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OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. IT IS 3:17.
[I. Call to Order and Determination of Quorum]
AND TODAY WE ARE PLEASED AND VERY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THIS IS THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WILL OCCUR TODAY.
SO I'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. MICHELLE, MRS. HOGAN, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS FOR PUBLIC FORUM TODAY? SEEING NONE, WE WILL GO TO ITEM THREE ON OUR AGENDA.
ITEM THREE IS OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S MESSAGE, DOCTOR LOPEZ.
[III. Superintendent's Message]
LET'S GET ON WITH IT. THAT IS A GREAT MESSAGE.CAN WE TAKE THAT ONE? YES. I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEW, NEW BANNER ON BEHIND HIS CHAIR.
LET'S GET ON WITH IT. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GET ON WITH IT THEN.
AS ENCOURAGED BY OUR SUPERINTENDENT, LET'S GO TO ITEM FOUR, NUMBER A.
[IV.A. Information Items]
THE BOARD WILL RECEIVE TODAY THE CONTRACT RENEWAL REPORT FOR APRIL 2025.MR. MARK BOOKER. YES, SIR. MR. MILLER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO DOCTOR LOPEZ.
WE DO HAVE BEFORE YOU THE CONTRACT RENEWAL REPORT FOR APRIL.
WE HAVE TWO CONTRACTS THAT EXCEEDED THE THRESHOLD OF 25,000 OR 75,000, 25% OR $75,000.
THE TWO CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU FOR ACTION ITEM ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE RELATED TO THE CONTRACT RENEWAL REPORT. OKAY. WE HAVE THE CONTRACT RENEWAL REPORT ON THE AGENDA.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PRETTY SHORT LIST TODAY? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SEEING NONE. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM 42. THIS IS FOR A2, I'M SORRY.
REVIEW FEBRUARY 2025 MONTHLY FINANCIALS. ARTURO VALENZUELA.
GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAIRMAN MILLER. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DOCTOR LOPEZ, I PRESENT TO YOU THE FEBRUARY 2025 MONTHLY FINANCIALS FOR GENERAL FUNDS ARE ON PAGE SIX. THERE'S JUST TWO PERCENTAGES THAT I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT.
THE FIRST ONE IS ON PAGE SEVEN. THE EXPENSE PERCENTAGE FOR GENERAL FUND IS 53.6%.
AND THAT IS 71.4%. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
TO GIVE YOU A SECOND TO LOOK AT THAT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR IN THE MATERIAL? LOOKING LIKE A RATHER ROUTINE MONTH WOULDN'T YOU SAY ARTURO? FROM THE BOARD, ANY BOARD QUESTIONS ON THIS REPORT? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S GO TO ITEM 4A3.
WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THE FEBRUARY 2025 TAX REPORT.
AND CHRISTY COOPER WILL BE JOINING US. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MILLER. BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
THE FEBRUARY COLLECTION REPORT REFLECTS 95.9% COLLECTED OF THE 2024 TAX ROLL.
AS OF TODAY, WE'RE AT 97.12. THERE WERE 100, A LITTLE OVER 100,000, IN OVERPAYMENT REFUNDS.
MOST OF THOSE WERE ASSOCIATED WITH DUPLICATE PAYMENTS FOR MORTGAGE COMPANIES PAYING.
IN MY BOOK, IT SHOWS ON PAGE 18, A LITTLE BOX THERE THAT SAYS 2022 TAX ROLL.
YES. HAS THAT BEEN CORRECTED? THAT HAS BEEN CORRECTED I DO APOLOGIZE, IT IS BASED ON THE 2023 DATA, BUT THE TITLE ON THAT TABLE HAD 2022 AND IT HAS BEEN CORRECTED.
YES, SIR. YEAH. THE LITTLE THE LITTLE BOX. IT'S THE COLLECTION THE PERCENTAGES.
AND THAT'S OF THE 2023 TAX ROLL. THAT IS CORRECT.
YES SIR. WHICH BECAME DUE JANUARY 31ST OF 24.
IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S JUST A COMPARISON OF THIS YEAR TO LAST YEAR'S AND WHERE WE'RE AT.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS REPORT? ANYBODY ON THE BOARD? I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE YOU COMMENT THEN ON ONE THING RIGHT QUICK.
JUST FROM MEMORY, I KNOW THAT WE GENERALLY COLLECT AROUND 98, 98 AND A HALF PERCENT OF ALL OF OUR TAXES, MAYBE 99%. AND LET'S SEE,
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IT SAYS THREE YEAR AVERAGE, 96 AND 95. TELL ME THE APPLES AND ORANGES I'M LOOKING AT WITH THAT.THOSE ARE THE THREE YEAR AVERAGE OF THIS MONTH OF THE FEBRUARY COLLECTION MONTH THROUGH THIS MONTH? YES. OKAY. OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. AND THEN WHERE THE THREE YEAR AVERAGE OF WHAT IT WAS FOR THE THREE YEAR PRIOR AND THEN THIS YEAR.
SO GREAT. SO ANYTHING WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT IS THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BILLED, ALL MEDIATION'S BEEN SETTLED, ALL VALUES HAVE BEEN SETTLED, THE TAX BILL HAS BEEN FINALIZED.
OR ARE THERE STILL OUTSTANDING DISPUTES WITH TAX AMOUNTS? ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL LIKE DISPUTED VALUES HAVE BEEN SETTLED.
THE ONES THAT ARE AGREED JUDGMENTS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY GO TO LITIGATION.
THOSE CAN TAKE UP TO FOUR YEARS FOR SETTLING.
AND THEY ARE UNFORTUNATELY, THE AGREED JUDGMENTS.
AND THE VALUE UNDER DISPUTE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT HAS ALMOST TRIPLED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
WOW. CAN YOU GIVE ME AN IDEA OF WHAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS? I DO NOT KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DID JUST SPEAK WITH ARTURO.
OKAY. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? MR. BEACH HAS A QUESTION. MS. COOPER, CAN YOU LET THIS BOARD KNOW THAT? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE ON THE TAX ROLL BETWEEN THE INITIAL TAX LEVY AND THE CURRENT TAX LEVY? THE INITIAL TAX LEVY IS BASED ON OUR CERTIFIED ROLL WHEN WE APPLY OUR TAX RATE.
AND THEN THE CURRENT TAX LEVY IS BASED ON OUR ROLL AS OF TODAY WITH ALL OF THE ADJUSTMENTS.
SO THAT INCREASE SHOWS. THAT THE 1,920,000, THAT WOULD BE THE LEVY THAT GOES TO THE CURRENT IF YOU. CORRECT FOR. IF YOU ADD THAT TO THE INITIAL TAX LEVY.
CORRECT. OKAY. THAT WAS IMPACTED IN FEBRUARY.
YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS PAGE? THANK YOU, MISS COOPER. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM FOUR B ACTION ITEMS.
[IV.B. Action Items (Non Consent)]
DOCTOR GRADYNE BROWN IS BEFORE US TODAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ADDITIONAL SPECIAL ED POSITIONS.THANK YOU, DOCTOR BROWN. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ.
OUR CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION NEED TO, I MIGHT SAY, MUST BE ADDRESSED.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT AND PROVIDE A SUFFICIENT AND EFFICIENT EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO NEED SPECIAL SERVICES, WE NEED TO CONSIDER ADDING ADDITIONAL POSITIONS IN CERTAIN AREAS.
THOSE AREAS INCLUDE SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST, SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, AND SPECIAL EDUCATION PARAPROFESSIONALS. I HAVE ATTACHED TO THIS REQUEST THE COST.
IF WE DO THIS, AND IF YOU APPROVE THIS RECOMMENDATION, THE COST WOULD BE $4,499,688. AND OUR FUNDING SOURCE WOULD BE 199, WHICH IS OUR GENERAL FUND. I ASK YOU TO REVIEW THIS INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED. YOU RECEIVED THIS ORIGINAL SHEET DURING YOUR PACKET, BUT I ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL EXHIBIT INFORMATION THAT OUTLINES THE NEW POSITIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD, WHICH INCLUDES 29 SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS FOR A COST OF $2,737,244.
12 ADDITIONAL SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS. THE COST OF $914,606,000.
26 PARAPROFESSIONALS, $847,839. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL? QUESTION. I WILL START WITH MR. GLICK AND THEN MR. BEACH SECOND. IT SEEMS LIKE ALMOST EVERY MEETING NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE POSITIONS AND THE DIFFICULTY IN FINDING INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO WORK FOR THE DISTRICT OR ANY OTHER DISTRICTS.
MANY OF THEM SEEM TO BE WORKING FOR CONSULTING FIRMS.
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SO DO YOU THINK THIS IS EVEN POSSIBLE OF BRINGING IN THIS MANY PEOPLE? AND HAVE WE DONE ANYTHING TO INCREASE THE PAY GRADE LEVEL, TO MAKE IT MORE INTERESTING THAT THEY MIGHT NOT WANT TO WORK FOR A CONSULTING FIRM? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION, BECAUSE THE NEXT PROPOSAL THAT YOU WILL BE REVIEWING WILL ASK FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR INDIVIDUALS IN THIS, IN THESE POSITIONS.AND WE CAN REVIEW THAT WHEN WE GET TO OUR NEXT PROPOSAL.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WAS IN A MEETING YESTERDAY MORNING WITH A CONTRACTING SERVICE AND SHE ASKED WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM WITH USING CONTRACT AND SERVICE? NOBODY ELSE SAID ANYTHING, SO I JUST SAID IT COST TOO MUCH.
AND SHE, SHE SAID, OH, IS THAT THE ONLY REASON? THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WE CAN HAVE TO DO IT. SO YES, WE ARE ADDRESSING THE EASY ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.
YES, WE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT COMPETITION.
THANK YOU, SIR. MR. BEACH. MS. BROWN, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
IS THIS GOING TO BE IF WE FIND SOMEONE NOW, ARE WE HIRING THEM NOW RETROACTIVE AND ALREADY STARTING THEM, OR IS THIS FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR? WELL, THIS THAT WE'RE REVIEWING RIGHT NOW IS FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS IN THE EVENT THAT WE FIND SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BEGIN NOW? BECAUSE WE DO HAVE NEEDS NOW AS WELL, IS THAT I THINK YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE TOOK SOME OF THE FUNDING FOR FTES FOR SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND DIAGNOSTICIANS, AND MOVED THAT INTO CONTRACTED SERVICES.
THAT WAS LAST FALL. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO START NOW, WE ARE PLAYING MUSICAL CHAIRS WITH OUR FUNDING AND MOVING THOSE FUNDS BACK INTO FTS SO THAT WE CAN HIRE SOME INDIVIDUALS NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
YES, SIR. PRESIDENT SELDERS, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
SO THIS REPRESENTS THE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS THAT WE NEED OF THE POSITIONS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR, HOW MANY HAVE WE FILLED COMPARED TO WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEED? WELL, THIS THIS MAY NOT BE THE EXACT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT AS OF LAST WEDNESDAY, WE. CURRENTLY HAD 22 SPECIAL EDUCATION VACANCIES.
SO AVAILABLE. YES. YOU'RE LOOKING FOR 22 SPECIAL.
YES. SO THAT IS FOR THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR BROWN. JUST TO PUT IT IN CONTEXT, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO FILL SOME OF THESE? A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ARE UNDER CONTRACT AND THEY'VE SHOWN A LOT OF INTEREST IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT WE'VE HAVE SOME COMPETING DISTRICTS OFFERING A LITTLE MORE MONEY.
SO THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO ALL EVEN THOUGH SOME HAVE SHOWN SOME INTEREST, WHAT DO WE CALL IT, THE FORM THAT WE HAVE THEM SEND THAT? LETTER OF INTENT TO HIRE.
LETTER OF INTENT TO HIRE. SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN RELUCTANT TO SIGN THIS, BUT WE FEEL WITH A BOARD APPROVAL HAPPENING IN LATE APRIL THAT THEY WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. SO WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYBODY TO ACTUALLY COMMIT YET WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED A LETTER OF INTEREST, BUT FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, NOT FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.
OKAY. AND SO WHAT ARE THOSE NUMBERS? WELL, RIGHT NOW THOSE ARE FAIRLY LOW, SIMPLY BECAUSE OUR SALARIES ARE NOT COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER SALARIES THAT THEY'RE BEING OFFERED.
I WOULD SAY WE'VE HAD SPEAKING WITH OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WHO HAD A, YOU KNOW, A SMALL JOB FAIR JUST FOR SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS LAST WEEK, THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE OFFERS TO 31 PEOPLE.
AND THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS, ONCE THEY MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION, BECAUSE WE ARE GUIDED BY AND WE CAN ONLY OFFER WHAT OUR CURRENT SALARY LEVELS ARE. SOME OF THEM HAVE SAID, I'M SORRY, BUT I'M UNABLE TO ACCEPT THIS OFFER.
SO WHEN YOU SAY LOW. OKAY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I DON'T WANT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE.
I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND JUST THE MAGNITUDE OF WHERE WE ARE.
FOR SLPS FOR CURRENT YEAR, HOW MANY HAVE ACCEPTED OUR OFFER? OH, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY HAVE ACCEPTED. DOCTOR RAMOS, DO YOU KNOW.
GOOD EVENING. SO TO BE HIRED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ACCEPT.
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THAT MANY OF THE INTERESTED CANDIDATES THAT WE HAVE ARE UNDER CONTRACT IN OTHER DISTRICTS.AND SO THEY ARE VERY INTERESTED IN JOINING OUR TEAM FOR NEXT YEAR.
OKAY. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR SLPS, SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, OR PARAS? CORRECT. WE DO HAVE CONTRACTORS. WE'VE HIRED 18 CONTRACTORS SINCE MOVING THOSE FUNDS OVER TO CONTRACTED SERVICES THAT ARE SERVING FOR THIS YEAR, THAT ARE SERVING OUR STUDENTS.
YES, SIR. AND THOSE ARE SPECIAL ED TEACHERS. THOSE ARE SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS.
OKAY. SO WE HAVE 18 THEN. 18 CONTRACTORS WHOSE CONTRACTS END AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
OKAY. AND WITH THOSE CONTRACTS ENDING AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WILL THOSE PEOPLE, THOSE SLPS, OR HAVE THEY ALREADY SIGNED A LETTER OF INTENT, OR IS IT BASED ON WHAT GETS APPROVED IN TERMS OF FUNDING FOR COMPENSATION? SO THOSE PARTICULAR CONTRACTORS WORK FOR VENDORS, STAFFING COMPANIES, AND MANY OF THEM HAVE NON-COMPETE CLAUSES.
SO WE'RE UNABLE TO HIRE THEM WITHOUT AN A SOME FUNDS, A FEE.
SO IN ORDER TO SECURE THEM, HOWEVER, WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST OF CURRENT SLPS AND OTHER DISTRICTS, AND EVEN SOME NEW NEWLY GRADUATING SLPS. SO I'M CONFIDENT WITH A COMPENSATION PACKAGE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO FILL THE POSITIONS. SO FOR NEXT YEAR, THIS IS COMPENSATION PACKAGE CONSIDERATIONS FOR EMPLOYEES OF GARLAND ISD.
WILL WE ALSO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH A CONTRACTOR THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING THEM TO HELP US FILL THOSE POSITIONS AS WELL? IF WE HAVE A COMPENSATION PACKAGE THAT IS ATTRACTIVE ENOUGH, I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL NOT NEED A STAFFING AGENCY TO HELP US FILL. WE BELIEVE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM APPLY AS OTHER INTERESTED CANDIDATES APPLY THROUGH OUR SYSTEM AND BE HIRED ON. LIKE WE WOULD NORMALLY DO THAT AND WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF A STAFFING AGENCY.
OKAY. AND YOU BELIEVE THAT THESE NUMBERS THAT ARE BEFORE US WILL ALLOW US TO NOT ONLY FILL THE ROLES, BUT ALSO GET THEM TO THE LEVEL THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO USE THE CONTRACTOR? CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. MR. JOHNSON. AND JUST AS KIND OF A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THESE NUMBERS THAT WE SEE IN HERE REGARDING THE FUNDING SOURCES AND THE COST OF THESE ALLOCATIONS LOOKS LIKE $4,499,688.
HAS THAT BEEN BUDGETED FOR IN NEXT YEAR IN THE BUDGET PROJECTIONS WE SAW EARLIER, MR. DODDS? YES. OKAY. IS THIS NEW MONEY OR IS THIS EFFECTIVELY OFFSETTING EXISTING MONEY WE ALREADY BUDGETED FOR THE STAFFING SERVICES? IT WILL BE NEW MONEY. OKAY. DID WE BUDGET ANYTHING FOR THE STAFFING SERVICES IN OUR BUDGET? OUR PROPOSED BUDGET. WE HAVEN'T ADOPTED A BUDGET YET.
WE HAVE SOME. BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT AS WE ROLL OUT A NEW COMPENSATION FOR OUR SLPS AND THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE TO USE THAT CONTRACTED SERVICE. SO I GUESS THE QUESTION I'M GETTING TO IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT USING STAFFING SERVICES, DOES IT NECESSARILY OFFSET THE NUMBER I'M SEEING HERE IN THE IMPACT OF THE GENERAL FUND? OR IS THIS STILL GOING TO BE A NET NEGATIVE TO THE GENERAL FUND? IT WOULD STILL BE A NEGATIVE. WELL, WE DISCUSSED THAT BECAUSE THE STAFFING, WHILE IT COSTS MORE, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS OFFSETTING NOT ONLY THE AUGMENTATION BUT PROPER SERVICES FOR THE CHILDREN AND AVOIDING OTHER THINGS SUCH AS LITIGATION FEES, THOSE THINGS THAT YOU WOULDN'T SEE DIRECTLY IN THE BUDGET.
SO WHAT WE FEEL IS, WHILE IT WILL NEVER BE PERFECT, THIS IS BEING MORE PROACTIVE BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT SERVING KIDS, NOT REDUCING IT TO JUST DOING THE MINIMUM BECAUSE YOU'RE EITHER PAINTED IN THE FRONT END OR THE BACK END.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE PAINTING EVERYTHING THROUGH THE BACK END. THANK YOU.
AND IF I MAY ADD, THAT WOULD ALSO HELP TO REDUCE THE CASELOADS THAT OUR CURRENT SLPS HAVE THAT ARE TRULY TOO HIGH. MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD, I THOUGHT WHEN I ASKED MY QUESTION EARLIER, YOU GUYS SAID THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO BOTH.
NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT SHE SAID. SHE SAYS IF WE ARE COMPETITIVE AND PEOPLE COME TO OUR SALARIES,
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WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO BOTH. SO IDEALLY, WE WOULD SAY WE HAVE A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT, BUT WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.AND OFTENTIMES WE'LL HAVE OUR EMPLOYEES THAT MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE FML OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND WE CAN'T JUST PUT A REGULAR SUB. WE NEED SOMEBODY THAT'S LICENSED.
SO WE ALWAYS LIKE TO HAVE SOME CONTRACTED SERVICES ALLOCATED IN, IN OUR BUDGET.
THANK YOU. MISS STANLEY. THANK YOU. I THINK THE KEY POINT HERE IS, NO MATTER HOW HIGH WE GO, THERE REALLY AREN'T THAT ENOUGH OF THESE PROFESSIONALS TO SATISFY ALL DISTRICT'S NEEDS.
THEY DON'T DO THE IEPS. AND SO WITH THE NUMBER THAT WE NEED TO HIRE, WE TRULY NEED EXPERIENCED SLPS IN THE MIX OF CFS AND OTHER SLPS AS WELL. BUT REALLY, WE NEED A LOT THAT ARE EXPERIENCED IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN ORDER NOT TO OVERBURDEN THE TRAINING THAT IS GOING TO NEED TO HAPPEN.
AND I THINK THAT COMES BACK TO WHY WE CAN'T GET RID OF BOTH.
IT'S GOING TO BE A COMBINATION OF BOTH UNTIL SOMEHOW, MIRACULOUSLY, WE BEGIN HAVING MORE PEOPLE ENTER THE FIELD TO COME TO OUR SCHOOLS THAN WE TRULY NEED. AND I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING ANYTIME SOON.
YES. THANK YOU. MISS GRIFFIN. YES. ON YOUR EXHIBIT PAGE WHERE YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED THE ALLOCATIONS, HOW MANY IN THE AREAS THAT YOU NEED, TELL ME THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE ARE SERVICING ARE THAT ARE THESE SPECIALISTS WOULD WORK WITH. AND HOW DID YOU COME UP BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND TALKING ABOUT REDUCING THE CAPACITY LOAD? WHAT IS THE NEW CAPACITY LOAD THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MEET WITH THIS? FIRST, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WE ARE SERVING.
AND HOW DID YOU ARRIVE AT THIS NUMBER, WHICH I THINK PROBABLY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE CAPACITY LOAD? YES. SO WITH THE SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS A 1 TO 50 STAFF TO STUDENT RATIO.
SO WITH 29 ADDITIONAL SLPS, THAT WOULD BE 1450 STUDENTS THAT THEY CAN SERVE.
WITH THE 12 TEACHERS, WE ARE STAFFING AT 1 TO 10, SO THAT WOULD BE 120 STUDENTS.
AND THE PARAPROFESSIONALS ARE IN THOSE SPECIALIZED CLASSROOMS WHERE THE TEACHERS WOULD BE.
THEY'RE IN SPECIAL UNITS. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S A 10 TO 1 RATIO.
SO. THE NUMBERS YOU JUST GAVE ME IN TERMS OF THE STUDENTS, IS THAT OUR TOTAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT OR WHAT.
THAT IS THE STUDENT ENROLLMENT ADDITIONS BASED ON THIS.
SO NOW MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT NUMBER THAT IS IN SPECIAL SERVICES.
7556. THAT CHANGES ON A DAILY BASIS. AND IN THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN IN THE POSITION I WAS GOING TO SAY IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, WHAT HAVE WE SEEN AS AN ANNUAL INCREASE IN THE STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING TO US? SO THERE IS AN EXHIBIT FOR THE NEXT ITEM THAT HAS THE INCREASES THAT WE'VE SEEN.
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SO I SHOULD JUST WAIT. OKAY. YOU CAN LOOK AT IT NOW IF YOU'D LIKE.BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS OVER THE YEARS.
OKAY, SURE. OKAY. AND THE NEXT PRESENTER. IF THEY WANT TO REFER BACK TO THAT QUESTION OR MISS GRIFFIN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO THERE IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION WITH THAT.
NO, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THERE IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION. THEY CAN THEY THEY'LL REMEMBER.
OKAY. SO I'M TRYING TO FINISH MY THOUGHT ON THIS PAGE ON EXHIBIT ON PAGE THREE.
SO. YOUR CONFIDENCE LEVEL OR YOUR ACCURACY LEVEL.
DO YOU REALLY FEEL THAT THIS AND I'M NOT GOING TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN WHETHER IT'S OUTSIDE OR INSIDE SERVICES. I'M JUST CONCERNED YOU THINK WE CAN ADEQUATELY SERVE THE STUDENTS THAT NEED THE SERVICE WITH THESE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD.
ANYBODY ELSE? I THINK IT'S PRETTY APPARENT. YOU SEE THE NUMBERS? I THINK WE WENT FROM 670. GET THE NUMBER RIGHT.
6400 KIDS IN SPECIAL ED TO 7200 THIS YEAR. ABOUT 800.
THAT'S ABOUT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF THE PROGRAM.
THE NEED IS GROWING EVERY YEAR. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE SUPPLY OF SPECIALISTS IS NOT KEEPING UP WITH THE DEMAND OF THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE POPULATION. AND I KNOW AS STAFF, YOU ALL HAVE TALKED PROBABLY ABOUT 50 DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO TRY TO COME UP WITH ANSWERS, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS ON THAT.
I KNOW IT'S REAL FRUSTRATING. IT'S FRUSTRATING TO US AS WELL THAT WE CAN'T FIND THE PEOPLE.
AND WE'LL GET INTO THE NEXT ITEM IN JUST A SECOND.
BUT WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT THE STRATEGY IS GOING FORWARD.
BUT I THINK DOCTOR LOPEZ SUMMARIZED IT PRETTY, PRETTY WELL.
AS SOON AS WE DO IT, EVERYBODY WILL FOLLOW, RIGHT? SO NOT SURE IF WE'LL GET ANYWHERE OR NOT, BUT JUST VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY KIDS THAT NEED THIS SERVICE.
AND WE ANTICIPATE THE NEED TO GROW. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON ALL THIS BOARD.
UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, WE'LL WRAP THIS UP AND GO TO THE TO THE NEXT ITEM.
OKAY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'LL NOW GO TO ITEM FOUR.
HOLD ON ONE SECOND. 4B3. NOPE. 4B2. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF SALARY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
CRITICAL SHORTAGE POSITIONS. DOCTOR BROWN. THANK YOU.
AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, THIS PROPOSAL IS IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, OF OUR STUDENTS WHO NEED SPECIAL SERVICES. THESE AREAS ARE IN CRITICAL SHORTAGE.
THEY ARE CRITICAL SHORTAGE STATEWIDE. IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR GRAPHS ON PAGES SEVEN AND EIGHT, PAGE SEVEN SHOWS THE STATEWIDE GROWTH IN PERCENTAGES OF SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, WHICH MEANS WE ARE NOT ALONE. THIS IS THIS IS A STATEWIDE AND MIGHT I SAY NATIONWIDE PHENOMENA.
JUST REAL QUICK, DOCTOR BROWN, I'M SORRY, BUT FOR THE BOARD, THIS IS IN YOUR ATTACHMENT THAT WE GOT PRIOR TO THE MEETINGS, LAST MINUTE INFORMATION THAT CAME FORWARD. IT'S NOT IN THE REGULAR BOARD BOOK.
THANK YOU. AND THAT'S PAGE SEVEN YOU'RE ON. RIGHT? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. PAGE SEVEN SHOWS THE STATE NUMBERS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SINCE 2014-15.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TREND IS AN INCREASINGLY LARGER PERCENTAGE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.
IT BEGAN AT 8.6%, AND IT HAS INCREASED TO THE POINT OF ALMOST DOUBLE THAT AT 14%.
GARLAND ISD, WHICH IS SHOWN ON PAGE EIGHT, HAS FOLLOWED THE SAME TREND AS OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT HAS DECREASED. OUR NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS HAS INCREASED. AND THERE'S MANY REASONS FOR THE DECREASE IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT, ONE OF THEM BEING LOWER BIRTH RATES, ANOTHER BEING PERHAPS WE HAVE CHARTER SCHOOLS MOVING INTO THE COMMUNITY.
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ANOTHER ONE BEING THAT STUDENTS MAY BE ATTENDING PROGRAMS IN OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE OFFERED IN OTHER DISTRICTS.BUT REGARDLESS, AS OUR TOTAL STUDENT POPULATION AND ENROLLMENT HAS DECREASED, OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION POPULATION OF STUDENTS HAS INCREASED SINCE 20 1920. SO WHAT THAT LEADS TO IS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE OFFER WHAT WE WANT TO CALL CRITICAL SHORTAGE STIPENDS FOR PARTICULAR POSITIONS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, SELF-CONTAINED TEACHERS.
THAT WOULD BE OUR ALE TEACHERS FOR OUR ABC ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR AND COMMUNICATION TEACHERS. AND THOSE ARE OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE AUTISTIC DISABILITIES.
FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.
FOR OUR BEHAVIOR ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM TEACHERS AND FOR OUR FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIORAL ENVIRONMENT TEACHERS.
THESE ARE ALL TEACHERS WHO WORK IN A SELF-CONTAINED ENVIRONMENT.
WE HAVE SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST WHO WE'RE ASKING THAT WE RAISE THEIR PAY GRADE AND REDUCE AT THE SAME TIME THEIR NUMBER OF DAYS WORKED.
THESE REQUESTS ARE MADE IN ORDER TO COMPETE WITH BOTH AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES, IN ORDER TO BE COMPETITIVE IN ORDER TO STAFF OUR PHYSICIANS.
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED.
WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU APPROVE THESE REQUESTS.
THE COST OF THIS REQUEST IS $2,413,024. WE'RE OPEN TO YOUR QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK MR. BEACH IS GOING TO LEAD US OFF WITH A QUESTION HERE.
CAN YOU GIVE ME THE NUMBER OF DAYS FOR EACH ONE OF THESE POSITIONS, PLEASE, MA'AM? FOR THE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST, HOW MANY DAYS THEY WOULD, AND THE DIAGNOSTICIANS AND THE SPECIAL ED TEACHERS.
SO WHAT WILL THAT NEW NUMBER BE? CAN YOU GIVE ME THOSE? OUR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS WORK AT 202 CONTRACT TO 202 DAYS.
AND THE SPECIAL ED TEACHERS, ARE THEY, THEY'RE 187.
CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. GLICK. THANK YOU.
SO ALTOGETHER BETWEEN BOTH PROPOSITIONS, AROUND $7 MILLION.
RIGHT? CORRECT. IF YOU REMEMBER, IT WAS MANY, MANY MONTHS AGO.
I'M GOING TO SAY 6 OR 7 MONTHS AGO, WE HAD A GROUP OF SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS COME UP AND SPEAK WITH US WITH ONE SPOKESPERSON AT A REGULAR BOARD MEETING, AND THEY ACTUALLY GAVE US A VERY, VERY DETAILED PROPOSAL ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS ADEQUATE OR MORE THAN ADEQUATE BASED ON COMPENSATION, STIPENDS, DAYS IN THE METROPLEX.
I'M SURE YOU BOTH REMEMBER THAT. AND I'M SURE YOU'VE BOTH SEEN THAT.
SO BASED ON WHAT I'M SEEING HERE, IS THIS WHAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR? IS THIS CLOSE TO WHAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR? AND WILL THIS, DO YOU THINK THIS WILL WORK? SO THANK YOU. SO YES, I DO REMEMBER THAT. TWO OF THEIR PRIORITIES WERE COMPENSATION AS WELL AS CASELOADS. THEY REALLY FELT THAT THEY HAD MORE STUDENTS, THAT THEY THAN THEY CAN PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY SERVICES TO. THEY REALLY WANTED TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH THE STUDENTS AND MONITORING THEM AND WORKING WITH THEM.
AND SO THOSE WERE TWO PRIORITIES THAT THEY HAD.
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BUT THOSE WERE THEIR TWO BIG PRIORITY PRIORITIES, AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED.SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. I'M GOING TO IMAGINE THAT THAT GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS KNOWS OTHER PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY, COLLEAGUES, WHETHER THEY'RE WORKING IN OTHER DISTRICTS OR WHAT I CALL CONSULTING FIRMS, AND HOPEFULLY DOCTOR LOPEZ. I GUESS WE'RE ALL HOPING THIS IS GOING TO WORK.
I KNOW MR. MILLER SAID. WELL, MAYBE AFTER WE DO IT, EVERYBODY ELSE WILL COPY IT.
BUT WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS BASED ON ON THE PRESENTATION I JUST REFERENCED FROM THOSE SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE? SO I WILL SAY THAT WE DO HAVE A STRONG REPUTATION OF HAVING A GREAT WORKING ATMOSPHERE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN INTENSE AND SHORTHANDED.
I'M SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY IN THE SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT.
RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REFERENCING.
AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT. THEY COULD TELL YOU WE DO HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DEEPLY INTERESTED, BUT THE BUT WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, THERE ARE NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS THAT HAVE ALREADY STARTED THIS PROCESS AND WORD IS OUT THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.
AND I'VE GOTTEN I'VE FIELDED MANY DIFFERENT CALLS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS SAYING THEY GET IT, THEY UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE DOING THIS AND THAT.
IT FRUSTRATES THEM, TOO, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL COMPETING FOR THE SAME TYPE OF PEOPLE.
WHAT'S GOING TO BOIL DOWN TO IS GOING TO BE THE IF WE CAN ATTRACT AND RETAIN A LOT OF PEOPLE.
SO WE DON'T WANT THE FIRST POINT IS THIS WE CAN'T LOSE THE PEOPLE WE ALREADY HAVE, OKAY.
IT'S JUST GOING TO BE THE REALITY JUST SHOOTING STRAIGHT.
SO THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO STABILIZE OUR ENVIRONMENT.
THE SECOND THING IS WE'VE SET A GOAL OF 50 STUDENTS PER CASELOAD, WHICH IS EXTREMELY MANAGEABLE.
THAT'S ENTICING. MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS TALK THEORETICALLY.
WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN, BUT WE'RE SAYING 50.
WHEN THESE PEOPLE TALK TO THEIR COUNTERPARTS AND SAY WE GOT 50, YOU GET TO WORK WITH ME, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WE'RE GOING TO THE DISTRICT AS A BOARD, ARE VERY INVESTED IN SPECIAL EDUCATION. ALL OF THOSE MAKE A BIG IMPACT ON PEOPLE MAKING THEIR DECISION TO LEAVE.
THEN WHEN YOU START PUTTING ON THE SIGN ON BONUSES AND RETENTION BONUSES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, IT MAKES IT WORTHWHILE FOR THAT MOVE, RIGHT? AND THIS IS A CRITICAL SHORTAGE.
AND WHAT I'VE LEARNED A LOT IN THIS PROCESS. AND I WILL TELL YOU, IF WE JUST TALK ABOUT SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, THE REASON WHY THEY'RE SO LIMITED IS BECAUSE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES DON'T BRING OUT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS FIELD.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU GOT LET'S SAY I'M JUST USING A ROUND NUMBER.
WELL, ALL THE 300 PROBABLY ARE QUALIFIED TO GET IN.
SO THEY JUST LIMIT THE RESOURCE. THEY'RE NOT COGNIZANT OF THE NEED OF THE JOB MARKET.
RIGHT. BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS THEN THEY'LL MEET THE NEED OF THE JOB MARKET.
THEN THE JOB MARKET IS SATURATED, THEN THEY'RE PULLING BACK AGAIN.
SO SO THEY'RE NOT PUTTING OUT ENOUGH OF THESE SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS.
SECOND THING IS, WHEN YOU'RE A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST AND YOU COULD FREELANCE A LOT OF THIS WORK, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE WORKING FROM, FROM FROM A DISTANCE OR AT HOME OR IN A PLACE WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL.
RIGHT. SO THEY COULD DO THIS WORK REMOTELY. AND SO ALL OF A SUDDEN, THAT'S A PERK OF THE JOB.
AND THEN THEY'RE CHARGING AN HOURLY RATE AND THEY'RE GETTING MORE MONEY FOR IT.
SO WE'RE IN A, WE'RE IN A WEIRD PART, AND WE HOPE THE MARKET CATCHES UP.
WE SAW THIS YEARS AGO WITH THE RNS. DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN THERE WAS AN RN SHORTAGE? AND THEN THEY CREATED THE FAST TRACK PROGRAM AND EVERYTHING ELSE? WE'RE HOPING THAT THESE ENTITIES WILL RECOGNIZE THE SHORTAGE, AND THEN WE'LL START BEING ABLE TO FILL THESE POSITIONS WITH QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT AT THAT POINT. THANK YOU.
CAN I ASK ANOTHER QUESTION? OKAY. COULD YOU BRING UP THE CHART ON PAGE SEVEN OF OUR BOOKLET? IT'S THE GRAPH. I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS PROVIDED ELECTRONICALLY.
IT WAS. OH, OKAY. OKAY. INCLUDED IN YOUR FOLDER.
OKAY. LET ME JUST TALK ABOUT THE CHART. IT SHOWS THE SPECIAL EDUCATION NUMBERS FOR THE STATE AND THE PERCENTAGE OF I'M GOING TO CALL IT KIDS WHO QUALIFIED. AND FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS, IT'S BETWEEN 8.6 AND 8.9%, AND THEN IT STARTS GRADUALLY INCREASING. I REMEMBER, AND I THINK THIS IS ABOUT RIGHT FROM WHEN THE AND I THINK WAS THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE DID A INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF OUR STATE, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NEVER
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AGREED WITH THE FINDINGS OF THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, BUT WHAT IT SAID WAS THAT THE STATE HAD ARTIFICIALLY PUT A NUMBER THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAD TO STAY BELOW IN TERMS OF THEIR QUALIFIED STUDENTS FOR SPECIAL ED, AND THAT NUMBER WAS ABOUT 8.7, IF I REMEMBER. AND I REMEMBER WHEN I GOT THE ARTICLE, I LOOKED AT OUR NUMBERS AND WE WERE RIGHT THERE.I'M SAYING, WHOA, MAYBE IT IS CORRECT. AND I CALLED A COUPLE OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE METROPLEX AND JUST MIRACULOUSLY, EVERYBODY WAS RIGHT AT THAT NUMBER. AND SO THE STATE NEVER AGREED THAT THEY WERE DOING THAT.
BUT OF COURSE, THOSE WERE THE NUMBERS. AND NOW YOU COULD SEE THE INCREASE.
SO I THINK DOCTOR LOPEZ WHAT ALSO HAPPENED IS BECAUSE THE STATE PUT THIS UNOFFICIALLY, PUT THIS ARTIFICIAL CAP ON ELIGIBILITY FOR THE PROGRAM, TEACHING SCHOOLS ALSO LIMITED THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS, KNOWING WE DON'T NEED THESE TEACHERS BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE SO LOW AND NOW THEY PROBABLY HOPEFULLY CATCHING UP. AND SO WE WENT FROM THE STATE WENT FROM 8.6 TO 14 AND OUR NUMBERS ARE NOT THAT DIFFERENT REALLY.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM ALSO. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. MR. SELDERS. YES. SO YOU MENTIONED THAT THE CURRENT SLPS THAT WE HAVE OR EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT WILL NOW BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS SORT OF BE THEIR COMPENSATION AND NEW CONTRACT IN TERMS OF PAY GRADE CHANGE AND THEN THE SCHEDULE. SO FOR THE NEW POSITIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO FILL WHERE DOES EXPERIENCE FACTOR INTO THIS STARTING SALARY? WILL THEY COME IN AT A HIGHER LEVEL? I KNOW WE'VE DONE LIKE TASB STAFFING MODELS IN THE PAST TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
HOW DOES THAT FACTOR INTO THIS NUMBER? I'LL SPEAK TO THAT.
SO TASB'S RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE DO A MIN, MID AND MAX SALARY SCHEDULE WHEN WE PLACE SOMEONE ON THE SALARY SCHEDULE. WE LOOK AT EVERYONE IN THAT JOB CATEGORY OR THAT PAY GRADE WHO MAY HAVE SIMILAR EXPERIENCE AND OR QUALIFICATIONS. AND BASED UPON THAT WE PLACE THEM IN A SALARY.
SO DEPENDING UPON THE EXPERIENCE AND WHETHER OR NOT THE PERSON IS A VETERAN OR AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR CAREER, THEY WILL BE PLACED ALONG WITH OUR CURRENT STAFF.
AND DOES THIS NUMBER REPRESENT THE MIDPOINT OR THE MIN? IT REPRESENTS MIDPOINT PLUS BENEFITS. AND BENEFITS IS 12.6%.
AND THEN JUST FROM JUST WHAT YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER WITH RESPECT TO FILLING THESE CRITICAL POSITIONS YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO GET MORE APPLICANTS WITH THESE NUMBERS VERSUS WHAT WE WERE OFFERING BEFORE.
WE'VE ASKED OUR STAFF IN THESE POSITIONS TO CONTACT PEOPLE THEY KNOW AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THEM, AND INVITE THEM TO APPLY WITH US AS WELL. THESE WE ARE LEAVING NOTHING OFF THE TABLE IN ORDER TO GET THE POSITIONS FILLED THAT WE NEED FOR OUR KIDS. SO I'M IMAGINING, YOU KNOW, WITH DOCTOR LOPEZ'S STATEMENT SAYING THAT OTHER DISTRICTS ARE HAVING A SIMILAR ISSUE. YOU KNOW, BESIDES PAY, CASELOAD BENEFITS, I WOULD IMAGINE AT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WOULD BE OFFERING THAT TOO.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING DIFFERENT THAT WOULD ATTRACT QUALIFIED CANDIDATES TO OUR DISTRICT AND HAVE THEM STAY? SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS SAY WHEN I'M OUT RECRUITING, WHEN SOMEONE ASKS ME, WELL, WHY WOULD I COME TO YOUR DISTRICT? I SAY, WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS IS THE PEOPLE YOU GET TO WORK WITH.
AND AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE.
YES. YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF ACT LIKE A FAMILY, BUT, YOU KNOW, FAMILIES DON'T ALWAYS GET ALONG, AND EVERYBODY DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE THE SAME IDEA.
BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, WE WORK AS A TEAM.
TEAM GISD. THE OTHER BIG THING IS THAT WE ARE BEGINNING SOMEWHAT EARLY, AND WE HOPE TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF EVERYONE. ANYTHING THAT WE PUBLISH OR PUT OUT THERE.
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TRUSTEES AND START ADVERTISING THE. PUT THAT ON US LIKE THAT HUH? I WELL, I COULD TAKE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OUT AND PUT PENDING APPROVAL.BUT WE WANT TO GET OUT EARLY. WE WANT TO START RUNNING.
WE'RE GOING TO GET IN FRONT OF THE RACE, AND WE'RE GOING TO WIN THIS RACE.
THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? JUST TO CLARIFY MR. DODD, WHAT IMPACT ON THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WILL ANY OF THIS HAVE? SINCE THIS IS FOR THE 25-26 YEAR. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE INCORPORATED IN OUR NEXT YEAR NUMBERS.
YEAH. AND I LOOKED THROUGH THE MATERIAL TO SEE IF IT REFERENCED WHAT YEAR IT WAS FOR.
MOVING FOR THE 25-26 YEAR. BUT WE CAN'T GO OUT AND ADVERTISE THIS WITHOUT THE APPROVAL.
YES, SIR. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH. MR. SELDERS. JUST TO KIND OF GO BACK AND I DON'T SEE IT ON HERE, BUT THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS CRITICAL SHORTAGE STIPEND FOR PARAS. AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHY THAT WAS? WE DID NOT INCLUDE PARAS IN THIS RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME.
SO WITH THE NUMBERS THAT FROM WHAT I REMEMBER HE SAID THAT THERE WERE ABOUT 120 STUDENTS, THAT BECAUSE WE HAD A 1 TO 10 RATIO FOR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS, TEACHERS TO STUDENTS IN THE 26 POSITIONS.
HOW MANY TOTAL PARA POSITIONS DO WE HAVE? OR WOULD WE HAVE WITH THE 20? IF WE WERE TO GET 26, WE WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU WITH THAT ANSWER.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T HAVE THAT TOTAL. WOULD IT BE DOUBLE THAT YOU THINK? DOUBLE 26? YES, SIR. ABOUT 50. IT WOULD BE IN THE HUNDREDS.
OH, SO WE'D HAVE 100 PARAS. SO MAYBE EACH SPECIAL ED TEACHER WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN PARA.
WELL, WE HAVE IF THESE 12 POSITIONS ARE APPROVED, WE WOULD HAVE 197 SPECIALIZED CLASSROOMS. AND SO MOST OF THOSE CLASSROOMS HAVE AN AVERAGE OF TWO PARAPROFESSIONALS.
AND SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO ABOUT 400. GOT IT.
AND FOR STUDENTS THAT HAVE HIGHER BEHAVIORAL REQUIREMENTS, IS THAT ENOUGH? SO FOR THOSE CLASSROOMS, WHAT WE DO IS WE STAFF THEM AT A LOWER RATIO THAN THE OTHER CLASSROOMS. SO WHEREAS MOST SPECIALIZED CLASSROOMS ARE 1 TO 10, THOSE MAY BE 1 TO 4, 1 TO 6.
AND I SAY ONE TEACHER RIGHT. THERE'S PARAS. SO YOU HAVE ONE TEACHER AND TWO PARAS.
SO THREE PEOPLE IN A ROOM WITH SIX STUDENTS. FOR OUR MORE ARE HARDER TO STAFF AND HARDER BEHAVIOR IN THAT SITUATIONS. AND THAT'S ENOUGH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF IT ISN'T, WE LOOK AT IT ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PUBLIC SCHOOL PLACEMENTS THAT I'VE COME TO THE BOARD.
THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? JUST REAL QUICK.
I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THE STATE HAS A HIGHER ALLOCATION FOR A LOT OF OUR SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS THE COST OF THE COST TO THE DISTRICTS OF ADMINISTERING TO THE NEEDS OF THOSE KIDS IS STILL WAY HIGHER THAN THE REIMBURSEMENT THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE STATE IN THESE MATTERS. SO ALL OF THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I GUARANTEE YOU NOT EVERYTHING COMES DOWN TO DOLLARS AND CENTS.
WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM YOU ALL SINCE THIS STARTED, THAT YOU WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE TEACHERS SO WE CAN DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE KIDS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS. AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM NOW.
OKAY. IF I'M CORRECT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO 4B, NUMBER THREE.
CONSIDER BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL FUND AND DEBT SERVICE FUND.
YOU'RE NOT ALISA. I'M NOT ELISA. YOU'RE NOT? ELISA WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY.
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YEAH. CHAIRMAN MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DOCTOR LOPEZ.BEFORE YOU HAVE A BUT THE APRIL BUDGET AMENDMENT YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS AN INCREASE IN LOCAL REVENUE IN THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT AND A DECREASE IN STATE REVENUE.
THIS IS THE LOCAL REVENUES. YOU TALKED TO KRISTI COOPER ABOUT THE INCREASE IN THE VALUE.
AND THAT IS THE DIRECT RESULT OF THE INCREASE OF THE LOCAL REVENUE, THE STATE REVENUE WE'RE ACTUALLY INCREASING PART OF IT. BUT THE DECREASE FROM LOWER ADA WIPES THAT OUT.
PART OF IT IS THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT INCREASE.
AND THEN WHAT IS SUBTRACTED OFF FROM OUR ADA LOSS? THESE ARE STILL ESTIMATES BUT AS WE GO THROUGH IT, IT WOULD INCREASE REVENUE.
9.3 MILLION. THERE IS CROSS FUNCTIONAL TRANSFERS THAT YOU SEE IN THAT FIRST COLUMN THAT DOESN'T AFFECT THE BUDGET. BUT THIS WILL THE SECOND COLUMN OR THE SECOND HIGHLIGHTED COLUMN THERE, I GUESS IS WILL AFFECT THE BUDGET. IT WILL ACTUALLY INCREASE OUR REVENUE, WHICH IF YOU SEE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM DECREASES OUR WHAT? WE'RE GOING INTO FUND BALANCE. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE RUNNING THAT.
SO THE NET EFFECT WOULD BE 7.386006 ADDITIONAL INCREASE, WHICH WOULD LOWER IF YOU SEE WE WERE AT 93 MILLION DEFICIT, THIS WOULD LOWER IT TO 86 MILLION.
OKAY. FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS, RIGHT? YES. COMMITTEE MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? MR. GLICK. JUST ONE QUICK ONE. WE HAVE BOTH AN INCREASE IN STATE REVENUE AND AN INCREASE IN INSTRUCTION BASED ON TIA.
WE'RE GOING TO COVER TIA IN THE ADAC, BUT THAT'S JUST A WASH, CORRECT? YES. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. MR. BEACH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, BOARD. THANK YOU, MR. DODD.
WE'LL GO TO ITEM 4B, NUMBER FOUR, THIS IS NEW BIDS.
THIS IS THE MARK BOOKER SHOW. UH MR. BOOKER, WHY DON'T YOU GO THROUGH ALL THE ITEMS IN NUMBER FOUR? IF YOU DON'T MIND, READ THE HEADING AND THEN ADDRESS THE ISSUE FOR US.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO MR. MILLER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO DOCTOR LOPEZ.
THE FIRST CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU IS FOR THE PURCHASE OF ONLINE PAYMENT SERVICES.
THAT'S CONTRACT 35-25. THIS WILL ENABLE US TO UTILIZE ONLINE PAYMENT SERVICE FOR VARIOUS SCHOOLS.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE AFTER SCHOOL UIL COMPETITIONS, ATHLETIC EVENTS, SPECIAL EVENTS AT THE CURTIS CULWELL CENTER AT THE CURTIS CULWELL CENTER, AS WELL AS THE SEVEN HIGH SCHOOLS AND 12 MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
THE COMPANY THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR THIS AWARD IS ARBITER SPORTS, LLC, OF THAT CONTRACT IS A COMPETITIVE IS A COOPERATIVE PURCHASE WITH ONE YEAR AND FOR ANNUALLY RENEWABLE OPTIONS.
THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING IS A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $418,445.
THAT NUMBER IS CREATED BY THE. WE'LL BE PAYING A $28,445 FEE JUST FOR THE PLATFORM IMPLEMENTATION.
THEY DO CHARGE A $2.50 ACTIVATION FEE. WE'RE ESTIMATING ORIGINALLY TO START THIS PROJECT AT 8000 TRANSACTIONS, WHICH GETS TO THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $418,445.
I HOPE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO INCREASE THAT, NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT. I DID JUST A PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF SOME OF OUR DATA AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WE ARE PAYING FOR THE EXISTING SERVICES.
AND I JUST TOOK A COUPLE OF LINE ITEMS, ONE OF WHICH WAS FROM THE CCC WHERE I TRACKED IT OVER A YEAR WHERE WE WERE PAYING ALMOST $22, WELL, PAYING $22.27 AN HOUR. THE ARBITER PAY, ONCE WE LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENCE IN COSTING AND PAY WOULD BE $16.25. THERE IS A $2.50 TRANSACTION FEE, BUT OVER THE COURSE OF THIS WAS OVER 18 MONTHS.
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THE DISTRICT SAVINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN $1104 JUST FOR THAT ONE JOB SITE BASED ON THE SAME ACTIVITY NEXT YEAR.GREAT. COMMITTEE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? MISS GRIFFIN? YES. THIS APPEARS TO NOT BE A TURNKEY OPERATION.
TRUE OR FALSE? IT IS TURNKEY IN THE FACT THAT OUR STAFF WOULD HAVE TO IDENTIFY THOSE PERSONNEL.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE JUDGES, SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING THE SCOREBOARDS.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF TRAINING. WELL, INVOLVED.
ON A DIFFERENT PLATFORM. ON A DIFFERENT PLATFORM, WHICH IS ARBITER PAY, WHICH IS REDUCES OUR FEES.
THAT WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ARBITER PAY.
WELL, THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION, WAS THAT ONLINE IS ONE THING BUT DOES ONLINE FEED TO SOMETHING ELSE? AND YOU'VE JUST ANSWERED THAT. AND IS THIS OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS USE THIS OR WHAT'S THE REFERENCE? YES. WE DID SOFTWARE FOR IT TO BE A FOR IT TO BE A COOPERATIVE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, THERE HAS TO BE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO'VE UTILIZED IT OR THROUGH BY BOARD. I BELIEVE THAT MIDLAND HAS UTILIZED IT.
I'VE USED IT IN THE LAST THREE DISTRICTS THAT I'VE BEEN IN AND BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH, BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE A BURDEN OFF THE COUNTY AND ALSO THE 1099S AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES OUT ON THIS SO.
THANK YOU. MISS STANLEY. SO I WAS KIND OF CONFUSED, BUT I THINK I'M UNCONFUSED.
SO THIS ISN'T THIS IS PAYING OUR VENDORS. THIS IS NOT TO BUY A TICKET TO ATTEND AN EVENT.
THE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE IN THE TICKET BOOTH, THEY MAY BE BEING COMPENSATED THROUGH ARBITER PAY.
OKAY. SO, THIS ISN'T PURCHASING TICKETS. THIS IS FOR ALL THE WORKERS THAT ARE WORKING OUR EVENTS.
OKAY. SO. OKAY. GOTCHA. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. MR. BOOKER, PLEASE PROCEED.
THE NEXT CONTRACT FOR CONSIDERATION IS THE PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES.
CONTRACT SUPPLIES FOR MATH, CONTRACT 302-2 507.
IT IS A COOPERATIVE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $1,525,000 THAT IS PAID FOR OUT OF THE STATE TEXTBOOK FUND 14. ANY QUESTIONS? MISS STANLEY, WE'LL GO IN REVERSE ORDER.
OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO JUST HELP ME REFRESH MY MEMORY BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE HAD MOVED TO A DIFFERENT MATH CURRICULUM, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER IT BEING GREAT MINDS.
THERE THE PUBLISHER OF THE EUREKA MATH. DO YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH PROJECT, RIGHT? THAT WE WERE WORKING ON. IS THAT OKAY? SO THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE THAT WE USED FROM THE STATE FOR SOME TIME.
BUT GO AHEAD MR.. SO THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT IS FOR K THROUGH FIVE.
THIS IS THE EUREKA PRODUCT THAT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS.
READY SET GO. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
MISS GRIFFIN. OKAY, SO THIS IS A NEW BID. IT'S A REPLACEMENT OF AN EXISTING CONTRACT. IT'S A REPLACEMENT. IT'S AN EXISTING CONTRACT WE HAVE THAT HAD EXPIRED.
WE JUST GOT A NEW CONTRACT TO CONTINUE WITH THAT SERVICE.
OKAY. I JUST. AND THAT'S WHY YOU PUT IT UNDER THE NEW.
OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. BOOKER, PLEASE. BEFORE WE GO SIT DOWN, I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION THAT MISS GRIFFIN SAID.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WE DO IS WE PUT THESE ON THE NEW BIDS AND IT DRAWS CONFUSION.
MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE A SEPARATE SECTION FOR BIDS THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD THAT WE ARE RENEWING.
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YES. COULD WE DO THAT? YES, SURE. YEAH. THAT WAS A REQUEST FOR TRUSTEE STANLEY.AND THAT'S WHEN WE ADDED THE NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED ANOTHER AREA SO MUCH AS A LINE ON THE PAGE.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KNOW THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT'S SAYING.
WHEN YOU SEE REPLACEMENT IS YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT IS REPLACING THE CONTRACT THAT WAS ONCE UNDER.
AND IT'S A NEW CYCLE. YES, SIR. AND THEN IF IT'S A NEW AWARD, IT'S A BRAND NEW AWARD.
THAT'S CORRECT. YES, SIR. OKAY. THAT CLARIFICATION IS THEN WILL BE ON THE COVER ON THE LETTER.
SO BE CLEAR. OKAY. WELL THEY DO HAVE IT ON HERE.
NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT ON. OKAY. YEAH, IT'S IN THE ADMINISTRATION.
IT'S IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION. BUT WE'LL, OF COURSE.
YEAH, BUT THESE COVER SHEETS ARE FOR ALL BOARD MEMBERS, SO.
YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN I THINK WE DO HAVE A QUESTION, MR. BOOKER, FROM MR. GLICK. SO ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE FACED REPEATEDLY OVER THE YEARS IS THE PRECIPITOUS DROP IN STAAR SCORES FROM FIFTH GRADE MATH TO SIXTH GRADE MATH.
AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD PLANS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FIFTH GRADE TEACHERS MEET WITH THE SIXTH GRADE MATH TEACHERS FOR THE IT SOUNDS I DON'T THINK IT'S FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT COORDINATE EFFORTS SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE TRANSITION FROM FIFTH GRADE TO SIXTH GRADE.
I'M JUST WONDERING, AS WE RENEW EUREKA MATH, IS THAT THE BEST PRODUCT THAT'S LED SOMEHOW FROM.
AND I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S EVER PUT AN ACTUAL REASON FOR THE PRECIPITOUS DROP, BUT IT EXISTS AND IT HAS EXISTED. SO IS THIS GOING TO CURE THE PROBLEM? DO THE SIXTH GRADE MATH TEACHERS KNOW WHAT'S BEING TAUGHT IN EUREKA MATH? HAVE THEY LOOKED AT THAT? HAVE THEY SAID THERE'S SOMETHING BETTER, THAT THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE USE OF THE BOOK? AND WILL THAT HELP THE TRANSITION? BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S ONE OF OUR BOARD GOALS.
SO KIND OF TWOFOLD THERE. FIRST OFF RIGHT NOW THE TEAMS ARE DOING.
THEY'RE CALLING IT THE TRANSITION SUCCESS TEAM.
THE FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE TEACHERS HAVE BEEN WALKING TOGETHER AND PLANNING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FACILITATE THAT TRANSITION SMOOTHLY, ALONG WITH SOME CURRICULUM UPDATES THAT ARE GOING TO BRING SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE TOGETHER.
SO AS WE MERGE TWO PRODUCTS, GOING FROM SOMETHING LIKE EUREKA TO SOMETHING THAT'S VERY EXPLICIT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH READINESS THAT GO ON THAT 45 MINUTE TIME STRUCTURE THOSE CURRICULUM REVISIONS WILL BE THERE. BUT THEN I THINK THE POWER AND THE SUCCESS TEAM, THE SECOND POINT I WANT TO BRING UP IS IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE STANDARDS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE TRANSITION ESPECIALLY IN LIKE A DO NOW OR A WARM UP THAT WE'RE EXPLICITLY CALLING OUT PREVIOUS GRADE LEVEL MATERIAL BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THAT DIRECT INSTRUCTION FOR THE KIDS.
SO I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT OUR LEARNING PLANS THAT'S GOING TO FILL THAT GAP, AND THE RESOURCES THAT SUPPLEMENT, THAT GIVES US THE PRACTICE SETS SPECIFICALLY IN MATH TO KEEP THE KIDS RUNNING.
AND FROM THIS LEVEL AND THIS THESE LESSONS FROM EUREKA MATH TO THEIR FIFTH GRADE STUDENT.
THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE THEN, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S A DIFFERENT PRODUCT FOR SIXTH GRADE ALTOGETHER.
I KNOW OUR BOARD GOALS ABOUT 5%. WE WANT TO HIT THAT 31 MARK THIS YEAR.
WE'RE RIGHT AT 2930 RIGHT BEFORE STAR REVIEW.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN JUST, I THINK, TEN INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS.
GOOD. THANK YOU. SORRY, MR. JOHNSON. NO, THAT'S FINE.
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ARE YOU TAKING NOTES? OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? I BELIEVE, MR. BOOKER. WE MAY BE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 4B, 4 C, THE NEXT CONTRACT BEFORE US FOR CONSIDERATION IS THE PURCHASE OF MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING. MEP CONTRACTED SERVICES.THAT'S CONTRACT 303-25. THIS WILL BE USED, OF COURSE, BY OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT. IT IS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
THE DISTRICT IS ENTERING INTO A REQUESTING ENTRANT INTO A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH, FOR ANNUALLY, RENEWABLE OPTIONS, WITH A $2 MILLION NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT PAID OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
HOW MUCH? 2 MILLION IS THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT.
ON THE CARPENTRY? ON THE MEP CONTRACT 303-25.
YEAH. YOU SKIPPED. YOU SKIPPED THE CARPENTRY ONE.
YEAH. GO BACK TO C. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU. GO BACK TO C.
YEAH, BECAUSE THAT WAS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT NUMBER. THIS ONE, THIS ONE.
THIS ONE'S A LITTLE SMALLER. YES, SIR. THIS IS THE CARPENTRY MATERIAL SERVICES CONTRACT 215-25.
THAT IS, OF COURSE, USED BY OUR MAINTENANCE CARPENTRY DEPARTMENT. THE RECOMMENDED SERVICE PROVIDER IS POST L GROUP, LLC. IT'S A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT. THAT'S A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THREE ANNUAL RENEWAL OPTIONS, WITH A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $175,000 PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY.
PROCEED. THANK YOU. THE NEXT CONTRACT FOR CONSIDERATION IS THE PURCHASE OF LAWN CARE SERVICES.
RECOMMENDED SUPPLIER FOR THIS CONTRACT IS H SERVICES LLC.
THAT NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT IS $300,000 PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? OKAY, MR. BOOKER, WE CAN PROCEED. THE NEXT CONTRACT FOR CONSIDERATION IS THE PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.
THAT'S CONTRACT 270-22. I SKIPPED AGAIN. YEAH.
I'M SORRY, MR. BOOKER. LET'S GO TO E. CONTRACT 354-2501.
THAT'S THE AWARD SERVICES FOR THE GROUNDS MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO FIVE.
WE'RE GOING TO RENEWAL BIDS FIVE A WHICH IS ON PAGE 33.
THANK YOU. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE FLEET MANAGEMENT. THAT'S CONTRACT. OH.
YOU WANT TO MAKE IT BIGGER UP THERE? SO GO BACK ONE MORE.
ONE MORE. OKAY. MATT IS THAT ME DOING THAT? MATT SAID HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
I'M ERROR HAPPY TODAY, Y'ALL. EXCUSE ME. PAGE 33.
PAGE 33. WELL, MINE SAYS PAGE 32, LAWN CARE SERVICES.
CONTRACT 270-22 INCREASES DESIGNED TO PROPOSE, QUOTE, DISTRICT WIDE PURCHASE OF SOFTWARE.
THAT IS A RENEWAL WITH AN INCREASE, THAT CONTRACT IS NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OR WAS 74,999 REQUESTING AN INCREASE OF $80,001 TO MAKE THE NEW AWARD $155,000. 90% OF THAT IS PAID FOR OUT OF GENERAL FUND, 10% PAID OUT OF FUND TO 11.
QUESTIONS. MS. STANLEY. SORRY I COULDN'T FIND MY BUTTON.
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I THOUGHT WE'D, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE ALREADY BEEN OVER THIS OR AT LEAST THE DESCRIPTION.I THOUGHT WE WERE ALREADY DOING THIS YET AGAIN, DIFFERENT SOFTWARE FOR DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS, NOT FOR DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS. SO WE'VE HAD PREVIOUS SOFTWARE WITH A PRODUCT CALLED NEARPOD THAT WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM BECAUSE IT WAS COST PROHIBITIVE.
WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS ONE IS DURING LIKE A PRESENTATION OF MATERIALS, THE TOOL CAN BE EMBEDDED INTO A, LET'S SAY LIKE A SLIDE PRESENTATION. AND IT ALLOWS THE KIDS TO INTERACT AND GET DATA WHILE THE PRESENTATION IS GOING ON.
THE I'M SURE THE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSESSMENT SOFTWARE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS FOR LIKE OUR MASSIVE ASSESSMENT, CBA'S THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRACK AS WE'RE TRACKING THE TEKS.
THIS IS MORE OF A STUDENT ENGAGEMENT ASSESSMENT TOOL.
THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN THE BACKGROUND, IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE WE DON'T HAVE OVERLAPPING SOFTWARE. THE TWO PIECES OF SOFTWARE THAT TEACHERS USE THE MOST WERE NEARPOD AND PEAR DECK.
AS A DISTRICT, WE BOUGHT NEARPOD, SEVERAL CAMPUSES BOUGHT PEAR DECK, AND NOW WHAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IS NOW THAT WE'RE ALIGNING TO ALL PEAR DECK, WE CAN REMOVE THAT EXTRA TOOL, SAVE THE DISTRICT MONEY, OR CONTAIN COSTS, AND THEN FOCUS ON ONE TOOL THAT WE SUPPORT WITH OUR STAFF.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MR. BOOKER. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO FIVE B WHICH IS ON PAGE 34. MATT TOOK THE MOUSE FROM ME. THANK YOU, MATT.
THIS IS A CONTRACT IN ITS RENEWAL. THIS IS ENTERPRISE FM TRUST.
WE FINISHED THE YEAR ONE ACQUISITION, AND THIS WILL ALLOW US TO ENTER INTO YEAR TWO.
THAT NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OR THE NEW INCREASE THAT'S BEING REQUESTED IS $500,000, WHICH WOULD MAKE THE NEW AWARD $2,200,000 PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. BOOKER.
LET'S GO TO 6A, WHICH IS ON PAGE 35. YES, SIR.
THE NEXT CONTRACT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS APPROVAL OF MODIFICATION TO TESTING ASSISTIVE SOFTWARE.
THAT'S CONTRACT 325-25. THIS IS JUST BASICALLY A NAME CHANGE FOR THE CONTRACT FROM ADVANCED EDUCATION INCORPORATED TO EDUCATION ADVANCED INCORPORATED IS ONE YEAR WITH FOUR ANNUAL RENEWABLE OPTIONS.
NO CHANGE IN NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT $95,000. YES.
IT WAS JUST A NAME CHANGE. YES, SIR. I'M SORRY.
I'M GOING TO REPRIMAND MR. GLICK. HE DISTRACTED ME.
OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? IT'S JUST A NAME CHANGE.
THEY FLIPPED IT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO SEVEN A.
THIS IS ON PAGE 36. INCREASE TO AWARDED BIDS.
THIS IS A CONTRACT FINAL OF FOR ANNUALLY RENEWABLE OPTIONS.
YOU'LL NOTE HERE THAT NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT IS $350,000, WITH AN INCREASE OF $500,000.
I PROVIDED YOU A SUPPLEMENTAL A PIECE OF PAPER OR WAS ATTACHED THAT IDENTIFIED WHAT OCCURRED TO MAKE THE INCREASE $500,000. THE ACTUAL INCREASE AMOUNT FOR THAT CONTRACT.
AH BOARD THIS IS THE HANDOUT THAT JUST WENT AROUND THAT JUST CAME OUT.
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ALREADY FUNDED, IS JUST THAT IT DIDN'T SHOW UP ON OUR REPORT.THE ACTUAL INCREASE, THAT IS THE 500,000, WHICH MAKES THE NEW AWARD 850,000.
ONLY 147,000 OF THAT WAS FOR MILEAGE INCREASES.
BUT THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE INCREASE. BUT THOSE WERE BUDGETED FUNDS.
SO THE ONLY INCREASE THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THE 147,921.
THOSE FUNDS WERE ALREADY BUDGETED. THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR. OKAY MR. BOOKER, LET'S GO TO SEVEN B.
CONTRACT 30223-08. IT IS THE CONTRACT BEING AWARDED TO CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES, WHICH PROVIDES THE PLATFORM FOR I-READY, WHICH IS UTILIZED BY OUR EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS AND STUDENTS IN GRADES K-3.
THAT INCREASES ORIGINAL AWARD 1,130,000, INCREASING 500,000 TO MAKE THE NEW AWARD 1,630,000 PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU, BOARD.
THANK YOU, MR. BOOKER. LET'S GO TO ITEM 7C ON PAGE 40.
THAT IS CONTRACT 3 9724-05. THAT IS, THE INCREASE WOULD ALLOW DISTRICT WIDE PURCHASE OF COURSES NINE THROUGH 12, INCLUDING ALGEBRA ONE. GEOMETRY OFFERED TO MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVELS IN ACCORDANCE WITH HOUSE BILL 1416 IXL LEARNING INCORPORATED IS THE RECOMMENDED SUPPLIER FOR THAT INCREASE.
THAT INCREASE IS GOING FROM 180,000, WITH AN ADDITIONAL 170,000 MAKING THE NEW AWARD $350,000, 75% PAID FOR OUT OF GENERAL FUND, 25% OUT OF FUND 211.
OKAY. BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? MR. BOOKER, I BELIEVE YOU'VE DONE IT.
THAT TAKES US TO OUR ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS EXECUTIVE SESSION.
DOCTOR LOPEZ, I'M NOT AWARE OF A NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
NO, SIR. MR. MILLER. MR. MILLER. OH. I'M SORRY, I NEED TO BACK UP AND GIVE MR. DODD. I WAS SCOLDED THAT I DID NOT TALK ABOUT THE DEBT SERVICE INCREASE OR THE DEBT SERVICE BUDGET AMENDMENT.
I ONLY DID GENERAL FUND. SO WHAT PAGE ARE WE ON? WE'RE ON PAGE 24. YES, SIR. SO, ANYWAY, I WAS A POOR SUB, AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT ALSO.
SO OUR REVENUE TO DEBT SERVICE ALSO INCREASED IN THE LOCAL REVENUE OF 8.4 MILLION.
AND THEN THERE WAS A PRIOR YEAR ADJUSTMENT BY THE STATE.
AND SO THAT WAS THE INCREASE OF 4.8 MILLION. REVENUE COMING IN.
SO IT'S AN INCREASE OF REVENUE OF $13,335,042 TO THE DEBT SERVICE.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER, THE REASON WHY THIS IS SETTING IN A DEFICIT IS BECAUSE WE WENT AHEAD AND SPENT SOME THE DEBT SERVICE FUND BALANCE DOWN. WE WENT AHEAD AND DEFEASED SOME BONDS HERE ON THE 13TH.
AND SO THAT'S REASON ONLY THE BUDGET IS SETTING DEFICIT.
SO OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS BOARD THIS ITEM.
OKAY. WE HAVE BACKED UP AND CAUGHT UP TO ITEM.
ALL RIGHT. THE ITEM ON PAGE 24, WHICH WE'RE NOW TO ITEM FIVE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE NO NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO IT IS NOW 4:36.
[VI. Adjournment]
I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED AT 4:37.THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.