Feb 11, 2025 Facilities Committee Meeting

[I. Call to Order and Determination of Quorum ]

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OKAY, WELL. GOOD AFTERNOON. AND GOOD DREARY, COLD FEBRUARY AFTERNOON TO EVERYBODY.

IT IS NOW 3:00. THIS IS THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES, FINANCE, FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING. TODAY IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, AND IT IS 2025.

OUR FIRST ITEM IS TO CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING.

THERE IS A QUORUM, SO I DO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO. BOARD IS PUBLIC FORUM TIME.

MICHELLE, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS FOR PUBLIC FORUM TODAY? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE WILL PROCEED. AND WE WILL GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.

[III. Superintendent's Message ]

WOW. THANK YOU, CHAIRPERSON MILLER. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR JUST REALLY KICKING OFF FEBRUARY.

FEBRUARY. WE HAVE A LOT TO CELEBRATE, AND WE'LL DETAIL MORE OF THOSE THINGS LATER.

OUR FINANCE AGENDA IS PRETTY MUCH SET, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A FEW THINGS THAT AND PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE BOARD TO REALLY CONSIDER AND REALLY LISTEN INTENTLY ON. SO I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU, MR. MILLER. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED INTO THE REST OF OUR AGENDA.

JUST REAL QUICK. I THINK EVERYBODY'S AWARE ON THE COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD AND IN THE COMMUNITY, IN TERMS OF WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN IN AUSTIN WITH RESPECT TO OUR LEGISLATORS BEING IN SESSION.

THERE'S A LOT OF BILLS BEING BANDIED ABOUT, SOME OF WHICH WILL AFFECT EDUCATION.

SENATE BILL TWO IS OUT, AND I'M PRETTY SURE THERE WILL BE A AMENDED VERSION OR A SEPARATE VERSION OF A BILL COMING OUT OF THE HOUSE SOON.

THEY'VE ALL PROMISED TO DO SO. THINGS TO DO WITH EDUCATION FUNDING.

FREEDOM OF CHOICE OR VOUCHERS HOWEVER YOU LIKE TO REFER TO IT.

TEACHER PAY. THERE'S MANY, MANY ISSUES THAT ARE ON THE BOARD, SO I URGE EVERYBODY TO TO READ THE PAPER OR GO TO WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR NEWS SOURCE.

THERE ARE SOME SITES ONLINE THAT YOU CAN GO TO THAT FOLLOW BILLS AS THEY'RE PREPARED AND SUBMITTED AND DISCUSSED AND CUSSED.

SO WE'LL TRY TO STAY CURRENT AS WE GO FORWARD RIGHT NOW.

I THINK MOST OF US ARE TAKING THAT WAIT AND SEE ATTITUDE.

LET'S CALL IT MILD OPTIMISM AT BEST. SO WE WILL SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT FOR US IN THIS COMING SESSION.

OUR ITEM, OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. INFORMATION ITEMS.

[IV.A. Information Items ]

DON'T RUN, MR. BOOKER. DON'T RUN. WE'LL WAIT FOR YOU.

AND WE HAVE MR. MARK BOOKER HERE TO GO OVER THIS REPORT.

MR. MILLER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO DOCTOR LOPEZ, WE DO HAVE BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OUR FEBRUARY RENEWAL REPORT.

WE DO HAVE THE CONTRACTS LISTED BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

LET ME GET. OKAY. WE HAVE THE CONTRACTS ARE ON THE LIST ON PAGE FIVE. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE OR THE BOARD WITH RESPECT TO ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE CHART? IF NOT, THEN LET'S PROCEED. THEN WE'LL GO TO ITEM 4.A2.

THAT WILL BE REVIEW THE DECEMBER 2024 MONTHLY FINANCIALS.

AND ARTURO IS HERE, I BELIEVE, TO GUIDE US THROUGH THESE CHARTS.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN MILLER, BOARD TRUSTEES AND DR.

LOPEZ, I PRESENT TO YOU DECEMBER 2024 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR FUN.

199 OR THE GENERAL FUND. ON PAGE SEVEN, THERE'S A FIGURE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS 36.9%.

THAT'S HOW MUCH WE SPENT SO FAR AS OF DECEMBER 2020.

FOR THIS AMOUNT. OR THIS PERCENTAGE MIGHT LOOK LOW BECAUSE IT'S HALF OF THE YEAR AND IT'S LESS THAN HALF OF THE BUDGET.

BUT MOST OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE ACCRUALS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN AT THE AT YEAR END.

THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER PERCENTAGE THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, AND THAT IS ON PAGE TEN OF YOUR PACKET.

AND THAT'S THE REVENUE THAT WE'VE ACQUIRED DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR.

AND THAT'S 50%, WHICH THAT'S A PRETTY REASONABLE AMOUNT OF PERCENTAGE OF REVENUES ACQUIRED, WHICH IS HALF HOW MUCH WE BUDGETED FOR. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

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I WANT TO GO BACK TO PAGE SEVEN AND YOUR COMMENT ABOUT THE 36.9% AND THE FACT THAT SOME ACCRUALS HAVE NOT BEEN OR WILL NOT BE BOOKED UNTIL YEAR END. IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? YES.

TELL ME THE TYPES OF THINGS YOU ANTICIPATE OR WHAT TYPES OF THINGS ARE IN THAT YEAR END.

ACCRUAL? IT WOULD MOSTLY DO BE DUE TO PAYROLL.

SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES DO PERFORM ALL THEIR WORK WITHIN CERTAIN DAYS DURING THE YEAR.

AND BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ANNUALIZED PAYMENT, THEY'LL GET PAID OUTSIDE OF, LIKE AFTER JULY 1ST.

AND THOSE PAYMENTS, EVEN THOUGH THE CASH GETS OUT ON JULY AND AUGUST.

IT WAS REALLY EARNED BY OUR EMPLOYEES. BEFORE JUNE 30TH.

SO THAT'S WHY WE ACCRUED THEM. SO IF WE'RE NOT.

RECOGNIZING THEM, WE'RE NOT ACCRUING THEM. WE'RE JUST WAITING TILL THE END OF THE YEAR TO PAY THEM. IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? YEAH.

OKAY. SO AT THAT TIME WILL ACCRUE. YEAH. OKAY.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT IN THERE TWICE.

WHEN I HEAR THE WORD ACCRUAL, TO ME THAT MEANS IT'S ACCRUED MONTHLY.

BUT WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE'RE PAYING IT AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN INCURRED. AND THAT I THAT I UNDERSTAND.

AM I RIGHT, MR. DODD? YES. IT'S, YOU KNOW, OUR TEACHER CONTRACTS GO PAST, AND THAT'S MAINLY WHO THE SALARIES THAT ARE ACCRUED.

AND SO EVEN THOUGH THEY GET PAID IN JULY AND AUGUST TO FINISH THEIR CONTRACT, IT WAS EARNED BACK IN THE FISCAL YEAR THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S ACCRUED. AND SO THERE IS SOME REVENUE ACCRUED FROM THE STATE BECAUSE THEIR FISCAL YEAR GOES TO SEPTEMBER 1ST OR TO AUGUST 31ST. SO WE WILL ACCRUE BACK ANY REVENUE THAT'S OWED BACK TO US ALSO.

SO LET ME PUT ARTURO ON THE SPOT. IF YOU WERE TO PUT, LIKE WE HAVE 36.9% SO FAR.

IF WE WERE TO MONTHLY ACCRUE ALL THAT, INCLUDING THE REVENUE THAT IS EXPECTED.

IS THAT A PLUS OR MINUS TO THE 36.7? THAT WOULDN'T BE THE IN MY OPINION, THAT WOULDN'T BE THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT TRUE EXPENSES YET AS OF DECEMBER. I'M NOT SAYING IT'S THE RIGHT WAY. I JUST SAID IF WE DID, OKAY, IF WE WERE AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR, IF EVERYTHING WAS BEING ACCOUNTED FOR MONTHLY AND WE WERE PAYING THOSE THINGS ON AN ACCRUAL BASIS HERE'S WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO.

I DON'T LIKE LOOKING AT FINANCIALS AND THEN GETTING TO THE END OF THE YEAR. AND YOU GOT THESE BIG CHANGES AND WHERE YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE HERE, YOU WIND UP THERE.

SO, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A BETTER FEEL FOR WHERE WE ACTUALLY ARE TODAY, IN ALIGNMENT WITH BUDGETED ITEMS. LET ME ASK YOU THIS. WHEN WE BUDGET FOR THOSE ITEMS, DO WE NOT BUDGET FOR THEM MONTHLY IN OUR BUDGET? OR DO WE JUST WAIT AND PUT THEM AS A LUMP SUM NUMBER AT THE END OF THE YEAR? NO, WE BUDGET ACCORDING TO PROJECTIONS AND ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

BUT THE ACCRUALS, THE EXPENSES THAT ARE SHOWN HERE, THEY GOT TO FOLLOW GAAP.

SO IT'S INCURRED WHEN EARNED. AND WE HAVEN'T THEY HAVEN'T EARNED IT PER SE YET.

THAT'S WHY THE EXPENSES ARE NOT IN THERE. BUT I WOULD SAY THAT IT WOULD.

YOU WOULD NEED TO ADD ANOTHER AROUND ANOTHER 40 MILLION TO THAT 183 NUMBER IF WE WERE TO OVER ACCRUE NOW AND THE EXPENSES.

SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EMPLOYEES DRIVE MY POINT HOME.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EMPLOYEES. IF THEY QUIT TODAY, DO WE OWE THEM ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T FINISH? IS THERE SOMETHING WE WILL OWE THEM OR DO WE JUST NOT PAY THEM PAY THEM UNTIL IT'S COMPLETED.

AT THE END, I BELIEVE THERE'S A PORTION THAT WE WILL PAY THEM, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO CALCULATE HOW MUCH TIME THEY'VE ACTUALLY WORKED AND HOW MUCH WE'VE PAID THEM. OKAY. AND I'LL TAKE IT UP MORE LATER. I JUST I DON'T LIKE BEING SURPRISED AT THE END OF YEAR.

I LIKE THE ACCRUALS TO HAPPEN DURING THE YEAR. I LIKE TO KIND OF KNOW WHERE WE ARE, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO BUDGET MONTHLY.

TO ME, IT MAKES SENSE TO RECOGNIZE EXPENSE AND REVENUE.

IF WE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT MONTHLY AS WELL, THEN THAT KIND OF KEEPS US FROM BEING SURPRISED.

THERE WILL BE A SWING, BUT AS WE START IN OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS, WE WILL START UPDATING WHERE WE FEEL WE WILL FINISH AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO THERE WON'T BE. THE NUMBERS MAY NOT MATCH EXACTLY WHAT'S OUT RIGHT HERE, BUT WE WILL PROJECT OUT WHAT WE WILL OWE TO FOR ACCRUALS AND FOR OUR REVENUE COMING IN, YOU KNOW, WE WON'T KNOW EXACTLY ON REVENUE UNTIL WE FINISH THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, BECAUSE THAT THAT WILL COMPLETE OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

AND TO GO BACK TO YOUR POINT, IF SOMEBODY LEAVES, WE ALWAYS CALCULATE DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, WE CALCULATE HOW MANY DAYS THEY HAD WORKED AND THEN HOW MANY DAYS THEY HAD BEEN PAID.

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AND SO. SO AT THE BANK, I HAVE A THING CALLED GAAP, BUT IT'S NOT THE ACCOUNTING GAAP.

IT'S GUESSING AT WHAT IS ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR CUSTOMERS DON'T REALLY USE GAAP ANYWAY.

SO THAT'S JUST WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR IS IF 36.7, IF YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT'S NOT REALLY THE NUMBER BECAUSE OF ACCRUALS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN, I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO KNOW THEN, OKAY, ABOUT WHAT THAT IS.

AND IF THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DO, THAT'S FINE. I JUST WE CAN GET CLOSE.

WE CAN GET CLOSE ON YOU KNOW, CONTRACTS OWED AS FAR AS WHAT? OUR EMPLOYEES, IF THEY ALL WORK TO THE END OF THE YEAR AND DO THAT, WE CAN GET CLOSE ON THAT AND KIND OF GIVE AN ESTIMATE AS WE GET A LITTLE CLOSER. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY STARTING THAT PROCESS NOW.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS STANLEY. SO FOR ME, I JUST HAD A QUESTION A DIFFERENT WAY.

BUT IF I WAS TO GO BACK THIS YEAR, LAST YEAR, THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WOULD WE BE AT THE 36.2% OR WOULD BE AT 40%? SO IN LINE WITH LAST YEAR, ARE WE TRACKING? YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER MAYBE LAST YEAR.

BUT IT'S, IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULDN'T TIE OUT TO THE REAL NUMBERS.

I WOULDN'T I BELIEVE THIS ARE MORE ACCURATE BECAUSE THIS TIES TO OUR FINANCIALS CURRENTLY IN OUR SYSTEM.

OKAY. THANK YOU. JAMIE. JAMIE. MR. GLICK. THANK YOU, SIR.

SO I THINK WE'VE ALL SEEN THAT THE PROMISES OUR PRESIDENT MADE IN THE CAMPAIGN HE'S FOLLOWING UP AND ENACTING. AND ONE OF THOSE WAS TO ELIMINATE THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

AND I THINK WE CAN ALL THINK THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT 2 OR 3 MONTHS FROM WHAT I'M READING.

SO RIGHT NOW, ON THE GRANTS THAT WE GET UNDER, LET'S SEE, EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT, THAT'S THE CURRENT NAME. IT WAS BEFORE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, AND THEN UNDER GEORGE BUSH, IT WAS NO CHILD SUCCEEDS.

SAME. SAME LEGISLATION. WE GET ALMOST $20 MILLION AND UNDER IDEA INDIVIDUALS DISABILITY EDUCATION ACT, WE GET ALMOST $15 MILLION. THAT'S UNDER 611 AND 619 OF IDEA.

WE GET THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY. SO. ASSUMING THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ENDS SOMETIME IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHETHER THAT'S THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR OR OUR FISCAL YEAR, DO WE HAVE ANY ANTICIPATION THAT THAT MONEY EVENTUALLY, SOMEHOW WILL TRANSFER TO THE STATES BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR DISTRIBUTION BY THE STATES? OR WILL THAT MONEY JUST TOTALLY DISAPPEARED? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS, ANY THOUGHTS? ARE YOU HEARING ANYTHING ABOUT WHERE THAT MIGHT END UP? I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING CONCLUSIVE. I THINK THERE' A, IF THAT IS TO HAPPEN, IF THE FEDERAL REVENUES ARE TO BE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.

IT WOULD BE A REAL HIT FOR OUR DISTRICT, BUT I DON'T THINK THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION WOULD HURT US.

I THINK THEY'RE LIKE THAT. THAT'S MY OPINION.

MY OPINION IS I THINK THEY HAVE SOME BRIGHT PEOPLE.

I HOPE THEY HAVE SOME BRIGHT PEOPLE UP THERE, AND THEY CAN MANAGE TO SEE WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COUNTRY AND OUR KIDS, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BETWEEN 7 AND 8% OF OUR GROSS REVENUES COME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND THE QUESTION WOULD BE, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE, WE'D BE AFFECTED THIS FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE THAT MONEY IS ALREADY ALLOCATED UNDER THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR. BUT I CAN SEE THAT NEXT YEAR WHERE I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WOULD TRANSFER MONEY TO THE STATES.

I THINK IT'D HAVE TO BE A CONGRESSIONAL ACT TO CHANGE HOW THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CURRENTLY DISTRIBUTES THE MONEY, AND HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD THEN SEND IT OUT TO THE STATES UNDER A SEPARATE GRANT PROGRAM.

SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE SHOULD CERTAINLY BE LOOKING AT AS WE GET INTO BUDGETARY PREPARATIONS.

YEAH. AND WE ARE WATCHING WHAT'S GOING ON. IT IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD THAT, YES, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION MAY BE GOING AWAY OR CONSOLIDATED INTO A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT.

THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT. THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN SEVERAL ADMINISTRATIONS, I GUESS, BEFORE THAT HAD TALKED ABOUT GETTING AWAY,

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AND THERE WAS TALK ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD TRANSFER TO THE STATE.

AND THEN ALLOW THEM TO RUN THE COMPLIANCE AND EVERYTHING ON THAT.

THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY OFFICIAL INFORMATION COMING OUT OR JUST GUESSING, I GUESS, WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.

I'M ALSO OPTIMISTIC THAT YOU KNOW, OUR LEADERS WOULD TAKE CARE OF OUR STUDENTS IN THE FEEDING PROGRAM AND SPECIAL NEEDS AND OUR MOST NEEDED STUDENTS. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE A BIG CHANGE IN MONEY, BUT IT COULD. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH BUDGETS TO SEE IF THIS HAPPENS.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO COUNTERACT THAT AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO DO MOVING FORWARD.

BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND OUT SOME INFORMATION HERE IN THE FUTURE AND HAVE A REPORT ON WHAT WE FEEL WILL HAPPEN. YEAH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO PROGRAMS. ONE BEGAN IN 1965 UNDER LBJ, AND THE OTHER ONE 1975.

I GUESS THAT WAS GERALD FORD UNDER IDEA. SO, YEAH, THOSE ARE VERY LONGSTANDING PROGRAMS. SO, IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE AS THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT AND CONGRESS MOVE TO ABOLISH THAT THAT DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON.

I BELIEVE BY MY CHART WE'RE ON FOR A 3RD DECEMBER 2024 TAX REPORT.

CHRISTIE COOPER, WELCOME TO THE PODIUM. GOOD AFTERNOON.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MILLER. BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS THE DECEMBER COLLECTION REPORT, REFLECTING 50.55% COLLECTED OF THE 2024 TAX LEVY.

AS OF TODAY, WE'RE AT 94.23%. AND JUST IN CASE YOU GUYS RECEIVE CALLS, WE ARE MAILING OUR INITIAL DELINQUENT STATEMENT FOR 2024.

WE STARTED THAT YESTERDAY. SO IF YOU GET CALLS IT'S A REQUIREMENT PER TAX CODE UNDER CHAPTER 11.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. EVERYBODY CHECK YOUR MAILBOX.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 100,000 ACCOUNTS, AND WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 7900 THAT WE'RE MAILING, SO NOT TOO BAD.

THAT'S NOT BAD. THAT'S NOT BAD. VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD.

BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT TAX COLLECTION? SEEMS LIKE WE'RE RIGHT ON TRACK.

YES, SIR. WE ARE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO ITEM 4.A FOR REVIEW. SECOND QUARTER INVESTMENT REPORT.

ARTURO, ARE YOU GOING TO HANDLE THAT? YES, SIR.

HELLO AGAIN, CHAIRMAN MILLER, TRUSTEES AND DR.

LOPEZ. STARTING ON PAGE 19 OF YOUR PACKET, YOU'LL SEE YOUR SECOND QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR 2425 SCHOOL YEAR, CURRENT TIME PERIOD BETWEEN OCTOBER 1ST AND DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.

THE FIRST CHART, YOU'LL SEE A PIE CHART THAT DEPICTS THE SNAPSHOT OF DISTRICT'S INVESTMENT POSITION AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2024, THAT IS IN PAGE 21 AS OF DECEMBER 31ST.

THE DISTRICT HAD 1.3 BILLION. INVESTMENTS WHICH WERE SEPARATED INTO THREE SEPARATE PUBLIC FUND INVESTMENT POOLS.

THE BIGGEST ONE WOULD BE TAX POOL FOR WITH 53%.

THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE TEXAS CLASS WITH 28%.

AND THE LAST ONE WOULD BE LONESTAR WITH 19%. DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS CHART, YOU WILL SEE AN INFORMATION THAT DETAILS ON HOW THE POOLS INVEST THE FUNDS THAT ARE DEPOSITED WITHIN THEM. THIS HAS BEEN PROVIDED SO YOU CAN SEE THE UNDERLYING INVESTMENT POOLS.

THIS STARTS IN PAGE 22. AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS LIST THAT THE INVESTMENT POLICIES OF THE POOLS MIRROR THE INVESTMENT POLICIES OF THE DISTRICT.

THEN ON PAGE 29, IN YOUR POCKET, THERE ARE DETAILS OF THE EXACT AMOUNT OF EACH OF THE DISTRICT INVESTMENT FUNDS AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2024. AND THEN BEHIND THESE DOCUMENTS, YOU DOCUMENTS, YOU WILL SEE A GRAPH THAT ILLUSTRATES THE DAILY INTEREST RATES IN THE POOLS OVER THIS LAST QUARTER. THAT'S RIGHT. HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW THE RATES HAVE DROPPED FROM A HIGH OF 5.1 1263 ON TEXAS CLASS. AND THAT HAPPENED FROM OCTOBER 1ST TO THE END OF DECEMBER 20TH 24 TO 4.3%. THESE RATES REFLECT ARE REFLECTED IN THE SHIFT DOWN DOWNWARD IN THE FED FUNDS RATE REDUCTION FROM THE PERIOD THAT I MENTIONED. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

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THE THIRD TO LAST COLUMN, WHERE IT LISTS THE 4.58%, IS THAT OUR AVERAGE YIELD ON THOSE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE LISTED? YES. SO THAT'S THE AVERAGE. OKAY. ANYBODY ON THE COMMITTEE HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY. THANK YOU. ARTURO. THANK YOU. SO LET'S GO TO ITEM 4.B.

[IV.B. Action Items (Non Consent) ]

GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAIRMAN. MILLER. COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

SUPERINTENDENT. DR. LOPEZ. TODAY WE HAVE FOR YOU THE BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND DEBT SERVICE FUND.

ON THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE OUR NORMAL BUSINESS PRACTICES OF CROSS-FUNCTIONAL, BALANCED, NEUTRAL TRANSFERS THAT HAVE NO OVERALL IMPACT TO THE BUDGET.

ON THE DEBT SERVICE FUND WE HAVE, WE HAVE AN INCREASE TO FUNCTION 71 DEBT SERVICE, WHICH WILL BE THE DISTRICT WILL REDEEM $50 MILLION WORTH OF THE 2015 A BOND, WHICH WILL BE CALLABLE ON FEBRUARY 15TH, 2025.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS HERE.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE BOND PAYMENT COMING UP IN THE BOND FUND.

THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE DONE. ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU.

LET'S GO TO ITEM 4.B2. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP GALA AT THE CURTIS CULWELL CENTER. DR. RAMONA MORAN. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

DR. LOPEZ. AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M NOT DOCTOR MORAN, BUT I'M DR.

LAKISHA CULPEPPER HERE IN HER STEAD TODAY. I'M BEFORE YOU FOR THE RESOLUTION FOR AFC TO UTILIZE THE CURTIS CULWELL WITHOUT CHARGE.

AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE LAST YEAR AND SO THE TENTATIVE DATE IS SATURDAY, APRIL THE 12TH FROM 6 TO 10 P.M.

AS A REMINDER, THIS IS A SCHOLARSHIP GALA OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR EVERY HIGH SCHOOL, INCLUDING MEMORIAL PATHWAY, AS WELL AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE BOTH TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS' STAFF HERE IN GISD.

THIS RESOLUTION SERVES AS A FINDING OF THE PUBLIC PURPOSE AND ALLOWS THE ADMINISTRATION TO DETERMINE NECESSARY CONTROLS TO ENSURE THE PUBLIC PURPOSE IS CARRIED OUT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. I REMEMBER ONE TIME A BUDDY OF MINE AND I WERE MISTAKEN FOR BROTHERS AND HIS COMMENT WAS, NO, WE'RE NOT. BUT ONE OF US IS VERY INSULTED.

SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I DIDN'T LOOK UP TO SEE WHO WAS APPROACHING.

I WAS GOING OFF THE AGENDA. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE FROM THE BOARD, MR. BEACH. I'M JUST CURIOUS ON THE FINANCIAL IMPACT AND FUNDING SOURCE.

IT JUST GIVES US A TOTAL AMOUNT, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY THE FUNDING SOURCE.

IS THAT THE AMOUNT THAT IT WOULD JUST COST THE CULWELL CENTER FOR THEM TO DO EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? YES, SIR. THAT INCLUDES SECURITY CLEANUP AND ALL ASSOCIATED FEES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DOCTOR CULPEPPER, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO 4.B3.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION FOR SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS FOR STUDENTS.

AND IT SAYS CARMEN BLAKELY, BLAKEY. BUT I'M SURE THIS IS NOT CARMEN BLAKEY.

I'M NOT CARMEN BLAKEY. OKAY. BUT SHE SENDS HER WISHES FROM CAT IN SAN ANTONIO.

SHE'S DOWN WITH THE CAREER TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS.

AND SO I'M IN HER PLACE. AND SO, THIS IS THE ANNUAL TIME WHERE WE BRING FORWARD THE RESOLUTION FOR THE 81ST FIRST ANNUAL LIVESTOCK SHOW AND SALE, SO THE DATES OF THAT ARE GOING TO BE MARCH 26TH THROUGH THE 29TH, WITH THE SALE BEING ON THE 29TH.

WHAT THIS RESOLUTION ALLOWS US TO DO IS TO COLLECT THE FUNDS FROM THE REVENUES, FROM THE PROFITS OF THE STUDENTS WHEN THEY SELL THE ANIMAL AND THEN AWARD IT TO THEM IN A SCHOLARSHIP FORM TO FOLLOW ALL GARLAND ISD POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

WONDERFUL. GREAT EVENT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? MISS GRIFFIN? YES. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE SOMEWHERE? WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, WHICH WAS MAYBE FIVE YEARS AGO? YEAH, 5 OR 6. SIX? YES. DO WE HAVE ANYWHERE THAT SHOWS THE PROFITS AND WHAT THE STUDENTS HAVE MADE FROM THE SALE?

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THEY'RE ALL KEPT WITH THE LEDGER, WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, WITH THE CTE DEPARTMENT AWARDS EACH PIECE.

AND THEN I THINK LAST YEAR WE WERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT $48,000 FOR THE STUDENTS BUT DEFINITELY CAN BE SOMETHING THAT WE FIND.

OKAY. AND SINCE WE HAVE FINE TUNED THAT AND IS KEEPING VERY GOOD TRACK OF THE FUNDS, IS EVERY YEAR IMPROVING OR HOW WOULD YOU GAUGE THAT? IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY IMPROVING.

IF IT'S IMPROVING ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE FOLLOW THROUGH TO MAKE SURE WE TIE THE KID DIRECTLY TO THE ANIMAL, THAT MORE KIDS ARE RECEIVING SCHOLARSHIPS AND THE AMOUNTS GOING TO THE KIDS ARE UP. I WOULD GUESS IT WOULD FLUCTUATE A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE HOW MANY ANIMALS AN INDIVIDUAL KID MAY BRING FORWARD, BUT I'D SAY THE PROCESS IS DEFINITELY IMPROVED.

OKAY, THANK YOU, MR. BEACH. ALSO, WHEN YOU GAVE THE DATES FOR THE LIVESTOCK SHOW, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN GET A BREAKDOWN OF THE TIME FRAMES OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE SHOWN, AT WHAT PARTICULAR TIME, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT OUT THERE TO SEE SOME OF THE ANIMALS BEING SHOWN? YES, MA'AM OR YES, SIR? I SHOULD HAVE ADDED THAT.

MISS BLAKE SAID TO REMIND ALL OF YOU THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH, SHE'S GOING TO SEND A PERSONAL INVITATION THAT WILL HAVE THE BREAKDOWNS OF EACH SHOW ON EACH DAY. AND THE TIME FRAME. YEAH. YES, SIR.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. BOARD. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. BERMAN. LET'S GO TO 4.B4. WE HAVE MR. BOOKER APPROACHING THE PODIUM AGAIN. IT'S CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF REGION TEN.

MULTI-REGION PURCHASING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.

YES, SIR. ONCE AGAIN, TO MR. MILLER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO DOCTOR LOPEZ.

WE DO HAVE BEFORE YOU APPROVAL OF THE REGION TEN MULTI-REGIONAL PURCHASING COOPERATIVE UTILIZED BY OUR STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES.

THIS IS AN ANNUAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT THAT WE ENTERED INTO EACH YEAR.

THE STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES DEPARTMENT WOULD, IN FACT, IDENTIFY THOSE GOODS OF COMMODITIES AND SERVICES THEY WOULD LIKE TO LIKE TO PURCHASE. THE DISTRICT IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THAT COOPERATIVE WITH REGION TEN.

SORRY. GIVE ME ONE SECOND HERE.

OKAY. BOARD, THERE'S BEEN A PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMITTEE. BOARD. ANYBODY? MR. BOOKER, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. IT'S NOW TIME TO MOVE INTO THE NEW BIDS.

AND THAT IS SECTION FIVE. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 5.A AND WE HAVE 5.A THROUGH 5.F.

I WILL ASSUME, MR. BOOKER, YOU'RE GOING TO STAND UP FOR THIS WHOLE THING. YES, SIR.

I'M GOING TO IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO READ THEM, ANNOUNCE THEM AND THEN PROCEED AND ASK FOR QUESTIONS.

I GET A LITTLE ASSISTANCE WHEN WE GET ABOUT MIDWAY THROUGH THIS.

ALL RIGHT. BUT WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST ONE FOR CONSIDERATION IS THE APPROVAL OF PURCHASING OF COMMODITY PROCESSING FOR STUDENT NUTRITIONAL SERVICES.

THE PURPOSE OF THE CONTRACT IS TO PROCESS RAW COMMODITIES INTO FINISHED FOODS THAT CAN BE DISTRIBUTED TO OUR STUDENTS.

THAT IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT CONTRACT. WE WILL SEE A LIST OF VENDORS ON EXHIBIT A.

IT IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT. IT WILL BE FUNDED BY THE STUDENT NUTRITIONAL SERVICES.

THAT IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT FOR PROCESSING COMMODITY GOODS.

THE LIST IS EXHIBIT A ARE THOSE AWARDED SUPPLIERS THAT WOULD BE PROVIDING THAT SERVICE.

ANY QUESTIONS? MR. BEACH. I JUST CURIOSITY WITH THIS CONTRACT AND WHAT WE JUST LOOKED AT AS FAR AS THE COMMODITY, THE COOPERATIVE, DO WE AT OUR WAREHOUSE, DO WE STORE ANY OF WITH THE COOPERATIVE? DO WE STORE OTHER ITEMS FOR ANY OF THE COOPERATIVE? NOT FOR THE CO-OP. NOT FOR THE CO-OP. YOU NEED TO NEED TO GO UP ON THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE.

MR. BEACH, WOULD YOU RESTATE YOUR QUESTION? OKAY.

WELL, WE JUST LOOKED AT THE DEAL WITH REGION TEN, THE COOPERATIVE ON THE PURCHASING OF GOODS.

AND SO, THEN WE'RE GOING TO THE COMMODITY FOR PURCHASING AND NUTRITION.

I WAS WONDERING IF WE ARE STORING FOR OTHER DISTRICTS BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A BIG FREEZER.

NO, NO, NO. SO, THE COMMODITY PROCESSING BID IS THE ONE WITH ALL THE, THE FOOD, LIKE YOU SAID, TAKING THE RAW PRODUCTS INTO FINISHED GOODS. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE STORED IN OUR WAREHOUSE.

FOR THE STUDENTS, THE COOPERATIVE WITH REGION TEN IS DIFFERENT NON-FOOD BIDS THAT WE ENTER TO CO-OP WITH SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS IN

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THE NEXT CONTRACT BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION.

THIS IS THE PURCHASING OF INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS.

IT IS CONTRACT NUMBER 1525, UTILIZED BY THE DISTRICT DISTRICTWIDE TO GIVE US ACCESS TO THE INTERNET.

IT IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT THAT WE'RE BEING RECOMMENDED FOR, FIBER PLATFORM LLC.

IT IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT WITH. IT'S A THREE YEAR TERM WITH TWO ANNUALLY RENEWABLE OPTIONS.

THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT IS $293,376, FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND.

QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE. QUESTIONS FROM BOARD.

ANYTHING ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THE NEXT CONTRACT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS FOR THE CTE, LARGE EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES UTILIZED BY ALL OF OUR SERVICES THAT ARE BEING UTILIZED BY CTE AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS IT PROVIDES.

STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT, SERVICES, SUPPLIES, ITEMS FOR THE CLASSROOMS. THAT CONTRACT IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT. WE DO HAVE AN EXHIBIT A IDENTIFYING ALL OF THE RECOMMENDED AWARDED SUPPLIERS.

IT'S A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH FOR ANNUALLY RENEWABLE OPTIONS, WITH THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $250,000.

THE BREAKDOWN BY PERCENTAGES OF THAT AMOUNT ARE LISTED AS 199.

244. 461 AND 865. ARE THE FUNDS CONTEMPLATED UTILIZING THIS CONTRACT? THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. DOES ANYBODY KNOW? ON PAGE 87, EXHIBIT A, THE MILLER EQUIPMENT COMPANY.

WHAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT IS THAT? I WOULD NEED SOMEBODY FROM THE, SOMEBODY WILL FOLLOW UP WITH ME. IF THAT'S THE MILLER EQUIPMENT COMPANY FROM GARLAND THAT SELLS FORKLIFTS.

THEY ARE NOT RELATED. HOWEVER, THEY ARE A CLIENT, AND I WILL NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ANY VOTE ON THIS ITEM IF THAT COMES UP. SO IF SOMEBODY COULD PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THAT IS INDEED MILLER EQUIPMENT FROM GARLAND.

YEAH. AND IT MAY BE MR. MILLER. WE WILL FOLLOW UP TO VERIFY, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IT IS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. QUESTION. WE HAVE A QUESTION, MR. BEACH. NO. MR. GLICK. THANK YOU. COULD YOU DESCRIBE MAYBE MORE IN MORE DETAIL WHAT THIS QUOTE STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT IS? THAT WOULD BE. I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE IDENTIFIED EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO PURCHASE, BUT PERHAPS SOMEBODY FROM THAT I CAN JUMP IN A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S REALLY THESE ARE COMPANIES THAT WE'VE USED HISTORICALLY, BUT IT'S EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN THINK OF WITHIN THE CTE WINDOW.

SO IT MIGHT BE WELDING EQUIPMENT, IT MIGHT BE LIFTS FOR VEHICLES.

IT REALLY IS A PRETTY WIDE UMBRELLA OF EVERYTHING.

YOU CAN THINK OF CTE. SO THIS IS NOT JUST FOR GILBREATH-REED.

THIS IS INCLUDING ALL THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS THAT HAVE CTE PROGRAMS. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. YEAH.

JASON. ON THAT, ON THAT, ON THIS ITEM. FROM TIME TO TIME, I'M APPROACHED BY VARIOUS OF MY CLIENTS THAT WANT TO GET INVOLVED AND MAYBE DONATE THINGS.

WOULD MR. BERMAN BE THE CONTACT FOR THAT? WHO WOULD BE THE CONTACT FOR THOSE KIND OF ITEMS? FOR CTE RELATED ITEMS? I WOULD SAY THE CONTACT WOULD BE MR. BLAKEY. START THERE. BLAKEY. AND THEN WE WORK CLOSELY WITH MR. BOOKER AND TEAM FOR OUR PROCESS. YEAH. SO WHEN WE DO, WE CONSIDER THINGS THAT ARE, LET'S JUST CALL IT SLIGHTLY USED THAT A COMPANY MAY HAVE NO LONGER HAVE A CONTRACT. SO THEY DON'T NEED THE EQUIPMENT THEY'VE BEEN USING, WHETHER IT'S A MILL MACHINE OR A LATHE OR A 3D PRINTER OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE OUT THERE.

WOULD WE BE INTERESTED BEFORE THEY LET IT GO? WOULD WE BE INTERESTED IN TALKING TO THEM? YES, SIR.

OKAY. SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WE'RE INTERESTED IN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT ALSO IS JUST WHAT IS THE COST TO MAINTAIN IT, TO IMPLEMENT IT OR INSTALL IT. AND WE'VE KIND OF WORKED THROUGH SOME OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE HAVE DONATIONS, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF EXTRA COST ABOUT INSTALLATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. NO, I THINK THAT'S WISE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO THAT ANY MORE ON THAT WE'LL SEE ANY MORE ON ITEM C.

IF NOT, WE'LL GO TO ITEM 5.D. THE NEXT CONTRACT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS CONTRACT 32120505.

IT'S FOR THE PURCHASE OF TEXTBOOKS AND DIGITAL LEARNING MATERIALS.

SPECIFICALLY, THE SOCIAL STUDIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS IDENTIFIED A PLATFORM THAT WOULD ASSIST IN THE DISTRICT AND DELIVERY IN MEETING ALL OF THOSE SOCIAL STUDIES AND UIL REQUIREMENTS. THE CONTRACT IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT WITH ONE YEAR WITH THREE ANNUAL RENEWABLE OPTIONS NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT IS $400,000

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ANY QUESTIONS? COMMITTEE. BOARD. OKAY, LET'S GO TO ITEM E.

DID I GET ONE AHEAD? YES. ALRIGHTY. CONSIDER CONTRACT FOR APPROVAL OF IEP DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY SOFTWARE.

THAT IS THE TOOLKIT GUIDE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES THAT WOULD BE UTILIZED BY OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

THAT CONTRACT IS A NEW AWARD. IT'S ONE YEAR WITH TWO ANNUALLY RENEWABLE OPTIONS.

IT ALLOWS THE DISTRICT ACCESS TO SOME RESEARCH BASED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES, AND MONITORING THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROCESS FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT IS $303,450 PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? YES, SIR.

MR. BOOKER, MAYBE SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT COULD GIVE US AN IDEA.

WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE TYPE OF PROGRAMS, WHAT ARE THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN RECEIVING THIS BENEFIT WILL APPROXIMATE.

I'D HAVE TO GET THAT FROM THOSE OPERATIONS DEPARTMENTS IN THE FUTURE.

WE'LL MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S PROVIDED.

BUT THERE COULD BE SOMEBODY HERE PRESENT THAT COULD GIVE THAT GUIDANCE. WELL, FOR INSTANCE, I KNOW THAT I WAS, I'VE BEEN GIVEN INFORMATION THAT SAYS LAST YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 6400 KIDS IN VARIOUS STAGES OF SPECIAL ED AND OTHER SPECIAL PROGRAMS. AND THIS YEAR IT'S LIKE 400. SO EVERY TIME I SEE ONE OF THESE CONTRACTS, I'M TRYING TO PLACE IT TO THE KIDS THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED OR BENEFITING FROM THAT.

AND IT WOULD HELP TO HAVE SOME KIND OF NUMBER SO WE COULD.

AND MR. MILLER, I CAN ANSWER SPECIFICALLY TO THIS PROGRAM.

YES, IT WILL BE FOR ALL OUR SPED STUDENTS, WHICH IS ABOUT 7400.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BEACH. IN LOOKING AT THIS AND SEEING THAT THE IEP DEVELOPED IN STRATEGY SOFTWARE FROM INOME, INC., WHEN WE RECEIVED THIS SOFTWARE, WHO IN OUR DISTRICT HAS HAD THE TRAINING OR OVERSIGHT TO HELP IMPLEMENT THIS INTO OUR SCHOOLS TO HELP DEVELOP THESE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND PROGRESS MONITORING TOOLS AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS SO THAT WE HAVE A GOOD THE TEACHERS HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING.

I MEAN, HOW WHERE DOES IT GO FROM THERE. SO.

GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.

LOPEZ. I'M TANYA RAMOS. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SUPPORT AND SPECIALIZED SERVICES.

WE HAVE AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THIS PARTICULAR SOFTWARE THAT WILL BEGIN ACTUALLY THIS YEAR.

WE I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE EXPERTISE WITH THIS PLATFORM.

HOWEVER, MISS ROBERTSON, OUR DIRECTOR, IS FAMILIAR WITH IT AND HAS WORKED WITH IT IN THE PAST.

AND SO SHE WILL BE GUIDING THAT IMPLEMENTATION WORK.

WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE ASSIGNED TO BE OUR POINT PERSON FOR THIS SOFTWARE.

TO BE KIND OF LIKE THAT, GO BETWEEN OUR DEPARTMENT AND OUR VENDOR.

AND WE PLAN ON ROLLING THAT OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR IF APPROVED.

BUT THAT WILL ACTUALLY START THIS YEAR. SO WE WILL BE TRAINING ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS.

WE'LL GET A GROUP OF PROVIDERS THAT WILL BE, WORKING THROUGH IT AND KIND OF LOOKING TO SEE WHAT ISSUES THEY'RE HAVING IN TERMS OF WHAT ADDITIONAL NEEDS THEY'LL NEED FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

BUT YES, THAT TRAINING WILL START THIS YEAR IN ORDER FOR A SMOOTH TRANSITION INTO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR, SO THAT ALL OF OUR TEACHERS WILL HAVE THAT TRAINING AND BE READY TO USE THIS SOFTWARE TO DEVELOP IEPS AND HAVE APPROPRIATE PRESENT LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO. SO NOBODY FROM INOME, INC.

SENDS A CONSULTANT TO HELP OVERSIGHT, TO HELP US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE NUMBER OF SPECIAL ED TEACHERS AND AIDES THAT WE HAVE.

THOSE AIDES ARE GOING TO NEED TO KNOW HOW TO OPERATE AND DO THIS.

ALSO, IT'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR UNDERTAKING. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO IF YOU SAY ONE INDIVIDUAL HAS THE EXPERTISE, HOW ARE WE HOW WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THAT SO THAT ALL THE PRINCIPALS, ARE WE GOING TO BE PULLING THEM OUT OF THE BUILDINGS? I MEAN, WHAT DO WE DO TO WHEN YOU SAY WE'RE GOING TO START IT THIS YEAR? SO WE'RE STARTING WITH OUR ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP.

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SO THEY'RE THEY DON'T HAVE STUDENTS. SO WE'RE NOT PULLING THEM FROM THE CAMPUSES.

SO WE'RE CREATING EXPERTS NOW. AND THE COMPANY AS PART OF THE CONTRACT, IS PROVIDING ALL OF THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ALL THE TRAINING THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED, KIND OF IN A TRAINER OR TRAINER MODEL, SO THAT WE WILL HAVE THAT EXPERTISE AND BE READY TO ROLL THAT OUT TO TEACHERS.

THIS PARTICULAR SOFTWARE IS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IEPS, AND THAT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TEACHER.

SO WE WON'T HAVE PARAPROFESSIONALS WORKING IN THIS PARTICULAR SOFTWARE PROGRAM.

SO IT REALLY IS THAT ANNUAL ART OR REVIEW ART, WHEN THEY ARE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE PRESENT LEVELS OF THE OF THE STUDENT AND USING THAT PRESENT LEVEL TO DEVELOP APPROPRIATE GOALS FOR THEM THAT ARE MEASURABLE AND APPROPRIATE FOR THE CHILD AT THAT TIME.

WILL THIS PROGRAM HELP DEVELOP WHEN OUR MEETINGS ARE TAKING PLACE, I GUESS, TO DEVELOP A BETTER PLAN FOR ACTION FOR THAT PARTICULAR STUDENT? THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. OKAY. AND THIS WILL REALLY BE A SUPPORT AS WE HAVE NOVICE TEACHERS COMING THROUGH THAT ARE STILL LEARNING.

HOW DO I GET AN APPROPRIATE PRESENT LEVEL. HOW DO I HAVE A GOAL THAT IS APPROPRIATE BASED ON THEIR LEVEL? THIS IS REALLY GOING TO SUPPORT THEM SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THOSE TEMPLATES AND USE THE SOFTWARE IN ORDER TO HAVE A SUPER GREAT IEP. IT WILL BE MORE EFFICIENT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT POINT, RATHER THAN HAVING TO PULL FROM HERE AND THERE IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

I LIKE THAT WORD EFFICIENT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN SCHOOL STARTS, IT STARTS. IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE INTO OCTOBER BEFORE WE GET THE ODDS GOING, AND WE FIND WHAT THAT SPECIAL PLAN IS FOR THAT PARTICULAR STUDENT.

WE'RE ALREADY BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL. WE'RE ALREADY INTO 6 TO 9 WEEKS OF SCHOOL BEFORE WE REALIZE THAT, HEY, WE NEED TO BE DOING THIS. SO IF THIS PROGRAM CAN HELP US TO SPEED THAT PROCESS UP, I'LL BE ON BOARD WITH THAT FOR SURE.

IT'LL BE A MAJOR SUPPORT FOR OUR TEACHERS TO WALK THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND ENSURE THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH IT AT THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL AND WITH THE RIGHT STEPS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL STUDENT, AS YOU SAID, THROUGH THAT ART ANNUAL ART PROCESS.

SO I KNOW THAT THE COUNSELORS ON THE CAMPUS LEVEL ARE ALL ALSO INVOLVED.

WILL THEY BE BROUGHT UP TO SPEED IN THIS TRAINING? IF THEY ARE SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THEY ARE DEVELOPING GOALS? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. OKAY. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS, ROBERT? ALL RIGHT. MR. SELDERS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. JUST A CURIOSITY.

HOW WILL THIS SOFTWARE ALSO HELP TEACHERS BETTER EDUCATE PARENTS THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS? SO THIS SOFTWARE MAKES IT A VERY FRIENDLY LANGUAGE SO THAT THE REPORTS ARE EASILY IT'S LIKE THE READABILITY OF THE REPORTS AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE PARENTS IS AT A IN A WAY THAT THAT PARENTS CAN UNDERSTAND IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR READING AND IN THEIR MATH, AND MAYBE IN THEIR SPEECH SERVICES OR THEIR OT, WHATEVER SERVICE IT IS THAT THEY HAVE.

PARENTS CAN REALLY SEE VERY DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THEIR PRESENT LEVEL IS, WHAT THEY CAN DO, AND WHAT IS THAT GOAL FOR THIS YEAR THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT ATTAINABLE GOAL FOR THE STUDENT FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE AREAS.

SO IT'S GIVING THEM THE INFORMATION ON WHERE THEY ARE. BUT DOES IT ALSO PROVIDE TEACHERS WITH THE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH PARENTS WHAT THEY CAN BE DOING OUTSIDE OF THE CLASS. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. AND IT REALLY GETS TO THAT VERY DETAILED GOAL.

AND SO WHEN IT'S WRITTEN, WHEN THOSE GOALS ARE WELL WRITTEN THEN AND UNDERSTANDABLE, WE CAN SEE, OKAY, HOW MANY TRIALS IS IT GOING TO TAKE IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE CONSIDERED MASTER.

FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL GOAL? YES. THANK YOU. MOST DEFINITELY.

JAMIE. JAMIE. MR. GLICK. SO, ARE YOU INDICATING THAT THIS SOFTWARE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PARENTS TO ACCESS? NO. JUST THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT INTO THE IEP.

AND WE CERTAINLY CAN PROVIDE REPORTS TO THE PARENT, BUT THEY WILL NOT HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO IT.

OKAY. SO, IF THEY ASK FOR A REPORT FROM THEIR TEACHER, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO GET A REPORT PRINTED FROM THE SOFTWARE? SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES? YES, THEY'LL PREPARE THAT ANNUALLY AND WE COULD, YOU KNOW, GIVE IT TO THE PARENT, ADD IT TO THE IEP, YOU KNOW, EMBED IT INTO THE IEP DOCUMENT.

SO YES, PARENTS WILL SEE EXACTLY WHERE THEIR CHILD IS.

AND I THINK FROM WHAT I KEEP HEARING, THE MORE FREQUENTLY THE PARENTS CAN KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING,

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YES. MOST DEFINITELY. THAT WILL HELP THEM WITH THAT MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION IN THAT COMMITTEE MEETING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR . YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL BE MOVING ON THEN TO ITEM FIVE F.

YES, SIR. MR. MILLER, ONCE AGAIN, THE CONTRACT BEFORE YOU IS FOR THE PURCHASE OF PROPOSITION A FUNDING.

SCHOOL SAFETY PROGRAM AND TEACHERS CONSULTING SERVICES CONTRACT FOR 32-25.

DR. LOPEZ, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, WANTED TO HAVE SOME OPENING REMARKS REGARDING THIS CONTRACT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIRPERSON.

MILLER. TRUSTEES. BOARD PRESIDENT. SELDERS. COMING BEFORE YOU IS GOING TO BE A PROPOSITION THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING COMING UP IN 2025 OF NOVEMBER. THIS PROPOSITION IS GOING TO DIRECTLY AFFECT THE CAMPUS LEVEL.

THIS PROPOSITION AFFECTS TEACHERS PROGRAMS AND SAFETY.

THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS IT DOES. AND LOOKING AT THE BUDGET SHORTFALLS THAT ARE HAPPENING, WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS PROPOSITION DEEPLY AND LOOK AT ALL THE PARAMETERS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE LEGISLATIVE WORLD AND HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT US IN OUR SHORTFALLS.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE ENDS MEET WITHOUT THIS PROPOSITION.

EVEN IF THE LEGISLATURE GIVES US ADEQUATE FUNDING, THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE.

AND SO ONE OF THE PROGRAMS PEOPLE WILL SAY, IS IT THIS ONE OR THAT ONE? WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL PROGRAMS BECAUSE THE CUTS COULD BE VAST AND DEEP WITHOUT THIS.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TEE IT OFF WITH HAVING OUR CHIEF LEADERSHIP OFFICER, DR.

IDA PERALEZ, INTRODUCE THIS CONCEPT. AND THE REASON WHY WE CHOSE DOCTOR PERALEZ WAS BECAUSE IT'S AFFECTING CAMPUSES, DIRECTLY AFFECTING CAMPUSES. THIS PROPOSITION IS HITTING THE CLASSROOMS AT ITS DEEPEST LEVEL.

IT COULD BE CLASS SIZE. IT COULD BE THE AMOUNT OF TEACHERS WE HIRE.

IT COULD BE ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR PERALEZ TO GO AHEAD AND FRAME WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND INTRODUCE A CONSULTANT THAT IS LOOKING TO WORK WITH US TO GET US THROUGH THIS PROPOSITION.

DR. PERALEZ, WE HAVE A QUESTION. MISS GRIFFIN.

YES. FORGIVE ME, BUT I WANTED TO ASK THIS QUESTION OF YOU, DR.

LOPEZ. YES, MA'AM. YOU MADE A COMMENT THAT EVEN IF WE RECEIVED THE PROPER FUNDING, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE.

I FORGOT WHAT YOUR END STATEMENT WAS. TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

TO MAKE ENDS MEET. WILL YOU JUST EXPAND ON CLARIFY THAT A LITTLE BIT? I THINK I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO LEAVE THAT HANGING.

YES, I THINK THAT'S VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. SO THE WAY THE STATE LEGISLATURE WORKS IS THEY DEPEND ON THE LOCAL TAX BASE TO FUND SCHOOLS.

WE KNOW THAT. OKAY. AND SO THERE ARE MEASURES THAT WE CAN GENERATE EXTRA REVENUE THAT HAVE BEEN ON FOR DECADES THAT ALLOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO OPERATE.

THEY FEEL THAT IT HAS TO BE A COMBINATION OF THE STATE REVENUE, THE FEDERAL REVENUE AND THE LOCAL TAX REVENUE.

THEY DON'T VIEW THE STATE AS FULLY FUNDING SCHOOLS.

THEY LOOK AT IT AS WE WILL GIVE OUR SHARE. AND IF YOU WANT THESE EXPANDED SERVICES, THEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC NEEDS TO VOTE.

NOW WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN HIT WITH INFLATION, WE'VE BEEN WE'VE AVOIDED THIS AS LONG AS WE COULD.

AND WHEN WE GOT HIT WITH INFLATION, THERE'S NO WAY TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN WITHOUT LOOKING AT THIS TYPE OF PROPOSITION, WHERE WE TURN TO OUR TAXPAYERS AND SAY, NO MATTER WHAT THE STATE GIVES US, WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE A GAP.

AND THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO FILL THE GAP. THIS IS NOT BY OUR CHOOSING.

THIS IS DESIGNED BY THE STATE. THIS IS THEIR MECHANISM DESIGNED BY THE STATE.

SO SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN OPERATE. AND YOU'VE SEEN THESE MEASURES ALL ACROSS THE STATE.

EVEN WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. THAT'S THE WAY WE MAKE ENDS MEET.

SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED A COMBINATION OF LEGISLATIVE HELP AND OUR LOCAL TAX BASE HELP TO CONTINUE WITH THE FIDELITY OF PROGRAMING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. HELLO, CHAIRMAN MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

DOCTOR LOPEZ. I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION REGARDING PROPOSITION A FUNDING, SCHOOL SAFETY PROGRAMS AND TEACHERS. AND WE DO HAVE RHONDA JOHNSON HERE TODAY WITH ADVANTAGE, WHO'S GOING TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION AND PROVIDE A PRESENTATION REGARDING HOW THEY COULD SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT.

BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I DO WANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION AND TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT DOCTOR LOPEZ TALKED ABOUT.

SO JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU WHY WE WENT FOR A PROPOSITION IN 2020.

IF YOU REMEMBER, THESE WERE THE THREE REASONS STATE FUNDING, DECLINING ENROLLMENT INFLATION AND RISING COSTS.

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WE KNEW THAT WHILE HB THREE PROVIDED AN INCREASE IN FUNDING, IT WASN'T A LONG TERM SOLUTION AND THERE WERE STILL GOING TO BE SOME RISING COSTS.

SO EVEN THEN, WE ANTICIPATED THE CHALLENGES AHEAD OF INFLATION, GROWING OPERATIONAL COSTS AND STATE FUNDING THAT WAS NOT KEEPING UP WITH OUR PACE.

SO WE WANTED TO STAY AHEAD AND WE WENT FOR PROPOSITION 2020.

BUT NOW WE'VE ANTICIPATED THE ANTICIPATED HAS BECOME A REALITY.

THE FINANCIAL STRAIN ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAS ONLY WORSENED, AND THE FUNDING GAPS WE SOUGHT TO ADDRESS HAVE ONLY GROWN.

SO FOR STATE FUNDING CURRENTLY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION REGARDING THE FACT THAT TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS FACE DOO DOO FACE INSUFFICIENT FUNDS, AND THE REALITY IS TRUE. PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION FUNDING HAS DECREASED BY ABOUT 10 BILLION IN INFLATION ADJUSTED DOLLARS SINCE 2020.

AND WHILE TEA AND DR. LOPEZ MENTIONED DOES. WE DO RECEIVE AND THEY STATE THAT WE RECEIVE FEDERAL MONIES.

WE RECEIVE STATE AND LOCAL SPENDING PER STUDENT.

THERE'S SOME MISCONCEPTIONS OUT THERE BECAUSE NOT ALL FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR GENERAL OPERATIONS.

THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN USABLE AND NON USABLE FUNDS.

FEDERAL FUNDS, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE EARMARKED FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND CANNOT BE USED FOR SALARIES OR FOR DAILY OPERATIONS.

THERE IS ALSO FUNDING THAT COMES FROM SPECIFIC MANDATES.

SPECIFIC MANDATES SUCH AS THAT HAVE RESTRICTIONS.

EXAMPLES OF THIS ARE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

WE ALSO HAVE SCHOOL NUTRITION JUST AS OF LATELY.

SAFETY AND SECURITY INITIATIVES. AND THESE ARE DESIGNATED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES.

AND WE CANNOT USE THEM FOR FUNDING. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY FLEXIBILITY IN HOW WE USE THOSE FUNDS.

WE ALSO HAVE DECLINING ENROLLMENT. OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN WE'VE SEEN A STEADY DECLINE IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT.

AND I THINK IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, ABOUT 5000 STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT.

SO BASED ON CURRENT DEMOGRAPHICS AND TRENDS AND PROJECTIONS, WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT THAT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AND INFLATION AND RISING COSTS.

THAT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY. I THINK WE DEAL WITH IT IN OUR DAILY LIVES, OUR DAILY BUDGET.

GROCERIES CONTINUE TO GO UP. GAS CONTINUES TO INCREASE.

UTILITIES CONTINUE TO INCREASE. EVEN OUR TOLLS ARE INCREASING.

AND SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH OUR DAILY BUDGET? WE EITHER FIGURE OUT HOW TO BRING IN MORE MONEY OR WE CUT EXPENSES.

BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT OUR DISTRICT IS GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. WE'RE ALSO GOING THROUGH SOME BUDGET STRAINS.

AND CONSIDERING THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD A BASIC ALLOTMENT SINCE 2019, THIS THIS STRAIN IS ONLY GOING TO GET BIGGER.

I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THAT THE EDUCATION FUNDING IS DOWN BY 10 BILLION IN CONSTANT DOLLARS.

AND THAT IS TRUE THAT IN FACT, LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD STATES THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING HAS DECREASED BY 9.8 BILLION FROM 2020 TO 2025 WHEN ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION. SO CONSIDER THAT.

AND ALSO KNOWING THAT IN TEXAS WE'RE RANKED IN THE BOTTOM TEN STATES PER FUNDING PER STUDENT.

IT'S ALMOST $4,400. AND THAT'S ACCORDING TO NEA, WHICH IS NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, ITS ABOUT 4400 LESS STUDENTS PER STUDENT FUNDING PER STUDENT THAN NATIONAL AVERAGE.

SO THAT PLACES US NEAR THE BOTTOM PER STUDENT FUNDING IN OUR NATION.

SO I WANT TO REITERATE THE REASONS WHY WE SOUGHT TO PASS AN MOT PROPOSITION IN 2020 AND REMEMBER THAT WAS TO STAY AHEAD AND BE PROACTIVE.

BUT NOW IT HAS ONLY INTENSIFIED. WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IT HAS NOW COME BECOME A REALITY.

AND THE FINANCIAL STRAIN ON OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS WORSENED.

AND THE FUNDING GAPS HAVE SOUGHT TO ADDRESS HAVE ONLY BEEN HAVE ONLY GROWN.

SO I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT WE HAD ESSER FUNDS.

REMEMBER, THOSE WERE THE FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO US TO SUPPORT US THROUGH COVID 19 PANDEMIC.

BUT THOSE FUNDS ARE ALSO GONE. THEY'VE EXPIRED AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT SAFETY NET ANYMORE.

AND WE'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM PROPOSITION 2020.

AND I KIND OF WANT TO GO OVER WITH YOU SOME KEY ACTIONS FOR SUCCESS AS WE THINK ABOUT NOVEMBER 2025, AND ALSO PROVIDE YOU MORE INFORMATION AS TO WHY WE FEEL THE SUPPORT OF A THIRD PARTY PARTNER.

THE FIRST THING I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT WE MUST BE DATA.

WE MUST BE DATA DRIVEN WHEN WE TARGET VOTERS.

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THAT EFFORT WAS GREAT AND WE NEEDED IT. WE THEY WERE COMMITTED AND IT WORKED.

HOWEVER, THIS TIME WE MUST TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER.

SIMPLY GETTING OUR MESSAGE OUT ISN'T ENOUGH. WE WILL HAVE TO BE LASER FOCUSED ON IDENTIFYING THE VOTERS WHO ARE MOST LIKELY TO SUPPORT PROPOSITION A AND ENSURING THEY TURN OUT ON ELECTION DAY.

WE KNOW THAT ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF VOTERS ACTUALLY CAST BALLOTS.

THAT'S ABOUT 5%. AND OUR GOAL IS TO FIND THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN INVESTING IN OUR SCHOOLS AND CONNECT WITH THEM AND GET THEM OUT TO VOTE.

SO TO BE AS EFFECTIVE IN DOING JUST THAT, WE DO NEED THE SUPPORT OF A THIRD PARTY PARTNER TO HELP US BE STRATEGIC, ANALYZE VOTER HISTORY, AND UNDERSTAND WHO IS ENGAGED IN OUR SCHOOLS SO THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE OUR EFFECTIVENESS.

WE MUST ALSO ENGAGE OUR BROADER COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THESE GROUPS ARE LESS ENGAGED BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT HAVE CHILDREN IN OUR DISTRICT.

LIKE I MENTIONED, I WILL SAY THAT IN THE PAST OUR PARENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF DID RALLY BEHIND OUR EFFORTS.

THEIR VOICES WERE LOUD, THEIR SUPPORT WAS VISIBLE, AND THEIR ADVOCACY MADE A DIFFERENCE.

BUT IF WE WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL THIS TIME, WE HAVE TO HAVE TO EXPAND OUR REACH BEYOND THOSE THAT DIRECT THAT ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO OUR SCHOOLS.

A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY DOES NOT HAVE CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS.

AND SO WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF REACHING OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR MESSAGE RESONATES WITH THEM.

OUR THIRD PARTY PARTNER CAN SUPPORT WITH BEING PROACTIVE AND INTENTIONAL IN REACHING THESE VOTERS.

WE MUST ALSO BUILD TRUST PROACTIVELY FOR THIS PROPOSITION TO PASS VOTERS.

VOTERS NEED TO HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

THEY NEED TO SEE THAT EVERY DOLLAR IS SPENT WISELY, AND THAT OUR DECISIONS ARE STRATEGIC, AND THAT OUR PRIORITY REMAINS WHERE IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON OUR STUDENTS.

AND WE KNOW THAT TRUST IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BUILD OVERNIGHT.

AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN JUST BY ASKING FOR SUPPORT WHEN WE NEED IT.

THIS MEANS DOING SOME PRE-WORK. OUR THIRD PARTY PARTNER CAN HELP US ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND WELL BEFORE THE ELECTION, WE CAN START NOW AND ENSURE THAT WE SHOWCASE HOW RESPONSIBLE WE'VE BEEN WITH OUR DECISIONS.

WE MUST ALSO BE EFFICIENT WITH OUR RESOURCE ALLOCATION.

WE HAVE. WE HAVE REALIZED THAT IN THE PAST EFFORTS, WE SPREAD OUR RESOURCES TOO THIN, INCLUDING LOW IMPACT OUTREACH.

YOU KNOW, BY NOT MOVING THE NEEDLE. THAT'S LIKE PULLING OUTSIDE.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE GO OUT TO VOTE, THEY'VE ALREADY MADE UP THEIR MIND AS TO WHO THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR.

SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY MOVING THE NEEDLE WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE POLLING.

THIS TIME WE HAVE TO JUST BE MORE STRATEGIC BECAUSE EVERY DOLLAR, EVERY MINUTE AND EVERY EFFORT MUST BE DIRECTED WHERE IT WILL MAKE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE.

SO WE FEEL THAT A THIRD PARTY PARTNER CAN HELP US PRIORITIZE HIGH IMPACT OUTREACH, TARGETING THE RIGHT VOTERS AND USING STRATEGIC MESSAGING.

LASTLY, WE MUST SIMPLIFY MESSAGING AND CLARITY.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACED IN 2020 WAS HOW WE COMMUNICATED THE TAX IMPACT.

THE BALLOT LANGUAGE THAT WE USED OF COURSE WE HAD TO STATE THAT TAXES WERE INCREASING, BUT IN REALITY THE RESIDENTS WERE SEEING A DECREASE.

SO WE JUST NEED TO BE MORE STRATEGIC AND STRATEGIC WITH OUR MESSAGE, NOT GET INTO EXPLAINING ALL THE TECHNICAL THINGS LIKE WE DID LAST TIME.

I THINK WE TRIED TALKING ABOUT COPPER PENNIES AND GOLDEN PENNIES.

THIS TIME WE NEED TO MAKE IT MORE SIMPLE, AND INSTEAD OF OVERWHELMING PEOPLE WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL TERMS, WE JUST NEED TO FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS TO THEM.

SO, A THIRD PARTY PARTNER CAN HELP US WITH MESSAGING.

WE CAN'T TAKE THIS FOR GRANTED WHEN OUR MESSAGE IS CLEAR.

WE CAN BUILD THE UNDERSTANDING, AND THE TRUST NEEDED TO GAIN SUPPORT.

I ALSO WANTED TO REVIEW WHAT IS AT STAKE IF THE PROPOSITION DOESN'T PASS.

AND WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE AS WELL. SO YOU'VE SEEN THIS.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU POSSIBLY DIDN'T GET TO SEE AS MUCH OF AN IMPACT BECAUSE WE HAD SOME ESSER FUNDS AS WELL.

SO IT KIND OF ACTED AS A SAFETY NET. BUT THIS TIME AROUND, IF WE DON'T PASS PROPOSITION, OUR CLASS SIZES WILL GET LARGER.

CURRENTLY WE'RE AT 27 TO 1. ELEMENTARY IS AT 22 TO 1.

AND WITHOUT ADDITIONAL FUNDING THOSE NUMBERS WILL INCREASE.

WE WILL ALSO SEE A DRAMATIC PROGRAM REDUCTION.

AND WE WE WE WILL SAY THAT IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE.

AND THESE ARE PROGRAMS SUCH AS FINE ARTS, ATHLETICS, ADVANCED COURSEWORK.

THEY COULD ALL FACE MAJOR CUTS. THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED WITH THAT ALLOW THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL OUTSIDE OF OR BEYOND

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WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO OFFER COMPETITIVE SALARIES AND CURRENTLY WE ALREADY DEAL WITH CHALLENGES WITH THE SHORTAGE IN SOME JOBS, SPECIFICALLY TEACHERS. AND THERE WAS A COMMENT THAT WAS MADE RECENTLY.

WHY IS OUR DISTRICT IN A BUDGET DEFICIT? AND I JUST IT'S BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE NOT SEEN DRAMATIC CUTS IN OUR DISTRICT. AND WITHOUT PASSING A PROPOSITION IN NOVEMBER, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE.

AND SO SOME KEY CONSIDERATIONS THAT I WANT YOU TO TAKE WITH YOU, THINGS THAT I WANT YOU TO RESONATE AS YOU LISTEN TO MISS JOHNSON SPEAK ABOUT HOW HER DISTRICT CAN SUPPORT US. THIS IS MORE THAN JUST PASSING A PROPOSITION.

THIS IS MORE THAN BALANCING A BUDGET. THIS IS IT'S ABOUT INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE.

THESE PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS FINE ARTS, ATHLETICS, ADVANCED COURSEWORK, ALL OF THAT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO THEM. WE CANNOT DO THIS ALONE.

WE'RE FACING SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES, AND WITHOUT STRATEGY, A WELL EXECUTED PLAN, WE RISK LOSING THESE VITAL PROGRAMS. AND ALSO THIRD, THE STAKES ARE EXTREMELY HIGH.

OUR INVESTMENT IN THIS CAMPAIGN IS AN INVESTMENT IN THE SUCCESS OF EVERY CHILD IN OUR DISTRICT.

AND PEOPLE SAY I TEND TO OVERUSE THESE WORDS INTENTIONAL AND STRATEGIC.

AND I SAY THEM TODAY AND I MEAN THEM. I MEAN THEM LIKE I'VE NEVER MEANT THEM BEFORE.

WE WILL HAVE TO BE EXTREMELY INTENTIONAL, STRATEGIC TO BE ABLE TO PASS PROPOSITION A IN NOVEMBER.

AND I BELIEVE THAT WITH THE RIGHT APPROACH, WITH THE RIGHT PARTNER, WE CAN SECURE THE FUNDING NECESSARY TO CONTINUE TO OFFER AN UNMATCHED EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS IN GARLAND ISD. SO, THANK YOU. AND I LIKE I SAID, WE JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION REGARDING WHY THE NEED TO GO FOR A PROPOSITION POSITION AND NO PROPOSITION IN NOVEMBER.

BUT AT THIS TIME, I'M ALSO GOING TO INVITE MISS RHONDA JOHNSON WITH ADVANTAGE.

SHE'S THE CONSULTANT. HER AND HER TEAM ARE THE CONSULTANTS THAT THAT WE WANT TO USE TO SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT AS WE GO FOR THIS PROPOSITION.

OKAY. THANK YOU, DR. PERALEZ. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRPERSON MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.

I AM RHONDA JOHNSON. I'M THE CEO AND FOUNDER OF ADVANTAGE, AND I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS TIME TO VISIT WITH YOU TODAY AND ALWAYS LOVE PRESENTING ABOUT HOW OUR TEAM IS YOUR ADVANTAGE. SO I'M GOING TO JUMP OFF RIGHT INTO THIS ADVANTAGE IS ALMOST A 15 YEAR OLD COMPANY.

WE ARE A FULL SERVICE MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS FIRM, AND WE DO EVERYTHING FROM RUN CAMPAIGNS FOR STUDENT RECRUITMENT, STUDENT RETENTION STAFF, HELPING HR DEPARTMENTS FIND STAFF AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

BUT WE ALSO SUPPORT DISTRICTS IN THEIR VOTER EDUCATION EFFORTS IN ELECTIONS.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE WORKED ALL OVER THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THE GREEN FLAGS REPRESENT DISTRICTS WITH UP TO 5000 STUDENTS.

THE ORANGE FLAGS, UP TO 30,000 STUDENTS IN BLUE FLAGS REPRESENT DISTRICTS OVER 30,000.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE WORK IN AS MANY, ALMOST AS MANY URBAN DISTRICTS AS WE DO MIDSIZE AND RURAL.

AND IN ANY GIVEN ELECTION CYCLE, WE COULD BE WORKING A $2 BILLION BOND AND AN $8 MILLION BOND.

BUT IN EACH OF THOSE COMMUNITIES, THE STAKES ARE JUST AS CRITICAL AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.

WE DO HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD. I THINK OUR TRACK RECORD IS UNMATCHED IN THIS SPACE.

WE'VE ADDED OVER $16 BILLION IN BONDS TO SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES, AND 23 AND 2024, WE'VE PASSED 13% OF ALL THE DOLLARS ON THE TEXAS BALLOT. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE PROPOSITIONS AND ALL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WE ARE TYPICALLY REPRESENTED WITH ABOUT 13, 10 TO 13% OF THE DOLLARS AND THE NUMBER OF PROPOSITIONS.

AND THAT'S COMPETING WITH ALL OF THE LARGE ARCHITECTURE FIRMS AND OTHER FIRMS THAT WORK WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

WE ALSO HAVE A PROVEN SUCCESS RATE IN PASSING PROPOSITIONS, INCLUDING WHAT'S KNOWN AS A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO REFER TO AS PROPOSITION A, ALONG WITH BONDS OVER THE LAST 14 YEARS.

AND I LIKE TO SAY THAT WE'VE WORN ALL THE HATS.

I MYSELF, I WAS A GARLAND RESIDENT. I'M A PROUD MOTHER OF A TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY CONSTRUCTION SCIENCE GRADUATE AND A TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY MARKETING GRADUATE WHO GRADUATED FROM ROWLETT AND NAAMAN FOREST GLOBAL BUSINESS.

SO THANK YOU, GARLAND ISD, FOR THAT. BUT I'VE ALSO BEFORE I CAME TO GARLAND, I WAS A TRUSTEE IN ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT AND A PROUD GRADUATE OF

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BUT OUR WHOLE TEAM IS CONNECTED. ONE DEGREE OF SEPARATION FROM PUBLIC EDITOR.

AND WE ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN GET THEIR MESSAGING OUT AND REACH PEOPLE.

WE CALL IT REACHING THE UNREACHABLE. AND LAST, AS A FIRM, OUR ONLY FOCUS IS PK 12 PUBLIC EDUCATION SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

SO THIS IS NOT A SURPRISE TO ANYONE. ELECTIONS ARE CHANGING AND EVOLVING RAPIDLY.

IT IS A HIGHLY CHARGED POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT.

OBVIOUSLY 2024 WAS A PEAK OF THAT, BUT WE'RE STILL SEEING A LOT OF THAT ACTIVITY AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE SESSION IN TEXAS.

AND WE HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP NATIONALLY. SO AT ADVANTAGE, WE ALWAYS START WITH DATA.

WHEN WE START ANY KIND OF CAMPAIGN WORK, THE FIRST THING WE DO IS COLLECT DATA ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THAT WE'RE WORKING IN.

SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE RECOMMEND IS PARTNERING WITH A THIRD PARTY VENDOR, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN OUR IN OUR SERVICES IS A VENDOR THAT YOU'VE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST TO DO A SURVEY. AND THIS POLL ACTUALLY HELPS US MEASURE WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY KNOWS AND UNDERSTANDS ABOUT THESE COMPLICATED SCHOOL FINANCE ISSUES. SCHOOL FUNDING. HOW DOES IT WORK? WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS YOU'RE OFFERING TO STUDENTS? WHAT'S AT RISK IN TERMS OF SALARIES OR NOT BEING ABLE TO OFFER BENEFITS? ALL OF THOSE THINGS. WE RUN THOSE BY THE VOTERS TO DETERMINE WHERE ARE WE STARTING WITH THEM, SO WE CAN DETERMINE HOW MUCH INFORMATION THEY NEED TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION AT THE BALLOT BOX.

AND REMEMBER, ALL OF THIS IS FACTUAL VOTER EDUCATION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SO I ALWAYS SAY, IF YOU HAVE IF YOU'RE MARRIED OR YOU HAVE CHILDREN, YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT PAST BEHAVIOR IS THE BEST PREDICTOR OF FUTURE BEHAVIOR.

AND WE KNOW A LOT ABOUT WHAT VOTERS ARE GOING TO DO IN ANY GIVEN ELECTION CYCLE BASED ON WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE IN THE PAST.

AND SO WE COLLECT A LOT OF DATA, PUBLIC INFORMATION DATA, JUST LIKE YOU GUYS DO WHEN YOU RUN YOUR SCHOOL BOARD RACES.

WE CAN COLLECT THAT SAME DATA FROM DALLAS COUNTY.

WE COLLECT DATA FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT WE ALSO BUY DATA TO APPEND THAT DATABASE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN REACH OUR VOTERS.

AND I'LL TALK IN A MOMENT. BUT IN THIS ELECTION CYCLE IN NOVEMBER, THE TURNOUT ACROSS THE STATE IS ABOUT 5%.

SO 95% OF PEOPLE STAY HOME. NOW, WE COULD HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OR SOME OTHER AMENDMENTS, LIKE IN 2023, WE HAD 14 AMENDMENTS AND A BIG HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

SO THAT DROVE UP THE TURNOUT. BUT TYPICALLY MOST FOLKS STAY HOME.

AND SO WE'RE DEALING WITH A VERY SMALL GROUP OF VOTERS, AND ABOUT 80% OF THEM ARE OVER THE AGE OF 50.

SO WE'RE PRIMARILY AS YOU MOVE INTO THIS SPACE, YOU'RE REALLY WORKING WITH NON-PARENT VOTERS WHO IN A PROPOSITION A WHAT'S CALLED A VATRE ENVIRONMENT MAY NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH THE KINDS OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OR THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS THAT YOU'RE FACING.

SO WE TAKE ALL THAT DATA THAT WE'VE COLLECTED, AND WE MAKE WHAT WE CALL A DATA COCKTAIL.

AND WE START TO SEGMENT ALL OF THOSE VOTERS SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE ONE, HOW TO BUILD A BUDGET.

AS DR. PERALEZ SAID, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAXIMIZING RESOURCES, AND SO WE BUILD ALL OF OUR TACTICS AND COMMUNICATIONS AROUND THE DATA THAT WE'RE COLLECTING. AND THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF THE FIRST ROUND OF REPORTS AT ADVANTAGE.

WE'RE UNIQUE IN THIS SPACE. WE BUILD OUR OWN FIRST PARTY DATA.

SO MOST OF THE FOLKS WHO WORK DOING THIS, THEY'RE BUYING DATA FROM VENDORS, WHEREAS WE'RE BUILDING OUR OWN FROM SCRATCH.

JUST LIKE ALL THE CREATIVE THAT WE DO, WE BUILD EVERYTHING AND CUSTOMIZE IT TO THE DISTRICT.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY START TO LOOK AT THESE VOTERS IN, IN VERY, VERY TINY SEGMENTS AND START TO MICRO PLAN HOW WE MAXIMIZE WHAT CHANNELS THOSE VOTERS ARE IN AND WHEN AND HOW WE GET INFORMATION TO THEM.

AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS OVERLOOK WHEN THEY'RE PLANNING IN THIS PROCESS, THAT WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN AS SOON AS THIS SUMMER, IS POLLING LOCATIONS.

SO I KNOW YOU'RE IN DALLAS COUNTY, AND THEY'RE GREAT ABOUT OFFERING YOU A LOT OF EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS, BUT WE REALLY LOOK AT THAT, TOO, BECAUSE AS YOU'RE TARGETING PARENTS, REMEMBER MOST OF THEM ARE GOING TO STAY HOME IN NOVEMBER, MAKING POLLING ACCESSIBLE SO THAT THEY CAN VOTE ON THEIR WAY TO WORK OR ON THEIR WAY HOME, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE NOT IN THE PHYSICAL DISTRICT DURING THE DAY, IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND HELP MAKE THIS DECISION.

AS YOU ALL MOVE FORWARD IN PRESENTING WHAT IT IS THAT YOU KNOW, YOUR PLAN IS IN THIS AREA.

SO ONCE VOTING STARTS, WE MONITOR TURNOUT BY SEGMENT AND SEGMENT.

AND WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU DAILY REPORTS. SO THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT A REPORT LOOKS LIKE FOR ALL OF THOSE SEGMENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

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AND AS A DISTRICT, TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SEND THOSE VOTE REMINDERS AND WORK THE TURNOUT.

SO AS PART OF OUR FIRST PARTY DATA, WE'RE ABLE TO WE BUILD A DASHBOARD.

IT'S ACTUALLY ON A SCREEN ABOUT THIS LONG. IT'S IF I ROLLED IT OUT ON A PIECE OF PAPER THIS IS AN IMAGE FROM SAN ANGELO ISD.

WE JUST WORKED IN THEIR DISTRICT ON A PROPOSITION A.

THEY HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF WORKING WITH THEIR VOTERS AND NOT PASSING A LOT OF THEIR ELECTIONS.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO PASS THIS ONE AT 59% FOR THEM.

JUST ONCE AGAIN PUTTING OUT REALLY STRONG MESSAGING AROUND THE WHY OF THIS PROPOSITION.

AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE TRACKING THAT TURNOUT BY SEGMENT.

BUT WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO START TO TRACK THINGS LIKE TURNOUT BY POSITION AND TURNOUT IN THE DISTRICT.

AND THAT ONCE AGAIN HELPS YOU ALL AS CAMPUS LEADERS OR DISTRICT LEADERS, TO DETERMINE WHAT CAN YOU DO TO ONCE AGAIN REMIND PEOPLE OR HELP MANAGE THAT TURNOUT? BECAUSE 95% OF PEOPLE STAY HOME.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SEE THAT.

AND WE'RE WATCHING IT BY CAMPUS ONCE AGAIN, JUST SAYING, OKAY, WE'VE GOT PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET TO THE POLLS AND PLACES WHERE THEY'RE STRUGGLING. AND SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO TO HELP WORK THAT A LITTLE BIT AND MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE? OUR BIGGEST THING HERE IS JUST GETTING THE VOTE OUT.

AND ONCE AGAIN, AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU'RE FACILITATING A VOTER EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.

AND SO YOU'RE MONITORING THIS. I KIND OF SAY LIKE A THIRD GRADE TEACHER OR A FOURTH GRADE TEACHER.

YOU'RE PUTTING A TOPIC, THIS PROPOSITION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND YOU'RE MANAGING AND FACILITATING THAT CONVERSATION AND JUST MAKING SURE, ONCE AGAIN, THAT EVERYONE HAS INFORMATION IN THE WAY THAT THEY NEED TO GET IT AND THAT THEY KNOW WHEN AND HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTION.

SO THIS IS THE FUN PART OF THE WORK THAT WE DO, OUR CREATIVE SIDE, AND WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT CONTENT CREATION IS EVERYTHING.

ANYBODY CAN CREATE A FLIER OR A POST, BUT WE'RE REALLY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THE CONTENT WE'RE CREATING IS RELEVANT SO THAT IT'S CONSUMABLE.

RIGHT? BECAUSE EVERYBODY ON THEIR PHONE, YOU'RE PROBABLY DOING IT RIGHT NOW SCROLLING, SCROLLING, SCROLLING. AND WE WANT YOU TO STOP. WE WANT YOU TO STOP AND LOOK AT THE STORY OR THE FACTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT. AND THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF WHAT WE DO THAT'S REALLY DIFFERENT.

SO WE DO START WHEN WE START WORK IN A DISTRICT.

WE CAN ONBOARD A CAMPAIGN WITHIN 48 HOURS AND IT'S FULLY AUTOMATED.

EVERYONE IN THE DISTRICT HAS ACCESS TO THAT CAMPAIGN THAT'S WORKING ON IT, AND IT HAS AUTOMATED REPORTS THAT GO OUT ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO I'M SORRY, WEEKLY BASIS. SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THE DEADLINES ARE.

IT'S A GREAT PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND IT WORKS BEAUTIFULLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH BIG DISTRICTS, BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE THE GRAPHICS DESIGNER, IF THEY'RE DOING THAT WORK.

HERE'S WHAT YOUR TASKS ARE. IF WE'RE DOING THAT WORK, THEN WE'RE REPORTING OUT WHEN ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE COMING OUT.

WE ALSO DO A LOT OF WORK WITH MESSAGING. SO THESE PROPOSITION A, THESE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATIFICATION ELECTIONS ARE COMPLICATED.

AND AS DR. PERALEZ SAID, WHEN YOU DID THIS IN 2020, THE MESSAGING WAS THERE, BUT IT WAS MORE FOCUSED ON THE TAX.

AND WE SEE THAT A LOT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS, RIGHT? IT'S AFFECTING THE TAX RATE. AND WE'VE REALLY LEARNED THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF THAT.

AND SO ALTHOUGH WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THAT INFORMATION, WHAT THEY REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND IS HOW DOES THIS IMPACT ME OR HOW DOES THIS IMPACT THE CHILD IN MY HOUSE? HOW DOES THIS IMPACT THE PEOPLE ON MY STREET OR THE SCHOOL IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD? AND SO WE DO A LOT OF WORK WITH MESSAGING AND PEEL BACK THE WHY OF EVERY PROGRAM THAT'S IMPACTED, AND HOW THIS LACK OF FUNDING IS IMPACTING ALL OF THE ASPECTS OF YOUR DISTRICT.

AND I ALWAYS SAY THIS CAN BE A PARADIGM SHIFT FOR SOME PEOPLE, BUT SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS ARE NOT ABOUT TAXES OR BRICK AND MORTAR PROJECTS.

THEY'RE ABOUT TEACHING AND LEARNING. AND AS YOU START THINKING AS A BOARD ABOUT HOW YOU EVEN YOURSELF WANT TO START THINKING ABOUT THIS, TALKING ABOUT THIS, IS THIS ELECTION. YES, IT'S ABOUT REVENUE GENERATION AND DECREASING EXPENSES, BUT IT IS REALLY ABOUT HOW IS THIS SITUATION IMPACTING TEACHING AND LEARNING? WHAT PROBLEMS ARE WE HAVING? HOW IS THIS PROPOSITION A SOLUTION TO THOSE PROBLEMS? SO THE EASIEST WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT IS YOU'RE EITHER REMOVING BARRIERS LIKE WE CAN'T GIVE A RAISE, OR OUR BENEFITS AREN'T COMPATIBLE TO SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HIRE TEACHERS AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE IN THE CLASSROOM.

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BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE OUTDATED REPLACEMENT SCHEDULES FOR THINGS LIKE, I'M GOING TO THROW THIS OUT, BUT BUSSES, TECHNOLOGY, BAND UNIFORMS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT MAY NOT BE A YEAR ONE ISSUE, BUT THEY'RE THINGS THAT YOU PUT ON HOLD FOR THE LAST 4 OR 5 YEARS OR THAT HAVE GONE INTO THE DEFICIT AREA.

AND SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE PEEL BACK WHEN WE START DOING THE MESSAGING.

AND WE ALSO LOOK AT WAYS THAT YOU CAN USE THIS NEW REVENUE TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAYBE YOU'VE SHELVED, THAT YOU KNOW, ARE REALLY GOOD FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.

AND SO EXPLAINING AND DOING THAT STORY ABOUT THAT.

SO ONCE WE ONCE WE GET TOGETHER THE MESSAGING, WE MATCH IT WITH THE VOTER TARGETING THAT WE LOOKED AT AND WE PUSH IT OUT THROUGH DIGITAL CHANNELS, PRINT ALL OF YOUR BASICALLY ALMOST FREE ISD CHANNELS AND THEN OTHER CHANNELS.

SO DIGITAL IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PLACES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH NOW.

IF THOSE OF YOU REMEMBER THE PRIMARY LAST YEAR OR THE PRESIDENTIAL, YOU SAW A LOT OF ADS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU GOT A LOT OF TEXTS AND YOU SAW DIGITAL ADS, PROBABLY IN APPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FROM CANDIDATES OR BIG PACS.

AND WE'RE USING THOSE CHANNELS NOW FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, NOT ONLY FOR VOTER EDUCATION, BUT WE'RE USING THEM FOR OTHER THINGS BECAUSE WE CAN REACH PEOPLE WHEREVER THEY ARE ON THE DEVICE THAT THEY'RE ON IN A SPECIFIC TIME.

AND SO WE HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE A VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE WAY TO REACH PEOPLE AND GIVE THEM IN SPOONFULS OF SUGAR, THAT OLD PHRASE, GIVE THEM THESE STORIES, IF YOU WILL, SLOWLY TOLD IN VIDEO OR TOLD IN VERY WAYS THAT THEY WANT TO CONSUME IT.

AND WE USE THIS IN REALLY, REALLY SMALL DISTRICTS.

THEY CALL THIS THE NEW NEWSPAPER. AND THE WAY I DESCRIBE IT IS WE'RE REALLY REACHING THE UNREACHABLE.

AND SO I WANT TO STOP FOR JUST A SECOND AND TALK ABOUT MY OWN SELF.

I'VE REALLY LEARNED A LOT FROM MOVING TO A, FROM A COMMUNITY WHERE I KNEW EVERYONE TO A PLACE WHERE I DON'T LIVE IN THE GARLAND AREA ANYMORE.

AND I NOW LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE I DIDN'T RAISE MY KIDS IN THAT DISTRICT.

I DON'T KNOW ANYONE. I DON'T HAVE A DIRECT AFFILIATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE, THEY DON'T REALLY COMMUNICATE WITH ME BECAUSE I'M NOT IN THEIR CIRCLE OF STAKEHOLDERS.

RIGHT? I'M NOT, I AM, BUT I WASN'T ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE.

I WASN'T GETTING THEIR EMAILS BECAUSE I WASN'T A PARENT THERE.

SO I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A REASON TO LIKE PLUG IN.

AND HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE AND REALIZING I VOTE IN EVERY SINGLE ELECTION.

EVERY SINGLE ONE. AND I REALIZED THAT DISTRICTS HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF JUMPING OVER THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY GETTING THEIR INFO TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T, WHO DO VOTE AND BUILD THAT BRIDGE OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM.

SO A LOT OF OUR STRATEGY IS BUILT ON THAT. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'VE SEEN IT WORK IN VERY, VERY SMALL DISTRICTS WITH LESS THAN 2000 VOTERS.

AND WE'VE DONE IT IN FORT BEND AND ROUND ROCK AND DISTRICTS THE SIZE OF GARLAND ISD AS WELL.

SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE BRAND CREATIONS THAT WE'VE DONE.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO SAY IS WE DON'T CALL THESE VATRES OR THE OLD TREE, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HOW VOTERS SEE THEM.

AND WE KNOW FROM POLLING, I'VE BEEN DOING THESE SINCE, I DON'T KNOW, 2011, AND NOBODY LIKES THAT WHEN WE PULL AROUND IT.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. AND SO WE JUST CALL IT WHAT IT IS.

IT'S PROPOSITION A, THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IT ON THE BALLOT. THIS IS WHAT IT'S CALLED. THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO YOU ABOUT FOR FOUR MONTHS OR 12 WEEKS.

SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THESE BRANDS SAY PROPOSITION A AND THAT'S INTENTIONAL THAT WAY WE DEVELOP ALL OF OUR BRANDS FROM SCRATCH.

NO TWO ARE ALIKE NECESSARILY. AND SO I'M GOING TO START WITH ROUND ROCK.

WE DID A ROUND ROCK HAS A ROLLER COASTER HISTORY OF ELECTIONS.

AND WE WORKED WITH THEM ON A TREE IN 2023. YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THEIR BRANDING AND HOW THEIR MESSAGING WENT OUT. LOTS OF INFOGRAPHICS, USE OF COLOR, VERY CLEAR MESSAGING AND YOU CAN'T SEE IT ON YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE IT IN YOUR BOOKLET ACTUALLY, BUT YOU'LL NOTICE THE LITTLE POLAROID PHOTOS IN THEIR IMAGES THAT WAS REALLY HIGHLIGHTING IT HAS IN PIN.

REMEMBER THE OLD WHEN YOUR MOM USED TO RIDE ON A POLAROID OR YOUR GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS IN THE PICTURE? IT WAS REALLY REMINDING THE VOTER THAT THIS IS A NURSE.

THIS IS A COACH. THESE ARE THE FACES OF THE COMMUNITY.

THIS IS THE FACE OF THE DISTRICT OR THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN OUR STORYTELLING.

AND SO THAT WAS A KEY VISUAL ELEMENT THAT WE USED.

THIS IS FORT BEND'S PROPOSITION A. THEY JUST HAD TWO MESSAGES.

YOU'LL SEE IT ON THE SCREEN. THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS BASICALLY TEACHER PAY.

THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS POLICE OFFICERS AT EVERY CAMPUS.

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AND SO THEY STREAMLINED ALL THE MESSAGING DOWN NOW ON THEIR WEBSITE.

THERE WAS TONS AND TONS OF INFORMATION, BUT THE INFORMATION THAT WENT OUT TO VOTERS IS HERE'S THE MONEY THAT WE'RE GETTING.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE USING IT FOR. HERE'S WHERE YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION.

WE JUST WORKED IN MONTGOMERY ISD. WE WERE ONE OF ONLY TWO ELECTIONS TO PASS IN HARRIS COUNTY.

ONE WAS IN ALIEF, WHICH IS LARGELY A DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT IN TERMS OF PARTISANSHIP.

MONTGOMERY ISD IS 90% REPUBLICAN, PASSED EXACTLY WHAT THE SURVEY SAID IT WOULD PASS AT PASS AT 51%.

SO A LITTLE NAIL BITER THERE. BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE HERE.

SAME THING. USE OF LOTS OF COLOR, LOTS OF EXPLAINING TO DO.

PEOPLE THERE DIDN'T REALLY EVEN KNOW THAT THEY WERE RECAPTURED DISTRICT.

SO WE HAD TO START LIKE WAY BACK HERE TO EXPLAIN ROBIN HOOD AND SOME OF THOSE FINANCIAL SITUATIONS, TO EVEN GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHY THERE WASN'T ANY MONEY, AND THEN HOW THE MONEY WOULD BE USED ONCE THE ELECTION PASSED.

THIS IS ALSO SAN ANGELO ISD USING THEIR BRAND, WHICH IS THE BLUE AND YELLOW.

AND YOU'LL SEE ONCE AGAIN, LOTS OF INFOGRAPHICS, THE PENNY WITH THE CHARTED AND JUST WAYS FOR VOTERS TO CLEARLY START TO UNDERSTAND.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME. THIS IS HOW I VOTE HAD A VOTER GUIDE INCLUDED SO PEOPLE KNEW WHEN TO VOTE.

NOW, THIS WAS A PRESIDENTIAL CYCLE, SO THERE WAS A LOT MORE POLLING THAT'S AVAILABLE THAN WE WILL SEE THIS NOVEMBER.

THIS WAS A BOND IN NORTHSIDE ISD. THIS WAS ABOUT $1 BILLION BOND IN 2022.

AND I JUST WANT YOU TO NOTICE, LIKE ON THE LITTLE I CALL IT THE THERMOMETER ON THE LEFT, BUT BREAKING DOWN FOR THE VOTERS ONCE AGAIN SO THAT THEY CAN EASILY UNDERSTAND HOW THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT AND APPROPRIATED AND START TO CORRELATE WHAT YOU'RE USING THE MONEY FOR.

THE NEXT ONE IS FORT BEND BOND. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OVER $1 BILLION.

IT INCLUDED AN EIGHT PAGE MAGAZINE THAT CAME OUT WITH THAT AS PART OF THEIR MESSAGING STRATEGY.

AND THEN ALDINE WAS ALMOST $2 BILLION AND HAD A LOT OF THE SAME SIMILAR VERY SIMPLE MESSAGING.

THESE ARE THE THREE PROPOSITIONS. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE MONEY.

I'M SORRY, ECTOR COUNTY. YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THEM IN ODESSA? AND I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE HANDOUT ON THE RIGHT THAT SHOWED A LOT OF THE PROJECT ELEMENTS.

SO THIS WAS A BOND, BUT WE DO THE SAME THING IN THESE PROPOSITION A ELECTIONS.

BREAKING DOWN WHAT? YOU WHAT YOU MIGHT BE USING THE MONEY FOR BEYOND SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

AND THEN I WANT TO TALK REAL QUICK ABOUT VIDEO.

WE DO A LOT OF WORK WITH VIDEO. I KNOW YOUR DISTRICT'S CREATIVE TEAM IS IS REALLY, REALLY STRONG.

OUR TEAM IS ALSO VERY STRONG. AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY IN ANY GIVEN CYCLE, WE DO ABOUT 175 VIDEOS IN SIX WEEKS, AND THAT INCLUDES THE NINE MINUTE VIDEOS AND THEN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 15 AND 32ND ADS.

SO WE HAVE A CREATIVE MACHINE, AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF OF THE WORK THAT WE DO.

AND WE'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY FOR SOME OF THAT WORK.

SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE USE ALL OF THIS CREATIVE CONTENT, ESPECIALLY THE VIDEO, IN REACHING THE UNREACHABLE ONCE AGAIN, VOTERS LIKE ME.

SO THE AVERAGE REACH OF A POST IS ABOUT 5%. AND WE KNOW THAT IF YOU JUST PUT SOMETHING ON META, IT WOULD IT WOULD PROBABLY TRAVEL ALONG LIKE THIS ORANGE AREA ON THE BOTTOM.

IF YOU JUST BOOSTED IT THROUGH AN AD ACCOUNT, YOU WOULD GET A LITTLE BIT MORE.

BUT WHEN WE TAKE A TARGETED LIST OF VOTERS AND WE USE THAT ONCE AGAIN TO FOCUS YOUR RESOURCES, WE CAN ACTUALLY SEND MESSAGES, PARTICULARLY TO VOTER SEGMENTS THAT NEED SPECIAL MESSAGES.

AND WE SEE REALLY HIGH INCREASE IN CONSUMPTION OF THOSE STORIES THAT WAY.

SO ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS ROUND ROCK'S BOND ELECTION THAT WE WORKED WITH THEM.

WE DID OVER 91 SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS IN A 12 WEEK PERIOD.

THOSE WERE ALL TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH AND POSTED SO OVER 182 POSTS ALONG WITH ALL OF THE ADS THAT WE DID THERE.

AND YOU CAN SEE ON THIS PAGE, THE AVERAGE INCREASE IN ENGAGEMENT IS ABOUT 150%.

AND SO WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS TARGETED WORK WITH SOCIAL MEDIA PARTICULARLY, YOU CAN SEE THAT TEAL AREA IS THE ADDITIONAL CONSUMPTION OF THAT PIECE OF CONTENT. SO EACH ONE OF THESE THINGS ON THE LEFT IS A POST IS JUST A META POST OR INSTAGRAM.

FACEBOOK. THE LITTLE BITTY NAVY LINES IS WHAT IT WOULD HAVE GOTTEN ORGANICALLY.

AND YOU CAN SEE EXPONENTIALLY HOW FAR THESE STORIES IF YOU WILL TRAVEL WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO TARGET THAT MESSAGING.

AND THE LAST PIECE OF THIS IS DIGITAL ADVERTISING.

AND SO I'LL JUST FOCUS ON THIS FOR A MOMENT. BUT THIS IS THE NEW NEWSPAPER.

AND WE KNOW THAT THIS WORKS. I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE LIKE, WELL, OLDER PEOPLE,

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BUT THE OTHER TWO THIRDS OF THE US POPULATION, ANYWHERE FROM 80 TO OVER 90% OF THEM ARE CONSUMING HULU, NETFLIX, PRIME, APPLE TV, ANY OF THOSE SOURCES WHERE YOU GET COMMERCIALS? AND SO WE'RE DOING THESE ADS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS FACTUAL VOTER EDUCATION CONTENT ON THOSE APPS AND IN THOSE TELEVISION.

SO YOU MIGHT BE WATCHING A SHOW ON APPLE TV AND SEE AN AD FOR GARLAND ISD.

FACTUAL. OF COURSE. VOTER EDUCATION, BUT COULD JUST BE DON'T FORGET TO VOTE.

IT COULD BE I'M A TEACHER, SO I'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THAT HERE IN A MOMENT.

AND I'LL KIND OF WRAP THIS SECTION UP BY SAYING 98% OF THE DISTRICTS THAT WE WORK WITH HAVE NOT USED THIS BEFORE.

SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE FROM ROUND ROCK'S RECENT AD.

THESE ARE DISPLAY ADS THAT WERE USED WHEN PEOPLE GO INTO A GOOGLE SEARCH OR A WEB SEARCH, THEY POP UP IN THE STORIES THAT YOU'RE READING.

AND THIS WAS SOME OF THE VIDEO ADS. AND SO I'LL SHOW YOU REAL QUICK, MATT'S GOING TO HELP ME.

BUT WE WON A NATIONAL AWARD FOR THIS. AND THIS IS A SCIENCE TEACHER AT ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL AS PART OF THEIR TREE ELECTION.

MY NAME IS PATRICK BOYLAN. I'M A CHEMISTRY TEACHER HERE AT ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR TEN YEARS NOW.

THERE'S A REASON I'VE BEEN HERE FOR TEN YEARS.

THERE'S GREAT LEADERSHIP HERE ON THIS CAMPUS IN THE DISTRICT.

WE GET LOTS OF SUPPORT. AND AS A TEACHER, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

FEEL LIKE I HAVE WHAT I NEED TO DO MY JOB AND DO MY JOB WELL.

SO, I'VE BEEN TEACHING FOR 17 YEARS. AND WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT INFLATION, I MADE MORE MY FIRST YEAR TEACHING THAN I'M MAKING NOW.

SO IT'S A LITTLE FRUSTRATING. BUT I ALSO REALLY DEEPLY BELIEVE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.

I JUST HOPE THAT LIKE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT AS WELL.

NOT ONLY ME, BUT IT'S LIKE IT AFFECTS STAFF AND STAFF MORALE AND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO TAKE ON ALL THOSE EXTRA RESPONSIBILITIES WHEN.

THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH STAFF AND IT MAKES THE JOB A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT.

I MEAN, I THINK IT'S JUST WHERE WE AS A COMMUNITY DECIDE WHAT WE VALUE.

AND IT'S DIFFICULT AS A TEACHER WHEN YOU SEE OTHER FIELDS, OTHER PROFESSIONS THAT ARE ABLE TO GET LIKE SALARY RAISES THAT AT LEAST MEET OR EXCEED INFLATION.

I CHOSE THIS PROFESSION BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.

I THINK IT'S LIKE AN IMPORTANT PART OF LIKE OUR COUNTRY, OUR NATION.

RIGHT. I JUST THINK THAT THIS WOULD JUST REAFFIRM THAT.

I'M A PROFESSIONAL AND I HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MY COMMUNITY AND THAT THEY VALUE WHAT I DO.

SO I CALL THIS PUTTING FLESH ON A MESSAGE BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN WE CAN TALK ABOUT TAX RATES AND AND WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO PUT THOSE THINGS OUT.

PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING IMPACTED AND WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS, WHAT THE ASK IS HOW THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE USED.

BUT THAT'S USUALLY NOT THE FIRST THING THAT THEY WANT TO KNOW.

THEY WANT TO KNOW. WELL, THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW THE MONEY IS BEING USED, BUT THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW IS WHAT SOLUTIONS DO YOU NEED? WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM SO THAT I CAN HELP YOU SOLVE IT? I CAN BE A SOLUTION. AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BE A SOLUTION, RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WIN AT 100%. THERE'S NO THERE'S NO WAY.

BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T PERCEIVE THIS TO BE A SOLUTION.

BUT WE'VE LEARNED THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO REACH YOUR PARENTS AND THOSE YOUNGER 18 TO 49 YEAR OLD VOTERS, TO GET THEM ENGAGED WITH THIS TYPE OF AN ELECTION AND GET THEM TO MAKE VOTING A PRIORITY, THAT WE DO HAVE BETTER SUCCESS IN THEM UNDERSTANDING THESE REALLY, REALLY COMPLEX ISSUES WHEN WE TRY TO PUT THAT FLESH, IF YOU WILL, TO THE STORY. SO WE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THAT VIDEO BY CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS, WHICH IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. AND FOR SOME OF THE ADS THAT WE'VE DONE THERE, AND I WANT TO WRAP UP BY SAYING THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS AS BOARD MEMBERS THAT YOU CAN DO TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS AT YOUR PERSONAL COMFORT LEVEL.

CERTAINLY, YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL CAN ADVISE YOU ON THAT.

BUT CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO DO A BOARD WORKSHOP WITH LEGAL COUNSEL AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT REVIEW, KEY MESSAGING, SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS WHICH I KNOW MOST OF YOU ARE REALLY ADEPT AT ALREADY.

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LOPEZ OR IN YOUR OWN IN YOUR OWN SCHOOLS AND AREAS OF INFLUENCE.

YOU CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT. BEING VISIBLE, EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEAK, IS GREAT, BECAUSE IT JUST AFFIRMS THAT.

YOU ALSO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE DISTRICT.

VOTER CONTACT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT. SO THOSE CALLS TEXT CANVASING.

IF YOU CAN DEDICATE EVEN TWO HOURS FOR THOSE KIND OF ACTIVITIES, IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN ONCE AGAIN GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT.

I KNOW WORKING THE POLLS IS REALLY POPULAR HERE, AND THAT DOES HELP AT THE END TO JUST MAKE THAT EYE CONTACT WITH VOTERS AS THEY'RE MOVING INTO THE POLLING LOCATION. AND THEN LAST, AS A BOARD MEMBER, YOU ARE FREE TO ENGAGE IN YOUR PERSONAL TIME WITH YOUR PERSONAL RESOURCES, WITH A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE PROCESS. AND SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU, YOU KNOW, TO ONCE AGAIN SEEK LEGAL COUNSEL ON THAT.

BUT YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THIS, AND YOU CAN PARTICIPATE ON THE FACTUAL SIDE WITH JUST ENGAGING WITH THE DISTRICT CONTENT AND TAKING THE FACTS OUT.

OR YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO TO THE PERSUASIVE SIDE IF YOU'D LIKE, AND GET OUT THE VOTE, YOU KNOW, VOTE FOR MESSAGE. I HOPE THERE'S NOT A VOTE, NO MESSAGE.

YOU HAVE THAT OPTION TOO. I HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD THAT LATELY, BUT IT IS OUT THERE.

BUT IT IS IMPORTANT AS A TRUSTEE IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT, TO USE YOUR EXPERIENCE AND YOU KNOW THE CHANNELS THAT ARE PROVIDED TO PLUG INTO THOSE IF YOU CAN. SO FOR MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ELECTION DECIDES THEIR FUTURE, CERTAINLY YOUR 2020 ELECTION HAD AN IMPACT ON ON WHERE YOU ARE TODAY.

I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH SAYING AN ADVANTAGE. WE STILL HAVE A 92% PASSING RATE IN OVER 150 PROPOSITIONS IN THE LAST 14 YEARS, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO BE YOUR PARTNER. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

OKAY. THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. COMMITTEE, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. BEACH, WE'LL START WITH MR. BEACH. YOU'LL BE NEXT, MR. GLICK.

THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. AND OF COURSE, IT MAKES THE REALIZATION SINK IN OF WHAT OUR LEGISLATORS ARE DOING TO US FOR THE NEED FOR THIS. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. THAT'S ALL I NEED TO DO IS MAKE A COMMENT.

THANK YOU, MR. GLICK. WELCOME BACK. THANK YOU.

HAPPY TO BE BACK. YEAH, I REMEMBER THE TRAINING YOU GAVE US BACK IN 2013, 2014 ON SPEAKING TO THE MEDIA.

YOU TAPED IT AND YOU SHOWED US AND YOU HAD POSITIVE CRITICISM, WHICH WAS WONDERFUL AND REALLY HELPED AS WE MOVED INTO THAT BOND.

YES. IT'S INTERESTING THAT JUST YESTERDAY, THE SENATE IS NOW CONSIDERING INCREASING THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM 100 TO 150. YEAH, I DON'T THINK THE HOUSE HAS TALKED ABOUT IT YET.

SO ASSUMING IT PASSES BOTH HOUSES, WHY ABOUT TWO THIRDS VOTE? IT COULD BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. CERTAINLY.

YEAH. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER POSSIBILITY.

SO THANK YOU AND WELCOME BACK. YES. THANK YOU.

I'LL COMMENT ON THAT REALLY QUICKLY BECAUSE HAVING THOSE EXEMPTIONS ON THE BALLOT IT ACTUALLY DRIVES UP THE TURNOUT MORE PARTICULARLY 65 AND OLDER. SO EVEN THOUGH THEIR TAXES ARE FROZEN, THEY DO UNDERSTAND, ESPECIALLY THE VOTER THAT VOTES IN THIS CYCLE IS THE MOST RELIABLE VOTER IN EVERY CYCLE AND THE MOST EDUCATED VOTER.

AND SO YOU WILL SEE THE NUMBER OF PARTICULARLY 65 AND OLDER COULD MAKE UP HALF OF THE TURNOUT.

AND SO WE GO BACK THEN TO THE DATA THAT WE COLLECT IN THE SURVEY WHERE WE WE ASK THEM, OKAY, DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE YOUR TAXES ARE FROZEN ON YOUR HOMESTEAD? MOST OF THEM WILL SAY YES IF YOU'VE HAD FREQUENT ELECTIONS, WHICH YOU HAVE, BECAUSE YOU JUST HAD A BOND A FEW YEARS AGO.

BUT WHEN YOU ASK THEM IF THEY BELIEVE IT, YOU GET A DIFFERENT ANSWER.

AND SO WE PUT THOSE TWO TOGETHER AND REALLY DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, HOW THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT TURNOUT.

BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T BELIEVE THEIR TAXES ARE FROZEN, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY BE CONFUSED ON THE IMPACT BECAUSE THE BALLOT LANGUAGE IS SO WONKY.

BUT THE GOOD THING ABOUT A TAX EXEMPTION AND USUALLY IT'S A TAX REDUCTION FOR THE VOTER.

SO THAT'S THE OTHER THING IS, DO THEY BELIEVE THAT THEIR TAXES ARE GOING TO DECREASE THEIR SCHOOL TAXES? AND AN INTERESTING THING, AFTER THE 2020 3RD NOVEMBER ELECTION, THERE WAS A COMPRESSION DURING THE SESSION.

SO THERE WAS AN ELECTION TO INCREASE THE THE OR FREEZE THE TAX RATE, I BELIEVE IN MAY OF 2223, THERE WAS ANOTHER COMPRESSION DURING THE SESSION, AND THEN THERE WAS A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER OF 23.

AND WHAT WE SAW IS THAT THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN IT WAS.

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MR. DODDS AND I LAST WEEK LOOKING THROUGH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT OF 65 AND OLDER VOTERS THAT ARE PAYING NO SCHOOL TAXES NOW.

AND THAT'S A FAIRLY NEW PHENOMENON. SO IF THIS EXEMPTION GOES THROUGH, THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER WAVE OF PEOPLE WHOSE TAXES COULD BE FROZEN AND BE NOW AT ZERO FOR FOR THE INDEFINITE FUTURE. SO YEAH. VERY GOOD.

REST OF THE BOARD. ANY ANY QUESTIONS? MR. SELDERS, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

DOCTOR PERALEZ, YOU HAD A SLIDE UP. IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO.

IT'S LIKE EARLY IN THE PRESENTATION WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT WHAT'S AT STAKE.

AND THIS QUESTION IS FOR EITHER YOU OR DOCTOR LOPEZ.

CAN YOU GUYS YOU TALKED ABOUT WHAT'S AT STAKE AS IT RELATES TO WHAT HAPPENS IN THE DISTRICT.

BUT FOR PERSPECTIVE, CAN YOU ELABORATE MORE ON WHAT EACH OF THOSE ITEMS MEAN IN TERMS OF IMPACT TO OUR COMMUNITY? CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE, MR. YEAGER? PULL UP, MISS PARALYSIS, SLIDE ON THE IMPACT.

THAT'S LIKE DOING YOUR ABCS BACKWARDS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO START DOCTOR PERALEZ, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT, AND THEN I CAN SO WITH THE NEXT, IT WAS THE NEXT SLIDE.

NEXT TWO. NEXT ONE. YEAH. THAT ONE. WELL WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CLASS SIZES OR PROGRAM REDUCTIONS OR SALARIES, I THINK IT, IT PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM WANTING TO BE PART OF OUR DISTRICT AND FROM BRINGING OUR STUDENTS TO OUR SCHOOL.

IF WE CAN'T OFFER THE PROGRAMS THAT WE WANT TO OFFER THEM, OR IF OUR CLASS SIZES ARE TOO BIG, OR IF THEY CAN'T BE A PART OF AN ATHLETIC PROGRAM.

WITH SALARIES AND RAISES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT COMPETITIVE IN GETTING TEACHERS OR COACHES OR FINE ARTS DIRECTORS, THEY'RE GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WAY WE RETAIN OUR TALENT.

I THINK OVERALL, PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PROVIDE THE EDUCATION AND THE PROGRAM FOR OUR STUDENTS, THAT THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES, THEIR THEIR OWN PROPERTIES.

AND SO THERE'S THERE IS A DIRECT CORRELATION.

THE REASON WHY I WAS ASKING THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES IT GETS LOST ON HOW THIS THIS BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY.

WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THESE HAVING THESE THINGS THAT WE HAVE SMALLER CLASS SIZES, WE CAN DELIVER ALL THE PROGRAMS AND WE CAN GIVE COMPETITIVE SALARIES AND RAISES.

THAT'S A BENEFIT FOR THE DISTRICT. BUT I'M ALSO WANTING TO KIND OF GET MORE INFORMATION AND PERSPECTIVE ON HOW DOES THIS IMPACT BOTH NEGATIVELY OR POSITIVELY OUR COMMUNITY. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK OF THE THE DRIVING FORCE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE ARE THE BIGGEST EMPLOYER OF THE TRI-CITY AREA, OKAY.

AND AS THE BIGGEST EMPLOYER. THAT MEANS NOT ONLY ARE WE EMPLOYING MORE PEOPLE, BUT WE ARE DRIVING.

WE ARE DRIVING ACTIONS. WE'RE DRIVING SMALL BUSINESSES.

ANY TIME WE SPEND MONEY, THE COMMUNITY RECEIVES MONEY.

SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE THIS MUTUAL BENEFIT THAT HAPPENS.

ADDITIONALLY, THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY. WHEN YOU GO TO A PARADE, IF THERE WERE NO BANDS THAT COULD GO TO THE PARADE BECAUSE OF BUDGET CUTS, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THAT PARADE? ALL RIGHT. WOULDN'T HAPPEN.

OKAY, I WANT AND THAT SOUNDS SIMPLE, BUT IT'S PROFOUND.

WHENEVER YOU'RE THEN WHENEVER YOU'RE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT.

OKAY, WHAT HOW DOES THIS HURT ME? MY KID'S NO LONGER IN THE SYSTEM.

WELL, YOUR PROPERTY VALUES ARE NOT GOING TO INCREASE.

THEY'RE GOING TO DECREASE, WHICH ATTRACTS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CLIENT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.

THEY'RE YOUR TAX BASE. YOU MIGHT BE HAPPY WITH IT, BUT AT WHAT COST? BECAUSE IF YOU START LOOKING AROUND EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN OUR AREA, FOR THE EXCEPTION OF MAYBE ONE HAS GOTTEN THIS THIS ELECTION PASSED. WHY? BECAUSE PEOPLE KNOW IF THEY INVEST IN SCHOOLS, THEN EVERYTHING ELSE WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.

THE THE VAST MAJORITY OF KIDS ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.

THEY WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THEY WANT SMALLER CLASS SIZES.

THEY DON'T WANT ALL OF THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.

THEY WANT THEY WANT CHOICE. OUR DISTRICT LOVES CHOICE.

HOW WILL THIS AFFECT THE COMMUNITY? WELL, MAYBE WE'LL HAVE TO SCALE DOWN TO CHOICE, TO THE LETTER OF THE LAW, IN THE COURT ORDER. AND THAT MEANS IT'S NOT AS BROAD AND WIDE AS IT ONCE WAS.

HOW WILL THIS ALSO AFFECT US? WELL, MAYBE THE SCHOOL CLOSURES ALL ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT HAPPENED WE HAVE TO SELL

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IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSES, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE COULD DO. THESE ARE REAL THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. WE'VE SEEN THEM IN OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, AND WE ACT LIKE THIS COULD NEVER HAPPEN TO US.

WELL, IT CAN IF THESE THESE MEASURES DON'T PASS AND AND WE CAN JUST KEEP ON LAYERING AND TALKING ABOUT ALL THE THE BENEFITS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT, A THRIVING SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.

WE OFFER MORE PROGRAMS THAN MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO IN THE NATION.

WE ARE A CHOICE DISTRICT. THERE'S A LOT OF POINTS OF PRIDE.

WE ARE A B DISTRICT. YOU KEEP GOING ON WITH EVERY OBSTACLE THEY'VE THROWN AT US.

WE'VE WE'VE OVERCOME IT. BUT THIS IS THE TIME THAT YOU'RE RIGHT.

WE DON'T GO AT ANYTHING ALONE. AND WE REALLY HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY RALLIES AROUND OUR SCHOOLS, BECAUSE OUR SCHOOLS ARE A DRIVING POINT AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO THRIVE.

OUR KIDS NEED TO COME TO THE BEST SCHOOLS IN THE NATION, AND THAT'S BEEN OUR VISION AS A BOARD TO ENSURE THAT HAPPENS.

AND WITHOUT THAT, EVERYTHING DETERIORATES. PARTNERSHIPS WITH EARLY COLLEGES.

JUST THINK OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO CUT BACK TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

AND IT WON'T BE. MAYBE WE DON'T EVEN OFFER ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS AT EVERY HIGH SCHOOL.

HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE TAKEN AND HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE COMMUNITY? THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS AT STAKE HERE.

SO AS WE GET AS WE START PEELING THE ONION, PEOPLE WILL START SEEING IT AT MORE PROFOUND LEVELS.

THANK YOU. MISS STANLEY, GO AHEAD. I FEEL COMPELLED.

SO. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE GOING FORWARD WITH THIS REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH OUR CURRENT STATE OF SCHOOL FUNDING. THIS NEEDED TO PASS IN 2020.

OUR COMMUNITY DIDN'T SUFFER ANY OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE FAILURE OF THAT BECAUSE COVID HIT AND WE GOT THE EXTRA MONEY THAT WE NEEDED TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO. SO EVEN AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY IS POWERFUL TO ME, IS THAT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT SIDE YOU BELIEVE IN AND WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH VOUCHERS OR NOTHING.

THIS WAS A CRITICAL THING IN 2020, AND WE WOULD BE WE WOULD HAVE ALREADY MADE THESE CUTS AND WE WOULD HAVE ALREADY LOST THE PROGRAMS, AND WE WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE WITH BANDS HAD WE NOT HAD COVID.

SO I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT THAT. IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE.

THIS IS JUST THE STATE OF HOW WE FUND OUR SCHOOLS.

PERIOD. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD.

ANYBODY ELSE? JUST REAL QUICK FOR ME, THE THE ITEM DOCTOR LOPEZ ON THE AGENDA IS CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF PROPOSITION A CONSULTANT SERVICES.

IF YOU READ THE WHOLE THING, IT SAYS PROPOSITION A WITH THE THREE THINGS ON THE PROPOSITION EIGHT, AND IT WILL BE THE CONSULTANT SERVICES. OKAY, SO FUNDING SCHOOL SAFETY PROGRAMS, TEACHERS AND CONSULTING SERVICES.

SO IS THIS THIS IS NOT A MOTION. IS THIS OR IS THIS NOT A MOTION TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER? AND A AND B, IS THIS MOTION IN THE BOARD GOING TO INCLUDE THAT TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH A CONSULTANT FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS THE SO THE PROPOSITION A WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND START GETTING A GETTING A FEEL FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO ONCE WE START GETTING THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS GOING, THIS ALLOWS THIS PROCESS TO START.

THE OFFICIAL DECLARATION DOES NOT COME UNTIL AUGUST.

SO WHAT THIS ALLOWS THE CONSULTANT TO DO IS ONE START.

LET'S CALL IT FLESH TO FLESH. TALKING TO COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

GATHERING DATA THERE. THEN FROM THAT DATA IN THE SUMMER, THEY'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND FORMULATE QUESTIONS TO QUESTION THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

SO COMING IN TO JULY, WE CANVASS OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, AND THEN WE COME TO THE BOARD SAYING, THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE SAID IT IN SPRING. THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IN SUMMER, AND THIS IS HOW WE RECOMMEND TO PROCEED.

THEN THE BOARD WILL MAKE A DECLARATION IN AUGUST ON HOW EXACTLY THEY WANT TO PROCEED.

AND ONCE WE PROCEED, THEN WE ALREADY HAVE THE TOOLS AND GAME PLAN NECESSARY TO ROLL OUT, BECAUSE ONCE SCHOOL COMES, IT'S A BLUR. AND NOVEMBER WILL JUST HIT US HARD.

SO THIS IS GIVING US ALL THIS RUNWAY TO DO ALL THESE ANALYTICS PRIOR.

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SO SO REALLY ALL WE'RE DOING, ALL WE WILL BE DOING WHEN THIS ITEM IS PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE BOARD MEETING IS APPROVING THE CONSULTANT. YES. AND STARTING THE PROCESS. YES.

OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE MULTITUDES OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO DISCUSS THAT AS WE GO FORWARD. AND WE'VE ALREADY HEARD A LOT OF REASONS FOR WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE.

I THINK THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT CAN BE USED TO FILL IN THE GAP.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP THIS COMMITTEE TIME TODAY BECAUSE THE ISSUE, THAT ISSUE IS NOT REALLY ON THE AGENDA.

IT'S THE CONSULTANT THAT'S ON THE AGENDA. THE CONSULTANT IS ON THE AGENDA AND THE AND THE TRAINING THAT YOU'LL PROVIDE TO INCLUDE THE BOARD.

YEAH. OKAY. WELL. VERY GOOD. SO ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS CONTRACT? VERY GOOD. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. I BELIEVE WE HAVE TWO MORE ITEMS LEFT.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO WAKE MR. BOOKER UP AND SEE IF WE CAN FINISH.

ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE WE'RE ON NUMBER SEVEN. MR. BOOKER, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE US THROUGH A AND B? YES, SIR. THIS CONTRACT BEFORE YOU IS FOR THE PURCHASE OF ANALYTIC SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES CONTRACT.

EXCUSE ME. THIS ONE WAS PULLED. THIS ONE WAS PULLED? YES. 7/8 PULLED. SIX. SIX A I'M SORRY. WE'RE ON SIX A AND THAT'S PULLED.

THAT'S. YEAH, I WENT TO SEVEN A. THE NEXT CONTRACT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THAT THOSE THAT ARE BEFORE YOU FOR INCREASES.

THAT'S FOR THE ORACLE PLANNING BUDGETING CONSULTING SERVICES CONTRACT.

TWO 4220 ZERO ONE THAT MARK, WHICH ONE DID I SKIP? YES, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR TEN MINUTES. THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU SIR. THE CONTRACT THAT'S BEFORE YOU.

CONTRACT 156 DASH 19 IS AN INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR TIME AND ATTENDANCE.

EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES. THIS IS THE. THE RECOMMENDED VENDOR IS UKG CRONUS SYSTEMS, WHICH IS OUR EXISTING SYSTEMS FOR TIME AND ATTENDANCE.

THE RECOMMENDED INCREASE IS $15,000, WHICH WOULD MAKE THE NEW AWARD $374,000 PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

THAT IS TO ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO PROVIDE SOME QUARTER ONE UPDATES AND SERVICES FOR SOFTWARE, EQUIPMENT AND DATA COLLECTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS CONTRACT? ANYBODY ON THE BOARD? THANK YOU. MISTER. MISTER BOOKER.

LET'S GO TO BE. YES, SIR. THE NEXT CONTRACT IS FOR ORACLE PLANNING, BUDGETING AND CONSULTING SERVICES.

CONTRACT. TWO 4220 DASH ZERO ONE. THIS INCREASE ACCOMMODATES AND ALLOWS ADDITIONAL PROJECT WORK AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE BUDGET, WHICH IS PLANNING BUDGET AND SOFTWARE KNOWN AS PBS.

THE DISTRICT IS RECOMMENDING THE INCREASE FOR INTERFERENCE SOLUTIONS LLC.

THAT INCREASE AMOUNT IS $45,000, WHICH WOULD MAKE THE NEW NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT $120,000 PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON SEVEN B? NO QUESTION. SEEING NONE.

THANK YOU, MR. BOOKER. A QUESTION. OH WE DID.

SORRY, MISS GRIFFIN. THAT'S FINE. ON OUR SUMMARY PAGE.

THE SECOND PARAGRAPH. ORACLE WE'RE REFERRING TO ORACLE PLANNING THERE BECAUSE WE ARE. I KEEP GETTING CONFUSED.

ARE WE DOING AWAY WITH. ORACLE. ARE WE ENHANCING ORACLE.

AND WHEN I LOOK AT THIS IN ORACLE PLANNING AND BUDGETING SOFTWARE IT APPEARS.

THAT THAT IS NEW. AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO WHAT WE'VE HEARD OF THE.

ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT. SO I AM CONFUSED IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

GOOD EVENING. YES. THE THIS IS THE PB. THIS IS OUR PLANNING AND BUDGET, WHICH IS THE BUDGETING DEPARTMENT USES FOR THEIR BUDGETING SOFTWARE.

IT IS AN ORACLE, BUT IT'S THE WEB VERSION. SO IT'S NOT ANYTHING PERTAINING TO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE FUTURE WITH ORACLE.

AND I THINK WHEN WE MAKE THOSE KINDS OF COMMENTS WE NEED TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE REFERRED ON MANY OCCASIONS TO THE PBC'S BOARD. OKAY. SO I'M LIKE, IS THAT NEW? IS THIS THIS? BUT WE JUST NEED CLARITY THAT WE HAVE THESE PIECES THAT SOME IS HERE AND HOUSED IN OUR

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SO THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION. SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ON ORACLE, WE AS WE TRANSITION TO PUT BIDS OUT FOR A NEW BUDGETING SOFTWARE, WE GOT TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT ONE NO MATTER WHAT.

SO, IT'S A TWO IT'S A TWO PRONGED FRONT. AND THEN SO I COULD SEE WHY IT'S GETTING CONFUSING BECAUSE WE'RE GOING OUT FOR BID AND THEN BUT WE STILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT AND WE'LL UNDERSTAND THAT. WE HAVE TO BE CLEAR. YOU JUST NEED TO SAY THAT, OKAY? WE WE KNOW WE CAN'T. IT'S NOT A TURNKEY. OKAY? WE GET THIS ONE AND WE TURN THE OTHER ONE OFF.

WE KNOW THAT. BUT JUST HELPING THAT PROCESS WITH JUST A LITTLE MORE WORDS FOR UNDERSTANDING.

THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ANYBODY ELSE? SEEING NONE, WE COME TO ITEM FIVE. THAT'S EXECUTIVE SESSION.

DR. LOPEZ, DO WE HAVE A NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO. MICHELLE, ANY NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION? OKAY, WE HAVE NONE. WITH THAT, IT'S 5:51. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT?

[VI. Adjournment]

SEEMS LIKE IT'S 5:51. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, LET ME START OVER.

SO MOVED. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS 452. I NEED A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.

SO MOVED. WE ARE ADJOURNED. WE'LL KICK THIS OFF AT 5:00.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.