Feb 23, 2026 Lockhart ISD Board of Trustees

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OKAY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED. I CALL THIS

[Call to Order]

LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT A QUORUM OF BOARD MEMBERS IS PRESENT, THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED, AND THAT NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPENS MEETING ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 551.

LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT TRUSTEES SANCHEZ, RIOS, LOCKHART, CHARLES, GUYTON...

PULLIAM, WRIGHT ARE PRESENT.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE PRESENTATION OF COLORS BY THE JUNIOR ROTC. WILL EVERYBODY PLEASE RISE? COMMANDING THE LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL AIR FORCE JUNIOR ROTC COLOR GUARD IS CADET CHRISTOPHER COLLINS. SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS BRAYDEN CHEELAN AND JOSEPH CASTILLO. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR INVOCATION. I'LL ASK TRUSTEE TOM GUYTON TO LEAD US. LET US PRAY. OUR GRACIOUS, HEAVENLY FATHER, GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR A BEAUTIFUL DAY THAT YOU'VE ALLOWED US TO ENJOY TODAY. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS COMING TOGETHER TO DO THE BUSINESS. BUSINESS OF THE DISTRICT. LORD, WE ASK YOUR CONTINUED BLESSINGS ON OUR STUDENTS, OUR FAMILIES, OUR STAFF MEMBERS, EVERYBODY THAT HAS A HAND IN EDUCATING THESE YOUNG MINDS.

WE THANK YOU THAT WE GET TO CELEBRATE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME BEFORE WE DO OUR BUSINESS, AND WE JUST REALIZE HOW GRATEFUL AND BLESSED WE TRULY ARE. IT'S IN YOUR SON JESUS' NAME, WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. WE'LL MOVE

[Recognitions]

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

AND NOW WE WILL BEGIN WITH TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION.

FOR OUR FIRST RECOGNITION, TONIGHT, WE ARE HONORED TO RECOGNIZE A GROUP WHOSE COMMITMENT TO SERVICE HAS STRENGTHENED OUR COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES.

THAT IS THE DISTRICT 1 PRIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. IN 1999, DURING HIS FIRST YEAR SERVING IN LOCKHART CITY COUNCIL, MR. KENNY ROWLAND AND HIS DEAR

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THEY GATHERED LIKE-MINDED FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, AND THEY GOT TO WORK.

AT AN EARLY MEETING, LOCAL PASTOR BENJAMIN SMITH SUGGESTED THE NAME PRIDE, WHICH STANDS FOR PROGRESSIVELY RESTORING, INVIGORATING, AND DEVELOPING TO EMPOWER OUR PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT MISSION HAS GUIDED THEIR WORK EVER SINCE.

OVER THE YEARS, DISTRICT 1 PRIDE HAS LED NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION EFFORTS, SUPPORTED THE CITY OF LOCKHART'S LITTER ROUNDUP, PARTNERED WITH NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR PROGRAM, SPONSORED NATIONAL NIGHT OUT OF IT, AND TAKEN ON NUMEROUS PROJECTS TO UPLIFT THEIR DISTRICT. IN 2004, THEY ORGANIZED AND HOSTED LOCKHART'S FIRST MLK MARCH, AND LATER THAT END, JUNETEENTH PICNIC. WHAT BECAME AS A VISION HAS BECOME A CHERISHED LOCKHART TRADITION FOR THE LAST 22 YEARS, BRINGING FAMILIES, STUDENTS, CHURCHES, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS EACH YEAR IN HONOR OF DR. KING AND IN HONOR OF UNITY AND CELEBRATION.

ALTHOUGH MR. ROWLAND PASSED AWAY IN 2015, HIS LEGACY LIVES ON THROUGH THIS ANNUAL MARCH AND THROUGH THE CONTINUED WORK OF DISTRICT 1 PRIDE. HIS VISION STILL UNITES AND INSPIRES OUR COMMUNITY TO THIS DAY.

TONIGHT, WE PROUDLY RECOGNIZE THE MEMBERS OF DISTRICT 1 PRIDE FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO LOCKHART. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, YOUR VISION, AND YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO UPLIFTING OUR COMMUNITY.

BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR DISTRICT 1 PRIDE. AND MEMBERS, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR RECOGNITION.

YOU CAN STEP OVER HERE TO THE RIGHT, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A GROUP PHOTO WHENEVER WE'RE DONE. MR. FRANK, GO MILLION. MS. LYDIA MARIE ADAMS. MS. IRMA BOWDEN. A.J.

LEWIS. KATHY ROWLAND. CLAY ROWLAND, KENNEDY ROWLAND, KELVIN WILLIAMS. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, DISTRICT 1 PRIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. PLEASE COME TO THE CENTER FOR A GROUP PICTURE WITH THE BOARD. ALL RIGHT, FOR OUR NEXT RECOGNITION, WE'RE HONORING CERTIFIED CLINICAL MEDICAL ASSISTANT STUDENT HEROES. SO TONIGHT, WE'RE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THREE OUTSTANDING STUDENTS FROM OUR CCMA PROGRAM AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL, WHO DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE, PROFESSIONALISM, AND COMPOSURE IN REAL-LIFE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. EMILY SANTANDER AND AMY RODRIGUEZ, WHO ARE COMPETING THEIR WORK-BASED LEARNING TRAINING AT AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.

OH, OH, YEP. I KNOW Y'ALL ARE EXCITED.

MY INSTRUCTIONS WEREN'T CLEAR.

I APOLOGIZE. I'LL START AGAIN.

EMILY SANTANDER AND AMY RODRIGUEZ, WHO ARE COMPLETING THEIR WORK-BASED LEARNING TRAINING AT AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, RESPONDED TO A MEDICAL EMERGENCY INVOLVING A RESIDENT RECENTLY. DRAWING ON THEIR CLINICAL TRAINING, THEY QUICKLY ASSESSED THE RESIDENT'S BLOOD PRESSURE, RECOGNIZED THAT IT HAD DROPPED BELOW NORMAL LEVELS, AND IMMEDIATELY ALERTED THEIR SUPERVISOR TO ENSURE THAT 911 WAS NOT A PROBLEM. THEIR CALM DEMEANOR, RAPID RESPONSE, AND ABILITY TO APPLY CLASSROOM KNOWLEDGE IN A REAL-WORLD CRISIS PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN GETTING THAT RESIDENT THE URGENT CARE THAT THEY NEEDED. WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MS. PRESLEY REYNOLDS, WHO STEPPED IN WITHOUT HESITATION WHEN A FELLOW STUDENT EXPERIENCED A

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SHE FOLLOWED PROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, ENSURED STUDENT SAFETY, AND PROVIDED CRITICAL INFORMATION TO EMS UPON THEIR ARRIVAL. HER QUICK THINKING AND COMPOSURE MADE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THAT MOMENT, AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD AND GRATEFUL FOR ALL THREE OF THESE STUDENTS. THESE YOUNG WOMEN EMBODY WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A LOCKHART FOR PEOPLE. THEY DEMONSTRATED COMPASSION, SKILL, AND PROFESSIONALISM UNDER PRESSURE. THEY REPRESENTED THEIR PROGRAM.

THEIR CAMPUS, AND OUR DISTRICT, WITH PRIDE. PLEASE, A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR CCMA STUDENT HEROES.

NOW, STUDENTS, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR RECOGNITION.

MS. EMILY SANTANDER, AMY RODRIGUEZ, AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE MS. PRESLEY REYNOLDS WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT.

STUDENTS ARE ACCOMPANIED THIS EVENING BY CTE HEALTH SCIENCE TEACHER, MS. ZARA JAMES, LOCKHART, ISD CTE COORDINATOR, MS. KATIE RATLIFF, AND LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MR. MICHAEL HERBERT. ALL RIGHT, IF YOU ALL WILL COME FRONT AND CENTER FOR A PICTURE WITH THE BOARD.

THANK YOU, AND THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 5, PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE HAVE NONE,

[BUSINESS: CONSENT AGENDA]

MOVE ON TO ITEM 7,

[Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program Report]

AND OUR KIDS AS THEY WERE GREETING US. YOU KNOW, EVERYONE, AS THEY WERE COMING IN THIS EVENING, THEY ARE DEFINITELY AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND DOING A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. SO, WE HAVE A LOT TO BE EXCITED ABOUT AND TO CELEBRATE. FOR US, WITH OUR CTSOS, WE HAVE SO MANY KIDS THAT

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WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE HAVE 26 OF OUR TAFFY STUDENTS ARE GOING TO STATE IN FEBRUARY AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. WE JUST OVER THE WEEKEND HAD 28 LAW AND PUBLIC SERVICE STUDENTS WITH SKILLSUSA WHO ARE GOING TO STATE IN CORPUS IN APRIL.

OUR TSA ORGANIZATION HAD 18 STUDENTS QUALIFY IN 29 EVENTS AND THEY'RE GOING TO FORT WORTH IN APRIL. AND THEN SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN RENEE MCKNIGHT, SHE GOT HER LONE STAR DEGREE AT THE STATE CONVENTION THIS YEAR. AND SOMETHING I LEARNED, I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW HARD IT IS TO GET YOUR LONE STAR DEGREE.

2% TO 3% OF TEXAS FFA STUDENTS OR MEMBERS GET THIS HONOR. AND THEN OUR APPLIED AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING TEAM JUST PLACED 5TH OUT OF 37TH AT TEXAS STATE. AND THEN GAVIN HINCKLEY'S HEIFER WON THE SIMBA BREED CHAMPIONSHIP, OR CHAMPION, AT THE SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW. AND HE EARNED A $10,000 SCHOLARSHIP. THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME. OUR COSMETOLOGY LAB OFFICIALLY OPENED. AND I DO WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU.

BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF YOU WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT THAT EVENING. AND I KNOW THAT THAT ALREADY WAS A LONG DAY, SO THANK YOU. AND IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO COME, THAT IS ALL RIGHT. WE ARE JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING COSMETOLOGY UP AND RUNNING AND WE DO HAVE 141 NINTH GRADERS THAT ARE IN OUR PROGRAM THIS YEAR. AS FAR AS ACCOUNTABILITY, OUR CLASS OF 2026, THIS YEAR, OUR STUDENTS NEED TO GET AN IBC FROM THE 22 THROUGH 25 LISTS, AND THEY NEED TO BE A COMPLETER IN A PROGRAM OF STUDY, WHICH? A COMPLETER IS A STUDENT WHO HAS SUCCESSFULLY TAKEN THREE OR MORE COURSES FOR FOUR OR MORE CREDITS, INCLUDING A LEVEL THREE OR FOUR COURSE IN THAT SAME PROGRAM OF STUDY. SO THEN FOR 2027, OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE AN IBC FROM THE NEW LIST, AND THEY'LL ALSO NEED TO BE A COMPLETER. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD CHALLENGE.

SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE UPDATING OUR COURSE GUIDE AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN BE COMPLETERS. WE ADDED ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ONE. WE ADDED EVENT AND MEETING PLANNING, FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE INTEREST AND THE KIDS ARE THERE, THE INTRODUCTION TO COSMETOLOGY AND BARBERING, THE LEVEL TWO CLASS. WE ALSO HAVE A NEW PROGRAM OF STUDY.

FOR THE NEXT YEAR, LODGING AND RESORT MANAGEMENT.

SO WHAT IS FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY LIKE? LIKE CRIMINAL MINES OR SOMETHING, OR SURE? UM, I NEED TO LOOK AT THE TEAKS FOR THAT, BUT UM, YES, AND I JUST. I KNOW THAT I HAVE A TEACHER THAT'S REALLY INTERESTED. SHE TEACHES FORENSIC SCIENCE FOR US ALREADY, SO SHE LOVES ANYTHING WITH FORENSICS AND SHE HAS STUDIED PSYCHOLOGY. SO SHE WAS REALLY EXCITED I CAN GET YOU A MORE IN. SO ANOTHER THING THAT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED, THIS IS AT LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH, AND I FEEL LIKE THIS NUMBER IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. SO 94.1% OF OUR STUDENTS AT THE JUNIOR HIGH ARE IN, THESE ARE EIGHTH GRADERS, ARE IN A CTE COURSE. PRETTY AWESOME. AND SO WE HAVE ADDED NEW COURSES AT LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH, THESE ARE ALL FOR CTE HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT, AND YOU CAN SEE, OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, THE NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED, AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

THIS LAST YEAR, WE DID ADD THE PRINCIPLES OF APPLIED ENGINEERING, AND SO THAT CLASS IS STARTING TO GET SOME MORE TRACTION, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY OUR PRINCIPLES OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM DOES REALLY WELL, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS THAT LOVE THAT CLASS.

WE DID HAVE OUR EIGHTH GRADERS COME AND VISIT ALL OF OUR CTE PROGRAMS OF STUDY IN THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY, AND OUR GROUPS WERE LED BY OUR AMAZING TAFI STUDENTS.

AND THEN, AS WE MOVE ON TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, I THINK IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER.

NINETY-TWO PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL ARE IN AT LEAST ONE OR MORE CTE COURSES. AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR ENROLLMENT BY CLUSTER, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT ARE VERY, VERY POPULAR. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE GAINING TRACTION.

SO AS WE MENTIONED, COSMETOLOGY JUST STARTED THIS LAST YEAR, HAS 141 STUDENTS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT AG, TRANSPORTATION, HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM, AND I DO, AND I'M JUST GOING TO MENTION IT, AS FAR AS THE DIP IN HEALTH SCIENCE, ONE THING THAT I WANT

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THE JOB MARKET AND THE JOB TRENDS, RIGHT NOW, KIDS ARE NOT WANTING TO TAKE ON EXTRA DEBT IN COLLEGE, AND I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WITH HEALTH SCIENCE, WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT NURSING, THAT COULD BE AN AREA OF CONCERN, AND SO I THINK THAT A LOT OF OUR KIDS JUST WANT TO GET INTO THE JOB MARKET. MS. RATLIFF, TO THAT POINT, ARE WE COMMUNICATING TO OUR KIDS THAT THEY COULD GO TO ACC FOR FREE WHEN THEY GRADUATE AND GET THEIR... RN AND BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM ACC FOR FREE? AND I THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO START TO SEE A LOT GREATER NUMBERS IN POST-SECONDARY ENROLLMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY ARE GOING TO WANT TO TRACK. OKAY. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION PROJECT LEAD THE WAY. THAT IS THE CURRICULUM THAT WE USE FOR ENGINEERING AT THE JUNIOR HIGH, WHICH WAS A NEW CLASS. AND WE ACTUALLY DID GET ANOTHER $10,000 GRANT THIS YEAR FOR THAT PROGRAM. LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO PAY FOR TRAINING AND SOME OF HIS RESOURCES, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER $10,000 GRANT, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME MORE GREAT THINGS.

AND THEN WE ALSO GOT A NEW $10,000 GRANT FROM EMERSON AND PROJECT LEAD THE WAY FOR ENGINEERING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN GET SOME NEW RESOURCES. AND THEN ANOTHER...

HE WAS HERE EARLIER. JUDGE RAYMOND DELEON WILL BE TEACHING FOUR DUAL CREDIT CRIMINAL JUSTICE COURSES IN HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT PATHWAY FOR ACC AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL NEXT YEAR. AND HE HAS JUST BEEN SUCH A ROCK STAR.

AND HE REALLY, IT WAS HIS IDEA TO BRING THAT. AND SO HE'S MAKING THAT HAPPEN FOR HIS KIDS AND FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS. I THINK THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. OH MAN, SO OUR...

THE VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL IS PRETTY AWESOME. BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE IN ACCOUNTING 1, ACCOUNTING 2, AND FINANCIAL MATH ARE LEARNING HOW TO DO TAXES. THEY ACTUALLY STUDY AND PASS THE I.R.S EXAMS IN TAX LAW AND VOLUNTEER STANDARDS OF CONDUCT, AND THEN THEY ALSO LEARN ABOUT FEDERAL COMPLIANCE. AND THEN THEY ARE ABLE TO DO TAXES FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO THEY HAD A DAY ON THE 18TH, WHERE THEY INVITED AND THEY WERE EVEN ENCOURAGING STUDENTS. IF THEY'RE WORKING TO COME AND GET THEIR TAXES DONE, AND THEN THAT WAY THEY CAN DO THEIR TAXES FOR FREE. SO THEN, AS WE MOVE INTO INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATIONS, OVER THE PREVIOUS YEARS, THAT'S WHERE THAT VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE, YOU CAN SEE. THE NUMBER IS PRETTY HIGH, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF KIDS THAT DO TAKE FINANCIAL MATH, AND WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE IN ACCOUNTING 1 AND 2. SO I THINK THAT THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME. AND THEN, AS WE JUST THINK ABOUT THE OTHER INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATIONS THAT STUDENTS ARE TAKING, AND I KNOW YOU ALL HEAR IT EVERY YEAR, BUT THE INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATIONS THAT THEY'RE TAKING ARE HARD.

THESE ARE TESTS THAT ADULTS HAVE A HARD TIME PASSING, AND OUR KIDS ARE PASSING THEM.

SERVE SAFE MANAGER IS DEFINITELY A HARD EXAM THAT ADULTS STRUGGLE WITH. AND THEN WE ARE ADDING A FEW MORE INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATIONS.

YOU WE COULD ALSO KIND OF SEE JUST OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. SO FOR US, OUR GOAL, WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE THE MOMENTUM THAT WE HAVE WITH IBCS. WE WANT TO HAVE JUST AS MANY, MAYBE A FEW MORE, AS WE DID LAST YEAR.

BUT LAST YEAR WE HAD 716 IBCS.

AND THEN I THINK, TOO, WE'RE DEFINITELY BUILDING A CULTURE OF... PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO SEE WHAT THE VALUE IS WITH INDUSTRY-BASED CERTIFICATIONS, AND I SEE SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS WITH OUR TEACHERS. WE HAVE THE NCCER CORE, WHICH WE STARTED LAST YEAR.

ALREADY, WE'VE HAD 64 STUDENTS PASS THIS YEAR. AND THEN OUR CCMA KIDS THAT YOU SAW THIS EVENING, WE HAVE 18 THAT HAVE PASSED SO FAR, AND WE DO HAVE AT LEAST ONE MORE TESTING DATE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY, REALLY GOOD THINGS HAPPENING.

AND THEN WE WILL BE OFFERING A FEW MORE NEW IBCS THIS YEAR.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS WE'LL BE DOING IN MARKETING AND SALES. AND THEN WE'LL DO PMI PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT CLASS. AND THEN CYBERSECURITY FUNDAMENTALS IN OUR CYBERSECURITY. AND THEN WE DO ALSO HAVE SOME AMAZING PARTNERS THAT HAVE NOT ONLY TAKEN OUR KIDS UNDER THEIR WING, THEY'VE GIVEN US TOURS, THEY HAVE THE CALIBER COLLISION, WE HAVE A LOT OF

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SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF BUILDING THAT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT UP. OKAY, SO IN CALIBER COLLISION, HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY IN THAT PROGRAM? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU. AND THEN DO YOU KNOW THE NUMBER FOR GOLDEN AGE HOME? I DON'T KNOW. AND I KNOW THIS SOUNDS SILLY, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE OVER 40 STUDENTS IN THE CCMA PRACTICUM, THEY DO A ROTATION.

BUT I CAN FIND OUT THE EXACT NUMBER THAT THEY CAN TAKE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE ROTATION? SURE. SO LET ME WRITE. I DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYTHING. SO OUR STUDENTS AT GOLDEN AGE, THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE, ALMOST 40 STUDENTS THAT ARE DOING ROTATION. SO IT'S LIKE A MONTHLY ROTATION, FOUR TO SIX WEEKS, AND SOME PLACES CAN TAKE TWO, SOME PLACES CAN TAKE FOUR. SO IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO HAVE.

AND THEN WE DO HAVE STUDENTS THAT GO IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

OKAY. AND YOU MENTIONED THAT NOT ONLY HEALTH SCIENCE HAVE A PART IN IT, BUT ALSO THE FLORAL AND CULINARY GROUPS AS WELL.

AND LAST YEAR WE DID HAVE KIDS THAT WERE IN OUR BUSINESS THAT WERE DOING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THEM TOO. THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO STATE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, MR. ESTRADA SAID.

YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THESE STUDENTS KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE AT ACC.

AND WITH THE FREE TUITION, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A.

THAT CAN PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN HOW THEY GO FORWARD. WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET THAT. AND I CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE THEM ON SOME MORE FIELD TRIPS TO ACC. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, FORD? OKAY, THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. WE'RE

[Seawillow Middle School Final Design]

ONE THING THAT I KIND OF WANT TO SET THE STAGE FOR... HE'S

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EXPERIENCING THE NEW SCHOOL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND SO HE GETS TO SEE ALL OF THE EXTRAORDINARY THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE SCHOOL, THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT SO ORDINARY. AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH, YOU'LL SEE THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY TRANSITIONING FROM WHAT AN ORDINARY SCHOOL WOULD BE INTO THE SPECIAL THINGS THAT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO SEAWOLF MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND END THE VIDEO. A COUPLE OF COMMENTS BEFORE. AS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THE FINISHED PRODUCT IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY CLOSE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO JUST MANAGE COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS AS THIS PROCESS GOES OVER THE NEXT 18 MONTHS. YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE A FEW THINGS THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WHEN THE FINISHED PRODUCT. I JUST WANT TO KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS. IT'S SOMETHING I'VE LEARNED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS IS VERY LONG, AND AS WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR THE DISTRICT'S BEST INTEREST. YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF SOME OF THOSE FINISHES AND SOME OF THOSE PRODUCTS, SO I JUST WANT TO JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE.

AND THEN ALSO IN TERMS OF THE HOUSES THAT YOU SEE IN THE DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS ISN'T REPRESENTING, YOU KNOW, THE THE DEVELOPERS HOMES.

IN TERMS OF THE STYLE OF HOMES, WE DON'T WANT TO MISLEAD ANYONE ON THOSE THINGS, SO THOSE HOMES MAY LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN IN THE VIDEO. SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST JUST SET IT UP.

GREEN, CAN YOU DIM THE LIGHTS?

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YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR HIM? OKAY, THANK Y'ALL. DON'T LEAVE, JEREMIAH. WE'RE GOING TO JUMP UP HERE A LITTLE BIT.

WE'RE GOING TO, WE GOT SOME PEOPLE WE LIKE TO SEND HOME. THEY DON'T HAVE TO STAY HERE ALL NIGHT. SO

[Consider and/or Approve Nominees to fill Three (3) Vacant Positions on the Bond Oversight Committee]

CONSIDER AND OR APPROVE NOMINEES TO FILL THREE VACANT POSITIONS OF THE BOARD'S OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. MR. CHAPMAN? GOOD EVENING AGAIN, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA. BOND OVERSIGHT, SORRY.

WHAT'S THAT? I THINK I SAID, BOARD OVERSIGHT, BOND OVERSIGHT. YES, BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. I'M GOING TO BRING UP MS. CASEY BROWN.

SHE IS OUR ACTING CHAIRWOMAN OF THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. I'M GOING TO LET HER INTRODUCE THE NOMINEES THEY HAD BECAUSE THEY WENT THROUGH AS A COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE WHO THEY WANTED AND HOW... WHO THEY PICK? SO I THINK IT'D BE BEST IF SHE WOULD SHARE WHO THEY ARE. GOOD EVENING. I HAVE ANGELA MEITLER AND NICOLE STEVENS WITH ME, THEY SIT ON THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WITH ME. A COUPLE OF US ARE OGS ALREADY FOUR YEARS, I THINK, BY NOW, BUT WE HAVE THREE VACANCIES NOW ON OUR COMMITTEE AND THAT'S ALFREDO MUNOZ. I HEAR HE GOT TAKEN AWAY TO ANOTHER DISTRICT COMMITTEE.

AND DIANE NEELY, SHE JUST SAID, IT'S TIME AFTER FOUR YEARS.

AND THEN CURTIS HAWKINS IS NOW A LISD EMPLOYEE, SO HE CAN'T SIT ON OUR COMMITTEE ANYMORE. SO WE PUT SOME FEELERS OUT THERE AND GATHERED INTEREST FROM THE PUBLIC. AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THESE THREE PEOPLE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE FOR YOUR APPROVAL. AND THAT'S HEATHER PETERSON. SHE'S A MOTHER WITH CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT. SHE LIKES TO BE INVOLVED AND HEADS UP THE BORCHER LOOP PTA, AND SHE WORKS AT OUR LOCAL HEB. AND DEBBIE SANDERS, SHE'S OUR CALDWELL COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR.

AND IN HER WORDS, BECAUSE I DID ASK WHY THEY SHOULD BE ON OUR COMMITTEE, SHE SAID.

SHE'S AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WITH A STRONG COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AS A GRANDPARENT OF TWO STUDENTS ATTENDING LOCKHART ISD. I TAKE A PERSONAL INTEREST IN THE DISTRICT'S SUCCESS AND IN ENSURING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE USE OF BOND FUNDS. AND THEN, THIRD, WE HAVE MYSTICA MARES. HER AND HER HUSBAND RUN THE ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB. SHE HAS A DAUGHTER ATTENDING LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH AND PRETTY INVOLVED, AND SHE WORKS FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO THOSE ARE OUR THREE NOMINEES THAT WE BRING TO YOU FOR APPROVAL. ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD? ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE THAT. THE BOARD APPROVE HEATHER PETERSON, DEBBIE SANDERS, AND MYSTICA MODIS TO FILL THE THREE VACANT POSITIONS ON THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AS PRESENTED. A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. PLEASE INDICATE, SAY YES AND RAISE YOUR HAND.

YES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU, MA'AM. PASSER 7-0. WE APPRECIATE THE WORK Y'ALL DO.

YES. THANK YOU, LADIES, FOR EVERYTHING Y'ALL DO. THANK YOU. WE LEARN A LOT THROUGH THE PROCESS. YEAH.

THANK YOU GUYS. Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. WE'LL

[Alma Brewer Strawn and Navarro Elementary School Targeted Improvement Plan Update ]

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AND REALLY MOTIVATING OUR KIDS TO MAKE THEIR GOALS. PLUS ANOTHER 16 MORE THAT HAVE AT LEAST 400,000 WORDS OR MORE, AND SO WE'RE REALLY WORKING TOWARDS, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HIT AT LEAST 20 STUDENTS AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THAT'S OUR GOAL. WHEN WE ONLY ENDED WITH 9 STUDENTS MAKING OUR MILLION WORDS LAST YEAR, SO WE'RE ALREADY DOING SO MUCH BETTER THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR, SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND JUST OUR STUDENTS. SO AT THE BOTTOM LEFT, YOU'LL SEE KIDS AT DESKS. THAT WAS AN ATTENDANCE INCENTIVE.

THEY HAD CANES. OUR CIS, COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS WAS ABLE TO GET CANES LUNCH FOR OUR TOP THREE CLASSES. SO IT'S ONE OF OUR CLASSES THAT WAS ENJOYING A CANES LUNCH FOR FREE ONE DAY. OUR AMAZING CHOIR IN THE MIDDLE. THE PICTURE I HAVE IS FROM THE DICKENS CELEBRATION AT CHRISTMAS TIME. WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT. AND THEN OUR AMAZING BALLET FOLKLORICO DANCE GROUP THAT KEEPS GROWING EVERY YEAR, AND THIS IS THEM PERFORMING AT ONE OF OUR FRIDAY ASSEMBLIES, AND THEY ALSO PERFORM AT PLACES LIKE. WE HAVE OUR HEALTH FAIR COMING UP IN MARCH. THEY'LL BE PERFORMING THERE, BOTH OUR CHOIR AND BALLET FOLKLORICO. SO WE JUST HAVE, AND THE ONE THING I DIDN'T GET TO PUT IN HERE BECAUSE OF THE TIMING, BUT WE HAD A REALLY GREAT GROUP OF ABOUT 15, 20 STUDENTS THAT ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR.

THIS WEEKEND AND ALSO PLAY. SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE OUR STUDENTS DOING ALL THESE AMAZING THINGS. SO AS PART OF THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROCESS, WE HAVE SITE VISITS THAT ARE WE HAVE REGION 13 STAFF THAT ARE COMING TO OBSERVE THE USE OF RESEARCH-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES, OR ARBY'S. AND BACK IN OCTOBER, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL CALL BEGINNING OF. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WE'RE CALLING BEGINNING OF THE YEAR HERE.

FOR READING, THE RBS FOR READING WERE OBSERVED ABOUT 67% OF THE TIME, AND FOR MATH, 70% OF THE TIME.

WELL, THEN OUR FRIENDS FROM REGION 13 RETURNED IN JANUARY FOR A MID-YEAR SITE VISIT, AND FOR READING, OUR RESEARCH-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES WERE OBSERVED 64% OF THE TIME, AND OUR MATH WAS 20% OF THE TIME. SO THIS IS DEFINITELY AN AREA IN MATH THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON, AND IT JUST... I THINK THE CONSISTENCY WASN'T HAPPENING, SO WE'RE REALLY MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF OUR MOVE TO THE UNLOCKING POTENTIAL SYSTEM WITH OUR WALKTHROUGHS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE ON MY CLIPBOARD, THAT I'M REALLY MONITORING WHEN I GO INTO CLASSROOMS. TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. AND WE DO HAVE A FOLLOW-UP VISIT ON MARCH 12TH.

BECAUSE WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE IN CLASSROOMS AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE BENEFITING FROM THE BEST INSTRUCTION POSSIBLE. I'M MOVING TO A DATA COMPARISON.

THIS IS OUR CBA DATA, OR OUR COMMON-BASED ASSESSMENTS THROUGH THE DISTRICT. WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING, OF COURSE, REALLY FOCUSING ON THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE ACCOUNTABILITY COMES FROM. I WON'T READ THESE TO YOU, BUT BASICALLY, THE PERCENTAGES MEAN THE FIRST NUMBER IS APPROACHES, THE MIDDLE NUMBER IS MEETS, AND THE LAST NUMBER IS MASTERS.

FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THIRD GRADE, YOU'LL SEE 37, 18, 7. SO THAT'S 37% APPROACHES, 18% MEETS GRADE LEVEL, AND THEN 7% MASTERS. SO THE FIRST COLUMN IS CBA 1 FOR READING AT THE TOP. WE HAVE CBA 2 IN THE MIDDLE. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR BENCHMARK. SO WE JUST TOOK OUR BENCHMARK FEBRUARY 10TH. IT WAS LIKE OUR PRACTICE STAR TEST.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY A CUMULATIVE ASSESSMENT THAT REALLY TELLS US WHERE WE ARE OR WHERE WE WERE. WHERE WE ARE NOW IN COMPARISON TO WHERE OUR STUDENTS NEED TO BE TO TAKE THE STAR TEST IN APRIL. AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE DIFFERENCE COLUMN, WE HAVE PLUSES ALL THE WAY THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH. SO THAT'S COMPARING CBA1 TO THE BENCHMARK. AND SO WE HAD GREAT IMPROVEMENTS IN ALL GRADE LEVELS. AS YOU CAN SEE, FOURTH GRADE DEFINITELY HAD THE BIGGEST GAINS. AND IN FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE IS WHERE WE REALLY FOCUS ON THAT GROWTH. SO, PART OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.

REALLY FOCUS, THERE'S A DOMAIN TWO IS FOCUSING ON ACADEMIC GROWTH, AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE IT'S GOING TO COME INTO PLAY FOR FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE.

BUT YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE FOR READING. AND AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE OUR HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL, SAVIS, THAT WE IMPLEMENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THEN WE LOOK AT MATH.

AGAIN, CBA 1 AND CBA 2. WE DON'T TAKE OUR BENCHMARK FOR MATH UNTIL MARCH 3RD. AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE'LL GET TO SEE WHERE WE ARE IN COMPARISON TO THE STAR TEST.

AS YOU CAN TELL, ONE THING I WANT TO MENTION IS IN READING, THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE CUMULATIVE, SO THE SKILLS ARE TESTED, SOME OF THE SAME SKILLS ARE TESTED ON CBA1, CBA2, AND BENCHMARK.

FOR MATH, THEY'RE ISOLATED SKILLS, SO CBA1 WAS A... A GROUP OF TEKS THAT WERE TAUGHT DURING THAT TIME AND THEN BETWEEN CBA 1 AND CBA 2, COULD BE A DIFFERENT SET OF TEKS.

AND SO IT'S REALLY HARD

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THANK YOU. ANOTHER AREA I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS OUR DATA COMPARISON FOR 1.5. SO YOU'LL SEE HERE, THE TOP IS READING AND THE BOTTOM IS MATH. SO THE FIRST COLUMN HAS WHERE WE ENDED AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

FOR THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT MET THEIR 1.5 GOALS. THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR FOR 2026, THAT'S THE FEBRUARY TEST. AND THEN, LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENCES, AGAIN, THE FOURTH GRADE GROUP REALLY MADE ENORMOUS GAINS FROM THE END OF THE YEAR TO THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, BUT WE STILL HAVE POSITIVES ACROSS FOR BOTH READING AND MATH. AND THIS, AGAIN, IS THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS MEETING THEIR 1.5 GOALS. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY ON TRACK TO MEET OUR GOALS THIS YEAR.

AND AS WE LOOK AT THIS DATA AND JUST THE DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR SITE VISIT AND OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROCESS, IN THE FALL SEMESTER, WE FOCUSED ON, OF COURSE, ATTENDANCE, AND WE STILL ARE IN THE SPRING. WE ENSURED OUR TEACHERS WERE TRAINED IN THE RESEARCH-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES FOR READING AND REALLY INTERNALIZING THAT NEW CURRICULUM FOR READING, SAVAS.

I STARTED MY BIWEEKLY SESSIONS WITH THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT STAFF FROM REGION 13. DR.

VOSKAS CAME TO CAMPUS ABOUT MID-NOVEMBER TO SUPPORT A FEW DAYS A WEEK.

TO REALLY JUST HELP US GET OUR PLC PROCESSES IN PLACE AND JUST LOOKING AT INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES THAT WE COULD IMPROVE. BUILDING CAPACITY THROUGH OBSERVATION AND FEEDBACK CYCLES.

IN THE FALL, YOU'LL REMEMBER THE WALKTHROUGH COUNTS THAT WE WENT THROUGH, RIGHT? FOR THE NUMBER OF WALKTHROUGHS WE DID, WE WEREN'T ALWAYS ABLE TO COMPLETE A COACHING CYCLE AS A GROUP. BUT I CAN TELL YOU NOW AS WE MOVE TO THE UNLOCKING POTENTIAL SYSTEM. WHERE MAYBE 20 TO 30 PERCENT OF OUR TEACHERS WOULD HAVE HAD THAT COACHING CYCLE. NOW, 100 PERCENT OF OUR TEACHERS ARE GETTING THAT COACHING THROUGH THAT OBSERVATION AND FEEDBACK CYCLE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, MAKING SURE WE'RE UTILIZING OUR WEEKLY PLCS TO ANALYZE THAT DATA AND MAKE THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL ADJUSTMENTS. AS WE ARE IN THE SPRING SEMESTER NOW, WE'RE CONTINUING TO MONITOR ATTENDANCE, AS YOU CAN SEE IN OUR GROWTH.

WE HAVE NOW ENSURED THAT ALL TEACHERS ARE TRAINED IN THE MATH RESEARCH-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES. AND SO IN PLCS, AS WELL AS OUR MINI OBSERVATIONS, MAKING SURE WE'RE FOCUSING ON THOSE STRATEGIES AND LOOKING AT THOSE TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP TEACHERS ENSURE THEY'RE DOING THEM CORRECTLY. WE ALSO ATTENDED A TRAINING AT REGION 13 IN JANUARY, THAT WEEK OF THE FREEZE THAT WE HAD. AND IT WAS REALLY ABOUT MATH. IT WAS FOR MATH. AND IT WAS ABOUT LOOKING AT THOSE STAR-TESTED ITEMS THAT WERE MORE DIFFICULT AND REALLY BREAKING THEM DOWN TO HELP US. BETTER TURN AROUND AND MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD HELP OUR STUDENTS BE SUCCESSFUL. REGION 13 COACH STARTED COMING VERY CONSISTENTLY TO ASSIST WITH OUR TEACHERS IN THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE READING AND MATH, CONTINUING MY BIWEEKLY SESSIONS WITH THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT STAFF FROM REGION 13, AND, OF COURSE, CONTINUING THOSE OBSERVATION AND FEEDBACK CYCLES TO BUILD TEACHER CAPACITY AND UTILIZING THOSE PLCS. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? MA'AM? WHAT DOES THAT COACHING ASSISTANT LOOK LIKE? SO BASICALLY, EVERY TEACHER NEEDS TO GET AT LEAST ONE MINI OBSERVATION AND FOLLOW THROUGH CONVERSATION ON WHAT WAS SEEN DURING THAT MINI OBSERVATION.

AND SO BASICALLY, MY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND I SPLIT UP OUR STAFF. WE SCHEDULE THEM ON OUR CALENDAR. AND WHEN WE GO IN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TALKING TO TEACHERS WITHIN 24, NO MORE THAN 48 HOURS, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT. IT'S ABOUT WHAT DID I SEE IN THOSE 10 TO 15 MINUTES. AND THEN AS A TEACHER, YOU KNOW, AS A COLLEAGUE, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING WHAT'S THAT HIGH-YIELD INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY THAT YOU FEEL, THAT YOU SEE THAT YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON. WE MAY TRY TO GET THE CONVERSATION WHERE WE'VE ALREADY SEEN,

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OH, SO THAT'S A SEPARATE, YEAH, SO IT'S US FOR THE UNLOCKING POTENTIAL SYSTEM, WHERE EVERY TEACHER GETS AT LEAST ONE MINI OBSERVATION A MONTH, PLUS THAT FOLLOW-THROUGH.

BUT I DO HAVE A REGION 13 COACH RIGHT NOW. THAT'S WORKING VERY SPECIFICALLY WITH A COUPLE OF TEACHERS IN THIRD, A COUPLE OF TEACHERS IN FOURTH, AND A COUPLE OF TEACHERS IN FIFTH. AND THIS REALLY IS HELPING BECAUSE OUR LEVER LEADERS ARE IN THE CLASSROOM FULL-TIME. SO WHERE I DON'T HAVE THAT.

ADDITIONAL COACHING RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHERE THIS PERSON IS FILLING IN. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. WHAT ARE THEY DOING? WHAT ARE THEY DOING IN THE CLASSROOM THAT'S DIFFERENT? DEFINITELY, I MEAN, COMING IN, CO-TEACHING, MODELING, WORKING WITH OUR STAFF TO REALLY DIG INTO THE DATA AND MAKE THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL ADJUSTMENTS.

IT'S JUST MY EXTENSIONS. IT'S REALLY GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION. SO GOING BACK TO THE SITE VISITS, I GUESS, BY REGION 13. SO ON THE MATH PART, I MEAN, HOW MANY CLASSES DO THEY ACTUALLY OBSERVE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO WE IDENTIFIED FIVE CLASSES FOR READING AND FIVE CLASSES FOR MATH. I WILL TELL YOU THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, IN OCTOBER, WE FOCUSED ON CLASSROOMS K THROUGH 5.

BUT AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE SPRING AND STAR, FOR THIS MIDDLE-OF-THE-YEAR ASSESSMENT, OR THE MIDDLE-OF-THE-YEAR VISIT, I FOCUSED ON CLASSROOMS IN 2 THROUGH 5. AND SO... WHAT WE DID NOTICE IS IN THE THREE THROUGH FIVE CLASSROOMS, THERE WERE LESS USE OF MANIPULATIVES. AND THAT'S WHERE THE RESEARCH-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES FOR MATH AND THAT 20% OF THE OBSERVING THOSE STRATEGIES, THE MAIN TWO THAT REALLY HURT US WERE THE LACK OF MANIPULATIVES FOR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPTUAL INFORMATION, AS WELL AS NOT HAVING OUR STUDENTS STRUGGLE PRODUCTIVELY. SO TEACHERS REALLY JUST COMING IN AND HELPING STUDENTS FIND THE ANSWER, INSTEAD OF HELPING THEM HAVE THAT PRODUCTIVE STRUGGLE TO THINK THROUGH THE PROBLEM SOLVING.

SO LIKE THE WALKTHROUGHS Y'ALL DO, Y'ALL DIDN'T NOTICE THAT FALLING OFF FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND MAKE SOME CORRECTIONS? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO OUR OBSERVATIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WERE ON OUR FUNDAMENTAL FIVE. SO THESE ARE HIGH-YIELD INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES LIKE LESSON, FRAME, POWER ZONE, RECOGNIZE AND REINFORCE, FREQUENT, SMALL GROUP, PURPOSEFUL TALK. AND CRITICAL WRITING. BUT REALLY, NOW I'VE SHIFTED TO USING THE RESEARCH-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE CONTENT AREAS AS PART OF OUR WALKTHROUGHS WITH THESE MINI-OBSERVATIONS.

WHAT WOULD SOME OF THOSE BE IN THE MATH AREA THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND USING? SO BALANCING THE CONCEPTUAL AND THE PROCEDURAL, SO NOT JUST HOW DO I KNOW, YOU KNOW, DO I KNOW THE STEPS, BUT DO I KNOW THE WHY BEHIND IT? SO IT'S REALLY THAT BALANCE. IT'S THE REAL-WORLD APPLICATION. WHAT ABOUT READING FOR THOSE KIDS IN MATH? THERE'S A LOT OF READING IN MATH. IS THAT A FACTOR? WELL, NOT AS REALLY AS A PART OF THE RESEARCH-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES. IT'S REALLY, LIKE I SAID, THE FOUR RBS ARE THE BALANCE, THE CONCEPTUAL, AND THE PROCEDURAL. IT'S THE REAL-WORLD APPLICATION. IT'S THE USE OF MANIPULATIVES OR OTHER TANGIBLE THINGS, AND THEN THAT PRODUCTIVE STRUGGLE. SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE RESEARCH-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES ARE.

BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE IS A LOT OF READING IN MATH. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE REALLY HAVING TO SPIRAL IN MORE OF THAT STAR PREP AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE REALLY WORKING ON THOSE WORD PROBLEMS AND HOW THEY WILL BE ASKED ON STAR. DR.

SANCHEZ, MR. WRIGHT AS WELL, AS WE WORK WITH TEA AND REGION 13, THOSE RESEARCH-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES, WE USE THAT LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION, AND PROBABLY EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, WE COULD GO THROUGH AND LIST 800 DIFFERENT THINGS.

THEY'VE, THEY'VE LANDING ON THOSE FOUR SPECIFIC THINGS FOR MATH, AND THAT'S WHERE THAT FOCUS HAS BEEN, SPECIFICALLY, THOSE, THOSE FOUR. AND THAT'LL BE A HUGE FOCUS AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR MATH. FOR NEXT YEAR, THAT'S GOING TO BE EMBEDDED AGAIN IN THAT CURRICULUM THAT EVERYONE WILL BE USING AS WELL. THAT MAKES SENSE, OKAY? THE OTHER QUESTIONS BOARD IT'S NOT A QUESTION, BUT JUST MAYBE A COMMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE DO IT HERE, OR MAYBE JUST A VIDEO AND A BOARD BRIEF. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT IN PRACTICE. IT'S ONE THING TO HEAR THE WORDS, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE A DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT IT'S LOOKING LIKE IN THE CLASSROOM. WELL, AT SOME POINT WE WERE DISCUSSING, ACTUALLY DOING VISITS TO ACTUALLY GO SEE. MATERIALS ARE BEING USED IN PRACTICE VERSUS WE APPROVE MATERIALS,

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YEAH, EVEN IF YOU JUST PUT IT IN. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

OKAY. MS. EPSTEIN? THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA. SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER OUR MIDDLE OF YEAR UPDATE, AND I'M AMANDA EPSTEIN, PROUD PRINCIPAL, OVER HERE AT NAVARRO. I'M GOING TO SAY, THANK YOU, CHRISTINA.

SHE DID SO MUCH WORK, I FEEL LIKE, FOR MY SLIDES, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFUL EXPLANATIONS, BECAUSE MINE WILL BE VERY SIMILAR. AS FAR AS SOME CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS, ONE OF OURS IS ALSO ATTENDANCE. WE ARE UP ALMOST A 3% FROM PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR.

WE'RE AT A 95.35 PERCENT. WE ARE REAL CLOSE TO PLUM CREEK, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED. AND THAT'S ABOUT 2,880 MORE DAYS OF STUDENT LEARNING. SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS COMING AND OUR FAMILIES REALLY SUPPORTING US IN THIS ENDEAVOR. ANOTHER EXCITING THING, WE HAVE THIS LITTLE LEGO LEAGUE TEAM. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT. A LITTLE BIT, WE'VE HEARD. YES, I'M SURE.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADVANCING TO STATE. THEY JUST HELD THEIR REGIONALS OVER IN DRIPPEN SPRINGS, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. I THINK THAT THEY'RE HEADED TO DALLAS, SO WORKING THROUGH THAT. WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF THAT TEAM AND THEIR POSES THAT THEY DO, WE FEEL LIKE, EACH AND EVERY TIME, SO REALLY PROUD OF THEM. WE HAVE A FATHER WHO LIKES TO KEEP US INFORMED ABOUT THIS. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHO THAT WOULD BE. WE GET A LOT OF PHOTOS. I DON'T KNOW.

OKAY, WELL, I'M GLAD YOU'VE HEARD MAYBE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM. OVERALL, OUR 1.5 IMPROVEMENT COMPARED TO THE 24-25 YEAR, WHICH I'LL HIGHLIGHT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF. AND I ALSO PUT A PICTURE UP HERE OF OUR 1.5 HALL OF FAME THAT OUR ACADEMIC COMMITTEE PUT TOGETHER. AND SO IT'S UP IN THE HALLWAY. AND OUR STUDENTS, AS THEY MEET THEIR 1.5 FOR THE YEAR, COME UP AND SIGN IT WITH SOME SPECIAL SHARPIES RIGHT WHEN THEY'RE DONE WITH THEIR LIBRARY TIME. AND SO WE'VE HAD SOME STUDENTS REALLY EXCITED TO TAG THAT BOARD AND SHOW THAT THEY'RE MAKING THEIR PROGRESS. WE ALSO HAVE OUR READ-A-THONS. SPEAKING ABOUT OUR MILLION WORDS, WE HAD A SEVEN MILLION WORDS IN ONE DAY FROM OUR PAST READ-A-THON, AND WE'LL BE HAVING ANOTHER ONE. BUT IT WAS A REALLY FUN TIME WHERE OUR LIBRARIAN, I MEAN, WE WERE, LIKE, ANNOUNCING EVERY HOUR, HAVING RAFFLES AND, LIKE, RUNNING AROUND, LIKE, THIS CLASS NOW HAS THIS MANY.

AND THEY'RE LIKE, NO WAY, WE'RE GOING TO BEAT THEM. SO IT WAS A WHOLE SITUATION THAT WAS REALLY FUN, AND IT WAS A REALLY NICE TIME TO SEE THEIR LOVE OF READING COMING THROUGH. AND THIS MIDDLE ONE HERE IS OUR LIBRARIAN. SHE'S ACTUALLY HOLDING CONFERENCES AS WELL WITH STUDENTS FOR A MILLION WORDS. ALL OF OUR TEACHERS ARE. BUT SHE'S ALSO HIGHLIGHTING REALLY SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT WE KNOW CAN GET TO THOSE MILLION WORDS. SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HER WORK AS WELL THAT WE'RE DOING ON OUR CAMPUS FOR OUR GOALS THIS YEAR. WE ALSO HAD THE SITE VISIT. SO SAME AS MS. VASQUEZ HAD SHARED AS FAR AS THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. WE DID HAVE OUR FOCUS FROM K TO 5, SAME THING, 5 IN READING, 5 IN MATH.

FOR OUR READING, WE STARTED AT 56% IN THAT OCTOBER. AND THEN WHEN THEY CAME BACK, WE WERE AT A 63%. AND THEN FOR OUR MATH, WE ENDED WITH AN 80% IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE UP TO A 90%. SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR SOME OF THOSE RESEARCH-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES SEEN IN THE CLASSROOM. AND ONE OF THE PARTS THAT WE'VE BEEN REALLY HIGHLIGHTING IS PRODUCTIVE STRUGGLE, AND THAT CAME ACROSS IN OUR MATH. SO WE WERE PROUD TO SEE THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE GIVING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE'RE WANTING TO CONTINUE THAT. AND JUST LIKE MS. VASQUEZ SAID, THEY'LL BE COMING BACK OUT IN MARCH.

THEY ASKED, WOULD YOU LIKE US TO COME BACK? I SAID, YEP, THAT SOUNDS GREAT. COME BACK OUT. SO WE CAN KEEP GROWING AND KEEP SEEING THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AS WELL. WE ALSO HAVE CBA DATA, SO SAME AS MS. VASQUEZ SHARED AS WELL, FOR THE APPROACHES, MEETS AND MASTERS. WITH THE READING BEING CUMULATIVE, WE DEFINITELY HAVE MADE SOME GAINS, ESPECIALLY HIGHLIGHTING OUR THIRD GRADE. THEY HAVE BEEN REALLY WORKING VERY HARD WITH OUR STUDENTS BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WITH THAT BEING THE FIRST TIME THAT A LOT OF THOSE ASSESSMENTS ARE HAPPENING. AND SEEING SOME REALLY GREAT GROWTH, SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT. AND ALSO NOTICING SOME OF OUR MEETS AS WELL GROWING, WHICH IS FANTASTIC TO SEE.

THAT WE'RE MOVING, NOT JUST FROM APPROACHES, BUT WE'RE REALLY MOVING UP THOSE STUDENTS MEETING THE STANDARD JUST AGAIN, LIKE MISS VASQUEZ SHARED. AS FAR AS MATH, THOSE ARE SOME OF THOSE CBA ONE TO TWO ISOLATED SKILLS. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT BENCHMARK IN MATH AS WELL. TO SEE THE CUMULATIVE AND HOW THAT GOES MOVING FORWARD. HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH, THESE ARE OUR 1.5. THESE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE WERE NOTICING. WE JUST MADE SOME REALLY BIG IMPROVEMENTS IN READING, SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF SEEING WHERE THEY WERE AT THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR TO WHERE THEY ARE HERE AT THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR IN FEBRUARY. I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME MORE THINGS TO DO, BUT EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK.

AND THE SAME THING IN MATH,

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FOR OUR CONTINUED GROWTH, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT MONITORING OF ATTENDANCE, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE FALL. HERE IN THE SPRING, AN ADDITIONAL THING THAT WE'VE ADDED IS ATTENDANCE CONTRACTS AND FAMILY CONFERENCES. SO THAT'S WHERE THE ATTENDANCE CLERK AND MYSELF ARE MEETING. WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS EPICALLY BEAUTIFUL SPREADSHEET SHE'S CREATED THAT'S COLOR-CODED TO MY HEART. AND IF WE NEED TO BRING SOME FAMILIES IN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE. NOT ONLY THE CONVERSATION OF HERE'S WHERE THIS COULD GO TO TRUANCY, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT, DO YOU NEED SOME OUTSIDE SUPPORT, SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, HOW CAN WE HELP SUPPORT YOU.

AND GETTING OUR STUDENTS HERE.

AND THEN THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE AN ATTENDANCE CONTRACT THAT WE'RE GETTING THEM TO SIGN. WE ALSO HAVE BIWEEKLY SUPPORT FROM REGION 13 COMING IN. THEY STARTED COMING IN THE FALL SEMESTER, AND THE ADDITIONAL NEW THING THIS SPRING SEMESTER IS OUR REGION 13 COACHES ARE COMING IN AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK. AND THEY'RE TARGETING READING AND MATH, SO WE SPLIT THEM UP. ONE COACH IS WORKING ON READING AND ONE'S WORKING ON MATH, AND THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY WORKING WITH THE LEVER LEADERS.

AND HOW THAT LOOKS AS THEY ARE GOING? AND DOING OBSERVATIONS IN CLASSROOMS, JOINING IN ON PLC, DOING DATA DIGS, REALLY LOOKING AT THE READINESS STANDARDS.

THAT ARE PERHAPS THE ONES WE SHOULD REALLY BE MORE FOCUSED ON AT THIS POINT IN TIME TO REALLY HELP MOVE OUR CAMPUS.

SO THEY'RE BEING VERY TARGETED IN WORKING WITH OUR LEVER LEADERS AND THEN PUSHING THAT SUPPORT BACK INTO CLASSROOMS, AS WELL AS WORKING THROUGH COACHING CONVERSATIONS.

WITH THEM, TOO. FOR THE FALL, WE TALKED ABOUT SAVIS AND MATH INTERNALIZATION WEEKLY FOR K-5. THAT'S GOING ON.

IN ADDITION, WE'VE ADDED SOME OUTSIDE TRAINING, SUCH AS THE READING AND MATH RBS THAT HAS COME FROM DISTRICT AND THEN STAR-STUDDED TRAINING. THAT MS. VASQUEZ HAD MENTIONED WE DID ELA AND MATH AS WELL. WE WENT ALONGSIDE REGION 13, BROUGHT SOME OF OUR STAFF AND THEN TOOK IT BACK TO OUR CAMPUSES. WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED AND SOME OF THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT WERE PROVIDED THERE. FOR THE FALL SEMESTER, WE HAVE OUR BI-WEEKLY PLCS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON. WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON DATA AND STUDENT ARTIFACTS.

ONE OF THE THINGS IN FALL SEMESTER WE DID WITH OUR WHAT I NEED, WHICH IS CALLED THAT WHEN INTERVENTION TIME, IS WE REALLY LOOKED AT STRATEGIC GROUPING. SO THINKING ABOUT WHAT STUDENTS NEEDED, WHAT, PERHAPS WHAT TEACHERS COULD PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT, HOW DO WE MAKE GROUPS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, USE OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS AS WELL. WE STARTED THAT WITH READING, I WOULD SAY, AROUND MAYBE OCTOBER, NOVEMBER. THE NEW THING THAT WE HAVE FOR SPRING SEMESTER IS WE'RE CONTINUING THAT WORK. MOVING STUDENTS IS NEEDED BASED ON THEIR DATA, BUT WE'RE ADDING IN THE MATH INTERVENTION BLOCK TWO AND MOVING STUDENTS TO MAKE GROUPS SMALLER. AND AGAIN, TARGET THE THINGS, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR REGION 13 COACHES COMING IN SAYING, HEY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE HEADED.

HOW'S THIS LOOKING? LET'S COME ALL TOGETHER AND REALLY THINK WHAT'S GOING TO BE BEST, AGAIN, FOR WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE NEEDING. IN ADDITION, FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER, WE ALSO ARE HAVING ONE-TO-ONE DATA MEETINGS. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE MEETING WITH TEACHERS MYSELF.

AND THE LEVER LEADERS INCLUDED.

WHERE WE'RE GETTING TOGETHER WITH THAT TEACHER AND LOOKING AT HERE'S YOUR DATA FROM THE LAST ASSESSMENT, HERE IT IS NOW. NOT ONLY ARE WE COMING TOGETHER AS A TEAM, BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING INDIVIDUALLY FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM AND HAVING MORE OF A DATA CULTURE ON OUR CAMPUS? TO REALLY THINK AGAIN ABOUT WHAT DO THESE ALL MEAN, AND HOW ARE WE MOVING STUDENTS FORWARD, AND ALSO HOW ARE WE CELEBRATING THOSE ONES THAT ARE DOING REALLY WELL. LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT THOSE CELEBRATIONS AS WELL. MS. VASQUEZ ALSO TALKED ABOUT OUR UPS, OUR UNLOCKING POTENTIAL SYSTEM. SO OUR GOAL WAS 50% IN THE FALL SEMESTER. WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE AT 100% AS WELL BECAUSE OF THE COACHING CONVERSATIONS.

MYSELF AND OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ARE ABLE TO HAVE BASED ON THOSE CHECK-INS AFTER OUR OBSERVATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING.

AND THEN THE LAST THING FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER THAT'S NEW IS WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED OUR AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING AS WELL, TWO TIMES A WEEK FOR THREE THROUGH FIVE. WE WERE VERY STRATEGIC IN WHICH STUDENTS THAT WE WERE BRINGING IN AND WHAT SUBJECTS THEY NEEDED. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE DISTRICT IS OFFERING THAT LIE AND LEAP TUTORING SATURDAY SESSIONS FOUR DAYS FOR THOSE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS. SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ON HERE, AS WELL AS ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING TO HELP SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.

IS THAT ALSO AT AB STRONG? I DON'T KNOW IF I'M, IT'S HAPPENING IN BOTH CAMPUSES? YES, THERE'S GOING TO BE IT. IT'S FOR ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF THAT SATURDAY. AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A, I BELIEVE IT'S. THE JUNIOR HIGH IS GOING TO HAVE A SESSION THERE, AND THEN ABS IS GOING TO HAVE AN OUT OF TOWN.

LOCATION SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE ALL THE STUDENTS THAT WAY THAT WE'RE INVITING.

SO THE AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING AND WEEKENDS, SO YOU'RE INVITING STUDENTS AND WHAT KIND OF PARTICIPANTS, ARE THEY WILLINGLY COMING, OR HOW ARE THEY PARTICIPATING? MOST ARE. WE SEND OUT OUR PERMISSION SLIPS, LIKE, I'LL SPEAK ON THE AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING.

WE JUST SENT THAT OUT AND WE'VE GOT THAT STARTING TOMORROW. I BELIEVE WE'RE PROBABLY AT ABOUT 75% OF FAMILIES WHO RESPONDED YES.

THE HARD PART SOMETIMES IS THE TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE TO COME PICK THEM UP.

BUT MOST OF OUR FAMILIES HAVE BEEN WILLING AND SAYING, YEAH, I WILL. EVEN IF IT'S JUST THAT ONE DAY A WEEK, I CAN GET THEM THERE FOR THAT. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING OUR STUDENTS THERE.

AND ARE YOU GETTING THE STUDENTS THAT REALLY NEED THE

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TEAKS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

THAT ARE JUST GOING TO BE THAT EXTRA PART THAT SOME OF OUR STUDENTS MIGHT JUST BE MISSING. SO AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO BE VERY STRATEGIC WITH MOVING SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT WHO? WE THINK WE CAN MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY. IS THIS LIKE EVERY SATURDAY NOW? FOR THE SATURDAY SESSIONS, THERE'S FOUR. I BELIEVE THERE'S LIKE TWO IN MARCH, TWO IN APRIL OR SO. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE SPLIT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, DEPENDING ON SPRING BREAK AND WHERE THOSE FALL. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ATTENDANCE. SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD IMPROVEMENT, BUT IS THAT YOU'VE SEEN THAT SAME IMPROVED LEVEL AT ALL GRADE LEVELS, OR IS IT CONCENTRATED IN SOME CLASSES MORE THAN OTHERS? IT, I WOULD SAY OUR UPPER GRADES.

TYPICALLY, IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT OVERALL WE HAVE JUST SEEN A HUGE INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD. AND IT KIND OF FLUCTUATES, SO I COULD SAY. OUR 5TH GRADE AND OUR 4TH GRADE ARE TYPICALLY THE HIGHER ONES, BUT THEN SOMETIMES 3RD GRADE COMES OUT OF NOWHERE. OR WE'VE HAD 100% IN A GRADE LEVEL IN A WEEK, AND WE WERE LIKE, WHOA, THAT'S... SO IT JUST, IT STILL DEPENDS ON SOME OF THE ILLNESSES WE HAVE GOING ON. I WOULD SAY KINDER STILL IS TYPICALLY A LITTLE BIT LOWER WITH OUR BABIES, ESPECIALLY THE ONES WHEN IT'S THEIR FIRST YEAR OR TWO. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, I WOULD SAY WE'VE SEEN HUGE GROWTH ACROSS ALL GRADE LEVELS RIGHT NOW.

YOU ACTUALLY HAVE LESS STUDENTS THIS YEAR THAN YOU DID LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE REDISTRICTING. AND DOES THAT PLAY ANY ROLE IN THE PLAN FOR CONTINUED GROWTH? I MEAN, I GUESS WHEN, NOT THE PLAN, BUT LIKE THE NUMBERS THAT WE SAW, THEY WERE VERY, VERY GOOD NUMBERS THAT WE SAW.

DO YOU THINK CLASS SIZE HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH MAYBE GETTING? MORE PARENTS INVOLVED, GETTING TEACHERS ON BOARD, AND THE LIKE. DO YOU MEAN ACADEMICALLY, ATTENDANCE-WISE, OR ALL OF THE ABOVE? ALL OF THE ABOVE, YEAH. I DEFINITELY THINK IT'S HELPED HAVING 150 LESS STUDENTS.

FOR SURE, WE'RE NOT BURSTING SO MUCH AT THE SEAMS IN ALL THE DIFFERENT PLACES. I WILL SAY SOME OF OUR CLASS SIZES ARE STILL LARGE IN SOME OF OUR GRADE LEVELS.

FOR EXAMPLE, OUR FIFTH GRADE IS STILL AT ABOUT 26, 27, 28. OUR FIRST GRADE IS ALSO AT 24, 25. I THINK THAT SOME OF THE STRATEGIC PLACING OF SOME OF OUR TEACHERS HAS BEEN HELPFUL, AND I THINK MORE OF THE COMMUNICATION. LIKE, I THINK ABOUT ATTENDANCE.

THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH MORE COMMUNICATION AND POSITIVES THERE, JUST BRINGING THEM IN AND THEN HIGHLIGHTING A LOT OF THE GREAT ACADEMIC WORK THEY'RE DOING. WE'RE REALLY PUSHING THAT THROUGH LEADERME BINDERS AND HAVING MORE, AGAIN, THOSE DATA CONVERSATIONS, I THINK HAS MADE A REALLY BIG DIFFERENCE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO MOVING FORWARD.

QUESTION? OKAY, THANK YOU, MS. EPSTEIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. I KNOW IT'S HARD WORK FOR BOTH CAMPUSES.

[District Achievement Dashboard: Progress towards Targets]

OKAY, 7D, DISTRICT ACHIEVEMENT DASHBOARD, PROGRESS TOWARDS TARGET. MR. MCBRIDE? GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE, AN INTRODUCTION TO OUR DISTRICT ACHIEVEMENT DASHBOARD FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. ON OUR FIRST SLIDE, WE'LL SEE OUR DISTRICT TARGETS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. THESE ARE OUR CONSISTENT TARGETS FOR 1.5. 80% THAT WAS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN READING, 7% IN MATH, AND THEN FOR THEN FOR SECONDARY, LOOKING AT 70% IN BOTH MATH AND READING. AND THEN ALSO OUR LOCKED ON S-LIST DISTRICT GOAL, WHERE EVERY CAMPUS WILL ACHIEVE AN A RATING BY 2028 THROUGH EXEMPLARY TEACHING AND STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING.

VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AT ALL OF OUR MEETINGS, WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT. IF WE LOOK AT SOME OF OUR DISTRICT LEVEL DATA, AS MRS. VOSKA AND MRS. EPSTEIN MENTIONED, WE DID CONDUCT OUR ELAR DISTRICT BENCHMARK A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, WHICH WAS COMPOSED OF A PREVIOUSLY RELEASED R TEST.

YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT DATA THERE AT THE BOTTOM. I'M ALSO PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'VE SEEN GROWTH IN OUR ATTENDANCE GOALS, READING 1.5 AND MATH 1.5.

WITH MATH 1.5 BEING VERY CLOSE TO OUR DISTRICT-WIDE GOAL OF 70%, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, WE'RE ALREADY AT 68%.

AND LASTLY, WE'VE SEEN ALSO GOALS IN OUR AR WORD COUNTS. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE ALMOST AT HALF A BILLION WORDS. READ SO FAR THROUGH THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, SO THAT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE AND REALLY WANT TO COMMEND OUR CAMPUSES FOR DOING THAT WITH OUR STUDENTS. WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT ON TO DR.

CAMARILLO TO TALK ABOUT ELEMENTARY. GOOD EVENING,

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SO, AS ALWAYS, LOOKING AT ELEMENTARY WITH CAMPUS ATTENDANCE, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, ALL OUR CAMPUSES HAVE SHOWN IMPROVEMENT FROM LAST YEAR, HIGHLIGHTING SPECIAL PROPS TO NOVATO, WHO'S HIT THAT 96% DISTRICT GOAL. SO GREAT JOB TO ALL THE CAMPUSES, ESPECIALLY NOVATO, FOR HITTING THAT. OUR CAMPUS 1.5 READING. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NUMBER THAT'S IN PARENTHESES IS THE NUMBER THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR. SO WE'VE SEEN IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE CAMPUSES, WITH PROPS TO PLUM CREEK ELEMENTARY, WHO'S ALREADY HIT THE END-OF-YEAR 80% GOAL. SO GREAT JOB, PLUM CREEK. AND BOARD SHIRT LOOP IS TRAILING RIGHT BEHIND THEM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER, BUT THEY'RE BOTH ALMOST AT THAT 80% GOAL. AS YOU CAN SEE, CARVER HAS SHOWED SOME DECREASES IN THEIRS. WE'VE TALKED TO MISS VILLAREAL TODAY AND TALKED THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THE NEW TESTING FOR THESE PRE-K STUDENTS. LAST YEAR, THESE STUDENTS DID NOT HAVE TO USE THE HEADSET AND THE MICROPHONES. AND SO THIS YEAR, AS WE'VE GONE PROGRESSIVELY INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR, IT GETS HARDER, THE TESTS GET HARDER.

WE DID LOOK AND TALK ABOUT COMPARISONS TO DATA THAT THEY HAVE WITH CLI DATA ALREADY. THIS IS WHERE THE TEACHER SITS WITH THE STUDENTS. AND LOOKS AT THE LETTER AND THE TEACHER'S CLICKING IF THE STUDENT GOT IT RIGHT OR NOT. SO, BECAUSE I WAS ASKING, IS THAT, DO WE HAVE DATA ELSEWHERE SHOWING US THAT THEY ARE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE? AND SO SHE SAYS SHE HAS THAT DATA TO SUPPORT THAT. WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CBA DATA AND CHECKPOINT DATA THAT WE SHOW FOR THE UPPER GRADE LEVELS.

SHE'D LIKE TO SHOW SOME OF THAT DATA MOVING FORWARD FOR OUR PRE-K STUDENTS AS WELL.

THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A WIN TIME.

YOU HEARD, MS. EPSTEIN TALK ABOUT THE WHAT I NEED INTERVENTION TIME, SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT WHEN THEY COMPARE THE SIDE-BY-SIDE DATA WITH OUR 1.5, JUST TO ENSURE THE TESTING. HERE ARE OUR 1.5 NUMBERS. AS YOU CAN SEE, AGAIN, THE IMPROVEMENTS FROM LAST YEAR ARE MARKED IN YELLOW. WE HAVE, AGAIN, PLUM CREEK THAT'S HITTING.

ALREADY HIT THE 80% GOAL FOR THIS MONTH, FOR THAT END OF YEAR GOAL. SO GREAT JOB IN BOTH READING AND MATH. OUR WORD COUNT, EVERYBODY, AND WE'RE DOING SOME READ-A-THONS THIS WEEK, AND CABINET GETS INVITED TO GO, AND SOME OTHER FOLKS GET INVITED TO GO DOWN THERE.

THEY'RE ALL SHOWING IMPROVEMENT FROM LAST YEAR, AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHERE WE END UP.

BECAUSE USUALLY...

IN THE SPRING AROUND THIS TIME, FIRST GRADERS ARE LEARNING HOW TO READ, AND SO YOU'LL SEE A HUGE UPTICK IN NUMBERS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WITH OUR STUDENTS.

OUR BENCHMARK COMPARISON HERE, THE ELAR, WE ALREADY TOOK THAT. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST COLUMN, THAT IS LOOKING AT THE BENCHMARK, WAS THE END-OF-YEAR STAR RELEASE TEST. WE HAVE THE SAME THING FOR GRADE THREE, SO YOU CAN LOOK AT AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, VERY PROUD OF THE MOVEMENT THAT OUR PRINCIPALS ARE DOING, WITH A LOT OF THE WORK WITH THE TEACHERS AND IMPROVING OUR NUMBERS THERE. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE JUMPS THAT WE HAVE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.

AND THIS IS A FULL-RELEASE STAR TEST, SO YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER, WE STILL HAVE FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL. IT'S JUST TO CONTINUE TEACHING. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT. WE DO HAVE SOME WORK THAT WE'RE... LOOKING AT IN FIFTH GRADE ACROSS SOME OF THE CAMPUSES. SO WE'VE ALREADY TARGETED THOSE, AS WELL AS THE PRINCIPALS, ALREADY CREATING THEIR ACTION PLANS FOR THAT.

BUT JUST OVERALL, JUST GREAT IMPROVEMENTS WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. AND UNLOCKING POTENTIAL SYSTEM, MANY OBSERVATIONS THAT THEY'VE MENTIONED EARLIER. WE HAVE FIVE IN THE SPRING SEMESTER PER TEACHER. THEY ARE 10- TO 15-MINUTE CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS. THEY MEET WITH THE... TEACHER WITHIN 48 HOURS AND PROVIDE WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE. IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN PLACE WITH THEIR SCHEDULING, WITH THE TIME TO FIND THE COACHING FOR THE TEACHERS. OUR NUMBERS ARE RIGHT WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AT THIS TIME FOR NEXT.

WE HAVE THIS WEEK, WE STILL HAVE FIVE DAYS LEFT, BUT THAT'S BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE AT EACH CAMPUS COMPLETING THOSE NUMBERS TO REACH EVERY TEACHER ON THE CAMPUS. ANY QUESTIONS? SO WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS TO CONTINUE THE WORK OUT? I'M SORRY? WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS TO CONTINUE THE WORK OUT, LIKE THE MOMENTUM GOING, KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING? WELL, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THEY HAVE TALKED ABOUT ALREADY, THE TUTORING SESSIONS, THE AFTER SCHOOL, THE IN SCHOOL. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TARGETED. NOW YOU'VE GOT THE BENCHMARK DATA, SO NOW YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE WHERE ALL THE KIDS ARE, SO THEIR ACTION PLANS ARE BUILT AROUND THAT. IT'S REALLY A LOT OF THE TUTORING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING IN THE CAMPUSES AND THE

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CAMARILLO, ALSO MR. RIOS, EVERY CAMPUS, THEY HAVE FUN WAYS THAT THEY'RE PROMOTING WORD COUNT ACTIVITIES, SO YOU'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT THE REST OF THE YEAR. GOOD DEAL. THANK YOU. SO HOW IS THE NEW WALK-THROUGH SYSTEM WORKING? DO WE THINK IT'S DOING THE JOB WE INTEND IT TO DO? FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND HEARD, WE'VE HAD FEEDBACK FROM TEACHERS ABOUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE TEACHING HAPPENING REAL TIME. IT'S WITHIN 20, 40, OR 48 HOURS. IT'S FOCUSING ON ONE HIGH LEVERAGE, WHERE IT'S NOT LIKE WORK ON ALL THESE 10 THINGS OR FIVE THINGS. IT'S ONE HIGH LEVERAGE POINT. I SEE SOME HEADS NOD.

WOULD A PRINCIPAL LIKE TO JUST SPEAK SINCE YOU GUYS ARE MORE? SURE, AND I WAS GOING TO SAY, AND PRINCIPALS HAVE TOLD ME, AND I KNOW TOO, THAT SPECIFICALLY NOT TO CALL ANYBODY OUT, THEY'VE TALKED TO ME ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE. MS. MARSHALL, YOUR HEAD IS JUST GOING, GOING. WOULD YOU MIND? NO, I JUST... WILL YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF? I'M SORRY.

EMILY MARSHALL, PRINCIPAL AT BLUE BONNET ELEMENTARY. GOOD EVENING. IT HAS BEEN A HUGE DIFFERENCE, AT LEAST ON MY CAMPUS, THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WAS MEETING WITH MY SHARED LEADERSHIP TEAM TODAY WITH THE LOVER LEADERS, AND THEY WERE LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ADJUSTING BASED ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES THAT YOU AND MS. HARBOR, MY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, ARE NOW ABLE TO PUT IN PLACE FOR TEACHERS. AND SO IT'S JUST CREATING THIS BIGGER PICTURE OF WHAT CLASSROOMS NEED. AND I'LL GIVE YOU A PERFECT EXAMPLE. WE HAVE A TEACHER WHOSE DATA WAS, SHE WAS, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUGGLE WITH THE DATA AND THE LEAPS.

THAT WE HAVE MADE. JUST FROM IMPLEMENTING THIS FROM JANUARY TILL NOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TARGETED AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF REALLY GREAT RESULTS. AS WELL AS TEACHERS FEELING LIKE THEY'RE ABLE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND LET US KNOW WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN. SO IT'S BEEN GREAT. OKAY, GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO THAT ONGOING CONVERSATION IS A PLUS.

OKAY, REVEREND DAVISON. YOU'VE BEEN WAITING ALL EVENING, HAVEN'T YOU? IF YOU'LL PLEASE, BOW YOUR HEADS. GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA, THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME YOU SEE ME WEARING THIS OUTFIT. I WILL MAKE SURE TO LET MY WIFE KNOW. WE'LL SWITCH OUT THE TIRE. WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH ATTENDANCE. SO IF YOU SEE HERE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SHOW IMPROVEMENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE JUNIOR HIGH.

PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL IS SHOWING IMPROVEMENT IN A FEW MONTHS.

THIS PAST MONTH, WE DID GET TO A POINT WHERE WE WEREN'T ON TARGET. JUST SO, YOU KNOW, PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL, MR. MARTINEZ AND TEAM ARE IMPLEMENTING INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH BOTH STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND GUARDIANS.

IN CASES WHERE WE NEED TO FILE TRUANCY, THAT IS ALSO HAPPENING.

BUT AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT SEMESTER, SOME NEW KIDS, WE HAD A BUNCH OF KIDS. GRADUATE Y'ALL WERE AT THE LAST GRADUATION.

BUT FOCUSING ON THE KIDS WHO ARE THERE AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS, WHETHER THOSE ARE ACADEMIC OR SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL. THAT WE'RE GETTING THE SUPPORTS TO THOSE KIDS. SO THEN WE CAN ENSURE THAT THEY COME TO CAMPUS AND THEN GET IN THE ACADEMIC SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO GRADUATE.

NEXT. HERE YOU'LL SEE READINGS, SO HIGH SCHOOL CONTINUES TO GO ON UPWARD TRAJECTORY, JUST TO REMIND YOU, THE NUMBER IN THE PARENTHESES IS WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR, SO NOT ONLY AN INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTHS, BUT ALSO FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR FOR 1.5 READING. AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE FINALLY BROKE THE 52 MARK THERE AT THE JUNIOR HIGH AND JUMPED TO 56. THAT'S NOT AN ANOMALY.

THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE. WE TRIPLE-CHECKED IT. MR. MCBRIDE TRIPLE-CHECKED IT. I'M SURE HE'S FRUSTRATED WITH IT. HOW MANY TIMES I ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT ALL THOSE 52S, BUT WE GOT OUT OF THE 52 REALM.

WE'RE AT 56, WHICH WAS A HUGE JUMP FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR AT THIS POINT AT THE JUNIOR HIGH. WE'LL NEXT GO TO MATH. SO SAME THING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT, NOT ONLY MONTH TO MONTH, BUT THE INCREASE FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WAS 57 TO 67. JUST A REMINDER, THE JUNIOR HIGH ONLY...

ASSESSES THREE TIMES A YEAR.

THE NEXT ASSESSMENT WILL BE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. WE CAN DO AN END OF THE YEAR REVIEW FOR WHERE WE WERE ON MATH, BUT THE DECEMBER MATH WAS AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.

FOR THE JUNIOR HIGH, MIDDLE YEAR, NEXT, I'D LIKE TO GO

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BUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS TO GET NOT ONLY WORD COUNTS UP, BUT MORE TEACHERS, MORE KIDS READING ON A DAILY BASIS. SO THAT THEY CAN NOT ONLY TAKE THOSE AR TESTS, BUT THAT WE GET TO THAT LITERACY FOCUS.

ACROSS THE CAMPUS, BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT LITERACY IS NOT JUST FOR ELA, BUT FOR FOR ALL SUBJECTS. SO THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS REVIEWED ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO. AND BE IMPLEMENTED THIS SEMESTER.

AT THE JUNIOR HIGH, WITH THE CONTINUATION OVER THE SUMMER AND THEN INTO NEXT YEAR, SO A FULL-BLOWN AR AT THE JUNIOR HIGH COMING UP NEXT. WE HAVE BENCHMARKS. SO THIS IS BENCHMARK LAST YEAR COMPARED TO THIS YEAR. JUST ANOTHER REMINDER THAT THE BENCHMARK IS A RELEASE STAR TEST, SO, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY SIX WEEKS AND A COUPLE OF GRADE LEVELS AND SEVEN WEEKS AND OTHERS. FOR THE REAL STAR AND EOC TO HAPPEN ON OUR CAMPUSES, THIS WAS A FULL RELEASE TEST WITH STANDARDS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN TAUGHT. I'M GLAD TO SAY THAT THE SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH GRADE SHOW INCREASES FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.

AND ACTUALLY, TWO OF THOSE THREE GRADE LEVELS ARE ABOVE WHERE THEY WERE AT STAR LAST YEAR. SO GOOD THINGS HAPPENING AT THE JUNIOR HIGH WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS BENCHMARK DATA. THE ENGLISH 1 AND ENGLISH 2 DATA HAVE ASTERISKS. THE CAMPUS HAS APPROXIMATELY 100 MORE KIDS, 12% OF THE KIDS, WHOSE SCORES HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED YET.

SO AS SOON AS THOSE HAPPEN, WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS, I CAN GET THE REST OF THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD. I WILL TELL YOU THAT EVEN WITH THE STUDENTS MISSING, WE'RE APPROXIMATING.

AT THIS POINT, WE MOST LIKELY WILL BE RIGHT AT WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR, OR MAYBE EVEN A PERCENTAGE BELOW.

SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE JUNIOR HIGH, THERE'S BEEN SOME STRATEGIC ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE CAMPUS LEADERSHIP.

AT THE JUNIOR HIGH, YOU HAVE AN ASPIRING LEVER LEADER WHO TEACHES EIGHTH GRADE, WHO HAD A COUPLE OF CLASSES CONSOLIDATED SO THAT SHE COULD GO AND SUPPORT THE SIXTH GRADE. PLC. YOU HAVE AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WHO CAME ON THE CAMPUS, WHO HAS AN EXTENSIVE...

EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN ELAR, WHO IS SUPPORTING THE SEVENTH GRADE PLC, AND THEN THAT SAME EIGHTH GRADE TEACHER WHO'S DOWN IN SIXTH GRADE IS IN THE EIGHTH GRADE PLC. SHE'S AN EIGHTH GRADE TEACHER, WORKING WITH ANOTHER ASPIRING LEVEL LEADER, WHO'S ALSO THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR, SUPPORTING THE EIGHTH GRADE TEAM. SO THERE IS STRATEGIC SUPPORTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THE SECOND SEMESTER AROUND THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND THE EXPECTATIONS WE HAVE IN THOSE PLCS. AND THIS IS SOME OF THE FRUIT OF THAT LABOR AT THE JUNIOR HIGH.

AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE IMPLEMENTATION AFTER THE BENCHMARK WILL BE THAT THERE ARE TWO LEVER LEADERS, THERE'S ACTUALLY THREE LEVER LEADERS THAT SUPPORT ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS. THEY WILL START DOING STRATEGIC PULLOUTS IMMEDIATELY FOR STUDENTS BASED ON THEIR TIERS AND WHO NEEDS THE MOST SUPPORT. IN LOOKING AT THE PRELIMINARY DATA, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING WITH REVISING AND EDITING.

IN THIS CASE, IT'S IN PARTICULAR AROUND THE MULTIPLE CHOICE, AS WELL AS THE SHORT CONSTRUCTED RESPONSES, SO THOSE WILL BE SOME OF THE STRAT. I'M SORRY, SOME OF THE STANDARDS THEY FOCUS ON IN THOSE STRATEGIC PULL OUTS.

AS WELL AS THE AFTER SCHOOL TIME THAT KIDS GO TO IN THE LIBRARY AND HIGH SCHOOL IN THE JUNIOR HIGH WILL ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE SATURDAY LION LEAP TUTORING SESSIONS.

THANK YOU. AND I HAVE A QUESTION, YES, SIR. SO THE LIKE THIS PLANS THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING NOW, THE STRATEGIES LIKE THE SATURDAY SCHOOL AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO DO YOU THINK LIKE FOR NEXT YEAR, WE JUST START WITH THAT? WILL WE EVER GET TO A POINT WHERE, LIKE THE IMPROVEMENTS WE MAKE, LIKE THIS TIME OF YEAR, THAT'S LIKE A BASELINE WHEN WE START? YES, SIR. WE SHOULDN'T WAIT.

AND I THINK I MAY HAVE SOUNDED LIKE A BROKEN RECORD IN PREVIOUS MONTHS, WHERE WE DON'T WAIT UNTIL BENCHMARK TO RESPOND. THERE HAVE BEEN STRATEGIC RESPONSES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THIS SATURDAY'S STRATEGIC SESSIONS ARE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING AFTER BENCHMARK, BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'D LIKE TO REITERATE THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE TIER 1 INSTRUCTION. SO THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A NEED FOR STUDENTS

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BUT THE IMPROVEMENT OF TIER 01, SO WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RBS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND CONTINUE WITH STRATEGIC. AND SPECIFIC PEDAGOGY THAT OUR TEACHERS USE FOR TIER 1 INSTRUCTION. THAT, ALONG WITH STARTING EARLIER, INCLUDING SUMMER. YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO THIS SUMMER. WE'VE DONE THE WINTER FREEZE. ALL THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR MAJOR ASSESSMENTS. IS JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE MORE GREEN BOXES HERE WHEN WE PRESENT THE DATA. AND SO, LIKE, ARE WE THINKING, LIKE, IN TERMS OF SUMMER SCHOOL, ARE WE EXPANDING THAT? I KNOW WE HAVE SUMMER SCHOOL, USUALLY EACH YEAR. CORRECT. I WOULDN'T SAY WE'RE EXPANDING IT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DEFINITELY BE MORE STRATEGIC ABOUT WHAT THE STUDENTS RECEIVE IN SUMMER SCHOOL. SO TEACHERS DO THEIR BEST TO STRATEGICALLY PROVIDE SUPPORT IN THE STANDARDS THAT THEY'RE MOST EFFICIENT IN.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR BETTER RESOURCES, MORE RESOURCES THAT THE TEACHERS CAN USE FOR THEIR KIDS. TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE GAPS THEY HAVE.

VERSUS JUST KIND OF AN OVERARCHING, LET'S JUST DO SOME GENERIC STANDARDS. SO SUMMER SCHOOL WILL LOOK DIFFERENT THIS YEAR, AND WE WILL BE MORE STRATEGIC ABOUT WHAT THE STUDENTS RECEIVE. I HAVE A QUESTION, OR MAYBE A COMMENT. THE SIXTH GRADE WENT FROM 53 TO 67. THE EIGHTH GRADE WENT FROM 65 TO 73. SEVENTH GRADE WENT TWO POINTS UP, AND WHEN YOU TURN THE PAGE BACK TO THE COUNT BY THE MONTH, IF YOU NOTICE, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A CORRELATION, THE SEVENTH GRADERS ARE WAY BEHIND AS FAR AS READING. I WOULD THINK THIS MIGHT HAVE AN EFFECT ON ELA-R. MAYBE SOME, MAYBE ALL YOU NUMBERS. PEOPLE CAN CHECK THAT OUT, BECAUSE IT JUST KIND OF JUMPED OUT AT ME WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THAT. THERE WERE... WAY BEHIND AS FAR AS READING, AND THEY'RE WAY BEHIND AS FAR AS PROGRESS FROM PREVIOUSLY. ABSOLUTELY.

THAT IS A GREAT CORRELATION BETWEEN MULTIPLE SETS OF DATA. SO IF WE WERE TO ALSO BREAK DOWN 1.5 DATA, SEVENTH GRADE IS THE GRADE LEVEL THAT NEEDS SUPPORT, MORE SUPPORT THAN THE OTHER GRADE LEVELS, AND WE REALIZE THAT, AND THAT'S WHY WE STRATEGICALLY PUT ONE OF OUR STRONGEST ADMINISTRATORS WITH A BACKGROUND IN ELR TO HELP WITH SEVENTH GRADE. SO NOT ONLY IMPROVING THE LITERACY IN THEIR READING THAT KIDS DO EVERY DAY, BUT THE OTHER SKILLS NEEDED FOR ELAR. I ALSO THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT SELLING POINT FOR THE MORE YOU READ, THE MORE YOU LEARN, EVEN IF IT'S BY ACCIDENT, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE FIGHT READING BECAUSE THEY SAY IT'S NO FUN. WELL, SOMETIMES IT'S NOT, BUT IF YOU DO IT LONG ENOUGH, YOU WILL LEARN MORE, WHETHER YOU WANT TO OR NOT.

YES, SIR. THIS GRAPHIC RIGHT HERE, TO ME, SAYS A LOT. AND READING HELPS IN ALL SUBJECTS. SO IT'S GOING TO HELP IN THE ALR, BUT IT'S GOING TO HELP, I THINK, DR. SANCHEZ MENTIONED IT EARLIER ABOUT MATH, SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE. YOU KNOW, LITERACY IS AT THE CORE OF OUR LEARNING. WORD PROBLEMS USED TO BE A BIG DEAL, AND I GUESS THEY STILL ARE.

THEY STILL ARE. IF YOU CAN'T READ, YOU CAN'T DO A WORD PROBLEM, EVEN IF YOU CAN DO THE OPERATIONS. AND I WILL TELL YOU, I DIDN'T MENTION IT, BUT ENGLISH 1 AND ENGLISH 2, THE ONE OF THE SETS OF STANDARDS THAT THEY SAW THAT THERE WAS DEFICIENCIES IN WERE THE EXTENDED CONSTRUCTION RESPONSE, BUT INSTEAD OF THE ZEROS IN THE WRITING, LIKE I'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, IT WAS UNDERSTANDING THE PROMPT AND ANSWERING IT CORRECTLY. SO THAT IS A READING SKILL. SO THEY'RE WRITING. THERE ARE STRATEGIES TO WRITE. THEY'RE WRITING MORE, BUT UNDERSTANDING HOW TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, WHICH IS LITERACY, WAS A STRUGGLE WITH THIS ON THE BENCHMARK. I'LL GO ON TO THE... UPS COUNTS, SO WITH THE WEEK TO GO, WE ARE ON SCHEDULE TO GET OUR TEACHERS NOT ONLY OBSERVED BUT COACHED. MS. MARSHALL DID A GREAT JOB OF EXPLAINING HOW MUCH. OUR PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS, WHO WE'VE HEARD FROM STAFF MEMBERS, HOW APPRECIATIVE THEY ARE OF THE ACTUAL COACHING. AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS NOT ONLY SEEN IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT HOW THEY CAN GET BETTER AND TO IMPROVE THEIR PEDAGOGY.

DEVICE BREAKDOWN, SO, FOR A FULL MONTH, BOTH CAMPUSES ARE AVERAGING ABOUT THE SAME WHAT WE SAW. IF WE COMPARED IT TO DECEMBER AND JANUARY, WHICH HAD ONE WEEK LESS OF TIME FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE INFRACTIONS, THE NUMBER IS UP, BUT WHEN COMPARED TO NOVEMBER, THESE ARE ABOUT RIGHT. OR ABOUT THE SAME WHEN WE LOOK ACROSS MONTHS FOR THE INFRACTIONS AT BOTH THE JUNIOR HIGH AND THE HIGH SCHOOL. HERE ARE THE NUMBERS FOR DEVICE VIOLATIONS FOR THE NUMBER OF FENCES BY STUDENT BREAKDOWN. THIS IS A

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IN THAT VLK VIDEO THAT WE SAW, THERE WAS A STUDENT WEARING HEADPHONES. WOULD THAT BE AGAINST THE RULES? ALL RIGHT.

IT COUNTED TOWARDS THE JUNIOR HIGH, SO ONE OF THOSE. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. THAT'S WHY I SAID, DON'T LOOK AT EVERYTHING IN THE VIDEO.

[2025-2026 Budget Update]

THIS IS A FUN ONE BECAUSE THE BUCKETS ARE BACK. I KNOW, THANK YOU. WE ALL HAVE OUR PERSONAL BUCKETS. WE'RE MISSING TWO BUCKETS, RIGHT? I JUST GOT ONE. YEAH, SO EVEN ACCOUNTANTS CAN BE CREATIVE. MY TEAM MADE THOSE FOR YOU IN HONOR OF BUCKETS COMING BACK TONIGHT. I REALLY THOUGHT YOU WERE GIVING US REAL MONEY AND I THOUGHT, WAIT A MINUTE, IT LOOKS VERY REAL. I WAS GOING TO DO IT AND USE IT AND LIKE, HEY, LONGBOARD, ISD GAVE ME THIS MONEY. I DON'T KNOW. IT'S FAKE. YEAH, IT'S MOTION, MOTION PICTURE USE ONLY, BUT IT DOES LOOK VERY REAL. IT DOES. WE LOVE TO BRING THOSE OUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

OKAY, SO TONIGHT WE'LL GO, WE'LL QUICKLY GO THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH OVER THE FEW MONTHS, OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, BUT I DO HAVE SOME EXTRAS IN THERE AS WE REALLY START TO PREPARE FOR THE 26-7 BUDGET YEAR THAT'S COMING. SO IN FEBRUARY, IN FEBRUARY, THE BIG THING THAT HAPPENS AT THE END OF JANUARY IS WE ARE GIVEN VALUES FROM THE STATE. SO IT'S KIND OF THE LAST THING OF THIS PROJECTION PIE THAT WE'RE WAITING ON. SO THAT WE CAN REALLY GET GOING INTO THAT 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR.

SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, OUR 25-26 ADOPTED BUDGET WAS BALANCED AT $75.4 MILLION. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE 25-26 BUDGET, BUT AGAIN, RIGHT NOW, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, WE ARE REALLY STARTING TO PLAN FOR THOSE PROJECTIONS FOR 26-27. SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, HOW DO WE RECEIVE FUNDS TO EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS? SO HERE IS THE BUCKET. THIS BUCKET REPRESENTS THE TOTAL COST TO EDUCATE ALL THE STUDENTS ATTENDING LOCKHART ISD. AND AS I'VE SAID IN THE PAST, I PUT TOTAL COST TO EDUCATE IN QUOTES. BECAUSE WE ARE NOT THE ONES THAT DECIDE HOW MUCH IT IS FOR THAT TOTAL COST.

THAT TOTAL COST IS GIVEN TO US BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, AND IT IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT, THE NEEDS OF THOSE STUDENTS, AND THE ATTENDANCE OF THOSE STUDENTS. SO EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS RECEIVES A BUCKET.

ALL THE BUCKETS ARE ALL DIFFERENT SIZES. OUR BUCKET SIZE IS DEPENDENT UPON THOSE.

THREE THINGS, THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT GOES INTO IT AS FAR AS THE STATE FUNDING FORMULA GOES.

HOWEVER, THIS IS HOW IT IS MAINLY CALCULATED. SO WE PROJECT HOW BIG OUR BUCKET IS GOING TO BE, AND THEN AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES, WE'RE ABLE TO SEE HOW MUCH THAT BUCKET ACTUALLY, WHAT THE SIZE OF THAT BUCKET ACTUALLY IS. SO WHAT FUNDS FILL UP THE BUCKET IN MOST PARTS? OUR LOCAL TAX COLLECTION COMES IN, SO ONCE THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY SAYS THIS IS HOW MUCH IT COSTS FOR YOU TO EDUCATE THESE STUDENTS HERE IN LOCKHART, I.S.D. BASED ON THEIR NEED AND THEIR ATTENDANCE, YOU COLLECT THIS MUCH MONEY IN YOUR PROPERTY VALUE TAX COLLECTION, AND THEN THE STATE COMES IN AND FILLS UP THE REST WITH THE STATE REVENUE. SO THAT IS... HIGH LEVEL OF HOW WE'RE FUNDED, RIGHT? THE TWO MAIN SOURCES. WE DO HAVE OTHER LITTLE SOURCES OF REVENUE HERE AND THERE, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR MAIN SOURCE OF REVENUE. SO HOW CAN LOCKHART ISD'S BUCKET GROW? HOW CAN IT GET BIGGER? THE NUMBER ONE WAY IS

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OUR OCTOBER SNAPSHOT, WE HAD 43 STUDENTS INCREASED FROM THE 24-25 YEAR. AND THEN, AS OF FRIDAY, WE HAD A 28 STUDENT INCREASE FROM 24-25.

KEEP IN MIND, THOUGH, THAT WE HAVE A MID-YEAR GRADUATION THAT WE DO, AND WE HAD OUR HIGHEST GRADUATION EVER THIS YEAR. SO WHILE THAT NUMBER IS DIFFERENT, YOU FROM OCTOBER. I'M JUST TRYING TO LET YOU KIND OF SEE WHERE WE ARE SO FAR THIS YEAR.

ANOTHER WAY THAT BUCKETS CAN GROW IN DISTRICTS IS THEY CAN HOLD A VATRE. WE DID HAVE A THREE GOLDEN PENNIES PASSED BY OUR COMMUNITY IN NOVEMBER OF 2023. WE DO HAVE NINE COPPER PENNIES REMAINING AVAILABLE, BUT THE ATRES IS ANOTHER WAY THAT YOU CAN INCREASE THE SIZE OF YOUR BUCKET. BETTER ATTENDANCE. THIS IS JUST THE FACTS OF HOW THE FORMULA WORKS. IF ATTENDANCE DOES INCREASE, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO GROW THE SIZE OF OUR BUCKET. WE HAVE HAD A 1.6% INCREASE IN CUMULATIVE ATTENDANCE FROM THE SAME DAY BACK IN 24-25. DEFINITELY THE VERY BIGGEST ATTENDANCE IN ONE YEAR THAT WE HAVE SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. SO THAT'S BEEN, IT'S REALLY EXCITING AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION THE IMPACT THAT THAT IS HAVING ON OUR STUDENTS. SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. THIS IS THE ENROLLMENT. EVERY FRIDAY SO FAR OF SCHOOL. LAST FRIDAY WAS THE 24TH FRIDAY, OR 24TH LAST DAY OF A WEEK. SOMETIMES THE LAST DAY OF OUR WEEK IS ON A THURSDAY.

BUT WE ENDED OUR ATTENDANCE WITH SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE STUDENTS ON THAT DAY. THE PEAK ENROLLMENT THAT WE HAVE HAD THIS YEAR IS SIX THOUSAND EIGHT, TWENTY SIX. I BELIEVE THAT WAS IN ABOUT THE SIXTH WEEK OF SCHOOL AND OUR LOWEST ENROLLMENT WAS AT 6,739. AND THIS, AGAIN, IS GOING TO BE RIGHT AFTER THAT FALL.

GRADUATION FOR PRIDE, WHERE WE GRADUATED OVER 70 STUDENTS, I BELIEVE SO. THE PEAK ENROLLMENT LAST YEAR FOR 25-26 WAS IN THE WEEK BEFORE AT 6,788. SO AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW, JUST WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS WE REALLY STARTED TO HAVE THE SAME ENROLLMENT.

AND FOR AS 24-25 AND THEN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, WE'VE REALLY STARTED TO, WE STARTED TO SEPARATE A LITTLE BIT MORE AND SEE THAT GROWTH AGAIN WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

SO, AND IT'S ACROSS, IT'S ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES, WE'RE SEEING WHERE THAT THEY'RE JUST KIND OF TRICKLING IN HERE. IN THE SECOND SEMESTER CUMULATIVE ATTENDANCE AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, WE HAVE LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL, PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL, AND LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH HERE.

LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL IS JUST BARELY RIGHT BELOW 91%, BUT LAST YEAR THEY WERE AT 89%, AND THIS IS JUST A REMARKABLE INCREASE FOR OUR LARGEST CAMPUS. AND IT MAKES A HUGE IMPACT FOR US. I WILL ALSO SAY AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL, IN THE SECOND SEMESTER TO...

SEE A DAY ABOVE 90% ATTENDANCE WAS NOT HAPPENING LAST YEAR.

WHAT WAS HAPPENING WAS 86, 87, 88, 89, AND NOW IT'S THE OPPOSITE.

IN THE SECOND SEMESTER SO FAR, WE'VE SEEN MOST DAYS ABOVE 91, 92, 93%, AND THAT'S BEEN REALLY INCREDIBLE. SO THEY'RE WORKING REALLY HARD, JUNIOR HIGH AS WELL, INCREASING THEIR ATTENDANCE FROM LAST YEAR. AND IT'S JUST REALLY EXCITING TO SEE.

AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, LIKEWISE, SEEING HUGE INCREASES IN ATTENDANCE FROM LAST YEAR ACROSS THE BOARD, SPECIFICALLY NAVARRO. ALMOST AT A 3% INCREASE LIKE YOU SAW EARLIER, AND CONTINUING TO CUMULATIVELY INCREASE EACH WEEK.

FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS, WE WERE HIT WITH SOME FLU ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, AND THAT'S STILL OCCURRING.

HOWEVER, WE REALLY ARE STARTING TO SEE THAT COME OUT. CARVER HAS A SLIGHTLY HIGHER CUMULATIVE ATTENDANCE SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET. SO I HAD SAID THAT EVERY TIME A CAMPUS HAS CUMULATIVE ATTENDANCE HIGHER FROM THE LAST BOARD MEETING, THAT'S WHAT THAT GREEN CIRCLE MEANS. SO THEY INCREASED.

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VALENTINE'S DAY IS REALLY EXCITING FOR THESE YOUNG LITTLE.

WHERE'S THEIR BOOK, WHERE'S THEIR BUCKET, NICOLE? AND WHERE'S THEIR BUCKET? YEAH, YEAH, SO THEY DID INCREASE AND THAT IS REALLY EXCITING. UM, THIS IS STARTING TO GET SMALL AS WE AS WE GO INTO, UH, 24 WEEKS OF SCHOOL.

HOWEVER, WHAT YOU REALLY SEE HERE IS THAT THIS HUGE INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR AND THAT AND THAT IS JUST STARTING TO.

REALLY, IT'S JUST WE'RE KIND OF TAKEN OFF WITH IT AND IT'S JUST REALLY FUN TO SEE. IF A WEEK IS GREEN PERCENTAGE, THAT MEANS THAT WE'VE HAD A CUMULATIVE DISTRICT ATTENDANCE INCREASE, WHICH IS FAIRLY HARD TO DO.

YOU CAN SEE THAT LAST YEAR.

24TH WEEK WAS THE VERY FIRST WEEK THAT THAT HAD EVEN HAPPENED LAST YEAR, AND WE'VE HAD THREE WHERE WE'VE HAD CUMULATIVE INCREASE. THE PAST TWO WEEKS HAVE BEEN A CUMULATIVE INCREASE. EVEN IF IT'S .01%, I GET VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT JUST MEANS THAT WE'RE BEING CONSISTENT AND STAYING STEADY, AND IT'S JUST REALLY FUN. SO WHAT DOES ALL OF THIS LOOK LIKE FOR OUR REVENUE PROJECTION? REALLY, OUR GENERAL ED ALLOTMENT IS REALLY RIGHT ON PROJECTION. WE HAD AN ENROLLMENT GOAL OF 6,874. OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT IS 6,761, WHICH IS 22 STUDENTS HIGHER FROM THE LAST UPDATE WE HAVE HAD. IT IS 113 STUDENTS LESS THAN THE PROJECTION THAT WAS FOR THE OCTOBER SNAPSHOT.

ATTENDANCE IS SLIGHTLY ABOVE PROJECTION, AND ADA IS 54 BELOW. SO WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ENROLLMENT. I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT LIKE, IF WE HAD 6,800 STUDENTS AT ONE POINT, WHICH WE DID, AND THEN NOW WE'RE AT 6760, THAT WE'RE LOSING ALL OF THAT. ADA. IF THE STUDENTS WERE HERE FOR FIVE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR, WE STILL GET .5.

ADA FOR THEM. SO THAT'S WHAT KEEPS OUR ADA GOING. THE STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING IN, IF THEY HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT ATTENDANCE TO THE REST OF THE YEAR, WE WILL GET THEIR PORTION OF ADA. SO EVEN THOUGH WE GRADUATED OUR STUDENTS OUT AND OUR ENROLLMENT DROPPED BY 70, OUR ADA DIDN'T. IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE STILL HERE FOR HALF OF THE YEAR. SO WHEN I LOOK AT REVENUE AND THIS REVENUE PROJECTION, OUR NET REVENUE IS $442,000 LOWER THAN OUR PROJECTION. THIS DOES NOT ONLY INCLUDE THE RESULT OF ENROLLMENT AND ADA, I'VE LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE LINE OF OUR REVENUE, AND THIS IS AN ACCURATE PROJECTION. THAT INCLUDES ALL OF EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING FROM INTEREST, INCOME TO ATHLETIC TICKET SALES. I MEAN, SO I'VE LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE LINE, AND THIS IS WHERE THE PROJECTION FALLS RIGHT NOW, WITH OUR REVENUE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. WHEN WE LOOK RIGHT NOW AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, SO THIS TIME OF YEAR, ARE SCHOOL YEAR CATCHES UP TO WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR FISCAL YEAR. SO IN AUGUST, WE'RE ALREADY TWO MONTHS INTO OUR FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE'RE BARELY STARTING OUR SCHOOL YEAR. SO AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES, THEY CATCH UP TO EACH OTHER RIGHT ABOUT NOW, WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON WHY FEBRUARY IS A GOOD TIME TO REALLY LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND SEE WHERE WE FALL. SO WHEN I WAS RUNNING OUR BUDGET NUMBERS THIS MORNING, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE I WANTED TO HAVE THE MOST ACCURATE, WE JUST RAN OUR FEBRUARY PAYROLL, MONTHLY PAYROLL. SO I WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT IN THERE. ALMOST THE PERCENTAGES ARE EXACTLY, THREE OF OUR MAIN SPENDING CATEGORIES ARE EXACTLY WHERE THEY WERE LAST YEAR. SO WE ARE VERY CONSISTENT IN OUR SPENDING THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT WHEN WE LOOK AT IT IN FEBRUARY.

BUT WE'RE REALLY RIGHT ON TARGET. THERE ARE AREAS, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT CONTRACTED SERVICES, SUPPLY, MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING, AND THESE ARE AREAS THAT WE, WHILE WE HAVE A BUDGET IN THERE, WE CONSISTENTLY...

DON'T SPEND THE ENTIRE THING BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE AND NEEDS CHANGE. SO THAT'S WHERE. WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE EXPENDITURES, WHILE I LOOK AT REVENUE, I'M ALSO LOOKING AT THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.

TO SEE HOW THAT'S GOING TO SHAPE UP FOR THE YEAR. BUT AS FAR AS THESE PERCENTAGES GO, WE'RE RIGHT ON TARGET AND WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL. PAYROLL, WHILE THAT LOOKS LIKE 51%, OH, WE'RE WAY BEHIND. WE HAVEN'T SPENT OUR PAYROLL. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL THIS MONEY. MOST OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE... ARE GOING TO GET ACCRUED BACK, SO WHEN THEY'RE PAID IN JULY AND AUGUST IN OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR, WE ACCRUE IT BACK. SO IT DOESN'T INCLUDE TWO MONTHS OF PAYROLL, SO THE PAYROLL KIND OF CATCHES UP AS AS THAT AS THE TEACHERS CONTINUE, UM, TO GET PAID PAST OUR FISCAL YEAR END. LION CARE

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AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, LIONCARE WAS RUNNING A DEFICIT OF $754,000. SO I WANTED TO SHOW THAT BECAUSE THE FIRST TWO MONTHS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY, OUR NEW PLAN, OUR NEW PLAN YEAR HAD ALL OF THE NEW COSTS. LIONCARE.

EVERYBODY CAN STILL RECEIVE THE SAME SERVICES, BUT WE DID HAVE TO INCREASE THE COST OF WHAT THE SERVICES ARE. SO WE ARE SEEING AN IMPACT THERE, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO AND WE WILL CONTINUE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO ANALYZE LIONCARE AND WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE FOR IT IN 26-27. DO YOU PROJECT THOSE DEFICITS TO CONTINUE MONTH BY MONTH? I HOPE THAT THEY GET BETTER AND BETTER, BECAUSE ALL OF THE OLD PLAN BEHAVIORS WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO I THINK THAT THEY'LL GET BETTER AND BETTER. I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, SO WE HAVE LIKE A NICE SIX MONTHS, WE HAVE THREE MONTHS.

AT THE BEGINNING, WHERE THE THE OLD PLAN FORMAT WAS STILL, WE WERE STILL PAYING THAT, AND THEN NOW WE SHOULD BE PAST THAT. SO THE MONTHS FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX SHOULD HAVE A BETTER VIEW OF WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. YEAH. SO IF NOT, I MEAN, WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT MAKING MORE ADJUSTMENTS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.

OKAY. YEAH. YEAH, WE CAN EVEN START TALKING ABOUT THAT NOW, AS FAR AS WHAT I'M GOING TO PROVIDE YOU HERE IN A MINUTE. SO THAT WE CAN.

WHEN WE SEE THIS AND WE'RE AT 406,000, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO START THINKING ABOUT WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE GOING TO BE FOR NEXT YEAR. AND KIND OF WHERE WE FALL. SO THESE ARE ALL THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS AROUND US, AND LOCKHART ISD IS IN YELLOW. SO WHAT I REALLY WANT, AND THIS IS FOR THIS YEAR, WHAT I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT IS THIS VERY FIRST COLUMN IS THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION COLUMN. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE WHERE WE HAVE A BENEFIT.

WE PROVIDE A BENEFIT TO OUR EMPLOYEES, AND WE PAY A PORTION OF THEIR PREMIUM FOR THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE MONTHLY. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE PUT IN $427 A MONTH FOR THAT, AND ALL THE DISTRICTS, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT THEY ALL PUT IN EVERY MONTH AS WELL. SEGUIN ISD PUTS IN $417, ALL THE WAY UP TO MAINER ISD, PUTTING IN $508. AND 30 CENTS, WHICH IS STRANGE. I'VE NEVER SEEN CHANGE GO INTO IT, BUT THIS YEAR THAT DID HAPPEN.

SO THAT'S IN THE FIRST COLUMN. THEN WE COME OVER AND WE LOOK AT THE SECOND COLUMN, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE THE EMPLOYEE'S PORTION, THE EMPLOYEE-ONLY CONTRIBUTION PORTION THAT THEY PUT INTO THEIR PREMIUM MONTHLY.

AND THEN AS WE MOVE OVER, THIS IS GOING TO BE DEDUCTIBLE AND OUT-OF-POCKET, MAX. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE AT THE LOWEST. WITH A $1,000 INDIVIDUAL DEDUCTIBLE AND A $2,000 OUT-OF-POCKET MAX. I MEAN, I'M SORRY, A $12,000 OUT-OF-POCKET MAX FOR YOUR FAMILY. OKAY? SO INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY DEDUCTIBLES AND OUT-OF-POCKET MAX. SO WE HAVE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS FALL AS FAR AS THOSE GO. SO THESE ARE THE... THESE WILL BE LIKE THE THREE BIG THINGS ON HOW A PLAN IS WRITTEN THAT WE LOOK AT. WHERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT WE CAN HELP FUND THIS PLAN, OR WHERE ARE WE AT? WHAT CHANGES DO WE WANT OR NEED TO MAKE? WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE AMOUNTS COMPARED TO 24 25 BECAUSE WE MADE A BIG CHANGE GOING INTO 25 26. WE LOOK AT ALL THE DISTRICTS AND SEE WHAT THEY DID, SO WE CAN SEE THAT. IN MAYNARD ISD, AUSTIN ISD, DEL VALLE ISD, SAN MARCOS ISD, GEORGETOWN ISD, AND SAGINAW ISD, THE DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION, THEIR DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION WAS INCREASED BY THOSE RED AMOUNTS. SO WHATEVER, SAGINAW ISD, FOR INSTANCE, WAS $368 A MONTH, THEY'RE NOW $417. THEY WENT UP BY $49 A MONTH THAT THEY

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AND THEN AS YOU COME OVER, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS WENT UP ON THE MONTHLY PREMIUMS FOR ALL OF THE DISTRICTS. SO AGAIN, JUST SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT.

AS WE LOOK AT THIS, WE KNOW THAT HEALTH CARE CONTINUES TO BE ON THE RISE, CONTINUES TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE. THE DIFFERENCE IS, IS THAT IS THE CARE THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE. SO WE, A LOT OF THESE DISTRICTS ARE IN TRS, AND A LOT OF US, EVEN IN THIS ROOM, REMEMBER WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ON TRS. AND WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO WHILE WE'RE ON IT.

ONLINE CARE, WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO NOT HAVE BARRIERS TO HEALTH CARE AND HAVE HEALTH CARE AVAILABLE AT WHAT WE HOPE IS THE MOST AFFORDABLE COST TO OUR EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYEES.

AND THEN JUST PROVIDING THAT EDUCATION ON HOW TO USE, HOW TO USE THAT PLAN. SO WE, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SERVICES THAT THAT THE THE PLAN OFFERS AT CLINICS THAT, YOU KNOW IT DOESN'T COST THE EMPLOYEE ANYTHING. AND IS THAT BEING FULLY UTILIZED OR IT, YOU KNOW? WE HAVE SEEN A LARGE INCREASE IN READYMD, WHICH IS OUR TELEMED, AND THAT IS A ZERO COST. TO EMPLOYEES, AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE EDUCATION ON THAT.

THEY'RE ABLE TO GO TO TO CALL READY MD, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE ON VACATION, SO THEY'RE NOT MAYBE GOING TO A TO A MED CLINIC OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IF THEY, IF THEY, IF THEY'RE ILL. AND YOU CAN USE READY MD FROM WHEREVER YOU ARE, BECAUSE IT'S VIRTUAL. THAT'S ONE AREA THAT THEY CAN, THAT THEY HAVE ZERO COST, THE OTHER AREA IS THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED KPP FREE.

SO IF YOU KNOW IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN EMERGENCY IMAGING, THAT YOU GET, THAT YOU NEED IF YOU CAN. IF YOU CALL YOUR HEMPTON CARE ADVOCATE AND WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING AN IMAGE THAT YOU MIGHT NEED, YOU CAN GET THAT FOR FREE.

VERSUS IF YOU WERE TO GO THROUGH YOUR DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND THEY'RE LIKE, COME ON RIGHT NEXT DOOR AND GET YOUR X-RAY TOMORROW, OR WHATEVER YOU MIGHT NEED. IT MIGHT BE FASTER TO DO IT THAT WAY, BUT IT MIGHT COST YOU A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS.

IF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE THE CALL, THEN THEY MIGHT SEND YOU TO AN IMAGING CENTER. THAT WOULD BE ZERO DOLLARS FOR YOU, AND YOU PROBABLY WILL EVEN GET A CHECK IN THE MAIL FOR SOME MILEAGE OR DRIVING THERE. THAT HAPPENS A LOT, TOO. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THIS OVER THE COMING MONTHS, OF COURSE. AND SEE WHERE LION CARE IS. BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY A CHANGE. WHEN I SEE THE $750,000 VERSUS $400,000, AND WE KNOW THAT THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF IT STILL INCLUDED.

THIS YEAR THE OLD PLAN STRUCTURE, I FEEL SOME HOPE THAT WE CAN STILL MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO IT. AND IT'LL BE WORTHWHILE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT. IF WE WERE TO, JUST TO GIVE LIKE A BALLPARK, IF WE WERE TO INCREASE BY $25 A MONTH ON THE EMPLOYER PORTION OF PREMIUMS, THAT COSTS AROUND $215,000. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT, SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE UP SOME DOLLARS, EVERY $25 IS AROUND $215,000. SO JUST A BALLPARK, JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AS WE AS WE START TO PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR. WHEN WE LOOK AT EXPENDITURE PROJECTION, OF COURSE, THE NET IMPACT TO LIONCARE IS INCLUDED. WE DO HAVE SEVERAL VACANCIES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT THAT WE DO HAVE SOME SAVINGS ON, SO I INCLUDE THAT IN THERE. WE HAD ADDED SOME NEW POSITIONS SINCE WE HAD OUR BUDGET ADOPTION, SO WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT. AND THEN RIGHT NOW, JUST LIKE I WAS SAYING, I'VE LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE LINE OF REVENUE TO GET A GOOD PROJECTION OF WHERE OUR REVENUE IS GOING TO BE. I'M DOING THE SAME THING. IN EXPENDITURES, EXCEPT ON THE REVENUE SIDE, WE HAVE ABOUT 75 CODES, BUT ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE HAVE ABOUT 50,000 CODES. SO I GO THROUGH THEM. BIT BY BIT, BUT I'M SEEING THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY AT LEAST HAVE SOME SORT OF NET EXPENDITURE SAVING OF AROUND $400,000. SO WHEN I DO THAT, WE'RE LOOKING

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SO WHAT IS NEXT FOR 25-26? OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE ANALYSIS OF LIONCARE. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WATCH OUR TAX COLLECTION.

IF YOU SAW YOUR TAX COLLECTION REPORT, I KNOW THAT THAT'S YOUR FAVORITE THING TO LOOK AT EVERY MONTH IN BUSINESS CONSENT. I LOVE LOOKING AT IT. WE ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT AHEAD ON OUR TAX COLLECTION.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WATCH BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TAX COLLECTION IS GOING WELL, BECAUSE WHILE THE STATE KNOWS WHAT OUR LEVY IS, THEY GIVE US BASED ON WHAT OUR LEVY IS. THEY DON'T GIVE US BASED ON WHAT WE ACTUALLY COLLECT.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO FILL THAT BUCKET IN BASED ON KNOWING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT. SO WE WATCH THAT TAX COLLECTION TO MAKE SURE.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH OUR ENROLLMENT AS ATTENDANTS AS WE FINISH THE YEAR STRONG. AND WE'LL DO OUR ANALYSIS ON ALL OF OUR EXPENDITURES AS WE PREPARE FOR 26-27. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? EARLIER, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT EMPLOYEES USING TELEHEALTH VERSUS THE MED CLINIC. ARE EMPLOYEES USING MORE LIKE THE ER CLINIC VERSUS TELEHEALTH AS WELL, OR WHAT ARE THEY USING MORE, LIKE ER? NO.

AT NO POINT WERE THEY USING, ER. THEY WERE USING ER. SO, ER, USAGE IS DEFINITELY GOING DOWN FOR THINGS THAT WOULD MAYBE NOT BE, THAT THEY COULD GET EITHER AT A FAST MED CLINIC. OR, LIKE, A, I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY, NOT AN ER, BUT A URGENT CARE, THANK YOU, I'M LIKE, WHERE'S THE WORDS, THEY LEAVE ME AFTER 8 P.M.

AT AN URGENT CARE CLINIC, BUT REALLY JUST PROVIDING EDUCATION ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN GET AT READYMD VERSUS AT AN URGENT CARE CLINIC VERSUS AT AN ER. JUST PROVIDING EDUCATION, WE HAVE A GREAT FLYER THAT WE SEND. OUT, WE LIKE TO RESEND IT BEFORE LONG BREAKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AS A REMINDER THAT GO TO URGENT CLINICS FOR THIS, THIS, AND THIS.

BUT, OF COURSE, GO TO THE ER FOR THIS, THIS, AND THIS. THAT WAY, IT JUST KIND OF HELPS EVERYONE UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY CAN GET THE CARE THAT THEY NEED FOR WHATEVER THEY MIGHT HAVE GOING ON. OKAY, SO OUR EMPLOYEES ARE WELL INFORMED ABOUT IT. I GUESS THEY BREAK THEIR COLLARBONE. YES, THAT IS AN EMERGENCY ROOM VISIT. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE BUCKET.

YES. WHAT PERCENTAGE USUALLY DOES THE STATE PROVIDE US WITH? I MEAN, 40, 60, 60, 40, WHAT IS IT? 40, 60. SO WE PAY. IT USED TO BE 30, 70. I'M SORRY. IT STARTED TO BECOME 40, 45% MORE ON LOCAL END. AND THEN, WITH COMPRESSION AND THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION GOING UP, NOW WE'RE FALLING BACK TO WHERE THE STATE'S PROVIDING MORE.

WE'RE MORE ON THE 35%, AND THEY'RE PROVIDING US.

WELL, THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS ONCE IN A WHILE, ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU KNOW. IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, BUT. WELL, IF WE'RE HAVING TO PUT IN LESS, I'M ALL FOR IT. I UNDERSTAND. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK

[Bid Release for Elementary Gym Flooring]

THANK YOU ALL. ITEM 7F, BID RELEASE FOR ELEMENTARY GYM FLOORING. MS. HOLMAN? GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M HERE TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU THAT WE PLAN TO RELEASE A BID TO REPLACE THE ELEMENTARY GYM FLOORS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF STRAWN AND BORCHERT LOOP, GIVEN THAT THEY ARE OUR NEWEST ELEMENTARIES, AND THEY DON'T HAVE VCT TILE ANY LONGER. DUE TO A SAFETY CONCERN AS WELL.

UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MITIGATE THAT.

BUT WE WILL PLAN TO USE BOND FUNDS, UH, XX BOND FUNDS FOR TO DO THAT.

SO WE PLAN TO BRING BACK THE BIDS NEXT MONTH. ANY QUESTIONS, TYPICALLY, HOW MANY YEARS DO THE FLOORS GET REPLACED? JUST, I GUESS THAT DEPENDS ON I, I CAN, I UNDERSTAND THE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION. UM,

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WHEN YOU GO TO BORCHALOUPE ELEMENTARY, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY RUN, STOP, FALL WITHOUT. YOU KNOW, HURTING YOURSELF. SO THAT'S THE REASON. ALSO, JUST FROM A...

JUST THE AESTHETICS OF IT, THEY'RE JUST NOT VERY PRESENTABLE. KIDS DESERVE TO HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND THAT ARE SAFE PLACES FOR THEM. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT GETTING SOME COST ESTIMATES ON THESE FLOORS. IS THIS A BID FOR EVERY ELEMENTARY CAMPUS OTHER THAN ORCHARD LOOP? OTHER THAN THE ONES THAT, YES, MA'AM. WOULD THIS BE PERFORMED OVER THE SUMMER? YES, SIR.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING IT TO YOU NOW, AND WE'RE PUTTING IT OUT FOR BID. SO IF WE DO AGREE THAT WE NEED TO PROCEED WITH THIS, WE'LL GET IT DONE OVER THE SUMMER. GOOD. ANY

[Middle of Year Staff Climate Survey ]

MR. MILLER? THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, PRESIDENT WRIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.

WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH OUR MIDDLE OF THE YEAR STAFF ENGAGEMENT SURVEY. AS A QUICK REMINDER, IN YEARS PAST, WE'VE JUST DONE THIS ONCE A YEAR, AND THAT SURVEY HAS TYPICALLY BEEN RELEASED IN MARCH OR APRIL, HOWEVER, AFTER LAST YEAR. WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE DATA THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IN ORDER TO GET THE FEEDBACK IN A TIMELY MANNER AND COURSE CORRECT WHEN NECESSARY AND WHEN APPLICABLE.

AS ALWAYS, WE'LL START OFF WITH OUR PARTICIPATION. WE SEE THAT WE, AT OUR MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, WE HAD 428 EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATE, WHICH IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER WHERE WE WERE AT THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR, SLIGHTLY BELOW OUR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

BUT PARTICIPATION, WE ALWAYS WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE MORE. BECAUSE THE MORE PEOPLE COMPLETE THE SURVEY, THE MORE VOICES WE HAVE AT THE TABLE, THE MORE FEEDBACK WE GET, THE BETTER WE CAN IMPROVE. 428 IS NOT BAD. WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO PUSH FOR MORE FOR THE END OF THE YEAR THAT WE WILL RELEASE IN APRIL. SO THIS IS ANONYMOUS, RIGHT? SO YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHO DOESN'T PARTICIPATE? THAT IS CORRECT.

YES, DR. SANCHEZ, IT IS ANONYMOUS. JUST AS A REMINDER AS WELL, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'VE DONE THIS.

TYPICALLY, IT'S JUST AN END-OF-THE-YEAR SURVEY, BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM EVERYONE. WE WANTED TO DO IT. TRY TO INTERVENE EARLIER AND NOT WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO HERE'S A QUICK LOOK AT PARTICIPANTS BY CAMPUS. AND YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL COLORS ON THIS SLIDE. AND YOU'LL NOTICE AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS PRESENTATION, IT'S GOING TO FOLLOW A SIMILAR CADENCE, WHERE WE HAVE DISTRICT NUMBERS AND THEN FOLLOWED BY CAMPUS NUMBERS. AND JUST SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, THE GRAY BAR. FOR EVERY CAMPUS REPRESENTS THE END OF THE YEAR DATA FOR LAST YEAR, THEN THE PRECEDING BLUE BAR, WELL, IN CARVER'S CASE, IS THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR DATA. THE NEXT BAR WOULD BE THEIR MIDDLE OF THE YEAR DATA, AND THEN IT GOES ON TO THE GRAY BAR FOR THE NEXT CAMPUS, WHICH AGAIN IS THE END OF THE YEAR DATA. SO ANYTIME WE'RE GOING THROUGH THESE, JUST REMEMBER GRAY IS END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR, AND THEN THE TWO FOLLOWING COLOR BARS REPRESENT BEGINNING AND MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. ALSO, IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2017, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE QUESTION WAS FIRST INTRODUCED AND FIRST ASKED. WHERE OTHERS ONLY GO BACK THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS, IN SOME CASES, ONLY TWO, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THAT QUESTION WAS JUST INTRODUCED AT THAT TIME. IF WE HAVE A DATA SET ON THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION IN ANY YEARS PAST, SINCE SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA HAS BEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT OF LOCKHART INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

[02:05:01]

TO SEE, LIKE, EXACTLY HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE...

YEAH, LIKE HOW MANY TEACHERS ARE ACTUALLY IN, OR HOW MUCH STAFF IN CARVER, HOW MUCH STAFF IN ABS? IF ONLY 53 RESPONDED, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OKAY, YES, YES, MA'AM. THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CERTAINLY DO FOR THE END OF THE YEAR. SO, WITH OUR FIRST QUESTION, AND ALSO, SORRY... SO WE KNOW THE FIRST, WE WHITTLED THIS DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE END OF THE YEAR FROM PREVIOUS. IT'S USUALLY, HISTORICALLY, IT HAS BEEN OVER 40 QUESTIONS. WE WHITTLED THIS DOWN TO 20 IN ORDER TO TRY TO BE MORE CONCISE, MORE STREAMLINED, AND THEN TO ALSO ENCOURAGE MORE PARTICIPATION. WE NOTICED A LOT OF SURVEY FATIGUE, IF YOU WILL, WHERE PEOPLE WOULD START THE SURVEY AND THEN THEY WOULD KIND OF... .IS. ALLOWED HALFWAY THROUGH. SO WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT.

BUT THE FIRST HALF OF THE SURVEY, THE FIRST 10 ISH QUESTIONS, ARE CAMPUS LEVEL QUESTIONS, AND THEN THE SECOND HALF IS DISTRICT LEVEL QUESTIONS AS WELL. SO THE FIRST ONE I ENJOY WORKING FOR MY PRINCIPAL DIRECT SUPERVISOR.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE AT 77% CURRENTLY AND THAT IS STILL A 2% INCREASE FROM WHERE WE WERE AT THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS STILL TRENDING UPWARD. HERE AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, WE SAW SOME GREAT GAINS AT SOME CAMPUSES. CARVER, BLUE BONNET, FOR EXAMPLE, WERE A COUPLE THAT HAD SOME SOME. YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN THE COLORS? AGAIN? YES, SIR. SO THE. I SEE SOME LOOKS. THE GRAY BARS ARE THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR. AND THEN THE COLORS MEAN THEY'RE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED, BUT THE GRAY BAR IS THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR, AND THEN THE PRECEDING TWO LINES ARE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. SO FOR CARVER, EXAMPLE, BECAUSE IT'S THE VERY FIRST ONE IN THAT BEAUTIFUL BLUE, WE HAVE 81% THAT ENJOYED WORKING FOR THEIR PRINCIPAL OR DIRECT SUPERVISOR AT THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, THAT NUMBER WAS 80%. AND THEN, AS WE TOOK THE SURVEY.

AT THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, IT'S GONE UP TO 89%. I HAVE A QUESTION, WELL, MAYBE A QUESTION. IT'S GOT PRINCIPAL AND DIRECT SUPERVISOR, AND WHAT WOULD THERE BE AN EXAMPLE OF DIRECT SUPERVISOR? SO THEIR DIRECT SUPERVISOR WOULD FALL A LOT OF TERMS IN TERMS OF DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE THEY TAKE THIS AS WELL. SO, LIKE, WHEREAS I MIGHT NOT BE A CAMPUS PRINCIPAL ANY LONGER, BUT I AM STILL A STUDENT. SOME PEOPLE'S DIRECT SUPERVISORS.

SO THEREFORE, THOSE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT FILL THAT OUT WOULD BE THINKING OF THAT IN TERMS OF THAT.

THERE ARE CASES... I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY, ON CAMPUS, LIKE THE PERSON THAT'S IN CHARGE OF THE CUSTODIANS OR THE PERSON THAT'S IN CHARGE OF CAFETERIA, BECAUSE YOU SAID, ALL PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED, NOT JUST TEACHERS, RIGHT? CORRECT. SO BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THIS NUMBER, IT SEEMS A LITTLE LOW. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR PRINCIPALS ARE GREATLY LOVED.

AND SO I JUST COULDN'T IMAGINE THE NUMBER BEING THAT LOW. OUR PRINCIPALS ARE GREATLY LOVED.

THAT IS A CORRECT STATEMENT.

I'LL CATCH YOU BACK. AND FOR CAMPUS STAFF, WELL, I DON'T WANT TO SPECULATE AS TO WHAT CAMPUS STAFF. THERE ARE SOME COMMENTS IN THE SECTIONS THAT WOULD SAY, LIKE, BECAUSE IN SOME CASES, AT A SECONDARY CAMPUS WHERE AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OVERSEES A PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? OR SOMEONE WOULD SAY, IF I WAS RATING IT FOR THIS PERSON, IT WOULD BE THIS. IF I'M RATING IT FOR THIS, IT WOULD BE THAT. THAT'S ALL IN THE COMMENTS TYPE SECTION.

AND WE'VE SHARED THOSE WITH YOU ALL IN BOARD BRIEF, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE ALL OF THE COMMENTS AS WELL, JUST TO KIND OF DIG IN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CAMPUSES.

BUT IN MOST RESPECTS, AND IT DOES KIND OF VARY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUPPORT STAFF THAT TRAVEL FROM CAMPUS TO CAMPUS AS WELL, BUT IN MOST RESPECTS, FOR THE...

PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THAT PARTICULAR CAMPUS THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME, THEY'RE REFERRING TO THEIR CAMPUS PRINCIPAL AND MAINTENANCE AND TRANSPORTATION.

ALL THAT IS ALSO PART OF THIS THAT THEY'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT.

JAMES ACUNA, HE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, SO I CAN GET TO SAY THAT. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. SO MAINTENANCE CUSTODIANS, THEY ALL HAVE A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE, CORRECT? SO HOW DO YOU SHOW THIS? I MEAN, ALL WE SEE, THE CAMPUSES, I MEAN, HOW DO YOU DO YOU HAVE IT

[02:10:01]

YES, SIR. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD MUDDY THE WATERS A LITTLE BIT. AS FAR AS IF. I WANT TO SEE WHAT EVERYBODY THINKS OF THE PRINCIPAL. COMPARED TO THE APS THAT ARE ALSO DIRECT SUPERVISORS, THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF THE SYSTEM.

LIKE IT WOULD MUDDY THE WATER? MR. LOCKHART, I CAN DOUBLE-CHECK, BUT I THINK PEOPLE WHO, WHILE THEY'RE ALL OUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND WE LOVE ALL OF OUR STAFF, ANY OF OUR VENDORS, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY PARTICIPATE IN THIS IF THEY'RE A VENDOR.

BUT WE CAN VERIFY THAT. SO SINCE THE PEOPLE ARE ANONYMOUS, HOW DO YOU RELATE IT BACK TO EACH CAMPUS WHEN THEY RESPOND TO THE SURVEY? I MEAN, LIKE, THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS, SO THEY SAY, I WORK AT THIS SCHOOL, I'VE WORKED IN THE DISTRICT FOR THIS MANY YEARS. THERE'S SOME GENERAL QUESTIONS TO HELP US. IDENTIFY WHERE WE CAN, AND THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO WILL CLICK. LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY WORK AT ALL THE CAMPUSES, SO THEIR DATA WILL GO TO ALL THOSE. IT'S JUST DEPENDING ON HOW THEY ANSWER THAT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AT THE BEGINNING. SO YES, SIR, MR. WRIGHT, AND THANK YOU, SO, THANK YOU FOR ASKING. IT GOES BACK TO THAT. THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT. 64 PEOPLE AT LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETED THE SURVEY THIS TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHICH CAMPUS THAT THEY WORK AT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? JUST ONE, COULD YOU GO OVER THE COLORS ONE MORE TIME? I'M HAPPY TO MR. LOCKHART. I'M STILL A LITTLE FUZZY ON THAT. THAT'LL BE SATURDAY TUTORING. Y'ALL WAIT FOR SATURDAY. I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO SAY THAT. SAM, THAT'LL HAPPEN ON SATURDAY, OKAY? Y'ALL CAN HAVE A CLASS SEPARATELY.

SO WE'RE ALL GOOD ON THE COLORS, WE'RE ALL GOOD ON THE GRAPHS. THEY DID PEER TUTORING OVER HERE, I THINK, RIGHT? AND IN TERMS OF, SO WHILE OUR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE AND THOSE...

ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE IT AS WELL. WHAT, MR. ESTRADA WAS SAYING, CUSTODIAL STAFF OR TRANSPORTATION STAFF, IF THEY HAVE A LOCKHART ISD EMAIL ADDRESS, THEY RECEIVE THIS SURVEY.

NOW, WHETHER THEY FILL IT OUT, THAT'S UP TO THEM OR THEIR DEPARTMENT TO ENCOURAGE THAT. BUT IT GOES OUT TO ANYONE WHO HAS A LOCKHART ISD EMAIL ADDRESS.

INCLUDING US. CORRECT. GO THROUGH. SO WHO GETS... WHO GETS THE BAD LOOKS IF WE HAVE LOW, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE A DIRECT, WELL, UM, I NO COMMENT ON THAT. ALL RIGHT, THIS HAS BEEN FUN. YEAH, LET'S HAVE A LITTLE. I KNOW I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, SO WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE FIRST QUESTION AND NOW WE'RE GONNA. WE'VE GOT 19 MORE TO GO. WE CAN TAKE A LOOK REAL QUICK AT BY CAMPUS BREAKDOWN FOR ENJOY WORKING FOR MY PRINCIPAL OR DIRECT SUPERVISOR. AGAIN, WE SAW SOME GAINS. AND AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM IN TERMS OF END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR AS WELL.

THIS IS THE SAME DATA THAT WE GOT FROM CORRINE, RIGHT? YES, SIR. THAT IS CORRECT. WE'VE ALREADY REVIEWED IT. WE NEEDED TO GO THROUGH QUICKLY. I MEAN, I'M HERE ALL NIGHT, MR. GUYTON. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

ONE-ON-ONE, I THINK Y'ALL NEED TO DO THAT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO. HERE WE GO. SO MY DIRECT SUPERVISOR CHECKS IN ON ME TO SEE HOW I'M DOING ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE'VE SEEN A 1% INCREASE FROM THE END OF YEAR LAST YEAR RIGHT THERE, SO THAT IS HOLDING STEADY AS WELL. LOOKING AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF OUR CAMPUS BREAKDOWN. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT REALLY QUICKLY.

MY DIRECT SUPERVISOR OR PRINCIPAL REGULARLY GIVES ME CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE MY PERFORMANCE.

THAT STILL HAS A 5% INCREASE FROM THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR, SO THAT IS WORTH CELEBRATING.

WE'RE ALSO HOPEFUL THAT BECAUSE OF THE NEW UPS... A SYSTEM THAT THIS WILL INEVITABLY INCREASE AS WELL. WHEN WE RELEASED THIS SURVEY, I THINK WE WERE TWO WEEKS INTO THE UPS SYSTEM. SO WE EXPECT TO SEE SIGNIFICANT GAINS IN THIS TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR. WE HOPE TO.

AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL. MY

[02:15:05]

COLLEAGUES PROMOTE A POSITIVE AND COLLABORATIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT. SO WE'RE AT 82% FOR HERE, WHICH IS A 7% INCREASE. THE NOTE RIGHT HERE, JUST AS A REMINDER, AS WE WHITTLED IT DOWN. WE DID COMBINE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE SAKE OF STREAMLINING.

SO THIS ONE LAST YEAR WAS MY COLLEAGUES. PROMOTE A POSITIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT, WAS ONE QUESTION. AND THE NEXT QUESTION WAS, MY COLLEAGUES PROMOTE A COLLABORATIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT. SO WE JUST COMBINED THOSE TWO. SEE THAT? I AM MOTIVATED TO CONTRIBUTE MORE OF WHAT IS...

OF ME THAT WE DID SEE A DECREASE FROM THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR OF THREE PERCENTAGE POINTS. I CERTAINLY WANT THAT TO INCREASE. THERE'S OUR CAMPUS. THERE ARE LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME IN MY SCHOOL OR DEPARTMENT.

THAT HAS ALSO TAKEN A SMALL DECREASE FROM THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR OF TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS BACK UP INTO THE 70% RANGE, OR OBVIOUSLY HIGHER, LIKE IT WAS BACK IN THE 22-23 END OF YEAR SURVEY. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT AT THE MOMENT. SO WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO IN THAT. HERE'S THE CAMPUS BREAKDOWN. PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP OPPORTUNITIES TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN MY POSITION. THAT HAS SHOWN QUITE A BIT OF INCREASE SINCE THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT AND WANT THAT TO CONTINUE TO TREND UPWARD AS WELL. THIS IS WHERE WE'VE SEEN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF THE LOCKHART ISD SHARED LEADERSHIP MODELS IMPLEMENTED EFFECTIVELY ON MY CAMPUS. WE'RE TALKING FROM 31% AT THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR UP TO 70% NOW. THAT'S DEFINITELY CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION. THAT'S ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES THAT HAVE SHARED LEADERSHIP IN SOME ITERATION ON THEIR CAMPUS. IF YOU'LL NOTICE, LIKE, PRIDE AND LDMC DID NOT RESPOND TO THAT ONE BECAUSE THEY DON'T TECHNICALLY OR CURRENTLY HAVE LEVER LEADERS ON THEIR CAMPUSES. AND WHILE CARVER DOESN'T HAVE LEVER LEADERS, THEY HAVE THE LEARNING LEADS, I BELIEVE, IS WHAT THEY'RE CALLED, AND THAT'S SHOWN THAT THEY ARE A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THAT CARVER CAMPUS, SO GREAT JOB IMPLEMENTING THAT. THEN, LEVER LEADERS POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF MY CAMPUS. AGAIN, WE'VE SEEN GREAT GAINS IN THAT AS WELL, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE VERY PROUD OF AND VERY APPRECIATIVE OF OUR CAMPUS LEADERSHIP TEAMS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS ON OUR CAMPUSES, BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY...

SHOWING IN THE DATA. SHIFTING GEARS TO THE DISTRICT, WE HAVE CREATED A CARING AND RESPECTFUL WORKING ENVIRONMENT. AGAIN, THIS IS ONE THAT WE COMBINED FROM YEARS PAST. WE'RE JUST A COUPLE OF PERCENTAGE POINTS DOWN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, BUT WE ARE HOLDING STEADY FROM WHERE WE WERE AT THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR.

STRUCTURES AND SUPPORT A COLLABORATIVE, FLEXIBLE, SAFE, AND RESPECTFUL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. AGAIN, WE'RE OVER 10 PERCENTAGE POINTS WHERE WE WERE AT THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR AS WELL, SO WE'RE DEFINITELY IN SOME GOOD GAINS IN THAT RESPECT. WE HAVE 80% OF OUR STAFF THAT BELIEVE THAT WE PARTNER WITH FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE EDUCATION OF LOCKHART'S YOUTH. SO, AGAIN, ANOTHER GREAT GAIN, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANTED TO CONTINUE. RISING AS WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON, AND SO WE'RE GLAD TO SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THE DATA. AND PROVIDING EACH STUDENT WITH A VARIETY OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT ADDRESS DISTINCT LEARNING NEEDS, INTERESTS, ASPIRATIONS, AND CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS. THAT HAS ALSO INCREASED FROM THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR, SO WE'RE PROUD OF THAT. WE SAW A ONE PERCENTAGE INCREASE FROM THE COMMUNICATION THAT I RECEIVED FROM THE DISTRICT IS TIMELY AND USEFUL.

FROM THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR. SO WE WANT THAT TO CONTINUE TRENDING UPWARD AS WELL. AGAIN, THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE COMBINED QUESTIONS LAST YEAR. IT WAS THE COMMUNICATION I RECEIVE IS TIMELY, COMMUNICATION I RECEIVE

[02:20:01]

WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT, AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU ARE CORRECT. EITHER THE COVID YEAR OR THE YEARS THAT WE WERE KIND OF COMING OUT OF COVID. WE'VE GOT THEORIES, BUT... ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OH, I HAD A COMMENT. WITH THE PRIDE AND LDMC, THERE WAS NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE THAT TOOK THE SURVEY. SO IF THERE WAS, LIKE, ONE OR MORE DISGRUNTLED PEOPLE, THEN IT WOULD BRING DOWN THE PERCENTAGE. THAT IS CORRECT. YES, SIR. YES, SIR.

THEY ONLY HAVE 13. ALTHOUGH THE PARTICIPATION WAS GOOD. MR. MARTINEZ. THE PARTICIPATION WAS GOOD, BUT YES, IF ONE PERSON FEELS A CERTAIN WAY THAT DAY, THEN, YES, THINGS COULD CHANGE. THEY NEED A LITTLE BUCKET WHEN THEY ENTER HERE WITH A LOT OF CANDY.

[Consider and/or Approve 2026-2027 Academic Calendar]

CAMARILLO? GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY.

JUST FROM OUR JANUARY BOARD MEETING, I HAD TOLD YOU THAT WE HAD RECEIVED THAT FEEDBACK THROUGH THE COMMITTEE, THROUGH THE INPUT PRESENTATIONS WE HAVE. AT THAT TIME, YOU ASKED ME IN FEBRUARY TO BRING BACK A COMMUNITY THOUGHT EXCHANGE AND STAFF SURVEY. SO IF YOU LOOK AT COMMUNITY THOUGHT EXCHANGE, WE HAD 210 PARTICIPANTS WITH 131 THOUGHTS.

WITH 2,130 RATINGS. THE SUMMARY OF THE COMMUNITY THOUGHT EXCHANGE WAS CALENDAR ONE WAS A STRONG OVERALL PREFERENCE.

THEY LIKED THE CONSISTENCY, THE ROUTINE, PREDICTABILITY OF THE CALENDAR, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SEEN IN YEARS PAST. THEY DEFINITELY LIKED THE WEEK-LONG OCTOBER BREAK FOR VACATION PLANNING AND WITH FAMILY TIME. CALENDAR TWO, WHAT CAME UP ABOUT THAT WAS A LOT OF CHILD CARE CHALLENGES AND HAVING MULTIPLE FRIDAYS OFF.

POTENTIAL DISRUPTION TO ACTIVITIES AND ATHLETICS, THEY FELT THERE WAS SOME SUPPORT FOR IT DUE TO BURNOUT PREVENTION. THEY DID SEE SOME ADVANTAGE TO THAT, AS WELL AS SEEING BENEFITS TO MORE FREQUENT BREAKS. BUT THE COMMUNITY THOUGHT EXCHANGE DEFINITELY. THE STRONG PREFERENCE WAS FOR CALENDAR ONE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS FEEDBACK? GOING TO THE STAFF SURVEY, WE HAD ABOUT 327 RESPONSES. ABOUT HALF THE TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT DID PARTICIPATE, 207 TEACHERS, AS YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, CAMPUS, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS ONE AS WELL, THEY WANTED A CALENDAR ONE AS THEIR OPTION OF THE TWO. SO THIS IS THE CALENDAR ONE OPTION. WHAT THE, WE HAVEN'T CHANGED ANYTHING OTHER THAN SEND IT OUT AGAIN TO EVERYBODY FOR THE VOTE, BUT THAT'S THE TRADITIONAL ONE.

DRAFT TWO WAS THE ONE THAT HAD MULTIPLE FRIDAYS, THE SIDE-BY-SIDE THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. THE ONLY THING THAT I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT'S CHANGING FOR NEXT YEAR IS. WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE MINUTES THAT WE HAD TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE TRANSPORTATION AND ALLOWING ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY RUNS FOR THE BUSES. SO WE ASKED, MR. ACUNA HOW MUCH TIME THAT HE COULD NEED TO SHAVE OFF A LITTLE BIT FOR HIS GETTING INTO SECONDARY. TRANSPORTATION THERE, HE SAID, 10 MINUTES IS ALL HE WOULD NEED TO HAVE THE BUSES THERE ON TIME AT JUNIOR HIGH, BACK FROM ELEMENTARY. SO CURRENTLY, WE END SCHOOL FOR ELEMENTARY AT 310. FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, WE'LL END IT AT 3 O'CLOCK, JUST FOR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES.

AND THEN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING DAYS, THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE DISTRICT AND CAMPUS TRAINING AS NEEDED. IN THE PAST, IT WAS JUST ONE DAY

[02:25:01]

CURRICULUM ROLLOUT NEXT YEAR.

WE'RE GOING INTO OUR SECOND YEAR OF READING. SO WE WILL BE USING SOME OF THOSE DAYS AS NEEDED FOR HALF-DAY TRAININGS AT THAT TIME. SO LIKE, ENDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 10 MINUTES EARLY, OKAY. SO HOW DO YOU ALLOCATE THAT 10 MINUTES THROUGHOUT THE DAY? OR, LIKE, ONE CLASS JUST GETS, OR I GUESS IT DOESN'T MATTER, THOUGH, THEY'RE ALL IN THE SAME CLASS. YEAH, THEY'LL JUST ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULE TO THE ENDING AT 3 O'CLOCK TO GET ALL THE MINUTES IN THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE FOR THEIR INSTRUCTION.

BUT IT'LL JUST, WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO MEET THE MINUTES THAT WE HAVE, IF THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE. I'D ALSO ADD THAT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DAY IS ONE OF THE LONGEST DAYS THAT I'VE SEEN ACROSS THE STATE. SO, YOU KNOW, LOSING 10 MINUTES GETS US A LITTLE CLOSER TO WHAT MAYBE AN AVERAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DAY LOOKS LIKE. CORRECT. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS FOR CALENDAR ONE BASED ON THE... DATA THAT WE'VE COLLECTED. OKAY, BOARD, SO THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING CALENDAR ONE, SO YOUR MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE LOCKHART ISD 2026-2027. ACADEMIC CALENDAR IS PRESENTED. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE AND RAISE YOUR HAND. AYE. ANY

[Consider and/or Approve Guarantee Maximum Price (GMP) No. 3 for Seawillow Middle School]

CAMARILLO. ITEM 8C, CONSIDER AND ARE APPROVED GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE GMP NUMBER THREE FOR C. WILLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, SUPERINTENDENT STROUD, AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES. TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE APPROVAL, HOPEFULLY FOR THE GMP NUMBER 03, NOT TO EXCEED $52,049,929.

THAT PUTS US EXACTLY AT $92 MILLION ON TOTAL PROJECT COSTS. SO THE MAIN THING, IT KEEPS US ON BUDGET, RIGHT, IN BUDGET.

YES, WE'RE ACTUALLY DILIGENTLY STILL WORKING AND TRYING TO GET EVEN MORE SHAVED OFF OF THAT. SO WE ALREADY KNOW WE'RE ACTUALLY UNDERNEATH THAT A LITTLE BIT.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP CONTINUE WORKING WITH OTHER SUBCONTRACTORS TO PUSH THAT. AND SO I DO HAVE STEVEN TAYLOR WITH ME FROM CORE, WARRIOR ESTES FROM VOK, AND NASARIO, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY YOUR LAST NAME, ERIC QUINN WITH VOK AS WELL. IT HAS BEEN A TEAM EFFORT TO GET US DOWN TO WHERE WE'RE AT. IT'S BEEN SOME PRETTY INTENSE MEETINGS TO GET HERE. WHAT KIND OF AREAS ARE WE TRYING TO LIKE? OR SAVE MONEY ON AREA. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CUT ANYTHING. I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT AS WELL. ALL OF THIS IS LOOKING AT HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE STAY WITHIN OUR BUDGET. THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THAT WE'RE CUTTING, BUT EVERY, EVERY OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE'RE PURCHASING SOMETHING, I'LL JUST GIVE THIS DIET. IF WE'RE BUILDING THIS, WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERY PIECE OF MATERIAL TO LOOK AT. HOW DO WE MAINTAIN HIGH QUALITY? AND THEN IT'S GOING TO LAST THE LIFETIME OF THE SCHOOL? BUT ALSO, ARE THERE DIFFERENT PRODUCTS THAT LOOK THE SAME, THAT SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE, THAT HAVE THE SAME QUALITY? AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE BEING VERY SMART IN PICKING, YOU KNOW, THOSE PRODUCTS THAT ARE BEST FOR OUR BUDGET. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE KIND OF GOING LINE BY LINE LOOKING AT. WHAT ARE ALL THE BIDS THAT WE RECEIVED? WHAT ARE THE, YOU KNOW, AND JUST... TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING ANYTHING FOR GRANTED. WE'RE JUST GOING THROUGH EVERY LITTLE DETAIL TO ENSURE THAT WE GIVE US THE BEST CHANCE TO GET THIS PROJECT UNDER BUDGET. AND ALSO TAG ALONG WHAT MR. ESTRADA SAID.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE QUALITY OF THE CONTRACTORS AS WELL AND PICKING THE RIGHT CONTRACTOR TO DO THE RIGHT JOB FOR THE DISTRICT. I THINK AT THIS POINT, THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN THINK OF WERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE AESTHETICS. OR THE QUALITY MAY BE DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT. WOULD BE THAT A TURF FIELD VERSUS A NATURAL GRASS FIELD. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT A NATURAL GRASS FIELD. WE WANT TO DO A TURF FIELD. WE'RE NOT SURE THAT OUR BUDGET'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE.

BUT ALSO LOOKING AT IF WE DO A TURF FIELD AT SEA WILLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL, IN MY OPINION, WE NEED TO DO A TURF FIELD AT LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH AS WELL.

AND WHILE WE MAY BE ABLE TO PULL IT OFF AT SEA WILLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL, REDOING ANOTHER TURF FIELD AT THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. MAY BE OUTSIDE OF OUR BUDGET IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME SAVINGS HERE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. SO WE

[02:30:01]

DRAINAGE, GETTING THE PROPER SLOPE OF THE FIELD IS DIFFERENT THAN A GRASS FIELD.

BUT ONCE YOU DO THAT ONCE, GETTING NEW TURF LATER IS CHEAPER BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT DOING THE INSTALLATION COSTS THE FIRST TIME. THOSE ARE JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROJECT. WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THAT FOR A FEW MORE MONTHS, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT THAT'S A BIG TOPIC OF CONVERSATION. OKAY, BOARD, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? SO, ENTERTAIN A MOTION. OKAY, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE GMP3 FOR C.

WILLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL, NOT TO EXCEED $52,049,929.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY, AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED?

[Consider and/or Approve Bid for Internet Services]

WE DID SO. AGAIN, OUR CURRENT CONTRACT IS UP AND IT WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF JUNE. WE DID RECEIVE FOUR PROPOSALS FOR INTERNET SERVICES. JUST A REMINDER TO REMEMBER, OUR E-RATE AMOUNT IS 90% OF OUR ADA. SO AS WE GO OVER THESE NUMBERS, YOU'LL KIND OF SEE THAT AS WELL. SO HERE IS THE BID TABULATION FOR A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT.

FOR DIFFERENT BANDWIDTHS, CURRENTLY WE ACTUALLY HAVE A BANDWIDTH OF 10 GIGABYTES AROUND THE DISTRICT, SO THAT WOULD BE AT THE VERY TOP OF THE CHART.

WE ARE LOOKING AT, OR WE ACTUALLY ASKED FOR DIFFERENT BANDWIDTHS, ALL THE WAY UP TO 50 GIGS. OUR CURRENT WAN, WHICH IS OUR WIDE AREA NETWORK, CAN HANDLE THAT AMOUNT AS WELL.

IN THESE BIDS, YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST. ITEM FOR EACH OF THEM, IT'S A NON-RECURRING CHARGE, SO IF THE COMPANY HAS A NON-RECURRING CHARGE, THEN IT HAS A DOLLAR AMOUNT THERE. THE MONTHLY SERVICE CHARGE PRE-E-RATE IS OUR SECOND LINE.

FOR EACH ITEM. THE MONTHLY COST WITH THE E-RATE DISCOUNT IS THE NEXT ITEM. AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE DISTRICT'S TOTAL TERM COST, AND THEN THE TOTAL TERM COST PRE-E-RATE. SO IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY PROPOSING, THAT WE GO WITH TO AN AWARD TO ASTOUND BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, OUR TOTAL DISTRICT'S COST FOR A YEAR, I MEAN, AFTER E-RATE, WOULD ONLY BE $12,200. HOWEVER, PRE-E-RATE, IT WOULD BE $117,500. AND THEY ARE THE CHEAPEST AS FAR AS THE BIDS GO. WE HAVE A LOT OF SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING ROUND ROCK, ISD AND SUCH, THAT ARE ALREADY USING THIS COMPANY, AND THEY'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH THEM. THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST TIME THAT WE WOULD BE GOING OUTSIDE. NORMALLY, OUR VENDOR THAT WE HAVE BEEN USING IN THE PAST IS REGION 13.

BUT, AGAIN, WITH THE REFERENCES AND STUFF THAT THEY HAD PROVIDED, WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE. WE WILL HAVE SOME CHANGES

[02:35:01]

BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND GOING WITH ASTOUND BUSINESS SOLUTIONS FOR A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT, AND WE WILL HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR TERMS THAT WE CAN RENEW THIS CONTRACT AS WELL.

OF COURSE, WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

WHY NOT GO WITH THE 50? IT'S NOT THAT MUCH DIFFERENT. WE, I THINK, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE AT THAT POINT YET. BECAUSE REALLY, WE DON'T STRUGGLE EVEN AT 10 GIGS, BUT WE WANT TO GO WITH 30 TO ALLOW US. AS WE, YOU KNOW, WITH PORTRAIT LOOP COMING ON, WE'RE ABOUT TO DO THE NEW JUNIOR HIGH OR THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, EXCUSE ME. WE WANT TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT.

NOW, AGAIN, IF WE WANT TO MOVE TO THAT LEVEL, WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT WITHIN THE CONTRACT.

AT ANY TIME. SO IF WE DO SEE SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME LATENCY AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WE CAN CERTAINLY COME BACK TO Y'ALL. TO LOOK AT INCREASING THAT BANDWIDTH ANY TIME DURING THE CONTRACT. WOULD THE PRICE STAY THE SAME? THAT'S WHERE I'M GETTING AT. YES, THE PRICE WOULD STAY THE SAME. AND IT'S NOT THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE, BUT I THINK THE COMFORTABILITY, EVEN WITH OUR EXISTING NETWORK EQUIPMENT, AND THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE THING THAT CASSIE HAD MENTIONED TO ME THAT I'M JUST NOT REMEMBERING RIGHT NOW, THAT WITH OUR EXISTING NETWORK EQUIPMENT, WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO SOME CHANGES AT THAT LEVEL THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO AT THE 30. OKAY. BUT AGAIN, THE EASEABILITY IN UPPING IT DURING OUR CONTRACT IS VERY DOABLE. IS THAT DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS, CAMPUSES, ET CETERA? NO, IT'S DETERMINED BY OUR NETWORK ACTIVITY, HOW MUCH DATA WE'RE TRANSFERRING BACK AND FORTH.

BUT THAT'S THE SIZE OF THE DISTRICT, DEPENDING? BECAUSE OTHER DISTRICTS WOULD HAVE A GREATER BANDWIDTH? WELL, OF COURSE, WHEN YOU HAVE MORE CAMPUSES, MORE STAFF, MORE STUDENTS, CERTAINLY THAT BANDWIDTH NEEDS TO INCREASE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SLOWLY INCREASING THAT AS A DISTRICT. SO WITH THE 30, WE FEEL WE'RE PRETTY COMFORTABLE IN THAT. WE'RE PREPARING FOR THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE ANY LATENCY ISSUES OR SPEND ANY MORE MONEY. QUESTIONS, BOARD? OKAY. MOTION, SOMEBODY? OKAY. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE AWARD OF THE RFP 25- 014 FOR INTERNET SERVICES TO ASTOUND BUSINESS SOLUTIONS AS PRESENTED. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A

[Consider and Possible Action on SB 11 Regarding the Designation of a Daily Period of Prayer and Reading of Religious Text]

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 7-0.

THANK YOU, MS. HOLMAN. THANK YOU. ITEM 8E, CONSIDER AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON S.B.

SENATE BILL 11 REGARDING THE DESTINATION OF A DAILY PERIOD OF PRAYER AND READING OF RELIGIOUS TEXTS. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. JUST A REMINDER, I BROUGHT THIS TO YOU LAST MONTH. WHERE THE SCHOOL BOARDS HAVE TO VOTE ON A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT A POLICY IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO SO.

TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES TO PARTICIPATE IN A PERIOD OF PRAYER AND READING OF THE BIBLE OR THE RELIGIOUS TEXT.

THE VOTE HAS TO DECIDE THAT BEFORE MARCH 1ST. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? YOU KNOW, I THINK...

AND WE ALREADY PROVIDED THIS, RIGHT. WE'VE ALREADY HAD DISCUSSIONS ON IT LAST TIME.

SO YOU JUST NEED TO VOTE.

TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MR. GUYTON, YES. ALL SCHOOLS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PRAYER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. IT'S COUPLED WITH PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND, YES, IN THE SCHOOL DAY. SO THIS IS SOMETHING. THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I WANT TO BE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS. YEAH, THIS WOULD CERTAINLY BE DUPLICATIVE OF. THAT TIME THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH WHATEVER WE HAVE IN PRESENT PRACTICE. THE STUDENTS ARE FREE TO ENGAGE IN PRAYER THROUGHOUT THE DAY, DURING TESTING, BEFORE SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL.

SO THAT'S BEEN PART OF OUR DISCUSSION. YES, MA'AM.

THAT'S THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION. SO, JUST TO KIND OF CLARIFICATION, THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING WE NOT ADOPT THIS. UM, SO, IF YOU SAY YES TO THIS PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATION, WE'RE SAYING NO TO THE...

CORRECT. SO, THE MOTION LANGUAGE READS TO DECLINE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE THE RESOLUTION STATES THAT WE WILL CREATE A POLICY TO WHERE WE WOULD DESIGNATE TIMES FOR PRAYER, DESIGNATE ROOMS, DESIGNATE A PROCESS AND A

[02:40:01]

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE DO MUCH FARTHER HARM TO KIDS IF WE TELL THEM. YOU HAVE TO BE ISOLATED IN ORDER TO PRAY OR READ YOUR BIBLE OR RELIGIOUS TEXT. AND I'M SAYING THIS AS A PASTOR. YOU KNOW, I'VE TAUGHT MY KIDS, ANYBODY THAT I'M AROUND, YOU PRAY WHEREVER YOU ARE, OUT IN THE OPEN. I MEAN, AND SO WE ALREADY PROVIDE THAT AT OUR SCHOOL. THIS, TO ME, LIMITS THAT. IT SEGREGATES THAT. RIGHT. SO, IN ESSENCE, WE'RE JUST CHOOSING, WE'RE JUST OPTING OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION.

YES, AND THIS WAS, JUST FOR CLARITY, THIS WAS PART OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, THE 89TH SESSION, WHERE...

THEY ARE REQUIRING THAT SCHOOL BOARDS VOTE ON THIS ADOPTION.

APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION OR DENY THE RESOLUTION, BUT WE ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE ACTION ON IT. ANY OTHER STATEMENTS, QUESTIONS? OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING A VOTE ON THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION, SO DO I HEAR A MOTION? OKAY, I RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD DECLINE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION IN POLICY ESTABLISHING A DESIGNATED DAILY PERIOD OF PRAYER AND READING OF RELIGIOUS TEXT UNDER TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 25. 0-8-2-3.

SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY, AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? YOU VOTE. I'M SORRY. OKAY. SO IT PASSES 7-0.

THANK YOU. ITEM F IS NOT,

[Consider and/or Approve Resolution to Pay Staff for January 26, 2026, Weather-Related Closure and 2-hour Weather-Related Delay on January 27, 2026]

WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY, AYE.

AYE. PASSES 7-0. THANK YOU, MS. WEISER. YOU DO THE

[CLOSED SESSION]

OKAY, WE'RE ITEM 8H, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER AFTER COMING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION. SO, HERE ARE THE WORDS YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON FEBRUARY 23, 2026, BEGINNING AT 9.13 P.M., WILL CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPENS MEETING ACT.

FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING ITEMS LISTED UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.072, 551.074, AND 551.076, NO FINAL ACTIONS, DECISIONS, OR VOTE WILL BE TAKEN WHILE THE BOARD IS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE BOARD ENDED ITS CLOSED SESSION AT

[Districtwide Intruder Detection Audit Report Findings]

DO I HEAR A MOTION? I HAVE A FEW WORDS. OH, DO YOU? OKAY.

FEW WORDS, MR. MILLER. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT WRIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.

THE TOP PRIORITY OF LOCKHART ISD IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS KEEPING STUDENTS SAFE EVERY DAY. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY RECENTLY CONDUCTED AN INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT AT ONE OR MORE OF OUR CAMPUSES. THE AUDIT TESTS WHETHER A CAMPUS IS ACCESSIBLE TO UNAUTHORIZED INDIVIDUALS.

THIS AUDIT IS TO HELP DISTRICTS IDENTIFY HOW CAMPUSES CAN

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HOWEVER, IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE DO NOT SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH THE BROADER PUBLIC, AS IT COULD LEAD TO COMPROMISING IMPORTANT CAMPUS SECURITY INFORMATION. SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WITH THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE, LOCKHART ASD IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A SAFE AND SECURE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS AND ALL STAFF.

OKAY, DO I HEAR A MOTION? I THINK IT'S JUST INFORMATION.

WE DON'T HAVE TO...

[Consideration and/or Possible Action Regarding Superintendent's Performance Goals]

[BENEDICTION]