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[I. Call to Order and Determination of a Quorum]
AND I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.IT IS NOW 5:00 AND IT IS THE MEETING OF THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, APRIL THE 23RD, 2024. GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU HERE.
I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND DETERMINE THAT THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT.
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.
MY NAME IS ATHENA REEVES, AND I'M A SIXTH GRADER AT WEBB MIDDLE SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] ITEM NUMBER THREE, OUR PUBLIC FORUM.
[III. Public Forum]
MISS HOGAN, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS? YES, MA'AM. WE DO. WE HAVE TWO CARDS THIS EVENING.MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO MAKE COMMENTS MAY COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT PARTICIPATION REQUEST IN PERSON AT THE HARRIS HILL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING INDICATING IN THE POSTING NOTICE COMPLAINTS ABOUT STUDENT DISCIPLINE, SPECIFIC STUDENT ISSUES OR PERSONNEL MUST BE ADDRESSED THROUGH APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANNELS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND BOARD POLICY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEDURES, PLEASE REVIEW THE BOARD POLICY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ACCESSIBLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK AS LISTED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN.
MAY I PLEASE HAVE MISS NICOLE SCOTT COME FORWARD? GOOD EVENING.
I AM NICOLE SCOTT, PRESIDENT OF THE GARLAND ISD COUNCIL OF PTAS.
BECAUSE WE VALUE THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE SCHOOL BOARD, COMMUNITY AND PTA AND COUNT ON YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE THIS EVENING ON THE IMPORTANT WORK AND TRAINING THAT IS OCCURRING TO ENSURE A STRONG PTA PRESENCE IN THIS DISTRICT. I WILL ALSO PROVIDE THIS REPORT IN WRITING FOR YOU.
WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK JOHNNY BEACH FOR BEING A BRONZE ANGEL LENDER.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 8313 MEMBERS AND OUR ONLY 646 MENTORSHIPS AWAY FROM OUR INCREASED GOAL. IF WE CAN ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, WAIT A MINUTE.
WHEN WE ACHIEVE THIS LEADERSHIP GOAL, WE WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT LAUNCH IN JULY, WHICH IS OUR ANNUAL PTA CONVENTION FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EACH OF YOU TO ATTEND LAUNCH WITH US THIS YEAR.
OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED FOR REQUIRED PTA TRAINING THIS YEAR WE HELD TWO TRAININGS ON OUR STANDARDS OF AFFILIATION VIA ZOOM.
WE HELD TWO NOMINATING COMMITTEE WORKSHOPS VIA ZOOM.
WE HELD TWO DUES AND DIALOGS TRAINING IN PERSON AND VIA ZOOM.
A REFLECTIONS ROUNDTABLE DAY SIX ROUNDTABLES AND FOUNDATIONS ROUNDTABLES AND OTHERS.
AS FAR AS OUR TEXAS AND NATIONAL PTA PROGRAMS, WE HAVE OUR REFLECTIONS.
AND LATER ON TONIGHT, I KNOW YOU ALL ARE RECOGNIZING SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WHO PLACED AT STATE.
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GISD. WE DID STRAIGHT TALK IN FEBRUARY, AND WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE 15 SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE.FOR OUR PROJECTS WE ARE KICKING OFF A CLOTHING DRIVE FOR TRUSTED WORLD.
WE ARE ALSO PROUD THAT OUR COUNCIL BOARD HAS A STATE BOARD MEMBER SERVING, AS WELL AS TWO CURRENT AND ONE NEWLY APPOINTED FIELD SERVICE REP.
FIELD SERVICE REPS ARE MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD WHO HELP TRAIN AND SUPPORT A DISTRICT OR INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS, AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ARE THOSE WITHOUT A COUNCIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS REGARDING THEIR PTAS.
WE ARE EXCITED TO BE PLANNING A DISTRICT FUNDRAISER DURING A WASHINGTON WIZARDS GAME, A DISTRICT WIDE FIRE SAFETY EVENT IN OCTOBER, AND A YEAR LONG CLOTHING DRIVE PARTNERSHIP TO BENEFIT TRUSTED WORLD.
EVERYONE CONNECT TO THE FUTURE AT GISD.
THANK YOU. MAY I PLEASE HAVE MISS LUCERO CAZARES COME UP TO SPEAK, PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN AND SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR LOPEZ.
MY NAME IS LUCERO CAZARES AND I LIVE AT 8314 MEADOWVIEW STREET, ROWLETT, TEXAS 75088.
I'M A DYSLEXIA THERAPIST WITH THE DISTRICT.
TONIGHT I AM HERE AS THE PRESIDENT OF GARLAND EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.
I AM HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT RAISES.
I BEGAN IN THE DISTRICT IN 2001 AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE AND ESP.
ESP IS AN EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL.
THESE PEOPLE ARE PROFESSIONALS AT WHAT THEY DO.
OUR SUPPORT STAFF SUCH AS OUR INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES, CUSTODIANS, OFFICE STAFF, CAFETERIA WORKERS, GROUNDS CREWS, BUS DRIVERS, MAINTENANCE, AND MANY, MANY MORE. I APOLOGIZE IF I LEFT ANYBODY OUT.
OUR EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS, OUR PROFESSIONALS, THEY DESERVE OUR RESPECT.
WHAT OUR EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS DO IS WHAT WE ARE ABLE.
LET'S GIVE THEM AN INCREASE, A COST OF LIVING, INCREASE WAGE.
IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED A SIGNIFICANT WAGE INCREASE.
LET'S RECTIFY THIS AND SHOW THEM THROUGH ACTION, THROUGH RAISES, HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO US, TO OUR FAMILY, OUR FAMILY, WHICH IS OUR DISTRICT, HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO GARLAND.
OUR TEACHERS ARE OUR FRONTLINE EVERY DAY WITH OUR STUDENTS.
AND WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE THIS GENEROSITY AND CONTINUE TO GIVE US RAISES.
AND AS OUR JOBS BECOME MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT, THE AMOUNT OF TIME REQUIRED, THE SACRIFICE AND THE DEDICATION DEMONSTRATED BY OUR TEACHERS IN GARLAND IS WHAT MAKES US THE GISD EFFECT.
OUR TEACHERS ARE WHAT'S THERE WITH OUR STUDENTS DAY IN, DAY OUT, HELPING OUR SCHOOLS BECOME SUCCESSFUL, HELPING OUR SCHOOLS BECOME BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS, HELPING OUR SCHOOLS ACHIEVE.
WE NEED TO RETAIN OUR MOST AMAZING AND DEDICATED TEACHERS.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM RAISES AND TO DEMONSTRATE THEM HOW MUCH THEY ARE APPRECIATED.
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ACCORDING TO A STUDY CONDUCTED PRE-PANDEMIC BY THE TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION IT COST DISTRICTS OVER $200,000 TO TRAIN A NEW TEACHER. NOW, CONSIDERING OUR INFLATION AND HOW MUCH PRICES AND COSTS HAVE INCREASED POST PANDEMIC, THAT PRICE, I AM SURE, HAS SKYROCKETED.THERE HAS NOT BEEN A POST PANDEMIC STUDY COMPLETED.
AND LASTLY, BUT NOT LEAST, LET'S NOT FORGET OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.
THEY WORK HARD TO ENSURE THAT OUR CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS ARE RUNNING SMOOTHLY.
IN SUMMARY, I HUMBLY ASK YOU THAT YOU SHOW THE GREATEST OF RESPECT AND THE GREATEST RAISE TO OUR EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS, ALLOWING FOR A COST OF LIVING INCREASE FOR THEM.
AND LASTLY, I ASK THAT OUR ADMINISTRATORS NOT BE LEFT OUT OF RAISES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.
[APPLAUSE] WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR.
[IV.A. Evidence of Excellence ]
OUR INFORMATION ITEM SECTION AND OUR FIRST ITEM IS TO RECOGNIZE STUDENTS ADVANCING TO EDUCATORS RISING NATIONAL COMPETITION.THANK YOU. PRESIDENT GRIFFIN BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
DOCTOR LOPEZ, I'M VERY PROUD TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF OUR TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF FUTURE EDUCATORS.
AT THE END OF FEBRUARY OF 2024, THE TASB TEACH FOR TOMORROW SUMMIT WAS HELD IN ROUND ROCK, TEXAS FROM THIS STATE COMPETITION, WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT 11 STUDENTS ARE ADVANCING TO THE EDUCATORS RISING NATIONAL COMPETITION TO TAKE PLACE JUNE 28TH THROUGH JULY 1ST, 2024, IN WASHINGTON, D.C.. THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR GISD STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHER LEADERS TO COMPETE FOR NATIONAL TITLES.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE RISING EDUCATORS AND TEACHER LEADERS WHOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS BUILT ON OUR LEGACY OF INSPIRING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PURSUE A CAREER IN EDUCATION.
SO AS I CALL EVERYBODY UP, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ONE BIG GROUP PHOTO.
SO AND JOSE WILL HAND THEM OUT FOR ME.
[APPLAUSE] FROM SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE LESLIE RIVERA AND BETHZAIDA RUIZ FOR INSIDE OUR SCHOOLS SPANISH TEACHER SPONSOR LISA SANBORN.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT UP FROM SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL, REESE BRYANT FOR LESSON PLANNING AND DELIVERY.
STEM JV ALSO TEACHER SPONSOR LISA SANBORN.
[APPLAUSE] CATE GRAMBLING FOR EDUCATORS RISING MOMENT TEACHER SPONSOR AUTUMN QUINTON.
[APPLAUSE] AND LAST FROM SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL, KADENCE STEFANOV AND KENSLEE ALANIZ FOR PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT, TEACHER SPONSOR ALSO AUTUMN QUINTON.
[APPLAUSE] FROM ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE BRYANNA MARTINEZ AND CARLOTTA FERNANDEZ FOR ELEMENTARY INTERACTIVE BULLETIN BOARD TEACHER SPONSOR, ANNE STATHIS.
[APPLAUSE] JOI MARISH AND KORI BUTLER-STEWART FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL INTERACTIVE BULLETIN BOARD ALSO ANNE STATHIS IS SPONSOR.
[APPLAUSE] AND ONE MORE TIME BECAUSE SHE HAD TWO EVENTS THAT PLACED FOR NATIONALS JOI MARISH FOR LESSON PLANNING AND DELIVERY FOR HUMANITIES.
[APPLAUSE] SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY.
WE APPLAUD YOUR HARD WORK, DEDICATION, AND COMMITMENT TO BECOME EDUCATORS.
RECRUITMENT CAN START NOW EVERYBODY JUST SO YOU KNOW.
[LAUGHTER] SO IF I CAN GET SOME OF Y'ALL TO STEP UP AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO TWO ROWS.
AND THEN MAYBE THE PEOPLE IN THE FRONT CAN KIND OF SQUEEZE IN FOR ME.
AND THEN I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE BEHIND ME, SO
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REAL QUICK. WE HAVE THE PRINCIPALS COME UP IF YOU'RE HERE, PLEASE.CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ALL STUDENTS.
WANT TO MOVE TO OUR NEXT EVIDENCE OF EXCELLENT ITEM.
GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR DECA INTERNATIONAL QUALIFIERS.
MR. BRUMAN. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
I'VE GOT ANOTHER GROUP THAT'S ACTUALLY HEADING TO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION.
AND THIS IS THE DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION CLUBS OF AMERICA FOR THREE DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS.
IN FEBRUARY, DECA HELD ITS 2024 TEXAS STATE CAREER DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, WHERE APPROXIMATELY 7000 STUDENTS COMPETED FOR A CHANCE TO QUALIFY FOR THE DECA INTERNATIONAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA IN APRIL.
ACTUALLY, I THINK THEY LEAVE THIS WEEK.
THE CT DEPARTMENT IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT EIGHT STUDENTS FROM GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL WILL COMPETE IN ANAHEIM FOR A CHANCE TO BECOME THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
THE BUSINESS SKILLS AND REAL WORLD KNOWLEDGE GAINED THROUGH DECA WILL BENEFIT THEM FOR A LIFETIME.
SO HERE ARE OUR INTERNATIONAL QUALIFIERS.
[APPLAUSE] JASMINE JOHN FOR BUSINESS, LAW AND ETHICS TEAM DECISION MAKING.
[APPLAUSE] AND NICOLE GREEN FOR MARKETING SERIES.
[APPLAUSE] FROM LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL SPONSOR KHRISTY DEATON.
WE HAVE ASHLEY HUYNH, SCHOOL BASED ENTERPRISE RETAIL OPERATION.
[APPLAUSE] UDOCHUKWU IWUNNAH SCHOOL BASED ENTERPRISE RETAIL OPERATION.
[APPLAUSE] CAMERON JACKSON FOR INTEGRATED MARKETING CAMPAIGN PRODUCT.[APPLAUSE] AND DANIEL SPRINGMAN INTEGRATED MARKETING CAMPAIGN AND PRODUCT.[APPLAUSE] AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.
WE APPLAUD YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AND ACTUALLY NEWS THAT I GOT THIS WEEK FOR MR. FLEMING, THE SPONSOR FROM SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL.
HE WAS INVITED TO PRESENT ON BEHALF OF GISD AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN JULY.
[APPLAUSE] YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DO TWO ROWS AGAIN.
RIGHT THERE. PERFECT. TWO THREE.
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ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN DECA INTERNATIONAL QUALIFIERS.MR. MATA. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
THE NATIONAL PTA HAS A LONG STANDING COMMITMENT TO ARTS EDUCATION.
EACH YEAR, OVER 300,000 STUDENTS IN PRE-K THROUGH GRADE 12 ARE INVITED TO CREATE AND SUBMIT ORIGINAL WORKS OF ART IN THE AREAS OF DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY, FILM PRODUCTION, LITERATURE, MUSIC COMPOSITION, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND VISUAL ARTS IN RESPONSE TO A STUDENT CREATED THEME.
NATIONAL PTA WILL ANNOUNCE NATIONAL LEVEL WINNERS FROM THE 2023 2024 THEME.
I AM HOPEFUL BECAUSE PROGRAM CYCLE ON MAY 1ST.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS ON RECEIVING STATE RECOGNITION.
AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME SEE MR. WHEELER HERE, PLEASE.
ANALIESE MARTINEZ AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, VISUAL ARTS FROM GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] ASIYA MPINA HONORABLE MENTION DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY.
[APPLAUSE] RAFAEL RIVAS HONORABLE MENTION PHOTOGRAPHY HERFURTH ELEMENTARY.
[APPLAUSE] HADLEY PETERSON AWARD OF MERIT DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY HUDSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] ISADORA MEDINA AWARD OF MERIT DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY KIMBERLIN ACADEMY.
[APPLAUSE] MICHAEL ROBINSON HONORABLE MENTION, VISUAL ARTS, KIMBERLIN ACADEMY.
AWARD OF MERIT MUSIC COMPOSITION LUNA ELEMENTARY.
[APPLAUSE] LET'S GET EVERYONE TO COME THIS WAY.
AND CAN WE GET PARENTS AND PRINCIPALS TO JOIN THEM PLEASE.
THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] OKAY.
CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR NEXT EVIDENCE OF EXCELLENCE ITEM.
AND TO RECOGNIZE THE 2023 TAGA STATE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR, MR. MATA. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
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IDEAS AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE EDUCATION OF GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS.INDIVIDUALLY, THEY ARE EACH MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU FOR BEING THE GISD EFFECT.
[LAUGHTER] YES, MA'AM. JUST TAKE YOUR ORDER.
THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN, MRS. BEARD. I'M GOING TO MOVE TO OUR NEXT EVIDENCE OF EXCELLENCE, ITEM FIVE.
WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT FOR THE TASBO AWARD MERIT FOR PURCHASING OPERATIONS.
MR. MATA. GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT GRIFFIN BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
GARLAND ISD IS THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN HONORED WITH THE ESTEEMED TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS TASBO AWARD OF MERIT FOR PURCHASING OPERATIONS.
RECIPIENTS DEMONSTRATE EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM IN THEIR PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS AND ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO ADVANCING PURCHASING STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES AMONG THEIR PEERS STATEWIDE. ONLY 77 DISTRICTS, INCLUDING GARLAND ISD, MET THE STRINGENT CRITERIA TO QUALIFY FOR THE AWARD IN 2024. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
[APPLAUSE] I'M GOING TO GET A LITTLE.
MR. MATA. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
GARLAND ISD IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH A CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING AWARD BY THE ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS INTERNATIONAL.
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SUPERIOR FINANCIAL REPORTING.CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL WORK.
I'M GOING TO MOVE TO OUR NEXT EVIDENCE OF EXCELLENCE RECOGNITION.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
GISD IS ONE OF ONLY 32 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS TEXAS TO RECEIVE THE AWARD.
THIS ESTEEMED AWARD IS GIVEN TO TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICT'S OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION SERVICE CENTERS THAT DEMONSTRATE OUTSTANDING IMPLEMENTATION OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, BEST PRACTICES, AND INNOVATIONS IN FINANCIAL REPORTING.
ADDITIONALLY, THE ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS INTERNATIONAL ASBO HAS HONORED GARLAND ISD WITH THE MERITORIOUS BUDGET AWARD FOR ITS EXCELLENCE IN BUDGET PRESENTATION FOR THE 2023-24 SCHOOL YEAR.
APPLYING TO THE MERITORIOUS BUDGET AWARD PROGRAM DEMONSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT AND SCHOOL DISTRICT, PRESENTING AN ACCESSIBLE AND ACCURATE BUDGET TO BUILD TRUST AND COMMUNICATE WITH STAKEHOLDERS.
AN EASY TO UNDERSTAND BUDGET INCREASES CREDIBILITY, PROVIDES CLARITY AND TRANSPARENCY ON HOW FUNDS ARE GENERATED AND ALLOCATED, AND OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNICATE FUTURE BUDGET CONCERNS AND CHALLENGES.
[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.
NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR INFORMATION ITEM B GOING THE EXTRA MILE FOR OUR GEMS.
[IV.B. Going the Extra Mile (GEMs)]
RECOGNIZE GOING THE EXTRA MILE.GEM RECIPIENT ANNETTE HIMMELREICH AND MARIA GARCIA.
MR. WHEELER. PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DOCTOR LOPEZ, TODAY WE GATHER WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM AND PROFOUND RESPECT TO HONOR ANNETTE HIMMELREICH AND MARIA GARCIA, OUTSTANDING MEMBERS OF THE GISD STUDENT SERVICE TEAM, AS THIS MONTH'S RECIPIENTS OF GOING THE EXTRA MILE AWARD.
THEIR DEDICATION HAS SEEN OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH TRUSTED WORLD'S OFFERINGS TRIPLE IN SCOPE, SIGNIFICANTLY BOOSTING OUR ABILITY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITIES OF GARLETT, [LAUGHTER] GARLAND, ROWLETT, AND SACHSE.
SORRY, GARLAND, I'M A ROWLETT GUY.
[LAUGHTER] THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO ANNETTE AND MARIA'S EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION, AND IT SHOULD MAKE US ALL PROUD OF THE POSITIVE CHANGE THEY HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT.
ANNETTE'S AND MARIA'S EFFORTS HAVE NOT JUST AS AN INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT, BUT THEY SYMBOLIZE THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AND SHARED VISION WITH THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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IT IS A TESTAMENT TO US ALL TO BE THE SHARED COMMITMENT AND VISION, AND IT SHOULD MAKE US FEEL INCLUDED AND PART OF THIS SUCCESS.PLEASE JOIN ME IN APPLAUDING ANNETTE AND MARIA, TRUE BEACONS OF INSPIRATION AND THE LIVING EMBODIMENT OF THE MAGIC IN GISD AS WE CELEBRATE THEIR INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOOK FORWARD WITH OPTIMISTIC FUTURES WITH THEY'RE HELPING TO SHAPE.
THANK YOU ANNETTE AND MARIA FOR TRULY GOING THE EXTRA MILE.
[APPLAUSE] AND YOU ALSO HAVE YOUR MIC] YOU WANT TO GO UP? OH, SURE.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR NEXT INFORMATIONAL ITEM.
ITEM C WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE INTRUDER DETECTION AUDIT REPORT MR.
[IV.C. Receive Intruder Detection Audit Report ]
QUINN. GOOD EVENING, DOCTOR LOPEZ, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.THE TOP PRIORITY OF GARLAND ISD AND THE STATE OF TEXAS IS KEEPING STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE EVERY DAY.
THE AUDITS TEST WHETHER A CAMPUS IS ACCESSIBLE TO AN UNAUTHORIZED INDIVIDUAL.
WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR DISTRICT SCHOOL AND SAFETY SECURITY COMMITTEE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE 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. A FULL UPDATE WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE MAY BOARD MEETING.
[IV.D. Announce Board Member Continuing Education Credit Hours]
YES. GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, TRUSTEES, DOCTOR LOPEZ, GIVE ME ONE SECOND.I'M GOING TO PULL UP OUR FORM HERE.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE ANNOUNCE OUR ANNUAL BOARD MEMBER TRAININGS CREDITS, AND IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I AM ABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL THIS EVENING.
WHY IS IT NOT CLICKING? THERE WE GO. THAT FOR TEN YEARS STRAIGHT, MY TEN YEARS HERE, I HAVE HAD COMPLETE AND TOTAL BOARD COOPERATION AND COMPLETION OF ALL REQUIRED CREDIT HOURS.
SO GIVE YOURSELVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] IT IS NOT AN EASY FEAT TO ACCOMPLISH THE NUMBER OF HOURS YOU SEE HERE ON THIS PAGE.
YOU ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO TAKE AT LEAST FIVE CREDIT HOURS, IN ADDITION TO ALL THOSE BOXES THAT ARE CHECKED AND YOUR TOTAL HOURS IN THAT YELLOW COLUMN TO THE FAR RIGHT ARE THOSE MINIMUM FIVE HOURS, WHICH, AS YOU CAN SEE, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE EXCEEDED, IN ADDITION TO YOUR THREE HOUR REQUIRED TEAM OF EIGHT, YOUR THREE HOUR REQUIRED EISO, WHICH IS EVALUATING STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND SETTING GOALS.
YOUR TWO HOUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, THAT'S A BIANNUAL REQUIREMENT.
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YOUR ONE HOUR ANNUAL CYBERSECURITY UPDATE, YOUR BIANNUAL SCHOOL SAFETY UPDATE THAT'S ONLY OFFERED THROUGH ONE AVENUE ONLINE FOR LITERALLY TWO HOURS. AND WE ALL KNOW HOW EXCITING IT WAS.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK, AND I SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU.
THE RECORD FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS OBTAINED BY EACH TRUSTEE READS AS FOLLOWS.
THAT CONCLUDES THIS REPORT AND RECOGNITION OF OUR TRAINING HOURS.
BOARD GIVE YOURSELVES ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE] JUST ONE MORE TIME.
APPARENTLY MY SIXTH GRADE MATH DID NOT CALCULATE THAT CORRECTLY.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DISCREPANCIES, BUT YOU STILL ALL DID A GREAT JOB.
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO GIVE ME A SECOND SO WE CAN RECALCULATE SOME OF THESE HOURS.
I THINK THAT TAB WAS NOT UPDATED ON THIS VERSION THAT I'VE SUBMITTED FOR THIS EVENING, BUT IT IS TECHNICALLY 18 PLUS 9 HOURS FOR MR. BEACH AND 48.75 PLUS 9 HOURS FOR MR. GLICK AND 51 POINT PLUS NINE HOURS FOR MISS GRIFFIN.
16.50 PLUS NINE HOURS FOR MISS STANLEY.
NINE HOURS PLUS NINE HOURS FOR MR. MILLER, 24 PLUS NINE HOURS FOR MR. SELDERS AND TEN HOURS PLUS NINE HOURS FOR MR. JOHNSON. SO SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I THINK THIS WAS A ONE THAT WAS NOT UPDATED BEFORE I UPLOADED IT THIS EVENING.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THE CORRECTIONS MADE BY MISS HOGAN.
YOU STILL DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
[V.A. Discuss Revisions to Board Policy CV(LOCAL) First Read]
DISCUSS REVISIONS TO POLICY, BOARD POLICY, CV LOCAL FIRST READING AND LET'S TAKE THESE ONE AT A TIME.SO, MISS RAY, IF YOU WILL JUST GO OVER CV LOCAL.
THE FIRST POLICY THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING IS CV LOCAL, WHICH IS REGARDING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
BEFORE YOU TRUSTEES IS A MANILA FOLDER ENTITLED BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND IT HAS THE POLICY CHANGES OUTLINED IN BLUE, WHICH IS NEW VERBIAGE, AND RED WHICH IS DELETED TEXT.
AND I'LL DEFER TO THE POLICY CHAIR, MR. GLICK, WHO HAD WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS POLICY.
WE SPENT ALMOST THREE HOURS IN OUR POLICY MEETING DISCUSSING THESE ISSUES.
THIS, THE ONE THAT TOOK THE MOST NUMBER OF HOURS WAS ACTUALLY THE CHANGE ORDER POLICY.
AND AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, A MATTER OF FACT, IN YESTERDAY'S DALLAS MORNING NEWS AND ARTICLE TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ASKING IN THE UPCOMING MAY ELECTION FOR TWO AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS MORE IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
WE KNOW ALL THE BONDS THAT PASSED, INCLUDING OURS, A YEAR AGO.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE THE CONTRACTORS ARE DETERMINING THE WORK RATHER THAN US AS THE BUYERS. SO IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT.
IN THE PAST, THOSE CHANGES, CHANGE ORDERS HAVE COME TO US.
BUT BASED ON THE FEELING OF OUR PEOPLE IN CONSTRUCTION, WE CAN'T WAIT FOR OUR MEETINGS, ESPECIALLY AS WE GET INTO THE SUMMER WHERE WE HAVE ONE MEETING A MONTH.
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SO LET'S TALK ABOUT A CONTRACT FOR A BUILDING THAT LET'S SAY WE TALK ABOUT $20 MILLION, BUT THAT'S THE TOTAL COST.SO LET'S SAY CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE $15 MILLION.
SIMILARLY, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY FUNDS IT JUST OUTLINES A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEARLY THE AUTHORITY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE EXPENDITURE FUNDS.
CHANGE ORDERS, ADD DOLLARS TO A CONTRACT.
AND SO THIS THE REVISIONS TO THIS POLICY, WHICH WAS WORKED WITH IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION COUNSEL, OUTSIDE COUNSEL, JUST MAKES IT CLEAR IT PUTS VENDORS ON NOTICE WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE WHAT, BECAUSE BEFORE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT VAGUE.
AND SO THIS POLICY, THESE POLICY CHANGES WILL MAKE IT CLEAR TO VENDORS WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE WHAT IN WHAT CONTRACT.
SO. AND THIS POLICY IS FOR FIRST READ.
TRUSTEES. AND JUST LET ME ADD ONE THING, MISS GRIFFIN.
THE POLICY MEMBERS ARE MISS STANLEY, MISS GRIFFIN, AND MYSELF.
YES, SIR. AND AGAIN, IN YOUR FOLDER, THESE PROPOSED CHANGES ARE IN BLUE.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, I WANT TO ASK IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
THE VERSION THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN YOUR FOLDERS IS THE SAME VERSION THAT WAS IN YOUR BOARD BOOK.
THE ONLY THING IS THAT WE COLOR CODED THIS FOR PRESENTATION BASICALLY TONIGHT.
SO IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY BOARD MEMBER, MR. MILLER? YEAH.
THANK YOU. AND I COMMEND THE POLICY COMMITTEE FOR GIVING US SOME, I CALL IT MATERIALITY.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT THAT I THINK IT'S JUST A GOOD PRACTICE TO HAVE SOME MATERIALITY CLAUSES IN HERE. FOR INSTANCE, I THINK I READ WHERE CHANGE ORDERS CAN HAPPEN UP TO $50,000.
AND CAN BE HANDLED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, BUT THE COMBINED TOTAL CANNOT EXCEED 300,000 ON ANY ONE JOB, AT WHICH POINT THE BOARD DOES GET TO APPROVE THOSE.
AND IF I UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S WHAT THAT PARAGRAPH SAID.
WELL, THE CHANGE ORDER BASICALLY STATES THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS UP TO 10% OF THE TOTAL CONTRACT COSTS, SO IT CAN'T SUPERSEDE THAT 10% OF THAT CONTRACT COST.
BECAUSE REMEMBER, CHANGE ORDERS ADD DOLLARS TO THE CONTRACT.
AND SO PRIOR TO THAT, EVERY SINGLE CHANGE ORDER HAD TO GO TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
AND SO THIS ALLOWS SOME FLEXIBILITY, SOME EFFICIENCY, ESPECIALLY WITH HOW QUICKLY THESE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS ARE MOVING AND IN LIGHT OF OUR BOND PROJECTS.
SO 10% OF 50 MILLION IS WHAT? SO LET ME JUST READ IT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON THIS.
IT'S PAGE 26 IN THE ACTUAL BOOK.
IT'S NOT IN COLOR OR ANYTHING, BUT IT SAYS IF THE DISTRICT IS BUILDING A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH A $50 MILLION BUDGET, THE BOARD COULD AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO APPROVE A SINGLE CHANGE ITEM UP TO $50,000.
IS THAT WHAT WAS INTENDED? THAT'S AN EXAMPLE THAT WAS GIVEN, AS FAR AS I KNOW.
IT'S AN EXAMPLE. BUT IS THAT 10% OR IS THAT JUST.
WHAT IS UP TO $50,000 RELATE TO? SO $50,000 IS WHAT IS OUTLINED IN CH LOCAL AS FAR AS THE SUPERINTENDENT AUTHORITY BEFORE IT NEEDS TO COME TO THE BOARD.
THE 10% RULES DOESN'T APPLY HERE.
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ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY FUND? ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE CHANGE ORDER, SIR? OKAY, SO LOOKING ON PAGE 26 AND IT SAYS THE PROPOSED POLICY ALLOWS THE BOARD TO SET FORTH LIMITS OF AUTHORITY ON A CONTRACT BY CONTRACT BASIS.SO IF THE BOARD WANTED TO DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO APPROVE A CHANGE ORDER TO INCREASE A CONTRACT AMOUNT, IT COULD DO SO IF THE DISTRICT IS BUILDING AND THEN IT GIVES THE EXAMPLE.
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE. IF THE DISTRICT'S BUILDING A $50 MILLION DOLLAR SCHOOL.
THE BOARD COULD AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DO A SINGLE CHANGE ORDER UP TO $50,000.
AND I GOT THAT CONFUSED WITH THE 10% RULE.
IT'S BASICALLY KIND OF A I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A SLIGHT MATH ERROR.
YEAH. SO I THINK THAT'S 10% OF 50 MILLION.
10% OF 50 MILLION WOULD BE $5 MILLION DOLLARS.
5 MILLION. RIGHT. SO THIS IS NOT THE 10% RULE BECAUSE I THINK 500,000, 50,000 OR 5 MILLION.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO.
OKAY. SO WITH THAT CHART THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, SIR, THE PARAGRAPH SUMMARY.
SO WHAT THE POLICY COMMITTEE DID IS INSERTED THAT 10%.
AND WHEN THIS PARAGRAPH SUMMARY WAS PROVIDED BY OUR OUTSIDE COUNSEL, THAT WAS JUST EXPLAINING CHANGES WITHOUT THIS INPUT OF THE 10%. OKAY.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE MATH DISCREPANCY COMES INTO PLAY.
LET'S FORGET THE MATH AND LET ME HAVE YOU JUST TELL ME IN ONE SENTENCE WHEN IT COMES TO CHANGE ORDER, WHAT DOES THIS POLICY APPROVE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO HAVE THE WHAT IS THE AUTHORITY LEVEL OF THE SUPERINTENDENT WITHIN THIS NEW POLICY? 10% FOR CHANGE ORDERS.
SO SAY YOU HAVE A CONTRACT FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
SO WHAT A BETTER EXAMPLE WOULD BE $50 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT.
IT COULD BE INCREASED TO 55 MILLION.
BUT ANYTHING ABOVE THAT WOULD NEED TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT IT TO BE CONFUSED.
AND SO THAT CAUSED ME TO HAVE SOME CONFUSION OF COURSE.
ARE WE GIVING HIM 10% ON ANY OTHER ITEM WITHIN A BOND ISSUE OR A COST OR OVERRUNS OR.
ALL WE CAN DISCUSS IS WHAT THE TWO ARE THAT'S ON IN THIS POLICY.
MY QUESTION IS A GENERAL QUESTION WITHIN THIS POLICY THEN THAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS.
WE'VE GOT 10% ON CHANGE ORDERS.
IS THERE 10% ON ANYTHING ELSE.
SO IT'S JUST ON THE CHANGE ORDERS.
YES, SIR. OKAY. MR. JOHNSON HAS A COMMENT.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO ASK MR. DODDS TO CLEAN THIS UP AND FIGURE OUT IF WE'RE CHANGING IT AND BRINGING IT BACK FOR SECOND READ WITH THE CHANGE.
SO YOU HAVE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THAT BEFORE YOU HAVE TO ANSWER.
THANK YOU SIR. WITH DUE RESPECT TO WHAT TRUSTEE MILLER JUST SAID, THAT'S NOT HOW I READ THIS.
OKAY. IT SPECIFICALLY STATES MEANS ANY CHANGE TO THE CONTRACT SUM NOT TO EXCEED 10% OF THE TOTAL CONTRACT COST, NOT THE CHANGE ORDER THE ENTIRE.
SO YEAH, WE ARE BACK TO THE 5 MILLION ON THE $50 MILLION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S NECESSARILY WHAT WAS INTENDED, BUT THAT IS WHAT IT SAYS.
SO. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST WHAT'S THERE.
SO I THINK IT IS THE 5 MILLION.
AND I DO AGREE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE VALUE OF THE $300,000 AGGREGATE LIMIT WAS IF IT'S A 10% OF THE TOTAL CONTRACT COST. TO ME, THIS DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.
OKAY, SO MR. DODD IS GOING TO STEP FORTH.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CLEAR UP THE LANGUAGE.
BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT TO LEAVE WITH TONIGHT IS A FIRST READ, EITHER A FIRST READ WITH CORRECTIONS OR FIRST READ AS WHAT WE'RE READING. COULD I JUST MAKE BEFORE MR.
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DODDS? YES. MR. GLICK.LET'S GO BACK TO THE EXAMPLE I GAVE.
IF THERE'S A CONTRACT FOR A PROJECT OF $20 MILLION AND THE CONSTRUCTION COST IS $15 MILLION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION COSTS, NOT ALL THE EXTRAS TO GET FROM 15 MILLION TO 20.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SAYS.
YEAH. I THINK WHERE WE'RE STUCK IS WHERE THE.
WES TURN ON YOUR MIC SO WE CAN HEAR.
I SAID IT SAYS TOTAL CONTRACT COSTS.
IT'S NOT LIMITED TO CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
WELL OKAY. BUT WHEN WE WRITE A CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WHO WE'VE WHO IS GOING TO DO THE JOB, THAT IS NOT THE TOTAL COST. THAT IS THE CONSTRUCTION COST.
AGAIN, THAT'S NOT DELINEATED IN THIS.
WELL, THAT SHOULD BE BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
NOT THE FULL AMOUNT. THE 15 MILLION AMOUNT OVER YEAH. OKAY. WHAT IN THIS CASE IS THERE A BUDGETED AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE LIKE IN YOUR EXAMPLE INSTEAD OF.
INSTEAD OF WE'VE ALLOCATED $12 MILLION, WE'RE GOING TO LET THE CONTRACT FOR $10 MILLION.
SO THERE'S A CONTINGENCY OF $2 MILLION.
SO WE WOULD LET THE CONTRACT AT $10 MILLION, AND THE 10% RULE WOULD APPLY TO THE $10 MILLION COST OF THE CONTRACT AS EXECUTED WITH THE CONTRACTOR, VERSUS OUR BUDGETING CONTINGENCY OF 12 MILLION FOR THAT PROJECT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO, BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY.
IN WHAT CASE WOULD THE CONTRACT BE FOR A DIFFERENT AMOUNT? WES WAS. OKAY AND MAYBE DIDN'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF SITTING IN YOUR MEETING, AND I'M SORRY.
SO ONE MORE TIME, IF YOU DON'T MIND, FOR ME, EXPLAIN WHAT THE INTENTION OF THIS POLICY IS.
THE INTENTION IS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU TAKE, LET'S SAY, BUYERS AND SELLERS OR BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, THE CONTRACTORS ARE IN CONTROL RIGHT NOW.
THAT WAS EXPLAINED TO US BY ALL OF OUR PEOPLE ON THE BOND IN THIS MEETING.
SO WITH THAT ASPECT, THE IDEA WAS WE HAVE TO MOVE QUICKLY, AND THE WAY TO MOVE QUICKLY IS NOT TO HAVE IT COME BACK TO THE BOARD, WHICH WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, BUT TO GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT THE AUTHORITY UNDER THE CONTRACT TO RAISE IT ON A CHANGE ORDER.
WHAT'S THE COST OF THE FULL PROJECT AND WHAT'S THE CONSTRUCTION COST? WE UNDERSTAND THAT BEYOND CONSTRUCTION THERE ARE ALL THE OTHER FURNITURE, ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT'S EXCLUDED.
SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE CONSTRUCTION COST.
WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
THAT AMOUNT, AND IT'S 10% OF THAT AMOUNT GIVES THE SUPERINTENDENT THE AUTHORITY CUMULATIVELY.
OKAY. SO I THINK I UNDERSTAND THAT CONCEPTUALLY AND SOMEWHERE IN A REWRITE THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE CLEAR TO THE READER, HOPEFULLY.
THAT IS NOT COVERED IN THIS? THAT IS NOT. OKAY, THAT WAS NOT DISCUSSED.
THAT'S FINE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T MISUNDERSTAND.
YEAH. THANK YOU. SO, AND I'M NOT SURE I HAVE THE MAGIC WORDS TO CLEAR EVERYTHING UP.
OKAY, WELL, LET ME ASK THE QUESTION THIS WAY.
IT APPEARS THAT THE EXAMPLE IS NOT APPROPRIATE IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE POLICY THAT'S WRITTEN HERE.
WELL THE EXAMPLE IS NOT IN THE POLICY.
THE EXAMPLE IS NOT IN THE POLICY.
THE EXAMPLE IS OUTLINED IN THE PARAGRAPH SUMMARY IN THAT CHART.
THAT'S NOT PART OF THE POLICY.
OKAY. BUT SEE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.
YES MA'AM. WE ARE TALKING AS IF IT IS IN THE POLICY.
PEOPLE AREN'T LOOKING AT THE SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE REFERRING TO WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO CLEAR UP THE MISUNDERSTANDING IS NOT IN THE ACTUAL POLICY, BUT THIS WAS IN THE POLICY EXPLANATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE BOND CONSULTANT
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PERSON. YES.AND, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO GET CLEAR.
SO LET'S LOOK AT THE POLICY IN CV LOCAL.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHANGE ORDERS, IT SAYS A CHANGE ORDER MEANS ANY CHANGE TO THE CONTRACT SUM NOT TO EXCEED 10% OF THE TOTAL CONTRACT COST, CONTRACT TIME OR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS APPLIED TO THE TRUSTEES.
RIGHT. SO I SEE WHERE MR. JOHNSON HAS SOME CONFUSION BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT THE CONTRACT, NOT JUST THE CONSTRUCTION COST, BUT WHEN WE GO TO THE BOTTOM ONE WHERE IT SAYS CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY FUNDS, IT SAYS WHERE A CONTRACT INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY, THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY APPROVE AN EXPENDITURE FROM THE CONTINGENCY FUND, NOT TO EXCEED A GREATER OF AN AMOUNT EXPRESSLY DELEGATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT UNDERLYING CONTRACT AMOUNT, YOU KNOW WILL GO THROUGH IT.
THE CONTRACT DOES NOT DELEGATE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO APPROVE EXPENDITURES FROM THE CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY IN TERMS OF A SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT, IT'S THE AUTHORITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL CONTINGENCY.
TWICE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY EXPLICITLY.
THAT'S WHERE THE CONTINGENCIES ARE BUILT IN.
THE CONTINGENCIES AREN'T IN THE SOFT PART AT AFTERWARDS.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT MR. GLICK DID AN EXCELLENT JOB EXPLAINING HOW THEY CALL THEY CALL THEM TRADE PARTNERS NOW.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT ON WORK.
THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, WELL, WE NEED TO GET THIS PIER DONE.
PIERING IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO HIT.
SO THAT THERE COULD BE SOME THAT THEY SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME PIERING.
WE NEED TO KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO BE APPROVED, THIS IS OUR ESTIMATES.
AND THE TRADE PARTNERS WANT TO GET PAID.
AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO SAY YOUR DELAYS ARE CAUSING US DELAYS.
AND WE HAVE OTHER WORK THAT WE CAN WORK ON WITHOUT WITH ALL THIS BUREAUCRACY.
SO IF WE COULD JUST FACILITATE TO BE A LITTLE CLEARER ON WHAT WE'RE SAYING SO WE COULD, WE COULD REALLY SOLIDIFY THIS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO CONSTRUCTION THIS SUMMER.
SO WE COULD HAVE BOTH FIRST READ AND SECOND READ READY BY THE TIME WE START BREAKING DIRT.
LET'S LOOK AT THE TWO PAGES OR THE FOUR PAGES OF POLICY CV LOCAL.
THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO APPROVE FOR FIRST READING, BECAUSE ALL OF OUR POLICIES REQUIRE TWO READINGS.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND.
BECAUSE IF WE DELAY THIS TILL NEXT MONTH THEN SHOULD WORK BEGIN HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE ANY CHANGE ORDERS THAT QUICKLY, BUT WE MIGHT.
SO THE INTENT TONIGHT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES THE FIRST READING OF CV LOCAL AS PRINTED.
YES. EXPLAIN TO ME APPROVE, BECAUSE THIS IS AN INFORMATION ITEM.
SO IT'S REALLY NOT A TECHNICALLY APPROVAL.
NO, NO, THAT'S FINE. FOR IT TO BE APPROVED.
OKAY. WELL, I THINK THERE WERE SOME SUGGESTED REVISIONS FOR CLARITY, TO THE POLICY.
WELL, I WAS GOING TO GET TO THAT.
SO SO RIGHT NOW MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY CLARITY ON CV POLICY THAT ANYBODY FEELS NEED TO BE ADDED? NOT THE EXPLANATION PARAGRAPHS.
MR. JOHNSON? YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, I THINK THE TERM NOT TO EXCEED 10% OF THE TOTAL CONTRACT COST SHOULD BE CHANGED TO NOT TO EXCEED 10% OF THE CONTRACTED FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
ALL RIGHT. MR. GLICK, ARE YOU PROCESSING THAT AS CHAIR?
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YEAH, I THINK THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.I THINK WE UNDERSTOOD WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD CLARIFY IT.
AND THAT'S ACCEPTABLE CERTAINLY.
OKAY. BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES WE'RE DECLARING FIRST READ WITH THE CHANGES.
YES, MA'AM. WE CAN IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS PROCESS OF MAKING ON SPOT FIRST READ EDITS AND MS. RAY WILL BE THERE MAKING THOSE EDITS FOR YOU TO PROVIDE THE CLARITY.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH US ADVANCING THIS FOR APPROVAL AT THE END OF MAY.
OKAY. AND THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO GET CLARITY BECAUSE MR. OUR CHAIR IS SITTING HERE POLICY.
THE ATTORNEY WHO HANDLES ALL OF OUR POLICY IS HERE.
THE DEPARTMENT HEAD WHO'S RESPONSIBLE IS HERE.
JUST SO I'M CLEAR, MR. JOHNSON, HOW YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO READ IN THAT PARAGRAPH.
IN THIS POLICY, A CHANGE ORDER MEANS ANY CHANGE TO THE CONTRACT SUM NOT TO EXCEED 10% OF THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS? NO, NOT TO EXCEED 10% OF THE CONTRACTED FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
AND THEN YOU WANT TO TAKE OUT CONTRACT TIME AND CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, YADDA YADDA YADDA.
LET'S MR. JOHNSON, WOULD YOU START AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT PARAGRAPH AND READ IT TO ITS COMPLETION WITH THE NEW WORDING? IN THIS POLICY, A CHANGE ORDER MEANS ANY CHANGE TO THE CONTRACT SUM NOT TO EXCEED 10% OF THE CONTRACTED FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS, CONTRACT TIME OR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OR THE SUPERINTENDENT.
MISS RAY, AS THE KEEPER OF THE POLICIES, DO YOU HAVE THE LANGUAGE? I DO. AND IF NOT, I WILL ALWAYS GO BACK AND WATCH THIS VIDEO AND MAKE SURE I GET IT.
[LAUGHTER] TRUSTEES, ARE WE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT CHANGE? IS THAT CLEAR? DOES IT ADD THE CLARITY THAT'S NEEDED? OKAY. VERY GOOD.
SO WE HAVE A CV LOCAL FIRST READ WITH CORRECTIONS.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO DISCUSS THE REVISION TO BOARD POLICY DBA LOCAL FOR FIRST READ.
[V.B. Discuss Revisions to Board Policy DBA(LOCAL) First Read]
MISS RAY. YES, MA'AM.THIS IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD BY OUR HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM.
AND THIS IS TO ALLOW ALIGNMENT WITH THE POLICY WITH THE DISTRICT'S INNOVATION PLAN WITH THE CURRENT RECRUITMENT AND SCREENING PROCESSES.
AND YOU SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR FOLDER THAT BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOLDER, THE DELINEATION OF THE CROSS OUT OF THE RED AND THE NEW VERBIAGE IN BLUE.
AND I TOOK A LOOK AT OUR ACTUAL VERBIAGE THAT IS IN OUR DISTRICT INNOVATION PLAN THAT THE BOARD AMENDED APPROVED FOR AMENDMENT IN 2023.
AND IT IS THE SAME VERBIAGE THAT ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO LOCALLY CERTIFY TEACHERS IN AREAS OF HIGH DEMAND TO BETTER MEET THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.
AND THEN, IN ADDITION, THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO PERMIT A CERTIFIED TEACHER TO TEACH OUTSIDE HIS OR HER CERTIFIED FIELDS, WHICH THE BOARD HAD ALREADY PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IN DK LOCAL.
TRUSTEES SAME POLICY THAT CAME TO US IN BOARD BOOK.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON DIA LOCAL.
DO WE HAVE ANY REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICY DBA LOCAL FOR FIRST READ? OKAY. THANK YOU.
[V.C. Discuss Revisions to Board Policy DIA(LOCAL) First Read]
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WE WANT TO DISCUSS THE REVISION TO BOARD POLICY DIA LOCAL, MISS RAY.THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, TRUSTEES.
BEFORE YOU IS FIRST READ FOR DIA LOCAL, ALSO BROUGHT BY OUR HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM WHICH THEY DESIRE TO ALIGN THIS POLICY WITH THE CURRENT RECRUITMENT AND SCREENING PROCESSES AND UPDATE PAY GRADES REFERENCED IN THE POLICY TO REFLECT THE CURRENT PAY GRADES THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE SALARY SCHEDULE.
AND THOSE CHANGES BEGIN ON PAGE TWO OF TEN OF THE POLICY.
I WAS INFORMED BY OUR HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM IF YOU LOOK ON ROMAN NUMERAL, I MEAN NUMBER SEVEN AND NUMBER NINE, THEY DON'T ADVERTISE IN NEWSPAPERS ANYMORE. THEY ACTUALLY PLACE VACANCIES IN JOB PLACEMENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA SITES AND THE DISTRICT WEBSITE.
AND THEY DEVELOP RECRUITMENT MATERIALS.
THEY DON'T ALWAYS USE PRINT BROCHURES ANYMORE.
AND THE NEW PAY GRADES ARE REFLECTED IN BLUE PAY GRADES 106 THROUGH 115, 205 THROUGH 211.
AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY CHANGES.
SO, TRUSTEES BOARD POLICY DIA.
ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD. SO THAT WILL CONSTITUTE FIRST READING.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR TRUSTEES REPORT.
[V.D. Trustees' Report]
IT IS 6:12 AT THIS TIME.AND WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN TO MY RIGHT WITH MR. GLICK, AND WE'LL JUST COME ON DOWN.
I HAVE A LOT. I'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH IT REALLY QUICKLY.
OKAY. I DON'T REMEMBER THAT, BUT I'LL TRY.
OKAY, SO I DID ATTEND TWO PLAYOFF SOCCER GAMES.
ONE FOR THE ROWLETT BOYS AND THE OTHER FOR THE SACHSE GIRLS.
UNFORTUNATELY, BOTH TEAMS LOST BY THE IDENTICAL SCORE OF 2 TO 1.
BUT OUR SOCCER PROGRAMS, AS WE REMEMBER FROM LAST YEAR, ARE REALLY THRIVING.
I DID ATTEND TWO DIFFERENT ART SHOWS.
BEFORE IT WAS JUST ELEMENTARY, ART WAS JUST AT THE ACADEMIES.
THE BIG THING THEN WAS OBVIOUSLY ADDING SINKS, BUT IF YOU WENT TO THE ELEMENTARY ART SHOW, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE INCREDIBLE WORK BEING DONE BY OUR ART TEACHERS AT THAT LEVEL.
ALSO, AGAIN, I WENT TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL ART SHOW.
DOCTOR CROMER, I INDICATED TO HER MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, TRUSTEES WERE ALLOWED TO GO AND ACTUALLY DO AWARDS FOR THE DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES. AND SHE SAID, WE CAN DO THAT AGAIN.
SHE WANTED TO DO IT THIS YEAR.
SHE WAS GOING TO CALL IT GLICKS PICKS.
I SAID, WELL, LET'S DO IT NEXT YEAR AND HAVE ALL TRUSTEES.
I'LL LET OTHERS TALK ABOUT THAT, AT BOTH NAAMAN AND SACHSE THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.
JUST SEEING THE NEW STADIUMS WAS AMAZING.
YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE? HERFURTH WAS ONE OF THE ONLY TEN PTAS IN THE COUNTRY TO BE ASKED TO HOLD A NATIONAL FIRE SAFETY PROGRAM SPONSORED BY KIDDE.
WE GAVE OUT OH, I THINK 1000 SMOKE ALARMS. PLEASE, IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS BROADCAST, DON'T ASSUME YOUR SMOKE ALARMS ARE EFFECTIVE AND WORKING.
IF THERE ARE BATTERIES MAKE SURE THE BATTERIES HAVE CHANGED.
SO PLEASE, THAT WAS THE WHOLE THING.
ROWLETT FIRE WAS THERE, AND ROCKWALL FIRE WAS THERE.
I WAS INVITED TO THE PLANETARIUM THE DAY BEFORE THE ECLIPSE BY DOCTOR RUIZ.
WE HAD A SPECIALIST, NASA ASTROPHYSICIST, DOCTOR ANJALI TRIPATHI, WHO TALKED ABOUT EXOPLANETS.
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WE KNOW WE HAVE EIGHT PLANETS.WE HAVE EIGHT. SHE IS STUDYING AND HAS ALREADY COME UP WITH 5600 PLANETS IN OTHER SOLAR SYSTEMS. IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE PRESENTATION, AND SHE MADE, I THINK, FOUR PRESENTATIONS THAT DAY AT THE PLANETARIUM.
I BELIEVE MISS STANLEY AND I WERE THE PARTICIPANTS AT THE GILBREATH-REED PROFESSIONAL I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO CALL IT, BUT THE BUSINESS TEACHERS HAD THE STUDENTS COME FOR PROFESSIONAL RESUMES AND PRESENTATIONS AND WE WERE ABLE TO ASK 15 ABOUT 15 MINUTES WORTH OF QUESTIONS.
IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE LOOKED FORWARD TO EVERY YEAR.
I THINK THIS IS THE THIRD OR FOURTH YEAR I'VE DONE IT.
THE KIDS ARE VERY WELL PREPARED.
ONE YOUNG MAN ALREADY, I BELIEVE, WILL HAVE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PLUMBING BUSINESS IN THE WORLD.
[LAUGHTER] ANOTHER YOUNG LADY WHO MOVED HERE FROM JAPAN IS MOVING BACK TO JAPAN TO ATTEND COLLEGE.
SHE IS READY, FLUENT IN ENGLISH, JAPANESE AND SPANISH.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT, SO IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
I DID ATTEND THE ROWLETT BOARDS AND COMMISSION BANQUET.
I'M A MEMBER OF TWO DIFFERENT BOARDS IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT AND THIS PAST FRIDAY THE TEAM OF MR. MILLER, MR. SELDERS, MR. BEACH AND MYSELF PARTICIPATED IN THE GARLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION GOLF TOURNAMENT.
IT WAS THE MOST ATTENDED TOURNAMENT IN THE HISTORY.
[APPLAUSE] YEAH, WE ALL GOT THIS WONDERFUL TROPHY.
THE LAST TIME WE WON FIRST PLACE, MR. MILLER REFERRED TO ME ON OCCASION AS LAWRENCE.
THIS TIME IT WAS NOT JUST MR. MILLER, BUT MR. SELDERS REFERRING TO ME AS LAWRENCE, MR. BEACH DID NOT.
SO I HAD A LOT OF PRESSURE, BUT AGAIN, FIRST PLACE.
[LAUGHTER] AND FINALLY I WAS GIVEN A GREAT HONOR.
I WAS ASKED TO WRITE AN ARTICLE IN A NATIONAL A WORLD MAGAZINE ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY.
SPECIFIC BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY REFERRED TO ME AS AN ESTEEMED PHOTOGRAPHER.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S NECESSARILY TRUE, BUT THAT ARTICLE DID GO AROUND THE WORLD.
I'VE GOTTEN COMMENTS FROM FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS, VERY FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
THIS IS ONE OF THE PICTURES THAT EVERYBODY'S COMMENTED ON.
THERE ARE THREE VERY FAMOUS EAGLES.
SORRY BALD EAGLES, YOU'RE NOT ONE OF THEM.
THIS IS KNOWN AS THE STELLER'S SEA EAGLE.
MOST PEOPLE CONSIDER IT THE LARGEST EAGLE IN THE WORLD.
THE STORY BEHIND THIS IS WE LEFT HOKKAIDO, WHICH IS THE NORTHERNMOST ISLAND IN JAPAN, HEADED EAST.
AFTER ABOUT THREE HOURS, I LOOKED THROUGH MY BINOCULARS AND SAW A LAND MASS.
I WENT TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP AND SAID, IS THAT THE KURIL ISLANDS? HE REPEATED, YES, I SAID, ARE WE IN RUSSIAN WATERS? HE SAID, YES.
I SAID, ARE WE ILLEGALLY IN RUSSIAN WATERS? HE SAID YES.
SO THIS PICTURE OF THE STELLER SEA EAGLE ON PACK ICE WAS TAKEN ILLEGALLY IN RUSSIAN WATERS.
AND PEOPLE HAVE LOVED IT AROUND THE WORLD.
THIS IS KNOWN AS THE CROWNED PIGEON, SPECIFICALLY THE SCLATER'S CROWNED PIGEON.
THIS IS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA, IN ONE OF THE MOST INHOSPITABLE AREAS I'VE EVER BEEN IN MY LIFE.
THIS IS A TOP TEN BIRD IN THE WORLD.
EVERYBODY'S LIST CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.
AND IT WAS ONE OF THE GREAT THRILLS OF MY BIRDING CAREER TO SEE THE SCLATER'S CROWNED PIGEON.
THANK YOU, MISS GRIFFIN. THANK YOU, MR. GLICK. MR. JOHNSON. I HATE TO DISAPPOINT YOU, BUT I DIDN'T GO TO RUSSIA, THE KURILE ISLANDS DIDN'T SEE BIRDS ON PACK ICE. I WENT TO NAAMAN FOREST HIGH SCHOOL AND THREW OUT THE FIRST PITCH AT THE NEW STADIUM.
[LAUGHTER] IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR THAT TO OCCUR, THOUGH.
IT WASN'T JUST A FUN EVENT WHERE THE TRUSTEES GOT TO GO THROW OUT THE FIRST PITCH.
IT WAS THE FIRST COMPLETED BOND PROJECT FROM THE 2023 BOND, AND IT HAPPENED LESS THAN ONE ACADEMIC YEAR AFTER WE PASSED THE 2023 BOND.
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AND THAT'S A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE ACCOMPLISHMENT.IT'S VERY RARE YOU GET BOND PROJECTS THAT ARE DONE THE YEAR THAT THE BOND BASICALLY PASSED.
AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A HATS OFF TO THEM ON THAT.
ALSO WENT TO SACHSE AND WE THREW OUT THE FIRST PITCH AGAIN ON THEIR NEW FIELD.
AND IT'S OPEN AND THEY'VE GOT THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING ON THAT NOW FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AS WELL.
IT WAS MY HONOR TO PARTICIPATE ALONG MR. SELDERS AND THE GAFHA CANDIDATE FORUM.
BOTH MR. SELDERS AND I HAVE NO OPPONENT IN THE MAY ELECTION.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, GAFHA WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO ASK US TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT CANDIDATE FORUM, AND WE GOT TO ANSWER NUMEROUS QUESTIONS FROM A VERY WELL ATTENDED FORUM.
A LOT OF THEM WERE ABOUT SCHOOL FINANCE AND FUNDING, AND WE RESPONDED AS BEST WE COULD.
WITH RESPECT TO THAT, CONSIDERING THE RATHER SUSPECT STATE OF BOTH OF THOSE ISSUES WE HAVE RIGHT NOW COMING OUT OF AUSTIN ON SATURDAY, IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO ATTEND THE GISD ALL STAR BAND AUDITIONS.
YOU MIGHT ASK WHAT THE GISD ALL STAR BAND IS, AND THERE IS AN ALL STAR BAND FOR THE SIXTH GRADE, AND IT IS A TON OF FUN TO GO SEE THOSE GUYS, BECAUSE YOU GO TO THESE BAND COMPETITIONS AND THEY'RE ALL, LIKE, SUPER INTENSE BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO JUST EDGE OUT THE OTHER ONE WITH EXCELLENCE AND STUFF.
AND THEN YOU GO TO SEE THE SIXTH GRADE ALL STAR BAND IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
RIGHT THEY'RE STILL JUST THEY'RE STILL ASKING, SO HOW DO I PLAY THIS NOTE AND STUFF? [LAUGHTER] BUT IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
I MEAN, THE KIDS WERE REALLY, REALLY GOOD CONSIDERING THEIR AGE.
SO I WAS REALLY, REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THAT AND A LOT OF FUN.
THANK YOU FOR BUSSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR HOSTING THAT.
IT WAS A MONSOON THAT MORNING.
SO EVERY SINGLE PERSON THEY I CAN ASSURE YOU THE AIR CONDITIONER AT BUSSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL WORKS FINE [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE WE WERE ALL FREEZING INSIDE THERE BECAUSE WE WERE SOAKED TO THE BONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. MR. BEACH.
YES, I WAS GOING TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE HUMMINGBIRDS IN MY BACKYARD, BUT THEY WERE TOO FAST.
SO SORRY, MR. GLICK, I'LL HAVE TO INVITE YOU OVER.
[LAUGHTER] ANYWAY, I DID ATTEND THE NAAMAN AND ALSO SACHSE FIRST PITCH.
ALSO WENT TO THE FFA SHOW FOR A COUPLE OF NIGHTS, AND IT WAS A TREMENDOUS OUTING AND A GREAT SHOWING FOR ALL THE STUDENTS OUT AT THE AG FACILITY AND PUT ON VERY, VERY WELL, NOT ONLY BY THE AG COMMITTEE, BUT MR. BRUMAN WAS THERE JUST ABOUT EVERY NIGHT.
IT WAS A GREAT VENUE FOR THE KIDS.
GREAT SHOW, THE JUDGES VERY COMPLIMENTARY OF WHAT THEY CAME IN FROM OUT OF THE REGION, OF WHAT WE PUT ON FOR A REGIONAL, JUST OUR OWN SHOW JUST BLEW ME AWAY.
THEY WERE JUST SO COMPLIMENTARY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE IT THAT GOOD WHERE THEY GO OTHER PLACES.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE ART, THE ELEMENTARY ART SHOW.
I'M BLOWN AWAY BY WHAT THOSE LITTLE KIDDOS COULD DO.
I WENT TO ONE OF THE CAMPUSES AND HAD THE GLASSES ON MYSELF AND STANDING OUT FRONT WITH A BUNCH OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND THEN I COULD ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEAR ALL THESE SCREAMS AND EVERYTHING. AND IT WAS THE PRE-K BEHIND MEMORIAL PATHWAY THAT WAS JUST HAVING A FIT.
WELL, THAT HOW EXCITED THEY WERE.
SO EVERYBODY, WHAT AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THE KIDS GOT TO EXPERIENCE.
SO IT WAS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL DAY.
DIDN'T THINK WE WERE GOING TO GET IT FOR A MINUTE THERE BECAUSE THE CLOUDS.
BUT WHEN IT POPPED OPEN, IT WAS IT WAS FABULOUS.
I THINK EVERYBODY IS STILL IN AWE ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR DAY.
I ALSO WENT TO WILLIAMS STADIUM THIS LAST SATURDAY FOR THE EXPLORER, FOR THE PRE-K ENROLLMENT.
AND BOY, WHAT A GREAT I WANT TO COMPLIMENT ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THE SETUP THAT THEY HAD FOR EACH CAMPUS, I MEAN, PEOPLE WERE FLOCKING IN THERE LIKE CRAZY, AND THEY WERE BEING GREETED BY TEACHERS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND STAFF AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I MEAN, IT WAS JUST A WARM WELCOMING.
I ALSO WENT TO THE NAACP ATHLETIC SIGNING LAST WEEK, AND IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE THE AMOUNT OF ATHLETES THAT WE HAVE IN THE COLLEGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ATTENDING.
AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT FOR THAT INVITATION, ALONG WITH MISS GRIFFIN AND DOCTOR LOPEZ AND MR.
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DODDS, WE WERE THERE.SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE COUNCIL OF PTA AND THE REASON I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM, I WENT TO THE MEETING AND I WAS KIND OF CURIOUS WHEN A TRUSTED WORLD GOT UP THERE BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT THEM.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THEY DID TO ME.
AND I DID THE SPRING CLEANING.
IF YOU NEED TO DO A SPRING CLEANING, GET TAKE, GO TO YOUR CLOSET AND GET IT DONE.
THEY CAN USE ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING.
AND WHAT A GREAT PARTNERSHIP THE GISD HAS WITH THAT PARTICULAR GROUP THROUGH THE PTA.
AND SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO THAT.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ON A SOMBER NOTE I JUST WANT TO SAY TO MATT AND MELISSA HILL ABOUT LITTLE ARCHER ON THE CELEBRATION THAT THEY DID FOR HIM AND HOW THOSE PARENTS GOT UP THERE AND DID WHAT THEY DID FOR THAT YOUNG MAN.
AND WE KNOW THAT HE'S IN A BETTER PLACE.
AND JUST THANK YOU FOR ARCHER'S LIFE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BEACH. MR. SELDERS.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE NAACP CANDIDATES FORUM AS WELL.
AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED, WE DON'T HAVE OPPONENTS THIS ELECTION CYCLE, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO HEAR FROM THEM, ANSWER QUESTIONS AS BEST WE CAN, AND THEN JUST HAVE CONVERSATIONS.
I DIDN'T GO TO THE TWO SOCCER GAMES THAT MR. GLICK WENT TO. I ACTUALLY WENT TO A SOCCER PLAYOFF GAME FROM GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL PLAYING DUNCANVILLE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT HIGHLIGHTED FOR ME WAS THAT WE HAVE GREAT TALENT WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.
AS A FORMER BASEBALL PLAYER AND SEEING, I NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO PLAY ON TURF BASEBALL FIELDS, SO THAT WAS PRETTY SPECIAL TO SEE THE EXCITEMENT FROM THE PLAYERS AND THE COACHES, THE PARENTS, EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, THEIR SUPPORT ON THAT OCCASION.
I ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CONFERENCE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REALLY THE HIGHLIGHT FOR ME THERE WAS I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE EAGLE THEATER COMPANY AT ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL PERFORM SIX THE TEEN EDITION THE MUSICAL.
AND THEY WERE THE FIRST HIGH SCHOOL IN TEXAS TO PERFORM THE TEEN VERSION OF THIS MUSICAL.
AND THEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.
THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF ATTENDEES THERE.
WE GOT A CHANCE TO TAKE PICTURES WITH RUBY BRIDGES.
AND ONE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FROM THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION CAME UP TO THE GROUP AFTERWARDS AND TOLD THEM THAT THEY BROKE THE MOLD FOR STUDENT PERFORMANCES AT THAT NATIONAL CONFERENCE, WHICH WAS HUGE.
THEY HAD NEVER SEEN A PERFORMANCE THAT ELECTRIC.
THE CAST MEMBERS, THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB SUPER PROUD OF THAT.
IT WAS SO FUNNY BECAUSE AFTER THAT I WOULD ATTEND DIFFERENT SESSIONS AND I WOULD INTRODUCE OR MEET OTHER TRUSTEES FROM DIFFERENT PLACES, AND THEY WOULD TELL ME WHERE THEY WERE FROM. AND THEN I WOULD SAY I WAS FROM GARLAND ISD, AND THEY WOULD KIND OF GIVE ME A FUNNY LOOK.
I SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT GROUP THAT PERFORMED EARLIER, THEY WERE LIKE, OH, YEAH, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE GOING ON AND ON AND ON ABOUT HOW WELL AND HOW MUCH THEY ENJOYED THEIR PERFORMANCE. I ALSO ATTENDED THE NORTH TEXAS AREA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS MEETING OUR FOURTH MEETING APRIL MEETING WE HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM SBOE, THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION THERE TO JUST SHARE SOME OF WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN UP TO SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT THEY'VE BEEN HAVING AND THEY BROUGHT UP, IN PARTICULAR THE ELEVATED SB 900 AND I'M SORRY, HB 900 AND HB 1605.
WE HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVES, PAT HARDY FROM DISTRICT 11 AND PAM LITTLE DISTRICT 12.
AND THEN I ALSO ATTENDED THE GAABSE ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP GALA.
IT WAS AN AWESOME EVENT THAT WAS HELD AT THE CCC.
AND JUST HUGE SHOUT OUT TO GAABSE AND THE ORGANIZERS OF THAT GALA.
THERE WERE A LOT OF AWARDS GIVEN A LOT OF RECOGNITION THERE, AND JUST HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO THAT ORGANIZATION AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HONORED THAT EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SELDERS. MISS STANLEY.
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THANK YOU. I'M JUST GOING TO HIT A FEW OF THE ITEMS SINCE WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT MANY OF THEM.SO I DID GET TO DO MOCK INTERVIEWS, WHICH IS KIND OF THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE THINGS I LIKE TO DO.
I'VE BEEN DOING MOCK INTERVIEWS FOR KIDS SINCE MY SON WAS IN SCHOOL.
AND I JUST THIS YEAR, I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF THE INSTRUCTORS AND THERE WAS A HUGE DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR OF OUR KIDS THEN THEY HAD BEEN IN THE PRIOR YEARS, AND YOU CAN TELL THAT THEY'RE REALLY BEGINNING TO SOCIALIZE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
PRIOR TO THIS YEAR, THEY WERE SO HESITANT.
AND THEY JUST IT WAS HARD TO GET THEM TO ENGAGE, TO BE QUITE HONEST.
BUT THIS YEAR THEY WERE SO ENGAGING AND THEY HAD DONE SO MUCH.
AND THEN I GOT THE PLEASURE OF PARTICIPATING OR WATCHING, NOT PARTICIPATING BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT ME SINGING, BUT THE GARLAND CHILDREN'S CHORUS 50TH ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM WAS LAST WEEK, I THINK IT WAS.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE, BUT TO WATCH THOSE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS.
SO I TEND TO WATCH THEIR FEET AND THEIR HANDS.
I KNOW THAT PROBABLY SOUNDS KIND OF ODD, BUT YOU CAN REALLY TELL THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY GIVING IT THEIR ALL WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THEIR BODY LANGUAGE AND THEIR VOICES AS WELL. SO THAT WAS TRULY FUN.
AND THEN THE PRE-K EXPLORE EXPO, I THAT'S JUST A HIGHLIGHT.
THEY WERE DRESSED UP, THEY WERE TURNED OUT AND THEY ARE READY TO GO TO SCHOOL.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE THROWING OUT THE PITCH WAS VERY NOSTALGIC FOR ME.
AND THEN I GOT TO WATCH THE CERTIFY AND PREPARE EDUCATORS KICKOFF CAPE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT OUR DISTRICT IS DOING TO HELP BRING UP OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS.
AND SO THAT WAS JUST IT'S SO FUN TO WATCH THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE REALLY STEPPING OUTSIDE THEIR COMFORT ZONE, AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THEM AND SO SUPPORTIVE.
AND THEY COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEIR FAMILIES.
AND IT'S JUST NICE TO SEE HIM BRING THE FLOWERS AND JUST THEY SHOWED UP.
SOME OF THEM COME RUNNING IN AT THE LAST MINUTE, BUT THEY WERE THERE.
AND THEN I DID ACTUALLY, SATURDAY HAD OUR FIRST LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COUNCIL MEETING WITH TASB.
THERE WAS OVER 100 OF US THAT SHOWED UP IN AUSTIN ON SATURDAY.
AND THEN I ALSO GOT TO TAKE THE COUNCIL OF PTA TO TRUSTED WORLD TO DO A TOUR.
FOR THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, IT'S NOT IT'S GOING TO BE LIFE CHANGING FOR ANY OF OUR FAMILIES THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. AND, I LOVE TO TALK TO STAFF AND HOW THEY ARE FINDING THIS TO BE AMAZING.
AND I AM SO THRILLED ALL THE WORK HAS PAID OFF.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR IT.
IF ANYBODY KNOWS ME MENTAL HEALTH AND SITUATIONAL POVERTY, THOSE ARE REAL HOT SPOTS FOR ME.
AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING I'M SUPER, SUPER EXCITED ABOUT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS STANLEY.
NOW IS MY OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE BRIEFEST SPEAKER ON THE PODIUM.
I'M JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
OBVIOUSLY, THE FIRST PITCH WAS GREAT.
BEING ABLE TO SEE A FACILITY THAT'S AS EQUAL AS ANYTHING I PLAYED IN COLLEGE BACK WITH THE SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE WHEN WE WERE PLAYING UT AND TEXAS A&M AND SMU AND RICE AND HOUSTON, BAYLOR, ALL THOSE FIELDS THAT WE HAVE NOW THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE ARE GOING TO BE ON EQUAL FOOTING TO ANYTHING I'VE EVER PLAYED ON AND ANYTHING THAT I'VE SEEN LATELY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CONTRACTORS AND ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ATHLETES THAT GET TO PLAY ON THOSE FIELDS.
THE ART DISPLAY, THE ART SHOWS THAT THE KIDS HAD IF YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT I THINK IT WAS THE SECOND OR THIRD YEAR IN A ROW, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE SELECTED PIECES PUT UP IN THE BANK LOBBY AT VERITEX BANK AT 1001 MAIN.
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IF YOU DIDN'T GET TO SEE THOSE WORKS WHEN THEY WERE ON DISPLAY AT THE CTC THEN YOU CAN COME TO THE BANK AND SEE THEM.THEY'RE AWESOME. THEY'RE GREAT.
THEY'RE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL.
THERE'S A GOOD MIXTURE OF SKILLS, GOOD MIXTURE OF TYPES OF ART.
AND WE'RE REAL PROUD TO HAVE THOSE UP.
THE I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE VISUAL AID VOLUNTEER LUNCHEON APPRECIATION LUNCHEON THAT WE HAD HERE AT THE HARRIS HILL. AND THAT IS A GROUP THAT HAS BEEN AWESOME.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MANY GOOD, REALLY GOOD CHARITIES THAT SHOULD BE MENTIONED.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL OUR GROUPS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
AND TRUSTEES, THAT CONCLUDES OUR TRUSTEES REPORTS FOR THE EVENING.
DOCTOR LOPEZ, DO YOU HAVE A SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT?
[V.E. Superintendent's Report]
I DO, THERE'S A FEW THINGS I WANT TO COVER THAT ARE PRETTY IMPACTFUL.ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED IN 2018 A LOT OF A FEW OF OUR PROGRAMS, MARIACHI AND OUR STEP TEAMS WERE AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. THEY WEREN'T EMBEDDED IN THE CURRICULUM.
EVEN BELIEF SYSTEMS WERE CHALLENGED.
LIKE, IS THIS A FINE ART? RIGHT. THOSE TYPE OF THINGS CAME CAME ACROSS OUR DESK.
WE COURAGEOUSLY MOVED FORWARD AND MADE OUR STEP TEAMS PART OF THE CURRICULUM.
AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER TIME IS THAT IS NOW THE FABRIC OF EVERY SCHOOL.
YOU GO TO PEP RALLIES YOU GO TO DIFFERENT EVENTS.
THOSE TEAMS ARE BEING HIGHLIGHTED AND THEY'RE COMPETING AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
AND SO WHEN I TALK TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND THEY'RE LIKE, HOW ARE YOUR GROUPS SO GOOD? WELL, THEIR GROUPS ARE SO GOOD BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TIME TO PRACTICE.
THEY HAVE ACTUALLY A SPONSOR TO ORGANIZE THEM, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A PLACE TO GROW AND REALLY FEEL PART OF THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT OUR TEAMS, THEY'RE MULTIRACIAL.
SO WHAT THAT TELLS YOU IS THE KIDS INTERESTS ARE THESE TYPE OF PROGRAMS, AND A KID INVOLVED IN SCHOOL IS GOING TO THRIVE MORE WHENEVER THEY'RE NOT ENGAGED. THESE TYPE OF PROGRAMS SAVE LIVES.
AND SO WE GOT AN INVITATION TO DO A NATIONAL CONFERENCE AT A NATIONAL STAGE.
AND THE KIDS FROM ROWLETT SHINED.
THE OTHER ART FORM THAT WE STARTED, INCLUDING IN THE SCHOOL DAY, WAS MARIACHI.
WELL, I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR MARIACHI GROUP WAS NOTIFIED TODAY THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO PERFORM AT A STATE CONFERENCE THIS SUMMER FOR THE TEXAS ORGANIZATION OF ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION.
AND NOW WE'RE GETTING PROFOUND RESULTS.
YOU KNOW, WE DID IT JUST BECAUSE WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BENEFIT KIDS.
THEY'RE SHOWCASING OUR DISTRICT AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL CONSISTENTLY AT THE STATE LEVEL.
I DO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BOND PROJECTS.
I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS.
AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, ALL OF US WERE SWEATING IT OUT BECAUSE WE HAD THREE REFERENDUMS ON A BOARD, THE NOT ONLY A BOND, BUT THE BIGGEST BOND IN GARLAND HISTORY.
THE CLOSEST BOND WE COULD ALMOST TRIPLE ON WHAT THE AMOUNT ON THIS ONE WAS.
AND IT PASSED ALL THREE MEASURES BY SIGNIFICANT MARGINS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE PROMISED PEOPLE IS WE'RE GOING TO GRAB THE LOW HANGING FRUIT FIRST.
OKAY. NOW, WHEN WE SAY LOW HANGING FRUIT, THOSE ARE THE EASIEST PROJECTS TO MANAGE.
YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE PROCUREMENT THINGS.
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IT IS A SLOW PROCESS, BUT WE HAD A PLAN.AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT IS AT THIS TIME, OKAY, IT'S NOT EVEN A YEAR INTO IT.
WE COMPLETED SIX BASEBALL FIELDS AND SIX SOFTBALL FIELDS.
I MEAN THREE BASEBALL FIELDS AND THREE SOFTBALL FIELDS A TOTAL OF SIX PROJECTS.
OKAY, WHY IS THAT SIGNIFICANT? WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT SO THEY COULD STILL HAVE A SEASON.
THEY COULD STILL DO IT WITHIN SEASON.
AND IT GAVE A TASTE TO THE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET.
AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU PEOPLE ARE BLOWN AWAY BY WHAT WE DELIVERED.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO MOVE FIELDS.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO A LOT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ALL THESE EVALUATION THINGS.
SO STAY TUNED TO OUR BOND MEETING.
ALL OF THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
AND THAT'S A HUGE ENDEAVOR, ESPECIALLY FOR CHILD SAFETY.
OKAY. SO WE DID THE SCHEMATIC DESIGNS FOR OUR BASEBALL FIELDS.
GET A TASTE. NOW THE DIFFERENCE ON THE MAX.
THE LOW HANGING FRUIT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAPPEN AT ALL SEVEN SCHOOLS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO START CONSTRUCTION ON ALL SEVEN AT THE SAME TIME.
NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY END AT THE SAME TIME.
ONCE YOU START DIGGING, EVERYTHING'S DIFFERENT.
OKAY. BUT WE'RE GOING TO START CONSTRUCTION ON ALL OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME.
SO EVERY SCHOOL IS GOING TO START THOSE INDOOR FACILITIES RIGHT AROUND SEPTEMBER.
WE HOPE TO THAT'S OUR TARGET DATE TO START SEEING ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AND YOU KNOW, THE BOARD IS YOU SAW TODAY THEY WERE LOOKING OVER A POLICY.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR LOPEZ, FOR THAT UPDATE.
[V.F. Future Agenda Items]
ARE THERE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? MR. MILLER? YEAH. LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION, AND I CAN TELL YOU WHETHER OR NOT I WANT THIS AS AN AGENDA ITEM.WITH RESPECT TO THE POLICIES THAT WE LOOKED AT WHEN IN ANTICIPATION OF THINGS THAT COULD CHANGE WITH THE COST OF OUR PROJECTS, WILL THOSE BE INCORPORATED INTO THE VERY NEXT BOND COMMITTEE MEETING SO WE CAN BE UPDATED OF ANY COST CHANGES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? HOW WILL THAT BE COMMUNICATED TO.
I SEE DOCTOR LOPEZ MOVED UP SO I WILL LET HIM ANSWER.
SO DEFINE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
THAT'S LIKE A BLANKET STATEMENT.
IF WE THOUGHT A BUILDING WOULD COST $10 MILLION, BUT IT'S GOING TO COST 11 MILLION NOW.
RIGHT. WHEN DOES THE BOARD FIND THAT OUT? THEY FIND OUT WHENEVER WE BRING THE DESIGN TO YOU.
WE'LL BRING THE LIKE FOR INSTANCE, WHEN WE BRING THE MAX TO YOU, WE'LL SAY THIS IS WHAT WE BUDGETED AND THIS IS WHAT THE PROJECTED COST IS WITHOUT ANY CONTINGENCIES OR WHATEVER THE I'M GOING TO SAY.
YES. SO I'M GOING TO SAY THIS.
THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AMOUNT.
NO, IT WILL BE THE ENTIRE CONTRACT AMOUNT.
OKAY. WELL TO INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
JUST SOMEWHERE IN THE BOND COMMITTEE INCORPORATE THAT.
THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROJECTS, THE LETTING OF THE PROJECTS.
AND THEN ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION IS UNDER, IF THEY'RE CHANGE ORDERS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS JUST THAT THE REPORTING MECHANISM BACK TO THE BOARD TO LET US KNOW, YOU KNOW, TOTALS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS ARE WELL COMMUNICATED.
AND IT CAN BE DONE MS. GRIFFIN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN AGENDA ITEM.
IF IT NEEDS TO BE, I'LL RECOMMEND THAT.
SO THE RUNNING TOTALS, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE AT THE END.
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SO THAT WAY IT'S CLEAR FOR EVERY PROJECT WHAT WE'RE DOING.WHEN WE GET A TOTAL AMOUNT, WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU KNOW THIS IS WHAT THE AMOUNT IS.
THE BEAUTIFUL THING THAT WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE APPROVED IS CALLED THE CMAR.
SO THEN IT GIVES US TIME TO WORK THROUGH THE PROJECT.
OKAY. IN THE PAST, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS GET AN ARCHITECT.
WE'D SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT.
WE PUT IT OUT FOR BID, AND THEN THAT'S WHEN WE FIND OUT EVERYTHING'S OVER BUDGET.
OKAY, SO THE BOARD HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD THING ABOUT APPROVING ALL THESE CMAR'S.
IT'S GOING TO BE A WHOLE DIFFERENT PROCESS.
AND CHANGE ORDERS WILL BE HANDLED.
ALL I'M SAYING IS SOMEWHERE IN THIS, REMEMBER HOW WHEN WE DO THE RENEWAL CONTRACT REPORT, AND MR. BOOKER COMES UP AND SAYS, HERE'S EVERYTHING WE DID THE PAST MONTH.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S INCORPORATED.
SO PART OF THE CHANGE ORDER PROCESS IS NOTIFYING THE BOARD.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN POLICY.
THE BOARD WILL ALWAYS BE NOTIFIED ON THE AMOUNT OF CHANGE ORDERS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
IT'S JUST THE 10% RULE WILL HAPPEN BEFORE YOU GET APPROVAL, BUT YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED.
THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE SOMETHING IN THE BACKGROUND.
AT THE BOARD BOND SPECIAL COMMITTEE'S WE HAVE PURCHASED A SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE USING.
AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE GETTING INFORMATION PER PROJECT.
AND ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE OF THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME.
SO THINGS THAT ARE AFFECTED THROUGH THE CHANGE ORDER PROCESS, WE WILL SEE IT IN THOSE INDIVIDUAL REPORTS THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT TO US AT THE SPECIAL BOARD BOND MEETING, AND WE ARE CARRYING IN THAT AGENDA ALL OF THE PROJECTS.
AND THEN WHEN THEY COME AND GIVE US AN UPDATE, THAT'S WHEN THEY WILL GIVE US THE CHANGES AS WELL AS IT BEING INCLUDED ON THE PROJECT PAGE OF THAT SPECIFIC PROJECT.
SO I THINK WE I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WE HAVE EVERYTHING PERFECTLY CORRECT, BUT AT THIS TIME WE DO HAVE THE REPORTING PROCESS AND THE MODEL IN PLACE.
AND WITH THAT ANSWER THEN I DON'T HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM.
OKAY AND I'M LOOKING OUT HERE TO TWO PEOPLE AND THEY'RE SHAKING THEIR HEADS THAT I DID NOT MISSTATE.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE WILL SEE IT IN THE BOARD SPECIAL MEETINGS.
TRUSTEES WE ARE NOW READY FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[VI. Consent Agenda]
YOU ALL HAVE YOUR CLICKERS READY.REMEMBER, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO READ EACH ONE OF THESE FIRST.
OR I COULD ASK FOR SOMEONE TO GIVE ME A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND YOU READ ALL OF THE ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I MOVE THAT WE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, INCLUDING THE HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT, BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE 2023 2024 GENERAL FUND AND DEBT SERVICE FUND.
APPROVAL OF THE WHITE FLEET MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATION, NEW BIDS, INCLUDING CONTRACT 1824, APPROVAL OF TILT SKILLETS FOR STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES.
THAT'S COOL. CONTRACT 370-24 APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF CONCESSIONAIRE SERVICES.
E MODIFICATIONS TO AWARDS BID AWARDED BIDS INCLUDING CONTRACT 390-24-01 APPROVAL OF MODIFICATION TO TRANSPORTATION PHOTO ID SYSTEM, F INCREASE TO AWARDED BIDS INCLUDING CONTRACT 51-22-02 APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARD AMOUNT FOR SERVING LINE REPLACEMENT FOR STUDENT, CONTRACT 269-21 APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR LAMINATING AND OFFICE MACHINE SUPPLIES AND SERVICES.
CONTRACT 318-19-01 APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN THE AWARD AMOUNT FOR AUDIT SERVICES AND CONTRACT 326-20 APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARD AMOUNT FOR FOOTBALL EQUIPMENT REPAIR.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. JOHNSON, SECOND BY MR. GLICK THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA, AS NOTED IN THE MOTION AND PRINTED IN OUR AGENDA.
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ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM.CAN WE JUST CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE NO CHANGES IN THIS THAT WASN'T PRESENTED.
THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL ALWAYS HAVE WHAT WAS PRESENTED THROUGH COMMITTEE.
SO THERE ARE NO CHANGES IN ANY OF THESE ITEMS. SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? VOTE OPEN.
ITEM SEVEN ACTION ITEM NON CONSENT.
[VII.A. Consider Approval of Resolution Allowing Compensation for Staff Members Due to Time Missed During Lack of Power at Naaman Forest High School]
WE WILL TAKE THESE INDIVIDUALLY A CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION ALLOWING COMPENSATION FOR STAFF MEMBERS DUE TO THE TIME MISSED DURING LACK OF POWER AT NAAMAN FOREST HIGH SCHOOL.GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ.
ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH FAIRLY EARLY THAT MORNING, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT NAAMAN FOREST HIGH SCHOOL HAD AREAS THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO BE SERVICED BY ELECTRICITY, WAS NOT THE WHOLE CAMPUS, BUT ENOUGH OF THE CAMPUS TO IMPACT ATTENDANCE OF STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFETY.
AND I BRING BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING A RESOLUTION ASKING THAT YOU APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF THOSE STAFF MEMBERS WHO WERE ASKED NOT TO WORK THAT DAY DUE TO THEIR SAFETY.
TRUSTEES YOU HAD A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION IN OUR BOARD BOOK, AND IT'S PRINTED HERE TONIGHT ON PAGE 80 AND 81. MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION ALLOWING COMPENSATION FOR STAFF MEMBERS DUE TO TIME MISSED DURING LACK OF POWER AND NAAMAN FOREST HIGH SCHOOL.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. GLICK SECOND BY MR. BEACH THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ALLOWING FOR COMPENSATION FOR STAFF MEETING MEMBERS DUE TO TIME MISSED DURING LACK OF POWER AT NAAMAN FOREST HIGH SCHOOL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY DISCUSSION? VOTE OPEN.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR BROWN.
B. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR UT ON RAMPS, MR.
[VII.B. Consider Approval of Interlocal Agreement for UT OnRamps]
MASSEY. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.TONIGHT I BRING BEFORE YOU THE UT ONRAMPS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
ONRAMPS COURSES OR DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH DUAL CREDIT COURSES.
ONRAMPS STUDENTS EARN A HIGH SCHOOL GRADE AND A COLLEGE GRADE.
THE TWO GRADES CAN BE DIFFERENT.
FOR COMPARISON, DUAL CREDIT STUDENTS EARN ONE GRADE, WHICH IS THE COLLEGE GRADE.
THE 23-24 BUDGET FOR ONRAMPS IS $15,000, AND THAT IS HOUSED IN THE ADVANCED ACADEMICS BUDGET.
TRUSTEES, YOU HAVE THIS DETAILED INFORMATION IN YOUR BOARD BOOK FROM PAGES 83 TO PAGE 110.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR UT ONRAMPS AS PRINTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. JOHNSON. SECOND BY MR. SELDERS THAT WE ACCEPT AND APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR UT ONRAMPS.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE VOTE OPEN.
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VOTE CLOSE.THANK YOU TRUSTEES, THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
C. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF SSA WITH MESQUITE REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL DOCTOR TANYA RAMOS.
[VII.C. Consider Approval of SSA with Mesquite Regional Day School ]
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DOCTOR LOPEZ.THIS WAS BROUGHT BEFORE YOU DURING THE OCTOBER 24TH BOARD MEETING FOR APPROVAL.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REVISIONS MADE TO THE FEE SCHEDULE.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, IT HAS BEEN REVISED TO SHOW THOSE CHANGES IN THE FEE SCHEDULE.
AND SO I'M BRINGING IT BACK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
THOSE CHANGES AND FEES DON'T AFFECT US.
THOSE AREN'T REALLY SERVICES THAT WE USE.
TRUSTEES THIS DOCUMENT IS IN YOUR BOARD BOOK FROM BEGINNING ON PAGE 112, AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO 150. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE REAL QUICK.
HOW MANY STUDENTS DO WE HAVE INVOLVED IN THIS? WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 47 STUDENTS.
I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A MOTION.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. SELDERS. SECOND, BY MR. GLICK THAT WE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE SSA WITH MESQUITE REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY QUESTIONS? VOTE OPEN.
D. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ANNUAL TEKS CERTIFICATION.
[VII.D. Consider Approval of Annual TEKS Certification ]
DOCTOR KIMBERLY CADDELL.OKAY. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GRIFFIN, TRUSTEES, DOCTOR LOPEZ.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS EDUCATION CODE SECTION 31.1011, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO ANNUALLY CERTIFY TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE COMMISSIONER THAT FOR EACH SUBJECT IN THEIR REQUIRED CURRICULUM OTHER THAN PHYSICAL EDUCATION, STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT COVER ALL OF THE TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS, OR TEKS, FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR.
ADDITIONALLY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 19, SECTION 66.105 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO CERTIFY THAT THEY PROTECT AGAINST ACCESS TO OBSCENE OR HARMFUL CONTENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION UNDER THE CHILDREN'S INTERNET PROTECTION ACT.
THESE CERTIFICATIONS MUST BE RATIFIED BY LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS AT PUBLICLY NOTICED MEETINGS.
THIS ITEM IS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TONIGHT AS AN ACTION ITEM.
ASSUMING A SUCCESSFUL RATIFICATION TONIGHT, OUR GISD TEXTBOOK COORDINATOR, MR. CHARLIE ROSE, WILL ENTER OUR DRAFT SURVEY RESPONSES THAT YOU RECEIVED IN YOUR BOARD BOOK IN ADVANCE OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION INTO TEA'S ONLINE SURVEY RESPONSE SYSTEM FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
ONCE HE DOES THAT, THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO ENTER OUR TEXTBOOK ORDERS IN ADVANCE OF OUR SCHOOL YEAR OPENING SO THAT WE CAN RECEIVE ALL OF OUR MATERIALS FOR THE START OF THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR.
THANK YOU. AND TRUSTEES, I MADE AN ERROR ON THE PREVIOUS THAT RESOLUTION DIDN'T GO TO PAGE 150.
SO THE CERTIFICATION IS IN OUR BOARD BOOK ON PAGE 132 TO 150.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS GRIFFIN.
YES. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ANNUAL TEKS CERTIFICATION AS PRINTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. SELDERS. SECOND, BY MR. GLICK THAT WE CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL TEKS CERTIFICATION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEES, THAT PASSES 7 TO 0.
[02:00:05]
THANK YOU. TRUSTEES.[VIII. Executive Session]
SECTION 551.001 A..071. PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH BOARD ATTORNEY IN PERSON OR BY PHONE WHEN THE BOARD SEEKS THE ADVICE OF ITS ATTORNEY ABOUT PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION.
A SETTLEMENT OFFER ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENT BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES, PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER.
B PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.074 DELIBERATION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EVALUATION, RESIGNATION, RESIGNATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, OR TO HEAR A COMPLAINT OR CHARGE AGAINST AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.
TWO CONSIDERATION AND DELIBERATION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION WITH REGARD TO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES, TEACHERS, AND OTHER CONTRACTUAL POSITIONS.
CONSIDERATION THREE CONSIDERATION AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE TERMINATION OF PROBATIONARY CONTRACT TO REBEKAH PALMER-CONWAY AND KATHRYN REHMANI.
OKAY. IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT.
AND FOUR CONSIDER AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE PROPOSED NON-RENEWAL OF THE CHAPTER 21 CONTRACT OF JOE PERALES OR JULIO PEREZ AND NICHOLAS STUBBS.
AND WE ARE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND TRUSTEES LET'S BEGIN AT 7:10.
[IX. Reconvene from Executive Session for action relative to items considered during Executive Session]
AND WE HAVE RETURNED FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.I CERTIFY THAT NOTHING WAS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BUT THE ITEMS THAT APPEARED ON THE AGENDA.
CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH REGARDS WITH REGARDS TO PROFESSIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS.
IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I HAVE A MOTION.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. JOHNSON, SECOND BY MR. GLICK THAT WE TAKE WE ACCEPT THE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH REGARD TO PROFESSIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS.
THAT MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
B. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH REGARD TO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES, TEACHERS, AND OR CONTRACTUAL POSITION CONTRACTS.
IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH REGARD TO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES, TEACHERS AND OTHER CONTRACTUAL POSITION CONTRACTS AS PRESENTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. JOHNSON, SECOND, BY MR. GLICK THAT WE TAKE THE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH REGARD TO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES, TEACHERS AND OTHER CONTRACTUAL POSITION CONTRACTS.
THANK YOU TRUSTEES, THAT PASSES 7 0.
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REHMANI.OKAY, THANKS. AT THE END OF THE YEAR CONTRACT TERM IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT.
SECOND. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED, AND SECOND, THAT WE TAKE THE POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE TERMINATION OF THE PROBATIONARY CONTRACT WITH REBEKAH PALMER-CONWAY AND KATHRYN REHMANI.
IS THERE A MOTION? I'VE ALREADY MOVED. OKAY.
CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE PROPOSED NON-RENEWAL OF THE CHAPTER 21 CONTRACTS FOR JOE PERALES.
JULIO PEREZ AND NICHOLAS STUBBS.
THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION, MADAM PRESIDENT? YES. I MOVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PROPOSE THE NON-RENEWAL OF THE CHAPTER 21 TERM CONTRACTS OF JOE PERALES, JULIO PEREZ AND NICHOLAS STUBBS AND ISSUE NOTICE TO SAID EMPLOYEES. SECOND.
AND SECOND, THAT WE TAKE THE ACTION REGARDING THE NON-RENEWAL OF CHAPTER 21 CONTRACTS.
[X. Adjournment]
SO MOVED.[LAUGHTER] THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 8:15.
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