Nov 18, 2024 Regular Board Meetings

[I. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> TIME IS 6:00. AND I'M GOING TO CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE COPPELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IN A SESSION, FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS JUST ESTABLISH A QUORUM FROM MY LEFT.

LONESOME AS TRUSTEE MANISH SETHI, TRUSTEE JOBBY MATHEW, TRUSTEE RONA RAVAL, TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL AND MYSELF.

AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM AND FIRST THING WE GOT TONIGHT IS OUR DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS AND UPDATES.

[III. DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS AND UPDATES]

>> THANK YOU. AND GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

I'M EXCITED TO SHARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON IN CISD OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

I WANT TO BEGIN WITH LAST TUESDAY, NOVEMBER THE FIFTH.

WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL.

IT WAS FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF.

IT WAS A GREAT DAY OF LEARNING.

THANKS TO THE SESSIONS THAT WERE LED BY OUR OWN STAFF MEMBERS WHICH IS ALWAYS A LOT OF FUN.

THERE WERE A VARIETY OF TOPICS THAT HELPED ENGAGE OUR EDUCATORS IN SEVERAL WAYS.

THEY COULD PICK AND CHOOSE FROM THINGS RELATED TO ACADEMIC FOCUS, BEHAVIORAL FOCUS, AND THEN AT RELATED TO SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES.

FOUR STAFF MEMBERS, WHICH INCLUDED AT THE END OF THE DAY SOME PICKLEBALL, PLAYING WITH PUPPIES, WHICH WAS A BIG HIT, MEDITATION, BOOK EXCHANGES, COOKING, AND MUCH MUCH MORE.

I'D LIKE TO GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO THE TEAM THAT HELPED PUT THIS TOGETHER LED BY NANCY GARVEY AND MANDA MASK, EMILY COWART, AND THOSE OTHERS THAT HELPED TO LEAD A SESSION.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING IT BE SUCH A GREAT EVENT.

VERY PLEASED AND PROUD OF OUR VETERANS AND HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO HONOR THEM LAST WEEK, CISD HONORED VETERANS ON SEVERAL CEREMONIES, SOME ON FRIDAY, SOME ON MONDAY, AND ALSO AT OUR HOME FOOTBALL GAME ON NOVEMBER 8.

IT WAS INSPIRING TO SEE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AND OUR FAMILIES JOIN TOGETHER TO HONOR THE COURAGEOUS MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY, PARTICULARLY PROUD OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE SERVED AND EVEN SOME WHO ARE STILL SERVING IN THE RESERVES.

I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO COTTONWOOD CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT.

SHE WAS EATING AT ANEMIAS WHICH IS A COMMON PRACTICE FOR MANY OF US.

AND SHE SAW A GENTLEMAN WEARING A HAT THAT SAID A VIETNAM VETERAN.

SHE'S SECOND GRADER, MIA ARRINGTON.

SHE WENT AND TALKED TO HIM.

HE ACTUALLY IS ONE OF MY FORMER PARENTS FROM BACK IN THE DAY, MR. SMALLWOOD.

SHE GOT TALKING WITH HIM AND THEY STRUCK UP A CONVERSATION AND SHE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO BE HONORING VETERANS AT MY SCHOOL AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU, AND HE SHOWED UP, WHICH WAS VERY, VERY NICE.

AND YOU CAN SEE HIM IN THAT PICTURE MIA IS WEARING THAT I DON'T KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE MERMAID.

I WAS THINKING THAT WAS A SKIRT, AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE MERMAID THING.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT IT'S A SHEER SHIRT AND MR. SMALLWOOD HAS HIS VIETNAM VET HAT ON WHICH WAS JUST A SWEET, SWEET STORY.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO OUR STUDENTS, OUR FAMILIES AND STAFF THAT HELPED RECOGNIZE OUR VETERANS AND THEIR SELFLESS SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SERVICE PROJECTS GOING ON ACROSS CISD.

SEVERAL OF THESE HAVE BEEN LONG RUNNING TRADITIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OR WILL BE HAPPENING LIKE THE THANKSGIVING, I KNOW WAS COMING UP THIS WEEK.

BUT OUR SCHOOLS ARE CONSISTENTLY ENGAGING IN MEANINGFUL SERVICE PROJECTS AND DRIVES, HELPING TO SHOWCASE STRONG COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING BOTH LOCAL AND EXTENDED COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE IN NEED OF FOOD, CLOTHING, AND OTHER ITEMS DURING THE HOLIDAYS, COLLECTING TOYS, WRITING LETTERS FOR THOSE THAT WERE IMPACTED BY DISASTER AREAS, A SERVICE MINDSET RUNS THROUGHOUT CISD AND VERY PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT HELPED LEAD THESE CAUSES AND OUR PARENTS THAT ARE BIG VOLUNTEERS AS WELL.

I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THESE TRICK OR TREAT SO KIDS CAN EAT HAD THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY.

THAT HAS BEEN A STAPLE AT MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND IT HAS BEEN LED BY THEATER TEACHER BRITTANY RES, WHO IS AMAZING.

SHE'S CHAMPIONED THIS, LIKE I SAID, FOR ALL 20 YEARS.

THIS YEAR, THE EVENT COLLECTED OVER 03,310 POUNDS OF FOOD AND TOILETRIES FOR THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ACTION CENTER.

THIS INCREDIBLE EFFORT WAS EVEN FEATURED IN NBC 5 SOMETHING GOOD MORNING SEGMENT, HIGHLIGHTING THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF CISD SERVICE PROJECTS.

ALSO UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MORE MIDDLE SCHOOL, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SCIENCE TEACHER SHELBY THOMPSON, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND FAMILIES AT MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST GATHERED ESSENTIAL WINTER CLOTHING ITEMS FOR THE COMMUNITY OF LANIER, NORTH CAROLINA, THEY WERE RECENTLY DEVASTATED BY HURRICANES AND STORMS AND SO THAT DRIVE HELPED TO BRING IN A LOT OF WARM CLOTHES FOR THOSE FAMILIES IN NEED.

THIS DRIVE DOES EXEMPLIFY AGAIN OUR OUTREACH, NOT ONLY TO THE CITY AND APT AND OUR SURROUNDING AREAS, BUT ALSO ACROSS STATE LINES.

MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THESE SURFACE PROJECTS.

THEY JUST DID A PET SHELTER WHERE THEY HAD FOOD AND A TOY DRIVE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT COINCIDED WITH THE HOLIDAYS.

VERY PROUD OF OUR THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS WITH

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COPPELL EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

WE APPRECIATE THEM SO VERY, VERY MUCH.

THEY ARE ALWAYS HERE TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF.

THEY JUST WRAPPED UP THEIR GIFT FOR GRANTS CAMPAIGN.

IT ENDED LAST FRIDAY.

THEY RAISED MORE THAN $58,000 TO FUND TEACHER GRANTS IN COPPELL ISD, THAT'S A RECORD NUMBER.

WE'VE NOT HAD THAT NUMBER IN QUITE SOME TIME.

I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT HELPED CONTRIBUTE AND THE FOUNDATION FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

I THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM FOR THEIR VOLUNTEER HOURS THAT THEY PUT INTO CISD TO HELP MAKE CERTAIN THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED AND OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING WHAT THEY NEED IN THE CLASSROOM.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT ANEMIAS, I'LL PUT A PLUG IN.

IF THEY DON'T CLOSE BEFORE OUR MEETING, YOU CAN HEAD OVER THERE TONIGHT, BUT EVERY MONDAY, A PORTION OF THEIR TICKET SALES GOES TO CISD.

THANK YOU TO ANEMIAS FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS AND ALGEBRA TWO AT NEW TECH HIGH WERE FEATURED RECENTLY IN THE CARTER IN THE CLASSROOM SEGMENT ON NBC 5.

WE HAVE SOME AMAZING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES HAPPENING IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL EACH AND EVERY DAY.

THE MEDIA GET TO COVER SOME OF THESE EXPERIENCES, REALLY THE ICING ON THE CAKE, AND THE SHOWCASE WHAT OUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND ARE DOING TO LET OUR COMMUNITY KNOW WHAT OUR EXCEPTIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS ARE DOING AND THE LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT THEY PROVIDE EACH AND EVERY DAY THAT HELP MAKE CISD A DESTINATION SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THOSE TWO THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, LIKE I SAID, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, THEY HAVE A NEW ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.

IT IS JUST LAUNCHED THIS YEAR.

IT'S AN INNOVATIVE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION OR CTE PROGRAM, AND EQUIPS STUDENTS WITH ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION, WHICH IS A REAL INTEREST FOR A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

THIS'S OPENING DOORS TO HIGH DEMAND FIELDS IDENTIFIED BY INDUSTRY LEADERS LIKE AMAZON AND TI.

YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE STORY ON OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE AS WELL AS NEW TECH COPPELL.

THEY ALSO HAD A VISIT FROM CARTER IN THE CLASSROOM.

THEY HAD STUDENTS IN THEIR ALGEBRA 2 CLASS THAT WERE FOCUSING ON CAR BUYING IN THE FINANCING PROCESS.

STUDENTS HAD TO RESEARCH FINANCING, INTEREST RATES, THE MONTHLY PAYMENTS AND SO MUCH MORE.

IT WAS A PBL OR A PROJECT BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCE AT NEW TECH COPPELL, AND IT FEATURED AN INCOMING SEGMENT.

THAT WILL BE AIRING AROUND THANKSGIVING.

THAT ONE HASN'T SHOWN YET, BUT THE OTHER ONE HAS, BUT JUST SOME OF THOSE REAL WORLD EXPERIENCES THAT ARE HAPPENING EACH AND EVERY DAY AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, VERY PROUD OF NEW TECH AS WELL AS COPPELL OF HIGH SCHOOL.

THEN ON A REALLY SAD NOTE, WE HAD ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS PASS AWAY.

SHE WAS A TEACHER AT VALLEY RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SHE WAS JUST AN EXCEPTIONAL RAY OF SUNSHINE IN A REAL LIGHT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SHE'D BEEN A PART OF CISD FOR THREE YEARS.

SHE WAS THE STEAM TEACHER MOST RECENTLY AT VALLEY RANCH, PRECIOUS CHILD OVER AT MOCKING P. AND SHE'S JUST A WONDERFUL PERSON AND REALLY TOUCHED THE LIVES OF SO MANY PEOPLE.

AND SO I JUST ASK YOU TO PLEASE KEEP KELLY BEACH'S FAMILY AND YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AS THIS VERY UNEXPECTED LOSS OF ONE OF OUR BELOVED STAFF MEMBERS.

SO I HATE TO END ON A SAD NOTE, BUT I JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER AND RECOGNIZE HER IN A SPECIAL WAY.

SHE WAS HEAVILY FEATURED ON A LOT OF OUR INFORMED NEWSLETTERS ALL OVER OUR WEBSITE.

SHE WAS CONSTANTLY ON ME ABOUT EVERYTHING ABOUT STEAM.

SHE WAS A PASSIONATE PERSON ABOUT STEAM AND SHE JUST WAS A GO GETTER, AND SHE'S GOING TO BE MISSED.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR HIGHLIGHTS.

>> THANK YOU, DR. HUNT. AS WE MOVE INTO OUR NEXT PORTION OF THE MEETING WHICH IS OUR BOARD AWARDS,

[IV. AWARDS]

SO SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE A CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER FOR TAKING THIRD PLACE AT OUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET, ONE OF OUR CHS NINE TEACHERS FOR ACHIEVING A NATIONAL ENGINEERING AMBASSADORSHIP FROM AMAZON, AND A MOCKINGBIRD ELEMENTARY STUDENT FOR BEING CHOSEN AS A NATIONAL MATH STAR.

AND, SORRY, TWO TONIGHT, OUR AMAZING COPPELL BAND FOR THEIR TOP RESULTS AT OUR RECENT OR THEIR RECENT STATE COMPETITION.

SO TRUSTEES, IF YOU'LL JOIN ME DOWN IN FRONT OF THE DESK, DR. HUNT'S ALREADY TAKEN HIS SPOT, AND HE'LL LEAD US FROM HERE.

>> WELL, AS THE TRUSTEES ARE COMING DOWN TO THE FRONT, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS IF YOU'RE BEING HONORED TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO CALL YOUR NAME OR YOUR SPONSOR OR DIRECTOR MAY CALL YOUR NAME IF THERE'S A GROUP.

I THINK MISS SILSBOR IS GOING TO COME UP AND HELP WITH THAT.

BUT WHEN YOU COME UP, IF YOU'LL STAND AT THE X, IF YOU'RE IN A GROUP, IF YOU'LL STAND NEAR THE X, I'M GOING TO READ SOME NICE THINGS ABOUT YOU, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOUR PRINCIPALS IF THEY'RE HERE OR IF YOUR TEACHER IS HERE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM COME FORWARD AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE ANYBODY THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BROUGHT AS ONE OF YOUR GUESTS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF PICTURES TOO.

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THIS YOUNG LADY PLACED THIRD IN THE STATE COMPETITION.

COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL IS VERY, VERY PROUD OF MAYA EASTERWOOD.

SHE TRULY RAN WITH THE HEART AND SOUL OF A REMARKABLE YOUNG WOMAN AND RAN ALL THE WAY TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

SO IF YOU'LL RUN ON UP HERE.

LET'S GIVE MAYA A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

AND MAYA SO GOOD, SHE JUST WENT AHEAD AND DID IT.

I FORGOT TO SAY, YOU'RE GOING TO SHAKE EVERYBODY'S HAND.

AND THEN GET YOUR CERTIFICATE, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO STAND ON THE X WHILE I READ A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOU.

SO AGAIN, MAYA HAS BEEN RECENTLY RECOGNIZED FOR TAKING THIRD PLACE IN THE STATE UIL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP.

HER JOURNEY TO THE PODIUM IS A TESTAMENT TO HER RELENTLESS HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.

SETTING A NEW STANDARD FOR CISD CROSS COUNTRY EXCELLENCE, MAYA'S SUCCESS IS ALSO A TRIBUTE TO HER AMAZING COACHES WHICH INCLUDE LANDON REN AND DEVON EWING.

WHO HAVE GUIDED HER EVERY STEP OF THE WAY WITH HER INCREDIBLE SPEED AND THE LATEST SHE'S ACTUALLY THE FASTEST SOPHOMORE IN THE NATION.

AND THAT'S ALL SOPHOMORES, NOT JUST THE FASTEST GIRL, BUT ALL SOPHOMORES.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THAT.

AND LITTLE FUN FACT, HER GRANDMOTHER WAS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE CHILD NUTRITION WORKER AT THE COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE WAS OUR MANAGER FOR YEARS, AND WE USED TO LIVE IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SHE WAS ALWAYS RUNNING TOO.

I DON'T KNOW IF SHE RUNS AS MUCH AS SHE USED TO, BUT HOPEFULLY, MAYBE YOU ALL CAN RUN TOGETHER.

SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE GIVE MY ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

AND THEN IF HER COACHES WOULD PLEASE COME UP TO THE FRONT SO THAT YOU CAN BE A PART OF THESE PICTURES AND ALSO OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.

AND OUR GIRLS COORDINATOR.

AND SO THANK YOU TO COACH REN AND COACH SEWING, COACH PELL AND COACH SEWING.

OUR NEXT HONOREE IS ONE OF OUR AMAZING EDUCATORS.

SHE IS AN INCREDIBLE EDUCATOR FROM COPPELL MIDDLE SCHOOL, SORRY, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL NINTH GRADE CAMPUS, AND SHE'S BEING RECOGNIZED WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL RECOGNITION FROM AMAZON.

SO IN AUGUST, AMAZON SELECTED SENECA HART, WHO TEACHES AP COMPUTER SCIENCE AT CHS NINE FROM AMONG HUNDREDS OF ELIGIBLE TEACHERS FOR THE AMAZON FUTURE ENGINEER TEACHER AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.

PLEASE GET FOR HER A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

AS ONE OF ONLY 50 EDUCATORS NATIONWIDE CHOSEN FOR THIS COMPETITIVE TWO YEAR PAID FELLOWSHIP, MISS HART WILL PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN BRINGING COMPUTER SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND CAREER EXPLORATION TO THE STUDENTS ACROSS CISD.

THE AMAZON FUTURE ENGINEER INITIATIVE IS A GLOBAL PHILANTHROPIC PROGRAM FOCUSED ON INCREASING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS.

AS AN AMBASSADOR, MISS HART WILL BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF IMPROVING COMPUTER SCIENCE EQUITY, AND OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS SERVE AS A ROLE MODEL FOR WHAT CAN BE DONE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

MISS HART, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS OUTSTANDING AWARD.

I NOW INVITE YOUR PRINCIPAL, DR. GREG AXELSEN TO COME UP AND AGAIN BE A PART OF THIS RECOGNITION AND AS WE POSE FOR SOME PHOTOS.

SO LET'S GIVE ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

OUR NEXT RECOGNITION IS FROM MOCKINGBIRD ELEMENTARY. HE'S A FOURTH GRADER.

RANASH CHALA, WHO WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF ONLY 61 STUDENTS IN TEXAS TO JOIN THE ELITE NATIONAL MATH STARS PROGRAM.

HE WAS CHOSEN AFTER A RIGOROUS APPLICATION AND TESTING PROCESS WITH MORE THAN 1,300 APPLICANTS.

TO SUM IT UP BEST, AS A MATH STAR, RANASH IS IN A CLASS OF HIS OWN, SCORING ABOVE 99 PERCENTILE IN

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THAT MATH STAR JUST CAME RIGHT ON UP.

STOOD RIGHT ON THE SPOT.

HE WAIT FOR ME. GIVE TO RANASH ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

>> [APPLAUSE] AS A MATH STAR, RANASH WILL RECEIVE A VALUABLE SUPPORT THROUGHOUT HIS ACADEMIC JOURNEY, INCLUDING RESOURCES FOR MATHEMATICS DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AND COLLEGE AND CAREER ADVISING THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. WOW.

>> WOW.

>> HE'S IN FOURTH GRADE NOW, AND HE'S GETTING ALL THAT THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. THAT'S GREAT.

NATIONAL MATH STARS IS A FULLY-FUNDED TENURE PROGRAM INVESTING MORE THAN 100,000 IN EACH PARTICIPANT TO CULTIVATE GIFTED MINDS IN MATH, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY.

WE ARE THRILLED TO SEE THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT GROW EXPONENTIALLY, AND WE KNOW THAT HE'LL KEEP MAKING EVERY OPPORTUNITY COUNT.

RANASH, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.

WOULD YOUR PRINCIPAL, MS. LAURA FLYNN, AND GT TEACHER ANN CARLSSON FROM MOCKINGBIRD ALSO COME UP FOR RECOGNITION.

LET'S GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] OUR FINAL RECOGNITION IS FOR THE COPPELL VARSITY BAND WHO TRULY IMPRESSED ME WITH THEIR OUTSTANDING SUCCESS AT THE RECENT UIL COMPETITION UNDER THE AMAZING LEADERSHIP OF OUR BAND DIRECTOR, KIM SHUTTLESWORTH.

THE COPPELL VARSITY BAND EARNED THEIR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE TOP 10 FINISH IN STATE, PLACING SEVENTH OVERALL.

HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING DOWN AT SAN ANTONIO AND WITNESSING ALL OF IT, IT WAS AMAZING, SO PROUD OF OUR BAND DIRECTORS AND OUR AMAZING STUDENTS, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.

OUR BAND HAS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN ACHIEVING REMARKABLE SUCCESS IN STANDOUT PERFORMANCES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.

COPPELL WON THE AREA COMPETITION FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, AN UNPRECEDENTED ACHIEVEMENT IN THE PROGRAM'S HISTORY.

THEY ALSO PLACED NINTH IN THE PRESTIGIOUS BAND OF AMERICA COMPETITION PRIOR TO COMPETING AT STATE.

THE CREDIT FOR THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT GOES TO OUR DEDICATED BAND STUDENTS, TALENTED STAFF, AND SUPPORTIVE PARENTS WHO WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE THE BAND SHINE EACH AND EVERY DAY, AND THEY WORK ALL THE TIME.

I LIVE OVER BY COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL.

[LAUGHTER] I KNOW YOU DO AS WELL, AND I ENJOY THEIR MUSIC ALL THE TIME.

I THINK WHAT TIME IS IT? THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE PLAYING.

[LAUGHTER] I LOOK OUTSIDE, IT'S DARK, THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE PLAYING.

IT'S ON THE WEEKEND, THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE PLAYING, [LAUGHTER] AND THAT'S PAYING OFF.

I WOULD ASK THAT OUR FINE ARTS DIRECTOR [NOISE] EXCUSE ME, GERRY MILLER, AS WELL AS OUR BAND DIRECTOR, KIM SHUTTLESWORTH, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE FOR THE REST.

>> HOLD ON. SORRY. HERE WE GO.

THANK YOU, DR. HUNT.

WILL THE FOLLOWING BAND STUDENT LEADERS JOIN MR. MILLER, DR. HUNT, AND THE TRUSTEES IN FRONT OF THE DAIS.

SID BELLAM, HE'S OUR HEAD DRUM MAJOR THIS YEAR.

[APPLAUSE] YES.

PRAVITHRA VIJAYAKUMAR IS OUR PRESIDENT OF THE BAND.

[APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] IS ONE OF OUR PERCUSSION LEADERSHIP.

[APPLAUSE] EDWARD YANG IS A VICE PRESIDENT AND A TUBA PLAYER, AND THEN PIA LALA IS OUR GUARD CAPTAIN.

[APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND]

>> BEHIND EVERY GREAT BAND STUDENT, MATH STAR, EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATOR AND CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNER, ARE SOME AMAZING PARENTS, FRIENDS, AND FAMILY.

IF YOU ARE A PART OF THE FRIENDS OR FAMILY GROUP THAT'S SUPPORTING ONE OF THESE FOLKS TONIGHT, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND SO THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU YOU A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] THAT CONCLUDES OUR AWARDS.

>> AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

THOSE ARE SOME VERY, VERY AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND A LOT OF TIME WELL PAID OFF, FOR SURE.

THIS IS NOW A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

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>> CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS.

>> KEEP GOING, GUYS.

>> [BACKGROUND] I WILL TAKE US INTO OUR NEXT PORTION OF THE NIGHT,

[V. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Nichole Bentley - Place 6]

TRUSTEE BENTLEY IS OUT.

[INAUDIBLE] SO I WILL DO THOSE HONORS FOR HER TONIGHT IF YOU GUYS WOULDN'T MIND JOINING ME STANDING.

[NOISE] MOST GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US, LORD.

I WANT TO JUST PRAY A SPECIAL PRAYER OF PEACE FOR THE BEACH FAMILY, FOR OUR FAMILY AT VALLEY RANCH AND THE TRAGIC LOSS THAT THEY HAVE RECENTLY EXPERIENCED, LORD, AND BE WITH THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE NOT FEELING WELL, THAT ARE ILL AT THIS TIME.

IN THE SPIRIT OF THANKSGIVING, I JUST WANT TO SAY A PRAYER OF THANKS TO NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES, BUT TO OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF WHO GIVE SO MUCH FOR THE CHILDREN OF OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW THANKFUL WE ARE FOR THEM.

IN YOUR NAME, WE PRAY. AMEN.

WE DO HAVE SOME FOLKS SIGNED UP FOR OUR OPEN FORUM.

[VI. OPEN FORUM]

WE DO HAVE FIVE, SO WE'LL BE AT OUR NORMAL THREE-MINUTE LIMIT TONIGHT.

AS USUAL, SECRETARY MATTHEW WILL HOLD UP THE PADDLES WHEN WE HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT AND THEN AT THE END WHEN [NOISE] THE TIME IS CALLED.

IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME JUST A QUICK SECOND.

THE BOARD ENCOURAGES COMMENTS ABOUT THE COPPELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM CITIZENS OF THE DISTRICT, ITS EMPLOYEES, OR FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

ANYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD POLICY AND PROCEDURES MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME.

THE BOARD ASK THAT EACH PARTICIPANT'S COMMENTS PERTAIN TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AND BE NO LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES.

REMEMBER THAT PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT DURING REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS SUCH AS THIS, THE PUBLIC CAN SPEAK ON ANY TOPIC RELATED TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

HOWEVER, THE BOARD MAY NOT DISCUSS OR ACT UPON ANY ISSUES THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON OUR AGENDA.

IN ADDITION, THE BOARD HAS ADOPTED COMPLAINT POLICIES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO SECURE AT THE LOWEST ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL A PROMPT AND EQUITABLE RESOLUTION OF COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS.

COMPLAINTS BROUGHT BY EMPLOYEES MAY BE HEARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICIES DGBA LEGAL AND DGBA LOCAL BY STUDENTS OR THEIR PARENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICIES FNG LEGAL AND FNG LOCAL, AND BY CITIZENS IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICIES GF LEGAL AND GF LOCAL.

EACH OF THESE PROCESSES PROVIDES THAT IF A RESOLUTION CANNOT BE ACHIEVED ADMINISTRATIVELY, THE PERSON MAY APPEAL THE ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION TO THE BOARD AS A PROPERLY POSTED AGENDA ITEM, AND COPIES OF OUR DISTRICT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS, AND FILING COMPLAINTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT THE COPPELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE, WHICH IS COPPELLISD.COM.

WITH THAT, WE'LL GET STARTED WITH OUR OPEN FORUM.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT IS MS. SHERI HILL.

JUST AS USUAL, ONCE YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, THEN OUR TIME WILL START.

>> SHERI HILL, 724 POST OAK DRIVE.

I WANT TO DISCUSS THE RECENT FAILURE OF THE VATRE AND IMPACT ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FINANCIAL DEFICIT.

THIS YEAR, WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION RATHER THAN CONTINUE TO REVISIT THE SAME ISSUES YEAR AFTER YEAR.

WE HAVE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THESE CHALLENGES MULTIPLE TIMES, AND IT IS TIME TO ADDRESS THEM.

I BELIEVE THAT IT IS CRITICAL TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY IN THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE TAKE TO AVOID ANOTHER SITUATION THAT WE EXPERIENCED THIS YEAR WITH THE DLI AND THE IB PROGRAM.

I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE DISTRICT TO HOLD COMMUNITY EVENT AT THE SCHOOLS, SCHEDULE A CONVENIENT TIME FOR THE FAMILIES.

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ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE REQUESTED THAT WE TAKE NECESSARY STEPS TO ADDRESS OUR FINANCIAL DEFICIT THIS YEAR.

IT IS TIME TO CONFRONT THE REALITY AND MAKE THE TOUGH DECISIONS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT A-PLUS RATING.

ALTHOUGH THESE DECISIONS MAY BE DIFFICULT, IN MY EXPERIENCE, RUNNING BUSINESSES HAS TAUGHT ME THAT WHEN FACING A DEFICIT, THE HARD CHOICES ARE INEVITABLE AND NOT EVERYONE WILL AGREE WITH.

I RECOMMEND THAT WE OPENLY DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF CLOSING MORE SCHOOLS NOT ONLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, BUT ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, MAYBE EVEN REALIGNING THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ON WHERE WE REZONE TO.

I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR NEW TECH.

I DO BELIEVE THAT IT ADDS GREAT VALUE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

IF WE DECIDE TO CLOSE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I WOULD SUGGEST RELOCATING NEW TECH TO THAT BUILDING TO ENSURE IT'S CONTINUOUSLY SET, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE OLDEST SCHOOL SLATED TO REMAIN OPEN NEXT YEAR WILL BE NEW TECH, AND THE COST TO KEEP IT UP.

WE NEED TO DO BETTER AND MAINLY CUTTING PROGRAMS WILL NOT RESOLVE THE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY THAT WE'RE IN. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE ROBERT HILL.

>> ROBERT HILL, 724 POST OAK.

FIRST OFF, I'LL SAY IT'S GLAD TO SEE SOME GOOD NEWS.

ONE OF THESE FORMS, THE AWARDS WERE GREAT TO SEE FIRST OFF.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. HEY, THEY LEFT.

I WANTED TO LET THEM KNOW HOW PROUD WE ALL ARE OF THEM.

BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE VATRE FAILING WAS ALMOST AN ASSUMPTION IT WAS GOING TO PASS.

I KNOW EVERY OTHER ONE HAS PASSED.

THE BOARD NEEDS TO START MAKING LONG TERM PLANS AND YOUR MISSION STATEMENT IS WE TOGETHER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL'S PLANS ARE.

IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO END UP ON THE SCHOOL CLOSURE POSSIBLY.

IF IT IS, THEY SHOULD HAVE COME OUT AND JUST FLAT OUT THE CITY, HEY, IF THIS DOES NOT PASS, A SCHOOL WILL HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED CLOSING.

WHETHER IT WOULD HAVE PASSED OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU SAW THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT UP CLOSING PINKERTON AND MOVING DLI.

BUT IT IS WE TOGETHER.

WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.

WE WANT TO HELP WITH THAT, BUT WE NEED MORE OPENNESS.

IT NEEDS TO BE SAID WHAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE DONE INSTEAD OF JUST ASSUMPTIONS OF THAT.

BUT IF IT DOES COME DOWN TO A SCHOOL CLOSURE, THERE IS ONLY TWO CHOICES.

Y'ALL TOLD US WE HAVE TO TRUST THE RUBRIC.

IF WE HAVE TO TRUST THE RUBRIC LIKE WE WERE TOLD, THERE'S ONLY TWO CHOICES.

I HAVE NOT ASKED THE GROUND WHETHER AUSTIN OR NEW TECH, BUT THOSE ARE THE ONLY CHOICES IF THAT'S WHERE WE GO.

Y'ALL TOLD US TO TRUST THE RUBRIC, Y'ALL FORCED OUT ON US.

WE HAD TO TRUST IT. THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL VOTED.

THERE WAS NO VARIANCES.

I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE CHOSEN.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT IF THEY ARE BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD TO TRUST THE RUBRIC.

ALSO, I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OPTION FOR THE CHILDREN MOVING THE DLI OVER TO DENTON CREEK.

I DON'T KNOW THE SCHEDULE.

I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT FOR THE REMODELING, BUT THE CHILDREN HAD A SCHOOL THAT JUST GOT REMODELED, NOW THEY'RE MOVING TO DENTON, WHICH HASN'T BEEN REMODELED.

MAYBE THEY CAN BE MOVED UP AS AN APPEASEMENT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, HEY, THIS HAPPENED, BUT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT YOU.

OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH TO SAY.

I JUST WANT YOU TO MAINLY KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED, THINK AHEAD, PLAN AHEAD, AND DON'T LET STUFF LIKE THIS CATCH UP WITH US BECAUSE IT WAS JUST AN ASSUMPTION IT WAS GOING TO BE A PATH.

NEVER AN ASSUMPTION. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MELINDA MELNICK.

>> MELINDA MELNICK, 914 EAST BETHEL SCHOOL ROAD.

I WROTE A LOT OF THOUGHTS ABOUT THINGS TO SAY TONIGHT, AND THEN I REALIZED THAT I'M IN THE DARK AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPE.

ALL OF MY THOUGHTS ABOUT VATRE AND ABOUT PRIORITIES AND TAXPAYERS AND EXPECTATIONS AND THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS AND CONSOLIDATIONS, IT'S ALL PREMATURE BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S COMING.

I HOPE THAT WE WILL KNOW WHAT'S COMING AND THAT WE WILL BE GIVEN SOME GUIDELINES AND SOME GUIDANCE, AND I KNOW THAT A TEAM IS BEING PUT TOGETHER AND I'VE APPLIED TO BE ON IT AND I HOPE TO BE INCLUDED, AND I HOPE THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL BE INCLUDED IN THESE DECISIONS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US ALL NOW WITH THE VATRE.

I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S ON THE TABLE AND WHAT'S NOT ON THE TABLE.

I WOULD JUST ASK THAT THE CUT TO NOT ALL BE MADE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL ONLY.

IT'S NOT FAIR TO THOSE FAMILIES.

FAMILIES HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF COPPELL ISD,

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WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE A DESTINATION DISTRICT.

LET'S GET THIS HARD PART DONE AND OVER WITH SO THAT WE CAN REBUILD AND MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER IN A STRONG WAY.

I HOPE TO BE ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS GOING FORWARD WITH YOU ALL.

>> THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER IS DANI ROSEBERRY.

>> ANNIE ROSEBERRY, 800 VILLA WOOD CIRCLE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

IN LIGHT OF RECENT BUDGET CHALLENGES, I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE GT PROGRAM AND CISD AND THE IMPACT THAT COPPELL ISD HAS HAD ON MY FAMILY AND OUR COMMUNITY.

NOT LONG AGO, MY SON HAD A TOUGH DAY.

WHEN I ASKED HIM TO NAME SOMETHING GOOD, HIS RESPONSE WAS, WE TOOK A MATH O TEST.

IMAGINE THAT, A MATH TEST WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF A 10-YEAR-OLD'S DAY.

THIS WASN'T JUST ANY TEST.

IT WAS PART OF HIS MATH OLYMPIAD COMPETITION, A KEY FEATURE OF THE GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM.

THE GT PROGRAM HAS ALLOWED HIM TO TURN MATH INTO SOMETHING HE LOVES.

SOMETHING HE BRINGS HOME TO SHARE WITH HIS FRIENDS WHO ARE NOT IN THE PROGRAM.

THIS PROGRAM FOSTERS CONNECTIONS, CURIOSITY, AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT EXTENDS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, BUILDING BONDS THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME.

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN MY SON HATED SCHOOL BUT THANKS TO A TEACHER WHO SAW HIS POTENTIAL AND CONNECTED WITH HIM, HE NOW LOVES LEARNING.

ONE TEACHER MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE FOR HIM, AND CISD MADE SURE THAT TEACHER WAS THERE TO TRANSFORM HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH SCHOOL.

THE GT PROGRAM HAS ALSO BEEN INVALUABLE TO MY OLDER SON AS WELL.

PROGRAMS LIKE CAMP INVENTION HAVE GIVEN HIM OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

THESE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO ALL, EVEN THOSE OUTSIDE OF GT, CREATE A RIPPLE EFFECT OF ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL GROWTH ACROSS COPPELL.

AS A TEACHER AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, I SEE THE LASTING IMPACT OF THESE PROGRAMS EVERY DAY.

THE FOUNDATION BUILT BY GT AND OTHER ACADEMIC INITIATIVES SHAPES A LOVE OF LEARNING THAT CARRIES INTO ADVANCED COURSES.

DISCUSSIONS IN MY AP MACRO AND MICRO CLASSROOM, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE ENRICHED BY THE RIGOR AND CURIOSITY NURTURED EARLY IN CHILDREN'S EDUCATION.

AS A TEACHER WITH NEARLY TWO DECADES OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE, A FORMER COLLEGE PROFESSOR, AND A TEACHER IN PRIVATE AND CHARTER SCHOOLS, I CAN HONESTLY SAY A CISD IS DOING IT THE BEST.

UNLIKE MOST DISTRICTS CAUGHT IN A DOWNWARD SPIRAL CAUSED BY DISTRICT DECLINE AND DECLINING PROPERTY VALUES, COPPELL'S EXCEPTIONALISM HAS CREATED AN ATTRACTIVE FORCE, PULLING IN THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST AND PUSHING THE DISTRICTS IN TOWN SUCCESS UPWARD.

THUS, THESE FORCES HAVE MADE COPPELL THE MOST SUPPORTIVE AND CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING OF ANY I HAVE EXPERIENCED IN THESE NEARLY 20 YEARS OF TEACHING.

THANK YOU. REWIND TO THE DAYS WHEN AS A YOUNG COUPLE, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE CONSIDERING WHETHER WE SHOULD STAY.

AFTER ALL, NAIL SALONS, DRY CLEANERS, AND GROCERY STORES.

WELL, ANYWAY, I'LL EMAIL YOU THE REST.

THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> THANK YOU. OUR LAST SPEAKER AND KATHY, FORGIVE ME, I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR LAST NAME, BUT KATHY POLOKOV.

>> POLOKOV.

>> POLOKOV THERE WE GO. THANK YOU.

>> EXCUSE MY VOICE.

IT'S TRYING TO LEAVE ME.

HELLO. KATHY POLOKOV, 556 AVON CREST LANE.

GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE TO START BY SAYING THAT I'M A LONG-TIME RESIDENT.

I AM A FORMER SPECIAL ED PARA IN OUR DISTRICT, AND I AM THE MOTHER OF A 10TH GRADER AT NEW TECH.

WHEN I SAY THAT I LOVE THIS CITY,

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THAT'S WHY NOW THAT THE VADER HASN'T PASSED, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELL-BEING THE FUTURE OF NEW TECH.

NEW TECH HIGH SCHOOL AT COPPELL IS AND ALWAYS WAS A RIGOROUS ALL-HONOR SCHOOL THAT CHALLENGES STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY AND CREATIVELY.

FAR FROM BEING A DETRIMENT, NEW TECH'S PROJECT-BASED MODEL TEACHES CRITICAL THINKING, COOPERATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING, COLLEGE-LEVEL RESEARCH SKILLS, AND PREPARES STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE AND A FUTURE AS LEADERS AND INNOVATORS.

IT DOES, IN FACT, HOLD UP A LOT OF THE PILLARS OF OUR COMMUNITY-BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.

STUDENT LEARNING AND PROGRESS, ENGAGED IN WELL-ROUNDED STUDENTS, STUDENT READINESS, AND YES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIP.

THE SIZE OF NEW TECH, I THINK IS A PLUS.

NOT EVERY KID THRIVES IN A LARGE ENVIRONMENT.

SOME DO BETTER IN SMALL ENVIRONMENTS, SUCH AS MY SON.

THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE OF THOSE WITH CERTAIN KINDS OF DISABILITIES WHERE CROWDS ARE EQUIVALENT TO STRESS AND BEING OVERWHELMED AND STRUGGLES WITH SOCIAL SKILLS MAY BE TOTALLY OVERLOOKED.

I AM ASKING THAT WE DO NOT GET RID OF A SCHOOL THAT PROVIDES SO MUCH BENEFIT TO THIS COMMUNITY, SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S SMALLER.

IF THERE ARE WAYS TO MAKE IT MORE PROFITABLE, GREAT BUT I WOULD PREFER NOT TO SEE IT GO AWAY. THANK YOU.

>> THAT WE'LL CONCLUDE OUR OPEN FORUM TONIGHT.

I THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR SPEAKING HERE.

THAT WILL TAKE US INTO OUR NEXT ITEM, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO JUST A TOUCH OUT OF ORDER IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH

[X. CLOSED SESSION (Texas Government Code, Section 551.074 - Personnel Matters) ]

HERE IT'S 6:38 AND I'LL CALL US INTO CLOSED SESSION.

[NOISE] THE TIME IS 7:07.

[XI. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION]

THANK YOU GUYS FOR HANGING OUT WITH US FOR THAT BRIEF BREAK.

NEXT UP ON THE AGENDA IS OUR DISCUSSION REPORT ITEMS, DR. HUNT.

[VII. DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEMS - SUPERINTENDENT]

>> SIR, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER TONIGHT.

WE HAVE OUR FINAL ESSER REPORT FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS, WE HAVE OUR BUDGET UPDATE AND PLANNING BY OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, WE DO HAVE A COMMUNITY-BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM REPORT BY OUR CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER AND THEN FINALLY, WE DO HAVE SOME BOND PROJECT UPDATES FROM MR. GRANT.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH MS. WEBB.

SHE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS, AND THE ESSER FUNDING, AS YOU KNOW, HAS COME TO A CLOSE, AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO REPORT OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO THE BOARD JUST HOW THAT MONEY WAS SPENT AND WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS. MS. WEBB.

>> GOOD EVENING, DR. HUNT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL REPORT ON THE ESSER GRANT AND ITS FUNDING AND THE PROGRAMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

YOU GUYS WILL REMEMBER THAT THE ESSER SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT, WHICH IS ON THE SCREEN THAT I'M SHOWING YOU, WHICH WAS INTENDED TO MITIGATE LEARNING LOSS DUE TO THE DISRUPTION CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ENSURE THE SAFE RETURN TO SCHOOL DURING THE PANDEMIC BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021 AND CAME TO A CLOSE IN AUGUST OF 2024.

THE DISTRICT UTILIZED THESE FUNDS FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF, SUCH AS NURSES, A COORDINATOR OF GUIDANCE, COUNSELING AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING, ACADEMIC SUCCESS, AND SEL TEACHERS, AND PERMANENT PART-TIME SUBSTITUTES.

ESSER FUNDING ALSO ALLOWED FOR ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS,

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DR. ANITA DELAIS, THE DIRECTOR OF BILINGUAL AND ESL PROGRAMS IN TAPAL, SHARED THAT THE EMERGENT BILINGUAL SUMMER PROGRAM, WHICH WAS FUNDED BY ESSER FOR THE PAST THREE SUMMERS, PROVIDES INVALUABLE SUPPORT TO STUDENTS BY CREATING A LANGUAGE-RICH ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN PRACTICE LISTENING, SPEAKING, READING, AND WRITING SKILLS.

THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON HANDS-ON LEARNING, ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO USE THEIR SENSES AND BUILD CONFIDENCE IN COMMUNICATION.

THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM, STUDENTS HAD MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN ENGAGING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS CODING, WRITING JOURNALS, TAEKWONDO, AND COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS.

STUDENTS ENHANCE THEIR ENGLISH PROFICIENCY IN A FUN AND INTERACTIVE SETTING.

THIS IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE NOT ONLY STRENGTHENS THEIR LANGUAGE SKILLS BUT ALSO FOSTERS SOCIAL CONNECTIONS, SUPPORTING THEIR OVERALL ACADEMIC AND LINGUISTIC GROWTH AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR EVENTS DURING THE EMERGENT BILINGUAL SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM WAS THE PETTING ZOO.

STUDENTS SPENT CLASS TIME LEARNING ABOUT ANIMALS, THEIR APPEARANCES, AND THEIR HABITATS.

AFTERWARDS, STUDENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET SOME OF THE ANIMALS THAT THEY HAD JUST LEARNED ABOUT IN CLASS.

IN SUMMER OF 2022, THE COPPELL ISD EMERGENT BILINGUAL SUMMER PROGRAM WAS FEATURED ON CBS 11 NEWS.

THE REPORT HIGHLIGHTED BENEFITS, INCLUDING HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD LEARNER CONFIDENCE IN USING ENGLISH IN BOTH ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL SETTINGS, PROVIDING A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS IN THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

IN THE 2023/24 SCHOOL YEAR, A PART-TIME PERMANENT SUBSTITUTE PROGRAM WAS FUNDED BY ESSER TO FURTHER SUPPORT CAMPUS NEEDS.

THIS PROGRAM WAS UNIQUE IN THAT THESE SUBSTITUTES WERE FLEXIBLE AND WHAT THEIR ROLE WOULD BE ON ANY GIVEN DAY.

THEY WERE WILLING TO DO WHATEVER WAS NEEDED ON THE CAMPUS ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY, WHETHER IT WAS AS A TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM SUB OR AS PUSH-IN SUPPORT FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS WHO NEEDED AN EXTRA ADULT TO ASSIST WITH STUDENT LEARNING.

THE PROGRAM WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND PROVIDED MANY BENEFITS TO LEARNERS.

DR. SARAH BALLARIN, PRINCIPAL OF PAPAL MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST, SHARED THE FOLLOWING FEEDBACK REGARDING THE IMPACT OF THIS PROGRAM ON HER CAMPUS.

CMS WEST USED THE PART-TIME PERMANENT SUBS FOR PUSHING INTO CLASSROOMS WHEN THEY WEREN'T NEEDED AS A REGULAR SUB, AND IN BOTH THE SCENARIOS, THESE STAFF MEMBERS WERE CONSISTENT ADULTS THAT LEARNERS GOT TO KNOW AND HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH.

BECAUSE THESE SUBS WERE SEEN IN CLASSROOMS ACROSS THE CAMPUSES, LEARNERS KNEW THEM WELL AND THEY WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE THESE RELATIONSHIPS TO MEET LEARNER NEEDS IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS.

THESE PERMANENT SUBSTITUTES ALSO BECAME A COLLABORATIVE PART OF THE EDUCATOR TEAMS. THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH EDUCATORS ALLOWED THEM TO SEAMLESSLY SUPPORT LEARNER NEEDS WITHOUT NEEDING TIME TO GET TO KNOW THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENTS OR THE EDUCATORS IN THESE ROOMS. THIS POSITION ALLOWED CAMPUSES TO OFFER ADDITIONAL SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION, MENTORING, TUTORING, AND SUPPORT FOR CROSS-CURRICULAR PLANNING, AND TEACHER TRAINING.

ASHLEY MINTON, PRINCIPAL AT CANYON RANCH ELEMENTARY, STATED THAT THE PERMANENT SUBSTITUTE AT HER CAMPUS PROVIDED IMPORTANT CLASSROOM SUPPORT DURING TEACHER ABSENCES AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN LEADING A DEN TIME GROUP DURING COMMON INTERVENTION AND ENRICHMENT TIME, WHICH ALLOWED FOR AN EXTRA SMALL GROUP OF LEARNERS TO RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT.

DR. BALLERIN IDENTIFIED ANOTHER FABULOUS BENEFIT OF THE PART-TIME PERMANENT SUBSTITUTE PROGRAM, STATING THAT THE PROGRAM ALSO SERVED AS A PIPELINE FOR GROWING OUR OWN EDUCATORS.

SHE HIRED PERMANENT SUBSTITUTES INTO FULL-TIME POSITIONS BECAUSE OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE CAMPUS, THE DISTRICT, AND OUR LEARNERS.

IT IS SO RARE TO BE ABLE TO SEE SOMEONE ON THE JOB BEFORE HIRING THEM, AND THIS IS THE PERFECT WAY TO FIND THOSE WHO ARE A GOOD FIT FOR FULL-TIME POSITIONS.

HERE ARE SOME NUMBERS FOR THE PART-TIME PERMANENT SUBSTITUTE PROGRAM.

COPPELL ISD HAD A TOTAL OF 16 PERMANENT PART-TIME SUBS WHO SERVED A TOTAL OF 13 CAMPUSES.

THESE SUBS WORKED TO COMBINED 1,180 DAYS, AND TOGETHER, THEY SPENT A TOTAL OF 8,735 HOURS WITH OUR LEARNERS.

OF THE 16 PERMANENT SUBSTITUTES, SIX OF THEM HAVE BEEN HIRED AS CURRENT FULL-TIME COPPELL ISD EMPLOYEES. IT'S AN AMAZING PROGRAM.

NEXT, WE HAVE THE ITINERANT AND FLEX NURSE PROGRAM.

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JOYCE ALCORN, THE COORDINATOR OF HEALTH SERVICES, PROVIDED FEEDBACK REGARDING SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDED THAT THE FLEX NURSE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE CAMPUS SUPPORTS DURING NURSE ABSENCES DUE TO ILLNESS, PERSONAL AND MEDICAL LEAVE, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH ENSURED THAT THERE WAS NO GAP IN NURSING AT THAT CAMPUS.

THE ITINERANT NURSE ROLE HELPED PROVIDE GREATER EFFICIENCY AND FLEXIBILITY IN UTILIZING NURSING RESOURCES, THE ITINERANT NURSE OFFERED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO SCHOOL NURSES FOR EXAMPLE, HELPING CAMPUSES CONDUCT HEALTH SCREENINGS, INPUTTING IMMUNIZATIONS, PROVIDING DIRECT NURSING SERVICES, AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL NURSING SUPPORT FOR BUSIER CLINICS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

THE UNEXPECTED BENEFITS OF THIS POSITION INCLUDED SAFETY IMPROVEMENT AND A REDUCTION IN THE DEPENDENCE ON UNLICENSED NURSING STAFF.

BECAUSE THE ITINERANT POSITION BECAME AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE, COPPELL ISD WAS AWARDED A LOCAL COMPETITIVE GRANT IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THIS POSITION IN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.

NOW I HAVE SOME ACHIEVEMENT DATA.

AS WE'VE DISCUSSED FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, STUDENT LEARNING WAS IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

THE DATA ON THIS SLIDE INDICATES THAT LEARNERS IN COPPELL ISD DEMONSTRATED A SLIGHT DECREASE IN ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ON THE STAR ASSESSMENT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PANDEMIC.

HOWEVER, YOU CAN SEE, STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE HAS NOW RECOVERED TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.

[APPLAUSE]

>> IT'S WORTH AN APPLAUSE.

>> THIS SLIDE IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ON THE STAAR ASSESSMENT BY SUBJECT AREA.

ONCE AGAIN, WE SEE THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE RECOVERY TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.

OVERALL, THE PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED WITH THE ESSER FUNDS ALLOWED COPPELL ISD TO MEET THE GOAL OF ADDRESSING, LEARNING, LOSS EXPERIENCED BY STUDENTS AS A RESULT OF THE DISRUPTION CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

AT THIS TIME, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

>> THEO.

>> MISS WEBB, QUICK QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE PERFORMANCE TRENDS BY SUBJECT.

CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STRATEGIES THAT ALLOWED FOR THE SUCCESS THAT YOU SEE ACROSS THE BOARD BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THAT ON AN INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STRATEGIES THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE TO HAVE THAT ACROSS MULTIPLE CAMPUSES AT EACH GRADE LEVEL AND CAMPUS LEVEL, THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID FOR THAT COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT WE'VE HEARD HAVE STRUGGLED BOTH WITH COVID 19 AND THE STAR REDESIGN?

>> I THINK THAT THOSE RESULTS REALLY SPEAK TO THE LEVEL OF EXPERTISE AND DEDICATION OF OUR STAFF RIGHT ON CAMPUSES AND OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES, OUR LEARNING COACHES, OUR AMAZING DISTRICT LEVEL STAFF.

I CAN'T SPEAK PERSONALLY ABOUT THE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES THAT WERE USED IN THOSE AREAS.

I HAVE LOTS OF COLLEAGUES WHO COULD DO THAT IF THEY WERE HERE. DR. BROOKS.

>> I KNOW DR. BROOKS WILL COME UP FOR A FEW.

BUT WE HAVE OUTSTANDING EDUCATORS THAT WORK ON A MULTI TIERED SUPPORT SYSTEM OF INSTRUCTION.

I DIDN'T WANT TO GET TOO MUCH INTO THE WEIGHTS OF THIS, BUT WE USED OUR SR FUNDS TO REALLY CLOSE THOSE LEARNING GAPS WITH OUR KIDS, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT FROM SOME OF THIS DATA.

>> A BIG PIECE WILL JUST HIT WITHIN THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS.

WITHIN THE LAST PROBABLY THREE YEARS, YOU'VE SEEN THE SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION, THE FOCUS WITHIN THAT WITHIN CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU'RE ASSESSING THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, NOT JUST LOOKING AT A SUMMATIVE PIECE.

I THINK THOSE PIECES ALONG WITH NOT ONLY THE INTERVENTION, SOME OF THE ENRICHMENT PIECES TOO THAT WERE JUST SHARED AS WELL, BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BIG FOCUS AREAS WHEN YOU'RE THINKING INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE.

>> DR. BROOKS.

>> SORRY, LET YOU GO THERE, MR. HILL.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL SAY, DR. HUNT, PIGGYBACK ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

I THINK THAT'S THE TAKEAWAY HERE TONIGHT IS WE USE THE FUNDS, I THINK FOR THAT INTENDED PURPOSE AND CLOSING THE GAPS WHERE YOU CAN LOOK AROUND NOT ALL DISTRICTS WHILE ALLOWABLE EXPENSES MAY HAVE SHIFTED SOME OF THEIR NORMAL EXPENSES WITH THESE FUNDS.

KUDOS TO YOU GUYS FOR TRYING HARD TO GET THESE NUMBERS BACK UP.

>> THANK YOU.

>> OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, DANNIS TERKAR IS COMING FORWARD TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON OUR BUDGETING WORK, NOT ONLY THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, BUT ALSO FOR 25-26.

>> THANK YOU, DR. HUNT. GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

THIS PRESENTATION RELATES TO SUPERINTENDENT PRIORITY GOAL 1 AND OUR CBAS PILLAR OF FISCAL AND OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS.

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IN FACT, 59% OF VATRES ACROSS THE STATE DID NOT PASS DURING THIS ELECTION CYCLE WHICH IS A SHIFT BECAUSE SINCE 2020, THERE'S BEEN MUCH MORE SUCCESS IN PASSING VATRES THAN THERE WAS THIS YEAR.

A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE AMOUNT OF TAX COMPRESSION THAT OCCURRED SINCE 2020.

THERE WAS JUST A MUCH LOWER AMOUNT OF TAX COMPRESSION THIS YEAR THAN PERHAPS WE WOULD SAY LAST YEAR WHEN WE SAW A GREAT DEAL OF THE VATRES ACROSS THE STATE PASS.

ALSO, AS FAR AS OUR 24-25 BUDGET, OUR ENROLLMENT IS DECLINING.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, AND IT IS LOWER THAN IT WAS EXPECTED TO BE.

THAT IMPACTS OUR BUDGETED REVENUE.

THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS STARTING IN JANUARY AND THE INFORMATION WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS REALLY WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS TO ADDRESS OUR DISTRICT'S BUDGET CHALLENGES.

>> WELL, MR. CARGOS ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

I HAVE BEEN ASKED A LOT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS SINCE THE VATRE DID FAIL.

WHAT ARE THOSE NEXT STEPS? YOU KNOW WE ARE AS EMPLOYEES ARE RESTRICTED ABOUT WHAT WE CAN SAY ONCE A VATRE IS CALLED.

NOW THAT IT'S FAILED AND IT'S OPEN SEASON, WE CAN SAY WHAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SAY DURING THAT ELECTIONEERING OR TO BE ACCUSED OF ELECTIONEERING, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EVEN SHARE MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS THAT THE VATRE DIDN'T PASS BECAUSE WE HAVE FINANCIAL ISSUES.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THESE BUDGET CHALLENGES FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

THE VATRE IS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE BEING HOPEFUL.

IT WAS NEVER A GUARANTEE, BUT WE WERE HOPEFUL, AND IT NOT PASSING HAS JUST CREATED MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO REALLY HAVE TO LOOK VERY CLOSELY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR BUDGET.

>> AS YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET IS BASED UPON ASSUMPTIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS OF ENROLLMENT, ASSUMPTIONS OF AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, AND BOTH OF THOSE ARE DOWN FROM WHAT WE EXPECTED.

ENROLLMENT AT THE OCTOBER SNAPSHOT IS DOWN 180 STUDENTS FROM LAST YEAR, AND OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE IS DOWN 52 POINTS FROM LAST YEAR.

NOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THROUGH THE FIRST 2, 6 WEEK PERIODS, OUR ATTENDANCE RATE IS 97.2% FOR THE DISTRICT.

THAT IS EXCELLENT, AND WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF WORK BEING DONE ON CAMPUSES TO INCREASE ATTENDANCE.

BUT IT ALSO TENDS TO BE THAT THE FIRST 2, 6 WEEK PERIODS ARE ALSO THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE RATES WE HAVE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.

>> I APPRECIATE THE APPLAUSE OUT THERE FOR WHOEVER WAS APPLAUDING BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY DID NOT REALLY FULLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD ATTENDANCE.

LAST SPRING WHEN I THINK, WE HAD ALMOST 50 DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAD THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, IT WAS AN EYE OPENER FOR A LOT OF OUR PARENTS, EVEN STAFF MEMBERS TOO.

WE DID AND HAVE BEEN REALLY PUSHING THAT ATTENDANCE CAMPAIGN.

WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE IT MORE EASIER FOR PARENTS TO SUBMIT NOTES, DO THINGS ONLINE, JUST SENDING OUT CONSTANT REMINDERS.

AS MR. KARR SAID, THE FIRST OF YEAR IS USUALLY ARE BETTER ATTENDANCE ANYWAY, BUT WE WANT TO JUST KEEP WRITING ON THAT POSITIVITY AND JUST KEEPING THAT FOCUS.

I APPRECIATE OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND ALL OF OUR CAMPUS PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS REALLY HELPING US MESSAGE THAT OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND OUR PARENTS THAT ARE RESPONDING TO THAT AND HELPING US WITH THAT.

IT'S BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL.

>> IN FACT, I HEARD A STATISTIC TODAY.

WE IMPLEMENTED A NEW PROCESS FOR TURNING IN ABSENCE NOTES AND THAT THE FORM THAT A PERSON SUBMITS THEIR ABSENT NOTE WITH, WE'VE HAD 25,000 SUBMISSIONS OF ABSENCE NOTES THROUGH THAT FORM.

THAT APPEARS TO BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL WAY OF GETTING ABSENT NOTES INTO OUR CAMPUSES SO THAT WE CAN EXCUSE THOSE ABSENCE THAT NEED TO BE EXCUSED AND SO EVERYBODY'S AWARE.

>> WAS A DIRECT RESULT FROM PARENT INPUT.

THEY JUST KEPT SAYING, BRAD, YOU GOT TO COME UP WITH A BETTER PROCESS THAN THIS.

AS A PARENT WHO HAS A CHILD THAT WOULD NEVER BRING HIS NOTE, IT REALLY HELPED ALL OF US.

IT IS GOOD TO HEAR THOSE NUMBERS, AND I THINK WE JUST CAN'T LOSE THAT MOMENTUM.

WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO KEEP MESSAGING THAT.

>> THE VATRE NOT PASSING, WE WILL BE REDUCING THE REVENUE THAT WE EXPECTED.

THAT WAS ABOUT $2.4 MILLION.

THEN WE'VE HAD SOME OTHER UPDATES TO STATE FUNDING BASED ON OUR ACTUAL STUDENT ACCOUNT.

AS I SAID, EVERYTHING IS AN ASSUMPTION, AND WE BUILD THE BUDGET BASED ON OUR ENROLLMENT AND ADA.

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OUR ORIGINAL BUDGETED DEFICIT WAS ABOUT $7.5 MILLION.

IF WE JUST TOOK THE 2.4 MILLION OFF THE TOP, WE'D BE AT A DEFICIT OF ABOUT 9.9 MILLION.

BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT QUITE YET, WE'RE GOING TO JUST TAKE A PORTION OF THAT AND ADJUST THE BUDGET TO ABOUT $8.7 MILLION DEFICIT.

REMEMBERING THAT WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TO ARRIVE AT OUR FINAL AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE NUMBERS AND FINAL PROGRAM ALLOTMENTS.

DURING THE REST OF THE YEAR, WE DO ANTICIPATE ADA WILL GO DOWN AND THAT WILL POTENTIALLY INCREASE THE DEFICIT, BUT WE'LL BE OPTIMISTIC THAT WE CAN FIND SOME ADDITIONAL EXPENSE SAVINGS OR REVENUE THIS YEAR EVEN IF IT IS ONE TIME.

SPEAKING OF ONE TIME REVENUE.

THIS JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS OF THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN THROUGH SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR.

A POSITIVE IMPACT YEAR TO DATE OF ABOUT $990,000.

THAT'S ONE TIME REVENUE FOR THE SALE OF OLD TECHNOLOGY DEVICES.

IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET ABOUT $500,000 OF THIS REVENUE LAST YEAR, BUT WE DIDN'T GET THE CHECK UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER SO THAT WILL COUNT TOWARDS REVENUE FOR THIS YEAR, AND THEN WE GOT THE ADDITIONAL 400,000.

WHERE WE'RE ON TARGET THIS YEAR SO FAR AS INTEREST REVENUE IS ON TARGET THROUGH THE FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

THE FED DID CUT THE RATE ON NOVEMBER THE 7TH BY A QUARTER OF A POINT, AND IT IS TALKED ABOUT THAT THEY WILL LIKELY DO THAT AGAIN IN DECEMBER.

WE DID REDUCE OUR INTEREST BUDGET, BUT WE'RE RUNNING ON TARGET RIGHT NOW.

WE ALSO USE CDS AND HAVE A BUNCH OF LADDERED CDS THAT WILL BE COMING IN AT HIGHER INTEREST RATES, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING TOO.

PAYROLL IS RUNNING VERY CLOSE TO BUDGET.

CURRENTLY, WE ARE ANTICIPATING ABOUT A $600,000 SAVINGS IN PAYROLL.

THAT'S NOT A VERY BIG NUMBER.

TYPICALLY, WE HAVE ABOUT TWO TIMES THAT MUCH AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

BUT WE WILL SEE HOW THAT SHAKES OUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR AS WE SEE WHAT POSITIONS ARE AVAILABLE DURING THE YEAR OR WHICH POSITIONS OPEN.

SOME OF THE REASON THAT WE'RE RUNNING SO CLOSE TO BUDGET IS BECAUSE WE HAD FEWER POSITIONS WE WERE HIRING FOR.

THERE WAS LESS TURNOVER.

WE HAD A MUCH BETTER IDEA OF WHO WAS GOING TO BE IN THE SYSTEM WHEN WE WERE CREATING THE BUDGET THIS SUMMER.

THEN NEGATIVE IMPACTS YEAR TO DATE, OBVIOUSLY, THE VATRE, BUT ALSO THINGS LIKE PROPERTY INSURANCE INCREASED 35% THIS YEAR.

WE BUDGET FOR ABOUT 30%, SO WE'RE ABOUT $50,000 SHORT ON THAT BUDGET RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS A BUDGET PROJECTION, PRIOR TO ANY CHANGES, PRIOR TO ANY FURTHER EXPENSE REDUCTIONS EXCEPT FOR THE REDUCTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS ALREADY APPROVED.

THIS IS WHAT OUR PROJECTED BUDGET DEFICITS LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD.

IT DOES INCLUDE THE EXPECTED FROM THE CONSOLIDATION OF PINKERTON IN THE DLI PROGRAM.

IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY SAVINGS IF WE NEED FEWER TEACHERS BECAUSE ENROLLMENT IS GOING DOWN.

WE'VE REDUCED OUR REVENUE BASED UPON WHAT OUR ENROLLMENT IS, BUT WE NEVER KNOW WHERE EXACTLY THOSE TEACHERS ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED AND WHERE THEY AREN'T, SO WE HAVE NOT BUILT THAT INTO THESE NUMBERS.

BUT THE DEFICIT INCREASES BY ABOUT $3.2-3.4 MILLION WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL EXPENSE REDUCTIONS WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE'RE USING THE FALL 2024 ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS, A 96% ATTENDANCE RATE AND A 3% COST OF LIVING INCREASE FOR TEACHER AND STAFF.

THIS IS A CHART THAT JUST DISPLAYS THOSE SAME NUMBERS IN CHART FORM.

YOU'LL NOTE THAT WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL MAJOR EXPENSE REDUCTIONS, THE FUND BALANCE IS REALLY IN AN ENVIABLE POSITION BY 26-27.

IT WILL BE BELOW THAT $40 MILLION MARK.

REALLY, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT.

WE HAVE A DEFICIT THAT IS BUILT INTO THE STRUCTURE OF HOW WE RUN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TODAY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO WORK ON.

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THOSE ARE THOSE PERCENTAGES OVER THE BARS OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD JUST LIKE TEA MEASURES IT.

AS CURRENTLY ESTIMATED FOR 25-26.

WE'LL SEE A NEARLY 30% DECLINE IN FUND BALANCE OVER THAT THREE YEAR PERIOD.

AS I REPORTED BEFORE, IF THERE'S A DECLINE OF 25% IN FUND BALANCE OR MORE, TEA EXAMINES THE NUMBER OF DAYS OF CASH ON HAND AND THE DISTRICT MUST HAVE 75 DAYS.

BY 26-27, THE CASH ON HAND IS MINIMAL.

THE BOX ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE DAYS OF CASH ON HAND THAT ARE PROJECTED.

IF WE LOOK CLOSER AT 26-27, THE BAR GRAPH SHOWS A 41.4% DECLINE IN FUND BALANCE OVER THREE YEARS, AND THE CHART ON THE RIGHT SHOWS ONLY 75 DAYS OF CASH ON HAND.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME, TEA WOULD FAIL THE DISTRICT ON THE CEILING INDICATOR AS FAR AS FUND BALANCE IS CONCERNED, AND THE HIGHEST SCORE THAT THE DISTRICT COULD RECEIVE AT THAT POINT IN TIME WOULD BE A B.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT INDICATES A GREAT REDUCTION IN THE FINANCIAL VIABILITY OF THE DISTRICT COMPARED TO WHERE WE HAVE BEEN.

WITH 75 DAYS OF CASH ON HAND, MANAGEMENT WOULD BE VERY TIGHT.

CASH MANAGEMENT WOULD BE VERY TIGHT TO MEET PAYROLL TO PREPAY FOR THOSE FEDERAL EXPENDITURES ON THOSE FEDERAL GRANTS, AS WELL AS ALLOWING DISTRICTS AND CAMPUSES TO SPEND THEIR BUDGET.

THAT'S WHAT THE SITUATION IS WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT PROJECTION.

THE BOX ON THE RIGHT ALSO SHOWS IN THE LAST COLUMN.

THE FUND BALANCE IS A PERCENT OF TOTAL EXPENDITURES.

REMEMBER, THAT THE DISTRICT WORKED VERY HARD TO GET THAT OVER 40% OF TOTAL EXPENDITURES, AND YOU CAN SEE THE RAPID DECLINE IF THIS PROJECTION WERE TO COME TRUE.

WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON REDUCING THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT BEFORE WE IMPACT THE FUND BALANCE THIS MUCH.

>> BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, WHAT QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, FEEDBACK DID BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SO FAR?

>> ONE THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, COULD YOU REMIND US AND THE PUBLIC AGAIN ABOUT, SO IF ANYTHING WAS PASSED IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHEN COULD WE SEE THAT REFLECTED?

>> THAT'S COMING UP NEXT.

IS THERE ANYTHING THOUGH THAT SHE SHARED SO FAR THAT YOU HAVE A QUESTION?

>> MRS. SIRCAR, YOU TALKED THROUGH THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT.

WHEN YOU TALK TO YOUR PEERS IN LOOKING AT THIS, WHAT HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE AROUND THAT AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT TO ADDRESS THAT IN THEIR PARTICULAR DISTRICTS AND SETTINGS?

>> SURE. EVERY DISTRICT IS VERY DIFFERENT.

EVERY DISTRICT HAS A DIFFERENT FUND BALANCE SUPPORTING THEM, BUT WE ALL FIND THAT WE'RE IN THE SAME SITUATION.

MANY DISTRICTS ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT OVER 80% OF OUR BUDGET IS HUMAN CAPITAL.

IT'S OUR TEACHERS, IT'S OUR STAFF, AND SO THE REDUCTIONS ARE GOING TO BE COMING FROM A LOT OF THAT, LOOKING AT WHERE CAN WE BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH OUR STAFFING? THERE ARE DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN A MUCH MORE DIFFICULT SITUATION THAN WE ARE, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT ALL POSITIONS, THINGS LIKE, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO NAME THE POSITIONS, BUT MANY POSITIONS THAT ARE TOUCHING THE CLASSROOM.

THERE ARE DISTRICTS THAT ARE CLOSING MULTIPLE SCHOOLS.

THERE ARE DISTRICTS THAT ARE LOOKING AT OTHER EXPENDITURES THAT THEY HAVE LIKE TRANSPORTATION, AND HOW CAN THEY RESTRUCTURE THAT OR ELIMINATE THAT? THERE ARE DISTRICTS THAT ARE DOING VERY DRASTIC THINGS TO BE ABLE TO MEET THEIR BUDGETS.

I THINK THE GOOD THING IS THAT THIS DISTRICT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF CUSHION TO BE ABLE TO GET US THERE, BUT WE HAVE COME TO THAT POINT WHERE THAT CUSHION IS NOW STARTING TO DECLINE.

WE NEED TO MAKE THE CHANGE NOW SO THAT WE DON'T SEE THIS TYPE OF REDUCTION IN OUR FUND BALANCE.

>> YOUR QUESTION IS UP TO THIS POINT? GO AHEAD.

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>> MRS. SIRCAR, YOU WORKED IN A CORPORATE SETTING, AND THAT LOOKS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN EDUCATIONAL SETTING AND GOVERNMENTAL SETTING.

HOW DO YOU BALANCE THAT THOUGHT PROCESS IN APPROACHING THESE CONVERSATIONS? HAVE YOU WORKED IN BOTH?

>> I THINK YOU STILL HAVE TO LOOK AT WHERE YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE, WHAT YOUR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IS, AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE FOCUSED ON THAT SO THAT EVERY DECISION THAT YOU MAKE ABOUT THE BUDGET SUPPORTS YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, WHERE DO WE DO THINGS WELL, AND HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO DO THINGS WELL? IS THIS POTENTIAL CUT GOING TO IMPACT THAT OR DOES IT ELEVATE IT? HOW CAN WE DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY? BUT WE HAVE TO BE WILLING TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND WE HAVE TO BE WILLING TO EXPLORE OPTIONS THAT PERHAPS WE HAVEN'T CONSIDERED BEFORE.

UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES THAT HITS ONE PERSON HARDER THAN IT HITS ANOTHER PERSON I THINK IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, IT'S KEEPING OUR CUSTOMERS IN MIND, AND WE ALL KNOW OUR CUSTOMERS ARE THOSE STUDENTS THAT WE IMPACT EVERY DAY.

>> THE OTHER PIECE IS A FULL AWARENESS OF THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY FULLY UNDERSTANDS THAT IT'S SERIOUS THAT THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING ARE BECOMING A REALITY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN, IT'S WHAT IS HAPPENING.

NO DISRESPECT TO ANY OTHER DISTRICT, I KNOW THEY'RE DEALING WITH WHATEVER THEY'RE DEALING WITH, BUT WE'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR DISTRICT AND WHAT IT MEANS TO STILL BE A DESTINATION SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THAT'S NOT ONLY RETAINING OUR HIGH QUALITY STAFF, BUT IT'S ALSO RETAINING OUR AMAZING FAMILIES, AND THEY HAVE LOTS OF OPTIONS IN EDUCATION.

YOU ALL KNOW THAT, AND IF WE'RE NOT PROVIDING THEM WITH A PRODUCT THAT THEY WANT TO BE HERE, COME HERE, STAY HERE, THEN WE'RE LOSING THAT GAME.

WE HAVE TO JUST MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THOUGH THAT THESE ARE SERIOUS.

WHEN PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT SOME CUTS OR MAYBE SOME SERVICES THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY HAD BEFORE, THEY'RE NOT SURPRISED BY THAT BECAUSE THEY REALIZE WE'RE IN A SERIOUS BUDGET ISSUE.

WHEN SOME EVENTS LOOK DIFFERENT THAN THEY DID LAST YEAR, IT'S BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO PAY FOR THAT ANYMORE.

PEOPLE JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS MOVING TO ACTION.

IT'S NOT THIS WHAT COULD BE OR WHAT IF, IT IS WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW.

>> I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT'S COMING UP.

THE BILL STARTED FILING NOVEMBER 12TH, AND THE FIRST DAY OF THE SESSION IS JANUARY 14TH.

THE SESSION ENDS OFFICIALLY JUNE 2ND, BUT THERE COULD ALSO BE SPECIAL SESSIONS, AS WE HAVE SEEN IN PRIOR YEARS.

HOWEVER, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, TRUSTEE MATHEW, IT IS THAT IT DEPENDS ON THE LEGISLATION.

SOME LEGISLATION IS EASY AND WE CAN SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT BY SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR.

SOME LEGISLATION LIKE THAT THAT OCCURRED IN 2019, WHEN THEY COMPLETELY RESTRUCTURED SCHOOL FUNDING, THAT TOOK 18 MONTHS TO IMPLEMENT, AND SO IT REALLY DEPENDS UPON THE LEGISLATION THAT COMES THROUGH.

THE QUESTION IS, IS THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION GOING TO SAVE OUR BUDGET? UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS NOT WHAT WE'RE HEARING.

WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THAT, YES, THERE WILL LIKELY BE FUNDS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, BECAUSE THERE WERE VERY LITTLE PASSED LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE TARGETED.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE TARGETED AT VERY SPECIFIC THINGS LIKE READING AND MATH FOR EARLY GRADES, SPECIAL EDUCATION, TEACHER PAY, AND SCHOOL SAFETY.

WHAT THAT MEANS, HAVING TARGETED FUNDING, IS THAT THE LEGISLATURE SAYS, HERE IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING, YOU MUST SPEND IT ON THIS PROGRAM, AND YOU CAN'T SPEND IT ON ANYTHING ELSE.

THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY IMPROVE OUR BUDGET SITUATION.

IT MIGHT FREE UP SOME FUNDS THAT WE WERE ALREADY SPENDING FOR THAT PROGRAM, BUT THERE MAY ALSO COME SOME MANDATES WITH THAT MONEY.

WE DO SEE THAT SOMETIMES WITH SCHOOL SAFETY WHERE THERE WERE MANDATES THAT CAME WITH A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.

THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

THE OTHER THING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF TIMES IS THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF INFLATION THAT WE'VE SEEN SINCE 2019, IT'S OVER 20%, AND THAT IT WOULD TAKE $1,000 OR $1,200 INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT FOR THE DISTRICT TO HAVE THE SAME SPENDING POWER AS IT HAD BACK IN 2019.

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LAST SESSION, THE STATE ALLOTTED ALMOST FOUR BILLION FOR THE BIENNIUM TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

WE KNOW WE DIDN'T GET THAT MONEY, BUT IT'S VERY UNLIKELY WE'RE GOING TO SEE THEM DEDICATE $7.4 BILLION TO PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND THAT'S A $500 INCREASE IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.

WE CAN'T COUNT ON THAT.

WE CANNOT COUNT ON THEM INCREASING THE BASIC ALLOTMENT WHEN WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS, THEY WANT TO GIVE US MORE MONEY, BUT THEY WANT TO TELL US WHERE TO SPEND IT.

THAT'S THE UNFORTUNATE NEWS.

>> BUT WE DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR COMMUNITIES' VOICES ARE HEARD [NOISE], AND WE HAVE CERTAINLY HEARD FROM MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT THEY FEEL IS IMPORTANT, WHAT IS VALUABLE TO THEM, AND SO WE WILL BE HAVING AN EVENT ON JANUARY THE 14TH THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT AT A LATER DATE WHERE WE'LL BE DOING A CALL TO ACTION TO OUR COMMUNITY TO GET MORE INVOLVED AND HELP US FIGHT FOR PUBLIC ED DOWN IN AUSTIN, AND JUST KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS' VOICES TO BE HEARD IN THIS PROCESS, NOT JUST AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, BUT AT THE STATE LEVEL.

>> THE BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED SO FAR, JUST BRUISING THEM.

A LOT OF THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL TAX RELIEF BILLS.

THAT'S WHAT WE'VE SEEN.

I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN ANY BILLS SO FAR FOR ANY FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS.

I EXPECT WE'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE AS THE SESSION GET STARTED, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF BILLS THAT GET FILED, THOUSANDS OF BILLS THAT GET FILED AND THOUSANDS OF BILLS THAT NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY.

IT'S A LONG SESSION.

IT WON'T BE UNTIL JUNE OR LATER BEFORE WE REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

THIS SLIDE JUST REALLY REMINDS US OF A LOT OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST AS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO ADJUST OUR BUDGET, TRYING TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT TO THE BUDGET, EITHER THROUGH ADDITIONAL REVENUE OR EXPENDITURE REDUCTION.

BUT THE NEXT STEPS THAT THE DISTRICT REALLY NEEDS TO TAKE IS IMPLEMENTING OTHER STRATEGIES TO MAKE STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO THE BUDGET.

STEPS, MUCH LIKE THE CONSOLIDATION OF PROGRAMS OR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT THE BOARD RECENTLY APPROVED.

THEY WILL BE SIGNIFICANT.

THE CHANGES WILL NEED TO ADDRESS INEFFICIENCIES AND TAKE SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURES OUT OF THE BUDGET.

THE CHANGES WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE CLASSROOM.

WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO KEEP OUR BUDGET REDUCTIONS OR OUR BUDGET IMPROVEMENTS AWAY FROM THE CLASSROOM.

WE'VE TRIED TO DO THAT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT NOW IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THE CLASSROOM MAY BE IMPACTED.

SOME DECISIONS MAY BE MORE COMPLICATED TO IMPLEMENT THAN OTHERS, BUT THE DISTRICT WILL STILL, MR. HILL, FOCUS ON MAINTAINING ITS HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND PROGRAMMING.

IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I COULD TAKE THAT.

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MRS. SIRCAR, DR. HUNT? I'LL SAY, AND NOT REALLY A QUESTION PER SE FOR YOU GUYS, BUT I THINK SOMETHING FOR US TO CONSIDER.

AS WE START, I GUESS WE'VE OFFICIALLY MOVED INTO THE '25-'26 BUDGET PLANNING NOW AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

BUT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, MRS. SIRCAR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES AND NOT LOSING SIGHT OF THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT THE DECISIONS WE'RE MAKING STILL SUPPORT THAT, ALONG WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, I THINK WOULD BE WISE FOR US TO PROBABLY JUST HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE REGARDING OUR BOARD PRIORITIES AS THE BUDGET SESSION IS STARTING TO HEAT UP FOR NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT AND DR. HUNT, YOU'VE MENTIONED THIS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

MANY DISTRICTS ARE IN A WORSE SITUATION AND THEY'RE HAVING TO TAKE SOME MORE DIRE MEASURES AND WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING DOWN TO THE BASICS OF WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED BY THE STATE TO OFFER, AND THAT'S NOT WHERE WE SHINE AND WHAT MAKES US SO GREAT.

MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALL STILL ALIGNED ON WHAT THOSE BUDGET PRIORITIES ARE, HOW WE'RE GOING TO TACKLE THIS ISSUE GOING FORWARD, I THINK WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT.

>> PRESIDENT CAVINESS, I WANT TO PIGGYBACK YOUR COMMENTS.

I WAS AROUND TRUSTEES THIS PAST WEEKEND DOWN IN AUSTIN FOR A RISK MANAGEMENT FUND,

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WHAT ARE WE HERE FOR AND TRYING TO DO? HOW DO WE KEEP A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, EVEN WITH THAT? BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF IT'S SANITIZED AND IT'S SUCH TO A POINT WHERE WE LOOK LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, THEN THERE IS NO COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, AND HOW DO WE DO THAT IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES? IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR SURE, BUT I THINK IT CAN BE DONE IN MAYBE SOME CREATIVE WAYS IN ADDITION TO REIMAGINING WHAT EDUCATION LOOKS LIKE.

I GO BACK TO THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS CREATED BACK IN 2006, LOOKING AT EDUCATION IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE ROOM THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND THAT LONG ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'RE AT.

HOW DO WE REIMAGINE WHAT EDUCATION LOOKS LIKE AND DELIVER THE QUALITY THAT PEOPLE EXPECT AND SUPPORT PEOPLE IN A WAY THAT THEY WANT TO STAY AND BE A PART OF THAT JOURNEY AND THAT RIDE?

>> NO. I AGREE, AND I THINK AS YOU WERE TALKING THAT DID BRING ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD.

IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE VADER DIDN'T PASS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ADDITIONAL CUTS.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE ANOTHER.

THE AUTOMATIC ASSUMPTION IS, WELL, YOU'RE GOING BACK TO CLOSE ANOTHER SCHOOL AND I'M NOT NAMING NAMES, BUT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE, SO IT'S THERE, THIS ONE OR WHAT HAVE NOT.

WHAT IS OUR NEXT PLAN? I KNOW WE'VE GOT DR. HUNT, COMMUNITY COMMITTEE THAT'S BEING FORMED NOW TO START TAKING THE NEXT STEPS FROM THE FACILITIES EVALUATION, BUT WHERE ARE WE, LOOK IN BIGGER PICTURE?

>> I FORGET THE [NOISE] ACRONYM OF THE SOC COMMITTEE.

>> THE COPPELL ISD EFFICIENCY REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND I KNOW THAT ANGELA BROWN IS COMING UP AFTER ME TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE CHANGES, WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO GATHER INPUT AND FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND SHE WILL BE ADDRESSING THAT IN HER COMMENTS.

>> WELL, THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE.

>> KEY PIECE TO THIS IS SEEKING THAT INPUT AND FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS.

WE HEAR FROM PARENTS A LOT, TEACHERS, OTHER STAFF MEMBERS, OUR STUDENTS, AND IT'S JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT IF SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT THAN HOW IT WAS LAST YEAR, IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE OF BUDGET CUTS AND JUST REALIZING THAT THAT'S JUST WHERE WE ARE AND BEING MORE DIRECT AND PROVIDING MORE CLARITY WITH WHY WE DON'T HAVE CERTAIN THINGS LIKE WE DID BEFORE.

ALL BEING CAUTIOUS THOUGH THAT WE DON'T START LOOKING LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, JUST LIKE YOU SAID, ANTHONY, THEN WHAT IS OUR COMPETITIVE EDGE? WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THAT, BUT WE ALSO CAN'T OPERATE LIKE WE DID THREE YEARS AGO AND EXPECT THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO STAY THE SAME.

WE HAVE TO KNOW THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.

>> IN MANY WAYS, I THINK OUR DISTRICT HAS PROVIDED SO MANY THINGS FOR SO MANY PEOPLE FOR SO LONG.

EVERYBODY'S GOTTEN USED TO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT.

I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHERE DO WE WANT TO FOCUS? WHAT OPPORTUNITIES DO WE WANT TO TAKE? WHERE DO WE WANT TO PUT THE MONEY SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THAT AND WE CAN BE THE BEST AT THAT, OR THE BEST AT THESE THREE THINGS, BUT NOT TRY TO DO 40?

>> AS YOU SAID, THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE TO MISS BROWN, OUR CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER.

SHE'S UPDATING THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY ON OUR COMMUNITY BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM, BUT THERE'S SOME COMPONENTS OF THAT THAT TIE IN WITH FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND OPERATIONS.

>> GOOD EVENING. I'M ANGELA BROWN AND I'M THE DISTRICT CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER.

I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.

THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU JUST HAD REALLY LEADS INTO EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE BECAUSE WHAT I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT ALIGNS WITH ALL SEVEN OF OUR CBAS PILLARS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT PRIORITY GOAL NUMBER 1.

THIS PRESENTATION REALLY IS ALL ABOUT HOW CISD IS A DESTINATION SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE'RE GOING TO FEATURE AND TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS WHERE WE SHINE.

I TRULY THINK THAT COMMUNITY BASED ACCOUNTABILITY IS REALLY WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.

THAT IS AT THE HEART OF WHAT WE BELIEVE IN, AND THAT REALLY IS THE HEART OF WHAT WE WERE JUST REFERRING TO WITH THE CIERC, THE COPPELL ISD EFFICIENCY REVIEW COMMITTEE, THAT IS GETTING FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND HELPING OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP US AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS TONIGHT.

THEN I HAVE A SPECIAL PIECE AT THE END THAT I THINK YOU WILL ALL ENJOY.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF SURPRISE.

I SAY THAT OFTEN. [OVERLAPPING]

>> MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

FOR THAT CIERC COMMITTEE, I DO KNOW THAT THE APPLICATION PROCESS CLOSED, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE PLANNING ON NOTIFYING COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS BEFORE WE LEAVE FOR WINTER BREAK.

THAT THE FIRST MEETINGS WILL BE IN JANUARY.

>> JANUARY. WE WILL HOLD THEM IN THE FIRST SEMESTER.

I'M GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN JUST ONE SECOND, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT.

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I JUST WANT TO REMIND US REALLY AN OVERVIEW OF THE COMMUNITY BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.

THIS IS NOT JUST FOR OUR BOARD, BUT ALSO FOR EVERYBODY WATCHING AND EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CISD REALLY BELIEVES IN WHAT IT IS ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.

CISD BELIEVES IN A COMMUNITY BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM OR CBAS, AS A WAY TO MEASURE OUR GROWTH AND TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT.

CBAS MATTERS BECAUSE IT MEANS OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH INCLUDES OUR PARENTS, OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS, AND OUR TAXPAYERS WITHOUT CHILDREN, BUT THEY HOLD THE DISTRICT ACCOUNTABLE THROUGH THESE SEVEN PILLARS.

CBAS ALLOWS CISD TO SHARE THROUGH A HOLISTIC VIEW WITH ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, AND THAT CISD IS PRODUCING FUTURE READY LEARNERS.

THAT'S ULTIMATELY OUR GOAL.

CBAS EMPOWERS OUR COMMUNITY TO BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE PRIORITIES AND EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR SCHOOLS.

OUR EDUCATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS ARE MASTERFUL CREATORS OF LEARNING, AND CBAS ALLOWS US TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THAT WORK.

THE PILLARS ARE STUDENT LEARNING AND PROGRESS, STUDENT READINESS, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND QUALITY STAFF, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS, ENGAGED WELL-ROUNDED STUDENTS, FISCAL AND OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS, AND SAFETY AND WELL-BEING.

COPPELL ISD HAS ALIGNED THE SEVEN CBAS PILLARS WITH OUR COPPELL ISD 2030 STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR SUPERINTENDENT PRIORITY GOALS, OUR BOARD REPORTS, AND ALL OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS, AS WELL AS OUR DISTRICT AND CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANS.

I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING I JUST SHARED.

I SAID, CBAS EMPOWERS THE COMMUNITY TO BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE PRIORITIES AND EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR SCHOOLS.

I THINK THAT'S AT THE HEART OF WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IS HAVING OUR COMMUNITY HAVE A VOICE IN WHAT WE PRIORITIZE AND WHO WE ARE.

I THINK THAT IS TRULY THE HEART OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS.

AS DR. HUNT AND MISS NICOLE SHARED, AS A PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, OBJECTIVE 7, CISD WILL BE LAUNCHING A COPPELL ISD EFFICIENCY REVIEW COMMITTEE OR CIERC.

THIS COMMITTEE WILL LOOK AT OUR BUDGET CHALLENGES.

IT'S GOING TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR EFFICIENCIES OR HOW WE CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT AND OUR NEXT STEPS.

FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW MANY OF YOU, I GET THIS QUESTION ASKED OFTEN.

THIS COMMITTEE WILL LOOK AT THE USAGE OF THE PINKERTON LAND.

THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE.

IT WILL LOOK AT ALL OF THE ASPECTS OF OUR EFFICIENCY IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WILL BRING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH A FEEDBACK LOOP PROCESS TO OUR BOARD.

LET'S SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT THE CBAS WORK.

ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO, WE EMBARKED ON THE CBAS JOURNEY A LONG TERM COMMITMENT TO ENHANCING THE EDUCATION AND WELL-BEING OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

IN THE '21, '22 SCHOOL YEAR, WE FOCUSED ON THREE PILLARS ONLY.

THOSE WERE STUDENT LEARNING AND PROGRESS, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND QUALITY STAFF, AND SAFETY AND WELL-BEING.

THESE PILLARS BECAME THE FOUNDATION OF OUR EFFORTS THAT YEAR TO BUILD A STRONG AND SUPPORTIVE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.

THEN WE MOVED INTO THE '22, '23 SCHOOL YEAR, AND WE CONTINUED TO FOCUS ON THOSE THREE, BUT WE ADDED TWO NEW ONES.

WE ADDED ENGAGED WELL-ROUNDED STUDENTS AND FISCAL AND OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS. THIS EXPANSION ALLOWED US TO ADDRESS A BROADER RANGE OF FACTORS, IF YOU REMEMBER, THAT WAS THE TIME PERIOD WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT OUR BOND, AND WE WERE LOOKING AT LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING.

IN THE '23, '24 SCHOOL YEAR, CISD FOCUS FOR THE FIRST TIME ON ALL SEVEN PILLARS, REINFORCING OUR COMMITMENT TO A HOLISTIC APPROACH THAT SUPPORTS THE ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL, PERSONAL, AND OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

FOR THE '24, '25 SCHOOL YEAR, THIS SCHOOL YEAR, OUR GOAL FOR CBAS IS CLEAR.

WE ARE DEDICATED TO EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENTING THE COPPELL ISD 2030 STRATEGIC PLAN.

THIS PLAN WILL BE AT THE HEART OF ALL OF OUR EFFORTS, AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO ACTIVELY INVOLVING ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS PROCESS, INCLUDING THE SOON TO BE FORMED, CIERC AND OUR IMPLEMENTATION TEAMS. TOGETHER, WE WILL USE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AS THE CORNERSTONE THAT NOT ONLY DEFINES WHO WE ARE, BUT ALSO GUIDES US FORWARD.

OUR VISION IS TO ESTABLISH COPPELL ISD AS NOT JUST A DESTINATION SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT A LEADING DESTINATION SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION, INNOVATION, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

WE WILL HELP ACCOMPLISH THIS BY COMMITTING THAT 80% OF OUR STAFF INTERACTION.

EVERY TIME OUR STAFF MEMBERS GET TOGETHER THAT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT CBAS.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW ARE WE A DESTINATION SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HOW ARE WE MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS THAT.

THIS MEANS OUR PLC TIME, OUR TEAM MEETINGS, OUR STAFF MEETINGS WILL ALL FOCUS ON OUR CBAS PILLARS.

ONE OF THE KEY PARTS OF THE CBAS GOAL IS ACTIVELY INVOLVING ALL STAKEHOLDERS.

WITH OUR BUDGET CHALLENGES AND THE VADER NOT PASSING, WE ARE ASKING WHAT IS NEXT?

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NOTE THAT IN THE FUTURE, THERE WILL BE SURVEYS, FOCUS GROUPS, AND LOTS OF COMMITTEES WHERE WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO GET ENGAGED.

TO HELP ACCOMPLISH OUR GOAL THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT OF 80% OF OUR CONVERSATIONS, HAVING TO TALK ABOUT OUR PILLARS IN OUR CBAS WORK.

WE ARE BRINGING OUR CORE VALUES ADVOCACY DECK BACK.

IF YOU REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE LAUNCHED OUR CORE VALUES WE HAD OUR ADVOCACY DECK, WE NOW HAVE IT FIGURED FOR OUR SEVEN PILLARS IN THE CBAS GOAL.

HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES FROM OUR SUPERINTENDENT LEARNER ADVISORY COUNCIL, WHERE OUR STUDENTS WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR CBAS PILLARS AND WHERE THEY'VE SEEN THEM IN ACTION.

PICTURES FROM OUR CBAS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND A PRINCIPALS MEETING WHERE WE ALL WERE DISCUSSING HOW ARE WE IMPLEMENTING OUR SEVEN PILLARS IN ACTION? WE'RE EXCITED TO LAUNCH OUR LATEST EDITION OF THE CBAS ANNUAL REPORT COVERING ALL SEVEN PILLARS.

THIS MAGAZINE TAKES A DEEP DIVE INTO THE VARIOUS ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES IN EACH OF PILLAR.

IT LOOKS AT OUR STRENGTHS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH.

DATA IS RELATED TO EACH PILLAR, AND IT INCLUDES STORIES THAT SHOW THE PILLAR IN ACTION.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT FOR A LITTLE BIT HERE.

THERE ALSO IS AN ONLINE DASHBOARD.

WE'VE HAD THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT WE REVAMPED IT THIS YEAR, AND SO I WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

THE ONLINE DASHBOARD PROVIDES OUR STAKEHOLDERS THE ABILITY TO DIG DEEP INTO THE DATA FOR EACH OF OUR PILLARS WITH MORE THAN 350 DATA METRICS.

THE DASHBOARD PROVIDES A ROBUST LOOK AT OUR STRENGTHS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH IN COPPELL ISD.

WE MADE SEVERAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS DASHBOARD BASED ON INPUT FROM OUR PARENTS, OUR STUDENTS, OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAFF FROM THE CBAS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND OTHER COMMITTEES.

LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE CHANGES.

WE SPECIFICALLY CONNECTED EACH PILLAR TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND WE PULLED IT OUT.

HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF OUR SAFETY AND WELL-BEING PILLAR.

THIS IS A NEW SLIDE THAT WE INCLUDED IN EACH OF OUR PILLARS.

IT SHOWS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR STRENGTHS AND OUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH FOR EACH OF OUR PILLARS.

IT ASKS THE PILLAR QUESTION, WHICH IS REALLY THE FOCUS OF OUR PILLAR AND GIVES A CONCLUSION.

WE CONNECT THIS WORK ON THE SLIDE TO OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT PRIORITY GOAL.

REALLY ASKING THE QUESTION, WHAT DOES THIS DATA MEAN? BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DATA IN THERE.

THERE'S MORE THAN 350 METRICS.

THIS REALLY HELPS FOR EACH PILLAR GIVE SYNOPSIS OF HOW THE DISTRICT IS DOING.

THIS IS THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING EXAMPLE.

THE ONLINE DASHBOARD CAN BE OVERWHELMING WITH A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION.

WE'VE CHUNKED THE DATA INTO CATEGORIES TO HELP THE STAKEHOLDERS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE TYPES OF DATA THAT WE'RE ANALYZING.

THIS CHANGES, AGAIN, FROM DIRECT FEEDBACK FROM OUR PARENTS, STAFF, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY, AND OUR CBAS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING OUR DASHBOARD WITH A LOT OF DATA, WE CHUNKED IT AND THEN GAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT EACH CHUNK OF DATA.

ONE OF THE OTHER CHANGES THAT WE MADE IN OUR ONLINE DASHBOARD IS TO MAKE SPECIFIC CONNECTIONS TO STORIES, WHETHER IT'S NEW STORIES, WEB STORIES, OR VIDEOS THAT HELP TELL THE COMPLETE STORY OF OUR DATA.

WE USE THIS OVERVIEW PAGE TO COLLECT STORIES, BUT WE ALSO INCLUDED SIDES AT THE END OF EACH PILLAR WITH SPECIFIC STORIES AND DATA.

STORY TELLING IS A KEY PART TO UNDERSTANDING OUR DATA IN CISD.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR STATE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AND OUR CBAS SYSTEM.

NOWHERE CAN YOU REALLY SEE COME TO LIFE LIKE A STORY.

WE CAN SHOW OUR PILLARS IN ACTION EACH AND EVERY DAY.

THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN STORYTELLING IN REAL LIFE.

I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE CAIDEN BALDWIN TO COME UP AND SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR SOLAR CAR TEAM AND HOW THEY'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

THIS IS A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE OF ENGAGED WELL-ROUNDED STUDENTS.

CAIDEN WAS AN ILEAD STUDENT AND IS A VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE CHS STUDENT BODY.

ALONG WITH CAIDEN, AAYUSH SHAH, CO-FOUNDER WILL ALSO BE SPEAKING.

THE STAAR AND EOC TESTS CANNOT SHOW THIS TYPE OF SUCCESS.

AS WE LIKE TO SAY, HASHTAG, YOU CAN'T TEST THAT.

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE SEEING IT IN REAL PERSON.

THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE ABOUT THE SOLAR CAR, WHICH REALLY ISN'T A CLASS THAT WE HAVE.

IT'S AN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY, BUT IT'S HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE BRINGING A PASSION TO LIFE, AND THEY REALLY ARE ENGAGING.

I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO CAIDEN AND AAYUSH, AND THEY ARE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU. COME ON, GUYS.

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>> THANK YOU, MISS BROWN. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS AAYUSH SHAH.

>> MY NAME IS CAIDEN BALDWIN.

WE ARE FOUNDERS OF THE NEWLY FORMED COPPELL SOLAR CAR ORGANIZATION, AND WE ARE HERE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO WORK AND STORE THE CAR THAT WE HAVE BUILT, AND FOR SOME FUNDING FROM THE DISTRICT.

>> AS CAIDEN SAID, WE'RE PART OF THE COPPELL SOLAR CAR CLUB, WHERE A TEAM OF HIGHLY MOTIVATED STUDENTS ARE WORKING ON BUILDING A COMPLETELY SOLAR POWERED RACE VEHICLE FROM SCRATCH.

EVERY SUMMER, OVER 40 TEAMS FROM ACROSS THE NATION COME TO TEXAS TO RACE AT THE TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOR A 24 HOUR RACE OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR DAYS.

IT'S ORGANIZED BY THE AMERICAN SOLAR CAR CHALLENGE, AND THE TRACK ALTERNATES BETWEEN A CROSS COUNTRY AND A TRACK RACE.

THIS UPCOMING SUMMER, WE'RE GOING TO BE COMPETING AT THE TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY.

>> THE SOLAR CAR CHALLENGE OFFERS YOUNG LEARNERS A INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING AND VALUABLE EXPERIENCE THAT OTHERWISE IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO REPLICATE.

WE WERE INSPIRED VERY EARLY ON WATCHING THE OLD SOLAR CAR TEAM, WHICH WAS FUNDED BY THE DISTRICT COMPETE AND TEACH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS.

WE WERE ALL VERY DISAPPOINTED WHEN WE HEARD THAT THE SCHOOL HAD DISCONTINUED THE CLUB.

>> WE STARTED THE CLUB OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL, WORKING OUT OF OUR PARENTS GARAGES AND FUNDRAISING FROM FRIENDS, FAMILIES, AND SPONSORS.

THIS CLUB IS COMPLETELY STUDENT-RUN ORGANIZATION, AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST HURDLES WE HAD WAS FIGURING OUT FUNDING AND THE WAYS TO RUN THE CLUB.

WE WORKED TO BECOME A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT, GAINED CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS, AND APPLIED FOR GRANTS TO FUND THE CLUB.

>> NEXT CAME THE PLANNING PHASE.

WE WORKED TO REACH OUT TO COLLEGE AND VETERAN TEAMS LIKE MIT, AND WE WORKED TO LEARN EVERYTHING WE COULD ABOUT BUILDING A POWERFUL CAR THAT WOULD LAST US THROUGHOUT THIS 24 HOUR RACE.

THROUGH SOLIDWORKS AND OTHER 3D SOFTWARES, WE STRESS TESTED AND USED OTHER TOOLS TO DESIGN A LIGHT, YET STRONG CHASSIS, AND ORGANIZE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS FOR THE CAR.

>> I HAVE TO SAY THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH TAUGHT ME MORE THAN I EVER THOUGHT I COULD LEARN IN HIGH SCHOOL.

OUR CAR DEFINITELY BROKE 10 TIMES MORE THAN EVER WORKED, BUT EVERY TIME IT COLLAPSED, IT TAUGHT US MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS OF ENGINEERING AND HOW TO PERSEVERE THROUGH CHALLENGES.

>> OVER MONTHS OF 12 HOUR WORK DAYS THROUGH THE TEXAS HEAT, WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD A COMPLETELY FUNCTIONAL CAR WITH A 98 VOLT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM POWERED BY FOUR SOLAR PANELS.

WE'VE LEARNED CRUCIAL SKILLS IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT TO KEEP THIS MASSIVE PROJECT WITH OVER $15,000 IN PARTS AND FEES AFLOAT.

>> WE HAVE A VIDEO SHOWING THE PROGRESSION OF THE CAR OVER THE LAST YEAR THAT WE HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY.

[MUSIC] [MUSIC]

>> ANY AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FROM THE DISTRICT WOULD BE HUGELY BENEFICIAL AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN.

WE HAD THREE SPECIFIC ASKS THAT WE WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH YOU.

>> FIRST OFF, THERE ARE SEVERAL TRAILERS OUT IN BETWEEN THE COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL FIELD HOUSE AND THE MAIN BUILDING AND WE WOULD LOVE TO FIRST OFF BE ABLE TO ACCESS ONE OF THESE TRAILERS

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IF WE COULD HAVE ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHEN WE NEEDED IT TRANSPORTING THE CAR TO FUNDRAISERS, EXHIBITIONS, AND TESTING FACILITIES, IT WOULD BE AMAZING.

>> SECOND, IF THE SCHOOL HAS ANY PLACE FOR US TO WORK, ANYTHING WITH ADEQUATE SPACE TO SET UP A WORKSHOP, IT WOULD SOLVE ONE OF OUR MOST PRESSING ISSUES RIGHT NOW.

>> FINALLY, WE WOULD LOVE TO ORGANIZE TIMES TO PRESENT THE CAR, INFORMATION ABOUT SOLAR ENERGY AND INFORMATION ABOUT ENGINEERING TO NOT ONLY HIGH SCHOOLS BUT TO MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF ENERGY AND STEM EDUCATION.

MANY OF US WERE INSPIRED BY OUTREACH PROGRAMS LIKE THIS FROM THE OLD SOLAR CAR TEAM THAT WE WOULD LOVE THE CHANCE TO CONTINUE THIS TRADITION OF THE OUTREACH CULTURES THAT WE COULD HELP FOSTER THIS COMMUNITY.

>> LIKE I PREVIOUSLY SAID, THIS IS HOW A LOT OF US FOUND OUR LOVE FOR SOLAR CARS IN THE COMMUNITY OF COPPELL ENGINEERING.

I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I REALLY GOT INTO ENGINEERING, WAS SEEING THE OLD SOLAR CAR TEAM PRESENT AT THE LIBRARY.

WE SEE THIS AS A WAY TO MAKE THE CLUB SELF-SUSTAINING AND INSPIRE YOUNG ENGINEERING STUDENTS THROUGHOUT COPPELL ISD SO HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND TEACH STUDENTS A LOT OF THESE THINGS WOULD BE AMAZING.

>> OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE'VE OVERCOME A LOT OF ADVERSITY WITH HAVING TO LEARN HOW TO BECOME A NONPROFIT, RAISE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN ORDER TO MAKE IT ON OUR OWN.

WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP FROM THE DISTRICT, WHETHER THAT BE MONETARY, OUTREACH PROGRAMS, OR EVEN A PLACE TO WORK.

WITH YOUR HELP, WE COULD REBUILD THIS COMMUNITY OF COPPELL SOLAR CAR ENGINEERING THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR LOVE FOR ENGINEERING AND PART OF OUR PRIDE IN COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK OR EMAIL US AT SOLARCARCOPPELL@GMAIL.COM.

>> NICE JOB, FELLOWS. THANK YOU.

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>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I WANT TO LEARN TO DRIVE A SOLAR CAR.

[LAUGHTER] I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT YOU HEARD FROM OUR STUDENTS AND THAT YOU GOT TO HEAR FIRSTHAND.

THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO STARTED A NONPROFIT AND REALLY ARE DOING AT THE HEART OF WHAT WE HAVE JUST BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

WE BELIEVE IN STEM EDUCATION AND ENGINEERING IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I THINK THOSE YOUNG MEN ARE PRIME EXAMPLES OF WHAT IS THE BEST ABOUT US IN COPPELL ISD.

IT IS AT THE HEART OF CBAS THAT THE WORK THAT WE DO ARE THOSE STUDENTS.

WE HAVE 13,000 OF THEM IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND SO WE WERE JUST ABLE TO HEAR FROM TWO TONIGHT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THEM AND LET YOU SEE A SHINING STAR OF OUR STUDENTS.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CBAS?

>> ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE?

>> NO.

>> JUST ONE COMMENT, I THINK THE CBAS JOURNEY HAS BEEN LONG.

AS TRUSTEES, WE'VE SEEN THAT PROCESS EVOLVE AND GET TO THIS POINT.

I THINK THERE'S AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF VALUABLE INFORMATION WITHIN HERE.

HOW DO YOU HELP GET STARTED TO UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE YOU TALKED ABOUT 350 DATA POINTS AND ELEMENTS IN THERE AND TO MAKE SENSE OF THAT? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE COMING IN AT ELEMENTARY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU OR IF YOU'RE AT MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? IF YOU'RE AT HIGH SCHOOL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? HOW DO YOU WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND THAT? BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THESE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD TONIGHT, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE.

JUST TO WALK IN THE DOOR AND JUST JUMP ON BOARD AND UNDERSTAND AND COMPREHEND WHAT IT MEANS, THAT'S ASKING A LOT.

BUT I THINK INHERENT IN THIS INFORMATION, THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE TO BE HAD.

HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT THAT?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU REMEMBER THAT REALLY CBAS IS THE HEART OF EVERYTHING WE DO.

REMEMBER, WE'RE STARTING AS A STAFF, EVERY CONVERSATION TALKING ABOUT OUR CBAS PILLARS.

IF PARENTS ARE HEARING PIECES OF IT ALL THE TIME, THEN THEY'RE GRASPING THE STORIES AND THE DATA ONE BY ONE.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO SIT AT THEIR COMPUTER AND LOOK AT THE DASHBOARD AND DIG INTO ALL 350 METRICS.

BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT AND WE'RE SHARING STORIES ABOUT IT, IT WAS IN OUR DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS TONIGHT, AND IF IT'S CONSTANTLY THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN EVERY BOARD MEETING WHEN WE START A PRESENTATION, WE TALK ABOUT WHAT PILLAR IT CONNECTS TO.

THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE WORK IS BEING SHARED.

ON OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, WE'RE STARTING LAUNCHING A NEW, WE CALL THEM A DRIP CAMPAIGN IS THE MARKETING WORD FOR IT, BUT A SLOW DRIP CAMPAIGN WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT PIECES TO SOME COMMUNITIES IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT MAYBE NOT AS CONNECTED AS OTHERS.

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BECAUSE THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN COPPELL ISD IS OUTPERFORMING ANYBODY AROUND US AND WE KNOW THAT WE ARE A LEADING DESTINATION SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SHARE THAT.

I THINK IT HAPPENS IN EVERY CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE WAY THAT WE CAN SHARE THAT DATA.

NOW, ANYONE CAN GO AND READ THIS.

THIS WILL GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF CBAS AND A QUICK GLIMPSE AT IT.

IF YOU WANT TO DIG IN DEEP, GO INTO OUR DASHBOARD.

BUT REALLY SEEING IN ACTION, SEEING IT THROUGH KATE AND I, THAT'S REALLY HOW YOU SEE IT.

>> SPEAKING OF THIS, I DO WANT TO THANK THE ED FOUNDATION.

EDUCATION FOUNDATION DID HELP US FUND THIS.

>> THEY SURE DID.

>>APPRECIATED THEIR GENEROUS DONATION BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME PRINTED COPIES.

>> WE DO. ACTUALLY, THEY PAID FOR ALL OF IT, SO IT WAS COMPLETELY PAID FOR BY A GENEROUS DONATION FROM OUR EDUCATION FOUNDATION, SO WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THEM.

>> ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

>> I WILL WORK WITH THE SOLAR CAR TEAM ON THEIR REQUESTS, DON'T WORRY.

>> THANK YOU FELLOWS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANKS, MS. BROWN. THEN OUR FINAL REPORT HAS TO DO WITH OUR BOND PROJECTS UPDATE.

I ASK MR. GRANT TO COME FORWARD TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY WHERE WE ARE WITH SEVERAL PROJECTS, AND THEN ALSO SOME POSSIBILITY OF SOME ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON MOVES THAT WE HAVE ANTICIPATED AND SOME FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY.

>> THANK YOU, DR. HUNT, PRESIDENT CAVINESS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN THIS EVENING.

I'M NOT SURE HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.

>> IS IT NOT WORKING?

>> THIS ONE.

[NOISE] OKAY.

THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

IT'S STILL NOT MOVING FORWARD.

[NOISE].

THANK YOU, SIR.

APPRECIATE IT. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF 2023 BOND PROGRAM UPDATE THIS EVENING.

AS DR. HUNT MENTIONED, TALK ABOUT PERHAPS A COUPLE OF ADJUSTMENTS TO SUPERINTENDENT PRIORITY GOAL 1 AND THE FISCAL AND OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS. FIRST OF ALL, JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE FINE ARTS BUILDING, WE ARE WELL UNDERWAY WITH THE GRADE BEAMS AND PREPARING TO ACTUALLY FORM THE SLAB AND POUR THE SLAB IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY THE STEEL'S ON THE SITE AVAILABLE TO START GOING VERTICAL WITH THE STEEL.

REALLY, WE WERE LONG IN RECEIVING THE PERMIT FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT RIGHT NOW, THE ESTIMATED DATE OF COMPLETION, WITH SOME WEATHER DAYS BUILT IN, IS STILL PROBABLY AROUND MID-OCTOBER.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MR. MILLER AND LOOKING AT WAYS THAT ONCE THIS FACILITY IS COMPLETE, WE WON'T WAIT UNTIL A BREAK.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY MOVE INTO THIS FACILITY, EVEN THOUGH SCHOOL MAY BE ALREADY IN SESSION.

WITH THE TENNIS CENTER, THE EXISTING BUILDING HAS BEEN FULLY RENOVATED INTERNALLY.

THERE'S STILL A FEW TOUCH-UP ITEMS, BUT IT IS OCCUPIED BY STAFF AND STUDENTS.

THE PORTABLE BUILDING HAS BEEN REMOVED, SO THEY NOW HAVE PERMANENT RESTROOMS INSTEAD OF PORTABLE RESTROOMS TO USE FOR THAT FACILITY.

ALL THE PERMITTING IS IN PLACE FOR THE NEW BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, AND THAT IS STARTING IMMEDIATELY.

WE HAVE HAD, IT'S BEEN FRUSTRATING TO ME AS WELL AS OTHERS BUT WE HAVE HAD SOME TENNIS LIGHTING REPLACEMENT DELAYS.

PART OF THIS PROJECT IS TO REPLACE THE ACTUAL TENNIS COURT LIGHTING SYSTEM WITH THE STATE-OF-THE-ART LED SMART SYSTEM.

I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT.

BUT WITH THE FLOOR, OUR CONTRACTOR STILL IS ESTIMATING HAVING THIS FACILITY COMPLETED OR AT LEAST READY TO OCCUPY BY THE START OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

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TALKING ABOUT THE TENNIS COURT LIGHTING.

WE WILL BE BRINGING TO YOU A RECOMMENDATION EITHER NEXT MONTH OR IN JANUARY, DEPENDING WHEN I GET ALL THE INFORMATION TOGETHER AT A REGULAR MEETING FOR THREE CHANGE ORDERS BASED ON OR RELATED TO THE TENNIS CENTER, THE FIRST IS RELATED TO A REQUEST BY THE CITY THAT WE REPLACE THE PARKING THAT WE'RE LOSING AT THE TENNIS CENTER.

AND SO WE HAVE THE PERFECT PLACE TO DO THAT, AND THAT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE FIRE LANE.

IF YOU'RE STANDING LOOKING OUT FROM THE TENNIS CENTER AT THE FIRE LANE AND BUDDY ECCLES FIELD THERE'S A GRASSY SPOT THAT CURRENTLY HOLDS THE TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS THAT WILL BE MOVING OVER BEHIND OR SOUTH OF THE NEW FINE ARTS BUILDING.

BUT ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED, WE CAN ADD THIS, ADD THE PARKING.

NOT ONLY WILL WE BE REPLACING THE PARKING THAT WE ARE LOSING, WE'LL BE HAVING AN ADDITIONAL NET 18 SPACES FOR THAT.

THE SECOND REASON IS THE TENNIS COURT LIGHTING.

WE KEPT WAITING FOR THAT TO TAKE PLACE AND IT WASN'T.

THEN THE ARCHITECT AND CONTRACTOR DETERMINED, WE NEVER PUT THOSE IN THE PLANS TO BEGIN WITH.

THEY WERE THEY WERE NOT IN THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS AND THEY WERE NOT BID.

THEY HAD TO CREATE THE PLANS, PUT IT OUT TO BID AND NOW WE HAVE THAT AND ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT CHANGE.

IT WAS AN INADVERTENT ADMISSION THAT WAS LEFT OUT.

BASICALLY, WE'RE NOT PAYING ANY MORE THAN WE WOULD HAVE PAID HAD IT BEEN IN THE PLANS ORIGINALLY FOR ALL OF THESE ITEMS. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WASN'T THERE TO BEGIN WITH, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

THE THIRD IS WE HAD SOME BUILDING GOING THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS.

WE DIDN'T RECONFIGURE THE SHAPE OR THE MAKEUP CONTENT OF THE BUILDINGS, BUT ACTUALLY HOW THEY'RE CONFIGURED ON OUR PROPERTY.

IT ACTUALLY MADE FOR SOME VERY GOOD IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ENTIRE FACILITY, INCLUDING MORE EFFICIENT USE TO THE SPACE.

THERE'S A LARGER COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE THAT WILL BE UNDER A LARGE CANOPY FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THE SUN, TO UTILIZE THE CONCESSION STAND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THE BETTER INGRESS-EGRESS.

WITH THOSE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE, THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL PLUMBING COSTS AND THEN THE ADDITION OF THE ADDITIONAL FENCING AND CANOPY, THERE'S SOME COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

THE GREAT NEWS ABOUT THIS CHANGE IS THAT THE PROPOSITION D CAN ONLY BE UTILIZED FOR THE TENNIS CENTER AND FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'LL BE MAKING INSIDE THE FIELD HOUSE.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF DOLLARS EVEN ALLOCATED JUST FOR THE TENNIS CENTER.

WE'LL STILL HAVE SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS WE PREDICT REMAINING WITHIN THE TENNIS CENTER ALLOCATION, EVEN AFTER ALL THESE CHANGES, FOR THE FURNITURES PURCHASE, SOME ADDITIONAL FENCING, SOME BLEACHERS, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT [INAUDIBLE] AND THE TENNIS COACH, ALYSSA NEWMAN WOULD LIKE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING WE SET OUT TO DO AND STILL HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER.

VALLEY RANCH ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS.

>> WE ARE ON SCHEDULE TO MOVE INTO THE NEW OFFICE AREA B HALL, AND THE LIBRARY AREA OVER WINTER BREAK.

THE NEW FURNITURE FOR THE OFFICES AND THE LIBRARY WILL HAVE BEEN ORDERED AND WILL BE INSTALLED OVER WINTER BREAK.

THEN THERE WILL BE THERE WILL BE SOME TEACHER MOVEMENT TAKING PLACE OVER THE BREAK, BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO ELIMINATE THREE OF THE PORTABLES THAT ARE CLOSEST TO THE BUILDING [NOISE] AT THE SAME TIME.

AND SO THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE OTHER TWO WINGS ARE COMING ALONG NICELY, INCLUDING THE WALLS FOR THE STORM SHELTER THAT ARE TWO FEET THICK OR THEY WILL BE POURED WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

THIS IS WHAT DR. HUNT WAS ALLUDING TO DURING THE JUNE 10TH, 2024 BOARD MEETING,

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SO AS OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM, WE'RE GOING TO BRING A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU TO RESUME THE PLANNING FOR THOSE PROJECTS.

[NOISE] THAT WILL BE COMING SHORTLY.

SUMMER ELEMENTARY REFRESHES.

ANOTHER THING, AFTER WE POSTPONED LAKESIDE, WE WOULD HAVE STARTED LAKESIDE IN THE SUMMER OF 2025 OR THIS COMING SUMMER.

ONCE A DECISION WAS MADE, THERE WASN'T TIME FOR THE ARCHITECT TO PUT ALL THE PLANS TOGETHER, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT AND BID FOR THAT IN JANUARY [BACKGROUND] OF 2025.

SO WE WERE CONSIDERING MOVING [NOISE] COTTONWOOD REFRESH FROM THE PLANNED DATE OF 2026-2025, IN ORDER TO GIVE OUR ARCHITECTS AND CONTRACTORS PLENTY OF WORK TO DO.

HOWEVER, WITH THE ADDITIONAL STAFF AND STUDENTS STARTING AT DENTON CREEK IN THE FALL OF 2025, WE BELIEVE THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO NOW GO AHEAD AND [BACKGROUND] TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS MOVEMENT AND REFRESH DENTON CREEK IN THE FALL OF 2025.

ONE THING IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, WE HAVE TEACHERS MOVING FROM WILSON ELEMENTARY.

IF YOU REMEMBER LAST SUMMER, THOSE TEACHERS HAD TO MOVE OUT TO WILSON ELEMENTARY, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE SUMMER, MOVE BACK INTO WILSON DUE TO THE REFRESH.

IF WE PULLED OFF ON DENTON CREEK REFRESH UNTIL 2026, THESE TEACHERS DURING THE SUMMER OF 2025, WILL BE PACKING UP AT WILSON, UNPACKING AT DENTON [NOISE] CREEK.

THEN THE FOLLOWING SUMMER, THEY'LL BE PACKING UP AND UNPACKING AGAIN.

THREE TIMES OF PACKING AND UNPACKING.

AT LEAST THIS PLAN WILL ELIMINATE [BACKGROUND] ONE OF THOSE PACKING AND UNPACKING.

THAT'S A BIG PART OF THIS.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFITS TO THAT.

WE HEARD FROM PARENTS, WE'VE HEARD FROM STUDENTS, AND WE HAVE A TEACHER ADVISORY GROUP THAT'S BEEN MEETING TO HELP US WITH THIS TRANSITIONAL PIECE, AND IT'S A DIFFICULT SITUATION TO CLOSE THE SCHOOL AND TO CONSOLIDATE A BELOVED PROGRAM, BUT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT, BUT THE BEST THING WE CAN DO IS TALK TO OUR PEOPLE AND GET INPUT FROM THEM AND THE TEACHERS JUST SAID, BRAD, IF WE COULD PLEASE ONLY DO THIS ONCE.

ALSO, I THINK THAT THERE'S A VISUAL OF THE [NOISE] PINKERTON FAMILIES, MOST WILL BE GOING TO WILSON, AND WILSON HAS BEEN REFRESHED.

THOSE WILSON FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF A REFRESH, THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOING WITH THE DLI PROGRAM, WILL BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT TOO, AND THEN REALLY OUR TEACHERS THAT ARE HAVING TO PACK UP AND MOVE.

THEN THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A COST SAVINGS ON THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO DO THAT TWICE FOR THEM, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S A MORALE BOOST, REALLY.

>> THANK YOU. WE WILL AS PLANNED, TOWN CENTER WAS ON OUR SCHEDULE FOR 2025, WE'LL CONTINUE THAT.

THEN WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE TO DO REFRESH COTTONWOOD, THE SUMMER OF 2026 AS WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED.

THIS IS THE CHANGE, JUST LOOKING AT IT ALL.

WE'VE DONE MOCKINGBIRD, WILSON, VALLEY RANCH IS IN PLACE, SO THE ONLY CHANGES HERE WOULD BE MOVING DENTON CREEK FORWARD BY ONE YEAR AND MOVING LAKESIDE AND AUSTIN BACK BY ONE YEAR IN THE REVISION.

THE LAKESIDE AND AUSTIN ARE PRETTY WELL.

THAT WAS DICTATED BY THE ARCHITECT BEING UNABLE TO HAVE PLANS COMPLETED WITH THE POSTPONEMENT OR THE PAUSE.

[NOISE] OF COURSE, THE DENTON CREEK MOVING THAT UP, THAT WILL HELP WITH OUR ARCHITECTS AND CONTRACTORS NEXT SUMMER.

IN ADDITION TO FINISHING UP VALLEY RANCH AND THE COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL PROJECTS.

OTHER BOND PROJECTS.

WE HAD A LOT GOING ON THIS SUMMER AND THIS YEAR, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PLUGGING ALONG THE COPPELL MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH REFRESH WILL BEGIN THIS SUMMER WITH THE FINE ART EXPANSION IN 2026.

THE REFRESH IS MAINLY GOING TO BE WALL COVERINGS THIS SUMMER AT NORTH,

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CHS MAIN ROOF, APPROXIMATELY 75% OF THE ROOF WILL BE REPLACED.

WORK STARTING ON THE ELEMENTARY WALKING TRACKS, CONTINUING WITH ADA COMPLIANCE SIDEWALKS, THE MAIN GYM AT THE COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH TURF AND TRACK.

YOU CAN READ THEM.

IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER BUSY YEAR AND BUSY SUMMER, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THAT SAYING THAT NEVER BUILD OR CONSTRUCT SOMETHING LESS EXPENSIVE THAN YOU CAN TODAY.

THE MORE WE CAN KEEP THESE ROLLING, HOPEFULLY, THE MORE DOLLARS WE CAN SAVE BY NOT PUSHING THEM OUT.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT BOND PROJECTS?

>> I'VE GOT ONE, MR. GRANT.

WHEN WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE TENNIS CENTER CHANGES, AND ONE SPECIFICALLY ON THE PARKING LOT.

I WAS PULLING A MAP UP TOO.

WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THAT AREA ON THE NORTH END OF THE STADIUM, RIGHT THERE WHERE THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS ON THE HOME SIDE, THERE'S THE LONG JUMP.

>> CORRECT.

>> THE HIGH JUMP AND THERE IS A PICTURE THERE.

>> THAT IS OUR THEORY. IN FACT IT WILL ALMOST BE A CONTINUATION FROM THE PARKING THAT IS THERE ON THE, I GUESS THAT'D BE THE EAST SIDE.

>> RIGHT. HERE'S MY QUESTION ON THAT.

ONE, DO WE NEED THOSE 18 SPACES, OR IS THAT JUST A REQUIREMENT FROM THE CITY?

>> IT BROUGHT UP BY THE CITY AND INCLUDED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT DURING THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND ADDED TO THE PLANS AT THAT TIME.

>> MY QUESTION WOULD BE, WHAT I'M GETTING A SENSE IS NOT NECESSARILY THAT WE NEED THOSE SPACES, WE COULD LIVE WITHOUT THEM.

HAVE WE ASKED CITY STAFF FOR A PARKING VARIANCE ON THAT REQUEST?

>> WE HAVE NOT ASKED FOR A VARIANCE, NO.

AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL PARKING RATIOS FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE'RE STILL FINE.

IT'S JUST IT ADDS TO THE PARKING FOR THE BUSY EVENTS.

>> SURE. THAT WAS MY QUESTION OF ASKING IF THEY'RE NEEDED, THEN I THINK THAT'S ONE THING.

IF WE CAN MAKE DO WITHOUT THEM AND THEY'RE NOT NEEDED, AND THAT'S A STILL A HEFTY COST WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO INCUR.

I GUESS THAT'D BE A QUESTION FOR ALL OF YOU GUYS, NOT JUST MY OPINION, BUT I WOULD ALSO BEFORE WE START SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY, I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE CITY AND ASK FOR A VARIANCE ON THAT PERSONALLY.

>> WELL, TWO THINGS, ON A REGULAR BASIS, ARE THEY NEEDED? NO. FOR THOSE BIG EVENTS LIKE HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAMES, GRADUATION, THE TUESDAY THAT WE HAD STAFF DEVELOPMENT AT CHS, PEOPLE WOULD PARK ON THE GRASS.

THERE WASN'T ENOUGH PARKING SPACES FOR OUR STAFF.

I'M NAMING THINGS THAT ARE ON ONE, MAYBE TWO HANDS.

ON A REGULAR BASIS, NO, BUT ON THOSE BIG EVENTS, YES.

>> THE OCCASIONS.

>> THE SECOND PIECE IS, THE CITY OF COPPELL IS GREAT, BUT IT'S BEEN A REAL STRUGGLE TO GET THOSE PERMITS DONE IN A TIMELY FASHION.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT A VARIANCE WOULD DO AS FAR AS DELAYING THEIR PROCESS.

>> I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE THE PERMIT AND THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD, SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D GO BACK AND ASK FOR.

I WOULDN'T ANTICIPATE THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HALT ANYTHING.

IN FACT, THAT PROJECT WOULD NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL NEXT SUMMER AFTER WHEN THE NEW TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE FINE ARTS BUILDING.

>> MY QUESTION, 18 IS THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPOTS THAT WILL BE ADDED TO WHAT CAPACITY WE HAVE, BUT WITH THESE PROJECTS GOING ON, HOW MANY ARE WE LOSING?

>> I SHOULD LOOKED UP THAT NUMBER.

I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 34.

>> THIS PACKING 34 PLUS 18 IS WHAT WILL BE?

>> IT'S MAKING UP THOSE.

IT'S ALL THOSE THAT ARE RIGHT IN FRONT AND A LITTLE BIT TO THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING TENNIS BUILDING, BASICALLY LOSING ALL OF THAT PARKING.

>> TO BE FAIR, I DID NOT MENTION THIS PART, BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW THAT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS CENTER IS USED ALL THE TIME BY THE COMMUNITY,

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I DON'T KNOW COACH PELL, IF YOU KNOW THAT FOR A FACT OR NOT, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WOULD BE PART OF IT.

>> THEY CERTAINLY UTILIZE THE FACILITY WEEKENDS EVERY WEEK NIGHT, YEAR AROUND, SO THE CITY DOES.

>> OPINION WOULD BE THIS EXTRA COST, BUT TWO POINTS IS, ONE, MONEY WHICH YOU ALREADY HAVE IS NOT THE EARNEST MONEY, AND ADDING MORE PARKING SPACES, ONE OF MY COMMERCIAL PROJECT, IS NOT THE MOST EXPENSIVE THING TO DO.

IT'S NICE TO HAVE IF WE CAN GET IT DONE IN THIS PROJECT.

I ACTUALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF ADDING MORE SPACES.

>> TO AGREE WITH TRUSTEE SETHI ON THAT.

YOU GO OVER THERE AND YOU WATCH TENNIS MATCHES, AND YOU SEE JUST THE PROXIMITY TO GET TO THAT FACILITY MAKES IT A WHOLE LOT EASIER, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SUMMER AND THE WORK THAT THEY HAD TO DO, AND THEN JUST GETTING IN THERE AROUND THERE.

IF THE WORK IS ALREADY BEING DONE AND IT'S NOT GOING TO ADD TO THE TOTAL COST OF DOING BUSINESS, IT IS A BENEFIT FOR STAFF AND VISITORS WHEN THEY COME OUT THERE.

TO YOUR POINT, PRESIDENT CAVINESS, I KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP COSTS DOWN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT IF WE'RE OUT THERE ALREADY DOING THE WORK, LET'S GET IT DONE.

IF IT WAS BEING ADD ON, THEN I WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION TO THAT, BUT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING IT.

IT WOULD ADD VALUE AND BENEFIT FOR THOSE THAT USE THE CENTER IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO IN AND PLAY ANYWAY FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

>> OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> NO, I WAS JUST THINKING THE SAME THING THAT THIS IS ALL COMING OUT OF OUR BOND MONEY AND NOT AN EXTRA ADD ON WHILE WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING OVER THERE, SO IT JUST MAKES SENSE, JUST LIKE TRUSTEE HILL HAS SAID, THAT JUST TO GET IT DONE ALTOGETHER.

>> OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR MR. GRANT? I'LL SAY JUST CONCLUDING MY COMMENTS ON A SEPARATE NOTE.

YOU MADE THE CASE SO WELL ON THE DENTON CREEK REFRESH TO GO AHEAD AND SWAP SOME ORDERS AROUND.

I THINK THAT MAKES AS MUCH SENSE FOR THE REASONS, DR. HUNT YOU ALIGN, BUT THERE IS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH PACKING AND MOVING AND CUTTING ONE OF THOSE OUT AS A BENEFIT TO OUR TAXPAYERS, SO.

OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE ONE FINAL COMMENT TO MR. GRANT.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT IN TO ADDRESS THE BOND PROJECTS TO WORK THROUGH THEM AND TO GET THEM TO THE STATE WHERE THEY ARE, GETTING THINGS COMPLETED AND THEN MOVING THE NEEDLE FORWARD FOR THE NEXT PHASE PROJECT. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT WORK.

>> THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> ANY OTHER REPORTS, DR. HUNT?

>> NO, THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORTS.

>> THANK YOU. THAT WILL TAKE US RIGHT ON INTO OUR ACTION ITEMS.

[VIII.A. CONSENT]

WE JUST HAD THREE ITEMS ON THERE THIS MONTH, BUT ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THOSE, IF NOT, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND.

>> MOTION BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MANISH SETHI. ANY DISCUSSION? HEAR NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0.

>> JAN, I GUESS YOU'RE BACK UP TO THE PODIUM.

[VIII.B. Discuss and consider taking action regarding previously approved bond projects]

>> GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

AS MENTIONED DURING THE BOUND PROJECT UPDATE.

ON JUNE 10TTH, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES VOTED TO POSTPONE THE BASICALLY THE EXACT LANGUAGE, EFFORTS ON THE PHASE 2 PROJECTS OF THE 2023 BOND AT PINKERTON ELEMENTARY, LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY, AND TOWN CENTER ELEMENTARY UNTIL FURTHER DISCUSSION TAKES PLACE REGARDING A POSSIBLE ELEMENTARY CONSOLIDATION.

GIVEN THAT, NOW THAT WE ARE READY TO RE-ENGAGE AND START WORKING ON THESE PROJECTS, AGAIN,

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I SUPPOSE YOU COULD NAME THOSE THE TOWN CENTER ELEMENTARY AND LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY OR MAKE A MORE GENERAL MOTION AS IT RELATES TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REFRESHES, ADDITIONS, AND RENOVATIONS.

>> I THINK WE NEED TO BE SPECIFIC SINCE THE PREVIOUS MOTION, WHICH WILL BE OVERRIDING WAS VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT THE SCHOOLS.

I THINK WE SHOULD BE SPECIFICALLY MENTIONING THE SCHOOL NAMES JUST TO BE CONSISTENT.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE OR COMMENTS?

>> I MOVE THAT COPPELL ISD STAFF RESUME EFFORTS TO CONTINUE PLANNING FOR THE PHASE 2 2023 BOND REFRESH AT TOWN CENTER ELEMENTARY AND RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS AT LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY.

>> I SECOND.

>> MOTION BY TRUSTEE MANISH SETHI SECONDED BY TRUSTEE RONA RAVAL.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

>> I WAS GOING TO ASK SHOULD WE REWARD THAT OR PHRASE THAT WITH THE LIST THAT WAS PROVIDED PREVIOUSLY TO BE LIKE DENTON CREEK AND TOWN CENTER VERSUS LAKESIDE.

BECAUSE THE LIST THAT HE WAS SHOWING US BEFORE ABOUT STARTING THE REFRESHES WITH THE PROPOSED PLAN WAS THE NEXT TWO UP WOULD BE REFRESHES AT DENTON CREEK AND TOWN CENTER, AND THEN LAKESIDE WAS MOVED BACK.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO ADJUST THAT AND BE SPECIFIC TO TOWN CENTER AND DENTON CREEK.

>> WELL, NO.

I'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH ON THAT TOO SINCE WE GOT OUR BOARD PACKET WITH THAT SAME THOUGHT, SHOULD IT BE MORE GENERIC, GIVEN THAT WE'VE MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND GIVEN YOU GUYS FLEXIBILITY.

I DON'T THINK ON THE LAKESIDE. IT'S BACK IN MOTION.

THE TIMELINE GOT SHIFTED, BUT IT'S NOT CHANGING, BUT I WOULD MAYBE I OFFER THAT UP TOO, DOES IT NEED TO BE MORE GENERIC THAT WE'RE RESTARTING THESE PROJECTS OR SPECIFICALLY LIST THESE NAMES.

>> YOU COULD MAKE AMENDMENT TO THIS MOTION AND GIVE THE RIGHT TO THE DISTRICT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS THEY NEED.

BUT TO ME TYING THAT NOT SINCE WE WERE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT THOSE THREE SCHOOLS, NOW IS TWO SCHOOLS, MENTIONING THAT AND THEN OVER THAT GIVING THE RIGHT TO THE DISTRICT TO CHANGE THOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

>> BUT I THINK IT DOES.

I'VE TALKED MYSELF IN CIRCLES ON THIS ONE, I THINK TO GOING BACK AND FORTH, LIKE I SAID, I AGREE WITH YOU TRUSTEE SETH IN A WAY THAT WHEN I DID GO BACK AND LISTEN TO IT MYSELF BECAUSE I WAS OUT OF TOWN ON THAT MEETING.

IT WAS SPECIFIC TO THOSE PHASE 2 PROJECTS, SO RESTARTING THOSE, AND THEN I DON'T KNOW THAT A MOTION NEEDS TO BE MADE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY AS CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS YOU NEED TO, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

>> I CAN AMEND MY MOTION.

>> [INAUDIBLE].

>> I'LL AMEND MY MOTION TO ADD TO GIVE THE RIGHT TO THE DISTRICT TO CHANGE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR THE NEXT PHASE 2 AS THEY HAVE PRESENTED TO US THIS EVENING.

>> THE AMENDED MOTION.

>> THAT SECOND FOR THE AMENDMENT.

>> YEAH.

>> I WAS JUST TRYING TO WRITE THAT DOWN AS YOU WERE SAYING IT.

THE MOTION ON THE TABLE OR THE AMENDMENT IS TO GIVE THE RIGHT TO DISTRICT STAFF OR TO THE DISTRICT TO CHANGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS NEEDED.

>> IS THAT PRESENTED TODAY?

>> REPEAT IT. SO AS PRESENTED?

>> YEAH. IN THE SLIDE IS WHAT HE SAID.

>> YOU ARE STRETCHING MY ROBERT TROLLS TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH IT.

WE HAVE A MOTION THAT HAS BEEN MADE, AND THAT WAS TO TRY TO BLOW THAT ONE UP, AND THEN WE'LL [INAUDIBLE].

ORIGINAL MOTION WAS TO ALLOW CID STAFF OR COPPELL ISD STAFF RESUME EFFORTS TO CONTINUE PLANNING FOR PHASE 2,

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THEN THAT MOTION OR AN AMENDMENT TO THAT MOTION HAS SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN OFFERED AND SECONDED TO GIVE THE RIGHT TO DISTRICT TO CHANGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS PRESENTED.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT MOTION WAS OFFERED BY TRUSTEE SETHI, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MATTHEW.

WE WILL VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK AND VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDED MOTION, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0.

THEN ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION THAT WE JUST READ A SECOND AGO, THAT AGAIN WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE MANISH SETHI.

THAT WAS SECONDED BY TRUSTEE RAVAL.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE, ALL IN FAVOR.

THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0. ITEM C

[VIII.C. Discuss and consider contracting with Aramark Facilities Management to restructure and manage Coppell Independent School District’s maintenance and grounds department]

>> THANK YOU.

>> [INAUDIBLE] STILL YOU. [LAUGHTER] YOU'RE NOT LEAVING A SHIT.

[LAUGHTER]

>> WELL, SUBMITTING THAT SET UP, I'LL JUST ASK FOR CLARITY THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR BOARD PROJECTS AS PRESENTED WORKING WITH OUR BOARD OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON THIS WORK AS WE HAVE DONE PREVIOUSLY.

THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW THE CISD.

>> EFFICIENCY REVIEW COMMITTEE.

>> EFFICIENCY REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMITTEE TO HAVE SOME INPUT IN THAT PROCESS TO, BUT ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD.

BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE THE SCHOOL IS OR ISN'T NAMED, DOESN'T MEAN IT IS OR ISN'T CLOSING.

IT'S JUST ALLOWING US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.

SO TO MR. GRANT'S POINT, WE'RE NOT DELAYING THE CONSTRUCTION OR INCURRING ADDITIONAL COST.

>> THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S RESTARTING PHASE 2, WHICH WAS PAUSED AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE AT THAT WORKSHOP AND THEN, AGAIN, AGREEING WITH THE LEADWAY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AS COMMITTEES MEET AND INFORMATION IS BROUGHT FORWARD OR TIMELINES CHANGE TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.

>> I THINK IT'S A FAIR ASSUMPTION.

BUT JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY, PINKERTON WAS INCLUDED FOR ADDITIONAL REFRESH AND FOUNDATION WORK AND WHATNOT, BUT WITH THE SCHOOL CLOSING, THAT HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD.

>> CORRECT.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU.

THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BRING TO YOU TONIGHT.

FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU HAITI SEVERNSON, AND YOU MAY KNOW HENRI PORTILLO WITH ARAMARK.

THEY'VE BOTH, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER FOLKS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US PUT TOGETHER THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE TONIGHT.

BASICALLY, THIS IS CONTRACTING WITH ARAMARK FACILITIES MANAGEMENT TO RESTRUCTURE MANAGE THE COPPELL ISD'S MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT.

WE ARE LOOKING TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF OUR STAFF AND THE SERVICE WE'RE PROVIDING TO OUR SCHOOLS, AND AS WELL AS OTHER CAMPUSES.

ONE OF THE PRIMARY THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A PREVENTATIVE SOLUTION FOR ALL OF OUR ASSETS.

WE HAVE OVER 1,750 HVAC UNITS AS AN EXAMPLE IN THIS DISTRICT.

WE HAVE 2,500,000 SQUARE FEET OF USABLE SPACE THAT IS HEATED AND AIR CONDITIONED IN THIS DISTRICT THAT WE MANAGE.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING ARAMARK WHO IS ALSO OUR CURRENT CUSTODIA SUPPLIER TO PROVIDE THEIR LEADERSHIP, AND THEIR NATIONWIDE EXPERTISE TO HELP RESTRUCTURE AND MANAGE OUR MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT.

WITH THAT, I'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICS.

CISD'S PREVENTAN WORK ORDER SYSTEM HAS NOT BEEN UTILIZED IN FIVE YEARS.

DO YOU KNOW AT YOUR HOME, ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR, YOU HAVE SOMEONE COME OUT THAT WORKS ON YOUR UNITS BLOWS OUT OILS, CLEANS AIR HANDLERS, CHECKS THE FREON, AND SO FORTH ON THE SYSTEM, TO CHECKS THE GAS LINES.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD A PREVENTIVE WORK ORDER SYSTEM IN PLACE

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THEN SO EVERY ASSET IN THE DISTRICT, WHETHER WATER FOUNTAINS, FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, HVAC SYSTEMS, EVERY ASSET IN THE DISTRICT WAS IN THIS SYSTEM, [NOISE] AND IT AUTOMATICALLY WOULD TELL YOU WHEN YOU NEEDED TO GO AND DO WORK ON THAT SYSTEM AS A PREVENTIVE MEASURE.

WITH OUR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE WORK ORDER SYSTEM, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH YOUR HOME HVAC SYSTEM, WE HAVE HAD INCREASING FAILURES OF OUR MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, IT'S COSTING SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS DUE TO THE LACK OF THE PROACTIVE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE.

IN FACT, WE WERE LOOKING AND OVER THE LAST 15 MONTHS, AND PRIMARILY MOST OF THIS WAS RIGHT AT THE START OF SCHOOL WHEN WE FOUND THAT WE HAD DOZENS OF HVAC SYSTEMS OR CLASSROOMS THAT WERE THAT WEREN'T COOLING.

AT THAT IT OVERWHELMS YOUR MAINTENANCE STAFF TO GO AT ONCE, SO WE HAD TO BRING IN THIRD PARTY HVAC COMPANIES TO HELP GET CAUGHT UP.

A PREVENTIVE SYSTEM HAS YOU WORKING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, TESTING THOSE SYSTEMS AND SEEING WHICH ARE WORKING, WHICH NEED WORK, AND SO FORTH.

SO THAT $400,000, IN MY OPINION, MOST OF THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED HAD WE HAD A PROACTIVE SYSTEM, YOU'D BE FINDING THESE PROBLEMS BEFORE YOU BECOME REACTIONARY.

WHEN YOU ALL OF A SUDDEN HAVE 25 UNITS DOWN, EVERYTHING BECOMES REACTIONARY, AND THEY'RE RUSHING TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS.

I KEPT THINKING ONE OF ARAMARKS TOP LEADERS, WE WERE IN A MEETING AND HE SAID, WE HAVE A COMMON SAYING THAT REACTIVE MAINTENANCE IS 2.5 TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE THAN PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE.

THEN HE GAVE SOME EXAMPLES, AND IT'S SO TRUE.

IF YOUR OWN PEOPLE ARE TAKING CARE OF IT AND PREVENTING THESE DOWNTIMES, THEN IT COSTS A WHOLE LOT LESS.

ONE THING THAT ARAMARK ALSO FAMILIARIZE WITH IS SOMETHING CALLED THE ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICAL PLANT ADMINISTRATION OR APPA STANDARDS.

ALL THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES HAVE DIFFERENT STANDARDS FOR CUSTODIAL FOR MAINTENANCE GROUNDS.

AND OUR CUSTODIAL WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COMPONENTS OF WHERE YOU'RE OPERATING WITH LEVEL ONE APPA STANDARD BEING THE VERY BEST, THAT WOULD BE LIKE A HOSPITAL WHERE EVERYTHING HAS TO WORK.

YOU JUST CAN'T HAVE DOWNTIME ON ANYTHING.

THE LEVEL 5 BEING WHERE EVERYTHING IS TOTALLY PAY OUT, AND THERE REALLY IS NO PLAN.

EVERYTHING'S 100% REACTIONARY.

OUR CUSTODIAL WITH ARAMARK IS RUNNING CURLY WHEN YOU READ THE STANDARDS, WE'RE RUNNING AT A LEVEL 2.

WE'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.

WHAT THEIR PLAN IS IS WITH OUR MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS IS TO GET US WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING IN SOME AREAS AT LEVEL 3 AND IN SOME AREAS AT A LEVEL 4.

BUT THEIR COMMITMENT IS GOING TO BE IT WON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, IT WON'T HAPPEN THE FIRST YEAR, BUT IT'LL BE GRADUALLY WORK AS FORWARD TO OPERATING AT A LEVEL 2 STANDARD, THE MECHANICAL GROUND SCARE, AND I SHOULD SAY SERVICE.

THE SERVICE LEVELS WOULD BE GREATLY INCREASED AS WELL.

ANOTHER THING THAT ARAMARK WITH ALREADY HAVING OUR CUSTODIAL CONTRACT, WHEN WE ASK IF YOU APPROVE THEM AS LEADERS FOR OUR MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS, WE CAN SAY, WELL, WE NEED YOU TO DO THIS.

THEY CAN'T SAY, IT'S NOT MY JOB, BECAUSE EVERYTHING WILL BE UNDER THE UMBRELLA WITH CUSTODIAL MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS.

THAT'S A JOKE, BUT IT'S TRUE, THAT THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE COMPONENTS WITHIN AND AROUND OUR SCHOOLS.

ALSO HAVING CUSTODIAL, THAT GIVES GIVES SOME SYNERGY AND ABILITY

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PREPARING A CAMPUS FOR SUMMER REFRESH.

THEY MIGHT INVOLVE MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS IN HELPING WITH THAT, BUT PERHAPS ALSO CUSTODIAL TO HELP IT HAPPEN MORE QUICKLY AND MORE EFFICIENT, JUST AS ONE POSSIBLE EXAMPLE.

>> EVERY TIME I ALWAYS LIKE TO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS WAS PROCURED UNDER THE TEXAS PURCHASING LAWS AND TEXAS EDUCATION CODE.

THIS ONE IS INTERESTING BECAUSE REGION 10 SERVICE CENTER THEIR PURCHASING COOPERATIVE IS CALLED THE EQUALIS GROUP.

THE EQUALIS GROUP, IT'S A VERY POWERFUL AND STRONG PURCHASING COOPERATIVE THAT GETS VERY COMPETITIVE BIDS.

I ACTUALLY PUT EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS, LEADERSHIP SERVICES.

THEY PUT IT OUT TO BID.

I THINK IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR OR SO, BUT IT WAS COMPETITIVELY BID.

THEY HAD A LOT OF COMPANIES LIKE E-MART SUBMIT.

THEY ENDED UP AWARDING IT TO TWO DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDERS, ONE BEING PD INDUSTRIES AND THE OTHER BEING ARAMARK.

ACTUALLY, WE TALKED ABOUT BOTH AND WE JUST FELT THAT ARAMARK'S PLAN WAS MUCH STRONGER AS WELL AS THE SYNERGIES WITH CUSTODIAL AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO TALK ABOUT THAT THEY'RE HELPING US WITH.

WHAT WE'RE GETTING FROM ARAMARK WAS TRULY STRONGLY COMPETITIVELY BID BY THE EQUALIS GROUP.

THE COST ANALYSIS, I SAY UPFRONT, IS A COST-NEUTRAL SOLUTION.

WE POPULIZE THAT, CONTROL MISS SARKAR CONTROLS THE BUDGET.

YOU APPROVE THE BUDGET.

ARAMARK FOLLOWS OUR BUDGET.

WE HAVE AN ANNUAL FEE AS PART OF BEING PART OF THIS EQUALIS PURCHASING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, ALL THE OTHER COSTS ARE PASSED THROUGH.

IF ARAMARK PURCHASES AN ITEM OR REPAIRS MATERIALS OR FILTERS FOR OUR AIR CONDITIONERS, THEY CAN DO SO AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL WITH VERY STRONG BUYING OPS.

THEY PASS THAT THROUGH WITH NO MARKUP AS A COST TO US WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT WE GIVE.

THE OTHER, AND THIS WAS A HUGE COMPONENT OF ARAMARK.

THEY ALSO ARE OFFERING A VERY GENEROUS GRANT THAT'S ROUGHLY AROUND $750,000 THAT WILL COVER 100% OF THE START-UPS.

THE START-UP COST, IN ADDITION TO REGULAR OPERATIONS, WILL SEND TEAMS OUT TO OUR CAMPUSES TO LOOK AT ALL THE INVENTORY AND ASSESS ALL THE ASSETS, INCLUDING ANYTHING FROM WATER FOUNTAINS TO FLUSH VALVES ON TOILETS OR HVAC SYSTEMS. THEY WILL DO AN ASSET AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE WHEN TO START SETTING UP THE NEW WORK ORDER SYSTEM, AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SYSTEM THAT HAS ALL THESE ASSETS IN THE SYSTEM, THE STATE-OF-THE-ART SYSTEM, AND ALSO TO HELP US ASSESS WHAT NEEDS WE HAVE.

IN OTHER WORDS, DO WE HAVE UNITS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED AND SO FORTH? THE ONE GOOD THING WHEN IT COMES TO CAPITAL REPLACEMENTS THAT COME THROUGH WE HAVE BOND DOLLARS FOR THAT, SO THAT DOESN'T AFFECT OUR M&O BUDGET.

BUT AGAIN, JUST REPEAT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT ALL THEIR LEADERSHIP EXPERTISE, THE TRAINING OF OUR STAFF, AND THEIR WORK ORDER AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SOLUTION ALL WITHIN OUR CURRENT BUDGET.

RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THAT WE WOULD IF APPROVED WE WILL ENTER INTO A FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT.

IT'S A THREE-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH A TWO-YEAR RENEWAL PLUS A RENEWAL AFTER THAT SHOULD BOTH PARTIES CHOOSE TO DO SO.

THIS AGREEMENT WOULD BECOME

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WE TALKED ABOUT THE ASSET INVENTORY AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THE WORK ORDER, AND THE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SYSTEM.

THEN WITH OUR EMPLOYEES, THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS EVERY EMPLOYEE WHO IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY COPPELL ISD HAS A JOB.

NOW, EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE FIVE OR MORE YEARS INTO THE FUTURE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR TRS HAVE THE OPTION OF REMAINING WITH COPPELL ISD FEES SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO GROW THEIR TRS AND RETIRE FROM TRS AT SOME POINT.

ANYONE WITH LESS THAN FIVE YEARS WILL GO UNDER THE ARAMARK UMBRELLA.

WE LOOKED AT ARAMARK'S THE PAY WILL BE THE SAME.

ANY FUTURE RAISES WILL FOLLOW THE SAME PERCENTAGE THAT WE WILL SET THAT TONE FOR WHATEVER THE COPPELL LSD IS.

THESE EMPLOYEES THAT TRANSFER TO THEM, WILL HAVE THE SAME RATE OF INCREASE.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT THEIR BENEFITS PACKAGE AND HEALTH INSURANCE.

IT IS VERY GOOD, SO THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE GOING INTO A BENEFIT PACKAGE THAT IS PRETTY AMAZING.

FOR ANY FUTURE NEW EMPLOYEES, IF SOMEONE RETIRES OR LEAVES, THE NEW EMPLOYEE WOULD BE HIRED BY ARAMARK.

ALL EMPLOYEES WILL BE SUPERVISED BY ARAMARK.

IF APPROVED, THE LEADERSHIP AND HR, AS WELL AS OUR MARKED LEADERSHIP IN HR, WILL MEET WITH ALL GREAT MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS EMPLOYEES, FIRST THING IN THE MORNING TO EASE THEIR FEARS.

WE KNOW THERE ARE RUMORS GOING ON OUT THERE, A LOT OF NERVOUS PEOPLE, SO WE WANT TO CALM THOSE FEARS AND LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT EVERYONE HAS A JOB AND EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FINE.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE HIGH-LEVEL POINTS OF THIS RECOMMENDATION WE'LL THEN TELL.

THEN OVER THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS, OUR HR AND ARAMARK HR WILL START INDIVIDUALLY MEETING WITH AFFECTED EMPLOYEES.

WE'LL WORK ON THE TRANSITION WITH THE PLAN OF GOING LIVE ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 6.

>> SOME POSITIONS MAY LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND TITLES MAY CHANGE, BUT AS MR. GRANT SAID, EVERY EMPLOYEE WILL STILL HAVE A JOB.

>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE PIECE RIGHT NOW. THAT'S SIMILAR.

I WASN'T ON THE BOARD THEN, ANTHONY, YOU PROBABLY WERE, BUT THAT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID MANY YEARS AGO WHEN WE MADE THIS CHANGE WITH OUR JANITORIAL SERVICE, CORRECT? WHERE?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. THE TRANSITION PORTION IS ALMOST IDENTICAL.

>> YES, BECAUSE AT THE TIME, OUR CUSTODIAL DEPARTMENT WAS CISD, AND THEN WHEN IT WAS SERVICE MASTER BEFORE, IT WAS ARAMARK AND IT'S A VERY SIMILAR PROCESS.

>> DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MR. GRANT?

>> I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION.

I MOVED TO APPROVE ARAMARK FACILITIES MANAGEMENT TO RESTRUCTURE MANAGE CHAPEL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT'S MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS DEPARTMENT AS REPOSE AND AUTHORIZE DR. BRAD HUNT OR HIS DESIGNEE TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ARAMARK FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND CHAPEL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>> I SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL, SECOND BY TRUSTEE RONA RAVAL.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM?

>> I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PARTNERSHIP, BUT I HOPE ARAMARK IS READY BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE SET PRETTY HIGH STANDARDS WITH YOUR CUSTODIAL SERVICE, SO WE'LL BE EXPECTING NOTHING LESS THAN THAT, BUT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THIS JOINT PARTNERSHIP GIVES US STAFF TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE DO BEST WITH TAKING CARE OF STAFF AND KIDS. THANK YOU FOR THIS.

>> THE COMMENT WAS A BIT OF PRAISE.

THANK YOU FOR TRYING TO FIND THE SOLUTION.

[02:30:01]

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR RESEARCHING AND TRYING TO BRING IT TO THE TABLE.

>> I ECHO THAT POINT TOO. I THINK THAT THE PREVENTATIVE PIECE ITSELF IS HUGE, AND WE FOUND OUT IN AUGUST WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER DIDN'T WORK, THAT NOT ONLY IS IT UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT IT BECOMES A SAFETY ISSUE, AND I KNOW WE HAVE STANDARDS EVEN SET BY THE EDUCATION CODE THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN IN ORDER TO CONTINUE OPERATING IN THE BUILDING.

I THINK THE NEED IS THERE, I'VE HEARD AND I GUESS AS WELL AS WE ALL HAVE FROM TIME TO TIME, NOT ONLY FROM STAFF ON BUILDING ISSUES BUT WHAT I WOULD CALL THE CURB A PILL, JUST THE GROUNDS AND MAINTENANCE PORTION OF OUR BUILDINGS, NOT BEING ALWAYS TO THE STANDARD THAT WE NEED THEM TO BE.

I LIKE YOU, MANISHA, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PART OF IT AND THE ABILITY TO GO INTO THIS AT A NET ZERO COST TO US IN TERMS OF THOSE START-UP COSTS BECAUSE I KNOW THOSE CAN BE PRETTY HEFTY.

>> AS WAS SAID ON THE OPERATIONS SIDE, THERE ARE SOME EFFICIENCIES ON OUR END WITH OUR SKELETAL CREW, OUR HR TEAM, THE BENEFITS TEAM, AND THE PAYROLL TEAM.

THAT WILL ALL BE HANDLED THROUGH ARAMARK NOW, AS WELL AS HIRING EVALUATIONS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, AND SO THAT WILL JUST HELP AS WE HAVE HAD TO CUT POSITIONS AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL, TOO.

>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?

>> JUST WANT TO COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK IN AGREEMENT WITH THE WORDS AND THE COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE.

ALSO, I THINK THERE ARE SOME UNINTENDED BENEFITS BEYOND THAT, WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT MAY BE INTERESTED IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF INTEREST AND MAYBE WANT TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING THERE WITH SOME SOLUTIONS THERE.

BUT ALSO JUST A CONSISTENCY, I THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ACROSS THE BOARD AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY BENEFITS THAT GIVE PEOPLE PEACE OF MIND TO YOUR POINT OF HAVING A WORK ORDER SYSTEM GO IN, YOU PUT THEM IN ONE TIME, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW UP.

YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO BACK AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR THINGS ADDRESSED IN A QUICK MANNER.

BUT THEN I'LL JUST BE ACROSS THE BOARD AND JUST HAVING A CONSISTENCY OF THE GROUNDS AND HAVING THE WAY YOU WANT AND TO LOOK GOING FORWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AND ENHANCEMENTS.

>> FURTHER DISCUSSION. HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.

THAT MOTION PASSES 50.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT WILL TAKE US TO ITEM D,

[VIII.D. Canvass Results of Voter Approval Tax Rate Election]

I BELIEVE MISS SNOWDEN HAS SENT US ALL THE FINAL NUMBERS FROM DALLAS COUNTY, BUT JUST SO WE KNOW WHERE WE WERE ON THAT.

I WAS GOING TO READ THAT AND I CAN'T GET MY SCREEN TO GO TO IT.

>> AS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT.

I DO WANT TO THANK COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE ELECTION AND I APPRECIATE THE CORE GROUP OF PARENTS THAT REALLY GOT OUT THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS AND JUST WALKED THE STREETS AND THAT SOUNDED TERRIBLE.

[LAUGHTER] THAT SOUNDED AWFUL.

I JUST HEARD WHAT I SAID AND IT CAME OUT TOTALLY WRONG.

WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT LET ME JUST SAY THANK YOU, AND I'M GOING TO LEAVE WITH THAT. [LAUGHTER]

>> THANK YOU, GUYS. [LAUGHTER]

>> THAT WAS TERRIBLE.

[LAUGHTER]

>> THERE IS NO SCRIPT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR A LOT OF TIME THAT YOU PUT OUT TRYING TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN, AND THE REST OF IT, I'M NOT GOING TO EVEN COMMENT.

>> ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GET BACK ON TRACK.

WE HAD TOTAL VOTES CAST AND THIS IS NOT FOR THE ENTIRE ELECTION, BUT JUST FOR THE CISD PROPOSITION A, 23,579 TOTAL VOTES CAST OF THAT 10,780 FOR, 12,799 AGAINST.

THEN IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WERE ABOUT 1,876 UNDERVOTES, SO 18 ALMOST 1,900 ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THAT VOTED IN THE ELECTION BUT DID NOT VOTE FOR OR AGAINST THIS PROPOSITION.

THAT FINAL TALLY WAS 54.28% AGAINST AND 45.724, AND SO AS WE HAVE TO DO AFTER ANY ELECTION THAT WE HAVE ON THE BALLOT, WE DO HAVE TO CANVAS AND CERTIFY THOSE RESULTS, AND THAT IS WHAT IS BEFORE YOU GUYS ON THIS ITEM HERE?

[02:35:05]

>> I MOVE TO CERTIFY THE RESULTS OF THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATIFICATION ELECTION AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND.

>> MOTION BY TRUSTEE MINI SETHI, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JOBBY MATHEW.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING THEN, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR. SORRY.

>> I WANT YOU TO PASS A COMMENT OF SAYING THANK YOU TO THE BETA TEAM AND ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO VOTED IN ITS FAVOR DISAPPOINTED, BUT I KNOW WE WILL CONTINUE THE DISCUSSIONS ON HOW TO COME CLOSE TO A BUDGET THAT IS NOT IN SUCH A BIG DEFICIT.

WE DO PASS A DEFICIT BUDGET JUST TO BE CONSERVATIVE ABOUT OUR FINANCIAL EXPENDITURES.

BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE THIS WORK AND I HOPE WE COME UP WITH SOME LESSONS LEARNED.

IN THE COMING YEAR, WE CAN TRY FOR THIS AGAIN, THIS LOT IS TO BE UNPACKED UNTIL THAT DECISION IS MADE, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THIS IS NOT THE END OF IT, BUT THAT'S ME PERSONALLY SPEAKING.

NOTHING'S FINALLY DECIDED YET.

BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORT YOU PUT IN.

I'M PRETTY SURE WE'LL BE BUILDING ON IT IN THE FUTURE.

>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I HEAR NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? THAT MOTION PASSES 5,0.

THAT WILL TAKE US TO OUR LAST ACTION ITEM TONIGHT WHICH IS,

[VIII.E. Adopt resolution for Coppell Independent School District to cast its vote for the Fifth Member of the Board of Directors of the Dallas Central Appraisal District]

I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GOTTEN ALL THAT INFORMATION FROM DCAD WITH THOSE THAT WERE ON THE BALLOT, AND I WANTED TO JUST SHARE THIS BECAUSE THIS CAME FROM DCAD ELECTIONS JUST SHORTLY AFTER OUR MEETING STARTED TONIGHT.

BUT, ONE OF THE NAMES THAT WAS ON THE BALLOT, DEBORAH NORTH HAS WITHDRAWN HER NAME AS A CANDIDATE, SO OBVIOUSLY AFTER THE BALLOT WAS PRINTED, SO THEY WERE JUST MAKING US ALL AWARE THAT IF SHE IS ELECTED, THE ODDS ARE, SHE PROBABLY WILL NOT TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE.

SINCE THAT WAS LATE-BREAKING NEWS, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU GUYS.

OTHERWISE, WE CAN TALK THROUGH WHO THE NAMES ARE.

IF YOU KNOW ANY OF THEM, I KNOW OUR CURRENT, I'LL JUST CALL THEM REPRESENTATIVE.

OUR DIRECTOR IS CASSANDRA PHILLIPS, BUT I DID KNOW ONE NAME ON THAT LIST, AND MAYBE ANTHONY KNOWS, I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU WITH YOUR WORK WITH THE TASB RISK MANAGEMENT AND WE'D ALSO GOTTEN SOME RECOMMENDATION LETTER ON KEVIN CARBO, JUST THOUGHTS ON THAT.

I'VE MET HIM AT A CONFERENCE OR TWO IN THE PAST, BUT EVERYBODY I'VE SPOKEN WITH HAS HIGH PRAISE.

>> I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE OTHERS, BUT I CAN SPEAK TO KEVIN CARBO.

I'VE KNOWN HIM SINCE BEEN ON THE BOARD, AND HE'S BEEN A DILIGENT SERVANT, AND HE HAS EXPERIENCE IN WORKING IN THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN HIS OWN BUSINESS, WORKING IN THE BUSINESS WORLD, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH HIM AND ACCEPTING HIM AS A CANDIDATE TO APPROVE FOR THE DCAD ELECTION.

>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS? [OVERLAPPING]

>> I'M FAMILIAR WITH ANY OF THOSE, SO I LEFT I WASN'T I DID RECOGNIZE THAT NAME AND REACHED OUT TO A FEW CONTEXTS AS WELL FOR SOME INFO THERE.

BUT MY UNDERSTANDING, I THINK WE DO HAVE TO PLACE A VOTE, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> WE HAVE 115 VOTES TO PLACE TOOK PLACE.

>> CORRECT.

>> SNOWDEN, DO WE NEED TO READ THE ENTIRE RESOLUTION FOR THIS ONE, OR JUST. MAKE A MOTION.

>> A MOTION AND THEN WE ASSIGNED THE VOTE.

>> OKAY. MAKE A MOTION TO ALLOCATE OUR VOTES TOO. GOT YOU.

>> I MEAN, YOU'LL HAVE THE RESOLUTION TO SIGN, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ IT.

>> OKAY. PERFECT. I WAS JUST MAKING SURE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO READ THE ENTIRE THING.

DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY STRONG OPINIONS? ONE WAY OR OTHER.

>> I'VE BET KEVIN BEFORE AT CONFERENCES WELL AND IT SEEMS LIKE HE WOULD KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING AND REPRESENT WELL ON THE DCAD BOARD AND A LONGTIME FRIEND OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

[02:40:08]

I KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL COUNTIES WHO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THAT RIGHT NOW AND BATTLING THEIR APPRAISAL DISTRICTS AND WHAT THAT MEANS.

HAVING SOMEBODY WHO HAS EXPERIENCE WORKING ON SCHOOL BOARDS AND WITH SCHOOL BOARDS WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL.

>> DISCUSSION OR MOTION.

I'LL TAKE THAT ONE IN.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THE CAPELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT CAST ITS VOTES FOR KEVIN CARBO.

>> I'M SORRY. A 115 VOTES.

COULD YOU SPLIT THEM?

>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CAST ALL 115 VOTES FOR KEVIN CARBO.

>> SECOND.

>> SO THE MOTION IS FOR THE COPPELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CAST ALL 115 VOTES TO KEVIN CARBO.

THAT MOTION WAS MADE BY MYSELF, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE, ALL IN FAVOR.

ALL AGAINST. THAT MOTION WILL PASS 4:0 WITH ONE ABSTENTION.

THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR ACTION ITEMS FOR TONIGHT, AND WE'LL GO INTO OUR.

>> PRESIDENT AVIS. I ASK ONE THING.

AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR AGENDA ITEM ON THE BOND PROJECTS COMING UP FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN OUR CONVERSATION, I WAS HOPING TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE LANGUAGE THAT WE USED.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE EFFICIENCY PIECES AND THE COMMUNITY INPUT PART OF THAT.

YOUR MOTION WAS TO MAKE IT AS PRESENTED.

IF WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER, YOU COULD DO IT IN THIS FORMAT ON TODAY TO SEE IF I WANT TO ADJUST THAT LANGUAGE AT ALL BECAUSE AS PRESENTED, WOULD MEAN EVEN IF WHATEVER EFFICIENCY IN THE DISTRICT DECIDED TO CHANGE THAT SCHEDULE IN ANY WAY, THEY PROBABLY HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK THE BOARD TO DO THAT VERSUS DOING IT.

>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED.

I WANTED TO PASS SOMETHING ON, BUT IF WE ARE APPROVING SOMETHING, I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE APPROVING ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE.

SO THAT'S WHY I SAID AS PRESENTED.

IF THEY GO BACK TO THE EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE AND COME UP WITH SOME DIFFERENT, I WANT THAT TO BE PRESENTED AND WE CAN AMEND IT AT THAT TIME.

>> THEN I WILL MAKE THE MOTION.

>> YOU'RE GOOD.

>> YEAH. I'M GOOD. CONSIDERING THAT.

>> FAIR ENOUGH FOR ME.

>> OKAY. WITH THAT, WE WILL CONCLUDE OUR ACTION ITEMS. THEY'LL TAKE US INTO OUR BOARD REPORTS.

[IX. DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEMS - BOARD OF TRUSTEES]

FROM THE SAFETY AND SECURITY MEETING, WHICH WAS HELD LAST WEEK. GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

THIS IS JUST FOR THE COMMUNITIES KNOWLEDGE, THIS IS A REQUIRED COMMITTEE THAT THE STATE SAYS THAT WE MUST HAVE AND IT IS COMPRISED OF STAFF AND THERE HAVE BEEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS PART OF THAT IN THE PAST THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED TO ATTEND OR BE PART OF THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL.

TWO THINGS I JUST WANTED TO REPORT OUT FROM THAT MEETING.

I THINK TWO IMPORTANT THINGS, BUT I'LL USE THE WORD AS GREG HAD TOLD IT TO US, TENTATIVELY, VERY HARD HERE.

BUT WE DO HAVE A FEW SCHOOLS WHERE WE ARE STILL WAITING ON THOSE SROS TO BE PUT INTO PLACE, BUT THERE IS A TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR OUR REMAINING SROS TO BE IN PLACE IN JANUARY.

THEY'RE FINALIZING, ALL THE FINAL CHECKS ARE BEING DONE, AND I BELIEVE THE RIFLE.

THOSE GUN SAFES AND THINGS THAT ARE IN ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE BEING INSTALLED.

IF I MISUNDERSTOOD THAT, I THINK THAT WAS THE.

>> FOR HOUSE BILL THREE COMPLIANCE, MOCKINGBIRD AND DIDON CREEK DON'T HAVE THEIR FULL TIME SROS YET, BUT THEY ARE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOL, NORTH FOR DIDON CREEK, AND LOCKING BIRD IN EAST.

I WANT TO ONCE AGAIN THANK THE CITY OF CAPEL FOR THEIR GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION TO OUR SROS IN CAPEL CITY PROPER.

WE HAVE OTHER SOURCES FOR OUR FOUR SCHOOLS OUTSIDE OF CISD,

[02:45:03]

>> THAT'S ONE FINAL PIECE THAT'S BEING PUT IN PLACE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF OUR SAPEN SECURITY.

BUT THEN THE FINAL THING AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE RADIOS THAT ARE NOW ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS ARE NOT OF DISTRICTS.

ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE CONNECTED WITH RADIO FREQUENCY.

SO THOSE ARE IN PLACE.

THERE'S SOME FINE-TUNING STILL GOING ON.

THEY'RE ALL WORKING, BUT THEY ARE, AS YOU FIND OUT WITH ANYTHING RADIO, YOU FIND SOME DEAD SPOTS ALONG THE WAY.

SO REPEATERS ARE BEING ADDED TO ELIMINATE THOSE SO THAT WE HAVE THAT DISTRICT-WIDE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, AND THAT WAS THAT WAS THE TWO BIG OVERALL POINTS FROM THAT SAFETY AND SECURITY MEETING.

>> THE EXTERIOR DOOR AUDITS.

>>OH, YES.

>> THAT'S THE THIRD. SO FAR WE'VE HAD NINE, I BELIEVE, WAS THAT LIST, AND ALL NINE HAVE PASSED ON THE STATE-REQUIRED AUDITS.

SO THOSE ARE CONTINUING ON CONTINUING THAT TREND THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, AND I THINK THAT'S KUDOS TO OUR CAMPUS LEADERSHIP AND STAFF THAT ARE MAKING SURE THEY'RE DILIGENTLY FOLLOWING THOSE PROTOCOLS THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CAMPUSES THAT HAVE ALREADY HAD THEIR CHECKS AND PASSED, AND GOOD LUCK TO THOSE THAT ARE YET TO COME, I GUESS.

>> BLOWS MY MIND. ALWAYS THEY HAVE THE MONEY TO AUDIT, BUT NOT MONEY TO FULLY FUND THE MANDATE THEY'VE PUT FOR US.

>> SINCE YOU HAVE THE MICHAEL THAT YOU TAKE OFF WITH YOUR BORDERS.

>> AMERICAN BILINGUAL.

>> AMERICAN BILINGUAL COMMITTEE MET LAST THURSDAY FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR, AND WE CONTINUED OUR DISCUSSION FOR HOW TO REWARD THE STUDENTS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS JOURNEY TO BE FULLY BILINGUAL.

WE CONSIDERED AT DIFFERENT STAGES FROM PK, THE COMMITTEE LOOKED INTO HOW TO AWARD KIDS WHO JUST GRADUATING KINDERGARTEN, WHO ARE GRADUATING FIFTH GRADE, EIGHTH GRADE, AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL.

THERE WAS A LOT OF SIMILARITIES IN THE THOUGHT PROCESS, BUT ALSO AS THEY MOVE PROGRESS, THEY WANTED TO THE ACCOLADES TO REFLECT THE GROWTH IN THE JOURNEY.

THERE WAS COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THE STAFF MEMBERS, LOOKED INTO THE CRITERIA THAT COMES FROM THE STATE VERY THOROUGHLY AND CAME UP WITH SPECIFIC WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR COP I DR. ANITA'S TEAM TOOK THOSE NOTES.

THEY'LL BE COMPILING THOSE THINGS AND PRESENTING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE AND AT SOME POINT COMING TO THE BOARD AND PRESENTING IT TO US.

BUT THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ONGOING MEETING REGARDING THIS TOPIC IS YET TO BE DECIDED WHEN, BUT IT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE AND WE MOVED THE NEEDLE ON THAT DISCUSSION.

>> YOU TRUSTEE HILL.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT AVIANS.

THE TAB RISK MAES FUND BOARD MED AND OLSON ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, AND FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15 AT THE TASBY HEADQUARTERS.

THE FIRST THING WE DISCUSSED ON THE THURSDAY WAS TWO ITEMS. ONE WAS A PRESENTATION FROM MARY BARRETT, THE ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ON THE STEWARDSHIP REPORT, AND THE SIMILAR TO THE CBAS, DOCTOR HUNT, AND I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST, AND THAT IS THEIR REPORT CARD FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO FOR THE YEAR IN SUPPORT OF SCHOOL DISTRICT 90 PLUS PERCENT, AND THEY HAVE SOME OTHER ENTITIES.

THEN WE HAD AN UPDATE ON THE TRUSTEE DEVELOPMENT AND ENGAGEMENT, THE FINAL DRAFT FROM THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD, I PARTICIPATED ON THAT AS WELL, AND THEY BASICALLY GAVE US THE FINAL UPDATES ON THAT BEFORE COMING TO THE ENTIRE BOARD FOR A VOTE.

ON FRIDAY, WE MET AND WE APPROVED THE AUGUST 31, 2024 FINANCIAL AUDIT RESULTS BY THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR.

THEY RECEIVED AN UNQUALIFIED OPINION.

TASBY RMF BOARD APPROVED THE FUND BOARD BYLAW AMENDMENTS FROM THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON TRUSTEE DEVELOPMENT AND ENGAGEMENT.

IN ADDITION, THEY APPROVED THE FUND BOARD POLICY CHANGES FROM THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON TRUSTEE DEVELOPMENT AND ENGAGEMENT.

WE ALSO APPROVED THE CONSEQUENT OF MINUTES FROM JULY.

WE ALSO APPROVED THE PROPERTY DEDUCTIBLE BUY DOWN PROGRAM FOR JANUARY 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 2025.

IN ADDITION TO APPROVE THE 2026 FUND MEMBERS CONFERENCE RECOMMENDATION.

WE HAD ONE IN APRIL DOWN AT KILAHAR,

[02:50:03]

I CHAIR A CLAIMS COMMITTEE WE DISCUSSED NOTABLE CLAIMS IN THE PRIMARY AREA OF SLIPS, INJURIES, AND FALLS, BUS VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, AND CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS, WERE THE TOP THINGS ON THAT.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE 2024 WORKERS COMPENSATION NETWORK REPORT CARD.

THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, WHICH IS PUBLISHED ON A BIENNIAL REPORT CARD, AND THAT WAS FOR THE PERIOD OF JUNE 1, 2021 THROUGH MAY 31, 2023.

THE FUND IS A MEMBER OF THIS GROUP CALLED POLITICAL SUBDIVISION WORKERS COMPENSATION ALLIANCE, AN INTER-LOCAL ENTITY CREATED BY FIVE TEXAS RISK POOLS.

WE ALSO HAD A 2024 WORKERS' COMPENSATION PERFORMANCE BASED OVERSIGHT AUDIT.

THAT WAS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT INSURANCE DIVISION OF WORKERS COMPENSATION, RELEASED THE RESULTS OF THAT AUDIT FOR SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 FOR THE CLAIM ACTIVITY BETWEEN JANUARY 1, 2024 AND JUNE 30 OF 2024, THE FUND ACHIEVED THE HIGH-TIER PERFORMER DESIGNATION FOR THE TENTH CONSECUTIVE AUDIT IN A ROW.

THEN WE DID GO THROUGH OUR LARGE CLAIMS, THERE WERE 109 TOTAL.

PRIMARILY, IT WAS PROPERTY FOR 169.5, AND THEN THE SECOND WAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION POOL OF 28 FOR $40,742.7 MILLION.

THEN WE HAD THE FINAL ITEM WAS THE ROOF UPGRADE PROGRAM PILOT, AS YOU KNOW, ROOF WORK BECAUSE OF DAMAGE IS ONE OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE THINGS THAT OCCURS.

THIS WAS A PILOT OF ABOUT 10 DISTRICTS THAT HAD LIGHT KIND QUALITY.

WHAT THEY WERE DOING IS UPGRADING TO A MORE HELL-RESISTANT ROOF PRODUCT TO REDUCE THAT REPLACEMENT OF THOSE.

BASED ON THE ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE IN THE WORK GOING BACK OVER THAT, THAT WORK HAS PROVEN TO BE POSITIVE.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I DO HAVE BOARD MEMBER BOARD MATTERS.

WE BROUGHT ON TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS, THE CAROL DICKEY, SUPERINTENDENT FROM CENTERVILLE ISD.

IT IS A 28 DISTRICT AND THEN ROSANNA GUERRERO, CFO OF LIBERTY HILL ISD.

JOINED US FOR THE FIRST TIME.

WE REAPPOINTED WEST EVERSO FROM LAKE DALLAS.

THEN WE REAPPOINTED FIVE TRUSTEES FROM VARIOUS DISTRICTS FROM FORT BEN, PLAIN VIEW, LAKE DALLAS, NEW BRONF IN KERRVILLE.

KERRVILLE, RINA SMITH IS THE TAS PRESIDENT FOR US THIS YEAR.

SHE'LL BE UP HERE IN BUSINESS IN FEBRUARY AS WELL.

THEN THERE WERE THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

DOCTOR JOAN BUTA FROM HISVILLE, ISD IS THE CHAIR.

I WAS APPROVED AS DEVICE CHAIR, TREASURERS WEST VERSA FOR LAKE DALLAS, AND THE SECRETARY OF DAN TROXEL FOR THE GROUP. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

>> CONGRATULATIONS. I WAS GOING TO SAY I HADN'T HEARD THAT ONE YET.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR BOARD REPORTS.

WE TOOK CARE OF CLOSED EARLIER TONIGHT.

WE DON'T NEED TO GO BACK FOR ANY OTHER UNFINISHED BUSINESS THERE, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN ONE FINAL MOTION.

>> SECOND.

>> MOTION TO ADJOURNED BY TRUSTEE MINI SETHI, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JOB MATHEW. ANY DISCUSSION? HERE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION PASSES 50.

WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 9:22.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.