May 19, 2025 Lockhart ISD Board of Trustees

>> WONDERFUL. ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE [APPLAUSE].

OUR FIRST RECOGNITION IS FOR A FIVE MILLION WORD READER, MR. MATIAS BOCHERS [APPLAUSE].

TWO MILLION WORD READER, MASON DIXON [APPLAUSE], DONOVAN JUAREZ OVERA [APPLAUSE], IKER ARIES POLINO [APPLAUSE] , ERIC LOPEZ [APPLAUSE].

THOSE WERE OUR TWO MILLION WORD READERS.

NOW OUR ONE MILLION WORD READERS, ENRIQUE DIEZ DON JUAN [APPLAUSE], ROBERTO OCAMPO [APPLAUSE], LUCAS TOMLINSON [APPLAUSE], DIEGO SOTO CANTERA [APPLAUSE], MATTHEW ORTEGA VEGA [APPLAUSE], KEVIN GUERRERO HERNANDEZ [APPLAUSE], MILAN GONZALEZ [APPLAUSE], NOAH CASTILLO [APPLAUSE], DESTINY ALVARADO MENDEZ [APPLAUSE], CAITLIN GOMEZ MARTINEZ [APPLAUSE], [INAUDIBLE] CHAVEZ MADELINE [APPLAUSE], EMMA CERVANTES [APPLAUSE], JESSE SALINAS [APPLAUSE], PEYTON SCHMIDLEY [APPLAUSE], TATUM BURNS [APPLAUSE], MATTIAS TRISTAN [APPLAUSE], ADAN RUIZ GONZALEZ [APPLAUSE], IAN HIMES VALDEZ [APPLAUSE],

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ANDREAS GONZALEZ [APPLAUSE], RODOLFO GODINEZ GARCIA [APPLAUSE], VALERIE RIVERA [APPLAUSE], DAPHNE BAUTISTA [APPLAUSE], SEMELI URQUIZA BARRERA [APPLAUSE], GARLENI SOLIS LOPEZ [APPLAUSE].

>> KAYLIN MORALES SOSERO [APPLAUSE], JULIA VEGA ESTRADA [APPLAUSE], EDGAR NUNEZ FLORES [APPLAUSE], JALE LOPEZ HERNANDEZ [APPLAUSE], BRIANA TINA HERRO RIVERA [APPLAUSE], MELANIE MARTINEZ LEDESMA [APPLAUSE], CHARLENE REGALDO AVELANEDA [APPLAUSE], ELENA ALBATER GORSDIETA [APPLAUSE], IAN AUGUSTINE LOPEZ [APPLAUSE], GABRIEL MILIAN [APPLAUSE], EDUAR SANTOS PENERA [APPLAUSE], EMILY LARA AVALOS [APPLAUSE], SOLOMON TORRES [APPLAUSE], PIPER DICKSON [APPLAUSE], MATTHEW GONZALEZ [APPLAUSE], DONNA AND ONE MORE.

ALEXIS REYES BAUTISTA [APPLAUSE]. ONE MORE.

ANGEL ARNANDEZ MORALES [APPLAUSE], JOSE LOPEZ HERNANDEZ [APPLAUSE], GIOVANNI PRADO ARIETA [APPLAUSE], MIGUEL VENTURA VASQUEZ [APPLAUSE] AND HERARDO CHAVEZ MEDELINE [APPLAUSE].

HERARDO IS A SECOND GRADE MILLION WORD READER.

BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THAT.

PLUM CREEK STUDENTS ARE ACCOMPANIED TONIGHT BY LIBRARIAN MS. KRISTIN SCOTT [APPLAUSE].

PLUM CREEK AND BORCHERT LOOP EXECUTIVE PRINCIPAL, MS. JAMEE GRIEBEL.

PLUM CREEK AND BORCHERT LOOP EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MS. JASMYN CORLEY [APPLAUSE].

PLUM CREEK ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MS. CAITLIN STEVENS [APPLAUSE].

MS. GRIEBEL, I KNOW YOU WANTED YOUR TOTAL WORD COUNT, BUT I CAN'T COUNT THAT HIGH [LAUGHTER] AND IT'S NOT ON THIS PAPER.

BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR PLUM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MILLION WORD READERS [APPLAUSE].

AS PLUM CREEK IS GETTING TOGETHER,

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WE DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE DISTRICT HAD 629,022,846 WORDS READ THIS YEAR.

THAT IS A RECORD BREAKING NUMBER FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT [APPLAUSE].

YES, FAMILIES COME.

DEFINITELY GET PICTURES AND CELEBRATE [APPLAUSE].

I DID JUST GET WORDED THAT PLUM CREEK ACTUALLY READ OVER 67 MILLION WORDS THIS YEAR [APPLAUSE].

THAT'S WHAT MR. DAVIDSON TOLD ME, BUT LET ME STAND CORRECTED.

JAMEE, COME TELL ME.

>> WE HAD OVER 186 MILLION WORDS READ THIS YEAR [APPLAUSE].

>> SEE. I JUST WANTED YOU TO COME GET ON THE MICROPHONE, MS. GRIEBEL.

BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR PLUM CREEK ELEMENTARY [APPLAUSE].[BACKGROUND] GIVE IT JUST A COUPLE OF MORE SECONDS TO LET PLUM CREEK.

FOR OUR FINAL MILLION WORD READER RECOGNITION OF THE EVENING, WE HAVE LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE].

I MIGHT STAND CORRECTED, BUT THIS LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A RECORD BREAKING NUMBER OF READERS FROM LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL, BUT DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT UNTIL WE GET CONFIRMATION.

OUR FIRST 11 MILLION WORD READER,

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WOW, HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE, MS. KINSLEY FREITAS [APPLAUSE], KAILIN BAREIRIA GUERRA [APPLAUSE].

SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCE THAT.

ISABELLA BERTHON? CLOSE? BARTHON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE YOU CORRECTING ME.

HALEY BEARD [APPLAUSE], GABBY ORTIZ [APPLAUSE], KAYLAN PATTISON [APPLAUSE].

NOW MILLION WORD READERS, VIVIAN CARTER [APPLAUSE], ROMAN MORRIS [APPLAUSE], ISABELLA LOPEZ [APPLAUSE], RAN DAVIS [APPLAUSE], CHARLOTTE VEGA HANDY [APPLAUSE], MADELEINE CROSS [APPLAUSE], NATALIE SILVA [APPLAUSE], MADELEINE SUTTERFIELD MOORE [APPLAUSE], CARA EL CASTILLE [APPLAUSE], PENNY SIMONS [APPLAUSE], BLAKELEY SCOTT [APPLAUSE], GONZALO OROSCO HIMES [APPLAUSE], EMMA GREEN [APPLAUSE], ALEXANDER BERNETTE [APPLAUSE].

OUR LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MILLION WORD READERS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY LIBRARIAN MS. KEITHA HERNANDEZ [APPLAUSE] AND LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MS. KAREN NIXON [APPLAUSE].

LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MILLION WORD READERS COME TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE BOARD.

IT WAS RECORD BREAKING.

FORTY NEXT YEAR. TWENTY SEVEN MILLION WORDS READ THIS YEAR, WHICH IS 7 MILLION MORE THAN LAST YEAR.

GREAT JOB, LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

CONGRATULATIONS TO LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MILLION WORD READERS [APPLAUSE].

THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S RECOGNITIONS.

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[BACKGROUND]

>> [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] OUT OF FLESH. [LAUGHTER].

>> THE OTHERS ARE JAMMED.

>> A LOT OF HANDSHAKES. [LAUGHTER].

>> PRE-MARGIN. [INAUDIBLE]

>> WE'RE HERE.

>> BUT WE COUNTED THE VOTE.

>> WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 5, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[Public Comment]

WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER WHO DECIDED TO SPEAK TONIGHT, AND BEFORE WE DO SO, I NEED TO DO A LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING HERE.

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

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

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

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

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

THE BOARD ENCOURAGES PRESENTERS TO KEEP COMMENTS OR CRITICISM CIVIL COURTESIM.

PLEASE ALSO AVOID USING PROFANITY.

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

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

DISTRICT POLICY DGBA HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR ADDRESSING EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS.

POLICY FNG IS THE AVENUE FOR FILING PARENTS' COMPLAINTS, AND POLICY GF ADDRESSES COMMUNITY MEMBERS' COMPLAINTS.

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

WE HAVE SIGNED UP TONIGHT. SEAN MURPHY.

MR. MURPHY WANT TO COME TO THE PODIUM.

IF YOU WOULD, FOR THE RECORD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS WHEN YOU GET UP THERE, THEN YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES, SIR.

>> GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

MY NAME IS SEAN MURPHY.

I'M A FORMER COUNTY COMMISSIONER FROM TAYLOR COUNTY, FLORIDA, NOW RESIDING IN DISTRICT 3 OF CALDWELL COUNTY.

CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AS A THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTOR AS A JANITOR AT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL.

JUST TODAY, TO GIVE NOTIFICATION TO THE BOARD, I HAVE FILED AN OFFICIAL GRIEVANCE, A PETITION, AND THAT GRIEVANCE WAS FILED IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE TODAY AT 4:03 P.M.

I'M JUST BASICALLY GIVING NOTICE TO THE BOARD THAT SUCH A PETITION HAS BEEN FILED.

I WOULD ALSO EXPRESS TO YOU THAT THIS PETITION CANNOT BE REMEDIED AT THE GOVERNING BODY AT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE.

IT HAS TO GO THROUGH AN ELECTED OFFICIAL'S OFFICE, SUCH AS A SCHOOL BOARD.

LAWS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN FLORIDA THAN THEY ARE IN TEXAS, BUT WE HAVE SIMILARITIES.

I JUST WANTED TO SHOW A FACE TO THE GRIEVANCE TO EXPRESS TO YOU THAT I WILL FILE WITH INTENT SUIT.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M NOT GOING TO GO ANY FURTHER WITH.

YOU HAVE MY PETITION, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR CORRESPONDENCE.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON YOUR BEHALF?

>> WE CANNOT ASK ANY QUESTIONS FROM HERE.

WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK BACK TO YOU DURING THIS TIME.

>> IT'S A PROBLEM AT ALL. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

I JUST WANTED TO PUT A FACE TO THE GRIEVANCE, SO YOU KNOW WHO AND WHAT.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. WE WOULD MOVE ON TO ITEM 6, CLOSED SESSION.

[CLOSED SESSION]

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THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON MAY 19, 2025, BEGINNING AT 7:20 P.M., WILL CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPENS MEETINGS ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING ITEMS LISTED UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071, 551.129, 551.072, 551.074, 551.076.

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

[NOISE] [BACKGROUND] THE BOARD ENDED ITS CLOSED SESSION AT 7:59 P.M. ON MAY 19, 2025.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 7,

[Business: Consent Agenda]

THE BUSINESS CONSENT AGENDA, ITEMS A-G.

DOES ANY BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE ITEMS?

>> I MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS LISTED.

>> I'LL SECOND.

>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE?

>> ANY OPPOSED? PASS 7-0.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 8, COMMUNICATION A.

[Audio Enhancement for the Secondary Campuses]

AUDIO ENHANCEMENT FOR THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES, MS. HOMAN.

>> VERY GOOD. I GET THE THUMBS UP OVER THERE.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD, AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE AUDIO ABOUT AUDIO ENHANCEMENTS.

I ALSO HAVE CASSIE SALINAS, OUR DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY, HERE AS WELL, THAT MAY ASSIST ME IN SOME OF THIS.

TONIGHT, WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT AUDIO ENHANCEMENTS AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING.

AGAIN, THIS IS A COMMUNICATION TO ALL, AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK TO Y'ALL NEXT MONTH IN ORDER TO PROCEED WITH THIS.

IN PHASE 1, WE STARTED THIS BACK IN NOVEMBER AND OCTOBER, NOVEMBER OF 2022.

WE WENT OUT TO BID FOR A SECURED AUDIO SYSTEM, AND THE BOARD APPROVED THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM IN NOVEMBER OF 2022.

WE STARTED THE INSTALLATION IN FEBRUARY OF 2023, AND BY DECEMBER OF 2020, WE WERE 100% COMPLETE IN ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.

THE BENEFITS THAT WE SAW.

REALLY, IT WAS IMPROVED CAMPUS COMMUNICATION.

WE HAD SEVERAL CAMPUSES THAT HAD OR THEIR PA SYSTEMS WEREN'T IN THE BEST SHAPE, AND THIS ALLOWED THEM TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNICATION ACROSS THE CAMPUS FOR ANY NOTIFICATIONS, WHETHER IT BE SECURE OR NOT, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE THE INTEGRATION WITH OUR DOOR ACCESS CONTROL, WHICH ALLOWS US TO DO A LOCKDOWN TO BE INITIATED AT THE KIOSK BEFOREHAND.

IT WAS A TWO-STEP PROCESS INSTEAD OF A ONE.

GOING THROUGH RAPTOR AND HAVING TO STILL GO TO THE MAIN PANEL.

WE ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL DIGITAL SIGNAGE, WHICH ALLOWS FOR UPDATES WHEN OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS ARE INITIATED.

IF WE WERE TO GO INTO A LOCKDOWN OR AN EVACUATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT DIGITAL SIGNAGE DOES TELL THEM WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR OTHER THINGS, WHETHER IT BE TEACHER RECOGNITION, OR TO PUT THINGS UP FOR THE CAMPUS TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THAT CAMPUS THAT DAY, AN EVENT, OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

WE ALSO HAVE THE AUDIO IN THE CLASSROOM FOR THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS.

THIS ALLOWS THE TEACHER NOT ONLY TO JUST PROJECT NORMALLY IN THEIR CLASSROOM, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS THE STUDENTS IN THE BACK OF THE CLASSROOM TO FULLY HEAR WHAT THAT TEACHER IS ACTUALLY PRESENTING WITHOUT EITHER ONE OF THEM HAVING A PROBLEM LISTENING OR HEARING ALL OF IT.

UTILIZATION OF THE CAMERAS FOR RECORDING INSTRUCTION.

OUR TEACHERS ARE STARTING TO DO THAT.

IT CAN BE SENT OUT TO KIDS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABSENT OR SOMETHING THAT THEY MIGHT LOOK AT IN REVIEWING THEMSELVES AND HOW THEY'RE DOING INSTRUCTION, OR EVEN TO SHARE WITH ANOTHER TEACHER.

WE'RE LOOKING AT ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING PHASE 2,

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WHICH IS OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES, THAT WOULD BE HIGH SCHOOL, JUNIOR HIGH, AND PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL.

WE'RE EXPECTED TO START, OR WE WOULD LOOK AT STARTING ONCE IT'S APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN LATE SUMMER OR EARLY FALL.

WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT PAYING FOR THIS THROUGH SOME OF THE EXTRA BOND MONEY.

THEREFORE, WE NEED TO GET FINISHED WITH OUR CURRENT BOND PROJECTS AT THE ELEMENTARY AND THE HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE WE PROCEED.

IN ORDER TO MEET OUR BID REQUIREMENT AS WELL, WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE TIPS PURCHASING COOPERATIVE.

WE ACTUALLY DID BID THIS OUT THE FIRST TIME, GIVEN THAT WE'RE TRYING TO STICK WITH THE SAME SOLUTION, THIS ALLOWS US TO DO THAT, AND AGAIN, MEET OUR BID REQUIREMENT.

SOME OF THE BENEFITS WE'LL SEE AT THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES.

THE JUNIOR HIGH WILL SEE THE BIGGEST IMPROVEMENT IN CAMPUS-WIDE COMMUNICATION THROUGH THEIR INTERCOM, RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY RUNS THROUGH THEIR CLASSROOM PHONES.

THERE'S ALSO NO SPEAKERS IN THE HALLWAYS, THERE'S ALSO NO SPEAKERS OUTSIDE.

THIS WILL ALLOW FULL COMMUNICATION OF THAT CAMPUS BECAUSE WE WILL BE HAVING SPEAKERS IN ALL THOSE AREAS, AND THEY DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE PHONE SYSTEM.

ALL CAMPUSES WILL HAVE MORE CUSTOMIZED CONTROL OVER THEIR BELL SCHEDULE.

WINGS CAN ALSO BE SEPARATED OUT TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTION DURING TESTING.

IF ONE WING IS DOING SOMETHING, THEY CAN CONTROL THAT BELL SCHEDULE TO WHERE THOSE BELLS AREN'T SIGNALING DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.

DURING THE ELEMENTARY IMPLEMENTATION, WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS AND THE NUMBER OF SIGNAGE AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT REALLY NEEDED TO GO IN THOSE CAMPUSES.

WE'VE DEFINITELY IMPLEMENTED A LOT OF THAT AS WE HAVE LOOKED AT HOW THE CONFIGURATION OF THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL SHOULD BE.

THAT WAY, OUR COVERAGE IS A LOT BETTER AS WELL.

ONE OF THE NEW FEATURES AND UPGRADES THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THE SECONDARY PACKAGE IS TRANSLATION SUPPORT IN REAL TIME, AND ALSO EXTERIOR DOOR SENSORS.

THE EXTERIOR DOOR SENSORS IS WHEN BASICALLY A DOOR WILL BE SIGNALED WHEN SOMEBODY PROPS IT OPEN, PUTS A ROCK IN IT, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO ALLOW OTHER PEOPLE TO COME IN.

WON'T GO INTO DETAILS IN THAT, BUT I DID WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT ONE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OUR AUDIO ENHANCEMENT TEAM HERE AS WELL.

THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THOSE TWO LAST NEW FEATURES, BUT ALSO TALK ABOUT ALL THE STUFF THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT INSTALLING FOR PHASE 2. YES, SIR.

>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST FEATURES WHEN WE WENT WITH AUDIO ENHANCEMENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL WAS THAT THIS IS A HARD-WIRED SYSTEM.

I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FORGET.

I WAS AT THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL LAST WEEK.

MY PHONE WASN'T WORKING BECAUSE SELF-SERVICE IS NOT VERY GOOD THERE. IT'S SPOTTY AT BEST.

I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS FROM A SCHOOL SAFETY PERSPECTIVE IS WHY WE WENT WITH IT AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL, BECAUSE WHEN WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE IN CRISIS OR A THREAT OF CRISIS, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR BUFFERING OR WAITING TO GET A SIGNAL.

PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE REAL-TIME NOTIFICATIONS.

I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE OF THAT FEATURE BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST TIPPING POINTS WHEN WE EVALUATED ALL THE SYSTEMS THAT WERE OUT THERE AND WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING AT THE SECONDARY LEVELS.

WE WOULD GO AWAY FROM REQUIRING PEOPLE TO HAVE IT ON THEIR PERSONAL DEVICES, WE GO AWAY FROM REQUIRING TO HAVE GOOD CELL SERVICE OR WIFI.

THIS IS HARDWIRED, SO IT COMMUNICATES IMMEDIATELY.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. I DON'T REMEMBER THAT WAS WE DID, BUT IS BARTARD LOOP BEING BUILT WITH IS INSTALLED ALREADY? IS THAT PART OF THE BOND PACKAGE? YES, SIR. YES. THIS HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN BARTARD LOOP AND BASICALLY HAS BECOME OUR STANDARD.

AS WE CONTINUE ON, THIS WILL BE INCLUDED AS WELL.

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHTED LIKE TO THE UPTIME OF THE SYSTEM? IS IT PRETTY STABLE, AND DOES IT EVER GO DOWN?

>> I'M GOING TO REFER TO CASSIE.

>> I'LL SAY IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY CONSISTENT.

THE ONLY TIME WE'VE EVER HAD BRIEF LAPSES AND SERVICES IS IF WE'VE HAD ISSUES IN THAT NETWORK CLOSET, LOSING POWER, BUT WE'VE GOT UPS IS RUNNING.

THOSE SWITCHES TEND TO COME BACK UP PRETTY QUICKLY.

WE'VE NEVER BEEN WITHOUT IT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EMERGENCY.

>> I'M GOING TO INVITE THE AUDIO ENHANCEMENT TEAM TO PROVIDE YOU SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SYSTEM, AND THEN WE'LL ANSWER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE IT AT THE END.

>> IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT.

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THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU AND THE ENTIRE TEAM HERE AT LOCKHART.

I'M JUST GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH.

THERE'S FOUR MAIN THINGS I WANT TO COVER TODAY, FOUR SOLUTIONS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY DEPLOYED HERE IN LOCKHART.

WE'VE GOT THE CLASSROOM MODIO, THAT'S FOUR SPEAKERS IN A CLASSROOM WITH A MICROPHONE THAT ALLOWS EVERY STUDENT TO HEAR WHAT THAT THE TEACHER IS STANDING RIGHT THERE NEXT TO HIM.

WE'VE GOT EPIC, WHICH STANDS FOR EDUCATIONAL PAGING AND INTERCOM SYSTEMS. WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

WE'LL TALK A LOT ABOUT SAFETY.

THAT'S A BIG SUBJECT I WANT TO COVER TODAY.

THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT VIEW PATH.

VIEW PATH IS CAMERAS IN THE CLASSROOM THAT HAVE A DUAL PURPOSE THAT SERVES AS BOTH A SAFETY AND AN INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSE.

JUST TO TOUCH ON SAFE, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE CLASSROOM.

EACH ONE OF THESE TEACHERS HAS A MICROPHONE THAT THEY WEAR AROUND THEIR NECK.

THEY'VE GOT A RECEIVER, WHICH IS ON THE WALL.

ANYTIME THAT THEY NEED ASSISTANCE OR THEY NEED HELP, THEY CAN INITIATE WHAT'S CALLED A SAFE ALERT.

THEY PRESS AND HOLD THESE TWO BUTTONS ON THE SIDE OF THE MICROPHONE, AND THAT ALERTS GETS SENT TO THE FRONT OFFICE.

THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT ON THEIR RECEIVER.

THEY CAN SEE THOSE LIGHTS CHANGE.

THEN, AS SOON AS SOMEBODY IN THE FRONT OFFICE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ALERT, THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THEIR LIGHTS ONCE AGAIN CHANGE ON THE RECEIVER.

IT'S A SILENT ALERT IN THE CLASSROOM.

THAT GIVES THE TEACHERS A LOT OF CONFIDENCE BECAUSE THEY CAN KNOW, NUMBER 1, THE ALERT HAS BEEN SENT, BUT PROBABLY EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, NUMBER 2, IT'S BEEN SEEN.

THEY KNOW THAT HELP IS ON THE WAY.

THAT'S A REALLY KEY FOR WHAT WE DO.

THE OTHER THING, TOO, IS WE'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH AS A COMPANY. WE'VE STANDARDIZED IT.

IF YOU PICK UP ANY PHONE AND YOU PRESS AND HOLD THE TWO BUTTONS ON THE SIDE, IT'S GOING TO PULL UP AN EMERGENCY SCREEN.

THERE'S LOTS OF COMPANIES THAT DO GREAT THINGS WITH ALERTS, BUT WE'VE ALWAYS STAYED TRUE TO YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PRESS IT THREE TIMES FOR MEDICAL OR SIX TIMES FOR EMERGENCY.

TEACHERS SHOULD JUST HAVE THE COMFORT OF KNOWING THAT IF THEY PRESS AND HOLD THOSE TWO BUTTONS, THERE'S GOING TO BE HELP THAT'S ON THE WAY. THAT'S WHY WE DO THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO TO INNOVATE.

WE'VE RELEASED THESE BADGES FOR NON-INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF.

THEY'RE ABLE TO SLIP THEIR CARD READER INTO THE BACK OF IT.

THEN THEY ALSO WILL HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE ALERTS.

THE JANITOR SEES SOMETHING OR THE FRONT OFFICE SECRETARY THAT'S WALKING AROUND THE BUILDING, WHOEVER IT IS, THEY ALL HAVE ACCESS TO THIS SAFE ALERT RESPONSE.

>> ANOTHER HUGE THING FOR US THAT GOES ALONG WITH SAFE IS THE ALERTS IN THE MOBILE APPLICATIONS.

ANYTIME A SAFE ALERT IS INITIATED, IT'S NOTIFYING ADMINISTRATORS, WHOEVER'S ON YOUR NOTIFICATION LIST.

I BELIEVE DR. SCOTT, I THINK YOU'RE ON SOME OF THESE APPLICATIONS FOR SAFE ALERTS SO THAT'S A HUGE THING.

AS EVERYBODY'S IN THE KNOW, THEY CAN SEE EXACTLY WHERE IT IS, WHAT'S GOING ON.

BECAUSE OF THE CAMERAS, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IN A CLASSROOM, THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON SO WE KNOW WHO WE'RE SENDING.

ARE WE SENDING THE NURSE, SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER? MAYBE IT'S JUST A DIABETIC EPISODE YOU KNOW WHO YOU'RE SENDING. THAT'S HUGE.

THEN EVEN IN THE HALLWAYS WE'VE RELEASED THIS.

IT'S AN INTEGRATION WITH THE SECURITY CAMERAS, WHICH WE DON'T SELL, BUT THAT YOU'VE INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY IN.

WE'RE ABLE TO PULL THOSE INTO EPIC.

IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE HALLWAY, THERE'S A FIGHT IN THE HALLWAY, I'M A TEACHER AND I PRESS THE BUTTONS, IT'S GOING TO PIN THE NEAREST SECURITY CAMERAS.

AS AN ADMINISTRATOR, I CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

MAYBE IT'S A DIABETIC EPISODE IN THE LL, WHATEVER IT IS.

IT GIVES THE PEOPLE IN THE FRONT OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATORS ACCESS TO INFORMATION WHERE WE'VE GOT REALLY COMPLEX SECURITY SYSTEMS. THIS JUST GIVES THEM A LIVE FEED TO LET THEM SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WHEN THEY NEED TO SEE WHAT'S GOING.

THERE YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S KEY FOR WHAT WE DO AND IT AIDS IN THE SAFETY IS THE AUDIO SOLUTIONS.

LIKE I TALKED ABOUT, WE HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS IN A CLASSROOM AND EVERY TEACHER IS WEARING THAT MICROPHONE.

WHAT IT'S DOING IS IT'S DISTRIBUTING THE TEACHER'S VOICE THROUGHOUT THE ROOM.

THERE'S NO PREFERENTIAL SEAT.

IF I'M A STUDENT, I CAN SIT ANYWHERE IN THE ROOM, DOESN'T MATTER WHERE I SIT, I'M HEARING THE TEACHER'S VOICES IF I'M STANDING THERE SPEAKING INDIVIDUALLY TO THAT STUDENT.

THAT IS HUGE.

IT MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN THE CLASSROOM IN ATTENTION SPAN AND KIDS UNDERSTANDING, CONSONANTS AND VOWEL SOUNDS.

THE CONSONANTS CARRY THE MEANING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

AS TEACHERS USE OUR TEACHER VOICE, WE TEND TO COVER UP THOSE CONSONANT SOUNDS WHEN WE SAY, OH, WITH OUR VOWEL SOUNDS, WE'RE COVERING UP THOSE CONSONANTS, AND IT BECOMES HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.

THE BEST THING ABOUT THAT IS IT SERVES A DUAL PURPOSE, BECAUSE TEACHERS ARE USING THIS FOR AN INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSE.

IT'S HELPING KIDS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

NUMBER 1, IT'S ON THEIR PERSON FOR 8 HOURS A DAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF INSTRUCTION.

FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, IT GIVES YOU CONFIDENCE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT HOPING THAT THEY HAVE THEIR PHONE

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ON THEM OR THAT THEY HAVEN'T PUT THE BADGE IN THE DESK.

THEY'RE WEARING THIS THEY'RE USED TO WEARING IT.

THEY UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE.

IT'S ALWAYS ON THEM, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE STUCK WITH THAT.

WE HAVEN'T SEPARATED IT OUT FROM THE MICROPHONE FOR THAT REASON.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEW FOR US THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PILOTING HERE IN LOCKHART.

I THINK IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IS THAT STUDENT COMES IN NOW, THEY SCAN A QR CODE, THEY PUT IN THEIR HEADPHONES AND THEY'RE HEARING A TRANSLATION OF THE TEACHER'S VOICE IN WHATEVER LANGUAGE THEY WANT TO HEAR.

THIS HAS JUST BEEN SO HUGE FOR US.

BEYOND THE STUDENT, YOU CAN THINK ABOUT PARENTS OR PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES.

MAYBE YOU DON'T GET TO PARTICIPATE AS OFTEN BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME COMMUNICATING.

NOW THEY CAN COME AND PARTICIPATE AND THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT THIS ALLOWS STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND EVERYBODY RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO HEAR AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON SO THAT'S SOMETHING.

>> COULD I GO BACK TO THAT?

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

>> MR. ESTRADA AND I WERE AT THE BLUEBONNET CAMPUS, AND THE TEACHERS WERE SPEAKING VERY HIGHLY OF THAT SYSTEM.

THEY DID SAY THAT ONE THING THEY WISHED IT WAS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

THERE WAS A LITTLE LAG BETWEEN THEM SPEAKING AND THE TRANSLATION BEING MADE TO THE STUDENT.

I THINK THEIR WISH WAS THAT BE MORE MAYBE NOT EXACTLY REAL TIME, BUT A LITTLE BIT FASTER.

>> THEY'VE MADE PROGRESS SINCE THAT MEETING, THEY'VE ACTUALLY MADE PROGRESS ON THE LAG TIME.

>> THEY HAVE HEADSETS IN EVERY CLASSROOM?

>> SORRY. I DIDN'T QUITE HEAR THAT.

>> OH, I JUST SAID DID THEY HAVE HEADSETS IN EVERY CLASSROOM?

>> YEAH.

>> BUT THAT WAS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF IT AND I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INNOVATIVE WAY OF USING THE SYSTEM.

>> YEAH. WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF IT.

AGAIN, WE'RE ALWAYS INNOVATING, AND THIS IS USING AI TECHNOLOGY, SO IT'S CONSTANTLY IMPROVING, IT'S CONSTANTLY GETTING BETTER, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AT THE POSSIBILITIES.

THERE'S SOME FEATURES THAT THIS IS GOING TO DO DOWN THE ROAD.

I WON'T GIVE YOU TOO MUCH INFORMATION ON THEM, BUT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TWO WAY IN THE CLASSROOM EVENTUALLY.

STUDENT SPEAKS IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE AND OVER THE SPEAKER COMES ENGLISH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS.

THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO COME FROM THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN ABLE TO SEE QUITE YET, SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

I'LL TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EPIC SYSTEM NOW.

THIS IS THE INTERCOM PAGING IN BELLS SYSTEM, AND THE BIGGEST THING ABOUT THIS IS JUST HOW SIMPLE IT IS TO USE.

WHEN I WANT TO MAKE AN INTERCOM CALL, ALL I HAVE TO DO IS I LITERALLY CLICK THE CLASSROOM, I CLICK INTERCOM AND I'M HAVING A CONVERSATION.

WE'RE NOT INTERRUPTING THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DURING PICTURE DAY ANYMORE.

WE CAN CALL THE SPECIFIC CLASSROOMS THAT WE NEED TO.

IT JUST MAKES COMMUNICATION IN THE SCHOOL SO EASY.

PAGING IS THE SAME WAY.

I CAN SELECT, LIKE I SAID, A GROUP OF CLASSROOMS, AND THEN I CAN DYNAMIC PAGE ON THE FLY, REDUCES INTERRUPTIONS JUST MUCH MORE FOCUSED COMMUNICATION ON THE CAMPUS.

THEN PROBABLY MY FAVORITE THING, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW LONG IT TAKES TO MAKE A BELL SCHEDULE.

IF WE HAVE ANY FORMER PRINCIPALS IN THE ROOM, THEY'LL PROBABLY SEE THIS AND UNDERSTAND THE PAIN THAT SOMETIMES TRYING TO CREATE A BELL SCHEDULE.

ABOUT 5 MINUTES LESS THAN THAT, 30 SECONDS, THEY CAN BE DONE WITH THEIR BEST BELL SCHEDULE FOR THE YEAR. SORRY, DR. ESTRADA.

>> THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, YOU MAY BE THINKING, WELL, FOR EXAMPLE, LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH, WE HAVEN'T HAD A WORKING BELL SYSTEM OR METHOD OF DOING THIS AT LEAST SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE.

YOU PROBABLY BROKE IT, I THINK.

[LAUGHTER] CURRENTLY, IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THE BELL SCHEDULE, WE HAVE TO CALL VENDOR AND PAY THEM TO COME DO THAT FOR US, AND IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.

DO YOU REMEMBER THE DOLLAR AMOUNT? IT'S A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY TO DO THAT, WHICH DISCOURAGES US FROM DOING IT.

HAVING THE ABILITY JUST TO CHANGE IT WHEN WE WANT TO MAY SEEM LIKE A MINOR THING, BUT THIS IS A GAME CHANGER FOR THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION AND MOVE KIDS, SEND MESSAGES STRATEGICALLY ONLY TO CERTAIN CLASSROOMS IN REAL TIME.

IT IS A HUGE DEAL FOR THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.

>> [INAUDIBLE] AS A PRINCIPAL, WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR THEM TO CHANGE A BELL SCHEDULE AND SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS ABOUT TO START CRYING BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A PROCESS.

WE HAVE TO CALL THE TECHNOLOGY THEY HAVE TO COME, IT'S A TICKET SO THIS IS JUST REVOLUTIONARY.

THE OTHER THING TOO THAT'S NICE ABOUT THIS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS.

I THINK NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES IS INTEGRATIONS THAT ARE TIED WITH THE SYSTEM.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I CLICK, THERE'S A SEVERE WEATHER DAY AND I CLICK NO STUDENT DAY.

THE BELLS AREN'T RINGING OUTSIDE ANYMORE IT'S TYING IN WITH THE ACCESS CONTROL.

IT'S TYING IN WITH ALL THE OTHER SYSTEMS, AND IT DOES THAT AUTOMATICALLY SO PRETTY COOL.

THE OTHER THING TOO IS JUST ACCESS TO EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS.

THEY'RE ONE TOUCH AWAY.

LIKE I DESCRIBED, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN LOCKDOWN HAPPENS, WE HAD SOME GREAT DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SIGNAGE THAT CHANGES AND THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS THAT GO OUT.

IF I'M THE PRINCIPAL AND I NEED TO PUT THE BUILDING INTO LOCKDOWN, ALL I HAVE TO DO IS PRESS ONE BUTTON AND SYSTEMATICALLY

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THERE'S DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT HAPPEN THAT I DON'T HAVE TO TRY AND WORRY ABOUT TRIGGERING MYSELF.

THEY HAPPEN AUTOMATICALLY AND THAT'S A HUGE THING FOR A SAFETY SYSTEM IS THAT THOSE THINGS ARE AUTOMATED.

WE'RE NOT RELYING ON A HUMAN PERSON TO REMEMBER ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ACCOMPLISH THEM ALL.

THEY'RE AUTOMATED ONE BUTTON PRESS RIGHT HERE.

VIEW PATH. THESE ARE THE CAMERAS IN THE CLASSROOM.

THESE ARE HUGE THOUGH FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

WHEN WE FIRST RELEASED VIEW PATH, IT WAS STRICTLY FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY.

IT WAS THE FACT THAT PEOPLE CAME TO US AND SAID, YOU CAN IDENTIFY WHERE THE LOCATION OF THE EVENT IS OCCURRING WITH OUR SAFE ALERTS.

IT TELLS YOU THE LOCATION.

BUT HOW DO WE KNOW WHO WE SEND? THAT'S HOW THIS STARTED. THEN IT'S GROWN INTO WE USE IT FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO RECORD THEMSELVES AND WASH THEMSELVES TEACHING, BE ABLE TO GET CRITIQUING BACK FROM FROM THEIR COACHES, AND THEN STUDENTS THAT ARE HOMEBOUND.

THEY CAN HAVE ACCESS TO IT, OR EVEN STUDENTS THAT JUST WANT TO REVIEW MATERIALS.

MOM AND DAD CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW THEY GOT THAT MATH PROGRAM, GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE LESSON FROM THE DAY, SEE HOW THE TEACHER GOT IT AND BE ABLE TO HELP.

THERE'S JUST SO MANY PLACES WHERE THAT BECOMES IMPORTANT.

THE OTHER THING THAT'S COOL ABOUT THIS TOO IS I CAN INITIATE A RECORDING FROM THE MICROPHONE.

I PRESS THAT BUTTON ON THE MICROPHONE, I CAN INITIATE THAT RECORDING IN THE CLASSROOM, WHENEVER I FEEL THAT THERE'S A NEED TO DO SO.

OR SAY WE'RE HAVING A REALLY GOOD MOMENT WITH EVERYONE IN THE CLASS AND I WANT TO TRY AND RECORD THAT AND SHARE THAT WITH THE OTHER SIXTH GRADE TEACHERS, SO THAT THEY CAN SEE THIS.

I CAN PRESS THAT BUTTON A DAY TIME AND IT WILL START RECORDING.

ALL THESE ARE UPLOADED TO THE CLOUD.

EVERYONE HAS EASY ACCESS TO THEM.

THEY'RE ALL STORED THERE.

THERE'S NOTE TAKEN UP A LOT OF SPACE ON A LOCAL NETWORK HERE IN THE DISTRICT.

THEN THEY'RE JUST VERY EASY TO SHARE.

LIKE I SAID, WE CAN HAVE THEM AUTOMATICALLY POSTED TO THE LMS, GOOGLE CLASSROOM.

AGAIN, THEY'RE JUST READILY AVAILABLE, AND THEY CAN AUTOMATICALLY BE SCHEDULED TO UPLOAD.

THEN THE LAST THING I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT IS YOU AS A DISTRICT HAVE INVESTED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU PROBABLY SEE SOME ON HERE THAT YOU'RE USING, LIKE THE SECURITY CAMERAS AND MAYBE SOME OF THE VAPE AND GUNSHOT DETECTION SENSORS.

THOSE THINGS TRADITIONALLY LIVE ON THEIR OWN ISLAND.

SECURITY CAMERAS HAVE THEIR OWN PLATFORM.

WE MANAGE THE VAPE SENSORS IN A DIFFERENT PLATFORM.

ACCESS CONTROL IS MANAGED IN ITS OWN PLATFORM.

THE BEST WAY I CAN THINK OF TO DESCRIBE EPIC IS IT BECOMES THE ALEXA OF THE SCHOOL.

IT PULLS ALL THESE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS TOGETHER AND MAKES THEM TALK WITH EACH OTHER SO THAT WHEN WE DO GO INTO LOCKDOWN, IT'S TRIGGERING THE ACCESS CONTROL.

WHEN THERE IS A FIRE, IT'S PUTTING IT ON THE DIGITAL SIGNAGE, THE EVACUATION ROUTES THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE AREA OF THE BUILDING THEY'RE IN, SO EVERYBODY'S GETTING THE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR WHAT THEY NEED.

WHAT IT DOES IS IT JUST STREAMLINES EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS AND EVERYTHING IN THE DISTRICT IS TYING THESE THINGS TOGETHER, MAKING THEM TALK TO EACH OTHER.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT I THINK IS ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF EPIC IS THE ABILITY TO DO THIS SYSTEM.

THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT.

ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. SO THE ELEMENTARIES HAVE THEIR SYSTEM IN PLACE AND YOU'VE MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS.

ARE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS LOADED UP TO THE ELEMENTARIES SO THAT THEY HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THEM OR.

>> TALKING ABOUT THE INTEGRATION WITH OUR SECURITY CAMERAS, I'M SORRY.

THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON MAKING THAT UPGRADE AS WE SPEAK.

THAT'S MORE OF A VIRTUAL UPGRADE THAT OUR NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR HAS BEEN WORKING ON SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT IN PLACE AT OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, THE TRANSLATION PIECE.

BECAUSE ELEMENTARY IS ALREADY HARD WIRED ON THE CAMPUS, THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK FOR.

THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES WILL COME PRE WIRED FOR THAT IN EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BOARD? THANK YOU.

ARE YOU STILL TALKING ABOUT AUDIO ENHANCEMENT?

>> NO, SIR.

>> WE'RE GOING TO JUMP AROUND A LITTLE BIT. WOULD YOU MIND?

[Consider and/or Approve the Interlocal Agreement (IA) between the City of Lockhart and Lockhart ISD for the Aquatics Facility]

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THAT NINE COMMUNICATION ACTION A CONSIDER AND OR APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IA BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOCKHART AND LOCKHART ISD FOR THE AQUATICS FACILITY.

>> MR. ESTRADA.

>> GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.

MY NAME IS TRAVIS HUGHES.

I'M THE LOCKHART PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.

AS YOU RECALL LAST MONTH, I PRESENTED YOU WITH THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT SO TONIGHT, I'M HAPPY TO CLARIFY ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE OR CONCERNS.

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I CAN GO OVER SOME OF THE BASIC TENETS OF THE AGREEMENT, IF YOU LIKE, AS WELL AS THE EXHIBITS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

THERE ARE FOUR OF THOSE.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO GO OVER A TIMELINE OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> MR. HUGHES, JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS OF CLARIFICATION, IF YOU COULD FOR THE BOARD AND FOR THE PUBLIC.

IN TERMS OF THE SWIM PROGRAM, CAN YOU JUST RESTATE FOR US THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? THEN ALSO, IF WE WERE TO HAVE SWIM TEAM IN THE FUTURE, WHAT COST WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT?

>> THE LEARN TO SWIM PROGRAM THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR ALL SECOND GRADERS, APPROXIMATELY 500 STUDENTS WOULD CONSIST OF A TWO WEEK PROGRAM WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE EIGHT LESSONS DURING THAT WEEK, SO FOUR LESSONS PER WEEK OF 45 MINUTES IN LENGTH.

MY PREDICTED COSTS FOR THAT IS $50 PER STUDENT.

CLASS SIZES IS LIMITED TO FOUR STUDENTS PER INSTRUCTOR.

THE COST IS BASICALLY BASED ON INSTRUCTOR COST AND A LITTLE BIT OF EQUIPMENT COST, AND THAT'S REALLY IT.

WE'RE NOT REALLY BUILDING IN ANYTHING ELSE AS FAR AS OPERATING THE BUILDING OR UTILITIES OR LIKE THAT.

MY BASIC TENET IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHARGE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR ANYTHING THAT'S NOT COSTING US MONEY IF WE'RE ALREADY OPEN AND OPERATING THE BUILDING, AND ALL WE'RE DOING IS ADDING ADDITIONAL STAFF TO WHAT WE HAD ALREADY BE DOING, THAT'S ALL THAT WE WOULD WANT TO CHARGE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR.

SAME CASE FOR A SWIM TEAM.

IF IT'S DURING THE PRIORITY HOURS OF THE SCHOOL DAY, WE WOULDN'T BE CHARGING YOU FOR WATER TIME.

WE WOULD JUST BE CHARGING YOU FOR STAFFING IF WE HAVE TO STAFF A LIFEGUARD TO WATCH THE SWIM COMPETITION.

A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE COVERED LAST TIME IN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.

OBVIOUSLY, THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IS THE MAIN BINDING LONG TERM DOCUMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT INDICATES WE'LL BE DOING THIS FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 40 YEARS WITH 20 YEAR RENEWABLE OPTIONS AFTER THAT.

ONE ADDITIONAL THING THAT'S IN HERE THAT WE DID NOT DISCUSS IS THERE IS ANOTHER DOCUMENT WE WILL NEED TO HAVE SIGNED AND FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.

THAT IS A MEMORANDUM OF GROUND LEASE WILL BE THE ACTUAL LEASE DOCUMENT BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY OUTLINING THE PARAMETERS OF THE LEASE ITSELF.

WE'LL BE SPECIFIC TO JUST LEASING THE PROPERTY.

CITY ATTORNEYS ARE BUILDING THAT DOCUMENT NOW.

BUT ASSUMING YOU DO APPROVE THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND INTEND TO SIGN IT, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU ALSO EMPOWER, I'M ASSUMING THE SUPERINTENDENT WOULD BE THE SIGNER OF THE DOCUMENT, EMPOWER HIM TO SIGN THAT FUTURE DOCUMENT AS WELL, WHICH IS MENTIONED ON PAGE 2 OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IN SECTION 2.1 LEASE TERM.

THE THIRD SENTENCE SAYS, PARTIES SHALL EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF GROUND LEASE TO BE FILED IN THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF CALDWELL COUNTY.

IT IS MENTIONED IN HERE, THAT IS ONE THING WE DID NOT DISCUSS LAST TIME.

>> MR. HUGHES, IN TERMS OF THE GRANT FUNDING OR TIMELINE, IS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE SHOULDN'T WAIT TO HAVE THAT DOCUMENT BEFORE WE DO APPROVAL?

>> SOME OF THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IS THROUGH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE WE DISCUSSED THAT LAST TIME.

THEY DO HAVE A TIMELINE ON US SIGNING THEIR AGREEMENT FOR GRANT FUNDING.

THEY REQUIRE US TO SUBMIT THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO THEM PRIOR TO SIGNING THAT AGREEMENT.

SIGNING THIS IS THE PRIMARY GOAL FOR COMPLYING WITH THAT TIMELINE WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.

THEY DON'T REQUIRE US DOING ANY OTHER OF THESE DOCUMENTS THAT WE NEED TO DO OURSELVES TO COMPLETE THE LEASE.

WE CAN DO THAT ON OUR OWN TIMELINE.

THERE'S NO HURRY TO COMPLETE THE MEMORANDUM OF GROUND LEASE.

WE COULD COME BACK TO THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TO PRESENT THAT AS WELL IF WE NEED TO SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SIGNED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS.

>> ARE THERE ANY CLARIFICATIONS YOU'D LIKE WITH ANY OF THE EXHIBITS? ONE OF THEM WAS UPDATED SINCE THE LAST PRESENTATION.

EXHIBIT A IS THE ACTUAL SURVEY, SHOWING THE SIGNED AND SEALED COPY.

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THIS HAS BEEN FINALIZED BY THE ENGINEERS AND IS READY TO FILE WITH THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.

THAT IS COMPLETE, SHOWING THE 8.1 ACRES OF PROPERTY THAT'S TO BE LEASED.

IN ADDITION, EXHIBIT B HAS NOT CHANGED.

THAT'S THE SITE PLAN THAT SHOWS THE ACTUAL SWIMMING POOL.

THAT HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE LAST PRESENTATION.

NEITHER HAS EXHIBIT C, WHICH IS THE DRAFT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

YOU KNOW THAT WOULD BE REVISITED ANNUALLY.

THAT'S THE ACTUAL OPERATING DOCUMENT FOR OUR PROGRAMMING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN EACH OTHER YEAR TO YEAR. I COULD CHANGE.

SO WE CAN NEVER PREDICT WHAT THAT WOULD BE YEAR TO YEAR.

THAT'S WHY IT'S AN ANNUAL DOCUMENT.

I ADDED EXHIBIT D, WHICH IS THE APPRAISAL OF THE PROPERTY AFTER IT WAS SURVEYED.

THIS GIVES YOU THE APPRAISAL VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH WAS APPRAISED AT $925,000.

>> I LIKE THE GROUND LEASE AGREEMENT? I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT'S A LONG TERM DOCUMENT.

HOW MANY YEARS WOULD THAT BE BASED ON?

>> THAT WOULD FOLLOW THE SAME PARAMETERS AS THE INTERLOCK AGREEMENT.

IT'D BE A 40 YEAR LEASE.

A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ADDRESS IN THE INTERLOCK AGREEMENT THAT ARE NOT ADDRESSED COMPLETELY ARE NUMBER 1; WHO WOULD BE THE ISD REPRESENTATIVE TO SERVE ON THAT MEMORANDUM APPROVAL PROCESS ANNUALLY, IF IT WOULD BE THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S DESIGNEE, OR IF WE DECIDE TO HAVE A SMALL COMMITTEE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THAT'S NOT DESIGNATED IN HERE AND I COULD GO AHEAD AND JUST PUT SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE BEFORE DECIDE TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT.

THAT WOULD JUST COVER ANYONE THAT YOU DETERMINED SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS?

>> IF THE BOARD TOOK JUST A PAUSE UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HURT THE CITY'S ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GRANT FUNDING.

>> IT MIGHT WITH THAT. IT WOULDN'T WITH THE GROUND MEMO, WOULD BE FINE TO GO AHEAD AND AND POSTPONE THAT.

WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SUBMIT THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE AGREEMENT IN EARLY JUNE.

IF YOU DO SIGN THIS AGREEMENT THIS EVENING OR TOMORROW, I WOULD TAKE IT BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AT THE JUNE 3RD COUNCIL MEETING, WOULD SUBMIT TO TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS.

>> I WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD JUST TO ADD A STATEMENT REGARDING THE GROUND LEASE STILL NEEDS TO BE WORKED ON.

>> IN THE MOTION?

>> THEN I CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES TOMORROW AND GET THE DOCUMENT BACK TO YOU.

>> I'M GOING TO DO THAT TONIGHT.

>> PRE-RELEASE.

>> THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GROUND LEASE WILL BE SIGNED LATER.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE INTERLOCK AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY OF LOCKHART AND LOCKHART ISD FOR THE AQUATIC FACILITY AS PRESENTED WITH THE INTENT AND THE GROUND LEASE AGREEMENT WE SIGNED LATER.

>> ANY MORE DISCUSSION BOARD? DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF IT [INAUDIBLE] FORMAL MOTION.

>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE INTERLOCK AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOCKHART AND LOCKHART ID FOR THE AQUATICS FACILITY AS PRESENTED, THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GROUND LEASE AGREEMENT WILL BE SIGNED AT A LATER DATE.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF SAY AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSE? PASSES 7-0. THANK YOU, SIR.

>> WE'LL MOVE BACK TO ITEM 8 COMMUNICATION B,

[01:25:06]

[Review Special Education Contracts RFQ]

REVIEW SPECIAL EDUCATION CONTRACTS, RFQ. MS. HOMAN.

>> GOOD EVENING BOARD, AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.

I JUST WANTED TO COME AND COMMUNICATE TO YOU ALL THAT WE WILL BE RELEASING A BID FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION CONTRACTS.

THESE ARE FOR SERVICES THAT ARE NOT, WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, AND SO WE WILL BE PUTTING OUT AN RFQ FOR THEM, AND THEN WE PLAN TO BRING THEM BACK IN JUNE FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY BE APPROVED. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> QUESTIONS?

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT THOSE PHYSICIANS ARE ALREADY?

>> YES. THEY RUN. IT'S LIKE OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION, PHYSICAL THERAPIST.

WE DO HAVE SOME EVALUATORS, SPECIAL ED EVALUATORS.

THERE'S A WHOLE LIST. DIAGNOSTICANS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. ITEM 8 C REVIEW TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES CONTRACT

[Review Transportation Management Services contract with Goldstar Transit]

WITH GHOST STAR TRANSIT. MR. ACUNA?

>> BRING THIS UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD. BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, SUPERINTENDENT STRATUM.

THIS EVENING, WE WANT TO COMMUNICATE THAT WE ARE EVALUATING THE CONTRACT WITH GOLD STAR TRANSIT FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

WE CURRENTLY STILL HAVE OUR EXISTING DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, MISS ROXIE MONDRAGON, I THINK WE PARDON.

WE ALSO WANT TO SHARE WHAT OUR WORK LOOKS LIKE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.

WE DO HAVE 35 REGULAR ROUTES AND EIGHT SPECIAL NEEDS ROUTES.

TRANSPORT ON A DAILY BASIS IN THE MORNING AND THE AFTERNOON, ABOUT 2,500 STUDENTS.

I ASKED START TO PROVIDE A PICTURE OF ALL OF OUR DRIVERS OUT THAT THEY HAD AND WHAT THEY PROVIDED AND THAT WAS JUST A GREAT PICTURE OF ALL OF THE CARING ADULTS THAT WE DO HAVE THAT ARE TAKING OUR KIDS TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND ALSO OUR FIELD TRIPS.

>> ARE THOSE ALL LOCKHART RESIDENTS?

>> THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE RESIDENTS. YES, MA'AM.

THE MAJORITY OF THEM.

>> HAVE YOU HAD ANY TROUBLE WITH HAVING ENOUGH DRIVERS [INAUDIBLE]?

>> NO, SIR. CONTRARY TO THE TWO YEARS, I DIDN'T PUT THAT SLIDE IN HERE, WHERE NO WE CANCELED ROUTES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE'RE STAFFED.

I DIDN'T PUT THAT SLIDE IN HERE BECAUSE IT'S OUR EXPECTATION EVERY YEAR MOVING FORWARD THAT WE'RE STAFFED AND WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN STAFFING LEVELS AND WITH OUR PARTNERS WITH GHOST STAR, WE DO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM AND THEY ALSO SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PARTICULARLY BASTROP IS OUR CLOSEST NEIGHBOR.

WHEN WE DO NEED SOME HELP.

THEY SEND SOME FOLKS FROM BASTROP TO HELP US OUT OR ROUND ROCK.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO COVER THIS, BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LISTED IN THAT PHOTO?

>> I WOULD PROBABLY GUESS ABOUT 45.

>> DO THEY GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE INPUT OR SUGGESTIONS OR FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCES ARE IN RELATIONSHIP TO THEIR DAILY ADVENTURE.

>> YES, MA'AM. THEY REALLY DO.

ONE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT I MAKE SURE THAT WE DO ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS I VISIT THEM.

I MAKE SURE THAT I'M APPROACHABLE.

THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WHERE THEY VOICE, IF THEY HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH MISS ROXIE, AND MISS ROXIE WILL BRING THOSE TO ME, OR IF ANOTHER MEMBER OF THEIR TEAM REACHES OUT TO ME AND JUST SAYS, JAMES, I HAVE A QUESTION.

>> WHAT ABOUT ANONYMOUSLY SO THAT, SAY IF I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT A COLLEAGUE OR WHATEVER OR SOMETHING I SAW.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M THE ONE SAYING IT, BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT FEEDBACK.

IS THERE A WAY THAT THEY CAN SHARE FEEDBACK ABOUT ANYTHING THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THAT AVENUE, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT ANONYMOUS AVENUE ON OUR WEBSITE.

A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL GET MULTIPLE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATIONS OFF OF OUR MAIN WEBSITE WHERE WE HAVE THAT FEATURE, AND A LOT WILL GET REDIRECTED TO ME, PARTICULARLY IF THERE'S A PARENT CONCERN ABOUT PARTICULAR BUS DRIVER OR ROUTES OR IF THEY NEED SOME HELP EVEN WITH THE DEVELOPMENTS, THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DEVELOP SOME APARTMENTS AND THEY WANT TO SEE WHERE THE BUS ROUTES ARE.

WE DO GET SOME COMMUNICATION THERE.

[01:30:02]

THAT'S OUR AVENUE CURRENTLY.

>> ARE THEY PRETTY CONSISTENT DRIVERS? YOU DON'T HAVE A TURNOVER OF DRIVERS?

>> WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A HIGH TURNOVER RIVERS.

WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TURNOVER JARS BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE FEEL THAT EVEN MY CONVERSATION WITH MISS ROXIE JUST A LITTLE WHILE, JUST PROBABLY LAST WEEK WHEN I JUMPED ON A BUS AND DROVE OUT TO PORTER LOOP, WE'RE TALKING AND I ASKED US WHAT ARE YOU HEARING NOW? SHE HAD LOST A COUPLE OF JARS TO CAP METRO.

THEN A FEW WEEKS LATER, THEY CAME ON BACK BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE GRASS IS NOT ALWAYS [INAUDIBLE] AND OTHER PLACES.

>> PEOPLE HAVE LEFT AND THEY RETURNED?

>> YES, MA'AM. I ALWAYS DO AND MR. STRA SUPPORTS IS I GO TO TAZBO TRAININGS.

WHEN I GO TO TAZBO TRAININGS, I SPECIFICALLY GO TO THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS WHERE IT'S TRANSPORTATION AND I HEAR NETWORK WITH THESE TENURE DIRECTORS OF TRANSPORTATION.

EVERYTHING I HEAR IS THAT YES, PAYS IMPORT CULTURES MORE.

I THINK WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, WE HAVE CHANGED THAT CULTURE, AND TO THE POSITIVE.

>> ON THE REASON I'M SAYING IS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY AVENUES FOR OTHER EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO VOICE AND GIVE FEEDBACK.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF BUS DRIVERS ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS POSITIVES, NEGATIVES, WHATEVER THAT ARE GOING TO GET THEM TO STAY, REASONS FOR STAYING, AND SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR MY QUESTION.

>> THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE I DO MAKE SURE THAT I'M VERY APPROACHABLE WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION STAFF AND ALSO OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF.

THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK TO THEIR SUPERVISORS AND AN EXTENSION OF MYSELF AS WELL.

I DO TALK TO WE HAD A REALLY OUR TRANSPORTATION DRIVER OF THE YEAR, GOT CELEBRATED AT OUR SERVICE AWARDS AND HIM AND HIS WIFE ARE JUST ECSTATIC.

>> THAT WAS A VERY GOOD RECOGNITION, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

>> YES, MA'AM.

>> [NOISE] FIRST OF ALL, I'M GLAD THAT DR. SANCHEZ SAID POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU NEVER HEAR ANYTHING POSITIVE.

YOU ONLY HEAR THE COMPLAINTS AND NOT THE KUDO.

IT'S GOOD THAT WE MENTION THAT SHE MENTIONED THAT.

THE SECOND THING IS YOU GOT FIVE OFFICE/DRIVERS.

DOES THAT MEAN ALL THE OFFICE WORKERS ARE QUALIFIED OR CERTIFIED TO DRIVE THE BUS?

>> THAT'S CORRECT, SIR. YES SIR.

>> FIVE MORE PEOPLE YOU GOT TO WORK WITH?

>> YES, SIR. BECAUSE YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.

WE HAVE PLENTY OF BUS DRIVERS HERE ON PAPER, BUT THE DAY-TO-DAY IF PEOPLE CALL IN SICK OR THEY HAVE DOTES APPOINTMENTS, AND IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE DAY AND IT COULD BE A DAY WHERE WE HAVE SIX DRIVERS CALL IN SICK AND WE HAVE SCHOOL TO HOME ROUTES, AND YET WE STILL HAVE TO TAKE THE BAND AND WE HAVE TO TAKE THE FOOTBALL TEAM OUT OF TOWN.

THE OFFICE STAFF CAN DRIVE.

>> YOU HAVE TWO DRIVERS IN TRAINING.

HOW LONG DOES THE TRAINING THESE DAYS TO GO THROUGH?

>> IT'S A PRETTY LENGTHY PROCESS.

I HAVE IT ON ANOTHER SLIDE HERE.

>> I DID IT BEFORE, BUT THAT WAS OVER 40 YEARS AGO.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW LONG IT TAKES.

>> IT REALLY DEPENDS ON HOW QUICKLY CAN YOU PARTICIPATE IN THAT TRAIN.

THESE DRIVERS ONCE THEY'RE TRAINED, ARE YOU ABLE TO WORK THEM INTO THE SCHEDULE OR DO THEY HAVE TO WAIT TO [INAUDIBLE]?

>> NO, WE DO WORK THEM INTO THE SCHEDULE.

WE PUT THEM AS MONITORS AS WELL IN CASE WE HAVE A PARTICULAR ROUTE THAT NEEDS A LITTLE BIT EXTRA EYES ON IT, AND WE'VE HAD THAT BEFORE THE PAST FEW YEARS.

THEN WE INTEGRATE THEM AND COVER DRIVERS.

BUT A LOT OF TIMES, I THINK WHAT BRINGS VALUE AND VALUE, MORE COMFORT TO OUR FAMILIES IS WHEN THEY HAVE THE SAME DRIVER OVER AND OVER.

THEY KNOW THAT PARTICULAR BUS DRIVER, BOB IS GOING TO BE PICKING UP THEIR KIDS EVERY SINGLE DAY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE ROUTE AND THEN IT JUST GETS A LOT MORE EFFICIENT AND THEY'RE JUST ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE KIDS.

>> WHAT DOES A BUS DRIVER EARN NOW?

>> THE STARTING WAGE THERE IS $22 HERE IN LOCKHART.

SOME OF OUR SISTER SCHOOL DISTRICTS PAY A LITTLE BIT LESS AND PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THAT'S JUST TO START WITH AND THEN WITH EXPERIENCE AFTER THAT.

>> HOW MANY HOURS DO A TYPICAL DRIVER PUT IN A WEEK?

>> I DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFIC ANSWER, SIR, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY GET.

>> WE'RE COMPETITIVE IN THE HOURLY RATE FOR BUS DRIVERS?

>> YES, MA'AM. WE ARE COMPETITIVE.

AGAIN, YOU'LL HAVE FOR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS, YES,

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BUT THEN YOU HAVE THOSE FOLKS WHO THINK THE GRASS IS GREENER AT CAP METRO, AND THEN THEY COME ON RIGHT ON BACK.

>> I HAD A QUESTION.

>> EACH BUS HAS LIKE A IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON IT?

>> YES, SIR ON THE BACK.

>> ON THE BACK. IS THAT THE ONLY PLACE THAT'S LOCATED?

>> NO, SIR ON THE SIDES AS WELL.

>> ON BOTH SIDES?

>> IF A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SAW A BUS SPEEDING THROUGH HIS ZONE, THEY CAN JUST CALL IN THAT NUMBER AND THEY SHOULD KNOW WHO DRIVER.

THEN WE CAN PULL A VIDEO AND WE CAN PULL GPS AND WE CAN CORRELATE THE CONCERN.

>> DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC DRIVERS THAT DRIVE LIKE OUT OF TOWN FOR FIELD TRIPS [INAUDIBLE].

>> NO, SIR. A LOT OF OUR DRIVERS WHO WANT THE EXTRA HOURS BECAUSE ARE THE ONES WHO WANT THOSE FIELD TRIPS.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEN THEY'RE NOT MAKING THEIR MORNING ROUTES, GOING HOME OR DOING OTHER THINGS AND THEN HAVING TO COME BACK.

I WILL SHARE TOO WITH THE NUTRITION TEAM.

WE HAVE HIRED A COUPLE OF DRIVERS IN THE PAST SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE OFF FROM THEIR MORNING ROUTE, THEY COME AND HELP SERVE KIDS, AND THEN THEY GO BACK TO THE ROUTE.

>> TYPICALLY WHEN THEY FINISH THE FILTER UP, THEY'LL COME BACK AND DO THEIR AFTERNOON ROUTE?

>> THAT'S RIGHT, SIR.

>> THIS IS YOUR CDL TRAINING.

YOU DO HAVE CLASSROOM TIME.

YOU HAVE YOUR RIDE-ALONGS.

YOU DO HAVE SOME TRAINING UNDERNEATH THE HOOD.

YOU DO HAVE TO GET PERMITS, AND THEN YOU DO HAVE TO TEST OUT.

ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE DONE THE PAST FEW YEARS, AND THIS IS A SLIDE THAT I INCLUDED THIS YEAR, IS COACHES AND STAFF THAT GET THEIR CDL TRAINING, LOCKHART ISD STAFF.

THAT REALLY HELPS, AND THAT'S REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR OUR COACHES.

WE USUALLY HAVE AT LEAST TWO COACHES EVERY SINGLE YEAR, FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

THEY HAVE DONE THE DRIVE.

EVEN WHEN MR. PETERS WHEN HE WAS RUNNING THE PROGRAM, HE WOULD DRIVE.

MR. MICHELLE KOEHLER AT CFE.

SHE DRIVES SOME FIELD TRIPS AS WELL.

WE'RE ALWAYS ENCOURAGING OUR STAFF BECAUSE IT'S TO THEIR BENEFIT, AND IT BENEFITS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL, AND IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE TIMES THAT YOU [INAUDIBLE].

>> YOU HAVE COACHES AND STAFF UP THERE.

COACHES, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ATHLETIC COACHES, RIGHT?

>> THAT'S CORRECT. YES, SIR.

>> FOR THE TRIP, YOU GET 50 BUCKS, RIGHT?

>> YES, SIR. FOR YOUR OWN.

FOR EACH ADDITIONAL OUT-OF-TOWN FOR YOUR TEAM.

>>FOR YOUR TEAM, BUT THE DRIVERS GET PAID FOR MILEAGE OR WHAT, RIGHT?

>> YES, SIR. THEY CAN GET PAID PER HOUR AND MILEAGE.

>> BUT THE COACHES GET 50 BUCKS?

>> YES, SIR, THE COACHES WILL GET ADDITIONAL $50, AND SAVES THE BUDGET WHETHER IT BE A CAMPUS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO PAY THE HOURLY RATE FOR THE GOAL.

>> THEY SAVE YOU MONEY, AND THEY GET A LITTLE BIT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> IT'S BETTER THAN THE $8 I USED TO GET.

[LAUGHTER] WHETHER IT'S KERRVILLE OR LULING, IT WAS STILL THE SAME.

>> IT WAS ALL THE SAME. [LAUGHTER] BUT THIS IS REALLY GOOD, THOUGH, BECAUSE THEN THE COACHES ARE ABLE TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT, WHETHER IT BE ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH HELPING OUT A SOFTBALL TEAM OR WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS.

BUT THIS STRATEGY HAS HELPED US IN THE PAST FEW YEAR.

OUR NEXT STEPS IS TO CONTINUE TO REVIEW AND AMEND THE TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT SERVICE CONTRACT.

OUR ADMINISTRATION WILL BE EVALUATING THE CPI INCREASE, AND WE WILL BE BRINGING IN A RECOMMENDATION AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BOARD? THANK YOU, MR. ACUNA.

WE MOVE TO 8D,

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

REVIEW OF CUSTODIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES CONTRACT WITH SOUTHEAST SERVICE CORPORATION DBA SSC SERVICE SOLUTIONS, MR. ACUNA, AGAIN.

>> YES, SIR. AGAIN, THIS IS OUR COMMUNICATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWING A CONTRACT WITH OUR CUSTODIAL SERVICE TEAM THIS MONTH AND BRINGING A RECOMMENDATION FOR NEXT MONTH.

AS YOU CAN SEE, AND I'LL START RIGHT THERE ON OUR PICTURE OF MS. [INAUDIBLE].

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SHE'S JUST REALLY GREAT.

OUR DAY-TO-DAY SERVICES THAT OUR CUSTODIAL BRINGS TO US IS CLEANING UP ALL THE FACILITIES.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT WORK THAT LOOKS DIFFERENT AT THE WINTER BREAKS, THE FALL BREAKS, AND DEFINITELY THE SUMMER BREAKS.

WE WANT TO JUST SHARE JUST A FEW PIECES OF INFORMATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

OUR STAFFING LEVELS, LHS HAS 15 STAFF MEMBERS.

RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE RUNNING WITH 14.

WE'VE BEEN A PRIORITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAFFED THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR AT ALL OF THE CAMPUSES.

WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF TURNOVERS AT CUSTODIAL POSITION, AND WE SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT MORE THAN YOU WOULD YOUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS.

BUT WE STILL HAVE OUR VETERANS AT JUNIOR HIGH WITH RAYMOND AND LORENZO AND LISA AT PLUM CREEK AND MS. AWESOME LOUIS OVER AT CARVER.

THEY JUST DO A GREAT JOB.

AGAIN, WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A VOICE AS WELL.

THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, AND I MAKE MYSELF VERY PRESENTABLE.

ALLOW THEM TO HAVE MY CELL NUMBER.

I'VE HELPED WITH OTHER WORK THAT SHE HAS, OR SHE HAS IDEAS THAT SHE BRINGS TO MY ATTENTION.

OUR NEXT STEP IS AGAIN IS REVIEW AND AMEND THE SSC SERVICE SOLUTIONS CONTRACT.

ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE CPI INCREASE.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DO A COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF THE CONTRACT SERVICES.

WE'LL BRING OUR RECOMMENDATION NEXT.

>> QUESTION FOR [OVERLAPPING]

>> WHERE IS THE DIRECTOR OF CUSTODIAL HOUSE?

>> HE IS HOUSED AT THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY.

>> HOW WOULD YOU SAY HIS NAME?

>> ALEXANDRA. [LAUGHTER]

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> CAN I GET THOSE EARPHONES?

>> WHEN YOU MAKE YOURSELF PRESENTABLE, WHAT QUESTIONS A FEW BACK THEY'VE GIVEN YOU?

>> WELL, I'LL CHECK IN WITH THEM.

AGAIN, WHEN I GO TO TASBO AND I NETWORK WITH OTHER OPERATORS, AND I HAVE NETWORKED WITH OTHER OPERATORS HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS. YOU NEED SUPPLIES.

I'M ALWAYS TALKING TO THEM ABOUT SUPPLIES.

DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH SUPPLIES TO MAINTAIN? THIS YEAR, LOOKED A LOT DIFFERENT THAN A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OF TIME THAT THEY DO HAVE THE SUPPLIES THAT THEY NEED.

I WILL ASK, HOW IS THE STAFFING GOING AND THEY'LL BE VERY CANDID WITH ME.

THEY'LL SAY, THIS NEW PERSON IS WORKING OUT OR, THIS NEW PERSON IS NOT WORKING OUT.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WORKING WITH THEM, AND HOPEFULLY, THEY DO WORK OUT.

THOSE ARE REALLY MY GENERAL QUESTIONS IS STAFFING AND SUPPLIES FOR WHEN I MEET WITH MS. LISA OR MS. [INAUDIBLE], AND I'LL ASK THEM IF THEY HAVE ANY CONCERNS.

IF THEY DO, THEY'LL LET ME KNOW.

THEY'LL TELL ME IF THERE'S A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S BEEN DOWN FOR A FEW DAYS, IF THERE HAS BEEN, THEN WE ADDRESS IT.

IF THERE HASN'T BEEN, THEN WE'RE OKAY.

>> I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

>> IS THAT A BAG OF SAND ON TOP OF THAT BUFFER? THE PICTURE OF THE GIRL WITH THE BUFFER?

>> GO BACK.

>> IS THAT A BAG OF SAND ON THERE?

>> THAT'S WHAT I WOULD [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T PUT ENOUGH ON IT.

>> [LAUGHTER] YES, SIR.

>> THAT WAS A MEAN QUESTION.

>> DO WE STILL SANITIZE A ROOM LIKE WE DID BACK IN COVID?

ALL TOUCHPOINTS ARE STILL WIPED OUT.

WHAT WE STILL HAVE IS WE STILL HAVE OUR R-ZERO MACHINES.

WHEN WE DO HAVE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN DURING FLU SEASON, WE DO STILL RUN OUR R-ZERO MACHINES FOR HOT SPOTS FOR PARTICULAR GRADE LEVELS.

THE PRINCIPAL WILL LET THE LEAD CUSTODIAN KNOW, AND WE'LL HIT THOSE SPECIFIC ROOMS THAT THEY'RE HAVING SOME ILLNESS.

>> MORE OF A TECHNICAL QUESTION.

>> CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF CONTRACT SERVICES?

>> YES, SIR. JUST LIKE EVERYTHING WE DO.

WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GAINING THE MOST [INAUDIBLE].

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT AND BREAK IT DOWN AND MAKE SURE THAT IF JUST AS WE DID WITH THE FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING WITH OUR CUSTODIAL AND

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WE'LL LOOK AT THAT VERY THOROUGHLY TO SEE IF WE ARE STILL BENEFITING FROM THIS BECAUSE WE'RE IN TOUGH TIMES RIGHT NOW, AND EVERY PENNY COUNTS.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR.

ITEM 8E, 2025,

[2025-2026 School Policies and Procedures Update]

2026 SCHOOL POLICIES AND PROCEDURE UPDATES.

DR. CAMARILLO AND MR. MILLER.

>> GOOD EVENING AGAIN, PRESIDENT WRIGHT, TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.

DR. CAMARILLO AND I ARE GOING TO TALK TO YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR SCHOOL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES UPDATE FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

WE HAVE TWO THINGS THAT FALL UNDER THIS PARTICULAR CATEGORY, ONE BEING SCHOOL SAFETY, ANOTHER BEING CAMPUS OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES.

OFTENTIMES, THE TWO WORK HAND IN HAND, SO WE FELT IT WAS NECESSARY TO TALK ABOUT THEM BOTH TOGETHER.

BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WE WANT TO ANCHOR EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH OUR DISTRICT GOALS.

WE FEEL THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

OBVIOUSLY, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS, WE HAVE TO HAVE SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.

AS A FRIENDLY REMINDER, OUR FIRST GOAL IS TO CREATE INNOVATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS TO PREPARE FOR SUCCESS BEYOND GRADUATION.

WE ALL KNOW THAT SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IS THE FOUNDATION TO INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY.

WHEN STUDENTS FEEL SAFE, THEY CAN FOCUS ON LEARNING AND GROWING AND THE FULL POTENTIAL.

ADDITIONALLY, ANOTHER GOAL, EVERY CAMPUS WILL HAVE AN A RATING BY 2028.

THAT IS THROUGH EXEMPLARY TEACHING AND THROUGH STUDENT CENTER LEARNING.

AGAIN, SAFETY AND STRUCTURE ENABLE OUR TEACHERS TO DELIVER HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION WITHOUT UNNECESSARY DISRUPTIONS, ENSURING THAT ALL STUDENTS CAN THRIVE ACADEMICALLY.

FINALLY, OUR THIRD GOAL IS TO CULTIVATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE OUR EMPLOYEES CHOOSE LOCKHART ISD.

BY PRIORITIZING SAFETY THROUGH REGULAR TRAININGS, CLEAR EXPECTATIONS, RESPONSE PROTOCOLS, WE EMPOWER OUR STAFF TO FOCUS ON WHAT THEY DO BEST, WHICH IS EDUCATING AND SUPPORTING STUDENTS.

WHEN THEY FEEL CONFIDENT IN THEIR WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT, THEY'RE MUCH MORE WILLING TO CHOOSE LOCKHART ISD.

THIS IS ONE SLIDE, A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE SAFETY MEASURES THAT WE PUT INTO PLACE THIS YEAR AND IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS LEADING UP TO THIS YEAR.

IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, WE HAD A VERY EXTENSIVE SPECIAL CALLED SAFETY MEETING FOR THE BOARD A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHERE WE SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS.

THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE WAS ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE SLIDES TOTAL.

WE WON'T GO THROUGH THAT TONIGHT.

BUT WE DID JUST WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD, THE COMMUNITY OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE PUT INTO PLACE, INCLUDING SAFETY AND SECURITY SOFTWARE AND DISTRICT UPDATES.

WE CONTINUE TO USE OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS THROUGH THE I LOVE YOU GUY FOUNDATION, CONTINUE TO HAVE SECURITY PERSONNEL AT EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS AND PARTNERS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHICH WE'RE VERY PROUD OF.

OUR SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS, WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH AUDIO ENHANCEMENTS OR THROUGH RAPTOR, WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE CAMPUS, BUT THEN AGAIN, ADDITIONALLY, THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE AS A DISTRICT SEND OUT REGARDING SAFETY AND EVENTS, THE SAFETY TOOLS THAT ARE FOUND IN EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM AND EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS, MYRIAD OF RISK REDUCTION AND PREPAREDNESS, THINGS THAT WE'VE PUT INTO PLACE, AS WELL AS SAFETY FORUMS, AND THEN SEEKING REFLECTION AND FEEDBACK FROM OUR STAFF THROUGH THOUGHT EXCHANGE, THROUGH THE FORUMS, AND THROUGH DIFFERENT AVENUES OF THAT NATURE.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT OVERVIEW? MOVING FORWARD, SOME OF THE SAFETY MEASURES THAT ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR NEXT YEAR, AS WE ALL KNOW THAT WE IMPLEMENTED THE CLEAR BACKPACK POLICY AT LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AFTER THE EVENT THAT HAPPENED THERE BACK IN FEBRUARY, WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO THE BOARD THE CONSIDERATION OF EXPANDING THAT CLEAR BACKPACK POLICY TO ALL LISD CAMPUSES, K-12.

ADDITIONALLY, METAL DETECTORS, WE CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE SPECIFICALLY AT THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES.

THAT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM AND AS A DISTRICT AND AS A BOARD, IS UP FOR CONSIDERATION.

THEN ADDITIONALLY, WITH AN INFLUX OF NEW CAMPUS LEADERS, A PRACTICALLY ALL CAMPUSES, WHETHER IT BE NEW PRINCIPALS, AT OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES OR

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A LOT OF NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPLES AT OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.

WE ARE GOING TO BE TRAINING ALL OF OUR CAMPUS LEADERS ON THE THREAT ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES.

ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL BE HOLDING SAFETY MEETINGS MONTHLY WITH ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS MOVING FORWARD TO REVIEW PROTOCOLS, DRILL, SCHEDULES, AND COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS, JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF THAT WITH OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WHO MONITOR AND ARE IN CHARGE OF SAFETY PROTOCOLS OR PROCEDURES AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.

>> WOULD YOU SAY IT IS GOING TO BE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION TO GO TO CLEAR BACKPACKS FOR EVERYBODY NEXT YEAR?

>> YES, SIR. THAT IS CORRECT. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS ABOUT THESE ENHANCED SAFETY MEASURES UNDER CONSIDERATION?

>> ONE IS THE RECOMMENDATION TWO AND THREE IS YOU'RE STILL LOOKING AT FEASIBILITY EVALUATING THOSE TWO?

>> YES, MA'AM. THAT IS CORRECT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER.

>> QUESTION THOUGH, ABOUT METAL DETECTORS.

IS THERE ANY CAMPUS, ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT NEARBY THAT EVEN DOES THAT RIGHT NOW?

>> NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. THERE IS NOT ONE IN THE GENERAL VICINITY THAT DOES.

HEARD OF SEVERAL MAYBE IN THE METROPLEX AREA OR A FEW, I SHOULD SAY, BUT NONE THAT WE COULD GO VISIT TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

>> I CAN TELL YOU TOO WITH THE BUDGET CRISIS GOING ACROSS THE STATE RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY.

THOUGH, AS WE WEIGH THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO, I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IT MAKES IT A BIG CHALLENGE.

>> THANK YOU, BOARD. I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO DR. CAMARILLO.

>> GOOD EVENING. I'M GOING TO GO OVER JUST THE DRESS CODE, CELL PHONES, AND REMOVAL TIME FOR OFFENSES THAT ARE ALSO UNDER CONSIDERATION.

DRESS CODE IN FRONT OF YOU, I DID GIVE YOU THREE COPIES OF THE DRESS CODE.

THE FIRST PAGE IS YOUR CURRENT DRESS CODE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE HERE FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THE SECOND PAGE IS THE CHANGES THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING.

THE YELLOW REPRESENTS THINGS THAT WE'VE DELETED AND GREEN REPRESENTS THINGS THAT WE'VE ADDED TO THAT SENTENCE OR FOR MORE CLARITY.

THEN THE VERY LAST PAGE THAT YOU HAVE IS THE CONDENSED VERSION OF THAT.

ONCE WE DID ALL THE RED LIGHTING AND GAVE A FINAL DOCUMENT.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BRAND NEW LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL COMING IN.

WE HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, AND MR. MARTINEZ OVER AT PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN, I THINK ABOUT TWO MONTHS IN IN HIS JOB.

I'LL STILL BE GETTING THEIR INPUT AS WELL.

WE'VE BEEN GETTING INPUT FROM VARIOUS FORUMS, FROM JUST COMMUNITY INPUT FROM DLT, OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM.

IF THERE'S ANY OTHER CHANGES, WE WILL BRING THEM TO YOU NEXT MONTH, BUT RIGHT NOW THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT WAS TAKEN OUT FOR THE YELLOW STRIKE THROUGH ITEMS. WE BROUGHT CLARITY IN JUST NOT HAVING TO EXPLAIN ALL OF THAT.

THERE'S THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, CLOTHING SHOULD NOT REVEAL ANY UNDERGARMENTS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT, NO SAGGING PANTS HAS TO BE IN THE HIP BONE.

IT'S JUST SIMPLE. VERY CLEAR, SHOULD NOT REVEAL UNDERGARMENTS.

A LOT OF THAT STUFF WAS ABLE TO BE TAKEN OUT.

>> THE YELLOW PART IS BEING TAKEN OUT?

>> THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW IT?

>> CORRECT. WE'RE SAYING THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING TO EXPLAIN THAT ON THE YELLOW PART THAT WE HAVE NO SAGGING PANTS, WAISTBAND MUST REST ON TOP OF HIP BONE.

STUDENTS SHALL NOT WEAR PANTS WHEN FASTENED SAG OR FIT BELOW THE WAIST.

THE THIRD TO LAST BULLET SAYS CLOTHING SHOULD NOT REVEAL ANY UNDERGARMENTS, WE FEEL THAT STATEMENT TAKES CARE OF ALL THAT.

>> BUT WHAT IF I DO, I DIDN'T SEE IT IN PRINT? IS THAT GOING TO BE OKAY FOR ME?

>> IF I SEE YOU UNDERGARMENTS, I SEE IT IN PRINT RIGHT HERE.

[LAUGHTER] I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE CLEAR YOU NEED TO BE WITH YOUR PANTS.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE BOARD CONSISTENTLY OVER THE YEARS IS THAT WE WANT TO BE CLEAR IF IT'S IN THERE.

WE NEED TO ENFORCE IT IF IT'S NOT IN THERE.

IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO ENFORCE IT, IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE IN THERE.

WHAT DR. CAMON WAS REFERRING TO, EVERY TIME WE ADD SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC.

EVERY YEAR, TRENDS CHANGE, THINGS CHANGE, OR CONSTANTLY CHASING YOURSELF.

WE TRIED TO BE CLEAR WITH THE LANGUAGE.

FOR EXAMPLE, ONE, REVEALING CLOTHING IS ITS OWN THING.

WE DON'T HAVE TO GO AND TRY TO DEFINE EVERY SINGLE THING AND GET IN AN ARGUMENT,

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IS IT A SPAGHETTI STRAP OR AS MR. MILLER SAID, [INAUDIBLE] STRAP OR IS IT A CROP TOP OR IS IT REVEALING OR NOT AND GIVING OUR STAFF REGARDLESS OF THE TRENDS OR WHAT WE'RE CALLING THINGS, THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE SOMETHING THAT IT'S EITHER REVEALING, OR EITHER DESERVING THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, OR IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO USE LANGUAGE THAT ISN'T SO SPECIFIC THAT WE ALSO SET OURSELVES UP BECAUSE WE'RE SO SPECIFIC THAT SOMEONE WILL SAY, WELL, THAT'S NOT EXACTLY HOW YOUR POLICY SAYS, SO IT'S FINE. CORRECT.

>> I THINK THAT REQUIRES THAT ALL OF OUR STAFF BE TRAINED SO THAT THEY'RE NOT LOOSELY INTERPRETING SOME OF THIS STUFF BASED ON THEIR PARTICULAR WAY OF SEEING THINGS.

>> RECOMMEND A FASHION SHOW.

NOT THAT, BUT THAT. NOT THAT.

>> JUST SO YOU KNOW, AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR, THEY DO REVIEW WITH ALL THE TEACHERS, THE HANDBOOK OR ANY CHANGES THAT WE HAVE.

I WILL DO THAT OVER THE SUMMER WITH PRINCIPALS AND APS, SO WE'RE VERY CLEAR ON THE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE, AND THEN THEY'LL GO AND TEACH THEM.

>> THIS IS WHY IT'S A COMMUNICATION.

IF THE BOARD IS UNCOMFORTABLE AND IF THE BOARD WANTS US TO PUT THAT LANGUAGE, THIS IS OUR TIME TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND THIS IS A DECISION.

BUT THIS IS WHY WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS AND IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED CONSISTENTLY OVER THE YEARS.

WE TRIED TO ADDRESS THAT.

BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD IS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH, THIS IS THE TIME TO BRING THAT UP.

>> I'M HEARING THE VOICE OF WARREN BURNETT ECHOING THROUGH THE RUMORS.

>> [LAUGHTER] YES, MA'AM.

>> I'M GOING BACK AND I'M SORRY TO GO BACKWARDS.

ON THE CLEAR BACKPACK REQUIREMENT, I KNOW SPECIFICALLY MY DAUGHTER, SHE GOES TO SCHOOL WITH A BACKPACK AND THEN SHE'S GOT HER CHEER BACKPACK THAT'S FULL OF ALL OF HER CHEER STUFF, AND THEN IF SHE'S PLAYING VOLLEYBALL, SHE LITERALLY HAS THREE HUGE BACKPACKS THAT SHE'S CARRYING AROUND.

IF THAT WERE TO GO TO A CLEAR BACKPACK, I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE PHYSICALLY COULD GET ALL OF THAT IN ONE BACKPACK.

I'M THINKING LIKE BASEBALL, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR CLEAVES IN THEIR BAGS AND ALL THE STUFF.

>> I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS IN AREAS WHERE WE HAVE TO ADDRESS, BUT THE INTENT IS A CLEAR BAG POLICY.

>> DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

DURING PERIODS WHEN THEY ARE GOING FROM PERIOD TO PERIOD, THEY OUGHT TO HAVE A CLEAR BAG.

THAT MAY BE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, I DON'T KNOW.

>> NO. THE INTENT IS A CLEAR BAG POLICY.

THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD BE PROPOSING.

AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S A COMMUNICATION ITEM NOW, IF THAT'S NOT A DIRECTION THE BOARD FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH, THIS IS THE TIME THAT WE REALLY NEED THAT FEEDBACK.

>> MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT WHEN YOU SEE KIDS AROUND OR EVEN ON THE CAMPUS, I THINK EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE THESE RULES IN PLACE, IT VARIES, I GUESS.

AGAIN, I GUESS BORN WAS ON THAT WOULD SAY, WELL, IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE MONITORED, WHY DO WE INCLUDE IT? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT'S THE CONVERSATION WITH TEACHERS AND WHAT'S THEIR ROLE? IF ONE TEACHER SAY, THAT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD OUTFIT.

GO BY, BUT THEN THAT PERSON GOES TO ANOTHER CLASSROOM AND SAYS, WAIT A MINUTE, YOU'RE VIOLATING THIS POLICY RIGHT HERE.

HOW CONSISTENT IS IT GOING TO BE SO THAT ALL STUDENTS UNDERSTAND AND ALL FACULTY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR ROLE IS IN ACTUALLY ENFORCING THIS HANDBOOK POLICY?

>> I THINK THAT IS ONE THING THAT CAME BACK ON THE FEEDBACK WAS IMPLEMENTATION AND CONSISTENCY.

IS YOUR PERCEPTION OF WHAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE AND SOMEBODY ELSE CAN BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

I WILL BE WORKING WITH PRINCIPALS THIS SUMMERS AND AP ABOUT SYSTEMS THAT CAN BE IN PLACE FOR HOW WE CHECK THAT.

THEN BRINGING THAT TO THE ATTENTION OF WE'VE BEEN THERE ON THE CAMPUSES SOME TIMES AND HAVE SEEN AND IT'S MID AFTERNOON.

SOMEBODY SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THAT IN THE MORNING.

TALKING THROUGH WHAT ARE SOME IDEAS AND SOME IMPLEMENTATION SYSTEMS OF HOW WE'RE CHECKING THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BEING DONE.

>> RIGHT. BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SOME EXPERIENCES WHERE WE SEE THEY'VE GOT HOODIES, THEY'RE ALL COVERED, BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY TAKE PRETTY OFF AND IT'S LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, THAT IS A LOT OF REVEALING.

IT'S LIKE WHAT IS GOING TO BE.

>> THEY LEAVE HOME, DRESSED ONE WAY, THEY GO IN THE BATHROOM, THEY CHANGE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN.

I DON'T THINK WE COULD EVER SAY, YOU'RE NOT EVER GOING TO SEE A KID WHO'S AT A DRESS CODE.

BUT I THINK OUR CAMPUSES WILL DO THE BEST TO ENFORCE IT.

>> THAT'S WHAT THE QUESTION WAS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THOSE OTHER VARIABLES BECAUSE STUDENTS WILL BE STUDENTS, AND IF SOMEONE IS NOT MONITORING IT, IT'S OPTIONAL.

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>> THERE'S SYSTEMS THAT CAN BE PUT IN PLACE TO THINKING THROUGH DISTRICT WHERE THEY DO A DRESS CODE CHECK EVERYBODY ACROSS THE CAMPUS.

THEN AFTER THAT, IF THEY CATCH SOMEBODY, THEY GO BACK TO THE 10 O'CLOCK TEACHER AND SAY, YOU DID NOT SEE THIS OR WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WHEN THEY WERE IN YOUR CLASS TO FOLLOW THAT. BECAUSE IT IS [OVERLAPPING]

>> IT IS HARD TO DO BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE CHANGE.

THEY'LL CHANGE AND THEN SOMETIMES TEACHER WILL SAY, WELL, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO BE CHECKING ALL THESE KIDS AND SHE CAME IN, SHE LOOKED ONE WAY AND THEN SHE WENT OUT, CAME A DIFFERENT WAY.

I KNOW IT'S HARD TO MONITOR IT, I GUESS.

>> I'VE NOTICED THAT THE DRESS CODE SEEMS TO GET A LITTLE LOOSE DURING EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES OR SPORTING EVENTS WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING UP INTO THE STANDS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I'M THINKING, DID THEY COME TO SCHOOL LIKE THAT?

>> I HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON PANTS.

PAJAMA PANTS, WHAT'S THE ISSUE WITH THEM?

>> PAJAMA PANTS ADD SOMETHING THAT WAS PUT ON THERE A WHILE BACK.

WE JUST ADDED. UNLESS IT WAS FOR A DESIGNATED DAY.

>> I KNOW IT'S POPULAR, BUT IF IT HAS WEIRD STUFF ON IT, THAT'S DISTRACTING.

I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT BEING AN ISSUE.

BUT I THINK SOME PANTS NOWADAYS LOOK LIKE PAJAMAS, BUT THEY'RE JUST LOOSE PANTS.

I'M NOT SURE WE NEED TO DELVE INTO THAT OR NOT, BUT THAT'S ONE COMMENT I HAVE.

THE OTHER ONE WAS SAGGING PANTS.

I KNOW THAT THEY'RE STARTING TO SAG AND THEY SHOW THEIR UNDERWEAR, THEN THAT'S BAD. I AGREE WITH THAT.

BUT WHAT IF THEY HAVE THEIR GYM SHORTS ON UNDERNEATH AND IT'S JUST HANGING DOWN BELOW SO WHERE YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THEIR GYM SHORTS.

THAT'S A STYLE THAT I DON'T REALLY CARE FOR, BUT THAT'S NOT ME TO DECIDE, I GUESS.

IS THAT DISTRACTING? I THINK IT IS.

I JUST WANT THE BOARD TO THINK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

IT'S JUST A STYLE THAT JUST LOOKS WEIRD.

HALF OF YOUR PANTS ARE UNDERNEATH AND THEN YOU'RE JUST SEEING THE GYM SHORTS.

>> IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE GANG AFFILIATED ALSO.

I THINK IT'S INAPPROPRIATE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.

I REMEMBER WHEN SCHOOL USED TO BE ABOUT TEACHING YOU HOW YOU CAN GET A JOB AND ALL THAT STUFF ALSO.

YOU DRESSED APPROPRIATELY BECAUSE IT PREPARED YOU FOR GOING IN TO INTERVIEW FOR A JOB.

I HIRE PEOPLE, IF YOU COME IN WITH YOUR PANT SAGGING, I'M NOT HIRING YOU.

I'M JUST GOING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

I THINK WE HAVE TO TEACH OUR KIDS THAT ALSO THAT THERE ARE SOME STANDARDS THAT WE STILL HAVE TO UPHOLD.

WHETHER IT'S GYM SHORTS OR UNDERWEAR THAT'S SHOWING, IT'S AN UNDERGARMENT.

THAT'S WHY I LOOK AT IT WHEN YOU SAG AND IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE.

WE ARE, FOR LACK OF BETTER TERMINOLOGY, GROOMING OUR FUTURE LEADERS.

I THINK WE HAVE TO REALLY TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THAT AND WHAT DO WE WANT TO SEE IN OUR KIDS.

A FEW YEARS AGO, WE HAD THAT MODEL STUDENT DRAWN THING UP THERE AND WHAT HE OR SHE WOULD LOOK LIKE.

MAYBE WE MIGHT NEED TO GO BACK TO THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S DISAPPEARED OVER TIME, AND MAYBE PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT.

BUT WE HAD THIS IDEA AT ONE POINT IN TIME IN OUR DISTRICT ABOUT HOW OUR STUDENTS, WHAT WE WERE PRODUCING HERE AT LOCKHART ISD, WHAT WE WERE GOING FOR.

IT WAS FOR KIDS WHO CAN COMPETE IN AN INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL ECONOMY.

WE HAVE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT.

WE MAY WANT THEM TO BE IN THE STYLES HERE AND THEN I HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH MY GIRLS ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS.

WE MAY WANT TO FOLLOW THE FASHIONS AND THE TRENDS AND THE STYLES LIKE THAT, BUT DOES THAT PREPARE US TO COMPETE IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY? THAT'S THE WAY I LOOK AT IT.

>> THAT'S A GREAT FEEDBACK TOO, JUST BECAUSE MY BROTHER WHO'S NOT IN EDUCATION IN HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE KIDS, HE SAID THAT TO ME ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.

HE SAID, WHEN THEY COME TO ME, I JUST WONDER LIKE, WHAT DID Y'ALL DO IN HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M LIKE, WELL, WE'RE PREPARING THEM FOR JOBS AND FOR EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL.

HE SAID, IT'S JUST BEEN INTERESTING, SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND THE EXPECTATIONS THAT THEY COME IN WITH.

HE SAID, I JUST WONDERED HOW MUCH IS ALLOWED WHEN THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL, THAT THEY THINK THEY CAN DO THAT IN A PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT.

THAT'S AN INTERESTING COMMENT IN PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU HAVE.

>> I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION OR COMMENT.

THIS CODE AND DRESS, DOES THAT ALSO APPLIED WHEN THEY'RE DOING ACTIVITIES IN THE STADIUM IN LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY?

>> AS FAR AS I KNOW IT'S BEEN IN THE CAMPUS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE EXTENDED OR WE'VE SAID THAT CLARITY AROUND THE STADIUM AFTER SCHOOL. [OVERLAPPING]

>> LIKE ATHLETIC EVENTS IN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

DOES THAT APPLY TO WHEN THEY'RE ATTENDING THOSE EVENTS?

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>> LIKE IF SOMEBODY CAME TO THE BASKETBALL GAME.

>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE HARD TO ENFORCE BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO ENFORCE IT FOR THE PARENTS OR ANYBODY ELSE, BUT ONLY FOR THE KIDS.

IT WOULD BE HARD.

>> IF THEY'RE PAYING TO WATCH BASKETBALL.

>> DO WE HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON BODY PIERCING? SOMEBODY WEARS A NOSE RING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S OKAY?

>> FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS WRONG.

>> WHAT ABOUT FACIALS?

>> SPECIFICITY ON THAT.

WE NEED TO ADD SPECIFICITY ON THAT IF WE'RE SAYING THAT WE DO NOT WANT THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT ON THIS ONE.

IT GOES BACK TO MR. ESTRADA'S POINT IF PARENTS ARE GOING TO SAY, WELL, I DON'T SEE IT OR TO DOCTOR [OVERLAPPING], SO I GUESS IT'S ALLOWED IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT ON THERE WITH BODY PIERCINGS.

>> [OVERLAPPING] WE TOOK OUT HAIR COLOR AND PIERCINGS YEARS AGO.

I CAN TELL YOU WHEN.

>> WHAT ABOUT FACIAL?

>> FOR OUR TIME 2020.

>> WE'RE ALLOWING IT?

>> I DON'T SEE THAT IT'S NOT ALLOWED HERE, SO IF WE WANT TO ADD SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE NEED TO.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF FACIAL HAIR IS BAD [OVERLAPPING] LEARNING ENVIRONMENT OF A STUDENT. THAT'S JUST FINE.

>> WE TOOK THE FACIAL HAIR OUT ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, PROBABLY.

IT WAS STILL IN WHEN I WAS THE PRINCIPAL AT JUNIOR HIGH, AND IT WAS A LOT OF ISSUES WITH PARENTS AND SOME CULTURAL THINGS OF YOU'RE MAKING MY KIDS SHAVE IN SIXTH GRADE, AND I DON'T APPROVE OF THAT.

>> MY SON TO HAVE HIS MUSTACHE TAKEN OFF, HE WAS LIKE, HE HATED ME FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE BECAUSE THEY BURNED HIS LIP.

>> BUT I WILL SAY THIS, WHATEVER WE DO PUT IN HERE AND PUT IN PLACE, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT HR HAS THE SAME REQUIREMENTS FOR THE EMPLOYEES SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING THE SAYING YOU CAN'T, BUT I CAN HAVE AN RING OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE HAVE.

>> OF COURSE, THAT MAKES SENSE.

>> I WOULD PREFER OUR STAFF NOT [INAUDIBLE] [OVERLAPPING]

>> I'M HAPPY TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS.

I'VE NOTED THOSE DOWN, AND THEN I CAN BRING IT BACK TO YOU NEXT MONTH AND SEE, GET SOME CLARITY AROUND HOW WE DEFINE NOSE PIERCINGS OR BODY PIERCINGS OR WHATEVER, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DECIDED ON FACIAL HAIR.

I KNOW MR. LOCKHART SAID THAT'S OKAY.

>> HE THINKS IT'S WONDERFUL.

>> FACIAL HAIR IS FINE.

>> THE THING IS, I DON'T AGREE WITH THE LOGIC THAT JUST BECAUSE ADULTS DO IT, STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN, THEY'RE LEARNING HOW TO GET INTO THE JOB MARKET.

I'M RETIRED BUT WHEN I FIRST STARTED LOCKHART ISD COACHES, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ANY FACIAL HAIR WHATSOEVER, BUT OTHER TEACHERS WERE.

I THINK THAT FOR EACH TEACHER PERSONALLY, WHETHER IT'S IN THE RULES OR NOT, THEY'RE SETTING THE EXAMPLE ALSO.

THEY NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT, BUT THE YOUNGER TEACHERS, THOSE ARE THINGS THEY HAVE GROWN UP WITH AND THAT'S THEIR NORM.

I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE NORMS. I KNOW THE FACIAL HAIR WAS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE SEVERAL WERE, I WOULD SAY MORE THAN A NORMAL AMOUNT OF PARENTS GETTING DOCTORS EXCUSES BECAUSE KIDS WOULD HAVE BREAKOUTS AND ALL OF THIS, WHICH THAT'S LEGITIMATE COMPLETELY FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS, BUT NOT FOR ALL STUDENTS.

BUT I SAW WHERE THERE WAS WAYS AROUND IT AND I WAS ALL FOR GETTING RID OF THAT BECAUSE I HAVE TWO SONS THAT HAD TO START SHAVING IN JUNIOR HIGH ALSO.

I HAVE ONE THAT STILL DOESN'T SHAVE.

IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENCE AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER BONE TO PICK.

I THINK WE NEED TO PICK OUR BATTLES.

>> I HAVE ONE COMMENT OR QUESTION FROM THE CLEAR PLASTIC BACKPACK.

IN THE STADIUM, ARE THEY GOING TO BE EXPECTED, IF YOU'RE GOING TO AN ATHLETIC EVENT TO HAVE A CLEAR BACKPACK?

>> I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY DISCUSS AS A BOARD AND AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO IN.

>> WELL, I JUST THOUGHT, WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

TO THE EXTENT, I KNOW IT'S ALL BEING REVISITED AND YOU'RE IN DISCUSSIONS, BUT I JUST THOUGHT, WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE APPLIED TO.

>> I KNOW OTHER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE GONE TO A CLEAR BACKPACK POLICY HAVE EXTENDED THAT TO THE STADIUM AND SOME CURRICULAR EVENTS AS WELL.

>> JUST A QUESTION, THOUGHT.

>> IS THAT FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ATTENDING OR IS THAT FOR THE ATHLETES ALSO?

>> AGAIN, IN OTHER DISTRICTS, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE, NOT THE ATHLETES.

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>> BECAUSE [OVERLAPPING] THOSE PLASTIC BACKPACKS ARE NOT GOING TO HOLD UP UNDERNEATH UNDER THE STRAIN OF ATHLETIC STUFF, THE DIFFERENT THINGS YOU HAVE TO PUT IN THERE, AND BASEBALL PLAYERS HAVE TO CARRY THEIR BAG WITH THEIR BAGS AND ALL THAT STUFF.

BUT IF SOMEBODY IS COMING AND THEY'RE WALKING AROUND WITH A BACKPACK AT A FOOTBALL GAME, FIRST, I WOULD BE SUSPECT OF THAT TO BEGIN WITH.

I'M PERFECTLY OKAY WITH CLEAR FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE SPECTATORS.

>> YES, SIR. GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU.

>> BUT DURING THE DAY, WE'RE HAVING A CLEAR BACKPACK.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ADDRESSING, DURING THE DAY WITH CLEAR BACKPACK?

>> REBECCA HAD THAT QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF WE GOT IT.

>> YEAH. ATHLETES.

>> I KNOW FOR THIS YEAR, WE HAVE TO BUY THE BACKPACK AND THEY ALL HAVE MATCHING BACKPACKS AND THEY'RE 100 SOMETHING PLUS DOLLARS, AND THEN WE'VE ALREADY BOUGHT THEM FOR NEXT YEAR AND THEN IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY, NEVER MIND, YOU CAN'T USE THESE.

I CAN SEE SOME PARENTS BEING UPSET LIKE, WELL, WE JUST BOUGHT ALL THIS EQUIPMENT.

SHOULD COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TOO.

EVERYBODY HAS MATCHING STUFF AND EVERYBODY HAS ALL THE BOWS, AND I'M JUST SAYING ONE SPORT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF, BUT ALL THEIR SHOES, THEY'RE BOWS, THEIR UNIFORM, THEY'RE THIS, AND THEY'RE THAT.

AVERY'S BACKPACK IS PACKED FULL OF STUFF.

LIKE I SAID, I CAN SEE SOME PARENTS BEING LIKE, WHY DID WE JUST SPEND ALL THIS MONEY ON ALL OF THIS STUFF IF WE CAN'T EVEN UTILIZE IT FOR OUR KIDS? AGAIN, THAT'S A SMALL LITTLE THING AND I GET IT.

THERE'S ONLY 30 CHEERLEADERS OUT OF ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.

>> WELL, IT'S NOT A SMALL THING.

BECAUSE THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS THAT HAVE THE EXACT SAME THINGS, WHETHER IT BE BAND WHETHER IT'S [INAUDIBLE] TEAM.

>> I'M THINKING BAND HAS A BUNCH.

>> EXACTLY.

>> THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CLEAR BACKPACKS, WHAT ABOUT THEIR BAND INSTRUMENTS ARE IN THESE BIG BLACK CASES, ARE WE GOING TO SAY, THEY COULD PUT STUFF IN THERE? AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, I THINK YOU START GETTING INTO A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS, WHERE AT THE ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH LEVEL, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTAINED.

I FEEL LIKE HIGH SCHOOL, THERE'S JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT AVENUES WITH IT.

>> BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT INITIATED POLICY AND THEN TURN IT RIGHT AROUND AND TEAR IT APART BY MAKING EXEMPTIONS.

WHY EVEN START AT ALL?

>> MR. MILLER, HOW HAS IT WORKED WITH BAND AND CHEER AND ATHLETICS AT THE JUNIOR HIGH THIS YEAR?

>> YES, SIR. THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.

I WAS GOING TO LEAD INTO THAT.

ATHLETES OR MUSICIANS THAT HAVE THE BAGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, THEY COME IN AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL DAY, AND THEY DROP THAT OFF AT THE BAND HALL.

THEY DROP IT OFF IN THEIR ATHLETIC LOCKER ROOM OR WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE COACH OR THEIR PERSPECTIVE PROGRAM.

THE ACTUAL CARRYING OF THE BAG FROM 8:40 AM-4:40 PM.

>> THAT I COULD MORE AGREE ON BECAUSE THEY HAVE LOCKERS.

IF YOU'RE PART OF AN ATHLETICS, YOU'VE GOT A LOCKER THAT'S ASSIGNED TO YOU.

I THINK IF THAT WAS THE EXPECTATION AND IT WAS JUST MORE LIKE GOING FROM PERIOD TO PERIOD FIRST TO SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, DURING THE ACTUAL SCHOOL CURRICULUM HOURS, THEN YEAH, YOU GOT TO [INAUDIBLE] THEIR BACKPACK.

>> YES, MA'AM. THAT IS THE THOUGHT PROCESS ENTIRELY IN THAT RESPECT.

TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND THERE'S BEEN NO ISSUES WITH BAND OR ATHLETICS AT THE JUNIOR HIGH SINCE IMPLEMENTING THE POLICIES BECAUSE THEY ARE ABLE TO DROP THEIR STUFF OFF PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL DAY STARTING.

>> THAT MAKES SENSE.

>> DOCTOR, YOU HAVE SOME MORE?

>> I'LL GO FAST. BUT JUST MAKING SURE SO THAT I CAN MAKE SURE THAT I'M ADDING OR DELETING.

PIERCINGS WAS ONE THAT WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT PUTTING IN THERE.

DID WE DECIDE ABOUT THE PAJAMA PANTS?

>> WELL, [OVERLAPPING] THE WAY YOU HAVE IT IS EXCEPT FOR DESIGNATED DAYS BECAUSE THEY HAVE DAYS WHERE THEY CAN WEAR PAJAMAS.

BACK TO MR. GUYTON'S POINT, WEARING PAJAMAS ALL THE TIME, IT'S LIKE THAT IN HIGH SCHOOL.

I THINK THAT YOU'RE ESTABLISHING A CULTURE WHERE YOU WANT KIDS TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IF YOU'RE PREPARING FOR THE OUTSIDE WORLD.

ALL TEACHERS DON'T GET TO WEAR PAJAMAS LIKE EVERY DAY, DO THEY?

>> I CAN JUST SEE WHERE IT COULD BE AN INTERPRETATION ON IT IF THAT'S PAJAMAS OR NOT BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE JOGGERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY'RE SWEATPANTS.

THEY'RE ALSO SLEEPWEAR AT THE SAME TIME.

WHO'S TO KNOW IF IT'S A NIGHT GOWN.

>> THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL MAKES THE DETERMINATION.

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>> THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT [OVERLAPPING] HAVE THAT JUDGMENT THERE.

>> I'M NOT NECESSARILY AGAINST PAJAMA PANTS.

I JUST THINK IT'S WEIRD.

BUT WHEN I GO TO HGB AND I'M SEEING GROWN ADULTS WEARING AND I THINK, THAT'S STRANGE, BUT WHAT THE HELL.

>> I AGREE WITH DR. SANCHEZ, MR. GUYTON.

WE'RE TRAINING OUR KIDS TO BE PROFESSIONALS AND PAJAMAS, I DON'T THINK SHOULD BE [INAUDIBLE] [OVERLAPPING] MORNING TO NIGHT, THEY CAN WEAR THEM, NOT AT SCHOOL.

>> CORRECT. WE HAVE IT RIGHT HERE, THE PRINCIPAL DETERMINES.

>> YEAH, AND THAT'S GOOD.

>> WE CAN LET THEM DO THAT.

THIS ONE, AGAIN, WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION COMING IN, I'M GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, AS YOU RECALL.

THIS WAS THE RULES FOR THIS YEAR.

WE WANT TO HAVE SOME MORE CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT THE RULES, THE TIMES BEFORE AND AFTER AND DURING LUNCH.

I WILL BE TALKING WITH THE THREE ADMINISTRATORS AS WELL AND GETTING ANY OTHER INPUT THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE ON THAT BEFORE I FINALIZE THAT.

I WILL SAY THAT WE DID TAKE THIS TO THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT INCLUDES ALL OUR PRINCIPALS, DIRECTORS, COORDINATORS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, AND THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO BAN IT ENTIRELY.

>> THE HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR HIGH PRINCIPALS, HAVE THEY HAD ANY INPUT ON THIS?

>> THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT I'M GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THEM ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO BECAUSE IT'S THREE OF THEM.

MR. MARTINEZ WAS ALREADY HERE.

[INAUDIBLE] JUST GOT HERE ABOUT A MONTH AGO, AND MR. [INAUDIBLE] IS NOT QUITE HERE YET.

I'M WORKING WITH ALL THREE OF THEM.

>> [OVERLAPPING] FIND OUT WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH ALL THE TELEPHONE USAGE.

>> CORRECT.

>> DO YOU THINK THAT DISCIPLINE STARTED TO CHANGE WHEN DRESS CODES AND GROOMING STANDARDS STARTED TO CHANGE IN OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF.

THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE HYPOTHETICALS I'M THROWING OUT.

>> I CAN GIVE YOU MY PERCEPTION AS A FORMER PRINCIPAL IN THE DISTRICT FOR OVER A DECADE NOW.

WE HAD A VERY STRICT, LIKE I SAID, WE WERE STILL MAKING KIDS SHAVE WHEN I WENT TO THE JUNIOR HIGH, AND THE PERCEPTION BEFORE I GOT THERE AND WHAT I HEARD FROM TEACHERS AND WHAT I HEARD FROM PARENTS IS THE SAME PERCEPTION NOW AT THE JUNIOR HIGH.

I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS THE MAIN ISSUE.

>> YOU'RE TYING THE TEACHER GROOMING STANDARDS AND ALL THAT IN THERE.

BECAUSE I'M JUST THINKING BACK TO WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL.

MAYBE I'M GOING FARTHER BACK. [LAUGHTER].

>> JUST A LITTLE BIT.

>> MY MALE TEACHERS WORE A TIE.

IT WAS ALWAYS MISTER AND MISS AND YES, SIR, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE LADIES DRESSED DIFFERENTLY.

WE WERE EXPECTED TO DRESS.

WE HAD TO TUCK OUR SHIRTS IN FOR THIS GUY RIGHT HERE WHEN I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH.

WE HAD TO BE GROOMED APPROPRIATELY.

I DON'T KNOW. LIKE I SAID, JUST HYPOTHETICALLY.

>> I'VE BEEN A PRINCIPAL WHERE IN THE DISTRICT AT A TIME WHERE WOMEN HAD TO WEAR CLOSED TOED SHOES OR IT WAS BEING DISCUSSED.

ACTUALLY, NO, IT WAS THE POLICY.

I DO AGREE THAT OVER TIME, WE'VE BECOME MORE RELAXED ON THE TEACHER DRESS CODE.

I THINK THAT'S A FACTUAL STATEMENT. I'M NOT SO SURE.

I THINK THERE ARE OTHER THINGS.

I CAN TELL YOU PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST MOST SUCCESSFUL TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT, I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM IN A TIE.

WEARS A T-SHIRT PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE DAY.

>> LIKE AN ALGEBRA TEACHER. [LAUGHTER]

>> YOU KNOW. I THINK HE'S PROBABLY THE BEST TEACHER IN THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

I'VE SEEN TEACHERS WEARING TIES, AND THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO TEACH.

TO ME, IT'S MORE A MATTER OF OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR KIDS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ACCEPT AND THEIR WORK PRODUCTS, WHAT STANDARDS THAT WE HOLD FOR THEM IN PRODUCING AND ENGAGING IN ACADEMIC CONTENT MORE THAN WHAT WE DO OR DO NOT ALLOW OUR TEACHERS OR KIDS TO WEAR FOR THAT MATTER.

I THINK THAT AS A SOCIETY IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE GOT TO PUSH TO MAINTAIN A HIGH STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT IS, AND I'M NOT SO SURE THAT THAT'S CORRELATED TO WHAT WE AS ADULTS MAY PERCEIVE AS PROFESSIONAL DRESS.

>> I THINK, MR. GUYTON, I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY, HOW DO YOU HAVE VINTAGE VALUES IN A MODERN WORLD.

I THINK THAT IT'S STRIKING THAT BALANCE TO WHAT MR. ESTRADA IS, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, NO MATTER WHAT WE AGREED TO, I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF THE CONSISTENCY AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT.

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BECAUSE ONCE PEOPLE SEE THAT IT'S NOT BEING IMPLEMENTED OR CONSISTENTLY BEING MONITORED, IT'S GOING TO GO TO THE WAYSIDE NO MATTER WHAT WE DECIDE.

I THINK THE ROOT CAUSE OF THAT IS REALLY GOING TO BE ONCE WE DETERMINE WHAT THIS IS GOING TO BE AS FAR AS STRESS ATTIRE, IT'S GOT TO BE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IT HANDS DOWN.

>> TO ME, IT'S JUST FASCINATING. I THINK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.

I WAS DRIVING HOME TODAY AND I PICKED UP ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS WHO WAS WALKING HOME FROM THE JUNIOR HIGH.

WHEN SHE GOT IN, I SAID, HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU GET THROUGH NOT BEING DRESS CODED TODAY WITH THIS OUTFIT? [LAUGHTER] I DON'T SEE THEM WHEN THEY LEAVE HOME.

I LEAVE HOME BEFORE THEM BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT OF ARGUING AND FIGHTING AND GETTING READY IN THE MORNING. [LAUGHTER].

>> YOU LEAVE THAT TO LISA? [OVERLAPPING] THAT'S SO KIND

>> WE BOTH LEAVE.

>> HOW CONVENIENT.

>> THEY GET THEMSELVES TO SCHOOL.

SHE SAID, NO, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS.

>> TOM, I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ABOARD.

YOU'RE OFFICIALLY OLD NOW.

>> COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BOYS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEIR HAIR COULDN'T TOUCH THE COLLAR.

>> WELL, AND WHILE WE'RE TALKING ON THIS NOT CULTURAL, BUT AGE TYPE THING, HOW THINGS ARE DIFFERENT, I FEEL THE SAME WAY WITH PIERCINGS.

I KNOW WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE DIFFERENT COLORED HAIR AND DEFINITELY NO PIERCINGS.

BUT I THINK AT THIS DAY AND AGE, A NOSE PIERCING FOR A GIRL IS JUST VERY WIDELY ACCEPTED.

I CAN TELL YOU MY DAUGHTER ISN'T GOING TO LEARN DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE A PERSON SITTING NEXT TO HER HAS A NOSE PIERCING.

IT'S NOT DISTRACTING TO THEM.

IT MAY BE DISTRACTING FOR AN ADULT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT USED TO IT AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH IT OR WHATEVER, BUT PEER TO PEER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, THIS IS JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION, I THINK WE HAVE BIGGER FISH TO FRY THAN IF A GIRL SHOWS UP WITH A NOSE PIERCING OR AN EYEBROW RING.

I'M GLAD THEY CAME TO SCHOOL.

>> I'M JUST SORRY. I HOPE THEY DON'T GET INTO ANY ALTERCATION FOR SAFETY REASONS, I'M THINKING HERE.

SOMEBODY'S GOING TO JERK THAT OFF.

>> [OVERLAPPING] THAT'S THE BALANCE THAT WANT TO HAVE EXPECTATIONS FOR KIDS AND SETTING THEM UP FOR LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

WE ALSO HAVE TO BALANCE THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON OUR STAFF TO MONITOR AND POLICE WHATEVER EXPECTATIONS THAT WE HAVE.

I THINK, MR. LOCKHART, YOU MENTIONED CHOOSING YOUR BATTLES EARLIER THIS EVENING.

BUT I THINK THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE AND BE CONSIDERING, IS THAT HOW DO WE BALANCE THESE EXPECTATIONS ALSO WITH WHAT ARE WE GOING TO HAVE OUR STAFF DOING ALL DAY LONG IN TERMS OF ENFORCING AND WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT KEYS?

>> WELL, THEN WE CAN ALWAYS REVISIT.

IT'S NOT THAT WE WANT TO PUT ANYTHING AND SET IT IN STONE, BUT THAT YOU SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT.

IF IT DOESN'T, YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE HOW YOU REVISIT IT AND MONITOR IS IT WORKING, IS IT NOT WORKING? BECAUSE AGAIN, IF IT'S NOT MONITORED, IT'S GOING TO BE OPTIONAL.

AGAIN, THERE HAS TO BE A BALANCE TRUE, BUT AGAIN, WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING OUR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO?

>> I DO THINK TRANSITIONING TO THE CELL PHONE.

THE CELL PHONE ISSUE IS, IN MY OPINION, HINDERS KIDS ABILITIES TO LEARN DURING THE DAY.

IT'S BEEN PROVEN. IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS CAUSING ANXIETY AND STRESS IN OUR KIDS.

I WANT TO PUSH THE CONVERSATION FORWARD ON THE CELL PHONE ISSUE [INAUDIBLE].

>> BEFORE YOU START, COULD I JUST GET YOU TO CHANGE POWERED OFF DURING THOSE TIMES BECAUSE THAT'S CONFUSING FOR ME.

SHOULDN'T THAT SAY POWERED OFF BETWEEN THESE TIMES, FROM 8:45-4:30? BECAUSE DURING THESE TIMES, I TURN MY PHONE OFF AT 8:45, AT 8:46 I TURN IT BACK ON.

SAME THING WITH 4:30. FOR ME, THAT'S UNCLEAR.

>> KEEP IT POWERED OFF BETWEEN.

>> I COULD ARGUE WITH YOU ALL DAY HOW I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE PUNISHED BECAUSE YOU WROTE IT WRONG.

>> HE WAS NICER WHEN HE [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER]

>> TRUST ME, I AGREE.

>> I THINK THE CONSENSUS, I THINK WITH THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM, WAS THAT JUST BAN IT ENTIRELY BECAUSE IT'S ONE MORE THING YOU'RE HAVING TO MONITOR.

I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH THAT IS HELPING IN THE CLASSROOM.

AGAIN, I THINK YOU'LL HAVE THE ANXIOUS GENERATION BOOK.

IT'S MAKING ME MORE ANXIOUS.

I READ IT, AND I FINISH THE BOOK, BUT IT REALLY TALKS ABOUT HOW IT'S AFFECTING OUR KIDS DURING THE DAY.

WE'RE GOING TO GET DATA FROM PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE REMEMBER THEY BANNED IT AND THEY PILOTED THAT, AND WHAT THAT DID.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU JUST RIGHT NOW JUST PRELIMINARILY, THEY GOT MORE CREDIT CLASSES DONE.

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THEY GOT MORE GENUITY CLASSES.

IT'S BEEN INTERESTING TO SEE THE DATA THAT THEY'VE HAD FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR JUST WITH THE PHONE.

>> THIS MAY ALSO BE A MOOT POINT.

THE LEGISLATURE MAY MANDATE.

WE DO ACTUALLY THIS WEEK.

IT'S IN COMMITTEE THE HOUSE HAS A VERSION.

I FORGET THE HOUSE NUMBER AND THE SENATE HAS A VERSION.

BOTH OF THEM IF IT PASSES, BOTH OF THEM ARE SIMILAR IN THAT THEY WOULD REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SAFELY SECURE ALL DEVICES SOMEWHERE AND TO TAKE IT FROM KIDS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M FOLLOWING AT THE STATE LEVEL JUST TO SEE IS THE STATE GOING TO DO SOMETHING? THERE'S NO FUNDING, OF COURSE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE BOTH HAVE VERSIONS, AND IT'S GETTING SOME TRACTION.

>> IF FOR SOME REASON, IT DOESN'T.

I'M ALSO FOLLOWING UP WITH OUR ATTORNEY ON SOME OTHER LEGAL THINGS THAT WE CAN DO THAT KEEP US WITHIN THE COMPLIANCE OF THE RULES, BUT AN EXAMPLE MIGHT BE WE'RE KEEPING THE PHONE LONGER.

WE'RE NOT PICKING IT UP FOR JUST A DAY.

WE'RE PICKING IT UP FOR FIVE DAYS.

THEN YOU PICK IT SECOND TIME, MAYBE IT'S 10 DAYS SO IT'S KEEPING IT AND THEN CHARGING IF YOU WANT, BUT I'M CHECKING ON ALL OF THAT WITH OUR ATTORNEY.

THOSE ARE SOME IDEAS OF HOW WE CAN CONTINUE.

>> TO THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW AT PRIDE, THEY PHYSICALLY COLLECT PHONE AS THEY ENTER THE BUILDING AND THEY GET IT BACK WHEN THEY LEAVE, I SUPPOSE?

>> YES, OF COURSE.

>> WE HAD A PHONE POLICY WHEN I WAS AT PRIDE AND I HAD VERY LITTLE TROUBLE WITH IT BECAUSE IF YOU DIDN'T TURN IT OVER TO THE TEACHER, THEN YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH ME, AND IF YOU DIDN'T TURN IT OVER TO ME, THEN YOU WERE SUSPENDED.

PLAIN AND SIMPLE. IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL, AND IF THEY GET AWAY WITH IT ONCE, THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO CONTINUE TO GET AWAY WITH IT UNTIL THEY GET BUSTED AND UNTIL IT COSTS THEM SOMETHING.

THERE HAS TO BE SOME LOSS, UNFORTUNATELY, BEFORE IT MAKES AN IMPRESSION ON CERTAIN PEOPLE.

I THINK THE BIG THING IS ENFORCEMENT AND I KNOW THE TEACHERS SAY THIS IS NOT WHY WE'RE HERE, BUT IT CAN BE LIKE WHEN YOU'RE AN ADMINISTRATOR AND IT'S OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED, AND YOU JUST TAKE AND RUN WITH IT.

>> AGREE. THE LAST THING IS REMOVAL TIME FOR OFFENSES, AS YOU RECALL, THESE WERE WHEN VAPES CAME INTO PLAY.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS FROM THE STATE THAT MANDATED THAT WE REMOVE THEM FOR LDMC OR DAP PLACEMENT.

THE CURRENT GUIDANCE ON THE LEFT IS JUST THE POSSESSION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

THAT WOULD BE LIKE WHAT FORMERLY SHOULD BE KNOWN AS A CIGARETTE.

NOW IT'S VAPED TOBACCO PRODUCT.

THEY WERE GIVEN THE FIRST OFFENSE 30 DAYS, 45, AND THEN 60.

FOR DRUGS, IT'S 45, 60, AND 90 ON THOSE OFFENSES.

THE PROPOSED GUIDANCE IS CHANGING THE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD OFFENSE TO 10, 20, AND 30 DAYS BECAUSE IT WOULD BE, AGAIN, AS IF YOU WERE HOLDING A CIGARETTE OR HAVING A CIGARETTE BACK FIVE YEARS AGO BEFORE VAPE OR WHENEVER THOSE CAME INTO PLAY, AND KEEPING THE DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND HAVING NO CHANGE TO THAT.

>> IS THIS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROPOSAL?

>> YES. WE'VE HAD INPUT FROM THEM IN MINIMIZING THE TOBACCO.

>> JUST TO CLARIFY, THE VAPE CAN ALSO BE A DRUG IF IT HAS THC AND VERSUS A NICOTINE VAPES.

>> THIS PAST YEAR, WE'VE HAD ABOUT 42 OF THOSE ON THE TOBACCO AND ABOUT 102 ON THE THC.

>> THIRTY FOR TOBACCO [INAUDIBLE].

>> THAT WAS A FEEDBACK AS WELL.

>> THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION?

>> YES, MA'AM.

>> IF THE TOBACCO OFFENSES INCREASE, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF GOING BACK TO THOSE?

>> WE CAN ALWAYS CHANGE.

IT'S ALWAYS THE DISCRETION OF WHAT WE DECIDED AS THE DISTRICT TO DO AND ENFORCE.

>> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS TOO, WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE LDMC, WE HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SEATS.

WHAT OFFENSES DO WE WANT TO HAVE AVAILABLE AND WE DON'T IN TERMS OF ADMINISTRATION ARE THINKING, IF A KID HAS CIGARETTES, THEY NEED TO HAVE CONSEQUENCES.

BUT IF A KID DOES SOMETHING MUCH MORE EGREGIOUS, WE CAN'T HAVE SOMEONE WITH A CIGARETTE IN THAT CHAIR THAT THE OTHER KID NEEDS TO BE THERE.

SOME OF THE THINKING AROUND THIS ALSO IS THE STATE REQUIRES THAT THEY GO.

WE GET TO DETERMINE FOR HOW LONG.

SAVING THE SEATS FOR PERSISTENT MISBEHAVIOR

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OR OFFENSES SO AGREE JUST A KID NEEDS TO BE SIT OVER THERE.

>> WHAT DO WE DO WITH A SMOKING KID WITH MULTIPLE FACIAL PIERCINGS AND [LAUGHTER]

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> AND SAGGING.

>> ARE WE HAVING ISSUES WITH CELL PHONES WITH ELEMENTARY KIDS?

>> NO, SIR.

>> REALLY, THE JUNIOR HIGH HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.

THEY'RE AWAY AT THE JUNIOR HIGH ALSO.

IT'S PRETTY RARE AT THE JUNIOR HIGH THAT WE SEE PHONES OUT? BECAUSE THEY LOSE IT IMMEDIATELY.

>> IT'S AT HIGH SCHOOL THAT [INAUDIBLE].

YOU HARDLY SEE IT AT MIDDLE SCHOOL.

>> THANK YOU, DR. CAMERA. IN THE INTEREST OF GETTING OUT OF HERE BEFORE MIDNIGHT, LET'S CONTINUE.

ITEM 8F REVIEW,

[Review 2025-2026 ESC-13 Commitment Forms]

2025-2026, ESC13 COMMITMENT FORM.

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

I'M HERE TO JUST PRESENT THE RE-SUBSCRIPTION TO OUR REGION 13 COOP.

IT INCLUDES [INAUDIBLE] AND THE TICKS ITEM BANK.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR.

>> JUST RENEWING STUFF, WE'VE BEEN DOING ALL ALONG?

>> WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT ALL?

>> SAY THAT AGAIN.

>> YOU RECOMMEND THAT'S WHAT WE CONTINUE TO DO?

>> YES, I DO.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BOARD?

>> THANK YOU, SIR. ITEM 8G,

[Review 2025 Tax Rate to be Published]

REVIEWED 2025 TAX RATE TO BE PUBLISHED, MISS WEISER.

>> GOOD EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD AND MR. ESTRADA.

EVERY YEAR WHEN WE ADOPT OUR BUDGET, WE DO HAVE TO POST A TAX RATE IN THE NEWSPAPER, AND WE HAVE TO APPROVE THAT TAX RATE TO BE POSTED.

THE TAX RATE THAT I HAVE HERE BEFORE YOU IS OUR CURRENT TAX RATE.

BECAUSE IN JUNE WHEN WE'RE GOING TO POST A TAX RATE, WE DON'T KNOW THE TAX RATE.

WE DON'T GET IT FROM THE TAX EDUCATION AGENCY UNTIL AUGUST 5.

WHAT WE DO IS WE POST THE CURRENT TAX RATE.

KNOWING THAT THROUGH COMPRESSION, IT WILL BE LOWER BECAUSE IF WE POST A TAX RATE THAT'S LOWER THAN WHAT WE ACTUALLY ADOPT, WE HAVE TO REPOST IN THE PAPER.

WE POST THE CURRENT TAX RATE, WHICH IS 95.46 PENNIES.

WE'LL TAKE THAT FOR APPROVAL AT THE JUNE 2 BOARD MEETING.

>> THE WAY WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BOARD? THANK YOU, MISS WEISER.

LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM H,

[Review Date for Public Meeting on 2025-2026 Budget]

REVIEW DATE FOR PUBLIC MEETING ON 2025-2026 BUDGET.

>> MUCH LIKE THE TAX RATE, WE ALSO HAVE TO HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING WHEN WE ARE ADOPTING OUR BUDGET FOR ANY TYPE OF PUBLIC COMMENT ON OUR BUDGET FOR '25-'26.

WE WILL ALSO ADOPT THE DATE OF THAT PUBLIC HEARING AT OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP ON JUNE 2.

>> NO QUESTIONS, BOARD? THANK YOU, MR. WEISER.

>> ITEM 8I, DISTRICTWIDE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT REPORT FINDING MR. MILLER.

[Districtwide Intruder Detection Audit Report Findings]

>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT WRIGHT. BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.

OUR TOP PRIORITY AT LOCKHART ISD, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, KEEPING STUDENTS SAFE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY RECENTLY CONDUCTED AN INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT AT ONE OR MORE OF OUR CAMPUSES.

THE AUDIT TESTS WHETHER THE CAMPUS IS ACCESSIBLE TO UNAUTHORIZED INDIVIDUALS.

THIS AUDIT SEEKS TO HELP DISTRICTS IDENTIFY HOW CAMPUSES CAN IMPROVE SAFETY FOR STUDENTS SUCH AS ENSURING EXTERIOR DOORS ARE LOCKED AND PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A SAFER LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE TRAINING ALL OF OUR STAFF, SECURING OUR DOORS FOR THE PROTECTION OF EVERYONE ON OUR CAMPUSES.

SUPPORT FROM THE STATE AND CONDUCTING THE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY ACTIONS WE ARE TAKING TO ENSURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE.

WE KNOW THAT THIS WORK DOES NOT END AND WE APPRECIATE THE BOARD SUPPORT.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE INTERESTED IN THE DETAILS OF THE AUDIT RESULTS.

HOWEVER, IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE DO NOT SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH THE BROADER PUBLIC, AS IT COULD LEAD TO COMPROMISING IMPORTANT SAFETY CAMPUS SECURITY INFORMATION.

SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE.

LOCKHART ISD IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A SAFE AND SECURE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND ALL OF OUR STAFF.

>> AS MR. MILLER SAID THIS IS SOMETHING THAT

[02:35:02]

THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION WITH MR. MILLER, AND ANY RESULTS OF THAT CONVERSATION IS CONFIDENTIAL AS ALLOWED BY STATE LAW.

WE HAVE MADE THIS STATEMENT AS REQUIRED. ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD?

>> THANK YOU, MR. MILLER.

>> ITEM 8J, BID RELEASE FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER

[Bid Release for Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) for Middle School #2 ]

AT RISK CMAR FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBER 2.

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

LAST BOARD MEETING ON 324, THE BOARD APPROVED TO USE THE CMAR AS OUR METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTION.

TODAY, I'M GOING TO COMMUNICATE.

WE'RE GOING TO GO OFF FOR A BID FOR THIS.

WE'LL DO A ONE STEP PROCESS.

IT'LL BE BY NUMBERS, WE'LL CATEGORIZE EACH WHOEVER BIDS COME IN, AND WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU NEXT MONTH FOR APPROVAL.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE?

>> THANK YOU, SIR. ITEM 8K,

[Review Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Geotech for Middle School #2]

REVIEW QUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, RFQ FOR GEOTECH FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBER 2.

AS WE DID, LIKE ON THE LAST BOMB, WE WENT OUT AND WE GOT A GEOTECH FIRM TO COME IN AND DO ALL THE ENGINEERING ON THE SLABS AND STUFF.

FOR ALL THE ROADWAYS AND ALL THE EVERYTHING GOES OUT THERE, THEY DO BORING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

WE NEED TO GO OUT FOR A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS.

WE'LL TRY TO AT LEAST GET THREE OF THOSE TO COME IN AND WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING FOR APPROVAL AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> QUESTIONS, BOARD?

>> NO QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAPMAN.

ITEM 8L, ADDITIONAL SCOPE OF WORK FOR BOND 2022.

[Additional Scope of work for Bond 2022]

>> GOOD EVENING AGAIN. ADDITIONAL SCOPE OF WORK FOR BOND 2022.

HOW DID THIS BUBBLE UP? WE HAD SOME SAVINGS FROM THE ADDITION OF THE RENOVATIONS OF THE PROJECT AND SOME BOND INTEREST.

IN THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WE WENT THROUGH, WE FOUND SOME HIGH LEVEL PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

WE WANT TO BRING THOSE TO YOU GUYS FOR COMMUNICATION FOR APPROVAL NEXT TIME.

WE'LL SEE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.

YOU'LL SEE EACH PROJECT THAT GOES WITH THIS.

THESE FUNDS CANNOT BE USED TO BASICALLY PAY OFF THE BONDS, SO WE CAN USE THESE TO ACTUALLY DO THE CONSTRUCTION.

OUR FIRST ONE WOULD BE THE LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL COURTYARD AND CANOPY.

THAT WOULD EXTEND FROM THE ACTUAL CAFETERIA OVER TO THAT CORNER THAT GOES INTO THAT HALLWAY, RIGHT THERE.

THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE SATING AND OUTDOOR EATING WHEN IT RAINS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AS WELL.

>> THIS WOULD BE TRANSPARENT CANOPY OR SOLID CANOPY?

>> NO, THIS IS A SOLID STRUCTURAL CANOPY. THIS IS STEEL.

>> NOT LIKE CANVAS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

>> NO, SIR. THIS IS A SOLID STRUCTURAL CANOPY THAT WILL KEEP RAIN OUT, HAS ITS OWN DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND ALL THAT.

OUR NEXT ONE IS EXISTING CAFETERIA ACOUSTIC PANELS.

AS YOU SEE IN THESE PICTURES, THE ONE ON THE RIGHT, THE ACTUAL BLUEPRINT DRAWINGS.

THE DARKER ONES ARE THE ADDED PANELS ON EACH SIDE ABOVE THE SERVING LINE, AND ALSO ON THE OTHER SIDE TOWARDS THE NEW ADDITION.

THE RED PANELS THAT HANG THERE CURRENTLY OVER THAT SERVING LINE THAT WAS USED TO BE THE STAGE AREA.

THOSE ARE ACTUALLY SOUND BOOSTERS, ACTUALLY REFLECT SOUND BACK TO YOU.

THOSE WILL BE REMOVED, AND WE'LL ACTUALLY ADD SOME PANELS ON THE WALL BEHIND WHERE THOSE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TO TRY TO DAMPEN THE SOUND IN THAT EXISTING CAFETERIA.

THE NEXT ONE WAS THE STUDENT PARKING LOT, ASPHALT LIGHTING AND FOR THE STUDENT SAFETY IN THAT AREA.

THAT WHOLE AREA IN RED RIGHT THERE WILL BE ASPHALTED, WITH STRIPING AND HAVE LIGHTING.

>> THAT'S NICE. IT'S GREAT.

>> THAT MAKE THAT A LOT MORE USEFUL.

>> FOOTBALL GAMES [INAUDIBLE].

>> THAT'S GOING TO BE NICE.

>> KIDS LOVES TO PLAY A LOT.

>> THE CAMPUS HAS GROWN, ADDING MORE TEACHERS, MORE KIDS.

WE HAVE TO USE THAT PARKING LOT, AND WE HAVE TO FIX IT NOW THAT WE'RE UTILIZING IT.

>> THAT'S FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE ATHLETIC.

THEY'RE OUT OF TOWN, THEY COME BACK VERY LATE. THEY'RE PARKING LOT.

>> GREAT JOB.

>> IS THAT GOING TO BE AT ANY TIME [INAUDIBLE]?

>> YES, THAT WILL HAVE LIGHT. EACH POLE ACTUALLY HAS 22 LIGHTS ON THE EACH POLE.

OUR NEXT ONE IS IN LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL BACK LIT LION.

THAT IS THE BACK OF THE GO PACK.

THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE AN ACRYLIC TYPE LION, LIKE [INAUDIBLE], BUT YOU'LL SEE THE COLOR DURING THE DAY.

THAT HAS LIGHTS BEHIND IT THAT ARE CHANGING.

IT CAN BE WHITE EVERY OTHER DAY OR EVERY DAY YOU WANT TO HAVE IT, AND THEN ON WINDS, YOU COULD ACTUALLY TURN THOSE LIGHTS [OVERLAPPING].

[02:40:01]

>> IT'S GREAT.

>> THAT'S THE [INAUDIBLE] TOWER.

>> DID WE LOOK AT DOING AN L L? [LAUGHTER]

>> NO, ACTUALLY, WE DID NOT LOOK AT THE L L.

>> IS IT GOING TO BE MAROON? [LAUGHTER]

>> IT WILL BE VERY NICE. I LIKE IT.

>> IT IS GREAT.

>> WE'LL HAVE A WHITE LIGHT BEHIND IT, AND THEN WE CAN CHANGE IT TO MAROON.

>> ACTUALLY, STANDING AT THE 50 YARD LINE, YOU CAN SEE THE WHOLE LINE.

>> THAT'S GREAT.

>> NEXT, WE HAVE THE DRIVEWAY ON THE OLD TENNIS COURSE TO MAKE GET RID OF THAT BUMPY CAR SWALLOWING AREA RIGHT THERE.

ACTUALLY PUT THAT IN CONCRETE SO THE PARKING CAN BE [OVERLAPPING]

>> BECAUSE THE SAND IS GOING TO BE MOVED.

>> THAT IS GOING TO BE REMOVED AS WELL.

>> NEXT, YOU HAVE THE LOCKHART WEIGHT ROOM SAFETY REPAIRS.

>> IN FOOTBALL SEASON?

>> YES. [LAUGHTER]

THIS IS A BIG DEAL. THAT IS ACTUALLY A PICTURE OF OUR FLOOR IN OUR WEIGHT ROOM.

>> OH, MY GOSH.

>> I THINK ANYBODY'S REALIZE. THERE ARE FOUR LOCATIONS OF THIS AREA.

WE ARE PROPOSING TO FIX ALL FOUR OF THESE AND THIS HAS GOT TO HAPPEN.

I REALLY WANT TO REQUEST AND SHOW THESE PICTURES TO EVERYBODY.

>> IN THIS PROJECT, WE'RE GOING TO ADD MORE RUBBER ON TOP TO MINIMIZE THIS TO HAPPEN EVER AGAIN.

>> THE FLIP OVER.

>> GREAT.

>> NEXT IS LOCKHART PORTABLE REPURPOSING.

WITH ADDITION TO LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL, WE ACTUALLY ARE NOT GOING TO USING FOUR THE PORTABLES OF THE CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW.

WE'D LIKE TO REPURPOSE THOSE TO MOVE OVER TO LDMC.

TO GET RID OF THE AGING ONES OVER THERE, THEY'RE MOST IN THEIR LIFE.

I'LL SHOW YOU GUYS SOME SLIDES HERE SHOWING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

THESE ARE THE FOUR PORTABLES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO MOVE OVER TO LDMC.

EACH ONE OF THESE PORTABLES HAVE TWO CLASSROOMS PER PORTABLE.

THAT'LL BRING EIGHT CLASSROOMS OVER THERE.

THIS IS THE CURRENT LAYOUT FOR THE LDMC RIGHT NOW.

WE WOULD ACTUALLY DEMO THOSE TWO PORTABLES AND ALSO DEMO THAT OLD BUILDING THIS THERE THAT HAS THIRD FLOORS.

THESE PORTABLES ARE NO USE.

WE ACTUALLY HAD THE GUYS COME IN LOOK AT THEM.

THEY COULD ONLY BASICALLY MOVE THESE INTO THAT GRASS AREA AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE DEMOED.

SAME THING WITH THE BUILDING. THIS WOULD BE THE NEW LAYOUT.

WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE THOSE FOUR PORTABLES COMING IN AND GIVING US EIGHT CLASSROOMS. YOU ALSO WILL SEE THERE'S A RED FENCE AROUND THAT, THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PUT IN THROUGH THE ACTUAL SAFETY GRAM.

YOUR COST BREAKDOWN, ALL THESE PROJECTS TOGETHER WILL COME IN AT 1, 566, 978.

>> REQUIRE ENGINEERING WORK TO DO THAT.

>> ALL THE ENGINEERING HAS ALREADY BEEN LOOKED AT FOR ALL OF THIS STUFF, SO ALL THAT IS INCORPORATED INTO THIS. QUESTIONS?

>> YEAH. GOOD PROJECTS.

>> GOD. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR?

>> ONCE WE GET APPROVAL, WE'LL START MOVING.

I CAN GET A BETTER SCHEDULE FOR YOU FOR NEXT ONE AND GIVE SOME UPDATES.

WE'RE HOPING PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THIS WILL BE DONE BY THE FIRST OF SCHOOL.

THAT'S THE FOCUS.

>> WHAT'S THE PURPOSE FOR THE BACK LINE?

>> I CAN ANSWER THAT. THAT WAS PROMISED TO US WHEN WE DID THE WHOLE GO PACK AND ALL OF THAT BACK IN THE DAY.

I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A LION HAD ON.

THAT'S ALL THE DRAWINGS THAT WERE RENDERED BACK IN 20 WHAT WAS IT 2014. [OVERLAPPING]

>> 2015, 2016.

>> THAT COMPANY THAT WE WERE USING NEVER DELIVERED ON THAT.

SOME OF US THAT'S BEEN A SOURCE SPOT FOR ME.

>> FOR ME.

>> HOW DO WE MAKE SURE OUR BUILDINGS LOOK COMPLETE AND FINISHED AND [INAUDIBLE]

>> THAT'S THE FINISH OF WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE. ANY MORE QUESTIONS?

>> THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

>> PRIDE, CHRIS, I KNOW YOU THINK IT'S COSMETIC, BUT IT'S LINE PRIDE.

>> ITEM 8:00 AM BUDGET UPDATE.

[Budget Update]

MISS WEISER. LET'S HEAR CHEERFUL MISS WEISER. [OVERLAPPING]

>> WE IT COMES. [OVERLAPPING]

>> SEPARATE BUDGET. [LAUGHTER]

>> GOOD EVENING AGAIN. OUR LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP WAS ON MAY 5TH, AND A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN.

WE WANTED TO [LAUGHTER] GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE NOW.

WE'RE IN THE 89TH SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS ABOUT HOUSE BILL 2.

YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD IN THE NEWS OVER THE PAST WEEK WHAT THE SENATE HAS NOW PROPOSED ON HOUSE BILL 2 AS THEIR SUBSTITUTE.

[02:45:06]

I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH WHAT THAT IMPACT OF THAT SUBSTITUTE WILL LOOK LIKE FOR LOCKHART ISD.

THIS IS NOT THE LAW YET, BUT THIS IS WHAT HOUSE BILL 2 WAS AND NOW HAS EVOLVED TO THROUGH THIS SUBSTITUTE.

I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH NOT EVERY ITEM OF IT, IT'S A LOT OF ITEMS, BUT I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE ITEMS THAT IMPACT LOCKHART ISD.

HOUSE BILL 2 HAD A 392 ADDED TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, 340 OF THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NEW FUNDS TO LOCKHART ISD BECAUSE $55 OF IT WAS GOING TO BE REDUCED FROM THE CURRENT LAW ON THE GOLDEN PENNY YIELD.

THERE ARE 80 DISTRICTS.

WE ARE ONE OF THEM THAT HAVE OUR THREE GOLDEN PENNIES.

OUTSIDE OF BEING NON-PROPERTY WEALTHY DISTRICT.

IF YOU'RE A PROPERTY WEALTHY DISTRICT, AND YOU HAVE YOUR GOLDEN PENNIES, YOUR WEIGHTS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

BUT ON THE SIDE WHERE YOU HAVE GOLDEN PENNIES AND YOU ARE NOT A RECAPTURE DISTRICT, WHICH IS US, OUR YIELD WOULD BE REDUCED BY $55 TO HELP PAY FOR 55 OF THAT INCREASE ON THE 395.

WE WOULD SEE AN INCREASE OF 340.

THAT WAS REFLECTED IN OUR PROPOSAL WHEN WE WOULD SHOW WITH HOUSE BILL 2.

THE NET OF THAT WAS REFLECTED ALREADY.

THE SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE HAS A $55 INCREASE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT ONLY, WHICH IS $0 TO LOCKHART ISD BECAUSE IT INCLUDES THAT $55 REDUCTION ON THE GOLDEN PENNY SIDE.

THIS WOULD BE A $0 IMPACT TO LOCKHART ISD.

THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN HOUSE BILL 2 TO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION ALLOTMENT ON THE WEIGHTS.

THOSE WOULD START IN '25-'26.

THE SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE HAS THEM NOT STARTING UNTIL '26-'27.

FOR THIS BUDGET, THAT INCREASE WOULD BE GONE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR '25-'26 FISCAL YEAR.

BILINGUAL EDUCATION ALLOTMENT WOULD ALSO HAVE AN INCREASE, BUT IT WOULD BE STARTING ON THE HOUSE BILL SIDE IN '26-'27, SO WOULD NOT IMPACT THE '25-'26 FISCAL YEAR THAT WE'RE ADOPTING.

THEN ON THE SENATE COMMITTEE, THERE IS NO INCREASE IN WEIGHTS OR FUNDING ON THE BILINGUAL ALLOTMENT.

THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY.

AS I'M MOVING THROUGH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

ON THE STATE COMPED ALLOTMENT, THERE WOULD BE AN INCREASE IN WEIGHTS BEGINNING IN '26-'27, ALSO AN INCREASE IN ALLOCATION FOR DISTRICTS THAT DO HAVE A FULL DAY PRE-K PROGRAM, AND OTHER LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE COMPLICATED, IF IT'S LONG, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT THERE WOULD BE AN INCREASE.

OVERALL, THERE WOULD BE AN INCREASE BEGINNING IN '26-'27 FOR STATE COMP ED.

IN THE STATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE, THERE WOULD BE NO INCREASE TO THE STATE COMPED ALLOTMENT AND NO INCREASE FOR FULL DAY PRE-K PROGRAMS. FOR CTE AND HOUSE BILL 2, THERE ARE NO CHANGES.

ON THE SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE, IT DOES EXPAND JUNIOR ROTC INTO A CTE PROGRAM AND IT INCREASES FUNDING FOR P-TECH, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE DO WE? I GUESS SHOULDN'T HAVE PUT THAT ON THERE. I'M SORRY.

THERE ARE VARIOUS INCREASES IN TIA BEGINNING IN THE '26-'27 YEAR FOR HOUSE BILL 2.

THIS WOULD JUST BE A TIA ALLOTMENT.

>> WHAT IS TIA?

>> TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT.

EXCUSE ME. SAME THING AS THE HOUSE.

THEY HAD THE SAME INCREASE THE SENATE TOOK THERE SUGGESTION ON THAT.

ON THE SCHOOL SAFETY ALLOTMENT, THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGES TO FUNDING IN HOUSE BILL 2.

HOWEVER, ON THE SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE, THEY WOULD INCREASE THAT PER CAMPUS AMOUNT FROM 15,000 A CAMPUS TO 34,000 A CAMPUS.

THERE IS A SMALL NEW FINE ARTS ALLOTMENT BASED ON ADA WEIGHT FOR ANY STUDENT THAT WAS RECEIVING 225 MINUTES OF FINE ARTS EDUCATION INSTRUCTION PER WEEK.

IN THE SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE, THERE IS NO ALLOTMENT FOR FINE ARTS.

FOR THE NEW INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITY ALLOTMENT, WHICH THIS DOES IMPACT LOCKHART ISD FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A NEW FACILITY COMING ON BOARD, WHICH IS PORTRAIT LOOP ELEMENTARY.

HOUSE BILL HAS NO CHANGES TO THE CURRENT LAW.

THE SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE IS JUST INCREASING

[02:50:02]

THE ANNUAL CAP 100 MILLION-150 MILLION, AND IT'S CHANGING SOME OF THE MANY DISTRICTS ARE MAYBE NOT HAVE A NEW FACILITY, BUT THEY'RE CHANGING A FACILITY TO BE A CT FACILITY OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

IT'S A NEW FACILITY PER SE.

IT INCLUDES THESE TYPES OF CHANGES THAT MIGHT HAPPEN.

IT MAY NOT BE A FULLY BRAND NEW BUILDING FROM THE GROUND UP.

BUT THE WAY THAT THE INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITY ALLOTMENT WORKS IS WE GET $100 PER ADA AT THE NEW FACILITY THAT WE OPENED FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS, AND ALL THE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE NEW FACILITIES ACROSS THE STATE APPLY FOR THIS, IT'S EASY TO APPLY WHEN YOU HAVE A NEW FACILITY.

THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM, BUT DEPENDING ON HOW MANY APPLY, EVEN THOUGH IT IS $1,000 PER ADA, THERE'S $100 MILLION CAP.

SO MANY APPLY THAT 100 MILLION MAY MAKE THE THOUSAND COME DOWN TO 950 OR SOMETHING, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE CAP.

THIS INCREASES THAT CAP.

THERE IS A TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT THAT IS NOT IN HOUSE BILL 2.

IT IS IN SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE.

THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT A LOT IN THE NEWS.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A MANDATED TEACHER RAISE FOR TEACHERS ONLY THAT HAVE THREE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

IT WOULD BE $2,500 FOR TEACHERS WITH THREE AND FOUR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, $5,500 FOR TEACHERS WITH FIVE YEARS OR MORE OF EXPERIENCE, AND IT WOULD COST LOCKHART ISD ON TOP OF THE ALLOTMENT 200,000 IN THE EMPLOYER PORTION OF FRINGE BENEFITS TO GIVE THIS RAISE.

>> I GOT A QUESTION ON THAT.

>> SURE. HOPEFULLY, I CAN ANSWER. [LAUGHTER]

>> WELL, DOES THE STATE FUND THAT RAISE OR IS THAT JUST PART OF OUR BUDGET MANDATED.

>> WHAT HAPPENS IS UNLIKE THE WAY THAT WE RECEIVE OUR FUNDING IS WE HAVE A BASIC ALLOTMENT, WE HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT WEIGHTS THAT GO, ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.

WE HAVE A TIA, TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT.

WE'LL JUST NOW HAVE A NEW ALLOTMENT.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS ALL OF THE TEACHERS REPORTED IN PMS, THEY ARE REPORTED BASED ON WHAT THEY TEACH, WHERE THEY TEACH, WHO THEY TEACH, HOW THEY'RE CERTIFIED, HOW MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE IN THEIR TEACHING.

THAT'S HOW THEY'LL BE ABLE THROUGH OUR PMS SUBMISSION, BE ABLE TO CHECK, AND THEY WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE GAVE THOSE TEACHERS THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

>> THEY THEY WOULD GIVE US THAT ALLOTMENT.

>> THEY GIVE US THE ALLOTMENT AT $5,500*300 TEACHERS.

WHAT THEY DON'T GIVE US IS THE 11% INFRINGE BENEFIT THAT WE HAVE TO PAY, WHICH IS OUR EMPLOYER COSTS OF TRS AND MEDICARE.

>> THEY'LL GIVE IT TO US AFTER SUBMIT.

>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

>> AFTER THE TEACHERS THAT SUBMITTED THEIR EXPERIENCE.

>> CORRECT. JUST LIKE WHEN WE ADOPT OUR BUDGET IN JUNE AND WE DON'T REALLY TRUE UP UNTIL 15 MONTHS LATER IN SEPTEMBER, WHEN THAT FINAL PMS GOES THROUGH AND THEY HAVE THE LIST OF TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT, THEN [OVERLAPPING] THEY'LL PAY OUR ALLOTMENT OUT.

I'M ASSUMING THAT'S HOW THEY'LL DO IT.

BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY DO TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT, SO IT'LL WORK LIKE THE SAME.

THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE NURSES, LIBRARIANS, OR COUNSELORS OR ANY OTHER POSITION THAT I TYPED THAT WEIRD, I'M SORRY.

ANY OTHER POSITION IN THE DISTRICT.

IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANYONE.

>> JUST CLASSROOM TEACHERS.

>> IT IS JUST CLASSROOM TEACHERS.

THEY MUST BE A TEACHER OF RECORD.

WE HAVE 441 TEACHERS, 420 OF THEM ARE TEACHER OF RECORD.

DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? 330 OF OUR TEACHERS QUALIFY FOR THIS BECAUSE CURRENT ZERO STEP AND ONE STEP DO NOT QUALIFY.

WE HAVE ABOUT 60 TEACHERS IN THAT CATEGORY.

THIS WOULD BE A MANDATED RAISE FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES.

IT'S ABOUT 41% OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

HOUSE BILL 2 DOES HAVE REQUIRED COMPENSATION INCREASES.

WHILE THEY DON'T HAVE THIS MANDATED TEACHER RAISED THROUGH AN ALLOTMENT, THEY HAVE THROUGH THE INCREASE OF THE BASIC ALLOTMENT OF $395.

THEY SAY, 40% OF THAT INCREASE IN FUNDING THAT YOU GET THROUGH

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HOUSE BILL 2 NEEDS TO GO TO COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES.

THEN THEY GO FURTHER TO SAY, 75% OF THAT GAIN MUST BE FOR TEACHERS, NURSES, LIBRARIANS, AND COUNSELORS.

THE THEN 25% CAN BE USED FOR ALL THE OTHER STAFF.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ONLY 40% CAN BE USED FOR RAISES, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT 40% MUST BE USED FOR RAISES.

THERE IS ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE FOR AT THE 75% GOING TO THE TEACHERS.

THERE IS SOME RETENTION LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT IF YOU HAVE 10 MORE YEARS OF SERVICE, YOUR RAISE NEEDS TO BE THIS PERCENTAGE HIGHER THAN SOMEONE WITH FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE.

THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE IN THERE AS WELL.

>> QUESTION. IS THIS FUNDED FOR ONE YEAR OR ARE THEY GOING TO FUND THAT IN PERPETUITY?

>> IN THE REQUIRED COMPENSATION THROUGH HOUSE BILL 2.

THIS WOULD JUST INCREASE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

I SAY "FOREVER" IN QUOTES BECAUSE IN TWO YEARS THEY CAN CHANGE WHAT THEY DO.

>> FOR TWO YEARS IT'LL BE FUNDED FOR TWO YEARS ON THE.

>> IT'LL BE FOR SURE FUNDED FOR TWO YEARS IF IT GOES INTO LAW.

BUT JUST LIKE THE ALLOTMENT, A TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT COULD DISAPPEAR.

THERE WERE SOME TALKS ABOUT THAT AND AN UPDATE THAT I LISTENED TO ON FRIDAY WHERE THERE'S BEEN OTHER ALLOTMENTS IN THE PAST THAT HAVE BEEN REQUIRED OH, GOSH, I'M REMEMBERING FROM 2009, REQUIRED TEACHER RAISE THAT JUST DISAPPEARS AND AS THE YEARS GO BY AND THINGS GET MOVED AND CHANGED.

>> QUESTION. YOU LISTENED TO ALL OF THEIR DISCUSSIONS? WHAT WAS THE RATIONALE FOR GOING TO THIS SUBSTITUTE INSTEAD OF KEEPING WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY IN HOUSE BILL 2?

>> OH, YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT [LAUGHTER] THE SENATE. [OVERLAPPING]

>> THERE THE SENATE YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO GIVE TEACHERS A RAISE.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.

>> BUT THEY'RE NOT GIVING ALL TEACHERS A RAISE.

>> IT'S DIFFERENT BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE DISTRICT.

>> I HAVE A LOT OF THOUGHTS AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE HELPFUL AT THIS HOUR, BUT I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE.

>> SAME I SAW A COMMENT FROM A SENATOR THAT SAID, IF THEY PUT IT IN A MANDATED AND IT'S NOT FOR US TO DECIDE WHAT THE 395, 340 FOR US IS TO BE USED FOR, THEN THEY WON'T PUT IT ON ADMINISTRATION AND THINGS LIKE THIS.

THEY WANT TO CONTROL WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE INCREASE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, NOT ALLOW US TO MAKE A LOCAL DECISION ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT BEYOND A TEACHER RAISE.

WE ABSOLUTELY WANT AND NEED A TEACHER RAISE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE PROPERTY INSURANCE THAT'S INCREASING AND UTILITIES.

>> INFLATION. YEAH FOR SURE.

>> THIS GOES ON AND ON.

>> YOU SAYING ABOUT UNDER THE SENATE VERSION, IT WOULD ONLY COVER ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR STAFF PAY RAISE? [OVERLAPPING].

>> TWO-THIRD WOULD NOT COVER PER 40/%. [OVERLAPPING]

>> 41%. OF COURSE, WHERE IS THAT MAGICAL OTHER MONEY GOING TO COME FROM?

>> NOWHERE.

>> WE GOT TO DO CO-FUND ME PAGES? [LAUGHTER]

>> WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO CROWD FUNDING.

>> UNDER HOUSE BILL 2, THE LOCKHART ISD 25/26 RAISE WOULD GIVE 100 PERCENT OF EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE 875 EMPLOYEES, A RAISE, AND THE RAISE AMOUNTS WOULD BE UP TO 3.5 PERCENT.

THE SENATE COMMITTEE RAISE WOULD GIVE 41 PERCENT OF OUR 870 EMPLOYEES A RAISE, AND THEN AGAIN, SHOWING HOW MANY OF THE TEACHERS WOULD ACTUALLY BE GETTING A RAISE, 355 OUT OF 441.

NEW FUNDS TO LOCKHART ISD UNDER HOUSE BILL 2 WOULD BE 2.4 MILLION, AND THIS IS WHERE THE CONTROL PART COMES.

THIS WOULD BE 2.4 MILLION, THAT WHILE WE DO HAVE TO PUT 40 PERCENT OF THAT TOWARDS A RAISE WITH THOSE STIPULATIONS ON IT, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE THOSE FUNDS IN OTHER AREAS OF NEED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

BUT IN THE SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE, WE ONLY RECEIVE NEW FUNDS THROUGH THEIR MANDATED ALLOTMENT SAYING WHAT WE HAVE TO SPEND IT ON, OF THOSE 355 EMPLOYEES, SO THERE'S NO FREEDOM TO DECIDE FOR WHAT WE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR DISTRICT.

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THEIR MANDATE IS $200,000 UNDERFUNDED DUE TO FRINGE BENEFITS.

WE WILL GET $190,000 FOR NEW SCHOOL SAFETY FUNDING WITH THAT INCREASE FROM 15000-34000, I BELIEVE, A CAMPUS, WHICH IS A NET LOSS OF $10,000 THAT THE SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE WOULD BE TO LOCKHART ISD.

WE WOULD LOSE 10,000.

WE WOULD HAVE 355 EMPLOYEES THAT RECEIVE A RAISE AND OVER 500 EMPLOYEES THAT WOULD NOT, AND WE WOULD BE IN A DEFICIT.

WITHOUT ANY NEW FUNDING AND AN INCREASE OF THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, LOCKHART ISD WOULD BE IN A DEFICIT OF NEARLY 3 MILLION.

BY ADDING BORCHERT LOOP, THAT ADDS 2.5 MILLION TO THE BUDGET.

THIS IS ALL FOR RUNNING A NEW FACILITY, ALL OF THE NEW STAFF AND EVERYTHING THAT IT TAKES TO RUN A NEW SCHOOL.

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP IS COMING UP WITH A PLAN SHOULD HOUSE BILL 2 NOT PASS IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM, AND WE WILL HAVE THOSE DETAILS AT THE JUNE 2ND BUDGET WORKSHOP.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS UPDATE THAT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE? USUALLY AT THIS MEETING, WE ARE ADOPTING OUR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PLAN, AND WE ARE NOT DOING THAT THIS EVENING DUE TO THIS UNCERTAINTY OF WHAT IS GOING TO BE GOING ON.

>> WE END ON THIS VERY DEPRESSING NOTE.

>> SORRY.

>> TALKED ABOUT [INAUDIBLE].

>> JERM, COME BACK UP HERE AND MAKE THEM HAPPY.

>> [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER]. I DON'T LIKE TO BE THE BEARER OF THIS NEWS, BUT WE DID WANT TO SHARE IT WITH YOU BEFORE JUNE 2ND, AND THEN ALSO WITH A BIG ASTERIX NEXT TO IT THAT A LOT COULD HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE 2ND, JUST LIKE LAST WEEK A LOT CHANGED BETWEEN WEDNESDAY MORNING AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

>> JUST IN, EARLIER TODAY, THE SENATE CAME OUT WITH ANOTHER HOSPITAL TO SUBSTITUTE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE HAD OVER THE WEEKEND.

SINCE THAT TIME, SENATOR CREIGHTON HAS POSTED [INAUDIBLE] FEEDBACK ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE, ASKING FOR WHAT PEOPLE WANT, SO HINTING AT MORE CHANGES TO IT.

I THINK THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK IN PROGRESS, AND I THINK EVERYONE NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AND RAISE OUR VOICES MOVING FORWARD UNTIL THE FINAL BELL RINGS.

>> WHAT'S THIS ATTACK ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT PASS THE VATRE? WE JUST USED THE SYSTEM THEY GAVE US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.

DID THEY NOT EXPECT THAT MIGHT HAPPEN? WHAT ARE THEY UPSET ABOUT THERE THAT THEY WANT TO NEUTRALIZE THAT?

>> I HONESTLY AM SHOCKED BY IT.

I'M SHOCKED BY IT JUST LIKE YOU'RE SHOCKED BY IT, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S AN AREA THAT THEY POTENTIALLY, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THEIR THOUGHTS, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT IS AN AREA THAT WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT 1,000 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THIS AFFECTS 80 OF THEM, AND THAT THAT'S SOME LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT THEY CAN GO FOR, AND IT AFFECTS 80 OF US.

THERE'S 920 OF THEM THAT AREN'T IMPACTED BY IT.

THAT'S A THEORY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A GOOD ONE.

BUT TO ME, THAT'S JUST AN AREA THAT THEY CAN GO THROUGH WHERE THEY'RE NOT ADDING TO THE BUDGET, BUT THEY'RE JUST REPURPOSING THE FUNDS.

BECAUSE THE PORTION OF THAT IS, IF YOU REMEMBER, WHEN WE WENT OUT FOR VATRE, THE COMMUNITY FUNDS THE THREE PENNIES, AND THEN THE STATE HAS THIS WEIGHT FOR THE THREE GOLDEN PENNIES, WHERE THEY PUT IN THEIR PORTION AND THE WEIGHT OF THAT IS WHAT IS BEING REDUCED.

IT'S A WAY FOR THEM TO INCREASE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT FOR ALL AND FUND IT FOR FREE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, BY FREEING UP FUNDS IN ANOTHER AREA.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS.

>> MAKES SENSE.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BOARD?

>> I WISH I HAD IT [LAUGHTER].

>> CAN WE SEE THE LINE?

>> THANK YOU, MS. WEISER.

>> WE MOVE ON TO NINE, COMMUNICATION ACTION B,

[Consider and/or Approve Hunton Services for the District Energy Efficiency Project]

CONSIDER AND OR APPROVE HUTTON SERVICES FOR

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THE DISTRICT ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECT.

MS. [INAUDIBLE].

>> GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

THIS LAST BOARD MEETING, YOU ALL HAD A PRESENTATION FROM HUTTON SERVICES TO DISCUSS THE OPTIONS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

CAN Y'ALL PUT MY SLIDES UP?

>> WENT TO SLEEP.

>> YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE LINE SLIDE [LAUGHTER].

>> I DIDN'T SEND IT? I GUESS I DIDN'T SEND IT.

WITH WHAT THEY HAD PRESENTED LAST TIME, THE SCHOOLS, AS FAR AS A PART OF THE SCOPE OF WORK, WERE CARVER ELEMENTARY, PLUM CREEK ELEMENTARY, CLEAR FORK ELEMENTARY, NAVARRO, BLUEBONNET, AND LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH.

AS FAR AS THE SCOPE IN THERE, IT INCLUDED INSTALLATION OF IMPROVED LIGHTING FOR THOSE CAMPUSES, WATER FIXTURES, EXTERIOR WINDOW FILM, TENT, AND IMPROVED BUILDING AUTOMATION AND TEMPERATURE CONTROLS, DEALING WITH THE HVAC.

THAT IS FOR EVERY CAMPUS THAT I JUST MENTIONED.

THE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN WAS CARVER ELEMENTARY, THEY ACTUALLY WILL BE HAVING 18 HVAC UNITS BEING REPLACED FOR THAT PROJECT, ALONG WITH CLEAR FORK ELEMENTARY, THERE WOULD BE SOME ADDITIONAL NEEDS IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE GOING TO IT.

LET'S SEE. BASICALLY WE'D HAVE SOME SAVINGS DOLLARS THAT WE WOULD PUT TOWARDS SOME ADDITIONAL PROJECTS FOR CLEAR FORK ELEMENTARY.

>> WERE THERE ANY SUBSTANTIAL?

>> THERE WE GO. HANG ON.

>> FROM THE PRESENTATION WE HAD LAST MONTH, IS THERE ANY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE THIS TIME?

>> NO. IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME.

>> IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME.

BASICALLY I WAS JUST LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT WAS INCLUDED.

HERE WAS THE INFORMATION THAT THEY PROVIDED, WHICH TALKS ABOUT WHAT OUR PROJECT COST WAS, WHAT OUR ANNUAL SAVINGS WAS GOING TO BE, AND WHAT OUR TOTAL COST HERE AT THE $3.35 MILLION.

THAT'S THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF SAVINGS THAT WE EXPECT TO HAVE EVERY YEAR.

OVER THE COURSE OF 15 YEARS WE'LL BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THIS TOTAL INVESTMENT.

BASICALLY TONIGHT, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PHASE 1 AS PRESENTED HERE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND.

>> IF WORST COMES TO WORST, WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS MADE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

EVEN IF WE DON'T SAVE A BUNCH OF MONEY, IT'S GOING TO BE A WASH, THAT THE MONEY WE DO SAVE WILL PAY FOR ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND STUFF WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR BY OTHER MEANS SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD, FACING HARDWARE AND AIR CONDITIONING UNITS AND STUFF LIKE THAT?

>> ACTUALLY, SECO DOES MAKE A GUARANTEE TO US, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN ENGINEERED AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

IF FOR SOME REASON, WE DO NOT MEET THAT REQUIREMENT, SECO WILL GUARANTEE TO PAY FOR THE DIFFERENCE.

>> STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THIS?

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE HUTTON, PROCEED WITH A PHASE 1 SECO ARRA PROJECT AS PRESENTED.

>> MOVE FORWARD?

>> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 7-0.

>> ITEM 9C, CONSIDER AND OR APPROVE DELEGATE AND ALTERNATE FOR

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

[Consider and/or Approve Delegate and Alternate for Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) 2025 Convention Delegate Assembly]

TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARD TASB 2025 CONVENTION DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.

THE LAST I HEARD, I THINK MR. LOCKHART HAS MOVED ON AND IS READY FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO TAKE THIS OVER.

>> STEP ASIDE SO THAT SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

>> ANYBODY? WE HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS?

>> DR. SANCHEZ, DIDN'T YOU VOLUNTEER?

>> I THINK I DID SAY.

>> I THINK YOU DID [OVERLAPPING].

I DO REMEMBER YOU SAYING THAT.

I NOMINATE DR. BARBARA SANCHEZ.

>> I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE NOT GOING INTO ANY OUT OF STATE CONFERENCES. NO, IT'S IN STATE, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> WE'RE GOING TO HOUSTON.

>> HOUSTON. I ACCEPT.

WHO'S GOING TO BE THE DELEGATE?

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I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAD THAT SOMEONE ELSE SHOULD JUMP FOR JOY TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.

CHRIS, WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO DO THAT AS A NEWBIE?

>> THE ALTERNATE?

>> HE HAS AN ALTERNATE [LAUGHTER].

>> NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU'RE AN ALTERNATE.

YOU JUST GET TO WATCH, LIKE I WATCHED SAM UP THERE PICKING UP THIS PADDLE UP AND DOWN, YES AND NO, YES AND NO.

>> DON'T THEY DO IT ON A SATURDAY THOUGH?

>> IT'S A SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

>> SATURDAY AFTERNOON. DURING THE CONFERENCE.

>> THERE'S A LUNCHEON WHERE YOU CAUCUS WITH 13 PEOPLE [OVERLAPPING] [INAUDIBLE] FULL ASSEMBLY, AROUND 1:30, 2:30, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT'LL LAST TWO OR THREE HOURS.

>> I'LL BE GOOD.

>> RENE'S VOLUNTEERED.

RENE'S GOING TO BE THE ALTERNATE.

>> DO WE NEED THIS IN THE FORM OF A MOTION?

>> YOU NEED TO JUST READ THE MOTION AND PUT THE NAMES IN.

>> I MAKE A MOTION THAT, WELL, REBECCA ALREADY DID IT.

>> WELL, I DIDN'T [OVERLAPPING].

>> SHE DIDN'T INCLUDE HIM.

>> I MAKE MOTION.

>> GO AHEAD.

>> I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD DESIGNATE DR. BARBARA SANCHEZ AS THIS YEAR'S DELEGATE, AND RENE RAYOS AS THE ALTERNATE DELEGATE TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL TASB DELEGATE ASSEMBLY AT THIS YEAR'S TASB OR TASA, CONVENTION IN SEPTEMBER.

>> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.