Sep 27, 2022 Board of Trustees Meeting

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GOOD EVENING. IT IS 5:00 AND THIS IS A REGULAR CALLED MEETING OF THE GARLAND ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

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

EVERYONE STAND FOR THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.

[III. Public Forum]

DO WE HAVE ANY MORE CARDS IN THIS, MS. HOGAN? NO.

OKAY. THE FIRST CARD IS FROM KAREN HATTON.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK.

JUST GO AHEAD AND SPEAK YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND THE ATTACHMENT YOU HAVE TO THE DISTRICT.

IT'LL START WHENEVER YOU BEGIN SPEAKING.

HELLO, THIS IS, I'M KAREN HATTON.

I LIVE AT 304 WESTWAY CIRCLE IN ROCKWALL.

I'M 22 YEARS WITH GISD.

I TEACH AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

I TEACH AP ART.

IS IT NOT ON? CLOSER. CLOSER.

OKAY. SORRY ABOUT IT.

THIS IS MY 22ND YEAR.

ONE SECOND.

PLEASE RESTART THE TIME BECAUSE THE MIC WASN'T ON.

THANK YOU. YOU MAY BEGIN.

THIS IS MY 22ND YEAR WITH GISD I TEACH AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I COME FROM A FAMILY FULL OF GARLAND GRADUATES.

I TEACH AP ART AND I HAVE MY IB CERTIFICATION.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT JOHNSON, TRUSTEES AND DR.

LOPEZ, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HEARING OUR VOICES.

IT MEANS SO MUCH TO US.

I'M HERE IN HOPES THAT SOME UNRESOLVED ISSUES WITH TRUST AND FAIRNESS CAN BE RESOLVED.

WE KNOW THE DISTRICT WANTS TO REBUILD TRUST AND TREAT ALL OUR TEACHERS FAIRLY.

AND WE FEEL THAT THESE THREE ISSUES MUST BE ADDRESSED.

NUMBER ONE, THE PRINTED CAPTURED VIDEO SLIDE MEMO THAT WAS HANDED TO YOU IS THE DISTRICTS TIA PUBLICATION OF THE WHEN AND WHAT EVALUATIONS WERE NEEDED FOR TIA VALIDATION.

ONE REASON THE DISTRICT FAILED TO VALIDATE WAS THAT OVER 600 TEACHERS THAT WERE TIA ELIGIBLE DIDN'T HAVE THE TEACHER OBSERVATION.

NUMBER TWO, THE DISTRICT TEACHER ADVOCACY TASK FORCE, OR TAFTA, WAS CREATED TO REBUILD TRUST AND HELP BUILD THE GAP BETWEEN TEACHERS AND UPPER ADMIN, BUT WAS NOT INCLUSIVE.

ONLY COHORT C DESIGNATED TEACHERS WERE OFFERED PAID POSITIONS, ELIMINATING COHORT D TEACHERS FROM YET ANOTHER PAID INCENTIVE.

AND NUMBER THREE, ACCORDING TO THE TIA SYSTEM APPLICATION, DETAILS OF OUR LOCAL TEACHER DESIGNATION SYSTEM SHOULD BE PUBLISHED.

I REQUESTED A COPY AND WAS TOLD TO SUBMIT A PUBLIC REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO GET THE INFORMATION.

OUR SMALL GROUP OF COHORT D TEACHERS THAT IS LESS THAN 10% OF OUR VERY HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS THAT PUT FORTH THE EXTRA EFFORT AND WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE DISTRICT ASKED US, ALSO COMPLETED OVER 20 EXTRA HOURS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TRY TO BE CONSIDERED IN THAT TOP 35% FOR TIA.

BUT WE HAVE BEEN SHUT OUT EXCLUDED FROM ANY PAID POSITION AN THE TAFTA COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM THE TIA INCENTIVE SYSTEM AND DENIED ANY PART ABOVE PERFORMANCE RETENTION STIPEND.

TO BE TREATED FAIRLY SHOULD MEAN THAT WE WERE TOLD IN A TIMELY MANNER TO STOP DATA COLLECTION.

WHY WEREN'T ME NOTIFIED WHEN THE DISTRICT WAS DOING DATA SUBMISSION OR WHEN COHORT C WAS TOLD IN MARCH.

APRIL, MAY ARE OUR TOUGHEST MONTHS? IT'S ALL OR NONE IT'S BEEN SAID ALL OF DISTRICT, ALL EXCUSE ME, ALL OF COHORT C DISTRICT DESIGNATED TEACHERS RECEIVED A PERFORMANCE STIPEND AND WE ARE STILL THOSE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS THAT HAVE STAYED HERE IN GISD BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN OUR DISTRICT, A DISTRICT THAT HAS BEEN A PART OF ME FOR MORE THAN HALF MY LIFE.

FOR OVER 30 YEARS I'VE BEEN A STUDENT OR TEACHER IN GISD AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN A FUTURE I BELIEVE IN.

AND I LOVE TO BRAG ON OUR TALENTED AP AND IB STUDENTS.

WE HAVE TWO RIGHT NOW ATTENDING THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, WHICH IS RANKED SECOND IN THE NATION AS THE BEST GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR FINE ARTS.

SO ALL OR NONE ALL OF US ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THIS HOME, OUR DISTRICT, AND WE BELIEVE IT'S THE BEST.

I'M NOT WILLING TO LET THIS INJUSTICE CONTINUE.

I THINK WE SHOULD BE FAIRLY COMPENSATED FOR THE WORK WE COMPLETED.

AND THE DISTRICT SAYS WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT BRINGING POSITIVE CHANGE TO GISD.

WE SUPPORT ALL OF OUR TEACHERS IN GISDS AS WE GO IS FOR ALL TEACHERS TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE VALUED.

IF THIS IS REALLY GISD'S GOAL, IT MAY BE HARD, BUT I RECOMMEND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

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HI. HI, MA'AM. SAME THING.

YOU GET 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK.

IT WILL START WHEN YOU BEGIN THE SUBSTANCE OF YOUR SPEECH.

BUT GO AHEAD. AND FOR THE RECORD, INDICATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE AND YOUR CONNECTION TO THE DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. I'M JESSICA THOMPSON.

I LIVE AT 1023 WEST AVENUE G.

I'VE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT NOW FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS, AND I WAS A STUDENT OF GARLAND ISD AS WELL.

I'D LIKE TO FIRST SAY THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE HEARD US, SUPPORT US, AND HAVE HELPED KEEP THIS CONVERSATION GOING IN HOPES OF A FAIR AND EQUITABLE RESOLUTION.

WE ARE HERE YET AGAIN TODAY TO DISCUSS WHY COHORT D DESERVES SOME KIND OF RETENTION STIPEND, JUST LIKE OUR COLLEAGUES IN COHORT C.

WE'RE HERE YET AGAIN BECAUSE INSTEAD OF ADVOCATING FOR ALL OUR TEACHERS, GISD ADMINISTRATION REPEATEDLY SHUTS DOWN COHORT D DURING EXCUSE ME, REPEATEDLY SHUTS DOWN COHORT D DOWN IN THIS REGARD.

OVER THE SUMMER AND AGAIN ON AUGUST 9TH, IT WAS STATED TO YOU, THE BOARD, THAT ADMINISTRATION WAS EXCITED TO VALIDATE COHORT D RUBRICS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS WAS SO LOW.

A FEW MONTHS LATER, WE'VE HEARD NOTHING.

THE DISTRICT PREVIOUSLY SAID THAT LESS THAN 10% OF NON CORE TEACHERS EVEN ATTEMPTED THE TIA CHALLENGE A CHALLENGE, TEASED AND TEMPTED WITH SIX FIGURE SALARIES.

SO WHY WAS THE PARTICIPATION SO LOW? ANSWER, IT WAS HARD.

COMING OFF COVID WITH ALL ITS CHANGES, ALL ITS CHALLENGES ON TOP OF REGULAR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WAS TOO MUCH.

ONLY YOUR MOST INTERJECTIVE, HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS TOOK THE CHALLENGE ON.

WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO REALIZE IS THAT THESE ELECTIVE TEACHERS ARE THE ONES THAT EMPOWER YOUR STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ALL THEIR CLASSES.

I WANT TO SHARE A FEW QUOTES I'VE RECENTLY RECEIVED IN THIS REGARD.

STUDENT: I DON'T EVER WANT TO LEAVE YOU OR YOUR CLASS.

YOUR CLASS HAS TAUGHT EVERYONE TREMENDOUSLY.

NOW, THANKS TO YOU, I CAN DO SO MUCH MORE.

EVEN DURING QUARANTINE, YOU KEPT YOUR STUDENTS EXCITED AND MOTIVATED TO CREATE AND PURSUE THEIR PASSIONS.

YOU'RE SUCH AN AMAZING TEACHER ROLE MODEL AND INSPIRATION TO US ALL.

PARENT: OH, HOW WE LOVE YOU.

YOU PUSH OUR SON TO TAP INTO HIS CREATIVITY AND FIND HIS ARTISTIC VOICE.

WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE HAD ONE.

THE CONFIDENCE HE HAS DEVELOPED IN YOUR CLASS IS NOTEWORTHY.

I KNOW KIDS GO THROUGH PHASES, BUT COVID PHASES AFFECTED US ALL.

WE COULDN'T BE MORE GRATEFUL OUR SON HAS HAD YOU AS A TEACHER.

COUNSELOR: I HAVE A STUDENT THAT'S STRUGGLING.

CAN I PLEASE PUT HER IN YOUR CLASS? I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S AN ARTIST, BUT I KNOW SHE NEEDS YOU TO DO THAT THING YOU DO.

EVEN OUR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION HAS STATED BEFORE TO THIS VERY BOARD, WE KNOW IT'S THE ELECTIVES, THAT'S WHAT REALLY KEEPS OUR STUDENTS HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL IN OUR CAMPUSES.

AND YET, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS OF TEACHING, NOT A SINGLE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE SHOWED UP TO OUR DISTRICT ART SHOWS AN INTEGRAL PART OF TIA, BY THE WAY, 6000 MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY DID.

WHAT'S EVEN MORE DISAPPOINTING IS THAT THE TWO THE CORRESPONDING SUPERINTENDENT RIBBONS REMAIN UNAWARDED SITTING IN A BOX TODAY INSTEAD OF WITH A STUDENT.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

WE'RE ASKING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO FIGHT AND ADVOCATE AND SUPPORT ALL YOUR TEACHERS.

WE'RE ASKING THAT WE BE COMPENSATED.

AND THAT'S A LESS OF THIS 10% THAT IS THE COHORT D WHICH HOW MANY IS IT EVEN LESS NOW AFTER SO MANY TEACHERS HAVE LEFT THE DISTRICT? IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO.

COHORT D DID NOT HAVE A MAP TEST PROVIDED WE HAD TO WRITE OUR OWN RUBRICS.

WE HAD TO DEVELOP ADMINISTER AND ASSESS EACH OF OUR OWN GROWTH TESTS.

WE DID ALL THE DATA COLLECTION OURSELVES.

IT WAS HOURS OF WORK.

ALL WE'RE ASKING IS THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS MISHANDLED, BE FIXED, AND THAT OUR COLLEAGUES AND OUR KIDS DESERVE BETTER, JUST LIKE WE DO.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. DAVID FINCHER.

MAY I GIVE COPIES? CERTAINLY. YOU JUST HAND THEM TO MS. HOGAN, SHE'LL DISTRIBUTE THEM TO US.

WELL, GOOD EVENING, SIR.

SAME STORY YOU GET 3 MINUTES UPON THE SUBSTANCE OF YOUR SPEECH AND GO AHEAD AND GIVE US YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND YOUR CONNECTION TO THE DISTRICT.

OKAY. I'M DAVID FINCHER.

I'M THE OWNER AND DIRECTOR OF COTTON MILL LEARNING CENTER IN ROWLETT, AND I LIVE AT 4609 SILVERTHORNE DRIVE IN MESQUITE, TEXAS.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

I'M REPRESENTING MYSELF AND SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS OF CENTERS IN THE GARLAND ISD, AND WE BELIEVE THAT GISD IS WILLFULLY VIOLATING STATE LAW.

NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, I NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND THAT CAUSES US TO BELIEVE THAT.

HB THREE IN THE 2019 LEGISLATIVE SESSION PASSED AND BECAME LAW IN 2019,

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TEXAS EDUCATION CODE, SUBCHAPTER E, SECTION 29.153G REQUIRES THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT SOLICIT AND CONSIDER PROPOSALS FROM CERTAIN PRIVATE ENTITIES TO PARTNER AND DELIVERY OF THE REQUIRED PRE-KINDERGARTEN.

WE ARE UNAWARE OF ANY EFFORT BY GISD TO COMPLY WITH THAT SECTION OF THE TEC, AND IT'S BEGINNING TO APPEAR TO US THAT GISD HAS ADOPTED WHAT WE WOULD CALL A WIN WIN LOSE SITUATION.

GISD WINS THE SCHOOL THE PRE-KINDERGARTEN KIDS WIN BECAUSE WE AGREE THAT KIDS NEED TO HAVE PRE-KINDERGARTEN.

BUT THE PRIVATE LICENSED CHILDCARE INDUSTRY IS A BIG LOSER IN THAT.

AND I CAN GIVE YOU THE EXAMPLE FROM MY ONE CENTER, BUT WE'LL JUST LEAVE THAT ALONE.

WE'RE ASKING OUR ASK IS THAT GISD? INSTEAD, ADOPT A WIN WIN WIN STRATEGY BY PARTNERING WITH THE PRE-K, THE PRIVATE LICENSED PRE-K ENTITIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT'S BOUNDARIES.

TEA AND TWC HAVE PROVIDED GUIDANCE, POSSIBLE MODELS AND RESOURCES THAT WOULD RESULT IN SUCCESSFUL PARTNERING AND WINS FOR ALL OF US.

IN CLOSING, WE, THE FOLKS THAT I TALKED ABOUT THAT I'M REPRESENTING, WE ENCOURAGE GISD TO PURPOSEFULLY AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY EMBRACE PARTNERING WITH THEIR COMMUNITY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS, NOT BECAUSE OF THE LAW, BUT BECAUSE OF A DESIRE TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I'VE GIVEN YOU ALL A COPY.

THANK YOU, SIR. OUR FINAL SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS LUCERO CASARES.

GOOD EVENING, MS. CASARES.

GOOD EVENING. I THINK YOU PRETTY MUCH KNOW THE DRILL.

3 MINUTES UPON THE SUBSTANCE OF YOUR SPEECH.

GIVE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND YOUR CONNECTION TO THE DISTRICT.

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

LOPEZ. MY NAME IS LUCERO CASARES.

I LIVE AT 319 BROOKVIEW DRIVE LAVONNE, TEXAS 75166.

I'M AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT, AND THIS IS MY 17TH YEAR WITH THE DISTRICT.

I'M HERE TODAY AS THE PRESIDENT OF GARLAND EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.

GARLAND EDUCATION ASSOCIATION IS OUR TEACHER ASSOCIATION, AND WE ALSO HAVE MEMBERS WHO ARE AUXILIARY PERSONNEL.

WE ARE ASKING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD ADD DUE PROCESS FOR ESPS TO THEIR AGENDA AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM. ESPS ARE PARAPROFESSIONALS.

EVERYONE NOT ON A PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT.

THIS IS THE CUSTODIANS, GROUNDS CREWS, BUS DRIVERS, AIDES, CAFETERIA WORKERS AND MAINTENANCE, ETC.? DUE PROCESS IS HAVING A PROCESS IN WRITING IN BOARD POLICY TO PROTECT NOT ONLY THE DISTRICT BUT ITS EMPLOYEES FROM LITIGATION AND THE EMPLOYEES FROM BEING UNJUSTLY DISCIPLINED AND TERMINATED.

THERE SHOULD BE A SYSTEM IN WRITING, IN BOARD POLICY AS TO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN ESP OR AN AUXILIARY PERSON HAS AN ISSUE OR IS REPRIMANDED.

THERE NEEDS TO BE EQUITY BECAUSE SOME SUPERVISORS GIVE NO VERBAL WARNINGS AND GO STRAIGHT TO WRITTEN WARNINGS OR TERMINATION.

THERE IS NO EQUITY THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT ON WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE IS AN ISSUE.

WE NEED CONSISTENCY IN ALL DEPARTMENTS TO HAVE THE SAME RULES.

WE NEED TO HAVE THE VERBAL WARNING, THEN THE WRITTEN WARNING, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEN FURTHER CONSEQUENCES.

OUR EMPLOYEES ARE THE LIGHT OF OUR DISTRICT.

WE NEED TO LET THEM SHINE.

WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR EMPLOYEES BE AT PEACE, KNOWING THAT THAT ONE ACTION WILL NOT IMMEDIATELY CAUSE THEIR TERMINATION. DUE PROCESS POLICY DOES NOT COST THE DISTRICT ANY MONEY, AND IT GOES A LONG WAY TO DEMONSTRATE WITH

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I URGE YOU TO PLEASE ADD DUE PROCESS FOR ESPS TO THE BOARD AGENDA.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.

MS. HOGAN, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER CARDS? OKAY.

SEEING NO OTHER CARDS THAT ENDS PUBLIC FORUM.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO INFORMATION, ITEMS AND INFORMATION ITEM 4A IS EVIDENCE OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS.

[IV.A. Evidence of Excellence]

MR. JASON WHEELER.

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

LOPEZ, THE GARLAND ISD GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING DEPARTMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING STEERING COMMITTEE CREATED THE SEL SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS AS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE CAMPUSES BASED ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SEL IMPLEMENTATION.

18 CAMPUSES ACROSS THE DISTRICT EARNED A GOLD, SILVER OR BRONZE DISTINCTION.

OUR SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE SERVE AS MODEL CAMPUSES IN IMPLEMENTING SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO HONOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

IF YOU DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BOARD, I'M GOING TO CALL OUT THE SCHOOLS.

WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT THE SCHOOLS COME UP AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PHOTO AT THE VERY END.

FIRST OFF, STARTING AT THE BRONZE DISTINCTION, SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL.

[APPLAUSE] SILVER DISTINCTION, ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY . [APPLAUSE] WE'RE GOING TO GO UP HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A GROUP AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. WHEELER CAN WE ASK THAT APPLAUSE BE HELD TO THE VERY END.

SURE. SO WE CAN KEEP THEM MOVING? YES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

IF THE APPLAUSE CAN BE HELD TO THE VERY END.

WE'RE GOING TAKE A GROUP PICTURE.

YOU CAN APPLAUD AT THE VERY END COOPER ELEMENTARY.

ALL RIGHT. SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY.

AND NOW FOR THE GOLD DISTINCTION, BRADFIELD ELEMENTARY.

OKAY. CENTERVILLE ELEMENTARY.

CISNEROS PRE-K.

CLASSICAL CENTER AT BRANDENBURG.

COUCH ELEMENTARY.

DORSEY ELEMENTARY.

GOLDEN MEADOWS ELEMENTARY.

HANDLEY ELEMENTARY.

LISTER ELEMENTARY.

PEARSON ELEMENTARY.

ROWLETT ELEMENTARY.

ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL.

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WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET A PHOTO.

SO GET COMFORTABLE.

WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND WHAT A GREAT SITUATION TO HAVE THAT SO MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS STEPPED UP TO THE CHALLENGE.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM TIME TO TAKE THIS PICTURE BECAUSE WE NEED THE PICTURE.

OKAY. RIGHT HERE. THIS IS HISTORY MAKING.

ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO SEE THE PHONE TO BE ABLE TO BE IN THE PICTURES.

ALL RIGHT. THREE, TWO, ONE.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON, DO YOU WANT TO TRY TO SQUEEZE IN THERE? [LAUGHTER] DO I LAY DOWN IN FRONT.

YEAH. THERE YOU GO.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. RIGHT HERE. THREE, TWO, ONE.

EXCELLENT. CONGRATULATIONS.

LET'S GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO INFORMATION A2 RECOGNIZE 2022 MARK OF EXCELLENCE NATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION BAND DIRECTORS. MR. JOSEPH FIGARELLI.

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

LOPEZ. I'M PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL AND SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLES HAVE BEEN NAMED COMMENDED WINNERS IN THE 2022 MARK OF EXCELLENCE NATIONAL WIND BAND HONORS PROJECT.

THE MARK OF EXCELLENCE IS A NATIONAL COMPETITION THAT RECOGNIZES MUSICAL ENSEMBLES FOR HIGH STANDARDS IN PERFORMANCE.

THE FOUNDATION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION SPONSORS THIS PROJECT.

ENSEMBLES ARE JUDGED BY NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ADJUDICATORS, SUCH AS LARRY LIVINGSTON, FRED ALLEN, ANTHONY MAEGO, ROBERT COMER KHAN. THE PROJECT RECEIVED 376 ENTRIES IN ALL CLASSIFICATIONS THIS YEAR AND HAS RECEIVED ENTRIES FROM 39 STATES.

THIS PERFORMANCE REPRESENTS THE VERY HIGHEST LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT.

ON BEHALF OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ALAN HANNAH AND THEIR BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, THE STUDENTS AND THEIR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

REPRESENTING LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLE, MR. JARED HUDLER AND PRINCIPAL ELISE MOSTY AND REPRESENTING SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLE HOLLY TAYLOR AND PRINCIPAL SHAE CREEL.

DIRECTORS, PLEASE COME UP TO BE RECOGNIZED.

[APPLAUSE] I CAN COME UP HERE. HAVE THEIR PRINCIPLES.

WE'RE GOING TO GO IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT THERE.

YEAH.

RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

THREE, TWO, ONE, CHEESE.

WE HAVE MR. JOHNSON. ALL RIGHT.

3, 2, 1.

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

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

LOPEZ OUR GOING THE EXTRA MILE HONOREE TONIGHT IS MS. TORI DOREY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LEADERSHIP SECRETARY.

JENNY GRAVES NOMINATED TORI DOREY FOR A GEM BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK ON 9 GRADUATION CEREMONIES, EIGHT TRADITIONAL GRADUATIONS IN JUNE AND ONE SUMMER GRADUATION IN AUGUST.

THESE ARE JENNY'S WORDS.

FOR YEARS, I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE HARD WORK AND PLANNING THAT GOES INTO A GISD GRADUATION, AND I KNEW IT HAD TO BE A LOT, BUT THIS YEAR I WITNESSED IT FIRSTHAND.

TORI DOREY CAME TO THE EDL DEPARTMENT FROM NORTH GARLAND IN FEBRUARY IN THAT EXTREMELY SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME SHE LEARNED THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE EVENTS AND IT WENT INTO METICULOUS PLANNING, EIGHT SCHOOL GRADUATION CEREMONIES AND ONE SUMMER SCHOOL GRADUATION.

TORI PLANNED EVERYTHING FROM THESE EVENTS AND EVEN TO THE SMALLEST OF DETAILS, EVEN HAVING SAFETY PINS IN MIRRORS IN THE ROOMS FOR THE TRUSTEES IN THE DRESSING ROOMS. SHE MADE SURE THAT ALL FINE ARTS AND HONOR GUARD STUDENTS HAD FOOD AND DRINK AND THAT THERE WERE THREE MEALS A DAY AND CATERED MEALS FOR EMPLOYEES THAT WORK THE EVENTS.

ANYONE WHO HAS TO DEAL WITH ORDERING AND CATERING KNOWS THIS IS NO SMALL FEAT.

DURING ONE CEREMONY, TORI EVEN NOTICED A WOMAN IN THE STANDS EXPERIENCING DISCOMFORT.

SHE STOPPED WHAT SHE WAS DOING, GRABBED A BOTTLE OF WATER AND WALKED UP TO CHECK ON THE GUEST.

THIS JUST SHOWS YOU HOW AMAZING SHE TRULY IS.

THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM TORI DISPLAYS UNDER PRESSURE WAS AMAZING.

TORI IS AN INSPIRING AND MOTIVATING LEADER.

SHE MAKES EVERYONE AROUND HER JUST WANT TO DO A GOOD JOB.

EVIDENCE IS HOW STAFF FROM EACH HIGH SCHOOL AND THE CCC COME TOGETHER AND WORK HARD TO ACCOMPLISH THIS ONE HUGE TASK.

DEADLINES WERE MET, TASKS WERE COMPLETE, AND THE CEREMONIES WERE A SUCCESS.

I CANNOT IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF STRESS TORI MUST HAVE BEEN UNDER THE EXECUTION OF THESE EVENTS, BUT HER GRACIOUS SMILE, INFECTIOUS LAUGH, WAS NEVER MISSING.

IT TAKES THIS HUGE UNDERTAKING, AND FOR THIS REASON WE FEEL THE TORI DOREY IS THE GISD EFFECT.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING OUR MONTH'S GEM TORI DOREY.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. IT'S A GEM.

OH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU.

YOU CAN'T. I GOT TO GET IT.

YOU GOT TO GET IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

5A RECOGNIZE TEXAS A&M COMMERCE QUICK START FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY RECIPIENTS MR.

[V. Special Recognition]

PRESIDENT JOHNSON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.

LOPEZ, A VERY SPECIAL RECOGNITION TONIGHT.

GARLAND ISD WORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH TEXAS A&M COMMERCE TO EXPAND POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

TONIGHT, WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE TEXAS A&M COMMERCE PRESIDENT DR.

MARK RUDIN AND HIS STAFF MEMBERS HERE AS WE ANNOUNCE THE 2022-23 TEXAS A&M COMMERCE QUICK START FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY RECIPIENTS.

THE QUICK START GRANT WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION BY PROVIDING A RENEWABLE $250 OR $500 FOR THOSE ENROLLED IN A MINIMUM OF THREE GRADUATE SEMESTER HOURS.

THIS YEAR, TEXAS A&M COMMERCE IS OFFERING 18 GISD EMPLOYEES THE QUICK START GRANT AND FOUR EMPLOYEES A

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[APPLAUSE] TO SELECT THE RECIPIENTS A SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE WAS FORMED, MADE UP OF GISD STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THERE WERE 22 APPLICANTS, 11 STAFF MEMBERS QUALIFIED FOR CONSIDERATION BASED ON THE COMMITTED SCORING RUBRIC.

BEFORE WE ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS, I LIKE TO GIVE PRESIDENT RUBIN AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ, GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, YOU KNOW, GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH GARLAND ISD.

AND WE CANNOT AND ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES OF TURMOIL WHEN A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE LOOKING FOR TEACHERS AND HELP AND EXPANDING THE CAREERS OF INDIVIDUALS AND SO FORTH, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT GARLAND ISD IS STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE AND DOING IT RIGHT.

AND I SEE OUR ROLE AS SIMPLY BEING ABLE TO HELP AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING TEACHERS.

AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED THERE IN A DISCUSSION WITH SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ AND TRUSTEE CLARK, WE HAVE GIVEN OUT A FREE RIDE SCHOLARSHIP TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT WE RESERVED TWO FREE RIDES TO THE BEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN NORTH TEXAS.

[APPLAUSE] SO THAT'S A PARTICULAR REASON WE DID THAT.

SO CRYSTAL AND JOEL, IT'S SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD AS LIONS.

AND I SEE YOU HAVE THE LION GEAR ON.

AND SO WE CAN'T BE MORE EXCITED AND ALL 18 AND THE FOUR OF THE OTHER RECIPIENTS.

WE'RE JUST SO GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THE GARLAND ISD FAMILY.

SO ON BEHALF OF THE LIONS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND GO, LIONS. GO LIONS.

[APPLAUSE] MR. PRESIDENT, IF WE COULD JUST CALL UP THE TEXAS A&M FACULTY THAT'S PRESENT, IF THEY WOULD JUST COME AS WE GET READY TO ANNOUNCE THE TWO RECIPIENTS, IF YOU WOULD COME TO THE CENTER.

DR. RUDIN, ANYONE THAT ASSIST OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF WITH ALL THE PREPARATION.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RUDIN.

GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STAFF MEMBERS.

THE TWO TEXAS A&M COMMERCE QUICK START FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY RECIPIENTS ARE AND I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM, BUT THEY CAN COME UP WHEN I SAY THEIR NAME.

CRYSTAL HULKEWICZ.

[APPLAUSE] AND JOE TORRES ROMAN.

[APPLAUSE] CRYSTAL HULKEWICZ IS A MATH 7TH OR 8TH GRADE TEACHER AND ACADEMIC PENTATHLON SPONSOR AT JACKSON TECHNOLOGY CENTER.

WITH 27 YEARS OF SECONDARY CLASSROOM AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE.

CRYSTAL PLANS ON PURSUING AN EDD IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION TO ASSIST IN DESIGNING A CURRICULUM THAT MEETS THE CRITERIA OF THE 21ST CENTURY CLASSROOM.

CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] JOE TORRES ROMAN, A SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER AT GARLAND ISD ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CENTER.

AT AEC HE HAS WORKED TO IMPROVE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS BY PROVIDING TRAINING TO STAFF, DEVELOPING A WEBSITE, AND CREATED A MANUAL TO BETTER ASSIST TEACHERS IN USING GOOGLE CLASSROOM DURING THE PANDEMIC.

HE WAS THE 2019 2020 TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR THE GARLAND ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION CENTER.

WITH THE HELP OF THE QUICK START SCHOLARSHIP HE IS PURSUING AN MED IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THE WINNERS PRESIDENT RUDIN AND THE TEXAS A&M COMMERCE STAFF THAT'S HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, DR. LOPEZ AND THE GISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR BEING VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN CONNECTING GARLAND ISD AND TEXAS A&M COMMERCE FOR STUDENT AND STAFF SUCCESS.

[APPLAUSE] SO COULD WE HAVE DR.

GILMORE JOIN THE PICTURE TO COMPLETE THE PARTNERSHIP AND ANY COUNSELING AND PRINCIPALS FROM THE RECIPIENT SCHOOLS.

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THANK YOU, DR. RUDIN.

AND WE WILL BE LOOKING 4 YEARS FROM NOW TO RECEIVE THE NEXT TWO FULL RIDES, ALTHOUGH EVERY YEAR YOU WILL GIVE THE QUICK STARTS.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MS. GRIFFIN.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON IN OUR AGENDA NOW TO DISCUSSION ITEMS, DISCUSSION ITEM, I BELIEVE IT IS 6A TRUSTEE'S REPORT.

[VI.A. Trustees' Report]

YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK.

I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND A LOT OF THE FOOTBALL GAMES.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE COACHES, STUDENTS, ATHLETES, ESPECIALLY THE SECURITY TEAMS THAT SECURE OUR STADIUMS FOR THE EVENTS. HAVING THEIR PRESENCE THERE GIVES A GOOD, COMFORTABLE FEELING WHEN WE'RE WALKING IN.

CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE DECORUM OF OUR STUDENTS DURING OUR GAMES SO FAR AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE REST OF THE SEASON.

THE ONE THING I REALLY WANT TO MENTION TONIGHT IS I AM CHAIRMAN OF AN EVENT CALLED THE WHEELS OF HOPE CAR SHOW.

WE HAVE AN EVENT THAT EVOLVES.

WE HAVE A CAR SHOW COMING UP ON THE 15TH.

THE REASON I BRING IT UP HERE IS WE HAVE SEVERAL STUDENT GROUPS THAT WILL BE PRESENT AND PERFORMING DURING OUR CAR SHOW.

WE'LL HAVE A DRUMLINE.

WE WILL HAVE FROM ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS, WE'LL HAVE A DANCE TEAM.

WE'LL HAVE A STEP TEAM, WE'LL HAVE A JAZZ BAND.

WE MAY EVEN HAVE A CHOIR.

THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE SQUEEZE IN TOO, BUT WE HAVE QUITE A FEW STUDENTS THAT WILL BE INVOLVED IN THIS CAR SHOW.

JUST ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO COME OUT.

IT'LL BE OCTOBER 15TH FROM 10 TO 3 AT 1001 MAIN STREET, AND IT'LL BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO STAFF ABOUT CLEARING THE SKIES AND MAKING SURE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

[LAUGHTER] SO Y'ALL COME OUT AND HAVE SOME FUN WITH THE CAR SHOW AND SEE OUR KIDS.

THANK YOU. MR. BEACH.

AGAIN, I WILL SAY THE SAME THING THAT MR. MILLER SAID ABOUT THE FOOTBALL GAMES WE HAVE BEEN ATTENDING EVER SINCE THEY'VE CRANKED UP ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

BUT REALLY MY SHOUT OUT TONIGHT IS TO COACH BARONS AND WINNING 115 GAMES THE WINNINGEST COACH IN GARLAND ISD HISTORY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH BEHRENS AND WHAT HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED AT SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL.

ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO DR.

LOPEZ AND SHERESE AND THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WITH THE GARLAND CHAMBER AND ROWLETT CHAMBER ON THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT AND THE SPEECHES THAT WERE GIVEN THERE TO REALLY EXCITE PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED THAT.

ALSO WENT TO SUMMER GRADUATION AT THE TRIPLE C, VERY GOOD VENUE FOR ALL THE KIDS THAT GOT TO GRADUATE IN AUGUST.

THEN ALSO THE COUNCIL OF PTA AT THE VALLE CENTER AND HOW OUR PTA IS UP AND STRONG UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF NICOLE SCOTT.

AND THEN ALSO SUPPORTED THE GUNS AND HOSES BOXING VENUE.

AND I'M SAYING THAT BECAUSE I WENT TO THAT TO SUPPORT THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID WIN.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO GARLAND PD.

ALSO STUDENT NUTRITION TRAINING I WENT DOWN AND GOT TO SAMPLE SOME OF THE NEW MENU ITEMS DOWN AT THE STUDENT NUTRITION BUILDING AND GOT TO SEE SOME OF THE NEW THINGS THAT THEY WERE PUTTING OUT AT THE CAFETERIA.

VERY INTERESTING AND GOOD AND HAD SOME COMMUNITY PEOPLE THERE ALSO.

SO THAT WAS REALLY A NICE VENUE.

ALSO, SAFETY AND SECURITY UPDATE FOR FOLKS AT NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

DR. GARRETT AND HER TEAM AND THE STEAM TEAM OF POLICE CHIEFS GAVE A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION ON THE SCHOOL SAFETY FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND FOLKS WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS.

SO LET'S JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.

COLLEGE NIGHT AT THE TRIPLE C, JOHN WILBORN PUT ON A GREAT VENUE FOR US THERE, AND SO DID OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HAD A GREAT TURNOUT.

THERE WERE PEOPLE LINED UP EVERYWHERE TO SEE THE COLLEGES THERE.

ALSO, MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES, LARRY GLICK, ROBERT SELDERS, JAMES MILLER, AND MYSELF.

WE WON THE GARLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GOLF TOURNAMENT.

WE WON IT CAME IN FIRST PLACE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TEAM THAT WE WERE THERE.

SO WE DID VERY WELL FOR GISD.

ALSO ANOTHER COMMUNITY SUPPORTER AND DISTRICT SUPPORTER, JENNIFER AND THOMAS NGUYEN I WENT TO THEIR 55 YEAR MARRIAGE CELEBRATION AND BOY, WHAT A CELEBRATION WENT ON UNTIL 1:00 A.M. IN THE MORNING AND THEY KNOW HOW TO CELEBRATE.

AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO JENNIFER NGUYEN, WHO'S AN ADVOCATE FOR GISD AND THE STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

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AND IT WAS REALLY A GOOD VENUE THERE AND I DIDN'T HAVE INDIGESTION, SO IT WAS ALL GOOD CHILI.

[LAUGHTER] SO I REALLY ENJOYED THAT ONE DAY.

THEN ALSO, I GOT TO GO JUST GOT BACK SUNDAY FROM ATTENDING THE TASB TASA CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO.

AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WHAT DO YOU GO TO THOSE CONFERENCES FOR FOLKS I FIND OUT SOME THINGS ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE SCHOOL FACILITIES WHEN YOU'RE EXISTING BUDGET, SCHOOL FINANCE, HOW TO RENOVATE SCHOOLS WHILE SCHOOLS ARE STILL IN SESSION, AND SHARING INFO ON SCHOOL SAFETY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THAT LISA RAY WAS ON THAT PANEL THAT WE WENT TO THAT SESSION ALSO.

SO WE GO DOWN THERE AND WE'RE GETTING GOOD INFORMATION THAT WE CAN BRING BACK AND HOPEFULLY INTERTWINE WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN GISD.

THANK YOU.

MR. SELDERS. YES, THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. MR. MILLER AND MR. BEACH SHOW THE FOOTBALL TEAM A LOT OF LOVE, BUT I WANT TO GIVE SOME LOVE TO THE FEMALE SPORTS.

I'VE BEEN HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY WHILE I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GO TO ANY OF THE FOOTBALL GAMES, I'VE BEEN ATTENDING VOLLEYBALL MATCHES AND THEY HAVE BEEN PRETTY EXCITING.

IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT WE HAVE SOME VERY COMPETITIVE GAMES AND MATCHES IN OUR DISTRICT, A LOT OF GREAT ATHLETES AND VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS AND THEY'VE JUST BEEN PUTTING ON GREAT SHOWS EACH EVENING.

LIKE MR. BEACH MENTIONED, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO JENNIFER AND TOM NGUYEN'S 55 YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.

THAT WAS A REALLY SPECTACULAR EVENT.

ALSO, LIKE HE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE GOLF TOURNAMENT HE MENTIONED, I ALSO WENT TO THE TASA TASB CONVENTION THIS PAST WEEKEND AND SAT IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT SESSIONS, YOU KNOW, WIDE VARIETY OF TOPICS.

THE ONE SESSION THAT WAS REALLY INSPIRATIONAL FOR ME WAS THE LAST GENERAL SESSION ON SUNDAY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD ALREADY TAKEN OFF TO RETURN TO THEIR RESPECTIVE LOCATIONS, BUT WE HAD A SPEAKER, MERLYNA VALENTINE, AND SHE TALKED ABOUT HER STORY AND HER STORY WAS CHANGE CHOSE ME.

AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, SHE'S ON TWITTER, ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

IT WAS JUST A REALLY REMARKABLE STORY OF GRIT AND RESILIENCE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I ATTENDED IT WITH MS. GRIFFIN AND WE WERE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER, AND AFTER SHE TOLD HER STORY, IT WAS LIKE, WE HAVE NOTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE NEED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT EVER, EVER IN LIFE.

BUT AFTER HEARING WHAT SHE TALKED ABOUT.

SO IF YOU IF YOU DO GET A CHANCE TO, YOU KNOW.

WHO WERE GOOGLE HER ON THE INTERNET? MERLYNA VALENTINE READERS CHOICE, VERY INSPIRATIONAL, ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE JACK AND JILL SCHOLARSHIP GALA, LEARNED ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT JACK AND JILL ORGANIZATION IS DOING WITH GISD AND THE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE THERE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO I WAS REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE REPRESENTING GISD.

THAT'S IT THANK YOU.

MS. GRIFFIN. YES, I JUST WANT TO SAY TO OUR LATINO POPULATION, IT IS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY CONGRATULATIONS.

AND I KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE PUTTING ON VARIOUS PROGRAMS TO CELEBRATE THAT CULTURE, WHICH IS A FABRIC OF THE GISD DISTRICT. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT COLLEGE NIGHT.

IF YOU'VE BEEN IN THE ARENA AT THE CCC.

THE FLOOR WAS FULL ON THE ARENA FLOOR AND UPSTAIRS ON THE ATRIUM AREA WAS FULL.

WE HAD A LOT OF PARENTS, WE HAD A LOT OF STUDENTS, WE HAD A LOT OF PARTICIPATION.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING DEPARTMENT FOR THAT COORDINATION.

AND IF YOU GOT TO TALK TO ANY OF THE COLLEGE REPS THAT WERE PRESENT, THEY WERE EXCITED.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WAS JUST EXCITED BECAUSE THIS WAS THE FIRST IN-PERSON IN A WHILE, BUT THEY WERE EXCITED TO BE THERE AND SOME OF THEM HAD VERY CONVINCING CONVERSATIONS, TRYING TO GET STUDENTS TO STAY AND LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAD TO OFFER VERSUS GOING TO OTHER OTHER TABLES TO DISCUSS.

SO OUR INTEREST IN MAKING OUR STUDENTS COLLEGE READY, MILITARY READY, WORK READY, THAT IS A DIRECT REFLECTION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO PREPARE OUR KIDS FOR LIFE.

THE TASB CONFERENCE IT'S A REFRESHER FOR ME.

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IT'S A LIFT ME UP FOR ME BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU THINK YOU'RE IN THIS ALL BY YOURSELF.

AND THEN AS YOU NETWORK AND ATTEND SESSIONS, YOU REALIZE THAT ALL OF US ARE IN THIS TOGETHER FOR THE 5.4 MILLION STUDENTS THAT REPRESENTS THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SO I CAME AWAY ENERGIZED, READY TO MOBILIZE OUR COMMUNITIES, READY TO ELEVATE OUR STUDENTS, AND READY TO REWARD OUR EMPLOYEES.

THANK YOU.

MS. STANLEY. SO I GOT TO DO SOMETHING SUPER SPECIAL FOR ME.

I GOT TO MEET WITH THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT AND OUR CRISIS DEPARTMENT, AND THEY HAD ASKED ME TO COME AND GIVE THEM MY PERSONAL JOURNEY FROM A PARENT OF A NON LEARNER WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND LOTS OF LEARNING CHALLENGES.

AND I WAS ABLE TO REALLY KIND OF SHOW THEM WHERE THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD FOR PARENTS AND THAT THINGS AREN'T AS EASY AS SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE. AND IT WAS A MUCH LONGER THEY DIDN'T STOP ME FROM TALKING.

SO THAT WAS KIND OF THEIR PROBLEM.

BUT I JUST KEPT GOING.

BUT I WAS REALLY HONORED BY THAT, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH THOSE DEPARTMENTS.

IT MEANT A LOT AND THEN PARTICIPATED IN SOMETHING THAT I ALWAYS ENJOY, WHICH IS THE NOON EXCHANGE LABOR DAY PARADE. AND WE ACTUALLY HAD THE CITY OF GARLAND APPROACH US ABOUT OUR WONDERFUL FLOAT.

AND HOW DO THEY GET ONE? YEAH, BECAUSE THEIR CARTS DON'T ALWAYS WORK.

[LAUGHTER] SO YEAH, THEY DID.

I ALSO GOT TO I'M PARTICIPATING WITH THE NOON EXCHANGE WE'RE ROLLING OUT WE HAVE KIND OF TAKEN AN ENDEAVOR TO START SUPPLYING FOOD AND DRINK SNACKS AND DRINKS TO THE HUNDREDS OF KIDS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE GARLAND BOXING GYM, WHICH DOES KARATE, BOXING, TUTORING, YOU NAME IT.

BUT THEY HAD A REAL NEED FOR A LOT OF THE KIDS THAT SHOW UP THERE THAT ARE HUNGRY.

AND SO THE NOON EXCHANGE HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO FUND THAT HOPEFULLY FOR THE YEAR WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.

SO WE WORKED ON SETTING THAT UP THERE AND THEN PARTICIPATED MYSELF AND SOME OF THE COUNSELORS IN THE SEL CURRICULUM PREVIEW WHERE WE GOT TO LOOK AT THE THE PRESENTATIONS OF FOUR OF THE POTENTIAL VENDORS THAT THE DEPARTMENT WAS LOOKING AT.

BUT THE BEST PART OF IT WAS I GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WELCOMING THING THAT THEY DO WHERE THEY HAVE THE MUSIC GOING AND THEY BRING THE KIDS IN. AND IT WAS PRINCIPAL LEDAY DOES AN AMAZING JOB AND HE LET ME PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

AND THAT WAS JUST TRULY A HIGHLIGHT AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.

THANKS, MR. GLICK.

THANK YOU, SIR. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT PRESSURE.

SO IT CAME DOWN TO THE FINAL PUTT IN THE GARLAND CHAMPIONSHIP AND THIS IS IMPORTANT. AND WHEN MR. MILLER SAYS LAWRENCE, NOT LARRY, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THIS PUTT FOR THE DISTRICT, NOT FOR THE TEAM.

NOW THAT'S PRESSURE, BUT IT WENT IN.

[LAUGHTER] SO WE ALL KNOW JENNIFER NGUYEN VERY WELL.

WE'VE KNOWN HER FOR A LONG TIME.

WHAT I LEARNED AT THE CELEBRATION WAS HER HUSBAND, TOM WAS AN F5 PILOT IN VIETNAM AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, GOT HIS TRAINING IN THE US. SO THAT WAS AND MANY, MANY OF HIS COMRADES WHO FOUGHT WITH HIM AND FLEW WITH HIM IN VIETNAM, WHERE THEY HAD TO CELEBRATE THEIR 55TH ANNIVERSARY.

I ALSO GOT TO GO TO THE NAACP FREEDOM FUND BRUNCH WITH MS. STANLEY AND MS. GRIFFIN. AND IT'S ALL ABOUT EDUCATION.

THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS WERE OUR FORMER STUDENTS, THE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS, ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ENJOY MOST ABOUT IT IS THE AUCTION.

NOW, IN PRIOR YEARS, THE AUCTION, THEY HAD THE ITEMS ON TABLES WITH PIECES OF PAPER, AND YOU'D GO AND YOU'D CROSS OFF AND PUT ANOTHER

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AND I WOULD COMPETE AGAINST DISTRICT OFFICIALS IN PAST YEARS, THIS YEAR IT WAS DIFFERENT.

IT WAS ON THE PHONE AND MOST PEOPLE KNOW I AM SOMEWHAT CHALLENGED BY USING THIS.

SO I WAS BETWEEN DR.

GARRETT AND DR.

LOPEZ, AND WE WERE ALL BIDDING ON A GIFT CARD FOR FISH AND TAILS.

AND EVERY TIME I WOULD TRY TO PUT A NUMBER IN, IT SAYS YOU'VE BEEN OUTBID.

AND SO THEY WERE OUTBIDDING ME BOTH.

AND FINALLY, DR. LOPEZ SAYS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT THE ZEROS IN.

[LAUGHTER] OH, IT STILL DIDN'T HELP.

AND I LOST OK.

BUT WE ALL AGAIN WITH THE CONVENTION WE ALL GOT BACK FROM.

I GOT A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO RAY FREEMAN, WHO I CONSIDER THE GURU OF SCHOOL FINANCE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SOMEONE I'VE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME AND IT'S KIND OF MY GO TO PERSON.

THE STATE OF TEXAS IS GOING TO HAVE A $27 BILLION DOLLAR SURPLUS THIS BIENNIUM.

I ACTUALLY THINK THE NUMBER WILL BE HIGHER.

I THINK IT WILL GET CLOSE TO 30 BILLION.

AND I ASKED MR. FREEMAN, HOW DO YOU THINK THE STATE SHOULD SPEND THAT MONEY? AND HIS GROUP IS VERY INFLUENTIAL IN THE LEGISLATURE AND HE TALKED ABOUT TWO THINGS.

WE HAVE A BASIC ALLOTMENT OF 61 HUNDRED AND 61 DOLLARS.

HE SAID, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE TO INDEX THAT FOR INFLATION.

AND SECOND OF ALL, WE HAVE TO INCREASE IT GREATLY TO START WITH.

AND HE SHOWED THE NUMBER OF DISTRICTS THAT WOULD BENEFIT BY THAT.

I THINK THAT'S PROPOSAL IS ONE THAT HAS A VERY, VERY GOOD CHANCE OF GOING THROUGH.

THE OTHER ONE HE TALKED ABOUT WAS SCHOOL SAFETY.

SO THE LEGISLATURE ACTUALLY PUT IN AN ALLOTMENT FOR SCHOOL SAFETY AND WE GET LESS THAN $10 DOLLARS PER STUDENT.

SO AVERAGE THAT OUT TO ABOUT $550,000 DOLLARS A YEAR.

HE SAID IF THE STATE WAS WILLING TO SPEND AND THEY MAY BE AS MUCH AS 1 BILLION DOLLARS ON SCHOOL SAFETY, EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL, INCLUDING ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, WOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD AN SRO.

SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS MENTIONED THE SCHOOL SAFETY PRESENTATION WE MADE, THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED.

AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, WILL WE GET TO HAVE AN SRO AT ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY'S? FIRST OF ALL, THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF AND THE COST WOULD BE PROHIBITIVE IF WE DID.

I HOPE THAT LEGISLATION PASSED BECAUSE I KNOW MR. FREEMAN IS GOING TO PUSH IT AND THE MONEY IS THERE AND IT'S A VERY WORTHWHILE CAUSE.

FINALLY, AT THE CONVENTION, MS. STANLEY AND I WENT AND WE GOT TO SEE AN ELECTRIC BUS AND THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING.

IT'S THE FUTURE.

THERE ARE GRANTS AVAILABLE FROM THE RECENTLY PASSED FEDERAL LEGISLATION, AND I HOPE WE THINK ABOUT THAT PRETTY SERIOUSLY.

IT IS THE FUTURE.

THEY HAVE A RANGE NOW, I THINK OF ABOUT 150 MILES THAT WILL GET BETTER.

THEY HAVE FAST CHARGERS FOR THESE BUSSES AND IT'S THE FUTURE AND IT'S THE DIRECTION, I THINK, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT GO.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

I GUESS THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH IS WE'VE HAVE, AS YOU'VE HEARD, SPENT OVER THE LONG WEEKEND THE BOARD WENT DOWN TO SAN ANTONIO FOR THE ANNUAL TASA TASB CONFERENCE.

MR. GLICK HAD INDICATED THAT HE IS CHALLENGED WITH THIS.

I CAN TESTIFY AFTER BEING DOWN THERE.

I AGREE WITH HIM, HE IS CHALLENGED.

HE HAD A TREMENDOUS DIFFICULTY AT A RESTAURANT THAT HAD REQUIRED A QR CODE AND THE PHONE TO GET THE MENU.

SO WE DID GET THAT SET UP FOR HIM, THOUGH I CAN ASSURE YOU WE GOT EACH OTHER'S BACK, MR. GLICK.

THAT BEING SAID, THE CONFERENCE WAS A GOOD CONFERENCE.

I HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT TODAY OUR DISTRICT, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER DISTRICTS IN NORTH TEXAS IN THE STATE, WERE MENTIONED IN A PARTICULAR ARTICLE THAT'S ON THE INTERNET SOMEWHAT CRITICAL OF OUR INVOLVEMENT IN TASA TASB BECAUSE OF THE CONTENT OF MAYBE A COUPLE OF THE PRESENTATIONS DOWN THERE SUGGESTING THAT WE'RE SUPPORTIVE NECESSARILY OF THE VIEWPOINTS OF THE PRESENTERS.

AS YOU'VE HEARD, THERE'S LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF PRESENTATIONS THAT GO ON AT THIS CONFERENCE.

WE BASICALLY HAVE TO ATTEND THIS CONFERENCE BECAUSE WE NEED THE STATE MANDATED CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS.

BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS, SEVEN PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THIS BOARD, HAVE ANY AGREEMENT OR SUPPORT OR, YOU KNOW, OR TRYING TO ADVANCE ANY PARTICULAR CAUSE OF ANY OF THE PARTICULAR CONTRIBUTORS.

THEY MAY NOT EVEN ATTENDED THE WHATEVER THE OFFENSE DE JOUR FROM SOMEBODY IS TODAY.

WE HAVE TO BE MORE TOLERANT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST OUT THERE TRYING TO DO THEIR JOB.

AND ESPECIALLY IF THESE PEOPLE WERE IN THIS ROOM WHO ARE DOING THEIR JOB FOR NO PAY WHATSOEVER.

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BUT I DON'T.

MR. SELDERS DOESN'T GET PAID A DIME FOR THIS EITHER.

NEITHER DOES THAT MAN OVER THERE, ALTHOUGH HE'S A BANKER, SO HE DOESN'T NEED IT.

[LAUGHTER] THE POINT BEING, WE ALL WENT DOWN THERE AND WE SAT AND WE WORKED AND WE FOUGHT FOR GARLAND KIDS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DOWN THERE FOR.

WE'RE NOT THERE TO ADVANCE ANY AGENDA OTHER THAN THOSE KIDS.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THERE FOR.

THAT'S WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO FOR NO MONEY.

SO IN THIS CLIMATE OF PEOPLE WHO WANT SEEMINGLY WANT TO JUMP THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR EVERYTHING, I WILL POINT OFF COME TO OUR MEETINGS THEY'RE CIVIL.

THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CONTROVERSY THAT COMES OUT OF OUR MEETINGS.

I'M PROUD OF THAT. I LIKE BORING MEETINGS.

BORING MEETINGS MEAN WE'RE GETTING WORK DONE.

WE DON'T END UP WITH SHOUTING MATCHES OR PEOPLE IN ORGANIZED T-SHIRTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BECAUSE WE'RE A GOOD COMMUNITY AND WE GET BEHIND OUR KIDS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.

AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT TO THOSE WHO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING IN PASSING, IT WASN'T A HUGE MENTION OF US, ALTHOUGH SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS BAD PRESS.

I JUST WANT TO LET YOU, LET THEM ALL KNOW WE'RE DOWN THERE ADVOCATING FOR OUR KIDS TO EARN THE CREDITS WE NEED TO THAT, THE LEGISLATOR SAYS WE HAVE TO GET, I'LL POINT OUT.

AND WE LEARNED A LOT.

WE LEARN A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE APPLIED FOR HOW WE RUN AND MANAGE THIS DISTRICT.

MOST OF WHAT YOU HEARD TODAY WAS ABOUT SCHOOL FINANCE, WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO DO, WHAT THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT THE COURTS HAVE ALREADY DONE.

THESE ARE THE THINGS WE DO. IT'S THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF BEING PROVIDING OVERSIGHT FOR RUNNING A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND THAT'S AT LEAST WHAT I SAW WHEN I WAS DOWN THERE.

AS FAR AS WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE, I BASICALLY ATTENDED ALMOST MOST OF THE STUFF THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED.

I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO COLLEGE NIGHT.

THAT WAS AN AMAZING EVENT.

I WAS KIND OF FLOORED BY THE CROWD THAT WAS ASSEMBLED FOR IT.

AND THAT'S A TRIBUTE TO OUR TEACHERS AS WELL FOR INSPIRING OUR STUDENTS TO WANT TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP IN THEIR ACADEMIC JOURNEY.

SUMMER GRADUATION WAS INSPIRATIONAL.

IT WAS MY HONOR TO SPEAK AT IT AND RECEIVE THAT CLASS.

I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT.

THE GARLAND CHAMBER GOLF TOURNAMENT, I DIDN'T EXPERIENCE SINKING THE FINAL PUTT THAT APPARENTLY WON THE US OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT THAT MR. GLICK DID.

BUT I DID PARTICIPATE IN IT ON THE ADMINISTRATION'S TEAM AND WE HAD A LOT OF FUN.

AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO DR.

RINGO, MATT YEAGER, AND JOHN WILBORN FOR HAVING A FUN DAY OF GOLF WITH ME THERE.

AND I THINK WE DID ALL RIGHT.

ALSO ATTENDED A SACHSE HOMECOMING, THE LABOR DAY PARADE; JUST A TON OF STUFF.

SEPTEMBER IS ONE OF OUR BUSIEST TIMES.

OCTOBER ISN'T ANY LESS BUSY, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT TO GO ON.

BEFORE I HAND IT OFF TO DR.

LOPEZ, I THINK MR. BEACH HAS SOMETHING HE WANT TO ADD.

YEAH. ITEM NUMBER 2 SAYS ANNOUNCEMENT OF UPCOMING DISTRICT EVENTS.

AND I'D LIKE TO MENTION TO FOLKS ABOUT MONDAY, OCTOBER THE 3RD, ABOUT THE BAND FESTIVAL THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE AT HBJ IF YOU'D PLEASE WOULD MENTION THAT SINCE YOUR SON IS A BAND MEMBER.

YOU STOLE THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH.

I WAS GOING TO TELL EVERYONE IN THE DISTRICT, YOU NEED TO GO TO BAND FEST.

IT COSTS, I THINK TWO, NOT MUCH.

I DON'T KNOW $5 DOLLARS? $5.

SO YEAH, HEAD OUT TO BAND FEST IS GOING TO BE HBJ NEXT MONDAY NIGHT.

DR. LOPEZ SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

[VI.B. Superintendent's Report]

IT'S BEEN ALREADY A FULL SCALE 100% I MEAN, FULL FORCE AHEAD.

AS WE END THE SEPTEMBER MONTH WE NEED TO BE JUST BE MINDFUL THAT THIS IS THE END OF THE GRADING CYCLE.

SO ANY PARENTS LISTENING, MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR GRADES IN.

THE END OF THE GRADING CYCLE COMES QUICKER THAN WE THINK.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS A SUCCESSFUL FIRST NINE WEEKS.

YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE NINE WEEKS REALLY SOON.

IT IS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW TO PLEASE, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN OPEN MIND AND EMBRACE DIVERSITY.

WE'RE BETTER TOGETHER.

WE'RE A VERY DIVERSE DISTRICT.

THE HISPANIC HERITAGE IS THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF A HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IS VAST AND DEEP.

IT'S NOT FROM ONE COUNTRY.

IT'S NOT ONE TYPE OF CULTURE.

IT'S CELEBRATING ALL TYPES FROM ALL PARTS OF OUR GREAT LANDS, FROM THE UNITED STATES TO OUR CENTRAL AMERICAN AREAS.

IT'S JUST NICE TO HAVE INCLUSIVITY AND FEEL LIKE WE BELONG.

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WE FEEL VERY MUCH AT HOME AND WE THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.

YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT THE TRUSTEES BROUGHT UP IS IT'S REALLY NICE TO HAVE US AT SO MANY DIFFERENT PLACES.

AND I KNOW IT'S HARD TO ATTEND EVERYTHING AND IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE WITH THE DISTRICT OUR SIZE.

RIGHT? NOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID ATTEND THOUGH, WAS THE STATE OF THE DISTRICT ADDRESS, WHICH SEEMS SO FAR LONG AGO.

BUT ONE OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THE EVENT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY, VERY WELL RECEIVED.

THE ENERGY, THE FOCUS OF WHAT WE HAVE ON OUR PILLARS.

BUT MOST OF ALL, THE BIG EYE OPENING EVENT IS THAT WE'RE IN THE DFW AREA FOR DISTRICTS OVER 25,000 AND OVER 50% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED WERE NUMBER ONE IN THE RATING SYSTEM.

AND THAT INCLUDES OUR SURROUNDING AREAS THAT LOOK JUST LIKE US.

THEY MIGHT BE NOT AS BIG, MIGHT BE A LITTLE SMALLER, THEY MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE DIVERSE, BUT WE'RE NUMBER ONE.

AND SO THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE PRINCIPALS AT THE CAMPUSES, THE TEACHERS TEACHING EACH AND EVERY DAY, MAKING SURE THE STANDARDS ARE MET.

IF WE LOOK BACK JUST A SHORT WHILE AGO AND ALL THE OBSTACLES WE HAD TO GO THROUGH WITH THE PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS ALMOST A LIFETIME AGO AND A LOT OF OUR EMPLOYEES NEED TO BE COMMENDED BECAUSE THEY MADE NO EXCUSES DURING ALL OF THAT.

SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THEM.

AND THE BEST IS YET TO COME.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR BOARD PRESIDENT, MR. JOHNSON.

DO WE HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE REFERENCED ON THE FUTURE AGENDA? SEEING NONE WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WE'LL CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT.

[VII. Consent Agenda]

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MR. JOHNSON. BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

DR. LOPEZ.

THE CONSENT AGENDA WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR ORIGINAL AGENDA.

AND YOU HAVE AT YOUR PLACE ANY CHANGES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN MADE.

TRUSTEES THERE WERE NO CHANGES THIS EVENING.

YOU HAVE NO FOLDER FOR THAT.

MR. PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT AS PRINTED IN OUR AGENDA.

WE HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT AS PRESENTED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES 7 0.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS ACTION ITEMS, AGENDA ITEMS 8.

[VIII.A. Consider Approval of Remote Homebound Waivers for FSP Funding]

MS. TANYA VARGAS RAMOS THIS CAME THROUGH THE ACADEMIC AND DISTRICT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT JOHNSON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND DR.

LOPEZ. I'VE SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH REGION 10 EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER.

THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET IS SIMILAR TO THE SHARED SERVICE AGREEMENTS YOU'VE APPROVED OVER THE SUMMER WITH DALLAS ISD AND MESQUITE ISD FOR THE REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.

THIS PARTNERSHIP IS DESIGNED TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS WITH EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE WHO HAVE EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION AGAIN, OR? THIS WAS DISCUSSED IN DEPTH AT THE ACADEMIC AND DISTRICT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING.

DOES ANY TRUSTEE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DOES THE CHAIR OF THE ACADEMIC AND DISTRICT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WISH TO HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS ITEM? NO, WE HAVE WE FULLY DISCUSSED IT AT THE MEETING, SIR.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANY OTHER TRUSTEE? SEEING NONE. DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS ON THIS MATTER? I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMOTE HOMEBOUND WAIVERS FOR FSP.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE REMOTE HOMEBOUND WAIVERS FOR FSP FUNDING .

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

ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT UP IS ACTION ITEM 8B, WHICH IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH

[VIII.B. Consider Approval of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Plano ISD]

MS. VARGAS RAMOS.

YES. THIS ACTION ITEM WAS ALSO PRESENTED AT THE DISTRICT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, AND SO I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY

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CHAIRMAN GLICK, ANYTHING YOU WISH TO ADD? NO. MS. RAMOS MADE AN AMAZING PRESENTATION ABOUT OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS AND HOW THIS WOULD WORK WITH PLANO ISD AND THE SCHOOL THEY HAVE, GAVE US A FULL COST STRUCTURE AND HOW IT WOULD WORK BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND I THINK BASED ON THE QUESTIONING, THE THREE MEMBERS WOULD ALL AGREE WITH OUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANY TRUSTEES? SEEING NO QUESTIONS DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS? MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE PLANO ISD.

SECOND.

I'LL SECOND IT. WE HAVE A MOTION AN A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE PLANO ISD PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

SEVEN ZERO ON THAT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

NEXT UP IS ACTION ITEM 8C, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE 2023 2024 SCHOOL OF CHOICE CALENDAR.

[VIII.C. Consider Approval of 2023-2024 Choice of School Calendar]

THIS ALSO CAME OUT OF ACADEMIC AND DISTRICT AFFAIRS.

GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT JOHNSON, TRUSTEES AND DR.

LOPEZ. WE DO HAVE THE 2023 24 CHOICE OF SCHOOL PERIOD CALENDAR FOR YOUR APPROVAL THIS EVENING.

I'D JUST LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THE DATES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR GRADES 1ST THROUGH 12TH.

WE WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN ON JANUARY 6, 2023, AND CLOSE THE CHOICE WINDOW FOR GRADES 1ST THROUGH 12TH ON FEBRUARY 16TH.

WE WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PRE K KINDERGARTEN CHOICE OF SCHOOL WINDOW ON MARCH 21, 2023, AND CLOSE ON MAY 5TH, 2023 FOR OUR PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS.

WE DID PRESENT THIS ITEM AT THE ACADEMIC DISTRICT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO, AND WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

CHAIRMAN GLICK WOULD YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? YES, SIR. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED DR.

HEMPHILL WAS AND YOU CAN SEE ON PAGE 46 AND 47, THE ACTUAL RESULTS AND THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO GOT FIRST AND SECOND AND THIRD CHOICES. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS SHE WAS ASKED IS WITH THIS SIX NEW MAGNET PROGRAMS WE'RE ABOUT TO INSTITUTE BASED ON THE GRANT FROM THE SYSTEM OF GREAT SCHOOLS, WILL THAT CHANGE THE PERCENTAGE OF THE PARENTS GETTING THEIR FIRST AND SECOND AND THIRD CHOICES? WOULD YOU ADDRESS THAT, PLEASE? I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HEAR.

SO WHAT WE SPOKE ABOUT IN RELATION TO THE SYSTEM OF GREAT GETTING MY ACRONYMS MIXED UP OUR SCHOOL ACTION FUND CAMPUSES IS THAT THOSE DO OPEN UP ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL PARENTS.

AT THOSE PARTICULAR SCHOOLS WE REALLY DO WANT TO FOCUS ON THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL PULL MORE FAMILIES TO THOSE PARTICULAR SCHOOLS, BUT IT DOES ALLOW MORE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE FAMILIES THAT CHOSE MADE CHOICES AND DIDN'T NECESSARILY GET THEIR FIRST, SECOND OR THIRD CHOICE, MANY OF THOSE FAMILIES DID SELECT MAGNET CAMPUSES AND THEY CHOSE THOSE FOR WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD CHOICES.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT KIND OF BROUGHT THAT NUMBER UP.

SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT BY BRINGING MORE SELECTIONS INTO THE FOLD, THAT WE'LL HAVE MORE PEOPLE TO GET THOSE CHOICES THAT THEY WANTED, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE SEEKING A SPECIAL PROGRAM OR SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR THEIR STUDENT.

MR. MILLER YEAH.

JUST COINCIDENTALLY, IN THE LAST TWO DAYS, I'VE RANDOMLY RUN INTO TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE THE COMMENT TO ME THAT THEY WEREN'T REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OPENING THE DISTRICT, HAVING AN OPEN DISTRICT AND HAVING KIDS FROM OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT COME IN AND MADE THE COMMENT THAT THEY WERE TAKING UP SPOTS IN SOME OF OUR MOST CROWDED SCHOOLS IN PRIORITY TO OUR OWN KIDS.

I ASSURED THEM THAT THAT WAS INCORRECT, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WOULD COMMENT ON THAT.

SO I ACTUALLY HAVE THE NUMBERS HERE.

CURRENTLY, WE ONLY HAVE 75 STUDENTS MATRICULATING THROUGH THE OPEN ENROLLMENT PLAN THAT VERY FIRST YEAR IN 21-22, WHEN WE DID THE OPEN ENROLLMENT, WE ONLY HAD 99 STUDENTS THAT WE ACCEPTED.

WE GOT OVER 300 APPLICATIONS, BUT WE ONLY ACCEPTED 99 STUDENTS.

THOSE WERE PRIMARILY AT ELEMENTARY.

EVEN LAST YEAR, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE ACCEPTED IT WAS ACTUALLY 54 THAT WE ACCEPTED INTO THE DISTRICT.

AND AGAIN, PRIMARILY AT ELEMENTARY, WE DO AN APPLICATION ONLINE FOR THOSE OPEN ENROLLMENT CAMPUSES AND WE ONLY ACCEPT STUDENTS IF THERE IS IN EXCESS OF 15% OF THE CAPACITY LEFT FOR A STUDENT TO APPLY.

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SO A SCHOOL LIKE IF WE WERE LOOKING AT MAYBE HIGH SCHOOLS, LAKEVIEW, SACHSE WOULD NOT SHOW BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY FILL THOSE SEATS WITH OUR STUDENTS. SO THAT IS NOT AN OPTION FOR OPEN ENROLLMENT.

SO IN THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE THING, OUR STUDENTS MAKE THEIR CHOICES, THE POSITIONS ARE FILLED.

YES. AND THEN IT'S DETERMINED WHETHER A CAMPUS HAS ENOUGH EXCESS CAPACITY YES. WELL, THANK YOU. I JUST THINK THAT CLEARS UP SOME QUESTIONS I'VE BEEN RECEIVING COINCIDENTALLY, JUST IN THE LAST TWO DAYS.

THANK YOU. YES.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE BOARD? MR. PRESIDENT, IF YOU'RE READY FOR A MOTION? I AM. YES SIR.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2023 20224 CHOICE OF SCHOOL CALENDAR.

SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE 2023 2024 SCHOOL OF CHOICE CALENDAR AS PRESENTED TONIGHT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS ACTION ITEM 8D DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING INTENT TO REDEEM OR DEFEASE CERTAIN OF THE

[VIII.D. Discussion and Consideration of a Resolution Expressing Intent to Redeem or Defease Certain of the Garland Independent School District’s Outstanding Obligations and Resolving Other Matters Incident and Related Thereto]

THAT'S A FUN PHRASE TO SAY.

DR. RINGO.

MR. JOHNSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

DR. LOPEZ.

GOOD EVENING. THIS IS A RESOLUTION AS MR. JOHNSON READ, I WILL NOT REPEAT THAT, BUT IT ALLOWS US TO USE OUR FUND BALANCE WITH AN I&S FOR OUR OUTSTANDING DEBT AS NEEDED.

MR. BEACH, THIS CAME OUT OF FINANCE FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WISH TO ADD? YES SIR. THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY OTHER CHANGES OR DISCUSSIONS, SO THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT OUR COMMITTEE MEETING.

SO IF WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION OR IF THERE'S A QUESTION.

AND MR. BEACH, I WILL HIGHLIGHT TWO AND WE'D LIKE TO THANK THEM.

WE DO HAVE GEORGE WILLIFORD, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISER FOR THE DISTRICT WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES HERE, AND ALSO ROBERT DRANSFIELD WITH NORTON ROSE AND FULBRIGHT.

OUR BOND COUNSEL IS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE.

THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

PLEASE. JUST CLARITY FOR ME.

SO WITH RESPECT TO THE DEFEASING OR WHATEVER THE PROPER TERM WOULD BE, WE'RE TAKING FUND BALANCE OUT OF OUR I&S FUND TO REPAY DEBT.

IT GIVES US THAT. YES, SIR.

AND NONE OF US ARE GETTING REPAID EARLY OR ANYTHING? IT'S JUST SCHEDULED TIMELY PAYMENTS OF OUR EXISTING DEBT.

IT GIVES US THAT OPTION TO DO THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANY TRUSTEE? MR. BEACH.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION FOR EXPRESSING INTENT TO REDEEM OR DEFEASE CERTAIN, LET'S JUST SAY ITEM 8D AS PRINTED IN OUR BOOKLET.

HOW'S THAT? I'LL SECOND ITEM 8B, AS JOHNNY STATED.

WELL, 8D SAY THAT AGAIN.

8 D AS IN DOG.

I'LL SECOND ITEM 8D AS IN DOG.

AS STATED BY MR. BEACH.

THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING INTENT TO REDEEM OR TO DEFEASE CERTAIN OF THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT'S OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT RELATED THERE TO.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE. IT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT IS GOING TO BE ACTION ITEM 8E CONSIDER APPROVAL OF SETTING THE TAX RATE FOR THE 2022 2023 SCHOOL YEAR.

[VIII.E. Consider Approval of Setting the Tax Rate for the 2022-2023 School Year]

LOPEZ.

I'M HERE TO BRING YOU THE RESOLUTION FOR SETTING THE TAX RATE FOR THE 2022 TAX YEAR.

SO THE FIRST ITEM YOU'LL SEE THERE ON THE RESOLUTION IS REQUESTING ADOPTION FOR A M&O TAX RATE OF 0.8546.

THAT IS A CHANGE FROM OUR ADOPTED TAX RATE FOR 2021 OF 0.9384.

SO THAT'S AN EIGHT CENT REDUCTION IN M&O RATE.

ITEM TWO IS OUR I&S RATE AND THAT IS 0.3179 AND THAT IS THE NO CHANGE YEAR OVER YEAR AND ADOPTION IN I&S, WHICH BRINGS US TO A TOTAL TAX RATE OF 1.1725 TAX RATE PROPOSED FOR THE 2022 TAX YEAR, WHICH IS ABOUT AN EIGHT CENT CHANGE YEAR OVER YEAR.

SUCH TAXES ARE TO BE ASSESSED AND COLLECTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF TAX SERVICES DESIGNATED BY THE DISTRICT.

I WANT TO POINT OUT, AS WE DID DISCUSS IN COMMITTEE MEETING, THAT ACCORDING TO TEXAS TAX CODE 26.05 B, WE ARE REQUIRED

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THIS TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE.

AND THEN THE SECOND SECTION IS REQUIRED BY TAX CODE 26.05 B THAT IF OUR M&O TAX RATE IS HIGHER THAN THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO SAY THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 5.78%, AND WE'LL RAISE TAXES FROM MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY -$83.80. JUST TO POINT OUT THAT STATEMENT, AS WE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL IN COMMITTEE, IS THE FIRST PORTION OF THAT STATEMENT IS ACTUALLY A COMPARISON OF OUR M&O TAX RATE COMPARED TO THE M&O, NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.

AND THE SECOND PORTION OF THAT STATEMENT IS ACTUALLY A WHOLE DIFFERENT COMPARISON OF TAX RATES, WHICH IS THE COMPARISON OF THE M&O TAX RATE PROPOSED AND THE ACTUAL TAX RATE WE HAD ADOPTED LAST FISCAL YEAR.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A STATEMENT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE.

ONE, THIS TAKES US INTO WHAT I CALL THE SILLY SEASON PART OF SCHOOL LAW, BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT COME UP WITH SCHOOLS WHERE WE HAVE TO SAY THINGS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY TRUE AND MANDATORY STATEMENTS BECAUSE BY ANYBODY WHO UNDERSTANDS BASIC ARITHMETIC WILL LOOK AND SEE THAT THIS YEAR'S TAX RATE IS LESS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE.

IT WENT DOWN.

NOW WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE TO SAY IN A MOTION THAT IT WENT UP, WHICH MAKES NO SENSE TO ANYBODY WITH COMMON SENSE.

BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE PEOPLE IN AUSTIN ARE FORCING US TO SAY.

SO JUST KEEP IN MIND, IF YOU'RE WATCHING ON THIS, THE TAXES ARE ACTUALLY GOING DOWN NO MATTER WHAT YOU HEAR US SAY COMING OUT OF OUR MOUTHS NEXT. [LAUGHTER] I KNOW IT SEEMS A LITTLE WEIRD, BUT NOW I'M GOING TO BE QUIET AND WAIT FOR A MOTION THAT WILL BE UNBIASED, I'M CERTAIN.

I DO WANT TO CLARIFY JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

[LAUGHTER] AFTER I QUIT LAUGHING, I'M PRETTY SURE THIS IS THE SAME THEORY THAT MY BOSSES USE WHEN THEY GIVE ME A RAISE.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY NEW MONEY, BUT YOUR SALARY IS GOING UP KIND OF THING.

YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE REALLY DEALING WITH TWO DIFFERENT ANIMALS.

ONE IS THE TEA VERSION OF THE TAX RATE CALCULATION, AND ONE IS THE NO NEW REVENUE, WHICH IS A STATE REQUIREMENT.

SO WITHIN THAT, I THINK THE IMPACT IS THAT THE PREVIOUS BILL, HOUSE BILL 3 THAT CREATED THIS COMPRESSION. WE'RE ALL WHEN IT COMES TO TAXES WE ARE ALL SUBJECT TO PROPERTY APPRAISAL INCREASES THAT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT JUST IS HAPPENING.

BUT THE STATE IS AT LEAST HELPED TO REMEDY THAT SOME WITH COMPRESSION.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT CREATES ABOUT A TWO AND A HALF PERCENT HIGHER PERCENTAGE THAN THE NO NEW TAX REVENUE RATE, WHICH IS THE CALCULATION THAT THE STATE MAKES US DO.

SO, YOU KNOW, BY EXPLAINING THAT TO EVERYBODY TODAY, I THINK I'VE CONFUSED MYSELF EVEN MORE.

[LAUGHTER] BUT THE FACT IS THAT YOUR TAX RATE IS GOING DOWN $0.08, AND THAT IS THE MOTION THAT WE WILL HAVE ON THE TABLE PROBABLY HERE REAL SHORTLY.

MR. BEACH, YOU WANT TO DO IT? YES. OH, IF WE'RE READY.

MR. PRESIDENT? YES.

YES, MR. GLICK. JUST ONE COMMENT, SIR.

SURE. SO ONE OF THE EVENTS THAT TAKES PLACE IN SAN ANTONIO IS THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY, WHERE EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SENDS A DELEGATE AND AN ALTERNATE MS. STANLEY WAS A DELEGATE, AND I WAS THE ALTERNATE.

AND THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS ACTUALLY HAS RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED.

THAT'S LIKE THE READ ONE THAT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY TITLED BALLOT LANGUAGE HONESTY.

TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS CALLS UPON THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE TO ALLOW SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND AND VOTER APPROVED TAX RATIFICATION PROPOSITIONS TO INCLUDE BALLOT LANGUAGE THAT ACCURATELY INFORMS VOTERS OF WHAT THE MEASURE SEEKS TO ACCOMPLISH.

SOMETHING LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT JUST NOW, CONFUSING LANGUAGE, CONFUSING VOTES THAT TAXPAYERS REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND, EVEN THE VOTE THAT WE HAVE TROUBLE EXPLAINING IT.

AND THAT'S EVEN MORE DIFFICULT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO A VOTER WHAT IT MEANS.

I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WILL TAKE EFFECT, BUT IT IS AN OFFICIAL PROPOSITION GIVEN TO THE LEGISLATURE FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION.

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IT IS GENERALLY CONFUSING TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE OUR TAX RATE THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO APPROVE IS GOING TO BE $0.08 LESS THAN THE TAX RATE WE HAD LAST YEAR.

BUT WE'RE LITERALLY ABOUT TO SAY THAT IT'S AN 8.13% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

SO JUST COMPARING THE TAX RATE, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OVERALL REVENUE THAT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ISSUE.

BUT COMPARING THE TAX RATE WE'RE LEVYING, OUR TAX RATE IS WITHOUT QUESTION LESS THAN WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.

SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH COMPRESSION.

I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE MILLER.

I THINK IT'S GOOD. I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE GETTING TAX RELIEF OUT TO PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.

I MEAN, THE WAY THE APPRAISALS HAVE GONE UP AS RECENT, IT'S GOOD THAT COMPRESSION EXISTS TO HELP PROVIDE THAT RELIEF.

SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO RAISE TAXES TONIGHT BECAUSE WE ARE MOST CERTAINLY NOT DOING THAT.

YOUR TAXES ARE ACTUALLY GOING DOWN IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN CONTROL.

NOW, WITH RESPECT, THERE'S ALWAYS SOME ISSUE ABOUT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE THAT COMES UP.

DR. RINGO WHAT IS THE CURRENT RATE OF INFLATION IN THE UNITED STATES? IT'S BEEN ROUGHLY RUNNING ABOUT 8%.

YEAH 8%.

AND I SPOKE TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING ENGINEERING ESTIMATES AND ARCHITECTURAL ESTIMATES DOWN AT THE CONFERENCE, WE REACHED OUT, AND THEY'RE FACTORING IN ABOUT 12% INFLATION ON ANY PROJECTIONS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD.

THE AMOUNT OVER THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, THIS REPRESENTS SLIGHTLY OVER 2%.

THAT'S NOT EVEN GOING TO REPLACE THE INFLATION THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING, BECAUSE GUESS WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS DEAL WITH COST AND THOSE COSTS HAVE GONE UP FOR US, JUST LIKE THEY HAVE FOR EVERYONE ELSE, TOO.

SO WE ARE, WITHOUT QUESTION IN THIS, GOING TO BE LOSERS IN TERMS OF OVERALL REVENUE WHEN YOU FACTOR IN INFLATION.

THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE GLAD TO TRY TO PROVIDE SOME TAX RELIEF TO OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEEM EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE GOOD COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND WE WANT EVERYONE OUT THERE TO KNOW THAT THE GARLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS THEIR BACK AS HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE OURS.

MR. BEACH WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? YES, SINCE WE'VE HAD AND THIS WILL BE AN ECHO, THE LANGUAGE REQUIRED IN THE MOTION SETTING THIS YEAR'S TAX RATE, I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 1.172500, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 8.13% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ADOPTION OF THE 2022 2023 TAX RATE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES AND THE TAX RATE IS ADOPTED.

THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ACTION, ITEM 8F CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE 2022

[VIII.F. Consider Approval of Budget Transfers and Amendments to the 2022-2023 General Fund and Debt Service Fund]

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

LOPEZ. WE DID DISCUSS THIS IN COMMITTEE, BUT JUST TO GIVE A REALLY BRIEF OVERVIEW AS DISCUSSED, OUR TAXABLE VALUES CAME IN A BIT HIGHER THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY PROPOSED. SO YOU'LL SEE THE OFFSET IN STATE AND LOCAL REVENUE THERE.

SO WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE IN LOCAL AND A DECREASE IN STATE, WHICH IS ALMOST AS WE SHOW IN THE SCALE IN OUR BUDGET PRESENTATIONS, ALMOST COMPLETELY OFFSET. WE DO HAVE A ITEM FOR $86,000, WHICH IS FOR OUR BOND PLANNING CONTRACT.

ABOUT $16,000 OF THAT CONTRACT IS FOR SUPPLIES AND PAPER AND NECESSARY ITEMS. AND THEN THE OTHER $70,000 IS FOR THE ACTUAL CONTRACT.

AND THEN ALSO WE ARE, AS YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT LATER TODAY, WE'RE TRANSFERRING OUT FUNDS TO FUND 651 TO REPLACE THE VIDEO SCOREBOARDS AT WILLIAMS AND HBJ STADIUM.

AND WE'LL HEAR INFORMATION ABOUT THAT LATER TODAY.

BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE COMMITTEE.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE DEBT SERVICE, THE I&S FUND, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH OUR TAXABLE VALUES, AND THERE'S AN INCREASE IN LOCAL REVENUE THERE.

THERE'S NO CHANGE IN STATE REVENUE FOR THAT FOR FUND 599 BECAUSE WE DO NOT RECEIVE ANY STATE SUPPORT IN OUR I&S FUND.

AND THEN AS REQUIRED BY LAW, WE HAVE OUR TAX RATE CALCULATION WORKSHEETS THAT ARE ADDED TO AN AMENDMENT AS OUR BUDGET WHEN WE COME TO ADOPT OUR TAX RATE EACH YEAR.

AND THIS BASICALLY WALKS YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HOW THE TAX RATES ARE CALCULATED.

SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THIS THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE CALCULATION ON TEA?

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I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE TRANSFER OF BUDGETS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE 22-23 GENERAL FUND AND DEBT SERVICE FUND.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND REGARDING APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE 2022 2023 GENERAL FUND AND DEBT SERVICE FUND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU, MS. MAYO.

NEXT UP IS ACTION ITEM 8G CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE REGION 10 MASTER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.

[VIII.G. Consider Approval of Region 10 Master Interlocal Agreement]

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

LOPEZ WE HAVE BEFORE YOU A INTERLOCAL MASTER AGREEMENT THROUGH REGION 10.

THIS IS WE HAD A MEETING PREVIOUSLY AND IDENTIFIED THE LAST RESOLUTION WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN MAY OF 2015.

WE'RE JUST RENEWING THAT CONTRACT, WHICH REQUIRES THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO AUTHORIZE US TO ENTER INTO THIS NEW INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, ALTHOUGH IT'S CONSIDERED NEW, IT JUST ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE SERVICES OFFERED BY REGION 10 AND ANY CONTRACTS THAT WE MAY WANT TO UTILIZE.

CHAIRMAN BEACH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE REGION 10 MASTER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE REGION 10 MASTER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

OPPOSED? THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT UP IS ACTION ITEM 8H CONSIDER APPROVAL OF 5000 DONATION FROM COMMUNITY PARTNER AND THAT WOULD BE PRESENTED

[VIII.H. Consider Approval of $5,000 Donation from Community Partner]

SUSANNA RUSSELL, WHO JUST GOT THROUGH WITH A DRIVING TOUR OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES IN THEIR ENTIRETY.

YES, SIR. AS WE PRESENTED AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THIS IS A DONATION TO HANDLEY ELEMENTARY FROM A COMMUNITY PARTNER THAT HAS BEEN A LONG STANDING, GOOD COMMUNITY MEMBER AND WELL LOVED PARTNER FOR THE CAMPUS.

THE MONEY WILL BE UTILIZED FOR STUDENT AND TEACHER INCENTIVES AND TO FUND ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS.

THIS IS FROM THE WILLIS EARLY LEARNING CENTER, AND THEY HAVE SUPPORTED THE SCHOOL, AS I SAID, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

CHAIRMAN BEACH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF THE BOARD? SEEING NONE, I SAY WE APPROVE A $5,000 DOLLAR DONATION FROM OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER.

SECOND.

I WAS GOING TO SECOND WITH MUCH RESPECT FOR THE WILLIS LEARNING CENTER.

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

THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU TO THE WILLIS LEARNING CENTER FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR SCHOOLS.

NEXT UP IS ACTION ITEM 8I CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE GARLAND ISD TAX ROLL FOR TAX YEAR 2022 2023.

[VIII.I. Consider Approval of Garland ISD Tax Roll for Tax Year 2022]

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

LOPEZ. THE ITEM IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE 2022 TAX ROLL WITH A LEVY OF $314,088,773 DOLLARS WITH AN M&O PORTION OF $228,929,878 DOLLARS AND AN I&S LEVY OF $85,158,895 DOLLARS.

AND THIS CALCULATION IS BASED ON THE ADOPTED TAX RATE OF 1.1725.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.

CHAIRMAN BEACH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO STATE REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? NONE WHATSOEVER. JUST GREAT JOB.

SEEING NONE. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE GARLAND ISD TAX ROLL FOR THE TAX YEAR OF 2022 AS PRINTED IN OUR BOOKLET.

SECOND.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ACTION ITEM 8I APPROVAL OF THE GARLAND ISD TAX ROLL FOR TAX YEAR 2022.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT ENTRY IS GOING TO BE 8J CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CHANGES TO THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL FOR TAX YEAR 22.

[VIII.J. Consider Approval of Changes to the Certified Tax Roll for Tax Year 2022]

THIS WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH DURING THE FINANCE FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.

[01:30:03]

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ACTION ON 8J, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF CHANGES TO THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL FOR TAX YEAR 2022.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS ACTION ITEM 8K, WHICH IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SACHSE AND THE GARLAND ISD.

[VIII.K. Consider Approval of the Drainage Easement Between the City of Sachse and Garland ISD]

HOW ARE YOU, SIR? WELL, THANK YOU, SIR.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.

LOPEZ. THIS ITEM IS A, THIS IS A DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT HAS EXISTING DRAINAGE EASEMENT BETWEEN THAT EXISTS ON OUR PROPERTY AT HUDSON.

AND THIS IS TO DOCUMENT AN EXISTING EASEMENT THAT HASN'T BEEN DOCUMENTED BEFORE WITH THE CITY OF SACHSE.

SO THIS ACTUALLY FINALIZES THAT EASEMENT THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN THERE FOR SOME TIME.

BUT IN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF SACHSE, WE DISCOVERED THAT THAT EASEMENT WAS NEVER OFFICIALLY SIGNED.

AND SO IT'S A RESOLUTION TO COME BACK.

EXCUSE ME, IT'S AN ACTION ITEM, NOT A RESOLUTION.

THAT'S AN ACTION ITEM TO FINALIZE THE EASEMENT THAT'S THERE.

WITH THAT IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

AGAIN, THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH DURING THE FINANCE FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.

DOES ANY TRUSTEE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. FERNANDEZ OR OF CHAIRMAN BEACH? SEEING NONE I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SACHSE AND THE GARLAND ISD AS PRINTED.

WE HAVE A MOTION, AND A SECOND FROM MS. STANLEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SACHSE AND THE GARLAND ISD PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT UP IS.

MR. PRESIDENT? YES. MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION?

[VIII.L New Bids]

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE.

ALL WERE HEARD IN COMMITTEE, AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WERE PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THOSE PRESENTATIONS SO I'D LIKE TO GROUP THOSE IF POSSIBLE.

YES, WE HAVE A REQUEST TO GROUP THE ENTIRETY OF SECTION L, THE NEW BIDS TOGETHER FOR ONE MOTION.

I WILL READ ALL THE CONTRACTS TOGETHER IF THERE ARE ANY CONTRACTS AFTER I'M FINISHED READING THAT ANY BOARD MEMBER WOULD LIKE PULLED THEN PLEASE LET ME KNOW AT THAT TIME.

WE HAVE CONTRACT 499-22-01 WHICH IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDED CONTRACTOR FOR LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL BUS LANE.

WE HAVE CONTRACT 4-22 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF ANONYMOUS REPORTING SYSTEM AND SUPPORT.

WE HAVE CONTRACT 43-22 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF LASERFICHE PRODUCTS, SUPPORTS AND SERVICES.

WE HAVE CONTRACT 65-22 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF TOILET TISSUE AND PAPER TOWELS WAREHOUSE.

WE HAVE CONTRACT 224-22 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF DATA GOVERNANCE ANALYSIS.

WE HAVE CONTRACT 302-23-01 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF MONTESSORI PRACTICE LIFE, MATH AND CULTURAL STUDIES.

WE HAVE CONTRACT 311-22 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM K THROUGH 12.

WE HAVE CONTRACT 432-22 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTANT AND WE HAVE CONTRACT 52-22 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF EVENT STAFFING SERVICES FOR THE CURTIS CULWELL CENTER.

EACH ONE OF THESE ITEMS WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH IN THE FINANCE FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.

DOES ANY TRUSTEE WANT ANY OF THESE CONTRACTS PULLED BEFORE WE MAKE ANY MOTION? I'D LIKE TO PULL NUMBER 8.

OKAY. WE HAVE A REQUEST TO PULL NUMBER 8 FROM THIS LIST.

ANY OTHERS? ALL RIGHT.

DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS, L 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 AS PRINTED IN OUR BOARD BOOKLET. SECOND.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF NEW BIDS.

L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L9.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THESE NEW BIDS PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED. THOSE EIGHT NEW BIDS PASSED SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE CONTRACT 432-22 WHICH IS ACTION ITEM L8 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF HUMAN RESOURCES

[01:35:08]

GRADYNE BROWN.

JUST REAL QUICK, I JUST HAD A QUESTION THAT'S GOING TO BE REAL BRIEF.

I THINK I READ WHERE WE HAD THREE BIDS AND TWO DID NOT MEET THE MINIMUMS. JUST GIVE ME SOME IDEA OF WHAT THAT MEANS THEY DID NOT MEET THE MINIMUMS. THE BID NUMBER ONE THE BID REQUIRED THAT THE CONSULTANT HAD WORKED WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS THE SIZE OF GARLAND ISD OR AROUND THE SIZE, AND THE BID ALSO REQUIRED THAT THEY PROVIDE REFERENCES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT THEY HAD WORKED WITH.

THE OTHER TWO BIDS ONE OF THEM DID NOT ENCOMPASS THE TOTAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE RFP AND THE OTHER ONE HAD NOT WORKED WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AT ALL.

I NEED TO HAVE A QUICK CONVERSATION WITH OUR ATTORNEY.

OKAY. TAKE ALL THE TIME YOU NEED.

IS CURRENTLY 6:37 AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF RECESS WHILE WE CONSULT WITH OUR ATTORNEY ABOUT AN ISSUE.

SO IT IS 6:37 AND WE ARE GOING TO BE OFF THE RECORD.

ITEM OR NEW BID L8, WHICH IS CONTRACT 432-22.

ARE THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION REGARDING THIS CONTRACT? MR. PRESIDENT. YES, MR. MILLER. I WOULD MOVE THAT WE APPROVE, I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTANT AS PRINTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK. SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF CONTRACT 43-22, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTANT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT APPROVAL OF THIS NEW BID, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? ANY OPPOSED THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR WHICH IS INCREASED INTO AWARDED BIDS.

[VIII.M Increase to Awarded Bids]

MR. PRESIDENT. MR. BEACH, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, PLEASE SAY IT NOW.

YES. CAN WE GO AHEAD AND GROUP ITEM M ITEMS ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR IN ONE GROUP? MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM TWO.

OKAY. WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR AN OMNIBUS MOTION FOR ITEMS M, 1, 3, AND 4.

I'LL READ THE CONTRACTS BEFORE WE GET GOING.

M1 IS CONTRACT 371-18 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE TO AWARDED AMOUNT FOR CATERING SERVICES CONTRACT M 3 IS CONTRACT 190-21 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASED AND AWARDED AMOUNT FOR FIELD LIGHTING, SCOREBOARD AND MARQUEE EQUIPMENT, INSTALLATION AND SERVICES AND M 4 IS CONTRACT 294-20 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASED AND AWARDED AMOUNT FOR BROADCASTING SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES.

DO I HAVE ANY MOTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THIS OR ANY DISCUSSION TO THIS OR ANY DISCUSSION TO THIS ITEM? MR. PRESIDENT, I MAKE A MOTION THAT ON M 1, 3 AND 4 THAT WE APPROVE THOSE CONTRACTS AS AWARDED IN OUR BOOKLET.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF INCREASE TO AWARDED BIDS M 1, 3, AND 4.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

[01:40:02]

THAT TAKES US BACK TO ITEM M 2, WHICH IS CONTRACT 32-19-09 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, LARGE EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES.

MR. COLEMAN BRUMAN.

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

LOPEZ. ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THIS I CAN ANSWER? MR. PRESIDENT, MY ONLY REASON FOR SEPARATING THIS IS I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS VOTE.

VERY WELL. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. BRUMAN WITH RESPECT TO THE ITEM, IT WAS DISCUSSED DURING THE FINANCE FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE? SEEING NONE. DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS? MR. PRESIDENT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM M 2 CONTRACT 32-1909 AS PRINTED IN OUR BOOKLET.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AN A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF CONTRACT 32-19-09 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN INCREASE IN AWARD AMOUNT FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, LARGE EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? OK THAT WILL PASS SIX ZERO WITH ONE ABSTENTION.

OKAY THAT TAKES US INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, DR.

LOPEZ? SEEING THAT WE HAVE NO ITEM FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT ALSO TAKES OFF OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS RECONVENED FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE. SO DO WE HAVE ANY MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? SO MOVED. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 6:46 P.M..

[XI. Adjournment]