Jul 26, 2022 Board of Trustees Meeting

GOOD AFTERNOON. IT IS 5:00 PM AND THIS IS A REGULARLY CALLED SESSION OF THE GARLAND ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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

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EVERYONE LET'S STAND FOR THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.

[III. Public Forum]

I HAVE A SINGLE CARD.

MS. LUCERO CASARES RODRIGUEZ.

WHEN YOU GET TO THE MIC, MA'AM, GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND YOUR CONNECTION TO THE DISTRICT.

YOU'LL BE TIMED. THE TIMER IS UP THERE.

YOU'LL BE GIVEN A WARNING AT 30 SECONDS, AND WHEN THE CLOCK RUNS OUT, YOU'LL HAVE TO STOP SPEAKING.

OK, I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS LUCERO CASARES RODRIGUEZ.

I LIVE AT 319 BROOK VIEW DRIVE, LAVON, TEXAS.

75166. I AM A TEACHER A DYSLEXIA TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT I AND AM THE PRESIDENT OF GARLAND EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.

I HAVE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT THIS IS GOING TO BE MY 18TH YEAR IN GARLAND ISD AND IN EDUCATION.

AND WHAT BRINGS ME TODAY IS I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO CONTINUE OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR SCHOOL BOARD, AND WE APPRECIATE HOW LAST YEAR WE HAD ALL OF OUR SUCCESSES.

BUT FOR THIS YEAR OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO GET ON TO THE AGENDA.

MORE THAN ANYTHING IS OUR EQUAL RIGHTS FOR OUR NON CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES.

THAT'S OUR AUXILIARY PERSONNEL, OUR ESPS, OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS, THE CUSTODIANS, GROUNDS BUS DRIVERS, EVERYBODY WHO ALL OF OUR AIDES, EVERYBODY WHO HELPS KEEP OUR CLASSROOMS RUNNING.

THIS DOES NOT COST THE DISTRICT ANY MONEY.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO FOR FREE TO SHOW OUR EMPLOYEES THAT YOU CARE AND THAT THEY ARE VALUED.

GARLAND IS LIKE A FAMILY.

WE TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT AND WITH FAIRNESS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING TO HELP PUT IT ON PAPER.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO GO AND SPEND EXTRA, BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE IT ADDED TO OUR AGENDA IS TO HAVE A DUE PROCESS PUT IN BOARD POLICY FOR OUR ESPS, FOR OUR PEOPLE WHO NEED IT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE AT WILL EMPLOYEES, WHICH MEANS THAT IF THEY DO SOMETHING WRONG, THEY CAN BE LET GO OF THEY CAN BE DISMISSED WITHOUT ANY DUE PROCESS.

GARLAND IS AMAZING AND WE USUALLY DO HAVE DUE PROCESS, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE WE HAVEN'T AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT THESE EMPLOYEES CAN DO.

THERE'S NO RECOURSE FOR THEM BECAUSE NOTHING IS IN BOARD POLICY RIGHT NOW THEY'RE AT WILL, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY CAN JUST BE LET GO.

WE NEED TO SHOW THEM WE CARE.

WE NEED TO SHOW THEM THAT THEY ARE MEMBERS OF OUR DISTRICT THAT ARE VALUED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.

ANY OTHER CARDS, MS. HOGAN? NO SIR.

THEN MOVING ON TO INFORMATION ITEM 4 GOING THE EXTRA MILE.

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

MS. SHERESE NIX.

GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT JOHNSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.

LOPEZ OUR GOING THE EXTRA MILE HONOREE TONIGHT IS MS. ASHLEY JACKSON, DIGITAL LEARNING FACILITATOR.

EACH YEAR, INSTRUCTOR SELECTS SEVERAL OUTSTANDING EDUCATORS FOR THEIR EDUCATION OF THE YEAR AWARD, SHOWCASING TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. THIS YEAR, THEY RECEIVED IMPRESSIVE NOMINATIONS, BUT ONLY SIX IN THE ENTIRE STATE WHO DEMONSTRATED UNCOMMON LEVELS OF DEDICATION, LOVE FOR THEIR STUDENTS, PASSION FOR EDUCATION WON.

AND OUR VERY OWN ASHLEY JACKSON WAS ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS.

A CHAMPION FOR ACCESSIBILITY, ACTUALLY STRENGTH LIES IN RELATIONSHIPS SHE BUILDS WITH EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS ALIKE.

SHE SUPPORTS TEACHERS AS THEY TRY INNOVATIVE AND NEW THINGS IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. THIS WILLINGNESS TO EXPERIMENT AND WALK WITH TEACHERS AS A SERVANT LEADER EXTENDS BEYOND HER INITIAL CAMPUS AND EXPANDS FURTHER INTO THE DISTRICT.

SHE HAS BEEN WORKING FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS TO ENSURE THAT TEACHERS UNDERSTAND HOW TO LEVERAGE CANVAS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL THEIR STUDENTS.

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ASHLEY IS BLAZING NEW TRAILS, REVAMPING THE WAY THAT SHE TEACHES AND COACHES, LEARNING NEW TECHNOLOGY AND TOOLS ON THE FLY.

SHE'S KEEPING STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT ENGAGED, BOTH NEAR AND FAR.

SHE'S MADE A MARK RIGHT HERE IN GISD IN TANGIBLE WAYS.

SHE'S SUPPORTING OUR AT RISK POPULATION, AND SHE SPARKED CURIOSITY IN BOTH IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO CONGRATULATE OUR GEM FOR JULY AND THE 2022 INSTRUCTOR EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR.

ASHLEY JACKSON, YOU ARE THE GISD EFFECT.

MR. JOHNSON, IF YOU PLEASE COME TO.

HE'LL PRESENT THIS TO YOU, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. THANK YOU CONGRATULATIONS. OH, SORRY.

THANK YOU.

[IV.B. Review May Monthly Financials]

DR. BRENT RINGO.

[LAUGHTER] MR. JOHNSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.

LOPEZ, GOOD EVENING.

BEFORE YOU ARE THE MONTHLY FINANCIALS AS BEING REPORTED THROUGH MAY OF 2022.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF DR.

RINGO RELATED TO THIS ITEM? MR. MILLER. YEAH.

DR. RINGO THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THIS, PRIMARILY JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT PAGE EIGHT, OUR PAGE EIGHT, WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF THE BREAKDOWNS AND IT SHOWS THE IT COMPARES OUR ACTUAL WHICH I KNOW IS 11 MONTHS, CORRECT? THE ACTUAL WAS 11 MONTH YES, SIR. AND THE BUDGET IS FOR THE FULL YEAR? YES, SIR. SO THERE IS A MONTH THAT IS UNACCOUNTED FOR.

BUT JUST IN LOOKING AT IT, IT LOOKS LIKE THE EXPENDITURES ARE ABOUT $93 MILLION DOLLARS LESS THAN BUDGET.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A MONTH WHERE SOME OF THAT GETS BURNED UP, BUT THE BURN RATE WON'T BE THAT MUCH.

IT'S STILL GOING TO BE QUITE A BIT LESS.

AND SO AS I LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THERE ON PAGE EIGHT INSTRUCTION ALL THE WAY DOWN, I JUST WONDER IF YOU COULD OFFER SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THOSE SAVINGS.

IS IT ALL PRIMARILY SALARY? ARE THOSE POSITIONS THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO FILL OR IS THAT PART OF THE COST SAVINGS STRATEGIES THAT THE DISTRICT EMPLOYED AS WE WENT THROUGH THE YEAR, KNOWING THAT OUR FUNDING AND OUR ADA IS NOT QUITE STACKING UP THE WAY WE WANT.

IF YOU JUST GIVE ME SOME COMMENTS ON HOW THIS YEAR GOT TO THIS POINT.

YES, SIR, GREAT QUESTION.

PREDOMINANTLY, IT IS DUE TO VACANCIES.

AS WE'VE SEEN THROUGH COVID.

THERE'S A SHORTAGE WE'RE FACING NOT JUST IN GARLAND ISD, BUT ACROSS THE STATE WITH POSITIONS AND SIMILAR TO OUR FISCAL YEAR 21 BUDGET THAT WAS FINISHED LAST YEAR.

IN JUNE OF 2021, WE HAD ROUGHLY 20 OR 21 MILLION IN PAYROLL SAVES DUE TO VACANCIES, WHICH WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE.

WE WANT TO HAVE OUR POSITIONS FILLED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, FROM THE CLASSROOM, TO SUPPORT POSITIONS TO FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE TO OUR LEADERSHIP ROLES.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT PRIOR TO COVID, THE LAST NORMAL FISCAL YEAR WE HAD WAS 2018 WHERE WE HAD A FULL 12 MONTHS WITH NO COVID IMPACT.

WE HADN'T HAD A CHANGE IN A FISCAL YEAR OR A HOUSE BILL THREE PASS.

WE SPENT ROUGHLY 97% OF OUR BUDGETS.

COVID HIT FISCAL YEAR 2020, WE SPENT ROUGHLY 94% OF OUR ADOPTED EXPENSE BUDGET OR I'M SORRY, ABOUT 94 OR 94 AND A HALF, 2021, IT WAS ABOUT 93.7.

SO AND WE HAD LARGE AND NORMAL VACANCIES IN 2021.

WE'RE SEEING THAT THIS YEAR.

AND SO DUE TO THE PAYROLL VACANCIES, AS WE CAN SEE IN THAT SECOND COLUMN ON YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL THAT IS WHY WE'RE REALIZING THESE SAVES.

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CORRECT. AND THEN LATELY IT'S BEEN MORE LIKE IN THE 82, 83, 84% RANGE OR AT LEAST SOME OF THE DATA I LOOKED AT LIKE PRIOR YEAR IN MAY OF 21, IT WAS 83.4%.

AND I KNOW THAT HOPEFULLY THE COVID IMPACT WILL BE CALMING DOWN, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT SOLVES ALL OF THE STAFFING ISSUES FOR THE DISTRICT. IT SEEMS LIKE THAT CONTINUES TO BE SOMETHING AND I READ THE REPORT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS IN THE BI OR IN SOME OTHER NEWS ARTICLE THAT THREE YEARS AGO WE HAD 150,000 VACANCIES IN THE NATION AND THEN 300,000 LAST YEAR AND 800,000 THIS YEAR.

SO THE NUMBER HAS REALLY GROWN.

SO WHEN WE DO BUDGETS, I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE COME IN LIKE IF WE BUDGETED A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR EXPENDITURE AND WE ONLY SPEND 90% OF IT, IN OTHER WORDS, WE MAY HAVE BUDGETED A 50 MILLION ISH DEFICIT FOR THIS YEAR, THIS COMING NEXT YEAR.

BUT JUST DOING THE MATH, IF WE DO THE SAME SPEND RATES, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE AROUND A $20 MILLION DEFICIT.

THAT'S CORRECT. IT WILL BE 25.

SO THE NUMBERS START GETTING A LOT CLOSER.

THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN SEE, THAT KIND OF IT'S A GOOD THING, BUT IT'S A BAD THING.

THE GOOD THING IS, IS IF WE CAN GO OUT AND FULLY STAFF AND HIRE AND BE FULLY OPERATIONAL FOR A YEAR, THEN THAT NUMBER WILL BE A LOT BIGGER.

BUT IF WE CAN'T GET THERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT LOWER DEFICIT.

SO DO YOU SEE ANYTHING? MY REAL QUESTION IN BUILDING UP TO ALL OF THIS WAS DO YOU SEE ANYTHING AT ALL THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE IN THIS NEXT YEAR WITH OUR ABILITY TO HIRE AND FILL VACANCIES? THE ONLY THING I COULD SAY THAT WOULD IMPACT TO FILL THE VACANCIES BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT GARLAND ISD.

RIGHT NOW THE STATE OF TEXAS CANNOT PRODUCE ONE MATH TEACHER TO SERVE EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND SO THROUGH CERTIFICATION.

AND SO MEANING THEY CANNOT PRODUCE 1000 MATH TEACHERS PER YEAR TO GO INTO THE CLASSROOM.

AND SO THE ONLY THING I SEE THAT WOULD MAKE THIS SITUATION BETTER AND IT'S NOT A GOOD SITUATION, IS IF THERE WAS A RECESSION AND LAYOFFS WERE TO OCCUR IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THAT WOULD FILL UP JOBS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.

AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING I'M SAYING I'M ADVOCATING FOR, BUT THAT IS THE ONLY WAY WE COULD SEE WHERE POSITIONS COULD BE FILLED IF SOMETHING TRAGIC WERE TO HAPPEN.

YEAH. AND I COULD SEE THAT THAT WOULD IMPACT A RECESSION FROM A FULFILLMENT STANDPOINT MIGHT HELP US.

BUT THERE'S ALSO ALL OTHER KINDS OF PRICE ESCALATIONS AND STUFF THAT WE PROBABLY HAVEN'T FORESEEN THAT MIGHT OFFSET IT TOO.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO USE OLD DATA.

I THINK BEFORE COVID WE WERE IN THE 97, 98% OF BUDGET BEING UTILIZED AND IT SINCE THEN IT HADN'T EVEN BEEN 90%. IT'S BEEN LOW NINETIES.

LOW 90. I'M SORRY, I FORGET THIS IS 11 MONTHS, NOT 12.

IT'S AN 83% IN I'M SORRY.

YEAH, IT'S AT 83% YEAR TO DATE.

SO WHERE DO YOU THINK THAT'LL WIND UP? DO YOU HAVE A GUESS WHERE THAT'LL WOUND UP? YES, WE ARE ACTUALLY WRAPPING UP OUR AUDITS OCCURRING.

WE'RE ACTUALLY TYING BACK TO JUNE EXPENDITURES.

PAYROLL HAS BEEN COMPLETED, BUT WE STILL HAVE INVOICES THAT WERE RECEIVED IN JUNE THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE OFFICE TO BE PAID.

BUT THERE IS POTENTIAL WE MAY AS FAR AS COMPARING TO OUR REVENUE BUDGETS, HAVING EITHER A SMALL DEFICIT OR RIGHT AT EVEN SIMILAR LIKE WE HAD LAST YEAR.

LAST YEAR WE HAD A $3 MILLION SURPLUS BUDGET AND I DO FORESEE WE HAD MORE THAN LARGE NUMBER OF VACANCIES THIS YEAR.

SO I BELIEVE OUR PAYROLL SAVE IS GOING TO BE HIGHER THAN THAT 20 MILLION ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT OUR LAST YEAR'S OR CURRENT YEAR'S OPERATING BUDGET DEFICIT WAS PREDICTED TO BE? ON PAPER? LIKE I SAID, WE NEVER SPENT 100% OF THOSE DOLLARS.

IT WAS ROUGHLY 60 MILLION.

60. YES, SIR.

SO WE'VE HAD SAVES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ALMOST ZERO.

OH, FOR THE ONE WE JUST FINISHED OR THE CURRENT YEAR? THE ONE WE JUST FINISHED YEAH. ONE, IT WAS ROUGHLY 40, 41 MILLION.

YES, SIR. SO THAT 10% WOULD BE ABOUT 40 MILLION? YES, SIR. SO THAT MATH WORKS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, THEN MOVING ON FROM THAT ITEM, I'M GOING TO ASSUME

[IV.C. Review May 2022 Tax Report]

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MS.. KRISTI COOPER.

NOT KRISTI COOPER.

THIS WILL BE MS. LORI MATTHEWS.

HI, LORI MATTHEWS.

I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR ABOUT TAXES.

I'M A LITTLE ON THE SHORT SIDE, SO I'M GOING TO BRING THIS DOWN.

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

LOPEZ AS INTRODUCED MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] MATTHEWS AND I WORK AS THE SUPERVISOR AT THE TAX OFFICE.

AND I'LL BE PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF KRISTI COOPER THIS EVENING.

THE ITEMS PRESENTED TODAY IS THE MAY 2022 TAX COLLECTION REPORT, REFLECTING 98.46% COLLECTED OF THE 2021 TAX LEVY. THIS IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE MAY 2021 TAX COLLECTION REPORT OF 98.09%.

AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE COLLECTED 98.86% OF THE 2021 TAX LEVY, AND WE DO HAVE THREE REFUNDS WHICH HAVE EXCEEDED $500 FOR YOU TO REVIEW.

OTHER THAN THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ATTEMPT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

BOARD ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ITEM? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

[V.A. Discuss June 15, 2022 Semi-Annual Report to Judge Ed Kinkeade]

AND BEFORE WE THROW THAT TO DR.

LOPEZ, IT'S COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE KINKEADE REPORT IS NECESSARILY AND AND WHY WHY IT COMES UP SEMI-ANNUALLY. IT'S NOT MY ROLE REALLY TO GIVE A HISTORY LESSON, BUT I'LL GIVE A LITTLE BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO IT, IF THAT'S OKAY.

THE KINKEADE REPORT IS A SEMIANNUAL REPORT THAT WE SEND TO THE JUDGE THAT OVERSEES THE ONGOING DESEGREGATION CASE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN SINCE THE EARLY 1970S.

THE JUDGE REQUESTS A REPORT EVERY SIX MONTHS THAT COMPILES DATA IN A FORMAT THE COURT THINKS IS APPROPRIATE.

IT'S ALL DATA THAT WE'VE SEEN AND HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US IN OTHER FORMATS DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

SO IT'S NOT NEW TO US, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REVIEW AND SEND OUT TO THE COURT.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT THIS ISN'T NEW DATA.

WE'RE NOT GETTING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW.

DR. LOPEZ.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEES THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON THE SEMIANNUAL REPORT IS IN YOUR PACKET.

WHAT YOU WILL LOOK THROUGH IS BASICALLY THAT ALL THE SCHOOLS ARE IN COMPLIANCE OUTSIDE OF ONE WHICH IS KEELEY ELEMENTARY.

KEELEY IS OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDS IN USING THE COURT ORDER DIRECTIVES, NOT IN OUR BLACK ENROLLMENT, BUT IN OUR WHITE ENROLLMENT IT'S HIGH AND OUR HISPANIC ENROLLMENTS LOW.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE IMBALANCE COMES FROM, BUT IT'S NOT A VIOLATION OF THE COURT ORDER.

YOU WILL ALSO SEE THAT THERE'S A PROJECTED TRANSPORTATION COST TO COMPLY WITH THE COURT ORDER THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

THE INCREASE HAS GONE FROM 10 MILLION TO APPROXIMATELY 14 MILLION.

THERE'S A SHORT SYNOPSIS ON WHY THAT'S HAPPENING, BUT EVERYTHING IS WAY MORE EXPENSIVE AND INCLUDING GAS, EVEN THOUGH GAS PRICES HAVE DROPPED, THEY HAVE NOT DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY, ESPECIALLY FOR A FLEET AS LARGE AS OURS.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER THEM.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE FORWARDING TO THE JUDGE.

BOARD ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION REGARDING THIS REPORT? THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO POINT OUT IN RESPONSE TO DR.

LOPEZ, I FEEL LIKE EVERY YEAR THERE'S ALWAYS A SCHOOL THAT FALLS GENERALLY OUTSIDE OF THE GUIDELINES.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE BECAUSE THE COURT DETERMINES IF WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE.

IT'S NOT LIKE A STRICT LIABILITY SITUATION.

IT'S A COURT REVIEWS OUR REPORT, REVIEWS OUR DATA AND FEELS THAT WE'VE MADE REASONABLE EFFORTS AND THEY CAN DETERMINE US TO BE COMPLIANT AND WE SET UP FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTH REVIEW. SO THAT'S HOW THAT GENERALLY WORKS.

AND SEEING NOTHING ELSE, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS 5B TRUSTEES REPORT.

[V.B. Trustees' Report]

JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS. ONE, ROWLETT IS IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A NEW POLICE CHIEF, AND SOME CITIZENS WERE ASKED TO COME AND BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF MEETING THEM, GETTING AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY BELIEVED IN.

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AND I'D LIKE TO REPORT THAT EACH OF THE THREE ONE FROM NEVADA, ONE FROM WISCONSIN, AND THE OTHER ONE IN THE METROPLEX ALL HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS.

AND I THINK ANY OF THE THREE WILL DO A GREAT JOB AND WORK WITH US WITH THE SRO PROGRAM.

SO I THINK I FELT VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT THAT.

I'M ALSO WITH THE ROWLETT CHAMBER FOUNDATION AND WE ARE MOVING INTO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN A VERY, VERY BIG WAY AND MAINLY WORKING WITH SMALL BUSINESSES WHO COMPRISE ROWLETT, INCLUDING TRAINING.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE HELPING FUND SOME OF THAT TRAINING.

AND FINALLY AT YOUR DESK, YOU'LL SEE A BAG.

THIS IS ACTUALLY FROM THE REAL SAHARA DESERT.

THAT'S AWESOME.

I GOT TO RIDE A CAMEL FOR 2 HOURS INTO THE DESERT, SLEEP OVERNIGHT IN THE DESERT.

AND THIS IS FROM THE HIGHEST SAND DUNE IN MOROCCO.

I DIDN'T QUITE GET TO THE TOP.

I NEEDED PROBABLY SOME TRAINING FROM ROBERT TO GET TO THE TOP, BUT I ALMOST GOT TO THE TOP.

AND REALLY ONE OF THE GREAT ADVENTURES I'VE EVER HAD.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. GLICK. MS. STANLEY.

I DIDN'T GO TO ANY TOPS OF ANY MOUNTAINS OR SAND DUNES.

[LAUGHTER] AND I FEEL REALLY, YOU KNOW, I DID A LOT, BUT I'M NOT SURE I RECORDED IT ALL.

SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS I DID GET TO HAVE SOME LUNCH WITH THE FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE STAFF AT THEIR YEARLY TRAINING AND I VERY MUCH ENJOYED THAT.

I MET SOME GREAT GENTLEMEN, ONE I THINK WE MIGHT EVEN GET HIM TO BRING HIS KIDS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SO THEY LIVE OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEN PARTICIPATED IN THE ANNUAL DFW ASIAN AMERICAN SOCCER TOURNAMENT.

THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THAT WE'VE DONE IT AND GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN WATCHING THE GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE GARLAND PD PLAY SOCCER. AND THEY TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY.

THERE WAS NOT THEY WERE NOT JOKING AROUND.

THEY WERE OUT TO WIN. AND THE POLICE DID WIN.

YES, THEY DID. SO THAT WAS VERY ENJOYABLE.

AND THEN LISTENING TO THE MAYOR'S ADDRESSES OF MAYOR MARGOLIS FROM ROWLETT AND I THINK IT WAS BROWN FROM WYLIE AND BICKERSTAFF FROM SACHSE. I ENJOYED LISTENING TO THEIR WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING.

AND THEN THE LAST THING WAS, I DIDN'T GET TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT THE 9TH STREET BOXING GYM EXHIBITION THAT THEY DID THIS WEEKEND, BUT I DID SPEND A COUPLE OF HOURS.

I TRIED TO GET ELLIE TO JOIN THE PROGRAM TO BOX, BUT SHE'S NOT INTO IT.

SO, YEAH, SHE JUST LOOKED AT ME LIKE, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND THAT WAS IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

MS. GRIFFIN. YES.

IT'S BEEN A BUSY SIX WEEKS, AND I WON'T TAKE TIME TO REFLECT ON ALL OF THE THINGS AND PLACES THAT I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AND THAT I HAVE DONE.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY TO OUR STAFF AND FAMILIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO AN EXCELLENT, EXCEPTIONAL SCHOOL YEAR.

SO WE HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU HAD A BREAK AND COULD TAKE SOME REST AND KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE'RE WELCOMING THE RETURN OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES.

I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ONE GROUP THAT HELPS US A LOT IN OUR DISTRICT, AND THAT IS OUR GARLAND RETIREMENT OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL THAT HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR 45 YEARS, MADE THE HONOR ROLL OF LOCAL CHAPTERS IN THEIR PARTICIPATION OF RETIREES.

SO I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO RSP BECAUSE THEY ARE FILLING IN MANY GAPS FOR US AND 45 YEARS IS A LONG TIME TO HAVE THIS AND TO KEEP BEING EFFECTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO RETIREES KNOW WE APPRECIATE YOU AND KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK FOR YOU TO DO THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. GRIFFIN.

MR. SELDERS. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. LIKE MS. STANLEY AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS, I ATTENDED THE DFW ASIAN AMERICAN SOCCER TOURNAMENT AS WELL, AND IT WAS MY SECOND YEAR ATTENDING, BUT MY FIRST YEAR ACTUALLY ATTENDING THE

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SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO JUST WITNESS JUST HOW THE TRI-CITIES ARE COMING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THAT EVENT AS WELL AS DFW AS A WHOLE. AND THEN HOW GARLAND ROWLETT AND SACHSE COMMUNITY SHOWED UP TO SUPPORT THAT EVENT.

SO THANK YOU.

MR. BEACH? YES.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

I WAS ABLE TO GO THIS MORNING TO THE NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION, AND I SAW THE SMILE ON THE FACES OF THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO BE NEW EMPLOYEES FOR US IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THOSE THAT HAVE RETURNED FROM OUTSIDE OUR DISTRICT AND COME BACK HOME.

AND WE HAD A VERY GOOD CROWD THERE THIS MORNING AT ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL.

MS. GRIFFIN AND MR. JOHNSON WAS THERE ALONG WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS CABINET, AND JUST WANT TO WELCOME ALL THOSE NEW EMPLOYEES AND KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE YOUR BACK AND THAT WE ARE HERE FOR YOU AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

I AM GOING TO MAKE ONE NOTE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION TO EVERYONE.

IT IS A NEW SCHOOL YEAR AND I ASK THAT EACH OF YOU, THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF EACH STUDENT IS OUR TOP PRIORITY.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF THINGS IN THE NEWS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT I AM GOING TO ASK PARENTS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, EVERYBODY, PLEASE WHERE THIS STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT THAT IS GOING TO BE COMING OUT.

PARENTS, PLEASE READ THAT.

GO OVER IT WITH YOUR STUDENTS, WEAR YOUR BADGES SO THAT PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS ARE AWARE THAT YOU ARE A STUDENT FOR GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHERE WE CAN TAKE AND PROTECT YOU AND TAKE CARE BECAUSE SAFETY AND SECURITY IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

AND I FEEL LIKE THAT WE'RE IN THE RIGHT ARENA IN THAT.

BUT WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE STUDENTS AND PARENTS IN SIGNING THOSE DOCUMENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU READ THROUGH WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS WORKED AND MARY GARCIA AND BABETTA HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO PUT TOGETHER.

SO PLEASE, PARENTS, LOOK AT THOSE CODE OF CONDUCT AND LET'S REALLY ADHERE TO THAT THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

LET'S HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT STARTING AND I KNOW THE KIDS ARE READY TO COME BACK.

I THINK SO LET'S HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR.

THANK YOU. MR. MILLER. YEAH.

THANK YOU. JUST REAL QUICKLY.

I'VE PARTICIPATED IN THE ASIAN SOCCER TOURNAMENT, VIETNAMESE SOCCER TOURNAMENT.

IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT.

MY BANK IS A SPONSOR OF IT, SO WE'RE ALWAYS HONORED TO BE AT THE BANQUET.

I CAN JUST TELL YOU THAT THE COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATES SPONSORSHIP AND PARTICIPATION FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY GET AT THEIR EVENTS.

THEY'RE SO APPRECIATIVE THEY LET YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS JUST AN HONOR TO BE PART OF THAT AND SPONSOR AGAIN.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DIAL IT UP TO ABOUT 113 ON THE TEMPERATURE NEXT YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY PLAY SOCCER ALL DAY IN THAT HEAT, BUT THAT WAS KIND OF BRUTAL.

ESPECIALLY THE GUYS THAT COME DOWN HERE FROM CANADA.

WHAT A SHOCK.

BUT THEY COMPETED.

AND WHAT I HEAR, THE RESULTS, EVERYTHING WAS GREAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD COMPETITION.

VERY PROUD THAT THE DISTRICT IS REPRESENTED THERE.

AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT EVENT AND IT'S A GREAT EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THIS BUILDING IN ITS NOTORIETY.

SO WE'LL PROBABLY BE SEEING MORE AND BETTER THINGS FROM THAT IN THE FUTURE.

AND JUST REAL QUICK, ON THE WHOLE SAFETY AND SECURITY THING, I'M JUST SO APPRECIATIVE THAT OUR SRO PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME AND OUR THREE AWESOME POLICE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE SO SUPPORTIVE OF OUR DISTRICT.

I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THOSE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN UPPING OUR SECURITY MANY YEARS AGO.

AND PART OF THAT, IT WAS IN THE BOND PROGRAM WHERE WE PUT IN THE SECURITY VESTIBULES, THE LIGHTING PROGRAM WE PUT IN PLACE, THE CAMERAS, JUST EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE TO TRY TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS DON'T WANT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE ABOUT SECURITY.

BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, AS JOHNNY NOTED, LET'S JUST MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT THE PROTOCOL IS IN AND AROUND OUR SCHOOLS.

IF A DOOR IS SUPPOSED TO BE SHUT, LET'S KEEP IT SHUT.

IF A DOOR SUPPOSED TO BE LOCKED, LET'S KEEP IT LOCKED.

I DO KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR IS FORMING A COMMITTEE IS GOING TO GO AROUND AND DO SURPRISE AUDITS, SURPRISE VISITS AROUND THE STATE TO MAKE SURE THE SECURITY PROTOCOLS ARE BEING FOLLOWED.

AND HOPEFULLY WITH THE AWARENESS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, THAT WON'T BE A PROBLEM IN THE DISTRICT.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU, MR. MILLER. I, AS MR. BEACH ALLUDED TO, JOINED MS. GRIFFIN TODAY AT THE NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION.

THIS WAS A HIGH ENERGY EVENT.

YOU SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE EXCITED ABOUT STARTING A CAREER IN THE GISD, AND IT WAS JUST MY HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THESE GUYS.

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I'M ENVIOUS OF THEM BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE ALL STARTING KIND OF THE ADVENTURE OF THEIR THEIR CAREER AND THEIR LIVES.

AND NOT ALL NEW TEACHERS, BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE.

AND EVEN THE ONES THAT ARE COMING FROM OTHER DISTRICTS OR COMING HOME FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT AFTER THEY'VE SEEN THE LIGHT, SO TO SPEAK, YOU CAN TELL THEY WERE GLAD TO BE HERE AND THEY'RE REALLY EAGER TO GET THEIR CAREER STARTED.

IT'S AN AWESOME EVENT.

IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT LIFTS YOU UP AND MAKES YOU THINK, MAN, WE'RE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE MOVING FORWARD.

AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE EVENTS COMING UP NEXT WEEK WITH OUR CONVOCATION, WHICH IS ALSO GOING TO BE ANOTHER HIGH ENERGY EVENT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE MS. SHERESE NIX IS ALSO INVOLVED IN PLANNING THAT AS WELL.

SO I THINK THAT IT'S EXCITING TIMES GETTING READY FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE FOCUSING ON OUR TREMENDOUS STAFF AND GETTING TOGETHER. I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT HARD TO MOTIVATE THEM.

I THINK THEY'RE RARING TO GO.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET TOGETHER AND WE'RE GOING TO RALLY THIS TEAM AND WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND WE'RE GOING TO HIT THAT FIELD AND WE'RE GOING TO SCORE A LOT OF POINTS WITH THEM, I CAN GUARANTEE THAT.

DR. LOPEZ.

[V.C. Superintendent's Report]

THE ENERGY WAS HIGH AT OUR NEW TEACHER RECEPTION.

AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, H.R.

DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF NOT ONLY FILLING THE MAJORITY OF OUR VACANCIES, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST SITTING THERE AND HEARING PEOPLE COME UP TO ME AND TALK ABOUT WE HAD PEOPLE THAT LEFT OUR DISTRICT SEVEN YEARS AGO THAT ARE RETURNING.

WE HAVE TEACHERS THAT ARE VETERANS THAT ARE IN SPECIAL ED OR IN BILINGUAL, THAT HAVE WORKED IN OTHER DISTRICTS FOR OVER A DECADE THAT ARE COMING TO OUR DISTRICT. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS THAT LIVED IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT WE'RE HAPPY WHERE THEY'RE AT.

BUT THEN THEY SAW THE PAY.

THEY SAW THE CONVENIENCE OF WORKING IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY.

THEIR KIDS ARE ON OUR SCHEDULE, SO WHY NOT JUST ALIGN IT ALL? THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT CAME IN TO CHOOSING GARLAND ISD THAT IT WAS JUST VERY REFRESHING TO HEAR THE EXCITEMENT, THE ENERGY.

EVERYBODY THAT WAS AT THE EVENT, WHETHER THEY WERE PARTICIPANT, A PRESENTER, EVEN A VENDOR THEY JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW EXCITING IT WAS JUST TO BE AROUND THE ENERGY THAT WAS THERE.

SO I REALLY FEEL THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR YEAR.

I REALLY FEEL THIS IS GOING TO BE A BANNER YEAR.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE AN EASY YEAR, BY NO MEANS.

IT'S NEVER BEEN EASY.

AND SO WE UNDERSTAND COVID CASES ARE ON THE RISE.

DR. RINGO IS FILLING IN FOR STAFF THAT THAT COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE COVID OR NOT, BUT WHAT I'M JUST SAYING, WE NEED TO EXPECT THAT.

WE NEED TO ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SHORTAGES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SUBSTITUTE SHORTAGES.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY EXPERIENCED LAST YEAR.

AND SO WE KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THEM.

AND NOW LET'S JUST GET IN FRONT OF IT.

YOU KNOW, THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, PARENTS WERE AS EXCITED AS YOU ARE.

IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS THAT STILL HAVEN'T REGISTERED, MAKE SURE THEY REGISTER.

IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS THAT ARE CHOOSING HOMESCHOOLING, CONVINCE THEM OTHERWISE.

WE GOT VERY STRONG SCHOOLS.

WE'VE GOT VERY STRONG LEADERS AND WE GOT OUTSTANDING TEACHERS.

IF YOU COME INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, I PROMISE YOU, IF YOU LOOK IN THE DFW, THERE'S AN ANALYTICAL RATE THAT OUR DEMOGRAPHER DOES.

AND BASICALLY IT SAYS, HOW MANY KIDS COME IN, STAY IN OUR GISD.

AND IT IS ABOVE THE NORM.

IT'S ABOUT 96% OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO OUR SCHOOLS STAY IN OUR SCHOOLS.

ONCE WE GOT THEM, THEY JUST FALL IN LOVE AND THEY SEE ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES, THE GREAT TEACHING.

WE HAVE MORE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES THAN MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OVER 200.

IT'S HARD TO COMPETE WITH US.

WE HAVE AN EARLY COLLEGE AT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL.

WE'VE GOT A P-TECH AT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL WE'VE GOT IB PROGRAMS, MST PROGRAMS, YOU NAME IT, WE HAVE IT.

THERE'S A FIT FOR YOUR CHILD.

I DO WANT TO GO WITH WHAT MR. BEACH SAID. SAFETY IS UTMOST IMPORTANCE.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR GARLAND PD.

WE'VE DONE SOME SAFETY MEASURES THAT WE CAN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT PUBLICLY, BUT JUST KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN THE WORKS.

BUT THE NUMBER ONE PERSON THAT COULD KEEP US SAFE IS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US BEING NOSY NEIGHBORS.

IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, GET ANONYMOUS ALERTS.

LET US KNOW. CALL THE PD.

IT'S BETTER TO OVERREACT THAN NOT REACT AT ALL.

WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING AND WE'RE VERY DILIGENT ABOUT SAFETY.

WE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.

WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT FOR A CRISIS TO HAPPEN.

WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING SECURITY TEAM.

ALL THREE OF OUR PD'S IN OUR TRI-CITY AREAS ARE HYPER VIGILANT.

SO WE'VE GOT THE TEAMS JUST IF YOU SEE, WE CAN'T SEE EVERYTHING.

WE NEED YOUR EYES.

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LET US KNOW.

AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO WELCOME ALL THE NEW MEMBERS TO OUR FAMILY.

AND WELCOME BACK ALL THE RETURNING MEMBERS.

I AM JUST ECSTATIC ABOUT WHAT'S IN STORE FOR US AND THIS UP AND COMING YEAR AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ONE.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, DR. LOPEZ.

UP NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM 4 D FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? SEEING NONE. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 6 CONSENT AGENDA.

[VI. Consent Agenda]

DR. BRENT RINGO.

MR. JOHNSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.

LOPEZ. GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

BEFORE YOU IS THE HUMAN RESOURCE REPORT WITH THE CHANGES HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.

BOARD YOU HAVE THE HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT WITH ANY CHANGES HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.

DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR A MOTION? MR. PRESIDENT, I'D MAKE A MOTION IF NO ONE HAD A DISAGREEMENT, THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THE HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT WITH THE NEW ADDITION THAT WE HAD HERE IN FRONT OF US.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AN A SECOND, ALL THOSE WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT AS PRESENTED HERE TONIGHT.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ANY OPPOSED? NO, THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT UP, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ACTION ITEMS, A CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE 2022 2023 STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

[VII.A. Consider Approval of the 2022-2023 Student Code of Conduct]

DR. BABETTA HEMPHILL. I'M SORRY.

I GIVE YOU ACCURATE CREDIT, DR.

HEMPHILL. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT JOHNSON, TRUSTEES, AND DR.

LOPEZ. THIS EVENING WE ARE PRESENTING THE 22-23 GISD CODE OF CONDUCT FOR APPROVAL.

BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A LEGISLATIVE YEAR THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS DID NOT RELEASE ANY SUGGESTED CHANGES FOR OUR DISTRICT TO THE MODEL STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

WE HAVE MADE A FEW MINOR REVISIONS AND EDITS AS WE COMPLETED THIS YEAR'S CODE OF CONDUCT, AND WE JUST WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE REFLECTING OUR CURRENT PRACTICES AND PROGRAMS. WE HAVE PROVIDED A CHART WITH THOSE REVISIONS FOR YOUR REVIEW.

AS YOU CAN SEE, OF COURSE, WE UPDATED THE SCHOOL YEAR AND WE ALSO TOOK OUT THE NAMES OF SEVERAL PROGRAMS AND JUST INCLUDED PHRASES THAT WOULD BROADLY COVER THEM.

SO AS THOSE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS COME IN AND OUT OF OUR DISTRICT WITH SPECIFIC NAMES, WE'RE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT IT IS COVERED IN THIS DOCUMENT WITHOUT MAKING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.

ANOTHER CHANGE THAT WE DID MAKE WAS IN ADDING THAT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, AS WELL AS OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, WOULD DISPLAY THEIR ID BADGES DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND ALL FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEARS AS WELL.

THE REST OF THE REVISIONS WERE SIMPLY GRAMMATICAL AND FORMATTING ERRORS THAT WE CORRECTED.

SO STATE LAW DOES REQUIRE THE BOARD ADOPT OUR CODE OF CONDUCT AND ONCE ADOPTED FOR THIS YEAR, IF IT IS ADOPTED THIS EVENING, WE'LL ENSURE THAT IT IS TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE AND INCLUDED ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS OUR BACK TO SCHOOL PACKET.

WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

YEAH. MR. MILLER. YEAH. JUST REAL QUICK ON THAT WITH THE SCHOOL IDS.

THAT'S JUST FOR HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT? HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

LAST YEAR IT WAS ONLY HIGH SCHOOL.

AND IT ONLY PERTAINS TO IN SCHOOL NOT EXTRACURRICULAR OR ANY OF THAT? YES. JUST DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

OKAY. DR.

HEMPHILL, I HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THAT.

WHAT FORM OF THE ID IS GOING TO, LIKE, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE WORN? ARE THEY ON LANYARDS OR ARE THEY? WE DO HAVE THEM, I BELIEVE, ON LANYARDS.

AND THEN I BELIEVE EACH CAMPUS ALSO HAS OPTIONS AS WELL IF THEY WANT TO DO THE CLIP.

BUT I THINK LANYARDS ARE THE PREFERRED METHOD.

DOES IT HAVE TO BE ON THEIR PERSON OR CAN IT BE ON A BACKPACK? IT SHOULD BE ON YOUR PERSON SO THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY THEM.

WHO ISSUES THE ID? IS IT A DISTRICT ISSUED ID OR DOES EACH CAMPUS ISSUE THEIR OWN? SO I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW CAMPUSES HAVE THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE THOSE ON THEIR OWN OR TO GET THOSE ON THEIR OWN.

AND THEN THAT KIND OF ANSWERS MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE WHAT HAPPENS IF BECAUSE BY EXPANDING THIS TO MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, YOU'VE EFFECTIVELY INCREASED THE LOSS RATE ABOUT

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SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF FOLLOW UP WITH THE BOARD ABOUT THE EASE OF WHICH TO REPLACE THEM IF THEY'RE.

I JUST KIND OF WANT TO KNOW THE MECHANISM THAT WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE THEM TO BE WORN.

I WANT TO GENERATE SOME RESPONSIBILITY.

BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IN SIXTH GRADER AND A SENIOR.

RIGHT. AND SIXTH GRADERS ARE STRUGGLING SOMETIMES TO FIND THEIR CLASS, MUCH LESS THEIR BADGE.

SO I THINK THAT SOME OF THOSE MECHANICS MIGHT BE CHALLENGING FOR A SIXTH GRADER.

YES, WE'LL DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ISSUE BOARD? SEEING NOTHING ELSE DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE 2022-23 STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AS PRINTED IN OUR BOOKLET WITH NEW ADJUSTMENTS.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AN A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE 22-23 STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AS PRESENTED PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU, DR. HEMPHILL. NEXT ITEM IS B, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ESSER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS.

[VII.B. Consider Approval of SRO Interlocal Agreements]

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT JOHNSON, DR.

LOPEZ AND BOARD MEMBERS.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO REVIEW THREE EDITS TO THE SRO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS AND THEN PROVIDE THEM TO YOU FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE.

THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE THREE POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE CONTINUITY WITH REGARD TO FORM AND SUBSTANCE.

AND THESE EDITS THAT I WILL PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT FOR THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR HAVE BEEN VETTED BY LEGAL.

BUT FIRST, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I AM THRILLED ABOUT OUR THREE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, AS ALL OF YOU ARE AS WELL.

JUST SOME DETAILS.

THE GARLAND PD, WE HAVE 31 SROS FROM THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE EIGHT SROS FROM THE ROWLETT POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WE HAVE FIVE SROS FROM SACHSE.

NOW I'M GOING TO GO OVER THESE EDITS.

IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR BOARD BOOK OR YOU PROBABLY ALREADY DID, I THINK IT'S 186 187.

I BLUE LINED THOSE EDITS, BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE.

SO NUMBER ONE IN THE GARLAND PD AGREEMENT ADDENDUM, SO STRICTLY THE GARLAND P.D.

SRO. MEMORIAL PATHWAY ACADEMY WAS ADDED TO THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE COVERED BY THE ELEMENTARY SRO, WHO COVERS CLUB HILL AND HANDLEY.

THE RATIONALE FOR THAT EDIT IS THAT THE SROS HOME BASE WAS MOVED TO MPA FROM PAC AFTER PAC CLOSED.

NUMBER TWO EDIT FOR ALL THREE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS GARLAND, ROWLETT, AND SACHSE.

THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS ADD LANGUAGE TO PARAGRAPH FOUR UNDER OVERTIME EXTRA DUTY TO READ AS FOLLOWS GISD WILL REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS TO SROS AND OTHER APPROVED DEPARTMENT POLICE OFFICERS WHO PROVIDE POLICE SERVICES AT GISD, ATHLETIC AND OTHER EVENTS AT AN HOURLY OVERTIME RATE COMMENSURATE TO THE OFFICER'S RANK.

SO I KNOW YOU CAN'T READ WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE THE BLUE LINE ON HERE, BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR BLUE LINE, THE ADDED WORDS WERE, IT SAYS THAT WE WILL REIMBURSE TWO SROS WHO WORK OVERTIME.

WE ADDED SROS AND OTHER APPROVED DEPARTMENT POLICE OFFICERS.

THE RATIONALE FOR ADDING THAT IS ALLOWING POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT SROS TO WORK ATHLETIC EVENTS WHEN NEEDED WILL HELP MITIGATE STAFFING SHORTAGES AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT SECURITY TO PARENT STUDENTS AND STAFF.

THE THIRD EDIT AS DETERMINED AT THE JULY 28, 2020 BOARD MEETING, GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND GARLAND ISD WILL SPLIT THE SRO VEHICLE MAINTENANCE EXPENSE OVER A THREE YEAR PHASE IN PERIOD.

VEHICLE MAINTENANCE EXPENSES RUN $440,000 PER YEAR AND DO NOT INCLUDE THE COST OF NEW VEHICLE PURCHASES.

THE SCHOOL YEAR 2021 COST TO GISD WAS $0.

PHASE TWO WAS 21-22.

IT COST GISD $110,000.

PHASE THREE WILL INTRODUCE THE FULL HALF OF VEHICLE EXPENSES.

IT WILL COST GISD 220,000.

IT WILL COST GPD 220,000.

THAT WILL BE FOR THE YEAR 22, 23 AND BEYOND.

THE RATIONALE FOR THAT EDIT THE FINAL PHASE IN YEAR IS UPON US.

AND IF YOU SEE THE BLUE LINE, THE GARLAND PD AGREEMENT, PARAGRAPH THREE, YOU'LL SEE PAYMENT FOR SERVICES WILL BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS WHERE IT SAID 0% FOR DISTRICT SHARE, 100% FOR CITY SHARE.

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AND ALSO, I SHOULD SAY IT SAYS NOT TO EXCEED 220,000 FOR OUR PORTION.

THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DETAIL.

OK LET'S SEE.

OK I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS.

I HAD ADDED SOME WORDS TO WHERE IT SAYS NO ADDITIONAL COST BECAUSE THAT MIGHT BE MISLEADING, BECAUSE YOU CAN SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, YOU JUST SAID 220,000.

THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL COST.

SO WHAT I MEANT FOR THIS TO SAY IS THAT THESE EDITS REPRESENT NO BUDGET IMPACT FOR THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE THE GPD VEHICLE EXPENSES WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD JULY 2020.

THEREFORE, THEY WERE ALLOCATED DURING THIS BUDGET CYCLE.

WE WERE EXPECTING THIS.

WE SAW THIS COMING. IT'S FIGURED IN.

DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? MR. BEACH? MS. GARRETT, EXCUSE ME. I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION.

I'M CURIOUS. I'VE TALKED WITH DR.

LOPEZ ABOUT.

ON THE EIGHT SRO OFFICERS IN OUR CHART THAT YOU GAVE US ON IT SHOWS, THE DISTRICT SHARE OF 100% SALARY AND BENEFITS.

DOES THE CITY COVER THE RETIREMENT 14 SEVEN PLAN FOR THOSE PARTICULAR OFFICERS OR IS THE DISTRICT RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT I WILL FIND IT FOR YOU AND GIVE IT TO YOU BEFORE THIS MEETING'S OVER.

DR. GARRETT, I CAN COVER THAT.

I'M SO GLAD.

THE DISTRICT IS IF THEY'RE A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE, IT'S TRS, THE CITY SIDE IT IS 100% ON THE CITY SIDE FOR THEIR RETIREMENT AND BENEFITS.

I DIDN'T HEAR SAY THAT AGAIN BRENT, I DON'T THINK SHE HEARD THAT.

THE QUESTION BEING THAT ON THE RETIREMENT FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS.

THE 14 7 PLAN WHERE THEY PAY IN $14 DOLLARS AND THE CITY COVERS FOR SEVEN.

YEAH THAT IS ALL IN THE CITY BUDGET AND THE CITY SIDE WE'RE SPLITTING THEIR SALARY WITH THEM AS SROS.

BUT ON THE EIGHT THAT WE ARE 100% SALARY AND BENEFIT THOUGH WHAT DO WE DO THERE? THAT IS FOR THEIR SALARY BENEFITS FOR THE YEAR AND SO MEANING THAT OFFICERS CHOOSING TO DO THAT ON THEIR END THEY'RE MATCHING THAT WE AS A DISTRICT AREN'T MATCHING THEIR RETIREMENT.

THE CITY STILL MATCHES THAT BENEFIT FOR THEM? EVEN THOUGH YES SIR. OK GOOD.

THANK YOU.

MR. GLICK. THANK YOU, SIR.

ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I THINK WE'VE BEEN HEARING AFTER THE LAST SCHOOL SHOOTINGS WAS DO WE HAVE FULL COVERAGE AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS? AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON FROM 193 AND 199 AND 205, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE DOUBLED UP AT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL. SO WE HAVE TWO SROS AT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL.

WE MADE SURE WE HAD ONE SRO AT EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

BUT AS YOU COULD SEE IN ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY'S, WE JUST HAVE FLOATERS, INCLUDING UP TO FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION THAT AT SOME POINT IN THIS YEAR, OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE STARTING TO ADDRESS NOW AS TO WHETHER, FIRST OF ALL, CAN THEY AFFORD THAT COVERAGE? AND ONE, CAN THEY NOT AFFORD THAT COVERAGE, DO WE? IS IT A NECESSITY? YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THE COST WOULD BE.

JUST LOOK AT GARLAND, FOR EXAMPLE.

THE FIRST LINE ABBETT, HICKMAN, LISTER, LUNA AND SPRING CREEK ALL HAVE ONE FLOATER.

SCHOOLS ARE RELATIVELY CLOSE, BUT IT'S STILL ONE FLOATER.

I KNOW, AS I REFERENCED EARLIER WHEN I WAS TALKING TO THE THREE INCOMING POTENTIAL POLICE CHIEFS, ONE OF THEM SPECIFICALLY SAID, DO WE HAVE ANY PLANS TO HAVE AN SRO AT EVERY SCHOOL? AND I SAID, AT THIS MOMENT, WE HAVEN'T.

NOW, AS AN ASIDE, TOMORROW, MR. JOHNSON AND I WILL BE AT OUR SECURITY MEETING, WHICH IS MANDATED BY THE STATE, TO HAVE THREE MEETINGS A YEAR.

THAT MAY BE A TOPIC, BUT AT SOME POINT I THINK THAT TOPIC WILL WILL RAISE AND BE A DIFFICULT QUESTION BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE.

BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT.

THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT. I NEED TO GLICK. SO AS WE ENTER OUR BUDGET CYCLE FOR THIS YEAR, I DID REACH OUT TO THE INTERIM OF ROWLETT.

I DID REACH OUT TO THE GARLAND P.D.

AND WE'RE PRETTY MUCH COVERED FOR SACHSE, RIGHT? SO THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO FILL IN THE SHORTAGES THAT WE NEED.

AND THEY'RE SHORT PATROLS.

THEY'RE SHORT. THEY'RE SHORT EVERYWHERE, INVESTIGATORS, YOU NAME IT.

AND SO WHEN I SPOKE TO HIM, THEY SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW WHILE WE WOULD LOVE TO EXPAND IT, NOT UNTIL WE'RE FULLY, STAFFED COULD WE EVEN REALLY START LOOKING AT THAT.

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IF I COULD EVEN GRABBED ONE OR TWO ADDITIONAL OFFICERS, TRUST ME, I WOULD HAVE PRESENTED IT TO THE BOARD TO INCLUDE IN OUR BUDGET.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO GRASP THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

MS. STANLEY. I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN ASKED, BUT SINCE I'M NEW, I WAS CURIOUS AS TO HOW WE DECIDED THE OFFICERS SCHOOL RATIO, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S BASED ON PROXIMITY OF THE SCHOOLS AND IT WAS MOSTLY THE ELEMENTARY BECAUSE I LOOKED AT THIS AND I THOUGHT, WOW, THAT'S A LOT OF SCHOOLS FOR ONE INDIVIDUAL, BUT COULD YOU JUST KIND OF DISCUSS HOW WE GROUP THESE TOGETHER AND WHY WE HAVE FIVE OR SIX, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE AND THEN BUT SOME ONLY A COUPLE? SURE, IT'S NOT VERY SCIENTIFIC.

TEXAS SAFE SCHOOLS AND TEA THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THEY DID NOT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION AT ALL FOR AND THEY STILL DON'T FOR AN SRO RATIO.

THEY DO LOOK AT DATA AND SAY, WHERE DO THE SHOOTINGS MOSTLY HAPPEN? ACTIVE SHOOTERS? WHAT TIME OF DAY DO THEY HAPPEN? WHAT MONTH DO THEY MOSTLY HAPPEN? WHICH SEPTEMBER, BY THE WAY, IS THE HIGHEST MONTH AND THEN AN ACTIVE SHOOTER TYPE.

YOU KNOW, A TARGETED, ACTIVE SHOOTER.

THAT IS A SECONDARY SCHOOL PHENOMENON, MOSTLY, OBVIOUSLY NOT UVALDE.

MORE SHOOTINGS THAT HAPPENED AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL WERE DOMESTIC DISPUTES AND SUCH.

ANYWAY, THERE WAS NO RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE DEDICATED SROS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

WHEN GOVERNOR ABBOTT CAME OUT WITH HIS RECOMMENDATIONS, THAT TURNED INTO SENATE BILL 11, THAT TURNED INTO TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 37 108.

SO THERE ARE STILL NO RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO I WAS NOT IN THIS DISTRICT AT THE TIME, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE A PROXIMITY.

AND WHEN I TALK TO SOME SRO LEADERSHIP THAT'S BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, LIEUTENANT WALLY SNEED, I ALSO SEE AND I SPOKE TO CHIEF RENE LAST NIGHT THAT IT IS ABOUT HOW MANY OFFICERS DID WE HAVE THAT WE COULD SPARE.

AND ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT DR.

LOPEZ WAS SAYING, WE HAVE ASKED WE'VE ASKED ALL THREE PDS, WILL YOU HAVE ANY? HOW SOON CAN YOU HAVE THEM? BECAUSE MR. QUINN'S BEEN ATTEMPTING TO WORK ON A PROPOSAL, YOU KNOW, TO SAY WE COULD HAVE 30 MORE IN PLACE.

BY WHAT YEAR AND AT WHAT EXPENSE? THE ANSWER IS NONE.

NONE OF THE ABOVE. THEY DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER.

SO WE REACHED OUT TO THE DALLAS SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE DALLAS CONSTABLE'S OFFICE TODAY.

CONSTABLE, WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS POSSIBLY IN WORSE SHAPE THAN GARLAND PD WITH REGARD TO SHORTAGES.

SO PROXIMITY IS THE SHORT ANSWER.

SORRY I DIDN'T GIVE YOU THAT VERSION.

AND JURISDICTION.

SO YOU'LL SEE THREE DIFFERENT POLICE OFFICERS.

SO SACHSE TAKES CARE OF SACHSE ROWLETT TAKES CARE OF ROWLETT AND GARLAND, WHICH HAS THE BIGGEST AREA, TAKES CARE OF GARLAND.

AND ALL THREE HAVE BEEN DOING THE BEST THEY CAN.

AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP.

YES.

MS. GRIFFIN. YES.

THANK YOU. DR. LOPEZ, YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION BECAUSE AS WE ARE ASKING, CAN WE GET MORE? THEY ARE HAVING SHORTAGES JUST LIKE WE ARE.

SO AND THEN TO DR.

GARRETT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWER, BECAUSE MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, WHAT'S OUR PLAN? WHAT IS AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN? BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE BODIES.

SO I WAS GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AND TRYING TO FIND SOME ALTERNATIVE METHODS TO KEEP US SAFE SO THAT EVERYONE DOES NOT THINK IT'S UP TO US TO SAY, LET'S HIRE MORE SROS.

THERE'S MORE TO SAFETY THAN THAT.

AND BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE A SECURITY TEAM INSIDE OUR OWN DISTRICT.

SO IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE RESEARCHING ALTERNATIVES.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY THAT THERE ARE NO OFFICERS OUT THERE JUMPING AT THE BIT TO COME AND BE AN SRO OFFICER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. GRIFFIN. MR. BEACH, I ALSO JUST WANT TO ADD TO HOW IMPERATIVE IT IS THAT THE PARENTS OUT THERE THAT ARE WATCHING KNOW THAT THE BOND PROGRAM IN 2014, THAT THE VESTIBULES THAT WE BUILT ON THE FRONT OF EACH SCHOOL, INCLUDING ELEMENTARY'S, TO GET INTO THE BUILDING, THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO KEEP YOU OUT OF THE BUILDING WITH YOUR CHILDREN, BUT WE ARE USING SAFETY AND SECURITY AS TOP PRIORITY.

AND AS DR. LOPEZ SAID, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, TELL SOMEONE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

THE KEY IS, THOUGH, THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE SROS FOR ALL THE ELEMENTARY'S.

THE KEY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE VESTIBULES ARE MANNED BY SOMEONE THAT IS ALLOWING THOSE PEOPLE TO COME IN OR WHOEVER IT MAY BE, AND ALSO SIGN IN. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH TWO STEPS OR PROCESSES TO GET INTO THE BUILDING.

AND I THINK THAT IS SO KEY THAT BECAUSE WHEN SCHOOL STARTS AT THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL, IT IS VERY CONFUSING.

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SO THOSE DOORS ARE GOING TO DEFINITELY NEED TO BE MANNED AT THE BEGINNING ANYWAY UNTIL EVERYONE KIND OF LEARNS THE PROCESS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THAT RESPECT.

SO BUT THE WHOLE KEY IS MAKING SURE, ESPECIALLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, THAT THOSE VESTIBULES ARE MANNED FOR THOSE PARENTS.

AND BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PRE-K AND FIRST GRADE, THEY WANT THOSE PARENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO BE WITH THOSE CHILDREN.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPERATIVE FOR US TO WATCH.

THANK YOU. THANKS.

MR. MILLER. YEAH.

JUST REAL QUICK, AND THIS IS MAYBE MORE OF A RELATED QUESTION IN DIRECT SRO.

AND IF IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO ADDRESS HERE, MAYBE WE CAN COME BACK.

I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW OPEN OUR CAMPUSES ARE GOING TO BE FOR PARENT VISITS, LUNCHES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

IS IT GOING TO BE BUSINESS AS USUAL? I KNOW COVID SHUT US DOWN FOR A LITTLE WHILE LAST YEAR.

I JUST WONDER IF WHAT THE PARENT EXPERIENCE IS GOING TO BE AND ACCESS TO THE CAMPUSES? OUTSIDE OF FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO JUST FOLLOW THE PROTOCOLS THAT WE FOLLOWED AT THE END.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE TOTALLY CLOSED.

RIGHT. AND WE WANT PARENTS SUPPORT.

WE NEED PARENTS SUPPORT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FOLLOW THE RAPTOR SYSTEM ON ANY GIVEN THING.

THERE'S JUST A LOT OF SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

THERE'S SOME TIMES THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO COME INSIDE.

IF THEY WANT TO DROP OFF A LUNCH, WE CAN GO OUTSIDE AND GET IT.

THEY DON'T NEED TO BE COMING INSIDE, SO WE'RE STILL ESTABLISHING THAT.

BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BE THE POINT WHERE WE'RE UNWELCOMING.

SO WE'RE STILL IRONING OUT FIRST DAY PROCEDURES.

BUT AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT PARENTS TO ALLOW KIDS TO DEVELOP SOME INDEPENDENCE.

RIGHT. AND THAT PART OF THAT IS ALLOWING THEM TO BE AT SCHOOL.

IF YOU NEED TO GO AND PICK THEM UP AND SIGN THEM OUT, THAT'S ONE THING.

VISIT WITH TEACHERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

BUT WE JUST REALLY WANT TO KEEP THE SCHOOLS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.

AND THE LESS IN-AND-OUT THAT WE HAVE, THE MORE WE CAN FOCUS ON THEM.

AND OK. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR.

GARRETT. SO WE'VE HEARD QUESTIONS, WE'VE HAD COMMENTARY.

DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD? MS. STANLEY. I'LL GIVE IT A SHOT.

I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE THREE SRO AGREEMENTS AS WRITTEN IN OUR BOOKS.

DO WE HAVE SECOND? I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

DID MS. GARRETT MENTIONED THAT SOMETHING WAS WORDED DIFFERENTLY THAN WAS IN THE BOOK? THE POWERPOINT.

OH, THE POWERPOINT. IS THE POWERPOINT DIFFERENT THAN THE BOOK? NO, IT'S ALL THE SAME.

IT'S ALL MESSED UP. [LAUGHTER] OKAY, SO THE SLIDE THAT SAYS COST.

IT SAYS NO ADDITIONAL COST.

WHEN I READ THAT AT THE BOARD PREP MEETING, I THOUGHT, THAT'S CONFUSING.

I'M GOING TO AUDIT, I'M GOING TO EDIT THAT, BUT IT'S FINE.

SO THE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE IN THE BOOK ARE THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE'RE WANTING.

OKAY.

OKAY. THEREFORE, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE SRO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS AS PRESENTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM C, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BOARD POLICY DH LOCAL.

[VII.C. Consider Approval of Board Poliy DH (Local)]

[LAUGHTER] YES.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT JOHNSON, RESPECTED TRUSTEES, DR.

LOPEZ, THIS POLICY IS BEFORE YOU FOR A SECOND READ.

IF YOU'LL RECALL, THE ADMINISTRATION DESIRES TO AMEND THIS POLICY TO ADDRESS CONCERNS REGARDING GROOMING BETWEEN EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS.

THIS UPDATE WOULD PREVENT DISTRICT STAFF FROM ENGAGING IN ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS WITH A FORMER DISTRICT STUDENT WHO IS NOT YET 21 YEARS OF AGE AND WHO GRADUATED FROM THE DISTRICT WITHIN THE PAST TWO YEARS.

THIS POLICY IS FOUND AT PAGE 211 OF YOUR BOARD BOOK.

THIS POLICY WAS FIRST VETTED BY THE POLICY ADVISORY GROUP AND IT WENT FOR FIRST READ LAST MONTH.

SO THIS IS FOR SECOND READ.

OKAY BOARD AS WAS SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING POLICY ADVISORY GROUP HAS VETTED AND ADVANCED.

WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE FIRST READ AND MAKE COMMENTARY.

AND DO WE HAVE ANY REMAINING QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THIS POLICY BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE ON IT? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MR. PRESIDENT? YES, MR. MILLER. I WOULD MOVE THAT WOULD ACCEPT AND APPROVE DH LOCAL AS PRINTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK.

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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING BOARD POLICY DH LOCAL AS PRESENTED TONIGHT IN OUR BOARD BOOK PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM D CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BOARD POLICY BDB LOCAL.

[VII.D. Consider Approval of Board Policy BDB (Local)]

PRESIDENT JOHNSON, TRUSTEES, DR.

LOPEZ. ADMINISTRATION DESIRES TO AMEND THE POLICY UNDER BDB LOCAL TO ALLOW FOR INCREASED EFFICIENCY FOR THE BOARD COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

THIS POLICY CAN BE FOUND AT PAGE 217 IN YOUR BOARD BOOKS.

AGAIN, THE POLICY ADVISORY GROUP VETTED THIS POLICY.

IT WENT BEFORE THE BOARD LAST MONTH FOR FIRST READ AND THIS IS FOR SECOND READ.

BOARD ANY QUESTIONS? MR. MILLER, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

I'M SORRY IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.

MR. GLICK.

A QUESTION. YES.

YES. ON 218 2C THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION AS OF A POSSIBILITY OF A BOND SOMETIME IN 2023.

AND WE'VE HEARD SOME EVEN REFERENCED THIS EVENING TO THE 2014 BOND.

I WOULD HOPE THAT ALL OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE BOND OCCUR AMONG ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS.

I THINK IT'S THAT IMPORTANT.

SO I'M WONDERING WHY THIS WOULD BE HERE IN A COMMITTEE RATHER THAN FOR THE FULL BOARD.

AS SOMEONE WITH SOME INSIGHT INTO THIS PARTICULAR POLICY, I THINK I CAN ACTUALLY ADDRESS THAT.

THIS IS THE WAY IT WAS PRESENTED BEFORE WITH RESPECT TO ADMINISTRATION AND OVERSIGHT OF BOND PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

SO THIS IS HOW IT WAS APPEARING IN THE OLD POLICY WITH RESPECT TO THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS WE CAN MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE OVERSIGHT OF BOND PROJECTS.

IF THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE, I THINK THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE YOUR CONCERN.

BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE ANYBODY HAS THE INTENTION OF ENGAGING IN THE ART OF CONSTRUCTING A BOND OR WHAT COULD BE CONSIDERED IN A BOND WITHOUT ALL SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD BEING PRESENT.

AND I AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENTS, AND ACTUALLY THAT IS WHAT OCCURRED AFTER THE 2014 BOND THAT THE PROJECTS DID GO TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHO THEN WENT THROUGH THOSE ITEMS. SO, YEAH, CAN WE ARE WE GOING TO AMEND THE WORDING HERE? COULD WE DO THAT? WE CAN DO THAT RIGHT HERE.

WELL, SINCE WE'VE ALREADY HAD FIRST READ, WE'D HAVE TO GO WITH THIS ONE.

IF WE AMEND IT, THIS WOULD CONSTITUTE A FIRST READ, CORRECT? THAT IS HOW IT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.

OR I MEAN, WE CAN TYPICALLY CHANGES ARE NOT MADE AT THE SECOND READING.

SO AS OUR FUNCTIONING PARLIAMENTARIAN, I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT AT THIS POINT, MS. RAY. IF WE MAKE THIS CHANGE THEN CAN WE ALSO HAVE A MOTION TO WAIVE SECOND READ? NOT IN THIS BOARD MEETING.

NOT IN THIS BOARD MEETING. TYPICALLY WHAT IS DONE IS WE BRING A RESOLUTION THAT WE WAIVE TWO READINGS OF A POLICY PER BF LOCAL. I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW IF WE NECESSARILY NEED TO AMEND WHAT IS WRITTEN.

JUST TO GO BACK TO WHAT THE VERBIAGE SAYS UNDER NUMBER TWO, WORK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF AND FORMULATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS ARCHITECT SELECTION, NEW SCHOOL SITES, BOND PROGRAMS, NEW BUILDINGS, RENOVATIONS, SECURITY, MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT, AND MONITORING CURTIS CULWELL CENTER MANAGEMENT AND USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES BY COMMUNITY GROUPS.

AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS WAS PART OF THE EXISTING.

THAT IS NOT VERBIAGE THAT WAS INSERTED IN BLUE, WHICH WOULD INDICATE NEW VERBIAGE.

AND SO, AS YOU HAD STATED EARLIER, PRESIDENT JOHNSON, ANY VOTE ON A POSSIBLE BOND WOULD COME BEFORE THE FULL BOARD.

WELL, IT'S NOT IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE VOTE.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, IF, AS YOU WERE SAYING, WE WERE TO PURSUE A BOND.

I WILL SAY AS BOARD PRESIDENT, IT WOULD I CAN GIVE YOU MY ASSURANCE IT WOULD HAPPEN AT A SPECIAL MEETING DEVOTED TO THAT ISSUE THAT ALL SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS BE PRESENT

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WE'RE JUST COMBINING EFFECTIVELY THE FACILITIES AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEES TOGETHER.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN ABOUT IT AND WE CAN OBVIOUSLY AMEND IT.

AND WE CAN AMEND THIS AT A LATER DATE.

BUT WE ARE FACED WITH KIND OF A TIME CONSTRAINT HERE BECAUSE OUR COMMITTEES NEED TO MEET NEXT MONTH.

AND IF WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT THIS NEW FORMAT, WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR POLICY TONIGHT SO WE CAN CHANGE THIS AGAIN AT A LATER TIME.

BUT I WOULD URGE THAT WE APPROVE THIS NOW SO WE CAN HAVE A FUNCTIONING COMMITTEE SYSTEM NEXT MONTH, OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REVERT BACK TO THE OLD SYSTEM AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ALL NEW APPOINTMENTS FOR THAT.

I DON'T DISAGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

MIC. YEAH, IT'S ON.

AND I THINK IT'LL BE MORE THAN A MEETING.

I THINK IT'LL. OH, IT'LL BE SEVERAL YES. I THINK IT'LL BE SEVERAL MEETINGS.

YEAH I'M NOT. WHICH IS WHAT WOULD'VE OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY.

SO THE ONLY REASON I WAS QUESTIONING IS BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE ARE TRULY CHANGING OUR FUNCTIONALITY WITH THIS, WITH THE MEASURES HERE GOING BACK TO SOMETHING THAT HASN'T EXISTED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

AND WE CAN PROCEED. MR. BEACH. YEAH. AND ONE THING LARRY TOO A KIND OF CAVEAT THAT I SEE, TOO, IS THAT EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS FINANCE FACILITIES AND OPERATION COMMITTEE AND IT'S UNDER NUMBER TWO, THEIR BOND PROGRAM, THE FORMULATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD.

OKAY TO THE BOARD. AND IF YOU GO OVER TO DISTRICT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, WHAT DOES IT SAY THERE? FORMULATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, BOTH COMMITTEES ARE GOING TO BRING THINGS TO THE BOARD BEFORE THEY'RE APPROVED AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MEETINGS WITH THAT.

I THINK THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE CONFUSION OR NOT CONFUSION, BUT UNDERSTANDING IS BECAUSE IT WAS YOU AND ME AND JAMES THAT SERVED ON THAT JUST THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE ON THE 14TH IN 2016 WHEN WE HAD THAT TYPE OF FORMAT.

BUT THAT AGAIN, THAT WAS AFTER THE BOND.

THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH AND THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND.

YOU BET. THAT HAPPENED AFTER IN PREPARATION FOR THE 2014 BOND.

IT WAS EVERYBODY TOGETHER WORKING AS A TEAM.

TRUST ME, I KNOW HE'S ASKED ME TO CHAIR THAT FACILITY.

TRUST ME, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY DECISION UNLESS EVERYBODY ON THIS BOARD HAS INPUT.

TRUST ME.

IT'S NOT JUST EVEN THE SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS HERE.

WE ALWAYS ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND STUFF OF THIS NATURE AS WELL.

ABSOLUTELY. SO I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY DECISIONS LIKE THE BREADTH OF A BOND AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE CONTAINED IN A BOND IS NOT GOING TO BE LIMITED TO JUST THE PEOPLE ON THIS COMMITTEE, AND WE CAN AGAIN ADDRESS THAT LANGUAGE LATER.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO APPROVE THIS POLICY TONIGHT AND THEN WE CAN TWEAK IT AS WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO, TO PROTECT THAT INTEREST AT A LATER TIME.

MR. SELDERS. THANK YOU.

JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY AND I MIGHT NOT BE READING THIS CORRECTLY, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE ASIDE FROM WHAT LET ME ASK THE QUESTION DIFFERENTLY.

ASIDE FROM THE STRUCTURE THAT YOU HAVE, WHERE WE'RE GOING FROM THREE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES TO TWO DIFFERENT COMMITTEES, WHAT CHANGES IN TERMS OF HOW BOARD MEMBERS ARE PARTICIPATING IN EACH OF THOSE MEETINGS? IS THE EXPECTATION THAT ONLY THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE PARTICIPATING AND TALKING DURING THOSE MEETINGS, BECAUSE THERE'S A STATEMENT IN HERE THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WITHIN A COMMITTEE MEETING.

SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT CHANGES ARE HAPPENING WITH THIS NEW STRUCTURE.

I MEAN, THE STRUCTURE THAT WE ENVISION AND IT'S GOING TO BE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME LEEWAY FOR EACH CHAIR ALSO BECAUSE THE CHAIRPERSON IS GOING TO BE THE PERSON WHO RUNS THOSE MEETINGS, BUT IT'S GOING TO REVERT BACK TO A FORMAT LIKE WHAT MR. GLICK REMEMBERS, WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE A STRONG COMMITTEE.

SO THE THREE MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE ARE THE COMMITTEE.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EFFECTIVELY SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS JUST SIT AND WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS HOUR THE DISTRICT AFFAIRS BLOCK OR THIS HOUR THE FACILITIES BLOCK, WHICH IS EFFECTIVE WHAT WE'VE BEEN RUNNING NOW AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED UP UNTIL THIS POINT.

THERE WILL BE TIME IN EACH MEETING FOR BOARD MEMBERS THAT AREN'T A MEMBER OF THAT COMMITTEE TO RAISE ISSUES AND CONCERNS.

BUT THAT WILL BE A DESIGNATED AGENDA ITEM FOR THEM.

BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE KIND OF CARTE BLANCHE DURING THE COURSE OF THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE MEETING TO BRING UP COMMENTS DURING THE COURSE OF THE MEETING, THERE WILL BE A SEGMENT FOR THEM, MUCH AS THERE IS A SEGMENT FOR THE PUBLIC.

NOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH THAN JUST PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE IT CAN BE A QUESTION, ANSWER BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN AND HAVE THAT.

BUT WE DID WANT THERE TO BE A POSITION FOR OTHER NON COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE BOARD MEMBERS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS THEY MIGHT HAVE

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SO THAT WAY, IF THOSE CONCERNS ARE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE BENEFICIAL OR TO THE COMMITTEE, THEN THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEM BEFOREHAND.

BUT YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FOR CERTAIN.

SO THE REASON WHY I BRING THIS QUESTION IS BECAUSE FROM DR.

LOPEZ'S PERSPECTIVE, WHEN HE INTRODUCED THE NEW STRUCTURE TO US PREVIOUSLY AND THEN I THINK AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY, BUT I THINK WE EXPERIENCED INSTANCES WHEN WE HAD COMMITTEE MEETINGS WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS, THERE WAS A LOT OF GREAT DISCUSSIONS THAT HAPPENED IN A FREE FLOWING FORMAT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS NECESSARILY CHANGES THAT, BUT I DO SEE THAT THAT COULD IMPACT IT IN SOME WAY.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY THAT PART CHANGES.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY CHANGE.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE THERE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A FREE FLOWING DISCUSSION ON THE SUBJECT, ON THE MATTERS THAT THEY'RE INTEREST.

THE BIG THING IS, I THINK AND I'M NOT I'M A ONE PERSON HERE.

I'M NOT THE EMPEROR OF THIS BY ANY STRETCH.

[LAUGHTER] BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE BIG THING IS IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO FOCUS ON AND BECOME KIND OF EXPERTS IN THE AREA THAT THEY'RE A COMMITTEE MEMBER. THIS IS HOW EVERY LEGISLATIVE BODY AND GOVERNMENT NATIONWIDE BASICALLY RUNS.

THEY RUN IN COMMITTEES.

IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF STATE AFFAIRS, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE LEGISLATURE, YOU FOCUS ON STATE AFFAIRS AND THE OTHER COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT.

YOU'RE NOT IN EVERY COMMITTEE.

YOU'RE NOT GOING AROUND THROUGHOUT EVERYTHING.

AND THE REASON WHY IS THEY NEED THOSE LEGISLATORS TO FOCUS ON THOSE ISSUES AND BE ABLE TO TAKE THE DEEP DIVE SO THEY CAN WORK WITH STAFF IN THOSE AREAS, BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS TO HELP ELEVATE THE ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE.

WHEREAS RIGHT NOW, EFFECTIVELY, WE'RE NOT COMMITTEES RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST HAVING BOARD MEMBERS, THE SECOND BOARD MEETING, WE CALL IT COMMITTEES.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THOSE COMMITTEES DID NOT TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL STEPS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COMMITTEES THAT THEY SERVED ON? THAT'S WHAT I'M PICKING UP.

HALF THE TIME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT COMMITTEES THEY'RE ON, ROBERT.

I MEAN, WE'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN MULTIPLE TIMES.

WHO'S ON THIS COMMITTEE? AND EVERYONE LOOKS AROUND AND NO ONE KNOWS.

I WON'T DENY THAT. BUT I'M JUST SAYING WHAT? JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE STRUCTURE TO THE COMMITTEE, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY CHANGE THAT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT NECESSARILY MAKES PEOPLE MORE OF AN EXPERT.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT ADDITIONAL STEP TO DO THAT.

I GUESS MY CONCERN IS FROM THE FLOW OF THE CONVERSATION AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER ONLY HAVING A DISCUSSION WITH JUST THE THREE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT WERE ON THE COMMITTEE AND THEN OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT ON THE COMMITTEE HAVING TO WAIT UNTIL A DESIGNATED TIME TO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS.

I MEAN, I THINK IT DISRUPTS THE FLOW OF THE CONVERSATION AND IT DOES CHANGE THE DYNAMICS IN TERMS OF HOW INFORMATION DOES FLOW, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY IF, YOU KNOW, COMMITTEE MEMBERS AREN'T PARTICIPATING IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS FOR THOSE GIVEN COMMITTEES.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE, WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL? UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU WANT BOARD MEMBERS TO FOCUS AND BECOME EXPERTS.

BUT I GUESS JUST FROM THE EFFECTIVENESS AND MY PERCEPTION OF THE WAY THINGS HAD BEEN AND I'M NOT AGAINST THIS, I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY WE'RE MAKING THIS CHANGE AND HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR DISCUSSIONS GOING FORWARD.

I THINK IN ADDITION TO GAINING CERTAIN SPECIALIZATION AND EXPERTISE, I ALSO ANTICIPATE IT BEING MORE EFFICIENT FORMAT IN TERMS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS FREQUENTLY ARE VERY TAXING ON OUR STAFF.

I MEAN, WE CAN START A COMMITTEE MEETING SOMETIMES AS EARLY AS THREE IF WE MOVE IT UP AND THEY CAN GO TO 11:00 AT NIGHT AND THIS IS AFTER THEY'VE WORKED ALL DAY, I DON'T WANT TO SEE PEOPLE UP HERE FROM 8 A.M.

TO 11 P.M., WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE FROM TIME TO TIME.

WITH THIS COMMITTEE STRUCTURE I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE ONE I DON'T ANTICIPATE AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTARY FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

I WOULD HOPE NOT, BECAUSE IF THAT'S THE CASE, IT KIND OF IT DOES SOMEWHAT DEFEAT THE PURPOSE BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO STREAMLINE THIS AND MOVE THAT FORWARD TO SHORTEN THE TERM, THE LENGTH OF TERMS OF THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WE ARE GOING TO BE KEPT INFORMED IN THE MAIN BOARD MEETING EACH I'M GOING TO ASK EACH CHAIRPERSON OF THESE TWO COMMITTEES TO GIVE US A REPORT FROM WHAT OCCURRED IN THAT COMMITTEE MEETING.

SO IN ADDITION, IF YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO DID NOT ATTEND THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEETING, NOT ONLY ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO, ONE, WATCH IT, BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO WATCH IT ON GRS TV OR STREAMING OR TWO YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE APPRIZED FROM THE CHAIR OF THAT OTHER COMMITTEE ABOUT WHAT OCCURRED AT IT.

AND SO HE OR SHE IS GOING TO GIVE A SYNOPSIS OF THAT BEFORE IT COMES TO YOU.

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SO THIS IS THE STRUCTURE.

I MEAN, YOU'RE FREE TO WANT TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THE CURRENT STRUCTURE.

I KNOW THAT I THINK THAT THE BOARD HAS EXPERIENCED FRUSTRATION WITH THIS OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.

I THINK I HAVE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S FICTION.

I DON'T THINK WE REALLY HAVE COMMITTEES.

AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE JUST NEED TO SCRAP COMMITTEES ALTOGETHER AND JUST BE A BOARD.

BUT THE ADMINISTRATION DOESN'T WANT THAT.

THEY'VE EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO REMAIN IN THE COMMITTEE FORMAT.

LOPEZ COMMENT ON THAT, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'M THE ONLY ONE HERE JUMPING IN.

YEAH. AND I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION BEFORE THEN.

IF WELL, IF I'M NEXT.

LET ME ASK REAL QUICK. OKAY YOU STILL GOT IT. BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HOPE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE EFFICIENT.

IF THE CONTENT IS THE SAME I DON'T KNOW THAT IT CHANGES THE LENGTH OF TIME OF THE MEETING AND THE DISCUSSION THAT NEED TO BE HAD.

SO, I MEAN.

I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE. IF YOU HAVE THREE PEOPLE GOING OVER SOMETHING, IT GENERALLY GOES FASTER AND THEN YOU HAVE SEVEN.

GENERALLY. YEAH, BUT IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THAT AREN'T ON THE COMMITTEE TO ALSO HAVE TIME TO PARTICIPATE IN A DISCUSSION, THEN I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT NECESSARILY CHANGES IT.

IT CAN, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT WILL.

AND SO I GUESS I'M NOT AGAINST WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED.

I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO HOW THIS CHANGES THE DYNAMICS OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE GOING FORWARD.

AND IF THE INTENTION IS FOR US NOT TO HAVE THOSE TYPES OF DISCUSSIONS, THEN THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR. I DON'T THINK THE INTENTION IS CLEAR.

I DON'T THINK THE INTENTION IS TO STIFLE ANYBODY.

I AND IF IT IS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO HAVE A MORE FOCUSED DISCUSSION, THEN IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CALLING IT, THEN THAT'S JUST WHAT IT IS.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR AS TO WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE WE CHANGED IT FROM WHAT WE HAD BEFORE TO WHAT WE JUST HAD, AND NOW WE'RE CHANGING IT AGAIN. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ABOUT MY PARTICIPATION GOING FORWARD WITH THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

THAT'S ALL. OKAY. THANK YOU, ROBERT.

MS. GRIFFIN? YES, I HAVE A QUESTION.

YOU SAID SOMETHING JUST THEN.

THIS WASN'T MY ORIGINAL QUESTION, BUT I'LL GET TO THAT.

YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE GOING TO ASK EACH CHAIR TO DO A SUMMARY REPORT OF THAT COMMITTEE.

SO DOES THAT MEAN WE WILL GET THAT SUMMARY REPORT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT COMMITTEE HAS MET IN WHATEVER TIMEFRAME THAT IS? THAT'S ONE QUESTION I MEAN, AT THE BOARD MEETING, THE SUBSEQUENT BOARD SO THE COMMITTEE REPORT WOULD BE AT THE BOARD MEETING BEFORE WE GET READY TO VOTE? YES. ON THE TOPIC OKAY. BECAUSE TO ME, WHEN YOU SAID THEY WOULD DO SEPARATE REPORTS, THAT MADE ME THINK THAT WE WOULD GET IT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S OVERWHELMINGLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE DONE, AT LEAST IN THE PAST.

SOMETIMES WE ASK THE COMMITTEE.

WE GET OUR DATES. WE GET THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS TO UPDATE ON ISSUES.

I'M JUST I WANT TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE FORMAL PROCESS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TRUSTEES THAT WEREN'T IN THE ROOM AT THE TIME.

SO BACK TO THE INITIAL STRUCTURE.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'VE SAID.

I HAVE SAT UNDER A TRUE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE IN THIS DISTRICT AND WITH THIS NEW CONCEPT, HOW IS IT AND HOW WHAT IS THE PROPER WAY FOR BOARD MEMBERS, FOR TRUSTEES TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT NEVER COME UP IN THAT DISCUSSION, IN THAT COMMITTEE MEETING? SO WHAT IS THAT PROTOCOL? DO WE WAIT UNTIL WE COME TO THE BOARD MEETING AND THEN ASK ALL THOSE QUESTIONS THAT WE DIDN'T VIEW OR SEE ON THE DISCUSSION? BUT I HAVE A QUESTION THAT WASN'T EVEN ADDRESSED.

SO SHOULD I MAINTAIN AND KEEP THAT UNTIL IT COMES FOR ACTION AND THEN ASK THAT QUESTION? I THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE TWO PRIMARY WAYS THAT YOU CAN HANDLE THAT.

ONE, IF YOU'RE IN ATTENDANCE AS A NON COMMITTEE MEMBER, BOARD MEMBER, THEN YOU WOULD USE THE TIME THAT'S BEEN ALLOTTED TO NON COMMITTEE BOARD MEMBERS TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU FEEL LIKE WERE NOT ASKED.

THAT WOULD BE ONE ASPECT.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT IN ATTENDANCE OR FOR WHATEVER REASON DIDN'T FEEL LIKE RAISING IT AT THAT TIME OR DIDN'T COME UP WITH IT AT THAT TIME, THEN BY ALL MEANS, YOU SHOULD EMAIL THE CHAIRPERSON OF THAT COMMITTEE, YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THAT CHAIRPERSON WOULD NEED TO FORMULATE A POSSIBLE ANSWER TO THAT AT THE BOARD MEETING FOR YOU, BECAUSE THAT'S A QUESTION.

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I'M JUST TRYING TO DO THE FLOW OF BASICALLY EVERYTHING.

AND SO IF YOU'RE NOT ON THE COMMITTEE THAT IS MEETING, THERE'S REALLY NO NEED FOR YOU TO BE BASICALLY PRESENT.

AND WHEN IT COMES UP FOR ACTION, THEN CAN I FEEL ASSURED THAT IF I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO WRITE MY QUESTIONS DOWN OR IF SOMETHING COMES UP AS WE ARE REVIEWING IT, THAT I CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT I CAN ADDRESS THAT AND WON'T BE LOOKED AT OR YOU'RE NOT ON THAT COMMITTEE.

SO YOUR INPUT IS INVALID.

YEAH. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT IS I'M NOT GOING TO BE ON EITHER OF THESE TWO COMMITTEES.

I KNOW THAT SO. WELL I HOPE THAT.

AND I FULLY INTEND TO VOTE ON ALL THESE MATTERS WHEN THEY COME UP BEFORE THE BOARD.

AND SO MY INTENTION IS, IF THERE'S SOMETHING I FEEL LIKE IS UNRESOLVED, THEN I'M GOING TO EITHER MAKE A COMMENT, BUT I WOULD PROBABLY ADDRESS THE COMMENT TO THE CHAIRPERSON IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING, SO THEY COULD HAVE THAT ALREADY PREPARED TO RESOLVE THAT QUESTION IN ADVANCE.

THE BIG THING ABOUT THAT IS IT HAS TO GO TO JUST ONE TRUSTEE.

WE CAN'T INVOLVE ANY MORE THAN ONE TRUSTEE BECAUSE THEN WE RUN RISK OF VIOLATION OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

SO YES, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE ADMINISTRATION CAN HANDLE, THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT'S ALWAYS CLEAR.

BUT I THINK FREQUENTLY IT'S THE CHAIRPERSON IS PROBABLY THE BEST PERSON TO BE OUR POINT.

IF YOU'RE NOT IN ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETING, IF YOU CHOOSE TO BE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETING, THEN YOU CAN RAISE THOSE QUESTIONS BEFORE THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN POSTED AND THERE WAS NO VIOLATION OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE DR.

LOPEZ AN OPPORTUNITY REAL QUICK TO COMMENT.

SO JUST HISTORICALLY, WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, WE HAD WHAT WAS CALLED THE WORK SESSION, WHICH WASN'T TREATED AS A WORK SESSION.

IT WAS REALLY A PSEUDO BOARD MEETING.

THEN WE HAD THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING.

THEN IN BETWEEN ALL OF THAT, WE HAD COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

SO FUNCTIONALLY, THE STAFF WAS CREATING TWO HUGE DIFFERENT SETS OF DOCUMENTS AND CONSTANTLY JUST DOING TURNING AROUND, DOING BOARD WORK FOR THE TWO BOARD MEETINGS BECAUSE TO PREPARE FOR THEM AHEAD OF TIME, YOU GUYS SEE THE SCHEDULES THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE EVERYTHING DONE AND PRINTED AND THE THREE DAYS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND THEN YOU COMBINE THAT WITH ENDLESS COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

WE COULDN'T DO THE WORK SERVING OUR CHILDREN.

WE COULDN'T DO THE WORK SERVING THE PURPOSE WHILE WE'RE HERE.

WE'RE JUST REALLY DOING BOARD WORK.

AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE CAME UP WITH THE STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS EVOLVED TO BE WAY MORE EFFICIENT AND A WIN WIN.

I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD TRY.

WE SHOULD LOOK INTO IT.

I WILL SAY THIS, THAT YOU ALL ARE REALLY, REALLY GOOD ABOUT READING PACKETS.

AND IF YOU'RE ON ONE COMMITTEE OR THE OTHER, YOU'RE BOTH YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED IN FRONT OF COMMITTEES.

AND IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT QUESTIONS ANSWERED, THIS IS IN MY OPINION, BUILDS COLLEGIALITY.

SO IF I'M NOT ON THE COMMITTEE AND I WAS A BOARD MEMBER, I MAY LOOK AT AN AGENDA AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE'S FOUR QUESTIONS I HAVE ON THIS.

AND WHAT I WOULD DO IS I WOULD COPY THE CHAIRPERSON ON THE OTHER ONE AND GO, HEY, I KNOW ON THIS ONE, THIS, THIS AND THIS, BUT THESE ARE MY WONDERINGS.

IF YOU CAN MAKE SURE THESE ARE ANSWERED, I'D APPRECIATE IT.

RIGHT. AND WHAT I WOULD DO IS I WOULD COPY THE CHAIR, I WOULD COPY MECHELLE AND THEN I'D COPY MYSELF.

SO I SEE IT TOO.

SO THEN THAT WAY WE GET THE RIGHT QUESTIONS ANSWERED BECAUSE WE'RE ALL BUSY PEOPLE.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO SEE THAT EMAIL WHEN.

RIGHT? AND THEN WE CAN GET IT ANSWERED OR YOU COULD SIT IN ATTENDANCE AND WAIT, RIGHT? OR IF YOU IF YOU CHOOSE TO, YOU CAN ASK YOUR QUESTIONS LATER.

BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT WITH THE FACT AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD WAY TO START SHOWING EACH OTHER, LIKE, HEY, I TRUST YOU.

THIS IS MY THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE BROUGHT UP AND THEN AND LET US TAKE THE BALL OR WHOEVER HAVE THE BALL AND RUN WITH IT.

MS. GRIFFIN.

I DON'T REALLY WANT TO BEAT THIS TO DEATH, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL CONFUSED ON PROCEDURALLY HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK AND WHAT THE STEPS ARE.

DR. LOPEZ JUST SAID SOMETHING JUST THEN YOU ALL WILL ALL SEE THE AGENDAS.

WE HAVEN'T HEARD THE FACT THAT I MEAN, WE CAN ASSUME IT, BUT WE HAVEN'T HEARD IT, THAT WHEN AGENDAS GO OUT TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THEY'RE STILL GOING OUT TO THE WHOLE BOARD.

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AND SEE, THAT WASN'T CLEAR BECAUSE USUALLY IN A COMMITTEE STRUCTURE, THAT COMMITTEE RECEIVES THE AGENDA.

SO I MEAN, EVERYBODY GETTING IT AT THE SAME TIME, REGARDLESS IF YOU'RE ON THAT COMMITTEE, THAT KIND OF CHANGES WHAT WHEN IT IS REVEALED TO YOU OR GIVEN TO YOU TO REVIEW.

THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WAITING TO SHOW UP AT A COMMITTEE, WHETHER YOU'RE ON IT OR NOT.

SO IF THE AGENDAS ARE GOING TO BE SENT OUT TO EVERY BOARD MEMBER AT THE POINT, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY ARE POSTED.

AND SO IT'S NO, BUT WE HAVEN'T SAID THAT.

SO THERE'S NO REASON THAT WE SHOULDN'T GET IT.

AND I THINK WITH THAT CLARITY, THAT KIND OF CHANGES WHEN YOU GET THE INFORMATION THAT HADN'T BEEN SAID IN ALL OF THIS.

AND IF I MISSED IT BEFORE EVERYBODY ELSE, I'M SORRY, BUT MAYBE THE LIGHT JUST WENT OFF FOR ME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OH, MR. GLICK. I'M SORRY.

YEAH. THANK YOU, SIR. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET DOWN TO MAYBE THE REAL BASICS OF HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK.

AND I THINK I'M GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT MS. GRIFFIN WAS SAYING. SO AND I WILL BE HEADING ONE OF THE COMMITTEES.

SO LET'S ASSUME THERE'S A PRESENTATION AND WE HAVE THREE EXPERTS AT THE PODIUM.

AND THEN WE HAVE MULTIPLE PRESENTATIONS AFTER THAT ON DIFFERENT TOPICS.

AND LET'S SAY ONE OF THE NON COMMITTEE MEMBERS IS IN THE AUDIENCE OR SITTING HERE AND THEY HAVE A QUESTION FOR ONE OF THOSE EXPERTS BEFORE THAT TOPIC ENDS.

DO THEY GET TO ASK THAT QUESTION WHEN THE THREE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE DONE? OR DO THEY HAVE TO WAIT TO THE END OF THE SESSION WHEN THOSE THREE EXPERTS MAY HAVE LEFT? I KNOW THAT'S VERY PRACTICAL, BUT I THINK THAT'S.

IT IS WHAT I WOULD ENVISION IS I ENVISIONED A TIME AND I WOULD ASSUME IT'D BE TOWARDS THE END OF THE MEETING THAT THERE IS A TRUSTEE'S COMMENT SECTION FOR THE NON COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

SO I WOULD NOT ANTICIPATE AND AGAIN I'M USING OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODIES AS KIND OF LIKE THE TEMPLATE FOR THIS.

NO, YOU WOULDN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO EFFECTIVELY ASK QUESTIONS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE THAT COMMITTEE.

WHAT YOU'D HAVE TO DO IS WHAT A SENATOR OR A CONGRESSMAN OR A LEGISLATOR WOULD DO.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF THAT, YOU BUDDY UP WITH A COMMITTEE MEMBER AND YOU HAVE THEM ANSWER QUESTIONS EFFECTIVELY.

IS THAT AFTER THE MEETING IS ENDED? WELL, I MEAN, YOU COULD EITHER ANTICIPATE YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW WHO THE INDIVIDUALS ARE BECAUSE YOU'VE SEEN THE AGENDA, YOU'VE SEEN THE MATERIALS, BECAUSE WE ALL WILL GET THAT.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN WITH THAT SO YOU CAN HAVE QUESTIONS FORMULATED AND YOU CAN SAY, HEY, LISTEN, I'M NOT GOING TO BE IN THIS MEETING, I'LL BE SITTING THERE BUT LARRY, COULD YOU MAKE CERTAIN THESE QUESTIONS ARE ASKED ON MY BEHALF? BECAUSE I THINK IT'D CLEAR A LOT OF STUFF UP FOR ME.

IF THINGS COME UP DURING THE COURSE, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK YOU'RE REALLY ASKING ABOUT.

YES. AGAIN, THE EFFICIENCY AND FOCUS HAS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE.

AND THAT'S THAT.

BUT I AM GOING TO LEAVE THIS TO THE CHAIRS OF THE INDIVIDUAL ON WHEN THE TRUSTEE OPPORTUNITY, THE NON COMMITTEE TRUSTEE OPPORTUNITY WILL BE.

YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SET THAT AGENDA FOR YOUR COMMITTEE, AND IF YOU WANT TO SET IT AT THE END, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ENVISIONED IT.

IF YOU WANT TO SET IT SOMEWHERE, SOMETIME OR EVEN MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THE COURSE OF IT, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE WITHIN YOUR DISCRETION.

THERE'S NOTHING IN THE POLICY THAT PREVENTS THAT.

THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? YES, MR. MILLER. I'M GOING TO ATTEMPT A MOTION.

OKAY. AND THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

YOU KNOW, I'M ANXIOUS TO TRY THE WORKING COMMITTEE SYSTEM.

I'M HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL BE MORE EFFICIENT.

AND I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO CREATE ANY ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON STAFF BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD THAT IN THE PAST.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE BDB LOCAL AS PRINTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK.

WE'VE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF BOARD POLICY BDB LOCAL.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE POLICY AS WRITTEN PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

ANY OPPOSED? ROBERT, DID YOU VOTE? I DID. OH YOU DID? HOW DID YOU VOTE? I DIDN'T CATCH IT. I VOTED FOR IT.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MOVING ON TO ITEM E, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF TASB UPDATE 119 LOCAL POLICIES.

[VII.E. Consider Approval of TASB Update 119 Local Policies ]

YES, SIR. I SEE THAT YOU'VE MOVED THE MICROPHONE TO WHERE I CAN ACTUALLY SEE YOU.

YES, I HAD TO IMPROVISE.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT JOHNSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.

LOPEZ TASB POLICY SERVICE RECENTLY ISSUED UPDATE 119.

THE BOARD HAS SEEN THIS BEFORE.

THIS WAS AGAIN VETTED THROUGH THE POLICY ADVISORY GROUP.

IT WENT FOR FIRST READ LAST MONTH.

THERE WERE 52 LEGAL POLICIES, BUT THE BOARD WILL BE APPROVING NINE LOCAL POLICIES WHICH CONCERN RECORDS MANAGEMENT, REQUIRED STAFF DEVELOPMENT, REQUIRED INSTRUCTION, GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS, GRADUATION, TRAUMA INFORMED CARE, FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION. THOSE POLICIES SPECIFICALLY ARE CPC LOCAL, DMA LOCAL, EHAA LOCAL, EHB LOCAL, EHBAA LOCAL, EHBB LOCAL, EIF LOCAL, FFBA LOCAL, FFH LOCAL . AGAIN SECOND READ.

ANY QUESTIONS OF MS. RAY WITH RELATIVE TO THE TASB UPDATE 119 LOCAL POLICIES.

MR. BEACH. I'LL MAKE A MOTION IF THERE'S NO COMMENT THERE.

WE APPROVED THE LOCAL POLICY FROM TASB UPDATE 119 AS PRINTED IN OUR BOOKLET.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AN A SECOND ON THE FLOOR FOR THE APPROVAL OF TASB UPDATE 119 LOCAL POLICIES.

IF ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING SUCH MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. THANK YOU, MS. RAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM F NEW BIDS.

[VII.F. New Bids]

WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH NEW BID ONE CONTRACT NUMBER 55-22 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF LIABILITY INSURANCE, I'M ASSUMING GENERAL PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AND WORKERS COMPENSATION THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATION SERVICES.

MR. BOOKER. YES, SIR.

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

LOPEZ, WE DO HAVE BEFORE YOU, A CONTRACT FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE LIABILITY, PROFESSIONAL BENEFITS, WORKER'S COMPENSATIONS AND THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATION.

THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO AWARD THAT CONTRACT TO THE TASB RISK MANAGEMENT FUND, WITH A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $950,000.

MR. KING, THE DISTRICT RISK MANAGER, IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE POLICY OR COVERAGE REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT.

MR. BEACH.

SORRY TO ADD THIS ON THERE, BUT I NEED A QUESTION ANSWERED.

I NOTICED WHERE IN THIS LIABILITY INSURANCE THAT IT'S 4.5% INCREASE AND 83% OF THAT COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, I GUESS IT'S KIND OF A BUDGET THING, JOHN, THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT HERE.

WHAT DO WE DO AS FAR AS ON THE LIABILITY INSURANCE THROUGH RISK MANAGEMENT, THROUGH OUR BUDGET DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE FOR THAT IN OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET? HOW DO WE BUDGET FOR IT, IS THAT BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? YES. EACH YEAR, ROUGHLY IN MAY, I'LL START CONTACTING TASB FOR THE RENEWAL AND SAY, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT FOR HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO HOW MUCH OF A PERCENTAGE INCREASE ARE WE LOOKING AT WITH OUR RENEWAL AND THEY'LL TRY TO GIVE ME A BALLPARK, SOMETIMES THEY'RE BETTER THAN OTHERS.

THEY DON'T GIVE ME AN ACTUAL SOLID QUOTE UNTIL THE LAST WEEK OF JUNE.

SO LIKE FOR THIS BOARD ITEM, I PUT IN A TEMPLATE WITHOUT FIGURES FOR THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.

I SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO FILL IN THESE FIGURES BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ACTUAL FIGURES.

BUT THEY GAVE ME A HEADS UP AND SAID, WE'RE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY A 5% INCREASE, PRIMARILY FOR THE AUTO SIDE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF AUTO ACCIDENTS.

SO THAT IMPACTED OUR COSTS.

SO I FACTOR THAT INTO MY BUDGET WHEN I'M DOING MY BUDGETING, WHEN THE BUDGET SEASON COMES AROUND AND THEY'RE ASKING ME, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? IT'S BUDGET WISE. I GO TO EACH LINE OF INSURANCE AND I WILL CONTACT OUR AGENT ON THOSE AND SAY, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT ON AN INCREASE? HOW ARE YOU LOOKING AT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS? WHAT ARE THEY SEEING? AND I WILL PLUG THAT INTO MY BUDGET AND INCREASE IT BY THAT AMOUNT.

SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.

AND HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO YOU, BRENT? I MEAN, AS FAR AS WHENEVER YOU PREPARE THE BUDGET BECAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY STARTING TO DO THAT IN MARCH? YOU KNOW, WE AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE REQUESTS WHERE WE SHOW THAT LINE ITEM INCREASE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TO THE BUDGET PROCESS WHEN WE RECEIVE IT AND ADD THAT TO THE BUDGET.

THE OTHER PIECE TO MAKE THE BOARD FEEL MORE AT EASE IN THE FUTURE BUDGET BUILDS.

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SO THOSE FUTURE YEAR NUMBERS YOU SAW FOR 23-24 REFLECT A 1.5% INCREASE IN NON PAYROLL.

THOSE NUMBERS GET REDUCED OR REALLOCATED AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.

INFORM THE BOARD ON THAT.

NOW IF IT WERE TO EVER EXCEED THAT, WE COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND SAY WE NEED TO ADD THIS TO THE BUDGETS.

OKAY. HAVE WE BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT FORMULA OR WORKING THAT? I GUESS WE HAVE BEEN YOU HAVEN'T HAD TO COME BACK TO US.

WELL, WE HAVE.

WITH THOSE LINE ITEMS, WE HAVE SHOWN THE BOARD THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

WE'VE DONE THAT. OKAY.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

WELL, MR. KING, I WOULD LIKE TO, ONE, CONGRATULATE YOU.

AND I'VE BEEN SOMEWHAT FROM THIS NOT FROM THIS SEAT, BUT FROM A SEAT UP HERE, SOMEWHAT CRITICAL OF TASB RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE PAST, BECAUSE THEY USED TO NOT BID US AT ALL.

AND BUT I WILL SAY THIS WITH INFLATION SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SEVEN AND 8% RIGHT NOW, I THINK THE INCREASE, WHILE IT'S TOUGH TO SWALLOW, IS A GOOD DEAL LESS THAN I EXPECTED COMING THROUGH, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE RUNNING 8% INFLATION, THEN THE COST OF REPAIRING STUFF THAT'S THE SUBJECT OF A PROPERTY CLAIM IS MORE EXPENSIVE, QUITE A BIT MORE EXPENSIVE THIS YEAR THAN LAST.

SO I FEEL LIKE THE FACT THAT OUR INCREASE IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO HOW WE MITIGATED OUR RISK AS A DISTRICT AND HOW WE'VE HAD A DECENT CLAIMS HISTORY IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU DO.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

PROPERTY RENEWS IN DECEMBER AND I WAS READING SOME INFORMATION NOW AND IT'S NOT LOOKING THAT GREAT EITHER.

SO RESERVE THAT. BUT YOU ALWAYS GOT TO BRING ME DOWN.

I KNOW. STILL EVEN SO.

[LAUGHTER] EVEN SO, I'M GOING TO CONSIDER THIS.

I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO COME BACK IN NOVEMBER.

I'M GOING TO CONSIDER THIS A WIN.

YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OK. DO WE HAVE ANY TYPE OF MOTION FOR THIS CONTRACT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION MR. JOHNSON.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF LIABILITY FOR GENERAL PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AND WORKER'S COMPENSATION THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATION SERVICES AS PRINTED IN OUR BOOKLET.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AN A SECOND REGARDING APPROVAL OF CONTRACT 55-22 APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF LIABILITY, GENERAL PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AND WORKER'S COMPENSATION ALONG WITH THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATION SERVICES.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THIS CONTRACT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS CONTRACT 289-22-01 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF INTERNET SECURITY FILTERING.

YES, SIR. THAT CONTRACT BEFORE YOU IS BEING RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD TO SOLID BORDER INC.

FOR NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $435,368.

IT IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT.

I DO WANT TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THAT ANY TIME WE GET A SINGLE BID OR A SINGLE RESPONSE, WE DO A SURVEY OF THE VENDORS THAT WERE SOLICITED TO DETERMINE WHY WE DID NOT GET ANOTHER RESPONSE.

THIS IS OUR SECOND BID.

THE FIRST BID THAT WE SENT OUT, WE REJECTED IT BECAUSE WE ONLY GOT ONE RESPONSE.

WE TOOK INFORMATION FROM POTENTIAL VENDORS ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT MODIFY IT TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION, SEND IT BACK OUT, AND CAME BACK WITH A SINGLE RESPONSE.

SO AT THIS POINT, I JUST WANTED TO LET THE TRUSTEES ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT ANY TIME WE HAVE A SINGLE RESPONSE, IT IS OUR INTENT IN PURCHASING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE OPEN AND FULL COMPETITION.

BUT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT, IT IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE AND WE CERTAINLY NEED THESE SERVICES WE RECOMMEND GOING FORWARD WITH THE SINGLE RESPONSE.

WE DID DECIDE ON A ONE YEAR CONTRACT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE OUR INTENT TO GO BACK OUT AND SOLICIT AGAIN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. BOOKER.

ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. BOOKER OR MR. YEAGER? MR. MILLER. EXCUSE ME, MR. BOOKER OR MR. YEAGER, WHAT WAS THE WHAT WAS THE RETICENCE TO BID? WAS THERE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE WAY IT WAS WORDED OR JUST THE ASSIGNMENT? THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE WENT OUT, WE WERE ASKING, AS WE ALWAYS DO FOR MULTIPLE YEARS, CONTRACTS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, THE WAY PRICES WERE FLUCTUATING, THE VENDORS DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THAT.

SO WE SENT IT BACK OUT WITH GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A PRICE FOR EACH YEAR SO THAT THEY COULD BUILD IN SOME INCREASES.

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WOULD YOU LIKE TO WE REALLY HOPE TO BE ABLE TO SOLICIT ONCE AGAIN FROM THAT VENDOR COMMUNITY WAYS WE COULD MODIFY THE DOCUMENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE OPERATIONAL NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT.

AND WE'LL GO BACK OUT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANYTHING FURTHER BOARD? SEEING NOTHING FURTHER. DO WE HAVE ANY MOTION WITH RESPECT TO THIS CONTRACT? MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF INTERNET SECURITY FILTERING AS PRINTED IN OUR AGENDA.

SECOND.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AN A SECOND REGARDING APPROVAL OF CONTRACT 289-22-01 APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF INTERNET SECURITY FILTERING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THIS CONTRACT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

IT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT IS GOING TO BE ITEM THREE CONTRACT 499-22-02.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RECOMMENDED CONTRACTOR FOR CURTIS CULWELL CENTER, BIPOLAR IONIZATION AND HVAC AND AT SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND AT NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

IT'S A MOUTHFUL. YES, SIR.

THE CONTRACT IN QUESTION IS BEING RECOMMENDED TO DMI CORP.

WITH THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $1,279,733.

ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE IS JULY 2023.

IT IS BEING FUNDED BY ESSER TWO.

ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE DID RECEIVE A SINGLE RESPONSE BASED ON THE RULES.

EDGAR RULES, FEDERAL RULES.

THE DISTRICT HAD TO DO A REVIEW OF OUR INDEPENDENT ESTIMATE, WHICH ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE ANTICIPATE WOULD COME BACK VERSUS A ANALYSIS OF WHAT WAS BID.

IN THIS CASE, SINCE THERE WAS ONLY A SINGLE RESPONSE, WE'RE PROVIDED TO DO A COST ANALYSIS TO NEGOTIATE THE PROFIT SEPARATELY.

BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THE ESSER TWO AND THE OPERATIONAL SIZE OF THIS PROJECT AND THE TIMELINE WE ARE RECOMMENDING MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE FULFILLED ALL THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS TO DO SO.

MR. GONZALEZ IS CERTAINLY HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE CONTRACT IN DEPTH AND ANY OPERATIONAL ISSUES.

BOARD DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING CONTRACT 499-22-02? I DO. OH, GOODNESS GRACIOUS.

LOTS OF QUESTIONS OVER HERE, MS. GRIFFIN. YES.

AND THIS QUESTION, I GUESS, IS MORE OR LESS GOES TO DR.

RINGO. I WOULD.

I'M ASKING, WAS THIS PROJECT ON THE ESSER FUNDS APPROVAL LIST THAT WE GOT A LONG TIME AGO WHERE WE APPROVED A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF FOR THE DISTRICT? SO WAS THIS ON THAT APPROVED LIST OR IS THIS A NEW ONE THAT'S NOT ON THE LIST? BECAUSE I REALLY FORGET TO PRINT OFF THAT ORIGINAL REPORT THAT WE GOT.

SO IS THIS A NEW PROJECT FOR ESSER FUNDS OR IS IT ON THE CONSOLIDATED ONGOING LIST THAT WE HAVE OF ESSER FUNDS ALLOCATION FOR PROJECTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT? GREAT QUESTION. AND FOR THAT FULL TRANSPARENCY.

YES, MA'AM. THIS HAS BEEN ON THE APPROVED ESSER LIST AND HAS SHARED AND ALSO POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.

MS. STANLEY. SO THIS IS IN JULY 2023, AND WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THE PRICE IS NOT GOING TO INCREASE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA? THESE ARE AREAS WHERE HAVE THEY ALREADY BOUGHT THE EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT'S? AND I'LL LET MR. GONZALEZ DISCUSS THE CHANGE ORDER PROCESS.

SO WHEN WE RECEIVED THIS BID, KNOWING THAT WE ONLY HAD ONE, ONE BIDDER AND IT GOT APPROVED AS MR. BOOKER STATED THE CONTRACTOR WILL HOLD THIS PRICE IF APPROVED THIS EVENING FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

ONCE THEY RECEIVED A PURCHASE ORDER AND THE CONTRACT OF OUR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IS APPROVED INTERNALLY, THEN THEY WILL HOLD THAT PRICE. WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO IS ORDER THE EQUIPMENT IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS THEY RECEIVE THE PURCHASE ORDER.

THE REASON WHY IT'S SO FAR OUT IS THAT WE PROBABLY WON'T RECEIVE THE EQUIPMENT DUE TO THE CHAIN OF SUPPLY DEMAND RIGHT NOW AND THE SHORTAGE OF EQUIPMENT.

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THANK YOU. IT MAKES SENSE NOW.

THANKS. ANY FURTHER COMMENT BOARD? SEEING NONE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MR. MILLER. EXCUSE ME.

YES, SIR. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RECOMMENDED CONTRACTOR FOR THE CURTIS CULWELL CENTER, BIPOLAR IONIZATION AND HVAC AT SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AS PRESENTED TONIGHT IN THIS BOARD BOOK.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AN A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT 499-22-02.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THIS CONTRACT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM G, WHICH IS INCREASE TO AWARDED BIDS.

[VII.G. Increase to Awarded Bids]

YES, SIR. THIS CONTRACT IS BEING BROUGHT BACK BEFORE YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR AN INCREASE OF $75,001 TO MAKE THE NEW NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT $150,000.

DURING THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT, WE IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL NEEDS FROM CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY FROM THAT DEPARTMENT WHICH WOULD RESULT IN THIS INCREASE.

AND THAT IS THE REASON WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK BEFORE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR APPROVAL.

MR. MILLER.

IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE INCREASING THE AWARDED AMOUNT FOR CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION, FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES. THE SECOND AND FOR ANNUAL RENEWAL OPTIONS AND THIS TO BE APPROVED AS PRINTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE INCREASE TO AWARD A BID TO CONTRACT 32-20-08.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSION OF AN INCREASE TO AN AWARDED BID FOR CONTRACT 302-22-15 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASED AN AWARD AMOUNT FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND RELATED SUPPLIES.

YES, SIR. ONCE AGAIN, THE DISTRICT IS RECOMMENDING AN INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT TO SCHOOL SPECIALTY.

THE ORIGINAL AWARD WAS FOR $200,000.

THE INCREASED AMOUNT IS 325,000 TO MAKE THE NEW NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT $525,000.

I DID A REVIEW OF OUR CONTRACT SPEND AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF FURNITURE THAT WAS PURCHASED THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR COMPANY.

AS YOU ARE AWARE, FURNITURE HAS A VERY LONG LEAD TIME.

SCHOOL SPECIALTY HAD THE INVENTORY ON HAND TO FACILITATE OUR IMMEDIATE NEEDS, AND THAT IS THE REASON WE'RE COMING BACK FOR THE INCREASE.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD.

AND NO QUESTIONS.

DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS? MR. PRESIDENT. MR. MILLER. SORRY.

LOST MY PLACE.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR INSTRUCTION, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND RELATED SUPPLIES AS PRESENTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AN A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE INCREASE TO AWARDED BID CONTRACT 302-22-15.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SUCH MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? NONE.

THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

DR. LOPEZ, DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION? WE DON'T.

SEEING NO ITEMS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT MOVES US TO ITEM TEN ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.

WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 6:50 P.M..

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.