Jan 16, 2024 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 JANUARY 16TH, 2024 AT 6:30 P.M..

LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT A QUORUM OF BOARD MEMBERS IS PRESENT, THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED, AND THAT NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 551.

LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT TRUSTEES, SANCHEZ, RAYOS, LOCKHART, BURNETT, PULLIAM, WRIGHT, GUYTON ARE PRESENT.

MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE, THE ROTC.

SO EVERYBODY PLEASE STAND AND WE'LL SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

TRUSTEE BURNETT WOULD YOU LEAD US IN AN INVOCATION? SURE. LET'S PRAY. FATHER GOD, THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US AND WATCHING OVER US.

CONTINUE TO BE WITH OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS.

AMEN. ITEM FOUR RECOGNITIONS.

[Recognitions]

ESTRADA, WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD TO HELP RECEIVE THIS EVENING'S HONOREES FOR RECOGNITION? TONIGHT, WE ARE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE A REMARKABLE INDIVIDUAL, SOMEONE WHO EMBODIES THE VALUES OF COURAGE, SACRIFICE AND DEDICATION TO OUR GREAT NATION.

MR. ALBERTO CARDENAS IS A PROUD VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY WHO SERVED WITH HONOR DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.

MR. CARDENAS WOULD HAVE GRADUATED WITH THE LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1975, BUT HIS JOURNEY LED HIM TO LEAVE SCHOOL AND ANSWER A HIGHER CALLING, THE CALL OF DUTY.

WHILE OTHER TEENAGERS WERE COMPLETING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION, HE VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY, DEDICATING HIMSELF TO THE SERVICE OF OUR NATION.

HE CONTINUED THIS SERVICE FOR OVER 20 YEARS AS A MEMBER OF THE US NAVY, THE US NATIONAL GUARD, AND THE NAVY RESERVES.

WHILE HIS PATH MAY HAVE LED HIM AWAY FROM THE TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL'S EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY IS UNIQUE AND DESERVING OF RECOGNITION. TONIGHT, WE PROUDLY TAKE A MOMENT TO RECTIFY A GAP IN HISTORY AND PRESENT HIM WITH THE DIPLOMA HE RIGHTFULLY EARNED NEARLY 50 YEARS AGO.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, MR. CARDENAS, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS ACHIEVEMENT.

AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK OUR SUPERINTENDENT, MR. MARK ESTRADA, TO CERTIFY THE DIPLOMA.

GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, BY THE AUTHORITY GRANTED ME BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, I CERTIFY THAT ALBERTO CARDENAS HAS MET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION, AS OUTLINED IN THE POLICIES AND STANDARDS OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AND THE LOCKHART INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

MR. CARDENAS, YOU MAY NOW MOVE YOUR TASSEL FROM RIGHT TO LEFT.

PLEASE WALK FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR DIPLOMA.

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SO, ITEMS 4 B, C, D WILL BE MOVED TO NEXT MONTH AND WILL NOW DO 4E SCHOOL SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION.

HEATHER. ALL RIGHT.

JANUARY IS SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION MONTH, A TIME TO CELEBRATE THE SERVICE OF THOSE WHO VOLUNTEER ON THE SCHOOL BOARD TO ENSURE OUR DISTRICT FACILITATES EXCELLENT LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR ALL STUDENTS.

THIS YEAR'S THEME IS LOCALLY ELECTED COMMUNITY CONNECTED.

IN TEXAS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE ELECTED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO TRUST THEM TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR STUDENTS.

THIS CONNECTION ENSURES THAT BOARD MEMBERS ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO LOCAL VOTERS ATTUNED TO THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND DEDICATED TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE.

OUR LOCKHART ISD TRUSTEES VOLUNTARILY COMMIT THEMSELVES TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF.

THEY TOO ARE PARENTS, PROFESSIONALS, AND ACTIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND STILL THEY SELFLESSLY DEDICATE THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS AND WELL-BEING OF OUR FUTURE LEADERS. BEYOND THEIR DUTIES IN THE BOARDROOM, YOU'LL FIND THEM ON THE SIDELINES CHEERING ON OUR LION ATHLETES.

YOU'LL SPOT THEM IN THE AUDIENCE AT THE GO PACK, SUPPORTING OUR FINE ARTS PROGRAMS. YOU'LL SEE THEM AT TEACHER FEEDBACK FORUMS SHOWING A COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING OUR STAFF AND SO MUCH MORE.

THE LOCKHART ISD SCHOOL BOARD EXEMPLIFIES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LEADERS IN EDUCATION, AND WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEM STEERING THE SHIP TOWARDS A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY.

IN LINE WITH THIS YEAR'S LOCALLY ELECTED, COMMUNITY CONNECTED THEME, WE ARE PLEASED TO PRESENT THE TRUSTEES WITH A GIFT BASKET FILLED WITH ITEMS GENEROUSLY DONATED BY LOCAL BUSINESSES. THANK YOU TO LOCKHART, HEB, LOGOS LASER SIGNS AND DAKOTA TEXAS HANDCRAFTED GOODS FOR YOUR DONATIONS.

AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR GIFT BASKET AND CERTIFICATE.

WE WILL TAKE A GROUP PHOTO AT THE END.

PRESIDENT MICHAEL WRIGHT RECEIVING A GIFT BASKET FROM PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL AND CARVER EARLY EDUCATION CENTER.

[APPLAUSE].

VICE PRESIDENT WARREN BURNETT RECEIVING A GIFT BASKET FROM LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL AND PLUM CREEK ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] YEAH. SECRETARY TOM GUYTON RECEIVING A GIFT BASKET FROM CLEAR FORK ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] TRUSTEE RENE RAYOS RECEIVING A GIFT BASKET FROM BLUEBONNET ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] . TRUSTEE SAM LOCKHART RECEIVING A GIFT BASKET FROM LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH.

[APPLAUSE] TRUSTEE DR. BARBARA SANCHEZ RECEIVING A GIFT BASKET FROM ALMA BREWER STRAWN ELEMENTARY.

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[APPLAUSE] IS LIKE BEING LIKE, OH, MY GOD, WE'RE SEE ANOTHER GRIEVANCE.

THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. FROM ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER.

[APPLAUSE] NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A GROUP PICTURE.

YES. OH, JUST.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 5, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[Public Comment]

BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT POINT, LET'S SEE, THE BOARD WILL HEAR COMMENTS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS.

ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS MUST SIGN IN PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING, AND LIST THE AGENDA ITEM THEY WANT TO DISCUSS.

EACH PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF FIVE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

ANY PUBLIC TESTIMONY SPEAKER WHO REQUIRES A TRANSLATOR WILL RECEIVE UP TO TEN MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING WILL ALLOW ALL SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP BEFORE THE START OF THE MEETING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING AN ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. THE BOARD ENCOURAGES PRESENTERS TO KEEP COMMENTS OR CRITICISM CIVIL AND COURTEOUS.

PLEASE ALSO AVOID USING PROFANITY.

LAST, WE ASK THAT YOU NOT DISCUSS STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT YOUR OWN CHILD.

IF A SPEAKER IS SEEKING BOARD RESOLUTION OF A SPECIFIC COMPLAINT, THE BOARD MAY ONLY PROVIDE RELIEF TO THE DISTRICT'S GRIEVANCE PROCESS.

DISTRICT POLICY DGBA HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR ADDRESSING EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS POLICY FMG IS THE AVENUE FOR FILING PARENT COMPLAINTS AND POLICY GF ADDRESSES COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMPLAINT.

GRIEVANCE FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED AT ANY CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OR IN THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION OFFICE.

MR. CASTILLO, YOU MAY STEP FORWARD.

YOU WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

AND FOR THE RECORD, WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE? JOHN CASTILLO 1106 RED RIVER HERE IN LOCKHART, TEXAS.

THANK YOU, BOARD, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK THIS THIS EVENING TO Y'ALL.

I COME BEFORE YOU. NOT ON GOOD TERMS. UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO COME AND SPEAK IN REGARDS TO OUR CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT.

I DEALT WITH MR. ESTRADA OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS ON ISSUES IN REGARDING PERSONAL MATTERS AS FRIENDS OF MINE WHO FELT THEY WERE BEING HARASSED WHILE WORKING HERE AT THE LOCKHART ISD, AND ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO WAS BEING HARASSED IN 2019.

AND THE ONLY WAY THAT WAS RESOLVED IS WHEN, THE SUPERVISOR FOUND ANOTHER JOB.

SO THAT'S HOW THAT WAS RESOLVED.

AND IN 2021, I CAME TO THIS, TO HERE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING AND SPOKEN TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT SOME ISSUES THAT WERE GOING ON WITH THE, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND THE CURRENT, AT THE TIME, BASKETBALL COACH.

AND I TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS SOME ISSUES GOING ON IF HE WOULD ADDRESS THEM, AND HE DID TELL ME HE WOULD APPROACH, YOU KNOW, THE SITUATION AND TRY TO HANDLE IT THE BEST WAY HE COULD.

AND THEN LATER THAT YEAR, A AUTOMOTIVE TEACHER WAS REASSIGNED AND DEMOTED, AND, NOBODY REALLY SAID ANYTHING WHY? IT HAPPENED. IT JUST HAPPENED.

AND THEN IN 2023 THAT SAME BASKETBALL COACH AND THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND THE PRINCIPAL OF LOCKHART HIGH AT THE CURRENT

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SO. AND THEN THIS PAST YEAR.

I DIDN'T ATTEND MANY FOOTBALL GAMES, BUT I HEARD, YOU KNOW, THE STUFF GOING ON.

SO I WENT TO A GAME IN PIPER, AND WHEN I WAS THERE I SAW A, I GUESS, A REGULAR FAN OR SOMEBODY CLOSE TO THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT WEARING A SHIRT, SAID PROGRAM OVER FEELINGS.

AND TO ME, I WAS JUST LIKE, WELL, THERE'S A PATTERN HERE.

THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON.

IT. THERE HAS NOBODY'S SAYING ANYTHING.

I JUST SEE STUFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT'S GOING HERE AND THERE.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON AND THAT SOMETHING HAS TO BE SAID, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE, AND SOMETHING HOPEFULLY WILL GET RESOLVED. BECAUSE YOU SEE THE PATTERN THAT'S HAPPENING FROM 2019 TO 2024.

THESE THINGS ARE OCCURRING.

I'M JUST UP HERE TODAY TO TRY TO SAY, HEY, WHAT HAPPENS IN THE DARK NEEDS TO BE SHOWN BEING BROUGHT TO LIGHT, AND I THINK WE ALL NEED TO DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO KNOW THAT WE'RE IN LEADERSHIP ROLES.

BUT WHEN WE'RE IN LEADERSHIP ROLES, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO BE CALLED OUT AND TOLD, LET'S REASSESS WHAT WE'RE DOING AND LET'S TRY TO BE BETTER LEADERS IN THIS COMMUNITY.

SO I'M COMING HERE TODAY TO JUST SAY, I'M HERE TO TRY TO PREVENT SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN HERE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

I KNOW BEING A TEACHER AND AN EDUCATOR IS A TOUGH JOB, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THESE LITTLE FACTIONS WORKING TOGETHER BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE ONE ANOTHER, BUT IT'S A HARD JOB THAT THESE EDUCATORS ARE DOING AND TRYING TO TEACH OUR KIDS TO BE BETTER.

AND ALSO ANOTHER THING IS MANNERISM.

YOU HAVE TO YOU CAN'T.

I MEAN, THESE ARE PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOODS YOU'RE DEALING WITH.

SO I THINK IF WE CAN BE BETTER JUSTIFIED TO TRY TO SEE WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE KIDS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE SUFFERING.

SO I'M SORRY TO BRING THIS UP TO YOU, BUT I HOPE YOU ALL REALLY TAKE THIS TO HEART AND REALLY CONSIDER LOOKING INTO THE ACTIONS THAT'S BEEN OCCURRING, NOT JUST RECENTLY, BUT I'VE TOLD YOU BACK FROM 2019.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AND CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING RECOGNIZED, BECAUSE I KNOW THE JOB THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING IS NOT EASY.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I KNOW IT'S WELL RESPECTED, FROM MY POINT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU SIR. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX CLOSED SESSION, WE'RE GOING TO, MOVE ONE ITEM UP.

ITEM 10 COMMUNICATION, D LOCKHART NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER 6, DESIGN REVIEW.

[Lockhart New Elementary School #6 Design Review]

THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WE WITNESSED THE A SMALL VERSION OF THE FLY THROUGH OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

NUMBER SIX DESIGN REVIEW.

HERE, WE'LL SEE THE FINAL REVIEW OF THE ACTUAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

NUMBER SIX WE HAVE WITH US FROM VOK.

WE HAVE MR. ROBERT DONAHUE AND RORY ESTES SO THEY CAN COME UP.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU DON'T WANT TO GO UP TO THE PODIUM.

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IT HAD TO COME UP AT SOME POINT, RIGHT? DID YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BY CHANCE OVER THE VIDEO OR ANYTHING RELATED TO THE PROJECT? IT'LL BE EXCITING IF IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IN REAL LIFE.

IT WILL BE.

WE WERE ROBERT AND I WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT, AND, YOU KNOW, WE SEE A LOT OF PROJECTS ON A DAILY BASIS, AND THIS IS ONE THAT WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT. AND EVEN THE GUYS WHO DID THE RENDERINGS, IN-HOUSE, I SENT ALL THOSE GUYS AN EMAIL THANKING THEM FOR ALL THEIR EFFORT THAT THEY PUT INTO BUILDING THIS VIDEO, BECAUSE THIS TOOK ABOUT A MONTH'S WORTH OF TIME FOR OUR GUYS TO PUT TOGETHER.

AND THEY SAID, MAN, WHEN A PROJECT LOOKS THIS AWESOME, IT'S REALLY EASY TO INVEST THIS AMOUNT OF TIME IN A VIDEO LIKE THIS.

SO THEY WERE LIKE, MAN, THIS HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE BLAST AND WHAT AN AWESOME DESIGN.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON IT, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU ALL.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR FEEDBACK THAT WENT INTO THIS DESIGN, BECAUSE WITH YOU ALL, WITHOUT YOU, IT WOULDN'T LOOK LIKE THIS.

I MEAN, YOU GUYS HAD A HAND IN EVERY SINGLE BIT OF THIS.

AND I HOPE THAT'S REFLECTIVE IN THAT DESIGN.

AND SO I, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS COME TO FRUITION.

IT IS GOING TO BE AN AWESOME PROJECT.

AND A GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR DISTRICT.

THANKS A BUNCH. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AS WELL.

AND, A LOT OF THE COMMITTEES, PUT INTO IT AS WELL.

SO, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THEM AS WELL FOR THEIR INPUT.

SO GOOD JOB.

ABSOLUTELY. AND I JUST WANT TO REINFORCE TO IT THIS IS A HUGE TEAM EFFORT.

WITH ALL YOU GUYS, EVERYBODY FROM VOK, ALL OF OUR CONSULTANTS, JEREMIAH, THE GUYS OVER AT DRYMALLA, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS.

AND SO IT'S A TEAM EFFORT, SO.

CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED.

SO. OKAY.

THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ITEM SIX WILL BE POSTPONED TO BE RESCHEDULED AT ANOTHER TIME.

ITEM SEVEN.

ALSO IS UNNECESSARY AT THIS MOMENT.

SO ITEM EIGHT CLOSED SESSION.

[CLOSED SESSION]

BEGINNING AT 6:54 P.M.

WE'LL CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING ITEMS LISTED UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.072, 551.074, 551.076.

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

ALL RIGHT.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON JANUARY 16TH, 2024, BEGINNING AT 8:35 P.M..

[Call to Order]

THE BOARD ENDED ITS CLOSED SESSION AT 8:35 P.M.

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OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO SKIP DOWN TO ITEM 11 A COMMUNICATION ACTION.

[Consider and/or Approve the Guaranteed Maximum Price for New Elementary School #6 ]

BACK ON MAY 15TH, WE THE BOARD APPROVED THE CONTRACT FOR DRYWALLA AS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.

AND NOW WE'VE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH ALL THE WORK AND DESIGN, AND NOW WE'RE AT THE FINAL GMP NUMBER.

THE FINAL GMP FOR GMP TWO WILL BE 32,673,147.

IF WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE PAGE YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, IT KIND OF HAS A BREAKDOWN OF THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS 33,890,281, THE GMP WE PASSED AT ONE OF THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS FOR ALL THE ELECTRICAL HVAC WAS 1,095,492.

SO WITH THAT, ALL ADDED TOGETHER, WE'RE ACTUALLY 121,642 UNDER BUDGET FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER SIX.

WE RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THIS GMP.

ADMINISTRATION DOES. OKAY, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION OF THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE AMENDMENT AS SET FORTH IN THE AIAA133-2009 EXHIBIT A.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 7 TO 0.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS.

OKAY. WE'LL MOVE BACK TO ITEM 9.

[Business: Consent Agenda]

ITEMS A THROUGH J.

DOES ANY BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO MAKE ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? NO IF NOT. WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE BUSINESS CONSENT AGENDA AS LISTED.

I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 7 TO 0.

[Progress Monitoring Data on District Achievement Targets]

MR. DAVIDSON. GOOD EVENING.

BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.

I AM GOING TO PRESENT OUR TARGETS AND OUR PROGRESS MONITORING FOR JANUARY 2024.

JUST A REMINDER THAT OUR TARGETS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR IS 80% OF OUR STUDENTS IN GRADES PRE-K THROUGH FIVE AND 70% OF OUR 6TH THROUGH 10TH GRADERS WILL MAKE 1.5 YEARS PROGRESS IN READING FOR THE SAME SCHOOL YEAR, 70% OF OUR STUDENTS K THROUGH ALGEBRA ONE WILL MAKE 1.5 YEARS PROGRESS IN MATH.

OUR STRATEGIC SUPPORT.

SO I'LL START OFF WITH STUDENT AND PARENT COMMUNICATIONS.

SO BESIDES THE PROGRESS REPORTS THAT ARE PROVIDED TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND WEEKLY NEWSLETTERS THAT COME FROM CAMPUSES, WE ALSO HAVE SEESAW AND READYROSIE THAT'S BEING USED BY THE PRE-K.

BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON CORE VALUE TWO, OR IT'S ALSO UNDER LEADER IN ME CORE TWO, WHERE STUDENTS ARE, DOING THEIR OWN PROGRESS MONITORING.

THEY'RE CHECKING THEIR PROGRESS, THROUGH NOT ONLY ASSESSMENTS, BUT DIFFERENT GOALS THAT THEY HAVE SET.

IF YOU WALK AROUND CAMPUSES, YOU WILL ALSO SEE THAT CAMPUSES HAVE YEARLY GOALS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS STARTED POSITIVE REFERRALS.

SO TYPICALLY WHEN WE THINK OF A REFERRAL, IT'S FOR SOMETHING NOT SO POSITIVE.

THE CAMPUS HAS STARTED POSITIVE REFERRALS, WHERE CAMPUS MEMBERS CAN SEND A POSITIVE REFERRAL ABOUT A STUDENT DOING SOMETHING APPROPRIATE, FINDING, DOING SOMETHING AROUND, OUR DISTRICT VALUES, AND THEN THEY GET AWARDED FOR DOING SO.

WE CONTINUE WITH OUR CAMPUS PROGRESS MONITORING.

SO CAMPUSES, ARE STILL CONTINUING TO RESPOND TO ALL SETS OF DATA.

SO IT'S NOT ONLY 1.5, IT'S NOT ONLY CBA, BUT IT INCLUDES ATTENDANCE AND AS WELL AS THEIR CAMPUS BASED ASSESSMENTS.

SO CAMPUSES ARE CONTINUING TO DO THAT.

DR. CAMARILLO AND I CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR PRINCIPAL ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WHERE, DOCTOR CAMARILLO FOCUSES ON OPERATIONAL.

I FOCUS ON INSTRUCTIONAL.

HIGHLIGHT CAMPUS SUPPORT VISITS A LITTLE BIT LATER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CBA 2 DATA, WE STILL HAVE ALIGNED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

WE THREAD THE SHARED LEADERSHIP PLCS ON THE DISTRICT SIDE.

AND THEN ON THE C&I SIDE, WE THREAD THE NEW PROFESSION AS WELL AS JUST IN TIME TRAINING.

SO JUST IN TIME IS WHEN A CAMPUS CALLS OR EMAILS OR COMMUNICATES WITH US THAT THEY NEED SOME HELP WITH SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR WRITING, WHICH WILL ALSO FOCUS ON HERE IN A BIT.

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READING DATA, I WILL SHOW YOU ISTATION DATA.

THERE IS NO RENAISSANCE LEARNING UNTIL FEBRUARY.

WE SKIPPED JANUARY.

THAT'S BEEN A TREND FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.

SO WE'LL ONLY BE LOOKING AT ISTATION DATA TODAY.

SO HERE YOU SEE THE FIRST SET OF DATA FOR 1.5 GROWTH GOAL IN ELEMENTARY.

SO AS YOU LOOK ACROSS THE GRAPHS, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT A FEW CAMPUSES DID DIP FROM MONTH TO MONTH, DECEMBER TO JANUARY, AND WE DID HAVE TWO CAMPUSES THAT DID SHOW INCREASES.

SO ALTHOUGH WE DID SHOW, A 2% DIP IN THE DISTRICT OVERALL, AND THOSE WERE LED BY THOSE TWO CAMPUSES, ONE CAMPUS IN PARTICULAR HAD ONE CLASS ACROSS K THROUGH FIVE THAT SHOWED DIPS WITH ONE BILINGUAL COURSE, I'M SORRY, ONE BILINGUAL CLASS AND THE OTHER CAMPUS, THE LOWEST PERFORMERS OR THOSE NOT REACHING THEIR 1.5 GOAL WERE IN FIRST AND FOURTH GRADE.

I AM HAPPY TO SAY, THOUGH, THAT ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CAMPUSES HERE THAT DID DIP FROM MONTH TO MONTH WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT WINTER FREEZE AND COMING BACK IN JANUARY. ALL CAMPUSES BESIDES ONE SHOWED INCREASES FROM THIS TIME, SAME POINT LAST YEAR.

SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GATHER INFORMATION FROM WHAT WE DID OVER WINTER FREEZE FROM LIBRARIANS.

BUT, EVEN THE TWO CAMPUSES YOU SEE HERE THAT DID SHOW DIPS ARE ABOVE WHERE THEY WERE AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR.

SO THAT'S GOOD FOR OUR REACH AND OUR GOAL OF 80%.

I HAVE A QUESTION? YES, SIR.

SO WHEN THEY COME BACK FROM THE CHRISTMAS BREAK, THAT ASSESSMENT IS DONE THAT FIRST WEEK OR? IT'S TYPICALLY THAT FIRST WEEK.

SO THE MINUTE THEY OPEN UP THEIR THEIR CHROMEBOOKS OKAY.

YEAH. AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S WHY WE DISCUSSED WINTER FREEZE.

WE TALK ABOUT THE DIPS IN JANUARY BECAUSE IT IS A GOOD PORTION OF TIME THAT THEY ARE HOPEFULLY DOING SOMETHING INSTRUCTIONALLY.

BUT WE KNOW FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE CHILDREN, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO DO SO DURING THE BREAK.

SO WE DID HAVE SOME TIPS, AROUND.

I HAD MINE STUDYING THE WHOLE TIME.

OH, WE NEED WE NEED TO TALK AFTER THIS SO I CAN GET SOME POINTERS FROM YOU.

[LAUGHTER] I'M GOING TO SAY I STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT AT HOME.

BUT WE'VE SEEN THESE DIPS.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, EVEN THOUGH WE SAW, WE MEAN WE SEE INCREASES HERE, WHICH IS GREAT.

KUDOS TO THE CAMPUSES THAT SHOWED INCREASES.

BUT EVEN THE TWO HERE THAT SHOWED DIPS, ARE THE THREE THAT SHOWED DIPS ARE HIGHER THAN THEY WERE AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR.

SO TRYING TO ATTAIN THAT YEAR AT THE END OF THE YEAR GOAL IS STILL NOT ONLY ATTAINABLE, BUT WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY TOWARDS IT.

I WANT TO ALSO COMMEND THE, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR THE LIBRARIANS FOR ALLOWING TO, ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO CHECK OUT BOOKS BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS BREAK.

THEY STAYED OPEN LATE, AT LEAST ONE NIGHT DURING THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS BREAK STARTED.

SO, YEAH, KUDOS TO.

YEAH, KUDOS TO THE LIBRARIANS.

WHEN THIS, YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSSED THIS AT THE BOARD MEETING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING OVER THE BREAK.

THEY REALLY JUMPED IN AND SAID, WHAT CAN WE DO? SO NOT ONLY THE LATE HOURS, ADDITIONAL HOURS, BUT COMING UP WITH THE BINGO CARDS AND CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR RESOURCES THAT THEY COULD PROVIDE, FAMILIES.

SO, KUDOS TO OUR CAMPUSES, INCLUDING ESPECIALLY THE LIBRARIANS AT THOSE CAMPUSES.

I REALLY LIKE THE READ OUT LOUD'S THAT THE PRINCIPALS DID TO ME.

THEY WERE PRETTY AWESOME. READING OUT LOUD.

THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. YEAH.

YES. AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'LL THINK ABOUT FOR NOT ONLY SPRING BREAK, BUT OVER THE, YOU KNOW, SUMMER, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT SUMMER MELT.

NOW WE GOT THE WINTER FREEZE. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT WAYS TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO FAMILIES DURING EXTENDED BREAKS.

THE BINGO WAS PRETTY COOL.

BINGO. BINGO WAS PRETTY COOL.

SO NEXT HERE YOU SEE THE ISTATION TIER MOVEMENT.

SO THE TWO CAMPUSES I'M SORRY, THE THREE CAMPUSES THAT SHOW DIPS, IS ONE OF THE REASONS YOU'LL SEE A DIP IN TIER ONE AND AN INCREASE IN TIER TWO, AS WELL AS AN INCREASE IN TIER THREE. SO, THIS IS TYPICAL IN JANUARY.

THE DIP IS NOT AS LARGE AS WE'VE SEEN IT IN YEARS PAST.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE FEW CAMPUSES HADN'T SHOWN THE DIPS.

WE MAY HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN TIER ONE.

NOW WE HAVE ISIP BY STUDENT PROGRAM.

SO I JUST ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

KUDOS, KUDOS, KUDOS CHECK PLUS WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT OUR EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS.

SO IF YOU SEE THIS JUMP FROM DECEMBER TO JANUARY, IT LOOKS LIKE I MEAN, IT IS 2%.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS THAT WE'VE SEEN A JUMP OF ANY GROUP, WHEN WE COME BACK FROM JANUARY.

SO, GET THAT INFORMATION FROM LIBRARIANS.

I'D LOVE TO CONNECT IT TO WINTER FREEZE, BUT EITHER WAY, KUDOS TO OUR EMERGING BILINGUAL STUDENTS FOR SHOWING AND THE CAMPUSES THAT SUPPORT THEM THIS GROWTH FROM DECEMBER TO JANUARY. WHEN IT COMES TO THE ISIP READING, I WILL SAY THAT YOU SEE, THE STUDENTS WITH IEPS DID DROP, 1% FROM LAST YEAR.

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BUT EVEN WITH THAT DROP, WE ARE STILL AHEAD WITH OUR STUDENTS WITH IEPS POPULATION THAN WE WERE AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR.

ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I MOVE ON TO MATH TEAM? SO IN MATH WE ONLY HAVE DREAMBOX.

I'LL GO OVER THE USAGE REPORT QUICK HERE AND SHORTLY.

THERE IS NO REN LEARN UNTIL FEBRUARY.

MUCH LIKE STAAR REN FOR ENGLISH.

WE DID SEE DIPS IN USAGE.

IT IS ALSO HISTORICALLY, WE NOT THAT WE SHOULD GET USED TO IT, BUT THIS IS HISTORICAL DATA FROM YEAR TO YEAR ABOUT USAGE COMING OUT OF JANUARY.

BUT THE DIPS, WERE, A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

SO USAGE IN DREAMBOX, WE'LL DISCUSS WHAT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS ABOUT, GETTING THAT USAGE OF DREAMBOX UP.

NEXT, I'LL GO OVER CBA 2 DATA.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS BEFORE I GET INTO CBA TWO NUMBERS IS.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT ALTHOUGH THIS STARTED, WITH THE SPRING ADMINISTRATION OF THE STAAR, THE NEW STAAR 2.0.

SOME OF THE NEW, PARTS OF THE STAAR AS COMPARED TO STAAR 1.0.

SO ALL STAAR TESTS HAVE NEW ITEM TYPES.

AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

IS JUST THE MATH PART OF THIS GRAPH.

ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WITH THE DIFFERENT IMAGES.

THOSE ARE NEW ITEM TYPES.

JUST IN THE MATH SECTION, THERE ARE FOUR EXTRA ONES MISSING, THAT GO BEYOND THE SHORT CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE AND EXTENDED CONSTRUCTOR RESPONSE FOR ELAR.

SO JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE DO HAVE NEW ITEM TYPES AND STAAR 2.0.

WE ADDRESS THESE NEW ITEM.

YES SIR. CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN ITEM TYPE? I THINK THAT'S KIND OF OUR LINGO SPEAK THAT.

OKAY. SO BASICALLY WHAT NEW ITEM TYPES MEAN IS THEY EITHER THEY EDITED THE WAY QUESTIONS HAPPEN.

SO TYPICALLY YOU HAVE MULTIPLE CHOICE INSTEAD OF JUST CHOOSING A, B, C AND D YOU'LL SEE FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE MAP STAAR 2.0 IS THAT YOU HAVE A WAY TO EDIT EQUATIONS INSTEAD OF JUST DOING THEM, AND NOW INCLUDES STRAIGHT UP, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU STILL HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO GRAPH INSTEAD OF JUST SHOWING THE ANSWER.

THERE'S HOT SPOTS, THERE'S PICKING MULTIPLE.

THEY HAVE TO THERE'S EXAMPLES WHERE YOU HAVE TO PICK MORE THAN ONE ANSWER AND A, B, C, AND D.

SO WHEN WE SAY NEW ITEM TYPES, IT'S NEW VERSIONS OF QUESTIONS THAT GO BEYOND JUST MULTIPLE CHOICE.

THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SHORT CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE OR EXTENDED CONSTRUCTOR RESPONSE.

THOSE ARE CONSIDERED NEW ITEM TYPES, BUT THE ONES OF THE IMAGES I HAVE UP HERE ARE FOR MATH.

SO IT'S JUST, A MORE RIGOROUS WAY TO ASK A QUESTION FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THE NEW STAAR.

SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, I ADDED THE ELAR.

I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THERE'S AN EXTENDED AND THERE'S A SHORT.

THE SHORT CONSTRUCTED RESPONSES ARE ON EVERY EXAM.

IT'S A SHORT QUESTION, 1 OR 2 SENTENCES THAT THE KID HAS TO ANSWER.

YOU CAN ONLY GET TWO POINTS ON THE READING SECTION.

YOU CAN ONLY GET ONE POINT ON THE WRITING SECTION, BUT ON THE EXTENDED CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE, IT IS A FIVE POINT RUBRIC BUT SCORED BY TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

SO YOU HAVE AN ORGANIZATIONAL PIECE AND A CONVENTIONAL PIECE.

SO WHEN THE KID WRITES THAT FULL ESSAY, THESE ARE THE TWO PARTS.

ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL SIDE, IT HAS TO BE A CORRELATION TO THE MAIN IDEA.

AND YOU HAVE TO SUPPORT IT WITH EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT, OR YOU WILL NOT GET IT SCORED.

ON THE CONVENTION PART THEY LOOK FOR GRAMMAR, SPELLING AND SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION.

NOTHING HAS CHANGED THAT IF YOU GET ZERO POINTS ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL SIDE.

SO THE CORRELATION TO A MAIN IDEA SUPPORTING EVIDENCE THAT THEY WILL GIVE YOU ZERO ON THE CONVENTIONS.

SO IF YOU GET A ZERO ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL SIDE YOU GET ZERO POINTS.

AND IF WE GO BACK TO CBA ONE AND WE ALSO LOOK AT LAST YEAR'S STAAR, WRITING IS WHAT HAS BROUGHT OUR SCORES TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO SEE THEM INCREASE. SO JUST TO MAKE SURE WE BREAK THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT A KID HAS PERFECT GRAMMAR SPELLS EVERY WORD CORRECTLY, PROPER PUNCTUATION.

BUT IF THE GRADER DOESN'T FEEL THAT IT'S ALIGNED TO THE MAIN IDEA OR WHAT IT'S ASKING, THEY GET ZERO POINTS.

EVEN IF THEIR WRITING IS WELL WRITTEN.

THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

AND JUST A REMINDER, THIS IMAGE IS.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT CBA ONE TO 2 TO 3 TO THE BENCHMARK, IT'S A CRAWL TO A RUN.

SO WE START OFF WITH CBA ONE, INCLUDING AS MANY NEW ITEM TYPES AS POSSIBLE.

AND THEN CBA 2, WE WENT FULL THROTTLE, SHORT CONSTRUCTED RESPONSES, PUT EVERYTHING IN.

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SO THE CBA 2, WHICH YOU WILL SEE HERE.

THESE ARE THE STRATEGIC REVISIONS WE DID.

IT IS THE MOST ALIGNED ASSESSMENT WE HAVE PROVIDED OUR STUDENTS TO STAAR 2.0.

I KNOW IT'S ONLY BEEN IT'S BEEN A LITTLE UNDER A YEAR, BUT I'D LIKE TO GIVE KUDOS TO THE C AND I TEAM AND TO OUR LEVER LEADERS WHO HAVE VETTED THESE ASSESSMENTS, BECAUSE THIS IS THE MOST ALIGNED TO STAAR.0 THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED.

SO LONG HOURS, A LOT OF EDITING, WORKING THROUGH WHAT WE FEEL STAAR 2.0 FROM RELEASE TESTS CAN PROVIDE US.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE DID TO THIS LAST CBA 2.

AND SO IT'S ALREADY BEEN ADMINISTERED.

YES, MA'AM. SO WE'RE ABOUT TO GO OVER RESULTS AND CBA.

WE WAITED ON RESULTS BECAUSE THE HIGH SCHOOL PROVIDES CBA 2 AS THEIR, SEMESTER EXAM.

SO ALL THOSE CBA THREE IS COMING UP HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

THIS IS CBA TWO, WHICH WAS DONE IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT WE'VE DONE.

SO BEFORE I GET INTO THE DATA, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR RESPONSE PLAN.

SO EVERY CAMPUS HAS A PROGRESS MONITORING PLAN WHERE THEY REVIEW THE DATA NOT ONLY WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP BUT ALSO TEAMS. EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS HAS A WRITING FOCUS.

AND I WANTED TO MENTION THAT THE JUNIOR HIGH CONTINUES TO WORK WITH THE RSSP PROGRAM THAT I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE.

SO WE GET HELP FROM A PROVIDER THROUGH TEA TO HELP US WITH WRITING AN THE JUNIOR HIGH CONTINUES TO DO WRITING AS A FOCUS ACROSS ALL CONTENT.

EVERY ELEMENTARY IS FOCUSING ON, WRITING THROUGH LOOKING AT, DEFICIENT STANDARDS AND DOING SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS GOING, WE SENT TEACHERS AND LEADERS FROM EACH CAMPUS TO REGION 13 TO GO OVER SHORT CONSTRUCTED RESPONSES.

AND WHAT, REGION 13 IS HEARING FROM TEA.

ELEMENTARY'S ARE REASSESSING.

SO THEY TOOK THE CBA TWO DATA, LOOKED AT THE DEFICIENT STANDARDS AND THEN REASSESSED THEM ON A WEEKLY BASIS, TYPICALLY ON A THURSDAY OR FRIDAY.

AND THEY'RE COMPARING PRE ASSESSED SKILLS AND THOSE PERCENTAGES TO REASSESSING THEM.

AND AFTER A RETEACH.

SO WE ARE SEEING SOME SOME FRUITFUL GAINS PER STANDARD, IN PARTICULAR IN OUR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADES WHEN THESE CAMPUSES ARE RETEACHING AND REASSESSING.

STUDENTS THAT DO NOT SHOW PROGRESS ARE GETTING INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORTS.

SO WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH RTI AND LOOKING AT RTI GROUPS ON A BI WEEKLY BASIS TO REGROUP THEM AS NEEDED, BUT ALSO THAT SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

SO BRINGING THESE KIDS INTO SMALL GROUP AND DOING SPECIFIC WRITING STRATEGIES WITH THESE STUDENTS IN ADDITION TO OTHER STANDARDS.

IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT WRITING, BUT, IF YOU WERE TO WALK A CAMPUS OR YOU WERE TO TALK TO A CAMPUS LEADER, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR WRITING FROM EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, KNOWING THAT WE'VE SEEN SOME GAINS, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, C AND I SUPPORT.

SO, KUDOS TO TODD MCBRIDE AND BELINDA VASQUEZ.

THEY MET WITH EVERY SINGLE ELEMENTARY CAMPUS TO DISCUSS.

I GUESS I GOT CUT OFF, SO MY APOLOGIES.

THEY MET WITH EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS TO DISCUSS THE ACTUAL WRITING DATA BY TEACHER, BY GRADE LEVEL.

AND THEN WHAT STRATEGIES COULD BE DONE THEN KUDOS TO MISS KELLY EMADI, WHO THEN CAME OUT WHEN ASKED BY CAMPUS TO COME AND DO SPECIFIC WRITING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.

AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO DO WALKS TO LOOK FOR WHAT TYPE OF SUPPORTS CAMPUSES NEED BY PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO THE PRINCIPALS.

AND THEN THEY CAN REACH OUT TO US AND LET US KNOW, AND WE'LL DO THAT JUST IN TIME TRAINING .

CALIBRATION OF SCORING IS STILL SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

SOME CAMPUSES ACROSS CERTAIN GRADE LEVELS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB IN CALIBRATING THE WRITING PORTIONS.

BUT ACROSS CAMPUS, WE STILL NEED TO ACROSS GRADE LEVELS AND ACROSS CAMPUSES WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT.

AND YOU'LL SEE IN SOME OF THE DATA WE'RE CALIBRATION STILL, WE STILL NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AT DOING SO.

SO HERE YOU HAVE THIRD GRADE ELAR FOR CBA 2.

I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS THE GRADE LEVEL NEXT TO ENGLISH TWO AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT SCORED THE MOST STUDENTS WITH ZEROS ON THEIR WRITING.

SO WHEN THAT IS UP TO 30% OF THIS EXAM, IT'S GOING TO BRING DOWN THE SCORES THAT WE SEE.

SO THIRD GRADE AND ENGLISH TWO SCORED KIDS I SHOULDN'T SAY THE HARDEST.

THEY GAVE MORE KIDS ZEROS BY PERCENTAGE THAN ANY OTHER GRADE LEVEL.

AND WE DID PULL THIS DATA WITHOUT ESSAYS.

AND IF YOU DID NOT HAVE ESSAYS WHICH IS NOT ACCURATE.

RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ESSAYS ON THE STAAR TEST THIS COMING YEAR.

IT WOULD SHOW A 10 TO 15% INCREASE.

SO WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE GET THE ESSAY SCORES UP, WHEN WE GET OUT OF THE ZERO ONES AND TWOS BEING SCORED UP TO FOUR OR FIVES AND SIXES, WE WILL SEE THESE GROW.

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SO WHEN I LOOKED AT FOURTH, I'M SORRY, THIS IS THIRD GRADE MATH.

MY APOLOGIES. I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF BECAUSE I WAS EXCITED ABOUT FOURTH GRADE.

SO, THIRD GRADE, THIS ALSO HAD THE NEW ITEM TYPES.

YOU REMOVE THEM.

WE ARE AHEAD OF LAST YEAR.

WE'RE ALSO AHEAD AT THREE OF THE FIVE CAMPUSES FOR THE NUMBER OF PASSERS AT THIS POINT.

SO MATH IS CHUGGING ALONG AT THIRD GRADE.

WE CONTINUE WE EXPECT TO CONTINUE TO SEE THE SAME GROWTH THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

WE TYPICALLY GET A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT MATH AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

BUT WE'RE HOLDING STEADY AND DOING BETTER IN SOME PLACES.

SO, WE EXPECT GREAT RESULTS FROM THE MATH ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

AND THEN HERE IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IN FOURTH GRADE ELAR.

SO AROUND THE SAME DATA, BY PULLING THE ESSAYS.

AND WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND OUT IS THAT IF WE PULLED ESSAYS AND JUST SCORED THE MULTIPLE CHOICE, INCLUDING NEW ITEM TYPES, THE SCORES WOULD GO DOWN.

SO WHAT THAT TELLS US IS, IS OUR WRITING AND OUR FOCUS ON WRITING IS ACTUALLY BENEFITING OUR KIDS.

SO WE HAVE MORE PASSERS BECAUSE OF THEIR WRITING THAN WE DID IN CBA ONE AND STAAR LAST YEAR.

WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT, AND YOU'LL SEE THIS ACROSS THE BOARD IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS, IS WE'RE SCORING IN THE 2 TO 4 RANGE, WHICH IMPROVED THE APPROACHES. SO THE NUMBER OF KIDS HERE THAT PASSED INCREASED, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO THIRD GRADE.

THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO MEETS AND MASTERS AS WE GET KIDS INTO THE 5 TO 7 RANGE.

SO JUST A REMINDER THAT EXTENDED RESPONSE IS ON A FIVE POINT SCALE, BUT IT'S GRADED BY TWO PEOPLE.

SO THE MOST POINTS YOU CAN GET IS TEN.

IF YOU'RE AVERAGING THAT 0 TO 3, YOU'RE GOING TO MAYBE GET TO APPROACHES.

IF YOU DO WELL ON THE MULTIPLE CHOICE PART AND NEW ITEM TYPES, YOU GET THAT 5 TO 7.

THEN YOU START SEEING MORE KIDS PASS AND THEN IT TRICKLES INTO MEETS AND MASTERS.

FOURTH GRADE MATH.

CONTINUING TO LOOK GOOD SOLID.

WHEN WE LOOK AT LOCKHART OVERALL IN FOURTH GRADE, WE ARE A TAD BEHIND WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUMBER OF PASSERS WE'RE PRETTY EQUAL TO, WE WERE WITH MEETS AND A LITTLE BIT BELOW IN MASTERS, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE TEND TO WORRY ABOUT MATH AT THIS POINT OF THE YEAR WHERE WE SEE IT INCREASE OVER CBA THREE AS WELL AS BENCHMARK AND WE DON'T SEE THAT CHANGING FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

SO FIFTH GRADE ELAR EXCEPT AT NAVARRO OUR ESSAYS DID NOT HELP THE STUDENTS AT THIS GRADE, SO WE STILL HAVE TOO MANY. WE HAVE KIDS RANGING IN THE 3 TO 5, SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE MORE APPROACHES THAN IN THIRD AND FOURTH.

BUT AT FIFTH GRADE, WE EXPECT STUDENTS WRITING TO BE, IMPROVED.

FROM THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE.

SO WE DO NEED TO SEE AS A PUSH FOR, SCORES ON THAT EXTENDED ESSAY FROM 5 TO 7 LEVEL.

I'LL GO BACK TO WHAT WE ARE DOING, THE STRATEGIC SUPPORTS AS EVERYBODY IS DOING WRITING, AND WE EXPECT THOSE SCORES TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE TO THAT 5 TO 7 RANGE BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE BENCHMARK.

THERE IS ALSO A DISCREPANCY IN THIS GRADE LEVEL BETWEEN CAMPUSES.

FOR THERE ARE TWO CAMPUSES THAT RATED FIFTH GRADERS WITH 20% MORE ZEROS THAN THEIR COLLEAGUES.

SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT, MAKING SURE THAT CAMPUSES ARE AS ALIGNED AS POSSIBLE, AT LEAST ALONG, AT LEAST WITHIN THEIR CAMPUS OF THOSE TWO CAMPUSES WILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH IT'S WHAT, TODD AND BELINDA DID, BUT HAVING A REVIEW WITH THEM ABOUT MAKING SURE CALIBRATION HAS HAPPENED, AT LEAST ON THEIR CAMPUS, WHEN THERE'S A SPECIFIC GRADE LEVEL SCORING ZEROS MORE THAN OTHER GRADE LEVELS, WE JUST HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT THAT COULD ABSOLUTELY BE THE CASE.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE AN ANOMALY LIKE THAT, 20% SEEMS A LITTLE HIGH.

THOSE CAMPUSES WILL BE THERE'LL BE A DISCUSSION WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE CALIBRATION IS HAPPENING.

FIFTH GRADE MATH IMPROVEMENT.

LOOKING GOOD ACROSS THE BOARD, RELATIVELY THE SAME AS WE WERE LAST YEAR.

WE DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS AT A COUPLE OF CAMPUSES BEING BELOW THE OTHERS, BUT OVERALL WE ARE HOLDING STEADY TO WHERE WE WERE AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR.

OKAY, SIXTH GRADE. YOU WILL SEE BOTH ENGLISH AND MATH HERE.

SIXTH GRADE ELAR IS IDENTICAL TO WHAT WE SAW ACROSS THE BOARD WITH FOURTH GRADE IN OUR DISTRICT.

IF YOU REMOVE ESSAYS, THEIR SCORES WILL ACTUALLY DROP.

SO SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE ELAR IF YOU TAKE OUT THE WRITING, KIDS WILL ACTUALLY WILL HAVE LESS PASSERS, WHICH MEANS THEY'LL WORK WITH

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ELAR, TYPICALLY IN SIXTH GRADE, IS SCORED HARDER THAN MOST, AND WE SAW IT THE SAME, THIS YEAR AS WE DID LAST YEAR.

OUR SIXTH GRADE TEACHERS AT THE JUNIOR HIGH, THEIR I'M SORRY, THE STUDENTS IN SIXTH GRADE RECEIVED MORE ZEROS THAN SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE AT THE JUNIOR HIGH.

WHEN THOSE GET TO AT LEAST THREES TO FIVES, YOU'LL SEE MORE KIDS PASS.

AT THE APPROACHES LEVEL, THEY GET TO 5 TO 7.

YOU'LL SEE IT AT THE MEETS AND MASTERS.

BUT I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT YOU TAKE OUT THE WRITING AND THOSE KIDS SCORES DROP, WHICH MEANS OUR WRITING FOCUS HAS REALLY, HELPED IN MULTIPLE GRADE LEVELS, INCLUDING THE JUNIOR HIGH.

MATH. YOU SEE IT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

BUT WE ARE IN SOME CASES DOUBLE WHERE WE WERE AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR.

SO THE CBA TWOS.

THE CBA TWO FROM LAST YEAR AND THE CBA TWO FROM THIS YEAR.

AND I WILL NOT SAY APPLES TO APPLES.

BUT THE CBA TWO THE LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR THEY ARE DIFFERENT.

IT'S UP TO 60% DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THE NEW ITEM TYPES.

IF YOU JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR AT THE SIXTH GRADE LEVEL IN MATH, WE DOUBLE IN THE APPROACHES, MEETS AND MASTERS, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF KIDS WHO ARE AT THE PASSING LEVEL RIGHT NOW.

I THINK THE GENERAL CONSENSUS AROUND THE STATE, AS WELL AS THAT THESE NEW ITEM TYPES AND QUESTIONS ARE HARDER.

SO I THINK THAT SPEAKS READINESS OF OUR KIDS COMING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THEN ALSO THE JOB THAT THEY'RE DOING AT AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.

AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH ENGLISH HAVING THAT EXTENDED CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE, MAKING THAT THE MOST CHANGED ASSESSMENT THAT WE HAVE IN STAAR 2.0 BECAUSE THE SHORT CONSTRUCTIVE RESPONSES IN EACH OF THEM.

BUT THAT EXTENDED CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE WITH TWO DIFFERENT SCORES HAS REALLY IT REALLY CHANGES THE PERCENTAGES DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU SCORE.

AT, SEVENTH GRADE WE SEE THE SAME THING.

MUCH LIKE FOURTH AND SIXTH, YOU TAKE OUT THE WRITING, ELA WOULD DO WORSE.

SO WE SEE AN INCREASING MATH.

MORE THAN DOUBLE AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR.

SO MATH IS DOING A GREAT JOB AT THE JUNIOR HIGH.

GOT EIGHTH GRADE.

SORRY EIGHTH GRADE.

CONTINUE TO SEE INCREASES IN ELA.

SAME THING. TAKE OUT THE WRITING.

THEY'LL DO WORSE. MATH IS THE HIGHEST IT'S BEEN IN EIGHTH GRADE.

SORRY. EIGHTH GRADE HAD ONLY A 10%.

NOT A DOUBLE INCREASE WHEN IT COMES TO MATH, BUT WE'RE STILL AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR IN MATH.

LIKE TO MOVE ON TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, WE ARE STAGNANT.

COMPARED TO STAAR 2.0.

ALTHOUGH THIS TEST, THIS CBA TWO, HAD MORE, NEW ITEM TYPES THAN WE DID LAST YEAR, WE DID SEE A SMALL DROP.

I WILL SAY THAT IN ENGLISH TWO I MENTIONED IT EARLIER.

THERE'S A 30% DIFFERENCE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED ZEROS IN ENGLISH TWO.

SO WHAT THAT IS TELLING US IS THAT THE ENGLISH TWO TEAM THERE'S CALIBRATION ENGLISH ONE, TEAM CALIBRATION, THE TWO TEAMS WE NEED TO CALIBRATE A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE THAT THAT IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS RECEIVING ZEROS.

AND EVEN WITH THE AMOUNT OF ZEROS IN ENGLISH TWO, WE STILL ARE WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR WITH THE NUMBER OF PASSERS FOR ENGLISH TWO COMING OUT OF CBA TWO.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ALGEBRA ONE.

SO, ALGEBRA ONE WE ARE ABOVE WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR BY 1 OR 2%, SO WE'VE HELD STEADY FOR CBA TWO.

ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. DAVIDSON. ITEM 10B NAVIGATE TO

[Navigate to '28 Mid-Year Update ]

DOCTOR CAMARILLO.

ALL RIGHT. I WON'T HAVE AS MUCH DATA AS TODD.

I MEAN, TY BUT I'LL GO THROUGH THIS REALLY QUICKLY.

WE'RE EXCITED BECAUSE WE, AS YOU KNOW, HAVE CREATED THIS NAVIGATE TO 28 PLAN WITH WITH YOUR GUIDANCE AS WELL.

I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO KIND OF WHERE WE STARTED AND JOG OUR MEMORIES.

BECAUSE IT STARTED BACK IN JANUARY OF 2023, WHERE WE ARE NOW AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED, IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

SO THE TIMELINE, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE DID START IN JANUARY.

WE ENDED IN MAY. IT WAS A FIVE MONTH, SPAN.

AND, WITHIN THAT, AS YOU RECALL, WE MET IN HERE WITH BOARD AND CABINET KIND OF DID A SWOT ANALYSIS.

THEN WE WENT AND PULLED 77 MEMBER COMMITTEE TOGETHER BY MAKING SURE THAT WE WENT THROUGH AND MADE SURE THAT WE HAD THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT ARE REPRESENTED IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WERE PART OF THAT COMMITTEE.

WE DEVELOPED NINE MEMBER TEAMS, AND THEY GOT TO FOCUS ON SEVEN PRIORITIES.

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AND THEN WHERE ARE AREAS OF NEED AND IMPROVEMENT.

SO THEY GOT TO HEAR THAT AS THEY CONTINUED WORKING ON THOSE, PRIORITIES.

WE CAME UP WITH OUR THREE GOALS AND OUR ONE MISSION AND DEVELOP THIS AS A RESULT FOR OUR NAVIGATE TO 28.

IT'S EXCITING THAT, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CREATED THAT AND ALL THE TIME THAT THEY SPENT IN THAT, BECAUSE WE MET OVER FIVE MEETINGS AFTER WORK AND AFTER SCHOOL WITH PEOPLE THAT WERE IN HERE.

SO IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE FIVE YEARS THAT WE ARE GOING TO START WORKING ON FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND THE FOCUS THAT WE HAVE.

WITH THAT WE ALSO ALIGNED, AS YOU RECALL, OUR, WE ALIGNED IT TO OUR CORE STATEMENTS AND CAME UP WITH THE LOCKHART ISD GRADUATE PROFILE.

SO THIS IS WAS VERY INTENTIONALLY MADE WITH THE WORDS THAT WERE USED.

AS YOU RECALL, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO SEE AS KIDS GRADUATE.

YOU KNOW, COME INTO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEY CROSS THE STAGE AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IN MAY THAT WE ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THESE VALUES IN THEM.

SO WHERE WE ARE NOW IS OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM.

WE HAVE 45 MEMBERS THAT WE MEET EVERY MONTH.

SO WE'VE GOTTEN TOGETHER AND WE WENT OVER ALL THE PRIORITIES AND WE SAID, WE WANT YOU TO PICK 1 OR 2 THAT REALLY MOVE YOU AND THAT YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT WORKING ON FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND BUILDING THAT OUT.

SO EVERY TEAM MEMBER SIGNED UP FOR 2 OR 3 OF THEM, AND THEN WE PUT THEM ALL INTO DESIGN TEAMS, AND PRETTY MUCH THEY ALL LANDED WITH THEIR FIRST CHOICE.

SO WE DEVELOPED SEVEN DESIGN TEAMS THAT ARE WORKING ON EACH OF THE PRIORITIES.

WE'VE ALREADY HAD FIVE MONTHLY MEETINGS WHERE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP HAS COMMITTED TO EVERY MEETING THAT WE HAVE IN THIS ROOM, WE SPEND AT LEAST AN HOUR TO AN HOUR AND A HALF JUST FOCUSED ON THOSE PRIORITIES AND THE WORK THAT IT'S TAKING TO GET THOSE STEPS COMPLETED.

IN ADDITION, WE'VE CREATED A PROJECT TRACKER SO THAT WE CAN KEEP UP WITH THEM BECAUSE FIVE YEARS, IT MAY SEEM LIKE, OH, IT'S A LONG WAYS AWAY, BUT IT'LL BE HERE QUICK.

AND SO YOU HAVE THAT, THE EXTENDED VERSION ATTACHED TO THAT POWERPOINT THAT I GAVE YOU.

AND I'M JUST KIND OF GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

THESE WERE THE TEAMS, THE PRIORITIES THAT WERE LISTED THERE.

AND THEN EACH OF OUR 48 MEMBERS SIGNED UP FOR A PRIORITY TO WORK ON.

THE PROJECT TRACKER LOOKS LIKE THIS.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE OBJECTIVE AND MEASURE LISTED UP THERE THAT WERE CREATED BY THE COMMITTEE.

THEN WE HAVE OUR ACTION STEPS AND THEN THE OWNER OF THAT, WHAT MEASURES WE'RE USING TO CHECK IF IT'S COMPLETED, WHAT RESOURCES ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED, THE TIMELINES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

AND THEN EACH COMMITTEE WILL DROP DOWN ON THEIR TRACKER EVERY TIME THEY MEET TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT IF THEY'RE STILL ON TRACK, IF WE'RE STILL HAVEN'T STARTED IT YET OR IF IT'S BEEN COMPLETED.

SO YOU HAVE ALL OF THE SEVEN PRIORITIES THERE.

THAT WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF ONE, FOR RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT.

AND THEN EACH MONTH, EACH QUARTERLY, EACH, I'LL DO A QUARTERLY REPORT, PARDON ME, ON THE PROJECT TRACKER, KIND OF WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY.

AND SO THAT'S THE SUMMARY THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THAT FIRST PAGE IS A SUMMARY OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THOSE PRIORITIES.

SO WHERE WE ARE GOING NEXT IS CONTINUE THE PLANNING WITH OUR DESIGN TEAMS. I WILL PROVIDE, LIKE I SAID, THOSE UPDATES, WE ARE EXTENDING THOSE COMMITTEES THAT ARE HERE TO OUTSIDE ALSO IN THE DISTRICT OR COMMUNITY.

THOSE TEAMS THAT ARE ON THERE, THE DESIGN TEAMS, THEY'RE INVITING OTHER PEOPLE TO COME TO THEIR MEETINGS, AS THEY MEET OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM SO THAT WE CONTINUE HAVING MORE INPUT ON THOSE ACTION STEPS.

AND THEN HEATHER IS WORKING ON HER COMMUNICATION PLAN, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH GOING TO MIMIC WHAT HOW WE ROLLED OUT THE DISTRICT VALUES ACROSS THE DISTRICT, SO THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE PRIORITIES AND GOING INTO SOME IN DEPTH TRAINING ON THEM AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.

ANY QUESTIONS AROUND THAT? NO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR CAMARILLO.

YOU'RE WELCOME. REALLY? WAKE UP. SO WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 10C 2024 2025 ACADEMIC CALENDAR.

[2024-2025 Academic Calendar]

ALL RIGHT. THIS ONE'S ONLY FOUR SLIDES.

SO I'LL GO QUICKLY THROUGH THIS.

AS YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH OUR DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE EVERY YEAR TO COME UP WITH THE CALENDAR AND THEY PROVIDE INPUT.

WE MET IN HERE, DEVELOPED FOUR DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE CALENDARS, AND THEN WE'LL PUT ALL THE NEEDS AND WANTS INTO TWO DRAFT CALENDARS, AND THEN WE'LL CHOOSE ONE OF THEM THAT WILL RECOMMEND TO YOU ON WHAT WE, WILL AMEND FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO OPTION ONE, AND YOU HAVE A LARGER VERSION OF THAT CALENDAR AT THE BACK OF YOUR POWERPOINT.

SO IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THAT, BUT I'LL HIGHLIGHT IT HERE.

ON THE OPTION ONE WE HAVE OUR STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAYS THAT WILL BEGIN ON AUGUST 5TH.

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WE'LL HAVE THREE AND A HALF TEACHER PLAN AND PREP DAYS, SO THAT HAPPENS ALL BEFORE THE START OF SCHOOL.

WE'LL HAVE FOUR CAMPUS STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAYS, WHERE THE PRINCIPALS WILL LEAD THE PD FOR THEIR CAMPUSES ON ANYTHING THEY MIGHT NEED TO TRAIN THEM ON BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS.

WE HAVE THREE AND A HALF DISTRICT STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAYS WHERE THE DISTRICT, THE C AND I DEPARTMENT OR ANYONE ELSE OUTSIDE OF, THE CAMPUSES, IF WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TRAIN THEM ON, WHICH IS USUALLY A PD PLAN WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLAY, WE'LL BRING THEM TO DO THOSE, PD DAYS.

WE'LL HAVE SIX STRATEGIC PLANNING DAYS.

THOSE ARE TEACHER PLAN AND PREP DAYS.

AND ANYWHERE WE HAVE PLAN AND PREP DAYS FOR TEACHERS, THOSE ARE UNTOUCHABLE DAYS.

THOSE BELONG TO THE TEACHER TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO FOR THEIR CLASSROOM, OR ANY DATA ANALYSIS THEY WANT TO DO, OR ANY MEETINGS THEY WANT TO HAVE THEMSELVES.

THAT IS, THOSE ARE DAYS THAT WE NEITHER THE DISTRICT OR THE CAMPUS, TOUCH.

IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A FULL FIVE DAY BREAK IN OCTOBER LIKE WE DID THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME IN, YOU'RE DOING IT.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME ACROSS IN THE FORUMS THAT THEY WANTED A SOLID WEEK IN OCTOBER, INSTEAD OF LIKE HAVING TWO DAYS, ONE WEEK AND THREE DAYS THE NEXT WEEK.

YEAH, YEAH. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK AROUND THAT.

THEY WANTED A FULL FIVE DAY WEEK.

SO THE FIRST OPTION HAS THAT, ON WHAT THEY WERE SEEKING.

THERE'LL BE A FIVE DAY THANKSGIVING BREAK, AS WE ALWAYS DO.

WE HAVE TEN DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BREAK, FOLLOWED BY STRATEGIC PLANNING DAY.

WE'LL HAVE TWO BAD WEATHER DAYS.

WE'LL HAVE, ADDITIONAL CLOSURE DAYS THAT WE COULD HAVE IN OUR BACK POCKET.

ELEMENTARY WILL HAVE FIVE DAYS BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE THOSE ADDITIONAL MINUTES AND SECONDARY HAS FOUR DAYS.

AND THEN THE SCHOOL DAY, THE SCHOOL CALENDAR WILL END IN THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL ON MAY 30TH.

AND SO THAT'S OPTION ONE.

OPTION TWO.

WE START OUR STAFF DEVELOPMENT ON AUGUST 1ST.

WE WILL HAVE SCHOOL BEGIN AUGUST 14TH.

THREE TEACHER PLAN AND PREP DAYS BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS.

WE'LL HAVE TWO CAMPUS PD DAYS.

THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE FOUR DISTRICT STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAYS.

WE'LL HAVE CONTINUE HAVING SIX TEACHER PLAN AND PREP DAYS THOSE STRATEGIC PLANNING DAYS T HEY'LL HAVE SIX IN THE FIRST ONE AND SIX IN THE SECOND ONE.

WE'LL HAVE A THREE DAY FALL BREAK ON THIS CALENDAR.

THAT WAS THE OTHER FEEDBACK ALSO WAS, YOU KNOW, LET'S DO THREE INSTEAD OF FIVE DAY AND NOT BREAK IT UP AND DO A FULL WEEK.

SO WE HAVE BOTH OPTIONS.

FIVE DAYS OF THANKSGIVING, TEN DAYS OF CHRISTMAS WITH, STRATEGIC PLANNING DAY, TWO BAD WEATHER DAYS.

THE AVAILABLE SCHOOL CLOSURE DAYS ON THIS CALENDAR GIVES US SEVEN FOR ELEMENTARY AND SIX FOR SECONDARY.

AND WE'LL BE OUT OF SCHOOL BY MAY 23RD.

I ALSO PROVIDED A SIDE BY SIDE GLANCE.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO LOOK AT IT SIDE BY SIDE SO YOU COULD SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE, BUT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IN THOSE TWO OPTIONS.

SO ONE PUTS US OUT BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY AND ONE IS AFTER.

YES, SIR. BUT ONE GIVES YOU FIVE DAY FALL BREAK.

YEP. THE OTHER ONE GIVES YOU THREE.

YEAH. DO WE NOTICE ANY SLIDE IN OUR SCORES AFTER THAT FALL BREAK IN OCTOBER? I THINK IT KIND OF HINTED AT THAT BACK IN OCTOBER.

[LAUGHTER] YEAH.

SO WE DON'T HAVE AN OCTOBER OOPS.

WE GOT THE WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE ONE FOR THE WINTER WE'RE USING THE WINTER.

WINTER FREEZE. WINTER FREEZE SUMMER SLIDE.

OCTOBER. NO OCTOBER OOPS SO FAR [LAUGHTER].

THAT IS GOING. I'M GOING TO COIN THAT ONE. WE WILL CITE YOU ON THAT.

WE WILL CITE YOU ON THAT TERM.

BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT OCTOBER OOPS.

THAT'S WE'RE GOING TO CITE MR. GUYTON ON THAT.

BECAUSE THERE'S, I LIKE THE ONE THAT'S JUST THREE DAYS THERE.

YEP. FIVE DAYS.

FIVE DAYS, BUT YOU GET OUT.

WELL, NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THE TEACHERS TOLD US WAS THAT WENT LAST YEAR, LAST TAKING THE TWO DAYS OFF, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE TAKING THE WHOLE TWO WEEKS OFF AND ATTENDANCE WAS KIND OF SUFFERING DURING THAT TIME.

YOU KNOW, I'M JUST WONDERING NOW, I DON'T RECALL THE LAST TIME ALSO THAT WE WENT TO SCHOOL PAST MEMORIAL DAY.

DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER? NO. I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THE COMMUNITY WILL TAKE THAT.

YEAH, IT'S OPTION TWO.

YOU GET OUT EARLIER, RIGHT? YEAH. OPTION TWO, YOU GET OUT EARLIER.

IS IS THERE LIKE A PLAN TO, LIKE, POST THESE IN THE COMMUNITY.

MIGHT CAN GIVE SOME FEEDBACK OR DO LIKE EVEN A LITTLE POLL.

WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT.

I MEAN CERTAINLY WE CAN ENTERTAIN THAT IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE US TO DO THAT.

THE DAC IS USUALLY REPRESENTATIVE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE TEACHERS AND THE ADMINISTRATORS.

SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A COLLECTIVE VOICE IN THAT.

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I'D LOVE TO SEE IF THERE WAS LIKE ANY COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON IT.

I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME EITHER WAY.

YOU CAN'T SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITY JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT IT.

I JUST DON'T WANT US TO BE HERE, YOU KNOW, AT THE OCTOBER MEETING SAYING, WELL, OUR NUMBERS ARE, EARLIER. SO RIGHT NOW, THE OPTIONS PRESENTED ARE BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM THE.

CORRECT THE COMMITTEE. COMMITTEE.

I CAN ASSURE YOU. I MEAN, I'M SURE THAT.

WHAT WE'RE SEEKING TONIGHT IS REALLY FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD.

SO DOCTOR CAMARILLO, WHEN SHE MEETS WITH THE DAC COMMITTEE AGAIN CAN INCORPORATE THAT FEEDBACK.

AND THEN NEXT MONTH BRING SOME OPTIONS THAT WE TRY OUR BEST TO INCORPORATE FEEDBACK FROM THE DAC COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD THAT YOU GUYS CAN TAKE ACTION ON.

COULD WE, MAYBE DO SOMETHING WHERE WE COULD HAVE THAT FIVE DAY FALL BREAK AND STILL GET OUT MAY 23RD? YOU CAN DO THAT, WHAT YOU'LL BE MESSING WITH IS AVAILABLE SCHOOL CLOSURE DAYS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

BECAUSE YOU'RE MESSING WITH MINUTES AT THAT TIME, YOU CAN CERTAINLY DO.

IT'S AS LONG AS YOU END UP WITH 75,600 MINUTES AND 187 TEACHER CONTRACTED DAYS, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT ON THIS CALENDAR.

WE NEVER HAVE BAD WEATHER DAYS.

SO.

OH WAIT, IT WAS THE SUNSHINE.

I THINK THE SUN WAS SHINING.

I THINK THE COMMUNITY WILL LIKE FIVE DAY WORKWEEK, [INAUDIBLE] FIVE DAY, FALL BREAK, AND MAY 23RD AS WELL.

I'M ASSUMING THE COMMUNITY.

RIGHT. AND FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT'S ABOUT FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS, RIGHT.

BECAUSE I THINK THEIR INPUT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN OUR INPUT.

I MEAN, BECAUSE WHAT IS IT THAT THEY'RE DOING AND THAT HOW IT AFFECTS THEM AND INSTRUCTION AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD FOR YEAH, PARENTS AND ALL THAT.

EXCEPT. RIGHT. NOT MR. GUYTON, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT OTHER PARENTS.

[LAUGHTER] BUT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT IS IF YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO COME SIT IN AND WATCH THE DAC MEETING, IT IS I MEAN, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, TEACHERS WHO ARE PUTTING THINGS ON THE CALENDAR BECAUSE THEY'RE BASING IT ON ASSESSMENTS.

AND WHEN THEY KNOW KIDS ARE GETTING TIRED, YOU HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE SAYING, BUT WHAT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS DAY? AND SO THERE'S THAT KIND OF DYNAMICS GOING ON IN CONVERSATIONS.

AND THEY GO BACK TO THEIR CAMPUSES AND THEY GET THE TEACHERS FEEDBACK AS TEACHERS, AS PARENTS, AND THEN THEY COME BACK.

AND SO THEY DEVELOP THESE FOUR CALENDARS.

AND WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO TWO.

WHAT I WAS GOING TO JUST SAY IS OUR NEXT STEPS IS THAT WE WILL GO BACK, TO DAC FEBRUARY 15TH.

WE WOULD LIKE YOUR INPUT, YOU KNOW, NOW IN ANY ADDITIONAL INPUT BY FEBRUARY 5TH, WE'LL TAKE IT BACK TO THEM AND SAY HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS.

AND THEN WE ALSO WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND NEGOTIATE, THESE, YOU KNOW, BEGINNING OF YEAR DAYS BECAUSE THEY MIGHT WANT TO MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS AS FAR AS THEIR PLANNING DAYS. RIGHT.

BUT I'VE YET TO BE ANYWHERE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY WITH CALENDARS.

NO. IT'S JUST IT'S GOING TO BE SPLIT NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT REASONS FOR WANTING IT HOW THEY WANT IT.

IT MIGHT BE ON HERE, BUT THE PRINT IS TOO DAMN SMALL FOR ME TO READ.

WHICH ONE? IN OPTION TWO WHEN WOULD GRADUATION BE? THE LAST THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.

I'VE GOT A QUESTION.

YEAH, I MAKE THAT A MOTION, I SECOND THAT.

YES, MA'AM. LIKE WITH THE ELEMENTARY OF SEVEN DAYS AVAILABLE SCHOOL CLOSURE DAYS.

MAYBE THIS IS A STUPID QUESTION, BUT WHAT IF WE DON'T USE ALL THOSE DAYS, LIKE, DO THEY GET OUT EARLY? DO WE HAVE EXTRA DAYS BUILT IN OR WHAT? NO. THOSE ARE SO WHERE SHE'S GETTING THAT IS SHE MENTIONED THE REQUIRED MINUTES.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHEN WE START SCHOOL AND WHEN WE END SCHOOL, THE STATE WE HAVE TO CALCULATE EVERY DAY ALL THOSE MINUTES AND ANYTHING OVER THE STATE THRESHOLD IF WE CANCEL SCHOOL, AS LONG AS WE STILL GET IN THOSE REQUIRED MINUTES, WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THOSE DAYS UP.

SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE KIND OF DIFFERENT FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY, BECAUSE THE LENGTH OF THE DAY AND INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES ARE DIFFERENT.

SO LIKE, WHAT IF WE NEVER TOOK ANY OF THOSE DAYS? THEY'RE GONE. I MEAN, WE JUST HAD EXTRA MINUTES LOSE THEM. CORRECT. BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE.

THE OTHER THING IS, WE HAVE REQUIRED NUMBER OF WORK DAYS FOR TEACHERS AS WELL IN THEIR CONTRACT.

SO YOU'RE TRYING TO GET A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF MINUTES FROM THE STATE, BUT ALSO REQUIRED NUMBER OF DAYS TO PAY OUR EMPLOYEES FOR WORKING THE CONTRACTUAL DAYS. SO THERE'S A GIVE AND TAKE TO EVERYTHING.

SO MY ONLY FEEDBACK.

YES, SIR. WOULD BE THEN.

I MEAN, I THINK IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE SOME TYPE OF STRAW POLL FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT WAY EVERYBODY CAN SAY, WELL, WE KNEW.

THAT'S JUST WELL, BUT THEN AGAIN, THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE BASED ON COMMITTEE MEMBERS, TEACHERS.

YOU TRY TO GET, GOOD REPRESENTATION THERE AND LET THEM DO THE WORK.

AND NOW THEY DO THE WORK, AND NOW YOU'RE COMING BACK AND SAYING, OH, NO, WE DON'T CARE WHAT Y'ALL SAY.

NO, YOU'RE JUST GIVING THEM INPUT.

JUST LIKE WE'RE HAVING INPUT.

BECAUSE HOW MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS DO WE HAVE ON THERE? I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT THERE'S, AT LEAST RIGHT NOW I CAN KIND OF ON TOP MY HEAD 4 OR 5 THAT I KNOW OF.

BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THE WHOLE NUMBER.

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YOU'RE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT WE PUT IT OUT FOR A VOTE, PER SE? NO, BUT JUST FEEDBACK. INPUT.

I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE YOU KNOW.

THEY COULD DO A THOUGHT EXCHANGE. I WOULD SOLICIT THAT KIND OF FEEDBACK.

THAT EXCHANGE WOULD WORK.

WE CAN PUT IT OUT THERE FOR THAT? YES, SIR. THAT'LL BE GOOD, BECAUSE THAT WAY YOU CAN LAND ON THE MIDDLE OF WHAT THEY LIKE ON THOSE OPTIONS.

YEAH. I THINK WE NEED TO SEE TOM'S PERSONAL CALENDAR FOR THE END OF MAY.

[LAUGHTER] SEE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? NOTHING. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

REMEMBER I'M THAT GUY FOR THE YEAR ROUND SCHOOL SYSTEM.

I LIKE TO SEE MY KIDS IN SCHOOL ALL THE TIME.

I'M WITH TOM. THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT CALENDAR.

YOU'RE VOTING ON THAT? NO.

I HEARD [INAUDIBLE]. I'M KIND OF THINKING IF YOU COULD DO THE FULL WEEK AND STILL GET OUT THE 23RD.

THAT'S MY OPINION. YEAH, WELL.

WELL, WEEK OF THE FALL BREAK.

YEAH. ONE WEEKEND. WHAT? IT'S NOT. IT COULD BE.

CONTRACT DAYS. I DON'T GO ANYWHERE OVER SPRING BREAK, SO YOU CAN TAKE TWO FROM SPRING BREAK AND GIVE IT TO ME IN THE FALL.

[INAUDIBLE] IT'S NOT ABOUT Y'ALL.

IT'S NOT ABOUT TOM.

IT'S NOT ABOUT WARREN. IT'S ALL ABOUT LITTLE JOHNNY.

I GET PAID SO MUCH IN THIS POSITION.

SO WE'LL LOOK AT IT AND SEE HOW WE CAN BEST COLLECT THAT, THAT INPUT AND FEEDBACK AND SEE SO AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT'S A VOTE FOR THEM, WE'RE JUST SAYING INPUT AND COLLECTING INPUT. WE KNOW THE ADMINISTRATION WILL WORK IT OUT.

WE'RE JUST STRETCHING YOU A LITTLE BIT.

THIS IS A GOOD EXERCISE TO STRETCH ON THAT CALENDAR BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS AN OPINION ABOUT THEM.

[LAUGHTER] NOW YOU GOT THE RIGHT NOW YOU KNOW.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. BUT WE'LL WORK ON THAT MR. GUYTON ABOUT HOW WE CAN BEST COLLECT THAT INFORMATION.

YEAH. I'D JUST BE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE INPUT LOOKS LIKE.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

THANK YOU. DR. CAMARILLO.

MOVE ON TO ITEM 10 E NAMING LOCKHART NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER SIX.

[Naming Lockhart New Elementary School #6]

YES, SO BOARD I WANTED TO JUST QUICKLY REVIEW, HOW THE POLICY AND I KNOW WE'VE SHARED THIS AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT SOME, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS WELL TO BE AWARE, WHAT THE PROCESS IS FOR NAMING A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING AND KIND OF THE STEPS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, SO JUST IN SHORT, AS A QUICK SUMMARY, YOU KNOW, THE FACILITIES IN A NEW SCHOOL LIKE ELEMENTARY NUMBER SIX.

YOU KNOW, SHALL BE NAMED FOR, HISTORICAL OR GEOGRAPHICAL SITES, OR A COMMUNITY, REALLY WANTING TO IDENTIFY OUR BOARD POLICY, TRIES TO STEER US TO, TO IDENTIFY LIKE LOGICAL NAMES.

I GUESS FOR BASED ON THE AREA OR GEOGRAPHY OF A REGION OF WHERE A SCHOOL MAY BE.

AND IT ALSO HAS AN AVENUE FOR, NAMING IT AFTER INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE DECEASED.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THE BOARD IS CHARGED WITH IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, MAKING SOME OF THOSE, NOMINATIONS.

ONE OF THE OBLIGATIONS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS TO DO IN OUR POLICY EVEN DIRECTS THE SUPERINTENDENT IS TO GIVE AN UPDATE AND SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY WHAT THE BOARD IS THINKING, WHAT THE INTENTIONS ARE.

GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ANY NOMINATIONS THAT WILL THEN WOULD BE SHARED WITH THE BOARD, PRIOR TO THE BOARD TAKING ACTION.

SO IN ORDER TO START THAT PROCESS, WE WANTED TO COMMUNICATE THAT.

AND FOR ANYONE THAT'S LISTENING, WE DO HAVE IT WRITTEN IN THE COVER SHEET, WHAT THAT IS TO MAKE IT EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR FOLKS.

YOU KNOW, BASED ON CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE SCHOOL SITE IS GOING TO BE LOCATED OFF OF ORCHARD LOOP.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT A LOGICAL RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE, ORCHARD LOOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THIS NOMINATION PROCESS, ANY BOARD MEMBER OR COMMUNITY MEMBER DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE A NOMINATION.

SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT AND, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE MAY HAVE OR ALSO ANY RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO OFFICIALLY NOMINATE, A POSSIBLE SCHOOL NAME THAT WE CAN CONSIDER AND INCLUDE THAT IN THE LIST OF NOMINATIONS FOR THE SCHOOL NAME.

SO WE MEANT WHEN YOU SAID COMMUNITY, HOW IS IT THAT THEY CAN SHARE I MEAN, WHAT THEIR INPUT IS, IS THAT MEAN THEY COME AND PRESENT HERE OR SUBMIT

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AND THEN WE WILL CONSOLIDATE THAT INFORMATION AND SHARE IT WITH THE BOARD SO THAT AT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD WOULD HAVE ALL THE POSSIBLE NOMINATIONS THAT ARE FOR CONSIDERATION. WE HAVEN'T PUBLISHED ANYTHING YET.

WE'LL HAVE TO PUBLISH THAT.

THIS IS JUST DISCUSSION.

YES, MA'AM. JUST WANT TO COMMUNICATE THE PROCESS.

AND HOW LONG HAS THIS PROCESS BEEN IN PLACE? I HAVE TO FIND OUT.

I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE WHEN THE LAST, THE POLICY WAS UPDATED.

BECAUSE I WAS ASKED. WHEN WAS IT THAT IT HAS TO BE SOMEBODY THAT'S DEAD, A DECEASED? WHY CAN'T IT BE SOMEONE? THE QUESTION WAS, WHY CAN'T IT BE SOMEONE THAT'S PRESENTLY ALIVE THAT WOULD VALUE BEING ACKNOWLEDGED FOR WHATEVER THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS WERE TO THE COMMUNITY OR WHATEVER? SO I'M NOT SURE.

YOU KNOW, DURING MY TIME AS SUPERINTENDENT, WE HAVEN'T UPDATED IT, SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PRIOR TO THAT.

OKAY. BUT I CAN FIND OUT THAT ANSWER FOR YOU.

WELL, FOR ONE THING, BORCHERT LOOP IS A LOGICAL AND GREAT NAME FOR THE NEW SCHOOL.

WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THAT IDEA WAS BRILLIANT.

I'M SORRY. WARREN WAS TALKING TO ME.

HE SAID. WHAT DID YOU SAY? YOU NEED TO PUT THAT IN WRITING.

WELL, IT'S ALREADY NOTED AS LOCKHART ELEMENTARY.

YOU THINK THAT MIGHT BE AN OUTSTANDING NAME? WE CAN'T NAME IT AFTER PEOPLE ALIVE.

WELL, I MEAN, HE'S STILL ALIVE.

[LAUGHTER] WELL, UNLESS I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADD DEAD I MEAN, DECEASED OR ALIVE.

SOMEBODY ELSE SAID, WELL, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE THAT'S ALIVE VERSUS, WELL, HE CAN BE DECEASED/ ALIVE.

TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ARE PRESENTLY MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS.

DR. SANCHEZ. SANCHEZ ELEMENTARY IS WHAT I RECOMMEND.

JUST AS A REMINDER TO THE BOARD, THIS IS JUST A COMMUNICATION.

RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT WE FIGURED, RIGHT? THAT'S WHY WE'RE COMMUNICATING A LOT BACK AND FORTH.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD JUST AS THE COMMUNITY GROWS, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD SCHOOLS FASTER AND FASTER.

WE DON'T JUST MAKE A POLICY THAT SAYS GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION BASED ON THAT.

THEN WE KNOW WHATEVER STREET IS GOING TO BE ON THAT'S WHAT IT IS EVERY TIME.

THE BOARD, COULD MAKE THAT POLICY, BUT YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO STILL GOING TO HAVE TO NAME IT.

BECAUSE, THERE WILL STILL HAVE TO BE SOME FORMATION.

OH, NO, I DON'T WANT IT. I FEEL LIKE ONCE WE PROCESS.

AND SO YOU WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND LET THEM HAVE INPUT INTO WHAT THEY WANT TO PROPOSE.

SO I WANT YOU ALL TO VOTE FOR IT.

NO I'M JUST KIDDING. IS THERE A TIME FRAME FOR THE.

COMMUNITY STILL HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE THOSE, MAKE THEIR NOMINATIONS? I BELIEVE IT'S A MONTH. MONTH.

OKAY. ON THE CLOCK, PEOPLE.

BUT THE BOARD DOES THE BOARD IS THE ONE WHO MAKES THE FINAL DECISION AND VOTES ON THE NAME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BOARD? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON.

ITEM 11 COMMUNICATION ACTION.

WE'VE DONE A ALREADY.

B DISCUSS CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY FOR CONSTRUCTING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER SIX LOCATED IN THE JB GRAY

[Discuss consider and take possible action to approve purchase of real property for constructing Elementary School #6 located in the J.B. Gray Survey, Abstract 116 Caldwell County from PHAU-Lockhart 450, LLC, for a purchase price of $836,352.00, and delegating authority to the Superintendent to finalize negotiations and execute a real estate purchase agreement, tender funds, and effectuate closing.]

SO I GUESS WE'RE READY.

IS IT? OH, WE'RE JUST READY TO SIGN CONTRACTS AND CLOSE THE DEAL.

YES, SIR. WE JUST NEED SPECIFIC LANGUAGE THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED.

AND THEN ALSO, SPECIFIC LANGUAGE AND THE MOTION LANGUAGE TO BE STATED AND VOTED UPON.

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ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK OR YOU JUST WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE MOTION? GO AHEAD. OKAY.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE CONTRACT IN THE SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME FORM AS PROVIDED BY COUNCIL AND CONTAINING THE MATERIAL TERMS AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE 12.8 ACRE PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY FROM PHAU-LOCKHART 450, LLC, , FOR A PURCHASE PRICE OF $836,352 IN CLOSING COST.

I MOVE TO FURTHER DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO TENDER THE FUNDS OF CLOSING, EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY CLOSING DOCUMENTS, AND TAKE ANY OTHER ACTION NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE CLOSING AND PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 7 TO 0.

BE GOOD TO HAVE PROPERTY TO PUT THE SCHOOL ON.

ITEM 11 C CONSIDER AND OR APPROVE ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECT.

[Consider and/or Approve Energy Conservation Project]

SO BACK IN JULY, THE BOARD APPROVED THE HUTTON SERVICES TO GO AHEAD AND GET US A PROPOSAL ON SOME, ENERGY SAVINGS AND ENERGY WORK DONE IN THE DISTRICT.

TONIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LITTLE PRESENTATION, SHOWING US THE $1.7 MILLION TO $2 MILLION PROJECT THROUGH A SECO LOANS AND GRANTS.

IF IT'S A SECO LOAN, WOULD BE A 2% COST.

IT'S ONLY GOING TO COST US $36,000 FOR THE ACTUAL ENGINEERING PART OF IT, WHICH IS NOT EVEN A QUARTER OF WHAT IT WOULD COST FOR REGULAR ENGINEER TO DO THE WORK THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE FOR US.

YOU SHOULD HAVE A PACKET IN FRONT OF YOU TOO.

I MUST NOT HAVE GOT IT.

WELL, I CAN WALK THROUGH IT REAL QUICK.

THE FIRST PAGE YOU HAVE.

YEAH. THAT'S IT. IS THIS ONE THE FLOW CHART? FLOW DIAGRAM? THE FLOW CHART? YES. IT'S, SYSTEM DATA.

THE UTILITY BACK IN JULY 24TH WHERE WE STARTED.

THERE WE GO.

SO THEN WE WE'RE HERE NOW.

BASICALLY APPROVAL FOR THE LEVEL TWO.

THAT'LL BE THE NEXT SECTION OF LIKE, WHERE WE'LL START DOING ALL THE FINAL ANALYSIS AND EVERYTHING.

WE'VE ALREADY WENT THROUGH EACH CAMPUS AND ON SOME WORK WE'VE ACTUALLY PULLED A LOT OF THE, DATA FROM THE CITY AND THE CITY WATER, AQUA WATER LIKE, AND EVEN THE ELECTRICAL AND ALL THAT STUFF.

SO WE HAVE ALL THAT DATA NOW.

NOW THEY'RE GOING TO GO INTO WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB AND ACTUALLY START DOING THAT IF WE APPROVE THIS.

THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE FUNDING.

THE FUNDING OPTIONS IS THE FUNDING OVERALL PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED THROUGH GRANT FUNDS AND ALSO THROUGH SECO LOANS, WHICH IS A LOANSTAR PROGRAM.

THE PAYBACK ON THE LOANS WILL NOT START UNTIL THE PROJECT IS 100% COMPLETE, AND ALSO THAT THE SECO THIRD PARTY COMES IN AND DOES THEIR FINAL APPROVAL OF THE PROJECTS BEING COMPLETE.

THEY HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON IT BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN START BUILDING US ANYTHING.

SO THAT COULD BE.

THIS IS A ONE YEAR PROGRAM ONE YEAR PROJECT ON THE FIRST PHASE.

SO WE'LL SEE THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE AS WELL.

THIS IS KIND OF LIKE SOME DATA FOR YOU.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PAYING RIGHT NOW PER PER CAMPUS.

AND WE'RE LOOKING TO KNOCK THAT DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY.

AND SOME OF THIS STUFF LIKE ELECTRICAL AND WATER, THERE'S QUITE A BIT.

SO THIS IS YOUR PHASE ONE.

CLEAR FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, NAVARRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PLUM CREEK ELEMENTARY, CARVER ELEMENTARY, AND A LITTLE, HUMIDITY INVESTIGATION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.

SO YOU'LL BE SEEING LIGHTING UPGRADES, WATER CONSERVATION CONTROLS ON ALL THE UNITS, AND EVEN LIGHTING CONTROLS AS WELL, SOLAR FILM AND WINDOWS, HVAC UPGRADES AS WELL.

SO WE'RE NOT JUST PAYING FOR, THEM TO COME LOOK AT STUFF AND PUT A MODULE IN.

WE'RE ACTUALLY PAYING FOR EQUIPMENT.

WE'RE PAYING FOR STUFF TO BENEFITS THE DISTRICT AND OUR STUDENTS FOR A BETTER LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

LIKE I MENTIONED, IT'S A ONE YEAR PROJECT.

THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A KIND OF A BREAKDOWN FOR PHASE THE PRELIMINARY OF, PHASE ONE.

1.7 TO $2 MILLION PROJECT TOTAL.

IT'S, WE WILL HAVE ANYWHERE BETWEEN $121,450 TO $142,900 AND A YEARLY SAVINGS ON ALL OUR, BILLS AND UTILITY BILLS.

IT'S A 14 YEAR SAVINGS PAYBACK.

SO NOTHING COMES FROM THE DISTRICT.

WE'RE NOT PAYING OUT OF THE DISTRICT'S POCKET.

IT'S ALL THROUGH SAVINGS.

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WE DON'T PAY THAT OUT OF POCKET.

WE ACTUALLY GOES INTO THE LOAN PROGRAM OR THE GRANT, $295,000.

AND THAT IS INTEREST.

IF WE GO WITH 100% OF THAT AS THE ACTUAL SECO LOANSTAR PROGRAM.

AND THAT'S THAT.

THAT INTEREST IS FROM THE 1.7 TO $2 MILLION DOLLARS.

YES. SO THOSE SAVINGS ARE GUARANTEED.

WHAT IF THE SAVINGS ACTUALLY FELL BELOW THOSE? WHAT WAS THAT? WHAT IF THE ENERGY SAVINGS FELL LESS THAN WHAT THEY EXPECTED? SO TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION IS SECO WON'T EVEN GIVE YOU A LOAN UNLESS THEY GUARANTEE YOU'LL GET SAVINGS.

THEY IF THEY LOOK AT THE.

THEY LOOK AT THE PROJECT, THEY GO THROUGH THAT PROJECT WITH THEIR THIRD PARTY ENGINEERING SYSTEM FROM YOUR ENGINEERING PEOPLE.

THEY'LL LOOK AT THAT AND THEY WON'T EVEN GIVE YOU THE LOAN.

IF THEY DON'T SEE THE SAVINGS THERE TO PAY IT BACK, THEY WON'T EVEN ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN.

SO AT THAT MOMENT THEN YOU JUST DON'T DO THE PROJECT.

YOU DON'T PAY THE MONEY.

AND THERE ARE ALSO GRANTS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO REMEMBER THAT TOO.

THAT'S JUST A WORST CASE SCENARIO.

OKAY. DID YOU SEE BACK ON.

THAT SLIDE ON THE VERY TOP.

YEAH. I THINK THE THE APPROACH IS, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE AGING BUILDINGS AND AGING RESOURCES, HVAC, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

THIS GIVES US A MECHANISM TO REPLACE AND UPGRADE THOSE FAILING SYSTEMS, AND HOPEFULLY GET AS MANY GRANTS AS POSSIBLE.

BUT IF NOT, DO IT IN A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IS COST EFFECTIVE TO THE DISTRICT WHERE EVEN IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO, WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, PAYING IT OVER 14 YEARS, ON SAVINGS.

SO IT'S NOT COMING OUT OF OUR M&O FUNDS TO DO IT.

SO IT'S KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, A WIN WIN.

AND TO GO ALONG WITH THAT, IF YOU EVER WOULD PAY IT OFF EARLY, THERE'S NO PENALTY.

SO YOU'D ACTUALLY PAY A LOWER FEE.

YOU KNOW, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THAT ACCRUED INTEREST OVER THAT TIME AS WELL.

SO THERE'D BE NO PENALTY TO PAYING IT OFF.

THE NEXT THEN ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT.

OKAY. NEXT SLIDE IS JUST KIND OF A BREAKDOWN PER CAMPUS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, COST WISE AND SAVINGS WISE.

YOU GUYS CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD NUMBERS RIGHT THERE ON SOME STUFF.

THAT'S PHASE ONE. THIS WOULD BE PHASE TWO SHOWING THE LONG TERM BASICALLY SHOWING LIKE BASICALLY WHAT WE HAVE WE HAVE PLUM CREEK, NAVARRO, CARVER, CLEAR FORK ON PHASE ONE.

BACKWARDS. LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.

AND THIS IS KIND OF COMING OUT OF THERE.

BUT WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THIS, FACILITY SITE ENERGY USE COST INDEX.

CONSIDERING STRAWN IS OUR NEWEST CAMPUS, WHY IS IT THE LARGEST USER OF ENERGY AMONG ANY OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS? I'D HAVE TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE SCHOOL AND SEE WHAT'S CAUSING THAT.

ONE THING WE DO HAVE OUT THERE IS A SEPTIC SYSTEM, SO THAT IS GOING TO COST QUITE A BIT MORE IN ELECTRICAL, JUST FOR A SIMPLE FACT IS IT HAS TO FLUSH THAT SYSTEM.

SO EVERY TIME THAT GETS A LITTLE BACKUP OR THAT SYSTEM KICKS ON AND IT RUNS AND RUNS UNTIL IT FLUSHES EVERYTHING OUT.

AND SO THAT DOES CAUSE QUITE A BIT OF A LITTLE BIT OF ELECTRICAL UP THERE.

PLUS I BELIEVE IT'S A LARGER SCHOOL.

IT'S A LARGER SQUARE FOOT SCHOOL.

YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, I UNDERSTAND, BUT I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT HAD BEEN BUILT MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE EVERYTHING.

CONSIDERING IT'S A LOT NEWER THAN.

I'D HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT IT, OTHER THAN THOSE TWO THINGS I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT, IT.

PLUM CREEK IS A LOT LARGER.

IT HAS A LOWER ANNUAL ELECTRICAL USE.

RIGHT? I MEAN, IT COULD BE THAT'S PARTLY TWO STORY TOO.

I HOPE OUR NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT.

WELL, AND ALSO IT COULD ALSO BE THE NUMBERS BETWEEN THE CITY COMPARED TO BLUEBONNET TOO.

THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT ELECTRICAL.

YEAH. THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S TRUE.

BUT KILOWATTS WOULD IT MATTER? WOULD IT. RIGHT I MEAN A KILOWATT.

NO, NO. BUT IT COULD BE THAT THE CITY CHARGES MORE PER BLUEBONNET.

YEAH. NO, I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE ANNUAL SPEND.

YEAH, NOT THE COST, BUT. RIGHT.

THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY JUST USED.

YES. OKAY. THAT'S INTERESTING. AND I CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE EXACTLY KIND OF WHAT'S DRIVING THAT.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECT AS PRESENTED AND AMEND THE BUDGET FOR $36,000.

IT'S A MOTION.

SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 7 TO 0.

THANK YOU BOARD. CONSIDER AND OR ITEM 11 D CONSIDER AND OUR APPROVED PROCLAMATION OF FEBRUARY AS CAREER

[Consider and/or Approve Proclamation of February as Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month]

[01:30:02]

DO I HEAR A MOTION? SEE, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION CTE PROCLAMATION IS PRESENTED.

I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 7 TO 0.

ITEM 11 E CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO EXTEND SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT AND APPROVE SALARY.

[Consideration and Possible Action to Extend Superintendent’s Contract and Approve Salary]

[LAUGHTER] I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE TERMS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT AS DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED SESSION, AND AUTHORIZE THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT.

I SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 7 TO 0.

BOARD AND STAFF COMMENTS.

YEAH.

THEY'RE PLOTTING FOR THE MEETING BEING OVER.

[LAUGHTER] YOU'RE GLAD THE MEETING IS OVER? OKAY. WHEN YOU READ THE MOTION, IT SAID THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE ONE.

WHAT. BUT THAT'D BE BAD. OKAY.

[BOARD AND STAFF COMMENTS - ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.

REBECCA? OH, I JUST HOPE EVERYBODY'S STAYING WARM.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS.

THEY WERE NICE AND SWEET.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, EVEN WHAT YOU DID DURING THE BREAK TO GET KIDS FOCUSED ON LITERACY.

I WAS VERY IMPRESSED. THANK YOU.

MR. BURNETT.

RAYOS. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT AND BLUEBONNET FOR SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNITION TONIGHT.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR LOCKHART ISD.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.

I HAVEN'T SEEN MINE YET TO THANK YOU.

WELL, LOOK FIRST.

I READ IT IN THE BREAK. ALL THE LITTLE SIGNATURES FROM LITTLE KIDS.

ALSO, CONGRATS TO ALL THE SCIENCE FAIR PARTICIPANTS.

SOME PRETTY COOL SCIENCE FAIR ENTRIES.

SO, GREAT JOB TO ALL THE STUDENTS.

AND, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE BINGO READERS THAT COMPLETED THEIR READING ASSIGNMENTS DURING THE CHRISTMAS BREAK.

SO GREAT JOB.

HOPE TO SEE MORE OF THAT. SO CONTINUE READING STUDENTS.

MR. LOCKHART. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE VIETNAM VETERAN THAT GOT HIS DIPLOMA.

IT WAS AMAZING. PERSEVERANCE.

STAY IN THERE AND GET IT DONE.

ALSO, THANKS TO THE JUNIOR HIGH FOR WHAT THEY'VE GIVEN ME AND RECOGNIZING ME.

AND ALSO, SANTA IS GONE UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

MR. GUYTON. OKAY.

I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MR. ESTRADA ON AN OUTSTANDING YEAR AND A CONTINUATION AND EXTENSION OF HIS CONTRACT.

IT'S QUITE AN HONOR JUST TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO WORK WITH YOU AS PART OF THE BOARD.

AND ALSO TO MY FELLOW TRUSTEES, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU GUYS FOR BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.

IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO GET TO SERVE WITH YOU AS WELL.

AND THANK YOU TO CLEAR FORK FOR ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT THEY PROVIDED FOR ME.

JUST SAY THANKS FOR THE RECOGNITION FOR BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.

IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME.

APPRECIATE WORKING WITH MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM.

IT'S, WE CAN AGREE.

WE CAN DISAGREE, BUT WE ALL.

IN THE END, WE COME TOGETHER FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS AND THE SCHOOL.

AND IN THESE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN A REAL PLEASURE.

AND THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR THAT, MR. ESTRADA. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT WRIGHT, AND I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR YOUR DEDICATION, YOUR SERVICE.

I GET TO SEE IT ON A DAILY BASIS.

HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT YOU ALL PUT INTO SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A HONOR.

AND, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT YOU'VE ENJOYED AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO ENJOY SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH AS WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE YOU THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH.

AND, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I'M APPRECIATIVE TO BE ON THIS JOURNEY AS WE NAVIGATE TO 28 TOGETHER, WORKING ON OUR PRIORITIES, OUR GOALS, OUR MISSION. ALSO THANKFUL TO HAVE A GREAT TEAM HERE, WITH US AND APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT.

I THINK WHENEVER ANY SUPERINTENDENT RECEIVES, YOU KNOW, EXTENSION IN CONTRACT, THAT IS A SIGN OF SUPPORT OF THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE DISTRICT FROM CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND, YOU KNOW, CAFETERIA STAFF AND EVERY, EVERY JOB THAT WE HAVE IN THIS, INCREDIBLY THANKFUL AND HONORED TO TO DO THIS WORK ALONGSIDE OF EACH. OH, ONE THING.

THANK YOU FOR THAT DINNER THAT WE HAD WITH THE PEACH COBBLER.

IT WAS REALLY NICE OF THE VLK ARCHITECTS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. I HOPE YOU ALL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

[LAUGHTER] THE DESSERT WAS GREAT.

MR. GUYTON, WOULD YOU PLEASE CLOSE IT OUT TONIGHT? SURE. DEAR GOD, WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THIS DAY.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE HAD TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL DISTRICT THAT WE ALL GET TO BE A PART OF.

WE ASK YOUR CONTINUED BLESSINGS OVER OUR STUDENTS, OUR FAMILIES, OUR STAFF MEMBERS, GOD, AND JUST OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

[01:35:03]

AMEN. AMEN. AMEN.

IT IS 9:46 P.M.

AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.