Dec 15, 2025 Lockhart ISD Board of Trustees

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>> I CALL THIS MEETING

[Call to Order]

LET THE RECORD SHOWS THAT TRUSTEES, DR. SANCHEZ, WRIGHT, LOCKHART, AND CHARLES ARE PRESENT.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE PRESENTATION OF COLORS BY THE JUNIOR ROTC.

COMMANDING THE LOCKHART ROTC IS A CADET MELODY GARCIA.

SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS DYLAN SCHLEICHER. EVERYBODY PLEASE STAND.

[MUSIC] I'D LIKE TO THANK THOSE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FOR HELPING US START OUR MEETING TONIGHT.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ITEM 3 INVOCATION AND DR. SANDERS.

>> LET'S BOW OUR HEADS, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU THIS EVENING, ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR WISDOM AND SUPPORT AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING.

HELP US ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION AND ALLOW US TO GROW CLOSER AS A GROUP AND NURTURE THE BONDS OF COMMUNITY.

IN JESUS NAME, WE PRAY. AMEN.

>> AMEN. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 4 RECOGNITION, MR. ADAM MILLER.

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

WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD TO HELP RECEIVE THIS EVENING'S HONOREES FOR RECOGNITION? AS THEY MOVE FORWARD, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE AWARD, THE BOARD WILL PRESENT THE HONORIS THIS EVENING.

THIS IS THE LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE COIN GIVEN BY THE BOARD ONLY TO THOSE WHO TRULY EXEMPLIFY EXCELLENCE IN LOCKHART ISD.

NOW WE BEGIN WITH [INAUDIBLE] RECOGNITION.

[Recognitions]

MY NOTE'S IN ORDER. TONIGHT, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE OUR SPECIAL OLYMPICS BOWLING TEAM.

THESE ATHLETES HAVE SHOWN GREAT DEDICATION, TEAMWORK, AND SPORTSMANSHIP, BOTH IN PRACTICE AND IN COMPETITION.

THEIR HARD WORK ON THE LANES SHOWS THAT THEY ARE LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE AND THE JOY AND SUPPORT THEY SHOW ONE ANOTHER TRULY REPRESENTS HAVING A LOCKHART FOR PEOPLE.

PLEASE JOIN US IN CELEBRATING THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND

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STUDENTS, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR RECOGNITION, AND WE'LL TAKE A GROUP PHOTO WITH THE BOARD AFTER EVERYONE HAS RECEIVED THEIR COIN.

FOR OUR FIRST RECOGNITION, WE HAVE ALFONSO GONZALEZ.

ROCKS FLORES.

DOMINGO ZAPATA.

REMI HALSTEAD, ALONDRA GONZALEZ.

ADEN WILLIAMS. ISAIAH INA HOSSA, AND CASEY PEARSON.

WE HAD OVER A DOZEN OTHER ATHLETES WHO PARTICIPATED IN SPECIAL OLYMPICS BOWLING, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT.

PLEASE GIVE A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.

[APPLAUSE] WE CAN YOU TAKE A PICTURE.

THE TEACHERS DID NOT WANT TO COME DOWN.

BUT IF THEY ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO NOW THAT THEY'RE PUT ON THE SPOT, THEN YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.

THERE YOU GO, MS. GONZALEZ.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE MS. SHINTO.

MONICA LERMA, VERY GOOD.

MS. SHINTO IS OVER THERE, AND MS. SMITH IS THERE.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE MS. SMITH THAT WE'RE MISSING? THESE SPECIAL ED TEACHERS TRY THEIR BEST NOT TO GET RECOGNIZED FOR THINGS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE, AND NOW WE'LL TAKE A GROUP PICTURE.

[APPLAUSE] WONDERFUL. ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR SPECIAL OLYMPIANS.

[LAUGHTER] WE COULD ONLY START EVERY BOARD MEETING WITH SPECIAL OLYMPICS AT RECOGNITION.

NOT THAT EVERY BOARD MEETING ISN'T A GOOD ONE. DON'T GET ME WRONG.

FOR OUR NEXT RECOGNITION, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR YOUNGEST LIONS WHO IS ALREADY MAKING A NATIONAL NAME FOR HERSELF ON THE SOCCER FIELD.

CALI CARTER, A SECOND GRADER OF BLUEBONNET ELEMENTARY, RECENTLY COMPETED IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE PLAYER SHOWCASE, FEATURING SOME OF THE BEST YOUNG SOCCER ATHLETES FROM ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.

CALI IMPRESSED THE JUDGES AND COACHES ALIKE, EARNING SECOND OVERALL AND FIRST PLACE FEMALE IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS. YES, I KNOW.

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AT NATIONALS, CALI CONTINUED TO SHINE, EARNING THE TITLE OF FIRST PLACE NATIONAL CHAMPION.

[APPLAUSE] WE ARE SO PROUD OF CALI'S HARD WORK, DETERMINATION, AND LEADERSHIP, BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD.

SHE TRULY EMBODIES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE AND UNLOCKING POTENTIAL.

LET'S GIVE ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE AS WE RECOGNIZE MISS CALI CARTER.

[APPLAUSE] CALI IS ACCOMPANIED TONIGHT BY HER FAMILY.

ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN AS WELL.

HER DAD AND HER COACH. CALI IS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY BLUEBONNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MS. EMILY MARSHALL AND HER SECOND GRADE TEACHER, MR. ROY RUIS.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, CALI.

ANOTHER WONDERFUL RECOGNITION.

MOVING ON TO ANOTHER WONDERFUL RECOGNITION.

TONIGHT, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, JOSSLYN ORTEGA FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY ACCOMPLISHMENT IN VISUAL ARTS.

LAST SPRING, JOSSLYN'S POWERFUL PIECE TITLED YAYA EARNED THE PRESTIGIOUS GOLD SEAL AWARD AT THE STATE VISUAL ARTS SCHOLASTIC EVENT OR VASE.

THAT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF VISUAL ARTS COMPETITION FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN TEXAS.

THE GOLD STEEL DISTINCTION IS AWARDED TO LESS THAN 1% OF ALL STATE ENTRIES.

MAKING THIS ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE AND SELECTIVE HONORS IN STUDENT ART.

JOSSLYN'S WORK WAS ALSO CHOSEN FOR THE TEXAS ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS OR TAEA STUDENT ART TOUR, WHERE IT WAS EXHIBITED STATEWIDE THROUGH NOVEMBER.

THE PIECE HAS FINALLY RETURNED HOME AND TONIGHT, WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO SEE IT ACTUALLY IN PERSON, BUT ALSO WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD TO RECOGNIZE JOSSLYN FOR THIS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT, AND FOR REPRESENTING LOCKHART ISD WITH CREATIVITY, EXCELLENCE, AND PRIDE.

PLEASE JOIN US IN WELCOMING JOSSLYN ORTEGA.

[APPLAUSE] JOSSLYN IS ACCOMPANIED BY LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL ART TEACHERS, MELISSA GRATZ.

JANE SIMMONS. MATTHEW BURTON, JULIAN CRUZ.

AS WELL AS LOCKHART ISD FINE ARTS DIRECTOR, MR. JAMES CROWLEY.

LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MR. MICHAEL HERBIN.

THAT'S A PRICELESS PIECE OF OUR WORK,

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THE BIDDING WILL START AT $45,000.

[LAUGHTER]

>> CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, JOSSLYN.

[APPLAUSE].

FOR OUR NEXT RECOGNITION, I'LL WAIT UNTIL THEY GO OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.

PERFECT. FOR OUR NEXT RECOGNITION, WE ARE VERY PROUD TO RECOGNIZE A TALENTED GROUP OF LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL THEATER STUDENTS WHO RECENTLY REPRESENTED LION COUNTRY AT THE INTERNATIONAL TEXAS STATE THESPIAN FESTIVAL.

THIS STATEWIDE EVENT BROUGHT TOGETHER MORE THAN 02,600 STUDENTS FROM ACROSS TEXAS TO COMPETE, PERFORM, AND SHOWCASE THEIR THEATRICAL DESIGN, PERFORMANCE, AND TECHNICAL SKILLS.

OUR LIONS TRULY STOOD OUT AMONG THE BEST OF THE BEST, EARNING TOP AWARDS, NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, AND STATEWIDE RECOGNITION.

SO AT THIS TIME, LET'S GIVE A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF OUR INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN FESTIVAL STUDENTS.

[APPLAUSE].

THEN I'M GOING TO CALL SOME DOWN INDIVIDUALLY FIRST BECAUSE THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADVANCING TO OUR INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN FESTIVAL IN INDIANA THIS SUMMER.

SO FOR SCENIC DESIGN FOR THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, DANIELA JACOME, FOR MARKETING DESIGN FOR MEAN GIRLS THE MUSICAL, GRAYSON, LACOMIA, AND CONTRASTING MONOLOGUE PERFORMANCE, DYLAN SCHLEICHER.

AND DYLAN WAS ALSO THE VOCALIST WHO SANG TO US TONIGHT AS WELL. THANK YOU, DYLAN.

FOR OUR GROUP OF IMPROV PERFORMERS WHO WON THIRD PLACE, WE HAVE, DYLAN, GET BACK OVER THERE, MADELYN GRUBBS.

MR. DAVID DAVIE JONES, MARSHALL MURDOCH, BROOKLYN FULLER, PENELOPE PRINE, AND DYLAN SCHLEICHER AGAIN.

FOR THIRD PLACE, STATEWIDE FOR HIS DEMOCRACY WORKS POEM.

IT WAS A POEM, CORRECT, CHRISTIAN, WAS IT AN ESSAY? IT WAS AN ESSAY.

WHICH HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF THEATER EDUCATION, MR. CHRISTIAN CRUZ.

OUR STUDENTS ARE ACCOMPANIED TONIGHT BY LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL THEATER DIRECTOR, JUST ONE, THE ONE AND ONLY, MS. KENNEDY WORTHINGTON.

I'M SURE MR. WORTHINGTON IS PROBABLY AT THE GOO PACK RIGHT NOW WORKING WHERE HE LIVES.

LOCKHART ISD FINE ARTS DIRECTOR, MR. JAMES CROWLEY.

AND AGAIN, LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MR. MICHAEL HERBIN.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN FESTIVAL, AWARD WINNERS, AND WE CAN NOW TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE BOARD.

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FOR TONIGHT'S FINAL RECOGNITION.

THE LOCKHART ISD BUSINESS OFFICE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF BEING LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE.

WE'RE PROUD TO SHARE WITH YOU THE LATEST CHAPTER OF THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS.

THIS YEAR, LOCKHART ISD BUSINESS OFFICE HAS ONCE AGAIN DEMONSTRATED ITS EXCELLENCE BY EARNING THE PRESTIGIOUS RECOGNITIONS FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AND THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.

FOR THE 20TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, THE TEAM RECEIVED THE HIGHLY ESTEEMED CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE AND FINANCIAL REPORTING FROM THE GFOA REFLECTING THEIR DEDICATION TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING.

THIS AWARD CEMENTS THEIR POSITION AS A LEADER IN PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE.

ADDITIONALLY, FOR THE 23RD CONSECUTIVE YEAR, THE BUSINESS OFFICE EARNED THE SUPERIOR RATING FROM TEA'S FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS, OR FIRST, SHOWCASING THEIR CONSISTENT EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL INTEGRITY.

SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING OUR BUSINESS OFFICE TEAM FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL WORK AND FOR SETTING THE STANDARD IN PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE.

LOCKHART ISD IS PROUD TO CELEBRATE THIS INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE 20TH, 23RD, 25TH, 100TH TIME.

BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR BUSINESS OFFICE.

[APPLAUSE]. AS I CALL YOUR NAME, WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD TO BE RECOGNIZED, THE MICHELLE WILEY, MS. TANIA HOMAN, MS. TINA RAMIREZ, MS. MELISSA KELLY, MS. NANCY ATLANTA AND OUR CFO, MS. NICOLE DEAN WEISER.

BUSINESS OFFICE ARE PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T BE WITH US SANA BUT, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO MENTION THEM ARE MS. BRANDI SEFUINEZ, MS. TISTOCH, AND MS. CANDACE VELMA.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO OUR BUSINESS OFFICE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION.

BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT TRUSTEE RIOS ARRIVED AT 6:51 P.M.

ITEM NUMBER 5, IT'S GOING TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING.

[Public Hearing to Discuss the School Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) Rating for 2024-2025]

PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS THE SCHOOL FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS, FIRST, RATING FOR 2024-2025, MS. WEISER?

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

THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR FIRST RATING.

AND THE FIRST RATING WHILE IT IS FOR THE '24-'25 YEAR,

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SO IT IS FROM TWO FISCAL YEARS AGO NOW THAT WE ARE IN '25-'26.

AND IT IS WHAT TEA USES TO GRADE OUR FINANCIAL SOLVENCY, HOW WE ARE MANAGING OUR FINANCIAL OUTLOOK FOR THE DISTRICT.

THERE ARE 21 INDICATORS THAT TEA USES TO GRADE THE DISTRICT, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR PACKAGE, WHICH WE DO POST ON OUR WEBSITE FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AND REVIEW AT ANY TIME THAT THEY WOULD LIKE, WHICH HAS ALL OF THOSE 21 INDICATORS AND ALL OF OUR SCORES ON EACH OF THOSE INDICATORS.

THIS YEAR, WE DID RECEIVE A SUPERIOR RATING AND A GRADE OF 95.

AND AT THIS TIME, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN OPEN THAT UP.

>> ANY QUESTION BOARD? AT THIS TIME, THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING.

YOU'RE INVITED TO MAKE A COMMENT AT THE PODIUM.

IF ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO SO.

SEEING NONE, THIS PUBLIC HEARING, IT IS 6:56, AND THE PUBLIC HEARING GETS ADJOURNED.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MS. WEISER.

[INAUDIBLE] ITEM 6, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 7,

[BUSINESS - CONSENT AGENDA]

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

>> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND BEFORE WE VOTE, TECHNICALLY, WE HAVEN'T ADOPTED THE RULES YET. BUT WE'RE GOING TO START.

WE'RE GOING TO ASK BY SHOW OF HANDS.

SO EVERYBODY IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE BUSINESS CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

IT PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.

WE MOVE ON TO ITEM A,

[Student Demographic Projections Report]

>> THANK YOU, MR. WRIGHT.

SORRY. TO LOOK FOR THE CLICKER THERE.

BOARD MEMBERS, MR. ESTRADA, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.

I HAVE OUR ANNUAL DEMOGRAPHICS UPDATE AND ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS REVIEW.

YOU SHOULD HAVE THE FULL REPORT.

BUT TONIGHT, I'LL MOVE QUICKLY AND TOUCH ON THE KEY HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR NEW UPDATE FOR YOU ALL.

LET'S BEGIN BY LOOKING AT SOME ENROLLMENT HISTORY BACK IN THE SPRING, THE TEA RELEASED THE ENROLLMENT DATA FOR THE '24-'25 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO THESE FIRST COUPLE OF SLIDES WILL SHOW THE ENROLLMENT TOTALS FOR ALL THE DISTRICTS IN THE GREATER AUSTIN REGION.

AND TODAY, THERE'S ABOUT 31 DISTRICTS THAT MAKE UP THE AREA.

BACK IN LAST YEAR, THE ENROLLMENT JUST UNDER 6,800 FOR LOCKHART, THAT WAS THE 16TH LARGEST IN THE GREATER AUSTIN AREA.

NOW, THIS MAP HERE SHOWS A THREE YEAR PERCENTAGE GROWTH.

THE AREAS WITH THE FASTEST GROWTH ARE SHADED IN RED.

DISTRICTS THAT SEEN A DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT ARE SHADED IN BLUE.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW A LOT OF THE GROWTH IN THE REGION HAS MOVED NORTH IN LIBERTY HILL AND GERALD LEADING THE FASTEST GROWTH ON THAT NORTH SIDE, BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN JUST THAT OUTER RING THAT'S IN THE NORTHEAST EAST AND SOUTH AS WELL.

THE 10% GROWTH '21-'24 WAS 10% AND THAT RANKED 7TH OVERALL IN GREATER AUSTIN, 12TH NUMERICALLY.

THERE'S A TABLE THERE FOR YOUR REFERENCE FOR ALL THE DISTRICTS IN THE REGION.

AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD. LOOK AT THE SNAPSHOT DATA.

AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THESE LAST 15 YEARS CHARTED OUT HERE.

AND THE GROWTH HAS CONTINUED THIS FALL.

6802 IS A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR THE DISTRICT.

AND THAT MAKES 17 OUT OF THE PAST 18 YEARS.

THE DISTRICT HAS SEEN ANNUAL GROWTH.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE TABLE THERE AT THE UPPER LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THE LAST FIVE YEARS GROWTH ABOUT 12.6% NET JUST UNDER 800, SIMILAR GROWTH TO WHAT WE SAW THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS.

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QUITE A BIT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST DECADE.

NOW THE GROWTH HAS BEEN FASTER POST COVID, ESPECIALLY THROUGH LAST YEAR.

BUT THIS YEAR, NOTE THAT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SLOWER AND THE NET GROWTH WAS 34 YEAR OVER YEAR, THAT'S A 0.5% INCREASE.

OR THAT NEW THREE YEAR GROWTH RATE IS NOW 1.8%.

SO TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE INFLUENCED THAT NUMBER TO BE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER THIS YEAR.

THE CENSUS BASED NUMBERS ARE SHOWN HERE.

THESE COME FROM ESRI.

KEY TAKEAWAY HERE IS THAT THEY'RE SHOWING JUST UNDER 37,000 TOTAL POPULATION AND 12,000 TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS, THOSE RATES CONTINUE TO GROW AT ABOUT 3% PER YEAR.

BUT IF YOU KNOW THE NUMBERS FOR UNDER AGE 18 POPULATION, THEY'RE SHOWING MORE OF A 1.5% GROWTH RATE, WHICH IS MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'VE SEEN THESE LAST THREE YEARS FOR ENROLLMENT.

>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF EACH ATTENDANCE LEVEL IN THE DISTRICT, YOU CAN SEE THAT ELEMENTARY HAS SEEN SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH OVER THESE LAST FOUR YEARS.

NET GROWTH OF 342, THAT'S A 13.2% INCREASE.

PRE K CONTINUES TO BE NEAR A RECORD HIGH AS WELL.

JUNIOR HIGH TOTALS AND HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT TOTALS ARE ALSO RIGHT BELOW THEIR RECENT RECORD HIGHS THAT THEY'VE SAID OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS THE GRADE LEVEL TOTALS.

I'VE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN, THE LARGEST CLASS SIZE FOR EACH GRADE OVER THIS 15 YEAR PERIOD AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT HIGHLIGHTS THAT THESE GROWTH WAVES THAT WE'VE WATCHED.

WE'VE WATCHED THAT GROWTH THAT CAME IN BACK IN 2013 AND HOW THAT GROUP HAS AGED UP AND IS NOW CURRENTLY IN HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE YOU HAVE THE LARGEST 11TH AND 12TH GRADE CLASSES THAT YOU'VE EVER HAD.

IT'S ALSO REALLY ENCOURAGING IS TO SEE THAT YOU ALL HAVE BOUNCED BACK IN KINDERGARTEN.

YOU HAVE YOUR RECORD KINDERGARTEN CLASS, STRONG FIRST GRADE, SECOND GRADE, AND RECORD NUMBERS IN SECOND AND FOURTH GRADE IN FIFTH GRADE, SO THAT'S VERY ENCOURAGING.

A LOT OF DISTRICTS THAT I HAVE BEEN PRESENTING AT THIS FALL ARE NOT SEEING OTHER K-2 NUMBERS GROW YOU ALSO HAVE A RISING BIRTH BIRTH RATE.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATE DATA, IT'S A SLOW DECLINE, IT'S FLAT TO DECLINING OVERALL.

BUT HERE IN LOCKHART, LOOK AT THE BLUE LINE FOR THE MAJOR ZIP CODES FOR BIRTHS, BORN TO MOTHERS THAT LIVED IN THESE AREAS.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S BEEN A STEADY CLIMB OVER THESE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

WHAT THIS INDICATES IS THAT KINDERGARTEN, ABOUT 440 OR 50 TODAY COULD CLIMB TO 500 OR MORE OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING IT TO DO WITH THIS TYPE OF AREA AND BIRTH RATE.

ANOTHER METRIC THAT WE LOOK AT EACH YEAR.

THIS IS A GRAPH OF STUDENTS COMING IN VERSUS WHAT'S EXITING THE YELLOW LINE OR YOUR 12TH GRADERS.

WHEN A DISTRICT IS EXPERIENCING RAPID GROWTH, TYPICALLY, THEY DO SEE WHAT THE MAJORITY OF THIS CHART SHOWS, WHERE THE ORANGE AND BLUE, YOUR KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE, NUMBERS ARE WELL OUT AHEAD OF WHAT'S LEAVING.

YOU HAVE SEEN THESE LAST TWO YEARS, THE NUMBERS AS THAT BIG GROWTH WAVE HAS HIT THE UPPER GRADES, THEY'VE GROWN CLOSER TOGETHER, SO THAT CAN SLOW GROWTH A LITTLE BIT, AND I THINK IT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO SOME OF THE SLOWER PACE THAT WE SAW THIS YEAR.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT MOBILITY EACH YEAR.

RECALL WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW MANY STUDENTS THAT WERE ENROLLED A YEAR AGO IN K-11 THAT ARE STILL PRESENT THIS YEAR AND FIRST THROUGH 12TH GRADE AND THEN HOW MANY NEW STUDENT IDS ARE PRESENT.

THIS YEAR, AND A RECORD HIGH OF 881 NEWCOMERS, BUT WE DID SEE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WERE NOT PRESENT FROM LAST YEAR CLIMBED TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL, SO THE NET RESULT WAS A LITTLE BIT SLOWER THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN.

THERE HAS BEEN SOME STUDENTS THAT HAVE LEFT THE DISTRICT OVER THE LAST YEAR.

I'VE GIVEN YOU A BREAKDOWN BY ATTENDANCE LEVEL FOR EACH OF THE NEWCOMERS IN THE LEVERS.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN THE LEVER CATEGORY, YOU HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THOSE IN THE EARLY GRADES, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING STATE WIDE.

WE'RE SEEING MORE HOME SCHOOLING AND THINGS LIKE THAT FROM DIFFERENT FAMILIES IN MULTIPLE REGIONS ACROSS THE STATE.

THE NEWCOMERS, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF, YOU HAD OVER 100 FIRST GRADERS COME IN, SO THAT'S A VERY POSITIVE STRONG NUMBER.

SO THE OTHER CONCERN I HAVE IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LEVERS, YOU DO SEE SOME STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE 10TH OR 11TH GRADE NOT FINISHING.

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THE STUDENT TRANSFER REPORT THAT COMES FROM THE TEA WAS ALSO RELEASED THIS PAST SPRING.

IT JUST GIVES YOU A ANNUAL LOOK AT STUDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE DISTRICT BUT ARE ATTENDING NEIGHBORING PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR CHARTER SCHOOLS.

YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT THE IDEA AND THE CHART IN THE UPPER RIGHT.

THAT NUMBER DID JUMP UP HIGHER THAN WHAT IT HAS BEEN IN RECENT YEARS.

MANY OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORING DISTRICT NUMBERS ARE PRETTY CONSISTENT FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN.

THAT NUMBER HAS COME UP AND THE MAIN RESULT IS MORE STUDENTS IN THE IDEA CAMPUSES AND I BELIEVE THE CLOSEST ONE IN KYLE.

STUDENT SNAPSHOT NUMBERS.

LET'S MOVE ON TO GEOCODING.

EACH FALL, WE GEOCODE THE STUDENT ADDRESSES HERE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE TABLE ON THE UPPER RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT LIVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT BOUNDARY, IT CONTINUES TO GROW, JUST A UNDER 6,700 TODAY, 98% OF ALL STUDENT ENROLLED.

AS YOU HAVE TIGHTENED UP YOUR TRANSFER IN POLICY, YOU CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN REDUCED.

BUT IN THE CITY OF LOCKHART, WE CONTINUE TO SEE ABOUT 7% OF ALL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE DISTRICT LIVE WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARY.

NOW, I THINK YOU WILL FIND THESE ALWAYS INTERESTING TO REVIEW.

THESE ARE OUR GROWTH RATES BY PLANNING ZONE.

RECALL, A LOT OF THE GROWTH PRE COVID CAME IN THE LYTTON SPRINGS AREA UP IN THE STRAWN ATTENDANCE ZONE.

TODAY, WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF GROWTH IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY, SUBDIVISION LIKE SUMMERSIDE DOWN THERE, AS WELL AS THE GROWTH ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY, ALL OF THE GROWTH AROUND THE LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH AREA.

BUT LOOK AT THE GROWTH THAT HAPPENED UP IN THE NORTHEAST OR REALLY THE PLUM CREEK AND NAVARRO ATTENDANCE ZONES.

WE'VE SEEN A RESURGENCE OF MOBILE HOME CONSTRUCTION NEW DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE IN THAT FM 20 CORRIDOR, 1854, FM 86, THOSE AREAS.

I'VE HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE COME IN OVER THE LAST YEAR.

YOU CAN SEE ON THESE NEXT THREE SLIDES, SEVERAL OF THE TUMBLEWEED AREA HERE AS THESE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE JUST CONTINUED TO EXPAND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND THEY'RE BRINGING IN STUDENTS IN THESE AREAS.

THAT'S CONTRIBUTED TO GROWTH OUT ON THE EAST SIDE.

ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT THE MORE MATURE AREAS OF THE DISTRICT CONTINUE TO SEE ENROLLMENT DECLINES.

THIS IS A TREND THAT WE'RE SEEING IN DISTRICTS ALL ACROSS THE STATE IN MANY DISTRICTS THAT HAVE A LARGER GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT'S MORE ESTABLISHED AND MATURE, WE'RE SEE HOUSEHOLDS AGE IN PLACE, AND WE'RE SEEING THE AREAS DECLINE AND OFTEN THESE ARE AREAS IN OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE YOU'RE SEEING ENROLLMENT CLOSURES AND SCHOOL CLOSURES AND THINGS.

BUT I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO SEE THAT YOU ALL ARE EXPERIENCING SOME OF THAT AS WELL.

THESE SLIDES HERE SHOW THE INFORMATION ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS.

BUT WITHIN THE CITY OF LOCKHART, SOME OF THE OLDER AREAS ARE SEEING A DECLINE AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT'S INFLUENCING THIS IS THE INTEREST RATES HAVE REALLY MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO SELL THEIR HOUSE IN ESTABLISHED AREAS.

IT ALL OF THE MARKET TODAY SEEMS TO FAVOR NEW HOME PURCHASES AS OPPOSED TO PURCHASING AN EXISTING HOME.

MOST PEOPLE ARE AGING IN PLACE.

THEY'RE MORTGAGE LOCKED, AS YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THAT TERM.

MORE ON THAT COMING UP HERE IN A MINUTE.

THE GEOCODING ALSO ALLOWS US TO UPDATE THE STUDENT YIELDS.

I'VE GIVEN YOU A TABLE OF THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE'RE TRACKING AS WELL AS THE MANUFACTURED HOME IN THE APARTMENTS.

STILL SEEING ABOUT 0.42 STUDENTS PER HOME IN A TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY STICK AND BRICK HOME.

MOBILE HOMES ARE STILL DOUBLE THAT, AND ABOUT ONE STUDENT PER HOME AND THEN APARTMENTS ABOUT 0.47.

THAT'S ACTUALLY GONE UP A LITTLE BIT.

SOME OF THE NEWER APARTMENTS HAVE BEEN ADDED.

BUT MORTGAGE RATES, AS I MENTIONED, HAVE PLAYED A BIG ROLE AS THEY'VE BEEN AROUND 7%.

NOW THEY'VE COME DOWN HERE THIS FALL, BUT STILL THEY'RE HIGH HISTORICALLY.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART, THIS IS ALL A GREATER AUSTIN, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE BLUE BAR, THE THEME THAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU IS THAT IT'S REALLY COOL THE TURNOVER OF EXISTING HOMES IN THE OLDER AREAS.

THIS CHART LOOKS THE SAME PRETTY MUCH IN

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SO LOCKHART IS NO DIFFERENT WHERE IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL RESALES IN THE DISTRICT, YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY'RE BACK ABOUT 120 A YEAR, THAT'S WHAT WE SAW ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.

BUT IF YOU THEN COMPARE TO THE CHART ON THE RIGHT, WHEN INTEREST RATES WENT 3-7% BACK IN 2021, 22, PRICES DOUBLED.

YOU'VE GOT THE AFFORDABILITY ISSUE AND YOU'VE GOT INTEREST RATE.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE INTERTWINED TO SLOW DOWN THAT TURNOVER AND IT'S INFLUENCING DECLINE.

NOW, I'VE GOT A GROUP OF SLIDES HERE THAT SHOW THE MACROECONOMIC LATEST DATA FOR BOTH TEXAS AND THE GREATER AUSTIN AREA.

THE KEY THING THAT'S HAPPENED THIS PAST YEAR IS WE'VE SEEN SLOWER JOB GROWTH, WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 9,700 YEAR OVER YEAR JOBS.

FROM 2010 UP TO REALLY JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, THE MARKET HAD BEEN PRODUCING ABOUT 38 TO 40,000 JOBS PER YEAR.

THIS HAS INFLUENCED SOME OF THE NEW HIRING IT'S A RESULT OF SLOWER HIRING, ESPECIALLY IN THE TECH SECTOR.

YOU CAN SEE REPRESENTED IN THE GREEN LINE.

IT'S INFLUENCING THE RATE OF HOMES THAT ARE BEING SOLD ACROSS THE AREA.

BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE WITH THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, IT'S STILL RIGHT AROUND 4%, SO IT'S REALLY A MIXED SIGNAL.

THIS IS ALL OF GREATER AUSTIN.

YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE LINER STARTS, HOW THEY'VE COME DOWN AND THEY CONTINUE TO YO YO.

BUT THE KEY TAKEAWAY IS WE'VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT SLOWER ACTIVITY FROM THE NEW HOME BUILDERS BASED ON THE SLOWER JOB GROWTH.

BUT THE MAIN DRIVER OF FUTURE GROWTH FOR YOU ALL IS NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION.

RIGHT NOW, YOU'VE GOT THIS LINE HERE SHOWS YOU THE HISTORY OF THE MEDIAN NEW HOME PRICE VERSUS THE RESALE PRICE THEY'RE BASICALLY NEAR THE SAME, BUT EVERYTHING IS BENEFITING NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SINCE THE BUILDERS ARE ABLE TO OFFER RATE BUY DOWN SO TODAY YOU CAN GO OUT THERE AND BUY A NEW HOME AT A DISCOUNT AND TYPICALLY GET A MORTGAGE RATE THAT IS OF A 3.9, 4.9 AS OPPOSED TO SEVEN ON AN EXISTING HOME.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT CONTINUES TO DRIVE THE GROWTH, THE PUSH OUT FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN GREATER AUSTIN, AND MORE OF THE INTEREST FROM THE DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS IS THEY'RE LOOKING AT LOCKHART, AS WE TALKED ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

IT WAS A REALLY STRONG 2024.

RECALL LAST YEAR, I WAS REPORTING RECORD ACTIVITY.

THAT RECORD ACTIVITY WENT THROUGH THE LOT SUPPLY.

THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.

YOU CAN SEE THE SLOW DOWN THERE, BY THE STARTS IN BLUE, AND THE CLOSINGS IN RED.

300 STARTS, JUST UNDER 500 CLOSINGS.

BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THE GREEN LINE.

THE DEVELOPERS HAVE BEEN WORKING TO REPLENISH THE LOT SUPPLY ABOUT 870, WHICH IS A NEAR RECORD.

NEW LOTS WERE DELIVERED IN THE DISTRICT THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

RIGHT NOW, EVEN WITH ABOUT 489 CLOSINGS, LOCKHART IS ONE OF THE TOP 15 AREAS OR TOP 15 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TERMS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION, YOU CAN SEE IN THE HEAT MAP HERE, ALL OF THE ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT GREATER AUSTIN.

BUT WITHIN THE DISTRICT, MOST OF THE ACTIVITY HAS BEEN OVER THESE LAST TWO YEARS OR IN THE NEW BLUEBONNET ATTENDANT ZONE, BUT IS NOW SHIFTING TO THE BORCHERT LOOP ATTENDANT ZONE AS RECALL AS WE WENT THROUGH THE ATTENDANCE ZONE PLANNING LAST YEAR.

A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO FALL WITH ON THE DISTRICT'S WEST SIDE.

YOU CAN SEE MANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

HERE'S A COUPLE OF PICTURES, I'LL GO THROUGH THESE QUICKLY, SUMMERSIDE.

THESE ARE FROM LATE SEPTEMBER.

YOU CAN SEE ADDITIONAL LOTS BEING OUT OF THERE.

WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS.

WE TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF THAT FM 1322 CORRIDOR IN THIS PICTURE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THIS AREA.

HERE'S ONE OF THE MAIN GROWTH AREAS THE HANSFORD SUBDIVISION WAS VERY POPULAR AND BUILT OUT REALLY QUICKLY IN THE BLUEBONNET ATTENDANCE ZONE.

>> CAN I BACK UP THAT PICTURE A LITTLE BIT.

YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH FIREFLY? WHY HAVE THEY GOTTEN SO SLOW GOING?

>> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. IT'S STUMBLED OUT OF THE GATE FOR SURE.

THIS IS THE KELLY VILLAS.

NOW, I ENDED UP CHANGING NAMES, SO WONDERYARD, THOSE TOWN HOMES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

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THIS IS ONE OF THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT RAN OUT OF LOTS, AND YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL NEW STREETS THERE IN THE CENTER OF THE PHOTOGRAPH BRING THOSE LOTS ONLINE.

AS OF THE END OF SEPTEMBER, THERE WERE JUST UNDER 1,200 FULLY DEVELOPED LOTS IN THE DISTRICT, AND THEN ANOTHER 1,150 PLUS THAT WERE UNDER DEVELOPMENT.

NOW WE'RE TRACKING OVER 20,000 LOTS THAT ARE IN THE PLANNING PHASE ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

THE APARTMENTS ARE GROWING AGAIN.

WE'VE GOT A 312 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX UNDER CONSTRUCTION UP IN THE SUNSET OAKS AREA.

I'LL SHOW YOU HERE A PHOTOGRAPH IN A MINUTE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL FOR 500 OR MORE UNITS COMING HERE IN THE FUTURE.

HERE ARE THE LOTS IN JUNIPER SPRINGS.

THE FIRST 18 HOUSES AS OF END OF SEPTEMBER WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

NO ONE HAD MOVED IN YET AS OF THE END OF OUR SURVEY.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE LARGE DEVELOPMENTS THAT'S FINALLY UNDERWAY.

>> ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPH OR A DIRECTION BACK TO SOUTHEAST THERE.

THEN LANTANA, THIS ONE'S OVER 400 LOTS.

YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST PHASE OF LOTS THAT THEY'RE ON FM 2720.

THEN AS YOU MOVE UP TO THE 21 CORRIDOR ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THERE ON THE SLIDE, THAT'S HAYS CONSOLIDATED, BUT THEN THERE IN LOCKHART ISD ACTIVITY THERE IN THE CENTER PORTION.

THEN YOU CAN SEE THE ANSON CROSSING APARTMENTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY.

LENNAR ALSO GOT THEIR LOTS DELIVERED IN COTTON GATEWAY, SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S THE FAR WEST NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE DISTRICT ALONG THE 21 CORRIDOR.

YOU CAN BASICALLY SEE THAT THERE'S THE WEST SIDE OF THE DISTRICT, NORTHWEST SIDE, IS ONE MAIN AREA OF GROWTH.

YOU'VE GOT THE CITY OF LOCKHART AREA THAT IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY NEAR 142 IN BLUEBONNET AND LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH.

NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITY THAT'S COMING IN THE FN 1322 AREA, WHICH IS WHERE THE SEAWILLOW RANCH HAS NOW BEEN THE NAME CHANGE TO MOXY.

THIS SUBDIVISION SHOULD HAVE 2,400 LOTS OR MORE.

YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST 417 OR UNDERDEVELOPMENT RIGHT HERE, AND THIS IS THE HOME OF MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBER 2.

HERE IS A SLIDE THAT I PUT TOGETHER JUST TO GIVE YOU A MAP OR A SENSE OF WHAT IS BEING PLANNED IN THE 1322 CORRIDOR.

WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT 3,900 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS JUST IN THIS AREA.

THE CITY HAS REALLY TAKEN AN INTEREST IN PLANTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH HERE.

JUST THIS FALL, WE'VE SEEN THE RIDDLE SUBDIVISION AND THE SENDERO SUBDIVISIONS COME IN AND THEY'RE GOING TO ADD I BELIEVE MORE THAN 800 LOTS COMBINED PLUS ADDITIONAL APARTMENTS AREA.

A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBER 2 WILL BE RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING THAT'S PLANNED.

A LOT OF THIS WILL KICK OFF NEXT YEAR WITH THE BEGINNING OF PHASE 1 OF MOXY AND THEN IT WILL REALLY START TO GAIN MOMENTUM PROBABLY IN 27, 28, 29.

LOOKING AT THE FORECAST, I DO THINK THAT THE NUMBER OF HOMES OVER THESE NEXT FEW YEARS ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER, ESPECIALLY AS WE WORK THROUGH THE JOB SITUATION, BUT AS ALL OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS CONTINUE WORK TO BE DELIVERED, AND THE MARKET CONTINUES TO MOVE FURTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST AND PAST THE 21 STATE HIGHWAY 21 AREA INTO LOCKHART AND OTHER DISTRICTS.

YOU SEE THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH IS STILL, LIKE I SAID A YEAR AGO, GROWING TOWARDS 13, 1,400 HOMES PER YEAR.

BUT EVEN IN THE SHORT TERM, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 3,000-3,500 HOMES JUST OVER THESE NEXT 4-5 YEARS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MANUFACTURED HOME GROWTH ON THE NORTH EAST SIDE.

ONE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS IN THE STRAW ATTENDANT ZONE, THE LUNAR ROSA SUBDIVISION.

THAT IS, WE'VE BEEN TRACKING IT THROUGH A SINGLE FAMILY.

[00:50:03]

THERE QUITE A BIT OF GROWTH UP THERE.

>> QUICK QUESTION. I HAD ASKED THAT QUESTION AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS SINGLE FAMILY AND NOT, WHAT'S THE CORRECT WORD?

>> IT'S SINGLE FAMILY, BUT ARE THEY GOING TO ALLOW MANUFACTURED HOME.

>> MANUFACTURED HOME.

>> IT GOING TO BE SICK AND BRICKS HOME OR IS IT GOING TO BE A COMBINATION? WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE YEARS, IN CALDWELL COUNTY, THOSE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE SOMETIMES BEEN ONE OR THE OTHER OR SOMETIMES MIXED.

FORESTER RANCH IS A BIG ONE THAT WAS ALL MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY, BUT IT WAS REGULATED AND DIDN'T HAVE SOME OF THE OTHER ONES THAT WE SAW LYTTON SPRINGS.

BUT WE'RE STILL WATCHING THAT.

IT HAS COME THROUGH THE WHOLE PLATTING OF CALDWELL COUNTY AS FAMILY.

>> QUESTION, WHO DETERMINES WHETHER THEY'RE MIXED OR THERE?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I'M NOT SURE THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE COUNTY HOW DO THEY DETERMINE ALLOWED TO BE.

>> MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT'S A DEVELOPER.

THE COUNTY HAS LIMITED ABILITY TO DICTATE.

>> REGULATORS SAY.

>> MOST OF WHAT'S BEEN UP IN THAT AREA OF THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN UNREGULATED.

IT'S JUST THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO SELL THE LOT, THERE'S BASICALLY WHATEVER THE BUYER WANTS TO BUILD.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING, I'VE GIVEN A LITTLE BIT SLOWER FORECAST THIS YEAR, THAT'S REPRESENTED BY THE GREEN LINE.

WE DO SEE SOME SLOWER NUMBERS IN SOME OF THOSE MORE MATURE AREAS, THEN WE COULD SEE THE ENROLLMENT GRETH ROAD STAY A LITTLE BIT BELOW THAT 1.8.

>> COULD YOU BACK UP? ON THIS CHART HERE, GRAVE.

WHY IS THE BLUE LINE THE MODERATE LINE SO CLOSE TO THE HIGH GROWTH LINE AND THE BIG GAP BETWEEN THAT AND THE LOW GROW IN THE MIDDLE.

>> WHEN YOU'RE WHEN I'M DOING THIS, I'M GIVING YOU MULTIPLE LOOKS AT WHAT I THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH SEVERAL THINGS.

WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE YIELD? IF YOU GET SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT END UP YIELDING.

A LOT OF THESE NEWER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE SMALLER LOTS.

THE YIELDS HAVE BEEN IN THE 0.2-0.4 YIELDS.

HISTORICALLY, AS YOU'VE SEEN IN THE DATA, YOU ALL ARE AT 0.4 TO 0.5.

IN A LOT OF CASES, YOU'VE BEEN UP IN THE 0.6.

IF YOU RUN THE FORECAST AT 0.5, YOU MIGHT GET THE HIGH SCENARIOS AT 0.3, YOU GET MORE OF THE BLUE LINE.

NOW, I'M ALSO MOVING SOME SUBDIVISIONS FURTHER OUT TIME, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS GOING ON HERE.

THE GREEN LINE IS REDUCING KINDERGARTEN.

ONE OF THE MAJOR QUESTIONS OUT THERE, WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE IMPACT THE VOUCHERS IN K THROUGH TWO AND JUST OVERALL.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BLUE AND THE GREEN, RECALL, THE BIRTH RATE CHART SHOWED TRENDING TOWARDS 500.

WELL, WHAT IF THERE ARE AN INCREMENTAL FOR A FRACTION OF THAT DON'T MOVE ON TO HOME SCHOOL.

THAT YOU LOOK AT 450 OR SO KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS.

JUST SAY IT REMAINS LEVEL TO WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS.

THAT SETS YOU ON A PATH A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN IF IT DOES GROW TOWARDS 500.

THE DIFFERENCE IN THE THREE IS REALLY MORE IN 4-5 YEARS WHEN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, DID THEY REALLY START TO PRODUCE WHAT HAYES HAS SEEN OR SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS CAN DO 200 OR MORE? LOCKHART REALLY HADN'T SEEN THAT, THEY'VE BEEN MORE LIKE 120 [INAUDIBLE].

MR. WRIGHT, THERE'S A LOT BEHIND THAT, BUT THAT'S TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

>> OKAY.

>> LOOKING AT HOW I'VE GIVEN YOU SOME ROLL UPS FOR EACH ATTENDANCE LEVEL, WHAT THEY'RE PROJECTED TO BE AT USING THE MODERATE.

[00:55:05]

THE GREEN LINE IS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

YOU CAN SEE THAT JUNIOR HIGH IS PROJECTED TO BE AT CAPACITY BY 2027.

WITH THE ADDITION OF MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBER 2 AND 1,200 MORE SEATS, IT DROPS THAT CAPACITY DOWN AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW HAVING THAT ADDITIONAL CAPACITY HELPS MIDDLE SCHOOL THROUGH THE PROJECTION OVER THE NEXT 13 YEARS.

PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. WHAT JUMPS OUT IS WITH THIS GROWTH THAT'S COMING, ELEMENTARY IS GOING TO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AGAIN.

IT'S COMING IN PROBABLY AS EARLY AS '29.

PROBABLY YOU CAN MAKE IT TO 2030.

THIS IS ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT THE PREVIOUS CHART.

IT'S OUR INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS FORECAST.

YOU'VE GOT THE 10-YEAR PROJECTED NUMBERS AND THEN THE CAPACITY NUMBERS IN HIGHLIGHTED IN PEAK ARE THE AREAS WHERE ARE THE TIMELINE FOR WHEN THOSE CAMPUSES GO OVER FULL CAPACITY OR FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY.

>> CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT LAST COMMENT BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, I DON'T SEE HOW WE GET TO 2029 SEEING ALL THE 90 PLUS CAPACITIES AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL?

>> THAT IS A GREAT POINT.

WHAT I'M BASING MY COMMENT ON IS THE BOTTOM LINE THERE, WHERE YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT DISTRICT CAPACITY OVERALL.

YOU CAN MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT YOU'VE ALREADY GOT BORCHERT LOOP.

YOU'VE GOT NAVARRO, YOU'VE GOT PUNK CREEK ALL AT CAPACITY.

YOU ALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO SOONER THAN 2030 WHAT THE INDICATOR HERE FOR THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.

DISTRICTS HAVE DIFFERENT THRESHOLDS FOR WHEN THEY WANT TO PROVIDE [OVERLAPPING].

>> I THINK YOU'RE MAKING AN ASSUMPTION THAT IT'S WORTH REZONING FOR ONE YEAR TO GET ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO IS THAT WORTH DISRUPTING FAMILIES AND KIDS OR DO WE GO A LITTLE BIT SOONER TO NOT DISRUPT TO LIMIT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE?

>> CORRECT. SAME THING HERE FOR JUNIOR HIGH.

NOW NOTE THAT I DON'T HAVE THE SECOND SCHOOL IN HERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE OVERALL FORECAST NUMBER 6-8 DOES GROW TOWARDS 1,800-2,000, WITH TWO SPLITTING THEM INTO TWO LOOKS LIKE PERFECT TIMING FOR THAT AS WELL.

IN HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE EXPANSION SEVERAL YEARS INTO THE NEXT DECADE.

I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

I KNOW THAT'S A LOT TO COVER.

>> I HAD A QUESTION. I WAS WONDERING YOU SAID THAT YOU TRACK STUDENTS THAT LEAVE LOCKHART ISD, AND YOU MIGHT KNOW WHERE THEY GO, BUT DO YOU TRACK IF THEY COME BACK TO LOCKHART ISD?

>> WELL, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I'M ONLY TRACKING IF THEIR ID IS NO LONGER PRESENT.

IF A STUDENT WAS TO WITHDRAW AND THEN RE-ENROLL, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW UP AS A NEWCOMER.

THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW UP IN BOTH CATEGORIES.

I KNOW THAT DOES HAPPEN.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S AN INDICATOR OF JUST THE TURNOVER WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND HOW MANY ARE MOVING UP EACH YEAR.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE TRANSFER OUT AND ADDRESSES TO ADMINISTRATION.

DO WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY OR DO WE EVER HAVE IT LIKE EXIT INTERVIEWS OR SURVEYS, THESE FAMILIES THAT I GUESS THEY'RE STILL HERE IN LOCKHART OR OUT OF DISTRICT, BUT THEY'RE SENDING THEIR KIDS SOMEWHERE ELSE.

DO WE EVER DO A SURVEY WITH THEM TO SAY, WHAT ARE WE DOING OR WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENT TO KEEP YOUR KID HERE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

>> WE HAVE NOT TO DATE YET ASKED THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

>> I THINK IT MIGHT BE WORTH DOING.

>> YEAH, WE CAN WORK ON A SYSTEM PROCESS FOR THAT.

WE DO ASK THEM IF THEY'RE GOING TO ANOTHER SCHOOL, IF THEY'RE MOVING, IF THEY'RE GOING TO HOME SCHOOL, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

WE DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL DATA THAT MR. ALEXANDER ISN'T ABLE TO PULL THAT WE MONITOR AND LOOK AT, AND I WILL SAY AND WE DO HAVE MORE KIDS CHOOSING OR MORE FAMILIES CHOOSING THE HOME SCHOOL.

[01:00:03]

PRIVATE SCHOOLS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AS THE VOUCHER SYSTEM ROLLS OUT THE NEXT YEAR.

>> BUT RIGHT NOW, THEY JUST LEAVE, BUT THEY'RE NOT SAYING WHY OR WHERE THEY'RE GOING.

>> NO, WE KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING.

I WAS LOOKING AT THE REPORT LAST WEEK.

WE HAVE PEOPLE MOVING OUT OF STATE, WE HAVE PEOPLE MOVING OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, BUT CERTAINLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CHARTER SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY, THE ONE THAT WE SAW THE NUMBER SPIKE LAST YEAR WAS 20.

THE YEAR BEFORE THAT WAS 120.

YOU SEE A LOT OF COMING AND GOING, ESPECIALLY IN THE CHARTER SCHOOLS?

>> ANY MORE QUESTION FOR HIM?

>> I DO. YES, SIR. SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU PRESENTED TONIGHT, WHERE WOULD YOU SEE THE DEVELOPMENT GOING TOWARDS THE MOST WITH THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL COMING UP? I SEE THERE'S A LOT OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT GOING TOWARDS OVER THERE AS WELL, BUT WHERE DO YOU SEE IT FORECASTING?

>> WELL, YOUR IMMEDIATE GROWTH IS GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE IN THE PORTAR LOOP AREA AND UP IN THE 21 CORRIDOR.

THE ATTENDED ZONE.

BUT YOU ALSO HAVE SUMMERSIDE, WHICH IS NOW IN CLEARFORK ATTENDED ZONE, BUT THEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT GRADUAL INCREASE THERE ON THE 1320.

RIGHT NOW, THE LOTS ARE ON THE GROUND THERE ON THE DISTRICT'S WEST SIDE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HIM? THANK YOU, MR. ALEXANDER.

>> THANK YOU, MR. WRIGHT.

>> WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT JUST A LITTLE BIT AND INTEREST.

WE HAVE SOME OUT OF TOWN GUESTS HERE AND INSTEAD OF MAKING THEM STAY ALL NIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO SHIFT A NUMBER 9A.

[Consider and/or Approve Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2025]

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

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BRING TO YOU THE 24/25 AUDIT REPORT FOR OUR DISTRICT.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO JUST TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO THIS FOR MY TEAM.

MOST OF THE TEAM WAS HERE THIS EVENING.

WE RUN OVER 38 PAY ROLLS TO OVER 900 EMPLOYEES A MONTH, 38 A YEAR, I'M SORRY, TO OVER 800 EMPLOYEES A MONTH.

WE DO WEEKLY CHECK RUNS.

THEY WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH MANY ORGANIZATIONS, NOT JUST THE TEXT EDUCATION AGENCY, BUT THE IRS, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, TRS.

>> LET'S SEE. I MADE A LIST OF THEM, THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.

THE LIST GOES ON AND ON OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE FOR.

THEY JUST REALLY WORK HARD EVERY SINGLE DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING ALL THESE GUIDELINES.

WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF LINE OF BUDGET CODE, THOUSANDS OF TRANSACTIONS A YEAR.

I'M JUST SUPER PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM, AND THEY'VE WORKED REALLY HARD.

I HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MELISSA KELLY.

THE AUDIT SPECIFICALLY IS PULLING ALL OF THIS DATA THAT I'VE JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS THOUSANDS OF LINES OF CODE, BUDGET CODE, THOUSANDS OF TRANSACTIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BOTH PAYROLL AND ON PAYROLL.

MOSTLY, SHE ALONE PULLS ALL THE DATA FOR THE AUDIT AND GIVES THAT TO THEM.

SHE JUST WORKED REALLY HARD ON IT, AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT SHE DOES.

WHEN THEY PULL THIS AUDIT TOGETHER, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU.

I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE AUDIT HIGHLIGHTS.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR REVENUES FOR THE YEAR, OUR EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR.

OUR FAVORITE THING TO TALK ABOUT IS FUND BALANCE AND THEN I HAVE OUR PARTNER HERE FROM PATTILLO, BROWN & HILL.

OUR REVENUES FROM THE YEAR SHAPED OUT LIKE THIS.

WE HAVE A LOCAL REVENUES OF 26.8 MILLION, STATE REVENUES OF 44 ALMOST EIGHT MILLION AND FEDERAL REVENUES OF 1.2 MILLION FOR A TOTAL REVENUE OF 72.8 MILLION.

OUR EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR AND THESE ARE OVER THE MAJOR SPENDING CATEGORIES FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, BROKEN OUT PERCENTAGE WISE, BUT OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND WERE 70.7 MILLION.

WE HAD TWO POINT ALMOST 8 MILLION IN TRANSFER OUT.

THAT'S GOING TO BE LION CARE,

[01:05:02]

WHAT DOES THAT DO TO OUR FUND BALANCE? WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH A TOTAL FUND BALANCES OF 27.5 MILLION.

I'M GOING TO WALK RIGHT THROUGH THIS BECAUSE IT CAN GET A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING, BUT I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THE LINES, PLUS I JUST ENJOY DOING IT BECAUSE.

>> I LIKE WHAT YOU DO [LAUGHTER]

>> AGAIN, OUR TOTAL REVENUE WAS 72.8 MILLION.

OUR EXPENDITURES WERE 73.5 WITH A DECREASE TO FUND BALANCE OF 673,000.

WHILE WE DID HAVE A DECREASE TO FUND BALANCE, WE KNEW THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING AS FAR AS THE ITEMS THAT WE HAD GOING ON LAST YEAR.

OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE WAS 26.8 MILLION.

WE HAVE A COMMITTED FUND BALANCE OF TWO MILLION, ONE MILLION IS LAND, AND ONE MILLION IS IF WE HAVE A PROPERTY CATASTROPHE IN THE DISTRICT, WE DO HAVE $1 MILLION DEDUCTIBLE IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN.

WE HAVE THAT IN FUND BALANCE IN CASE THAT WERE TO HAPPEN.

THEN WE HAVE OUR ENCUMBRANCES OF 1.2 MILLION MOVED ROLLED FOR THIS YEAR WITH AN ENDING UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF 23 POINT ALMOST $7 MILLION.

THE OPTIMUM FUND BALANCE IS THREE MONTHS OF OPERATING, WHICH IS 18.4 MILLION.

WE HAVE 5.3 OVER THAT, WHICH SEEMS LIKE A LOT MORE, BUT IT'S ONLY 3.9 MONTHS SO IT'S JUST A LITTLE AT NINE MONTHS MORE.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ONE OF THE INDICATORS ON OUR FIRST REPORT IS THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH CASH FLOW.

CASH FLOW, THIS IS THE REASON FOR FUND BALANCE IS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL BALANCE WHERE YOU GET THE SAME PAYCHECK EVERY SINGLE MONTH AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR EXPENDITURES ARE.

WE HAVE AN INFLUX OF CASH IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE FROM OUR TAX COLLECTION.

THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE STATE PAYMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH SOME BALLOON PAYMENTS IN SEPTEMBER AND A COUPLE OF OTHER MONTHS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

WE HAVE TO HAVE A FUND BALANCE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH ALL OF OUR MONTHS THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN EVEN CASH FLOW COMING IN.

EVEN THOUGH THE OPTIMUM IS THREE, THIS EVEN IS ONE AREA WHERE OUR CASH FLOW MOVES A LITTLE BIT.

WE DIDN'T GET THE MAX POINTS FOR IT.

WHILE IT IS HIGHER, IT IS WHAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE THAT FINANCIAL STABILITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR OUR CASH FLOW.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THOSE QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE AUDIT? I HAVE MR CHRIS PRUITT IS OUR AUDIT PARTNER FROM PATTILLO, BROWN & HILL FOR YOU.

>> RELATIVELY BRIEF. WE HAVE COMPLETED YOUR AUDIT.

THE AUDIT WENT WELL. WE FEEL YOU'VE GOT A VERY STRONG FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

WITHIN THE REPORT, THE AWARD THAT YOU RECEIVED EARLIER THIS EVENING, WE FEEL THAT THIS YEAR'S REPORT MEETS ALL OF THE SAME CRITERIA.

HOPEFULLY ABOUT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, YOU'LL BE RECEIVING AN ADDITIONAL AWARD FROM THE GFOA PRESTIGIOUS.

THERE ARE THREE REPORTS, IN THE DOCUMENT THAT ARE FROM US.

FIRST ONE IS THE OPINION LETTER.

YOU RECEIVE WHAT WE CALL AN UNMODIFIED OPINION OR A CLEAN OPINION.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IN OUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FREE OF MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT.

THEN IN THE BACK, THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL LETTERS THAT DEAL WITH INTERNAL CONTROL AND COMPLIANCE.

WE LOOK AT VARIOUS LAWS, GRANTS, AND REGULATIONS.

I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THERE WERE NO FINDINGS.

AT ALL, I THOUGHT IT WENT VERY WELL.

I'D LIKE TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE OVER THE DOCUMENT, OR THE PROCESS, WHAT WE DO?

>> YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS. THAT'S GOOD FOR ME.

>> I DON'T AT ALL. IT WENT SMOOTH.

>> IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT.

>> WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CLIENTS. I'VE GOT CERTAIN ONES THAT WE WORRY ABOUT AND OTHER ONES THAT WE DON'T.

HERE THE PEOPLE ARE HAPPY TO COME OUT HERE.

NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BARBECUE BUT [OVERLAPPING].

>> YOU WOULD HAVE TO FLOW THAT IN.

>> BECAUSE THE FINANCE BOOKS ARE CLEAN AND AND EVERYBODY IS EASY TO WORK.

>> DO YOU ALL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD THEN? A QUESTION FOR. THANK YOU THEN.

APPRECIATE IT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK TO 8B.

>> WE HAVE TO ACTION IT. I'M SORRY.

>> WHAT?

>> THERE SHOULD BE AN ACTION ON IT.

[01:10:02]

>> WE NEED TO VOTE ON IT? [BACKGROUND]

>> THEREBY GOT A MOTION.

>> I MOVE THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH 2025 BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND.

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

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED LIKE SAME THING? PASSES FIVE TO ZERO. THANK YOU MS WEISER.

>> THANK YOU.

>> NOW WE MOVE BACK TO 8B 2025,

[2025-2026 Monthly Budget Update and 2026-2027 Budget Planning Calendar]

>> SORRY ABOUT THAT. I GOT CONFUSED BY THAT.

>> HANG ON FOR A SECOND. FOR THE RECORD SHOWS THAT TRUSTEE GAIDAN ARRIVED AT 7:41 P.M.

>> WE'RE GLAD YOU COULD MAKE IT. NO PAN.

>> MS WEISER, PLEASE CONTINUE.

>> THIS IS YOUR MONTHLY BUDGET UPDATE FOR '25, '26.

WE'RE JUST MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

WE STARTED WITH '23, '24, AND NOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT '24, '25, AND NOW WE'RE ON '25, '26.

WE'RE GOING THROUGH ALL SEVERAL FISCAL YEARS THIS EVENING.

AGAIN, JUST A REMINDER OF YOUR BUDGET SUMMARY OF WHAT WE ADOPTED THIS PAST JUNE, AND THEN MOVING ALONG THROUGH OUR ENROLLMENT FOR THE YEAR.

AS A REMINDER, THESE ARE THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT FOR THE DISTRICT ON EVERY FRIDAY OF SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE HAD SO FAR.

THE PEAK ENROLLMENT THAT WE HAVE HAD THIS YEAR WAS OCTOBER 3RD AT 6,826 STUDENTS.

LAST YEAR, OUR PEAK ENROLLMENT WAS IN SEPTEMBER, THE FRIDAY BEFORE.

THEN WE ENDED LAST FRIDAY WITH 6,796.

SINCE WE MET LAST TIME, WE WERE AT 6,810.

WE HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A DECREASE SINCE THEN.

HOWEVER, I DID RUN A REPORT THIS AFTERNOON AND WE'RE AT 6,804.

WE DID GROW AGAIN TODAY BY EIGHT STUDENTS SINCE FRIDAY.

WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THE THANKSGIVING MOVEMENT IS NOW COMING BACK.

WHEN WE LOOK AT SECONDARY ATTENDANCE, THESE ARE OUR THREE SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND THE ATTENDANCE THAT THEY ARE AT.

ALL OF THEM DOING SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN THEY DID LAST YEAR.

I WANTED TO POINT OUT PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY WENT UP FROM THE LAST TIME THAT WE MET.

JUST A SHOUT OUT TO THEM, TO HAVE A CUMULATIVE INCREASE AS THE YEAR CONTINUES TO GO ON IS HARDER AND HARDER TO DO.

THEY DID HAVE A CUMULATIVE INCREASE SINCE LAST TIME AND THAT DEFINITELY IT BE CELEBRATED. WHEN WE LOOK AT.

>> CAN I INTERRUPT AGAIN, MS WEISER.

>> NO PROBLEM. YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> IT IS 7: 43.

I LIKE THE RECORD SHOW THAT REBECCA PULLIAM HAS JOINED THE TEAM. GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CUMULATIVE ATTENDANCE FOR THE ELEMENTARIES, AGAIN, THIS IS THROUGH LAST FRIDAY.

WE HAVE I BELIEVE IT'S FOUR OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN 95%, AND THEN PLUM CREEK IS ABOVE THE GOAL OF 96% AT 96.21.

I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO BORCHER LOOP ELEMENTARY.

THEY JUST LIKE PRIDE INCREASED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE.

IN FACT, THEY'VE HAD SOME PRETTY EXCELLENT DAYS OF FIGHTING AGAINST MONDAYS AND VERY COLD WEATHER AND HAVING THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE THAT THEY'VE EVER HAD ON THESE DAYS.

THEY ARE REALLY LOCKED IN WITH THEIR ATTENDANCE CULTURE THERE AND IT SHOWS THEY INCREASED FROM THE LAST TIME THAT WE MET.

>> MS WEISER, I BELIEVE IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE LAST FOUR WEEKS OR SO, THEY'RE OVER 96%, CORRECT?

>> YES.

>> WHICH IS I THINK A TELLING SIGN OF THE CULTURE THAT MS GRIPHOLE AND MS CORY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH WITH THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THERE.

>> YOU BETTER COME TO SCHOOL. THEY'RE EVEN COMING ON THOSE REALLY COLD DAYS, WHICH IS AS WATCHING IT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT I REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN.

THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO BE CELEBRATED.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CUMULATIVE ATTENDANCE FOR THE DISTRICT, AS OF LAST FRIDAY, WE WERE AT 93.73%,

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YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE LINE THOUGH IS LAST YEAR, SO WE ARE DOING BETTER.

I HIGHLIGHT THE WEEKS IN GREEN IF WE HAVE A CUMULATIVE INCREASE FROM WEEK TO WEEK.

WE DID HAVE ONE BACK ON NOVEMBER 7TH.

HOWEVER, WE ARE RIGHT NOW AT 93.73%.

WITH OUR REVENUE PROJECTION UPDATE, OUR ENROLLMENT GROWTH, I WANT TO SAY IS RIGHT ON PROJECTION.

WE ARE 14 STUDENTS LESS THAN WE HAD AT THE LAST UPDATE, ALTHOUGH I RAN TODAY AND WE HAVE EIGHT.

WE'RE 78 STUDENTS LESS THAN OUR PROJECTION.

AGAIN, THAT'S OF LAST FRIDAY AND WE GREW BY EIGHT TODAY, WHICH IS GREAT.

THAT'S ONE OF THE HIGHEST GROWTH DATES WE'VE HAD IN QUITE A WHILE.

OUR ATTENDANCE REMAINS TO BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE PROJECTION, BUT AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES, THIS COULD CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.

HOPEFULLY NOT. I THINK THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAINTAIN THIS.

BUT RIGHT NOW, EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT BE 78 BEHIND OUR PROJECTION, WE'RE 31 STUDENTS BEHIND OUR ADA PROJECTION, WHICH IS OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

HOW THAT IMPACTS REVENUE IS THAT WE DO HAVE A REVENUE IMPACT OF AROUND 230,000.

LAST TIME, IT WAS 170,000.

WITH THAT DECLINE, WE ARE SEEING THAT A BIT BOTH IN TWO THINGS, THE ATTENDANCE DECLINING A LITTLE BIT AND THE ENROLLMENT DECLINING A LITTLE BIT.

HOWEVER, AS ENROLLMENT GOES BACK UP, WHEN WE GET OUR EIGHT STUDENTS TODAY, WE WILL SEE A CHANGE IN ADA.

WHAT I REALLY FEEL IS GOING TO BE MORE TELLING IS IN OUR JANUARY BOARD MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE WEEKS OF COMING BACK IN THE SECOND SEMESTER AND REALLY SEEING WHAT THE MOVEMENT OVER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK DID AND WHAT THIS GROWTH IS GOING TO SHOW US IN THE SECOND SEMESTER.

TWO YEARS AGO, WE DID HAVE A SECOND SEMESTER WHERE WE GREW EVERY SINGLE DAY THROUGH THE MONTH OF APRIL ALL THE WAY UP TO ALMOST THE END OF SCHOOL YEAR.

IT IS LIKELY WITH ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN THE BORTARD LOOP ZONE THAT WE WILL SEE THAT AGAIN IN THE SPRING.

COME JANUARY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO REALLY SEE THIS IS A CURRENT NET IMPACT TO REVENUES.

IT'S NOT ANYTHING WE CAN REALLY LOCK IN.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT AS WE'RE WATCHING ATTENDANCE AND WE'RE WATCHING ENROLLMENT.

ON THE EXPENDITURE, LION CARE IS STILL CLOSING OUT THOSE LAST FEW MONTHS AGAIN IN JANUARY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE ALL OF OUR STOP LOSS CLOSE OUT AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT FOR YOU, SO WE CAN SEE HOW THAT YEAR IS SHAPED UP.

WE DO HAVE SOME VACANCIES THAT CAUSE SOME SAVINGS ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.

THEN WE DO HAVE SOME NEW POSITIONS THAT WE'RE ADDING TO THE BUDGET SINCE WE ADOPTED OUR BUDGET IN JUNE.

THAT BRINGS A NET IMPACT OF EXPENDITURES AND THEN THAT NET BETWEEN THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES IS 308,000.

HOWEVER, AGAIN, IT IS A NUMBER THAT SOUNDS REALLY LARGE AND IT IS REALLY LARGE.

IT IS DEFINITELY NOT SOMETHING TO NOT BE CONCERNED ABOUT.

HOWEVER, IN A $73 MILLION BUDGET, IT'S DOING WELL.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH IT AND CONTINUE TO SEE AREAS OF CHANGE OR WITHIN THE BUDGET.

LET ME ALSO SAY, WE'RE DOING SOME BIG HIGH LEVEL BIRDS EYE VIEW LOOK AT THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW.

COME JANUARY, IT'LL REALLY START TO GOING IN AND SEEING OTHER AREAS OF IF WE HAD OTHER REVENUE PROJECTION CHANGES AND NOT JUST THAT ARE HAVING TO DO WITH ATTENDANCE AND ENROLLMENT.

WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY START SEEING HOW THE LIGHTS WILL START COMING ON EVEN MORE AS EACH MONTH PASSES.

THIS IS YOUR '26.

HERE WE ARE INTO THE FOURTH FISCAL YEAR THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

I JUST I AM SO EXCITED I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOUR FISCAL YEARS.

BUT WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING FOR THE '26, '27 FISCAL YEAR.

YOU HAVE YOUR BUDGET CALENDAR.

THIS IS A LOT GOING ON HERE, SO I'M JUST GOING TO PULL OUT THE HOT SPOTS.

OUR BOARD WORKSHOP DATES ARE SET FOR THOSE FIRST MONDAYS OF APRIL, MAY AND JUNE.

THIS YEAR, WE DO NOT HAVE A LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE WON'T BE WAITING ON THEM TO MAKE DECISIONS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE BUDGET AT THESE WORKSHOPS AND REALLY PREPARE FOR '26, '27.

AS YOU CAN SEE THIS EVENING, WE ALREADY RECEIVED OUR DEMOGRAPHER REPORT, SO WE CAN ALREADY GET INTO THAT AND REALLY SEE WHAT THE NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

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WE WILL THEN TAKE OUR COMPENSATION PLAN FOR ADOPTION IN MAY.

USUALLY ON A NON LEGISLATIVE HERE, WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE IT IN MAY, SINCE WE'RE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT THAT BUDGET IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR NEXT YEAR.

THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR BUDGET ADOPTION ON JUNE 26, WHICH SEEMS LIKE IT'S FAR AWAY, BUT WE'LL BE HERE SURELY BEFORE WE KNOW IT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR '26, '27 BUDGET CALENDAR AND PLANNING?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO THE ROOM THAT TRUSTEE LOCKHART WAS EXPRESSING HIS EXCITEMENT FOR THE FUTURE BOARD WORKSHOP DATE EARLIER EVENING [LAUGHTER]

>> I'M ALMOST AS EXCITED AS YOU ARE ABOUT IT [LAUGHTER]

>> ALMOST [LAUGHTER]

>> IT WILL BE A VERY EXCITING TIME.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

NON-LEGISLATIVE YEARS ARE ALWAYS REALLY NICE, AND WE ARE IN A SEASON OF GROWTH, AND THAT'S ALWAYS EXCITING TOO AND SOMETHING TO BE REALLY THANKFUL FOR.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION OR CONCERNS?

>> ANY LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS?

>> WITH THE BUDGET? [LAUGHTER]

>> NO LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS.

>> WE DID ALL THIS WITH THAT ONE BUCKET.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON THERE. [LAUGHTER]

>> I HAD SOMETHING I WAS GOING TO SAY ABOUT THE BUCKET. NEXT TIME.

>> NEXT TIME.

>> NEXT TIME. IT IS ALMOST BUCKET SEASON.

[LAUGHTER]

>> ITEM 8C,

[District Achievement Dashboard: Progress towards Targets]

MR. MCBRIDE AND VARIOUS PEOPLE.

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

MY PLEASURE TO TALK ABOUT OUR DECEMBER DATE ON THE DISTRICT ACHIEVEMENT DASHBOARD.

HOWEVER, BEFORE WE DO GET INTO THAT DASHBOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME NEWS REGARDING LISDS ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS.

WE DID GET SOME UPDATES ON THAT.

TEA SENT OUT IN AUGUST, THE PRELIMINARY ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS FOR THE DISTRICT AND FOR OUR CAMPUSES.

WHEN WE RECEIVED THOSE RATINGS, WE FELT THAT WE HAD SOME CAUSE TO SUBMIT AN APPEAL TO TEA REGARDING SOME OF OUR CCMR DATA, WHICH WE DID SUBMIT THAT APPEAL, AND JUST THIS PAST WEEK, TEA GAVE US NOTICE THAT THEY HAVE GRANTED THAT APPEAL, WHICH WILL RESULT IN OUR FINAL RATINGS BEING CHANGED.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT BASED OFF OF THIS APPEAL, LOCKHART ISD'S PRELIMINARY RATING WAS A 69.

HOWEVER, THE FINAL RATING WILL NOW BE 73.

LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL, THE PRELIMINARY RATING WAS A 70 AND THAT WILL NOW BE MOVED UP TO A 76.

THEN YOU CAN SEE THESE UPDATED ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS ON THE TEA WEBSITE AND ALSO ON TXSCHOOLS.ORG, SO SOME GOOD NEWS THERE FOR SURE.

>> WERE THERE ANY CHANGES IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS?

>> NO, SIR. BECAUSE THE CCMR DATA IS REALLY CONCENTRATED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL BECAUSE IT'S REALLY ON POST-SECONDARY READINESS, SO THAT'S WHERE ALL THOSE IMPACTS WERE FELT.

>> THAT'S GOOD TO SEE GOOD WORK ON YOU ALL PART.

>> SURE. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, SIR.

WE MOVE ON TO OUR DISTRICT TARGETS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.

IF WE LOOK AT OUR ELEMENTARY TARGETS, 80% IS THE GOAL FOR MAKING 1.5 YEARS GROWTH IN READING, 70% IN MATH.

THEN IF WE GO TO THE SECONDARY TARGETS, YOU'LL SEE THAT THOSE ARE BOTH 70% IN BOTH READING AND MATH AS FAR AS HOW MANY STUDENTS SHOULD MAKE 1.5 YEARS OF GROWTH.

WHEN WE MOVE ON TO OUR DISTRICT LEVEL OF DATA, YOU'LL SEE THAT WHILE WE HAVE HAD A DROP IN OUR ATTENDANCE, AS MRS. WEISER JUST DETAILED, WE HAVE SEEN INCREASES IN OUR READING AND MATH 1.5 SCORES WHEN WE COMPARE NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER.

WE'RE ALSO SEE ENCOURAGING SIGNS WITH OUR NUMBER OF WALKS AND A DECREASE IN NUMBERS IN OUR ELECTRONIC DEVICE VIOLATIONS AS WELL AT THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES.

WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT ON TO DR. VASQUEZ TO DETAIL ELEMENTARY DATA.

>> WHILE DR. VASQUEZ IS COMING UP, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, WE DID SEE REALLY GOOD IMPROVEMENT WITH OUR WORD COUNT AS WELL.

A NUMBER OF OUR CAMPUSES HAD FUN ACTIVITIES AND READING ACTIVITIES, ESPECIALLY LAST WEEK, AND THAT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE TO GET OUR KIDS READING.

>> ONE QUESTION, JUST ABOUT TO WALK-THROUGH.

YOU ALL HAD SOME TRAINING HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO TO TWEAK THAT? WHEN DO YOU SEE INCORPORATING THAT INTO THAT?

>> YES, YOU ARE RIGHT. WE MAY GO A LITTLE QUICKLY OVER

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I'LL BE EXPLAINING TO OUR STAFF AT THE ROYAL RALLY BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE FROM OUR TEACHERS, BOTH ON THE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY AND AT THE IN-PERSON FORUM.

WE HAD A TRAINER COME OUT, SPENT A COUPLE DAYS WITH OUR PRINCIPALS, WITH SOME OF OUR DISTRICT TEAM, OUR SISTER PRINCIPALS AS WELL, AND TO REALLY DIVE INTO WHAT WE WERE DOING AND WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE TO ENSURE THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE GETTING THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO BECOME BETTER TEACHERS.

WE WILL ROLL THAT OUT IN JANUARY. WE'LL LOOK DIFFERENT.

THE SYSTEM WILL NO LONGER BE ABOUT COUNTING THE NUMBER OF A WALK-THROUGHS PER ADMINISTRATOR.

WHAT WE WILL FOCUS ON IS ENSURING THAT EVERY TEACHER HAS COACHING AND SUPPORT, AND THE GOAL WILL BE FOR EVERY TEACHER TO HAVE MINI OBSERVATION ONCE A MONTH, AT LEAST, AND THEN TO HAVE THAT FOLLOWED UP WITH A FACE TO FACE CONVERSATION WITH THEIR PRINCIPAL OR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, AND THEN TO PUT A BOW ON IT TO ENSURE THAT THE TEACHER ALSO HAS A WRITTEN SUMMARY OF WHAT THE CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT, NEXT STEPS, THINGS THEY WANT TO WORK ON AND IMPROVE ON.

WE'LL START THAT IN JANUARY AND SHIFT AWAY FROM HOW WE'VE STRUCTURED OUR WALK-THROUGH PROTOCOL THIS SEMESTER.

>> ESSENTIALLY THE QUALITY OVER QUANTITY? THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD.

>> YES, SIR.

>> YOU REDUCE THE QUANTITY OF WALK-THROUGHS? ARE YOU ESSENTIALLY WALK? [OVERLAPPING]

>> YES, DR. SANCHEZ. IF WE'RE LOOKING AT QUANTITY, YES, NO LONGER, IT'S MORE ABOUT ENSURING THAT EVERY TEACHER IS GETTING THAT SUPPORT AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH.

SOME MAY GET VISITED A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> LOOKING AT OUR CAMPUS ATTENDANCE BY THE MONTH, AND JUST TO REITERATE WHAT MS. WEISER AND BOTH MR. MCBRIDE HAVE SAID, PCE, OUR PLUM CREEK ELEMENTARY CAMPUS CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN EXCEPTIONAL ATTENDANCE RATES ABOVE 96, SO THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

OUR TWO SCHOOLS, BORCHERT LOOP AND NAVARRO, HAVE SHOWN SOME CONSISTENT STRONG ATTENDANCE STAYING AT OR ABOVE THE 95% AS WELL.

WE DO HAVE SOME CAMPUSES, BLUEBONNET AND CLEARFORK, ESPECIALLY WHO HAVE FALLEN INTO THE NOT-ON-TARGET AREAS, AND BOTH CAMPUSES DO HAVE SOME RESET PLANS FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER, COMING IN STRONG AND REITERATING THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDANCE BOTH WITH THE TEACHERS, AND ATTENDANCE COMMITTEES, AND FAMILIES.

I'VE SPOKEN TO BOTH CAMPUSES BEFORE THAT RESET PLAN. YES.

>> REFRESH MY MEMORY. EVERYBODY USES THE SAME INCENTIVES FOR ATTENDANCE AT EVERY ELEMENTARY CAMPUS?

>> THERE ARE DIFFERENT INCENTIVES, BUT PRIMARILY PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.

THEY'RE INCENTIVIZING INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS, CLASSROOMS, AND GRADE LEVEL, AND THEN OVERALL ATTENDANCE.

LOOKING AT OUR 1.5 READING DATA.

AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE AT 80% REACHING OUR 1.5 GROWTH TARGET.

WE HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS OVERALL IN OUR DECEMBER DATA.

WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR CARVER STUDENTS AND REALLY DIGGING INTO THE CLASSROOMS AND THE POPULATION OF STUDENTS THAT NEED THAT EXTRA TARGETED SUPPORT.

>> YOU MENTIONED RESET IN TERMS OF ATTENDANCE.

WHAT ABOUT WHERE WE DON'T SEE ANY IMPROVEMENT OR STAGNATION IN THE NUMBER OF KIDS GROWING AND MEETING THEIR 1.5 GOAL, HAVE THERE BEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT?

>> THERE HAVE. OUR CAMPUSES ARE UTILIZING THEIR RTI AIDES AND THEIR RESOURCES, ALSO OUR TEACHERS ARE GETTING MORE FAMILIAR WITH OUR AMIRA PLATFORM AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING THE TARGETED SUPPORT INDIVIDUALLY BOTH BY THE TEACHER AND THEN IF THEY ARE POLLED FOR INTERVENTION.

>> WHAT ARE WE DOING DIFFERENTLY? WHEN I LOOK AT OUR 2D CAMPUSES ARE ALSO THE TWO LOWEST PERFORMING ON GROWING STUDENTS.

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>> WITH BOTH OF OUR D CAMPUSES, WE HAVE REALLY WORKED ON THE PLC PROCESS ON BOTH OF THOSE CAMPUSES, REALLY DIGGING INTO THE AREA OF FOCUS FOR THOSE PARTICULAR STUDENTS, AND THEN TALKING MORE ABOUT THE INSTRUCTIONAL ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE, AND THEN SHARING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, AND REHEARSING WITH TEACHERS WHO HAVE MAYBE HIGHER PERFORMING PERCENTAGES WITH THE SAME STUDENTS AND THE SAME GRADE LEVEL.

BUT YES, WE ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR PROGRESS.

>> THAT TRAINING YOU RECEIVED, DID YOU ALL GET ANY ADDITIONAL IDEAS ON HOW TO TARGET TEACHERS THAT ARE STRUGGLING OR WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS, WHAT ARE SOME IDEAS THAT YOU COULD DO DIFFERENT, OR IN THE WALK-THROUGH, NOT WALK-THROUGH, BUT IN GENERAL, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT SCHOOLS THAT ARE STRUGGLING IN THE NEW TRAINING THAT YOU ALL WENT THROUGH, WERE THERE ANY IDEAS ABOUT HOW YOU CAN CONTINUE TO HELP THOSE CAMPUSES THAT HAVE STRUGGLED?

>> YES. WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT AND I'LL GO OVER THAT HERE IN A MINUTE WHEN I TALK ABOUT WALK-THROUGHS IN A SECOND.

>> WHAT WILL WE BE DOING OVER THE HOLIDAYS TO HELP MINIMIZE BACKSLIDING?

>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. VERY SIMILARLY TO WHAT WE DID DURING THE THANKSGIVING BREAK, WE ARE GOING TO OPEN OUR AR WORD COUNT PLATFORM FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO READ AND TAKE THOSE COMPREHENSION TESTS AT HOME AS WELL DURING THE BREAK.

SOME OF OUR CAMPUS LIBRARIANS AND PRINCIPALS HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO INCENTIVIZE AND REALLY DO PRIZES FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO COME BACK AND REALLY SHOW SOME GOOD READING, SOME GOOD GROWTH.

WE DID HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS READ DURING THE THANKSGIVING BREAK AND WE DID HAVE ONE CAMPUS IN PARTICULAR THAT GREW QUITE A BIT ON WORDS READ DURING THE BREAK.

>> ANOTHER QUESTION. ALL THE BOOKS THAT THE KIDS ARE READING, THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN DESIGNATED A CERTAIN NUMBER OF WORDS IN THAT PARTICULAR BOOK THAT THEY'RE READING?

>> YES.

>> I KNOW A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE COMPETITIVE WHEN THEY TAKE THE TEST AT HOME DURING THANKSGIVING BREAK SO I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO HELP DURING CHRISTMAS, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ONES THAT ARE STRUGGLING THAT REALLY DON'T WANT TO READ DURING THAT BREAK? HOW CAN WE GET THEM TO OVER ACHIEVE THAT TO READ DURING THE BREAK AS WELL?

>> I MENTIONED BEFORE, OUR LIBRARIAN, AND OUR TEACHERS, AND OUR PRINCIPALS ARE REALLY PUSHING THAT AND INCENTIVIZING EVEN THEIR EFFORTS FOR TRYING AND READING BOOKS DURING THE BREAK.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PREVIOUS SLIDE ON ATTENDANCE.

BLUEBONNET AND CLEARFORK FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER HAVE THE SAME NUMBERS, BUT BLUEBONNET IS LISTED AS NOT-ON-TARGET AND CLEARFORK IS LEADING IMPROVEMENT, SO WHAT CAUSES THE DIFFERENCE THERE?

>> THIS IS A COMPARISON TO THE SAME TIME FRAME LAST YEAR.

>> THIS IS THE YELLOW?

>> IF THEY HAD MADE IMPROVEMENT THIS YEAR THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR, THEN THEY'RE AT THE YELLOW.

>> THIS IS COMPARED TO THE MONTH BY MONTH?

>> YES.

>> THEY SHOULD ALL BE DOING BETTER, RIGHT?

>> YES. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.

>> I JUST WONDERED WHY THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE.

>> GOOD QUESTION.

>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE FINAL COMMENT.

IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, OBVIOUSLY, EVERYONE'S WORKING VERY HARD GOING INTO THIS MID-YEAR POINT, BUT TO SEE THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY IMPROVEMENT, ESPECIALLY AT OUR 2D CAMPUSES IS CONCERNING.

MY EXPECTATION IS THAT WE REFLECT GOING INTO JANUARY AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO DIFFERENTLY? WE CANNOT BE HERE IN MAY WITH THIS SAME STAGNATION.

>> MR. ESTRADA, I KNOW NUMBERS DON'T LIE, BUT SOMETIMES OUR STAFF, THEY WORK VERY HARD AND ESPECIALLY WHEN I SEE SOMETIMES WHEN I GO LOOK AT BLUEBONNET, THEY WORKED THEIR TAILS OFF, SO I KNOW THEIR NUMBERS AREN'T THERE, BUT I KNOW THAT A LOT OF TIMES THAT STAFF AND EVERYBODY ACROSS THE DISTRICT ARE WORKING HARD, SO JUST CONTINUE KEEP PUSHING.

>> ABSOLUTELY. I FULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR STAFF WORKS INCREDIBLY HARD AND THAT'S GREAT, BUT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME CAMPUSES WHO EVERYONE'S WORKING THE SAME NUMBER OF HOURS, BUT SOMETHING IS GOING ON DIFFERENTLY.

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I KNOW PEOPLE ARE WORKING HARD.

MY KIDS ARE IN ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS.

I KNOW PEOPLE WORK HARD, I KNOW PEOPLE CARE, BUT WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE LEARNING. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO.

>> I WANT TO PARROT THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT IN EARLY GRADES, KIDS GET A FOUNDATION IN READING.

IF KIDS CAN'T READ, WHEN THEY GO TO JUNIOR HIGH, THEY'RE STRUGGLING, THEY CAN'T READ BETTER IN JUNIOR HIGH, BY THE TIME THEY GET TO HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CORE AREAS, KIDS ARE STRUGGLING.

OUR ROLE IS TO MAKE SURE WHEN THEY EXIT THAT ALL THESE KIDS CAN READ.

PEOPLE SOMETIMES MEET UP WITH ME AND SAY, MY KID IS, I'M LIKE, WELL, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND TALK TO YOUR TEACHER, TALK TO THEIR TEACHER.

BECAUSE THERE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE ALSO CONCERNED THAT THEIR KIDS ARE STRUGGLING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY STILL CAN'T READ AND THEY'RE IN CORE AREAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

AGAIN, IT'S REALLY ALL OUR RESPONSIBILITY, US SITTING HERE AS WELL AS GRANTED, I KNOW PEOPLE ARE WORKING HARD, BUT WE REALLY HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TARGETING THE KIDS THAT STRUGGLE BECAUSE OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO EMPOWER KIDS TO BE READERS, WRITERS, THINKERS.

THAT AGAIN IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL HAVE TO KEEP A FOCUS ON AND EXAMINE WHAT ARE WE DOING BECAUSE OUR ROLE IS TO EMPOWER KIDS TO LEAVE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT LITERATE AND EMPOWERED FOR THE WORLD BEYOND.

I HEAR YOU AND I COMMEND YOU GUYS WORK REALLY HARD, BUT AGAIN, IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS EXIT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AS READERS FROM ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL.

>> SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WORKING HARD.

WE MAY HAVE TO WORK DIFFERENTLY.

>> WELL, SMART AND HARD.

>> WE'VE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS MR. ESTRADA WAS SAYING FOR SOME TIME NOW.

WE MAY HAVE TO JUST TOTALLY REVAMP HOW WE DO THINGS.

ESPECIALLY, LIKE I SAID, HERE WE ARE IN DECEMBER, AND WE'RE STILL SEEING SOME OF THE SAME THINGS.

WE CAN'T GET TO MAY AND EXPECT SOMETHING TO MAGICALLY HAPPEN.

I THINK THAT THIS BREAK PERIOD IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME BRAINSTORMING AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE DO THIS DIFFERENTLY WHEN WE HIT THE GROUND IN JANUARY BECAUSE SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE.

>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE OUR 1.5 MATH DATA.

SOME GOOD HIGHLIGHTS THERE.

BLUEBONNET ELEMENTARY AT 71% OF STUDENTS ON TARGET TO REACH THEIR 1.5 GROWTH IN MATH.

THEN ALSO PLUM CREEK ELEMENTARY.

EVERYONE ELSE ON TRACK SHOWS IMPROVEMENT FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR IN OUR MATH DATA.

>> GOOD JOB, BLUEBONNET AND PLUM CREEK.

OUR AR WORD COUNT BY MONTH.

AGAIN, THIS GOES BACK TO THE-.

>> CASCO, JUST IMMEDIATELY, HOW IS IT POSSIBLE FOR EVERY SCHOOL TO BE RED? BUT AS A DISTRICT, WE'RE YELLOW.

HAVE WE UPDATED THIS CHART? SURELY, THAT'S NOT ACCURATE.

>> YES.

>> BUT IT SHOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE YELLOW IMPROVEMENT.

WHEN WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS ONES YOU SHOWED, IF YOU GO BACK A FEW SLIDES, HAD A SIZE THAT WE'RE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR ON THE WORD COUNT.

FOR NEXT MONTH, LET'S HAVE THAT SLIDE MIRROR SO THAT IT'S ACCURATE.

>> WE WILL FIX THAT. I DO WANT TO ALSO TAKE A MINUTE, REAL QUICK, TO LET YOU ALL LOOK AT THOSE WORD COUNTS.

AND THEN ALSO BLUEBONNET, I'M SORRY.

YES, BLUEBONNET HAD A READING BOOKS BLIZZARD BOOKS READING. LIZARD READING.

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A LOT OF US WENT AND READ TO CERTAIN CLASSES, AND JUST SEEING THE JOY OF READING IN OUR LITTLE ONES, IT WAS A VERY WELL-ATTENDED EVENT, AND THE REST OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE HAVING SOME OF THOSE SAME EVENTS THIS WEEK.

REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE NUMBERS JUMP.

>> WILL THERE BE MORE OF THOSE EVENTS?

>> YES. DEFINITELY.

>> GOOD.

>> I KNOW SPEAKING TO MISS MARSHALL THIS AFTERNOON, SHE WAS REALLY EXCITED AND REALLY WANTS TO MAKE THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY CONSISTENTLY DO.

>> GOOD JOB.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION.

THE NUMBER OF WORDS THEY TAKE A TEST AFTER THEY READ.

>> YES. SHOW THAT THEY HAVE COMPREHENSION?

>> YES. YOU GUYS HAVE ALL THE TEACHERS HAVE A LIST OF FIND ME, THEIR WORDS OR?

>> YES.

>> ONE OF THE I GUESS ONE OF THE AREAS WE COULD FOCUS ON IS THE STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT READING AS MANY WORDS MAY BE THE ONES THAT NEED, NOT CRACKING THE WHIP, BUT MAYBE NUDGING FORWARD A LITTLE BIT. I'M SURE YOU ALREADY THOUGHT.

>> YES. WE DO LOOK AT NORMAL ACTING.

>> NORMALIZE.

>> WE DO LOOK AT THE REPORT AND THEN HAVE OUR PRINCIPALS TALK TO OUR LIBRARIANS AND OUR CLASSROOM TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE GRADE LEVELS THAT ARE NOT AS HIGH AS SOME OF THE OTHER PEERS.

THEY DO LOOK AT THAT AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH TEACHERS ABOUT READING AND HAVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE BOOKS AND TAKING THOSE TESTS AS WELL.

I ALSO DO WANT TO ADD IN AND REMIND THE BOARD THAT FOTARD LOOP IS A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, BUT THEY ALSO DIDN'T GET ACCESS BECAUSE OF THE NEW SCHOOL SYSTEM UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1.

FULLY CONFIDENT THAT THEY WILL GET RIGHT BACK UP THERE.

>> DR. VASQUEZ, WHEN YOU LOOK AT PLUM CREEK, I THINK I'M LOOKING AT THAT CORRECTLY.

OVER 14 MILLION THIS DECEMBER.

THAT'S BEEN CONSISTENT.

I'M CURIOUS, FOR LIKE NAVARRO STARTED WITH 13 MILLION IN SEPTEMBER AND THEN 6 MILLION.

I KNOW THERE'S MAYBE AN EXTRA WEEK THERE.

BUT IS IT JUST THE NUMBER OF DAYS THAT KIDS ARE TESTING WHEN YOU SEE THE BIG DECREASES, BUT THAT DOESN'T ADD UP AT OTHER PLACES? I LOOK AT THE DATA IN THAT WAY?

>> YES. I ALSO KNOW THAT AT SOME SCHOOLS, THEY TEST DIFFERENTLY.

SOME OF OUR LOWER-GRADE LEVELS, THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO COME GET THEM FROM THE CLASSROOM TO HELP THEM WITH THE TEST BECAUSE THEY CAN'T INDEPENDENTLY READ THE TEST ON THEIR OWN.

THEN SOME OF THEM DO IT DURING THEIR LIBRARY TIME, AND SOME OF THEM DO IT DURING THEIR INTERVENTION TIME WHEN THEY ARE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH AN INSTRUCTION. [OVERLAPPING]

>> MY WORRIES THAT WHEN I SEE THAT HUGE NUMBER, STARTED OUT GREAT, BUT NOW WE'VE SLACKED OFF BECAUSE THAT'S A HUGE DECREASE 13 MILLION TO 6 MILLION OR 11 MILLION TO 5 MILLION.

ARE WE COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES ON THOSE MONTHS?

>> YES, AND WE DO HAVE WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MONITORING THAT AND WHO IS TRACKING THAT AND WHO IS MONITORING THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING WITH OUR TEACHERS AND OUR LIBRARIANS OFTEN.

I WANT TO SAY FOR MOST OF THE CAMPUSES THAT WASN'T HAPPENING LIKE IT SHOULD BE, AND IT WASN'T AS CONSISTENT, NOW THAT IS PART OF A MONITORING PLAN THAT OUR PRINCIPALS DO HAVE.

AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE DURING THE CHRISTMAS BREAK, WE WILL HAVE THAT OPEN FOR STUDENTS AND STUDENTS CAN TAKE BOOKS HOME AND TAKE TESTS DURING THAT TIME.

>> IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE LIBRARY? DO THIS ALSO FOR MAYBE KIDS THAT WANT TO DO IT OVER THE WEEKEND.

>> GREAT IDEA. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

>> YEAH OR OVER THE BREAK BECAUSE THEY'LL BE OPEN MORE THAN SCHOOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I THINK THEY HAVE TO SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS AT EVERY TURN.

IF THE MORE WE MAKE THIS AVAILABLE TO THEM, I THINK THE BETTER IT'LL BE.

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>> I WILL LOOK INTO THAT.

>> IN THE LAST CHRISTMAS BREAK, THERE WAS A BINGO TYPE WHERE THE STUDENTS WOULD READ AND I GUESS ON THE BINGO TYPE, I DON'T KNOW.

>> YES.

>> THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER. I GUESS I THINK IT WORKED VERY WELL.

A LOT OF STUDENTS WERE VERY WILLING TO DO THAT AND THEY WIN PRIZE DURING THE SPRING WHEN THEY CAME BACK.

I JUST I REMEMBER THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT OR GET.

>> THEY ARE PLANNING THE INCENTIVES WHEN THEY COME BACK.

>> I WOULD SUPPOSE DURING BECAUSE WE HAD A WEEK OFF IN OCTOBER WEEK IN NOVEMBER, WE'LL HAVE TWO IN DECEMBER.

I WOULD IMAGINE THAT, THAT COUNT DROPS. EACH TIME WE HAVE THOSE.

>> YES.

>> THAT TIME OFF?

>> YES. THEN THIS DECEMBER BOARD COUNT ALSO IS JUST FROM THE NOVEMBER 18TH, 19TH, LAST BOARD MEETING, TOO. FRIDAY.

>> THEN WE'LL HAVE A WEEK OFF IN MARCH.

THERE'S A FEW DAYS IN FEBRUARY THERE.

I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THAT AFFECTS.

>> GOING TO WALK THROUGHS.

THE INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS.

AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA, TALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR NEW SYSTEM.

I DON'T WANT TO SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME ON THIS OLD SYSTEM.

BUT I DO WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT OUR PRINCIPALS ARE GETTING INTO CLASSROOMS, AND I THINK WITH THE INTENTIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS, THEY HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT TEACHERS NEED AND WHERE THAT COACHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND IN THE AREA THAT IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN.

REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THE LEARNING THAT CAME OUT OF THE THE WALK THROUGH TRAINING THAT WE HAD WITH MR. MARSHALL AND LOOKING FORWARD TO LOOKING FURTHER INTO HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP THAT IN THE SPRING.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

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

I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

WE WILL START OFF WITH CAMPUS ATTENDANCE.

YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE HAVE SHOWN DIPS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH FROM LAST MONTH.

AS MS. WEISER MENTIONED EARLIER, KUDOS TO PRIOR TO SHOWING SOME MAJOR INCREASES LAST MONTH, BUT ALL CAMPUSES ARE IN YELLOW BECAUSE WE ARE AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR AT THIS POINT ON OUR WAY TO GETTING TO GREEN TO BE ON TARGET.

NEXT, WE'LL DO WALK THROUGH COUNTS.

ALL CAMPUSES HIT THEIR TARGET.

WE'VE GONE OVER THAT THERE'LL BE A PIVOT COMING IN JANUARY, SO I WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS.

I WILL SHOW FUNDAMENTAL FIVE IN A BIT FOR EACH CAMPUS.

NEXT, WE HAVE 1.5 SECONDARY READING.

IMPROVEMENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL MONTH.

THE JUNIOR HIGH HAS STAYED STAGNANT, BUT BOTH CAMPUSES ARE AHEAD OF WHERE THEY WERE LAST YEAR, AS WE MOVED TO GREEN AND TO BE ON TARGET.

>> ARE YOU STILL DOING AR AT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL OR ARE YOU DOING OTHER WAYS?

>> NO, WE ARE STILL DOING AR.

LAST MONTH'S AR DATA WAS UP THROUGH NOVEMBER, SO WE WILL PRESENT DECEMBER'S DATA WHEN WE COME BACK IN JANUARY.

IT'S A LAGGING INDICATOR.

>> AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, WE ARE.

>> AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. SECONDARY MATH.

YOU SEE NOT WHERE WE WERE IN OCTOBER BUT AN IMPROVEMENT FROM WHERE WE ARE NOVEMBER, STILL ON TRACK.

JUST A REMINDER ABOUT THE JUNIOR HIGH.

THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY TESTED THIS YEAR FOR 1.5, AND THEY ARE AHEAD OF WHERE THEY WERE LAST YEAR AS WELL.

BOTH CAMPUSES AT YELLOW ON THEIR WAY TO BEING OUR TARGET AND HITTING THE TARGETS TO BE GREEN.

>> WHEN YOU SAY ON TRACK, WHAT ARE YOU REFERRING TO?

>> THAT THEY'RE SHOWING IMPROVEMENT, THEY'RE AHEAD OF LAST YEAR ON THE WAY TO THE GOAL THAT WE HAVE FOR THE DISTRICT, THE 70%.

WE EXPECT THAT THESE WILL CONTINUE TO GO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND GET MORE KIDS TO HIT THEIR 1.5 IN BOTH READING AND MATH.

HERE YOU HAVE THE FUNDAMENTAL FIVE FOR THE JUNIOR HIGH.

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THE REST OF THE FUNDAMENTAL FIVE IS EITHER AT THE GOOD TARGET OR GREAT TARGET.

I SHOULD HAVE SAID THE LESSON FRAME IS NOT ON TARGET, NOT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT.

WE SEE ALTHOUGH THE PERCENTAGES ARE DIFFERENT, THE SAME THING FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT THE LESSON FRAME IS NOT ON TARGET.

THE REST OF THE INDICATORS ON THE FUNDAMENTAL FIVE ARE AT IMPROVEMENT ARE ON TARGET.

>> THE LESSON FRAME IS THE THING THAT'S ON THE BOARD.

>> YES, SIR.

>> I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD.

>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT SEEMS TO ME TO BE ONE OF THOSE EASY WINS YOU COULD GET.

>> YES, SIR.

>> IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PRINCIPALS, THERE ARE EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT A LESSON FRAME SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

THERE'S BEEN SOME CASES WHERE LESSON FRAMES THEY'RE ABSENT, COMPLETELY NOT ON THE BOARD AND BEING ADDRESSED.

OTHER TIMES THERE ARE LESSON FRAMES THAT ARE STAYING ON THE BOARD FOR MULTIPLE DAYS AND THE TEACHER HAS MOVED ON TO NEW STANDARD.

THEN THERE'S ALSO THE CASE WHERE THE LESSON FRAME IS NOT MEETING THE CRITERIA OF THE TWO PRINCIPALS AND THEIR LEADERSHIP TEAMS. ALL OF THAT COMBINED IS WHY YOU'RE SEEING THE LESSON FRAME IS NOT HITTING THE GOOD TARGET OR AT LEAST AT THE GOOD TARGET.

I'LL MOVE ON TO BREAKDOWN OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES.

AS MENTIONED EARLIER BY MR. MCBRIDE, BOTH THE JUNIOR HIGH AND THE HIGH SCHOOL WHEN IT COMES TO REPORTS ARE DOWN.

THIS IS JUST FROM DECEMBER 1ST, SO IT ISN'T A FULL MONTH, BUT ON AVERAGE, THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN.

>> MR. DAVISON?

>> YES, SIR.

>> SOMETIMES WHEN I SEE REPORTS, ESPECIALLY REGARDING DISCIPLINE OR THINGS LIKE THAT, IN MY CAREER AT DIFFERENT TIMES, SOMETIMES THAT NECESSARILY DOESN'T MEAN THAT THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER, IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE NOT REPORTING IT.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT NUMBER GOING DOWN, BUT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE STILL THE SAME AND HAVEN'T CHANGED, CORRECT?

>> YES, SIR.

>> I CAN PERSONALLY TELL YOU, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, SPEAKING OF THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT WE HAD OVER A WEEK AGO WITH MR. MARSHALL ABOUT WALK-THROUGHS.

WE HAD MEMBERS FROM THE DISTRICT GO OUT TO CAMPUSES AND THEY REPORTED BACK.

MY OWN EYES WATCHING BOTH THE JUNIOR AND THE HIGH SCHOOL CONFISCATE ELECTRONICS, AND REMEMBER, IT'S NOT JUST CELL PHONES.

IT'S THE SMART WATCHES, IT'S EARBUDS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

WATCHING THEM CONTINUE TO PULL ELECTRONICS FROM KIDS AND WORKING WITH THEM.

THEN THE MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT WHO WENT DOWN TO SUPPORT CAMPUSES ALL REPORT SHOULD SAY ALL. SOME REPORTED.

THEY CAME BACK, WE CHECKED IN ELECTRONICS ARE BEING CONFISCATED AND REMOVED FROM CAMPUS.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT WE DO NOT, SORRY, IT'S THE NEXT SLIDE.

THE NUMBER OF KIDS ON THE FIFTH AND SIXTH OFFENSE HAS ALSO GONE DOWN, AND AT THE JUNIOR HIGH, THE THIRD OFFENSE HAS GONE DOWN. I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER.

>> THIS IS REALLY ESTABLISHED AND KIDS HAVE COME TO TERMS THAT THIS IS THE EXPECTATION AND THEY'RE JUST COMPLYING MORE.

>> I WILL SAY 1000%, YES.

I AM ONE OF THOSE THAT COMING INTO THE SUMMER.

I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO CONFISCATE ELECTRONICS AND BOTH CAMPUSES.

ALL CAMPUSES HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB AND THEY CONTINUE TO DO SO.

>> ANY QUESTIONS, TEAM?

>> I HAD ONE. WE TALK ABOUT THE WALK THROUGHS ON BOTH SECONDARY AND ELEMENTARY.

HOW DO WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT THESE TEACHERS ARE TAKING THE ADVICE AND IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES THAT ARE PUT INTO THESE WALK THROUGHS?

>> THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS.

THERE'S FOLLOW UP WALKS.

THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL COACHING SESSIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED WITH TEACHERS.

THE PRINCIPAL TALKS TO APS, AP TALKS TO LEVER LEADERS, THEY HAVE SHARED LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETINGS WHERE THEY DISCUSS TEACHERS WHO ARE NOT ONLY IN NEED OF ASSISTANT, BUT MAYBE TEACHERS WHO ARE DOING VERY WELL SO OTHER TEACHERS CAN GO INTO THE CAMPUS.

IT'S THAT CONTINUOUS CYCLE OF FEEDBACK WHERE WE'RE MOVING, WE'RE SHIFTING FROM THE 25 TO MORE OF A COACHING CYCLE THAT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO GET AT LEAST ONE WALK THROUGH PER MONTH.

IT'S THAT FOLLOW THROUGH FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WALKING CLASSROOMS BECAUSE THERE'S LEVER LEADERS WHO WALK CLASSROOMS AND THEY COACH,

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THOSE GOING BACK AND TALKING TO TEACHERS AND WORKING WITH THEM ON WHETHER IT'S A NEED OR THAT THEY ARE AN EXEMPLAR FOR THE CAMPUS WILL HELP THE TEACHERS GROW AS WELL AS BECOME LEADERS AND NOT ON THE CAMPUS, BUT THE DISTRICT.

>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF YOU HAD TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE DOING WALK THUS FOR THAT ONE PARTICULAR TEACHER, THAT THEY COULD GIVE THEM THE SAME ADVICE, OR IS IT GOING TO BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT'S A DIFFERENT PERSON?

>> NO, WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN CALIBRATION, THE PRINCIPALS TO MY LEFT HERE.

WHEN TWO PEOPLE WALK AT THE SAME TIME, THEY TYPICALLY STEP OUT OF THE CLASSROOM, THEY DISCUSS AND THEY CALIBRATE AND ONE PERSON PROVIDES THEM.

SOMETIMES IT'S MORE THAN TWO, YOU HAVE SOMETIMES THREE OR FOUR GOING IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT SOMETIMES THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE.

WE ACTUALLY MONITOR AND TRACK CALIBRATION WALKS.

>> IT'S NOT POSSIBLE FOR A TEACHER JUST TO RECEIVE THE INFORMATION AND JUST TOSS IT AND WITHOUT THE PEOPLE THAT GOING THROUGH THE WALK THROUGHS FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM?

>> WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE ROOM FOR GROWTH, EVERY TEACHER BEING FOLLOWED UP ON IN AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME.

FROM ADMINISTRATION OR CAMPUS LEADER IS SOMETHING THAT IN SOME CASES WE CAN IMPROVE ON.

>> MR. CHARLES, AND I CAN SAY THAT THERE'S NOTHING TO KEEP A TEACHER FROM DOING THAT.

IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE UNPROFESSIONAL AND NOT WANT TO HAVE A REFLECTION AND TAKE THE FEEDBACK, SURE.

THEY CAN DO THAT. THE PRINCIPALS DO THEIR BEST TO GIVE THEM FEEDBACK, THAT IS MEANINGFUL, THAT IS ACCURATE.

BUT AS AN INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOM TEACHER, THEY HAVE TO TAKE THAT FEEDBACK AND BE WILLING TO ACCEPT IT AND REFLECT UPON IT.

I'M AWARE THAT THERE ARE SOME COMMENTS MADE IN THE FORUM ABOUT SOME PEOPLE NOT EVEN READING THEM.

I THINK THAT'S MORE REFLECTION ON PROFESSIONALISM OF SOME INDIVIDUALS.

THEN A SYSTEM THAT ISN'T DESIGNED TO FORCE PEOPLE TO ACCEPT IT.

IT'S DESIGNED TO GIVE THEM FEEDBACK AND TO HELP IMPROVE.

TO ME, IF 100% OF THE KIDS KNOW HOW TO READ, THEY HAVE THE COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS THAT WE KNOW THEY NEED, THEN THAT'S GREAT, BUT THE REALITY IS, AND UNFORTUNATELY, IN MANY OF OUR CLASSROOMS, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

MY HOPE IS THAT WE HAVE TEACHERS IN OUR CLASSROOMS WHO ARE REFLECTIVE AND ARE WILLING TO TAKE FEEDBACK AND TAKE THAT AS A GROWTH OPPORTUNITY.

>> I WAS JUST THINKING THAT IF I WAS A TEACHER AND I HAD TWO PEOPLE DO WALK THROUGHS IN MY CLASS AND GIVE ME THE SAME FEEDBACK, THEN IT MUST BE SOMETHING I NEED TO WORK ON OR SOMETHING I NEED TO LOOK AT.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT JOB THAT WE'RE DOING FOLLOW UPS.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. WHEN THEY'RE GETTING THE WALK THROUGHS, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL COME AND SEE ME DIFFERENT TIMES, OR I'M GETTING THE SAME TWO PEOPLE TO COME AND OBSERVE ME IN A WALK THROUGH?

>> YES, MA'AM. IT CAN BE DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

IT'S AP ADMINISTRATOR LEVER LEADER.

>> ARE YOU NOTICING THOUGH THAT BECAUSE TEACHERS TALK AND WHAT DID YOU GET? WHAT ARE THEY SAYING TO YOU? SOME ARE SAYING, WELL, SHE GOT THIS AND I'M DOING THE SAME THING.

WHY ARE THEY DOING THAT TO ME? I'M JUST WONDERING IS THERE ABOUT THE CONSISTENCY OF THE FEEDBACK AND DEPENDING ON WHO'S WALKING IN AND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING TO THIS TEACHER AND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING TO THIS TEACHER AND THEY'RE COMPARING.

>> DR. SANCHEZ, I CAN ANSWER THAT.

OUR CAMPUS TEAMS DID A GREAT JOB OF CALIBRATING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THEY'RE HUMANS, THOUGH. THEY'RE HUMANS, BUT THEY'VE WORKED WITH EACH OTHER, THE PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, THE LEVER LEADERS.

THEY'VE WATCHED TEACHERS TEACH.

THEY TALK ABOUT, THIS IS WHAT I SAW, WHAT FEEDBACK WOULD YOU HAVE GIVEN THEM? WHAT WAS THE QUALITY OF THE LESSON? THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN CALIBRATING.

BUT AS HUMANS, SURE, THERE MAY BE SOME DIFFERENCES, BUT THAT'S HUMAN NATURE.

BUT FOR AS MUCH AS WE CAN CONTROL, OUR CAMPUS TEAMS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF CALIBRATING AND ENSURING THAT THEY'RE GIVING FEEDBACK.

NOW, SOME TEACHERS, THEY MAY BE DOING THE SAME LESSON.

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THIS IS WHY WE'RE CHANGING OUR SYSTEM, QUITE FRANKLY, BECAUSE THE CREDIBILITY HAS TO BE THERE, THE WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN.

IN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM, WE HAVE TEACHERS WHO FOR WHATEVER REASON, DON'T PUT AS MUCH STOCK AS WE WOULD WANT THEM TO IN THAT FEEDBACK, WHICH IS ONE REASON WHY WE'RE CHANGING TO A DIFFERENT SYSTEM.

THE SYSTEM WE'RE CHANGING TO, I THINK IT IS GOING TO GIVE US A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE NEEDED AS OPPOSED TO JUST GIVEN A WRITTEN FORM AND MAYBE THEY READ IT, MAYBE THEY MISINTERPRET IT, MAYBE THEY DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR.

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IN MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT WHEN YOU SIT ACROSS FROM SOMEONE AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM, THAT'S THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS IN THE WAY THAT IT'S INTENDED.

IT'S NOT A NEGATIVE THING.

WE HIRED EACH AND ONE OF THESE PEOPLE AND WE WANT TO NEED THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

WE'RE HERE TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE WANT OUR KIDS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

I'M REALLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THAT CHANGE, AND I THINK THE CHANGE OF THAT CONVERSATION, THE FACE TO FACE CONVERSATION, I THINK IS IS GOING TO BE HUGE.

I THINK OUR TEACHERS ARE REALLY HUNGRY FOR THAT TYPE OF CONVERSATION AND FACE TO FACE.

INSTEAD OF, AS MR. WRIGHT MENTIONED EARLIER, JUST A LOT OF WALK THROUGHS.

>> THEN IN THE WRITTEN FORM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY USED, BUT IT WILL BE THE SAME OR NOW WOULD BE DIFFERENT?

>> IT'LL BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE WRITTEN SUMMARY IS ABOUT WHAT WE SAW IN THE CLASSROOM, WHAT WE DISCUSSED DURING THAT FACE TO FACE MEETING AND WHAT STEPS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE.

THEN IT'S BASICALLY A SUMMARY OF BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.

>> PRIOR TO THAT, WAS IT A CERTAIN FOCUS THAT YOU WOULD GO IN THERE AND SEE IF IT WAS BEING DONE OR NOT BEING DONE?

>> YES, MA'AM. PRIOR TO THAT, IT WAS WHAT WE JUST SAW WE HAD THE FUNDAMENTAL 5 INSTRUCTIONAL FRAMEWORK, AND THEY WERE GIVEN FEEDBACK SPECIFICALLY ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL OR FUNDAMENTAL 5.

>> I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD, DR. SANCHEZ, THAT ONE OF THE BIG TRAININGS AND THE PREMISE OF THE NEW SYSTEM WE'RE GOING TO IS THEY PICK ONE HIGH LEVERAGE SHIFT THAT THEY CAN MAKE FOR THE STUDENT OUTCOMES AND TO MOVE THE NEEDLE.

IT'S NOT 10 THINGS WE'RE ASKING TO WORK ON.

IT'S ONE HIGH LEVERAGE THING THAT THEY'LL FOCUS ON IN THEIR COACHING CYCLE WITH THOSE TEACHERS. THAT MAKES SENSE.

>> BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT HAS TO BE A CULTURE CHANGE ALSO IN THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT FEEDBACK.

FROM WHAT I'VE READ FROM THE SURVEYS ALSO, IT SEEMS LIKE FEEDBACK IS VIEWED AS SOMETHING AS NEGATIVE.

I DON'T CARE WHAT JOB YOU WORK IN.

I'VE WORKED IN SEVERAL, YOU GET FEEDBACK IN YOUR JOB BECAUSE IT'S DESIGNED TO MAKE YOU BETTER.

WHEN I WAS A BAND DIRECTOR AND I NEVER WANTED TO HEAR ABOUT THE THINGS THAT I WAS DOING WELL.

MR. CROWLEY CAN TELL YOU HE CAME IN CLINIC MY BANDS.

I DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT WE WERE DOING RIGHT.

IT WAS WHAT WE WERE DOING WRONG.

MAKE US BETTER, MAKE ME BETTER.

TELL ME WHAT'S NOT GOING RIGHT.

IT'S JUST THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT, BECAUSE IF YOU TELL ME WHAT'S NOT GOING RIGHT, IT'S GOING TO HELP ME GET BETTER.

THEN OF COURSE, YOU CAN TRAIN ME ON HOW TO GET BETTER.

BUT IF I THINK I'M DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT, ANYTIME SOMEBODY GIVES ME FEEDBACK, I BLOW IT OFF LIKE MR. ESTRADA WAS TALKING ABOUT, THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME.

I JUST BLOW IT OFF BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET BETTER, AND THE STUDENTS AREN'T GOING TO GET BETTER.

ULTIMATELY, THAT'S WHO HURTS IN THE LONG RUN.

>> I AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK THAT WE'VE LOST SIGHT OVER THE YEARS OF WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE WALK THROUGH WAS.

WHEN I LOOK AT THOSE LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE UNLOCKING POTENTIAL THAT'S WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE DOING.

YOU REMAIN LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE, WE'RE NOT CHANGING OUR STANDARDS, BUT WE HAVE TO BE UNLOCKING THAT POTENTIAL IN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US BECAUSE NOBODY IS THERE YET.

WE'RE ALWAYS CONTINUING TO BE BETTER.

I THINK THIS UNLOCKING POTENTIAL SYSTEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO ALL THE TEACHERS IS REALLY GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON THIS IS TO GROW YOU IN THAT CRAFT, BUT WE'RE NOT TELLING YOU 10 DIFFERENT THINGS.

IT'S ONE THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET BETTER.

WE'RE GOING TO COME VISIT YOU AND WE'RE GOING TO COME SEE THAT'S CHANGED.

BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT IN THE PAST, WE'VE GIVEN FEEDBACK IN A HURRY, OR IT'S BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO MEET THE COMPLIANCE NUMBERS TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

IT BECAME MORE OF A COMPLIANCE SYSTEM VERSUS AN ACTUAL TRYING TO GROW YOU SYSTEM.

>> I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A SHIFT IN THINKING, THOUGH, TOO, BECAUSE THAT WAY THAT'S GOING TO VERIFY.

THEY'RE GIVING ME FEEDBACK VERSUS I'M NOT DOING THIS, I'M NOT DOING THAT, BUT THAT CONVERSATION AS YOU SAID, IS GOING TO BE MORE MEANINGFUL BECAUSE THEN THEY'RE GOING TO VALUE IT VERSUS, OH, MY GOD, I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY'RE COMING IN THERE AGAIN AND THEY'RE SAYING I'M NOT DOING THIS RIGHT.

BUT IT'S JUST A LITTLE FORM.

>> ABSOLUTELY. IT'S AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN

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>> HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO GET THAT ONE THING RIGHT, THOUGH?

>> DEPENDS ON THE COACHING CYCLE.

THE OBSERVATIONS, THE CURRENT SYSTEM WE HAVE NOW ARE 5-7 MINUTE OBSERVATIONS, NOW THEY'RE 10-15 MINUTES THAT THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BE IN THERE OBSERVING THE 10-15 MINUTE OBSERVATION IN THE LESSON.

BUT THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR TO SEE WHAT IS THAT LEVERAGE POINT.

THEN THAT'S GOING TO BE TALKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS ON HOW QUICKLY WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THAT PARTICULAR THING.

IT SHOULD BE AN EASY THING TO TURN AROUND BECAUSE IF YOU'RE JUST GOING IN AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, THAT'S THE ONE THING THEY SHOULD BE WORKING ON.

>> IF SOMEBODY CAME IN AND THEY SAID YOU DIDN'T GET THE LESSON FRAME.

HOW LONG WILL IT BE YOU TALK ME THROUGH THIS? WE HAVE OUR CONFERENCE.

HEY, YOU WERE MISSING OR YOU'RE LEAVING THE SAME THING UP THERE FOR THREE DAYS AT A TIME AND YOU TALK ME THROUGH THAT AND THEN YOU COME BACK.

>> FOR MOST PEOPLE, IT'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT MONTH.

>> IN THAT CASE, WE WERE NOT FORGETTING LEVER LEADERS IN THE SYSTEM, THEY'RE STILL COACHING THOSE TEACHERS IN THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEIR TEAM, WITH THE PRINCIPALS APS AND LEVER LEADERS TO SAY, I'M WORKING WITH MR. GUYTON ON LESSON FRAMES.

THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE THAT COACHING IN THERE AS WELL.

THAT'S WHY MR. ESTRADA SAID IT MIGHT BE NEXT MONTH.

BUT DURING THAT TIME, THEY SHOULD KNOW THAT HEY, WE'RE WORKING WITH MR. GUYTON ON LESSON FRAMES, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE WATCHING.

>> FOR THAT PRINCIPAL AP, IT MAY BE THAT IT'S LIKELY THE NEXT MONTH FOR MOST PEOPLE.

OUR GOAL IS FOR THIS SPRING SEMESTER, EVERY TEACHER TO HAVE FIVE MINI OBSERVATIONS WITH A FACE TO FACE CONVERSATION AND A WRITTEN SUMMARY.

>> I THINK MR. GUYTON TO ADD TO THINKING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A MONTH BEFORE WE CHANGE ANYTHING AND THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP DOING THAT.

I THINK IT IN THAT COACHING CONVERSATION IT MAY BE, MR. GUYTON YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO A LESSON FRAME TRAINING THAT'S HAPPENING NEXT WEEK AT CENTRAL OFFICE TO KNOW WHAT THE COMPONENTS OF LESSON FRAME ARE, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

BY THE TIME THEY GO BACK, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING IN BETWEEN THAT THEY WOULD HAVE DONE.

>> GO TO TEACHER, CAN I GO WATCH SOMEBODY?

>> ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHAT THE PRINCIPAL AND THE AP WILL SIT DOWN WITH THEM TO TALK.

>> IF WE STICK WITH JUST THE LESSON FRAME EXAMPLE, 80% OF OUR TEACHERS KNOCKING OUT OF THE PARK, THEY KNOW HOW TO DO IT, IT LEAVES YOU WITH THAT 20%.

AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE THE PRINCIPAL'S PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT IS.

MAYBE WITH THIS ONE TEACHER, I'M NOT GOING TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT MONTH.

I'M GOING TO GO POP IN, DO A LITTLE CHECK IN, SEE AND THEN MAKE SURE THINGS ARE PROGRESSING.

BUT AT MINIMUM, EVERY TEACHER WILL HAVE A MINI OBSERVATION, A FACE TO FACE CONVERSATION OR A WRITTEN SUMMARY ONCE A MONTH.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THIS SHOULD BE TIED TO RESULTS, WHAT THE TEACHERS GETTING BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TEACHERS TO GIVE THEM FEEDBACK AND THEY GO, THIS IS THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS DONE IT.

I HAD A TEACHER LIKE THAT WHEN I WAS AT PRIDE.

I SAID, BUT YOUR SCORES ARE TERRIBLE.

THEY'VE BEEN TERRIBLE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

OBVIOUSLY, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS NOT WORKING.

YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO GUIDE THEM TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO GET RESULTS.

IF THEY'RE PUSHING BACK ON THAT, THEN THAT NEEDS TO BE A WHOLE ANOTHER DISCUSSION.

WHEN THEY TALK TO THEIR FRIENDS AND ABOUT IT, LIKE MR. ESTRADA SAID, THEY MIGHT THINK THEY'RE DOING EXACTLY THE SAME THING AS THAT OTHER TEACHER AND THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY NOT.

THAT'S ONE OF THAT FOLLOW UP WITH RESULTS AND MAYBE GO BACK AND COMPARE NOTES AFTER YOU'VE HAD THAT SECOND DISCUSSION.

>> ABSOLUTELY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REINFORCE SOMETHING THAT MR. ESTRADA SAID.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS IN A FEW CAMPUSES HAVE THE SAME IDENTICAL LOW NUMBER MONTH AFTER MONTH, I GOT TO THINK, WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE SOMETHING UP? SOMETHING'S GOT TO CHANGE.

WE NEED TO SEE THE CHANGE.

>> ABSOLUTELY. DR. [INAUDIBLE] AND I WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT SOME THINGS WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON AFTER THIS MEETING.

>> ANOTHER QUESTION? THANK YOU, GUYS.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 9B.

[Consider and/or Approve Staffing for the 2025-2026 School Year]

I DON'T KNOW WHO'S HANDLING THAT MS. WEISER.

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

SORRY I WAS RUNNING. I DON'T USUALLY SIT THAT FAR AWAY.

THIS EVENING, WE DO HAVE SOME STAFFING REQUESTS AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE YEAR, BUT NOT ONLY PROGRESS THROUGH THE YEAR, BUT WE ALSO ARE PLANNING ALREADY FOR NEXT YEAR,

[02:10:01]

WE ARE IN NEED OF A CUB HOUSE AIDE.

WE HAVE THREE ADDITIONAL STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING ON IN THE SPRING THROUGH OUR STAFF, AND WE DO NOT HAVE THE ADULTS TO HAVE THESE CHILDREN.

WE DO NOT HAVE THE SPACE FOR THEM.

WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL CUB HOUSE AIDE.

WE ALSO NEED A FIRST AND THIRD GRADE TEACHER AT BLE.

A LOT OF THIS IS A REFLECTION INTO NEXT YEAR, BUT IT IS FOR RIGHT NOW IN THE SENSE THAT ESPECIALLY AT THE THIRD GRADE LEVEL, WE HAVE SOME CLASSROOMS AT 26 STUDENTS, AND THAT IS BEYOND WHAT WE LIKE TO DO.

USUALLY, WHEN WE REACH THESE LEVELS, AND WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT SET UP A SHUTTLE SERVICE TO ANOTHER CAMPUS, SO THAT THEY CAN BE IN ANOTHER CLASS.

HOWEVER, AT BLE, WE WOULD LIKE TO PREPARE FOR NEXT YEAR, ALREADY WITH BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THE CAMPUS NOW AS IT CONTINUES TO GROW.

THEY DO HAVE FIVE ACTIVE SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE BUILDING RIGHT NOW THAT YOU SAW IN OUR DEMOGRAPHER REPORT AND STUDENTS ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE IN.

OF THE MODERATE LEVEL GROWTH PROJECTION FOR NEXT YEAR OF AROUND 140 STUDENTS, MORE THAN 70 OF THEM ARE FOR BLE.

WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A CAMPUS, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE NEEDING NEW TEACHERS NEXT YEAR TO ADD TO THE 70 STUDENT GROWTH.

WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT NOW BECAUSE WE ARE ALREADY SEEING THOSE CLASSES REACH CAPACITY.

>> I JUST WANT TO MENTION, AS WELL AS FROM OUR RECRUITING STANDPOINT, WE HAVE SOME CANDIDATES THAT ARE GRADUATING IN DECEMBER, AND WE WANT TO GET THE BEST THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

THE SOONER WE CAN GET THEM ON BOARD THE BETTER.

BUT ALSO, WE KNOW THAT THESE HOUSES ARE CONTINUING TO BE BUILT, APARTMENTS ARE CONTINUING TO BE BUILT THAT ARE IN THIS BOUNDARY THAT EVEN BEFORE NEXT YEAR, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET MORE AND MORE KIDS AT BORCHERT LOOP, SO WE THINK IT'S THE WISE THING TO DO.

>> QUESTIONS BOARD?

>> YES. IS THAT A PART TIME POSITION FOR THE AIDE OR IS THAT FULL TIME?

>> IT IS PART TIME AND THE REASON WHY THE AMOUNTS, THEY'RE FOR HALF THE YEAR.

WE'RE ADDING TO THE BUDGET JUST FOR HALF THE YEAR BECAUSE HALF THE YEAR IS OVER. THAT'S WHY IT SEEMS [OVERLAPPING].

>> I WORRY ABOUT THAT SALARY.

>> [OVERLAPPING]. YES, MA'AM.

>> THEN I THINK THERE'S A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE PRESENTATION AND THE PAPER THAT WE GOT HERE.

>> I WILL CHECK THAT.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE 85, CORRECT?

>> YES.

>> THAT'S THE TOTAL?

>> YES. GO FOR THE PAPER. I APOLOGIZE.

>> THIS IS VERY [OVERLAPPING].

>> COULD BE 90,000.

>> IT IS.

>> IS THAT YOUR MATH, MS. WEISER?

>> YES.

>> BECAUSE YOU KNOW EXCITED I GET ABOUT NUMBERS.

>> I SEE THAT. THANK YOU ALL FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

I DEFINITELY WAS FOCUSED ON THE AUDIT [OVERLAPPING].

>> FOUND AN EXPERT.

>> I DEFINITELY WAS FOCUSED ON THE AUDIT.

>> THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME SMILE. I APPRECIATE IT.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STAFFING REQUEST? BEFORE I ASK FOR A MOTION, I WANT TO LET THE TWO BOARD MEMBERS WHO CAME IN LATE.

WE'RE NOW GOING TO VOTE BY RAISING OUR HANDS, SO IT CAN BE, I GUESS, THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO RECORD TO VOTE FROM NOW ON.

WE'LL BE DOING THAT. I HEAR A MOTION.

>> IS THAT A NEW LAW OR SOMETHING TO RAISE OUR HAND?

>> IT'S IN THE POLICY UPDATE.

>> DO I HEAR A MOTION ABOUT THE STAFFING REQUEST?

>> MY GOD. [INAUDIBLE] MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE THE POSITION THAT'S PRESENTED FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR?

>> I SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY OTHER QUESTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

[INAUDIBLE]. NO.

>> THE GOOD ONE.

>> IF YOU WOULD SHOW UP ON TIME, YOU WOULD KNOW.

NO OPPOSE, WE PASS A 7-0.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. WEISER.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I HAD A 9C,

[Consider and/or Approve Guarantee Maximum Price (GMP) No. 2 for Middle School #2]

>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD, PRESIDENT WRIGHT, SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

TONIGHT, WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU THE GMP 2 FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL 2.

WE'RE BRINGING THAT A, WHAT'S MY NUMBER? 17,009,544, NOT TO EXCEED THAT NUMBER.

THAT INCLUDES SURVEYING, EARTHWORK,

[02:15:04]

THIS WILL ALLOW US TO BEGIN WORK.

THIS IS THE GMP AND LET'S JUST START DOING THE DIRT WORK, THE CONCRETE.

WE'LL BRING THE LAST GMP AND JANUARY WILL COME OUT AND COMMUNICATE.

WE'LL BRING THE ACTUAL GMP IN FEBRUARY.

THAT'LL BE THE BIG ENDING ONE WITH ALL THE STRUCTURE.

THE STUD WALLS AND THE FINISHINGS INSIDE THE BUILDING.

>> OURS IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PRICE.

>> WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

>> WE HAVE THE 17,009,536, 5 AND 46. WHICH IS IT?

>> IT IS NOT TO EXCEED THE 17,009,536.

>> LOOKING AT THIS, I GUESS, NUMBER 99, HVAC EQUIPMENT, DID WE HAVE THE FIRST OF THESE PACKAGES COVER HVAC EQUIPMENT? HOW COME THERE'S HVAC EQUIPMENT IN HERE?

>> THIS IS THE ACTUAL UNITS ITSELF.

THE FIRST GO AROUND WAS THE ACTUAL EQUIPMENT IF I'M WRONG.

ALL THE SWITCH GEAR.

KITCHEN EQUIPMENT. I'M LOSING MY HEAD ON THE REST OF THOSE.

THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE IN HVAC AS WELL.

>> THERE WAS NO HVAC IN THE FIRST ONE?

>> THAT'S RIGHT. NO HVAC IN THAT ONE.

>> HOW ARE WE STILL TRACK IT ON THE FINAL NUMBER FOR ALL THIS?

>> I JUST PULLED THAT UP.

RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE SEEING NUMBER WISE, WE'RE AT 91,791,945.

WE ARE RIGHT UNDER THE 92 MILLION MARK RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE TRACKING TO BE A LITTLE UNDER WHAT THE BUDGET WAS SHOWING RIGHT NOW AFTER DOING ALL THE VE OPTIONS AND STUFF.

>> DOES THAT NEVER INCLUDE CONTINGENCIES ALSO?

>> YES, IT DOES.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BOARD, DO I HEAR A A MOTION?

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBER 2 NOT TO EXCEED $17,009,536.

>> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

PASSES 7-0.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAPMAN.

>> THANK YOU.

>> NUMBER 9D.

[Consider and/or Approve Local Policy Update 126: BE(LOCAL): BOARD MEETINGS; BED(LOCAL): BOARD MEETINGS - PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; CJ(LOCAL): CONTRACTED SERVICES; CJA(LOCAL): CONTRACTED SERVICES - BACKGROUND CHECKS AND REQUIRED REPORTING; CLE(LOCAL): BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT - REQUIRED DISPLAYS; CQB(LOCAL): TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES – CYBERSECURITY; CQD(LOCAL): TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CSA(LOCAL): FACILITY STANDARDS - SAFETY AND SECURITY; CV(LOCAL): FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION; DBD(LOCAL): EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS - CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DEC(LOCAL): COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS - LEAVES AND ABSENCES; DFBB(LOCAL): TERM CONTRACTS – NONRENEWAL; DGBA(LOCAL): PERSONNEL-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS - EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS/GRIEVANCES; DH(LOCAL): EMPLOYEE STANDARDS OF CONDUCT; EEP(LOCAL): INSTRUCTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - LESSON PLANS; EFA(LOCAL): INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS; EHBAF(LOCAL): SPECIAL EDUCATION - VIDEO/AUDIO MONITORING; EIA(LOCAL): ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT - GRADING/PROGRESS REPORTS TO PARENTS; FA(LOCAL): PARENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES; FEF(LOCAL): ATTENDANCE - RELEASED TIME; FFAC(LOCAL): WELLNESS AND HEALTH SERVICES - MEDICAL TREATMENT; FFB(LOCAL): STUDENT WELFARE - CRISIS INTERVENTION; FFF(LOCAL): STUDENT WELFARE - STUDENT SAFETY; FFG(LOCAL): STUDENT WELFARE - CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT; FNG(LOCAL): STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES - STUDENT AND PARENT COMPLAINTS/GRIEVANCES; FO(LOCAL): STUDENT DISCIPLINE; GF(LOCAL): PUBLIC COMPLAINTS; GKA(LOCAL): COMMUNITY RELATIONS - CONDUCT ON SCHOOL PREMISES]

>> NO, SIR. GOOD EVENING.

I JUST WANT TO WARN YOU TO CONTAIN YOUR EXCITEMENT OF ALL THESE POLICY UPDATES.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST ONES IN TASK B HISTORY.

WE HAD OVER 1,000 PAGES THAT CAME THROUGH THIS POLICY, WHETHER LEGAL OR LOCAL.

I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY.

B POLICIES, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ON BOTH OF THESE POLICIES, WE'RE ALREADY IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT THEY WERE ASKING US TO DO, WHICH WAS TO HOLD THE MEETINGS OUTSIDE OF TYPICAL WORK HOURS, AND THEN TO POST THE AGENDA THREE BUSINESS DAYS.

THAT IS WHAT WE CHANGED FROM 72 HOURS TO THREE BUSINESS DAYS.

THEN THE BED LOCAL TALKED ABOUT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVING TO BE AT THE BEGINNING OF A BOARD MEETING, WHICH WE WERE ALREADY DOING SO.

C POLICIES.

WE HAD CONTRACTED SERVICES.

CONTRACTORS MAY NOT ENGAGE IN OR ASSIGN ANY INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES PROHIBITED BY LAW OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION, LIKE DEI DUTIES.

THIS VIOLATION WILL RESULT IN TERMINATION OF THE CONTRACT.

THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THERE.

CJA (LOCAL).

THIS WAS JUST A SUBTOPIC UNDERNEATH THE CONTRA THE POLICY NAME THAT WAS CHANGED TO BACKGROUND CHECKS AND REQUESTED REPORTING.

NOTHING MAJOR, JUST THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED ON THAT.

CLE (LOCAL). SAME THING.

THEY USED TO HAVE BUILDINGS GROUNDS, AND EQUIPMENT AND MANAGEMENT FLAGS.

NOW THEY JUST HAVE REQUIRED DISPLAYS.

CONTINUING ON WITH CQB (LOCAL), A CHANGE OF NAME FROM REQUIREMENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SERVICES TO TEXAS CYBER COMMAND THAT INCLUDED THE TRAINING AS WELL.

CQD, THIS IS A NEW POLICY THAT WAS ADDED AROUND ADDRESSING AI TRAINING FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.

CSA, THIS WAS A SAFETY AND SECURITY WITH US HAVING TO DESIGNATE AND USE OF PRIVATE SPACES IN MULTI OCCUPANCY PLACES LIKE A LOCKER ROOM.

[02:20:01]

D POLICIES.

DBD (LOCAL).

THIS WAS THE REQUIREMENT FOR A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR ANY ADMINISTRATOR WHO IS GOING TO BE DOING WHAT THEY CALLED MOONLIGHTING.

ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF WORK WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT INTO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.

DEC (LOCAL).

THIS JUST ADDED THE DEFINITION OF DAILY RATE OF PAY UNDER DEFINITIONS, AND THEN I MADE SOME CLARIFICATION RUN THE CONCURRENT USE OF PAID LEAVE DURING FMLA FOR FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE.

DFBB FOR NON-RENEWAL.

THIS HAD TO, AGAIN, GO BACK TO ASSIGNING THE DIVERSITY EQUITY OR ANY DEI DUTIES, AS WELL AS FOR STAFF, THEY ADDED THAT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NON-RENEWED FOR.

DGBA, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE OPTED OUT OF.

THIS IS THE ONE WHERE THEY GAVE THE OPTION TO HAVE UP TO 60 DAYS TO GRIEVE SOMETHING WHERE WE KEPT OUR POLICY BECAUSE WE COULD DOI OUT OF THAT.

WE'RE KEEPING OUR TRADITIONAL POLICY ON THAT.

DH (LOCAL), THIS IS WHERE IN THE PAST, THE POLICY STATED THEY HAD TO HAVE A TEXAS LICENSE FOR A HANDGUN.

THEY SWITCHED IT OUT WITH RECIPROCITY AND SAYING A HANDGUN LICENSE FROM ANOTHER STATE.

AGAIN, THEY ADDED SOME MORE THINGS AROUND PROHIBITING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION DUTIES AND SOCIAL TRANSITIONING AND THEN CHANGING THE REGARDING THE NOTICE OF SUSPECTED MISCONDUCT BY AN EDUCATOR FROM 48-24 HOURS.

E POLICIES, AND THIS ONE'S LESSON PLANS.

THE LEGISLATOR HAD PASSED THAT THE TEACHERS HAD PUT UP THEIR LESSON PLANS FOR THE SEMESTER, AND WE OPTED OUT OF THAT THROUGH DOI.

THEY CAN REQUEST THAT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO POST IT.

EFA (LOCAL), THIS IS PARENTS PROCESS FOR REVIEWING ANY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO REVIEW THAT WAS ADDED INTO AS A PROCESS.

EHBAF, SPECIAL ED VIDEO AND AUTO MONITORING.

THIS WAS THE UPDATED LANGUAGE TO INCLUDE SPECIAL ED CLASSROOMS AND UPDATING THE TIME FRAME AGAIN OF REPORTING ANY MISCONDUCT.

EIA LOCAL.

WE WERE WRITING COMPLIANCE, AND SO WE OPTED OUT OF THIS ONE AS WELL FOR THE PROGRESS REPORTS.

FA (LOCAL), THIS IS WHERE THAT PARENT PORTAL HAS TO BE ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE FOR PARENTS OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO SEND COMMENTS TO THE BOARD OR TO DISTRICT OR CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS, WHICH WE MADE LIVE TONIGHT.

FEF (LOCAL) ATTENDANCE FOR RELEASE TIME.

THIS IS NEW LANGUAGE FOR THE PERMISSION FOR STUDENTS TO BE RELEASED TO GO DO A COURSE OFF CAMPUS THAT'S BEEN APPROVED AND THE PARENTS HAVE GIVEN PERMISSION FOR.

F POLICY, FFAC (LOCAL), THIS MOVE FROM NOW ALLOWING TEACHERS, SCHOOL EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING NURSES TO ADMINISTER NON PRESCRIPTIVE MEDICATION TO STUDENTS.

FFB (LOCAL), THIS IS WHERE WE NOTIFY ALL STAFF ABOUT ANY POTENTIAL THREATS THAT ARE MADE, WHICH WE ALREADY DO THROUGH OUR SYSTEM.

FFF ALSO JUST, AGAIN, TALKS ABOUT THE NOTIFYING A PARENT OF A STUDENT WITH WHOM AN EMPLOYEE OR SERVICE PROVIDER IS TO HAVE ENGAGED IN MISCONDUCT, THAT NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.

FFG, THIS IS WHERE IT CHANGED FROM 48 HOURS TO NOW 24 HOURS OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

FNG (LOCAL), THIS GOES BACK TO THE GRIEVANCES.

AGAIN, WE OPTED OUT OF THAT.

FO (LOCAL), THEY WERE VERY MINOR EDITS TO THE RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PART, BUT IT'S REALLY BASICALLY JUST WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SIGNS AT EACH CAMPUS THAT SAYS, WE DO HAVE VIDEO AND AUTO MONITORING THAT WE CAN USE AT ANY TIME.

G POLICIES, PUBLIC COMPLAINTS.

AGAIN, THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS.

WE DOI OUT OF THAT.

GKA, THIS IS WHERE THEY CHANGED LANGUAGE REGARDING THE HANDGUNS, LIKE I SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE RECIPROCITY.

IT'S NOT JUST THE TEXAS LICENSE, YOU CAN HAVE A OUT OF STATE GUN LICENSE.

ANY QUESTIONS?

>> WE RAISE HAND ON HERE.

>> RAISE THE HAND. I HAD A QUESTION.

>> I [INAUDIBLE] SEE.

>> YES, SIR.

>> THE CJ CONTRACTING SERVICES.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT?

>> CJ.

>> I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES. THE THIRD ONE.

[02:25:05]

>> NICOLE, WAS AT PURCHASING CONTRACTED SERVICES?

>> POLICIES.

>> THE POLICY FOR CONTRACTED SERVICES.

>> CJ (LOCAL).

>> YES.

>> NICOLE, IS THAT YOURS?

>> RECOMMENDED.

>> WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION, SIR?

>> THE QUESTION IS, I JUST NEED TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CONTRACTORS MAY NOT ENGAGE IN WHAT TYPE OF ACTIVITIES?

>> LIKE THE CJ. IS THAT THE EQUITY DIVERSITY INCLUSION? WE CANNOT HAVE CONTRACTS WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE WRITTEN DEI POLICIES AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

IF THEY TURN IN MATERIALS AND BIDS TO US WITH THAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE, THEN THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS DETERMINED THAT'S AGAINST OUR POLICY.

>> I JUST DON'T KNOW. WHERE WOULD THAT COME IN? WHAT TYPE OF CONTRACTOR WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

>> I'M NOT SURE. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYONE TO DATE THAT HAS ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE SOMETIMES THE STATE LEGISLATURE HALLUCINATES THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING OUT IN THE WORLD THAT DON'T HAPPEN, BUT THEY CREATE LAWS AND THINGS FOR US.

>> THE THING THAT I MIGHT THINK ABOUT THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW, NICOLE CAN CORRECT ME, BUT IF WE HAD A TUTORING CONTRACT AND THEY STARTED TALKING ABOUT THAT STUFF.

THAT WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD TERMINATE THE CONTRACT.

>> THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ANYTHING, ANYBODY?

>> I WAS JUST GOING TO AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ANYBODY THAT COMES IN INSTRUCTIONALLY AND DIRECTLY IS INVOLVED WITH A STUDENT INSTRUCTIONALLY. IT COULD BE TUTORING.

IT COULD BE THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY, OR AFTER SCHOOL CARE, DIAGNOSING EVALUATION, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OR THEY WOULD COME IN CONTACT WITH A STUDENT.

IT WOULD BE A SMALL GROUP OF VENDORS THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE A SERVICE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> IF THEY PRACTICE DEI INTERNALLY, DO WE CARE? THAT'S NOT THAT WE CARE ABOUT. IT'S JUST HOW THEY INTERACT WITH OUR STUDENTS, OUR DISTRICT.

>> SHARE IT WITH OUR STUDENTS.

THAT'S THEIR COMPANY, THE WAY I READ IT, NICOLE.

WHAT THEY DO AT THEIR BUSINESS IS THEIR BUSINESS, BUT WHEN THEY BRING IT INTO OUR BACKYARD AS WELL.

THEY'RE SAYING THIS APPLIES TO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BOARD? DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE POLICY CHANGES?

>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADD, REVISE, OR DELETE LOCAL POLICIES AS OFFERED BY TASB POLICY SERVICE FOR CONSIDERATION, AND ACCORDING TO THE CHANGES ON THE INSTRUCTION SHEET FOR TASB LOCALIZED POLICY MANUAL UPDATE 126.

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

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ANY OPPOSED?

>> CAN WE RAISE OUR HAND AND SAY I.

>> PATCHES 7-0.

>> THANK YOU. MR. WRIGHT, I DID WANT TO ADD THAT IN REVIEWING ALL OF THESE POLICIES THAT HAVE COME THROUGH, WHETHER IT BE LEGAL OR LOCAL, OUR TEAM HAS HAD A CHANCE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT SOME THINGS WE MIGHT WANT TO MAKE MINOR CHANGES ON.

WE'LL BRING THAT BACK IN JANUARY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO CONFUSE IT WITH THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES AND UPDATE 126.

>> WE MOVE ON TO 9E,

[Consider and take possible action to approve Lockhart Independent School District’s withdrawal from the Caldwell County Special Education Cooperative effective at the conclusion of the 2025–2026 school year, resulting in the dissolution of the Cooperative in accordance with Section 7 of the Caldwell County Special Education Interlocal Agreement.]

MS. SMITH, TALK ABOUT THIS? [OVERLAPPING]

>> I WILL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF MONTHS AGO WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS OF NOTIFYING PRAY LEE ISD THAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE WOULD BE NO LONGER PARTICIPATING.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT TYPICALLY IN A COOPERATIVE, THERE'S A RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIP.

THERE'S THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

THAT'S THE REASON FOR US.

WANTING TO GET OUT OF THIS COOPERATIVE.

>> I THINK IF WE DISCUSSED, IT IS NOT EVEN REVENUE NEUTRAL, BUT IT COST US MONEY.

>> YES, SIR.

>> PARTICIPATE AS COOPERATIVE.

>> YES, SIR. PROBABLY A QUARTER MILLION DOLLAR A YEAR.

>> DOES ANYBODY NEED TO HAVE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT? WE'RE IN MOTION?

>> I MOVE THAT THE LOCKHART IST BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE

[02:30:02]

>> A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

>> AYE.

>> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? IT PASSES 7-0.

WE MOVE ON TO 9F.

[Consider and/or Approve Name for New Middle School #2]

>> WE HAVE THIS FOR CONSIDERATION, THIS EVENING FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBER 2.

AS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF BOARD MEETINGS AGO, THE BOARD BY POLICY HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SCHOOL, TO DECIDE WHAT THAT PROCESS MAY BE.

THE BOARD HAS ELECTED TO INTERNALLY NOMINATE NAMES AS LONG AS THEY COMPLY WITH THESE FOUR THINGS.

THE NAMES THAT, HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED ARE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION.

THE GEOGRAPHICAL SITE COMMUNITY, GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, ET CETERA.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NAMES THAT WERE CONSIDERED, THE TOP NAMES ARE HERE LISTED.

THIS IS A NO ORDER.

SEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, CHISHOLM TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL, LOCKHART MIDDLE SCHOOL, OR EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE ONES THAT THE BOARD OPTED TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION THIS EVENING AND WE WILL ENTERTAIN THAT CONVERSATION IN A POSSIBLE MOTION.

>> EVERYBODY CAN SPEAK UP. WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY I LEAN TOWARDS SEAWILLOW MYSELF.

>> I AGREE WITH YOU. I THOUGHT THAT VERY MUCH GEOLOGICAL AREA.

SEE WILLOW, EVEN THOUGH I LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE, SO I WANT TO EAST SIDE, MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M [LAUGHTER]

>> I DO LIKE EAST SIDE AS WELL.

>> NOW WE DIDN'T SEE US RAISE OUR HAND.

>> I KEEP YOUR HANDS DOWN.

>> I LIKE SEAWILLOW PURELY BECAUSE FOLLOWING PORT ELEMENTARY, WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING ROADS AND LANDMARKS THAT ARE THERE.

IT'S EASY TO KNOW WHERE THAT SCHOOL IS, ESPECIALLY AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND ADD MORE.

IT'S JUST CLEAR AND CONCISE OF WHICH MIDDLE SCHOOL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE SAY WHAT ROAD IT IS WE SAY.

>> I LIKE SEAWILLOW BECAUSE OF WHERE IT'S AT, LOCATION WISE, AND THEN BEST FOR COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHERE IT'S AT.

I DID BRING UP TWO DIFFERENT HISTORICAL NAMES, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH RICH IN HISTORY.

I BROUGHT UP THE JIMMY HERNANDEZ NAME AND THEN ALSO THE DYLAER CRUZ NAME AS WELL THAT THEY HAD FOR THEIR LOVED ONE.

BUT I DO LIKE SEAWILLOW, JUST BECAUSE AGAIN, IT GOES OFF THE LOCATION FOR THE COMMUNITY CONSENT OFFICE. SEAWO.

>> FROM MY WELL MINE WAS CHISHOLM TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL.

ACTUALLY I SUBMITTED TO CHISHOLM TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND LOCKHART MIDDLE SCHOOL. MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I LIKE LONESTAR BECAUSE THAT LONESTAR LIONS.

FIT IN. THEY SHOULD BE.

>> ACTUALLY, THERE WAS A SCHOOL NAME LONE STAR IN THAT AREA BEFORE.

>> IS THAT RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> I EVEN KNEW THAT AS WELL.

[LAUGHTER] BUT I DO LIKE THE IDEA AND I'VE NEVER HAD ANY QUALMS WITH SEELOW MIDDLE SCHOOL EITHER.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET A SCHOOL NAMED OUT AFTER CHISHOLM TRAIL FOR SOME TIME NOW?

>> WE'RE TIRED OF HERE I KEEP THINKING WE'RE GOING TO GO EAT CHISHOLM TRAIL.

>> BUT I MEAN, I'M GOOD WITH SEELOW MIDDLE.

>> ANY SUGGESTIONS WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM YOU.

>> IF I MADE A SUGGESTION, IT WOULD BE CALL IT LOCKHART MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO IT COULD BE THE FIRST LOCKHART MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THEN WE'D HAVE TO LOSE OUR MIND OVER THE SECOND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

EITHER WAY, I COME OUT AHEAD.

>> I MOVED TO APPROVE SEW MIDDLE SCHOOL AS THE NAME OF THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBER TWO.

>> SECOND.

>> ANY MORE DISCUSSION? WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.

ALTHOUGH ALL IN FAVOR OF NAMING THE SECOND MIDDLE SCHOOL SEAWILLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL, RAISE YOUR HAND.

[02:35:07]

>> THIS HAND.

>> WE HAVE ONE OPPOSED.

DOCTOR BARBARA SACHS. IT PASSES SIX TO ONE.

>> IT PEOPLE OUT THERE. I'M ONLY ONE, THAT'S ALL I CAN DO.

>> WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO CLOSED SESSION.

[CLOSED SESSION]

A FINAL ACTIONS, DECISIONS, OUR VOTES WILL BE TAKEN WHILE THE BOARD IS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

>> IT'S CLOSED SESSION AT 9:44 P.M. ON DECEMBER 15, 2025.

OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM BOARD AND STAFF COMMENTS,

[BOARD AND STAFF COMMENTS - ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST*]

>> THANK YOU. I THINK THERE'S A LOT THAT HAS GONE ON.

IN PARTICULAR, ALL OF THE CONCERTS THAT THEY'RE DOING AT THE JUNIOR HIGH THIS WEEK AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL LAST WEEK, I WENT TO GO SEE THE WINTER CONCERTS AT THE GOPAC.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS AWESOME.

I WAS JUST TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY BY HOW GOOD THE BAND SOUNDED, THE WINDS AND THE JAZZ AND EVERYBODY ELSE.

BUT I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT THE FACT THAT OUR FLOAT IN THE PARADE ONE TROPHY, DIDN'T IT?

>> CAN WE RAISE OUR HAND?

>> I JUST WANT TO GIVE IT A SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE MAINTENANCE CREW THAT HELPED BUILD THAT FLOAT. THAT WAS AWESOME.

>> IT WAS AWESOME. [OVERLAPPING]

>> COACH LOAR?

>> YES, SIR. FIRST OF ALL, KUDOS, THE STUDENTS THAT CAME OUT HERE.

WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE AND YOUNG CHILDREN, GETTING RECOGNIZED ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, THAT IS EXCITING.

AND WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE SAY LOCKER AIN'T NOTHING THAT I HAVE SOMETHING TO COME BACK AT THEM.

I LOVE THAT.

EVEN IF I DIDN'T I STILL COME BACK AT THEM.

THE OTHER THING, GREAT HOUSE, GINGERBREAD HOUSE, DON'T PUT ME IN IT ANYMORE.

THE WINDOWS WERE TOO SMALL.

NOBODY KNEW I WAS IN THERE UNTIL I GOT EVEN WITH THEM.

>> THAT WAS THE INTENT.

>> BIGGER WINDOWS OR PUT ME ON TOP OF IT.

>> THE CHIMNEY.

>> UP ON THE ROOFTOP.

CLICK. THE OTHER THING IS, I'VE BEEN WEARING A RED SUIT A LOT LATELY, AND I DID GET THE OPPORTUNITY FROM BEHIND THE CURTAINS TO HEAR THE JUNIOR HIGH ORCHESTRA AND THEY WERE PRETTY GOOD TO LISTEN TO.

THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE IN WHATEVER FORM YOU HAPPEN TO WIND UP IN, GO OUT AND SUPPORT THE SCHOOLS.

I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY HAS A GREAT CHRISTMAS, A SAFE CHRISTMAS.

I SURE YOU TELL EVERYBODY KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU THAT YOU LOVE THEM.

>> MR. ALSE.

>> I WANT TO ECHO EVERYTHING ELSE. SET ABOUT THE FLOAT.

IT'S AMAZING, GREAT JOB, TO MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, GREAT JOB.

OUR STUDENTS BEING RECOGNIZED ON NATIONAL LEVEL, GREAT JOB, CALLY.

THANKS TO OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS FOR WORKING HARD THIS FALL.

SAY, TAKE A BREAK DURING THE CHRIST TAKE A BREAK, KEEP WORKING HARD DURING THE BREAK THAT WE HAVE.

KEEP TRUCKING ALONG BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE DOING.

STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

HOPE EVERYONE AS A GOOD CHRISTMAS BREAK AND BE SAFE.

>> MISS PULA.

>> WELL, I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE THE FLOAT, BUT I DID SEE THAT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU.

I WASN'T HERE TO SEE ALL THE KIDS BEING RECOGNIZED TODAY, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE.

I JUST HOPE AND PRAY THAT EVERYBODY HAS A SAFE AND MERRY CHRISTMAS AND IF YOU'RE TRAVELING, I HOPE YOU HAVE A SAFE SAFE TRAVELS AND ALL THE THINGS.

>> DOCTOR SANCHEZ.

>> WELL, WE DO WANT AGAIN, PERSONALLY RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE EVERYONE.

ALL THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ACHIEVING AND EXCELLING.

THAT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE TEACHERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS THAT GUIDE THE KIDS FOR SUCCESS IN A COURSE TO RECOGNIZE AGAIN FOR 23 YEARS IN A ROW,

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KUDOS TO NICOLE AND ALL HER TEAM, WE VALUE THEM.

WE ALSO APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION WE GET, ALL THE DATA, ON WHERE THE STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S NOT EASY, BUT WE DO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND FOR REFLECTING AND FOR REALLY TARGETING AND TRYING TO GET KIDS TO ACHIEVE, AND REACH THOSE LEVELS OF THE GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN SET.

WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS, BUT WE DO VALUE EVERYTHING YOU FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR LEVEL, MR. SAVA AND THE TEACHERS BECAUSE IT ISN'T EASY BECAUSE KIDS COME IN WITH DIFFERENT NEEDS, AND OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO SUCCEED.

WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT YOUR EFFORTS ARE.

WE CONTINUE TO COMMEND YOU AND FOR STRIVING TO IMPROVE YOUR ATTENDANCE LEVELS.

WE CONTINUE TO PRAISE YOU, SO WE SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS, AND I WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND IT WAS VERY FUN RIDING IN THE FLOAT AND SEEING SAM IN THAT BOX IN THE BACK.

THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY FOR ME.

IN THE BOX YOU SAID, IT WAS A BOX.

>> I THOUGHT IT WHAT IT WAS?

>> IT WAS A LITTLE HANDLE AND GRILL HOUSE.

I'M SORRY, SANTA. YOU DID GRADE. YOU'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE.

>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE THAT WAS HONORED TONIGHT.

WE HAD A VOLLEYBALL BANQUET TONIGHT ALSO, SO THAT'S WHERE I WAS PRIOR TO THE MEETING, BUT GREAT TO HEAR THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT.

I ALSO WANTED TO JUST TALK ABOUT THE APPEARANCE OF SANTA THROUGHOUT THIS SEASON.

I JUST REALLY WANTED TO APPRECIATE COACH LOCKHART FOR ALL THAT HE DOES WITH THAT AND BRINGING JOY AND CHEER.

ALL THESE KIDS, VARIOUS AGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT THE OTHER DAY WHEN I SAW HIM ON FACEBOOK AND SOME PICTURE.

IT'S THAT SAME JOY THAT HE BROUGHT TO ME WHEN I WAS ONE OF HIS STUDENTS.

HE'S JUST A GREAT GUY TO BE AROUND.

APPRECIATE THAT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY FOR DOING THAT FOR US.

IT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT PAID TO DO.

I DON'T THINK. SEE THERE.

WE THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF YOUR HEART.

I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THAT.

>> MR. STROMAN.

>> YES. I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR STAFF FOR AN OUTSTANDING FIRST SEMESTER.

ALSO, THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT HAVE PUT IN COUNTLESS HOURS, STUDENT PERFORMANCES, COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND I JUST WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED.

ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, OUR DIRECTORS.

I MEAN, THEY'VE JUST DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB FROM THE THING AT THE LIBRARY TO PLAYING AT THE PARADE, ALL OF THE CONCERTS AND JUST INCREDIBLY THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THE STAFF.

THEN JUST HOPE EVERYONE HAS A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.

>> NOTHING FURTHER, LET'S DO OUR BENEDICTION.

[BENEDICTION]

WE THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME OF SEASON THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS AND TO REALLY BE ABLE TO APPRECIATE THE JOY OF BEING A COMMUNITY MEMBER HERE AND BEING A PART OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE JUST ASKED YOUR COMFORT AND PEACE AND BLESSINGS OVER EVERYONE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AS SCHOOL IS OUT, WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP CHILDREN SAFE, THEIR FAMILIES SAFE.

WE ALSO SAY A SPECIAL PRAYER TONIGHT FOR MISS JANIE WRIGHT.

WE HOPE THAT SHE FEELS BETTER AS WELL.

WE PRAY THIS IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON, OUR SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, AMEN".

WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 9:52 P.M.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.