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I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE LOCKHART INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER ON APRIL 28TH, 2025 AT 6:30 P.M.. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT A QUORUM OF BOARD MEMBERS IS PRESENT, THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED, AND THAT NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT.
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 551. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT TRUSTEES RAYOS, PULLIAM, SANCHEZ, WRIGHT, GUYTON, LOCKHART AND CHARLES ARE PRESENT.
WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO THE PRESENTATION OF COLORS BY THE LOCKHART JUNIOR ROTC, COMMANDING THE LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL AIR FORCE JUNIOR ROTC GUARD IS CADET DORIAN GONZALEZ. SINGING OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM TONIGHT IS MARY [INAUDIBLE] EMMA BINGHAM, CHLOE BINGHAM, AND LUCAS NIX. PLEASE RISE EVERYBODY.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO INVOCATION OR ASK TRUSTEE GUYTON TO LEAD US IN PRAYER, PLEASE.
DEAR GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US HERE TONIGHT AS WE CELEBRATE THE WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR STUDENTS AND WE DO THE BUSINESS OF THE DISTRICT, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF OUR PARENTS WHO ARE HERE TO SUPPORT LOVED ONES, AND WE JUST ASK YOUR BLESSINGS OVER EVERYONE AS WELL AS THIS MEETING IN YOUR SON JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. VERY GOOD. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR RECOGNITIONS, MR.
[Recognitions]
ADAM MILLER.AS WE HELP HONOR SEVERAL, SEVERAL, SEVERAL DOZENS, HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS TONIGHT FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE WILL BE PRESENTING EACH STUDENT TONIGHT WITH THE LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE COIN GIVEN BY THE BOARD ONLY TO THOSE WHO TRULY EXEMPLIFY EXCELLENCE IN LOCKHART ISD. SO TONIGHT, WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE RECOGNITIONS AND FAMILIES.
JUST SO YOU KNOW WE WILL CALL EACH STUDENT'S NAME INDIVIDUALLY.
I'LL TAKE A COUPLE OF PHOTOS, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO AS WELL.
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OUR FIRST RECOGNITION TONIGHT IS OUR LOCKHART ISD SPECIAL OLYMPIANS.THIS SPRING, OUR INCREDIBLE LOCKHART ISD SPECIAL OLYMPIC ATHLETES DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING SKILL, DEDICATION, AND HEART THROUGH MULTIPLE COMPETITIONS.
OUR STUDENTS PROUDLY COMPETED IN THE SECOND ANNUAL SPECIAL OLYMPICS INVITATIONAL TRACK MEET, POWERLIFTING AND BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS SHOWCASING THEIR ATHLETIC TALENTS, PERSEVERANCE, DEDICATION AND TEAMWORK, AND COMMITMENT TO GROWTH. THROUGHOUT THE SEASON OUR ATHLETES EMBODY THE VALUES OF LOCKHART ISD BY UNLOCKING THEIR POTENTIAL, REMAINING LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE, AND ALWAYS DEMONSTRATING THE POWER OF HAVING A LOCKHART FOR PEOPLE.
THEIR HARD WORK, RESILIENCE, AND COMMITMENT MADE US ALL INCREDIBLY PROUD.
PLEASE JOIN ME TONIGHT IN RECOGNIZING THESE OUTSTANDING OLYMPIANS.
STUDENTS, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR COIN.
GOT MY LIST? HERE. ZOE ALVAREZ, JACKSON CAIN, JAMES CASTILLO, ROX FLORES, ALONDRA GONZALEZ, FAITH HALIBURTON, REMI HALSTEAD, ISAIAH HINOJOSA, ANTHONY JUAREZ, DENNIS MARIN, JOSE MORALES, STEPHANIE ORTIZ, LILIBETH PADRON, BROOKLYN PADA, CASEY PIERSON, ALLAN RAMIREZ, MAURICE. OH! I'M SORRY, MARCI RUIZ REINA SORRY MARCI, STEPHANIE SERRANO, ADRIANA SOLORZANO, AMY VEGA, AIDEN WILLIAMS, RAYMOND WILLIAMS, JAMES CASTILLO. I'VE GOT TWO PAGES, BUT THAT'S ALL THE ATHLETES THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR SPECIAL OLYMPIAN.
[APPLAUSE] AND OUR STUDENTS ARE ACCOMPANIED TONIGHT BY MISS EMILY SHINTO AND ANDREA ANSARA.
IF WE COULD ALL GATHER IN THE CENTER FOR A GROUP PHOTO.
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ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR SPECIAL OLYMPIANS.ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
ALL RIGHT. THAT'S HOW YOU START A BOARD MEETING RECOGNITION RIGHT THERE.
THE TSA STATE CONFERENCE IS A DYNAMIC EVENT FOR THE BEST TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE.
STUDENTS FROM VARIOUS SCHOOLS COME TOGETHER TO ENGAGE IN COMPETITIVE EVENTS RELATED TO SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, AND DIGITAL ARTS.
THESE COMPETITIONS ENCOURAGE PROBLEM SOLVING, CRITICAL THINKING, CREATIVITY, AND ALLOW STUDENTS TO APPLY THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICAL REAL WORLD EXPERIENCES. ALL STUDENTS WHO COMPETED ARE TRULY UNLOCK THEIR POTENTIAL AND THEIR FUTURE TECHNOLOGY CAREERS AND MADE OUR COMMUNITY VERY, VERY PROUD. STUDENTS, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT.
SAGE BURKS, AIDEN CARTER, SAM CATALAN, LUNA ANDRES, CERVANTES TRISTAN, KIMBERLY FLORES, JACE FORRESTER, ARMANDO BECERRA, HERNANDEZ MICHELLE, JOSEPH JUSTIN, MACIEL HUMBERTO, ORTEGA VEGA, DIEGO RAMIREZ MENDEZ, JASON SCHLEICHER, VANESSA
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RIOS. STUDENTS ARE ACCOMPANIED TONIGHT BY ADVISORS.MR. CONLEY BISHOP, MR. MATT BRUNER. MISS LIZ ROTSLER, MR. TIM PARTAIN. ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL MISS CYNTHIA VASQUEZ.
ALL RIGHT, ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR TSA STUDENTS.
[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR TSA STUDENTS AND THEIR SPONSORS.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL LET A FEW PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO GET.
LEAVE THE BOARDROOM REAL QUICK.
OKAY. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. OUR NEXT RECOGNITION TONIGHT IS OUR FFA STOCK SHOW WINNERS.
THIS YEAR, FFA STUDENTS HAVE EXHIBITED IN THE FOLLOWING MAJOR SHOWS.
STATE FAIR OF TEXAS IN DALLAS FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW SAN ANGELO STOCK SHOW, SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW, HOUSTON STOCK SHOW, RODEO AUSTIN, AND OUR LOCAL SHOW, THE CALDWELL COUNTY JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW.
THAT DESERVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE IN AND OF ITSELF. THEY'VE TRAVELED THE ENTIRE STATE.
FFA STUDENTS HAVE ALSO COMPETED IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT EVENTS AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT EVENTS, AND EVEN BEEN ELECTED TO LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN THE TEXAS FFA ASSOCIATION.
THESE STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE EXCELLENCE IN EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO, AND WE ARE SO HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THEM TONIGHT FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO BEING LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE AND REPRESENTING LOCKHART ISD AT EVERY EVENT ACROSS THE STATE.
SO SOME OF THEM ARE VERY, VERY EXTENSIVE. SEBASTIAN GALINDO, STATE FAIR OF TEXAS SAN ANGELO STOCK SHOW OTHER COLOR EXOTIC STEERS. SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW.
RODEO AUSTIN, HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW. LEO GALINDO, STATE FAIR OF TEXAS, SAN ANGELO STOCK SHOW RODEO.
AUSTIN HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW. CADENCE PLANT.
SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW. CARLY SCOTT, SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW.
CALDWELL HOUSTON, HAILEY DITMAR, SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW.
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SAN ANGELO STOCK SHOW CALDWELL COUNTY AND RODEO AUSTIN.COLTON HUTCHINS, SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW CALDWELL COUNTY LIVESTOCK SHOW CALDWELL COUNTY LIVESTOCK SHOW, RODEO AUSTIN AND ANOTHER RODEO AUSTIN EVENT.
SARAH STATON, HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW. HOLLY CASTILLO, RODEO AUSTIN AND MACKENZIE HESS, CALDWELL COUNTY LIVESTOCK SHOW.
STUDENTS ARE ACCOMPANIED TONIGHT BY FFA SPONSORS MISS HEATHER MOORE AND MISS AMANDA LOUDEN.
AND LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL MISS CYNTHIA VASQUEZ.
ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF OUR AMAZING FFA STOCK SHOW WINNERS.
I FEEL LIKE ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT RECOGNITION TONIGHT IS OUR SOCCER TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION ACADEMIC, ALL STATE RECIPIENTS. TONIGHT, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE A GROUP OF OUTSTANDING LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER ATHLETES WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED EXCELLENCE BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD.
SEVERAL OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES HAVE EARNED THE PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORS FROM THE THSCA DISTINCTION AWARDED TO THOSE WHO EXCEL IN ATHLETICS WHILE MAINTAINING HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.
THESE STUDENTS HAVE EXEMPLIFIED WHAT IT MEANS TO BE TRULY LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE, BALANCING THE DEMANDS OF COMPETITIVE ATHLETICS WITH THE STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO THEIR EDUCATION. THEIR ACHIEVEMENT REFLECTS NOT ONLY THEIR PERSONAL DISCIPLINE AND WORK ETHIC, BUT ALSO THE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THEIR COACHES, TEACHERS AND FAMILIES. WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF OUR ACADEMIC ALL STATE HONOREES AND CELEBRATE THEM FOR REPRESENTING LOCKHART ISD WITH PRIDE, INTEGRITY AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. ACADEMIC ALL-STATE ATHLETES, PLEASE COME FORWARD WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME.
LADY LIONS FC ACADEMIC ALL-STATE JESSICA GUZMAN.
ITZEL HERNANDEZ. AND BETHLEHEM KEY.
FOR OUR LIONS FC ACADEMIC ALL-STATE, GUSTAVO TOVAR.
STUDENTS ARE ACCOMPANIED TONIGHT BY LADY LIONS FC COACH PAYTON ARMSTRONG.
LION FC COACH AND RECENTLY NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR SUBALDO VASQUEZ.
LOCKHART ISD ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MIKE MALDONADO.
AND LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL MISS CYNTHIA VASQUEZ.
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ANOTHER HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR ACADEMIC ALL STATE ATHLETES.OKAY. AND FOR OUR FINAL RECOGNITION TONIGHT, WE RECOGNIZE LOCKHART ISD COLOR GUARD.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY COLOR GUARD.
A TRULY REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT. THEIR HARD WORK, PRECISION, AND PRECISION IS A VERY KEY WORD BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE VERY PRECISE WITH THOSE THINGS AND DEDICATION BEING LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE.
WE'RE ON FULL DISPLAY THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, CULMINATING IN THIS PRESTIGIOUS VICTORY.
THE SUCCESS OF THE COLOR GUARD REFLECTS NOT ONLY THE TALENTS AND COMMITMENT OF THE STUDENTS, BUT ALSO THE SUPPORT OF THEIR COACHES, FAMILIES AND THE LOCKHART ISD FINE ARTS PROGRAM.
WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THESE STUDENTS AND HOW THEY HAVE REPRESENTED LOCKHART ISD WITH PRIDE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LJHS VARSITY COLOR GUARD.
AN AMAZING SEASON AND THIS HISTORIC ACCOMPLISHMENT.
STUDENTS, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT.
ASHLYN BRANCH. MARY CROOKS. MADELINE DUBOIS, SUMMER GIBSON, MIA GONZALEZ, GIANNA QUERRA, NATALIE HARLAN, MARIA HINOJOSA, KAYLA JAIME REYES, MACEY LOCKHART, ALYANA MARTINEZ, FILOMENA MASSARO, DESIREE PALACIOS, CELINA RAMIREZ, JALEN REYES ALEXA REYNA, ANALICIA ROCHA, OLIVIA ROSALES, PAYTON SIMPSON, KENDALL SPURT, ALIANA VAYA.
ALIANN, SORRY ABOUT THAT, JULISSA VINCES, EILEEN ZAVALETA GONZALEZ. STUDENTS ARE ACCOMPANIED TONIGHT BY LISD COLOR GUARD COACH SERGIO RODRIGUEZ. LISD DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS, MR. JAMES CROWLEY AND LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MISS KAREN NIXON.
ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR LJHS VARSITY COLOR GUARD.
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CONGRATULATIONS LJHS COLOR GUARD.ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
WE HAD A RECORD BREAKING NUMBER OF RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT WHICH IS AN EXCELLENT PROBLEM TO HAVE.
THIS YEAR OUR COACHES AND STUDENTS MADE THE EXCITING DECISION TO ATTEND THE PRESTIGIOUS WINTER GUARD INTERNATIONAL REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA AS OPPOSED TO COMPETING FOR THEIR STATE QUALIFICATION HERE IN TEXAS.
YES, YES, YES. SHOWCASING THEIR INCREDIBLE TALENT, DEDICATION AND EXCELLENCE ON THE NATIONAL STAGE.
THEIR SUCCESS REFLECTS THE HARD WORK OF OUR STUDENTS, COACHES AND THE FINE ARTS PROGRAM AND DEMONSTRATES WHAT IT TRULY MEANS TO BE LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE. PLEASE JOIN ME IN HUGE CELEBRATION AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL COLOR GUARD.
STUDENTS, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT TO RECEIVE YOUR COIN.
ALEXANDRA BAGLEY, GISELLE BARRIGA, ALYSSA BETHEL, CHLOE BINGHAM, EMMA BINGHAM, ANNA CORPUS, CRUZ HANNAH, ESQUIVEL MICO, RILEY FISHER, GABRIELA HERRERA,
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FLYNN HURT, FINN, I'M SORRY, FINN, NO L. BRITTAN MARROQUIN, AUTUMN MURPHY, ALEX RODRIGUEZ, JEANETTE RODRIGUEZ, SAVANNAH ROWE, ISABELA ROJAS SOSA, SOPHIE SIEGFRIED AND ANNELIESE SMITH.THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED TONIGHT BY COACH SERGIO RODRIGUEZ.
DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS MR. JAMES CROWLEY. AND LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL MISS CYNTHIA VASQUEZ.
ANOTHER HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL COLOR GUARD.
CONGRATULATIONS LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL COLOR GUARD.
AND AS OUR LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL COLOR GUARD EXITS THE BOARDROOM.
SO WE JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. DESMOND PULLIAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND WELL DESERVED HONOR.
AND THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S RECOGNITIONS.
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PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE HAVE NO ONE THAT WANTS TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT.[Fine Arts Programming Update]
WE'RE GOING TO JUGGLE THE AGENDA A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT.WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM 8A, FINE ARTS PROGRAMING UPDATE, MR. CROWLEY. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. HEY. THANK YOU.
WITH YOUR PERMISSION BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE JUST A SECOND TO ORGANIZE OUR STUDENT SPEAKERS.
SO JUST LIKE TWO MINUTES, I PROMISE.
MY NAME IS JAMES CROWLEY, AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE LOCKHART ISD AS DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS.
TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, ENTITLED LOCKHART ISD STATE OF THE ARTS 20 2425, WILL UPDATE YOU ON PROGRAM GOALS, INCLUDING HOW THESE RELATE TO OUR THREE DISTRICT GOALS, OUTLINED FINE ARTS OFFERINGS IN OUR SCHOOLS FEATURING STUDENT SPEAKERS FROM ALL LEVELS.
AND I'LL ALSO SHARE A VISION TO THE FUTURE FRAMED IN TERMS OF OUR THREE DISTRICT VALUES.
LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH AND LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL.
AS WE BRIEFLY OUTLINE EACH EDUCATIONAL LEVEL, THE STUDENT SPEAKERS WHO WILL SHOW THEIR HEARTS THROUGH ORIGINAL REMARKS MAKE CLEAR THE KIND OF FINE ARTS EDUCATION THEY EXPERIENCE. I'M CONFIDENT THAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS COMMITTED TO THE DISTRICT GOAL OF ALL CAMPUSES REACHING AN A RATING BY 2028 THROUGH EXEMPLARY TEACHING AND STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING.
IN LOCKHART ISD ELEMENTARIES, 100% OF THE STUDENTS HAVE WEEKLY ART AND MUSIC CLASSES.
ALL ELEMENTARIES HAVE A MUSIC TEACHER AND AN ART TEACHER THAT CALL THEIR CAMPUS HOME.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THAT IS NOT TRUE IN ALL TEXAS ELEMENTARIES.
THE ARTS TAUGHT BY PARAPROFESSIONAL STAFF, TEACHERS SHARED BETWEEN CAMPUSES, OR NO ELEMENTARY OFFERINGS AT ALL, ARE THE NORM IN SOME DISTRICTS. OUR ELEMENTARY ART AND MUSIC PROGRAMS ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THEIR MANY CONCERTS, EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS ON CAMPUS AND IN THE PUBLIC.
ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ARE EXPOSED TO THE ARTS IN A GENERAL WAY, PIQUING THEIR INTEREST IN SUBJECTS AND DISCIPLINES THEY MIGHT WANT TO EXPLORE IN SECONDARY SCHOOL. SOME IMPORTANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY ELEMENTARY FINE ARTS THIS YEAR.
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STUDENTS FROM ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES SUBMITTED ARTWORK TO THE TEXAS ELEMENTARY ART MEET OR TEAM.THIS TASK CONTRIBUTES TO OUR GOAL OF BEING NAMED A TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION, AN HONOR EARNED FOR THE FIRST TIME BY LOCKHART ISD IN 2024.
ON THE MUSIC SIDE, STUDENTS FROM ALL CAMPUSES PERFORMED IN THE LISD ELEMENTARY HONOR CHOIR, AN ANNUAL PROGRAM TAKEN TO THE NEXT LEVEL THIS YEAR WHEN THE STUDENTS PERFORMED OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM BEFORE A HOME VARSITY FOOTBALL GAME AT LIONS STADIUM IN ORDER TO LIST ALL OUR PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
THIS PRESENTATION WOULD NEED TO BE MANY HOURS LONG.
DETAILED ACHIEVEMENTS BY CAMPUS ARE INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENTS PROVIDED.
THANK YOU. TATUM, YOU WENT FIRST. THAT'S VERY CHALLENGING TO DO, BUT YOU DID GREAT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS A FIFTH GRADE STUDENT AT ALMA BREWER STRAWN ELEMENTARY.
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GRACIAS DANIEL. GREAT JOB. AT LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOO, 78.8% OF STUDENTS ARE IN AT LEAST ONE FINE ARTS CLASS.WHEN STUDENTS ENTER SIXTH GRADE, THEY DRAW UPON THEIR ELEMENTARY LEARNINGS AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE SPECIALIZED CLASSES IN ART BAND, CHOIR, COLOR GUARD, DANCE, ORCHESTRA, AND THEATER.
FURTHERMORE, STUDENTS TAKE THE NEXT STEP INTO THEIR ACTIVITY BY PRACTICING BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL TO PREPARE FOR A SERIES OF PERFORMANCES, ASSESSMENTS, AND CONTESTS. THEY TOO CAN BE SEEN IN THE COMMUNITY AND ARE REGULARLY VISIBLE AT LOCAL EVENTS.
SOME IMPORTANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY THE JUNIOR HIGH.
FINE ARTS. THIS YEAR, THE JUNIOR HIGH ART DEPARTMENT OFFERS ART ONE TO EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS.
THIS GIVES JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT.
THE LJHS COLOR GUARD HAD ANOTHER UNDEFEATED SEASON AND WERE TCGC AREA CHAMPIONS.
ALSO, THEATER AND MUSIC COMPETED IN UIL COMPETITIONS, EARNING MANY SUPERIOR RATINGS.
SEE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT LOG FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THIS YEAR'S LJHS ACHIEVEMENTS.
PLEASE WELCOME VIVIANA CASTILLO.
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THANK YOU, VIVI. AT LHS, 63.8% OF STUDENTS ARE IN AT LEAST ONE FINE ARTS CLASS. IN HIGH SCHOOL FINE ARTS STUDENTS DIVE DEEPER INTO THEIR DISCIPLINES WITH EVEN MORE SPECIALIZED AND RIGOROUS OFFERINGS.A FULL LIST OF COURSES FOR BOTH SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR DOCUMENTS.
MANY STUDENTS PLAN THEIR DAYS AROUND THEIR FINE ARTS PARTICIPATION, AND THE ART STUDIO, REHEARSAL HALL, OR GOPAK, BECOMES THEIR HOME BASE AT LHS. BY THEIR EXAMPLE AND ENTHUSIASM, LHS FINE ARTS STUDENTS EARN SORT OF A CELEBRITY STATUS AND ARE KNOWN ON CAMPUS AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR BEING PART OF A WINNING TEAM.
SOME IMPORTANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT LHS THIS YEAR.
WE EVEN HAD ONE TMEA ALL-STATE MUSICIAN THIS YEAR.
LUCAS NIX OF THE LHS CHOIR, VISUAL ARTS CONTINUES TO DOMINATE AT VASE COMPETITION AND WILL CERTAINLY HELP TO BRING ANOTHER DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION AWARD IN 2025. I AM ALSO SO PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE ART PROGRAM'S MOST RECENT HONOR. AN LHS ARTIST HAS RECEIVED THE GOLD SEAL AWARD AT THE STATE VASE CONTEST.
JOCELYN ORTEGA ACCOMPLISHED THIS JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND IN SAN MARCOS.
ONE OF MORE OF MORE THAN 32,000 SUBMISSIONS STATEWIDE, JOCELYN IS AMONG ONLY 164 GOLD SEAL RECIPIENTS IN 2025. YES, THIS AWARD IS FOR ONE HALF OF 1% OF VASE ARTISTS.
IS IT? IS IT POSSIBLE WE COULD SEE THAT LIVE SOMETIME? YES. IT'LL BE ON TOUR, THE PIECE WILL BE ON TOUR UNTIL THE.
YEAH, UNTIL NOVEMBER. BUT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HONOR JOCELYN.
AND CONGRATULATIONS, JOCELYN AND THE ART FACULTY.
AND WE'LL ABSOLUTELY GET WITH YOU ON THAT ASAP.
IT'S QUITE AN HONOR. OF COURSE. SEE YOUR DOCUMENTS FOR A FULL LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY DISCIPLINE.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS AN LHS SENIOR WHO LED THE VARSITY COLOR GUARD TO THEIR FIRST NATIONAL LEVEL COMPETITION, ALL WHILE PREPARING FOR PREMIER ART CONTESTS.
PLEASE WELCOME A FUTURE UTSA ART MAJOR FINN HURT.
THANK YOU, FINN. THIS NEXT STUDENT SEEMS TO BE IN EVERYTHING.
NEXT YEAR, SHE'LL STUDY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON.
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THANK YOU, MICHELLE. LOCKHART ISD FINE ARTS STUDENTS ARE CONSISTENTLY EXPOSED TO OPPORTUNITIES THAT AWAIT THEM AFTER GRADUATION. OUR TEACHERS ORGANIZE TRIPS TO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, BRING IN GUEST TEACHERS AND CLINICIANS FROM POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS, AND FACILITATE COMMUNICATION AND RECOMMENDATION TO PROGRAMS OF STUDY.TONIGHT WE WILL HEAR FROM TWO GRADUATE SPEAKERS.
THE FIRST IS A MEMBER OF THE CLASS, THE CLASS OF 2024.
SHE WAS IN THE BAND AND SERVED AS THE DRUM MAJOR.
TODAY SHE IS A BIOLOGY MAJOR AT UT AND A MEMBER OF THE LONGHORN BAND.
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GREAT JOB DIANA. THANK YOU. FINALLY, I WILL REINTRODUCE YOU TO A FORMER STUDENT WHOSE NAME AND VOICE YOU MAY KNOW.WHEN HE GRADUATED FROM LHS IN 2022, HE ENROLLED IN TEXAS STATE AS A THEATER EDUCATION MAJOR.
PLEASE WELCOME BACK, RYAN MELBY.
LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK OUR LISD FINE ARTS FACULTY.
NOT ONLY DO THEY EMBODY OUR DISTRICT VALUES, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE AMONG THE VERY BEST IN THEIR FIELD AND MAKE THE ARTS COME ALIVE FOR OUR STUDENTS. ANY FINE ARTS FACULTY AND STAFF IN ATTENDANCE, PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED.
AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE BETH COOPER.
SHE'S A 2025 RETIREE AFTER 29 YEARS IN LOCKHART ISD.
OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT HAS AVERAGED AN 88% STAFF RETENTION RATE.
WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO OUR DISTRICT GOAL NUMBER THREE, TO CULTIVATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE OUR EMPLOYEES CHOOSE LOCKHART ISD, A DOCUMENT INTRODUCING ALL OF OUR FACULTY WITH NAMES, CONTACTS, PHOTOS AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION IS IN YOUR PACKET.
THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ENABLE THEIR STUDENTS SUCCESS.
FINE ARTS BOOSTER ORGANIZATIONS ARE A JOY TO WORK WITH AND DO A SUPERIOR JOB GENERATING SUPPORT FOR OUR PROGRAMS. THANK YOU FINE ARTS, PARENTS, GUARDIANS, FAMILIES, AND LOVED ONES FOR CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS CAN BE LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE.
BEFORE I CONCLUDE, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A VISION FOR THE FUTURE FRAMED BY OUR DISTRICT VALUES.
OUR VERSION OF UNLOCKING POTENTIAL IS TO DELIVER PROGRAM GROWTH.
MY SLOGAN IS ENROLLMENT IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR PROGRAMS AND WANT TO MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING.
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TO US, HAVING A LOCKHART FOR PEOPLE MEANS TEACHING CURRICULUM THAT REFLECTS OUR POPULATION.WE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FINE ARTS MATERIALS, PROJECTS, PERFORMANCES, DESIGNS, AND LESSONS THAT ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO SEE THEMSELVES IN THE LEARNING. THAT INCLUDES NEW MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY, THE STUDY OF LIVING ARTISTS AND COMPOSERS, AND HISPANIC CULTURE. THIS IS THE SOFT OPENING YEAR FOR OUR MARIACHI PROGRAM, AND IN AUGUST WE'LL BE OPEN IN FULL FORCE.
OUR NEXT GOAL WILL BE TO FOUND LOCKHART ISD BALLET FOLKLORICO.
YAY! YAY! WE WANT TO DO ALL OF THIS BY CREATING INNOVATIVE OPPORTUNITIES. AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE EXPANDING SPECIALS, OFFERINGS AND ROTATION AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO INCLUDE MORE DISCIPLINES.
FINALLY, WE WILL STAY LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD SUPERIOR QUALITY PROGRAMS. WE WILL HAVE HIGH STANDARDS MEETING AND EXCEEDING GOALS, BE COMPETITIVE IN EVERY AREA OF STUDY, AND MAKE LOCKHART ISD A DESTINATION DISTRICT FOR FINE ARTS.
WE CAN DO THIS THROUGH STRATEGIC GROWTH AND PLANNING.
OUR DEPARTMENT MUST GROW AS THE DISTRICT DOES.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO REVIEW YOUR PROVIDED DOCUMENTS FOR MORE CONTENT AND INFORMATION.
THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TO PRESENT TONIGHT.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ONE MORE TIME THE AMAZING WORK OF OUR STUDENT SPEAKERS.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT ALL YOU STUDENTS, ALUMNI, THAT YOU ALL WERE VERY WELL SPOKEN TONIGHT.
AND RYAN, YOU KIND OF REMIND ME OF A YOUNG JACK BLACK.
SO, SO AND WISH YOU ALL THE BEST OF LUCK. AND, VIVIANA, I REMEMBER YOU FROM PRE-K.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE ALREADY THAT OLD.
OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT.
SO NOW, MR. CROWLEY, YOU'VE SET THE BAR FOR ANYBODY ELSE THAT COMES AND DOES A PRESENTATION.
WE GOT TO HEAR FROM THE STUDENTS. IF THIS WASN'T ENTERTAINING, AT LEAST WE WOULD BE IN TROUBLE.
SO. NO. I'M JUST. IT'S AMAZING HOW WHAT IT IS NOW.
AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE FUTURE TO BE EVEN BRIGHTER.
SO GREAT JOB TO EVERYBODY. THANK YOU SIR. THANKS.
STUDENTS. VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU AS WELL. AND ALSO OUR STAFF.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING, PLEASE.
[Energy Conservation Project Update]
WHILE WE'RE ON A COMMUNICATION, WE'RE GOING TO JUMP TO ITEM 8G ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECT UPDATE.DID THEY BRING STUDENTS? G OOD EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA ON JANUARY 16TH, 2024, HUTTON SERVICES WAS APPROVED TO PROCEED WITH A PROPOSED WITH A ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECT. AND SO, OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, THEY HAVE DONE AN ANALYSIS OF OUR FACILITIES AS FAR AS THE EFFICIENCY THAT BLINDED ME THERE FOR A MINUTE.
THE EFFICIENCY OF OUR FACILITIES SPECIFICALLY THROUGH OUR UTILITY USAGE.
AND SO THEY ARE HERE TO PRESENT THAT PROJECT AND THE NEXT STEPS MOVING FORWARD.
SO AT THIS TIME, HUTTON SERVICES.
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GOOD EVENING BOARD. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. MY NAME IS KELLY MOULTON AND I HAVE COLLEAGUES WITH ME TONIGHT.
I HAVE ADAM MIKSCH, KERMIT RICHARDS, AND GREG WOMACK.
GREG AND I ARE GOING TO DO THE YEOMAN'S CARRY OF THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT, AND THAT SO THAT WE CAN BRING YOU THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE FULLY INFORMED WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA TO ASK YOU TO MAKE A MOVE TOWARDS SOME AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA FOR BEING VERY FORESIGHTED IN DOING THIS WORK.
IN 2022, TASSA, EXCUSE ME, TASB BY BOARD PUT OUT A OFFER FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THEY USED A SYSTEM CALLED COOPERATIVE PURCHASING.
MANY OF YOU HEARD THAT BEFORE, AND THIS WAS SPECIFICALLY THROUGH BY BOARD.
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THEN TO BE SELECTED FROM AMONG A VARIETY OF VENDORS AND TO COME AND PURSUE, ALONG WITH DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, THE INVESTIGATION OF ENERGY SAVINGS FOR YOUR DISTRICT.
ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT ENERGY SAVINGS IS THAT IT FREES UP MONEY FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU LOVE TO PUT IN FRONT OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR STAFF AND YOUR STUDENTS. AND IT'S EVIDENT IN THE WORK THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WITNESS TONIGHT IN THE RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS.
WE WANT YOU TO DO MORE OF THAT. AND SO WE CAN HELP PARTNER WITH YOU TO FIND THOSE EFFICIENCIES.
TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THESE ITEMS. WE JUST HAD OUR INTRODUCTIONS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO NICOLE WEISER, TANYA HOMAN AND JEREMIAH CHAPMAN FOR THEIR WORK WITH US OVER THESE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS ONLINE, AS WELL AS PHONE CALLS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BRING YOU THE BOARD, THE BEST INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT AVAILABLE FUNDING AND PROGRAMS, BECAUSE FOR MOST OF US IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, WE DON'T HAVE CHECKS FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WE CAN PUT TO CAPITAL PROJECTS AND HOPE THAT WE CAN PAY OUT OVER TIME.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE KNOW ABOUT AND THAT WE CAN ENTERTAIN TO BRING TO THE DISTRICT SO THAT FINANCING CAN BE TAKEN OFF OF YOUR CONCERN PLATE. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A GROUP CALLED SECO.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL MODEL FOR THAT, THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE CAN BRING TO THE DISTRICT AND WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE AS YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS WORK. SO WHAT IS SECO? SECO IS THE STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFICE.
IT IS PART OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. IT PARTNERS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING K-12 INSTITUTIONS, TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE ENERGY COSTS AND MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCY.
IT HAS BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE 88, I BELIEVE. WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THAT TO YOU IN A LITTLE BIT.
BUT WE'VE HAD NOT ONLY OUR STAFF, BUT DISTRICT STAFF ON THE PHONE WITH THE DIRECTOR, EDDIE TREVINO, TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE.
IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO HEAR THEM TALK. AND THEY SAY WE HAVE MONEY FOR SCHOOLS.
WE JUST WANT SCHOOLS TO COME AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
AND IT'S TAKEN THESE 20 YEARS TO KIND OF MOVE IT ALONG SO THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE IS FUNDING, IT'S VIABLE AND IT PRODUCES RESULTS FOR THE SCHOOLS.
YOU'RE UP. THANK YOU. HI. AM I MY VOLUME GOOD WHERE I'M AT.
OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO EAT OR I GO TO THE SIDE, BUT ANYWAY I'M GREG WOMACK I'M BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR HUTTON SERVICES. ACTUALLY, I WORK FOR HUTTON GROUP, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF MANY, MANY COMPANIES.
WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 1983. SO THAT'S BETTER THAN ALMOST LIKE 40 PLUS YEARS.
OUR FOUNDER IS R.O. HUTTON, AND WE'RE A FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED BUSINESS.
I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SECO AND WHAT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE, WHAT PROGRAMS THEY DO HAVE. BASICALLY, THERE ARE TWO.
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ONE IS THE LONE STAR FUNDING PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE 1988.THIS PROGRAM IS, AS IT STATES, HAS BEEN USED IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS TO CREATE OVER $600 MILLION WORTH OF ENERGY SAVINGS PROJECTS DURING THE COURSE OF THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
THE STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION COMPANY GUARANTEES THOSE OUTCOMES.
THEY HAVE NEVER HAD TO FORK OVER $1 SINCE 1988.
IT HAS ALWAYS CASH FLOW. THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT RECORD.
THE LONE STAR PROGRAM HAS A LIMIT OF 0 TO $6 MILLION PER PROJECT.
YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE PROJECT RUNNING SIMULTANEOUSLY AT A FACILITY AT ONE TIME BEGINNING TO END.
THE INTEREST RATE IS 2.5%. THE MAX DURATION IS 15 YEARS, AND IN BOTH OF THESE FUNDING GROUPS, IT HAS TO BE A CASH NEUTRAL PROPOSITION. IN OTHER WORDS, THE ENERGY SAVINGS ALONE HAS TO PAY FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
THIRD PARTY REVIEW. IN BOTH OF THESE. SO WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY ENGINEER.
WE DON'T ENGAGE. THE STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFICE ENGAGES THAT ENGINEER.
THAT ENGINEER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING ALL OF OUR ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS, THE ESTIMATED COST SAVINGS, AS WELL AS PRICING, MAKING SURE IT'S COMPETITIVE.
THERE'S NO BUY AMERICAN REQUIRED UNDER THE LONE STAR PROGRAM, BUT THERE IS UNDERNEATH THE RF FUNDS IN OUR SUPPLIERS, AND WE'RE THE LARGEST DISTRIBUTOR FOR TRANE HVAC EQUIPMENT ON THE PLANET.
THAT'S ALL MADE HERE IN NORTH AMERICA. EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE INSIDE OF THIS PROJECT, THAT WE WILL PRESENT AS FACILITIES THAT MAKE THE PRODUCT HERE IN NORTH AMERICA, WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MEETING THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
THERE'S A WAGE AUDIT ALSO REQUIRED UNDER THE R.A.
OKAY. YES, SIR. SO THE DIFFERENCES ARE ACTUALLY IN THE VOLUME THAT YOU CAN DO US AND THE INTEREST RATE. SO WHEN YOU START TAKING A LOOK AT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF WORK AND YOU'RE DEFERRING THAT COST OVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD, THAT 1% DIFFERENCE IN INTEREST CAN MEAN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
SO IN THE R CATEGORY, THE FLOOR IS $3 MILLION AND THE CEILING IS EIGHT AND YOU CAN DO TWO PROJECTS SIMULTANEOUSLY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE TWO FUNDING MECHANISMS THAT WE KIND OF ENGAGE? OKAY, I'LL MOVE ON. SO WE BUILT A MODEL FOR THE DISTRICT AND THIS INCLUDED SIX OF YOUR EIGHT SCHOOLS. THOSE INCLUDED THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IS NAMED LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO BLUEBONNET. AND IN THOSE SCHOOLS, THE ISOLATED ELECTRICAL COSTS, WATER COSTS AND GAS COSTS TOTALED $660,000. I DON'T KNOW, DOES THIS HAVE A POINTER ON IT, BY ANY CHANCE? NO IT DOESN'T. OKAY. ANYWAY, CLICK THAT MIDDLE BUTTON, IT'LL HIGHLIGHT AND THEN JUST WAVE IT IN THE AREA YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.
OH I SEE OKAY, THERE WE GO. I'M SO SORRY. SPOTLIGHT.
I DIDN'T KNOW THE TECHNOLOGY. MY APOLOGIES. SO THIS TOTALS.
THAT'S YOUR TOTAL CURRENT ANNUAL BASELINE OF $660,000.
IF YOU WERE TO EXTRAPOLATE THAT OVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD, WHICH IS ABOUT RIGHT FOR THE LIFE OF MOST OF THESE ASSETS, AND YOU WERE ALSO TO ADD A CPI ADJUSTMENT, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ADJUSTMENT OF ABOUT 2.4
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TO 2.5%, JUST THE ISOLATED UTILITY COSTS FOR 15 YEARS WOULD BE ALMOST $12 MILLION.TAKING A LOOK AT THE OTHER COLUMNS, WHICH ARE YOUR OPERATIONAL EXPENSE? WE HAVE THREE GROUPS HERE. WE HAVE TO DO PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS BRAND NEW EQUIPMENT OR WHETHER OR NOT IT'S OLDER EQUIPMENT THAT TOTALS OUT IN THIS MODEL FOR 15 YEARS.
IF YOU DID NOTHING WITH THE EXISTING EQUIPMENT, THAT YOU HAVE A $570,000.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE PROBABLY EMERGENCY REPAIR.
SOME OF THESE SYSTEMS YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO REPAIR VERSUS REPLACE, BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO DO THAT, OR JUST FUNDING MIGHT NOT BE AVAILABLE IN THIS MODEL THAT TOTALS 1,000,007 AND ALMOST A MILLION 720.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, BY THE END OF 15 YEARS, IF YOU FACTOR A 5% COMPLETE FAILURE RATE ACROSS THE DISTRICT TIMES 15 YEARS, YOU'RE GOING TO PROBABLY REPLACE 75% OF YOUR HVAC EQUIPMENT IN 15 YEARS ANYWAY. I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY CONSERVATIVE NUMBER THAT TOTALS ALMOST $2.9 MILLION IN 15 YEARS. ALL UP. ALL IN ON THE OPERATIONAL EXPENSE IN THIS MODEL.
IF YOU ADD UP THE UTILITY MODEL. I'M SORRY. AND THE OPERATIONAL EXPENSE MODEL YOU'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH JUST A TAD SHY OF $17 MILLION.
THAT'S THE CURRENT LIKE NON AGGRESSIVE REPLACEMENT.
YOU'RE NOT SAVING ANYTHING IN UTILITIES. AND THOSE CAN COST CONTINUE TO GO UP.
COULD I ASK YOU A QUESTION. YOU KNOW NOT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE REPRESENTED ON THIS CHART.
IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT. YOU KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL ON HERE.
YOU DON'T HAVE ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY. THERE'S OTHER CAMPUSES MISSING. HOW COME WE DON'T YOU DON'T SHOW ALL THOSE? YES, SIR. WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION ALSO. WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS WE WANTED TO PRESENT A PROPOSED PHASE ONE SO THAT WE COULD WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION ON BOTH THE HIGH SCHOOL AND STRONG.
AND IF WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT, I CAN PUT IT IN THE APPENDIX AND WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
THAT'S FINE, BUT OKAY. COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOU HAVE THESE AS PROJECT ONE AND SOMETHING ELSE AS PROJECT TWO, I GUESS? YES. YES, SIR. RIGHT. KEEP IN MIND, I'M DEALING WITH A $3 MILLION FLOOR.
I CAN ALSO DO, AS HE MENTIONED, SOME OF THE ECONOMICS BEHIND IT, BUT ALSO OUR DIRECTIVE IN TERMS OF LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL BEING A NEW CAMPUS, BEING A NEW CAMPUS AND MUCH NEWER EQUIPMENT, PRIORITIZING THE AGING, FAILING EQUIPMENT WAS KIND OF OUR DIRECTIVE TO THEM TO PRIORITIZE AND THEN WITHIN THE CAPS THAT THEY HAVE AS WELL.
OKAY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THIS IS THE FUNDING APPLIED TO WHAT WE WOULD CALL PHASE ONE, WHICH ARE THE SAME IDENTICAL SIX CAMPUSES.
IN THIS MODEL. YOU CAN SEE THE ANNUAL SAVINGS IS ESTIMATED AT $224,000.
KEEP IN MIND OUR BASELINE WAS OVER $660,000. SO IF YOU KIND OF QUICKLY DID THE MATH, YOU'RE YOU'RE CUTTING THE ENERGY BILL BY ABOUT 30%. THIS IS AN ISOLATED NUMBER BASED OFF OF WHAT I'M ATTACKING, MEANING THAT I'M NOT REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF VOLTAGE THAT GOES TO ONE OF THESE SOCKETS OVER HERE.
OKAY. I AM ISOLATING THE HVAC AND THE WATER AND THE GAS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH.
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I'M ALSO MAKING BUILDING ENVELOPE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL CUT DOWN THE SOLAR GAIN BEFORE IT EVEN GETS INTO THE BUILDING, SO THAT THE HVAC SYSTEMS AND ALL THE OTHER SYSTEMS THAT HAVE TO COMBAT THAT EXTERNAL HEAT.DON'T HAVE TO WORK AS HARD. THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORK AS LONG, AND THEY'RE MUCH MORE EFFICIENT.
THE ANNUAL SAVINGS IS 224,000 AND SOME CHANGE.
WE HAVE A PROJECT TOTAL FINANCE OF 3358714, AND THAT INCLUDES INTEREST AT 1.5% AND THAT TOTALS JUST FOR 15 YEARS. WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED PAYBACK OF 14.96 YEARS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE EACH CAMPUS ACTUALLY HAS DIFFERENT PAYBACKS.
SOME OF THEM ARE MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN OTHERS BECAUSE IT JUST DEPENDS.
I SAID, IS WATER REALLY THAT MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE THAN GAS? AND HE SAYS, YES, IT'S THE FASTEST GROWING COST OF UTILITY THAT THERE IS.
SO THAT WAS AN EDUCATION ON MY PART BECAUSE I DON'T TYPICALLY SEE THAT.
FAIR ENOUGH. BUT IN THIS AREA WE DO OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT ARE REBATES.
TYPICALLY, UTILITY COMPANIES HAVE REBATES TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO NOT HAVE TO BUILD POWER PLANTS AND BUY MORE OFF THE GRID, BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR RISK IN THIS AREA. THERE AREN'T REBATES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE.
SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT THAT. BUT THEY'RE JUST NOT AVAILABLE.
THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE TO ANY BUSINESS HERE. SO I DON'T WANT TO DESTROY YOU WITH NUMBERS HERE.
SO IN THAT SAME FIRST EXAMPLE YOU REMEMBER THAT WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND A LITTLE SHY OF $12 MILLION IN THIS POST INSTALLATION AND EXECUTION OF PHASE ONE. WE'RE A LITTLE SHY OF $8 MILLION.
AND THAT INCLUDES A UTILITY SAVINGS THAT I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED OF $224,000 DOLLARS ANNUALLY, WHICH BRINGS YOUR BASELINE FROM SIX 60 TO 436 FOR THOSE SIX CAMPUSES.
YOUR OPERATIONAL EXPENSE. WE KEPT THAT THE SAME ON THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.
WE STILL HAVE TO LUBE AND GREASE. YOUR FUTURE REPAIRS ARE GOING TO BE CUT DRASTICALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE WARRANTIES ON NEW EQUIPMENT. WE ALSO HAVE MOST OF THIS EQUIPMENT IS AIR COOLED.
IT HAS A COMPRESSOR IN IT. THE COMPRESSOR, AS THEY'RE CALLED DIRECT EXPANSION SYSTEMS. THAT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE PIECE OF ANY AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM.
YOU MAY KNOW THIS BY HAVING YOUR OWN RESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS. IF YOU EVER HAD TO REPLACE ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
REALISTICALLY THIS THESE SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING, THEY'RE GOING TO LAST 15 YEARS.
SO I DON'T HAVE TO DEFER THAT COST. I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT COST FOR ANOTHER 15 YEARS.
HERE'S THE TOTAL OF THOSE TWO NUMBERS 9.1 MILLION.
THIS IS YOUR DEBT SERVICE WITH INTEREST FOR THE SECO LOAN.
THIS IS THE TOTAL. REMEMBER, THAT NUMBER WAS JUST SHY OF 17 MILLION ON THE CURRENT STRATEGY.
NOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO IMPLEMENTATION, AND WE'VE GOT IT TO 12.5 ROUGH AND DIRTY.
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AND THIS IS A SUMMARY ON THE COLUMN OR COLUMNS TO THE OTHER CHART TO THE LEFT, WE'VE GOT OUR UTILITY EXPENSES.AND THAT'S A VARIABLE BETWEEN THE CURRENT STRATEGY AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PHASE ONE.
IF YOU NOTICE THE VARIANCES ARE ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN THE GUARANTEE.
THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE WHEN WE BRING THIS PROJECT TO SECO, THEY REQUIRE US TO ACTUALLY DE-RATE THE SAVINGS BY ABOUT 6.5%. SO IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE'RE SHOWING 224 ANNUALLY, YOU GET ALL OF IT EITHER WAY. OKAY. BUT THAT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN SHOW.
THE ACTUAL TOTAL SAVINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT AS LITTLE NORTH OF $240,000 A YEAR.
BUT I DON'T GET TO COUNT IT INSIDE OF THEIR PROGRAM.
NEVERTHELESS, WHEN YOU SAVE IT, YOU GET IT ANYWAY.
YOU'RE PAYING LESS OF A BILL. SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THAT DISCREPANCY.
THERE'S YOUR DEBT SERVICE ON THE BLUE COLUMN WITH THE YELLOW.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN YOU ADD UP, BASICALLY THE OPEX SAVINGS AND THE LOAN IS TAKEN CARE OF, YOU'RE AT ABOUT A 4.350 BETTER OFF THAN A KNOWN MODEL IF YOU JUST DID CURRENT OPERATIONS FOR ANOTHER 15 YEARS.
SO YOUR ANNUAL PAYMENTS WOULD EQUAL A LITTLE LESS THAN 224.
WE'RE AT 224 THAT SECO WILL HELP ME COUNT. I'VE GOT A NET POSITIVE OF $500, AND THAT TRANSLATES TO A NET SAVINGS OR NET BETTER THAN SAVINGS, IF YOU WOULD, THAT I'M REQUIRED OF OVER $33,000. SO I WANT TO TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT. MATTER OF FACT, CAN I JUST TAKE A PAUSE HERE.
OKAY. SO IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGIES WE'RE DELIVERING HERE IN OUR MODELS AND HOW WE GET TO THOSE EFFICIENCIES, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE HVAC EQUIPMENT.
IT'S MORE EFFICIENT. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, SOMETHING THAT'S 12 YEARS OLD IS GOING TO OPERATE.
THEY CALL THEM IN SEARS. I THINK YOU PROBABLY HEARD OF THAT.
YOU SEE SEARS RATINGS ON ANYTHING? REFRIGERATORS, REFRIGERATORS TO WASHER AND DRYERS.
A GOOD SYSTEM TEN, 12 YEARS AGO WAS PROBABLY 11 SEER.
IN TODAY'S WORLD, IT'S 1819 SEER. SO THEY'RE NOT ONLY MORE DEPENDABLE BECAUSE THEY'RE NEW, THEY ALSO ARE A HECK OF A LOT MORE EFFICIENT.
THEY JUST USE LESS POWER. WE HAVE WATER FIXTURES THAT WILL BE REPLACING.
LIKE I SAID, THE UTILITIES ON WATER IS GOING UP DRASTICALLY.
WE HAVE HIGH EFFICIENCY ENERGY LIGHT LIGHTING SYSTEMS. AND THAT'S ALL ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF WHAT THEY WOULD CALL LUMENS TO THE TO THE CLASSROOM TASK AREA.
NOT ONLY WILL YOU REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SPEND ASSOCIATED WITH HAVING TO LIGHT THE FACILITY.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT'LL BE A BETTER LIGHT.
IT'LL IMPROVE THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. BUILDING ENVELOPE IMPROVEMENTS I HAD MENTIONED THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO ATTACK SOME OF THESE WINDOWS, RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO BASICALLY PUT A SOLAR FILM ON THEM SO THAT YOU CAN SEE OUT PERFECTLY, BUT WE CAN CUT ALMOST 3 TO 4 DEGREES, MAYBE EVEN FIVE DEGREES OUT OF THAT TEMPERATURE.
WE PUT THIS SAME PRODUCT ON OUR WEST PARK OFFICE.
YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO CHANGE THE WINDOWS OUT.
YOU CAN STILL SEE PERFECTLY OUTSIDE, BUT MAN, IT CERTAINLY DOES EXTEND.
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THE LONGEVITY OF IT MAKES PEOPLE A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE.AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IS HOW DO WE MAKE THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT MORE COMFORTABLE AND MORE EFFICIENT? IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO INSTALL TEMPERATURE CONTROLS.
SO IN SOME OF YOUR TEMPERATURE CONTROLS THAT ARE A LITTLE DATED, YOU HAVE A LOT OF DRIFTING.
YOU MIGHT HAVE IT SET UP AT 72 DEGREES IN THE SUMMERTIME AND MAYBE 68 IN THE WINTERTIME.
BUT THESE SYSTEMS TEND TO HUNT WHEN THEY'RE NOT CONTROLLED REAL WELL.
AND THOSE HUMPS, IF YOU WOULD, IS WHERE WE CAN START TO STRAIGHTEN THAT OUT WITHOUT SACRIFICING STUDENT COMFORT. FACULTY COMFORT. SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE GOING TO SAVE ENERGY BY NOT TELLING YOU, HEY, YOU GOT TO BE AT 74 IN THE SUMMERTIME. THAT'S NOT FUN.
OR YOU GOT TO BE AT 66 IN THE WINTERTIME, THAT'S NOT FUN.
WE WANT A COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT. I CAN SAVE ENERGY HERE.
LET'S JUST TURN THE LIGHTS OUT. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A VERY FUN CONVERSATION RIGHT.
EXACTLY. SO WE HAVE TO BE PRACTICAL ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, THIS IS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. THESE ARE STUDENTS HERE THAT ARE GOING TO WANT TO HAVE GREAT MEMORIES AND TEACHERS HERE THAT MAKE THEIR LIVING EDUCATING THE ACTUALLY THE PROFESSIONALS OF THE NEXT GENERATION.
SO AND I SAW A LOT OF THOSE THIS EVENING. YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD BE VERY, VERY PROUD.
SO I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO DOCTOR KELLY SO SHE CAN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
THANK YOU. I DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE THAT ON THAT LAST SIDE.
IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT IN LOCKHART, YOU GUYS SPEND TIME TALKING ABOUT YOUR ROLE AS A BOARD IN BEING THE HEAD CHEERLEADER FOR THE DISTRICT, MAKING SURE THAT STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IS YOUR PRIMARY.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, YOU NEED PARTNERS THAT CAN COME IN AND HELP PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENTAL SPACE THAT SUPPORTS THAT LEARNING. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UPGRADING AND MOVING LOCKHART ISD FORWARD SO THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE ON YOUR PATH FOR EXCELLENCE. SECO IS A STATE ORGANIZATION, AND IF YOU'VE WORKED WITH ANYTHING AT THE STATE OR FEDERAL LEVEL, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES TIME. SO WE WANTED TO BE VERY UPFRONT THAT THERE ARE STEPS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE.
THE FIRST THING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN AFTER YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
TALK WITH YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM IS TO FILL OUT A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND MOU, AND THEN TO SUBMIT THE PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT THAT THE HUNTING GROUP HAS ALREADY DONE.
THAT'S THE VERY FIRST THING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.
ONCE IT'S SUBMITTED, SECO WILL SET ASIDE THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY EACH YEAR.
SECO PUTS OUT A CALL FOR THESE LOANS. IT HAPPENS ABOUT JANUARY OR FEBRUARY, BUT THEY CLOSE THE LOAN APPLICATION PRIOR TO THE END OF THEIR FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS AT THE END OF AUGUST.
YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS CHOSEN TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT AHEAD, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET IN FRONT OF THESE DISTRICTS THAT ARE WAITING TILL THE LAST MINUTE. WE WERE VERY SPECIFIC IN OUR QUESTIONS TO SECO.
IS THERE STILL MONEY READY FOR THIS YEAR? THEY SAID THERE'S PLENTY, BUT IT HAS TO BE SET ASIDE THROUGH THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND THE PRELIMINARY ASSET. ONCE THAT HAPPENS, SECO REVIEWS THE APPLICATION AND THEN THEY'LL ISSUE THE MOU TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE TIMELINE BEGINS, THEN 140 DAYS FOR AN ENGINEERING GRADE UTILITY ASSESSMENT.
AND IT'S VERY SPECIFIC IN THE SACO WORLD. WE HAVE WONDERFUL ENGINEERS AT HUNTON, AND THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK ALREADY HERE AT LOCKHART TO SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED IN ORDER TO GET THE GREATEST EFFICIENCIES.
SECO WILL THEN HIRE AN INDEPENDENT ENGINEER, A THIRD PARTY, TO LOOK OVER THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING,
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TO LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN LINE WITH WHAT THE STATE HAS PROMISED AND THAT IT'S OF GOOD QUALITY.THE WORK BEGINS AND WE DO AN INVOICE. WE'LL INVOICE THE DISTRICT.
AND THEN AT THE COMPLETION, AT THE 100% COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY WHERE THE LOAN PAYMENTS ARE MADE ON QUARTERLY ASSIGNMENTS WILL BEGIN. THIS GIVES YOUR FINANCIAL OFFICE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BANK THOSE UTILITY COSTS PRIOR TO ANY PAYMENT. SO YOU'RE PUTTING MONEY ASIDE, NOT NEW MONEY.
YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO IDENTIFY AND CHANGE YOUR BUDGET PROCESS TO COME UP WITH THIS MONEY.
YOU'RE SAVING MONEY ON THOSE UTILITY COSTS OVER THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT BEFORE IT COMPLETES, BEFORE YOU EVEN HAVE YOUR FIRST LOAN PAYMENT.
WE ANTICIPATE, AS WE ARE WORKING WITH SECO, THEIR TIMELINE FOR ALL OF THIS IS THROUGH QUARTER FOUR. SO WE WOULD NOT WE WOULD BE GOING THROUGH THESE STEPS THROUGH THE SUMMER, THROUGH THE FALL, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE QUALIFIED AND BEGIN WORKING AS SOON AS WE ARE APPROVED.
THERE ARE MANY ADVANTAGES TO DOING SECO FUNDING.
FIRST OF ALL, IT'S THERE. THE MONEY IS READY AND THE MONEY IS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS LOW INTEREST LOAN TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR CAPITAL FUNDS.
IT IS MANAGED THROUGH YOUR M&O FINANCE SYSTEM, NOT THROUGH YOUR INS.
IT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD GO TO THE VOTERS AND A REPAYMENT OF A BOND.
AND THE WAY THAT IT'S SET UP THROUGH YOUR BUSINESS OFFICE, YOU ACTUALLY CAN DRAW BACK FROM YOUR UTILITY PAYMENTS TO PUT THAT ASIDE FOR THE PAYMENT FOR THE SECO LOAN.
THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD HOPE THAT THE EFFICIENCIES WOULD BE SO GOOD THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO RECOUP THAT AND THEN APPLY THAT TO OTHER PROJECTS THAT YOU FEEL ARE ESSENTIAL IN ORDER TO MEET YOUR ACADEMIC GOALS AND THE GOALS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CONTINUE TO GROW.
AGAIN, A BIG PLUS FOR THIS PROGRAM IS THAT IT'S BACKED BY THE STATE.
THE STATE GUARANTEES THAT YOU WILL HAVE EFFICIENCIES IF YOU DO THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE VALUED THROUGH THE VENDOR HUNTING AND THROUGH THE THIRD PARTY ENGINEER.
AGAIN, THAT THIRD PARTY ENGINEER IS THE OVERSIGHT AND VERIFICATION THAT THINGS ARE BEING DONE SO THAT THE STATE CAN CONTINUE TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING YOU. WE DO HAVE TO MEASURE EVERYTHING AND MAKE SURE IT'S VERIFIED.
AND AGAIN THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE PRIOR ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1988, SECURES WHAT'S BEING DONE. SACO HAS NEVER MISSED ONE OF THEIR ENERGY REDUCTION GOALS.
HERE'S SOME MONEY AND WE'LL KEEP WHAT YOU REALLY DID.
SAVE. ALL THE MONEY THAT YOU SAVE GOES BACK TO THE DISTRICT.
THE STATE UNDERSTANDS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING GREAT WORK, AND NEED TO BE ABLE TO RECOUP THOSE FUNDS FOR THE EFFORTS THAT THEY'RE DOING IN THEIR EFFICIENCIES. SO COULD I ASK YOU? YOU CAN, BECAUSE, LOOK, WE'RE AT THE END AND THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS.
SO AT THE VERY LEAST, WE WILL THE MONEY IN ENERGY SAVINGS TO EQUAL THE COST OF PAYING BACK THE LOAN.
RIGHT. SO BUT HOW MANY OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE YOU ALL DONE? SO WE DO ENERGY EFFICIENCY STUDIES ALL THE TIME.
YOU GUYS WANT TO COME IN AND HELP WITH THIS PART OF IT? BUT WORKING THROUGH THE SACO PROJECT SPECIFICALLY, WE'VE DONE THREE.
SO I MEAN, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO HAVE ENOUGH SAVINGS TO AT LEAST COVER THE LOAN COST, RIGHT? AND THAT IS TYPICALLY HOW MUCH SAVINGS IS THERE BEYOND THAT THAT THE THAT GENERATES REVENUES FOR THE SCHOOL THAT WE CAN USE FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN, I YET TO BE SEEN I GUESS PART OF ME SAID, I KNOW 224,000.
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WAS THAT THE NUMBER? 224. THAT WAS IN THERE. OKAY.AND I THINK THE THING, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T, WE'RE GOING TO I SAW AT A MEETING WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND MR. CHAPMAN TODAY AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AC UNITS THAT WE PURCHASED WHEN I WAS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL.
LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO BE WE'RE GOING TO BE BUYING THESE THINGS.
AND I GUESS IF THE SAVINGS IS LESS, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT'S POSSIBLE.
SOMETIMES THE SAVINGS IS LESS THAN THE COST OF PAYING BACK THE LOAN.
WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT DIFFERENCE. IS THAT RIGHT? AGAIN, THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED, OKAY. IT'S NEVER HAPPENED.
BUT SAY IT DID HAPPEN. OKAY. ALSO I THOUGHT I COULD TALK ANYWAY IF YOU SAVE MORE, IT'S YOURS. THERE IS NO, LIKE, CARRYOVER.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, IF YOU ONE YEAR MAYBE WE GOT BETTER AT IT, RIGHT? MAYBE WE REFINED OUR CONTROLS AND WE SAVED $260,000 THAT YEAR FROM THE BASELINE.
IT DOESN'T CARRY OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR. I HAVE TO START AGAIN AT GROUND ZERO.
YEAH, I'VE DONE QUITE A LOT OF PROJECTS LIKE THIS.
YOU DON'T WANT TO TRY TO BE RIGHT AT THAT DOLLAR SIGN EVERY YEAR.
SO EVERY TIME I'VE DONE THIS, THERE'S BEEN ADDITIONAL SAVINGS THAT HAVE GENERATED.
SOMETIMES I KNOW AHEAD OF TIME IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT.
ONE EXAMPLE WOULD BE BAY CITY. THEY HAD THEIR GAS USAGE WAS WAY HIGH.
WE TOLD THEM I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A LOT.
I THINK WE GUARANTEED 25% OF THEIR GAS SAVINGS.
THEY WENT RIGHT TO THE DISTRICT. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE CONSERVATIVE IN OUR NUMBERS.
AND EVEN WHEN WE'RE CONSERVATIVE IN OUR NUMBERS, SECO IS GOING TO MAKE IT EVEN BE MORE CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT TO BE HAPPY WITH THAT. THEY WANT THEIR MONEY BACK AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT IF THEY WE'RE HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT A DOLLAR EACH YEAR.
COULD I ASK YOU FOR THE RECORD? COULD YOU PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF? YEAH. MY NAME IS KERMIT RICHARDS. I'M AN ENERGY ENGINEER WITH THE HUTTON SERVICES.
OKAY. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 40 YEARS. I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO IN. SO YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS STATE FUNDED, SO DO THEY ALLOCATE X NUMBER X AMOUNT, SORT OF LIKE ESTIMATING HOW MANY POTENTIAL DISTRICTS ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE. WELL THERE'S A THERE'S A BIG BUNCH OF MONEY THAT'S BEEN SITTING THERE FOR MANY YEARS.
AND WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM, THERE WAS SOME OIL SOME OIL COMPANY LAWSUITS AND ALL THE STATES GOT BIG HUNKS OF MONEY AND EVERY STATE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE MONEY.
I THINK OKLAHOMA, THEY SAID, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY A PIECE.
I THINK EVERYBODY GOT LIKE $5, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
TEXAS SAID, WE'RE GOING TO CREATE THIS GROUP.
WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A PILE OF MONEY THAT WE CAN HELP SCHOOLS AND CITIES DO THESE PROJECTS IN ORDER TO KEEP IT GOING FOREVER. YOU KNOW, ONCE THE PROJECT IS PAID OUT SOMETHING, THE MONEY GOES BACK INTO THE PROJECT.
WE'VE BEEN ASKED, WELL, WHAT ABOUT IF THE GOVERNMENT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CUTS THE FUNDING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? IT'S A STATE FUND. THEY USE THE MONEY AND IT KEEPS GENERATING.
EDDIE TREVINO, WHO RUNS IT, HE'S TOLD ME MANY TIMES HE'S NEVER LOST A DOLLAR ON IT.
HE DOESN'T PLAN ON IT. SO PRESENTLY ABOUT HOW MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE PARTICIPATING, DO YOU KNOW? I HAVE NO IDEA. SO IS THE GOAL TO GET AN APPLICATION IN THE SUMMER? MAY I JUST ADD TO HER ANSWER? OKAY. JUST A SECOND.
IT IS A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS EACH YEAR.
OKAY. EXCUSE ME FOR INTERRUPTING. YEAH. NO, NO.
OUR GOAL IS TO GET AN APPLICATION IN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE'LL BRING THIS. IT'S FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.
WE'LL BE BACK NEXT MONTH FOR CONSIDERATION AND ACTION.
AND THEN PENDING THAT VOTE, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE THE STATE TYPICALLY TO APPROVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
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AND AGAIN, IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT TIMELINE WE INDICATED WE TALKED WITH THE STATE, WE TALKED WITH EDDIE TREVINO LAST WEEK.AND HE AND HE THOUGHT THAT WE COULD BE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE BY QUARTER FOR 25, BUT THAT MOST OF THE WORK WOULD BEGIN THE FIRST OF 2026 FOR THE ACTUAL WORK TO OCCUR, BECAUSE IT HAS TO GO THROUGH ALL THE PROCESSES OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT CORRECTLY, THAT THEY CAN CONFIRM THAT AND AFFIRM THE SAVINGS WILL BE THERE.
SO WHEN WE DISCUSS THIS, THIS TIMELINE SPECIFICALLY WITH EDDIE TREVINO, WHO'S A DIRECTOR, A FEW DAYS AGO, WHAT WE WERE TOLD IS AFTER APPLICATION IS REVIEWED, THEY CAN TYPICALLY APPROVE AN APPLICATION WITHIN A WEEK AND A HALF TO TWO WEEKS. THAT'S WHEN YOUR TIMELINE KIND OF STARTS.
THEY SET ASIDE THE NECESSARY CAPITAL DOLLARS IF YOU WOULD.
OKAY. THEN IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE APPROVED. THAT'S WHEN THE TIMELINE STARTS.
THE REALLY GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT ABOUT 85% OF ALL THE ENGINEERING'S BEEN DONE.
OKAY. ON ALL THESE SIX FIRST SIX SCHOOLS. WHAT TAKES THE MOST TIME IS THE AMOUNT OF DOCUMENTATION THAT SECO REQUIRES ON THEIR FORMS. AND IN THAT EXAMPLE OF LIKE BAY CITY ISD, IT WAS A $4 MILLION PROJECT.
A LOT OF THE SAME TECHNOLOGIES, WHICH ARE DIFFERENT FORMULAS, ENGINEERING FORMULAS.
FOR ALL THOSE, IT WAS 100 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT HAD TO BE DELIVERED.
IS THAT STILL A PROBLEM? ARE Y'ALL KIND OF FACTORING THAT IN THERE AS FAR AS ANY CONSTRUCTION WORK THAT YOU'VE GOT GOING? YEAH, IF WE HAVE TO REPLACE STUFF, I MEAN ORDERING, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE FOUND THAT ORDERING STUFF THAT HAS TO BE DONE QUITE A DISTANCE AHEAD SO THAT YOU HAVE IT AVAILABLE WHEN YOU NEED IT.
YEAH. WELL, EXACTLY. SO IF WE COULD REACH OVER AND HAVE A DISCUSSION, EITHER PRE-CONSTRUCTION OR WHATEVER, OR AT TIME OF PLAN AND SPEC TYPE WORK. OKAY. AND YOU'VE GOT AN ENGINEER INVOLVED OR AN ARCHITECT ALREADY ON A NEW FACILITY.
IF WE CAN BUILD INTO THE DNA OF THOSE JOBS. TECHNOLOGY THAT MORE EASILY INTEGRATES WITH WHAT THE NEW PLATFORM MIGHT BE WITH EXISTING PLATFORMS, WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH INTEGRATING YOUR EXISTING SYSTEMS. I'M SORRY. I'M NOT ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION. MY APOLOGIES.
OKAY. SO, LEAD TIME ON EQUIPMENT. RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AIR COOLED EQUIPMENT.
SO TYPICALLY AIR COOLED EQUIPMENT IS, YOU KNOW, WEEKS, NOT MONTHS TO GET OUR HANDS ON IT.
CONTROLS ARE ALMOST, LIKE, IMMEDIATE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS GETTING OUR HANDS ON THOSE, THE TOILET FIXTURES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. GO AHEAD. I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO SAY SOMETHING THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
BUT AGAIN THE DISTRICT DOESN'T OWE ANY, ANY PAYMENTS UNTIL EVERYTHING IS COMPLETE.
SO IT MIGHT BE A MONTH OR TWO WHERE YOU'RE GETTING ADDITIONAL SAVINGS THAT'S GOING RIGHT INTO YOUR BUCKETS THAT YOU CAN PAY LATER ON. SO DO WE END UP HAVING TO HIRE ENGINEERING FIRMS OR DO Y'ALL DO ALL THAT? THAT'S US. AND THAT'S ABOUT AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE DO Y'ALL TAKE CARE OF THAT, TOO? WE TAKE CARE OF ALL THAT. YES. OKAY. THAT'S ALL PART OF THE PART OF THE ALL OF THOSE COSTS GOING INTO THIS PROJECT.
OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS BOARD? I HAD ONE. THE WAS IT 15 YEAR SAVINGS OR SAVINGS THAT WE SAW IN THE PRESENTATION? DID THAT FIGURE IN THE COST OF WATER AND ELECTRICITY IN THE FUTURE? SO WE TYPICALLY TRY TO ADD A LITTLE BIT ON THAT. BUT AS YOU PROBABLY SEEN HERE IN LOCKHART, THE COST OF THE WATER REALLY SHOT UP THIS YEAR.
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SO WE CAN MAKE A GOOD JUDGMENT AS TO WHERE THOSE COSTS WILL BE.OKAY? ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR US? OKAY. THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW. ITEM SIX CLOSED SESSION.
[CLOSED SESSION]
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON APRIL 28TH, 2025, BEGINNING AT 8:30 P.M., WILL CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING ITEMS LISTED UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.072, 551.074, 551.076 AND 551.082. NO FINAL ACTIONS, DECISIONS, OR VOTES WILL BE TAKEN WHILE THE BOARD IS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.THE BOARD ENDED ITS CLOSED SESSION AT 9:30 P.M.
WE WILL MOVE NOW TO ITEM SEVEN, THE BUSINESS CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH
[Business: Consent Agenda]
H. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE ITEMS? NO. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ALL THE ITEMS AS LISTED.SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY DISCUSSION? WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 7 TO 0. WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 8B, REVIEWED OR
[Review the Interlocal Agreement (IA) between the City of Lockhart and Lockhart ISD for the Aquatics Facility]
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOCKHART AND LOCKHART ASD FOR THE AQUATICS FACILITY.MR. HUGHES. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. SUPERINTENDENT.
SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF CATCH UP AS TO WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THAT TIME AND GO OVER THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO ENTER INTO TO SECURE THE PROPERTY FOR THE FACILITY TO BE BUILT ON. SO THE PROCESS BEGAN WITH COMMUNITY INPUT ON EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED TO, TO BE ABLE TO DO WITH THIS FACILITY. WHAT PURPOSES IT WOULD SERVE, WHAT PROGRAMS WE COULD OFFER IN THIS FACILITY.
SO WE HAD A AQUATICS COMMITTEE THAT WE FORMED.
THIS WAS ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. WE STARTED THIS PROCESS.
THERE'S A FEW OF THE MEMBERS THERE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE INPUT THAT WE GOT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WITH THAT INPUT, WE CAME UP WITH SOME DESIGN CONCEPTS.
THIS IS THE FINAL CONCEPT THAT WE SETTLED ON AT THE END OF THAT PROCESS AND STARTED BASING OUR, OUR, OUR PROGRAMING IDEAS AROUND THIS SETUP. LOOKING AT BUDGETING TO BUILD THIS FACILITY.
SO THIS WAS OUR STARTING POINT. I WILL SAY THIS HAS EVOLVED SINCE THEN.
OVER THE YEAR AND A HALF PROCESS AND THE SEVERAL MEETINGS WE'VE HAD.
AND IN TALKING WITH THE BUILDERS AND DESIGNERS THIS IS OUR STARTING POINT.
THIS WILL CHANGE A LITTLE BIT AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT PART OF THE DESIGN PHASE FOR THIS PROJECT.
IT'S NOT ONE POOL, AS YOU CAN SEE. OBVIOUSLY.
AND TRAINING POOL ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THERE WILL ALSO BE A THIRD BODY OF WATER A LITTLE BIT SMALLER.
IT WILL BE SIMILAR IN SIZE TO THE RECTANGULAR AREA OF THE SMALL POOL.
WHAT WAS THAT TRICK? THE TOP BUTTON. THERE WE GO.
OKAY, SO THIS IS A TRAINING PART OF THE LEISURE POOL.
IT'S 30FT BY 30FT. I CAN DIVIDE THIS UP INTO FOUR LONG LANES AND SUBDIVIDE IT.
AND I CAN TEACH 32 KIDS HOW TO SWIM RIGHT HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A SIMILAR SPACE AT THE END OF THE COMPETITIVE POOL.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE COMPETITIVE POOL OUT THIS DIRECTION A LITTLE BIT TO CREATE SPACE.
SO WE CAN DO ANOTHER 42 FOOT BY 30 FOOT TRAINING POOL HERE.
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THE REASON WE'RE DOING THAT IS WE'RE GOING TO, IN THE FINAL PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION, COVER THIS POOL WITH A RETRACTABLE ENCLOSURE SO WE CAN OPERATE IT YEAR ROUND. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT WITH THE LEISURE POOL.FEEL FREE TO STOP ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AT ANY POINT IN TIME. THE NEXT PART OF THE PROCESS, WE IDENTIFIED THE LOCATION. WE LOOKED AT SEVERAL POTENTIAL LOCATIONS, AS YOU WERE PROBABLY AWARE, AND WE DETERMINED THAT THE LOCATION NEXT TO NAVARRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WOULD BE THE PERFECT SIZE TO NOT ONLY ACCOMMODATE THIS FACILITY, BUT ALSO A FUTURE RECREATION FACILITY.
AND IT'S A GREAT CENTRAL LOCATION. IT'S WALKABLE TO A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, AS YOU CAN SEE, AND CLOSE TO SEVERAL OF YOUR CAMPUSES, INCLUDING THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THE NEXT PORTION OF THE PHASE, WE SECURED FUNDING.
WE APPLIED FOR TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT LAST AUGUST.
WE WERE AWARDED THAT GRANT IN JANUARY. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, AND WE'LL HAVE THAT COMPLETED IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
PART OF THAT AGREEMENT IS THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY THAT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, SINCE THEY'RE PROVIDING A PORTION OF THE FUNDING FOR THIS FACILITY. SO THE DEADLINE FOR THAT IS AUGUST 1ST, BUT I WOULD RATHER NOT GET TOO CLOSE TO THAT DEADLINE IF WE DON'T HAVE TO.
AND THEN THE FINAL PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS TO DATE HAS BEEN THE SELECTION OF AN ARCHITECT, ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING FIRM. WE SELECTED HALF.
WE DID AN RFQ PROCESS THAT WE WRAPPED UP ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, AND THEY WERE OUR FINALISTS.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON THE CONTRACT WITH HALF RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE A NATIONWIDE BUILDER AND ARCHITECT FIRM, SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT THEY WERE OUR FINALISTS.
AND WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT THAT THEY WILL PRODUCE A FANTASTIC FACILITY FOR US.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE FACILITIES THAT THEY DESIGNED.
THAT YELLOW PORTION THAT YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY IN THE POWERPOINT.
I'M SORRY. IT'S GOING TO BE WHAT KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU JUST SHOWED RIGHT NOW. I DON'T I GUESS SLIDE I GUESS I GUESS THE SLIDES BEFORE THE WATER SYSTEM DIDN'T BACK UP FOR ME. I THINK THE ACTUAL IS JUST GOING TO HAVE ONE SLIDE.
JUST I'M JUST CURIOUS IN TERMS OF SCALE SO THAT COMPETITION POOL, HOW LONG IS THAT COMPARED TO ONE THAT WE MAY END UP WITH? SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A DIVING WELL AND COMPETITION POOL.
THIS ONE IS VERY LARGE. THIS IS, THIS IS AN OLYMPIC SIZED 50 METER LONG POOL.
SO HITTING THE WRONG BUTTON. SO FROM THIS END TO THAT END IS 50 METERS.
SO OURS IS HALF THAT LONG OKAY. AND IT'S NOT IT'S ONLY SIX LANES WIDE.
IT'S NOT. THIS IS THREE FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN EIGHT.
THIS IS ALMOST 12 LANES WIDE, LANES WIDE, 25 YEARS.
25 YARDS IS THE STANDARD AMERICAN LENGTH OF COMPETITION.
YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A RECREATIONAL FACILITY.
WHERE IS THAT LOCATED? SO THE PLAN FOR THAT IS TO BE ADJACENT.
LET ME SKIP AHEAD HERE. THERE. THERE IS A SITE PLAN.
IT WAS A SEPARATE ATTACHMENT, I BELIEVE. CAN YOU GUYS HELP ME OUT WITH THAT? AND SO HE'S GOING TO PULL UP THE SITE, PLAN FOR IT AND I CAN SHOW YOU WHERE THAT WOULD BE LOCATED.
OKAY. AND HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO THE OLD HOMETOWN CINEMAS WHICH THE CITY PURCHASED FOR A RECREATIONAL FACILITY ALSO? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF FALL IN OUR LAP VERY RECENTLY TO PURCHASE THAT FACILITY, WHICH WE DID. KNOWING THAT WE'RE BUILDING THIS AQUATICS FACILITY AND THE FUTURE PLANNED RECREATION FACILITY THAT WOULD GO NEXT TO IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN SOMETIME AFTER THAT. SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO START WORKING ON THAT PROJECT UNTIL PROBABLY AT LEAST FOUR YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, MAYBE FIVE. WHICH ONE IS THAT? THE RECREATION FACILITY THAT WE WERE PLANNING TO BUILD NEXT TO THE POOL.
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NOT IN THE IDEAL LOCATION. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ALL THE PURPOSES THAT WE WOULD REALLY LIKE IT TO, BUT IT GIVES US SOMETHING INDOORS THAT WE COULD DO FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO BUILD THE ONE WE REALLY WANT.THE ONE NEXT TO THE AQUATICS CENTER. CORRECT.
SO THE THEATER WILL SERVE THAT PURPOSE IN A TEMPORARY FASHION.
THAT'S OUR PLAN RIGHT NOW. AND THEN TO CONVERT IT INTO SOMETHING ELSE.
OR A MOVIE THEATER. OR IT COULD BE A MOVIE THEATER.
SURE. WERE YOU GUYS ABLE TO FIND THAT SITE PLAN? SO THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NEXT TO NAVARRE ELEMENTARY IS ABOUT EIGHT ACRES, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT THE LOOK THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOCATE THE AQUATIC FACILITY ON AND THE REC CENTER NEXT TO IT. THE IDEA IS TO HAVE THEM NEXT TO EACH OTHER FOR THAT SYNERGY OF PROGRAMING, AND TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE IT WITH THE SAME MANAGEMENT TEAM.
SO THAT'S THE IDEA OF PUTTING IT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
I'VE OPERATED FACILITIES BEFORE THAT HAD A POOL AND A REC CENTER ALL IN ONE SITE.
AND THAT WORKS REALLY WELL, ESPECIALLY FOR SUMMER CAMPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THIS THIS SHOWS THE SITE FOR THE AQUATICS FACILITY ITSELF.
SO IT'S AT THE CORNER OF SAN JACINTO AND CENTER STREET.
THE REC FACILITY WOULD GO. RIGHT OVER HERE ADJACENT TO IT.
AND WE WOULD SET THEM UP IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY HAVE INTERACTION WITH EACH OTHER.
SO YOU'RE ABLE TO GET FROM ONE TO THE OTHER PRETTY SIMPLY.
SO HOW DOES THIS COMPARE LIKE TO DAS REC? DAS REC IS A REC CENTER WITH A POOL INSIDE OF IT.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AQUATICS FACILITY, DEDICATED AQUATICS FACILITY.
OURS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THAT, EXCEPT IT'S GOING TO RETRACT MORE LIKE THE DALLAS COWBOYS STADIUM.
IT'S GOING TO OPEN AND CLOSE FROM THE MIDDLE, AND WE HAVE A VIDEO THAT SHOWS THAT IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT REAL QUICK, THAT GOES TO THAT WEBSITE. IF YOU GUYS CAN PUT THAT ON REAL QUICK.
THIS WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT ENCLOSURE WILL LOOK LIKE.
IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO HAVE FRESH AIR ON A NICE DAY AND CLOSE IT UP ON A ON A BAD WEATHER DAY AND NOT HAVE TO CANCEL PROGRAMS. SO IT'S A BASICALLY A PLEXIGLAS ENCLOSURE.
IT REALLY MAKES IT OPEN AND AIRY AND LIGHT. DAS REC CAN BE A LITTLE BIT DARK.
IS THIS GOING TO BE LIGHTNING SAFE? YES. THANK YOU.
AND THEN WHEN YOU OPEN IT, IT STILL PROVIDES YOU SHADE AT THE ENDS OF THE POOL.
SO YOU HAVE SHADED AREAS ON THOSE HOT DAYS, AND IT OPENS AND CLOSES IN ABOUT TWO MINUTES.
THE ACTUAL WATER WILL BE HEATED. CORRECT. AND THAT HELPS HEAT THE SPACE TOO.
SO YOU'RE NOT REALLY USING AN HVAC SYSTEM AND WASTING A LOT OF UTILITIES ON THAT.
SAME KIND OF CONCEPT. WE CAN DO YEAR ROUND PROGRAMING, EXERCISE CLASSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
OKAY. I THINK THAT'S THE IDEA OF THAT. CAN YOU SEND US THAT CLIP? THAT CLIP? SURE. DEFINITELY. IF WE HAVE IT, WE CAN.
I THINK WE HAVE IT. WE CAN SHARE IT WITH THE BOARD. OKAY. SURE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE THAT COMPANY. THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT MAKE A SIMILAR PRODUCT. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, BUT THAT'S THE ONE I REALLY LIKE. IT'S CALLED DYNA DOME.
IF YOU EVER WANT TO JUST GO TO THEIR WEBSITE YOU CAN SEARCH THAT.
BUT WE'LL SEND YOU THAT LINK. OKAY. SO BACK IT UP ONE.
SO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IS THE NEXT PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
NOW, THIS THIS LEASE IS A 40 YEAR LEASE. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG LIVING DOCUMENT.
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IN ADDITION TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, OUR PLAN IS TO ALSO HAVE A YEARLY MOU THAT WOULD GO ALONG WITH THIS.SO THIS WOULD BE THE FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT AND THEN A YEARLY MOU TO KIND OF REVISIT THE PROGRAMING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO EVOLVE JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE DOES.
AND THAT WOULD ALSO DETERMINE ANY KIND OF COST SHARING THAT WOULD HAPPEN BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY TO SUPPORT THOSE PROGRAMS. AND THEN NEXT STEPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LAUNCHING INTO ONCE WE COMPLETE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
AND ACTUALLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO BE SHARING A TIMELINE WITH THAT IS COMING UP WITH THE FINAL DESIGN THAT WOULD INCLUDE THAT TRAINING, ADDITIONAL TRAINING POOL THAT I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT. THEN WE'LL THAT WAS PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE US ABOUT THREE MONTHS, 3 TO 4 MONTHS TO GET THE FINAL CONCEPTS AND DRAWINGS ENGINEERED DRAWINGS READY FOR CONSTRUCTION.
AND WE HOPE TO START CONSTRUCTION OCTOBER NOVEMBER TO HAVE IT COMPLETED BY APRIL MAY NEXT YEAR.
THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT REFERENCES. C IS THE ACTUAL SITE SURVEY.
SO I'VE BEEN TOLD WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT THIS COMING FRIDAY.
SO AS SOON AS I HAVE IT FRIDAY, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
THAT'S GOING TO SHOW THAT PROPERTY NEXT TO NAVARRO ELEMENTARY.
THE 8.1 ACRES THAT'S GOING TO BE LEASED TO THE CITY.
IT'LL HAVE THE METES AND BOUNDS. WE'LL ALSO HAVE AN APPRAISED VALUE ATTACHED TO IT AS WELL.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TOLD. OKAY. AND WHAT ABOUT THE EXHIBIT DESCRIBING PRIORITY ACCESS AND COST FOR PROGRAMING? OKAY. SO THAT'S THE MOU I'M REFERRING TO.
I HAVE A SAMPLE MOU THAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKET THERE.
IS THAT CORRECT? BUT WHILE THEY'RE PULLING THAT UP THE ONE I HAVE IS A DRAFT BECAUSE WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND REALLY DETERMINE WHAT OUR PROGRAMING ABILITIES WILL BE THAT FIRST YEAR THAT WE OPEN, BECAUSE THAT'S AS YOU CAN SEE ON HERE, WE'RE BUILDING THIS IN TWO PHASES. PHASE ONE IS THE LEISURE POOL, PHASE TWO IS THE COMPETITION POOL AND THE TRAINING POOL THAT'S GOING TO BE ENCLOSED AND HEATED. SO THE FIRST PHASE WILL BE COMPLETED BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.
I COULD PROBABLY GET HALF OF YOUR SECOND GRADERS THROUGH IN THAT EIGHT WEEK PERIOD.
IF WE WANTED TO DO A TRIAL RUN ON THE LEARN TO SWIM PROGRAM IN THAT BODY OF WATER IN THAT FIRST PHASE SECOND YEAR. ONCE WE OPEN THE ENCLOSED POOL THAT'S HEATED, WE CAN START DOING ALL THE KIDS BECAUSE WE HAVE A WIDE OPEN TIMELINE AS FAR AS THE CALENDAR GOES, BUT WE WILL BE CONFINED TO WEATHER AND TEMPERATURE IF WE WANT TO DO A PROGRAM THAT FIRST SUMMER, WHICH WOULD BE NEXT? NOT THE FIRST SUMMER, THE FIRST FALL, WHICH WOULD BE NEXT FALL 2026.
SO THAT'S WE KIND OF NEED TO DETERMINE THAT BEFORE WE COME UP WITH THAT MOU.
MY EXPECTED COST PER CHILD IS $50. WITH THAT THEY GET EIGHT DAYS OF TRAINING.
SO IT'S A TWO WEEK PROGRAM. I KNOW THE SCHOOL CALENDAR USUALLY HAS A LOT OF DAYS OFF.
SO A FRIDAY OFF HERE, MONDAY OFF THERE. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE KIND OF SCHEDULING IT AS AN EIGHT CLASS EIGHT CLASS PERIOD IN TWO WEEKS. SO IN CASE WE HAVE DAYS OFF IT'S NOT GOING TO INTERFERE WITH THE CLASS.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE EIGHT DAYS OF TRAINING APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES EACH SESSION.
SO WITH THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO GET A GOOD INTRODUCTION TO SWIMMING AND GET A GOOD COMFORT LEVEL WITH SWIMMING. AND THAT'S OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH AN INTRODUCTION TO SWIMMING SO THEY'RE SAFE AROUND THE WATER. AND THAT MOU CAN ALSO CONTAIN I HAVE CLASS OUTLINES WE CAN ATTACH TO IT.
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BUT THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO, WHAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE.SO INITIALLY IT'S JUST A CERTAIN GROUP OF STUDENTS.
AND THEN WITH THE GOAL TO INCREASE OTHER GRADE LEVELS, WE WANT TO DO SECOND GRADERS.
YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 502ND GRADERS. SO IN AN EIGHT WEEK PERIOD, LIKE FROM SEPTEMBER TO END OF OCTOBER, I CAN ONLY ACCOMMODATE ABOUT HALF OF THEM BECAUSE I CAN ONLY DO IN THAT SPACE.
HAVE TWO SESSIONS EACH MORNING. SO THAT'S 60 KIDS IN TWO WEEKS.
SO I GOT FOUR SESSIONS OF THAT. SO THAT'S ABOUT 240 KIDS DOING EIGHT WEEKS.
SO IN THAT APPLICATION, WAS IT ALL BASED ON FEES FOR THESE KIDS? I'M SORRY. THE APPLICATION. YEAH. IT WAS THERE NOTHING IN THE APPLICATION THERE WHERE YOU'RE PROVIDING A SERVICE TO KIDS IN THE DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO LEARN TO SWIM.
RIGHT. SO YOU'RE ASKING WHERE I'M BASING THE COST ON THAT.
IT'S BASICALLY ON STAFFING, INSTRUCTORS, LIFEGUARDS AND PROGRAM COORDINATOR.
WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS? CAN'T AFFORD THE $50 THAT ARE SECOND GRADERS A DISTRICT THAT'S A DISTRICT.
IT'S A DISTRICT COST. OR WE FIND ANOTHER WAY TO OFFSET IT THROUGH SPONSORSHIP.
OKAY. THIS IS THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. I'M NOT SURE HOW IN DEPTH YOU WANT ME TO GET ON THIS.
I CAN JUST GET THE MEAT AND POTATOES PART OF IT.
BASICALLY JUST OUTLINES. WELL, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT PAGE BECAUSE THIS IS JUST LEGALESE RIGHT HERE.
BASICALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IT WOULD BE LEASED.
THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE FUNDING, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY SECURED.
750,000. WE'RE APPLYING AGAIN FOR THE NEXT ROUND THIS SUMMER TO GET AN ADDITIONAL 750,000 AS WELL.
MAINTENANCE OF THE FACILITY. THE CITY IS GOING TO MAINTAIN IT.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THE UTILITIES USE OF THE FACILITIES OUTLINED HERE A LITTLE BIT.
BASICALLY JUST SAYS THAT THE FULL CONTROL OVER THE PARCEL, BUT DURING SCHOOL HOURS WOULD GIVE THE SCHOOL PRIORITY UTILIZATION OF THE FACILITY. SO DURING THAT TIME, WE COULD DO NOT ONLY LEARN TO SWIM PROGRAMING, WE COULD DO FACULTY, STAFF WELLNESS PROGRAMS. WE COULD WORK WITH YOUR HR DEPARTMENT HELPING DEVELOP THAT.
YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY, YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD PROBABLY BE INTERESTED IN WORKING ON THAT AS WELL, AND MAYBE GETTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SOME FUNDING TO SUPPORT THAT.
WE COULD HAVE OPEN LAP SWIMMING EXERCISE CLASSES.
WE WOULD FOCUS ON MAKING THAT HAPPEN. AND THEN IT REFERS TO THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT WOULD OUTLINE EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS.
WE COULD REVISIT THAT EVERY BUDGET CYCLE. WHEN DO YOU THINK WE WILL HAVE THOSE PROJECTIONS? LIKE I SAID, I'M PROJECTING $50 A KID THAT BUILDS IN THE COST FOR ALL THE INSTRUCTION, ALL THE EQUIPMENT FOR THE LEARN TO SWIM PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY FOR OTHER PROGRAMS. I'M ASSUMING WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF START SLOW.
DO THE LEARN TO SWIM, AND THEN WE CAN START ADDING FACULTY STAFF PROGRAMS AND TAKE THOSE ONE AT A TIME, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT AS FAR AS COSTS.
THE LEARN TO SWIM WOULD BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE BECAUSE IT REQUIRES THE MOST STAFFING. EXERCISE PROGRAMS AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS USUALLY JUST NEED ONE INSTRUCTOR FOR A LARGE GROUP, BUT SWIMMING CLASSES NEED AN INSTRUCTOR FOR FOUR KIDS.
SO IT SAYS THERE THAT DURING THE. DURING THIS, THE DURING THE DAY OR WHATEVER THAT YOU'RE HAVING WATER SAFETY SWIMMING LESSONS. THE FACILITY WILL ALSO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
HOW DOES THAT WORK? RIGHT. IT WILL STILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
BUT WE HAVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVENTUALLY THREE BODIES OF WATER.
INITIALLY, WHEN WE JUST HAVE THE ONE BODY OF WATER, WE WOULD CORDON OFF THE TRAINING SECTION OF THE POOL FOR SWIMMING, AND GENERAL PUBLIC USE COULD BE IN A DIFFERENT AREA.
OKAY. I WILL SAY WE DON'T GET MUCH GENERAL POPULATION UTILIZATION IN THE MORNINGS ON SCHOOL DAYS.
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SO IT WOULD BE YOUR HARDCORE LAP SWIMMER THAT WORKS FROM HOME OR IS RETIRED MORE THAN LIKELY.SO IT WOULD BE A VERY LOW IMPACT. WILL A DIFFERENT POOL AREAS BE FENCED OFF FROM EACH OTHER OR.
NO. NO, BUT LIFEGUARDS WILL BE THERE SUPERVISING AND MONITORING WHO'S IN WHAT BODY OF WATER.
AND WE DON'T IN ANY OF OUR LEARN TO SWIM CLASSES ANYTIME WE'RE TEACHING KIDS.
I MEAN, WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT AREA. THERE'S NOT PEOPLE SWIMMING AROUND THEM.
WE WOULD HAVE MONITORS AND CORRECT. WELL, AND DURING THIS PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR, WE WOULD LIKE THE TEACHERS TO COME WITH THE KIDS AS CHAPERONS AND HELP US MANAGE THE KIDS ON THE DECK.
THE KIDS NEED TO GO TO THE RESTROOM. THEY ARE ESCORTED BY A TEACHER TO THE RESTROOM AREA, ETC..
WHEN IT'S TIME TO CHANGE CLOTHES, THE SAME THING, THE TEACHERS WOULD ESCORT THEM TO THE LOCKER FACILITY. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF I HAD A GROUP OF CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON FRIDAY.
RAISED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THESE TYPES OF PLACES, AND I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE MAY DRAW PEOPLE TO IT THAT MAY PROVIDE SAFETY CONCERNS FOR OTHER CAMPUSES.
I DON'T I DON'T THINK IT WILL. BUT HAVE YOU SEEN IN OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL TYPE SPACES THAT BE SOMETHING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT? I MEAN, SAFETY IS ALWAYS A CONCERN, RIGHT? YOU CAN NEVER GUARANTEE 100% SAFETY NO MATTER WHERE YOU PUT A SWIMMING POOL.
BUT WHILE YOUR STUDENTS ARE THERE, OBVIOUSLY SAFETY IS AN ISSUE.
SO KEEPING THE KIDS SEPARATE IS IMPORTANT. WE DID THAT WITH SUMMER CAMPS AT THE UNIVERSITY WHERE I USED TO WORK BECAUSE WE STILL HAD THE FACILITY OPEN TO THE COLLEGE STUDENTS WHILE WE HAD SUMMER CAMP GOING ON IN THE SAME FACILITY.
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MANAGING THOSE SPACES, CLOSING THEM TO GENERAL USE WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE KIDS IN THE WATER IN THAT SPACE HAVING SEPARATE LOCKER AND CHANGING FACILITIES AND RESTROOMS. THAT'S ACTUALLY A REQUIREMENT FOR AQUATIC FACILITIES THAT DO YOUTH PROGRAMING, HAVE A SEPARATE BATHROOM AREA AND CHANGING AREA FOR JUST THE KIDS. WHAT KIND OF FENCING WOULD YOU HAVE AROUND THE WHOLE AREA? IT'LL BE A EIGHT FOOT SECURITY FENCE. AND WE'LL HAVE CAMERAS TOO.
IS THE FENCE SCALABLE? NO, THAT'S A REQUIREMENT IN TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOL CODE TO HAVE A NON-SCALABLE FENCING JUST AS A SAFETY MEASURE IN CASE YOU KNOW ANYONE CLIMBING THE FENCE AT NIGHT AND GETTING IN THE POOL. AND WHAT ABOUT THE ESTHETICS OF IT? IT'LL. WE HAVEN'T DESIGNED IT YET. THEY'RE USUALLY SOME TYPE OF WROUGHT IRON FENCE SO YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THROUGH IT.
SO WOULD IT BE JUST LIKE ONE MAIN ENTRANCE? YES, YES.
OKAY. CAN YOU SEE HAVING, LIKE, VOLUNTEER PARENTS FOR HELPING OUT THESE CLASSES.
MAYBE JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, PARENTS WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO, TO ATTEND. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS WHO NEVER HAVE WATER SAFETY OR SWIMMING LESSONS.
AND THIS COULD BE A REALLY GREAT THING TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR KIDS ARE, ARE LEARNING HOW TO BE SAFE IN AND AROUND THE WATER AND THEN ALSO GETTING SOME BASIC SWIM INSTRUCTION. AGREED. IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
THERE'S A LOT OF NOT A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THE PARENTS REALLY LIKE IT, AND IT OPENS THE GATEWAY FOR THE KIDS TO WANT TO LEARN MORE.
THAT'S GOOD FOR THEM. OF COURSE, THE LOCATION OF THE POOL IN THAT AREA.
HAVE PEOPLE HAD A CHANCE TO COMMENT ON THAT IF THEY'VE HAD ANY CONCERNS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THEY HAVE HAD CHANCE TO COMMENT. I HAVEN'T HEARD A LOT OF PUSHBACK CONCERNS.
AND I THINK HE'S BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS AS WELL.
SO HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL YOU KNOW HIM, BUT HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON WHO'S ACTUALLY RESPONDED TO HIM ABOUT IT. I JUST MORE INTERESTED THAT IF PEOPLE HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT, IF THEY WANTED TO.
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YES, SIR. OKAY. SO I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. A LOT OF IT AFTER THIS SECTION IS LEGALESE.THE MOU WE CAN WORK ON AS FAST AS YOU WANT, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT TEACHING ANYTHING UNTIL, YOU KNOW, 14 MONTHS FROM NOW, 15 MONTHS FROM NOW, SO WE CAN WORK ON THAT.
IT'S JUST RIGHT, EXACTLY THE WAY YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT.
EARLIER WE TALKED ABOUT SAFETY MEASURES AND LOGISTICS ABOUT THAT.
BUT I JUST WORRIED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ABOUT A SECOND GRADER WHO'S NEVER HAD SO MANY LESSONS AND SO FORTH, SOMETHING TO HAPPEN TO THEM. AND JUST HOPEFULLY NOTHING EVER WILL HAPPEN.
JUST TALKING ABOUT SAFETY MEASURES FOR THAT. RIGHT.
I'VE BEEN OPERATING POOLS FOR LIKE 30 YEARS IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES AND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, EVERYTHING FROM SWIMMING LESSONS TO SCUBA DIVING LESSONS AND TRAINING ATHLETES AND SWIM TEAMS. SO THE SPACE REALLY NEEDS TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IF IT'S GOING TO BE SAFE, ESPECIALLY FOR LITTLE KIDS. AND THE MODEL I USE FOR THAT IS, IS I USED TO MANAGE BIG BLUE SWIM SCHOOLS IN ATLANTA.
WE HAD THREE LOCATIONS, AND THAT POOL IS REALLY DESIGNED.
THAT'S ALL IT'S DESIGNED FOR TEACHING. NOTHING ELSE HAPPENS IN THAT POOL. THERE'S NO LAP SWIMMING, THERE'S NO RECREATION. IT'S JUST A TEACHING POOL. IT'S THREE AND A HALF TO FOUR FEET DEEP. SO MOST OF THE KIDS, MOST SECOND GRADERS CAN TOUCH THE BOTTOM.
AND THE MAJORITY OF THAT POOL. WE SET UP THE TEACHING AREAS SO THEY'RE SMALL AND CONFINED.
FOR THE BASIC LEARN TO SWIMMERS. SO, LIKE I MENTIONED, THAT 30 BY 30 AREA, WE DIVIDE IT WITH LANE LINES, JUST LIKE YOU WOULD FOR LAP SWIMMING. SO THAT'S SEVEN FEET WIDE.
SEVEN FEET WIDE. WE HAVE A TEACHING AREA THAT'S 15FT LONG.
IT'S GOT A BENCH ON ONE END SO THE KIDS CAN SIT THERE.
THAT'S THEIR HOME BASE RIGHT BY THE WALL, AND WE HAVE A REMOVABLE PLATFORM 15FT AWAY.
THAT'S THE SAME DEPTH AS THE BENCH. SO IT'S ANOTHER PORTABLE BENCH BASICALLY.
SO THAT'S THEIR SPACE TO SWIM IN. AND I CAN STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.
AND I CAN REACH KIDS ON THE BENCH AT BOTH ENDS WITH ONE STEP.
SO WHEN WE TEACH LIKE THAT WE NEVER TAKE THE EYES OFF THE KIDS.
WE GOT NO MORE THAN FOUR KIDS PER INSTRUCTOR.
THEN THE OTHER ONE FALLS IN BEHIND YOU. THAT DOESN'T WORK.
SO ALL FOUR KIDS ARE THE SAME SPACE AND THEY'RE ALL VERY REACHABLE EYES ON THEM ALL THE TIME.
OTHER ISSUES MAY BE OF CONCERN, LIKE YOU SAID, GENERAL PUBLIC'S AROUND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I THINK THAT CAN BE MANAGED IN MUCH THE SAME WAY. JUST BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW AND WHERE AND WHEN YOU CONDUCT THE CLASSES, AND EVEN POTENTIALLY HAVING SECURITY ON SITE DURING THOSE TIMES.
YOU CAN WORK WITH LOCKHART POLICE DEPARTMENT IF WE NEED TO.
THANK YOU. SO IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT DOES SWIM LESSONS RIGHT NOW WITH KIDS EVEN YOUNGER THAN THAT.
CORRECT? YEAH. WE I MEAN, WE DO WATER BABY CLASSES.
YEAH. SO SECOND GRADERS IS AN IDEAL GROUP TO WORK WITH.
SO SECOND GRADE IS ABOUT WHERE IT ALL COMES TOGETHER FOR THEM TO LEARN IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER.
I WOULD RECOMMEND BOARD MEMBERS AS YOU GO THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
AND THEN I'LL WORK DIRECTLY WITH MR. HUGHES FROM THE CITY.
AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BUT I THINK IT'S COMFORTING THAT APPARENTLY THE EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE IN IN THIS AREA AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY GOOD TO KNOW. I APPRECIATE THAT.
IT'S I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS FACILITY BECAUSE OF THAT.
I'VE WORKED IN A LOT OF FACILITIES, AND MOST OF THEM WEREN'T BUILT TO HANDLE WHAT WE WERE DOING IN THEM AND MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO CONDUCT THOSE PROGRAMS. AND SO I WAS LIKE, IF I EVER GET TO BUILD MY OWN POOL, THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.
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SO I'VE HAD A LOT OF THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT OVER THE YEARS, SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BRING THAT KNOWLEDGE TO THE FOREFRONT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN BUILD A FANTASTIC FACILITY. SO BOARD, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. HUGHES? NO THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT C PARENT FORUM UPDATE MR.
[Parent Forum Update]
ESTRADA.MR. SO I WANT TO GIVE A QUICK A REAL QUICK UPDATE FROM OUR PARENT FORUM ON APRIL THE 1ST.
AS YOU'LL SEE, THAT'S AN ACTUAL PICTURE. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PARTICIPATION THAT THEY WOULD HOPE WE'D HAD FOR PARENTS WHO ATTENDED. BUT NONETHELESS, WE HAD A VERY ENGAGING, THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATION WITH THE PARENTS.
WE ALSO REVIEWED THE THOUGHT EXCHANGE THAT WE HAD THAT WE'VE GONE OVER AS WELL.
BUT REALLY A COUPLE KIND OF KEY THINGS FROM THE SURVEY ANALYSIS.
WE LOOKED AT PARENTS DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT SOME OF THE RESPONSES, YOU KNOW, WHY THEY FELT CERTAIN THINGS WERE BEING REPORTED THE WAY THAT THEY WERE. AND THEN WE JUST HAD A REAL OPEN DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RESULTS AND, AND THE QUESTIONS THAT, THAT WE'VE GONE OVER. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE SPENT SOME TIME WAS LOOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE OPENING.
A COUPLE OF THE PARENTS THAT WERE THERE ARE GOING TO HAVE KIDS AT BAUCHER LOOP. SO CONVERSATION KIND OF STEERED THEIR BIG QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A CONSTABLE AT BAUCHER LOOP LIKE WE HAVE AT ALL THE OTHER CAMPUSES? AND, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED WITH THE COUNTY TODAY IN A MEETING AND UPDATING THAT AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL MEMBER, SOMETHING WE'LL BE PLANNING AND BUDGETING FOR THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS AROUND JUST THE DESIGN OF THE OF THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, IS IT GOING TO BE BUILT WITH SECURITY IN MIND? SO WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF GO THROUGH AND REASSURE PARENTS THAT YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS A VERY MODERN BUILDING AND SAFETY IS A BIG PART OF THAT.
AND THEN THERE WAS A BIG DISCUSSION AROUND A COUPLE OF PARENTS WHOSE KIDS AREN'T GOING THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE DISTRICT GOING TO DO WITH SOME OF OUR AGING BUILDINGS? YOU KNOW, THEIR KIDS AREN'T GOING TO GO TO ELEMENTARY, AND THEY'RE MAYBE THEY'RE STAYING AT NAVARRO OR CLEARFORK OR MAYBE THE KIDS AT CARVER.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE WHAT'S THE DISTRICT DOING TO IMPROVE THOSE FACILITIES AS NEW ONES ARE BEING BUILT? SO YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE OPEN HOUSE, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 29TH AT 10 A.M..
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAVE THE SAVE THE DATE THERE.
BUT THAT WILL BE A VERY EXCITING TIME TO DO A RIBBON CUTTING.
THE PARENTS WITH THE PARENTS. WE ALSO DISCUSS, AS I ALREADY MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP GET MORE PARTICIPATION IN THESE FORUMS? AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A DIALOG.
WE TRIED DIFFERENT STRATEGIES, LIKE, WE'VE CHANGED THE TIME.
WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THE COMMUNICATION, WE'VE ADDED FACEBOOK EVENTS WE'VE DONE REMINDERS THROUGH EVERY COMMUNICATION CHANNEL THAT WE HAVE THROUGH EMAIL, TEXT, SOCIAL MEDIA, ETC.
AND IT KIND OF WENT TO A CONVERSATION. I KNOW IT SAYS SUPERINTENDENTS PERSPECTIVES, BUT IT WAS REALLY A BIG CONVERSATION OF, OF YOU KNOW, FROM THE PARENTS THAT WERE IN THE MEETING AS WELL YOU KNOW, THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEIR FRIENDS, FRIEND GROUP, THEY, YOU KNOW, PARENTS, THEY'RE BUSY, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE HAPPY WITH THEIR CHILD'S TEACHER.
THAT'S THE PRIMARY KIND OF MEASURE OF A PARENT'S CONCERN WITH THE SCHOOL.
AND, AND RIGHT NOW, OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
AND IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR PARENTS ARE HAPPY, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THEIR TEACHERS.
SO IT'S A CONTINUED DISCUSSION THAT THAT WE NEED MOVING FORWARD.
SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS AROUND LEARNING WRITING WAS A BIG TOPIC.
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OUR PARENTS FEEL THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON TEACHING OF WRITING CONCERNS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND KIDS NOT HAVING, YOU KNOW, PENCIL AND PAPER AND THE BENEFITS OF WRITING WITH PENCIL AND PAPER.THE BENEFITS OF PROPER HANDWRITING AND PENMANSHIP AS WELL, OR CONCERNED AROUND THAT.
AND JUST A GENERAL CONCERN OF BALANCING THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE AMOUNT OF SCREEN TIME THAT THAT KIDS HAVE IN SCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL WAS A BIG CONVERSATION PIECE. WE TALKED ABOUT MATH PROGRAM AT THE JUNIOR HIGH.
I THINK THERE'S A PARENT THERE WITH A JUNIOR HIGH KID.
I THINK THIS WAS KIND OF THE LAST BIG TOPIC, JUST STUDENT WELL-BEING PRIORITIES.
SCREEN TIME CONTINUES TO BE A BIG CONCERN. ONE OF OUR PARENTS IS ALSO A PEDIATRICIAN IN TOWN.
AND, YOU KNOW, SHE EXPRESSED CONCERNS WITH SCREEN TIME, BUT ALSO A LACK OF FREE PLAY IN SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT OUR RECESS SCHEDULE FOR THE FUTURE AND FOR NEXT YEAR? REFERENCE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE BOOK THE ANXIOUS GENERATION.
I THINK DOCTOR CAMARILLO IS GOING TO MENTION THAT AGAIN IN HER PRESENTATION HERE A LITTLE BIT.
BUT YOU KNOW, GOING INTO THIS SUMMER, WE REALLY WANT TO DO A BOOK STUDY WITH INTERESTED PARENTS AND HAVE A DIALOG AROUND WHAT DO WE WHAT ARE WE DOING TO OUR KIDS WITH SO MUCH SCREEN TIME, ACCESS TO CELL PHONES, ACCESS TO 24/7 INTERNET, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO THAT WAS A BIG POINT OF DISCUSSION AND SOMETHING THAT I THINK REALLY NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
A BROADER CONVERSATION WITH OUR PARENTS AND THE ANXIOUS GENERATION BOOK COULD SERVE AS A SPRINGBOARD TO THAT, THAT CONVERSATION. SO THOSE ARE THE BIG POINTS.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANY BOARD MEMBERS MAY HAVE.
JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. THE OPEN HOUSE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING DONE ON THE WEEKEND ALSO, SO THAT WE GET MORE PEOPLE BECAUSE I LOOKED UP THE DATE.
I KNOW THAT'S DURING THE WEEK. I REMEMBER WHEN WE DID THE FIRST REMODEL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I THINK EVEN WITH ABS AND THE TENNIS COURTS, I KNOW WE DID SOMETHING ON THE WEEKEND THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, REALLY LARGE CROWD OUT BECAUSE LIKE, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY, 10 A.M. MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY BE AT WORK AND THEN THEIR KIDS ARE PROBABLY EITHER DAYCARE SOMEWHERE OR MAYBE EVEN ONE OF OUR CAMPS.
I THINK THE SCHOOL CAMPS HAVE STARTED BACK AT THAT TIME.
JUST I MEAN, JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, I THINK IT'S A I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
SO. YEAH, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT TOMORROW. BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE OPENING A BRAND NEW, NEW CAMPUS, AND, YEAH, IT SHOULD BE A BIG CELEBRATION.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE. I KNOW MISS GREBLE'S TALKING ABOUT HAVING OPEN HOUSE VISITS AND KIND OF GETTING THE KIDS THERE YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO TOUR THE BUILDING, GETTING PARENTS THERE AS WELL.
BUT, YEAH, NO, WE'RE OPEN TO A SATURDAY. AND THEN THE OTHER PART, I THINK IT WAS GREAT YOU MENTIONED THAT ABOUT UNDER THE ENGAGEMENT CHALLENGES, FAMILIES MAY BE SATISFIED BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT COMMENTATORS ON FACEBOOK AND STUFF LIKE THAT, PEOPLE NOT EVEN IN THE COMMUNITY SOMETIMES BECAUSE.
AND I STRUGGLE WITH THAT. WHY? IF PEOPLE HAVE A COMPLAINT, THEY GO TO FACEBOOK RATHER THAN A PLACE WHERE THEY HAVE THE MOST CONTROL WITH THEIR OWN KIDS AND THE TEACHER FIRST. SO NO, I DON'T COME TO THE PARENT ENGAGEMENT FORUM BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE ANY PROBLEM I HAVE.
I MEAN NO DISRESPECT TO YOU, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S BETTER FOR ME TO GO TO THE TEACHER AND GET THAT RESOLVED, RATHER THAN COMING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT WHO'S NOT IN THE CLASSROOM WITH MY KID.
YOU KNOW, EACH DAY. SO I ENCOURAGE ANY PARENT TO DO THAT.
I MEAN, I THINK OUR TEACHERS DO AN EXCELLENT JOB AND WILLING TO LISTEN AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I ALWAYS KNOW THAT MY KIDS ONLY PRESENT ONE SIDE OF THE STORY.
THERE'S ALWAYS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT WHEN I BRING THAT TEACHER IN AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, NOW THAT SOUNDS MORE LIKE MY KID. WHAT THE TEACHER SAY.
SO I LIKE THE STUDY WITH ALL THE PARENTS ABOUT THE ANXIOUS GENERATION.
BEFORE THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF BRILLIANT WAYS WE CAN MAKE THEM COME OUT, BUT JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT PINPOINT WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET THAT PARTICIPATION, I GUESS. NUMBERS FOR THAT. WELL, THERE'S HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR PARENTS TO PARTICIPATE, AND I TOO AM CONCERNED WHEN I READ THAT PARENTS HAVE PARENTS HAVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT TEACHERS ONLINE.
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BUT YET THE PROCESS, AS YOU SAID, MR. GUYTON, WOULD BE FIRST.THEY'RE ALL ENCOURAGED TO GO AND VISIT WITH THEIR TEACHERS AND FIND OUT AND DISCUSS AND TALK TO THEM, AND THEN THEY CAN GO TO THE PRINCIPAL. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE IS THAT HIERARCHY, THE TEACHER, THE PRINCIPAL AND THE SUPERINTENDENT. BUT YET WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO WITH GROUPS OF OTHER PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOUR CONCERNS, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNE TIME. SO AGAIN, I THINK WE ALL WOULD LIKE FOR PARENTS THAT ARE CONCERNED AND HAVE SUGGESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS TO ATTEND THOSE FORUMS, BECAUSE THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO HAVE TIME TO QUESTION AND TIME TO HEAR WHAT OTHER PARENTS ARE SAYING.
SO I THINK ALL OF US, AS A BOARD, WOULD WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TRY TO ATTEND THOSE PARENT FORUMS, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU GET HEARD OR THAT YOU'RE ABLE YOU'RE ABLE TO ALSO BE PART OF THE PROBLEM SOLVING THAT WE ALL WANT TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO BE A PART OF, BECAUSE ALL STUDENTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL WANT TO SEE.
THOSE FORUMS HAVE MORE PARTICIPATION. NO, I AGREE.
I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS I'M HERE ON THE BOARD TODAY IS BECAUSE OF THOSE PARENT FORUMS. I GOT TO HEAR WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WERE SAYING AND TALKING ABOUT AND THEIR CONCERNS.
I FEEL LIKE WELL JUST OVERALL IN GENERAL ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS WANTING TO GET A QUESTION, I GUESS, IS A SEPARATE QUESTION HERE WRITING FOCUS.
IS THAT TALKING MORE ABOUT JUST LIKE PENMANSHIP OR IS THAT, LIKE, ACTUAL WRITING? SO BOTH THE CONVERSATION WAS A CONCERN OF USING COMPUTERS TOO MUCH.
BUT THEN ALSO JUST MORE TIME WRITING LIKE THE PARENTS THERE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEIR KIDS WERE, WERE PROFICIENT WRITERS AND HAD SOME CONCERNS AROUND THAT.
RIGHT. AND I REMEMBER I WAS TRYING TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION ABOUT MY, MY CHILD.
AND IT WAS VERY HARD FOR THE FIRST YEAR TEACHER TO GIVE ME AN ANSWER.
AND THE FIRST YEAR, YOU KNOW, PRINCIPAL FOR THAT MATTER.
SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU WERE THERE, MR. ESTRADA FOR THAT PARENT FORUM.
YES. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED YOU KNOW, KIND OF INTERNALLY ABOUT THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY DISCUSSING LATER THIS EVENING IS A PART, A PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE CURRICULUM DOCUMENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THAT WAS A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION TO ENSURE THAT OUR NEW CURRICULUM AND MATERIALS HAS QUALITY WRITING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BOARD. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON.
ITEM 8D, PARENT AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY.
[Parent & Employee Engagement Survey]
MR. ADAM MILLER. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. PRESIDENT WRIGHT BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THAT WE HAVE DONE BOTH PARENT AND STAFF ENGAGEMENT SURVEYS.
WE'VE OBVIOUSLY DONE STAFF ENGAGEMENT SURVEYS FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.
BUT 23, 24 WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE ALSO INCLUDED PARENTS.
BUT OF COURSE, PLEASE STOP ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY. I'M SURE YOU WILL.
EXCUSE ME. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WE TRY TO DO SOME COMPARISON DATA TO SEE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN 23-24, WE HAD 274 PARENTS PARTICIPATE, AND THIS YEAR WE HAD 319 AS WELL AS STAFF MEMBERS.
LAST YEAR WE HAD 398. AND THIS YEAR 427, IT IS IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT WE HAD 427 PEOPLE START THE SURVEY AND 319 START THE SURVEY. BUT NOT ALL COMPLETED EVERY SINGLE QUESTION ON THE SURVEY.
WE ALSO WANTED TO BREAK DOWN PARTICIPATION BY CAMPUS.
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SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK THERE. I WON'T READ EVERY SINGLE NUMBER FOR YOU.JUST SEE THE PARTICIPANTS AT EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS AND HERE AT MLC.
FOR THOSE OF YOU QUICK WITH MATH THESE NUMBERS ADD UP TO GREATER THAN THE 419 NUMBER.
THAT'S BECAUSE SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS, LIKE SUPPORT STAFF MEMBERS, WORK AT MULTIPLE CAMPUSES.
AND SO THEREFORE THEY SELECTED ALL THE CAMPUSES THAT THEY SERVE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE OBVIOUSLY LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL HAD OUR BIGGEST PARTICIPATION, WHICH IS NOT SURPRISING BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR BIGGEST CAMPUS FOLLOWED BY LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH. AND THEN NAVARRO ELEMENTARY HAD QUITE A FEW.
AND THEN ALL THE OTHER ELEMENTARIES HOVERING BETWEEN THE 40 AND 50 MARK.
AND THEN FOR THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT'S KIND OF THE CADENCE AND THE FLOW OF THE PRESENTATION AS WE WILL START WITH DISTRICT LEVEL AND THEN BREAK IT DOWN TO CAMPUS, DISTRICT LEVEL, CAMPUS FOR THE REMAINDER.
SO THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED HERE, THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN THAT WERE ASKED ON BOTH YOUR SURVEYS SOME QUESTIONS WERE ELIMINATED THIS YEAR JUST BECAUSE BOTH SURVEYS WERE QUITE LENGTHY AND WE WANTED TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION AS WELL.
SO THIS IS THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ON BOTH SURVEYS FOR BOTH YEARS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAD SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT FROM PARENTS.
WE HAD EXACT SAME NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE FROM STAFF FOR THIS CARING ENVIRONMENT.
ADDITIONALLY, LOCKHART ISD TREATS ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH RESPECT.
AND THEN AGAIN, AT EACH CAMPUS, THIS IS THEIR PERCEPTION ON HOW WE TREAT ALL STUDENTS, STAFF, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH RESPECT. EMBRACING DIVERSITY.
AND THEN AGAIN AT EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS. NUMBERS ARE PRETTY HIGH UP THERE.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CELEBRATING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF ALL STUDENTS AGAIN, WE SAW AN INCREASE IN IN PARENTS AND WE SAW THE SAME NUMBER OF RESPONSES FROM THE STAFF. AND AGAIN, CAMPUS DATA REFLECTS THAT AS WELL.
WE'VE DISCUSSED IT AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.
WE CAN'T NECESSARILY SAY EXACTLY EVERY SINGLE SPECULATION AS TO WHY THINGS MIGHT BE DOWN.
AS A DISTRICT, WE FEEL LIKE THE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY CONSISTENT.
WE DO FEEL LIKE THAT THERE WAS SOME OF THE CAMPUS DATA WAS LOWER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN YEARS PAST, AND THAT THE PARTICULAR PERCENTAGE WOULD THEN BRING THE WHOLE DISTRICT AVERAGE DOWN RIGHT.
SO EVERY CAMPUS HAS 100% PARTICIPATION OR IT VARIES FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS.
IT VARIES FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS. YES, MA'AM. MOST CAMPUSES HAD MOST PEOPLE, I THINK YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY 40 PEOPLE, WHICH IS MOST OF THE TEACHERS AND SOME SUPPORT STAFF AS WELL.
BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THAT ALL OF THEIR SUPPORT STAFF AND ALL OF THEIR AUXILIARY STAFF AND ALL THE OTHER SUPPORT PEOPLE THAT MAYBE SUPPORT THOSE CAMPUSES THAT THEY PARTICIPATED AS WELL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO SANCHEZ JUST SO WE ARE FOLLOWING UP WITH PRINCIPALS IN TERMS OF TRENDS WHERE WE'VE SEEN BIG DECREASES OR BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CAMPUSES AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS ONE ON ONE WITH THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. MR. ESTRADA.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CELEBRATING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF ALL EMPLOYEES.
WE DID SEE DECLINES IN BOTH THE PARENT AND THE STUDENT.
I MEAN, THE PARENTS AND THE STAFF ON THIS ONE.
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AND THAT THAT TREND KIND OF CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE DATA AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THESE SLIDES.A FEW CAMPUSES ARE, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 20 POINTS LOWER THAN THE REST OF THE CAMPUS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PARTNERING WITH THE COMMUNITY IN THE EDUCATION OF LOCKHART YOUTH, WE SAW THE SAME PERCENTAGE AND FAMILIES, AND WE SAW A SMALL UPTICK IN OUR STAFF AGAIN, CAMPUS DATA AS WELL.
THAT'S A MUCH MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION. WITH THIS PARTICULAR QUESTION, WHICH IS GOOD.
THIS GOES BACK TO WHAT SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF PROVIDING FAMILIES ABILITY TO INPUT TO IMPROVE THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. WE SAW A LARGE PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN OUR STAFF WITH THIS.
SO THE STAFF ARE RECOGNIZING THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR QUESTION AND AGAIN A MUCH MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF THE CAMPUS DATA AS WELL. NOW, THE NEXT QUESTION IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE FIRST, THIS ONE IS THAT WE PROVIDE THE ACTUAL OPPORTUNITY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WAS A SMALL DECLINE IN THE PARENTS PERCEPTION OF THAT, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES, IS ONLY 56 PER FIELD THAT WE USE THAT INPUT. AND THEN THERE WAS A SMALL UPTICK IN STAFF EXPERIENCE AS WELL.
AGAIN, CAMPUS DATA AGAIN. THIS ONE, WE SAW A LARGE INCREASE IN OUR STAFF PERCEPTION AND HOW WE ARE EFFECTIVE AND TRANSPARENT AS BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND THAT THAT GOES ACROSS ALL LEVELS OF THE DISTRICT, NOT JUST IN THE BUSINESS OFFICE, ALTHOUGH THE BUSINESS OFFICE DOES DO A GREAT JOB OF BEING EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT AND TRANSPARENT. BUT WE SAW INCREASES IN BOTH IN THIS.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD SIGN TRENDING UPWARD.
A PRETTY LARGE INCREASE FROM THE PARENT STAFF FEEDBACK AND THEN A SMALL DECLINE FROM THE STAFF.
AND. PROVIDES EACH STUDENT WITH DIVERSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONAL GROWTH.
AS YOU CAN SEE AGAIN INCREASE IN STAFF, SMALL DECREASE IN PARENTS PERCEPTIONS DATA. WASN'T THERE A SPOT FOR YOU TO MARK IN A ON THERE IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW? YES SIR OR YES SIR. YEAH, I REMEMBER SOME OF THESE LIKE I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I COULD.
IT WAS. YES, SIR. CORRECT. AND IT'S, IT ACTUALLY SAYS DON'T KNOW OR.
NAH. SO YES, IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY. WE HAD PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE CLICK THAT.
AND WE HAD A PRETTY BIG DEBATE ON DO WE MOVE AWAY FROM THAT? BECAUSE, I MEAN, THERE WERE SOME OF US LIKE TEN, 20%, WHICH REALLY CAN MOVE THE NUMBERS AND MAKE IT HARD TO UNDERSTAND.
BECAUSE I TRIED TO ANSWER AS A PARENT AND NOT LIKE KNOWING, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YES.
NOT THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. BUT I TRIED TO SEE IT.
SURE. CORRECT, CORRECT. AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, ARE VALID, LIKE MAYBE A PRE-K PARENT MIGHT NOT KNOW SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
SO THAT'S AN HONEST I DON'T KNOW. RIGHT. BUT THEN LIKE SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA SAID, WHEN THAT PERCENTAGE IS LARGE AND MULTIPLE QUESTIONS AND THINGS THAT WE WOULD HOPE THAT OUR COMMUNITY OR OUR STAFF WOULD KNOW ABOUT, THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE TO START REALLY ASKING OURSELVES IS THAT A IS THAT A VALID RESPONSE WHEN YOU SEE THE DECREASES? I'M THINKING SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS SEEM PRETTY SIMILAR.
AND AS A PARENT, I'M THINKING MAYBE I ALREADY NOTED THAT ONE.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT I JUST ANSWERED. SO MAYBE I'M LIKE, I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER THAT ONE.
MAYBE MY RESPONSES ARE LOWER. I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST, I HAVEN'T STUDIED THE QUESTION.
SO JUST IN GLANCING I THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE THAT'S WHY SOME OF THEM ARE GOING DOWN, BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, DIDN'T I ALREADY ANSWER THAT, OR DID I UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RESPONDING TO IN THAT QUESTION? SURE, NO. THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT AS WELL. ARE PEOPLE ALLOWED TO COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF WHATEVER ANSWER THEY GAVE OR THERE ARE.
THERE IS A FREE FORM COMMENT SECTION TO THE SURVEY, BUT IN THESE PARTICULAR QUESTIONS THEY ARE NOT.
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AND THEN THAT'S WHEN PARENTS START, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THIS OR LESS OF THAT AND STAFF AS WELL.BUT FOR THESE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING OVER TONIGHT, IT'S JUST THE JUST THE RATING SCALE OR NOT RATING SCALE WITHOUT PEOPLE MAKING COMMENTS, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHY A PARTICULAR PARTICULAR QUESTION GOES UP OR DOWN OVER A YEAR, YOU KNOW. YES, SIR. THAT THAT THAT IS ACCURATE AS WELL.
AND I WE DID GO THROUGH ALL OF THE COMMENTS AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM AND, AND LOOK AT THOSE AND TRY TO NOTICE SOME CORRELATIONS TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, BUT YEAH. YES, SIR. YOU'RE CORRECT THAT WITHOUT A COMMENT TIED TO, YOU KNOW, A SPECIFIC THING LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONAL GROWTH. YEAH.
BECAUSE LIKE, WHAT IS IT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN. WHAT IS MY KIDS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING TO GROW.
AND WHAT'S THAT OPPORTUNITY IN THE DISTRICT THAT'S SO DIVERSE, THAT'S GOING TO MAKE MY CHILD GROW PERSONALLY? WHAT WOULD THAT BE? WHAT WOULD BE MY OPTIONS? THE QUESTIONS THAT I STRUGGLE WITH WERE THE ONES THAT HAD SO TO ME, THAT HAS TO BE EQUAL. RIGHT ON THIS SIDE OF AN HAS TO EQUAL UP TO THIS SIDE.
AND IF IT DIDN'T THEN I MIGHT SCORE THAT ONE OVER AND THAT THIS IS ALL EXCELLENT FEEDBACK.
AND THESE ARE THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE ASKED OVER THE YEARS.
AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO, TO REFINE THEM IN ORDER TO BETTER SUIT THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF AS WE'RE STARTING TO NOTICE THESE GAPS OR IN THE QUESTIONS THEMSELVES. SO I THINK THAT'S ALL EXCELLENT FEEDBACK FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, INFORM FUTURE SURVEY RESULTS. HOW MANY ARE THERE TOTAL? THERE WAS 40 QUESTIONS AND IT WAS 50 LAST YEAR.
SO WE CUT OUT. WE CUT. HOW MANY DID WE CUT? WE WELL, WE CUT 12.
AND THEN WE ADDED TWO MORE. SO TEN LESS. YEAH, IT WAS TEN LESS THAN LAST YEAR.
AND REALLY IT'S THE CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
YOU KNOW WE STRUGGLE WITH JUST ABANDONING IT BECAUSE THERE'S SOME POWER IN SEEING TRENDS.
ARE WE SLIDING THEM BACK? YOU KNOW. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CERTAINLY OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS ABOUT JUST START MAYBE DOING A DIFFERENT SURVEY THAT'S SHORTER, THAT'S A LITTLE MORE ALIGNED TO THE QUESTIONS WE REALLY WANT FEEDBACK ON OR MORE SPECIFIC WE JUST, YOU KNOW, TO THIS POINT, WE, WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO COMPARE THE TRENDS.
YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE. WE CUT OUT SOME QUESTIONS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE REDUNDANT YOU KNOW, THAT WERE REALLY REDUNDANT. SO WE STILL HAVE SOME REDUNDANCY.
WE SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE. OUR POINT IS ONLY BECAUSE WHAT I HEAR PEOPLE SAY NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT THE DISTRICT AND FACEBOOK, I'M LIKE THINKING, WELL, DO YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION? DO YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND? AND THEN I'M BEING ASKED THIS QUESTION, AND I'M NOT SURE A LOT OF THEM WOULD BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO IT IN A WAY THAT I DON'T KNOW.
YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THAT DATA. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM WHEN I READ THAT QUESTION AND I'M LOOKING AT THE RESPONSES AND I'M THINKING, OKAY, EVERYBODY'S NOT RESPONDING TO IT, OR FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT OR WHEN THEY DID.
I'M NOT SURE HOW ACCURATE THAT RESPONSE WAS BASED ON THEIR UNDERSTANDING, I DON'T KNOW.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT JUST KIND OF POPPED IN MY HEAD AS I'M WATCHING THE PERCENTAGES.
IT'S ALSO IT'S ALSO DIFFICULT OR NOT NECESSARILY DIFFICULT, BUT IT CAN BE A CHALLENGE FOR WHEN YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE KID, BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT IT FROM ONE PERSPECTIVE. WITH THIS KID, IT AFFECTS THIS KID DIFFERENTLY THAN IT AFFECTS THIS KID.
SO LIKE I WRESTLED WITH THAT. ALSO, I THOUGHT ABOUT JUST SAYING, LISA, YOU ANSWER FOR THIS ONE.
I'LL ANSWER BECAUSE I DID BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, WELL, FOR THIS ONE IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SURE.
I'LL BE HONEST, WHEN I STARTED ANSWERING A SURVEY LIKE THIS AND I'M GOING ALONG AND I LOOK DOWN, IT SAYS I'VE ALREADY ANSWERED A NUMBER OF THEM AND IT SAYS, WELL, YOU STILL GOT 80% TO GO.
AND I THINK, DOG, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST GET THIS THING OVER WITH.
BECAUSE DEPENDING ON HOW MANY KIDS YOU HAVE, THAT'S TIME CONSUMING, I GUESS, YOU KNOW.
SURE. BUT WHAT WOULD WHAT IS WHAT? WHAT IS IT YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW FROM PARENTS BASED ON WHATEVER YOU'RE TRYING TO SEE, RESULTS OR IMPROVEMENT IS WHAT I'M KIND OF ASKING MYSELF.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE RESPONSE. OF COURSE, OF COURSE.
ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK THAT'S SAFE TO SAY. I THINK SO TOO.
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THIS IS PROBABLY NOT A GOOD REPRESENTATION. BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY TRENDS THAT A COUPLE OF CAMPUSES THAT THAT HIGHLIGHT SOME CONCERNS OF THE CULTURE OF THE CAMPUS, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK IT WAS VALUABLE TO, TO LEARN THAT.MY LAST QUESTION IS THAT IN SPANISH TOO? THE SURVEY.
I SHOULD NEVER RESPOND IN SPANISH LIKE THAT. IT GETS ME IN TROUBLE EVERY SINGLE TIME.
SO ANYWAY, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT. SI, SI, YOU KNOW.
SI, SI, SI. THE PARENT ONE IS. YES. IS IT ENGLISH OR SPANISH? OKAY. BUT NOT JUST THAT ONE. NOT JUST THAT ONE.
ONCE, BUT ONCE PER KID. NO, NO, NO. ONCE IN GENERAL.
I DECIDE WHICH CHILD, I'M GOING TO RESPOND. THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING FOR PERSONAL GROWTH.
OKAY. WE'VE HEARD THAT. CONTINUE, MR. MILLER.
YES. THANK YOU, SIR. AND WE'VE ALSO TALKED ON ONE IDEA THAT THAT WE BOUNCED AROUND TO IS POSSIBLY DOING SHORTER SURVEYS MORE FREQUENTLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SO WE CAN ACTUALLY RESPOND TO THE DATA. AS WELL. SO THAT THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE TABLE TO DISCUSS.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT. AT AUSTIN WATER WE NEVER DO OVER 30 QUESTIONS, AND IT'S ALWAYS ON A PARTICULAR TOPIC THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING TRYING TO GET SOME ACTUAL YEAH, CLARITY ON. THE ONE THAT I'M INTERESTED IN DOING.
IT'S A VERY FREQUENT BUT SHORT AND IT'S LIKE 2 OR 3 QUESTIONS.
AND IT'S SPECIFIC TO TIME PERIODS OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND THEN IT KIND OF GETS THAT DATA.
AND THEN WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT TO CHANGE IT FOR TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.
PERFECTO. OKAY. ADAM, DON'T AGREE WITH THINGS.
ALL RIGHT, KEEP GOING, KEEP IT GOING. YOU SAID FIVE QUESTIONS. I HEARD THAT, YEAH. OKAY.
SO AGAIN, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROVIDING A VARIETY OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES ACROSS THE DISTRICT SMALL DECLINE IN PARENTS RESPONSE, BUT A LARGER INCREASE IN STAFF AS WELL. AGAIN OUR CAMPUS DATA IS PRETTY CONSISTENT FROM CAMPUSES.
PROMOTES HEALTH AND WELLNESS TO ENABLE STUDENTS TO BE READY TO LEARN.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE DECREASE IN STAFF ON THIS ONE.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE LARGER DECREASES ON STAFF THIS PARTICULAR QUESTION, BUT THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN PARENTS PERCEPTION, PARENTS RESPONSES. AND AS YOU SEE, WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF CAMPUSES IN PARTICULAR THAT THAT BROUGHT THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION DOWN, YOU KNOW, ONES THAT ARE IN THE 40S AND 30S AND THEIR RESPONSES.
COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM THE DISTRICT IS TIMELY.
THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THAT FROM THE PARENT.
SO THAT IS GOOD. AND AN INCREASE FROM STAFF AS WELL.
SO, SO THOSE ARE TWO CELEBRATIONS. AND WE SEE THAT CAMPUS DATA IS PRETTY GOOD, EXCEPT FOR ONE CAMPUS THAT WAS BELOW THE 55% MARK OF ALL THE OTHER CAMPUSES WERE OVER 60.
SO THAT'S GOOD. AND THEN DISTRICT LEADERS CLEARLY COMMUNICATE THAT THE REASONS BEHIND THE KEY ISSUES WE SAW A VERY LARGE INCREASE IN IN THE PARENT RESPONSES ON THIS ONE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALSO PROMISING AS WELL. AND A SMALL INCREASE FROM STAFF.
AND THEN AGAIN WE SEE THAT MOST OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE ABOVE 60 WITH A COUPLE OF THOSE LARGER CAMPUSES THAT ARE BELOW 50, WHICH IN FACT WILL REALLY BRING OUR DISTRICT WIDE NUMBERS DOWN FROM THE STAFF RESPONSES.
AND THEN EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE IMPORTANT ISSUES.
THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AT THIS PARENTS AND STAFF.
AND THEN OUR ACTUAL CAMPUS RESPONSES ARE ALL BACK INTO OVER THE 60% MARK AS WELL, FOR THE MOST PART.
AND THEN WILLING TO LISTEN TO NEW IDEAS, WE SAW A SMALL DECREASE IN STAFF AND A PRETTY.
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SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM FAMILIES. THEN AGAIN SIMILAR CAMPUS DATA.BUT THIS IS LONGITUDINAL FROM STARTING IN 2017 ALL THE WAY UP TO PRESENT DAY.
SO THESE ARE KIND OF SOME CORE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT.
AND SO THIS IS WHERE IT'S GOOD TO KIND OF SEE THESE RESPONSES, BUT PROUD TO WORK FOR LOCKHART ISD.
WHILE WE HAVE 82% OF OUR STAFF THAT SAYS THAT THEY ARE THAT THAT IS YOU KNOW, LOWER THAN LAST YEAR AND, AND SOME OF THE PREVIOUS YEARS AS WELL. WE SEE THAT BREAKDOWN BY CAMPUS HERE.
CURRENT DUTIES AND WORK ASSIGNMENTS ARE INTERESTING.
AND CAMPUS DATA REFLECTS THAT AS WELL. MOTIVATED TO CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN WHAT IS EXPECTED OF ME.
THAT HAS SEEN SOME DECREASE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE 22-23 IN THE 77%.
SO. AND THEN WE SEE THAT'S ALSO REFLECTED IN CAMPUSES AS WELL.
SOME BEING VERY HIGH AND SOME NOT SO MUCH. PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND LONG TERM CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.
IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AGAIN, SEVEN PERCENTAGE POINTS HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR, BUT IT IS STILL LOWER THAN THAT 2223 SCHOOL YEAR WHERE THAT THAT NUMBER WAS ALL OF ALL OF THE NUMBERS WERE HIGHER THAT YEAR.
THAT WAS A GREAT YEAR, RIGHT? IT WAS A GREAT YEAR.
I MEAN, EVERY YEAR IS A GREAT YEAR IN LOCKHART ISD, BUT THAT ONE WAS. BUT THAT ONE SHOWED, RIGHT? CORRECT. SO THEN AGAIN, WE LOOK AT CAMPUSES, BUT SEE, SEE, THIS IS WHERE WE START TO SEE SOME CAMPUSES NUMBERS THAT ARE REALLY LOW THAT, THAT, THAT 68% COULD HAVE BEEN HIGHER MORE REFLECTIVE OF THAT GREAT 22, 23 YEAR.
BUT WE HAVE A FEW CAMPUSES THAT COUPLE AT LEAST THAT BROUGHT THAT PERCENTAGE DOWN.
I ENJOY WORKING FOR MY PRINCIPAL OR DIRECT SUPERVISOR.
THIS ONE IS LOWER THAN IN YEARS PAST AS WELL.
AND THEN A COUPLE, A COUPLE ARE NOT. I FEEL APPRECIATED.
AGAIN, WE HAVE A 16 POINT PERCENTAGE POINT DROP FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THERE AND JUST STILL A COUPLE OF PERCENTAGE POINTS FROM LAST YEAR AS WELL. AND THEN AGAIN, THE TREND KIND OF CONTINUES WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF CAMPUSES IN THE 60 TO 70% FEEL APPRECIATED.
PRINCIPLE OR DIRECT SUPERVISOR GIVES CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE.
THAT ALSO IS DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AS WELL.
AND THIS TREND CONTINUES. DID YOU LOOK AT THE CAMPUSES THAT HAD THIS HIGH, HOW THEY FELT ABOUT THEIR PRINCIPAL OR THEIR MEETINGS? YES, SIR. THERE ARE THEY'RE ALL PRETTY CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD.
IF THE IF THE CAMPUS ENJOYED WORKING FOR THEIR DIRECT SUPERVISOR, THEN THEN THESE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ARE ALL STAYED AROUND THE SAME PERCENTAGE POINTS.
AND IF THEY DID NOT, THEN THE QUESTIONS KIND OF PERCENTAGE POINTS FOLLOW SUIT AS WELL.
IDENTIFIES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND IMPROVEMENT.
AND AGAIN THIS IS THE PRINCIPAL OR DIRECT SUPERVISOR, NOT THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.
PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DROP AS WELL THERE. AND THEN WE SEE THAT AGAIN IN THE CAMPUS DATA.
LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME AND MY SCHOOL DEPARTMENT FOLLOWING A SIMILAR PATTERN.
AND THESE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY LOWER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER ONES AT THE, AT THE CAMPUS AS WELL.
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BUT THEN WHEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME CAMPUSES IN THE 34% ON THIS, YOU KNOW, OR 45.THAT HURTS THE OVERALL AVERAGE. MY COLLEAGUES PROMOTE A POSITIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT, AND THAT'S DOWN FIVE POINTS FROM LAST YEAR. MR. MILLER, COULD YOU GO BACK A FEW SLIDES? YES, SIR. THAT ONE, THIS ONE. GO TO THAT ONE.
NOT THIS ONE. THE NEXT. YES, SIR. OKAY. AT THE CAMPUS? YES, SIR. OKAY. JUST WANTED TO SEE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
THE PERCENTAGE. OKAY. THANK YOU. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IT? OR FIGURE OUT WHY THEY WOULD BE LOW? AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WHEN SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PRINCIPALS THEMSELVES AND KIND OF WALKING THROUGH THAT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE CAN KIND OF SPECULATE AS TO AS TO POSSIBLE REASONS, BUT ACTUALLY HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND KIND OF DIGGING A LITTLE BIT DEEPER TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. OF COURSE. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO WHERE WERE WE? OKAY. SO, COLLEAGUES, PROMOTE A POSITIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT.
5% DOWN ON THAT. TRENDS. TRENDS CONTINUE. COLLABORATION IS ENCOURAGED. SMALL DIP THERE.
NOT AS BIG AS SOME OF THE OTHER ONES. BUT AGAIN, A COUPLE OF CAMPUSES WITH LOWER PERCENTAGE OR LOWER RESULTS. THIS ONE IS THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.
SO PRINCIPAL CHECKS IN TO SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING ON A REGULAR BASIS.
BUILDING ADMINISTRATOR, DIRECT SUPERVISOR IS AVAILABLE WHEN NEEDED.
THAT HAS ACTUALLY INCREASED. SO IT'S INTERESTING THAT WELL, THEY'RE ALL CHECKING IN TO SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING, AND THEN MOST OF THEM ARE AVAILABLE WHEN NEEDED AS WELL.
AND THIS ONE IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE HIGHER ONES ACROSS ALL THE CAMPUSES.
SO THAT'S A POSITIVE. AND PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR POSITION. A SMALL DECREASE THERE. AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT ALL THE CAMPUSES.
AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. OF COURSE. I THINK THOSE CAMPUS RESPONSES ARE USEFUL IN A WAY THAT YOU COULD LOOK AT THEM AND COMPARE THEM AND SEE WHICH CAMPUS MIGHT BE HAVING A CULTURAL PROBLEM OR, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THERE'S SOME SUBTLETIES OR MORE NEGATIVE THAN OTHER CAMPUSES, AND THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO EXPLORE WHY THE STAFF FEELS THAT WAY.
YES, MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE THAT POWERPOINT YOU CAN SEND TO US? I'D LIKE TO SPEND MORE TIME LOOKING AT IT. YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY.
WE SHARE WITH CORINNE AND SHE'LL PUT IT IN THE BRIEF.
OKAY. YES, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU.
MR. MILLER, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE MOVE ON TO E STUDENT CELL PHONE USE POLICY UPDATE.
[Student Cell Phone Use Policy Update]
GOOD EVENING. AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING LIKE THE AUCTIONEER FROM 50 LIONS, I WILL GO FAST, BUT NOT THAT FAST.I WOULD THINK I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH USE THIS IS GOING TO BE AT THIS POINT.
YEAH, WE'LL NEED TO DISCUSS OVER THE SUMMER AGAIN WHERE WE NEED TO GO WITH THIS.
BUT GOING BACK DOWN AND WENT UP IN APRIL, HIGH SCHOOL KIND OF VARIES.
SPIKED IN FEBRUARY AND HAD EIGHT IN MARCH AND NINE IN APRIL.
PRETTY MUCH THAT'S THE RESULTS OF WHAT WE HAVE SO FAR FOR THE VIOLATIONS.
AND JUST SPEAKING TO WHAT MR. ESTRADA BRIEFLY JUST SPOKE TO, WE ARE.
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AND THE BEST RESPONSE I'VE GOTTEN ABOUT IT IS, CAN YOU DO IT WHERE PEOPLE CAN LOG IN AT HOME WHILE THEY'RE COOKING AND THEY'RE LISTENING SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME BECAUSE THEY'RE BUSY AND THEIR SCHEDULES ARE BUSY. SO THAT'S I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO TAP INTO.I'M STILL READING THIS BOOK, AND THE MORE I READ IT, THE MORE ANXIOUS I GET ABOUT IT.
BUT I JUST THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS IN THERE THAT PARENTS WOULD BE SURPRISED TO HEAR ABOUT.
AND I THINK THAT BOOK STUDY THIS SUMMER AND WHATEVER FORMAT WE DO IT IS, IS TIMELY AND NEEDED.
A LITTLE IRONIC, THOUGH, RIGHT? IF THEY'RE ON THEIR ELECTRONIC DEVICE.
I LISTEN TO THINGS AS I'M COOKING OR TRYING TO COOK.
BUT THEY SAID THAT THAT'S BEEN THE EASIEST THING THAT THEY COULD.
WE DID IT WHEN WE WERE IN COVID WITH YOUTUBE, AND WE USED TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD JUMPED ON AND JUST WERE ABLE TO LISTEN IN WITHOUT HAVING TO DRIVE SOMEWHERE AND BE THERE FOR AN HOUR.
SO I KNOW THE STATE, THE LEGISLATURE HAS CONSIDERED LAW OR, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT RULE LAWS TO BAN CELL PHONE USE IN SOME MANNER THROUGHOUT THE STATE AT ALL CAMPUSES. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE STATUS OF THAT IS AT THE MOMENT.
I'M FOLLOWING THAT. IT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF TRACTION TO.
AND COMMISSIONER IS NOT THAT INTERESTED IN IT.
SO IT'S KIND OF LOST SOME OF ITS TRACTION, BUT IT'S STILL IT'S STILL HANGING AROUND.
HASN'T HAVEN'T SEEN A COMMITTEE YET. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
BOARD. SO WHAT'S THE STATUS OR WASN'T THERE SOMEBODY THINKING ABOUT GETTING RID OF THE LUNCHTIME CELL PHONES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL? IS THAT STILL ON THE TABLE? YES. YES, SIR. THAT WAS AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY WERE THEY DID NOT IMPLEMENT IT. BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING.
AND TALKING ABOUT CELL PHONES AND ANY CHANGES THAT THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE ALSO WILL COME BACK AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SCHOOL YEAR TO LET YOU KNOW HOW PRIDES PILOT PROGRAM WENT THIS YEAR WHERE CELL PHONES WERE NOT ALLOWED TO, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY IF THE KIDS HAVE THEIR CELL PHONE, THEY'RE GETTING MESSAGES, THEY'RE RESPONDING TO MESSAGES.
BUT AS THEY GET NOTIFICATIONS YOU KNOW, THE TEMPTATION IS TOO GREAT NOT TO CHECK THEM.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR CAMARILLO ADAM ATF TEACHER.
[Teacher Incentive Allotment Modification and Expansion]
INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT MODIFICATION AND EXPANSION.MR. MCBRIDE. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MR. ESTRADA, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO YOU GUYS AN EXPANSION MODIFICATION OF THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT SYSTEM.
MY NAME IS TOM, AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND ASSESSMENT. I PARTNER WITH DANA SEIDEL, OUR HR DIRECTOR, TO KIND OF HELP MANAGE AND KIND OF IMPLEMENT OUR SYSTEM.
BEFORE I GET STARTED. SO FIRST OFF, WHAT IS TIA.
LOCKHART ISD AS WELL AS OTHER DISTRICTS. CREATES AND APPROVED LOCAL DESIGNATION SYSTEM WHICH IS BASED ON STUDENT GROWTH AND TEACHER OBSERVATIONS. PIA HAS A IS A SUSTAINABLE FUNDING BUILT INTO THE TEXAS SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA AND IS NOT A GRANT LIKE SOME PREVIOUS OTHER INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. WHEN WE LOOK AT LOCKHART ISD DATA FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS WE HAVE HAD TEACHERS RECEIVE BETWEEN 4000 AND $18,000 ANNUALLY WHICH DEPENDS ON THEIR DESIGNATION AND THEIR CAMPUS.
AND LASTLY, LAST YEAR LOCKHART ISD WAS ALLOTTED OVER $550,000 FOR THIS PROGRAM.
SO WHAT IS THE TIA PROCESS? IT'S A PRETTY, PRETTY LONG PROCESS, ABOUT TWO YEARS.
WE'RE COLLECTING DATA ON STUDENT GROWTH DATA.
WE TAKE THAT DATA AND SUBMIT IT TO TEXAS TECH FOR DATA VALIDATION WHERE THEY CHECK THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE STUDENT GROWTH DATA AND THEN THE T TEST STATEWIDE DATA. AFTER THAT DATA SUBMISSION IN OCTOBER, WE RECEIVED THE RESULTS BACK IN FEBRUARY.
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I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT THE LAST THREE YEARS LOCKHART HAS PASSED THAT DATA VALIDATION CHECK.AND SO WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF THAT. AFTER THAT VALIDATION CHECK IN FEBRUARY THAT NEXT SPRING, WE NOTIFY TEACHERS OF THEIR TIA STATUS, AND THEN PAYOUTS OCCUR LATER ON DURING THAT SUMMER.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE ALL THE NITTY GRITTY DETAILS OF OUR TIA SYSTEM, WE DO HAVE A WEBSITE WHICH CONTAINS A HANDBOOK TIMELINES, FAQS, PAST COMMUNICATIONS. BUT THE BASIS OF OUR SYSTEM IS CALCULATING THE SCORE FOR EACH OF OUR ELIGIBLE TEACHERS. THAT SCORE HAS TWO COMPONENTS, ONE BEING THEIR T TEST SUMMATIVE, WHICH IS AGAIN THAT THE TEACHER EVALUATION SYSTEM, THAT'S 40% OF THE SCORE. AND THEN THE OTHER 60% IS BASED OFF OF STUDENT GROWTH DATA.
OKAY. SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO MODIFY OUR OUR SYSTEM.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOX ON THE LEFT THAT'S OUR CURRENT SYSTEM.
THEN WE TAKE EACH OF THE ELIGIBLE TEACHERS AND THEIR AND THEIR SCORES AND PUT THEM BASICALLY IN RANK ORDER, WHERE THE TOP 30% OF THOSE SCORES ARE AT THE RECOGNIZED STATUS, ABOUT 15% IS AT EXEMPLARY, AND THEN THE TOP 5% ARE AT MASTERS. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE, AND WHAT WE'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED TO, TO THE STATE IS TO CHANGE THAT SYSTEM. SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE TIA SCORE COMPONENT WITH A LITTLE MODIFICATION, WHERE WE CHANGE THE T TEST A LITTLE BIT, WHERE WE JUST USE THE DOMAINS TWO AND THREE, WHICH IS THE INSTRUCTIONAL COMPONENTS OF T TEST.
AND SO WE TAKE THE TIA SCORE AND THE STUDENT GROWTH SCORE.
AND THEN WE HAVE TWO KIND OF STATIC TARGETS FOR TEACHERS TO GO FOR.
AND SO TEACHERS HAVE TO MEET BOTH THOSE TARGETS IN ORDER TO BE AT THAT DESIGNATION LEVEL.
AND SO IF WE LOOK AT THE TABLE THERE AT THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE AT MINIMUM TEACHERS NEED TO HAVE A 55% GROWTH SCORE AND A TIA SCORE OF AT LEAST 3.7. SO WHY DO WE WANT TO CHANGE THE CURRENT SYSTEM TO THE NEW SYSTEM? WHAT IS OUR GOAL HERE? SURE. SO THAT'S THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON THERE. SO THE BENEFITS OF THIS IS GOING TO THE NEW SYSTEM.
AND SO NOW BY GOING WITH, WITH THOSE THAT TARGETS, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT KIND OF CAPPING OURSELVES WITH, WITH HOW MANY TEACHERS CAN RECEIVE A DESIGNATION.
ALSO, WE ALSO THINK THIS WILL HELP WITH OUR DATA VALIDATION IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE THESE CURRENT TARGETS ALIGN MUCH BETTER WITH TEA STATEWIDE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR TIA. AND SO ONCE I GET THE TIA DESIGNATION, DO I KEEP IT OR KEEP IT FOR FIVE YEARS? FOR FIVE YEARS. AND THEN I HAVE TO REAPPLY AT THE END OF THE FIVE YEARS.
YOUR DATA WILL BE REEVALUATED FOR A DESIGNATION.
NOW, THERE ARE SOME CAVEATS TO THAT. IF A TEACHER MOVES INTO AN ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION, LIKE AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OR A COUNSELOR, THEY WOULD LOSE THAT THAT FUNDING. BUT THE DESIGNATIONS DO GO ON THEIR CERTIFICATES SO THEY COULD I GUESS YOU CAN ONLY GO UP. CAN'T GO DOWN. YOU CAN ONLY GO UP HIGHER DESIGNATIONS OR LEVELS.
BUT IF I WENT FROM A TEACHER WHO WAS MAKING SIX FIGURES INTO AN AP ROLE OR MAYBE LOSE THAT MONEY, YOU LOSE THAT MONEY. INCENTIVE TO STAY IN THE CLASSROOM.
YEAH. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, BEYOND MODIFICATION.
WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANDING OUR POOL OF ELIGIBLE TEACHERS.
AND SO TO HAS PUT OUT A LIST OF THIRD PARTY VENDORS THAT HAVE VARIOUS BEGINNING AND END OF YEAR ASSESSMENTS SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF CALCULATE GROWTH IN AREAS WHERE, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BEFORE. AND SO AFTER TRAINING TEACHERS, ON THESE ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES, KIND OF HOW WE DO FOR STAAR TEST THE TEACHERS WILL ADMINISTER BOTH THE BEGINNING AND END OF YEAR ASSESSMENTS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR,
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AND THEN WE'LL CALCULATE THE GROWTH SCORES OF FROM THOSE ASSESSMENTS.AND THEN T TEST WILL STILL BE A COMPONENT OF THESE NEWLY ELIGIBLE TEACHERS TIA SCORES.
SO HERE'S A SLIDE SHOWING THE DIFFERENT SUBJECT AREAS.
YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE WITH THESE SUBJECT AREAS, THESE ARE BASICALLY A LOT OF OUR CORE AREA NON STAAR TEST SUBJECT AREAS, PARTICULARLY AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL. NEXT WE HAVE EIGHTH GRADE SCIENCE EIGHTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES BIOLOGY AND US HISTORY TEACHERS. WE WILL USE A DISTRICT CREATED BEGINNING OF YEAR ASSESSMENT AND THEN THE END OF YEAR STAAR ASSESSMENT.
AND THEN WE'LL CALCULATE GROWTH FROM THAT. SO THOSE TEACHERS WILL NOW BE ELIGIBLE.
AND SO WE'LL USE THOSE TWO ASSESSMENTS TO CALCULATE GROWTH.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE WE'RE ADDING ABOUT 21 CTE AREAS OR CLASSES.
SO THOSE TEACHERS WILL NOW BE ELIGIBLE FOR TIA AS WELL.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ELIGIBILITY FOR TEACHERS AS, AS A WHOLE.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 80% OF ELEMENTARY TEACHERS IN GRADES PRE-K THROUGH FIVE.
SO WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY? I MEAN, HOW MANY WHAT PERCENTAGE OF ELEMENTARY TEACHERS ARE ELIGIBLE OR, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE EXPANSION, WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS? WELL, SO WITH THIS CURRENT EXPANSION, WE'RE NOT REALLY EXPANDING INTO ELEMENTARY AREAS.
THIS THIS EXPANSION THIS YEAR IS REALLY JUST IN SECONDARY.
SO THE ELEMENTARY WILL STILL REMAIN AT THAT 80%.
THAT ARE ACTUALLY RECEIVING IT OR JUST THAT WERE ELIGIBLE? I BELIEVE WE HAD 58 TEACHERS THAT DID RECEIVE A NEW OR A HIGHER DESIGNATION FOR THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO TWO THINGS. ONE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE ELIGIBLE TEACHERS CATEGORIZED AS TIA.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO EXPAND IT AND GET MORE TEACHERS ELIGIBLE AS WELL.
YES. NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT PILOTING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ALTERNATE AREAS CALLED STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES, SO THAT WHERE WE KIND OF CALCULATE GROWTH A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY FOR MANY OF OUR FINE ARTS AND SPED TEACHERS SO THAT EVENTUALLY WE CAN GET YOU KNOW, PRETTY CLOSE TO 100% OF OUR, OF OUR TEACHERS ELIGIBLE.
SO ARE THERE ANY DISTRICTS CURRENTLY THAT, YOU KNOW, GET 100% ELIGIBILITY OR IS THAT IMPOSSIBLE? I THINK SOME SMALLER DISTRICTS MIGHT, MIGHT, MIGHT HAVE THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF DISTRICTS KIND OF LOCKHART SIZE THAT HAVE 100%.
THAT'S WOULD BE PRETTY HARD TO DO, BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STILL INVESTIGATING.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. OKAY. WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE COMMUNICATION ACTION A
[Consider and/or Approve Adoption of High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) for ELAR and SLAR – Grades K–5]
CONSIDER AND OR APPROVE ADOPTION OF HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL OR L AND S GRADES K THROUGH FIVE. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS THE STUFF THAT COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT FOR A WHILE NOW.AND THIS IS WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS GOING TO BE.
YES IT IS. SO GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BELINDA VASQUEZ DIRECTOR OF CNI.
AND I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO BE IN THE MUDDY WATERS DURING ALL OF THIS NEW ADOPTION ERA.
SO GOVERNED BY HOUSE BILL 1605, THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS REVIEW PROCESS WAS STARTED THIS SCHOOL YEAR, EARLY SUMMER JULY, AUGUST. AND IT INCLUDED A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE PUT A GRANT IN TO PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEW TEACHER PROJECT, ALSO KNOWN AS TNTP TO STRENGTHEN OUR LITERACY
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FOCUS BOTH IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. AND I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA TALK ABOUT THE WRITING COMPONENT, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME RESEARCH BASED INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES ON OUR LITERACY FOCUS, INCLUDING OUR PHONICS, OUR READING, AND OUR WRITING COMPONENTS.SO JOANNA VILLARREAL ACTUALLY LED THE COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH TNTP AND OUR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION SIDE. SO SHE IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DID TO COME TO A FULL COMMITTEE TO REVIEW INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOANNA VILLARREAL AND I AM THE BILINGUAL INSTRUCTIONAL COACH, BUT I LED.
I WAS PART OF LEADING THE COMMITTEE WITH TNTP, WHICH MEANS THE NEW TEACHER PROJECT.
SO THE NEW TEACHER PROJECT IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT GETS WITH DISTRICTS AND HELPS IMPROVE EDUCATION FOR K TO 12 TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO EFFECTIVE TEACHERS.
SO WE PARTNERED TOGETHER AND WE LED A FORMATION OF 35 MEMBER COMMITTEE MEMBERS COMPOSED OF TEACHERS, INTERVENTIONISTS, SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, CONTENT SPECIALISTS, AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.
WE ALSO LEARNED THAT WAS A TWO DAY TRAINING. WE ALSO CONDUCTED CLASSROOM WALKTHROUGHS ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO COLLECT DATA AND IDENTIFYING AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN OUR TIER ONE INSTRUCTION.
BUILDING ON TO THAT WORK AND GROUNDED INTO OUR DISTRICT CORE VALUES, WE COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOP A LITERACY FRAMEWORK, WHICH IS OUR FIRST IN THE DISTRICT. WE DRAFTED THAT INCORPORATED FEEDBACK FROM OUR CAMPUS LEADERS AND DISTRICT LEADERS.
AND THEN WE SUBMITTED THAT TO TEA AND WE GOT RECOGNIZED AS EXEMPLARY.
WOW. SO AS I STATED BEFORE, WE STARTED THE RIGOROUS PROCESS IN JULY. WE HAD A NUMBER OF THE ARBY'S TRAINING FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE AND OUR FOLLOWING UP WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS FOR THAT.
SO FROM THE LITERACY FRAMEWORK BUILDING THAT WE DID WITH TNTP, WE CREATED THE IMRA.
THAT'S THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS REVIEW APPROVAL PROCESS.
WE CREATED THE IMRA COMMITTEE. AND THAT WAS BUILT WITH TEACHERS AND PARENTS.
SO WE ALSO ATTENDED A REGION 13 SHOWCASE WITH ALL 50 MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE TO ACTUALLY SEE THE DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE NEW ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND SPANISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND K-2 PHONICS PROGRAMS. THERE WAS A FULL DAY AT REGION 13, AND THEN WE ALSO CAME BACK AS A COMMITTEE IN MARCH WITH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THE PARENTS, AND PRESENTED A FULL DAY TO EACH OTHER, COLLABORATED.
WHAT DID WE LIKE ABOUT SOME OF THESE PUBLISHERS? WHAT DID WHAT WAS MISSING FROM SOME OF THEM? AND IF WE COULD BUILD OUR OWN, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE? SO WE TOOK ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, AND WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO OUR TOP THREE PUBLISHERS THAT THE COMMITTEE AGREED TO.
HI, TERESA. I'M A TEACHER AND LOVER LEADER HERE IN THE DISTRICT.
I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TO SHARE THIS FINDING WITH US.
SO WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND WE HAD REPRESENTATIVES COME AND THEY PRESENTED SEVERAL SESSIONS GIVING US THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ITEMS THAT WERE THE COMPONENTS OF EACH OF THEIR CURRICULUMS. TEACHERS WERE ABLE TO COME. ADMINISTRATORS WERE ABLE TO COME AND LOOK AT THE MATERIALS.
THEN WE SENT OUT A DISTRICT SURVEY, AND SAVVUS WAS THE WINNER WITH 93.1%.
AND THAT PROGRAM ACTUALLY MET ALL OF OUR NEEDS.
SO WE HAD THREE BIG ROCKS. ONE OF THEM WAS THAT WE WANTED TO BE APPROVED, AN APPROVED VENDOR, JUST BECAUSE THAT WOULD HELP PUT MORE LITERACY IN THE HANDS OF OUR STUDENTS.
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THAT IT WOULD HAVE THE SAME FORMAT. AND THEN WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS HAD A WAY TO CONNECT.SO THIS WAS ONE THAT MET ALL OF THE NEEDS, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO PRESENT IT TO THE DISTRICT.
AND THE DISTRICT SPOKE AND IT WAS AT 93.1%. CAN YOU JUST TO BACK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT? I'VE HAD A FEW PARENTS CALL AND MESSAGE CONCERNED ABOUT BLUEBONNET CURRICULUM.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO. I DIDN'T SEE THAT AS ONE OF THE OPTIONS ON THERE.
WHAT SHOULD OR HOW SHOULD WE RESPOND? SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT USING THE BLUEBONNET CURRICULUM, BUT ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS JUST TO GIVE ME SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH THEM? IS BLUEBONNET THE ONE THE STATE WAS KIND OF PUSHING? RIGHT. IT WAS IT WAS APPROVED IN ONE LANGUAGE BUT NOT THE OTHER, WHICH DIDN'T REALLY MEET ALL THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
BUT WE DID SEE THE CURRICULUM WHEN WE WERE VIEWING IT, AND WE HAD PARENTS ABOARD TOO, BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THE FULL CURRICULUM, EXCEPT FOR THE ASSESSMENTS, THERE WERE THINGS IN THERE THAT WERE CONCERNING TO US.
ME BEING A SECOND GRADE TEACHER, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE TOPICS IN THERE.
SO WITH THE I MEAN, I'M JUMPING AHEAD HERE, BUT WITH THE CURRICULUM Y'ALL HAVE VOTED FOR AND EVERYTHING, IS THE STATE GOING TO FULLY FUND IT? YES, THAT WAS ONE OF OUR CRITERIA.
WE WANTED THE STATE TO FULLY FUND, AND THIS WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS FUNDED IN BOTH LANGUAGES.
SO IT WAS FUNDED, CAME IN BOTH LANGUAGES, AND THEN IT ALSO PROVIDED ACCESS TO OUR PARENTS.
OKAY. OKAY. SO SPEAKING OF THE FUNDING, THIS IS THE GREAT PART, RIGHT.
SO SAVVUS AND BLUEBONNET WERE THE TWO THAT WERE BEING TAKEN FOR A FULL ELA CURRICULUM.
SAVVUS ALSO HAD THE COMPONENT OF, OF IT BEING 100% IN SPANISH, BOTH ON THE ENGLISH COMPREHENSION SIDE, KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION, AND IN THE PHONICS SIDE.
SO OUR TEACHERS WENT WITH THE 93.1 SAVVUS. AND FOR A FOUR YEAR SUBSCRIPTION.
THAT'S THE T WE'RE LOOKING AT 430 224, WHICH IS NOT TOO BAD.
BECAUSE THIS IS A HB 1605 REQUIREMENT. SO WE ARE GETTING STATE FUNDED FOR THAT.
THE STATE IS GIVING US $40 PER ENROLLED STUDENT.
SO IT'S FOR ENROLLED STUDENTS NOT. ENROLLED. THE DAILY AVERAGE ATTENDANCE STUDENT.
ENROLLED STUDENT. YES. MAGIC WORD ENROLLED. YES.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALSO THE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS KIT THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PHONICS PART.
AND THAT'S ONLY FOR K THROUGH TWO TEACHERS AND THEN THE TRADE BOOK PACKAGE, THOSE ARE THE READ ALOUDS THAT TEACHERS WOULD NEED TO DO SKILL BASED READING WITH THEIR SMALL GROUPS IN THEIR CLASSROOM.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT GETTING ONE OF THOSE PACKAGES PER GRADE LEVEL FOR THE TEACHERS.
THEY'RE ALSO IN THE PRINT CONSUMABLE FOR STUDENTS.
SOME OF THOSE PASSAGES ARE ALREADY IN THERE. AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE.
SO THIS IS KIND OF THE THIRD OPTION IS TO HAVE AN ACTUAL BOOK IN THEIR HANDS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL OF ABOUT FIVE 60 ONE IS WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT FOUR YEAR SUBSCRIPTION.
SO THAT'S FOR FOUR YEARS THAT ALSO COVERED BY STATE FUNDING OR YES MOST OF IT WILL BE.
HOW DOES THIS WORK WITH MATH, ADOPTION AND ANY OTHER CURRICULUM ADOPTIONS THAT ARE FORTHCOMING IN FUTURE YEARS? AND THIS IS A TWO YEAR OUR IMA FUNDS ARE TWO YEAR BUDGET CYCLE, CORRECT? YES, YES. SO WE ACCORDING TO OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, WE ARE LOOKING AT WE'RE PRETTY IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
WE HAVE SOME FUNDS THAT ALREADY WE HAD IN THE IMTA.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THE BALANCE. YES.
IMTA BUDGET. YES. SO THIS IS ALL SET TO TAKE OFF IN NEXT, NEXT AUGUST OR WHEN WOULD IT GO.
WITH YOUR APPROVAL, WE ARE LOOKING TO PURCHASE AS SOON AS OUR EMAT SYSTEM ALLOWS US TO DO IT,
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WHICH MAYBE TOMORROW BY 8:00, HOPEFULLY. AND THEN LOOKING AT HAVING ALL OF OUR MATERIALS DELIVERED TO CAMPUSES BY JULY.SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN DURING THE SUMMER? WILL THERE BE TRAINING AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY TO LEARN THIS NEW SYSTEM? GREAT QUESTION. SO WE HAVE BEEN KIND OF WORKING WITH OUR REP ALREADY, AND THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDING A LOT OF PD FOR US TO KIND OF LEARN THAT AS A CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT ALREADY.
SO WE ARE ALREADY DIGGING INTO IT. WE'VE ALSO BEEN TALKING THROUGH COSTS AND WHAT WE COULD GET IF, YOU KNOW, WE GO WITH SAVVUS. SO THEY HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN TRYING TO GET US MATERIALS AHEAD OF TIME.
SO THEY HAVE IT AT THEIR FINGERTIPS. WILL THERE BE ONGOING TRAINING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR? GREAT. YES. ARE YOU DONE WITH YOUR PRESENTATION? I AM, OKAY. THEN I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE ADOPTION AND PURCHASE OF SAVVUS.
MY VIEW, MY VISION LITERACY OR K5, ELAR AND SLAR FOR IMPLEMENTATION BEGINNING IN THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR. I SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS BOARD? NOW WAIT A MINUTE.
WE HAVEN'T VOTED YET. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 7 TO 0. CONGRATULATIONS.
GET ON IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR TEACHERS APPRECIATE YOU.
YEAH, WE ALL DID ALL THIS WORK. IT WAS LIKE ALL EVERYTHING.
[Consider and/or approve curriculum for instruction related to the prevention of child abuse, family violence, dating violence and sex trafficking for the elementary level recommended by the SHAC as required per SB 9 from the 87th Legislative Session]
ABUSE, FAMILY VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, AND SEX TRAFFICKING FOR THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL RECOMMENDED BY SHAC OR THE STUDENT HEALTH.I CAN'T REMEMBER EVERYTHING AS REQUIRED PER SB NINE FROM THE 87TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
MISS WEBER. YES. THANK YOU. THAT'S A MOUTHFUL, ISN'T IT? I'M SHELLY WEBER. I'M THE HEALTH SERVICES COORDINATOR FOR THE DISTRICT.
I AM COMING TO YOU TONIGHT AS THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL DISTRICT CO-CHAIR.
AND AS YOU DID STATE, I AM BRINGING TO YOU A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE SHACK FOR CURRICULUM, FOR INSTRUCTION FOR ELEMENTARY CHILD ABUSE, SEX TRAFFICKING, FAMILY VIOLENCE, AND DATING VIOLENCE.
AS A REMINDER, OUR SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL IS REQUIRED IN THE DISTRICT BY LAW.
WE ARE MADE UP BY A MAJORITY OF PARENTS WHO HAVE STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON OUR COMMITTEE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES REPRESENTING DIFFERENT AREAS OF HEALTH, MYSELF, HEALTH SERVICES.
WE HAVE FOOD SERVICES, WE HAVE COUNSELING, WE HAVE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION ON OUR COMMITTEE REPRESENTING ALL DIFFERENT AREAS OF HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AS WELL. SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
SENATE BILL NINE, WHICH PASSED DURING THE 87TH LEGISLATIVE SECOND SPECIAL SESSION IN 2021 STATES THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT A POLICY ESTABLISHING A PROCESS FOR THE ADOPTION OF CURRICULUM MATERIALS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S INSTRUCTION RELATED TO THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE, FAMILY VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE AND SEX TRAFFICKING, AND TO CONVENE THE SHAC TO REVIEW AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING CURRICULUM MATERIALS. AT THE JANUARY 2023 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, THE LOCKHART ISD SHAC MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE DISTRICT TO USE SPEAK UP, BE SAFE AS PRESENTED BY THE CENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION.
THE CENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION DID NOTIFY LOCKHART ISD THAT THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE TO COME PRESENT THIS MATERIAL, AS WE HAD AGREED. SO THEREFORE, AT THE FEBRUARY 2025 BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPTED A RESOLUTION TO CONVENE THE SHACK FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING A NEW RECOMMENDATION REGARDING CURRICULUM MATERIALS TO MEET SENATE BILL NINE.
INSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS. IN THE TEKS THE TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS.
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THE TEKS DO INCLUDE CURRENT STANDARDS FOR STUDENT INSTRUCTION IN EACH COURSE AND GRADE.SO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT I AM BRINGING TO YOU TONIGHT IS A QUAVERED.
LOCKHART ISD HAS BEEN USING QUAVER EDITOR FOR ELEMENTARY HEALTH AND PE CURRICULUM SINCE 2023.
THIS IS THE ONLY CURRICULUM THAT MEETS 100% OF HEALTH TEKS.
IT IS TEACHER LED CURRICULUM. THERE ARE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR PARENTS.
THE CURRICULUM IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH, AND THERE ARE PARENT PERMISSION OPT IN, PARENT PERMISSION LETTERS AVAILABLE IF THE DISTRICT DECIDES TO USE THEM IF NEEDED.
AND THIS IS REQUIRED BY LAW. WE MET ON MARCH 10TH AND WE MET ON APRIL 14TH.
AFTER THAT MEETING, A LINK FOR QUAVERED AS WELL AS THE ACCESS CODE WAS SHARED WITH ALL OF THE SHAC MEMBERS FOR REVIEW OF THE CURRICULUM IN WHICH THEY HAD A MONTH TO REVIEW THIS CURRICULUM. THE SHAC THEN DID MEET AGAIN ON OCTOBER.
I'M SORRY. APRIL TO LONG NIGHT APRIL 14TH AND VOTED TO RECOMMEND THIS CURRICULUM.
THERE ARE ALSO, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, AUDIO DISCUSSION RECORDINGS OF OUR SHACK MEETINGS THAT ARE LISTED ON THE WEBSITE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD REGARDING THIS CURRICULUM. AS A REMINDER, THIS CURRICULUM IS OPT IN.
THAT IS REQUIRED BY LAW. SCHOOLS NOW ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A CONSENT FOR PARENTS AND GIVE 14 DAYS NOTICE AS TO WHEN WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THIS MATERIAL.
AND IT IS OPT IN. SO WITH THE AVAILABILITY, PARENTS MUST BE INFORMED OF THEIR RIGHT TO LOOK OVER OR PURCHASE PROGRAM MATERIALS AND TO REMOVE THEIR CHILD FROM THE PROGRAM WITHOUT ACADEMIC PUNISHMENT OR PENALTY.
FOR CURRICULUM IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, THE DISTRICT MUST POST THE MATERIALS ONLINE AND ALSO PROVIDE MATERIALS ON REQUEST TO PARENTS OF ENROLLED STUDENTS BY EMAIL OR MAIL. THIS CURRICULUM IS COPYRIGHTED, AND SO THAT STATEMENT IS IN THE LAW WOULD NOT APPLY TO THIS CURRICULUM.
OR A PARENT MAY REVIEW MATERIALS ONLINE IN A SECURE MANNER, SUCH AS BEHIND PASSWORD PROTECTION, OR A PARENT MAY PURCHASE A COPY OF THE MATERIALS FROM THE PUBLISHER AT THE SAME PRICE PAID BY THE DISTRICT AS PER THE DISTRICT'S CONTRACT WITH THE PUBLISHER, AND THOSE ARE ALL REQUIRED SPECIFICALLY STATED IN LAW.
BEFORE ADOPTING THE CURRICULUM MATERIALS FOR THE DISTRICT'S CURRICULUM OF INSTRUCTION FOR CHILD ABUSE, FAMILY VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, AND SEX TRAFFICKING, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL ENSURE THAT THE CURRICULUM MATERIALS ARE NUMBER ONE BASED ON THE ADVICE OF THE LOCAL SHACK, WHICH THEY ARE NUMBER TWO.
SUITABLE FOR THE SUBJECT AND GRADE LEVEL FOR WHICH THE CURRICULUM MATERIALS ARE INTENDED.
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INSTRUCTION. AND NUMBER THREE, REVIEWED BY ACADEMIC EXPERTS IN THE SUBJECT AND GRADE LEVEL FOR WHICH THE CURRICULUM MATERIALS ARE INTENDED.THIS CURRICULUM WAS REVIEWED BY OUR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT, REVIEWED BY THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TEACHING THIS CURRICULUM, AS WELL AS A COUNSELOR IN OUR DISTRICT ALSO.
AND WE DID HAVE VERY GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS.
AND THEY DID THEY ARE ALL RECOMMENDING THIS CURRICULUM.
SO WITH THAT I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THAT I CAN HELP YOU. SO THIS HAS BEEN REVIEWED.
IT SEEMED LIKE A WHILE BACK, WE RAN INTO SOME SURPRISES AND SOME STUFF WE WERE GIVING OUT, BUT. SO. BUT THIS IS ALL CLEAN, AND EVERYTHING'S OKAY WITH IT.
THIS IS A 100% BASED ON THE TEKS. NOTHING. YOU REMEMBER WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? I DO. OKAY. AND I WILL SAY THIS IS ALSO FOR ELEMENTARY, THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
OKAY. YEAH. SO 100% BASED ON THE TEKS. NO ADDED ADDITIONAL EXTRA ANYTHING UP AND ABOVE WHAT IS REQUIRED. OKAY. BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CURRICULUM FOR INSTRUCTION RELATED TO PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE, FAMILY VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, AND SEX TRAFFICKING FOR ELEMENTARY LEVEL RECOMMENDED BY THE SHACK AS REQUIRED BY SENATE BILL 987, LEGISLATIVE SESSION AS PRESENTED. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU. ITEM NINE C CONSIDER
[Consideration and possible action regarding Superintendent’s recommendation to terminate the probationary contract at the end of the contract term of Classroom Teachers]
CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO TERMINATE THE PROBATIONARY CONTRACT AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT TERM OF CLASSROOM TEACHERS.SO WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS. THIS IS GOING TO BE TWO DIFFERENT MOTIONS.
AND SO WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO LEAD IT OFF. IS THAT CORRECT.
AS IT IS WITH THE NAME. YES OKAY. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TERMINATE THE PROBATIONARY CONTRACT OF JOYCE CRAY AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT TERM IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT, AND DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF THIS ACTION TO THE EMPLOYEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW. SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 7 TO 0. THE SECOND MOTION.
SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. PASSES 7 TO 0. NINE D IS NO LONGER NECESSARY.
SO WE MOVE ON TO ITEM TEN. BOARD AND STAFF COMMENT.
[BOARD AND STAFF COMMENTS-ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST*]
ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. IT'S KIND OF KEEP THIS BRIEF.MR. CHARLES? YES. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ALL THE RECOGNITIONS THAT WE DID TONIGHT WERE GREAT, BUT I REALLY WAS MOVED BY MR. CROWLEY DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS SHOWING US THE IMPORTANCE OF FINE ARTS.
MR. LOCKHART. YES, FINE ARTS IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT.
I WAS FORTUNATE THIS WEEKEND TO SEE PART OF THE NEW MARIACHI GROUP FOR THE LISTEN TO THEM, AND FOR A PROGRAM STARTING UP. THEY WERE AWESOME.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THEY SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME IN SPANISH AND IN ENGLISH.
WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT? MR. GUYTON. I HAVE SEVERAL THINGS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
11:35 I GUESS YOU HAVE UNTIL 12:00. OKAY. SHELDON.
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LOVE FOR FINE ARTS AS WELL. IT'S GOOD TO SEE OUR ALUMNI COME BACK AS WELL.SO THANK YOU ALL. AND ALSO THANK YOU, MR. ESTRADA, FOR CONTINUING TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND HOSTING US FOR THE UPCOMING BOND. SO THANK YOU FOR HOSTING THOSE. AND THANK YOU.
LET'S GO VOTE, MISS PULLIAM. JUST ECHO EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE HAD SAID ABOUT THE FINE ARTS.
AND THEN ALSO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT FOR 50 LIONS.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TEACHERS THAT COOKED AND ALL THE ADMINISTRATORS.
I THINK WE HAD PROBABLY 700 PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED.
AND SO IT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING, BUT I BELIEVE EVERYBODY HAD FUN AND EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT TIME.
AND IT LIKE RENEE SAID, IT GOES DIRECTLY BACK TO THE TEACHERS.
AND SO COMPARED TO OUR SIZE AND LOCKHART COMPARED TO OTHERS, WE DO AN EXCELLENT JOB.
AND IT'S JUST THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS IT.
YEAH. AND THANK YOU TO JEFFREY MICHAELSON BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO LOSE HIS MIND.
SO HE RECRUITED A LADDER AND THEN HE TOOK IT OUT ON ME.
HE WAS HE WAS REGRETTING THAT HE DID IT. BUT I AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYBODY SAID.
SO I COMMEND THEM. AND OF COURSE, PEOPLE LOOK AT THE DATA AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY.
BUT THE REALITY IS WE'RE SEEING STUDENTS THAT HAVE SKILLS THAT GO BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL.
WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF STUDENTS THAT SPOKE TONIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE, ALL THE HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO HOSTING THE EVENT LAST FRIDAY.
OF THE 50 LINES OF, EVERYBODY WHO DOES THAT FOR THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S A MARVELOUS EVENT. I SAY THERE'S WHEN I'M NO LONGER A BOARD MEMBER, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I PROBABLY WILL NEVER DO AGAIN, BUT I WILL. I WILL ALWAYS GO TO THAT EVENT. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
I WILL ALWAYS SELL YOU A TICKET. OKAY. MR.. ESTRADA.
YES, I ECHO EVERYTHING REGARDING THE 50 LINES THAT CAN COOK, OUTSTANDING EVENT.
AND VERY THANKFUL FOR THE ENTIRE FOUNDATION. AND THEN ALSO JUST I THINK WE WERE, LAST I CHECKED, AROUND 17,000 REGISTERED VOTERS IN LOCKHART ISD BOUNDARIES, AND WE'VE HAD 468 PEOPLE VOTE SO FAR.
SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT AND VOTE AND PARTICIPATE IN DEMOCRACY.
OKAY. MR. GUYTON, CAN YOU CLOSE US OUT TONIGHT? SURE. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS NIGHT. WE THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE AND TO WITNESS ALL THE GREATNESS THAT WE WERE A PART OF AND INDEED OUR BLESSED COMMUNITY.
AND WE REALIZE THAT. AND WE PRAY THIS PRAYER IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON, OUR SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.
AMEN. AMEN. IT IS 11:38 AND THIS MEETING IS OVER.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.