Dec 13, 2022 Board of Trustees Meeting

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

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IT IS 5:01 P.M.

AND THIS IS A REGULARLY CALLED MEETING OF THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

ALL TRUSTEES ARE PRESENT, SO A QUORUM IS PRESENT AS WELL.

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC MEETING ON THE CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE AND RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY

[III. Public Meeting]

DR. BRENT RINGO.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.

LOPEZ. GOOD EVENING.

THIS IS THE PUBLIC MEETING ON THE ESSER II AND ESSER III RELIEF PLAN.

OUR ESSER II GRANT AWARD IS ROUGHLY $49 MILLION, AND OUR ESSER III GRANT AWARD IS ALMOST $111 MILLION.

OUR TIMELINE FOR THIS OF WHAT HAS BEEN COVERED AS PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE REQUIRED FOR ESSER III, BUT NOT FOR ESSER II.

BUT DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING AND FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY, WE ARE FOLLOWING THE SAME PROTOCOLS FOR ESSER II AS WE DO FOR ESSER III.

WE'VE HAD PUBLIC MEETINGS ON BOTH OF THEM.

FOR THE FIRST ONES, THEY WERE DIFFERENT DATES DUE TO THE TIMELINES OF THE GRANT OPENING UP AND THEN A SECOND PUBLIC MEETING, DECEMBER 14TH, 2021.

OUR THIRD PUBLIC MEETING WAS JUNE 28TH, 2022.

WE HAD AN UPDATE WITH THE BOARD ON OCTOBER 18TH, 2022.

THIS IS THE FOURTH PUBLIC MEETING ON ESSER II AND ESSER III.

ESSER III REQUIRES A PUBLIC MEETING EVERY SIX MONTHS IF THERE ARE CHANGES TO THAT ESSER PLAN FOR INPUT.

BACKGROUND ESSER I WAS A STATE OFFSET, SO THEY LOWERED OUR STATE FUNDING AND THE GENERAL FUND FOR THAT MONEY WE RECEIVED.

THERE WASN'T REALLY NEW MONEY.

AFTER THAT OCCURRED, THE FEDS PUT SOME MORE REGULATIONS IN THERE TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS SO THAT MONEY COULD NOT BE SUPPLANTED.

AND OUR ESSER EXPENDITURE PLAN IS POSTED AND THE UPDATES ARE ALSO POSTED ON OUR WEB PAGE FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY.

SO THE DETAILS FOR ESSER II OUR DEADLINE TO EXPENSE THESE FUNDS IS LESS THAN A YEAR FROM NOW, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.

AS I NOTED, WHAT IS NOT REQUIRED IS THE USE OF FUND PLANS, BUT FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY, WE DO HAVE THAT FUNDS PLAN ON OUR WEB PAGE AND POSTED PUBLICLY.

THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT TO PRESENT THIS AT A BOARD MEETING, BUT WE DO.

YOU CAN SEE THE ALLOWABLE COST AND NOT RECOMMENDED ONGOING EXPENSES AFTER ESSER ENDS BECAUSE ONCE SEPTEMBER 2023 COMES HERE, WE WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE FUNDS.

ESSER III DETAILS.

WHAT IS REQUIRED: ASSURANCES OF ESSER GRANT, THE USE OF FUNDS PLAN, WHICH HAS BEEN SHARED HERE AND ON OUR WEBSITE.

THE SAFE RETURN TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND CONTINUITY OF SERVICES PLAN REQUIREMENTS.

NURSE KAY AND DR.

GARRETT HAVE PRESENTED THIS.

THIS IS ALSO POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.

OF THESE FUNDS, 20% HAS TO BE EXPENSED ON GRANT, ON EVIDENCE BASED INTERVENTIONS, AND ALL EXPENDITURES MUST BE FEDERALLY COMPLIANT, WHICH IS EDGAR, THE LAW.

AND WE REVIEW AND AMEND IF NEEDED EVERY SIX MONTHS.

THE SAME UNALLOWABLE COST AS YOU CAN SEE HERE AND NOT RECOMMENDED ARE ONGOING EXPENSES AFTER ESSER ENDS.

THESE ARE THE REQUIRED ASSURANCES.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ EACH OF THOSE.

WE ALSO HAVE THOSE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE AND IT'S REALLY HIGHLIGHTING THAT ONCE THESE FUNDS AND THE TIMELINE ENDS, THERE ARE NO MORE ESSER FUNDS AT THIS TIME TO CONTINUE WITH.

SO ESSER II AND ESSER III AS OF OCTOBER 2022, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH IS ALLOCATED TO COMPENSATION, ROUGHLY 41%.

WITH NON PAYROLL IT'S ROUGHLY 59%.

AND SO WITHIN THAT COMPENSATION, THAT IS OUR RETENTION STIPENDS, OUR SIGN ON INCENTIVE, ALL APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN OUR COMPENSATION EACH AND EVERY YEAR. SO ALSO OUR ESSER II EXPENDITURES AS OF OCTOBER 2022.

THESE ARE FUNDS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN EXPENSED, NOT ENCUMBERED.

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DECEMBER, THIS MONTH, THERE WILL BE A LARGE EXPENDITURE BECAUSE 50% OF THE RETENTION STIPEND FOR THIS YEAR WILL BE PAID OUT OF ESSER II IN DECEMBER TO EMPLOYEES.

THAT OTHER 25% WILL COME IN MARCH 2023.

WE WILL GET CLOSE BY THAT TIME FRAME TO EXPENSING ALL THESE FUNDS AND DEFINITELY BY SEPTEMBER OF 2023 TO HAVE EXPENSED THE FULL AMOUNT.

ESSER III, WE HAVE EXPENSED $44.9 MILLION.

THAT GRANT PROGRAM ENDS IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024.

SO WE HAVE LESS THAN TWO MORE YEARS TO EXPENSE THE REMAINING OF THOSE FUNDS.

WE HAVE EXPENSED $63 MILLION OF THESE FUNDS THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

OUR NEXT STEPS, WE DID HAVE OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER TEAM MEETINGS.

THAT INCLUDED EVERYBODY FROM SPECIAL ED TO CURRICULUM TO CNI TO HUMAN RESOURCES, TO ATHLETICS FOR FEEDBACK AND INPUT AT THAT TIME.

OF ALL THOSE DOLLARS, AS OF AT THE END OF NOVEMBER, DEPARTMENTS SAID THEY COULD ONLY RETURN $250K, MEANING OF ALL THE FUNDS THAT ARE ALLOCATED, THOSE BUDGET MANAGERS DO PLAN ON SPENDING THEIR MONEY.

WE'LL HAVE MORE MEETINGS IN JANUARY AND MORE IN FEBRUARY.

THIS MEETING ALLOWS US TO ALTER AND REALLOCATE THOSE DOLLARS ON ESSER III.

WE'LL ALSO DO THAT WITH ESSER II.

AND SO AT THIS TIME THROUGH THAT ALSO THERE WAS OVER 6 MILLION IN REQUEST FOR ESSER DOLLARS.

SO ONCE ALWAYS OUTWEIGH THE RESOURCES AS WE SEE.

AND SO WITH THAT, MR. JOHNSON, I TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.

BOARD, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF DR.

RINGO REGARDING THE ISSUE OF THE PUBLIC MEETING? MS. GRIFFIN. YES, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE ON YOUR LAST SLIDE.

THE RETURN WHERE THEY ASKED TO RETURN SOMETHING OR THEY ASKED TO REVIEW, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT WORD.

GREAT QUESTION. MS. GRIFFIN. SO IN THESE MEETINGS, WE ASK DEPARTMENTS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO YOU THROUGH THIS PROCESS FROM BEGINNING TO, TO WHERE WE'RE AT THAT POINT, DOES ANYONE IDENTIFY ANY FUNDS THAT YOU DO NOT NEED, MEANING YOU'RE NOT GOING TO EXPENSE THESE DOLLARS? AND SO WE HAD, I BELIEVE, TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT SAID I HAD THESE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO ME THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, I DON'T HAVE A NEED FOR THOSE DOLLARS.

AND SO THEY WHEN I SAY RETURNED, IT WAS RETURNED TO THE POOL TO FOR US TO EVALUATE AND LOOK AT WHERE CAN WE REALLOCATE THESE DOLLARS TO OTHER BUDGET MANAGERS TO MAKE SURE THEY DO GET EXPENSED.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD? AS THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING I WILL NOW CALL.

OH, I'M SORRY, MR. MILLER. I THINK WE, NEVER MIND.

I'M GOING TO HOLD OFF BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO ASK FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

AS THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING, I WILL NOW AT THIS TIME OPEN THE FLOOR TO ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WISH TO COMMENT ON THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE PUBLIC MEETING. SEEING THERE ARE NONE, DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS FROM THE BOARD? MR. MILLER. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.

SECOND. AND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC MEETING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

THE PUBLIC MEETING IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED AT 5:10 P.M.

THANK YOU, DR. RINGO.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC FORUM.

[IV. Public Forum]

[V.A.1. Recognize Holiday Card Contest Winners (Part 1 of 2)]

RECOGNIZE HOLIDAY CARD CONTEST WINNERS - JASON WHEELER.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT JOHNSON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

DR. LOPEZ.

FOR OVER 30 YEARS, THE ARTWORK OF GARLAND ISD STUDENTS HAS HELPED RING IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY CARD CONTEST IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, AND THIS YEAR, FINE ARTS ALSO OPENED THE COMPETITION TO OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES. SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO SEE SOME HIGH SCHOOL SUBMISSIONS AS WELL.

WE THANK OUR WONDERFUL SCHOOLS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS YEAR'S EVENT.

THE TALENT IN GISD IS INCREDIBLE.

I KNOW YOU'VE WITNESSED THIS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS OF ALL THE EVIDENCE OF EXCELLENCE, BUT IT IS INCREDIBLE THE ARTWORK YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE.

THE 2022 COMPETITION FEATURED 27 SCHOOLS FROM ELEMENTARY TO HIGH SCHOOL AND SUBMISSIONS RANGING FROM DRAWING TO PAINTING TO

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AND THIS YEAR, EACH WINNER WILL RECEIVE HOLIDAY CARDS FOR THEIR DESIGN TO GIVE TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

AND YOU'LL NOTICE IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU ALSO HAVE THEIR DESIGNS IN FRONT OF YOU THAT YOU CAN SEND TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS OR ANYONE THAT YOU WANT TO.

SO THOSE ARE YOUR GIFT FROM THE STUDENTS, THEIR CARDS TO YOU.

SO AFTER A VERY CLOSE VOTE, WE'RE PROUD TO PRESENT THIS YEAR'S WINNERS AND STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS.

IF YOU COME OUT, I'M GOING TO DO ONE SCHOOL AT A TIME BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE'LL BE ENOUGH ROOM FOR EVERYBODY.

SO ONE SCHOOL AT A TIME, YOU CAN COME UP, WE'LL TAKE YOUR PICTURE AND THEN WE'LL DO THE NEXT ONE.

ALL RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.

HERE WE GO.

IN THE ELEMENTARY DIVISION FROM DAUGHERTY ELEMENTARY, ARTIST KAYCEE CAMACHO, ART TEACHER SARAHLYN COKER AND PRINCIPAL JACQUELINE RHYMES.

[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL RIGHT. ALSO FROM THE ELEMENTARY DIVISION, GOLDEN MEADOWS ELEMENTARY.

ARTIST SOPHIA VILLARREAL, ART TEACHER ANGELINA JEFFREY AND PRINCIPAL CLAUDIA SAENZ.

[APPLAUSE] LAST ONE FROM THE ELEMENTARY DIVISION, SEWELL ELEMENTARY.

ARTIST RENA WU, ART TEACHER RITA SCHAEFER AND PRINCIPAL MELINDA HOOVER.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE SECONDARY DIVISION.

FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME WE'VE HAD SECONDARY CONTESTS, PEOPLE.

LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, ARTIST STEPHANIE ZEPEDAA.

JULIE GAWEL IS THE ART TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL ELISE MOSTY.

LAST AND CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, MEMORIAL PATHWAY ACADEMY, ARTIST ASHLEE SANTANA, PRINCIPAL JOSH TOVAR.

[APPLAUSE] MIC] CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN TO ALL OUR STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS THAT PARTICIPATED.

THANK YOU. SO, SO MUCH TALENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOUNG PEOPLE. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR TALENTS WITH US.

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WE'RE STEALING INFORMATION ITEMS AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO INFORMATION ITEM B.

GOING THE EXTRA MILE.

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

THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE PRINCIPAL LOPEZ TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.

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

LOPEZ. OUR GOING THE EXTRA MILE HONOREE TONIGHT IS RUBEN LOPEZ, PRINCIPAL OF WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY.

THIS MONTH, OUR HOLSWORTH LEADERSHIP DEFINITION, WE'RE FOCUSING ON HOW OUR STAFF DEVELOPS RELATIONSHIPS BY EMBRACING DIVERSITY, COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY, AND ACTING WITH COMPASSION.

WE SENT ALL GIFT STAFF A NOMINATION FORM TO NOMINATE ANY EMPLOYEE WHO THEY FELT PRACTICED AND DEMONSTRATED THESE CHARACTERISTICS. OUT OF 140 NOMINATIONS, MR. LOPEZ RECEIVED THE MOST NOMINATIONS WITH OVER 14 SUBMISSIONS.

JENNIFER BAKER WROTE, AS A FIRST YEAR PRINCIPAL, MR. LOPEZ HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO GET TO KNOW EACH OF US AND OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

HE GREETS EACH STUDENT BY NAME AS THEY ENTER THE BUILDING AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE FEELS SPECIAL.

SHE ALSO SAID THAT, WELL, PATRICIA RODRIGUEZ SAID IT'S EASY FOR HIM BECAUSE HE'S SO AUTHENTIC.

HE IS WHO HE IS AND HE'S UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT IT.

SHE SAID, HE'S A LEADER, A PROBLEM SOLVER.

HE'S CREATIVE, AND HE'S BEST AT CRAFTING INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS.

HE PRACTICES ACTIVE LISTENING WHEN INTERACTING WITH OTHERS AND WATCHES FOR VERBAL AND NONVERBAL CUES.

SHE SAID, HE ACTUALLY SEES US.

HE SEES US AS PEOPLE.

AND IF YOU THOUGHT THAT WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH, ANOTHER TEACHER SUBMITTED, SHE SAID THAT WHEN SHE WAS HAVING CAR TROUBLE, SHE DIDN'T WANT TO ASK COWORKERS.

SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BOTHER THEM.

SO WHAT DID MR. LOPEZ DO? HE PAID AN UBER DRIVER TO TAKE HER HOME.

AND THEN LATER THAT MONTH, WHEN HER CAR WAS STILL HAVING ISSUES, HE GAVE HER A BOOST AND CALLED HER LATER TO ENSURE THAT SHE MADE IT HOME SAFELY.

HIS IMPACT GOES BEYOND THE CAMPUS.

KIM MARSH, HIS EDL, SAYS THAT MR. LOPEZ IS SUCH A POSITIVE FORCE AT WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY, HE APPROACHES EVERY CHALLENGE AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT AND IS DETERMINED TO HOLD HIS EXPECTATIONS HIGH.

HE ALWAYS HAS A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND SERVES AS A BRIGHT LIGHT FOR HIS STUDENTS AND THE WILLIAMS COMMUNITY.

RUBEN IS A GO GETTER AND IS ALWAYS WILLING TO GO THE EXTRA MILE FOR THOSE HE SERVES.

MR. LOPEZ, THANK YOU FOR LIVING THE LEADERSHIP DEFINITION.

YOU ARE THE GISD EFFECT.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING OUR GEM, MR. RUBEN LOPEZ.

AND I'D LIKE, IN ADDITION TO OUR GEM, HE IS ONE OF THE FIRST RECIPIENTS OF OUR HOLDSWORTH BECAUSE WE'RE COMBINING WITH THIS HOLDSWORTH.

YOU ARE RECEIVING ONE OF OUR HOLDSWORTH PENDANTS TODAY, SO WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] CONTINUING WITH INFORMATION ITEM V.B.2.

MS. NIX.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT JOHNSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

AGAIN, OUR SECOND GOING THE EXTRA MILE IS MONICA BLACK.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK HER TO JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM.

OUR HONOREE TONIGHT IS MONICA BLACK.

SHE IS AT SHUGART ELEMENTARY AND SHE IS A LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST.

MS. BLACK WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST NOMINATED EMPLOYEE WITH OVER SIX NOMINATIONS FROM OUR HOLSWORTH LEADERSHIP DEFINITION, WHICH CHALLENGES US THIS MONTH AS WE DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS.

MS. BLACK GOES OUT OF HER WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT HER STUDENTS ARE RECOGNIZED AND VALUED.

SHE EMBRACES DIVERSITY BY SHARING MULTICULTURAL STORIES IN HER LIBRARY LESSONS AND SHARING IMPORTANT CULTURAL FACTS RELATED TO HISTORICAL CONTRIBUTIONS.

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SPECIFICALLY, LAST YEAR, SHE MADE IT A POINT TO INCLUDE STUDENTS WHO ARE OBSERVING RAMADAN IN THE LIBRARY DURING LUNCH SO THAT THEY COULD FAST WITHOUT HAVING TO WATCH OTHERS EAT.

SHE KEEPS THE WEBSITE CURRENT AND REFLECTIVE OF ALL STUDENTS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, MAKES EVERY EFFORT TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL STUDENTS.

MARY, HER COWORKER, SAID MS. BLACK IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE FACULTY AND PARTNERS SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

SHE EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATES BY POSTING TO DOJO, PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES, COMMUNICATING WITH STUDENTS NOT ONLY ABOUT LIBRARY TEKS, BUT ON SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS.

SHE TRULY BELIEVES IN DEVELOPING THE WHOLE CHILD.

LISA SAYS, I TRULY BELIEVE MS. BLACK EXEMPLIFIES, MS. BLACK EXEMPLIFIES THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS FOR THE LEADERSHIP RECOGNITION.

AND LINDSEY, SO DO I.

MS. BLACK AS WE TRANSFORM OUR DISTRICT TO FOCUS ON WE GROW LEADERS, WE INSPIRE INNOVATION, WE STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE, AND WE DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS, WE ARE PROUD THAT YOU ARE LIVING THE LEADERSHIP DEFINITION BY EMBRACING DIVERSITY, COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY, AND ACTING WITH COMPASSION.

YOU ARE THE GISD EFFECT.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE JOIN ME AS WE CONGRATULATE OUR GEM, MONICA BLACK.

[APPLAUSE] AND SHE'S ALSO RECEIVING THE HOLDSWORTH CHALLENGE COIN AND AS WELL AS OUR GEM DIAMOND.

[V.A.1. Recognize Holiday Card Contest Winners (Part 2 of 2)]

FROM V.A.

WE HAVE HAD OUR STUDENT FROM MEMORIAL PATHWAY ACADEMY.

SO, MR. WHEELER, IF YOU WILL, COME BACK UP AND INTRODUCE HER, HER TEACHERS, PRINCIPAL AND OTHER FRIENDS.

SURE. AND JOINING US IS ASHLEE SANTANA.

SHE'S THE MEMORIAL PATHWAY ACADEMY WINNER FOR THE HOLIDAY CARD CONTEST.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN TO OUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU, ASHLEE, FOR BEING HERE.

AND AS WE MOVE AND CONTINUE IN INFORMATION ITEM AS OUR PRESIDENT MAKES HIS WAY BACK TO HIS SEAT, WE WILL BE CONTINUING WITH INFORMATION ITEM V .C. REVIEW THE OCTOBER 2022 MONTHLY FINANCIALS.

[V.C. Review October 2022 Monthly Financials]

LOPEZ. BEFORE YOU ARE THE OCTOBER 2022 MONTHLY FINANCIALS STATEMENTS FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND THE ESSER II AND III FUND.

THE ESSER II AND THREE PAGES PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON THE TOTAL SPEND THAT DR.

RINGO SHARED IN OUR PUBLIC MEETING EARLIER TODAY, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

BOARD, ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE INFORMATION ITEMS THAT'S BEEN EXPRESSED IN OUR BOARD VOTE? MR. MILLER. YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK.

WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE SUMMARY TOTALS AT THE BOTTOM AND I LOOK AT PRIOR YEAR TO CURRENT YEAR OR YEAR TO DATE ACTUALS.

MIC. SORRY.

OH. YOU'RE DROPPING YOUR HEAD.

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THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE.

YOU'RE ON THE EXPENSE PAGE FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

WHAT DOES THAT RELATE TO? THE 167 COMPARED TO THE 162.

MINE SAYS OR 169, EXCUSE ME.

112 VERSUS LAST YEAR.

CURRENT YEAR TO DATE WAS 178 PAGE.

OH, YOU'RE ON THE REVENUE SIDE.

YES. THAT BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS GOING TO BE THAT FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM.

IT'S JUST A TIMING ON SOME OF THOSE PAYMENTS THAT WE RECEIVE.

AND SO WE'LL RECEIVE ABOUT HALF OF THAT MONEY PRIOR TO OUR BIG TAX COLLECTIONS COMING IN AND THE OTHER HALF WILL BE AFTER.

SO MY BIG QUESTION WAS IT'LL BALANCE OUT ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. IT'S PROBABLY JUST A TIMING DIFFERENCE ON THOSE.

ANYTHING FURTHER FROM THE BOARD.

THANK YOU, MS. DAVENPORT. NEXT UP IS ITEM V.D.

REVIEW THE OCTOBER 2022 TAX REPORT.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE I'VE GOT MS. DAVENPORT AGAIN. YOU GET ME AGAIN.

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

LOPEZ. BEFORE YOU IS THE OCTOBER 2022 TAX REPORT.

THE AGENDA ITEM PRESENTED SHOWS 2.9, 2.09% COLLECTED OF OUR ROLE.

AND THEN AS OF TODAY, WE ARE AT 18.43% COLLECTED.

THERE ARE ALSO TWO REFUNDS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.

ONE WAS JUST AN ERRONEOUS PAYMENT AND ONE WAS AN OVERPAYMENT.

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

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD REGARDING THE TAX REPORT? SEEING NONE. MS. DAVENPORT, THIS TIME, I DO BELIEVE I CAN EXCUSE YOU.

[V.E. Receive Board of Trustees Contract Renewal Report for December 2022]

RECEIVE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CONTRACT RENEWAL REPORT FOR DECEMBER 22.

MR. MARK BOOKER.

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

LOPEZ, THE PATRONS OF OUR GREAT CITIES, MY NAME IS MARK BOOKER AND I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF SERVING AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING.

THE CONTRACT RENEWAL REPORT FOR DECEMBER IS SUBMITTED FOR YOUR REVIEW.

THERE ARE TWO ACTIONS THAT WILL BE ACTION ITEMS BECAUSE THEY'VE EXCEEDED THE THRESHOLDS OF CH REGULATION.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THE RENEWAL REPORT FOR DECEMBER.

BOARD, ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. BOOKER REGARDING THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE MR. BOOKER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'LL SEE YOU LATER IN THE EVENING.

NEXT UP IS V.F.

[V.F. Review First Quarter Investment Report]

MS. RHONDA ROUNTREE.

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

LOPEZ. WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AS AN INFORMATION ITEM IS THE FIRST QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE TIME PERIOD, JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER THE 30TH. THE FIRST CHART YOU WILL SEE IS A PIE CHART THAT DEPICTS A SNAPSHOT OF THE DISTRICT'S INVESTMENT POSITION AS OF SEPTEMBER THE 30TH.

AS OF SEPTEMBER THE 30TH, THE DISTRICT'S $359 MILLION WERE INVESTED, 43% IN AGENCY SECURITIES, WITH THE REMAINDER IN THREE SEPARATE PUBLIC FUND INVESTMENT POOLS.

DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS CHART, YOU WILL SEE THE INFORMATION, THE DETAILS HOW THE POOLS, INVESTOR FUNDS THAT ARE DEPOSITED WITH THEM.

AND THIS HAS BEEN PROVIDED SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE UNDERLYING INVESTMENTS OF THE POOLS.

YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE LISTS THAT THE INVESTMENT POLICIES OF THE POOLS MIRROR THE INVESTMENT POLICIES OF THE DISTRICT.

BUT ON THOSE DOCUMENTS YOU WILL SEE A GRAPH THAT ILLUSTRATES THE DAILY INTEREST RATES IN THE POOLS OVER THIS LAST QUARTER.

YOU CAN SEE HOW RATES HAVE BEGUN TO DRAMATICALLY INCREASE IN RESPONSE TO THE ONGOING INCREASES IN FED FUNDS RATES.

THE NEXT DOCUMENT YOU SEE DETAILS EXACT AMOUNT OF EACH OF THE DISTRICT'S INVESTMENT FUNDS AS OF 9-30.

AND THE FINAL DOCUMENT SHOWS THE INTEREST INCOME FOR THE FUNDS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM FOR YOU.

MR. MILLER. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST MEETING, THERE MIGHT BE AN ADJUSTMENT TO OUR BUDGET ITEM FOR AN INVESTMENT INCOME OFF OF THIS.

YES, SIR. DO YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GUESSTIMATE THAT TO COME TO US? I COULD DEFER THAT TO BRADY, BUT I BELIEVE.

IS IT JANUARY? I CAN SPEAK TO THAT.

IT'LL BE IN JANUARY.

OKAY, GREAT.

BECAUSE IT'S GOING BACK TO THE CHART.

YES, SIR. THE GRAPH? YES, SIR. YEAH.

I DON'T THINK WE ANTICIPATED THAT BACK.

SO IT WOULD JUST BE INTERESTING TO SEE THE IMPACT THAT WE THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE TOWARD BUDGET REVENUE.

IT WILL BE SIGNIFICANT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LOOKING AT THAT CHART, IT APPEARS TO BE ABOUT TWO AND ONE HALF, THREE TIMES POTENTIAL INTEREST INCOME.

YES. BASED ON THE RATES, CORRECT? I BELIEVE SO. I MEAN, BASED ON THE HISTORY THAT I HAVE GONE BACK TO SEE, I THINK WE'LL BE BACK AT THE RATES THAT WOULD BE AKIN TO 2008, WHICH WAS ONE OF OUR HIGHER YEARS OF INTEREST INCOME FOR THE DISTRICT.

SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM V.G.

[V.G. Receive Presentation on GISD Annual Utility Report 2021-2022]

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

LOPEZ. I JUST WANTED TO GET UP HERE AND INTRODUCE OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE.

HE HASN'T BEEN OFFICIALLY INTRODUCED BY HR.

THAT'S COMING NEXT MONTH SO HE CAN BRING HIS FAMILY AND FORMALLY INTRODUCE HIM TO THE DISTRICT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT HE'S HERE AND TONIGHT.

AND I TOLD HIM, HE SAYS, ARE YOU GOING TO PRESENT TONIGHT? I SAID, NO, YOU ARE. SO HE'S GOING TO PRESENT TONIGHT OUR ANNUAL UTILITY REPORT AND OUR WORK ORDER INFORMATION QUARTERLY REPORT.

THANK YOU, FRANK. THANK YOU, PAUL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME TO GARLAND ISD, RIGHT.

I JUST REALLY WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW RIGHT BEFORE I GET STARTED THAT I AM SO LUCKY.

I FEEL SO LUCKY AND SO BLESSED TO BE HERE.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT FOUR WEEKS, RIGHT, WHEN YOU INCLUDE THE HOLIDAY.

AND I LOVE THIS PLACE.

I LOVE MY JOB. I LOVE THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE ENCOUNTERED.

IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING PLACE.

IT'S BEEN THE BEST DECISION I'VE MADE.

AND I MADE A LOT OF DECISIONS IN MY LIFE AND IT HAS BEEN ONE.

SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS.

SO THANK YOU ALL. AND I GUESS YOU'LL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE NEXT WEEK.

BUT I DO WANT TO GET STARTED BY KIND OF COMING UP WITH A LITTLE STORY I HAVE IS.

I WENT HOME THIS WEEKEND. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE WEEKS AND I WENT HOME TO VISIT MY WIFE THIS WEEKEND.

AND AS I WAS DRIVING, I GOT THERE PRETTY LATE AND I WAS DRIVING UP TO THE HOUSE.

I NOTICED THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THERE ANYMORE.

RIGHT? SO IT WAS A LITTLE DARK, RIGHT? THE LIGHT WAS OFF.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, I DRIVE UP INTO THE DRIVEWAY, SHE'S THERE AND SHE'S WAITING FOR ME.

AND WE GO IN THE HOUSE AND IT SEEMS A LITTLE DIM.

IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE USUAL LIT UP PLACE THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE.

I LOOK OUTSIDE IN THE BACKYARD BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE TO DO WHEN I'M THERE, IS CUT THE GRASS THE NEXT DAY, RIGHT, ON SATURDAY.

SO, I KIND OF LOOK AT THE BACKYARD AND THE LIGHTS ARE OFF.

SO I JUST TURN IT ON LIKE I ALWAYS DO.

SO FAST FORWARD TO SATURDAY MORNING, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO BREAKFAST LIKE WE ALWAYS DO.

WE GO AND RIGHT BEFORE WE'RE LEAVING, SHE TURNS OFF THE TV IN THE LIVING ROOM.

THAT'S WHERE I'M WATCHING TV.

AND SHE TURNS OFF THE LIGHTS. SHE TURNS OFF MY COFFEE POT.

AND AS WE'RE WALKING OUT THE DOOR, RIGHT, GETTING INTO THE CAR, SHE SAYS, HEY, OUR UTILITY BILL IS REAL LOW THIS MONTH.

RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY.

AND SHE LOOKS AT ME LIKE IF I'M THE REASON THAT IT WAS HIGHER, RIGHT? AND SINCE I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, SHE'S REALLY GOTTEN TO BENEFIT FROM THAT.

SO WE GO TO BREAKFAST AND AFTER BREAKFAST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN HER LIFE AND MY LIFE BECAUSE SHE STAYED BACK HOME IN SAN ANTONIO FOR RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE GETTING DONE WITH BREAKFAST AND WE'RE ABOUT TO LEAVE.

AND I SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO BE A GOOD HUSBAND.

AND I SAY, HEY, DO YOU WANT TO GO SHOPPING OR DO YOU NEED TO GO BUY SOME STUFF, YOU KNOW, THINGS FOR THE HOUSE? AND SHE SAYS, I CAN'T.

I'M BUSY. I SAID, YOU'RE BUSY.

I JUST DROVE FROM GARLAND ALL THE WAY OVER HERE TO BE WITH YOU AND SPEND TIME WITH YOU.

AND SHE SAYS, NO, I HAD SOME COST SAVINGS, RIGHT? THE UTILITY SAVINGS.

AND SO I SCHEDULED A HAIR APPOINTMENT AND MY NAILS TODAY.

SO SHE COULDN'T DO THAT, RIGHT? I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS? IT WAS, I WAS GLAD THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WAS, I KNEW I HAD TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION.

I WAS LIKE, MAN, WHAT KIND OF STORY DO I HAVE? RIGHT? SO I KNEW SHE BOUGHT INTO IT BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU LET'S GO MONDAY MORNING AND I'M LEAVING EARLY MONDAY MORNING TO GET HERE.

IT'S DARK OUT AND, YOU KNOW, I'M DRIVING AWAY.

SHE DOES WHAT SHE NORMALLY DOES.

SHE HELPS ME LOAD UP INTO THE CAR.

WE GET READY AND SHE KIND OF WAVES ME GOODBYE.

AND AS I'M DRIVING OFF, IT'S STILL EARLY AND DARK.

I SEE THE LIGHT TURN OFF.

RIGHT. SHE REALLY LIKES THAT, THAT SAVINGS.

RIGHT. SO THE REASON FOR THAT STORY IS THAT I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT TO YOU THE ANNUAL REPORT, RIGHT? THE UTILITY REPORT.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM REALLY DOES, RIGHT.

I MEAN, SHE REALLY ENJOYED HER SAVINGS, THAT MONEY THAT WE WERE NORMALLY SPENDING.

RIGHT. BASED ON MY BEHAVIOR AND MY ACTION WAS ACTUALLY ALLOWING HER TO HAVE ADDITIONAL MONEY TO DO SOME THINGS AT HOME.

AND SO REALLY A GOOD ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM REALLY SEEKS TO DO THAT IS TO REALLY FIND OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT THROUGH SOFTWARE, THROUGH MECHANICAL OPTIMIZATIONS, TO ALL THESE STRATEGIES TO TRY TO KEEP THAT DOLLAR WHERE IT BELONGS.

AND THAT'S IN THE CLASSROOM.

RIGHT. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH MY PRESENTATION.

MR. BAYARDO, WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE AUDIENCE WATCHING? I DON'T THINK EVERYBODY GOT YOUR FULL NAME.

YES, I'M SORRY. SO MY NAME IS FRANK BAYARDO.

I'M THE NEW DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS CUSTODIAL DIRECTOR, SO.

AND READY TO GO.

SO, MR. JOHNSON, BOARD MEMBERS AND MR. LOPEZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

SO THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO DO IS I WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME IN THIS PRESENTATION TO SHARE WITH YOU, WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW

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WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME FACTORS THAT ACTUALLY IMPACT OUR OUR UTILITY COST.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE TRENDS, THE THREE YEAR TREND, BOTH FOR OUR ELECTRIC OR WATER AND OUR GAS USAGE.

AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE INITIATIVES, THE ONGOING ENERGY INITIATIVES THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO TO TRY TO IMPROVE AS THE YEAR GOES ON.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ENERGY DEPARTMENT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS WE TRY TO FOCUS ON ON MANAGING OUR TRASH, OUR RECYCLE AND OUR UTILITIES.

AGAIN, THAT INCLUDES OUR ELECTRIC, OUR GAS AND OUR WATER FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS AND ALL THE BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO STAFF MEMBERS IN THE DEPARTMENT AND THEY WORK EVERY DAY WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND ALL THE SCHOOLS TO TRY TO COORDINATE THE EFFORTS OF OUR ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

SOME OF THE DAILY ACTIVITIES THAT TAKE PLACE ARE THAT WE MANAGE AND MONITOR THE TEMPERATURES FOR ALL THE BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT.

WE SCHEDULE ALL THE HEATING, COOLING AND OUTDOOR LIGHTS FOR ALL OF OUR AFTER SCHOOL EVENTS.

WE ASSIST WITH THE WASTE AND RECYCLE REQUESTS USING EMAIL AND OUR WORK ORDER SYSTEM.

WE KEEP RECORDS OF THE BUILDING TEMPERATURES, A NUMBER OF EVENTS WASTE, RECYCLE, WORK ORDERS, UTILITY USES AND COSTS FOR EACH MONTH.

SO, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY TAKE CALLS FOR HVAC AND WASTE AND RECYCLE REPLACEMENTS.

SO ON THIS SLIDE, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE RIGHT SET OF THAT, WHICH IS OUR TOTAL UTILITY COST.

YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE YEAR 2021 OUR TOTAL UTILITY COSTS WAS $9.3 MILLION LAST YEAR, WHICH IS 21-22, WE WENT UP TO $11.3 MILLION.

THAT WAS ABOUT A $2 MILLION INCREASE, WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT 21%.

IF YOU LOOK ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE LEFT SIDE, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE LARGEST PORTION OF THAT COST IS 78% IS OUR ELECTRICAL COST, OUR ELECTRICITY, 14% WOULD THEN FOLLOW WITH OUR WATER AND THEN OUR GAS WAS 8%.

SO, SOME OF THE IMPACTS THAT SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT HAVE IMPACT THAT INCREASE.

RIGHT. IF YOU'LL RECALL THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY PRE COVID AND THEN POST COVID.

SO WE WERE DISTANCE LEARNING AND THEN WE WERE COMING BACK TO, YOU KNOW, IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION.

THAT WAS ONE COST.

THAT'S KIND OF THE INCREASE THERE.

WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN OUR OUR GAS PRICE, RIGHT? OUR NATURAL GAS.

AND WE DID EXPERIENCE SOME EXTREME WEATHERS BOTH IN THE WINTER SIDE AND IN THE SUMMER WHERE WE HAD A LOT OF HEAT.

SO THAT REALLY HAD A, THOSE DO PLAY A FACTOR IN THAT.

SO LOOKING AT OUR TRENDS OVER THE THREE YEAR, THE NEXT THREE SLIDES, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT OUR USAGE WILL BE ON THE LEFT SIDE AND OUR ELECTRIC COST, THE COSTS WILL ACTUALLY BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE. IF WE LOOK AT THE TREND OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS FOR OUR ELECTRIC USAGE, RIGHT, THERE HAS BEEN A STEADY INCREASE IN OUR USAGE AND THERE'S A GREATER INCREASE FROM YEAR 20-21 TO 21-22.

AND THAT'S AGAIN BECAUSE WE RETURNED BACK TO SCHOOL.

THAT IS PROPORTIONAL, RIGHT, TO THE ACTUAL COST.

YOU USE MORE, YOU SPEND MORE, YOU PAY MORE.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE RIGHT THAT THE TREND OF OUR COST WAS UTILITY RATES HAVE BEEN GOING UP STEADILY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

AND THERE'S JUST THAT SPIKE IS JUST BECAUSE WE RETURNED AND THERE WAS A LULL IN THAT PRICING THERE.

SO WE GO NOW TO OUR NATURAL GAS AND OUR NATURAL GAS IS YOU CAN SEE THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT USAGE, IT KIND OF FLATTENED THE TWO YEARS, THE FIRST TWO YEARS, AND THEN WE HAVE THAT COVID SPIKE AGAIN.

WELL, THE REASON IT KIND OF FLATTENED RIGHT THERE IS BECAUSE IF YOU RECALL, WHEN WE ACTUALLY WENT INTO COVID, IT WAS KIND OF HALF A YEAR.

IT'S LIKE WE CAME TO SPRING BREAK AND THEN WE WENT, SO WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THAT HALF A YEAR.

AND THEN AS WE RETURNED, IT KIND OF CAME BACK IN LIKE HALF A YEAR.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY THERE'S THAT USAGE IS THE SAME, BECAUSE THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL COST OF THE GAS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT HAS GROWN OR HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, ALMOST DOUBLED OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD.

IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IN THAT COST.

SO THIS IS OUR LOOKING AT OUR WATER AND OUR IRRIGATION.

AGAIN, THIS IS MORE, THIS ONE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

YOU CAN SEE WHEN WE GO TO THE START OF COVID IN 2019-20, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR USAGE RIGHT FOR K GALLONS WAS 159,000.

WE GO THROUGH COVID.

WE'RE NOT HERE THAT MUCH.

WE'RE AT 101 AND THEN WE RETURN BACK.

BUT HERE'S WHERE WE DID GAIN SOME SAVINGS OR WE HAD SOME EFFICIENCY IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT EVEN THOUGH WE CAME BACK TO NORMAL, THE NEW NORMAL, IT WAS STILL BELOW WHAT WAS BEFORE PRE-COVID.

SO THERE WAS OUR USAGE IS REALLY GOOD AND YOU CAN SEE THAT EQUALLY REPRESENTED ON THE RIGHT SIDE WITH THE COST.

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ANYTIME WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE CONTROLS OR NEW EQUIPMENT, WE DO TRY TO USE OPTIMIZE THAT.

WE DO, SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO IS LOOK AT THE BEHAVIORAL SIDE OF IT.

RIGHT. WHEN WE LOOK AT ENERGY OPTIMIZATIONS, BOTH OF OUR EQUIPMENT, OUR SCHEDULING.

WE SEND OUT A CHECKLIST ENERGY AUDIT CHECKLIST FOR ANY BREAKS AND EXTENDED BREAKS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE.

SO JUST BEING INVOLVED WITH THE CAMPUSES TO TRY TO REGULATE AND ACTUALLY CONSERVE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

AND LAST IS STILL MONITORING AND LOOKING REALLY CLOSELY AT OUR UTILITY BILLS AND OUR RATES SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO SEE AND FIND SOME OF THESE TRENDS AS YOU KNOW, MORE IN REAL TIME SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY IMPACT THAT WITH REPAIRS OR SOME NEW SYSTEM S. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON OUR, FOR UTILITIES AND I CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

BOARD, ANY QUESTIONS? MR. MILLER. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION I APPRECIATED AND WELCOME, WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE AS WELL.

WOULD YOU SAY OUR OPPORTUNITY IS MORE WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS DURING THE ACTUAL SCHOOL DAYS, OR IS IT SOME OF THE AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES THAT WE CAN MANAGE BETTER? I THINK IT'S BOTH.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE IN ENERGY MANAGEMENT IS BALANCING COMFORT, RIGHT? THAT OPTIMAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND THEN SAVINGS, RIGHT? AND IN THIS PARTICULAR TIME, RIGHT, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING HOW WE CAN KEEP THAT OPTIMAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS WE WE TRY TO MAINTAIN A STEADY SCHEDULE.

WE TRY TO MAINTAIN OUR SET POINTS.

I THINK THAT IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE WORK THAT THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT SOME OF THESE, THEIR PM PROGRAMS, SOME OF THEIR SCHEDULED PROGRAMS ARE REALLY OPTIMIZING THAT EQUIPMENT FOR SO THAT IT DOES WORK DURING THE DAY.

SURE. RIGHT. AND THEN AT NIGHT, THE SAME THING TOO, IS WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, GISD DOES, HAS TWO OLDER CONTROL SYSTEMS AND A LOT OF THAT IS STILL BEING DONE MANUALLY.

SO THE DISTRICT IS FAIRLY LARGE AND TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS TURNING OFF OR EVERYTHING IS ACTUALLY SHUTTING DOWN WHEN WE DON'T NEED IT, WE WANT IT THE BEST THAT WE CAN HAVE IT WHEN, WHEN WE NEED IT, RIGHT.

IT'S OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO CAPTURE AND IMPROVE THE AREAS WHERE WE DON'T LIKE AFTER HOURS OR NIGHTS WHEN PEOPLE ARE NOT IN THE BUILDING.

THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS AND TRY TO GAIN THAT FIRST.

ONE OF MY AREAS OF QUESTIONING WOULD BE PARTICULARLY AFTER SCHOOL AND GETTING AN UNDERSTANDING AND I KNOW YOU'RE ONLY BEEN ON THE JOB FOR WEEKS, BUT HOW WELL CAN WE CONTROL ZONES? LIKE IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE HAVE A AFTER HOURS CLASS OR A THING THAT'S HAPPENING AT A SCHOOL, ARE WE HAVING THE LIGHT AND COOL THE WHOLE WING OR ARE WE ABLE TO DIAL IN TO THE CLASSROOM THAT'S ACTUALLY BEING USED? AND THAT WOULD BE TO ME, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN IS WHERE THE ENTIRE SCHOOL'S LIT UP FOR THE 25 PEOPLE THAT ARE MEETING IN A CLASSROOM.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY OVER SIMPLIFIED.

BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, ARE THEIR WAYS TO DIAL THAT DOWN SOME? YES, THERE ARE A LOT OF, THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO GO.

AND EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF IMPROVE OUR CONTROLS, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO.

BECAUSE WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM, WE REALLY CAN'T DO THAT.

YOU EITHER LOAD UP THE WHOLE THING OR NOT.

WE DON'T HAVE IT ZONED OUT.

SURE. SO WITHIN PLACES WHERE THEY'RE NOT ZONED OUT, IS IT POSSIBLE I MEAN, DO THEY HAVE TO MEET IN THAT CLASSROOM OR IS THERE ANOTHER MORE REASONABLE PLACE FOR SMALL GROUPS LIKE THAT? TO ME, WHETHER IT'S A NEARBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR A ANOTHER ROOM WITHIN THE CAMPUS THAT MAYBE HAS BETTER CONTROLS.

THOSE ARE JUST QUESTIONS I WAS ASKING BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN TO SOME OF THOSE WHERE THE WHOLE THING WAS LIT UP FOR A VERY FEW PEOPLE.

SO I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT, BUT THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT I HAVE IS HOW DO WE MANAGE THAT PROCESS? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO REALLY BE LOOKING AT WITH OUR EMS. YOU KNOW WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A NEW EMS SYSTEM.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A, YOU KNOW, A BAS, A BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM TO REALLY SEE IF WE CAN DO THAT.

AND AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE WILL BE WORKING ON TO TRY TO ACHIEVE.

MR. GLICK. THANK YOU, SIR.

PAUL, THIS IS MORE FOR YOU.

MANY YEARS AGO, WE BROUGHT IN A COMPANY CALLED CENTER GENETICS.

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AND AS THEY WERE LEAVING, WE USED ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

I ALWAYS CALL THEM THE ENERGY CZAR.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THAT POSITION ANYMORE? WHO GOES ACTUALLY AROUND THE SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CUTTING OUR COSTS? SO IN THE LAST YEAR, MR. GLICK, OUR FORMER ENERGY MANAGER RESIGNED HIS POSITION.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS.

AS MR. BAYARDO EXPLAINED, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF CHANGING A LOT OF THE CONTROL SYSTEMS. BUT NOW THAT MR. BAYARDO IS HERE, I WAS REALLY WAITING FOR THE NEW DIRECTOR TO BE BROUGHT ON.

I'VE ACTUALLY HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM IN THE LAST FOUR WEEKS.

ONE OF HIS TASKS IS TO BRING ON A NEW ENERGY MANAGER, SO WE WILL BE POSTING THAT POSITION BACK UP.

MR. BAYARDO HAS GOT A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND IN FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT, BUT I FEEL THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FILL THAT POSITION AT SOME POINT.

BUT HE'S BEING TASKED WITH THAT.

I THINK IT WORKED VERY WELL AND WE SAW THE ACTUAL OBVIOUS DIP BASED ON THE FACT THAT THIS WAS CONTINUALLY MONITORED.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

MR. SELDERS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

JUST REAL QUICK, YOU WERE TALKING EARLIER, I THINK IT WAS ON YOUR SLIDE.

IT'S OUR PAGE 67.

MAYBE YOUR SLIDE TEN.

YEP. THOSE INITIATIVES THAT YOU HAVE UP THERE.

SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THE HVAC CONTROLLERS.

I KNOW WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THAT BEFORE, BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS IN TERMS OF BUILDING EFFICIENCY, WE HAVE OLDER BUILDINGS AND SO HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT A BUILDING EFFICIENCY ISSUE THAT'S ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF HIGHER OR INCREASED ENERGY COSTS? AND THEN WHAT DO WE PLAN TO DO GOING FORWARD? I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY A BOND, BUT JUST WITH OUR CURRENT BUILDING SETS, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THE RATING OR THE EFFICIENCY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY RATING OF OUR CURRENT BUILDING SITUATION? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. AND YES, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT.

THAT BECOMES MORE WHEN YOU HAVE OLDER BUILDINGS, IT BECOMES MORE BEHAVIORAL.

IT BECOMES ABOUT THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY IN THE BUILDINGS.

RIGHT. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SOME OF THE STRATEGIES WE CAN USE IS LIKE USING OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MINIBLINDS ARE DOWN WHEN THE WHEN THE LIGHTS OUT OR THERE'S A CERTAIN WAY TO DO THINGS, MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR WINDOW SHADES ARE UP, MAKING SURE THAT OUR THRESHOLDS, OUR DOORS, OUR DOOR SWEEPS, YOU KNOW, OUR WINDOW GLAZING.

THERE ARE A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO REALLY BE LOOKING AT.

THIS SUMMER WE'RE GOING TO REALLY, MY PLAN IS TO REALLY GO THROUGH EVERY SCHOOL, RIGHT.

AND REALLY BUILD TEAMS TO GO AND REALLY FOCUS AND TRY TO FIND SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US AND AND REALLY TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN RECAPTURE SOME OF THAT THIS SUMMER. I THINK ABOUT LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE A NEW HOME.

AND IT TALKS ABOUT HOW ENERGY EFFICIENT IT IS, WHAT IS OUR STANDARD OR WHAT STANDARD ARE WE SHOOTING FOR IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE WANTING OUR BUILDINGS TO HAVE? IS THERE A WAY TO MEASURE THAT SO THAT WE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT OUR BUILDINGS ARE ABOVE THIS LEVEL OF STANDARDS, SO THAT MEANS X, AND THEN THAT GIVES US SOME CONFIDENCE WHAT OUR ENERGY RATING OR ENERGY EXPENDITURES ARE GOING TO BE GOING FORWARD? JUST CURIOUS. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL HAVE TO DO.

WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT EACH BUILDING INDIVIDUALLY, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AUDIT FOR IT, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO PREPARE THAT.

BUT WHAT WE'LL DO IS AND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT OKAY, WE'LL LOOK AT OUR SYSTEMS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE BUILDING ITSELF, IT'S THE SYSTEM, IT'S THE BUILDING ENVELOPE, IT'S THE ROOF SYSTEM. YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL, IT'S THE ENTIRE PACKAGE.

SO WE WILL LOOK AT THAT CLOSELY AND WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU AND GIVE YOU A RATING.

AND WE CAN ESTABLISH WHAT EACH ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS WILL DO, AND THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT A PLAN IN PLACE TO SEE HOW WE CAN RECAPTURE SOME OF THAT EASY STUFF AND THEN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO COST A LITTLE BIT MORE, SOME OF THE CAPITAL THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO RECAPTURE IN A FUTURE BOND OR IN A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR.

MR. BEACH. ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT, I'LL PASS THAT ISSUE.

MOVING ON TO ITEM V.H.

RECEIVE PRESENTATION ON MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION WORK ORDER UPDATE FOR AUGUST THROUGH OCTOBER OF 2022.

MR. FRANK BAYARDO.

MR. JOHNSON. BOARD MEMBERS.

AND DR. LOPEZ, AGAIN, THANK YOU.

THE NEXT PRESENTATION IS OUR WORK ORDER SYSTEM.

I'M GIVING AN UPDATE, A QUARTERLY UPDATE FOR THAT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SLIDE.

AND ON THIS SLIDE, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT TWO AREAS, RIGHT.

ON THE LEFT SIDE WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ALL THE WORK THAT COMES IN, WHICH IS CONSIDERED OUR REQUESTED WORK ORDERS.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR COMPLETED WORK ORDERS.

SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE REQUESTED.

I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THE LAST COLUMN, WHICH IS THE TOTAL OF THAT PERIOD.

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IF YOU COMPARE THAT TO LAST YEAR OF 11,849, THAT'S AN INCREASE, RIGHT? THAT'S A 35% INCREASE OF THE AMOUNT OF WORK ORDERS RECEIVED FOR THAT SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

IF WE MOVE OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE, WE LOOK AT THE COMPLETED WORK ORDERS.

WE'LL AGAIN FOCUS ON THE ON THE LAST COLUMN.

AND IF WE LOOK CLOSELY AT THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT THAT PRETTY MUCH REMAINED THE SAME FROM THIS YEAR TO LAST YEAR, WHERE WE HAD 12,688 THIS YEAR THAT WE COMPLETED. AND LAST YEAR FOR THE SAME PERIOD OF AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, WE HAD 12,460.

THAT'S JUST A 2% INCREASE FOR THAT BOTH WAYS.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK REQUESTS AND WORK ORDERS THAT HAVE COME IN IS, IF YOU'LL RECALL, THIS SUMMER, YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE STATE WENT THROUGH THIS SECURITY AUDIT WHERE WE WERE REALLY FOCUSING ON DOORS.

WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY SUBMITTING A LOT OF WORK ORDERS.

OUR EMPHASIS WAS ON SECURITY AND SAFETY.

AND SO IF YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, THAT REALLY THE LAST SLIDE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE WAY THE WORK ORDERS BREAK DOWN, A LOT OF THEM CAME IN THAT AREA.

SO THIS NEXT SLIDE IS REALLY LOOKING AT OUR PM VERSUS OUR ROUTINE.

WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN AND YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR THE PERIOD OF AUGUST TO OCTOBER OF 2022, 83% OF ALL OF THE WORK ORDERS THAT CAME IN WERE ROUTINE AND SEVEN, APPROXIMATELY 17% WERE PM.

IF YOU LOOK AT THAT FROM LAST YEAR, WE COMPARE IT TO LAST YEAR, WE HAVE AN INCREASE AGAIN IN THE NUMBER OF ROUTINE WORK ORDERS AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH STAYED THE SAME FOR OUR PM PROGRAM. JUST TO GO BACK ON THE PM PROGRAM, JUST TO TALK ABOUT WHAT PM PROGRAM, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PM.

PM OR SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THAT IS NOT BEING REQUESTED BY CAMPUSES.

IT'S WORK THAT WE SCHEDULE OUT.

IT'S LIKE FILTER CHANGES, IT'S LIKE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, IT'S LIKE COIL CLEANING.

THERE ARE THINGS, CHANGING OF BELTS.

IT'S REALLY OUR FOCUS, OUR PHILOSOPHY IS REALLY TRYING TO KEEP THE BUILDINGS AND THE EQUIPMENT IN OPERATION AND NOT WAIT TILL THEY BREAK, RIGHT? NOT FIX THEM WHEN THEY BREAK.

SO YOU WILL SEE THE DEPARTMENT HAS REALLY WORKED.

I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO ENTER IN A GREAT TIME.

THE DEPARTMENT IS READY TO SHIFT INTO A MORE SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

THEY'RE REALLY BALANCING.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BACKLOG, SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY START SHIFTING THAT WORK AND SCHEDULE A LOT OF THAT WORK THAT COMES OUT.

AS I MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS SLIDE IS ACTUALLY OUR ON TIME COMPLETION RATE.

WHAT WE CONSIDER ON TIME IS ANYTHING THAT CAN BE COMPLETED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF THE TIME THAT WE RECEIVE IT.

OUR GOAL WAS TO COMPLETE 75% OF THAT WITHIN THAT GIVEN TIME PERIOD.

AND WE, IF YOU SEE THERE AT THE BOTTOM, WE'RE ACTUALLY EXCEEDING THAT A LITTLE BIT BY 77%.

SO WHAT THAT REPRESENTS IS THAT 77% OF OUR WORK ORDERS ARE BEING COMPLETE WITHIN THE SEVEN DAY PERIOD.

SO HERE THIS SLIDE IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT OUR EMERGENCY WORK ORDERS AND HOW THEY BREAK OUT BY THE DIVISION.

APPROXIMATELY 1% OF ALL THE WORK ORDERS THAT COME IN ARE CONSIDERED EMERGENCY.

AND IF WE LOOK AT THAT, YOU CAN SEE THAT ONE OF THE HIGHEST DIVISIONS FOR EMERGENCIES THIS YEAR WERE DOORS AND LOCKS.

AND THEN THAT FOLLOWED WITH PLUMBING AND ROOFING.

SO WE'RE REALLY WORKING ON THAT NUMBER, 1%, IS FOR SOME IS GOOD.

FOR ME, IT'S HIGH.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO REALLY WORK ON TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LESS REACTIVE AND A LOT MORE PROACTIVE.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD WITH RESPECT TO THIS ITEM.

MR. MILLER, HE'S GOING, I THINK HE'S GOING TO TRY TO GO FOR A CLEAN SWEEP TONIGHT.

I HATE IT WHEN I READ MY BOARD BOOK.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION WITH RESPECT TO THE DOORS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF BANKS AND WE MAINTAIN DOORS, TOO, BUT WE DON'T SEEM TO BE HAVING, IT WOULDN'T BE HIGH ON THE LIST OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ISSUES WITH.

WHAT TYPES OF ISSUES ARE WE HAVING WITH OUR DOORS? IS IT THE SENSORS OR THE ABILITY JUST TO CLOSE ON THEIR OWN, OR WHAT KIND OF ISSUES ARE WE HAVING? WELL, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.

THOSE WORK ORDERS THAT WERE COMING IN WERE COMING IN AND BASED ON THE EMERGENCY, THE NEED OF HAVING OUR DOORS LATCH AND LOCK PROPERLY.

SO WE IDENTIFIED THOSE EXTERIOR DOORS, RIGHT.

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SO A LOT OF THE TIMES IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING REALLY.

IN OLDER BUILDINGS YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT HINGES, YOU'VE GOT HINGES, YOU'VE GOT DOOR FRAMES, YOU'VE GOT MECHANICAL DEVICES, WHICH IS YOUR HARDWARE, A LOT OF THAT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE DOING IF BECAUSE THE CAMPUSES AND THE STATE REQUIRED US TO GO AHEAD AND PERFORM THESE WEEKLY AUDITS, PART OF THAT AUDIT IS THAT THE DOOR NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO FUNCTION FREE AND CLEAR.

SO IT'S WITHOUT PRESSING THE DOOR, WITHOUT HAVING TO PULL THE DOOR.

AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THAT EXTREME HEAT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WE HAD A PRETTY HOT SUMMER.

AND SO WHAT HAPPENS THERE IS IT'S NOT ONLY THE BUILDING ITSELF, BUT IT'S THE SOIL, IT'S THE SOIL, IT'S HOW IT EXPANDS, IT'S CONCRETE HEAVES.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF REASONS WHY THE DOOR, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

YOU'VE GOT MOISTURE, YOU'VE GOT RUST, YOU'VE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS THAT PLAY INTO THAT PART.

AND NOT TO MENTION YOU'VE GOT SOME HEAVY USAGE.

I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT JUST GO AND USE THOSE DOORS VERY RUGGEDLY.

AND SO EVEN IN OUR BEST I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I THINK THE NUMBER WAS WE, I'M COMING FROM NORTH SIDE.

WE DID LIKE 30,000 DOORS IN THE SUMMER AND HERE WE DID ABOUT 4000 OR SO.

THAT'S A LOT OF DOORS, A LOT OF DOORWAYS AND THEY'RE NOT ALL THE SAME, YOU KNOW.

SO I THINK THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS THERE'S A MYRIAD OF PROBLEMS WITH THOSE DOORS.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE BOARD? THANK YOU, MR. BAYARDO.

THANK YOU. WELCOME AGAIN.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS ITEM V.I.

[V.I. Receive Demographics Update for Fall 2022]

DR. BRENT RINGO.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.

LOPEZ. GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO BRENT ALEXANDER WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT STRATEGIES.

HE IS OUR DEMOGRAPHER FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

EXCUSE ME, MR. JOHNSON.

YES, MA'AM. ARE WE GOING TO LET THE REPORT BE PRESENTED IN TOTALITY BEFORE WE ASK QUESTIONS, OR ARE WE GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS AS WE GO? JUST FOR CLARITY OF OPERATION.

I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH AN OCCASIONAL QUESTION THAT'S ON POINT FOR THE MOMENT THAT COMES UP, BECAUSE THIS TENDS TO GO A LITTLE BIT AND SOMETIMES THAT POINT GETS LOST.

BUT, I DON'T WANT TO BOG IT DOWN TOO MUCH.

BUT YES, I GUESS IS MY ANSWER.

MR. ALEXANDER.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON, BOARD MEMBERS, DR.

LOPEZ. GOOD EVENING.

I HAVE OUR FALL DEMOGRAPHICS UPDATE TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL.

PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS AS WE GO ALONG.

I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER THOSE.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE REPORT I HAVE SHARED WITH YOU THE 2022 ESTIMATES FROM OUR NATIONAL DATA SOURCE, ESRI DEMOGRAPHICS. THEY USE THE CENSUS SAMPLING TO PROVIDE THESE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SUMMARY PAGE HERE.

THE KEY TAKEAWAY IS THAT THEY'RE ESTIMATING THAT THE POPULATION IN TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS IN THE DISTRICT HAS GROWN ANOTHER 3% SINCE THE 2020 CENSUS WAS TAKEN.

SO THEIR CURRENT ESTIMATE IS JUST ABOVE 313,000 TOTAL PEOPLE LIVE IN THE DISTRICT AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS IS APPROACHING 105,000.

A KEY POINT ON THE CENSUS DATA.

WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THAT GRANULAR DATA DOWN TO THE BLOCK LEVEL.

IT'S SCHEDULED TO BEGIN TO BE RELEASED IN MAY.

SO IT'LL BE ABOUT TWO YEARS BEHIND.

BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'LL START TO GET THAT AGE SPECIFIC DATA.

IN PARTICULAR, THE AGE OF THE HOUSEHOLD, WHICH I'VE TOLD YOU ALL FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES SINCE THE CENSUS DATA BEGAN TO BE RELEASED. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S DELAYED, IT SHOULD BE VERY TELLING ONCE WE GET THAT, AND I'LL CERTAINLY SHARE THAT HOPEFULLY IN THE SPRING.

THINK BACK TO OUR PRESENTATION BACK IN THE SPRING.

THE DISTRICT WAS JUST UNDER 54,000 TOTAL ENROLLMENT.

THAT WAS THE FIFTH LARGEST IN ALL OF THE, AMONG ALL THE DISTRICTS THAT MAKE UP THE DFW AREA.

THIS FALL, THE OFFICIAL NUMBER FOR THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR IS 52,770.

THAT NUMBER COMPARED TO LAST YEAR IS DOWN 1.7%.

IT'S A NET DECLINE OF 904.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN SLOWLY DECLINING OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS.

MUCH OF THAT DECLINE, 72%, IN FACT, HAS COME OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

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YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS FOR HIGH SCHOOL WERE ACTUALLY UP A LITTLE BIT.

SO PRE-K NUMBERS WERE UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT THOSE NUMBERS IN K THROUGH FIVE AND SIX THROUGH EIGHT WERE CONTINUING TO DECLINE.

WE WERE EXPECTING THE DISTRICT TO BE AROUND THE 53 600 RANGE AND NOW WE WERE AT 53 4 ON THE LOW END.

SO IT'S COME IN A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN WHAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING.

AND THE REASON IS WE SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A DECLINE MORE THAN WHAT WE, WE ACTUALLY WERE PROJECTING THE DECLINE IN ELEMENTARY OF ABOUT 5% AND IT CAME IN AT 6.6.

SO THE DISTRICT CONTINUES TO SEE THOSE CLASSES IN K THROUGH EIGHT SMALLER THAN WHAT IS GRADUATING.

SO REMEMBER, THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS YOU ALL OF THE GRADE LEVEL TOTALS BACK TO 2005.

YOU CAN SEE THE DISTRICT HAS THE HIGHEST PRE K TOTAL SINCE 2012, BUT SINCE THAT 2011 2013 GROWTH IN PRE K THROUGH FIRST GRADE, THAT'S NOW AGED UP IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THOSE GRADE LEVEL TOTALS HAVE FALLEN EACH YEAR OVER THESE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

ONE OF THE KEY THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO ENROLLMENT FORECASTING TO REMEMBER IS THAT THE AVERAGE GRADE SIZE FROM EIGHTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE IS NOW 649 STUDENTS ON AVERAGE LARGER THAN THE K THROUGH FIVE GRADE SIZE.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT ILLUSTRATED HERE ON THE CHART THAT COMPARES THE OUTGOING 12TH GRADERS VERSUS INCOMING KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE STUDENTS.

SIMPLY, WHEN YOU SEE THIS CHART, BASICALLY THE MAIN THING I WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON IS THAT CHANGE THAT OCCURRED IN 2015-16 WHEN THE DISTRICT SAW THIS CHART BASICALLY INVERT.

AND THAT'S BEEN WHAT HAS PUT THE DISTRICT IN A POSITIONING FOR DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

NOW, WHILE THE ENROLLMENT HAS CONTINUED TO DECLINE, THE BIRTH RATE REALLY HAS NOT FALLEN TOO MUCH.

IN FACT, IT'S REPRESENTED THERE BY THE BLUE LINE.

THAT 4,171 THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE CHART.

THAT'S THE LATEST DATA THAT WE HAVE FROM THE STATE, THAT 4,171 IS FROM 2019.

SO YOU CAN SEE IN 18 AND 19 THE TREND DID START TO COME BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.

SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR KINDERGARTEN NEXT YEAR IS PROBABLY A FLAT ENROLLMENT.

2024 COULD SEE THE NUMBER GROW A LITTLE BIT MORE TOWARDS THAT 3450, 3460 RANGE.

NOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GEO-CODING, THE DATA THAT'S PROVIDED BY THE GIS DEPARTMENT, YOU CAN SEE THAT DATING BACK TO ALL OF THE ANNUAL NUMBERS EACH FALL YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PERCENTAGES REMAINED REALLY CONSISTENT.

ABOUT 99% LIVE WITHIN THE BOUNDARY, ABOUT 1%, TRANSFER IN FROM THE OUTSIDE.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SECOND ROW, YOU CAN SEE THAT INSIDE THE BOUNDARY TOTAL HAS SLOWLY DECLINED OVER THESE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

NOW, MUCH OF THAT DECLINE HAS OCCURRED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DISTRICT.

THIS IS A THREE YEAR COMPARISON FOR ALL PRE-K THROUGH 12 FOR EACH ONE OF THESE PLANNING AREAS.

AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE AREAS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE MOST DECLINE.

NOW I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE LOCATION OF CHARTER SCHOOLS THERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DISTRICT AND HOW THEY'VE IMPACTED ENROLLMENT. BUT ALSO REMEMBER, THESE ARE THE OLDER PARTS OF THE DISTRICT AND WE EXPECT THAT A LOT OF THAT RED AREA IS DUE TO AGING IN PLACE.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CENSUS DATA WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR.

IT WAS GOING TO HELP ILLUSTRATE WHETHER THAT IS FACT THAT WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THESE AREAS SEE FEWER YOUNGER PEOPLE LIVING IN THOSE AREAS.

WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT WE, THE STATE CONTINUES TO PUT OUT THE REPORTS.

I BELIEVE I SHARED THIS WITH YOU ALL IN THE SPRING, BUT JUST TO RECALL THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE TRANSFERRING OUT OF THE DISTRICT TO NEIGHBORING PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS SHOWN HERE ON THIS SLIDE.

YOU SEE HOW IT'S GRADUALLY BEEN GOING UP.

SO RIGHT NOW, ABOUT 22% OF THE STUDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE DISTRICT ARE TRANSFERRING OUT, THAT ARE NOT ENROLLED, ARE TRANSFERRING OUT TO OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE MAIN AREAS ARE THE MAIN SCHOOL LOCATIONS THAT ARE DESTINATIONS HERE REPRESENTED BY THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS.

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AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SLIDE.

IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THAT THE NUMBERS FOR HARMONY ARE ACTUALLY UP A LITTLE BIT IN THE NUMBERS FOR ILT ARE ACTUALLY DOWN A LITTLE BIT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. BUT THOSE NUMBERS, FAIRLY CLOSE, BUT HAVE HAD A DRAMATIC IMPACT ON ENROLLMENT SINCE 2015.

BUT ALSO NOTE SOME OF THE OTHER SMALLER AREA SCHOOLS HAVE STARTED TO SEE GROWTH IN THE AREA, ESPECIALLY OVER IN MESQUITE. SOME OF THE FOUNDERS SITES HAVE ADDED MORE KIDS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

YES, MA'AM. EXCUSE ME.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS SLIDE AND THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, IS THERE ANY INDICATION OF THE HOUSING MARKET THAT THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN THAT'S CLOSE TO US, BUT THEY'RE ON THE BORDERLINE FOR THE SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE SEEING, INCLUDING THE CHARTERS AS WELL AS THE OTHER DISTRICTS? IS THERE ANY WAY TO VALIDATE THAT? THE ONLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART RIGHT HERE AND YOU SEE THOSE DEEP RED AREAS OF THE 194 142, THOSE ARE RIGHT NEXT TO HARMONY.

RIGHT. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 158, THE 263, THOSE ONE, THAT, THE SHILOH CORRIDOR, THOSE ARE RIGHT NEXT TO ILT.

SO I DO BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF THOSE NUMBERS RIGHT THERE PROXIMITY. ARE IMPACTED BY THE LOCATION OF THOSE SCHOOLS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THE YIELD, AS YOU'LL SEE LATER, IS LOWER THAN WHAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY SEE FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.

WHAT THAT INDICATES IS NOT EVERYONE THAT PURCHASES A HOME HERE IS ENROLLING THEIR STUDENT.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY TO SEE IT.

BUT THESE NUMBERS THAT THE STATE PROVIDES IS VERY BROAD.

IT DOESN'T TELL US WHAT GRADE THEY'RE IN OR WHETHER THEY ACTUALLY WERE A STUDENT THAT WAS ENROLLED AND WITHDREW.

WE DON'T KNOW THAT.

WE JUST KNOW THAT THESE NUMBERS HAVE GROWN OVER THESE LAST, REALLY SINCE THAT INVERSION IN THE CHART OCCURRED BACK IN 2015. THIS IS THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THAT.

YES, SIR.

SIR, DID YOU DO ANY WORK ON TRANSFERS IN, NOW THAT WE'RE AN OPEN ENROLLMENT DISTRICT? WE, YOU KNOW, JUST ON THE GEOCODING, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT THERE.

YOU KNOW, THAT NUMBER DID CLIMB TO 702.

YOU SEE THERE ON THE FOURTH ROW.

SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE DOTS OUTSIDE, AROUND THE OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARY.

NOTHING TOO SPECIFIC.

YOU KNOW, WE COULD BEGIN TO LOOK AT.

I THINK WHAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL, THOUGH, IS TO KNOW WHAT OUR EMPLOYEE STUDENTS VERSUS WHAT'S THE NEW TRANSFER.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE THAT BREAKDOWN? NOT YET. BUT WE PROBABLY CAN GET IT FROM YOU ALL.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE THAT WILL TELL US HOW SUCCESSFUL THE ACTUAL PROGRAM HAS BEEN.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL WORK WITH DR.

RINGO ON THAT. THANK YOU. AND MR. GLICK IS THAT THE MAJORITY OUTSIDE IS ITS EMPLOYEES OR GRANDCHILDREN.

THE ONE PROBLEM THAT WE DO HAVE IS THE OUTSIDE TRANSFERS WANT ACCESS TO OUR CLOSED SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY AT CAPACITY.

AND SO PROBABLY AS WE OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES AND HAVE ROOM IN THOSE SCHOOLS, WE CAN GRAB KIDS THAT DON'T CHOOSE IT INTERNAL BECAUSE THE FIRST CHOICE WILL ALWAYS GO TO ONE OF OUR TAX BASE.

OR EMPLOYEE. WELL, LET'S SHIFT GEARS FROM THE CHALLENGES BROUGHT BY THE DECLINING ENROLLMENT TO SOME OF THE EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT.

YOU KNOW, I SAY THAT WITH YOU ALL ABOUT TO SEE OR YOU'VE PROBABLY ALREADY REVIEWED THE SLIDES IN THE REPORT THAT THE HOUSING MARKET HAS CHANGED QUITE A BIT SINCE LAST SPRING.

SO I'VE GIVEN YOU SOME SLIDES HERE THAT HIGHLIGHT WHAT'S GOING ON.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THE OVERALL ACTIVITY FOR DFW.

IF YOU LOOK ON THE BLUE LINE, THE STARTS THERE, HOW THEY DRAMATICALLY HAVE SLOWED DOWN IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

BASICALLY, WHAT THE STORY IS, IS THAT THE RISING MORTGAGE RATES HAVE CAUSED A HUGE SLOWDOWN SINCE THIS SUMMER.

YOU KNOW, RATES DID COME BACK DOWN IN LATE SUMMER, BUT IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, AS THE RATES CLIMBED TO NEAR 7% FOR 30 YEAR MORTGAGE, WE'VE SEEN THE MARKET DROP ABOUT 40% IN ACTIVITY.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE ARE HAVING TO ADJUST THE FORECAST AS YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE IN A MINUTE.

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HERE'S THE 30 YEAR RATE HISTORY.

NOTE THAT IT DID CLIMB OVER 7% IN NOVEMBER AND IT'S CURRENTLY SITTING ABOUT 6.7%.

SO THIS HAS CAUSED A HUGE INCREASE TO MONTHLY PAYMENTS FOR HOMES.

IT'S CAUSED A LOT OF BUILDERS TO SEE THEIR TRAFFIC DROP TO VERY LITTLE.

BUILDERS ARE HAVING TO DISCOUNT, TO DISCOUNT SIGNIFICANTLY, TO MOVE THEIR UNITS THAT ARE, THAT HAVE BEEN STARTED.

WE'RE ALSO SEEING DEVELOPMENTS BEING PAUSED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OF ALREADY BEING STARTED.

WE'RE ALSO SEEING FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS BEING PUSHED A YEAR, A YEAR OR TWO OUT.

AND WE'VE ALSO SEEN THE SIZE OF THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS BE REDUCED.

SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE IMPACTING THE FORECAST THAT WE'RE PROJECTING FOR THE DISTRICT.

THE GOOD NEWS IS FOR THE HOUSING INDUSTRY AND THE GOOD NEWS FOR CONTINUING TO SEE HOUSING GROWTH HERE IN THE DISTRICT IS THAT NORTH TEXAS IS LEADING THE NATION IN JOB GROWTH.

AND I'VE GOT SOME SLIDES IN HERE FOR YOU THAT HIGHLIGHT WHERE DFW IS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THE GROWTH HAS BEEN UP OVER 4% THREE TIMES WHAT THE US HAS BEEN.

AND DFW IS FAR OUT AHEAD OF THE OTHER MAJOR METRO AREAS IN TEXAS.

SO, YOU KNOW, DALLAS COUNTY IS ALSO SEEING GROWTH.

YOU KNOW, 35% OF THE JOBS THAT YOU SEE, THAT 4.1 MILLION JOBS, OUR TOTAL PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED IN DFW AND 35% OF THAT'S IN DALLAS COUNTY.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WORK HERE IN THE AREA.

BUT THE MAIN TAKEAWAY FROM ALL OF THE MACROECONOMIC STUFF LEADING INTO THE LOCAL HOUSING PICTURE IS WE'RE MOVING FROM A PERIOD OF WHERE EVERYTHING WORKED FOR FOR BUILDERS, HUGE DEMAND TO THINGS NOT WORKING FOR EVERY SUBDIVISION.

AND BUILDERS ARE HAVING TO DISCOUNT AND HELP BUYERS BUY DOWN RATES.

AND ALL OF THIS IS LEADING TOWARDS WHAT WE EXPECT IS ABOUT A 40% DECLINE THROUGH THE END OF 2023 BECAUSE WE DO EXPECT MORTGAGE RATES TO STAY BETWEEN THE UPPER SIXES AND 8% AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

A COUPLE OTHER THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE RESALE, WE STILL LOOK AT THAT CHART ON THE LEFT.

WE STILL SEE VERY CONSISTENT TURNOVER OF EXISTING HOMES.

WE DON'T SEE THIS HUGE SPIKE THAT SHOWS AN EXIT OF PEOPLE LEAVING THE DISTRICT.

IN FACT, IT'S ACTUALLY GONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS OR SO.

BUT IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE VALUES OF PROPERTIES, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, CONTINUES TO RISE.

BUT FOCUSING IN ON THE NEW CONSTRUCTION, ANOTHER SOLID QUARTER IN THE THIRD QUARTER, EVEN DESPITE ALL OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THE MARKET IS SEEING OVERALL, YOU CAN SEE ANOTHER 166 STARTED, ANOTHER 137 MOVED INTO.

AND THAT MEANS THAT THE 12 MONTH PERIOD AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER PRODUCED 741 STARTS AND 710 MOVED INTO THE DISTRICT.

SO THOSE ARE OBVIOUSLY LOWER THAN WHAT THE 16 YEAR HIGH PEAK THAT WE SAW BACK IN 2021.

BUT LOOK AT THE GREEN LINE DEVELOPERS PUT ANOTHER 1100 NEW SINGLE FAMILY LOTS ON THE GROUND.

GARLAND'S ACTIVITY IS STILL RIGHT THERE NEAR THE TOP, RIGHT THERE IN 26TH POSITION IN TOTAL NUMBER OF HOMES CLOSED OVER THE LAST YEAR.

YOU CAN SEE WITHIN THE DISTRICT, GARLAND AND ROWLETT THOSE, THE CITY AREAS WITHIN THE DISTRICT CONTINUE TO BE THE LEADER.

BUT NOTICE THE ACTIVITY IN SACHSE HAS CLIMBED TO THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CLOSINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN SIX YEARS.

SO YOU DO HAVE ACTIVITY AND GROWTH SPREAD OUT ALL OVER THE DISTRICT LED BY TOP PRODUCING SUBDIVISIONS LIKE THE STATION, PARKS AT ROSEHILL DOWN ON I-30.

YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL OF THE OTHERS LISTED THERE AS WELL.

I DO WANT TO MENTION ONE OF THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT'S COMING, THAT'S VERY ENCOURAGING.

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SLIDE HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE MAJORITY OF HOMES TODAY HAVE MOVED OVER THE 400,000 THRESHOLD.

MOST ARE MOVE UP HOMES IN THE DISTRICT.

WHAT THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN NEEDING IS MORE HOMES ON THE STARTER HOME SIDE, MORE VALUE DRIVEN.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE.

THE FIRST STARTS THERE IN FIRESIDE BY THE LAKE.

DR HORTON SUBDIVISION.

NOW, NOTE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO START AT $360,000 THERE FOR THE LOWER END OF THE MARKET.

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THERE'S ABOUT 1,500 OF THOSE ON THE GROUND.

ANOTHER 1,100 LOTS ARE IN PRODUCTION.

WHEN YOU COMBINE EVERYTHING, THERE'S ABOUT 7,500 LOTS IN THE PIPELINE ON THE SINGLE FAMILY SIDE.

AND WE ARE HEARING SOME ADDITIONAL CHANGES COMING.

YOU KNOW, I NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE SOME OF THE BUILD TO RENT BUILDERS ARE LOOKING AT ENTERING THE DISTRICT WHERE THEY MAY PURCHASE SOME OF THESE TRACKS THAT WERE INITIALLY ZONED AS TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND MAY BRING DUPLEXES IN ONE STORY CONDO TYPE RENTAL PRODUCT WHICH WILL THAT WILL LOWER THE PRICE AND ALLOW OR HELP AFFORDABILITY WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

THERE'S A MAP IN HERE THAT SHOWS YOU THE LOCATION OF OF WHERE MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING.

YOU CAN SEE BY THOSE YELLOW AND PURPLE AND COLORS THERE IN BLUE ESPECIALLY MOST OF IT IS ON THE THE CENTRAL TO EAST SIDE OF THE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, ALONG PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE AND DOWN ON I-30.

IN ADDITION TO ALL THE SINGLE FAMILY, WE'RE STILL TRACKING NEARLY 5,300 APARTMENTS THAT ARE PLANNED.

YOU CAN SEE THE LIST THERE.

MANY OF THOSE ARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT.

THERE'S A SHOT OF ONE THERE IN THE BOTTOM, RIGHT, ABOUT 100 UNITS THERE FOR A NEW COMPLEX CALLED RESERVE AT SHILOH.

SO AS YOU GO THROUGH THESE THESE ARE PICTURES THAT WE GOT IN SEPTEMBER.

YOU CAN SEE THERE'S VARIOUS THINGS TO TAKE AWAY.

YOU CAN SEE INFILL TYPE TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENTS LIKE HERE VILLAGE AT BUNKER HILL NEXT TO ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY.

YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE BIG APARTMENT DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH.

HERE'S A COUPLE HERE JUST BY MILES ROAD.

HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE STATION AND YOU CAN SEE BOTH THEIR SINGLE FAMILY AND APARTMENTS.

PHASE ONE OF THE APARTMENTS, SECOND PHASE OF APARTMENTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT, THE AREA DEVELOPMENT.

THIS PICTURE IN SEPTEMBER, YOU DRIVE OUT THERE.

NOW THERE'S TOWNHOMES ALL UP AND DOWN THOSE STREETS.

SO UP IN THE WYLIE AREA OF THE DISTRICT, THE FAR NORTH EAST, LOTS ARE BEING ADDED.

SO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.

THIS IS DOMINION OF PLEASANT VALLEY.

AND THEN TRAILS OF COTTONWOOD IS MOVING FORWARD.

QUITE A FEW LOTS OUT HERE ARE PLANNED.

MOVE BACK THROUGH THE CENTER PORTION OF THE DISTRICT ALONG MERRITT ROAD.

YOU'VE GOT SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF TOWNHOME DEALS THAT ARE BEING ADDED IN.

HERE'S SOME OF THE MIXTURE OF SINGLE FAMILY IN TRADITIONAL PRODUCT IN TOWNHOMES.

AND THEN AS YOU MOVE DOWN INTO DOWNTOWN ROWLETT AREA, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE THE APARTMENTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ARE FINALLY UNDERWAY.

THEY'RE ACROSS FROM ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL, MORE INFILL ALONG AS YOU MOVE SOUTH.

THE LAKE PARK AREA HERE, QUITE A FEW LOTS ARE PLANNED HERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TURNPIKE.

AND THEN AS YOU MOVE DOWN TO THE BAYSIDE AREA, YOU'VE GOT MORE TOWNHOMES UNDERWAY IN BOTH BAYSIDE AND SUNSET LANDING.

AT I-30 YOU CAN SEE THE BRIDGEWATER SUBDIVISION IS NOW UP AND RUNNING AND THEN MORE THERE ON THE EAST SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE DISTRICT.

HERE'S A PICTURE OF SAPPHIRE BAY.

YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE CENTER PORTION, THAT FUTURE CRYSTAL LAGOON THAT WILL YOU KNOW, IT'S LITTLE NOT SO CRYSTAL RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S SOMEDAY THIS IS GOING TO BE PRETTY FANTASTIC.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE TOWNHOMES DOWN THERE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT THAT ARE IN SOME OF THE APARTMENTS THAT WILL SOME OF THOSE WILL BE IN THE DISTRICT.

BUT HERE'S THE AFOREMENTIONED FIRESIDE BY THE LAKE, DR HORTON'S GOT 160 LOTS DELIVERED THERE WITH ANOTHER 260 GOING.

RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE PLANNING OVER 700 HOMES IN THIS SUBDIVISION.

SO WHAT? SO HERE'S THE HOUSING FORECAST.

SO BACK IN THE SPRING, WE WERE LOOKING AT ABOUT 7 TO 800 HOMES A YEAR.

OVER THESE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, THERE TOTALED ABOUT 4,100 OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE SLOWED THAT SLOWED THIS DOWN ABOUT 30%.

SO WE THINK THAT IT'LL FALL UNDER 600 OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE GOING TO GET PUSHED OUT DUE TO THE THE MARKET CONDITIONS.

HOPEFULLY INTEREST RATES WILL COME BACK DOWN AND IF THEY DO, WE SHOULD SEE THOSE NUMBERS GO BACK INTO THAT 7 TO 800 ANNUAL RANGE THAT SEEMS TO BE

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BUT AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO YEARS WITH THE 7 TO 8% MORTGAGE RATE, WE'RE GOING TO SLOW THESE NUMBERS DOWN TILL WE SEE DIFFERENTLY. SO THAT BASICALLY NOW MEANS ABOUT 3,300 HOMES OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

I STILL THINK THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 6,000 OR MORE OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS AND PLUS THE MAJORITY OF THE APARTMENTS, IF NOT ALL THE APARTMENTS, GET DONE OVER THE NEXT DECADE AS WELL.

THAT MEANS THAT YOU SHOULD SEE ABOUT 3,900 STUDENTS INTERJECTED INTO THE ENROLLMENT FORECAST.

SO THE CHALLENGE GOING FORWARD, BEFORE I MAKE A COMMENT ON THE PROJECTIONS HERE, BACK TO THE YIELDS.

IT'S 0.49 IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW.

WHEN TODAY I WOULD THINK, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU GO INTO WYLIE ISD, THE YIELD IS 0.7, 0.75, 0.65, I WOULD SAY IS MORE A NORMAL NUMBER.

WE SEE MORE EMPTY NESTERS, WE SEE SMALLER FAMILIES.

ALL OF THAT HAS REDUCED THAT NUMBER, BUT TYPICALLY IT'S AROUND 0.650, .7 FOR SINGLE FAMILY.

YOU ALL ARE SEEING A LITTLE BIT BELOW THAT.

AND THAT'S AN INDICATION THAT NOT EVERY STUDENT THAT MOVES IN IS ENROLLING.

VERY STRONG NUMBERS ON THIS.

ON THE MULTIFAMILY SIDE, OVERALL, YOU ALL ARE HOLDING THE STUDENTS IN APARTMENTS VERY WELL.

THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE HIGHER NUMBERS THAT I SEE THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

BUT I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT MANY OF THE NEWER TYPE APARTMENTS THAT HAVE FEWER THREE BEDROOMS AND THEY ARE YIELDING THAT RANGE OF 0.05 TO .23, AVERAGING ABOUT 0.1.

THAT'S THAT'S MUCH LOWER, BUT THAT'S TYPICAL FOR WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

SO ALL OF THAT IS FACTORED IN AS WELL AS THE CHALLENGES OF SEEING THAT.

THINK BACK TO THAT, THAT THAT LOSS OF ABOUT 600 PLUS JUST FROM ROLLING EVERY THING FORWARD.

I THINK THAT MEANS THAT THE DISTRICT WILL BOTTOM OUT AROUND 50 TO 51,000 TOTAL ENROLLMENT.

BUT ALL OF THIS RESIDENTIAL GROWTH SHOULD EVENTUALLY TURN THE TIDE.

AND I THINK THAT IT WILL WORK ITS WAY BACK TOWARDS 53 TO 54,000 TOTAL STUDENTS PRIOR TO THE DOWNTURN.

AND AND SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL ELEMENTARY LOSSES THAT WE'VE SEEN.

WE WERE THINKING MORE IN THAT 55-56 SO IT'S POSSIBLE IF THE GAINS MOMENTUM, BUT A LOT OF IT WILL DEPEND ON JUST HOW MUCH SOME OF THESE SUBDIVISIONS LIKE FIRESIDE YIELD FOR YOU ALL.

NOW ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

MR. MILLER. WHAT A SHOCK.

I DON'T HAVE TO GO FIRST.

THANK YOU AGAIN, I LOVE THIS REPORT.

I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU DO IT FOR US.

I WANT TO GO BACK TO YOUR VERY FIRST PAGE THAT KIND OF LOOKED LIKE A DASHBOARD YOU HAD.

YOU MENTIONED THE POPULATION UNDER 18 HAD FALLEN FROM 88,000 IN 2010 TO 77,000.

CORRECT. AND IS THAT AN URBAN TREND OR IS THAT A GARLAND TREND? THAT IS MAINLY AN URBAN TREND.

WE SEE THAT IN MESQUITE AND WE SEE THAT IN OTHER AREAS THAT ARE YOU KNOW, YOU ALL JUST THOSE OF US THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND HERE A LONG TIME KNOW THAT THE PLACES THAT WERE THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES AND NINETIES, ALL YOUR TARRANT COUNTY AND DALLAS COUNTY, MOST OF THOSE AREAS ARE SEEING THEIR YOUNGER POPULATION GO DOWN, RIGHT? SO SO WE HAVE OLDER GENERATION.

YES, WE HAVE WE HAVE A LOT OF OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS.

IT'S EASY TO OBSERVE JUST DRIVING AROUND OUR DISTRICT, INCLUDING SACHSE/ ROWLETT.

IT'S JUST THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT ARE OLDER, SO IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T UNIQUE TO US.

YOU WENT OVER, YOU HAD A LITTLE PIE CHART WITH A RENT VERSUS OWN.

IS THAT UP OR DOWN THAT 33%? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I CAN'T TELL YOU THE TREND THERE.

I'D HAVE TO LOOK.

YEAH. MY FOLLOW UP TO THAT WAS EARLIER YOU MENTIONED ABSORPTION OF PRE-OWNED HOMES.

I'M WONDERING IF, YOU KNOW, IF THEY ARE INVESTOR HOMES OR ARE THEY OWNER OCCUPIED? THAT THAT IS A DIFFICULT QUESTION TO ANSWER.

A LOT OF THAT YOU JUST IT HAS TO BE EITHER ANECDOTAL OR YOU HAVE TO REALLY DRIVE THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SEE SIGNS.

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YEAH, I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR THAT BECAUSE TO ME THE STABILITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS OR THE TRANSITORY NATURE OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MIGHT TEND TO BE MORE RENTAL PROPERTIES BECAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT SETS OF CHALLENGES WITHIN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND I THINK WE FEEL IT SOMETIMES WITH OUR STUDENT POPULATION.

YOU YOU TALKED ABOUT ONE OF YOUR PIE CHARTS.

I CAN'T HARDLY READ IT, BUT I THINK IT SAYS NO HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, 16%.

AND THAT'S OFF THE CENSUS DATA.

DO YOU KNOW IF THAT'S A HIGHER OR LOWER NUMBER THAN PREVIOUSLY? THIS IS WHERE IT COMES BACK TO WE NEED THAT 2020 CENSUS DATA TO COMPARE TO ESRI ESTIMATES.

SO ESRI IS PRESENTING THESE NUMBERS BASED OFF OF SAMPLING IN DIFFERENT POINTS IN TIME, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BENCHMARK A LOT OF THIS STUFF AFTER THEY GET THAT THAT DATA.

SO I WANTED YOU ALL TO GENERALLY SEE WHAT THEY'RE ESTIMATING.

THESE NUMBERS ARE USUALLY THEY'RE FAIRLY CLOSE.

THE I CAN SAY THAT THEY DO TEND TO UNDERCOUNT THE YOUNGER POPULATION.

SO EVEN IF THIS DOES DECLINE, THAT IS A TREND THAT WE HAVE SEEN, ESPECIALLY IN THE URBAN DISTRICTS.

BUT IT MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER IF ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE ACTUAL AGE DATA.

YEAH. OH, THAT'D BE SOMETHING INTERESTING TO FOLLOW.

I THINK IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A HIGH NUMBER.

AND THEN OVER UNDER THE HISPANIC ORIGIN, I KNOW WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MAYBE DR.

LOPEZ OR SOMEBODY CAN REMIND ME WHAT OUR PERCENT IS WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF OUR HISPANIC POPULATION.

I THINK IT'S CLOSER TO 55 OR 60 EVEN AS COMPARED TO WHAT THE CENSUS TELLS US IS 38%.

DO YOU THINK THERE'S ANY NOISE IN THAT NUMBER OR IS THAT PRETTY ACCURATE? IT TELLS THE STORY AND WE'VE SEEN THAT.

I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD OBSERVATION THERE.

IT WHAT IT SHOWS YOU IS THAT YOUR YOUNGER PEOPLE WITH THAT ARE THAT ARE PARENTS THAT HAVE CHILDREN ENROLLED IN THE DISTRICT MAJORITY ARE HISPANIC.

YEAH, I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION.

BUT YEAH AND WE SEE THAT WE SEE THAT AND EVERYONE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT TEXAS TRENDING MORE HISPANIC AND A LOT OF MILLENNIALS ARE HISPANIC.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THEIR THIRTIES ARE HISPANIC.

SO IT'S JUST THAT IS A REFLECTION OF THAT.

OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION ON THAT PAGE WOULD BE PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS EARNING UNDER $50K AT 29%.

DO YOU KNOW IF THAT'S UP OR DOWN? I DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE PERCENTAGE I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT DALLAS COUNTIES MEDIANS THAT HAVE JUST UNDER $67,000 DFW IS RIGHT ABOUT $79. SO THE OVERALL ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS IS IN LINE OR JUST SLIGHTLY BELOW THE OVERALL REGIONAL AVERAGE. AND HERE IN THE DISTRICT, IT IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN OVERALL FOR DALLAS COUNTY.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE COULD GO BACK AND TRACK HOW MUCH THOSE HAVE CHANGED.

I COULD GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT WE HAD FOR LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THOSE NUMBERS.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I'VE HAD IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE STUDENTS GOING.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CHART THAT SHOWS WE WERE AT $58,000, WE'RE NOW $52.

YOU KNOW, PART OF IT IS IN THE AGING PROCESS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR CITY, WHICH I THINK YOU'VE WELL EXPLAINED, BUT YOU ALSO ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS I HAD ABOUT WHERE THEY WERE GOING. WHEN YOU POINT OUT WE'VE GOT SOME TRANSFERS OUT OF DISTRICT, WE ALSO HAVE SOME KIDS THAT ATTEND OTHER SCHOOLS OF LEARNING, WHICH IS ALL UNDERSTANDABLE.

YOU MADE A MENTION ABOUT PAUSING OF DEVELOPMENTS.

HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT WITHIN THE DISTRICT, DO WE HAVE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE ON PAUSE? MOST OF THE ONES HERE IN THE DISTRICT HAVE CONTINUED.

YES. THERE ARE OTHER AREAS THAT THAT MAY BE FURTHER OUT OR DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC AREAS THAT THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT, BUT NOT SO MUCH HERE IN THE DISTRICT.

MOST OF THAT 1,500 LOTS THAT IS ON THE GROUND THERE, THEY'RE READY TO MOVE.

THE BUILDERS THAT HAVE THOSE SUBDIVISIONS IS READY IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD.

ON THAT LOT DEVELOPMENT CHART, EVEN THERE, WE DIDN'T SEE IT DID DROP A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT DID STAY OVER.

I BELIEVE IT WAS OVER 1,100.

SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WHEN WE GET OUR FOURTH QUARTER SURVEY DONE, WE SEE THAT SLOW DOWN.

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SURE. AND THEN MY LAST FAMILIARITY WITH THE TRAILS OF COTTONWOOD, WHERE IS THAT? IT'S UP ON IF YOU GO UP 78, I BELIEVE IF YOU'RE LET ME LOOK HERE IT'S ACTUALLY NOW YOU CAN GET I WAS TRYING TO FIND IT ON THAT AERIAL MAP BEFORE ALL THE INDIVIDUAL PICTURES.

I CAN'T READ IT, IT'S TOO SMALL.

GROVE ELEMENTARY.

IT'S NORTH. IT'S NORTH OF THAT.

BUT IT'S REALLY EAST OF 78 BACK ACTUALLY YOU'RE YOU'RE INTO NORTH SIDE OF LAKE RAY HUBBARD THEN.

IT IS THE FAR NORTHWEST SIDE, BUT IT'S TUCKED IN RIGHT THERE IN THE CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE DISTRICT.

WELL, AGAIN, AND I'VE PAID HOPEFULLY PROBABLY PAID MORE ATTENTION TO YOUR REPORTS THAN A LOT OF OTHER REPORTS WE GET BECAUSE I'M SO INTERESTED IN IT. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN PREDICTING A TURNAROUND IN THE ENROLLMENT TREND.

DO YOU STILL FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT? IT SOUNDS LIKE WE MAY BE HEDGING A LITTLE BIT ON THAT, MAYBE MORE TOWARD A BREAK EVEN FOR THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR YEARS? WELL, THAT'S WE HAD WE HAD ACTUALLY BEEN MORE OF THE HOPE FOR THE BREAK EVEN HOPE THAT THIS NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD WOULD KEEP THE DISTRICT KIND OF WHERE IT IS TODAY.

BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH ANOTHER 900 STUDENT LOSS IS THAT IT'S TRENDING A LITTLE BIT LOWER, MORE OF A DECLINE THAN WHAT WE WERE THINKING A YEAR AGO.

SO DO YOU THINK FACTORS HAVE CHANGED? YOU THINK IT'S JUST A YEAR OFF MAYBE? THAT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN THAT YIELD A LITTLE HIGHER THAN 0.46 ON SOME OF THESE SURE DIVISIONS.

I THINK THAT'S I THINK THAT'S SURPRISING INTERESTING TO SEE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE IF SOMEONE IS BUYING A HOME UP IN THE LET'S JUST SAY, IN THE AREAS NORTH OF THE GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE THERE YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THEY GOING IF THEY'RE NOT ENROLLING IN GARLAND, WHERE WHERE ARE THEY GOING? AND IT'S THAT ANSWER CAN BE VAST BECAUSE YOU CAN WE'RE SEEING STUDENTS SHOW UP 30, 40 MILES AWAY FROM WHERE THEY'RE LIVING.

AND SO SO I THINK THE THE CLARIFYING QUESTION IS, IS THE FAMILY MOVING IN WITH THE CHILD OR NOT? BECAUSE WE SEE A LOT OF FAMILIES MOVE IN, BUT BUT NOT NECESSARILY WITH THEIR CHILD, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO IT DOES.

SO ANOTHER THING, YOU CAN READ A LOT INTO THAT YIELD THAT IN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ONCE DR HORTON'S SUBDIVISION GETS UP AND RUNNING, IS THE YIELD IS GOING TO BE VERY LOW INITIALLY WILL LIKELY BE 0.3.

AND WHAT IT SHOWS IS THEY'RE YOUNG FAMILIES THEY DON'T HAVE EITHER THEY HAVE A YOUNG KID THAT'S NOT ENROLLED YET OR ONE STUDENT ISN'T ENROLLED IN ELEMENTARY.

AND THE SECOND ONE OR THIRD ONE ARE ON THE WAY.

AND IT TAKES SEVERAL YEARS FOR THEM TO THAT YIELD TO COME UP.

BUT LIKE WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN MANY DISTRICTS, INCLUDING IN MESQUITE, A LOT OF THE THE DR HORTON SUBDIVISIONS START OUT ON A LOW YIELD AND THEN THEY'LL ACTUALLY DOUBLE OVER TIME AS THOSE FAMILIES MATURE.

SO I THINK IN THAT 0.6 IS A LOT OF THINGS PEOPLE BUYING MAYBE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF KIDS YET, SOME DON'T ENROLL AND THERE ARE OTHER HOUSEHOLD TYPES AND.

AND I THINK I THINK ONE OF THE GOOD CLARIFICATIONS THAT WOULD HELP US WITH THIS DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT UNDERSTAND IT DEEPLY AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD DO IT WOULD BE WHAT IS THE AGE GROUP OF THE PEOPLE BUYING THE HOUSES, RIGHT.

SO IN SACHSE IS USING A LOT OF BUYING A LOT OF HOMES AND IN THAT SACHSE AREA FROM MY EXPERIENCE, A LOT OF THEM, THIS IS THEIR RETIREMENT HOME THEY'RE BUYING.

SO I'M HAVING PEOPLE MOVE IN WITH THEIR COLLEGE KIDS THAT WOULDN'T BE ENROLLED IN THE SYSTEM AND THEY'RE ENJOYING LIFE.

THIS IS THEIR RETIREMENT HOME.

THEY'VE GOT A NICE PIECE OF LAND IN A GREAT AREA, BUT THEY'RE NOT BRINGING IN KIDS.

RIGHT. AND IF WE COULD SEE THE AGE GROUP OF MOVING IN, THAT WOULD GIVE US PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE SCIENCE TO WHAT'S HAPPENING.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU IN THE SPRING.

WE HAVE ALL OF THAT OR I MEAN, I CAN SHARE IT WITH YOU, SO EMAIL IT TO YOU.

WE HAVE ALL THE BREAKDOWN BY ATTENDANCE LEVEL WITHIN THAT THAT OVERALL YIELD.

OKAY, THAT'D BE GREAT, BECAUSE, I MEAN, JUST FOR REFERENCE, THE MESQUITE, THE FORMER FORMER MESQUITE SUPERINTENDENT'S MY NEIGHBOR, SHE MOVED THERE AND YOU KNOW, SO

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AND SO THEY BRING IN THE KIDS.

NO THE ANSWER IS NO.

SO DR. LOPEZ, IN THE LIST OF SCHOOLS WHERE OUR KIDS ARE MOVING TO HALLSVILLE, THERE'S ASTERISK SPOT.

I'M ASSUMING THAT'S LIKE A VIRTUAL SCHOOL.

THAT'S A LONG WAY AWAY.

YEAH, THAT'S VIRTUAL.

THAT'S FAR TOO. THAT'S WHY THERE'S A THERE'S AN ASTERISK, RIGHT? YEAH. IT WASN'T IT WASN'T EXPLAINED ON THE CHART, BUT I ASSUMED IT WAS VIRTUAL.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE BOARD? MR. GLICK. THANK YOU, SIR.

JUST AS AN ASIDE, THE BOND COMMITTEE DID GET THIS SAME REPORT, I THINK, UNLESS YOU MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS SINCE THEN.

BUT IT WAS A FEW WEEKS AGO.

BUT THEY GOT THIS SIMILAR REPORT IN OCTOBER.

YES. YES. THERE WAS A WHOLE SERIES OF ARTICLES BY THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS.

I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WERE AWARE OF IT, BUT IT COVERED 64 DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WE WERE ONE OF THE FEW WHERE THEY SAY WE DIDN'T REPORT OUR 2032 PROJECTIONS EVEN THOUGH WE HAD THEM HERE.

DR. RINGO DO YOU KNOW WHY THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHEN WE HAD THESE NUMBERS? I DO NOT KNOW WHO THE REPORT GOES TO OR WHAT THAT'S REFERENCING, SO I DON'T KNOW.

I'LL DROP IT OFF FOR YOU AFTER.

YOU EARLY ON, ON PAGE EIGHT AND NINE, REFERENCED SOME MAJOR SURPRISES.

COULD YOU GO OVER THAT AGAIN, PLEASE? UH, I WOULDN'T. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, MAJOR SURPRISES.

YOU SAID THE NUMBERS WERE NOT WHERE YOU THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE.

WELL, WE JUST.

THE LOSS WAS IN K THROUGH EIGHT WAS ABOUT 2% LOWER THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. SOME OF THAT I'M TRYING TO GET BACK TO THIS SORRY, EVERYONE THAT KINDERGARTEN YOU CAN SEE DID GO DOWN AFTER GOING UP TO 3,500.

SO THAT IS THAT IS SOME OF THE YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE.

YOU CAN SEE EVEN THOUGH THE BIRTH RATE DID DECLINE A LITTLE BIT, IT'S YOU KNOW, THE BIRTH RATE WENT DOWN LESS THAN 100.

BUT THOSE WE DID THINK THAT IT WOULD BE MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR.

WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS A LOT OF THE LOSSES DURING COVID, ESPECIALLY IN K THROUGH FOUR.

A LOT OF THOSE KIDS HAVE COME BACK.

SO WE'RE THINKING, YOU KNOW, WOULD GET A LITTLE BIT OF THAT BUMP LIKE WE'VE SEEN IN IN MOST DISTRICTS.

AND REALLY IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

SO THERE SO THERE STILL COULD BE STUDENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE BEING HOMESCHOOLED OR THEY SIMPLY HAVE DECIDED TO ATTEND ELSEWHERE OR MOVED.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN NOW LOOK AT WITH THE GEO CODING DATA.

WE CAN START TO SEE WHO'S A LEAVER, WHO'S A NEWCOMER, WHAT THE YIELDS ARE FOR EACH ATTENDANCE LEVEL, FOR EACH OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND START NOW THAT WE HAVE MORE OF THE THE HOUSING OR THE SUBDIVISIONS HAVE PRODUCED MORE HOMES, WE CAN START TO DO MORE ANALYSIS ON THOSE AND START TO FINE TUNE IT.

YOU MADE YOU MADE SOME PROJECTIONS ON MORTGAGE RATES, EXPECTING THEM TO STAY HIGH THROUGH 2023.

YEAH. ARE YOU USING SOME OUTSIDE SERVICE FOR YOUR PROJECTIONS OR THESE ARE OWN NUMBERS? WELL, OUR OUR FIRM, OUR OUR AFFILIATE COMPANIES RESIDENTIAL STRATEGIES.

AND THEY STUDY THE HOUSING MARKET AND AND WITH THEIR CLIENTS AND THEIR ANALYSIS OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT GO INTO THE HOUSING MARKET.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT IS THE LONG TERM TRENDS OF MORTGAGE RATES OR JUST JUST INTEREST RATES IN GENERAL AND HOW THEY RELATE HISTORICALLY TO WHERE THE 30 YEAR MORTGAGE RATE ENDS UP.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU GET INTO ALL OF THE TEN YEAR TREASURY AND ALL OF THAT HISTORY AND AND WHERE THESE RATES ARE PROJECTED TO BE AND IF THEY, YOU KNOW, END UP IN 4 TO 5%, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT MORTGAGE RATES THAT ARE AT NEAR 7 AND 8%. THAT'S WHERE THAT COMES FROM.

YEAH. I THINK SOME OF THE REPORTS THAT I'M LOOKING AT PROJECT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LOWER RATES, BUT THESE HIGHER RATES CONTINUING FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEYOND 2023, IT IS ENCOURAGING THAT THE NUMBER HAS COME BACK TO IN THIS 6.7 RANGE BECAUSE WE WERE AT 7.1 AND

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BUT WHAT I WANT YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND IS SINCE THE END OF THE YEAR, THE MORTGAGE RATE ON A THE MEDIAN PRICE IN DFW IS UP 60%.

THE MONTHLY PAYMENT BECAUSE THE RATE WENT FROM THREE AND A HALF UP TO SEVEN.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED AND THAT'S IT'S CAUSED A HUGE ADJUSTMENT.

PEOPLE ARE BUYERS ARE JUST WELL, WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT.

AND SO A LOT OF THEM HAVE JUST GONE TO THE SIDELINE AND THAT'S WHY THE SLOWDOWN IN STARTS IS OCCURRING.

COULD YOU POSSIBLY PROJECT THAT IF IF I'M CORRECT, THAT MORTGAGE RATES WILL STAY HIGHER.

MAYBE NOT WHERE THEY'RE AT NOW THAT SOME OF THE OTHER SUBURBS YOU TALKED ABOUT FURTHER OUT, MAYBE NORTH AND EVEN EAST OF US THAT HAVE HAD HOUSING PRICES MUCH HIGHER THAN OURS.

AND THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE SLOWDOWN IN THE BUILDERS IS OCCURRING.

AS I'M READING AND YOU'RE READING THAT MAYBE START PEOPLE WILL START LOOKING MORE TO THE INNER CITY AREA, WHICH WE WOULD BE PART OF IN DALLAS COUNTY, THAN KEEP THEM GOING FURTHER OUT AND GETTING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE HOUSING.

I THINK THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.

IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. YES.

AND ONE FINAL THING, DR.

RINGO ON PAGE 54, THE LATEST PROJECTION SHEET, COULD WE GET THE LAST TWO OR THREE OF THESE AND JUST SEND TO US WITH THE REPORT? YEAH. THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU, SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME. SEEING NOTHING FURTHER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. ALEXANDER. WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT ENTRY ON THE AGENDA IS WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX DISCUSSION ITEMS

[VI.A. Discuss GISD Bond Steering Committee Update]

UPDATE DR. RINGO.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES. DR. LOPEZ.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

I AM HERE TO GIVE AN UPDATE NOT TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS OR DOLLAR AMOUNTS.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO PROVIDE THE BACKGROUND OF THE COMMITTEE PROCESS AND LEAD INTO THE DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD OF SELECTING A DATE FOR THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THOSE PROJECTS AND DOLLAR AMOUNTS.

SO OUR GISD FACILITY BACKGROUND HISTORY OF HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT.

YOU CAN READ THROUGH THESE DATES HERE, BUT THIS PROCESS STARTED IN APRIL 2019 WITH THE INITIATION AND KICK OFF WITH PBK.

THE INITIAL PROJECT AND FIRST PUBLICATION WAS DONE IN JUNE OF 2020 AND THEN THERE'S BEEN UPDATES SINCE THEN WITH THE MOST RECENT UPDATE DURING THIS PROCESS WITH THE GISD CITIZEN BOND STEERING COMMITTEE.

A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE APRIL 2019 WITH COVID, WITH INTEREST RATES AND HOME PRICES, INFLATION AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE MARKET TODAY AS PRESENTED BY OUR DEMOGRAPHER.

SOME BACKGROUND HISTORY SEQUENCE AND TIMELINES FOR THAT APRIL 2019 KICK OFF TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S COMPLETED IN 2020 FOR THE FIRST ROUND BEFORE INFLATION WAS FACTORED INTO THE NEXT TWO UPDATES THAT OCCURRED.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THE SUMMIT SURVEY FOCUS GROUPS IN JUNE 2019, DESIGN LEARNING INNOVATION FRAMEWORK, SEPTEMBER, AND THEN THE RUBRIC AND DESIGN CANVAS ASSESSMENTS UP THROUGH NOVEMBER OF 2019.

SO IN PREPARATION FOR THE CITIZEN BOND STEERING COMMITTEE PROCESS, THERE WAS A SPECIAL MEETING CALLED BY THE BOARD APPROVING THE GISD CITIZEN BOND STEERING COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2022.

YOU CAN READ THE COMMITTEE CHARGE THAT THE BOARD APPROVED AT THAT MEETING FOR THE COMMITTEE TO FOCUS ON.

THIS WAS SHARED AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING WITH THE COMMITTEE, AND SOME OF YOU ATTENDED EACH OF THOSE MEETINGS.

OCTOBER 19TH WAS THE VERY FIRST MEETING THE COMMITTEE CHARG WAS COVERED.

THE DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT, WHICH YOU HEARD AN UPDATE TONIGHT, WAS COVERED AND SCHOOL FINANCE 101 HIGHLIGHTING WHAT M&O AND I&S IS DEBT SERVICE HOW BOND PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED.

MEETING NUMBER TWO WAS OCTOBER 26TH.

WE REVIEWED OUR PAST BOND PROGRAMS WITH THE FOCUS ON THE 2014 BOND PROGRAM AND THE FACILITIES CONDITION ASSESSMENT PRESENTATION FROM PBK.

MEETING NUMBER THREE WAS OUR FACILITY TOURS WITH THAT GROUP, WHICH IS ON A SATURDAY MEETING.

NUMBER FOUR WAS THE PROJECT PRIORITY PRESENTATION ON NOVEMBER 16TH, MEANING NUMBER FIVE WAS NOVEMBER 30TH WITH BOND CAPACITY AND BOND INFORMATION WITH A MOCK VOTE.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS AT THEIR TABLES THEY LOOKED AT ALL THE VARIOUS PROJECTS FROM THE ASSESSMENT AND THAT FEEDBACK WHICH THE BOARD HAS SEEN AND DID A MOCK VOTE AT THEIR TABLES TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE VOTING PROCESS WORKS.

MEETING NUMBER SIX WAS CLARIFICATIONS, WITH THE BALLOT LANGUAGE LOOK LIKE AND THE COMMITTEE VOTE, AND WHAT THAT COMMITTEE VOTE MEANT FOR PROJECTS TO BE APPROVED.

IT HAD TO BE A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE AT THE TABLE AND THEN ONCE IT WAS APPROVED AT THE TABLE TO MAKE IT TO WHERE IT WOULD COME FORWARD TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IT ALSO HAD TO BE A

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AGAIN, THE FOCUS TONIGHT IS NOT TO DISCUSS THOSE PROJECTS OR THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WILL COME FROM THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE COMMITTEE AT A FUTURE DATE IN THESE NEXT STEPS. SO THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S BACKGROUND IS TO HAVE A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FROM THE CO-CHAIRS THAT RECOMMENDS THE PROJECTS AND THE POTENTIAL BOND AMOUNT AND A DATE FOR A WORKSHOP FOR THAT TO OCCUR, OR A SPECIAL MEETING, I SHOULD SAY.

THE GISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES POTENTIALLY CALL FOR A BOND PROGRAM IN MAY OF 2023.

THE DEADLINE TO CALL IS FEBRUARY 17TH, AND THAT'S INCORRECT DATE FEBRUARY 17TH, 2023.

AND SO WE DO KNOW THERE'S A SPECIAL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 14TH TO CALL FOR THE BOARD ELECTION.

WHICH WHAT DATE IS THAT MS. HOGAN? THAT WAS FROM MY NOTES.

I APOLOGIZE. THAT WAS ONE OF THE OPTIONS WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM IF THEY NEEDED THAT SPECIAL MEETING.

THE MEETING THAT WE WILL CALL THE TRUSTEE ELECTION WILL BE JANUARY 24TH, SO WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT EARLIER IN THE QUARTER.

THAT'S AN UPDATE SINCE WHEN OUR BOARD DOCS WERE DUE.

SO SPECIAL MEETING.

AND WITH THAT, MR. JOHNSON, I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION ON A POTENTIAL SPECIAL MEETING FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

THE DURING AGENDA REVIEW WE KIND OF BATTED ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL DATES WITH STAFF.

TO ME, THE OBVIOUS DATE TO HAVE THE CHAIRS OF THE BOND COMMITTEE COME TO PRESENT TO US WOULD BE THE DATE WE HAVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN JANUARY.

IT SEEMS THE EASIEST THING TO DO AND I HAVE CLEARED THIS WITH NOW ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE IS TO MOVE THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE TO ONE ON THAT DAY.

AND HAVE THE SPECIAL MEETING AT THREE ON THE DATE OF THE JANUARY COMMITTEE MEETING.

SO THAT EFFECTIVELY REPLACES THE FACILITY TIME.

SO WE'D HAVE FACILITIES AT ONE SPECIAL MEETING AT THREE AND ACADEMIC AND DISTRICT AFFAIRS WOULD FOLLOW THE SPECIAL MEETING, HOWEVER LONG THE SPECIAL MEETING WOULD GO, AND THEN WE'D IMMEDIATELY SEGWAY INTO ACADEMIC AND DISTRICT AFFAIRS.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT PARTICULAR SCHEDULING? MR. MILLER MAY I ASK THAT WE TENTATIVELY POST THE ADA MEETING AT LEAST $:00 THAT WAY, IF THE SPECIAL REPS EARLY, WE DON'T HAVE TO DELAY UNTIL 5:30 OR LATER TO START ADA. I DON'T MIND POSTING IT EARLY SO WE CAN START IT LATER, BUT NOT DOING IT VICE VERSA BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO IT THE OTHER WAY.

WELL, ANSWER MR. MILLER.

NO, IT'S ACTUALLY MR. I'M NOT CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE, BUT I WOULD GLADLY GIVE YOU AN ANSWER.

MY ANSWER WOULD BE I DEFER TO DR.

GLICK. DR.

GLICK MAN THE ONLY REASON I SAID I CALLED YOU IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MICHELLE NAMED SHE SAID.

MR. MILLER. BUT MR. GLICK.

AS I'LL BE MENTIONING IN A FEW MINUTES, WE POTENTIALLY HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST COMING TO THAT COMMITTEE MEETING.

SO WE JUST NEED TO BE CERTAIN AS THE TIME, THAT THAT'S ALL I'M WORRIED ABOUT.

OKAY. I MEAN, MY GENERAL THOUGHT AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN ABOUT THAT, MS. HOGAN. I THINK WE CAN WE KEEP ACADEMIC DISTRICT AFFAIRS AT 5:00.

THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE.

THEN MR. GLICK WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME MORE DATE, CERTAIN TIME CERTAINTY.

I REALLY DON'T ANTICIPATE THE SPECIAL MEETING IS GOING TO BE OVER WITH IN 30 OR 45 MINUTES.

SO I THINK GIVING IT 2 HOURS WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.

SO 5:00 WE USUALLY WE START AT 5:30.

WELL, YEAH, 5:30. KEEP IT AT THE 5:30.

YOU'RE FINE WITH THAT, MR. GLICK. IF YOU DECIDE IF IF YOU COULD GIVE THAT PERSON A TIME, NO MATTER WHEN THEY COME IN, IF WE'RE ALREADY IN ADA WE COULD STOP WHAT WE'RE DOING AND LET THAT PERSON PRESENT.

GOOD. THANK YOU, SIR. YEAH.

SO YES. THE RECAP WOULD BE FOR SCHEDULING A SPECIAL MEETING TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION OF THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE.

CHAIRMAN WOULD HAVE CHAIRPERSONS WOULD OCCUR AT 3 P.M.

ON JANUARY THE 10TH 2023.

THE FINANCE AND FACILITIES MEETING WOULD BE MOVED TO 1 P.M.

ON JANUARY 10TH, 2023, AND THE ACADEMIC AND DISTRICT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WOULD REMAIN AT 5:30 P.M.

ON JANUARY 10TH, 2023.

MR. PRESIDENT, HAVE WE CONFIRMED WITH THE TWO CO-CHAIRS IF THEY'LL BE AVAILABLE? WE HAVE NOT, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T SURE OF THE DATE.

I BELIEVE THEY'RE BOTH GAINFULLY EMPLOYED AS FAR AS I KNOW, SO WE MIGHT WANT TO CHECK WITH THEM.

WELL, I MEAN, THAT OBVIOUSLY COULD, COULD, COULD ALTER THE CALCULUS, BUT WE HAVE TO COME TO A CONCLUSION ON A DATE HERE.

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SO OR IT COULD HAPPEN DURING SOME TIME IN BUSINESS DAY.

SO THAT WOULD BE MY ASSUMPTION.

WE MIGHT HAVE TO REWORK SOME AROUND, BUT AT LEAST I THINK WE AT LEAST TAKE THAT TO THEM.

THAT WORKS FOR THE BOARD.

YES. MS. STANLEY.

I NEED TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THIS.

SO IF WE HAVE THE MEETING ON THE 10TH, DO WE JUST GO IMMEDIATELY ASSUME THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT ON THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEETING IN JANUARY THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION OR IS GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS BEFORE WE HAVE TO MAKE ANY DECISIONS? ONE WE HEAR THE SPECIAL MEETING IS GOING TO BE TO HEAR THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, OKAY, THERE WILL LIKELY BE A DISCUSSION ITEM TO DISCUSS NEXT STEPS FROM THE BOARD AT THAT TIME.

WE COULD, IF WE SAW FIT, HAVE AN ACTION ITEM ON THE JANUARY MEETING.

BUT AS POINTED OUT, WE HAVE UNTIL FEBRUARY 17TH, 2023, TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING IN BETWEEN.

AND WE ALSO WE'LL HAVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS BEFORE THEN AS WELL THAT WE CAN SCHEDULE A SPECIAL MEETING IF WE'RE NOT READY TO HAVE A VOTE ON JANUARY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE AN OPTION THAT I THINK WE PROBABLY THAT WE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS ON JANUARY 10TH.

ANYTHING ELSE, MR. MILLER? ALONG THE LINES OF MS. STANLEY WHEN WE GO INTO THIS MEETING.

IT'S JUST A PRESENTATION.

IT'S NOT REALLY A A DEBATE AT THAT POINT.

IS THAT THE WAY YOU SEE THE MEETING ON THE 10TH? YES. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR WHAT THE BOND COMMITTEE HAS TO SAY, WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, HOW THEY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO OBVIOUSLY ASK THE CHAIRMAN QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS AND HOW THEY CAME TO THE THEIR ANALYSIS, THEIR ANALYTIC PROCESS AND HOW THEY MADE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THEY'RE MAKING. NOW I DO THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT OUR PROCESS MOVING FORWARD BEYOND THAT.

AND THAT'S KIND OF THE ULTIMATE ISSUE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DECIDING ON THE 10TH OF JANUARY.

ARE WE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TO A VOTE IN THE JANUARY MEETING OR ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A ANOTHER SPECIAL MEETING SOMETIME IN EARLY FEBRUARY TO MAKE THAT DECISION? JUST SITTING HERE TODAY, IF IT WENT TOWARD A SECOND SPECIAL MEETING OF JUST THE BOARD TO JUST DISCUSS THE ONE TOPIC, I REALLY THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THIS IS A BIG ENOUGH ISSUE THAT I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE IT THAT KIND OF ATTENTION IF AND WHEN THAT PROCESS IS READY, JUST SO WE CAN ALL BE FULLY DEVOTED AND FULLY INFORMED AND NOT DISTRACTED.

SO I WOULD THAT'S WHAT I WOULD PREFER AN ADDITIONAL SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE BOARD TO DEBATE AND MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS, KNOWING THAT IT NEEDS TO GO TO THE ACTUAL BOARD MEETING FOR AN OFFICIAL VOTE.

THANK YOU. MR. MILLER. IF THAT'S THE CASE, IF I CAN INTERJECT THEN WE DON'T NEED A SPECIAL MEETING, THEN WE JUST NEED TO DO A PRESENTATION IN BETWEEN MEETINGS.

IT WOULD BE TECHNICALLY A SPECIAL MEETING, BUT WE POST IT FOR ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS TO ATTEND AND JUST HEAR IT OUT.

I REALLY FEEL THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS RIGHT, I'M NOT OBJECTING TO THE SECOND MEETING BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND CLARIFICATION ON WHAT THOSE NEXT STEPS ARE.

BUT IF YOU DON'T GIVE US A FOUNDATION OF WHAT TO NOT PROCEED ON, I'M NOT NOT PROCEEDING TO WHAT TO WHAT IS GOOD AND WHAT IS NOT GOOD AND START HAVING THOSE TYPE OF CONVERSATIONS.

THAT NEXT MEETING WILL NOT FINISH.

WE WILL NOT BE SATISFIED.

WE GOT WE GOT TO COME UP WITH SOME SORT OF CONSENSUS ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON, ON WHICH PROJECTS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, WHAT WE NEED CLARIFICATION ON, WHAT WE NEED MORE IDENTIFIED REASONING BEHIND IT, BECAUSE IF WE JUST GO IN, LISTEN, AND WE ASK THEM QUESTIONS, WHEN WE GET INTO THAT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THOSE FACTS FOR THE BOARD.

AND WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THOSE FACTS FOR THE BOARD, IT JUST LEADS TO MORE CONFUSION AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO LEAD TO ANOTHER MEETING AFTER THAT MEETING.

SO SO THIS MEETING HAS TO HAVE SOME SORT OF DISCUSSION POINTS AND POINTS OF EMPHASIS THAT .

SO IT'S A TWO HOUR MEETING.

IF IT IS AN HOUR FOR THE PRESENTATION AND AN HOUR FOR THE BOARD AFTER DISMISSING OUR GUEST, I GUESS AN HOUR FOR THE BOARD TO THEN START HAVING SOME OF THAT

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BUT IF WE'RE NOT FINISHED, IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT UP AGAIN AS A BOARD TO FINISH AND TIE IT UP AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT IN A MEETING WHERE THE ONLY THING WE DO AND WE CAN FOCUS AND AND I BELIEVE THAT'S A SMART IDEA BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS REGARDLESS.

AND WE WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW IT UP WITH WHATEVER QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS.

I THINK WE. I THOUGHT YOU SAID WE WERE GOING TO DISCUSS IT ON THE 10TH.

WELL, I MEAN, THAT THAT WAS KIND OF THE GENERAL THOUGHT.

BUT, I MEAN, IF THE CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD IS WE WANT A SECOND SPECIAL MEETING WITH RESPECT TO THIS, THEN WE THERE'S NO REASON WE CAN'T GO AHEAD AND SET IT.

THAT BEING SAID, I WILL POINT OUT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT IT'S THE ONLY ITEM WE'RE GOING TO HEAR, WE ALWAYS PLAN TO HAVE SOME FORM OF ITEM REGARDING THE BOND ON THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING AS WELL.

AND THERE'S GOING TO BE, I'M ASSUMING, SOME DISCUSSION OPPORTUNITY AT THAT TIME AND WE CAN TALK THINGS TO DEATH IN A REGULAR MEETING.

WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A WORKSHOP NECESSARILY TO DO IT.

I GUESS MY POINT IS I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THIS CIRCLING A DATE, FOR INSTANCE, FEBRUARY 14TH FOR A SPECIAL MEETING.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DEBATE AND DISCUSS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY TIME TO TAKE ACTION THEREAFTER.

I MEAN, I DON'T LIKE LEAVING A WHOLE LOT OF RUNWAY ON THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS THING UP AND DONE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT BY FEBRUARY 17TH.

SO IF THAT'S THE DATE WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR A SECOND SPECIAL MEETING, I THINK THAT THAT'S THE DATE WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT FOR MAKING, QUITE FRANKLY, TAKING ACTION ON THIS ISSUE OF THE BOND.

SO I THINK YOU REALLY ARE LOOKING AT MORE DISCUSSION IN THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING AND THEN YOU COULD HAVE FINAL DISCUSSIONS KIND OF AT THAT SPECIAL MEETING WHERE WE'RE PLANNING ON TAKING ACTION. BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY I WOULD SEE IT, MS. STANLEY. JUST HEARING YOUR AGENDA, IT'S IT'S TOO FAST FOR ME.

SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO I MEAN, THIS IS BIG.

I WOULD LOVE I'M HAPPY WITH THE JANUARY 10TH, BUT.

I AM UNCOMFORTABLE WITH, THEN ONLY BEING ABLE TO DISCUSS IT IN THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING AND THEN HAVING TO MAKE A DECISION VERY QUICKLY AFTER THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING. THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TIME TO PROCESS AND COME BACK WITH QUESTIONS, IN MY OPINION.

THAT'S MY HUMBLE OPINION.

WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT I SAID.

I SAID WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS IT ON AN ITEM IN THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO COME BACK FOR A SECOND MEETING.

BUT THAT MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE ACTION AND WE'RE OUT OF RUNWAY AT THAT POINT.

I BELIEVE THAT THAT SHOULD BE MOVED UP.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE SHOULD WAIT TILL THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING.

I BELIEVE THAT WHEN THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING COMES AROUND, WE SHOULD HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED AND DISCUSSED SO THAT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A VERY SHORT RUNWAY, IF WE WAIT TILL THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING TO HAVE THAT SECOND MEETING AND WE'RE NOT THERE'S NOT A LEVEL OF COMFORT NOW.

WE'RE NOW WE'RE STRESSED AND WE'RE UNDER THE GUN.

I WOULD I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT MOVED UP SO THAT WHEN WE COME ON JANUARY'S BOARD MEETING, WE'VE ALREADY DONE AND IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE DOTTING THE I'S AND CROSSING THE T'S AT THAT POINT WITH ANYTHING THAT'S JUST REALLY LONG LINGERING.

BUT NOW YOU'RE MAKING IT OUT LIKE WE'RE TAKING ACTION ON THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING.

NO, NO, NO.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME AFTER THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING BEFORE THAT DEADLINE IS A DONE DEAL.

WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME BETWEEN THE JANUARY 10TH MEETING AND THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING EITHER.

I MEAN, WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO WEEKS SPENDS ON BOTH OF THESE.

SO SO YOU MOVE THIS UP FROM THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING, THEN YOU'RE YOU'RE BASICALLY YOU'RE GETTING THE REPORT OF THE BOND COMMITTEE AND WE'RE HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING AGAIN FOUR DAYS LATER. AND THAT DOESN'T GIVE US A WHOLE LOT OF TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND THE AND THE FINDINGS OF THE BOND COMMITTEE.

SO IF YOU WANT TO, AS YOU PUT, REVIEW, ANALYZE AND STUFF, THAT DOESN'T GIVE YOU MUCH TIME TO FORMULATE THE QUESTIONS AND THINGS AND REALLY, REALLY DIGEST WHAT THE BOND COMMITTEE HAS BROUGHT TO US.

SO I MEAN, I'M AT THE WILL OF THE BOARD.

IF THE BOARD WANTS TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON SOMETIME IN BETWEEN JANUARY 10TH AND THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

BUT, I MEAN, IF WE DO THAT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO MEET AGAIN, LIKE FOUR OR FIVE DAYS LATER AND HAVE THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MEET ANOTHER SIX DAYS LATER AND HAVE THE SPECIAL MEETING.

AT SOME POINT, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EXHAUSTED THIS TOPIC AS MUCH AS WE'RE GOING TO.

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YES, I WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE TIME TO BEGIN OUR IN-DEPTH DISCUSSIONS ON JANUARY 10TH AFTER WE RECEIVED THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS.

WE CAN CONTINUE THAT MEETING IN DISCUSSING WHATEVER IT IS, WHAT WE AGREE WITH, WHAT WE DON'T AGREE WITH, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE CHANGE, WHAT OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS WE HAVE. AND THEN I THINK FROM THAT MEETING WHENEVER IT ENDS, IS THAT ON THE UPCOMING JANUARY MEETING, WE EITHER WE HAVE A NOTHER DISCUSSION ITEM IN THE REGULAR AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE PRESIDENT WAS SAYING IN THE AS A DISCUSSION ITEM IN THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR US TO CONTINUE DISCUSSING THE UNKNOWNS OR THE UNREADINESS THAT WE HAVE. AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT IS NEEDED FOR US TO MEET AND CHOOSE WHERE WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION. THAT THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TO US FROM OUR PBK STUDY, FROM ALL THE STUFF THAT THAT WE'VE HAD.

SO HONESTLY, OUR WORK DOESN'T BEGIN BECAUSE WE ARE ASSEMBLED AS A BODY.

OUR WORK BEGINS BEFORE WE ASSEMBLE.

WE COME TOGETHER AS A BODY TO DISCUSS AND REACH SOME TYPE OF CONSENSUS.

AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION IF WE GET AWAY FROM THE DATE.

SO IF YOU CAN JUST COME BACK TO ME.

YES, MS. GRIFFIN. MR. GLICK, I'M A LITTLE BIT UNCLEAR WHAT WHAT IS WHICH IS THE DATE WHERE WE IF WE HAVE AGREED WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VOTE ON THIS, WE HAVE NOT AGREED. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE ON A DATE THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A VOTE.

SO SHOULD I.

WELL SHOULD WE ASSUME THAT DATE IS IN FEBRUARY? I WOULD AT THIS POINT, I WOULD ASSUME THAT BASED ON THE ON THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE BEEN GOING.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GOING TO MEET ON THE 10TH AND THE 10TH WE'RE GOING TO FINALIZE OUR OUR SCHEDULE.

IS THAT FEBRUARY 10TH OR JANUARY? JANUARY 10TH.

THAT'S FOR SURE. IT'S TOO LATE, RIGHT.

WE HAVE TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING EITHER BASED ON ALL OF THESE DISCUSSIONS, YOU COULD CALL IT ON JANUARY 31ST.

YOU CAN CALL IT ON FEBRUARY 7TH, OR YOU CAN CALL IT ON FEBRUARY 14TH BEFORE OR IN BETWEEN COMMITTEES.

SO THE 14TH IS A TUESDAY.

THAT IS A TUESDAY. I WOULD AGREE WITH MR. MILLER AND MS. STANLEY'S COMMENTS THAT I THINK WE NEED A SPECIAL MEETING JUST TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

CAN YOU HAVE ANY YOU HAVE ANY INPUT ON THE DATE? I THINK THAT WOULD JUST HAVE TO BE WHAT EVERYBODY'S AVAILABLE.

BUT I THINK IT'S THAT IMPORTANT AND I THINK IT CAN BE A LENGTHY DISCUSSION.

I DON'T I THINK IT COULD START, AS MS. GRIFFIN SAID, ON THE 10TH, JANUARY 10TH.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYWHERE NEAR ENOUGH TIME.

I THINK WE NEED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME JUST FOR THIS TOPIC.

IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND THE SIZE OF THE BOND INDICATES WE NEED TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU, SIR. AND I THINK THAT THERE IS THERE'S NO THERE'S NO DISPUTE THAT WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH A ANOTHER TWO SPECIAL MEETINGS.

I THINK THAT THAT'S I THINK THERE'S UNIVERSAL CONSENSUS ON THAT.

THE QUESTION IS, WHEN IS THE SECOND SPECIAL MEETING GOING TO OCCUR? I MEAN, OR IS IT GOING TO OCCUR PRIOR TO THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING? IS IT GOING TO OCCUR AFTER THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING? AND AND THE ONE THING THAT I CAN'T WE COULD BE AT THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING UNTIL ONE OR TWO IN THE MORNING IF WE NEED TO, DIGESTING ALL THIS STUFF.

I MEAN, THERE'S NO THERE'S NO END OF THE RUNWAY TO HOW LONG WE CAN GO AT A BOARD MEETING ON THIS ISSUE.

SO IF PEOPLE ARE UNCOMFORTABLE AFTER IN THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE'VE HAD ON THIS, TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU NEED, AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AT A PREDETERMINED DATE TO MAKE OUR FINAL DISCUSSIONS AND TAKE ACTION ON THIS ISSUE.

BUT TO ME, HERE'S WHAT I ANTICIPATE IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE HAVE A MEETING IN BETWEEN THE JANUARY 10TH MEETING AND THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING.

IS WE'LL ALSO HAVE THAT MEETING, THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING, AND THEN WE'LL END UP WITH ANOTHER A THIRD SPECIAL MEETING ON THIS ISSUE.

AND WE'LL END UP MEETING ALMOST AS MANY TIMES THAT THE BOND COMMITTEE DID ON THIS AND THEY DID ALL THE WORK.

SO MAY I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, MR. PRESIDENT.

AFTER MR. BEACH'S COMMENT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, DR.

LOPEZ, I'M JUST CURIOUS, WILL WE RECEIVE ANY INFORMATION BEFORE THE 10TH FROM THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS FOR US TO REVIEW BEFORE WE

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OF COURSE, I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD TWO PEOPLE FROM THE BOARD GO TO THE MEETINGS.

BUT I HEAR RUMOR ON THE STREET ABOUT WHAT THE AMOUNT IS AND THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER.

WELL, I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT WE HAVE ANY KIND OF INFORMATION BETWEEN NOW AND THE 10TH BEFORE WE COME TO THE MEETING THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PREPARED AFTER THEY MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION, THOSE CHAIRS.

THEN THAT NEXT HOUR WE WOULD AT LEAST HAVE WE COULD START SOME COMMUNICATION OR DISCUSSION.

WELL, A FEW THINGS. YOU ALREADY HAVE THE THE BOOKLET.

YOU'VE HAD THAT FOREVER.

SO NOTHING'S NOTHING.

NOTHING'S REALLY OUTSIDE OF THAT VERY RARELY.

THE SECOND THING IS WE HAD TO DO SOME SCRUBBING FROM THE COMMITTEE, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH COMMITTEE CHAIRS TO FORMULATE THE PRESENTATION.

SO WE HAVE THE REST OF THIS WEEK.

AND THEN WHEN WE COME BACK FROM BREAK, WHICH IS SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO GET THIS PRESENTATION STARTED.

SO YOU'RE PROBABLY JUST GOING TO GET THE PRESENTATION AHEAD OF TIME, BUT NOT ALL THE OTHER THINGS.

SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THEY PRESENT IT.

IT'S PRESENTING WHAT THEY FEEL WOULD BE A MANAGEABLE PROJECT, AND THEN FROM THERE THE DISCUSSIONS WOULD START WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

WHAT I RECOMMEND IS IF WE START ON THE 10TH, I THINK I THINK EVERYBODY FOLLOWS THE SAME TIMELINE.

AND I WOULD HATE TO RUIN YOUR BIRTHDAY, MS. GRIFFIN, BUT JANUARY 24TH, YOU KNOW.

[INAUDIBLE] BUT IF YOU DO JANUARY 10TH ON THE 24TH ON ON BOARD DAY, IF YOU IF WE START EARLY AND WE WE MOST PEOPLE HAVE THAT TUESDAY BLOCKED OFF AND THAT WOULD GIVE US ENOUGH TIME FROM THE 10TH TO GO AND WE JUST WE JUST DO AN ALL DAY SESSION WHERE WE JUST UNDERSTAND WE'RE JUST GOING TO KUMBAYA ALL THAT WHOLE DAY AND CELEBRATE MISS GRIFFIN AND DO BOND STUDY, YOU KNOW.

SO WHAT I WOULD REALLY RECOMMEND FOR THE BOARD IS TO CONSIDER A MORNING DATE.

DOESN'T HAVE TO BE BREAK IT DOWN, BUT MAYBE WE GO LIKE TEN.

START AT TEN.

THEN WE BREAK FOR LUNCH AND THEN WE COME BACK AND THEN WE HAVE TILL FIVE.

AND WHENEVER WE BREAK, WE BREAK.

BUT THAT SHOULD GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO DISCUSS THE PROJECTS.

WHAT WE HAVE TO REALIZE IS WE DID AN INTENSIVE STUDY OF OVER $3 BILLION WORTH OF WORK.

ADMINISTRATION SCRUBBED IT DOWN TO $1.9 AND GAVE IT TO OUR BOND STEERING COMMITTEE AND GAVE THEM ALL THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND SAID, HERE'S OUR PRIORITY ONES THAT WE FEEL THAT WE NEED, AND THEN HERE'S SOME EXTRA PROJECTS TO REALLY ENHANCE OUR DISTRICT.

THIS IS A VERY NUTS AND BOLTS TYPE OF BOND.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO IN AND REDO THE ENTIRE PACKAGE, THEN WE WILL NOT BE READY FOR ME, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW.

AND IF THAT'S THE IF THAT'S THE GOAL OF THE BOARD TO GO IN AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I APPRECIATE THE CITIZENS GIVING US SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO IN BECAUSE I HAVE OTHER IDEAS THAT I WANT TO SEE DONE AND WE NEED TO REDO A LOT OF THESE OTHER THINGS.

THEN WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT PAUSE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT TILL NOVEMBER BECAUSE WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RUSH THAT IN FEBRUARY, BECAUSE REALISTICALLY, THEN WE SHOULD GO BACK TO THE CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE AND SAY THIS IS WHAT THE BOARD CAME UP WITH, THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE.

AND NOW WE WANT YOU TO LOOK AT IT TO SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'RE WILLING TO SELL.

THIS THIS IS THIS IS BIGGER THAN THAT.

AND THE THING IS, IS IF IT WAS THE BOARD MAKING THE CHARGE AND THEN THE BOARD SHOULD HAVE MADE THE PROJECTS AND THEN GIVE IT OVER TO THEM AND SAY, DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE? SO WE JUST GOT TO REALIZE, LIKE MR. JOHNSON SAID, HAVING HAVING ALL THESE EXTENSIVE DAYS TO TO WORK ON THIS IS LONGER THAN THE COMMITTEE PROBABLY HAD.

SO WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION.

I'M NOT SAYING EITHER WAY IS RIGHT.

I'M NOT SAYING EITHER WAY IS WRONG, BUT I'M SAYING BE REALISTIC ON WHAT WE'RE ASKING.

SO THEN WE KNOW WHAT TIME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THEN OUR TIMELINES CAN ALIGN WITH WHATEVER EXPECTATIONS WE HAVE.

AND I UNDERSTAND IF WE SAY, HEY, MAYBE THE PACKAGE IS TOO BIG AND WE NEED TO SCALE IT BACK RIGHT, THEN THAT'S A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION THAN SAYING, WELL, THERE'S NOT PROJECTS ON THERE, LET'S CHANGE THIS AND LET'S CHANGE THAT.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN THIS PROJECT.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT IN A BIG IN A IN A BOND PACKAGE THIS BIG, THERE'S GOING TO BE THINGS THAT WERE WE PERSONALLY I'M TALKING ABOUT FROM A PERSONAL NOTE I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT OR MAYBE WE DON'T UNDERSTAND, AND THAT WILL VARY FROM PERSON TO PERSON.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT IT IS, WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND IF IT'S REALLY THAT WE REALLY WANT TO PUT OUR FINGERS AND REDO A LOT OF STUFF, THEN THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE REALLY GOING TO BE LONG AND WE MAY WE MAY NOT BE READY FOR THAT MAY BOND ELECTION BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS EASY

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THINGS LEFT AND RIGHT, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS HAS BEEN FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO COME TO THE MEETING AND SIT DOWN HERE AND BE SOMETHING PUT ON MY TABLE ON THE 10TH.

NOT KNOWING WHAT THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS ARE GOING TO SAY OR ANYTHING ELSE AND JUST BE TOTALLY CONFUSED.

AND THEN WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO ABSORB AS A BOARD MEMBER WHEN I'M GOING TO MAKE THE DECISION FOR THIS BOND PROGRAM OF WHAT I MEAN, I AGREE WITH THE OTHER COMMITTEE, WITH OTHER PEOPLE HERE ON THIS BOARD THAT THERE AREN'T GOING TO BE OTHER MEETINGS.

AND THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR CHARGE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT.

I MEAN, THERE'S JUST NO IFS AND BUTS ABOUT IT.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE BABY STEPS TO GET THERE.

IT'S NO DIFFERENT FROM WHEN THE AGENDA REVIEW GROUP GETS TOGETHER AND THEY BRING FORTH AN AGENDA REVIEW FOR US EACH WEEK.

WE ACCEPT IT AND WE LOOK AT IT AND SOMETIMES WE GET STUFF PUT ON THE TABLE THAT WE JUST GET TONIGHT.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT THIS BOND.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. IT'S A LOT OF DOLLARS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A GOOD SOUND DECISIONS AND FEEL LIKE I CAN DO THAT IF I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN FRONT OF ME THAT I HAVE EITHER REVIEWED OR LOOKED AT AND JUST COME IN COLD TURKEY.

I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT, BUT I MEAN, WE DID THE ASSESSMENT OURSELVES AS A BOARD WHEN WE ALL TOOK THE BULLETS AND WE WENT UP AND SAID, WE THINK THIS IS A TOP PRIORITY.

WE ALL PUT A RED CIRCLE OR A CIRCLE OR WHATEVER UP THERE WHAT WE THOUGHT WERE TOP PRIORITY TO CHARGE TO THAT THE STEERING COMMITTEE.

SO I THINK THAT IF WE NEED TO, THAT WOULD HELP ME.

DR. LOPEZ REALLY AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FEEL ABOUT IT.

BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN IS WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO GIVE ALL OF THAT TO YOU AHEAD OF TIME WITHOUT SECURING THE PRESENTATION WITH THE CO CHAIRS.

YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE INFORMATION, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE PRESENTATION.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT.

I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE PRESENTATION AFTERWARDS.

YOU HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF.

IF YOU IF YOU ALL THINK THAT THE THE PROJECT IS TOO BIG AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SCALE IT BACK THEN, MAY IS NOT A GOOD TIME.

I'M GOING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN REAL WITH THE BOARD.

IF YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO TAKE BABY STEPS TO DO THIS, THEN MAY IS NOT A GOOD TIME.

THE THE REALITY IS THIS IS IT'S THIS DAY WAS COMING.

WE GAVE THEM THE PROJECTS.

THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT WE GAVE THEM THAT THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.

SO I'M CONFUSED IN THE SENSE THAT WHY WOULD WE GET CITIZENS TOGETHER AND SAY, HEY, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT AS A DISTRICT.

WHY DON'T YOU FIGURE IT OUT AND COME UP WITH A PROPOSAL? AND THEN THE ANSWER BEING, WELL, I'VE GOT TO GO STEP BY STEP OVER EVERYTHING THEY GAVE ME WHEN WE'VE HAD THIS BOOK FOR YEARS.

WE KNOW THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS.

THERE MIGHT NOT BE SOMETHING THAT WE AGREE WITH THE CHARGE FROM IT.

I COULD UNDERSTAND IF WE SAY, HEY, THAT'S TOO MUCH MONEY, LET'S SCALE IT BACK X AMOUNT OF MONEY AND LET'S TALK ABOUT TO GET IT TO THIS POINT, WHAT NEEDS TO GO? THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION THAN SAYING, WELL, I NEED TO KNOW IF I AGREE WITH THOSE PROJECTS OR NOT.

YOU HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT WHAT PROJECTS ARE IMPORTANT AND WHAT AREN'T.

AND DR. LOPEZ, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HERE IS QUESTIONING THE BOND COMMITTEE AT THIS TIME RIGHT NOW.

I THINK AND ALSO ON THE FLIP SIDE OF IT, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO REVIEW THE WORK OF THE BOND COMMITTEE.

WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE FOCUSING SO MUCH ON THIS JANUARY 10TH DATE.

THAT IS THE FIRST OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO END UP HAVING AT LEAST THREE MEETINGS ON THIS ISSUE, ONE OF WHICH SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO START ABOUT 10 A.M., BUT ON A BOARD MEETING DAY AND WE'RE GETTING THEM GOING FOR ABOUT 6, 7 HOURS.

I WILL POINT OUT AGAIN, THE BOND COMMITTEE MET FOR 2 TO 3 HOURS FOR SIX TIMES.

SO THEY HAD THIS THING TOTALLY FOR ALL OF IT ABOUT WAS THAT 18 HOURS.

THAT'S ALL THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THEY SPENT ON THIS PLUS THE TIME THEY HAD AT HOME.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TIME ALL THE TIME WE WANT AT HOME TO LOOK AT THIS STUFF, TOO.

AND I DEFINITELY DON'T THINK WE NEED TO BE TAKING MORE TIME THAN THEY TOOK DURING THIS AND THEY MANAGED TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEY DID.

SO WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO.

I KNOW THAT AS ONLY 7, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE MORE EFFICIENT THAN THE 75 BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE ABLE IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME.

SO I THINK WE'RE ALL WORRYING A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PLENTY OF TIME.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE 10TH.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE DAY OF THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO APPARENTLY HAVE A WORKSHOP PRIOR TO THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING TO GO OVER THIS.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL MEETING IN EARLY FEBRUARY WHERE WE CAN TAKE ACTION ON THIS AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT FURTHER.

BUT PRIOR TO THAT, IF WE NEED TO.

SO TO ME, GUYS, I THINK THAT THAT'S I MEAN, CONSIDERING THE TRUNCATED SCHEDULE WE HAVE BEFORE THIS, THAT'S IS ABOUT AS MUCH AS WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET.

AGAIN, WE CAN TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS WE WENT TO ON ALL THREE OF THESE MEETINGS NECESSARILY IF WE HAVE TO.

SO TO DISCUSS THIS, WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN BETWEEN TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS.

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SO WE GET ANOTHER TWO WEEKS TO GO OVER IT AGAIN BEFORE WE MEET ALL DAY TO GO OVER IT.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TON OF TIME.

BUT NO, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS QUESTIONING THE BOND, THE BOND COMMITTEE OR WANTS TO UNDO OR REDO WHAT THEY HAVE.

WE JUST WE JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, RIGHT AROUND AT LEAST A BILLION DOLLARS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE DO IT.

MS. GRIFFITH YES.

LET ME FIRST START.

I WANT TO THANK THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS EXECUTIVE TEAM AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE DISTRICT THAT PARTICIPATED AND ASSISTED IN THE PROCESS OF THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE, WASN'T THERE, DIDN'T INTEND TO COME. IT WAS THE CITIZENS STEERING COMMITTEE.

MY UNDERSTANDING WAS YOU ALL SPLIT UP IN TABLES AND EACH TABLE HAD A FACILITATOR, AND THAT WAS THE ORGANIZATIONAL FORMAT.

AND AFTER EACH OF THOSE MEETINGS, WE WERE SENT DETAILED INFORMATION AS A BOARD THROUGH LINKS OF WHAT ALL HAD OCCURRED AND THE AGENDAS AND THE DECISIONS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WERE WERE DONE.

SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS ON PAGE 138 AND GET CLARITY ON NOVEMBER 30TH, MEETING NUMBER FIVE, WHERE IT TALKED ABOUT BOND CAPACITY, BOND INFORMATION AND MOCK VOTE.

I WOULD LIKE IF YOU CAN IN AS FEW WORDS AS POSSIBLE.

EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANT, BECAUSE THAT GIVES US A CLEAR INDICATION OF A PROCESS THAT WAS GOING ON AT MEETING FIVE WHEN ALL OF THE INFORMATION HAD BEEN PRESENTED, BOOKS AND LINKS HAD BEEN GIVEN TO EACH PERSON ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE. SO EXPLAIN THAT BOND CAPACITY, BOND INFORMATION AND MARK VOTE.

THAT'S THE ONLY THING WITH ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU ALL HAVE SENT OUT THAT I THINK I KNOW HOW THAT WENT, BUT I'M NOT SURE.

AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO KNOW.

GREAT CLARIFYING QUESTION, MS. GRIFFIN. AND YES, I'LL ANSWER IT SHORTLY.

FOR OUR CITIZENS THAT ARE WATCHING THIS IS POSTED ON OUR GISD CITIZEN BOND STEERING COMMITTEE WEB PAGE WITH THE PRESENTATION.

IF YOU WANTED TO SEE WHAT THAT IS AND FOR OUR BOARD WHAT THAT INFORMATION IS QUESTIONS REFERENCED FROM THE BOND COMMITTEE IS WHAT IS THE TAX RATE IMPACT WITH BOND CAPACITY? AND SO WE HAD QUESTIONS OF UP TO $2 BILLION.

WHAT DOES THAT TAX IMPACT LOOK LIKE? ONE AND ONE HALF BILLION, 1 BILLION.

THE SCENARIOS THAT WE HAVE SHARED WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SO THAT INFORMATION WAS.

A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS FROM THE CITIZENS WERE.

AS HAS THE LOGO WAS WHY NOT US? AND SO THEY WANTED TO SEE IF WE WENT $2 BILLION.

IS THERE REALLY A TRUE TAX RATE IMPACT SO BOND CAPACITY WAS HERE'S THAT A BILLION, A BILLION AND A HALF, 2 BILLION AND WHAT THE TAX RATE LOOKS LIKE AND THEN BOND INFORMATION BEING WITH THOSE PROJECTS AT 2025 AND 30 YEARS AND THAT TAX RATE IMPACT ALSO.

AND SO IT WAS A VERY HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSION OF WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT GOT TO.

DR. LOPEZ SPOKE TO THE BOARD CHARGE OF FINANCIAL OR FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BOND PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, AROUND THAT BILLION DOLLAR MARK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE ONCE WE GET TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT, THE COMMUNITY CAN ONLY STOMACH SO MUCH.

AND SO THAT WAS THE BOND INFORMATION.

THE MOCK VOTE IS WHAT I REFERENCED EARLIER.

WHAT DOES SUPERMAJORITY VOTE MEAN? SO EACH TABLE WITH THE TABLE FACILITATOR HAD THE PROJECTS AND THE P ONES AND WHAT HAS BEEN SHARED WITH THE BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND THEY ACTUALLY WENT MEMBER BOARD MEMBER AT EACH TABLE TO VOTE YES OR NO TO UNDERSTAND THE VOTING PROCESS AND HOW A PROJECT WOULD MAKE AT A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE OR WOULD NOT MAKE OUT A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE.

MR. RINGO WAS IT WAS IT BASED ON A $300,000 HOME? YES, SIR. THAT WAS BASED OFF THE AVERAGE BOND CAPACITY AND THE BOND INFORMATION.

GREAT QUESTION. WE HAD SHOWN THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE A 3, 4, OR $500,000 HOME IMPACT.

BUT THOSE TAX RATE SCENARIOS, THE AVERAGE MARKET VALUE OF A HOME AND GISD WAS $298,000.

WE RAN IT UP TO $300,000 FOR EASE OF WHAT THAT TAX RATE IMPACT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND SO BASED.

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SO PRIORITY ONCE WE WE PRESENTED AS ONE PACKAGE AND NOT FOR THEM TO SCRUB AND SCRUTINIZE.

THEY WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND ALL THE INTRICACIES THAT ARE GOING IN INTO THAT.

SO SO YEAH.

SO PRIORITY ONES WERE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE WANTED THEM TO SAY, I WANT HVAC IN THIS SCHOOL PIPING IN THIS FENCING.

NOW, THE SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT CAME FROM OUR DISCUSSIONS THAT WE PRESENTED TO THEM AND THERE WAS, THERE WAS A MULTITUDE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS.

THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD LOOK AT.

SO THEY LOOKED AT THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF WHAT THE PRIORITY ONES WERE, AND THEN THEY ADDED THE REST.

BUT THE SPECIAL PROJECTS WERE THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED IN A MEETING.

YES. AND THOSE WENT TO THEM? YES. ALONG WITH THE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE ON TWO AND THREE.

YES, I SEE. I THINK THAT'S A BACKDROP FOR WHERE YOU START DOING YOUR HOMEWORK AND LOOKING FOR THINGS.

SO APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION.

ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT MAYBE I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK WE'VE KIND OF DEVELOPED SOME CONSENSUS ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO PROCEED.

WE'RE OBVIOUSLY HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING ON JANUARY 10TH.

THAT'S WHERE THE BOND CHAIR, BOND STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIRS WILL PRESENT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE 2023 BOND PROPOSED BOND TO US.

WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AFTERWARDS, ASK QUESTIONS OF THEM AND DISCUSS AMONGST OURSELVES AT THAT MEETING.

THERE WILL BE AS SOON AS IT'S DONE, WE WILL GET THEIR PRESENTATION SENT TO US PRIOR TO THAT THEM PRESENTING.

THERE WILL BE A WORKSHOP ON THE DAY OF OUR JANUARY BOARD MEETING.

WHAT DATE IS THAT SPECIFICALLY MECHELLE? IT'S 10 A.M.

ON JANUARY 24TH.

10 A.M. ON JANUARY 24TH, WHERE WE WILL PLAN ON DIGGING IN FOR LUNCH AND CELEBRATE LINDA GRIFFIN'S BIRTHDAY.

IN ADDITION, WE WILL DISCUSS THE BOND AND ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE AND OUR OWN THOUGHT PROCESS WITH RESPECT TO THAT.

THERE WILL GO AHEAD.

WE WILL GO AHEAD AND DO A PLACEHOLDER, AT LEAST ON THE AGENDA FOR THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING, IF THERE'S ANY ACTION THAT WE WISH TO TAKE FOLLOWING THAT, WE DO NOT HAVE TO DO IT. IT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA.

DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO CALL A VOTE, BUT IF WE'VE EXHAUSTED OURSELVES AFTER THAT WORKSHOP AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE READY, IT WILL BE THERE FOR US TO DO IT. WE WILL PLAN ON HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING IN FEBRUARY ON THE 14TH ON THE COMMITTEE DATES.

AND IF WE HAVEN'T WRAPPED IT UP BY THAT JANUARY DATE, WHICH I, I, I DOUBT WE WILL.

I DOUBT WE WILL PROBABLY NEED AN ADDITIONAL MEETING ON THAT.

THEN WE WILL PLAN ON DOING SO ON FEBRUARY 14TH.

AND THAT WILL BE OUR FINAL DISCUSSIONS.

AND THERE WILL BE AN ACTION ITEM LISTED ON THAT AGENDA.

IS EVERYBODY SUFFICIENT WITH THAT SCHEDULE? NO OBJECTIONS.

ALL RIGHT, THEN, DR.

RINGO. THANK YOU.

WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THIS AGENDA ITEM AND WE'LL GO TO DISCUSSION ITEM SIX B TRUSTEES REPORT.

[VI.B. Trustees' Report]

I'M GOING TO START WITH MR. MILLER. THE ONLY THING I WANT TO REPORT ON TONIGHT IS THE WONDERFUL EVENT THAT WAS HOSTED AND CARRIED OFF BY THE GARLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

THE TINSEL AND TRIVIA HAS HAS BEEN SO WELL DONE AND SO PROFESSIONALLY DONE FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS.

EVEN WITH THE BREAK FOR COVID OR TO THE ROOM THE OTHER NIGHT WAS PRETTY AWESOME.

THERE WAS A LOT OF MONEY RAISED.

I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS, BUT THEY JUST DO THAT WHOLE COMMITTEE, STEERING COMMITTEE, ADVISORY COMMITTEES, EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT GARLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

THEY'RE TO BE COMMENDED AND THEY PULLED OFF A REALLY GOOD EVENT.

THANK YOU. MR. BEACH. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MARK BOOKER AND HIS DEPARTMENT AND BRENT RINGO AND THEIR DEPARTMENT ON THE AWARDS THAT THEY WON JUST RECENTLY.

AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE BOTH OF YOU ON WHAT A GREAT JOB YOU ALL ARE DOING FOR GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

[02:25:04]

BRANDY MAYO AND ALLISON DAVENPORT FOR THOSE TWO BECAUSE THEY HAVE LED THE CHARGE, SO.

YOU BET. YES. I WAS VERY, VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR ALL Y'ALL DO.

I ATTENDED QUITE A FEW ITEMS OR EVENTS.

I WENT TO A RETIREMENT CELEBRATION FOR MRS. TESCH, WHO WAS IN OUR IT DEPARTMENT DOWN AT THE PAGEANT BUILDING EXCUSE ME, AT THE MARVIN RODEN BUILDING.

AND SHE WAS ALSO THE SECRETARY AT SOUTH GARLAND FOR FOREVER AND HAS BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT FOR OVER 29 YEARS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. TESCH ON HER RETIREMENT FROM THE IT DEPARTMENT.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE COUNCIL, A PTA MEETING AT THIS WITH THE SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL, SPUR OF THE MOMENT CHOIR GROUP SINGING DIRECTED BY SARAH ALLEN.

AND IT WAS A GREAT PERFORMANCE THAT THEY PUT ON.

AND OUR PTA GROUP IS REALLY DOING WELL, AND I CONGRATULATE ALL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE JOINED THE PTA.

ALSO, I GOT TO ATTEND THE NOON EXCHANGE, CHRISTMAS EXCHANGE HERE AT THE TRIPLE C.

OVER 400 KIDS RECEIVED A GIFT AND GOT TO BE SANTA CLAUS ALONG WITH MS. STANLEY. AND JUST SEE THE EXCITEMENT IN THOSE KIDS WAS AMAZING GETTING THOSE GIFTS.

ALSO, I WENT TO THE COMMUNITY PRAYER BREAKFAST FOR THE GARLAND CHAMBER AND AT THE GRANVILLE CENTER, AND THEY DID THE GARLAND HEROES AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD.

ONE OF OUR OWN STUDENTS, CALEB WILLIAMS, I BELIEVE HIS LAST NAME WAS FROM GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND WHERE HE CAME AND HIS HISTORY AND WHERE HE CAME FROM.

AMAZING STORY, BUT IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT DAY OR PRAYER BREAKFAST.

ALSO I GOT TO ATTEND A LUNCHEON FOR THE GROUNDS AND MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, AND I WENT THERE AND GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO ALL THE GENTLEMEN THERE AND AND WHAT THEY DO FOR OUR DISTRICT AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE HOUR THAT SPOKE IN THE WHEEL, THAT KEEPS OUR GROUNDS LOOKING WONDERFUL AND KEEPING OUR BUILDINGS UP AND RUNNING, SO ABLE TO ATTEND THAT LUNCHEON AND HAD A GREAT MEAL VISIT WITH THOSE.

THEN ALSO ATTENDED THE GARLAND CHILDREN'S CHORUS AT THE TRIPLE C AND TALENTED GROUP OF FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS THAT SANG CHRISTMAS CAROLS AND WAS ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE WONDERFUL MUSIC THAT THEY PERFORMED AND HAD A STANDING OVATION.

BUT A PACKED HOUSE HERE AT JOHN WILBURN OPENED UP THIS HOME OVER THERE, AND IT WAS REALLY A GOOD PERFORMANCE FOR THE CHILDREN.

AND THEN ALSO I GOT TO ATTEND TO IT CHRISTMAS DINNER.

MATT YEAGER AND HIS GROUP FEED, ALL OF HIS CREW AND GOT TO SPEAK FOR THOSE FOLKS TOO.

AND IT WAS A VERY GOOD TIME THERE WITH MATT AND ALL OF THE IT PEOPLE WISHING THEM A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE THING THAT I WANT TO SAY BEFORE I PASS IT ON HERE IS, YOU KNOW, AS I WALKED IN HERE TONIGHT AND I LOOKED AND I CAME THROUGH THOSE DOORS BEFORE I DID, RIGHT OUTSIDE THESE DOORS IN HUGE LETTERS IS THE WORD JOY, AND IT KEEPS LIGHTING UP.

AND SO I WANT TO WISH ALL PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, EVERYBODY SITTING IN THIS ROOM, A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON.

AND NEVER FORGET THE REASON FOR THE SEASON AND NEVER LOSE YOUR JOY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF JOY ON THIS SCHOOL BOARD ABOUT WHAT GOES ON IN THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THAT'S WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.

AND WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK IN THE NEW YEAR AND WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT THROUGH, NOT FIGHT THROUGH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THROUGH THIS BOND PROGRAM.

AND I GUARANTEE YOU, WE'RE GOING TO COME OUT WITH WITH SOMETHING THAT I THINK EVERY CITIZEN IN OUR TRI-CITIES IS GOING TO BE VERY PROUD OF.

DR. LOPEZ AND THE GROUP, THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB.

AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT'S ON THAT BOND STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THEIR TIME AND EFFORT AND ENERGIES THAT THEY PUT IN, AS MR. JOHNSON HAD MENTIONED.

BUT I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON.

BE SAFE, WATCH THE WEATHER, AND JUST JUST BE SAFE AND ENJOY YOUR FAMILIES DURING THIS TIME.

BUT REMEMBER THE SEASON, WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.

THANK YOU. MR. SELDERS? YES.

DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO ADD.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE TINSEL AND TRIVIA EVENT AND IT WAS ALWAYS AS ALWAYS, IT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY REMARKABLE.

AND I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE FINANCE AND BUDGET AND PURCHASING DEPARTMENTS ON YOUR GREAT AWARD.

AND LIKE MR. BEACH SAID, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SEASON COMING UP, A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN JUST RECENTLY, JUST BECOME MORE AWARE OF AND KIND OF, IN A WEIRD WAY, HOW APPRECIATIVE I AM FOR LIFE AND THE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE IN MY LIFE THAT ARE STILL HERE.

I'VE HAD SEVERAL FRIENDS RECENTLY EXPERIENCED LOSS IN LOVED ONES TRANSITIONING, AND I KNOW THAT THIS TIME OF YEAR IS GOING TO BE PRETTY DIFFICULT FOR THEM.

SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WILL BE TRAVELING AND EXPERIENCING THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITH YOUR LOVED ONES, JUST HUG THEM A LITTLE TIGHTER,

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MS. GRIFFIN. YES.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS.

I MEAN, EVERY WEEK WE GET ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OF AWARDS AND OUTSTANDING WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.

SO I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WHOLE GISD STAFF AND STUDENTS ON YOUR VARIOUS AWARDS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS.

AND THEN I WANT TO JUST REACH OUT TO OUR PARENTS AND SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR ENTRUSTING YOUR STUDENTS WITH US.

WE DO THE VERY BEST JOB THAT WE CAN DO AND WE HOPE WE HAVE NOT DISAPPOINTED YOU THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

AS THE SEASON BEGINS I AM ABOUT PEACE, PEACE.

AND IF YOU JUST SAY THAT WORD A COUPLE OF TIMES.

PEACE, PEACE.

IT HAS A WAY TO AFFECT YOUR MOOD.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND THE LAST UPDATE I WANT TO GIVE IS THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO DR.

CARDONA, WHO IS OUR US EDUCATIONAL SECRETARY, AND HE TALKED ABOUT THE ESSER FUNDS THAT THEY MADE AVAILABLE. HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE KNOWS IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING BASICALLY AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

BUT HE ALSO SAID THAT NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO GIVE UP, IS THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION NEEDS THIS GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS MORE THAN EVER, BECAUSE AS WE LOOK AT REIMAGINING PUBLIC EDUCATION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DISRUPTION AND COVID BECAUSE OUR STUDENTS NEED US.

SO I WAS QUITE IMPRESSED TO HEAR HIM AS BASICALLY A KEYNOTE.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER. BE SAFE.

PEACE. MS. STANLEY. YES.

I GOT TO ATTEND THE GARLAND CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING, WHICH HAD A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS AND CHOIRS AND BANDS AS PART OF THE EVENING'S CELEBRATIONS.

AND IT'S ALWAYS I JUST LOVE LISTENING AND WATCHING THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND THEN I HAVE TO SAY, THE NOON EXCHANGE CHRISTMAS PARTY, AS YOU CAN TELL, I RUN AROUND LIKE A CRAZY PERSON, BUT I JUST LOVE THOSE KIDS TO DEATH AND IT'S JUST SUCH A JOY.

THEY'RE SO APPRECIATIVE AND IT REALLY BRINGS HOME, AT LEAST FOR ME, WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.

SO WE DID THAT.

AND THEN I ONLY GOT TO GO TO ONE OF THE SCHOOLS PANCAKES WITH SANTA BECAUSE I UNFORTUNATELY HAD FALLEN ILL LAST WEEK.

AND THEN I ALSO STOPPED AT MEMORIAL PATHWAY FOR THE ROBOTICS COMPETITION.

I HAD BEEN ASKED TO JUDGE IT, BUT IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING I DIDN'T JUDGE IT BECAUSE BUT I DIDN'T ACTUALLY END UP JUDGING.

BUT I DID GET TO WATCH SOME OF IT, AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST IT'S JUST AMAZING TO ME, OUR KIDS THEY'RE THEY ARE WAY SMARTER THAN WE GIVE THEM CREDIT.

TRYING TO THINK WHAT ELSE.

I DID GO TO ALL THE BOND COMMITTEE MEETINGS EXCEPT FOR THE TOUR.

I FOUND IT TO BE INCREDIBLY INFORMATIVE AND ENGAGING, AND I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY I WENT TO THAT.

IT WAS A GOOD THING.

THAT WAS IT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY FOR WHATEVER THEY CELEBRATE AND THANK EVERYONE FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO.

MR. GLICK.

THANK YOU, SIR. YEAH ALONG WITH MS. STANLEY, I DID ATTEND THE BOND COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE VERY INFORMATIVE, DIFFERENT THAN I EXPECTED.

I HAD DONE THE SAME THING WITH THE 2014 BOND.

I THOUGHT IT WAS INFORMATIVE TO BE INVOLVED AND TO HEAR WHAT WAS BEING SAYING, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE IN THE BACKGROUND.

I'D LIKE TO ALSO THANK ALL THOSE BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

THEY WORKED VERY, VERY HARD.

THEY HAD A LOT OF INFORMATION TO PROCESS AND I THOUGHT THEY THEY DID IT IN A TIMELY FASHION.

A WEEK AGO SUNDAY, I THINK I GREW UP WITH THE BEATLES AND THE FOUR TOPS AND THE SUPREMES AND ROLLING STONES.

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, I GOT A LOVE OF JAZZ.

I THINK MAYBE BECAUSE NEW YORK CITY WAS THE JAZZ CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, AND THE VILLAGE VANGUARD WAS THE JAZZ CLUB IN THE WORLD.

AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME THERE.

SO I HAD A BLAST A WEEK AGO SUNDAY AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, HEARING THE AUSTIN MIDDLE SCHOOL JAZZ BAND THAT'S BEEN INVITED TO THE MIDWEST CLINIC IN CHICAGO.

[02:35:01]

IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND EVERYBODY LOVED IT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. [INAUDIBLE] AND THE BAND, AND I KNOW THEY'LL DO A GREAT JOB.

WE ALSO HAD SPECIAL OLYMPICS BOWLING.

SO THAT'S THE THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT SPECIAL OLYMPICS.

WE DO BOCCE, WE DO BOWLING.

WE'LL HAVE BASKETBALL PROBABLY IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND THEN IN THE SPRING WE'LL HAVE TRACK AND FIELD.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE FOUR.

AND WE DO A GREAT JOB WITH SPECIAL OLYMPICS.

ONCE A MONTH I MEET WITH DR.

RUSSELL AND DR. ADAMS AS CHAIR, MR. JOHNSON OF THE ACADEMIC AND DISTRICT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.

IT'S REALLY A LOT OF FUN AND I LIKE TO THANK BOTH OF THEM FOR WELCOMING ME.

WE DISCUSS A LOT OF TOPICS.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, OBVIOUSLY, IS THE UPCOMING AGENDA, BUT JUST MEETING WITH THEM AND JUST TALKING SHOP HOW OUR KIDS ARE DOING WHAT WHAT'S COMING UP. I WOULD LIKE TO, ON BEHALF OF BOTH MR. SELLERS AND MS. STANLEY INVITE YOU.

I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LONG DAY ON JANUARY 10TH, VERY LONG DAY, BUT WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL MEETING THAT DAY.

WE HAVE INVITED DR.

MATHIAS. HE'S A FORMER AUSTIN BOARD MEMBER.

HE'S ALSO FORMER HEAD OF MASBE.

HE'S PUT TOGETHER SOME VERY, VERY INTERESTING DATA.

HE'S ALREADY PUBLISHED A BOOK ON THAT ABOUT ABOUT THAT DATA.

HE'S GOING TO HOPEFULLY UPDATE IT AND SEND IT TO US HOPEFULLY TOMORROW, HE SAID.

AND THEN WE'LL REVIEW IT AND WE WILL INVITE HIM TO THE JANUARY 10TH MEETING.

I THINK IT'LL BE AMAZING AS HE TALKS ABOUT HOW THE STATE OF TEXAS LOOKS AT TEST RESULTS.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HEAR THAT.

SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY CAN STAY AROUND FOR THAT.

I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO START EARLY IN THE MORNING.

AND FINALLY STARTING IN, I THINK, 1991 ON ONE OF MY FIRST TRIPS TO AFRICA.

I STARTED GIVING BACK BY PLANTING TREES EVERYWHERE I GO.

AND SO I PLANTED TREES IN ALMOST 100 COUNTRIES RIGHT NOW.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BRING UP OUR CERTIFICATE.

SO ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, I HAVE PLANTED TREES IN EACH OF YOUR INDIVIDUAL NAMES IN GREENLAND.

IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE WHAT'S CALLED A LARCH TREE.

IT'S THE FIRST TREE MENTIONED THERE.

I WAS IN GREENLAND JUST RECENTLY.

THEY HAVE AN AMAZING FACILITY TO PLANT THE TREES.

YOU THINK GREENLAND. IT'S ALL ICE, BUT A GOOD PORTION OF GREENLAND IS ACTUALLY SOUTH OF ICELAND.

AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE PLANNING THESE TREES.

WE WILL ALL HAVE CERTIFICATES WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL NAMES ON I HOPE.

SO YOU ALL HAVE GONE GREEN RIGHT NOW.

EVERYBODY'S GREEN.

AND IF YOU COULD SHOW.

SO THIS IS HE TALKS ABOUT SONGBIRDS.

THIS IS THE ARCTIC TERN PICTURE I TOOK.

ARCTIC TERN, ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT BIRDS TRAVELS, SOMETIMES AS MUCH AS 50,000 MILES A YEAR AS IT NESTS.

WHERE WE'RE PLANNING OUR TREES IN SOUTH GREENLAND GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTH POLE AND THEN COMES ALL THE WAY BACK.

SO WE'RE ALL NOW A GREEN BOARD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GLICK. NEVER KNEW THAT MY NAME WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH GREENLAND IN ANY WAY.

BUT THAT'S KIND OF COOL, I GUESS.

I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP REAL BRIEFLY ON THE TINSEL AND TRIVIA ISSUE, BECAUSE IT WAS, AS ALWAYS, AN AMAZING EVENT.

AND I'VE BEEN ON THE GEF BOARD FOR, I GUESS, FIVE OF THE LAST SIX YEARS, AND THAT IS JUST EVERY YEAR.

IT AMAZES ME HOW WELL HOW WELL DONE IT IS AND AND HOW IT AND HOW IT PERFORMS AS A FUNDRAISER.

BUT MY SHOUT OUT IS TO LISA COX AND HER TEAM WITH RESPECT TO THIS, BECAUSE THEY RAISED OVER $165,000 THROUGH TINSEL AND TRIVIA FOR THE GARLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION, AND THAT IS $40,000 MORE THAN THEY'VE EVER RAISED.

SO NOT ONLY DID THEY BEAT THE RECORD, THEY SHATTERED IT THIS YEAR.

AND THAT'S A TRIBUTE NOT ONLY TO THEIR HARD WORK, BUT TO THE GENEROSITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES, WHICH ALSO NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME AS WELL.

SO EXCELLENT.

AND I WILL INFORM YOU WE DIDN'T WIN, BUT THERE WERE FOUR ROUNDS AND WE WERE WINNING AFTER THREE OF THEM.

SO THERE SHOULD BE SOME PRIZE FOR BEING UP FOR ROUND ONE, ROUND TWO, ROUND THREE.

WE DIDN'T BRING IT HOME THOUGH.

WE'RE NOT CLOSERS I GUESS.

BUT. BUT YEAH, I FEEL LIKE WE MADE A PRETTY GOOD SHOWING FOR THE GISD TRUSTEES.

I ALSO WAS VERY PLEASED TO ATTEND THE SACHSE CHRISTMAS PARADE THIS YEAR.

IT'S ALWAYS A FUN EVENT THAT COMES OUT.

[02:40:01]

BUT YES, ANOTHER SHOUT OUT TO MAYOR JEFF BICKERSTAFF AND THE SACHSE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE WONDERFUL WORK THEY DO, ALONG WITH PRINCIPAL SHAY CREEL AND ALL THE GOOD KIDS AT SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE CHRISTMAS PARADE.

AND LAST AND CERTAINLY NOT LEAST IN MY HEART, I ATTENDED THE SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL BAND CHRISTMAS CONCERT LAST NIGHT.

I PERSONALLY THOUGHT IT WAS THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT I'VE EVER BEEN TO AND I'VE NOW BEEN TO A LOT.

I REALLY ENJOYED IT.

IT WAS GREAT. HOLLY TAYLOR, THE DIRECTOR OF THE SACHSE BAND, IS RIGHT THERE, AND SHE DOES A WONDERFUL JOB AS ALWAYS.

AND SO MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE PERSON THERE I WAS MORE INTERESTED IN THE OTHERS, BUT WE WON'T COUNT THAT.

BUT REGARDLESS OF WHICH, WE'RE GOING HEADLONG INTO THE HOLIDAYS, WE ONLY HAVE THREE MORE DAYS TO GO BEFORE WE GET THERE.

I KNOW ALL THE KIDS ARE READY, ALL THE STAFFS' READY.

WE'RE GOING TO RECHARGE OUR BATTERIES BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK IN JANUARY AND WE'VE GOT UPDATED STAAR DATA THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING OUR WAY FROM WHAT WE JUST TOOK AS KIND OF A STAAR DRY RUN FOR THE NEW UPDATED STAAR.

AND I KNOW THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE GOING TO TAKE THAT AND THEY'RE GOING TO RAISE OUR KIDS TO NEW HEIGHTS COME MAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FORMULATE OUT SPECIFIC AND TARGETED GOALS NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO KNOW HOW FINALLY, HOW THE TEA IS GOING TO RATE US SOMETIME IN THE SPRING.

SO NEXT SEMESTER IS GOING TO BE A BIG ONE.

SO EVERYONE REST UP, ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY, ENJOY FAMILY.

AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY ON THIS SUBJECT.

DR. LOPEZ, SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.

WELL, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES.

[VI.C. Superintendent's Report]

BEFORE WE GO INTO WHAT WE CALL OUR WINTER BREAK, WE HAVE A FALL, WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER.

WE WILL HAVE EARLY RELEASE THIS FRIDAY FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CHECK WHICH GRADE LEVEL IS YOUR CHILD.

SO THEN THAT WAY YOU CAN ANTICIPATE EITHER GETTING THEM PICKED UP OR GETTING ANTICIPATING THEM COME HOME EARLY.

EITHER WAY, WE JUST WANT YOU TO BE INFORMED.

WE'LL BE WE'LL HAVE A NICE SUBSTANTIAL BREAK AND LEAD INTO TO THE HOLIDAY.

AND I WISH EVERYBODY A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY HANUKKAH.

HANUKKAH, I BELIEVE, STARTS THE 18TH.

SO THE HOLIDAY SEASONS ARE UPON US AND TO REINFORCE WITH SOME OF THE TRUSTEES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JOY AND LOVE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

YOU KNOW, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS HOLIDAY SEASON IS LOVE.

RIGHT? AND IT IS BONDING AND IT IS SHARING.

AND AND THE BIGGEST GIFT YOU CAN GIVE ANYBODY IS YOUR TIME.

SO JUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE HAVE THE PRESSURES AND EVERYTHING ELSE OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON, IT'S REALLY ABOUT TIME MAKING TIME FOR PEOPLE THAT THAT IS THE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.

I REALLY WANT EVERYBODY TO JUST REFLECT ON SOMETHING AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND IT'S THE POWER OF SCHOOLING.

RECENTLY, I GOT TO MEET WITH A LEGISLATURE AND OTHER SUPERINTENDENTS AND WE GOT TO TALK WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I TRIED TO EMPHASIZE WAS THAT THE POWER OF SCHOOLING HAS BEEN REALLY REVEALED ACROSS THIS NATION.

SEE, THE LACK OF SCHOOLING, FOR WHATEVER REASON, LEADS TO DISORDER.

AND IF YOU REALLY START LOOKING AT ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN SOCIETY, THAT TWO YEAR BREAK OF NOT BEING IN SCHOOL DID NOT DO A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT HAPPENED IN SCHOOLS.

OUR DEMOGRAPHER REPORT JUST SHOWED THERE'S A NUMBER OF KIDS THAT ARE EITHER MISSING OR NOT IN SCHOOLS.

THE BEHAVIOR PATTERNS THAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE NATION ARE USUALLY FROM KIDS THAT WERE NOT IN SCHOOLS.

AND WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT PLACING BLAME ON A FAMILY ENVIRONMENT.

WE'RE NOT SAYING ANY OF THAT.

DON'T READ INTO TO THIS MORE THAN WHAT I'M SAYING.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS, WHEN YOU'RE IN SCHOOLS, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT YOU LEARN BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A DIVERSE ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS RULES, THAT HAS EXPECTATIONS THAT YOU LEARN, IF YOU FOLLOW IT, YOU GET MORE OUT OF IT THAN IF YOU RESIST IT.

YOU LEARN HOW TO SOCIALIZE.

YOU LEARN HOW TO NEGOTIATE.

YOU LEARN WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME TO LEAD AND YOUR TIME TO FOLLOW.

YOU LEARN THAT THERE'S DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES IN THE WORLD AND YOU ARE ABLE TO LISTEN TO ALL OF THEM AND HONOR THEM.

IN TODAY'S WORLD, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOGISTICS OUT THERE THAT WHENEVER YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT, IT'LL FILTER TO YOUR PREFERENCES TO THE POINT WHERE YOU THINK YOU'RE YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR WAYS OF DOING THINGS OR HOW EVERYBODY ELSE THINKS AND THE MAJORITY AND THAT'S DANGEROUS.

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JUST RECENTLY, ANOTHER ACCOLADE, OUR DEBATE TEAM FROM GARLAND KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK.

WE HAVE SOME PHENOMENAL FINE ARTS ATHLETICS.

WE GOT KIDS THAT ARE COMPETING AT THE PROFESSIONAL LEVELS, NOT ONLY IN ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS, BUT IN ALL LEVELS OF THE INDUSTRY.

WE HAVE OVER 200 CAREER CHOICES IN THIS DISTRICT.

WE HAVE AN EARLY COLLEGE AND P-TECH FOR CHOICES.

IT'S AMAZING WHAT THIS DISTRICT HAS TO OFFER.

AND WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS WHEN THEY INVEST IN OUR DISTRICT, THEY'RE INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND STRONG COMMUNITIES MAKE STRONG CITIES RIGHT? AND JUST IMAGINE WHENEVER WE WE REESTABLISH OURSELVES AND GET FOOTING.

SO WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE, HONOR OUR TEACHERS, HONOR OUR CUSTODIANS, HONOR OUR BUS DRIVERS.

MAKE SURE YOU GO OUT OF YOUR WAY AND JUST GIVE THEM YOUR TIME AND SAY THANK YOU, BECAUSE THAT GOES A LONG WAY IN RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

AND WHEN PEOPLE FEEL VALUED IN THEIR JOB OUTSIDE OF THEIR SUPERVISOR.

RIGHT. IT'S HARD TO BE A TEACHER.

EVERY KID HAS A PHONE.

THINK ABOUT GOING INTO A CLASSROOM THESE DAYS, AND EVERY KID HAS A PHONE AND THEY TEST YOU.

THEN YOU GET A STATE TEST AND WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME GENTLEMAN TALKING ABOUT HOW STATE EVALUATES OUR SYSTEM.

BUT THEY'RE CHANGING THE TEST RIGHT NOW WHILE WE'RE ALREADY IN MOTION.

AND OUR TEACHERS AREN'T EVEN PREPARED FOR THE NEW TEST BECAUSE IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN FINALIZED.

THE STATE IS ALSO CHANGING WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO CONSIDER COLLEGE MILITARY READINESS THIS YEAR ON LAST YEAR'S RESULTS AND OUR GRADUATION LEVELS.

NOW, YOU TELL ME HOW THAT HELPS MORALE AND TEACHERS FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.

IT MEANS A LOT COMING FROM THE COMMUNITY.

IT COULD BE A SHOUT OUT ON FACEBOOK AND YOU TAG PEOPLE.

YOU COULD BE SPREAD THE WORD.

IT COULD BE A LOT OF THOSE THINGS IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

BUT PLEASE TAKE THE TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICT AND ACCOUNT AND EVERYTHING YOU DO AND THE PRINCIPALS AND THE CUSTODIANS AND THE BUS DRIVERS, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO MAKE THIS DISTRICT A SUCCESS.

AND DON'T FORGET, IN BIG DISTRICTS THAT ARE AS DIVERSE AS OURS, WE'RE NUMBER ONE.

AND THAT'S NOT ME SAYING THAT IN THIS AREA THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN.

SO LET'S SPREAD THE LOVE.

LET'S BE THE GISD EFFECT.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU, DR. LOPEZ.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM SIX D FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ANYONE HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM THEY WISH TO REFERENCE AT THIS TIME, SEEING NONE WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM SEVEN CONSENT AGENDA.

[VII. Consent Agenda - Consider approval of Human Resources Report ]

THE LEGENDARY DR.

GRAYDNE BROWN.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT JOHNSON.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES. SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ, YOUR HR REPORT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR BOARD BOOK THIS EVENING, AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES.

BOARD WE HAVE THE HR REPORT WITH NO CHANGES.

DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR MOTIONS FOR ARISING FROM THAT? MR. PRESIDENT? MS. GRIFFIN. YES.

I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE HR HUMAN RESOURCE REPORT AS PRINTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

HUMAN RESOURCE REPORT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU. NEXT ENTRY IS GOING TO BE AGENDA ITEM EIGHT ACTION ITEMS NON CONSENT EIGHT A CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE 2022-2023 GENERAL FUND.

BRANDY MAYO.

HELLO. GOOD EVENING.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.

LOPEZ. I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE DECEMBER BUDGET AMENDMENT.

YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE OUR NORMAL BUSINESS OPERATIONS, A CROSS FUNCTION TRANSFERS.

WE ARE INCREASING LOCAL REVENUE WITH SOME INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENTS AND THEN ALTERNATIVELY INCREASING THE EXPENSE BUDGET SO WE CAN GET THOSE REPAIRS PAID FOR.

AND ALSO WE ARE REQUESTING, WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR LATER ON IN THE AGENDA FOR CONTRACT 399-2301 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF SEMI-TRAILERS CABS FOR HIGH SCHOOL BANDS.

THERE'S A TRANSFER OUT LISTED HERE ON THIS AMENDMENT FOR ABOUT $2.7 MILLION IN ORDER TO PURCHASE THOSE AND THERE'S A DETAILED PRESENTATION A FEW ITEMS DOWN ON THE AGENDA.

BOARD QUESTIONS FOR MS.

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SINCE THERE IS A PRESENTATION REGARDING THIS TRANSFER OUT, WOULD YOU RATHER WE HEAR THAT PRESENTATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE EVEN NEED THIS TRANSFER OUT BEFORE YOU ALL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THESE FUNDS BEING TRANSFERRED? I AGREE WITH THAT.

I THINK PROCEDURALLY, SINCE THE TRANSFER OUT IS REFERENCING AN ITEM THAT'S LATER IN THE AGENDA, WE'RE GOING TO TABLE AGENDA ITEM EIGHT A AT THIS TIME WITHOUT VOTE.

MS. MAYO, YOU'RE NOT EXCUSED.

I WOULD BE HONORED TO COME BACK AT A LATER TIME TO PRESENT THE AMENDMENT.

BUT SINCE THE ONLY ITEM THAT IS AFFECTED IS E, UNLESS THERE IS ANY OBJECTION, I WILL MOVE AGENDA ITEM E EIGHT E UP TILL RIGHT NOW AND WE WILL HEAR THAT AT THIS TIME.

ANY OBJECTION FROM THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT, MS. MAYO, IF YOU WOULD JUST PUT THIS ON HOLD FOR A BRIEF MOMENT, AND MR. YEAGER IS PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO ADJUST SOME OF OUR PRESENTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THAT.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OUT OF ORDER AGENDA ITEM EIGHT E, WHICH IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF SEMI TRAILER AND CABS FOR HIGH SCHOOL BANDS.

[VIII.E. Consider Approval of Purchase of Semi-Trailers/Cabs for High School Bands]

THANK YOU, MATT.

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

LOPEZ, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU IN REGARDS TO THE PURCHASE OF SEMI TRAILERS AND CABS FOR GARLAND ISD HIGH SCHOOL BANDS.

OUR SEVEN HIGH SCHOOL BANDS TRAVEL TO MANY PLACES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

ALL GISD FOOTBALL GAMES AND PLAYOFFS, UIL EVENTS, MANY SATURDAY PRE UIL EVENTS FOR EXAMPLE BANDS OF AMERICA, TWO PARADES, MULTIPLE COMMUNITY EVENTS.

CURRENT CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE TODAY WITH OUR RENTAL TRUCKS ARE THE PROTECTION OF THE INSTRUMENTS.

RENTAL TRUCKS ARE NOT OUTFITTED TO KEEP OUR INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT SECURED WHILE TRANSPORTING.

IF YOU SEE THE ILLUSTRATION THERE ON THE RIGHT, THAT'S OUR SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOX TRUCK AS IT'S GETTING READY TO GO TO A FOOTBALL GAME.

SAFETY ISSUES LOADING AND UNLOADING BY HAVING ONLY ONE ENTRY POINT SAFETY CAN BE AN ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUALS TRYING TO LOAD AND UNLOAD.

PARENTS DRIVE TRUCKS.

CURRENTLY, WE USE 16 RENTAL TRUCKS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR SEVEN HIGH SCHOOL BANDS, SO FINDING 16 PARENTS TO DRIVE THESE VEHICLES ON A WEEKLY BASIS CAN SOMETIMES BE A CHALLENGE.

THE COST OF MULTIPLE RENTALS, GAS AND TOLLS, DIFFERENT ARRIVAL TIMES.

OUR BANDS ALL HAVE A DESIGNATED WARMUP TIME FOR THEIR COMPETITIONS.

SOMETIMES OUR RENTAL TRUCKS WILL BE SEPARATED DUE TO TRAFFIC AND CREATE AN ISSUE THAT WILL FORCE THE BAND TO EITHER WARM UP WITHOUT THE STUDENTS THAT THEIR INSTRUMENTS HAVE NOT YET ARRIVED OR WAIT FOR THE TRUCK'S ARRIVAL AND NOT WARM UP AT ALL DUE TO LATE ARRIVAL.

INFERIOR TO COMPETITIVE BANDS.

AS WE PARTICIPATE IN COMPETITIONS WITH OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS THAT OWN SEMI-TRAILERS WITH THEIR SCHOOL LOGOS ON THEM, OUR STUDENTS TEND TO ASK WHEN CAN WE HAVE A SEMI TRUCK? WHY PURCHASE SEMI-TRAILERS CABS FOR HIGH SCHOOL BANDS? THERE ARE MULTIPLE ENTRY POINTS FOR QUICK UNLOADING AND LOADING.

RAMPS ARE NON-SLIP AND ELIMINATE DANGEROUS GAPS.

THE INTERIOR IS SPACIOUS AND ILLUMINATED.

THE OPEN CONCEPT DESIGN ALLOWS FOR FLEXIBILITY.

COSTLY INSTRUMENTS ARE SECURED TO TRANSPORT WITH SHELVING INSTRUMENTS IN ONE PLACE WITH ONE ARRIVAL TIME.

A TRAILER IS A COMMUNITY SHOWPIECE.

THE HIGH IMPACT CUSTOM DESIGNED WRAP OFTEN SERVES AS THE LARGEST BILLBOARD FOR A BAND, SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY, AS THE VARIOUS ENSEMBLES TRAVEL LOCALLY, REGIONALLY AND NATIONALLY.

INCREASED SENSE OF PRIDE AND ENHANCED COMMUNITY SUPPORT CAN LEAD TO DIRECTLY IMPACTING THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE.

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INVESTMENT OPTIONS.

THE PURCHASE OF A SEMI TRAILER TODAY IS $211,666.84 AND A CAB IS $125,324.85. WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING OUR COMPARISONS ON A 20 YEAR TOTAL.

THAT'S THE LIFESPAN OF A SEMI TRAILER.

CURRENTLY WE RENT 16 BOX TRUCKS TO TAKE CARE OF THE NEEDS OF OUR SEVEN HIGH SCHOOLS.

WE SPEND ROUGHLY ABOUT $112,742 PER SEASON, AUGUST THROUGH NOVEMBER.

IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT TIMES 20 YEARS, WHICH IS THE LIFESPAN OF A SEMI-TRAILER, YOU'RE LOOKING AT $2,254,840 PLUS INFLATION. THIS YEAR INFLATION WAS ABOUT 9%.

SO THAT WILL INCREASE THAT AMOUNT BY $467,000.

I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT FOUR PLANS TODAY, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT IS PLAN A, WHICH IS THE PURCHASE OF EIGHT TRAILERS AND EIGHT CABS . EIGHT TRAILERS TO PURCHASE WOULD BE $1,693,334.72 AND EIGHT CABS WOULD BE $1,002,598.80. TOTAL $2,695,933.52 IN 20 YEARS, IT'S STILL THE SAME AMOUNT.

NO INFLATION BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING WITH TODAY'S DOLLARS.

PLAN B WOULD BE TO PURCHASE EIGHT TRAILERS AND RENT EIGHT CABS.

EIGHT TRAILERS WOULD BE $1,693,334.72.

THE PURCHASE OF EIGHT CABS, WHICH ROUGHLY WE WOULD BE SPENDING ABOUT $105,600 PER SEASON.

YOU MULTIPLY THAT TIMES 20 YEARS, IT'S $2,112,000.

YOU ADD THAT TO THE PURCHASE OF EIGHT TRAILERS AND IT BECOMES $3,805,334.72 PLUS INFLATION AT 9%, YOU'RE GOING TO ADD ANOTHER $437,000 TO THAT IN 20 YEARS.

PLAN C WOULD BE THE PURCHASE OF SEVEN TRAILERS AND SEVEN CABS, AS YOU SEE THERE, $1,481,667.88 FOR THE TRAILERS, AND THE CABS WOULD BE $877,273.95.

$2,358,941.83 FOR THE TOTAL 20 YEARS.

YOU'RE NOT PAYING NO INFLATION, AND IT'S BECAUSE IT'S PURCHASED WITH TODAY'S DOLLARS.

AND THE LAST PLAN, PLAN D IS TO PURCHASE SEVEN TRAILERS AND RENT SEVEN CABS.

SEVEN TRAILERS IS $1,481,667.88.

YOU RENT SEVEN CABS, WHICH ROUGHLY WE CAME UP WITH ABOUT $92,400 PER SEASON THAT YOU MULTIPLY IT TIMES 20 YEARS IS $1,848,000. ADD THAT TO THE COST OF SEVEN PURCHASING TRAILERS, YOU COME OUT TO $3,329,667.88, PLUS THE 9% INFLATION WOULD BE ROUGHLY ABOUT $383,000.

A TRANSFER OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE, IF YOU APPROVE, WILL BE REQUESTED.

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE COST.

IF YOU LOOK AT WE HAVE ABOUT ONE FIVE YEARS AT THE AGE OF THE TRAILER IN THE CAB, 6 TO 8 YEARS, 9 TO 10 YEARS AND 11 YEARS PLUS . MINIMUM PER CABIN TRAILER UNIT ANNUAL PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE COSTS 1 TO 5 YEARS IS ABOUT $1,500.

THAT'S BECAUSE OF WARRANTY AND BECAUSE THE TRAILERS ARE NEW.

SO IF YOU MULTIPLY IT TIMES SEVEN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $10,500.

IF YOU MULTIPLY TIMES EIGHT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT $12,000.

ONCE YOU GET TO THE SIXTH THROUGH THE EIGHTH YEAR, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT ANNUAL PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE COST ABOUT $5,000, MULTIPLY IT TIMES 7 TO $35,000, MULTIPLY IT TIMES EIGHT IS $40,000, 9 TO 10 YEARS, $75,00 BY 7, IT'S $52,500 TIMES EIGHT $60,000.

AND THE LAST COLUMN, IT'S ABOUT $10,000 PER YEARS.

11 YEARS FORWARD TIMES SEVEN ITS' $70,000 TIMES EIGHT IS $80,000.

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DISTRICT PURCHASED SEMI-TRAILERS WOULD BE PARKED AT MOST OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS WITH FENCING IF NEEDED FOR EXTRA SECURITY.

DISTRICT PURCHASED CABS WOULD BE PARKED AT THE GISD.

TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

ANNUAL INSURANCE FOR TRAILERS AND CABS WILL BE UNDER THE GISD UMBRELLA.

COST IS APPROXIMATELY $2,000 PER CAB AND $500 PER TRAILER.

ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

WE'RE TRYING TO PLAY A VIDEO HERE, BUT IT'S NOT SHOWING UP.

MR. BEACH. HEY, GUYS.

I'M HERE WITH MY BRAND NEW TESLA, AND I WAS ACTUALLY.

[VIDEO] WELCOME TO CLUBHOUSE TRAILER COMPANY, THE HOME OF MARCHING LOGISTICS IN AMERICA.

HERE AT THE CLUBHOUSE, WE'RE OFTEN ASKED BY NON BAND FOLKS WHY WOULD A MARCHING BAND NEED THIS? THE REASON THEY ASK IS BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY WEREN'T IN THE BAND OR THEY CAME FROM A SMALL TOWN AND THE ENTIRE BAND COULD FIT INTO A SEMI-TRAILER AND STILL MARCH AROUND.

BUT THOSE OF US THAT HAVE LIVED AND BREATHED MARCHING BAND KNOW THAT TRAILERS AND PRODUCTS THAT WE CREATE ARE REALLY THE SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM.

AND THAT PROBLEM IS SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY.

SAFETY FOR EQUIPMENT, STUDENTS, STAFF AND PARENTS.

AND EFFICIENCY SO THAT YOU AREN'T THE LAST ONES IN THE LOT AT THE END OF A FOOTBALL GAME OR A LATE NIGHT SATURDAY CONTEST.

THERE ARE REALLY THREE THINGS AT PLAY HERE.

COSTS FOR BOX, TRUCK OR U-HAUL RENTALS CONTINUE TO ESCALATE AND THE AVAILABILITY IS GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO CONTROL.

THEN EVEN IF YOU CAN FIND OR AFFORD A FLEET OF BOX TRUCKS, NONE OF THIS EQUIPMENT STACKS VERY WELL.

SO THE INTERIOR VOLUME OF THE BIG BOX TRUCK IS WASTED.

THE PROCESS OF LOADING OR UNLOADING ISN'T VERY SAFE OR EFFICIENT.

YOU CAN'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HELPING BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT.

AND THAT ONE WAY IS KIND OF SKETCHY OR THE EQUIPMENT DOESN'T FIT ON THE RAMP OR TOMMY LIFT VERY WELL AND IT ISN'T COOL.

YOUR BAND PROBABLY DOESN'T MARCH FOR THE U-HAUL OR PENSKE MARCHING BAND AND IDENTITY MATTERS.

COMMUNITY SHOWPIECES SUCH AS THESE REPRESENT YOUR BRAND.

THEY REFLECT THE COMMITMENT OF YOUR COMMUNITY.

THEY DO BECOME A POINT OF PRIDE FOR YOUR STUDENTS, THEIR PARENTS, THE STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY AS IT IS A BILLBOARD ILLUSTRATING YOUR INVESTMENT.

THE CLUBHOUSE IS A PROUD PARTNER OF THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE AND LOOK FORWARD TO ADDING YOUR EXCITING PROJECT TO OUR PRODUCTION CALENDAR.

ANY QUESTIONS? MR. BEACH. YES, SIR.

MR. FIGARELLI THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A AND C WHEN YOU HAVE EIGHT AND ONE OF THEM IS SEVEN? YES, SIR. WHY THE DIFFERENCE OF ONE? WHAT IS BEING LEFT OUT? NO, WE WERE LOOKING AT IT WITH A.

WOULD GIVE US ONE EXTRA TRAILER IN CAB JUST IN CASE BECAUSE WE HAVE LARGE BANDS AND THE PROPS NOWADAYS WITH OUR COMPETITIONS ARE GETTING BIGGER.

SO IN CASE SOMEONE NEEDS AN EXTRA TRAILER TO TAKE ALL THEIR PROPS TO THESE COMPETITIONS, WE'LL HAVE AN EXTRA TRAILER AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM OUT WITH THAT.

IN CASE ALSO SOME TRAILER GO CAB GOES DOWN.

WE HAVE AN EXTRA ONE READY TO GO AT ALL TIMES TO BE ABLE TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B, SO THAT EXTRA TRAILER WILL BE WRAPPED, I GUESS, WITH A GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT LOGO? YES, IT WILL HAVE THE GISD LOGO WITH FINE ARTS ON IT.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR.

MR. SELDERS. YEAH.

THANK YOU. I WAS JUST CURIOUS.

THE PURCHASE PRICE THAT YOU HAVE DOES THAT INCLUDE THE WRAP AS WELL? YES. THE PURCHASE PRICE IS A TURNKEY.

EVERYTHING IS DONE ON IT.

AND ONCE IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO US, EVERYTHING WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT PRICE.

AS WELL AS ALL OF THE SHELVING AND ALL THAT STUFF? EVERYTHING. YES. THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD.

YES, SIR. MR. GLICK. THANK YOU, SIR.

THIS IS REALLY A LONG TIME COMING.

AS SOMEONE WHO SPENT MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS WITH THE ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND, LOADING TRAILERS, UNLOADING TRAILERS TILL THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING AFTER FOOTBALL GAMES, ALL THE CONTESTS WE WENT TO.

I HAD A FRIEND WHO ACTUALLY HAD A SON AND DAUGHTER IN THE ROWLETT BAND, AND HE RECENTLY MOVED TO A MUCH SMALLER CITY AND HE CALLED ME.

HE SAID, YOU CAN'T BELIEVE OUR HIGH SCHOOL HAS A TRAILER.

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A RELATIVELY SMALL CITY WITH A MAJOR SIZED TRAILER.

SO I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME I MY FIRST INTRODUCTION TO THE ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND WAS 2004, AND THEY HAD A BROKEN DOWN TRAILER, A TINY LITTLE ONE, THE SAME ONE THEY STILL HAVE.

AND MY FIRST MISSION WAS TO GET IT FIXED.

SO I'VE BEEN ON THIS CAMPAIGN FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME, AND HOPEFULLY TONIGHT IT COMES TO FRUITION.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

MRS. GRIFFIN. YES.

THIS QUESTION IS TO DR.

RINGO. I CAN'T SEE YOU.

I PROMISE. HE'S THERE.

HE'S THERE. OKAY.

SINCE IT HAD BEEN INCLUDED IN THE AMENDMENTS ALREADY, WHICH YOU ALL INCLUDED, I THINK A IN THE AMENDMENT THAT YOU WERE RECOMMENDING, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. BASED OFF THE NUMBERS PROVIDED TO US BY MR. FIGARELLI AND THOSE QUOTES, THAT IS WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE AMENDMENT.

OKAY. SO THAT MEANS YOU AND YOUR STAFF SAYS THAT WE HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TRANSFER AND MAKE THIS HAPPEN? YES, MA'AM. THAT IS COMING FROM FUND THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE.

SAY THAT AGAIN, THESE FUNDS HAS NOTED IN THE AMENDMENT ARE FROM ITS INCREASED OUR EXPENDITURE BUDGET.

SO WHEN WE INCREASE OUR EXPENDITURE BUDGET, IT IS COMING FROM OUR GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

BECAUSE IT INCREASES OUR OUR DEFICIT BUDGETS.

RIGHT. OKAY.

I'M LOOKING FOR A COVER PAGE ON THIS.

DID WE INCLUDE THAT SOURCE THERE? LET'S SEE. I FORGOT.

ON PAGE 188 IN OUR BOOK.

WE HAD LISTED GENERAL FUND 199.

YES, MA'AM. OK.

AND IS THAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID TO ME? YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

MR. PRESIDENT, I'D LOVE TO MAKE A MOTION IF YOU'RE READY.

I'M NOT QUITE READY YET BECAUSE I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF COMMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ABOUT THIS.

WHAT MR. GLICK IS DESCRIBING, I AM LIVING NOW.

HIS IS PAST MINE IS PRESENT.

I WILL TELL YOU, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE ANECDOTAL TALE AND I WANT TO BE HERE ALL NIGHT EITHER.

BUT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT IMPORTANT.

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

ONE THING I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED ABOUT IS HOW INTELLIGENT THEY ARE.

BUT ONE THING I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE GOING TO ARGUE IS THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY THE MOST LIFE OBSERVANT PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET BEFORE.

AND SOMETIMES WHENEVER THEY OBSERVE SOMETHING, TAKE NOTICE BECAUSE THINGS PASS BY THEM ALL THE TIME THAT THEY DON'T NOTICE.

AND AT THE BAND'S OF AMERICA COMPETITION IN MIDLAND, THE SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL BAND, MS. TAYLOR HERE AGAIN IS HERE.

AND THEY PERFORMED EXTREMELY WELL.

I'M NOT GOING TO NAME THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL, BUT ONE OF THE KIDS WAS OVERHEARD FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT SAY, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE GOT BEAT BY A BAND WITHOUT EVEN THEIR OWN TRAILER. ONE, SORRY.

AND TWO WHILE THEY WERE THROWING SHADE AT THE TIME.

IT IS AN OBSERVATION THAT WE NEED TO TAKE NOTE OF BECAUSE WHAT THAT YOUNG PERSON WAS NOTING IS THEY WERE NOTING A REAL A REAL SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT THAT, GENERALLY SPEAKING, SUCCESSFUL BANDS HAVE THE EQUIPMENT NECESSARY IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL.

I'VE BEEN NOW DURING BANDTOBER OF THIS YEAR ALL OVER THE STATE, SEEING THESE.

THERE ARE MANY COMPETITIONS.

WE LITERALLY HAD THE ONLY SCHOOLS THERE THAT DIDN'T HAVE THESE TRAILERS.

AND WE'RE TALKING TWO A, THREE A SCHOOLS THEY'RE AT THIS.

WE'RE SITTING HERE WITH SEVEN, SIX A HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND I'M REALLY SURPRISED WHEN THIS CAME ON THE AGENDA, THE LOCAL ENTERPRISE TRUCK RENTAL GUYS IN HERE LOBBYING AGAINST IT, BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE HAVE SPENT A TON OF MONEY WITH THESE PEOPLE. I BELIEVE IT WAS JOHNNY BEACH.

WE WERE SITTING AT BAND FEST AND WE WERE UP IN THE IN THE PRESS BOX LOOKING OUT AT AN ARMY OF ENTERPRISE RENTAL TRUCKS JUST AS FAR AS THE EYE COULD SEE, BECAUSE WE NEED A TON OF THESE THINGS FOR EVERY BAND, EVERY WEEK.

AND LIKE THAT VIDEO SHOWS, THEY'RE NOT BUILT FOR THIS.

WE END UP WASTING A TON OF THE SPACE INSIDE BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLY STACK THINGS SO HIGH AND IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS HURT DOING

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WE HAVE TO DO IT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DERELICT IN NOT DOING ALL THIS TIME.

NOT ONLY IS IT HAMSTRINGING OUR STUDENTS FROM FROM HAVING THE TOOLS THEY NEED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SUCCEED AND THRIVE IN FINE ARTS, AND WE SAY WE'RE A DISTRICT THAT MAKES A COMMITMENT TO THIS.

I DON'T WANT TO BE A TRUSTEE THAT'S ON THE WATCH WHENEVER WE HEAR ABOUT SOMEONE SERIOUSLY GETTING HURT, TRYING TO LOAD AND UNLOAD A TRAILER OFF A RAMP THAT WASN'T DESIGNED TO DO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. NOT TO MENTION THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE ENTRUSTING AND PUTTING IN THESE TRAILERS WITH LITTLE OR NO PROTECTION WHATSOEVER. IF WE WERE EVER, GOD FORBID, IN AN ACCIDENT WITH ONE OF THESE THINGS, NOT ONLY WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE HUMAN LIFE THAT'S INVOLVED DRIVING THAT TRUCK, WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LITERALLY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S UNSECURED INSIDE THAT.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE MUCH OF A WRECK TO DAMAGE A TON OF EQUIPMENT.

IT REALLY DOESN'T. SO FISCALLY, I THINK THAT THE ONLY RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO IS TO PROTECT THE INVESTMENT WE'VE ALREADY MADE.

I THINK MR. FIGARELLI HAS POINTED OUT THAT REALLY THE COST IS NEGLIGIBLY DIFFERENT BETWEEN RENTING TRUCKS FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF TIME AND MAKING THIS INVESTMENT NOW.

AND I'LL ALSO POINT OUT THAT I THINK THAT THOSE THOSE MAINTENANCE THESE ARE GOING TO BE BABY CABS AND TRAILERS.

THERE'S DIESEL ENGINES ARE MEANT TO HAUL HUGE LOADS ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY.

AND HERE WE ARE, WE'RE USING THEM TO HAUL A BAND.

I MEAN, AS FAR AS THAT DIESEL ENGINES ARE CONCERNED, THIS IS THE THIS IS THE PERFECT LIFE FOR IT.

IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO GET MORE USE OUT OF THIS THAN ANY INTERSTATE MOTOR CARRIER IS GOING TO GET OUT OF OUT OF THE SAME EQUIPMENT.

SO THAT'S MY RANT ON THAT ISSUE, MR. BEACH. I GOT ONE OTHER COMMENT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU FOR SUGGESTION.

ON THE EIGHTH TRAILER IF IT IS APPROVED TONIGHT FOR GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, COULD THERE ON THE WRAP BE CONSIDERED PUTTING THE EIGHT MASCOTS OR THE OR THE SEVEN MASCOTS ALONG WITH THE GISD LOGO SO THAT WHICHEVER SCHOOL MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE TO USE THAT TRAILER, IT WOULD BE REPRESENTED ON THAT TRAILER? ABSOLUTELY. I DON'T KNOW IF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBER WOULD LIKE THAT OR NOT, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE IF IF LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF ROWLETT HAD TO USE TWO TRAILERS, THEY COULD USE THAT PLUS THE GISD, BUT IT WOULD HAVE THEIR LOGO THERE.

MS. GRIFFIN. IT IS SO AMAZING WHEN WE GET TO EXPERIENCE THINGS THAT WE'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE AND OUR CHILDREN.

I ALSO WAS A BAND PARENT, SO I'VE BEEN AROUND TOO.

SO ARE WE READY FOR A MOTION? I BELIEVE MR. GLICK WAS WAS WANTING TO MAKE ONE.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

MOVE TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF SEMI-TRAILERS CABS FOR HIGH SCHOOL BANDS AS LISTED IN OUR BOOK PLAN A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $2,695,934. OKAY.

JUST TO CLARIFY, PLAN A IS THE EIGHT TRAILERS AND EIGHT CABS.

YES, SIR. SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF GO BACK TO WHERE WE ARE HERE.

CONSENT APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM EIGHT E PURCHASE A SEMI TRAILER CABS FOR HIGH SCHOOL BANDS PLAN A WHICH IS EIGHT TRAILERS AND EIGHT CABS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

MR. JOHNSON I DIDN'T GET TO ASK MY QUESTION, YOU SKIPPED ME.

OH, SPEAK UP NEXT TIME.

I'M JUST WONDERING WHERE DO WE PARK THEM? ARE THEY GOING TO BE PARKED AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND WILL THERE BE PROTECTIVE COVERING? WILL IT BE IN FENCING? I MEAN, HOW ARE WE GOING TO PROTECT? YES, SIR. ALL OF THEM WILL BE PRETTY MUCH ALL WILL BE AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND THE CABS WILL BE AT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

AND IF WE NEED TO PUT FENCING AROUND THEM, WE WILL.

WE'LL BE TALKING TO THE PRINCIPALS, SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO THERE.

BUT YES. OKAY.

THANK YOU, OKAY THERE IS A PENDING MOTION THAT HAS BEEN SECONDED.

IT'S ON THE FLOOR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW RETURNING TO ACTION ITEM EIGHT A, WHICH IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BUDGET TRANSFERS

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

MS. MAYO? YES.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD AFTER.

MOVE FOR APPROVAL AS PRESENTED [LAUGHTER].

SECOND, SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ACTION ITEM EIGHT A, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE 22-23 GENERAL FUND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

[03:15:02]

THANK YOU FOR STAYING. YES, THANK YOU.

MOVING ON TO ACTION, ITEM EIGHT B CONSIDER APPROVAL OF $7,041.68 DONATION FROM THE ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL THEATER

[VIII.B. Consider Approval of $7,041.68 Donation from RHS Theatre Booster Club]

SUSANNA RUSSELL. GOOD EVENING.

I'M SUSANNA RUSSELL, THE CHIEF LEADERSHIP OFFICER AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BRING FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE APPROVAL A DONATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,041.68 FROM THE ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL THEATER BOOSTER CLUB.

THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD POLICY, CDC, LOCAL AND CDAP SECTION 3.6, WHICH GOVERNS DONATIONS TO THE DISTRICT AND REQUIRES BOARD APPROVAL FOR AMOUNTS DONATED ABOVE $5,000.

BOARD ANY QUESTIONS OF DR.

RUSSELL REGARDING THIS DONATION? THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS? MS. STANLEY.

I'LL TAKE A STAB AT THIS.

I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE DONATION FROM THE ROWLETT HIGH THEATER BOOSTER CLUB AS WRITTEN IN OUR BOOK. SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ACTION ITEM EIGHT B, WHICH IS A $7,041.68 DONATION FROM THE ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL THEATER BOOSTER CLUB.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT IS ACTION EIGHT C CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RECOMMENDATION FOR SALARY SCHEDULE ADDENDUM TO THE 2022-2023

[VIII.C. Consider Approval of Recommendation for Salary Schedule Addendum to 2022-2023 Substitute Salary Schedule]

ONCE AGAIN, DR.

GRADYNE BROWN.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

DR. LOPEZ, I BRING BEFORE YOU A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE APPROVAL OF A SALARY INCREASE FOR OUR SUBSTITUTES, AS WELL AS THE APPROVAL OF AN INCREASE TO THE INCENTIVE THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED FOR EACH OF THEM . IN THIS SOCIETY OF TODAY WE HAVE HAD MUCH COMPETITION FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF OF ANY KIND FROM LOCAL DISTRICTS, FROM LOCAL INDUSTRY, AND I RECOMMEND THAT WE APPROVE THIS.

MS. GRIFFIN. HOW MANY SUBS ARE WE RUNNING A DAY? WE HAVE AN AVERAGE BETWEEN 340 AND 350 SUBS A DAY.

ARE YOU READY FOR A MOTION, MR. PRESIDENT? NO. MR. GLICK HAS A QUESTION. YEAH.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN BULLET TWO ON PAGE 168? I SURE CAN.

ON MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS, WE HAVE A VERY LOW NUMBER OF SUBS WHO WANT TO WORK.

TO GIVE YOU AN ANECDOTE, I HAVE A SISTER WHO IS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER IN A NEIGHBORING DISTRICT.

SHE IS RETIRED.

WHEN SHE RETIRED, SHE SAID, I WILL SUBSTITUTE, BUT I WILL NOT SUBSTITUTE ON MONDAY OR FRIDAY [LAUGHTER].

SO WE'RE ADDING BULLET ONE AND BULLET TO FOR ANYBODY ON MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS, CORRECT? YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

[LAUGHTER] MR. MILLER, JUST WHEN THE MOTIONS ARE OVER, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE THE COMMENT SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THE IMPACT OF THIS AND SEE IF THE NUMBERS JUST MAKE SOMEBODY REPORT BACK TO US IF IT'S MADE A DIFFERENCE OR NOT . IN TERMS OF HIRING SUBS, KEEPING SUBS.

I JUST WONDER IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO WORK ON FRIDAY OR MONDAY FOR AN EXTRA TEN BUCKS BECAUSE MY ONLY QUESTION.

I MEAN, THE ONLY THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE, I NOTICED WE'RE USING ESSER TWO MONEY WE'RE USING ESSER TWO MONEY TO TO FUND THIS.

BUT PRESUMABLY WHEN WE'RE OUT OF ESSER MONEY AND THE TIME FRAME FOR USING ALL THE ESSER MONEY IS EXPIRED, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO BACK DOWN.

I WOULDN'T EXPECT ON SUBSTITUTE PAY.

SO JUST THAT WOULD LIKELY BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO BUDGET FOR FOR FUTURE YEARS, CORRECT? DR. RINGO IF WE WERE TO PROCEED WITH THAT, YES, SIR.

SOME OF OUR OTHER I GUESS OUR STIPEND DISCUSSIONS HAS NOT BEEN REFLECTED TO CONTINUE THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

BUT IF THAT HAPPENS, WE WOULD NEED TO ADD THIS TO THE GENERAL FUND.

[03:20:04]

YEAH. THANK YOU.

[INAUDIBLE] ANY MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR.

MR. CHAIR. MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE SUPPORT STAFF WITH THEIR REQUEST TO INCREASE SUBSTITUTE PAY AS PRINTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM EIGHT C, WHICH IS RECOMMENDED SALARY SCHEDULE ADDENDUM TO THE 202 2-2023 SUBSTITUTE SALARY SCHEDULE.

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

THAT ITEM PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU. NEXT ENTRY IS GOING TO BE ACTION ITEM EIGHT D, WHICH IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT

[VIII.D. Consider Approval of Temporary Construction Easement Between the City of Rowlett and Garland ISD]

MR. JAVIER FERNANDEZ.

GOOD EVENING. BOARD PRESIDENT JOHNSON.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DR.

LOPEZ, I BRING TO YOU TONIGHT A AN ACTION ITEM THAT IS A IT'S AN EASEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ROWLETT. THE CITY OF ROWLETT HAS APPROACHED US ABOUT A PARCEL THAT WE OWN, AND THIS PARCEL IS NEXT TO NELLA PEARSON.

THE PARCEL THAT YOU SEE THERE THAT'S LISTED AS LOT TWO BLOCK B THAT IS ACTUALLY OUR DETENTION POND FOR NELLA PEARSON.

WE OWN A STRIP OF LAND RIGHT NEXT TO THAT ADJACENT TO THAT.

THAT STRIP OF LAND IS ACTUALLY OWNED BY THE DISTRICT AS WELL.

THE CITY IS LOOKING TO PUT A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT ON BOTH SIDES.

THAT'S WHY YOU SEE TWO, TWO ACTUAL EASEMENTS, ONE FOR EACH SIDE EASEMENT, ONE AND EASEMENT, TWO FOR PARCELS, ONE AND TWO.

THE EASEMENTS ARE FOR A SANITARY SEWER LINE THAT THEY ARE REPAIRING WITHIN THAT AREA.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE MAY HAVE.

BOARD ANY QUESTIONS OF THIS ISSUE.

HAVE ANY MOTIONS RELATED TO THIS ISSUE? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND GARLAND ISD, AS PRINTED IN OUR BOOKLET AND WITH THE PRESENTATION. SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ACTION ITEM EIGHT D, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND THE GARLAND ISD.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY ALREADY COVERED ACTION ITEM EIGHT E.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ACTION ITEM EIGHT F, WHICH IS NEW BIDS.

[VIII.F.1. Contract #18-22 - Consider Approval of Purchase of Warehouse Freezer Truck Student Nutrition Services]

NONE OF THESE CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD COMMITTEE MEETINGS THIS MONTH.

SO, MR. BOOKER, GET US GOING.

YES, SIR. ONCE AGAIN, TO MR. JOHNSON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

DR. LOPEZ, WE DO HAVE BEFORE YOU THE FIRST CONTRACT FOR CONSIDERATION IS THE PURCHASE OF A FREEZER TRUCK THAT WOULD BE UTILIZED BY OUR STUDENT NUTRITIONAL SERVICES TO TAKE ALL OF THE REFRIGERATED AND FROZEN GOODS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT TO THE VARIOUS CAFETERIAS.

SOUTHWEST INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS INC.

IS THE RECOMMENDED AWARD AWARDED VENDOR.

THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT IS $177,847, AND THAT IS PAID WITH FUNDS TO 40 THE STUDENT NUTRITIONAL FUNDS.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AS RELATES TO THE PROCUREMENT OF THE FREEZER TRUCK.

MS. STANLEY.

WHAT ARE WE USING CURRENTLY? WE HAVE A FREEZER TRUCK.

IT'S JUST TIME TO REPLACE IT.

THANK YOU. ANY MOTIONS FROM THE FLOOR? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE CONTRACT 18-22.

THE APPROVAL OF A PURCHASE OF WAREHOUSE FREEZER TRUCK, STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES AS PRINTED IN OUR BOOKS.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF CONTRACT 18-22, WHICH IS THE PURCHASE OF A WAREHOUSE FREEZER TRUCK FOR STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT ITEM IS EIGHT F TWO, WHICH IS CONTRACT SEVEN ZERO.

DASH TWO THREE. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF PIERCE.

[VIII.F.2. Contract #70-23 - Consider Approval of Purchase of Peace Officer Security Services (District Wide)]

SECURITY SERVICES DISTRICT WIDE.

BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU SAY IT THAT WAY, IT REALLY CHANGES THE INTENT OF IT.

SO PEACE OFFICER, SECURITY SERVICE DISTRICT WIDE, MR. BOOKER. YES, SIR.

ONCE AGAIN, THIS CONTRACT IS BEING BROUGHT BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION WITH THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $900,000, IT WILL BE PAID OUT OF THE MAJORITY OF THOSE FUNDS OR CURTIS CULWELL CENTER FUND $757 AND WE DO HAVE 30% THAT WOULD BE PAID BY 199.

[03:25:05]

ANY QUESTIONS BOARD.

MOVE FOR APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF CONTRACT 70-23, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF PEACE OFFICER SECURITY SERVICES ON A DISTRICT WIDE BASIS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT, WE HAVE CONTRACT 261-2 TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF THE DEPOSITORY SERVICES, SAYS

[VIII.F.3. Contract #261-22 - Consider Approval of Purchase of Depository Services]

MR. DAVENPORT AND MS. ROUNDTREE PARTICIPATED IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS AND IS MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE AWARD THE NEW BANK DEPOSITORY CONTRACT TO WELLS FARGO WITH THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $300,000.

PURSUANT TO THE STATUTE IT IS A TWO YEAR TERM WITH THREE TWO YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS.

MR. MILLER. IS THIS A CHANGE OF VENDOR FOR US? YES, SIR, IT IS.

OKAY. ANY COMMENTS FROM MR. GLICK? COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT AND THE RENEWAL TERMS? THE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE A TWO YEAR TERM WITH THE OPTION TO DO THREE TWO YEAR RENEWALS.

THAT'S JUST IN THE STATUTE THAT THOSE ARE THE OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

AND IT INCLUDES THE OPTIONS, THE OPTIONS ARE ALSO INCLUDED.

WE HAVE THE OPTION TO EXTEND, YES, FOR TWO YEARS.

THE THE CONTRACT IS A TWO YEAR CONTRACT.

YES, SIR. WE'RE ADDING THE THREE OPTIONAL TWO YEARS, IS THAT CORRECT? ON OUR OWN. WE'LL JUST CLARIFY THAT.

WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO THE LIKE ANY CONTRACT THAT'S TIME FOR RENEWAL.

WILL BE COMING BACK FOR THOSE RENEWAL PERIODS.

YES, SIR. THIS IS IN EFFECT AGAIN, EIGHT YEARS, RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY.

COULD BE. YES, SIR.

AND BASED ON. WELL, I'LL BE QUIET.

JUST REAL QUICK, MR. RINGO. HOW DISRUPTIVE IS CHANGING BANKS FOR A DISTRICT OUR SIZE? [INAUDIBLE] IT IS VERY DISRUPTIVE.

IT IS EVERYTHING FROM OUR PAY FILES TO OUR CONTACTS, TO OUR WORK PROCESSES.

IT IS EXTREMELY.

AND SO I WOULD ASSUME THEN, THAT THE BID YOU GOT FROM WELLS FARGO WAS ENOUGH TO WARRANT THE THE DISRUPTION THAT'S BOUND TO OCCUR WHEN YOU HAVE TO CHANGE ALL OF THESE AND ESPECIALLY ELECTRONIC ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN AIMED AT ONE SPOT FOR SO LONG, THEY HAVE TO BE AIMED NOW IN A DIFFERENT SPOT. EVERYTHING FROM SECURITY TO ALL OF THAT DETAIL.

OKAY. WELL, I JUST NOT BEING FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS YOU WENT THROUGH, I JUST ASSUMED IT WAS GOING TO BE THAT WAY.

BUT WILL THEY HAVE A TEAM TO ASSIST YOU WITH THE TRANSFER? GLICK, WHEN WE. WE STARTED OUR CONTRACT WITH JPMORGAN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2015, AND THEN WE, WE HAD ALL THE EXTENSION OF THE RENEWALS.

SO WE HAD EXHAUSTED THOSE.

BUT WE. WHEN YOU RENEW, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPTION TO INCREASE THEIR FEES IF THEY WOULD LIKE, AND WE HAVE TO MUTUALLY AGREE UPON THEM.

BUT IN WE HAVE NOT HAD FEES INCREASE SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2015.

SO THEY HELD THEM CONSTANT AND WHEN THEY CAME BACK, THEY THEY CONTINUED TO REDUCE, THEY REDUCED THEIR FEES BY $1,000, BUT WELLS FARGO'S DECREASED IT BY $4,000. SO OVER THE LIFE OF THE CONTRACT AND WELLS FARGO ALSO INCLUDED 16 MONTHS, NO FEES.

SO IT GOT IT TO THE REALM OF A QUARTER OF $1,000,000 DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO.

AND ABOUT WHAT IS THE APPROXIMATE AVERAGE BALANCES IN THE ACCOUNTS AND I'M ASSUMING THERE'LL BE PLEDGING REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

YES WE HAVE RECENTLY JUST BEEN USING LETTER OF CREDIT AS OPPOSED TO A COLLATERAL.

BUT OUR AVERAGE BALANCES ON A DAILY BASIS ARE ABOUT $15 MILLION THE FEES FOR ON A MONTHLY BASIS RUNNING ABOUT $15,000.

AND IT TAKES REALLY BIG BANKS Y'ALL TO HANDLE A DISTRICT THIS SIZE.

SO IT'S NOT UNUSUAL THAT THERE AREN'T A WHOLE LOT OF BIDDERS FOR THIS.

HOW MANY BIDDERS? WE ONLY HAD THOSE TWO.

RIGHT SO THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? MOVE FOR APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED.

ALL RIGHT. WITH A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF CONTRACT 261-22, WHICH IS THE PURCHASE OF DEPOSITORY SERVICES.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

[03:30:03]

OH YOU DID NOT RAISE YOUR HAND. OKAY.

THEN ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES SIX TO ONE.

THANK YOU, MR. GLICK, FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

ALL RIGHT. TO ITEM EIGHT F FOUR, WHICH IS CONTRACT

[VIII.F.4. Contract #310-22-07 - Consider Approval of Purchase of Professional Staff Development Services]

DR. ADAMS IS LISTED, BUT I'M GOING TO GO BASED ON THE FACT YOU'RE STILL UP THERE.

I'M GOING TO SAY YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK TO THIS.

MR. BROOKER. YES, SIR.

ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE AN ATTACHED LIST OF AWARDED PROVIDERS.

THE CONTRACT WAS REVIEWED AND THE NUMBER OF AWARDED SUPPLIERS MORE RECOMMENDED BY THE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL DEPARTMENT, BUT NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT IS $3 MILLION.

YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A VARIETY OF FUNDS THAT WOULD BE UTILIZED FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF THOSE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

THEY ARE LISTED IN THE AGENDA AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION.

MR. ADAMS AND HIS STAFF OR EXCUSE ME, DR.

ADAMS AND HIS STAFF CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AS IT RELATES TO THE OPERATIONS.

BOARD ANY QUESTIONS OF EITHER MR. BOOKER OR DR.

ADAMS. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.

MS. GRIFFIN.

SO THIS IS THIS IS A CATALOG BID, AND IT IS TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDS THAT WE HAVE BEEN THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED. AND THE APPROPRIATE LIST OF SUPPLIERS ARE HERE.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AS LISTED IN OUR BOARD AGENDA.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF PROFESSIONAL APPROVAL OR PURCHASE OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT ITEM IS ACTION ITEM EIGHT F FIVE, WHICH IS CONTRACT 316-22 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF

[VIII.F.5. Contract #316-22 - Consider Approval of Purchase of Google License Products, Support and Services]

MR. BOOKER.

THIS CONTRACT IS LISTED AS A NEW CONTRACT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY OUR CURRENT GOOGLE LICENSES HAD JUST EXPIRED.

IT WAS TIME FOR US TO IMPLEMENT A NEW CONTRACT FOR THOSE SAME LICENSES.

RECOMMENDED SUPPLIER FOR THAT IS CDW WITH A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $900,000.

IT'S A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH FOUR ANNUALLY RENEWABLE OPTIONS.

BOARD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF EITHER MR. BOOKER OR MR. YEAGER? MR. PRESIDENT MOVE FOR APPROVAL AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF CONTRACT 316-22 WHICH IS THE PURCHASE OF GOOGLE LICENSE PRODUCT SUPPORT AND SERVICES.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSE? THERE IS A QUESTION.

WHAT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT HERE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT IS $3 MILLION.

SO WE HAVE AN UPDATE.

YOU GOT IT. AN UPDATE.

GOOD. WE HAD ALREADY CONDUCTED A VOTE I HAD SIX VOTES FOR AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND JUST LIST THE ONES THAT I SAW FOR MR. MILLER, MR. BEACH, MS. GRIFFIN, MS. STANLEY, MR. GLICK AND MYSELF AND THAT INCLUDES MR. SELDERS NOW, SO WE'LL CALL THAT SEVEN ZERO WITH RESPECT TO THAT.

NEXT ITEM IS GOING TO BE CONTRACT 359-23, WHICH IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE AND RELATED SERVICES.

[VIII.F.6. Contract #359-23 - Consider Approval of Purchase of Real Estate Brokerage and Related Services]

[INAUDIBLE] THE PACKAGE IN THE THE BOARD PACKAGE HAD INADVERTENTLY ADDED A NUMERICAL DIGIT AFTER CRBE INCORPORATED, AND BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD, WE'RE JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED THE CORRECT VENDOR NAME FOR IT THAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED AS ONE OF THE FOUR RECOMMENDED REAL ESTATE BROKERS THAT WE WOULD POTENTIALLY BE WORKING WITH.

[03:35:02]

NO OTHER CHANGE IN THE PACKAGE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION. ANY QUESTIONS FIRST? WHAT'S THE CORRECT NAME? IT'S ACTUALLY CBRE INC.

JUST THE SIX DIGIT SIX WAS ADDED TO THE END.

WE WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THAT'S NOT THE COMPANY NAME.

RIGHT. WE JUST REMOVED THE SIX IS ALL THE ONLY CHANGE.

HOW OFTEN DO WE USE REAL ESTATE SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT? THIS IS THE FIRST REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE FIRM WE'VE EMPLOYED IN LIEU OF THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO PURCHASE REAL ESTATE. WE WANTED TO DO SOME PRIOR PLANNING TO BE IN POSITION TO USE THOSE SERVICES AS NEEDED.

AND I'M NOT REVIEWING A CONTRACT, BUT I ASSUME IT'S THE STANDARD REAL ESTATE FEES INVOLVED.

SO THE FEES ARE NOTED BASED ON THE VOLUME OF WORK THAT THEY'LL BE GIVING.

EACH FIRM HAD A DIFFERENT FEE BASED OFF THE VOLUME WE LOOKED AT UNDER A MILLION AND OVER A MILLION FOR THOSE ACTUAL FEES.

SO THEY ARE STATED BY THE EACH FIRM.

THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, MR. BOOKER. MR. GLICK. YES, SIR. MR. BOOKER CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY WE DON'T HAVE FOUR OPTIONAL ONE YEAR INSTEAD OF HAVING SIX? WE HAD ANTICIPATED THE NEED TO PERHAPS USE THESE SERVICES OVER THE NEXT 6 TO 7 YEARS.

ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE JUST PLANNING AHEAD, TRYING TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE.

SEEING THAT THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD ARE THEIR ANY MOTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THIS.

MS. STANLEY.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. SO WE DON'T PAY THEM UNLESS WE ACTUALLY DO A DEAL? THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S FEE BASED FOR SERVICES.

MOVE FOR APPROVAL AS PRESENTED.

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

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF CONTRACT 359-23.

AND JUST AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, MR. MILLER, IS YOUR MOTION DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE ADDENDUM THAT WE RECEIVED AT OUR TABLE? I'M SORRY, LET ME CLARIFY.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVED IT.

I APPROVE THIS ITEM AS CORRECTED IN THE ADDENDUM IN FRONT OF US.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF CONTRACT 359-23, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE AND RELATED SERVICES AS LISTED IN THE ADDENDUM THAT WAS PROVIDED BEFORE THE MEETING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES SIX TO ONE.

NEXT WE COME UP TO RENEWAL BIDS.

THE FIRST ITEM IN RENEWAL BIDS IS CONTRACT 23-21.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF FUEL SERVICING.

[VIII.G.1. Contract #23-21 - Consider Approval of Purchase of Fuel Servicing ]

THIS IS THE CONTRACT THAT IS UTILIZED BY OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

THIS COMPANY REFUELS OUR YELLOW FLEET BUSSES ON SITE.

THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT IS ESTABLISHED A NEW NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $2,250,000.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD REGARDING THIS ITEM? SEEING NO QUESTIONS I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.

MR. PRESIDENT, IT SEEMED LIKE WE HAD A FUEL DISCUSSION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

WE LOOKED AT HOUSING STUFF ON SITE AND ALL THAT.

IT WASN'T FEASIBLE.

I CAN'T IMAGINE IT HAS CHANGED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.

SO THAT AS A BACKDROP I WOULD MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS AS PRESENTED.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF RENEWAL BID FOR CONTRACT 23-21, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF FUEL SERVICING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

NEXT ENTRY IS GOING TO BE A RENEWAL BID FOR CONTRACT 32-18-04.

[VIII.G.2. Contract #32-18-04 - Consider Approval of Purchase of Firefighting Equipment and Services]

MR. BOOKER. YES, SIR.

ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS THE CONTRACT THAT WOULD BE UTILIZED BY OUR GRTC PROGRAMS. THERE ARE THREE RECOMMENDED VENDORS, AUGUST INDUSTRIES, CASCO INDUSTRIES, AND DACO OR DACO FIRE EQUIPMENT.

THE NEW NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT WOULD BE $149,999.

BOARD ANY QUESTIONS, MR.

[03:40:02]

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE RENEWAL BIT OF CONTRACT 32-18-04, WHICH IS THE PURCHASE OF FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO.

NEXT ITEM IS H, WHICH IS AN INCREASE TO AWARDED BID FOR CONTRACT 47-22 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR TRANSPORTATION

[VIII.H.1. Contract #47-22 - Consider Approval of Increase in Awarded Amount for Transportation GPS Fleet Tracking and Related Services]

MR. BOOKER. MR. PRESIDENT, BEFORE WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION, I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THIS IS NOT THE SAME GPS SYSTEM THAT WE WERE DOING FOR OUR ROUTING SERVICES.

THIS IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT GPS SYSTEM.

SO I JUST HAVE A FEELING THAT QUESTION WILL COME.

DIDN'T WE ALREADY APPROVE A GPS SYSTEM FOR THE PARENTS? THIS IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

SO I'LL HAND IT OVER TO MR. BOOKER JUST FOR CLARITY.

GO AHEAD. YES, SIR.

THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEW ROUTING SYSTEM, WAS DOING A PILOT PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GPS DEVICES THAT WE WOULD BE NEEDING WOULD WORK.

THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT WAS AWARDED FOR $74,800, IN WHICH THEY PERFORMED A PILOT PROOF OF CONCEPT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKED.

THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH DOING THE REST OF THE FLEET, WHICH IS THE RATIONALE FOR THE INCREASED AMOUNT OF $60,000 TO MAKE THE NEW NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $134,855.

AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT DR.

LOPEZ SAID, WE OBVIOUSLY JUST APPROVED A NEW GPS ROUTING SYSTEM WITH RESPECT TO SCHOOL BUSSES.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS THIS IS ENCOMPASSING ALL DISTRICT VEHICLES, RIGHT.

INCLUDING WHITE FLEET AND OTHERS.

YES, SIR. YES, SIR.

SO IT'S PRIMARILY A SAFETY AND SECURITY MEASURES.

SO WE KNOW WHERE OUR VEHICLES ARE AND WE CAN TRACK THEM DOWN.

YES, SIR. TO COMPLETE THE ENTIRE FLEET, IT'S NOT REALLY SO PARENTS KNOW WHERE THEIR KIDS ARE, WHICH IS THE OTHER SYSTEM? YES. I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MR. BEACH, GO AHEAD AND APPROVE H ONE CONTRACT 47-22 AS PRINTED IN OUR BOOKLET.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR INCREASED AWARDED BID TO CONTRACT 47-22, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE INCREASE IN AWARD AMOUNT FOR TRANSPORTATION, GPS FLEET TRACKING AND RELATED SERVICES.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

MILLER. MR. MILLER, YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE.

DO YOU HAVE A VOTE? THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.

THAT TAKES US TO AGENDA ITEM NINE, WHICH IS EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[IX. Executive Session]

IN THIS PARTICULAR EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE WILL DISCUSS CONSULTATION DELIBERATION REGARDING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EVALUATION.

IT IS 8:45 P.M.

AND WE'RE ENTERING CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IT IS 10:22 AND WE'RE RETURNING FROM CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I WILL CERTIFY THAT NONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WERE NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA.

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

[XI. Adjournment]

WE'RE ADJOURNED AT 10:22 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.