.

DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE TEAM HAVE BEEN JOINING THE NEW TWO PROFESSION TRAININGS WITH KELLY AMADI, AND WE'VE BEEN CONTINUALLY INVITED BACK TO CONTINUALLY RESOUNDING IS MORE GENERAL EDUCATION.

TEACHERS WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SPECIAL ED AND ALSO JUST BASICS.

KIND OF GOING BACK TO THAT IS OUR ACTUAL IEP PROGRAM.

AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KIND OF FIX SOME GLITCHES IN THERE AND MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE INTUITIVE FOR OUR STAFF.

AND THIS IS REALLY THE GOOD STUFF.

THESE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM OUR SPECIAL OLYMPICS.

THIS MIDDLE ONE, I BELIEVE, IS THAT WHERE WE RAN THE FIELD FOR THE FOOTBALL GAME? YES. AWESOME.

WE HAVE GREAT SUPPORT FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL.

COACH MABUS IS A BIG ALLY TO SPECIAL OLYMPICS.

IN THE BOTTOM CORNER, WE HAVE MS. PENDERGRASS AND MS. ADAMS. I KIND OF MIGHT HAVE ASKED A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS THIS YEAR.

WE DON'T HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN SPECIAL OLYMPICS, BUT IT REALLY JUMPED UP THIS YEAR, I THINK, BY AT LEAST EIGHT.

11.C. THANK YOU.

11 STUDENT INCREASE IS REALLY REMARKABLE.

BUT WHAT'S EVEN BETTER IS THAT WE HAVE STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING FOR THE FIRST TIME.

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THESE ARE SOME OF OUR PHOTOS FROM OUR BOWLING COMPETITION THAT WE JUST HAD A FEW WEEKS AGO.

YOU CAN JUST TELL BY THE SMILES ON THE FACES.

THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME.

I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT COACH MABUS IS AN ALLY, AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY THE FIRST TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE IN THE SEATS DON'T EVEN KNOW THIS.

BUT WE ARE ON TRACK TO HAVE OUR FIRST INVITATIONAL TRACK MEET AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL.

SO, AT THIS TIME, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A SPECIAL OLYMPIC SANCTIONED.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT A GO. COACHES ON BOARD.

GONZALEZ ISD IS COMMITTED TO COMING.

AND WE'RE WORKING WITH, I BELIEVE, SAN MARCOS RIGHT NOW TO SEE IF THEY'LL COME AS WELL.

WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE NOT SPECIAL OLYMPIC SANCTIONED? THIS REALLY CAME OUT OF THE TRACK MEET IN THE SPRING UP AT MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL.

VERY OVERWHELMING TO ME.

HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF ADULTS, HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF KIDS SHUFFLING KIDS ACROSS THE FIELD THROUGH PEOPLE JUST TO GET THEM TO THEIR EVENT ON TIME. IT JUST SEEMED OVERWHELMING TO ME.

SO, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT AND IT'S ALSO VERY FAR NORTH, AND THAT'S TYPICAL.

MOST SPECIAL OLYMPICS TRACK, AND FIELD EVENTS HAPPEN AT ROUND ROCK OR MCNEIL WAY FAR NORTH.

SO, OUR SOUTH COMMUNITIES OR EAST COMMUNITIES DOWN HERE REALLY HAVE A BIG TREK.

PARENTS ARE MOVING.

PARENTS ARE GOING A REALLY FAR WAY TO GET THEM THERE.

SO, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO TRY OUR OWN LITTLE INVITATIONAL.

AND WE'LL BE WE'LL BE ASKING YOU TO PARTICIPATE, I'M SURE, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

OH, THIS IS ALSO JUST ONE OF THE MOST FANTASTIC WEEKS OF OUR YEAR.

SO, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, WHO CONTINUES TO SUPPORT ALL STAFF MEMBERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

BUT THIS IS OUR SECOND ANNUAL CAMP CURIOSITY.

AGAIN, THIS IS FIVE DAYS AT NO COST TO FAMILIES.

THIS IS ALL VOLUNTEER BASED.

WE HAVE MS. MANNING WAS HERE.

I THINK SHE HAD TO GO.

MS. SHINTO, MS. GONZALEZ, I MEAN, ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE SHOWING UP ON THEIR OWN TIME.

STAFF MEMBERS, PERSONAL KIDS COME AND HELP.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SMILES ON THE FACES, EVERYTHING FROM SWIMMING TO GOING TO DAVENPORT FARMS, HAVING THE ANIMALS, IT'S JUST A FANTASTIC WEEK.

UM. THIS IS A CONTINUATION FROM ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT I SHOWED LAST YEAR.

ONE OF THE TRENDS THAT I'M EXCITED TO SEE IS WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR TEACHERS AND WE LOOK AT THOSE VACANCIES, WE HAVE INCREASED OUR ALLOCATIONS FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.

WE INCREASED BY THREE TEACHERS.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE HAVING LESS VACANCIES EVERY YEAR.

WE STILL DO HAVE SIX VACANCIES.

THEY ARE AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.

THAT'S DEFINITELY PUTTING A STRAIN ON THE FIDELITY OF SERVICES.

YOU KNOW GETTING LONG TERM SUBS OR SUBS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.

WE'RE NOT UNIQUE IN LOCKHART TO THAT.

BUT I DO LIKE THE TREND.

THE TREND IS WE'RE FINDING MORE PEOPLE SUPER IMPRESSED.

HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO PRINCIPAL VASQUEZ AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY STARTED THE YEAR WITH FOUR VACANCIES THIS SCHOOL YEAR IN AUGUST WITH FOUR, AND THEY ONLY HAVE ONE LEFT.

SO REALLY THE PRINCIPALS ARE REALLY ON BOARD TRYING TO GET QUALIFIED PEOPLE IN THE SEATS.

MCINTOSH WELL, WHY IS THE DYSLEXIA NUMBER GOING DOWN? OH, YOU BEAT ME. THAT WAS MY NEXT COMMENT.

OKAY, SO YES, THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE I WANTED TO POINT TO AND I KNEW THAT YOU WOULD CATCH IT, SIR.

SO BASICALLY, TEXAS IS FINALLY ON BOARD WITH A MAJORITY OF THE REST OF THE UNITED STATES.

FOR YEARS TEXAS HAS HAD DYSLEXIA OVER HERE AND SPECIAL ED OVER HERE.

SO NOW WE FINALLY DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO MERGE THAT.

SO NOW OFFICIALLY DYSLEXIA IS UNDERNEATH THE SPECIAL ED UMBRELLA.

IT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT SO THE 288, THOSE WOULD BE ALL 504 STUDENTS LAST YEAR.

RIGHT. THE INTERESTING PIECE NOW IS WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE STUDENTS THAT ARE RECEIVING DYSLEXIA INTERVENTION UNDER 504, WHEN NOW THE STATE IS TELLING US WE HAVE TO ROLL THEM OVER INTO SPECIAL ED? WELL, IT'S KIND OF A SLOW BURN.

WE'RE ADDRESSING IT THROUGH INITIAL EVALUATIONS FOR THESE KIDDOS.

WE'RE ADDRESSING IT JUST KIND OF AS THE YEAR GOES ON, RIGHT WHEN WE THOUGHT WE HAD IT DOWN, YOU KNOW, TO THE DAY THAT WE ROLLED OUT THE DYSLEXIA INFORMATION TO THE DISTRICT, THE VERY NEXT DAY, THEY ADDED SOME THINGS.

SO, IT'S ONE OF THOSE WHERE WE'RE KIND OF MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE GO.

SO, SIR, THE NUMBER IS ROLLED UP INTO THAT 932.

SO, THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE ALREADY ROLLED UP INTO SPECIAL EDUCATION OFFICIALLY, BUT EVENTUALLY ALL OF THEM WILL HAVE IEPS.

SO, IN THE SPRING WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR TEACHING WISE.

OKAY. THIS IS JUST YOU KNOW NAVIGATE TO 28.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RETENTION.

WHAT STRATEGIES ARE WE USING.

HOW ARE WE LOOKING AT HOW TO KEEP OUR REALLY GREAT TEACHERS.

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YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ELEMENTARY AND PRE-K LEVEL WERE HOVERING AROUND HIGH 70S 80S.

AND YOU CAN SEE A SIGNIFICANT NEED IN THE AREA OF LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH AND LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL.

SO, WE KNOW OUR BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS RIGHT.

THEY DIDN'T CHANGE FROM ATTENDANCE TO ENROLLMENT FOR FUNDING.

ALL THE THINGS GOING ON.

WELL, WHAT CAN WE DO RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE DEPARTMENT LOOKS AT IS WHAT CAN WE DO TO SUPPORT THESE TEACHERS THAT ARE THERE RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE ALTHOUGH IT WAS A 36% RETENTION RATE AT THE JUNIOR HIGH, WE DO HAVE NEW TEACHERS, LIKE I SAID, 53% RETENTION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE VACANCY RIGHT NOW.

SO, ONE IMMEDIATE STRATEGY.

MISS SMITH, OUR COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR, HAS LITERALLY BEEN WORKING OUT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ONE DAY A WEEK FOR THE PAST SIX WEEKS.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? MS. SMITH IS IN THE SPECIAL ED OFFICE WHERE ALL OF THE TEACHERS HAVE DESKS, AND SHE'S JUST WORKING THERE.

I JOINED HER LAST WEEK.

IT WAS PHENOMENAL TO WATCH IN REAL TIME TEACHERS BEING ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND GET THAT SUPPORT THEY NEEDED, EITHER FOR THE ART THAT WAS COMING UP THAT WEEK OR MAYBE A PARENT EMAIL OR WHATNOT.

IT DOESN'T CHANGE NECESSARILY WHAT HAS HAPPENED, BUT THE PRESENCE OF OUR STAFF, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ACCESSIBLE, THAT'S GOING TO HELP OUR TEACHERS STAY THIS YEAR.

SO REALLY MAKING SURE THAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS ACCESSIBLE, RESPONSIVE AND HAS FOLLOW THROUGH.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING FROM THE TOP DOWN TO REALLY HELP.

HOPEFULLY WE KEEP WE KEEP THESE TEACHERS NEXT YEAR.

SO, THIS IS JUST A COMPARISON OF LOCAL DISTRICTS.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY COMPARABLE FOR THE SIZE.

WE KNOW THAT WE'RE SMALLER THAN ALL THREE.

ALL FOUR OF THESE. DISTRICTS WERE SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE FOR OUR STIPENDS.

HARD TO COMPETE WITH 7000.

PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM TO CONSIDER LATER.

MAYBE IF THERE'S ANY WIGGLE ROOM HERE.

AGAIN, MONEY.

MONEY DOESN'T FIX EVERYTHING.

WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHER SAID, WHAT THE HOUSING GENTLEMEN SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANY WAY, ANY WAY THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF TO GET THEM TO STAY.

YES, SIR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE PLAN TO DO ONCE WE GET INTO THE BUDGET SEASON, PRESIDENT WRIGHT AND I HAD A CHANCE DURING OUR TEACHER FORUMS TO GET FEEDBACK, AND WE HAD A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE DEPARTMENT WHO WERE THERE, AND WE'VE INVITED KIND OF AN OPEN INVITATION, AND THIS HASN'T HAPPENED YET, BUT IT WILL IN THE SPRING.

SO, WE PLAN TO HAVE A GROUP OF SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND THEN ALSO STAFF TO GIVE US FEEDBACK AS WE'RE BUILDING OUR BUDGET.

HOW DO WE.

YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE? BECAUSE WHILE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE, I CAN TELL YOU ALL FOUR OF THOSE OTHER DISTRICTS, THEIR SUPERINTENDENTS WANT TO BECOME MORE COMPETITIVE AND WANT TO RAISE THAT AS WELL.

AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT INVOLVE THE FOLKS WHO ARE.

YOU KNOW WHO ARE CLOSEST TO THE WORK DOING THE JOBS.

GIVE US THAT FEEDBACK TO HELP US BRING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD SO THAT WILL BE SOMETHING NEW.

WE'LL DO THIS YEAR BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM THE TEACHER FORUM.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATED EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA ALLOWING ME TO SHARE THIS NEXT SLIDE.

SO, THESE ARE JUST FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS.

THESE ARE JUST IDEAS TO LIKE, MR. ESTRADA JUST SAID, HOW CAN WE HOW CAN WE STAY COMPETITIVE? SO, THINGS THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY CONSIDER IS INCREASING THOSE SPECIAL ED STIPENDS, ADDING STIPENDS TO TEAM LOCKHART STAFF, OUR DISTRICT SPECIAL ED STAFF.

NEARBY DISTRICTS ARE QUITE COMPETITIVE WITH THEIR STIPENDS FOR SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, FOR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS.

SO, A CONSIDERATION OF LOOKING AT CAN WE SOMEHOW LOOK AT STIPENDS FOR THAT STAFF? YOU GUYS WERE ALSO AMAZING LAST YEAR AND APPROVED THE USE OF OUR EXTRA AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN MONEY TO PROVIDE THOSE ELEMENTARY PTAS LAST SPRING SEMESTER.

IT WAS A GAME CHANGER.

IF YOU TALK TO SOME RESOURCE TEACHERS IN THE SEATS, WHAT IT REALLY ALLOWED WAS FOR THE CERTIFIED TEACHER TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE LESSON PLANNING AND THE RIGOR OF SMALL GROUP LEARNING, AND IT ALLOWS THE TAS TO GO INTO INCLUSION, BECAUSE IN INCLUSION, WE'RE NOT DIRECT TEACHING, WE'RE NOT PROVIDING NEW MATERIAL.

IT'S SUPPORTING THEM EITHER BEHAVIORALLY OR ACADEMICALLY.

SO, IT WAS SUCCESSFUL.

WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY SEE SOME RELIEF TO ALSO OUR SCHEDULING.

YOU SAW HOW MANY STUDENTS WE HAVE.

ADDING THESE RESOURCE TAS BACK WOULD BE AMAZING.

RIGHT NOW, MR. GAN, WHO WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE, IS CURRENTLY THE HOMEBOUND TEACHER AND THE 18 PLUS TEACHER REALLY LOOKING AT CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLY HAVING AN 18 PLUS

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WE HAVE 16 NOW.

IT'S BEEN A FOUR-YEAR SPAN.

WE JUMPED FROM 1 TO 16 AND SOMEHOW IN THEIR KIND OF JUST WENT, OH MY GOSH, HE'S DOING BOTH JOBS RIGHT.

SO THAT IS A AMAZING PROGRAM.

TISH DEUTSCH IS ONE OF OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS THAT'S SUPPORTING THAT PROGRAM RIGHT NOW.

JUST DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB GETTING OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE 18 TO 22 JOBS IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE A YOUNG MAN WORKING AT CHISHOLM TRAIL RIGHT NOW.

JUST SOME EXCITING STUFF IS HAPPENING, SO WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT CONTINUE.

THERE IS ONLY ONE DYSLEXIA TEACHER AT THE JUNIOR HIGH AND THOSE NUMBERS AREN'T GETTING ANY LOWER.

SO, CONSIDERATION IS TO ADD ANOTHER DYSLEXIA TEACHER TO THE JUNIOR HIGH.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS THAT ARE A PART OF THE TIA ELIGIBILITY.

WOULD LOVE TO SEE OTHER SPED TEACHERS BE CONSIDERED FOR THAT.

MOVING COACHING TEACHING POSITIONS TO NON-SPECIAL ED ALLOCATIONS.

A QUICK EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS AFFECTS INSTRUCTION.

PROBABLY. I FEEL LIKE SIX OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS THAT ARE SPECIAL EDUCATORS ARE ALSO COACHES.

SO, WHAT THAT DOES TO THE SCHEDULE IS THAT A COACH DOESN'T HAVE A FIRST AND EIGHTH ATHLETICS.

RIGHT? SO, WHAT THAT DOES IS IF YOU TAKE SIX TEACHERS, THAT'S 12 CLASS PERIODS A DAY ON THE MASTER SCHEDULE, THAT YOU CAN'T INCLUDE SPECIAL ED INSTRUCTION.

SO, IT KIND OF BOTTLENECKS IT A LITTLE BIT.

NOT THESE COACHES ARE DOING AMAZING JOBS.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

IT'S JUST IT TAKES OUT 12 SECTIONS.

SO, WHAT THAT DOES IS IT WE LITERALLY HAVE TO CHANGE SCIENCE COURSES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A RESOURCE CLASS FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD FIT IN ONE OF THOSE PERIODS.

SO JUST LOOKING AT SEEING IF WE CAN MOVE SOME OF THOSE NOT NECESSARILY ALL, BUT SOME OF THOSE ALLOCATIONS WHEN THEY'RE IN SEASON.

A SPED TEACHER WHO'S A COACH MIGHT TAKE A FULL DAY ABSENCE.

WE'VE ALREADY HAD 14 OF THOSE THIS YEAR WHERE THE COACHES HAD TO TAKE THE WHOLE DAY OFF.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS IF THERE'S NOT A SUB, YOU KIND OF SEE HOW THAT GOES.

SO ANOTHER JUST CONSIDERATION LOOKING AT THAT, SEEING IF WE CAN OPEN UP THAT MASTER SCHEDULE A LITTLE BIT CONSIDERATION.

AND I KNOW THE DAC COMMITTEE I BELIEVE MET LAST WEEK LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR BUT BEING ABLE TO TAKE ONE DAY A GRADING PERIOD TO PULL OUR TEACHERS TOGETHER TO JUST REALLY DO A CHECK IN ROBUST EVERY NINE-WEEK TRAINING WITH OUR TEACHER'S TAS AS WELL.

I SHOULD HAVE PUT TAS THERE, I APOLOGIZE.

AND THEN FINAL CONSIDERATION IS JUST FUNDS TO CONTINUE THE BOOK TOOLKIT TO SEE IF WE CAN WEAVE THAT IN.

THAT'S A REALLY BIG ASK, BUT I WOULDN'T ASK IF I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR THE TEACHERS THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU ALL DO, I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU ALL. I WANT TO I WANT TO THANK MS. MCINTOSH IN SPITE OF YOU TRYING TO RUN ME OVER THE FIRST NIGHT YOU WERE HERE TWO YEARS AGO.

I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR EVERYTHING Y'ALL DO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'LL NEVER LET ME LIVE IT DOWN.

IT'S OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WE GOT SOME T SHIRTS FOR ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OH, WOW.

THANK YOU.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.E PROGRESS MONITORING DATA ON DISTRICT ACHIEVEMENT TARGETS, MR.

[Progress Monitoring Data on District Achievement Targets]

SO GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA AS THEY WALK OUT.

JUST ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

I CAN MY WIFE TELLS ME I CAN MAKE A ROOM, YOU KNOW, LEAVE IN A HEARTBEAT.

THEY HAVE THE OPTION.

BUT THANK YOU ALL.

ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THAT TEAM.

JUST. AND FOR MS. MCINTOSH AND THE ENTIRE TEAM WHO'S DOING AMAZING WORK.

SO, I'M GOING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON PROGRESS MONITORING NOVEMBER 2023.

JUST A REMINDER THAT OUR DISTRICT TARGETS FOR READING IS 80% GRADES PRE-K THROUGH 570%, SIX THROUGH 10TH GRADE. MAKE THOSE 1.5 YEARS PROGRESS.

AND IN MATH.

OOPS, A LITTLE TOO QUICK. 70% OF STUDENTS IN K THROUGH ALGEBRA ONE WILL MAKE THAT PROGRESS.

AS A REMINDER, TEAM, THE WAY THAT WE DO DATA MONITORING AND COMMUNICATION IS STUDENTS AND PARENT COMMUNICATION.

SO, WE HAVE THE REPORT CARDS, WE HAVE THE PROGRESS REPORTS, WE HAVE PHONE CALLS, HOMES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

BUT I WANTED TO REITERATE SOME ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE CURRENTLY DOING, AND THAT IS HAVING STUDENTS MONITOR THEIR OWN DATA AND COMMUNICATE NOT ONLY WITH THEIR TEACHERS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE MEETING THEIR INDIVIDUAL WIGS, THOSE WIDELY IMPORTANT GOALS.

BUT IN SOME CASES, IN PARTICULAR AT THE ELEMENTARIES, WE HAVE STUDENTS SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH EACH OTHER.

SO, THEY'RE CHECKING THEIR ASSESSMENTS, THEY'RE CHECKING THEIR DATA TRACKING CHARTS.

SO, THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION ABOUT THEIR OWN DATA AND WHETHER THEY'RE MAKING THOSE WIGS OR NOT.

[02:30:02]

YEAH. YEP. CORE TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. ESTRADA. CAMPUS MONITORING.

AND. WELL, I'LL JUST GO BACK.

IT WAS ALSO PART OF THE PRINCIPAL RETREAT, WHICH I SAID LAST MONTH WHERE THEY SAT DOWN.

THEY LOOKED AT THE INSTRUCTIONAL TENETS.

WHAT COULD THEY ALL DO? THEY ALL CAMPUSES AGREED THAT THEY WOULD DO STUDENT PROGRESS MONITORING.

SO, STUDENTS OWNING THEIR OWN DATA.

WHEN IT COMES TO CAMPUS MONITORING RESPONSE TO DATA, EVERY CAMPUS HAS A CBA ONE RESPONSE PLAN.

SO, THEY SAT WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP TEAMS. THEY LOOKED OVER THEIR CBA ONE DATA, THEY'VE LOOKED OVER 1.5 DATA, AND THEY ARE MONITORING THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE PIVOTS FOR INDIVIDUAL GRADES, INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS AND INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE, DR.

CAMARILLO AND I CONTINUE OUR ONE-ON-ONE PRINCIPAL MEETINGS.

THOSE WILL HAPPEN ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

DR. CAMARILLO DOES OPERATIONAL I DO INSTRUCTIONAL.

WE ALSO DO THE ALIGNED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

SO SHARED LEADERSHIP.

THERE'S A SHARED LEADERSHIP MODEL WHERE WE HAVE LEADERS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, PRINCIPALS ARE DOING THEIR OWN PLC.

BUT WE ALIGN WE THREAD THE TOPICS OF THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AMONGST ALL OF THOSE GROUPS SO THAT THE INFORMATION CAN GO FROM THE BOARD ROOM TO THE LIVING ROOM, BUT THAT WILL MOVE ON TO THE READING DATA.

JUST A REMINDER, ISTATION ELEMENTARY WREN LEARNING FOR SECONDARY WHICH YOU SEE HERE IS TIER MOVEMENT.

SO, IT IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO FROM SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER, WE SEE THAT TIER ONE HAS IMPROVED.

TIER TWO HAS ALSO IMPROVED FROM LAST MONTH AND TIER THREE DROPPED WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.

THIS IS A HISTORICAL TREND.

SO, FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS WE HAVE SEEN NOT IDENTICAL BUT PRETTY CLOSE TO THE SAME TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT.

WHEN WE LOOK AT TIER MOVEMENT AT THIS POINT IN THE SCHOOL YEAR.

NEXT, WE HAVE ISIP ASSESSMENT.

SO, THIS IS PRE K THROUGH FIVE.

WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE BOARD, WE SEE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND MANY OF THE SCHOOLS WE DID SEE SOME DROPS AT BLUEBONNET AND AT CARVER.

I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT I LOOKED AT BLUEBONNET SCORES LAST YEAR.

SO EVEN WITH THIS DIP THEY ARE 6% HIGHER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN.

AND I'M SORRY.

AND CARVER IS WHERE THEY WERE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT HISTORICAL DATA OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

SO EVEN WITH THE DIP, THEY ARE BLUEBONNET IS AHEAD.

CARVER IS WHERE THEY WERE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT ICIP DATA.

NEXT, WE HAVE IT FOR THE SECONDARY.

SO, WE DO SEE DROPS FOR THE OVERALL DISTRICT NUMBER.

THE HIGH SCHOOL KUDOS.

WE DID SEE A 1% GAIN.

THE DROPS AT THE JUNIOR HIGH.

TYPICALLY I COULD WALK IN AND SAY IT WAS A CERTAIN GRADE LEVEL.

WE KNOW WHICH TEACHER TO HIT AND WE STILL CAN DO THAT.

BUT THE DIPS AT THE JUNIOR HIGH ACTUALLY WERE IN ALL THREE GRADE LEVELS.

SO AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR, WE COULD PINPOINT THAT IT WAS SIXTH GRADE, BUT WE WERE SEEING SOME REALLY GOOD GAINS IN CBA DATA.

AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR, SIXTH GRADE DID HAVE SOME MAJOR TURNAROUND AND LOOKED GOOD BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

BUT AT THIS POINT THERE WERE IT WAS DIPS AT ALL THREE GRADE LEVELS.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE JUNIOR HIGH TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MORE KIDS TEST, AND THAT WE TRY TO GET THESE NUMBERS UP.

HERE IS A COMPARISON CHART FOR STUDENT POPULATIONS FOR THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. SO, YOU DO SEE THAT OVERALL, FOR LOCKHART WE ARE 1% UP IN THE ELEMENTARY COMPARING OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER.

WE DID SEE A DIP IN THE STUDENTS WITH IEPS, BUT WE DID SEE A GAIN FOR OUR EMERGING BILINGUALS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, WE DO SEE DROPS FOR EACH OF THESE GROUPS, WITH THE LARGEST BEING STUDENTS WITH IEPS.

SO, MS. MCINTOSH AND I WILL SIT DOWN, GO THROUGH THE DATA AND SEE IF WE CAN PINPOINT WHAT HAPPENED IN THESE THIS AREA.

NEXT IS OUR MATH DATA.

I'LL GO OVER DREAMBOX.

SO, WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR.

SO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DARKER COLORED BAR GRAPHS, THAT IS SEPTEMBER 22ND TO OCTOBER 22ND, AND THEN THE LIGHT-COLORED BAR GRAPHS ARE FOR THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.

I'LL PUT THIS ON HERE BECAUSE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WE HAVE SEEN DIPS BETWEEN OCTOBER AND I'M SORRY, BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER OF DREAMBOX.

BUT I DID WANT TO REITERATE THAT LAST MONTH WHEN I WALKED IN, IT WAS THE HIGHEST GAINS IN DREAMBOX WE HAD SEEN ACROSS THE CAMPUSES.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE ARE FOLLOWING WHAT WE HAVE DONE HISTORICALLY WITH A DIP BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, WE ARE WAY WE ARE FURTHER AHEAD THAN WE WERE AT

[02:35:10]

SO, IF YOU COMPARE THE LAST GRAPH TO THE REST OF THEM, YOU'LL SEE THAT, OR YOU COMPARE THE LAST GRAPH TO 2022, THAT WE ARE STILL SHOWING SIGNIFICANT GAINS IN DREAMBOX. WHAT ARE YOU? SO, THE WAY DREAMBOX WORKS IS ITS USAGE AS WELL AS PROGRESSION THROUGH THAT USE.

SO, STUDENTS WILL TYPICALLY GET MORE DIFFICULT WORK AS THEY MOVE ON.

IT'S JUST A REITERATION OF OUR CAMPUSES AND REALLY A HYPER FOCUS ON HAVING STUDENTS HIT THEIR LESSONS ON A WEEKLY BASIS.

SO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS TESTING THIS YEAR AND THE NUMBER AT LEAST HITTING FIVE PER WEEK, IT HAS GROWN FROM THIS POINT THAN LAST YEAR.

SO, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT REALLY IS OUR CAMPUS LEADERS AND TEACHERS MAKING SURE AND ENSURING THAT KIDS ARE COMPLETING THEIR DREAMBOX LESSONS.

ARE WE SEEING TEACHERS CONTINUING TO ALIGN? AND ASSIGN SPECIFIC LESSONS BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS.

I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT SO I COULD NOT.

I COULD NOT TELL YOU THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS, I'M SORRY, THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS OR PERCENTAGE OF TEACHERS THAT ARE GIVING SPECIFIC LESSONS TO STUDENTS.

BUT WE DO KNOW THAT CAMPUSES DO THAT.

BUT I DON'T HAVE A PERCENTAGE FOR YOU, SIR.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCES FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS, ARE YOU SEEING THAT THE LESSONS ADMINISTERED, THE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES ARE DIRECTED TO THE SPECIFIC GOALS? OR THE TEKS THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING INSTRUCTION IN.

SO DREAMBOX IS PROGRESSIVE, SO IT WON'T NECESSARILY HIT THE EXACT TEKS THAT THE TEACHER IS.

MY APOLOGIES. YOU KNOW THAT THE TEACHERS ARE FOLLOWING IN CLASS.

BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN, LIKE I SAID, A HYPER FOCUS ON TEACHERS ENSURING THAT THE KIDS ARE GETTING THEIR LESSONS.

AND SO, IN THE CAMPUSES WHERE THEY HAVE HIGH GROWTH, IS THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE USING IT MORE THAN THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE SHOWING LESS GROWTH? WHAT I CAN TELL YOU.

YOU GO TO THIS SLIDE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE TWO CAMPUSES, TWO OF THE THREE CAMPUSES WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBERS, YOU SEE HERE WITH THE HIGHEST BAR GRAPH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OCTOBER HAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF STUDENT USAGE PER WEEK.

THERE IS ONE THAT IS NOT IN THE TOP TWO THAT HAS A HIGH PERCENTAGE.

THAT BEING BLUEBONNET.

YEAH, STILL GREAT GAINS, JUST NOT WHERE CLEAR FORK AND PCR AND IN MY EXPERIENCE.

AND WE'LL GO AND LOOK AT IT.

THE MORE STRATEGIC TEACHERS ARE AND ASSIGNING BASED ON CORE INSTRUCTION YOU'LL SEE HIGHER RATES OF GROWTH.

SO, HERE'S [INAUDIBLE] FOR GRADES TWO THROUGH FIVE AND ALGEBRA ONE.

SO PROUD TO SAY WE SAW GROWTH IN BOTH OF THESE GRADE LEVELS.

THIS IS THE CLOSEST WE HAVE GOTTEN TO OUR 70% TARGET GOAL IN THREE YEARS.

SO, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK HARD.

AND I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO WALK IN AND WELL, I'D LIKE TO WE WILL WALK IN IN MAY WITH THE FINAL REPORT SAYING THAT WE HIT THAT INITIAL GOAL THAT YOU SEE AT EVERY PRESENTATION WHEN I GET THIS STARTED.

HERE'S THE SAME BY PROGRAM FOR OUR MATH.

SO, WE SEE AN IMPROVEMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OVERALL FROM OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER.

WE SEE IT FOR EMERGING BILINGUALS.

BUT THE SAME DIP WE SAW IN READING WE SEE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.

SO, MS. MCINTOSH AND I ARE GOING TO SIT DOWN AND GO THROUGH THE DATA TOGETHER.

AND THAT IS IT. TEAM.

ANY QUESTIONS? KIND OF LOOKING FORWARD, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN WE TAKE OUR CHRISTMAS BREAK AND COME BACK, THERE'S OFTEN A DIP IN DATA FOLLOWING MONTH.

AND IS THERE ANY WAY TO SLOW THAT DOWN OR PREVENT THAT.

IT'S FUNNY THAT WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT THAT TODAY IN CABINET.

SO, WE HAVE YES, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I'M GLAD MY COLLEAGUES BROUGHT IT UP.

THEY ACTUALLY ASKED ME THE EXACT SAME QUESTION.

THE WINTER FREEZE.

BECAUSE IT'S SUMMER MELT AND WINTER FREEZE.

I LEARNED THAT TODAY.

THANK YOU, MR. ESTRADA.

SO, THE WINTER FREEZE, I MEAN, IT'S ALIVE AND KICKING AND LOCKHART.

WE HAVE SEEN DIPS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS WHEN WE COME BACK IN JANUARY.

SO, WE HAVE IT'S A VERY PRELIMINARY PLAN TO IMPROVE LITERACY OVER THE BREAK.

WE ARE LOOKING TO SEND PACKETS HOME OF DAKOTA BALLS AND THEN ALSO SOME BOOKS AROUND COMPREHENSION SO KIDS CAN WORK ON PHONICS.

[02:40:04]

WELL, ONE TWO PARTICULAR CAMPUSES, ABS AND NAVARRO.

ONE OF THOSE PRINCIPALS I HAVE NOT TALKED TO.

SO, IF YOU'RE LISTENING, MR. MILLER, I'LL BE CALLING YOU TOMORROW.

BUT WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR THE TEACHERS AND THEN HAVING SESSIONS FOR PARENTS SO THAT WHEN THEY GET THESE BOOKS, THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR CHILDREN OVER THE BREAK AND THAT WE INCREASE READING OVER THE BREAK.

SO, IT'S A WAY FOR US TO ATTACK LITERACY OVER THE WINTER FREEZE.

MATH HAS CONTINUED TO SHOW STEADY IMPROVEMENTS, EVEN THOUGH YOU SEE IN SOME OF THE 1.5 THERE WERE DIPS.

OUR CBA DATA LAST MONTH I SHOWED NOT ONLY THE JUNIOR HIGH, BUT THE HIGH SCHOOL MATH.

THE TWO CAMPUSES THAT DIPPED TRADITIONALLY GET BETTER AS TIME GOES BY AS THEY GET INTO CBA TWO AND WE'LL HAVE CBA, CBA TWO DATA PRETTY SOON.

SO, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON LITERACY OVER THE WINTER BREAK.

ANYTHING ELSE? BOARD.

OSPREY IS GOING TO CANCEL CHRISTMAS.

NO WAY. SHORTEN IT.

NO WAY. WHAT ARE SOME GOOD EDUCATIONAL, I GUESS, BESIDES THE READING BOOKS? I GUESS BECAUSE I'VE ASKED PARENTS TO HAVE ASKED ME LIKE, WHAT CAN THEY GET THEIR CHILD, I GUESS FOR CHRISTMAS THAT WILL HELP THEM WITH EDUCATIONAL WISE, I GUESS.

WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND TO READ? WELL, BESIDES THE BOOK, I MEAN.

SO BESIDES, LOOK, I'LL TELL YOU, THIS ISN'T.

I DID STEAL IT FROM THE DISTRICT, BUT THREE CHILDREN AND HIGH SCHOOLER, A MIDDLE SCHOOLER AND I HAVE A KINDERGARTNER.

MY OLDEST TWO DID NOT USE DREAMBOX.

WE HAD TRIED OTHER THINGS THAT I GOT FROM A DIFFERENT DISTRICT, BUT MY DAUGHTER BEGS TO DO DREAMBOX ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO, THERE'S TRIALS.

YOU CAN DO TRIALS FOR 30 DAYS.

YOU JUST HAVE TO ENTER IN, WHETHER IT'S A REAL EMAIL OR A FAKE EMAIL, YOU CAN DO TRIALS.

BUT I WOULD SAY THAT ANY PROGRAMS THAT THEY CAN ACCESS THROUGH LOCKHART CONTINUE TO USE THEM, BUT ACTUALLY ALLOW THEM TO USE THEM.

BE PART OF YOUR DAILY ROUTINE.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. YEAH.

MR. RAYOS, I THINK THE READING TO YOUR CHILDREN, AND IT DEPENDS ON THAT QUESTION, DEPENDS ON THE AGE AND WHAT THEIR STRENGTHS ARE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

BUT I THINK YOU CAN NEVER GO WRONG WITH HAVING A LITERACY RICH HOME BOOKS EVERYWHERE MAKING THAT.

PART OF THE HOUSEHOLD MODELING.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

LET THEM MODELING, READING THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

I THINK WE QUICKLY GO TO TECHNOLOGY OFTENTIMES, BUT THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A BOOK LIKE READING A GOOD BOOK AT HOME AVAILABLE. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. DAVIDSON.

THANK YOU. WE WILL BEGIN OR WE WILL CONTINUE WITH ITEM NINE.

[Consider and/or Approve Caldwell County Appraisal District Board of Directors Candidate(s)]

CALDWELL COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

BOARD OF DIRECTOR. CANDIDATES BOARD.

OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD ELECT ALFREDO MUNOZ AS OUR CANDIDATE FOR THE CALDWELL COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

I'LL SECOND. WELL, I THINK THE MOTION IS TO GIVE MR. MUNOZ ALL OF OUR VOTES.

CORRECT. WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? NO.

PASSES 7 TO 0.

OKAY ITEM B CONSIDERED AND OR APPROVED.

[Consider and/or Approve New Innovative Courses]

30 TO 60S JUST.

FOR TIME. MY TIME IS UP.

YES. THERE'S A COUPLE OF INNOVATIVE COURSES THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF.

THE FIRST ONE WILL BE THE EMT BASIC.

THIS WILL BE A CLASS THAT WILL BE IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PATHWAY.

IT WILL ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO TEST FOR AN IBC AS AN EMT BASIC.

AND WE ALREADY HAVE A TEACHER ON CAMPUS THAT IS A FORMER EMT PERSON.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADD WITHOUT NEEDING TO FIND ANOTHER TEACHER OR TRY TO FIND AN OUTSIDE AGENCY TO HELP US WITH THAT.

THE SECOND ONE IS EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS.

THIS WILL BE A CLASS THAT WE WILL BE OFFERING FOR EIGHTH GRADERS.

IT WILL ALSO BE FOR HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT.

SO THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW CTE CLASSES, SOMETHING THAT IS OFFERED FOR HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT MEANS FUNDING.

SO, WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD THAT.

AND IT'LL BE IT'LL BE REPLACING INVESTIGATIVE CAREERS.

SO, IT'LL BE THE SAME TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE NOW, JUST A DIFFERENT NAME CHANGES AND A DIFFERENT CLASS FOR THAT.

[02:45:03]

I'LL SECOND. SECOND.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 7 TO 0.

WE MOVE ON TO BOARD AND STAFF COMMENTS.

[BOARD AND STAFF COMMENTS - ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST*]

SO, A LOT OF I WAS LIKE, MAN, WHO'S IN LOCKHART? EVERYBODY'S IN SAN ANTONIO. SO GREAT SHOW AND SO GOOD JOB TO OUR LOCKER FOOTBALL TEAM MR. LOCKHART. THE CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. THE CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM.

I'M EXCITED BECAUSE I WAS HERE WHEN THE COACH CAME ABOARD FOR CROSS COUNTRY, AND HE'S STILL HERE.

HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB.

AND SOMETIMES, EVEN IF YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, YOU DON'T GET TO KEEP YOUR JOB.

SO HAPPY THAT WE HAVE KEPT HIM ALL THESE YEARS.

AND THE KIDS ARE STILL CONTINUING TO LEARN NOT ONLY HOW TO RUN, BUT HOW TO BE GOOD CITIZENS.

SPECIAL ED THING WAS REALLY GOOD.

MAYBE A LITTLE LONG, BUT IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.

OTHER THAN THAT, I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY.

MR. GUYTON OKAY.

YEAH. WE HAVE SPOKEN A LOT OF WORDS HERE TONIGHT, BUT I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALSO THANK THE MICHELSEN FAMILY AND CONGRATULATE OUR CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM AS WELL.

MS. PULLIAM.

AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE THOUGHTS TO THE MICHELSON FAMILY.

I THINK THAT IS AN AMAZING GIFT THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

ABBI WAS A FANTASTIC WOMAN, AND I LOVE THAT HER LEGACY IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE CONTINUED ON.

AND HAPPY TO SEE OR EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO WITH THAT.

AND THEN ALSO JUST WISH EVERYBODY HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

DR. SANCHEZ. OKAY.

WELL, YEAH, I ECHO ALL THE THANK YOUS TO THE CROSS COUNTRY AND KUDOS TO THEM.

AND SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE GLOSSERMAN FAMILY.

AND I GET I REALLY DID ENJOY ALL THE UPDATES, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LOT OF DETAILS.

IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AS WELL AS A SPECIAL ED PROGRAM.

AND I THINK IT'S EXCITING FOR US TO BE LOOKING AT THAT STAFF HOUSING PROJECT.

THAT WAS INTERESTING.

SO HOPEFULLY. MR. BURNETT. THE VETERAN'S EVENT THIS PAST WEEK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS.

VERY WELL DONE.

THE STUDENTS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.

THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EVENT, ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND LISTEN TO SEVERAL OF OUR CHOIR MEMBERS SINGING IN THE REGION CHOIRS IN SAN ANTONIO THIS WEEKEND, AND IT'S AMAZING TO SEE OUR STUDENTS AS GOOD AS ANYONE ELSE IN OUR REGION.

AND IT WAS.

THE PERFORMANCES WERE EXCELLENT.

I WANT TO SAY THE SAME THING.

THANK YOU TO GLOSSERMANS FOR A VERY GENEROUS DONATION IN ABBY'S NAME.

AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AGAIN, TO COACH HIPPENSTEEL AND HIS CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM.

YOU KNOW, YEAR AFTER YEAR THEY CONTINUE TO EXCEL.

AND IT IS YOU KNOW; NOBODY WORKS HARDER THAN THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE.

I GUARANTEE YOU. AND I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY AND THE VOTERS FOR SUPPORTING THIS LAST WEEK.

YEAH, IT MEANS A LOT TO THE DISTRICT.

YOU KNOW, THE SACRIFICE PEOPLE ARE MAKING TO PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TAXES, BUT IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO US.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT VERY MUCH.

I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE WAS GOING TO BRING THAT UP AGAIN.

WE CERTAINLY WANT TO ECHO PRESIDENT WRIGHT'S COMMENTS.

THE PASSAGE OF THE VA IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY AND SUCCESS OF OUR DISTRICT, AND I KNOW THAT I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR STAFF. THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY.

I'VE RECEIVED SO MANY MESSAGES FROM STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOWED UP AND SUPPORTED THEM, AND I FEEL THE SAME WAY, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LOCKHART WE WERE GOING TO DO THE SCHOOL BOARD DANCE, AND MR. GUYTON WOULD ASK YOU TO CLOSE OUT THE NIGHT.

OKAY. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS MEETING.

IT'S IN YOUR SON JESUS NAME.

WE PRAY. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.