[Call to Order]
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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 MEETINGS ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.
WE WILL NOW HAVE PRESENTATION OF COLORS BY THE JUNIOR ROTC FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
COMMANDING THE LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL AIR FORCE JUNIOR ROTC GUARD IS CADET ALEJANDRA FERNANDEZ.
SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS THALIA RAMOS AND MAYA ACOSTA.
AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING.
WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT.
AIR GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE.
OH, SAY, DOES THAT STAR SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE OH THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE.
I WOULD ASK TRUSTEE BURNETT TO LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION FOR TONIGHT.
FATHER GOD, THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US AND WATCHING OVER US.
GIVE US WISDOM AS WE CONDUCT THIS MEETING TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO NUMBER ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
[Recognitions]
RECOGNITIONS. MS. DOCTOR CAMARILLO. GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA, WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD TO HELP RECEIVE THIS EVENING'S HONOREES FOR RECOGNITION.AND NOW WE BEGIN WITH TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION.
ASHLEY CASILLAS AND ROCKY BAYONNE.
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COACH ZARA JAMES.IN ADDITION TO THEIR REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT, AZALEA AND ASHLEY REPRESENTED LOCKHART WITH PRIDE IN THE PEARL HARBOR PARADE IN HAWAII, DEMONSTRATING THEIR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND THEIR COMMUNITY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE YOUNG LADIES.
LAST MONTH, MOSES RODRIGUEZ, A SENIOR SAXOPHONE PLAYER IN THE ROARING LION BAND, MADE HISTORY BY BECOMING THE FIRST LOCKHART LION TO EARN A SPOT IN THE TEMA ALL STATE BAND FOR DIVISION FIVE A.
ALL STATE IS THE HIGHEST RECOGNITION A STUDENT CAN RECEIVE IN TEXAS UIL.
WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO MOSES FOR THIS REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT, WHICH NOT ONLY HIGHLIGHTS HIS INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT, BUT ALSO BRINGS PRIDE TO OUR ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
MOSES, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT TO RECEIVE YOUR COIN.
MOSES IS ACCOMPANIED BY FINE ARTS COORDINATOR AND BAND DIRECTOR, MR. JAMES CRAWLEY AND PRINCIPAL CYNTHIA VAZQUEZ.
LAST MONTH, THALIA RAMOS, A SENIOR AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL, EARNED A COVETED SPOT IN THE PRESTIGIOUS TMEA ALL-STATE TREBLE CHOIR FOR DIVISION FIVE A.
ALL STATE IS THE HIGHEST RECOGNITION A STUDENT CAN RECEIVE AGAIN IN TEXAS UIL.
THALIA SINGS ALTO TWO HER TALENT AND DEDICATION HAVE PROPELLED HER TO THIS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT, SHOWCASING THE EXCELLENCE OF OUR LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL PROGRAM.
THALIA SELECTION IS ALSO A TESTAMENT TO HER INDIVIDUAL COMMITMENT TO BEING LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE.
WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO THALIA FOR THIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT.
THALIA, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT TO RECEIVE YOUR COIN.
SHE IS ACCOMPANIED BY CHOIR DIRECTOR CAITLIN DURKEE AND PRINCIPAL CYNTHIA VASQUEZ.
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CONGRATULATIONS. OUR FINAL RECOGNITION.WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR AXEL CREEL, WHOSE WORK HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR THE 2024 TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION'S YOUTH ART MONTH EXHIBITION.
HER WORK WAS CHOSEN AMONG THOUSANDS OF OTHER SUBMISSIONS FROM STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD THAT, BUT THAT WAS THOUSANDS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO AXEL ON THIS INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT! PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT TO RECEIVE YOUR COIN.
AXEL IS ACCOMPANIED BY ART TEACHER MATT BURTON AND PRINCIPAL CYNTHIA VASQUEZ.
AND HERE'S HER ARTWORK, IN CASE YOU MISSED THAT.
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[Public Comment]
WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO COMMENT TONIGHT.BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, I'M GOING TO READ THIS INFORMATION, PLEASE.
THE BOARD WILL HEAR COMMENTS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS.
EACH PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF FIVE 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 CRITICISMS CIVIL AND COURTEOUS.
PLEASE ALSO AVOID USING PROFANITY.
LAST, WE ASK THAT YOU NOT DISCUSS STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT YOUR OWN CHILD.
DISTRICT POLICY DGBA HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR ADDRESSING EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS.
POLICY FNG IS THE AVENUE FOR FILING PARENT COMPLAINTS AND POLICY F ADDRESSES.
OFFICIAL TIME KEEPER WILL BE OUR SECRETARY, TOM GUYTON.
THE FIRST ON THE LIST, JOHN CASTILLO.
SO WHEN YOU PLEASE COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME AND GIVE YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE.
JUST HERE AGAIN, SECOND MEETING OF THE YEAR.
JOHN CASTILLO, 1106 RED RIVER LOCKHART, TEXAS.
I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE FUMBLE WE HAD A MONTH AGO THAT HAPPENED WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THERE WAS A LACK OF COMMUNICATION, AND WE, BUT WHAT HAPPENED SHOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
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SHOULD HAVE GONE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, SAY WE'RE HAVING AN EMERGENCY MEETING ON MONDAY, THE FOLLOWING MONDAY TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION.AND TO ME, I THINK Y'ALL PLAYED THAT TO Y'ALL'S ADVANTAGE BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR THE PEOPLE'S, HOW THEY'RE DISGUST ON HOW Y'ALL HANDLED THAT SITUATION.
SO I'D LIKE TO COMMEND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE TRIED TO DO WHAT THEY COULD, BUT THEY DIDN'T.
WE STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN A SUMMARY OR A BREAKDOWN OF WHERE WERE THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION.
WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT WE EXPERIENCED IN UVALDE NOT TOO LONG AGO.
I DON'T WANT THAT TO OCCUR IN MY COMMUNITY.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, I KNOW THESE PARENTS.
WELL, IT MIGHT HAVE, BUT EVERYTHING'S TIGHT LIPPED.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO AIR OUT OUR BAD, OUR LUGGAGE THAT WE HAVE AS A COMMUNITY.
BUT WE CAN'T ASSIST AND PROTECT THE KIDS THAT GO TO SCHOOL IF WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING THEM HEAD ON.
AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOCKHART YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY WE'RE PROVIDING LEAVING A LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE.
WELL, WE DROPPED THE BALL, WE FAILED OUR KIDS.
THE YEAR IS NOT STARTING WELL.
BUT I JUST WANT TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF THIS, YOU KNOW, I'M A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I WANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO ASSIST IN MAKING WHAT HAPPENED NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.
BUT I JUST WANT TO REASSURE THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT THEY NEED.
THEY NEED TO BE THEIR VOICE IS HEARD, AND WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND EVERYBODY TOO, EVEN LIKE THE LION GUARD, THOSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE TAKING TIME FROM THEIR LIVES TO COME AND ASSIST WITH THE SECURITY LAPSES.
BUT I MEAN, THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER AND TALK TO COMMUNICATE.
YOU KNOW, I WE JUST GOT TO BE BETTER AT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND I WISH, YOU KNOW, DON'T HOLD BACK.
THESE ARE FIVE MINUTES THAT YOU, YOU CAN UTILIZE AND AIR IT OUT.
BUT I KNOW I MEAN THESE ISSUES HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED.
SO I JUST COME TODAY AS A AND TO TRY AND GET THE LET'S START WORKING ON A SOLUTION AND TRY TO LET NOT THIS HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE LORD COULD BE WORSE.
THANK YOU. AN EXTRA DEMETRIO CAMACHO, IS THAT RIGHT? PLEASE ADDRESS THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
YES MY NAME IS DEMETRIO CAMACHO.
MY ADDRESS IS 30 TORRES LANE DALE, TEXAS.
AND I COME BEFORE YOU LIKE THE OTHER PARENTS HERE TODAY JUST CONCERNED WITH WHAT ARE YOUR IDEAS OF HELPING OUR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO LEARN? BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE SCHOOL THAT'S HERE IS LETTING THE OTHER KIDS RUN THE SCHOOL, AND THERE'S DISREGARD FOR ANY OF IT.
I'VE MADE MANY CALLS TO MANY PEOPLE OUT HERE FOR THE LISD, AND IT'S JUST, OF COURSE, LACK OF FUNDING I GET THAT, BUT LET'S NOT STICK OUR KIDS IN A BIG OLD CAFETERIA WITH ALL EACH OTHER WHERE THEY JUST PLAY ON THEIR PHONES BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET THE TEACHERS THERE TO HELP THEM.
THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH AN ASSIGNMENT.
AND ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS TRY TO MOVE FORWARD AND SHE JUST NEEDS HELP.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL ARE HERE FOR, STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE.
BUT. THEY DON'T SEE THAT FROM Y'ALL.
AND MOST KIDS, THEY GET THAT, THEY SEE IT AND THAT'S HOW THEY REACT TO IT.
AND WITH THE RESTROOM SITUATION, OTHER KIDS ONCE AGAIN ARE DOING BAD THINGS AND RUNNING WITH IT.
IF NOT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE TARDY TODAY.
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AND THEN ALSO, WITH THE WAY Y'ALL HANDLED COMING BACK TO SCHOOL FOR THE STUDENTS, SOME WERE SCARED.THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT HAPPENED TO THEIR TEACHER, OTHER STUDENTS, THEIR FRIENDS.
AND I GET THAT. THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, NO DISREGARD FOR ANYBODY DIDN'T CARE ABOUT WHAT ANYBODY THOUGHT.
LIKE THE GENTLEMAN OVER HERE, HE SAID IT COULD BE ANOTHER UVALDE.
BUT Y'ALL JUST BROUGHT HIM BACK TO SCHOOL.
HAD Y'ALL KNOW THAT THEY WEREN'T PLOTTING TO SEE WHAT Y'ALL DID AND THEN TO COME DO SOMETHING ELSE.
EVEN WORSE, KNOWING YOUR RESPONSES.
INADEQUATE, AND THAT'S WHAT I ASK ALL THESE PARENTS.
I WISH THERE WAS A LINE OUT THE DOOR LIKE YOU SAID, A RESPONSE MEETING.
BUT IF THEY WERE, YOU ALL DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR IT.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARY BRYANT.
MY PHYSICAL ADDRESS IS 1525 SHENANDOAH COVE, AND THAT'S HERE IN LOCKHART, TEXAS.
THERE WAS A TRAUMATIC DAY FOR STAFF, STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
AND WHETHER THE EVENT WAS CREDIBLE OR NOT.
IT WAS A SCARY DAY FOR EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED, AND I USED THE WORD TRAUMATIC BECAUSE TRAUMA IS TRAUMA, WHETHER IT IS REAL OR PERCEIVED AND WHETHER IT WAS A CREDIBLE THREAT OR WHETHER IT WASN'T.
IT WAS A TRAUMATIC DAY FOR EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED.
I DID NOT SEND MY CHILD THE NEXT DAY TO SCHOOL.
SHE DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH, BECAUSE SHE NEEDED A MENTAL HEALTH BREAK.
SHE DIDN'T TELL ME SHE NEEDED A MENTAL HEALTH BREAK.
I TOLD HER YOU NEED A MENTAL HEALTH BREAK BECAUSE I KNEW THAT SHE WAS GENUINELY SCARED.
ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS THAT WERE IN HER CLASSROOM.
THEY WERE PRAYING BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON ON THE OUTSIDE.
AND THAT IS A REAL THREAT TO THEM.
AGAIN, WHETHER THE TRAUMA IS REAL OR PERCEIVED, IT IS A TRAUMA FOR THEM.
THERE WAS NO FOLLOW UP FROM ADMINISTRATORS AND COUNSELORS IN THE WEEKS TO COME AFTERWARDS.
I BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY WHO IS ON STAFF SHOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF TRAUMA INFORMED CARE, IN CASES LIKE THESE, WHEN THINGS HAPPEN, WE NEED TO HAVE A TEAM READY TO GO IN FOR THESE MENTAL HEALTH DAYS THAT CHILDREN ARE GOING TO NEED, THAT TEACHERS ARE GOING TO NEED.
ONE PARENT THAT CAME TO A GROUP SAID, AND I QUOTE, WHEN KIDS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY AND THEY'RE NERVOUS ABOUT GOING TO SCHOOL, THAT'S A PROBLEM. AND I AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT 100%.
WHEN STUDENTS DON'T FEEL SAFE, STUDENTS ARE UNABLE TO LEARN.
WHEN TEACHERS DON'T FEEL SAFE, TEACHERS CAN'T TEACH.
THEIR MENTAL HEALTH IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE.
WHY DIDN'T WE HAVE AN OPEN FORUM TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONCERNS OF PARENTS? WHY DIDN'T OUR SCHOOL HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING AFTER THE INCIDENT? HAVE STAFF EVEN BEEN DEBRIEFED FROM THE DAY AFTER? OR HAS IT JUST BEEN BUSINESS AS USUAL? WHO HAS ADDRESSED THEIR MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS? HAS THERE BEEN AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW? HAS THERE BEEN AN AFTER ACTION MEETING? NO. LIKE WHERE OUR SHORTCOMINGS WERE SO THAT WE CAN COVER AND SO THAT STUDENTS KNOW THAT THEY ARE SAFE WHEN THEY'RE AT SCHOOL.
AS PARENTS, WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITIES.
IF THEY MAKE A MISTAKE, WE TELL THEM, OWN UP TO IT.
YOU DON'T COVER IT UP, RIGHT? WELL, I IMPLORE ALL OF YOU WHO ARE SITTING THERE TODAY.
WHEN YOU DON'T TELL THE TRUTH, WHEN YOU ARE NOT FORTHCOMING IN THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, THAT LEAVES ROOM FOR RUMORS.
IT MAKES PARENTS LIKE MYSELF FEEL LIKE WE'RE BEING LIED TO.
IT FEELS LIKE THERE IS A DISCONNECT AND A MISTRUST.
AND I LOVE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE ALL THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ON OUR CAMPUSES, BUT IT CREATES A MISTRUST.
AND I IMPLORE THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE SITTING HERE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, JUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, BUILD A RELATIONSHIP BACK THE WAY IT WAS, BECAUSE YOU CAN GO BACK AND YOU CAN REPAIR.
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YOU CAN REPAIR BY SAYING, I'M SORRY I DROPPED THE BALL.I'M SORRY WE MISSED THE MARK AND THEN TAKE ACTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU.
BUT I DO WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS, THAT YOU CAN MAKE REPAIRS NOW, BUT YOU GOT TO GET IT STARTED.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE, MR. BRYANT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
MY ADDRESS IS 1525 SHENANDOAH COVE, LOCKHART, TEXAS.
I COME HERE TODAY AS A PARENT WHO IS UPSET, A PARENT WHO IS FRUSTRATED AND A PARENT WHO EXPECTS MORE FROM OUR DISTRICT AND OUR LEADERS. I AGREE WITH WHAT COUNCILMAN CASTILLO STATED AND WHAT THE OTHER MOTHER AND FATHER STATED AS WELL.
AND BY THE LOOKS IN THE ROOM, WE HAVE A LOT OF PARENTS WHO AGREE.
ONE OF THE THINGS ON OUR I LOVE OUR LOCKHART ISD, I DO, RIGHT, I'M A HOME TEAM BOY.
BUT I WANT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HOLD YOU ALL ACCOUNTABLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS ON THE WEBSITE FOR DISTRICT VALUES SAYS WE HAVE A LOCKHART FOR PEOPLE.
IN MY OPINION, WE DROP THE BALL AND WE DIDN'T HAVE NOT TAKEN CARE OF THE CHILDREN THAT WE SERVE.
OUR CHILDREN ARE MOST IMPORTANT, INCLUDING MY DAUGHTER.
YOU ALL MENTIONED MAKE IT TALK ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER.
SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT MY DAUGHTER AND MY STUDENTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I SIGNED UP, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ABOUT WAS SCHOOL SAFETY, SCHOOL SAFETY.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
I CAN'T COVER IT ALL IN FIVE MINUTES, BUT IT SHOULD BE ON YOUR EMAIL.
MY NUMBER IS THERE AS WELL, SO EXPECT SOME FOLLOW UP AS WELL.
SCHOOL SAFETY WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE STUDENT OFFICER? THE SRO OFFICER JUST A QUESTION.
I KNOW YOU CANNOT ANSWER TONIGHT.
WHAT TYPE OF IN-PERSON, INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING IS THERE FOR, FOR OR FOR STAFF? IT'S HAPPENING IN SURROUNDING AREAS.
BUT ARE WE AS CALDWELL COUNTY LOCKHART, ARE WE BEING INVOLVED IN THAT INTERACTION TRAINING, INTERACTIVE TRAINING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT? IS THERE AN SRO WITH ADVANCED LAW ENFORCEMENT RAPID RESPONSE TRAINING AVAILABLE IN OUR DISTRICT? HOW MANY SCENARIOS HAVE BEEN PRACTICED TOGETHER WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, SUCH AS COUNTY OR SCHOOL COUNTY OFFICERS? THE SHERIFF, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IS MANDATED TO CONDUCT THESE TYPE OF TRAININGS TWICE A YEAR.
HAVE YOU ALL PARTICIPATED? HAS IT BEEN DONE? NOT SURE. THE LOCKHART PD HAVE A COMMAND POST ON JANUARY 25TH, THE DAY OF THE LOCKDOWN.
WAS THERE A COMMAND POST? IF SO. I HEARD THAT MAYBE IT WAS INSIDE THE SCHOOL.
WHY WAS IT INSIDE THE SCHOOL? WHY NOT OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL? AS I CONTINUE TO MAKE MY POINTS, I ALSO WANT TO OFFER SOME SOLUTIONS AS WELL.
ALSO A BIG ONE THAT WE'VE HEARD, NO POLICE PRESENCE FOR MONTHS AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT'S A BIG VIOLATION, TO ME, THAT IS, THAT'S A BIG NO NO.
IF WE CAN HAVE LOCKHART ISD OFFICERS AT CARVER ELEMENTARY, AND WE POSTED ON OUR ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE TODAY AS LOCKHART ISD SHOWCASING THE AWESOME OFFICERS AT THE SCHOOL, TWO OF THEM AS A MATTER OF FACT.
DON'T 2000 STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL DESERVE MORE THAN AN OFFICER PERIOD? BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ANY FOR MONTHS.
OKAY. SO MY DAUGHTER DESERVES THAT AND SHE DID NOT FEEL SAFE ON THAT DAY.
THERE WAS TEXTS THAT WERE HAPPENING.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE NOT ONLY MY DAUGHTER FEELS SAFE, BUT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS FEEL SAFE TO LEARN.
FORMING A LOCKHART ISD POLICE UNION IS ANOTHER SOLUTION.
PARTNERING WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IS ANOTHER SOLUTION.
DEVELOPING A CONTRACT NOT JUST WITH LOCKHART PD, BUT ALSO WITH THE COUNTY AS WELL.
THE FATHER TALKED ABOUT PROBLEMS IN THE BATHROOM, SUCH AS DRUGS.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO ON AND CHECK YOUR EMAIL, THERE'S THINGS THERE.
BUT I WILL SAY THIS SOLUTION, DRUG DOGS, DRUG DOGS.
BECAUSE ARE WE SO CONCERNED THAT IF THE DRUG, THE DOG FINDS DRUGS, THAT IT'S GOING TO USHER OUT STUDENTS OUT OF OUR SCHOOL AND WE LOSE MONEY? THAT'S THE PERCEPTION THAT WE GET IN EMAILS.
AND THAT'S A PERCEPTION WE GET ACROSS, IS THAT OUR STUDENTS EQUALS MONEY.
OUR STUDENTS ARE PRECIOUS TO US.
MY DAUGHTER IS PRECIOUS TO ME.
AND SHE DESERVES THE VERY BEST ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
MY WIFE ALLUDED TO IT EARLIER.
TRANSPARENCY IS A BIG CONCERN, AS WE HOSTED MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
WE HOSTED MEETINGS THIS MONTH.
AND FRANKLY, THAT WAS NOT OUR JOB.
OUR JOB WAS NOT TO HOLD MEETINGS FOR PARENTS TO VOICE AND AND TO HEAR THE CONCERNS.
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THAT WAS YOUR JOB TO HOST MEETINGS AT THE SCHOOL.AND WE'RE HOLDING YOU ACCOUNTABLE.
OKAY. NOT BEING TOLD THE TRUTH.
EXAMPLE, I WILL SAY THIS PARENTS WEREN'T EVEN NOTIFIED IF THERE IS HEARSAY AND THERE IS RUMORS.
ALL RIGHT. WHETHER IT'S SUBSTANTIATED OR NOT, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE POSSIBLY WAS SOMEBODY LET GO OVER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK FOR IMPROPER RELATIONSHIPS? POSSIBLY. OKAY.
LET US KNOW. WE'RE BIG PEOPLE.
WE CAN DEAL WITH THE TRUTH SO WE CAN PREPARE OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF TO DEAL WITH THAT TRUTH.
CHECK YOUR EMAIL. APPRECIATE IT.
OKAY. THANK Y'ALL. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX, COMMUNICATION.
[School Safety and Security ]
A, SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY, DOCTOR CAMARILLO AND JAMES ACUNA.SO MR. ACUNA IS APPROACHING TO GIVE AN UPDATE.
THINGS AND AS WELL AS THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE GOING ON.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES FOR QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.
GOOD EVENING BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, BOARD MEMBER, SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
TODAY HERE, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT LOCKHART ISD AND SCHOOL SAFETY.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I, WE COMMUNICATED TO OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHERE WE GET OUR RESOURCES FROM, AND WE GET OUR RESOURCES FROM TEA AND TEXAS STATE.
IF YOU LOOK ON THE SLIDE, EACH OF THEM HAS SERVES THEIR EACH INDIVIDUAL PURPOSE.
FOR INSTANCE, TEA IS ABOUT COMPLIANCE OF SCHOOL SAFETY AND REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHERE TEXAS STATE IS ABOUT TRAINING AND DEVELOPING RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS TO USE. LOCKHART ISD, ALONG WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, UTILIZE BOTH OF THESE AGENCIES.
AND THEY'RE THERE TO SUPPORT AND ASSIST.
BACK RIGHT BEFORE THE SCHOOL STARTED, WE DID DO SOME DISTRICT WIDE TRAININGS AT THE GO PACK.
IT WAS FACILITATED BY MYSELF AND OUR SRO SUPERVISOR, SERGEANT TORRES.
OUR CONSTABLE PROGRAMS WITH SERGEANT SALAS AND CHIEF SANDERS, ALSO WITH LAUREN GARD, CARL ATTIC.
WE'RE GOING TO ALSO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THOSE TRAINS LOOK LIKE.
WE TALKED ABOUT RAPTOR TRAININGS, THE ENTRY PIECE.
AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
AND A FEW MORE SLIDES WHEN IT COMES TO HB THREE.
SOME OF THE OTHER SAFETY TOOLS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TO OUR STAFF WERE THE FLIP CHARTS AND THE EMERGENCY OPERATION PROCEDURES AND THE TOURNIQUET PROGRAM AS WELL.
WE HAVE TOURNIQUETS IN EACH OF OUR ROOMS, AND WE DID SOME TRAININGS ON HOW TO STOP THE BLEED.
ANOTHER NOTE, KNOW CHIEF WILLIAMS HERE.
THANK YOU FOR FOR BEING HERE AS WELL.
SHERIFF LANE HAS ORGANIZED KIND OF DIFFERENT TRAININGS WITH PD, COUNTY.
THEY'VE USED OUR SCHOOLS SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE LAYOUT OF THE SCHOOLS.
AND THEY'VE HAD THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES AS WELL.
AS WELL, THE SHERIFF DOES ORGANIZE TRAININGS AND MEETINGS AS WELL AS MR. ACUNA. HE HAS MEETINGS WITH THE SAFETY GROUP THAT INCLUDES LAW ENFORCEMENT, LOCKHART FIRE DEPARTMENTS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES AROUND LOCKHART AND CALDWELL COUNTY.
ARE THOSE TRAININGS THAT SERGEANT TORRES TALKED ABOUT WAS CRAZY TRAINING.
WE ALSO TALKED TO OUR STAFF ABOUT REUNIFICATION.
NOW WE'D LIKE TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KEY HOUSE BILL THREE REQUIREMENTS.
SO FOR THOSE FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT HOUSE BILL THREE IS, IT'S IT RELATES TO THE MEASURES FOR ENSURING PUBLIC SCHOOL SAFETY, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PURCHASES RELATING TO AND FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS AND THE PROVISION OF SAFETY RELATED RESOURCES.
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SO WHENEVER ANYBODY GOES TO ANY OF OUR CAMPUSES, AS YOU'VE SEEN AND AS YOU'VE DONE BEFORE, WE'VE HAD TO PROVIDE DRIVER'S LICENSE IN ORDER FOR A PARENT TO GET ON ON THE CAMPUS OR A VISITOR GET ON THE CAMPUS.WE HAVE TWO SAFETY SOFTWARE SYSTEMS THAT WE USE FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE FIRST ONE THAT I LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IS OUR RAPTOR EMERGENCY SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S OUR JUNIOR HIGH, THAT'S OUR PRIDE CAMPUS, THAT'S OUR HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THAT PARTICULAR EMERGENCY SYSTEM.
IT'S YOU CAN USE IT ON ANY OF YOUR ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
IT EXPEDITES EMERGENCY RESPONSES.
WE USE AUDIO ENHANCEMENT EPIC SYSTEM.
IT'S A DURESS BUTTON BUILT INTO A TEACHER LANYARD.
I BROUGHT AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE LANYARD LOOKS LIKE AND.
EVERYBODY ON THE CAMPUS IS TO HAVE ONE.
THE NEXT KEY FOCUS I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS FENCING.
GO BACK. JUST REMIND THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC.
GO BACK TO THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE.
WE ARE PILOTING THIS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW.
AS OF LAST MONTH, WE'RE 100% UP AND RUNNING.
ALL THE INSTALLATIONS DONE, ALL OF HARD WIRING TRAINING.
ALL THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
SO GOING TO KEY HOUSE BILL THREE REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE CONTINUE TO USE TEA AND TEXAS STATE AND TEA CONTINUES TO PROVIDE US THIS INFORMATION.
EXTERIOR. SECURED AREA AN AREA FULLY ENCLOSED BY A FENCE AND OR WALL THAT, IF ENCLOSED BY A FENCE OR WALL, UTILIZES A FENCE OR WALL AT LEAST SIX FEET HIGH, WITH DESIGN FEATURES THAT PREVENT IT FROM BEING EASILY SCALABLE, SUCH AS STONE, WROUGHT IRON, CHAIN LINK WITH SLATS OR WINDSCREEN CHAIN LINK TOPPED WITH AN ANTI-SCALING DEVICE, OR UTILIZES A FENCE OR WALL AT LEAST EIGHT FEET TALL IS WELL MAINTAINED IF GATED, FEATURES LOCK GATES WITH EMERGENCY EGRESS HARDWARE, AND HAS FEATURES TO PREVENT OPENING FROM THE EXTERIOR WITHOUT A KEY OR COMBINATION FOR MECHANISM.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO EXIT THAT AREA, BUT NOBODY CAN COME IN THAT AREA.
THE NEXT THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS ON A KEY HOUSE BILL THREE ITEM IS EMERGENCY RESPONSE MAP.
WE ARE REQUIRED THAT EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL PROVIDE THE DPS, LOCAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONDERS AND ACCURATE MAP OF EACH DISTRICT, CAMPUS AND SCHOOL BUILDING, INCLUDING SITE FLOOR PLANS, ACCESS CONTROL, AND EXTERIOR DOOR NUMBERING.
HERE, AT LOCKHART ISD THAT WE HAVE DONE THAT, WE HAVE PROVIDED ALL THAT INFORMATION, AND WE HAVE HAD OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GO ON CAMPUSES BEFORE SCHOOL AND COME THROUGH EVEN AFTER BREAKS. ANOTHER KEY, HOSPITAL ITEM NUMBER THREE ARMED SECURITY AT ALL CAMPUSES.
EMPLOYMENT BOARD MAY EMPLOY OR OR CONTRACT WITH SECURITY PERSONNEL ENTERING INTO AN MOU WITH A LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR COUNTY OR A LOCAL MUNICIPALITY TO PROVIDE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
MOU SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
MAY CONTRACT WITH THE SECURITY SERVICES CONTRACTOR LICENSE FOR THE PROVISION OF COMMISSIONED SECURITY OFFICER WHO HAS COMPLETED THE LEVEL 2 OR 3 TRAINING COURSE REQUIRED BY DPS.
OUR CURRENT MOU WITH LOCKHART POLICE IS AN SRO TO BE AT THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND SRO AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND AN SRO SUPERVISOR TO SUPPORT THE OTHER CAMPUSES AND SUPPORT THE JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL SROS.
I THINK ONE OF THE ISSUES YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY STAFFED WITH ALL THESE THREE GOING ON.
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FOR, FOR QUITE SOME TIME.I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO MISQUOTE, BUT IT'S BEEN QUITE SOME TIME.
WE HAVE FILLED IN AS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE HELPING LOCKHART PD WITH RECRUITING POLICE OFFICERS SO THAT WE CAN STAFF OUR SRO PROGRAM FULLY, AS OUR CONTRACT STATES IT SHOULD BE, IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO DO.
WE HAVE HAD GREAT MEETINGS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH LOCKHART PD AND KIND OF BRAINSTORM, HOW CAN WE HELP WITH RECRUITING EFFORTS, WHETHER THAT'S, YOU KNOW, STIPENDS BONUS PAY, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND WE HAVE I BELIEVE WE SHARED THAT WITH PD.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MR. ACUNA. THAT'S CORRECT.
TO HELP TRY TO RECRUIT PD MEMBERS TO TO TAKE ON SOME OF THESE THINGS.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN VACANT IN THOSE, THOSE POSITIONS TRYING TO FILL IN OFFICERS FROM WHO ARE DOING PATROLS AND YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO THAT HAS BEEN A CONSTANT STRUGGLE FOR US TO, TO MAINTAIN THOSE.
I HAVE PREVIOUS YEARS WE'VE TALKED WITH CALDWELL COUNTY.
THAT DIDN'T THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
SO I DON'T WANT TO JUMP INTO YOU, BUT WE'RE EXPLORING ALL OPTIONS TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ARMED POLICE OFFICERS OR ARMED PEACE OFFICERS ON OUR CAMPUSES.
I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE CITY WAS SHORT STAFFED FOR A WHILE BECAUSE I CALLED MY FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUST AN ISSUE THAT I HAD WITH WHEN THE KIDS WALK HOME FROM THE JUNIOR HIGH AND THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT'S SPEEDING ON THAT ROAD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I ASKED FOR IF AN OFFICER COULD BE THERE AT DISMISSAL TIMES.
AND SHE INFORMED ME THAT THEY WERE SHORT STAFFED AT THE TIME BECAUSE AS THE PARENTS HAVE SPOKEN HERE TONIGHT, THAT'S ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I'VE HAD ALSO IS WHEN OUR KIDS ARE WALKING HOME, IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY FOLKS HAVE EVER SEEN THAT WHEN KIDS ARE LEAVING AT THEIR JUNIOR HIGH OR THE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THE AMOUNT OF FOLKS THAT SPEED ON MAPLE STREET IS JUST UNREAL. AND I HAD TALKED TO HER ABOUT IT TO SEE IF WE COULD HAVE.
AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST WE'RE UNDERSTAFFED.
SO IN OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, ARE THEY PROVIDING US WITH IN THE AGREEMENT OPTIONS WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO RECRUIT AND THEY'RE TRYING WHAT WHAT ARE THEY DOING ON THEIR END TO TRY TO MEET THE AGREEMENT AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS? IN OUR MEETINGS. DOCTOR SANCHEZ, WE HAVE AS SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA SAID, THEY ARE CONTINUING TO RECRUIT.
I THINK FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTHRIGHT AND SAID WE NEED TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET OURSELVES STAFFED, LIKE, AS SUPERINTENDENT STRAUSS SAID, WHETHER IT BE STIPENDS, BONUSES ANY SORT OF RECRUITMENT TO GET TO GET SROS BACK TO OUR CAMPUSES.
RIGHT. IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S ON OUR END, BUT ON THEIR END, ARE THEY TRYING TO PROBLEM SOLVE AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS THERE THE INDIVIDUALS THERE NEEDED IT, IF THERE'S A VACANCY OR SOMEBODY GETS SICK OR THAT THEY'RE NOT THERE? IF THERE'S A VACANCY OR SOMEBODY'S SICK, THEY WILL, THEY HAVE IN THE PAST PULLED A PULLED PEOPLE OFF WHERE THEY'RE DOING. THEY MIGHT BE DOING SOME OVERTIME WORK FOR US WHENEVER THEY CAN GET THOSE FOLKS IN.
THINK TOO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME TURNOVER IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON OUR THIRD CHIEF AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MONTHS.
CAN YOU SHARE MAYBE SOME UPDATES, SIR? YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THAT'S BEEN PART OF IT ALSO WITH TURNOVER AND LEADERSHIP.
GARY WILLIAMSON, THE POLICE CHIEF HERE IN LOCKHART.
THE ISSUE WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO RECRUIT.
I KNOW WE DO A JUST FOR POLICE OFFICERS.
WE DO A $10,000 SIGN ON BONUS, OR WE WILL HIRE SOMEBODY AND PAY FOR THEM TO GO TO THE ACADEMY.
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NOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S A SURPRISE TO ANYBODY THAT THERE'S A POLICING CRISIS.NOBODY WANTS TO BE A POLICE OFFICER ANYMORE.
WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HIRE, AND I HOPE TO GET TWO MORE OUT OF IT.
BUT THREE OUT OF THOSE FOUR ARE MOST LIKELY GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO THE POLICE ACADEMY.
NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND MR. ESTRADA AND MR. ACUNA FOR COMING TO US TO TRY TO, TO BRAINSTORM AND GET SOME SOLUTIONS WITH THE STIPENDS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT TO MAKE IT MORE ENTICING TO GET A PATROL OFFICER TO WANT TO GET INTO THE SCHOOLS, BECAUSE IT TAKES A VERY SPECIAL PERSON TO BE IN THE SCHOOLS TO BE AN SRO.
YOU JUST CAN'T PUT ANY STREET COP IN THE SCHOOLS.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY NOT ONLY FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS AND ENDURING SCHOOL, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING AWAY, YOU KNOW, FOR A GAME OR SO FORTH, AND IT'S DARK AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED THE SAFETY FOR OUR KIDS TO COME BACK INTO SCHOOL, TRIP A BUS, YOU KNOW, ATHLETIC EVENT.
IT MIGHT BE A WOMAN COACH THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BE BY HERSELF.
SO WE NEED THE SAFETY FOR OUR LADIES AND FOR OUR COACHES AS WELL.
CORRECT. SO ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED IT FOR DURING THE DAY.
AND THERE WAS ONE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT WHAT IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOING TO FILL IN? AND I THINK MR. ACUNA TOUCHED IT FAIRLY WELL.
I KNOW SERGEANT TORRES WAS OUT FOR MATERNITY LEAVE FOR A WHILE WITH THE BIRTH OF HIS CHILD.
WE WOULD HAVE A PATROL OFFICER OR A DETECTIVE UP AT THE SCHOOLS WHILE HE WAS OUT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO IF HE CALLS IN SICK.
WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY AT THE SCHOOL.
ONE IS FILLED AND THEN TWO VACANCIES.
AND I THINK WHAT CAN HAPPEN SOMETIMES THAT WE WERE LEARNING IS THAT WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO FILL IN, MAYBE SOMEONE WHO IS ON PATROL OR DOING SOMETHING AND THAT PERSON IS SUPPOSED TO BE AND THIS HAPPENED IN THE PAST, I THINK WE'VE WE'VE FIXED IT NOW MOVING FORWARD.
BUT WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IN THE PAST IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
THEY OR THEY STEP OUT FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WERE HAPPENING TOO FREQUENTLY.
SO. SO PEOPLE WEREN'T SEEING THEM.
THEY WEREN'T YOU KNOW, FOR SOME PERIODS OF TIME THEY WEREN'T THERE.
OKAY? I KNOW THE ONE DAY I WENT..
BACK, THOUGH. I KNOW THE ONE DAY I VOLUNTEERED FOR LION GUARD.
OFFICER TORRES WAS THERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS WALKING THE HALLS.
THEN HE HAD A 911 CALL, THREE STREETS OVER.
SO THAT HAD HE HAD TO LEAVE OUR CAMPUS, YOU KNOW THAT RIGHT THERE JUST LEAVES OUR CAMPUS EMPTY.
SO THAT WAS THAT WAS HAPPENED WHEN I WAS THERE WORKING.
VOLUNTEERING? YEAH. MY UNDERSTANDING, CHIEF, CORRECT ME, BUT OUR SRO SHOULDN'T BE RESPONDING TO.
THAT'S CORRECT. I'LL ADDRESS THAT.
YES. I JUST GOT TO GET SOME PEOPLE HIRED.
WE KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY DOING YOUR BEST.
SO HOW MANY OFFICERS IS A CITY LIKE OR SHORT RIGHT NOW? OVERALL? QUITE A FEW.
I REALLY DON'T WANT TO SAY A NUMBER.
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SO DO YOU ALL HAVE? I WILL TELL YOU.BUT WE'RE PROBABLY AT MINIMUM, STAFFING.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS, BUT THE CITY IS COVERED.
SO DO YOU HAVE ONGOING POLICE FAIRS? LIKE WE HAVE ONGOING TEACHER FAIRS TO MAKE SURE WE GET.
IT'S GOTTEN TO WHERE RECRUITING.
SO WE HAVE CERTAIN RULES WE HAVE TO FOLLOW.
WE CREATE AN APPLICANT LIST, AND WE HAVE TO EXHAUST THE LIST BEFORE WE CAN START OVER.
BUT IT'S GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S JUST ONE HIRING PROCESS AFTER THE OTHER.
YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK WE WILL CONTINUE TO PARTNER TOGETHER.
I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO STRESS UPON CITY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING AS, AS WELL, SO THAT YOU KNOW, THE REALITY THAT I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SROS LIKE, NO, NO, NO, YOU NEED TO STAY, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST, EVEN WHEN THEY'VE GONE TO OTHER PLACES AND WE'RE JUST NOT COMPETITIVE.
THAT'S NOT ALL. I THINK THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED AS WELL.
WELL, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP, THOUGH.
WELL THANK YOU. I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH LISD AND I HOPE IT CONTINUES.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
THE BOARD. I DO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MOU THAT WE DO HAVE WITH OUR CALDWELL COUNTY FAMILY, AND AT EACH OF THESE LOCATIONS, WE DO HAVE A DEPUTY FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
WE HAVE A PERSON AT ABS, A PERSON AT BLUEBONNET, CLEARFORK, PLUM CREEK, NAVARRO, PRIDE.
AND JUST RECENTLY, WE ADDED TO LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH.
SINCE WE ARE SHORT STAFFED AT THE SRO POSITION THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THIS PROGRAM ALSO WANT TO THANK JUDGE HAYDEN AND COMMISSIONER WESTMORELAND, WHO PARTNERED WITH US TO TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN ARMED PEACE OFFICER AT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES AND THIS THIS ONE WE ARE WE HAVE BEEN THEY'VE BEEN OUTSTANDING IN ENSURING THAT SOMEONE IS IS THERE FAITHFULLY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME, SOME MINOR TRAINING THINGS THAT WE'VE WORKED OUT WITH THEM OVER.
I THINK WE STARTED THIS LAST YEAR.
WHEN I TALK TO MY NETWORK GROUP OF FRIENDS AT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEY ASK ME, HOW DID HOW DID YOU ALL GET STAFFED? AND I SAID, WELL, WE HAVE OUR BOARD AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT GOT AHEAD OF THIS, AND WE GONE TO A INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH OUR, OUR CONSTABLES.
I MEAN, KNOW WE DIDN'T GET STAFFED RIGHT AWAY A YEAR AGO AND IT WASN'T MANDATED, BUT IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND, AND WORKING WITH OUR CALDWELL FAMILY, THEY, THEY EVENTUALLY GOT COMPLETELY STAFFED, AND I GET EMAILS.
HEY, HEY MISTER ACUNA, I NEED GET AN ID BADGE.
GOT A NEW ANOTHER CONSTABLE THAT'S GOING TO COME AND HELP AND SERVE AT ONE OF OUR ELEMENTARIES.
AND CAN YOU HELP ME GET THAT COORDINATED? AND THEN WE WORK WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT TO GET THAT DONE.
SO IT'S BEEN A REALLY SOLID PROGRAM.
WE'VE LEARNED A LOT THE PAST YEAR WITH THIS PROGRAM.
IT'S REALLY FUNNY. SO, YEAH, THEY ARE INTO STICKERS.
THEY'RE VERY STICKER FRIENDLY AT THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.
YEAH. SO I DO WANT TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON SOME MISCELLANEOUS UPDATES.
WE ARE EVALUATING AND ADDING ADDITIONAL CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AS AS WE'VE CONTINUED TO TRY TO DO AND WE'RE COMMITTING TO BETTER TIMELY PARENT COMMUNICATIONS.
WOULD THAT BE VIA SQUARE PARENT SQUARE SOCIAL MEDIA? WE ARE. YES, SIR.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT.
AND I THINK WE HAD SOME PARENTS SPEAK TODAY.
AND THAT FALLS ON, ON ME AS A SUPERINTENDENT TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THINGS LIKE A BIG FIGHT HAPPENS, WE WE MUST COMMUNICATE THAT WE DID NOT COMMUNICATE THAT AS A DISTRICT.
AND WE'RE AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.
AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, HAVING SOMETHING THAT BIG HAPPEN, NOT SHARING TO THE PARENTS AND THE
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COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT.AND THEN, YOU KNOW VERY CLOSE TO THAT EVENT, A THREAT HAPPENED, WHETHER IT'S, IT'S REAL OR NOT, UNDERSTANDABLY CREATES YOU KNOW, CREATES THE UNEASINESS FROM OUR STUDENTS, FROM OUR STAFF, FROM OUR PARENTS.
AND AND I AND I DO APOLOGIZE TO OUR PARENTS WHO ARE HERE AND ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE MUST IMPROVE ON AND ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNICATION IS TIMELY, THAT IT'S CLEAR AND, AND COMPREHENSIBLE AND THAT WE DO IT THROUGH EVERY COMMUNICATION CHANNEL THAT WE HAVE THAT WE DON'T RELY ON ONE, ONE OR THE OTHER.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE WORKED WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO ENSURE THAT WE ADDRESS THOSE DEFICITS THAT WE HAD IN THIS, IN THIS AND IN HOPES THAT WE CAN BUILD THAT TRUST THAT WE HAVE LOST WITH WITH OUR PARENTS BACK, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO DO BETTER ON.
I HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH. THERE ARE PARENTS THAT DON'T DO FACEBOOK.
THEY DON'T DO I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW A PARENT THAT DOESN'T HAVE A CELL PHONE, BUT THE FACT THAT ON THEIR END DON'T THEY HAVE TO INITIATE SIGNING UP FOR SOME OF THAT COMMUNICATION. YES, MA'AM.
SO WHEN OUR STUDENTS REGISTER THEY PROVIDE COMMUNICATION.
SO WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO IS, IS JUST USING EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE.
SO EMAIL, TEXT PARENT SQUARE IS LIKE A LIKE AN APP THAT YOU KNOW, FACEBOOK.
BUT WE'VE GOT TO ENSURE THAT WE HIT ALL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I HAD PARENTS WERE, YOU KNOW, FROM AN ELEMENTARY CAMPUS AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, YOU PUT ON FACEBOOK, BUT WE DIDN'T GET A TEXT OR AN EMAIL AND I DON'T HAVE FACEBOOK.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO THAT TYPE OF THING IS WHAT I'M REFERRING TO.
LIKE WE'VE GOT TO COMMUNICATE ONE.
WHEN SOMETHING MAJOR HAPPENS, WE'VE GOT TO COMMUNICATE WITH EVERYONE.
AND THEN ALSO NOT RELYING ON ON JUST SOCIAL MEDIA OR JUST EMAIL, DOING THE TEXT, DOING ALL OF THEM SO THAT WE, WE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR PARENTS.
AND WE HAVE TO DO THAT MOVING FORWARD.
WOULD IT BE OKAY FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR, WHOEVER IT IS, TO TELL THE STUDENTS, HEY, TEXT YOUR PARENTS AND SAY THIS, THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT KIDS ARE DOING ANYWAY. AND LOCKDOWNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF LETTING THEM GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE PARENTS ALSO.
YEAH, WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT CONVERSATION.
BUT YOU KNOW THAT WHEN WE HAD OUR ACTION AFTER ACTION REVIEW MEETING THAT DIDN'T COME UP, BUT WE CAN WE CAN ADD THAT TO OUR NEXT MEETING AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
YEAH. I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WOULD WORK, BUT, I MEAN, I'M OPEN TO IDEAS.
YEAH. I JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS TEACHING THERE WOULD BE TIMES WHEN THINGS WOULD HAPPEN AND I WOULD TELL THE KIDS WHEN WE WERE IN A LOCKDOWN SITUATION, HEY, TEXT YOUR PARENTS, LET THEM KNOW YOU'RE OKAY. YOU'RE IN HERE WITH ME.
WE'VE GOT THINGS UNDER CONTROL.
AND THAT SEEMED TO CALM THE, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS.
SOME ALSO. BUT THAT WAS JUST ME DOING IT AS A TEACHER, THOUGH NOT AS WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, BUT ALSO HELP TEACHERS TOO, IF THEY WERE TOLD THAT. WELL, MY POINT WOULD BE TOO, THAT WHAT ABOUT HAVING AN AVENUE, A VENUE WHERE STUDENTS THEMSELVES LIKE ARE QUESTIONING, RECEIVING RESPONSES OR GIVING INPUT ABOUT WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS HAPPENING OR NOT HAPPENING SO THAT THEY CAN ALSO OFFER SOLUTIONS ABOUT WHAT CAN OR CANNOT.
BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES WE DO.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
WELL, OKAY. WELL, WAS THERE AN AVENUE WHERE KIDS SAY, WELL, THIS IS MY FEELING ON THIS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A SUGGESTION BOX OR IF IT'S SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT WHERE WE'RE HEARING FROM SOME OF THE SILENT VOICES OF SOME KIDS DON'T SAY MUCH OR SOMEONE CAN JUST WORK ON A SUGGESTION INBOX.
WELL, YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THE FACT THAT THEY YOU'RE GETTING SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM THEM, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S THE LOUDEST ONES THAT SAY WHATEVER, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS THAT AREN'T SAYING ANYTHING? I MEAN, HOW ARE THEY FEELING? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THEY WE SHOULD ALSO GIVE THEM SOME KIND OF AVENUE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THAT'S A WRITING ASSIGNMENT.
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YOU KNOW, WHAT DID WHAT HAPPENED THE OTHER DAY GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK.HOW ARE YOU FEELING? WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENT? I MEAN, JUST LETTING THEM HAVE A VOICE.
DON'T WE HAVE THAT MRS. ESTRADA LIKE AN ANONYMOUS? I DON'T KNOW.. WE HAVE. WELL, I THINK THAT'S A DIFFERENT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, DOCTOR SANCHEZ, I DON'T WANT TO JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY YOU KNOW, LIKE THE PRINCIPAL YOU KNOW, MEETING WITH STUDENTS, DISCUSSING.
OR MAYBE WE CAN GET KIDS TOGETHER.
I MEAN, STUDENT COUNCIL, WHATEVER CLUB, THEY CAN INITIATE SOME KIND OF A FORUM FOR KIDS.
SO THAT'S TO ME ANOTHER WAY THAT MAYBE KIDS CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES KIDS ARE HARDER ON OTHER KIDS.
YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE HAVE TEEN COURT OR WHATEVER.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE READ SOMEWHERE, SO I THOUGHT, I DON'T KNOW, JUST PROBLEM SOLVING WHERE KIDS CAN HAVE A VOICE BECAUSE SOMETIMES, LIKE SOMEBODY MENTIONED, THEIR KIDS GO HOME AND THEY'RE LIKE, THEY'RE TRAUMATIZED.
WELL, WHAT OTHER VOICE OR WHERE CAN THEY CONTINUE TO DIALOG ABOUT THAT OTHER THAN THEIR PARENTS? I THINK I UNDERSTAND NOW AND NOW WE CAN WE'LL WORK WITH THE LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH ADMINISTRATION AS WELL.
THANK YOU, BOYD, FOR SHARING THOSE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
I DO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH STAGGERED BELL SCHEDULE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT AS WELL.
AND A SAFETY AND SECURITY COORDINATOR POSITION THAT THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING AS WELL.
AND THAT AND THAT ACTUALLY IS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.
AND ALSO IT IS A STATE MANDATE THAT WE HAVE THAT AS WELL.
AND YOU'LL HAVE THAT IN LATER ON THIS EVENING.
RECOMMENDATION TO ADD THAT TO THE BUDGET.
ANOTHER KEY HOUSE BILL THREE REQUIREMENT.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I DON'T.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SHARE THIS WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
ALL REPORTS TO IWATCH TEXAS REPORTING SYSTEM ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND NOT SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE.
IF I LIKE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I WATCH IS EXACTLY THAT.
I'VE DONE THIS A FEW TIMES ALREADY THIS YEAR WHERE THEY'LL TAKE A REPORT AND THEY'RE JUST PUTTING SOMEBODY GETTING INFORMATION, AND THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KEEP AN EYE ON, ON SOME FOLKS THAT MIGHT BE VULNERABLE.
SO THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CONTINUE TO USE.
AS MR. ACUNA HAD MENTIONED, WE ARE HIRING OR PROPOSING TO HIRE A SAFETY AND TRAINING COORDINATOR.
THIS WILL HELP ALIGN ALL OUR SYSTEMS TRAININGS, CONDUCTING AFTER ACTION REVIEWS, AND JUST COORDINATE THAT WHOLE SAFETY FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT I THINK EVERYBODY HERE AGREES UPON.
TWO THINGS THAT I KEPT HEARING BECAUSE I SERVE AS I'M THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND I SERVE AS THE PERSON THAT ALSO DEALS WITH PARENT COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS AND THAT COME INTO MY OFFICE. ONE OF THE TWO THAT I KEPT HEARING ABOUT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, FIGHTS AND VAPING IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO I KIND OF WANTED TO JUST SHOW SOME DATA ON ON THOSE TWO THINGS AS WE CONTINUE.
THOSE ARE THE TWO LIKE HIGH LEVERAGE AREAS THAT WE, WE KEEP.
YOU KNOW DEALING WITH THAT, WE'RE WANTING TO GET SOME PLANS AROUND.
SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE BLUE LINE THERE.
THE BAR IS 2122 SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH WAS THERE WAS 32 FIGHTS THAT YEAR AND 22-23 THERE WERE 37 AND THEN IN 23-24 YEAR TO DATE.
SO WE'RE NOT FINISHED WITH THE SCHOOL OBVIOUSLY, BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 20.
COINCIDED WITH THAT IS THE NUMBER OF PLACEMENTS THAT HAPPEN WHEN THAT FIGHT OCCURS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT FROM THAT FIRST TWO SETS OF THE BARS THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 32 FIGHTS IN BLUE AND 21-22, THERE WERE ZERO DAEP PLACEMENTS FOR THAT.
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YOU CAN EITHER BE DISCRETIONARY PLACEMENT OR MANDATORY PLACEMENT ACCORDING TO OUR CODE OF CONDUCT.IN 22-23 THERE WAS 37 FIGHTS WITH ZERO DAEP PLACEMENTS.
AND THEN THIS YEAR TO DATE THERE WERE 20 WITH 12 DAEP PLACEMENTS FOR THOSE.
IF YOU GO ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THAT GRAPH, YOU'LL SEE ASSAULTS.
SAME THING WITH THE YEARS COINCIDING WITH THE COLORS THAT ARE THERE.
SEVEN ASSAULTS IN 21, 22 WITH SIX DEEP PLACEMENTS THE YEAR FOLLOWING IN 2223.
WE HAD 12 WITH DEEP TEN PLACEMENTS.
THAT HAPPENED. AND THIS YEAR TO DATE, WE'VE HAD 27 WITH 25 DEEP PLACEMENTS AND.
YEAH, THE FIGHT IS LIKE MUTUAL COMBAT TYPE THING, AND ASSAULTS WITH SOMEBODY MAY COME FROM BEHIND OR IS LOOKING TO CAUSE THAT BODILY INJURY WITHOUT THAT PERSON, RIGHT? OKAY. CORRECT. AT JUNIOR HIGH.
67 FIGHTS WITH TWO PLACEMENTS FOR DIP IN 2122, 41 FIGHTS IN 2223 WITH FIVE DIP PLACEMENTS AND 23 2425 FIGHTS WITH THREE PLACEMENTS.
ASSAULTS 21 AND 21-22 THAT HAD 19 PLACEMENTS, 22-23, 11 THAT HAD NINE PLACEMENTS AND THEN TWO ASSAULTS THAT HAD TWO DEEP PLACEMENTS.
THE THING TO TO LOOK AT AS WELL WITH HIGH SCHOOLS, YOU MIGHT ASK YOURSELF, WHY DID HIGH SCHOOL HAVE MORE THAN THAN JUNIOR HIGH IN THE NUMBER OF DAEP PLACEMENTS? SOMETIMES WHEN THEY'RE FIRST GETTING TO JUNIOR HIGH, THEY'RE SIXTH GRADERS.
SO THEY TAKE ALL THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE PLACE OUR STUDENTS IN THE ALTERNATIVE SETTING, AND IT LOOKS AT DISCIPLINE, HISTORY, ANYTHING THAT'S THERE, GRADES, ATTENDANCE, THEY LOOK AT EVERYTHING BEFORE THEY PLACE A STUDENT.
SO THEY'RE JUST STARTING OUT UNDERSTANDING THAT CODE OF CONDUCT AT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU MAY SEE SOME SOME DIFFERENCES THERE.
THE OTHER THING IS VAPING AS WELL.
IF YOU LOOK, THAT IS A CONCERN THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT CONTINUALLY ABOUT VAPING AND HOW THAT HAS COME INTO THE SCHOOLS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT THAT AT HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'VE HAD 135 IN 21-22 INCIDENCES, AND THE STUDENTS WERE PLACED AT DAEP, 125 OF THOSE AND 22-23, 182 AND 156 RESULTED IN DAEP.
WE'VE HAD 134 TO DATE, WITH THE 103 OF THOSE RESULTING IN DAEP PLACEMENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT HAS CHANGED THIS YEAR IS THE STATE HAS REQUIRED US TO PUT A MANDATORY PLACEMENT FOR ANY VAPE VAPING, SO THEY AUTOMATICALLY GO TO THE ALTERNATIVE CENTER FOR JUNIOR HIGH.
WE HAD 60 IN 21-22, 48 PLACEMENTS, 85 VAPING INCIDENCES WITH 72 PLACEMENTS AND THEN 41 VAPING INCIDENCES AND 31 THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT THAT WE DO HEAR ABOUT IN OUR DISTRICT.
SO I KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW THOSE NUMBERS.
AND ALSO ANY QUESTIONS AROUND THAT.
SO. YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD.
SO IF THE STATE IS REQUIRING MANDATORY PLACEMENT, SO IF YOU HAVE 134 CASES, HOW COME WE ONLY HAVE 103 PLACEMENTS? BECAUSE IT DEPENDS AGAIN ON THE DISCIPLINE HISTORY.
THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE REASONS. BUT I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE.
AND SO THEY DETERMINE IF THE DISABILITY WAS A MANIFESTATION OF THAT OFFENSE.
SO IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE AN EQUAL 1 TO 1.
THE STATE ALLOWS YOU TO TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
ABSOLUTELY. THOSE ARE THE STATE LAWS UNDER SPECIAL EDUCATION.
AND I THINK THE BIG THING IS, I MEAN, WE HAVE THIS IS THE PROBLEM.
AND AS A COMMUNITY, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS.
I MEAN, IT'S A HUGE ISSUE THAT SO MANY OF OUR KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE GAINING ACCESS TO.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO DOWN 183, YOU FIND FLEA MARKETS AND FIND IT THERE.
YOU CAN FIND IT, YOU KNOW, CONVENIENCE STORES.
BUT IT'S ILLEGAL IN THE SCHOOL.
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SO, I MEAN, THIS THIS IS THE THIS IS A DRUG, A DRUG ISSUE.AND WE GOT TO FIND OUT WHY OUR KIDS YOU KNOW DOING THIS TYPE OF THE OIL.
LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO INVOLVED IN THAT.
YES. SO IF THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE THAT, I MEAN, THEY'RE, ARRESTED.
I MEAN, IT'S A IT'S IT'S AN ARREST.
AND YOU KNOW, STUDENTS ARE GETTING.
I MEAN THEY'RE GETTING ARRESTED.
QUESTION. YES SIR. THERE'S 134.
IS THERE INFORMATION ON HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS? IS IT THE SAME KID DOING IT OVER AND OVER? IT'S THE NUMBER OF PLACEMENTS.
SO NO, SIR, I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA UP THERE.
BUT WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU AND I'LL GIVE IT TO MR. ESTRADA. HOW MANY REPEAT OFFENDERS? YES, SIR. DR. CAMARILLO WAS THAT UP TO WHAT POINT? IT'S ON 20.
NO, SIR. IT'S ALWAYS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CAMPUS.
WE HAVE SOME SOME AGAIN, THOSE FOUR THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT DISCIPLINE, HISTORY THE STUDENT HOW THEY, HOW THEIR ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING THAT'S TAKEN INTO THAT CONSIDERATION. IT CAN VARY FROM FIVE, TEN, 30, 60, 90 FOR DISCRETIONARY PLACEMENTS.
AND IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT IT LISTS ALL OF THOSE.
THERE IS ALSO MANDATORY PLACEMENTS.
BUT EVEN THOSE HAVE THE 30, 60, 90.
AND THEN THERE'S WHERE WE EXPEL STUDENTS AS WELL.
DO YOU HAVE DATA THAT SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE KIDS THAT HAVE COME FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT ARE PART OF THAT DATA AND THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN ENROLLED IN THE DISTRICT FOR ALL 3 OR 4 YEARS THAT THEY'VE BEEN ON CAMPUS.
YOU WANT TO ADDRESS IT? YEAH, I CAN ANSWER.
BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT AND NOT BECAUSE I ANSWER THIS QUESTION A LOT I'VE HAD I'VE HAD PARENTS ASK ME WE DON'T ALLOW OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFERS, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR WITH OUR GROWTH THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING.
NOW WE HAVE SOME THAT HAVE BEEN GRANDFATHERED, YOU KNOW, SO MAYBE THEY STARTED AND THEY WERE IN KINDER FIRST AND THEY'RE STILL OUT OF DISTRICT, BUT OUTSIDE OF OUR STAFF WHO LIVE OUTSIDE AND BRING THEIR KIDS HERE YOU KNOW, SO THE KIDS WHO ARE IN LOCKHART SCHOOLS, IF THEY'RE NOT A STAFF MEMBER'S CHILD EITHER HAVE BEEN IN OUR SCHOOLS FOR AT LEAST A FEW YEARS BECAUSE THEY'RE GRANDFATHERED OR THEY LIVE IN OUR DISTRICT, AND WE MUST SERVE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE A KID IN OUR BOUNDARIES. WELL, I'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FACT THAT WHY DO WE JUST ACCEPT EVERYBODY? WHY ARE WE TAKING ALL THESE KIDS FROM EVERYWHERE? AND I THINK THAT'S A MAYBE YOU COULD JUST KIND OF CLARIFY.
SURE. AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN TEXAS, WE HAVE TO ACCEPT EVERY KID THAT LIVES IN OUR BOUNDARY.
AGAIN, IF THEY IF KIDS DO NOT LIVE IN OUR BOUNDARIES, WE HAVEN'T ACCEPTED THEM FOR A FEW YEARS.
JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SPACE.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S THOSE KIDS IS WHAT I'M REFERRING TO.
AND I WILL SAY, DOCTOR SANCHEZ, MY OFFICE IS ALSO THE OFFICE THAT APPROVES ALL OF THOSE.
AND TO MR. ESTRADA'S POINT, THE ONLY WE'VE GRANDFATHERED SOME AND THEN OTHERS ARE WHEN WE HAVE STAFF MEMBERS, KIDS, AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR STAFF TRAVELS SO WE DEFINITELY APPROVE THOSE. BUT WE ALSO HAVE A IF IN ONE YEAR THERE'S ATTENDANCE ISSUE DISCIPLINE OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THE PRINCIPAL THEN WORK WITH THAT WITH THAT PARENT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO NEXT YEAR AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR IT AGAIN.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK THAT WE ACCEPT STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN KICKED OUT OR EXPELLED FROM OTHER DISTRICTS OR THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN A DAEP AT ANOTHER DISTRICT.
WHEN I WAS AN, YOU KNOW, EDUCATOR, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.
IS THAT THE CASE NOW? HAS THAT CHANGED? NO, WE STILL DON'T ACCEPT.
THEY HAVE IF THEY STARTED, LET'S JUST SAY IN HAYS COUNTY, THEY WERE THEY'RE ENROLLED THERE AND THEY GOT AN A DAP PLACEMENT FOR 60 DAYS, AND THEN THEY UNENROLL AND COME TO LOCKHART ISD. THEY HAVE TO GO INTO OUR ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENT.
THAT'S A STATE LAW. THEY HAVE TO GO IN THERE AND FINISH THAT PLACEMENT IN OUR ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENT.
CORRECT. I WAS ASSUMING THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT KIDS.
I WAS JUST SAYING IF IF SOMEBODY GOT IN TROUBLE IN A YOU KNOW, IN AUSTIN ISD, THEY GOT EXPELLED.
WE WOULDN'T TAKE THEM HERE BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN EXPELLED FROM THE SCHOOL.
[01:15:01]
WE WE SERVE THEIR PLACEMENT THAT WHEN THEY COME HERE, WE HAVE ALL THOSE RECORDS.WE HAVE TO DO A T REX REQUEST FOR ANY STUDENT WHO COMES INTO OUR DISTRICT.
AND WE GET THOSE RECORDS FROM THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT TELLS US WHAT WHAT WHAT THEY WERE IN A DISCIPLINED PLACEMENT OR ANYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT. YES, SIR. STUDENTS THAT ARE GETTING IN TROUBLE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE.
WE MUST COME THEY MUST COME TO OUR SCHOOLS.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, FROM A BROADER, MUCH BROADER CONVERSATION.
I'LL GET BACK IN HERE VERY QUICKLY.
AND WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE WANT OUR CITY TO GROW THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
THAT'S A WHOLE ANOTHER CONVERSATION.
WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN TEXAS, IF THEY LIVE IN OUR BOUNDARIES, WE DON'T GET TO SAY, OH, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO COME HERE BECAUSE X, Y, OR Z, WE MUST WE MUST SERVE THEM.
AND WE HAVEN'T SINCE I THINK WHEN THE BOND IN 2019 FAILED, THAT WAS FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED LIKE, WELL, WHY ARE YOU ACCEPTING TRANSFERS? AND THAT WAS GREAT. IT WAS A GOOD FEEDBACK.
AND SO WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT.
I JUST WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR THAT.
NO, ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE I YEAH, I GET THAT QUESTION QUITE OFTEN.
HERE IS WHEN I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE AND TO DOCTOR SANCHEZ'S POINT, HOW MANY OF THOSE KIDS THAT HAVE MOVED IN THAT WE'VE HAD TO PLACE AT CAMPUSES? ONE WHERE THERE WAS NO SPACE, BUT THERE WERE A KID WHO WERE ENROLLED IN OUR DISTRICT.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION ON THE VAPING.
ARE THEY DOING TWO? OR TO FIND THOSE 134 LIKE, IS THERE PROACTIVE OR IS IT JUST THAT A TEACHER HAPPENS TO SEE THEM? LIKE WHAT IT COULD BE THOSE ARE IN PLACE.
IT COULD BE A MULTITUDE OF THINGS STUDENTS THAT THEY ALSO HAVE THE ANONYMOUS TIP LINE.
I MEAN, THERE'S ALSO TEACHERS THAT SEE IT, PRINCIPALS, SRO, WHOEVER SEES IT IN HAND.
MOSTLY IN THE BATHROOMS OR IT'S IN VARIOUS PLACES.
I HAVE NOT I CANNOT GIVE YOU THE EXACT DATA ON IT'S THIS MANY HAS HAPPENED IN THE BATHROOM.
BUT IF WE'RE INTERESTED IN THAT DATA, I CAN DEFINITELY PULL THAT FOR YOU.
I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, THE BATHROOMS ARE A PRIME SPOT, YOU KNOW, IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, WENT TO TRYING TO MONITOR AS MANY BATHROOM BATHROOMS AS POSSIBLE AND CLOSING SOME BATHROOMS, BUT THERE WERE ALWAYS BATHROOMS OPEN.
BUT ABSOLUTELY, OUR, OUR STUDENTS YOU KNOW, OUR BEST EYES AND EARS OFTENTIMES AND YOU CAN SEE AT LEAST 134 TIMES. AND I THINK, TOO, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT KIDS WHO ARE LIKE KIND OF FED UP WITH SOME, SOME OF THAT AND YOU KNOW, SO SO THEY WILL HELP US WITH THAT INFORMATION.
WE HAD INSTALLED THE VAPE DETECTORS.
BUT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH FALSE.
I MEAN, WE WERE HAVING NOTIFICATIONS AT 230 IN THE MORNING WHEN NO ONE'S THERE.
BUT WE DID INSTALL THOSE LAST YEAR.
BUT WE DID TRY THE VAPE DETECTOR ALARMS AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. OKAY, I WILL YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK WITH PARENTS WHO COME INTO MY OFFICE IS WE DON'T HAVE OUR EYES AND EARS EVERYWHERE 100% OF THE DAY.
WE DO NOT. I MEAN, THAT IS WHY WE TALK TO PARENTS AND WE WELCOME PARENTS TO COME IN.
AND I APPLAUD YOU ALL THAT CAME HERE TONIGHT TO TO STATE THE CASE OF WHY YOU'RE, YOU'RE CONCERNED.
AND ONE OF THE QUOTES THAT I LIVE BY IS THE SMARTEST PERSON IN THE ROOM IS THE ROOM.
SO THERE'S NO ONE, ONE PERSON SMARTER THAN THE OTHER.
TOGETHER, COLLECTIVELY, WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS, AS YOU SAID, MISTER BRYANT.
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SO WHEN WE LOOK AT PUTTING TOGETHER A FORUM.CAN YOU PUT IT BACK ON THERE? ON THE LAST SLIDE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PARENT FORUM.
WE CONDUCT TEACHER FORUMS TO GET TEACHER INPUT ON HOW TO MAKE DECISIONS IN OUR DISTRICT.
WE HAVE TO GIVE US A 360 DEGREE VIEW OF HOW WE'RE DEALING WITH THIS, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T A PROBLEM THAT'S UNIQUE TO LOCKHART ISD, BUT IT IS A PROBLEM THAT WE CAN ALL ADDRESS TOGETHER TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE BEST SOLUTIONS TO THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT ON MARCH 5TH FROM 530 TO 630 HERE IN THIS ROOM.
SO I WELCOME YOU ALL TO, TO TO COME AND ATTEND TO THIS MEETING AND, AND BRING THOSE CONCERNS AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THEM, BECAUSE I THINK REGARDLESS OF DISAGREEMENTS OR AGREEMENTS ABOUT THE WAY THINGS ARE HANDLED, WE CERTAINLY CAN LEARN FROM EVERYTHING THAT THAT WE LOOK BACK ON.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO OUR PRINCIPALS THIS WEEK TO SEND THAT OUT SO THAT ALL THE CAMPUSES GET THEM AND SEND IT OUT TO ALL THE PARENTS IN OUR DISTRICT SO THAT THEY CAN COME TO THIS FORUM.
AND THE PRINCIPLES WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE HERE AS WELL AS WELL AS OUR CABINET LEVEL, WHICH IS MR. ESTRADA, OUR SUPERINTENDENT, MYSELF, MR. ACUNA, OUR CFO AND OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR CNI ARE MANDATED TO BE THERE AS WELL.
I THINK TOGETHER, WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY BETTER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR? OKAY.
THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN.
[CLOSED SESSION]
THIS WILL BE CLOSED SESSION NUMBER ONE.SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
MR. ESTRADA, HAS THERE BEEN A WRITTEN REQUEST BY ANYONE TO HAVE THIS APPEAL HEARD IN OPEN SESSION? NO, SIR. THANK YOU.
THE BOARD WILL NOW MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION.
DO IT THAT BAD. THE BOARD ENDED ITS CLOSED SESSION AT 9:36 P.M.
[OPEN SESSION]
ON FEBRUARY 26TH, 2024.[BUSINESS: CONSENT AGENDA]
BUSINESS CONSENT AGENDA.I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN.
SECOND. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 7 TO 0.
WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO ITEM 11 COMMUNICATION, A CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CTE PROGRAM.
[Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program Report]
MISS SOTELO. GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT.BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR CTE PROGRAMS TONIGHT.
OUR MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT IS TO GUIDE ALL STUDENTS TO SUCCESS THROUGH EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAMS OF STUDY THAT LEAD TO HIGH WAGE, IN-DEMAND AND ACCESSIBLE POST-SECONDARY CAREERS LED BY DEDICATED EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
I WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTING CTE THROUGH CMR. WE ARE CURRENTLY ALREADY PRACTICING ALL OF THESE UP UNTIL THE YEAR 2026.
AND THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WILL BE AFFECTING US WILL THE STUDENTS WILL EARN AN IBC AND BECOME A CONCENTRATOR, WHICH IS TWO, TWO OR MORE CLASSES FOR TWO MORE CREDITS.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY GETTING OUR STUDENTS TO FOLLOW THAT PLAN.
[01:25:05]
LOCKED ON EXCELLENT.THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A CTE COURSE AT LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IS 47%.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE COURSES THAT WE ARE OFFERING THERE CURRENTLY.
SOME OF THEM HAVE FLUCTUATED AND IT'S ALL DEPENDING ON STUDENT CHOICE AND THEIR PREFERENCES.
I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE OFFERING PROGRAMS AND COURSES THAT WILL GIVE THE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE A DIFFERENT OR HAVE A CHOICE IN THEIR CAREER PATH.
THESE ARE THE COURSES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT ARE AVAILABLE THERE.
FOR HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS OF THE STUDENTS ARE EIGHTH GRADERS THAT ARE TAKING THESE COURSES AND RECEIVING HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT, AND IT IS PRINCIPLES OF AG AND PRINCIPLES OF HOSPITALITY. STARTING NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO OFFER THREE MORE COURSES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS TO RECEIVE HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT, AND THAT WILL BE THE GENERAL EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS.
PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS, MARKETING AND FINANCE.
SO JUST GIVING THEM ANOTHER CHANCE TO GET A STEP UP AND START THEIR THEIR PATHWAY.
THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN ONE OR MORE CTE COURSE AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL IS 92%.
THIS IS ONE OF THE THE FACTS THAT I ALWAYS LIKE TO GIVE OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS AND ANYONE WHO WILL ACTUALLY LISTEN TO ME BECAUSE OUR STATEWIDE AVERAGES HOVERS AROUND 82 TO 83%.
HERE ARE THE LISTINGS OF OUR CLUSTERS WITH OUR PROGRAM OF STUDY.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN FRONT OF YOU THERE EVERYTHING IS A FIVE YEAR SHOWING THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
YOU'LL YOU'LL NOTICE THAT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS OF STUDY HAVE GONE UP.
ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S ALL DEPENDENT ON STUDENT CHOICE.
AND WE THERE ARE DEFINITELY AVAILABLE, BUT IT'S USUALLY JUST ON STUDENT CHOICE.
SO THAT'S WHY SOME OF THE NUMBERS FLUCTUATE.
WE ALSO OFFER THREE CTE ELECTIVE COURSES THAT ARE NOT IN ANY PATHWAY.
SO THESE ARE STANDALONES THAT STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO TAKE.
FINANCIAL MATH DOLLARS AND CENTS AND LIFETIME NUTRITION.
ONCE AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT CONNECTED TO ANY PATHWAY.
SO IF STUDENTS TAKE THOSE THEY CAN THEY CAN ACTUALLY TAKE THESE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT PATHWAY THEY ARE CURRENTLY FOLLOWING.
YES, SIR. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FINANCIAL MATH AND CAN YOU GO BACK? AND THE DOLLARS AND SENSE? THE FINANCIAL MATH IS ACTUALLY A CTE CREDIT AND A MATH CREDIT.
THE DOLLARS AND SENSE IS A SEMESTER COURSE.
DOLLARS AND SENSE IS JUST A SEMESTER COURSE.
OKAY. NOW THIS IS THE THIS IS ACTUALLY PROBABLY MY FAVORITE SLIDE HERE.
YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH WE'VE INCREASED.
THIS IS OUR CTE SUMMER SUMMARY OF FINANCES THAT COMES OUT THROUGH TEA.
I'M WITH THE PEIMS COORDINATOR.
SO THERE WAS SOME CHANGES ON THERE.
SO IT WAS WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR OUR MONEY AMOUNT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, HAVING THE HIGH NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE ENROLLED IN THE CLASSES.
OUR INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS.
SOME OF THESE AS IN WITH THE ENROLLMENT HAVE FLUCTUATED.
IT ALL DEPENDS ON STUDENT CHOICE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT OUR CTE PROGRAMS THAT THE STUDENTS DO HAVE CHOICE.
A COUPLE OF ONES THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ON THIS IS THE SURF SAFE MANAGER.
[01:30:03]
SO OUR TEACHERS REVAMPED THEIR DELIVERY AND THEIR PRESENTATION TO TEACHING THE KIDS.I WAS I WAS TELLING THEM EARLIER THAT WE'VE HAD SOME DISTRICTS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO WANT TO TALK TO OUR TEACHERS TO SEE HOW THEY'RE GETTING THEIR STUDENTS TO PASS, BECAUSE THAT IS A VERY DIFFICULT TEST.
AND OUR PERCENTAGE WENT UP TO 82% THIS YEAR.
GREAT. THAT'S A GOOD PATHWAY TO HAVE.
YES, DEFINITELY A GOOD PATHWAY.
HERE'S SOME MORE OF CONTINUING WITH THAT.
YOU'LL NOTICE AT THE VERY BOTTOM OUR FLORAL DESIGN INCREASED.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF GOOD FLORIST OUT THERE.
THEY'RE THEY'RE DOING GREAT THINGS.
THEY TRY TO DO PROJECTS EVERY MONTH EXCEPT FOR NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL AT STOCK SHOWS.
BUT THEY DO SELL TO OUR TEACHERS.
AND THEN THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT MANY OF THESE, OR ACTUALLY ALL OF THEM BUT ONE HAVE THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR DOING DURING THIS PARTICULAR IBCS. SO WE ANTICIPATE THOSE NUMBERS JUST RISING, YOU KNOW, FROM HERE ON OUT.
THIS IS A FROM THE FIVE YEARS.
THE LAST FIVE YEARS, OUR INCREASE OF IBCS IS 99.5%.
I'M NOT A MATH PERSON, BUT I CAN DO THAT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THOSE NUMBERS COULD CHANGE.
WE MIGHT GET 1300 BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
YEAH. IT LOOKS LIKE OUR STUDENTS WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
DEFINITELY. AND THERE ARE WE DON'T HAVE ANY.
IN THE BEGINNING, THERE USED TO BE BARRIERS I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT HERE, BUT WE PAY FOR ALL OF THEIR CERTIFICATIONS SO THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS NOT A BARRIER TO FOR ANY STUDENT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS.
SKILLSUSA IS IN ITS FIRST YEAR OF COMPETING, AND WE'VE GOT FOUR STUDENTS THAT ADVANCE TO STATE.
TSTA IS IN THEIR SECOND YEAR OF COMPETING, AND WE'VE GOT 20 STUDENTS GOING TO STATE.
I GOT SOME OF THOSE PICTURES ON THERE.
FCCLA HAS BEEN DOING A LOT WITH THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW AND HOSA, THEY JUST HAD A COMMUNITY WIDE BLOOD DRIVE THAT THEY FILLED ALL THE SLOTS.
SO THAT WAS VERY EXCITING FOR THEM.
SO I WANTED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE BUSINESS PARTNERS THAT WE'VE HAD.
THESE ARE THE BUSINESS PARTNERS THAT WE'VE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
EVERYTHING FROM THE CHAMBER TO CALIBER COLLISION.
THEY'VE WORKED WITH US IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
GOLDEN AGE IS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE ONES THAT THEY INVITE OUR HEALTH SCIENCE, OUR CULINARY AND OUR FLORAL DESIGN STUDENTS TO COME AND DO ACTIVITIES WITH THEM.
THAT'S A SMART PARTNERSHIP THAT FEMALE SMART.
THEY'RE DOING DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE'VE GOT THE THE CAPITAL CITY SECURITY.
THAT IS COMING IN ONCE A WEEK TO WORK WITH OUR LAW STUDENTS.
OUR TARLETON TODAY IS OUR NEWEST DUAL CREDIT THAT'S ACTUALLY OFFERING CTE COURSES.
SO WE'VE GOT ONE COURSE THIS YEAR WITH ONE TEACHER.
THEY CAME IN, VIDEOTAPED AND USED SOME OF THAT FOR THEIR INTERNET USE.
I'LL SHOW YOU A PICTURE IN JUST A MINUTE.
THEY OFFER A INTERNSHIP FOR STUDENTS, AND THEY'LL PAY FOR THEIR COLLEGE WHILE THEY WORK.
SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF STUDENTS THAT ARE APPLYING FOR THAT.
[01:35:01]
IT'S A WHOLE PROCESS FOR THEM TO DO.I JUST PICKED OUT SOME PICTURES THAT I WANTED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT.
THE THAT MIDDLE PICTURE IS GAVIN HINKLEY.
I KNOW HE WAS AT THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW.
SAY ALL THAT? HOW MANY TIMES? YEAH, THAT WAS PRETTY EXCITING.
THAT TOP PICTURE IS THE KIDS GOING TO SAMSUNG? THAT LEFT PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE.
ONE OF THE CABINET MEMBERS TOOK.
LIKE THAT ONE. THEY ARE ACTUALLY DOING WINDOW TINT ON OUR CTE TRUCK.
SO THOSE COLLISION KIDS ARE LEARNING HOW TO DO THAT AS WELL.
THE ONE ON THE RIGHT TOWARDS THE IN THE MIDDLE ARE PHARM TECH STUDENTS WENT TO VISIT UT AND THEN THAT BOTTOM ONE I HAVE HEALTH SCIENCE STUDENTS TEACHING ME HOW TO DISSECT A BRAIN.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY ENJOYED IT.
YOU ARE A TRUE SUCCESS WHEN YOU HELP OTHERS BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU A PICTURE.
THIS INCLUDES BOTH THE JUNIOR HIGH AND THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I'VE GOT 39 TEACHERS SO FAR.
I KIND OF. I HAD TO SNOOP AROUND AND LOOK, AND I WENT TO TO ONE OF THE DISTRICTS.
SEGUIN AND THEY HAD 16 TEACHERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE HAVE 34, SO.
YOU'LL HAVE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT.
SO WE'RE GETTING TEACHERS WHO ARE COMING IN WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE THE EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND.
AS FAR AS IN COLLEGE, BUT THEY'VE GOT THE HANDS ON EXPERIENCE AND ARE ABLE TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN.
WHAT THEY NEED TO HAVE IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
THIS GETS ME EXCITED. I WISH I WAS DOING THIS.
DON'T FORGET WE GOT THAT TRAILER COMING IN SOON, TOO.
[Consider and/or Approve Graduation Alliance]
B, CONSIDER AND/OR APPROVE GRADUATION ALLIANCE, MR. DAVIDSON. SO GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT.I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR GUESTS FROM GRADUATION ALLIANCE.
WE HAVE CHRISTINA PIPKIN, WHO IS DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN WE HAVE RANDY CAVAZOS, WHO'S VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER.
THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA, PRESIDENT WRIGHT, THE BOARD, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.
I AM ALSO HAVE JOINING WITH ME, DOCTOR MARY HARRIS, WHICH IS THE SENIOR.
SORRY. SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF PARTNERSHIPS.
GRADUATION ALLIANCE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO PARTNER FOR US, TO PARTNER WITH THE DISTRICT AND HELP YOU TO RECOUP FEDERAL FUNDING FOR YOUR STUDENTS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY DROPPED OUT. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE STUDENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN CODED AS A 98.
THEY ARE CONSIDERED A DROPOUT FOR LOCKHART RISD, WHAT WE GET TO DO IS WE GET TO PARTNER WITH YOU BASED ON THE LIST OF STUDENTS THAT YOU PROVIDE TO US, HELP IDENTIFY THEM, GET THEM REENROLLED, AND ULTIMATELY GRADUATE WITH A DIPLOMA FROM LOCKHART.
[01:40:02]
UNLIKE SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS, THIS IS NOT CREDIT RECOVERY, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE ARE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.IT'S NOT CREDIT RECOVERY AND IT'S NOT FOR EVERY STUDENT.
THIS IS TRULY A PROGRAM THAT IS DESIGNED FOR THAT SPECIAL NICHE OF STUDENTS AND BEYOND THE ONES THAT HAVE ALREADY ARE DROPPED OUT, WE ALSO ARE WANTING TO SUPPORT THOSE THAT ARE AT RISK.
IT COULD BE THAT THEY ARE A DISRUPTION TO THE CLASSES.
THERE'LL DISRUPTION TO OTHER STUDENTS.
WE ARE A PROGRAM THAT IS VETTED BY SEVERAL THIRD PARTY ENTITIES, AND THEY JUST VERIFY THAT WE ARE WHO WE SAY WE ARE, AND THAT OUR COURSES ARE A VIABLE SOLUTION FOR THE ONLINE, FLEXIBLE SCHOOL DAY PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN TEXAS.
NOW, YOU DO MAINTAIN THE AUTONOMY OF CHOOSING THE ELIGIBILITY OF THESE STUDENTS.
LITERALLY EVERYTHING THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THEM IN THEIR PROCESS THROUGH GRADUATION ALLIANCE.
WE WILL NEVER MAKE A DECISION WITHOUT YOU.
WE ALSO HAVE IT SUPPORT BECAUSE THIS IS A DIGITAL ZERO DIGITAL FOOTPRINT FOR THE DISTRICT.
AS WE PROVIDE THE DEVICE FOR THE STUDENT, WE PROVIDE A WI-FI ENABLED CHROMEBOOK THAT AS LONG AS A STUDENT CAN ACCESS AND USE THEIR CELL PHONE, THEY CAN ACCESS AND USE THIS DEVICE AND GET ONLINE TO COMPLETE THEIR COURSES.
MANY OF THESE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE SCHEDULES THAT ARE GOING TO GET THEM TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE THEIR CLASSES OUTSIDE OF A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL TIME.
SO WE HAVE ACCESS TO 24/SEVEN TUTORS THROUGH TUTOR.COM.
SO THINKING ABOUT STUDENTS THAT HAVE FOOD INSECURITY.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN LOCAL? THOSE WHO PROVIDES THAT.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S IN FORT WORTH, BUT DEPENDING ON IF WE WERE TO PARTNER WITH YOU, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE STAFFING THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR AREA. SO CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SPECIFICALLY IN AUSTIN.
WELL, WE HAVE SOMEONE IN AUSTIN.
SHE WOULD PROBABLY BE THE ONE THAT'S CLOSEST TO YOU 30 MINUTES AWAY.
AND WITH THAT LOCAL ADVOCATE, THEY ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET EYES ON THAT STUDENT.
THEY HAVE WEEKLY CHECK INS WITH THEM, WHETHER IT'S VIRTUAL OR IN PERSON.
AND THEY ALSO ENSURE THAT, LIKE I WAS MENTIONING, IF THEY HAVE FOOD INSECURITY, IF THEY'RE SUFFERING FROM HOMELESSNESS, IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES BEYOND THEIR ACADEMICS THAT ARE HINDERING THEM OR A BARRIER, THEY'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THEM AND HELP THEM WITH GETTING ACCESS TO THOSE COMMUNITY RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, EACH OF OUR I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
IN TERMS OF STUDENTS OPTING INTO THIS PROGRAM, HOW HOW DOES THAT WORK? YES. OPT IN, CAN YOU KNOWS CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT? ABSOLUTELY. SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN REFER STUDENTS TO US.
ONE IS FROM A DROP OUT LIST, AND WE HAVE AN ENROLLMENT TEAM THAT WILL DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO REACH OUT TO THAT STUDENT, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH PHONE CALL, TEXT MESSAGE, EMAIL, SNAIL MAIL.
WE EVEN HAVE MAILERS THAT GO OUT AND WE LET THEM KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCKHART ISD.
AT THAT POINT, THAT STUDENT CAN DECIDE, YES, THIS SEEMS LIKE A GOOD OPTION FOR US.
EVEN WITH THE PARENT, THE PARENT CAN HELP MAKE THAT DECISION.
AND THEN WE WOULD ULTIMATELY LET YOU KNOW, HEY, WE GOT IN TOUCH WITH THE STUDENT.
DO YOU APPROVE THEM? DO THEY MEET YOUR ELIGIBILITY FOR YOUR DISTRICT? THE OTHER WAY IS A DIRECT REFERRAL, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT HAVEN'T ACTUALLY DROPPED OUT YET, BUT THOSE AT RISK SITUATIONS, MAYBE THEY HAVE BEEN EXPELLED OR SUSPENDED FOR AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME.
HOMEBOUND. YOU MIGHT HAVE ALREADY HAD THAT PREEMPTIVE CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
YOU LET THEM KNOW, HEY, THERE'S ANOTHER SOLUTION.
WE HAVE ALREADY PARTNERED WITH GRADUATION ALLIANCE.
SO REGARDLESS OF WHICH METHOD, IT'S TRULY BASED ON WHAT YOU DECIDE IN TERMS OF IF THEY ARE ELIGIBLE.
SO EVEN IF THEY WERE TO OPT IN, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY SAY YES OR NO.
THANK YOU. I HAD I WAS AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL TODAY.
I HAD A KID TELL ME THAT HE WAS PLANNING TO DROP OUT, AND WE'RE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.
SO THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO POTENTIALLY GET IN FRONT OF THAT, PROVIDE ANOTHER OPTION TO TRY..
[01:45:05]
ABSOLUTELY. WHAT ABOUT I KNOW YOU HAVE STATE CERTIFIED TEACHERS, BUT ARE THE TEACHERS BILINGUAL? THEY SPEAK SPANISH. THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS IN SPANISH AND STUDENTS.SO WE DO HAVE A PARENT ADVOCATE, AND OUR PARENT ADVOCATE IS BILINGUAL.
BUT IN TERMS OF OUR INSTRUCTORS, WE HAVE SOME LOCAL ADVOCATES THAT ARE BILINGUAL.
SO THESE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO ATTEND ON THEIR TIME SCHEDULE.
YES, THIS IS AN ASYNCHRONOUS ENVIRONMENT.
THEY DO HAVE A PACING THAT WE DO ENCOURAGE THEM TO STAY UP WITH.
SO EVERY FOUR WEEKS THEY WOULD BASICALLY BE FILTERING THROUGH A COURSE.
THEY CAN DO ALL OF THEIR WORK FOR THAT WEEK IN ONE DAY.
BUT ULTIMATELY THAT FOURTH WEEK IS THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO EITHER REMAKE, RETAKE ANY GRADES, BUMP UP THAT GRADE IF THEY ARE MAYBE STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT, AND TO TAKE THAT FINAL EXAM FOR THAT COURSE.
BUT ULTIMATELY THEY GET TO CHOOSE WHAT TIME THEY LOG IN.
THEY GET TO HAVE ACCESS ON DEMAND TO THEIR LIKE I SAID, TUTORS, AND THEY HAVE ACCESS DIRECTLY THROUGH THEIR PLATFORM TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THEIR ACADEMIC COACH, THEIR CLASS TEACHER, AS WELL AS THEIR LOCAL ADVOCATE.
ARE THEY YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT RE-ENROLLING ARE THEY? THEY WERE A DROPOUT.
THEY'RE GOING TO REENROLL INTO LOCKHART ISD OR INTO YOUR PROGRAM? A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. SO THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BE CONSIDERED AN ENROLLMENT WITH US.
YOU WOULD PROVIDE US WITH YOUR ENROLLMENT FORM.
SO IF THERE'S CERTAIN SPECIFIC THINGS THAT YOU NEED FOR A STUDENT TO BE ENROLLED IN LOCKHART ISD, WE WOULD COLLABORATE WITH YOU AND ENSURE THAT DURING THAT ENROLLMENT AND REGISTRATION PROCESS, WE'RE GETTING THOSE STUDENTS TO FILL IN, FILL OUT THAT PAPERWORK OR PROVIDE THAT DOCUMENTATION.
AND SO AT THAT POINT WE WOULD GIVE THEM REGULAR UPDATES ABOUT CREDITS EARNED, STUDENT PROGRESS.
OKAY. THE OTHER THE OTHER QUESTION IS WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED PRIDE, WHICH IS CREDIT.
IT'S NOT CREDIT RECOVERY, BUT IT IS FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT DOING IT OVER THERE.
AND ONE OF THE BIG HICKEYS FOR US WHEN I WAS THE OVER THAT PROGRAM WAS THAT.
IF YOU HAD A KID THAT WAS A DROPOUT AND YOU BROUGHT THEM BACK IN TO TRY TO GET THEM TO GRADUATE, THE STATE WOULD HIT YOU AGAIN WITH A DROPOUT, AN ADDITIONAL DROPOUT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE SAME KID.
AND SO YOU'RE BASICALLY BEING PENALIZED FOR TRYING TO RECOVER THIS STUDENT.
SO IF THEY'RE IN YOUR PROGRAM, THAT'S WHAT I'M WHAT I'M GETTING ABOUT IS ARE WE GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER HIT FOR THE KID BEING A DROPOUT AGAIN IF THEY DON'T FINISH YOUR PROGRAM? THAT'S WHY I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE RE ENROLLMENT ISSUE.
AND ALSO IF YOU'RE TAKING KIDS FROM THE SCHOOL OVER HERE, IS THAT GOING TO STEP ON THE TOES OF OUR CURRENT PROGRAM AT PRIDE? RIGHT. SO I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION.
IN REGARDS TO YOUR SECOND QUESTION, THAT'S WHY WE LEAVE THE AUTONOMY UP TO YOU, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT TRYING TO REPLACE YOUR PROGRAMS. WE WANT TO BE THAT LAST RESORT.
SO THAT STUDENT THAT AFTER THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THAT PRIDE PROGRAM AND IT'S STILL NOT WORKING FOR THEM, THAT'S WHEN YOU WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER GRADUATION ALLIANCE AS A POSSIBILITY FOR THAT STUDENT.
AND COULD WE POSSIBLY GET THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STATE SO THEY DON'T DO THAT TO US SINCE WE'RE A STATE ENTITY? YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE NICE IF THE STATE PLAYED NICE LIKE THEY SHOULD.
GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT WRIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
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AND THE DOUBLE DING ACTUALLY WAS, WAS IN PLACE LAST YEAR.THEY'RE IN THE NUMERATOR SO THEY CAN'T HURT YOU FOR GRADUATION.
THEY CAN ONLY HELP YOU FOR GRADUATION.
SO IF THEY GRADUATE WITHIN THE, I THINK, REQUIRED COHORT TIME FRAME, THAT CAN BE ADDITIVE TO YOUR GRADUATION RATES AND THAT IF ANY OF THESE KIDS AND I SAW THE CTE COURSES THAT ARE ALL AVAILABLE, IF THEY GET INDUSTRY CREDENTIALS OR ANY TYPE OF CREDITS FOR CMR, THAT BECOMES ADDITIVE TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR LOCKHART AS WELL.
BUT I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT THIS PROGRAM IS RUN THROUGH THE TEA OPTIONAL FLEXIBLE SCHOOL DAY PROGRAM AND THAT THAT APPROVAL PROCESS THROUGH THE OPTIONAL FLEXIBLE SCHOOL DAY IS WHAT ALLOWS THE FUNDING ELIGIBILITY FOR THESE STUDENTS SO THAT WE CAN RECLAIM THE FUND, THE ADA FUNDING, AS THEY, AS THE STUDENTS COMPLETE THEIR COURSEWORK.
AND AND SO ONCE THAT TO APPROVAL IS GIVEN TO THE DISTRICT THIS THIS MODEL FOR GRADUATION ALLIANCE WITH LOCKHART BECOMES WHAT WE CALL A COST NEUTRAL MODEL.
BUT REALLY, IT'S WITH THE DISTRICTS WE WERE ALREADY WORKING WITH, LIKE FORT WORTH.
WE WORK WITH BRAZOSPORT SOCORRO.
SO FOR ALL THE DISTRICTS WE WORK FOR SO FAR, BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY OUR BILLING IS BASED ON A PERCENTAGE OF THE ADA THAT WE'RE ABLE TO RECLAIM FOR THE STUDENT. IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN COST POSITIVE SO FAR FOR THESE DISTRICTS.
YOU SET UP A PROGRAM BASED ON THE REQUIREMENTS THEY STILL NEED TO ACTUALLY GRADUATE.
RIGHT. YOU GET THAT FROM THE SCHOOL.
AND THE SAME THING FOR THEIR ELIGIBILITY.
YOU GUYS, Y'ALL WILL DETERMINE THE DISTRICT WOULD DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE WHAT'S THE CRITERIA IN THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THESE STUDENTS TO ACTUALLY BE SUBMITTED TO US FOR THE FOR FOR ENROLLMENT.
SO WHEN IF WENDY STUDENTS SOME OF THEM GRADUATE, DO THEY NORMALLY PARTICIPATE IN SOME KIND OF OFFICIAL GRADUATION CEREMONY WITH THE DISTRICT, OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? YES. SO YOU ALL HAVE THE OPTION OF LETTING THESE STUDENTS WALK THE STAGE JUST LIKE YOUR REGULAR STUDENTS.
WE HAD A I THINK YOU WERE AT THE FORT WORTH CEREMONY, SO FORT WORTH ISD HAD THEIR GRADUATION CEREMONY, AND ALL THE STUDENTS WHO WALKED THE STAGE FOR THEIR DIPLOMA INCLUDED THE GRADUATION LINE STUDENTS.
AND IT WAS A REALLY COOL THING TO SEE THOSE KIDS UP THERE, BECAUSE THESE WERE KIDS THAT WERE LITERALLY OUT OF SCHOOL, RIGHT? THEY WERE NO, THEY WEREN'T EVEN IN SCHOOL AT THE TIME BEFORE WE ENTERED INTO THAT PARTNERSHIP.
WHAT IS THE AGE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE DROP OUT? I THINK IT STARTS AT 15 OR 16.
MAJOR REQUIREMENT IS THAT THEY'VE COMPLETED EIGHTH GRADE.
SO YEAH, THAT 1516 MARK ALL THE WAY UP TO THEM TURNING 26 BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1ST OR WHATEVER THAT IS.
BUT THEN IF IT'S, THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE THAT OLDER, DON'T WANT TO SAY IT LIKE THAT, BUT IF THEY'RE OLDER THEY DO HAVE A SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME TO ACTUALLY WORK THROUGH THAT PROGRAM THAN IF THEY WERE 16.
I'M ASKING BECAUSE I HAD A STUDENT I TALKED TO A STUDENT AT ONE OF THE LOCAL PIZZA PLACES HERE IN TOWN, AND SHE TOLD ME SHE'S NOT ABLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL ANYMORE BECAUSE SHE HAS TO HELP HER MOTHER. WORK OR UNABLE TO WORK, SO SHE HAS TO WORK FULL TIME.
AND BECAUSE HER MOM IS TAKING CARE OF HER BROTHER THAT HAS CANCER.
YES. SO THAT RIGHT THERE, THIS RIGHT HERE WOULD HELP.
AND I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR IN THE WEEDS WITH THIS.
SO THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF THEM HAVING THAT LOCAL ADVOCATE AND THAT ACADEMIC COACH THAT THEY CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND THAT TRANSPARENCY THAT SAYS, I REALLY DO STILL WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM, BUT I NEED A MOMENT TO HANDLE THESE LIFE SITUATIONS.
I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF STORIES FROM STUDENTS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY.
I ACTUALLY HAVE A CLIP AT THE VERY END.
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I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, NECESSARILY TAKE UP OUR TIME, BUT IF YOU DO WANT TO WATCH IT LATER, IT IS A TESTIMONIAL FROM ONE OF THE STUDENTS AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TALKING ABOUT THEIR PROCESS THROUGH GRADUATION ALLIANCE.ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE MORE PRESENTATION.
WELL, I DO, BUT YOU KIND OF ASKED A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COVERED IN THIS.
SO FOR THE SAKE OF JUST TO GO THROUGH IT, I CAN GO THROUGH THE SLIDES.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK THEM.
SO THIS IS JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF OUR IMPACT ACROSS THE NATION.
SO NOT JUST SPECIFIC TO TEXAS, BUT JUST THE IMPACT THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WITH PARTNERING WITH DISTRICTS AND THEM HAVING STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM OUR ORGANIZATION. SOMETHING THAT WE DO NOTICE IS THAT THOSE LAST MILE ARE STUDENTS.
TWO WAYS THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY SUCCESS.
OBVIOUSLY, IF THEY GRADUATE WITH US WITH YOUR DIPLOMA FROM LOCKHART, BUT ALSO IF FOR SOME REASON WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET THEM TO GO BACK TO A BRICK AND MORTAR TO ACTUALLY GO BACK TO CLASSES IN PERSON WITH YOU.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ONE OR THE OTHER.
THEY CAN ALWAYS REENROLL IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DECIDE FOR YOUR DISTRICT AND YOUR STUDENTS.
AND WITH THAT LIST, WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO VET THEM BEFOREHAND.
THAT'S PART OF OUR ENROLLMENT TEAM.
WE ENSURE THAT WITH OUR ENROLLMENT COUNSELORS.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE SUPPORTS THAT WE OFFER FOR ALL THE STUDENTS THAT ARE A PART OF GRADUATION ALLIANCE, INCLUDING, LIKE I SAID, THAT TUTOR, THAT LOCAL ADVOCATE, THAT PARENT ADVOCATE, AND EVEN SUPPORTING WITH CAREER DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE DEFINITELY BUILDING THAT UP HERE IN TEXAS.
AND YOU SAID IT'S COST NEUTRAL.
SO IS THERE AT ANY ANY POINT TO WHERE THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROGRAM? NO, NOT OUTSIDE OF THAT.
AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN AT LEAST ONE CREDIT FOR THAT MONTH.
AND SO WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY FEES.
IF YOU WERE TO REFER 20 STUDENTS TO US, WE GOT THEM ENROLLED, BUT THEY NEVER MET THAT MARK.
OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT.
WE WANT THEM TO MAKE PROGRESS.
WE WANT THEM TO BE CONTINUOUSLY GOING TOWARDS THAT DIPLOMA.
BUT IN THAT INSTANCE, YOU WOULD YOU WOULD PAY NOTHING.
SO THERE'S NO FEE OUTSIDE OF WHAT YOU RECOUP AS YOUR FUNDING FROM FEDERAL FUNDING.
ADA. AND THEN WHAT WE GET FROM THAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT.
SO BASICALLY WE'RE IDENTIFYING STUDENTS.
WE CAN REALLY HELP GRADUATE AND THE.
THE FUNDS THAT THAT STUDENT WOULD GENERATE FROM TO AND THE STATE WOULD COME TO THE DISTRICT, AND THEN WE WOULD BUILD FOR YOU ONCE THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL EARNING THOSE CREDITS OR WHATEVER CRITERIA THAT IS.
OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY ONE CORRECTION.
SO THESE STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN LOCKHART ISD.
WE HAVE TO GO ONCE WE GET THE LIST FROM FROM THE DISTRICT.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO GET THEM SUCCESSFULLY TO COMPLETE THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF COURSES THAT WOULD MEET THE REQUIREMENT FOR HALF AN ADA CREDIT OR FULL ADA CREDIT. AND ONLY THEN DOES OUR TIERED BILLING GO AGAINST THE ADA THAT WE'RE, ABLE TO HELP RECLAIM BACK TO THE DISTRICT AND, AND EVERYTHING.
WHEN YOU HAVE THAT SLIDE DETAILING INDIVIDUAL STUDENT SUPPORTS 360.
LIKE EVERY KID GETS ALL OF THAT SUPPORT.
SO JUST REALLY QUICKLY THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE ADMIN PORTAL.
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GRADUATE BY THE END OF THE MONTH AND BY THE END OF THE YEAR.THIS IS A SAMPLE OF THE STUDENT DASHBOARD.
SO LIKE I MENTIONED COMPLETELY ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE.
AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES THEIR EOC.
AND THEN THIS WAS THE SHORT VIDEO.
BUT LIKE I SAID, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO WATCH THAT.
YOU CAN WATCH THAT ON YOUR OWN TIME.
PAUSE THAT. BUT I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ORGANIZATION OR YOUR NONPROFIT QUASI GOVERNMENT? I MEAN, EXACTLY WHAT ARE YOU.
SO WE'RE A FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION.
SO WE BUT WE DO PARTNER WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS JOINTLY IN SOME SITUATIONS.
BUT OUR MAIN ROLE IS TO BE A PROGRAM WITHIN A LEA OR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO WE WE'RE NEVER SET UP OR DESIGNED TO BE OUR OWN SCHOOL.
OUR PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT AND PROVIDE THESE PATHWAYS FOR YOUR STUDENTS IN YOUR SCHOOL.
AND SO CHRISTINA MENTIONED THE CAMPUS.
THE WAY THAT LOCKHART ISD IS ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM IS BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE A CAMPUS ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CAMPUS WITH AT TEA, AND IT'S THAT CAMPUS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH TO RECOVER DROP OUTS AND ENROLL THEM THROUGH THAT CAMPUS.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN EXISTENCE? OH, 20 YEARS.
SO WE'RE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WHERE WE WORK WITH.
WE HAVE ABOUT 700 PARTNERS STATE DEPARTMENTS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO WE'VE BEEN AROUND AT LEAST OVER 20 YEARS HERE IN TEXAS.
WE CAME INTO THE STATE TO TO PROVIDE THIS PROGRAM IN THE LAST THREE.
I THINK IT'S THE LAST THREE YEARS.
AND WE HAD TO ACTUALLY WORK WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND TO TO PUT IN PLACE THIS, THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE GET THE BILL PASSED AND GETTING IT WITHIN STATUTE AND RULEMAKING BY THE COMMISSIONER TO ALLOW THESE KIDS WHO OPT INTO THIS COURSE AND COMPLETE THESE COURSES TO BE PART OF THE ADA ENTITLEMENT FOR THE DISTRICT.
SINCE THEN, WE'RE NOW WORKING WITH, I THINK, SEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
BUT AGAIN, THE, THE ONE OF THE KEYS IS, IS THAT THIS THIS APPLICATION FOR OPTIONAL FLEXIBLE SCHOOL DAY HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD, SUBMITTED TO TO FOR APPROVAL.
AND ONCE THAT HAPPENS, OUR PARTNERSHIP EXISTS WITHIN THE THE YOU KNOW, THE PEIMS AND THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE FUNDING FOR ALL THE KIDS IN THE PROGRAM. AND WHAT? WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE WITH US TONIGHT? I MEAN, MR. DAVIDSON HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS OR YES, HE WAS MY OUR INITIAL CONTACT.
YES. OKAY, SO ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I MEAN, NO, I MOVED TO APPROVE GRADUATION ALLIANCES PRESENTED.
SECOND. SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. THANK YOU.
[Progress Monitoring Data on District Achievement Targets]
OKAY. GOING BACK TO 11 COMMUNICATION.B PROGRESS MONITORING DATA ON DISTRICT ACHIEVEMENT TARGETS.
SO GOOD EVENING AGAIN, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
I'M HERE TO GIVE PROGRESS MONITORING UPDATES FOR FEBRUARY 2024.
JUST A REMINDER, OUR TARGETS FOR READING ARE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, 80% OF OUR STUDENTS IN PRE-K THROUGH FIVE AND 70% OF SIX THROUGH TEN WILL MAKE 1.5 YEARS PROGRESS IN MATH. DURING THE SAME SCHOOL YEAR, 70% OF STUDENTS IN K THROUGH ALGEBRA ONE WILL MAKE THAT 1.5 YEARS PROGRESS STUDENTS SUPPORT.
SO WE CONTINUE WITH OUR STUDENT AND PARENT COMMUNICATION.
SO WHETHER THAT'S REPORT CARDS, PROGRESS REPORTS, CORE TWO FOR LIMB STUDENTS MONITORING THEIR OWN DATA, WE HAVE CONTINUED WITH THAT AND GETTING STRONGER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN PARTICULAR CORE TWO AND LIMB.
WE'VE I JUST HAD ANOTHER QUICK ROUND OF WITH BENCHMARKS, ALTHOUGH NOT ALL ALL ARE FINALIZED.
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IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE CONTINUE TO VISIT CAMPUSES.I WANT TO KUDOS TO THE ENTIRE CNI TEAM, WHETHER IT'S LOOKING AT DATA, HELPING COLLABORATE ON WRITING, LOOKING AT WALK THROUGH FORMS AND FEEDBACK AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THE CNI TEAM IS HEADING TO CAMPUSES AND SUPPORTING PRINCIPALS AND THEIR LEADERSHIP TEAMS RESPOND TO THE DATA THAT THEY SEE.
OH, WE CONTINUE WITH OUR ALIGNED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SHARED LEADERSHIP MODELS, SO WE DO OUR BEST TO THREAD THE TOPICS AS WELL AS RESPONSES TO THE APPS AND TO THE LEVER LEADERS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE SHARED LEADERSHIP MODEL, AND THEN GETTING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO PRINCIPALS SO THAT WHEN THEY MEET WITH THEIR PLCS, THEY'RE DOING IT AS WELL AS GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE BOARDROOM TO THE LIVING ROOM.
DROPPED IN TIER TWO A LITTLE BIT, WHICH WAS IT'S BEEN A TWO YEAR TREND.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE WE DROPPED IN TIER TWO AND STAYED STAGNANT IN TIER THREE, THAT WE HAVE HIT THE SAME MARKS AS WE WERE LAST YEAR WHEN LOOKING AT THIS TIER MOVEMENT.
SO GROWTH FROM THE LAST TIME WE MEASURED WE ARE IDENTICAL TO WHERE WE WERE AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
BUT WE DID SEE A DIP IN TIER TWO.
I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LAST TIME THAT WE LOOKED AT DATA COMPARED TO THIS MONTH WE ARE UP AT ALL ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, WHICH PUTS LISD UP AT 3%.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT LAST YEAR COMPARED TO THIS YEAR.
WE ARE 6% HIGHER AT THIS POINT AS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
WE'RE AT 64 FOR ELEMENTARY READING.
SO KUDOS TO THE WHOLE TEAM THAT.
I'VE. I'M A BROKEN RECORD AT THIS POINT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT YELLOW BAR, IT HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
BUT ALSO KUDOS TO THE STUDENTS WITH IEPS AND THE THE TEACHERS AND STAFF THAT ARE WORKING WITH THEM.
THEY WERE CHALLENGED LAST MONTH WHEN WE SAW THAT DIP.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM JANUARY TO FEBRUARY WE SAW A 5% INCREASE.
SO GREAT JOB ALL AROUND FOR BOTH EMERGING BILINGUAL AND STUDENTS WITH IEPS.
WE DID SEE SOME DIPS AS A DISTRICT AS A WHOLE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE JUNIOR HIGH STAYED STAGNANT.
AND THE HIGH SCHOOL IS ALSO WAS STAGNANT AS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
SO IT IS A LARGER ISSUE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THAN THE JUNIOR HIGH.
SOME OF IT IS ATTENDANCE, SOME OF IT IS TIMING, BUT WE ARE ROUGHLY SEEING BETWEEN 70 AND 72% OF OUR STUDENTS TEST AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND ROUGHLY 80 TO 85% AT THE JUNIOR HIGH.
SO IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TACKLE.
THOSE PERCENTAGES HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT BETTER OVER THE YEAR, BUT THEY'RE STILL NOT WHAT WE WANT.
MATH DATA. WE HAVE OUR DREAM BOX.
SO IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE BOARD, EVERY CAMPUS IMPROVED EITHER FOR THE COMPLETE YEAR THAT THE HIGHEST THAT THEY HAVE BEEN FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, OR THEY AT LEAST IMPROVED FROM THE YEAR BEFORE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF KIDS PARTICIPATING AS WELL AS MINUTES, I WILL SAY THAT THERE WAS THE LARGEST GAINS AT CLEARFORK AND AT NAVARRO WHO ALSO SHOWED AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF LESSONS STUDENTS DID THIS YEAR.
AS PRIOR, WHEN LOOKING AT PRIOR MONTHS RESPONSES PER STUDENT.
SO WE DID SEE SOME DIPS OVERALL.
THE MAIN PERCENTAGES THAT WENT DOWN WERE AT ABS.
WE DID SEE INCREASES AT BLUEBONNET AS WELL AS I'M SORRY, PLUM CREEK STAY STAGNANT.
BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT THE PAST TWO YEARS AND I LOOKED AT WHERE WE WERE THIS PAST.
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SO FEBRUARY, THE LAST TWO YEARS, ALL CAMPUSES DROPPED, WHETHER IT WAS 1%, 5%, 10%.SO SEEING TWO CAMPUSES EITHER STAY STAGNANT OR GROW IS IMPROVEMENT FOR OVERALL ELEMENTARY.
EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A DIP AT ABS, 3% BETTER THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR.
SO YEAR TO YEAR GROWTH, ALTHOUGH WE'D LIKE TO SEE US BREAK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT WINTER FREEZE EARLIER IN THE YEAR AND BREAK THE CYCLE OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY GOING LOW, BUT HAVING TWO CAMPUSES SHOW IT WE'LL AIM FOR ALL FIVE AND PLUS PLUS THE PRE-K TO MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
THERE WE ONLY WE DON'T HAVE WE HAVE LIMITED DATA WHEN IT COMES TO THE JUNIOR HIGH.
WE DID SEE A DIP OVERALL IN THE THE DISTRICT BECAUSE A LOT THE HIGH SCHOOL DID DROP 1%.
THE SAME THING THAT I TALKED ABOUT WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS IS WE ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO GET THE AMOUNT OF KIDS GETTING TO AT LEAST THAT 90% THRESHOLD OF TESTING TO GET ACCURATE DATA AROUND WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM OUR STAR RENT ASSESSMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW YOU ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE STUDENTS.
YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE REWARDING THEM AND SHOWING THEM GIVE THEM STICKERS AND IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. SO MY SON LOVES GETTING THAT 1.5 STICKER AND COMING HOME AND BRINGING IT, SHOWING IT OFF TO FAMILY.
I HAVE TO ADMIT, IT'S IT'S ONE OF THE FUNNEST THINGS I DO AS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT.
I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT. YES, SIR.
HE WENT TO BED WITH A STICKER, I GET IT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. DAVIDSON. 11 C 2023- 2024 BUDGET UPDATE, MISS WEISER.
[2023-2024 Budget Update]
KEEP IN MIND, SHE HAS MEETINGS DEDICATED TO JUST HER.THAT'S RIGHT. SO WE CAN JUST WAIT UNTIL THOSE.
GOOD EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD AND MR. ESTRADA. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO GIVE THIS BUDGET UPDATE.
WE ALWAYS DO A FEBRUARY BUDGET UPDATE AND THIS ONE IS JUST DIFFERENT THAN THE PAST THREE.
SO I'LL GO I'LL GO THROUGH IT.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY, PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
BUT THIS EVENING I'M GOING TO GO OVER A QUICK SCHOOL FINANCE OVERVIEW JUST REALLY FAST.
AND THEN I'LL REVIEW OUR 23-24 ADOPTED BUDGET AND THE STATUS OF WHERE IT AT, WHERE IT IS AFTER WE ADOPTED IT IN JUNE AND EVERYTHING THAT'S KIND OF COME TO FRUITION SINCE THEN.
I'LL ALSO GIVE AN UPDATE ON ESSER THREE, AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AHEAD AS WE'RE HAVE ALREADY REALLY BEGUN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING OUR 24-25 BUDGET.
SO REAL QUICK ON OUR SCHOOL FINANCE OVERVIEW.
SO HOW DO WE RECEIVE FUNDS TO EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS HERE AT LOCKHART ISD? I STARTED THIS BUCKET.
AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST CONTINUE IT ON.
SO THE BUCKET HERE REPRESENTS THE TOTAL COST TO EDUCATE ALL THE STUDENTS ATTENDING LOCKHART ISD.
AND THERE'S TWO THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT THERE.
ONE IS THAT THE TOTAL COST TO EDUCATE IS IN QUOTES.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THAT AMOUNT IS CREATED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, NOT BY LOCKHART ISD.
SO IT'S WHAT THEY SAY IS THE TOTAL COST TO EDUCATE THE STUDENTS.
AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT IT'S ALL OF THE STUDENTS ATTENDING LOCKHART ISD.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE STILL A STATE THAT IS FUNDED BASED ON ATTENDANCE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THAT IS THAT'S WHY THAT'S PART OF IT.
EVERY BUCKET IS A DIFFERENT SIZE.
THREE FACTORS THAT HAVE A LOT OF OTHER FACTORS THAT GO INTO THEM.
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AND SO THAT'S HOW THE TA CREATES THE SIZE OF THAT BUCKET.SO HOW DO WE GET THE FUNDS FOR THAT BUCKET? WE FIRST FILL IT UP WITH OUR LOCAL TAX COLLECTION.
SO EVERYTHING THAT WE COLLECT BASED ON THE PROPERTIES HERE IN HERE IN LOCKHART ISD, WE DO OUR LOCAL TAX COLLECTION, AND THEN THE STATE COMES IN AND FILLS UP THE REST OF THAT BUCKET.
JUST A LITTLE SIDE NOTE, THAT BUCKET IS THE SIZE OF THAT BUCKET IS FINALIZED.
ABOUT. THREE MONTHS AFTER A FISCAL YEAR ENDS.
THAT BUCKET ISN'T FINALIZED UNTIL ABOUT 15 MONTHS AFTER WE ACTUALLY ADOPT IT.
SO JUST JUST A SIDE NOTE THERE.
HOW CAN LOCKHART ISD'S BUCKET GET BIGGER? HOW CAN IT GROW? THERE'S JUST A FEW WAYS ENROLLMENT, GROWTH AND ANY KIND OF GROWTH IN PROGRAMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO GROWTH MAKES THE BUCKET GET BIGGER.
A VATRE CAN MAKE THE BUCKET GET BIGGER, WHICH WE DID HAVE A PAST VATRE AND BETTER ATTENDANCE.
SO THAT'S HOW OUR BUCKET GETS BIGGER.
SOME DISTRICTS A BUCKET CAN GET SMALLER IF THEY'RE LOSING ENROLLMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S THAT'S JUST SCHOOL FINANCE IN A VERY SMALL NUTSHELL.
THERE'S A LOT MORE DETAILS TO IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY HOW THAT IS.
SO THAT WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING AS WE GO THROUGH FOR FOR SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.
THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE ADOPTED BACK IN JUNE, OUR 23-24 BUDGET.
THERE'S A FEW THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT.
WE DID ADOPT A DEFICIT BUDGET THAT STILL HAD AN EXCESS.
IN OUR MINIMUM FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT.
SO WE STILL KNEW THAT WE WERE WITHIN BOARD POLICY OF HAVING AT LEAST THREE MONTHS OF OPERATING.
THE REVENUES DID NOT INCLUDE THE THREE PENNY VATRE.
WHEN WE ADOPTED IT, WE HAD NOT CALLED FOR A VATRE.
WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A TAX RATE FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AT THAT RATE AT THAT POINT.
THE REVENUES DO NOT INCLUDE THE VATRE.
LIKEWISE, THE DEFICIT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE 2324 EMPLOYEE RAISE.
SO THE THE BUDGET THAT WAS ADOPTED IN JUNE DID NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE VATRE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY OF THAT.
THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE FACED WHEN ADOPTING A JUNE A BUDGET FOR A JULY 1ST FISCAL YEAR.
I COMPARE IT TO A DART BOARD IN A DARK ROOM, AND WE WERE THROWING DARTS, AND THEN THE LIGHTS ARE GOING TO START TURNING ON AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES. AND WE SEE, SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
SO ONE OF THOSE DARTS IS OUR CERTIFIED PROPERTY VALUES.
WE DON'T GET OUR VALUES CERTIFIED FROM THE COUNTY UNTIL A MONTH AFTER WE ADOPT THE BUDGET.
AND THEN SEVEN MONTHS AFTER WE ADOPT IT, WE FIND OUT IF WE'VE IF THOSE VALUES WERE WERE IN LINE WITH THE STATE VALUES. AND I'LL, I'LL GO INTO GREATER DETAIL ON THAT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.
WE ALSO DON'T HAVE WHAT OUR COLLECTION RATE WILL BE.
WE ALSO DON'T HAVE OUR TAX RATE FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.
AND THEN THIS YEAR OUR TAX RATE AGAIN CHANGED IN NOVEMBER.
SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE ARE PROJECTING.
WE PROJECT OUR ENROLLMENT OF COURSE OUR ATTENDANCE.
SO THIS IS SO LET'S LOOK AT OUR ENROLLMENT DATA.
AND WHAT I WANT TO SHOW HERE IS THIS GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2016, 2017.
AND THE MAROON LINE IS OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE AND THE RED LINE AND THE I'M SORRY, THE GRAY LINE IS OUR ENROLLMENT.
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BY THE PANDEMIC.SO THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT OUR ATTENDANCE IS GOING UP.
WE CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MAROON THAT IT WAS 88.41% AT BOTTOMED OUT RIGHT AT THE COMING BACK FROM THE PANDEMIC.
AND THAT GAP BETWEEN WHERE WE WERE ADA WISE AND NOW IS A ROUGHLY $1.2 MILLION.
AND I POINT THAT OUT JUST TO SHOW THAT NO OTHER REASON BUT THAT WE HAVE TO STAFF OUR SCHOOLS BASED ON ENROLLMENT, BUT WE'RE NOT FUNDED THAT WAY.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.
BUT WE ARE. BUT THAT GAP IS CLOSING.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
AND SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE ON THAT TREND.
SO WHERE IS OUR CURRENT REVENUE STATUS? BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUND OUT A FEW THINGS SINCE THE YEAR HAS PROGRESSED.
I'M SORRY MS. [INAUDIBLE] YES, SIR. BACK UP A SECOND.
YES, SIR. ARE YOU ARE YOU SAYING WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS YEAR? WE WE WHAT WAS OUR ESTIMATE FOR BUDGET PURPOSES FOR ADA WAS IT 93% OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YES. ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO FALL SHORT OF MILLION POINT TWO? NO, SIR. THAT THAT 1.2 IS JUST TO SHOW WHERE THAT GAP IS BETWEEN.
PRE-PANDEMIC ADA AND POST-PANDEMIC ADA THAT WERE JUST NOT QUITE BACK TO THE ADA THAT WE WERE BEFORE AND WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HAD THE PANDEMIC NOT OCCURRED, IF WE WOULD JUST HAVE BEEN GOING ON.
WE ARE FALLING A LITTLE BIT SHORT OF THE 93%.
YEP. BUT I HAVE ALL THAT ACCOUNTED FOR AND BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT QUESTION.
IT'S NOT 1.2 MILLION, BUT THAT THAT IS A DIFFERENT QUESTION.
OKAY. OKAY, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WITH OUR CURRENT ADA, OUR CURRENT PROPERTY VALUE STATUS, I HAVE OUR STATE REVENUES HERE, OUR TAX REVENUES, AND THEN OUR OTHER REVENUES.
AND I'M GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL OF WHY OUR TAX REVENUE 3.9993.9.
I'M SORRY. I WAS TRYING TO FIND NINE ON HERE.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT LATE, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
AND I CAN SEE NOW WHERE THAT WHERE THAT CAME IN, YOU KNOW, WASN'T HELPFUL.
3.9 MILLION OUR TAX REVENUE DOWN TO ONE POINT, DOWN BY 1.6 MILLION.
OUR OTHER REVENUES HAS UP A LITTLE BIT BY 400,000.
THAT THAT REALLY IS INTEREST INCOME.
WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE GETTING INTEREST INCOME.
SO WE HAVE A NET INCREASE RIGHT NOW IN REVENUE OF ABOUT 2.7 MILLION.
SO THE REASON WHY THE STATE ESTIMATED THE STATE REVENUE IS 3.9 MILLION MORE IS DUE TO RECEIVING LOCAL VALUES BACK THROUGH OUR PROPERTY VALUE STUDY THAT WE JUST GOT BACK AT THE END OF JANUARY.
THE BUCKET REPRESENTS THE TOTAL COST TO EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS.
WE BRING IN OUR LOCAL TAX COLLECTION, AND THEN THE STATE FILLS UP WITH THE REST.
BUT EVERY YEAR, A WAY FOR THEM TO RECONCILE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR PORTION IS TRUE AND FAIR TO THEM IS THROUGH THE PROPERTY VALUE STUDY. SO THE STATE COMPARES THE LOCAL TAX ROLL VALUE TO THE STATE VALUES.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE PROPERTY VALUE STUDY IS.
THEY ENSURE THAT THE COUNTY APPRAISERS ARE TAXING ACCORDING TO THE PROPERTY VALUES, AND THAT THEY'RE WITHIN RANGE OF THAT STATE VALUE, SO THAT WE'RE COLLECTING A FAIR AMOUNT, WHICH MEANS THEIR PORTION OF THE BUCKET THAT THEY'RE FILLING IN IS A IS A FAIR AMOUNT FOR THEM.
THE PROPERTY VALUE STUDY IS RELEASED AT THE END OF JANUARY BY THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
THE LOCAL PROPERTY VALUES HAVE TO BE WITHIN 90% OF THAT STATE PROPERTY VALUE.
IN ORDER FOR A DISTRICT TO BE HAVE A PASSED PROPERTY VALUE STUDY.
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IF A LOCAL PROPERTY VALUE IS LOWER, THE DISTRICT GOES INTO A GRACE PERIOD AND THE DISTRICT GETS THREE YEARS OF GRACE WHERE THEY CAN BE WHERE THEIR PROPERTY VALUE STUDY IS OUT IS OUT OF LINE, RIGHT? SO YOU GET THREE YEARS OF GRACE.IF THERE'S A FAILED PROPERTY VALUE STUDY, THEN THE IF IT CONTINUES TO FAIL, THEN THE DISTRICT IS ASSIGNED STATE PROPERTY VALUES, WHICH I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT THAT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, BUT I STILL JUST WANT TO TO REMIND EVERYBODY OF HOW HOW IT WORKS, BECAUSE IT IS ONLY ONCE A YEAR.
OUR LEVY WASN'T OUR LEVY WAS NOT AS BIG.
SUBSTANTIAL AS IT WAS IN 2022, ONCE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS OUT OF GRACE.
WE PASSED IN 2021 TO START THAT GRACE OF THREE YEARS.
YAY! OKAY, SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW? SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S WHAT THAT'S COMING NEXT.
I'D BE LYING IF I SAID I WASN'T SHOCKED THAT WE PASSED, THAT THE PROPERTY VALUE STUDY PASSED.
SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE DETAILS OF IT TO SHOW YOU WHERE IT PASSED AND WHAT HAPPENED.
THE RESULT OF THE PROPERTY VALUE STUDY IS WE USE THAT WHEN WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND THINKING ABOUT, ARE WE GOING TO PASS OR FAIL, OR HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE IN THE NEXT YEAR? SO AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS WHAT THE CONTROLLER POST ON THEIR WEBSITE.
AND THOSE ARE OUR LOCAL VALUES.
AND THEN THEY COME OVER HERE IN THIS COLUMN, AND THIS IS ALL OF THE STATE VALUES.
IT MEANS THAT YOUR PROPERTY VALUE STUDY HAS FAILED AND YOU'VE BEEN ASSIGNED STATE VALUES.
AND THAT'S WHAT TO WILL USE TO RECONCILE THAT BUCKET.
AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS IN 2022 WAS THAT WE HAD ONE AREA OF PROPERTY THAT WAS OUR LARGEST OUR LARGEST LEVY AT 1.5 BILLION.
THAT WAS AT 81.7% LOCAL VALUE VERSUS THE STATE VALUE.
SO THIS IS THE TYPE OF PROPERTY THAT FAILED OUR LOCAL OUR PROPERTY VALUE STUDY IN 2022 WHEN WE WHEN YOU HAVE A FAILING AT 81%.
THERE. WE DID NOT BUDGET FOR 20, 2324 THINKING THAT WE WOULD PASS BECAUSE THAT IS OUR BIGGEST AREA OF VALUE.
AND IT WAS IF YOU HAVE AN 80% LOWER THAN 80%, YOU AUTOMATICALLY FAIL.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE IN GREECE OR NOT.
SO WE PLANNED THE 2324 BUDGET THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO USE, THAT WE WOULD BE ASSIGNED STATE PROPERTY VALUES AGAIN. SO I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT AS FAR AS HOW HOW OFF THE VALUES WERE IN 2022 AND WE WERE ASSIGNED STATE VALUES.
SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE ASSIGNED WE TAKE THAT TAKES THE TOTAL LEVY.
IT SAYS THAT THE LOCAL TAX, THE TAX LEVY IN CALDWELL COUNTY WAS 2.8 BILLION ROUGHLY.
THAT'S WHAT WE COLLECTED OUR ACTUAL TAXES ON WAS 2.8 BILLION.
BUT THE STATE SAYS YOU SHOULD HAVE COLLECTED 3.1 BILLION WORTH OF ON THAT LEVY.
AND THEY RECONCILE THEIR PORTION OF THE BUCKET.
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AND WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS THEY SAY YOUR LOCAL TAX COLLECTION, IT WAS ON THE IT WAS ON THE 2.7 BILLION.BUT WE'RE ONLY GOING TO GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR THE, THE 3.1 YOU SHOULD HAVE COLLECTED ON 3.1 BILLION.
THE VALUES WERE SO GOOD THE PREVIOUS YEAR THAT WE HAD NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD GET ASSIGNED STATE VALUES, AND THEN THAT AREA IN THE, IN THAT LAND CHANGED SO MUCH THAT WE WERE ASSIGNED STATE VALUES.
DOES THIS AFFECT ANYBODY ELSE BUT SCHOOL DISTRICTS REALLY? NO, IT DOES NOT.
SO WHY DOESN'T THE STATE AT LEAST COORDINATE THE ASSIGNMENTS TO MATCH OUR BUDGET CYCLES SO THAT WE CAN BETTER ANTICIPATE REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR BUDGET NEEDS TO BE INSTEAD OF IT COMING OUT SIX MONTHS LATER, AFTER WE'VE ALREADY SET THE BUDGET AND EVERYTHING.
YES, SIR. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
NOT GOING TO RESOLVE IT AT 11:00.
YES, I THINK THAT THAT WAS I FEEL LIKE THAT THAT WAS A GOAL OF THIS PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
IT WAS ON THERE TO BASICALLY THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WASN'T DOING ANYTHING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IF HE DIDN'T GET WHAT HE WANTED ON ON VOUCHERS. SO NOTHING WAS [INAUDIBLE] KEEP GOING.
THANK YOU. SO WE LOOK AT OUR 2023 PROPERTY VALUE STUDY.
AND THIS WAS POSTED AT THE END OF JANUARY.
AND THAT MATCHES OUR LOCAL VALUE COLUMN, WHICH MEANS THAT WE PASSED OUR PROPERTY VALUE STUDY.
AND THAT WAS A REALLY SHOCKING AND VERY GOOD NEWS.
YOU'RE OKAY. I JUST DON'T WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE A IF YOU HAD A QUESTION.
SO AS WE LOOK AT THE DETAIL OF THE BIG AREAS IN OUR OF VALUE IN OUR LEVY, IF YOU REMEMBER THAT A NON AG LAND IN 2022, WAS IT 81% OF THE LOCAL VALUES.
AND NOW OUR VALUES ARE HIGHER THAN THE STATE'S.
SO THAT COLUMN RIGHT THERE WE THREE OF OUR, OF OUR MAIN, THREE OF OUR MAIN AREAS OF VALUE ARE MORE THAN THE STATE.
SO THIS WAS REALLY, REALLY GREAT NEWS.
WHAT I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT HERE IS I FEEL AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THAT OUR VALUES AT NOW BEING MORE THAN.
THE STATES AND MANY OF THE AREAS THAT I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE BUDGETING 24-25 THAT WE WOULD HAVE LOCAL VALUES AGAIN FOR OUR 24 LEVY. WE'LL SEE HOW BIG THE LEVY GROWS.
WE DON'T GET VALUE PRELIMINARY VALUES TILL APRIL.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I FELT LIKE WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, THAT I MEAN.
I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THOSE VALUES.
AS FAR AS PLANNING FOR THE 2425 BUDGET.
SO. WHERE WE ARE ON EXPENDITURES.
WE'RE 66% OF THE WAY THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO WHILE WE WHILE WE'RE AT 51%, THEY STILL HAVE TWO MONTHS MORE OF PAY AND WE ACCRUE THAT BACK.
SO WE'RE WE PAY FOR 14 MONTHS OF THAT'S WHY IT'S A LITTLE BIT BEHIND ON THE PERCENTAGE.
SO REMEMBER BOARD MEMBERS, WE GET PAID IN 12 CHECKS, NOT JUST TEN.
YES. YES, WE CAN PAY YOU IN 24 ON THE BI WEEKLY IF YOU WANT.
OF COURSE. YEAH, I WASN'T THAT FUNNY.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT FUND BALANCE.
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THE OTHER THING THAT WE DON'T KNOW IS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR FUND BALANCE IS GOING TO BE QUITE YET, EVEN THOUGH THE FISCAL YEAR IS ENDING, BECAUSE THAT BUCKET ISN'T QUITE DONE YET AT TEA RIGHT. SO WE NOW HAVE A TRUE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE NUMBER.WE NOW HAVE A NEW ESTIMATED TOTAL REVENUE.
WE'RE GETTING A LOT CLOSER NOW THAT WE KNOW WHERE OUR ADA IS.
THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH MORE LIGHTS THAT NEED TO BE TURNED ON AS FAR AS REVENUE, JUST SEEING WHERE THE REST OF THE YEAR FALLS OUT AS FAR AS STUDENT NEED AND STUDENT STUDENT ATTENDANCE.
AND WE'RE STILL ENROLLING STUDENTS.
SO IF WE ESTIMATE THE EXPENDITURES ARE GOING TO BE ALMOST 65 MILLION AND THEN OUR EXPENDITURES ARE 62.5 MILLION, WE'LL HAVE AN INCREASE TO FUND BALANCE OF 2.1 MILLION AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
OUR BOARD POLICY SAYS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A MINIMUM FUND BALANCE OF THREE MONTHS OF OPERATING.
SO WE WOULD BE AROUND $6 MILLION OVER THE MINIMUM.
OUR COMMITTED FUND BALANCE WAS 4 MILLION, AND WE HAD SOME CAPITAL PROJECTS THIS YEAR.
THAT AND THINGS THAT ROLLED FORWARD.
SO THAT WOULD HAVE A REDUCTION OF 3.7 MILLION ON OUR COMMITTED FUND BALANCE.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? OH MY GOODNESS, THIS LOOKS SO SMALL ONCE I PUT IT UP HERE.
YEAR ONE WAS WAY BACK IN FISCAL YEAR 2122.
I HAVE ALL OF THE THE CATEGORIES OF SPENDING THAT WE DID BASED ON A NEED.
AND HOW I REPORT THEM TO TEA BASED ON THE THINGS THAT WE DID IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE RESULTS OF THE PANDEMIC. SO IN THAT FIRST YEAR, WE HAD 29 NEW POSITIONS THAT WE ADDED TO HELP WITH THE COVID SLIDE AND THAT AND OUR COSTS THAT YEAR WERE $2.7 MILLION.
WHEN WE GO INTO YEAR TWO, THE YOU CAN YOU CAN SEE THAT IT GOT A LITTLE BIT SMALLER BECAUSE A LOT OF ONE TIME EXPENSES WENT AWAY.
WE STARTED TO, THROUGH ATTRITION IN SOME AREAS, CHANGE POSITIONS AND NEED WE HAD IT.
IT INCREASED FROM 29 TO 30, BUT IT WAS REALLY KIND OF A NET BECAUSE.
THE WE WERE CONTRACTING OUT SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING COUNSELORS.
AND THEN THIS YEAR, THIS YEAR WE MOVED TO HIRING THEM IN 2223.
AND $1.6 MILLION WORTH OF EXPENSES.
THEN HERE WE ARE IN YEAR THREE THROUGH ATTRITION, KNOWING THAT ESSER THREE IS ENDING AND THE NEEDS CONTINUE TO CHANGE.
WE'RE NOW DOWN TO 20 POSITIONS.
AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE HAD SOME ONE TIME THINGS AS WE ARE TRYING TO CLOSE OUT THE BIGGEST ONE, I'LL SHOW OUT, I'LL SHOW YOU IS THE AUDIO ENHANCEMENT PROJECT AT THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.
THE PORTION OF THAT THAT IS NOT SECURITY IS OUT OF ESSER THREE.
AND THAT WAS 1.1 MILLION THIS YEAR AS FOR THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.
SO OUR TOTAL THIS YEAR, ESTIMATED TO BE IS $3.1 MILLION.
A SUMMARY OF THAT IS THAT OUR ESSER BUDGET IS 7.6 MILLION.
IN YEAR ONE, WE SPENT 2.7 MILLION.
IN YEAR TWO, WE SPENT 1.6 MILLION.
AND I'M HAPPY TO EXPLAIN THAT FURTHER.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE I SEE SOME NO'S.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ESSER THREE? WE'RE GOING TO USE IT UP BEFORE.
SO I COULD GO INTO SOME DETAILS ON THAT OKAY.
SO HOW MANY EMPLOYEES WILL WE BE, IF ANY? WILL WE NEED TO TRANSITION TO REGULAR BUDGET WHEN THIS MONEY RUNS OUT?
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WE ARE.WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT AND.
NOT IF WE HAVE SOMEONE LEAVE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HIRE.
SO WE'RE TRYING NOT TO MAKE IT.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT AS MINIMAL AS POSSIBLE.
BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO MOVE SOME POSITIONS INTO THE 24-25 YEAR THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND.
AND WE'RE STILL TRYING TO THINK OF COLLABORATIVE WAYS ON HOW TO HOW TO DO IT.
BUT I WILL SAY WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER AND AND OUR GOALS ARE HIGH.
OKAY. SO AS WE PREPARE FOR 24, 25 AND WE WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET, THE NEXT THING COMING UP IS THAT TASB WILL COME AND THEY WILL REVIEW THE PAY STUDY AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING HERE AT THE END OF MARCH.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR VERY FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP ON APRIL 6TH, AND WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ONE ON MAY 6TH, AND THEN WE'LL ON MAY 13TH, WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TO REVIEW THE DATE AND THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, THE DATE OF ADOPTING OUR BOARD AND OUR OUR BUDGET, I'M SORRY.
AND THEN OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BRING AN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR 24-25.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP ON JUNE 3RD.
AND WE WILL ADOPT OUR BUDGET ON JUNE 24TH.
WE'RE ALREADY STARTING AND ALREADY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE 24-25 BUDGET.
SO BECAUSE A COUPLE OF THINGS, BECAUSE WE HAVE LOCAL VALUES, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN A LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE'RE ABLE TO KNOW MORE THIS YEAR THAN WE DID LAST YEAR AS FAR AS WHAT OUR 24-25 REVENUES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A LEGISLATIVE SESSION COMING UP AND WE HAVE OUR INFORMATION ABOUT LOCAL VERSUS STATE VALUES.
SO WE KNOW BASED ON OUR GROWTH WHAT, WHAT OUR NEW MONEY WE THINK IS GOING TO BE.
SO WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO INVEST A PORTION OF THAT INTO THE SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT.
AND SO WHAT WE DID LAST WEEK WAS WE HAD A MEETING WE INVITED ALL OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO COME AND HELP US DECIDE HOW.
WE WERE GOING TO INVEST IN THE SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT, AND WHAT WE DID WAS WE HAD SIX TABLES.
AND EACH TABLE HAD ABOUT 30 DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM ON COSTS OF THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO POTENTIALLY ADD TO THE SPECIAL ED BUDGET.
AND THEY EACH EACH TABLE CREATED AND PRIORITIZED WHAT THAT BUDGET WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND SO IT WAS A REALLY POSITIVE, REALLY FUN EXPERIENCE TO GET TO GET THE DEPARTMENTS.
WHAT AM I CREATIVITY ON HOW AND COLLABORATION ON HOW THEY WOULD CREATE THEIR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND IT WAS A REALLY GOOD NIGHT.
AND I'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT AT OUR ON THE RESULTS OF THAT AT OUR UPCOMING WORKSHOPS.
I JUST WANT TO COMMEND MISS WEISER ON HER COURAGE AND INNOVATIVE PUSH TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I MEAN, IT'S VERY RARE THAT DISTRICTS INVOLVED THEIR STAFF, THE BUDGET CREATION, THIS DEEPLY.
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YOU'RE A TRULY A GREAT EXAMPLE OF AN INNOVATIVE MINDSET.WE WENT TO A TRAINING LAST WEEKEND AND YOU'RE THAT EXAMPLE.
OH, OKAY. I WAS GOING TO SAY IT'S NOT JUST MY IDEA.
MR. ESTRADA AND I WENT TO A TRAINING A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY VERY GOOD.
AND IT HAD SOME AND IT EVOLVED FROM FROM THAT.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BRING IT IN.
IT WAS REALLY, REALLY A GOOD EXPERIENCE.
SO I'M EXCITED TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT AND THE OUTCOMES OF THAT AT OUR, AT OUR BUDGET.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
OH, UNLESS YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT MORE ABOUT IT NOW.
YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ON MY BUCKET LIST TO TALK ABOUT BUCKETS.
SO. I MEAN, I THINK WE'VE HAD ENOUGH FOR TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR ACTUALLY BRINGING A POSITIVE REPORT.
THAT'S YOUR FIRST ONE, RIGHT? WHOA. NOT MY VERY FIRST ONE, BUT IT IS MY FIRST ONE IN FEBRUARY.
SO IT FEELS IT FEELS IT FEELS REALLY GOOD.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, NO.
WE MOVE TO ITEM 11 D DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
[District Improvement Plan and Campus Improvement Plan Formative Review Update]
FORMATIVE REVIEW UPDATE.WE WILL NOW HEAR A THREE MINUTE UPDATE FROM MISS [INAUDIBLE] EXACTLY.
I WAS GOING TO SAY YOU NEVER HAVE TO TELL ME TO GO FAST.
AS LONG AS I HAVE MISTER LOCKHART'S PERMISSION TO TALK AT MY NORMAL SPEED.
JUST AS A REMINDER THAT OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS.
SO I'LL UPDATE YOU ON THAT FOR NEXT MONTH.
WHERE WE ARE WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS, AS YOU RECALL, WE HAVE OUR GOALS FOR BEING LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE, LOCKHART FOR PEOPLE AND UNLOCKING POTENTIAL ON OUR LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE.
WE'RE EXCITED TO REVIEW THE INFORMATION THAT MISTER DAVIDSON ALREADY SHARED WITH YOU.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER THE OTHER PARTS THAT HE DID NOT.
WE HAVE IN OUR WRITING GROWTH GOAL.
WE HAVE 45% OF OUR STUDENTS THAT HAVE MADE PROGRESS FROM LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN OUR CCMR COMPONENT SCORE, WE HAVE 288.
TO DATE WE HAVE 50% IN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR WE WERE AT 35%.
FOCUS AREA ON ENGLISH ONE AND TWO.
MEETS AND 6% MASTERS AGAIN, BETTER THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR AT THAT AT THAT TIME.
WE CONTINUE THESE AND COLLABORATIVE INPUTS ON DECISION MAKING.
AND AS MISTER ESTRADA SAID, THAT PARTICIPATORY BUDGET MEETING WE WERE THERE AND GREAT MEETING TO HEAR PEOPLE MAKING DECISIONS ON THOSE THAT ARE CLOSEST TO THE WORK. WE CAN ASK FOR COMMUNITY INPUT IN OUR ACADEMIC CALENDAR THAT I WILL REVIEW LATER.
SO THANK YOU, MISTER GUYTON, FOR THAT IDEA ABOUT ASKING THE COMMUNITY.
FOR CREATING THAT EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.
LEADER IN ME YEAR TWO IMPLEMENTATION.
NAVARRO CAMPUS WAS ACTUALLY SELECTED AS A HIGHLIGHTED LEADER IN ME CAMPUS.
AND SO SEVERAL DISTRICTS CAME AND VISITED THAT CAMPUS.
WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE UT COLLEGE OF EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS, A NEW A NEW THING THAT THEY'RE DOING WITH PARTNERING UP WITH DISTRICTS TO FIGURE OUT A PROBLEM OF PRACTICE.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON OUR ATTENDANCE.
SO THAT'S OUR FOCUS WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN AUSTIN.
WE CONTINUE RETAINING, RECRUITING, HIRING, AND DEVELOPING OUR STAFF.
WE HAVE OUR NEEDED PROFESSION ACADEMY.
I THINK WE HAVE 1 OR 2 MORE SESSIONS LEFT THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING WITH THAT RECRUITMENT.
WE CONTINUE WITH OUR STUDENT LED CONFERENCES.
AND WE CREATE AND MAINTAIN THAT CAMPUS OF CULTURE, OF LEADERSHIP.
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PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND INCREASING OUR RETENTION.OUR NEXT REVIEW WILL HAPPEN AND FOR THIS CIP WILL HAPPEN IN OUR APRIL MEETING.
OUR DIP REVIEW WILL HAPPEN NEXT MONTH, AND THEN WE'LL DO A SUMMATIVE REVIEW IN JUNE.
ANY QUESTIONS? WELL DONE. THANK YOU, MS. DOCTOR CAMARILLO. YES, SIR.
ITEM 11 E REVIEW RELEASING A BID FOR REPLACEMENT COMPUTERS FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.
[Review Releasing a Bid for Replacement Computers for Students and Staff]
MS. WISER. I'M SORRY.OKAY. SHE ASKED ME TO SPEAK FOR HER SINCE SHE WAS SPEAKING FOR SO LONG.
BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
AND SO THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT ON AN IT LEASE SINCE 2019 THAT IS EXPIRING THIS YEAR.
SO THEREFORE, WE PUT OUT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR REPLACEMENT COMPUTERS.
AND THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WILL INCLUDE LAPTOPS AND FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF, CHROMEBOOKS, CHROMEBOOK CARTS, IPADS AND CASES AND ACCESSORIES.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO, MA'AM. GOOD.
[Review Releasing a Bid for Leasing IT Equipment]
F REVIEW RELEASING A BID FOR LEASING IT EQUIPMENT.SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, BASED ON THE THE REPLACEMENT COMPUTER RFP, WE HAVE TO START A NEW LEASE FOR ALL OF THAT EQUIPMENT AS WELL, SINCE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS QUITE LARGE AND ISN'T IN OUR OUR BUDGET TO DO SO, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT.
I'M ENTERING INTO POTENTIALLY A 3 OR 4 YEAR LEASE ON THAT IT EQUIPMENT THAT WE PURCHASE.
OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR? THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANKS.
OKAY 11 G DISCUSSING REGARD A DISCUSSION REGARDING SCHOOL COLORS AND BRANDING.
[Discussion regarding School Colors and Branding]
I KIND OF REQUESTED THIS GO ON HERE, SO I'D LIKE TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES ON IT.I'M KIND OF OVER THE YEARS HAVE GOTTEN FRUSTRATED GOING TO SOME OF OUR SPORTS GAMES AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO LOCKHART IS, BECAUSE WE SEEM TO HAVE GOTTEN AWAY FROM MAROON AND WHITE SO MUCH THAT SOMETIMES I CAN'T TELL, AND I JUST LIKE TO SEE WHAT Y'ALL WOULD THINK ABOUT THIS AND AND SEE IF WE CAN'T KIND OF BRING IT BACK A LITTLE BIT TO OUR TRADITIONAL COLORS OF MAROON AND WHITE, WHICH.
YOU KNOW, BEEN OUR COLORS FOREVER, AS FAR AS I KNOW.
I AGREE, IT'S IN OUR FIGHT SONG.
[INAUDIBLE] I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THEM.
I MEAN, THE VARSITY SOCCER TEAM, MEN'S BOYS SOCCER TEAM IS IF IT HAS ANY MAROON ON IT, I.
GIRLS SOFTBALL UNIFORMS ARE MOSTLY BLACK.
I MEAN WE WANT TO DO, LIKE EVERY NOW AND THEN.
LIKE A BLACK OUTFIT, BUT NOT TOTALLY.
WELL, I GUESS THAT'S A TREND NOW WITH YOU.
WELL, THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE THEME OF THEIR SHOW THOUGH, RIGHT? SO I'M THINKING THAT I'VE, I PERSONALLY THINK IT'S I MEAN, OUR COLORS.
YEAH, OUR COLORS ARE MAROON AND WHITE.
BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE STUDENTS LIKE, I MEAN, THAT SEEMS TO BE THE TREND.
A LOT OF BLACK UNIFORMS. THAT HELPS THEM FEEL MORE COMPETITIVE, I'M ALL FOR IT.
SO DID YOU BRING PICTURES? I JUST GO TO ANY OF OUR SPORTING EVENTS AND OR LOOK IN THE LISD FACEBOOK PAGE.
WE JUST THINK ABOUT THIS LATER.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NATURAL CYCLE.
THAT IS. AND I'M NOT SAYING NEXT YEAR IT'S ALL MAROON.
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WELL, I WONDER WHAT THE WHY THE MOVEMENT AWAY FROM IT.BECAUSE OF WHAT TOM SAID, IT'S TRENDY TO BEING ALL BLACK OR HAVE A LOT OF BLACK TO ME.
DO YOU THINK IT'LL COME BACK ON ITS OWN? NO. NOT UNDER, NOT UNLESS THERE'S SOME DIRECTION GIVEN.
I MEAN, I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE.
WHAT WAS THE. WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THESE DECISIONS.
YES I DID. I BOUGHT THIS LOGO.
THE ONLY REASON I HAD THIS COLOR ON IS THEY DIDN'T HAVE MAROON.
OKAY. THEY HAVE A MAROON LONG SLEEVE SHIRT.
THERE INTO, SO I CAN SEE IT BOTH WAYS.
IT'S JUST. IT'S JUST HARD TO TELL.
I MEAN. I DON'T KNOW, KIDS LIKE IT NOWADAYS.
THEN I WOULD SAY, LET'S ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
NO. I MEAN, WE WE EITHER ARE OR WE AREN'T.
I THINK THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE SHOULD POSTPONE.
WE'RE NOT VOTING ON ANYTHING. I'M JUST SAYING WE'RE MAYBE JUST HOPING TO ENCOURAGE MR. ESTRADA TO GIVE SOME GUIDANCE.
I MEAN, YOU MIGHT SAY THE TREND, BUT.
WELL, I MEAN, I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE.
NO, I'M JUST SAYING THAT A LOT OF FIND OUT THE WHY, I MEAN.
AND IT SHOULD BE I THERE SHOULD BE SOME ROOM SOMEWHERE.
AND IT SHOULDN'T BE. THAT WAS AN ISSUE FOR US. COOL COLOR WAS COMPLETELY.
YOU KNOW, I'M A MAROON AND WHITE PERSON.
I ALWAYS WEAR MAROON AND WHITE TO THESE BOARD MEETINGS.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF Y'ALL, SO I KNOW IN MY HEART, MAROON AND WHITE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SO.
I MEAN. IT'S OKAY WITH THEM IF THEY YOU'RE GOING TO GET ANY KIND OF INPUT FROM.
THAT ARE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS.
MAYBE JUST REALLY HORRIFIED IF THEY WENT BACK TO A FOCUS ON THE.
YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
YEAH, I THINK YOU KNOW, DIRECTION FROM FROM THE BOARD ON THIS.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WELL, WHAT ABOUT THIS OR, YOU KNOW, IS IT THIS SPORTS, YOU KNOW DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW SOMEONE BROUGHT UP COLOR GUARD, FOR EXAMPLE.
TO ME. I'M HAPPY TO ENFORCE WHATEVER THE BOARD WANTS ON THIS.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT AS THE SCHOOL BOARD SAID IN THE, YOU KNOW, THE CULTURE AND THE TRADITIONS, THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, IN MY OPINION, IS LIKE YOU HAVE A VOICE IN THAT.
AND AND AS THE SUPERINTENDENT, YOU KNOW WHILE MY KIDS GO HERE.
YOU KNOW, YOUR YOUR MONEY, YOU REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE WILL FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION OF THE BOARD.
AND I WOULD USE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE.
BUT BUT I THINK THAT IS A PART OF THE BRANDING THAT HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST.
3 OR 4 YEARS TO THE BETTER, I THINK.
AND I AND I, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IT SOME BALANCE IN THE COLORING OF THE UNIFORMS AND.
I DON'T THINK I THINK THAT PART OF IT TOO IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT PRESIDENT WRIGHT, YOU MENTIONED ALSO THAT THERE'S A NATURAL CYCLE AND YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE STOCK OF OUR UNIFORMS WERE MAROON AND WHITE.
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SO NOW THEY WERE ALL ORDERING BLACK.YOU KNOW, I HAVE, YOU KNOW A FRESHMAN ATHLETE AND I HAVE A LOT OF BOYS AT MY HOUSE ALL THE TIME AND KIDS AND AND QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK THAT WHAT OUR KIDS CARE ABOUT, THEY WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING NICE.
AND I'M NOT SO SURE THAT BLACK HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
I DO THINK THAT I KNOW FOR A FACT, BECAUSE BEFORE WE HAD AN UNDER ARMOR CONTRACT, KIDS WERE TELLING ME THEY WERE BEING MADE FUN OF AT OTHER EVENTS FOR, YOU KNOW, RIGHT OR WRONG, YOU KNOW, KIDS WERE SAYING VERY RUDE THINGS ABOUT THE UNIFORMS THAT THEY WERE WEARING.
THE, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT STUFF BECAUSE THEY WERE THEY WERE NOT YOU KNOW, TYPICAL.
YOU KNOW, NIKE, ADIDAS, UNDER ARMOR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK THAT IF IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PREFERENCE OF THE KIDS.
I DON'T THINK KIDS REALLY CARE MUCH ABOUT BLACK.
I DO THINK THAT THEY CARE ABOUT HAVING QUALITY UNIFORMS THAT LAST THAT FEEL GOOD, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE GOOD QUALITY MORE THAN ANYTHING. AND WE DO WITH OUR CONTRACT WITH UNDER ARMOR.
ALL OF OUR UNIFORMS ARE ARE HIGH QUALITY AND THE KIDS ARE PROUD OF THEM.
AND YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S JUST MY $0.02 ABOUT.
WHAT ABOUT THIS? WHAT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM? WHAT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM? WHAT ABOUT T SHIRTS WE BUY FOR THIS THING? WHAT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S A LOT OF THOUGHT THAT WE NEED TO GO INTO IT SO THAT WE COULD ENFORCE ANY TYPE OF.
YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH MR. WRIGHT TO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'M SURE THEY'RE GOING TO BE PURCHASING UNIFORMS AND SHIRTS AND STUFF FOR THE FALL COMING UP.
I AGREE WITH THE TIME LINE, MR. RICE. I DON'T KNOW.
LIKE. AS IF WE PUT ALL OF OUR KIDS IN. I'M JUST USING MICHAEL AS AN EXAMPLE FOR.
OR WARN YOU. WELL, PRIMARILY THAT'S MAROON.
MAROON. MAROON IS THE PRIMARY COLOR IF YOU SHOW UP IN SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
YOU KNOW. WHAT'S THE MESSAGE TO THEM, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS OUR COLORS.
AND THEY ARE I MEAN IT'S I WENT TO SCHOOL HERE ALSO.
IT USED TO BE BACK IN THE DAY, EVERYTHING WAS.
YOU KNOW I HAVEN'T BECAUSE THE NAME OF MY CHURCH IS PROMISED LAND.
I DON'T THINK YOU'VE EVER SEEN ME AT A SPORTING EVENT NOT IN MY..
I'LL JUST SAY I THINK IT'S GOING TO COME BACK.
WELL, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF ACTUALLY PURCHASING THEIR THINKING.
WHY DO THEY DEVIATE REALLY? OR WHY ARE THEY CHOOSING? YEAH, I THINK THAT PART OF IT IS, WELL, WE HAVE MAROON UNIFORM, WE HAVE A WHITE UNIFORM.
WANT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT.
A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY, I GUESS, BECAUSE, WELL, NOW YOU BRING IN LIKE.
WELL, I THINK OF, LIKE, BASEBALL, YOU KNOW, BASEBALL, YOU KNOW IT'S GRAYS ARE.
YOU KNOW, CONSIDER WHAT CAN THEY HAVE GRAY AND MAROON WITH LETTER.
OR THERE'S JUST SO MANY LIKE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO COME UP THAT WE'LL HAVE TO NAVIGATE.
WOULD BEST HELP US COMMUNICATE WITH STAFF AND HAVE SOME CLARITY WITH WHAT'S ALLOWABLE OR NOT.
WHAT ABOUT THE UNIFORMS THAT THEY'VE PURCHASED ALREADY? THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN BLACK. WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO USE THEM ANYMORE BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S JUST THROWING NOTHING AWAY.
THAT'S JUST THAT'S WHAT I'M THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
WITH MY MONEY, THEY WOULD GO THROUGH THEIR NORMAL LIFE CYCLE.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO WASTE MONEY.
THAT'S WHAT I'M THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO ASK YOU.
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YOU KNOW, SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT ALSO, THEN WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE THEY, THEY DID THIS A FEW YEARS ALSO BECAUSE I HAD TO CHANGE SOME THINGS.WE HAVE A SPECIFIC COLOR NUMBER OF MAROON.
OKAY. I WILL SAY THOUGH THAT IT'S HARD WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT UNIFORMS. KIND OF IT'S HARD BECAUSE THE MAROON.
YEAH. BECAUSE THEY DON'T THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CUSTOMIZE YOU IF THEY HAVE MAROON.
SOMETIMES THEY EVEN CALL IT MAROON.
WHEN WE GOT THE BLACK UNIFORM.
WE DID. WE DID APPROVE THAT A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
THE BLACK UNIFORMS. UNDER ARMOR.
IT LOOKS NICE. WHEN IS OUR CONTRACT? UNDER ARMOR. I MEAN, I LIKE IT SO.
IS THAT UP SOON? WE JUST REDID IT.
YEAH. THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUALITY.
YEAH. AND THAT'S BEEN A GREAT I MEAN IT'S BEEN AGAIN IT'S BEEN A COST SAVINGS.
I MEAN WE'VE GOT BETTER, BETTER MATERIALS FOR CHEAPER COST THAN WHAT WE WERE PAYING.
WELL, I'M WILLING TO LEAVE IT UP TO MR. ESTRADA TO HAVE THESE.
I MEAN, I'LL GO HAVE THE DISCUSSION MYSELF.
HE WON'T LET ME GO TALK TO HIM.
BUT I THINK IF WE DID ANYTHING LIKE TOM WAS SAYING ABOUT, YOU KNOW WHAT, IF IT'S GRAY AND MAROON OR BLACK AND MAROON, LIKE, IF WE DID ANYTHING, WE WE COULD JUST SAY IT NEEDS TO INCORPORATE A MAROON WITHIN THE.
YOU KNOW, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF MAROON 90%.
YEAH, BUT LIKE, IF IT'S GRAY AND MAROON OR BLACK AND MAROON OR WHATEVER.
I THINK THAT'S UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE PERSON ORDERING.
OKAY, SO I WILL, I WILL TAKE THAT, MR. WRIGHT. TIME IS IT 11:20.
MY HEAD IS STILL HURTING. OKAY, I'LL BRING IT BACK.
THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH. YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ARE WE VOTE, WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 12.
[Consider and/or Approve 2024-2025 Academic Calendar]
COMMUNICATION ACTION A CONSIDER AND OR APPROVED 2024-2025 ACADEMIC CALENDAR.ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU. WHAT CALENDAR Y'ALL RECOMMENDING? ONE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ONE? OH NO I DON'T. OKAY I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE.
WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT.
I CAN REVIEW IT. I'LL REVIEW IT REAL QUICK.
THOSE ARE THE ONES I BROUGHT TO YOU ORIGINALLY.
WE MET AND ASKED FOR WITH THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHO GAVE US A FEEDBACK, AND ALSO THROUGH THE THOUGHT EXCHANGE THAT WE OFFERED OUT TO OUR DISTRICT COMMUNITY, WE HAD 872 PARTICIPANTS WITH 478 THOUGHTS AND OVER 10,000 RATINGS.
ON THAT SURVEY, WE HAD OVER HALF OF THE MAJORITY OF THEM WERE PARENTS.
28% WERE STAFF MEMBERS AND 18% WERE BOTH.
SO A GREAT INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY THESE ARE RANKED FROM 1 TO 20.
SO I'M GOING TO SPEED THROUGH THEM REAL QUICK, BUT YOU'LL START SEEING THE PATTERN THAT'S BRINGING UP IN HERE IS OPTION ONE IS WHAT THEY'RE LEANING FOR AS THE REASONS THAT THEY WANT IT.
THEY WERE IMPRESSED WITH THE FALL BREAK IN OCTOBER.
LOVED THE WHOLE WEEK BREAK IN OCTOBER.
WELL, HOW DID THE RATINGS FALL OUT IN TERMS OF OPTION ONE VERSUS OPTION OPTION TWO? WHAT THEY DO IS THEY'LL PUT THE THOUGHTS UP AND THEN PEOPLE CAN RATE THEM.
NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WHAT ARE THE FINAL THE TOTAL THE FINAL RESULTS.
OPTION ONE, SO I'LL GET TO THAT BY GOOD MARGIN NUMBERS.
I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE THAT THEY GOT TO OPTION ONE ONE.
I'LL GIVE YOU THE SUMMARY RIGHT AT THE VERY END.
BUT YOU'LL SEE HERE THEY WERE RANKED BY THOUGHTS.
I DO WANT TO POINT SOMETHING OUT JUST FOR US TO.
THAT WAS A LITTLE INTERESTING.
SOMEBODY PUT IN THERE ABOUT FOUR DAY WEEKS AND THAT WAS RANKED NUMBER 11.
THEY ASKED IF IT'S AN OPTION TO GO TO A FOUR DAY SCHOOL WEEK.
SO JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
YES SIR. SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY LOOKED AT THE SUMMARY SIDE BY SIDE GLANCE.
BUT I MEAN WHEN YOU GO DOWN THE LIST OF OPTION ONE, OPTION TWO, WE START THE SAME DAY.
SO I MEAN WE'RE ALMOST LOOKING AT THE SAME CALENDAR.
YES SIR. SO BUT THERE'S, THERE'S THOSE STAFF DAYS OR THOSE.
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YES. AND I'LL GO THROUGH THAT.YES. THAT'S THE MAIN DIFFERENCE.
SO HERE'S ALL THE OPTION ONES.
THE 23RD AND ONE ENDS ON THE 30TH.
THEY ALL LIKED OPTION ONE FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
THE MAJORITY OF THE RESPONSES.
WE MET WITH THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO HERE'S THE ONLY HERE'S THE SAME THING AS AS MR. LOCKHART WAS POINTING OUT VERY SIMILAR CONTRACT CALENDARS.
UT AND ACC HAS MOVED THEIR SPRING BREAK FOR THE FIRST TIME.
BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE TO COME TO SCHOOL IF WE'RE OUT THAT WEEK.
SO WE MOVED IT TO ALIGN OURSELVES AS WE ALWAYS DO.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD TO DO THAT.
SO THAT IS JUST ONE ADJUSTMENT THAT WE HAD, THE OTHER BEING THAT DURING THOSE SIX STRATEGIC PLANNING DAYS IN THE PAST FOR THE TEACHER PLAN AND PREP, WE HAVE HAD THOSE WHERE TEACHERS CANNOT BE PULLED OUT TO DO PD.
THERE WAS CONSENSUS AROUND NEEDING AT LEAST TWO HALF DAYS DURING THE YEAR.
WE'RE NOT IDENTIFYING THOSE DATES.
THE ONLY OPTIONS THEY HAD BEFORE WAS BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL.
BUT IF THEY ARE, WE HAVE THOSE AND IT'S AT PRINCIPAL CAMPUS DISCRETION.
RIGHT. SO OPTION TWO WE COMBINE THE FEEDBACK OF THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE THOUGHT EXCHANGE, AND I'LL JUST JUMP TO THE END TO SIDE BY SIDE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE.
OPTION ONE. THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF WOULD BOTH BE OUT ON MAY 30TH.
WE WOULD HAVE FIVE ELEMENTARY DAYS AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOL.
SCHOOL CLOSURE IN ADDITION TO THE TWO DAYS AND FOR ITS SECONDARY THE SECOND OPTION, WE WOULD HAVE MOVED INSTEAD OF HAVING SIX STRATEGIC PLANNING DAYS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, MOVED TO FOUR, AND WE PUT SOME AT THE END.
SO THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS THAT STUDENTS GET OUT MAY 23RD.
THE STAFF WOULD GET OUT THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
IF WE HAD TO DO DISTRICT WIDE TRAINING BEFORE THE SUMMER.
I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
THE DATE IS ACTUALLY MARCH 18TH.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON RECORD.
AND WE'LL MAKE THAT CORRECTION IN LYON LIST THIS WEEK.
OKAY. ITEM 12 C, CONSIDER AND OR APPROVE STAFFING FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR.
[Consider and/or Approve Staffing for the 2024-2025 School Year]
DOES ANYBODY NEED ANY FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON? NO, NO, MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AS PRESENTED FOR THE 2024-2025.WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 7 TO 0.
ITEM 12 D CONSIDERATION OR POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING SUPERINTENDENT'S PERFORMANCE GOALS.
[Consideration and/or Possible Action Regarding Superintendent's Performance Goals]
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PERFORMANCE GOALS AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 7 TO 0.
[Discuss, consider, and take possible action to adopt a resolution approving the purchase of 15 acres out of a 55 acre tract of land in Caldwell County from Paloma Farms Partners, LP, and delegating authority to the Superintendent to further investigate the property and take all necessary actions to effectuate closing.]
ITEM 12 E, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF 15 ACRES OUT OF A 55 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN CALDWELL COUNTY FROM PALOMA FARM PARTNERS LIMITED, LP, AND DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE THE PROPERTY AND TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS TO EFFECTUATE CLOSING.BOARD PRESIDENT. MR. WRIGHT AND BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
ABSTRACT NUMBER 313, SITUATED IN CALDWELL COUNTY, TEXAS.
WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING A CONTRACT, AND WE WANT TO MOVE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET MR. ESTRADA TO BE THE ASSIGNEE.
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AND SO THERE COULD BE A POTENTIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER SEVEN.YES, SIR. THIS IS THE SIGN OFF, MR. DELANEY. YEP. RIGHT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, I THINK.
THERE'S GOT TO BE OFF HIGHWAY 21 ON THE NORTH SIDE, WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF GROWTH.
JUST ABOUT TO JUMP OVER HIGHWAY 21 FROM THE HAYES COUNTY.
YES, SIR AREA INTO CALDWELL COUNTY.
NOW THEY'RE COMING OVER TO LOCKHART ISD DISTRICT.
THAT'S TRUE. OKAY, I WANT TO READ THIS ALREADY.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE CONTRACT IN THE SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME FORM AS PROVIDED BY COUNCIL AND CONTAINING THE MATERIAL TERMS AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE 15 ACRE PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY FROM LAVERA REALTY LLC FOR A PURCHASE PRICE.
OF THOSE FIGURES, $816,750 AND CLOSING COSTS.
I MOVED TO FURTHER DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO TENDER THE FUNDS AT CLOSING, EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY CLOSING DOCUMENTS, TAKE ANY OTHER ACTION NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE CLOSING AND PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY.
I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSING 7 TO 0.
THANK YOU. WE MOVE INTO STAFF, BOARD AND STAFF COMMENTS.
[BOARD AND STAFF COMMENTS - ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST*]
DOES ANYBODY WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? I DO. YES, SIR.I WANTED TO SAY THAT I REALLY ENJOYED READING AT BLUEBONNET ELEMENTARY.
YOU DID IT IN SPANISH. EXCITING FOR ME.
I WANT TO SEE A RECORDING OF THAT.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE STUDENTS TONIGHT.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU GET STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE STATE LEVEL AND BEING SUCCESSFUL.
EXACTLY. YEAH. IT'S GREAT THINGS THAT KIDS ARE DOING.
TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A KID.
WE GOT TO BE PARTNERS, PARENTS AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO WE WANT TO PARTNER AND ALWAYS SUPPORT STUDENTS.
AMEN. CAN WE GO HOME NOW? OKAY. IF NOT, I WOULD WOULD ASK MR. GUYTON TO CLOSE THIS OUT WITH A BENEDICTION.
GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND DO THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT.
IT'S IN YOUR SON, JESUS NAME WE PRAY.
AMEN. IT IS 11:31 AND THE MEETING IS CLOSED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.