Nov 16, 2021 Board of Trustees Meeting

[I. Call to Order and Determination of a Quorum]

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NOVEMBER 16TH OF 2021.

WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING. BEFORE WE START THE MEETING, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE STAFF ON THE TWO LARGEST PIECES OF BOARD BOOKS I THINK I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

I THINK THIS IS A RECORD WELL OVER A THOUSAND PAGES.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, YOU DID IT.

I'M GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

THE FIRST THING UP IS THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.

SO IF YOU WILL STAND.

OK, THANK YOU.

PLEASE BE SEATED. WE WILL BEGIN OUR NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER THREE, A PUBLIC FORUM.

MS. HOGAN DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS FOR SPEAKERS TONIGHT? NO, SIR. OK, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

[IV.A. Evidence of Excellence]

ITEM NUMBER ONE UNDER.

I'M SORRY, THIS IS NUMBER 4A.

NUMBER 1 IS RECOGNIZE THE FOUNDATION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION'S 2021 MARK OF EXCELLENCE AWARD AND DR. SUZANNA RUSSELL.

SUZANNA RUSSELL, YOU GET THE PRIVILEGE.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MILLER TRUSTEES DR.

LOPEZ. YOU KNOW, 2021 IS FAST BECOMING THE YEAR OF MUSIC EXCELLENCE AND GARLAND ISD IN ALL NEW WAYS.

IN GARLAND, OUR PRIDE IN OUR MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS IS NO SECRET.

IT HAS A LASTING LEGACY.

MUSIC TRANSCENDS ALL OF OUR STUDENT POPULATIONS.

IT UNLOCKS OPPORTUNITIES AND IT EXPANDS VISTAS FOR OUR YOUNG MUSICIANS.

LAST MONTH, THE FOUNDATION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION AND THEIR BOARD OF TRUSTEES HONORED TWO OF OUR ENSEMBLES IN GARLAND ISD WITH THE 2021 MARK OF EXCELLENCE AWARD.

THE SACHSE WIND ENSEMBLE, DIRECTED BY SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL BAND DIRECTOR HOLLY TAYLOR, WAS SELECTED AS A COMMENDED WINNER IN THE MARK OF EXCELLENT NATIONAL WIND BAND HONORS PROJECT AND THE GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLE, DIRECTED BY GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL BAND DIRECTOR SALVADOR GALLEGOS, WAS SELECTED AS A COMMENDED WINNER IN THE MARK OF EXCELLENCE NATIONAL WIND BAND HONORS PROJECT AS WELL.

THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT HONOR FOR BOTH MR. GALLEGOS AND MS. TAYLOR AND THEIR ENSEMBLES.

THE MARK OF EXCELLENCE IS A VERY RIGOROUS COMPETITION ENTERED BY RECORDINGS IN WHICH WINNERS ARE SELECTED FOR BOTH NATIONAL AND COMMENDED AWARDS.

THIS YEAR, TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX SUBMISSIONS WERE MADE BY THE MOST REFINED MUSICAL ENSEMBLES IN THE UNITED STATES.

IN FACT, THEY COVERED THIRTY SIX STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

COMPETING AGAINST SO MANY OUTSTANDING SUBMISSIONS.

IT IS A TREMENDOUS HONOR FOR OUR DIRECTORS, OUR STUDENT MUSICIANS AND OUR GREATER GARLAND ISD MUSIC COMMUNITY.

IT IS MY EXTREME JOY TO FORMALLY CELEBRATE OUR WINNERS FROM SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL AND GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND.

MR. FIGARELLI WILL YOU CAN MAKE THE PRESENTATIONS, THIS IS OUR GARLAND ISD EVIDENCE OF EXCELLENCE PRESENTED TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE GARLAND ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TO MR. GALLEGOS AND TO MS. HOLLY TAYLOR, WHO AS A SIDE NOTE IN CASE YOU DIDN'T GET THE MEMO, JUST TOOK HER BAND TO STATE MARCHING CONTEST FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] OK, MOVING ON IN OUR PROGRAM TO INFORMATION ITEM 4B GOING THE EXTRA MILE.

[IV.B. Going the Extra Mile (GEMs)]

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GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.

LOPEZ. I AM NOT SHERESE LIGHTFOOT.

SHE IS ACTUALLY REPRESENTING GARLAND ISD DOWN IN AUSTIN.

THE HOLDSWORTH FOUNDATION.

SO WE'RE PROUD OF THAT.

SHE REALLY WANTED TO GIVE THIS ONE OUT.

SHE'S REALLY ATTACHED TO THIS ONE, SO SHE SENT ME SOMETHING TO READ.

SO I'M GOING TO READ IT OUT FOR YOU.

WHAT SHE SENT COLEMAN B.

PRINCIPAL OF THE GRCTC, WAS NOMINATED BY SEVERAL COLLEAGUES FOR HIS COMMITMENT TO NOT ONLY THE STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES OF HIS CAMPUS, BUT THE ENTIRE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. DR.

SUZANNA RUSSELL, CHIEF ACADEMIC AND LEADERSHIP OFFICER, SAID COLEMAN IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF STILL WATERS RUN DEEP.

DON'T LET HIS QUIET PRESENCE FOOL YOU.

HIS RELENTLESS ADVOCACY FOR STUDENTS FOR CTE AND CCMR OPPORTUNITIES CREATE THE RIPPLES THAT BECOME THE GISD EFFECT.

COLEMAN IS A MAN OF INTEGRITY AND HIS CHARACTER AND HIS SELFLESS IN HIS PURSUIT TO SERVE.

SHERESE NIX, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS, SHARED THAT COLEMAN IS A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL WHO IS A MODEL OF EXCELLENCE FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW.

WE OFTEN VISIT HIS BUILDING FOR TOURS, EVENTS, MEETINGS AND THE LIKE, AND MR. B. NEVER COMPLAINS, NEVER DENIES US ACCESS AND NEVER MAKES US FEEL LIKE WE ARE IMPOSING.

INSTEAD, HE WELCOMES US WITH A WARM SMILE, IMPECCABLE CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND WE ALWAYS LEAVE FEELING INSPIRED FROM THE UNPARALLELED WORK OF HIS STUDENTS.

RAY MERRILL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LEADERSHIP OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS, ADDS ONE OF MR. B'S MANY GREAT STRENGTHS IS HIS ABILITY TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE AND SUPPORT STUDENTS OF ALL LEVELS IN OUR DISTRICT, NOT JUST THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ATTEND HIS CAMPUS, HIS. HE IS CONSTANTLY DESIGNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNGER STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES ON HIS CAMPUS THAT WILL LEAD TO THEIR SUCCESS.

IN ADDITION, COLEMAN DOESN'T FOCUS HIS LEADERSHIP SOLELY ON PROGRAMS THAT FOCUS ON CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY. HE SHOWS GREAT KNOWLEDGE AND SUPPORT OF ALL GISD PROGRAMS AND LEADS HIS STAFF TO SUPPORT ALL DISTRICT ENDEAVORS AS WELL.

COLEMAN'S CHARACTER IS ALSO EVIDENCED ONLINE, TWEETING JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING COMPASSIONATE TO ALL.

TRUE SERVICE IS NOT JUST DOING GOOD BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS GOOD TO YOU.

IT'S DOING FOR GOOD FOR ALL YOU CAN.

WELL, MR. B. DOESN'T JUST PUT IDLE WORDS IN HIS TWEETS.

HE LIVES WHAT HE WRITES.

HIS WILLINGNESS TO LEAD WITH LOVE AND COMPASSION RESONATES ALL THROUGH GISD HAVING THE GISD EFFECT EVERYWHERE HE GOES AND BEING A GRADUATE OF ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL SHOWS THAT THE GISD EFFECT IS A POWERFUL ENERGY THAT FOLLOWS OUR ALUMNI EVERYWHERE.

ON TOP OF THE PASSIONS HE BRINGS TO THE CAMPUS EVERY DAY, THE LOVE HE POURS INTO HIS STUDENTS, FAMILIES, STAFF IN HIS HOMETOWN DISTRICTS ARE EVIDENT REASONS WHY HE IS A TRUE GEM. HE IS CERTAINLY GOING THE EXTRA MILE.

CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS.

I TOLD YOU. GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FOLLOW MY OWN ACT.

[LAUGHTER] NO, THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE MY BETTER HALF MY WORK MOM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES THAT REALLY BELIEVES IN WHAT WE DO.

A SUPERINTENDENT THAT REALLY LETS ME PUSH THE ENVELOPE.

WE'VE MADE SOME BIG CHANGES.

WE DO THINGS TO BETTER KIDS AND I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT SUPPORT.

SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT IN A HUMBLE WAY.

I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT ALL OF YOU GUYS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] OK, THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM FIVE DISCUSSION ITEMS.

[V.A. Discuss and Review TASB Update 118 Legal Policies - Lisa Ray]

[V.B. Discuss and Review TASB Update 118 Local Policies (First Read) - Lisa Ray]

LISA RAY. WE HAVE UPDATES, ALL TYPES OF UPDATES TO OUR LEGAL POLICIES.

I WILL LET YOU COVER BOTH ITEMS A AND B.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

PRESIDENT MILLER RESPECTED TRUSTEES DR.

LOPEZ TASB POLICY SERVICE, NOT ME, RECENTLY ISSUED UPDATE ONE 18, AND THE POLICY ADVISORY

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THE UPDATE, 118, ENCOMPASSES CHANGES IN LAW FROM THE 87TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT HAVE AN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ON GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE DISTRICT.

THE UPDATE, 118, INCLUDES ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY LEGAL POLICIES WHICH ARE INCLUDED FOR YOUR REVIEW STARTING AT PAGE SIX.

THE LOCAL UPDATE ALSO INCLUDES 12 LOCAL POLICIES, WHICH ARE LISTED ON PAGE NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SEVEN FOR YOUR DISCUSSION.

THE LEGAL, AS YOU KNOW, ARE FOR REVIEW AND THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THE LOCAL POLICIES ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ACTIVITY FUNDS CYBERSECURITY RESIGNATIONS BY CONTRACT EMPLOYEES, SCHOOL COUNSELOR DUTIES, HUMAN SEXUALITY INSTRUCTION, ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION, RETENTION AND PROMOTION SCHOOL SAFETY TRANSFERS AND THESE POLICIES ARE FOR FIRST READ ONLY UPDATE 119 WILL INCLUDE THE TWO SPECIAL SESSIONS THAT WILL COME OUT IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR.

OK. BOARD ANY QUESTIONS? MS. GRIFFIN.

YES, THANK YOU, MR. MILLER, I WANT TO REFERENCE THE LOCAL POLICIES AND JUST ASK SOME QUESTIONS.

YES, MA'AM AND I KNOW THAT THEY CAME AS A RESULT OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, BUT SOME OF THEM APPEAR TO HAVE SOME PROCEDURAL CHANGES AS WE OPERATE IN THESE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SPELLED OUT IN THE LEGISLATIVE AS A RESULT OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

MY QUESTION IS HOW DO THESE DEPARTMENTS KNOW THAT WE HAVE MODIFIED THE POLICIES AND WHEN WE MODIFY THEM, THEY BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, ALTHOUGH THIS IS FIRST READING, SO AT THE NEXT MEETING, IT WILL BE THE SECOND.

SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME THE PROCESS OF HOW THESE COME IN EFFECT IMMEDIATELY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COUNSELING AND YOU LOOK AT THE ACCELERATED LEARNING AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, THERE ARE THINGS SPELLED OUT HERE AND MY CONCERN IS WE FOLLOW THE LEGISLATION AS A DISTRICT. THIS IS NOT OUR POLICY.

HOW DO OUR DEPARTMENTS KNOW THAT WE HAVE NOT PUT THIS IN OUR POLICY AND TO FOLLOW WHAT IS LISTED? GREAT QUESTION.

MR. GRIFFIN. SO WHAT I DO IS WHEN I GET AN UPDATE AND IF THERE ARE CHANGES TO LOCAL POLICIES, I ACTUALLY SEND IT TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF CABINET OR THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE ARE CHANGES TO THE POLICIES THAT MAY AFFECT THEM.

THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT.

I SEND IT TO TIFFANY GILMORE TO LET HER KNOW THAT THERE ARE CHANGES IN HER DEPARTMENT IN THAT POLICY FOR ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION THERE, I SEND IT TO VERONICA JOYNER AND WITH TASB THOSE ARE TASB'S RECOMMENDED CHANGES.

A DISTRICT DOES NOT HAVE TO ACCET THOSE CHANGES.

THEY CAN INCORPORATE THEIR OWN CHANGES AND THEN IF THEY DO HAVE THEIR OWN CHANGES, WE SEND IT TO TASB TO LET THEM KNOW WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY ACCEPTING YOUR CHANGES.

WE MAY HAVE SOME MODIFICATIONS.

WE LET THE POLICY ADVISORY GROUP KNOW, AND AGAIN, THIS IS FIRST READ.

SO IF THERE IS ANY CHANGE, WE WOULD LET THE BOARD KNOW IF THERE'S A DEVIATED CHANGE FROM THE TASB CHANGE.

BETWEEN THIS FIRST READ AND THE SECOND READ, YOU EXPECT THOSE DEPARTMENTS TO COME TO YOU OR RESPOND TO YOU SAYING, WE ACCET THIS, WE ARE GOING TO PUT THIS INTO PRACTICE IMMEDIATELY AND IF NOT, THAT MEANS WE HAVE ADOPTED IT.

CORRECT. CORRECT.

OK. IT WAS JUST A LOT IN THIS ONE OF LOCAL POLICIES AND IT WAS A LOT OF DELETIONS.

SO IT'S A KIND OF A NEW BALL GAME IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS. ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU, MS. GRIFFIN, BOARD OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS.

THIS IS A FIRST READ AND A LONG ONE, SO IT WILL BE MOVED FORWARD.

OK. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU. OK, NEXT IS ITEM C.

[V.C. Trustees' Report]

I'M GOING TO START DOWN HERE ON MY LEFT WITH THE HONORABLE ROBERT SELDERS.

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I KNOW THAT GARLAND MADE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THEY THEY DIDN'T PASS THAT FIRST ROUND, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT THEY DID COMPETE VALIANTLY AND I WAS REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THAT. MY DAUGHTER PLAYS ON A GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TEAM, SO I WAS PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT SEEING HER COMPETE.

WATCHING SACHSE AS WELL.

I MEAN, SACHSE HAD A REMARKABLE SEASON THIS YEAR AND THEY MADE IT, YOU KNOW, TO, I THINK, THE FOURTH ROUND IT WAS OF THE PLAYOFFS, WHICH WAS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THEM.

ALSO, WITH THE FOOTBALL TEAMS, YOU KNOW THAT WE HAD, YOU KNOW, WE CAME UP A LITTLE SHORT BUT JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF THOSE TEAMS, ALL THOSE ATHLETES AND COACHES AND THE ADMINISTRATORS AND FACULTY ON THOSE CAMPUSES FOR THE SUPPORT THAT THEY GIVE OUR STUDENTS IN HELPING THEM THERE WANTED TO ALSO SHARE WITH TRUSTEES HERE THAT WE HAVE A NORTH TEXAS AREA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS MEETING THAT GARLAND ISD IS HOSTING AT THE GILBREATH-REED TECHNICAL GILBREATH-REED CAREER TECHNICAL CENTER ON TOMORROW.

SO DINNER IS GOING TO BE AT 6:30.

THE MEETING STARTS AT 7:00.

I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENDANCE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE IT, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SHARE. THANKS. THANK YOU.

MS. STANLEY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I ATTENDED.

I DIDN'T GET TO DO TOO MANY VOLLEYBALL GAMES.

I DID A COUPLE OF FOOTBALL GAMES AND I GOT TO ATTEND THE STATE MARCHING BAND COMPETITION, WHICH I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MY HIGHLIGHT.

JUST TO SEE THE PARENTS AND THE KIDS AND THEN THE FOOTBALL GAMES TOO.

A COUPLE OF THEM, I WENT OVER TO ROCKWALL AND WATCHED NORTH GARLAND I GOT TO SIT WITH THE PARENTS AND I GOT TO WATCH THE KIDS.

I JUST REALLY ENJOY WATCHING THE KIDS AND THE LITTLE KIDS MIMIC THE DANCERS WHEN THEY TAKE THE FIELD. I GET THE BIGGEST KICK OUT OF THAT AND THE TRADITIONS AND HOW THEY WANT TO GROW UP TO BE LIKE, LIKE THOSE DANCERS AND THE BAND PLAYERS.

SO I REALLY ENJOYED IT AND THAT WAS AGAIN, WE DIDN'T GET TOO FAR, BUT I'M VERY PROUD OF ALL OF OUR PLAYERS, ALL OF OUR PARENTS, ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, AND IT WAS A GOOD RUN. THANKS.

MR. JOHNSON. WELL, IT'S BEEN BUSY.

LET'S SAY THAT.

I'D FIRST LIKE TO THANK THE ATTORNEYS AT PURDUE BRANDON FIELDER COLLINS AND MOTT, THEY WERE EXTREMELY PATIENT AND THEY WERE THE WINNER OF THE TINSEL AND TRIVIA DINNER WITH JED AND WEST EVENT THAT WAS NOW LITERALLY TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WON.

THEIR PATIENCE WAS REWARDED.

I HOPE, AT LEAST WITH THE PAYOFF ON SATURDAY NIGHT, WHICH FORMER TRUSTEE JED REED CAN THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JED, FOR CONTINUING TO HOST AND I WORKED AND ALONG WITH LISA COX AT THE GARLAND ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION TO THANK PURDUE BRANDON FOR THEIR SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT OF THE FOUNDATION OVER THE YEARS.

WE HOPE THAT CONTINUES AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

IN ADDITION, I'VE SPENT THE LAST WEEKENDS FIGURING OUT WHAT IT IS TO BE A BAND DAD TO SOME DEGREE. I ATTENDED THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF MUSIC EDUCATIONS, PUTTING ON OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ALL REGION BAND CONTEST LAST SATURDAY AT ROCKWALL HEATH.

WE HAD SEVERAL MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT DID EXTREMELY WELL.

I WILL PLUG ONE PARTICULAR KID THAT HAPPENED TO BE IN THE TOP BAND, I'M JUST POINTING OUT. I ALSO ATTENDED THE GISD ALSO HAD MIDDLE SCHOOL ALL DISTRICT BAND THE WEEK PRIOR.

SO AGAIN, TWO VERY LONG DAYS, BUT A LOT OF FUN; THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE FOLKS AT LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL FOR HOSTING THAT EVENT ON BEHALF OF THE GISD.

THAT LAKEVIEW BAND DID A GREAT JOB ORGANIZING THAT, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, I WENT TO SEVERAL FOOTBALL GAMES. I WAS CAUGHT UP IN THE PLAYOFF FEVER WE HAD.

WE HAD GREAT CROWD AT WILLIAMS STADIUM THE OTHER NIGHT FOR THE GARLAND GAME, REALLY GOOD CROWD AT HBJ FOR THE SACHSE GAME AND THEN I MY UNDERSTANDING IS PEOPLE TRAVELED WELL TO GO TO SEE NORTH GARLAND NAAMAN PLAY OVER ROCKWALL.

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YOU DID GREAT.

LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, I, LIKE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE, I DIDN'T GET TO GO TO STATE, BUT I DID GO TO THE AREA FINALS WHERE SACHSE ENDED UP MAKING STATE IN THE AREA BAND COMPETITION.

IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND WATCHING THE KIDS RECEIVE THAT AWARD WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR ME.

I DID WATCH THEM ON THE LIVE STREAM AND I PERSONALLY THINK THEY FINISHED A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT THEY PLACED.

BUT THAT'S JUST ME.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON.

WE'LL MOVE TO MR. BEACH. THANK YOU, MR. MILLER. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT PUT ON A DISPLAY FOR VETERANS DAY THIS LAST WEEK IN HONORING ALL OF OUR VETERANS AND VETERANS DAY AND I WANT TO THANK EVERY HIGH SCHOOL THAT PARTICIPATED IN THOSE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY DID TO HONOR THOSE THAT HAVE FALLEN SO.

THANK YOU FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOLS THERE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT.

ALSO, I'D LIKE TO COMPLIMENT ALL THE DRUM LINES THAT WENT OUT TO SEND THE SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL BAND GROUP OUT TO THE STATE FINALS AND SO I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THEM ON THE SEND OFF AND THANK MR. GLICK FOR GETTING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO HOSE THEM DOWN.

SO IT WAS A GREAT SEND OFF AND TO SEE ALL OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS RALLY AROUND ONE PARTICULAR SCHOOL THAT WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO MAKE IT WAS AN HONOR TO ME TO SHOW THE GARLAND ISD EFFECT, AND SO I WAS REALLY TOUCHED BY THAT.

IT WAS A GREAT SEND OFF FOR THE SACHSE BAND.

ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLIMENT THE STAFF ON THE TRUNK OR TREAT THAT WAS DONE OUT AT THE BEACH STADIUM FOR ALL THE PRINCIPALS AND TO SHOW THEM HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. AND IT WOULD SEEM LIKE IT WAS REALLY GOOD COMPETITION BETWEEN ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND IT WAS A FUN DAY FOR EVERYBODY AND IT WAS A RELAXING DAY.

SO I THANK EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED THERE.

ALSO, I'D LIKE TO COMPLIMENT ALL OF OUR FOOTBALL TEAMS THIS YEAR, ON SUCCESSFUL SEASONS.

WE OUSTED WYLIE OUT OF THE TOP FOUR THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS VERY GOOD, AND GARLAND, OF COURSE, WAS THE TOP OF THE DISTRICT AT 10-0 AND THEY FELL SHORT A LITTLE BIT IN THE PLAYOFFS ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE.

BUT WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL FOOTBALL SEASON, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS, ALONG WITH ALSO THE VOLLEYBALL TEAMS. CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF THOSE GROUPS AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, NEXT WEEK IS THANKSGIVING DAY.

GET WITH YOUR FAMILIES, ENJOY THE TIME, BREAK BREAD WITH ONE ANOTHER AND REMEMBER WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT AND JUST BE SAFE AND RELAX AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK NEXT WEEK.

SO HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE.

THANK YOU. MS. GRIFFIN. YES, THANK YOU.

I FIRST LIKE TO BEGIN BY JUST ACKNOWLEDGING ALL OF THE STUDENTS, ALL OF THE PARENTS, ALL OF STAFF THAT MAKE UP THIS GREAT DISTRICT CALLED GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

TOGETHER WE ARE ACCOMPLISHING MUCH AND IF WE STAY TOGETHER, WE CAN KEEP CLIMBING HIGHER AND HIGHER.

IN ADDITION TO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID, I'D LIKE TO GIVE THE DISTRICT'S COUNCIL OF PTA WAS A CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING FAITHFUL AND COMMITTED TO THEIR MONTHLY MEETINGS VIA ZOOM.

BUT THIS LAST MEETING, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE SPEAKER AND IT WAS A SECURITY UPDATE FOR THE PARENTS AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO KNOW ALL OF THE PROTOCOLS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE EVEN FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND IT WAS RECEIVED VERY WELL AND MANY TIMES WE WORK WITH THINGS SO CLOSELY THAT WE FORGET.

WE KNOW. BUT OTHER STAFF MEMBERS AND OTHER PARENTS IN THE DISTRICT DON'T KNOW.

SO HATS OFF TO THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT FOR THAT.

I ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND A TEAM SUMMIT WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE, WELL, MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS CAME TOGETHER AND TALKED ABOUT AND SHARED WITH EACH OTHER WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A STUDENT? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO RESPECT YOURSELF? WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU TO DO YOUR VERY BEST? AND THAT WAS PUT ON BY THE [INAUDIBLE].

I HAD THE HONOR OF PARTICIPATING IN THE LEADERSHIP GARLAND IMPACT DAY AND I WAS A PANELIST, AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE AS THE TOPIC OF THE DAY WAS

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SO THAT LEADERSHIP GARLAND CLASS GOT A CHANCE TO QUESTION AND ASK MANY OF US SOME QUESTIONS, AND IT WAS GREAT SHARING WITH THAT GROUP.

THEN I WANT TO CLOSE BY JUST CONGRATULATING ALL THE ARTISTS BECAUSE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, FINE ARTS, WE'RE PRODUCING ARTISTS AND ATHLETES AND THE STAFF AND THE PARENTS FOR SO FAVORABLY REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT DURING THIS FIRST SEMESTER AND TO EVERYONE, EAT A LOT OF TURKEY. HAVE FUN AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING! MR. GLICK THANK YOU, SIR.

YOU HEARD MR. SELDERS MENTIONED VOLLEYBALL WELL, STARTING TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

WE ARE HOSTING AT THE CALDWELL CENTER.

THE STATE VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS, A THROUGH 6A SEMIFINALS AND FINALS.

IF YOU LOVE SEEING VOLLEYBALL, LITERALLY THE BEST VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS IN THE STATE WILL BE AT OUR FACILITY.

GO OUT AND WATCH, IT'S INCREDIBLE.

SO MANY OF THESE KIDS ALREADY HAVE.

DIVISION ONE OFFERS FULL SCHOLARSHIPS AROUND THE COUNTRY, SO YOU'LL SEE THE BEST VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS, PLAYERS WHO LATER ON, YOU'LL SEE PLAYING IN COLLEGE AND PROBABLY IN THE PROS. THIS MORNING I PARTICIPATE A MEMBER OF THE ROWLETT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND WE HAD OUR MEETING AT FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO IN ROWLETT, WHICH IS BRAND NEW.

THE REASON IT WAS SPECIAL FOR ME IS ROWLETT HAS ALSO BUILT A FIRE TRAINING CENTER VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT GARLAND HAS ON HIGHWAY SIXTY SIX.

NOW OUR KIDS FROM GILBREATH-REED GO OVER TO FIRES TO THE TRAINING CENTER FOR GARLAND, AND I WAS HOPING THAT EVENTUALLY THEY WOULD START GOING TO THE ROWLETT TRAINING CENTER.

NOW THE ROWLETT TRAINING CENTER HAS JUST OPENED AND I WAS SPEAKING TO THE CHIEF, NEIL HOWARD, TODAY. I SAID, WHEN ARE OUR KIDS GOING TO GO THERE? HE SAID, WE'RE GETTING READY, WE'RE FINALIZING IT.

SO I SAID, WHAT WILL BE DIFFERENT THAN THE TRAINING THEY GET OVER AT GARLAND'S FACILITY? HE SAYS GARLAND IS INCREDIBLE.

HE SAYS THE KIDS GET A GREAT EDUCATION THERE.

HE SAYS WE'LL HAVE ONE THING DIFFERENT AND I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THIS.

I THINK SOME PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

HE SAYS WE USE CLASS A FLAMMABLE MATERIALS WITH REAL FIRES.

NOW, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT HE SAID THEY'LL GET THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN A REAL FIRE AND REAL SMOKE AND INHALATION ISSUES AND ALL THAT.

SO I SAID, I'M THINKING, I SAID, THAT'S GOOD, RIGHT? HE SAID. THAT'S VERY GOOD TRAINING, IN ADDITION TO WHAT THEY DO AT GARLAND, SO THAT'S OPEN AND THEY'RE WORKING OUT THE FINAL DETAILS FOR OUR KIDS FROM GILBREATH-REED TO GO AND GET THAT TRAINING AND AS HE INDICATED, FIREFIGHTERS AROUND THE NATION AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS METROPLEX ARE IN DEMAND SO SOON AS THEY GRADUATE, THERE'S A JOB FOR THEM.

LATER ON THIS MORNING, I WENT TO THE AMF LANES IN GARLAND.

ALL 58 LANES WERE BEING USED BY OUR SPECIAL OLYMPICS FOR BOWLING.

IT WAS A GREAT IT WAS GREAT TO BE THERE WITH THE KIDS AND WATCH THEM CELEBRATE SPARES AND STRIKES, AND SOME OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD BOWLERS.

I'M NOT A VERY GOOD BOWLER MYSELF, SO I WAS TRYING TO PICK UP SOME TIPS AS I WATCHED THEM. IT WAS REALLY FUN AND THEY ALL HAD A GREAT TIME AND THIS IS PART OF OUR SPECIAL OLYMPICS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE HAVE BASKETBALL COMING UP IN THE IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY; WE'LL HAVE TRACK IN THE SPRING.

SO THAT'S PART OF OUR GREAT SPECIAL OLYMPICS PROGRAM AND THEN ONE FURTHER THING A LITTLE BIT OFF TOPIC, MR. PRESIDENT, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY WILL GET A KICK OUT OF THIS.

SO WHEN I LEAVE HERE AND GET ON FOREST LANE AND I CROSS OVER ROWLETT CREEK INTO ROWLETT, MY NAME CHANGES FROM TRUSTEE.

SOME PEOPLE THAT CALL ME THE TREE MAN AND SOME PEOPLE CALL ME THE TREE WHISPERER, AND SOME EVEN CALL ME THE TREE HUGGER AND I ANSWER TO ALL THREE.

SO I HAVE AN ROWLETT.

I THINK I'VE PLANTED BY NOW.

THOUSANDS OF TREES SAVED THOUSANDS.

I WROTE ONE OF THE FIRST TREE ORDINANCES IN THE WHOLE UNITED STATES.

AT OUR GOLF COMMITTEE MEETING LAST WEEK.

WE'RE GOING TO PLANT MORE TREES AND ROWLETT.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING I LOVE TO DO, BUT I ALSO GET A CHANCE TO DO IT AROUND THE WORLD.

SO IN LEBANON, I PLANTED THE BIBLICAL TREES, THE WHAT ARE THEY, THE CEDARS OF LEBANON.

I'VE PLANTED THOSE IN LEBANON, IN JORDAN, I'VE PLANTED OLIVE TREES IN INDONESIA.

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JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, I WAS PLANNING BRAZIL NUT TREES, WHERE IN BRAZIL? BUT THE STORY? I'D LIKE YOU TO BE AWARE OF, HOPEFULLY YOU GET A SMILE ON YOUR FACE.

SO BACK IN TWENTY THIRTEEN, I WAS IN UGANDA MAKING A TRIP TO VISIT THE MOUNTAIN GORILLAS, THE LAST OF THE REMAINING MOUNTAIN GORILLAS, LESS THAN NINE HUNDRED IN THE WORLD IN A PLACE CALLED THE BWINDI IMPENETRABLE FOREST AND IT WAS AND I SAID TO THE OWNER OF THE LODGE, I WANT TO PLANT SOME TREES, HE SAID.

OK, HE SAID, WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN MIND? I SAID, NO IDEA. HE SAYS, WELL, JUST LAST YEAR WE LOST A GROVE OF MANGO TREES TO A FREEZE WE HAD. I SAID, OH, OK, I'M OK WITH THAT.

I SAID, SO WHEN THE TREES GROW AND THE MANGOES, YOU'LL FEED THEM TO YOUR GUESTS AND THE STAFF, HE SAID.

ONLY A FEW OF THEM.

HE SAID MOST OF THEM WILL GO TO THE MOUNTAIN GORILLAS WHO COME DOWN THE MOUNTAINS AND FEAST ON THE MANGO TREES AND I GOT A MEMO JUST LAST WEEK.

HE SAID THE MOUNTAIN GORILLAS CAME DOWN IN FORCE AND WERE FEEDING ON YOUR MANGOES.

SO I HOPE YOU ENJOY THAT AS YOU THINK OF THANKSGIVING.

THINK OF THE MOUNTAIN GORILLAS THAT KING KONG'S OF THE WORLD FEASTING ON MANGOES.

[CHUCKLING] THANK YOU, SIR.

DR. GLICK, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND I'M GOING TO LET DR.

LOPEZ SPEAK IN A MINUTE.

I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THE BOARD THAT HAS BEEN SO ACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AS YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT, JUST A SMALL PIECE OF THE ACTUAL INVOLVEMENT THAT THIS BOARD GROUP DOES AND IT'S JUST AN HONOR TO SERVE IN THAT WAY.

I KNOW EVERYBODY UP HERE FEELS THAT WAY.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE SERVED BECAUSE WE GET TO GO WATCH GREATNESS ALL AROUND THE DISTRICT. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.

IN ADDITION TO THE THINGS THE FOOTBALL GAMES, VOLLEYBALL, SWIMMING, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I'VE WITNESSED, I DID PARTICIPATE IN THE GARLAND MANUFACTURING COUNCIL MEETING IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT.

THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE REALLY CHANGING.

AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, A LITTLE BIT OF INFLATION, HIGHER HOUSE PRICES, HIGHER APPRAISALS, A LOT OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, TONS OF NEW PROPERTIES BEING BUILT AND IT LOOKS LIKE GARLAND IS REALLY PARTICIPATING IN THE UPSWING IN THE ECONOMY THAT WE'RE ALL THANKFUL FOR.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS WITH RESPECT TO ALL THE KIDS THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED AND A LOT OF OUR SENIORS PLAYED THEIR LAST WHATEVER THE SEASON MAY BE OVER, AND FOR THEM, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I THINK A KID CAN DO IN THIS EXPERIENCE LEVEL, IS TO BE ON A TEAM. A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT GET A CHANCE TO BE ON A TEAM AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, SO I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THEY GAIN THAT EXPERIENCE, LEARN HOW TO WORK TOGETHER, COOPERATE, SWEAT, CELEBRATE AND, YOU KNOW, CRY AFTER VICTORY, AFTER A LOSS.

SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THAT IN THE DISTRICT.

I THINK IT'S GREAT ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS I LOVE.

I LOVE TO GO WATCH KIDS WHO PRACTICE AND WORK, AND I LOVE TO WATCH THEIR PARENTS ENJOY THEM AS THEY SIT IN THE BLEACHERS.

YOU CAN SEE THE PRIDE.

SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A ONE MAN STANDING OVATION BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHERE THIS DISTRICT REALLY DOES A GREAT JOB SERVING OUR STUDENTS AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN

[V.D. Superintendent's Report]

LOPEZ. THE MESSAGE I WANT TO SEND, FIRST OF ALL, IS I'M VERY GRATEFUL, GRATEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE I'M SURROUNDED BY.

GRATEFUL FOR THE FAMILY THAT SUPPORTS ALL THE LONG HOURS AT THIS JOB ENTAILS AND GRATEFUL FOR THIS EXTRAORDINARY BOARD OUR EXTRAORDINARY TEAM OF SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED STAFF MEMBERS, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR OUR VETS.

THANK YOU FOR THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICES THAT YOU MADE.

AS AN AIR FORCE BRAT OF A MAN THAT PROUDLY SERVED FOR 20 YEARS, I GOT TO SEE THE BEHIND THE SCENES THINGS THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T SEE AND SO WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO BE IN OUR NATION AND SO THAT THANKFULNESS IS GOING TO TRANSCEND TO SOMETHING ELSE.

WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SEEMED TO BE ONE OF OUR OWN GLASS CEILINGS IS WE ALWAYS LOOKED AROUND AND THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE WE CAN'T, BECAUSE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE MORE AFFLUENT THAN OURS.

THEY HAVE MORE THAN US AND WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THIS BRIEF START OF OUR SCHOOL YEAR IS A BELIEF SYSTEM THAT HAS I HAVE NOT SEEN IN QUITE SOME TIME AND WHEN YOU SEE THE BELIEF IN AN ADULT AND IT GOES INTO A KID, IT JUST UPLIFTS YOU MORE THAN, YOU KNOW.

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MATTER OF FACT. SO GREAT YOUR SON, ETHAN IS NOW EAGER AND READY.

NOT ONLY DID HE MAKE SOME EXTRAORDINARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN EIGHTH GRADE, BUT HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO JOINING THAT BAND.

YOU SEE THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON BELIEF SOLIDIFY OTHERS THAT TRADITIONALLY AREN'T NONBELIEVERS, RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT ALL IN.

AND I WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW.

THE BIGGEST BELIEF THAT STEMS FROM ARE THESE SEVEN PEOPLE BESIDE ME.

THEY'RE CONSTANTLY SAYING, WHY NOT US? WHY NOT US? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY TO GET US THERE? AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT ALWAYS MONEY.

SOMETIMES IT'S NOT PROGRAMING, SOMETIMES IT SUPPORT.

IT ALL LOOKS DIFFERENT.

BUT I WANT US TO GO AND REFLECT AS WE GO INTO THIS THANKSGIVING BREAK TO BE THANKFUL FOR THE GREAT PEOPLE THAT ARE SERVING OUR DISTRICT THAT ARE DAY IN AND DAY OUT, INSTILLING THIS BELIEF IN OUR KIDS AND EACH AND EVERY DAY OUR KIDS ARE NOW, IMAGINE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEAR ANYTHING.

THEY DON'T LOOK AT THE SETBACKS.

THEY KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE OBSTACLES AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE READY TO OVERCOME THEM.

IMAGINE WHAT GREAT CITIZENS THEY'RE GOING TO BE.

MORE THAN THE CHAMPIONSHIPS, MORE THAN THE ACCOLADES.

IT'S THAT BELIEF SYSTEM THAT THEY HAVE THE POWER TO DO ANYTHING THAT'S BEFORE THEM.

SO I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL AND I HOPE EVERYBODY TAKES SOME TIME TO UNWIND, RECHARGE.

I SEND A LETTER TO THE STAFF SAYING, YOU KNOW, TAKE SOME TIME TO LAUGH, TAKE SOME TIME TO SLEEP. BINGE TV OVEREAT, DON'T DO OVER OTHER THINGS.

OK, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, KEEP IT OFF SOCIAL MEDIA IF YOU DO [CHUCKLING] AND JUST LOOK AT THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN OUR KIDS THAT HAVE LEARNED TO BELIEVE IN OURSELVES AND GOTTEN THE RESULTS TO PROVE IT. THANK YOU.

I FORGOT TO MENTION A SECOND AGO, LARRY.

I'M PRETTY SURE ROWLETT GARLAND ARE STILL BURNING MY OLD HOMEWORK OVER THERE AT THEIR FIRE CENTERS. LET'S TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WAS FLAMMABLE AND THANK YOU, DR.

LOPEZ. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST GOOD TO HAVE A LEADER WITHIN THE DISTRICT IS PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT WHAT HE DOES.

THE NEXT THING I HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM E AND IT'S TO DISCUSS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND

[V.E. Future Agenda Items]

OH YES, SIR, THE SAME ONES THAT YOU AND I WENT OVER EARLIER.

LET ME PULL UP OUR CALENDAR AND I'LL DO A QUICK UPDATE ON THAT FOR EVERYBODY.

I CAUGHT HER OFF GUARD.

ARE THERE ANY AGENDA ITEMS WHILE SHE'S LOOKING? AS IT RELATES TO OUR CALENDAR COMING UP, OF COURSE, NEXT WEEK WILL BE OUT FOR A WEEK FOR THANKSGIVING BREAK. FOLLOWING THAT, WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING NOVEMBER 30TH AT 4:00 P.M.

TO DISCUSS BOTH THE SPECIAL ED AND THE GIBSON INTERNAL AUDIT.

FOLLOWING THAT, ON DECEMBER 1ST, WE'LL HAVE THE COUNCIL PTA MEETING AND THEN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3RD AT 5:00 P.M.

STARTS TINSEL AND TRIVIA AT THE ATRIUM WHERE WE'VE HAD IT FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS.

THE FOLLOWING WEEK OF DECEMBER 6TH THROUGH THE 10TH, WE HAVE OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON DECEMBER 7TH, STARTING AT THREE O'CLOCK WITH FACILITIES ON DECEMBER 8TH.

WE HAVE THE NOON EXCHANGE CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY AT 11 O'CLOCK AND IT'S GOING TO BE HELD AT THE CURWELL CENTER IN THE BALLROOM THAT SAME DAY.

AT THE SAME TIME IS THE ROWLETT CHAMBER MEETING, SO YOU GUYS MAY HAVE TO PICK ONE.

ON THAT. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, WE HAVE THE FELLOWSHIP COMMUNITY BREAKFAST.

I SENT THAT NOTIFICATION OUT EARLIER.

SEVERAL OF YOU'VE ALREADY RESPONDED AND I APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT.

WE'VE ALREADY PURCHASED A TABLE.

IT'S A TABLE OF 10, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADD SOME OF DR.

LOPEZ'S CHIEFS TO THAT TABLE AS WELL.

FOLLOWING THAT, THAT LEADS US INTO THE SAME DAY AT 1:00 P.M.

THOSE OF US WHO ARE ON INTERNAL AUDIT HAVE THAT MEETING AND THEN AT SIX O'CLOCK THAT EVENING, IT'S THE VERITEX BANK COMMUNITY PARTY HOSTED BY NONE OTHER THAN MR. MILLER OUR BOARD PRESIDENT.

THERE'S ALSO A REQUEST TO RSVP BY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3RD.

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SO IF YOU GUYS WILL GO AHEAD AND CLICK ON THAT ON YOUR BOARD CALENDARS AND EMAIL BACK TO DANA COOPER AND LET US KNOW BY DECEMBER 3RD IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING THE VERITEX BANK COMMUNITY PARTY, THAT TAKES US INTO THE LAST WEEK BEFORE WE GO OFF FOR TWO WEEKS FOR CHRISTMAS BREAK. WE HAVE OUR BOARD MEETING ON THE 14TH AT 5:00 AND THEN THE SACHSE CHAMBER LUNCHEON IS AT 11:30.

WE WILL RETURN BACK JANUARY 4TH.

BRIGHT AND EARLY AND FRESH IN 2022.

THANK YOU, BOARD. I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.

MR. GLICK.

YES, SIR, IN TERMS OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FOR OUR DECEMBER 14TH MEETING, I INTEND TO VOTE TO APPROVE ITEM 7A THE INDEPENDENTLY AUDITED THE CAFR.

BUT WITH ALL THE READING WE HAD TO DO THE THOUSAND PAGES, I WASN'T ABLE TO GO THROUGH IT AS THOROUGHLY AS I'D LIKE, SO I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA.

MAYBE MAKE SOME COMMENTS IN DECEMBER.

ON THE BOARD MEETING OR ON DO YOU WANT TO COVER IN FINANCE? YOUR CALL, SIR.

MS. GRIFFIN. WOULD YOU LIKE TO JUST ADD THAT TO THE FINANCE? I'M FINANCE.

LARRY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD IT TO--I'M SORRY, I JUST HAD A BRAIN ANEURYSM.

YES, THAT WOULD BE FINE. LARRY, WHY DON'T YOU ADD IT TO THAT? AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT IN COMMITTEE? OK, THANK YOU.

MILLER, JUST FOR CLARITY, WE WILL HAVE TO APPROVE IT TONIGHT FOR THE TIMELINE TO SUBMIT TO TEA, WHICH I BELIEVE MR. GLICK NOTED WE [INAUDIBLE] APPROVE TONIGHT, BUT WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR SURE.

YES, OK. JUST JUST TO BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.

I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT LARGELY.

THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INTERESTED IN THE REPORT LATER TONIGHT.

SO WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

OK, THAT GOOD MR. GLICK? YES, SIR.

OK.

OK, WELL, THE NEXT ITEM I HAVE IS CONSENT AGAIN TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE HUMAN

[VI. Consent Agenda]

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MS. GRIFFIN.

MR. MILLER, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT WE ACCET THE HUMAN RESOURCE UPDATED REPORT AT OUR STATIONS.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, PLEASE SHOW YOUR APPROVAL BY RAISING YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. OK, WE'LL GO TO ACTION.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

7A IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE INDEPENDENTLY AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR

[VII.A. Consider Approval of the Independently Audited Financial Statements for Fiscal Year 2021 - Allison Davenport]

OK, GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.

LOPEZ, WE ARE EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH 2021.

YOU WILL NOTE A NEW NAME TO THE REPORT THIS YEAR.

IT IS THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

YOU HAVE A PRINTED COPY OF THE FINAL VERSION BEFORE YOU.

WE HAVE LUPE GARCIA, AUDIT PARTNER WITH WHITLEY PENN, AND ROGER TOVAR, SENIOR MANAGER WITH WHITLEY PENN HERE TO PRESENT THE AUDIT RESULTS.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MILLER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.

LOPEZ. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT AND FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT.

WE'VE PREPARED A PRESENTATION TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE AUDIT PROCESS, THE AUDIT RESULTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS, AND I'LL END WITH REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS.

IN ADDITION TO MYSELF, ROGER TOVAR, SENIOR MANAGER, HE'S HERE WITH ME TONIGHT.

TOM PEDERSEN WAS THE CONCURRING PARTNER ON THE ENGAGEMENT.

HIS ROLE IN THE ENGAGEMENT IS ONE OF QUALITY CONTROL.

HE HAS OVER 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTING, 10 OF THOSE BEING A CFO OF A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.

HE REVIEWS THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT AND KEY WORK PAPERS IN OUR AUDIT FILE.

WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT HERE ON SITE IN THE FIELD, ARIEL ZHANG WAS THE SENIOR ASSOCIATE AND CHEN AND LAUREN WERE THE ASSOCIATES.

THE AUDIT PROCESS TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY STARTED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.

IN THE SPRINGTIME, THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER WAS EXECUTED.

THE FIRST PHASE OF FIELD WORK, WHICH WE REFER TO AS INTERIM FIELD WORK, FOCUSES ON INTERNAL CONTROLS AND ON COMPLIANCE.

THE FISCAL YEAR HASN'T ENDED YET, SO WE'RE PERFORMING PROCEDURES IN THE INTERNAL CONTROL AREA, UPDATING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE DISTRICT OPERATES, ESPECIALLY THOSE AREAS

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SO THINK HUMAN RESOURCES, PAYROLL PROCUREMENT, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, FEDERAL GRANTS AND WE SELECT TRANSACTIONS AND TEST THOSE TRANSACTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING YOUR PROCEDURES.

WE ALSO IDENTIFY THE MAJOR PROGRAMS IN THE FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT AT THIS PHASE OF FIELD WORK. WE IDENTIFY THOSE MAJOR PROGRAMS AND START WITH THE COMPLIANCE TESTING THAT'S REQUIRED IN THAT AREA.

ONCE THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR ENDS, JUNE 30TH COMES AND GOES THE DISTRICT POST ALL CLOSING ENTRIES. WE THEN RETURN FOR FINAL FIELD WORK.

OUR FOCUS AT THAT TIME IS THEN ON THE FINANCIAL REPORT AND THE BALANCES THAT ARE GOING TO BE REPORTED IN THAT REPORT.

WE CONFIRM INFORMATION WITH THIRD PARTIES.

WE WE CORROBORATE THE INFORMATION IN THE GENERAL LEDGER WITH SOURCE DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT, AND WE PERFORM A VARIETY OF ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION IN THE REPORT IS MATERIALLY CORRECT.

OVER ALL THESE MONTHS, WE PERFORM ALL THESE PROCEDURES IN ORDER TO OBTAIN ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO EXPRESS OUR OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

AS EXTERNAL AUDITORS, WE CAN ISSUE ONE OF THREE OPINIONS ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

THE OPINION ON THE FAR LEFT, THE DISCLAIMER THAT WOULD BE A SITUATION WHERE EITHER THE RECORDS DIDN'T EXIST OR WERE IN SUCH POOR SHAPE.

WE WEREN'T ABLE TO COMPLETE THE AUDIT AND WE HAD TO DISCLAIM THE OPINION A QUALIFICATION AS A TYPE OF MODIFICATION, A TYPE OF MODIFIED OPINION WHERE WE WOULD ISSUE OUR OPINION AND SAY EVERYTHING WAS FAIRLY STATED, EXCET FOR THE ITEMS THAT WE POINTED OUT IN OUR REPORT AND THEN ON THE FAR RIGHT, AN UNMODIFIED OPINION IS THE BEST OUTCOME, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT. THAT'S THE OPINION WE HAVE EXPRESSED ON THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THAT'S INCLUDED WITHIN THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

SO ONCE THIS REPORT IS MADE PUBLIC AND THE STAKEHOLDERS OF THE DISTRICT, YOURSELVES, THE PUBLIC TEA, FEDERAL AGENCIES, CREDIT RATING AGENCIES, THE INVESTORS AND THE DISTRICT'S BONDS RECEIVED THIS REPORT BECAUSE THEY ARE EXPECTING IT.

THEY'LL BE LOOKING TO OUR REPORT FIRST TO MAKE SURE IT INCLUDES THAT UNMODIFIED OPINION.

THEN THEY'LL GO ON AND PERFORM THEIR ANALYSIS ON THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL INFORMATION.

WE ISSUE A SECOND REPORT ON THE DISTRICT'S INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE, THAT'S MATERIAL TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY WEAKNESSES OR DEFICIENCIES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING, NOR DID WE IDENTIFY ANY MATERIAL NONCOMPLIANCE TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SO THAT'S INCLUDED WITHIN THE SINGLE AUDIT SECTION OF THE REPORT.

THAT'S TOWARDS THE BACK BEGINNING ON PAGE 107 AND THEN THE THIRD AND FINAL REPORT WE ISSUE IS ON THE DISTRICT'S ADMINISTRATION OF ITS FEDERAL PROGRAMS. EACH YEAR I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE IDENTIFY WHICH PROGRAMS WE TEST IN THE FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT. THE WAY THE REQUIREMENTS ARE WRITTEN IS.

THESE PROGRAMS GET ROTATED YEAR TO YEAR, AND SO OVER A TWO TO THREE YEAR WINDOW, YOUR MAJOR PROGRAMS WILL COVER A GOOD PORTION OF YOUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE REPORTED IN THE SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021, WE DID HAVE FOUR MAJOR PROGRAMS. THE CHILD NUTRITION CLUSTER WAS A MAJOR PROGRAM THAT WAS NINETEEN POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS IN THE SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS RELATED TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC RELATED FUNDING.

THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND, WHICH REPORTED $3 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES AND THEN WE HAD ESSER, THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND OF ELEVEN POINT NINE MILLION, AND THAT ALSO INCLUDED THE PRIOR PURCHASE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM.

THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE BECAUSE WE ALL ANTICIPATED THAT TO BE CRF OR CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND, TEA CHANGED IT UP AT THE LAST MOMENT AND MADE IT FUNDED FROM ESSER AND THEN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION WAS 800000.

OUR TESTING OF THESE FOUR MAJOR PROGRAMS DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY QUESTION COST OR ANY NONCOMPLIANCE. SO GOOD NEWS THERE.

NO WEAKNESSES OR DEFICIENCIES.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS REPORT BEING ISSUED, WE'LL CERTIFY A SUBMISSION. THE DISTRICT WILL CERTIFY A SUBMISSION TO THE FEDERAL AUDIT CLEARINGHOUSE, AND THAT'S HOW ALL THE FEDERAL AGENCIES AND THE STATE WILL BE NOTIFIED AS TO HOW THE DISTRICT PERFORMED IN THIS FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021.

BEGINNING WITH THIS SLIDE, WE'RE GOING TO COVER SOME OF YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT, HIGHLIGHTS NOTED IN THE REPORT.

ONE UNIQUE ASPECT OF GOVERNMENTAL FINANCIAL REPORTING IS THAT YOU ACTUALLY PRESENT TWO SETS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WITHIN YOUR REPORT.

THE FIRST SET OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IS REFERRED TO AS YOUR GOVERNMENT-WIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE BASIS OF ACCOUNTING USED THERE IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT'S USED IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN CORPORATE AMERICA.

THE STATEMENT IN THAT POSITION IS THE DISTRICT'S BALANCE SHEET.

SO THESE ARE BALANCES AS AT A POINT IN TIME, JUNE 30, 2021.

THIS REPORTS ALL YOUR ASSETS AND ALL YOUR LIABILITIES, INCLUDING YOUR, YOUR CAPITAL ASSETS AND YOUR LONG TERM DEBT.

SO LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, TOTAL ASSETS AND DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF RESOURCES WERE ONE POINT THREE, ALMOST ONE POINT FOUR BILLION DOLLARS AS OF THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

THAT'S PRIMARILY COMPRISED OF TWO BALANCES.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS WERE THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY THREE MILLION, AND YOUR CAPITAL ASSETS, YOUR LAND, YOUR CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS, BUILDINGS, FURNITURE, VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT NET OF DEPRECIATION WERE JUST UNDER $800 MILLION.

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THIS IS THE SEVENTH YEAR OF REPORTING THE NET PENSION LIABILITY LIABILITY AND THE FOURTH YEAR OF REPORTING THE NET OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT LIABILITY, AND SO THE NET PENSION LIABILITY WAS ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE MILLION.

THE NET OPEB LIABILITY WAS ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX POINT EIGHT MILLION.

THESE LIABILITIES ARE FINANCIAL REPORTING PRESENTATIONS ONLY.

THE DISTRICT ABSOLUTELY CONTRIBUTES TO TRS, EXACTLY WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO.

THE PURPOSE OF THESE LIABILITIES IS FOR OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, TRS AT THE PLAN LEVEL THE STATE LEGISLATURES WILL LOOK AT THIS LIABILITY AND SEE IF IT'S HOW IT'S FLUCTUATING.

IS IT TRENDING UP? IS IT TRENDING DOWN? DO THEY NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS TO CHANGE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE STATE, FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, FROM THE EMPLOYEES TO MAINTAIN THAT LIABILITY AT A MANAGEABLE LEVEL? THE ACTUARIES HELP THEM DETERMINE THAT? OR DO THEY NEED TO ADJUST THE BENEFITS THAT THE RETIREES RECEIVE.

THE NET PENSION, WHICH IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR ASSETS, THE NET POSITION, WHICH IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AND YOUR OUTFLOWS AND INFLOWS, WAS TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY FOUR POINT FOUR MILLION.

JUST FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES.

THIS LAST BULLET DOES NOT DOES NOT APPEAR ANYWHERE IN YOUR REPORT.

BUT IF WE WERE TO REMOVE THE EFFECTS OF PENSION AND OPEB ACTIVITY BECAUSE THAT TRULY IS OUT OF THE CONTROL OF THE DISTRICT AND YOU ONLY LOOKED AT THE ASSETS AND THE LIABILITIES THAT YOU DO CONTROL, YOUR NET POSITION WOULD BE SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS. THE GENERAL FUND IS THE DISTRICT'S MAIN OPERATING ACCOUNT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021.

YOU REPORTED FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN POINT ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN GENERAL FUND REVENUE THAT PRIMARILY COMES FROM TWO SOURCES.

FIFTY ONE PERCENT WAS STATE FUNDING TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO POINT EIGHT MILLION.

ANOTHER FORTY TWO PERCENT CAME FROM PROPERTY TAX REVENUE AT TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN POINT TWO MILLION.

THE OTHER STATE FUNDING IS FIVE PERCENT.

THAT'S PRIMARILY TRS ON BEHALF A PORTION THAT'S RELATED TO THE STATE CONTRIBUTION OF TRS PENSION TO THE STATE ON BEHALF OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.

FEDERAL FUNDING WAS TEN POINT SEVEN MILLION AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS LOCAL FUNDING WAS ONE POINT THREE MILLION DOLLARS.

EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 WERE FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS. SIXTY FOUR PERCENT OF THAT REPRESENTS INSTRUCTION AND RELATED SERVICES OF THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO POINT SIX MILLION.

YOU HAD EIGHT PERCENT FOR BOTH FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONAL SCHOOL LEADERSHIP.

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES AT THIRTY THREE POINT SIX MILLION REPRESENTED SEVEN PERCENT FOUR PERCENT FOR SECURITY MONITORING AND DATA PROCESSING SERVICES GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, WITH SIXTEEN POINT FOUR MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTED THREE PERCENT OF THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES. THE DISTRICT PRESENTS THREE BUDGETARY COMPARISON SCHEDULES AND ITS REPORT, THE FIRST ONE THAT I'LL COVER WITH YOU IS THE GENERAL FUND.

ACTUAL REVENUES DID EXCEED BUDGETED AMOUNTS BY ONE POINT SEVEN MILLION.

YOUR ACTUAL EXPENDITURES WERE LESS THAN BUDGETED AMOUNTS BY THIRTY FOUR POINT ONE MILLION. OVERALL, YOUR REVENUES EXCEEDED YOUR EXPENDITURES BY THREE POINT FIVE MILLION.

SO YOU HAD AN INCREASE TO FUND BALANCE FOR AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY POINT NINE MILLION.

FUND BALANCE BREAKS DOWN TO A FEW DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

YOU HAVE NON SPENDABLE AT ONE POINT ONE; YOU HAVE COMMITTED FUND BALANCE OF SEVEN MILLION, ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND, AND YOU HAVE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO POINT TWO MILLION.

ON THIS SLIDE, I PRESENT TO YOU WHAT THAT UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE REPRESENTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF YOUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND.

SO YOU HAVE FIFTY ONE POINT SEVEN PERCENT OF GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES IN YOUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. IT'S, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY SIX MONTHS.

SO IT'S A VERY HEALTHY POSITION TO BE IN AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOU'VE BEEN IN THE PREVIOUS FOUR FISCAL YEARS.

THE SECOND AND THIRD BUDGETARY COMPARISON SCHEDULES IN YOUR REPORT, YOUR NATIONAL BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PROGRAM REPORTED TWENTY POINT EIGHT MILLION IN REVENUE, WHICH EXCEEDED BUDGETED AMOUNTS BY $100000.

ACTUAL EXPENDITURES WERE LESS THAN BUDGETED AMOUNTS BY TWO POINT FOUR MILLION.

OVERALL, YOU DID HAVE A DECREASE IN YOUR AND YOUR BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PROGRAM FUND OF THREE POINT SEVEN MILLION FOR AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF THREE POINT NINE.

IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, YOU REPORTED REVENUES OF SEVENTY POINT FIVE MILLION, WHICH EXCEEDED BUDGETED AMOUNTS, ACTUAL EXPENDITURES OF SIXTY FIVE POINT FIVE MILLION WERE LESS THAN BUDGETED AMOUNTS BY 800000.

OVERALL, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE IN YOUR DEBT SERVICE FUND DURING FISCAL YEAR 2021 FOR AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF SEVENTY SIX POINT NINE MILLION.

SHORTLY AFTER THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED, YOU NEEDED THAT FUND BALANCE TO MAKE A LARGE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST.

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THERE WERE TWO PRONOUNCEMENTS THAT THE DISTRICT IMPLEMENTED IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, THE FIRST ONE GASB STATEMENT NUMBER EIGHTY FOUR FIDUCIARY ACTIVITIES IS RELATED TO HOW THE DISTRICT REPORTS AND ACCOUNTS STUDENT ACTIVITIES.

THE DISTRICT IMPLEMENTED THAT AND THERE WERE SOME ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NOW BEING PRESENTED AS A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND VERSUS A CUSTODIAL FUND.

SO A PRETTY MINOR IMPLEMENTATION THERE AND THEN THE SECOND ONE, MS. DAVENPORT, MENTIONED TO YOU EARLIER, THERE WAS A FORMAL NAME CHANGE TO THE REPORT.

THE TWO WORDS WERE JUST FLIPPED AROUND, SO IT'S NOW THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORTS. I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE US SOME TIME TO GET USED TO THAT FUTURE GASB IMPLEMENTATION. SO THE FISCAL YEAR YOU'RE IN NOW, FISCAL YEAR 2022, THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE TO IMPLEMENT A STANDARD RELATED TO LEASES.

SO THE DISTRICT IS CURRENTLY EVALUATING AND DETERMINING HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND THEN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

THERE'S A SIMILAR STANDARD RELATED TO SUBSCRIPTION BASED IT ARRANGEMENTS, AND THE PURPOSE BEHIND THAT IS THAT'S GOING TO BE INTANGIBLE ASSETS, SOFTWARE LICENSES THAT THE DISTRICT HAS PURCHASED OVER THAT ARE LONG TERM GREATER THAN ONE YEAR.

THE GASB NOW WANTS GOVERNMENTS TO REPORT THOSE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SHOWING THAT AS AN ASSET, BECAUSE YOU'RE OBTAINING THE RIGHT TO USE THAT SOFTWARE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND SHOW THE OFFSETTING LIABILITY TO SHOW WHAT CONTRACTS YOU'VE ENTERED INTO THAT HAVE LOCKED THE DISTRICT INTO MAKING THOSE PAYMENTS OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.

THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCLUDE ESTIMATES.

SOME OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES INCLUDE STATE FUNDING, THE REVENUES AND THE ACCRUALS RELATED TO STATE FUNDING OR BASED ON VARIOUS VARIABLES.

SO THOSE ARE CONSIDERED AN ESTIMATE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

YOUR ALLOWANCES FOR UNCOLLECTIBLE RECEIVABLES IS BASED ON HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS AND THEN THE THIRD BULLET. THERE IS THE LARGEST ESTIMATE IN YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANYTHING RELATED TO PENSION AND OPEB THAT COMES FROM THE TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS AND THEIR AUDITORS AND ACTUARIES.

WE'VE REVIEWED THE DISTRICT'S APPLICATION OF THESE ESTIMATES AND REPORTING OF THESE ESTIMATES IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND HAVE DETERMINED THAT THEY'VE BEEN REPORTED PROPERLY. NO DIFFICULTIES TO REPORT TO YOU REGARDING THE PERFORMANCE AND COMPLETION OF THE AUDIT, WEE'D LIKE TO THINK DR.

RINGO AND MS. DAVENPORT FOR THEIR COOPERATION AND THEIR TEAM'S COOPERATION OVER ALL THESE MONTHS. ANYONE THAT WE ASKED TO MEET WITH WAS MADE AVAILABLE.

ANY PIECE OF DOCUMENTATION WE ASKED TO REVIEW WAS PROVIDED IN A TIMELY MANNER.

ANY QUESTIONS WE HAD WERE ANSWERED TO OUR SATISFACTION.

SO I WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT BECAUSE WITHOUT THEIR COOPERATION AND THEIR HELP AND THEIR ASSISTANCE, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY PRESENTING THIS REPORT ON TIME TO YOU AND GETTING THROUGH THE AUDIT IT'S JUST ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE THEY HAVE TO DO DAY TO DAY.

AND SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL EVER HAVE A NORMAL YEAR AGAIN.

BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR WAS CHALLENGING FOR MANY REASONS.

NO MISSTATEMENTS THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS A RESULT OF OUR AUDIT PROCEDURES THAT WE HAD TO BRING TO MANAGEMENT'S ATTENTION.

NO DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT WHEN IT CAME TO THE APPLICATION OF ANY ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES OR ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES.

THE LAST PIECE OF AUDIT EVIDENCE WE OBTAINED FROM THE DISTRICT IS A LETTER FROM MANAGEMENT WHERE THEY REPRESENT TO US THAT THEY'VE PROVIDED US WITH ALL THE INFORMATION WE'VE REQUESTED. NOTHING'S BEEN WITHHELD.

THAT WOULD IMPACT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR WOULD NEED TO BE DISCLOSED.

AS FAR AS WE'RE AWARE, THE DISTRICT IS NOT CONSULTING WITH ANY OTHER ACCOUNTANTS OR AUDITORS ON ANY MATTERS AND THEN THE LAST BULLET ON THIS SLIDE, WE SERVE AS A RESOURCE TO THE DISTRICT. WE DO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS AND GUIDANCE DURING THE YEAR. BUT AT NO TIME DO WE FEEL THE POSITION WE TAKE ON ANY MATTER IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE RETAINED AS THE DISTRICT'S EXTERNAL AUDITORS.

SO THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR THE AUDIT. I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANYBODY? WILL START WITH MR. GLICK.

THANK YOU, SIR. FIRST, WE RECEIVED A DRAFT COPY AND THE FINAL COPY.

ANY CHANGES? NO, NO CHANGES THAT CHANGE THE NUMBERS PRESENTED IN--EXACTLY THE SAME? EXACTLY. OK. MR. PRESIDENT, CAN WE GET A COPY OF THIS PRESENTATION? OH, YEAH, I THINK IT'D BE WISE TO INCLUDE THAT AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR YOUR COMMITTEE. YEAH. OK, GOOD.

THANK YOU. YOU YOU MENTIONED EARLY ON ESSER FUNDS, WOULD THAT WHAT WE CALL ESSER ONE? YES, ESSER ONE AND ESSER TWO.

ESSER TWO WAS INCLUDED.

WELL, THE PRIOR PURCHASE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM.

SO THE STATE FUNDED THAT FROM ESSER TWO.

SO THAT GOT REPORTED AS ESSER TWO IN THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

IT'S NOT YOUR ESSER TWO ALLOCATION, BUT THE STATE DID USE THEIR ESSER TWO ALLOCATION TO FUND PPRP.

OK, BECAUSE I THINK YOU MENTIONED LIKE ELEVEN POINT SOMETHING MILLION IN THE SLIDES.

I THINK THAT WAS A PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT WE GOT FOR ESSER ONE, WASN'T IT?

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RIGHT, SO THIS ESSER TWO THE PPRP IS NOT THE DISTRICT'S ESSER TWO ALLOCATION.

THAT'S THE STATE'S ESSER TWO ALLOCATION.

OK, SO MAINLY ESSER ONE? MAJORITY ESSER ONE, YES.

OK. SO THEN WHEN YOU HAD A CHART SHOWING THE DIFFERENT SOURCES OF OF REVENUE, FEDERAL, STATE, YOU SHOW TEN POINT SEVEN FOR FED, RIGHT? CORRECT, IN THE GENERAL FUND.

OK. SO THE ESSER [INAUDIBLE], WHERE DID ALL THAT GO TO? THAT GETS REPORTED IN SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS OF THE DISTRICT SO NOT IN THE GENERAL FUND, BUT THOSE ARE REPORTED SEPARATELY IN A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND SIMILAR TO TITLE ONE, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND YOUR OTHER TITLE PROGRAMS. OK. THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS NOW, SIR.

OK, THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? JOHNNY BEACH.

JUST REAL QUICK, SO I HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING TOO UNMODIFIED AND MODIFIED.

IF YOU FIND SOMETHING IN THAT WE ARE DOING IS MODIFIED.

WHO DO YOU GO TO? IS IT A CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY OR IS IT--I'M SURE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT PROBLEM BECAUSE ALLISON'S ON TOP OF IT, PRETTY GOOD--BUT IF YOU DO FIND SOMETHING, IS THAT CONSIDERED MODIFIED AND DO YOU CORRECT IT AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT? SO THE GOAL OF THE AUDIT IS TO RECEIVE THAT UNMODIFIED OPINION.

NOW, WHETHER OR NOT Y'ALL CAN GET THERE WITHOUT OUR ASSISTANCE OR US IDENTIFYING MISSTATEMENTS THAT WOULD LEAD TO HAVING WEAKNESSES IN INTERNAL CONTROLS OR DEFICIENCIES IN INTERNAL CONTROL, COMING HERE AND ISSUING A MODIFIED OPINION WOULD MEAN THE DISTRICT HAS EXHAUSTED ALL RESOURCES AND IT JUST CAN'T PULL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS THAT UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

IT COULD BE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE OR CAPITAL ASSETS OR REVENUES, BUT THAT WOULD MEAN TIME'S UP. WE HAVE TO ISSUE THIS REPORT AND FOR THAT AREA, WE'RE EXPRESSING A MODIFIED OPINION BECAUSE THE DISTRICT JUST COULDN'T PULL THE INFORMATION TOGETHER.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. BUT THAT'S NOT THE SITUATION WE'RE IN HERE.

CORRECT. OK.

MR. GLICK. YOU MENTIONED YOU DO SOME AUDITS OF FEDERAL FUNDS, RIGHT? IS THAT CORRECT? I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE LANGUAGE IS CORRECT? THE SINGLE AUDIT. THE COMPLIANCE AUDIT? YES. YES.

AND WHO MAKES THE CHOICE OF WHICH OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS YOU'RE GOING TO AUDIT? SO THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, THEY SET THE RULES AND THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE FOLLOW FOR IDENTIFYING WHICH PROGRAMS ARE IDENTIFIED AS MAJOR PROGRAMS AND THAT WE TEST IN ANY GIVEN YEAR.

SO ULTIMATELY, IT COMES TO US TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.

WHAT HAPPENS IS WE BASICALLY BREAK UP YOUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS INTO TWO GROUPS.

YOU HAVE YOUR LARGE PROGRAMS AND YOUR SMALL PROGRAMS. SO THE LARGE PROGRAMS HAVE TO BE TESTED, AT LEAST AT A MINIMUM EVERY THIRD YEAR AND THAT'S IF THERE WERE NO ISSUES IN THE TESTING OF THOSE PROGRAMS IN PRIOR YEARS.

AT A MINIMUM, THINK SPECIAL EDUCATION TITLE ONE CHILD NUTRITION.

WE'RE GOING TO TEST THAT AT LEAST EVERY THIRD YEAR, IF NOT MORE OFTEN AND THEN YOUR SMALLER PROGRAMS THAT FALL BENEATH A CERTAIN THRESHOLD THAT WE CALCULATE THOSE HAVE TO BE TESTED IF THEY RISE TO THE LEVEL BEING HIGH RISK, EITHER BECAUSE THEY'RE IDENTIFIED AS HIGH RISK BY THE FEDERAL AGENCY OR BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN ISSUES HERE AT THE DISTRICT, WITH THERE BEING QUESTION, COST OR NONCOMPLIANCE AND ANY TYPE OF DESK REVIEW OR AUDIT BY A FEDERAL OR STATE AGENCY.

THE REASON I ASK IS OBVIOUSLY WE ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF RECEIVING APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN ESSER TWO AND ESSER THREE ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS.

SO IS IT YOUR INTENTION FROM OMB TO DO AN AUDIT OF OUR ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION OF ESSER TWO AND THREE IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR? YES. SO ESSER HAS SPECIFICALLY BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BEING OF HIGHER RISK.

THERE'S A LOT OF SCRUTINY ON THIS FUNDING, SO IT'LL BE A MAJOR PROGRAM IN FISCAL YEAR.

2022, I CAN TELL YOU THAT.

OK, GOOD AND THE REASON I ASK IS WE HAVE A SEPARATE OUTSIDE AUDITING FIRM AND WE HAVE AN AUDIT COMMITTEE THAT I SERVE ON WITH MR. MILLER AND MR. JOHNSON AND SO WE CAN BE CERTAIN THAT YOU WILL DO THAT PROCESS.

CORRECT. GOOD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MILLER. THANK YOU.

I'LL FOLLOW UP ON A COUPLE OF THINGS ON OUR OPEB AS YOU CALLED IT.

YES AND THIS CAN BE IF RINGO KNOWS THE ANSWER, OR ALLISON DAVENPORT.

I JUST KIND OF LIKE TO KNOW WHAT GOES IN THAT BUCKET.

IT SAYS OTHER EXPENSES, AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THAT CONSISTS OF BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A BIG NUMBER. IT MAY JUST BE ONE MAJOR BIG ITEM, BUT I JUST KIND OF WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND THEN OUR DEPRECIATION SCHEDULE, NOTICED ABOUT 40 MILLION IN DEPRECIATION.

I'M SURE NOT EVERYTHING IS ON THE SAME SCHEDULE, BUT I'M JUST NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SCHEDULE OF DEPRECIATION.

IF THAT COULD BE AN ATTACHMENT TO SOMETHING IN OUR NEXT MEETING, THAT WOULD BE GOOD TOO AND THEN JUST CURIOUS, OUR SAVINGS, OUR OPERATING SAVINGS, DUE TO COVID EFFECT,

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IS THAT RIGHT? DR. RINGO WE DID NOT SPEND OUR ENTIRE EXPENSE ALLOCATION BY UP TO ABOUT THIRTY FOUR MILLION. IS THAT A PHENOMENA THAT YOU SAW OR YOU SEE IN OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE, THE SAME KIND OF SAVINGS? THAT'S A PRETTY BIG PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET.

SO FOR YOUR DEPRECIATION QUESTION, NOTE FOUR IN THE REPORT HAS A DETAILED SCHEDULE THAT BREAKS OUT THE DEPRECIATION BY FUNCTION AND SO YOU'RE CORRECT, IT IS THIRTY NINE POINT FIVE MILLION, ALMOST $40 MILLION AND SO THAT'S A NOTE FOR CAPITAL ASSETS.

AS FAR AS THE SAVINGS A LOT OF DISTRICTS EARLY ON PLANNED, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT DURING THE YEAR.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW THE PANDEMIC WAS GOING TO AFFECT THEM.

SO I THINK MANY DISTRICTS, INCLUDING YOURSELVES, PLANNED FOR THE WORST AND WERE VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE, NOT KNOWING HOW THE FUNDING WAS GOING TO BE AFFECTED.

PROPERTY TAXES, STATE FUNDING AND SO SHOWING THAT YOU ACTUALLY DIDN'T DO AS BAD AS YOU YOU PLANNED IS NOT UNCOMMON.

OK. WELL, AND AGAIN, WE PLANNED FOR FULL ON OPERATION.

OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR IS FULL ON OPERATION AND I'VE TALKED TO DR.

RINGO. WE HAVEN'T BEEN FULL ON OPERATION YET.

WE CAN'T EVEN GET EVERYBODY HIRED.

SO THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE STILL BEING AFFECTED BY COVID AND OTHER FORCES.

SO THE BUDGETING PIECE HAS BEEN INTERESTING, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME VARIOUS TIMINGS WHERE WE REALLY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE REVENUE PIECE IS ALMOST SOMETIMES BEFORE WE HAVE TO APPROVE OUR BUDGET.

BUT WE CAN ADD THOSE COUPLE OF THINGS, AND I'LL LOOK AT THE DEPRECIATION SCHEDULE IN HERE. BUT THE OTHER ITEM WITH OPEB, IF WE COULD JUST PUT THAT IN SOMEWHERE, I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT, IT'S ABOUT A MILLION SEVEN, I THINK.

I'M SORRY, ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY MILLION DOLLAR NUMBER.

SO THAT'D BE INTERESTING TO KNOW.

ANYBODY ELSE ON THE BOARD? ANY QUESTIONS? THIS ITEM IS UP FOR ACTION.

WE DO NEED A MOTION AND MR. PRESIDENT, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE INDEPENDENTLY AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021.

OK, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? BOARD INDICATE YOUR APPROVAL BY RAISING YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? LIKEWISE.

THE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM B.

[VII.B. Consider Approval of Budget Transfers and Amendments to the 2021-2022 General Fund - Brandy Mayo ]

THAT'S ON PAGE ONE THOUSAND TWENTY ONE, IF YOU CAN GO THAT HIGH.

[CHUCKLING] GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES DR.

LOPEZ AND PRESIDENT MILLER.

SPEAKING OF INTERESTING BUDGET PHENOMENON, ONCE I'VE GONE OVER THIS DOCUMENT WITH YOU, I DO HAVE A VERY SMALL UPDATE WITH YOU REGARDING THE BUDGET.

SO IF I CAN DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS PAGE, I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU THE NOVEMBER BUDGET, TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

WE HAVE OUR NORMAL OPERATING BUSINESS OF CROSS FUNCTION TRANSFERS PRESENTED AT THE TOP.

WE ARE INCREASING LOCAL REVENUE BY SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN DOLLARS FOR REIMBURSEMENTS FOR INSURANCE CLAIMS FOR DISTRICT VEHICLES.

WE ALSO INCREASED THE BUDGET EXPENDITURE SIDE SO THAT WE CAN BUY AND REPAIR THE ITEMS FOR THOSE VEHICLES IN THE EXPENDITURE SECTION.

ALSO, WE ARE INCREASING FUNCTION THIRTEEN ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND TO CREATE AN ED OF TEACHING AND LEARNING DEVELOPMENT, AND WE ARE DECREASING FUNCTION 11 BY $2.4 MILLION, WHICH IS AN ITEM THAT IS BUDGETED IN ESSER FUNDS.

SO WE WERE EXPECTING TO DO THAT AS WELL AND THEN TOTAL.

WE ARE ALSO DECREASING FUNCTION FIFTY ONE OF ABOUT ONE POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE COVID CUSTODIAL POSITIONS THAT WE ADDED BACK WHEN COVID BEGAN, AND WE ARE NOW AT A POINT WHERE WE CAN DECREASE THAT, THAT POOL AND THOSE ARE THE MAJOR ITEMS IN THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND THEN I DO HAVE A SMALL UPDATE FOR FUTURE BUDGET WHEN YOU'RE READY. OKAY, LET'S TAKE IT ONE AT A TIME.

MS. GRIFFIN. YES, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE EXPENDITURES.

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID FOR 13 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND INSTRUCTION.

WHY ARE WE INCREASING THAT BY ONE SIXTY FIVE? A POSITION IS BEING CREATED FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TEACHING AND LEARNING DEVELOPMENT.

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WHENEVER WE DID THE GRANT SERVICES, WE WERE GOING TO CREATE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO LOOK OVER ALL THE GRANT POSITIONS THAT WERE GOING TO BE CREATED FROM THE GRANT MONEY THAT WE WERE AWARDED FROM THE T CLASS GRANT.

SO WHEN WE WENT OVER THAT IMMEDIATELY, IT WENT INTO EFFECT THAT THIS THIS POSITION, A JOB DESCRIPTION WAS BEING DONE AND IT WAS POSTED.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IN THOSE REPORTS THAT WE SAID BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ADDED OF STAFF.

I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE TIMING AND THE SEQUENCE.

I STILL HAVE MY COPIES OF THE REPORT.

YES, MA'AM, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

BASICALLY, WE'RE DOING NOW IS NOW SECURING THE FUNDING TO FUND THE POSITIONS.

THE POSITIONS FOR MY UNDERSTANDING WERE APPROVED AND MOVED FORWARD.

SO THEN THAT WAY NOW WE HAVE TO MOVE THE FUNDING TO ALIGN TO IT.

AND WHAT THIS ALLOWS US TO DO IS GET THAT AND THEN WE WOULD ONCE WE GET THE GRANT FUNDING, WE'RE GOING TO THEN PROVIDE THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

THIS HAS NOT BEEN POSTED, BUT WE'VE CRAFTED A JOB DESCRIPTION FOR IT.

OK, LET'S GO BACK.

WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT GRANTS, WHICH GRANT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT NOW? AND BASICALLY, WE DID GET AN OVERVIEW THAT HAD STAFFING IN IT THAT THE LAST THING I REMEMBERED IS THAT WE WERE WAITING ON THE ARRIVAL OF THE GRANT MONEY IN THE DISTRICT.

SO WITH MOVING THIS AND MAKING IT AN AMENDMENT AND A TRANSFER IS THAT SAYING THAT IS NOW APPROVED AND BECAUSE WE APPROVE THE PLAN, THEN WE APPROVED ALL OF THE PERSONNEL WITHIN THE PLAN? OK, SO I THINK LET'S TAKE IT STEP BY STEP.

THE PLAN WAS PRESENTED ON THE T CLASS, SO LET'S LET'S FOCUS ON THE T CLASS.

IT'S THE T CLASS GRANT THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET FROM OUR STATE AGENCY AND PART OF THAT MONEY, I BELIEVE, CAME FROM THE FEDERAL GRANTS THAT THEY WERE GETTING AND THIS IS THEIR WAY OF DISTRIBUTING ACADEMIC ACCELERATION.

FROM THAT ACADEMIC ACCELERATION GRANT, WE WERE GOING TO CREATE AN ELEMENTARY MATH AND ELEMENTARY LANGUAGE ARTS DIRECTOR FOR OUR LEARNING INITIATIVES, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING FOR SECONDARY PLUS GETTING SOME SUPPORTS AT EACH OF THE CAMPUSES THAT NEEDED IT. WITHIN THAT, WE HAD TO CREATE OUR OWN OVERSIGHT WITH OUR OWN MONEY.

WHEN WE APPROVED THE PLAN WAS THIS GRANT, I MEAN, WAS THIS POSITION OFFICIALLY PRESENTED? NO, SIR. THE POSITION WAS NOT PRESENTED UNTIL WE DEVELOPED ALL OF THE T CLASS GRANTS WHEN WE INITIALLY PRESENTED THE ACADEMIC ACCELERATION PLAN, T CLASS WAS NOT YET ON THE TABLE AND SO WITH THE ANTICIPATED T CLASS FUNDING AND THE NO GO ONE, THERE ARE VARIOUS DECISIONS WITHIN THE T CLASS APPLICATION AND THEY INCLUDE THE POSITIONS DR.

LOPEZ DESCRIBED AND SO WITH THAT, WE ARE INVESTING OUR OWN LOCAL REVENUE OR LOCAL FUNDS TO FUND AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO WOULD SUPERVISE THOSE FOUR ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDED DIRECTOR POSITIONS AND REFRESH MY MEMORY ON WHAT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THAT T CLASS GRANT THAT WE ARE TO RECEIVE AS A DISTRICT.

I DON'T HAVE THAT. I THINK THE INITIAL WAS THIRTY FIVE, THE THIRTY FIVE MILLION WAS THE INITIAL AND I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ADDITIONAL GRANT DECISIONS.

SINCE THEN THAT HAVE INCREASED THAT AMOUNT.

I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO FOLLOW THE PROCESS.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE THE POSITIONS AND WE'RE APPROVING THEM, AND IF A PROCESS IS BEING

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I JUST THINK A LITTLE MORE DETAILS OF THIS IS THE MONEY FOR THIS PROGRAM.

BUT JUST TO SEE IT IN THE IN THE AMENDMENT SHEET, BECAUSE IN THE PAST YOU ALL HAVE PROVIDED AN EXPLANATION SHEET, ESPECIALLY FOR INCREASES IF THEY WERE BASICALLY TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS. SO THANK YOU.

NOTED, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. GRIFFIN.

OK, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM B? IT IS AN ACTION ITEM.

MR. MILLER? YES. I MAKE A MOTION TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE 2021 2022 GENERAL FUND AS PRESENTED TONIGHT.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

BOARD IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? IF NOT, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR APPROVAL BY RAISING YOUR HAND.

ANYBODY OPPOSED? DID YOU ABSTAIN? ALL THOSE WHO APPROVE, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT, ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. PRESIDENT MILLER, I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

YOU CAN SEE EXCESS DEFICIENCY HERE OF ABOUT FORTY NINE MILLION DOLLARS, A NEGATIVE HIT TO THE FUND BALANCE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO GOING FORWARD IN A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION WE'VE LEARNED FROM TEA.

WE DO EXPECT TO COME TO YOU IN JANUARY AND REDUCE THE INTERSECTION FUNDING THAT WAS BUDGETED IN ESSER, IT'S ABOUT THREE POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS AND WE WILL ALSO WE CAME AND REQUESTED ABOUT $9 MILLION ADDED FOR ICON VIRTUAL SCHOOL WILL BE COMING BACK TO TAKE SOME OF THAT FUNDING OUT NOW THAT WE HAVE A CLEARER PICTURE OF ICON.

SO WE'LL BE COMING BACK IN JANUARY.

SO THAT MIGHT AFFECT THAT $50 MILLION, ABOUT NINE TO $10 MILLION.

SO THAT CLEARS THAT PICTURE UP SOME AND SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR, WE ARE EXPERIENCING SOME HIGHER THAN USUAL VACANCIES AND WHILE THAT PRESENTS SOME CHALLENGES, OPERATIONALLY, IT DOES RESULT IN SOME BUDGET SAVES FOR VACANCIES LIKE WE'VE SEEN IF WE CARRY ON THIS WAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SO THAT FURTHER WILL REDUCE THAT DEFICIT BUDGET THAT YOU SEE THERE AND THEN TEA DID ANNOUNCE WHAT THEY'RE CALLING AN OPERATIONAL MINUTES ADJUSTMENT.

SO FOR THE FIRST SIX WEEKS OF THIS YEAR AND YOU'VE HEARD US MENTION THAT BEFORE OUR ENROLLMENT WAS WHERE WE EXPECTED IT TO BE, BUT OUR PERCENTAGE OF ADA WAS QUITE LOWER THAN WE HAD SEEN IN IN PAST YEARS AND SO TEA IS COMING THROUGH WITH AN ALLOWANCE THAT HELPS US KIND OF BRING THAT PERCENTAGE UP CLOSER.

WHILE IT ISN'T A HOLD HARMLESS FOR ENROLLMENT, IT DOES HELP US WITH OUR ADA PERCENTAGE, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHERE WE DO NEED THE SUPPORT.

UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE WAY EVERYTHING'S BEEN COMMUNICATED NOW, WE WILL NOT KNOW THE IMPACT OF THAT UNTIL WE SETTLE UP, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 2022.

BUT AS WITH MANY THINGS THAT HAVE COME OUT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'LL GAIN MORE KNOWLEDGE AS WE GO THROUGH.

WE DO EXPECT TEA TO GIVE US SOME FURTHER GUIDANCE AND THEN TASBO AND TASB TYPICALLY DO PROVIDE US WITH SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND PLAN AND FORECAST.

SO, I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT WHILE WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT DEFICIT NOW, WE DO EXPECT TO CLOSE THE GAP AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE YEAR.

COULD YOU QUICKLY SUMMARIZE, I THINK THERE WERE TWO OPTIONS ON CALCULATING THE ADA.

YOU COULD EITHER DO ONE THIS FALL OR MAYBE ONE NEXT SPRING.

IS THAT WHAT IT IS? YES, SIR.

SO TEA WILL CHOOSE.

SO ONE OF THE NICE, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE OF SILVER LININGS.

ONE IS WE DO NOT HAVE TO APPLY FOR THIS, I GUESS, ALLOWANCE.

SO WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY'LL EITHER LOOK AT OUR FIRST SIX WEEKS LAST YEAR AND SEE WHAT OUR PERCENTAGE OF ADA IS, OR THEY WILL LOOK AT OUR PERCENTAGE OF ADA FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR AND THEY'LL TAKE THE LESSER OF THE TWO.

SO WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET US BACK INTO A NORMALIZED PERCENTAGE AND SO WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT THEY WILL MAKE THE DECISION ON WHICH PERCENTAGE THEY WILL USE. BUT YES, SIR, IT IS ONE OF THOSE TWO.

YEAH, JUST KEEP US POSTED ON THAT THEN.

OK. MR. GLICK.

ON THAT SAME ISSUE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ASKED THAT QUESTION BEFORE WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE

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WHERE DO YOU THINK THIS PRESSURE CAME FROM, TEA, IS IT FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELVES? IS IT FROM DISTRICTS AROUND THE WHOLE STATE TO EQUALIZE THE ADA? AND BESIDES THAT, DO YOU EXPECT NOW THAT THEY'VE SAID, OK, WHAT WE'VE AGREED ON THE FIRST SIX WEEKS? I DON'T THINK IT'S GOTTEN ANY BETTER IN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS.

YOU THINK THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF THEM COMING BACK AND MAYBE EVEN TAKING THIS WHOLE FIRST SEMESTER THE SAME WAY.

I THINK THAT THERE WAS THERE WAS DEFINITELY SOME PRESSURE FROM GROUPS LIKE THE EQUITY CENTER THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN HERE, TASB AND THEN TASBO.

SO THERE WERE SOME SURVEYS THAT WERE SENT OUT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WE WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE SURVEYS AND THEY TOOK THAT DATA AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE PRESSURE. SO THIS ROLE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY IS COMING OUT OF TEA IS IN CURRENT LAW, SO IT IS NOT NEW INFORMATION, SO THE COMMISSIONER IS ENACTING SOME OF, YOU KNOW, ABILITY THAT HE HAS TO COME OUT.

WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANY INFORMATION ABOUT HOLD HARMLESS ANY IN ANY OTHER WAY AND AS YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T SHARE THAT WITH US UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE.

BUT WE JUST DID OUR PEIMS SNAPSHOT SUBMISSION AND SO DISTRICTS WILL BE SUBMITTING THEIR INFORMATION TO THE STATE AND THAT WILL GIVE THE STATE TO TIME TO REALLY ANALYZE WHAT'S GOING ON, WHETHER WE'LL SEE ANY FURTHER HOLD HARMLESS, WE DON'T KNOW SO AND SO THAT WAS THE ACTUAL SPECIFIC DATE THAT YOU MEASURE AND WHAT WERE THE NUMBERS FROM THAT DATE? WE HAVEN'T COMPILED THAT INFORMATION.

IT WON'T BE SUBMITTED UNTIL THE FIRST OF DECEMBER.

SO WHEN WE COME BACK IN JANUARY, WE CAN MAYBE BRING YOU A QUICK UPDATE AT THAT TIME AS WELL. AND ARE YOU HEARING FROM YOUR COLLEAGUES AROUND THE STATE THAT THEIR NUMBERS ARE THE SAME AS OURS, IF NOT WORSE? THEY'RE VERY MUCH EXPERIENCING THE SAME, EVEN IN FAST GROWTH DISTRICTS WHERE THEY'RE SEEING INCREASED ENROLLMENT, THEY'RE STILL SUFFERING WITH THE LOWER ADA PERCENTAGES, JUST AS WE ARE. SO IT IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE THAT'S GOING ALL OVER THE STATE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU. BOARD, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OK. I THINK THAT WRAPPED UP B, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. SO GO TO ITEM 7C.

[VII.C. Consider Approval of Resolution Authorizing the Resale of Struck-Off Property to OM Estate Development, LLC - Kristi Cooper]

KRISTI COOPER. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.

LOPEZ. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A RESOLUTION AND OFFER FOR THE RESALE OF STRUCK-OFF PROPERTY THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US FROM PURDUE BRANDON FIELDER COLLINS AND MOTT.

TONIGHT, MR. BURNSIDE WITH PURDUE FIELDER COLLINS & MOTT IS HERE TO DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

MR. BURNSIDE, WOULD YOU JOIN ME? GOOD EVENING, PRESENT MILLER, TRUSTEES, DR.

LOPEZ, AS KRISTI SAID, WE HAVE A PIECE OF STRUCK-OFF PROPERTY THAT CITY OF GARLAND HAS PRESENTED AN OFFER TO PURCHASE.

IT'S PART OF A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THEY HAVE IN FAR SOUTH GARLAND.

THE OFFER'S FOR FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THIS PROPERTY AND IN ADDITION TO THAT AMOUNT, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY FORTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN POST JUDGMENT TAXES THAT WILL ALSO BE PAID AND AT THAT TOTAL NINETY THREE THOUSAND, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL HAVE ABOUT FORTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PROCEEDS FROM THAT.

THIS IS A PROJECT THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING ON AND THIS PIECE OF THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IS LANDLOCKED, AND THE DEVELOPERS HAVE PURCHASED AN ADJOINING PIECE OF PROPERTY AND SO THE CITY WANTED TO INCLUDE THIS AS PART OF IT SO THAT THEY COULD MAKE IT A BIGGER PROJECT AND SO THE CITY IS ASKING US TO ACCEPT THAT OFFER.

THE OFFER IS FOR SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT VALUE ON IT.

BUT IN THE 15 YEARS THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN STRUCK-OFF, WE'VE ONLY RECEIVED ONE OFFER ON IT, AND IT WAS ALSO FOR SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE APPRAISED VALUE.

WE'VE CONTACTED ALL OF THE ADJOINING LANDOWNERS, NONE OF WHOM HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS PROPERTY, AND THE CITY OF GARLAND FEELS THAT THIS IS THE BEST POSSIBLE OFFER THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT IS GOING TO GET FOR THIS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, REAL QUICK DESCRIBE TO ME WHERE IT IS AGAIN.

IT IS 328 OAKS TRAIL, SO IT'S SOUTH OF I-30.

IT IS BACK BEHIND THE SERVICE ROAD TO WHERE THERE'S NO ADJOINING, THERE'S NO ACCESS TO IT. I GOTCHA. I THINK I KNOW WHERE IT IS.

ALL RIGHT? OK.

BOARD ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? AGAIN, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.

WES JOHNSON.

SO SINCE IT'S A MUNICIPAL OR CITY AUTHORITY, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A BIDDING PROCESS ? NO, THIS IS ACTUALLY STRUCK-OFF PROPERTY IS TAX FORECLOSED PROPERTY.

SO THERE IS NO BIDDING PROCESS HAS TO BE DONE.

IT WAS TAKEN TO A SHERIFF'S SALE AUCTION AND NO ONE BID ON IT AND SO IT STRUCK-OFF TO THE CITY AND THEY HOLD IT IN TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE

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OK, WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I WOULD JUST ASK, DO YOU KNOW WHAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IS COMING? I ACTUALLY DO NOT. OK.

JUST CURIOUS. I WASN'T PRIVY TO THAT INFORMATION.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM D.

[VII.D. Consider Approval of Resolution Casting Vote for the Election of a Representative to the Dallas Central Appraisal District Board of Directors - Kristi Cooper]

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION CASTING VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS KRISTI COOPER AGAIN.

YES, THANK YOU. THIS ITEM IS THE RESOLUTION FOR THE GARLAND ISD OFFICIAL VOTE FOR CASSANDRA PHILLIPS TO REPRESENT THE SUBURBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

MS. PHILLIPS HAS HELD THIS SPOT ON THE BOARD SINCE 2019, ACCORDING TO MR. NOLAN WITH DCAD MS..

PHILLIPS TAKES HER POSITION VERY SERIOUSLY AND ASKS THE APPROPRIATE QUESTION AS IT PERTAINS TO THE DISTRICT AND THE DISTRICT'S INTERESTS.

ON PAGE 10, THIRTY FIVE OF THE AGENDA IS HER BIO.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. JOHNSON.

SHE IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED. IS SHE NOT? THAT IS CORRECT. OK BOARD ACTION ITEM, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION CASTING A VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE REPRESENTATIVE POSTED IN THE BOARD VOTE TO THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SECOND.

GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? BOARD PLEASE INDICATE YOUR APPROVAL BY RAISING YOUR HAND.

EVERYBODY GOING TO VOTE. ALL OPPOSED.

LIKEWISE, MR. SELDERS ABSTAIN, I GUESS, WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? FOR.

FOR, OK. MS. HOGAN SHOW IT UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU. AT THE END OF THE TABLE, UP DOWN THERE.

OK, WE NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM E.

[VII.E. New Bids]

ITEM NUMBER ONE UNDER E IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF LAPTOP AND STRUCTURAL EQUIPMENT AND RELATED ACCESSORIES AND SERVICES.

WE'VE GOT MR. BOOKER IN FRONT OF US.

TO MR. MILLER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TO DR.

LOPEZ. WE DO HAVE ONE NEW CONTRACT BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

IT IS THE PURCHASE OF TEACHER LAPTOP WORKSTATIONS AND ACCESSORIES WOULD BE FUNDED OUT OF THE ESSER THREE FUNDING.

LENOVO IS THE RECOMMENDED SUPPLIER FOR THIS AWARD, WITH AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED OF $11 MILLION. THAT INCLUDES THE EQUIPMENT, INSTALLATION, WHITE GLOVE SERVICE AND LIQUIDATION OF EXISTING EQUIPMENT.

BOARD? QUESTION.

YOU GOT A QUESTION? YES. WHAT'S THE TOTAL? I LOOKED THROUGH THESE PAGES THAT I JUST OVERLOOKED IT, TOTAL NUMBER OF LAPTOPS THAT'S BEING PURCHASED.

I BELIEVE THAT IS.

BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS FOR SO EVERYONE IS BEING REPLACED, IS THIS CORRECT? THE TEACHER WORKS ALL THE TEACHER WORKSTATIONS AND SOME OF THE SMALLER AND SOME DEPARTMENT NEEDS.

OK, SO HOW MANY--NURSES AND SCHOOL COUNSELORS AS WELL--SO HOW MANY TEACHERS, HOW MANY COUNSELORS AND HOW MANY, WHATEVER THAT OTHER CATEGORY WAS? IS IT THERE? IS THIS THE 5000 NUMBER ? YOU CAN SEND IT OUT AT A LATER TIME, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE SAY WE'RE REPLACING ALL AND WE DON'T PUT WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.

SO WHEN SOMEONE COMES BACK AND SAYS, I DIDN'T GET ONE, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE, WE'VE HAD SOME CONFLICTS WITH THAT AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE CLEAR WHEN WE SEND THIS OUT AND WHEN THEY COME IN SO THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING THEM, THEY'RE BEING INSTALLED AND

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JUST MY QUESTION.

THANK YOU. QUESTION.

MR. BEACH.

KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT MS. GRIFFIN WAS STATING AS FAR AS THE RELATED ACCESSORIES AND SERVICES, THE ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH FOUR ANNUAL RENEWALS, IF WE APPROVE THIS $11 MILLION WHEN WE COME BACK NEXT YEAR FOR ANOTHER $11 MILLION, ARE WE GOING TO BE DOING THAT FOR FOUR YEARS STRAIGHT? NO, SIR. ESSER FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE FOR THE ONE YEAR.

AS IS OUR STANDARD PRACTICE, IT'LL COME BEFORE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT THE NEXT TIME IT'S ON THE RENEWAL REPORT.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE MONEY AS IF ON THE RENEWAL PART? IF THERE IS A CHANGE IN FUNDING, IT WOULD BE NOTED OR THE AMOUNT THAT'S INCREASED OR DECREASED WOULD BE ANNOTATED ON THE RENEWAL REPORT.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S 11 MILLION TODAY AND WE WENT TO RENEW IT, IT WOULD BE IN THE RENEWAL REPORT. WE WOULD SHOW THAT THE AMOUNT WAS BEING REDUCED AS PART OF THE RENEWAL, WHICH IS A STANDARD PRACTICE WITH OUR RENEWAL REPORT THAT IS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. OK, BECAUSE.

OK. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

LET ME ASK THAT ANOTHER WAY.

YEAH. LET ME ASK THAT ANOTHER WAY, RIGHT QUICK.

WHAT DO WE ANTICIPATE OUR ANNUAL BUDGET TO BE FOR LAPTOPS AND REPLACEMENTS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT SUPPLIES LIKE THIS ALONG THIS CATEGORY? MAYBE MATT CAN STEP FORWARD.

YEAH, THIS IS A CONTRACT, SO WE'RE USING OTHER PURCHASES, THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THERE'S GENERAL FUND ASSOCIATED IN THERE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS FOR OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE LAPTOPS.

SO THIS IS A NEW CONTRACT REGARDING FEDERAL FUNDING CONTRACTOR THAT WE WENT OUT.

SO, WE'VE USED LENOVO BEFORE FOR MOST OF OUR OTHER DEVICES, BUT THIS IS THE NEW STANDARD LAPTOP THAT WE WILL BE PROVIDING FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS GOING FORWARD.

AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T HAVE DESKTOPS, WE'RE JUST ALL USING LAPTOPS.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

WE'RE REPLACING DESKTOPS WITH LAPTOPS.

OK. MR. GLICK. YEAH, I THINK WE STILL HAVEN'T AN ANSWER THE QUESTION.

YEAH. OK, SO HOW MUCH ARE WE GOING TO SPEND? WE'RE GOING TO SPEND $11 MILLION RIGHT OVER.

ARE WE GOING TO BUY ALL OF THESE AT ONE TIME? ALL THE REPLACEMENTS? OK AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 11 MILLION DOLLARS? THIS IS NOT TO EXCEED $11 MILLION FOR THIS YEAR.

THE CURRENT THE CURRENT EXPENDITURE THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH ESSER RIGHT NOW IS NINE POINT FIVE NINETY NINE. SO NINE POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS IS FOR THE ESSER ALLOTMENT THAT WE'RE GOING DIRECTLY TO TEACHERS, COUNSELORS AND NURSES, WHICH INCLUDES THE CLASSROOM, DUAL MONITORS AND [INAUDIBLE] AND WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ALL OF THAT NINE POINT SOMETHING MILLION RIGHT NOW? AND THAT WILL ALL BE DELIVERED STARTING EARLY SPRING OF 2022 AND THAT'S THE END OF OUR ESSER MONIES FOR LENOVO.

THAT CORRECT? MR. GLICK.

THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUBMITTED TO TEA AND POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE, FOR ANYBODY WATCHING THE BOARD MEETING, THERE WAS FUNDS.

THIS AMOUNT OF FUNDS WAS ALLOCATED FOR THE REPLACEMENT AND SO THE ONLY WAY WE WOULD COME BACK AND SPEND MORE IS WITHIN THE ESSER PLAN, THERE'S FUNDS THAT IDENTIFIED THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEN COME BACK TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SAY, AND I'M GOING TO USE AN EXAMPLE OF RETENTION STIPENDS.

WITHIN THE PLAN PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WE BUDGETED 16 MILLION IN ESSER FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. AFTER WE'VE PAID OUT THOSE RETENTION STIPENDS, IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT THIRTEEN POINT NINE MILLION.

SO THAT'S TWO POINT ONE MILLION MORE.

WE'RE WORKING INTERNALLY WITH THE TEAMS AND FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD IN DECEMBER TO SAY, OK, HERE'S FUNDS WE KNOW WE CAN REALLOCATE.

BASED OFF NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS AND THE DISTRICT.

WE'RE GOING TO REALLOCATE THESE FUNDS TO THIS REQUEST.

PRESENT THAT TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN DECEMBER RESUBMIT THAT PLAN TO TEA FOR THE APPROVAL. OK, WES HAS BEEN WAITING.

I MEAN, LET ME GO TO WES AND THEN YOU.

GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THIS.

WHEN YOU LOOK OVER THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU PROVIDED TO US, IT LOOKS LIKE THE PROPOSED PRICING FROM LENOVO WAS ROUGHLY NINE POINT FIVE NINE NINE MILLION.

SO IN THE NOT TO EXCEED AS BEING 11 MILLION, THAT'S INCLUDING ROUGHLY ONE POINT FIVE FOR VARIOUS SERVICES THEY MAY OFFER OVER THE COURSE OF THE FOUR YEAR CONTRACT.

THAT'S CORRECT. OK.

I THINK THAT MIGHT SOLVE A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH RESPECT TO THAT.

SO ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE WITH RESPECT TO THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE REPLACING, I NOTICED

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WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PROPOSED PRICING OF THE SECTION TWO, I NOTICED THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A CREDIT OF ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT THOUSAND IS THAT WAS REPRESENTED FOR THE LIQUIDATION. ARE WE GETTING MONEY FOR THAT? THAT'S CORRECT. OK.

DO WE KNOW OR HAVE ANY IDEA IF THAT'S A FAIR PRICE FOR ALL THE COMPUTING POWER THAT WE'RE NECESSARILY GIVING UP? MR. JOHNSON, THERE WERE THERE WERE TWO VENDORS WHO DID RESPOND TO THAT PORTION OF THE RFP. LENOVO DID PROVIDE THE BEST VALUE OF THOSE THAT RESPONDED TO THE RFP.

OK. SO BASED OFF THOSE, YES, WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT'S THE BEST VALUE THAT WE COULD GET AND WHAT IS THE GENERAL AGE OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE EFFECTIVELY GIVING UP? IT IS ABOUT SEVEN TO EIGHT YEARS OLD.

YEAH. SO DO WE EXPECT TO GET SEVEN TO EIGHT YEARS OUT OF THIS EQUIPMENT? OR ARE WE GOING TO REPLACE IT SOONER THAN THAT? CURRENT DEVICE LIFE LIFECYCLE IS ROUGHLY ABOUT FIVE YEARS, SO WE PLAN ON ABOUT A FIVE YEAR REPLACEMENT. BUT AS YOU KNOW WHEN VALUE AND THINGS COME UP, WE CAN EXTEND IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN. BUT OUR GOAL IS TO REFRESH IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS.

I HAVE A PLAN TO REFRESH IN A FEW YEARS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MR. BEACH. THAT WAS KIND OF MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION.

WHEN WE'RE DOING THE ONE YEAR WITH FOUR ANNUAL RENEWALS, THE CONSIDERATION TO THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW PERSONALLY IS THE FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY USING AFTER THAT FOUR OR FIVE YEAR PERIOD TO REPLACE THESE LAPTOPS INSTEAD OF COMING BACK FOR ANOTHER $11 MILLION IN FIVE YEARS OR WHATEVER FOR NEW DEVICES OR HOW WE'RE GOING TO REPLENISH THE STOCK THAT WE HAVE AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING OUT OF THE I MEAN, I'M ALL FOR IT. TRUST ME.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO LIKE ME HAVING AN RV SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY.

IF I DON'T GET IN IT AND DRIVE IT, IT'S NOT WORTH IT.

SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE PLAN OF ACTION THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT OF WHERE WE WOULD GO AS FAR AS A FUNDING SOURCE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO TRY TO.

I MEAN, HOW WE ARE INSURED ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

WELL, AT THIS TIME, I WILL BE COMING WITH YOU ALL TO A PLAN OF HOW TO REFRESH THESE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. AS WE KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR YEARS OR FIVE YEARS.

AND SO ONCE DR. RINGO AND I WORK THROUGH THOSE SOURCES OF FUNDS THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO USE TO REFRESH THESE. MY GOAL IS TO START THAT REFRESH MODEL IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO JUST COME UP IN FOUR AND A HALF YEARS LATER, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S LIKE, OH, HICCUP, HERE WE GO.

Y'ALL NEED TO PASS THIS, YOU KNOW, AND NOT EVEN KNOW THAT WE'RE INTO THAT SITUATION.

SO LET'S TRY TO PLAN AHEAD IF WE CAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MS. GRIFFIN. YES.

ARE WE GETTING A TURNKEY OPERATION HERE? YES, MA'AM. SO TELL ME, EXPLAIN WHAT TURNKEY MEANS AND WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME THAT WE EXPECT FOR ALL TEACHERS TO HAVE THE UPGRADE? SO AT THIS TIME, HOPEFULLY WITH YOUR APPROVAL, WE WILL ISSUE A PO VERY SHORTLY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS OR CLOSE TO THAT.

ONCE WE GET THE LEVEL, WE'LL GET THAT PO.

WE'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHEN OUR SHIP OF OUR DEVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE.

WE'RE EXPECTING AND LENOVO HAS IS EXPECTING BASICALLY AN END OF JANUARY FEBRUARY FOR THE DEVICES THE TEACHER LAPTOPS TO ARRIVE ONCE WE KNOW THAT TIME FRAME BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CHIP SHORTAGE, BUT THEY'VE GUARANTEED THE STOCK FOR US ONCE WE KNOW THAT TIME FRAME WILL WORK WITH THE CAMPUSES TO DISTRIBUTE THEM ALL OUT, HOPEFULLY EARLY FEBRUARY.

THAT'S THE GOAL AND COME BACK AND GIVE YOU MORE DIRECT INFORMATION AND THEN ONCE THAT HAPPENS, THE DESKTOPS IN THE CLASSROOMS WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HIT EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM GOING FORWARD FOR THE DUAL MONITORS AND TAKE OUT THE OLD DESKTOP SET UP THE DUAL MONITORS, SET UP, THE TEACHERS, SET UP ALL THOSE THINGS IN THE CLASSROOM AND THOSE WILL BE A SCHEDULED FROM FEBRUARY ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SUMMERTIME.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE EVERYTHING FULLY READY ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT BY THE START OF THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND I JUST THINK IF AND I GUESS I'LL ADDRESS THIS TO DR.

LOPEZ. IT WOULD JUST BE GOOD TO HAVE AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FROM START TO FINISH FROM THE TIME THEY ARRIVED, SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND, AS MR. BEACH WAS SAYING, WHAT'S OUR ROADMAP TO GET US FROM NOW TO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR IN AUGUST. SO IF YOU AGREE WITH THAT, DR.

LOPEZ, I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE DEVELOPING AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

I THINK HE SHARED THAT THERE IS AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN SHARING AND IMPLEMENTATION PLANS

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WE DO HAVE ONE THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN MOST OF THE DEVICES THE TEACHERS HAVE BEEN TRAINED ON AND SO THERE IS A PLAN.

IF YOU WANT US TO BE MORE EXPLICIT AND SHARE IT WITH THE BOARD, THAT'S ONE THING, BUT THERE IS A PLAN.

NOW WHAT JOHNNY BEACH WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT WAS A REFRESH PLAN AND THAT BEING ABLE TO GET AFTER FIVE YEARS WHEN THE TECHNOLOGY EXPIRES.

SO WE'RE NOT IN THE SAME POSITION THAT WE ARE TODAY, THAT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CYCLE.

I HEARD SEVERAL THINGS TONIGHT, SO THAT'S OK.

I'M GOING TO YIELD TO YOU ALL.

SO THANKS. OK, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BOARD, ON THIS ITEM? THIS IS A NEW BID.

THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.

WHAT WOULD BE YOUR PLEASURE? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF LAPTOP INSTRUCTIONAL EQUIPMENT AND RELATED ACCESSORIES AND SERVICES FROM LENOVO AS PRESENTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, BOARD? IF NOT, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR APPROVAL BY RAISING YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU.

OK, LET'S GO TO ITEM F.

[VII.F. Renewal Bids]

FIRST OF FOUR ANNUAL RENEWAL OPTIONS.

MR. BOOKER'S BEFORE US.

YES, SIR. WELL, AGAIN, WE HAVE THIS CONTRACT BEFORE YOU.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING AN INCREASE IN THIS AWARD AS PART OF THE RENEWAL PROCESS.

THE NEW NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT IS TWO MILLION NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE DOLLARS.

MR. KING HAS PROVIDED AN EXPLANATION JUSTIFICATION FOR THE INCREASES THAT OCCURRED DUE TO THE RENEWAL, AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE PROCESS. OK, BOARD, THIS IS IN OUR BOOK.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE RENEWAL OF OUR INSURANCE? YES, MR. PRESIDENT, I DO.

YES, SIR. MR. KING, YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST COME ON UP.

NOW, THIS IS A CHANGE IN KIND OF A PROGRAM THAN WHAT WE HAD IN PREVIOUS YEARS, CORRECT? OR IS THIS JUST EXACTLY THE SAME TYPE OF FORMAT WITH THE SAME--IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME AS LAST YEAR? SO WE'VE ALWAYS USED LLOYD'S POLICIES AND PLANS FOR [INAUDIBLE] PROPERTY INSURANCE. WE'VE USED, YEAH, IN THIS CASE, THERE'S 20 LAYERS OF INSURANCE.

SO THERE ARE SOME LLOYD'S COMPANIES IN THOSE LAYERS.

AND I KNOW IT'S PRETTY RARE.

BUT DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHO THIS WHO THE CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S ARE? ARE THEY TEXAS-BASED OR ARE THEY ALL FOREIGN? THAT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN FIND, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY FIND OUT.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.

IS IT PRIMARILY JUST DUE TO THE WINTER STORM AND ITS EFFECT, YOU KNOW, THE MARKET IN ITSELF? I MEAN, EVEN WITHOUT THE WINTER STORM, I WOULD HAVE HAD EXPECTED SOME INCREASE.

BUT WITH THE WINTER STORM, YEAH, IT'S ALL BETS ARE OFF.

I ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH TASB THIS MORNING ASKING THEM, WHAT WERE THEY LOOKING AT AS FAR AS THEIR INCREASES.

AND THEY SAID THEY'RE LOOKING AT 10 TO 20 PERCENT, AND THAT'S WITHOUT A CLAIM FOR $4 MILLION FROM A WINTER STORM.

SO, YEAH, I MEAN, AND SHE TOLD ME THIS MORNING WHEN I TALKED TO HER, SHE SAID THE MARKET IS JUST STILL AND SHE SAW NO END IN SIGHT.

SHE SAID IT'S STILL JUST OUT OF CONTROL AND SHE JUST SEES NO FUTURE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS OF THIS MARKET EVER CALMING DOWN FOR PROPERTY.

SO IN YOUR OPINION, IS THIS PRIMARILY MARKET BASED FORCES OR IS THIS CLAIM BASED INCREASES? IT'S BOTH BOTH.

YEAH, I MEAN, THEY'RE STILL PAYING CLAIMS AND THEY'RE STILL HAVING CLAIMS. SO, YOU KNOW, THE MARKET FROM PAYING CLAIMS IS CAUSING THINGS TO GO UP AND THEN AS CLAIMS ARE OCCURRING, THEN IT'S CAUSING IT AS WELL.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, CLAIMS ARE WHAT DRIVE THE MARKET PRICES GO UP.

I MEAN, SPECIFICALLY, OUR CLAIMS HISTORY IS OUR--OUR CLAIMS HISTORY IS THIS ONE CLAIM.

THAT'S ALL WE HAVE, REALLY, THAT'S OF ANY SIGNIFICANCE.

SO YOU THINK THAT THE INCREASE IN THE PRICE ISN'T SPECIFIC?

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DID WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A JOLT BECAUSE OF OUR CLAIM? YES, WE DID. I COULDN'T TELL YOU THE PERCENTAGE, BUT I WOULD SAY IT'S HALF WOULD BE OUR PERSON. IT WOULD BE THE THIS ADDITIONAL WHAT IS IT, SIX MILLION DOLLARS, ROUGHLY, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY HALF OF THAT SIX MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND, PROBABLY HALF OF THAT IS THIS CLAIM WOULD BE MY GUESS AND THEN I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD KIND OF BE DID OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND US WEATHER THE WINTER STORM BETTER THAN WE DID NECESSARILY? AND THAT IS THAT DUE TO OUR AGED INFRASTRUCTURE? YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID YOU GUYS? BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE THERE I SAID, WHAT DID YOU SEE FROM THIS WINTER STORM? AND THEY SAID WE HAD NO LOSS AND I SAID, HOW DID YOU HAVE NO LOSS? AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE JUST SHUT OFF OUR SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. YOU KNOW, THE NIGHT THAT THE FORECAST WAS FOR THE TEMPERATURE TO JUST BOTTOM OUT.

THEY JUST SHUT OFF THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM SO THEY DIDN'T RUPTURE.

NOW HINDSIGHT'S 2020 AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SAYING THAT THERE'S A POTENTIAL THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE WAS NOT REALLY FIXED TO PREVENT THE ROLLING BLACKOUTS AND IF THE TEMPERATURE YOU SEE SIMILAR TEMPERATURES TO DROP, THEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK AT.

YOU'D HAVE TO TALK TO MR. GONZALES ABOUT THAT, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK AT.

I ACTUALLY MENTIONED THAT TO TASB THIS MORNING IS THAT WOULD BE A POSSIBILITY AND SHE SAID, WELL, YOU'D WANT TO CHECK WITH YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE OK WITH IT. BUT IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE AT THE LOCATION OVERNIGHT DURING THAT NIGHT, IF YOU'RE EXPECTING ROLLING BLACKOUTS THAT THEY WOULD BE THERE IN CASE THERE WAS A FIRE AND THE PROBABILITY OF THAT WOULD BE SMALL, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE.

AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY MITIGATE, YOU KNOW, FURTHER, ANOTHER LOSS LIKE THIS ONE.

BUT EVERYONE HAD A LOT OF THESE LOSSES.

I MEAN, IT WASN'T JUST US.

I MEAN, THIS WAS, I THINK, [INAUDIBLE] IN HERE THAT THIS WAS SOMEONE WHO TOLD ME THIS WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST INSURED LOSSES IN THE HISTORY OF TEXAS.

THIS FREEZE, SO IT'S FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S CRAZY.

ANY OTHERS? THANK YOU.

AGAIN, THIS RENEWAL BID AND IT IS AN ACTION ITEM.

MR. PRESIDENT, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY INSURANCE, FIRST OF FOUR RENEWALS AS OPTIONS, AS PRESENTED IN OUR BOOKLET.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON ITEM F.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? BOARD PLEASE INDICATE YOUR APPROVAL BY RAISING YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED LIKEWISE.

SHOW THE ITEM APPROVED.

THANK YOU. LET'S GO TO ITEM G.

[VII.G. Increase to Awarded Bids]

NUMBER ONE, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR ONLINE TICKETING SERVICES. MR. BOOKER. YES, SIR.

MR. MILLER TIX INC.

IS OUR CURRENT PROVIDER OF SERVICES.

THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS INCREASE BASED OFF OF THE ONLINE SALES THAT THEY ANTICIPATE WE WOULD INCUR AS A RESULT OF THOSE TICKET SALES THAT'S THROUGH THE ONLINE PROCESS.

THE DISTRICT DOES OFFER THE PATRONS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO PAY AT THE GATE, BUT THEIR ANTICIPATION IS THERE WOULD BE A LOT MORE ONLINE PURCHASING OF TICKETS, WHICH IS THE RATIONALE FOR BRINGING THE INCREASE BEFORE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

OK. BOARD, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? I KNOW THIS IF YOU WANT TO GO TO A MAVERICK GAME, YOU BETTER HAVE A CELL PHONE AND A VACCINATION CARD AND A PARKING PASS.

YOU CAN'T GET IN WITHOUT ELECTRONICS THESE DAYS.

BOARD, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE ON ITEM G? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE INCREASE IN REWARD AMOUNT FOR ONLINE TICKETING SERVICES AS LISTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK.

SECOND. WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? BOARD PLEASE INDICATE YOUR APPROVAL BY RAISING YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

LIKEWISE SHOW THAT ITEM APPROVED.

OK, THAT TAKES US THROUGH THE REGULAR AGENDA.

IT IS NOW 6:49.

[VIII. Executive Session]

AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE HELD FOR PURPOSES PERMITTED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY AND PERSON OR BY PHONE WHEN THE BOARD SEEKS TO SERVICE OF ITS ATTORNEY ABOUT ONE PENDING CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION OR TO A GOVERNMENTAL SETTLEMENT OFFER.

OR THREE A MANNER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY

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ITEM B PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION FIVE FIVE ONE POINT ZERO FOR DELIBERATION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR AN EMPLOYEE, OR TO HEAR A COMPLAINT OR CHARGE AGAINST AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.

ITEM NUMBER ONE TONIGHT IS CONSULTATION AND DELIBERATION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS, INCLUDING DIRECTOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND DIRECTOR OF SECURITY. IT IS NOW 7:51 AND WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[IX. Reconvene from Executive Session for action relative to items considered during Executive Session]

MR. PRESIDENT? YES, SIR.

I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RETENTION AND HIRING OF MS. T.A.S.

AS THE DIRECTOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, AS PRESENTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

BOARD, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR APPROVAL BY RAISING YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU, BOARD.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER MOTIONS? MR. PRESIDENT? YES, SIR. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RETENTION AND HIRING OF MR. MARK QUINN AS THE DIRECTOR OF SECURITY FOR THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS PRESENTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SECOND. OK, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, BOARD? IF NOT, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR APPROVAL BY RAISING YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH.

YES. ALL RIGHT.

ON THAT NOTE, I SEE WE HAVE NO FURTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:40.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.