[Call to Order]
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I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE LOCKHART INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER ON JUNE 22, 2026 AT 6.30 P.M.
LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT A CORE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS IS PRESENT, THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED, AND THAT NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPENS MEETING ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551.
LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT TRUSTEES CHARLES LOCKHART, GUYTON WRIGHT, SANCHEZ, PULLIAM, RIOS ARE PRESENT.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND, WE WILL SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO THE REPUBLIC, ONE NATION, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, BUT AFTER A TRUSTEE GUIDE TO LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION.
DEAR GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT THANKFUL FOR THIS DAY THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS MEETING NOW WHERE WE WILL FIRST OF ALL CELEBRATE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF, GOD, AND ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
AND SO WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WE ALSO ASK YOUR BLESSINGS ON US AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT.
WE THANK YOU, GOD, FOR THIS REFRESHING SUMMERTIME THAT OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE ABLE TO ENJOY.
AND WE JUST ASK THAT YOU WOULD KEEP THEM SAFE AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THEM RETURNING FOR A NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
AND IT'S IN YOUR SON JESUS' NAME WE PRAY.
[Public Meeting for 2026-2027 Budget and Proposed Tax Rate]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, PUBLIC MEETINGS HEARING.WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS, HEARINGS THIS EVENING.
WE'LL START WITH A, PUBLIC MEETING FOR 2026-2027 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.
MS. WEISER? YOU HAVE TO HIT THE ON BUTTON.
GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT WRIGHT, SCHOOL BOARD, AND DR.
THIS EVENING WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE 26-27 FISCAL YEAR WHICH WE BEGINS HERE IN JUST A FEW DAYS.
WE DO HAVE SOME LEGAL REQUIREMENTS WHEN WE ARE ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR A TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEY ARE IN THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE CHAPTER 44.
POINT ZERO ZERO TWO THROUGH ZERO ZERO SIX YOU ARE WELCOME TO READ ALL OF THOSE HOWEVER WITHIN THOSE REQUIREMENTS IS THIS PUBLIC MEETING SO THAT WE CAN LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THIS ADOPTION THIS EVENING WE ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT A BUDGET BY JUNE 30TH TODAY IS JUNE 22ND SO WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE AS FAR AS OUR BRINGING OUR BUDGET FOR ADOPTION FOR NEXT YEAR SO SO REAL QUICKLY, WHEN WE'RE CREATING OUR BUDGET, WE WANT TO FIRST LOOK AT HOW DISTRICTS ARE FUNDED.
HOW DO WE RECEIVE OUR FUNDS? WE RECEIVE A STATE ALLOCATION.
WE RECEIVE OUR LOCAL TAX COLLECTION THROUGH OUR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FEDERAL RESOURCES AND SOME OTHER LOCAL RESOURCES HERE AND THERE.
BUT MAINLY, IT'S FROM OUR STATE AND LOCAL REVENUE.
SO EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TEXAS RECEIVES A...
BUCKET OF FUNDS AS I'LL SAY SO THIS BUCKET HERE REPRESENTS THE TOTAL COST TO EDUCATE THE STUDENTS IN LOCKHART ISD THAT SIZE OF THAT BUCKET IS DETERMINED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2027 SO THIS EVENING THE BUCKET THAT WE'RE BRINGING IS A PROJECTION SO WE ARE PROJECTING HOW MUCH REVENUE WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE IN THIS NEW FISCAL YEAR BASED ON TWO THINGS OUR LOCAL TAX COLLECTION AND THEN OUR STATE FUNDING THAT WILL COME IN AFTER THAT.
THE SIZE OF OUR BUCKET IS DETERMINED BY THE STUDENTS HERE IN LOCKHART ISD.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHAT DETERMINES THE SIZE OF THIS BUCKET THAT WE ARE NOW GOING TO PROJECT FOR THIS FOR THIS BUDGET COMING UP? AGAIN THIS BUCKET REPRESENTS THE TOTAL COST TO EDUCATE THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ATTENDING SCHOOL HERE IN LOCKHART ISD.
EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL DISTRICT GETS A BUCKET.
THE SIZE OF THE BUCKET IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ATTEND, THE NEEDS OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT ATTEND, AND THE ATTENDANCE OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE EACH DAY.
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SEPTEMBER OF 2027 WHEN ALL OF THE NUMBERS ARE FINAL EXACTLY HOW BIG THAT BUCKET IS THEN WE'RE ABLE TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE BUT THIS EVENING AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS IS PROJECTING THE SIZE OF THAT BUCKET.ONCE WE GET THE SIZE OF HOW MUCH REVENUE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEN THAT'S HOW WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF EXPENDITURES WE CAN HAVE WITHIN THOSE BOUNDARIES THAT ARE GIVEN TO US BY THE STATE.
HOW CAN OUR BUCKET GET BIGGER EACH YEAR? WE CAN HAVE ENROLLMENT GROWTH, WHICH WE DO.
WE ARE PROJECTING ENROLLMENT GROWTH NEXT YEAR.
WE CAN HAVE A VATRE, WHICH IS A TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION.
WE DID HOLD ONE IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, WHICH DID PASS.
SO THAT DID MAKE OUR BUCKET BIGGER.
AND WE CAN HAVE INCREASED INSTRUCTIONAL TIME THROUGH ATTENDANCE CAN MAKE OUR BUCKET BIGGER ALSO.
IN ORDER TO PROJECT THE SIZE OF THAT BUCKET, THESE ARE THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE DO HAVE AN ENROLLMENT OF 06,900 STUDENTS PROJECTED.
THIS IS A GROWTH OF ABOUT 150 STUDENTS DISTRICT-WIDE WITH A 93% ATTENDANCE RATE.
WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED TAXABLE VALUE OF 3.8 BILLION DOLLARS WHICH IS ABOUT A 3% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.
IN THE PAST WE'VE SEEN 12%, 15%, 6%.
THIS YEAR WE SAW 3% FOR A FEW REASONS.
ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER ON THAT GROWTH IS BECAUSE THERE IS AN INCREASE TO THE BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY EXEMPTION.
IT INCREASED FROM $2,500 TO $125,000 STARTING JANUARY 1ST.
SO THAT IS AN INCREASE IN EXEMPTION ON THE BUSINESS SIDE OF OUR $3.8 BILLION WORTH OF VALUE.
WE ALSO ARE ASSUMING LOCAL PROPERTY VALUE ASSIGNMENT.
SO IF YOU REMEMBER, THE PROPERTY VALUE STUDY IS WHAT GOES THROUGH THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE AND IT TESTS THE VALUES OF THE PROPERTIES WITHIN LOCKHART ISD GIVEN BY THE CALDWELL COUNTY APPRAISAL OFFICE.
IT SEES WHERE THE VALUES ARE ACCORDING TO THE STATE VALUES.
I AM ASSUMING THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE LOCAL PROPERTY VALUE ASSIGNMENT, WHICH WE HAVE HAD THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
WE'RE ALSO ASSUMING A M&O TAX RATE OF 65.68 CENTS.
WE WILL NOT RECEIVE OUR FINAL MAXIMUM COMPRESSED TAX RATE FROM TA UNTIL AUGUST.
SO WHILE WE ARE MAKING THIS PROJECTION WITH THIS TAX RATE, WE ARE NOT ADOPTING A TAX RATE TONIGHT.
THIS IS JUST A PROJECTION, AND WHEN TA GIVES US OUR TAX RATE IN AUGUST, WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND ACTUALLY ADOPT A TAX RATE.
WE ALSO ARE ASSUMING AN INS TAX RATE, WHICH THAT IS OUR TAX RATE, TO HELP US PAY BACK OUR BOND FUNDS OF $0.288.
ALL OF THIS IS WITH THE ASSUMPTION OF A TAX RATE COLLECTION OF 96% OF OUR LEVY.
SO THOSE ARE OUR BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS.
THESE ARE VERY PRELIMINARY TOTAL TAX RATE PROJECTIONS, SO WE DO NOT HAVE A TAX RATE THAT WE ARE TAKING THIS EVENING.
WE WILL NOT ADOPT IT UNTIL AUGUST.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE TO ADOPT OUR BUDGET BY JUNE 30TH, SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A PROJECTION ON WHAT OUR TAX RATE LOOKS LIKE.
SO YOU CAN SEE OUR 2025 TOTAL TAX RATE.
WAS 93.96 PENNIES AND OUR PROJECTED TAX RATE FOR 2026 IS 94.48 PENNIES WHICH IS A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF OF A PENNY IT'S LESS THAN A PENNY IT'S RIGHT AT HALF OF A PENNY POTENTIAL MAY BE PROJECTED INCREASE AGAIN WE WON'T GET THAT MAXIMUM COMPRESSED TAX RATE FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY UNTIL AUGUST 5TH I WANT TO EXPLAIN THE RATE TO MAINTAIN.
THIS IS A CHART THAT IS PUT IN THE NEWSPAPER AND ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO POST IT PRIOR TO ADOPTING THEIR BUDGETS.
AND WHAT THIS SHOWS ARE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF RATES.
SO THIS BOX HERE IS OUR LAST YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR TAX RATE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE 25 TAX RATE.
AND IT IS A LITTLE OVER 93 PENNIES, REALLY 94 PENNIES, 93.96 PENNIES.
AND THEN OUR PROPOSED RATE FOR NEXT YEAR IS ALSO 94 PENNIES.
SO IT'S JUST AGAIN THAT HALF OF A PENNY DIFFERENCE.
WHAT IS ON HERE THAT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING IS THIS RATE TO MAINTAIN.
SO THE RATE TO MAINTAIN IS CALCULATED TO SEE IN THIS ECONOMY WITH THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, WITH THE LEVY THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR, WITH INFLATION THAT'S GOING ON WITH ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES NEEDED TO MAINTAIN, WHAT SHOULD OUR TAX RATE BE? AND THIS RATE TO MAINTAIN TAX RATE IS CALCULATED.
TO HELP THE TAXPAYER SEE THE GUARDRAILS OF WHERE THE TAX
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RATE SHOULD BE.IF OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE IS HIGHER THAN THIS TAX RATE, THEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
WE'RE BUDGETING FARTHER THAN WE NEED TO AS FAR AS THE RATE TO MAINTAIN GOES.
BUT WE ARE 18 CENTS LOWER THAN THAT.
SO OUR RATE TO MAINTAIN AT THE ECONOMY THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN THE LEVY THAT WE HAVE IS $1.12.
BUT WE DO HAVE A PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 94.8 CENTS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT IF THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS AS WELL.
LAST WEEK WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS CHART IN PARTICULAR.
WE POSTED IN THE POST REGISTER, AS WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO, TO COMMUNICATE THIS TO THE COMMUNITY.
UNFORTUNATELY, SOME PEOPLE MISINTERPRETED THIS CHART.
THERE WAS TALK THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS RAISING TAXES 18 CENTS.
IT'S NOT WHAT THIS CHART IS SAYING.
THE PROJECTED RATE WAS 94 CENTS, AND IT WAS 94 CENTS LAST YEAR AS WELL.
SO THESE ARE YOUR 26-27 PROPOSED BUDGETS.
I REALIZE THERE ARE A LOT OF NUMBERS ON HERE.
THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT ARE THAT THERE ARE THREE BUDGETS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS REQUIRED TO ADOPT.
THAT IS OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS BUDGET, OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND WHICH PAYS BACK OUR BOND FUNDS, AND THEN OUR SCHOOL NUTRITION BUDGET.
THOSE THREE BUDGETS COMBINED ARE 96.6 MILLION AND WE DO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET IN ALL THREE BUDGETS THAT WE'RE BRINGING THIS EVENING.
SO WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THAT.
THE OTHER THING IS THESE ARE JUST MAJOR SPENDING CATEGORIES THAT THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY WOULD ALLOW WHAT ALLOWS US TO SEE WHERE WE'RE SPENDING ON OUR SALARIES WHAT WE'RE SPENDING ON CONTRACTED SERVICES AND SUPPLIES AND SO FORTH THERE'S SIX MAJOR SPENDING CATEGORIES THAT WE WANT TO SHOW HOW OUR BUDGET IS KIND OF BROKEN OUT THIS IS THE SAME BUDGET BUT IT IS BY FUNCTION SO THEN WE ALSO BREAK DOWN OUR BUDGET NOT JUST BY MAJOR SPENDING CATEGORIES SUCH AS PAYROLL VERSUS NON PAYROLL BUT WHAT ARE WE SPENDING IN INSTRUCTION VERSUS SCHOOL LEADERSHIP VERSUS MAINTENANCE AND MAINTAINING LIKE UTILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO THESE ARE ALL THE MAJOR SPENDING CATEGORIES ACROSS ALL DISTRICTS HAVE THE SAME ONES AND THESE ARE ALL WHAT WE REPORT TO THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY ON WHAT WE SPEND IN THESE CATEGORIES SO AGAIN YOU CAN SEE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET VERSUS THIS YEAR'S BUDGET OF NINETY SIX POINT NEARLY SIX MILLION ARE THERE ANY...
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS THAT I THINK ARE CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT.
YOU OPEN UP A NEWSPAPER AND THERE'S A SCHOOL DISTRICT DISCUSSING THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY HAVE WITH THEIR BUDGET.
YOU KNOW, LOCKHART ISD, THE BOARD HAS BEEN LASER FOCUSED ON ENSURING THAT AT LEAST FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET THAT WE DON'T SPEND FUNDS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE AND...
WHICH IS WHY WE'RE ABLE TO SIT HERE TODAY WITH A BALANCED BUDGET.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THAT DOESN'T COME WITHOUT MAKING A LOT OF HARD DECISIONS, RIGHT? MS. WEISER SHOWED PREVIOUSLY ON THAT CHART THAT THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS.
WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO SAY NO TO, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT OUR KIDS NEED, OUR STAFF NEED.
YOU KNOW BUT WE'VE TRIED VERY HARD TO BUILD A BUDGET AND YOU CAN SEE THE SECOND LINE OF THIS LOOKS AT INSTRUCTION YOU KNOW WE'VE INCREASED THAT BUDGET BY TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE TO EVERY DECISION WE MAKE WE HAVE TO TRY TO POINT THAT IN THE DIRECTION OF OUR CLASSROOMS FOR OUR TEACHERS AND FOR OUR KIDS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO THIS YEAR WITH OUR BUDGET ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BOARD YES UM WHEN WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BUCKETS.
YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT NOT KNOWING HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GOING TO GET FROM THE STATE UNTIL SEPTEMBER? THE FINAL AMOUNT WON'T COME UNTIL SEPTEMBER OF 2027.
SO WHEN WE FINALIZE THE WHOLE YEAR AND WE KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS WERE HERE, WHAT THEIR NEEDS WERE, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY TRUE UP THE SIZE OF WHAT WE THINK THE BUCKET'S GOING TO BE AT THAT TIME.
SO WE'RE PROJECTING PRETTY FAR OUT OF WHAT WE THINK.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT BASED ON...
DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND THEN ALSO JUST THE HISTORY OF THE DISTRICT AND WHERE WE SEE IT GOING SO YOU KNOW I HAVE A COMMENT NOW RIGHT SO WE HAVE TO WAIT THAT LONG TO FIND OUT FOR SURE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE BUDGET WHICH IS NOT BEST CASE SCENARIO AND IT'S ONLY BECAUSE YOU GUYS DO SUCH A GOOD JOB IN YOUR DEPARTMENT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET IT AS CLOSE AS WE DO.
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AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE HAVING TO PROJECT ALL OF THIS STUFF AND HOPING THAT NOTHING HAPPENS BECAUSE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THEN WE'RE GOING TO LOOK LIKE WE MESSED UP INSTEAD OF SOMEBODY ELSE.MS. LOCKHART, DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THE TEXAS EDUCATION SYSTEM? I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I WAS PART OF IT, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW ALL OF THE FUN STUFF THAT THEY CREATED WHEN I WAS A KID.
I DO WANT TO ADD THAT WHILE THE SYSTEM CAN BE FRUSTRATING AT TIMES, I THINK OUR COMMUNITY CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OUR PROJECTIONS BASED ON THE HISTORY YEAR AFTER YEAR.
YOU KNOW, FOR DECADES, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN ABLE TO RECONCILE OUR BUDGET.
WE HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE REQUIRED AND BEST PRACTICE IS TO HAVE THREE MONTHS OF OPERATING WITHIN YOUR FUND BALANCE.
AND I THINK OUR COMMUNITY CAN TRUST THAT OUR BUDGET IS HEALTHY, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEWSPAPERS ACROSS THE STATE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HEALTHY BUDGET.
AND THE KEY THING IS WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET BECAUSE IF YOU STAY IN TUNE WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE NEWS, THERE ARE SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE OPERATING UNDER A VERY DEFICIT BUDGET.
THEY HAVE CUT TREMENDOUSLY TEACHERS, LOTS OF STAFF, AND SO WE'RE PROUD THAT THE DISTRICT, STAFF, AND ALL OF US.
THAT WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL WORKING SESSIONS TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT'S VERY RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL TO IMPACT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
SO I CAN SAY THAT WE'RE GLAD THAT WE DO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET.
AND ONE MORE TIME, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING DEPARTMENT LIKE YOU, AND WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING SUPERINTENDENT, AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT, AN OUTSTANDING BOARD, THAT ALLOWS US TO HELP THESE OUTSTANDING STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE.
AND WE COULDN'T DO THAT WITHOUT OUTSTANDING PARENTS THAT PUSH THEM GENTLY TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AND ASSIST US.
AND SO I ALWAYS WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT WE WANT TO WORK TOGETHER AND NOT AGAINST EACH OTHER.
AND ALL OF US UP HERE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN, AND WE'RE VERY MINDFUL OF BUDGET AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
AND IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, MY NUMBER IS AVAILABLE.
AND IF YOU WANT TO CALL ME AND TALK TO ME ABOUT IT, THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PARENTS FOR THE 93% ATTENDANCE RATE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BASING OUR PROJECTIONS ON IS THE FACT THAT YOUR KIDS ARE MAKING IT TO SCHOOL ON TIME SO THAT WE CAN GET THE MONEY TO EDUCATE THEM.
EVEN IF THERE'S ITEMS THAT WE CAN'T PROVIDE IN TERMS OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND SO FORTH, THERE'S COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME THROUGH FOR US.
UM DEFINITELY ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THEM WHEN THE SCHOOL YEAR COMES FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR OUR KIDS SO THANK YOU ANY MORE COMMENTS SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING UH IF ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE IF YOU WISH YOU MAY STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND MAKE ANY COMMENTS YOU WISH ON THE INFORMATION THAT MS WEISER IS PRESENTED ON THE BUDGET TONIGHT ANY TAKERS SEEING NONE IN THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET IS CLOSED THANK YOU MS WEISER THANK YOU OKAY, WE GOT
[Public Hearing for Optional Flexible School Day Program (OFSDP) for Pride High School for the 2026-2027 School Year]
ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING TO GO THROUGH.ITEM 4B, PUBLIC HEARING FOR OPTIONAL FLEXIBLE SCHOOL DAY PROGRAM, OFSDP FOR PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR.
MR. MARTINEZ? GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT WRIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS, AND DR. ESTRADA.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT OPTIONAL FLEXIBLE SCHOOL DAY PLANNING, OR OFSDP.
THIS IS PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL'S ANNUAL...
PRESENTATION THAT I DO EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
WHAT IS OFSDP? IT IS A SYSTEM THAT PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL USES TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WHO ARE AT RISK BY GIVING THEM FLEXIBLE HOURS WHERE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO COME IN FOR CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HOURS OR CERTAIN DAYS BASED ON THEIR THEIR NEEDS.
STUDENTS AVERAGE FOUR HOURS A DAY, THEY ATTEND FOUR HOURS A DAY.
THE OVERALL POINT OF THIS IS TO HELP STUDENTS GRADUATE, TO IMPROVE OUR GRADUATION RATES.
OFSDP AGAIN IS A PROGRAM THAT REALLY HELPS AND WORKS WITH STUDENTS WHO HAVE WORK SCHEDULES, WHO HAVE TO WORK TO SUPPORT FAMILIES, WHO TAKE CARE OF FAMILIES WHO HAVE KIDS OF THEIR OWN, WHERE THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO COME TO SCHOOL FOR EIGHT HOURS A DAY, WHERE THEY COME IN FOR FOUR HOURS A DAY.
AND THIS PROGRAM IS ALSO FOR EARLY GRADUATES AND STUDENTS WHO ARE DOING CREDIT RECOVERY.
SO WE DO HAVE TWO PROPOSED BLOCKS FOR FLEX.
OR FOR OFSVP WHERE STUDENTS ARE
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THEY CAN COME IN THE MORNING ESPECIALLY IF THEY WORK IN THE AFTERNOON OR VICE VERSA WHERE THEY CAN AGAIN MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS AT PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL THEY WILL COME FROM FROM 9 O'CLOCK TO 420 THIS IS ONLY FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE CERTAIN WHO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA WHERE THEY CAN COME IN FOR FOUR HOURS A DAY SO AGAIN THIS IS THE ANNUAL APPLICATION SO THE NEXT STEPS OR BE EVERYTHING WORKS OUT IF I GET APPROVED THIS EVENING TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO TEA, AND THEN I WOULD PLAN TO START THIS PROGRAM IN AUGUST, AUGUST 13TH.AGAIN, THIS IS A YEARLY APPLICATION, SO YOU WILL SEE ME AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD? I DIDN'T HEAR YOU SAY WHAT OFSDP STANDS FOR.
OPTIONAL FLEXIBLE SCHOOL DAY PROGRAM.
I WANT TO BE SURE THEY UNDERSTOOD YOU.
I'M GIVING THEM THE FLEXIBILITY THEY NEED TO BE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT EVERY YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, I'VE SEEN A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE CHOOSING TO ATTEND PRIDE, AND THEY'RE RECEIVING EXCELLENT INSTRUCTION AND CERTIFICATIONS.
SO I COMMEND YOU FOR COMING TO US AND ASKING FOR THAT, GIVING STUDENTS OPTIONS WHEN THEY CHOSE.
DIFFERENT PATH AND SO THAT'S COMMENDABLE SO I APPRECIATE THAT THANK YOU SO YOU SAID MOST OF OUR STUDENTS IN PRIDE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL ARE ATTENDING THE NORMAL HOURS SO HOW MANY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS FLEXIBLE SO THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 25 STUDENTS WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT OF THE AGAIN BECAUSE AT PRIDE HIGH SCHOOL WE DO GRADUATE STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND SO WE HAD I THINK OVER 120 STUDENTS FROM LAST AUGUST TO MAY AND SO WE HAD ABOUT AT A GIVEN TIME, ABOUT 25 STUDENTS USING IT.
ALL STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR IT, BUT, YOU KNOW.
AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, AND ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO GO UP TO THE PODIUM AND MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT MR. MARTINEZ'S PRESENTATION, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO SO.
SEEING NONE, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
[Kermit's Krew First Lego League Robotics State Champions and American Robotics Champions Finalist]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE, RECOGNITIONS.GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WRIGHT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA.
WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD TO HELP RECEIVE THIS EVENING'S HONOREES FOR RECOGNITION? ALTHOUGH TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, IF Y'ALL COULD COME START RECOGNITIONS WITH THE RESERVE SEATS HERE IN THE FRONT ROW.
AS THEY MOVE FORWARD, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE AWARD THE BOARD WILL PRESENT THE HONOREES THIS EVENING.
THIS IS THE LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE COIN GIVEN BY THE BOARD ONLY TO THOSE WHO TRULY EXEMPLIFY EXCELLENCE IN LOCKHART ISD.
AND NOW WE BEGIN TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION.
TONIGHT, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE KERMIT'S CREW, LOCKHART ISD'S FIRST LEGO LEAGUE ROBOTICS TEAM FOR ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT.
EARLIER THIS MONTH, KERMIT'S CREW TRAVELED TO DREW UNIVERSITY IN NEW JERSEY, WHERE THEY WERE NAMED AMERICAN ROBOTICS CHAMPION FINALISTS, PLACING THEM AMONG THE TOP FIRST LEGO LEAGUE TEAMS IN THE NATION.
THIS ALSO MARKS THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT KERMIT'S CREW HAS ADVANCED BEYOND THE STATE LEVEL TO COMPETE AGAINST SOME OF THE TOP ROBOTICS TEAMS IN THE NATION.
TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND THE WORK BEHIND THIS INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT, KERMIT'S CREW WILL NOW SHARE THEIR AWARD-WINNING LILYPAD INNOVATION PROJECT AND ROBOT DESIGN.
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WITH US THIS EVENING.SO AS YOU CAN ALL TELL FROM THOSE AMAZING PRESENTATIONS, FIRST LEGO LEAGUE CHALLENGES STUDENTS TO SOLVE REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS, DEVELOP INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, WORK COLLABORATIVELY AS A TEAM, AND DESIGN AND PROGRAM ROBOTS TO COMPETE AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS.
THE SUCCESS OF KERMIT'S CREW REFLECTS THE COUNTLESS HOURS OF HARD WORK, CREATIVITY, PERSEVERANCE, AND TEAMWORK.
THIS TEAM INCLUDES STUDENTS FROM NAVARRO ELEMENTARY AND LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF THE WAY THEY HAVE REPRESENTED LOCKHART ISD, OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO COACHES, MS. PATRICIA LEWANDOWSKI AND MS. MEREDITH SCHULTZ, AS WELL AS OUR ASSISTANT COACHES, MR. ELI ESTRADA AND MR. NICHOLAS MUNOZ.
ALSO, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK THE FAMILIES WHO SUPPORTED THESE STUDENTS THROUGH THEIR JOURNEY, THEIR GUIDANCE, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT HELPED MAKE THIS ACHIEVEMENT POSSIBLE.
SO, CONGRATULATIONS KERMIT'S CREW.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE COIN AND BE RECOGNIZED BY THE LOCKHART ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
BENJAMIN ESTRADA, AALIYAH MANNING, DESTINY MEREDITH, MAXISTO MOSQUERA, ELENA MUNOZ.
RUBEN RIOS, CASSIE TOLAR, JORDAN WILLIAMS. KERMIT'S CREW IS ACCOMPANIED TONIGHT BY THEIR COACHES, MS. PATRICIA LEWANDOWSKI AND MEREDITH SCHULTZ.
THEIR ASSISTANT COACHES, MR. ELI ESTRADA AND NICHOLAS MUNOZ.
AND I THINK I SAW HER SOMEWHERE, YES, NAVARRO PRINCIPAL, MS. EPSTEIN.
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SORRY, MS. EPPS, I SAW YOU BACK THERE AND COULDN'T RESIST.CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO KERMIT'S CREW, AND NOW LET'S TAKE PICTURES WITH THE BOYS.
AND AS OUR FAMILIES ARE TAKING PICTURES OF KERMIT'S CREW, THE PARENTS WOULD LIKE, AND THE TEAM, WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PRESENT THEIR COACHES WITH A VERY SPECIAL RECOGNITION.
THOSE ARE LEGO FLOWER BOUQUETS FOR ANYONE WHO MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO TELL.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO KERMIT'S CREW.
[Lockhart Junior High Boys and Girls District Soccer Champions ]
FOR OUR NEXT RECOGNITION, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE TWO LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER TEAMS FOR AN OUTSTANDING SEASON AND A REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT.THIS YEAR, THE 7TH GRADE GIRLS TEAM AND THE 8TH GRADE BOYS TEAM WERE CROWNED DISTRICT CHAMPIONS, EARNING THE HIGHEST HONOR AVAILABLE IN JUNIOR HIGH SOCCER COMPETITION.
THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, THESE STUDENT ATHLETES DEMONSTRATED.
SKILL, DETERMINATION, TEAMWORK, AND SPORTSMANSHIP, WHILE REPRESENTING LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WITH PRIDE.
THEIR SUCCESS REFLECTS COUNTLESS HOURS OF HARD WORK, PREPARATION, AND COMMITMENT BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK THEIR COACHES AND THEIR FAMILIES WHOSE SUPPORT HELPED MAKE THIS INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT POSSIBLE.
WINNING A DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP IS A TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THESE STUDENT-ATHLETES FOR THE WAY THEY REPRESENTED THEIR SCHOOL IN OUR COMMUNITY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH, 8TH GRADE BOYS AND 7TH GRADE GIRLS SOCCER TEAMS ON THE INCREDIBLE SEASON AND EARNING THE TITLE OF DISTRICT CHAMPIONS.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING WITH THE BOYS TEAM TODAY.
8TH GRADE BOYS, DISTRICT CHAMPS.
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ERNESTO LIZANO.STUDENTS ARE ACCOMPANIED TONIGHT BY COACHES UBALDO VASQUEZ, JEFFREY GUTIERREZ, JOSE JASSO.
AND LOCKHART ISD ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, MR. MIKE MALDONADO.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THE BOYS TO GET A PICTURE WITH THE BOARD.
EXCUSE ME, WITH THE DISTRICT CHAMPS TO GET A PICTURE WITH THE BOARD.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO OUR 8TH GRADE BOYS DISTRICT CHAMPS.
AND NOW FOR OUR 7TH GRADE GIRLS DISTRICT CHAMPS.
BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR LADY LIONS.
CAMILA BALDERAS, RILEY BARONE, CAITLIN CHESSER, SADIE DIONIZIO.
JOCELYN JIMENEZ, YAMILET PORTILLO, ARAYA ROSAS, ALIZE SALGADO, JIMENA SILVA, NATALIE URBINA, ISABELLA SOTO.
STUDENTS ARE ACCOMPANIED TONIGHT BY COACH MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ, COACH MONTEREY SMITH, AND LOCKHART ISD ATHLETIC DIRECTOR COACH MIKE MALDONADO.
ALL RIGHT, IF OUR DISTRICT CHAMPS CAN COME TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE BOARD.
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CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO OUR SEVENTH GRADE LADY LION DISTRICT CHAMPIONS.FOR THIS EVENING'S, I'LL GIVE HIM ONE MORE SECOND TO GET IT.
[Lockhart High School One Act Play]
ALL RIGHT.AND FOR THIS EVENING'S FINAL RECOGNITION, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL ONE-ACT PLAY FOR AN EXCEPTIONAL SEASON AND OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT.
THIS YEAR, THE LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL THEATER STUDENTS ADVANCED THROUGH ZONE, DISTRICT, BI-DISTRICT AREA, AND REGIONAL COMPETITION, EARNING A PLACE AROUND THE TOP 24 CLASS 5A ONE-ACT PLAY PROGRAMS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
ADVANCING TO THE REGIONAL LEVEL REQUIRES EXTRAORDINARY TALENT, DEDICATION, AND TEAMWORK.
FROM PERFORMERS ON THE STAGE TO THE STUDENTS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES, THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT REFLECTS COUNTLESS HOURS OF REHEARSAL, PREPARATION, CREATIVITY, AND A TRUE COMMITMENT TO BEING LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE.
ALTHOUGH THEY ARE UNABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING, BECAUSE THEY'RE ACTUALLY WITH STUDENTS COMPETING AT THE NATIONAL THEATER FESTIVAL IN INDIANA, WE WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE THEATER DIRECTORS KENNEDY AND JASON WORTHINGTON.
AS WELL AS LOCKHART ISD FINE ARTS DIRECTOR JAMES CROWLEY FOR THEIR GUIDANCE, THEIR LEADERSHIP, AND THE SUPPORT THROUGH THIS REMARKABLE SEASON.
THE LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL ONE ACT PLAY CAST AND CREW REPRESENTED OUR DISTRICT, OUR COMMUNITY, THE FINE ARTS PROGRAM WITH PRIDE, PROFESSIONALISM, AND EXCELLENCE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF YOU FOR AN INCREDIBLE SEASON AND FOR EARNING PLACE AMONG THE VERY BEST ONE ACT PLAY PROGRAMS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR RECOGNITION.
LILA ALVARADO, HANNAH JOY BERTHON, CHRISTIAN CRUZ, NAKAZIA CUFFEE-HERNANDEZ.
EVA FIOLI, BROOKLYN FULLER, LETICIA JUAREZ, AND PENELOPE PRINE.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO OUR ONE-ACT PLAY CAST AND CREW, AND NOW TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE BOARD.
ALL RIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.
THANK YOU ALL, AND THAT CONCLUDES THIS EVENING'S RECOGNITION.
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OKAY, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX, PUBLIC COMMENTS.DO WE HAVE ANY SIDE NOTES? DO WE HAVE NONE?
[CLOSED SESSION]
HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON.WE ARE GOING TO SKIP TO CLOSED SESSION.
WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY HERE WAITING TO SPEAK TO US, AND WE WANT TO MAKE GOOD USE OF HER TIME, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO JUMP TO THAT NOW.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON JUNE 22, 2026, BEGINNING AT 726 P.M.
WE'LL CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPENS MEETING ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING ITEMS LISTED UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071, 551.072, 551.074.
NO FINAL ACTIONS, DECISIONS, OR VOTES WILL BE TAKEN WHILE THE BOARD IS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE BOARD IS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[Business: Consent Agenda]
MOVE ON TO ITEM 7 BUSINESS CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH H DOES ANY BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE ITEMS? IF NOT, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS LISTED SECOND.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE.
[Review Progress Monitoring and STAAR Preliminary Data]
WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 8, COMMUNICATION.A, REVIEW, PROGRESS, MONITORING, AND STORE PRELIMINARY DATA.
STROUD, THE BOARD PRESIDENT, ALL RIGHT? MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TO PRESENT OUR END-OF-YEAR UPDATE ON SOME OF OUR DISTRICT ACHIEVEMENT TARGETS.
WE'LL FIRST START OFF WITH OUR STAR DATA.
THIS WAS DONE THIS LAST SPRING.
SO JUST ON THIS FIRST SLIDE, JUST LET ME JUST DO A VERY QUICK REVIEW ON THE STAR ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS.
ONE IS DID NOT MEET GRADE LEVEL, FOLLOWED BY APPROACHES GRADE LEVEL, THEN MEETS GRADE LEVEL, AND FINALLY MASTERS GRADE LEVEL.
TONIGHT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE APPROACHES GRADE LEVEL BECAUSE THAT'S THE LEVEL THAT TA IS...
HAS DESIGNATED AS THE QUOTE UNQUOTE PASSING SCORE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT FOR THESE NEXT FEW CHARTS AND GRAPHS.
SO WE'LL FIRST START OFF WITH READING LANGUAGE ARTS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
THIS DATA REPRESENTS SOME OF OUR BREAKDOWNS BY OUR CAMPUSES.
AND IT DOES INCLUDE ALL OF THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH GRADE COMBINED.
BUT YOU CAN SEE WITH THE GREEN BAR REPRESENTS THE SPRING OF 2024 STAR DATA.
FOLLOWED BY THE BLUE CHART OR THE BLUE BAR WHICH IS SPRING OF 2025.
AND LASTLY, THE ORANGE BAR IS THIS CURRENT YEAR'S DATA FROM THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.
SO WE'LL NEXT MOVE ON TO MATH.
SAME THING WITH OUR MATH SCORES AT THE ELEMENTARY GRADE LEVEL.
OKAY, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO A NEAT LITTLE KIND OF SCATTER PLOT HERE WHERE WE'VE BASICALLY CHARTED OTHER NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THEIR DATA AND HOW IT COMPARES WITH LOCKHART'S.
JUST ONE NOTE, THIS IS ELEMENTARY DATA OR READING LANGUAGE ARTS DATA, BUT THIS IS NOT THE APPROACHES SCALE.
THIS IS THE PERFORMANCE LEVEL AVERAGE.
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INTO TOO MANY DETAILS, WE'RE BASICALLY, IT'S KIND OF THE AVERAGE OF OF THE APPROACHES, MEETS AND MASTERS GRADE LEVELS COMBINED.WE'VE CHARTED THOSE ACCORDING TO ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL, AND THEN ON THE X-AXIS YOU CAN SEE THAT'S DONE BY THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PERCENTAGES FOR EACH OF THOSE CAMPUSES.
AND THEN THE BLUE DOTS ARE THE NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS LIKE HAYES, LULING, PIENAAR, THOSE TYPE OF, IT'S ABOUT 94 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FROM THE AREA.
AND THEN THE MAROON DOTS REPRESENT LISD CAMPUSES.
MR. MCBRIDE, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THIS.
YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN HEAR THAT STARS IS REFLECTIVE OF POVERTY RATES IN COMMUNITIES, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU COULD CERTAINLY MAKE THAT ARGUMENT, BUT YOU ALSO SEE THAT THERE ARE OUTLIERS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAROON DOT ON THE FAR RIGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS WAY UP HIGH UP THERE, I MEAN, THAT CAMPUS, WHICH I THINK IS PLUM CREEK, IS PERFORMING AT RATES SIMILAR WITH 30 TO 40 PERCENT OF THEIR STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH.
SO I THINK IT JUST SHOWS THAT FOR READING, HALF OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE PERFORMING WELL ABOVE WHERE THE NORM LINE IS, AND THEN YOU SEE THE OTHER HALF RIGHT ON THAT LINE.
AND IF YOU'LL SWITCH TO THE MATH ONE, I THINK ALL BUT ONE CAMPUS IS.
IS WELL ABOVE THAT LINE SO YOU SEE THE YOU KNOW IN COMPARISON WITH OH THESE ARE THE POVERTY RATE IN THERE THANK YOU DR STRATA YES GREAT GREAT EXPLANATION UH YES WE'RE DEFINITELY SEEING SOME SOME GROWTH IN IN UH BOTH MATH MATH AND READING AT OUR AT OUR ELEMENTARY LEVEL WHICH WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT FOR SURE UH MOVING ON TO SECONDARY WE'VE KIND OF BROKEN THESE UP APART BY GRADE LEVEL SO YOU CAN SEE A BREAKDOWN FOR SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH GRADE AT THE JUNIOR HIGH, THEN FOLLOWED BY ENGLISH 1 AND ENGLISH 2 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
ONE NOTE ABOUT THE ENGLISH 1 AND ENGLISH 2 END-OF-COURSE SCORES IS THAT THIS REPRESENTS ONLY FIRST-TIME TESTERS AND NOT STUDENTS WHO ARE RETESTING, WHICH HAPPENS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO YOU DEFINITELY SEE SOME GAINS THERE IN MOST GRADE LEVELS THERE AT THE APPROACHES GRADE LEVEL.
ONE NOTE I WANT TO MAKE ABOUT THE SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH GRADE MATH SCORES IS THAT WE DID HAVE A BIT OF A RESTRUCTURING WITH CERTAIN STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKING HONORS CLASSES IN THE SIXTH GRADE LEVEL.
THESE STUDENTS ARE IN PREVIOUS YEARS HAD TAKEN THE SEVENTH GRADE STAR TEST.
THIS YEAR MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS INSTEAD TOOK THE SIXTH GRADE STAR TEST.
WE DO HAVE A SMALL COHORT OF ABOUT 50 STUDENTS WHO IN SIXTH GRADE TAKE THE MATH TEST HAS TWO GRADE LEVELS ABOVE, SO WE HAVE ABOUT 50 STUDENTS WHO TAKE THE EIGHTH GRADE STAR TEST AS SIXTH GRADERS, AND THEN THEY TAKE ALGEBRA ONE THEIR SEVENTH GRADE YEAR AND THEN GEOMETRY THEIR EIGHTH GRADE YEAR.
SO THEY'RE JUST ALL COHORT THERE, BUT I JUST WANT TO DO A BRIEF EXPLANATION ON WHY YOU MIGHT SEE SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADE NUMBERS.
WE'VE DONE THE SAME KIND OF CHARTING FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AS WELL.
THE SAME THING WHERE WE'VE CHARTED OUT DIFFERENT MIDDLE SCHOOLS FROM THE AREA.
THEN THE SAME THING WHERE WE COMBINE ALL THE GRADE LEVEL NUMBERS TOGETHER.
YOU CAN SEE LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH IS KIND OF RIGHT ON THAT TREND LINE FOR READING LANGUAGE ARTS.
THEN WE DO THE SAME THING WITH MATH.
ONE NOTE THAT I WILL SAY ABOUT MATH IS A LOT OF DISTRICTS DO MATH DIFFERENTLY, YOU KNOW, ACROSS SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH GRADE.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT, MIAMI'S THE ONLY ONES THAT KIND OF DO IT OUR WAY BUT AGAIN THAT'S IT IS KIND OF A THAT'S WHERE WE SEE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN KIND OF DISTRICT LEVEL DECISIONS ON WHAT STUDENTS TAKE WHAT TESTS IN JUNIOR HIGH MATH OR MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH.
REGARDLESS THIS LOOKS AT ALL SIXTH SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS AT LONGCOURT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL SIXTH SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS REGARDLESS WHAT TESTS ARE TAKING AND HOW AND HOW THEY'RE PERFORMING AND YOU CAN SEE THAT JUST AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS YOU KNOW OUR MATH PROGRAM AT THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IS CONTINUES TO DO WELL.
I THINK WE'LL DO THE SAME THING WITH HIGH SCHOOL DATA, LOOKING AT ENGLISH 1.
THIS INCLUDES BOTH RETESTERS AND FIRST-TIME TESTERS.
SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE ABOVE THE NORM LINE AT THE APPROACHES GRADE LEVEL IN ENGLISH 1.
SAME THING, A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE TREND LINE IN ENGLISH AND THEN FINALLY IN ALGEBRA 01, WE'RE ALSO ABOVE THAT TREND LINE AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL.
MOVING ON FROM STAR DATA LOOKING AT NOW WE'LL LOOK AT IN THE YEAR 1.5 DATA SO IF WE START WITH OUR AMIRA OR ELEMENTARY READING OUR TARGET
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WAS 80% AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAD A COUPLE CAMPUSES THAT ARE AT THAT LEVEL OR RESET LEVEL WITH WITH FORT CHALUP AND PLUM CREEK.SO DEFINITELY SEE SOME PRETTY GOOD GAINS ACROSS MOST OF OUR CAMPUSES THERE ON OUR END-OF-YEAR 1.5 DATA IF WE MOVE ON TO SECONDARY READING, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TARGET THERE IS AT 70% AND LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL WAS RIGHT AT THAT TARGET, BUT THE DUGENT HIGH STILL SAW A DOUBLE DISTRICT GROWTH IN THEIR 1.5 END-OF-YEAR ASSESSMENTS.
WHEN WE JUMP TO MATH, YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES IN MATH MET THAT 70% TARGET FOR, AGAIN, THAT'S GRADES OR IN BOTH ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS IN OUR MATH 1.5 BETA FOR SURE.
AND LASTLY IF WE LOOK AT OUR AR IN A END OF YEAR WORD COUNT YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAD SOME PRETTY SIZABLE INCREASES ACROSS ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.
YOU KNOW WE WENT UP TO ABOUT 870 MILLION WORDS THIS PAST YEAR AS OPPOSED TO 527 MILLION THE PREVIOUS YEAR SO.
DEFINITELY SEE SO HALL OFF THE GRADES OR LOTS OF INCREASES IN THOSE AR WORD COUNTS ANY QUESTIONS BOARD AND
[Consider and/or Approve Lockhart ISD and Communities in Schools of Central Texas, 2026-2027 Agreement]
THANK YOU MR. MCBRIDE THANK YOU WE'RE GOING TO JUMP AHEAD TO ITEM 9 A COMMUNICATION ACTION A CONSIDER AND OR APPROVE LOCKHART ISD AND COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS THANK YOU, MR. WRIGHT.AS MR. REACH WALKS TO THE MICROPHONE, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A...
QUICK WORDS, WE'VE HAD A PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND ON THIS PROGRAM.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME VERY PROMISING DATA FROM MR. REACH HERE IN A SECOND SO I WON'T SPOIL HIS HIS GOOD NEWS BUT I JUST WANT TO ATTEST TO THE GREAT THINGS THAT THAT WE SEE THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP.
I MEAN I'VE SEEN PERSONALLY KIDS WHO RECEIVE TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF SUPPORT AND BENEFIT.
IN THIS PROGRAM IMPROVED ACADEMICS, IMPROVED ATTENDANCE, IMPROVED STUDENT BEHAVIOR WHILE ON CAMPUS, IMPROVED FAMILY SUPPORT DYNAMICS JUST ACROSS THE BOARD WHICH IS INCREDIBLY THANKFUL AND HONORED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS.
SO GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT WRIGHT, DR.
I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND PRESENTING ON COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS MY NAME IS JACOB REACH I'M THE CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER FOR COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS AND WE ALWAYS LIKE TO START OFF BY JUST SHARING WHERE DO I POINT TO SORRY IS THIS THE WRONG ONE YES THIS ONE I APOLOGIZE MY FIRST TIME THANK YOU SO MUCH WE LIKE TO ALWAYS START OFF JUST TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IS COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS SO REALLY WE ARE ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS HOW RELATIONSHIPS DRIVE OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES AND SO THAT IS OUR FOCUS.
WE OUR MODEL IS CALLED AN INTEGRATED STUDENT SUPPORT MODEL THAT'S VERY SIMILAR.
IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH YOUR DISTRICTS MTSS MODEL.
WE ALSO LOOK AT THREE TIERS SO OUR TIER ONE IS REALLY PROVIDING SCHOOL-WIDE SUPPORTS FOR YOUR ENTIRE SCHOOL CAMPUS TIER TWO IS TARGETED SUPPORTS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT GROUPS OF STUDENTS COMMONLY THIS COULD BE A TOUR.
IT COULD BE DOING THINGS LIKE PALS LEADERSHIP GROUPS OR OTHER LEADERSHIP GROUPS AND THEN THE REAL PART THE REAL MEAT OF ALL THIS WORK IS THAT TIER 3 INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT WHERE WE DO CASE-MANAGED SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS AT YOUR CAMPUSES WORKING ON THEM ONE-ON-ONE SETTING INDIVIDUAL GOALS HELPING THEM MEET THOSE GOALS SO BEFORE WE GET INTO SOME OF THE DATA WE LIKE TO SHARE A BRAND NEW STUDY THAT JUST CAME OUT AT THE END OF LAST YEAR AND THIS CAME FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY AT REDESIGN LABS, AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY TRYING TO STUDY ECONOMIC MOBILITY.
AND THEY WERE WANTING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT PROGRAMS OUT THERE DRIVE ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR STUDENTS.
BECAUSE THEIR RESEARCH HAD SHOWN THAT PREVIOUSLY A STUDENT HAD ABOUT A 50-50 CHANCE OF EARNING MORE THAN THEIR PARENTS WHEN THEY WERE AN ADULT.
RECENT STUDIES ACTUALLY SHOW THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A VERY LONG TIME WE HAVE DROPPED BELOW 50%.
SO THEY REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CAN HELP DRIVE ECONOMIC MOBILITY.
SO THEY FOUND A STUDY THAT WAS DONE OUT OF TENNESSEE FOR COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS, AND THEY FELT THAT THIS LOOKED PROMISING.
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NATIONAL OFFICE OF COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS, AND THEY, WORKING ALONG WITH THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY, PROVIDED DATA ON 16 MILLION TEXAS STUDENTS OVER THE SPAN OF 20 YEARS.THAT, ALONG WITH THE DATA FROM CIS, THEY WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT WHEN CIS ENTERED A SCHOOL.
AND HOW THOSE STUDENTS WERE DOING PRIOR TO COMING INTO CIS AND THEN FOLLOWING THEIR TIME IN CIS ALL THE WAY INTO ADULTHOOD.
WHAT THEIR RESEARCH FOUND WAS THAT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES FOR STUDENTS THAT WERE AT A CIS SCHOOL.
SO TO REALLY STRESS THAT IT WAS BEING AT THE SCHOOL AND GETTING ALL OF THOSE SERVICES IT WAS NOT JUST THE STUDENTS WHO WERE GETTING THOSE INTENSIVE ONE-ON-ONE SERVICES.
IT WAS THE OVERALL SCHOOL RESULTS.
THEY ALSO SAW INCREASE IN GRADUATION RATES, DECREASES IN DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS, AND THEN BECAUSE THEY WERE FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC MOBILITY, THEY SAW THAT EXPOSURE TO CIS INCREASED THE STUDENTS LIFETIME EARNINGS BY $1,140 A YEAR.
THAT IT EQUALED OUT TO ABOUT LIFETIME EARNINGS OF OVER $75,000 FOR THOSE STUDENTS.
SO THEY FOUND THAT THIS HAD A IMPACT ON INCREASING ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR US.
AS PART OF THAT WE'VE ALSO BEEN LOOKING AT OUR OWN DATA HERE CENTRALLY AND ONE THING THAT WE WERE REALLY PROUD OF IS HOW CIS REALLY IS CLOSING THE GAPS FOR GRADUATION.
SO THIS GRAPH RIGHT HERE WAS DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OURS AND YOUR PARTNER E3 ALLIANCE.
SO THEY LOOKED AT THE STATE AND CENTRAL TEXAS REGION FOR HOW STUDENTS WHO ARE IDENTIFIED AS LOW INCOME AND STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AS NON-LOW INCOME, WHAT WAS THEIR GRADUATION RATES? YOU CAN SEE IN CENTRAL TEXAS THERE IS ABOUT A 12 PERCENT GAP IN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CIS STUDENTS IN CENTRAL TEXAS, THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE IDENTIFIED AS LOW-INCOME ARE ACTUALLY GRADUATING A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE THAT ARE NON-LOW-INCOME.
BUT ALL OF THOSE STUDENT GROUPS INCREASE COMPARED TO THE STANDARD RESULTS FOR THE CENTRAL TEXAS REGION AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO I ALSO HAVE A BRAND NEW CHART.
I'M SO SORRY THAT IT'S NOT HERE.
WE JUST CALCULATED THIS YESTERDAY.
I DID BRING SOME SO I'LL LEAVE THEM AS WELL.
BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO LOOK AT ATTENDANCE AND HOW DRIVING ATTENDANCE COULD ACTUALLY DRIVE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTNERS IN OUR CAMPUSES.
NOW, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE KNOW THAT THE BEST PART OF INCREASING ATTENDANCE IS THAT STUDENTS ARE IN FRONT OF A TEACHER AND AROUND THEIR PEERS WHERE THEY ARE LEARNING AND INCREASING THEIR OUTCOMES.
BUT WE ALSO WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE REALITY, WHICH IS THAT ATTENDANCE DRIVES FUNDING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT, WE MEASURED STUDENTS WHO WERE IDENTIFIED AS...
CHRONICALLY ABSENT WHEN THEY CAME INTO CIS.
SO THEY WERE YOUR STUDENT AND THEN THEY BECAME A CASE-MANAGED CIS STUDENT.
OF THOSE STUDENTS WE THEN TRACKED WHAT WAS THEIR ATTENDANCE RATE PRIOR TO COMING TO CIS AND THEN HOW DID IT CHANGE ONCE WE HAD A GOAL SET FOR THEM ON ATTENDANCE AND THEY WERE BEING THEY WERE IN THE CASE-MANAGED PROCESS FOR CIS.
SO WE HAD 268 STUDENTS IN LOCKHART.
WHO WERE CASE MANAGED, WHO WERE IDENTIFIED AS CHRONICALLY ABSENT, AND THEY HAD AN ATTENDANCE GOAL SET FOR THEM.
THE NUMBER BELOW THIS, IT SAYS 8.3, AND I AM SO SORRY ABOUT THIS.
12.8, THAT IS A TYPO, AND I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE.
BUT THOSE STUDENTS GAINED AN AVERAGE OF OVER 12 DAYS PER STUDENT, AND THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT SHOWS YOU WHERE THOSE STUDENTS ENTERED IN THE GRADING.
PERIOD AND THEN HOW THEY INCREASED WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT TYPICALLY STUDENTS STAY ABOUT THE SAME OR THEY MAY EVEN DECREASE A LITTLE BIT BUT THESE STUDENTS INCREASED AND THEN KEPT THAT HIGHER ATTENDANCE RATE SO WE LOOKED AT THAT AND WE CALCULATED WHAT IF THAT STUDENT STAYED THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHEN THEY FIRST CAME TO CIS AND THEN WHAT IS THAT COMPARED TO WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED AND WE CALCULATED THAT THAT ADDED 03,239 DAYS FOR THE STUDENTS IN LOCKHART ISD SO CALCULATING THAT BY A VERY MODEST ADA ESTIMATE OF $45 PER STUDENT, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY WEIGHTS THAT A STUDENT MAY ALSO HAVE.
WE CALCULATED THAT BROUGHT ABOUT A $145,000 INCREASE IN ADA FUNDING TO LOCKHART.
SO TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE THAT, THAT'S ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF WHAT THE COST OF CIS IS.
SO NOW WE WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THE DATA OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT YOUR CAMPUS.
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THROUGH SCHOOL-WIDE SUPPORTS.THAT'S ABOUT 93% OF THE STUDENT BODY.
OUT OF THAT, 717 STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING THE INTENSIVE ONE-ON-ONE CASE-MANAGED SUPPORT.
WE ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE PROVIDED $24,000 WORTH OF DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO YOUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE SEE THIS AS A ONE-TIME STOP.
GAP ISSUE TO WHERE WE CAN STEP IN TO HELP A FAMILY OR A STUDENT WHERE SOMETHING IS JUST PREVENTING THAT STUDENT FROM BEING COMPLETELY ENGAGED.
IT MAY BE THAT THE FAMILY HAS A BILL DUE.
IT MAY BE THAT THEY NEED A PAYMENT THAT IS KEEPING THAT STUDENT FROM BEING FULLY ENGAGED, OR MAYBE EVEN POTENTIALLY LEADING TO THAT FAMILY FEELING, WELL, WE NEED TO GO LOOK ELSEWHERE.
AND WE COME IN AT A ONE-TIME DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE FAMILIES.
WE PROVIDE THAT DIRECTLY TO THOSE FAMILIES.
THIS BOTTOM LEFT BOX FOR YOU JUST SHOWS A BREAKDOWN OF THE STUDENTS ALIGNED HERE IN LOCKHART.
SO THIS BREAKS DOWN OUR SERVICES AND THAT GRAY BOX THIS IS A HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME OF THE SERVICES IT'S NOT ALL OF THEM AND THAT'S WHY THE NUMBERS WON'T ADD UP TO THE 27,000 BUT ALTOGETHER WE PROVIDED OVER 27,000 UNDUPLICATED SERVICES THAT INCLUDED ABOUT 12,600 HOURS OF DIRECT SERVICE.
AND THEN SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF AND WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK ON RECENTLY IS 157 INTENSIVE HOME VISITS.
THAT'S WHEN OUR SITE MANAGER WILL ACTUALLY GO MEET THE FAMILY AT THEIR HOME.
THEY'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE FAMILY.
THEY MAY MEET THE SIBLINGS, SEE IF THERE'S SUPPORTS THAT WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE FOR THE SIBLINGS OR FOR OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WHO MAY BE IN THE HOUSE AND JUST LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT STUDENT AND HOW WE CAN HELP SUPPORT THAT STUDENT AND MAKE SURE THEY MEET THEIR GOALS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE GROW AS WE CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCKHART, BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY PUTTING A LOT OF WORK.
INTO INCREASING THOSE AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE MEANINGFUL FOR OUR FAMILIES.
WE ALWAYS GET THE QUESTION OF, WELL, WHAT ARE WE HEARING FROM THE STUDENTS ON WHY THEY NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT? SO THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE ACTUALLY DO A STUDENT HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND THIS CHART RIGHT HERE BREAKS DOWN WHAT THE STUDENT INDICATED WAS THEIR TOP TARGETED NEED.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IN LOCKHART IT WAS PERSISTENT STRESS.
I GAVE YOU THE TEA DEFINITION.
SO THIS TOOL THAT WE USE, OUR STUDENT HEALTH ASSESSMENT, IS ACTUALLY CHECKED BY TEA AND FOR ALL THE CIS'S OF THE STATE, TEA COLLECTS DATA ON THEM SO THEY CAN SEE HOW OUR CAMPUS IS DOING, HOW OUR DISTRICTS ARE DOING.
SO THAT IS OUR TOP TARGETED NEED.
RIGHT HERE I GAVE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT TEA LOOKS AT FOR THAT SCALE AND WHAT'S ASSESSED AND THEN ALSO IN HERE I WON'T READ THROUGH HERE BUT HERE'S THE DEFINITIONS FROM TEA FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE TOP BEHAVIORS.
SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LAYERED SUPPORTS.
SO I MENTIONED THE CASE-MANAGED SUPPORT, AND THAT'S THE MAIN PART OF IT.
BUT WE ALSO PROVIDE LAYERED SUPPORTS IN LOCKHART.
SO THE FOUR MAIN LAYERED SUPPORTS ARE A CHECK AND CONNECT.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S HELPING US DRIVE ATTENDANCE, DRIVE DECREASE IN TRUANCY AND TARDINESS, BEHAVIOR REFERRALS.
THAT'S WHERE WE DO THE CONSTANT CHECK-IN WITH THE STUDENTS THAT WE'RE CASE-MANAGING.
WE ALSO OFFER MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
CIS WILL PROVIDE UP TO 12 FREE SESSIONS WITH A STUDENT OR A FAMILY MEMBER IF THE THERAPIST BELIEVES THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE MOST HELPFUL FOR THE STUDENT WITH A LICENSED THERAPIST.
AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT THESE START WITHIN THE WEEK.
SO I'LL JUST SHARE BRIEFLY MY OWN EXPERIENCE.
I HAVE A WONDERFUL DAUGHTER, NINE YEARS OLD, AND WE NEEDED TO GET HER SOME LICENSED THERAPIST SUPPORT.
IT TOOK MY FAMILY SIX MONTHS TO GET HER TO THAT FIRST SESSION.
CIS IS TURNING THIS AROUND WITHIN FIVE DAYS TO ENSURE THAT YOUR STUDENTS HAVE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED QUICKLY.
WE ALSO DO LEADERSHIP COACHING IN 9TH AND 10TH GRADE.
THAT'S WORKING WITH THOSE STUDENTS IN THAT TIER 2 SMALL GROUP WORK TO REALLY HELP BUILD THEIR MENTORSHIP SKILLS, THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS, AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SUPPORT.
AND THEN ALSO OUR HIGHER EDUCATION COACHING WITH OUR 11TH AND 12TH GRADE STUDENTS.
THIS IS WORKING WITH STUDENTS WHO MAYBE HAVE NOT YET PASSED TSI TO ENSURE THAT THEY WILL BE TSI READY.
IT'S ALSO WORKING WITH THEM ON THEIR CAREER AND COLLEGE GOALS.
AND OTHER DATA THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IS NOT QUITE READY YET, BUT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO SEE FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE A TSI AND COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS GOAL, HOW ARE WE HELPING THEM MEET THE CCMR BONUS CRITERIA AS WELL.
SO THAT DATA WILL BE COMING SOON.
SO NOW THE FUN PART WE'RE GONNA HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE SCHOOL-WIDE SUPPORTS.
I'VE GOT A LOT OF DATA HERE I'M JUST GONNA TOUCH ON A FEW HIGHLIGHTS SO FOR OUR ATTENDANCE IMPROVEMENT WORK SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES DID REWARDING SO REALLY IT'LL BE BASED OFF OF
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THE GRADE LEVEL AND IT LOOKS DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON IF YOU'RE AT A ELEMENTARY CAMPUS OR A SECONDARY CAMPUS BUT LOOKING AT REWARD PARTIES WITH STUDENTS PROVIDING GRADE LEVEL AND CLASSROOM INCENTIVES BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, PROVIDING ATTENDANCE AWARENESS TO OUR FAMILIES AND TO OUR STUDENTS SO THAT THEY KNOW WHY BEING IN ATTENDANCE IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THAT STUDENT.WE ALSO LIKE TO ALWAYS RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS FOR ATTENDANCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND THESE ARE ALL, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, SOMEONE MAY CORRECT ME AND BE LIKE, BUT I'M 99% SURE THESE ARE ALL PICTURES OF YOUR STUDENTS, YOUR FAMILIES, YOUR STAFF.
WE ALSO DO A LOT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THAT INCLUDES HOSTING EVENTS AT THE CAMPUSES, SUPPORTING ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT YOUR CAMPUS ALREADY HAS PLANNED LIKE MEET THE TEACHER NIGHTS, AND THEN COLLABORATING WITH YOUR OTHER PARTNERS, YOUR COUNSELORS, YOUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS JUST TO REALLY RAISE THOSE EXPERIENCES FOR FAMILIES SO THAT THEY HAVE MORE ACTIVITIES AND MORE OPTIONS TO BE INVOLVED IN.
WE DO A LOT OF ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT SUPPORT.
THIS INCLUDES PROGRAMS LIKE READING BUDDIES AND MATH BUDDIES WHICH IS A TUTORING PROGRAM.
WE ALSO SUPPORT LITERACY DEVELOPMENT ALONG WITH YOUR STAFF TO ENSURE THAT EVEN WHEN THESE STUDENTS ARE WORKING WITH OUR CIS CASE MANAGERS THAT THEY'RE STILL ALIGNED WITH WHAT THEIR GOALS MAY BE THEIR ACADEMIC GOALS.
WE ALSO ASSIST STUDENTS WITH COURSEWORK INDIVIDUALLY OUTSIDE OF TUTORING AND I MENTIONED EARLIER WE DO A LOT OF TEST SUPPORT LIKE TSI BUT ALSO FOR STAR WHEN REQUESTED.
WE DO A LOT OF CAMPUS COLLABORATION AND STUDENT SUPPORTS.
SO WE PARTICIPATE IN YOUR SCHOOL'S MTSS PROCESS WHEN WE'RE ASKED TO.
WE DO A LOT OF COLLABORATION WITH YOUR COUNSELORS, YOUR ADMINISTRATORS, AND YOUR TEACHERS.
I SHOULD MENTION, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE DO AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY YEAR IS WORK WITH THAT CAMPUS PRINCIPAL OR WHOEVER THEY ASSIGN.
TO CREATE A PLAN OUT FOR THAT ENTIRE CAMPUS.
WHAT IS GOING TO BE THAT CAMPUS GOAL? HOW ARE WE GOING TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS AND SUPPORT STUDENTS? AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENGAGE FAMILIES IN THAT? WE ALSO DO A LOT OF ENRICHMENT AND THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR SUMMER PROGRAMMING BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND IT THIS YEAR.
SO STUDENTS WHO ARE BEING CASE MANAGED HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE PART IN SUMMER PROGRAMMING WITH THEIR CIS CASE MANAGER OR PROGRAM MANAGER AT THEIR CAMPUS.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE PLANNED A LOT OF BOTH FUN BUT ALSO EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS.
SO WE HAVE FIELD TRIPS TO MUSEUMS BUT ALSO FIELD TRIPS TO, AND NOW THE NAME SLIPPED MY MIND, BUT THERE'S A WATER PARK DOWN HERE, FIELD TRIPS TO THINGS LIKE WATER PARKS.
WE ALSO FOR THE FIRST TIME ALSO INCREASED THE ABILITY FOR CAREGIVERS TO JOIN THE STUDENTS ON SOME OF THESE FIELD TRIPS ALONG WITH SIBLINGS.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THESE ARE ALL NO COST TO OUR FAMILIES.
WE PROVIDE FOOD WHEN THEY'RE THERE FOR THE SUMMER PROGRAMMING.
BUT WE ALSO DO A LOT OF PROGRAMMING DURING THE YEAR AS WELL.
THAT INCLUDES THINGS AROUND OUR PBIS.
AND THEN I MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE GREAT PARTNERS THAT YOU HAVE HERE AND IN THE GREATER AREA, INCLUDING LIKE THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK, WHICH HELPS US DELIVER FOOD TO OUR FAMILIES, FOOD SMARTS, KIDS IN THE KITCHEN.
MATTER OF FACT, I THINK I HAVE A LIST.
OH, I'M SORRY, I'VE GOT ONE MORE.
OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.
WE TRAIN ALL OF OUR STAFF SO THAT THEY CAN WORK WITH YOUR STAFF TO ASSIST SENIORS WITH BASKETBALL.
AND WE ALSO TAKE PART IN COLLEGE VISITS FOR STUDENTS HERE IN YOUR DISTRICT WE PLANNED VISITS TO ACC AND OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY WE ALSO TOOK STUDENTS TO THE AUSTIN CAREER FEST AND I'VE GOT SO MUCH INFORMATION I THOUGHT I WAS NEAR THE END BUT WE MENTIONED ABOUT THE BASIC ASSISTANCE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO FOR FAMILIES I TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS THE LAST ONE THAT I WOULD MENTION IS THAT WE ALWAYS PROVIDE EMERGENCY AND CRISIS SUPPORT AS WELL.
SO WE WILL ALWAYS PARTNER WITH YOUR SCHOOL COUNSELOR, WHOEVER ELSE THAT WE HAVE, BUT WHEN THERE IS THAT EMERGENCY, WE'RE ALSO THERE TO HELP SUPPORT THE STUDENTS.
AND THEY DO NOT NEED TO BE OUR CASE-MANAGED STUDENTS, WE JUST NEED TO BE PART OF THAT SCHOOL COMMUNITY, AND THEN WE WILL TAKE PART IN SUPPORTING THOSE.
I'VE GOT JUST A REAL QUICK QUESTION ON THAT LAST SCREEN.
ON SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE THE DISTRIBUTED FOOD BACKPACKS AND SNACK PACKS, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
DO Y'ALL EVER UTILIZE LIKE STUDENTS WITHIN LOCKHART ISD TO LIKE VOLUNTEER AND HELP WITH THOSE THINGS LIKE STUDENTS THROUGH NATIONAL HONOR OR NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY OR KEY CLUB OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? DO Y'ALL EVER PARTNER WITH THOSE KIDS TO HELP MAYBE WITH THE LOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS?
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YEAH, SO I AM FAMILIAR WITH PROGRAMS LIKE PALS WHERE THEY WORK WITH THE OLDER KIDS, GO AND WORK WITH THE YOUNGER THROUGH MENTORSHIP.WITH THE ITEMS THAT YOU MENTIONED, LIKE ON THE DISTRIBUTIONS, I WOULD NEED TO CHECK ON THAT BECAUSE EVERY CAMPUS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
AND WE WANT TO WORK WITH WHAT THAT CAMPUS IS FAMILIAR WITH AND HOW THEY PARTNER WITH THEIR FEEDER MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEIR FEEDER ELEMENTARIES.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO ENCOURAGE.
THAT WHEN APPROPRIATE THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HELP SUPPORT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS SUPPORT THE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.
AND THEN OF COURSE WHEN WE DO EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, IT IS COMMON THAT THE CIS CASE MANAGED STUDENTS WILL COME AND TAKE PART AND VOLUNTEER IN THOSE EVENTS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION OUR PARTNERS.
WE ARE SO SUPPORTIVE AND APPRECIATIVE OF THE LOCKHART ISD PARTNERS AND OUR LOCKHART ISD STUDENTS.
SO WE ALWAYS END WITH JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE THE FUNDING AND THAT WE BELIEVE THAT CIS DOES GOOD WORK AND IS A REALLY GOOD DEAL.
SO WE ARE ABLE TO LEVERAGE A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.
WE DO THAT THROUGH OUTSIDE FUNDING, FUNDRAISING, DONATIONS.
ONE THING THAT WE ALSO MENTION IS THAT WHEN ISDS MAKE INVESTMENT IN CIS, THE MONEY THAT YOU PROVIDE NEVER GOES TO OVERHEAD.
THE MONEY YOU PROVIDE GOES DIRECTLY TO SUPPORTING YOUR CAMPUSES AND YOUR STUDENTS.
SO MY SALARY, OUR RESEARCHERS, ALL OF THAT, WE FUNDRAISE FOR ALL OF THAT.
SO YOUR MONEY STAYS TO SUPPORT YOUR STUDENTS HERE IN LOCKHART.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LEVERAGING A MILLION DOLLARS, THAT'S NOT INCLUDING ANY OF THE OVERHEAD.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY LEVERAGING ABOUT $3.31 FOR EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE JUST A GOOD DEAL.
BUT WHAT WE REALLY KNOW IS THAT WE ARE...
SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH LOCKHART TO HELP BUILD A LEGACY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET AND THERE WERE THINGS WE, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT FOLLOW THOSE CHART, THERE WERE THINGS WE WOULD CONSIDER CUTTING, BUT I DON'T THINK WE EVER CONSIDERED CUTTING COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS.
BUT I SAW WHERE, I GUESS MAYBE AN EMAIL FROM SOME OF Y'ALL PEOPLE WERE LIKE, AUSTIN ISD CUT BACK ANY NUMBER OF CAMPUSES FROM THE PROGRAM, RIGHT? LIKE 25 OR SO? 25.
YEAH, BUT WE SEE THE VALUE IN IT AND I'M GLAD WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT.
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE FIGURES AND BUDGET THAT NICOLE SHARED EARLIER IN THE BUDGET PRESENTATION WITH THE BALANCED BUDGET DOES INCLUDE THIS FUNDING TO SUPPORT IT.
SO IF YOU WERE TO APPROVE OUR RECOMMENDATION, THAT'S ALREADY BUILT INTO THAT AS AN ASSUMPTION.
QUESTION FOR THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM SO I MOVE
[2025-2026 District Improvement Plan Summative Review]
TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN LOCKHART ISD AND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS 2026 2027 AS PRESENTED.WE HAVE A MOTION WE HAVE A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND SAY AYE.
WE WILL RETURN BACK TO ITEM 8 COMMUNICATION B 2025-2026 DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN SUMMATIVE REVIEW.
MR. WRIGHT AND BOARD PRESIDENT, SORRY, AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA, WE'LL GO QUICKLY THROUGH THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.
JUST A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE ALL OUR NAVIGATE TO 28 PRIORITIES NOW IN THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
WE'RE IN OUR THIRD YEAR OF THE FIVE-YEAR IMPROVEMENT OF THE NAVIGATE TO 28 PRIORITIES.
WE HAVE DESIGN TEAMS FOR EACH OF THESE PRIORITIES, AND WE GIVE THEM TIME DURING OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETINGS TO WORK ON THIS.
AND THEN THIS YEAR WE MOVED TO ONLY GETTING A BEGINNING AND AN END OF YEAR UPDATE FOR THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
THE NAVIGATE TO 28 PRIORITIES ARE LISTED UNDER EACH OF THE THREE DISTRICT VALUES AS YOU CAN SEE HERE.
WE'LL START OFF WITH LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE.
EXCITED ABOUT NUMBERS THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS YEAR.
PRE-K THROUGH FIFTH GRADE SURPASSED LAST YEAR'S READING
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GOAL BY 11 POINTS.WE HAD OUR SIXTH THROUGH TENTH GRADERS SURPASS LAST YEAR'S READING GOAL BY NINE POINTS.
OUR STUDENTS IN K THROUGH ALGEBRA 1 SURPASSED LAST YEAR'S GOAL BY 8 POINTS.
THEY ALSO SURPASSED THE DISTRICT'S GOAL BY 8 POINTS.
WE INCREASED OUR CCMR COMPONENT SCORE FROM 92 TO 94.
WE IMPLEMENTED A NEW RTI TA MODEL.
WE'VE INCREASED THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS IN TIER 1 BY 5 POINTS THIS YEAR.
WE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THE USE OF PORTABLES WITH THE EXPANSION OF HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN THE NEW CAMPUS AT VLE.
AND THEN THE UTILIZATION THAT WE CONTINUE TO USE OF ALL OUR APPROVED ASSESSMENTS AND PROGRESS MONITORING TOOLS WHERE WE ALSO PROVIDE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON LOCKED ON EXCELLENCE? ON OUR LOCKHART FOR PEOPLE, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 428 STAFF THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE STAFF ENGAGEMENT SURVEY THAT YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT FROM DR. MILLER LATER THIS EVENING.
WE HAD A STAFF SATISFACTION THAT INCREASED FROM 82% TO 85%.
WE HAVE THE LOWEST TEACHER TURNOVER RATE WE'VE HAD IS 9%.
WE HAVE PRINCIPAL RETENTION RATE THIS YEAR IS 100%.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF OUR PRINCIPALS THAT LEFT LOCKHART ISD THIS YEAR.
SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT, SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA, HELD TEACHER FORUMS FOR ALL PRE-K THROUGH 12 CAMPUSES.
OUR ANXIOUS GENERATION BOOK STUDY THAT WAS DONE THIS YEAR WITH DR.
ESTRADA, WHICH GAVE US THE CHILDHOOD UNLOCKED INITIATIVE THAT YOU ALL SUPPORTED.
THE CAMPUS-BASED PARENT FORUMS WERE HELD IN THE FALL AND SPRING SEMESTER.
WE GRADUATED 45 TEACHERS FROM THE NUDA PROFESSION ACADEMY THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAD THE TAILGATE PARTY AS WELL AS THE KICKBALL AND VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENTS DISTRICT-WIDE.
OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS, WE HAD...
YOU WON THE KICKBALL TOURNAMENT? WE DID.
I THINK Y'ALL NEED TO JUST CHANGE.
I'M GOING TO PUT THAT IN GREEN UP THERE, DR.
COMMUNITY EVENTS, HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR.
WE HAD OVER 500 FAMILIES AND 20 COMMUNITY VENDORS AND HEALTH PROVIDERS THAT PARTICIPATED.
WE'VE RECOGNIZED 102 SPIRIT OF 1.5 HONOREES WHO WERE NOMINATED BY THEIR PEERS.
AND WE, OF COURSE, MAINTAIN A STRONG PARTNERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
MOVING TO UNLOCKING POTENTIAL.
WE, OF COURSE, AS YOU PROVED THE PLAN FOR THE COMPENSATION FOR 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR WITH THE RAISE OF INCREASE UP TO 5.6% FOR TEACHERS.
OUR TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS, WE HAD FOUR RESIDENT TEACHERS AND THREE TEACHER FELLOWS.
THOSE WOULD HAVE BEEN HIGHER, BUT TWO HAD TO MOVE BACK HOME.
NOTHING WE COULD HAVE DONE TO CONTROL THAT, BUT EXCITED THAT WE KEPT THREE OF THE SEVEN.
WE'VE GRADUATED 19 TEACHERS FROM THE LEVER LEADER ACADEMY THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS OUR FIRST LEVER LEADER ACADEMY, AND WE WERE ABLE TO PROMOTE SIX TEACHERS INTO THOSE LEVER LEADER ROLES FOR 26-27.
OUR DISTRICT CORE SHARED LEADERSHIP TEAM, WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS MANY THIS YEAR, BUT I WANTED TO JUST PUT IT UP THERE AS A POINT TO NOTE.
WE'VE HAD ABOUT 30 SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE COME TO VISIT US, TWO UNIVERSITIES, APPROXIMATELY 137 EDUCATORS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
15 SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WE HOSTED TO SEE THE SHARED LEADERSHIP MODEL IN ACTION.
TAEA DISTRICT OF DISTINCTION AWARD FOR FINE ARTS SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.
INTERNATIONAL ROBOTICS CHAMPIONS, SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.
BEST COMMUNITY FOR MUSIC EDUCATION, SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.
EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, WE'RE AT COMPLETION OF OUR SECOND YEAR.
OUR NEW INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS THAT WE ADDED THIS YEAR, ENTREPRENEURSHIP I, LAW PUBLIC SAFETY, DUAL CREDIT, EVENT AND MEETING PLANNING, AS WELL AS FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY AND INTRODUCTION TO COSMETOLOGY.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY ARTICLES THEY'VE WRITTEN ABOUT THE DISTRICT AND THEIR SHARED...
LEADERSHIP MODEL WE'VE HAD THE BOOK THAT WAS PUBLISHED BY HOTH WORTH AT NEW SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE WE'VE HAD ABOUT THREE ARTICLES IN THE AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN AND SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS.
THERE'S BEEN OTHERS AS WELL I MEAN ED WEEK I'VE BEEN A DOZEN IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS YEAH, DEFINITELY GET SOME ATTENTION OUT THERE, RIGHT? WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE THIS PANEL TOMORROW AT THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF LATINO SUPERINTENDENTS DR.
WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR NAVIGATE TO 28 GOALS.
WE'LL BE GOING INTO YEAR FOUR.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE INCREASING STUDENT PERFORMANCE OF ALL OUR STUDENT GROUPS IN STAR, CONTINUE USING DATA IN OUR LOCKING POTENTIAL SYSTEM AS WELL AS PLCS.
LEADER AND ME, WE'RE GOING INTO OUR FIFTH YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION.
WE WILL INCREASE, AS YOU COULD SEE EARLIER, WHEN...
MR MCBRIDE WAS GIVEN OUR MATH RESULTS WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND INCREASE THAT FOR NEXT YEAR FOR MATH OUR ATTENDANCE GOAL IS 96 PERCENT AND OUR STAFF SATISFACTION AND RETENTION WITH LA CARTE C IS A GOAL OF 90 PERCENT ANY QUESTIONS YOUR STORY RIGHT ARE YOU GOING TO CRAFT YOUR DISTRICT STORY YES I HAD A QUESTION A COUPLE SLIDES BACK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TEACHER ATTENTION AND THE ONE BEFORE THIS ONE.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED, TEACHER TURNOVER RATE.
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CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT TEACHER TURNOVER RATE WAS LAST YEAR? 16%.AND STATEWIDE IS USUALLY ABOUT 18%.
OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO SKIP AHEAD AGAIN.
[Consider and/or Approve Transportation Management Services contract with Goldstar Transit]
ADAM 9B CONSIDER AND OR APPROVE TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES CONTRACT WITH GOLD STAR TRANSIT.GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT DR.
AS WE SHARED LAST MONTH, OUR STUDENT TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES WAS RENEWED WITH GOLD STAR LAST YEAR.
WITH AN AGREED UPON CPI INCREASE OF 1.4, BUT WE WANTED TO DO A FOLLOW-UP ON SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD LAST MONTH.
AND FOR CLARITY FOR OUR PUBLIC, WE ALWAYS HAVE 40, WELL, FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE HAD 43 ROUTES.
AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAD 47 AVAILABLE DRIVERS.
SO WE ALWAYS HAD ENOUGH DRIVERS AT THE END OF THE ROUTE, BUT...
A QUESTION WAS ARE WE STAFFED AT THE LEVEL THAT WE WANTED TO BE AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND AT THAT TIME WE WERE NOT BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE ABOUT 10 EXTRA DRIVERS ON OUR ROUTES.
WE WANT TO HAVE 53 DRIVERS AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES.
SO CURRENTLY IF YOU LOOK WE HAVE 51 DRIVERS AVAILABLE NOW AND 11 IN TRAINING.
SO WE'RE OFF TO A GREAT START AND THIS IS JUNE.
AND SO WE HAVE SOME MORE BANDWIDTH TO GET SOME MORE DRIVERS IN.
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUED TO BE STAFFED THE WAY WE ALWAYS ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL YEAR AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP ON HIRING BUS DRIVERS AS THE YEAR CONTINUES ON I HAVE A QUESTION SO IF YOU HAVE LIKE A SOME STANDBY DRIVERS YOU KNOW ALL THE ROUTES ARE FILLED BUT YOU HAVE OTHER DRIVERS AVAILABLE DO THEY RECEIVE ANY KIND OF COMPENSATION IF THEY'RE NOT DRIVING OR THEY JUST KIND OF WAITING FOR A ROUTE TO OPEN UP FOR THEMSELVES THEY ARE SIR WHAT THEY ARE THEY ARE COMPENSATED FOR FOR BEING ON STANDBY FOR BEING ON STANDBY IN CASE THEY HAVE A CALL OUT OR A FIELD TRIP.
A LOT OF OUR DRIVERS WILL SIGN UP FOR FIELD TRIPS, AND WHEN WE SAY FIELD TRIPS, THAT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM TAKING STUDENTS TO THE UNIVERSITY, TO THE CAPITOL, TO A FOOTBALL GAME, TO A BASEBALL GAME.
...COMPETITIONS TO FINE ARTS COMPETITIONS AS WELL, SIR.
AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR STARTING WAGE HERE IN LOCKHART IS $21.50.
OUR AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE FOR OUR DRIVERS IS $22.34.
I'VE SPOKE ABOUT IT PROBABLY SEVERAL TIMES, YOU KNOW, OUR LOCKHART FOR PEOPLE, THE REASON WHY FOLKS WANT TO STAY HERE IS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE APPRECIATION EVENTS.
WE DO CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS FOR OUR DRIVERS.
DO BREAKFASTS FOR OUR DRIVERS AND LUNCHES.
I'VE SEEN ROXY AND HER SUPERVISOR DEREK GRILLING OR TRYING TO GRILL SOMETIMES FOR THEIR DRIVERS AT LUNCHTIME.
SO IT REALLY REALLY IS A GREAT ENVIRONMENT.
I MEAN THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE WORK TO BE HAD.
THIS YEAR THEY IMPLEMENTED ATTENDANCE REWARD BONUSES.
SO FOR THOSE DRIVERS WHO DON'T MISS WORK, WHO DON'T CALL IN, YOU KNOW, THEY RAFFLE OFF SOME BONUSES.
AND IT GOES BACK TO SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY, THE PEOPLE, AND THE CULTURE HERE AT LOCKHART.
DO YOU ALL LOOK AT A TURNOVER RATE? IS THERE A TURNOVER RATE IN BUS DRIVERS? THERE IS SOME TURNOVER RATE, BUT THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO GET AHEAD OF IT.
THAT'S WHY IN THE MONTH OF I WENT BACK.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE HAVE 51 DRIVERS RIGHT NOW, MA'AM.
JUST LIKE ANY SUPPORT SERVICES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME TURNOVER.
SO THE BETTER WE CAN GET AHEAD OF IT, JUST LIKE WE DO WITH SCHOOL NUTRITION AND WE DO WITH OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF, THE BETTER WE ARE.
YOU ACTUALLY DOCUMENT THE PERCENT? YES, MA'AM.
WE ACTUALLY KEEP TRACK OF THE REASONS WHY THEY LEAVE.
THEY'RE RELOCATING BECAUSE THEIR HUSBANDS ARE RELOCATING, OR PERHAPS THEY'RE GOING
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TO GO WORK FOR CAP METRO.SO WE DO DOCUMENT ALL THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
AND THAT PAY, THAT'S IN LINE WITH WHAT IS IN THIS AREA? IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THE AREA.
BUT I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF BUS DRIVERS THAT WANT TO WORK WITH US BECAUSE THEY WANT TO WORK FOR LOCK CAR ISD.
ABOUT HOW MANY EMPLOYEES RECEIVE BONUSES? I BEG YOUR PARDON? ABOUT HOW MANY EMPLOYEES RECEIVE THOSE BONUSES THAT YOU REFERRED TO? THAT, WE JUST STARTED THAT AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
AND THE REASON WHY WAS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE OUR, WE'RE COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO REWARD OUR STAFF MEMBERS.
WE'RE COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT STRATEGIES SO THAT PEOPLE COME TO WORK.
AND SO WE DID IT FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND WE HAD TWO PEOPLE WIN SOME BONUSES.
HOW MANY MORE VACANCIES DO WE NEED TO FILL? WE DON'T HAVE ANY VACANCIES RIGHT NOW, SIR.
WE HAVE 51 DRIVERS AND A TENT.
WE'RE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WE HAVE 51 AVAILABLE DRIVERS RIGHT NOW, 11 IN TRAINING.
WOW, SO YOU'LL HAVE 62 POTENTIALLY, RIGHT? CORRECT.
YES, WE'RE DEFINITELY SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR SUCCESS.
SO, MY NEXT MOTION IS THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT REFLECTING THE NEGOTIATED 2% CPI INCREASE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BOARD? THEN WE'LL HEAR A MOTION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT REFLECTING THE NEGOTIATED 2.0% CPI INCREASE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HANDS AND SAY AYE.
[Consider and/or Approve Custodial Management Services contract with Southeast Service Corporation d/b/a SSC Service Solutions]
THANK YOU, GOLD STAR.NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 9C, CONSIDER AND OR APPROVE CUSTODIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE CONTRACT WITH SOUTHEAST SERVICE CORPORATION, DBA, SSC SERVICE SOLUTIONS.
AGAIN, LAST MONTH WE BROUGHT SOME INFORMATION WITH OUR CUSTODIAL SERVICES CONTRACTOR, SSC, AND...
THE CONTRACT FOR SSC WAS APPROVED AT A REGULAR SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING ON JUNE 24TH, 2024.
THE CONTRACT WAS NEGOTIATED FOR THREE YEARS WITH TWO ONE-YEAR OPTIONS WITH A PURCHASING COOPERATIVE.
I'M BRINGING THIS, I WANT TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD FROM OUR LAST MONTH AND SHARE WHERE WE'RE AT AS FAR AS STAFFING AND PAY AS WELL.
SO AS A FOLLOW-UP, KIND OF WHAT WE SHARED WITH OUR BUS DRIVERS.
WE HAVE 56 CUSTODIAN POSITIONS.
AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAVE 56 CUSTODIAN PEOPLE HERE IN LOCKHART.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE 55 CUSTODIANS AND WE DO HAVE ONE OPENING THAT JUST TRANSPIRED JUST LAST WEEK BUT WE'RE CONFIDENT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO FILL THAT FILL THAT ROLE AS WELL.
THE QUESTION WAS FROM LAST MONTH WHAT WAS THE STARTING WAGE FOR OUR CUSTODIANS AND RIGHT NOW THE STARTING WAGE IS $13 AN HOUR AND THEN IT GETS NEGOTIATED IF YOU COME IN WITH EXPERIENCE.
OUR AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE IS 1548 AN HOUR AND SOME OF OUR HIGHEST PAYING CUSTODIANS ARE MAKING 18 PLUS.
HOW MANY IS THAT? PROBABLY FIVE.
WE HAVE SOME LONGTIME ASSOCIATES WHEN WE MADE THAT TRANSITION.
SO BECAUSE THIS IS A CONTRACT, I CAN'T NAME THEM OFF, BUT WE PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE.
BUT, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REASON WHY OUR CUSTODIANS WANT TO WORK HERE AT LOCKHART.
A LOT OF THEM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THEM ARE BASED ON REFERRALS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF, WE HAVE SOME BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, WHO DO YOU HAVE? LIKE, WE HAVE A POSITION OPEN.
WHO DO YOU KNOW WHO CAN DO A SOLID JOB FOR US? AND A LOT OF TIMES WE GET THOSE REFERRALS, AND THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.
WE DO PROVIDE OVERTIME OPPORTUNITIES FOR CUSTODIANS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING OVERTIME.
THERE'S SOME AWARD RECOGNITION, SAFETY RECOGNITION, GEM.
RECOGNITION, GEM IS GOING THE EXTRA MILE WITH BONUSES OF $250 AND $50 AND $25 FOR OUR CUSTODIANS.
APPRECIATION EVENTS AND MEALS.
I'M ALWAYS ASKING OUR DIRECTOR
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OF CUSTODIAL TO PLEASE CONTINUE TO SHARE WITH ME THOSE PICTURES AND WE SEE WHATABURGER FOR THOSE WHO LIKE WHATABURGER AND WE SEE YOU KNOW CHICK-FIL-A FOR THOSE WHO LIKE CHICK-FIL-A WHEN WHENEVER THEY'RE HERE IN TOWN SO AND IT MATTERS IT'S A VERY BIG DEAL ESPECIALLY WHEN TEAMS ARE WORKING REALLY REALLY HARD AND AND SOMETHING COMES UP WHERE THEY HAVE TO WORK A LITTLE EXTRA THOUGH WE'LL GET THEM PIZZA.I WOULD HOPE THAT SOMEDAY WE WOULD START OFF BY $15 AN HOUR FOR SODIUM.
AND THAT'S A GOAL THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE WATER? CAN YOU GO INTO MORE ABOUT THAT? ABOUT THE SAFETY AND THE GYM? YES.
WELL, I UNDERSTAND THE GEM AWARDS ARE THOSE WHO, AGAIN, GO THE EXTRA MILE.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE A HYBRID OF OUR 1.5, WHERE PEOPLE JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST DOING ABOVE AND BEYOND.
WE GET, YOU KNOW, WE GET GEM AWARDS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE CONTINUING TO BE SAFE.
THEY'RE NOT TAKING ANY UNNECESSARY RISK.
THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO LIFT ANYTHING BY THEMSELVES.
IT'S A COMBINATION OF SEVERAL ATTRIBUTES.
WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I CAN SHARE WITH THE BOARD SOME OF THOSE, HOW THOSE RECOGNITIONS TAKE PLACE, IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE FOR THAT TOO.
I KNOW WE HAVE WILLIAM OVER AT THE FIELD HOUSE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WILLIAM, OUR CUSTODIAN OVER THERE, IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
A LOT OF THE COACHES REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE HIM, AND HE JUST CONTINUES TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FACILITIES ARE ALWAYS TAKEN CARE OF.
AND SO HERE WE ARE WITH A RECOMMENDATION.
THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE CONTRACT WITH A NEGOTIATED 2.0 CPI INCREASE EFFECTIVE JULY 01, RESULTING IN A CONTRACT INCREASE OF $47,745.28.
MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH A NEGOTIATED 2.0 CPI INCREASE INCREASE EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026, RESULTING IN A CONTRACT INCREASE OF $47,745.28.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE.
[Consider and/or Approve Adult Meal Price Increase for School Nutrition Program]
PASSES 7-0.JAMES, WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE, YOU MIGHT AS WELL KNOCK OFF THE NEXT ONE, TOO.
I MEAN, THIS OUGHT TO BE PRETTY SIMPLE ENOUGH.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAM AND OUR ADULT MEAL PRICE INCREASE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S VERY CLEAR.
OUR COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS OUR ADULT MEAL PRICE INCREASE.
OUR STUDENTS ARE CONTINUING TO GET OUR ALL OUR MEALS FOR OUR SCHOOL PROGRAM FREE OF CHARGE AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO BE UNDER THE COMMUNITY ELIGIBLE PROVISION PROGRAM CEP.
SO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REQUIRES THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE TO RAISE THE ADULT MEAL PRICES TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL PAID LUNCH EQUITY AND COST RECOVERY RULES.
OUR DISTRICTS RECOMMENDING THE APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAM ADULT MEAL PRICE INCREASE, SETTING A LUNCH PRICE AT $5.20 AND THE BREAKFAST PRICE AT $3.45.
I DO WANT TO NOTE PRE-K THROUGH 8TH GRADE, BREAKFAST, WE DO HAVE BREAKFAST IN THE CLASSROOM.
THOSE TEACHERS ARE, OUR TEACHERS FACILITATE THOSE MEALS, SO IF THEY WANT TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT, IT'S AT NO CHARGE.
THIS IS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR BREAKFAST.
IS THAT LIKE THE GOING RATE? YES, MATT, EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT THE REIMBURSEMENT RATES ARE, WHAT PERCENTAGES THEY ARE, AND SO THERE'S A FORMULA THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW.
ARE WE DONE? FOR THE RECORD, LET'S BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS ITEM 9D, CONSIDER AND OR APPROVE ADULT MEAL PRICE INCREASE FOR SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAMS. SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF.
DO I HEAR A MOTION? WELL, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAM ADULT MEAL PRICE INCREASE, SETTING THE LUNCH PRICE OF $5.20 AND THE BREAKFAST PRICE OF $3.45, EFFECTIVE FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE.
[Review List of Vendor Purchases in Excess of $100,000 for the 2026-2027 School Year]
AYE.[01:50:02]
PASSES 7-0.ITEM 8C, REVIEW LIST OF VENDOR PURCHASES IN EXCESS OF $100,000 FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR.
BOARD POLICY STATES THAT IF WE HAVE A SINGLE PURCHASE ABOVE $100,000 THAT WE WOULD BRING IT TO THE BOARD.
WITH OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR STARTING IN JUST A FEW DAYS, WE ARE JUST COMMUNICATING THIS EVENING THAT IN OUR FIRST BOARD MEETING OF THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, WE WILL BRING AS MANY OF THOSE KNOWN PURCHASES THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ALL AT ONE MEETING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE EFFICIENT PURCHASING THROUGHOUT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WITH ALL THOSE ITEMS. ANY QUESTIONS? JUST A COMMUNICATION TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING.
SO THIS WILL BE NEXT WEEK? IT WILL BE AT THE NEXT.
SO WE'LL OVER THE NEXT FEW SEVERAL WEEKS AND ALREADY WE'VE BEEN DOING IT IS ORGANIZING WHAT THESE PURCHASES ARE GOING TO BE FOR THE YEAR.
EACH YEAR WE BRING THESE ITEMS TO YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY THANK YOU MS.
[2025 Bond Construction Update ]
WEISER.ITEM 8D 2025 BOND CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.
GOOD EVENING BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT.
TONIGHT WE WANTED TO BRING YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON THE CIBOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE BOND THAT JUST PASSED AND KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO AS YOU SEE HERE, THIS IS THE RENDERING OF THE FRONT ENTRY OF THE SCHOOL, CIBOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE JUST KIND OF WANTED TO BRING THAT BACK UP TO THE FRONT.
AND AS WE SEE AS WE GO FURTHER INTO THIS PRESENTATION, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A MONTH-BY-MONTH LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED OUT THERE AT THE JOB SITE.
AND THEY'RE ALL PRETTY MUCH AROUND THE SAME TIME OF THE MONTH, KIND OF TOWARDS THE 20TH OF EACH MONTH.
SO HERE WE SEE THE GROUNDBREAKING STARTED JANUARY 21ST, 2026.
WE HAD ALL THE STUDENTS OUT THERE.
HERE'S JANUARY 2026, WHERE WE WERE AT.
WE ARE ACTUALLY FACING THE CORNER.
THAT IS THE SIXTH GRADE WING WITH THE FRONT ENTRY.
THE TREES RIGHT THERE ARE ABOUT KIND OF WHERE THE FRONT ENTRY IS AT.
THIS WOULD BE YOUR FEBRUARY ONE MONTH LATER AS WE HAVE GOT ALL THE EXCAVATION DONE FOR THE BUILDING PAD AND WE ALREADY STARTED PIERS AT THAT POINT AND WE WERE ACTUALLY DONE WITH THE SIXTH GRADE WING WITH THE PIERS AND MOVED INTO THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE MARCH 2026.
WE ALREADY STARTED DIGGING IN GRAY BEAMS PLUMBING ELECTRICAL INTO THE PADS REMOVING PRETTY PRETTY QUICK HERE ON THIS PROJECT SLIDE OVER TO APRIL 28TH. WE'VE ALREADY POURED THE SIXTH GRADE BUILDING PAD.
GRAY BEAMS AND WE ARE ACTUALLY INSTALLING REBAR AND VAPOR BARRIER AT THAT TIME FOR SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THAT TOP RIGHT IN THE GYMNASIUM AREA IN THE BUILDING PAD AREA THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD SEE THEM PUTTING IN THE LOCKER ROOMS AND PLUMBING FOR THAT AND AT THIS TIME PROBABLY 80 PERCENT OF THE SITE UTILITIES ARE INSTALLED WE'LL SLIDE BACK OVER INTO MAY AND IN MAY, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE STRUCTURE FOR THE SIXTH GRADE WING.
WE'RE MOVING PRETTY FAST THERE AS WELL.
AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WE'RE FINISHING UP ALL THE UNDERGROUND PLUMBING OVER THERE IN THE RESTROOMS FOR THE OFFICE AREAS.
AND WE ARE AT THIS TIME 95% UTILITIES.
WE'RE NOW AWAITING TO CONNECT TO THE SUBDIVISION UTILITIES AT THAT TIME.
SLIDE INTO JUNE, AND NOW WE HAVE TOPPED OUT STRUCTURALLY.
IN THAT AREA OF THE SIXTH GRADE WING.
WE HAVE ALSO POURED THE CAFETERIA AREA ALONG WITH THE STAGE AREA INTO THAT NORTH PART THERE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY ADDED A ROAD ALL THE WAY AROUND THE PROJECT SO WE CAN ACTUALLY ASPHALT THAT AND START ASPHALTING PARKING LOTS ALREADY.
THAT'LL BE IN THE NEXT NEAR FUTURE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO TO KIND OF HELP US MINIMIZE THIS RAIN ISSUES THAT KEEPS POPPING UP ON US.
YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH SOME WATER ON THE SITE, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING VERY WELL WITH HOW MUCH WATER WE HAVE.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
SO WE HAVE HERE JUST A QUICK PICTURE OF THE 7TH AND 8TH GRADE WING POURED OUT ALONG WITH THE CAFETERIA AREA.
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STRUCTURAL GOING ON.THEY'RE GOING TO POUR THAT SECOND FLOOR TOMORROW, AS LONG AS THE GROUND IS DRY ENOUGH.
WE'RE GOING TO POUR THAT SECOND FLOOR OF THE SIXTH GRADE.
HERE'S A QUICK LOOK AT THE MILESTONES AND UPCOMING ACTIVITIES.
I TRANSFERRED OVER AND I THOUGHT IT WAS FIXED.
MILESTONES, BUILDING FOUNDATION COMPLETED AUGUST 25TH.
THAT IS EVERYTHING CONCRETE IS POURED OUT.
SIXTH GRADE WING, STRUCTURAL STEEL TOP OUT IS SHOWING JULY 31ST. WE ARE TECHNICALLY...
WE'LL BE FINISHED WITH THAT NEXT WEEK.
TRACKING A LITTLE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ON THAT ONE.
SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE STRUCTURAL STEEL TOP-OUTS AUGUST 20TH, 2026.
SIXTH GRADE WING DRY-IN IS NOVEMBER 5TH OF 2026.
THAT'S WHERE THE WHOLE BUILDING WOULD BE DRIED IN, ROOF, WALLS, AND EVERYTHING JUST ON THE SIXTH GRADE WING.
AND AT THAT SAME TIME, WE'LL BE RUNNING INTO THE CAFETERIA AREA BECAUSE IT'S A SINGLE STORY.
WE'LL BE FINISHING ABOUT THE SAME TIME THERE.
UPCOMING NEW ACTIVITIES, YOUR 7TH AND 8TH GRADE WING STRUCTURAL STILL HAS STARTED.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THAT TOP RIGHT PICTURE.
AS OF YESTERDAY, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE STITCHED, AS OF SATURDAY, THEY'VE STITCHED IN A BUNCH OF CROSS MEMBERS AS WELL.
IT'S NOT JUST THOSE COLUMNS STANDING ANYMORE.
WE'RE PULLING WIRE FOR THE PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY INTO THE BUILDING RIGHT NOW.
BLUE BONNET WAS GREAT TO DEAL WITH GETTING EVERYTHING WE NEEDED TIMELY.
THEY STARTED THAT THEY'RE STARTING OUT ON JUNE 25TH.
SIXTH GRADE SECOND FLOOR CONCRETE POUR AS I MENTIONED IS JUNE 23RD, 2026.
SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION STILL REMAINS JUNE OF 2027.
SO BUDGET, MY CONSTRUCTION BUDGET WAS 75 MILLION.
REAL QUICK, IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT PICTURE, IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE ANY BOARD MEMBERS WHO MAYBE INDIVIDUALLY OR IN SMALL GROUPS WANTED TO GO TAKE A LOOK, IT'S PROBABLY.
WE'RE PROBABLY AT A POINT TO WHERE IT'S WORTH GOING OUT THERE TO SEE THE PROGRESS WITH YOUR OWN EYES.
I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO COME OUT AND TAKE A PEEK.
JEREMIAH TOOK ME FOR A TOUR LAST WEDNESDAY.
WE GOT ON A SWAMP BUGGY, AND FIVE OF US BLAZING THROUGH THE MUD LIKE CRAZY.
YEAH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE BOARD MEMBERS, IF INDIVIDUALLY OR IN PAIRS OR SOMETHING, REACH OUT TO MS. YANEZ, AND SHE CAN SCHEDULE A TIME IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
WE'RE SNEAKING HERE TO THE BUDGET AND THE BUDGET UPDATE IS $75,369,580 IS OUR ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION BUDGET.
BUILT TO DATE IS $11,308,889.57 SO THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS CONCRETE WORK AND SOME STRUCTURAL STEEL.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE BUILDING STRUCTURE THE STEEL IS ACTUALLY ON SITE FOR SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE ALL OF IT'S THERE.
WE'RE NOT WAITING ON ANY STEEL THAT'S COMING IN EARLY, WHICH IS GREAT.
WE'RE NOT HAVING TO WAIT ON ANYTHING, ALL THE UTILITIES.
TOTAL CONTINGENCY AND ALLOWANCE IS $3,559,000.
$1,261 IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW.
SO THE TOTAL COST OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS $75 MILLION? NO, THAT'S JUST THE CONSTRUCTION COST.
THAT'S NOT ALL YOUR COST FOR YOUR ARCHITECTS AND YOUR SOFT COST FOR PERMITTING AND EVERYTHING.
NEXT TIME I'LL MAKE SURE I INCLUDE THAT.
SO I ALSO WANT TO BRING UP THAT WE HAVE A BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT THERE, THAT IS EVERY COMMITTEE MEMBER WE HAVE TO DATE.
OUR MEETING DATES WAS JUNE 11, 2025, WHICH IS RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION.
WE HAVE DECEMBER 2, MARCH 31, AND THEN OUR UPCOMING IS JULY 21 AND NOVEMBER 17.
I JUST KIND OF PUT IN THERE SOME AGENDA POINTS WE HIT, FINANCIAL UPDATES, SCHEDULE UPDATES, REVIEW COMMITTEE POLICY.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY UPCOMING OR POTENTIAL BOND STUFF, ANY QUESTIONS? SO THOSE WERE ALL A CURRENT COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT? WAS THERE ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE CURRENT MEMBERS? THEY ALWAYS HAVE QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW, THEY ASK A LOT OF BUDGET QUESTIONS, LIKE WHAT ARE WE PAYING FOR? THERE'S A FEW MEMBERS THAT THEY LIKE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR CONCRETE, WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR THIS, WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR THAT.
I MAKE SURE WE GO THROUGH EVERYTHING.
I LIKE THE MONTH-BY-MONTH PROCESS OF THE PICTURE,
[End of Year Staff Engagement Results]
SO THANK YOU.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WARD? OKAY, THANK YOU, JEREMIAH.
WE MOVE ON TO 8, COMMUNICATION E, END-OF-YEAR STAFF ENGAGEMENT RESULTS.
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MILLER, I SHOULD SAY.GOOD EVENING AGAIN, PRESIDENT WRIGHT, SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER OUR END-OF-THE-YEAR STAFF ENGAGEMENT SURVEYS IN JUST THE END OF THE YEAR.
BUT AS A MORE FRIENDLY REMINDER, WE DID...
HAVE THREE SURVEYS THIS YEAR IN ORDER TO PROVIDE MORE MEANINGFUL FEEDBACK AND HAVE TIME TO ACTUALLY COURSE CORRECT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SO WE DID A BEGINNING OF THE YEAR MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND END OF THE YEAR HOWEVER FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PRESENTATION WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON HOW WE FINISH THE YEAR STRONG AS A DISTRICT YOU CAN SEE WE HAD 388 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN THE END OF THE YEAR SURVEY IT WAS THE RIGHT THERE AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THE SECOND WEEK IN MAY.
SO NOT TOO FAR OFF FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE HAD ALMOST 500 PEOPLE.
SO WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE END OF THE YEAR GETS BUSY AND THINGS HAPPEN.
WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR THAT PARTICIPATION, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE VOICE, ESPECIALLY FROM OUR STAFF AND FROM OUR TEACHERS.
AND A REMINDER, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PRESENTATION, WE'LL GO DISTRICT, CAMPUS, DISTRICT, CAMPUS, AND THESE ARE THE COLORS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS AS WELL.
THE COLORS DON'T REPRESENT ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY OTHER THAN JUST THE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES.
MR. LOCKHART, YOU WANT TO? YOU WANT ME TO EXPAND UPON THAT? NO.
SO THESE ARE OUR PARTICIPANTS BY EACH CAMPUS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL ACTUALLY DID A GREAT JOB PROMOTING THAT END-OF-THE-YEAR SURVEY.
SO WE TALKED WITH THEM AT OUR LAST DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETING AND HAVE SOME IDEAS ON HOW TO MAYBE INCREASE THAT PARTICIPATION ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES MOVING FORWARD.
YOU CAN SEE I ENJOY WORKING FOR MY PRINCIPAL, DIRECT SUPERVISOR.
IT WENT UP SLIGHTLY, ONE PERCENTAGE POINT FROM LAST YEAR, END OF THE YEAR.
SO ANY PROGRESS IS GOOD PROGRESS.
WE'D OBVIOUSLY LOVE TO SEE THAT CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
WE SAW A ONE PERCENTAGE POINT DROP IN MY PRINCIPAL OR DIRECT SUPERVISOR CHECKS THAT I'M DOING ON A REGULAR BASIS FROM 67 TO 66.
AND THESE ARE WHAT THOSE RESULTS LOOK LIKE BY THE CAMPUS.
GIVES CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE.
WE DID SEE A 4 PERCENTAGE POINT INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR ON THIS, SO WE'RE PROUD OF THAT.
WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WITH OUR NEW WALK-THROUGH SYSTEM AND UPS CHECKS THAT...
THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE HIGHER, BUT WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO REFINE THAT SYSTEM IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THAT MEANINGFUL FEEDBACK AND GET SOME HIGHER NUMBERS.
WHAT DOES REGULARLY MEAN? I'M SORRY? REGULARLY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? HOW MANY TIMES? IT'S IN THE PERSON WHO'S TAKING THE SURVEY.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE BOARD HERE IN A SECOND IS WE'VE USED THESE SAME QUESTIONS FOR NINE YEARS.
PART OF THAT REASON WAS WE WANTED TO SEE TRENDS, BUT OUR SENSORS, WE'VE NITPICKED ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS AND WE WANT TO CHANGE THEM, BUT WE'VE CONTINUED TO USE THEM BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE THE HISTORICAL DATA WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
WE'RE ALSO TO A POINT OF LIKE IT'S LITERALLY BEEN A DECADE.
IT'S PROBABLY OKAY, LIKE WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE, TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO GIVE US BETTER INFORMATION.
MOVE AWAY FROM IT BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE PLAN TO ASK YOU HERE AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
AGAIN FROM THE CAMPUS LEVEL BUILDING ADMINISTRATOR DIRECT SUPERVISOR IS AVAILABLE WHEN NEEDED AGAIN SMALL SMALL INCREASE IN THAT QUESTION.
THIS ONE WE SAW A REALLY BIG GAIN IN, SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT.
COLLEAGUES PROMOTING A POSITIVE AND COLLABORATIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT.
SO THAT WAS A 9 PERCENTAGE POINTS INCREASE.
WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THERE'S A SIMILAR QUESTION A LITTLE BIT LATER ON IN THE SURVEY, AND WE DIDN'T SEE AS HIGH.
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DISAGGREGATE THAT AND REALLY UNDERSTAND THE THOUGHT PROCESS FROM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THE STAFF MEMBERS TAKING THE SURVEY.CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION FOR WHAT MOTIVATED TO CONTRIBUTE MORE WAS EXPECTED TO ME WE WE STATED 77 PERCENT ON THAT ONE AGAIN WILL CONTINUE TO REFINE THAT ALL UPTICK IN LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOOL OR DEPARTMENT ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS WELL IS PROVIDING POSSIBLY, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WOULD NEED GUIDANCE FROM THE BOARD, IS FREE-FORM RESPONSES AFTER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS TOO THAT MAYBE WE COULD HELP IDENTIFY WHAT STAFF MEMBERS SEE AS LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, MAYBE WHAT WE THINK IS A LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY TO THEM.
THEY DON'T MAYBE NECESSARILY FEEL OR SEE THE SAME THING.
WELL, AND IF YOU HAVE A YEAR WHERE NONE OF YOUR PRINCIPLES LEFT, SOMEONE MAY THINK, WELL, THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE FOR ME TO GO.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, WE SAW A PRETTY BIG INCREASE IN THIS, 7%, SO WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT AND WANT THAT TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS WELL.
THIS IS WHERE WE SAW THE MOST GAINS.
AND WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED AND HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
WENT FROM 31% AT THE END OF YEAR LAST YEAR TO 75% THIS YEAR OF SHARED LEADERSHIP MODELS BEING IMPLEMENTED EFFECTIVELY.
I SEE THOSE NUMBERS ARE REALLY HIGH ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND AGAIN, ON LEVER LEADERS POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTING TO THE CAMPUS SUCCESS, THAT WENT UP 50 PERCENTAGE POINTS.
DEFINITELY TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WATCHERS OF CARING AND RESPECTFUL WORK ENVIRONMENT, WE SAW A DIP IN THAT OF 4%.
SO IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT COLLEAGUES PROMOTE A CARING AND RESPECTFUL WORK ENVIRONMENT, BUT I GUESS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SURVEY, THEY FELT THE DISTRICT MAYBE DIDN'T DO AS GOOD A JOB AS THEIR COLLEAGUES DID.
AGAIN, A BIG INCREASE IN THIS SUPPORT OF COLLABORATIVE, FLEXIBLE, SAFE, AND RESPECTFUL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
WE SAW BIG INCREASES IN THIS SPECIFICALLY AT THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES, WHICH WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW TEACHERS CAN'T TEACH AND STUDENTS CAN'T LEARN IF THEY'RE NOT IN A SAFE AND RESPECTFUL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
SO ANOTHER ROUND OF CELEBRATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
PARTNERS WITH FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY, ONE PERCENTAGE POINT INCREASE.
WE WORK REALLY HARD ON THIS, SO WE'D LIKE TO SEE THIS TO BE HIGHER IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
I SEE STUDENTS WITH LEARNING EXPERIENCES, ADDRESS DISTINCT LEARNING NEEDS, ETC.
THREE PERCENTAGE POINTS ON THAT.
HOLDING STEADY AT 81% FOR THE COMMUNICATION THAT THE DISTRICT RECEIVES IS TIMELY AND USEFUL.
LOVE TO SEE THAT CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS WELL, BUT WE'RE GLAD IT DIDN'T GO DOWN.
THIS, HOWEVER, CONTINUES TO BE AN AREA.
THAT WE NEED TO EXAMINE AND REFINE AS WELL, AND THAT'S JUST CLEARLY COMMUNICATING THE REASONS BEHIND DECISIONS.
YEAH, I THINK ONE IS THE COMMUNICATION THAT WE SEND ABOUT UPDATES AND NEWS RELEASES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE IS KIND OF THE INFORMATIVE COMMUNICATION.
AND THEN THIS ONE WOULD BE THE ACTUAL THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE DISCONNECT.
SO THEY GET THE INFORMATION TO THEM IN A TIMELY FASHION, BUT THEY DON'T TELL THEM WHY THEY DECIDED WHAT THEY DECIDED.
SO THEY WANT MORE INFORMATION, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
THAT IS HOW I'M INTERPRETING THAT AS WELL.
EXCEPT THE COLORS STILL DON'T MEAN ANYTHING, RIGHT? THEY DON'T.
BUT IF YOU WANT THEM TO, WE CAN ASSIGN SOME MEANING TO THEM.
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WHICH IS ONE THAT DR.ESTRADA, OUT OF ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER REVAMPING, WITH YOUR GUIDANCE AND APPROVAL, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY ONE THAT WE FEEL IS NECESSARY TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD.
AND WE'RE TRENDING UPWARD AGAIN.
I'M STILL NOT BACK IN 22, 23 ERA, BUT WE DID INCREASE FROM 82 TO 85 PERCENT THIS YEAR.
AND THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS AND ALL OF OUR SLIDES.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR CONCERNS? I HAD ONE, IT WAS ABOUT LIKE PARTNERING IN THE COMMUNITY, THE YOUTH.
I'M WONDERING, TO ME, THAT WOULD BE LIKE A PARENTS WOULD SEE THAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TEACHERS NECESSARILY OR STAFF MEMBERS WOULD NECESSARILY SEE IT UNLESS THEY LIVED HERE IN TOWN.
SCHOOL TIME AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH YOU KNOW LOOSE YOUTH SPORTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR IN THE COMMUNITY I DON'T KNOW IF TEACHERS WOULD NECESSARILY ALWAYS SEE IT BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE IT.
SURE YES MA'AM I THINK THAT THAT IS A GOOD POINT AND THAT AND EVEN IF THEY COULDN'T THAT MEANS WE COULD ALSO DO A BETTER JOB OF PROMOTING THAT AND CELEBRATING THAT AND AND MAKING THEM MORE AWARE OF IT BUT I THINK I THINK THAT'S A GOOD ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT SO MANY OF OUR TEACHERS DON'T LIVE IN IN LOCKER.
THEY JUST MAY NOT EVER SEE IT.
HOW MANY TOTAL QUESTIONS ARE THERE? TWENTY.
AND THAT'S DOWN FROM, IT USED TO BE 50.
I THINK THAT'S GOOD TO TRY TO LOOK AT THE ONES THAT YOU REALLY GET REAL RELEVANT INFORMATION FROM AND MAYBE KIND OF DECREASE FROM 20.
HOW MANY OF THESE QUESTIONS DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE? I'M SORRY? YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT MODIFYING OR CHANGING SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS.
ARE THESE ALL YES OR NO QUESTIONS? THEY ARE NOT.
THEY'RE ALL STRONGLY AGREE, AGREE, NEITHER DISAGREE.
I'VE TAKEN SOME SURVEYS THAT DON'T EVEN MAKE ME CLICK STRONGLY AGREE, AGREE, BUT IT'S LIKE A SLIDE.
LIKE I CAN SLIDE IT PHYSICALLY OVER.
THAT WAY MAYBE I AM IN BETWEEN SOMETHING.
I CAN JUST KIND OF SLIDE IT TO.
73% OR WHATEVER THAT I'M FEELING THAT I AGREE WITH THAT.
WHAT ABOUT A NUMBER? IT'S LIKE A 0 TO 100%, AND THEN YOU JUST KIND OF SLIDE IT TO THAT.
I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD POSSIBLY AVOID SOMEONE ACCIDENTALLY, YOU KNOW, CLICKING THE WRONG NUMBER.
WHAT ABOUT 0 TO 5 OR 1 TO 5? OR 0 TO 5 AS WELL.
IT'S LIKE, MAYBE BECAUSE THAT WAY THEN YOU CAN REALLY DECIDE, IT'S A 3 FOR ME, IT'S A 5, YOU KNOW? SO WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING HERE IS THAT FOR THIS 75 HERE, THAT'S...
YEAH, NEUTRAL, DISAGREE, STRONGLY DISAGREE, OR OUT, JUST AGREE AND STRONGLY AGREE.
AND THAT'S WHERE, LIKE, THAT SLIDING SCALE CAN COME INTO, BECAUSE MAYBE THEY ONLY AGREE 20%, BUT AT LEAST IT GIVES US 20% OF THE GRADE INSTEAD OF ZERO.
WE'RE NOT COUNTING IT WHATSOEVER.
I MEAN, SO MANY SURVEYS IN MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE.
I'M LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO RANGE.
SO I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, YOU'RE EITHER A FOUR, YOU'RE A TWO, OR YOU'RE A ONE.
WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IS THAT, NO, I'M KIDDING.
I THINK OUR INTEREST IS IF THE BOARD REALLY LIKES THESE QUESTIONS AND WANTS TO STICK WITH THESE QUESTIONS, WE CAN DO THAT.
I THINK ADMINISTRATIVELY WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE KIND OF PULLED EVERYTHING OUT OF OUR STAFF THAT WE CAN GET FROM THESE QUESTIONS IN PARTICULAR, AND WE'RE KIND OF READY TO EXPLORE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT.
MEET THE NEEDS OF WHERE WE ARE AS A DISTRICT RIGHT NOW.
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE COMPARISON DATA, WHICH MAKES IT A LITTLE HARDER THE FIRST COUPLE YEARS TO INTERPRET IS THIS GOOD, IS THIS BAD, THERE'S REALLY NOT A BENCHMARK.
BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE AT A POINT IN THE ORGANIZATION TO WHERE WE NEED TO ACTUALLY TRY TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT TO OUR STAFF THAT'S GOING TO IMPROVE THEIR LEVEL OF PRIDE IN THE DISTRICT.
AND WE CAN WORK ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WE WERE IN ALIGNMENT THAT YOU KNOW THE BOARD WAS GOING TO BE COMFORTABLE NOT HAVING BENCHMARK OR COMPARISON DATA AT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR I THINK ESPECIALLY IF IT'S THE SAME
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QUESTIONS OVER AND OVER SEASON STAFF MEMBERS MAY BE LIKE IT'S THE SAME QUESTIONS THEY ALWAYS ASK ME THESE I'M JUST NOT GONNA, MY OPINION HASN'T CHANGED, SO I'M NOT GONNA TAKE THE SURVEY.WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.
THAT'S WHY I DON'T DO THE TASB SURVEY THEY SEND US EVERY YEAR.
IT'S TOO LONG, AND IT'S THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER.
I START IT EACH TIME, AND THEN I'M LIKE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS, AND IT'S GONNA TAKE THIS LONG.
AND I JUST EXIT OUT, AND THEY'LL SEND THAT EMAIL, YOU KNOW, EVERY OTHER WEEK.
HEY, YOU STILL HAVEN'T FINISHED THE SURVEY.
YOU'RE ASKING ME THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER.
AND I KNOW NOBODY'S GONNA AGREE WITH THE QUESTIONS I WANT TO HAVE ASKED.
WHAT'S WORKING? WHAT'S NOT WORKING? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO FIX IT? I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A SURVEY JUST THAT POIGNANT AND SEE WHAT PEOPLE PUT ON IT.
AND I THINK AS WE DO DEVELOP THE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, IT MAY HAVE TO BE SOME OF THEM MAY HAVE TO BE CAMPUS-SPECIFIC.
YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE TO SEPARATE SECONDARY FROM ELEMENTARY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE GUYS AT PRIDE MAY BE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT SOMEBODY AT BORCHARDT LOOP IS LOOKING FOR.
AS A SURVEY CREATOR, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO IN MY JOB, TO GET INPUT ON MY PROGRAMS. I ALWAYS AM TACTICAL WITH MY QUESTIONS AND MY ANSWERS.
SO, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST AGREE, DISAGREE, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
BUT LIKE, I AGREE BECAUSE OF THIS, I AGREE BECAUSE OF THAT.
AND I ALWAYS LEAVE AN OTHER, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE WORK FOR THE SURVEY, BUT THAT THEY CAN FILL OUT.
AND WHEN THEY CAN WRITE IN WHAT THEY'RE REALLY THINKING, IT HELPS OUT BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN THEM SOME TACTICAL ANSWERS THAT THEY CAN BASE IT OFF OF.
AND OUR STAFF HAS BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT IN SHARING THAT IT'S HARD TO ANSWER BECAUSE IN A SCHOOL SYSTEM, THEY MAY READ IT AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, IF YOU'RE ASKING ME ABOUT MY PRINCIPAL, I WOULD SAY THIS, BUT MY AP, I WOULD SAY THIS, MY LIVER LEADER, I WOULD SAY THIS.
SO IT'S HARD FOR THEM, AND THEY'VE TOLD US THAT, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT LED US TO THIS CONVERSATION.
AND MR. GUYTON, GOING BACK TO YOUR, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY ALMOST VERBATIM THE QUESTIONS THAT PRESIDENT WRIGHT AND MYSELF, WHEN WE HAVE THE FORUMS, AND I THINK MR. WRIGHT CAN ATTEST TO THIS, IS THAT LITERALLY THAT'S LIKE, WHAT DO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO? WHAT DO WE NEED TO STOP DOING? THAT'S PRETTY MUCH HOW WE WALK INTO THAT CONVERSATION EVERY YEAR ON THOSE STAFF FORUMS. AND WE'RE AGREEING.
THAT THEY NEED TO BE, THAT YOU GUYS ARE ON TRACK, THAT THEY DO NEED TO BE, I MEAN, YOU DO NEED TO REVISE IN SOME PARTICULAR WAY WHAT SO FAR.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE BOARD IS OKAY WITH IT.
AND WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT, YEAH.
GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
I WAS GOING TO SAY, HAVE YOU ALL DEVELOPED A LIST OF THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWERS TO? BECAUSE MAYBE THESE QUESTIONS ARE NOT ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS YOU REALLY WANT TO ASK.
I MEAN, YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT DRIVES THE PROGRAMS AND WHAT DOESN'T.
AND WHAT WHAT'S GOING TO AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THEM TO SEE IF WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS EFFECTIVE SO AND OF COURSE LIKE YOU SAID DEPENDING ON WHICH PERSON THEY'RE REFERRING TO THAT'S ANOTHER WHO DO YOU REALLY WANT TO ASK ABOUT? DO YOU WANT TO ASK ABOUT THESE PEOPLE? YEAH.
OUR STAFF HAS BEEN PRETTY CLEAR IN THAT THEY NEED MORE CLARITY BECAUSE THEY WOULD ANSWER IT DIFFERENTLY IF THE QUESTIONS WERE MORE CLEAR.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW WE WANT TO TRY TO IMPROVE FOR NEXT YEAR AND THE FUTURE.
AND I TELL YOU, IT'S ALWAYS EMPOWERING TO SAY, WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY? ALWAYS.
BLOWN AWAY BY WHAT PEOPLE WILL PRESENT TO YOU, YOU KNOW.
THE LEADER AND MYSELF, WHEN YOU ASK THAT, AND THEY'LL SAY, HEY, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT DOING THIS? I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, AND IT REALLY DOES, AND IT GETS BUY-IN FOR THEM ALSO.
[Consider and/or Approve 2026-2027 Budgets for Maintenance and Operation Fund, Debt Service Fund and School Nutrition Fund ]
OKAY, WE'RE READY.CONSIDER AND OR APPROVE 2026-2027 BUDGET FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND SCHOOL NUTRITION FUND.
MS. WEISER, IS THAT THE SAME THING WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN THE PUBLIC HEARING? YES.
SO I'LL TRY TO BE A LITTLE BIT BRIEF.
LET ME JUST START BY SAYING THE CREATION OF THIS BUDGET IS MONTHS AND MONTHS OF WORK BY LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE.
MY TEAM IN THE BUSINESS OFFICE HELPED A LOT, AND THEN OF COURSE THE CABINET AND DLT AS WELL, AND MANY, MANY OTHERS.
SO, AND YOU OF COURSE IN OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF PLANNING THAT GOES
[02:20:04]
INTO IT, AND WE ARE EXCITED AND PROUD TO BRING YOU THE BUDGET THIS EVENING.DISCUSSED EARLIER BUT I'LL GO THROUGH THEM REAL QUICK AGAIN ARE THAT WE ARE ASSUMING OUR ENROLLMENT OF 6,900 STUDENTS WITH A 93% ATTENDANCE RATE AN ESTIMATED TAXABLE VALUE OF ALMOST 3.8 BILLION WE WILL NOT RECEIVE FINAL CERTIFIED VALUES FROM THE CAD UNTIL THE END OF JULY JULY 25TH AT THE ABSOLUTE LATEST AND SO THIS COULD CHANGE DEPENDING ON ANY TYPE OF APPEALS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THERE THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE THIS LEVY DOES INCREASE INCLUDE AN INCREASE TO THE BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY EXEMPTION YOU CAN TELL THAT MY VOICES MY WORDS ARE DIFFERENT AT 10 A.M.
BUT THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THAT EXEMPTION FROM 2500 TO 125,000 SO THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE ON THE EXEMPTION THIS BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES LOCAL PROPERTY VALUE ASSIGNMENT.
AND WE WILL GET THE RESULTS OF THAT AT THE END OF JANUARY 2027 ONCE THIS LEVY IS COMPARED TO STATE VALUES.
IT ASSUMES AN M&O TAX RATE OF 65.68 PENNIES.
WE WILL NOT RECEIVE A FINAL MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY UNTIL AUGUST 5TH, AND THEN AFTER THAT WE CAN TAKE THE TAX RATE FOR ADOPTION.
IT ALSO ASSUMES AN INS RATE OF 28.8 PENNIES AND A TAX COLLECTION RATE OF 96%.
THIS IS OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES JUST IN PI FORM IN OUR MAJOR EITHER REVENUE CATEGORIES SUCH AS STATE LOCAL AND FEDERAL DOLLARS AND THEN OUR MAJOR EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES PAYROLL AND ANOTHER NON PAYROLL THAT WE HAVE.
WE DO CONTRACT OUT TWO OF OUR BIG PROGRAMS WHICH IS OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND OUR CUSTODIAL SERVICES.
SO IF WE WERE TO HAVE THAT IN PAYROLL, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR PAYROLL IS 83% OF OUR BUDGET.
SO MOST OF OUR BUDGET IS OUR STAFF.
THESE ARE OUR THREE PROPOSED BUDGETS THAT WE DO HAVE TO BRING TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
OUR M&O BUDGET OF $77 MILLION.
OUR INS DEBT SERVICE BUDGET TO PAY OUR BONDS BACK OF $12.9 MILLION.
OUR SCHOOL NUTRITION BUDGET OF ALMOST 6.6 MILLION FOR A TOTAL BUDGET OF 96.6 MILLION.
YOU CAN TELL THAT ALL THREE OF THE BUDGETS ARE BALANCED, SO WE DO PROJECT A BALANCED BUDGET THIS YEAR WITH THOSE ASSUMPTIONS THAT I EXPRESSED EARLIER.
AS THE YEAR CONTINUES, WE WILL SEE WHERE THOSE PROJECTIONS FALL AND WE'LL GIVE YOU UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON HOW THE BUDGET FALLS.
SO WE STILL WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN THIS BALANCED BUDGET.
AND IT WAS NOT DONE WITHOUT SACRIFICE FOR SURE THIS IS THE SAME BUDGET BUT IT IS INSTEAD OF BY MAJOR SPENDING CATEGORY IT IS IN BY THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT WE WOULD SPEND THEM ON, LIKE INSTRUCTION OR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND COUNSELING.
AND THESE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS THAT ARE CREATED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY SO THAT THEY CAN SEE IN ANOTHER WAY ON HOW WE SPEND OUR FUNDS.
AT THIS TIME, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH.
COULD YOU REMIND ME ONE MORE TIME? I THINK I FORGOT.
WHAT THAT IS YES SO WE HAVE TWO PROGRAMS THAT UM SORRY THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION BUDGET ONE OF THEM IS OUR COMMUNITY ED PROGRAM WHICH IS GOING TO BE LIKE OUR CUB HOUSE OUR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS OUR LION CARE SO THIS YEAR WE USUALLY TO HELP BALANCE THE CUB HOUSE IS AROUND TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS BETWEEN COMMUNITY ED AND UH THE CUB HOUSE AND THEN I'M PROJECTING THAT WE'LL HAVE ABOUT A MILLION FOR LION CARE SO THIS COMING YEAR THAT'S WHY THERE'S A DECREASE IN THAT I DO NOT HAVE A LION CARE PROJECTION FOR IT TO GO DOWN BECAUSE WE ARE INCREASING PREMIUMS QUITE TO HELP BALANCE IT YOU'RE WELCOME ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BOARD AND HEAR A MOTION.
OKAY, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THAT 2026-2027 BUDGETS TOTALING $96,576,136 FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION FUND, DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND THE SCHOOL NUTRITION FUND BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
[02:25:01]
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION.[Consider and/or Approve Staffing for the 2026-2027 School Year ]
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY AYE.WE MOVE ON TO 9F, CONSIDER AND OR APPROVE STAFFING FOR THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR.
THESE ARE JUST TWO FINAL STIPENDS THAT WE WANT TO INCLUDE FOR THE OPERATION OF THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR.
ONE OF THEM IS A SPECIAL ED STIPEND WITHIN THEIR LEADERSHIP STIPEND WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENT.
FOR A LEVER LEADER HIGH NEED MOVE FOR THE 26-27 YEAR.
THAT STIPEND IS GOING TO BE PAID FOR AND FUNDED OUT OF TITLE FUNDS.
WOULD THAT STIPEND BE JUST FOR ONE LEVER LEADER? THERE'S GOING TO BE FOUR TOTAL.
MORE QUESTIONS FOR US? MOTION FINISHING UP THE NIGHT I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE STIPENDS AND THE AMOUNT OF 21 500 FOR THE 20 26 2027 FISCAL YEAR OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION WE HAVE A SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND
[BOARD AND STAFF COMMENTS - ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST*]
SAY AYE AYE AYE ANY OPPONENTS PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO THANK YOU WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 11 BOARD AND STAFF COMMENTS ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST BRYOS GREAT JOB AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE STUDENTS WE RECOGNIZE TONIGHT.ESPECIALLY OUR KERMIT CREW, VERY IMPRESSED BY THE CONFIDENCE THAT THEY HAD, PUBLIC SPEAKING, BEING OUT GOING TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY, SO GREAT JOB.
AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE PLAYGROUNDS ALREADY, GREAT JOB.
MS. PULLIAM? I'LL ECHO ABOUT THE KERMIT'S CREW.
YOU KNOW, THEY DO SO MUCH TECHNICAL CODING THAT I COULD NEVER BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND.
BUT SUCH A HUGE PART OF THAT THAT I REALIZED TONIGHT IS THE PUBLIC SPEAKING AND IS THE DEMONSTRATION AND IS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO THEY GET THEIR POINT ACROSS IN A LOGICAL EXPLANATION THAT SOMEONE LIKE I COULD UNDERSTAND.
SO THAT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE TO ME AT THAT AGE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO SPEAK AND PRESENT TO THAT MANNER.
WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT GOT RECOGNIZED TONIGHT.
AND AGAIN, I DO BELIEVE THAT KERMIT'S CREW, THE PROGRAM, THE GROUP IS OUTSTANDING.
I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD REPLICATE THAT, EXPAND IT, BECAUSE THAT IS THE ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF WHAT THE SKILLS THOSE KIDS HAVE, THE CRITICAL THINKING, THE HIGHER-ORDER THINKING IS JUST VERY IMPRESSIVE.
AND SO WHEN I SEE THOSE KIDS, IT'S JUST I'M SO EXCITED AND PROUD THAT WE HAVE A PROGRAM LIKE THAT.
BUT AGAIN, I HOPE THAT WE COULD EXPAND IT.
TO INCLUDE OTHER KIDS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS OR WHATEVER BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE IT IS VERY PERFORMANCE BASED AND THAT INCLUDES ALL THE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS THAT YOU WOULD WANT A KID TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL HAVING AND THESE KIDS THEY'RE THEIR PAPER DIDN'T EVEN SHAKE I CAN'T REMEMBER.
THE CHILDREN DIDN'T EVEN READ IT OFF THE PAPER.
YES, IT'S LIKE I REMEMBER TAKING MY FIRST SPEECH, AND I COULDN'T STOP BECAUSE MY PAPER KEPT SHAKING.
AND THESE KIDS ARE HOW OLD? SO IT'S IMPRESSIVE.
SO KUDOS TO THE TEACHERS, TO EVERYBODY THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT, AND THE PARENTS, AND THE KIDS.
MR. CHARLES? YEAH, I ECHO THAT.
AND THEN ALSO I WANTED TO JUST DO A SHOUT-OUT TO ALL THE SENIORS THAT GRADUATED.
I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT PROJECT GRADUATION.
DID THAT GO WELL AS WELL? YES, SIR.
SANCHEZ SAID, THESE STUDENTS AT THIS YOUNG AGE ARE GOING TO BE THE LEADERS IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN INFLUENCE SOME OF THE OTHER STUDENTS.
LEAD THEM AND HELP THEM AND WORK WITH THEM AND BE AN INSPIRATION TO THOSE OTHER STUDENTS.
THE JUNIOR HIGH SOCCER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE SOCCER PROGRAM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE SUCCESS AT THE LOWER LEVELS SO YOU CAN ALWAYS KEEP FRESH TALENT COMING UP.
SO GREAT JOB BY ALL THE STUDENTS.
MR. GUYTON? YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE TO.
COMPLIMENT ALL OF OUR KIDS ALSO.
I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE KERMIT CREW.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM REALLY HIGHLIGHTED IN OUR COMMUNITY MORE THAN JUST AT A BOARD MEETING.
THEY REPRESENT NOT ONLY OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT I THINK THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
[02:30:02]
AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TRUE OR NOT, BUT I HAD HEARD WITH THE SOCCER TEAM, THE GIRLS TEAM, THAT NO ONE SCORED ON THEM ALL SEASON, BUT I DON'T KNOW.SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO CONGRATULATE BOTH OF THOSE TEAMS. ESPECIALLY THE GIRLS ON ACCOMPLISHING THAT ALSO.
ALSO WANTED TO CONGRATULATE MY FELLOW TRUSTEES FOR A GREAT TIME THAT WE HAD IN SAN ANTONIO AT THE SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE. ALL OF US WERE THERE.
FOR TRYING NEW THINGS THAT THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE TRIED BEFORE.
WELL, SOME OF THAT STUFF I'VE NEVER SEEN AT DAIRY QUEEN, SO IT'S PROBABLY LIFE OR WHATEVER.
SAME THING, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STUDENTS, AND REMIND THE BOARD THAT THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING WE'RE HAVING A GROUNDBREAKING AT WILDFLOWER, OUT AT THE BARGET LOOP, IN THAT AREA.
SO IF YOU CAN MAKE IT THAT MORNING, WEDNESDAY MORNING, 9.30, I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE.
I'LL BE IN THE CITY THAT NEVER...
SO MANY GREAT THINGS TO WRAP UP THE SCHOOL YEAR AND KIND OF LEAP INTO A NEW SCHOOL YEAR WITH APPROVING THE BUDGET AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR YOU KNOW YOUR PARTNERSHIP THROUGHOUT THIS BUDGET PLANNING PROCESS.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING THIS PROCESS IS FOR ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN TEXAS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO HERE IS IN SPITE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE PINK BUILDING, AND IT'S BECAUSE YOUR LEADERSHIP THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE A RAISE, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE BENEFITS TO OUR STAFF. YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING, YET ANOTHER THING THAT, YOU KNOW, I WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. WE COULD JUST PAY EVERYONE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
THAT'S NOT THE REALITY, BUT THIS BOARD CONTINUES TO STEP UP FOR OUR STAFF, CONTINUES TO STEP UP FOR OUR COMMUNITY, PASSING ANOTHER BALANCED BUDGET THAT PUTS THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF FIRST. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COLLABORATION AND YOUR WORK ON THAT. THANK YOU TO OUR TEAM AS WELL, EVERYONE WHO'S PUT IN THAT HARD WORK. IT'S A LONG PROCESS, BUT WE'RE READY TO KICK OFF ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR GOING INTO JULY. RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING.
EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING HERE IN LOCKHART. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN LOCKHART AND A LOT OF MY RELATIVES, COUSINS GRADUATED FROM LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY LEFT. AND I GOT ALL THESE TEXTS, BARBARA WE CAN'T BELIEVE, IS THIS LOCKHART? I MEAN IS THAT THE SCHOOL I ATTENDED? NO, NO, IT'S NOT WHAT YOU ATTENDED, IT'S SO MUCH MORE BETTER. SHE GOES, WELL WE, OUR KIDS, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT YOU GUYS ARE HAVING, PROGRAMS, OUR KIDS ARE NOT EVEN GOING THERE. WE'RE IN SAN ANTONIO ISD, WE'RE IN CORPUS ISD, WHEREVER. SO, I MEAN, KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU AT CENTRAL OFFICE, AS WELL AS MR. ESTRADA AND THOSE OF YOU THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX AND PROVIDING ALL THESE SERVICES FOR KIDS, LIKE TONIGHT.
THERE'S A LOT ABOUT LOCKHART LEADING AND WHERE THIS DISTRICT HAS COME FROM WAY BACK. SO I COMMEND YOU. GLAD TO BE PART OF THIS. ALL THESE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS ARE BEING OFFERED FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR KIDS.
IT'S JUST VERY INSPIRING. AND A LOT OF KIDS THAT USED TO COME HERE AND MAYBE DIDN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITY, THEY'RE, LIKE, AMAZED AND HAPPY FOR PEOPLE THAT RESIDE IN LOCKHART. I HAVE ONE MORE THING AS WELL. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT HELPED
[BENEDICTION]
WITH THE FLOAT FOR THE CHISHOLM TRAIL. IT WAS WELL DECORATED, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYBODY. WILL YOU CLOSE US OUT? SURE. GOD, WE THANK YOU AS WE CONCLUDE THIS MEETING AND WE CLOSE OUT ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEW SCHOOL YEAR. WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.WE JUST ASK YOUR BLESSINGS ON OUR DISTRICT. IN YOUR SON JESUS' NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.
AMEN. IT IS 10.05 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.