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OF THE LOCKHART INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER ON JUNE 2ND, 2025 AT 6:00 PM.THAT THE RECORD SHOW THAT A QUORUM OF BOARD MEMBERS IS PRESENT, THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED, AND THAT NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPENS MEETING ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551.
THAT THE RECORD SHOWS THAT TRUSTEES LOCKHART, CHARLES, RAYOS, PULLIAM, SANCHEZ, AND WRIGHT ARE PRESENT.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 2.
PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO YOU HAVE ANY? [BACKGROUND] WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[Recognition]
STATE BASC PARTICIPANTS, MR. MILLER.>> YES, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT, WRIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
COULD WE PLEASE COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE THIS EVENING'S HONOREES FOR RECOGNITION.
AS THEY MOVE FORWARD, WE WANT TO SHARE THE AWARD.
THE BOARD WILL BE PRESENTING THE HONOREES THIS EVENING.
IT IS THE LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE COIN GIVEN TO THE BOARD ONLY TO THOSE WHO TRULY EXEMPLIFY EXCELLENCE IN LOCKHART ISD.
NOW WE'LL BEGIN TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION.
TONIGHT, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE A GROUP OF INCREDIBLY TALENTED LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL ARTISTS WHO ADVANCED TO THE STATE VISUAL ART SCHOLASTIC EVENT OR VASE, THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF VISUAL ARTS COMPETITION FOR ANY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN TEXAS.
THESE STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL CREATIVITY, TECHNICAL SKILL, AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION, EARNING TOP SCORES AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL AND ADVANCING TO REPRESENT LOCKHART ISD AT THE STATE EVENT.
COMPETING AT STATE VASE IS A TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THAT REFLECTS DEDICATION, PASSION, COUNTLESS HOURS OF HARD WORK.
WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK THEIR ART TEACHERS FOR INSPIRING, GUIDING AND SUPPORTING THESE STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE STEP OF THE WAY.
PLEASE JOIN US IN CONGRATULATING THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS.
AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO ACCEPT YOUR RECOGNITION.
[APPLAUSE] LOOKS LIKE JULIETA COULDN'T BE HERE.
[APPLAUSE]. ANNABELLA SWENSON, [APPLAUSE] AND THEN SABRINA TUTEN.
[APPLAUSE] OUR STUDENTS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL ART TEACHERS, MR. MATTHEW BURTON, [APPLAUSE] JOE DE LA CRUZ, [APPLAUSE] LYDIA GANTERT, [APPLAUSE] MELISSA GRATZ, [APPLAUSE] AND LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MR. JUAN OROZCO.
[APPLAUSE] IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT A SPECIAL RECOGNITION GOES TO MS. JOCELYN ORTEGA, WHOSE POWERFUL PIECE TITLED YAYA, EARNED THE PRESTIGIOUS GOLD SEAL AWARD, AN HONOR GIVEN TO LESS THAN 1% OF THE ENTIRE STATE.
[APPLAUSE] JOCELYN'S ARTWORK IS CURRENTLY ON TOUR AS PART OF THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION'S STUDENT ART TOUR WILL BE EXHIBITED STATEWIDE FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, AND SHE WILL FORMALLY BE RECOGNIZED FOR HER GOLD SEAL AT THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING.
I'M HERE IN A FEW MONTHS, BUT CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, JOCELYN.
[APPLAUSE] IF ALL OF OUR HONOREES COULD COME OVER AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE BOARD.
[BACKGROUND] CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL VASE STATE PARTICIPANTS.
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WILL[2025 - 2026 Staffing and Budget Session]
NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 4 COMMUNICATION A 2025-2026 STAFFING AND BUDGET SESSION, MS. WISER?>> GOOD EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
THIS EVENING IS THE THIRD BUDGET WORKSHOP AND THE FINAL BUDGET WORKSHOP FOR THE '25/'26 BUDGET THAT WE WILL BE ADOPTING ON JUNE 23RD IN JUST A THREE WEEKS FROM TODAY.
WHILE IT IS THE THIRD MEETING, A LOT HAS CHANGED FROM THE SECOND MEETING, IT'S REALLY LIKE THE FIRST AND LAST MEETING BECAUSE SO MUCH HAS CHANGED.
WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE IN MAY AT THE MAY REGULAR BOARD MEETING, BUT WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE EVEN SINCE THOSE 10 DAYS AGO, 15 DAYS AGO.
THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER IS A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE REVIEW BACK FROM THAT MAY 19TH BOARD MEETING AND WHAT WE WENT OVER THEN.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE'25/'26 COMPENSATION PLAN.
WE'RE GOING A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER THAN WHAT WE USUALLY DO BECAUSE THINGS ARE JUST SO STRANGE THIS YEAR WITH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
WE'LL DO A BUDGET SUMMARY IN THE MIDDLE.
TALK ABOUT LION CARE, TALK ABOUT BALANCING THE BUDGET FOR '25/'26, LOOK AT STAFFING REQUESTS, AND THEN WE'LL BE WRAPPED UP AS FAR AS THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.
JUST AS A REMINDER, WHEN WE WERE AT OUR MAY BOARD MEETING, NOT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.
WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE NOW LEARNED WITH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON AND WHERE THE NEW HOUSE BILL 2 WITH THE SENATE SUBSTITUTE WAS LOOKING.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS AT THE TIME WITH THE SENATE SUBSTITUTE, WE WERE GOING TO BE AT A ONE POINT ALMOST SIX MILLION DOLLARS DEFICIT WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF MODEL 1 OR 2 RAISE WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF RAISE.
WITH CURRENT LAW, WE WERE GOING TO BE IN A $2.5 MILLION DEFICIT.
THE BIGGEST THING THAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN IS THERE'S NO NEED FOR A MODEL 1 AND 2 ANYMORE BECAUSE IT'S A RAISE MANDATE.
WE'LL TALK A LOT ABOUT THAT TONIGHT.
AGAIN, WE'RE IN THE 89TH SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HOUSE BILL 2 AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE.
I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN BECAUSE AT THE LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP, WE WERE VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE WOULD HAVE A $395 WHICH WOULD HAVE ENDED UP BEING A $340 ADDITION TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN NEW FUNDS TO LOCKHART ISD, SINCE THEN, A LOT HAS CHANGED.
EVERYTHING IN RED IS WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE MAY 19TH.
ON MAY 19TH, WE WENT OVER EACH OF THESE AT THAT BOARD MEETING AND THEN NOW I'VE ADDED IN RED, WHAT HAS CHANGED.
THERE WASN'T AN INCREASE TO THE SPED ALLOTMENT UNTIL 26-27.
HOWEVER, THAT NOW IS IN 25-26, WHICH THAT'S GOOD NEWS, $1000 FOR EACH SPED EVALUATION THAT WE DO.
STILL A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO TURN IN IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THAT ALLOTMENT AND HOW THEY WOULD KNOW.
BUT THIS IS WHAT IS IN THE SUBSTITUTE.
BILINGUAL ALLOTMENT STAYED THE SAME, NO INCREASE.
STATE COMP DID HAVE SOME INCREASE TO SOME WEIGHTS FOR 25-26 ON THE WEIGHTED FUNDING.
CTE STAYED THE SAME, WHICH INCLUDE EXPANDED JROTC INTO CTE.
TIA HAS THE SAME INCREASES, WE ARE TIA DISTRICT.
SCHOOL SAFETY ALLOTMENT, AGAIN, STAYED THE SAME.
HERE'S A BIG ONE. THE EARLY EDUCATION ALLOTMENT WAS NEW.
WE HAVE INCREASED WEIGHTS FOR 25-26.
THERE'S ALSO A FREE PRE-K FOR TEACHERS THAT IS IN THERE, AND WE'RE EVALUATING THIS AND LEARNING ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
THEY DO CURRENTLY PAY A TUITION BECAUSE THEY DO NOT QUALIFY UNDER THE 12 QUALIFICATIONS FOR FREE PRE-K.
HOWEVER, WE'RE EVALUATING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
IF THEY WILL NOW QUALIFY AS A NEW QUALIFICATION FOR A 13TH QUALIFICATION OR IF THEY DON'T,
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AND WE'RE JUST PROVIDING THIS FREE TUITION.WE'RE REALLY UNSURE RIGHT NOW, SO WE'RE EVALUATING THAT.
THERE'S AN EARLY LITERACY INTERVENTION ALLOTMENT THAT IS NEW, ALSO LEARNING ABOUT ALL OF THESE NEW ITEMS, AND WHAT TIA WILL ONCE IT BECOMES SIGNED, WILL GIVE US SOME MORE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE BIG ONE IS THE TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT.
WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING.
THE THREE AND FOUR YEAR TEACHERS.
THAT WOULD BE WITH EXPERIENCE.
YOU'VE JUST ENDED YOUR 24-25 CLASS TEACHING YEAR, AND YOU'VE JUST FINISHED THREE FULL YEARS OF TEACHING.
YOU'RE CURRENTLY ON STEP 2 AS YOU START CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW THIS YEAR, STEP 2 IN ORDER TO BE ALLOW ELIGIBLE UNDER THIS MANDATE.
THAT WOULD BE A $2,500 MANDATED RAISE FOR YEARS 3 AND 4 TEACHERS OF 5,000, WHICH WENT DOWN FROM 5,500.
THEY USED THAT $500 TO HELP FUND THESE OTHER ITEMS IN RED AND WHAT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE IS THE FRINGE BENEFIT COST FOR THIS MANDATED RAISE, AND IT DOES NOT INCLUDE NURSES, LIBRARIANS, COUNSELORS, OR ANY OTHER POSITIONS IN THE DISTRICT FOR THAT TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT MANDATE.
WHAT IS NEW IS A SUPPORT STAFF RETENTION ALLOTMENT.
IT IS CLEAR THAT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY TEACHING POSITIONS.
WE CAN'T USE THIS ALLOTMENT TO MAKE UP FOR THE TEACHERS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT.
IT ALSO DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS.
STILL LEARNING ABOUT THAT AS THE LANGUAGE COMES OUT.
ORIGINALLY, WE TALKED ABOUT GIVING THROUGH HOUSE BILL 2, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE 100% OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
WE HAVE 875 EMPLOYEES A RAISE.
THE RAISE AMOUNTS WERE ALL THE WAY UP TO 3.5%.
THAT WOULD HAVE COST US ABOUT 1.8 MILLION.
THIS IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT A MANDATE.
WE'RE ABLE TO DECIDE HOW OR RAISE AT THAT 340.
WE'LL CALL IT $40 SINCE 55 OF IT WAS REDUCED ON THE GOLDEN PENNY SIDE.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE HAD $340 IN THE HOUSE BILL 2, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DECIDE HOW WE WERE GOING TO SPEND THE FUNDS AND IT WASN'T MANDATED, THAT WAS HOW WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE 100% OF OUR EMPLOYEES A RAISE BECAUSE THE FUNDS WERE NOT MANDATED.
NOW, WITH THIS, WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE 41% OF OUR 875 EMPLOYEES A RAISE THROUGH THE MANDATE.
OF THAT, 355 OF THEM ARE TEACHERS, AND WE HAVE 441 TEACHERS.
WE HAVE MANY TEACHERS THAT WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE.
THEN IT'S LOOKING LIKE A 1-2% INCREASE FOR ALL OTHER APPROVED SUPPORT STAFF AS DEFINED.
AGAIN, WE'RE STILL LEARNING ABOUT WHAT THAT IS.
WE KNOW WHO IT DOESN'T INCLUDE SPECIFICALLY, BUT WE ALSO DON'T KNOW WHO AT ALL ENCOMPASSES AND IS ALLOWABLE FOR, AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT REQUIRED ALLOTMENT SPENDING ON THAT MANDATE? YES, SIR.
>> THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LESS THAN THREE YEARS, THOSE ARE THE ONES THE ONES THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE 355?
>> CORRECT. [OVERLAPPING] IT'S NOT JUST ZERO AND ONE YEAR CURRENT ZERO AND STEP 0 AND 1 TEACHERS.
IT'S ALSO TEACHERS THAT ARE NOT TEACHERS OF RECORD.
WE'RE AGAIN REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT MEANS.
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO CHECK THAT THROUGH PINS? NOT HOW ARE THEY GOING TO CHECK IT, BUT WHAT ARE THEY USING SO THAT WE USE THE SAME METHOD? BECAUSE IF WE LEAVE 10 PEOPLE OFF, WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE 10 PEOPLE OFF, BUT IF WE ALSO INCLUDE 10 PEOPLE THAT AREN'T INCLUDED IN THE MANDATE, THAT'S $50,000 THAT WE DON'T RECEIVE THAT WE'VE GIVEN A RAISE TO.
ADVERTENTLY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE.
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION.
>> WISER CAN YOU GIVE SOME EXAMPLES,
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DEFINE TEACHER OF RECORD [INAUDIBLE]?>> YES. WHAT WE ARE LEARNING IS THAT INTERVENTIONISTS ARE NOT A TEACHER OF RECORD.
THEY WOULD NOT QUALIFY UNDER THE MANDATE.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ABOUT RESOURCE INCLUSION TEACHERS SPECIFICALLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
ARE THEY TEACHERS OF RECORD? DYSLEXIA TEACHERS, GT TEACHERS, WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO BECAUSE IN SOME PLACES IT SAYS CLASSROOM TEACHER, IN SOME PLACES IT SAYS TEACHER OF RECORD.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT METHOD TA IS GOING TO USE TO QUALIFY A TEACHER FOR THE MANDATE.
>> NICOLE, BASED ON WHAT YOU HAVE LISTED THOSE 441 ARE THEY DESIGNATED TEACHERS OF RECORD SO FAR?
>> WE HAVE 441 TEACHERS, YES. THEY'RE CALLED 087.
THAT'S WHAT I'M CALLING THEM, TEACHER OF RECORDS RIGHT NOW, AND OF THOSE 441, ONLY 355 OF THEM QUALIFY.
SIXTY-FIVE OF THEM ARE THE ZERO AND ONE YEARS.
WHATEVER THE DIFFERENCES IS THOSE TEACHERS THAT DON'T.
>> THE STATE IS DETERMINING WHO DOESN'T GET A RAISE.
>> WHEN WE'RE ACCOSTED, WE CAN TELL THEM, TALK TO YOUR SENATOR?
>> THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE DECIDING WHO GETS A RAISE AND WHO DOES NOT GET A RAISE SPECIFICALLY ON THE TEACHER MANDATE, AND ALSO SPECIFICALLY ON THE SUPPORT STAFF RETENTION ALLOTMENT.
THERE IS ALSO BARRIERS ON THAT MANDATE AS WELL.
THAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BASIC ALLOTMENT INCREASE AND A MANDATE IS WE DECIDE IN OUR LOCKHART ECONOMY WITH OUR STAFF, HOW WE ARE ABLE AND NEED THE $340 VERSUS A MANDATE WHERE THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF RAISE THAT YOU MUST GIVE, YOU HAVE TO GIVE, AND WE'RE ONLY GOING TO GIVE YOU TO THESE TEACHERS, TO THESE POSITIONS THROUGH THE DOT DOT DOT.. IS WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO FOR THAT.
>> THE SPED EVALUATIONS, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT $1,000, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE PUTTING A CAP OF 280,000.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A CAP, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY'VE PULLED, I GUESS WE AGAIN, TRYING TO LEARN ALL THIS.
THERE MUST BE SOMETHING IN OUR PMS RECORD THAT WE SUBMIT TO TEA THAT SHOWS HOW MANY EVALUATIONS WE'VE DONE, THAT'S ONE WAY, OR THEY'RE DOING A PERCENTAGE IN OUR NEW SPED POP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, HOW THEY GOT THE 208,000.
BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT WE DID.
THEY'RE SAYING WE DID $208,000 WORTH OF SPED EVALUATIONS.
>> THAT'S DIFFERENT FOR EVERY DISTRICT.
>> EVERY DISTRICT IS DIFFERENT.
>> THE INCREASED WEIGHT I DON'T KNOW WHAT.
>> THE INCREASED WEIGHTS IS OUR WEIGHTED FUNDING.
WHEN I TALKED ABOUT STATE COMP ED HAVING AN INCREASED WEIGHT EARLY AT ALLOTMENT, THEY JUST INCREASE THE WEIGHTS A LITTLE BIT OF THOSE STUDENTS SO THAT WE GET RECEIVE MORE ADA FOR THAT CHILD.
>> CAN YOU TELL HOW MUCH I UNDERSTAND [INAUDIBLE].
>> MAYBE JUST DEFINE WEIGHTS IN GENERAL, LIKE WHAT TYPES OF KIDS GET EXTRA MONEY?
>> I'M GOING TO TRY NOT TO GEEK OUT A LITTLE BIT AND GET A LITTLE BIT NERDY HERE.
I'M GOING TO BACK UP A BIT AND BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE I DO WANT TO BE ABLE TO FULLY EXPLAIN IT AND SO THAT YOU DO UNDERSTAND.
THE WAY THAT AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE WORKS IS IF A STUDENT IS ENROLLED IN LOCKHART ISD AND THEY COME TO SCHOOL 100% OF THE TIME, ALL 167 DAYS OR 66, IT VARIES EACH YEAR.
EVERY TIME THAT THEY ARE ABSENT, THEY BECOME A 0.99, 0.97, THEIR WEIGHT GOES DOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HERE.
IF THAT STUDENT IS BILINGUAL, STATE COMP ED, EARLY ED, SPED, THEY HAVE WEIGHTS PUT ON THEM, SO THEY'RE WEIGHTED MORE THAN WHAT THEIR BASE ADA IS.
THEY'RE INCREASING THE WEIGHT, SO THEY CAN INCREASE THE FUNDING FOR THAT STUDENT.
>> IF ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL STUDENTS THEY'RE HERE 100% OF THE TIME, AND THEN THEY WERE ONE OF THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS THEY COULD GO OVER ON.
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>> YES. IF THEY'RE HERE 100% OF THE TIME.
>> THOSE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS GO DOWN.
I HOPE THAT HELP EXPLAIN HOW ADA WORKS AND THEN ADDING THE WEIGHTS? BECAUSE ADA, THERE'S A BASIC WEIGHT OF ONE, AND THEN WE HAVE THESE ADDED WEIGHTS.
IF YOU'RE IN THESE SPECIAL PROGRAMS, OR ARE SPECIAL POPS.
IF A STUDENT COMES TO LOCKHART ISD, WE'LL SAY JANUARY 15TH IS EXACTLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR, THEY WILL NEVER BE A ONE.
THE MOST THEY COULD EVER BE IS A 0.5.
IF THEY CAME FROM JANUARY 15TH ALL THE WAY TO MAY 30TH, THEY COULD BE 0.5.
BECAUSE THE REST OF THEIR 0.5 IS AT THE DISTRICT THAT THEY WERE AT PRIOR TO JANUARY 15TH. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> THE SCHOOL THAT THEY CAME FROM KEEPS THAT?
>> YES. THEY HAD THE 0.5 LEADING UP TO JANUARY 14TH.
IF THEY WERE THERE 100% OF THE TIME.
DO WE FEEL BETTER ABOUT WEIGHTS AND UNDERSTANDING?
>> I DON'T FEEL BETTER ABOUT IT, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ENROLLMENT.
>> BUT ONCE AGAIN, WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE EVERYTHING AVAILABLE WHETHER THEY SHOW UP 75% OF THE DAYS OR 80% OF THE DAYS OR 10% OF THE DAYS? WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE BUILDINGS, TEACHERS, ETC READY FOR THEM.
>> WHICH OBVIOUSLY, AUSTIN DOESN'T UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. WHAT I HAVE DOWN AT THE END IS THIS NEW FUNDS TO LOCKHART ISD FOR THE SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE AS IT STANDS TODAY, WHICH I DON'T THINK IT CAN BE CHANGED ANYMORE, CORRECT? NEW FUNDS TO LOCKHART IS JUST OVER A MILLION WHEN WE NET OUT.
>> OUT OF THAT MILLION DOLLAR PLUS, HOW MUCH OF THAT MONEY COMES WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED? I MEAN, IT'S ALMOST ALL DIRECTED.
>> WHAT I'VE INCLUDED IS THE NO STRINGS ATTACHED MONEY.
BECAUSE TO ME, THE STRINGS ATTACHED MONEY IS JUST A WASH.
IT'S A REVENUE IN AND EXPENDITURE OUT.
NOT THAT IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING.
>> THE MILLION DOLLAR DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY OF THAT MATH ANYWHERE.
>> THE ONLY THING IT INCLUDES IS REDUCING OUT THE MANDATED FRINGE BENEFIT COST OF 200,000.
BECAUSE I HAVE TO ADD THAT AS AN EXPENSE THAT'S ADDED AND NOT, SO I'M REDUCING IT FROM OUR NEW REVENUE BECAUSE IT'S A NEW EXPENSE THAT WILL BE MANDATED THAT WE SPEND.
THOSE ARE THE FRINGE BENEFITS PORTION OF THE RAISED MANDATE.
THEN I AM ADDING IN THE NEW FUNDS THAT [OVERLAPPING]
>> LIKE THE FIXED COST ALLOTMENT IN THAT THEY CAN ONLY BE SPENT A CERTAIN WAY.
>> CORRECT. HERE IS SOME TO BE LEARNED ABOUT THAT.
THE FIXED COST ALLOTMENT IS $106 PER ENROLLED STUDENT.
THEY DID DO THEIR VERY FIRST ENROLLMENT TYPE OF ALLOTMENT.
IT IS FOR FIXED COSTS, WHICH THEY SAY INCLUDES THESE FRINGE BENEFITS, UTILITIES, INSURANCE.
IT'S REALLY JUST AN ALLOTMENT THAT CAN GET ADDED.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND ASK, WHAT WAS YOUR NEW $730,000 WORTH OF FIXED COSTS THAT YOU ADDED? BUT AT THE SAME TIME THEY MIGHT.
I DON'T THINK THEY WILL, THOUGH.
BUT THAT IS A NEW ALLOTMENT BASED ON ENROLLMENT AT $106 A STUDENT, I THINK, 106.
THOSE ARE TECHNICALLY ALL NEW FUNDING THAT ISN'T TECHNICALLY MANDATED TOWARDS ANYTHING.
WHEN WE BACK ALL THE WAY UP, BEFORE WE DID THIS, MAYBE I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS.
WE WERE AT A $1.5 MILLION DEFICIT.
WE'RE STILL AT A DEFICIT EVEN WITH THIS NEW MONEY BECAUSE IT'S NOT $340 PER ADA.
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IT'S ZERO DOLLARS PER ADA AND THESE MANDATED THINGS, AND SO THAT'S WHERE.WHEN WE TAKE THE MODEL 1 AND 2 OFF BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED THAT ANYMORE BECAUSE IT'S A MANDATE, IT'S A WASH IN AND OUT.
WE'RE STILL AT A $1.6 MILLION DEFICIT.
I'M GOING TO CLICK BACK THROUGH THIS.
I'M SORRY, BUT I DID WANT TO SHOW THAT ONE MORE TIME.
MAYBE I SHOULDN'T GET FANCY WITH ALL THESE FLY INS.
EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR 25-26 WITH THIS MANDATE GOING ON.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TEACHER PAY SCALE, THE CURRENT TEACHER RAISE MANDATE, IT IS NOT YET LAW.
HOWEVER, IT IS PASSED BY THE HOUSE, IT'S PASSED BY THE SENATE.
IT'S WAITING FOR THE GOVERNOR'S APPROVAL.
IT IS TEACHER OF RECORD ONLY THAT WE DO KNOW.
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE CURRENT 1 AND 2-YEAR TEACHERS, WHICH MEANS THEY ARE ON CURRENT STEPS 0 AND 1.
WHEN YOU COME IN AS A BRAND NEW TEACHER, YOU'RE CONSIDERED A 0-YEAR TEACHER.
IT WOULD BE CURRENT YEAR 0 AND 1 TEACHERS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 65 OF THESE TEACHERS.
CURRENT YEAR 3 AND 4 TEACHERS, WHICH WILL BE ON CURRENT STEP 2 AND 3, RECEIVE A $2,500 RAISE, CURRENT YEAR 5 PLUS TEACHERS, WHICH IS CURRENT STEP 4 AND UP, RECEIVE A $5,000 RAISE.
THE HOUSE BILL 2 POLICY IMPLEMENTATION WOULD BE TO ROLL THE STEPS WITH NO RAISE AND COME BACK AND AMEND WHAT'S THE MANDATE IS LAW.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU IS ON STEP 2.
SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS IS WE DID SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN 23-24, WHEN WE WERE ADOPTING OUR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PLAN CONTINGENT UPON THE VATRE.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE UNSURE OF, OUT OF THE 65, 00, 1, WE'RE SURE ABOUT THAT.
BUT WE HAVE ABOUT 40 TEACHERS THAT WE'RE NOT SURE ABOUT WHERE THEY FALL EITHER IN THE MANDATE OR NOT IN THE MANDATE.
TWO THINGS. IF WE ADOPT THE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PLAN AS THE [OVERLAPPING]
>> FOR THE RECORD SHOW THAT TOM GUYTON ARRIVED AT 6:27 PM.
>> IF WE WERE TO ADOPT A PAY SCALE WITH THE $2,500 RAISE STARTING AT STEP 3, THEY'RE ON CURRENT STEP 2, THEY'LL MOVE TO STEP 3, STARTING AT STEP 3, AND THEN A $5,000 RAISE STARTING AT STEP 5, AND SOMETHING HAPPENS AND HE DOESN'T SIGN IT.
THAT WOULD BE WHY I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE WOULD COME BACK AND DO A AMENDMENT.
THE SECOND REASON IS THAT NOT HAPPILY, BUT WE HAVE ABOUT 40 PEOPLE THAT WE'RE REALLY NOT SURE IF THEY'RE IN THE MANDATE OR NOT? IF THESE 40 PEOPLE ARE NOT IN THE MANDATE, 40*5,000 IS A LOT.
WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE WHO IS INCLUDED IN THIS SCALE, AND DO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT CREATING A NEW SCALE THAT'S CALLED A TEACHER OF RECORD SCALE OR A NON TEACHER OF RECORD SCALE OR SOMETHING? WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THESE 40? THAT IS THE OTHER REASON WHY THE RECOMMENDATION UNTIL WE HAVE A HOUSE BILL 2 POLICY IMPLEMENTATION WOULD BE TO ROLL THE STEPS.
THE WAY THAT IT WORKS, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, CURRENT STEP 0, WHICH WOULD BE STARTING TEACHER WOULD BE 53,600.
YOU CAN FOLLOW THAT RED ARROW.
IT GOES OVER INTO 25-26 AT STEP 0 AS BEING 53,600.
THEN YOU HAVE A CURRENT 0 THAT IS NOW A STEP 1 BECAUSE THEY HAVE ONE WHOLE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE NOW.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE A STEP 1 IN 25-26 WOULD HAVE THE SAME STARTING PAY AS 53,600.
THEN AS SOON AS WE KNOW WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS, WE CAN COME BACK AND PROVIDE A NEW TEACHER PAY SCALE.
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THE HOPE IS THAT THEIR PAY DOES NOT START UNTIL SEPTEMBER.>> WE CAN STILL AMEND ALL THE WAY TO AUGUST AND NOT HAVE ANY TYPE OF ROLLBACK. WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY?
>> BACK PAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT [LAUGHTER]
>> I'LL ADD ALSO IN CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH SUPERINTENDENTS ACROSS THE STATE, I HAVEN'T COME ACROSS ONE THAT IS NOT WAITING FOR FINAL PASSAGE, AND EVERYONE IS LOOKING AT DOING WHAT WE ARE AND APPROVING A CURRENT LAW BUDGET AND THEN COMING BACK AND AMENDING IT ONCE WE KNOW.
ONE OF THE OTHER DANGERS, THERE'S SOME PRECEDENT IN PREVIOUS SESSIONS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAKING SOME ASSUMPTIONS, GIVEN A RAISE BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE TAKES ACTION, AND THEN THAT RAISED NOT COUNTING FOR WHAT THE LEGISLATURE MANDATES.
I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE WISE OF US TO SEE WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DO, WHAT IS THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE AND THEN COME BACK AND MAKE AN AMENDMENT.
THAT WAY WE DO IT THE PROPER WAY THE FIRST TIME AND I HAVE TO DO SO MUCH CLEANUP.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEACHER PAY SCALE? YES, SIR.
>> I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS. THE 65 PEOPLE THAT ARE IN ZERO AND ONE, WHICH IS THE GROUP WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE WANT TO KEEP IN THE PROFESSION.
AFTER WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF THE OLDER GROUP OR THE MORE EXPERIENCED GROUP, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING CARE OF THOSE PEOPLE SO THEY WILL STAY TEACHERS.
NOW WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT IF WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A RAISE, IT'S GOING TO COME FROM US AND YOU JUST TOLD US THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A DEFICIT BUDGET ANYWAY BECAUSE OF ALL THE INCREASED AND WONDERFUL FUNDING WE'RE RECEIVING.
THAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT MUCH TOUGHER FOR US TO RETAIN NEW TEACHERS AT A DISTRICT LIKE OURS WHO HAS BEEN OPERATING WISELY UP TO THIS TIME, AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOME THINGS FOR PEOPLE.
WE PUT IN THE WHIM-WHAM TOO AS FAR AS I CAN SEE THERE.
THE OTHER STUFF IS ARE THOSE RAISES FUNDED BY THE STATE?
>> THE MANDATING. ARE THEY GOING TO GIVE MONEY FOR THAT SINCE IT'S A MANDATE OR IS IT GOING TO BE LIKE THE OTHER MANDATES WHERE WE GET NOTHING?
>> THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE AN ALLOTMENT, AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF WHY WE'RE WANTING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PULL WHO WILL BE QUALIFYING FOR $5,000 SO WE MAKE SURE WE GIVE THE RAISE TO THEM.
BUT YES, INSTEAD OF IT BEING AS PART OF THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, IF WE HAVE 100 TEACHERS THAT QUALIFY, ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE $5,000 RAISE, THEY WILL GIVE US $500,000.
>> WELL, ASSUMING THE GOVERNOR PASSES IT.
>> ABSOLUTELY, ASSUMING IT ASSIGNED.
BUT YES, THE WAY THAT IT IS WRITTEN NOW, THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE US A TOTALLY SEPARATE ALLOTMENT OUTSIDE OF THE BASIC ALLOTMENT THAT WILL BE CALLED THE TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT OF 2025 OR WHATEVER AND HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE, THEY CONTINUE TO FUND IT.
>> WE DON'T KNOW YET ANY OF THAT EITHER, RIGHT?
>> NO. WE KNOW FOR SURE THEY'LL FUND IT FOR TWO YEARS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WILL FUND IT AFTER THAT AFTER THAT.
>> HOW CAN THEY CALL IT A TEACHER RETENTION RAISE WHEN THEY'RE NOT INCLUDING ALL THE TEACHERS? SHOULD THEY CALL IT SOME TEACHER RETENTION?
>> THEY COME UP WITH THESE HUGE NAMES AND ALL THIS BUT.
>> THEY CAN CALL IT WHATEVER THEY WANT TO CALL IT. THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
>> CORRECT. YES, SIR. STILL HAS A WHILE.
>> BUT EVEN IF HE WERE TO SIGN IT TOMORROW, I FEEL LIKE ADOPTING A BUDGET IN THREE WEEKS FROM TODAY, I DON'T KNOW IF TA IS GOING TO HAVE ALL THEIR INFORMATION PASSED DOWN TO US AS FAR AS HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THIS MANDATE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
>> AND CLARIFY WHO IS THE TEACHER OF RECORD [OVERLAPPING].
>> CLARIFY HOW THEY'RE GOING TO CALCULATE. IT'S GOING TO BE IN MY OPINION, THROUGH OUR PEIMS SNAPSHOT AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PULL OUT OF THERE TO VERIFY THAT THEY ARE A FIVE YEAR TEACHER, THAT THEY ARE A TEACHER OF RECORD. WHERE ARE THOSE GOING TO COME FROM? THAT'S WHERE I'M LIKE, EVEN IF YOU WERE TO SIGN IT TODAY,
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IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. THAT'S WHY EVERY DISTRICT I'VE TALKED TO, AND MOST OF US ARE ON A JUNE ADOPTION, WE'RE ALL GOING TO ADOPT THE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PLAN LIKE THIS WITH THE INTENTION TO COME BACK IN AUGUST AND AMEND IT BEFORE THAT 1ST SEPTEMBER PAYROLL ONCE WE KNOW.>> YOU'RE ASSUMING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO USE THE PEIMS INFORMATION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO USE TO FIGURE OUT WHO SHOULD GET THAT?
>> YES. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY GET ALL OF OUR DATA IN ORDER TO PUSH OUT ALL OF OUR FUNDS NOW. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PULL SOMETHING OUT OF PEIMS, WHETHER IT'S THEIR 087 RECORD, WHETHER IT'S THEIR CLASS SCHEDULE, WHETHER THEY DO ACROSS BETWEEN THEM BOTH.
>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING I'D LOVE TO DO.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
>> WHEN YOU FIGURE IT OUT, WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO?
>> THEN WE CAN CREATE OUR COMPENSATION PLAN FOR '25-26 AMENDED.
I'M SORRY, WE'RE ALREADY CREATING IT, BUT WE WILL AMEND IT.
>> AS FAR AS RECRUITING, I GUESS EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME BOAT [INAUDIBLE] TO TRY TO GET THIS DONE A LITTLE EARLIER AS WE USE IT AS A RECRUITING TOOL.
I GUESS WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME SPOT.
>> EVERY DISTRICT THAT I'M TALKING TO AND I'M IN A GROUP OF ALL THE CFOS IN REGION 13, AND MOST OF US ARE JUNE ADOPTIONS. WE'RE ALL DOING THE SAME THING.
THAT IS THE TEACHER PAY SCALE. WHEN WE GO ONTO THE SUPPORT STAFF RAISE MANDATE, THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW OF IT. IT IS NOT LAW. HOWEVER, IT IS PASSED BY THE HOUSE, IT IS PASSED BY THE SENATE. IT'S WAITING ON THE GOVERNOR FOR APPROVAL.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. IT CAN GO UP AND DOWN AND FLUCTUATE WITH OUR ADA.
IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE PERSON.
IT JUST HAS TO DO WITH THE ADA THAT WE HAVE.
AT OUR BASE ADA. AT $45 PER ADA, WE HAVE ABOUT $278,000 TO WORK WITH THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE SHOULD WE HAVE ALL OF THE STUDENTS COME THAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR.
THAT WOULD BE WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATED TO WORK WITH.
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY TEACHING POSITIONS.
IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT YOU CANNOT USE THIS TO SUPPLANT WHAT WASN'T DONE IN THE TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT.
THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR. THE OTHER THING THAT'S CLEAR IS THAT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY ADMINISTRATORS. THEY WANT TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT NO ADMINISTRATOR GETS A RAISE THROUGH THIS SUPPORT STAFF MANDATE.
I JUST WANTED TO LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR THAT AS I GO INTO EACH OF THESE AREAS.
WE HAVE THREE PAY SCALES. THE CLERICAL PARAPROFESSIONAL PAY PLAN IS ALSO VERY CLEAR THAT EVERYONE ON THIS PAY PLAN WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE MANDATE.
THE RECOMMENDATION IN A FEW WEEKS WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD MOVE THE TASB SCALES OVER AS RECOMMENDED. THE COST OF A 1% GPI IS $60,500, A 2% GPI IS $121,000, 3% AND SO ON.
THIS IS OUR CLERICAL PARAPROFESSIONAL PAY PLAN.
THIS IS GOING TO INCLUDE ALL OF OUR ADMIN ASSISTANTS, ALL OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES AND TEACHING ASSISTANTS, AND SEVERAL OTHER TYPES OF CLERICAL POSITIONS.
OUR AUXILIARY PAY PLAN IS GOING TO BE EVERYBODY IN OUR CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES AND OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.
THEY ALSO WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE SUPPORT PLAN ALLOTMENT AS ALLOWABLE FOR A RAISE.
THE TWO SCALES ARE EASY. THESE WOULD BE THE COST OF THE 1%, 2%, AND 3%.
THE SCALES ARE EASY TO MOVE THEM OVER AND THEY WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT MANDATE RAISE.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL PAY PLAN, IT GETS A LITTLE BIT MORE CONFUSING.
THIS IS WHERE WE ALSO, AGAIN, JUST LIKE THE TEACHER MANDATE, WOULD NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION FOR WHO'S INCLUDED, WHO'S NOT INCLUDED.
IN TAB 2, IF YOU FLIP ONE OVER AFTER THE TEACHER PAY SCALE ARE ALL OF THE POSITIONS THAT ARE ON THE '25-26 ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL PAY SCALE, AND THE ONES HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE INCLUDED THUS FAR INTO OUR UNDERSTANDING IN THIS SUPPORT STAFF MANDATE.
I'VE TAKEN THOSE POSITIONS AND TRIED TO GIVE
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A ESTIMATE ON WHAT THOSE POSITIONS WOULD BE FOR HOW MANY EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE IN THEM.I THOUGHT OF ONE MORE GROUP, I APOLOGIZE TO HAVE TO GO BACK TO A THOUGHT, BUT THIS IS A BIG GROUP, SO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, ON THE TEACHER MANDATE, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE LIBRARIANS. THIS WOULD BE A GROUP IN THE SUPPORT STAFF WHERE WE WOULD TRY TO GET THEM INCLUDED IN THERE.
ELIGIBLE VERSUS NOT ELIGIBLE. THE ELIGIBLE STAFF FOR A 2% WOULD BE $52,000, 1% IS $26,000.
NO ELIGIBLE STAFF IS $152,000. THERE'S MANY STAFF ON HERE THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE IN THE MANDATE AS WE KNOW IT. THIS IS THE SAME THING THAT WE JUST WENT OVER, BUT I ADDED A LITTLE BIT MORE TO IT. I ADDED THE FOUNDATION, THEN I WENT THROUGH THE SCALES AND THEN NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT EACH LIKE A SUMMARY OF IT.
ALL THE CLERICAL AND AUXILIARY POSITIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THE MANDATE.
THEIR 1% RAISE WOULD COST $82,765, WHICH WOULD RELIEVE $195,000 TO DO THE REST OF SUPPORT STAFF, WHATEVER THAT DEFINITION IS ONCE WE RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION.
A 2% RAISE WOULD BE $166,000, LEAVING $112,000 FOR THE REST OF THAT SUPPORT STAFF.
THEN 3% WOULD BE $250,000. BECAUSE NOT ALL OF THE POSITIONS ARE INCLUDED ON THE ADMIN PAY SCALE IN THE MANDATE, IT'S ONLY ABOUT 35 EMPLOYEES, SO 2% FOR THOSE WOULD BE $52,000. ONCE HOUSE BILL 2 POLICY IS DONE, WE WOULD DO THE SAME THING. ADOPT THE PAY SCALES JUST LIKE WE DID BACK IN '23-24, WHERE THEY MATCH THE CURRENT PAY SCALES.
THEN ONCE WE RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT THE MANDATE ACTUALLY IS, ONCE IT'S SIGNED, KNOWING THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE RECEIVING THE FUNDS, THEN WE CAN COME BACK WITH AN AMENDMENT TO THE PAY SCALE TO REFLECT THE MOVE IN THE CLERICAL, THE MOVE IN THE AUXILIARY.
THEN REALLY ONCE WE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE ADMIN, I CAN GIVE A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT THAT, BUT THERE'S JUST SO MUCH UNKNOWNS AS FAR AS THAT GOES.
A 2% RAISE FOR THE CLERICAL, AND AUXILIARY IS $166,000. IF WE ADD THAT $52,000 ALSO AT 2%, THAT LEAVES US JUST ENOUGH TO GIVE THROUGH OUR CPI WHAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT MOST DISTRICTS HAVE IS CUSTODIAL AND BUS DRIVERS THAT ARE AREN'T CONTRACTED OUT.
IN ORDER TO GIVE THEM A RAISE, IT WOULD BE JUST THROUGH THEIR CONTRACT AND NOT THROUGH OUR PAY SCALE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THEM HERE.
HOWEVER, IF THEY WERE HERE, THEY WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS.
WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THIS SCALES OUTSIDE?
>> CONCERNING THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, ARE THESE ONLY GOOD FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF BIENNIUM OR FOR BOTH YEARS OF BIENNIUM?
>> BOTH YEARS AND WHETHER THEY CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE WOULD BE UNKNOWN. THAT'S WHAT'S DIFFICULT ABOUT IT.
NOT BEING A BASIC ALLOTMENT INCREASE IS IF THEY WERE TO DECIDE JUST LIKE THE GOLDEN PENNY ALLOTMENT, JUST TO REDUCE IT BY $55 ONE YEAR AND THEY WANT TO REDUCE THE 45 ADA TO 25, WELL, THEN WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE AND I'M GOING TO DO MY PART IN DOING THAT AND COMMUNICATING WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES, THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THOSE FOR $45 ALLOTMENT IN THIS MANDATE, HOWEVER THEY'RE GOING TO PULL THAT OUT.
BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY AN ALLOTMENT.
THE MANDATE IT IS AN ALLOTMENT, TOO, BUT IT'S.
>> IT'S JUST GOOD FOR TWO YEARS.
>> HAS TO BE FOR MORE. IT'S SO MUCH, HAS TO BE FOR MORE.
AT 300 EMPLOYEES TIMES $5,000, IT HAS TO BE FOR ALL FUTURE YEARS.
>> BUT WE DON'T HAVE A GUARANTEE.
ANY LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THEY COULD CHANGE HOW THEY DO EVERYTHING.
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IT'S JUST IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AND LETTING THEM KNOW AND NOT LET IT FALL DOWN.>> THAT IN TWO YEARS, FOUR YEARS, SIX YEARS, EIGHT YEARS FROM NOW, IF THERE'S A NEW TEAM THEN, WE'RE COMMUNICATING THEM ON HOW IMPORTANT ALLOTMENTS STAY IN, OR THEY INCREASE THE BASIC ALLOTMENT TO EQUAL.
BUT YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE [INAUDIBLE].
THIS SLIDE IS WHAT I SHOWED AT THE LAST BUDGET UPDATE, AND I JUST WANT TO LAY THE FOUNDATION AGAIN, JUST AS A REMINDER.
WITHOUT ANY NEW FUNDING TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, WE WOULD BE IN A DEFICIT OF NEARLY THREE MILLION.
IT'S REALLY 2.5, BUT I ROLLED IT UP BECAUSE I WAS IN SUCH A BAD MOOD ABOUT IT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
BECAUSE 2.53 IS STILL A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIT.
ADDING ELEMENTARY DOES ADD 2.5 MILLION NEW EXPENDITURES TO THE BUDGET FOR 25-26.
THIS IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUNDS.
HOWEVER, WE ARE BUSING STUDENTS TO THREE OTHER SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT FIT IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
WE NEED TO OPEN PORCHER LOOP ELEMENTARY, EVEN THOUGH IT IS NEW FUNDS TO THE BUDGET, IT WILL FILL UP FAST ACCORDING TO OUR DEMOGRAPHERS.
I ALSO HAD SAID AT THAT TIME, THAT EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP IS COMING UP WITH A PLAN, SHOULD HOUSE BILL 2 NOT PASS IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE DETAILS AT THIS BUDGET WORKSHOP ABOUT WHAT THIS RECOMMENDATION WILL BE.
WITHOUT FURTHER A DO, I'LL GO ON TO THAT.
THIS IS WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE.
IF THIS DOES NOT GET SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, WE DON'T HAVE BASICALLY THAT MILLION DOLLAR.
WE DON'T HAVE THE MANDATE EITHER, BUT THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN OUR REVENUE BECAUSE IT'S A REVENUE IN AND OUT. IT'S AH.
WE WOULD BE AT A 2.3 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT WITHOUT THE NEW HOUSE BILL 2 AS IT IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN. YES, I'M SORRY.
>> BY THE DECREASE OF FEDERAL REVENUE?
>> LET ME REMIND YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DID FOR 24-25.
SORRY, I'M GOING ACROSS ALL THESE BUDGET YEARS, LIKE, WHERE ARE WE FOR 24 ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO WHEN WE WERE CREATING THE 24-25 BUDGETS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WITH THE USE OF THE REST OF OUR SR FUNDS WAS IT ENDED THIS YEAR IN OCTOBER, I THINK, AND INDIRECT COST IT OUT.
WE COULD TAKE ABOUT A 15% INDIRECT COST ON IT, THE UNRESTRICTED RATE.
AND SO WE USED THE REST OF THAT UNRESTRICTED INDIRECT COST TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET FOR 24 25.
YOU BRING UP A REALLY GOOD POINT BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED SO MANY MOONS AGO THAT IT IS PART OF THE REASON WHY WE DID THAT FOR ONE YEAR, THAT WOULD ONLY LAST FOR ONE YEAR AND NOW IT'S BACK OUT.
IT IS PART OF THAT IS A VERY GOOD OBSERVATION.
I APPRECIATE YOU SEEING THAT AND BRINGING IT BACK UP.
THAT IS, I'M SORRY, THE REDUCTION.
THERE'S ALSO A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN THERE FOR SARS REVENUE GOING DOWN.
AT THE 1.2 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT, SHOULD THE GOVERNOR SIGN THIS NEW SENATE SUBSTITUTE OF HOUSE BILL TWO, WE STILL HAVE SOME REDUCTIONS THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT, SO THAT WE CAN BALANCE OUR BUDGET.
I'M GOING TO JUMP. I KNOW I'M EVERYWHERE, BUT I'M TRYING TO LAY ALL THESE FOUNDATIONS FOR THIS VERY BIG BUDGET PICTURE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT LION CARE.
LAST TIME, WE TALKED ABOUT THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION GOING UP BY $25 AT A COST OF 225,000.
SOMETHING THAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT 1.2 MILLION I'VE ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR IT IS TAKING THAT EXPENDITURE OF $25 PER PER EMPLOYEE,
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WHICH WOULD BE 225,000 OF TAKING THAT OUT AND CHANGING THE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION MONTHLY TO $75.THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY INCLUDED IN DEFICIT WOULD BE 1.5 MILLION, BUT WE'VE ALREADY INCLUDED THIS ONE THING.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION WE REMAINED THE SAME AT $427 A MONTH, AND THE NEW EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION WOULD BE $75.
[LAUGHTER] THAT WOULD BE HERE IN ONE MONTH, $75 MONTHLY PREMIUM FOR EMPLOYEES.
>> THAT WAS A GOOD LAUGH THOUGH.
>> I'M HAPPY TO TRY TO MAKE YOU LAUGH A LITTLE BIT THROUGH THIS.
THE NEXT PART THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS BALANCING THE BUDGET.
BALANCING THIS 25/26 BUDGET AT A 1.2 ALMOST $3 MILLION DEFICIT, SHOULD THE GOVERNOR SIGN IT? SHOULD HE NOT SIGN IT? WE'RE AT A $2.5 MILLION £2.3 HOLD ON.
LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXACT NUMBER.
I'VE SEEN SO MANY NUMBERS, £2.3 MILLION DEFICIT. SHOULD HE NOT SIGN IT? WE HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ALREADY.
WE HAVE THREE SOCIAL WORKER POSITIONS THAT THROUGH ATTRITION, WE WOULD NOT FILL.
AGAIN, I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT TAKING THAT EXPENDITURE OF THE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION OF $25 AND MAKING THE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION GO FROM 50 TO 75.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE ELEMENTARY K THROUGH FIVE INTERVENTIONISTS.
THEY DO NOT QUALIFY UNDER THE MANDATE, AND THAT HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY ALREADY COMMUNICATED TO US FROM THROUGH THE LANGUAGE THAT WE DO KNOW ABOUT.
IF THEY WERE TO QUALIFY BY GOING BACK TO THE CLASSROOM, THEY WOULD RECEIVE THAT MANDATED $5,000 RAISE.
>> THE HR DID SPEAK WITH THESE EMPLOYEES AND ALL BUT ONE HAVE REQUESTED TO GO BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM.
BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO THEY GET THE RAISE, THEY ALSO BECOME TIA ELIGIBLE, WHICH THEY CURRENTLY ARE NOT.
I THINK THE $5,000 RAISE WAS ENOUGH FOR THEM.
THEY WERE LIKE, WELL, MAYBE IT'S OKAY WITHOUT TIA, BUT NOW IF IT'S I DON'T GET A RAISE AND EVERYONE ELSE IS GETTING 5,000, WE COMMUNICATED THAT TO THEM LAST WEEK JUST TO GET SOME FEEDBACK AND ALL BUT ONE SAID THAT THEY WOULD PREFER TO GO BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM.
>> IS YOUR NUMBER BASED ON ALL OF THEM GOING BACK?
>> HOW MANY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
>> THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH THAT WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT TO HAPPEN.
THE ONLY ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THIS IN THE BUDGET SUMMARY SCENARIO IS THE 225,000.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS STILL JUST UP FOR DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION.
SINCE THAT MAY 19 MEETING, WHICH I BELIEVE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE SAME DAY.
I THINK MAYBE WE FOUND OUT ON FRIDAY AND THEN IT WAS ON MONDAY, THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING THAT THE SUBSTITUTE HAD COME BACK AND FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS, IT HAD REALLY GUTTED THE BASIC ALLOTMENT OF 395 AND REALLY CHANGED A LOT OF THINGS.
SINCE THAT DAY, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO COME UP WITH AS MANY IDEAS AS WE CAN TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.
THIS IS A CURRENT LIST OF REDUCTION IDEAS THAT WE HAVE.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A FEW SECONDS, A FEW MINUTES TO LOOK AT THEM, ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, THEY EQUAL 1.7 MILLION.
WHILE WE'RE AT 1.2, WE HAVE THE LIST THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
THEN NOW WE HAVE THIS, YOU CAN EASILY SEE THAT WE HAVE MORE THAN WE NEED.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE WHAT WE SHOULD DO IN ORDER TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET.
WHILE ALL OF THESE IDEAS ARE HERE, THEY MAY NOT ALL BE REQUIRED TO DO,
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SHOULD THE GOVERNOR SIGN.HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE TO CREATE A LIST THAT IS WORST CASE SCENARIO, SHOULD HE NOT SIGN? LET ME ALSO SAY THAT IF THERE WAS AN IDEA TO ADD THINGS LIKE THE 65 TEACHERS A CURRENT ZERO AND ONE STEP.
THIS WOULD MAKE THAT NUMBER HIGHER.
IF THERE'S 65 TEACHERS, WE GIVE THEM ALL $100, WHICH IS THE NEXT YEAR TEACHER IS 2,500 FROM THE MANDATE.
IF WE WERE TO MAKE A DECISION OR YOU ALL WERE TO MAKE A DECISION TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WELL, WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD $65,000 TO WHAT WE NEED.
WELL, 72,000 BECAUSE I HAVE TO ADD FRIDGE BENEFITS TO IT.
BUT IF I JUST WANTED TO TALK THROUGH THAT.
THEN ALSO ANOTHER EXAMPLE WOULD BE, EVERYBODY ELSE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE MANDATE.
THERE'S TWO REASONS FOR CREATING MORE REDUCTION IDEAS THAN NEEDED, SHOULD THE BILL PASS? THAT IS ONE, SHOULD IT NOT PASS? WE'RE IN A 2.3 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.
TWO, SHOULD THERE BE THINGS THAT IF IT DOES PASS, WE DO STILL WANT TO RECOMMEND TO ADD TO THE BUDGET? WE NEED MORE IDEAS TO HELP FUND THOSE IN ORDER TO BE BALANCED.
>> IS THIS A PRIORITIZED LIST OR JUST A LIST?
>> NO. THIS IS NOT A PRIORITIZED LIST.
IT IS IN THE ORDER IN WHICH I COULD TYPE THE FASTEST AS IDEAS WERE COMING OUT.
EVEN THE PRIORITY OF THEM COMING TO MIND WEREN'T IN ANY SPECIFIC ORDER.
THEN US AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM, OTHER IDEAS OF HONESTLY PEOPLE HEARING WATCHING MR. ESTRADA'S VIDEO THAT HE GAVE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY COMING BY AND SAW THAT, I HAVE AN IDEA.
SOME OF THEM AREN'T ON HERE, BUT THESE ARE THE IDEAS THAT ARE HERE.
>> BUT EVERYTHING WE ADD TO THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, DOES IT MAKE IT THAT MUCH HARDER TO BALANCE THE BUDGET THE NEXT YEAR?
>> I THINK ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT EVERY TIME YOU OPEN A NEW CAMPUS, YOU HAVE NEW EXPENSES, NEW STAFFING.
WE KNOW THAT IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, OUR GOAL IS TO OPEN UP A SECOND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE NEED TO BE THINKING NOW ABOUT WHAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO LONG TERM A BUDGET BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES IN A COUPLE OF YEARS WHEN WE OPEN A SECOND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> ABSOLUTELY. LET ME ALSO GO BACK TO THE QUESTION THAT YOU JUST ASKED.
IF WE CONTINUE TO GROW THE WAY THAT WE ARE, IF WE ALSO GROW IN OUR ATTENDANCE, KEEPING THESE THINGS THAT WE WOULD BE TO ADD TO THE BUDGET MAKES IT POSSIBLE.
>> WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT STUDENT DAILY ATTENDANCE AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.
WE WERE DOING PRETTY WELL FOR HALF OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, SECOND HALF OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AT MANY CAMPUSES, WE SAW PRETTY BIG DECLINE.
LOCK OUR HIGH SCHOOL WE SAW $1 MILLION IN REVENUE GO OUT THE DOOR DUE TO POOR STUDENT ATTENDANCE ALONE.
WE CAN'T SHY AWAY FROM THE CONVERSATION OF FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE NEED OUR KIDS HERE BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT IN SCHOOL, THEY'RE NOT LEARNING.
THEY NEED TO RECEIVE THEIR INSTRUCTION.
BUT ALSO IT IS HOW WE RECEIVE OUR FUNDING FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.
>> WE'RE FREE TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS.
>> CORRECT. WHEN WE HAVE KIDS WHO ARE MISSING SCHOOL, BUT YET THEY EXPECT FOR THOSE RESOURCES TO BE THERE WHEN THEY COME BACK TO SCHOOL AND THEY'RE ABSENT, THAT'S CREATING SOME PROBLEMS FOR US AS WELL.
WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF CAMPUSES WHO EXCEEDED THEIR GOALS, BUT WE HAD MOST OF OUR CAMPUS NOT MEET THEIR GOAL THIS YEAR.
>> NINETY THREE PERCENT. SORRY. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU MEANT NUMBER?
>> NINETY THREE PERCENT THAT WE'RE IN AND WE'RE AT ABOUT 91.
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>> NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND AT THE BASE AND I SAY BASE BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHTS.
I'M ABLE TO KNOW FOR SURE HOW MANY ADA WE LOST FROM FEBRUARY TO NOW.
WE WERE DOING FINE UNTIL FEBRUARY.
I COULD GO INTO EACH OF THE WEIGHTS BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS IF IT'S A WEIGHTED STUDENT AND A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE WEIGHTED, THEN IT'S EVEN MORE.
I JUST DID A QUICK BASE LOSS AND IT'S 954,000.
>> IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, STATE REALLY, SOMETIMES THAT'S MONEY THAT WE DON'T GET.
>> SO THE 2% ADA WERE MISSING.
WHEN DOES THE STATE TAKE THAT MONEY AWAY FROM US?
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY PAY US NOT THE SAME AMOUNT EVERY SINGLE MONTH, BUT THEY PAY US A LITTLE BIT ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE HAVE SOME MONTHS THAT WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF A BALLOON PAYMENT ON.
AND THEY'LL FOLLOW US UP IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO GET OUR LAST PMS DATA.
THEY'RE GOING TO BALANCE EVERYTHING OUT.
THIS IS WHERE YOUR ADA REALLY FELL.
YOU EITHER OWE US OR BECAUSE WE'VE OVERPAID YOU THROUGH ALL OF YOUR PAYMENTS, AND WE DON'T CUT THEM A CHECK.
THEY JUST REDUCE OUR NEXT PAYMENT THE NEXT MONTH.
THEY BALANCE THE YEAR OUT, ONCE YOU HAVE YOUR FINAL PMS IN, AND THEY SAY, WE'RE GOING TO PAY YOU $40 MILLION.
WE'VE PAID YOU 41, SO YOU OWE US A MILLION, YOUR NEXT PAYMENT NEXT MONTH, WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE IT BY A MILLION. [LAUGHTER].
>> IS THAT FACTORED INTO THE BUDGET?
>> WE HAVEN'T SEEN A REDUCTION [OVERLAPPING].
>> THE BUDGET IS FOR JUST ONE YEAR AT A TIME.
SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR AUDIT, WE DON'T POST OUR AUDIT UNTIL NOVEMBER.
SO WE'RE POSTING ALL THOSE TRANSACTIONS.
WE POST OUR REVENUE AS IT WILL BE.
SO OUR REVENUE FOR '24, '25 WILL REFLECT THE 954.
IT WILL REFLECT IT BEING LESS.
WHAT HAPPENS IS AS YOU HIT FUND BALANCE ON A YEAR.
>> MAYBE ANOTHER WAY, ANY CONCERNS ABOUT CASH FLOW FROM THE STATE?
>> NOT AT A MILLION FOR US BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE RECOMMENDED FUND BALANCE OF THREE MONTHS.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IF WE WERE TO DO THIS AGAIN AND NOT HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET, IF WE WERE TO CONTINUE TO RUN IN A NON BALANCED BUDGET, IF WE WERE TO CONTINUE TO NOT SEE OUR ATTENDANCE INCREASE OR NOT ACCOUNT FOR ATTENDANCE DECREASING, THEN WE COULD DEFINITELY SEE A CASH FLOW ISSUE DEFINITELY.
>> IT SEEMS TO LIKE ATTENDANCE THAT VARIABLE AT VERY CRITICAL PART, BUT YET THERE'S SUCH A MISUNDERSTANDING OUT THERE ABOUT ATTENDANCE AND THE FACT THAT THE DISTRICTS JUST WANT TO GET MONEY, AND THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE KIDS.
IT SEEMS TO ME PROBABLY IT'S A MESSAGING OR TRYING TO HELP EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW CRITICAL IS TO EDUCATE KIDS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE ATTENDANCE PART WITH KIDS BE PRESENT.
IT'S NOT ABOUT NOT CARING FOR KIDS.
IT'S ABOUT YOU CARE FOR KIDS BECAUSE YOU WANT THEM PRESENT SO THEY CAN BE TAUGHT.
BUT I READ THOSE MESSAGES ON THE DISCUSSION BOARDS, AND IT'S ALWAYS PEOPLE MISUNDERSTANDING THE VARIABLE OF ATTENDANCE, HOW SCHOOLS ARE FUNDED.
AND HOW YOU CAN PROVIDE A LOT OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO KIDS WHEN THEY'RE PRESENT.
BUT THEY HAVE TO BE PRESENT IN ORDER FOR THE DISTRICT TO HAVE ACCESS AND FUNDS TO PROVIDE RESOURCES AND TRAINING AND EDUCATION.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW OTHER DISTRICTS ARE TRYING TO MEET THEIR GOAL.
BUT IT JUST SEEMS TO ME LIKE THAT'S THE VARIABLE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO BETTER ABOUT HELPING PARENTS UNDERSTAND, AND THEN ALL THESE KIDS THAT DON'T SHOW UP.
WHAT ARE SOME POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS? HOW CAN WE GET KIDS HERE? AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S THE HARD PART ABOUT BEING AN EDUCATOR.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE PROBLEM SOLVING.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF ATTEMPTS TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS THAT, BUT I STILL BELIEVE IT'S SOMETHING MISSING THERE THAT PARENTS DO UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR KIDS TO BE PRESENT.
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>> DR. SANCHEZ, TODAY OUR PRINCIPALS MET WITH DR.
CAMARIO AND FOR AT LEAST A FEW HOURS DISCUSSED THAT, WOULD YOU MIND JUST THE PRELIMINARY PLANNING THAT HAPPENED TODAY?
>> YES, SIR. THIS MORNING, WE DID WHAT WE'RE CALLING A LEARNING SERIES IN THE AFTERNOONS OUR PLANNING SERIES.
OUR LEARNING SERIES IN THE MORNING IS REALLY JUST ABOUT A BOOK STUDY THAT WE'RE STARTING NOW.
IS PRINCIPAL 2.0, WHAT THAT NEW PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE AFTER COVID, AND THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO AND THE KEY POINTS TO THAT.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IN THE AFTERNOON, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR BIG ROCKS EVERY MONDAY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
THE FIRST ONE WE STARTED WITH WAS ATTENDANCE.
WE LOOKED AT WHAT WE HAD MISS GREEBLE PRESENT.
WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME CHALLENGES THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, COMMUNITY DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S BAD ATTENDANCE.
IF YOU ASK A PARENT, IS 10 DAYS BAD? I IS FIVE DAYS, MOST PARENTS WON'T BE ABLE TO TELL YOU IF 90% IS.
BUT ALSO MESSAGING THAT FOR US, IT'S MONEY FOR THE LEARNING PART IS WHAT'S REALLY THE KEY THING, JUST LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT CARS DEPRECIATING WHEN YOU DRIVE THEM OFF THE LOT.
YOU MISS A DAY OF SCHOOL IN THE BOOK THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE ARTICLE.
LOSE A DAY OF LEARNING. IT'S JUST LIKE ANY DECISIONS YOU MAKE AROUND THAT.
BUT WE TALKED ABOUT MESSAGING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WITH MISS GREEBLES, SHE WENT THROUGH EACH OF HER STEPS OF WHAT SHE DOES BECAUSE SHE'S UNLOCKED THE KEY TO THAT BECAUSE SHE'S HAD 95 POINT ALMOST 96% ATTENDANCE.
I SAID, THERE ARE NO EXCUSES FOR THAT.
THEY ALTERNATE BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF ECO DISC KIDS.
THEY'RE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.
SO WE WENT THROUGH EACH OF THOSE THINGS AND WE AS A DISTRICT TEAM, AGREED TO, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO HOLD TRUE THAT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO DO? IT'S NOT OPTIONAL ANYMORE. YOU DON'T GET TO DECIDE.
IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I'M GOING TO TRY THIS IS WE WENT THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF THAT, AND NOW THE NEXT WEEK WE'LL GO OVER, NOW WHO'S GOING TO MONITOR IT AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL TO ENSURE THAT THAT'S HAPPENING.
[BACKGROUND] THEY TALKED TODAY ABOUT SEVERAL MONTHS THAT NOVEMBER SEEMS TO BE A MONTH, FEBRUARY SEEMS TO BE A MONTH.
BUT REALLY LOOKING AT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE ARTICLE THAT WE READ TODAY SAID OR VIDEO WE SAW SAID, IF YOU SEE YOUR KIDS MISSING IN FIRST GRADE AND THEY HAVE THAT ABSENTEEISM, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE READING ON GRADE LEVEL GRADE.
WE TALK LIKE HAVE WE LOOKED AT THAT DATA.
YES, THERE'S TIMES WHEN THERE'S PEAK TIMES THAT THEY'RE MISSING AND THEY TALK TODAY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO PUT THAT IN PLAY TO INCENTIVIZE THAT INFORMATION FOR THE KIDS AND THE PARENTS.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT HISTORICALLY, IT CHANGES FROM YEAR TO YEAR, BUT AS A DISTRICT, PRE K-12, HISTORICALLY, ABOUT 35% OF OUR KIDS ARE CHRONICALLY ABSENT, WHICH CHRONICALLY ABSENT IS MORE THAN 18 ABSENCES A YEAR AND A THIRD OF OUR KIDS ARE CHRONICALLY ABSENT.
>> I JUST SAY ONE MORE THING. THIS SUMMER, THEY'RE STARTING ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MISS GREEBLE TALKED ABOUT AT PLUM CREEK IS SHE HAS ALL THE SUMMER MEETINGS WITH PARENTS FOR ANY KIDS THAT ARE COMING IN FOR ATTENDANCE.
SO SHE STARTS MEETING WITH THOSE PARENTS AND PLANNING THEIR CONTRACTS AND TALKING THROUGH WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR NEXT YEAR.
THEY'RE ALL GOING TO DO THAT THIS SUMMER.
THAT'S WHAT THEY LEFT WITH RIGHT NOW IS THEY WERE GOING TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THEIR LIST AND HAVE THOSE PARENT MEETINGS.
>> BECAUSE THE CONTRACT IS AN IDEA THAT A LOT OF DISTRICTS USE.
BECAUSE IT IS A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE PARENT, THE SCHOOL, AND WHAT THE PARENT IS SUPPOSED TO DO AND WHAT THE SCHOOLS RESPONSIBILITY IS.
A LOT OF DISTRICTS IN THE PAST, HAVE SHOWN THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY EFFECTIVE.
BUT LIKE YOU SAID, CONSISTENCY AND IT'S NOT NEGOTIABLE.
IT'S NOT THAT CAMPUS, CAN'T DO IT, BUT ALL CAMPUSES IF YOU'RE GOING TO MEET YOUR GOAL.
>> I HAD A PRINCIPAL ONCE VERY WISE MAN.
MR. ESTRADA MAY KNOW HIM ALSO, WHO WOULD ALWAYS TEACH US THAT YOU CAN HOLD STUDENTS AND PARENTS ACCOUNTABLE WHEN IT COMES TO ATTENDANCE, HOMEWORK, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
AND I MEAN, HE TAUGHT THAT CONSISTENTLY YEAR AFTER YEAR.
IT'S ABOUT HOLDING STUDENTS AND PARENTS ACCOUNTABLE.
BUT MY QUESTION WAS, OF THOSE KIDS THAT ARE CHRONICALLY ABSENT, DOES IT TRACK WITH THEM FROM K THROUGH?
>> AND WE RANDOMLY PULLED WITH OUR ACCOUNTABILITY STAFF MEMBER? I MADE HIM JUST PULL FOUR OR FIVE SENIORS.
I SAID TRACK THEM, GET SOMEBODY WHO HAD GOOD ATTENDANCE, MAYBE MEDIOCRE AND THEN REALLY BAD ATTENDANCE.
AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE IT STARTS ABOUT FOURTH GRADE.
THAT'S WHERE YOU START SEEING.
SO WE START TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE PROACTIVE THINGS WE CAN START DOING.
I EVEN TALKED TO THEM TODAY ABOUT THEY'LL LOOK AT YOUR PRE K STUDENTS THAT ARE ENROLLING.
DO THEY HAVE SIBLINGS WHO HAVE ABSENTEEISM?
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THAT'S A PARENT, YOU SAY KID ONCE THEY COME INTO PRE K, THEY'RE GOING TO FALL INTO THOSE SAME RULES.WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO ENSURE THAT YOUR PRE K KID IS HERE AND ATTENDING.
SO OTHER THING TO YOUR POINT, MR. GIDEON IS, I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TO THE TRUANCY COURTS TO TALK THROUGH.
CAN WE ADD A PARENT REQUIREMENT TO THE FEE AND FOR MISSING THE STUDENTS THAT ARE MISSING, NOT JUST A FEE THAT THEY GET BUT THERE'S A MANDATORY PARENT TRAINING, TWO HOURS, THREE HOURS JUST TO TALK THROUGH TO JUST HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING OF THEM LEARNING ABOUT ATTENDANCE AND HOW THAT AFFECTS.
BECAUSE BY THE TIME YOU GET YOUR TRUANCY COURT, YOU'RE ALREADY AT 10-15 DAYS IN THAT SEMESTER.
>> IS THERE DIFFERENCE IN FUNDING FOR EXCUSED VERSUS UNEXCUSED ABSENCES.
WHETHER IT'S AN EXCUSED ABSENCE OR AN UNEXCUSED ABSENCE, IT'S STILL NOT FUNDED.
THE ONLY TYPE OF ABSENCE THAT WOULD BE FUNDED WOULD JUST BE FOR A SCHOOL EVENT.
IF THEY'RE IN SPORTS AND THEY'RE AT A SPORTING EVENT, THEY'RE NOT ABSENT, THEY ARE AT SCHOOL. THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY ONE.
>> THE ONLY REASON WHY TYPICALLY WE DO THAT IS LIFE HAPPENS. PEOPLE GET SICK.
SO THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WHERE AS A PARENT, THEY WERE SICK OR IT'S AN EXCUSED ABSENCE TO WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO COUNT THAT TO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO REPORT YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE SICK.
BUT NOW YOU'RE AT 25 ABSENCES AND YOU HAD FIVE APPROVED ABSENCES AND THE PARENTS STILL SAYING, WELL, ALL OF THESE, I'M SAYING SHOULD BE EXCUSED BECAUSE THEY WERE SICK, WE NEED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON HERE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT NORMAL FOR SOMEONE TO BE SICK THAT MUCH.
IT JUST GIVES US SOME FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE SOME COMMON SENSE, JUDGMENT CALLS AND SAYING THINGS ARE EXCUSED, BUT STILL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR KIDS BEING CHRONICALLY ABSENT.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT GETTING EXCUSED OR AN EXCUSE A FEW TIMES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 20 PLUS ABSENCES A YEAR.
>> AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE'RE DISCOVERING EVEN TODAY THROUGH THE COMMUNICATION TO PARENTS AND WHAT GOES OUT.
THERE WAS DISCUSSION AROUND SOME PARENTS CAN OPT OUT OF GETTING INFORMATION VIA TEXT OR EMAIL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE NOT HAVING THAT AS AN OPT OUT.
EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GET IT ON ATTENDANCE THROUGH A TEXT OR EMAIL OR A CALL BECAUSE RIGHT NOW PEOPLE CAN OPT OUT OF SOME OF THOSE NOTIFICATIONS. YES, SIR.
>> KIDS GO IN AND CHANGE THAT. [INAUDIBLE]
>> SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN MAYBE CLOSE THAT SO THERE'S NOT AN OPTION TO DO THAT.
>> YOU GOT TO LOOK AT ALL THE LOOPHOLES, RIGHT?
>> AND ONE MORE QUESTION FOR MY PART, IS DO WE HAVE A TRUANCY OFFICER, SOMEONE THAT WHEN THAT KID IS ABSENT, SOMEONE'S GOING TO GO AND FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE?
>> FOR SECONDARY WE DO. YES, MA'AM.
FOR SECONDARY, WE DO IN SOME YEARS BEEN BETTER THAN OTHERS, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT POSITION.
THE TROUBLING PART IS, I'LL GIVE YOU THIS EXAMPLE, BUT IT IS A GROSS EXAMPLE.
BUT IT'S A REAL EXAMPLE OF A KID WHO MISSED 135 DAYS OF SCHOOL THIS YEAR.
BUT YET REQUIRES A LOT OF TIME AND SUPPORT FROM OUR STAFF.
WE'RE TALKING COUNSELORS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPAL, TEACHERS.
ALL THESE PEOPLE WORKING TO SUPPORT THIS ONE KID.
BUT THE HARD THING IS REALLY DIDN'T GET ANY FUNDING TO PAY ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE TO DO THAT WORK.
IT'S A CHALLENGING THING BECAUSE WE DON'T EVER WANT TO GIVE PARENTS THE IMPRESSION THAT WE JUST CARE ABOUT YOUR KID BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET THE REVENUE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE CASE AT ALL, WHERE ALL OF US GOT INTO THIS BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE HERE FOR KIDS TO HELP THEM LEARN.
BUT WE ARE THE ONES, THIS BOARD, OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS.
WE ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE THE REALITY PLACED UPON US THAT WE ONLY RECEIVE OUR FUNDING AND WE CAN ONLY PROVIDE THE SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO OUR KIDS IF WE HAVE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE FROM THE STATE IN THE WAY THAT WE GET THAT.
NOW THERE'S ONE OPPORTUNITY FOR ENROLLMENT BASE, BUT TYPICALLY KIDS HAVE TO BE HERE TO RECEIVE THAT FUNDING.
OR WE'RE IN A SITUATION TALKING ABOUT WHAT RESOURCES ARE WE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE BECAUSE KIDS AREN'T COMING TO SCHOOL.
>> THOSE ARE ALL CONCRETE EXAMPLES THAT PEOPLE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
THAT'S THE CONSEQUENCE FOR THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS IT IMPLIES AND IMPACTS THE STUDENT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HERE AND SO THEY'RE MISSING OUT AND OUR GOAL IS TO EDUCATE ALL KIDS.
BUT THAT MEANS A PARENT UNDERSTANDS THAT IT IS A PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOL AND UNDERSTANDS THAT THEY WANT THEIR CHILD TO BE THERE.
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THEY WANT THEIR CHILD TO GET EDUCATED.>> AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT WEEK WHEN WE FINISH TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE ENDED WAS WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS IT AT WHAT LEVEL? HOW ARE THEY GOING TO MONITOR THAT? WE WENT THROUGH TEACHER, REGISTRAR, COUNTS.
WE TALKED THROUGH ALL THAT. BUT THE NEXT PHASE OF THAT IS, OKAY, NOW LET'S GO EXTERNAL.
WHAT'S THE COMMUNICATION PLAN GOING TO BE? WHAT ARE WE DOING AROUND ATTENDANCE FOR NEXT YEAR FOR COMMUNICATING THAT OUT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW MUCH LEARNING THEY LOSE AS A RESULT OF BEING ABSENT?
>> I TALKED TO MR. STRAT ABOUT THIS A WHILE BACK AND AT THE TIME, I THINK YOU INDICATED THAT WE HAVE EVEN FALLEN BEHIND OUR PEER DISTRICTS IN TERMS OF ATTENDANCE.
WE ALL FELT THAT AFTER COVID, ALL THE DISTRICT FOR SUFFERING, BUT WE ARE NOW FALLING BEHIND EVEN A LOT OF THOSE DISTRICTS, AND THAT'S DISTURBING.
>> CORRECT. WE HAD ALL BUT TWO CAMPUSES, I BELIEVE, THIS YEAR, WE HAD TWO THAT IMPROVED ATTENDANCE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
WE'RE NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LAST SCHOOL YEAR.
AND ALL BUT TWO OF OUR CAMPUSES.
>> HAD ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR THAT WAS WORSE THAN LAST YEAR.
>> ARE THERE SOME COMMON BARRIERS THAT YOU SEE? I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS DURING COVID ONE TIME WHERE MOM AND DAD HAVE TO BE AT WORK AT SEVEN, WHATEVER, KIDS FIGURE IT'S TOO COLD, THEY DON'T GO OUT TO THE BUS STOP AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ARE THOSE BARRIERS STILL AROUND?
>> [OVERLAPPING] I THINK WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT I THINK WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES THAT ARE VERY REAL.
I THINK THE GEOGRAPHIC NATURE OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, THERE ARE SOME REAL CHALLENGES IF A KID MISSES A BUS FOR WHATEVER REASON, AND THEY DON'T HAVE A TRANSPORTATION YOU CAN'T WALK 16 MILES TO SCHOOL.
THERE ARE SOME VERY REAL CHALLENGES WITH THE REAL NATURE OF OUR DISTRICT.
WHAT I WILL POINT TO, WE MENTIONED PLUM CREEK EARLIER, THREE YEARS IN A ROW, PLUM CREEK HAS HAD DOUBLE-DIGIT DIFFERENCES WHEN IT COMES TO ATTENDANCE, AND WHILE THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE UNDENIABLE THAT AFFECT OUR ATTENDANCE RATE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE COMPARING OURSELVES TO MAYBE URBAN AREAS OR DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT EVEN WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE DOING AT PLUM CREEK ELEMENTARY THAT IS SHOWING THAT WE CAN DO MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF THE CULTURE AND ATTENDANCE GOING CULTURE AT OUR CAMPUSES BECAUSE DR. [INAUDIBLE] MENTIONED IT EARLIER, THAT PLUM CREEK IS NO DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF GEOGRAPHY.
IT'S NO DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS.
IT'S NO DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF LANGUAGE THINGS.
BUT YET, THEY HAVE PROBABLY 35 MORE KIDS EVERY SINGLE DAY COMING TO SCHOOL, 2% HIGHER THAN EVERYONE ELSE.
THAT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE THAT SHOWING THAT THERE'S SOMETHING SYSTEMICALLY THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REPLICATE THAT AND TAP IN TO THAT.
BECAUSE EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS PLUM CREEK ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR, WE'RE IN A VERY DIFFERENT BUDGET SITUATION.
IF LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL HAS LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGHS ATTENDANCE, WE'RE IN A VERY DIFFERENT JUNIOR HIGH, WE'RE LEAVING OUT, BUT JUNIOR HIGH HAS DONE A GOOD JOB AS WELL, OUR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL HAS BETTER ATTENDANCE THAN MOST OF OUR ELEMENTARIES AND THAT SHOULD NOT BE THE CASE.
THAT IS NOT THE NORM THAT YOU HAVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS WITH BETTER ATTENDANCE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
WE'VE GOT TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR, FIGURE OUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO IMPROVE THIS AND TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT AS WELL.
I'VE BEEN AROUND AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS MILLION-WORD READER THING.
THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD MORE MILLION-WORD READERS.
THEN WE'VE ALWAYS SEEN THEIR ATTENDANCE BEING HIGH.
I AGREE, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON.
THERE KIDS ARE EXCITED ABOUT SOMETHING, THEY'RE GETTING TO SCHOOL. SOMETHING'S HAPPENING.
>> LIKE PUTTING SOMETHING IN THEIR LUNCHES.
>> I WILL SAY, MR. GUTEN THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TODAY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT PC IS A LOT OF RELATIONAL BUILDING WITH PARENTS FINDING OUT WHY THE KIDS AREN'T THERE, LETTING THE PARENTS KNOW THEY WERE MISSED.
HEY, TIM, I MISSED YOU YESTERDAY, AND THEY'RE JUST LIKE YOU NOTICED I WAS GONE.
THE THING THAT WE FOCUSED ON THIS MORNING FROM THE BOOK, IS REALLY ONE OF THE KIDS TO MAXIMIZE IMPACT WAS REALLY CONNECTED LEARNING, AND SO THAT IS WE CANNOT GROW AS A DISTRICT IF ONLY ONE CAMPUS OR ONE PART OF IT IS DOING WELL.
WE'RE PUTTING EVERYTHING LIKE JAMIE'S RESOURCES.
MISS GREEBLE HAS PUT HER RESOURCES OUT, SO WE WENT THROUGH EXACTLY WHAT SHE'S DOING WHEN, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH.
WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS DAILY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS WEEKLY, AND I THINK WE'VE GOT A GOOD SOLID PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR.
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I TOLD THEM OUR GOAL IS THAT THERE IS MAYBE A 2 OR 3% DIFFERENCE OF THAT BETWEEN ATTENDANCE.IF WE PUT EVERYTHING IN PLACE THAT JAMIE'S BEEN DOING AT THE OTHER CAMPUSES, THERE SHOULD NOT BE A DISCREPANCY WITH THE OTHER CAMPUSES.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY EXTRA COPIES OF THE BOOK?
>> YES, SIR. I CAN GIVE THAT TO YOU I HAVE THEM RIGHT OVER THERE.
>> I THINK STAFF SHOULD UNDERSTAND IF WE DON'T GET A HANDLE ON THIS, THAT IT MIGHT AFFECT RAISES IN THE FUTURE.
IF WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT.
>> WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY JUMPING TO AUGUST WHEN THE TEACHERS COME BACK.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THIS INFORMATION? WHAT TIME ARE WE GOING TO HAVE? WE TALKED TO MR. DAVIDSON ABOUT THOSE TWO DAYS WHEN WE COME BACK.
THEY WANT SOME TIME TO TALK TO TEACHERS.
HERE'S YOUR EXPECTATION. HERE'S THE REGISTRAR.
HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, SO AND THEN UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF THAT.
IT'S A FINE BALANCE BETWEEN IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT MONEY, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE RESOURCES.
BUT IF WE CAN'T EVEN GET THE KIDS IN THE DOOR, THE RESOURCES AREN'T GOING TO MATTER.
>> HOW DO YOU TAKE OWNERSHIP FOR THAT FROM CLASSROOM TO CLASSROOM, TAKING OWNERSHIP THAT THAT'S OUR GOAL.
>> IT MAKES THOSE 2028 GOALS OF OURS.
EVERYBODY BE [INAUDIBLE] [OVERLAPPING] HARDER IF WE DON'T HAVE EVERYBODY THERE.
>> I WILL SAY I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR PRINCIPLES BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE SAID IT.
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH JAMIE, PC, WHAT'S HAPPENING? WHAT'S THE MAGIC? WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE? I WAS REALLY PROUD OF THEM TODAY TO THEY ALSO CHALLENGED EACH OTHER.
ARE WE SAYING THIS IS NEGOTIABLE OR NOT? EVEN FOR SECONDARY, THEY SAID, YOU CAN DO IT, AND THIS IS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO AND HERE'S SOME IDEAS AROUND THAT.
I WAS REALLY PROUD OF THEIR THINKING AROUND THAT AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO IT.
>> I JUST FIRMLY BELIEVE YOU JUST BE TRANSPARENT.
YOU DON'T SHY AWAY FROM THE MONEY PART.
I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE COMMUNITY ALSO.
YOUR KID DOESN'T COME TO SCHOOL IT COST US MONEY.
POINT BLANK. I MEAN, THAT'S BOTTOM LINE. THAT IS THE TRUTH.
I KNOW PEOPLE LIKE TO PUT LIKE YOU SAID, DOCTOR SANCHEZ ON THE DISCUSSION BOARD, TALK ABOUT THAT.
YES, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
IF THEY DON'T COME IN, WE DON'T GET THIS MONEY, THEN WE CAN'T DO THIS, AND INITIALLY, IT COULD COME TO WHERE WE GOT TO LOOK AT CUTTING POSITIONS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO HAVE THAT POSITION.
WE GOT TO ALL HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE.
>> NOW I WOULD SAY I WOULD EVEN ADD TO THAT THAT I WOULD THINK THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY DON'T KNOW THAT IN SIX WEEKS WE COULD LOSE $1,000,000 JUST ON ATTENDANCE.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY THE THINKING BECAUSE THEY NEED TO HEAR THAT, JUST LIKE ALL OF THOSE VIDEOS THAT MR. SALES HAS DONE, AND WE SENT THEM OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, PEOPLE ARE LIKE SHOCKED.
WE DIDN'T KNOW ALL THAT. I THINK THAT ENERGIZES PEOPLE, THEIR EYES ARE WIDE OPEN WE UNDERSTAND AND THEN PEOPLE ARE UNDERSTANDING WHY THINGS HAVE TO BE DONE, AND WHY WE NEED SCHOOLS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF NAYSAYERS OUT THERE, DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WHY, BUT WHEN YOU'RE BEING GIVEN INFORMATION A VIDEO AND CONSTANTLY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT IT.
WELL, AFTER ONE OR TWO TIMES, YOU UNDERSTAND, AND THEN YOU'RE WILLING TO DO YOUR PART.
BECAUSE FOR NOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
>> WHAT ARE WAYS WE AS A DISTRICT CAN BE PROACTIVE TO HELP PARENTS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE FACEBOOK OR SOCIAL MEDIA OR READ EMAILS.
HOW CAN I KNOW THEY GET LETTERS IN THEIR SONS KIDS, DAUGHTERS BACK TAX BUT.
MORE OF AN IMPACT WAY TO GET PERSONAL I GUESS HOUSE TO HOUSE.
I MEAN, THAT'S HARD TO DO, BUT SOMETHING TO GET TO LET THEM KNOW, HEY, WE NEED YOUR KID HERE, VERSUS THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> CAN I ANSWER THAT? [OVERLAPPING]
>> I CAN ANSWER. YOU HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
THIS IS WHAT WE WERE TAUGHT AT MY PREVIOUS HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU TELL THEM NOW, ALMOST EVERYBODY HAS A CELL PHONE NOW.
WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH YOU THROUGH CELL PHONE, WE'RE SENDING OUT EMAILS, WE'RE SENDING THINGS HOME.
YOU GOT TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY AS A PARENT TO READ ONE OF THOSE METHODS THAT WE'RE SENDING HOME.
WE'RE DOING IT IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, HOWEVER YOU NEED IT, WE'RE GETTING IT TO YOU.
BUT AS A PARENT, YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE SENDING YOUR KID TO SCHOOL, YOU GOT TO TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY.
THAT'S HOW WE WERE TAUGHT TO DO IT.
WE WOULD HAVE UPFRONT CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR PARENTS AT OPEN HOUSE OR MEET THE TEACHER.
HERE'S HOW I'M GOING TO BE COMMUNICATING WITH YOU.
WHAT SYSTEM DO YOU WANT TO GET PLUGGED INTO OR IF YOU WANT ALL OF THEM FROM ME, I CAN DO THAT.
BUT I'M GOING TO BE SENDING MESSAGES HOME. YOU GOT TO READ THEM.
THE ONES THAT SHOW UP TO MEET THE TEACHER OPEN HOUSE.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET ACROSS.
THE ONES THAT REALLY DON'T SHOW UP THOSE [INAUDIBLE].
>> WE PLACED PHONE CALLS FOR THOSE FOLKS AND SAID, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
HOW DO YOU WANT ME TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU? IF IT WAS, YOU NEED TO CALL ME, THEN I HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
BUT OUR PRINCIPAL TAUGHT US THAT PARENTS CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
THEY'RE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR KIDS EDUCATION.
>> WELL, THAT'S WHY THE CONTRACT BECAUSE WHEN YOU SIGN A CONTRACT, YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO X, Y, AND Z.
THE NEXT TIME YOU HAVE ALL YOUR CHILD IS NOT HERE AFTER I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DAYS,
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WELL, YOU SIGN THIS CONTRACT.WHY AREN'T YOU DOING YOUR PART? IT'S LIKE A PARTNERSHIP.
WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS ARE SUCCEEDING, AND IT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY AND BENEFITS KIDS, AND THAT'S OUR BOTTOM LINE.
>> I THINK IT GOES BACK TO THE RELATIONSHIPS AS WELL.
BEING EVERYWHERE, WHERE PARENTS ARE THE CARPOOL LINE, IT'S A GREAT PLACE.
WHAT WE'RE FINDING NOW IS THAT WHILE SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA, MOST PEOPLE, IF NOT ALL, HAVE A CELL PHONE, AND IT'S A MATTER OF BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO ENGAGE WITH THAT COMMUNICATION.
BUT THE THING TOO THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT 100%. THINGS HAPPEN.
THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE ISSUES.
BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMPROVING OUR ATTENDANCE. IT'S AT 96%.
THERE ARE TIMES TO WHERE CAN I SCHEDULE THIS MEETING LATER IN THE DAY, CAN I WAIT TO HAVE THIS TRIP AT A DIFFERENT TIME, LIKE ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS TO WHERE THOSE ADD UP AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HELP US MOVE THAT NEEDLE IS GETTING OUR PARENTS AT LEAST THINKING ABOUT, IF I PULL MY KID OUT AND IT'S IN A CONTROLLABLE SITUATION, I COULD HAVE WAITED UNTIL THIS TIME OR THAT TIME.
AT LEAST GET THEM THINKING ABOUT IT TO WHERE THEY LEAVE THEIR KIDS IN SCHOOLS WHEN THEY CAN.
THAT'S GOING TO HELP TIP THE POT A LITTLE BIT FOR US.
>> I WILL SAY, MR. GUTEN, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING THIS SUMMER, I'M HAVING EACH OF THE TWO NEW PRINCIPALS AND COACH MALDONADO HAVE TWO OR THREE PARENT MEETINGS THIS SUMMER.
IT'LL BE COFFEE WITH COACH OR POPCORN WITH FALASCIOS.
BUT IT'S FOR THEM TO START TALKING ABOUT THEIR EXPECTATIONS FOR THE CAMPUS, AND THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE ATTENDANCE, AND SO THAT THEY CAN INVITE PARENTS TO COME HERE WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL BECAUSE I FIGURED IF THEY CAN DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, THEY'RE GOING TO DO OR TWO IN PERSON OR ONE ZOOM SO THAT THEY CAN START SHARING WITH OTHER PARENTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE A PHONE OR WHATEVER THE REASONS ARE NOWADAYS THAT WE REALLY HAVE THEM COMMUNICATE WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS ARE AROUND TARDIES, ABSENCES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, SO THAT THE TIME SCHOOLS START THERE AREN'T THAT MANY SURPRISES BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL START TALKING ABOUT THEIR EXPECTATIONS.
[OVERLAPPING] THIS IS JUST A SMALL TINY LITTLE IDEA, BUT HAVE WE LOOKED AT I KNOW WHEN I GO AND I PULL MY KID OUT FOR A DENTIST APPOINTMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND I GIVE A DENTAL NOTE.
IS IT KEEP TRACK OF IT WAS A DENTIST APPOINTMENT.
WE KNOW ALL THESE KIDS ARE GOING FOR DENTIST.
COULD WE REACH OUT TO THAT DENTIST OR WHATEVER THAT SEEMS MOST POPULAR AND ASK THEM, COULD Y'ALL DO SOME EXTENDED HOURS ON A WEDNESDAY OR SOMETHING AND THEN COMMUNICATING TO PARENTS LIKE, HEY, PLUM CREEK DENTAL IS WILLING TO STAY OPEN ON WEDNESDAYS TILL 6:00 OR SOMETHING SO THAT MAYBE JUST SOME OF THOSE LITTLE ABSENCES COULD GET PEELED OFF.
THAT OBVIOUSLY IS GOING TO CHANGE THE WHOLE PICTURE OF IT, BUT THAT MAY JUST BE LITTLE TINY PIECES HERE AND THERE MAY BE HELP.
>> [OVERLAPPING] I THINK ON DOCTORS WHEN THEY COME IF THEY COME BACK THE SAME DAY WITH A NOTE, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE COUNTED ABSENT ON THAT DAY.
IF THEY CAME BACK THE SAME DAY.
>> THEN THEY COME BACK THE SAME DAY.
>> AS LONG AS THEY'RE THERE DURING ATTENDANCE HOUR. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY LIKE AN ORTHODONTIST'S APPOINTMENT, MAYBE LIKE A TWO HOUR APPOINT.
SHE MISSED LIKE A WHOLE PERIOD, AND I'LL GET A NOTE SAYING SHE WAS ABSENT FROM THAT PERIOD.
>> [OVERLAPPING] AS LONG AS THEY'RE DURING ATTENDANCE TIME.
>> 9:30 AT ELEMENTARY AND SECOND PERIOD AT SECONDARY.
THAT'S THE EDUCATION PIECE WORKING WITH OUR PARENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOUR KID, PLEASE HAVE THEM ELEMENTARY AT 9:30, TAKE THEM AFTER OR BEFORE, OR SECOND PERIOD AT SECONDARY.
>> THAT IS ANOTHER POINT IN THAT BOOK ABOUT HOW ARE YOU LEVERAGING OUR COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND TO HELP WITH ANY OF THESE ISSUES OR CHALLENGES THAT THE SCHOOL HAS BECAUSE WE COULD NOT TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHOOL.
BUT WE CAN LOOK TO OTHER PEOPLE AND LEVERAGE SOME THINGS.
MR. MILLER AND I MET WITH HAVI, ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE.
SHE HAD A LOT OF A COMMUNITY OUTREACH EXPERIENCE, AND THEY GAVE US SOME POINTERS ON SOME THINGS WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT ON.
ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS WAS, HOW ARE YOU WORKING WITH THE CITY ON HELPING YOU LEVERAGE MARKETING OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING ALL THE GREAT THINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> ALSO IS ABOUT TRUANCY THOUGH WHAT ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS WITH CALWELL COUNTY.
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IT'S LIKE I REMEMBER WORKING IN ANOTHER DISTRICT, AND THAT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PART THAT THESE KIDS THAT WERE REPEAT OFFENDERS OR WHATEVER AND TRUANCY, BUT THEY WOULD COME TOGETHER AND THEY WOULD TALK TO THE PARENT AND GET THEM INVOLVED, AND THEN THESE KIDS STOPPED REPEATING AND SKIPPING SCHOOL OR WHATEVER.AGAIN, YOUR POINT, THE MORE PARTNERSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY, THE MORE THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY TARGET THE STUDENTS THAT ARE FOR WHATEVER ISSUE THAT'S HAPPENING AT HOME OR NOT, THAT THERE ARE OTHER RESOURCES THAT CAN HELP THEM TO BE IN SCHOOL AND NOT TO CONTINUE ON THAT TRACK.
>> STUDENTS THAT HAVE A HIGH ABSENTEEISM IT HURTS THEIR LEARNING AND ALSO HURTS THEIR WAY TO GET PROMOTED AS WELL.
IS THAT HURTING OUR STUDENTS AS WELL? WHERE THEY'RE NOT BEING PROMOTED, MR. SHUT? BY NOT LEARNING AND CATCHING UP?
>> AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, ESPECIALLY AT HIGH SCHOOL IN TERMS OF CREDIT, HAVING TO DO A LOT OF CREDIT RECOVERY.
THAT'S AN AREA TO WHERE I THINK WE NEED TO IN MY OPINION, I THINK IT'S TOO EASY FOR KIDS TO MISS A LOT OF SCHOOL AND THEN MAKE UP CREDITS VERY QUICKLY.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO REQUIRE MORE OF OUR KIDS.
THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL.
THERE'S A LOT MORE PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS IN PLACE THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY AFFECT IT THERE, BUT CERTAINLY AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY SEE ISSUES.
>> I DID WANT TO GET US BACK TO THIS SHEET OF IDEAS AND TO HELP WITH PRIORITIZATION.
I'M JUST CURIOUS IF ANYONE HAS ANYTHING FROM THAT LIST THAT YOU WOULD PRIORITIZE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM ON WEDNESDAY, BUT WE CERTAINLY WANTED TO GIVE THE BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS ANY THOUGHTS IF ANY ABOUT ANY OF THESE IDEAS.
>> LIKE SCHOOL SUPPLIES, I WOULD THINK.
HOW LONG HAVE WE HAD IN THE LAST TWO YEARS WE BOUGHT SCHOOL SUPPLIES?
>> WE BOUGHT SCHOOL SUPPLIES THIS YEAR.
THE PREVIOUS YEAR WE DIDN'T, AND THEN THE YEAR BEFORE WE DID.
IT WAS LIKE WE DID IT DURING COVID.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO IT IN THE BUDGET FOR '23/'24, AND THEN WE BROUGHT IT BACK FOR '24/'25.
>> I SEE LIKE WE WOULD SURELY NEED TO COMMUNICATE THAT WITH OUR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.
MAYBE WITH THE VENDORS THAT SUPPLY OUR LOCAL STORE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUYING FROM YOU MOSTLY AGAIN THIS YEAR SO READY.
>> BUT I WAS THINKING THERE SHOULD BE SOME PARTNERSHIP SINCE THERE ARE SEVERAL NON-PROFITS THAT ACTUALLY GIVE SCHOOL SUPPLIES THAT THAT MIGHT BE AN AREA TO CUT, BUT YET TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH NON-PROFITS, RENEE'S FAMILY, MISS AMAYA, ALL 12 KIDS, HEB, THAT IF THEY CAN ACTUALLY COLLABORATE AND DO SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN, BUT PROVIDE SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR KIDS.
BUT YET YOU ALSO HAVE A LOT OF DUPLICATION BECAUSE YOU HAVE SEVERAL OF THOSE NON-PROFITS, THAT THEY WORK HARD TO PROVIDE SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR KIDS, BUT MAYBE MORE COORDINATED EFFORT BY ALL OF THEM TO ACTUALLY DO A ONE TIME DEAL OR HAVE SCHEDULED TIMES WHERE THE PEOPLE THAT CAME, GET SOME BRACELET OR SOMETHING.
YOU DON'T KEEP COMING FOR MORE SUPPLIES FOR THE NEXT TIME THAT THEY'RE OFFERING.
I PARTICIPATE IN HELP AND THERE ARE SOME KIDS THAT WILL GO TO SOME FAMILIES SOMETIMES.
THEY WILL PARTICIPATE AND THEY HAVE SEVERAL CHILDREN, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT THEY'LL GO TO ALL THESE SCHOOL SUPPLY GIVEAWAYS, BUT YET IF IT WAS A COORDINATED EFFORT WITH SEVERAL PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY, MAYBE THAT COULD BE AN AREA THAT CAN BE JUST CHECKED OFF.
>> I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
ONE OF THOSE PARTNERS YOU FORGOT ABOUT THAT.
>> OH, I FORGOT. I'M SO SORRY. [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING]
>> I WAS JUST KIDDING. NO, I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA IS BECAUSE THOSE GROUPS HAVE BEEN DOING THIS IS TO MAYBE SEE LIKE YOU SAID, AS COORDINATE NEED [OVERLAPPING] BECAUSE IT IS TRUE SOMETIMES YOU DO SEE SEVERAL FAMILIES AND I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THAT.
BUT IF WE CAN SOMEHOW COORDINATE, AND FIGURE OUT HOW THAT IS GOING TO WORK. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT WAY YOU COVER ALL THE KIDS.
>> MAYBE I MET WITH ANOTHER GROUP WHO WANTS TO DO SCHOOL SUPPLIES AS WELL LAST WEEK.
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IT MAYBE OPPORTUNITY.ONE THING WE'VE NEVER DONE IS HAVE EVERYONE BAND TOGETHER.
THE DISTRICT'S BUYING POWER IS MUCH GREATER THAN THE PEOPLE DOING IT INDIVIDUALLY.
IF THEY WERE TO MAYBE THEY ALL JUST MAKE DONATIONS AND WE BUY IT IN BULK, IT WOULD GIVE MORE FOR EVERYBODY'S GROUPS TO PARTICIPATE MORE. [OVERLAPPING].
>> YOU WOULD KNOW THE TOTAL BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE DONE IT ALREADY, YOU ALREADY KNOW THE TOTAL SUM, BUT IF YOU WANT TO DO $180,000. [OVERLAPPING].
>> YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THAT, BUT YOU MAY GET MORE BUYING POWER.
>> YOU CAN ASK OTHERS WHO ELSE WANTS TO MAKE DONATIONS, I MEAN INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS.
BUT THERE ARE THOSE GROUPS THAT HAVE DONE IT CONSISTENTLY.
I THOUGHT, MAYBE YOU COULD JUST COLLABORATE AND ADDRESS IT.
>> I THINK TOO, WE DID IT THIS YEAR, WE DIDN'T DO IT LAST YEAR.
WE HAD SOME FAMILIES THAT NEEDED SOME SUPPORT.
BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING, IF YOU WILL.
I THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NICE THAT WE CAN DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND IT IS HELPFUL.
BUT GIVEN THE CURRENT BUDGET CONTEXT, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT [OVERLAPPING].
>> CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS CAUSES YOU TO GO OUTSIDE THE BOX AND DO SOMETHING ELSE.
[BACKGROUND] THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THEY COULD BE THE ONE HITTING IT, PARTNERSHIPS.
>> MAYBE A MEETING COORDINATOR, PUTTING US ALL TOGETHER. WHAT COULD BE DONE?
>> THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA FOR EVERYBODY TO MEET TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE.
>> THERE WAS ANOTHER THING ON THEIR SUMMER SCHOOL.
SUMMER SCHOOL HURTS US AT THE BEGINNING AND THE END BECAUSE MOST OF THE KIDS THAT GO TO SUMMER SCHOOL ARE THERE BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T IN ATTENDANCE AND THEY FELL BEHIND, AND SO NOW THEY HAVE TO TRY TO GET THAT CREDIT THAT THEY DIDN'T EARN DURING THAT ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR.
YOU'RE RIGHT. THEY'VE COME ENTITLED BECAUSE I DID DO SUMMER SCHOOL ONE YEAR.
THEY COME ACTING ENTITLED TO GET THAT CREDIT IN SIX WEEKS THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO SPEND THE ENTIRE YEAR EARNING, AND THEY DIDN'T.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT $150,000 OF NON-REQUIRED SUMMER SCHOOL.
THE SUM IS REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS.
YOU'RE GETTING RID OF THAT AND THEN YOU'RE LOSING THE MONEY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN SCHOOL ON THE FRONT.
THAT'S A DOUBLE WHAMMY, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS.
I WAS GOING TO CUT SOMETHING, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF US, ACTUALLY IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS [INAUDIBLE].
>> YOUR PRIORITY WOULD BE THE UNREQUIRED SUMMER SCHOOL, IS THAT OKAY?
>> CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE $100 AMAZON? IS ALL TEACHERS GET THAT?
>> YES. ALL INSTRUCTIONAL NOT JUST TEACHERS.
ANYBODY THAT IS AN INSTRUCTIONAL EMPLOYEE RECEIVES $100 TO SPEND AT EITHER AMAZON OR WALMART TO GET THE SUPPLIES THAT THEY NEED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND SEMESTER.
>> AND THEN THE STUDENTS GOING TO NATIONALS? WE HAVE THAT HAPPEN QUITE OFTEN?
>> I WOULDN'T SAY IT HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN, BUT IT DEFINITELY DOES HAPPEN ANNUALLY.
WE HAVE CERTAIN GROUPS THAT MIGHT MAKE IT TO A NATIONAL LEVEL AND THEN WE'RE PUTTING IN ABOUT 25,000 TO GET ABOUT 15 KIDS TO AN EVENT.
>> I WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM CUTTING THAT THING BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO PUSH IS OUR KIDS GET TO NATIONALS.
THOSE ARE THE KIDS THAT ARE SHOWING UP EVERY DAY AND DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
THEY'RE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND, AND A LOT OF THE KIDS THAT ARE IN TAFFY OR IN OTHER PROGRAMS ALSO.
WHEN YOU SEE THESE KIDS, WE SHAKE THEIR HAND, THEY'LL BE KIDS THAT COME THROUGH TWO OR THREE TIMES AND SHAKE OUR HAND AND IT'S LIKE OH, HERE YOU ARE AGAIN, AND HERE YOU ARE AGAIN BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
IF THEY BUST THEIR HUMP AND THEY MAKE IT TO NATIONALS, I THINK THOSE ARE THE KIDS I WANT TO SUPPORT.
NOT THE KIDS THAT DON'T SHOW UP AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR BUSINESS AND DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AND SHINE THE LIGHT ON LOCKHART IN A POSITIVE WAY INSTEAD OF WHEN THE NEWS WANTS TO SHOW UP WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING NEGATIVE HAPPENED. THAT'S MY TWO SECOND.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.
>> WHAT'S THIS ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGET?
>> EVERY YEAR WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGET, AND IT'S JUST LARGE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THE DISTRICT, AND WE USUALLY TRY TO BUDGET AROUND 300,000 TO DO THESE, THEY'RE EITHER BIG PROJECTS OR THEY'RE BIG TICKET ITEMS.
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WE JUST TALKED ABOUT HAVING TO REDUCE.>> IS THAT BASED ON A PHASE IN THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT THE INVENTORY AND GETTING RID OF X AND BRING IN [OVERLAPPING].
>> IN SOME AREAS THAT COULD BE THE CASE.
>> I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT COACH LOCKHART SAID ABOUT THE STUDENTS ON THE NATIONALS.
WE'RE EVEN SEEING IT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL NOW WITH OUR LEGO LEAGUE. I'M WITH HIM.
I'D HATE TO SEE THESE KIDS WHO ARE WORKING HARD, WHO ARE DOING THIS ALL YEAR, AND THESE ARE THE KIDS THAT ARE SHOWING UP FOR US TO SAY, YOU GOT A FUND RAISE AND IF THEY DON'T RAISE THE MONEY, THEY CAN'T GO.
I THINK WE DID THAT MANY YEARS AGO, WE DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT. MR. ESTRADA WAS HERE.
THAT CAME UP, WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FUND RAISE AGO.
THEY'RE REPRESENTING US ON THE NATIONAL STAGE, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK. I HAVE THAT.
>> I HAVE ANOTHER IDEA FOR THIS STAFF MEALS.
CAN THE DISTRICT PARTNER WITH ANY OF THE COMMUNITY FOOD PLACES ABOUT MAYBE THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO PROVIDE BREAKFAST OR WHATEVER DURING SOME STAFF DEVELOPMENT TRAINING I USED TO.
I DO THINK THAT WE TRY TO DO THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
>> I USED TO GET. I USED TO HAVE A CAR FROM HEB, AND THEY WOULD ALLOW ME X AMOUNT OF MONEY TO FEED TEACHERS MONTHLY, AND I WAS THERE ALL THE TIME BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A BUDGET ITEM FOR FEEDING TEACHERS.
I'M JUST THINKING, WHAT VENDORS IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE WILLING TO PROVIDE SO THAT THAT 27,000, IF WE COULD LOOK AT HOW MANY CAN DO THAT.
>> I CAN TELL YOU I KNOW WE DO ASK AND WE ALWAYS TRY TO BALANCE YOU BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR FROM OUR LOCALS.
MANY OF THEM ARE FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES WHERE THAT CAN BECOME OVERWHELMING WHEN EVERY CAMPUS IS DOING THAT, EVERY ORGANIZATION IS DOING THAT.
I WOULD SAY A LOT OF THEM GIVE US DISCOUNTS, IF NOT, MOST OF THEM GIVE US SOME OF A DISCOUNT WHEN WE DO, ESPECIALLY THE MOM AND POP FAMILY OWNED RESTAURANTS.
WE JUST LOOK AT OUR BUDGET ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND FOR DIFFERENT THINGS, PARENT MEETING, STAFF ME, JUST YOU KNOW WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY WE NEED TO LOOK AT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER NOT DOING?
>> THAT IS A CRITICAL THING WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU VALUE THE PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE AND IF YOU MAYBE CUT SOME OF THE STUFF THAT YOU, BUT NOT ENTIRELY BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE THAT COME FOR TRAININGS, TEACHERS, EDUCATORS, IF YOU SHOW THEM SOME APPRECIATION ON BREAKFAST TACO, I DON'T KNOW LIMIT, MAYBE.
I'M JUST KIDDING. BUT THE IDEA THOUGH, IS JUST WHEN THEY SEE THAT YOU'RE VALUING, TO ME, THAT'S A PLUS IN YOUR EFFORTS TO SAY, WE CARE ABOUT YOU.
BUT WHEN YOU AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A CRISIS, I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN ALL GOING TO DIET.
>> WELL, THAT'S WHY [LAUGHTER] DR. SANCHEZ, WE AGREE WITH YOU, WHICH IS WHY WE DO IT THING.
I WANT TO MAYBE TRY TO REFRAME THIS.
ARE THERE THINGS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT WE WANT TO KEEP.
BUT THE REALITY IS WE'VE GOT TO CUT SOME ARE THERE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD PRIORITIZE ON THE OPPOSITE WAY AND I'M MAKING A LITTLE JOKE, BUT TO THE REALITY IS WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME CUTS.
IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET.
ARE THERE THINGS THAT YOU PRIORITIZE OR MAYBE WE'RE NOT READY TO HAVE THAT WHEN WE HAVE TIME, WE'RE NOT MAKING DECISIONS TONIGHT.
>> I'M THINKING $100 AMAZON MAYBE COULD BE A POSSIBLE CUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND IF THEY WANT TO GET ALL THINGS MAYBE, THEY COULD APPLY MORE FOR THE GRANTS THAT ARE BEING AVAILABLE? BECAUSE I KNOW $100 I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CAN BUY WITH $100, BUT MAYBE WITH $2,000 OR $2,500 IF YOU'RE APPLYING FOR SOME GRANT TO GET MATERIALS OR RESOURCES FOR THEIR CLASSROOM. THAT'S JUST THE THOUGHT.
>> WE BACK TO THE STAFF MEALS AND TRAININGS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MEALS.
I'M NOT HERE FOR ALL TRAININGS AND SO FORTH.
>> I LOVE SANDWICHES, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING SIMPLE SANDWICHES OR SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW.
>> YEAH, IT'S ALWAYS AS CHEAP AS POSSIBLE.
YEAH, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING THAT YEAH,
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WE'RE VERY LOW, BUT TACOS ARE NICE, REALLY.>> THEY TALK ABOUT TACOS THAT YOU HAVE TO BRING YOUR OWN MEAT. YES, LIKE THE MEAT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING SENSITIVE. [LAUGHTER]
>> WELL, WE GOT A PREVIEW OF WHAT THESE CUTS WILL LOOK LIKE LAST MONTH.
>> I'VE [LAUGHTER] GOT TO ONE LESS.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF MEALS, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT SANDWICH.
>> I THINK THAT ONE OTHER THING WE NEED TO LOOK AT IS TIME SOMETHING COMES ACROSS THE BOARD HERE.
WE AS A BOARD HAVE ALWAYS BEEN, THAT'S GREAT, THAT'S SOMETHING GREAT FOR THE KIDS.
IT'S SOMETHING NEW. IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.
IT WILL EXTEND US AND MAKE US BETTER BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE STATE OR THE LACK THEREOF.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START FORGETTING ABOUT LOOKING AT A LIST LIKE THIS, AND WE'RE GOING TO START LOOKING AT A LIST OF CUTTING PROGRAMS AND CUTTING POSITIONS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING MAYBE WE CAN AVOID IT BY DOING THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO START GETTING SOME COOPERATION FROM OTHER PLACES, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE BACK OF ALL OF OUR MINDS.
I HOPE IS THAT IS, WE JUST APPROVED THIS PROGRAM.
CAN WE AFFORD IT? IT'S GREAT AND YOU CAN SEE THE KIDS EXCITED IN DOING IT ALL, BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT WE GET RID OF.
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN SAVE MONEY IS IF YOU GET RID OF STUFF, THAT'S A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE KIDS SOMETIMES, BUT IN REALITY HITS YOU IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT.
I THINK THESE ARE WONDERFUL AND THESE ARE STARTS AND HOPEFULLY THIS IS ALL WE HAVE TO DO WITH SOMETHING SMALL LIKE THIS.
>> REMEMBER, THIS IS AN EXCESS OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY ARE NEEDING TO CUT.
WE DID THAT INTENTIONALLY BECAUSE WE WANT TO GIVE THE POSSIBILITY TO PRIORITIZE SO THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S ON HERE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PUBLIC THAT MAYBE WATCHING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO CUT ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED.
THESE ARE JUST DISCUSSION ITEMS OF SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT WE COULD PRIORITIZE AS STARTING POINTS, KNOWING THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO CUT ALL OF THESE THINGS.
>> MAYBE SOME REDUCTION IN AREAS.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT STAFF TRAVEL FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
YOU GUYS HAVE A REALLY GREAT IN HOUSE STAFF DEVELOPMENT WITH TEACHERS PRESENTING AND GIVING IDEAS AND ALL THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO, COULD BE A TRIAL TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS FOR YOU TO CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THAT WHATEVER IS WORKING IN THE CLASSROOM, SOMEBODY YOU'RE GOING TO BE ASKING TEACHER OR WHATEVER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT AND HAVE IN HOUSE ONGOING THINGS THAT ARE WORKING STRATEGIES THAT WORK WITHIN LOCKHART ISD, THAT TEACHERS ARE RECOGNIZING EACH OTHER'S WORK AND THAT WAY, THE FOCUS IS INTERNAL VERSUS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO NEW YORK.
I'M JUST KIDDING. I KNOW YOU DON'T GO TO NEW YORK.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING IN GENERAL, THAT IT'S OUTSIDE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO VALIDATE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THE CLASSROOM.
IN MY EXPERIENCE, THAT'S MORE MOTIVATING TO SEE THAT I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO SEE IT, BUT NOW I GET TO GO TO A TRAINING.
YOU'RE GOING TO EXPLAIN TO ME EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING.
IN MY EXPERIENCE, LEARNING FROM TEACHERS OF MAJOR PLUS.
THAT'S A THOUGHT. I'M NOT SAYING CUT IT OUT COMPLETELY.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT MAYBE REVISIT HOW MUCH YOU'RE SPENDING ON INTERNAL VERSUS EXTERNAL.
>> I THINK WE NEED TO EDUCATE STAFF AND EVERYBODY WHERE WE'RE AT.
THIS IS A TOUGH YEAR AND IT'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE MAYBE ANOTHER TOUGH YEAR NEXT YEAR AND THAT THIS ISN'T AIMED AT ANYONE PERSON, BUT IT'S JUST WHAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH THE DISTRICT TO SURVIVE.
THEY CAN'T BE TAKING IT PERSONAL.
>> I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TAKE ANYTHING OFF THE TABLE.
I GUESS, WORKING WITH THESE BIG TICKET ITEMS, A FEW OF THOSE THAT GETS US THERE QUICKER THAN PICKING EVERYTHING HERE AND THERE, THAT WOULD BE THE WAY TO GO.
>> [OVERLAPPING] SORRY. GO AHEAD.
>> THE JUNIOR HIGH ENGLISH TEACHER, IS THAT JUST THROUGH ATTRITION?
>> YES. LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF SECTIONS NEEDED, THAT FLUCTUATES FROM YEAR TO YEAR BASED ON COURSE SELECTIONS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO LOOK AT HOW WOULD INCREASE THE CLASSES A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT IS IT THE 28 IF WE DO THAT.
CURRENTLY, THEY'RE ABOUT 25, BUT IF WE WERE TO LOSE THAT, THEY GO UP TO 28.
>> WHAT ABOUT THIS TUTORING SCE? WHAT IS THAT?
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>> WE HAVE A TUTORING BUDGET IN STATE COMP ED.
THAT'S WHAT SCE STAND FOR, STATE COMP ED, SO IT WOULD BE REDUCING THAT.
THAT'S NOT FOR ANY OTHER REASON OTHER THAN USE.
IS THAT AFTER SCHOOL THAT OCCURS? OR IS THAT [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT'S NOT ANY OF THE PORTION THAT WE'VE USED.
THAT'S WHAT WE DIDN'T USE THIS YEAR.
LOOKING AT, WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY EVEN USE THIS, SO IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN REMOVE?
>> GOOD. THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
>> I GUESS JUST THE OVERALL REDUCTION BUDGETS LIKE THE ELEMENTARY BUDGET, SECONDARY BUDGET, DEPARTMENT BUDGET WITHOUT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT WOULD BE CUT, WOULD BE HARD TO TELL.
>> SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE GOT TO THE PERCENTAGE IS THAT WE LOOK AT WHAT'S LEFT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE HAVE MORE THAN 10% LEFT.
IT WOULD BE IN THE SAME SCENARIO AS THIS TUTORING.
WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT USING IT, SO LET'S HELP IT BALANCE OUR BUDGET BECAUSE WE'RE NOT USING IT.
>> AT THE SECONDARY, IT'S MORE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR BUDGET SHEET, YOU COULD SEE THAT THEY'RE LEAVING ALL THIS MONEY.
THAT'S AN AREA THAT IT'S JUST BLINKING LIGHTS TO WHERE WE DIDN'T EVEN USE IT.
WHY ARE WE GOING TO CUT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE USING WHEN YOU HAVE THIS MONEY HERE TO PRODUCE IT?
>> THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT TO ME.
I WAS ALREADY GETTING WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
>> THAT'S SOME GOOD CLARIFICATION.
A LOT OF THIS IS BECAUSE WE EITHER AREN'T USING IT OR HAVEN'T USED IT OUT FULLY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT AREAS LIKE THAT.
>> FORECAST 5 IS A SOFTWARE THAT DOES ANALYTICS ON ALL OF OUR FINANCE INFORMATION, ALL OF OUR STUDENT DATA.
IT HELPS US BE ABLE TO PULL OUR DATA OUT AND DO SOME ANALYSIS ON IT.
IT'S JUST, IS IT A NECESSARY TOOL WHEN WE'RE IN A $1.2 MILLION DEFICIT?
>> COMPUTER TECH? WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
>> THAT'S THE THOUGHT BEHIND IT. THAT'S A VACANT POSITION.
THROUGH ATTRITION, IT'S JUST ONE OF THE POSITIONS THAT WOULD BE VACANT.
THE FOUR LDMC INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS ARE POSITIONS THAT WE ACTUALLY TOOK TO THE BOARD FOR '25-'26 THAT ARE BRAND NEW THAT WE TOOK THEM LAST MONTH AND THEN THIS HAPPENED WITH THE SENATE SUBSTITUTE, AND IT WAS AN AREA THAT IS NOT POSTED OR FILLED.
GREAT QUESTIONS AND GREAT DISCUSSIONS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER YOU HAVE A THOUGHT?
>> NO, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE PLACE. MOVE ON.
>> WELL, I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK.
THE NEXT STEPS FOR BALANCING OUR BUDGET IS THAT ON WEDNESDAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DLT MEETING, WHICH IS OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM.
IT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS, DIRECTORS, PRINCIPALS, APS, EVEN IN THE SUMMER.
WE WILL HAVE WHAT IS CALLED A PARTICIPATORY BUDGET PROJECT FOR LEADERSHIP TO PRIORITIZE THESE ITEMS, WHICH IS WHY WE WANTED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND ABILITY FOR Y'ALL TO BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE THE ITEMS SO THAT WE CAN GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND SHARE THAT WITH THE TEAM AS WELL.
BUT OUT OF THE $1.7 MILLION WORTH OF IDEAS, WE WILL ASK THE TEAMS TO PROVIDE A LIST, PRIORITIZED LIST OF A MILLION.
THAT WAY, IF WE ARE FACED WITH EITHER THE BILL NOT BEING SIGNED OR THE BILL BEING SIGNED BECAUSE WE ARE IN A DEFICIT, THAT WHEN IT DOES COME THAT TIME IN THESE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND WE ARE NEEDING TO ADOPT A BALANCED BUDGET, OUR DL TEAM IS AROUND 55 PEOPLE OR SO, THAT WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE THE LIST FROM OUR LEADERSHIP WITH THE ITEMS THAT WE WILL USE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.
>> I DO HAVE ONE OTHER THING AND JUST CROSS MY MIND.
YOU SAID EARLIER, ON THE SCHOOL SUPPLIES, WHEN WE GET THAT, HOW THE SUPPLY LIST COMES FROM THE SCHOOL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS REALIZE WHEN MY KIDS WERE IN ELEMENTARY, THEY WOULD BRING STUFF BACK HOME ALSO AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
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WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, BLUE AND ALL THAT.SINCE WE ARE FACING THESE HARD TIMES, JUST LIKE A LITTLE MORE CONCISE WITH THAT, IF THERE'S STUFF THAT WE DON'T ABSOLUTELY NEED AND THOSE SUPPLY LISTS, THAT WOULD HELP THOSE ORGANIZATIONS IF WE ALL COME TOGETHER TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND TRY TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT.
THERE DID SEEM TO BE SOME WASTE, SAY IT LIKE THAT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.
THE NEXT STEPS IS THAT IN THREE WEEKS FROM TONIGHT, WE'LL BE APPROVING THE '25-'26 EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PLAN WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WILL BE COMING BACK WITH AMENDMENT TO THAT ONCE WE KNOW THE DETAILS OF THE MANDATE ONCE IT IS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.
TA GIVES US ALL OF THEIR INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GET THAT DATA FROM US.
>> I THINK IT'S A GREAT CLARIFICATION.
IT'S ONE THING FOR THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN IT, IT'S ANOTHER THING FOR HOW IS TA GOING TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT AND ROLL IT OUT.
I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR TO ANYONE WATCHING AND WITH THE BOARD THAT SAY THE GOVERNOR DID IT TOMORROW.
WE STILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR RULES AND HOW TA IS GOING TO INTERPRET THE LAW, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE PROJECTING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK WITH AN AMENDMENT IN EITHER JUNE OR JULY OR AUGUST.
>> ISN'T IT THE 22ND THAT HE HAS TO SIGN EVERYTHING?
>> HE COULD DRAG IT OUT AND HOLD IT UNTIL THE 22ND BEFORE HE SIGNS, SO THERE'S NO WAY IN THE WORLD YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US ANY GOOD INFORMATION.
>> ABSOLUTELY. AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING THAT EVEN IF YOU WERE TO SIGN IT RIGHT NOW TODAY, THREE WEEKS IS STILL JUST NOT ENOUGH WITH ROLLING OUT ALL OF THE HOW TA IS GOING TO IMPLEMENT IT.
ALSO, I THINK THAT'S WHY DISTRICTS ARE ALL JUST SAYING IN AUGUST AMENDMENT, JUST TO REALLY GIVE IT ENOUGH TIME THAT IF HE DOES WAIT UNTIL THE LAST OR IF IT GOES FURTHER, THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GIVE A SOLID RECOMMENDATION FOR AN AMENDMENT THAT REALLY REFLECTS THE MANDATE.
AT THAT JUNE 23RD REGULAR MEETING, WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE BEGINNING, WHERE WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE.
NOT THE ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE, THE TAX RATE THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING WITH THIS BUDGET, AND THEN OUR BUDGET ADOPTION WILL HAPPEN THAT NIGHT AS WELL.
WE WON'T ADOPT OUR TAX RATE UNTIL AUGUST BECAUSE WE DO NOT RECEIVE RATES FROM TA UNTIL AUGUST 5TH.
GREAT DISCUSSION, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I KNOW THIS WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, AND A LOT OF CHANGE SINCE THE LAST MEETING.
>> STILL A LOT TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
>> THERE'S STILL A LOT TO KNOW?
[Consider and/or Approve Memorandum of Ground Lease between the City of Lockhart and Lockhart ISD for the Aquatics Facility]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 5, COMMUNICATION ACTION A.CONSIDER AND/OR APPROVED MEMORANDUM OF GROUND LEASE BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOCKHART AND LOCKHART ISD FOR THE AQUATIC FACILITY, MR. STRATO?
>> SIR, CITY WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH THE EXHIBIT FOR THE GROUND LEASE, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THAT [OVERLAPPING].
>> OUR LEGAL STAFF LOOKED THIS OVER, RIGHT?
>> YES, SIR. OUR LEGAL COUNSEL HAS REVIEWED IT AND IS HAPPY WITH THE LANGUAGE.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF GROUND LEASE BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOCKHART AND LOCKHART ISD FOR THE AQUATICS FACILITY AS PRESENTED.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE?
>> ANY OPPOSED? PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO.
ITEM 5B, APPROVED DATE FOR PUBLIC MEETING ON 2025, 2026 BUDGET.
[Approve Date for Public Meeting on 2025-2026 Budget]
>> THIS IS TO APPROVE THE MEETING FOR JUNE 23RD OF 2025, THAT WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE OR AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING, EXPLAINING THE BUDGET, WHICH ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO COME AND GIVE ANY COMMENT THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE TAKING.
THIS DATE WILL ALSO GO IN THE PAPER.
>> I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE JUNE 23RD, 2025 AS A DATE FOR THE PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE?
>> ANY OPPOSED? PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO.
ITEM 5C APPROVED 2025 TAX RATE TO BE PUBLISHED.
[Approve 2025 Tax Rate to be Published]
>> JUST LIKE THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE, WE ALSO HAVE TO PUBLISH A TAX RATE THAT WOULD BE GOING WITH THIS BUDGET THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ADOPTING ON JUNE 23RD.
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WE ALWAYS PUBLISH THE CURRENT TAX RATE SO THAT WE HAVE A TAX RATE THAT WE'RE TAKING BEFORE WE GET A TAX RATE IN AUGUST.THIS IS JUST APPROVING THAT RATE THAT WE'LL GO IN THE NEWSPAPER WITH BUDGET ADOPTION PUBLIC HEARING.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE IT, 2025 MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE OF 0.6992 AND AN INTEREST IN SINKING TAX RATE OF 0.2577 FOR A COMBINED TAX RATE OF 0.9546 TO BE PUBLISHED.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE?
>> ANY OPPOSED? PASS SEVEN TO ZERO.
ITEM 5D, CONSIDER AND/OR APPROVED STAFFING FOR THE 2025, 2026 SCHOOL YEAR.
[Consider and/or Approve Staffing for the 2025-2026 School Year]
>> IN YOUR BUDGET BINDER, UNDER TAB 4, THERE IS JUST ONE POSITION THAT WE ARE TAKING THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT A NEW NUMBERS OF POSITION.
WE ARE GOING TO REDUCE A CONTENT SPECIALIST VACANCY AND RECOMMEND THAT WE TURN THAT INTO AN ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THE NET OF THAT POSITION COST ABOUT 25,000 MORE THAN THE CONTENT SPECIALIST BECAUSE IT IS MANY MORE DAYS THAN THAT TYPE OF POSITION, AND IT'S A HIGHER PAY GRADE.
THE NET IS JUST $25,000 FOR THAT.
>> I MOVE TO THE BOARD APPROVES POSITION OF STIPENDS AS PRESENTED FOR THE 2025, 2026 THIS YEAR.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.
>> ANY OPPOSE? PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO.
ITEM 5E APPROVED BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
[Approve Budget Amendments]
>> AS WE'RE JUST CLOSING OUT THE YEAR, I JUST HAVE SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CROSS BETWEEN FUNCTIONS TO HELP US GET THROUGH THE REST OF THIS YEAR.
THESE ARE JUST A NORMAL THING THAT'S USUALLY IN CONSENT.
BUT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE CONSENT AT THE SPECIAL MEETING, I HAVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR YOU.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS AS PRESENTED.
>> ANY DISCUSSION? WE HAVE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE?
>> ANY OPPOSE? PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO.
ITEM 5F, CONSIDER AND/OR APPROVE ADDITIONAL SCOPE OF WORK FOR BOND 2022,
[Consider and/or Approve Additional Scope of Work for Bond 2022 Increasing Core Construction Contract]
INCREASING CORE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.>> MR. WRIGHT, THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP FROM OUR LAST MEETING WHERE WE HAD THIS PRESENTATION, BUT MR. CHAPMAN IS HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE'S STILL ANY?
>> NO QUESTIONS. I MOVE AS THE BOARD APPROVE ADDITIONAL SCOPE OF WORK FOR BOND 2022, INCREASING CORE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, GMP.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.
>> ANY OPPOSE? PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO.
ITEM 5G, CONSIDER AND/OR APPROVE LHS PORTABLE RE-PURPOSING PROJECT.
[Consider and/or Approve LHS Portable Re-purposing Project]
>> THIS IS ALSO A CONTINUATION OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD AT THE LAST MEETING REGARDING RE-ALLOCATING THOSE PORTABLES.
>> BRINGING THEM TO LDMC, RIGHT?
>> I GUESS DOING ALL THE UTILITY HOOKUP NECESSARY TO MAKE THEM WORK AND EVERYTHING?
>> MOVE TO THE BOARD APPROVED RE-PURPOSING OF THE LHS PORTABLES AS PRESENTED.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.
>> ANY OPPOSE? PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO.
>> ITEM 5H, CONSIDER AND/OR APPROVE 2025,
[Consider and/or Approve 2025-2027 Bank Depository Contract]
2027 BANK DEPOSITORY CONTRACT. WHY IS IT REAL QUICK?>> YES. TRY TO GO AS FAST AS I CAN.
EVERY EIGHT YEARS, WE DO HAVE TO GO OUT TO A COMPETITIVE BID FOR A DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION FOR OUR BANK, AND WE ARE IN THAT EIGHTH YEAR WHERE WE HAD TO DO IT EVERY EIGHT YEAR.
A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I BROUGHT THAT AS A COMMUNICATION THAT WE WOULD PUT A BID OUT FOR A NEW BANK DEPOSITORY CONTRACT.
WE DID HAVE TWO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT DID RESPOND TO THAT PROPOSAL.
OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE WOULD STAY WITH FIRST LOCKHART NATIONAL BANK.
I DID PUT A LIST OF REASONS. THEY'RE FREE.
WE'VE BEEN WITH THEM FOR MANY YEARS.
THEY DON'T CHARGE US ANY FEES EXCEPT FOR NSF FEES, WHICH NO ONE WRITE CHECKS, SO WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THOSE ANYMORE.
WE MAYBE HAVE A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND WE HAVE A VERY LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
THIS DEPOSITORY CONTRACT IS FOR TWO YEARS, BUT WE WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO EVALUATE EVERY TWO YEARS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3, 2-YEAR CONTRACTS,
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WHICH WOULD BE A TOTAL OF EIGHT SHOULD THEY CONTINUE TO BE OUR DEPOSITORY.>> THERE ARE NO FEES. THANK YOU.
>> WE'VE BEEN USING NATIONAL BANK FOREVER, I GUESS, AND THEY SUPPORT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN MANY OTHER WAYS.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE 2025, 2027 BANK DEPOSITORY CONTRACT WITH FIRST LOCKHART NATIONAL BANK AS RECOMMENDED BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.
>> ANY OPPOSE? PASS SEVEN TO ZERO.
THAT BRINGS US TO CONCLUSION OF THIS MEETING.
IT IS 8:05, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.