Aug 24, 2026 Lockhart ISD Board of Trustees

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WHEN YOU KNOCK IT, I'M JUST GOING TO CLOSE MY EARS BECAUSE IT'S NICE.

[Call to Order]

I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE LOCKHART INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ORDER ON AUGUST 24TH, 2026 AT 630 P.M.

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

LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT THE FOLLOWING TRUSTEES ARE PRESENT.

WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

TRUSTEE RENE RAYOS, TRUSTEE REBECCA PULLIAM, OUR SECRETARY, DR. BARBARA SANCHEZ, TRUSTEE CHRIS CHARLES, TRUSTEE SAM LOCKHART, AND OUR VICE PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE TOM GUYTON.

AND MY NAME IS MICHAEL WRIGHT. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD.

SO PLEASE RISE FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS, PLEASE.

COMMANDING THE LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL AIR FORCE JUNIOR ROTC COLOR GUARD IS CADET MELANIE GARCIA.

SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS RILEY MATTHEWS AND AUBREY JENSEN.

THANK YOU, LADIES.

YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE APOLOGIES IF THE ROOM IS NOT AS COMFORTABLE.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE, I THINK WE MIGHT BE HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THE COOLING SYSTEM TONIGHT.

BEAR WITH US. WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS AS QUICK AS WE CAN.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR AN INVOCATION BY TRUSTEE TOM GUYTON.

LET US PRAY. DEAR GOD, OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, AND WE THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US TOGETHER TONIGHT.

WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER WONDERFUL SCHOOL YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO START, GOD.

AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU ARE CONTINUING TO BESTOW UPON US.

WE ASK FOR YOUR SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AND EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM THIS YEAR, GOD.

AND WE ALSO ASK FOR YOUR BLESSINGS TONIGHT AS WE CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT'S IN YOUR SON JESUS' NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.

[Convocation Emcees & the Barn Boys ]

LET'S TEST. ALL RIGHT.

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

THE BOARD WILL PRESENT EACH HONOREE WITH A SPECIAL MEDAL.

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

AND NOW WE WILL BEGIN TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION.

TONIGHT, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HELPED MAKE OUR DISTRICT'S CONVOCATION CEREMONY A MEMORABLE AND MEANINGFUL CELEBRATION.

WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO OUR CONVOCATION EMCEES WHO, WITH COURAGE, ENERGY AND THOUGHTFUL LEADERSHIP, HELPED GUIDE THE EVENT AND MAKE THE MORNING ONE TO REMEMBER.

WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE BARN BOYS, A FATHER AND SON MUSICAL GROUP WHO SHARED THEIR TALENTS BY PERFORMING AT CONVOCATION.

THEIR WILLINGNESS TO PERFORM TOGETHER AND CONTRIBUTE THEIR TIME AND TALENTS ADDED TO A SPECIAL AND MEMORABLE TOUCH TO THE CELEBRATION.

THANK YOU TO EACH OF YOU FOR HELPING MAKE CONVOCATION A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STAFF.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME, TALENT AND HEART YOU BROUGHT TO THIS IMPORTANT DISTRICT TRADITION.

PLEASE JOIN US IN RECOGNIZING THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS.

ELENA MUNOZ, WHO IS A COMPANY.

WHO'S GOING TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH PRINCIPAL MARIO PALACIOS.

CAROLINA QUINTANILLA SANTOS, ACCOMPANIED BY BLUE BONNET ELEMENTARY'S PRINCIPAL EMILY MARSHALL.

AND OUR BARN BOYS BAND MEMBERS, COTTON BURGE, HIS FATHER AUSTIN BURGE.

THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY CLEAR FORK PRINCIPAL MICHELLE HILL.

WE HAVE MAX RHODES, HIS FATHER WILL RHODES, AND THEIR PRINCIPAL, BLUE BONNET PRINCIPAL EMILY MARSHALL.

THANK YOU ALL IF YOU'LL COME TO THE CENTER FOR A PICTURE.

IF WE COULD GET THE BARN BOYS TO MOVE TO THE CENTER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[First Day Fresh Cuts Sponsor & Volunteers]

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WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO NIKKI LAWRENCE AND LAUREN RYDELL FOR ORGANIZING THIS WONDERFUL EVENT AND HELPING MAKE IT SUCH A SUCCESS.

THIS TIME, THEIR TIME, DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS HELPED CREATE AN EXPERIENCE THAT MADE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR FAMILIES.

WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE GRISELDA MOLINA FOR HELPING WITH THIS EVENT.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, SHE TOOK ON COLLECTING AND DISTRIBUTING PACK BACKPACKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO ALL THE STUDENTS WHO GOT THEIR HAIRCUTS THAT DAY.

A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR NAVIGATE TO 28 COMMITTEE FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT FOR OUR EVENT.

YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY ARE TRULY APPRECIATED.

ALSO, A HUGE THANK YOU TO CRYSTAL EVANS AND THE LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY FOR VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME ON AUGUST THE 9TH.

A SPECIAL THANK YOU GOES TO ALL OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS, BARBERS AND HAIRSTYLISTS WHO VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME AND TALENTS TO MAKE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE.

WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR LOCKHART FOR PEOPLE AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS.

BECAUSE OF YOUR GENEROSITY, OUR LITTLE LIONS FELT CONFIDENT, CARED FOR AND READY TO TAKE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING US START THE SCHOOL YEAR OFF FRESH AND FOR INVESTING IN THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS.

PLEASE HELP ME TO RECOGNIZE THE ORGANIZERS OF THE EVENT.

NIKKI LAWRENCE.

LAUREN RYDELL.

GRISELDA MOLINA.

CRYSTAL EVANS.

NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING BARBERS AND HAIRSTYLISTS WHO GENEROUSLY VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME AND TALENTS TO MAKE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE.

THE TWO THAT WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT THIS EVENING, WE HAVE IVAN LANDEROS.

HE IS A SELF-EMPLOYED BARBER.

ROSA HERNANDEZ, ALSO SELF-EMPLOYED HAIRSTYLIST.

I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE OTHERS THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT.

WE HAVE ANNABETH GONZALEZ, SARAH MERCER, HANNAH HUNT, ALL FROM LEESON COMPANY THAT WERE THERE WITH US THAT DAY.

CHARLIE STANTON, BYRD'S BARBERSHOP.

WE HAD RICKY LOPEZ, RICKY SALDANA, JORGE VILLEGAS, EDISON DIAZ, ALL FROM AMW BARBERSHOP IN AUSTIN.

JUAN ESTRADA, WHO IS A SELF-EMPLOYED BARBER.

JAM ELIZAR, LIFETIME FITNESS.

JACOB ROWLAND, CHANGING FACES.

ROXY WATERS, SELF-EMPLOYED HAIR PROFESSIONAL.

NIKKI ACOSTA, RED STELLA.

TRINITY COCOSINIKI URBAN BETTY.

OSCAR OLIVEIRA, SELF-EMPLOYED HAIRSTYLIST.

GABRIEL ORTIZ AND DEB CRUZ FROM CHANGING FACES.

DEREK HERNANDEZ, SELF-EMPLOYED BARBER.

AND ADRIAN LODERO FROM HIGHLY BLESSED.

ALSO TONIGHT, BEFORE WE TAKE OUR PICTURE, WE WOULD LIKE FOR ANY OF OUR LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY VOLUNTEERS TO PLEASE JOIN US IN THE FRONT FOR A PICTURE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND IF YOU'LL COME

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITIONS FOR THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[Public Comment]

[Business - Consent Agenda]

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX, THE BUSINESS CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEMS A THROUGH G, DOES ANY BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE ITEMS? IF NOT, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS LISTED.

I'LL SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND.

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

AYE.

PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO.

[First Day of School Update]

ESTRADA.

YES SIR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM GIVE PRESENTATION ON THEIR DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO WE'LL BRING UP DR.

CAMARILLO TO GET US STARTED.

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

AS HE MENTIONED, WE HAVE A JOINT PRESENTATION HERE ABOUT ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS, EXCITED ABOUT THE FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL.

WE HAD A GREAT OPENING.

AS ALWAYS, WE LEARNED SOME THINGS AS WELL THAT WE'LL IMPLEMENT FOR NEXT YEAR.

BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND KICK IT OVER TO NICOLE, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND SHE'LL INTRODUCE THE NEXT PERSON.

AND I'LL COME BACK AT THE END TO TALK ABOUT OUR AFTER ACTION REVIEW ON THE FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WRIGHT, SCHOOL BOARD AND DR. ESTRADA.

THESE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT YOU WILL HEAR FROM TONIGHT AS WE HAVE CELEBRATED THESE FIRST EIGHT DAYS OF SCHOOL.

MY SECTION STARTS OFF WITH THE BUDGET.

SO NOW WE DID ADOPT AT THE END OF JUNE A BALANCED BUDGET.

AND A LOT OF THAT, ALL OF IT IS PROJECTIONS BOTH ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE AND THE REVENUE SIDE AS WELL.

THE WAY THAT WE PROJECT THE REVENUES IS THAT WE TAKE THE PROJECTION OF STUDENTS THAT WE THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AND THEN WE PUT THAT AGAINST A FORMULA OF THEIR NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE AND THEIR ATTENDANCE FOR ATTENDING SCHOOL EACH DAY.

SO REAL QUICKLY, AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE VERSUS OUR ATTENDANCE GOAL AS A DISTRICT.

I JUST WANT TO GO OVER THAT SO THERE ISN'T ANY TYPE OF CONFUSION

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THE ATTENDANCE RATE IS THE PERCENTAGE OF AN ENROLLED STUDENT ATTENDING EACH DAY.

SO WE DO HAVE A DISTRICT WIDE GOAL OF 96 PERCENT.

THIS IS AN INSTRUCTIONAL GOAL FOR STUDENTS TO REACH THEIR ACADEMIC GOALS OF 96 PERCENT ATTENDANCE.

NOW, ADA IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PAID ON.

AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE IS THE RATE THAT TEA USES TO FUND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO I COULD BE A STUDENT THAT ENROLLS IN LOCKHART ISD IN JANUARY, THE SECOND HALF OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

AND I COULD BE HITTING MY INSTRUCTIONAL GOAL OF 96 PERCENT ATTENDANCE.

BUT MY ADA GOAL IS NOT 96 BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN IN ANOTHER DISTRICT THE OTHER HALF OF THE YEAR.

SO IF I WAS AT 96 PERCENT, I HIT MY INSTRUCTIONAL GOAL, I WOULD BE FOR THE YEAR 0.96.

BUT IF I WAS ONLY THERE HALF THE YEAR, I'M A 0.5.

SO THAT'S WHY THE BUDGET IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AS FAR AS ADA GOALS VERSUS ATTENDANCE GOALS.

AND SO I SAY THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE COMMUNICATE WHAT THAT FORMULA IS TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE 96 PERCENT.

AND THAT'S WHY IS WE HAVE STUDENTS ENROLL ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND THEN LIKEWISE, THEY MOVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TOO.

SO OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE FOR THIS YEAR IS WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE OUR ENROLLMENT GOAL AND THEN WE TAKE THE 25, 26 ADA RATE ROUGHLY.

I DO A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY NOW THAT I'VE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS TO SEE WHERE THAT RATE IS ON THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT.

BUT OVERALL, WE'LL LOOK AT LAST YEAR'S GOAL.

THIS YEAR, OUR ENROLLMENT GOAL WAS 06,900 STUDENTS, WHICH IS ROUGHLY A 150 STUDENT INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.

ON AVERAGE, OUR ENROLLMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WAS AROUND 6,750.

SO IT'S ABOUT A 150 STUDENT INCREASE.

THIS WAS FROM OUR DEMOGRAPHER BETWEEN THE LOW AND MID PROJECTION THAT HE HAD.

AND WE JUST LOOKED AT EACH OF THE CAMPUSES AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

AND THEN ALSO THE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION THAT IS GOING ON IN THE CAMPUS IN THE DIFFERENT ZONES WHEN WE CAME UP WITH THE 6,900.

SO THAT IS OUR ENROLLMENT GOAL FOR THIS YEAR AS FAR AS THE BUDGET IS CONCERNED WITH A 93 PERCENT ATTENDANCE RATE.

SO THIS IS WHERE THE ADA RATE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

SO WE ARE PROJECTING AT AN ADA RATE OF 93 PERCENT.

WE DID HIT 93 PERCENT ATTENDANCE LAST YEAR.

SO WHILE THE GOAL IS 96 ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL SIDE, WE HAVE BUDGETED AN ADA RATE OF 93 PERCENT.

WHAT WE DO IS WE BUDGET OUR EXPENDITURES AGAINST THAT RATE.

SO WHEN WE TAKE WHAT WE PROJECT OUR ENROLLMENT TO BE, WHAT WE PROJECT OUR ADA TO BE AND THE WEIGHTED NEEDS OF THOSE STUDENTS WITHIN THAT ADA, THEN WE BALANCE OUR BUDGET AGAINST THAT.

SO THAT'S HOW WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET.

I OFTEN TALK ABOUT HOW WHEN WE CREATE OUR BUDGET, ALL THE LIGHTS ARE OFF IN THE ROOM IN JUNE AND THEN WE TURN THE LIGHTS ON AS THE YEAR GOES ON AND IT GETS A LITTLE BIT BRIGHTER AND WE SEE HOW CLOSE WE GOT TO ALL OF THESE PROJECTIONS.

SO NOW THAT WE ARE IN THE EIGHTH DAY OF SCHOOL, WE CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT THESE LIGHTS LOOK LIKE.

SO TODAY THE ENROLLMENT WAS SIX THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN STUDENTS.

LAST YEAR ON THE SAME DAY, IT WAS SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT STUDENTS.

SO WE ABSOLUTELY ARE SEEING GROWTH.

OUR PROJECTED SNAPSHOT AT SNAPSHOT IS SIXTY NINE HUNDRED.

SO WE ARE WELL ON THE WAY TO REACHING OUR GOAL.

WE ARE GROWING ABOUT TWENTY FIVE TO THIRTY STUDENTS A DAY THAT WILL START TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT, ESPECIALLY AS WE GET CLOSER TO LABOR DAY.

THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY THAT WEEK AFTER LABOR DAY IS WHEN WE REALLY START TO SEE IT KIND OF LEVEL OUT.

OKAY, THIS HAS A LOT OF REALLY THIS IS A LOT GOING ON HERE.

HOWEVER, THERE IS A LOT OF STORY TO BE TOLD.

SO UP AT THE TOP, THE RED SECTION IS WHERE WE ARE AT ENROLLMENT EACH DAY OF THESE FIRST EIGHT DAYS OF SCHOOL.

AND THE GREEN SECTION IS LAST YEAR IN THE FIRST EIGHT DAYS OF SCHOOL.

AND THEN BLUE SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE.

SO WE LOVE TO LOOK AT THIS SO WE CAN REALLY SEE WHERE WE'RE GROWING ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM AND I TOTAL IT JUST BY TOTAL

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WE HAD NINETY EIGHT MORE STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL THAN WE DID LAST YEAR.

AND WE HAD A HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR MORE SECONDARY STUDENTS ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL THIS YEAR THAN WE DID LAST YEAR FOR A TOTAL OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO MORE STUDENTS.

AND THEN WHEN WE FAST FORWARD HERE TO DAY EIGHT, WE HAVE TWENTY FOUR MORE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS THAN WE HAD LAST YEAR ON THE SAME DAY EIGHT.

AND WE HAVE A HUNDRED AND EIGHT MORE SECONDARY STUDENTS.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I SEE WHEN I LOOK AT THIS IS THAT WE HAVE A GROWTH OF A HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO STUDENTS AS OF TODAY.

THAT IS RIGHT AROUND TWO PERCENT GROWTH, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN ON THIS DAY IN A FEW YEARS.

SO IT IS DEFINITELY REALLY POSITIVE AS FAR AS US MEETING OUR GOAL OF SIXTY NINE HUNDRED STUDENTS.

WE ALSO HAVE A HIGH GROWTH AT SECONDARY.

SO AT THIS SAME WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS LAST YEAR, WE WERE AT ABOUT NEGATIVE SIXTY SIX SECONDARY STUDENTS.

AND SO THAT REALLY JUST SHOWS THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE HAD FROM LAST YEAR.

AND WE WERE IN TOTAL THIRTY FIVE STUDENTS.

SO WE'RE AT A HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO TODAY.

SO WE ARE DEFINITELY SEEING AN IMPACT OF ALL OF THE RESIDENTIAL GROWTH THAT WE ARE HAVING THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT OUR THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN SQUARE MILES.

AS THE YEAR CONTINUES, WE'RE ON DAY EIGHT.

BUT AS THE DAYS CONTINUE, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE DOING THE ANALYSIS OF ENROLLMENT ALL THE WAY UP TO LABOR DAY SO THAT WE CAN REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STAFFED IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY FOR OUR STUDENTS.

I LOOK AT ENROLLMENT EVERY SINGLE DAY ALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

AND AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WE REALLY LOOK AT EACH CLASSROOM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STAFFED WELL FOR THE STUDENTS.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT ANY TYPE OF AREAS THAT MIGHT HAVE ROLE LOW ENROLLMENT SO THAT WE CAN LEVEL THE CLASSES AGAIN, MAKING LOWERING POTENTIAL CLASS SIZES IN REALLY HIGHER ENROLLMENT AREAS.

SO WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT DAILY.

HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT IT DAILY OVER THESE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THEN REALLY LEVEL OUT AT LABOR DAY.

THIS CLICKER ISN'T OKAY.

I'M GOING TO PASS THIS OVER TO JAMES.

HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OPERATIONS UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE.

SUMMARY BUDGETS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.

OUR GROWTH IS HERE, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH IT.

WE'LL GIVE YOU A BUDGET UPDATE EACH MONTH.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT ESTRADA, BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS.

IN CASE THIS CLICKER DOESN'T WORK, I'M JUST GOING TO ASK FOR NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO IF YOU CAN, NEXT SLIDE.

THERE WE GO.

I DO WANT TO REPORT, AS I DO FOR THE PAST FEW SUMMERS, WE HAVE CREATED AND DEVELOPED A SUMMER HOME DELIVERY MEAL PROGRAM FOR OUR COMMUNITY KIDS.

AND IT CONTINUES TO BE VERY, VERY STRONG.

AND I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT NOT A LOT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING.

WE CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY FAMILIES IN THE NAVARRO AREA, THE ABS AREA, THE PLUM CREEK AREA.

AND IT TAKES A LOT OF COORDINATION.

IT'S ALMOST KIND OF BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE DID THE COVID DELIVERIES MEALS.

AND SO WHEN WE CAME BACK, WHEN WE GOT TDA APPROVAL TO DO SOME OF THESE NON-COGNITIVE MEALS, I DID WANT TO SHARE THAT WE SERVED OVER 5,300 BREAKFAST MEALS AND 5,300 LUNCH MEALS TO OUR KIDS OUT THERE.

AND THAT'S SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANT FOR OUR FAMILIES BECAUSE SOME OF THEM WE JUST DON'T KNOW THEY COULD GO WITHOUT.

SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE SHARED THAT WITH THE BOARD.

SO THIS IS MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE I GET A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE SUPPORT TEAMS AND ALL THE HARD WORK THEY DO.

OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW, OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM WORKS SUPER HARD.

THEY'RE THE CORE OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MAKING SURE ALL OF OUR FACILITIES ARE UP TO STANDARD AND MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WORKS AND IS OPERATIONAL.

NOW, IS THERE WORK TO BE HAD? ABSOLUTELY.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD COMING INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR?

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SOME OF OUR CLASSROOM AIR CONDITIONERS, ONE DAY THEY WORK AND THE NEXT DAY THEY DON'T.

I MEAN, EVEN IN OUR ROOM RIGHT NOW, 30 MINUTES AGO, THE AC WAS WORKING JUST FINE.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING SOME PROBLEM SOLVING TO MAKE SURE THERE'S SOME SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS.

ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, I ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT WE ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WE HAD A MAINTENANCE STAFF MEMBER AT EVERY CAMPUS IN CASE ANY CAMPUS NEEDED SOME SUPPORT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN CASE WE DID HAVE AN AC PROBLEM, HVAC PERSON WAS JUST RIGHT THERE.

I KNOW I'M KIND OF GOING A LITTLE BIT QUICK, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE SUPPORT TEAMS THAT YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON.

SO LET'S GO TO OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM. AND THAT IS OUR BUSES.

AND SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE WELL OVER 100% STAFFED RIGHT NOW.

AND WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY NINE BUS, NINE BUS DRIVERS ON TOP OF EXTRA BUS DRIVERS RIGHT NOW WITH SEVEN MORE IN TRAINING.

SO WE IN JUST A FEW WEEKS WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 16 EXTRA BUS DRIVERS TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR ROUTES ARE COVERED.

I DO WANT TO ALSO SHARE, THOUGH, WE DO HAVE SOME WORK TO DO THERE.

WHY? BECAUSE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL, WE DO HAVE SOME CHALLENGES WITH MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR KIDS GET HOME SAFE AND SOUND.

AND HAVE WE HAD A FEW, NOT A FEW, BUT A FEW OF OUR BUSES HAVE SOME AC PROBLEMS? WE HAVE.

BUT I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT WE DO HAVE A SYSTEM AND PROCESS.

WHENEVER WE DO HAVE A BUS THAT HAS AN AC PROBLEM, WE DO TAKE IT OUT OF SERVICE AND WE REPLACE IT WITH A NEW BUS UNTIL THAT BUS GETS BACK ONLINE.

NEXT SLIDE IS OUR CUSTODIAL TEAM. OUR CUSTODIAL TEAM WORKS SUPER HARD, JUST LIKE ALL OF OUR LIKE OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AND OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THEY'RE RIGHT THERE AT THE FOUNDATION OF OUR BUILDINGS AS WELL.

OVER THE SUMMER THEY DO LOTS OF WORK ON MAKING SURE ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE SET UP FOR SUCCESS.

AND IF YOU WALK SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES, IT'S SUPER INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY'LL EVEN LEAVE THE CAUTION TAPE OUT IN THE AREAS THAT THE FLOORS ARE ALREADY WAXED AND ALREADY PREPPED.

HOWEVER, THEY WANT TO KEEP AS MANY PEOPLE OFF OF IT BECAUSE THEY'RE SUPER PROUD OF THE WORK THEY DO.

SO WHEN THE TEACHERS DO COME IN, THEY CAN SHOW OFF THEIR WORK AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID OVER THE SUMMER.

OUR NUTRITION TEAM. LOTS OF SMILES HERE.

AND IF YOU EVER WANT TO GO GET A QUICK BITE TO EAT AT ANY OF OUR CAMPUSES, PLEASE JOIN US AND YOU'LL REALLY, REALLY ENJOY IT.

HERE'S A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF OUR ELEMENTARIES AND OUR SECONDARY FRUITS AND VEGETABLE LINES.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A LOT OF SMILING FACES.

AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE SHARE WITH OUR SUPPORT TEAMS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW OUR KIDS' STORIES.

AND SO SOMETIMES THOSE ARE THE ONLY SMILING FACES THAT THEY MIGHT GET.

AND THEY MIGHT GET IT FROM SOMEBODY WHO'S SERVING THEM A SLICE OF PIZZA OR SERVING THEM APPLES OR ON THE BUSES TAKING THEM HOME.

SO WE DO WANT TO SHARE SOME OF OUR SUCCESSES ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WE SERVED ALMOST 5,000 LUNCHES, WHICH IS HUGE, WHICH IT REALLY, REALLY IS.

THE FIRST FRIDAY, THAT VERY NEXT DAY, WE SERVED OVER 05,400 MEALS.

AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ALONE, WE'RE SERVING BETWEEN 1,500 AND 1,600 MEALS A DAY, WHICH BLOWS ME AWAY BECAUSE WHEN I WAS THE NUTRITION DIRECTOR BACK IN THE DAY, WE WERE LIKE 800.

AND SO WE'VE COME A LONG WAY WITH OUR MENU AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER.

OUR NEXT SLIDE IS TALKING ABOUT OUR SCHOOL SAFETY.

NOW, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW COORDINATOR OF SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY, AND THAT'S MS. CARRIE BALES.

AND SHE CONDUCTED A VIRTUAL MEETING FOR ALL OF OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT ON AUGUST 11TH.

WE DID THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE DID WE HAD LAST YEAR WITH MR. MILLER, AND WE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK.

SOME OF THE HOT TOPICS THAT WE DID TALK ABOUT WAS SAFETY IS BUILT THROUGH EVERYDAY ACTIONS, RAPTOR ENTRY SYSTEM AND STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOLS.

WE DO ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT WE DO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COLWELL COUNTY CONSTABLES PRECINCT 4, AND WE ARE COMPLETELY STAFFED AT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE AREAS THAT I COVERED? I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR STAFF FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING FOR OUR DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY OUR MAINTENANCE, NUTRITION, BUS STAFF.

IT TAKES A LOT

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WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND ALL OF OUR WORK, THE APPROACH IS, WITH ALL OUR SUPPORT STAFF, IS IF WE COME ACROSS A PROBLEM, WE COME UP WITH A SHORT-TERM SOLUTION AND A LONG-TERM SOLUTION.

SO IF WE HAVE A CLASSROOM THAT AN AC GOES DOWN, WE BRING IN A PORTABLE CHILLER, AND THEN WE WORK ON THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION.

AND WE DO THAT WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO FOR OUR SUPPORT TEAMS. AND I'LL ECHO, A LOT OF TIMES, I WAS UP AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR VARIOUS REASONS DURING THE SUMMER, AND I ALWAYS SAW SOMEBODY WORKING ON SOMETHING EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT I WAS UP THERE WITH NO DATE.

YOU KNOW, THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB PREPPING.

I KNOW THEY WORKED REALLY HARD OVER THE SUMMER.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

SO HAVE WE REACHED AN UNDERSTANDING WITH THE CITY OF LOCKHART POLICE DEPARTMENT? IT SEEMED THEY WERE NOT AS PRESENT AS WE HOPED FOR IN THE EARLY PART OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO HOW IS THAT WORKING OUT? YES, SIR.

ME AND MS. BALES HAD A MEETING WITH LOCKHART PD JUST THIS PAST FRIDAY.

WE SAT DOWN WITH THE CHIEF AND HIS STAFF, AND WE GATHERED A LOT OF INFORMATION.

THE CITY OF LOCKHART DID HAVE A MEETING WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE CONSTABLE PRECINCT FOUR.

AND IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS, WHAT ME AND MS. BALES BROUGHT UP TO SPEED WAS THERE WAS COMMUNICATION ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EACH AGENCY.

AND SO WHAT WE GATHERED FROM THAT CONVERSATION WAS THAT DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, PRECINCT FOUR IS GOING TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF THE CAMPUS.

HOWEVER, IF THEY NEED ANY ASSISTANCE, THAT THEY CAN REACH OUT TO LOCKHART PD AND THEY'LL BE THERE.

SO WE DID HAVE A FEW INCIDENTS WHERE WE HAD SOME EMERGENCIES AT NAVARRO, AND WE DID HAVE LOCKHART PD SHOW UP AS WELL TO SUPPORT.

SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WELL.

NOW I'M GOING TO BRING UP MS. SEIDEL SO SHE CAN TALK ABOUT STAFFING.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR KIND WORDS.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WRIGHT, DR. ESTRADA AND SCHOOL BOARD.

I AM EXCITED TO TELL YOU THAT TODAY WE ARE CURRENTLY 99 PERCENT STAFF DISTRICT WIDE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

AT OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES, WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE OPENINGS.

THREE OF THOSE OPENINGS ARE NEW FTES FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

YOU CAN SEE THOSE LISTED.

AND THEN AT THE SECONDARY, WE HAVE FIVE OPENINGS AS WELL, AND TWO OF THOSE ARE TEACHING POSITIONS.

THIS YEAR WE'RE EXCITED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE 185 SUBS IN THE SYSTEM.

THAT'S 20 MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.

LAST YEAR WE HAD 165 IN THE SYSTEM AT THIS TIME.

SOME EFFORTS TO RETAIN, WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING OUR ANNUAL TAILGATE ON SEPTEMBER 4TH AT 5 O'CLOCK.

AND THEN ALSO A HIGHLIGHT IS FOR TIA THIS COMING YEAR, WE HOPE TO HAVE 94 PERCENT OF OUR TEACHERS ELIGIBLE FOR TIA AS OPPOSED TO LAST YEAR WE HAD 75 PERCENT.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE ONBOARDED LAST YEAR, 25, 26, 217, AND THIS YEAR WE ONBOARDED 147 EMPLOYEES.

THAT'S EVERYTHING, TEACHERS, AIDES, EVERYBODY.

AND NOW NEXT UP, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP MISTY AND IWATA.

PRESIDENT WRIGHT, DR.

ESTRADA, AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I PUT TOGETHER SOME PICTURES FROM THIS SUMMER.

THIS SUMMER WE HAD LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON.

I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER.

WHEN I STARTED WITH COMMUNITY ED, WE PROBABLY HAD A COUPLE OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS TRYING TO GET BACKPACKS AND TRYING TO GET SUPPLIES.

THIS YEAR, EVERY WEEKEND, WE HAD SOMETHING STARTING MID-JULY, AND WE WERE ROCKING AND ROLLING SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS UNTIL SCHOOL STARTED.

SO LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON.

WE HAD THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH FOOD GIVEAWAY ON A SATURDAY.

WE ALSO HAD OUR 412.

WE HAD OUR FRESH CUTS THAT'S HERE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THIS EVENING.

WE HAD SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS.

WE ALSO WENT TO, AFTER WE DID THOSE WEEKS, WE DID HAVE STUFF THE BUS.

OUR SECOND SLIDE SHOWED THINGS THAT WE STARTED TO INVITE OUR STUDENTS TO.

SO THAT WAS MORE LIKE THE LION RALLY, OUR MEET THE TEACHER, OUR SENIOR SUNRISE.

BUT WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY

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THEY WERE GREAT.

AND OUR BANKS AND FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS, IF THEY'RE NOT DOING THEIR OWN EVENT, THEY'RE ACTUALLY HELPING IN SOMEONE ELSE'S EVENT.

SO WE HAVE LOTS OF PICTURES I KNOW WE DID ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE EVENTS? NO.

IT JUST SHOWS HOW GREAT OUR COMMUNITY IS COMING TOGETHER FOR OUR DISTRICT.

YES, SIR.

EVERY SUMMER IT'S JUST GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER.

BIGGER AND BIGGER.

YES.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT WRIGHT, DR. ESTRADA, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M HERE TO PRESENT ON ASPECTS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING, ALTHOUGH WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF LEADER IN MEDIA AS WELL FOR DR.

VASQUEZ.

SHE'S UNDER THE WEATHER.

SO JUST TO RECAP ON OUR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL SUPPORT ACTUALLY WAS HAPPENING ON THE FIRST DAY.

LEADER IN ME LESSONS WERE HAPPENING ACROSS THE DISTRICT FOR THE FIRST DAY DAYS OF SCHOOL.

ALSO, WE ARE DOING A FOUNDATIONAL 15 WALKTHROUGHS.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED LAST YEAR.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE PRESENTATION AS WELL.

BUT WHERE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS ARE WALKING THROUGH LOOKING FOR ROUTINES AND PROCEDURES, CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, LEADER IN ME LESSONS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, NOT NECESSARILY INSTRUCTIONAL WALKS JUST QUITE YET.

THAT'LL HAPPEN WHEN WE COME BACK FROM LABOR DAY.

ADDITIONALLY, DISTRICT OFFICES WERE ON SITE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

WE PROVIDED EXTRA SUPPORT FOR LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH AND LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY DURING LUNCHES.

LAST YEAR IT WAS A MUCH BIGGER DEAL.

WE WERE ANXIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE CELL PHONE ROLLOUT WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR.

AS WE WILL SEE HERE IN A LITTLE BIT, IT HAS BEEN REALLY INCREDIBLE.

BOTH CAMPUSES HAVE DONE A REMARKABLE JOB AT IMPLEMENTING THAT AND TO WHERE IT'S ALMOST PRACTICALLY ZERO PHONES.

NOT QUITE ZERO, BUT PRACTICALLY CLOSE TO IT.

GAMES ARE PROVIDED DURING LUNCHES AT BOTH CAMPUSES.

WE DID HOST TWO DAYS OF CENTRAL OFFICE REGISTRATION HERE AT MLC.

AND THEN IN ADDITION TO HAVING CHROMEBOOK CARTS ON CAMPUS, CLEANED AND REPAIRED AND READY TO GO FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE FROM OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT AT THE FIRST WEEK OF JULY, THEY ALSO DISTRIBUTED OVER 1,800 CHROMEBOOKS AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.

SO AGAIN, JUST GOES TO SHOW OF ALL THE HARD WORK THAT OUR TECHNOLOGY TEAM AND EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AND EVERYONE IN THIS DISTRICT DOES EACH AND EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL ARE SUCCESSFUL.

SO LEADER IN ME TRAINING DID HAPPEN DISTRICT-WIDE.

THERE WAS A FOUR-HOUR TRAINING AT THE SECONDARY FOR BOTH THE JUNIOR HIGH AND THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN AS WELL AN ADDITIONAL TRAINING AT ALL THE ELEMENTARIES AS WELL.

WHILE THE IMPORTANT GOALS CONTINUE TO BE A FOCUS, THE ACRONYM BEING WIGS, CAMPUS-WIDE WIGS, WE HAVE CLASSROOM WIGS, WE HAVE STUDENTS HAVE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL WIGS, AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR LEADER IN ME PORTFOLIOS.

ON TOP OF LOTS OF SIGNAGE, LOTS OF CELEBRATION AND CLASSROOM MISSION STATEMENTS THAT ARE WRITTEN COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASSES.

HERE'S JUST SOME OF THE WALKTHROUGH DATA THAT WE TALKED ABOUT JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO WHEN IT COMES TO OUR ELEMENTARY FOUNDATIONAL 15 WALKTHROUGH DATA.

AGAIN, THAT'S JUST WALK IN THOSE CLASSROOMS, ADMINISTRATORS LETTING THE CADENCE KIND OF SINK IN SO STUDENTS CAN GET USED TO SEEING ADMINISTRATORS IN THE CLASSROOMS AS THEIR TEACHERS.

AND THEN THAT ALSO IDENTIFIES ANY TEACHERS THAT MIGHT NEED SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

HERE'S OUR SECONDARY.

I'M SORRY.

GO BACK.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF 33% AND 30% OF LEADER IN ME ENGAGEMENT? THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION THAT I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT I HAVE THE EXACT ANSWER TO OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT I WOULD THINK THAT IT DEPENDS ON THE TIME OF THE DAY THAT THE WALKTHROUGHS ARE TAKING PLACE.

AND A LEADER IN ME IS TYPICALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL DAY.

AND SO IF THOSE WALKTHROUGHS ARE HAPPENING AT OTHER TIMES, THEY MIGHT NOT SEE THAT.

EXCEPT FOR WE'RE LOOKING FOR SIMPLY A CLASSROOM STATEMENT THAT'S POSTED.

CORRECT.

AND THOSE ALSO TAKE TIME TO DEVELOP.

IF THEY DID START OF THE WALK ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN IT, WHEREAS THEY WERE DEVELOPING THEIR CLASSROOM MISSION STATEMENTS ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY OF THAT FOLLOWING WEEK.

AND THEY'RE NOT DUE UNTIL THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER AS WELL.

SO THEREFORE, ANYONE THAT DOES HAVE THEM UP ALREADY IS AHEAD OF THE CURVE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? WHEN WE HAVE OUR SECONDARY FOUNDATIONAL 15 WALKTHROUGH DATA, WE HAVE THE SAME.

AND AS YOU'LL SEE, THE LEADER IN ME CLASSROOM NUMBERS ARE REFLECTIVE AS

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SO THAT JUST KIND OF GOES TO SHOW, AGAIN, IT COMES DOWN TO TIME OF DAY.

IT COMES DOWN TO WHEN CERTAIN THINGS ARE DUE AS WELL.

THESE WALKTHROUGHS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK AND NEXT.

SO I ANTICIPATE SEEING A LOT OF THOSE NUMBERS GO UP HIGHER, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO LEADER IN ME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ALMOST NO CELL PHONES, WE HAD TWO PICKED UP SO FAR AT LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

SO NOT QUITE ZERO, BUT THAT IS AWFUL CLOSE.

AND AT LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL, ONLY 44 AS WELL, WHICH IS, IT WAS OVER 100 AT THIS POINT IN TIME LAST YEAR.

SO AGAIN, TREMENDOUS PROGRESS IN REGARDS TO THAT.

STUDENTS ARE USED TO IT.

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

AND WE ALSO LAUNCHED OUR CHILDHOOD UNLOCK INITIATIVE THIS YEAR, WHICH WE'RE ALL VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT.

WE HAVE ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT MS. HOLMAN AND HER TEAM WORKED SO HARD TO GET IN PLACE.

WE HAVE THE HER TEAM WORKED SO HARD TO GET IN PLACE AGAIN THAT'S ALMOST TWO POINT OR OVER TWO POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF AN INVESTMENT THAT WE HAVE MADE INTO THE PLAYGROUNDS ACROSS LOCKHART ISD AND OUR CHILDREN ARE CERTAINLY REAPING THE BENEFITS OF THAT THEY ARE PLAYING THEY'RE EXCITED THEY'RE ENJOYING IT AND WE'RE VERY VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT WE DID HAVE ALL STAFF IN SERVICE TRAINING ON AUGUST THE 4TH AND THE 5TH WE DID THREE DIFFERENT TRAININGS DESIGNED FOR THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS WE HAD OUR PRE-K TRAINING WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT ELEMENTARY SESSIONS AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A SECONDARY SESSION AS WELL THAT'S TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE WHY BEHIND IT INFORMING STAFF THAT MIGHT MAYBE WEREN'T PART OF BOARD MEETINGS OR MAYBE WEREN'T PART OF BOOK STUDY GROUPS EXACTLY ALL THE STEPS THAT LED UP TO CHILDHOOD UNLOCKED ADDITIONALLY WE WENT OVER THE IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK THAT THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED AS WELL ALL ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES HAVE CREATED ADDITIONAL RECESS AND FREE PLAY TIMES IN THEIR MASTER SCHEDULE WE'VE VISITED ALL CAMPUSES THEY HAVE THOSE POSTED CLEARLY OUTSIDE THEIR CLASSROOMS ANYWHERE FROM 45 TO 50 MINUTES A DAY AT EVERY SINGLE ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM AND JUST A REMINDER THE INCREASE OF FREE PLAY WAS TO BE 50% INCREASE IN FREE PLAY SO THAT WOULD BE 45 MINUTES SO ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARIES ARE EMBRACING THAT AND OUR KIDS ARE BENEFITING FROM IT AND THE LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STARTED FREE PLAY TODAY AT LUNCH THEY WANTED TO SPEND THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS GETTING ROUTINES AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED IN THE CAFETERIA BUT NOW FREE PLAY IS HAPPENING AT LUNCH AS WELL WHICH IS AGAIN ONE OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION PRIORITIES WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AT THE JUNIOR THAT LOOKS LIKE GOING OUTSIDE FOR LUNCH THEY HAVE A ROTATING SCHEDULE THEY HAVE BASKETBALLS FOOTBALLS SOCCER BALLS FRISBEES THINGS OF THAT NATURE WHERE THEY CAN GO OUT DURING THE LUNCH PERIOD AND THEY CAN JUST PLAY IN ADDITION TO THAT WE ARE STARTING OUR CHILD AND A LOT PLANNING COMMITTEE WE HAD 44 PARTICIPANTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT THIS WE HAD AN INTEREST FORM AT THE END OF OUR PRESENTATIONS DURING IN SERVICE WHERE PEOPLE COULD SIGN UP TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WORK IS GOING TO TAKE TIME WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO GET THIS RIGHT AND WE CAN'T DO THAT ALONE WE HAVE TO DO THAT AS A COMMUNITY SO WE HAVE 44 PARTICIPANTS TEACHERS CAMPUS AND DISTRICT LEADERS WE HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 10TH HERE IN THE BOARDROOM WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THE WORK THAT COMES OUT OF THAT BLESS YOU AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR LOCKHART ISD PARENT PLEDGE WHERE WE HAVE 52 PARENTS THAT HAVE SIGNED THE PLEDGE THUS FAR WE'RE GOING TO START PROMOTING THAT WE HAVEN'T PROMOTED THAT SINCE MIDSUMMER SO WE'RE GOING TO RELAUNCH THAT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT AND FOCUS OF THAT BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE PLEDGE SAYS IS YOU KNOW A COMMITMENT TO REDUCTION OF TECHNOLOGY A COMMITMENT TO NOT GETTING SOCIAL MEDIA UNTIL THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL YOU KNOW A COMMITMENT TO NOT GETTING SMARTPHONES UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS SO WE'RE VERY ENCOURAGED THAT THE 52 PARENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP TO BE A PART OF IT AND WE KNOW THAT WITH MORE PROMOTION WITH MORE ACTIVITIES WITH MORE COMMUNITY BUILDING EVENTS THAT THAT NUMBER WILL GROW AS WELL ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CHILDHOOD A LOT BEFORE I MOVE ON I WILL SAY I KNOW YOU MENTIONED MISS HOMAN AND ALL OF THE WORK THEY DID WITH THE PLAYGROUND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO HER JUST BECAUSE IT IS SO MUCH WORK AND I KNOW THAT EVERY CAMPUS GOT SOMETHING AND Y'ALL DO SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST THE PLAYGROUND THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER Y'ALL SUMMER IS CRAZY SO THANK YOU FOR ORGANIZING AND DOING ALL THAT HARD WORK IT'S A LOT ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT AND THANK YOU TO MISS HOMAN AND YEAH ON TOP OF ALL THE NEW PLAYGROUNDS WE ALSO HAD A NEW MATH ADOPTION COME IN AS WELL THAT SHE WAS AND A MILLION OTHER THINGS JIM FLOORS AS WELL I MEAN WE COULD JUST MAKE THIS THE TANYA HOMAN SHOW IF WE WANTED TO BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS THANK YOU

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[2026 A - F Accountability Ratings ]

CAMARILLO ALL RIGHT ALL RIGHT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE A 3F ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO PRESENT I FIRST WANT TO SHARE SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT THIS PAST YEAR IT'S YOU KNOW I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL BUT LOOKING BACK AT LAST YEAR AND ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT THERE'S A LOT THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PART OF THAT AND THEN I'M GOING TO KICK IT OVER TO MR. MCBRIDE OUR DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTABILITY ASSESSMENT TO GO OVER THE RATING SYSTEM AND HOW THAT'S FORMULATED FOR THE FOR EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS SO 90% OF OUR CAMPUSES IMPROVED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR WE'VE HAD THE HIGHEST AVERAGE CAMPUS SCORE 81 WE HAD THE HIGHEST CLOSING THE GAPS DISTRICT RATING THAT WENT FROM A 66 TO A 78 WE'VE HAD THE HIGHEST SCHOOL PROGRESS DISTRICT RATING FROM 76 TO AN 80 THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF DISTINCTIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED WE'VE RECEIVED 10 OF THEM WE'VE HAD THE HIGHEST 1.5 MATH RESULTS 78% THE HIGHEST 1.5 READING RESULTS AT 73% SO A LOT OF THAT WORK THAT NEVER IS DONE IN ISOLATION A BIG KUDOS TO OUR PRINCIPALS FOR BEING THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS ON THE CAMPUSES FOR OUR TEACHERS WHO WERE DOING ALL THE INTERVENTIONS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO CLOSE THOSE GAPS TO OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY AND OUR FORMER CNI DEPARTMENT WHO EVERYBODY SUPPORTED THESE EFFORTS AND I THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING TO BE VERY PROUD OF AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE A LION WHEN YOU SEE THESE TYPE OF RESULTS SO I'M GONNA KICK IT OVER TO MR. MCBRIDE AND HE'S GONNA GO OVER HOW THE STATE FORMULATES OUR RATINGS GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR PRINCIPALS AND EVERYBODY ELSE FOR THOSE GOOD EVENING BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT, DR. ESTRADA AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AS DR.

CAMARO MENTIONED I WILL BE PRESENTING A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE STATE'S ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM FOLLOWED BY SOME OF OUR CAMPUS AND DISTRICT RATINGS ADDITIONALLY WE'LL LOOK AT COMPARISONS SHOWING OUR DATA VERSUS STATEWIDE DATA AND ALSO DATA OUR CAMPUS RAISED WHEN WE COMPARE IT WITH OTHER NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS SO DOMAIN ONE IS THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT DOMAIN WHICH FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS RELY SOLELY ON OUR STAR DATA FOR HIGH SCHOOLS THERE ARE TWO ADDED COMPONENTS COLLEGE CAREER MILITARY READINESS OR CCMR WHICH MEASURES HOW MANY OF OUR GRADUATING SENIORS MET POST-SECONDARY INDICATORS AND THEN OUR OTHER THE OTHER INDICATOR IS OUR GRADUATION RATE FOR LAST YEAR'S GRADUATE GRADUATION CLASS DOMAIN TWO IS SPLIT UP INTO INTO TWO PARTS PART A LOOKS AT ACADEMIC GROWTH AND PART B LOOKS AT RELATIVE PERFORMANCE ON THE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS GRAPH YOU CAN SEE THE ACADEMIC GROWTH WHICH COMPARES A STUDENT STAR PERFORMANCE LEVEL FROM LAST YEAR TO THE CURRENT YEAR IF THE STUDENT GOES UP A PERFORMANCE LEVEL OR STAYS AT THE TOP END OF THE PERFORMANCE LEVELS IN THE STUDENT MEETS ACADEMIC GROWTH THE RIGHT SIDE IS RELATIVE PERFORMANCE WHICH MEASURES STUDENT WHICH MEASURES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT RELATIVE TO CAMPUSES WITH SIMILAR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PERCENTAGES BASICALLY IF TWO CAMPUSES HAVE THE SAME STAR ACHIEVEMENT SCORE THEN THE CAMPUS WITH A HIGHER ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE PERCENTAGE WOULD WOULD RECEIVE A HIGHER SCORE THAN THE OTHER CAMPUS THE LAST DOMAIN IS CLOSING THE GAPS THIS DOMAIN EXAMINES HOW WELL WE'RE SUPPORTING HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED STUDENT GROUPS AND ALIGNS WITH FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS WHICH EVALUATES MULTIPLE STUDENT GROUPS ACROSS

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COMERY ALREADY MENTIONED NINE OF OUR TEN CAMPUSES MADE INCREASES FROM 2025 TO 2026 THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A COMPARISON TO STATEWIDE DATA PROVIDED BY TEA WHICH INCLUDES OVER 09,000 CAMPUSES THAT'S THERE ON THAT ON THE LEFT SIDE IT SHOWS THAT 24% OF CAMPUSES INCREASED IN RATINGS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR AND 78% OF CAMPUSES STAY IN THE SAME SCORE OR IMPROVED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR WHEN WE COMPARE THAT TO LISD YOU CAN SEE THAT 70% OF OUR CAMPUS IS INCREASED IN RATINGS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR 9% OF CAMPUSES STAYED IN THE SAME SCORE OR IMPROVED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT OURS OUR DATA COMPARED TO STATEWIDE WE DEFINITELY SEE SOME INCREASES THERE IF WE LOOK AT THIS NEXT GRAPH WE'RE LOOKING AT A SCATTER PLOT WHICH SHOWS HOW OUR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES COMPARED TO OTHER CAMP WERE COMPARED TO CAMPUSES FROM OTHER DISTRICTS WHICH INCLUDE HAYES AND MARCUS BASTROP VALLEY AND OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND US THE HORIZONTAL X-AXIS AT THE BOTTOM REPRESENTS CAMPUS ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE PERCENTAGES THE VERTICAL Y-AXIS IS THE CAMPUS OVERALL SCORE AND THE LINE IN THE MIDDLE IS WHAT THE AVERAGE OVERALL SCORE SHOULD BE GIVEN THE ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE PERCENTAGE LISD SCHOOLS ARE LABELED AND COLORED MAROON HERE FOR OUR FOR OUR ELEMENTARY AS YOU CAN SEE THAT FIVE OF OUR SIX CAMPUSES ARE ABOVE THAT AVERAGE LINE WITH FOUR CAMPUSES BEING WELL ABOVE THAT LINE MR. MCBRIDE JUST WANT TO POINT OUT I KNOW THIS IS JUST ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHARTS TO LOOK AT AND THAT IT REALLY YOU OFTEN HEAR ABOUT SOCIOECONOMICS AND HOW IT PLAYS INTO THESE RATINGS AND YOU KNOW YOU LOOK AT CLEAR FOR IT LOUVON IN PALM CREEK ESPECIALLY ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN SCHOOLS WITH HALF OF THE PERCENTAGE OF ECO DISCS AT THOSE CAMPUSES I THINK THAT SHOWS YOU KNOW THE QUALITY OF TIER ONE INSTRUCTION HAPPENING AT THOSE SCHOOLS AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT PERFORMANCE COMPLETELY AGREE YES, WE'RE SAYING WE'RE SEEING LOTS OF GREAT THINGS THAT ARE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUSES NOT TO BE OUTDONE IF WE LOOK AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES YOU CAN SEE LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH IS ALSO WELL ABOVE THAT THE AVERAGE LINE THERE AND THEN THE SAME THING WE SEE THAT WITH LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL WHEN WE COMPARE OTHER HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES FROM FROM NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS OKAY SO THIS NEXT SLIDE NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO A MAP OF OTHER AREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THEIR OVERALL RATINGS ONE DIFFERENCE BUT WITH THIS COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER DAY THAT WE LOOKED AT IS THAT NOW WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED SOME OTHER AREA CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT RECEIVE A RATING FROM TEA THESE CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE LABELED ALONG WITH LISD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUSES I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT YOU KNOW THE REASON WHY WE LABELED THOSE CHARTER SCHOOLS WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS ATTENDING I MEAN IDEA KYLE FOR EXAMPLE WE HAVE ALMOST 180 KIDS I BELIEVE ATTENDING YOU KNOW THEY'RE A C CAMPUS AND YOU KNOW THOSE KIDS CAN COME BACK AND COME TO EIGHT CAMPUSES SAME THING FOR VALOR YOU KNOW WE HAVE QUITE A FEW KIDS AT VALOR AND THEY'RE A D RATED CAMPUS AND YOU KNOW SO I THINK THE MORE WE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT YOU KNOW THE BETTER AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT JUST KIND OF EAST OF I-35 YOU KNOW FROM AUSTIN TO SAN MARCOS YOU CAN SEE MOST RATINGS OR D'S OR C'S WE'RE KIND OF BREAKING THAT TREND ON MANY OF OUR CAMPUSES OKAY MOVING ON TO OVERALL RATINGS OR THE

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COMING ALREADY MENTIONED WE HAVE DISTINCTION DESIGNATIONS SO THE FIRST THING TO KNOW ABOUT ABOUT DESIGNATIONS IS THAT FOR EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES THEY HAVE A CAMPUS COMPARISON GROUP WHICH IS DETERMINED BY GROUPING OTHER SCHOOLS STATEWIDE WITH SIMILAR DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILES THERE'S 40 OTHERS 40 CAMPUSES IN EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS WHEN OUR CAMPUSES PERFORM IN THE TOP 25% OF THESE GROUPS ON A CERTAIN NUMBER OF INDICATORS WE'RE ABLE TO EARN DISTINCTIONS SO THE ELIGIBLE DISTINCTION DESIGNATIONS ARE SHOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DISTINCTION DESTINATION AS A DISTRICT WE WE HAVE EARNED TEN DISTINCTIONS WHICH IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER UNDER THIS CURRENT ITERATION OF OUR ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM WHICH DATES BACK TO 2019 BLUE LINE ELEMENTARY EARNED ONE DISTINCTION BORCHARD LOOP AND CLIFFORD ELEMENTARY'S EACH EARNED THREE PLUM CREEK EARNED TWO AND FINALLY LOCKHART JUNIOR HIGH ALSO EARNED A DISTINCTION SO THESE ARE DEFINITELY A TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT THESE AND THESE ARE NOT EASY TO TO GET I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THAT'S THE TO ME THAT'S THE RESULT OF OUR 1.5 GOAL THAT WE HAVE FOR EVERY KID TO GROW 1.5 LIKE THAT'S SHOWING IN THESE DISTINCTIONS WITH THE ACADEMIC GROWTH AND CLOSING THE GAPS AND EVERYTHING SO THAT'S WHERE THAT 1.5 BECOMES SO IMPORTANT FOR EACH AND EVERY KID NO MATTER WHAT LEVEL THAT THEY STARTED AT THEY GET TO HAVE THAT THAT DISTINCTION THERE YES ABSOLUTELY GOOD AND I AGREE MORE WITH THAT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SEVEN-POINT DROP AT PLUM CREEK YOU KNOW WHAT CONTRIBUTED TO THAT I CAN I CAN TALK YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT OPENING BORCHARD LOOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YOU KNOW WE HAD TO THINK VERY STRATEGICALLY TYPICALLY WHEN YOU OPEN NEW SCHOOLS IT'S VERY WORRISOME BECAUSE YOU USED TO GET A BREAK YOU KNOW TA WOULDN'T GIVE YOU A RATING THAT FIRST YEAR BECAUSE IT IS VERY CHALLENGING TASK YOU KNOW SO WE MADE THE STRATEGIC MOVE TO HAVE MISS GREBEL BE OUR EXECUTIVE PRINCIPAL OVER PLUM CREEK AND BORCHARD LOOP AND THEN MISS CORLEY WAS THE EXECUTIVE AP AND WE MOVED TEACHERS FROM OTHER CAMPUSES AS WELL BUT THE BULK OF THOSE CHANGES WERE FROM

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[Review Resolution Regarding Board Review of Board Policy CDA (local) - OTHER REVENUES - INVESTMENT]

[Review 2026 Tax Rate]

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[Seawillow Middle School Rezoning Update ]

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[Campus Action Plans for Alma Brewer Strawn Elementary, Bluebonnet Elementary, Clear Fork Elementary, Navarro Elementary and Lockhart Junior High School]

ESTRADA AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS MY NAME IS CHRISTINA VASQUEZ AND I AM THE PROUD PRINCIPAL OF ALMA BREWER STRONG ELEMENTARY I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR ACTION PLAN FOR THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR JUST A COUPLE THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT BEFORE I MOVE ON THOUGH IS WE ARE CELEBRATING 10 YEARS AT ALMA BREWER STRONG I REMEMBER BEING HIRED ACTUALLY IN LOCKHART ISD IN THE SUMMER OF 2016 AND THE FIRST PRINCIPAL DR. ROCHA ACTUALLY BEING IN A BROOM CLOSET AT PLUM CREEK AS SHE WAS GETTING READY TO OPEN ALMA BREWER STRONG ELEMENTARY SO IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO ACTUALLY BE AT ALMA BREWER STRONG FOR THIS AMAZING TIME SO WE ARE 10 YEARS STRONG CELEBRATING PAST BUT ALSO CREATING THAT FUTURE THAT WE WANT TO SEE FOR OUR KIDDOS AND I THINK DR. MILLER STOLE OUR PICTURE BECAUSE MY FRIEND HERE I JUST LOVE POSING ON SOME OF OUR NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT BUT REALLY FOCUSING ON THE CHILDHOOD UNLOCKED AND THAT ADDITIONAL PLAYTIME THAT WE'VE INTENTIONALLY PUT IN THE MASTER SCHEDULE FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO JUST UTILIZE THOSE SKILLS THAT THEY DON'T GET TO EVERY DAY IN ACADEMICS SO I WANT TO JUST YOU GUYS HAVE THIS IN FRONT OF YOU BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SHOW IS JUST THE GREAT GAINS WE MADE LAST SCHOOL YEAR AS YOU CAN SEE OUR ATTENDANCE GRADE GREW BY ABOUT 2% OUR 1.5 GROWTH IN READING AND MATH AT LEAST 20% IN BOTH OF THOSE YOU CAN SEE THERE OUR STAR DATA FOR READING AND MATH AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT AND THEN OF COURSE OUR CAMPUS RATING WE DID IMPROVE SIX POINTS TO GO FROM A D TO A C THIS YEAR AND SO WE REALLY HAVE BEEN JUST WORKING ON AND THE MAIN WORD THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON IS GROWTH BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS ARE GROWING EVERY DAY WE HAVE OUR WORD COUNT THAT WE ALMOST WE ACTUALLY JUST BARELY DOUBLED BUT WE DOUBLED OUR WORD COUNT FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR TO LAST SCHOOL YEAR WE HAD 11 MILLION WORD READERS IN 24 25 AND WE ENDED WITH 32 MILLION WORD READERS AT THE END OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR AND THEN OF COURSE OUR TEACHER RETENTION RATE WHICH WAS SOMETHING HUGE THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND MY FIRST YEAR WAS 62% AND THIS LAST YEAR WAS 75% I DID HAVE SOME TEACHERS MOVE OUT OF THE AREA AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT THEY STILL MOVED ON BUT WE'RE JUST I'M JUST SO EXCITED TO SHOW THE GAINS THAT WE'VE MADE THE SCHOOL YEAR SO AS WE THINK ABOUT OUR NAVIGATE TO 28 GOALS AND HOW WE'RE STRIVING FOR THAT A THROUGH EXEMPLARY TEACHING AND LEARNING I WANT TO SHARE OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND THAT REALLY IS TO CONTINUE THAT SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROCESS THAT WE STARTED LAST SCHOOL YEAR THROUGH THE EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS FRAMEWORK AND SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW OUR 1.5 GOALS IN READING AND MATH WE WANT TO AUGMENT OUR WORD COUNT EVEN MORE TO 175 MILLION WORDS THIS YEAR AND WE'D LOVE TO SEE 40 MILLION WORD READERS REPRESENT ABS AND THEN OF COURSE INCREASE OUR ATTENDANCE FROM 94.5 TO 96 AND SO CONTINUING TO GET STUDENTS AT SCHOOL AND AS I MENTIONED REALLY OUR FOCUS IS UTILIZING THE RESEARCH BASED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY THAT WE FOCUS SO MUCH ON LAST YEAR FOR BOTH READING AND MATH AND LAST YEAR WE HAD OUR HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL ADOPTION FOR READING WHICH JUST MADE SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN THE INSTRUCTION OUR STUDENTS RECEIVED AND NOW OUR MATH HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL THAT WAS ADOPTED THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND REALLY JUST UTILIZING BOTH OF THOSE TO THE TO THE MOST THAT WE CAN TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THAT TIER ONE INSTRUCTION AND KINDER THROUGH FIFTH GRADE AT ABS SO LOOKING AT SOME OF

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YEAH THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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I'M SUPER LOUD SO GOOD EVENING BOARD PRESIDENT WRIGHT DR. ESTRADA SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR BLUE BONNET ELEMENTARY ACTION PLAN I AM EMILY MARSHALL THE PROUD PROUD PRINCIPAL OF BLUE BONNET ELEMENTARY WHERE WE ARE BLUE BONNET ELEMENTARY MISSION POSSIBLE THIS YEAR WE'RE LAUNCHING OUR LEADERS TO NEW HEIGHTS SO AS YOU CAN SEE THE MINI PITCH IS PROBABLY THE HOTTEST THING HAPPENING AT BLUE BONNET RIGHT NOW AND OUR KIDS FIGHT TO GET OUT THERE THEY ARE WANTING TO SPEND ALL OF THEIR FREE PLAY TIME ALL OF THEIR RECESS TIME SO DON'T WORRY WE WORKED OUT A BASKETBALL SOCCER SCHEDULE ALL RIGHT SO LET'S LOOK A LITTLE BIT AT OUR DEMOGRAPHICS THOSE ARE DEMOGRAPHICS FROM THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR WE INCREASED OUR ATTENDANCE RATE AND WE ARE LOOKING TO INCREASE THAT EVEN MORE WHICH I'LL SHARE SOME STRATEGIES IN JUST A MINUTE WITH YOU EXCUSE ME AND ALSO OUR 1.5 GROWTH DATA WHICH INCREASED IN MATH AND STAYED THE SAME IN ELAR SO WE'RE HOPING TO PUSH THOSE EVEN FURTHER THIS YEAR AND OF COURSE WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY IS OUR OVERALL CAMPUS RATING JUMPING FROM A C TO A B AND IN JUST A MINUTE WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE AT BLUE BONNET WHILE ALSO LAUNCHING OURSELVES TO AN A THIS YEAR SOMETHING ELSE THAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS YEAR IS OUR CAMPUS RETENTION RATE WE HAD 87% OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS STAY WHICH IS MAKING THE WORK THAT MUCH EASIER THIS YEAR TO JUST KEEP PUSHING OUR KIDS FORWARD ALL RIGHT SO OUR GOALS THIS YEAR WE ARE REALLY SHOOTING FOR THE MOON AND I BELIEVE THAT OUR STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO GET THERE WE ARE AIMING FOR 85% OF OUR STUDENTS TO REACH THEIR 1.5 GOALS IN BOTH MATH AND READING WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HIT THAT HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION WORD MARK WHILE ALSO HAVING A 96% AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE RATE CAN I SUGGEST SOMETHING SURE WHEN YOU HIT THE 96 EVERY DAY THAT YOU WEAR YOUR ASTRONAUT SUIT WELL FUNNY YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE A NEW ATTENDANCE INFLATABLE YEAH, I KNOW THAT THAT WON'T SURPRISE ANYBODY BUT THIS YEAR WE'RE COMMITTED TO REALLY STREAMLINING OUR SMALL GROUP TIME AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S ECHOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THEIR TIER ONE INSTRUCTION WE HAVE OUR READATHONS SCHEDULED FOR THE YEAR AS WELL AS PUTTING LIBRARY INTO THE SPECIALS ROTATION WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A MINUTE HOW THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT US AND MULTIPLE LAYERS OF ATTENDANCE REWARDS YES INCLUDING INFLATABLES AND JUST A QUICK PLUG MARK YOUR CALENDARS OCTOBER 9TH IS OUR FIRST READATHON SO YOU'LL BE GETTING AN INVITE TO COME READ SO GO AHEAD AND BOOK IT NOW I ENJOY IT EVERY YEAR GOOD WELL WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ON OCTOBER 9TH SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AS I MENTIONED THE NON-NEGOTIABLES DURING SMALL GROUP TIME SO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHILDHOOD UNLOCKED PART OF THAT IS LIMITING TECH IN THOSE SMALL GROUP ROTATIONS AND INSTEAD MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING A LOT OF CRITICAL WRITING AND THAT INCLUDES MATH READING SCIENCE THAT'S ACROSS THE BOARD AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT WE'VE GOT SOME HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES FOR KIDS HAPPENING WE DO HAVE A TEACHER THAT GOT AN EDUCATION FOUNDATION GRANT LAST YEAR FOR SOME OUTDOOR SCIENCE LEARNING EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCES SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT TO BE INCORPORATED AS WELL OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE UPS WALKS MONTHLY AND OUR PLC'S OUR SHARED LEADERSHIP TEAM WILL TAKE THE DATA FROM THOSE WALKS AND FROM PLC'S TO BE ABLE TO CREATE MONTHLY FOCUS FOR OUR TEACHERS AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR IN CLASSROOMS AS WELL AS WHAT COACHING MAY BE NEEDED OUR STUDENTS ARE ALSO TRACKING THEIR ATTENDANCE DAILY AND THEIR LEADER IN ME BINDERS AND WE CELEBRATE AT OUR SYNERGY RALLIES ARE NOT ONLY DO WE CELEBRATE OUR ATTENDANCE BUT WE CELEBRATE OUR 1.5 GROWTH AND OUR MILLION WORDS AND WE ALSO ARE HAVING OUR WEEKLY ATTENDANCE MEETINGS WITH THE FRONT OFFICE STAFF TO PREVENT THOSE CHRONIC ABSENT STUDENTS THERE IS A POTATO HEAD ATTENDANCE CHALLENGE THAT'S HAPPENING WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE INFLATABLE STAY TUNED AND THEN FOR OUR MILLION WORDS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE REALLY SHIFTED THIS YEAR IS PUTTING LIBRARY INTO THE SPECIALS ROTATIONS WHAT THAT IS ALLOWED FOR IS IT KEEPS OUR SPECIAL AREA GROUPS SMALLER NONE OF OUR CLASSES ARE HAVING TO SPLIT AND BE A CLASS AND A HALF IN SPECIALS AS WELL AS THE LIBRARIAN IS GOING TO

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ESTRADA AND BOARD MEMBERS BEFORE THE RECORD RIGHT NOW THIS IS THE FIRST NIGHT I HAVE NOT BEEN SHIVERING AND FREEZING COLD SO I AM VIBING WITH THIS NICE WARMTH RIGHT NOW I KNOW MOST OF YOU THINK I'M CRAZY I KEEP MY HOUSE AT 70 DEGREES I'M FEELING THIS RIGHT NOW THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR NAVARRO ACTION PLAN HERE OUR THING THIS YEAR IS ACTUALLY GAME ON AND WE'RE LOOKING TO LEVEL UP SO IN ALL ASPECTS HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO LEVEL UP TAKE THE CONTROLS AND REALLY HAVE A FANTASTIC YEAR FOR OUR STUDENTS OUR STAFF AND OUR FAMILIES SOME OF THE THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT ON HERE THAT WE ALREADY GOTTEN STARTED OF COURSE THAT AMAZING MEGA DEN IS JUST PHENOMENAL OUR KIDS ARE ALSO LOVING IT I'VE SEEN SO MUCH HAPPINESS THAT GOES OUT THERE AND IT HAS JUST BEEN A THRILL TO SEE IT I ALSO HEARD THAT WE MADE THE WEBSITE FOR ONE OF THEM ON OUR LITTLE SPINNING BALL THING WE'RE FAMOUS AS WELL AND IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE JOY TO COME SEE STUDENTS CLIMBING ROPES AND JUST HAVING THE TIME OF THEIR LIFE PLEASE COME AND DO IT THEY ARE JUST OUT THERE LOVING IT SO CHILDHOOD UNLOCKED HAS BEEN A GREAT TIME AND THIS IS THAT LITTLE BALL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WHERE THE KIDS ARE JUST HANGING OFF AND HAVING A GREAT TIME IT LIKE SPINS YOU CAN GET IN THERE CLIMB ON THE OUTSIDE IT'S A GOOD TIME I ALSO PUT A PICTURE OF OUR STAFF WE DID A LOT OF TEAM BUILDING AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR YEAR WHERE WE DID SOME SCAVENGER HUNTS WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME OF OUR STAFF DO SOME CHILDHOOD AND LOCKED PICTURES OUT ON THE PLAYGROUND THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH REALLY SPOT-ON WITH WHAT CHILD CHILDHOOD UNLOCKED WOULD EMBODY SO REALLY THINKING AGAIN HOW WE CAN LEVEL UP THIS YEAR AND BRING ON ALL THOSE ASPECTS WE KNOW IF OUR STUDENTS LOVE COMING TO SCHOOL AND OUR STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE LOVES COMING TO SCHOOL WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FANTASTIC YEAR AND CREATE A GREAT ENVIRONMENT SO HERE ARE DEMOGRAPHICS I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW THINGS OUR ATTENDANCE RATE WAS EXCEPTIONAL WE GREW ABOUT 2.5 PERCENT THE HIGHEST PLUM CREEK WE'RE COMING WE'RE COMING GIRL SO WE WANT TO HIT THAT 96 PERCENT SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT WE DID MAKE GROWTH IN OUR 1.5 DATA AS WELL ABOUT 20 PERCENT WE GREW IN BOTH MATH AND READING AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR STAR DATA ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS OUR MEETS AND OUR MASTERS GREW ESPECIALLY IN OUR THIRD AND OUR FOURTH GRADES SO THAT'S EXCITING BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR STUDENTS COMING UP WHO WE CAN SEE THAT VERTICAL ALIGNMENT HAPPENING SOMETIMES THAT PROGRESS TAKES A LITTLE BIT AT TIMES BUT SEEING THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE COMING STRONGER IN EACH GRADE LEVEL AND AGAIN THAT WAS EVIDENT IN OUR THIRD AND FOURTH ESPECIALLY AGAIN LOOKING AT THAT MEETS AND MASTERS OUR WORD COUNT WE HIT OUR GOAL SO WE'RE GONNA SHOOT HIGHER THIS YEAR AND THEN OUR RETENTION RATE WAS AN 86 AND WE WERE AT A 91 PERCENT LAST

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VASQUEZ WILL ALSO BE OUT AT OUR CAMPUS TWO TIMES A WEEK HAVING WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH MYSELF AS WELL SO WE'LL HAVE SOME GREAT WRAPAROUND SUPPORT TO AGAIN BUILD ON THE SYSTEMS WE ALREADY HAVE AND THEN CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE STRIDES BECAUSE WE DID GROW THOSE SIX POINTS WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE'RE BEING ADDED TO US THIS YEAR FOR OUR MILLION WORDS AGAIN IT COMES BACK TO EXPLICIT STATIONS HAVING ONE TECHNOLOGY STATION READING WRITING WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A LIBRARY COUNSELING EMBEDDED INTO OUR SPECIALS ROTATION WHERE THOSE MILLION WORDS WILL BE BROUGHT IN THERE AS WELL SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO AGAIN HAVE THAT WRAPAROUND SUPPORT I KEEP SAYING COLLECTIVE EFFICACY BUT WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER SO HOW CAN WE ALL SUPPORT THE GOALS ON OUR CAMPUS AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE

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[Review Bid Release for Replacing the Chillers at Bluebonnet Elementary ]

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[Consider and/or Approve the Property & Casualty Bid]

[CLOSED SESSION]

[OPEN SESSION]

[Consider and take possible action to void the contract of a term contract employee pursuant to Texas Education Code Section 21.0031.]

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[Consider and take possible action to terminate employment of employee whose contract is voided.]

[BOARD AND STAFF COMMENTS - ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST*]

ESTRADA JUST REALLY BUILT EXCITEMENT UP FOR THE YEAR YOU KNOW ALL THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THE MCS AT THE CONVOCATION I THINK THAT WAS A STROKE OF GENIUS TO USE THOSE YOUNGER KIDS TO DO IT I REALLY ENJOYED THAT JUST HAD IT BUT OVERALL AT CONVOCATION WAS JUST A GREAT TIME THE TIME PASSED SO QUICKLY AT YOU KNOW WHEN I GOT OUT AND I SAW WHAT TIME IT WAS WOW DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE WERE IN HERE THAT LONG SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK DR. ESTRADA AND HIS TEAM AND EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED IN GETTING THE SCHOOL YEAR KICKED OFF AGAIN RIGHT I JUST WANT TO THANK THE PRINCIPALS AND THEIR STAFF FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS ON OUR TEA SCORES WE'RE ROOTING FOR Y'ALL WE THANK Y'ALL FOR EVERYTHING FOR YOUR HARD WORK SO THANK YOU ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR FRESH CUTS BARBERS GREAT JOB WE HAVE SOME VOLUNTEERS THEY CAME ALL THE WAY FROM WASHINGTON TO HELP CUT HAIR FOR OUR STUDENTS SO THANK YOU AND GOOD TO SEE ALL THE SMILING FACES ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL SO LET'S HAVE A GOOD SCHOOL YEAR MISS PULLIAM I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE EVERYBODY THAT HAD SUCH BIG INCREASES ON THEIR RATINGS I THINK THAT MAKES IT LIKE THOSE RATINGS COMING OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR JUST REALLY MAKES THAT EXCITEMENT TO CONTINUE THAT GROWTH AND SEE THAT GROWTH IN PROGRESS AND JUST REALLY EXCITE THOSE TEACHERS TO KEEP DOING MORE AND MORE AND MORE SO I THINK COLLECTIVELY EVERYBODY IS EXCITED FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR ALSO I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED OVER THE SUMMER THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WORK OVER THE SUMMER THAT DON'T GET SEEN OR HEARD AND THAT ALL OF THEIR WORK MAKES THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR EASY AND SO I WANT TO THANK ALL THEM AND THEN ALSO ALL THE SPORTS AND BAND AND COLOR GUARD AND LIONETTE'S AND CHEER THAT HAVE WORKED OVER THE SUMMER LIKE NOW IS THEIR TIME THAT THEY GET TO COME OUT AND THEY GET TO PERFORM AND ALL OF THAT WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE SEEN NOW SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE BRIGHT NIGHT LIGHTS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT COME WITH IT SO GOOD WORK FOR ALL THOSE KIDS ESPECIALLY BAND AND COLOR I MEAN THEY'RE OUT THERE LIKE IN THE HEAT WORKING THE WHOLE SUMMER FOR HOURS SO THAT'S IT TAKES A TON OF COMMITMENT FROM THOSE KIDS DR. SANCHEZ I AGREE WITH ALL THE COMMENTS BUT I WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE ARE REALLY VALUE ALL THE EFFORT AND THE HARD WORK THAT ALL THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS AND ALL THE STAFF ARE DOING TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR KIDS

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