Jun 01, 2026 Lockhart ISD Board of Trustees Special Meeting

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I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE LOCKHART INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER ON JUNE 1ST AT 6:00 P.M.

[Call to Order]

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NONE. OKAY. ITEM 3. COMMUNICATION.

[Review Tax Collection Report]

THIS IS A THE TAX COLLECTOR REPORT FOR APRIL.

IT IS USUALLY IN CONSENT AT THE MONTHLY BOARD MEETING.

BUT FOR THE MAY MEETING, BECAUSE IT WAS SO EARLY, THE TAX OFFICE DID NOT HAVE IT AVAILABLE FOR OUR EARLY MAY MEETING.

SO I'M JUST PROVIDING IT TONIGHT FOR YOU TO SEE WHERE WE ARE IN OUR TAX COLLECTION FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.

[2026 - 2027 Staffing and Budget Session]

SO THIS EVENING WE JUST HAVE A FEW THINGS TO GO OVER.

WE'VE ALREADY ADOPTED OUR COMPENSATION PLAN, WHICH IS A HUGE PORTION OF OUR BUDGET.

AND IT'S AND THE BUDGET IS COMING TOGETHER THIS YEAR.

SO THIS MEETING, WHEN WE HAVE IT IN JUNE, IS OUR FINAL MEETING BEFORE WE ADOPT OUR BUDGET.

WE'RE REALLY CLOSE TO THAT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN A LEGISLATIVE YEAR, SO WE'RE NOT WAITING ON ANY TYPE OF NEW LAW OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE'RE ABLE TO CREATE OUR BUDGET BASED ON THE LAW, THE LAWS THAT THEY CREATED LAST YEAR.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO OVER THESE FEW THINGS.

THE FIRST THING THAT WE'LL LOOK AT IS OUR ENROLLMENT AND OUR ATTENDANCE ENDING.

FOR OUR SCHOOL YEAR THAT ENDED JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

THIS IS ALL 36 WEEKS OF SCHOOL, THE FRIDAYS OF EACH WEEK AND OUR ENROLLMENT THAT WE HAD.

SO THE GOLD LINE IS OUR ENROLLMENT FOR 25-26.

AND THEN THE GRAY LINE IS OUR ENROLLMENT FOR 24-25.

SO WE ENDED THE YEAR WITH 6,754 STUDENTS ON THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.

AND THIS IS JUST A CONDENSED THAT IS, THAT CHART WAS JUST SUPER CROWDED WITH 36 WEEKS OF SCHOOL.

SO I GAVE JUST THE LAST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

SO YOU COULD VISIBLY, QUICKLY SEE THAT WE WERE HOW WE GREW COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, AND THAT WE STEADILY STAYED ABOVE. WE STEADILY HAD A GROWTH ENROLLMENT FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEMESTER WHEN WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS GRADUATE AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO GROW.

THIS IS OUR CUMULATIVE ATTENDANCE FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.

AGAIN, ALL 36 WEEKS. IT IS REALLY SCRUNCHED. I DIDN'T DO A MONTHLY BECAUSE I JUST REALLY FELT THAT THIS SHOWED HOW, HOW WELL THE ATTENDANCE DID COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

AND YOU CAN REALLY SEE THAT BLUE LINE DECLINE, ESPECIALLY AFTER SPRING BREAK.

BUT THIS YEAR OUR OUR LINE IS THE GOLD LINE. AND IT JUST REALLY STAYED STEADY AFTER SPRING BREAK.

AND WE EVEN HAVE SOME GREEN WEEKS WHERE WE INCREASED CUMULATIVELY.

SO WE ENDED THE YEAR OVER 93%. I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT I CAME RIGHT A YEAR AFTER COVID STARTED.

I HAVE NOT SEEN A 93% ATTENDANCE FOR THE YEAR, SO THAT WAS SUPER EXCITING.

WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT IN A WHILE. AND SO IT WAS JUST REALLY SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE.

IT. SO KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU. AS WE LOOK AT EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES, THESE ARE OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES. LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL ENDING THE YEAR WITH 2.5% HIGHER ATTENDANCE AND GOING ABOVE 90%.

AND AGAIN, REALLY EXCITING THAT ONE CAN GO UP POTENTIALLY JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE AS THEY'RE CONTINUING TO, TO LOOK FOR THINGS, BUT EVERYBODY SHOWED SOME GAINS APART FROM PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL.

AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOWED SOME GAINS.

WE HAVE REALLY HIGH GAINS ACTUALLY. NAVARRO AND PLUM CREEK CONTINUED TO HAVE A HIGHER THAN 95% ATTENDANCE RATE,

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SO I CONTINUED ON WITH CIRCLING THEM AT GREEN IF THEY INCREASED AND THEY DID, THEY DID REALLY WELL IN MAY.

EVERYBODY DID. ON TO STAFFING FOR 26-27. WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS AS WE ARE REALLY FINISHING UP THE PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR, WE DO NEED A 5TH GRADE ELEMENTARY TEACHER AT BLUEBONNET.

SO THIS IS ONE GEN ED TEACHER THAT IS CREATED FROM OUR NEW 5TH GRADE PROGRAM, OUR 5TH GRADE NEWCOMER PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO BE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT FOR BILINGUAL. I WAS JUST GOING TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE COLOR GUARD.

SO YOU KNOW, IN REVIEWING ALL OF OUR STIPENDS LAST MONTH, WE APPROVED YOU KNOW, WHILE WE HAVE GROWN IN OUR COLOR GUARD PROGRAM, IT USED TO BE A PART TIME POSITION AND THEN THE BOARD INVESTED TO HAVE A FULL TIME POSITION. THEY DIDN'T HAVE A STIPEND. AND THAT PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW.

SO WE FELT LIKE IT CERTAINLY WARRANTED THAT WE PROVIDE A STIPEND FOR THAT PROGRAM AS WELL.

AND JUST EVEN A SIDE NOTE TOO, LIKE WE'RE KIND OF THE TRAILBLAZERS ON THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE DEFINITELY THE BEST AT AND THE FIRST TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THAT IS ALSO REALLY EXCITING.

SO THOSE ARE JUST THE TWO FINAL THINGS REALLY AS WE'RE WRAPPING UP PLANNING FOR 26-27.

SO WHEN WE PUT OUR COMPENSATION PLAN TOGETHER AND WE PUT ALL OF THESE ITEMS, LIKE INCLUDING THE ITEMS THAT ARE THE TWO POSITIONS FOR THE POSITION AND THE STIPEND FOR THIS EVENING. THIS IS WHAT OUR BUDGET LOOKS LIKE.

IT DOES HAVE A CURRENT DEFICIT OF $2,000. I ASSURE YOU THAT THAT WILL BE BALANCED BY THE END OF JUNE.

BUT WHEN I DID JUST ORGANICALLY PUT IN OUR BUDGET THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON THE REVENUE SIDE AND THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, AND IT CAME OUT TO WITHIN $2,000, I WAS LIKE, WOW, THAT'S AWESOME.

WE DECIDED THIS MORNING WE'RE CUTTING MR. ACUNA SALARY BY TWO.

[LAUGHTER]. LET'S BE BALANCED. RIGHT. SAM SAID, IF YOU JUST TAKE ALL THAT STUFF OUT OF THE BEANS, YOU'LL SAVE $2,000 PROBABLY. [LAUGHTER]. SO WHAT.

THE LAST TIME WE LOOKED AT THE BUDGET, WERE WE ABOUT A HALF MILLION DOLLARS? WE WERE. SO WHERE DOES WHERE DID THAT. WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM? I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU ASKED THAT. SO TAB NUMBER 3 IN YOUR BINDER HAS A LIST OF THE ITEMS THAT WE USED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET FOR 26-27. SO ALL OF THOSE ITEMS ARE WHAT'S INCLUDED IN HERE.

EVERYTHING THAT WE NEEDED TO ADD TO THE BUDGET AS FAR AS THE STAFFING THAT WE'VE TAKEN, ANY KIND OF INCREASE FOR OUR CONTRACTED SERVICES THROUGH OUR CUSTODIAL CONTRACT AND OUR TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT.

AND THEN AND THEN THESE ITEMS HERE IS WHAT HELPED BALANCE.

THIS IS AFTER HAVING OBVIOUSLY CONVERSATIONS MULTIPLE WITH THE BOARD WITH OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM CAMPUS PRINCIPALS, THESE WERE ITEMS THAT WE LANDED ON WILL YOU CLARIFY, JUST BECAUSE I DON'T RECEIVE, IS THAT WHEN SOMEBODY HAS RETIRED AND THEN THEY COLLECT ON TRS AND THEN THEY DECIDE TO COME BACK INTO THE DISTRICT.

CORRECT. THERE'S A FEE, AND THEN WE'VE BEEN PAYING THAT FEE BEFORE CORRECT? CORRECT. AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS, IS THAT DISTRICTS NEVER PAID THE FEE PRIOR TO.

I WANT TO SAY IT WAS 2019, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 2021.

THEY ALLOWED DISTRICTS TO PUT THE FEE OR I'M SORRY, THEY REQUIRED THE DISTRICTS TO PAY THE FEE.

OKAY. AND THEN IN THE PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THEY TOOK IT AWAY.

SO IT WAS ABOUT 5 YEARS THAT 5 OR 6 YEARS THAT THEY HAD IT TO WHERE DISTRICTS HAD TO PAY IT AND THEN THEY BACKED OFF OF IT.

SO NOW AND MOST DISTRICTS, WELL, ACTUALLY ALL OF THEM ARE GOING BACK TO.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. I JUST WASN'T COMPLETELY SURE ON THAT AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THE WHOLE CONCEPT IS JUST STUPID.

IT PREVENTS US FROM HIRING BACK EXPERIENCED PEOPLE THAT MIGHT WANT TO COME, YOU KNOW, TO RETIRE, COME BACK. AND IT'S JUST IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME WHATSOEVER.

YEAH. THE SURCHARGE IS QUITE HIGH TO, TO HIRE A RETIRED.

YEAH. AND THAT'S JUST AN ADDITIONAL ON TOP OF ALL THE OTHER BECAUSE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A RETIRED STATE EMPLOYEE, YOU GO BACK TO WORK.

THEY'RE NOT,

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THIS WAS NOT. RIGHT. AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW THEY THAT'S REALLY HOW THEY CAME UP. BUT LIKE I SAID, WE'RE AT A $2,000 AND I ASSURE YOU IT WILL BE BALANCED.

I JUST WANTED TO REALLY SHOW HOW THAT JUST NATURALLY HAPPENED AND THAT IT WAS JUST SO VERY CLOSE.

SO YEAH.

THAT'S IMPRESSIVE COMPARED TO WHAT EVERYTHING WE HEAR FROM OTHER DISTRICTS.

ARE STRUGGLING WITH. YEAH. SO AGAIN, GREAT JOB ON YOUR PART.

ACCORDING TO WHAT DOCTOR ESTRADA SAYS, OTHER DISTRICTS ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO HERE AT LOCKHART.

RIGHT? YEAH. [LAUGHTER] WELL, AND IT HASN'T BEEN WITHOUT A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF CHALLENGES AND A LOT OF.

IT'S, IT COMES WITH SACRIFICE FOR SURE. THERE, THERE ARE MIXED EMOTIONS BECAUSE WHILE YOU KNOW, IT MEANS THAT, THAT OUR, OUR STAFF, THEY GO WITHOUT THINGS AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, SO WHILE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE PROUD THAT WE'RE NOT IN A BUDGET CRISIS.

YOU KNOW WHAT? IT DOESN'T MEAN IS THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS IS ADEQUATELY FUNDING LOCKHART ISD OR ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL WE'RE NO DIFFERENT THAN ANYONE ELSE. AND WE HAVE THIS IT'S, YOU KNOW, OUR KIDS AND OUR AND OUR TEACHERS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING WITHOUT THINGS THAT THAT THEY NEED. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. ANY OTHER POINTS YOU NEED TO MAKE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BOARD ON THAT? OKAY. THANK YOU, MS. WEISER. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 4. COMMUNICATION A.

WAIT A MINUTE SHE'S NOT DONE. COUPLE MORE SLIDES. COUPLE OF. OH, OKAY. [LAUGHTER] 4 SLIDES.

YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I SAID. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I KNOW YOU, I KNOW YOU'RE VERY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THE TAX RATE.

BUT WE LOOKED AT THIS WE LOOKED AT THE TAX RATE THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

SO I WON'T GO INTO A LOT OF DETAIL. BUT WHAT I DO HAVE HERE IS OUR 26-27 DEBT SERVICE THAT WE DO PAY ON THE BONDS THAT WE HAVE OUTSTANDING.

SO WE HAVE $12.9 MILLION WORTH OF BOND PAYMENTS TO PAY IN 26-27.

OUR CURRENT INS RATE WILL GENERATE $9.7 MILLION.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT NEED TO ADJUST THAT INS RATE THROUGH OUR M&O COMPRESSION.

AND THIS IS AGAIN ANTICIPATED A PRELIMINARY COMPRESSION.

WE DON'T RECEIVE OUR COMPRESSION UNTIL AUGUST 5TH.

AND SO THIS IS JUST A PROJECTION BUT THAT IS COMPRESSED ON THE M&O SIDE, WHICH HELPS THAT INS SIDE FOR OUR TOTAL TAX RATE TO REMAIN BASICALLY THE SAME.

IT'S JUST A CHANGE OF LESS OF ABOUT HALF OF A PENNY.

I'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS UPCOMING ON JUNE 22ND.

AND OUR BUDGET ADOPTION WILL BE LATER THAT SAME EVENING, AND THEN WE WON'T ACTUALLY ADOPT A TAX RATE UNTIL AUGUST.

NOW, DO YOU HAVE ANY? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? [LAUGHTER] OKAY.

[Approve Anxious Generation Parent & Staff Book Study Recommendations ]

DOCTOR ESTRADA. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A TON.

JUST ONE CLICK MS. WEISER. YOU CAN JUST CLICK IT.

YOU KNOW, SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THIS THIS YEAR.

WE'VE TALKED AT NUMEROUS BOARD MEETINGS. WE'VE CONTINUED TO GET FEEDBACK WITH OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH OUR PARENTS ACTUALLY HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH A COUPLE OF PARENTS WHO PRESENTED OR WHO SPOKE DURING OPEN SESSION.

YOU KNOW, I FELT LIKE THEY, THEY MADE THE TIME TO COME SPEAK TO THE BOARD.

I WANTED TO GET THIS IN FRONT OF THEM AND ACTUALLY MADE A COUPLE OF ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THE PARENT FEEDBACK.

BUT THESE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS, FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS WE'RE MAKING FOR APPROVAL FIRST AND FOREMOST IS YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PROVIDE SOME TRAINING FOR OUR TEACHERS WITH, WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING MOVING FORWARD,

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AND SO OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES WILL FIGURE OUT SOME WAYS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE TIMES BEFORE SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL, DURING LUNCH, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS REDUCING SCREEN TIME IN ELEMENTARY BY 50%.

ENSURING THAT AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, NO MORE THAN NO MORE THAN HALF OF THE CLASS PERIOD KIDS ARE ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM OR DOING WORK ONLINE.

TEACHING TECHNOLOGY SKILLS IS A BIG ONE THAT THAT WILL HAVE TO DO AND FIGURE OUT A SYSTEM YOU KNOW, FOR DOING THINGS LIKE, LIKE TYPING AND OTHER SKILL TO TECHNOLOGY SKILLS.

A BIG PARENT CAMPAIGN IS PART OF THIS AS WELL TO PARTNER WITH THEM ESPECIALLY FOR WORKING IN FRIEND GROUPS AND PARENT GROUPS TO TRY TO KEEP KIDS FROM HAVING SMARTPHONES BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO SOCIAL MEDIA BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL MORE OUTDOOR PLAY TIME DURING AND AFTER SCHOOL WORKING WITH PARENTS.

THAT'S A BIG PART OF THE PARENTS PLAN THAT WE HAVE.

WE'LL HAVE A FULL CAMPAIGN. MR. MILLER AND HIS TEAM ARE WORKING ON A COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN.

WE HAVE A WEBSITE THAT WILL GO UP AND GO LIVE WHERE IF THE BOARD WERE TO APPROVE THIS SO THAT WE CAN START COMMUNICATING WITH OUR PARENTS AND THEN CONTINUING OUR COMMITMENT TO HAVING A CELL PHONE, FREE TECHNOLOGY, FREE CAMPUS AS WELL.

AND HOLDING THAT EXPECTATION AS IT RELATES TO HOUSE BILL 1481.

SO I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THESE THINGS, BUT I DID WANT TO SHARE THE FINALIZED RECOMMENDATION AFTER GETTING FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE MINUTES THAT THROUGHOUT THE DAY THAT ARE REQUIRED, WILL THAT IMPACT ANY OF THIS? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY MINUTES? DAY THAT THERE IS A REQUIREMENT, ISN'T THERE, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE.

FOR ENGLISH THERE'S NOT THAT FOCUS AT ALL NOW? BECAUSE AT ONE POINT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT STARTING TIME, YOU HAD TO CHANGE THE STARTING TIME AT A CAMPUS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT COMPLYING WITH THE NUMBER OF MINUTES THAT THEY NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DAY.

IT DOESN'T HAVE. IT WON'T CHANGE ANY OF OUR MINUTES.

WE DO HAVE A NEW BELL SCHEDULE FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, BUT THE MINUTES THAT WE DO HAVE LOOKING AT WHEN KIDS WERE USING TECHNOLOGY, OUR GOAL NEXT YEAR WOULD BE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVELS TO CUT THAT IN HALF.

SO IF KIDS ARE ONLINE FOR, YOU KNOW, 2.5 HOURS OR THREE HOURS, WE'RE GOING TO BE AN HOUR AND A HALF THIS NEXT YEAR.

THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE MONITORING. WE'LL SET THAT.

WE HAVE DATA FOR EVERY GRADE LEVEL. SO WE'LL LOOK AT THAT TIME SPENT THIS YEAR.

AND THEN 50% OF THAT WILL BE THE GOAL FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE MONITORING. BUT THERE'S NO MINUTES REQUIRED.

LIKE X NUMBER OF MINUTES PER DAY FOR ENGLISH READING AND MATH IN ANY CONTENT AREA. I MEAN.

REQUIRED MINUTES FOR IF WE'RE GOING TO ADD AN EXTRA RECESS TIME THEN.

THEN WE'VE GOT TO GO LOOK AT OUR ENTIRE MASTER SCHEDULE.

RIGHT. BECAUSE WE HAVE A I MEAN, WE HAVE A START AND END BILL.

AND SO THERE MAY BE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT INSTRUCTIONAL SCHEDULE AS WELL.

I MEAN, YOU COULD UTILIZE A LOT OF, I MEAN, WELL, FOCUS OUTDOOR THAT'S CONNECTED TO INDOOR CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION.

THAT COULD BE A POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, A STRATEGY FOR ACTUALLY HAVING SUFFICIENT MINUTES, BUT YOU'RE DOING PROJECTS OUTDOORS OR YOU HAVE A RESEARCH BASED PROJECT THAT THE KIDS CAN DO OUTDOORS THAT CAN BE INCLUDED TO WHAT YOU NEED IN.

THE OUTDOOR.

NOT NECESSARILY. I MEAN, THERE'S.

SPECIFIC TO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. IT'S MORE ABOUT KIDS HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BE KIDS AND TO PLAY.

IS, IS WHAT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TARGETING, BUT IT WILL HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE CLASSROOM TIME ABSOLUTELY.

WHAT I WAS GOING TO ADD WAS THE INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES WILL STILL MEET THEM FOR THE ENTIRE DAY. THE ONLY STATE MANDATED MINUTES THAT WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO ARE PE OUR CONFERENCE PERIOD MINUTES FOR THE TEACHERS

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I HAD A QUESTION ON PHONES. FOR THOSE THAT ARE LIKE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT HAVE EXTRACURRICULAR, WILL THEY STILL BE ABLE TO CARRY A PHONE BUT JUST NOT USE THEM DURING SCHOOL HOURS? CORRECT. SO ESSENTIALLY KIDS CAN HAVE A PHONE.

IT HAS TO BE OFF AND OUT OF SIGHT. IF STAFF MEMBERS SEE THEIR PHONE, THEN THEY'RE INSTRUCTED TO TAKE UP THE PHONE, SEE THEIR PHONE ON. IF THEY'RE OFF, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COLLECT THEM YEAH. IF THEY'RE OFF NO. BUT IF IT'S IF IT'S ON THEY'RE USING IT. THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT. THEY'RE GOING TO COLLECT IT. OKAY IF NO OTHER QUESTIONS I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS PRESENTED.

I SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? LIKE SIGN PASSES 5 TO 0.

[Approve Date for Public Meeting on 2026-2027 Budget]

AND SO WE HAVE THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.

AND THEN WE WILL POST THAT IN THE PAPER. SO THIS IS JUST TO APPROVE THAT DATE OF OKAY. PRETTY STANDARD. SO MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE.

JUNE 22ND, 2026. AS THE DATE FOR THE PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE.

I'LL SECOND ANY OPPOSED? LIKE SIGN PASSES 5 TO 0. ITEM 4.C.

[Approve 2026 Tax Rate to be Published]

WHILE WE USE A TAX RATE TO ADOPT OUR BUDGET. WE DON'T HAVE A TAX RATE YET.

AND WE WON'T GET ONE FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY UNTIL AUGUST.

HOWEVER, WE STILL NEED TO POST A TAX RATE IN THE PAPER.

SO WHAT WE NORMALLY DO IS WE POST OUR CURRENT TAX RATE.

AND THEN IF THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE FUTURE, WE HAVE TO REPOST.

IF OUR TAX RATE THAT WE WANT TO ADOPT IS HIGHER.

IN THIS CASE WE ARE ADOPTING. WE ARE GOING TO POST OUR CURRENT TAX RATE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO POST IT ALSO WITH THE WITH THE CHANGE IN THE INS RATE THAT WE KNOW IS COMING. SO IT SHOULD BE HIGH ENOUGH THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO POST AGAIN.

BUT THIS IS JUST TO ADOPT THAT TAX RATE THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN THE PAPER FOR THE BUDGET.

IT'S REALLY A FORMALITY AS FAR AS THAT GOES, BUT IT'S NOT THE OFFICIAL TAX RATE.

RIGHT SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR $0.6819. AND AN INTEREST IN SINKING TAX RATE OF $0.2880 FOR A COMBINED TAX RATE OF $0.9699 TO BE PUBLISHED. SECOND WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 5 TO 0. D. APPROVE STAFFING FOR THE

[Approve Staffing for the 2026-2027 School Year]

ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, HEAR A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE POSITIONS AND STIPENDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $81,000 FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. RAISE YOUR HANDS IT IS. WHAT TIME IS IT?

[Approve Budget Amendments]

MS. WEISER, THESE ARE JUST BUDGET AMENDMENTS.

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THESE ARE JUST FUNCTION TRANSFERS WITHIN THE BUDGET.

ANY QUESTIONS SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 6 TO 0. AND 4.F APPROVE

[Approve HQIM (High-Quality Instructional Materials) Math Adoption Additional Costs]

SO WE'VE USED [INAUDIBLE] FOR ELAR. YEAH. SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR.

SO NOW WE'RE ADOPTING THE MATH VERSION. OKAY.

THAT'S ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW MATH ADOPTION, PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL MATERIALS IN THE AMOUNT OF $526,324.

SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND, SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES 6 TO 0. OKAY. NOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF.

[LAUGHTER]. I CAN BRING UP SOME BUCKETS. WELL, THEN WE HAVE FINISHED OUR BUSINESS.

IT IS NOW 6:27. WE ARE ADJOURNED. OKAY. I'M GLAD YOU COULD COME.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.