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I NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER, AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.PLEASE RISE AS WE TAKE OUR PLEDGES.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE; TEXAS.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
MY NAME IS ALILA JACKSON, AND I'M A SENIOR AT SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME. AT THIS TIME WE ARE ON AGENDA ITEM THREE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
[III.A. Conduct a Public Hearing on School FIRST Rating Report ]
AND I AT THIS TIME WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:03 P.M.. MISS DAVENPORT.THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.
FIRST IS THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY RATING SYSTEM OF TEXAS.
THE NOTICE OF THIS HEARING WAS POSTED IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS ON NOVEMBER 6TH.
THE SYSTEM HAS CHANGED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO CHANGE. WE'RE ALREADY AWARE OF CHANGES FOR THE NEXT YEAR, BUT THE INDICATORS WE LOOK AT TONIGHT WILL BE JUST FOR THE YEAR THAT WE'RE THE 2023 YEAR, IT HAS BECOME MORE DIFFICULT FOR DISTRICTS TO EARN AN A RATING.
AND THE PURPOSE OF SCHOOL FIRST IS TO EXPAND ACCOUNTABILITY INTO THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AREA OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, WITH THE GOAL BEING TO IMPROVE MANAGEMENT OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
THE OBJECTIVE IS TO ACHIEVE QUALITY PERFORMANCE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR FINANCIAL RESOURCES, AND TO ENCOURAGE DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM ALLOCATION TO DIRECT INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES.
THE RATINGS ARE DETERMINED INITIALLY BASED ON 20 INDICATORS, ALTHOUGH TEA DID DETERMINE NOT TO SCORE FOUR OF THESE INDICATORS THIS YEAR . BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DID EARN AN A RATING FOR THIS YEAR, THE 2023 YEAR.
AND WE WILL LOOK AT EACH OF THOSE INDICATORS THAT WERE SCORED.
WAS OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT SUBMITTED WITHIN ONE MONTH OF THE NOVEMBER 27TH DEADLINE? AND IT WAS.
WAS THERE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ISSUED ON THAT ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT? THERE WAS.
WAS OUR DISTRICT IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR PAYMENT TERMS OF ALL DEBT AGREEMENTS? AND WE WERE.
QUESTION FOUR DID WE MAKE TIMELY PAYMENTS TO TRS, IRS AND ALL THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES WE DID? THAT WAS A CEILING INDICATOR.
QUESTION FIVE WAS SKIP FOR THIS YEAR.
SO WE DID PASS THAT INDICATOR.
NUMBER SEVEN WAS THE NUMBER OF DAYS OF CASH ON HAND SUFFICIENT TO MEET OUR OPERATING EXPENDITURES? WE HAD 214 DAYS OF CASH ON HAND.
EARNING ALL TEN POINTS FOR THAT QUESTION.
WAS THE MEASURE OF OUR CURRENT ASSETS TO CURRENT LIABILITIES SUFFICIENT TO COVER OUR SHORT TERM DEBT? AND IT WAS. DID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND REVENUES EQUAL OR EXCEED EXPENDITURES, WHICH THEY DID FOR THE 2022 YEAR? AS WE KNOW, FOR THE 2023 YEAR THEY DID NOT.
BUT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO EARN ALL TEN POINTS IF WE HAVE GREATER THAN 60 DAYS OF CASH ON HAND.
QUESTION 11 WAS THE RATIO OF LONG TERM LIABILITIES TO TOTAL ASSETS ENOUGH TO SUPPORT OUR LONG TERM SOLVENCY? IT WAS.
WE WERE AT 1.76 FOR THIS YEAR, EARNING ALL TEN POINTS BECAUSE WE WERE FOUR OR LESS, AS MR. MILLER HAD ASKED DURING THE COMMITTEE PRESENTATION TO EVALUATE IT WITH ADDITION WITH THE POTENTIAL OF NEW DEBT ISSUED.
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AND WE KEPT PROPERTY VALUES THE SAME IN THAT, SO IT WOULD STILL EARN US ALL TEN POINTS.WE WERE ONLY AT 6.92, WHICH IS EVEN LESS THAN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, EARNING ALL TEN POINTS.
QUESTION 14 WAS NOT SCORED THIS YEAR.
IT WAS SKIPPED THIS YEAR AN QUESTION 15 WAS ALSO SKIPPED.
QUESTION 16 DID OUR PEIMS DATA, COMPARED TO THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, HAVE LESS THAN A 3% VARIANCE FOR OUR EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTION, AND IT DID ONLY OFF $686, WHILE LESS THAN 3% OUR LAST FOUR.
DID OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS SAY THAT WE ARE FREE FROM MATERIAL WEAKNESS IN INTERNAL CONTROLS, WHICH THEY DID, ALSO FREE OF MATERIAL NONCOMPLIANCE AND WE EARNED ALL THE POINTS. DID WE POST EVERYTHING WE WERE SUPPOSED TO POST ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH WE DID.
AND LASTLY, DID OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ADMINISTRATION AND BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSS CHANGES AND IMPACTS TO STATE, LOCAL AND FEDERAL FUNDS AT A BOARD MEETING WITHIN 120 DAYS OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET, WHICH WE DID.
AND SO, AGAIN, PASSING THAT INDICATOR, WE GOT AN A RATING, A IS A SUPERIOR RATING.
BOARD MEMBERS EXPENDITURES AND SUPERINTENDENT EXPENDITURES, WHICH ARE BELOW FOR YOU TO SEE.
ANY OUTSIDE COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY OUR SUPERINTENDENT, WHICH WAS NONE.
GIFTS RECEIVED BY EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OR BOARD MEMBERS.
ALSO NONE. AND LASTLY, TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND BOARD MEMBERS ALSO NONE.
THIS REPORT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OUR DISTRICT'S WEBSITE THIS WEEK.
BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY DISCUSSION? I WILL NOW OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC AND ASK, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DISCUSSIONS. MS. GRIFFIN THERE WAS A CARD THAT WAS SUBMITTED THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE SUBMITTED.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THAT PERSON UP.
GOOD EVENING. IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND WE WILL FOLLOW THE SAME BASIC PROTOCOL OF REFRAINING FROM NAMES OR ANYTHING THAT THAT IS NOT PERMITTED UNDER THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
SO I ASK QUESTIONS AND RECEIVE ANSWERS CORRECTLY.
AND WE DO NOT LIMIT IT TO THE SAME PARAMETERS AS THE PUBLIC FORUM.
WE DO ALLOW FOR SPECIFICITY AS LONG AS IT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO DATA IN THE FIRST REPORT.
SO IT HAS TO BE DATA THAT'S IN THERE.
DATA ARE RELATED TO THE REPORT.
CORRECT? DATA THAT'S IN THE REPORT.
THE FIRST ONE I THINK IS NUMBER 13, HOW YOUR RATINGS ARE ASSESSED.
IF I DIDN'T HEAR THAT 8.55 IS THAT THE MAXIMUM TO GET THE 10.10.
LET ME LET THE BOARD REFER TO THE PAGE NUMBER.
AND IN OUR REPORT BOARD MEMBERS THAT'S ON PAGE 14 I'D SAY YOU SAID QUESTION 13.
AND IN OUR BOOK IT IS ON 14 PAGE 14.
SO WOULD YOU PLEASE RESTATE YOUR QUESTION? OKAY, MISS DAVENPORT, IS THAT CORRECT? YOU SAID 8.55 IS THE MAX IS THE HIGHEST RATE TO GET THE FIVE OF THE TEN POINTS? SO IS THAT THE HIGHEST NUMBER THAT THAT 6.92 COULD BE TO GET THE 10.10? THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOU TO RESPOND IN A NOT YOU MR. DUCTWORK. BUT YEAH. YEAH.
WHY DON'T YOU. AND TURN ON THAT MIC.
THANKS. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US, MISS DAVENPORT.
I APOLOGIZE, BUT I THINK THESE ARE THINGS THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO HEAR.
WE WOULD GET AND STILL RECEIVE ALL THE POINTS.
CORRECT. I THINK ABOUT FIVE TIERS THAT TEA HAS DIVIDED DISTRICTS IN AND THAT IS THE LARGEST OF THEM.
AND DR. LOPEZ WILL REMEMBER THIS 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO I ASKED ABOUT WHAT THE NUMBERS WERE, THE SUMS.
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CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THE SUMS ADD UP TO ON BOTH OF THESE COLUMNS? OKAY, TRUSTEES, WE'RE STILL ON PAGE 14, IN OUR BOARD BOOK.AND SO I CAN PROVIDE FOR YOU THOSE EXACT NUMBERS TO MECHELLE.
THE LAST TIME I ASKED FOR IT TOOK ME TWO MONTHS TO GET THEM.
OKAY. WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT QUICKLY.
IT'S WE ACTUALLY LET ME MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE IN THAT MIDDLE.
YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE SUM OF THE AMOUNTS FOR FUNCTION CODES 11, 12, 13 AND 31.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND 21 AND 41.
THE WHOLE FORMULA. THE WHOLE FORMULA.
YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM.
I'M FINE WITH HER GETTING THAT TO ME IF I CAN DEPEND ON THAT LATER.
WE WILL GET IT TO YOU. SHE SAYS SHE DOESN'T HAVE IT WITH HER TONIGHT, SO WE WILL GET THAT TO YOU.
LOPEZ OR ASK YOU, HOW DO WE COMPARE TO OTHER LARGE DISTRICTS OUR SIZE ON THAT 6.92? I WILL HAVE TO DEFER TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
AND, MISS DAVENPORT, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT.
DR. LOPEZ HAD MENTIONED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO HE MIGHT DO AN ANALYSIS OF THAT.
SO HAVE YOU DONE THAT, SIR? FOR THIS YEAR WE DO NOT HAVE A COMPARISON.
THIS JUST CAME OUT OKAY, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO DO ONE FOR ME.
IF YOU'RE REQUESTING AN ANALYSIS, WE CAN GET YOU AN ANALYSIS OF HOW OTHER DISTRICTS ARE.
AND I DID NOTICE THAT IT WENT DOWN FROM 713 TO 692.
SO IT SHOWS SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THAT NUMBER.
LET ME SEE THE COPY I HAVE IT'S PAGE 15 ON THE TRUSTEE'S EXPENSE REPORTS. TRUSTEES, WE'RE ON PAGE 19 IN OUR BOARD BOOK.
MS. GRIFFIN, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU.
WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE IN BUSINESS.
YOUR NUMBERS USUALLY RUN INTO 18 TO $20,000 A YEAR.
IS THAT CORRECT? ON YOUR EXPENDITURES OVER THE LAST MANY, MANY YEARS? I WILL SPEAK FOR TONIGHT.
AND IT'S WHAT IT IS PRINTED ON PAGE 19.
OKAY. DO YOU EVER MAKE REPORTS BACK TO THE BOARD ON THE CONVENTIONS OR EVENTS THAT YOU GO TO? I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE ATTENDING AND DOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND AT THIS POINT WE DO NOT HAVE A PROTOCOL TO REPORT BACK.
YES, PLEASE. MR. DUCKWORTH, YOU ASKED ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT THAT'S ON PAGE 19.
MS. GRIFFIN HAS ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
IT IS NOT OUTLINED WHAT ALL THOSE CONFERENCES ARE.
AND SHE'S RESPONDED TO YOUR QUESTION.
OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? I WAS TALKING TO HER.
SHE'S ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, SIR.
ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, WHICH IS A PART OF THIS REPORT.
I'VE ASKED THIS QUESTION, BUT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN AN ANSWER.
OKAY. THE DISTRICT IS AWARE OF THAT, MA'AM. EXCUSE ME.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE COMMENT. THE DISTRICT IS AWARE OF THAT.
THE DISTRICT IS AWARE OF THAT QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED TO THE OH, THE QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED BEFORE.
AND THE DOCUMENT ITSELF SAYS THAT ALL THREE PEOPLE REVIEWED IT.
I'M WONDERING HOW THAT COULD BE LEFT OUT WITH THE SIGNATURES ON IT.
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BECAUSE IT'S FROM A NUMERIC, IF I UNDERSTAND CONTRACTS, THAT THEY COULD HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF EFFECT FROM A NUMERICAL STANDPOINT, DEPENDING ON WHEN IT'S EFFECTIVE. IF IT'S EFFECTIVE, THE DATE IT WAS SIGNED OR JANUARY THE 1ST.YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING.
WE WILL REVIEW THE CONTRACT AND LOOK AT THE OPEN DATE OR THE MISSING DATE THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
COULD I ASK FOR A RESPONSE ON THAT? WHAT THE DATE IS SO I DON'T HAVE TO DO ANOTHER PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST? I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, SO I'M JUST ASKING IF SOMEONE COULD TELL ME WHAT THAT DATE IS.
I THINK UNLESS SOMEONE HAS A CONTRACT WITH.
WE WILL REFER TO LEGAL ON WHAT WE NEED TO RESPOND TO BY MR. DUCKWORTH. OKAY.
GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, MR. DUCKWORTH. ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? MADAM PRESIDENT. YES, THERE IS NO FURTHER PEOPLE WANTING TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? IF YOU RAISE YOUR HANDS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND, MISS DAVENPORT, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD IN THE DISTRICT, I THINK I CAN SPEAK AND SAY THAT WE THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE AND THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT YOU HAVE RENDERED IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, AND THE EXCELLENT AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS AND VARIOUS JUST DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.
WILL ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WISH TO SAY ANYTHING? SO WE WISH YOU WELL.
THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU AND BE SUCCESSFUL.
[APPLAUSE] OKAY. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS THE PUBLIC FORUM WHERE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
[IV. Public Forum]
TO SPEAK.AND, MS. HOGAN, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS? YES, MA'AM. YOU HAVE THREE SPEAKERS.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S MR. DODDS. YES.
[LAUGHTER] JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE.
AND. IN THIS PUBLIC FORUM, WE CANNOT RESPOND TO WHAT YOU HAVE ASKED OR PRESENTED.
ALL WE CAN DO IS LISTEN TO YOU AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.
AND IF YOU WOULD BASICALLY REFRAIN FROM CALLING SPECIFIC STUDENTS NAMES OR STAFF NAMES OR ANYONE'S NAME.
AT THIS TIME, WE ARE READY TO BEGIN THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION AND YOUR TIME WILL BEGIN AFTER YOU HAVE STATED YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
AND IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT.
MISS HOGAN, WE'RE GOING TO CALL FORWARD DR.
GOOD EVENING, SHARON MORGAN, 509 PRESTWICK CIRCLE.
AND I'M A PARENT TWO GRADUATES, SO I'VE GOT TWO, I HAD TWO GRADUATES IN GARLAND ISD SO I APOLOGIZE.
I HAVE TO USE MY GLASSES. I CAN'T SEE YOU AND MY PHONE AT THE SAME TIME, SO I APOLOGIZE.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ.
THE RESOLUTION READS GISD, QUOTE, DOES NOT PERMIT A DISTRICT CAMPUS TO EMPLOY OR ACCEPT AS A VOLUNTEER A CHAPLAIN TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS AT THIS TIME.
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I'M GOING TO MAKE TWO POINTS. THE FIRST ONE IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE ARGUMENT, AND THE SECOND ONE IS THE BENEFITS ARGUMENT.I DON'T THINK THAT THE DISTRICT REALLY PROVIDED REASONABLE ANSWERS, AND I AGREE WITH MISS STANLEY AND MR. JOHNSON. SB 763 DOES NOT MANDATE THE GISD HIRE SOMEONE, OR EVEN TO ACCEPT WHEN SOMEONE IS A VOLUNTEER.
THE LEGISLATURE WANTED TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE, AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, WHY WOULD THE DISTRICT RECOMMEND EXCLUSION RATHER THAN INCLUSION? POINT NUMBER TWO IS THE BENEFIT ARGUMENT.
AND WHAT DO ALL OF THESE HAVE IN COMMON? THEY'RE ALL SITUATIONS THAT CAN BE STRESSFUL, JUST LIKE SCHOOL CAN BE.
CHAPLAINS BRING A SENSE OF ON SCENE CARING, COMPASSION, AND SUPPORT IN THE SAME WAY THAT A CAMPUS RESOURCE OFFICER POLICE OFFICER PROVIDES ON SCENE SENSE OF SAFETY. WHEN THE DISTRICT SAYS THAT THEY CAN REFER TO PEOPLE TO FAITH BASED RESOURCES, HANDING SOMEONE A LIST OF PHONE NUMBERS OR WEBSITES IS DIFFERENT THAN HAVING SOMEONE ON SCENE OR ON CAMPUS AND READILY AVAILABLE.
THE DISTRICT HAS PRIORITIZED SEL OH GOSH MAN, THAT'S FAST.
THE BENEFITS OF BEING A CHAPLAIN.
AND THERE'S A LOT ON THAT WEBSITE AS WELL.
AS A PARENT, I WANT THE DOOR LEFT OPEN AND NOT SLAM SHUT ON ALLOWING CHAPLAINS.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WOULD NOT BE A FUTURE POTENTIAL BENEFIT FOR EVERY STUDENT AND PERHAPS TEACHERS IN GISD, AND AT THIS POINT, I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO TO THE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
MISS HOGAN. WE HAVE ANOTHER CARD FROM BOB DUCKWORTH.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, TRUSTEES.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE REMARKS THAT WE JUST HEARD.
PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, TRUSTEES REGARDING VOLUNTEER FAITH BASED CHAPLAINS.
I LISTENED TO THE SAME HEARING THAT SHE DID OR THE COMMITTEE HEARING IN THE PRESENTATION.
AND I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT SOMETHING WAS STATED IN THAT IT SAYS THERE WAS A STATEMENT THAT SAYS THIS ORDINANCE WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED TO PRIMARILY OFFER SUPPORT TO RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO DO NOT HAVE COUNSELORS.
THIS IS A FALSE STATEMENT, AND IT'S A RUMOR BEING PASSED AROUND.
I DID A PEIMS REPORT YESTERDAY, AND EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TEXAS HAS A COUNSELOR.
IT MAY BE A 0.52 BECAUSE OF THEIR SIZE, BUT EVERY DISTRICT HAS A COUNSELOR.
IT'S A STATE LAW THEY HAVE ONE.
SOMEONE HAS TO BE IDENTIFIED AS A COUNSELOR IN THAT SCHOOL.
GARLAND HAS 155.59 COUNSELORS.
THAT'S ONE COUNSELOR FOR OVER 355 STUDENTS, BASED ON A 52,000 NUMBER.
TRUSTEES, THE ABILITY IS ALL YOU.
THE ABILITY TOO IS ALL YOU WOULD BE APPROVING IS THE ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HAVING THOSE FOLKS, T HE CHAPLAIN. EDUCATION CODE SECTION 23.001 MAY ACCEPT A VOLUNTEER CHAPLAIN AS PROVIDED SUPPORT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS AS ASSIGNED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE DISTRICT.
YOU'RE NOT OPENING A PANDORA'S BOX.
YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER THIS CHAPLAIN SITUATION.
ALL YOU'RE DOING TONIGHT IS VOTING WHETHER TO DENY IT OR TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
VOTE NO TO THIS RESOLUTION AS IT READS, OR I'LL MAKE A SUGGESTION TO YOU.
MAKE A MOTION TO STRIKE THE WORD.
NOT, JUST THE ONE WORD, NOT; THE BOTTOM SENTENCE IN THAT DOCUMENT.
ONE OF YOU MAKE A MOTION TO STRIKE THAT SENTENCE AND APPROVE IT THAT WAY? THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO TONIGHT.
THIS WILL ALLOW THE ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTEER CHAPLAINS IN GARLAND ISD.
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STRIKE ALL YOU CAN DO IT. SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION TO STRIKE THAT ONE WORD AND APPROVE IT.OUR SENATOR BOB HALL, WAS A SUPPORTER OF THIS BILL.
I TALKED TO MILES MIDDLETON'S OFFICE TODAY.
THE AUTHOR ON THE FLOOR STATED, SCHOOLS ARE NOT GOD FREE ZONES.
SCHOOLS ARE NOT GOD FREE ZONES.
WE'VE TAKEN GOD OUT OF SCHOOLS.
AND MANY OF THE CASES THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER BROUGHT TO US.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THAT TONIGHT, OR EITHER AMEND THE DOCUMENT AND APPROVE IT SO THAT YOU THIS DISTRICT CAN HAVE CHAPLAINS ON THIS, MAYBE NOT ON THIS STAFF, BUT TO VOLUNTEER.
OUR LAST SPEAKER IS MISS JANIE BRITTON.
HELLO, MY NAME IS JANIE BRITTON.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF GARLAND AND A GARLAND TAXPAYER FOR 43 YEARS.
I HAVE TWO SONS WHO GRADUATED FROM GARLAND ISD.
SB 763 DOES NOT MANDATE A CHAPLAIN PROGRAM.
IT PROVIDES THE DISTRICT THE OPTION UTILIZING EITHER PAID OR VOLUNTARY CHAPLAINS OR A COMBINATION.
THE SUPERINTENDENTS RESOLUTION WOULD CLOSE THE DOOR ON THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
SO I URGE YOU TO PLEASE VOTE NO ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RESOLUTION.
STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY GIVEN NO FAITH BASED ALTERNATIVE TO THE SECULARISM IN THE SCHOOL SETTING.
YET WE HAVE MANY STUDENTS WHOSE WORLDVIEW IS SHAPED BY THEIR FAITH.
THEY NEED AN OPTION THAT SPEAKS TO THEIR FAITH.
THOSE OF US WITH A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT DEPENDENCE ON THE SECULAR IS NOT ENOUGH TO SEE US THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES AND CAN IN FACT LEAD TO HOPELESSNESS AND DESPAIR.
ANY AND ALL COUNSELING OR SEL IN THE SCHOOLS, WHETHER SECULAR OR FAITH BASED, MUST REQUIRE INFORMED, OPT IN PARENTAL CONSENT. C.S.
PLEASE VOTE TO ALLOW THE OPTION OF A CHAPLAIN PROGRAM IN OUR GARLAND SCHOOLS.
VOTE NO ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CHAPLAIN RESOLUTION.
MISS HOGAN DO WE HAVE ANY MORE CARDS? NO, MA'AM. THERE ARE NO FURTHER CARDS.
AND AS STATED BEFORE, WE BEGAN THE PUBLIC FORUM, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED AT THIS TIME TO RESPOND TO ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT WAS ASKED DURING THE PUBLIC FORUM.
WE ARE NOW PRIVILEGED TO MOVE INTO INFORMATION ITEM EVIDENCE OF EXCELLENCE.
[V.A. Evidence of Excellence]
AND THROUGH THIS EVIDENCE OF EXCELLENCE, THIS IS WHERE WE SPOTLIGHT OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE OF STUDENTS AND WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE SUCCESSES OF STUDENTS AT THIS TIME. WOULD THE COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR PLEASE COME FORWARD AND PROCEED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM MATA.GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.
A COMPANY THAT PROMOTES WRITING IN SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN IS THE IWRITE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
THEIR MISSION IS TO BUILD STUDENT CONFIDENCE THROUGH WRITING.
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EACH YEAR, YOUNG WRITERS IN THE THIRD THROUGH 12TH GRADE ACROSS THE GLOBE HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE PUBLISHED AUTHORS.TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE HONOR OF ANNOUNCING THAT FIVE GARLAND ISD STUDENTS WERE SELECTED BY IWRITE TO HAVE THEIR WORKS PUBLISHED, INCLUDING A WINNER OF THE EDITOR'S CHOICE, THE HIGHEST RECOGNITION GIVEN EACH YEAR.
THESE PHENOMENAL WRITERS ARE, AND AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE, IF YOU CAN, PLEASE STEP UP.
MIA ANDREA FROM AUSTIN ACADEMY, WHO IS NOW AT NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] JASMINE JOHN FROM GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] LILIAN DAM FROM GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] SIERRA THOMPSON, FROM ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL. [APPLAUSE] AND OUR WINNER OF THE EDITORS CHOICE, WILLIAM PATRICK COOK FROM SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS. THEY'LL SET US UP FOR A PICTURE.
OPEN UP YOUR CERTIFICATE IN THE MIDDLE SO WE CAN BE IN THE CENTER.
SO WE CAN SEE THE GISD LOGO ON THE BACK.
THANK YOU. AND I WAS JUST MADE AWARE THAT SIERRA THOMPSON ALSO WON BACK COVER AWARD WINNER.
SO THAT WAS ONLY FIVE IN THE NATION.
SO THAT'S AWESOME. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN, STUDENTS ON THAT AMAZING AWARD.
NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO EVIDENCE OF EXCELLENCE.
WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE MIDDLE SCHOOL UIL ONE ACT PLAY CHAMPIONS MR. FIGARELLI.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND DR.
LOPEZ TO ALIGN WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND TO CREATE EXCELLENCE IN OUR THEATER PRODUCTIONS THIS MARKS THE SECOND YEAR THAT GARLAND ISD HAS HOSTED THE MIDDLE SCHOOL UIL ONE ACT PLAY CONTEST.
THE DISTRICT WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO ZONES OF SIX SCHOOLS EACH.
THE CAMPUSES WERE ASSIGNED THROUGHOUT A RANDOMIZED DRAWING.
THE TOP THREE SCHOOLS FROM EACH ZONE COMPETED A SECOND TIME AT SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, TO DETERMINE THE BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL ONE ACT PLAY IN THE DISTRICT. FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, OUR UIL MIDDLE SCHOOL ONE ACT PLAY CHAMPIONS ARE FROM LYLES MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THEIR DIRECTOR IS DAYLENE CARTER.
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ANSEL HOWARD.THE CAST INCLUDES AMAYA DEANS, ANDERSON JOHNSON, DAMIAN GARCIA, ELIZABETH ZARATE GUTIERREZ, GAIRA STANLEY, HELEN SIGARAN, JAYDN SMEDLEY-TAYLOR, KAROLYN LANDA VERDE-GONZALEZ, KIAJI COSTLEY, LUCIANNA DAVIDSON, MARTHA DIAZ, NA'KIYAH HOWARD, OMAR RODRIGUEZ, RONNIE WALKER III, SYDNEY WILLIAMS, AND TJ HOLLINS.
AT THIS TIME, LET'S GIVE THESE STUDENTS A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] YOU JUST SHIFT THIS WAY.
WE WANT GUYS TO BE IN THE MIDDLE.
ALL RIGHT. MAKE SURE TO HOLD UP YOUR PLAQUES.
MAKE SURE YOU WANT TO SEE THE PLAQUES IN THE BACK.
[APPLAUSE] AT THIS TIME PARENTS, WILL YOU PLEASE COME JOIN YOUR CHILD? THOSE THAT ARE HERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WELL, YOU GOT SOME MORE PICTURES TO TAKE.
HOLD ON ONE SECOND. YOUR PARENTS ARE GOING TO JOIN YOU FOR A PICTURE.
I WOULDN'T TRY TO BE IN THE PICTURE.
MR. GRAY? WHY ARE YOU OVER THERE? YOU SHOULD BE WITH US. COME ON.
WE ARE COMING FOR THIS ONE. THERE YOU GO.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON SUCH A REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
YOU'RE WELCOME. NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO EVIDENCE OF EXCELLENCE ITEM THREE.
WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE FFA HONORARY AMERICAN DEGREE RECIPIENT GLENN SESCO.
MR. BRUMAN. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A SPECIFIC SPONSOR LEADING THE WAY AND BEING RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY TONIGHT, THE HONORARY AMERICAN DEGREE IS PRESENTED TO FFA ADVISORS WHO HAVE BUILT A LEGACY IN THEIR STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS.
TO QUALIFY FOR THIS AWARD, NOMINATED TEACHERS HAVE CREATED HIGH QUALITY AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT INSPIRE AND MOTIVATE THEIR STUDENTS TO STRIVE FOR SUCCESS. TONIGHT, THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PROUDLY RECOGNIZES GLENN SESCO FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN THE FFA PROGRAM AT GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL WHILE EARNING THE HONORARY AMERICAN DEGREE.
HE'S A TRUSTED ADVOCATE AND FOR FFA STUDENTS AND FOR ALL OF GARLAND ISD, GLENN SESCO.
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[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN, MR. SESCO. WE'RE GOING TO NOW MOVE TO EVIDENCE OF EXCELLENCE.TEACHER OF THE YEAR LISA SANBORN.
MR. PRESIDENT GRIFFIN BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.
LOPEZ, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME FOR A SECOND TIME HERE.
WE WANT TO CELEBRATE AGAIN, A TEACHER THAT REALLY PUSHES THE FREQUENT PARTICIPATION OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS AS GETTING KIDS OUT TO LOCAL, STATEWIDE AND NATIONAL COMPETITIONS.
WE BRING FORWARD A TAFE SPONSOR RECENTLY RECOGNIZED AS THE AREA 11 TAFE TEACHER LEADER OF THE YEAR.
QUALIFYING TEACHERS ARE NOMINATED BY THEIR PEERS AND VOTED ON BY THE TEACHER SPONSORS IN AREA 11.
WE ARE PROUD TO CELEBRATE LISA SANBORN TONIGHT IN THIS ACHIEVEMENT.
SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT SO I COULD BRING HER FORWARD TODAY.
[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] PROUD OF YOU.
NEXT, WE MOVE EVIDENCE OF EXCELLENCE, ITEM FIVE.
WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE 2023 TEXAS SCHOOL NURSES ORGANIZATION.
NURSE K. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND DR.
LOPEZ, I AM SUPER, SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THE NEXT TWO EVIDENCE OF EXCELLENCE'S.
SO WE CAN SAY WE PROBABLY BEEN THE FIRST, AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL NOT BE THE LAST TIME.
FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THAT I DON'T THINK WE COULD HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF DR.
I COME TO HER ADVICE ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
EACH YEAR, TSNO HONORS A SCHOOL NURSE ADMINISTRATOR WHO NOT ONLY EXEMPLIFIES THE MODEL'S FLAWLESS NURSING PRACTICE, BUT ALSO HAS THE ABILITY TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.
SHE WORKS TIRELESSLY TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR SCHOOL NURSES AS WELL AS THE STUDENTS IN GARLAND ISD.
SHE IS THE OTHER HALF OF MY BRAIN, MY LEFT HAND, MY PARTNER IN CRIME.
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NO FELONIES, JUST MISDEMEANORS.[LAUGHTER] AND I HAVE PROFOUND ADMIRATION IN HER LEADERSHIP SKILLS.
CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS TO LAURA VAYDA ON BEING RECOGNIZED AS 2023 NURSE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR BY THE STATE TEXAS SCHOOL NURSE ASSOCIATION.
[APPLAUSE] OKAY. YOU DON'T WANT TO COME TO NAY NAY NO. OH, SMILE FOR THE PICTURE, RENEE.
YOU WANT ME TO BE IN IT? YES. OH, WELL.
OH, COME ON, CAN YOU COME HERE? OVER HERE.
NURSE K, YOU'RE UP AGAIN TO RECOGNIZE THE 2023 TEXAS SCHOOL NURSES ORGANIZATION.
SCHOOL NURSES ARE THE LEADERS WHO BRIDGE HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION, PROVIDE CARE COORDINATION, ADVOCATE FOR QUALITY STUDENT CENTERED CARE, AND COLLABORATE TO DESIGN SYSTEMS THAT ALLOW INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
AT GARLAND ISD, WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING THE BEST SCHOOL NURSES NOT ONLY IN THE AREA BUT THE STATE, AND IT IS IMPACT EVIDENT IN THE IMPACT OUR SCHOOL NURSES HAVE HAD ON OUR DISTRICT FOR MANY YEARS.
WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR GISD'S BEST NURSE, DANA WOOD, WHO HAS RECENTLY RECOGNIZED THE 2023 TSNO STATE NURSE OF THE YEAR.
SHE SIMPLY DOES IT ALL FOR MENTORING ALL OF OUR NEW NURSES TO COVERING CLINICS WHEN A NURSE IS SICK, TEACHING CPR, AND BASICALLY DOES ANYTHING THAT I ASK OF HER AND SHE ALWAYS DOES IT WITH A SMILE.
SOMETIMES I WOULDN'T SMILE, BUT SHE DOES.
THANK YOU, NURSE WOOD FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE STUDENTS IN GARLAND ISD.
YOU CAN HOLD THEM. OH, YOU LOOK SO CUTE.
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WELL, ALL THE NURSES NOW JOIN MISS VAYDA AND MISS WOOD.COME ON. GET YOUR CREW TOGETHER.
TAKE OFF YOUR IDS FOR THE PICTURE, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
YOU CAN PUT THEM IN YOUR POCKETS OR LAY THEM ON THE GROUND.
WE'RE GOING TO NOW TRANSITION TO EVIDENCE OF, ACTUALLY INFORMATION ITEM B GOING THE EXTRA MILE.
[V.B. Going the Extra Mile (GEMs)]
WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE GOING THE EXTRA MILE RECIPIENT JON GREUEL.OKAY. PRESIDENT GRIFFIN BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
DR. LOPEZ, YOU ONLY HAVE TO HEAR ME ONCE TONIGHT.
BUT I'M HONORED TO PRESENT THE GARLAND ISD GOING THE EXTRA MILE OR GEM AWARD TONIGHT.
THIS ACCOLADE IS RESERVED FOR EMPLOYEES WHO CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATE EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION, INNOVATION, LEADERSHIP, WORK ETHIC, AND DRIVE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE ROLES.
OUR RECIPIENT TONIGHT HAS ALL OF THESE TRAITS AND MORE.
TONIGHT, WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT THE GARLAND ISD GOING THE EXTRA MILE AWARD TO JON GREUEL , A REMARKABLE WELDING INSTRUCTOR AT SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
HIS EFFORTS BEGAN IN RESPONSE TO A CALL FROM PRESIDENT GRIFFIN IN 2017 FOR MORE FEMALE REPRESENTATION IN THE FIELD, LEADING TO THE CREATION OF THE WELDING STUDENT CHAPTER.
THIS INITIATIVE, AN AFFILIATE OF THE AMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY, OFFERS LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES, SPECIFICALLY EMPOWERING FEMALE STUDENTS.
THANKS TO JON'S DEDICATION, THE PROGRAM NOW BOASTS IMPROVED FACILITIES AND CUSTOM FITTED WELDING GEAR FOR FEMALE STUDENTS, ENHANCING THEIR COMFORT AND SAFETY.
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ENROLLED AND THE ADDITION OF MS. AURORA SANDOVAL, A HISPANIC SPANISH SPEAKING FEMALE INSTRUCTOR, TO THE TEAM.JON GREUEL'S COMMITMENT TO CREATING AN INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE WELDING ENVIRONMENT AT SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF THE GEM AWARD. PLEASE HELP ME CONGRATULATE TONIGHT THIS MONTH'S GOING THE EXTRA MILE RECOGNITION TO MR. JON GREUEL.
COME HANG OUT. OH THAT'S RIGHT.
YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, YOU HEAD BACK UP.
THANK YOU, MISS GRIFFIN. NOW WE'LL GO TO INFORMATION ITEM C.
[V.C. Introduction of District Administrators]
WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR INTRODUCTION OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS DR.GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE SOMEONE TO YOU WHO HAS BEEN HERE WITH US FOR SOME TIME NOW, BUT HE HAS ASSUMED A NEW POSITION.
OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, JOSE MATA.
[APPLAUSE] JOSE MATA BRINGS OVER A DECADE OF MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS EXPERIENCE TO HIS NEW ROLE AS DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
JOSE HOLDS A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ADVERTISING, ACCOMPANIED BY A MINOR IN BUSINESS FOUNDATIONS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.
HE JOINED THE GARLAND ISD COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT IN 2018 AND IS A PROUD GISD PRODUCT.
HE. HE GRADUATED FROM THE NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
JOSE IS MARRIED WITH THREE KIDS, TWO OF WHOM ARE GISD STUDENTS, AND HE HAS A REAL PASSION FOR SOCCER, FOOTBALL, AS WELL AS A DEEP LOVE FOR MUSIC.
I PRESENT TO YOU AND TO OUR COMMUNITY JOSE MATA.
[APPLAUSE] GOOD EVENING AGAIN, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.
LOPEZ. IT REALLY IS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AS SHE MENTIONED, I AM A PRODUCT OF GARLAND ISD.
MY WIFE IS A PRODUCT OF GARLAND ISD AND MY KIDS ARE IN THE DISTRICT.
SO WE'RE LIKE I SAY I'M STRAIGHT OUT OF GARLAND, RIGHT? GARLAND THROUGH AND THROUGH.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT FOR FIVE YEARS NOW.
I'M PROUD OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE, AND I'M EXCITED.
SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, MR. SELDERS, FOR KEEPING THE MEETING MOVING.
WE ARE NOW AT INFORMATION ITEM D TO RECEIVE THE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT REPORT
[V.D. Receive Intruder Detection Audit Report November 2023]
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FOR NOVEMBER 2023.THE TOP PRIORITY OF GARLAND ISD AND THE STATE OF TEXAS IS KEEPING KIDS AND STUDENTS SAFE EVERY DAY.
THE AUDITS TEST WHETHER A CAMPUS IS ACCESSIBLE TO AN UNAUTHORIZED INDIVIDUAL.
WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR DISTRICT SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE TRAINING ALL OUR STAFF AND SECURING OUR DOORS FOR THE PROTECTION OF EVERYONE AT OUR CAMPUSES. THE SUPPORT FROM THE STATE IN CONDUCTING THE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDITS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY ACTIONS WE ARE TAKING TO ENSURE OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE.
WE KNOW THAT THIS WORK DOES NOT END AND WE APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S SUPPORT.
HOWEVER, IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE DO NOT SHARE THIS INFORMATION TO THE BROADER PUBLIC AS IT COULD LEAD TO COMPROMISING IMPORTANT CAMPUS SECURITY INFORMATION. SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WITH THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. QUINN. WE WILL MOVE TO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS WHERE WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR TRUSTEES.
[VI.A. Trustees' Report]
AND TRUSTEES, I WOULD JUST ASK YOU AGAIN TO BE TIMELY WITH YOUR COMMENTS.WE WILL START TO MY RIGHT, MR. GLICK. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
YOU AND I ATTENDED THE ROWLETT CHAMBER LUNCHEON A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE OUR COO IS THE COO OF LAKE POINTE HOSPITAL AND WAS ABLE TO BRING IN FOUR DOCTORS WHO DISCUSSED MALE HEALTH, AND AS EACH OF THEM POINTED OUT, THE TESTS THAT MALES SHOULD BE TAKING.
MS. GRIFFIN WOULD ASK ME IF I'VE TAKEN THAT TEST AND I ANSWERED NO TO EVERY ONE.
[LAUGHTER] SO I'VE ALSO BEEN ASKED TOO, MICHAEL GALLOPS, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER, IS LEAVING, AND I'VE BEEN ASKED TO BE ON THAT SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER.
I WANT TO THANK JENNIFER MILLER, WHO'S HEAD OF OUR DIRECTOR OF STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES.
I HAD ASKED HER A QUESTION AT ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON HOW MANY MEALS WE SERVED ON A DAILY BASIS, AND SHE ALWAYS SAID, AND SHE RESPONDED TO ME LITERALLY THE FIRST THING THE NEXT MORNING SAYING, I ALWAYS THINK ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
SO THE NUMBERS OF MEALS WE SERVE ON A DAILY BASIS, 16,888 FOR BREAKFAST, 35,313 FOR LUNCH, WE SERVE 52,000 PLUS MEALS PER DAY, 493 CAFETERIA WORKERS AND 43 WAREHOUSE AND SUPPORT.
AND THAT SERVES ALL 71 OF OUR CAMPUSES.
IMAGINE HOW BIG A JOB THAT IS.
I THINK ALL SEVEN TRUSTEES WENT ON THE TOUR TO HIGHLAND PARK AND FRISCO TO SEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BRAND NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AT BOTH OF THOSE DISTRICTS.
I WAS AMAZED AT SOME OF THE THINGS WE SAW THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT INCORPORATE IN TERMS OF OPEN CAMPUSES, OPEN CLASSROOMS. THE HIGHLAND PARK CAMPUS WAS THREE FLOORS.
THE HIGHEST WE HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR ANY OF OUR ELEMENTARY'S IS TWO FLOORS.
THEY HAVE UNDERGROUND PARKING SAFETY THAT THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED, MODERN DAY SAFETY LIGHTING, USE OF NATURAL LIGHT, SO MANY DIFFERENT FEATURES.
AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE SAW AS WE START TO INCORPORATE OUR IDEAS WITH THE ARCHITECTS FOR OUR AS WE START LOOKING AT THE FIRST OF OUR TWO NEW ELEMENTARY'S.
I THINK THE MOST AMAZING THING OF THAT GAME, UNFORTUNATELY, SACHSE LOST.
BUT SACHSE'S WIDE RECEIVER KALIQ LOCKETT MADE MANY, MANY CATCHES.
I THINK ONE OF THEM WAS ACTUALLY ON SPORTS CENTER SENT ALL AROUND THE NATION, AND MR. LOCKETT IS ONE OF THE TOP RECEIVERS IN THE COUNTRY AS A JUNIOR, AND HE WILL CERTAINLY BE A TOP PROSPECT FOR EVERY UNIVERSITY GOING INTO HIS SENIOR YEAR.
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I'M TOLD THAT WE HAVE 600 SWIMMERS COMING IN FOR ANOTHER CLUB OF MEET, 800 SWIMMERS FROM ALL AROUND THE NATION FOR ANOTHER CLUB MEET, AND WE WILL BE HOSTING THE SOUTHERN COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN JANUARY.SO AGAIN, WE'RE USING THE NATATORIUM AS WE HOPED WE WOULD.
LAST WEEK WE HOSTED THE NORTH TEXAS AREA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS.
MR. SELDERS WAS ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS.
AND AS A MEMBER OF THE NTAASB BOARD, WE COLEMAN BRUMAN INTRODUCED THE BUILDING AND TALKED ABOUT ALL THE INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS THAT WE GET.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS VERY COOL IS THESE ARE TRUSTEES FROM REGIONS 10 AND 11.
SO PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE DFW METROPLEX WAS THERE.
AND AS HE GAVE THE NUMBERS, THEY WERE OOHING AND AWING AND HOW SUCCESSFUL OUR PROGRAM WILL BE.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE PROGRAMS IN THAT AMAZING FACILITY.
DOING IT DIFFERENTLY. MARK QUINN WAS A MEMBER OF THAT PANEL AND DID A GREAT JOB.
THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER WAS A GUY NAMED MICHAEL YORIO, AND WHEN I HEARD HIS NAME, I THOUGHT I RECOGNIZED THAT HE'S BEEN ON MULTIPLE PROGRAMS ON JUST ABOUT EVERY TELEVISION CHANNEL YOU CAN THINK OF ON CABLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS HE TALKED ABOUT, HE SAID, I THINK THE NUMBER HE USED WAS ABOUT 95% OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS ARE FROM EITHER CURRENT OR FORMER STUDENTS.
AND HE TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'RE DOING VERY WELL NOW IS THREAT ASSESSMENT IS THE QUESTION OF CAN YOU FIGURE OUT AHEAD OF TIME? AND I'VE ASKED I'M ON THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE, AND WE WILL HAVE THAT AS A TOPIC, SPECIFICALLY AT OUR NEXT MEETING, BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON THREAT ASSESSMENT.
AND I ALSO ATTENDED, ALONG WITH MR. DODDS, WHO I SAT NEXT TO AT THE STATE VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS, WHICH WAS REALLY A LOT OF FUN AT CURTIS CULWELL CENTER.
I WAS INTRODUCED BY MR. WILBORN, WHO RUNS THAT CENTER, AND BY THE WAY, HIS STAFF DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF WELCOMING THE PARTICIPANTS FROM ALL AROUND THE STATE.
I GOT TO MEET SEVERAL OF THE UIL EXECUTIVES AND THANK THEM FOR COMING TO OUR FACILITY.
AND MR. WILBORN SAYS HE BELIEVES THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE PROCEEDING FOR THE NEXT CONTRACT.
THIS MORNING, ALONG WITH MISS GRIFFIN AND MR. SELDERS, I WAS AT BOWLERO, BOWLERO, BOWLERO? IS THAT HOW IT'S PRONOUNCED? BOWLERO BOWLING LANES IN GARLAND FOR THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS BOWLING.
THERE WERE ALMOST 300 ATHLETES PARTICIPATING ON EVERY LANE WAS FULL.
I DIDN'T MENTION THE LAST TIME ABOUT DOING THE BEING AT THE THE BOCCE, SPECIAL OLYMPICS BOCCE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REALLY NEAT IS I NOTICED THAT WYLIE AND WYLIE EAST WERE PARTICIPATING.
AND I ASKED ONE OF THE DIRECTORS, I SAID, WHY ARE THEY HERE? IS THAT SOMETHING NEW? AND WE INVITED THEM.
THEY ARE IN THE INFANCY OF THEIR SPECIAL OLYMPICS PROGRAM, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY NICE THAT WE ASKED THEM TO COME, AND THEY ALSO WILL BE AT OUR TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS. AT THE LAST MEETING, MISS GRIFFIN, I SAID I WANTED TO TALK FOR JUST ANOTHER MOMENT ABOUT THE CONVENTION WE ALL ATTENDED THIS YEAR AND IT WAS DIFFERENT.
THIS WAS MY 17TH YEAR OF GOING TO THE STATE CONVENTION.
THERE'S A MIXTURE OF LARGE GROUPS AND SMALL GROUPS.
MAINLY LARGE GROUPS LIKE OURS ARE IN THE MINORITY.
MOST OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE 700, 900, TO 1000 PEOPLE STUDENTS.
THERE ARE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HAVING 700 KIDS AND HAVING 50,000 PLUS KIDS.
BUT THIS YEAR WAS VERY DIFFERENT BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS ON THE SAME PAGE.
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WE WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT THE SAME TOPICS, WE WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT VOUCHERS, WE WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT THE LACK OF STATE FUNDING.AND EVERY MEETING I WENT TO IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT THE DISTRICT WAS FROM.
AS ALWAYS, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW UP TRUSTEE GLICK AND AN TRUSTEE REPORT, BUT I WILL BRIEFLY.
ONE I ALSO ATTENDED THE TOUR OF THE NEW BUILD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
AS FOR CONCEPTUAL IDEAS THAT ARE LOOKING TO BE INCORPORATED, I CAN ASSURE THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE GARLAND ISD WE ARE I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT UNDERGROUND PARKING FOR GARLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, [LAUGHTER] BUT HIGHLAND PARK DID HAVE THAT, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A LITTLE CRAZY.
BUT I GUESS THEY HAVE SPACE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONCEPTS THAT ARE BEING PLACED.
THE TWO SCHOOLS THAT WE SAW COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE DIFFERENT.
I THINK THAT'S THE NET RESULT.
SO WE COULD EASILY BORROW CONCEPTS FROM BOTH.
AND WE'D HAVE A SCHOOL THAT WOULD BE COMPLETELY UNIQUE AS WELL.
BUT IT WAS FASCINATING AS ALL THE DETAIL THAT GOES INTO PLANNING OUT A NEW SCHOOL AND HOW A NEW FACILITY CAN DRAMATICALLY IMPACT THE TYPE OF CURRICULUM THAT YOU OFFER INSIDE THAT BUILDING.
AND SO THAT WAS VERY GOOD FOR ALL OF US TO ATTEND.
I WAS ALSO FORTUNATE TO ATTEND THE SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE THAT WAS CONDUCTED.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE MY HATS OFF TO MR. SHAE CREEL AND HIS TEAM OF COUNSELORS.
IF THERE'S OTHER SUCH OPEN HOUSES THAT ARE GOING ON, LET US KNOW ABOUT IT.
I THINK THE BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THOSE TOO, BECAUSE THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BEST ADVERTISEMENTS FOR OUR SCHOOLS, BECAUSE IN A CHOICE DISTRICT, OUR SCHOOLS PUT IT OUT THERE AND THEY SHOW THEIR WARES BECAUSE THEY WANT THOSE KIDS TO COME TO THEIR SCHOOL.
SO IT'S AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC THAT WE HAVE.
I WAS ALSO PRIVILEGED TO BE INVITED TO ATTEND THE LEWISVILLE DRUMLINE INVITATIONAL THIS YEAR, AND THE GISD FINE ARTS HAD TWO GREAT DRUM LINES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS.
NAAMAN FOREST HIGH SCHOOL AND SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL BOTH PARTICIPATED IN IT.
I'VE NEVER BEEN TO A DRUMLINE COMPETITION BEFORE AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT WOULD GO, BUT MAN, IT WAS.
I MEAN, I ASSUMED IT WAS IN A STADIUM LIKE THE BAND COMPETITION.
NO, IT'S IN A GYM. IT GETS LOUD.
PLEASED TO REPORT BOTH OF OUR BANDS DID REALLY GOOD.
SACHSE ACTUALLY FINISHED THIRD OVERALL AT IT, AND TWO OF THE THREE JUDGES HAD SACHSE FIRST AND A THIRD ONE WAS CONFUSED [LAUGHTER] AND MARKED THEM DOWN. NAAMAN DID GREAT AS WELL, SO I THINK I'LL GO AHEAD AND PASS OFF AT THAT POINT.
I WAS ABLE TO DO A FEW THINGS AND ONE, I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL CONGRATULATE GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO SACHSE ON THEIR COMPLETION OF THEIR FOOTBALL SEASON AND MAKING THE PLAYOFFS.
BOTH THOSE SCHOOLS WERE FIRST AND THIRD WITH SACHSE WINNING THE DISTRICT PLAYOFFS AND REPRESENTED OUR GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL WENT INTO OVERTIME WITH NORTH FORNEY AND I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE BOTH OF THEM.
AND ALSO THE GIRLS SACHSE VOLLEYBALL TEAM AND HOW FAR THEY WENT INTO THE PLAYOFFS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF THOSE TEAMS. ALSO, I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO GET TO INVITED TO GO DOWN TO THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AND HAVE LUNCH WITH THE MAINTENANCE GUYS AND THE ONES THAT DO ALL THE LANDSCAPING BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
AND FOLKS, WHILE WE WERE ALL OFF, THEY WERE WORKING MONDAY AND TUESDAY LAST WEEK, SO WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THE EFFORTS THAT THEY PUT IN AND WHAT THEY DO IN THAT PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT IS REALLY A GOOD GROUP OF MEN, AND YOU COULD SEE THE PASSION THAT THEY HAVE FOR WHAT THEY DO.
BECAUSE AS SOON AS THEY GOT THROUGH EATING, THEY WERE BACK OUT IN THE FIELD.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THAT GROUP FOR WHAT THEY DO.
ALSO GOT TO PLAY IN A GOLF TOURNAMENT FOR THE SPORTS HALL OF FAME, BOBBY BOYD SPORTS HALL OF FAME, AND GOT TO SEE A LOT OF OLD GARLAND GRADUATES FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND PARTICIPATED IN THAT PARTICULAR VENUE.
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AND I JUST HOPE THAT EVERYBODY HAD A GOOD THANKSGIVING AND A SAFE HOLIDAY.AND BACK AT SCHOOL THIS WEEK, AND ONLY TWO MORE MONDAYS AND YOU'RE BACK OUT AGAIN.
SO CHRISTMAS IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
SO JUST THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALL THE EFFORTS.
AND TEACHERS THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING AND CONTINUE THE HARD WORK.
JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS DISTRICT.
THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
SKIPPING RIGHT OVER MR. SELDERS. OKAY, WELL. THANK YOU.
I'LL MAKE IT VERY QUICK BECAUSE I COULDN'T REMEMBER IF I HAD DONE ANYTHING NOT THAT I'M GETTING OLDER OR ANYTHING, BUT JUST AS A BLUR, I DID GET TO ATTEND THE CITY OF GARLAND'S DIA DE LOS MUERTOS EVENT, WHICH WAS AMAZING AND SO WELL ATTENDED.
LAST YEAR IT WAS WELL ATTENDED.
I THINK THIS YEAR IT WAS EVEN MORE WELL ATTENDED.
THEY AND WATCHING OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT AND THE KIDS PUT ON THEIR PERFORMANCES AND THEIR WORLD DANCES AND ALL SORTS OF STUFF, AND THEN THE LITTLE MARKET. SO THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
AND THEN I ACTUALLY TOOK THANKSGIVING WEEK OFF.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS ENJOYED YOUR WEEKEND.
THE STAFF AND STUDENTS AS WELL AS I DID, I GOT TO TRAVEL TO ARIZONA FOR A MINI FAMILY REUNION THAT I THINK I'M STILL RECOVERING FROM, AND THAT WAS ABOUT IT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CHRISTMAS NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ALL TICKING AWAY.
THANKS. THANK YOU, MISS STANLEY, MR. SELDERS. THANK YOU, MISS GRIFFIN.
LIKE MR. BEACH, I ATTENDED THE SPORTS HALL OF FAME GOLF TOURNAMENT AS WELL.
I DON'T THINK WE DID ANY BETTER THAN YOU GUYS DID.
[LAUGHTER] BUT WE DID HAVE A GREAT TIME.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE EXPLORE GISD EVENT.
IT'S REALLY COOL TO BE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER AT EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES, AND THEN THE FACT THAT PARENTS GET TO COME AND ASK QUESTIONS AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THOSE PROGRAMS TO REALLY, TRULY TAILOR THEIR CHILD'S ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.
SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE.
ON THE TOUR I'M NOT GOING TO REHASH WHAT HAS BEEN STATED, BUT THE THING THAT KIND OF CAUGHT MY EYE WITH THOSE CAMPUSES THAT WAS DIFFERENT FOR ME HAVING EXPERIENCED THE EVENT OF OR PLANNING FOR THE EVENT THAT WE HAD WITH THE NORTH TEXAS AREA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS, IS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY ASPECT.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE UIL VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND GOT A CHANCE TO MEET RAY.
I THINK HIS NAME IS ZEPEDA, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, HE WENT ON AND ON AND TALKED ABOUT HOW WELL RUN THAT EVENT WAS AND HAD LOTS OF ACCOLADES FOR MR. WILBORN AND HIS STAFF.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE TALKED ABOUT WAS HOW WELL CARED FOR HE AND HIS STAFF FELT BEING AT THE TRIPLE C, AND HOW MR. WILBORN AND HIS STAFF TREATED THEM AND MADE THEM FEEL AT HOME.
AND THEY LOOK FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP AND COMING BACK AND FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WAS ALSO COOL, I THINK MR. WILBORN SHARED WITH, THE SCOREBOARD THAT WE PURCHASED FOR THE TRIPLE C, THIS WAS A SCOREBOARD THAT WAS SIMILAR TO, OR IF NOT THE SAME AS, THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY SCOREBOARD. AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME, I THINK, MAYBE IN THE STATE THAT WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISPLAY ALL OF THE STATS FOR EACH OF THE ATHLETES AS THEY ENTERED THE GAME, AND THAT WAS PRETTY REMARKABLE BECAUSE YOU COULD ALWAYS SEE, LIKE THE STUDENTS TURN AND LOOK AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY WERE, HOW MANY KILLS THEY HAD, HOW MANY DIGS THEY HAD.
AND TURNS OUT, I THINK THERE WERE A COUPLE RECORDS THAT WERE BROKEN AS A RESULT OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, MR. GLICK COMMENTS ALL THE TIME ABOUT THE NATATORIUM AND HOW ENVIRONMENT MATTERS.
AS FAR AS THE NORTH TEXAS AREA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS MEETING.
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THAT TOPIC WAS ON SAFETY, SCHOOL SAFETY, AND THE ROLE OF THE BOARD.BUT LET ME FIRST THANK MS. HOGAN FOR HER HELP IN HELPING ME TO ORGANIZE THAT MEETING FOR OUR ORGANIZATION.
MR. BRUMAN, FOR ALL OF HIS HELP, AS WELL AS PRINCIPAL BRANDY SCHNEIDER AND THEN MARK GARRISON, WHO DID ALL OF THE AV HANDLED THAT WENT OFF REALLY, REALLY WELL. MR. YURIO, LIKE MR. GLICK TALKED ABOUT, IS A NATIONAL SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY EXPERT.
HE GAVE A GREAT KEYNOTE AND THEN MARK QUINN, HE DID A PHENOMENAL JOB AS A PARTICIPANT ON THE PANEL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] AND THANK THEM FOR ALL OF THEIR SUPPORT AND THEIR HELP WITH THAT EVENT.
AND THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS BOWLING COMPETITION.
I WAS TALKING TO MR. GLICK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS EXPECTATION, YOU KNOW, THAT STUDENTS THAT HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS WAS REALLY CONSISTENT, YOU KNOW, BEING A VOLUNTEER AT THE TRACK AND FIELD MEET AND ALSO NOW WITH THE BOWLING COMPETITION IS HOW COMPETITIVE THEY ARE.
THEY ARE SUPER, SUPER COMPETITIVE AND THEY DO ALL THEY CAN TO DO THEIR BEST.
BUT IT ALSO IS REALLY COOL TO WATCH WHEN THEY'RE UP THERE GETTING THEIR AWARDS.
THEY ALSO CONGRATULATE EACH OTHER.
AND SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL TO EXPERIENCE AND SEE.
MR. MILLER. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO START OFF TONIGHT BY JUST SAYING THANK YOU TO MATT YEAGER AND MECHELLE HOGAN FOR GETTING ME HOOKED UP LIVE ON THIS REMOTE CONNECTION YOU MAY CAN TELL THAT I'M NOT IN GARLAND TONIGHT.
AND, ROBERT, DON'T BE HATING ON ME FOR BEING HERE.
BUT I AM IN NASHVILLE AND WE HAVE A FEW DAYS HERE WE'RE SPENDING WITH FAMILY.
JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS REAL QUICK.
AND WE DID HAVE THE WHEELS OF HOPE THIS PAST OCTOBER 21ST.
FIRST OF ALL, THE WEATHER COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER.
WE HAD THERE'S NO WAY TO COUNT HOW MANY PEOPLE.
LET'S JUST SAY WE HAD THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP FOR OUR EVENT.
WE HAD OVER 170 CARS ENTERED AND ON DISPLAY FOR THE EVENT.
SO FOR MR. FIGARELLI AND FOR ALL THE PEOPLE FROM THE ART DEPARTMENT TO THE BANDS, TO THE PERFORMERS, TO THE DRUM LINES, TO EVERYTHING THAT THE STUDENTS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS GREAT FUNDRAISER FOR THE HOPE CLINIC.
I JUST WANT TO TELL THEM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND WE WERE ALL VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE TALENT ON DISPLAY.
ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I LIKE TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE A VENUE FOR OUR KIDS TO BE RECOGNIZED, AND OUR STUDENTS THAT PERFORM THIS DAY OF EVENT DID A VERY GOOD JOB.
ALSO DID THE TOUR OF SCHOOLS, I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE SCHOOL UP IN FRISCO.
I WAS ABLE TO SKIP OUT OF A COUPLE OF WORK OBLIGATIONS AND RUN UP THERE AND, AND JUST VERY EXCITED.
YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU GET TO SEE SOMETHING THAT'S FRESH AND NEW AND COMPARE IT TO SOMETHING THAT'S 50 YEARS OLD, 60 YEARS OLD, 70 YEARS OLD, THERE'S JUST A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE IN THE OPPORTUNITY THAT CREATES FOR OUR KIDS.
SO ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF DEVELOPING A BOND ISSUE THAT WILL, IN MY OPINION, CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT.
AND ALSO FOR IN THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THE KIDS THAT ARE COMING FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
SO YEAH, I'M JUST VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO MATT YEAGER AND MECHELLE HOGAN FOR GETTING ME HOOKED UP TONIGHT.
AND BOARD LET ME EXTEND MY DEEPEST APPRECIATION FOR YOUR VISIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION, AND ALWAYS BEING AVAILABLE TO SERVE IN MANY CAPACITIES THROUGHOUT THE TRI CITY OF GARLAND, ROWLETT AND SACHSE.
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IT IS PART OF THE SECRET INGREDIENT THAT WE HAD.SO CONTINUE TO BE VISIBLE, CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE TRI CITIES OF GARLAND AND ROWLETT.
AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO DISCUSSION ITEM SIX, DISCUSSION ITEM B FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S
[VI.B. Superintendent's Report]
REPORT, DR.LOPEZ. GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES AND COMMUNITY.
WE'RE BACK FROM THANKSGIVING AND IT'S GOING TO BE A QUICK THREE WEEKS.
WE JUST GOT TO REALIZE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXTENDED BREAK FOR THE KIDS THIS YEAR.
THE WAY THE CALENDAR IS SET UP, IT'S JUST THE WAY THE DAYS FALL.
THE KIDS ARE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT, WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TOTAL OF THREE WEEKS FOR BREAK.
MOST OF THE ADULTS WILL ALMOST HAVE THREE WEEKS.
IT'S GOING TO BE A NICE IT'S GOING TO BE A NICE WELL-DESERVED VACATION.
SO ALL I'M ASKING IS LET'S MAKE THESE THREE WEEKS AS RIGOROUS FOR THE KIDS AS POSSIBLE.
LET'S MAKE SURE WE GET THROUGH STRONGER THAN WE START.
WE'LL HAVE THE ENERGY TO RECOVER, OR WE'LL HAVE THE TIME TO RECOVER IF WE EXPEND ALL OUR ENERGY.
I ALSO WANT TO BRING UP TWO THINGS ON THE AGENDA.
ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO HAVE TO IF WE LOOK AT ITEM 7B UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA, THERE WAS A MODIFICATION THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE IN ORDER TO BE IN COMPLIANCE AND STILL HAVE OUR GRADUATIONS IN A TIMELY MANNER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO PULL THAT FROM CONSENT SO WE COULD PRESENT THE BOARD THE MODIFICATION.
SO THEN YOU GUYS COULD MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION WITH A VOTE TODAY.
SO THAT CONSENT AGENDA WILL GO AND BECOME AN ACTION ITEM.
SO WHEN WE GO TO CONSENT, PLEASE BE MINDFUL.
THE ONLY ONE OUT OF ALL THE CONSENT ITEMS THAT HAS BEEN MODIFIED IS B, SO 7B.
THE WAY THAT THE RESOLUTION IS WRITTEN IS AND I'LL TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS.
IT'S NOT AS CLEAR AS IT SHOULD BE, AND IT'S CREATING SOME CONFUSION.
WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THEM IN OUR CAMPUSES.
THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE PART OF OUR CAMPUSES.
RIGHT. AND SO WE GOT TO REWRITE THIS TO SHOW WHAT IT REALLY IS AND WHAT IT ISN'T.
SO THAT WAY THERE'S CLARITY FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
AND THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN SEEMS TO BE REALLY CONFUSING.
AND WE'RE GOING TO REWRITE THAT AND BRING IT BACK ON A LATER DATE.
SO THERE WILL BE NO ACTION TO CONSIDER ON 7A.
I WAS LOOKING AT 7 RIGHT OVER HERE.
LOPEZ. ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[VII. Consent Agenda ]
SEVEN WE HAVE HEARD THAT WE GOING TO PULL OUT B AND VOTE, DISCUSS IT AND VOTE ON IT SEPARATELY.EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE WE HAD COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? REALIZING THAT YOU WILL HAVE TWO NAMES THAT IS IN YOUR MOTION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES, MS. GRIFFIN.
I WILL READ THEM AND THEN MAKE THE MOTION.
AS FAR AS THE ITEMS IN CONSENT AGENDA THAT ARE REQUESTED FOR APPROVAL.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT.
WELL, SHOULD I DO THE MOTION AFTERWARDS OR? JUST SAY I MOVE AND THEN LIST EVERYTHING? OKAY, SO I MOVED TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT ITEM A.
ITEM C CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RECOMMENDED 2024 2025 NEW SECONDARY COURSE REQUESTS.
ITEM D CONSIDER APPROVAL OF EASEMENT DEDICATION BETWEEN THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND GARLAND ISD FOR AN OUTDOOR WARNING SIREN AT HERFURTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ITEM E CONSIDER APPROVAL OF EASEMENT DEDICATION DEED BETWEEN THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND GARLAND ISD FOR AN OUTDOOR WARNING SIREN AT LIBERTY GROVE ELEMENTARY
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SCHOOL. ITEM F CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE 2023 2024 GENERAL FUND AND DEBT SERVICE FUND.ITEM G NEW BIDS CONTRACT NUMBER 321-24.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF TEXTBOOK AND DIGITAL MATERIAL.
NEW BID NUMBER TWO CONTRACT 39724-07.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION SOFTWARE RENEWAL BID CONTRACT NUMBER 363-21.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF PROPERTY INSURANCE.
ITEM I MODIFICATION TO AWARDED BID.
ITEM J INCREASE TWO AWARDED BIDS.
CONTRACT NUMBER 12-18 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR MICROSOFT VOLUME LICENSING CONTRACT 65-23 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR TOILET TISSUE AND PAPER TOWELS.
THREE, CONTRACT 152-20 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR CUSTODIAL SUPPLIES.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR CUSTODIAL SUPPLIES, HAND SOAP AND SANITIZER.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL AND SUPPLIES FOR MATH.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. SELDERS AND SECONDED, BY MR. GLICK THAT WE ACCEPT THE MOTION AS PRESENTED EXCLUDING ITEM B.
ALL IN FAVOR? IF YOU'D RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE NOTICE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE CLICKERS TONIGHT.
THANK YOU. THAT VOTE PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
[VII.B. Consider Approval of Recommended Academic Calendars for 2024- 2025 and 2025-2026]
AND DISCUSS B 7B CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RECOMMENDED ACADEMIC CALENDARS FOR 2024, 2025, 2025 TO 2026.AND TRUSTEES, YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE IN A CYCLE THAT WHEN WE APPROVE CALENDARS, WE'RE APPROVING A TWO YEAR CALENDAR, WE'RE GETTING A DOCUMENT PASSED TO US AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, AND DR.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DR.
LOPEZ. THE CALENDAR THAT I JUST PASSED OUT.
SO ON THE FRONT OF THE CALENDAR, YOU SEE 24-25 ON THE BACK OF THE CALENDAR YOU SEE 25-26 .
THIS WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE TWO GRADUATIONS CEREMONIES ON BOTH OF THOSE EVENINGS, BECAUSE ONE OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD FROM TRUSTEES TWO WEEKS AGO WAS THAT FOUR GRADUATION CEREMONIES IN ONE DAY IS VERY DIFFICULT.
TRUSTEES ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? JUST. OH OKAY I'M GOING TO GO OVER HERE.
OKAY, OKAY. MR. SELDERS. YES. SO IS THIS CHANGE GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE MAKE AS PART OF WHAT WE DO ON AN ONGOING BASIS? YES. SO REMEMBER LAST TIME THAT WE MET WE TALKED ABOUT DISTRICT GUARDRAILS, THE NUMBER OF INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES.
OKAY. AND SO WE'LL KNOW WHAT GRADUATION DATES ARE AT THIS POINT OR BY THIS POINT.
YES, SIR. WE TENTATIVELY HAVE THOSE SCHEDULED FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, AND WE WERE FINALIZING THAT THIS MORNING, ACTUALLY, PENDING THE BOARD APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED.
THANK YOU. MR. GLICK. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
IT WAS KIND OF FUNNY. TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS SAYING THERE WERE NO RELEASES AND NOW WE HAVE RELEASES.
BUT JUST A REALLY QUICK COMMENT.
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I'VE FOUGHT ON THIS CALENDAR SEEMS LIKE FOREVER SINCE I GOT ON THE BOARD.WE FINALLY HAVE NOW BALANCED THE DAYS PRETTY CLOSE FROM WHERE WE WERE.
WHAT FRUSTRATES ME IS WE'VE GONE FROM JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAD 180 DAYS OF INSTRUCTION TO LAST YEAR, 175 AND NOW 174.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE STATE DOESN'T LOOK AT DAYS ANYMORE.
THEY LOOK AT MINUTES AND OUR MINUTES EQUAL WHAT WE NEED TO INSTRUCTIONALLY TO TEACH.
I FEEL THAT I HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN THE FOREFRONT OF MAKING SURE WE COMPENSATE OUR STAFF.
SO I'M COGNIZANT OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR STAFF.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NEVER FORGET WHAT OUR JOB IS, AND THAT'S TO EDUCATE OUR KIDS.
THANK YOU, MISS GRIFFIN. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANY TRUSTEES? IS THERE A MOTION? MISS STANLEY.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE 2024, 2025, 2025 AND 2026 CALENDAR RECOMMENDATIONS AS GIVEN TO US THIS EVENING.
IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND MOVED BY MISS STANLEY, SECOND BY MR. JOHNSON THAT WE ACCEPT THE MODIFIED, UPDATED CALENDAR REVISIONS FOR 2024, 2025, 2025, 2026 AS DISTRIBUTED AT THIS MEETING.
ARE WE READY TO VOTE? IF ALL IN FAVOR IF YOU RAISE YOUR HANDS.
CADDELL. TRUSTEES, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO OUR ACTION ITEM.
THE ADMINISTRATION HAS ASKED TO REMOVE AID FOR CONSIDERATION FOR TONIGHT.
[VIII.B. Consider Approval of Recommended Construction Manager at Risk (CMaR) for Bond 2023 Multi-Program Activity Centers at all 7 High Schools with Fieldhouse Replacement ]
PROGRAM ACTIVITY CENTERS AT ALL SEVEN HIGH SCHOOLS WITH FIELDHOUSE REPLACEMENT PAUL GONZALEZ AND JAVIER FERNANDEZ.GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, MS. GRIFFIN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
DR. LOPEZ, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE CMAR CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY METHOD.
ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2023, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE USE OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK CMAR PROCUREMENT METHOD FOR MULTI PROGRAM ACTIVITY CENTERS AT ALL SEVEN HIGH SCHOOLS AND WITH FIELDHOUSE REPLACEMENTS.
IT IS THE DISTRICT'S ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION TO AWARD THE CMAR MULTI PROGRAM ACTIVITY CENTER AT ALL SEVEN HIGH SCHOOLS, WITH FIELDHOUSE REPLACEMENTS TO CORE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES OF TEXAS, INC.
IT PROVIDES THE BEST VALUE TO MEET THE GOALS OF GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
ALSO, THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE ADMINISTRATION IS TO AUTHORIZE THE.
SUPERINTENDENT OR HIS DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT.
THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS PROJECT IS OUT OF THE 2023 BOND PROGRAM 683.
TRUSTEES DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS, MR. GLICK? OH, I'M SORRY, I BOY, I SAW THE HAND MOVE AND I JUST KNEW HE WAS HITTING THE BUTTON.
I DO APOLOGIZE, MR. GLICK. IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK CMAR FOR BOND 2023 MULTI PROGRAM ACTIVITY CENTERS AT ALL SEVEN HIGH SCHOOLS WITH REPLACEMENT FIELD HOUSES.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECOND BY MR. BEACH.
SECOND BY MR. GLICK THAT WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDED CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK CMAR FOR BOND 2023 MULTI PROGRAM ACTIVITY CENTERS AT ALL SEVEN HIGH SCHOOLS WITH FIELD HOUSE REPLACEMENT.
MS. GRIFFIN DO I NEED TO NAME THE CONSTRUCTION GROUP? OKAY, FINE. I THINK WE'LL.
YEAH. THAT MOTION GOOD ENOUGH.
YEAH, YEAH. WE'LL USE THE LANGUAGE THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
OKAY. SO IT'S BEEN PROPERLY IT WAS MOVED BY MR.
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BEACH SECOND BY MR. GLICK THAT WE ACCEPT CMAR AS PRESENTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK.ALL IN FAVOR IF YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
THANK YOU, TRUSTEES. THANK YOU THANK YOU.
[VIII.C. Action Item - Consider Approval of an order authorizing the issuance of Garland Independent School District Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds]
BONDS. MR. DODDS. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AND DR.LOPEZ. TONIGHT, WE'RE COMING BEFORE YOU TO ASK TO GO AHEAD AND ISSUE AN ADDITIONAL BOND SALES FROM THE 2023 BOND THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS HERE AT GARLAND ISD.
AND I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE GEORGE WILLIFORD AND ERIC MAHER FROM HILLTOP SECURITIES, INC.
TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS.
LOPEZ, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE BACK AND A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE OF A LARGE OR SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE VOTED AUTHORIZATION FROM THE MAY ELECTION.
ERIC'S HANDING OUT HARD COPIES, JUST IN CASE YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE.
THE FIRST ISSUANCE WAS MAY FROM THE MAY AUTHORIZATION WAS FOR THE JULY SALE.
THAT WAS 150 MILLION OF PROCEEDS AND FUNDED PRIMARILY DESIGN COSTS AND SO ON.
AND SO THE SECOND ISSUANCE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS 800 MILLION OF PROCEEDS.
AND THAT WILL FUND PORTIONS FROM EACH OF THE THREE PROPOSITIONS.
THE CALENDAR, I'LL GO OVER THAT HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A FAIRLY ACCELERATED SALE PROCESS.
LOPEZ AND MR. DODDS PRIMARILY.
ONCE THE NEED I'LL JUST MENTION THIS FOR THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS DETERMINED.
AND I KNOW MR. DODDS HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME GOING THROUGH THAT, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT 800 MILLION COULD SAFELY BE UTILIZED AND SPENT WITHIN A THREE YEAR PERIOD.
AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT NUMBER.
WELL, THEN THE DECISION WAS MADE TO GO AHEAD AND SELL.
AND THE REASON AND ONE REASON IT'S BENEFICIAL THAT IT'S KIND OF AN ACCELERATED PROCESS WE'RE SEEKING TO PRICE INTO THE MARKET NEXT WEEK, UNLESS THERE'S ANY KIND OF DISRUPTION IN THE MARKET.
BUT TO BE SELLING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, I THINK IS GOOD, BECAUSE IN NOVEMBER THERE WAS 15 OR OVER 15 BILLION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND PROPOSITIONS THAT PASSED, AND NOW THAT WHOLE 15 BILLION WON'T HIT THE MARKET AT ONCE.
SO THIS PUTS GARLAND AHEAD OF THAT.
IF YOU LOOK ON THE SECOND PAGE, SOME IMPORTANT POINTS THAT REALLY TIE TO THE PLANNING.
EXCUSE ME. YES, SIR. WHAT ARE THE RISKS OF DOING THE SALE OF THIS 800 MILLION AT THIS TIME? THE RISKS? YES, SIR.
WE'RE SEEKING, AS IT'LL SHOW TO TRY TO PRICE IN THE MARKET 5TH, 6TH OR 7TH OF DECEMBER.
SO IT'D REALLY BE SOMETHING THAT THAT WE WOULDN'T EXPECT OTHERWISE.
MARKET CONDITIONS ARE CONDUCIVE AND GOOD RECEPTION SHOULD BE FOR THIS ISSUE.
THANK YOU. ON PAGE THREE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS WILL MAINTAIN THE 38.4% TAX RATE THAT WAS INTENDED.
AND THAT WILL CONTINUE AS IT STANDS IN THE MODEL THROUGH THE EARLY 2030S AND SO ON.
THIS ISSUE HAS A 25 YEAR STATED REPAYMENT LIKE THE MODEL WAS ORIGINALLY SET UP, BUT BECAUSE OF A LIMITATION THAT WHEN THE FINAL MATURITY HAS TO OCCUR, IT'LL ACTUALLY BE ONLY A LITTLE OVER 24 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF ISSUANCE BECAUSE IT'LL BE
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FEBRUARY OF 2048 WILL BE THE FINAL MATURITY.AND YOU CAN LOOK BELOW THERE AND SEE THAT AFTER THE FIRST 150 MILLION AND THEN THIS 800 MILLION, IT WILL LEAVE 329,645,000. THIS WILL USE ALL OF THE AUTHORIZATION FOR PROPOSITION B.
IT WILL USE ALL EXCEPT 5.15 MILLION OF PROPOSITION C'S AUTHORIZATION.
AND AFTER THIS SALE, THERE WILL BE 324,560,000 LEFT FOR PROP A.
ON PAGE FOUR, YOU CAN SEE THE FIRMS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL BE INVOLVED.
BOB DRANSFIELD COULDN'T BE HERE.
BUT THEN YOU'LL SEE THE UNDERWRITING SYNDICATE.
IT'LL BE LED BY BOK SECURITIES.
AND THEN TWO CO SENIOR MANAGERS, JEFFERIES AND RAYMOND JAMES, AND THEN THREE CO MANAGERS FROST BANK, HUNTINGTON CAPITAL MARKETS AND SIEBERT WILLIAMS AND SHANK.
AND THEN THE LAST THING LIKE I MENTIONED THE TIMING I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU SALE IS PLANNED FOR NEXT WEEK, MOST LIKELY TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY WILL PROBABLY DETERMINE THAT TOMORROW. AND THEN WE'LL SEEK TO CLOSE PRIOR TO YEAR END ON DECEMBER 28TH.
AND AT THAT TIME, THE PROCEEDS WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE DISTRICT.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
MS. GRIFFIN I'M READY FOR THE MOTION, IF YOU'D LIKE.
OKAY, JUST LET ME. I JUST WANT TO GET.
JAMIE. ONE THING MR. SELDERS HAD ASKED ABOUT THE RISK.
ANY TIME WE PASS A BOND THIS BIG OR WHATEVER.
AND IN A DECLINING ENROLLMENT, YOUR RATING MAY GO DOWN, YOUR BOND RATING MAY GO DOWN.
BUT AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A BOND RATING FROM MOODY'S.
AND IT STAYED THE SAME AS IT WAS PREVIOUS.
IT IS VERY STRONG, BUT ANY TIME THAT YOU GO OUT AND THIS WOULD HAPPEN ANYWAY IF WE WAS TO DO BOND SALES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TIME, JUST BECAUSE THE AMOUNT.
BUT THE ONLY RISK THAT YOU HAVE IS THAT THAT BOND RATING MAY DROP ONE WE'RE A TRIPLE A BOND RATING RIGHT NOW AND WOULD GO TO A DOUBLE A ONE.
BUT WE'LL FIND OUT PROBABLY TOMORROW AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL STAY THE SAME.
BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT DOES HAPPEN BECAUSE IT'S A DEBT TO STUDENT RATIO.
AND IN A DECLINING ENROLLMENT THAT COULD REACH PERCENTAGE.
THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO ASK.
WELL, JUST THE TIMING OF IT ALL.
AND I'M FINE WITH THE CONCEPT OF THIS.
TO ME, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A RACE TO BEAT INFLATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO IS DO THINGS IF WE CAN FUND IT AND GET THEM DONE QUICKER ON THE INFLATION FRONT, WHICH IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MAIN RISKS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS STILL ANTICIPATED BY THE MARKET OVER THE NEXT YEAR, MAYBE GOING INTO THIRD OR FOURTH QUARTER NEXT YEAR, IS THE PROBABILITY OF FLATTENING AND DECLINE OF THE YIELD CURVE, WHICH MEANS INTEREST RATES COULD BE CHEAPER.
SO, GEORGE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, JUST TALK TO ME ABOUT YOUR EXPECTATIONS AND WHY IN THE FACE OF EXPECTED REDUCTION OF INTEREST RATES, THIS REMAINS TO BE A GOOD MOVE ON OUR PART.
OF COURSE. I ALWAYS SAY I DON'T SPECULATE ABOUT RATES, BUT JUST LIKE MR. MILLER INDICATED JUST THIS WEEK, WE WERE SITTING IN ON A DISCUSSION.
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MAYBE THIRD QUARTER OF 24 AND SO ON.SO YES, AT SOME POINT INTEREST RATES COULD BE LOWER.
BUT THE BENEFIT RIGHT NOW, AND I THINK MR. DODDS CAN EXPLAIN THIS FROM YOU ALL'S STANDPOINT BETTER, IS THE 800 MILLION OF PROCEEDS THAT YOU'LL RECEIVE AS THEY'RE BEING SPENT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARN PROBABLY AS HIGH OR HIGHER RATE THAN YOU WILL SEE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE, YOU KNOW, AS TIME MOVES ON.
AND SO THOSE DOLLARS CAN BE UTILIZED TOWARD PROJECT COSTS AS WELL.
YEAH. MR. DODD, WOULD YOU MIND WHY DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT THAT INVESTING OPPORTUNITY AND WHAT WE SEE IN THE MARKET RIGHT NOW? WELL, RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, MOST EVEN THE POOLS ARE GOING SOMEWHERE ABOUT 5.3%.
AND, YOU KNOW, IN TALKING TO THE BOND UNDERWRITERS IN DIFFERENT GROUPS, YOU KNOW, THE RATES ON MUNICIPAL BONDS BEING SOLD RIGHT NOW ARE COMING DOWN AND HAVE BEEN COMING DOWN THIS WEEK.
AND WE HOPE THAT THAT CONTINUES NEXT WEEK.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU WILL STEP INTO THE MARKET WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
I DO KNOW THAT COMING OUT IN JANUARY, WE WILL BE FACING A LOT OF THE COMPETITION OF ALL THE BONDS THAT WERE PASSED, BUT BEING ABLE TO EARN WHAT WE CAN ON THIS GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF A PADDING IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INFLATION.
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WHAT WAS PASSED IN THE BOND.
IT CANNOT BE USED FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
AND SO THAT THIS, TO ME IS A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FUND ALL BOND PROJECTS. NOT THAT ANYTHING IS ANY JEOPARDY, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INFLATION IS GOING AND ALSO YOU DON'T.
AS WE'RE MOVING INTO THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LOT OF TIME AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, FOR IRON RIGHT NOW YOUR GEAR SWITCH IS ON, ON ELECTRICAL OR ALMOST A YEAR OUT BEFORE ON SUPPLY CHAINS.
AND SO IN ORDER TO GET OUT AHEAD OF SOME OF THE MARKET IN WHAT WILL BE USED IN OTHER DISTRICTS AND OTHER BONDS, THIS ALLOWS US TO HAVE THE BUDGET SET SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PREORDER WHAT WE NEED TO, SO IT DOESN'T SLOW DOWN OUR CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. ONE FINAL QUESTION, MS. GRIFFIN. AND THIS IS PROBABLY FOR GEORGE.
I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD CONTEMPLATED IS WE HAD A FAIRLY GOOD SIZE FUND BALANCE IN OUR I&S AND USING THOSE FUNDS, ESPECIALLY EARLY ON, AS WE USE THAT OR USE THAT BOND FUND TO OFFSET, YOU KNOW, DEBT SERVICE WITH OUR CASH INFLOWS ANNUALLY RUNNING THAT MODEL OUT A ND BY SPEEDING UP, IF YOU WILL, THE ISSUANCE OF THE 800 MILLION IS, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE MODEL OR HOW TIGHT DOES THAT MAKE? HOW TIGHT DOES THAT MAKE IT WITH RESPECT TO US BEING ABLE TO, I DON'T KNOW, COVER THE AIR BALL, IF YOU WILL, BETWEEN OUR INCOME FROM OUR TAX RATE IN COMBINATION WITH OUR BOND FUND.
I DON'T KNOW IF I ASKED THAT RIGHT.
OKAY. I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GETTING AT.
I CAN ADDRESS THAT. HE HAS IT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS FIRST BOND PAYMENT FOR THIS FIRST YEAR IS A SPIKED BOND PAYMENT.
SO WE'RE MAKING LARGER PAYMENT IN ON THE BOND PROCEEDS IN THIS FIRST YEAR USING SOME OF THOSE FUND BALANCE PROCEEDS AS WAS STATED ON THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
IT SHOWS THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY GO INTO FUND BALANCE AROUND 28 MILLION.
RIGHT NOW IN I&S WITH THE AUDIT SHOWING ABOUT 92 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE IN I&S.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE USING TO SPEND DOWN THAT FUND BALANCE AS A PLAN OF THIS PROCESS.
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AS FAR AS THE TAX RATE AND THE VALUES WE BUILT OUR TAX RATE BASED ON GOING OUT FOR AN EARLY SALE.AND SO THE TAX RATE THAT WAS SET IN SEPTEMBER WILL ACCOMMODATE THE BOND PAYMENTS AND THE AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE THAT WAS BUILT.
AND I KNOW THAT WHEN GEORGE AND ERIC RUN THOSE MODELS, THEY SET THOSE INTEREST RATES FAIRLY HIGH AND THEY DID NOT INCREASE THE VALUES, BUT I THINK 1% OR 2% EACH YEAR, AND THAT'S ONLY FOR THREE YEARS. AND WE WERE ABLE TO STAY UNDER OR STAY WITHIN THE 3840 TAX RATE THAT WAS APPROVED.
AND SO WE TRIED TO TAKE IN EVERY ASPECT WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE MODELS AND MAKING SURE THAT ONE, WE DIDN'T LOOK, WE DIDN'T WANT TO INCREASE THE TAX RATE.
AND SO WE MADE SURE WE WERE WE WOULD STAY WITHIN THAT.
IS THERE A RATE AT WHICH WE COULD GO TO THE MARKET WHERE WE WOULD PAUSE? OR IS THERE ANY REASON FOR MY COST STANDPOINT OR INTEREST RATE STANDPOINT? CAN YOU SEE ANY REASON WHY WE WOULD PAUSE THIS NEXT WEEK? I MAY HAVE TO CONFER THAT TO MR. WILIFORD, BUT I DO NOT FORESEE ANYTHING.
WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED FROM DAY TO DAY IN THE ECONOMIC SETTINGS OF THE WORLD.
BUT BARRING ANY TYPE OF THING THAT HAPPENS, THAT WOULD CHANGE THE MARKET.
RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, ON THE RATES, WE SEE THAT THEY ARE COMING DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
AND SO I DO NOT FORESEE ANYTHING, MR. WILIFORD.
SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE LOWER THAN THAT EVEN.
AND ONE THING MR. DODDS MENTIONED, MUNICIPAL TAX EXEMPT RATES KIND OF HIT THEIR HIGH POINT IN MID OCTOBER.
AND I WAS LOOKING AT THIS YESTERDAY USING INDEX.
THEY'VE COME DOWN BETWEEN MID-OCTOBER TILL TODAY ABOUT 60 BASIS POINTS.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU KNOW THAT RALLY IS BENEFICIAL AND IT'LL HOLD.
GENTLEMEN, WE REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPERTISE AND FOR YOU LOOKING OUT FOR THE DISTRICT.
WE ARE GOING TO LEAN TO YOUR EXPERTISE AND ADVICE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US, ALONG WITH MR. DODDS AND HIS STAFF.
AND TRUSTEES I ASK IF THERE'S A MOTION.
MS. GRIFFIN, ARE YOU READY FOR MOTION? YES. MR. GLICK.
AND TWO UNLESS CHINA ATTACKS TAIWAN, I THINK WE'RE OKAY.
I MOVE TO ADOPT THE ORDER AS PRESENTED, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT UNLIMITED TAX SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS IN ONE OR MORE SERIES, LEVYING A CONTINUING DIRECT ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUCH BONDS, RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE, SALE, PAYMENT AND DELIVERY OF SUCH BONDS, INCLUDING ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES AND DELEGATING MATTERS TO AN AUTHORIZED DISTRICT OFFICIAL AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED THERETO.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. GLICK THAT WE APPROVE THE ORDER AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, UNLIMITED TAX, SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS.
AND SECOND BY MR. JOHNSON. ARE WE READY TO VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR IF YOU RAISE YOUR HANDS.
TRUSTEES, THAT VOTE IS 7 TO 0.
IT'S FINE. I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE A NUMBER OUT ON THE WEBSITE.
[02:00:04]
AND THE BOND UNDERWRITERS KNOW THAT THERE IS A LOT OF LOCAL INTEREST IN THAT.AND SO THEY WANT TO GIVE THEM FIRST SHOT AT THE BONDS.
SO. AND IS THERE A NUMBER TO ACQUIRE THE FUNDS TO CALL THE NUMBER.
OKAY. MOVING ON. WE'LL GET THAT.
[IX. Executive Session]
IT IS NOW 7:03.PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH BOARDS ATTORNEY IN PERSON OR BY PHONE.
WHEN THE BOARD SEEKS THE ADVICE OF ITS ATTORNEY ABOUT PENDING CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION, A SETTLEMENT OFFER, OR ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER B PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.074 FOR DELIBERATION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT, THE EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, OR TO HEAR A COMPLAINT OR CHARGE AGAINST AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.
C PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.076 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS.
ONE DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION REGARDING TEA'S INTRUSION DETECTION AUDIT.
WE ARE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:04.
WE WILL MOVE INTO THE CONFERENCE ROOM.
[X. Reconvene from Executive Session for action relative to items considered during Executive Session]
EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WAS NOT ON THE AGENDA.DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT?
[XI. Adjournment]
SO MOVED. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:19.THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TONIGHT TRUSTEES.
BE SAFE GOING HOME.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.