May 13, 2024 Lockhart ISD Board of Trustees

[APPLAUSE] ROBERTO AVILA.

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EMMA EASON.

[APPLAUSE] M. J. JANES.

[APPLAUSE] PATRICK KAREN.

[APPLAUSE] TEI DURAN.

[APPLAUSE] I THINK THESE NEXT TWO ARE NOT HERE, BUT WE'RE CHECKING.

ORBELIN PENALOSA LUVIANO AND DANIEL DOMINGUEZ AVILAS.

ALL RIGHT, DANIEL.

[APPLAUSE] MAGGIE GOMEZ.

[APPLAUSE] DOMINIC WOOLDRIDGE.

[APPLAUSE] ALI SALGADO.

[APPLAUSE] ETHAN NELSON.

[APPLAUSE] THE NEXT TWO ARE NOT HERE, OMAR CORTEZ HAIMEZ AND NICOLAS GRANADO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET RECOGNIZED.

[APPLAUSE] LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CASEY PEARSON.

[APPLAUSE] THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR PRINCIPAL, MR. MILLER, AND LIBRARIAN, MISS LEWANDOWSKI, AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MISS AGUILAR.

YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO SIGN AUTOGRAPHS AFTERWARDS.

[APPLAUSE] COUPLE MORE. HOLD ON.

WE STILL GOT A COUPLE. GOT IT. GREAT JOB.

CONGRATULATIONS.

ONE MORE PICTURE.

SHE WAS TALKING TO THE BOARD WHEN SHE WAS AT BEST MILES.

[LAUGHTER] GREAT JOB.

NEVADA ELEMENTARY..

>> CONGRATULATION.

[APPLAUSE].

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>> PLUM CREEK ELEMENTARY.

OUR THREE MILLION WORD READER, PERLA RODRIGUEZ ANSE.

[APPLAUSE] OUR TWO MILLION WORD READERS.

SOME OF THEM ARE NOT HERE, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY THEIR NAMES SO MAKE SURE THEY RECOGNIZED.

MATTHIAS BOCHERS, BLAKELEY SCOTT, MCKENNA FREY, ERIC GOROSTIETA, JAREL CHAVEZ MEDELLIN.

AND NOW OUR MILLION WORD READERS, MATTHEW ORTEGA VEGA, SHEILA DENOVA MARTINEZ, MARKEILA VELASQUEZ, IDAH RODRIGUEZ, IAN HYMES VALDEZ, MASON DIXON, ANDRES GONZALEZ, ENRIQUE DIAZ DON JUAN, ERIC LOPEZ, SAMA LEE HURLESA BARRERA, MATTHEW GONZALEZ, ANTHONY GARCIA GARCIA, HIARGIL MELIAN, SOLOMON TORRES.

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR MR. TORRES TO GET UP HERE BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN JUMPING UP AND DOWN ON THE SIDELINES THERE, MOM AND DAD. ADAN RUIZ GONZALEZ.

I WILL SAY THAT ADAN WAS OUR FIRST STUDENT HERE AT SIX O'CLOCK.

[LAUGHTER] MCKENNA CRAIG, JUAN LOPEZ GARCIA, BRYANT BOYSTON, RODOLFO GODINEZ GARCIA, STEPHANIE MARTINEZ SANCHEZ, CESSA HORQISA CABRERA, ARIAS PAULINO, JOSELINE MARTINEZ, SANTIAGO RIVELA ZAVALA, DIEGO SOTO CANTERA, LUCAS TOMLINSON, JASMINE REYES REYES, MATIAS TRISTAN, ALEXANDER SANCHEZ, ANNA MARTINEZ MENDEZ, DONOVAN JUAREZ OLVERA, SOPHIA DINOKO MORRA.

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THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR PRINCIPAL, MS. GREEBLE, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MS. COLYN, LIBRARIAN MS. SCOTT.

AND YOU ALSO HAVE MS. ALVARO AND MISS HERNANDEZ, THE TEACHERS.

COME ON UP. [APPLAUSE]

>>THAT'S AWESOME. I APPRECIATE IT.

[LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING].

>> [INAUDIBLE] LANDS FOR PLUM CREEK.

A COUPLE MORE. PARENTS. ONE MORE.

WAIT, ONE MORE.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS, PLUM CREEK ELEMENTARY.

[APPLAUSE] AWESOME.

WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF ELEMENTARY MILLION WORD READERS, GUESS WHAT THEY BECOME JUNIOR HIGH MILLION WORD READERS.

HERE WE GO STARTING WITH LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH, MILLION WORD READERS, KINGSLEY FRIETUS.

[APPLAUSE] MACY LOCKHART COMING BACK ALSO FROM THE 4H RECOGNITION.

[APPLAUSE] 11 MILLION.

AWESOME, 11 MILLION WORD READER.

GREAT JOB. THESE NEXT ONES, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE HERE, BUT I'M GOING TO ANNOUNCE THEM, MR. DNER, BECAUSE I WANT THEM.

JONATHAN DAVIS, CAMILLA BOCHSVE, JOSEL REVELEZ RUIZ, CARLA CORTEZ LOPEZ, VIVIAN CARTER.

JUST A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THEY'RE NOT HERE,

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BUT JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM.

[APPLAUSE] NATALIE SILVA.

[APPLAUSE] MIKAELA CRAIG ALSO NOT HERE.

[APPLAUSE] CARA CASTILLO.

[APPLAUSE] CESSA CONZALEZ PACHECO.

[APPLAUSE] RYAN DAVIS.

WITH US TODAY ARE IS JUDITH REES MORALES.

[APPLAUSE] BETHANY MCCORMICK.

[APPLAUSE] NOT HERE ARE PAXTON CRAIG AND DAMARIUS ANTHONY.

I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOME MORE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

NIKOSHA CUFFE HERNANDEZ, CARRIE CORDNICK, ADEN FRENCH, ANUP MAGESH.

NOW THE LAST TWO THAT ARE HERE, AUGUSTINE LABRA MORA [APPLAUSE] AND ELLA STEWART.

[APPLAUSE] THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH LIBRARIAN, MS. KEITA HERNANDEZ.

[APPLAUSE] GREAT JOB, LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK PHOTO.

GREAT OH, ONE MORE.

GREAT JOB, LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH. ONE MORE PRESENTATION.

BOY, THIS IS YOUR LAST ONE. [LAUGHTER] YEAH.

THE LOCKHART ISD BUSINESS OFFICE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF BEING LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE, AND WE'RE PROUD TO SHARE WITH YOU THEIR LATEST CHAPTER OF OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS.

LOCKHART INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FINANCE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED THE TASBO AWARD OF MERIT FOR PURCHASING OPERATIONS.

THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOLS, THE EDUCATION SERVICE CENTERS THAT ARE COMMITTED TO FOLLOWING PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS IN THE ACQUISITION OF GOODS AND SERVICES.

THE AWARD OF MERIT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2009 TO RECOGNIZE TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE COMMITTED TO FOLLOWING PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS IN THE ACQUISITION OF GOODS AND SERVICES.

FOR 2024, ONLY 77 DISTRICTS MET THE STRINGENT CRITERIA TO QUALIFY FOR THIS AWARD IN TEXAS.

PLEASE HELP US TO CELEBRATE THE MEMBERS OF THE BUSINESS OFFICE TEAM WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY TO MAKE THESE ACHIEVEMENTS POSSIBLE.

AS I CALL YOUR NAME, WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD TO BE RECOGNIZED.

OUR DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING TANYA HOMAN.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, MS. HOLMAN, WE WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU [INAUDIBLE].

SHE IS ACCOMPANIED BY HER PRINCIPAL, AND I'M JUST KIDDING, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER NICOLE WEISER.

FRIENDS, FAMILY, YOU WANT TO TAKE PHOTOS?

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WELL DONE. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE.

JUST KIDDING. THANK YOU ALL.

THAT WAS GREAT RECOGNITION FOR THIS END-OF-YEAR RECOGNITIONS.

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

[Public Comment]

WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS WHO HAVE ASKED TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

BUT BEFORE THAT, I'M GOING TO READ THIS NOTICE.

THE BOARD WILL HEAR COMMENTS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS.

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

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

ANY PUBLIC TESTIMONY SPEAKER WHO REQUIRES A TRANSLATOR WILL RECEIVE UP TO 10 MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING WILL ALLOW ALL SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP BEFORE THE START OF MEETING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING AN ITEM OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

THE BOARD ENCOURAGES PRESENTERS TO KEEP COMMENTS OR CRITICISM OF CIVIL AND COURTIER.

PLEASE ALSO AVOID USING PROFANITY.

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

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

DISTRICT POLICY DGBA HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR ADDRESSING EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS.

POLICY FNG IS THE AVENUE FOR FILING PARENT COMPLAINTS, AND POLICY GF ADDRESSES COMMUNITY MEMBER COMPLAINTS.

GRIEVANCE FORMS CAN BE ATTAINED AT ANY CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION OFFICE, OR IN A CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION OFFICE.

IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, I WILL CALL YOU UP HERE.

YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES. OUR SECRETARY, TOM GUYTON WILL KEEP THE TIME.

YOU'LL BE ALLOWED FIVE MINUTES EACH.

FIRST, WE HAVE JOSIE DE LA CRUZ.

TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.

>> PODIUM.

>> WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

>> I'M JOSIE DE LA CRUZ.

>> MS. DE LA CRUZ, WOULD YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE?

>> IS THAT BETTER?

>> YES, MUCH BETTER.

>> OKAY. I'M JOSIE CAVAZOS DE LA CRUZ.

I'M HERE FROM LOCKHART.

HOW MUCH OF MY ADDRESS DO YOU WANT? IS THAT ENOUGH?

>> THAT'S ENOUGH.

>> I AM THE FAR DAUGHTER OF MARIA DE JESUS TAMAYO CAVAZOS, BETTER KNOWN AS SUSIE.

SHE'S A WORTHY NOMINEE FOR THE NAMING OF OUR NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

MY MOTHER WAS A GREAT INFLUENCE IN THE EDUCATION PROGRAM OF LOCKHART ISD.

MY SISTER WORKED FOR THE DISTRICT 35 YEARS AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE.

I MYSELF WAS WITH THE DISTRICT 52 YEARS, STARTING AS THE FIRST BILINGUAL PROGRAM TEACHER, THE FIRST BILINGUAL PROGRAM IN LOCKHART.

HER OTHER GRANDDAUGHTER, MY NIECE, WAS WITH THE DISTRICT 35 YEARS.

MY OWN DAUGHTER BEGAN HER INSTRUCTIONAL YEARS HERE IN LOCKHART AND SHE IS NOW THE PRINCIPAL OF HAYES HIGH SCHOOL, VERY CLOSE RIVAL.

YOU CAN SEE THE INFLUENCE SHE HAD NOT ONLY ON OUR IMMEDIATE FAMILY, BUT FROM OTHERS IN THE DISTRICT.

SHE HERSELF WAS NOT ALLOWED TO GRADUATE FROM SCHOOL.

SHE STAYED ON WHEN SHE REACHED 11TH GRADE TO HELP OTHER STUDENTS IN THAT SCHOOL.

HER PARENTS AND MY MOTHER FOUGHT SO THAT THEIR CHILDREN COULD ATTEND LOCKHART ISD ANGLO SCHOOLS, WHICH WAS SUPERIOR TO THE MEXICAN SCHOOL PROVIDED FOR THOSE OF AMERICAN HERITAGE.

IT WAS THROUGH HER EFFORTS THAT HELPED PAVE THE WAY FOR SO MANY OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

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MY OWN BROTHER AND SISTER WERE SOME OF THE FIRST TO GRADUATE FROM LOCKHART ISD, ALONG WITH THE NAMESAKE OF THIS BUILDING, MONICO LUIS CISNEROS.

HE WAS KNOWN TO US AS LUIS, WE KNEW HIM WELL.

ALONG WITH GRADUATING WITH THEM WAS JIMMY HERNANDEZ, WELL-KNOWN PHARMACIST AND ACTIVIST OF EQUAL RIGHTS.

SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, IN THE SCHOOLS, AND HER CHURCH.

YOU HAVE ALL RECEIVED A VERY WELL-WRITTEN LETTER BY HER GREAT NIECE, MALORY DEBOLD.

YOU HAVE READ WHERE SHE TAUGHT KINDERGARTEN FOR HISPANIC STUDENTS SPONSORED BY THE LOCKHART GI FORUM, WHICH THEY ASKED HER TO DO.

SHE TAUGHT ENGLISH TO MINORITY STUDENTS WHO WERE LIMITED ENGLISH.

I ALWAYS FEEL SO PROUD WHEN I MEET YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE NOW SENIOR CITIZENS WHO WILL TELL ME HOW MUCH THEY WERE AFFECTED BY MY MOTHER TEACHING IN THOSE TIMES.

YOU HAD THE INFO SHOWING HOW DESERVING MY MOTHER IS TO HAVE THE NEW SCHOOL NAMED SUSIE T. CAVAZOS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, MS. DE LA CRUZ. NEXT WE HAVE DAVID BRYANT.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. MY NAME IS DAVID BRYANT.

ADDRESS 1525, SHENON DO COVE HERE IN LOCKHART, TEXAS.

78644. I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE FAMILY FEEDBACK FORMS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING FORWARD.

THANK YOU FOR THE PROGRESS.

THIS COURSE ROOM TO GROW, BUT WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT'S HAPPENED SO FAR.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF ALSO OF NAMING OUR SIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERE IN LOCKHART, TEXAS AND ANOTHER DESERVING HONOREE.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MR. MIFFLIN ELLISON.

MR. MIFFLIN ELLISON HAS BEEN A PILLAR OF HIS COMMUNITY, SERVING AS THE PRINCIPAL OF CARVER HIGH SCHOOL IN 1959 AND THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PRINCIPAL AT LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH.

MR. MIFFLIN ELLISON IS A PERSON WHO TRULY STOOD OUT FOR HIS CHARACTER AND THE POSITIVE IMAGE THAT HE PROJECTED.

MR. ELLISON, HE GREW UP IN LOCKHART ON COMMERCE STREET.

HIS DAD DROVE A DELIVERY TRUCK TO AUSTIN TO DELIVER TO GROCERY STORES, AND HIS MOTHER WORKED HERE IN TOWN.

WHEN HE GRADUATED HERE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, HE WENT ON TO THE ARMY.

AFTERWARDS, HE WENT TO TILSON UNIVERSITY WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS UNDERGRAD.

HE CAME BACK TO RIGHT HERE, LOCKHART, TEXAS, AND STARTED TEACHING AND COACHING AT THE OLD HISTORIC CARVER.

HE WANTED TO GET INVOLVED IN ADMINISTRATION.

AFTER SPEAKING TO HIS DAUGHTER, RHONDA, SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE COULD REMEMBER HIM GOING TO SCHOOL, DRIVING TO PRAIRIE VIEW UNIVERSITY ON SATURDAY MORNINGS TO GET HIS EDUCATION AS AN ADMINISTRATOR.

MR. ELLISON WAS ALSO A PART OF THE LOCKHART LIONS CLUB.

HE SERVED ON A LOT OF COMMITTEES AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE POLITICAL ARENA AS WELL.

HE WAS ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY AND ACTIVE IN CHURCH, AND HE EVEN HELPED REPRESENTATIVE LLOYD DOGE.

WHEN TALKING TO RHONDA HIS DAUGHTER I GOT TO KNOW HER VERY WELL OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

ALSO, THANKS TO COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR THE INTRODUCTION.

PEOPLE ASKED HER, WHO IS THE SMARTEST PERSON THAT SHE KNOWS? GUESS WHAT SHE SAID. HER FATHER.

HE DID NOT TEACH THE TRADITIONAL WAY.

HE TAUGHT WITH FORMULAS AND THE ABCS.

THE SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS, HE WOULD SAY, IS A STRAIGHT LINE.

HE TAUGHT SO THAT STUDENTS REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE CONTENT BEING TAUGHT.

MISS RHONDA ALSO MENTIONED THAT HER FATHER, MR. MIFFLIN ELLISON NEVER MET A STRANGER.

WHITE, BLACK, HISPANIC, IT DID NOT MATTER.

HE SPOKE SPANISH FLUENTLY AND PEOPLE WOULD OFTEN COME TO HIS HOUSE JUST TO TRANSLATE AND HAVE HIM INTERPRET WHAT WAS TO BE SAID.

ONE STORY THAT STRUCK OUT TO ME WAS FROM A COACH IN DEL RIO, TEXAS.

MISS RHONDA WAS DOWN THERE FOR HER JOB, AND SHE HAPPENED TO BE TALKING WITH A LOT OF COACHES.

SO I SAID, HEY, YOU'RE FROM LOCKHART, SHE SAYS, YES.

HE SAYS, "DO YOU KNOW MR. ELLISON? HE WAS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

HE WAS SO NICE." THE COACH TOLD THE DAUGHTER.

HE SAID, MR. ELLISON WILL TAKE US GO HUNTING, AND THERE'S A TIME THAT ME AND MY WIFE, AS I WAS DOING MY STUDENT TEACHING DOWN THERE IN LOCKHART, THAT I COULDN'T AFFORD TO GO HUNTING.

HE ASKED ME, HEY, DO YOU WANT TO GO HUNTING? I DO, BUT I CAN'T AFFORD IT.

HE SAID, HERE, TAKE MY TICKET. YOU CAN GO NOW.

THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON THAT MR. ELLISON WAS.

A FORMER STUDENT SAID THIS.

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HE DID EVERYTHING FOR EVERYBODY AND HE DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING IN RETURN.

HE WAS MODEST AND DID THINGS BECAUSE IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

ANOTHER STUDENT SAID THAT HE WOULD SEND UPPER CLASSMEN UP TO THE HILL FROM CARVER HIGH SCHOOL TO RAISE THE FLAGS ON MONDAY MORNINGS AS THEY SAID, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT HE REMEMBERED FONDLY.

THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF HIS LIFE, THE LOCKHART POST REGISTER INTERVIEWED MR. ELLISON FOR FATHER'S DAY.

THE ARTICLE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT HE HAD ON STUDENTS.

HE NEVER WANTED THE CHILD TO GO WITHOUT OR HUNGRY AND MANY TIMES HE WOULD COME OUT OF HIS POCKET TO MAKE SURE THAT CHILDREN HAD SOMETHING TO EAT.

I WANTED TO TAKE TIME TO THIS IMPACTS MY LIFE AND MY STUDENT HERE GOES TO LOCKHART BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, IT'S IMPORTANT.

I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT CHILDREN SEE PEOPLE, LOCAL HEROES WHO LOOK LIKE THEM.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT, ON TV, YOU HAVE THIS AND YOU HAVE THAT.

YOU HAVE MARTIN LUTHER KING. THAT'S GREAT.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE LOCAL HEROES WHO LOOK LIKE THEM? WHAT ABOUT LOCKHART HEROES IN LOCKHART HISTORY, PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THEM THAT THEY CAN GROW UP AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE MIKE.

I WANT TO BE LIKE MR. MIFFLIN ELLISON BECAUSE I LEARNED THE STORY.

HE LIVED IN LOCKHART. HE WAS A GREAT TEACHER.

HE WAS A GREAT EDUCATOR. HE TAUGHT GEOMETRY.

HE TREATED PEOPLE LIKE THEY NEEDED TO BE TREATED.

I DID NOT LEARN ABOUT THIS UNTIL RECENTLY.

WHY IS THAT THE CASE? IT SHOULD NOT BE THE CASE.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ELEVATE LOCAL LOCKHART HISTORY AND EVEN LET'S SAY NAME A SCHOOL AFTER THIS HONOREE BECAUSE HE IS A WORTHY HONOREE TO BE NAMED. THINK ABOUT IT.

LOCKHART OR ELLISON ELEMENTARY.

MR. MIFFLIN ELLISON ELEMENTARY.

NOW, I HAVE A HARD TIME SAYING IT NOW.

BUT IF YOU DECIDE HERE IN A FEW MINUTES TO VOTE, I WILL HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO PRACTICE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MISS RHONDA ELLISON, COMMISSIONER THOMAS AND OTHER STUDENTS WHO ARE WATCHING LIVE AND WHO CANNOT BE HERE ON TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SUSIE RUSS.

>> MS. SUSIE RUSS.

MY ADDRESS IS 180 REAGAN IN KYLE, TEXAS.

WHILE I LIVE IN KYLE, I AM A BORN AND RAISED NATIVE HERE OUT OF LOCKHART, TEXAS, GRADUATE OF LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL.

I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY UNCLE JIM, WHO IS KNOWN AS JIM THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, BUT HIS FULL NAME WAS SANTIAGO HERNANDEZ.

HE WAS KNOWN QUITE WELL THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

IN REFLECTING ON HIS LIFE, I HAD TO GO BACK AND LOOK TO SEE WHAT IT WAS THAT HE HAD DONE AND WHERE HE STOOD BEFORE I EVEN PUT MY NAME TO HIS NOMINATION TO BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE IT FOR YOU ALL.

I FOUND THAT IN THIS REFLECTION THAT HE ENCOMPASSED THIS LEGACY OF KNOWLEDGE, THIS EXCELLENCE THAT YOU'LL PROMOTE.

HE ENCOMPASSED THE THREE CORE VALUES THAT YOU'LL ARE EXPOSING ON YOUR WEBSITE.

IN TERMS OF HIM HAVING A HEART FOR LOCKHART, YOU CAN'T DESCRIBE ANY MAN BETTER THAN THAT BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID HE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES UP UNTIL THE TIME THAT HE RETIRED.

HE PROVIDED TUTORING FOR THE KIDS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

HE PROVIDED FOLLOW UP WITH THE TEACHERS WHENEVER THEY CALLED HIM AND THEY NEEDED SOME KIND OF ASSISTANCE.

HE WOULD GLADLY GO SHOW UP.

HE RAN FOR SCHOOL BOARD, AND EVEN THOUGH UNFORTUNATELY HE DIDN'T WIN, IT DIDN'T KEEP HIM FROM ATTENDING THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS UNIQUE FOR ME WAS THAT HE IS ONE OF THE FIRST GENERATION IN MY FAMILY TO PURSUE AN EDUCATION.

IN SPITE OF THE DIFFICULTIES OF HAVING FACE NOT ONLY FINANCIAL ISSUES, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE KOREAN WAR CAME IN RIGHT AROUND THE TIME THAT HE HAD STARTED SCHOOL TO BECOME A PHARMACIST.

IN HIS GOING TO THE KOREAN WAR, HE HAD UNFORTUNATELY INTERRUPTED HIS EDUCATION.

BUT ON HIS RETURN, HE CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION.

NOW, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT HE DID, HE COULD NOT HAVE DONE WITHOUT THE MENTORSHIP AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THERE WERE SOME SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ENCOURAGED HIM TO CONTINUE TO HIS EDUCATION.

HE COMPLETED HIS EDUCATION.

AS I WAS SAYING, HE WAS THE FIRST GENERATION AS I'VE COUNTED FORWARD NOW,

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IT'S THREE GENERATIONS THAT HE HAS INFLUENCE.

IN THAT THREE GENERATIONS, WE HAVE HAD EVERYTHING FROM TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, NOT SUPERINTENDENTS YET, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE.

CONSULTANTS WITH NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST AN EDUCATION.

HE HAS OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ALSO PART CONTINUED THEIR EDUCATION, AND IT'S A HUGE LIST AT THIS POINT.

IN FACT, THE MOST RECENT IS A GRADUATE OUT OF LAW SCHOOL.

HOPEFULLY IN A FEW WEEKS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE.

IT CONTINUES ON, AND IT'S A LEGACY THAT HE HAS PROVIDED THROUGHOUT HIS WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE.

IN TERMS OF EXCELLENCE, HE WAS A CHANGE ACTIVIST.

HE WAS A PART OF NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

HE WAS A PART OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, PROMOTING CIVIL RIGHTS, SUPPORTING EVERYBODY HAD AN EQUITABLE ADVANTAGE TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR EDUCATION.

HE PROMOTED THAT.

HE HAD HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR ANYBODY THAT HE PURSUED.

I'M GOING TO SHARE SOME OF THIS WITH MY NIECE WHO WAS GOING TO SHARE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT SHE GOT BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE NOTICED WAS WHEN WE STARTED TO APPLY OR SUBMIT HIS NAME, THE POPULATION IN GENERAL OF THE COMMUNITY HAD A HARD TIME ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS.

WHEN WE WOULD ASK, WOULD YOU PLEASE YOU ACKNOWLEDGE HIM? THEY SAID, NO, I CAN'T FILL THAT OUT, BUT THIS IS WHAT I KNOW ABOUT HIM.

MY NIECE WILL PROVIDE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.

HE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT ANY CHILD THAT THAT WAS IN THE LOCKHART SCHOOL DISTRICT AND/OR THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL, MADE SURE THAT THEY GOT THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE.

>> TIME.

>> TIME? WELL, JUST TO SUMMARIZE MY UNCLE PROVIDED A WHOLE LOT OF EXPERIENCE TO THIS COMMUNITY.

HE PROVIDED A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR THE COMMUNITY AND HE HELPED THEM PROCEED.

HE WAS QUITE A DEDICATED COMMUNITY MEMBER.

>> OUR LAST SPEAKER TONIGHT WILL BE, I'M SORRY, [INAUDIBLE]? COULD YOU SAY YOUR NAME?

>> IT'S AILA RUIZ.

>> THANKS.

>> MY NAME IS AILA. I'M FROM LOCKHART, BUT I ALSO LIVE IN KYLE, AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT MY UNCLE.

MY GREAT UNCLE, SANTIAGO RUIZ HERNANDEZ WAS A PROMINENT FIGURE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND PAVED THE WAY FOR HISPANIC STUDENTS TO PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION.

HE WAS A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE GRADUATE, A KOREAN WAR VETERAN, AND THE FIRST HISPANIC PHARMACIST IN CALDWELL COUNTY.

HERNANDEZ WENT ON TO BECOME A PIONEERING FOUNDER OF THE HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, GI FORUM, AND THE LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN-AMERICAN CITIZENS, ALSO KNOWN AS LULAC.

WHILE MY GREAT UNCLE WAS CELEBRATED FOR HIS NUMEROUS ACHIEVEMENTS AND HIS DEDICATION TO SERVING THE LOCKHART TEXAS COMMUNITY, TO ME, HE WAS SIMPLY UNCLE JIMMY.

THE MAN WHO WOULD SERENADE MY SIBLINGS AND ME WITH HIS PIANO MELODIES.

I WAS FAR TOO YOUNG TO HAVE BEEN AWARE OF HIS REMARKABLE LEGACY, BUT IN MY QUEST TO UNDERSTAND HIS IMPACT, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF CONVERSING WITH SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE ACQUAINTED WITH MY UNCLE.

WITH THEIR GRACIOUS CONSENT, I'M HONORED TO SHARE THEIR HEARTFELT TESTIMONIALS WITH ALL OF YOU.

ACCORDING TO MUSTANG MENDEZ, HIS FAMILY HAD A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH UNCLE JIMMY THROUGH THEIR SHARED ATTENDANCE AT THE ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH.

REFLECTING ON THEIR BOND, HE REMINISCED ABOUT THE MOMENTS HE SPENT TOGETHER IN THE CHURCH OFFICE DURING ENGLISH SERVICE, WHERE THEY WOULD ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION WHILE COUNTING MONEY.

HE FONDLY RECALLED, WE WOULD TALK AND LAUGH, AND HE WAS VERY EASY TO SPEAK WITH.

HE WOULD LISTEN TO ME AND GIVE ME ADVICE.

MUSTANG ALSO SHARE THAT UNCLE JIMMY ALWAYS STEPPED UP TO HELP THE CHURCH COMMUNITY WHEN HE WASN'T AIDING THOSE IN NEED OF CARE.

MUSTANG'S RECOLLECTION UNDERSCORES JIMMY'S UNWAVERING SELFLESSNESS AND COMPASSION TOWARDS THE CHURCH COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.

TO SHARE ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE, NORMA KREIDER WOULD GO INTO JIMMY'S CORNER DRUGSTORE TO PICK UP HER FAMILY'S PRESCRIPTIONS.

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SHE REMINISCED ON HIS PERSONALITY AND HIGH QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE.

SHE SAID, "I'M PROUD TO SAY MY FAMILY AND I WERE HIS REGULAR CUSTOMERS AND HE SERVED US WELL.

IF JIMMY DIDN'T HAVE WHAT WE NEEDED, HE WOULD ORDER IT AND IN A FEW DAYS, HE WOULD HAVE IT IN STORE FOR US." NORMA'S TESTIMONIAL DEMONSTRATES HIS DEDICATION TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR HIS COMMUNITY.

IT'S THROUGH THESE STORIES THAT I AM PROUD TO BE RELATED TO HIM AND TO CARRY ON HIS LEGACY.

HIS SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY CONTINUED THROUGH HIS VOLUNTEER EFFORTS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, AND CHURCHES.

HE ENSURED A FUTURE WHERE MORE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO ATTEND COLLEGE BY CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM, MYSELF INCLUDED.

HIS DEVOTION TO EDUCATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE INSPIRED MANY PEOPLE WITHIN HIS COMMUNITY.

I WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE HIS STORY FOR YEARS TO COME AND HIS LEGACY WILL FOREVER LIVE ON THROUGH THE PEOPLE HE INSPIRED, THE LIVES HE HAS TOUCHED, AND THE LESSONS HE HAS IMPARTED.

I JUST WANTED TO END THAT OFF BY SAYING THAT I HOPE YOU DO CONSIDER HIS NAME FOR THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL. THANK YOU.

>> WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 6, COMMUNICATION ACTION.

[Consider and/or Approve Name for New Elementary School #6]

A, CONSIDER AND, OR APPROVED NAME FOR NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER 6.

BEFORE WE MOVE INTO DISCUSSION OF THIS, I'M GOING TO ASK MR. ASTRADA TO SAY A FEW THINGS.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. I HAD TO GET THE CLICKER.

FIRST, I WANT TO THANK OUR SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.

I DID A REMARKABLE JOB OF EACH OF YOU OF TELLING POWERFUL STORIES AND VERY DESERVING COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR CONSIDERATION.

I JUST WANT TO UPDATE OR JUST REMIND US ALL HOW WE GOT TO THIS PROCESS.

WE DID COMMUNICATE OUR BEST TO ENSURE THAT IT WAS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF DAYS THROUGH OUR LION LIST, SOCIAL MEDIA, POST-REGISTER.

WE DID HAVE A BOARD MEETING IN MARCH 25 TO REVIEW ALL THE INFORMATION IN THOSE NOMINATIONS.

WE HAD 199 NOMINATIONS.

SOME OF THOSE WERE DUPLICATE, SO THERE WEREN'T 199 NAMES.

BUT 199 PEOPLE TOOK THE TIME TO MAKE THESE NOMINATIONS, WHICH I THINK IS A POWERFUL TESTAMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW IMPORTANT THIS DECISION IS FOR THIS BOARD, ESPECIALLY GOING FORWARD, KNOWING THAT IT'S A GROWING SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE MAKING A SIMILAR DECISION.

WE KNOW THAT THIS IS THE PHASE 1 BOND.

WE HAVE A PHASE 2 AND PHASE 3 COMING.

THEN MORE AND MORE WE LEARN ABOUT OUR DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT AND THE HOUSES GOING UP, THAT'S AT MINIMUM.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TYPES, OUR BOARD POLICY ESSENTIALLY LISTS FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OR CRITERIA FOR NOMINATIONS.

OF THOSE, WE SAW 78% WERE FOR A PROMINENT PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY.

EACH OF THOSE NOMINATIONS DID A GREAT JOB OF TELLING VERY POWERFULLY WHY THESE FOLKS DESERVE THIS NOMINATION.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT READING ALL OF THOSE 199 AS WELL AS THE BOARD, YOU'VE HAD THOSE FOR SOME TIME NOW.

WE'VE HAD VERY WORTHY, ALL OF THEM, NOMINATIONS.

THEN WE SAW, 8.5% FOR A GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE OR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES.

THEN A LOCAL STATE OR NATIONAL HISTORIC EVENT OR A PLACE WAS THE GREEN ONE THAT WAS ABOUT 5%.

YOU SEE THERE, THE VAST MAJORITY WE WERE THE NAMES OF FOLKS.

THESE WERE THE NAMES AGAIN, ALMOST 200, BUT WE SAW THESE NAMES WERE THE ONES THAT CAME UP AND YOU SAW A LOT OF VERY DESERVING NAMES OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHO ALL HAVE DONE OUTSTANDING WORK.

ALL ARE VERY WORTHY INDIVIDUALS FOR AN HONOR SUCH AS THIS.

THEN YOU ALSO SEE SOME OTHER FEATURES AS WELL.

BUT AGAIN, THIS IS INFORMATION THAT WE SHARED BACK ON MARCH 25TH.

THE BOARD HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS SINCE THAT TIME, ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SUCH, AND WE'RE HERE TODAY FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE A DECISION.

>> BOARD, STAFF HAS MADE A RECOMMENDATION.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ANYBODY WANT TO HAVE ON ANY OF THIS?

>> YES, SIR. THE NAME OF THE SUBDIVISION IS CALLED JUNIPER SPRINGS.

[01:15:06]

I'M LOOKING AT THE LIST. I DON'T THINK THAT WAS NOMINATED.

>> STAFF HAS MADE A RECOMMENDATION.

DO I HEAR A MOTION?

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY BEFORE MY DISCUSSION, ALL THE NAMES THAT WE CAME ACROSS FOR LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE COME ACROSS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

I'M GLAD THAT EVERYBODY CAME OUT TODAY TO COME TALK ABOUT THOSE STORIES LIKE MR. STRAWN SAY.

I JUST WANT TO COME ACROSS AND JUST SAY THAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE TO SEE A STORY THAT MR. BRYANT SAID WANT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE NAMED TONIGHT.

I THINK, WITH THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE BACKGROUND, I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER LEASE SUSIE THE MYO COBASOS.

THAT'S MY TAKE ON WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, AND THIS HISTORICAL WHAT LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE, WHAT SHE'S DONE TOWARDS OUR DISTRICT.

THAT'S HOW I SEE IT. JUST WANTED TO CROSS SOME DISCUSSION WITH THAT.

>> WELL, AS I SAID BACK ON MARCH, I THINK WE'RE AT A PLACE AS A COMMUNITY GROWS TO STICK TO MORE OF A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION, NOT THAT ANY OF THE PEOPLE NAMED ARE NOT WORTHY OF THE POSITION, ALL OF THEM PROBABLY ARE.

I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THEM, SO I CAN'T SAY THEY ALL ARE.

BUT IF WE STICK TO GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS AS THE COMMUNITY GROWS, THEN PEOPLE WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT WE'RE SAYING.

THAT'S WHY I FEEL REALLY STRONG WITH THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE THEN EVERYONE WILL KNOW WHERE IT'S LOCATED.

I KNOW WHEN I GO INTO A COMMUNITY AND IT'S THE NAME OF A SCHOOL AND THE NAME OF A PERSON, I HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING IT.

KNOWING EXACTLY WHERE GEOGRAPHICAL IT IS, THIS SCHOOL IS HERE.

IT'S A LOT EASIER ON THE COMMUNITY TO FIND THINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

IT ALSO CUTS DOWN ON STRIFE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IF ONE PERSON IS SHOWING OVER SOMETHING ELSE. THAT'S MY OPINION.

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, I KNOW IT ECHO WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING.

THERE'S SO MANY WORTHY INDIVIDUALS BEING NAMED.

OF COURSE, I HAVE MY PERSONAL RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT SEVERAL MENTIONED.

THERE ARE SEVERAL WORTHY INDIVIDUALS BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE ARE.

THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE A QUALITY EDUCATION.

I DON'T THINK MAY HAVE MENTIONED MS. CARRS.

I THINK MS. CARRS IS A GREAT CANDIDATE, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE MR. ELLISON IS A GREAT CANDIDATE AS OTHER PEOPLE MAY, AND OF COURSE, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT MR. ADMOND TOO DID SO MUCH FOR THE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS BEING AN EXAMPLE FOR KIDS THAT ARE IMMIGRANT BACKGROUND, AND TO ME, AS I WELL KNOW THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST GRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.

I KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES THAT KIDS NEED TO KNOW.

FOR ME, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT ONE DAY, IF NOT TODAY THAT WE WOULD RECOGNIZE THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED TODAY.

OF COURSE, SINCE DEMOGRAPHICS, I WOULD LOOK AT DEMOGRAPHICS, AND WE HAVE 80% HISPANICS, SO I WOULD HOPE THAT ONE DAY, IF NOT TODAY, WE WOULD HAVE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAMED SANTIAGO HS AS A NON-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

BUT I THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING FORWARD, BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE STORIES THAT YOU SHARED ARE VERY POWERFUL, AND I KNOW BY READING THEM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT KIDS CAN RELATE TO THAT INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER THEY COME FROM POVERTY, BECAUSE MANY OF THE KIDS THAT WE ARE CHARGED TO EDUCATE DO OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE LIMITED IN ENGLISH PROFICIENT AS WELL AS STUDENTS OF POVERTY.

AGAIN, WE CAN JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NOMINATIONS AND SEE WHAT THE OUTCOME IS, BASED ON THE FACT THAT I KNOW THE DISTRICT DID HAVE A RECOMMENDATION.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SHARE OUR OWN PERSONAL OPINIONS ABOUT THE NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORTH TODAY.

>> I MEAN, ARE YOU MAKING A FORMAL NOMINATION OR?

>> I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT ACROSS AND MAKE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. YES.

>> WELL, I'M TORN ON THIS ALSO BECAUSE MY DAD'S NAME IS ON HERE, BUT I DIDN'T PUT IT ON HERE, SO I CONSIDER THAT AND HONOR, AND I'M PROUD OF THAT.

BUT ALSO, SINCE WE NAMED STRAWN, I HAD TALKED ABOUT USING SOMETHING ELSE IN THE NAMING PROCESS FOR STRAWN.

I WANTED IT TO BE CALLED LAWN STRAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THAT WAS MY BIG THING.

[01:20:06]

I STILL THINK THAT WE'RE AT THAT POINT WHERE, I THINK MICHAEL TALKED ABOUT, OH, WARREN TALKED ABOUT A GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION.

I THINK THERE'S SOME TRUTH IN THAT, THAT'S WHY I ASKED ABOUT THE NAME OF THE SUBDIVISION.

I JUST THINK, SINCE WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GROWING, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE ADDING MORE SCHOOLS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT DONE, BUT ALSO I DO APPRECIATE THE NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD.

I'LL JUST TELL YOU, ONE OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITES, KEN AND PEGGY HOFFMAN, BECAUSE MR. HOFFMAN WAS ONE OF MY TEACHERS, SO IT MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO ME, BUT I DO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT.

I MEAN, IT'S DIFFICULT. LET'S JUST BE HONEST.

WHEN YOU START HAVING TO PICK AND CHOOSE NAMES, IT IS VERY HARD BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT NAME YOU CHOOSE? IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT GREAT THINGS THEY SOMEBODY'S FEELINGS ARE GOING TO BE HURT BECAUSE THE OTHER NAME WAS NOT CHOSEN.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST BOTTOM LINE.

THERE'S NO GETTING AROUND THAT.

I THINK THAT WE ARE AT A POINT, THOUGH, THAT MAYBE WE HAVE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE NAMES.

I GOT TO ANSWER TO MY MOM FOR SAYING THIS, BECAUSE HER HUSBAND'S NAME IS HERE ON THIS PAPER HERE.

HE'S BEEN A SOURCE OF PRIDE IN MY FAMILY WHEN I TOLD MY BROTHER, MY SISTER, BUT WE'VE ALL BEEN VERY PROUD, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW WE NAME THE SCHOOLS, AND WE LOOK AT A DIFFERENT NAMING PROCESS.

NOW, ONE OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITES IS CHISHOLM TRAIL ELEMENTARY. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.

>> THAT IS A GOOD ONE.

>> MS. PAULINE. I WAS GOING TO ECHO WHAT TOM AND WARREN HAVE SAID, AND THE FACT THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, AND PEOPLE MOVE IN, IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT THAT THEY KNOW WHERE THE SCHOOLS ARE LOCATED AT.

ALSO VISITING PEOPLE COMING IN, WHETHER IT'S FOR A SPORT EVENT OR A LEGO LEAGUE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, KNOWING WHERE THAT SCHOOL IS IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW, AND HAVE MORE AND MORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

BUT I ALSO WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT DID A SUBMISSION BECAUSE DOING THAT IS A VERY PERSONAL THING FOR THE FAMILY AND THEIR FRIENDS AND THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK THAT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE EXTREMELY DESERVING.

I KNOW SEVERAL OF THEM PERSONALLY.

LIKE CHARLES REID, WHO IS A FANTASTIC HUMAN BEING? BUT I THINK LIKE I SAID, AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, IT'S GOING TO BE HARD.

>> YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING?

>> YES, PLEASE. JUST BRIEFLY.

ECHOING MUCH OF THE COMMENTS, AND I WANT THE BOARD TO KNOW AND THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW AS WELL THAT, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE PUT FORTH IS ONE TO TRY TO CONTINUE TO UNIFY THIS BOARD, CONTINUE TO UNIFY OUR COMMUNITY, AND NOT MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE DECISIVE.

THAT'S WHERE OUR RECOMMENDATION COME.

>> NO OTHER COMMENTS? WOULD ANYBODY TO MAKE A MOTION ON THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION?

>> I MOVED TO APPROVE BARTARLOOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS THE NAME FOR THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

NUMBER 6.

WE GET A COMMENTS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE?

>> I'M SORRY. DID YOU SAY NO?

>> ANY OPPOSED?

>> NO.

>> YEAH. I OPPOSE.

>> YOU SAID NO?

>> YES..

>> I SAID NO. I WAS A NO TOO.

>> WE HAVE FIVE AYES AND TWO NOS.

THE MOTION PASSES FOR THE BARTERLOOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

[CLOSED SESSION]

>> WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON MAY 13TH, 2024, BEGINNING AT 7:54 PM.

WE'LL CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING ITEMS LISTED UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.072, 551.077, 551.076.

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

>> OH, MY GOSH.

>> THE BOARD AT THE END OF THIS CLOSED SESSION AT 8:33 PM ON MAY 13TH, 2024.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 8,

[Business: Consent Agenda]

THE BUSINESS CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH F. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS THEY WANT TO MAKE ABOUT ANY OF THESE ITEMS?

[01:25:04]

IF NOT, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

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

>> ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 7:0.

WE MOVE TO ITEM 9 COMMUNICATION A;

[Progress Monitoring Data on District Achievement Targets]

PROGRESS MONITORING DATA ON DISTRICT ACHIEVEMENT TARGETS, TAI DAVISON.

>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, WRIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.

I'M GOING TO PRESENT A PORTION OF OUR MAY RESULTS.

TONIGHT, YOU'LL ONLY SEE ISTATION FOR ELEMENTARY, BECAUSE STAR RN AND THE REST OF THE TESTING, IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETED THIS WEEK, SO I'LL HAVE AN UPDATE IN JUNE.

JUST A REMINDER ABOUT OUR GOALS THIS YEAR, 80% OF STUDENTS IN GRADES PK THROUGH 5 AND 70% OF SIX THROUGH 10 WILL HIT 1.5 IN READING, WHILE 70% OF OUR STUDENTS K THROUGH ALGEBRA 1 WILL MAKE 1.5 IN MATH.

LIKE I SAID, A LITTLE WHILE AGO, WE ONLY HAVE ISTATION DATA AT THIS POINT.

REN LEARN WILL COME LATER, BUT I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE SAW SIGNIFICANT JUMPS AT EVERY CAMPUS, LEADING US TO AN OVERALL PERCENTAGE FOR THE YEAR FOR ICIP PRE-K THROUGH 5 OF 70%.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR ELEMENTARY TEAM.

NEXT GRAPH I HAVE HERE IS JUST A COMPARISON OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR, AND WHERE WE WERE TWO YEARS AGO.

ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT HIT THE DATA WHERE WE WERE IN '21/'22, WE ARE 4% HIGHER THAN WE WERE AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR, SO KUDOS TO OUR ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS, OUR ELEMENTARY TEAM, AND ALL OF OUR STUDENTS FOR WORKING HARD THIS YEAR.

ANY QUESTIONS, TEAM? ANYBODY? WELL, THANK YOU.

[Review 2024-2025 ESC-13 Commitment Forms]

ITEM 9B REVIEWED 2024, 2025 ESC13 COMMITMENT FORUM.

>> JUST A REMINDER TEAM, THAT WE EVERY YEAR LOOK TO BE PART OF A COOPERATIVE SO THAT WE CAN GET BETTER PRICES ON SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED.

WHAT I DID WANT TO MENTION TO THE TEAM IS ANYTHING THAT IS NOT BOLD, SO THE UNBOLDED LIST HERE, ARE THE CURRENT YEAR PRICES.

REGION 13 INFORMED US LATE LAST WEEK THAT THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON PRICES.

WE DO NOT EXPECT SIGNIFICANT JUMPS, BUT THESE PRICES ARE FROM THE CURRENT YEAR, SO THEY ARE NOT FOR '24, '25.

WHAT I CAN SAY ARE THE TWO BOLDED ITEMS AT THE BOTTOM, BOTH THE AWARE PREMIUM AND STRIVE, PLUS THE TEKSBANK THAT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR YEARS.

THOSE PRICES ARE SET.

WE HAVE SETTLED WITH REGION 13 ON THAT, ROUGHLY $37,000.

WE LOOK TO KEEP OUR COOPERATIVE UNDER 100,000 LIKE WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SO I'LL HAVE AN UPDATE IN JUNE ONCE REGION 13 GIVES US THE REST OF THE PRICES FOR THE UNBOLDED ITEMS ON THIS LIST. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> ANY QUESTIONS?

>> THANK YOU.

[Review Transportation Management Services contract with Goldstar Transit]

>> ITEM 9C REVIEW TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES CONTRACT WITH GOLDSTAR TRANSIT, JAMES ACUNA.

>> GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS, PRESIDENT WRIGHT, SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.

TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR TRANSPORTATION PARTNERSHIP WITH GOLDSTAR TRANSIT.

I SHARED LAST YEAR THAT WE DID NOT CLOSE ANY ROUTES.

I SHARE AGAIN THIS YEAR, WE DID NOT CLOSE ANY ROUTES OR COMBINE ANY ROUTES BECAUSE WE'RE 100% STAFFED.

NOW, I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT 1,000% STAFF, BUT MY COLLEAGUES TOLD ME JUST TO KEEP IT AT 100% STAFF, [LAUGHTER] SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I NOTE THAT.

THAT STAFFING REALLY INCLUDES 40 DRIVERS, THREE SUBSTITUTE DRIVERS, THREE PART-TIME DRIVERS, FIVE OFFICE DRIVERS AND TWO DRIVERS IN TRAINING RIGHT NOW.

>> I'VE GOT A COMMENT. MY GRANDKIDS WERE HERE LAST WEEK AND SO WE GOT THIS THING ABOUT BUSES AND SO WE STOOD OUT IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE, WATCH EVERY BUS COME BY THE HOUSE AFTER JUNIOR HIGHLIGHTS OUT THEY'RE GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL, SO WE WERE WAVING AND I WAS SURPRISED BY HOW YOUNG.

I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT ALL THE DRIVERS ARE ABOUT MY AGE.

>> I THINK I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THIS, SIR.

>> IT'S A LOT YOUNGER CROWD THAN I THOUGHT.

>> BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET THEIR CDL, I GUESS. [LAUGHTER]

>> THAT, NO. I THINK WE'LL KEEP ON MOVING ON, BUT WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE OUR DRIVERS, AND WE DID RECOGNIZE THEM DURING THE SCHOOL BUS DRIVER DAY AND WEEK WITH THAT.

RIGHT NOW, YOU DO SEE TWO DRIVERS IN TRAINING, BUT THAT NUMBER IS ALWAYS FLUID.

WE'RE ALWAYS CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING FOR DRIVERS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO HIRE DRIVERS.

>> NO MATTER WHAT AGE?

>> NO MATTER WHAT AGE, SIR. THAT'S RIGHT, MR. BURNETT.

[01:30:01]

THIS YEAR, WE DID HAVE 31 REGULAR ROUTES, GEN ED ROUTES, AND WE HAD NINE SPECIAL NEED ROUTES.

THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE PICK UP IN THE MORNING IS WELL OVER 2,000 STUDENTS AND THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE TAKE HOME IS WELL OVER 2,000 STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

WE'RE ESSENTIAL TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF OUR BUS DRIVERS.

HERE, MR. WRIGHT, THE CDL TRAINING.

SO THERE IS CLASSROOM TRAINING.

THERE ARE RIDE-ALONGS.

THEY DO HAVE TO DO UNDER THE HOOD TRAINING.

THEY HAVE TO GET THEIR PERMITS, AND THEY DO DO TESTING, SIR.

>> THE MOTOR [LAUGHTER]

>> THE MOTOR.

>> WHETHER WE WERE BOARD OF THE UNION.

>> THE NEXT STEP IS WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW AND AMEND THE TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT SERVICE CONTRACT AS WE DO EVERY YEAR.

OUR ADMINISTRATION IS EVALUATING THE CPI.

WHAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US IS THE PAY RAISE GOAL OF 3% FOR DRIVERS.

OUR ADMINISTRATION WILL BRING BACK A RECOMMENDATION AT OUR NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> QUESTIONS? WHAT ARE WE PAYING RIGHT NOW?

>> IT'S OVER $20 AN HOUR, SIR.

WE ARE STAYING COMPETITIVE.

I WILL SHARE ONE THING.

I CONTINUE TO GO TO TASBO TRAININGS.

I CONTINUE TO SELF-LEARN AND I LEARN FROM OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THE BIGGEST THING THAT I'VE LEARNED IS YOU WILL RETAIN BUS DRIVERS WITH THE CULTURE THAT YOU HAVE WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BUY THEM OFF. OF COURSE, EVERYBODY WANTS TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ABOUT TO GET PAID AS MUCH AS POSSIBLY CAN, AND THAT'S HUMAN NATURE.

BUT EVERYTHING I'VE LEARNED IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS THAT IF YOU HAVE THE CULTURE, YOU WILL HAVE A BUS DRIVERS.

IF YOU LOOKED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU SAW A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS SHOWING A LOT OF APPRECIATION FOR OUR BUS DRIVERS AND THAT GOES A LONG WAY.

>> WE HAVE MS. ROXY MONDRAGON.

SHE'S HERE, AND I THINK HER LEADERSHIP MATTERS.

SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF GETTING US FULLY STAFFED, BUT ALSO RETAINING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THANK YOU.

>> GOOD JOB ROXY. [APPLAUSE]

>> WE DON'T HAVE DISTRICTS COMING IN AND TRYING TO POACH OUR DRIVERS ANYMORE, OR HOW IS THAT?

>> YES, SIR.

>> WE DO?

>> WE DO.

>> FEED THEM OFF. [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER]

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE TRANSPORTATION?

>> ITEM 9D REVIEW OF

[Review of Custodial Management Services contract with Southeast Service Corporation d/b/a SSC Service Solutions]

CUSTODIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE CONTRACT WITH SAFY SERVICE CORPORATION, DVA SSC SERVICE SOLUTION.

>> YES, SIR. AGAIN, THIS STEMS ABOUT OUR CULTURE, AND ALSO STEMS ABOUT THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE IN OUR SCHOOLS.

IT'S DAILY WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY.

OUR STAFF IS CLEANING ALL OUR FACILITIES.

WE'RE HAVING MONTHLY WALK THROUGH, MONTHLY SAFETY TRAININGS.

WE HAVE A NEW DIRECTOR, ALEX, WHO'S BEEN WITH US FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND WITH HIS LEADERSHIP, HE'S BEEN ABLE TO RESET SOME EXPECTATIONS.

THE ONE THING THAT WE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR WAS NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE SUMMER MONTH PROJECTS, WE HAVE WINTER BREAK PROJECTS.

DURING THE WINTER BREAKS, SPECIFICALLY THE CHRISTMAS BREAK, WE HAD OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF WORKING AND POLISHING UP THAT FRONT ENTRANCE FOR OUR CAMPUSES.

WHEN OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF CAME BACK, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AGAIN.

OUR NEXT STEPS, JUST TO RECAP THE FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH SSC FOR CUSTODIAL CONTRACTS ENDED ON JUNE 30TH OF LAST YEAR.

THE BOARD APPROVED A CONTRACT WITH SSC FOR ONE YEAR THROUGH A PURCHASING CO-OP FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

RIGHT NOW, WE ARE CONSIDERING A THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH TWO OR ONE YEAR OPTIONS.

AGAIN, OUR PAY RAISE GOAL IS 3% NOT MORE.

WE ARE CONSIDERING INCREASING STAFFING LEVELS IN THE CONTRACT, NEW EQUIPMENT AS PART OF THE CONTRACT, THE ADMINISTRATION WILL BRING BACK TO THE BOARD A RECOMMENDATION FOR NEXT MONTH. OKAY.

>> HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN STAFF MEMBER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR?

>> YES, SIR. NOW, IT'S FLUID WITH THAT SPECIFIC WORK POOL, JUST LIKE CHILD NUTRITION WHERE YOU MAY LOSE ONE, BUT THEN YOU PICK ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER UP.

THE WORK DIDN'T STOP THOUGH.

THE WORK WASN'T LOST.

>> ANY QUESTION? THANK YOU, JAMES.

>> THANK YOU. ITEM 9E,

[Review 2024 Tax Rate to be Published]

REVIEWED 2024 TAX RATE TO BE PUBLISHED, MS. WEISER.

[01:35:06]

>> GOOD EVENING SCHOOL BOARD AND MR. ESTRADA.

EACH YEAR, WE ARE REQUIRED TO POST OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE IN THE PAPER BEFORE WE ADOPT OUR BUDGET.

WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST IS WE POST BASICALLY THE CURRENT TAX RATE THAT WE HAVE NOW BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY UNKNOWNS OF WHAT THE TAX RATE WILL BE.

IF THE TAX RATE ENDS UP BEING HIGHER THAN WHAT THE TAX RATE IS THIS YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE TO RE-POST IN THE PAPER COME AUGUST WHEN WE ARE ADOPTING OUR TAX RATE.

BUT WE DO HAVE TO PUT IT IN THE PAPER.

THIS IS JUST TO COMMUNICATE WHAT THAT TAX RATE WILL BE POSTED, AND WE WILL TAKE IT FOR APPROVAL AT THE JUNE 3RD BUDGET WORKSHOP AND GET THAT POSTED IN THE PAPER BEFORE WE ADOPT OUR BUDGET ON JUNE 24TH.

>> JUST REMINDER, BOARD, THAT WE NEED A QUORUM ON THAT DATE.

>> YES, SIR.

>> ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THAT? ANY QUESTION?

[Review Date for Public Meeting on 2024-2025 Budget]

ITEM 9F REVIEW DATE FOR PUBLIC MEETING ON 2024, 2025 BUDGET.

>> LIKEWISE, THIS IS THE SAME TYPE OF REQUIREMENT.

WE DO NEED TO POST THAT WE WILL BE ADOPTING OUR BUDGET ON JUNE 24, SO WE WILL POST THAT IN THE PAPER WITH THE SAME POSTING AS THAT TAX RATE, AND WE WILL HAVE THAT TO BE APPROVED FOR OUR BUDGET ADOPTION TO HAVE THAT PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE BUDGET.

WE WILL POST THAT IN THE PAPER, ALONG WITH OUR TAX RATE.

WE WILL ALSO APPROVE THAT AT THE JUNE 3RD MEETING TO GO IN THE PAPER, NOT LATER THAN 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THAT JUNE 24TH MEETING.

>> ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD? THANK YOU, MS. WEISER. 9G,

[Property & Casualty Bid]

PROPERTY AND CASUALTY GOODS.

I UNDERSTAND IT WENT DOWN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

>> YOUR UNDERSTANDING IS INCORRECT.

[LAUGHTER] WE ARE GOING TO GO OUT TO BID FOR OUR PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE.

WE HAVE HAD A HISTORY THE PAST FEW YEARS OF IT INCREASING FROM THE '21, '22 FISCAL YEAR TO THE '22, '23 FISCAL YEAR, IT INCREASED BY 49%.

LAST YEAR, WE WENT OUT TO BID AND TASB DID COME BACK ON THE BID, SO WE STUCK WITH TASB.

THEY INCREASED BY 18%.

I RECEIVED AN E MAIL ON MAY 6TH, WHERE THEY EMAILED EVERYBODY IN THE POOL.

IT WASN'T JUST AN EMAIL TO ME SPECIFICALLY, IT WAS TO ALL THE DISTRICTS IN THE POOL, THAT THEY DO ANTICIPATE INCREASING BY 10-25%.

SO WE THINK THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO GO OUT TO BID JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REMAINING COMPETITIVE, AND WE WILL BRING THAT BACK.

>> THAT WILL BE BACK IN JUNE OR WHEN?

>> WE WILL BRING THAT BACK IN THE COMING MONTHS. YES.

>> TELL ME ABOUT THE INSURANCE AGENTS [LAUGHTER]

>> WHAT IS IT? [BACKGROUND]

>> THEY'RE ALL THE SAME.

>> OUT OF TIERED COMMUNICATION ACTION A,

[Consider and/or Approve 2024-2025 Employee Compensation Plan]

CONSIDER AND/OR APPROVE 2024, 2025 EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PLAN. MISS WISER.

>> THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE NIGHTS OF THE YEAR.

THIS EVENING, WE ARE REALLY PROUD TO PRESENT TO YOU THE '24, '25 COMPENSATION PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR.

JUST AS A REMINDER, LAST YEAR, WE TOOK OUR COMPENSATION PLAN AT THE END OF JUNE BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND WE TOOK IT WITH OUR BUDGET.

THIS YEAR, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BRING IT FORTH MUCH SOONER AND BE ABLE TO ALLOW OUR EMPLOYEES TO KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN '24, '25.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE PROPOSING A TEACHER PAY SCALE AND I HAVE IT IN YOUR PACKET, OF OUR WHOLE COMPENSATION PLAN.

BUT WE'RE PROPOSING A TEACHER PAY SCALE THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT AT THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

IT HAS A STARTING PAY OF 53,600, WHICH IS UP FROM 52,400.

ALL STEPS WOULD RECEIVE A GENERAL PAY INCREASE, A GPI OF $1,475, WHICH IS A 2.5% GENERAL PAY INCREASE.

OUR CURRENT FIVE-YEAR TEACHERS WOULD RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENT OF $1,000 WHEN THEY'VE REACHED THAT 10-YEAR MARK OF FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, AND THEN STARTING AT YEAR 10, EVERY YEAR WILL RECEIVE $150 MORE FOR EACH YEARS OF SERVICE.

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THE MAX RAISE WILL BE $2,975, WHICH IS UP TO 4.6% RAISE FOR OUR TEACHERS.

WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THAT PAY SCALE.

IT JUST GETS US CLOSER TO A PATHWAY TO 100K FOR OUR TEACHERS.

WE HAVE AT LEAST FOUR TEACHERS THAT WILL HIT THIS THIS YEAR, AND THERE ARE STILL OPPORTUNITIES TO EARN, SO WE MAY EVEN HAVE MORE THAN THAT AND WE HAVE AT LEAST 20 IN THE WAVES THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS THEY WILL ACHIEVE THAT PATHWAY TO 100K.

OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL PLAN.

TWO THINGS HAPPEN WITH THIS PAY SCALE.

THE PAY SCALE GETS MOVED OVER SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A NEW HIRING RATE THAT WOULD BE SET WITH THE MARKET, AND THEN WITH THAT NEW HIRING RATE, A RAISE IS GIVEN OFF THE NEW MIDPOINTS.

EVERYBODY ON THESE PAY SCALES, THE PROPOSAL IS A 3% GENERAL PAY INCREASE OF THE NEW MIDPOINTS FOR EACH OF THE PAY GRADES.

THE OTHER TWO SCALES THAT LOOK JUST LIKE IT WILL BE THE CLERICAL PARAPROFESSIONAL SCALE.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCES IS THESE ARE DAILY RATES, NOT HOURLY RATES.

THIS IS A DAILY RATE, AND WHEN WE GET TO THE CLERICAL PARAPROFESSIONAL SCALE, THOSE ARE HOURLY RATES.

WE MOVE THE SCALE OVER FOR STARTING PAY, A 3% GENERAL PAY INCREASE IS PROPOSED.

ON THE AUXILIARY SCALE, SAME THING.

WE WOULD MOVE THE SCALES OVER TO COMPETE WITH THE MARKET AND THEN A 3% GENERAL PAY INCREASE ON THE NEW PROPOSED MIDPOINT.

JUST A REMINDER, OUR CUSTODIAL AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, THEY'RE NOT ON OUR PAY SCALE BECAUSE WE DO CONTRACT THOSE SERVICES OUT, BUT THE GOAL IS STILL 3% FOR THESE CONTRACTED EMPLOYEES.

THE STIPEND CHANGES THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR ARE SPED STIPEND THAT WE DID APPROVE AT THE APRIL 8TH MEETING OF $500.

THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT SPED STIPENDS, SO THAT WOULD BE FOR ALL SPED TEACHERS.

THEN THE PROPOSED HIGH SCHOOL COACHING STIPENDS, WHICH IS PHASE 1 OF THE COACHING STIPEND INCREASE PROPOSAL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.

THE TEACHER SUBSTITUTE DAILY RATES.

THIS IS A WHOLE NEW REVAMP OF OUR SUBSTITUTE PAY SCALE TO MAYBE TRY SOMETHING NEW.

SINCE THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE HAD SOME DIFFICULTY FILLING THESE POSITIONS AND JUST MAKING A SIMPLICITY OF THAT PAY.

MAKING IT VERY COMPETITIVE AT $120 PER DAY AND THEN HAVING A COMPETITIVE $30 PER DAY INCREASE IN A CERTIFIED TEACHER THAT IS IN A LONG TERM ASSIGNMENT.

THE NURSE SUBSTITUTE DAILY RATES, ALSO WANTING TO INCREASE THIS TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE, SO WE CAN HAVE SOME NURSE SUBSTITUTES ON DAYS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HAVE A NURSE ON A CAMPUS, AND SOME OF THOSE INCREASES, THE INCREASE HERE IS UP TO 50%, AND THAT IS, AGAIN, SO WE CAN REMAIN COMPETITIVE BUT REMAIN ATTRACTIVE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE NURSES COME AND HELP US OUT ON THOSE DAYS THAT WE NEED THEM.

THEN OUR HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRIBUTION, WHICH IS ALSO PART OF OUR COMPENSATION PLAN.

THE PROPOSAL IS TO INCREASE IT FROM $396 A MONTH PER EMPLOYEE TO $427 PER MONTH.

EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE NO INCREASE TO THEIR MONTHLY PREMIUM.

WE'RE NOT INCREASING ANY OF THE COST ON THE PLANS, NO CO-PAY CHANGES, NO DEDUCTIBLE CHANGES, NO COST TO THE EMPLOYEES ON OUR HEALTH INSURANCE.

WE'RE JUST CONTRIBUTING MORE AS A DISTRICT SO THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO INCREASE EMPLOYEE COSTS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON YOUR '24, '25 EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PLAN?

>> ANY QUESTIONS TO WHAT MISS WISER HAS PRESENTED? WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE 2024, 2025 EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PLAN AS PRESENTED.

>> A SECOND.

>> ANY OPPOSED? PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO.

>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

>> NOW WE GO TO ITEM 10B, CONSIDER AND/OR APPROVE ATTENDANCE REZONING COMMITTEE. MISS CAMARILLO.

>> I COULDN'T RESIST.

>> THAT WAS A GOOD ONE.

[Consider and/or Approve Attendance Rezoning Committee]

>> FOLLOWING THAT, IT IS A GREAT DAY TO BE A LION.

WE HAVE RECOGNIZED OVER 160 STUDENTS THIS EVENING WITH THE LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE COIN.

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I AM COMING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HAVING THE PRIVILEGE OF ZONING FOR A NEW SCHOOL WE'RE OPENING WHILE OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE ARE CLOSING SCHOOLS. I'M SORRY.

>> [INAUDIBLE]

>> [INAUDIBLE] NEW ELEMENTARY. GREAT POINT.

I ONLY HAVE SEVEN SLIDES.

[LAUGHTER] HERE WE GO ONCE IT GETS UP THERE.

YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU, SO IT'S ONLY SEVEN SLIDES.

THE FIRST ONE IS JUST WHEN WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO ZONE, I MET WITH EACH ONE OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.

I DID HAVE THREE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT SURFACED UP WITH YOU AND THEY WERE ALL TIED INTO OUR THREE DISTRICT VALUES.

ONE IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD MINIMAL DISRUPTIONS AS WE ZONE FOR THIS BORTARD LOOP ELEMENTARY, THAT BASED ON OUR LOCKHART FOR PEOPLE VALUE.

ALLOWING FOR GROWTH IS OUR UNLOCKING POTENTIAL.

WE WANT TO ALLOW THAT GROWTH THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ZONING FOR THAT.

THEN I LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE VALUE IS ENSURING THAT ALL STUDENTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO A QUALITY EDUCATION ON ALL CAMPUSES.

THOSE ARE THE THREE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AS WE ZONE.

THE PURPOSE OF OUR COMMITTEE WILL BE TO ASSIST IN DEVELOPING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DISTRICT WHEN WE ADJUST OR CREATE BOUNDARIES.

WE'LL ADVISE THE SUPERINTENDENT WHO WILL DEVELOP A RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU ALL.

THAT WILL BE AROUND ADJUSTING THOSE BOUNDARIES, BUT ALSO PLANNING AND CONDUCTING STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND GATHERING THE PEOPLE TO GIVE US SOME INPUT ON THAT.

WE ALSO THOUGHT REALLY CLEARLY ABOUT AS WE CONTINUE, LIKE WE SAID THIS EVENING, THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, AND SO REALLY THINKING THROUGH A PROTOCOL FOR HOW WE CAN HAVE THAT COLLECTIVE VOICE IN THE ZONING.

IF YOU LOOK ON THAT SLIDE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT VOICES WE WANT TO HAVE ON THIS COMMITTEE.

WE DECIDED FOR TEACHER VOICE, WE WANTED TO HAVE THE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS OF THE YEAR TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE, THEY ARE VOTED ON BY THEIR PEERS, THEY'RE NOMINATED BY THEM, AND SO WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT TEACHER INPUT FROM EACH OF THE CAMPUSES.

FOR PRINCIPAL VOICE, WE INVITED THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUS PRINCIPALS WHO ARE GOING TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE, THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT.

FOR PARENT VOICE, WE WANT TO CONTINUE OUR PTA AND PTO ORGANIZATIONS AND PARENTS JOINING THAT.

WE WOULD LIKE THE PRESIDENTS OF EACH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES BE A VOICE FOR PARENTS ON THIS COMMITTEE.

FOR THE BUSINESS VOICE, WE WANT THE CHAMBER PRESIDENTS, THE GREATER CHAMBER, AND THE HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

FOR THE CITY INPUT, WE WANT A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER IN THAT AREA THAT'S REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT AREA, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY VOICE AND THE PRECINCT COMMISSIONER FOR BORTARD LOOP ELEMENTARY TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE.

WE'LL HAVE EX OFFICIO MEMBERS WHO WILL BRING IN AS NEEDED IF THERE'S QUESTIONS AROUND SPECIAL PROGRAMMING OR THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR LISD BOND CONSTRUCTION MANAGER ON THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL.

WE FIGURED ANYTIME THAT WE'RE ZONING, THESE WOULD BE THE SAME REPRESENTATIVES AT THAT TIME. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? THIS WILL NOT BE THE ONLY SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO PROVIDE INPUT.

WE WILL HAVE COMMUNITY FORUMS, TWO OR THREE OF THEM IN THE FALL, AND WE WILL HAVE A SURVEY AS WELL FOR INPUT.

THE NEXT STEPS, I WILL BE MEETING WITH THE DEMOGRAPHER.

WE ALREADY HAD OUR FIRST MEETING, AND WE WILL HAVE TWO MORE MEETINGS THIS SUMMER TO SET UP FOR THAT COMMITTEE.

THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS WILL HAVE THREE IN THE SUMMER THAT WILL START IN AUGUST.

WE'LL HAVE TWO PUBLIC FORUMS, AND THEN WE'LL COMPLETE THAT SURVEY AND PUT IT OUT THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY, SO THAT BY DECEMBER, WE WILL BRING A ZONING PLAN RECOMMENDATION AT THAT TIME. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> GOOD LUCK. [LAUGHTER]

>> THANK YOU.

>> WE MOVE TO ITEM 10C,

[Consider and/or Approve Delegate and Alternate for Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) 2024 Convention Delegate Assembly]

CONSIDER AND/OR APPROVE DELICATE AND ALTERNATE TO TEXAS ASSOCIATED SCHOOL BOARD, TASB 2024 CONVENTION DELICATE ASSEMBLY.

DO WE HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS?

>> THERE'S A [INAUDIBLE] AT THAT LAST SECTION.

>> SORRY.

BACK UP A SECOND. WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION ON ITEM 10B.

>> I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD DESIGNATE SAM LOCKHART.

>> NO. NOT IN THAT PART YET.

>> TEN B.

>> I'LL GET IN. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION.

>> YOU'LL MAKE IT, SAM.

>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE [INAUDIBLE].

>> ANY OPPOSED? PASS THIS, SEVEN TO ZERO.

>> NOW.

>> GO, BARBARA.

>> NOW, I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD DESIGNATE SAM LOCKHART AS THIS YEAR'S DELEGATE AND ME AS THE ALTERNATE DELEGATE TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL TASA/TASB DELEGATE ASSEMBLY AT THIS YEAR'S TASA/TASB CONVENTION IN SEPTEMBER.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND FOR MR. SAM LOCKHART AS THE PRIMARY AND DR. BARBARA SANCHEZ AS THE SECONDARY.

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