[Call to Order]
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I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE LOCKHART INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER ON APRIL 27, 2026 AT 6 30 P.M.
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 OPEN MEETING ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551.
LET THE RECORD SHOWS THAT TRUSTEE RIOS, PULLIAM, SANCHEZ, WRIGHT, LOCKHART, AND CHARLES ARE PRESENT.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE PRESENTATION OF COLORS BY THE JUNIOR ROTC.
WOULD EVERYBODY PLEASE RISE? SPECIAL THANKS TO THE JUNIOR ROTC FOR PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS AND THE LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR FOR SINGING OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.
THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE INVOCATION.
WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO LEAD US IN INVOCATION? OKAY, I'LL TAKE IT.
OUR DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS EVENING.
WE'RE HERE TO DO THE WORK OF THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR STUDENTS.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
[Public Comment]
AMEN.WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS WISHING TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, WE HAVE A LITTLE SET SOME GROUND RULES A LITTLE BIT.
SO THE BOARD WILL HEAR COMMENTS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS.
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS MUST SIGN IN PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING AND LIST THE AGENDA ITEM THEY WANT TO DISCUSS.
EACH PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF FIVE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
ANY PUBLIC TESTIMONY SPEAKER WHO REQUIRES A TRANSLATOR WILL RECEIVE UP TO 10 MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THIS MEETING WILL ALLOW ALL SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP BEFORE THE START OF THE MEETING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING AN ITEM OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
THE BOARD ENCOURAGES PRESENTERS TO KEEP COMMENTS OR CRITICISM CIVIL AND COURTEOUS.
PLEASE ALSO AVOID USING PROFANITY.
LAST, WE ASK THAT YOU NOT DISCUSS STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT YOUR OWN CHILD.
IF A SPEAKER IS SEEKING BOARD RESOLUTION OF A SPECIFIC COMPLAINT, THE BOARD MAY ONLY PROVIDE RELIEF THROUGH DISTRICT GRIEVANCE PROCESS.
DISTRICT POLICY DGBA HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR ADDRESSING EMPLOYEE COMPLAINTS.
POLICY FNG IS THE REVENUE FOR FILING PARENT COMPLAINTS AND POLICY GF ADDRESSES COMMUNITY MEMBERS' COMPLAINTS.
GRIEVANCE FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED AT ANY CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OR IN THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION.
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FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK TONIGHT.SANCHEZ IS OUR BOARD SECRETARY, AND SHE'LL BE KEEPING TIME, AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE NEAR THE END OF YOUR LIMIT.
SO WE'LL START OUT WITH SILABON MASOSKI.
HOW ABOUT SAY YOUR NAME? OKAY.
SO WHEN YOU GET UP THERE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
THREE MINUTES, YOU WANT? WHAT ABOUT NOW? YEAH, THERE WE GO.
MY ADDRESS IS 651 COUNTY ROAD 467, GONZALES, TEXAS, 78629.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME ADDRESS YOU GUYS TONIGHT.
I AM HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR MY SON AND EXPRESS MY DEEP CONCERNS FOR OUR LDMC PROGRAM.
MY SON IS A SENIOR, AN ATHLETE, A STUDENT, A YOUNG MAN WHO'S ALREADY BEEN ACCEPTED TO A FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY.
HE'S WORKED HARD FOR YEARS TO BUILD A FUTURE THAT HE'S PROUD OF.
YET TODAY, BECAUSE OF A MISTAKE, ONE THAT MANY TEENAGERS MAKE, HE'S BEING TREATED AS A CRIMINAL, BEING STRIPPED OF HIS SENIOR MEMORIES THAT CAN'T BE REPLACED.
WE OFTEN REFER TO OUR STUDENTS AS ADULTS WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT, BUT THE REALITY IS THEY'RE STILL DEVELOPING, THEY'RE STILL LEARNING, AND SHOULD BE, AND ARE STILL DESERVING OF GUIDANCE AND GRACE.
I THINK MANY OF US CAN HONESTLY REFLECT BACK AND BE GLAD THAT MISTAKES WE MADE AT 17 OR 18 DIDN'T DERAIL OUR FUTURE OR DEFINE US.
LOCKHART ISD OFTEN SPEAKS ABOUT VALUES OF BEING LOCKED ON EXCELLENT, UNLOCKING POTENTIAL, AND BEING LOCKED HARD FOR PEOPLE.
BUT RIGHT NOW THOSE WORDS FEEL DISCONNECTED FROM THE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING.
INSTEAD OF SEEING THOSE VALUES IN PRACTICE, IT FEELS THAT THEY'RE SIMPLY A PHRASE USED TO SOFTEN DECISIONS THAT ARE IN REALITY CAUSING HARM.
FAIRNESS REQUIRES LOOKING AT THE WHOLE CHILD, NOT JUST THE INCIDENT.
PRIOR TO BEING PLACED AT LDMC AFTER HE HAD ALREADY SERVED AND COMPLETED A PUNISHMENT, I'VE PERSONALLY WITNESSED INCONSISTENCIES WITH DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATORS, UNDERSTANDING OF POLICY, STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, TIMELINES, PROCEDURES, AND CHANGES IN ACCUSATIONS.
SINCE HE'S BEEN PLACED AT LDMC, MY SON HAS EXPERIENCED SOMETHING FAR MORE DAMAGING THAN DISCIPLINE.
HE'S EXPERIENCED A DISCONNECTION.
IT IS AS IF HE IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF THE DISTRICT.
COACHES WHO ONCE CHECKED ON HIM, SUPPORTED HIM, HELD HIM ACCOUNTABLE, HAVE GONE SILENT.
TEACHERS WHO ONCE SHOWED AND CARED INVESTMENT IN HIS SUCCESS ARE NO LONGER PRESENT.
THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT ONCE GROUNDED HIM HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
WHAT REMAINS IS NOT GROWTH, IT'S ISOLATION.
NOT ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT ABANDONMENT.
HE'S TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.
HE'S ALREADY FACED A CONSEQUENCE AND NOW YET RECEIVING ANOTHER CONSEQUENCE AND THE RESPONSE HE IS FACING ON THAT IS DISPROPORTIONATE AND FRANKLY DAMAGING.
INSTEAD OF BEING GUIDED BACK ONTO THE RIGHT PATH, HE'S BEEN PLACED IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS STRIPPED AWAY HIS SUPPORT SYSTEM, HIS IDENTITY AS A STUDENT ATHLETE, AND HIS CONNECTION TO THE VERY PEOPLE WHO HELPED HIM SUCCEED THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
THIS IS NOT WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
ACCOUNTABILITY SHOULD TEACH AND RESTORE AND SUPPORT, NOT ISOLATE AND NOT ERASE.
RIGHT NOW, HE'S NOT EVEN BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM IT, HE'S BEING DEFINED BY IT.
THAT'S NOT EXCELLENCE, IT'S NOT UNLOCKING POTENTIAL, AND IT'S NOT HAVING A LOCK HEART FOR PEOPLE.
LDMC SHOULD NOT FUNCTION AS A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS ARE SENT TO DISAPPEAR.
IT SHOULD BE A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS ARE SUPPORTED, EDUCATED, PREPARED TO RETURN STRONGER.
IF THE DISTRICT TRULY BELIEVES IN ITS VALUES, THEN I AM CHALLENGING YOU TO REVIEW THE LDMC SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES SO PARENTS AND STUDENTS DON'T FEEL UNCERTAIN ABOUT CREDITS, PROCEDURES, GRADUATION, AND CONNECTION TO THEIR CAMPUS.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE ALL LIONS.
AND JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, WHILE COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE ALLOWED, THE BOARD IS NOT ABLE OR WE CANNOT RESPOND TO THEM AT THIS TIME.
SO WE'LL GO ON TO HEATHER PETERSON.
FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS HEATHER PETERSON.
I LIVE AT 180 INDIAN TRAIL, LOCKHART, TEXAS, 78644.
I HAVE A SON IN SECOND GRADE AND A DAUGHTER IN SIXTH GRADE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR INCREASING RECESS FOR...
FOR PRE-K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS.
IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, STUDENTS HAVE STRUGGLED WITH A LACK OF FOCUS, SOCIAL INTERACTION SKILLS, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.
I BELIEVE AN INCREASE IN UNSTRUCTURED RECESS WOULD BE
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BENEFICIAL.ALL STUDENTS PRE-K THROUGH 8TH.
ALTHOUGH THIS WOULD REQUIRE TAKING FROM INSTRUCTIONAL MEANT I BELIEVE THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE RISK.
IF THEY GET MORE SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES THEY WILL BE QUIETER AT LUNCH.
JUNIOR HIGH HAS HAD QUIET SILENT LUNCHES BECAUSE OF TOO LOUD.
MY DAUGHTER HAS ASKED ME THIS WEEKEND FOR NOISE CANCELLING HEADPHONES BECAUSE LUNCH HAS BEEN TOO LOUD.
I THINK THEY ARE SCREAMING BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SIT WITH FRIENDS.
AND BE ABLE TO TALK TO ANYONE BECAUSE THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SIT WITH THEIR THIRD PERIOD CLASS.
I HAVE HEARD OF REPORTS OF ELEMENTARY ALL HAVING TO SIT ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE TABLE AND BEING TOLD TO BE QUIET, EVEN WHEN NOISE LEVEL IS VERY LOW.
THEY ARE NOT GIVEN AN ALTERNATIVE FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION AFTER THE PHONE BAN.
OPPORTUNITIES WOULD HELP RESET AND ENCOURAGE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS.
CAN WE ADD 20 MINUTES TO LUNCH AND ALLOW THEM TO GO OUTSIDE? EVEN JUNIOR HIGH NEEDS RECESS.
UNSTRUCTURED ACTIVITY AND TIME HELPS WITH FOCUS AND PHYSICAL HEALTH.
LUNCH IS ALREADY TOO SHORT AND BARELY HAVE TIME TO EAT.
MY CHILD NEVER LEAVES THE BUILDING, AND EVEN THOUGH NOT INTERESTED IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, WOULD APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE FRIENDS AND GO OUTDOORS.
SHE HAS EXPRESSED NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE ANYBODY SHE KNOWS IN CLASS OR AT ANY TIME.
A BREAK WOULD HELP WITH FOCUS.
I'M NOT SURE HOW TO ORGANIZE THIS WITH DIFFERENT SCHEDULES AND MORE STUDENTS, BUT JUNIOR HIGH WOULD STILL BENEFIT AS WELL.
IT WOULD OFFER A SCREEN-FREE SPACE FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IS HIGHLY EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION FOR ALL STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH ADHD.
IT PROVIDES IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS IN FOCUS, BEHAVIOR, AND EMOTIONAL REGULATION.
20 TO 30 MINUTES BEFORE ACTIVITIES REQUIRING FOCUS IMPROVE QUALITY OF ATTENTION.
IN ADDITION TO JUST INCREASING MINUTES, I BELIEVE SPLITTING INTO TWO PERIODS WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.
CURRENTLY, MY SON HAS ONE 30-MINUTE RECESS.
I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TWO 25-MINUTE RECESSES.
FROM CLASS LOSS WOULD STILL BENEFIT STUDENTS BY HELPING IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CLASS TIME.
RECESS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL SHOULD NOT BE WITHHELD FOR BEHAVIOR OR NOT FINISHING WORK.
I WOULD RATHER HAVE HOMEWORK SENT HOME.
LAST YEAR, OKLAHOMA SIGNED A STATEWIDE LAW INCREASING RECESS AND PROHIBITING TAKING AWAY AS PUNISHMENT FOR K-5.
I BELIEVE INCREASING RECESS FOR PRE-K THROUGH 8 WILL BENEFIT THE PHYSICAL, ACADEMIC, AND MENTAL HEALTH OF ALL STUDENTS.
NOW WE WILL HEAR FROM BRANDI MYERS.
AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
MY ADDRESS IS 8140 STATE PARK ROAD, LOCKHART, TEXAS, 78644.
I JUST LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.
THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR AT LOCKHART ISD, AND LAST YEAR WE DID STRUGGLE WITH CHARTER SCHOOL.
SO I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL, BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER HAS GROWN IMMENSELY THIS YEAR.
BUT I DID WANT TO SPEAK ON DECREASING TECHNOLOGY WITHIN OUR SCHOOL.
GRANTED, MY DAUGHTER GOES TO A BOARD SHIRT LOOP AND THEY HAVE A GREAT STANDARD OF TRYING TO DECREASE THAT TECHNOLOGY WITHIN THEIR CLASSROOM.
I HAVE NOTICED THIS YEAR SINCE SHE HAS AN INCREASE IN TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TO HER, HER ATTITUDE HAS CHANGED.
WHEREAS LAST YEAR IN THE CHARTER SCHOOL, TECHNOLOGY WAS NOT ALLOWED AT ALL.
IT WAS NOT IN THE CLASSROOM AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
I'M ALSO A NURSE, SO I SEE THE EFFECTS THAT SMARTPHONES HAVE HAD ON OUR CHILDREN.
IT WILL INCREASE DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, IT WILL DECREASE OUR SOCIAL SKILLS, AND IT WILL ALSO BE AN ACADEMIC DISTRACTION WHICH WILL THEN LEAD TO LOWER TEST SCORES.
SO I BELIEVE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, ESPECIALLY ALONG WITH THE BOOK STUDY THAT LOCKHART ISD DID THIS YEAR WITH THE ANXIOUS GENERATION.
IT IS TRULY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT FOR OUR CHILDREN FOR NOW AND
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IN THE FUTURE.OF DECREASING THAT AND DECREASING THEIR RISK OF ALL THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT COME ALONG WITH TECHNOLOGY.
AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAD TO SAY.
I REALLY WANTED TO MORE SPEAK ON A PERSONAL NOTE FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE BETWEEN TWO SCHOOLS.
OKAY, OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE SHEILA TANNA. SORRY IF I'M NOT SAYING YOUR NAME RIGHT.
OR IS IT HANNAH? OKAY, THERE WE GO.
I'M A RESIDENT OF CALDWELL COUNTY FOR 40 YEARS PLUS.
I'M A DISTRICT TAXPAYER AS WELL AS A GRANDPARENT TO A LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR.
ALL 13 YEARS OF HER SCHOOLING HAVE BEEN WITH LOCKHART ISD, AND I PROMISED MYSELF I WASN'T GOING TO DO THIS, BUT THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.
AN INCIDENT OCCURRED ON APRIL 7TH, 26.
SHE WAS PUNISHED WITH THREE DAYS OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION.
SHE COMPLETED THE PUNISHMENT FOR 10-26.
ON 4-16-26, SHE WAS REPUNISHED FOR THIS SAME INCIDENT.
26 DAYS LDMC TO BEGIN AFTER THREE-DAY SUSPENSION AND PROHIBITED FROM ATTENDING OR PARTICIPATING IN SCHOOL-SPONSORED OR SCHOOL-RELATED EVENTS AND CEREMONIES, WHICH INCLUDES GRADUATION EVENTS AND CEREMONIES.
THIS PUNISHMENT WILL NOT BE FULFILLED UNTIL MAY 25TH.
I BELIEVE THAT'S THREE DAYS AFTER.
OUR SENIOR HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED WITH A CRIME.
LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT INVOLVED.
OUR SENIOR HAS ONE DISCIPLINARY, WHICH WAS A CELL PHONE VIOLATION BACK IN 2025.
OUR SENIOR WAS IN GOOD STANDING, ACTIVE IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
DOUBLE PUNISHMENT? FAIRNESS, DESENSITIZING, OVERREACH, OUT OF PROPORTION CONSEQUENCES FOR MINOR NONVIOLENT CONDUCT.
NOT BACKING CAMPUS RECOMMENDATION, SCHOOL STAFF MISTAKES LEADING, I'M SORRY, SCHOOL STAFF MISTAKES RESULTING IN DELAY, OUR TEENAGER MADE A POOR DECISION.
OUR GOAL IS TO PROTECT OUR SENIORS' FUTURE, GRADUATION RECORDS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
WHY IS SHE BEING PUNISHED WITH EDUCATIONAL HARM, REPUTATIONAL HARM, LOSS OF MILESTONE EVENTS? IS THIS A FACE OF LOCKHART ISD? THANK YOU.
[BUSINESS: CONSENT AGENDA]
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THE BUSINESS CONSENT AGENDA, ITEMS A THROUGH G.DOES ANY BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT ANY OF THESE ITEMS? IF NOT, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS LISTED.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE.
[Fine Arts Programming Update]
WE MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM SIX, COMMUNICATION A, FINE ARCH PROGRAMMING UPDATE, MR. JAMES CROWLEY.GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT WRIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.
IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO SERVE LOCKHART ISD AS DIRECTOR OF FINE ARTS.
TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, LOCKHART ISD STATE OF THE ARTS
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2025-26, WILL UPDATE YOU ON OUR PROGRAM GOALS AND THEIR ALIGNMENT WITH OUR THREE DISTRICT GOALS.FINE ARTS OFFERINGS ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS WITH STUDENT SPEAKERS FROM ALL LEVELS AND SHARE OUR VISION OF THE FUTURE THROUGH THE LENS OF OUR THREE DISTRICT VALUES.
LOCKHART ISD FINE ARTS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY FINE ARTS EDUCATION TO ALL STUDENTS.
WE HAVE 41 TEACHERS SERVING NINE CAMPUSES.
THIS YEAR WE IMPLEMENTED AN ATTENDANCE SUPPORT SYSTEM TO MONITOR, ENCOURAGE, AND STRENGTHEN STUDENT ATTENDANCE.
OUR TEACHERS PRIORITIZE STRONG INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES USING FEEDBACK ALIGNED TO THE FUNDAMENTAL FIVE AND DIFFERENTIATION TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY ACROSS CLASSROOMS. SUPPORTING DATA IS INCLUDED IN YOUR HANDOUTS.
FROM ATTENDANCE TO INSTRUCTION TO LIFE-CHANGING STUDENT EXPERIENCES, WE ARE COMMITTED TO HELPING EVERY CAMPUS ACHIEVE AN A RATING BY 2028 THROUGH EXEMPLARY TEACHING AND STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING.
LOCKHART ISD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
IN THESE SCHOOLS, 100% OF STUDENTS RECEIVE WEEKLY ART AND MUSIC INSTRUCTION.
EVERY CAMPUS IS STAFFED WITH DEDICATED ART AND MUSIC TEACHERS, SOMETHING NOT ALL DISTRICTS CAN SAY.
IN MANY PLACES, ARTS PROGRAMS ARE SHARED, LIMITED, OR NOT OFFERED AT ALL.
IN LOCKHART ISD, ACCESS TO THE ARTS IS AN OPTIONAL.
ELEMENTARY PROGRAMS ARE ALIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH CONCERTS, EXHIBITIONS, AND EVENTS.
K-5 STUDENTS EXPLORE THE ARTS BROADLY, DISCOVERING PASSION THEY WILL CARRY WITH THEM INTO THE FUTURE.
TO SECONDARY SCHOOL, AND THE RESULTS ARE POWERFUL.
THIS YEAR, STUDENTS AGAIN SUBMITTED ARTWORK TO THE TEXAS ELEMENTARY ART MEET, SUPPORTING OUR CONTINUED RECOGNITION AS A TAEA DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION, AN HONOR WE'VE RECEIVED RECEIVED FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.
THE LISD ELEMENTARY HONOR CHOIR, FEATURING TOP SINGERS FROM ALL SIX CAMPUSES, DELIVERED ANOTHER STANDOUT PERFORMANCE, INCLUDING AN ORIGINAL COMPOSITION BY OUR OWN GEORGE SONNY.
THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF AN INCREDIBLE YEAR.
WHILE WE CAN'T SHARE IT ALL TONIGHT, DETAILED CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIALS.
OUR FIRST STUDENT SPEAKER TONIGHT IS A FOURTH GRADER FROM MS. MARTINEZ'S CLASS AT BLUE BONNET ELEMENTARY.
SHE IS AN ARTIST, A MUSICIAN, A STUDENT LEADER, AND A FAMILIAR VOICE AT CAMPUS EVENTS, INCLUDING MUSIC CONCERTS.
SHE ALMOST ALWAYS HAS SOMETHING INSPIRING TO SHARE.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING CAROLINA QUINTANILLA SANTOS.
SHE JUST SAID SHE'S SO PROUD OF ME.
HOLA, MI NOMBRE ES CAROLINA QUINTANILLA SANTOS Y ESTOY ENCANTADA DE ESTAR AQUÍ CON USTEDES ESTA NOCHE.
PARA MÍ LA MÚSICA Y EL ARTE NOS AYUDAN A REVELAR Y DESCUBRIR NUESTRAS HISTORIAS, SENTIMIENTOS Y LOS PRIMEROS MOMENTOS DE LA VIDA.
AND THE MOST WE LIKE ABOUT HER.
I ARRIVED HERE AT LOCKER IN THE YEAR 2024.
I LIKE BARBECUE, BUT EVEN MORE, I LIKE OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW KIND PEOPLE ARE.
I STARTED AT PLUM CREEK SCHOOL.
AND THIS YEAR THEY REFERRED ME TO BLUE BUNNY.
AND THAT'S WHERE I LEARNED TO EXPRESS MYSELF WITHOUT INSECURITY THANKS TO MY TEACHER MISS JIMENEZ AND MY MUSIC TEACHER MISS...
WHEN I DREW IN THE ART CLASS WITH MY TEACHER, MISS JIMENEZ, SHE TAUGHT ME THAT NO ONE CAN SAY WHAT IS RIGHT OR WRONG ABOUT MY PROJECTS BECAUSE IT MEANS MY OWN STORY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THIS YEAR IN ART, I WAS VERY HAPPY WHEN WE MADE PIZZA WITH FABRIC.
IN THE MUSIC CLASS, MY CLASSMATES AND I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS OURSELVES BY CREATING OUR OWN MUSIC.
WE COULD PLAY THE FLUTE THANKS TO MY AUNT, WHO LOVES INSTRUMENTS.
FINALLY, ART AND MUSIC MAKE ME THINK OF MY PARENTS.
THEY ARE ALWAYS PROUD OF ME, NO MATTER IF I WIN FIRST PLACE OR NOT.
I HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER IN HIGH SCHOOL OR IN HIGH SCHOOL, MY ART AND
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MUSIC CLASSES WILL CONTINUE TO MOTIVATE ME AND EXPRESS ME FREELY AND FIND MORE TALENTS WITHIN ME.REMEMBER TO FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS, NO MATTER WHAT OTHERS SAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EVERYONE.
MUY BUEN TRABAJO, NIÑA, Y FELICIDADES A JIMÉNEZ Y TU MAESTRA.
OUR NEXT STUDENT SPEAKER IS A FIFTH GRADER AT CLEAR FORK ELEMENTARY.
HIS TEACHERS ARE MS. GARCIA AND MS. LAWRENCE.
HE EXCELS IN BOTH ART AND MUSIC, IS A MEMBER OF THE 2025-26 LISD ELEMENTARY HONOR CHOIR, IS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE CLEAR FORK PERCUSSION CLUB, AND RECENTLY PERFORMED IN CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, THE THEATER CLUB'S LATEST PRODUCTION.
PLEASE WELCOME DANIEL BAEZ DE LA PAZ, JR.
IS THIS ON? HELLO, LOCKHART PEOPLE.
I'M DANIEL BAEZ, AND I'M 10 YEARS OLD.
I'VE BEEN A STUDENT AT CLEVE WORKS SINCE I WAS IN FIRST GRADE.
I AM IN A LOT, I MEAN A LOT, OF PROGRAMS. I LOVE TO PAINT IN MS. PATEL'S ART CLASS.
IN MY PAINTINGS, ADDING MORE COLOR MAKES IT BEAUTIFUL.
I LOVE MUSIC BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU TRY A NEW INSTRUMENT, IT MAKES A DIFFERENT SOUND.
I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED DRUMS, AND MR. OCHOA GAVE ME A CHANCE TO LEARN WHEN I JOINED PERCUSSION CLUB.
I HAVE BEEN PRACTICING MY DRUM ROLLS, AND I ALMOST GOT IT.
WHEN I WAS IN HONOR CHOIR, I LOVED SINGING WITH THE KIDS FROM THE OTHER SCHOOLS.
LAST YEAR, I WANTED TO TRY OUT THEATER, AND THAT WAS MY FAVORITE THING IN LIFE.
PRACTICING WITH THE OTHER KIDS IN MISS PRIDE HELPS US TO MAKE AN INCREDIBLE SHOW.
I SUGGEST THAT OUR SCHOOL GET MORE ART, AND THEATER MATERIAL SO MORE KIDS CAN FOLLOW ALONG AND JOIN IN THE FUN.
I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR MY PARENTS.
IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND ALL THESE PROGRAMS. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME.
I HOPE YOU HAVE AN AMAZING DAY, AND GOD BLESS YOU.
MR. CARROLL, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND SOME KIDS THAT ARE MORE ENTHUSIASTIC.
AT LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH, 83% OF STUDENTS ARE PARTICIPATING IN AT LEAST ONE FINE ARTS CLASS.
LJHS FINE ARTS STUDENTS HAVE AN AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF 94% THIS YEAR.
ONE HALF PERCENT HIGHER THAN THE CAMPUS AVERAGE.
BUILDING ON THEIR ELEMENTARY FOUNDATION, STUDENTS ENGAGE IN SPECIALIZED COURSES FOR ART, BAND, CHOIR, COLOR GUARD, DANCE, ORCHESTRA, AND THEATER.
THEY TAKE THE NEXT STEP, REHEARSING BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL FOR PERFORMANCES, ASSESSMENTS, AND COMPETITIONS, AND REMAIN VISIBLE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
PROGRAM OFFERS ART ONE TO EIGHTH GRADERS, GIVING STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT EARLY.
ART STUDENTS ARE ALSO EARNING TOP PLACEMENTS AT THE JUNIOR VASE COMPETITION, SUPPORTING OUR PURSUIT OF ANOTHER DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION.
THE LJHS VARSITY COLOR GUARD COMPLETED YET ANOTHER UNDEFEATED SEASON AND WERE NAMED TEXAS COLOR GUARD CIRCUIT AREA CHAMPIONS.
AND IN MUSIC, STUDENTS EARNED NUMEROUS SUPERIOR RATINGS AT UIL COMPETITIONS, CONTRIBUTING TO ANOTHER EXCITING PROGRAM GOAL.
I'M PLEASED TO SHARE THAT JUST LAST WEEK, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUSIC MERCHANTS NAMED LOCKHART ISD A 2026 BEST COMMUNITY FOR MUSIC EDUCATION.
THIS IS OUR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR.
YAY IT PLACES OUR MUSIC PROGRAM IN THE TOP 10% OF TEXAS AND TOP 7% NATIONWIDE.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT.
PLEASE SEE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT LOGS FOR A FULL LOOK AT THIS YEAR'S ACHIEVEMENTS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS A 7TH GRADER AT LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH WHO EXCELS BOTH AS A VIOLINIST AND A MEMBER OF THE AWARD-WINNING COLOR GUARD PROGRAM.
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SENATOR LEAL, I'M SO EXCITED TO BE WITH YOU ALL TODAY.I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT TWO FINE ARTS PROGRAMS, COLOR GARDEN ORCHESTRA.
I'M A PART OF THESE TWO PROGRAMS AND THEY'VE IMPACTED MY LIFE GREATLY.
ORCHESTRA IS A GREAT OUTLET FOR STUDENTS LIKE ME TO EXPRESS THEIR LOVE FOR MUSIC.
WHEN I PLAY VIOLIN, I'M HAPPY.
IT FEELS LIKE DESCRIBING MY EMOTIONS WITHOUT WORDS AND I THINK THAT'S THE GREATEST THING EVER.
OUR ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS, MS. SANDERS AND MR. CHAN ARE VERY NICE.
THEY HAVE EXPANDED MY KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC AND HELPED ME TO FEEL COMFORTABLE AT SCHOOL.
COLOR GUARD IS A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM THAT BOTH CHALLENGES YOU AND HELPS YOU HAVE FUN ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
I LOOK FORWARD TO COLOR GUARD CLASS EVERY DAY.
WHEN I LEARN AN EQUIPMENT SKILL, I FEEL ACCOMPLISHED AND CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW IT OFF AT A PERFORMANCE.
MR. RODRIGUEZ IS PATIENT WITH THE TEAM AND HELPS US TO IMPROVE ALL THE TIME.
I'VE MADE SO MANY NEW FRIENDS AND CONNECTIONS IN COLOR GUARD.
WE LEARN JUST AS MUCH FROM EACH OTHER AS FROM OUR DIRECTOR.
I WOULD TELL ANY NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL KID TO GET INVOLVED WITH ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS. THIS YEAR, WE WERE SO CLOSE TO GETTING A SWEEPSTAKES RATING IN ORCHESTRA UIL.
I REALLY HOPE THAT IN EIGHTH GRADE WE CAN EARN THAT AWARD.
WE HAVE TWO AMAZING COLOR GUARD TEAMS AT LJHS, AND I WANT TO BE ON VARSITY NEXT YEAR.
EACH YEAR I CONTINUE WITH THESE PROGRAMS. I CAN SEE IT GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AN EIGHTH GRADER AT LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH WITH AN IMPRESSIVE RANGE OF TALENTS.
SHE'S A CLARINETIST IN THE BAND.
EARNED FIRST CHAIR HONORS AT THE TMEA REGION BAND, AND PERFORMS WITH LJHS VARSITY THEATER.
SHE'S ALSO ON THE 8TH GRADE BASKETBALL TEAM.
ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS, REMEMBER, YOU CAN DO BOTH.
HELLO, MY NAME IS PAXTON CRAIG.
I JOINED BAND IN 6TH GRADE AND I IMMEDIATELY LOVED IT.
PLAYING THE CLARINET WAS SOMETHING THAT I EXCELLED AT RIGHT AWAY AND I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO BAND KNOWING I'M ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING I LOVE.
AND ANYTHING I DO, I CAN'T HELP BUT TRY TO BECOME THE BEST IN THAT FIELD.
EVERY TIME MY BAND AND THEATER DIRECTORS INTRODUCE A NEW CHALLENGE OR PROJECT, IT MOTIVATES ME TO GROW AND IMPROVE, GETTING ME CLOSER TO MY GOAL OF BEING THE BEST AT WHATEVER I DO.
EXCELLING IN THESE PROGRAMS GIVES ME A SENSE OF PRIDE IN MY ACHIEVEMENT, AND SEEING THE RESULT OF ALL THE EFFORT AND HARD WORK I PUT IN IS THE BEST FEELING.
FURTHERMORE, FINDING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND JUST BEING INVOLVED IN THEATER, AND ALSO MY VERY AMAZING...
THEATER DIRECTOR MS. SUDEK HAS HELPED ME TO BECOME MORE CONFIDENT.
IT EMBOLDENED ME TO APPLY FOR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS ON CAMPUS LIKE BEING AN NJHS OFFICER, SOMETHING I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD DO.
ANOTHER OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT BAND AND THEATER IS THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS.
THE MEMORIES YOU GAIN, THE FRIENDSHIPS YOU MAKE, AND THE FEELING WHEN YOU GET TO SEE IT ALL ALL COME TOGETHER CAN'T BE TAUGHT BY ANYTHING ELSE.
TO KNOW YOU'RE A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF IS AN EXPERIENCE I HOPE ALL STUDENTS CAN ENJOY THESE EXPERIENCES HAVE HELPED SHAPE WHO I AM AND WHO I'M CONTINUING TO BECOME.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL, 60% OF STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN AT LEAST ONE FINE ARTS CLASS.
THAT'S 1,164 STUDENTS, WITH AN AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF 92% THIS YEAR.
THAT'S 1.5% HIGHER THAN THE CAMPUS AVERAGE.
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, STUDENTS DIVE DEEPER INTO THEIR DISCIPLINES THROUGH INCREASINGLY SPECIALIZED AND RIGOROUS COURSEWORK.
THE LJHS FINE ARTS FACULTY, ADMINISTRATION, AND COUNSELORS DO A SPECTACULAR JOB ENCOURAGING STUDENTS AND ENABLING THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ARTS ALONG WITH OTHER IMPORTANT OFFERINGS, LIKE HONORS AND AP COURSES, ACC DUAL CREDIT, AND EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, ADVANCED ACADEMICS, AND THE FINE ARTS.
HERE ARE JUST A FEW LHS HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS YEAR.
LHS THEATER MADE AN INCREDIBLE RUN THROUGH THE UIL ONE ACT PLAY COMPETITION AND WERE STATE SEMIFINALISTS AT THE REGION MEET.
YES, OUR PLAY WAS IN THE TOP 24 IN THE STATE IN 2026.
WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE TWO TMEA ALL-STATE MUSICIANS, TWO-TIME HONOREE LUCAS NIX FROM THE CHOIR AND ELIAS HERNANDEZ FROM THE ROARING LION BAND.
VISUAL ARTS CONTINUES ITS TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE AT VASE AND IS ONCE AGAIN HELPING POSITION LOCKHART ISD FOR DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION RECOGNITION.
FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR, JOCELYN ORTEGA HAS EARNED THE GOLD SEAL AT THE STATE VASE COMPETITION.
WE LEARNED THIS GREAT NEWS JUST THIS PAST SATURDAY AT THE STATE MEET IN SAN MARCOS.
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OUT OF MORE THAN 32,000 ENTRIES STATEWIDE, 151 STUDENTS RECEIVE THIS AWARD LESS THAN ONE HALF OF 1% CONGRATULATIONS TO JOCELYN AND TO OUR OUTSTANDING LHS ART FACULTY.THESE ARE ONLY HIGHLIGHTS PLEASE SEE YOUR DOCUMENTS FOR A FULL LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY DISCIPLINE OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AN LHS SOPHOMORE INVOLVED IN BOTH ART AND MARIACHI AND SOMETHING OF A RISING CELEBRITY IN LOCKHART ISD.
JUST A YEAR AGO, HE WASN'T ENROLLED IN A SINGLE MUSIC CLASS.
TODAY, HE'S KNOWN FOR CAPTIVATING THE ENTIRE GOPAC WITH HIS DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE OF POR TU MALDITO AMOR AT THE 2026 ROAR RALLY.
HELLO, MY NAME IS JUAN RIZOSTRADA JR.
TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAS TRULY CHANGED ME AS A PERSON, MARIACHI.
MARIACHI ISN'T JUST MUSIC, IT'S CULTURE, HISTORY, AND EMOTION ALL COMBINED INTO ONE.
IT COMES FROM MEXICO AND HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN FOR GENERATIONS.
WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF MARIACHI, THEY MIGHT PICTURE INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS THE VIOLIN, TRUMPET, GUITARRON, AND VIOLA.
BUT FOR ME, IT'S MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
I'M ALSO IN ART AND HAVE BEEN FOR FOUR YEARS.
I AM CURRENTLY TAKING SCULPTURE WITH MS. GRATZ.
SHE SETS US UP TO SUCCEED, AND I LIKE WORKING WITH THE KIDS IN MY CLASS.
MY CREATIVE IDEAS DON'T ALWAYS COME TOGETHER, BUT I LOVE TO TRY FOR ME.
MARIACHI IS WHAT BRINGS IT ALL TOGETHER, THOUGH.
MARIACHI HAS HELPED ME GROW IN WAYS I DIDN'T EXPECT.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I DIDN'T TALK MUCH.
BUT NOW I'M FRIENDS WITH TALENTED PEOPLE WHO ENJOY MUSIC AS MUCH AS I DO.
MARIACHI MEANS PRACTICING, IMPROVING, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HAVING FUN.
IT GAVE ME CONFIDENCE STANDING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND PERFORMING ISN'T EASY.
AT FIRST IT CAN FEEL SCARY BUT MARIACHI HELPED ME BREAK OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE.
OVER TIME I BECAME MORE CONFIDENT NOT JUST IN MUSIC BUT IN MYSELF.
ANOTHER THING MARIACHI GAVE ME IS CONNECTIONS.
THROUGH MARIACHI I HAVE LEARNED MUSIC THEORY BY PERFORMING SONGS THAT CARRY STORIES ABOUT LOVE, HEARTBREAK, LIFE, AND PRIDE.
WHEN I PLAY I FEEL LIKE I'M PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN MYSELF.
IT CONNECTS EMOTIONS THROUGH THE MUSIC AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BEFORE I'M DONE HERE, I WANT MARIACHI CORAZON DE LEON TO BE SEEN AND HEARD IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE MADE OURSELVES KNOWN AT THE SCHOOL, BUT NOW WE NEED TO BE OUT THERE EVEN MORE.
WELL, WE'RE CERTAINLY PROUD OF THE WHOLE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT.
I THINK SEEING WHAT THE MARIACHI GROUP HAS DONE THIS YEAR HAS REALLY BEEN INCREDIBLE.
LOCKHART ISD, OH, WAIT, HOLD ON.
OUR FINAL STUDENT SPEAKER IS A SENIOR CHOIR OFFICER AND DANCER WHO TRULY REPRESENTS THE BEST OF LOCKHART ISD.
SHE HAS ALSO EARNED HER CERTIFIED CLINICAL MEDICAL ASSISTANT CERTIFICATION THROUGH THE CCMA PATHWAY, CTE, AND FINE ARTS.
NEXT YEAR, SHE WILL ATTEND TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY.
WHERE SHE PLANS TO MAJOR IN PRE-MED BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE.
MY NAME IS SINEA, BUT I PRETTY MUCH GO BY NAYA.
BEING A PART OF BOTH VARSITY CHOIR AND THE LEGACY'S DANCE TEAM HAS SHAPED MY HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE IN WAYS THAT I HAVE NEVER EXPECTED.
AT FIRST, BALANCING BOTH SEEMED VERY OVERWHELMING.
LONG REHEARSALS, PERFORMANCES, AND SCHOOLWORK OFTEN FELT LIKE TOO MUCH.
BUT OVER TIME I REALIZED THAT THEY WERE TEACHING ME SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER THAN JUST SINGING OR DANCING.
THROUGH THESE ACTIVITIES, I DEVELOPED STRONG SELF-DISCIPLINE.
THERE WERE DAYS WHERE I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE PRACTICING OR STAYING LATE, BUT I SHOWED UP ANYWAYS.
I LEARNED THAT GROWTH DOESN'T COME FROM CONVENIENCE, BUT IT COMES FROM CONSISTENCY AND EFFORT.
I ALSO GAINED VALUABLE TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS, JUGGLING TWO VERY DEMANDING PROGRAMS, EARNING MY MEDICAL ASSISTANT CERTIFICATION IN THE CCMA PATHWAY, AND ALSO BEING A PART OF THE ACC DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM HAS FORCED ME TO PLAN AHEAD, STAY VERY ORGANIZED, AND MAKE THE MOST OF EVERYTHING, EVEN WHEN I FEEL OVER IT.
I LEARNED HOW TO PRIORITIZE WHAT MATTERS AND STILL GIVE MY BEST IN EVERYTHING I DO.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THESE EXPERIENCES TAUGHT ME TO FULLY EMBRACE EVERY MOMENT, WHETHER IT IS STEPPING ONTO THE STAGE FOR OUR POP SHOW ON MAY 5TH WITH MY CHOIR OR PERFORMING MY TEAM ANY CHANCE THAT I GET.
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TAKE A RISK AND ENJOY THE JOURNEY INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT PERFECTION BECAUSE THE LITTLE MOMENTS LIKE THAT YOU WILL NEVER GET BACK I FIRST CAME TO LOCKHART IN 7TH GRADE AND I DIDN'T QUITE KNOW WHERE I BELONGED.EVEN WHEN I STARTED CHOIR, I WASN'T SURE, BUT WHEN THE OLDER SINGERS MADE ME FEEL INCLUDED, IT ALL CHANGED.
THROUGH IT ALL, I FOUND SOMETHING MORE MEANINGFUL.
THE PEOPLE IN CHOIR AND ON THE DANCE TEAM BECAME MY SUPPORT SYSTEM, MY MOTIVATION, AND MY FOREVER FAMILY.
THEY MADE THE HIGH SCHOOL FEEL LIKE A PLACE WHERE I TRULY BELONGED.
BEING A PART OF THESE GROUPS DIDN'T JUST MAKE ME A BETTER PERFORMER, BUT IT MADE ME A STRONGER AND A MORE CONFIDENT PERSON, AND FOR THAT I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL.
TO ANY NEW OR CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE OPEN-MINDED, TRY NEW THINGS, AND DON'T BE AFRAID TO FIND YOUR FAVORITE HOME AT LHS.
DON'T FORGET, SOMETIMES THE BUSIEST PATH LEADS YOU EXACTLY WHERE YOU BELONG.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, AND NEVER FORGET TO ALWAYS BE YOURSELF.
FINE ARTS STUDENTS ARE CONSISTENTLY EXPOSED TO THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT AWAIT THEM BEYOND GRADUATION.
OUR TEACHERS ORGANIZE COLLEGE VISITS, BRING IN COLLEGIATE GUEST CLINICIANS AND INSTRUCTORS, AND ACTIVELY GUIDE STUDENTS TOWARDS POST-SECONDARY PATHWAYS.
WHEN ACC LOCKHART OPENED BACK IN JANUARY, FINE ARTS WAS PART OF THE OPEN HOUSE.
THROUGH THIS WORK, WE ARE ADVANCING THE FIRST DISTRICT GOAL, CREATING INNOVATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS TO PREPARE FOR SUCCESS BEYOND GRADUATION.
NOW IT'S MY HONOR TO REINTRODUCE A LOCKHART ISD ALUMNUS, A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 2014.
HE WAS A SAXOPHONIST IN THE BAND PROGRAM.
HE WENT ON TO EARN TWO MUSIC DEGREES AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, BUT IT'S HIS LEADERSHIP SKILLS THAT HAVE LED HIM TO A WILDLY SUCCESSFUL CAREER WITH ONE OF TEXAS' GREAT COMPANIES, HEB.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING BACK JOHN HENRICH.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS I WANTED TO SAY BUT I REALLY WANTED TO START OFF WITH YOU KNOW I'M BACK IN THIS ROOM 12 YEARS AFTER THE FACT AND THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENED IN FINE ARTS SINCE I WAS IN SCHOOL IS LIKE IT'S INCREDIBLE AND JUST HEARING YOU KNOW SIX EXAMPLES OF ALL THE STUDENT BODIES I THINK I HEARD EXAMPLES OF ALL NINE OF THOSE KEY WORDS ON THOSE PILLARS WHICH I'M ASSUMING ARE ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS FOR THE DISTRICT BUT I MEAN LITERALLY EVERYTHING ON THERE THESE KIDS HAVE DEMONSTRATED.
SO I WANTED TO START OFF THAT WAY RATHER THAN SAYING WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
SO, ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR YOU GUYS.
THIS IS WHERE I KIND OF LEARNED WHAT LEADERSHIP WAS AND WHAT IT MEANT TO ME.
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE A BAND DIRECTOR ONE DAY.
THAT'S WHAT MY FIRST KIND OF PASSION WAS.
THAT'S A TALK FOR ANOTHER DAY.
BUT ALL THROUGHOUT, I'VE BEEN WORKING AT THIS LITTLE COMPANY CALLED HEB, AND NOW I'M WHAT'S CALLED A STORE LEADER.
AND RIGHT NOW, I'M WORKING AT A LOCATION IN SOUTH PARK MEADOWS.
IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST STORES, MOST SUCCESSFUL STORES IN OUR REGION.
AND I ATTRIBUTE EVERYTHING I DO TO MY ROOTS IN FINE ARTS AND THE SKILLS THAT I HAVE LOCKED THERE, RIGHT? AND NOW I'M ON A PATH.
TO HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT MAYBE FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS RUN MY WHOLE STORE.
RIGHT NOW I'M ON A LEADERSHIP TEAM, BUT ONE DAY I'LL BE WHAT'S CALLED A TOP STORE LEADER AND I'LL BE RUNNING THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION.
SO WHAT I REALLY LEARNED THROUGHOUT FINE ARTS WAS HOW TO ANALYZE PROBLEMS, HOW TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, HOW TO SEE AN ORGANIZATION FROM A TOP LEVEL AND BREAK IT INTO SMALL DIGESTIBLE PIECES, APPROACH THINGS FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES.
YOU DON'T GET TO LEARN AND DEVELOP THAT KIND OF LEARNING IN OTHER AREAS OF SCHOOL.
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN SAY, IT'S THAT THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS SHAPE ME INTO WHO I AM TODAY, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO GO WITH ME THROUGHOUT MY LEADERSHIP JOURNEY, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THIS LITTLE GUY RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF A YEAR OLD.
ANYWAYS, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, AND WHAT YOU LEARN IN FINE ARTS IS NOT ALWAYS A ONE-TO-ONE TO A CAREER IN FINE ARTS.
WHAT YOU LEARN AND GROW AND DEVELOP IN DOING SO CAN TAKE YOU ANYWHERE YOU NEED TO GO.
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TO RECOGNIZE OUR LOCKHART ISD FINE ARTS FACULTY.THEY EMBODY OUR DISTRICT VALUES, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE AMONG THE VERY BEST IN THEIR FIELD.
THEY BRING THE FINE ARTS TO LIFE FOR STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
IF YOU'RE A FINE ARTS FACULTY OR STAFF MEMBER, PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED.
OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, OUR DEPARTMENT HAS MAINTAINED AN AVERAGE STAFF RETENTION OF 89%.
WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO DISTRICT GOAL NUMBER 3, CULTIVATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EMPLOYEES CHOOSE LOCKHART ISD.
YOU'LL FIND IN YOUR DOCUMENT A PACKET INCLUDING OUR FINE ARTS, INTRODUCING OUR FINE ARTS FACULTY, INCLUDING NAMES, PHOTOS, AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE THAT OUR STUDENTS' FAMILIES PLAY IN THE SUCCESS OF FINE ARTS, FROM PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO VOLUNTEERING, FUNDRAISING, AND ATTENDING EVERY EVENT.
WHO ENABLE THEIR STUDENTS' SUCCESS.
FINE ARTS BOOSTER ORGANIZATIONS ARE A JOY TO WORK WITH AND DO A SUPERIOR JOB GENERATING SUPPORT FOR THESE PROGRAMS. THANK YOU, FINE ARTS PARENTS, GUARDIANS, FAMILIES, AND LOVED ONES FOR CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS TO BE LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE.
BEFORE I CONCLUDE, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A VISION FOR THE FUTURE.
FRAMED BY OUR DISTRICT VALUES.
FOR US, UNLOCKING POTENTIAL MEANS GROWING OUR PROGRAMS AND EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS.
WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THAT MOMENTUM.
COURSE REQUESTS AND PROGRAM VERIFICATION SHOW AN INCREASE IN FINE ARTS ENROLLMENT AT OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES FOR THE 2026-27 SCHOOL YEAR.
SIMPLY PUT, ENROLLMENT IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
WE ARE PROUD OF WHAT WE OFFER AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND THRIVE IN THE ARTS.
TO US, HAVING A LOCKHART FOR PEOPLE MEANS DELIVERING A FINE ARTS CURRICULUM THAT REFLECTS AND CELEBRATES OUR STUDENTS.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO CREATING LESSONS, PROJECTS, AND PERFORMANCES WHERE STUDENTS CAN SEE THEMSELVES IN THEIR LEARNING.
THAT MEANS EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES IN NEW MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY, INCREASING THE STUDY OF LIVING ARTISTS AND COMPOSERS, AND CONTINUE TO ELEVATE CULTURALLY RELEVANT PROGRAMS LIKE MARIACHI AND BALLET FOLKLORICO.
AT CLEAR FORK ELEMENTARY, A STRONG THEATER PROGRAM AND THE LEADERSHIP OF MISS PRINE ARE OPENING NEW DOORS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
IN FALL 2026, THE CAMPUS WILL LAUNCH A FINE ARTS ACADEMY PILOT, SERVING GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE WITH ENGAGING CLASSES IN MUSIC, VISUAL ART, DANCE, AND THEATER, ALL CENTERED AROUND CREATIVITY, EXPRESSION, AND GROWTH.
SOME PROGRAM DETAILS INCLUDE THEATER CLASS ADDED TO THE SPECIALS ROTATION, A DANCE UNIT FOR PE CURRICULUM, FINE ARTS GEARED TRIPS, EXPERIENCES, WORKSHOPS, AND GUEST SPEAKERS, AND CROSS-CURRICULAR COLLABORATION IN HOMEROOM AND FINE ARTS CLASSES.
THIS IS HOW WE ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS FEEL SEEN, VALUED, AND INSPIRED THROUGH THE ARTS.
YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW ME EVERYWHERE.
FINALLY, WE WILL STAY LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD HIGH-QUALITY FINE ARTS PROGRAMS. WE WILL HOLD HIGH STANDARDS, MEETING AND EXCEEDING OUR GOALS.
WE WILL BECOME COMPETITIVE IN EVERY AREA OF STUDY.
AND WE WILL MAKE LOCKHART ISD A DESTINATION DISTRICT FOR FINE ARTS.
WE WILL ACHIEVE THIS THROUGH INTENTIONAL GROWTH AND STRATEGIC PLANNING, ENSURING OUR PROGRAMS GROW ALONGSIDE OUR DISTRICT.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO REVIEW THE PROVIDED DOCUMENTS FOR MORE CONTENT AND PROGRAM UPDATES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING US TO PRESENT TONIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR WONDERFUL STUDENT SPEAKERS AND ALUMNI SPEAKER, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION.
VERY GOOD PRESENTATION, MR. CROWLEY, AND THE STUDENT SPEAKERS DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.
I DO HAVE ONE IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR MR. HENDRICKS.
WHEN IS H-E-B GOING TO BUILD A BIGGER STORE HERE? THAT'S AN UP HERE PAY SCALE QUESTION.
I'M ON THE FIRST FLOOR RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, IF YOU CAN GET THAT DONE, HE'LL BE OUR HERO, RIGHT? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
IT'S GREAT TO HEAR FROM ALL THE STUDENTS.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL THE SUPPORT FROM ALL
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THE TEACHERS THAT ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.AND THAT MAKES US FEEL REALLY GREAT THAT WHAT WE PUSH FOR IS A REALITY AND WE SEE IT FLOURISHING.
SO WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOU AND CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR FUTURE JOURNEYS TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM, TO ADD MORE BALLET FOLKLORICO ALL OVER.
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE THAT'S THE THING, RIGHT? SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR EVERYBODY AND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL DOING.
EACH OF OUR SPEAKERS WERE VERY CONFIDENT, SO GREAT JOB TO EACH ONE OF YOU.
PRESIDENT WRIGHT, I JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS.
THANK YOU FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION, HIGHLIGHTING OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS.
IN YOUR PACKET, WHAT REALLY BROUGHT IT HOME FOR ME AS WELL, ALL THE AWARDS AND THE GREAT THINGS, IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR PACKET, IT DESCRIBES ALL OF OUR TEACHERS IN KIND OF A SHORT SUMMARY OF ALL THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
IT SHOWS THE QUALITY AND THE CALIBER OF PROFESSIONALS THAT WE HAVE WORKING WITH OUR KIDS, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THE GREAT RESULTS EVERY DAY FOR OUR CHILDREN.
I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR STAFF.
IT IS NOT GOING TO NOTICE HOW HIGH QUALITY EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ARE.
WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR US? THANK YOU, MR. CROWLEY.
[Lockhart ISD Student Leadership Summit]
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 6, COMMUNICATION B, LOCKHART ISD STUDENT LEADERSHIP SUMMIT.GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, DR.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT IF THEY REPRESENT...
WHAT LOCKHART ISD IS ABOUT, OUR FUTURE IS BRIGHT HERE IN LOCKHART ISD.
THIS IS A GREAT TRANSITION TO OUR LEADERSHIP SUMMIT THAT WE HAD FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.
THIS WAS DONE WITH A COMBINATION OF PEOPLE THAT HAD LOOKED AT THIS AS SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO DO FOR OUR NAVIGATE TO 28 PRIORITY.
IF YOU'RE ON THE LEADERSHIP PATHWAY DESIGN TEAM, CAN YOU STAND UP IN THE AUDIENCE? THANK YOU.
THEY WERE PART OF BUILDING THIS SUMMIT.
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS WHO WERE IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE IN HERE WERE DR.
CRUZ, MR. CRAWLEY WAS THE ONE THAT GAVE THE PRESENTATION AT OUR SUMMIT.
THE PRINCIPALS WHO RECOMMENDED THE STUDENTS, CAROLINA WAS ONE OF THEM, SO YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE, YOU KIND OF JUST WANT TO TAKE HER EVERYWHERE WITH YOU BECAUSE SHE TAPS FOR EVERYTHING, IT'S SO POSITIVE.
AND ALSO OUR DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY, DR.
VASQUEZ, AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TY DAVIDSON.
WE STARTED OUT WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL SECONDARY STUDENTS AND THE POINT OF THE FIRST SESSION WAS TO EXPLORE SKILLS AND STRATEGIES FOR LEADERSHIP IN OUR SCHOOLS.
MR. CRAWLEY HAD GIVEN THE SERVICE MODEL OF LEADERSHIP AND HE KIND OF WENT OVER THIS WITH STUDENTS.
HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT OUR VALUES, BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING A BOSS AND A LEADER.
THIS WAS OUR SECONDARY STUDENT LEADERS THAT CAME TO THE SESSION.
STRADA ALSO SPOKE TO OUR STUDENTS AND TALKED ABOUT THE VISION OF LOCKHART ISD AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LEADER.
THE STUDENTS WENT THROUGH DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES FOR DEFINING WHAT LEADERSHIP IS IN LOCKHART, ESPECIALLY AS LEADERS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND AT HIGH SCHOOL.
AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT THEY MADE, AND I NEED TO PUT ON MY GLASSES.
THERE WERE COMMENTS MADE ABOUT THAT BEING A LEADER AND SHOWING WHAT IT IS TO BE A LEADER.
THEY TALKED ABOUT CONTINUING TO HELP EVERYONE TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL FOLLOWING THE SAME VISION AS A WHOLE.
AND SO EACH KID GOT TO WRITE SOMETHING ON THAT, AND THEY WERE SHARED WITH PRINCIPALS, SO THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE STUDENTS HAD LEARNED THAT DAY.
ALSO ABOUT BEING RESPECTFUL BY BEING KIND AND HELPING OTHERS, AND LEADING BY EXAMPLE WERE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE.
OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS THEN CAME ABOUT A MONTH LATER.
AND THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS WE GOT TO HAVE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT LEADERS COME IN AND HELP FACILITATE THE ELEMENTARY LEARNING THAT HAPPENED WITH OUR STUDENT LEADERS.
AND SO THEY WERE LEARNING ABOUT WHAT IT WAS TO LEAD IN MY SCHOOL.
AND SO THEY ALSO, YOU CAN SEE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS HELPING THE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT THE SECONDARY STUDENTS HAD DONE AS WELL.
COMMENTS THAT OUR STUDENTS MADE, AS YOU CAN SEE.
THEY TALKED ABOUT MR. CRAWLEY USING COURAGE TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF ALL OF THEM AND BEING A LEADER.
THEY TALKED ABOUT, YOU SAW DIFFERENT COMMENTS ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING
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TO LEAD IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LEADER.AND WHAT THEY WERE WANTING TO FOCUS ON IN THIS IS THIS NEXT YEAR SO WHAT'S NEXT THE DESIGN TEAM HAD ALSO WE WERE ENVISIONING ALSO HAVING A PARENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY SO OVER THE SUMMER WE'RE GOING TO PUT ONE TOGETHER SO THAT ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE A LEADER IN LOCKHART ISD AS A VOLUNTEER AS A PARENT WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER OUR DISTRICT VALUES AND LEADERSHIP AND WHAT THAT'S ABOUT AS WELL SO THAT'S OUR NEXT STEP FOR THAT ANY QUESTIONS ANY QUESTIONS FOR IT? OKAY, THANK YOU, DR.
[Anxious Generation Parent & Staff Book Study Recommendations]
CARPARELLO.ITEM 6, COMMUNICATION C, ANXIOUS GENERATION PARENTS AND STAFF BOOK STUDY RECOMMENDATION.
TOPIC WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS ALL YEAR LAST MONTH I SPOKE FOR LIKE AN HOUR AND A HALF I'M GONNA TRY TO KEEP IT MUCH SHORTER THIS TIME BUT I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT ABOUT THIS TOPIC I THINK IT'S JUST IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND I WANT TO THANK OUR PARENTS WHO SPOKE AND FOR FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING ON ON BEHALF OF SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS BUT JUST BIG PICTURE THE BOOK STUDY THAT WE HAD WITH PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAFF REALLY ARGUED THESE TWO POINTS.
ONE, THAT WE'VE OVERPROTECTED CHILDREN IN THE REAL WORLD AND UNDERPROTECT THEM IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD.
AND WE WENT INTO GREAT DETAIL WHAT THAT MEANS LAST MONTH.
AND THEN HE ARGUES FOR FOUR NEW NORMS. ONE, NO SMARTPHONES BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL, NO SOCIAL MEDIA BEFORE THE AGE OF 16, BANNING SMARTPHONES IN SCHOOLS, AND MORE FREE PLAY.
THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO EACH OF THOSE THINGS.
WHAT WE HAVE HEARD, WE'VE TALKED WITH PARENTS, WE'VE TALKED WITH TEACHERS, WE DID A THOUGHT EXCHANGE SURVEY, WE TALKED WITH OUR PRINCIPALS, AND COMMON THEMES THAT HAVE COME UP FROM ALL OF THESE GROUPS.
ONE, THAT WE DO NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT REDUCING SCREEN TIME, BOTH AT SCHOOL AND AT HOME.
NUMBER TWO, WE NEED TO INCREASE RECESS AND FREE PLAY.
ACROSS THE BOARD AND THAT AGAIN IS BOTH AT SCHOOL AND AT HOME.
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND EXPLORATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TRADITIONAL LEARNING METHODS.
THESE THINGS REGARDLESS OF THE AUDIENCE FROM YOU KNOW FROM OUR TEACHERS TO OUR PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THESE COMMON THEMES.
JUST A REMINDER ON SOME OF THE DATA REGARDING TECHNOLOGY USAGE.
WE'RE SEEING THAT THE HIGHER THE GRADE LEVEL GENERALLY, THE MORE TECHNOLOGY USAGE THAT WE'RE SEEING.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS DATA MEANS, KIND OF TRYING TO INTERPRET IT.
SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK, ESPECIALLY FROM OUR TEACHERS, ON THIS DATA.
ALSO, WHAT ARE OUR KIDS DOING ON TECHNOLOGY? YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT THEY ARE...
FREQUENTLY ON DURING DURING THE SCHOOL DAY AND THEN THIS ONE IS FOR FOR SECONDARY AND YOU CAN SEE HUGE HUGE NUMBER OF GOOGLE CLASSROOM WHICH IS TO BE TO BE EXPECTED THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR KIDS ARE DOING A LOT OF THEIR THEIR WORK ON TIME SO FOR FOR THE IMPORTANT PART SO WHERE WE ARE NOW IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATIONS I WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THESE I WANT TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD I'VE COMMUNICATED TO OUR PARENTS TO OUR TO OUR STAFF THAT I WILL TAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD, SHARE IT WITH THEM IN PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING AND BRING BACK FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU GIVE US TONIGHT.
BUT ONE RECOMMENDATION IS WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON TRAINING OUR TEACHERS ON THE SAMR MODEL.
THIS IS AS A REMINDER IN GENERAL TERMINOLOGY.
NOT USING TECHNOLOGY TO SUBSTITUTE.
IF YOU CAN DO SOMETHING WITH PENCIL AND PAPER, THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO DO IT ON PENCIL AND PAPER.
STOP USING TECHNOLOGY WHEN IT IS UNNECESSARY.
BUT WE'RE NOT SAYING ABSOLUTELY NO TECHNOLOGY.
WHEN TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS FOR US TO DO SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAT IS MEANINGFUL FOR THE LEARNING OF A STUDENT, BUT YOU CANNOT DO THAT WITH PENCIL AND PAPER, OKAY, WELL THEN LET'S...
LET'S LOOK AT USING THE TECHNOLOGY FOR THAT BUT THIS WHOLE SCALE JUST USING IT FOR THINGS THAT WE CAN USE PENCIL AND PAPER FOR WE REALLY NEED
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TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT SO THIS THIS TEAMWORK IS SOMETHING THAT WE PLAN TO LEAN IN AND PROVIDE SOME TRAINING TO OUR STAFF MOVING FORWARD.INCREASING TIME FOR FREE PLAY AND RECESS IN GRADES PRE-K THROUGH 5, WE WANT TO GO TO INCREASE THAT BY 50%, INCLUDING TIME IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON, SO BEFORE LUNCH AND AFTER LUNCH.
WHAT SHOULD OUR MASTER SCHEDULES LOOK LIKE? WE KNOW HOW MUCH TIME WE HAVE.
AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE SET A GOAL OF INCREASING THAT BY 50% THIS THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR.
CREATE TIME SUPPORT SCHOOL AND DURING LUNCH FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE FREE PLAY IN GRADES 6 THROUGH 8.
REDUCING SCREEN TIME DURING THE SCHOOL DAY IN GRADES PRE-K THROUGH 5 BY 50%.
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DATA WE THINK THAT THAT'S YOU KNOW WITH ESPECIALLY WITH OUR NEW CURRICULUM AND OUR FOCUS ON REDUCING SCREEN TIME NEXT YEAR SETTING THE GOAL 50% IS WHERE WE'RE AT CURRENTLY.
AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, NO MORE THAN 50% OF EACH CLASS PERIOD SHOULD INVOLVE STUDENT USE OF DEVICES IS ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION.
WE WANT TO CREATE A SYSTEMIC SYSTEM FOR TEACHING TYPING.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS COME UP ESPECIALLY IN OUR TEACHERS.
ONE OF THE STRUGGLES IS HOW DO WE PREPARE STUDENTS TO USE THE DEVICES? TYPING IS A SKILL THAT EVERYONE SEEMS TO AGREE THAT.
KIDS LACK, BUT WE'RE NOT SYSTEMICALLY TEACHING IT.
WE'RE JUSTIFYING PUTTING KIDS ON TECHNOLOGY OFTENTIMES SAYING WE'RE DEVELOPING THESE SKILLS, BUT WE HAVEN'T STOPPED TO THINK OF SYSTEMICALLY AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, IS THERE A SMARTER AND MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE EFFECTIVE WAY TO DO THIS AND DEVELOP THOSE SKILLS SO THAT WE'RE NOT USING SO MUCH TIME OF KIDS HUNTING AND PECKING AND ON DEVICES.
CONTINUE THE FULL COMMITMENT OF HOUSE BILL 1481, WHICH IS THE CELL PHONE BAN.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO, ONE, BY LAW DO, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO NOT LET UP ON AND CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THAT.
AND THEN CREATING A CAMPAIGN TO PARTNER WITH OUR PARENTS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES, OF ENCOURAGING FRIEND GROUPS OF PARENTS TO TO LIMIT SOCIAL MEDIA UNTIL AGE 16, TO LIMIT SMARTPHONES, WE'RE NOT SAYING DON'T GET ANY DEVICE, BUT SMARTPHONES WITH FRONT-FACING CAMERAS AND ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, WHICH ARE THE MOST PROBLEMATIC THINGS THAT ARE CAUSING THIS ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AND HARM TO OUR STUDENTS.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT, AFTER ALL OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH...
ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS, WE FEEL WE WANT TO RECOMMEND TONIGHT AND GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD SO THAT WE CAN SEND THAT, SEND THESE TO OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR PARENTS TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE FEEDBACK BEFORE WE BRING IT BACK NEXT MONTH FOR APPROVAL.
I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE WITH ANY OF THIS.
I'M SORRY? WELL, RIGHT NOW I'M JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW.
DO YOU LIKE THESE? DO YOU SEE ANY THAT ARE PROBLEMATIC? DO YOU WANT ME TO CONSIDER TWEAKING OR ADJUSTING? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON THE INCREASE IN THE FREE TIME AND RECESS.
WHAT WOULD WE DECREASE TO INCREASE PART OF THE CURRICULUM? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO RIGHT NOW WITH OUR NEW CURRICULUM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MATH CURRICULUM CALLS FOR A 90-MINUTE BLOCK, I BELIEVE.
AND WE'RE ADDING 100 MINUTES, BUT CURRENTLY WE HAVE 130 MINUTES OF MATH TIME IN THERE.
SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PLAYROOM THERE.
WE ARE SHORTENING THE SCHOOL DAY NEXT YEAR, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR PRINCIPALS TO FIGURE OUT BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY.
SOME OF OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE ALREADY SHARED AN IDEA OF HOW WE CAN UTILIZE OUR LUNCHTIME.
MAKE THE LUNCH PERIOD LONGER, ALLOW KIDS TO EAT, GO OUTSIDE, PLAY, AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HAVE FUN.
BUT WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE MAKE THIS A REALITY FOR SURE, AND WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR PRINCIPALS ON THAT.
ANOTHER THING IS YOUR CURRICULUM.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WITHIN THE CURRICULUM THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE GOOD TO GO OUTSIDE AND INTEGRATE PROJECTS, ACTIVITY THAT KIDS COULD INTEGRATE WITH MATH AND LANGUAGE ARTS.
THAT'S A CONSIDERATION TOO, TO INTEGRATE AND BE ABLE TO HAVE A FOCUS TO GO OUTDOORS WHERE KIDS CAN CREATE AND MAKE IT RELEVANT TO MATHEMATICS OR LANGUAGE ARTS, SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO THE TIME FRAME, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE TIME IS AN ISSUE,
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I KNOW THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS, BUT...IT'S A THOUGHT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE NEW CURRICULUM HAS A LOT OF IDEAS EVEN LIKE WHEN WE WENT TO BE INTERVIEWED BY KIDS WE COULD WE COULD HAVE GONE OUTSIDE TO DO THAT I MEAN IT'S JUST SOME WAYS TO MAYBE POSSIBLY THINK OF HOW YOU INTEGRATE OUTDOORS WITH THINGS PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE HAVING TO DO WITH MATHEMATICS AND LANGUAGE ARTS SO I DON'T SEE ANY OF THOSE POINTS SOMETHING THAT IT AREN'T FEASIBLE AND THEY SEEM YOU KNOW RELEVANT TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT SO TIME AND NOW YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE HOW.
I MEAN, THESE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME WORK TO FIGURE OUT BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY SHORTENING THE SCHOOL DAY, SO THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY IN ORDER TO INCREASE THIS TIME.
WELL, BECAUSE IN OUR DAY, IT WAS A LOT OF INTEGRATION.
SO YOU TALK ABOUT THEME, THEMATIC INSTRUCTION, INTERDISCIPLINARY.
A LOT OF PROJECT-BASED, BUT YOU INCLUDE LANGUAGE ARTS, READING, WRITING, MATHEMATICS.
SO I'M SURE IN THE NEW CURRICULUM IT LOOKED LIKE YOU ALL HAD A LOT OF PROJECT-BASED EXAMPLES.
SO THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT FROM YOUR CURRICULUM THAT WILL GIVE YOU KIND OF TIME TO GO OUTSIDE AND INTEGRATE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WITH MATHEMATICS AND READING AND WRITING.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WE LANDED AT 50%.
LOOKING AT THAT, THAT'S A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE.
YOU KNOW, BUT I ACTUALLY THINK WE PROBABLY IN TWO TO THREE YEARS, IT WILL PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
BUT HOW DO WE WORK OUR WAY TOWARDS THAT? YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK IT IS A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE US TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY NEXT YEAR.
HAVE YOU ALL CONSIDERED OR LOOKED INTO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING MORE LIKE PEN AND PAPER, WHICH I 100% AGREE NEEDS TO BE DONE? BUT HOW MUCH TIME THAT'S GOING TO ADD TO THE TEACHER'S WORKDAY AS FAR AS PRINTING MATERIAL AND LIKE JUST MANUALLY GRADING VERSUS THE COMPUTER GRADING IT FOR THEM? LIKE, IS THERE GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD? IT MAY NOT BE ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD.
I'M JUST CURIOUS IF Y'ALL KIND OF LOOKED AT THAT.
I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD.
THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL BUDGETARY ITEMS, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
IN TERMS OF PAPER AND PENCILS AND MARKERS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, KIND OF THE STAPLE OF ITEMS THAT WE MAY NEED TO HAVE MORE OF, I DON'T EXPECT THAT IT'S GOING TO CAUSE TEACHERS.
THE CURRENT FREE TIME FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL IS, OR THE JUNIOR HIGH, WHAT IS THAT RIGHT NOW? SO CURRENTLY THEY HAVE LIKE A, IT'S NOT EVERY DAY, BUT SOME KIDS WHO ARE DEMONSTRATING MEETING EXPECTATIONS, THEY GET TO GO OUTSIDE DURING LUNCH, AND I THINK IT'S.
I THINK IT'S, WAS IT ONCE A WEEK, MAYBE TWICE A WEEK? YEAH, BUT IT'S NOT EVERY DAY.
YEAH, I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT TO BE SORT OF PUT UP IN A HIGHER PRIORITY TO CREATE TIME BEFORE SCHOOL AND DURING LUNCH.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT AFTER SCHOOL.
THEY PROBABLY HAVE EXTRACURRICULARS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT DEFINITELY THAT'S SOMETHING I GREW UP WITH.
THE BUS WOULD DROP ME OFF AT MY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I WOULD GO STRAIGHT OUT TO PLAY WITH MY FRIENDS.
AND THEN AT LUNCH, AFTER I FINISHED LUNCH.
WENT STRAIGHT OUTSIDE TO PLAY SOME WALL BALL.
THE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S THERE.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE LUNCHES FOR THE JUNIOR HIGH, 6TH, 7TH, AND 8TH GRADE.
AND I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT BEING CONFINED TO CLASSES.
IS THAT JUST AT THE ELEMENTARY OR IS THAT AT THE JUNIOR HIGH ALSO? I'M NOT SURE.
CAN YOU CLARIFY? WELL, IT SOUNDED LIKE THE PARENTS SAID THAT IN THE JUNIOR HIGH, THEY HAD TO ATTEND LUNCH AS OPPOSED TO JUST GOING TO THE CAFETERIA AND SIT WHERE THEY WANTED.
I BELIEVE THEY ENTER AND THEY SIT BY CLASS, AND THEN THEY'RE RELEASED TO THE LUNCH LINE, AND THEN THEY CAN GO BACK AND SIT DOWN IS OUR CURRENT TYPICAL STRUCTURE.
SO SIXTH GRADE, THEY SIT BY THEIR CLASS, SO THEY COME IN, THEY SIT WITH THEIR CLASS, THEY GET IN LINE, AND THEN THEY SIT DOWN IN SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE.
SO THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SIT WITH WHOEVER THEY WANT WHEN THEY COME IN? CURRENTLY SIXTH GRADE IS NOT.
SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE ARE? BECAUSE FOR ME, WHEN I WAS A PRINCIPAL, THAT WAS ONE OF THE TIMES I WAS ABLE TO MINGLE WITH THE STUDENTS AND GO SEE THE DIFFERENT GROUPS, AND THEY ALL CONGREGATE INTO THEIR LITTLE GROUPS.
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OF THEM A CHANCE TO...THE STUDENTS THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO BE WITH DURING THE REST OF THE DAY, IT KIND OF GIVES THEM THAT RELEASE THAT SOMETIMES THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, TO BE WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE COMMON INTERESTS.
I KNOW A LOT OF THEM HANG OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THIS GROUP OR THAT GROUP, BUT AT LUNCH WAS ALWAYS A SPECIAL TIME FOR ME AS AN ADMINISTRATOR TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE DIFFERENT GROUPS AND SEE HOW THEY LINED UP AND GO INTERACT WITH THEM AND SEE WHAT THEY WERE UP TO.
IT WAS AN EASIER WAY FOR ME TO GET A PULSE AS FAR AS WHO I MIGHT HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
AS OPPOSED TO IF THEY'RE JUST SITTING THERE BY CLASSES, YOU DON'T GET A FULL PICTURE OF WHO'S HANGING OUT WITH WHO AND WHO'S DOING WHAT.
ARE THERE SPACES OUTDOORS TO CONGREGATE IN SMALL GROUPS? THERE ARE SOME TABLES OUT THERE.
THERE AREN'T ENOUGH FOR EVERY KID TO GO OUT.
THERE'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO MANAGE, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL SAFETY CONCERNS AND ISSUES.
YOU KNOW, AT THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, THE CAFETERIA IS AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, SO YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE AND SUPERVISE ANY STUDENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE, BUT ALSO WHEN THEY ARE OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OUTSIDE AND THERE'S NOT A FENCE OR ANYTHING.
AND THERE'S NOT A GATE OR A FENCE.
YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS THINKING, THE OPEN AREAS WHERE KIDS CAN.
BYE, I'M GOING DOWN THE STREET.
THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL HAVE AN OPEN AREA.
IN A COURTYARD, THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I THINK THE SEA WILLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHEN THAT OPENS, WILL DO A COUPLE THINGS.
BUT THE BIG THING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LUNCH AND THESE PERIODS OF TIMES WHERE KIDS ARE IN LARGE GROUPS, IT'S GOING TO CUT THAT IN HALF, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE AS OPPOSED TO CURRENTLY YOU HAVE 450 KIDS AT LUNCH TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME.
TRYING TO STRUCTURE IT IN WAYS TO EFFICIENTLY ENSURE THAT EVERY KID GETS TO EAT, GETS THEIR LUNCH, AND TO DO THAT ORDERLY AS WELL.
SO, I MEAN, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE CHANGES.
I MEAN, WE'LL HAVE TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
ONCE YOU WORK WITH THEM, YOU'LL FIND OUT WHAT IS POSSIBLE AND WHAT ISN'T.
WHAT ABOUT THE ABILITY TO TYPE IN FOR OUR STUDENTS TO LEARN TO TYPE IN HOW TO DO THAT? WHAT DO WE DO? I GUESS INTEGRATED WITH A CLASS THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE? SO WHAT THIS RECOMMENDATION IS IS TO CREATE A SYSTEM, AND WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PRINCIPALS TO CREATE THAT SYSTEM.
I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND SAY THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO BECAUSE I NEED TO INVOLVE OUR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS IN CREATING THAT.
THIS RECOMMENDATION IS SAYING NO LONGER ARE WE JUST HOPING AND JUST TELLING TEACHERS YOU FIGURE IT OUT.
WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A DISTRICT.
A SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO ENSURE THAT WHEN OUR KIDS, YOU KNOW, GO FROM THIRD GRADE TO FOURTH GRADE, THESE ARE THE SKILLS THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE.
WHEN THEY GO TO SIXTH GRADE, THESE ARE THE SKILLS THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S DEPENDENT ON THE TEACHER, AND WE NEED TO PROVIDE A MORE SYSTEMATIC APPROACH.
[District Achievement Dashboard: Progress towards Targets]
ESTRADA.ITEM 6, COMMUNICATION D, DISTRICT ACHIEVEMENT DASHBOARD, PROGRESS TOWARDS TARGET.
ESTRADA, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.
MY PLEASURE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE REGARDING OUR APRIL DISTRICT ACHIEVEMENT DASHBOARD.
JUST AS A REMINDER, HERE ARE OUR DISTRICT TARGETS AS IT RELATES TO READING AND MATH IN BOTH ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY.
WE LOOK AT OUR DISTRICT LEVEL DATA.
AS A REMINDER AT OUR LAST MARCH BOARD MEETING, WE HAD NOT COMPLETED OUR 1.5 TESTING AT THAT DATE.
WE HAD MOVED THAT 1.5 TESTING.
TESTING IN MARCH TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF OUR BENCHMARK TESTING WHICH OCCURRED BY AROUND SPRING BREAK TIME.
YOU ALSO NOTICE THAT IN APRIL WE ACTUALLY HAD 1.5 TESTING BE OPTIONAL FOR OUR CAMPUSES TO ALLOW FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY DURING DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL.
SO YOU'LL NOTICE HERE THAT UNDER THE MARCH COLUMN, YOU'LL SEE SOME UPDATED MATH AND READING 1.5 DATA, WHICH I KNOW DR.
VAZQUEZ AND MR. DAVISON WILL GET INTO IN A SECOND.
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VAZQUEZ HAD TO LEAVE UNEXPECTEDLY, SO JUST WANTED ME TO PRESENT THIS ELEMENTARY PROGRESS.FOR CAMPUS ATTENDANCE, WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHERE EVERYBODY HAS HAD IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE BOARD.
WE'RE HITTING 93, 95, AND PLUM CREEK, WE'RE HITTING 97 PERCENT, SO GREAT JOB, GREAT JOB, ALL OF YOU.
THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK FROM PLANNING LAST SUMMER TO HOW TO IMPROVE ATTENDANCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THAT.
OUR CAMPUS 1.5, AS MR. MCBRIDE MENTIONED, WE'RE REPORTING THE MARCH ONE BECAUSE WE DID NOT REPORT THAT LAST MONTH.
BUT WHAT'S IN PARENTHESES IS WHERE WE WERE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST ONE WITH ABS, WE'RE AT 67% OF OUR KIDS ON TARGET TO MEET THE 1.5 GOAL.
AND LAST YEAR WE WERE AT 52% AT THE END OF MAY.
SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE THERE.
ONE CAMPUS THAT'S AHEAD IS PLUM CREEK.
ACTUALLY, ALL OF THEM ARE AHEAD EXCEPT I THINK THERE'S ONE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH LOOKING AT CARVER AND ALSO ONE.
FOR 1.5 MATH, LOVE SEEING THE GREEN ON TARGETS.
WHERE WE ARE AND AGAIN LOOKING AT THE PARENTHESES IS WHERE WE WERE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR AND WHERE WE ARE NOW THIS YEAR SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT WORK BEING DONE AND ALL THE FOCUS THAT HAS BEEN ON ENGLISH AND IN MATH ON 1.5 OUR A OUR WORD COUNT BY MONTH ALL THE CAMPUSES HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THE THE READING DAYS AND INVITING PEOPLE OUT THERE TO READ I KNOW COACH MALDONADO SENDS SOME ATHLETES ALSO TO GO HELP WITH THE CAMPUSES TO GO READ.
SO IT'S JUST BEEN AN ALL-OUT EFFORT, AND YOU CAN START SEEING THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING DONE.
AND I KNOW PRINCIPALS ARE ALREADY PLANNING MAY READING DAYS, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT ABS WAS THE FRONTRUNNER IN THE APRIL WORD COUNT THIS PAST MONTH.
AS YOU RECALL, OUR UNLOCKING POTENTIAL SYSTEM COUNTS FOR THAT.
OUR UPS COUNTS FOR THE ELEMENTARY.
THIS WAS UPDATED AS OF THIS MORNING.
AS A REMINDER, THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS ON CAMPUS ARE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE COLUMN.
ON THE APRIL, WE STILL HAVE FOUR DAYS LEFT THIS MONTH.
IT WAS UPDATED AS OF THIS MORNING.
AND AS YOU RECALL, THERE WILL BE TWO ADMINISTRATORS PER CAMPUS THAT ARE FINISHING THAT OUT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CARVER.
ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, AS FAR AS ATTENDANCE? YES, SIR.
IT'S BECOME A COMMON PHRASE, WHAT IS PLUM CREEK DOING RIGHT ON THAT? AND HOW CAN WE LEARN FROM IT? OH, YOU WANT TO COME SPEAK TO WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING? HELLO, GOOD EVENING.
SO A BIG INITIATIVE THAT MY ATTENDANCE CLERK AND I HAVE DONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR IN JANUARY WAS HOLD INDIVIDUAL PARENT CONFERENCES, BUT MAKING A DIRECT WITH THOSE CHRONICALLY ABSENT STUDENTS.
BUT ALSO MAKING A DIRECT CONNECTION WITH THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE BASED ON THEIR MOST RECENT PROGRESS REPORTS AND HAVING CONVERSATION OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ATTENDANCE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND THEN CONTINUING TO TRACK THOSE CHRONICALLY ABSENT STUDENTS SO KEEPING ON THEM YEAH YES AND THEN WHEN WE SEE AN IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR ATTENDANCE SPECIFICALLY CALLING THAT PARENT AS WELL.
CHARLES, WE'LL REGROUP THIS SUMMER LIKE WE DID LAST SUMMER AND KIND OF SHARED WHAT THOSE PROMISING PRACTICES WERE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE A LOT OF PRACTICES WERE SHARED FOR EACH CAMPUS AND WHAT WAS WORKING AT PLUM CREEK AND THEN ADJUSTING IT FOR THEIR OWN CAMPUSES.
SO WE'LL RELOOK AT THAT AGAIN THIS SUMMER AND KIND OF SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO KEEP GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.
MR. DAVISON? GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA, I'M GOING TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
WE'LL START WITH CAMPUS ATTENDANCE.
SO PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR FROM MARCH TO APRIL.
EVEN THOUGH YOU SEE PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL IN RED JUST BECAUSE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO AT LEAST GET TO THAT 80% MARK OR HIGHER, THERE WAS STILL GROWTH FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH TO THIS MONTH SO WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR KIDS MUCH LIKE MS. CORLEY SAID IT'S THOSE DIRECT PHONE CALLS IT'S TALKING TO KIDS IT'S TALKING TO FAMILIES SO WE CAN GET KIDS TO CAMPUS INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE NOT CHRONICALLY ABSENT BUT MIGHT BE ON THE VERGE OF BECOMING SO INCREASES AT ALL AT ALL CAMPUSES AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.
THEN FOR READING, JUST A REMINDER, WHAT YOU SEE
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IN PARENTHESES IS THE END OF THE YEAR, SO WHAT THE SCORE WOULD BE IN MAY.SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY HAVE ALREADY MET WHERE THEY WERE AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AND THEN A LARGE INCREASE AT THE JUNIOR HIGH, SO 10 POINTS ABOVE WHERE THEY WERE IN MAY LAST YEAR.
SO KUDOS TO THE TEAMS TO CONTINUE TO SHOW GROWTH ON 1.5 SECONDARY READING.
IN MATH, JUST A REMINDER, THE JUNIOR HIGH WILL TAKE A FINAL ASSESSMENT NEXT MONTH, SO WE'LL HAVE SOME DATA FOR THEM.
ALTHOUGH THIS IS IN RED, JUST A REMINDER, THE 69 IS WHERE THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS IN MAY LAST YEAR, SO INCREASES ACROSS THE BOARD ALL YEAR LONG, BUT DID NOT MEET WHERE THEY WERE AT THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR.
SO ON TRACK TO NOT ONLY MEET WHERE THEY WERE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT SURPASS.
AND MR. MCBRIDE DID MENTION THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY SCORES IN APRIL DUE TO STAR AND EOC TESTING, BUT WE'LL HAVE END-OF-THE-YEAR DATA FOR EVERYBODY.
CAMARILLO MENTIONED WE HAVE THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK FOR ALL ADMINISTRATORS TO GET THEIR UPSS DONE, SO THERE'S SOME WORK TO DO ON THE CAMPUSES, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON COMPLETING ALL OF THOSE COACHING SESSIONS WITHIN THOSE 48 HOURS FOR ALL OF OUR TEACHERS.
ARE WE GOING TO HIT THAT TARGET? YES, SIR.
SO IN COMPARISON TO PREVIOUS MONTHS, THE JUNIOR HIGH WAS AT 37 LAST MONTH, AND IN FEBRUARY THEY'RE AT 21.
SO WE'VE SEEN SOME INCREASES IN THE NUMBER OF KIDS WHO ARE BEING REPORTED WITH A. . .
VIOLATING THE OUR DEVICE POLICY THE MAJORITY OF THOSE KIDS ARE IN SEVENTH OR EIGHTH GRADE SO IT'S IT'S CREEPING UP BUT THE CAMPUS IS WORKING WITH THOSE STUDENTS AND THEY ARE BEING DISCIPLINED APPROPRIATELY FOR THOSE VIOLATIONS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL IN MARCH THEY WERE AT 46 ON INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH BUT THEY WERE AT 96 IN FEBRUARY SO A DECREASE OVER 60 DAYS WITH NINTH GRADE AND TENTH GRADE LEADING THE WAY WITH THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE THE MOST VIOLATIONS WHEN WE LOOK AT THE THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS FIRST-TIME OFFENDERS AT THE JUNIOR HIGHS WHERE WE SAW THE LARGEST INCREASE SO IT'S A 200% INCREASE FOR THE FIRST-TIME OFFENDERS FROM LAST MONTH TO THIS MONTH AND THEN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IT'S THE FIRST TIME AND SECOND TIME OFFENDERS THAT SAW THE INCREASES FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SECONDARY DATA TEAM? OKAY, THANK YOU, MR. DAVIDSON.
[2022 Bond Budget Update ]
THANK YOU ALL.ITEM 6E, 2022 BOND BUDGET UPDATE.
MS. WEISER? GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT WRIGHT, SCHOOL BOARD, AND DR.
THIS EVENING I'M GOING TO GIVE A FINANCIAL UPDATE ON BOND 2022.
SO BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2022, ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, WE DID HOLD AN ELECTION FOR THESE TWO PROJECTS.
THE FIRST PROJECT WAS THE EXPANSION OF LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL AND THE SECOND WAS LAND ACQUISITION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THEN AT THE TIME ELEMENTARY NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS NOW...
IN MARCH OF 2023, WE SOLD 71 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF BONDS TO FUND THESE TWO PROJECTS THAT WERE PASSED BY THE COMMUNITY.
AND IN OCTOBER OF 2023, WE HAD THE GROUNDBREAKING OF LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL.
IN MARCH OF 2024, WE HAD THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR BORCHARD LOOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN JANUARY OF 2025 WE COMPLETED AND HAD A RIBBON CUTTING FOR LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL EXPANSION AND THEN OF COURSE IN AUGUST OF 2025 WE HAD OUR RIBBON CUTTING FOR BOARD TREE LOOP ELEMENTARY.
SO IN SUMMARY THESE ARE OUR TWO PROJECTS AND THEY ARE BOTH COMPLETED SO WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A FINANCIAL UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS 71 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF BONDS.
SO RIGHT NOW THE YEAR-TO-DATE TOTAL COST FOR THESE TWO PROJECTS IS 65 MILLION DOLLARS WHICH LEFT NEARLY SIX MILLION DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO DO OTHER NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AT OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES.
SO BACK IN SEPTEMBER I COMMUNICATED THAT WE WERE HAVING AROUND SIX MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF FUNDS THAT WOULD BE
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AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT WE COMMUNICATED WERE FIRST AC REPLACEMENT AND REPAIRS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.THE BUS LOOP NEEDED SOME REPAIRS AT LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
WE HAD SOME CHILD NUTRITION REPAIRS AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL.
WE NEEDED SOME ADA PLAYSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS AT A FEW OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
WE WERE GOING TO REPURPOSE THE TURF OUT TO ABS, AND WE NEEDED TO DO A CTE WINDOWS LAB UPGRADE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEN WE HAD OTHER VARIOUS FF&E AND TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS THAT WE WANTED TO UPGRADE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT WITH THE OPENING OF BORCHARD LOOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, INCLUDING PANELS AT...
A COUPLE A FEW OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND OTHER ITEMS TO KEEP UP WITH THE TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES THAT WERE THAT WERE AT BORCHARDT SO THOSE WERE THE IMMEDIATE NEED PROJECTS THAT WE COMMUNICATED BACK IN SEPTEMBER THOSE PROJECTS TOTALED 2.1 MILLION DOLLARS AND SO FAR HAVE COST US NEARLY 2 MILLION WE'RE A LITTLE BIT WE'RE NOT ALL OF THE PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED HOWEVER WE DO HAVE WE DO HAVE 185,000 RIGHT NOW UNTIL THOSE ARE COMPLETED THAT IS AVAILABLE.
SO THAT WAS AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THOSE PROJECTS, HOW MUCH WE SPENT, WHERE WE ARE.
NEARLY MOST OF THEM ARE COMPLETED, THOUGH.
SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE ADDITIONAL THINGS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAD NEARLY 6 MILLION.
SO WHEN WE SPEND A 2.2 WE HAD TWO BIG PROJECTS THAT WE ALSO WANTED TO COMPLETE AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE ELEMENTARY PLAYGROUND UPGRADE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
THAT IS TOTALING ALMOST 2.8 MILLION AND THEN ALSO OUR ELEMENTARY GYM FLOORS REPLACING THOSE FOR A NEW TOTAL OF 3.1 OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT WE THAT WE PLAN TO DO WITH THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WERE REMAINING.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A SUMMARY WE HAD A TOTAL BUDGET OF 71 MILLION.
WE SPENT ALMOST 23 MILLION ON THE HIGH SCHOOL EXPANSION.
WE SPENT 42 MILLION AT BORCHARD LOOP BUILDING, BORCHARD LOOP ELEMENTARY, INCLUDING THE LAND ACQUISITION AND ALL OF THE FF&E AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH OPENING THE SCHOOL.
OUR REMAINING FUNDS WERE NEARLY SIX MILLION DOLLARS.
WE HAD THOSE IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN SEPTEMBER.
AND WE'VE ADDED THESE TWO ADDITIONAL ITEMS SINCE THEN THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED, THAT WE ARE COMPLETED TAKING TO THE BOARD AND THEN NOW WE'RE DOING THOSE THROUGHOUT THIS SUMMER, WHICH GIVES US AROUND 732,000 REMAINING OF THE SIX MILLION FROM FROM THE ORIGINAL PROJECTS, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO SO MANY ADDITIONAL PROJECTS FROM FROM THIS BOND.
AND AT THIS TIME WE'LL CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE SO WE CAN SPEND DOWN THIS LAST SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS WITH NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
IN ADDITION TO THE 71 MILLION WE RECEIVED INTEREST EARNINGS AND REALLY THIS WAS THE FIRST BOND IN 20 YEARS WHERE INTEREST WAS ACTUALLY BEING EARNED AT A PACE THAT WAS VISIBLE THAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY GET TO SEE SOME EARNINGS ON IT.
IN THE THREE YEARS, WE SOLD THE BONDS IN MARCH OF 2023, AND WE HAVE OVER THE THREE YEARS EARNED $7.3 MILLION, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE AND SOMETHING DEFINITELY TO BE CELEBRATED.
SO WHAT CAN WE DO? I'M JUST GOING TO MENTION JUST BRIEFLY IF YOU COULD REMIND REALLY THE FOLKS WHO MAY BE LISTENING OR IN THE AUDIENCE WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT USE BOND FUNDS FOR.
YOU CAN ONLY USE BOND FUNDS FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES AS FAR AS HOW THE ORIGINAL BOND WAS COMMUNICATED TO THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE BOND LANGUAGE OF THE ACTUAL VOTER.
IF SOMEONE'S WATCHING THIS AND MAYBE THINKING, WELL, OH, WHY DON'T WE USE THIS MONEY TO OFFSET OUR COST OF UTILITIES OR GIVE PEOPLE A RAISE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, WOULD THAT BE LEGAL OR ILLEGAL? THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL.
WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE THE INTEREST FUNDS, PARTICULARLY ON THIS BOND.
WHAT WE CAN USE INTEREST FUNDS ARE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES, BECAUSE WE DID INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES IN THE FIRST OF THE BOND AND LAND ACQUISITION.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN USE OUR INTEREST EARNINGS FOR.
WE CAN'T USE IT TO HELP OUT THE M&O BUDGET OR DO ANYTHING IN AN ATHLETIC FACILITY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO WHAT CAN WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THESE FUNDS? THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO
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IS WE HAVE AN ARBITRAGE LIABILITY ON THE INTEREST EARNED ABOVE THE RATE THAT THE DISTRICT SOLD THE BONDS.AGAIN THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE NOT SEEN IN OVER 20 YEARS SINCE 06-07 WHEN INTEREST RATES WERE GOOD.
BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE WERE, WE WERE EARNING ENOUGH TO BUILD MORE SCHOOLS.
I REMEMBER WE, I REMEMBER AT A DISTRICT I WAS AT, WE EARNED SO MUCH INTEREST MONEY WE COULD BUILD ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON THE INTEREST.
IN 20 YEARS, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THIS TYPE OF EARNING, SO WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD TO DEAL WITH ARBITRAGE IN QUITE SOME TIME.
BUT WHAT ARBITRAGE MEANS IS THAT YOU EARN MORE INTEREST THAN THE RATE THAT YOU SOLD YOUR BONDS AT, WHICH IS...
IT MEANS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY MAXIMIZED EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR OF THOSE 71 MILLION DOLLARS OF OUR TAXPAYERS' FUNDS.
AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS, THOUGH, IS THAT WE DID EARN ABOUT 1.7 MILLION MORE THAN WE WERE SOLD THE BONDS FOR.
THE LIABILITY IS NOT DUE UNTIL 90 DAYS WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF THE SALE OF THE BOND.
SO AS INTEREST RATES ARE COMING DOWN, OUR LIABILITY COULD GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
NOT A LOT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE $71 MILLION STILL SITTING IN THE BANK AS FAR AS WHAT OUR INTEREST ALLOWABILITY EARNINGS ARE RIGHT NOW.
HOWEVER, WE STILL MIGHT SEE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ADJUSTMENT TO BRING THAT DOWN.
SO WE HAVE TO SET $1.7 MILLION ASIDE BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE TO PAY IT BACK.
HOWEVER, WE WILL CONTINUE TO EARN INTEREST ON THAT 1.7 MILLION UNTIL WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO TURN THAT OVER TO THE IRS.
WHO ARE WE PAYING IT BACK TO? WE ARE PAYING IT TO THE IRS.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING THAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN HAVE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS AT OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITIES ACCORDING TO THE BOND LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY? THE ORIGINAL VOTER LANGUAGE ON THE BALLOT.
SO WHAT ADDITIONAL PROJECTS HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THESE INTEREST EARNINGS? WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE LAND FOR TWO ADDITIONAL FUTURE ELEMENTARY SITES.
WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO PURCHASE LAND FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBER THREE WAY OUT IN THE FUTURE.
WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO DO ALL OF THE CONSUMABLE MATERIALS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO GET THEM STARTED AND THIS IS A HUGE ONE WE WERE ABLE TO DO AUDIO ENHANCEMENTS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE JUNIOR HIGH AND PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL WHICH IS A HUGE ON IS A HUGE PROJECT IS STILL ONGOING AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A BOND CONSTRUCTION MANAGER TO HELP OVERSEE ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT GO ON WITHIN OUR BOND FUNDS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR BOND 22 FINANCES? SO HOW MUCH MONEY IS LEFT OVER RIGHT NOW AT THIS POINT? ABOUT $700,000.
OKAY, BUT LIKE ALL THE INTEREST MONEY SPENT? SO ALL OF THE INTEREST THROUGH THE AUDIO ENHANCEMENTS PROJECT WAS BASICALLY THE LAST THING WE COULD DO.
NOW, WE GAIN A LITTLE BIT OF INTEREST EACH MONTH.
IT'S NOT A LOT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE $71 MILLION IN THE BANK ANYMORE.
HOWEVER, WE ARE GAINING A LITTLE BIT OF INTEREST.
SO WHEN AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, AT THE END OF JUNE 30TH, WHEN WE RERUN OUR ARBITRAGE LIABILITY AND SEE IF WE'VE EITHER, IF IT'S INCREASED A LITTLE BIT, WHICH I DON'T FORESEE THAT BECAUSE OUR INTEREST RATE WAS A LOT LOWER THIS YEAR, THIS FISCAL YEAR THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADJUST THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY AVAILABLE FUNDS THAT WE CAN ADD ON THE INTEREST SIDE.
BUT WE DO CONTINUE TO EARN A LITTLE BIT.
SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, ONE, WE EARN, AND TWO, IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS WHEN WE GET OUR NEW ARBITRAGE LIABILITY AMOUNT AT THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, WE'LL RECALCULATE IT.
WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANY FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECTS, AND I'LL COMMUNICATE THAT AND HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT WHEN THAT OCCURS.
SO ALL IN ALL, IT WAS $12 OR $13 MILLION? YES, IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING AMOUNT.
IT'S VERY EXCITING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT AND MAXIMIZE OUR INTEREST EARNINGS.
WITHOUT THAT, HOW MANY OF THESE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS WOULD WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO? JUST ABOUT NOTHING, RIGHT? ZERO.
YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF CAPACITY WITHIN THE BUDGET.
YEAH, BECAUSE JUST LIKE WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO...
USE THIS TO SUPPLEMENT OUR M&O BUDGET.
OUR M&O BUDGET IS NOT DESIGNED TO SUPPLEMENT CAPITAL PROJECTS
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OR ALLOW US TO BUY LAND OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR HELPING US PASS THIS BOND BACK IN 2002.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SAME LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT FROM YOU THAT WE SAW FROM THAT YOUNG LADY TODAY.
ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT YOU CAN COME TO A VERY EXCITING BUDGET WORKSHOP WHERE WE WILL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT SCHOOL FINANCE AND ALL OF ITS EXCITEMENT WE BRING DO WE BRING OUR RIGHT IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN YES POM-POMS AND EVERYTHING ANY OTHER QUESTION FOR NOW THAT THOSE FUNDS THEY COULD GO TOWARDS LIKE SOUND SYSTEMS FOR STAGES AND CAFETERIAS IN THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS? YES.
[Consider and/or Approve Bids for After School and Summer Child Care Program]
YOU'RE WELCOME.WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 07, COMMUNICATION ACTION A, CONSIDER AND OR APPROVE BIDS FOR AFTER-SCHOOL AND SUMMER CHILD CARE PROGRAM.
MS. JUAREZ? GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, DR.
ESTRADA, AND FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.
TONIGHT I COME TO YOU TO VISIT WITH YOU ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO EXPAND OUR STUDENTS LEARNING IN OUR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM, OUR HOLIDAY BREAK FULL-DAY PROGRAMS, AND OUR SUMMER PROGRAMMING.
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT EXPANDING THESE PROGRAMS FOR SOME TIME AND TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR LIONS AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR OUR STAFF AND OUR FAMILIES.
OUR PURPOSE, WE REVIEWED QUALITY PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORTED STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY.
WE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BIDS FOR OUR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM, OUR FULL-DAY HOLIDAY BREAKS, AND SUMMER CHILD CARE PROGRAMS. WHEN YOU SEE HOLIDAY BREAKS, THAT COULD ALSO BE OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING DAYS WHERE OUR TEACHERS WORK, WHERE OUR FAMILIES GO TO WORK.
BUT YET OUR STUDENTS ARE AT HOME AND SO OUR PARENTS ARE NEEDING ADDITIONAL CARE FOR THEIR CHILDREN WE ALSO LOOKED AT SELECTING A HIGH QUALITY PROVIDER FOR THE DISTRICT'S IMPLEMENTATION BEGINNING 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN ENSURING THE SELECTED PARTNER IS A FULLY LICENSED PROVIDER A LITTLE BIT OF ON THE BACKGROUND WE DID LOCKHART ISD CONDUCTED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RFP.
IN OUR PROCESS WE LOOKED AT MULTIPLE PROPOSALS AND REVIEWED AND RECEIVED, WELL WE RECEIVED THEM AND REVIEWED BY OUR SELECTION COMMITTEE.
THE CRITERIA WE USED WAS OUR PROGRAM QUALITY, STAFFING MODEL, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, OPERATIONAL CAPACITY, AND ALIGNMENT WITH DISTRICT GOALS.
WE TOOK OUR TOP TWO VENDORS AND WE ADVANCED THEM TO INTERVIEWS.
AND THOSE QUESTIONS IN THE INTERVIEWS DID NARROW DOWN THE BEST MATCH FOR LOCKHART ISD.
WE LOOKED AT RESOURCES, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, CONSISTENCY, AND MEANINGFUL LEARNING.
WE HAD FIVE VENDORS THAT SENT IN THEIR PROPOSALS.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT IN LOCKHART ISD WE HAVE A 520 PICKUP AND A 620 PICKUP.
WE DO HAVE SOME PARENTS WHO WORK HERE IN TOWN AND CAN MAKE IT TO PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN BY 520, BUT A LOT OF OUR PARENTS DO WORK OUT OF TOWN AND IT DOES TAKE THEM A LOT OF TIME TO GET BACK INTO TOWN.
SO WE DO HAVE A 620 PICKUP WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO YOU CAN SEE OUR RATES THERE.
WE LOOKED AT ALL FIVE VENDORS FOR OUR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM COSTS.
AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE YOU WILL SEE OUR SUMMER CAMP THAT WE ARE PROVIDING WEEKLY THE 158 COMPARED TO THE OTHER VENDORS.
THIS PAGE WE WOULD LIKE TO REALLY LOOK AT OUR THE VENDOR WE WANT TO RECOMMEND IS LOOKING AT A 50% OFF EMPLOYEE DISCOUNT FOR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM STUDENTS.
AND FAMILY OF THOSE FAMILIES AND THEN ALSO IN OUR SUMMER CAMP 50% OFF I BELIEVE WITH THEIR FULL DAY PROGRAM IT WOULD BE 30% OFF AT THE VERY BOTTOM YOU'LL SEE OPTION ONE THAT IS OUR SHARED REVENUE THAT THEY HAVE AGREED TO A FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OR FIVE PERCENT OF GROSS TUITION REVENUE WHICHEVER IS GREATER WE DID TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS MONTHLY RATES AND WE YOU CAN TELL WE ARE AT THE BOTTOM RANGE FOR OUR CHARGES OF THE DURING THE MONTHLY RATES.
IF WE GO WITH THE VENDOR THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING WE WILL
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STILL BE AT THE RANGE OF THE BOTTOM OF THAT OF CHARGING.WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND RIGHT AT SCHOOL.
FOR OUR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM AND OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY HAVE ENGAGING LESSONS ARE PRE-PLANNED AND SHIPPED DIRECTLY TO OUR SITES ENSURING CONSISTENCY AND EXCELLENCE THEY HAVE ROBUST STAFFING WITH AVAILABLE SUBSTITUTES ENSURING CONTINUOUS RELIABLE SERVICES FOR EVERY STUDENT PROVEN ABILITY TO SERVE DISTRICT NEEDS WHILE MAINTAINING STATE LICENSING AND COMPLIANCE STANDARDS AND ALIGNED WITH LOCKHART ISD'S PRIORITIES AND THEY ARE FULLY EQUIPPED TO SUPPORT OUR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS.
ARE THEY ANYWHERE AROUND IN OTHER DISTRICTS? YES MA'AM WE DO HAVE THEM IN DEL VALLE AND IN FLORESVILLE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES RIGHT AT SCHOOL HERE IF THE BOARD WANTS TO ASK THEM ANYTHING.
SO THEY'LL BE HIRING LOCALLY I GUESS RIGHT MOSTLY? THEY WILL.
THEY'VE TALKED TO US ABOUT HIRING, OF COURSE, WITHIN THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
AND THEN ALSO THEY WORK WITH TEXAS STATE.
AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE AN ON-SITE SUPERVISOR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YES, SIR.
THEY WILL HAVE AN ON-SITE SUPERVISOR.
THEY WILL HAVE THE EMPLOYEES, THEN THEIR SUPERVISOR, AND THEN THERE WILL BE LIKE A DISTRICT PERSON THAT KEEPS IN TOUCH WITH ME THAT WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS RUNNING SMOOTHLY.
WELL, LIKE WITH THAT SUPERVISOR.
WOULD THE SUPERVISOR BE DEDICATED TO LOCKHART OR WOULD THEY BE LIKE SHARING WORK WITH OTHER CAMPUS, OTHER DISTRICTS OR ANYTHING? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT IS DEDICATED TO LOCKHART ISD, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
AND WILL OUR TEACHERS GET A PRIORITY FOR, THEY WANT TO APPLY TO WORK WITH THE PROGRAM OR DO THEY GET TRAINING OR THEY BRING IN, THEY PRIORITIZE THEIR OWN STAFF TO WORK HERE? I'LL GET ONE OF THEM TO SPEAK.
YES, HI, KEITH ADAMS. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
I'M WITH REDDIT SCHOOL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HIRE OUR LOCKHART.
WHOEVER IS CURRENTLY DOING YOUR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, WE WANT THIS TRANSITION TO BE AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR OUR FAMILIES, AND THAT MEANS MAKING SURE THAT WE MAKE THAT OFFER AVAILABLE.
WE ACTUALLY HAD CONVERSATIONS A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT PARTNERING AND GETTING ACCESS TO YOUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES FOR THE AFTER-SCHOOL CARE AND GETTING THEIR EMAIL ADDRESSES TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED.
WHAT ABOUT TRAINING? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO BE TRAINED IN IN WHAT YOU'RE PROVIDING FOR OUR STUDENTS? YES, MA'AM.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF TRAINING THAT GOES INTO AFTER-SCHOOL CARE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAINING THAT HAPPENS BEFORE.
THESE EDUCATORS STEP IN A PROGRAM AND ARE WITH CHILDREN.
AND THEN THERE'S ONGOING TRAINING THAT WE PROVIDE TO THESE EDUCATORS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT INTEGRATED TYPES OF TRAINING SO THAT WE'RE THOUGHTFUL AND ALSO FOLLOWING AND COMPLIANT WITH LAWS.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO ADDITIONAL STATE LAWS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW ON TOP OF.
WHAT WE REQUIRE AS AN ORGANIZATION.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU ALL BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS? OH, SINCE 2015 YEARS.
I'M NOT GOING TO DO MATH TONIGHT.
SO THIS SOUNDS A LOT LIKE OUR CUSTODIAL CONTRACT, REALLY.
IT'S SIMILAR IN THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH A PARTNER TO PROVIDE A...
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE QUESTION ANY MORE QUESTIONS I DON'T YEAH I WOULD GO FOR IT SO THERE WAS NO NARROW DOWN PROCESS IT WAS SENT TO FIVE VENDORS WE ASKED FOR RFP SO THEY SUBMITTED THEIR RFPS THE FIVE VENDORS DID AS WE REVIEWED THEM THE SELECTION COMMITTEE NARROWED IT DOWN TO THE TWO THE TWO WERE THEN INVITED IN FOR INTERVIEWS, AND THEN THE SELECTION COMMITTEE CHOSE FROM THE TWO THAT CAME IN FOR INTERVIEWS.
WAS THERE MORE INFORMATION THAT WAS ASKED DURING THE NARROWED DOWN WITH THE TWO VENDORS? YES, SIR.
WE HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS, AND THEN WE EVEN, AFTER WE INTERVIEWED, WE MADE SOME CALLS JUST TO CLARIFY ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AFTER THE COLLECTION.
THE SELECTION COMMITTEE SAT TO VISIT.
WE STILL HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT NEEDED CLARIFICATION, SO WE MADE SOME E-MAILS AND PHONE CALLS TO THEM TO MAKE SURE WE HAD ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEEDED BEFORE WE MADE A DECISION.
WILL THIS BE A YEARLY CONTRACT? IT IS A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT
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AT THIS TIME, AND THEN WE CAN REEVALUATE WITH EXTENSIONS UP TO 10 YEARS, I BELIEVE.WITH THE EXTENSION OF UP TO 10 YEARS.
AND IS THERE, LIKE, A PROGRAM EVALUATION WITHIN THAT TWO-YEAR PERIOD? YES, WE WILL BE COMING BACK AND CREATING THAT SO THAT WE CAN EVALUATE HOW THINGS ARE GOING, THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR PARENTS.
THEY ALSO HAVE SURVEYS THAT THEY ARE SENDING OUT TO PARENTS AND GETTING FEEDBACK FROM PARENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THEY DO IT, I THINK IT'S THREE.
THERE'S THREE THAT THEY DO, BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END.
AND ONE LAST QUESTION BECAUSE I'M NEW TO THE BOARD.
WHAT KIND OF WHO'S CURRENTLY DOING OUR STUFF RIGHT NOW? I'M WITH THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND SO I HAVE BEEN RUNNING OUR PROGRAMS AFTER SCHOOL SO I DO THE ACE PROGRAM ALONG WITH OUR AFTER-SCHOOL PAID PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE.
OKAY SO THIS IS A WHOLE NEW THING.
YEAH I'M ONE PERSON WHO KIND OF YES AND THIS WILL BE A GROUP THAT'S COMING IN.
SO WILL ACE BE? ACE WILL CONTINUE AND I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM AS WELL.
OKAY, STAFF, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, SO DO WE HEAR A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH WRIGHT AT SCHOOL TO PROVIDE DISTRICT-WIDE AFTER-SCHOOL, HOLIDAY BREAK, AND SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMMING SERVICES BEGINNING IN THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE.
[Consider and/or Approve Exclusive Brand Contract]
PASSES 6-0.MOVE TO ITEM 7B, CONSIDER AND OR APPROVE EXCLUSIVE BRAND CONTRACT.
MS. HOLMAN? GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WRIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND DR.
TONIGHT I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING OR TALKING TO YOU ALL ABOUT AN EXCLUSIVE BRAND CONTRACT.
WE'VE, AND IF YOU NOTICE, WE HAVE SOME OF OUR VOLLEYBALL GIRLS.
RIGHT, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, STARS HERE.
WITH THIS PARTICULAR BID, WE ACTUALLY HAVE HAD AN EXCLUSIVE BRAND CONTRACT WHERE WE HAVE ALLOWED A VENDOR TO PROVIDE UNDER ARMOUR GEAR FOR OUR COMPETITION UNIFORMS SINCE 2019.
BUT WE DECIDED WE NEED TO ACTUALLY GO OUT FOR A BID AGAIN BECAUSE WE DID HAVE SOME OTHER VENDORS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHEN YOU GO OUT TO BID, YOU ALLOW THOSE VENDORS TO ACTUALLY COME BACK TO YOU WITH ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT THEY WILL PROVIDE YOU VERSUS YOU JUST NEGOTIATING A CONTRACT UP FRONT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DID GO OUT FOR BID.
WE DID HAVE FOUR VENDORS THAT ACTUALLY RESPONDED TO THE BID, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE THE BID TABULATION IN YOUR PACKET.
THIS CONTRACT WILL BE FOR A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR TWO ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR TERMS. AFTER EVALUATING THE PROPOSALS FOR THE BEST VALUE, WE WILL BE RECOMMENDING THAT WE GO WITH GAME ONE.
IN THEIR SPECIFIC PROPOSAL, IT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING, A BUY ONE, GET ONE OF VARSITY UNIFORMS FOR EACH SPORT ONE TIME DURING THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT.
THEY WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING US $55,000 TO BE USED FOR ADDITIONAL PRODUCT, WHETHER IT BE FOR UNIFORMS, COACHING GEAR, OR SHOES, ET CETERA.
THEY WILL ALSO PROVIDE US A HUDDLE BOX S55 CORE WITH BRANDING, AND THIS IS KIND OF LIKE AN INTERACTIVE PANEL OR JUST A TV THAT THE COACHES CAN ACTUALLY ROLL OUT ONTO THE FIELD WITH STORAGE, ET CETERA.
BUT THAT PARTICULAR BOX WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO MANY THINGS IN THE MOMENT ON THE FIELD.
THEY WILL ALSO GIVE US $15,000 IN BRANDING.
THAT'S BETWEEN BANNERS, MATS, DECALS, WHATEVER IS DETERMINED BY THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.
THEY WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING US 40% ON ALL APPAREL PURCHASES AND 35% DISCOUNT ON ALL SHOES AND ACCESSORIES PURCHASED.
I MEAN, THAT PARTICULAR $40,000.
40% OFF AND 35% DISCOUNT WILL BE FOR THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT.
LET ME ACTUALLY GO BACK UP BECAUSE I DIDN'T ACTUALLY SPECIFICALLY SAY THIS EITHER.
BUT ON THE, WHERE IT SAYS $55,000 TOTAL WILL BE USED, THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE FIRST YEAR.
IN EVERY SUBSEQUENT YEAR, THEY WILL BE PROVIDING US $35,000.
THEY WILL ALSO GIVE US A 10% REBATE ON ALL OF OUR PURCHASES AS WELL.
SO THAT WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE DISTRICT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.
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YOU KNOW, TANA'S DONE A GOOD JOB WITH THIS.ALSO, COACH MALDONADO REALLY PUSHING TO GO OUT FOR BID AGAIN AND SEE.
SEE IF WE CAN GET A BETTER DEAL AND AND WHAT CAME BACK IS SUBSTANTIALLY A BETTER DEAL AND I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM FOR FOR PUSHING FOR THAT ARE THEY GONNA BE LIME GREEN MAROON AND WHITE AND WHITE THE 10% REBATE ON ALL PURCHASES IS THAT LIKE ME AS A PARENT IF I WANTED TO GO ON THE WEBSITE AND BUY LIKE SOME LIKE A SHIRT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THEN 10% GOES BACK TO THIS SCHOOL NO THAT THAT IS NOT THAT HOWEVER UM WE HAVE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT DOING AN ONLINE STORE UM WHERE YOU WOULD Y'ALL WOULD GET DISCOUNTS UM AND STUFF AND UH WE WOULD WE WOULD GO FROM THERE WE DIDN'T TALK TO THEM YET ABOUT IF THERE WOULD BE ANYTHING BACK TO US THIS IS JUST ON DISTRICT PURCHASES HOW LONG HAS GAME ONE BEEN IN BUSINESS UM YOU KNOW YOU TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG GAME 1 HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS, ONLY BECAUSE THEY ARE ACTUALLY A COMPANY THAT IS MORE NORTH IN THE ABILENE AREA, AND WE STARTED USING THEM WHEN COACH MAVIS CAME THROUGH.
BEFOREHAND, WE HAD HAD A CONTRACT WITH BSN, WHICH IS REALLY A UNIVERSAL, UNITED STATE-WIDE COMPANY.
MR. ROUSE, I CAN TELL YOU AS A KID GROWING UP IN ABILENE, THEY WERE AROUND THEN.
I'VE JUST NEVER SEEN IT BACK HERE.
DID YOU HAVE ANY INFLUENCE IN THIS? NO.
AND WE HAVE BEEN USING GAME 1 FOR VARIOUS YEARS.
I MEAN, SO IT'S A COMPANY THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GOING OUT OF BUSINESS OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE DURING THIS CONTRACT.
AND TWO, UNDER ARMOUR, IN MY OPINION, WOULD NOT BE DOING THIS DEAL WITH THEM BECAUSE IN MOST CASES, MOST OF THIS IS COMING FROM UNDER ARMOUR, NOT NECESSARILY GAME BUT IT IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.
AND I'M SURE THAT UNDER ARMOUR WOULD NOT BE DOING BUSINESS WITH A COMPANY THAT THEY FELT WOULDN'T BE AROUND FOR A WHILE.
OKAY, SO THEY'LL BE STILL DOING BUSINESS, INTEGRATING WITH THE COMPANY? YES, SIR, ABSOLUTELY.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND GOING WITH GAME 1 FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BOARD? OKAY, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
OKAY, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD AWARD RFP 26-008, EXCLUSIVE BRAND.
FOR ATHLETIC APPAREL TO GAME ONE AS PRESENTED.
WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE.
[CLOSED SESSION]
THANK YOU MS. HOLMAN.WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT, CLOSED SESSION.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON APRIL 27, 2026, BEGINNING AT 8.23 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.
NO FINAL ACTIONS, DECISIONS, OR VOTES WILL BE TAKEN WHILE THE BOARD IS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[Consideration and possible action regarding Superintendent’s recommendation to terminate the probationary contract at the end of the contract term of Classroom Teachers]
SESSION AT 9.03 P.M.WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 9, COMMUNICATION ACTION.
A, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO TERMINATE THE PROBATIONARY CONTRACTS AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT TERM OF CLASSROOM TEACHERS. DO I HEAR A MOTION? OKAY, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TERMINATE THE PROBATIONARY CONTRACT OF CHRISTOPHER CRAFT.
AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT TERM IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT AND DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF THIS ACTION TO THE EMPLOYEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TERMINATE THE PROBATIONARY CONTRACT OF FREDERICK HORTON AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT TERM IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT AND DIRECT THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF THIS ACTION TO THE EMPLOYEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW.
SECOND. OKAY BOARD WE HAVE A MOTION WE HAVE A SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED, LIKE SIGN? PASSES SIX TO ZERO. OKAY. ANYBODY WANT TO DO BOARD STAFF COMMENTS? OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON.
BENEDICTION? OKAY, I'LL DO IT.
THANK YOU. OKAY. DEAR LORD, ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT, SAM? YEAH, LET ME DO IT. NO, I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT. OH, SORRY. I'M SO SORRY. IT'S NOT
[BOARD AND STAFF COMMENTS-ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST*]
THAT BIG A HURRY TO GO HOME.[01:55:03]
OH, OKAY. WELL, OKAY. GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR COMMENT BEFORE I START PRAYING. OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, MARK, DR.STRADA, IF Y'ALL NEED TO HEAR THAT TONIGHT. THE OTHER THING WAS I WENT TO SEE THE MARIACHI CORAZON DE LEON. I WAS EXCITED BECAUSE THE LIBRARY ENABLED THEM TO HAVE ANOTHER PLATFORM TO PRESENT THEIR SKILLS, BUT THERE WERE ALSO THREE OTHER ADULT MARIACHI BANDS THERE, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO, IF THEY WANTED TO STAY AND LISTEN, THEY COULD ALSO WATCH THEM AND THEY HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO THEM IF THEY WANTED TO. SO I FELT LIKE THAT WAS A GOOD WAY TO MESSAGE THEM AND SAY, HEY, I CAN DO THIS LATER ON IF IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING I'M GOING TO DO IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN DO DOWN THERE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU, SAM, FOR THAT COMMENT. WE AGREE
[BENEDICTION]
WITH YOU. OKAY, NOW WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 11, BENEDICTION.OKAY, DEAR LORD, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO TONIGHT. WE WANT YOU TO CONTINUE TO BLESS OUR SCHOOLS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFF, AND THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OUR BLESSINGS. AMEN.
AMEN. IT IS 9.06. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.