[VII.C. Consider Approval of the 2022-2023 Pay Raise Recommendations for GISD Employees - Brandy Mayo, Dr. Gradyne Brown, Dr. Brent Ringo (Finance Committee)]

BRANDY MAYO, DR.

GRADYNE BROWN AND DR.

BRENT RINGO.

PRESIDENT MILLER BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

DR. LOPEZ, GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

THIS IS FROM THE BOARD OF DISCUSSION AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, THE RAISE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 22-23.

THERE'S SOME NEW INFORMATION TO SHARE ALSO IN REGARDS TO BUDGET NUMBERS THIS EVENING THAT OUR BUDGET TEAM RECEIVED WITHIN THE LAST WEEK.

WE'LL TALK THROUGH THOSE.

JUST TO RECAP IN PLANNING FOR 22-23 ON FEBRUARY 22ND, WE HAD OUR FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP MARCH 29TH, OUR SECOND BUDGET WORKSHOP, APRIL 12TH BUDGET DISCUSSION SIMILAR TO A BUDGET WORKSHOP.

AND THEN TONIGHT, APRIL 28TH, AS WE'VE SEEN IN MANY SURROUNDING DISTRICTS ONE OF THE BUILDINGS ANNOUNCED PAY RAISE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR FOR EMPLOYEES AND RECRUITING EMPLOYEES. A BUDGET IS ADOPTED IN JUNE OF THIS COMING YEAR TO START OUR FISCAL YEAR FOR JULY ONE.

SO WE'LL HAVE MANY MORE DISCUSSIONS WITH REGARDS TO BUDGETS AS WE APPROACH BUDGET DISCUSSION OR BUDGET ADOPTION.

CRYSTAL BALL FOUR 22-23.

AS WE'VE SEEN WITH COVID, WE HAVE HAD MASSIVE REVENUE SHIFTS.

WE'VE HAD INCREASED VACANCIES.

THERE'S VACANCIES ACROSS ALL SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW.

AND SO WE'RE DEFINITELY EXPERIENCING THAT IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.

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IN ORDER TO LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 22-23 TEXAS SCHOOL FINANCE HAS BECOME MORE CONVOLUTED AND MORE CONFUSING THAN EVER, ESPECIALLY WITH COVID, BECAUSE WE ARE FLYING THAT AIRPLANE ON A PROJECTION HOPING THOSE REVENUES MEET, MEANING AS WE BUILD OUR BUDGET AND REVENUE THAT IS NOT GUARANTEED FROM THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

IT IS ONGOING, HASN'T PROGRESSED THROUGH THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

SO WE WILL NEED TO EXPECT REVENUE ADJUSTMENTS HOW WE HAVE THIS YEAR AND IN PRIOR YEARS WITH COVID.

THE COVID IMPACT WE'LL HAVE OUR DEMOGRAPHER COME OUT AND PRESENT AGAIN IN EITHER MAY OR JUNE.

AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE IMPACT.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE BECAUSE WE HAVE EXPERIENCED LARGE SHIFTS IN OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWN IN THOSE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS IN FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDS. THERE'S ALWAYS THOSE ARE ALLOCATED NOW, BUT WE'LL SHARE SOME ADVICE TONIGHT ABOUT THAT AND HOW THAT AFFECTS OUR BUDGET.

JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, AS WE HAVE EVERY TIME, HOW TEXAS SCHOOL FUNDING WORKS, THERE IS NO NEW MONEY, NO NEW REVENUE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

I RECEIVED MY APPRAISAL NOTICE AT MY HOUSE HERE IN GARLAND.

I KNOW I'M GOING TO PAY MORE IN TAXES THIS NEXT YEAR AND THE STATE IS GOING TO CUT US BY THE SAME AMOUNT.

SO THERE IS NO NEW REVENUE.

THE ONLY WAY TO INCREASE OUR REVENUE AS A DISTRICT BUDGET IS FOR A TAX RATE ELECTION OR INCREASE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR FEDERAL SIDE OVER HERE TO NOTE THIS HAPPENED WITH ESSER 1 WITH OUR ESSER 1 FUNDING, WE RECEIVED ABOUT $12.5 MILLION DOLLARS.

THE STATE SAID THAT'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

WE'RE GOING TO CUT YOU BY $12.5 MILLION DOLLARS.

ESSER 2 ESSER 3 HAVE BEEN TRUE, ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR US TO OPERATE WITH.

UNDER THE LEGAL CRITERIA IT CANNOT BE USED AS GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.

BUT THE NEEDS OF ESSER.

SO GENERAL FUND BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS.

THESE ARE VERY, VERY FLUID.

WE'RE ASSUMING THAT WE'LL BE CLOSE TO FULLY OPERATIONAL IN FY 23.

OUR FISCAL YEAR IS JULY ONE THROUGH JUNE 30TH.

WE STILL HAVE OUR 12% REDUCTIONS WE MADE LAST YEAR.

WE HAD THAT BUDGET TIGHTNESS HIT US.

WE'RE BUILDING OUR BUDGET BASED OFF OUR TAX ASSESSED VALUE GROWTH OF 10%.

AGAIN, THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE'RE RECEIVING NEW MONEY.

IT DOES MEAN WE WILL COLLECT MORE LOCALLY WHILE THE STATE CUTS US.

SO OUR STATE, AND OUR LOCAL SHARE DOES INCREASE TO OPERATE WITH OUR STATE SHARE DECREASES AND THAT IS DESIGNED AT THE STATE LEVEL.

IF NEW MONEY WITH IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, I BELIEVE NOW TEXAS IS RANKED IN THE BOTTOM 10% OF STATES IN FUNDING PER STUDENT, AND THE STATE HAS NOT ADDRESS THOSE FUNDING ISSUES.

AS WE'VE PROGRESSED THROUGH THESE YEARS, EVEN WITH HOUSE BILL 3, WE ARE STILL TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF FUNDING PER STUDENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

LOOKING AT 98% TAX COLLECTION RATE, WITH THAT 10% GROWTH, IT LOOKS LIKE OUR COMPRESSED RATE WILL GO DOWN TO $0.9053.

THAT INCLUDES OUR FIFTH GOLDEN PENNY AND WE ADOPT OUR TAX RATE IN AUGUST.

SO AS WE RECEIVE OUR CERTIFIED VALUES, THAT COMPRESSION COULD BE EVEN MORE IF IT'S HIGHER THAN 10% IN TAXABLE VALUE GROWTH.

AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE. YOU CAN SEE OUR SCENARIOS HERE.

OUR ADA THIS YEAR HAS FLUCTUATED ALL THE WAY FROM THE 46,000 RANGE UP TO THE 48,000 RANGE.

SO OUR ENROLLMENT IS STILL HOVERED AROUND 535, BUT WE HISTORICALLY AVERAGED ABOUT 95% ATTENDANCE RATE BEFORE COVID.

NOW THAT COVID'S HIT US, THAT HAS DROPPED INTO THE EIGHTIES AT TIMES.

SO THAT HIGHLIGHTS OUR STAFFING TRENDS.

YOU CAN SEE OUR LAST NORMAL 12 MONTH OPERATIONAL YEAR WAS 2018.

SO IN 2018 WE HAD A TRUE 12 MONTHS WE OPERATED WITH.

IN 2019, WE CHANGED OUR FISCAL YEAR, WE OPERATED ON TEN MONTHS.

SO TWO LESS MONTHS OF PAYROLL, TWO LESS MONTHS OF NON PAYROLL GOING OUT ON EXPENDITURES.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU CAN SEE THAT LARGE INCREASE THERE IN SAVES.

THEN 2020 HOUSE BILL 3 HIT.

WE WERE SHUT DOWN FOR AN ENTIRE QUARTER OF THAT YEAR, SO WE ONLY OPERATED 9 TO 12 MONTHS.

PAYROLL IS STILL PAID FOR THOSE 12 MONTHS, BUT VACANCIES WERE NOT FILLED.

THE NON-PAYROLL SIDE LESS WAS SPENT.

WE CAN SEE AGAIN IN 2021 DUE TO LARGER THAN NORMAL PAYROLL VACANCIES WHERE OUR NON PAYROLL AND PAYROLL SAVES WERE.

AND THEN RIGHT NOW OPERATING IN COVID FOR 2022 MARCH, THE NORMAL PAYROLL SAVES WE'RE IN THE RANGE OF A GOOD IN THE MIDDLE POINT WOULD BE ABOUT 18 MILLION IN SAVES ON PAYROLL FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

NON PAYROLL. IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT DEPARTMENTS AND CAMPUSES SPEND AS WE APPROACH JUNE.

THESE WERE THE GENERAL FUND RAISE IMPACTS THAT WERE DISCUSSED PRIOR.

59 STARTING $59,000 STARTING SALARY FOR TEACHERS AND A $60,000 STARTING SALARY FOR TEACHERS.

AND WHAT THAT TWO, THREE, FOUR AND 5% PLUS EQUITY MEANS? THAT MEANS WITHIN THE MARKET OF THE ANALYSIS WITH TASB, DR.

BROWN IS HERE AND CAN SPEAK MORE DETAIL TO THAT.

OUR HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM WORKS CLOSELY THE TASB.

THE EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS ARE THOSE YEARS OF SERVICE THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND BELOW MARKET.

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WE DID SHOW A BAR GRAPH IN OUR PRIOR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS THAT SHOWED WHERE OUR TEACHERS WERE BELOW MARKET.

SO AS WE DO A PERCENT RAISE, THERE WERE STILL VARIOUS YEARS OF SERVICE BELOW MARKET.

AND SO THAT'S ADJUSTMENT WITH EQUITY BRINGS THOSE TEACHERS OF THOSE YEARS OF SERVICE, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S JUST SAY IT'S OUR 16 TO 19 YEAR TEACHERS.

IT BRINGS THEIR SALARIES UP.

SO EVERY TEACHER WOULD SO THE 4% MODEL, EVERY SINGLE TEACHER WOULD RECEIVE AT LEAST A 4% RAISE.

SOME WOULD RECEIVE MORE DUE TO THOSE EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS TO BRING THEM UP TO MARKET.

BUT THE MINIMUM WOULD BE 4% FOR EVERY SINGLE TEACHER UNDER THAT MODEL, AND THAT'S AT THE 59 K AND 60 K STARTING PAY.

THESE ARE THE RAISE SCENARIOS FOR ALL OTHER REMAINING EMPLOYEES.

AND AGAIN, THERE ARE EMPLOYEES IDENTIFIED THAT ARE BELOW MARKETS AND THAT IS WHERE THE EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS COME IN.

IT WAS FOR SPECIFIC JOBS THAT TASB SAID YOU'RE BELOW MARKET IN COMPETITION AND RECOMMENDING THOSE EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS TAKE PLACE ALONG WITH THE RAISE FROM MIDPOINTS AND THAT BUDGET IMPACT THERE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT WAS 4% FOR ALL EXEMPT AND NONEXEMPT EMPLOYEES, YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL IMPACT BEING $7 MILLION DOLLARS.

IF IT WAS 4% FOR NONEXEMPT AND 3% FOR EXEMPT, WE ADD THOSE TWO NUMBERS TOGETHER TO GET TO THE TOTAL RAISE IMPACT.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS EXCLUDING THE TEACHERS BECAUSE THAT WAS SHOWN ON THE PRIOR SLIDE.

THE RAISE RECOMMENDATION.

AND BEFORE I GET TO THAT, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE ON THAT RAISE RECOMMENDATION.

FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S JUST SAY IT IS 4%.

I WILL GO BACK FOR EASE OF READING, BUT WITHIN THE LAST WEEK OUR BUDGET TEAM WITH NEEDS OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ADDING TO WHERE THERE'S PLC TIME AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE ARE NEEDING TO ADD ANOTHER 4.1 MILLION TO THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

IT IS NOT REFLECTED IN THIS NUMBER.

ALSO, THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS DEPARTMENT IS NOT REFLECTED IN THIS NUMBER OF 320,000.

AND THEN THERE'S PRIORITY NEEDS WITH CONTRACTS THAT ARE INCREASING THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER.

FOR EXAMPLE, OUR REGION 10 CONTRACT GOES UP.

WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT.

WE MUST PAY IT. SOME OF OUR CONTRACTS IN PLACE WITH FRONTLINE ANNUAL UPGRADE, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ITEMS THAT ARE REQUIRED EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER.

SO WITHIN THIS NUMBER THAT YOU SEE HERE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ADD SEVEN MORE MILLION TO THE BUDGET.

OUR GOAL BEING IS TO WORK SOME CRAFTY MIRACLES WITH OUR BUDGET TEAM AND ESSER TEAM TO REALLOCATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO ESSER. BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE YET BECAUSE THIS IS NEW REQUESTS COMING IN.

AND SO WE WILL HAVE TO, IN THE COMING WEEKS, HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE ESSER FUNDS ALLOCATED, MAYBE REMOVE ESSER ALLOCATIONS AND REALLOCATE TO SOME OF THESE NEEDS TO HELP OFFSET THAT.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S 4.1 MILLION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHING POSITIONS TO ADD PLC TIME TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, 320,000 FOR EMPLOYEE RELATIONS DEPARTMENT AND PRIORITY REQUEST OF 2.6 MILLION FOR A TOTAL OF 7,020,000 DOLLARS.

SO THIS IS NOT REFLECTED IN THE EXPENDITURE NUMBER.

I WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT AS WE GET BACK TO THIS SLIDE.

SO WITH THAT INFORMATION, THIS PRESENTATION WAS DONE PRIOR TO ALL THAT WAS JUST SHARED.

AND SO WE HAVE OUR TEACHER RAISES BASED OFF THE DISCUSSIONS LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO.

STARTING TEACHER SALARY BEING BUMPED TO 60 K.

AND THAT WOULD BE ON THE GENERAL FUND WITH A SIGN ON INCENTIVE THAT WILL BE PROPOSED LATER THAT IS USING ESSER FUNDS.

A BRAND NEW FIRST YEAR TEACHER IN GARLAND ISD CAN MAKE $61,000 DOLLARS.

ALSO 4% FROM MID-POINT.

RETURNING TEACHERS WILL ALSO RECEIVE A 2,000 RETENTION STIPEND.

SO EVEN WITH THE RAISES, EVERY TEACHER WOULD ALSO RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $2,000 RETENTION STIPEND THAT WAS IN PLACE THIS YEAR TOO WITH ESSER FUNDS.

AND THEN ALONG THE LINES OF EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS FOR THOSE YEARS OF SERVICE OF TEACHERS TO BRING THEM UP TO MARKET.

ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE DISCUSSIONS WAS 4% FROM MIDPOINT WITH EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS.

SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, OUR CURRENT TEACHER SALARY SCHEDULE IS POSTED UP HERE IN GREEN.

IN BLUE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT 4% LOOKS LIKE GOING DOWN THAT COLUMN.

AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS YEAR, IF I'M A TEN YEAR VETERAN, I'M AT 60,058.

NEXT YEAR, I'D BE AT 63,008 AT 11 YEAR VETERAN UNDER THE 4% MODEL.

PAYROLL AND NON-PAYROLL. THIS IS SAVED AS A PDF.

BUT WHAT THIS HIGHLIGHTS IS WHEN THIS DOLLAR DOES SPLIT OUT, 85% OF OUR BUDGET WILL BE PAYROLL.

IT'S ABOUT 85.5% UNDER THIS MODEL, WHICH LEAVES ABOUT 14 AND A HALF PERCENT FOR ALL OTHER NON PAYROLL ITEMS. OUR UTILITIES WILL FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 2 TO 4% OF THAT NON PAYROLL BUDGET.

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WITH GAS PRICES INCREASING, WE'RE HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE.

WE KNOW WITH ATMOS THE GAS RATES HAVE INCREASED.

THERE IS POTENTIAL THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF THAT DOES NOT CHANGE THAT OUR GAS BILLS DOUBLE NEXT YEAR.

FOR EXAMPLE, THIS PRIOR MONTH WE HAD OVER A 200,000 GAS BILL.

WE HAD NEVER HAD THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN IN GARLAND ISD AND IT'S NOT DUE TO CONTROLS OR LACK OF CONTROLS.

IT'S JUST DUE TO THE DRASTIC INCREASE IN GAS PRICES.

AND SO GOING BACK TO THIS BUDGET PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE AND AS I'VE STATED AND WILL STATE AGAIN THERE IS NO NEW REVENUE EVEN THOUGH I'M GOING TO PAY MORE IN TAXES NEXT YEAR, THE STATE IS GOING TO CUT WHAT I PAY IN TAXES.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE IN THAT SHIFT WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS UNDER THE CURRENT BUDGET SCENARIO, OUR LOCAL REVENUES, 221 MILLION.

AT THAT VALUE GROWTH NEXT YEAR, IT GOES UP TO 229 MILLION.

THE STATE SAYS YOU'RE GETTING INCREASED REVENUE.

WE'RE GOING TO EVEN WITH INCREASED ADA, YOU CAN SEE THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IS 46,800 ADA.

WE'RE INCREASING OUR ADA.

AND SO THE ONLY REASON IT DOESN'T DROP AS FAST UNDER THIS MODEL IS BECAUSE THE ADA WENT UP OVER CURRENT YEAR.

AND THAT IS WHERE WE'RE ALIGNING RIGHT NOW WITH OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

SO WE SAW IN THE FOURTH AND FIFTH SIX WEEKS OUR ADA DID GO BACK UP.

WE'RE HOPING THE SIX, SIXTH WEEKS IT DOES NOT REFLECT ANY OF OUR THIRD SIX WEEKS DATA WHICH HAD DROPPED INTO THE 46,000 RANGE.

AND LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR WITH THAT MODEL AT 60 K FOR STARTING TEACHER PLUS 4% FOR MIDPOINT AND EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS AND 4% FROM ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES.

THE REVENUE BUDGET DOES NOT CHANGE OUR EXPENDITURE BUDGET DOES.

AND THAT PUTS OUR EXPENDITURE SUMMARY AT $557,140,204 DOLLARS.

HOWEVER, IT SHOWS OUR DEFICIT BUDGET BEING 52 MILLION.

WHAT IS NOT REFLECTED IN THIS IS THAT $7 MILLION DOLLARS I JUST SHARED WITH YOU, AND THAT PUTS OUR DEFICIT BUDGET AT ROUGHLY $59.1 MILLION DOLLARS.

UNTIL WE'RE ABLE IF WE'RE ABLE TO REALLOCATE THOSE DOLLARS TO ESSER SO THAT THAT EXPENDITURE PICTURE IS CHANGING.

YOU SAW WHAT OUR PAYROLL SAVES HAVE BEEN THROUGH COVID AND WHAT OUR NON-PAYROLL SAVES HAVE BEEN THROUGH COVID.

SO IF ASSUMPTIONS ARE MET, WE CAN EXPECT TRULY ANYWHERE BETWEEN A 20 TO $40 MILLION TRUE DEFICIT BUDGET IF ADA IS MET, IF ADA EXCEEDS THAT NUMBER.

THE BUDGET PICTURE IS NOT AS BAD.

IF ADA IS BELOW THAT NUMBER, THE BUDGET PICTURE GETS WORSE BECAUSE IT'S AUTOMATIC REDUCTION IN REVENUE.

AND SO THAT IS THE MODEL OF TEXAS SCHOOL FINANCE.

AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE INTO 23, 24, WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD SEVEN MORE MILLION TO THAT NUMBER UNDER WHAT IS KNOWN AT THIS POINT UNTIL WE'RE ABLE OR IF WE'RE ABLE TO REALLOCATE THOSE DOLLARS TO ESSER AND WHAT IT PUTS THAT BUDGET PICTURE AT A $72.5 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT IN 22 OR 23 24.

AGAIN, THROUGH DISCUSSIONS, THE HOPE BEING WE WOULD BE ABLE TO REALLOCATE SOME OF THIS TO ESSER.

BUT ESSER ALSO RUNS OUT IN 23, 24, THAT'D BE OUR LAST YEAR TO HAVE ESSER 3 SO 24, 25 THERE ARE NO MORE ESSER FUNDS AND WE ARE RELYING 100% ON GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.

AND I WILL SHARE THE STATE THROUGH OUR TRAININGS WITH TEA IS ALREADY PREPPING US FOR THE FISCAL CLIFF, STATING THAT DISTRICTS NEED TO PREPARE TO USE THEIR FUND BALANCE WHEN ESSER RUNS OUT.

THAT IS BEING STATED NOW, SO I DO NOT FORESEE THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHERE THERE IS AN INCREASE IN FUNDING BECAUSE THEY SEE THAT WE HAVE THESE ESSER DOLLARS TO USE.

AND AS YOU'VE SEEN AND WE HAVE SHARED AND POSTED ON A WEBSITE, ALL DOLLARS IN OUR ESSER PLAN RIGHT NOW ARE ALLOCATED FOR USE TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND CAMPUSES THAT HAVE MADE THOSE REQUESTS.

AND HIGHLIGHTED IN RED.

I'LL KEEP SAYING THIS.

THE STATE TELLS US THIS ALL THE TIME.

EXPECT REVENUE FLUCTUATIONS.

TEXAS SCHOOL FINANCE WITH COVID IN THIS ADA FLUCTUATION IS EVEN MORE UNPREDICTABLE.

SO ACTION PLAN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED.

A PROGRAM REVIEW WITH GIBSON LEADING TO TAX RATE ELECTION DISCUSSIONS IN COMING YEARS, ITEMS THAT CAN BE MOVED TO A BOND PROGRAM.

FOR EXAMPLE, OUR SCHOOL BUSSES THAT WE'VE HISTORICALLY BOUGHT THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH WE HAVE NOT DONE THIS YEAR, BEING ADDED TO A BOND PROGRAM BECAUSE THOSE ARE LARGE CAPITAL PURCHASES AND ALSO CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS, ITEMS THAT CAN BE MOVED TO ESSER 3 ALLOCATIONS AND THESE NEW REQUESTS THAT CAME IN IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE DR.

BROWN HERE WITH OUR HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM AND MS. MAYO WITH OUR BUDGET TEAM AND MYSELF.

OKAY. BOARD. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, MR. RINGO. WE'RE GOING TO LET THE BOARD ASK ANY QUESTIONS.

WE'LL START WITH MS. GRIFFIN. YES, DR.

RINGO, THE ADDITIONAL 7 MILLION THAT YOU REFER TO.

I DIDN'T GET IT ALL FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WHAT? YES MA'AM, GREAT QUESTION.

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SO IT WAS A ROUGHLY 29 TEACHERS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID.

WE'RE GOING TO ADD BACK TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO HELP WITH PLCS, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR THEM TO MEET.

THAT GIVES THEM AN ADDITIONAL PLANNING TIME.

AND SO I BELIEVE THOSE ARE CORE TEACHERS.

ALL RIGHT. MY QUESTION IS, YOU ALL KNOW THE SCHEDULE FOR BUDGET ITEMS COMING TO THE BOARD AND TO THE WORKSHOP.

WHY WERE THESE NOT INCLUDED EARLY ON? WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON THE BUDGET, IT WAS ABOUT LAST SESSION THAT MANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS SAID WE NEED TO GIVE MORE PLANNING TIME TO OUR TEACHERS TO PLAN FOR EXCELLENCE.

IN THAT WE HAD TO RUN A SCHEDULE.

WE HAD TO SEE WHAT THE SCHEDULES LOOK LIKE.

WE HAD TO RUN TO SEE HOW MANY PROBLEM CONFLICT MATRIX.

IT'S CALLED THE CONFLICT MATRIX TO SEE WHAT WAS IT THAT WE REALLY NEEDED FROM EACH INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS BECAUSE EACH CAMPUS FLUCTUATES ON POPULATION WHAT TYPE OF TEACHERS THEY HAVE, AND THAT TAKES SOME TIME.

ONCE WE GOT THOSE TEACHERS AND WE CORRELATED IT WITH THE CORE.

THE SECOND CHARGE THAT WE HEARD FROM THE BOARD WAS PARTICULAR IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, WHICH ARE OUR MOST AT RISK SCHOOLS.

WE NEED SOME SORT OF BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS.

THE ISSUE WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS IS THAT, FOR INSTANCE, OUR ISS, I'M GOING TO CALL IT ISS, BUT OUR ISS TEACHERS, WHICH IS IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION TEACHERS ARE THERE'S NOT A SET PERSON TO DO IT.

SO WHAT A LOT OF THE PRINCIPALS DO IS GET PEOPLE ON THEIR OFF TIME OR BUILD IT WITHIN THE SCHEDULE WHERE IT'S KIND OF THIS CHANGE OF DIFFERENT PERSONNEL GOING IN TO ADDRESS KIDS THAT REALLY NEED SUPPORT AND DIRECTION.

SO THIS ALSO INCLUDES ONE FOR EACH CAMPUS.

AND THOSE PEOPLE WILL EVENTUALLY BE TRAINED TO BECOME BEHAVIORAL EXPERTS.

AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING IS TO START SMALL, TO GROW BIG.

THEY'RE GOING TO START WITH THOSE KIDS IN THE CLASS.

AND AS WE REFINE OUR PRACTICES AND THEY BECOME MORE EXPERTS, WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT PERSON IN A MORE PROACTIVE WAY RATHER THAN REACTIVE WAY.

BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE BOARD, PARTICULARLY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, TO USE THAT.

NOW, THE HIGH SCHOOLS ALREADY HAVE THAT EMBEDDED HIGH SCHOOL PLANNING TIME.

REFRESH MY MEMORY. WHAT BOARD MEETING WAS THAT I REMEMBER THE BEHAVIOR DEALS I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WERE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I'M STILL ASKING ABOUT THE TIMING AND I UNDERSTAND THE EXPLANATION.

RIGHT. BUT WHATEVER WE SUGGESTED THAT THAT FRAMEWORK OR THAT LACK THEREOF OR THE IMPROVEMENT OR THE NEED WAS ALREADY THERE, BUT SO WE JUST DECIDED TO ADD IT IS THAT WHAT SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS WE YEAH, WE STARTED ANALYZING IT AFTERWARDS.

SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE HAD TO LOOK AT THE TWO AREAS THAT DIDN'T HAVE IT, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WHICH IS ABOUT 40.

HOW MANY ELEMENTARY'S DO WE HAVE? LIKE 40.

SO 47 ELEMENTARY'S.

AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT 12 MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

ELEMENTARY IS MORE COMPLEX BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE NOT DEPARTMENTALIZED.

SO EACH TEACHER TEACHES BOTH MATH AND READING.

SO TO COORDINATE THAT IS TAKING A SEPARATE SET OF SKILLS THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING, BUT THAT SHOULDN'T NEED MORE POPULATION.

THE COMPLICATED ONE WOULD BE MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU NEED ADDITIONAL STAFFING.

OKAY, THANK YOU. MR. JOHNSON. I THINK WE MIGHT NEED SOME TYPE OF PRESENTATION GENERALLY ON WHAT THIS ALL IS AT A COMMITTEE.

$7 MILLION DOLLARS, I KNOW I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE ANYTHING THAT WOULD REMOTELY APPROACHED $7 MILLION DOLLARS.

AND THE ONLY THING I'VE REALLY HEARD IN TERMS OF HARD NUMBERS IS WE'RE GOING TO HIRE 26 NEW TEACHERS.

29. 7 MILLION DOLLARS IS NOT 29 TEACHERS.

[LAUGHTER] NOT EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE.

AND I KNOW WE'RE GIVING TEACHER RAISES, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GETTING THAT BIG OF ONE.

IT'S 4.1. SO.

MY CORRECTION, I'M GONNA LET DR.

BROWN SPEAK TO THE EXACT NUMBER BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE TEACHERS PLUS 12 IT'S 38 CORE TEACHERS AND 12 IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION TEACHERS.

WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN REALLOCATE OTHER POSITIONS TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.

BUT THAT REALLOCATION HAS NOT OCCURRED YET.

OKAY. SO ROUGHLY ABOUT 50 TEACHERS.

YES, SIR. THAT ARE GOING TO BE HIRED.

YES, SIR. WHICH IS $4 MILLION DOLLARS.

OKAY. WELL, THEN THERE'S ANOTHER 3 MILLION THAT WE STILL DON'T KNOW.

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SO THE POINT BEING, WE NEED A BETTER PRESENTATION TO BREAK THAT DOWN.

AND THE REALITY OF IT IS, I THINK THAT THERE MAY BE A POSSIBILITY.

I MEAN, I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR TEACHERS TONIGHT.

AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING, BECAUSE INFLATION HAS HURT THEM AND IT'S KILLING THEM, BUT THAT THOSE NUMBERS HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED AS WELL.

WE CAN'T IGNORE, BUT WE CAN'T JUST PLOT FORWARD ONE WITHOUT IGNORING ONE.

WE HAVE TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH THIS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO MORE WITH LESS.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST HOW IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE.

I MEAN, AT SOME POINT, THE THE CHECKBOOK HAS TO BALANCE.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF NECESSARILY $7 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS PROGRAM IS SOMETHING WE CAN AFFORD RIGHT NOW.

AND SO WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A PRESENTATION ON IT TO SEE THE EFFECT, WHAT WE EXPECT TO GET FROM IT, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO OR IF THERE'S A MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH THE SAME GOAL.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? I DO HAVE. I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD, MS. STANLEY. I DO UNDERSTAND YOU JUST HAVE $1,000,000, DOLLARS SO, YOU KNOW, I GET IT.

MY CONCERN IS I DON'T THINK WE'RE DONE.

SO WITH THAT, ROUGHLY 2.5 MILLION, 2.58 MILLION WE HAVE SET ASIDE FOR THOSE CONTRACTS THAT WERE ALREADY IN AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE THESE INCREASES.

RIGHT. AND THERE'S POTENTIAL MORE WITH WE HAVE WAY MORE POTENTIAL.

AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE OF BEING IN THE BUSINESS, I WAS SO NOT SURPRISED WITH THE DELAYS FOR THE AIR WITH HARRIS HILL BECAUSE THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE COST OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY CONTRACTED FOR, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET OUT OF IT.

SO THIS EXTRA MONEY THAT WE'RE SETTING ASIDE, IT'S THERE'S MORE COMING AND WE HAVE TO, WE CAN'T FOOL OURSELVES INTO THAT. I AGREE WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE.

AND I AGREE WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR TEACHERS, BUT NOT AT THE COST OF HAVING TO RELIEVE TEACHERS EITHER, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CUT SO MANY PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD THEM EITHER.

SO I THINK THAT THIS CAN'T BE DONE LIGHTLY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS DECIDED IS TO DO AN EXTERNAL PROGRAM AUDIT IN OUR AUDIT AND FINANCE OUR AUDIT GROUP.

AND WITH WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IS COMMISSIONING OUTSIDE AGENCY TO GIVE US RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHERE THEY SEE THE MOST POTENTIAL OF BUDGET SAVINGS FOR ESPECIALLY REOCCURRING COSTS ARE THE ONES THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT.

ONE TIME COSTS REALLY AREN'T BUDGET SAVES, AND SO THAT MEANS PROGRAMS, PAYROLL, EVERYTHING.

AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE THE INDEPENDENT EYE, IT'S NOT PICKING FAVORITES.

IT'S NOT HAVING US LOOK AT SOMETHING AND SAY, WELL, THIS IS MY FAVORITE THING AND IT MIGHT BE COSTING IT, BUT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IT'S VALUE.

WE'RE GOING TO GET AN INDEPENDENT EYE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD, WHICH NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS WORTH OF WORK ONCE WE APPROVE THAT PERSON.

THE SECOND THING IS WE'VE GOT TO START LOOKING AT CAMPUS EFFICIENCIES AND ARE OUR CAMPUS ES OPERATING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.

AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT INSTRUCTIONALLY, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THERE'S A CERTAIN THRESHOLD WHERE SOME CAMPUSES ARE COSTING AREN'T AS EFFICIENT IN COST BECAUSE THEY'RE SO SMALL AND YOU'RE STILL SUPPLYING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MANPOWER.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT TYPICALLY THE BIGGEST CAMPUS WE HAVE VERSUS THE SMALLEST CAMPUS WE HAVE, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE REALLY IS THE AMOUNT OF TEACHERS YOU HAVE.

AND THAT SHOULDN'T BE THE CASE, RIGHT? SO THE OVERHEAD IS ABOUT THE SAME.

AND SO WE HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST EFFICIENT USE OF OUR MONEY.

AND THEN THIRDLY, EVENTUALLY AND WE'RE SEEING IT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE LEGISLATORS BROUGHT UP WITH ANOTHER SUPERINTENDENT DURING THE DISCUSSIONS IS HOW MUCH DO YOU STILL HAVE IN YOUR TRE THAT YOU CAN GO ASK FOR YOUR VOTERS BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY, BUT YOU DO.

SO YOU NEED TO GO TO YOUR VOTERS AND ASK FOR IT.

AND THAT DIDN'T COME FROM MY MOUTH THAT CAME FROM A LEGISLATOR'S MOUTH.

AND SO THE FEELING IS IF YOU WANT MORE MONEY THERE IT IS TO GO GET.

IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THERE'S THERE'S NO AVOIDING IT.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PREPARE THE COMMUNITY TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

AND PART OF HAVING THAT INDEPENDENT AUDIT WILL SHOW THAT WE'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MONEY AND WE'RE REALLY INVESTING IN OUR TEACHERS, WHICH ARE OUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES.

[02:05:04]

NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM TEACHERS, AND I'M JUST GOING TO BE STRAIGHT OUT HONEST ON THIS TIME, YOU'VE HEARD TEACHERS SAY, YOU KNOW, I TAKE SO MUCH OF MY WORK HOME, I TAKE SO MUCH OF MY WORK TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS.

I TAKE SO MUCH OF MY WORK TO GRADE, TO PREPARE.

AND I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR MYSELF.

WE NEED TO INVEST IN THE ENTIRE TEACHING PROFESSION.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE GIVING THEM EXTRA DAYS.

WE WANT THEM TO TAKE THE TIME THEY NEED IF THEY'RE SICK.

THE WORST THING WE COULD DO IS HAVE THEM COME IN SICK AND THEN THEY GET OTHERS SICK AND OR TAKE THAT TIME FOR THEMSELVES.

THE PLC TIME IS A PLANNING TIME WHERE THEY COLLABORATE AND ACTUALLY WORK TOGETHER, PERFECT THEIR LESSONS, AND IT'S A PROVEN METHOD TO GET THE BEST OUT OF COHORTS OF TEACHERS WHEN SCHEDULED AND RUN CORRECTLY.

SO IT IS AN INVESTMENT.

OUR MOST FRAGILE STUDENTS THAT WE'VE SEEN SINCE I'VE COME HERE, HAVE BEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WE STARTED MAKING A CONSERVATIVE EFFORT TO REALLY MAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLS BETTER, AND THEN WE GOT HIT WITH COVID, AND NOW WE'RE COMING OUT.

AND IT'S WORSE THAN EVER BEFORE IN BEHAVIOR IN ACADEMICS AND BEING ABLE TO SCHOOL.

AND SO WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMPENSATION, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT MONEY, IT'S ABOUT TIME, IT'S ABOUT STRUCTURES.

IT'S ABOUT GIVING THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEED.

AND WHEN THE BOARD WAS BRINGING THAT UP, YOU KNOW, I LISTENED ATTENTIVELY AND I DID VALIDATE IT WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TEACHERS.

AND THEY SAID, MAN, WE HAVE TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT ARE LIKE, I GET IT, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO WORK TWO JOBS NO MATTER WHAT.

NO MATTER WHAT RAISE YOU GIVE ME, I'M STILL GOING TO HAVE TO WORK TWO JOBS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE MARKET IS NOW.

WHEN THEY SEE THEIR TAX BILL, WHEN THEY SEE THEIR FUEL BILL, WHEN THEY SEE THEIR RISING COSTS OF FOOD, EVERYTHING, RIGHT, THEY GO, BUT IF I'M WORKING THAT SECOND JOB, HOW AM I STILL DOING MY ORIGINAL JOB WHEN I STILL HAVE TO GRADE, PREPARE, DO ALL THOSE THINGS AND I DON'T HAVE THAT TIME IN THE SCHOOL DAY.

AND SO WE FELT THAT THIS IS A WAY TO DO THAT.

SO IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN EXAMINE.

THIS HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED.

THIS IS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.

THE FINAL APPROVAL HAPPENS IN JUNE AND I APPLAUD THE TEAM BECAUSE WE HAD TO WORK FAST RUNNING NUMBERS, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SCHEDULES.

THIS ISN'T AN EASY TASK WHERE YOU COULD SAY, WELL.

YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO JUST DO 50 TEACHERS.

I THINK WE NEED THAT AND WE NEED THIS.

IT'S A DEEP SCRUB.

SO THANK YOU.

JUST REAL QUICK AND I KNOW WE MAY HAVE SOME MORE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SPEAK MORE BOARD MEMBERS.

I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO ASK YOU IF YOU OR YOUR TEAM HAVE THE ANSWERS.

WE'RE CURRENTLY BLESSED, I GUESS, BY THE FACT THAT THERE WAS ESSER MONEY CAME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP OFFSET A LOT OF OPERATIONAL THINGS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING.

I MEAN, SOME OF THE THINGS OUR ESSER MONEY WENT FOR MAY BE CONSIDERED A ONE TIME, BUT SOME OF IT'S KIND OF OPERATING.

SO I'M WONDERING, IN 2024, WHEN ESSER DISAPPEARS, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH FUNDING WILL WE HAVE TO ADD TO OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET IN ORDER TO TAKE OVER THINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING, CONTINUE THINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING FUNDED IN ESSER.

IS THERE A GUESSTIMATE AS TO WHAT THAT AMOUNT WILL BE? RIGHT NOW GREAT QUESTION, MR. MILLER. WE CURRENTLY WITHIN OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET STILL CONTINUE TO BUDGET THOSE ITEMS. RIGHT NOW, IT'S ABOUT 3.5 MILLION IN ESSER.

NOW AS WE HAVE MORE OF THESE DISCUSSIONS ON REALLOCATIONS THAT NUMBER COULD POTENTIALLY ONLY GO UP IN THE COMING YEAR OR TWO.

AND I'LL JUST SAY THIS FOR ME I LOOKED AT THE CALENDAR ON THE BUDGET PROCESS.

I THINK WE HAD A MEETING TONIGHT AND THEN ANOTHER MEETING IN JUNE.

I'M GOING TO SUGGEST WE HAVE ANOTHER WORKSHOP ON THE BUDGET, ONE OR TWO OR THREE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO DO IS I WANT TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF WHAT HAPPENED WHEN ESSER IS OVER.

HOW MANY THINGS ARE WE CURRENTLY DOING WITH ESSER MONEY THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN'T DO WITHOUT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PICK UP SOMEHOW IN OUR ONGOING BUDGET.

SO BREAKDOWN OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.

I THINK MRS. STANLEY HAD A SUGGESTION OF SOMETHING OR SORRY, WES HAD A SUGGESTION OF SOMETHING HE WANTED A MORE BREAKDOWN OF FOR OUR NEXT SESSION. AND THEN THE BOARD MEMBERS CAN EMAIL MYSELF OR MECHELLE WITH ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE.

AND THEN WE'LL GET WITH YOU ABOUT A DATE AND TIME AND ALL THE BOARD TO TRY TO SET THAT UP.

MR. MILLER WE'LL ALSO CONTINUE TO SHOW THE BREAKOUT AND DETAIL OF ADDED ITEMS FOR NON-PAYROLL AND PAYROLL AS WE HAVE.

IT'S JUST NOT IN THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT WAS RECEIVED

[02:10:02]

YES, YES. YES, SIR.

SO HOW MUCH? SO THAT WAS ONE QUESTION.

THE OTHER ONE WAS REMIND ME AGAIN HOW MANY WE TALKED ABOUT WE'VE UTILIZE OUR FIFTH GOLDEN PENNY.

HOW MANY GOLDEN PENNIES DO WE HAVE LEFT? GREAT QUESTION. WE HAVE CONFUSING TERMS, BUT IT'S UNDER THE STATE STATUTE, WE HAVE THREE MORE GOLDEN PENNIES FOR ABOUT A VALUE OF 21 MILLION ABOUT NINE COPPER PENNIES.

YES, SIR. AND A GOLD PENNY IS WORTH ABOUT HOW MUCH TO THE DISTRICT? OVER SEVEN. A LITTLE OVER $7 MILLION DOLLARS.

SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION.

AND A COPPER PENNY IS ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF MILLION.

IT'S REDUCED A LITTLE BIT MORE.

IT'S MORE TOWARDS THREE AND A HALF. OKAY.

SO ROUGHLY, IF YOU ADD IT ALL UP, THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT $40 MILLION DOLLARS IN CURRENT FUNDING THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR TAX EFFORT.

50. $50 MILLION DOLLARS IN MONEY THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR TAXING EFFORT IF WE WERE SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT.

SO THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION.

AND THEN OVER ON MY PAGE 85, WHICH IS YOUR PAGE 12 OF YOUR PRESENTATION? YES. THERE WE GO.

WHAT'S THE CURRENT ADA? I MEAN, WHERE ARE WE TODAY? WE 48 WITH OUR LAST SIX WEEKS, WHICH RETURNED SOME MORE THAN THE NORMAL AVERAGES, IS ROUGHLY 48 FIVE 48 FOUR IN THAT RANGE.

I CAN'T EXACTLY TELL BUT IT'S IN THAT RANGE.

AND WHEN WE STARTED THE YEAR WE WERE AT WHAT 46 ISH? IT'S FLUCTUATED WE'VE GONE FROM 48 IN THE 48 FIVE RANGE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE 46 RANGE.

RIGHT. SO OUR THIRD 6 WEEKS WE WENT DOWN IN THE 46 RANGE, WE HAD A BUDGET AMENDMENT WE BROUGHT FORWARD, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE SECOND SIX WEEKS, BUT WE HAD A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD AND THAT'S WHEN TEA CAME BACK AND ANNOUNCED THE HOLD HARMLESS FOR THE FIRST FOUR, SIX WEEKS ATTENDANCE PERIODS.

WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FIFTH AND SIX SIXTH WEEKS FINAL WILL LOOK LIKE, BUT WE'RE MONITORING THAT.

SO WITH RESPECT TO WHATEVER ACTION WE TAKE TONIGHT, IT'S REALLY I THINK THERE'S AN ACTION ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR RAISES ONLY STARTING POINT AND THOSE ITEMS AS PRESENTED.

AND WE DO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF ABOUT WHAT THAT NUMBER WOULD BE.

I'M PRETTY SURE THERE'S PROBABLY NOT ANYBODY IN THE ROOM WHO WOULD BEGRUDGE FIGURING OUT A WAY TO OFFER MORE TO OUR TEACHERS.

BUT IT ALSO IS GOING TO PUT US IN A SITUATION KIND OF OUR BACKS UP AGAINST THE WALL BUDGETARILY, BECAUSE IF THIS ACTION ITEM IS APPROVED, I'M NOT TRYING TO ANTICIPATE ANYTHING, BUT WHATEVER ACTION ITEM IS APPROVED TONIGHT IS GOING TO ADD TO AN ALREADY 40 TO $48 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT FOR NEXT YEAR.

GRANTED, ESPECIALLY IF WE CAN'T FIND THE TEACHERS TO HIRE, WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO FILL THAT BUDGET.

SO THERE WILL BE A LOT OF SAVES, MAYBE 12 TO $20 MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE PROBABLY WON'T GET TO SPEND BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIND THE TEACHERS TO HIRE, WHICH IS NOT A GOOD THING.

WHAT I'M TRYING TO PLAN FOR, WHAT I'M TRYING TO AVOID IS, IN OTHER WORDS, WE'VE HEARD FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVES WHO SAY THEY WANT US TO USE OUR GENERAL FUND.

AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO USE YOUR GENERAL FUND, MAKE SURE YOU GO OUT TO YOUR TAXPAYERS AND GET ALL YOUR PENNIES BEFORE YOU COME TO THE STATE AND ASK FOR ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S AGGRAVATING TO ME AND THE ENTIRE SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA IS THERE'S NOT AN ACCELERATOR IN THERE FOR INFLATION OR FOR INCREASES IN SALARIES, FOR WAYS TO GIVE A RAISE, FOR WAYS TO DO ANYTHING THAT THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE EXACERBATED BY THE CURRENT SITUATION WE FIND OURSELVES IN.

SO YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT RAISES AND SALARIES WITHOUT ON THE OTHER SIDE SAYING THAT MONEY IS ALREADY SPENT BECAUSE GAS AND GROCERIES HAVE ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF IT. SO WE KNOW THE FRUSTRATION OF THAT.

AND ANYBODY WHO'S IN BUSINESS AND ANYBODY WHO HAS CURRENT EMPLOYEES THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO CARE FOR, WE'RE IN THE SAME BOAT IS A VERY DIFFICULT BALANCING ACT. WHAT I THINK IS GOING TO CAUSE ME THE MOST DISTRESS IS NOT REALLY A VOTE TO HELP OUR TEACHERS IS GOING TO BE MORE LOOKING AT A NUMBER WHEN WE'RE THROUGH AND TRYING TO APPROVE A BUDGET THAT'S GOING TO PUT OUR BACKS TO THE WALL.

WHAT THAT BASICALLY MEANS TO ME, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, IS WE HAVE TO DO A TRE, WE HAVE TO GO GET OUR PENNIES, AND WE ALSO HAVE TO DO A PROGRAM REVIEW.

AND IT WAS DISCUSSED IN OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE GROUP THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO A PROGRAM REVIEW.

WE'RE GOING TO HIRE AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT.

I DID TAKE LIBERTY TO CALL A FIRM TODAY, AND THAT'S A PROCESS THAT COULD BE DONE START ING IN THE SUMMER POTENTIALLY, AND FINISHED IN FOUR MONTHS, NOT EIGHT.

THERE IS KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL REVIEW THAT COULD BE DONE.

[02:15:02]

IT KIND OF GOES AND PICKS THE LOW LYING FRUIT AND THEN ANYTHING THAT DESERVES MORE SCRUTINY CAN BE DONE.

MY WHOLE THING IS, AND I'M SITTING HERE LOOKING AT BUDGETS, IS I DON'T WANT TWO OR THREE YEARS IN A ROW OF AN AIRBALL.

I REALLY WANT US TO RESOLVE WHAT THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD, OUR COST STRUCTURE, OUR FUNDING.

I KNOW I SIT HERE AS A BOARD MEMBER AND IT IS ENTIRELY FRUSTRATING THAT WHEN WE DO BUDGET WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS TO THREE OR FOUR OF THE MAJOR THINGS WE NEED TO KNOW.

THEY'RE JUST NOT AVAILABLE FOR US TO KNOW.

SO WE GOT DR.

RINGO AND HIS STAFF THROWING DARTS AT A DART BOARD TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR FUNDING IS GOING TO BE, WHAT OUR COST IS GOING TO BE, WHAT OUR ADA IS GOING TO BE, WHAT THE APPRAISAL VALUES ARE GOING TO BE.

YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROTESTS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

I BET EVERY PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY IS GOING TO BE PROTESTED THIS YEAR.

I KNOW I'M PROTESTING MINE.

SO WE'VE GOT SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE LOOSE RIGHT NOW.

WHAT I THINK IS INCUMBENT UPON US AS WE CONSIDER RAISES, AS WE CONSIDER WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR THESE PEOPLE, THESE TEACHERS AND STAFF.

WHAT I THINK IS INCUMBENT UPON US AND WHAT I FEEL SO STRONGLY LED TO DO IS DO WHAT, WE HAVE TO START THE PROCESS NOW, I DON'T WANT TO WAIT A YEAR TO GET AN OUTSIDE SURVEY BEFORE WE START DOING THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO PROTECT OUR HOME BASE.

TO ME, OUR HOME BASE IS THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD A HEALTHY GENERAL FUND FOR A LONG TIME AND IT'S GIVEN US AN EXCELLENT CREDIT RATING AND THE ABILITY TO BORROW MONEY WHEN WE DO GO FOR BONDS AT AS CHEAP A POSSIBLE RATE.

I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THAT UP.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE FOUGHT HARD FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS FOR THAT.

SO AS WE DISCUSS RAISES, AS WE DISCUSS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH ANYTHING WITHIN THE BUDGET AS WE KEEP FINDING SURPRISES, I MEAN, THE ONE SURPRISE THAT SCARES ME THE MOST IS THAT OUR ADA WON'T BE WHAT WE'RE BUDGETING.

WE DON'T KNOW. IT'S BEEN LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S BEEN DOWN TO 46 AND UP TO 48 OR 49.

AND WE'RE CURRENTLY PROJECTING.

WHAT DID YOU SAY, 49? 47,883.

I HOPE WE GET TO THAT BECAUSE THE FUNDING IMPACT OF THAT WILL AGAIN BE MORE ADDED TO THE DEFICIT.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME AFTER TONIGHT.

WHATEVER IS DECIDED TONIGHT, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO NOW.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE A $60 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT, AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT.

AND WHAT I'D RATHER US DO IS START THE PROCESS NOW TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE NOW TO HELP, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE.

MR. GLICK. THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO FIRST THANK THE STAFF FOR LISTENING TO WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT DURING OUR ACTUAL TWO FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, ONE ON TUESDAY AND ONE THAT WAS CARRIED OVER TO WEDNESDAY TWO WEEKS AGO.

ONE OF THE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO WAS MY FRUSTRATION.

THAT SEEMS TO HAPPEN EVERY APRIL WHERE WE GET NUMBERS.

THE NUMBERS SEEM TO REFLECT THAT THE WORLD IS GOING TO COLLAPSE ON US AND WE MAKE RAISES BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS.

SO THIS IS A SPECIFIC DOCUMENT EXACTLY APRIL 27TH OF LAST YEAR THAT WE SAW.

I'M JUST GOING TO READ THE NUMBERS FROM THE DOCUMENT SPECIAL SESSION THAT WE HAD ON BUDGET LAST YEAR.

SO WE STARTED OUT WITH A FUND BALANCE OF $267 MILLION DOLLARS LAST YEAR.

IN OUR APRIL MEETING A YEAR AGO, IT WAS PROJECTED THAT WE'D GO FROM 267 MILLION TO 240 MILLION, OR A DEFICIT OF $27 MILLION DOLLARS.

THAT'S WHAT THESE ARE THE NUMBERS I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT ON MY IPAD RIGHT NOW FROM A PRESENTATION A YEAR AGO ON THESE SAME SUBJECTS.

WELL, IT DIDN'T END UP AT 240 MILLION.

IT ENDED UP AT 270 MILLION.

SO NOT ONLY WE DID NOT LOSE 27 MILLION, WE GAINED AN EXTRA THREE FROM 267 AND WENT TO 270.

SO IT WAS SAID WE'D GO FROM 267 TO 240 INSTEAD OF GOING TO 240, WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP AT 270.

SO WHAT MY FEAR IS, IS THAT WE KEEP HEARING THESE NUMBERS.

WE'RE HEARING THEM AGAIN, I'M NOT DISPUTING SOME OF THE FACTS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

I KNOW THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE RIGHT NOW, BUT WHEN WE GET TO THE CAFR IN DECEMBER, IT'S ALWAYS HIGHER.

AND THAT'S WHY I KEEP WINNING BETS FROM MR. MILLER. AND IT'S A FUN BET, BUT IT'S ALSO VERY SERIOUS BECAUSE THESE ARE RAISES THAT WERE MADE BEING BASED ON FOR OUR EMPLOYEES BASED ON NUMBERS THAT ARE NOT REAL. SO, MR.

[02:20:02]

PRESIDENT, IF YOU'RE READY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

I WOULD LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT YOU SAID.

OKAY. WELL, LET ME JUST FINISH.

LET ME COMPLETE. SURE. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A DECISION, WE'VE HEARD OF ALL THE STAFF THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE HIRED.

WE KNOW NUMBERS ALWAYS COME BACK.

THE NUMBERS ALWAYS GET HIGHER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR FUND BALANCE WILL BE THAT WE FINALLY SEE THE OFFICIAL NUMBERS IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

I HAVE NO IDEA. BUT I WOULD GUESS THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE WHAT WE'RE THINKING OF RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE ANYWHERE NEAR THAT LOW.

SO I THINK IT'S TIME, AS I SAID TWO WEEKS AGO, TO REWARD OUR STAFF, TO REWARD OUR TEACHERS.

IT'S TIME. IF WE WANT TO BECOME THE DISTRICT THAT ALL SEVEN OF US AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE CABINET AND EVERYBODY WHO LIVES IN THIS DISTRICT, EVERYBODY WHOSE EMPLOYED IN THIS DISTRICT, ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, IF WE WANT TO DO THAT, IT'S TIME TO RETAIN OUR GREAT STAFF.

AND THE WAY TO DO IT IS TO REWARD THEM AND TO SAY, WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH, AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET YOU TO THE POINT WHERE YOU THINK WE UNDERSTAND THE SUFFERING THAT YOU'VE DONE.

SO THANK YOU, SIR.

AND THANK YOU, MR. GLICK. MR. GLICK, IN MY DISCUSSION AROUND THIS ROOM ON THIS SUBJECT, HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN'T OVERLOOK IS THE COVID IMPACT, THE FACT THAT WE'VE NEVER.

2018 ACCORDING TO PAGE 79, SLIDE SIX 2018 WAS THE LAST YEAR WE HAD A NORMAL BUDGET OF ANY TYPE.

SINCE THEN, WE'VE HAD $56 MILLION DOLLARS IN SAVES, $31 MILLION DOLLARS IN SAVES, $33 MILLION DOLLARS IN SAVES, AND $24 MILLION DOLLARS IN SAVES FROM OUR BUDGET BECAUSE OF COVID REDUCED OPERATIONS.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A TIME WHERE WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO NORMAL OPERATIONS.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT WHEN YOU BUDGET YOU BUDGET BASED ON BEING ABLE TO PAY THE BILLS IN YOUR NORMAL TIME.

I MEAN, IN THE BANK AND WE ALWAYS DO A BASE CASE WHICH IS THE WORST AND EXPECTED CASE WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND THEN A WORST CASE.

AND IN ALL OF OUR BUDGETS, THE BEST CASE HAS ALWAYS HAPPENED BECAUSE WE NEVER COULD SPEND OUR MONEY, WE COULDN'T OPERATE.

WE WERE PREVENTED OR JUST UNABLE TO OPERATE.

MY CONCERN IS THAT THAT WORM IS GOING TO CHANGE.

WE'VE ALREADY BORROWED HOW MANY TRILLION DOLLARS FROM OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS THROUGH ESSER FUNDS AND WHATEVER ELSE.

I JUST KIND OF THINK THE RUBBER BANDS GETTING REALLY TIGHT.

I THINK AS A RESPONSIBLE BOARD, IT IS GREAT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.

I THINK AS A RESPONSIBLE BOARD TOO WE NEED TO PLAN AROUND WHAT WE EXPECT TO HAPPEN AND WHAT WE EXPECT IS NORMAL OPERATIONS AND WE NEED TO PREPARE TO FUND NORMAL OPERATIONS. THERE'S NOT A BUDGET YEAR THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH UNDER NORMAL OPERATIONS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN POSITIVE.

SO YOU ACTUALLY OWE ME SOME BETS, BUT WE'LL GET TO THAT LATER.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT BREAKEVEN BUDGETS OR MAYBE $20 MILLION DOLLAR NEGATIVES, THE SAVES KIND OF ATE IT UP. BUT AT 60 MILLION, WE AIN'T EVER GOING TO SAY IT'S GOING TO BE A $40 MILLION AIRBALL.

I CAN TELL YOU.

AND THAT'S IF WE HIT OUR ADA.

SO I'M SITTING HERE GOING, OKAY, THAT CAN'T STAND.

WE NEED TO DO A PROGRAM REVIEW.

WE NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS.

I THINK EVERYBODY HERE IS ON FIRM FOOTING WITH SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS.

THERE'S NO DOUBT IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO.

THE LANDSCAPE ALONG THE COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE ALONE.

IF WE WANT TEACHERS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO GET THEM.

RIGHT. SO I HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH ARGUMENT ABOUT THAT.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S WHEN WE'RE DONE.

YOU KNOW, THIS BUDGET.

I JUST THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A LOT MORE WORK ON IT.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M SAYING. MS. GRIFFIN, THANK YOU. YES.

WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS AND ONE TIME COSTS ARE NOT SUPERIOR TO OUR EMPLOYEES.

THEY'RE JUST NOT.

FOR FOUR YEARS STRAIGHT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A PROGRAM REVIEW.

WE'LL START IT AND WE'LL STOP IT.

SO IF THIS IS THE TIME THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT IT, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

AND I AGREE WITH MR. JOHNSON, YOU CAN'T BRING US A TOTAL NEW IMPACT ON FIGURES, BECAUSE EVERY REPORT WE GET, THE DEFICIT CHANGES.

[02:25:08]

AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO READ THAT SENTENCE THAT SAYS IT FLUCTUATES, BUT AT SOME POINT, OUR VISION HAS TO BE CLEAR OF WHAT IT IS WE'RE GOING TO DO, PAST RAISES.

AND IF WE'RE SAYING THAT, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SERIOUSLY ABOUT DOING THIS TIME WITH THE HIRING OF WHATEVER YOU ALL CAME UP WITH OUT OF THE AUDIT GROUP, I RESPECT WHAT Y'ALL'S WORK THERE AND I WOULD LISTEN TO BASICALLY YOUR RECOMMENDATION.

BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TONIGHT RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE THE BUDGET WHEN WE DON'T HAVE TO PASS THE BUDGET UNTIL THE END OF JUNE. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CONSIDER RAISES.

SO FROM LINDA GRIFFIN'S PERSPECTIVE, JUST LINDA GRIFFIN.

I APPRECIATE THE PROJECTED WORK AND THE PROJECTED BUDGETS, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE PROJECTED.

AND AS I ALWAYS SAY, WHEN WE GET THE SUMMARY REPORT, WE'RE ONLY AT 61% OF OUR SALARY, OUR EMPLOYEES SALARIES, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AT 100% BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL OF THE VACANCIES.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT'S REALITY AND WHAT'S THE REAL BUDGET, THE REAL BUDGET WOULD SAY, LET'S DO THAT AND SEE WHAT THAT SAVE IS AND THEN BUILD OFF OF THAT.

I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE US TO GET THROUGH THE RAISES.

IF WE ARE GOING TO BUCKLE DOWN AND COME AND HAVE ANOTHER BUDGET WORKSHOP, I'M ALL IN.

IF I'M AVAILABLE, I'LL MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE.

BUT LET'S GET THROUGH THE RAISES.

THERE'S A REASON WE'RE AT THIS POINT, DR.

LOPEZ, FOR THESE RAISES, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WANTED TO USE.

AND IF I'M MISSPEAKING, THEN CORRECT ME THAT YOU WANTED THIS AT THIS POINT SO THAT IT COULD BE A PART OF THE RECRUITING TOOL OR ONE OF THE MECHANISM THAT PEOPLE CAN COME HERE AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING, SO WE CAN CARRY ON ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN 2 TO 3, 3 TO 4 YEARS OR WE CAN GO ON AND DO SOMETHING FOR OUR TEACHERS RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN WE LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE AND THEN WE CAN GO ON AND GET STARTED.

NOT TRYING TO BE DISRESPECTFUL, I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY WHAT'S BEFORE US RIGHT NOW.

I THINK THE BUDGET ITEM, THE AGENDA ITEM READS LET ME MAKE SURE.

IT SAYS WHICH ITEM IS IT? IT'S CONSIDER YES, THANK YOU. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE 2022 TO 2023 PAY RAISES.

THAT'S THE AGENDA ITEM.

THANK YOU. MS. STANLEY.

OKAY. I HAD A QUESTION.

EARLIER ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS SPOKE AND UNFORTUNATELY SHE USED ACRONYMS THAT I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO UNDERSTANDING OF.

SO I WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION.

YOU HAD MENTIONED A THREE TIER PERCENTAGE FOR RAISES AND YOU HAD SAID, ESP.

WHAT IS THAT? OK AND THEN THE 2% WAS FOR WHO? ADMINISTRATION.

THANK YOU. AND DR.

RINGO. WILL YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION AND THE ANSWER FOR THE PUBLIC, PLEASE? THE QUESTION BEING FOR INFORMATION OF THE ESP IN COMMON TERMS IT'S REFERRED TO AS NONEXEMPT EMPLOYEES.

THAT'S OUR HOURLY EMPLOYEES.

OKAY. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE BESIDES TEACHERS, THERE'S OTHER PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES THAT ARE NOT JUST ADMINISTRATION.

WE HAVE COUNSELORS, LIBRARIANS, COORDINATORS, NURSES THAT ARE A WHOLE GROUP OF EMPLOYEES, TOO.

AND I SAY PROFESSIONALS ON A CONTRACT.

AND SO THAT'S NURSES, COUNSELORS, LIBRARIANS, COORDINATORS, HEALTH SERVICES, NURSE K, MYSELF.

SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A GROUP OF EMPLOYEES THAT'S JUST BEYOND CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION OR EVEN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION.

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BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE STRUGGLE AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK FOR MYSELF AS BEING NEW TO THIS IS I TOO STRUGGLE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO THE COMMUNITY AT SOME POINT AND ASK FOR OUR PENNIES, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO IN AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ASK FOR THE MONEY.

AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO A LOT OF THESE THINGS.

AND I LOOK AT THIS AND I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE OF A TIERED AND NOT A FLAT, JUST FLAT PERCENTAGE ACROSS THE BOARD.

BUT I ALSO AM NOT VERY VERSED IN THIS, SO I TEND TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TRY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT.

BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, EXPLAINING THAT OUT DR.

RINGO, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW.

I MEAN, ANYBODY LISTENING IS NOT UNDERSTANDING IT.

SO I APPRECIATE IT. GOOD QUESTION.

THANK YOU. MR. SELDERS.

I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION.

I JUST HAD A COMMENT BECAUSE I WAS LISTENING AT THE DISCUSSION THAT WAS HAPPENING.

AND, YOU KNOW, MS. GRIFFIN JUST KIND OF BROUGHT IT HOME AND THAT THE ITEM THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING IS RAISES.

AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A BUDGET AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME.

I UNDERSTAND AND I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION THAT DR.

RINGO AND HIS TEAM ARE BRINGING FORWARD TO US ABOUT PROJECTED IMPACTS.

BUT I THINK, LIKE YOU, MR. MILLER, YOU TALK ABOUT HOW WE FIGURE IT OUT AND I THINK WE'LL GET TO THAT POINT.

SO MY POINT WAS, I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION.

OK.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

JUST REAL QUICKLY, YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE RAISES WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET.

BUT I THINK LARRY HAD THE INCLINATION TO MAKE A MOTION A WHILE AGO WHEN I PAUSED HIM.

MR. GLICK, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT OR IF YOU WANT TO AGREE WITH MR. SELDERS.

I WOULD MAKE A MOTION, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT WE HAVE A TWO TIERED RAISE, ONE ON PAGE 80 FOR THE TEACHERS, A $60,000 DOLLAR STARTING PAY AND A 5% PLUS EQUITY.

THAT'S ON PAGE 80 FOR TEACHER SALARY PLAN.

AND THEN ON PAGE 81, FOR ALL OTHER STAFF MEMBERS, A 4% MIDPOINT INCREASE PLUS EQUITY ADJUSTMENT.

MAY I ASK THE MOVER A QUESTION? YES. SO YOU WERE NOT MAKING A MOTION BASED ON THE DISTRICT RECOMMENDATION? NO, SIR. THE DISTRICT WAS 4% ACROSS THE BOARD.

TEACHER, 60 4% AND 4% MID-POINT.

I WOULD GO TO A 5%.

THE FINAL COLUMN ON PAGE 80 FOR THE TEACHER, SIR.

EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THE MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO AT THIS POINT, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, OF COURSE.

JUST CURIOUS, MR. GLICK, WHY WOULD YOU NOT ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF ADMINISTRATION? YEAH, AND LIKE I SAID, I COMMENDED THE STAFF FOR LISTENING TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN FINANCE COMMITTEE.

I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT 5% WAS A NUMBER THAT I THOUGHT WAS ACTUALLY REASONABLE FOR OUR TEACHERS. I'VE LOOKED AT WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING AROUND THE STATE.

I'VE SPOKEN TO OTHER TRUSTEES AROUND THE STATE.

I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR STAFFING SHORTAGES ARE COMING FROM.

I THINK OTHER DISTRICTS ARE FEELING THE SAME THING AT THE SAME TIME.

AND I THINK WE HAVE TO STEP UP AND BE WILLING TO SAY TO OUR STAFF AND OUR FUTURE STAFF HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THEM.

SO I'M WILLING TO GO TO THE EXTRA.

IT'S AN EXTRA, WHAT, A LITTLE OVER $2.1 MILLION DOLLARS.

I'M WILLING TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS SIR.

AND I CAN APPRECIATE THAT.

THE REASON FOR MY QUESTION IS, WHAT MESSAGE DOES THAT SEND WHEN YOU TIER IT THAT WAY? IN MY MIND, I'M THINKING THAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING OR IMPLYING THAT POTENTIALLY SOME POSITIONS DESERVE MORE REWARD THAN OTHERS.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE IMPLYING OR IS THAT SOMETHING DIFFERENT? AM I MISTAKEN? IN THE PAST HISTORY WE'VE DONE THAT.

WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE TIERS OVER MULTIPLE PERCENTAGE RAISES.

I JUST THINK IT'S TIME TO SAY TO OUR TEACHERS, THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS, THE ONES WHO ARE IN FRONT OF OUR KIDS EVERY SINGLE DAY,

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IT'S TIME WE REWARDED YOU AND REWARDED YOU HANDSOMELY.

AND MY QUESTION WAS, BECAUSE OF THAT, I MEAN, I RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST AND SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS SHARED WAS IS THAT HOW WE ARE PERCEIVED THAT SOME POSITIONS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHERS IN TERMS OF THEIR ROLE IN WHAT THEY BRING TO THE DISTRICT? SO I'M JUST CURIOUS.

THAT'S ALL. THAT WAS A QUESTION.

OH. YOU'VE HEARD EVEN THIS EVENING, SOME PEOPLE GIVE VERY DISTANT NUMBERS, 2% HERE, 5% THERE, 6%, I THINK WITH A FOUR HERE AND A FIVE THERE WERE CLOSE ENOUGH TO SAY WE'RE REWARDING EVERYBODY, INCLUDING THE IMPORTANT EQUITY INCREASES.

I JUST THINK IT'S TIME FOR OUR WHAT WAS IT ABOUT 4,000 TEACHERS, DR.

LOPEZ, IS THAT NUMBER ABOUT RIGHT? IT'S OVER 4000.

IT'S PROBABLY CLOSER TO 4,300.

TO SAY TO OUR 4,300 TEACHERS WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH.

AND HERE'S THE THING THAT I THINK I LEARNED FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO.

WHEN WE LOSE A GOOD TEACHER, IT HURTS US AND IT HURTS US BECAUSE WE NEVER KNOW WHO'S GOING TO REPLACE THAT GREAT TEACHER AND HOW LONG IT TAKES TO BECOME A GREAT TEACHER.

TEACHERS WHO HAVE TAUGHT TEN PLUS YEARS BECOME THE EXPERTS AND THEY MENTOR OUR NEW TEACHERS.

WHEN THAT CADRE STARTS TO DIMINISH IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE'VE SEEN REPORTS THAT WHEN THOSE NUMBERS DIMINISH, THE WHOLE STAFF DOESN'T FUNCTION AND THE ONES WHO SUFFER THE MOST ARE OUR KIDS.

SO I WANT TO KEEP I WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE TO OUR SENIOR TEACHERS HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THEM.

AND IF WE DON'T DO IT NOW, THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM IN SURROUNDING DISTRICTS ARE THERE.

WE KNOW IT. WE NEED TO KEEP THOSE TEACHERS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT. THAT'S THE MESSAGE I THINK WE NEED TO SEND TO OUR STAFF.

I GUESS MY COMMENT IS, IS NOT ANY DIFFERENT THAN THAT BECAUSE I 100% AGREE THAT WE NEED TO REWARD OUR TEACHERS, BUT I GUESS THEY RECEIVE A LOT OF SUPPORT AS WELL.

AND SO I'M JUST CONCERNED WHAT THAT SAYS ON SOME LEVEL, WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING THAT'S REALLY ALL MY COMMENTS ARE BASED ON.

MR. JOHNSON. MR. SELDERS. JUST AS A POINT OF CLARITY, WHAT WAS YOUR MOTION GOING TO BE? I WAS SUPPORTING THE RECOMMENDATION FROM ADMINISTRATION.

SO, MS.. HOGAN, WITH RESPECT TO HOW A VOTE WOULD GO WITH RESPECT TO THIS, BECAUSE THERE'S A MOTION PENDING.

YES, THERE IS. IN ORDER TO GET TO MR. SELDERS MOTION, WOULD WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY VOTE ON OR COULD WE PROPOSE AMENDMENTS OR HOW WOULD THIS GO? YOU CAN PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR PRIOR TO TAKING A VOTE.

OR YOU CAN CALL FOR AN ADDITIONAL MOTION AFTER YOU VOTED.

AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE I'M SUGGESTING I JUST WANT TO KNOW, BECAUSE WE CLEARLY HAVE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, A PROCESS OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

WELL NOT NECESSARILY I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M AGAINST WHAT MR. GLICK IS PROPOSING. I JUST HAD A QUESTION.

AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU ARE EITHER. I'M JUST WANTING TO KNOW WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT THINGS? WITH OUR CURRENT MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

IF THERE ARE NO AMENDMENTS AND YOU ALREADY HAVE A SECOND, YOU MUST YOU NEED TO TAKE YOUR VOTE FOR THE MOTION THAT'S PENDING.

SO IF MR. MILLER WOULD TAKE PLEASURE IN TAKING FROM AMENDMENTS.

EXACTLY. I HAD ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM BEFORE WE VOTED AND JUST WAITING FOR THAT ROOM TO CLEAR.

AND MR. BEACH HAS ONE MORE DISCUSSION.

I'M LIKE, ROBERT, I'VE BEEN SITTING AND LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION HERE AND I DID MAKE A SECOND ON THIS.

AND THE REASON AND I'VE HEARD JAMIE TALK ABOUT THE COVID WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO NORMALCY, WE DON'T REALLY, REALLY KNOW WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET TO 100% STAFFING.

WE REALLY, REALLY DON'T KNOW.

MS. GRIFFIN MENTIONED ABOUT PROJECTIONS AND WE DON'T REALLY KNOW.

ADA GROWTH, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW.

THE ONE THING WE DO KNOW IS THE ATTENDANCE LAWS HAVE CHANGED WHICH HAVE HURT US AS FAR AS ADA IS CONCERNED, BECAUSE WE CAN'T GO AFTER KIDS OUT THERE AND FIND THEM LIKE WE USED TO AND GO AFTER THEM AND BEATING ON THE DOORS AND FIND THOSE KIDS TO MAKE THAT A REALITY LIKE WE USED TO, WHICH I THINK WE SHOULD, WHICH WOULD HELP IN ADA.

AND I LOOK AT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.

AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, THE ADA, THE ADA, THE ADA.

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YOU KNOW, THIS BOARD, WE'VE HAD PRESENTATIONS FROM GEOGRAPHIC PEOPLE ABOUT THE GROWTH IN GARLAND, THE HOME BUILDING IN CERTAIN AREAS AROUND THE COMMUNITIES, IN THE TRI CITIES.

AND IN 2030, I DO REMEMBER HIM SAYING THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE ALMOST AT 58,000 STUDENTS, MAYBE 60,000 STUDENTS BECAUSE OF THAT GROWTH.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT ADA AND ATTENDANCE LAWS AND PEOPLE OUT THERE AND COVID ABOUT NORMALCY, YOU KNOW, WHEN COVID HIT, A LOT OF KIDS JUST QUIT COMING TO SCHOOL.

AND WE WERE DOING IT VIRTUALLY AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO DO THAT.

SO THEY THOUGHT, WELL, HEY, THERE'S NO PUNISHMENT.

I'M JUST GOING TO STAY AT HOME.

SO IF WE HAD ATTENDANCE LAWS, MAYBE, OUR STATE OFFICIALS ARE HEARING THIS.

IF WE HAD ATTENDANCE LAWS THAT COULD PUT SOME TEETH BACK INTO THAT, WE COULD GET OUR ADA BACK TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE FIRST PLACE, BECAUSE WE HAVE 53,000 STUDENTS ENROLLED AND WE HAD THAT PROJECTION WE WOULDN'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WOULD BE A LOT MORE MONEY TO OUR BUDGET.

YES. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M DONE.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

BOARD, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION.

WE'RE GOING TO INDICATE APPROVAL BY RAISING YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED IT LOOKS LIKE THE MOTION CARRIES 4 3.

SO THANK YOU, BOARD.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT BUDGET ITEM.

OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM D OF SECTION 7.

[VII.D. Consider Approval of the 2022-2023 Performance Incentive Stipend to Retain High Quality Core Content Teachers - Dr. Brent Ringo, Dr. Gradyne E. Brown (Finance Committee)]

THIS IS PAGE 88 IN YOUR BOARD BOOK, IF YOU STILL HAVE IT.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE 2022-2023 PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE STIPEND TO RETAIN HIGH QUALITY CORE CONTENT TEACHERS.

DR. RINGO.

MR. MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

DR. LOPEZ I AM STILL HERE FOR THE NEXT ITEM.

[LAUGHTER] THE NEXT ITEM IS FOR A PERFORMANCE RETENTION STIPEND FOR OUR TOP 35% OF OUR CORE CONTENT TEACHERS.

AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT WITH THIS, IT IS DATA FROM 2021 WHERE THESE TEACHERS WERE IDENTIFIED AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT TIA.

OUR DISTRICT WAS NOT APPROVED THROUGH THE TIA PROCESS.

SO IN APRIL OF 2022, DR.

CADDELL AND TEAM WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR TEAM ASKING WHAT CAN BE DONE, HAS A T A COMPARABLE TYPE OF STIPEND. AND SO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, DR.

CADDELL IDENTIFIED WITH THESE TEACHERS AND WITH WHAT THESE TIERS WOULD BE.

WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT THESE TEACHERS WERE GOING TO MAKE THROUGH TIA.

IT WAS NOTED THAT WHATEVER FUNDS WE RECEIVED, A CERTAIN PERCENT WOULD GO TO THE TEACHERS, ANOTHER PERCENT WOULD GO TO THE CAMPUS AND A PERCENT WOULD GO TO THE DISTRICT AND A MAJORITY OF THAT GOING TO THE TEACHERS.

AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS UTILIZING ESSER DOLLARS.

AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, YOU CAN SEE WITHIN THE TIERS, WE HAVE 56 MASTER TEACHERS, 265 EXEMPLARY TEACHERS AND 226 RECOGNIZED TEACHERS.

AND THEN WITHIN THOSE TIERS, YOU SEE THE NUMBERS OF TEACHERS THAT WOULD RECEIVE THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT UPON STAYING IN THE DISTRICT FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND WHY I SAY NEXT YEAR TO HIGHLIGHT THE STIPEND WAS DEVELOPED IN APRIL OF 2022.

THIS HAS NO RELATION OR CORRELATION TO THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

AND SO THIS IS GOVERNED BY DEA LOCAL IN SECTION 53 OF THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION.

AND THE REASON WHY IT HAS TO BE PAID NEXT YEAR.

SECTION 53 OF THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION PROHIBITS THE DISTRICT FROM INCREASING AN EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION AFTER SERVICES HAVE BEEN RENDERED OR THROUGH THE CONTRACT YEAR.

REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE DISTRICT INTENDS TO RELY ON FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL INCENTIVE PAY PLANS, THE PLAN MUST HAVE BEEN IN PLACE AT THE TIME THE CONTRACT WAS ENTERED INTO.

SO SINCE THIS WAS NOT IN OUR COMPENSATION PLAN IN 21, 22 AND AGAIN IN 20, 21, IT DOES NOT QUALIFY TO BE WE CANNOT LEGALLY PAY IT THIS YEAR.

IT MUST BE APPROVED IN THE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR 22-23 AND CAN BE DONE AS A RETENTION STIPEND TO RETAIN THESE TEACHERS.

THEN THAT LEADS INTO SINCE IT WAS NOT IN THE PLAN IN 20, 21, BECAUSE FOR IT TO BE TRS CREDIBLE COMPENSATION, IT HAS TO BE IN THE COMPENSATION PLAN WHEN IT IS STARTED.

THIS WAS NOT IN THE 2021 OR 2022 COMPENSATION PLAN.

IT IS GOING IN THE 22 23 COMPENSATION PLAN THAT THE BOARD APPROVES.

AND WITH THAT, THAT LEADS INTO, SINCE IT'S NOT TRS SCOPE OF COMPENSATION, A RETENTION STIPEND AS IT'S OUTLINED ON THE TRS WEBSITE IS NOT CREDIBLE COMPENSATION. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS IT DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE HIGHEST YEAR'S SALARY.

IT CAN STILL BE PAID TO EMPLOYEES, BUT IT DOES NOT FACTOR INTO THE HIGHEST YEAR AVERAGE OF SALARIES.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, ESSER IS ALLOWED FOR RETENTION STIPENDS.

THESE NUMBERS WERE DEVELOPED IN APRIL OF 2022.

OUR ESSER PLAN WAS APPROVED TO BE AMENDED IN APRIL OF 2022.

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AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE MUST MOVE FORWARD IN BEING ABLE TO OFFER THESE FUNDS, IF WE'RE WITH BOARD APPROVAL, THAT THESE WOULD BE PAID IN THE 22-23 COMPENSATION PLAN. AS YOU SEE HERE, THE DETAIL, I WON'T READ THROUGH IT.

THE STIPEND TERMINATION IS OUTLINED THERE FROM DR.

CADDELL'S TEAM AND HOW THESE NUMBERS WERE CAME UP WITH AND THEN STIPEND, ELIGIBILITY, IT TALKS ABOUT THERE'S 547 CORE CONTENT AND TEACHERS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. THEY MUST BE ON CONTRACT FOR THE 22-23 CONTRACT YEAR AND BE IDENTIFIED CORE CONTENT TEACHER WITH THAT DATA FROM 20-21, WHICH IS THE STUDENT GROWTH AND APPRAISAL.

AND THAT STIPEND WOULD BE PAID 100% IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022.

OKAY. BOARD THAT'S OUR PRESENTATION ON THIS.

THANK YOU, MR. RINGO.

I BELIEVE WE'VE DISCUSSED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE PAST.

I WILL ASK YOU ONE QUESTION.

TELL ME AGAIN, THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS THAT ARE IN THE CONTEMPLATED POOL.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TEACHERS IS FIVE.

AND DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS ON AVERAGE FROM DISTRICTS THAT WERE PART OF THE TIA? THAT IS NOT MY EXPERTISE AREA.

I WOULD REFER TO DR.

CADDELL OR MS. JOYNER. DOES ANYBODY HAVE A GUESS? TEA HAS NOT RELEASED THAT INFORMATION.

OKAY. WOULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION, PLEASE? WELL, MY QUESTION WAS, IT SOUNDED TO ME LIKE FROM WHAT I GATHERED FROM OTHER CONVERSATIONS, THAT THE TIA PROGRAM WAS, YOU KNOW, FROM 10 TO 30, 40 TEACHERS PER DISTRICT.

IT WASN'T NEAR AS ROBUST AS WHAT WE HAD APPLIED FOR THE 547.

SO I'M JUST POINTING OUT THAT WE HAVE 547 TEACHERS IN OUR PLAN THAT WE'RE ROLLING OUT POTENTIALLY VOTING ON TONIGHT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF DR.

RINGO OR ANY MOTIONS.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION. YES, SIR.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE 2022-23 PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE STIPEND TO RETAIN HIGH QUALITY CORE CONTENT TEACHERS, THEIR STIPENDS, AS STATED TONIGHT IN THE BOOK. SECOND.

OK WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

BOARD ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE STIPEND TO BE PAID NEXT YEAR OUT OF ESSER FUNDS? ALL RIGHT PLEASE INDICATE YOUR APPROVAL BY RAISING YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. LET'S GO TO ITEM E CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE 2022 2023 SIGN ON INCENTIVE STIPEND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEW

[VII.E. Consider Approval of the 2022-2023 Sign On Incentive Stipend Recommendations for New GISD Employees - Dr. Brent Ringo, Dr. Gradyne E. Brown (Finance Committee)]

GISD EMPLOYEES.

DR. RINGO.

MR. MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.

LOPEZ. IT IS STILL ME.

WE ARE THIS IS FOR UTILIZING ESSER FUNDS AS PART OF A RECRUITMENT TOOL.

I KNOW OUR HR TEAM WORKS VERY HARD THIS TIME OF YEAR, ALL THE WAY UP TO START OF SCHOOL, AND THIS WOULD BE A TOOL TO ADVERTISE THAT IF YOU'RE A NEW EMPLOYEE TO THE DISTRICT, WHETHER YOU'RE A PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEE EXEMPT OR A HOURLY EMPLOYEE NONEXEMPT, THAT YOU WOULD GET A SIGN ON INCENTIVE.

AND THIS INCENTIVE IS $1,000 DOLLARS FOR NEW EMPLOYEES, NEW PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES, AND $500 DOLLARS FOR HOURLY.

IT WOULD BE PAID 100% IN 2022.

AND AGAIN, THIS WOULD NOT BE CREDIBLE COMPENSATION.

THE EMPLOYEE CAN BE PAID THIS.

IT JUST DOES NOT COUNT TOWARDS THE HIGHEST YEAR'S SALARY.

AND THEN ANOTHER KEY PIECE TO HIGHLIGHT WITH THIS, AN EMPLOYEE COULD NOT RECEIVE BOTH THE RETENTION STIPEND THAT WE RECEIVED THIS YEAR AND WILL RECEIVE AGAIN NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS THE $2,000 DOLLARS. THEY WILL RECEIVE EITHER OR.

SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, DR.

RINGO, THE BOARD PROBABLY JUST SET A RECORD FOR THE STATE.

WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE HIGHEST COMPENSATED TEACHERS IN THE STATE, IN MY OPINION.

I'M AN ENTRY LEVEL TEACHER AT 60,000.

I COME IN, I GET 1,000 DOLLARS TO MY SIGNING THAT COMES OUT IN DECEMBER.

THOSE TWO ARE GUARANTEED.

SO REALLY STARTING TEACHERS START AT 61, NOT 60 IN OUR DISTRICT WITH THIS APPROVAL.

SECONDLY, WE ALREADY HAVE THE 2,000 DOLLAR RECURRING.

I'M A VETERAN TEACHER THAT QUALIFIED FOR TIA.

WE ALREADY APPROVED THE TIA AMOUNT.

SO AS A VETERAN TEACHER, I GET THE 5% PAY RAISE PLUS A RETENTION STIPEND OF 2,000.

PLUS, IF I WAS IN THAT TIA GROUP, THE AMOUNT OF THE TIER THAT I'M ALLOCATED.

SO I GET ALL OF THAT NOT OR IS THAT CORRECT? 100% CORRECT, YES, SIR.

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JUST WANT CLARIFICATION.

SO IT'S A TIERED BUILDING SYSTEM FOR EVERYBODY.

AND TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FIRST ITEM THAT WAS APPROVED WAS NOT TIA.

IT WAS FOR.

I'M SORRY. PERFORMANCE.

PERFORMANCE BASED RETENTION PERFORMANCE RETENTION. YES.

NO AFFILIATION OR CORRELATION. YES.

I'M SORRY. I JUST WAS USING IT AS AN ANCHOR.

MY BAD. ALL RIGHT.

I'M A LITTLE EXCITED FOR OUR TEACHERS TONIGHT.

[LAUGHTER] SO I THINK THIS WILL DO IT.

BUT THANK YOU.

AND ALSO SO NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE WE HAVE IT FOR THREE YEARS, I SIGN ON TODAY, 1,000 DOLLARS.

NEXT YEAR, I'LL GET 2,000 DOLLARS FOR RETENTION.

YES, SIR. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MS. STANLEY.

SO FOR THE NONEXEMPT, MOST OF OUR SUPPORT STAFF, PARAPROFESSIONALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THOSE ARE USUALLY THE NON EXEMPT.

IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT? YES, MA'AM. SO IS IT ALSO MAYBE PERHAPS A CORRECT STATEMENT TO SAY THAT THEY PROBABLY MAKE LESS THAN A TEACHER'S SALARY? YES, MA'AM.

SO A SIGN ON STIPEND IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE IMPACTFUL FOR THOSE PEOPLE AS WELL. AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE YOU REWARD THOSE PEOPLES.

AND I'D LIKE TO SEE A STRONGER STIPEND FOR THOSE PEOPLE.

MS. STANLEY, TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IS ALL THAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY TEA THROUGH OUR ESSER PLAN.

AND THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS SIMILAR TO RETENTION STIPENDS, PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES OR OUR EXEMPT EMPLOYEES ARE USUALLY THE DEGREED EMPLOYEES AND NONEXEMPT ARE NOT. I KNOW THAT'S WHERE MY PASSION IS. BUT AS CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER FUNDING AVAILABLE IN THE ESSER PLAN TO APPROVE.

BUDGET YOU KNOW THAT BUDGET THAT WE HAVE UNLIMITED MONEY.

I THINK SHE SAID, JUST CHARGE IT.

[LAUGHTER] OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? BOARD THIS ITEM AS AN ACTION ITEM I CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE 2022 2023 SIGN ON INCENTIVE STIPEND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEW GISD EMPLOYEES AS PRINTED IN OUR BOOKLET. SECOND.

OK BOARD WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? JUST TO REITERATE, DR.

RINGO, THIS FUNDING COMES FROM THE ESSER FUNDS AT THIS TIME? YES, SIR. AND IT'S BEEN APPROVED THROUGH OUR ESSER PLAN? YES, SIR. OK.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

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

ANY OPPOSED.

THANK YOU. WE GO TO ITEM F, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RECOMMENDATION FOR SALARY SCHEDULE, ADDENDUM

[VII.F. Consider Approval of Recommendation for Salary Schedule Addendum TCLAS Decision 3e College Prep Incentive Pay – Dr. Gradyne E. Brown (Finance Committee)]

TCLAS DECISION AND 3E COLLEGE PREP INCENTIVE PAY SOMEBODY DECIPHER WHAT I JUST SAID? MS. BROWN, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT WE JUST COVERED? [LAUGHTER] YES, WHAT WE JUST COVERED.

I COULD EXPLAIN THAT.

WE COVERED PAY RAISES.

I'M SORRY. ITEM F. I'M SORRY EXPLAIN ITEM F.

[LAUGHTER] YEAH, WE JUST.

I KNOW WHAT WE JUST COVERED.

JUST ANSWERING THE QUESTION.

SO, ANYWAY, THE TCLAS STIPEND IS A STIPEND THAT IS FOR TEACHERS AND OUR COUNSELORS WHO HAVE BEEN HELPING OUR STUDENTS PREPARE TO TAKE THEIR COLLEGE TESTS.

THEY'RE NOT SAT OR ACT.

IT IS THE COLLEGE BRIDGE PREP PROGRAM FOR ENGLISH AND MATH.

WE DISCUSSED THIS AT OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, I HAVE THE EXPERT HERE, MS. AMANDA BENTON. OKAY.