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THIS MEETING OF THE LOCKHART INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2025 AT 6:30 PM.LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT A COURT OF BOARD MEMBERS IS PRESENT, THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED, AND THAT NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551.
LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT TRUSTEE RAYOS, PULLIAM, WRIGHT, GUYTON, LOCKHART, AND CHARLES ARE PRESENT.
I.WOULD ASK EVERYBODY TO PLEASE STAND FOR THE PRESENTATION OF COLORS BY THE JUNIOR ROTC.
COMMANDING THE LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL AIR FORCE JUNIOR ROT COLOR GUARD AND CADET CHRISTOPHER COLLINS, SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS EDITH POLI AND HANNA JOY BERTRAM.
>> [APPLAUSE] NOW I'M GOING TO ASK TOM GUY TO LEAD US IN INVOCATION.
>> "DEAR LORD, WE COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO CELEBRATE OUR DISTRICT, THE ACHIEVEMENTS, LORD, AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFFS AND THE PROGRESS THAT THEY HAVE MADE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
WE ASK LORD, AS WE DO THIS BUSINESS TONIGHT OF THE DISTRICT THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH US AND GUIDE US THROUGH THE DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE.
IS IN YOUR SON JESUS' NAME, WE PRAY". AMEN.
>> AMEN. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 4 RECOGNITIONS, MR MILLER.
[Recognition]
>> TURN IT OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON. THAT'S THE OLD TRICK.
BLOW ON IT LIKE A NINTENDO GAME. GOOD EVENING.
PRESIDENT WRIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD TO HELP RECEIVE THIS EVENING'S HONOREES FOR RECOGNITION.
YOU'VE ALREADY COME FORWARD, BUT I WANT TO SHARE THE AWARD THAT THE BOARD WILL PRESENT THE HONORS THIS EVENING.
THE BOARD WILL PRESENT EACH HONOREE WITH A SPECIAL MEDAL.
IT IS THE LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE COIN GIVEN ONLY BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND GIVEN ONLY TO THOSE
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WHO TRULY EXEMPLIFY EXCELLENCE AND LOCKHART ISD.NOW WE WILL BEGIN WITH TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION.
TONIGHT, LOCKHART ISD HAS THE HONOR OF RECOGNIZING EXTRAORDINARY COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHOSE GENEROSITY HELPED THE LIONS START THE SCHOOL YEAR STRONG.
THESE DEDICATED COMMUNITY SERVICE MEMBERS ORGANIZE BACKPACK DRIVES, SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVES, PLATE SALES, COORDINATED COLLECTION EVENTS AND DELIVERIES, AND VOLUNTEERED COUNTLESS HOURS FOR LOCKHART ISD STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
THEIR CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY EXEMPLIFIES HAVING A LOCKHART FOR PEOPLE, MEETING REAL NEEDS WITH COMPASSION.
THE QUALITY OF COORDINATION OF THEIR SUPPORT REFLECTS BEING LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE, ENSURING THAT STUDENTS ARRIVED EQUIPPED AND READY TO LEARN, AND THEIR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO SERVE AND GIVE BACK IS UNLOCKING POTENTIAL IN CLASSROOMS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT BY REMOVING BARRIERS AND OPENING DOORS FOR SUCCESS.
TO EACH ORGANIZATION REPRESENTED WHICH WE WILL RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR PARTNERSHIP, AND YOUR UNWAVERING BELIEF IN THE STUDENTS OF LOCKHART ISD.
TOGETHER, YOU'RE HELPING BUILD A LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE, AND THE DISTRICT IS PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
WE GET A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS [APPLAUSE].
FOR OUR FIRST RECOGNITION, WE WILL HONOR THE METRO ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS EVENT.
ON JULY 31ST, THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS EVENT AT LOCKHART EVENING LIONS CLUB BROUGHT FAMILIES FROM EVERY ELEMENTARY CAMPUS AND CARVER EARLY EDUCATION CENTER TOGETHER WITH CAMPUS LEADERS TO GATHER BACK-TO-SCHOOL INFORMATION AND FREE SUPPLIES, SETTING OUR YOUNGEST LIONS UP FOR A STRONG START.
THE EVENT WAS THE CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY, GENEROSITY, AND LEGACY.
THANK YOU TO THE DO MATIA H AND TIMTEO [INAUDIBLE] SENIOR EXCELLENCE AND EDUCATION FUND, AND PROMISED LAND CHURCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, PARTNERSHIP, AND GENEROUS SUPPORT OF LOCKHART STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
AT THIS TIME, PLEASE HELP JOIN US IN RECOGNIZING THE DO MATEO H AND DO MATEO R JUAREZ SENIOR EXCELLENCE AND EDUCATION FUND, REPRESENTED BY TRUSTEE RENEE RIOS AND FAMILY.
I HAVE THE FAMILY MEMBERS NAMES RIGHT HERE.
CANDY RIOS, MARISA RIOS, AND LISA RIOS, RAYMOND RIOS.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE VICE PRESIDENT TOM GUYTON, WHO'S REPRESENTING PROMISED LAND CHURCH, ALSO REPRESENTED BY LOUIS PIERRE AND KATHERINE PIERRE.
IF EVERYONE COULD, PLEASE COME FORWARD FOR THEIR RECOGNITION [APPLAUSE].
ZHEE CORIOS TOO. I DIDN'T SEE OVER THERE, BUDDY.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO PROMISED LAND CHURCH AND THE DO MATEOS HNT MATEO MATEO WARDS SENIOR EXCELLENCE AND EDUCATION FUND.
FOR OUR NEXT RECOGNITION, WE HONOR 412 KIDS AND THEIR EIGHTH ANNUAL BACK TO SCHOOL GIVEAWAY.
ON AUGUST 2, THE 412 KIDS' EIGHTH ANNUAL BACK-TO-SCHOOL GIVEAWAY PROVIDED HUNDREDS OF LOCKHART ISD FAMILIES WITH BACKPACKS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, CLOTHING, SHOES, UNDERGARMENT, SOCKS, DENTAL KITS, AND INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES.
ENSURING THAT STUDENTS START THE YEAR EQUIPPED AND CONFIDENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE TEAM, BOARD, DONORS, AND VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS REMARKABLE SERVICE, TO OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE.
PLEASE JOIN US IN RECOGNIZING 412 KIDS, REPRESENTED BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SABINA ZEA, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE COIN.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SABINA ZEA, JESSICA GONZALEZ,TOMMY BROWN.LARRY BASKELLA. MISS TINA GOOD.
ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR 412 KIDS.
WE DID HAVE TWO OTHER RECOGNITIONS, BUT WE WERE JUST INFORMED WITHIN THE LAST HOUR THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT.
BUT WE CERTAINLY DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE LOCKHART HEB AND WALMART.
I WAS LITERALLY JUST TOLD WE WEREN'T.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THE STUFF THE BUS ONE THEN.
ON AUGUST 9, THE STUFF THE BUS SCHOOL DRIVE AT HEB LOCKHART AND WALMART COLLECTED, SORTED AND DISTRIBUTED ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES SO STUDENTS COULD START SCHOOL READY TO LEARN.
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE LOCKHART ISD COMMUNITY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR LEADING COORDINATION AND LOGISTICS, AND TO THE MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STAFF, AND VOLUNTEERS WHO MADE THE EFFORT TO SUCCESS, AND ESPECIALLY TO HEB LOCKHART AND WALMART FOR GRACIOUSLY HOSTING THIS IMPORTANT EVENT.
PLEASE JOIN US IN RECOGNIZING.
LOCKHART HEB CAN'T BE HERE WITH US TONIGHT, BUT WE ARE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT WALMART IS HERE, SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
CAN WE LOCKHART, WALMART? PLEASE BE RECOGNIZED? THEN SHE TRIED TO GET OFF THE HOOK BY TELLING ME NO ONE WAS HERE, BUT WE'RE STILL GOING TO RECOGNIZE MISS DIANA WADS OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION.
BEFORE I SAY THIS, DID GAME DAY SHOW UP MIRACULOUSLY? WE CERTAINLY WANT TO HONOR GAME DAY SPORTS.
THEY DID HAVE A PLATE SALE EARLIER THIS SUMMER AND ALL THE PROCEEDS WENT TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR LOCKARD DST STUDENTS.
THEY LET US KNOW ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.
THEY DID TOO, THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND, BUT THEY WERE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE RECOGNITION AND WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN ANY WAY THAT THEY CAN HELP.
BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR GAME BASED SPORTS.
THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION.
>> WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 5, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE HAVE NOBODY WISHING TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 6,
[Business: Consent Agenda]
THE BUSINESS CONSENT AGENDA, ITEMS A THROUGH G. DOES ANY BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE ITEMS?>> WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN COMMUNICATION A,
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>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WRIGHT.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS STRATA.
I'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH THESE NEXT 200 SLIDES PRETTY FAST.
JUST KIDDING. WE HAVE 40. WE WILL GO FAST.
OUR DISTRICT TARGETS FOR THE YEAR ARE LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE GOALS.
OUR ELEMENTARY TARGETS CONTINUE TO BE 80% OF OUR STUDENTS PK-5, WE'LL MAKE IT 1.5 YEARS PROGRESS IN READING.
70% OF OUR STUDENTS IN K-5 WILL MAKE 1.5 PROGRESS IN MATH, OUR SECONDARY TARGETS, 70% OF 6-10TH GRADE STUDENTS WILL MAKE 1.5 YEARS PROGRESS IN READING, AND 70% OF OUR STUDENTS IN GRADE SIX THROUGH ALGEBRA 1 WILL MAKE 1.5 YEARS PROGRESS IN MATH.
OUR DISTRICT MONITORING SYSTEMS, INCLUDE OUR CAMPUS ACTION PLAN PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU HEARD LAST MONTH, THE FIRST FIVE, AND YOU'LL HEAR THE NEXT FIVE THIS EVENING.
OUR PRINCIPAL WEEKLY AND BIWEEKLY MEETINGS, THESE ARE HELD WITH DR. VASQUEZ, MYSELF, AND MR. DAVIDSON.
DISTRICT SUPPORT TEAM MEETINGS.
THIS IS WHERE DISTRICT SUPPORT DEPARTMENTS WILL GET TOGETHER TWICE A MONTH TO TALK ABOUT THE CAMPUSES AND THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE NEEDING AS A WAY TO EXPEDITE SUPPORT.
WE MONITOR OUR CAMPUS AND DISTRICT WALK THROUGHS, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN MINUTE AND THEN OUR ELEMENTARY WORD COUNTS, AS WELL AS THE BOARD UPDATES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU DISTRICT LEVEL BASELINE DATA, AND THEN MR. DAVIDSON AND DR. VASQUEZ WILL BREAK DOWN BY CAMPUS THE DATA.
OUR DISTRICT LEVEL WALK THROUGH.
I REMEMBER WE WERE DOING 25 WALK THROUGHS A WEEK.
THE RED OR THE MAROON BAR, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW IF EVERYBODY MET THE 25, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AT 975 AT THIS POINT.
WE REALLY CLOSE TO ELEMENTARY BECAUSE THERE'S TIMES WHERE PEOPLE ARE SICK OR THEY HAD TO BE GONE FROM THE CAMPUS. WE WERE AT 907.
FOR SECOND DAY GOAL WAS 885 AT THIS POINT, AND WE HAD 732.
WE'LL AGAIN BREAK THOSE DOWN BY CAMPUS WHEN MR. DAVIDSON AND DR. VASQUEZ PRESENT.
OUR DISTRICT ATTENDANCE DATA WHERE WE ENDED LAST YEAR AT THIS POINT IN TIME LAST YEAR, WE WERE AT 94%.
FOR THIS YEAR, WE'RE AT 94.3, BUT CONTINUE WITH THE GOAL OF 96%.
OUR DISTRICT LEVEL WORD COUNTS.
THIS IS ALL THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES COMBINED.
IF EVERYBODY REACHED THEIR GOAL BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE READ 950 MILLION WORDS IN OUR DISTRICT.
THIS IS WHERE WE'LL START THE BASELINE AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE BUILDING FROM THERE.
OUR DISTRICT FUNDAMENTAL 5 BOARD REPORT.
THIS IS WHERE THESE ARE THE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE TRAINED OUR TEACHERS IN TO SHOW THAT IF THESE THINGS WERE HAPPENING, THEN WE SHOULD SEE THE STUDENT OUTCOMES THAT WE WANT TO SEE.
IF YOU LOOK OVER TO THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IF YOU HIT THE TARGETS THAT ARE GOOD, BUT WE'RE BASING IT ON THE GREAT TARGETS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON AND WHAT'S HIGHLIGHTED UP THERE.
LESSON FRAME AS TEACHERS WILL HAVE THE OBJECTIVE ON THE WALL.
THE I WILL, WE WILL STATEMENTS.
POWER ZONE IS WHEN THE TEACHER IS WALKING AROUND AND TO ALL THE STUDENTS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ATTENDING TO THEM AND SEEING WHAT SUPPORTS THEY NEED.
RECOGNIZE AND REINFORCE IS PROVIDING THAT RECOGNITION FOR THE STUDENT AND THE EFFORT THAT THEY HAVE FOR PROVIDING AN ANSWER OR PARTICIPATING.
THE FS GPT IS FREQUENTLY SMALL GROUP PURPOSEFUL TALK.
THAT IS WHEN THE TEACHER ASKS A QUESTION AND SHE'LL SAY, TURN TO YOUR PARTNER.
YOU ALL TALK THROUGH THE ANSWER AND THEN SHE'LL ASK SOMEBODY TO SHARE OUT.
THEN OUR CRITICAL RIGHT, THAT'S THE WRITING COMPONENT OF THE FUNDAMENTAL 5.
>> JUST COUPLE IF YOU'LL GO BACK JUST FOR A QUICK SECOND.
JUST AS A REMINDER AND ALSO, MR. CHARLES, JUST CATCH YOU UP.
WE'VE BEEN USING FUNDAMENTAL 5 FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
BUT IF YOU NOTICE THOSE TARGETS, OFTENTIMES WHEN WE SEE GRAPHS, WE WOULD WANT TO SEE 100% AND WE ASSUME THAT 100% IS THE GOAL.
WITH FUNDAMENTAL 5, IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY A TEACHER CANNOT BE DOING EVERY SINGLE THING AT THE SAME TIME, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE IN CLASSROOMS OFTEN SO THAT WE'RE GETTING A REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S HAPPENING SO THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT DATA LIKE THIS, AND WE'VE BEEN IN CLASSROOMS HUNDREDS OF TIMES, IT GIVES YOU A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AGAIN, LIKE THE FREQUENT SMALL GROUP PURPOSE WILL TALK, THAT 37%, YOU MAY THINK, WELL, IT'S FAR FROM 100.
BUT BASED ON THE RESEARCH, IF KIDS ARE TALKING AND NOT JUST TALKING, BUT THERE'S CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR,
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AND IF THEY'RE MEETING THAT HIGH STANDARD OF CRITERIA FOR WHAT THAT TALK LOOKS LIKE, 30% IS ACTUALLY A STRONG AMOUNT OF TIME THAT KIDS ARE SPENDING TALKING.IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE JUST WRITING.
THEY'RE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WITHIN THE TYPES OF WRITING THAT THEY'RE DOING.
IF THEY'RE MEETING THAT HIGH BAR, 25% OF THE TIME, THEN THE FREQUENCY IS AT THE LEVEL THAT WE NEEDED TO BE AT.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE VERY CLEAR AS WE LOOK AT THIS EACH MONTH AND THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.
>> THANK YOU, MR. ESTRADA. YES.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. EXCUSE ME.
THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE LESSON FOR A POWER ZONE.
CAN YOU TELL US JUST REAL BRIEFLY WHAT DOES THAT EACH OF THOSE MEAN?
>> YES, SIR. LESSON FRAME IS WHAT THEIR I WILL, WE WILL STATEMENT IS THE LEARNING OBJECTIVE IN THE CLASSROOM.
THAT'LL BE THE TEACHER SAYS, WE WILL DO THIS IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO.
WHEN A PRINCIPAL GOES IN THERE, THEY LOOK AT THAT OBJECTIVE ON THE WALL TO ENSURE THAT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS ALIGNED WITH WHAT THEY'RE TEACHING.
>> POWER ZONE IS WHEN WE'RE WALKING AROUND THE CLASSROOM AND THEY'RE NOT SITTING AT A DESK AND WE'RE ATTENDING TO EACH KID AND ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE.
>> THE TEACHERS WALK AROUND OR TEACHERS WALKING.
>> THE TEACHER IS WALKING AROUND THE CLASSROOM.
THAT'S CONSIDERED THE POWER ZONE.
FREQUENT SMALL GROUP PURPOSEFUL TALK.
THAT'S WHEN WE'RE TURNING AND TALKING TO OUR NEIGHBOR.
THE QUESTION THE TEACHER HAD A QUESTION THAT SHE GIVES THE STUDENTS AND THEN THEY TURN AND TALK WITH THEIR PARTNERS.
THEN RECOGNIZE AND REINFORCE, IT'S THE EFFORT THE STUDENTS MAKING AND THE RECOGNITION THAT'S PROVIDED FOR THE STUDENT BY THE TEACHER.
AS MR. ESTRADA SAID THERE'S CRITERIA FOR EACH OF THESE, AND THEN CRITICAL WRITE IS WHEN THEY'RE WRITING AS PART OF THEIR PART OF THE LESSON. YES, SIR.
>> MR. ESTRADA, COULD YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY LOOK FOR WITHIN THE WRITING?
>> SURE. CRITICAL WRITING IS REALLY LOOKING AT THE QUESTION FOR ONE.
WHEN THE TEACHER ASKED THEM TO WRITE ABOUT SOMETHING, IS IT AT THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF RIGOR THAT'S ALIGNED TO THE TEE OR THE LEARNING STANDARD THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LEARNING AT? THAT'S A HUGE PART OF IT.
IS THE KID ACTUALLY DOING THE THINKING OR ARE THEY JUST COPYING WHAT A TEACHER MAY BE JOTTING DOWN ON THE BOARD? THAT'S ANOTHER CRITICAL PIECE OF IT.
THEN OF COURSE WRITING TO LEARN, I GUESS IS A GOOD WAY TO SUMMARIZE IT, SO THAT KIDS ARE BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL AND THAT WHAT'S GOING IN THEIR BRAIN, THAT THEY'RE THE ONES DOCUMENTING THAT FOR THEMSELVES.
WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT.
NOT NECESSARILY COPYING NOTES OF WHAT TEACHER MAY HAVE SAID OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THE PREMISE OF FUNDAMENTAL 5 IS SO THAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO TRIGGER THE TEACHER TO BE IMPLEMENTING THESE STRATEGIES ONCE THE PRINCIPAL WALKS IN.
IF YOU CONTINUALLY DO THIS, THE RESEARCH SHOWS, IT'LL MAKE THAT TEACHER, IT'LL BECOME A HABIT, AND THEN WE'LL START SEEING THE RESULTS OF THAT.
DISTRICT ELECTRONIC DEVICE VIOLATIONS.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, JUNIOR HIGH HAD 22 LAST MONTH.
LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL HAD 121 AND 170.
BUT DRILLING DOWN A LITTLE BIT INTO THE DATA.
HERE'S THE LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH BREAKDOWN BY GRADE LEVEL.
BUT I WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE OFFENSES.
IT'S MOSTLY FIRST TIME OFFENDERS THAT THEY'RE CATCHING, NOT A LOT OF SECOND AND THIRD TIME OFFENDERS.
THERE'S CONSEQUENCES AS YOU REMEMBER AS YOU GET INTO SECOND, FOURTH AND FIFTH CONSEQUENCES.
>> [INAUDIBLE] IF YOU GO BACK. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE GREAT JOB THAT OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS ARE DOING.
EVEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL, EVEN AT THE HIGHEST 170, IT MAY SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT WHEN YOU THINK, AND PUT IT IN CONTEXT OF EVERY SINGLE DAY, 2000 KIDS ARE COMING TO LEARN AT THE CAMPUS, AND THAT 170 IS OVER A LOT OF DAYS.
I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY DAYS OF MONTH, BUT SAY 20 DAYS IN THE MONTH FOR THOSE 170 INFRACTIONS.
BUT 20*2000, IS A VERY BIG NUMBER.
JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT THAT OUR KIDS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF COMPLYING, AND OUR STAFF IS DOING A GREAT JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE HOLDING THAT EXPECTATION.
>> HERE'S LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST TIME OFFENSES.
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KUDOS TO MR. PALACIOS AND MR. HARBIN AND THEIR TEAMS FOR CONTINUING, AS MR. ESTRADA SAID TO HOLD THOSE EXPECTATIONS, BUT ALSO IT SHOWS A WONDERFUL JOB OF OUR STUDENTS, LIKE HE SAID, COMPLYING WITH THE RULES.>> BACK UP SECOND. WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE 3RD, 4TH, 5TH OFFENSE, THESE KIDS OBVIOUSLY ARE LEARNING THE LESSON.
>> AS YOU REMEMBER THE CONSEQUENCES, IT IT LEADS UP TO DAP AND THEN A COMPLETE BAN OF THE PHONE FROM THE CAMPUS.
OR THEY'RE NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO HAVE IT ON THE PREMISES?
>> IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THAT SIXTH OFFENSE IS GOING TO BE AN LDMC.
WE HAVE ONE KID THAT MADE IT TO THAT POINT, THEY REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH THE EXPECTATION AND THE LAW?
>> NOW I'M GOING TO ASK DR. VASQUEZ TO COME UP AND GIVE HER PROGRESS SUPPORT FOR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.
>> MIKE IS PERFECT. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT, WRIGHT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER WHAT DR. COMANIO JUST WENT OVER WAS BASELINE DISTRICT, AND SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH CAMPUS SPECIFIC GOALS AND WHERE WE ARE NOW.
IF YOU LOOK FIRST, WE HAVE OUR CLASSROOM WALK THROUGHS AND THIS IS SEPTEMBER 1ST THROUGH LAST FRIDAY, WHICH WAS SEPTEMBER 19TH.
EACH CAMPUS SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT 150 WALK THROUGHS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CARVER BECAUSE THAT IS ONE PRINCIPLE THERE.
PRETTY CLOSE AS DR. COMANIO HAD MENTIONED, THERE WERE SOME DAYS WHEN PEOPLE ARE OFF CAMPUSES.
ALSO OFF CAMPUS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
PRETTY CLOSE TO THE GOAL OF 150.
OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUS WORD COUNT IS 150 MILLION WORDS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PLUM CREEK, WHO HAS A GOAL OF 200 MILLION, AND ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE TRACKING WORD COUNT, AND AS YOU CAN TELL, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A LOT, BUT IT IS A LOT.
THEY ARE TRACKING MOST CAMPUSES ARE ABOUT WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
PLUM CREEK IS REALLY IN THE READING.
WE HOPE TO SEE ALL THOSE CAMPUSES GROW FOR THOSE WORD COUNTS AS WELL.
THEN BACK TO OUR FUNDAMENTAL 5 INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DEEPER DIVE BY CAMPUS.
YOU WILL SEE THE TARGETS ON TOP ON THE LEFT ARE GREAT.
ON THE RIGHT, YOU HAVE YOUR GOOD TARGETS, AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE ABS AND BLUEBONNET ARE AT.
MOST OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE AT THE GOOD.
SOME HAVE SURPASSED SOME OF THE GOOD PERCENTAGES AND ON TRACK TO HIT A LOT OF THOSE GREAT PERCENTAGES.
WE HAVE BORCHERT LOOP AND CARVER.
I LIKE TO POINT OUT AT CARVER, ARE FOUR-YEAR-OLDS ARE CRITICALLY WRITING AT 22%, WHICH IS SURPASSING THE GOOD TARGET.
THERE IS A LOT OF RECOGNIZING AND REINFORCING AT CARVER AS WELL.
WE HAVE CLEARFORK AND NAVARRO, CAMPUSES.
AS I MENTIONED, SURPASSING SOME OF THE GOOD, GETTING TO THE GREAT EXPECTATIONS.
WE DO HAVE SOME WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH OUR WRITING AT NAVARRO.
>> CONGRATULATIONS, CLEARFORK IS LOOKING GOOD.
>> I JUST WANT TO JUST PAUSE THERE AND GIVE SOME CONTEXT.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS TYPE OF DATA, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO REMAIN DISCIPLINED AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WANT THIS DATA TO BE TRUE AND ACCURATE FOR OUR CAMPUSES AND MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR OUR TEACHERS,
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THAT'S USED TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTION TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE NEEDED.BUT ALSO WE HAVEN'T TO DATE YET DONE CALIBRATION ACROSS DISTRICTS.
WHAT SEAN KAINE WOULD CAUTION US IS ACTUALLY TO LOOK MORE CRITICALLY AT PLACES THAT HAVE HIGH NUMBERS BECAUSE WHAT HE SEES ACROSS THE NATION, IS THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE TO HAVE THOSE GREAT TARGETS ACROSS THE BOARD.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS A CAVEAT AS WE LOOK AT THIS DATA OUR INTENTION OF SHOWING THE BOARD THIS DATA IS JUST TO INFORM THAT OUR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, OUR LEVER LEADERS, OUR TEACHERS ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO ENSURE THAT THE QUALITY OF TIER 1 INSTRUCTION IS AT THE HIGHEST THAT IT CAN POSSIBLY BE.
BUT UNLIKE OTHER DATA THAT WE LOOK AT THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE OF TEACHER PERFORMANCE, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THAT REGARD.
I WANT TO JUST TO TELL A CAUTION.
>> I THINK ALSO TO ADD TO WHAT MR. SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA JUST MENTIONED.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS ON EACH CAMPUS DO CALIBRATE.
THEY GO TO CLASSROOMS TOGETHER, WALK OUT, AND THEN THEY SCORE WITH EACH OTHER, SO THEY MAKE SURE THAT THEIR SCORING IS PRETTY IDENTICAL, SO THEN OUR TEACHERS GET PRETTY EFFECTIVE FEEDBACK WITHIN THOSE.
I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OUR PRINCIPALS LAST WEEK.
THEY HAD A PLC AND OUR ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS WERE ABLE TO GO AND DO WALK THROUGHS ON OUR JUNIOR HIGH CAMPUS.
THEY CAME BACK AND REALLY DID SAY THAT WAS EYE OPENING AND IT WAS A GREAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE SECONDARY AND THE ELEMENTARY.
>> WE HAVE PLUM CREEK, AND THEN ON THE RIGHT IS GOING TO BE ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARIES COMBINED.
THIS IS ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARIES COMBINED FOR OUR FUNDAMENTAL 5.
>> QUESTION. THESE SCORES WERE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND THEY HAD A RUBRIC THAT THEY USED TO SCORE TO COME UP WITH THIS INFORMATION.
ARE WE LOOKING TO IMPROVE THESE SCORES? THESE LIKE THE 32 AND THE 34 DOWN THERE FOR FSGPT AND THE CRITICAL WRITING? ARE THOSE GOING TO BE PUSHING FORWARD AND BECOMING HIGHER?
>> YES. THESE PERCENTAGES THAT YOU SEE ARE FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST TO SEPTEMBER 19TH.
BUT YES, AS THEY DO MORE WALK THROUGHS AND THEY CALIBRATE MORE, WE WILL SEE OUR NUMBERS AND OUR PERCENTAGES INCREASE.
>> WILL THAT BE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME OR WILL BE A CUMULATIVE SCORE? WILL THIS BE ADDED TO THE NEXT SCORING SCORES AND THEN IT'LL COMBINE OR WILL IT BE A FRESH ONE FOR THAT TIME PERIOD?
>> WE COULD DO IT BOTH WAYS, WE CAN GIVE YOU WHAT THE OCTOBER WALK THROUGHS WOULD BE AND THEN WE COULD DO A CUMULATIVE AS WELL.
>> I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT SO THAT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS GOING TO MEAN SOMETHING TO THE TEACHERS.
IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT ME ONE OR OTHER EXCEPT I'M GOING TO LOOK AT IT AND GO, MY GOODNESS, IF IT'S CUMULATIVE, IT SHOULD BE BETTER SHOULD IMPROVE TOWARD WHAT THE OTHERS ARE.
IF IT'S NOT CUMULATIVE, THEN THOSE CAN VARY.
BUT AS LONG AS IT GIVES THE TEACHERS THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO IMPROVE ON THOSE SCORES AND TO HELP THE KIDS LEARN BETTER.
>> CORRECT. I DID WANT TO NOTE ALSO THAT TEACHERS GET THIS IMMEDIATELY.
THE PRINCIPAL WALKS OUT, MAKES HER NOTES, AND IT'S SENT TO THEM IMMEDIATELY.
THEY ALSO GET THEIR PERCENTAGES AND THEY ALSO GET ANY FEEDBACK COMMENTS.
>> YOU MEAN THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TWO OR THREE WEEKS FOR IT?
>> YES. YOU'RE WELCOME. CAMPUS ATTENDANCE.
AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, OUR DISTRICT GOAL IS 96 PERCENT, THAT IS ALSO OUR CAMPUS GOALS FOR ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARIES.
YOU CAN SEE THE CUMULATIVE CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR.
EVERY CAMPUS HAS GROWN IN OUR CUMULATIVE PERCENT, AND WE ARE WATCHING PLUM CREEK AS WELL.
>> I THINK IMPORTANT TO NOTE, EVEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT CUMULATIVE, PLUM CREEK MAY HAVE A SLIGHT DECLINE,
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BUT THEY'RE STILL A HIGHEST ATTENDANCE RATE WITH OVER 97 PERCENT.I THINK EVERYTHING, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS WITH A BIT OF CONTEXT.
>> WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT OUR READING AND SOME BASELINE MATH DATA USING OUR AMIRA I STATION AND OUR RENAISSANCE MATH PROGRAMS. FOR OUR I STATION, TIER 1 COMPARISON.
WE HAVE OUR ENGLISH IN THE REDDISH COLOR RUST COLOR, AND SPANISH IN THE GRAY, AND THEN OUR TOTAL IS GOING TO BE IN THE YELLOW.
LOOKING AT WHERE WE ARE IN '25, '26, THIS IS OUR SEPTEMBER TIER 1 SCORES, COMPARED TO SEPTEMBER YEARS PAST.
LAST YEAR, AND THIS YEAR, YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS YEAR WE'VE ALREADY INCREASED IN OUR TIER 1 COMPARISON.
THAT'S WITH ENGLISH, SPANISH, AND OUR TOTAL.
WE'RE DOING MUCH BETTER THAN WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR IN SEPTEMBER.
IF YOU LOOK BACK TO '21/22, ALSO, THAT WAS THE YEAR AFTER COVID, AND WE ARE DOING WAY BETTER THAN WE WERE THAT YEAR AS WELL.
>> WHAT YOU'LL SEE AFTER LOOKING AT ALL THE DATA.
I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE GRADE LEVEL, ONE AREA WHERE YOU DON'T SEE THOSE THE HIGHEST SINCE COVID ESSENTIALLY.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD SIGN.
>> DEFINITELY IN OUR SPANISH STUDENTS AS WELL.
HERE WE HAVE LAST YEAR'S MAY SCORE, WHAT OUR STUDENTS ENDED AT THE END OF YEAR, AND THEN OUR SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, BEGINNING OF THE YEAR BASELINE DATA.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ON THIS ONE IS THAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE SUMMER BREAK AND THE SUMMER SLIDE, AND HOW WE USUALLY SEE WHEN THEY COME BACK, THEY SCORE A LITTLE BIT LOWER.
THERE HASN'T BEEN A WHOLE LOT OF READING IN THE SUMMER, AND THE SUMMER SLIDE IS THERE'S NOT AS BIG OF A GAP THIS YEAR.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE WITH OUR SPANISH STUDENTS ALSO IS THEY DID NOT REGRESS AND THERE WAS NO SUMMER SLIDE THERE.
THE PERCENTAGES ARE VERY SMALL.
COMING BACK THIS YEAR, I THINK OUR PRINCIPALS ALSO PUSHED OUT SOME SUMMER BINGO READING EVENTS AS WELL, AND SO I THINK THAT ALL PAID OFF THEIR STUDENTS.
WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS THE STAR PREDICTABILITY USING OUR STARREN-MATH PROGRAM FOR THIRD, FOURTH, THEN THE NEXT SLIDE WILL BE OUR FIFTH GRADE.
OUR THIRD GRADE THIS YEAR LOOKS TO BE A LOOKS TO BE A LITTLE HIGHER FOR OUR APPROACHES MEETS AND MASTERS PILITY.
OUR FOURTH GRADE IS TAKING A BIGGER DIP.
WE WILL BE WATCHING OUR FOURTH GRADE, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE HITTING THOSE GAPS THAT OUR FOURTH GRADERS NEED.
THEN WITH OUR FIFTH GRADERS, WE'RE DOING BETTER AND THERE IS AN INCREASE THIS YEAR WITH PREDICTABILITY IN FIFTH GRADE, BUT THEY WILL APPROACH, MEET OR MASTER AT A HIGHER LEVEL, HIGHER PERCENTAGE RATE THAN WHAT THEY WERE LAST YEAR. QUESTIONS?
>> QUESTIONS BOARD? THANK YOU, PLEASE.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I AM GOING TO GO OVER SECONDARY INFORMATION.
I'M GOING TO START OFF BY DISCUSSING UNIT ASSESSMENTS.
THESE ARE ASSESSMENTS THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL IS DOING IN BETWEEN CBAS.
THIS IS JUST AN EXCERPT OF SOME INFORMATION.
IT'S A LARGER PROFILE AFTER A UNIT ASSESSMENT THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL DOES.
I JUST TOOK A SMALL PORTION OF IT.
I BLOCKED SOME OF THE DATA JUST BECAUSE I
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WANTED TO TALK THROUGH WHAT THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS DOING WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING AT THESE UNIT ASSESSMENTS IN BETWEEN CBAS.WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A MATH, AN ALGEBRA ONE EXAMPLE OF UNIT 1 EXAM THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE ALGEBRA 1 STUDENTS.
THE CAMPUS DURING PLC TIME, LOOKS OVER DATA AND BREAKS IT DOWN BY TEACHER.
EVERY TEACHER, THERE'S ACTUALLY FOUR IN THIS EXAMPLE THAT LOOK OVER THE ALGEBRA 1 INFORMATION, AND THEY BREAK IT DOWN BY APPROACHES, MEETS AND MASTERS.IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY LOOK AT DOMAIN 3.
THERE ARE CERTAIN PERCENTAGES THAT WE WANT BY STUDENT GROUP TO HIT IN ORDER TO HIT OUR MARKS AND OUR MEASURES FOR DOMAIN 3.
AFTER THIS UNIT 1 ASSESSMENT, BESIDES DOMAIN 1, THEY ALSO LOOK AT DOMAIN 3 AND THEN THEY HAVE WHETHER OR NOT THEIR GOALS WERE MET.
YOU SEE THIS BREAKDOWN OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER STUDENT GROUP TAKING THIS ASSESSMENT AND THEN WHETHER THEY'RE HITTING THEIR DOMAIN 3 PERCENTAGES OR NOT.
THIS IS ALSO HAPPENING IN ELAR.
BOTH ELAR I AND II, I ONLY PROVIDED AN EXAMPLE OF ELAR I.
IT IS IDENTICAL TO WHAT ALGEBRA IS DOING.
BIOLOGY AND SOCIAL STUDIES ALSO DO THIS.
HERE YOU HAVE ELARS, DOMAIN 1 AFTER A UNIT 1 ASSESSMENT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, TEAM BEFORE I MOVE ON.
NEXT, I'LL COVER THE SECONDARY WALK THROUGH DATA.
DUE TO EACH CAMPUS HAVING A DIFFERENT SET OF ADMINISTRATORS OR OUR DIFFERENT TARGETS FOR EACH CAMPUS.
THE HIGH SCHOOL FROM SEPTEMBER 2ND THROUGH SEPTEMBER 19TH, WHICH WAS LAST FRIDAY, SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT 450.
THE JUNIOR HIGH SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT 375 AND PRIZE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT 60.
DOCTOR VASQUEZ DID MENTION THAT THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHERE SOME OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND LEADERS DID NOT HIT THE 25 MARK.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE WERE ALSO TIMES WHERE THEY WERE OUT FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.
PERSONAL LEAVE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT DURING THE SECOND, JUST TO REMINDER, WE STARTED OFF WITH FOUNDATIONAL 15, THEN WE MOVE TO THE FUNDAMENTAL 5 WALKS.
WEEK 1 OF THE FUNDAMENTAL FIVE WALKS, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN TWO WEEKS AGO.
LAST WEEK, ALL ADMINISTRATORS HIT THEIR TARGET.
I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE FUNDAMENTAL 5 FOR LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL.
I WON'T REPEAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GREAT AND GOOD.
I WILL SAY THAT OR REPEAT WHAT SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA SAID, WHICH IS THE GOAL IS NOT TO GET TO 100%, THAT THE RESEARCH WILL TELL YOU THE BOOK WILL TELL YOU THAT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO GET TO GREAT IN ALL OF THESE.
BUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS OF REVIEWING FUNDAMENTAL 5, IS THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL IS IN THE GOOD SECTION FOR LESSON FRAME, AND IS IN THE GREAT SECTION FOR CRITICAL WRITING, FSGPT, RECOGNIZED AND REINFORCED, AS WELL AS THE POWER ZONE.
FOR A LESSON FRAME AND FSGPT, THEY'RE SLIGHTLY BELOW, BUT THEY ARE GREAT IN CRITICAL POWER ZONE AND RECOGNIZE AND REINFORCE.
NEXT IS PRIDE. PRIDE WAS GREAT IN POWER ZONE AND RECOGNIZE AND REINFORCE.
ONE OF THE FOCUS AREAS THAT MR. MARTINEZ, MISS UPTON AND THE CREW ARE GOING TO LOOK AT IS FSGPT, THE CRITICAL WRITING, AS WELL AS A LESSON FRAME.
>> GOT A QUESTION ON PRIDE, IS THE LESSON FRAME GOING TO BE DIFFICULT BECAUSE ALL THE KIDS ARE ON A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OF THEIR LEARNING?
>> THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, MR. MARTINEZ AND I HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS.
HE'S TALKED TO HIS TEAM ABOUT HOW CAN YOU STILL ADDRESS A LESSON FRAME WHEN THERE MIGHT BE A STANDARD THAT GOES ACROSS SEVERAL TICKS.
THE POINT IS THAT THERE'S A LEARNING THAT'S HAPPENING.
THERE'S A WE WILL AND AN I WILL THAT CAN STILL BE ADDRESSED EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE MULTIPLE SUBJECT AT TIMES DEPENDING ON THE PERIOD AT PRIDE. THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
NEXT, I'LL GO INTO ATTENDANCE.
SAME AS WHAT DOCTOR VASQUEZ PRESENTED,
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YOU HAVE CUMULATIVE FOR THIS YEAR.WE HAVE A CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS WEEK, WHERE WE WERE AT THE SAME POINT IN 2024.
THE JUNIOR HIGH IS SLIGHTLY DOWN.
PRIDE IS DOWN A BIT, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT TAKES A HANDFUL OF STUDENTS TO GET THAT PERCENTAGE BACK UP TO WHERE IT WAS LAST YEAR.
WHAT I DID WANT TO SAY TO THE GROUP IS THAT EACH OF THESE CAMPUSES HAS AN ATTENDANCE PLAN.
WHETHER THAT IS CALLING INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS ON A DAILY BASIS, SENDING LETTERS HOME, HOME VISITS, THAT EACH CAMPUS HAS AN ATTENDANCE PLAN TO ADDRESS KIDS WHO NOT ONLY ABSENT ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT ARE STARTING TO ACCUMULATE ATTENDANCE ISSUES AND MAYBE ALREADY CLOSE TO BEING CONSIDERED CHRONICALLY ABSENT.
ANY QUESTIONS? I'M GOING TO GO OVER PRELIMINARY BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, BASELINE READING AND MATH DATA.
JUST A REMINDER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, IT IS REN LEARN RENAISSANCE LEARNING.
WE'LL START OFF WITH STARREN READING AT THE JUNIOR HIGH.
I WILL SAY THAT THEY DID NOT MEETS IS 1 PERCENT LESS THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR.
THE MEETS AND MASTERS IS UP, AND THIS IS THE HIGHEST MEETS AND MASTERS SINCE WE HAVE COLLECTED USING STARREN IN SIXTH GRADE.
IN SEVENTH GRADE, THIS IS AN AREA OF FOCUS FOR THE JUNIOR HIGH.
THEY DID NOT MEETS INCREASE BY 7 PERCENT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE THESE STUDENTS WERE IN SIXTH GRADE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE '24/25 SCHOOL YEAR UNDER THE SIXTH GRADE GRAPH, THAT'S A LONGITUDINAL DATA, HISTORICAL DATA FOR THESE KIDS.
IT'S ALSO A 7 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE STUDENTS THAT DID NOT MEET.
THIS IS A GROUP OF KIDS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SUPPORT, USE THE TUTORING PLAN, ADVISORY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THEIR DATA NOT ONLY THROUGH STARREN, BUT THROUGH COMMON ASSESSMENTS.
THERE WAS A INCREASE IN DID NOT MEETS BY 2 PERCENT.
IT IS THE SECOND HIGHEST MEETS AND MASTERS THAT THE GROUP HAS SEEN IN EIGHTH GRADE SINCE WE STARTED COLLECTING DATA ON REN LEARN.
THERE IS A DECREASE OF THESE STUDENTS OF 3 PERCENT AND DID NOT MEETS.
THAT MEANS THEY IMPROVED FROM WHEN THEY WERE IN SEVENTH GRADE.
IF YOU WERE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE SEVENTH GRADE, '24, '25 INFORMATION, THESE STUDENTS HAVE THE DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF DOT MEETS, WHICH MEANS YOU HAD MORE STUDENTS IN THE APPROACHES MEETS AND MASTERS.
AN INCREASE IN THE DID NOT MEETS.
BUT MUCH LIKE YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PREVIOUS DATA, THIS IS THE HIGHEST MEETS AND MASTERS THAT WE HAVE SEEN HISTORICALLY WITH STARREN.
THAT IS A COMMON THEME THAT YOU'LL HEAR AS WE GO THROUGH STARREN READING IS THAT THE MEETS AND MASTERS ARE UP FROM ANY POINT THAT WE HAVE RECORDED STARREN INFORMATION.
LONGITUDELY, THIS GROUP DID NOT SHOW ANY IMPROVEMENT AND DID WHEN THEY WERE IN EIGHTH GRADE.
THIS IS DEFINITELY AN AREA OF CONCERN FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS GROUP, NOT ONLY LONGITUDINALLY, WHEN THEY WERE IN NINTH GRADE, SHOWED DIPS.
THEY ALSO SHOW AN INCREASE IN THE, SORRY, A DECREASE IN A NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO DID NOT MEET.
WHEN I SAID THAT THIS IS AN AREA CONCERN, MY APOLOGIES, THIS IS AN AREA OF A PLACE TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE THERE'S A DECREASE IN MEETS.
I CAN FEEL MR. HARBIN STARING AT ME OVER HERE, BUT THIS IS A GROUP THAT REALLY SHOWED SOME IMPROVEMENT FROM WHERE THEY WERE NOT ONLY IN NINTH GRADE, BUT WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN TENTH GRADE COMPARED TO PREVIOUS 10TH GRADE STUDENTS. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE AND THEN I GO FROM YELLOW TO DOWN THERE AND WHEN I'M LOOKING AT 25,26, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE IT'S IMPROVED OVER 24,25.
THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN TELL I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
THAT'S WHAT EXCITES ME IS WHEN I SEE THOSE NUMBERS GO UP, AND ONCE AGAIN, I'LL TELL YOU OVER AND OVER THAT I WILL DISREGARD FOREVER THE YELLOW PART BECAUSE THAT'S GREAT FOR WHEN YOU GUYS ARE WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY VALUE TO ME BECAUSE IT JUST DIDN'T MEET.
>> CORRECT. WE ARE PROUD OF STUDENTS THAT MOVE FROM D NOT MEETS TO APPROACHES.
WHEN WE EVENTUALLY TAKE THE STAR, THE EOC, THOSE STUDENTS ARE CONSIDERED PASSERS,
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BUT IT IS DEFINITELY A GOAL.IT'S ACTUALLY WRITTEN AND THE HIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ABOUT GETTING MEETS AND MASTERS UP AS WELL.
>> IF IT HELPS YOU SHOW THEM PROGRESS, GO FOR IT.
>> QUESTION. WHEN THEY FINALLY TAKE THE STAR TEST, DO WE EVER GO BACK AND COMPARE THE REAL SCORES TO THESE PREDICTABILITY SCORES AND SEE HOW THEY COMP IS IT RELATIVE THAT IT MEANS SOMETHING?
>> WE DO AND WE ACTUALLY NOT ONLY TO STARREN I STATION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, BUT WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT HOW WE PERFORMED ON CBAS AND THE BENCHMARK.
WE HAVE HISTORICAL DATA, AT LEAST OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS OF HOW MUCH THE PREDICTABILITY WAS SPOT ON.
FOR STARREN, IT'S BETWEEN I'M GOING TO SAY 85 AND 90%, IT PREDICTS CORRECTLY, WHERE STUDENTS WILL LAND.
CBA 1 IS TYPICALLY TEN TO 15% OFF.
CBA 2 IS 8-10%, AND BENCHMARK IS TYPICALLY 5-10%.
WE BELIEVE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO DO WORSE THAN THEY EVENTUALLY DO WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING AT CBAS AND BENCHMARK.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
LOOKING AT THIS DATA FOR OVER TEN YEARS NOW, ACTUALLY, AND I'M OPTIMISTIC TO IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT 20% ON 25,26 AND THAT MEETS.
SOMETIMES WHAT I'VE FOUND IS THAT WHEN THE DATA IS INACCURATE, IT'LL TELL US DID NOT MEET INACCURATELY BECAUSE A KID MAYBE JUST CLICKS.
IN MY EXPERIENCE, IT'S NOT GOING TO SAY A KIDS AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL IF THE KIDS AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GETTING THOSE QUESTIONS RIGHT.
NOT GOING TO SAY THAT A KID IS AT THE MEATS LEVEL, IF THE KIDS NOT AT A MEATS LEVEL, WHERE YOU HAVE SOME OF THE ISSUES IS REALLY IN THAT DID NOT MEET AND LARGELY BECAUSE A KID JUST CLICKS AND DOESN'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
THEN THEY SHOW UP, WE HAD THEM DID NOT MEET, BUT THEY ACTUALLY PASSED LATER.
IT'S VERY PROMISING TO SEE THAT DID NOT MEET AT 20 BECAUSE 80% OF OUR KIDS ARE SHOWING THAT IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW THEM, THAT THEY HAVE A HIGH CHANCE OF PASSING AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY WITHIN THEM, IT'S NOT GOING TO TELL.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION, OR PRESIDENT WRIGHT, BECAUSE STARREN IS A PREDICTOR, BUT WITHIN THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, THERE IS THE GROWTH COMPONENT, AND THERE'S HIGH AND LOW.
BREAKING DOWN THIS INFORMATION ALONG WITH THE UNIT LESSONS THAT WE TALKED, I JUST SHOWED EARLIER, ALONG WITH CBAS AND BENCHMARK ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT SO THAT WE CAN LOOK FOR THAT STUDENT GROWTH.
FOR SIXTH GRADE MATH, WE SAW A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF KIDS WHO DID NOT MEET, AND LIKE I SAID, ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS THE HIGHEST MEETS AND MASTERS PERCENTAGE THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE WE COLLECTED STARREN INFORMATION.
IT'S ALSO A DECREASE LONGITUDINALLY WHEN I LOOKED AT THESE KIDS IN FIFTH GRADE, THERE ARE 5% LESS THAN THEY DID NOT MEET, SO STRONG GROWTH THERE AS WELL.
I DID WANT TO MENTION ONE THING ABOUT THE MATH THAT YOU'RE SEEING, ESPECIALLY AT THE JUNIOR HIGH.
WE DO HAVE KIDS IN THE ADVANCED PATHWAY.
SIXTH GRADERS TAKING SEVENTH GRADE MATH, SEVENTH GRADE, SO ON, KIDS TAKING ALGEBRA AND GEOMETRY.
FOR STARREN, THIS IS GRADE LEVEL, NOT THE COURSE THAT THEY'RE IN.
SIX GRADERS, WHEN YOU SEE THE SIXTH GRADE INFORMATION, NO MATTER WHAT CLASS THEY'RE IN, THEY ARE TAKING SIXTH GRADE STARREN.
SEVENTH GRADERS ARE TAKING SEVENTH GRADE STAR N. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE CLASS, IT'S THE GRADE LEVEL. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? SEVENTH GRADE, SAME THING AS SIXTH GRADE.
LOWEST DID NOT MEET, HIGHEST MEETS IN MASTERS.
IT'S A PLUS 11 LONGITUDINALLY.
WHEN THESE KIDS WERE IN SIXTH GRADE, WE'VE SEEN 11% INCREASE IN THE KIDS WHO WERE DEEMED PASSERS ARE PREDICTED TO PASS WHEN THEY WERE IN SIXTH GRADE.
>> YOU'RE TELLING US THAT SIXTH GRADE TAKING SIXTH GRADE.
WHATEVER THESE TESTS ARE THE STAR N. WHEN THEY TAKE THE ACTUAL STAR TEST, ALL OF THESE KIDS THAT TAKE ALGEBRA AND ALL THESE KIDS THAT TAKE GEOMETRY, THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE TEST GROUP.
WON'T THAT MAKE YOUR NUMBERS LIKE THE GREEN NUMBERS AUTOMATICALLY GET SMALLER?
>> THEY ARE PART OF THE STARREN INFORMATION WE'RE LOOKING AT.
EVEN AN EIGHTH GRADER IN GEOMETRY IS DOING STAR RN EIGHTH GRADE.
>> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING THEY WON'T TAKE THE EIGHTH GRADE STAR TEST, THOUGH, WILL THEY?
A GEOMETRY KID HAS TO IN JUNIOR HIGH, YOU HAVE TO TAKE A STAR EXAM OR AN EOC EXAM.
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THE EIGHTH I'M SORRY, THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS IN GEOMETRY, GO BACK AND TAKE THE EIGHTH GRADE STAR EXAM, BECAUSE IN SEVENTH GRADE, THEY WERE TAKING THE ALGEBRA.IT'S ACTUALLY A REPEAT FOR SOME OF OUR KIDS.
>> ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MR. "LOCKHART", YES, YOU ARE, CORRECT.
>> I MEAN, I JUST WHEN I SEE THE NUMBERS, I KNOW THAT WHEN THOSE GUYS ARE PULLED AND TAKE THE OTHER TEST, THEY'RE SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE MAKING THE GREEN LARGER THAN IT IS.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO IN MY HEAD, BE DISAPPOINTED WHEN I SEE, BUT IF I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THOSE GUYS ARE TAKING A DIFFERENT TESTS.
NOW IF THEY'RE TAKING THE EIGHTH GRADE TEST, THEY'RE STAYING IN THE GROUP FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY DID A DIFFERENT TEST THE YEAR BEFORE, THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT I'M SEEING HERE.
I'M LOOKING FOR CONSISTENCE. I APPRECIATE.
>> YES, SIR. EIGHTH GRADE MATH, WHEN YOU LOOK OVER LONGITUDINALLY, THEY ARE THE HIGHEST MEETS AND MASTERS AS WELL THAT WE HAVE SEEN.
THERE'S AN 8% DROP IN THE DID NOT MEETS LONGITUDINALLY AS WELL.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE YEAR TO YEAR, SO NOT THE SAME GROUP OF KIDS, THEY STATE THE SAME AND DID NOT MEET.
THEN IN ALGEBRA 1, THIS IS WHERE THERE IS A GAP AND A CONCERN THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL CAN FOCUS ON.
THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF KIDS WHO DID NOT MEET WHEN COMPARING THEM TO LAST YEAR'S NINTH GRADERS.
WHEN YOU COMPARED TO WHERE THEY WERE IN EIGHTH GRADE, NOW GOES TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, MR. "LOCKHART", VERY DIFFERENT TEST, EIGHTH GRADE TEST VERSUS ALGEBRA 1.
THERE WAS A DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF KIDS WHO DID NOT MEET WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALGEBRA 1, COMPARED TO WHERE THEY WERE LONGITUDINAL. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THE NINTH GRADE ALGEBRA, THESE ARE THE KIDS WHO DIDN'T TAKE ALGEBRA IN EIGHTH GRADE OR TIGER BACK OR NOT.
>> THAT IS CORRECT. THESE ARE TRUE NINTH GRADERS TAKING ALGEBRA 1 FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> COULD THAT SAME METHOD OF TEACHING JUNIOR HIGH HELP THESE KIDS HIGH SCHOOL? WHY ARE WE DOING IT?\.
>> CURRENTLY, THE HIGH SCHOOL IS NOT FOLLOWING THE SAME METHOD THAT YOU SEE AT THE JUNIOR HIGH TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, BUT THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL FIVE THAT ARE PORTIONS OF BOTH THE METHOD YOU SEE AT THE JUNIOR HIGH AS WELL AS THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT FREQUENT I'M SORRY, THE REINFORCE, THE POWER ZONE, AND THE LESSON FRAME ARE ALL THINGS THAT YOU CAN FIND IN THE FUNDAMENTAL FIVE THAT YOU'LL SEE AT BOTH CAMPUSES.
>> BUT IF YOU CONSISTENTLY APPLIED HIS TECHNIQUES, FRESHMAN DID NOT HELP.
>> I'M SURE YOU KNOW, PRACTICING OUR TAKING IN THE BEST PRACTICES THAT WE SEE ACROSS THE DISTRICT WOULD BENEFIT ALL CHILDREN.
>> QUESTION FOR [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.
>> ITEM B, 2025/2026 LISD DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN
[2025-2026 LISD District Improvement Plan and Campus Improvement Plans]
AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS, DOCTOR CAMARO?>> I'LL BE THE LAST TIME I'M UP HERE.
LOOKING AT 25 26, JUST A REMINDER THAT OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS BASED ON OUR NAVIGATE TO 28 PRIORITIES.
THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR OF THE FIVE-YEAR IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
WE'VE CREATED IN THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETING THAT MEETS EVERY WEDNESDAY AFTER BOARD MEETINGS.
THERE ARE DESIGN TEAMS FOR EACH PRIORITY THAT ARE MONITORING AND SETTING GOALS TO ACHIEVE OUR FIVE YEAR GOAL.
THEN WE'LL PROVIDE THESE UPDATES TO THE BOARD.
OUR PRIORITIES WERE CATEGORIZED UNDER OUR DISTRICT VALUES.
WE HAVE RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT PARENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UNDER "LOCKHART" FOR PEOPLE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT ALL OF THESE ARE CATEGORIZED IN THE SAME WAY.
INNOVATIVE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES AND LEADERSHIP CULTURE UNLOCKING POTENTIAL, AND THEN THE REMAINING THREE ARE UNDER LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE.
OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WILL CONTINUE ON THE "LOCKHART" FOR P VALUE, OUR TEACHER AND PARENT FORUMS THAT BOTH PRESIDENT WRIGHT AND SUPERINTENDENT TRATA HAVE IN THE FALL IN THE SPRING.
WE WORK ON INCREASING OUR TEACHER RETENTION, CONTINUE FOCUSING ON COUNSELING AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR WE'RE LOOKING AT HOSTING ALL STAFF EVENTS IN THE FALL AND SPRING.
WE USED TO JUST HAVE JUST FOR NEW DISTRICT OR NEW TEACHERS, AND THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION MADE FROM DAC TO HAVE ALL STAFF INCLUDED IN THOSE FALL AND SPRING EVENTS.
WE COLLECT SURVEY DATA THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR.
YOU'LL SEE THE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES THAT WE COLLECT ON HELPING US WITH THAT RETRENCHING DATA AND RECRUITMENT, COORDINATE DISTRICT WIDE EVENTS TO CELEBRATE STUDENT LEARNING CAMPUS ACHIEVEMENTS.
WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE A DISTRICT HEALTH FARE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THEN WE HAVE TO REVIEW THE SCHOOL BASED LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTIES WITH CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS.
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UNDER UNLOCKING POTENTIAL.WE'RE CONTINUE WITH OUR INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
WE'RE CREATING A STUDENT LEADERSHIP SUMMIT FOR CLUB SPONSORED STUDENT LEADERS.
WE'LL HAVE LEADERS COME INTO AN ACADEMY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AND WORK WITH MR. CROWLEY, WHO'S DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH HIS FINE ARTS TEAMS, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT REPLICATED FOR ANY STUDENT THAT'S A LEADER IN AN ORGANIZATION IN OUR DISTRICT, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM ALIGNED TO THE DISTRICT VALUES AS WELL.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A ONE STOP SHOP FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, NOT ONLY FOR STUDENTS, BUT FOR STAFF AND OUR PARENTS, DEVELOPING A COMMUNICATION PLAN FOR THAT.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO EXPAND INTO WHAT OTHER GAPS WE HAVE ON LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DISTRICT AND HOW WE DEVELOP THAT OUT.
THEN WE'RE CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING THE FIRST EVER EVER LEADER ACADEMY SO THAT WE PREPARE THE BENCH.
BY THE TIME THESE TEACHERS FINISH THE YEAR LONG ACADEMY, THEY'LL BE READY TO FILL ANY VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE FOR ANY LEVEL LEADERS NEXT YEAR.
FOR OUR LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE, WE CONTINUE MAXIMIZING ALL OUR SPACE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE DISTRICT AS WE CONTINUE GROWING, THE STRATEGIC PLACEMENT OF STUDENTS INTO OUR CAMPUSES.
WE HAVE A NEW ELEMENTARY READING AND WRITING CURRICULUM, AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO DIFFERENTIATE OUR PD AND MONITOR THESE EXTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AND INTERVENTIONS.
FOR OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS, CONTINUE THE LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE THAT THEY'RE GROWING FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, THE "LOCKHART" FOR PEOPLE, AND THEN OUR UNLOCKING POTENTIAL THE THREE GOALS.
WHERE YOU WENT OVER THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE FOR READING AND MATH, CCMR COMPONENT SCORE.
THERE'S AGAIN A LITERACY FOCUS WITH OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES AND SECONDARY, AND THEN CONTINUE LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE CLOSING THE GAPS BETWEEN OUR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS, EMERGENT BILINGUALS, AND OUR MONOLINGUAL KIDS.
JUST SOMETHING TO NOTE ON THE EMERGENT BILINGUAL.
I HAVEN'T EVEN SHARED THIS WITH MR. ESTRADA, BUT WE HAD MISER.
HOW MANY NEW STUDENTS BILINGUAL IN THE DISTRICT THIS YEAR?
>> FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE.
>> FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE EMERGENT BILINGUALS THAT ENROLLED IN OUR DISTRICT, OR WERE IDENTIFIED EMERGENT BILINGUALS JUST THIS YEAR ALONE.
COMMUNICATE INVITE COLLABORATIVE INPUT ON DECISION MAKING.
WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB I THINK OF REACHING OUT THROUGH OUR STAFF ENGAGEMENT SERVE INTERVIEWS, THE FORMS THAT MR. ESTRADA HAS AND MR. WRIGHT, AND THEN ALSO CREATING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR PARENTS TO BE INVOLVED ON THE CAMPUSES.
PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'RE ON THE FOURTH YEAR IMPLEMENTATION OF LEADER AND ME AND LOOKING AT HOW WE DECREASE OUR CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM.
CAMPUS IS FOCUSING, OF COURSE, ON GETTING THE HIGH QUALITY STAFF ON EACH CAMPUS, INCREASING OUR TEACHER ATTENTION.
THEY SET THEIR WIGS FOR THE CAMPUSES AND WE'LL CONTINUE STUDENT LED CONFERENCES.
THEY CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEIR SHARED LEADERSHIP MODEL ON EACH CAMPUS, AND THEN THEY ARE LOOKING TO MEET OR EXCEED THE DISTRICT WIDE ATTENDANCE GOAL OF 96%.
WELL WE REVIEW THESE GOALS TODAY, JUST THE BEGINNING OF YEAR? I'LL DO ONE IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO MIDDLE OF YEAR AND THEN WE'LL DO ONE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> ON THE LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE PORTION, THERE WAS MAXIMIZATION OF CLASSROOM SPACE TO AVOID ADDING PORTABLES, CAN YOU GO A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH?
>> IS THAT THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
>> WHAT DOES THAT EXACTLY MEAN?
>> ARE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SECOND ONE?
>> YES, SIR. THERE'S A COMMITTEE FROM THE DESIGN TEAM THAT MS. WEISER LEADS ALONG WITH JEREMIAH CHAPMAN, AND WITH MR. ACUNA, MAKING SURE THAT EVERY CLASSROOM IS BEING USED AND WE'RE MAXIMIZING THAT SPACE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO AND GET PORTABLES BECAUSE WE'RE USING EVERY SPACE AND THE CAMPUSES THAT'S THERE.
>> DOES THAT MEAN LIKE USING SPACE THAT'S NOT DESIGNATED FOR CLASSROOMS AS WELL?
>> IT HAD TO BE OUTFITTED FOR THE CLASSROOM AND MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD USE FOR A CLASSROOM, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO DO SO.
>> YES, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU. WE MOVE TO THE CAMPUS ACTION PLANS,
[Campus Actions Plans]
I GUESS, EACH SCHOOL, STARTING WITH BORCHERT LOOP.[01:05:09]
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE PRINCIPAL OF BORCHERT LOOP AND PLUM CREEK ELEMENTARY.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE OUR ACTION PLANS FOR BOTH SCHOOLS.
YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES AS I AM BRINGING OVER MANY CAMPUS SYSTEMS AND HIGH EXPECTATIONS TO HAVE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN BOTH SCHOOLS.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH BORCHERT LOOP, AND OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS TO EXCELLENCE AND BEYOND.
BECAUSE WE ARE A BRAND NEW CAMPUS, WE WILL NOT HAVE END OF YEAR DATA, BUT WE WILL START WITH DEMOGRAPHICS.
YOU SEE WE HAVE ABOUT 64% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ECO DIS, 80% HISPANIC, 15% WHITE, ABOUT 1% AFRICAN AMERICAN, ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR KIDS ARE EMERGENT BILINGUAL, 15% SPECIAL EDUCATION, 5% GT, AND ENROLLMENT AS OF FRIDAY WAS 431 STUDENTS.
WITH A NEW CAMPUS, WE ARE ESTABLISHING A LOT OF SYSTEMS, WE'RE BRINGING IN ALL NEW PARENTS, STAFF, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
ON THE TOP LEFT, OF COURSE, SHOWCASES SOME OF OUR AMAZING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.
WE HAVE THE OUTDOOR LEARNING SPACES THAT KIDS ARE LEARNING IN.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR FIFTH GRADE CLASSES.
WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT GO DOWN THE SLIDE ALL THE TIME.
ANYTIME THEY WANT TO, REALLY, WE DON'T HAVE A LOCK ON IT.
OUR SCIENCE LAB THERE, OF COURSE.
THERE'S ONE THERE IN THE MIDDLE WITH BOARD TRUSTEE MR. LOCKHART, WHERE HE WAS READING LAST WEEK FOR OUR CAMP OUT WITH A GOOD BOOK.
WE HAD AN AWESOME TURN OUT THERE.
OUR TOP RIGHT THERE IS FROM OUR GRANDPARENTS DAY.
WE HAD A GRANDPARENTS BREAKFAST AND THE GRANDPARENT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.
WHEN I WENT BY THERE, IT WAS GOING TO BE HIS BIRTHDAY IN TWO DAYS.
HE SAID, I'M GOING TO TURN 83 IN TWO DAYS.
DO YOU THINK I CAN GO DOWN THE SLIDE? I WAS LIKE, OF COURSE.
WE WALKED UPSTAIRS, AND HE WENT DOWN THE SLIDES, THOUGH IT'S REALLY GREAT.
BOTTOM LEFT IS SHOWCASING THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY CAME OVER TO PERFORM THE MARIACHI DID FOR DACA TO BRING IN THAT CULTURAL ASPECT TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.
THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE, WE ARE WORKING ON ATTENDANCE EXTREMELY HARD.
WE DON'T HAVE A BASELINE FOR LAST YEAR, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY ARE GROWING FROM LAST YEAR FOR SURE.
THEN BOTTOM RIGHT, WE HAVE BEEN TAILGATING AT THE FOOTBALL GAMES ON FRIDAY NIGHTS.
IT'S JUST A STAFF SOCIAL TO GET TOGETHER.
KEY STAFFING CHANGES. LIKE I SAID, THIS WILL LOOK VERY SIMILAR WHEN YOU SEE PLUM CREEKS IN JUST A MINUTE IS AN EXECUTIVE PRINCIPAL MYSELF AND ALSO MY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MISS CORLEY, WHICH SHE IS IN THE CROWD TONIGHT TO SUPPORTING.
I HAVE COMBINED ALSO MY BLE AND PCE SHARED LEADERSHIP TEAM, SO THERE IS A TEAM OF TEN.
OUR TEAM OF TEN MEETS CONSISTENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT ALIGNMENT IS HAPPENING ACROSS BOTH CAMPUSES AND TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THOSE SYSTEMS AND THAT ALL TEACHERS FEEL SUPPORTED.
WE DID BRING IN NEW STAFF FROM CAMPUSES ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO BRING THEM INTO A BRAND NEW SCHOOL, STRATEGIC PLACEMENTS BASED ON STUDENT NEEDS.
THEN IN FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE, WE ARE DOING TEAM TEACHING THIS YEAR.
IN FOURTH AND FIFTH, WE HAVE ONE TEACHER THAT TEACHES ELAR, ONE TEACHER THAT TEACHES MATH, AND THEN THEY TEACH THEIR OWN HOME ROOM SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES.
WE'RE DOING THAT IN FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE THIS YEAR.
AGAIN, SINCE THIS IS A NEW CAMPUS.
WHEN WE BUILT OUR MASTER SCHEDULE BACK IN MAY, IT IS ABOUT A FOUR TO SIX WEEK PROCESS.
WHAT WE DO IS WE BRING IN DIFFERENT PEOPLE LIKE I BRING IN MY SPED TEAM, DYSLEXIA TEAM AS WELL, RTI, AND WE BRING IN THOSE KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO NEED MINUTES.
OF COURSE, WE DO NOT WANT THEM MISSING WHOLE GROUP TIER 1 TIME.
WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE PULLED OUT DURING SMALL GROUP TIME SO THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING GRADE LEVEL CONTENT.
MY TEAM IS AMAZING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING THE NEEDS OF THE KIDS.
THEN LAST, WE DON'T HAVE TUTORING.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE NOT PLANNING TO DO TUTORING,
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THAT MAY CHANGE IN THE SPRING, DEPENDING ON CBAS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS AS WE GO ALONG.BUT WE ARE ROLLING OUT LINES AND POWER, WHICH IS A CAMPUS WIDE INTERVENTION SYSTEM WHERE KIDS ON THE CAMPUS MOVE DEPENDING ON THEIR NEEDS, AND IT'S BASED ON PHONICS, ALSO COMPREHENSION.
WE ALSO TARGET WRITING AND STUFF LIKE THAT ACROSS ALL THE GRADE LEVELS.
IF THERE'S ANY STUDENTS THAT NEED EXTENSIONS, THAT THEY ARE PROVIDED THOSE AS WELL.
TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, IF WE HAVE A FOURTH GRADE STUDENT THAT IS READING AT A SIXTH GRADE LEVEL, THEY GET PULLED INTO A DIFFERENT GROUP, AND I HAVE A TEACHER THAT PROVIDES EXTENSION ACTIVITIES FOR THEM SO THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST BORED WITH GRADE LEVEL CONTENT.
AGAIN, I KNOW LAST MONTH, MY COLLEAGUE SPOKE ON THESE.
THESE HAVE BEEN OUR BIG ROCKS FOR A WHILE AT PLUM CREEK.
OUR 1.5 GROWTH, OUR GOAL AT BLE IS 90%.
I KNOW THE DISTRICT GOAL IS 80 AND 70, BUT MY TEAM AND TEACHERS THEY WANTED TO PUT 90 ON THERE, SO I'M LIKE LET'S GO.
LEADING INDICATORS, OF COURSE, ARE WALK THROUGHS.
IT'S NOT JUST THE 25 THAT WE NEED TO DO.
WE REALLY DO A LOT OF TALK AROUND ACTIONABLE FEEDBACK THAT WE ARE PROVIDING TO OUR TEACHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN IMPLEMENT THOSE SMALL CHANGES IMMEDIATELY.
WE DO COACH ALL OF OUR TEACHERS.
IT'S NOT JUST OUR K-5 TEACHERS, WE ALSO COACH OUR SPED TEACHERS, OUR SPECIAL AREA TEACHERS AS WELL.
WE DO PLCS USING THE PDSA MODEL.
WE HAVE TARGETED PD THAT WE PROVIDE ON CAMPUS BASED ON OUR WALK THROUGH DATA, AND THEN WE USE SOME AT K12 TO HELP SUPPORT OUR EB STUDENTS AS WELL.
LAGGING INDICATORS ARE STATION 1.5 DATA, CBA, SR INTEL PASS DATA.
OUR ATTENDANCE GOALS, 96%, WE ARE CALLING PARENTS DAILY.
WE ARE HAVING PARENT MEETINGS FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
WE ALSO DO INDIVIDUAL 101 PARENT CONFERENCES.
AFTER THE SIXTH ABSENCE, THAT'S WITH MYSELF AND MY REGISTRAR.
WE HAVE STUDENT AND CLASS INCENTIVES, WEEKLY, MONTHLY, YEAR LONG.
THEN WE DO HAVE SEPARATE TARGETED STUDENT INCENTIVES FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE CHRONIC ATTENDANCE.
WHEN WE START SEEING A LOT OF THOSE PATTERNS, WE'LL PULL THEM IN AND WE HAVE SOMETHING SEPARATE FOR THEM.
LAGGING INDICATORS, OF COURSE, ARE POSITIVE OFFICE NOTES, DISCIPLINE DATA, AND THEN OUR ADA GOAL OF 96%.
THEN LAST, OF COURSE, WHICH I LOVE WORDCOUNT.
OUR GOAL IS 150 MILLION WORDS AND 25 MILLION WORD READERS.
STUDENTS AND CLASS WORD COUNT TRACKING.
THEY'RE IN THEIR LEADER AND ME BINDERS.
THERE ARE BIMONTHLY CHECK INS WITH THE LIBRARIAN.
SHE IS A MISS SCOTT CAME OVER TO BLE FROM PCE, BUT SHE IS A HUGE SUPPORTER AND THE LEAD FOR OUR WORDCOUNT.
THEN LAGGING INDICATORS, OF COURSE, ARE TO INCREASE THE MILLION WORD READERS, NUMBER OF STUDENTS ATTENDING OUR AR PARTIES IN THE SCHOOL YEAR GOAL MET.
THEN IN THE MIDDLE, IF YOU NOTICE, NONE OF THE STUFF WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT MY SHARED LEADERSHIP.
IT IS NOT JUST MYSELF, IT IS MY TEAM.
LIKE I SAID, I HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM OF 10, BUT WE REALLY WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS SUPPORTED.
WE DO HAVE LEADER AND ME ACROSS THE CAMPUS THAT WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE ASSEMBLIES FOR.
ALL OF OUR KIDS HAD STUDENT LED CONFERENCES LAST YEAR AT PLUM CREEK, WHICH WE'LL HAVE THEM AGAIN THIS YEAR, AND IT'LL BE TWICE A YEAR, AND THEN STUDENT AND STAFF CELEBRATIONS, OF COURSE.
>> YES, MA'AM. HOW OFTEN IS THE INTERVENTION TAKING PLACE ON CAMPUS?
>> THE INTERVENTIONS ARE EVERY DAY MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FOR ABOUT 45 OR 50 MINUTES.
>> GO ON. I'M STILL STANDING HERE. NUMBER 2.
PLUM CREEK ELEMENTARY. AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, YOU'LL SEE, I WON'T TALK THROUGH AS MUCH.
THIS ONE WILL GO A LOT FASTER JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES.
BUT OUR THEME THIS YEAR WAS THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE PCE.
HERE, IF YOU LOOK AT CAMPUS PROFILE,
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OUR DEMOGRAPHICS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.WE HAVE ABOUT 76% ECO DIS, 88% HISPANIC, 9% WHITE, 3% AFRICAN AMERICAN.
ABOUT HALF OF OUR KIDS ARE EB STUDENTS, 12% SPECIAL ED, 6% GT, AND WE ARE JUST RIGHT UNDER 600 STUDENTS AS OF FRIDAY.
FOR SOME REASON, I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT MOVED OVER.
BUT LAST YEAR, WE ENDED THE YEAR WITH 555 STUDENTS.
>> WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS NOW THAN YOU HAD LAST YEAR?
I APOLOGIZE FOR, I GUESS WHEN THEY DOWNLOADED THIS, IT GOT ALL [OVERLAPPING]
>> IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, PLUM CREEK IS A LARGE SCHOOL.
IT HAS CLASSROOMS. WE WENT THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS.
THAT'S HOW YOU CLEARFORD IS SMALLER FOOTPRINT.
BUT ALSO THE OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, CLEARFORD MAY NOT HAVE A LOT OF KIDS NOW INTENTIONALLY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY BUILDING HOUSES IN THE DRAWN A BLANK ON THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, WHAT IT'S CALLED SUMMERSIDE, THOSE NEW HOUSES, AND THEN ALSO THE MOXI DEVELOPMENT RIGHT BEHIND THEM.
ALL THOSE ARE NOW ZONED TO CLEARFORD.
>> END OF YEAR DATA LIKE I SHARED.
IF YOU CAN LOOK THERE, I APOLOGIZE FOR IT BEING OFF JUST A LITTLE BIT, OUR 24/25.
WE ENDED THE YEAR AT 95.5, THAT WAS OUR THIRD YEAR IN A ROW OF WINNING THE DISTRICT ATTENDANCE FOR BEST ATTENDANCE FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW.
THIS YEAR, WE ARE AT 96.92, THAT WAS A OF FRIDAY WHEN I RAN IT OVER THE WEEKEND.
OUR 1.5 GROWTH FOR LAST YEAR WAS 95% IN READING AND 95% IN MATH.
OUR GOALS FOR THIS YEAR ARE BOTH 98 IN BOTH GRADE LEVEL IN BOTH SUBJECT AREAS.
OUR APPROACHES OUR CAMPUS STAR READING DATA.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT 345, OUR APPROACHES WAS 88%, MEATS WAS 58, AND OF COURSE, MASTERS AT 25.
WE FELL A LITTLE BIT SHORT IN THE MASTERS AREA AS OUR GOAL IS 85, 50, AND 30%, SO WE ARE REALLY WORKING ON THAT THIS YEAR AS WELL.
THEN OUR MATH, WE WERE AT 79, 47, AND 19.
THIS GOT CUT OFF THERE AT THE BOTTOM.
OUR CAMPUS WORD COUNT AS OF FRIDAY WAS 17,370,000.
BUT LAST YEAR, WE DID READ A TOTAL OF 181 MILLION WORDS.
THAT'S WHY OUR GOAL THIS YEAR IS 200 MILLION, AND WE HAD ABOUT 60 MILLION WORD READERS LAST YEAR.
PCE POINTS OF PRIDE, WE ARE AN A RATED CAMPUS [APPLAUSE] VERY PROUD OF ALL OF OUR STAFF, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL TEAM, MY SHARED LEADERSHIP TEAM, BUT ALSO AMAZING TEACHERS AT PLUM CREEK.
SOME OF THEM I DID COME OVER TO BLE, SO I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THEM THERE AS WELL.
BUT WE DID GET FIVE OUT OF SIX DISTINCTIONS, WHICH IS A LOT OF HARD WORK, VERY IMPRESSIVE.
WE HAD ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN READING, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN MATH, TOP 25%, AND COMPARATIVE ACADEMIC GROWTH, POST SECONDARY READINESS, AND ALSO THE TOP 25% COMPARATIVE CLOSING THE GAPS.
FIVE OUT OF SIX IS REALLY AMAZING.
>> OTHER POINTS OF PRIDE BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THAT, IT'S ABOUT THE WHOLE CHILD AND SUPPORTING ALL OF THAT.
TOP LEFT ARE JUST SOME EVENTS THAT WE HAD.
WE HAD CAMP OUT WITH A GOOD BOOK LAST WEEK AS WELL AT PLUM CREEK.
MY CHOIR, MR. GALVAN, DOES AN AMAZING JOB.
WE HAVE TWO OF OUR KIDS THAT SING LAST WEEK.
HAD TO PUT ABOUT OUR KIDS HARD AT WORK IN THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE THOSE HIGH EXPECTATIONS EVERY DAY.
WE ALSO BRING IN A LOT OF CULTURAL EVENTS.
I GUESS, WE HAD A DSCC PARADE THERE, ATTENDANCE IN YOUR BOTTOM RIGHT.
COURSE ATTENDANCE IS THE MAIN THING.
THEN LAST YEAR, BOTTOM LEFT WAS OUR PHOTO OF OUR MILLION WORD READERS.
LIKE I SAID, WE HAD ABOUT 60 LAST YEAR.
THAT WASN'T ALL OF THEM THERE.
BUT LOOKING FOR THAT NUMBER TO GROW.
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THEN THE TOP RIGHT.IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS, WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
WE OPENED UP A FOOD PANTRY LAST YEAR WHERE FAMILIES CAN COME AND SHOP EVERY WEEK, AND SO IT'S CALLED LON MARKET.
IT'S A GREAT THING OF SUPPORTING NOT JUST OUR KIDS, BUT ALSO OUR FAMILIES.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH AND READ THIS.
THE ONLY BIG DIFFERENCE IS WE DO HAVE ACE AT PLUM CREEK, THEY DO PROVIDE AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING.
I'M NOT GOING TO TALK THROUGH ALL OF THESE, BUT IT IS EXACTLY THE SAME.
LIKE I SAY, WE HAVE SYSTEMATIZED THINGS FROM PLUM CREEK AND BROUGHT THEM OVER TO BLE.
THE ONLY BIG DIFFERENCE IS ON OUR 1.5 GROWTH.
LIKE I SAID, WE ARE DOING 98% IN READING AND MATH.
THEN FOR OUR WORD COUNT IT IS 200 MILLION AND WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE 75 MILLION WORD READERS.
THIS YEAR IS OUR GOAL. QUESTION?
>> I JUST WANT TO IF YOU'LL GO BACK, JUST APPLAUD YOUR TEAM FOR SETTING THAT 98% GOAL IN READING AND MATH.
TO ME, THAT IS BEYOND AMBITIOUS.
I THINK HAVING THAT HIGH STANDARD AND IMPOSING THAT ON YOURSELF SAYS A LOT.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, RIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND SUPERINTENDENT, MR. ESTRADA.
I'M MICHELLE HALE, THE PRINCIPAL OF CLEARFORK ELEMENTARY, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE MIDDLE ON THE BOTTOM.
OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS KEEPING THE DRIVE ALIVE.
ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THERE'S A PICTURE THERE OF OUR SHARED LEADERSHIP MODEL.
ALL OF OUR TEACHERS ON OUR CAMPUS LEADERS OF CAMPUS.
THE NEXT TWO ROWS INCLUDE LEADERS OF OTHERS.
TRULY AT CLEARFORK, IT IS COLLABORATION THAT WE REALLY HINGE ON IN MAKING DECISIONS FOR OUR CAMPUS AND WORKING TOGETHER TO SUCCEED.
LEADERS OF SELF, ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, WE USE THEM FOR OUR PD, EVEN IN OUR FACULTY MEETINGS AND COACH THEM TO BE THE BEST THAT THEY CAN BE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS OUR MISSION VISION.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CHANGED THIS YEAR AS WE REZONED AND HAD NEW FAMILIES, NEW STUDENTS COME TO OUR CAMPUS, AND IT'S JUST OUR COMPASS, AS WE MAKE DECISIONS, THAT WE'RE MEETING THAT MISSION OR BEING ALIGNED TO OUR VISION FROM THE FOUNDATION OF LOCKHART, HAVING A LOCKHART FOR PEOPLE AND LOCKING POTENTIAL AND STRIVING FOR SUCCESS.
WE'RE CHASING PCE GOING FOR AN A THIS YEAR, HAVING A B ON OUR CAMPUS. I HAVE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR DEMOGRAPHICS, WE ARE 55% ECO DIS, 65% HISPANIC, 29.3 WHITE, 3% AFRICAN AMERICAN, EMERGENT BILINGUAL IS OBVIOUSLY SMALLER.
WE ARE NOT A BILINGUAL CAMPUS AT CLEARFORK.
WE HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS IN THE DISTRICT ON OUR CAMPUS, 18% SPECIAL ED, 6% GT, AND CURRENTLY, ENROLLMENT IS 345 AND LOOKING TO GROW.
END OF YEAR DATA, WE ENDED WITH 92.2% ATTENDANCE RATE.
OURS IS OFF A LITTLE BIT, TOO.
YOU CAN SEE THERE FOR ELAR AND MATH, 67%, 68% MET R 1.5 GROWTH DATA.
78, 50 AND 25 FOR APPROACHES MEETS AND MASTERS FOR READING.
63, 38, AND 14 FOR STAAR MATH.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW. IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO CHOOSE YOUR POINTS OF PRIDE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE, BUT WE CHOSE WHERE DEEP ROOTS MEET BOLD IDEAS.
YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER IS ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL TREES THAT SITS ON THE PROPERTY OF CLEARFORK ELEMENTARY.
WE ARE ROOTED IN HISTORY AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME FOR EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AND ANYONE LISTENING TO COME
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OUT THURSDAY NIGHT TO OUR CELEBRATION FOR OUR 75TH ANNIVERSARY.ALSO, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE CLUBS AT CLEARFORK.
YOU CAN SEE OUR BALLET FOLKLORICO CLUB THERE.
NEXT TO THAT IS OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR, WHO WAS ALSO NAMED ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR, AND SHE'S OUR LIBRARIAN.
SHE LEADS THE LARGEST CLASSROOM ON OUR CAMPUS, FOSTERS A LOVE FOR READING FOR OUR STUDENTS AT CLEARFORK.
ON THE BOTTOM, WE CELEBRATED OUR FIFTH GRADERS WINNING THE TRACK MET LAST YEAR, LED BY A OUR PE TEACHER.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IS THAT YOU CAN WALK INTO OUR PE CLASS AT CLEARFORK ELEMENTARY AND FIND OUR PE TEACHER SUPPORTING THE CLASSROOM, WHETHER IT'S SKIP COUNTING, AS THEY'RE DOING EXERCISES, SHE GOES TO MEETINGS WITH US AND FINDS OUT WHAT ARE SOME NEEDS THAT SHE CAN HELP WITH EVEN IN PE.
THE LITTLE GIRLS HOLDING THEIR RIBBONS IS SOMETHING THAT ONE OF OUR TEACHERS BROUGHT LAST YEAR UIL BACK TO CLEARFORK, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO GROW THAT PROGRAM.
THE FOLLOWING PICTURE, WE RECOGNIZED THIS GROUP, I BELIEVE, LAST MONTH, THEY WENT OUT AND PROVIDED FREE HAIRCUTS FOR LOCKHART STUDENTS BEFORE STARTING SCHOOL.
RIGHT HERE, YOU CAN SEE OUR THEATER TEACHER, SHE WAS AWARDED TICKETS LAST WEEK FOR HER THEATER STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND BEAUTY AND THE BEAST IN AUSTIN.
THEN BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER IS ONE OF OUR FAIRLY NEW TO PROFESSION TEACHERS, WHO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF HAVING A LITTLE LIONS CLUB, AND WE FOCUS IN ON LEADER IM PRIORITIES THERE AND JUST GROW THEM TO BE READY FOR STUDENT COUNSEL AND NEHS, AS THEY GET INTO THE PRE-GRADE LEVELS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WE HAD SEVERAL TEACHERS THAT MOVED INTO DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS THIS YEAR THAT I BELIEVE ARE REALLY FORMING SOME DYNAMIC TEAMS ON OUR CAMPUS.
WE'RE ALSO GROWING THREE NEW TEAM LEADS WITHIN OUR CAMPUS, TEAM TEACHING IN FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE AS WELL.
WE HAVE OUR MASTER CALENDAR, WHICH INCLUDES INTERNALIZATION TIME, WHICH IS TEACHERS HAVING TIME SET ASIDE TO REALLY DIG IN TO SOLVES OUR NEW CURRICULUM TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ALL THE COMPONENTS READY TO HAVE HIGH QUALITY LESSONS IN READING FOR OUR STUDENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE A COMMITTEE THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING IN ON THE MTSS SYSTEM, WHICH IS JUST MULTI-TIERED, INCLUDING ACADEMICS AND BEHAVIORS FOR OUR CAMPUS.
WE HAVE WIN TIME IN OUR CAMPUS MASTER SCHEDULE, WHICH IS ALSO A TIME FOR ENRICHMENT AND OR ACADEMIC SUPPORT THAT MAY BE NEEDED FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING, THAT WILL BE OFFERED IN THE SPRINGTIME.
OUR SYSTEM OF BIG ROCKS THAT WE'RE MONITORING.
ALSO, THE 1.5 GROWTH ATTENDANCE AND MILLION WORDS.
YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT OUR GOALS FOR READING AND MATH ARE 80% FOR 1.5 GROWTH, 92, AS I SAID BEFORE, IS WHERE WE WERE FOR ATTENDANCE LAST YEAR, AND WE ARE REACHING THE GOAL OF 96 CURRENTLY.
AS OF LAST WEEK, LAST FRIDAY, WE WERE AT 95.76, I BELIEVE, AND I'M GOING TO CALL IT 96%.
WE FOCUS ON WALK THROUGHS AND NOT JUST THE WALK THROUGHS, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE FEEDBACK FROM THOSE WALK THROUGHS TO DRIVE OUR COACHING AND TO HELP TEACHERS ON THE INSTRUCTION THAT IS GOING FORTH IN THE CLASSROOM.
THERE'S COACHING, AND THEN WE ALSO DEVELOP PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WE SEE FROM THE DATA THAT COMES FROM THOSE WALK THROUGHS.
EVERY MORNING WHEN A STUDENT IS NOT IN THE CLASSROOM, WE HAVE A RISE AND SHINE, WHICH IS JUST A GOOGLE FORM THAT OUR TEACHERS NOT ONLY REACH OUT TO THE FAMILY THEMSELVES, BUT THEY PUT THAT NAME ON THE GOOGLE FORM THAT COMES TO MYSELF AND MY ATTENDANCE CLERK, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FAMILIES ARE CONTACTED BY US DAILY AS WELL.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE INCENTIVES ON OUR CAMPUS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS HAVE A KEEPING THE DRIVE ALIVE POSTER ON THE OUTSIDE OF EACH CLASSROOM.
WHEN THE STUDENTS HAVE 100% ATTENDANCE FOR THAT DAY, THEY GET TO FILL IN A LETTER AND AS THAT IS COMPLETED, THERE'S AN ARRAY OF PRIZES THAT THEY CAN CHOOSE
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FROM AND CELEBRATE THEIR ATTENDANCE GOALS THAT ARE BEING MET.WE HAVE ATTENDANCE LETTERS THAT GO OUT AND CONFERENCES AS NEEDED WHEN WE SEE EXCESSIVE ABSENCES ON OUR CAMPUS.
MILLION WORDS. WE HAVE AREAS ON OUR CAMPUS THAT SHOW THE GOALS AND SHOW THE PROGRESS THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE MAKING.
WE HAVE TIMES SET ASIDE FOR OUR KIDS TO WORK ON THAT.
WORD COUNTS ARE BROKEN DOWN FOR GRADE LEVELS, AND THEN WE HAVE CHALLENGES THROUGH OUR LIBRARY, AND OUR LIBRARIAN IS HELPING US TO TRACK THAT AS WELL.
OUR STUDENTS, ALSO, AS HAS BEEN STATED, WE HAVE LEADER IM BINDERS AND THEY'RE TRACKING THEIR OWN 1.5 GROWTH AND THEY'RE TRACKING THEIR ATTENDANCE, AND THEY'RE ALSO TRACKING THEIR MILLION WORDS THEMSELVES.
WE HAVE PLCS, WHERE TEACHERS ARE ALSO DOING ALL OF THESE DATA DIGS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE WATCHING ALL OF THAT DATA, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH THEIR GOALS AND WATCHING THE PROGRESS AS WELL.
LAGGING INDICATORS, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE AN ARRAY OF DATA POINTS THAT WE USE TO CALCULATE THE DATA AND WATCH THE GROWTH ON STAAR, CBA AND SAVVAS ASSESSMENTS.
GOALS ARE SET FOR OUR ATTENDANCE, AND MILLION WORDS.
WE HAVE AR PARTIES THAT WE CELEBRATE AS THEY ARE ALSO COMPLETING THAT WORK AND HAVE THOSE GOALS SET, AND THAT IS HOW WE ARE MONITORING THOSE SYSTEMS OF BIG ROCKS FOR CLEARFORK. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> YES, MA'AM. AS FAR AS THE TUTORING, COULD YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WIN TIME? YES, MA'AM. THE WIN TIME?
>> YES. IT IS A TIME SET ASIDE DURING OUR DAY THAT IT'S JUST WIN TIME IS WHATEVER I NEED.
WE HAVE STUDENTS ALSO MOVING AROUND ON THE CAMPUS BASED ON THE NEEDS, WHETHER IT'S EXTENSION, GOING ABOVE THAT GRADE LEVEL OR NEEDING TO WORK ON CERTAIN STANDARDS.
WE HAVE TEACHERS WORKING OR PEOPLE PULLING STUDENTS TO HAVE SMALL GROUPS TO WORK WITH THEM.
>> AND THAT'S DURING THE DAY SCHOOL? OKAY. THANK YOU MA'AM.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA, AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
I AM AMALIA VILLAREAL, THE PRINCIPAL OF CARVER EARLY EDUCATION CENTER, AND I AM DELIGHTED TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR ACTION PLAN FOR THE '25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO JUST TAKE A GLANCE AT ALL OF THE CUTE PHOTOS THAT I HAVE ON OUR COVER HERE.
THEY DEFINITELY SHOW THE PASSION THAT WE HAVE FOR, LEADERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT, AND COLLABORATION IN EACH ONE OF THOSE PHOTOS.
IN OUR DEMOGRAPHICS, OUR PRE K PROGRAM IS INCOME BASED, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE 98% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.
UNDER OUR RACE DEMOGRAPHICS, YOU WILL NOTE THAT MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION IS HISPANIC WITH ONLY 3% APPROXIMATELY BEING WHITE AND APPROXIMATELY 8% AFRICAN AMERICAN.
UNIQUE TO CARVER AND THE FACT THAT WE SERVE ALL OF THE PRE K STUDENTS FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.
NEARLY HALF OF OUR POPULATION IS EMERGENT BILINGUAL, AND WE DO HAVE A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AS WELL WITH OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.
THE HIGH ENROLLMENT NUMBERS OF THESE SPECIAL POPULATIONS HAS ME RIGHT AT HOME SERVING THE STUDENTS WHO NEED US MOST.
OUR TOTAL ENROLLMENT THIS YEAR IS 325 STUDENTS, WHICH IS UP FROM 265 AT THE BEGINNING OF THE '24-25 SCHOOL YEAR.
OUR ATTENDANCE RATE, WHERE WE ENDED LAST YEAR WAS AT 90.5%, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT 62% OF OUR STUDENTS MET 1.5 GROWTH.
NOW, AT CARVER, WE DON'T HAVE STAR ASSESSMENTS.
WE USE THE DATA THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US TO DRIVE INSTRUCTION, THAT INCLUDES I STATION, AMIRA, CLI, AND OUR STANDARDS BASED REPORT CARD GRADING SYSTEM.
YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT 93.6% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE AT OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL IN LETTER RECOGNITION, 87% IN LETTER SOUND ID, AND IN MATH, WE DO TRACK THEIR ACCOUNTING ONE THROUGH 30 AND NUMBER RECOGNITION WITH 85% OF OUR STUDENTS BEING AT OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL.
>> FOR THE FUN PART, POINTS OF PRIDE.
AT CARVER, WE DO PRIDE OURSELVES IN OUR FAMILY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
AS YOU CAN SEE ABOVE, HAVE OUR PARENT OR FAMILY FITNESS FRIDAYS, WHERE YOU CAN SEE JUST LAST FRIDAY, WE HAD FAMILIES COME AND SCOOTER ROLL AND TAKE
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DIFFERENT COLORED BALLS INTO BASKETS AND HAVE TO COMPETE AGAINST OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS.WE HAD ABOUT 30 MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE.
WE ALSO HELD OUR NIGHT AT THE GRAMMYS, WHERE OUR GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS, FOR THOSE GRANDPARENTS WHO CANNOT BE THERE, COME DRESSED TO THE NINES TO TRY TO WIN AN AWARD FOR BEST DRESS, BEST DANCE MOVES, OR FIRST FAMILY OUT ON THE DANCE FLOOR.
WE HAVE OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS WHO COME AND JOIN US ON THE DANCE FLOOR AS WELL TO GET ALL OF THE STUDENTS MOTIVATED AND DANCING.
AS PART OF FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, I JUST WANT TO NOTE, ALTHOUGH I DON'T HAVE PICTURES UP THERE, WE DO HAVE SOME COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WE'VE JOINED WITH OVER THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ANITA DE LON DOES A MONTHLY PARENT EDUCATION CLASS FOR US ON CAR SEAT SAFETY.
WE ALSO PARTNER WITH OUR WONDERFUL FOOD AND NUTRITION DEPARTMENT, DENISE ROSIO AND OLIVIA.
WE PILOTED LAST YEAR A PARENT COOKING CLASS WHERE PARENTS CAME AND LEARNED SOME SPRINGTIME SNACKS TO MAKE IT HOME.
WE ARE EXCITED TO DO OUR OCTOBER HALLOWEEN CHARCUTERIE BOARDS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING ON HALLOWEEN DAY.
WE ALSO PARTNER WITH CORA MINISTRIES FOR WEEKEND SNACK BAGS FOR STUDENTS AND THE LOCAL FOOD BANK, OF COURSE.
I'LL MOVE OVER TO PLC COLLABORATION.
ONE THING AMAZING ABOUT CARVER IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE ON OUR CAMPUS, AND SO OUR TEACHERS USE THEIR EXPERTISE TO HELP GROW ONE ANOTHER.
WHEN THEY SEE A NEED OR WHEN WE SEE A THEME THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM, WE SEE MORE NEEDS THAT ARE MAYBE A SPECIAL EDUCATION NEED OR STUDENTS WHO ARE NEEDING THAT SAME SUPPORT.
YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP MIDDLE, WE HAD TWO OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS LEAD A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAST WEEK ON LEARNING CENTERS AND INSTRUCTIONAL STATIONS, AND BROUGHT ALL OF THE MATERIALS NEEDED INTO THE LIBRARY, AND JUST HAD A VAST AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE AND MANIPULATIVES AND RESOURCES FOR ALL OF OUR TEACHERS TO TAKE BACK TO THE CLASSROOM.
THE COMMITMENT AT CARVER IS GREAT.
IT'S GRAND, WHETHER YOU'RE A TEACHER, WHETHER YOU'RE A PARENT.
EVERYONE IS ALWAYS ON BOARD TO MAKE STUDENTS BETTER THAN WHAT THEY WERE YESTERDAY.
THEN, FINALLY, LEADER IN ME, THIS YEAR, WE PILOTED FINALLY OUR FIRST FULL ASSEMBLY WITH ALL 325 LITTLE BODIES IN ONE PLACE.
WE TRIED TO DO A ROAR STICK, AND WHEN WE ANNOUNCED EACH CLASS, EVERYONE ROARED.
WE COULD NOT PICK A WINNER. IT WAS VERY HARD.
WE HAD TO WATCH MOUTHS TO SEE WHO WOULD WIN.
YOU CAN SEE OUR CARVER CUB LEADERS FOR THE FIRST FOUR WEEKS OF SCHOOL UP AT THE FRONT DOING THE CARVER CUB PLEDGE.
I'LL MOVE OVER TO OUR CAMPUS OPERATIONAL CHANGES.
THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN MY COLLEAGUES.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED AND HONORED TO PILOT LEARNING LEADS AT CARVER.
WE DO NOT HAVE CARVER LEADERS, BUT THESE ARE OUR OWN CARVER LEARNING LEADS.
OUR TEACHERS, TWO OF THEM, HAVE TEAMED UP WITH ME, AND I GET TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP QUALITIES IN THEM AND HAVE THEM DEVELOP THE SAME LEADERSHIP QUALITIES IN OUR TEAM.
WE WERE ALSO STRATEGIC THIS YEAR IN THE MOVES WITH OUR TEACHER AND PARAPROFESSIONAL DUOS.
WE HAD ONE OF OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS MOVE INTO A TEACHING ROLE, WHICH WE WERE VERY EXCITED FOR HER.
WITH THAT, WE MADE SOME SHIFTS AND ADJUSTMENTS TO HELP TRAIN THOSE WHO WERE NEW TO THE PROFESSION.
OPERATIONAL CHANGES, OUR SPED PROGRAM, WE RESPOND TO PROGRAM NEEDS.
THIS YEAR, WE DO HAVE A HIGH NUMBER OF THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND HAVE BEGUN A PROGRAM WHERE WE HAVE TWO HALF-DAY SESSIONS FOR OUR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND ONE TEACHER RUNNING BOTH HALF-DAY SESSIONS.
WE HAVE ONE TEACHER WITH ALL OF THE FOUR-YEAR-OLDS, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE INCLUSION CLASS.
WE DO ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO BE IN THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT, AND MOVING THOSE KIDDOS INTO GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS, MONOLINGUAL CLASSROOMS, IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO, AND ONE OF OUR TEACHERS IS IN CHARGE OF THAT.
ADDITIONALLY, OUR MASTER SCHEDULE ALLOWS FOR CAMPUS-WIDE PLCS ONCE EVERY THREE WEEKS.
WE ALSO HAVE TIME FOR OUR LEARNING LEADS TO GET INTO CLASSROOMS AND COACH, AND WE WILL BEGIN OUR OWN WHAT I NEED TIME IN FEBRUARY ONCE OUR STUDENTS HAVE MATURED ENOUGH TO TAKE ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
WE DO HAVE DAILY TUTORING WITH OUR LEARNING CENTERS AND INTERVENTIONS FROM 2:00 TO 3:00 P.M.
FINALLY, OUR MONITORING SYSTEM OF THE BIG ROCKS, HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE DOING IT WELL? LIKE MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED, WE ALL ARE MOVING TOWARD THE 1.5 GROWTH, 96% ATTENDANCE.
OUR CAMPUS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN OUR HIGH ECO DISC NUMBERS.
WE WANT TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES IN PROVIDING THEM WITH MAYBE EXPERIENCES THEY WOULD NOT HAVE OTHERWISE HAD.
PARENT INVOLVEMENT IS OUR THIRD BIG ROCK.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH ALL OF THOSE LEADING INDICATORS AS YOU'VE HEARD MUCH ABOUT WALK-THROUGHS AND FEEDBACK TODAY.
I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WE OFFER.
BUT ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES IN OUR ATTENDANCE IS OUR FAMILY CONFERENCES AND OUR RECOGNITION ASSEMBLIES THAT WE ARE TRYING TO MOTIVATE PARENTS AND STUDENTS TO COME TO SCHOOL MORE.
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OUR PARENT ENGAGEMENT, WE LOOK TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PARENT INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES TO OFFER THINGS THAT PARENTS TRULY NEED.LAGGING INDICATORS, WE DO TRACK OUR DATA THROUGH CLI, SBRC, OUR TEACHER GROWTH DATA, AND OUR CLASSROOM WILDLY IMPORTANT GOALS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE TRACK OUR NINE-WEEK ATTENDANCE AND OUR END-OF-YEAR GOAL BEING MET WILL BE THE PROOF THAT WE HAVE MET OUR BIG ROCK.
THEN PARENT ENGAGEMENT, OUR GOAL IS TO GET TO OUR HIGHEST FAMILY ATTENDANCE TOTAL AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AFTER REVIEWING SOME DATA FROM LAST YEAR, WE AVERAGE ABOUT 800 - 1,000 PEOPLE IN OUR BUILDING EACH QUARTER WHEN THEY COME FOR DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MA'AM.
>> LAST BUT NOT LEAST. I AM DANIEL MARTINEZ, THE PROUD PRINCIPAL OF PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL. I WAS NOT PLAYING.
I HAD A VIDEO HERE IN THE VERY MIDDLE.
THIS IS MY ACTION PLAN FOR THE 25 20 SCHOOL YEAR.
YOU NOTICE THESE PICTURES, IT'S ALL ABOUT GRADUATION AND MOVING THESE KIDS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A FOCUS ON THIS.
AS YOU READ, THIS IS THE DEMOGRAPHICS AS OF THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE INCREASED OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION BY 4%.
WE HAVE INCREASED OUR EMERGING BILINGUAL BY 5.68%, AND WE ALSO HAVE INCREASED OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION NUMBERS BY 10%.
AGAIN, THIS IS CURRENTLY THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
OUR ATTENDANCE RATE RIGHT NOW IS 82.01, AND THESE ARE OUR STAR SCORES.
APPROACHES FOR READING IS 49, MEETS IS 35, MASTERS IS 2%, AND FOR MATH, OUR APPROACHES IS 18%.
AGAIN, PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL, LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE GRADUATED 136 STUDENTS, 69 STUDENTS IN THE FALL, 66 STUDENTS IN THE SPRING, AND THAT IS AN INCREASE OF 31 KIDS COMPARED TO PREVIOUS LAST YEAR.
WE ARE PARTNERING WITH LDMC TO GRADUATE STUDENTS.
THESE STUDENTS WHO HAVE LONGER PLACEMENTS OR THEY ARE CONSTANTLY GETTING SENT TO LDMC.
LAST YEAR, WE GRADUATED 19 STUDENTS, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF FOUR STUDENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR.
OUR STUDENTS AT PRIDE, 02,166 CREDITS WERE EARNED THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 818 CREDITS.
AGAIN, THIS IS CREDITS, WHICH COULD BE CREDIT RECOVERY OR EARNING FULL CREDITS, WHICH IS A LONGER PROCESS.
KIDS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.
WE ARE PARTNERING WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS TO GET OUR KIDS TO PATHWAYS.
ONCE THEY GRADUATE, HVAC COULD BE WELDING, COULD BE PLUMBING, OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS.
AGAIN, THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH TESLA.
STAFF CHANGES. WE HAVE PROMOTED MS. UPTON TO ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT LDMC.
I'VE CURRENTLY OUR INSTRUCTIONAL AID.
WE ARE DOING PULLOUT FOR EDGENUITY.
EDGENUITY IS OUR PROGRAM WHERE OUR STUDENTS DO THE CURRICULUM ON THE COMPUTER.
OPERATIONAL CHANGES, WE HAVE CHANGED A MASTER SCHEDULE TO DO MORE OF A BLENDED LEARNING STYLE BECAUSE WE HAVE KIDS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS, DIFFERENT SECTIONS, AND SO WE MADE IT EASIER FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS SO YOU COULD HAVE A GEOMETRY AT THE MATH FEATURE WITH THE GEOMETRY STUDENT, AND ALGEBRA 1 STUDENT, OR ALGEBRA 2 STUDENT IN THE SAME CLASS AND STILL WORKING TOGETHER.
FOR THE PASSING PERIODS, WE HAVE SHORTENED THE TIME OF THE PASSING PERIODS AND WE HAVE CLOSED THE RESTROOMS IN THE SENSE THAT RESTROOMS ARE ONLY OPEN DURING THE PASSING PERIODS.
TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING'S HAPPENING IN THE RESTROOMS THAT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING, AND WE HAVE A TIMER SO THAT STUDENTS ARE GETTING BACK TO CLASS AND AGAIN COMPLETING THOSE CREDITS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE IS EDGENUITY PROGRESS TRACKING, WHICH HAS INCREASED OUR CREDITS, AGAIN, 818 CREDITS FROM THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THIS EDGENUITY PROGRESS TRACKING, WHICH WE HELP STUDENTS.
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WE SET GOALS FOR STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE WEEK.IF THEY HAVE ONE CLASS AND CREDIT RECOVERY, THEY NEED TO COMPLETE 15 ASSIGNMENTS.
IF THEY HAVE FOUR CLASSES IN CREDIT RECOVERY, THEY NEED TO COMPLETE 100 ASSIGNMENTS.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE CLASS AND THE KID.
FOR TUTORING, WE OFFER TUTORING.
THE STUDENT CAN COME BEFORE SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL, OR DURING THE TEACHER'S CONFERENCE, DEPENDING ON THE STUDENT'S SCHEDULE AND THE TEACHER'S SCHEDULE.
WE WILL INCREASE OUR ATTENDANCE FROM 82% - 96%.
WE WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES FROM 137 STUDENTS TO 150 STUDENTS.
WE WILL INCREASE OUR APPROACHES SCORES BY 10%.
MY GOAL IS, AGAIN, WHEN IT COMES TO 150 STUDENTS, I WANT TO GRADUATE SO MANY KIDS THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF THE GAL PAC, NO CROWLEY.
MONITORING SYSTEMS FOR BIG ROCKS.
LEADING INDICATORS. AGAIN, WE CONSTANTLY DO DAILY ATTENDANCE, WE ARE CALLING STUDENTS.
I HAVE A WEEKLY MEETING WITH MY REGISTRAR, WHERE WE'RE GOING OVER ATTENDANCE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO IN OUR PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP MEETINGS.
WE TARGET CERTAIN KIDS, WHETHER I'M SENDING LETTERS TO PARENTS AND KIDS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO.
WE DO HAVE A GRADUATION PLAN SPREADSHEET WHERE WE TRACK STUDENTS TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE AT.
ARE THEY CLOSE TO GRADUATING? AGAIN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE TRYING TO HELP THESE KIDS GRADUATE ANYWAY THAT WE CAN.
WE WILL PUSH KIDS WHO ARE ON THE POSSIBLE GRADUATION LIST TO PUSH THEM MORE TO GRADUATE BY DECEMBER OR MAY.
LAGGING INDICATORS WOULD BE SEMESTER'S ATTENDANCE.
AGAIN, WE DO THAT EVERY SEMESTER, WE HAVE FOUR SEMESTERS IN A SCHOOL YEAR.
WE MONITOR HOW MANY CREDITS STUDENTS EARN IN NINE WEEKS.
WE DO EOC PREP, AND THEN WHICH IS LIKE A BENCHMARK, AND THEN WE DO EOC RESULTS.
THOSE WILL BE LAGGING INDICATORS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> YES, SIR. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT PARTNERING WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS?
>> THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE STARTING NOW WITH RACHEL SOTELO, WHERE WE ARE GETTING HER TO COME TO PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL, AND LIKE IN MAY, WE DID A SURVEY FOR OUR KIDS TO SEE WHICH FIELD WERE STUDENTS INTERESTED IN.
IN THIS CASE, A LOT OF KIDS WERE INTERESTED IN WELDING AND HVAC.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO START DOING HERE IN A FEW WEEKS, WHERE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS WILL HELP GET KIDS DOWN CERTAIN PATHWAYS OR GET THEM TO THOSE UNIONS FOR THEM TO GET A JOB AS SOON AS THEY GRADUATE.
THAT'S ONE THING DIFFERENT ABOUT PRIDE IS, IF THEY FINISH SEPTEMBER 23RD, AT 2:00, THEN THEY'RE DONE.
THEY CAN START SEPTEMBER 24, THE NEXT DAY WITH THE UNION OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S GETTING THEM IN FRONT OF THOSE PEOPLE SO THEY CAN GET HIRED OR DO THE INTERNSHIP, OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS.
>> HOW DOES IT WORK WITH LDMC WITH THOSE STUDENTS? HOW DO YOU ALL HANDLE THAT?
>> FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE LDMC WHO HAVE LONGER PLACEMENTS OR WHO HAVE A TITLE 5 PLACEMENT, WHO ARE GOING TO BE WITH US UNTIL A LARGE AMOUNT OF TIME.
WE DO TEND TO ENROLL THEM INTO PRIDE, WHERE THEY CAN ACCELERATE AND GRADUATE FASTER.
THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE INCREASED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH A NUMBER OF KIDS GRADUATING BY FOUR STUDENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR.
>> WILL THEY REMAINED AT LDMC?
>> CORRECT. YES. THE LDMC STUDENTS WILL NOT STEP FOOT AT PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY WILL FINISH THEIR CREDITS AND EVERYTHING ELSE AT LDMC, AND THEN THEY WILL WALK THE STAGE WITH US IN JANUARY OR IN MAY.
>> QUESTION. THE LIAISON BETWEEN LDMC AND PRIDE, WHO IS THAT? IS THERE SOMEBODY THAT GOES BACK AND FORTH, OR ITS YOU?
>> YES. I'M WALKING BACK AND FORTH.
>> POOR BABY. I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE TESLA PARTNERSHIP.
HAVE YOU STARTED THAT YET? WHAT'S IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE?
>> YES. THEY ARE COMING, I BELIEVE IT IS NEXT WEEK.
I TOURED THE FACILITIES IN JUNE, I BELIEVE, AND PRETTY MUCH I GOT TO SEE HOW THEY ARE TRYING TO GET KIDS RIGHT AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.
FOR TESLA TO WORK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY ARE TO WAIT UNTIL MAY 22.
FOR US, AS SOON AS THEY GRADUATE AND AS SOON AS THEY'RE 18, THEY CAN GET STARTED INTO THE PROGRAM.
THEY CAN START A WEEK 9 TRAINING PERIOD TO SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED,
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AND THEN THEY GO FROM THERE.>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE TRANSPORTATION.
ARE YOU GOING TO PLANNING TO TAKE THEM UP AND SHOW THEM FACILITY AND ALL OF THAT, OR ARE YOU JUST MAKING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HIRING PEOPLE AND THE STUDENTS?
>> THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON SINCE WE'RE NOT DOING WILD ROOTS, LDMC, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M LOOKING TOWARDS DOING, TRANSPORTATION TO TESLA.
>> COOL. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE THEY NEED A PATHWAY.
THE OTHER THING I SAID HERE PROMOTED MS. UPTON TO ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
>> SHE WAS ONE OF THE LEAD TEACHERS AT LDMC.
SHE WAS A LEAD TEACHER AT LDMC.
>> ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL? WHAT DOES SHE DO?
>> LDMC, WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A CULTURE CHANGE.
>> SHE'S BASICALLY THE PRINCIPAL OF LDMC THEN?
>> SHE'S THE ASSISTANT. I'M THE PRINCIPAL OF LDMC.
>> YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE BOTH OF THEM?
>> AS I BALANCE, AS I GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN PRIDE AND LDMC, SHE IS THE ONE THAT'S CONSTANTLY THERE, ABLE TO HANDLE ANY SITUATION, DEAL WITH ANY SITUATION FROM STUDENTS THAT ARISE.
>> THAT IS SOMETHING THEY WANTED THE PREVIOUS PRINCIPLES TO DO THAT, BUT YOU TEND TO GET STUCK ON ONE CAMPUS OR THE OTHER.
BOTH CAMPUSES SUFFER, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THEY HAVE SOMEBODY THERE AND SOMEBODY WITH YOU.
>> AGAIN, SHE IS ALWAYS AT LDMC SHOW.
SHE'S ALWAYS THERE. I'M THE ONE THAT'S FLOATING BETWEEN.
>> THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY THERE. I KNOW YOU HAVE A COUNSELOR AT PRIDE.
>> I HAVE A COUNSELOR AT BOTH CAMPUSES.
>> THERE IS ONE AT BOTH PLACES?
>> WONDERFUL. THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR TOO. GOOD DEAL.
>> HE SAID WE DIDN'T HAVE WILD ROOTS ANYMORE?
>> THAT WAS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WAS A WILD ROOT SIDE.
WE WERE TRYING TO DO IT THIS COMING UP SCHOOL YEAR, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE NOT DOING THIS YEAR WITH US.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BOARD?
>> ITEM D BUDGET UPDATE, MS. WEISER.
[Budget Update ]
>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WRIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS, AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
I'M GOING TO GO THIS EVENING WITH A BUDGET UPDATE, BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL COME BACK EVERY MONTH, AND SO THIS IS A BASELINE OF WHERE WE ARE.
I'LL GIVE A GENERAL FUND BUDGET REVIEW, WHICH MEANS WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT OUR ADOPTED BUDGET WAS JUST BACK A FEW MONTHS AGO, IN JUNE.
WE'LL LOOK AT ENROLLMENT, HOW ENROLLMENT HAS LOOKED THESE FIRST SIX WEEKS OF SCHOOL, HOW ATTENDANCE HAS LOOKED, A SMALL REVENUE UPDATE, AND AN EXPENDITURE UPDATE.
THIS IS SOMETHING AGAIN THAT WE'LL DO EVERY MONTH AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES.
YOU'VE HEARD ME USE THE TERMS THAT THE LIGHTS ARE TURNING ON.
WE'VE BEEN PROJECTING FOR THE PAST, REALLY ALMOST A YEAR ON WHAT THIS BUDGET WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR '25-'26.
THEN NOW AS THE YEAR IS STARTING TO COME TO FRUITION, WE CAN SEE HOW THE YEAR IS GOING TO BE SHAPING UP.
JUST AS A REMINDER, WE ADOPTED OUR BUDGET.
IT IS BASED ON ENROLLMENT, IS BASED ON THE ADA OF THAT ENROLLMENT.
OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTION WAS 6,874.
THIS WAS THE DEMOGRAPHER'S LOW PROJECTION OF WHAT THE ENROLLMENT WILL BE AT SNAPSHOT DATE.
WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER A MONTH.
SNAPSHOT THIS YEAR IS ON OCTOBER 31, I BELIEVE HALLOWEEN THIS YEAR.
THAT IS WHAT THE PROJECTION IS ON FOR TOTAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT.
THE ADA PROJECTION OF THOSE ENROLLED STUDENTS WOULD BE 93%.
THIS IS NOT THE DISTRICT GOAL OF HAVING OUR STUDENTS HERE 96% OF THE TIME, BUT IT IS OUR REVENUE PROJECTION AS FAR AS OUR ALLOTMENT FROM TEA.
OUR LOCAL TAX REVENUE IS BASED ON 68.19 PENNIES, WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE GOLDEN PENNIES HERE AT LOCKHART ISD.
WE HAVE A TAX LEVY OF 3.7 BILLION.
THAT IS A SLIGHT INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.
THAT'S NOT REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY NOT GROWING IN VALUE.
IT'S REFLECTIVE OF THE $140,000 NEW HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
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EVEN THOUGH WE HAD OUR VALUES, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY DIDN'T GROW AT 3.6 BILLION LAST YEAR, THEY REALLY DID.BUT EVERYBODY THAT IS IN A HOMESTEAD RESIDENTIAL, THEY ARE RECEIVING A 40,000 INCREASE TO THEIR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT 2025 LEVY LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE WE ARE JUST AT THE 2026 LEVY, BECAUSE WE JUST CONTINUED TO GROW THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
IT DOES INCLUDE ALL OF THE NEW POSITIONS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD DURING THE BUDGET PLANNING PROCESS.
THIS YEAR, THE LARGE MAJORITY OF THOSE POSITIONS WERE FOR THE OPENING OF BORCHERT LOOP ELEMENTARY.
IT ALSO INCLUDES A '25-'26 COMPENSATION PLAN, WHICH DID INCLUDE THE TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT AND THE OTHER RAISES THAT WE GAVE TO ALL OF OUR STAFF.
THIS IS JUST A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE APPROVED BUDGETS THAT WE DID HAVE AT THE END OF JUNE.
WE DID ADOPT A MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION BUDGET THAT WAS BALANCED, AND THAT MEANS THAT OUR REVENUE PROJECTION DID EQUAL OUR EXPENDITURES.
WHAT THAT MEANS IN A HIGH LEVEL IS THAT THE PROJECTION OF 6,870 STUDENTS BASED ON THE ADA OF WHAT WE WOULD THINK THOSE STUDENTS WILL BE ATTENDING OUR CAMPUSES.
THAT'S HOW MUCH REVENUE WE GET FROM THE TEXT EDUCATION AGENCY.
THEN WE CREATE A BUDGET BASED ON THE EXPENDITURES OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT WE WOULD BE HAVING HERE AT LOCKHART.
WE ADOPTED A DEFICIT BUDGET FOR OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND THIS WAS INTENTIONAL PLANNING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AS WE ADDED TO FUND BALANCE, LEADING UP INTO THIS BOND ELECTION THAT WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE LAST NOVEMBER TO BUILD MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBER TWO.
IN ORDER TO HOLD THAT INS RATE AT 25.77 PENNIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO INTO FUND BALANCE TO HELP BUY THAT RATE DOWN WHEN WE SOLD THOSE BONDS.
THAT WAY, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT RATE AND HOLD OUR CAPACITY IN ORDER TO BUILD THAT FACILITY.
WE ALSO ADOPTED A BALANCED SCHOOL NUTRITION BUDGET FOR A TOTAL BUDGETS OF $94.5 MILLION.
THIS IS WHAT OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT HAS LOOKED LIKE IN THESE FIRST SIX FRIDAYS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
I DON'T HAVE EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND THEY'RE JUST WHAT THE FRIDAY ENROLLMENT IS.
THE GOLD LINE IS '25-'26, AND THE GRAY LINE IS '24-'25.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE LAST TWO FRIDAYS, WE HAVE REALLY STARTED TO PULL AWAY FROM WHAT OUR ENROLLMENT WAS LAST YEAR ON THE SAME FRIDAYS OF SCHOOL ON THOSE FIFTH AND SIXTH FRIDAYS.
WE WERE AT 6,787 STUDENTS, WHICH IS THREE STUDENTS AWAY FROM THE PEAK ENROLLMENT THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR IN '24-'25.
WE'RE NOW AT 6,812 STUDENTS AND GROWING EVERY SINGLE DAY, EVEN JUST BY A LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS OUR CUMULATIVE ATTENDANCE FOR THE FIRST SIX WEEKS.
NOW THAT WE HAVE ADDED ANOTHER CAMPUS HERE, I ALREADY HAVE A NOTE TO MYSELF.
I'M GOING TO SPLIT SECONDARY AND ELEMENTARY FOR NEXT MONTH, SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH GOING ON ON ONE SCREEN.
OUR DISTRICT GOAL FOR THE STUDENTS TO SHOW UP IS 96%.
WE DO HAVE A CAMPUS, PLUM CREEK ELEMENTARY, THAT IS ABOVE THAT DISTRICT GOAL.
I DEFINITELY WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF WE HAD TWO OR THREE OR FOUR MORE CAMPUSES ADDED GOLD BOXES NEXT MONTH AND BEING ABOVE 96%.
EVERY WEEK, WE REALLY SEE EVERYBODY WORKING REALLY HARD, AND THE STUDENTS ARE SHOWING UP.
WE HAVE SIX CAMPUSES THAT HAVE HIGHER ATTENDANCE AT THIS POINT IN THE FIRST SIX WEEKS THAN THEY DID LAST YEAR, WHICH MAKES OUR DISTRICT ATTENDANCE HIGHER THAN IT WAS AS WELL.
JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT, WHEN WE'RE RUNNING DISTRICT ATTENDANCE FOR EACH DAY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS WE LOOK AT THAT DISTRICT GOAL OF 96%.
EVERY DAY WE HAVE 10 OPPORTUNITIES, 10 CAMPUSES TO REACH 96%.
LAST YEAR, AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAD 59 OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HIT 96% BETWEEN OUR 10 CAMPUSES AND THE FIRST SIX WEEKS OF SCHOOL.
WE ARE JUST SEEING A HUGE INCREASE IN MORE THAN 96% DAYS,
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AND THAT IS JUST VERY, VERY EXCITING TO SEE THAT THE KIDS ARE THERE LEARNING A LOT MORE, AND IT SHOWS.WHILE THE BAR GRAPH DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A HUGE INCREASE FROM 94.2% AT LISD INCREASE IN 94.3.
THAT IS A TREMENDOUS INCREASE OF I THINK NEXT MONTH, IF IT'S 0.5, I'LL GIVE YOU A 0.5 NUMBER.
IF WE'RE 0.5 HIGHER THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR, FINANCIALLY, THAT IS AROUND $200,000.
WHILE THAT MAY LOOK REALLY TINY ON A GRAPH, IT TRULY IS TREMENDOUS.
WE ARE SEEING THAT CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, AND THAT IS REALLY EXCITING.
FOR OUR REVENUE PROJECTION UPDATE, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ONE AT THIS POINT IN THE SENSE THAT WHILE I SAY OUR ATTENDANCE IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, OUR ENROLLMENT IS JUST NOT QUITE AT THE PROJECTION.
WE'RE NOT AT SNAPSHOT DATE YET, BUT OUR ENROLLMENT ISN'T THERE.
WHILE ENROLLMENT IS BECOMING CLOSE TO OUR GOAL, ATTENDANCE IS SLIGHTLY ABOVE.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WE'RE RIGHT ON TRACK RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE AT A POINT THAT WE WOULD WANT TO SAY THAT WE'RE ABOVE BECAUSE OUR ATTENDANCE IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT WE'RE BEHIND BECAUSE OUR ENROLLMENT IS NOT QUITE THERE TO SNAPSHOT DATE.
I THINK IN THE NEXT OCTOBER AND EVEN NOVEMBER MEETING, WE CAN START TO REALLY LOOK AT THOSE REVENUE PROJECTIONS AND SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE AND SEE IF WE NEED TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS, JUST AS FAR AS ADA GOES AND ENROLLMENT.
ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, LION CARE.
WE DO HAVE ONE MONTH OF LION CARE SO FAR THAT WE KNOW OF.
JULY HAS A CURRENT DEFICIT OF 473,000, WHICH DOES SOUND VERY SCARY.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST MONTHS THAT WE'VE EVER HAD.
HOWEVER, THE MONTH BEFORE THAT WAS THE LOWEST MONTH WE'VE EVER HAD IN 15 MONTHS.
THAT IS IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.
I DID NOT BRING THAT THIS EVENING.
WE DO HAVE SOME STOP LOSS THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING IN, AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A PHARMACY REBATE THAT'S COMING IN FOR JULY.
WHILE THAT NUMBER IS THERE, IT'S NOT A FOR-SURE ENDING AMOUNT FOR JULY.
AUGUST HAS NOT YET BEEN REPORTED.
THEN SEPTEMBER, I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU BEGINS OUR VERY FIRST MONTH WITH OUR NEW RATES AND WHERE LION CARE IS GOING TO SEE NEW MONTHLY PREMIUMS, NEW CO-PAYS, NEW DEDUCTIBLES.
WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD AND I WILL HAVE AT THE OCTOBER MEETING, HOW SEPTEMBER HAS SHAPED UP.
WE'LL HAVE AUGUST NEXT MONTH AND THEN SEPTEMBER AS WELL.
WE CAN SEE WHERE OUR NEW RATES ARE FALLING WITH LION CARE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING MONTHLY.
WE HAVE HAD SOME VACANCIES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT THIS YEAR, WHICH DOES CREATE A DECREASE IN EXPENDITURES.
THE NET SAVINGS OF THAT ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE IS AROUND $280,000.
I SAY NET BECAUSE IN SOME VACANCY AREAS, WE DO COME IN AND WE PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH AN INSTRUCTIONAL AID OR SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT NEED.
WHILE WE HAVE VACANCIES, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO SUPPORT, WE'RE PUTTING THINGS IN.
THE NET OF OUR VACANCIES IS AROUND $280,000, AND A DECREASE OF EXPENDITURES.
THE NET IMPACT EXPENDITURES RIGHT NOW IS 193.
AGAIN, THAT WILL CHANGE A IF WE FILL SOME OF THE VACANCIES AND B IF OUR LION CARE AMOUNTS FOR JULY CHANGE DUE TO OUR STOP LOSS KICKING IN.
LET ME ALSO BACK UP AND TALK ABOUT THE STOP LOSS KICKING IN.
IT'S THE END OF THE PLAN YEAR IN JULY AND AUGUST.
WE DO HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS THAT HAVE REACHED STOP LOSS.
AS THOSE CLAIMS START COMING IN, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO REFLECT BACK ON THE JULY AMOUNTS.
>> DOES THE LION CARE BEGIN JULY FIRST?
>> YES. JULY IS STILL LAST YEAR'S RATES.
EVERYTHING WILL START OVER ON SEPTEMBER 1, INCLUDING OUR STOP LOSS.
WHILE JULY, WE HAVE STOP LOSS THAT HAS BEEN KICKING IN FOR JULY AND AUGUST FOR OUR MEMBERS.
IN SEPTEMBER 1, THE STOP LOSS WILL START OVER.
HOWEVER, OUR PREMIUMS WILL CHANGE, AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HELP FUND THE PROGRAM.
>> THIS DEFICIT FOR JULY AND WHATEVER AUGUST IS,
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THAT MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH?>> ESSENTIALLY, YES. DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT IS.
IT COULD BE THAT SEPTEMBER IS IN A NON-DEFICIT.
IT COULD MEAN THAT SEPTEMBER, WE HAVE MORE IN PREMIUMS THAN WE HAD COST GOING OUT.
IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN, BUT IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT IF WE HAVE A FEW MONTHS WHERE WE HAVE A POSITIVE PREMIUM, THEN IT MIGHT HELP IN THE MONTHS THAT ARE NEGATIVE.
BUT ESSENTIALLY, WE WOULD HAVE TO PICK IT UP.
YES, IF WE DON'T HAVE STOP LOSS THAT COMES IN OR A PHARMACY REBATE.
OUR LAST PHARMACY REBATE WAS AROUND $150,000.
WE'LL SEE THOSE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE GET QUARTERLY REBATES FOR OUR PHARMACEUTICAL.
WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR EMPLOYEES ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE THE PROGRAM.
WE'RE TRYING VERY, VERY HARD TO EDUCATE THEM SO THAT THEY'RE MAXIMIZING THEIR USE AND THEN ALSO HELPING THE DISTRICT WHEN THEY'RE CALLING READYMD AND NOT GOING TO A MED CLINIC, IF NOT NECESSARY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON YOUR BUDGET UPDATE? AGAIN, WE'LL DO THIS MONTHLY IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SEE OR A DIFFERENT TYPE OF DETAIL WE CAN.
BUT IT'LL GROW ON ITSELF EVERY SINGLE MONTH AS THINGS START TO COME TO FRUITION.
>> I THINK THE MAIN GOAL IS JUST TO BE SURPRISED.
>> [INAUDIBLE]. BOND UPDATE, 2022 BOND UPDATE, MS. WEISER.
[2022 Bond Update ]
>> THIS EVENING, WE'RE ALMOST THREE YEARS AWAY FROM WHEN WE WENT TO ELECTION ON THIS BOND.
WE HAVE WRAPPED UP THE PROJECTS THAT WE DID TAKE TO THE COMMUNITY FOR ELECTION.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GO THROUGH AND GIVE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE FINANCIALLY WITH THIS BOND.
AS A REMINDER, IN NOVEMBER OF 2022, WE DID HAVE ELECTION FOR TWO PROJECTS, ONE BEING THE EXPANSION OF LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL, AND TWO BEING THE LAND ACQUISITION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF ELEMENTARY NUMBER 6, WHICH IS NOW BORCHERT LOOP ELEMENTARY.
IN MARCH OF 2023, WE DID SELL THESE BONDS FOR $71 MILLION, AND THE PROJECTS WERE ALREADY UNDERWAY.
WE BROKE GROUND IN OCTOBER OF 2023 FOR LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL EXPANSION.
WE BROKE GROUND FOR BORCHERT LOOP ELEMENTARY IN MARCH OF 2024.
WE FINISHED AND HAD A RIBBON-CUTTING FOR LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL IN JANUARY OF 2025.
WE HAD A RIBBON-CUTTING AND COMPLETION OF BORCHERT LOOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN AUGUST OF 2025.
BOTH PROJECTS THAT WE TOOK TO THE COMMUNITY HAVE NOW ENDED, WHILE WE ARE STILL WRAPPING SOME THINGS UP AT BORCHERT LOOP ELEMENTARY.
FOR THE MOST PART, THESE TWO MAIN PROJECTS ARE COMPLETE, AND SO NOW WE WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON FINANCIALLY WHERE THEY STAND AND WHAT IS THE NEXT STEPS? AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAD AN ORIGINAL BUDGET OF ALMOST $24.7 MILLION, A YEAR-TO-DATE TOTAL COST OF 22.8 MILLION.
WE HAVE $1.8 MILLION IN REMAINING FUNDS FOR THAT BUDGET FOR LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL.
>> IS THAT ONE PRETTY DEAD SET COMPLETE?
>> WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW THINGS, THE ADDED THINGS THAT WE ADDED THERE AT THE END.
>> HAVE THEY EVER ADDED THE GATE FOR THE REST OF THE BUILDINGS [INAUDIBLE] STUFF LIKE THAT.
>> FOR BORCHERT LOOP ELEMENTARY, WE HAD AN ORIGINAL BUDGET OF $46.3 MILLION, A YEAR-TO-DATE COST OF $41.8 MILLION WITH THE REMAINING FUNDS OF ALMOST 4.5 MILLION.
NOW, THAT PROJECT STILL IS GOING ON.
WE HAVE NOT RELEASED ALL OF THOSE FUNDS TO SAY YES, WE'RE READY TO GO ON TO THE NEXT STEPS, BUT WE ARE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER EVERY DAY.
>> WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I THINK MS. [INAUDIBLE] SAID THAT WAS DONE.
>> AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, DOES THAT LEFTOVER 1.8 MILLION THAT ALSO INCLUDE THE RESURFACING OF THE PARKING SPACES?
[02:10:02]
>> EVERYTHING. THAT'S ALREADY INCLUDED.
>> IT'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE YEAR-TO-DAY COST. YES.
>> THAT'S A HUGE IMPROVEMENT BY THE WAY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. LET ME ALSO TALK ABOUT INTEREST EARNINGS.
WHEN $71 MILLION IS SITTING IN THE BANK, WE EARNED JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY ON IT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST 20 YEARS, THE RATES WERE ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE WERE EARNING BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE WERE ACTUALLY EARNING MONEY IN '05 AND '06 AND I HAVEN'T SEEN INTEREST EARNINGS LIKE THIS IN MOST 20 YEARS.
THE INTEREST THAT WE HAVE EARNED FROM MARCH OF 2023 WHEN WE SOLD THE BONDS, WHICH AT THE VERY END, WE SOLD THEM ON MARCH 29TH.
BUT WE DID EARN A COUPLE OF INTEREST FOR THOSE FEW DAYS, ALL THE WAY TO AUGUST 2025 AND STILL EARNING BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE FUNDS SITTING IN THE BANK IS NEARLY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.
WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THESE ADDITIONAL FUNDS, THESE ADDITIONAL SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS? WELL, THE VERY FIRST THING IS THAT WE HAVE AN ARBITRAGE LIABILITY ON OUR INTEREST EARNED, AND WHILE THAT SOUNDS VERY NEGATIVE BECAUSE LIABILITY SOUNDS REALLY NEGATIVE, IT ACTUALLY MEANS THAT EVERY SINGLE PENNY WAS MAXIMIZED LEGALLY TO THE FULLEST THAT IT COULD BE.
SO DISTRICTS ARE HELD TO NOT JUST WE DON'T HAVE THE FREEDOM TO BE ABLE TO INVEST TAXPAYER DOLLARS IN THINGS LIKE THE STOCK MARKET, SO WE CAN'T GO AND EARN 30% IN THE STOCK MARKET, THAT'S NOT ALLOWABLE.
WE ARE RESTRICTED TO REALLY INVESTING IN VERY LOW RISK POOLS, CDS, AND THINGS LIKE THIS.
EVEN TO EARN THIS IN THESE LOW RISK AREAS IS REALLY WONDERFUL.
WHAT ARBITRAGE MEANS IS THAT IF WE HAVE INVESTED THE $71 MILLION, AT A RATE HIGHER THAN THE BONDS WE SOLD FOR.
WE HAVE TO PAY THAT BACK TO THE IRS.
WHEN WE SOLD OUR BONDS, WE SOLD THEM AT 4.1%, WHICH WAS A GREAT INTEREST RATE, EVEN AT THE TIME THAT WAS HIGH, BUT IT CONTINUED TO CLIMB AFTER THAT.
WHEN WE HAD THAT $71 MILLION SITTING THERE, WE EARNED A LOT OF INTEREST ON IT AND MORE THAN WE SOLD.
SO WE DO HAVE AN ARBITRAGE LIABILITY.
SO THAT'S THE VERY FIRST THING WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE DO WITH THOSE FUNDS IS HOLD ON TO WHAT THAT ARBITRAGE LIABILITY IS UNTIL THE FIVE YEARS IS UP.
IT'S THE AVERAGE EARNING OF FIVE YEARS.
ANYTHING THAT WE MADE OVER THAT 4.1% THAT WE SOLD THE BONDS AT, WE DO OWE THAT BACK TO THE IRS.
WE HAVE THAT. THAT'S THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO WITH THE FUNDS.
AGAIN, IT SOUNDS NEGATIVE BUT IT'S VERY MAXIMIZED. I'M SORRY.
>> YOU GOT AN ESTIMATE FOR THAT LIABILITY?
>> RIGHT NOW, THE LIABILITY IS 1.7 MILLION THAT WE HAVE EARNED MORE THAN WE ARE ALLOWED TO EARN AND GROWING.
WE EARNED JUST EVEN LAST MONTH, $83,000 IN INTEREST.
BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WE STILL HAVE TWO MORE YEARS.
IN MARCH OF 2028 IS WHEN WE WILL DO THE FINAL ARBITRAGE CALCULATION OF WHAT OUR TOTAL INTEREST WAS EARNED OVER THE FUNDS WHEN THEY SAT IN THERE FOR FIVE YEARS, AND OUR AMOUNT IS EVERY WEEK.
WE'RE LOWERING BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING ALL OF THESE PROJECTS OFF.
AT THE END OF THOSE FIVE YEARS, THEN WE CAN RECALCULATE AND IF OUR LIABILITY ENDS UP BEING AROUND 1.2 MILLION BECAUSE RATES ARE STARTING TO DROP.
OUR AVERAGE BECOMES LESS THAN WHAT IT IS NOW, THEN IF THE LIABILITY IS 1.2 MILLION, THEN IT'LL RELEASE ANOTHER 500,000 THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SPEND.
BUT IT WILL GO HIGHER THAN THAT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT EARNING THE RATE THAT WE WERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
IT CAN'T REALLY GO UP FROM HERE BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING AT A FASTER PACE THAN WHEN THE INTEREST RATES WERE HIGH.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT'LL SIT IN OUR ACCOUNT AND CONTINUE TO EARN INTEREST UNTIL MARCH OF 2028.
WE DON'T OWE THE IRS UNTIL JUNE OF 2028, WE HAVE 60 DAYS.
WE WILL HOLD ONTO IT FOR THE FULL 60 DAYS UNTIL WE HAVE TO PAY IT IN JUNE OF 2028.
[02:15:03]
THE SECOND THING WE CAN DO IS ADDITIONAL PROJECTS AT INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES.NOW THAT OUR TWO MAIN PROJECTS THAT WE TOOK TO THE VOTERS ARE OVER, WE ARE ABLE TO USE THOSE FUNDS BASED ON THE LANGUAGE TO THE VOTERS THAT WE TOOK IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THESE TWO PROJECTS.
WE TOOK INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES, WE TOOK A LAND ACQUISITION AND THINGS LIKE THIS.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE THESE INTEREST FUNDS ARE ON.
WE HAVE THESE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS THE LAND PURCHASE OF TWO ADDITIONAL FUTURE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITES.
THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.
WE ALSO HAVE PURCHASED LAND FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBER 3.
A COUPLE OF THINGS, WE DID NOT HAVE LAND FOR ALL THIS FUTURE GROWTH THAT THE DEMOGRAPHER IS CALLING FOR AND THAT WE CAN SEE AND WHEN WE PURCHASED THE LAND FOR BORCHERT LOOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
ONCE WE STARTED EARNING INTEREST, WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO GROW FAST AND WE NEEDED TO HAVE THE LAND AVAILABLE FOR US.
WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE THESE THREE SITES, SO WE ARE READY TO GO AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET CONSUMABLE MATERIALS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL AND FOR BORCHERT LOOP ELEMENTARY OUT OF OUR INTEREST EARNINGS.
THIS IS ALL OF THE SCIENCE SUPPLIES THAT WERE NEEDED FOR THE SCIENCE ROOMS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, ALL OF THE CONSUMABLE MATERIALS AT BORCHERT LOOP ELEMENTARY, THE MARIACHI UNIFORMS FOR ALL OF THE CONSUMABLE MATERIALS FOR THESE TWO BIG PROJECTS.
WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO DO AUDIO ENHANCEMENTS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH.
THIS IS A HUGE PROJECT FINANCIALLY, AND SO IT'S REALLY AWESOME THAT WE WERE ABLE TO USE THESE FUNDS FOR THESE TWO PROJECTS.
WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO FUND A BOND CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AND ALL OF HIS EXPENSES THAT HE NEEDS TO RUN HIS DEPARTMENT.
WHAT ARE THE FUTURE PLANS WITH THESE REMAINING FUNDS FROM THE TWO BIG PROJECTS THAT HAVE WRAPPED UP? RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A TEAM HERE AT ADMINISTRATION, AND WE ARE PRIORITIZING THE CAPITAL NEEDS ALL THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CAPITAL NEEDS NEEDED AT ALL THE CAMPUSES SPECIFICALLY AT THE ELEMENTARIES DUE TO BORCHERT LOOP WANTING HAVE IDEAS ABOUT OFFERING THINGS AT THE OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND BRINGING THEM, NOT BRAND NEW STANDARD, BUT GIVING THEM A LITTLE BIT OF A REVITALIZATION ON SOME THINGS.
IMMEDIATELY, THOUGH, WE DO HAVE IMMEDIATE NEEDS FIRST THAT WE ARE WANTING TO DO NOW, WHICH THAT BUDGET, WE HAVE SET AT ABOUT ONE MILLION DOLLARS, AND WE'RE TAKING A COUPLE OF THOSE ITEMS JUST FOR COMMUNICATION THIS EVENING AS WELL.
THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE REST IN A PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING FRAME.
WE'VE DONE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING BEFORE.
THE WAY THAT IT WOULD LOOK IS WE WOULD HAVE CAMPUS STAFF, CAMPUS ADMIN, DISTRICT STAFF, DISTRICT ADMIN, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND WE WOULD CREATE A TEAM, AND WE WOULD DO SOME PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
AS WE ARE PRIORITIZING OUR CAPITAL NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND WE GET THIS LIST TOGETHER, WE WILL HAVE ALL OF THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS TO BRING FORTH TO THIS PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING TEAM, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IT BE ABOUT FIVE OR $5.5 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS AND NEEDS SO THAT WE CAN PRIORITIZE THE FOUR MILLION OUT AND SEE WHERE DOES THIS FALL? WHERE DO THE CAMPUSES PRIORITIZE THESE NEEDS AND WHERE DOES THE COMMUNITY PRIORITIZE THEM? WE CAN REALLY MAKE DECISIONS COLLABORATIVELY ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THESE REMAINING FUNDS.
FOR THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS, WE WILL BE BRINGING THIS EVENING THE COMMUNICATION ON GOING OUT TO BID FOR AC REPLACEMENT AT PCE, LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL, PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL, AND CFE.
>> THAT INCLUDES THE GYM AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL?
>> YES. I'M VERY CONFIDENT IT DOES INCLUDE THAT.
>> THAT PROBABLY JUST BECAUSE OUR KIDS, TOM DAUGHTERS PLAY VOLLEYBALL AT THAT GYM THAT PROBABLY IN MY OPINION
[02:20:01]
NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE BASKETBALL BECAUSE IMAGINE HAVING TO PLAY A BASKETBALL GAME.>> I DON'T HAVE KIDS, BUT I WAS THERE AND IT IS MISERABLE.
>> I WAS ACTUALLY SURPRISED THAT YOU CAME IN THAT GYM AND STAYED IN THAT GYM AND SAW HOW IT WAS. IT'S HOT.
>> WELL, I ASSURE YOU IT IS INCLUDED.
IT INCLUDES SOME BUS LOOP REPAIRS IN THE PARKING LOT AT THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
AGAIN, THESE ARE THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS.
SOME CHILD NUTRITION REPAIRS AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL, ADA PLAYSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS AT PLUM CREEK, BLUEBONNET, AND ABS.
WE ARE RE-PURPOSING OUR TURF THAT WAS ON OUR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FIELD.
WE ARE RE-PURPOSING AND RELOCATING IT TO ABS, AND THAT IS A SUPER EXCITING USE OF OUR OLD TURF.
WE ARE ALSO GETTING CTE WINDOWS LAB UPGRADE AT LHS, AND WE ARE DOING SOME FF&E AND TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES THROUGHOUT SPECIFICALLY THE ELEMENTARIES.
FF&E IS OUR FIXED ASSETS, OUR FIXED FURNITURE.
WHEN WE WALK THROUGH BLE, AND WE SEE SOME THINGS THAT ARE THERE THAT ARE NOT AT THE OTHER FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, SIX INCLUDING CARVER, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BRING AND MAKING THOSE THINGS AVAILABLE TO THOSE CAMPUSES AS WELL.
ALSO TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES IF BLE WAS ABLE TO GET SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE AT THE OTHERS, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET EVERYBODY IN ON THOSE UPGRADES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT BOND 22 AND AS IT STANDS?
>> YOU ARE MOST WELCOME. THANK YOU.
>> ITEM F REVIEW BID RELEASE FOR INTERACTIVE PANELS FOR THE CLASSROOMS, MISS HOLMAN.
[Review Bid Release for Interactive Panels for the Classrooms]
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, WRIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
AS MS. WEISER WAS DISCUSSING ABOUT THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME TO LIGHT WAS REPLACING EXISTING PROJECTORS AT BLUEBONNET ELEMENTARY, CLEARFORK IN PLUM CREEK ELEMENTARY.
THE PROJECTORS CURRENTLY ARE A REPLACEMENT ROT AND IT'S BEEN ABOUT THREE YEARS.
ACTUALLY, THESE THREE SCHOOLS ARE BASICALLY AT THE END OF THEIR LIFE.
THEREFORE, WE ARE LOOKING TO GO OUT TO BID.
>> [LAUGHTER] THEY'RE GOING OUT ON OCCASION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND TECHNOLOGY, HAVING TO DO A LOT OF REPAIRS ON THEM.
ANYWAYS, WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT RELEASING A BID TO PURCHASE THE INTERACTIVE PANELS FOR THESE THREE CAMPUSES, AND WE'LL BE BRINGING THEM BACK TO YOU.
AGAIN, AS MS. WEISER SAID THIS WILL BE COMING OUT OF THE 2022 EXCESS BOND FUNDS.
>> NO WERE GOOD. ITEM G REVIEW
[Review Bid Release for Replacing HVAC Units throughout the District]
BID RELEASE FOR REPLACING HVAC UNITS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, MISS HOLMAN.>> DO WE HAVE A SLIDE? THERE YOU GO.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME NEEDS FOR HVAC REPLACEMENTS AT SEVERAL CAMPUSES, PLUM CREEK ELEMENTARY.
WE HAVE TWO AIR HANDLERS AND ONE CONDENSER.
CLEARFORK, WE HAVE 16 UNITS, PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL, GYM, WE HAVE ONE UNIT.
LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE FOUR CAFETERIA UNITS, THREE PRACTICE GYM UNITS AND FOUR IN THE B HALL UNITS.
THAT'S THE OLD 300 WING, IF YOU KNOW WHERE THAT WAS, RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE PACK.
AGAIN, WE DO PLAN TO GO OUT FOR BID.
WE HAVE THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND DRAWINGS ALREADY BY ESA ENGINEERING.
WE PLAN TO BRING THAT BACK TO YOU IN OCTOBER AT THE BOARD MEETING, AND AGAIN, IT WILL COME OUT OF 2022 EXCESS BOND FUNDS. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> WOULD THAT INCLUDE THE AC HERE? I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO PLAN TO MOVE THAT IN THIS BUILDING.
>> WE CAN'T PAY FOR REPLACING THE MLC UNIT WITH BOND FUNDS.
THIS SPECIFICALLY IS JUST FOR BOND FUNDS.
>> REPLACING AIR CONDITIONING IN THE OLD GYM, I KNOW I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE LIGHTING IN THAT OLD GYM IS TERRIBLE, TOO.
IT'S LIKE TWILIGHT ZONE IN THERE, SO IF WE COULD EVER GET AROUND ADJUSTING THAT, THAT WOULD BE NICE TOO.
[02:25:06]
>> I BELIEVE THAT'S PART OF OUR LIGHTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AUDIT AND PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
>> YES, SIR. THAT THE BACKLIT LINE IS PART OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL GOING ON.
I THINK WE'RE ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS FROM COMPLETION ON THAT ONE.
>> WE'RE ITEM 7H DISCUSSION REGARDING STUDENT ADMISSION FEES TO SPORTING EVENTS.
[Discussion regarding Student Admission Fees to Sporting Events ]
I THINK MS. PULLIAM WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS.YOU WANT TO LEAD A DISCUSSION ON THIS.
>> I WANTED TO SHARE JUST A COUPLE OF DETAILS.
MS. PULLIAM DID ASK FOR SOME INFORMATION.
I WANTED TO SHARE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION, AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN ASK US ANY QUESTIONS OR MAKE ANY COMMENTS, GIVE US ANY DIRECTION.
THE QUESTION WAS REGARDING NO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR ANYONE, BUT ESSENTIALLY, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF EVERY STUDENT WERE ABLE TO ATTEND GAMES FOR FREE.
ON THE REVENUE SIDE, JUST WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT HOW MUCH REVENUE WE DO RECEIVE AND THEN THE BOARD CAN DECIDE WHAT DIRECTION THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO TAKE.
>> A COUPLE OF THINGS. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TICKET PRICING OPTIONS.
FOR VARSITY FOOTBALL, IF STUDENTS BUY THEIR TICKETS EARLY, THEY'RE $5, AND IF THEY DON'T, IF THEY WAIT FOR THE GAME DAY, IT'S $10 AT THE GATE.
JUST A LITTLE SIDE NOTE THERE.
WHEN WE EVALUATE GAME DAY SALES, THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO DIFFERENTIATE WHO'S BUYING THOSE TICKETS, WHETHER STUDENTS, BECAUSE EVERYONE IS $10 AT THE GATE.
ALL OTHER SPORTS ARE $3, IT'S A PRETTY SMALL AMOUNT FOR OTHER ADMISSION FEES.
WE LOOK AT LAST YEAR, COLLECTIVELY ACROSS THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I REVENUE IS ABOUT A LITTLE OVER $11,000.
WE DID HAVE LESS VARSITY FOOTBALL GAMES LAST YEAR; I THINK WE ONLY HAD FOUR THIS YEAR IS SIX.
BUT THAT'S JUST SOME DATA, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER SPORTS THAT YOU SEE THERE.
THIS YEAR, WE'VE SEEN AN UPTICK IN ATTENDANCE, NOT QUITE SURE WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM OR, BUT JUST LOOKING AT THE TICKET SALES DATA.
BUT STILL PRETTY LOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT JV SPORTS AND NON-FOOTBALL, WE DID HAVE POSSIBLY OUR LARGEST ATTENDED FOOTBALL GAME AT HOMECOMING THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO JUST THE DATA THAT WE'VE SEEN IN TICKET SALES.
BUT PROJECTING FOR THIS YEAR TO BE A LITTLE LESS THAN $20,000.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY HIGH PROJECTION.
I DON'T SEE IT EVER GOING ABOVE THAT.
WE TRY TO BE PRETTY AGGRESSIVE JUST SO THAT THE BOARD COULD KNOW, IF WE DID THIS, THE TYPE OF INVESTMENT THAT WOULD BE THERE.
JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, JUST FOR CLARITY, THESE ARE STUDENT TICKETS.
ABOUT 90 PERCENT OF OUR TOTAL TICKET SALES ARE NOT STUDENT TICKETS.
WE'LL DO $100,000 IN REVENUE FOR ADULT TICKET SALES.
I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR THERE.
THE VAST MAJORITY, ALMOST 90 PERCENT OF OUR TICKET SALES, ARE FOR ADULTS.
ANOTHER INTERESTING POINT IS, THIS IS JUST SOME QUALITATIVE DATA.
I DO THINK THAT IF WE WERE TO NOT CHARGE STUDENTS, WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE MORE ADULT TICKET SALES.
I THINK A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WILL BUY STUDENT TICKETS AHEAD OF TIME AND THEN USE THAT TO SIT IN GENERAL ADMISSION, ESPECIALLY AT VARSITY FOOTBALL GAMES.
[02:30:02]
THAT'S JUST A LITTLE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT'S GOING ON, BUT IN TALKING TO THE FOLKS WHO TAKE THE TICKETS AT THE GATE, THEY'RE SCANNING TICKETS AND GETTING PEOPLE IN AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.NO, REALLY, CHECKING OR IF THERE'S NOT REALLY EVEN A WAY TO CHECK IT.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE JUST THAT BACKGROUND INFORMATION, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MS. PULLIAM IF SHE WANTS TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS.
>> I TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT THE STUDENT TICKETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WHAT MR. ESTRADA JUST NOTICED OR COMMENTED ON IS THAT PEOPLE ADULTS ARE GOING ONLINE AND BUYING A STUDENT TICKET, LIKE MAYBE THEY WOULD AT A MOVIE THEATER, AND THEY'RE NOT REALLY STUDENTS, BUT THEY'RE GETTING PEOPLE THROUGH THE LINE SO FAST THAT ADULTS ARE BUYING $5 TICKETS INSTEAD OF A $10 TICKET BECAUSE IT'S HALF PRICE.
NOT THAT EVERYBODY IS, BUT THAT'S JUST SOME FEEDBACK THAT I'VE HEARD.
ALSO, NOW THAT THE TICKETS HAVE GONE ONLINE ONLY, I'VE HAD SOME FEEDBACK FROM FAMILIES THAT ARE CASH ONLY, AND THEY DON'T HAVE A DEBIT OR CREDIT CARD FOR THEIR KID TO GO ONLINE AND BUY A TICKET.
PREVENTING THEM FROM GETTING TO GO TO A GAME BECAUSE EITHER THE KIDS THEIR PARENTS AREN'T GIVING THEM THE DEBIT CREDIT CARD NUMBER OR THEY JUST PURELY DON'T HAVE ONE IN ORDER TO ATTEND FOOTBALL OR VOLLEYBALL GAME OR WHATEVER GAME.
RIGHT NOW, WE OFFER AN ATHLETIC PASS.
IF A STUDENT IS PARTICIPATING IN ATHLETICS, THEY GET IN FOR FREE, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
BUT TO MY UNDERSTANDING, AND MR. CROWLEY, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO TELL THIS OR NOT, BUT THE BAND DOESN'T GET THAT.
THESE ARE KIDS THAT ARE PUTTING IN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HOURS THAT SUPPORT THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM, BUT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF A SEVENTH GRADE SOCCER PLAYER GETS TO GO IN TO A VARSITY GAME FOR FREE WHERE A VARSITY BAND MEMBER DOESN'T GET TO GO INTO A VARSITY GAME FOR FREE, WHICH I'VE HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT THAT'S JUST ACROSS THE BOARD.
ALSO, I JUST FEEL LIKE I KNOW THE GAME BEFORE THE LAST HOMECOMING, BUT THE GAME BEFORE THAT.
THE STUDENT SECTION WAS LIKE HALF-FILLED.
LAST YEAR, I FEEL LIKE IT WAS A LOT MORE FILLED.
I PAY ATTENTION TO THAT JUST BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER AS A VARSITY CHEERLEADER, THEY GO OVER THEIR THIRD QUARTER TO CHEER, AND THERE WAS NOT THAT MANY KIDS THERE, AND I FELT BAD FOR THE BAND.
COLOR ALL THE GIRLS AND GUYS THAT GO OVER TO THE STUDENT SECTION.
THERE JUST WEREN'T A LOT OF KIDS THERE FOR THEM TO HYPE UP THE GAME.
I FEEL LIKE IF EVERYBODY COULD GO IN FOR FREE, IT WOULD JUST BRING THAT SCHOOL SPIRIT BACK UP TO MAYBE WHERE IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.
THAT'S JUST WHAT I WANTED US TO DISCUSS.
IS IT WORTH THE $20,000 INVESTMENT TO EVERYBODY IN FOR FREE WITH A VALID SCHOOL ID OR NOT? THAT IS JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT.
>> MR. ESTRADA, DO WE HAVE IF WE WERE TO ALLOW EVERY STUDENT FOR FREE, THE CAPACITY WITH THE BLEACHERS?
>> I THINK THAT HOMECOMING IS EVERY TEXAS TOWN IS GOING TO BE A HUGE DRAW, AND I THINK THAT IF WE HAVE FOR HOMECOMING GAMES, I DON'T SEE THAT BEING A HUGE CONCERN.
I THINK MAYBE NEXT YEAR, HOMECOMING, WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS ACTUALLY OPEN UP SECTIONS OF THAT VISITING CORNER.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE MOVE AN COLOR GUARD INTO THE END ZONE.
WE MAY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A REASON NOT TO DO IT, THOUGH.
THAT'S JUST WE HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
>> I ALSO THINK THAT IT MAY ENCOURAGE MORE PARENTS TO COME TO THE GAMES THAT MAYBE DON'T COME TO THE GAMES.
OTHERWISE, IF THEIR KID IS LIKE, I CAN GO FOR FREE, NOW I WANT TO GO, THE PARENTS MAY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'VE BEEN WANTING TO GO TO ONE OF THOSE GAMES.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO, I'LL GO TO.
I MAY ALSO INCREASE ADULT PARTICIPATION AS WELL.
>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. I AGREE WITH THE KIDS COMING IN FOR FREE.
I THINK THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAPPEN.
WE WANT THEM TO EVENTUALLY PERFORM ON THAT FIELD, PLAY FOOTBALL ON THAT FIELD, BASEBALL, SOCCER, WHATEVER IT IS AT THE VARSITY LEVEL, I THINK THE SOONER YOU CAN GET THEM IN THERE TO SEE IT, THE MORE THEY'RE GOING TO DO I FEES A BARRIER; WE NEED TO REMOVE THAT BARRIER.
I THINK 20,000 IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET MORE KIDS INTO OUR PROGRAM.
THE OTHER THING WITH THE WHOLE ONLINE PURCHASE THING THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED TO ME HERE,
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OF COURSE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A PASS TO GET IN, BUT IN OTHER PLACES, WHEN YOU DON'T GET THE PROPER SIGNAL FOR YOUR PHONE, IT IS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE TO TRY TO GET ONTO THAT HOMETOWN WEBSITE TO GET A TICKET.SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE WORKING THERE NOT HERE.
I'M NOT SAYING HERE, BUT AT OTHER PLACES, THEY'RE NOT THE MOST HELPFUL FOLKS.
I'VE SEEN THEM WITH ELDERLY PEOPLE GET REALLY FRUSTRATED WITH THEM.
WE'VE HAD TO HELP ELDERLY PEOPLE GET THE TICKETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I HADN'T BEEN MICHAEL. IT'S BEEN SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE'VE HAD.
>> BUT IF THERE WAS A WAY THAT WE COULD STILL USE CASH AT OUR GAMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS HOW MUCH HOMETOWN GETS OF THOSE TICKET SALES ALSO.
IS THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WE COULD BE SAVING?
>> THE DISTRICT DOESN'T MY UNDERSTANDING IS, WE DON'T LOSE ANY MONEY, THAT IT'S A FEE PASSED ON TO THE PERSON TAKING THE PURCHASES.
>> IF IT'S A $10 TICKET, THEY ADD AN ADMINISTRATION FEE OF $1.50 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE.
>> IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A REVENUE, BUT IT'S YET ONE MORE COST THAT OUR KIDS AND PARENTS ARE HAVING TO PAY.
>> PARTICULARLY, LIKE I SAID, OUR ELDERLY WHO SOMETIMES ARE NOT THAT TECHNOLOGICALLY SAVVY WHERE THEY CAN PULL UP THEIR PHONE, SCAN THIS THING, AND YOU GET THEIR TICKET BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THAT WE STRUGGLE IN OTHER AREAS.
>> WE STARTED USING IT RIGHT AFTER COVID WHEN, THERE WAS CONCERNS AROUND TOUCHING AND SHARING SHARING DIFFERENT THINGS.
NOW IT'S BECOME A STANDARD, AT ALL DISTRICTS, BUT I HAVE SEEN AN EXPERIENCE, A DISTRICT NEARBY THAT IS VERY HARD IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT BEFORE YOU GO.
>> I HAD A QUESTION ON THE CURRENT PRICES, $10 AT THE DOOR, HAS IT ALWAYS BEEN $10 AT THE DOOR? AND IF SO, HOW LONG AGO DID THAT STARTED?
>> I'M NOT SURE WHAT YEAR PRICES WERE INCREASED.
I'M NOT SURE. DO YOU KNOW, COACH?
>> IT'S A DISTRICT NOT A SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE DISTRICT THAT N COMPETITIVE DISTRICT DECISION.
>> WE OFFER A DISCOUNT TO IF THEY BUY EARLY.
>> A STUDENT DISCOUNT IF THEY BUY EARLY.
>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FREE FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT OR JUST FREE FOR HIGH SCHOOL?
>> MY PROPOSAL OR WHAT I WAS THINKING IS THAT THEY JUST HAD A VALID SCHOOL ID.
LIKE TOM HAD MENTIONED, IF WE CAN GET FOURTH GRADERS IN THERE WATCHING SEVENTH GRADE VOLLEYBALL, THAT'S FANTASTIC.
THEY'RE EXPOSED TO THE SPORT, OR THEY CAN GO IN AND WATCH DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
DOES ELEMENTARY HAVE SCHOOL IDS?
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS LOGISTICALLY THIS IS A COMMUNICATION ITEM SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THIS AS WE GO MOVING FORWARD.
BUT I DO THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS LOGISTICALLY, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EXPECTATIONS FOR PARENTS, IT IS NOT A DROP YOUR FOURTH GRADER OFF, COME BACK LATER.
EVEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE FOR HOMECOMING, FOR EXAMPLE, ALL THESE FOLKS IN THE ROOM HERE ARE WORKING THOSE GAMES.
I MEAN, IT TAKES SUPERVISION, IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK WHENEVER YOU HAVE KIDS.
IF THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD IS TO ALLOW KIDS TO COME, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT LOGISTICALLY, HOW DO WE MANAGE THAT BECAUSE THE INVESTMENT MAY TURN IF WE HAVE TO START PAYING PEOPLE TO MONITOR AND WORK THOSE GAMES.
>> WE COULD SAY ACCOMPANY BY AN ADULT.
>> THE SALAD [OVERLAPPING] ACCOMPANIED BY ADULT.
>> COMING FROM EXPERIENCE ABOUT SCANNING THE TICKETS I VOLUNTEER WITH THE LIONS CLUB AND WE HELP WITH SCANNING TICKETS.
IT'S HARD TO SCAN TICKETS AND LOOK AT THE BAG OF THE CLEAR BAG WHAT'S COMING IN WHEN THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE COMING IN.
I JUST IT IS HARD YOU WANT TO BRING THEM IN AS FAST AS YOU CAN, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL HELP TO HELP THEM WITH THE SCHOOL THE CLEAR BAG WITH THAT.
>> I WOULD SAY AND THIS IS PROBABLY TALKING OUT THE TURN.
IT'S NOT THE LIONS CLUBS RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK THROUGH THAT CLEAR BAG [INAUDIBLE].
>> WELL, THAT'S PART OF THEIR JOB AT THE GATE.
I MAKE SURE PROHIBITIVE ITEMS ARE BROUGHT IN.
I JUST THINK THE LOGISTICS, AGAIN, WE WILL IMPLEMENT WHATEVER THE BOARD DECIDES.
I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PARENTS WILL DROP OFF THIRD GRADERS, MAYBE A FIFTH GRADER, BUT THEY 100 PERCENT WILL DROP OFF SIX GRADERS.
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IF WE DON'T CHARGE AND EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL KID, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INVESTMENT IN PAYING FOR MONITORS AND THINGS SO THAT OUR GAMES ARE ENJOYABLE AND ORDERLY.>> THEY'RE NOT ALL GOING TO GO SIT IN THE STANDS.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF THEM THAT DON'T GO SIT IN THE STANDS.
AS A FORMER ADMINISTRATOR AND HAD TO DO THE DUTY A LOT OF YOU GUYS DO NOW, I'VE HAD TO STAND UNTIL 10:30, 11:00 WAITING FOR A PARENT THAT WENT ON A DATE AND DROPPED HER CHILD, HER FEMALE CHILD OFF JUNIOR HIGH STUDENT, AT THE GAME WITH NO TIME OF WHEN SHE WAS GOING TO BE BACK, NO WAY TO REACH HER UNTIL MOM SHOWS UP, AND IN THE MEANTIME, SHE GOT INTO A FIGHT, AND SO SHE HAD TO STAND AT THE GATE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO KICK HER OUT OF THE GAME, SAY CALL YOUR PARENT AND COME GET, I CAN'T GET MY PARENT.
THAT'S SOMETHING YOU RUN INTO WHEN YOU JUST HAVE THE STUDENTS THAT PAY.
IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T PAY AT ALL, YOU'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS.
ALSO, WHEN YOU GO DOWN TO THE CONCESSION STAND TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING, AND YOU'RE WAITING IN LINE AND YOU HAVE 15 KIDS IN FRONT OF YOU THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF IN LINE.
THEN THEY HAVE THEIR LITTLE BUDDIES SHOW UP AND CREEP IN.
A GUY WITH A BAD KNEE LIKE ME STANDING THERE WAITING FOR AN EXTRA 20 KIDS TO GO THROUGH LINE BEFORE I GET THERE.
LAST WEEK, I REACHED THE END OF MY STRING AND I SAID, I WAS CALLING PEOPLE OUT AND SENDING THEM, DUDE, REALLY, YOU'RE GOING TO CUT IN FRONT OF ME.
>> THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE THAT GET UPSET WITH ME.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? TEACH YOUR KIDS THE MANNERS ABOUT HOW TO GO AND WAIT IN LINE.
TELL THEM, IT'S NOT COOL TO WALK UP LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO STAND AND TALK TO YOU.
I ACTUALLY HAD ONE KID WALK UP AND TURN HIS BACK TO ME RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, AND I HAD TO TAP HIM AND SAY, YOU'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO STEP IN FRONT OF ME AND GET IN FRONT OF ME IN LINE, ARE YOU? NO, SIR, I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
>> WELL, FOR THE VISITING TEAMS [LAUGHTER]
>> THERE WERE PROBABLY STUDENTS FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
BUT THERE'S JUST SO MUCH, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT TIME OF THE GAME YOU GO DOWN THERE.
IT'S LIKE A CAN OF WORMS AROUND THE CONCESSION STAND.
YOU CAN'T TELL WHERE THE LINE IS.
IF SOMEBODY'S GOING TO MONITOR [OVERLAPPING] I ALREADY DID MY DAYS OF WORKING HERE AND THERE.
>> I HAD 50 DUTY DAYS A YEAR FOR THE JUNIOR HIGH FOR ALL THOSE YEARS, AND WAITING UNTIL 11:00 OR 12:00 OR WHENEVER THEY'D SHOW UP.
NO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE; WE NEED MORE PEOPLE REMINDING THEM OF HOW THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO ACT.
>> AS WE GROW AS A DISTRICT, REGARDLESS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE MORE OF THAT.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE KIDS AT MORE EVENTS LIKE MR. GUYTON SAID, IF COST IS PROHIBITING THEM FROM COMING, AND WE'RE ABLE TO REMOVE THAT.
I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR KIDS.
>> MAYBE THEY CAN GO WITH A GUARDIAN?
>> YEAH, [INAUDIBLE] HIGH SCHOOL OR SOMETHING.
>> I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF CASH OPTION FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT TECH SAVVY OR THAT REALLY WANT TO COME AND SEE THE GAME.
>> I AGREE. I'M HOPING TO GET MR. GUYTON TO SHOW ME HOW TO USE THIS PHONE HERE BEFORE THE WEEK IS UP.
>> I'M SORRY. COACH MALDONADO, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT?
>> I THINK ALONG WITH YOU LET EVERYBODY IN, THERE'S GOING TO BE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES TO GO WITH I THINK THAT.
>> I HONESTLY DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF KIDS.
I JUST THINK THERE'S A SELECT NUMBER OF KIDS THAT WOULD LOVE TO COME.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO TRIPLE OUR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OF FOOTBALL GAMES, BUT I THINK IT COULD HELP.
>> I THINK TOO, THE OTHER THING IS, FOOTBALL, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FIVE OR SIX HOME GAMES OR FOUR TO SIX HOME GAMES A YEAR.
BUT ALL THE OTHER GAMES THEY'RE NOT HIGHLY ATTENDED.
>> NOT LIKE BASEBALL, SOCCER, ALL THAT.
>> GETTING MORE KIDS THERE COULD BE A GREAT THING THAT WOULDN'T HAVE THE SAME ISSUES THAT A FOOTBALL GAME WOULD HAVE.
>> I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT I HAD WAS JUST LOOKING INTO LOGISTICALLY LIKE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
I KNOW MY WIFE HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT THE CLEAR BAG POLICY AND HOW EVERYBODY'S COMING INTO THE STADIUM.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO, TALKING WITH ADAM, MAYBE OPENING UP A SECOND GATE, SO WE CAN BE MORE THOROUGH WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A CLEAR BAG POLICY, MAYBE THAT GATE THAT'S RIGHT BEHIND THE BLEACHERS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S WHERE ALL THE MESS HAPPENS.
THAT'S WHERE THEY LIKE TO HANG OUT AND ALL THAT, SO MAYBE BEEFING THAT UP,
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BUT I DO THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADD MORE SECURITY TO THAT, JUST MORE EYES TO HELP THE KIDS.I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT HAVING A PARENT, I THINK REALLY IT'S GOING TO BE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IF YOU'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE WILL SAY, STUDENT ID, BUT AT MIDDLE SCHOOL, MAYBE IT'S GOING TO BE MAYBE WITH A PARENT GUARDIAN WITH YOU AND THAT MAYBE ADDS THAT MORE SCHOOL SPIRIT LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
JUST MY OPINION IS ALWAYS WHAT'S BEST FOR THE KIDS? MY BIGGEST THING WAS AT FIRST WAS, LET'S MAKE THE KIDS IN.
LET'S GET THEM IN FOR FREE, BUT WHAT IS IT GOING TO DO TO OUR BUDGET? SEEING THIS IS 20,000 WORTH OF SCHOOL SPIRIT. THINK SO.
LET'S GET THEM IN THERE AND SEE HOW IT ROCKS, HOW THE JUICE CARRIES OVER.
BUT YEAH, THE THING IS JUST LOGISTICALLY, IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO GO TO, I'D LOVE TO BE INVOLVED WITH IT JUST TO HELP OUT MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S TAKEN CARE OF THAT ISN'T TURNED INTO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL.
>> YOU'VE SEEN IT COMING FROM A BIGGER DISTRICT IN SCHOOLS, YOU SEE THE CROWD.
>> FROM YOUR DISTRICT, WHERE YOU JUST CAME FROM, HOW DID THEY HANDLE THIS? WERE ALL THE KIDS COMING IN FREE OR WAS IT?
>> IT WAS STILL STUDENT DISCOUNT PRE-SALE. IT WAS THE SAME.
>> THE GRAPHICS BEING SO MUCH HIGHLY ECO DISK.
I JUST THINK IT'S HARD TO COMPARE SOME DISTRICTS TO OTHERS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN THE SAME ECONOMIC SITUATION AS OTHER DISTRICTS ARE PARENT WISE.
>> YES, MA'AM. I LOOKED AROUND THE GONZALEZ STILL CHARGES, SAN MARCUS, HAYS, TRYING TO JUST LOOK AT THE AREA.
BUT LIKE YOU'RE SAYING FOR OUR DEMOGRAPHICS, DOES THAT BARRIER, LIKE MR. GUYTON SAYING? IS THAT GOING TO HOLD OUR KIDS FROM GETTING THERE? IF IT IS AND I'M ALL FOR IT.
LIKE I SAID, JUST MY OWN THING IS JUST LOGISTICALLY.
IF THIS IS THE WAY THE BOARD WANTS TO GO, I WOULD LOVE TO BE IN THE CONVERSATIONS JUST TO MAKE SURE WE CAN REALLY GET THIS DOWN THE RIGHT WAY.
>> I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE HANDLE THIS? IS THIS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO PRETTY QUICKLY OR SOMETHING WE INSTITUTE NEXT YEAR OR? I CAN'T SEE CHANGING IT FOR THE FOOTBALL SEASON THIS YEAR.
>> I DON'T THINK THE TIME WILL CHANGE.
>> PROBABLY SOMETHING NEXT YEAR. [OVERLAPPING]
>> YEAH, MAYBE SPRING SEMESTER TO GET OUR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL AND ALL THOSE NUMBERS UP.
>> IT'S A COMMUNICATION ITEM THIS EVENING.
I THINK THE BIG THING FOR ME PERSONALLY WAS LOOKING AT THE REVENUE SIDE.
I MEAN, IF $20,000 IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, WE CAN ABSORB IT, WOULD BE WORTH IT.
THAT SHOULDN'T BE REASON WHY WE DON'T DO THIS.
KNOWING THAT NUMBER NOW ADMINISTRATIVELY, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD NECESSARILY EVEN NEED TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD, BUT WE COULD BRING IT BACK NEXT MONTH IF THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DO.
BUT WE CERTAINLY NEEDED TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND GET FEEDBACK, AND THEN WE CAN WORK ON A PLAN INTERNALLY AND IF SPRING SPORTS ARE WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE, AND WE CAN SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THAT AS A TEAM WITH COACH MALDONADO AND THEN REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD.
>> WHY DON'T YOU ALL DO THAT AS COME UP WITH A PLAN AND THEN AT LEAST PRESENT IT TO US AND LET US LOOK AT IT? ANYBODY? ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? THANK YOU, COACH.
>> MOVING ON TO ITEM 8, COMMUNICATION ACTION A,
[Consider and/or Approve Request for Maximum Class Size Waivers]
CONSIDER AND R PRE REQUEST FOR MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE WAIVER. MISS SATO.>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
I'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT THE CLASS SIZED WAIVERS FOR 2025 SCHOOL YEAR.
THIS YEAR, CLASS SIZE WAIVERS INCLUDE FOUR TEACHERS AT BORCHERT LOOP, FOUR CLASSES AT NAVARRO, SEVEN AT PLUM CREEK, THREE AT BORCHERT LOOP, TWO AT ABS AND SIX AT CARVER.
IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY SHOW THE LIST OF TEACHERS Y'ALL HAVE THAT ON YOUR SIDE?
>> THIS IS PRETTY TYPICAL SOMETHING WE DO EVERY YEAR.
>> I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. ACTUALLY I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NAVARRO, I'M SEEING THAT ON THE FIFTH GRADE, THERE'S TWO CLASSES 28.
ARE THOSE TWO TEACHERS GETTING ANY TYPE OF HELP? ARE THEY JUST GOING TO HAVE 28 EACH?
>> RIGHT NOW, THEY CURRENTLY HAVE 28 EACH, BUT THEY HAVE AN AID THAT ROTATES BETWEEN THEIR CLASSES.
>> THEY HAVE AN AID? OKAY. THEN HOW COME THE BILINGUAL CLASSES HAVE 35 AND 29 AND REALLY HIGH NUMBERS?
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>> THE BILINGUAL CLASSES, THAT IS DUE TO A SHORTAGE IN FINDING BILINGUAL TEACHERS.
THOSE CLASSES ALSO WE'RE FINDING AIDS TO HELP SUPPLEMENT UNTIL WE CAN GET TEACHERS HIRED FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
>> ONCE THE TEACHERS GET HIRED, THEN THOSE NUMBERS WILL COME DOWN?
>> OH, NO, SORRY, NOT FOR FIFTH GRADE.
>> IF THEY WERE TO GET AN EXTRA TEACHER, THEN THAT 56 STUDENTS WOULD DROP IT DOWN TO 19, 19 AND 18, BASICALLY, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY BE A BETTER SIZE CLASS THAN 28.
>> WITH THE FIFTH GRADERS, THE LIMIT IS UP TO 28 OR 29, I'M SORRY.
>> THERE'S NOT A COUPLE OF THINGS, JUST TO BACKTRACK A LITTLE BIT.
WHEN WE LOOK AT BUILDING CLASS SIZES.
EVERYTHING IS DONE ON PROJECTIONS THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WE GO THROUGH, WE LOOK AT.
WE HAVE 88 KIDS THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO BE IN FOURTH GRADE.
THAT'S 22 TO ONE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ADD A TEACHER.
THEN AUGUST COMES, A FEW EXTRA KIDS COME.
SOME CLASSES DON'T FILL, SO WE TRY TO LEVEL, WHICH WE'VE DONE ALREADY TO TRY TO MOVE SOME TEACHERS AROUND, COVER THOSE THINGS.
WHEN YOU SEE THE BILINGUAL, BILINGUALS IS REALLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO FILL POSITION.
OUR PRINCIPALS MET TO LOOK AT, WHAT POINT DO WE SAY IT'S BETTER.
WE'RE NOT FINDING TEACHERS, THERE'S LITERALLY NO APPLICANTS.
WE NEED TO GET SOME AIDS IN THERE, WE NEED TO THINK OF CREATIVELY ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT PLANS.
THEN BY THIS POINT, WE MAY HAVE SOME VACANCIES, WE MAY BE TRYING TO FILL THEM, WE'RE GOING TO JOB FAIRS, ET CETERA.
BUT OTHER THAN AIDS, IT BECOMES VERY CHALLENGING.
I'LL SAY TOO, IN FIFTH GRADE, FIFTH GRADE IS MUCH DIFFERENT.
THEY DON'T HAVE THAT 22 TO ONE CAP, SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
>> WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IS NO AID FOR THE FIFTH GRADE?
>> IF THEY WERE TO GET MORE BILINGUAL TEACHERS, THOSE NUMBERS WOULD COME DOWN?
>> THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I GOT.
>> NO. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE LOCKHART IST BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR THE MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE WAIVER EXCEPTIONS FOR THE '25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.
ITEM 8, COMMUNICATION ACTION B;
[Consider and/or Approve Caldwell County Appraisal District Board of Directors Nominees]
CONSIDER AND APPROVE CALDWELL COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS' NOMINEE.IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN NOMINATE WHO YOU WANT, AS MANY AS YOU WANT, AND THEN WE SPLIT THE NUMBER OF VOTES WE HAVE BETWEEN THEM OR HOW DO YOU WANT TO HANDLE THIS?
>> YOU WANT TO PUT ALFREDO MUNOZ AS NOMINATE HIM?
>> YES. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE ALFREDO MUNOZ.
>> ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY? WE HAVE A SINGLE NOMINATION.
WE WOULD GIVE HIM THE ENTIRETY OF OUR VOTE FOR THE DISTRICT.
I GUESS YOU WANT TO MAKE A PROPOSAL?
>> IS IT ALL BACK? I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE BOARD NOMINATE ALFREDO MUNOZ FOR A POSITION ON THE CALDWELL COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
>> ANY OPPOSE? PASSES SIX TO ZERO.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT.
WE'RE SKIPPING NUMBER 9, AND WE DO NOT NEED ITEM 10,
[BOARD AND STAFF COMMENTS - ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 11, BOARD AND STAFF COMMENTS, MR. RAYOS.[02:55:02]
>> I HAVE NOTHING TONIGHT. THANK YOU. WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, FOR YOUR HARD WORK. THAT'S IT.
>> IT CAUGHT ME OFF-GUARD TOO. [LAUGHTER] THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR EVERYTHING.
>> YEAH, WENT TO HOMECOMING. MY FIRST HOMECOMING.
I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT WAS THERE.
METRO, NO. THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER]
>> THE QUARTERBACK LOOK GREAT, I ALREADY TOLD COACH THAT.
I JUST LOVE TO SEE ALL THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
EVEN THOUGH I WAITED IN LINE FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES JUST TO GET A SODA, I REALLY HAD A GOOD TIME.
>> THE BAND BOOSTER CLUB HAS A REALLY GOOD ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE TOO A LOT OF TIMES.
>> IF YOU WORK NEITHER OF THOSE CONCESSION STANDS. I WORK ON BOTH OF THEM.
>> THAT'S ALL THE DANGER THAT SIDE IS RUNNING THE TOM OVER THERE.
>> WELL, I THINK I'VE EXCEEDED MY COMMENT QUOTA FOR THE NIGHT AND TOM HAS EXCEEDED HIS WHINING QUOTA FOR THE NIGHT.
I THINK I'M GOOD OTHER THAN TO SAY ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORTED BACKPACKS FOR THE KIDS AND SUPPLIES. THANK YOU.
>> I ECHO THAT. I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW GREAT IT IS TO SEE OUR KIDS PARTICIPATING IN ALL THE ACTIVITIES.
COACH MALDONADO, THANK YOU FOR THE ENERGY AND FIRE THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT.
IT'S GREAT SEEING THOSE GUYS COMING OUT.
THEY'RE ENERGETIC AT ALL LEVELS.
MR. CROWLEY, THE BAND, THE CHOIR, ALL THE FINE ARTS ARE DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO KEEP OUR KIDS SO INVOLVED AND I'M JUST REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE LEVELS THAT THEY'RE ACHIEVING.
>> I WANT TO THANK MR. CROWLEY, MR. GROVER, FOR THE WORK THEY DID TO REINTRODUCE THE FIGHT SONG BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
I THOUGHT WHEN THEY WENT OUT AND SANG IT ON AT THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.
I REALLY ENJOYED THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT EFFORT.
ALSO TO OUR COMMUNICATION STAFF FOR PUTTING THAT VIDEO TOGETHER.
I STILL PUT THAT YEARBOOK PICTURE OF ME IN THERE FROM 50 YEARS AGO WAS TOUGH, BUT OKAY.
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO BEING LIFELONG LEARNERS.
I KNOW Y'ALL SPENT YOUR OWN TIME AT A SCHOOL BOARD CONFERENCE RECENTLY, A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.
CONTINUING YOUR LEARNING, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO MODEL FOR ALL OF US THAT YOU GUYS ARE JUST COMMITTED TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT JUST JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND ATTENTION TO YOUR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AS WELL.
>> MR. GUYTON, WILL YOU LEAD US IN A BENEDICTION CLOSE OUT?
[BENEDICTION]
>> GOD, WE THANK YOU NOW AT THE CONCLUSION OF OUR MEETING, AND WE JUST REALLY ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT.
WE ASK YOUR CONTINUED BLESSING OVER ALL THE STAFF, EVERYBODY THAT COMES TO WORK EACH AND EVERY DAY WITH OUR KIDS.
WE JUST ASKED THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO BE WITH THEM AND GUIDE THEM.
IN YOUR SON JESUS NAME, WE PRAY.
>> AMEN. 928, AND WE ARE CLOSED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.