Jun 14, 2022 Finance and Audit Committee Meeting

OK. IT'S NOW 4:07 P.M..

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A QUORUM IS PRESENT.

[II. Public Forum]

I WILL CALL YOUR NAMES.

PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT.

THERE'S A TIMER ON THE COMPUTER UP THERE.

YOU'LL HAVE 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK AND PLEASE COMPLETE YOUR REMARKS IN THE 3 MINUTES REMARKS.

THE FIRST ONE IS MS. JESSICA THOMPSON.

HI. YES, I'M JESSICA THOMPSON.

I'M A FORMER STUDENT MYSELF AND A TEACHER SINCE 2006.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY AND APOLOGIES IF I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS.

ACCORDING TO THE DISTRICT'S TA TF NEWSLETTER, AFTER TIA FAILED QUOTE, THE LEADERSHIP TEAM SOUGHT A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE TO PROVIDE A STIPEND IN, QUOTE, COHORT D WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A STIPEND AS WE TOO FELL VICTIM TO THE SAME ISSUES AS OUR COLLEAGUES, BUT WE LACK A LEADERSHIP TEAM TO SPEAK ABOUT A DIFFERENT SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR US.

ONLY AFTER A FEW SPOKE AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING WERE FINE.

ARTS TEACHERS EVEN INVITED TO A MEETING TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION WITH DR.

RUSSELL. SADLY, ONLY 24 HOURS NOTICE WAS GIVEN AND MANY COULD NOT ATTEND.

ULTIMATELY, THAT MEETING ENDED WITH, QUOTE, SOMETIMES THE ANSWER IS NO, UNQUOTE, BUT WHY? WE STARTED IN GOOD FAITH, JUST LIKE COHORT C.

WE EVEN WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND OUR COLLEAGUES.

BY CREATING OUR OWN RUBRICS THAT DEMONSTRATED OUR STUDENTS GROWTH AND PERFORMANCE, WE FURTHER HAD TO ADMINISTER OUR OWN TEST, COLLECT OUR OWN DATA, AND EVEN RECRUIT ANOTHER ART TEACHER TO ASSESS THE DATA IN THEIR SPARE TIME.

WE WERE TOLD VERY STRICTLY AND VERY STERNLY THAT NO ONE WAS GOING TO BE PAID FOR ANY ADDITIONAL WORK, BUT THAT WAS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR US TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR TIA DESIGNATION.

SEEMED UNFAIR FROM THE START, BUT WE WERE GRATEFUL TO BE INCLUDED THIS TIME.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, DR.

RUSSELL STATED THAT COHORTS HAD FAILED ALL ASSESSMENTS FOR COHORT D STOPPED IMMEDIATELY, EXCEPT THAT WASN'T COMMUNICATED TO ANYONE DOING THE ACTUAL WORK.

IN FACT, COHORT C COLLEAGUES WERE TOLD TIA FAILED JUST BEFORE SPRING BREAK.

WITHIN A WEEK, FINE ART TEACHERS WERE BEING ASKED TO CONFIRM WHO OPTED IN FOR COHORT D, THEN NOTHING.

NO ONE WAS TOLD US TO STOP, ONLY ASKED US WHO WAS PARTICIPATING.

SLOWLY, OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, COORDINATORS FINALLY STARTED NOTIFYING COHORT D TEACHERS THAT TIA HAD FAILED, BUT THAT GISD, QUOTE, BELIEVES IN GREAT TEACHERS AND DESERVE GREAT PAY, END QUOTE.

THE SAME EMAIL STATED FACE TO FACE MEETINGS WITH DR.

RUSSELL AND CADWELL WOULD BE SCHEDULED.

THE PROBLEMS. NUMBER ONE, WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED TO STOP.

CTE TEACHERS FINALLY RECEIVED NOTIFICATION ON APRIL 19TH.

FINE ARTS RECEIVED NOTHING FOR AN ADDITIONAL TEN DAYS ON THE 29TH.

THAT'S FRIDAY, APRIL 29TH.

OUR FINAL ASSESSMENT WINDOW BEGAN THE FOLLOWING WEEK IN MAY, WHICH MANY OF US HAD ALREADY SCHEDULED AND COMPLETED.

NO MEETINGS WERE TWO NO MEETINGS WERE EVER SET FOR EITHER GROUP.

FINE ARTS WAS ONLY GRANTED A MEETING AFTER WE ADDRESSED THIS VERY SCHOOL BOARD.

AGAIN, ONLY 24 HOURS NOTICE WAS GIVEN FOR THAT MEETING AND NOT EVERYONE COULD ATTEND.

THE REASON THREE THE REASON I'M SPEAKING TODAY IS THAT NO COMPENSATION, NO GOOD FAITH STIPEND OR ANY OTHER CONSIDERATION WAS GRANTED.

WHEN ASKED ABOUT THESE AND OTHER DISCREPANCIES, ONLY APOLOGIES FOR OVERSIGHTS AND MISCOMMUNICATIONS WERE GIVEN.

EVERYTHING WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT US, HOW ALL OUR TEACHERS AT GISD ARE VALUED, HOW GISD IS TREATED FAIR AND EQUITABLE.

ALL WE'RE ASKING IS THAT ACTUALLY APPLY TO FINE ARTS TEACHERS.

LIKE COHORT C WHEN COHORTS D FAILED, IT WAS DUE TO NO FAULT OF OUR OWN.

A DECISION WAS MADE BY THE BOARD TO GIVE THEM A STIPEND.

SINCE NO ONE FROM ADMINISTRATION SEEMS WILLING TO SPEAK ON OUR BEHALF, WE SINCERELY HOPE THAT THE BOARD WILL HEAR US AND GRANT US THE SAME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

KAREN HATTON.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND DR.

LOPEZ, I SPOKE ON MAY 24TH CONCERNING A PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE THAT SOME TEACHERS ARE RECEIVING, BUT NOT OTHERS.

CHIEF LEADERSHIP COUNCIL REACHED OUT THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND ARRANGED A MEETING ON JUNE 7TH.

A COPY OF THE SUMMARY WAS SENT TO YOU FOR REVIEW AND I WILL ADDRESS ONLY A FEW OF THE UNSOLVED ISSUES.

NUMBER ONE, THE DISTRICT SAID ONLY CORE TEACHERS WERE DESIGNATED TEACHERS.

ACTUALLY, NO GISD TEACHERS RECEIVE TIA STATE DESIGNATIONS.

HOWEVER, THE SYSTEM THE DISTRICT DID DEVELOP IDENTIFIED US AS MASTERY, EXEMPLARY OR RECOGNIZED, AND ONE GROUP RECEIVED A PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE, AND WE DID NOT.

THE DISTRICT SAID TIA FAILED DUE TO LACK OF PARTICIPATION.

WE KNOW SOME TEACHERS FAIL TO PARTICIPATE.

MANY WERE TOLD IT WAS OPTIONAL, BUT I FULFILLED MY DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS.

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A SMALL GROUP OF US COMPLETED ALL REQUIREMENTS AND BELIEVE IT IS ONLY FAIR TO RECEIVE A PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE, AND LET ME BRIEFLY OUTLINE WHAT OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE.

WE HAVE A PRE EVALUATION RESULTS FOR EACH STUDENT ASSESSED ON OUR ROSTER AND IT'S EVALUATED FROM AN OUTSIDE SOURCE.

WE ATTACH A PICTURE OF THE SCULPTOR OR DRAWING, ART TO EACH OF THE PRE EVALUATION RUBRICS.

WE MAKE AN INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN OF ACTION FOR EACH STUDENT ASSESSED FROM THE PRE EVALUATION.

WE HAVE A POST EVALUATION RESULTS FOR EACH STUDENT ASSESSED WHICH ATTACH A PICTURE OF THE SCULPTOR DRAWING TO EACH POST EVALUATION RUBRIC, AND FOR THE STUDENT PERFORMANCE OUTCOME, WE ATTACH ALL DOCUMENTATION SUCH AS PROGRAMS, UIL CONCERTS, PRACTICES, AWARDS, ART SHOWS, ANYTHING THAT PROVE THOSE RESULTS, AND THEN ALL STUDENT PERMISSION FORMS FOR TAKE THESE EVALUATIONS OR IF THEY WERE FILMED OR FACE TO FACE AND THEN [INAUDIBLE].

SO THROUGHOUT THE TIA ROLLOUT, WE WERE CONTINUALLY LED TO BELIEVE THAT TIA WAS A GO.

IT WASN'T UNTIL APRIL 29TH, TWO BUSINESS DAYS BEFORE HER STUDENT GROWTH WAS DUE, THAT WE WERE INFORMED BY EMAIL THAT TIA FAILED.

I WAS ACTUALLY ON A BOAT BUS WITH OUR STUDENTS ON THE WAY TO SAN ANTONIO FOR ONE OF OUR TRIPS, AND I WAS 48 HOURS FROM FINISHING.

THEN I DID FINISH. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE FELT WE WERE MISLED AND LEFT IN THE DARK.

WE'RE A SMALL GROUP OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS THAT STRONGLY BELIEVE IN GISD AND WE DESERVE DESERVED DISTRICT RECOGNITION.

I RECEIVED AN EMAIL APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS BEFORE THIS MEETING SAYING THAT I WAS CONFUSED.

I DISPUTE THIS. I'M NOT CONFUSED.

THIS IS ABOUT PERFORMANCE AND FAIR TREATMENT.

WE ALL UNDERSTOOD THAT TIA FUNDS WERE NEVER PROMISED.

I ACCEPT THE DISTRICT'S OFFER TO REVIEW MY COMPLETED WORK AND ASK UPON REVIEW I'LL BE CONSIDERED AND THE POOL OF ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS FOR THE INCENTIVE OUTPERFORMED I DID THE WORK. WE FULFILLED OUR OBLIGATIONS, AND WE'RE ASKING THE DISTRICT TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC FORUM? MS. HOGAN, ANY ADDITIONAL CARDS? THANK YOU. OKAY, LET'S GO TO ITEM THREE.

[III. Superintendent's Message]

WE HAVE A LENGTHY AGENDA TODAY.

A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SETTING FORTH ARE TO HELP US GET INTO THE NEXT PAY CYCLE.

OUR BUDGET YEAR STARTS IN JULY, JULY 1ST.

A LOT OF PURCHASING RECOMMENDATIONS.

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE HERE IS SOME PROGRAMS THAT AND PRESENTATIONS ON PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING TO ALSO BE DISCONTINUED.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LENGTHY AGENDA.

THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY.

[IV.A. Discuss Public Meetings]

ONE, CONDUCT A PUBLIC MEETING ON THE DISTRICT'S SAFE RETURN TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND CONTINUITY OF SERVICES.

MS. KOTSOPOULOS AND DR.

GARRETT, PAGES 5 TO 10.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.

LOPEZ. DR.

GARRETT IS NOT HERE TODAY, BUT SHE'S WITH US IN SPIRIT.

SHE'S PROBABLY SOMEWHERE UNDER THE SEA AND DIVING RIGHT NOW, SO I'M SURE SHE'S NOT THINKING OF US, BUT ANYWAY, I'M HERE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE UPCOMING RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THE IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND CONTINUITY OF SERVICE PLANS THAT WE PRESENT AT THE PUBLIC MEETING NEXT WEEK, AS WELL AS THE BOARD MEETING.

FIRST, I WANT TO START BY THANKING DR.

CADDELL AND HER TEAM FOR DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB OF MEETING WITH STUDENTS, PARENTS, STAFF, AND GETTING THEIR FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE AS FAR AS SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

LAST YEAR WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 200 RESPONSES.

THIS YEAR WE DID A LITTLE BETTER, 320 RESPONSES, BUT WE DID HAVE QUITE A BIT OF QUITE A BIT OF VIEWS ON THE WEB PAGE.

WE HAD OVER 3300 OF PARENTS AND ABOUT 1700 STUDENTS THAT VIEWED THE WEB PAGE WHERE THE DRAFT VERSION WAS HOUSED.

I WANT TO START BY LOOKING AT THE YEAR TO YEAR COMPARISON, AND THE REASON WHY I'M DOING THIS IS TO SHOW HOW NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS OR WHAT COVID THROWS OUR WAY, WE CAN GET THROUGH IT.

IF YOU LOOK AT LAST YEAR, JANUARY 2021, WE HAD A SURGE OF 188 CASES THAT MONTH.

WE WERE ABLE TO MANAGE IT.

WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF IT AND DID A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING OUR STUDENTS SAFE AND STAFF SAFE.

IN JANUARY OF 2022, WE HAD THE SURGE OF THE CENTURY.

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WE KNOW THAT, AND SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE.

OUR STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH, WE REACHED OUT TO PARENT COMMUNITY GROUPS, TEACHERS, CAMP ADMINISTRATION, DIC, STUDENTS FROM ELEMENTARY MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAD MEETINGS IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, VIETNAMESE, AND WHAT I FOUND INTERESTING IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITIES FROM STUDENTS, STAFF AND PARENTS WERE SUPPORTING SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

SOME OF THE COMMENTS BY THE STUDENTS REALLY TOUCHED YOUR HEART WHEN THEY WERE LIKE, I NEED YOU TO HELP MY MY CLASSMATES.

SO I'M KIND OF AT THE POINT TO LOOK AT COVID MORE THAN JUST THE PHYSICAL SIDE, BUT THE MENTAL HEALTH REALM AND PROBLEMS THAT IT'S LEFT BEHIND.

SO WE HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK.

LIKE I SAID, 78.5% STRESS, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IS WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM, AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE CLEANING AND STUFF TO IMPROVE INDOOR AIR QUALITY. SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE PUT OUT THAT PEOPLE WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON WAS REMOVAL OF THE PLEXIGLASS IN THE CLASSROOMS AND THE CAFETERIA.

THERE WAS ABOUT 2.5% THAT EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, OF THOSE THAT RESPONDED.

WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT REALM THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR.

LAST YEAR IT WAS, OKAY, WE HAD THE PLEXIGLASS.

LET'S JUST KEEP IT. IT DOES HELP WITH CONTACT TRACING, BUT WE'RE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PLACE THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR.

THIS YEAR SOME OF THE PLEXIGLASS, OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN USED AND ABUSED.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO START LOOKING AT REPLACING SOME OF IT.

ITS SCRATCHED UP.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO CLEAN BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF WORN OUT A LITTLE BIT, AND THE WAY THE CLASSROOMS ARE SET UP, IT'S GREAT IF YOU'RE BEHIND THE PLEXIGLASS, BUT STUDENTS DON'T STAY BEHIND THAT PLEXIGLASS.

THEY'RE IN COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS IN THE CLASSROOM, WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW FOR PLEXIGLASS THERE ON THE PLAYGROUND TOGETHER WITHOUT PLEXIGLASS.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO HAVE IT REMOVED.

PARENTS CAN STILL OPT TO HAVE PLEXIGLASS IN THE CAFETERIA BECAUSE THEY CANNOT WEAR THEIR MASKS.

THERE ARE STILL SOME PARENTS THAT WANT THEIR STUDENTS TO WEAR MASKS AND SO WE WILL ALLOW IT IN THE CAFETERIA IF THEY REQUEST IT.

WATER FOUNTAINS TURNING THOSE BACK ON.

WE ARE GOING TO STILL ENCOURAGE STUDENTS, HIGHLY ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO BRING THE CLEAR WATER CONTAINER WITH THEM EVERY DAY SO THEY CAN FILL IT UP AT OUR WATER FILLING STATIONS.

THOSE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE STILL STUDENTS THAT DO NOT COME WITH THESE WATER BOTTLES, AND EVEN IF WE'VE PURCHASED ONE FOR EVERYBODY IN THE DISTRICT, WHICH A LOT OF SCHOOLS HAVE DONE, THEY DON'T BRING THEM NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, THEY DON'T BRING THEM.

SO 3.5% EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.

MORE ABOUT TRANSMISSION.

I'M NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT TRANSMISSION OF COVID VIA THE WATER FOUNTAINS, MAYBE STREP THROAT IN THE YOUNGER GRADE LEVELS, BUT PARENTS DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING A WATER BOTTLE WITH THEM.

ALSO, WHAT WE'RE FINDING IN SOME OF THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS IS THAT IT'S A HUGE WASTE OF EDUCATIONAL TIME BECAUSE THESE STUDENTS, EVERY PERIOD WILL SAY THAT THEY'RE THIRSTY, THEY'LL GET A CUP, THEY HAVE TO GO FILL THE CUP, AND IT TAKES ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO GET THAT DONE.

EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DRINK SEVERAL TIMES A DAY, THEY'RE LEAVING THE CLASSROOM TO DO THAT.

PARENTS ALLOWED IN BUILDING TO PICK UP THEIR ILL CHILD.

WE JUST NEED IF IF A STUDENT'S ILL WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE COVID.

THESE PARENTS NEED TO BE ALLOWED IN THE BUILDING, AND I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING EVERY PARENT IS ALLOWED IN THE BUILDING.

THERE'S NO VISITOR RESTRICTIONS UNLESS IT'S LIKE A FIRE CODE ISSUE AND THERE'S NO RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO COVID.

SO ANY CAMPUSES THAT ARE STILL LIMITING THEIR PARENTS COMING IN THE SCHOOL TO PICK UP THEIR CHILD OR LIKE THAT, I'M WORKING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE AN OPEN CAMPUS. WE'LL CONTINUE CENTRALIZED TRACING.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TESTING ON CAMPUSES AND AT THE PDC.

STAFF IF THEY ARE POSITIVE FOR COVID, THEY'LL BE ALLOWED TO RETURN ON DAY SIX IF SYMPTOM FREE.

THEY WILL HAVE TO WEAR A MASK FROM DAY 6 TO 10.

IF STUDENT IS UNVACCINATED, WE ALLOW THEM TO TURN ON DAY FIVE.

AS LONG AS THEY HAVE A NEGATIVE PCR TEST, WE ARE GOING TO ALLOW SOME HOME ADMINISTERED COVID TEST.

NOW, I WOULD SAY LAST YEAR I DIDN'T RECOMMEND THAT BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT OF COMPANIES PUTTING OUT TESTS THAT WEREN'T VERY ACCURATE.

FDA IS REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB OF CRACKING DOWN ON THESE COMPANIES AND GETTING THEM OFF THE SHELVES.

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THEY WILL HAVE TO PUT THEIR STUDENT'S NAME AND THE DATE ON IT.

SO WE KNOW IT'S ONE TEST FOR ONE PERSON AND THEN STAFF WILL HAVE TO ACTUALLY HAVE A MEDICALLY WITNESSED TEST TO QUALIFY FOR COVID BENEFITS AND TURNING OUR AIR DRYER AIR HAND DRYERS BACK ON.

THERE'S NO EVIDENCE TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT ADVISED.

THERE WAS 0.64% THAT DID NOT LIKE THE IDEA.

THERE ARE SOME KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS THAT HAVE THAT HAVE THEM IN THEIR RESTROOMS AND THAT'S WHERE THEY GO DURING A LOCKDOWN.

SO THOSE OBVIOUSLY AIR DRYERS WILL NOT BE PUT BACK ON BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T WANT THEM TO GO OFF IN A LOCKDOWN, AND THEN THERE WILL BE SOME OTHER INSTANCES WHERE IT'S ATTACHED TO THE BACK OF THE WALL OF ANOTHER CLASS, AND ALL DAY LONG, ALL YOU HEAR IS THE AIR DRYER.

THOSE WERE THE ONLY CONCERNS AS FAR AS THAT GOES, AND THOSE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MADE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO PINPOINT OUR FOCUS.

WE'RE GOING TO ACT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO REACT ANYMORE.

I REALLY NEED US TO STAY CALM AND NOT REACT TO COVID AND NOT GET FEARFUL, AND BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE SENSING THAT.

OUR KIDS DID VERY WELL THROUGH THE LAST SURGE.

OUR STAFF DID VERY WELL DURING THE LAST SURGE.

SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE MENTAL HEALTH AND FOCUS ON OUR EDUCATION.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. SELDERS? JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SURGES THAT HAPPENED FOR THE 2021 AND 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR AND HOW WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF GET THOSE UNDER CONTROL, AND THEN THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'RE MAKING, WHICH ONES WILL ALLOW US TO BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE REMOVING SOME THINGS AND KEEPING SOME OTHERS.

ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT THE ONES THAT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WILL HELP US GET THE SURGE BACK UNDER CONTROL IF THERE IS ANOTHER SURGE? IS THAT THE THOUGHT PROCESS? ALSO, I KNOW A LOT OF DISTRICTS AROUND US HAVE WENT TO NO CONTACT TRACING, AND WE DO WE HAVE CENTRALIZED CONTACT TRACING.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS IF WE NOTIFY THE PARENTS TO AT LEAST WATCH FOR SYMPTOMS, I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE FOUR OR FIVE CASES IN A CLASSROOM, BUT IT'S THE PARENT KNOWS THEY'VE BEEN NOTIFIED FOUR TIMES THAT THERE'S A CASE IN THEIR CLASSROOM , AND SO THEY TAKE THOSE PRECAUTIONS.

LITTLE JOHNNY HAS A RUNNY NOSE.

I BETTER GET HIM TESTED, AND THAT'S THE SAFEST WAY TO DO IT.

SO AND SO. SO IF WE DO HAVE A SURGE, YOU'RE CONFIDENT THAT IT'LL GO BACK DOWN.

WE'LL HAVE A SIMILAR SORT OF RESPONSE TIME LIKE WE DID.

YES. PREVIOUSLY. YES.

WE STILL HAVE EVERYTHING LIKE THAT IN PLACE.

YOU KNOW THE CONTACT TRACING.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S WHAT HELPS US SEARCH.

THE SURGE IS COMING. IT'S GOING TO COME.

THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT, BUT THOSE ARE WHAT WILL MINIMIZE IT A LITTLE BIT, AND HAVING THE COVID TESTING REALLY HELPS TO GET THOSE STUDENTS OUT, AND WE KNOW FOR SURE IF THEY'RE POSITIVE OR NOT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. MILLER? YEAH, I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING ON YOUR GRAPH, THE FIRST SURGE IN THE 20 AND 21 YEAR KIND OF RAMPED UP, JUST KIND OF GOT HIGHER EACH MONTH, BUT THEN THE LAST SURGE WE HAD, IT WAS JUST LIKE ONE MONTH, JUST BOOM.

YEAH, AND THEN EVEN RAMPED DOWN.

IT JUST WENT DOWN.

I THINK WE THINK THE COVID VARIANTS COMING OR GOING TO BE MORE LIKE THAT OR MORE LIKE MORE LIKE THAT.

TYPICALLY WHEN A VARIANT WHEN YOU GET TO SUB VARIANTS, WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU HAVE IT'S MUCH MORE CONTAGIOUS, BUT IT CAUSES LESS SYMPTOMS. SO TYPICALLY YOU'LL SEE THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AGAIN, THIS WILL BE ON OUR AGENDA IN TWO WEEKS AS A PUBLIC MEETING.

LET'S GO TO ITEM TWO CONDUCT A PUBLIC MEETING ON THE DISTRICTS 2022 2023 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE, AND DR.

RINGO AND MS. MAYO PAGES 11 TO 31.

MS. MAYO. HI GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN GLICK BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

DR. LOPEZ.

SO I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE THAT WILL BE ON OUR PUBLIC MEETING AT OUR ACTUAL JUNE BOARD MEETING.

JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE, AS NONE OF THESE ARE THE SAME ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN IN OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY CHANGES TO THE BUDGET AT THIS TIME.

SO WITH YOUR PERMISSION, WE'LL MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THESE SLIDES SHOWING HERE'S OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS.

WE STILL CURRENTLY HAVE OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET UNKNOWNS THAT WILL TRAVEL THROUGH WITH US NEXT YEAR.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE ITEMS AND BRING UPDATES TO THE BOARD AS REQUIRED.

THESE ARE OUR BUDGET REDUCTIONS.

THEY MAY REMAIN IN PLACE AND ARE CURRENTLY SHOWN IN OUR BUDGET.

THIS IS OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

THIS SLIDE IS A LITTLE BIT NEW THAN WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT I THINK WE HAD IN OUR LAST PRESENTATION.

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OUR REVENUE BREAKDOWNS ARE SHOWN HERE TO SHOW THE OFFSET BETWEEN STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE YEARS.

THESE ARE ALL GENERAL FUND BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.

THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE SINCE OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP ON THESE ITEMS, OUR LINE GRAPH THAT WE TYPICALLY SHOW THIS TIME OF YEAR TO SHOW OUR PROJECTED REVENUES AND EXPENSES THROUGH 22-23. WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION IN OUR LAST MEETING OF HOW OUR CURRENT BUDGET YEAR WAS GOING TO END WITH SOME SAVINGS DUE TO VERY HIGH VACANCIES. THIS IS NOT SHOWING THAT CHANGE.

THIS IS SHOWING THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE EXPECT TO BRING TO YOU TODAY.

THESE ARE POTENTIAL ONGOING EXPENDITURES THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU IN A PRIOR MEETING.

THESE ARE JUST POTENTIAL AS OF NOW.

WE DEFINITELY ARE WORKING TO MITIGATE THE LEARNING LOSS AND HOPE TO NOT HAVE TO CARRY ALL OF THESE PROJECTS GOING FORWARD, BUT THESE ARE JUST SOME POTENTIALS JUST SO THAT YOU CAN START TO THINK ABOUT THOSE AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THOSE AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

THESE ARE OUR 23-26 BUDGET PROJECTIONS.

THESE ARE THE SAME PROJECTIONS THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU LAST FISCAL YEAR.

AND AGAIN, WITH THAT 21-22, THIS IS AS OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, AND THOSE SAVES AREN'T RECOGNIZED AT THIS POINT AS THEY ARE JUST PROJECTIONS.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'LL REQUEST FROM YOU LATER ON IN THE AGENDA TO ADOPT OUR THREE FUNDS BY FUNCTION.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE GENERAL FUND BY FUNCTION.

NO CHANGES IN ADA.

THE RAISE IS INCLUDED IN ALL CURRENT REDUCTIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THESE FIGURES.

THIS IS THE STUDENT NUTRITION FUND.

AS BY FUNCTION, NORMAL OPERATIONS ARE EXPECTED AND DUE TO THE INCREASE IN REVENUE THAT WAS EXPERIENCED THIS YEAR DUE TO ALL MEALS FREE, THE STUDENT NUTRITION FUND IS ABLE TO UPDATE THEIR SERVICE LINE NEEDS AND GET SOME PRIORITY ITEMS DONE.

SO THAT'S GREAT.

AS WE DISCUSSED IN OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP, THIS IS OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND SHOWING AN INS RATE A LOWER 2.2979, AND THAT STILL TAKES CARE OF SERVICING OUR FUTURE BOND PROGRAMS WITH THE SCENARIOS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED.

THIS IS THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT YOU'LL SEE LATER ON IN THE AGENDA THAT WILL ASK FOR THE ACTUAL ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET FOR 22-23.

THESE ARE PROPOSED TAX RATES.

THIS IS WE DO HAVE THE ACTUAL NOTICE.

THE NOTICE IS GOING TO GO OUT IN THE NEWSPAPER TOMORROW MORNING.

THE WE ARE GOING TO SHOW.

SO JUST TO BE PREPARED AND AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THE CURRENT RATE AS WE HAVE TODAY, KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOWER THE CASH RATE AND KNOWING THAT OUR M&O RATE WILL BE COMPRESSED TO THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE'VE SHOWN EARLIER.

THE. REASON THAT WE WANT TO ADOPT OR PUBLISH AT THE HIGHER RATE IS IF THERE ARE CHANGES.

IT WON'T REQUIRE US TO RE PUBLISH LATER ON IN THE YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO TAX RATE ADOPTION.

THESE ARE THE PROPOSED AS OF TODAY FOR ADOPTION IN AUGUST.

SO YOU CAN SEE OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION RATE IS AS PRESENTED 0.9053 INTEREST SINKING 0.2979, AND OUR TOTAL PROPOSED TAX RATE AS OF TODAY IS 1.2032, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT A PENNY REDUCTION IN OVERALL TAX RATE.

ANY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, JUST A SIMPLE QUESTION REAL QUICKLY.

HOW IS THE 3% THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIVES US FOR REVENUE, HOW IS THAT DETERMINED? THE3% ON THE PIE THAT YOU HAVE THERE EACH YEAR [INAUDIBLE].

OH, YES, SIR. YES.

LET ME GO BACK TO THAT.

HOW IS IT DETERMINED EVERY YEAR THAT WE JUST GET 3%? I MEAN, THAT IS THAT NEVER WAVERED THAT EVERY DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

NO, IT'S THAT'S BASED ON OUR MEDICAID AND CHARGE REIMBURSEMENTS, AND SO THESE FIGURES ARE SINCE THEY'RE JUST A PERCENTAGE OF THE WHOLE PIE, IT MAY BE THAT IS ONE YEAR, 3.12 MAYBE ONE YEAR, IT'S 2.99.

SO IT IS POSSIBLE IT VARIES SLIGHTLY IN THERE.

IT'S JUST AS THE WHOLE PIECE OF THE PIE, IT TENDS TO BE AROUND 3%.

IT COULD VARY FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT.

THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF OUR BUDGETS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

YES, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE ONE.

YES, SIR. SO WHEN PEOPLE WENT TO THE POLLS IN MAY, THERE WERE TWO CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ON THEIR RIGHT? YES, SIR, AND I THINK IT WAS AMENDMENT ONE INDICATED THAT IF ISDS LOWER THEIR TAX RATE, IF YOU'RE DISABLED OR OVER 65, YOU WILL GET A TAX BREAK.

SO CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT BASED ON THE PROJECTIONS YOU'RE SHOWING HERE?

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SO WE WILL BE LOWERING OUR TAX RATE.

WE COULD ALSO EXPECT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT LOWER TAX RATE AS WE MOVE INTO REALIZING OUR ACTUAL TAXABLE VALUES WHEN WE GET OUR CERTIFIED ESTIMATES IN JUNE.

YEAH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT. I THINK IT WILL BE A LITTLE OVER TWO.

YES. YES, SIR. SO ONCE WE SEE THAT .9053, THAT COULD POSSIBLY COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WE'VE BEEN MEETING REGULARLY WITH DCAD AND IT IS SHOWING STILL DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASES.

SO RIGHT NOW WE WERE PREPARING A 10% OVERALL TO INCREASE VALUE AND WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THE 40 K HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

SO WE DO EXPECT TO SEE THOSE VALUES LOWER, BUT ON THE AMENDMENT A OR ONE THAT PASSED, THIS WILL ALSO HELP THOSE PEOPLE, NOT THE HOMESTEAD, BUT ALSO YES, ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH. THEY'LL SEE A FURTHER DECREASE THERE AS WELL, AND WILL WE PUBLISH THAT? WE LET THOSE TAX PAYERS AWARE BE AWARE OF HOW THAT WILL BE THE EFFECT OF THIS ON THEIR THE LOWERING OF OUR TAX RATE ON THOSE PEOPLE.

WE CERTAINLY CAN WHEN WE COME BACK TO DO OUR PRESENTATION AS WE GET CLOSER TO OUR TAX RATE ADOPTION AND WE HAVE OUR NUMBERS FINAL, WE CAN CERTAINLY PREPARE SOME MORE DETAILED SLIDES WITH THAT EVIDENCE AT THAT TIME, IF THAT'S SUFFICIENT FOR YOUR QUESTION.

ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL PUT IT ON THE LIST.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AGAIN, THIS WILL BE ON OUR AGENDA IN TWO WEEKS AS A PUBLIC MEETING.

LET'S GO TO ITEM THREE, CONDUCT A PUBLIC MEETING ON THE CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE AND RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS CRRSA ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF.

THAT'S ESSER TWO AND THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ARP ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL RELIEF.

THAT'S ESSER THREE GRANT PROGRAMS UPDATE, DR.

RINGO.

TONGUE TWISTER YES.

MR. GLICK BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

DR. LOPEZ, GOOD AFTERNOON.

THIS IS THE SIX MONTH UPDATE ON ON WHAT [INAUDIBLE] JUST READ.

OUR ESSER TWO GRANT AWARD IS $49,346,902.

OUR ESSER THREE GRANT AWARD IS $110,781,217.

OUR TIMELINE, AS IT HAS BEEN SHARED PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE 24/7 YOU CAN SEE JUNE 22ND WAS OUR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING ON ESSER THREE.

ESSER TWO DOES NOT REQUIRE PUBLIC MEETINGS, HOWEVER, FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY AND DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE HAVE FOLLOWED THE SAME PROCESS AS WE HAVE WITH ESSER THREE.

SO WE HAD OUR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING ON ESSER TWO ON AUGUST 24TH, OUR SECOND PUBLIC MEETING ON ESSER TWO AND THREE ON DECEMBER 14TH.

AND THIS WILL BE OUR THIRD PUBLIC MEETING ON ESSER TWO AND THREE ON JUNE 28TH.

SEMESTER BACKGROUND ESSER ONE WHICH IS THE CARES ACT.

YOU CAN SEE IT WAS A SUPPLANT THE STATE ACTUALLY REDUCED OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE AND OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET BY THAT AMOUNT.

THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL MONEY THE DISTRICT RECEIVED.

ESSER TWO, YOU CAN SEE, IN ESSER THREE.

THE DEADLINE, WE HAD APPLIED BY JUNE 30, 2021 RECEIVED OUR NOTIFICATION, OUR NOGA WHERE WE SPEND THIS MONEY, WE GET REIMBURSED.

SAME THING WITH ESSER THREE THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED AND DONE, AND SO OUR DEADLINE TO EXPENSE ESSER TWO FUNDS IS GOING TO BE SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.

SO WE ARE APPROACHING ALMOST ONE YEAR OUT WHERE WE HAVE A DEADLINE TO EXPENSE ALL THESE FUNDS.

AGAIN, NOT REQUIRED.

WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE USED A FUND PLAN, HOWEVER WE DO AND WE HAVE THAT ON OUR WEBSITE 24/7.

IT HAS ALSO BEEN SHARED AT THESE BOARD MEETINGS.

UNALLOWABLE COSTS, YOU CAN SEE; I WILL NOT READ THROUGH ALL THOSE, BUT KEY PIECES, FOR EXAMPLE, CONSTRUCTION, WE HAVE TO HAVE PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM TEA BEFORE WE TAKE ANY STEPS OR ACTIONS.

OUR CURRENT REALLOCATIONS WORKING WITH DR.

GOODELL'S TEAM, AND WHY WOULD THESE ITEMS BE MOVED TO ESSER THREE? WE'LL TALK ABOUT ESSER THREE SHORTLY, BUT ESSER THREE HAS A 20% MINIMUM SPEND THRESHOLD ON LEARNING LOSS.

SO AS WE DEVELOPED ESSER TWO, BECAUSE THAT CAME OUT AFTER ESSER THREE, WE IDENTIFIED THESE ITEMS, WORK WITH CURRICULUM TEAM THAT WE CAN MOVE THESE ITEMS FROM ESSER TWO TO ESSER THREE IN ORDER TO HELP MEET [INAUDIBLE] THRESHOLD AS WE GO WITH THE EXPENSE OF THESE FUNDS.

SO IT'S NOT BEING REDUCED OR CUT, IT IS JUST BEING SHIFTED FROM ESSER TWO TO ESSER THREE TO MEET THOSE LEARNING LOSS NEEDS.

BECAUSE THE OTHER PLUS OF THIS, ESSER THREE IS WE HAVE TWO MORE YEARS, OVER TWO MORE YEARS EXPENSE THOSE FUNDS.

SO IT WILL REALLY HELP US MEET THOSE NEEDS BEYOND SEPTEMBER OF 2023, AND THESE WILL BE DONE DURING THIS PROCESS.

ESSER TWO AND ESSER THREE REALLOCATIONS.

WHAT THIS MEANS IS WORKING WITH THE VARIOUS BUDGET MANAGERS WHO OVERSEE THEIR FUNDS.

THROUGH THIS REQUEST, THEY'VE CAME BACK AND SAID THROUGH THE MEETINGS, THESE FUNDS ARE NOT NEEDED FOR VARIOUS REASONS.

INTERSESSION, WE NO LONGER HAVE THAT CALENDAR.

SO NEXT YEAR, 23 SCHOOL YEAR AND THE 24 SCHOOL YEAR, THESE FUNDS WILL BE REDUCED FROM

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SO I BELIEVE AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THESE DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU WILL SEE IN EITHER JULY OR AUGUST THROUGH THIS INPUT PROCESS, WE WILL REALLOCATE ABOUT 3.7 MILLION FROM THAT 7.6 TO SUMMER SCHOOL, AND THE REMAINING DOLLARS WILL GO OUT TO THE REMAINING REQUESTS.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE ARE MANY REQUESTS TO ACCESS THESE DOLLARS.

THE MENTORING PROGRAM SAID WE DO NOT NEED THAT MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS ALLOCATED THROUGH THIS PLANNING PROCESS.

THE CELL NETWORK MATT YEAGER HAS A PRESENTATION THIS EVENING TO UPDATE THE BOARD ON THE CELLULAR NETWORK.

THAT IS A REDUCTION OF 11.4 MILLION THAT HE SAYS HE DOES NOT NEED FOR THAT PROJECT, AND THEN THERE'S A COMBINED WHOLE BUNCH OF SMALL ITEMS THAT ADD UP TO ABOUT 1.3 MILLION.

SO THERE WAS $21.3 MILLION TO REALLOCATE TO VARIOUS REQUESTS.

ESSER THREE DETAILS AND WE'LL SPEAK MORE ABOUT THOSE REQUESTS SHORTLY.

AGAIN, THIS IS A FAR MORE DETAILED REQUIREMENT THAN ESSER TWO, AND WE HAVE FOLLOWED ALL STEPS FOR ESSER TO, AS WE HAVE WITH ESSER THREE, FOR THAT TRANSPARENCY PIECE, WE REVIEW AND AMEND, IF NEEDED, EVERY SIX MONTHS, AND WE'RE IN THAT SIX MONTH, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS PUBLIC DISCUSSION.

OUR PUBLIC MEETING ON THE USE OF FUNDS PLAN.

UNALLOWABLE COST WITH ESSER THREE VERY SIMILAR TO ESSER TWO BONUSES, MERIT PAY, BUT IT ALL HAS TO BE RELATED AT THIS TIME TO THE COVID IMPACT.

TEA IS COMING OUT WITH NEW GUIDANCE DUE TO FEDERAL COMPLIANCE THAT WE BELIEVE THAT THE EXPENDITURES WILL BE LOOSENED ON THE REGULATION OF HOW THEY'RE EXPENSED BECAUSE THE FEDS DO KNOW THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS IS REQUIRED TO BE A FAR MORE STRINGENT PROCESS TO EXPENSE THESE DOLLARS. SO AS WE LEARN THOSE UPDATES, WE WILL SHARE THOSE WITH THE BOARD TOO.

AS PART OF ESSER THREE, YOU CAN SEE THESE HERE.

THERE'S REQUIRED ASSURANCES THAT BASICALLY WE WILL BE COMPLIANT FEDERALLY WITH THE STATE, THE PUBLICATIONS AND THIS PROCESS THROUGH THAT ENTIRE TIME, AND ESSER THREE EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2024.

SO WE'RE APPROACHING WHERE WE HAVE TWO MORE YEARS TO MAKE SURE WE EXPENSE ALL THESE FUNDS.

SO OUR NEXT STEPS AND I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT DR.

CADDELL'S TEAM VERY SIMILAR TO THE WORK SHE DID WITH THE SAFE RETURN TO SCHOOLS GUIDEBOOK WAS THE SAME MODEL FOLLOWED FOR THIS.

SO THROUGH HER WORK WITH THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, STUDENTS, GROUPS THAT DETAIL IS TAKEN IN HER TEAM FROM THAT FEEDBACK HAS COME BACK WITH REQUESTS ON THE USE OF FUNDS PLAN AND WE ARE GOING THROUGH THAT NOW THROUGH THOSE REALLOCATIONS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND MAKING THOSE DETERMINATIONS.

ONCE THAT IS FINALIZED, WE WILL THEN COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH AN UPDATE ON THE USE OF FUNDS PLAN AND THAT WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AT THAT TIME TO.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? MR. MILLER. THANK YOU, DR.

RINGO. THANK YOUR STAFF.

IN OUR BI, YOU SENT OUT SOME COMPARISON OF BUDGETED NUMBERS TO THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES IN OUR WE HAD THE YEAR WHERE WE CHANGED OUR ACCOUNTING FROM AUGUST I GUESS TO END OF JULY.

YES. FROM SEPTEMBER ONE START DATE TO A JULY ONE START DATE.

AND WE SAVED ABOUT 40 OR WE DIDN'T SPEND UP TO 40 MILLION OF THE PAYROLL.

THIS IS PAYROLL ONLY.

THE REQUEST WAS TO SEE WHAT OUR PAYROLL SPEND TO ACTUALS WERE FOR.

SO WE SAY WE DIDN'T SPEND 40 MILLION, BUT THAT WAS BECAUSE WE CHANGE A YEAR BY TWO MONTHS.

YES, SIR. THEN THE NEXT YEAR IT WAS 15.

THE NEXT YEAR, I MEAN, ALL THE OTHER YEARS COVID IMPACTED 15, 18, 22.

WHILE, I'D NEVER ASK YOU FOR A NUMBER.

WHAT DO YOU SEE COMING? IS IT GOING TO BE CLOSER TO THE 22 NUMBER OR IS IT GOING TO BE CLOSER TO THE--FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR WE'RE CLOSING? DUE TO THE LARGER THAN NORMAL VACANCIES THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WE HAVE SEEN AND SHARING THROUGH OUR PRESENTATIONS, I BELIEVE WE WILL BE CLOSE TO THAT $22 MILLION PAYROLL SAVE, WHICH IS NOT A GOOD THING.

WE WANT THOSE POSITIONS FILLED SO WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, AND YOU SEE ANYTHING HAPPENING IN THE NEXT YEAR THAT MIGHT CHANGE THAT KIND OF FORECAST? I DO WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ECONOMY, I BELIEVE WE'RE ON THE EDGE OF A RECESSION, AND TYPICALLY WHEN THAT RECESSION HITS, JOBS DO GET FILLED UP WITH WHAT HAPPENS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR VERSUS PRIVATE SECTOR AT THAT TIME, AND SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF I COULD PREDICT THAT I WOULD

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I BELIEVE THAT'S COMING.

I BELIEVE WE WILL BE ABLE TO FILL MORE JOBS IN THE COMING MONTHS DUE TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING HAPPEN IN THE ECONOMY.

YEAH, AND I'M JUST TAKING THAT IN CONTEXT WITH THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

JUST TRYING TO GET AN IDEA.

SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO WITH THE POTENTIAL DEMISE OF THE CELLULAR NETWORK THAT'S COMING UP, AS YOU SAID, THAT'S AN $11 MILLION GAIN TO OUR ESSER FUNDS.

DO WE HAVE SOME PLANS FOR THAT OR IS THAT PART OF THE NEXT--WE DO, YES, SIR.

THROUGH THESE REALLOCATIONS, THERE ARE FAR MORE REQUESTS THAN AVAILABLE DOLLARS, AND EVEN MR. YEAGER HAS NOTED WITH SOME OF OUR NETWORK UPGRADES THAT WOULD HIT THE GENERAL FUND.

THERE'S A REQUEST OF ROUGHLY 2.7 MILLION IMMEDIATELY TO USE THESE EXTRA FUNDS FROM THAT REALLOCATION, AND THIS WAS FOR 1 TO 1 DEVICES, BUT THEN ALSO SOME NETWORK UPGRADES, AND BEYOND THAT, DR.

CADDELL'S TEAM, FROM HER FEEDBACK WITH STAKEHOLDERS, STUDENTS, CAMPUSES, DEPARTMENT LEADERS, THERE'S FAR MORE REQUESTS IN AVAILABLE DOLLARS.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE THESE DOLLARS TO MEET THOSE NEEDS AND ALSO HAVE SOME FURTHER GENERAL FUND OFFSETS.

SO OF THE $160 MILLION WITH THE TWO ESSERS, OUR PLAN IS TO MAKE SURE THAT IS ALL SPENT.

YES, SIR, AND I HAVE SHARED IT'S A DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM, MEANING, MR. GLICK, IF YOU WERE HEAD OF ONE OF THE C&I DEPARTMENTS AND YOU SAID YOU NEEDED 5 MILLION, THAT'S ALLOCATED TO YOU TO GO TO THE PROCESS, IT'S CONTROLLED THROUGH OUR TEAM AND PROCUREMENT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SPENDING THOSE FUNDS CORRECTLY, AND THEN IF THAT DEPARTMENT MANAGER DOES NOT SPEND THOSE FUNDS, THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE NEEDED DETAILS PROVIDED ON WHY THEY DID NOT SPEND THOSE FUNDS.

OUR GOAL IS THAT 1% OF THOSE DOLLARS DO GET EXPENSED.

MR. GLICK, JUST A FOLLOW UP, IF YOU DON'T MIND, ON THAT.

WITH RESPECT TO WHAT YOU SAID THERE, SO WE HAVE ESSER FUNDING OF 160 MILLION.

I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST DRAFT.

IS IT GOING LIKE HALF THIS YEAR, HALF NEXT YEAR? HOW WILL THAT BE SPENT? IT'S REALLY DETERMINED BY THAT BUDGET MANAGER, AND SO OUR GOAL IS WE SPEND IT--I DON'T WANT TO SAY AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, BUT AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE ON THE NEEDS IMMEDIATELY, BUT WORKING WITH DR. CADDELL'S TEAM, IT IT BROKEN OUT BY FISCAL YEAR WHEN THEY PLAN TO EXPENSE THOSE FUNDS, AND SO WITHIN ESSER THREE, THERE'S A LOT.

FOR THE SECOND FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE COMING INTO MORE OF THOSE FUNDS WILL BE EXPENSED COMPARED TO YEAR THREE BASED OFF THE CURRENT PLAN THAT'S BEEN.

OKAY, AND THEN WITH RESPECT TO GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET EXPENDITURES THAT HAVE BEEN MOVED, SUPPLANTED, IF YOU WILL, BY ESSER WHEN ESSER GOES AWAY, WHAT'S THAT NUMBER THAT NEEDS TO MOVE BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND , APPROXIMATELY.

I BELIEVE, MS. MAYO, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I BELIEVE IT'S 3.8 MILLION THAT WE WERE SHOWING IN OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION.

THAT'S ALL. I MEAN, OF OUR GENERAL OPERATING FUND, WE'VE ONLY SUPPLANTED 3.8 MILLION INTO ESSER.

THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO BE HIGHER BECAUSE 2.7 ALSO ON TOP OF THAT IS WITHIN OUR 1 TO 1 PROGRAMS THAT WE WERE SPENDING IN GENERAL FUND.

I BELIEVE IT'S 6 TO 7 MILLION AT THIS POINT.

WE HAVE SUPPLANTED GENERAL FUND AND THERE'S MORE COMING WITHIN THE NEW DISTRIBUTION.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST AS THAT, AS YOU GET CLARITY WITH THOSE, I THINK THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO KEEP UP WITH NUMBERS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT AT THE END OF THE TWO YEAR ESSER PERIOD OF THINGS THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THAT BUDGET, AND WHEN WE SHOW THE NEW ESSER PLAN THAT WE WILL SUBMIT TO TEA FOR VETTING, WE WILL SHARE WITH THE BOARD AN UPDATE AND SHOW HOW MUCH OF THAT IS SUPPLANTED FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

MR. BEACH. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE I WAS GOING TO.

I GUESS THE FUNDING THAT ESSER THAT ONCE IT STOPS, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROGRAM OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE THAT WILL BE FUNDED OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

THAT'S THE UPDATES THAT WE WOULD WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT.

YES, SIR. WE'LL BE HAPPY TO.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND AGAIN, THIS WILL BE A PUBLIC MEETING IN TWO WEEKS.

LET'S GO TO ITEM B INFORMATION ITEMS RECEIVE DEMOGRAPHICS UPDATE FOR SPRING 2022.

[IV.B. Information Items]

DR. LOPEZ, GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN.

EXCITED TO INTRODUCE BRENT ALEXANDER WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT STRATEGIES.

HE'S OUR DEMOGRAPHER.

I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO HIS PRESENTATIONS AND UPDATES AND WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HIM FOR OUR SPRING 2022 UPDATES.

THANK YOU, DR. RINGO.

AGAIN, MR. GLICK BOARD MEMBERS.

DR. LOPEZ, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE A LOT TO COVER WITH OUR SPRING UPDATE.

LET'S BEGIN WITH THE RESULTS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE 2020 CENSUS.

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NOTE THAT THE COUNTS FOR TOTAL POPULATION IN THE DISTRICT JUST ABOUT 305,000 PEOPLE WITH THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS JUST UNDER 107,000.

SO LOOKING AT THE GROWTH RATES COMPARED TO THE 2010 CENSUS, ABOUT A 10% INCREASE IN POPULATION, 17% INCREASE IN TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS.

SO THAT FASTER GROWTH FOR TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS IS WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN A LOT OF THE URBAN AREAS, MEANING MORE HOUSEHOLDS WITH FEWER PEOPLE.

WHAT IS INTERESTING DOWN AT THE BOTTOM CHART, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CENSUS DID COUNT FEWER RESIDENTS UNDER AGE 18 IN THE DISTRICT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT DOWN ABOUT 5% OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS.

THE CURRENT POPULATION, ABOUT 25%, IS UNDER THE AGE OF 18.

SO UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS WHERE WE LEAVE OFF.

THE CENSUS BUREAU IS NOT GOING TO RELEASE ANY FURTHER DETAILED INFORMATION UNTIL A YEAR FROM NOW.

SO WE'RE EXPECTING ALL OF THAT DETAILED AGE DATA BEGINNING IN MAY OF 2023.

SO I HAD HOPED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT WITH YOU ALL GEOGRAPHICALLY, BUT WE CONTINUE TO WAIT, BUT I WILL CERTAINLY SHARE THAT AS SOON AS WE GET IT. NOW, THE TEA RELEASED SPRING PEIMS DATA FOR ALL THE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.

WHAT YOU SEE HERE ARE THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT NUMBERS FOR THE 2020 122 SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE ESSENTIALLY 89 DISTRICTS THAT MAKE UP THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA, YOU CAN SEE GARLAND'S ENROLLMENT.

GARLAND IS THE FIFTH LARGEST IN TERMS OF ENROLLMENT AMONG ALL THE DFW SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

NOW, RECALL A YEAR AGO, I MENTIONED FROM 2019 TO 2020, THE COVID PANDEMIC HAD HAD A DRAMATIC IMPACT ON A LOT OF THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS ACROSS DFW. 55 OF 89 SCHOOL DISTRICTS LOST ENROLLMENT.

THIS PAST YEAR, THAT NUMBER DID DROP TO ONLY 22.

I SAW A DECLINE. YOU CAN SEE THOSE REPRESENTED BY THE BLUE SHADING.

GARLAND DOES FALL WITHIN THAT GROUP.

IT'S INTERESTING, MANY OF THE GROUPS THAT WERE DOWN AGAIN ARE THE LARGE MID URBAN AND URBAN DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTY AND EVEN INTO SOUTHEAST DENTON AND SOUTHWEST COLLIN.

SOME DISTRICTS DID REPORT THAT THEY HAD A BUMP IN THE WINTER MONTHS AS THE COVID FEARS RELAXED IN MANY PLACES BUT MANY OF THE DISTRICTS DID EXPERIENCE A YEAR OVER YEAR DECLINE FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.

SO THE OFFICIAL ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2122 SCHOOL YEAR WAS 53,674.

RECALL A YEAR AGO, WE WERE FORECASTING ABOUT 53,627.

SO THE NUMBER DID COME RIGHT IN ON OUR MODERATE GROWTH SCENARIO, BUT AGAIN, IT WAS DOWN SLIGHTLY COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE ANNUALIZED NUMBERS HERE ON THIS SLIDE, A MUCH IMPROVED SITUATION THAN WHAT WE SAW FROM 19 TO 20.

SO THAT 3% LOSS NEAR 1800 BOUNCE BACK TO ONLY DOWN 247 OR HALF A PERCENT DECLINE.

NOW, THE DECLINE CONTINUES TO BE REALLY THE RESULT OF FEWER ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PRE K NUMBERS BOUNCED BACK STRONG THIS YEAR, JUST UNDER 2400, BUT THE K THROUGH FIVE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO TREND DOWN.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL NUMBERS, YOU CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN PRETTY FLAT, BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'RE SEEING THOSE SMALLER CLASSES AT THE ELEMENTARY AS THEY'VE AGED UP, THEY'RE BEGINNING TO IMPACT MIDDLE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT NUMBER IS DOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME.

AS I'VE HIGHLIGHTED IN SEVERAL OF THE REPORTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU CAN SEE THE WAVE OF GROWTH THAT CAME IN BACK ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO AND HOW THOSE STUDENTS HAVE AGED UP THROUGH THE DISTRICT.

NOW, THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR, THE DISTRICT HAD RECORD ENROLLMENT IN 9TH AND 11TH GRADE, BUT THAT DECLINING ENROLLMENT BEHIND THAT WAVE HAS HAD OBVIOUSLY HAD A DRAMATIC IMPACT ON THE DISTRICT, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, YOU CAN SEE I MENTIONED THE PRE-K NUMBERS THEY BOUNCE BACK, AND THEN WE DID SEE A NICE BOUNCE BACK IN THE KINDERGARTEN NUMBERS AS WELL, BUT ONE THING WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS AND IT KIND OF TELLS THE STORY OF ON THE ONE HAND, YOU ALL HAVE THE DECLINING ENROLLMENT AS THESE LARGER CLASSES MOVE OUT IN THE SMALLER CLASSES COME

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WE'LL COME TO THAT HERE JUST IN A FEW MINUTES, BUT THIS CHART IS NEW.

IT HELPS YOU VISUALIZE THE CHANGE THAT OCCURRED WHERE TYPICALLY IN FAST GROWTH DISTRICTS, WE WOULD SEE THE INCOMING GRADES, KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE REPRESENTED BY THE BLUE AND THE ORANGE LINES ON THE CHART, THOSE HIGHER THAN THE OUTGOING 12TH GRADERS REPRESENTED BY THE YELLOW BUT THE YELLOW LINE, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT CHANGE OCCURRED BACK IN THE 2015-2016 TIME FRAME.

SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON SEVERAL OF OUR REPORTS, AND IT'S STILL PLAYS A LARGE ROLE IN OUR ENROLLMENT FORECASTING.

SOME OTHER GOOD SIGNS THAT WE SEE IN THE SPRING REPORT.

WE GOT A COUPLE MORE YEARS OF BIRTH RATE DATA FOR 2018 AND 2019, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BLUE LINE OVER THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE CHART, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS IN THE DISTRICT DID START TO TREND BACK UP, WHICH IS ENCOURAGING.

IT BASICALLY TELLS ME THAT THE KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT SHOULD LEVEL OFF IN THAT 3,400-3,500 RANGE OVER THESE NEXT FEW YEARS. NOW, THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MANY TIMES, THE DISTRICT IS DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO COMPETE WITH OPEN ENROLLMENT AND EXPANDING CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.

THE TEA REPORTED JUST OVER 4200 STUDENTS LIVE IN GARLAND ISD BUT ATTEND ELSEWHERE.

THESE NEXT SLIDES SHOW WHERE THEY'RE TRANSFERRING OUT TO.

YOU CAN CONTINUE TO SEE A LARGE NUMBER OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE ATTENDING DALLAS ISD SCHOOLS , BUT NOTICE THE NUMBER FOR RICHARDSON ISD DID JUMP UP A LITTLE BIT THIS PAST YEAR, AND THEN THE HALLSVILLE ISD, THAT'S A VIRTUAL SCHOOL.

SO YOU CAN SEE DURING THE COVID TIME FRAME HOW THOSE NUMBERS HAVE CLIMBED FOR THAT VIRTUAL ACADEMY.

NOW, CHARTER SCHOOL WISE, THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT, BUT ABOUT 54% OF THAT OVERALL NUMBER, THAT'S JUST RIGHT ABOUT 3300 ATTEND THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE WITHIN THE DISTRICT BOUNDARY, THE HARMONY SCIENCE AND THE ILT CAMPUSES.

SO THESE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY CONSISTENT, IN FACT, DOWN JUST SLIGHTLY OVER THE LAST YEAR.

SOME ADDITIONAL DEMOGRAPHIC DATA THAT I'VE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT HERE.

YOU CAN SEE THE RACE AND ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION FOR THE DISTRICT.

AS OF THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR, 52% OF ENROLLED STUDENTS ARE HISPANIC.

YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN FOR THE DISTRICT, AND THEN THIS SLIDE COMPARES THE DISTRICTS RACE AND ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION TO THE STATE IN THE REGION.

SO HERE IN GARLAND ISD, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THE STATE IS SEEING AS OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

74% OF THE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE DISTRICT ARE ON THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM THAT CONTINUES TO BE ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE, ABOVE REGION TEN AVERAGE.

DALLAS, MESQUITE AND GARLAND, VERY SIMILAR NUMBERS THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE CHART.

ALL RIGHT, NOW THAT WE'VE LOOKED A LITTLE BRIEFLY ABOUT THE HISTORY, LET'S FOCUS ON WHAT'S REALLY CHANGING OUT THERE.

I'VE MENTIONED LAST FALL THAT THE DISTRICT WAS AT THE HIGHEST OR WAS SEEING THE MOST RESIDENTIAL GROWTH IN THE LAST 16 YEARS.

THAT HAS CONTINUED, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A VERY INTERESTING TIME OUT THERE IN THE HOUSING MARKET IN DFW , BUT DESPITE THE RISING INTEREST RATES, WE'VE SEEN RECORD ACTIVITY.

THESE ARE THE NUMBERS FOR DALLAS-FORT WORTH.

YOU CAN SEE OVER NEARLY 59,000 HOMES STARTED AND OVER 46,000 MOVED INTO FOR THE 12 MONTH PERIOD THAT ENDED MARCH 31.

SO THERE ARE SEVERAL SLIDES IN HERE.

I'LL MOVE THROUGH THESE QUICKLY FOR YOU, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE BIG THING THAT WE'RE WATCHING RIGHT NOW IS THE RISE IN THE 30 YEAR MORTGAGE RATE.

WE'VE SEEN IT CLIMB OVER 200 BASIS POINTS IN FOUR MONTHS AT THIS POINT.

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MOST OF THEIR BUYERS ARE NOT CANCELING, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT CHANGES GEOGRAPHICALLY AND BY PRICE POINT.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT, I'LL COME BACK TO IT, BUT THERE ARE SOME SLIDES IN HERE THAT GIVE YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE HOUSING MARKET FROM THE NORTH TEXAS REGION PERSPECTIVE, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT HERE IN DFW, THE ECONOMY IS STRONG.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE JOB GROWTH NUMBERS ARE LEADING THE STATE IN THE LAST OR THE SIX MONTH PERIOD FROM OCTOBER THROUGH MARCH, THERE WERE OVER 141,000 NEW JOBS CREATED.

SO A LOT OF THOSE JOBS THAT WERE LOST IN APRIL OF 2020 WERE RECOVERED DURING THE MIDDLE PORTION OF 2021, AND SINCE THEN, WE'VE RETURNED TO NEW GROWTH THAT WE SAW PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.

ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN VERY ENCOURAGING.

YOU CAN SEE THESE THE DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENT SECTORS AND THESE ARE DRIVING THE HOUSING GROWTH NUMBERS.

THE CENSUS BUREAU DID RELEASE SOME POPULATION NUMBERS FOR 2021, AND THEY SHOW HERE THE ANNUAL GROWTH NUMBERS FROM 2020-21 AND DALLAS-FORT WORTH RANKED HIGHEST IN THE NATION WITH ADDING ALMOST A LITTLE MORE THAN 97,000 PEOPLE.

SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT CONTINUE TO INSULATE DALLAS-FORT WORTH FROM THAT RISING INTEREST RATE.

LOCALLY, THE EXISTING HOMES CONTINUE TO SELL AT ABOUT THE SAME ANNUAL PACE THAT WE'VE SEEN THESE LAST FEW YEAR, A LITTLE MORE THAN 3100 EVERY 12 MONTHS, BUT NOTE BY THE CHART ON THE RIGHT THAT THE VALUES CONTINUE TO CLIMB.

EXISTING HOMES SOLD IN THE DISTRICT AT A RECORD 298 FOR THE 12 MONTH PERIOD ENDING IN MARCH.

NEW HOME-WISE, ANOTHER 193 STARTED IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2022, BUT NOTE THAT A 211 WERE MOVED INTO.

THAT'S THE SECOND HIGHEST QUARTERLY TOTAL THAT WE'VE COUNTED OVER THE LAST TEN PLUS YEARS.

THE NUMBERS FOR THE DISTRICT'S NEW HOME MARKET ON AN ANNUAL BASIS ARE SHOWN HERE FOR THE 12 MONTH PERIOD AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER, THERE WERE 800 STARTED AND 740 MOVED INTO.

IF YOU LOOK BACK OVER THESE LAST 18 MONTHS, 20 MONTHS, THERE'S BEEN NEARLY 1500 LOTS PUT ON THE GROUND. THAT MAKES GARLAND THE SECOND MOST ACTIVE HOUSING MARKET AMONG ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

YOU CAN SEE THE HEAT MAP HERE, HOW A LOT OF THAT ACTIVITY IS IN THE OUTER COLLIN COUNTY AREA AS WELL AS OVER IN THE FORT WORTH PORTION OF THE DISTRICT AND ALSO IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.

HERE LOCALLY, THOUGH, WE SEE THE ACTIVITY SPREAD OUT THROUGH THE CITIES OF ROWLETT, GARL AND, SACHSE, NOTE THE UPTICK IN ACTIVITY IN THE SACHSE PORTION OF THE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS SOME INCREASING NUMBERS IN THE WYLIE AREA.

THESE ARE THE TOP PERFORMING SUBDIVISIONS.

YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE NEWER ONES THAT WE'VE WATCHED THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS COME OUT OF THE GROUND.

THE STATION, YOU KNOW, 130 HOMES STARTED, 84 MOVED INTO IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS.

PRICE POINT WISE, MOST OF THE HOMES CONTINUE TO FALL IN THAT 400-750 RANGE.

THE MEDIAN NEW HOME PRICE FOR THE DISTRICT AS OF THE FIRST QUARTER WAS A RECORD JUST ABOUT 477,000.

SO I KNOW THAT SOUNDS VERY HIGH, BUT THE DFW NUMBER'S ALL THE WAY UP TO 406,000 TODAY.

SO WHEN YOU DRIVE AROUND AND YOU SEE ALL THE LOTS THAT ARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE, NEARLY 1000 LOTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT AT THE END OF MARCH, THERE WERE OVER 1500 LOTS THAT WERE FINISHED IN WAITING FOR HOUSES TO BE STARTED.

WHEN YOU COMBINE EVERYTHING IN THE PIPELINE, THERE ARE OVER 7100 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS THAT ARE IN THE GARLAND ISD PIPELINE AS OF THIS SPRING.

THIS MAP HERE SHOWS YOU WHERE THE DEVELOPMENTS ARE LOCATED.

JUST REMEMBER THAT EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN YELLOW IS ACTIVELY DEVELOPING EVERYTHING IN BLUE.

THAT'S FUTURE. SO YOU CAN SEE UP IN THE UPPER RIGHT SOME OF THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE STARTED DEVELOPMENT.

WELL, THERE'S A NEWER PHASE OF SUBDIVISIONS LIKE THE DOMINION AT PLEASANT VALLEY AND THE COTTONWOOD CREEK SUBDIVISION UP THERE IN THE WYLIE AREA, IN THE CENTRAL

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YOU CAN SEE MANY OF THOSE IN THE NORTH CENTRAL AREA AND THEN PAY ATTENTION TO THE AREA SOUTH OF I-30 IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER, D.R.

HORTON FINALLY UNDERWAY AT FIRESIDE BY THE LAKE, AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG DEVELOPMENT GOING FORWARD.

SO THERE ARE AERIAL PHOTOS IN THE REPORT FROM JANUARY.

I'LL FAST FORWARD THROUGH SOME OF THESE.

SO IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT SOME OF YOUR PREVIOUS REPORTS, YOU'LL SEE LIKE [INAUDIBLE] RIVERPLACE HERE WHERE THERE WAS NO ACTIVITY, AND NOW LOOK AT ALL THE HOMES THAT ARE UP IN THAT SUBDIVISION. AGAIN, THESE ARE SIX MONTHS OLD.

ANOTHER ONE, THIS HUDSON HILLS AREA AROUND SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL HAS FILLED IN QUICKLY THE AFOREMENTIONED, THE STATION.

YOU CAN SEE ALL THE SINGLE FAMILY ACTIVITY THERE, AS WELL AS MULTIFAMILY AND THEN THE ARIA SUBDIVISION THERE AS WELL ALONG THE GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE, AND THERE'S THAT NEW PHASE OF THE DOMINION AT PLEASANT VALLEY THAT I MENTIONED, AS WELL AS THE TRAILS OF COTTONWOOD CREEK. IF YOU MOVE DOWN BACK AROUND I-30 AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE BAYSIDE AREA AND THE SAPPHIRE BAY, WE'RE STILL WATCHING THAT SUBDIVISION OR ALL OF THAT RETAIL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, BUT HERE'S THE AFOREMENTIONED FIRESIDE BY THE LAKE THAT D.R.

HORTON HAD SEVERAL HUNDRED LOTS HERE.

I'LL MOVE AHEAD. SO IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, WE'VE SEEN ABOUT 1400 APARTMENTS OCCUPIED OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO.

IN THE APARTMENT PIPELINE, THERE'S STILL ABOUT 4800 UNITS.

I'VE LISTED ALL OF THOSE, INCLUDING SEVERAL NEW ONES.

I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THOSE IN BLUE THAT HAVE BEEN COMING THROUGH THE CITIES OVER THE LAST YEAR.

SO WHEN YOU COMBINE ALL OF THE SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS, THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

SO REMEMBER, THERE ARE ABOUT 7100 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THE PIPELINE.

I THINK ABOUT 4100 OF THOSE WILL GET BUILT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, POTENTIALLY 6600 OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE ECONOMIC SITUATION THAT COULD COULD CHANGE THIS, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, I THINK THESE ARE PRETTY CONSERVATIVE NUMBERS HAVE ACTUALLY SLOWED THEM DOWN BY 5 TO 10% FROM WHAT YOU'VE SEEN, BUT THIS ULTIMATELY TRANSLATES INTO ABOUT 4300 MORE STUDENTS FOR THE DISTRICT. THE YIELDS USING THE GEO CODING, WE UPDATED THE YIELDS SINGLE FAMILY AGAIN, ABOUT 0.5, 0.42 ON APARTMENTS.

REMEMBER THAT THE NEWER APARTMENTS, THE DIFFERENT DESIGN TYPE, THE YIELD IS LOWER.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE BULLET POINT IN THE BOTTOM, RIGHT, THAT THOSE ARE MUCH SLOWER THERE, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SINGLE FAMILY, STILL PRETTY CONSISTENT FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

I WANT TO RELY MORE ON THE FALL NUMBER BECAUSE THAT WILL HAVE PRETTY MUCH ALL OF YOUR SENIORS IN THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL.

SO LOOKING AT THAT HOUSING FORECAST, WITH THESE YIELDS IN ALL OF THOSE GRADE LEVEL TRENDS THAT I SHOWED YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF THE REPORT TIE INTO THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS. NOW, BEFORE I JUMP AHEAD TO THOSE, LET ME JUST MENTION TO YOU THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE INFLUENCE THE MULTIFAMILY NUMBERS. WE'VE SEEN THOSE NUMBERS DECLINE IN A LOT OF AREAS THIS YEAR.

THE RENTS HAVE CONTINUED TO GO UP IN MANY AREAS.

SO THE DALLAS COUNTY AVERAGE RENT UP 20% IN TWO YEARS.

15.5% IN A YEAR OR SO.

YOU CAN SEE THERE BOTH GARLAND SACHSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES HAVE SEEN THEIR RENTS GO UP ABOUT 14% YEAR OVER YEAR.

SO THAT'S PLAYING A ROLE AND IT'S INFLUENCING THE NUMBERS ALL OVER DFW THAT WE'RE SEEING.

SO BACK TO THE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE TO FACTOR IN THAT THE DISTRICT IS ON A DECLINING PATTERN WITH JUST THE TRENDS OF MOVING THE EXISTING STUDENTS FORWARD, BUT WITH THE GROWTH COMING IN, I DO THINK THAT ENROLLMENT WILL BE FLAT TO JUST SLIGHTLY DOWN REMAINING IN THAT 53000 TO 54000 TOTAL STUDENT RANGE GOING FORWARD AT SOME POINT, IF WE DO SEE SOME STRONG GROWTH FROM SOME OF THESE SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE LIKE A FIRESIDE, WE DO SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DISTRICT TO BEGIN TO GROW AGAIN ONCE THOSE HOUSEHOLDS BEGIN TO AGE AND HAVE MORE CHILDREN.

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ALL RIGHT. I KNOW THAT WAS QUICK.

A LOT TO COVER AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MR. MILLER. OF COURSE I HAVE A QUESTION.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT INTERESTED ME WAS BACK ON PAGE 36, YOU HAD A MAP OF GARLAND ISD ACTIVE AND FUTURE HOME NEW HOME SUBDIVISIONS.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE AVERAGE PRICE OF THE USED HOME OR PREVIOUSLY LIVED IN HOMES AND AVERAGE PRICES IN THE NEW HOMES EVERYTHING'S GOING UP.

WHEN YOU DO YOU HAVE ANY DATA THAT WOULD TELL YOU THE TYPE OF NEW CONSTRUCTION BEING PLANNED? WE TALKED PRETTY PRETTY SIMILAR THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEW HOMES BEING BUILT THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT.

OR ARE THERE DIFFERENCES IN SIZE OR.

I DON'T SAY QUALITY, BUT JUST SAY SIZE AND PRICE THAT ARE PLANNED IN THESE LOTS.

I BELIEVE ON ONE OF THE SLIDES I DO MENTION THAT IT IS A MIX OF PRODUCT THAT'S BEING PLANNED.

SO IT'S A MIX OF TOWNHOMES.

IT'S A MIX OF SMALLER LOTS AND A LOT OF FORTIES, BUT ALSO 50 AND 60 FOOT LOTS WERE HOMES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABOVE $400,000.

SO IT'S MORE OF WHAT IS CURRENTLY GOING ON, BUT YOU ALL REFLECT WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING REALLY MARKET WIDE.

YOU KNOW, MAJORITY OF THE MARKET IS 400 TO 750.

THAT'S WHERE THE NEW HOME MARKET IS TODAY, AND WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS YOU YOU SHOWED, ESPECIALLY WITH THE APARTMENTS, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER APARTMENT, I GUESS THE SIZE OF THE APARTMENT WILL DICTATE THAT A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THE TYPE OF PRODUCT THAT'S BEING BUILT.

IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCES IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS COMING FROM THOSE TYPES OF PRODUCTS VERSUS SOMETHING ELSE? I MEAN, IS IT GOING TO BE BELOW NORMAL OR BELOW WHAT WE'VE HISTORICALLY HAD OR WILL IT BE A LITTLE BIT ABOVE? WELL, AS YOU SAW, THE YIELD AT 0.5, THAT IS THAT'S LOWER THAT NUMBER REFLECTS NOT EVERY STUDENT ENROLLING THAT MOVES IN A HOUSEHOLD.

IT ALSO REFLECTS DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUYERS.

THE STANDARD LOT SIZE WAS TYPICALLY 50 TO 70 FOOT IN THOSE YIELDS, AND FAST GROWTH DISTRICTS ARE TYPICALLY IN 0.7 OR HIGHER.

WHEN YOU GO UP TO DISTRICTS LIKE PROSPER OR MELISSA, THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY GROWING UP IN COLLIN COUNTY, YOU'LL SEE YIELDS THAT ARE UP THERE EVEN IN WYLIE WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE IN THAT 0.75, BUT AS YOU MOVE DOWN IN LOT SIZE AND YOU HAVE MORE TOWNHOMES AND YOU HAVE MORE WHAT'S CALLED HIGH DENSITY DETACHED, THE YIELD GOES DOWN AND A LOT OF TIMES IT CUTS IN HALF BECAUSE YOU GET A LOT OF VARYING BUYER TYPES.

YOU'LL GET EMPTY NESTERS AS WELL AS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WITH NO KIDS.

SO WITHIN THAT YIELD NUMBER.

MY LAST QUESTION, MR. GLICK. WITHIN THAT YIELD NUMBER IS THAT ADJUSTED FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE IN SOME OF THESE HOUSES WHO ARE GOING TO CHARTER SCHOOL, OTHER SCHOOLS, IS THAT NUMBER IS THE YIELD AFFECTED BY THOSE STUDENTS THAT GO OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT? THAT NUMBER DOES REFLECT ALL OF THE I DO AN INDIVIDUAL SUBDIVISION FORECAST AND THE YIELD FOR THAT SUBDIVISION. SO IT IS FACTORING IN IF THAT TYPE OF LOT SIZE DOES TYPICALLY YIELD 0.3.

SO WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MODERATE AND THE HIGH SCENARIOS AT THE END OF THE REPORT IS IF YOU START TO GET HIGHER YIELDS ON SOME OF THESE, THE MODERATES BEING VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE WITH A LOT OF 0.3S AND 0.4S AND .5S AS OPPOSED TO 0.6S.

SO ONE THING THAT'LL BE INTERESTING TO WATCH IS WHEN D.R.

HORTON BUILDS A LOT OF THEIR EXPRESS HOME PRODUCT, IT WILL START OFF VERY LOW.

IT'LL BE 0.3, 0.4, BUT AS THOSE HOUSEHOLDS HAVE MORE CHILDREN, THE YIELD WILL COME UP INTO 0.6, 0.7, SOMETIMES 0.8.

WE'VE SEEN IT COME UP IN MESQUITE TO 0.8, 0.7, BUT IT'S TAKEN SEVERAL YEARS.

IS THAT MATURITY OF THAT PRODUCT.

IS THAT RISE FACTORED INTO OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS? IT IS. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO OUR YOUR PREDECESSORS, DR.

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HORTON. I DON'T.

THEY HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF ACREAGE, AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE MAP ON PAGE 36, IT'S THAT FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH ACREAGE THEY HAVE THERE? I DON'T KNOW THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACREAGE.

BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT THE TOTAL LOT COUNT IS THAT'S OVER 500 LOTS, AND I THINK IT MAY BE MORE EVENTUALLY.

IS THAT POSSIBLE? YES.

YES, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE ON 40 ON 40 FOOT WIDE.

YES, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE.

FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, THEY HAD ALWAYS D.R.

HORTON HAD ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT WAITING UNTIL GEORGE BUSH WAS CONTINUED FURTHER SOUTH, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GO TO 80 AND 20, BUT I GUESS THEY COULDN'T WAIT ANY LONGER.

SO NOW THEY'RE BUILDING WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST TO ALL OF US, BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A BOND.

I MEAN, THAT FOUR LETTER WORD, WE NOW ACTUALLY USE THE WORD BOND AND WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT THAT PAGE 61 IS THE ONE WE SHOULD ALL HAVE IN OUR MINDS AND KEEP MAYBE MAKE A COPY OF IT AND KEEP IT WITH US, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE WORKED ON COMES OUT TO PAGE 61.

CORRECT, AND ONCE WE KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS AND YOUR PROJECTIONS HAVE BEEN RIGHT ON SO FAR, AND I THINK BASICALLY THE MIDDLE THE MIDDLE ONE IS WHAT YOU HAVE.

MOST LIKELY. YES, MOST LIKELY, AND THAT'S THE NUMBERS YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT, AND THAT'S WHERE IT SEEMS TO BE HITTING AS WE MAKE PROJECTIONS GOING FORWARD.

THAT'S THE CHART WE PROBABLY HAVE TO LOOK AT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

LET'S GO TO ITEM B 2 RECEIVE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CONTRACT RENEWAL REPORT FOR JUNE 2022.

MR. BOOKER PAGES 109 TO 111.

MR. GLICK MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO DR.

LOPEZ, WE DO HAVE BEFORE YOU THE JUNE RENEWAL REPORT.

WE HAVE 13 CONTRACTS WHICH ARE PROVIDED AS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM, NONE OF WHICH EXCEEDED THE THRESHOLD THAT WOULD REQUIRE ACTION BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

NOR IS THERE A CHANGE IN AWARD.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT THE 13 CONTRACTS.

ANY QUESTIONS? MR. BOOKER.

WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

LET'S GO TO ITEM B 3 REVIEW THE APRIL 20, 22 MONTHLY FINANCIALS.

MS. DAVENPORT PAGES 112 TO 121.

MR. GLICK BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

DR. LOPEZ, BEFORE YOU ARE THE APRIL 2028 MONTHLY FINANCIALS, INCLUDING THE GENERAL FUND, ESSER TWO AND ESSER THREE.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO LET'S GO TO ITEM FOUR REVIEW THE APRIL 22 TAX REPORT.

MS. COOPER. PAGES 122 TO 124.

YOU'RE GOING TO GET ME TONIGHT. SO, MR. GLICK OR MS. COOPER.

OKAY. YES. MR. GLICK, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. DR.

LOPEZ, BEFORE YOU, IS THE APRIL 2022 TAX REPORT, APRIL 22ND 2022 COLLECTIONS ARE 97.89%, WHICH IS UP SLIGHTLY FROM OUR APRIL 2021 AT 97.82%.

AS OF TODAY, THOUGH, WE ARE AT 98.6% AND THERE ARE NO REFUNDS IN APRIL FOR GREATER THAN $500.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S GO TO ITEM B 5.

WE ACTUALLY REFERENCED THIS A LITTLE WHILE AGO, RECEIVED A PRESENTATION ON THE PRIVATE CELLULAR NETWORK PILOT PROGRAM AND CONNECTIVITY REPORT.

MR. YEAGER PAGES 125 TO 135 AND AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A FEW MOMENTS AGO REGARDING THE ESSER FUNDS.

GOOD EVENING. CHAIRMAN GLICK COMMITTEE MEMBERS BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

DR. LOPEZ. YEAH, THIS IS OUR BASICALLY COMING BACK TO TELL YOU KIND OF WHAT WE WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH OUR PRIVATE CELLULAR NETWORK PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO.

SO IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE, QUITE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE, ALSO AN INNOVATIVE PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE CONNECTED AS WE KNOW, WHEN WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, WE HAD A TON OF STUDENTS THAT WE NEEDED TO CONNECT SO THEY CAN CONNECT VIRTUALLY, AND SO THIS IS A BIG PROJECT WE TOOK ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE THE SOLUTIONS AVAILABLE TO EVERY CHILD THAT NEEDS CONNECTIVITY GOING FORWARD, AND SO THIS PROJECT, THIS PILOT PROGRAM WAS PUT OUT THERE SO THAT WE CAN LEARN WHAT IT IS, SO THAT WE COULD PROVIDE THOSE CONNECTIONS GOING FORWARD, AND IF THIS IS A FUTURE SOLUTION OR IF WE NEED TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS GOING FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS GOING FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE CONNECTED FROM HERE ON OUT.

SO THAT IS ALWAYS OUR GOAL GOING FORWARD.

THIS IS ALSO THE PILOT PROGRAM AND THEN ALSO WHAT WE'RE DOING TO CONNECT OUR STUDENTS GOING FORWARD.

JUST AN OVERVIEW. WE HAVE A PRIVATE LTE TOWERS LOCATIONS AT JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL AS MPA SITES.

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WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE CONNECTIVITY TESTING RESULTS THAT THE COMPANY, ONCE THE TOWERS GOT UP, THE COMPANY DID.

WE DID OVER THE PAST FEW PAST YEAR TO SEE WHAT WHAT THESE ARE.

HOW DO THEY WORK? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE LOOK AT PIECES OF PAPER, WE READ WHAT IT IS, BUT UNTIL WE PUT IT INTO PRACTICE, WE KNOW WHAT THE WHAT THE LIMITATIONS ARE, AND WE WANT TO KNOW THAT BEFORE WE MAKE ANY BIGGER SPLASHES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING PUT IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE AND FINANCIALLY DO THIS GOING FORWARD, AND ALSO JUST TO LOOK AT OUR ALLOCATED BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN OUR CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS STARTING NEXT YEAR AND ONGOING.

SO LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE TWO PRIVATE CELLULAR TOWERS.

THE JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL TOWER IS INSTALLED.

YOU SAW THAT CAME UP AND WENT LIVE IN DECEMBER OF 2021.

WE'VE DONE ALL THE NETWORK CONFIGURATIONS AND CONNECTIVITY TESTING HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

WE'VE DONE DRIVE TESTING AND WE'VE ALSO DONE STUDENT TESTING IN HOMES, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS LITTLE UNIT RIGHT HERE IS THE AT HOME UNIT FOR OUR STUDENTS WHEN THEY PUT THAT AT HOME.

SO IT'S BASICALLY LIKE A BIG ROUTER THEY PUT IN.

THIS IS THE ONE THAT HELPS WITH THE CONNECTIVITY PART OF THINGS.

THE LITTLE TRAVEL ONES HAD SOME THEY WERE ABLE TO WORK OUTSIDE, BUT THIS IS FOR THE IN-HOME CONNECTIVITY UNIT JUST SO EVERYONE SEES WHAT THAT IS AND STUDENTS PUT THAT IN THEIR HOME AND IT DOES WI FI.

SO THIS CONNECTS TO THE TOWER, THIS MACHINE RIGHT HERE CONNECTS TO THE TOWER, AND THEN THIS PRODUCES WI FI, AND SO THEN THEY CONNECT ALL THE KIDS DEVICES, CONNECT TO THIS VIA WI FI, AND THAT'S HOW THE COMMUNICATION CONNECTION COMES.

SO JUST LIKE A WI-FI ROUTER AT YOUR HOME, THIS IS WHAT THAT DOES, BUT THIS CONNECTS ONLY TO OUR TOWERS GOING FORWARD.

SO THIS IS WHAT PROVIDES THAT OVERALL CONNECTIVITY IN THE HOME.

AND THEN THE MEMORIAL PATHWAY.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF LEARNING, ESPECIALLY WITH PERMITTING AND OTHER PROGRAM THINGS, THE MPA TOWER THAT THE TOWER HAS BEEN INSTALLED.

SO IF YOU DRIVE BY THAT, YOU CAN SEE THE TOWER THERE ESTIMATED GO LIVE YET IS SUPPOSED TO BE TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH IN JUNE.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RED TAPE AND THINGS GOING THROUGH PERMITTING, GETTING THE RIGHT PRECISE LOCATION.

THOSE ARE ALL LEARNING CURVES WITH THE PILOT PROGRAM.

WE LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS TO WORK WITH AND GOING FORWARD HOW WE CAN DO THAT, BUT CONNECTIVITY TESTING WILL BEGIN THIS MONTH IN JUNE AND ALSO THROUGH JULY, AND OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT BOTH TOWERS WILL BE HAVE 200 CONNECTIONS FOR THESE 200 HOMES APIECE OR DEPENDING ON WHICH ONE NEEDS MORE.

BUT WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 400 CONNECTED DEVICES FOR THE START OF SCHOOL YEAR 2022-23.

WE WILL USE OUR, LIKE WE SAID, BACK TO SCHOOL FORM THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR TO SURVEY OUR STUDENTS TO SEE WHO NEEDS CONNECTIVITY STILL, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT FOREVER TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS WHAT THEY NEED TO CONNECT, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT DOING VIRTUAL LEARNING, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT AFTER SCHOOL THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONNECTIVITY STILL SO THEY CAN DO THEIR HOMEWORK, CAN DO ANY OTHER RESEARCH.

THEY WANT TO DO COLLABORATIONS WITH STUDENTS THROUGH CLASSES AND VICE VERSA AND ALL THAT STUFF.

SO WE'RE STILL PROVIDING THAT.

SO JUST A RECAP OF THE PRESENTATIONS WE DID ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO OF WHAT WE THOUGHT THE PILOT WOULD BE, THE TOWERS WOULD BE.

WE USED OUR GIS SYSTEM TO CREATE HEAT MAPS BASED ON THOSE STUDENTS THAT WE SURVEYED THAT DID NOT HAVE INTERNET AT HOME, AND ONE OF THE HOTTEST, THE MOST DENSE AREAS WERE JACKSON AND THE MPA SITE AREA OR LOCATIONS IN OUR IN OUR AREA IN GARLAND , AND SO WE FOCUSED IN ON THOSE TWO LOCATIONS, AND THAT'S WHY WE DID THE PILOT TO MAKE SURE THOSE TWO AREAS WERE ADDRESSED GOING FORWARD, AND SO THOSE TWO SITES WERE THERE.

OUR FIRST ESTIMATE WAS THE CVR SIGNAL RADIUS WOULD BE ABOUT 1.8 MILES FROM THE TOWER.

WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

THEN WE COULD POSSIBLY CONNECT UP TO 2000 CONNECTIONS PER TOWER AND THEN OBVIOUSLY ARE THE TOWERS ARE FULLY GISD OWNED.

SO WE'RE NOT LEASING IT TO T-MOBILE, WE'RE NOT LEASED, WE DON'T HAVE CONNECTIONS VIA AT&T.

IT'S OUR OWN NETWORK.

SO JUST LIKE AN OUTDOOR WI FI, THE KIDS CONNECT TO US AND THAT'S IT.

THEY'RE NOT GOING THROUGH ANOTHER INTERMEDIARY LIKE AT&T OR ANYTHING.

IT'S DIRECTLY FROM THIS BOX ITS GISD OWNED TO OUR TOWERS AND DOWN INTO OUR NETWORK AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL AND THEN THROUGH OUR NETWORK.

SO IT'S FULL CONTENT FILTERING EVERYTHING JUST LIKE IF THEY'RE SITTING IN THE CLASSROOM BECAUSE HOW MUCH CONNECTIVITY THAT WE HAVE WITH THESE TOWERS.

SO THEY'RE ALL PRIVATELY OWNED THROUGH GISD.

SO HERE'S THE ACTUAL TESTING RESULTS FOR THE JACKSON SITE.

WE DO NOT HAVE THE TESTING RESULTS YET FOR MPA SITE BECAUSE THE TOWER JUST WENT UP, BUT WE'RE EXPECTING THE VERY SIMILAR TESTING RESULTS GOING FORWARD THROUGH DRIVE TESTING RESULTS, AND THEN WE ACTUALLY WENT OUT TO AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT TO VERIFY THE VENDORS NUMBERS AND OUR DRIVE TESTING TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE WEREN'T MISSING ANYTHING,

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SO UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE THERE AND WHAT IS ACTUAL.

SO EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WHEN YOUR CURRENT CELLULAR, YOUR CELL, YOUR PHONE, YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND, YOU KNOW, DALLAS IS PRETTY COVERED WITH CELL SIGNAL, BUT ALL SUDDEN YOU DRIVE DOWN THE STREET AND YOU GET NO CELL SIGNAL.

WELL, THOSE ARE LEARNING THINGS WHEN WE FIGURE OUT HOW THIS ALL WORKS.

SO THIS WORKS JUST LIKE YOUR NORMAL CELL SERVICE.

YOU MAY THINK YOU'RE IN A BIG POPULATED AREA AND ALSO YOU DON'T HAVE CELL SERVICE.

IT'S THE SAME WITH THIS. SO IF YOU SEE ALL THAT COLORED SCATTER EVERYWHERE, THOSE ARE ALL BASED BASICALLY BEING IMPEDED BY EITHER STRUCTURES, TREES, HOUSES, AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE LITTLE WHITE IS CALLED A SHADING.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S KIND OF SHADING OVER SOME OF THE HOUSES, BUT IT'S A DIRECT SIGNAL STRENGTH, AND SO WE LEARN SOME GAPS, WE LEARN WHERE CONNECTIVITY IS, AND SO REALLY WE'RE ONLY LOOKING BETWEEN THAT FIRST, IF I CAN CIRCLE IT, THAT INNER CIRCLE RIGHT THERE IS A HALF MILE AND THAT GIVES ABOUT 80% OF OUR CODE WITH GOOD CONNECTIVITY, AND THIS IS HIGHER THAN THE FCC STANDARD OF 25 BY 3.

SO FCC STANDARD OF GOOD CONNECTIVITY THAT YOU COULD DO ZOOM WITH YOU CAN DO ALL THE THINGS IT'S 25 MEGABITS DOWN AND 3 MEGABITS UP.

SO THAT'S YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT MINIMUM TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT CONNECTIVITY, AND SO WE'RE WE'RE RIGHT AT THAT AT THE HALF MILE MARK.

AND IF YOU GET CLOSE TO THE TOWER, OBVIOUSLY GOES A LOT HIGHER TO ALMOST 100 MEGS, WHICH IS BIGGER THAN A HOUSE MOST HOUSE IS CURRENTLY HAVE IN FIBER AND THEIR WI FI IN THEIR HOME , AND SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR MEDIUM AND THERE ARE SOME SPACES OUTSIDE OF THAT HALF MILE, BUT LIKE I SAID, IT'S ALL GOING TO DEPEND ON WHERE THE STUDENTS ACTUALLY LIVE.

WE GO OUT AND TEST, WE GO OUT AND REVIEW WHERE IT'S AT.

WE SEE IF THE CONNECTIVITY WORKS IN THEIR HOME.

WE'VE ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY GONE AND GONE INTO HOMES AND SET THIS IN AND TESTED IT AND GONE AND PLUGGED IT IN AND PUT IT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

WALKED AROUND THE HOME, DID CONNECTIVITY TESTING WITH THIS AT HALF MILE MARK, AND WE HAVEN'T GONE FURTHER OUT OF THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE SCATTERED AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE IN CERTAIN AREAS, AND SO WE'VE DONE THAT PHYSICAL WORK AND GOING INTO HOMES TO TEST PHYSICALLY AS WELL AS DRIVE TESTING.

OBVIOUSLY WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN SIGNAL HITS, YOU CAN GET HIT BY A TREE, THERE'S A TREE THERE OR THERE'S A BIG OLD HOUSING STRUCTURE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND AS YOU GO THROUGH DIFFERENT THINGS AND YOU'LL KNOW ABOUT THE [INAUDIBLE], ONCE YOU GO IN TO THE INTERNET, THE SELF SERVICE GOES AWAY.

WELL, THAT SAME NEXT SAME THING CAN HAPPEN WITH HOMES WITH THIS UNFORTUNATELY, AND SO WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO AND LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE SITUATION GOING FORWARD.

SO WITH THAT, LIKE I SAID, WE GOT TO ABOUT 25 BY 8 AT RIGHT AT THE HALF MILE MARKER ON STUDENTS HOMES, WHICH IS STILL A VERY GOOD SERVICE.

THAT WOULD BE PLENTY FOR OUR CURRENT HOMEWORK CONNECTIVITY AND IT WOULD BE FINE IF WE DID GOOGLE MEETS OR ZOOM IN ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE.

WE NEEDED THAT. WE CURRENTLY DON'T DO THAT, BUT THEY CAN GET ON TO CANVAS, THEY CAN GET ON TO ALL THOSE PLATFORMS WITH THAT CONNECTIVITY WITHIN HALF MILE.

SO WITH THAT NEW SCENARIO OF A HALF MILE.

HEY, MATT, REAL QUICK. SO NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT IT'S A HALF MILE SCENARIO THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, GIVEN WHAT THE ORIGINAL NUMBERS WERE, WHAT DOES THIS REPRESENT IN TERMS OF CONNECTIVITY AND STUDENTS THAT HAVE ACCESS NOW FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITE? THIS PARTICULAR SITE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE I'M NOT GOING TO SHOW THIS, BUT WE HAVE ABOUT 1023 ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS WITHIN A HALF MILE OF JACKSON TOWER, AND THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT DOESN'T MEAN THEY ATTEND JACKSON.

THAT'S ANYONE THAT LIVES.

BECAUSE WE GO ANYWHERE.

WE'RE GOING EVERYWHERE. SO WE HAVE 1023 STUDENTS, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS CURRENTLY THAT LIVE WITHIN THE HALF MILE RADIUS OF JACKSON TOWER, AND I WE'RE SAYING THAT 1023 ARE ONES THAT HAVE EXPRESSED THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO WI-FI.

NO, THOSE ARE THE ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGED ONES.

THE ONES THAT HAVE EXPRESSED ARE JUST UNDER A FEW HUNDRED.

OKAY, AND THEN THE MILE, HOW MUCH IS THAT? HOW MANY STUDENTS DOES THAT REPRESENT? WE HAVEN'T DONE WE DIDN'T DO THE MATH.

I CAN GET YOU THAT NUMBER.

THAT'S IT. SO FOR PLANNING PURPOSES AND SEEING HOW WE WANT TO EXPAND THIS, IF WE EVER WANT TO GO EXPAND IT, IS IF WE DID THE HALF MILE SCENARIO AND MADE SURE WE HAVE CONNECTIVITY WITHIN THAT, WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT A TOWER ON ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS, ALL 72 OF THEM, SO THAT IT WILL HAVE 80% COVERAGE ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, AND THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR MOST OF OUR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS WHO WERE MAY NOT, MAY HAVE INTERNET OR MAY NOT HAVE INTERNET TO BE ABLE TO HAVE CONNECTIVITY, BUT WITH THAT, IF YOU SEE THE BOTTOM ONES HERE, I THINK I HAVE THE.

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I'M GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT THING SO AND JUMP TO THE RIGHT SIDE FIRST HERE.

SO OUR ESTIMATED BUDGET TO DO OUR DISTRICT WIDE CONNECTIVITY SCENARIO IS $28 MILLION.

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF TOWERS WOULD BE 72.

PLANNING CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE IS WHAT WE'VE REALLY HONED IN ON HERE IS A BIG ONE.

HERE IS ABOUT 24 TO 48 MONTHS.

THE REASON IT'S SO LONG IS BECAUSE WE'VE RUN INTO WE HAVE TO DO RFP PROCESS, WHICH TAKES SOME TIME.

THE BIGGEST THING WE HAVE TO DO IS LOCATION PLANNING, CITY PERMITTING, TOWER CONSTRUCTION.

OBVIOUSLY, SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES WE'RE RUNNING INTO CURRENTLY, THAT'S HAVING A MAJOR IMPACT ON THAT AS WELL AS NETWORKING, CONNECTIVITY TESTING BEFORE WE GO LIVE ON ANY SITE AND WE'VE ONLY DONE TWO AND IT'S TAKEN US FOR A WHILE.

SO IF WE DID 72, THAT WOULD BE A LARGE PROJECT AS WELL AS A LARGE SCOPE.

EVEN A FEW WOULD BE A LARGE SCOPE, EVEN TWO.

THAT TWO MORE WOULD PROBABLY BE A LARGE SCOPE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT, AND THEN I JUST ESTIMATED BASED ON NUMBER OF CONNECTIVITY IS 15,000, AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT OUR PILOT, WE'VE ACTUALLY SAVED MONEY.

WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN PRETTY GOOD STEWARDS OF THE CURRENT CURRENT MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE ALLOCATED.

SO THE TWO TOWER SITES WE ALLOCATED AT ONE OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU, ALLOCATED $1 MILLION FOR THAT.

THE ACTUAL EXPENSES WERE ABOUT $760,000.

WE ACTUALLY GOT A GRANT FROM THE PARTNERSHIP, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT GRANT FOR $170,000 FOR THIS PROJECT, AND SO WE'VE WE'RE EXPECTING TO SAVE $410,000 FROM OUR ORIGINAL $1 MILLION ALLOCATED.

SO WE CAN GIVE THAT BACK ONCE WE FINISH AND FINALIZE THESE PROJECTS, AND THEN WE'RE CONNECTING UP TO 400 STUDENTS.

OBVIOUSLY, IT'S LIMITED WITHIN A HALF MILE OF THOSE TOWERS.

SO THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME, UNFORTUNATELY, AT THIS TIME, WE DO NOT RECOMMEND INSTALLING ADDITIONAL PRIVATE CELLULAR TOWERS USING ESSER FUNDS DUE TO THE LIMITATIONS IN THE CURRENT CBRS TECHNOLOGY, THE PLANNING, CONSTRUCTION TIMELINES AS WELL AS ESSER FUNDING DEADLINES, AS DR.

RINGO MENTIONED, AS THEIR FUNDING DEADLINES ARE COMING UP THIS NEXT SEPTEMBER AND THE NEXT SEPTEMBER AFTER THAT, WHICH IS ONLY ABOUT TWO YEARS, 24 MONTHS AWAY.

SO WITH ESSER TWO WHICH WE HAD ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED IN IS SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR, WHICH WE WOULD NEVER WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THAT, AND THEN.

ESSER TWO WOULD BE ESSER THREE WOULD BE A LONG SHOT AS WELL TO MAKE SURE IT'S DONE, AND SO MR. BEACH HAS A QUESTION, AND THEN LET ME ADD ONE MORE THING, BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO GET THIS OUT, BECAUSE THE BIGGEST THING WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT WE'RE NOT DIMINISHING OUR CONNECTIVITY FOR OUR STUDENTS, SO WE'RE STILL PROVIDING ALL THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.

SO EVERY YEAR WE'RE DOING THAT BACK TO SCHOOL FORM IN SKYWARD AND WE'RE ASKING THAT SURVEY OF DO YOU NEED A DEVICE, DO YOU NEED CONNECTIVITY AT HOME? AND WE'RE PROVIDING THAT.

AND SO THE WAYS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THAT, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HAVING THE TWO TOWERS, SO WE'RE HAVING UP TO 400 KIDS ON THAT TOWER, WHICH WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO.

NEXT YEAR, WE WILL HAVE 3000 HOTSPOTS WITH UNLIMITED DATA THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY WE USE THE ECF OR THE FCC'S EMERGENCY CONNECTIVITY FUNDING TO ACQUIRE. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT, AND THIS IS ALL AVAILABLE FOR OUR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS THAT INDICATE THEY DO NOT HAVE INTERNET AT HOME.

THE BIGGEST THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS IS THAT AND KNOWS IS THAT THE FCC JUST CAME OUT WITH AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM.

WE'VE BEEN SITTING THIS OUT THROUGH OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE AND OTHER COMMUNICATION CHANNELS.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS OFFERING BASICALLY FREE INTERNET SERVICE AT HOME AND THIS IS FIBER AT HOME, AND THEY'RE OFFERING A $30 DISCOUNT PER MONTH FOR THIS FIBER FOR AT&T IS INVOLVED WITH THE SPECTRUM.

ALL THE MAJOR PLAYERS ARE ALL INVOLVED IN THIS, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND HIS ADMINISTRATION JUST CAME OUT WITH THEY WORKED WITH THOSE PROVIDERS AND NOW THOSE PROVIDERS ARE OFFERING A $30 PACKAGE.

SO YOU'LL HAVE A FULLY FREE INTERNET SERVICE, AND RIGHT NOW THAT'S FULLY FUNDED THROUGH THE INFRASTRUCTURE ACT, AND SO THAT'S NOT JUST A ONE YEAR THING THAT IS THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A MULTI YEAR ONGOING, FEDERALLY FUNDED $30 REIMBURSEMENT BENEFIT.

AND I'M GOING TO SAY THIS IS YOUR BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FAMILY BECAUSE HAVING INTERNET FOR THE ENTIRE HOME IS IS I WOULD SAY, IS THE BEST THING TO DO BECAUSE THE

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OUR OTHER PROGRAMS ONLY WILL BENEFIT THE STUDENT ITSELF.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT THOSE OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE.

WE WILL PUT THAT IN THE BACK TO SCHOOL FORM OF ALL THESE OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AND THEN THERE'S QUESTIONS.

MR. BEACH YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN ONLY THE HALF MILE RADIUS, AND WHEN YOU MADE THE RECOMMENDATION THERE OR THE RECOMMENDATION THE LIMITATIONS OF THE CURRENT CBRS TECHNOLOGY, IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT TECHNOLOGY WILL IMPROVE? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE TECHNOLOGY CHANGES EVERY 15 MINUTES OR EVERY YEAR ESPECIALLY.

IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT MIGHT CHANGE, THAT THOSE TOWERS WOULD BE BECOME MORE VIABLE THAN WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE? AND BECAUSE ONLY BEING ABLE TO REACH ONLY 1000 STUDENTS IS NOT REALLY WORTH PUTTING THOSE UP, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, BECAUSE OF THE COST, BUT I JUST WAS CURIOUS OF WHAT YOUR PLAN, AS FAR AS BEING THE PROFESSIONAL FOR OUR DISTRICT AND OF WHAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND TO US.

I GUESS THE MAIN ONE WOULD BE TRY TO GET EVERYBODY TO GET ONTO THE INTERNET THROUGH THAT SERVICE, AND I WOULD BE MORE INTERESTED I THINK THE BOARD WOULD BE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT THAT PERTAINS TO AND WHAT THE COST IS ON THAT PER FAMILY HOUSEHOLD AND WHERE THE DISTRICT WOULD JUMP FORTH ON THAT.

OH, YEAH, AS A TECHNOLOGIST, I HIGHLY EXPECT BETTER TECHNOLOGY TO COME OUT VERY QUICKLY.

CBRS TECHNOLOGY IS FAIRLY NEW, SO WE KNEW ABOUT THIS WHEN IT'S A NEW PRODUCT, A NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THINGS THAT ARE JUST RELEASED BY THE FCC.

SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH VENDORS, ESPECIALLY NOKIA, WHO IS OUR PARTNER, AND THEY ARE DEVELOPING NEW AND GREATER TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT THAT AND HAVE HIGHER BEAMS GOING FORWARD. SO I EXPECT IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE WILL HAVE NEW OPPORTUNITIES JUST LIKE WE UPDATE SWITCHES.

WE HAVE THE TOWER BUILT.

THAT WAS THE BIGGEST COST.

IF WE NEED TO DO, WE NEED TO CHANGE THE RADIO UP THERE TO GO FOR AN EXTRA TWO MILES.

SO THAT'S EASY.

SO I ALMOST EQUATE IT TO BUILDING FIBER.

YOU KNOW, WE OWN OUR OWN FIBER, WHICH IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU BUILD AND IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY UP FRONT, BUT IN THE LONG RUN, IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT YOU BECAUSE NEW TECHNOLOGY AND THE ABILITY TO CONNECT TO IT IS GOING TO BE THERE AND AVAILABLE.

KIND OF LIKE FIELD OF DREAMS MOMENT.

YOU BUILD IT, THEY'LL COME. SO YOU BUILD A TOWER, WHICH IS YOUR MOST COSTLY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, AND THEN YOU JUST CHANGE OUT THE RADIOS ON THE VERY TOP SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE THE NEW TECHNOLOGY TO START EXPANDING.

I WAS KIND OF THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN THESE TOWERS WERE BUILT, THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE LIKE A TWO MILE RADIUS.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S STUCK IN MY MIND, BUT I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT I HEARD WHEN WE FIRST TALKED ABOUT THE TOWER.

ONLY GETTING A HALF A MILE OUT OF IT IS PRETTY DISAPPOINTING, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF AT A QUANDARY OF WHAT TO REALLY LOOK AT AS FAR AS A BOARD MEMBER. YOU KNOW, I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE CONNECTED, TO BE ABLE TO READY TO GO WHEN SCHOOL STARTS, BUT I'M NOT ONE SITTING HERE WANTING TO CONTINUE UNLESS WE CAN FIND FUNDS THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR WHATEVER TO THROW FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, AND AT THIS TIME, MY RECOMMENDATION IS NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE TOWERS UNTIL WE HAVE A BETTER PLANNING, BECAUSE I HAVE TO DO NOW.

NOW WE KNOW WHAT IS CAPABLE OF DOING, REAL CAPABILITIES.

NOW I HAVE TO GO BACK AND PLAN TO SAY, IS THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, THE COST OF OWNERSHIP, IS IT WORTH GOING FORWARD? IS THERE ANY NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN COME IN LATER THAT IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT US WITH THOSE TOWERS? BUT AT THIS TIME, I DON'T HAVE ALL THAT KNOWLEDGE TO THEN MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.

I DO KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY SPENDING $15 A MONTH PER HOTSPOT.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S $180 PER KID, PER YEAR PER HOTSPOT.

SO THE T-MOBILE HOTSPOT IS COSTING US $15 A MONTH PER.

SO I HAVE TO DO THE LONGEVITY OF HOW IT BALANCE US BETWEEN CONTINUING HOTSPOTS FOREVER.

IT'S LIKE A LONG TERM LEASE OF A CAR VERSUS BUYING A CAR, AND I HAVE TO DO THOSE NUMBERS AND I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER YET, BUT THAT'S WHY AT THIS TIME I CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ESSER FUNDS USING THE TOWERS UNTIL WE HAVE A BETTER THIS IS ONE OF THE HOT TOPICS BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO [INAUDIBLE] IT SEEMS LIKE WE KEEP STOMPING OUR TOE, YOU KNOW, WHEN ARE WE EVER GOING TO GET OUR ARMS WRAPPED AROUND THIS SO THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY THAT WE'VE GOT OUR KIDS SITUATED WHERE IT'S NOT ON US, IT'S ON THEM, THAT THEY ARE CONNECTED AND THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

I MEAN, WHEN WE SEEM LIKE WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THIS TOPIC OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND WE'RE MAKING STRIDES, BUT IT CHANGES SO QUICKLY, AND THAT'S WHAT IS SCARY TO ME AS A BOARD MEMBER BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO SUSTAIN THAT TECHNOLOGY TO THOSE KIDS?

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YEAH, AND THAT'S WHY WE DID THE PILOT, AND SO WE NOW WE KNOW OUR BASELINE, AND SO THIS IS WHAT THIS IS WHAT IT IS AND A BASELINE.

AND SO NOW WE KNOW THAT PIECE OF THIS IS THE TECHNOLOGY AND THIS IS WHERE IT'S AT NOW, AND IF ANY NEW TECHNOLOGY COMES OUT, WE'LL DO A TEST.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T JUST THROW IT UP THERE AND HOPE FOR IT'S EXPANDED, BUT WE'LL DO A TEST , BUT THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE PROVIDING FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS NO MATTER WHAT CONNECTIVITY NEEDS THEY NEED, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO ALWAYS CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE WORKING WITH DR.

RINGO AND DR. LOPEZ TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S OUR STRATEGY IN THE LONG TERM OF HOW DO WE CONTINUE THAT CONNECTIVITY WITH WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US, AND THAT'S OUR ULTIMATE GOAL, IS TO MAKE SURE ALL STUDENTS ARE CONNECTED.

LOPEZ, A COMMENT? YEAH, YEAH.

YOU HIT A REALLY GOOD POINT, AND THE GOOD PART NOW IS WE HAVE TOWERS THAT WE COULD PUT FURTHER PROTOTYPES UP UNTIL WE GET SOME BROADBAND.

BEFORE WE WERE RELYING ON ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE SAYING IT WAS GREAT, IT WAS A HIT, IT WAS A MISS.

WE THOUGHT THAT WE COULD GET BETTER BANG FOR OUR BUCK, AND THAT'S WHY I REMEMBER WE DECIDED JUST TO DO TWO.

IT'S MORE NARROW THAN WE EXPECTED.

WE KNOW THAT THIS FREE BROADBAND RELIEVES US OF OF THE BURDENS OF BUYING EXTRA DEVICES, BUT THE REALITY IS WE'VE GOT TO BUY THESE DEVICES IF WE EXPECT KIDS TO DO ONLINE PLATFORMS AND LEARNING.

WHAT I'M HOPING IS THAT EVENTUALLY TECH.

TECHNOLOGY WILL RISE.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SINCE WE HAVE THE TWO TOWERS UP.

WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR LEASING.

SO IF OTHER CELLULAR NETWORKS WANT TO TAP INTO IT, IF THAT'S IN A GOOD PRIME SPOT FROM THEM, THEN WE'LL LEASE THEM SOME COVERAGE, BUT THERE'S NO WAY TO TEST IT UNLESS YOU HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY READY, AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, AND WE CAN WE CAN RUN PROTOTYPES FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES, BUT YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT.

KEEP UP TO SEE WHAT THE NEW ROUTERS ARE AND THE TECHNOLOGY TO SEE IF IT'S THERE, BUT FIRST OF ALL, WE ALSO HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE.

IT'S WITHIN FCC GUIDELINES.

DON'T PUT THIS ROBUST THING OUT THERE WITHOUT BEING TESTED FROM, YOU KNOW, CANCEROUS RADIATION.

RIGHT. SO WE'RE BALANCING BOTH.

MR. JOHNSON.

THANK YOU. MR. YEAGER ECHOING MR. BEACH'S SENSE OF DISAPPOINTMENT WITH RESPECT TO THIS.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE INITIAL THOUGHT IS WE COULD REACH THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR SOCIOECONOMIC DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS WITH EIGHT TOWERS.

IS MY THINKING WRONG ABOUT THAT? THAT WAS 15 TOWERS.

BUT THAT WAS CONSIDERING THAT WE WERE GOING TO USE A TWO MILE RADIUS ON EACH TOWER, CORRECT? 1.8.

SO CLOSE TO TWO MILES.

I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WHAT GAVE US THAT NOTION THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A 1.8 MILE RADIUS? THAT WAS THROUGH WHITE PAPERS, THROUGH OTHER OTHER APPLICATIONS THAT THEY'RE USING, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAS THE BEST GUESS BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE HAS DONE IT BEFORE.

NO ONE ELSE HAS PUT UP THOSE TOWERS USING CBRS TECHNOLOGY.

THEY PUT UP TOWERS USING A DIFFERENT CHINESE MANUFACTURING THAT THEY NO LONGER CAN USE.

SO PEOPLE HAVE DONE IT PREVIOUSLY, HAVE USED DIFFERENT, NOT THE FCC STANDARD USE, AND SO THE CBRS TECHNOLOGY WAS ONLY A YEAR OLD WHEN WE STARTED THIS PILOT AND BY CBRS TRANSLATE FOR--CITIZENS BROADBAND SPECTRUM.

OKAY, AND THAT IS EFFECTIVELY A PUBLIC ACCESS OR CITIZENS BAND 5G NETWORK, CORRECT? CORRECT. 4G.

YEAH, SO IT'S ONLY A 4G NETWORK? THAT'S CORRECT. IS IT SECOND GENERATION 4G AT LEAST LIKE LTE? YES, IT'S LTE,.

DID VENDORS AT ALL SUGGEST TO US, THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD GET? THEY SUGGEST THAT YOU'D GET BETWEEN ONE AND TWO, TWO MILES AND THEY MISSED THE MARK EVEN BY THEIR LOW MARK BY 100%.

BASICALLY, IT'S DOWN TO 0.5 MILES, CORRECT? CORRECT, AND THAT'S IT.

I MEAN, I'M FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WE SPENT $1,000,000 ON THIS.

I THINK IT'S JUST A DUD, AN ABSOLUTE COMPLETE DUD, AND IN MY LINE OF WORK, YOU CONTRACT FOR SOMETHING PEOPLE TELL YOU YOU'RE GOING TO GET BETWEEN 1-1.8 MILES AND YOU GET 0.5 MILES, THEY GET LETTERS IN RESPONSE TO THAT.

THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHAT THE WAY I SEE IT, AND I'M JUST WONDERING, HAVE WE CONSIDERED ANY TYPE OF LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THIS? BECAUSE HONESTLY, I THINK THIS IS BEYOND FRUSTRATING.

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WE SPENT SEVEN FIGURES OF TAXPAYER MONEY.

A LOT OF IT WAS THROUGH ESSER FUNDING AND STUFF, BUT THAT'S STILL TAXPAYER MONEY, RIGHT? EVEN IF IT'S COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO US, IT WAS TO BE INTENDED TO PROVIDE THIS NETWORK OF BROADBAND FOR OUR KIDS THAT WERE GOING TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT.

I MEAN, MAYBE SOMEDAY WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME OF THE CBRS TECHNOLOGY THAT WE CAN PUT UP THERE THAT WILL ACTUALLY FULFILL THE PROMISE THAT WE WERE GIVEN BY THESE PEOPLE BEFORE , BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK INTO WHAT OUR LEGAL OPTIONS ARE WITH RESPECT TO THIS, BECAUSE IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING.

I MEAN, ARE THE TOWERS HIGH ENOUGH? WOULD RAISING THEM INCREASE THE RANGE AT ALL? NO, WE ACTUALLY WENT WITH THE HIGHEST TOWER.

OTHER VENDORS PROMOTED 90 FOOT TOWERS.

WE WENT WITH 150 FOOT TOWERS, AND IF WE WERE TO USE THE 90 FOOT TOWER, WOULD WE HAVE GOTTEN LIKE 250 FEET OR SOMETHING? I DON'T KNOW. I HAVEN'T DONE THE STUDY FOR IT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE GUINEA PIG FOR APPARENTLY THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, NO ONE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY HAS DONE THESE TOWERS. WELL, DALLAS ISD AND US DID A PARTNERSHIP ON IT, AND SO THEY PUT UP FIVE TOWERS.

WELL, THEY HAVEN'T PUT UP TOWERS.

THEY PUT THEM ON ROOFTOPS, WHICH THEY'RE NOT GETTING.

THEY'RE GETTING THE SAME RESULT.

SO THAT'S THE THING. IT'S CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL THE VENDORS THAT THEY CHOSE AND OUR VENDOR OF CONSISTENT CONNECTIVITY OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU SAW THAT MAP WHERE SOME CAN GO UP TO A MILE.

JUST IT'S IN ONE LITTLE SLENDER AREA JUST BASED ON TOP TOPOGRAPHY.

SORRY. SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW THE LAND IS BEING LAID AT THAT TIME, HOW THE SIGNAL GOES , AND SO THEY SUGGEST ALWAYS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO MILES BASED ON THAT . UNTIL THE POLE IS UP, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THE CELLULAR SIGNAL IS GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY IT.

OKAY, WELL, I JUST WONDER IF THESE PEOPLE ARE STILL OUT PROMOTING THIS PRODUCT TO A BUNCH OF OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SAYING IT'S 1 TO 2 MILES, EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW NOW THAT IT'S HALF A MILE.

WELL, THEY'RE CONTACTING US.

OH, THEY ARE? THEY STILL THINK WE SHOULD BE THROWING UP MORE-NO, OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

OKAY, WELL, GOOD, AT LEAST WE CAN KIND OF GET LET OTHER PEOPLE KNOW, WARN THEM ABOUT THIS.

WITH RESPECT TO THE HOT SPOTS THAT WE'RE USING, ARE THOSE 4G HOTSPOTS? THOSE ARE 5G HOTSPOTS, UNLIMITED DATA. UNLIMITED DATA, WHAT'S THE DOWNLOAD SPEED ON IT? OH, THEY'RE OVER 100 MEGS.

THEY'RE HIGH, THE FULL PRODUCT OF T-MOBILE.

OSTENSIBLY THE HOTSPOTS, IF THEY DON'T GET LOST IN LIKE TRANSIT, BROKEN, STEPPED ON OR SOMETHING, THAT'S PROVIDING ACTUALLY BETTER INTERNET THAN THE TOWERS WOULD BE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING BASED ON WHAT I'M SEEING HERE, WE'RE GETTING 21 MBPS ON AVERAGE.

I MEAN, I KNOW THAT MEETS SOME FEDERAL STANDARD, BUT FOR ME, I WAS KIND OF HORRIFIED WHEN I SAW THAT.

I THINK GENERALLY I WOULD GET A LOT BETTER THAN THAT.

I CHECKED THE SPEED TEST HERE FROM HERE, AND WE WERE GETTING LIKE 185 IN THIS BUILDING, AND THAT'S WHY I'M ACTUALLY A VERY BIG PROPONENT.

I'M ON THE PARTNERSHIP.

I'M TALKING TO THE STATE ABOUT CONNECTIVITY.

I'M ON ALL THOSE COMMITTEES BECAUSE THE GOAL IS WE WANT THE HOUSEHOLD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROVIDING ALL THIS AS A SUPPLEMENT, REALLY.

EDUCATION IS PROVIDING THESE AS A SUPPLEMENT, BUT REALLY THE TRUE CONNECTIVITY FOR EVERYONE IS A FULL FIBER TO THE HOUSE.

THAT'S THE WAY THAT EVERYONE BENEFITS.

I MEAN, THAT'S THE WAY TO GET THE BEST CONNECTIVITY.

THE MOST STABLE CONNECTIVITY IS FIBER TO THE HOME, AND I'M GOING TO BE A PROPONENT.

THAT'S YOUR NUMBER ONE CHOICE.

SHOULD ALWAYS BE FIBER TO THE HOME.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SOCIETAL ISSUE THAT'S A LITTLE ABOVE OUR PAY GRADE HERE, BUT IT'S STILL IT'S WE ALL WENT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.

IT'S BECOMING A SOCIETAL PROBLEM.

WELL, IT'S A NECESSARY UTILITY, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU NEED POWER, YOU NEED WATER, YOU NEED THIS, BUT YET THIS IS THE ONE THAT, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE LEGISLATURE EXPECTS FOR US TO PROVIDE.

SO THEY DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

THEY JUST THEY JUST SEND IT ON DOWN THE CHAIN TO US, AND WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT DONE, BUT RIGHT NOW, FROM THE SOUND OF IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE HOTSPOTS ARE A FAR BETTER OPTION THAN WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON THESE TOWERS, AGREED? AT THIS POINT, YES.

THANK YOU, MISTER. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I THINK YOU CAN SENSE OUR FRUSTRATION AND I'M SURE YOUR FRUSTRATION.

I LOOK AT WHAT OUR DEMOGRAPHER JUST SAID A FEW MINUTES AGO, THAT THREE OF EVERY FOUR OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, AND I THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE. SO WE'VE RETURNED OR WILL RETURN THE 11 MILLION BACK TO THE ESSER FUNDS YOU TALK ABOUT A POTENTIAL PROJECT OF 28 MILLION.

WHEN WILL YOU BE COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO SAY TO US THE ADVANCES THAT MR.

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I WOULD SAY AT THIS POINT THERE IS, I DON'T KNOW THE TECHNOLOGY THERE, SO I CAN'T GIVE A RECOMMENDATION OF GOING HOW WE GO FORWARD RIGHT NOW UNTIL I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING WHERE THAT IS. THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW IS OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT, BECAUSE THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE I THINK WE HAVE 40,000 STUDENTS ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ASSUME THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE INTERNET, BUT WE CAN ASSUME THEY'RE ALSO BARELY AFFORDING INTERNET TOO, YOU KNOW, AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AS A 1 TO 1 PRODUCT, AS A CONNECTIVITY PRODUCT TOGETHER, AND SO WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE WE CAN PUT ANYTHING ON PAPER AS A PLAN GOING FORWARD.

THAT'S OBVIOUSLY THINGS WE DISCUSS CONSISTENTLY IS HOW WE DO.

DO WE HAVE FIGURES OF THE STUDENTS OF THE DISADVANTAGED THAT ARE USING THE HOTSPOTS.

DO WE HAVE THAT FIGURE? YEAH, RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST OVER 2000.

THAT ARE JUST UTILIZING IT OF THAT 40,000? CORRECT. SO, ARE WE WASTING OUR TIME EVEN DOING THAT? WELL, I'M JUST TRYING TO BE.

YEAH, 40,000 AND 2000 IS QUITE A--WE'LL GO UNTIL EVERY STUDENT HAS CONNECTIVITY.

I'LL SAY THAT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS A FORM OF CONNECTIVITY.

ONCE EVERY STUDENT IN OUR DISTRICT HAS A FORM OF CONNECTIVITY, THEN [INAUDIBLE] PUTTING SOMETHING OUT THERE CAN DIMINISH, BUT IF THEY GET FIBER TO THE HOME ON THEIR OWN, BECAUSE THIS FCC AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM IS NOT THROUGH GISD, THAT'S THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.

SO IT'S OUT OF OUR I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PARENTS HAVE ACTUALLY SIGNED UP FOR THAT.

I'LL PROBABLY NEVER KNOW UNLESS I DO A SURVEY ASKING THEM, AND THAT'S ONLY IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE EVERY STUDENT IN THIS DISTRICT HAS CONNECTIVITY AND A 1 TO 1 DEVICE.

SO WE'RE GETTING 1 TO 1 DEVICE AND THEY HAVE CONNECTIVITY.

THAT'S OUR ULTIMATE GOAL.

SO WHATEVER PRODUCTS AND WHATEVER COST THAT IS, WE'LL HAVE TO PASS THAT THROUGH AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE IT'S ON A PLAN AND IT WORKS FOR EVERYONE, AND DR. LOPEZ, I AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENTS ALSO.

I THINK WE NEEDED TO TRY THIS.

I THINK WE REALLY DID, AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE'LL CALL IT.

WE STILL HAVE THE TOWERS.

WE STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO TEST NEW PRODUCTS ON THE TOWERS, MAYBE EVEN LEASE SOME, BUT THE POINT IS WE HAVE THE TOWERS AND WE CAN TRY ADDITIONAL THINGS AND MOVE FORWARD.

SO ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OF THE COMMENTS? SWITCHING OUT RADIOS IS VERY LOW COST.

THE TOWERS ARE LIKE 200,000 OF THE 307,000 THAT TOTAL COST THE ACTUAL POLE AND THE CONSTRUCTION.

OKAY, SIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LET'S GO TO ITEM C ACTION ITEMS ONE, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS OF THE 2021-2022 GENERAL FUNDS, STUDENT NUTRITION FUND AND DEBT SERVICE FUND.

[IV.C. Action Items (Non Consent)]

GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN GLICK BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.

LOPEZ. ON PAGE 125, WE'RE SHOWN THE DETAILS OF THE JUNE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

SO IF I COULD SHARE WITH YOU THE BUDGET TRANSFERS AT THE TOP, THOSE ARE SOME NORMAL BUSINESS OPERATIONS.

THIS TIME OF YEAR IS WHEN WE ARE APPLYING ALL OF OUR FORECASTING, GET EVERYTHING IN THE CORRECT FUNCTION AND MAKE SURE WE'RE PREPARING FOR CLOSE OF YEAR.

YOU'LL SEE SOME CHANGES TO OUR LOCAL REVENUE.

THERE'S A SMALL CHANGE THERE DUE TO SOME INSURANCE PROCEEDS THAT ARE COMING IN FOR SOME REPAIRS FOR DISTRICT SCHOOL BUSSES.

THAT'S NORMAL BUSINESS. WE GET A COUPLE OF THOSE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

YOU'LL ALSO SEE AN INCREASE OF STATE REVENUE THERE, 630,000, AND THAT WAS A CHANGE AS LISTED THERE FROM OUR 2021 TAXABLE VALUES IS DUE TO THAT CHANGE.

WE ACTUALLY GOT AN INCREASE IN OUR TRANSITION GRANT FUND SO THAT ACTUALLY BENEFITED US.

YOU'LL SEE A DECREASE THERE IN STATE REVENUE, BUT THAT IS OFFSET BY AN ADDITIONAL DECREASE IN EXPENSES.

SO THE NET IS NET ZERO AND THAT'S FOR THE TI FUNDS.

ONE THING THAT WE ARE TAKING OUT OF THE BUDGET THAT DOES CHANGE OUR DEFICIT.

YOU'LL SEE FROM THE REVISED BUDGET ON PAGE 124 FROM A -29 MILLION DOWN TO 25 IS THE REDUCTION OF THE INTERSECTION.

SO WE HAVE GONE AHEAD AND REMOVED INTERSESSION.

SO EARLIER WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WHICH FUNDS HAVE BEEN SUPPLANTED INTO ESSER THREE AND INTERSESSION WAS THOSE FUNDS, AND WE DID KEEP THAT BUDGET IN, AND I THINK WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE BECAUSE WE WENT TO A FULL DAY IN OUR SESSION.

WE ADDED SOME CHANGES WAY TO MAKE SURE WE COULD COVER ALL THOSE FUNDS.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT PAGES THAN YOU DO.

OH, I'M SORRY. 137 I THINK IS THE CORRECT PAGE NOW.

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I'M SORRY. OKAY, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.

SO THAT'S THE GENERAL FUN.

RIGHT, AND THEN THE NEXT FUND IS THE STUDENT NUTRITION FUN, AND YOU'LL SEE THERE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DETAIL PAGES OF THERE WE ARE REDUCING THE LOCAL REVENUE.

THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN A LA CARTE SALES.

I THINK WE WERE PLANNING ON BACK WITH HAVING MORE STUDENTS ON CAMPUS, AN INCREASE IN A LA CARTE SALES.

WE DID NOT SEE THAT WAS LIKELY DUE TO THE FREE MEALS FROM THE USDA.

SO ALL MEALS WERE FREE, BUT YOU WILL SEE THAT WE ARE INCREASING OUR FEDERAL REVENUE, WHICH DOES OVERALL SHOW A $1.4 MILLION NET INCREASE TO STUDENT NUTRITION FUND REVENUE, AND THEN ALSO THEY ARE EXPERIENCING VACANCIES JUST LIKE THE GENERAL FUND, AND SO WE ARE LOWERING THE EXPENDITURES THERE , AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.

THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WE'RE SEEING THERE IS IN LOCAL REVENUE, AND THAT'S DUE TO AN INCREASE OF AN OVER 98% COLLECTION RATE.

SO THESE ARE THE FINAL AMENDMENTS FOR JUNE FOR THE GENERAL FUND, STUDENT NUTRITION FUND AND DEBT SERVICE FUND.

ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? WHY DON'T YOU PLEASE CONTINUE ON ITEM TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF FINAL AMENDED BUDGET FOR 2122 PAGES 143 TO 146.

THESE ARE THE FINAL GENERAL FUND, STUDENT NUTRITION FUND AND DEBT SERVICE FUND.

THESE ARE SIMPLY THE RECOMMENDED FINAL AMENDMENT BUDGETS THAT YOU WOULD SEE ON THE PRIOR SLIDES.

SO THIS REPRESENTS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO END THIS FISCAL YEAR FOR GENERAL FUND, STUDENT NUTRITION FUND AND DEBT SERVICE FUND.

ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, LET'S GO TO ITEM THREE.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET FOR THE 2022 2023 SCHOOL YEAR.

MS. MAYO, AGAIN.

THIS IS THE MOMENT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR, FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

THIS IS THE AGENDA ITEM THAT WILL COME TO YOU ON THE 28TH TO ASK FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE 22-23 BUDGET.

SO THE GENERAL FUND, THE STUDENT NUTRITION FUND AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.

THESE ARE THE FIGURES THAT WE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL DURING THE PUBLIC MEETING PORTION OF THIS AGENDA TODAY.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET WE WILL BE ADOPTING IN TWO WEEKS? NO? OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE'LL GO TO ITEM FOUR.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE INDEPENDENT SOURCES OF INSTRUCTION FOR THE TRAINING OF INVESTMENT OFFICERS.

MS. ROUNDTREE. YES, THE NEXT FOUR ITEMS THAT YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT ARE PART OF OUR ANNUAL REVIEWS REQUIRED BY CDA LEGAL AND LOCAL POLICIES.

AND THE FIRST ITEM FOR YOUR APPROVAL IS FOR THE INDEPENDENT SOURCES OF INSTRUCTION FOR YOUR INVESTMENT OFFICER.

CDA LEGAL REQUIRES US TO HAVE ONGOING TRAINING ON PAGE FIVE FOR INVESTMENT CONTROL, SECURITY RISK, STRATEGY, RISK, ETC.

THE LIST DETAILS THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE INTEND TO RECEIVE OUR TRAINING FROM, NOT ONLY FOR WHAT'S LISTED IN OUR POLICY, BUT FOR ONGOING CERTIFICATIONS FOR CERTIFIED TREASURY PROFESSIONAL AND REGISTERED TEXAS SCHOOL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTINUING.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE TRAINING? I'M SEEING NONE. LET'S GO TO ITEM FIVE.

APPROVAL OF THE QUALIFIED INVESTMENT BROKERS.

AGAIN, MS. ROUNDTREE.

YES, CDA LEGAL REQUIRES THAT THE BROKERS LISTED BE PROVIDED A COPY OF OUR INVESTMENT POLICY.

THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE RECEIPT OF THE POLICY.

THEY ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY'VE REVIEWED AND ENACTED REASONABLE PROCEDURES AND CONTROLS, AND THEY'VE ALSO PROVIDED THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT WE'VE REQUESTED FROM THEM. THERE'S ONLY ONE NEW EDITION THIS YEAR, GREAT PACIFIC SECURITIES.

ANY QUESTIONS? BEING NONE, LET'S GO TO ITEM SIX REVIEW OF THE INVESTMENT POLICY AND INVESTMENT STRATEGY AND ADOPT A WRITTEN INSTRUMENT STATING REVIEW OF THE SAME AND RECORDING ANY CHANGES MADE TO EITHER THE INVESTMENT POLICY OR INVESTMENT STRATEGIES.

YES, THIS IS JUST A STATEMENT THAT YOU'VE REVIEWED THE POLICY THIS YEAR AND THAT WE'VE ADOPTED A WRITTEN INSTRUMENT SAYING THAT WE'VE DONE SO.

ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, LET'S GO TO ITEM SEVEN.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION DESIGNATED INVESTMENT OFFICERS FOR THE DISTRICT.

YES, CDA LEGAL [INAUDIBLE] FOUR REQUIRES US THAT WE ANNUALLY APPROVE DR.

RINGO AND TO BE DESIGNATED BY OUR POSITIONS AS INVESTMENT OFFICERS FOR THE DISTRICT.

ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, LET'S GO TO ITEM EIGHT, CONSIDER APPROVAL THE RESOLUTION OF THE ADOPTION OF COMMITTING FUND BALANCES. MS. DAVENPORT.

THAT'S ON PAGES 180 TO 181, YES.

MR. GLICK, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.

LOPEZ, BEFORE YOU, IS THE RESOLUTION TO COMMIT THE FUND BALANCE OF OUR LOCAL SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS GASB 54 ESTABLISH FIVE LEVELS OF FUND BALANCE COMMITTED BEING ONE OF THEM.

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IT'S ACTUALLY $7 MILLION.

1 MILLION OF THAT IS FOR UNDERGROUND FUEL TANKS, AND THEN 6 MILLION IS FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND.

OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU.

LET'S GO TO ITEM NINE, CONSIDER RATIFICATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 22 TAX REFUND RESOLUTION.

I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT ONE AS WELL TONIGHT.

MR. GLICK, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.

LOPEZ ATTACHED IS THE RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE TAX REFUNDS ISSUED THIS YEAR.

THE LIST PROVIDED SHOWS THE DETAILED ACCOUNTS.

THESE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR YOU AS INFORMATION ITEMS WITH THE MONTHLY TAX REPORT.

MOST OF THESE REFUNDS ARE DUE TO DUPLICATE PAYMENTS.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, LET'S GO TO ITEM TEN.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE 2022-2023 SALARY SCHEDULE.

WE HAVE A BLUE FOLDER AT YOUR TABLE.

THAT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE REPORT.

[CHUCKLING] GOOD EVENING. IT'S EVERYTHING.

PLEASE PROCEED. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN GLICK, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

I PRESENT TO YOU OUR 2223 SALARY SCHEDULE AND COMPENSATION INFORMATION.

YOU DID RECEIVE ONE IN YOUR BOARD DOCUMENTS.

THE CHANGES PRETTY MUCH AS YOU CAN SEE, OR COSMETIC CHANGES.

WE REARRANGE SOME THINGS.

THE INFORMATION HAS NOT CHANGED, BUT I DID WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION SOME CHANGES.

IF YOU WILL TURN WITH ME TO PAGE 11.

WE CHANGED OUR COLOR GUARD STIPEND.

THAT IS PAGE 11 IN THE BLUE OR TURQUOISE FOLDER, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 11, WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE COLOR GUARD SPECIALIST STIPEND THAT MOVED FROM PAY GRADE 13 TO PAY GRADE 16.

WE WERE HAVING DIFFICULTIES HIRING INDIVIDUALS TO DO THAT.

ONE MORNING I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS AND SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACTUALLY PAY A TEACHER SALARY FOR THIS POSITION.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT I SAW HAD A MASTER'S DEGREE, AND HE WAS THE COLOR GUARD SPECIALIST FOR THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT THEY HAVE ONE CAMPUS.

I BELIEVE THE NEXT PAGE THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TURN TO IS PAGE 14. AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE'VE HAD SOME DIFFICULTY HIRING AND/OR RETAINING OUR TEACHER AIDES, AND WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF TASB AND YOUR APPROVAL, WE HAVE MOVED ALL OF OUR TEACHER AIDES INTO PAY GRADE PA4.

PRIOR TO THAT TIME, SOME OF THEM WERE IN PAY GRADE PA3, AND SO THIS IS TO INCREASE THEM.

THE NEXT PAGE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO IS PAGE 15, WHICH IS A CONTINUATION OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION AID SALARIES. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGE 20.

WE HAVE.

I'LL GIVE YOU TIME TO GET TO THAT PAGE.

IN PAGE 20, WE HAVE THREE NEW, NOT NEW, BUT CHANGED STIPENDS.

ONE IS OUR HIGH SCHOOL BAND DIRECTOR STIPEND, WHICH UNTIL 22-23 WAS $10,000 PER YEAR.

THAT HAS INCREASED TO $29,000 PER YEAR IN ORDER TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE WITH OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND WE DID A STUDY AND FOUND THAT OUR HIGH SCHOOL BAND DIRECTORS WERE NOT MAKING EQUITABLE PAY TO OUR SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

DR. LOPEZ, I THINK YOU WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT.

YEAH, WE DID AN EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON RETAINING AND KEEPING OUR BAND DIRECTORS, AND REALLY EVEN WITH THIS CHANGE, IT'S PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND SERVICE THAT THEY PUT IN.

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MANY OF THEM ARE ALREADY ATTENDING.

IT'S REALLY CONSUMES THEM, AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE A FAIRLY LARGE STIPEND, BUT IT IS JUSTIFIED AND IT IS COMPETITIVE WITH OUR SURROUNDING AREAS. THE NEXT STIPEND INCREASE IS OUR STEP TEAMS STIPEND.

IT WAS INCREASED FROM $1,250 ANNUALLY TO $2,500 ANNUALLY, AND A NEW STIPEND IS OUR WORLD OF DANCE STIPEND, WHICH IS AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL.

YES, MA'AM. SO IS THAT COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER DISTRICTS WITH THOSE TWO? WELL, NOT ALL DISTRICTS HAVE A STEP TEAM STIPEND, BUT YES, IT IS COMPETITIVE, AND THE WORLD OF DANCE STIPEND IS SOMETHING NEW THAT WE HAVE.

WE'VE HAD INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN SPONSORING THIS PARTICULAR ACTIVITY AND QUOTE UNQUOTE, VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME.

YEAH, BUT WE'RE DOUBLING THE STIPEND.

WE'RE NOT INTRODUCING A STIPEND.

WE'RE DOUBLING IT. ARE WE GOING TO START REQUIRING THE PE CERTIFICATION FOR THIS SINCE IT HAS TO GO INTO THE PE? IT DOES, BUT NO, MA'AM, WE DON'T REQUIRE PE CERTIFICATION BECAUSE THE ACTIVITY IS AFTER SCHOOL AND ON WEEKENDS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF OUR STEP TEAMS, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

STEP TEAM, WON A NATIONAL COMPETITION RECENTLY.

SO ALL OF THEIR WORK IS DONE AFTER SCHOOL? NO, MA'AM. THAT'S INCORRECT.

STEP IS NOW EMBEDDED IN THE SCHOOL DAY.

WE MOVED THAT THREE YEARS AGO, IT WAS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

SO IT IS EMBEDDED IN THE SCHEDULE IN THE SCHOOL DAY.

THESE ARE NO LONGER AFTER SCHOOL COURSES.

IT'S SIMILAR TO THE CHEERLEADING STIPEND AND THERE IS CERTIFICATION FOR THAT TO BE IN THE DAY.

I THINK IT'S ON THE FINE ARTS [INAUDIBLE].

IT'S NOT RECOGNIZED IN THE FINE ARTS.

IT WOULD BE, BUT IT HAS TO BE A PE.

IT'S RECOGNIZED UNDER PE, ISN'T IT? NO, MA'AM, IT'S NOT.

IT IS AN ELECTIVE CLASS THAT OUR STUDENTS TAKE, AND THE TEACHER MUST BE A CERTIFIED TEACHER, BUT CAN WE LOOK INTO THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S RECOGNIZED UNDER FINE ARTS ANYMORE.

SO THERE'S A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO EVEN IF IT'S NOT RECOGNIZED AS A FINE ARTS CREDIT BY THE STATE, IT CAN BE A LOCAL CREDIT BY THE DISTRICT OR IF LIKE FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE OFFER THAT ARE LOCAL CREDITS.

SO ALIGNING IT WITH FINE ARTS WOULD BE THE FIRST THING, RIGHT? SO THE SECOND THING IS LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF CERTIFICATIONS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS, BUT WE CAN GET AN UPDATED ANSWER FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT SEVEN HIGH SCHOOLS THAT IT'S OFFERED.

WE'LL INCLUDE IT IN OUR BOARD INSIGHT THIS WEEK.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION. MR. BEACH.

WHAT DOES THE SPIRIT GROUP REPRESENT? WHEN WE WERE IN SCHOOL, IT WAS PROBABLY CALLED A PEP SQUAD.

[CHUCKLING] NOT NOT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES HAVE THEM.

SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES DO.

OKAY, BUT ALL OF OUR KIDS DON'T HAVE STEP TEAM EITHER, RIGHT? CORRECT. SO WHY DON'T WE LOOK AT DOUBLING THEIRS FROM 1250? BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE STEP TEAM WAS.

WHEN WE LOOKED AT SURROUNDING DISTRICTS THAT HAVE THEM, THAT IS KIND OF [INAUDIBLE].

OKAY, PLEASE PROCEED.

OKAY, THE NEXT PAGE THAT I'D LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO IS PAGE 21.

IF YOU GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, THE SECTION THAT HAS OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL STIPENDS, THE FINE ARTS LEAD TEACHER STIPEND IS A NEW STIPEND.

WE HAVE ONE FINE ARTS DIRECTOR AND ONE FINE ARTS COORDINATOR, AND THAT WAS A DECREASE FROM 2 COORDINATORS TO ONE COORDINATOR.

THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 19 LEAD TEACHERS, ONE IN EACH OF THE FINE ARTS AREAS THERE.

FOR EXAMPLE, A LEAD TEACHER FOR HIGH SCHOOL BAND, A LEAD TEACHER FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND, ETC, AND THOSE WILL BE APPOINTED , AND FINALLY, THE LAST PAGE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO IS OUR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS ATHLETIC COORDINATOR STIPEND

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ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE ONE.

WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THIS, THE NUMBER OF DAYS EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT DAYS.

I MEAN, THE DAYS WE USUALLY HEAR ABOUT IS 187 FOR TEACHERS, RIGHT? YES, SIR. COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN SOME OF THE OTHERS.

SOME HAVE 260, SOME HAVE 220.

SO DEPENDING UPON THE POSITION AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE POSITION, THE NUMBER OF DAYS IS DETERMINED BY THAT.

FOR EXAMPLE, ALL TEACHERS, EVERY TEACHER THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT HAS A 187 DAY CONTRACT.

WE HAVE SOME TEACHERS WHO PERFORM ADDITIONAL DUTIES.

FOR EXAMPLE, A COACH, A HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT COACH HAS A 202 DAY CONTRACT.

THEY START ABOUT TEN DAYS BEFORE THE 187 DAY AND WORK ABOUT FIVE ADDITIONAL DAYS AT THE END OF SCHOOL, TEN PLUS FIVE, 15 ADDITIONAL DAYS.

WE HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN OUR MAINTENANCE AND OR AUXILIARY DEPARTMENT WHO MAY WORK 260 DAYS.

THEY HAVE TO WORK VIRTUALLY 24/7 AND TAKE THEIR OFF DAYS AND OFF TIME DURING DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR THAN THE REST OF US DO.

SO THE NUMBER OF DAYS IS DETERMINED BY THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE JOB AND OUR POSITION.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU KEEP TRACK OF IT.

IT IS TEDIOUS.

[CHUCKLING] YES, MA'AM.

THE CONTRACT IS BASED IN MONTHS.

LEGALLY, WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO PUT THE NUMBER OF MONTHS VERSUS THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN CONTRACTS.

SO WE HAVE TEN MONTH, 11 MONTH, 12 MONTH CONTRACTS, AND THE 187 TO I BELIEVE 192 IS A TEN MONTH CONTRACT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. LET'S GO TO ITEM 11 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE REGION TEN MULTI REGION PURCHASING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.

MR. BOOKER PAGES 213 TO 229.

MR. GLICK MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.

LOPEZ, WE DO HAVE BEFORE YOU AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR OUR STUDENT NUTRITIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO ACCESS CERTAIN BIDS THAT ARE OFFERED THROUGH REGION TEN. DO WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT WE DO HAVE A GENERAL INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO ACCESS MANY OF THEIR SERVICES.

BUT THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU IF RESOLUTION IF THE REGION TEN CONTINUES TO DO SO AND OUR STUDENT NUTRITIONAL SERVICES WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THOSE BIDS, THIS WOULD BECOME AN ANNUAL CONTRACT TO BRING BACK BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION, BUT THE STUDENT NUTRITIONAL SERVICES HAS IDENTIFIED CERTAIN CONTRACTS THEY'D LIKE TO ACCESS.

THE INTERLOCAL HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BOOKER? WE THANK YOU MUCH, SIR.

WE DISCUSSED ITEMS 12 AND 13 IN THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? LET'S GO TO ITEM 14 NEW BIDS.

MR. BOOKER, I'LL DO NUMBER A CONTRACT 21222 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, TRAINING, MERCHANDISE AND SERVICES? YES, SIR, THAT CONTRACT BEFORE YOU IS RECOMMENDED SUPPLIER IS TO LAB RESOURCES.

ALTHOUGH IT'S LISTED AS A NEW CONTRACT, THIS IS A VENDOR OR SUPPLIER THAT WE HAVE USED IN THE PAST.

IT'S JUST THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT EXPIRED.

THIS IS THE NEW CONTRACT THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE TO CONTINUE SOME OF THOSE SERVICES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.

RECOMMENDED NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT IS 250,000.

ANY QUESTIONS? LET'S GO TO ITEM B CONTRACT 922.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS FOR STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES.

YES, SIR. THIS CONTRACT BEFORE YOU HAS AN ATTACHED LIST OF AWARDED SUPPLIERS BASED OFF THE PRICES THEY'VE SUBMITTED FOR THOSE INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES.

THESE ARE DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS USED EXCLUSIVELY BY OUR STUDENT NUTRITIONAL SERVICES WITH THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF 900,000.

THIS IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT FOR YOUR REVIEWING.

ANY QUESTIONS? LET'S PROCEED. MR. BOOKER, ITEM C, CONTRACT 4822 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF DISH ROOM, CHEMICALS, SAFETY, SANITATION AND SERVICES.

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THE RECOMMENDED SUPPLIER IS [INAUDIBLE] FOOD SAFETY AND SANITATION SYSTEMS WITH A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF 150,000.

ANY QUESTIONS? LET'S PROCEED MR. BOOKER, TO ITEM D, CONTRACT 302-22-03 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. YES, SIR.

THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT'S BEFORE YOU.

THERE IS AN ATTACHED LIST OF SUPPLIERS THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD TO PROVIDE THE VARIETY OF SERVICES.

THIS IS AN ESSER CONTRACT THAT WOULD BE FUNDED OUT OF THE ESSER THREE FUNDS THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT ON THIS CONTRACT, I BELIEVE THIS ONE, I THINK, IS 745,000.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WILL WE CLARIFY THAT BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING? YES. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CONTRACTS THAT WAS LISTED AS CONFIDENTIAL.

THERE SHOULD BE A SPECIFIED NUMBER IN YOUR PACKAGE.

SO WE SHOULD REFER TO THE RED.

YES, THE RED FOLDER WOULD GET--YES, THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO READ SOMETHING BEFORE YOU PROCEED.

WE GET QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING ALL THE TIME.

AND I THINK THERE'S A REALLY INTERESTING DESCRIPTION OF IT HERE.

I JUST LIKE TO READ FOR THE PUBLIC TO HEAR.

SO SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING SEL IS THE PROCESS THROUGH WHICH CHILDREN AND ADULTS ACQUIRE AND EFFECTIVELY APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND MANAGE EMOTIONS, SET AND ACHIEVE POSITIVE GOALS, FEEL AND SHOW EMPATHY FOR OTHERS, ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND MAKE RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS.

SKILLS ACQUIRED BY ENGAGING IN SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES CAN HELP STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND SOCIALLY.

OUR MISSION IS TO HELP CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT OF EXCELLENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS.

I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD DESCRIPTION.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO, MR. BOOKER, PLEASE PROCEED. LET'S GO TO ITEM E CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES 30222-19 YES, SIR.

THIS CONTRACT IS THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES RECOMMENDED SUPPLIERS TEACHER CREATED MATERIAL.

THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT IS $1,408,000.

THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT IS 90% FUNDED BY ESSER TWO.

ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, LET'S PROCEED TO ITEM F CONTRACT 31022-02 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF CONSULTING SERVICES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.

YES, SIR. ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS A CONTRACT FOR CONSULTING SERVICES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.

RECOMMENDED AWARD IS TO EDUCATION IS FREEDOM FOUNDATION AND NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT $260,000.

THIS IS ALSO AN ESSER TWO FUNDED CONTRACT WITH A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $260,000.

ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE PROCEEDING? MR. BARKER, ON THAT PREVIOUS ONE, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE MATHEMATICS READERS ARE? I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING.

OH, I AM HERE.

[CHUCKLING] WE WERE SO SAD WHEN NO, NO, I MISSED IT. I HAD MY NOTES.

I'M SORRY. NO, THANK YOU, MR. BOOKER. SO, YES, THANK YOU, MR. GLICK, SORRY, I WAS MAKING AN ADJUSTMENT.

SAY IT AGAIN, LARRY.

PAGE 285 AND 286.

THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TALK THIS THROUGH WITH YOU.

THIS IS AN ESSER REQUEST THAT WE PUT ON OUR ORIGINAL ESSER PLAN, KNOWING THAT WE WERE MAKING SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL THIS SCHOOL YEAR THROUGH OUR ACADEMIC ACCELERATION PLAN AND IN THE AREA OF MATHEMATICS, THAT INCLUDED AN INCREASE FROM ABOUT 60 TO 70 INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES EACH TO EACH DAY TO 120 INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES OF MATH EACH DAY, WHICH HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.

SO THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR CAMPUSES AS WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THAT THIS YEAR IS THAT THEY REALLY, REALLY LIKE IT, BUT FEEDBACK ALSO HAS BEEN THAT IN LOOKING AT 120 MINUTES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH STUDENTS IN SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION.

SO OF COURSE, WITH MATH, A PART OF THAT IS THE DIRECT TEACH PIECE.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DIRECT TEACH OF MATH SKILLS, BUT WE ALSO IN THOSE MINUTES WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS TIME FOR STUDENTS TO WORK AT THE TEACHER TABLE WITH THAT TEACHER,

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SO THAT'S WHERE WE LOOKED AT A PRODUCT SUCH AS THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WITH THOSE KIDS AT ALL TIMES.

SO I'M GOING TO HAND THIS OVER NOW TO OUR ELEMENTARY MATH COORDINATOR, MS. TRACY VICKERY, WHO HAS BEEN LEADING THIS PROJECT ON THAT EXPANSION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES AND WHAT THESE PRODUCTS CAN DO.

TRACY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOWER IT WAY DOWN.

I KNOW THIS WAS NOT THE STAND HERE LAST WEEK.

THIS ONE'S INTIMIDATING. I CAN'T SEE IT.

SO HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LIKE WE SAID, WE DID NOTICE THIS YEAR WALK AROUND THE SCHOOLS THAT THE EQUITY, THEY WERE ALL KIND OF USING DIFFERENT THINGS IN THESE WORKSTATIONS.

SO WE WANTED TO FIND SOMETHING THAT WAS THE SAME FOR ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

SO THESE MATHEMATICS READERS ARE PROVIDED IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, SO THEY'LL BE THE SAME BOOKS THAT THE KIDS ARE READING NO MATTER WHAT.

EACH GRADE LEVEL HAS 20 TITLES, BUT WITH SIX BOOKS IN IT, SO THAT WHEN WE PUT THEM IN A STATION, IT'S NOT JUST ONE CHILD LOOKING AT THE BOOK IS SEVERAL, AND THEY CAN WORK IN THE GROUPS, BUT THEN THEY CAN ALSO WORK, LIKE WE SAID, AT THE TEACHER TABLE WHAT WE'D REALLY LIKE TO DO IS THE CROSS CURRICULAR BECAUSE WE'VE NOTICED WE CAN DO THOSE SKILLS IN MATH, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE STORY PROBLEMS AND THINGS THAT ARE IN EVERYDAY WORLD SITUATIONS, THAT'S WHERE THEY GET CONFUSED BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE EXPERIENCES.

SO THESE BOOKS BRING IN THINGS LIKE SOCIAL STUDIES WHERE WE GO VISIT AND WE TALK ABOUT THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SKYSCRAPERS.

STEAM, WHERE IT BRINGS IN THE SCIENCE INVOLVED WITH IT AS WELL.

SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE LIKE WITH THOSE.

SO BRINGS IN THAT ACADEMIC VOCABULARY THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED.

SO THAT OBJECTIVE, LIKE I SAID, WAS TO BRING IN THE MATHEMATICAL LANGUAGE INVOLVED WITH IT BESIDES THE MATHEMATICS, TO HELP KIDS EXPLORE THAT, BUT ALSO BRING IN THE READING AND THE WRITING INVOLVED THAT'S NEEDED FOR MATH AS WELL AS FOR ALL OF OUR CROSS CURRICULARS TO HELP DURING THOSE STATIONS, BECAUSE THE STATION TIME THAT--THANK YOU FOR THE EXTRA MINUTES--DID TAKE AWAY FROM SCIENCE THAT WE KNOW.

SO WE DO WANT TO, LIKE I SAID, BRING BACK IN SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES WHERE TIME WAS TAKEN AWAY BACK TO THE MATH CLASSROOM TO HELP WITH THAT PART OF IT.

SO OUR IMPLEMENTATION IS EACH TEACHER WOULD RECEIVE A BOOK.

SO THAT WAY THERE'S NONE OF THAT, HEY, CAN I SHARE THIS BOOK AT THIS TIME? CAN I SHARE THAT? IT IS A ONE TIME PURCHASE.

SO LOOKS LIKE A LARGE PURCHASE, BUT IT'S A ONE TIME DEAL AND WE CAN INTEGRATE IT, LIKE I SAID, INTO THE TEACHER TABLES, THE WORKSTATIONS AS WELL.

IT WILL BE PROVIDED WITH DIRECTIONS IN OUR LEARNING PLANS THAT THE CURRICULUM SAYS, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THIS WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO USE THIS.

SO WITH THESE TEKS, THIS IS THE BOOK YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO USE.

THIS IS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO USE IT.

WE ARE GOING TO GIVE TRAINING TO THEM THROUGH OUR CURRICULUM, SUPPORT TEACHERS AND OUR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT TEACHERS.

OOPS, THERE'S A SLIDE MISSING THAT WE CHANGED.

ALL RIGHT, SO THERE'S A PART OF IMPLEMENTATION.

SO WE NOW HAVE CURRICULUM SUPPORT TEACHERS AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT TEACHERS THANKS TO THE TCLAS GRANT.

SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE ARE GOING TO TRAIN THAT SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE SO THAT THEY CAN GO BACK TO THEIR CAMPUS AND TRAIN THE TEACHERS AT THE TIME OF NEED.

SO HERE'S THE BOOK WE WANT TO LOOK AT.

THIS IS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO USE THE BOOK.

THIS IS WHY YOU'RE GOING TO USE THIS BOOK IN THIS GRADE LEVEL.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO INTRODUCE IT IF WE GET THE FUNDS TO THE TEACHERS IN AUGUST SO THAT THEY KNOW IT'S COMING, WHY IT'S GOING TO BE USED, AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE IT, AND THEN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING DEPARTMENT'S ALSO GOING TO PROVIDE AFTERSCHOOL TRAINING FOR EXTRA THAT THE TEACHERS WOULD WANT.

SO NOW MY QUESTIONS.

YES, MISS STANLEY.

HOW IS THIS INTEGRATING INTO YOUR DYSLEXIA AND THINGS LIKE THAT? BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, TURNING A MATH PROBLEM INTO A WORD PROBLEM, YOU JUST TOOK YOUR STRESS LEVEL TO 0 TO 90 IN ABOUT I DON'T KNOW, HALF A SECOND.

SO THE NICE THING WITH THESE BOOKS IS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE DIGITALLY FORCE AS WELL SO THAT THOSE STUDENTS CAN LISTEN TO IT FOR THAT FLUENCY TO HELP THEM.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THAT PART AND THEN IT'S GOT A LOT OF THE TEACHER GUIDELINES, THE DIRECTION.

SO THAT CAN GIVE THEM IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR THE STUDENTS, FOR THE DYSLEXIA STUDENTS OF HOW TO BRING THAT READING LEVEL DOWN, AND SO WE CAN ALSO SHARE ACROSS SINCE ALL THE GRADE LEVELS WILL HAVE THEM SO THEY COULD ACTUALLY MEET THEIR NEED WITH WHAT THEY NEED.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DO IT MORE BY TEK BASE AND LEVEL SO THAT THEY COULD BORROW FROM EACH OTHER.

BECAUSE WE DO KNOW IF I'M IN A FOURTH GRADE CLASSROOM, I MIGHT NEED TO ACTUALLY READ A SECOND GRADE BOOK, BUT I CAN STILL MATCH THOSE TEKS AND THEY JUST GO BORROW FROM THAT GRADE LEVEL AT THE TIME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. BEACH.

SINCE THESE ARE GOING TO BE THROUGH K THROUGH FIVE, THESE READERS, DO THEY ADAPT WITH THE TEKS OR WITH STAAR TESTING? THEY ADAPT MORE TO SKILLS AND TWEAKS WHICH WILL THEN SO WE CAN MATCH THEM UP.

SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FILL IN IS MORE OF THE GAPS.

REALLY, THE BOOK DOESN'T HIT JUST ONE TEK; IT HITS A BUNCH OF TEKS AT THE SAME TIME.

OKAY, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS IS REALLY EXCITING.

I'M SORRY I WENT BACK, MR. BOOKER, BUT I HAD IT MARKED AND SOMEHOW LED, BUT YEAH, AND WOULD WE BE ABLE TO GET A SAMPLE WHEN WHEN THESE ACTUALLY COME IN.

YEAH, GOOD.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

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YES, SIR. ONCE AGAIN, THAT CONTRACT IS BEFORE YOU.

RECOMMENDED SUPPLIERS EDUCATION IS FREEDOM FOUNDATION WITH THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $260,000.

THAT IS AN ESSER TWO FUNDED PROJECT AS WELL.

ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, LET'S GO TO ITEM G CONTRACT 357-22-01 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF MENTAL HEALTH PLATFORM AND CARE COORDINATION.

YES, SIR. THIS CONTRACT IS BEING RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD FOR ADDICTION TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES DOING BUSINESS AS CARE SOLACE.

THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT IS ANOTHER ONE THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED CONFIDENTIAL JUST FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS, JUST TO KNOW THAT WHEN WE ISSUE RFPS, THE VENDORS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF DECLARING THEIR PRICING CONFIDENTIAL.

SO WHEN THAT OCCURS, WE'LL PROVIDE TWO SETS, ONE WITH THE PRICE FOR YOU.

THE OTHER ONE CONFIDENTIAL IS FOR THE PUBLIC.

SO WE DON'T DISCLOSE THAT INFORMATION.

AND AGAIN, RED FOLDER, YES, MS. STANLEY? IS THIS THE SAME ONE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH HAZEL HEALTH? BECAUSE I THINK WE SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR MORE INFORMATION AND NOW WE'RE JUST BEING GIVEN THE BID AGAIN.

NO, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY, AND HOPEFULLY TODAY'S PRESENTATION CAN CLARIFY SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I KNOW YOU HAVE MS. STANLEY. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN GLICK BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.

LOPEZ, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALLOWING ME TO PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION REGARDING OUR RECOMMENDATION TO PURCHASE THIS MENTAL HEALTH PLATFORM AND CARE COORDINATION SERVICE. TODAY, I HOPE TO REASSURE YOU THAT THE PURCHASE OF THIS RECOMMENDATION IS THE PRIMARY GOAL IS TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.

I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP JUST BEFORE I KIND OF GET INTO THE DIFFERENCE OF THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.

I'D JUST LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT THE ORIGINAL FUNDING REQUEST FOR THESE SERVICES WAS SUBMITTED IN OUR TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN JUNE 2021 WITH THE ESSER THREE SPENDING PLAN.

WHILE THE GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING DEPARTMENT DID NOT REQUEST ALL $5 MILLION, THERE WAS WELL OVER $5 MILLION DESIGNATED TOWARDS MENTAL HEALTH AND SEL, AND THROUGH THAT, THE DEPARTMENTS IDENTIFIED THREE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ACCESS FOR OUR STUDENTS, WHICH INCLUDED DIRECT ACCESS TO A COUNSELOR OR THERAPIST, WHICH IS WHAT HAZEL HEALTH PROVIDES A DATABASE OF VETTED FACILITIES AND MULTILINGUAL SUPPORT, WHICH IS WHAT I'LL SPEAK ABOUT IN REGARDS TO CARE SOLACE AND THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE, AND THEN CURRICULUM TO ASSIST OUR TEACHERS IN PROVIDING [INAUDIBLE] INSTRUCTION, WHICH WAS WHAT WAS JUST RECOMMENDED TO YOU.

SO THE THREE DIFFERENT PLATFORMS THAT WE REQUESTED, ONCE AGAIN, HAZEL HEALTH, CARE SOLACE AND SEL CURRICULUM.

SO THIS YEAR TO DATE, GISD STAFF MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED OVER 750 SUICIDE PROTOCOLS.

THERE'S BEEN ABOUT 179 CONTENT KEEPER MESSENGERS.

WE'VE CONDUCTED ABOUT SIX BTAS.

WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR TRI-CITY POLICE OFFICERS IN AT LEAST TEN APPREHENSION BY POLICE OFFICERS WITHOUT WARRANTS THAT'S RESULTED IN A TRANSPORT TO A MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITAL. THERE'S BEEN ABOUT OVER 78 WELFARE CHECKS AND 50 INCIDENTS WITH OUR SPED/FB STUDENTS.

THAT'S RESULTED IN 40 HOSPITALIZATIONS IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF SCHOOLS, OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS CONDUCTED ABOUT 1500 PERSONAL AND SOCIAL VISITS WITH STUDENTS.

THIS JUST SPEAKS TO WHAT RENEE MENTIONED EARLIER IN REGARDS TO THE NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND ALSO THE ACCESS, AND SO WHEN WE REQUESTED THESE FUNDS, WHAT CARE SOLACE DOES DIFFERENTLY FROM HAZEL HEALTH.

THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS HAZEL HEALTH PROVIDES DIRECT COUNSELING TO STUDENTS FROM 7 TO 7 EVERY DAY, WHEREAS CARE SOLACE IS REALLY DESIGNED TO HELP FAMILIES ACCESS AND NAVIGATE THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM WHEN COUNSELING ALONE ISN'T ENOUGH.

SO TO PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THOSE 179 CONTENT KEEPER MESSAGES, MOST OF THEM WE'VE SEEN HAVE REVEALED THAT STUDENTS ARE CONDUCTING INTERNET SEARCHES TO SAY SOMETHING ON THE LINES OF LEAST PAINFUL WAYS TO DIE AND WHEN YOU GET A MESSAGE LIKE THAT INSTANTLY, OUR DISPATCH TEAM WORKS WITH OUR TRI-CITY POLICE OFFICERS.

IF IT'S AFTER HOURS TO SEND SOMEONE OUT TO A FAMILY'S HOME, IF IT'S DURING THE DAY, THERE IS A SCHOOL COUNSELOR WHO MEETS WITH THE STUDENT AND

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WHAT IS A CONCERNED PARENT, THEY'RE NOT SLEEPING THAT NIGHT.

THEY'RE NORMALLY UP AND NOT SURE OF WHAT TO DO OR WHERE TO GO, AND WHEN YOU LOOK FOR RESOURCES OR IF YOU'RE NEW TO MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS OR EVEN TRYING TO FIND A FACILITY, IT CAN BE EXHAUSTING TRYING TO FIND PLACEMENT FOR YOUR CHILD OR TRYING TO FIND ACCESS.

WE'VE SEEN THROUGH OUR STUDENT SERVICES PROVIDES THOSE UPDATES ALONG WITH OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE OF THE INCREASE IN VAPING, WHICH WE KNOW THAT'S DIRECTLY TIED TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE OFTEN, AND TRYING TO FIND A FACILITY FOR YOUR FOR YOUR CHILD WHEN THERE IS A SPECIALIZED NEED IS OFTEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR FAMILIES.

SO WHAT CARE SOLACE DOES IS IT PROVIDES YOU NOT JUST WITH A LIST OF RESOURCES, BUT THERE IS THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS WITHIN THE PLATFORM AND INSTANT ACCESS TO SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP.

SO THERE'S A WARM HANDOFF PROCESS THAT IN REAL TIME THE FAMILIES CAN HAVE ACCESS TO SOMEONE TO SPEAK TO WHO IS MULTILINGUAL, WHO'S HAD TRAINING, WHO CAN CONNECT THEM WITH A REAL LIFE ACCESS TO A BED OR TO A FACILITY THAT HAS ACCESS TO.

RIGHT NOW. IT TAKES THE WAIT TIME THAT FAMILIES HAVE TO SPEND TRYING TO COLD CALL DIFFERENT PLACES.

ALSO, COUNSELORS ARE [INAUDIBLE] AND WE'VE ALSO SEEN THAT IN REGARDS TO STAFF.

SO ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WE'VE HAD STAFF MEMBERS WHO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO CONNECT WITH RESOURCES OR HELP WHO MAYBE DO NOT CHOOSE TO USE EAP OR MAYBE THE LONG TERM OR COUNSELING ISN'T GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL.

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE INPATIENT OR OUTPATIENT TREATMENT.

THIS PROVIDES ACCESS FOR US TO KNOW WHERE THERE ARE SPACES AND HOW WE CAN GET THEM INSTANT HELP RIGHT AWAY.

THE VETTED DATABASE PROVIDES FAMILIES WITH ACTUAL LICENSED COUNSELORS SO THAT AGENCIES THAT WERE NOT SURE IF THEY ARE LICENSED, THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK THROUGH AND THEY HAVE A DATABASE WHERE THEY'RE VERIFYING THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE STILL IN BUSINESS AND ALSO THAT THEY STILL PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE SEEING.

SO IT TAKES AWAY THOSE BARRIERS THAT FAMILIES HAVE.

IT'S A 24 HOUR, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAY CARE COORDINATION THAT FAMILIES WILL HAVE ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO SOMEONE, TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM FIND THE MOST INSTANT LOCATION FOR THEIR FAMILIES.

SO WHEN A PARENT IS IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A FACILITY OR THEY'RE LOOKING TO FIND ACCESS TO HELP BEYOND JUST ONGOING SHORT TERM OR MID-RANGE COUNSELING, WHICH IS WHAT HAZEL PROVIDES, THIS IS FOR A MORE INTENSE THERAPEUTIC NEEDS FOR A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH FINDING A FACILITY FOR THEIR FAMILIES.

SO OFTENTIMES WHAT WE'RE USING DURING THE SCHOOL DAY IS OUR DISTRICT'S WEBSITE, AND IF YOU GO TO OUR GARLAND ISD WEBSITE, WE HAVE LOCAL AGENCIES THAT FAMILIES CAN FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT, BUT JUST SEEING THE INFORMATION AND HAVING A NUMBER DOESN'T REALLY HELP YOU EXPLAIN WHETHER OR NOT YOUR INSURANCE WILL TAKE THIS FACILITY, NOR WILL IT TELL YOU THE HOURS OF OPERATION, NOR WILL IT REALLY HELP YOU IDENTIFY IF THERE IS A SPACE FOR YOU TODAY. OFTENTIMES THERE'S A LONG WAIT TIME, AND LIKE I SAID, THROUGH CARE SOLACE, THEN THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS CONCIERGE SERVICE OF FINDING A MATCH, A PLACE, AND IT'S A SIMPLE DASHBOARD THAT ALLOWS FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO SEE INSTANTLY THE RESULTS AFTER SAYING THEIR ZIP CODE WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT THE NEED IS, THEY WILL BE THEN CONNECTED WITH SOMEONE SO THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR CHILD HELP.

THE PRIMARY USER OF THIS PRODUCT WOULD BE FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT JUST LIKE OUR NATATORIUM, IF OUR TRI-CITY COMMUNITY PARTNERS FAMILIES WANT ACCESS TO IT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS.

BUT I THINK THAT CLARIFIES THE QUESTION IN REGARDS TO IS THIS FOR STUDENTS OR FAMILIES.

IT IS FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT JUST LIKE THE NATATORIUM, THE FAMILIES WOULD HAVE ACCESS BECAUSE WITH THE DATABASE IT BEING AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.

WE WOULD ALSO, AS A DISTRICT, BEGIN TO RECEIVE DATA SO WE CAN HAVE A CARE LOOP BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DASHBOARD.

IT'S ONLY IF THE FAMILY CHOOSES TO RELEASE THAT INFORMATION, AND THAT WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT THAN IF A PARENT TOOK THEIR CHILD TO AN INPATIENT FACILITY AND SIGNED OFF TO ALLOW THE COUNSELOR TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THE TREATMENT PLAN.

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SO I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

YEAH, MR. JOHNSON [INAUDIBLE] WHO PAYS FOR THE CARE ONCE THEY FIND THESE BEDS? SO THIS WOULD BE THE FAMILY.

SO THE FAMILY, THEY TRY TO FIND THEM SOMEONE.

IDEALLY, THIS WOULD BE SOMEWHERE THAT IS AFFORDABLE FOR THE FAMILY.

THAT'S WHY THEY ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK WITH AND HELP THEM NAVIGATE THE INSURANCE, BUT IT WOULD BE THE FAMILY NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER SITUATION.

SO WE'RE NOT TAKING ON THE OWNERSHIP OF PROVIDING; THEY'RE PROVIDING THAT INPATIENT TREATMENT FOR FAMILIES.

IT'S JUST CONNECTING THEM WITH THE RESOURCES AND GETTING THEM THE HELP THEY NEED.

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE BUILDING ANOTHER CELL TOWER.

NO, AND LISTENING TO THAT PRESENTATION, THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE WITH, I WOULD SAY THE CELL TOWER AND THIS, THERE'S A NEED.

WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THIS OR NO WAY FOR US TO EVEN GET CONNECT PEOPLE OR TO EVEN KNOW WHERE ALWAYS TO CONNECT.

WE'RE SPENDING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME, NOT JUST COLD CALLING, BUT OUR FAMILIES ARE IN NEED OF HELP.

IT'S A CONSTANT ON EVERY SURVEY WE SEND OUT TO OUR FAMILIES.

THEIR CHILDREN ARE IN NEED AND MENTAL HEALTH IS CONSTANTLY COMING UP, AND WHAT HAZEL HEALTH DOES IS PROVIDE COUNSELING IF THERE WAS SOME KIND OF LIKE GENERALIZED ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION, BUT WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS AND THEN THERE'S SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

AS YOU SEE THE VAPING NUMBERS, WE NEED THE ACCESS TO THE FACILITIES AND WE ALSO NEED THE SUPPORT AND THE MULTILINGUAL SUPPORT BECAUSE WE ALSO DO NOT HAVE THE STAFF WHO CAN HELP TRANSLATE OR EVEN HELP PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE OF THE SERVICES.

MR. JOHNSON.

YEAH, AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING.

MS. STANLEY'S INITIAL QUESTION WAS SHE REFERENCED LAST MONTH'S SPECIFIC COMMITTEE MEETING AND ASKED IF THIS WAS THE SAME THING. YES, AND IT'S NOT.

WELL, I LOOKED I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE AGENDA FROM LAST MONTH AND IT SAYS CONTRACT 357-22-01.

YES, NO, THE PRODUCT IS THE SAME.

THE QUESTION THAT WHEN I WENT BACK TO LISTEN WAS MORE SO IS IT THE SAME AS HAZEL? BECAUSE WE PREVIOUSLY PASSED HAZEL, SO I APOLOGIZE.

SO IT IS THE SAME.

THIS WAS MORE CLARIFICATION FROM THE LAST MEETING.

SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME PRODUCT.

YES. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN OF THAT.

NOW, WITH RESPECT, I MEAN, I'VE READ THROUGH ALL THE MATERIALS WITH RESPECT TO THIS, AND I UNDERSTAND GENERALLY WHAT IT IS IN CONCEPT. I WILL SAY THIS.

ONE OF THE CONCERNS WE HAD AT THE LAST MEETING WAS THAT THIS WAS AVAILABLE FOR THE ENTIRE, POTENTIALLY 300,000 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WHILE I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO THE CARE THEY NEED, THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT OUR PURPOSE HERE IS TO DO, IS TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T NECESSARILY OUR STAFF OR STUDENTS.

I'M ASSUMING THERE'S NO REAL WAY TO SEGREGATE THAT OUT.

NO, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT'S BEING PRESENTED, BUT I DO FEEL AS THOUGH THIS HAS BEEN KIND OF REPACKAGED SOMEWHAT AS, LOOK, THIS IS REALLY GEARED TOWARDS OUR STUDENTS, THAT MAYBE OUR MOTIVATION FOR IT BUT DO WE HAVE ANY INDICATION OF OTHER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE UTILIZED THIS AS TO WHAT PERCENTAGE THIS IS, STUDENT USE VERSUS COMMUNITY BASED USED? WE HAVE A LIST OF DISTRICTS THAT USE, I DON'T KNOW AS FAR AS WHAT'S USED COMMUNITY VERSUS SCHOOL AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO I GUESS WITH THE CARE COORDINATION, WE COULD GET SOMETHING FROM OUR FROM THE ACTUAL COMPANY IN REGARDS TO HOW MANY PEOPLE USE THE CARE BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE ACTUAL BASED IN THE SEARCHES.

I DON'T THINK THEY CAN DISCERN.

THEY DO ASK THE QUESTION ON THE SEARCH FEATURE, YOU KNOW, IS THIS FOR STUDENTS? SO I'M SURE THEY COULD GIVE US SOME FROM THE DISTRICTS AND I CAN PUT THAT IN THE BOARD INSIGHTS FOR YOU.

THE VAST MAJORITY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU START TO GOOGLE THESE GUYS AND YOU SEE THEM POP UP ON BOARD AGENDAS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

SO THEY'RE OUT DOING THEIR JOB AND MARKETING IT TO SCHOOL BOARDS, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE, BUT I'M NOTICING THESE ARE ALL PRETTY RECENT, TOO.

I MEAN, AND I'M PRESUMING IT'S BECAUSE OF THE ACCESS TO ESSER FUNDS IS THE REASON WHY THERE'S THIS BIG SPIKE THAT DISTRICTS ARE CONSIDERING IT AND IT'S KIND OF I UNDERSTAND HER COMMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE CELL TOWER BECAUSE TO SOME DEGREE WE ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THIS IS ESSER MONEY.

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IT'S NOT LIKE REAL MONEY.

IT'S MONEY THAT CONGRESS GAVE US, BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF SERVICE ARE WE ACTUALLY PROVIDING? IS IT GOING TO BE WORTH THE MONEY NECESSARILY? I MEAN, IF IT'S EFFECTIVE, THEN I THINK EVERYONE HERE IS WILLING TO DO IT, BUT TO ME, THIS JUST LOOKS LIKE ALMOST HONESTLY, IT LOOKS LIKE A GLORIFIED DATABASE. MS. GRIFFIN. YES, I WANT A POINT OF CLARITY BECAUSE I'M CONFUSED.

AT OUR LAST MEETING WHEN THIS CAME, IT CAME AFTER WE HAD APPROVED HAZEL HEALTH, AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, DR.

GILMORE WAS NOT PRESENT, AND PEOPLE FILLING IN FOR HER WERE ANSWERING, THE QUESTION WAS, SOLACE THE SAME AS HAZEL HEALTH? AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE POINT OF CONFUSION CAME, BECAUSE I THINK THE ANSWER AT THAT --MY POINT WAS THAT WHEN THE PEOPLE THAT WAS REPRESENTING ANSWERED THE QUESTION, YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONFUSED WITH WHAT THE QUESTION REALLY WAS, AND I THINK YOU SAID HAZEL HEALTH AND THIS WAS ONE AND THE SAME, AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE POINTS THAT I THINK WE GOT BASICALLY CONFUSED ON AND ASK FOR IT TO COME BACK.

MY POINT OF CLARITY RIGHT NOW IS HAVE WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE DEALS PERFORMING TWO DIFFERENT SERVICES? I DO. THAT'S ALL I WANT TO KNOW, BECAUSE HONESTLY, THAT'S PRETTY APPARENT.

I THINK THIS IS A LITTLE MORE NEBULOUS.

IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE MORE THIS ENTITY IS MORE OF A FACILITATOR TO FIND OTHER AVENUES OF CARE, BUT THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING DIRECT CARE AT ALL. YEAH, THAT'S NOT WHERE I WAS HEADED.

WHERE I WAS HEADED WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNEW WHAT HAZEL HEALTH WAS PROVIDING AND TO CLEAR UP WHERE THE CONFUSION STARTED. I SEE DR.

CADDELL SHAKING HER HEAD THAT THOSE WERE SOME OF THE ANSWERS THAT--OK VERY GOOD.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD NOW THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE APPROVED HAZEL HEALTH AND WE'RE FINE WITH HAZEL HEALTH BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE THAT.

NOW WE'RE INTO ANOTHER CATEGORY OF SERVICE.

SO IS THAT CLEAR? I'M NOT MAKING A JUDGMENT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS ON THE TABLE.

THEN, MY NEXT QUESTION IS TO DR.

LOPEZ. AS ALWAYS, THINGS DON'T COME TO THIS BOARD UNLESS IT GOES THROUGH YOUR OFFICE AND YOUR EXECUTIVE TEAM.

SO TELL ME OR HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS WAS, EVEN AT THE POINT WHEN IT SHOWED UP ON THE APPROVED ESSER LIST THAT THIS WAS A POSSIBILITY.

SO IN YOUR MIND, HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHETHER YOU HAVE THOUGHTS FOR SOLACE OR NOT AND WHAT WERE YOU SEEING THE GAIN OF THE DISTRICT FROM THAT? SO ONE OF THE INTANGIBLES THAT WE'RE FACING IN OUR SCHOOLS IS THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF FAMILIES. AND IF YOU CAN'T GET TO THE FAMILY AT ITS NUCLEUS, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS DEALING WITH THE PERIPHERALS AT SCHOOL.

YOU'VE SEEN SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING ASPECTS.

YOU'VE SEEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF LAYERS OF SUPPORT THAT WE HEAR, BUT THOSE THOSE AREN'T GETTING TO THE NATURES OF SCHOOLS. WHEN YOU TALK TO PARTICULARLY SECONDARY COUNSELORS, THEY'LL TELL YOU THAT THERE'S A HIGH TRAUMA RATE THAT'S HAPPENING WITH STUDENTS, AND SO SOMETHING THAT DR.

GILMORE REFERRED TO IS CALLED COLD CALLS.

THAT MEANS YOU'RE JUST GUESSING WHAT'S GOING ON AND YOU'RE JUST MAKING ALL THESE CALLS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, RIGHT? SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE GRASPING AT SMOKE, YOU KNOW, AND YOU SPEND MOST OF YOUR TIME DOING THAT AND YOU STILL HAVE ALL YOUR OTHER TIME TO DO THE FUNCTIONS OF YOUR JOB, PLUS THE OTHER STRESSORS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH TEACHERS AND EVERYBODY ELSE.

THE CONFUSION THAT'S HAPPENING, IT SEEMS, SOCIETAL, IS THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN TO.

PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.

THE AMOUNT OF CALLS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS RESPONDING TO BECAUSE OF THE THREAT OF HARMING THEMSELVES OR OTHERS IS HIGH.

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WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PROVIDING A SOURCE SO THEY COULD GO GET THE HEALTH CARE THAT THEY NEED.

IT'S A DIRECTION.

DO WE WISH THAT THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN OUR AREA LIKE BAYLOR, SCOTT AND WHITE OR UT SOUTHWEST WOULD REACH OUT AND DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR OUR COMMUNITY? YEAH, THAT'S WHERE I THINK IT STARTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT AND SO IF THEY'RE NOT BECAUSE MAYBE THAT DOESN'T FALL IN THEIR REALM OF EXPERTISE, WE'RE LETTING SO MANY FAMILIES FALL BETWEEN THE CRACKS, AND THEN WE'RE SEEING THE DISTRESS AT SCHOOL, AND SO THIS IS JUST ONE LEVER TO GET THROUGH IT.

IS THIS SOMETHING THAT I EVER DREAMED OF DOING WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE RANKS? NO, I NEVER THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO THESE TYPE OF HEALTH CARE THINGS, AND I'M HOPING IT'S SHORT TERM, BUT IF WE DON'T DO THIS, WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE FIREFIGHTERS. WE NEED TO TRY TO GET A HOLD OF IT SOME WAY.

I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS.

MAYBE THIS ISN'T IT.

I DO TAKE OFFENSE THAT IT IS A PROTOTYPE FOR LIKE WHAT WE DID WITH CELL TOWERS.

MENTAL HEALTH IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN EVER TAKE LIGHTLY.

WE DID A PROTOTYPE AND WE WERE EXPLICIT ABOUT A PROTOTYPE FOR TOWERS.

WE NEVER SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE PERFECT.

WE SAID THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID.

THAT'S WHY WE DO PROTOTYPES.

EVERY TECHNOLOGY GOES THROUGH PROTOTYPES.

THIS IS DEALING WITH HEALTH AND WELFARE OF A FAMILY OF INDIVIDUALS, AND IF WE DON'T DO THIS, THEN WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT AND THAT'S WHAT CAME HERE, THIS IS A NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

MS. STANLEY. LET ME CLARIFY.

SO I FULLY UNDERSTAND MENTAL HEALTH.

I'M A MEMBER OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THIS IS A BAND-AID BECAUSE THE PROBLEM THIS COUNTRY IS FACING IS THAT THERE ISN'T BEDS OUT THERE.

THE PROBLEM THAT THIS COUNTRY IS FACING IS THAT THERE ISN'T THE RESOURCES OUT THERE.

SO WE CAN TELL OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT UP THIS REALLY NICE THING OUT THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THEM THIS GREAT THING AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO FALL SHORT WHEN IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OR WAIT, WE CAN DO IT, BUT IT WON'T BE ON YOUR INSURANCE PLAN.

THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN DO FOR OUR FAMILIES IS A COUNSELOR THAT IS RIGHT THERE ACCESSIBLE, NOT A CONCIERGE THAT IS GOING TO BE ON THE PHONE AND TELL THEM THAT, HEY, JUST AS SOON AS I CAN FIND YOU A BED THAT DOESN'T EXIST.

I MEAN, THAT IS WHAT'S FACING THIS COUNTRY, AND I DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY.

I DON'T TAKE THIS LIGHTLY AT ALL, AS A MOTHER OF SUICIDE.

I MEAN, I DON'T TAKE MENTAL HEALTH LIGHTLY, BUT I'M ALSO GET VERY PASSIONATE WHEN YOU DANGLE A CARROT IN FRONT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SAY, I THINK I HAVE A FIX, AND GUESS WHAT? IT IS A HOLLOW FIX AT BEST BECAUSE IT'S NOT A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL ON THAT OTHER END, AND I AGREE.

I MEAN, IT'S POSSIBLE I WOULD HAVE THE CASELOADS 1 TO 1, IF POSSIBLE, WITH COUNSELORS JUST TOO NEW. IT'S A GREAT THING, BUT THERE'S NO TEETH IN IT, MS. GILMORE, THAT SAYS THAT IF THEY DON'T COME THROUGH, THEY HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE, BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NOTHING.

SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE--TAKING AWAY HOPE IS FAR WORSE THAN NOTHING.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SCHOOL COUNSELORS WHO SIT AT RATIOS AT OUR ELEMENTARY IS ONE PER ELEMENTARY, UNLESS THEY'RE 1 TO 725 AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, THEY'RE ON AVERAGE ABOUT 1 TO 355, AND WE HAVE 15 RESPONSIVE SERVICE COUNSELORS WHO SERVE ALL 72 SCHOOLS AND THEY ARE LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, BUT WHAT THEY CANNOT PROVIDE IS INPATIENT CARE, AND THEN THEY'RE WORKING BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO BE ABLE TO HELP FIND ACCESS AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT'S ON THE PHONE.

I MYSELF HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE.

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I'VE WORKED COLLABORATIVELY WITH HR AS NEEDED TO TRY TO HELP FIND FACILITIES, ALSO WITH COUNSELORS TO HELP WITH SCHOOLS.

RIGHT NOW THERE IS A NEED, EVEN WHEN MS. KOSTOPOLOUS SHOW THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE, THE COVID AND THE LEARNING LOSS IS SHOWING THAT OFTEN PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS AND IT'S AS A RESULT OF THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING ACROSS OUR NATION.

SO I TRULY UNDERSTAND, I AS WELL AND VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TRYING AND WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, AND I AGREE, TO ME, IT'S GOING TO BE A SUPPORTIVE FIX OF GETTING US SOMETHING BECAUSE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NOTHING AND WE ARE MAKING THOSE COLD CALLS AND DOING OUR VERY BEST, BUT WE NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND THIS IS WHAT THAT WILL PROVIDE. IT'S NOT THE SOLUTION, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP STRIVING TO FIND A WAY TO HELP STUDENTS.

MR. SELDERS.

YES. MS. GILMORE, YOU SAID EARLIER THAT THERE ARE GAPS CURRENTLY IN THE SOLUTION THAT WE'RE OFFERING.

HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT GAPS THIS PARTICULAR SERVICE IS GOING TO FILL, AND WHEN I LOOK AT IT COMPARATIVELY, YOU SAID THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NOTHING. HOW DOES THIS FILL THAT GAP WHERE WE HAVE NOTHING? SO, FOR EXAMPLE, I'LL KIND OF SHOW YOU OUR WEBSITE AND OUR WEBSITE IS GREAT.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL, AND I SAY THAT WITH FULL OWNERSHIP OF THE FACT THAT I HAVE GIVEN COMMUNICATION ALL OF THESE MOST OF THESE RESOURCES, ALONG WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, YOU CAN GO TO COUNSELING.

RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY, OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS, WE KEEP A RESOURCE LOG, WE WORK WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS AND THEN WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR COUNSELING THAT PARENTS CAN FILL OUT VIRTUALLY TO TALK WITH US, BUT OF COURSE, THEY CAN GO TO ANY SCHOOL THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET THE HELP.

SO WHEN YOU START CLICKING ON DIFFERENT THINGS AS FAR AS TRYING TO FIND RESOURCES, THIS IS JUST THE WEBSITE PORTION AND I'LL GO TO THE OTHER.

OUR CURRENT WEBSITE SAY WE WERE LOOKING FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ADDICARE.

YOU WOULD THEN CLICK AND IT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU LIKE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TYPE OF SUPPORT THEY CAN PROVIDE LIKE AS FAR AS CLINICAL AND DRUG ALCOHOL EVALUATIONS AND GIVES YOU A NUMBER AND A WEBSITE.

SO THIS IS A FAMILY MEMBER, SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BE ANONYMOUS, WHO'S LOOKING FOR A PLACE FOR THEIR CHILD, WHO DOESN'T WANT TO CALL THE SCHOOL.

THEY CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND FIND DIFFERENT AGENCIES.

HOWEVER, THEY'RE JUST GOING DOWN THE LIST OF FINDING AGENCIES, NOT NECESSARILY SOMEONE DIRECT TO TALK TO.

IT'S THEM FINDING. NOW, IF THEY CALL THE SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR CAN HELP THEM, BUT THEY DON'T ALWAYS KNOW OR HAVE A CONTACT AT ONE OF THESE PLACES ON A GREAT DAY OR GREAT SITUATION, WE COULD REFER SOMEWHERE WHERE WE DO HAVE THE DIRECT SUPPORT.

THAT'S WHY WE BEGAN HOSTING THOSE EVENTS, TO GET TO KNOW ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR TRI-CITIES WHO HAVE FACILITIES LIKE OUR MENTAL HEALTH CONVENING SO THAT WE CAN KNOW THE SERVICES, KNOW HOW MANY BEDS THEY SERVE IN THEIR FACILITY, KNOW THAT HOURS OF OPERATION, WHO THEY TAKE, BUT WE KNOW BECAUSE MOST OF THE MENTAL HEALTH PLACES ARE FUNDED BY GRANTS, IT CHANGES DAY TO DAY.

SO THE PLACE THAT HAS A BED TODAY MIGHT NOT HAVE TOMORROW, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY AS A STAFF, AS A GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING DEPARTMENT TO CONSTANTLY KEEP A LIST OF WHO'S CLOSED THEIR DOORS, MOVED THEIR BEDS, BUT WHAT WE COULD DO IS HAVE A PARTNER WHO DOES.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS THE CARE SOLACE, I LINKED ON SOMEONE'S WEBSITE.

I BELIEVE THIS IS FORT WORTH ISD.

YOU WOULD THEN PUT IN WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, SO SAY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ALCOHOL RELATED AND THEN MAYBE SUICIDE IDEATION.

YOU WOULD CLICK NEXT STEPS, YOU WOULD SAY HOW SEVERE, AND IT ASKS YOU A FEW QUESTIONS LIKE INPATIENT.

MAYBE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOME TYPE OF INTENSE HOSPITALIZATION.

YOU CLICK NEXT FROM THERE.

DOES A PERSON NEED TO BE DETOXED IF IT'S SUBSTANCE ABUSE? I'M GOING TO SAY IT'S EXTREME, AND YES, THEY DO NEED TO BE DETOXED.

ARE THEY WILLING TO GET HELP? YOUR CHILD, YOU SAY YES.

THEN THEY'RE WILLING TO GET HELP.

RIGHT. GENDER IDENTITY, MAYBE IT'S A MALE.

THEY GO TO NEXT AGE, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 17 ADOLESCENT, AND THEN FROM THERE YOU CAN SAY IDENTITY, I MEAN, YOUR ETHNICITY OR MAYBE YOU DECLINE TO ANSWER.

THAT'S YOUR CHOICE, AND THEN YOU SELECT YOUR INSURANCE.

IF YOU DO NOT KNOW, YOU CAN SAY YOU DO NOT KNOW AND THEN THEY'LL BEGIN TO HELP YOU.

YOU PUT IN YOUR ZIP CODE AND I'LL USE 75088 BECAUSE THAT'S MINE IN ROWLETT, YOU SAY DISTANCE FROM MY HOUSE.

I'M WILLING TO DRIVE FOREVER FOR MY CHILD, 25 MILES, AND IT'S GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO MATCH FOR STUDENT.

NOW, WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS, IT STARTS GIVING YOU DIFFERENT PLACES.

THERE'S INSTANTLY A PHONE NUMBER THAT'S GOING TO POP UP.

YOU CAN CALL SOMEONE NOW.

THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL, BUT WHAT THEY'RE PROMISING TO DO IS TO HELP CONNECT YOU WITH SOMEONE, AND ALSO THEY SPEAK MULTIPLE LANGUAGES.

SO WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES WHO SPEAK NUMEROUS LANGUAGES IN OUR DISTRICT.

WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY BILINGUAL, AND WHEN I'M BILINGUAL, NOT NECESSARILY JUST SPANISH SPEAKING COUNSELORS, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT OUR VIETNAMESE COUNSELORS, OUR COUNSELORS WHO SPEAK SOME OF OUR LANGUAGES, OUR STUDENTS NATIVE LANGUAGES THAT ARE NOT ONE OF THE THREE COMMON.

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SO THAT'S THE GAP IN THE SERVICE.

WE'RE HERE DURING THE DAY, BUT THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EQUIP OUR TRI-CITY POLICE OFFICERS WITH BECAUSE WE WORK SUCH IN PARTNERSHIP THROUGH OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY DEPARTMENT WITH SOME KIND OF CARD THAT HAS THIS INFORMATION.

SO WHEN THEY DO LEAVE THAT HOUSE THAT NIGHT AND THAT PARENT, THE STUDENT HAS SAID, NO, I'M NOT THINKING OF COMMITTING SUICIDE, BUT THAT PARENT IS EQUIPPED WITH SOMEONE OR SOMETHING, SO THEY'LL KNOW THE NEXT STEP TO DO, BECAUSE WE KNOW A PARENT WON'T SLEEP AT NIGHT IF A STUDENT HAS MADE AN OUTCRY AND THE POLICE LEAVES AND IT'S JUST THE PARENT WITH THEIR STUDENT AND THEY STILL NEED HELP.

JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, DO WE HAVE DATA TO SHOW HOW OFTEN A SITUATION THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED HAPPENS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS COMPARED TO WHEN WE HAVE INSTANCES WITHIN SCHOOL HOURS? SO I CAN PULL FROM OUR POLICE--WE DON'T HAVE STUDENT BY STUDENT, BUT WE CAN SHOW HOW MANY TIMES FROM OUR SECURITY DEPARTMENT, HOW MANY TIMES THEY'RE GOING OUT--GIVES OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY DEPARTMENT MONTHLY--KIND OF LIKE THE REPORTS YOU SEE IN THE SAFETY COMMITTEE--REPORTS THAT KIND OF SHOW HOW OFTEN OUR TRI-CITY POLICE OFFICERS ARE HAVING TO GO TO THE HOMES AND ON THE REPORT, IT DOESN'T SAY THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR, BUT I CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT SPOTLIGHTED AND I CAN PUT THAT IN THE BOARD INSIGHTS FOR YOU.

THANK YOU.

MS. GRIFFIN. YES.

TELL ME, IN THE METROPLEX, WE DON'T HAVE A HOSPITAL IN GARLAND.

WHAT ARE THE NEAREST FACILITIES THAT COULD DO WHAT YOU SAY, THAT WE COULD REFER FAMILIES TO, WHAT WOULD BE THE CLOSEST FACILITY TO US? THAT ONE THAT WAS ON SAMUEL THAT I'VE FORGOTTEN THE NAME OF IS NO LONGER THERE.

IT'S BEEN GONE FOR A MINUTE, BUT WHERE IS OUR THE CLOSEST REACH FOR US TO SEND PEOPLE OR WHERE ARE THE POLICE SENDING PEOPLE WHEN THEY NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE SPOT? DO YOU KNOW THAT? YEAH, SO OFTEN OUR STUDENTS WHEN LIKE THE [INAUDIBLE] I MENTIONED, LIKE SO OFTEN THEY'RE TAKING THEM LOCALLY TO THE PERIMETER, TO THE GARLAND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITAL OR PERIMETER.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING AND KIND OF IN THE TALKS WITH MILLWOOD HOSPITAL, WHICH THEY HAVE A LEWISVILLE LOCATION, THEY HAVE AN ARLINGTON, BUT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT TYPE OF TRUE MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY IN OUR TRI-CITY AREAS.

SO WHEN THE POLICE ARE HAVING TO [INAUDIBLE] AND THAT MEANS TRANSPORT A STUDENT, BECAUSE MAYBE A FAMILY CANNOT TRANSPORT OR MAYBE THE FAMILY JUST NEEDS THE POLICE TO HELP TRANSPORT A STUDENT, THEY'RE HAVING TO SOMETIMES TAKE THEM VERY FAR BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN OUR AREA OR THEY'RE TAKING THEM TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITAL OR SOMETIMES CHILDREN'S, BUT IT VARIES BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET THERE AND MOST OF THE FACILITIES LIKE PERIMETER, THEY'RE SMALL, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE BEDS, AS MS. STANLEY SAID, AND SO GOING FURTHER OUT SOMETIMES HELPS GET THE BEST CARE BECAUSE THEY ARE AVAILABLE.

MR. JOHNSON? FORNEY ALSO HAS ONE.

SO WHAT ARE THE METRICS THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE TO EVALUATE THIS PROGRAM? I THINK ONE OF THE METRICS WE WOULD USE IS ACCESS AND USE AND USER AVAILABILITY, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL LIKE THE RESULTS, I THINK HIGH NUMBERS OF USAGE, LIKE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE US THE CARE.

SO I THINK THE SUCCESS IS STUDENTS ACTUALLY GETTING CARE.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE SUICIDE PROTOCOLS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AFTER OUR COUNSELORS PROVIDE, FOR EXAMPLE, DURING YOU CAN USE BULLYING OR SUICIDE.

SO BULLYING AFTER THEY PROVIDE THE OCT GUIDANCE LESSON ON BULLYING I HOPE TO SEE IN LATE OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER A HIGH AMOUNT OF REPORTS BECAUSE THAT'S SHOWING ME THAT THEY ACTUALLY NOW KNOW HOW TO MAKE A REPORT AND TO STAND UP, AND THAT'S THE SAME THING WITH SUICIDE PROTOCOL.

SO AFTER WE DO THE LESSONS AND WE TALK TO STUDENTS.

SO FOR THIS, WE'RE GOING TO GO IN, WE'LL INTRODUCE OUR FAMILIES TO THIS PLATFORM.

WE WILL SHOW STUDENTS HOW TO ACCESS ON THE WEB SO THAT THEY CAN KNOW; WE WILL TEACH FAMILIES, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE USERS, THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES WHO ARE GETTING ACCESS AND ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THE FULL CARE LOOP WHERE WE CAN SEE, BUT THEN EVEN THE AMOUNT OF CLICKS AND THE SEARCHES WILL HELP US BECAUSE THEN WE'LL KNOW WHO'S ACTUALLY SEEKING THE HELP, WHO'S INTERESTED IN HELP AND WHO'S GETTING THE HELP.

IS THERE ANY MEANS OR METHOD--OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO HAVE A SURVEY ABOUT THESE KIND OF THINGS--THAT WE CAN KIND OF FIGURE OUT USER SATISFACTION WITH THE BECAUSE I MEAN USAGE ALONE HERE, AND TO KIND OF DOVETAIL OFF MISS STANLEY'S POINT, IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S

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I MEAN, SO JUST USING IT ISN'T NECESSARILY GOING TO HELP.

THAT BEING SAID, IF WE HAVE SOME FEEDBACK, WE COULD MONITOR IT TO SEE THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT'S HELPING AND MOVING IT FORWARD THAT COULD BE USEFUL. WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO A SURVEY AND GET SOME PERCEPTION DATA.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. SELDERS? TO MR. JOHNSON'S POINT, DR.

GILMORE, CAN WE ALSO DO THE SAME FOR HAZEL HEALTH? YES. I THINK THAT IS APPLICABLE AS WELL.

I MEAN, TO HAVE A WAY TO MEASURE WHETHER OR NOT THOSE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED ARE ACTUALLY BENEFICIAL FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR ADMINISTRATION AND CAMPUSES.

ABSOLUTELY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. BOOKER, DR. GILMORE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR COMMENTS.

WITHOUT YOUR SAYING IT, I THINK THE ANSWER TO EVERYBODY'S QUESTIONS IS WHAT YOU WON'T SAY IS THAT YOU NEED MORE COUNSELORS, AND I KNOW DR.

LOPEZ DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR THAT EITHER AT THIS POINT, BUT YOU GAVE US THE NUMBERS.

YOU GAVE US THE NUMBERS ALMOST EXACTLY THE NUMBER OF COUNSELORS YOU HAVE PER STUDENT IN ELEMENTARY AND THE NUMBER OF COUNSELORS YOU HAVE IN SECONDARY.

AT ONE POINT, OUR NUMBERS WERE MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT.

THE RATIO, IT'S GOTTEN BETTER BECAUSE YOU LOWERED IT.

SO IN 2019, YOU WERE IN SUPPORT.

WE UNDERSTAND MAYBE WE NEED TO DO BETTER THERE ALSO.

SO THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU AGAIN, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. OKAY, MR. BOOKER, LET'S GO TO H CONTRACT 397-22-09.

CONSIDER APPROVAL THE PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL INTERVENTION SOFTWARE.

WHICH NUMBER IS THAT, MR. GLICK? 397-22-09. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

THE NEXT CONTRACT BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THE INSTRUCTIONAL INTERVENTION SOFTWARE.

RECOMMENDED SUPPLIERS BRANCHING MINDS INC.

WITH THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $659,099.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. BROOKER, WE'LL PROCEED TO LETTER I CONTRACT 397-22-08 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE AND MATERIALS FOR CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

YES, SIR. THE CONTRACT BEFORE YOU IS RECOMMENDED FOR AWARD FOR YOUTH SCIENCE.

THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT IS $199,999 IN THE FUNDING SOURCES.

VARIETY OF FUNDING SOURCES ARE IDENTIFIED ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BOOKER? BEING DONE, LET'S GO TO ITEM 15 INCREASE TO AWARDED BIDS A CONTRACT TO 1021 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR CLEAN SANITIZE FOOTBALL SHOULDER PADS.

YES, SIR, THIS CONTRACT BEFORE YOU WILL BE USED BY OUR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE TO SANITIZE SHOULDER PADS AND EQUIPMENT.

THE RECOMMENDED SUPPLIER IS SERVPRO OF CROWLEY IN SOUTH JOHNSON COUNTY, IT'S BEING INCREASED AN ADDITIONAL $40,000 TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL CLEANINGS FOR THAT EQUIPMENT.

ANY QUESTIONS? JUST ONE, WHAT'S CAUSING THE INCREASE IN NEED? THEY'RE JUST REQUIRING AN ADDITIONAL CLEANING.

BECAUSE OF COVID RELATED ISSUES OR IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AT THE END OF THE SEASON THEY WANT TO HAVE ALL OF THEM CLEANED AND THEY'D LIKE TO CLEAN THEM AGAIN AT THE BEGINNING. SO THEY'VE BEEN CLEANED ONCE AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SANITIZE THEM BEFORE WE START THE NEW YEAR.

OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, LET'S GO TO ITEM B CONTRACT 302-21-07 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARD AMOUNT FOR SCIENCE CURRICULUM RESOURCE.

YES, SIR, THE RECOMMENDED SUPPLIER IS NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION IN NSTA.

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THE INCREASE AMOUNT REQUESTED IS $35,000, WHICH WOULD MAKE THE NEW NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT $109,999.

ANY QUESTIONS? LET'S GO TO ITEM C CONTRACT 318-19.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARD AMOUNT FOR INTERNAL AUDIT SERVICES.

YES, SIR, THE CONTRACT BEING BROUGHT BEFORE YOU IS THE INCREASE IN THE GIBSON CONSULTING GROUP, WHICH IS OUR INTERNAL AUDITOR, THAT REPORTS DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO PROVIDE THREE ADDITIONAL AUDITS AS OUTLINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN THE ATTACHMENT YOU'VE BEEN PROVIDED.

ANY QUESTIONS? BEING NONE, THANK YOU, SIR.

DR. LOPEZ, ANY NEED FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO, SIR. SO THIS IS MY LAST MEETING PRESIDING OVER THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. MILLER FOR APPOINTING ME.

I'D LIKE TO THANK COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

MR. SELDERS AND MR. BEACH. CERTAINLY LIKE TO THANK DR.

RINGO FOR ALWAYS BEING AVAILABLE AND FOR ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER MY MULTIPLE PHONE CALLS AND QUESTIONS.

SO THANK YOU, AND IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? SO MOVED.

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