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[I. Call to Order and Determination of a Quorum]
TUESDAY, JUNE THE 24TH, 2025, 5:00 PM. THE AGENDA.WE CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER, AND WE DO DETERMINE THAT THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT.
WE WILL NOW BE LED IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY OFFICER KIM KORENEK.
YOU. THANK YOU, OFFICER. ONE OF OUR SRO OFFICERS AT LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO THIS TIME. THAT TAKES US TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, A PUBLIC HEARING.
[III.A. Conduct a Public Meeting on the District's 2025-2026 Budget and Proposed Tax Rate - Darrell Dodds, Elisa Cordova-Long]
WE WILL NOW CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING MEETING ON THE DISTRICT'S 20 25-26 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.IT IS NOW 5:02 P.M. DARRELL DODDS. WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE PRESENTATION.
MR. DODDS. THANK YOU. BOARD PRESIDENT BEACH. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR LOPEZ. THEY WILL BE TALKING ABOUT OUR 25-26 BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.
I WANTED TO GO BACK, JUST KIND OF SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY.
OH, SOMEBODY CHANGED MY PRESENTATION.
ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. SO I WANT TO BRING US BACK TO WHERE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS ALL YEAR.
YOU SEE THAT OUR FUND BALANCE WILL BE DOWN TO ABOUT $161,052,000.
WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH OUR NUMBERS, BUT THAT STILL IS HOLDING TRUE RIGHT NOW.
YOU SEE, OVER HERE ON THE SIDE THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE THREE MONTHS WORTH OF FUNDING IN OUR FUND BALANCE WHICH IS RIGHT AT $151 MILLION. SO WE ARE REALLY CLOSE TO BEING AT THAT REQUIRED AMOUNT, AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE BUDGET YEARS FROM 2019 ALL THE WAY THROUGH YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE HERE IN GARLAND IS SUPPORT OUR, OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF, AND SO WE HAVE HERE YOU SEE A SLIDE HERE OF THE DIFFERENT RAISES THAT WE'RE GIVING FROM 2019, 2020 TO OUR CURRENT YEAR, 24-25. IT'S A BUDGET IMPACT OF A LITTLE OVER $96 MILLION, AND BUT THE DISTRICT HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING SINCE 2019.
NOW, THE HOUSE BILL TWO JUST PASSED, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, BUT SINCE THE DISTRICT DID NOT HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE STATE.
THAT HAS PUT US IN A DEFICIT BUDGET, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT EARLIER YOU HEARD A PRESENTATION ABOUT PROP A, AND WE'LL DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, BUT THESE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE IN OUR DISTRICT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN SALARIES BECAUSE NOT ONLY HAVE WE FELT THE IMPACT OF INFLATION SO OF OUR STAFF AND SO BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN THESE SALARIES IS SOMETHING THAT THE DISTRICT FELT VERY STRONGLY ABOUT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DID IT AND DOING SO THAT HAS CAUSED US TO BE IN A DEFICIT BUDGET. IN THE RECENT YEARS AND IN OUR CURRENT YEAR AND EATING UP OUR FUND BALANCE.
AS REQUIRED. WE HAD TO POST A NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING.
THIS WAS POSTED ON JUNE 13TH. WE HAVE TO POST IT AT LEAST TEN DAYS BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING.
THIS WAS POSTED ON THE GARLAND WEBSITE. THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AND THE GRS TV.
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SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES OR TAX RATES, THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE TAX RATES THAT THE DISTRICT HAS.WE HAVE OUR TAX RATE, AND MONO IS WHAT FUNDS ALL OF OUR DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES.
OUR SALARIES OUR MAINTENANCE, OUR TRANSPORTATION.
EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, WHETHER IT'S YOU KNOW, OUR STUDENT PROGRAMS, WHETHER FINE ARTS, ATHLETICS, WHETHER IT'S COLLEGE FOR ALL. ALL THESE THINGS COME OUT OF THIS ONE BUDGET, OUR TAX RATE.
OUR SECOND TAX RATE IS FOR VOTER APPROVED BONDS.
WE CAN ONLY USE THIS RATE TO PAY THE DEBT ON THESE BONDS.
WE CAN'T USE IT FOR ANYTHING ELSE. WE CAN'T USE IT FOR TO HELP OUT WITH THE M&O.
WE CAN ONLY USE IT FOR THAT, AND THOSE TWO RATES MAKE UP OUR TOTAL TAX RATE.
RIGHT NOW IN OUR CURRENT YEAR, WHICH IT WILL END ON THE 30TH.
OUR TAX RATE IS 0.6669, AND THEN OUR I&S RATE IS 0.3840, FOR A TOTAL TAX RATE OF $1 509. WE ARE ESTIMATING BECAUSE UNDER THE SCHOOL FINANCE SYSTEM, WHEN VALUES GO UP, THERE IS AUTOMATIC COMPRESSION ON THE TAX RATE, AND WE WILL NOT RECEIVE WHAT OUR TAX RATE IS FROM TEA. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK Y'ALL COME IN HERE AND JUST SET A TAX RATE.
THAT'S NOT ACCURATE. WE HAVE TO SEND OUR VALUES IN TO THE STATE, AND THEN THEY, IN TURN, SEND BACK WHAT OUR MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE OR OUR TAX RATE WILL BE, AND SO WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT TO BE 0.6522.
AS YOU HEARD FROM PROP A COMMITTEE TODAY, THEY HAVE PROPOSED THAT THE DISTRICT INCREASE THE TAX RATE 12 PENNIES. SO FOR THIS PRESENTATION THAT WOULD BE 7722, AND YOU SEE OVER HERE TO THE RIGHT.
IT'S ONLY $0.10, EVEN THOUGH I JUST TOLD YOU 12 PENNIES.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. COMPRESSION. OUR TAX RATE WITH 2024 WAS SIX, SIX, SIX, NINE, AND OUR ESTIMATE IS SIX, FIVE, TWO, TWO AND THEN THE 12 PENNIES, BUT IT ONLY EQUALS OUT TO 10.53 CENTS.
NOW ON THIS RATE WILL STAY THE SAME AT 3840, AND THEN OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE TOTAL WILL BE $1.1562, AND THIS IS WHAT CAUSES COMPRESSION IN OUR IN OUR SYSTEM. YOU CAN SEE WHAT OUR VALUES HAVE DONE SINCE 2016-17 ALL THE WAY TO 25-26 ESTIMATED AND I SAY THAT'S ESTIMATED BECAUSE WE WILL NOT RECEIVE OUR CERTIFIED VALUES UNTIL JULY 25TH. SO AS I'M TALKING AND GOING THROUGH THESE BUDGET NUMBERS, EVERYTHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ESTIMATES.
SO WE WILL NOT FIND OUT UNTIL JULY 25TH WHAT OUR PROPERTY VALUES ARE.
THEN WE WILL FIND OUT WHAT OUR TAX RATE IS EARLY AUGUST, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SLIDE YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER UP ON TOP, AND WHAT THAT REPRESENTS IS IN APRIL T HEY GIVE US AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT OUR VALUES ARE GOING TO BE, BUT IF YOU LOOK BACK THROUGH THE HISTORY YOU SEE THAT LINE GOING ACROSS IS LESS, AND SO THAT'S A 7% DECREASE FROM APRIL TO WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING WILL BE IN JULY, AND SO IF YOU LOOK DOWN THERE OUR EARLY ESTIMATES WAS 37 BILLION, AND WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT IN JULY CERTIFICATION THAT WILL BE 34.5.
NOW THIS IS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING TOO, BUT WE ARE ALREADY ESTIMATING WHAT THE $140,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WILL DO TO OUR VALUES, AND SO THIS IS OUR ESTIMATE OF WHAT THAT WILL DO TO OUR VALUES.
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RATE WAS $1.39, AND EACH YEAR IT'S EITHER STAYED THE SAME OR COME DOWN, AND SO YOU SEE 24-25 OUR CURRENT YEAR THAT'S OUR TAX RATE 6669 FOR M&O, 3844 I&S AT $1.509 IF WE ADD BACK THE, THE 7722 AND THE 3840, YOU WILL SEE THAT ACTUALLY OUR TAX RATE STILL LESS THAN WHAT WE WOULD BE AT WHEN WE WERE AT 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR AND MIGHT I SAY ON THIS ONCE WE GET OUR CERTIFIED VALUES, THEN THAT IS WHEN THE BOARD WILL MEET TO SET A TAX RATE ON AUGUST 12TH.ADA VERSUS ENROLLMENT. YOU CAN SEE WE'VE BEEN IN A DECLINING ENROLLMENT FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ESTIMATING FOR NEXT YEAR THAT OUR ENROLLMENT WILL BE 50,003 TEN, AND OUR ADA WILL BE 45822. THIS IS A DECREASE FROM OUR CURRENT YEAR, BUT IT'S BEEN DECREASING EVERY YEAR, AND WE'RE HOPING ONE OF THESE DAYS THAT WILL SLOPE BACK UP THE OTHER DIRECTION.
SO TO GIVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF JUST WHAT I TALKED ABOUT, OUR M&O PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE .7722.
OUR INTEREST RATE WOULD BE .3840 FOR A TOTAL PROPOSED TAX RATE OF $1.1562, AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT 7% WHILE AGO. BEING A NEGATIVE AND COMING DOWN, EVEN THOUGH THAT OUR CERTIFIED VALUES WILL BE LESS THAN WHAT OUR ESTIMATED VALUES WERE IN APRIL, IT'S STILL GOING TO BE A 5.72 ESTIMATED INCREASE FROM THE PAST YEAR.
ONCE AGAIN, THE STEERING COMMITTEE DID PROPOSE THAT THE TAX RATE GO UP 12 PENNIES, AND THIS WILL BE VOTED ON BY THE BOARD ON AUGUST 12TH. HOUSE BILL TWO.
HOUSE BILL TWO HAS DONE SOME GREAT THINGS. THEY HAVE ALLOCATED AROUND 8.5 BILLION TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIS WAS MAINLY TO INCREASE TEACHER PAY AND IS FRAMED ONE OF THE HIGHEST INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.
THAT HAS BEEN PASSED FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS WITH 3 TO 4 YEARS.
THEY ALLOCATED $2,500 TO INCREASE THEIR PAY, AND FOR FIVE YEARS AND OVER 5,000, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THERE IS NO SALARY INCREASE FROM THE STATE FOR 0 TO 2 TEACHERS, AND THIS IS ONLY TEACHERS, CLASSROOM TEACHERS.
THAT'S BEEN HALF THEIR TIME IN THE CLASSROOM, AND SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT'S LEFT OUT THAT'S BEEN TIED TO THE TEACHER SALARY SCHEDULE BECAUSE THIS IS JUST ONLY TEACHERS. IT ALSO INCREASES THE TEACHER INCENTIVE ALLOTMENT, BUT THAT WILL NOT START UNTIL 2627 SCHOOL YEAR.
IT DOES HAVE AN EMPHASIS ON TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, BUT KIND OF THE BIGGEST BLOW TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS THE $55 ADDED TO BASIC ALLOTMENT. THEY HAVE EVEN USING THEIR OWN NUMBERS PUT OUT BY THE LEGISLATIVE BODY'S BOARD.
THEY WERE CLOSE TO $1,400 PER STUDENT BEHIND IN FUNDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS SINCE 2019, MAINLY DUE TO INFLATION PRESSURES AND THE COST OF EVERYTHING. IF WE HAD THE SAME FUNDING AVAILABLE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO ADD $1,400 TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT THEY HAD. THEY ONLY ADDED $55. SO THIS BILL DOES DO SOME GREAT THINGS, BUT IT ALSO REDUCES THE FUNDING FLEXIBILITY FOR OUR DISTRICTS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS SLIDE AND OTHER ONES OTHER BUDGET WORKSHOPS. I WANTED TO BRING THIS BACK UP. WE'RE ESTIMATED TO GET A LITTLE OVER $26.5 MILLION.
54.37% OF THAT IS A FLOW THROUGH. SO WE GET IT IN AND IT GOES TO THE SALARY INCREASES.
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I JUST SPOKE ABOUT FOR TEACHERS WITH THREE YEARS AND FOUR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THAT WILL INCREASE THEIR SALARY SCHEDULE BY 2500 FOR TEACHERS, FIVE AND OVER. THAT WILL INCREASE THEIR SALARY SCHEDULE BY 5000, AND THEN THEY ALSO DID A SUPPORT STAFF ALLOTMENT, AND THIS IS BOTH OF THESE ARE NEW ALLOTMENTS THAT THE STATE HAS DONE.THAT IS ALSO A FLOW THROUGH, BUT THEY ONLY ALLOCATED $45 PER REGULAR ADA.
NOT OUR WHOLE ADA. JUST OUR REGULAR ADA. SO THAT COMES UP TO A LITTLE ABOUT 1.7 MILLION AND THAT WILL BE A PART OF OUR SALARY SCHEDULE. ALSO THE ALLOTMENT FOR BASIC COST.
THIS IS A NEW ALLOTMENT, AND THIS HERE IS $106 PER ENROLLMENT. THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW ALLOTMENTS THAT IS FOR ENROLLMENT.
EVERYTHING THAT THE STATE DOES IS GENERALLY OFF AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, BUT PART OF THIS WILL GO TO ALL THE TEA-- NOT TEA--TRS CHARGES FOR THE SALARY INCREASES THAT THEY GAVE.
SO THEY GAVE US MONEY, BUT THEN THEY ALSO SPENT IT FOR US HERE, AND THEN IT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THE TRS CHARGES OR BENEFITS. NOW IT CAN BE USED FOR UTILITIES.
IT REDUCES THE FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE I CANNOT USE ANY OF THIS MONEY TOWARDS SALARIES.
IT HAS TO BE USED IN THOSE SPECIFIC WAYS. THE TEACHER RETENTION AND SUPPORT STAFF SAME WAY.
IT'S FOR NON ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT STAFF AND TEACHERS, AND THAT'S IT.
THE SAFETY AND SECURITY ALLOTMENT. THIS ALLOTMENT ALREADY EXISTS AND THEY'RE INCREASING.
FOR THE DISTRICT AN ESTIMATE OF 1.8 MILLION. IF YOU'VE WATCHED ANY OF OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS, ESPECIALLY THE LAST ONE, WE SHOWED THE FUNDING GAP THAT WE HAVE HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB IN HAVING ARMED SECURITY GUARDS AND HAVING SROS, THAT THE DISTRICT SPENDS A LITTLE OVER $11 MILLION THIS CURRENT YEAR.
OUR CURRENT YEAR ALLOTMENT IS 1.5 MILLION, SO THERE'S ABOUT A $9.9 MILLION GAP.
WE'RE EXPECTING SOME INCREASES IN NEXT YEAR. THAT WILL STILL LEAVE US ABOUT A $9.9 MILLION GAP FROM WHAT WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN TO US FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY AND WHAT WE ACTUALLY SPEND ON SAFETY AND SECURITY.
IT'S A IT'S ONLY FOR FIRST TIME EVALUATION, AND SO OUR ESTIMATED AMOUNT THERE IS 1.7 MILLION, AND THAT'S BASED ON REALLY A REIMBURSEMENT. SO IF WE DO LESS THAN 1700 EVALUATIONS WE WILL NOT GET THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY. WE WILL ONLY GET $1,000 PER EVALUATION.
ADJUSTMENTS TO CURRENT ALLOTMENTS. THESE ARE ALLOTMENTS THAT ARE TIED TO THAT BASIC ALLOTMENT AND SO THERE WAS ADJUSTMENTS IN SPECIAL ED. THERE WAS ADJUSTMENTS IN CTE, BUT THESE ARE SMALL AMOUNTS COMPARED TO WHAT WE ACTUALLY SPEND.
WE HAVE A GREAT CTE PROGRAM. WE HAVE A GREAT P-TECH PROGRAM COLLEGE FOR ALL, BUT THERE'S FUNDING GAPS IN, IN SOME OF THOSE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS TO TAKE ON AND IN OUR REGULAR ALLOTMENT WE'LL RECEIVE ABOUT $2 MILLION.
THIS IS ABOUT THE ONLY MONEY WE HAVE A CHOICE ON BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING TIED TO THIS, BUT WE'VE ELECTED TO GO AHEAD, AND EVEN THOUGH TEACHERS ARE GETTING THE $2,500 AND THE $5,000, WE ALSO DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE STEP RAISE ALSO.
SO THAT WILL EAT UP ABOUT MOST OF THIS. A STEP RAISE WILL COST ABOUT 1.9 MILLION.
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ITS FUNDING, IT REALLY DIDN'T BECAUSE MOST OF THIS IS FLOW THROUGH MONEY.SO LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT BUDGET. I'M JUST GOING TO START IN THE MIDDLE COLUMN THERE.
YOU SEE WHAT OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS IN 24-25? GOT A TYPO THERE, BUT THAT'S NO, IT'S NOT. SORRY , LISA.
I MESSED THAT UP. OUR ADOPTED BUDGET WAS ABOUT $88 MILLION IN THE HOLE FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR.
WE FEEL LIKE WE'LL FINISH SOMEWHERE IN ABOUT $62 MILLION DEFICIT.
OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, 25-26. THIS DOES INCLUDE THE HOUSE BILL TWO MONEY AS ESTIMATED EARLIER, AND SO THERE'S STILL A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT HOUSE BILL TWO THAT WE'RE LEARNING EACH AND EVERY DAY.
SO AS WE START THE NEW YEAR WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE A FEW BUDGET AMENDMENTS HERE AND THERE AS THING GETS, AS EVERYTHING GETS CLARIFIED, BUT YOU SEE, OUR PROPOSED REVENUE AT 580 MILLION.
THAT'S THE INCREASE, AND SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT A $60 MILLION DEFICIT BUDGET, AND IF YOU GO BACK AND REMEMBER MY SLIDE ON OUR FUND BALANCE, WE ARE AT OUR THREE MONTH REQUIRED REQUIREMENT ON OUR FUND BALANCE, AND SO THAT IS THE REASON THAT THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR PROP EIGHT WAS CONVENED, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO NEED HELP FROM OUR TAXPAYERS TO MAKE THIS VOID AND KEEP OUR PROGRAMS LIKE WE NEED THEM FOR OUR STUDENTS. OUR SECOND BUDGET THAT YOU'LL LOOK AT TONIGHT IS OUR SCHOOL NUTRITION BUDGET.
YOU SEE, IT WAS ESTIMATED AS A DEFICIT BUDGET LAST YEAR.
YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE SECTION AS OUR ACTUALS.
SO THE THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY CAN ONLY HAVE SO MUCH IN THEIR FUND BALANCE, AND THAT'S THE REASON THESE WERE DEFICIT BUDGETS IS TO SPEND THAT FUND BALANCE DOWN, AND SO THAT'S WE WILL BE ABOUT 3.6 MILLION IN THE RED ON OUR STUDENT NUTRITION, AND THAT WAS DESIGNED THAT WAY. SO IS THE NEW 25-26 BUDGET.
IS SHOWING A $4.1 MILLION DEFICIT BECAUSE THEY CONTINUE NEED TO SPEND DOWN THEIR FUND BALANCE TO GET IT IN THE REQUIREMENT THAT'S REQUIRED FOR STUDENT NUTRITION, AND THEN OUR DEBT SERVICE.
WE HAD SOME BEING CALLED, AND SO THE DISTRICT DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE AN ADDITIONAL PRINCIPAL PAYMENT, WHICH WILL REDUCE OUR DEBT. I KNOW IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE YOU WANT TO TRY TO GET RID OF THE DEBT AS FAST AS YOU CAN.
SO THAT'S WHY THE 24-25 ACTUALS ARE SHOWING A DEFICIT.
WE WENT INTO FUND BALANCE FOR I&S DID NOT COME OUT OF M&O, AND THAT'S ITS TWO SEPARATE ACCOUNTS, BUT PROPOSED BUDGET, IT IS A BALANCED BUDGET TO MAKE OUR PAYMENTS FOR OUR BONDS THIS NEXT YEAR, AND THIS HERE IS JUST A SIDE BY SIDE OF ALL THREE BUDGETS THAT WILL BE APPROVED BE VOTED ON TONIGHT. GENERAL FUND, THIS IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THE BOARD APPROVES ALL THREE OF THESE BUDGETS.
GENERAL FUND, STUDENT NUTRITION AND DEBT SERVICE.
ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
MISS STANLEY. SO I JUST HAD A QUESTION. WHEN WE LOOK AT I'M NOT SURE THE PAGE.
ONE SECOND. I THINK I KNOW WHAT IT IS, AND I JUST NEED YOU TO KIND OF CONFIRM IT FOR ME.
SO ON PAGE 13, WHEN WE'RE SHOWING THAT THE PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT SERVICES GOES UP, 26.5%, IS THAT MOSTLY BECAUSE OF OUR SPED CONSULTANTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUDGET FOR?
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IT IS A BIG PART OF IT. IT IS. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.THANK YOU, MR. MILLER. YES. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, MR. DODDS. AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION THAT'S GOING TO ABOUT THE STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES BUDGET. WHAT I REMEMBER IS THAT IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM.
CORRECT. SO HOW DO WE SPEND DOWN THAT? WHAT DO WE DO TO SPEND IT NOW? BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING REIMBURSED AS FAST AS WE SPEND IT, DON'T WE? WELL, WE DO ON MEALS. YOU KNOW, FOR FREE AND REDUCED MEALS, BUT YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THEY ARE REPLACING EQUIPMENT. THERE'S, THERE'S SPECIFIC THINGS THAT YOU CAN ONLY SPEND IT ON.
SO MAINLY IT'S REPLACING EQUIPMENT IN OUR KITCHENS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
TO SPEND THAT DOWN. IT'S BUT JUST LIKE IN MOST FEDERAL FUNDS, THEY DO NOT WANT YOU TO CARRY A LARGE FUND BALANCE, AND DURING COVID THEY INCREASED AND DID ALL FREE MEALS.
SO THEY INCREASED HOW MUCH WE WERE GETTING BACK, AND SO THAT NEARLY EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS GOING THROUGH THIS IS TRYING TO SPEND DOWN WHAT WHAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM DURING COVID, AND THERE'S A DEADLINE FOR THIS AND SO OUR STUDENT NUTRITION FOLKS, JENNIFER, OVER THERE WORKING EXTREMELY HARD TO ONE SPEND THE MONEY WISELY WHERE WE NEED IT AND, AND REPLACE SOME OF THE OLDER EQUIPMENT IN OUR KITCHENS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
OKAY, SO, AND THAT MAKES SENSE. UPGRADE WHILE YOU CAN, RIGHT? YES. YES. WE DON'T WANT TO. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE BALANCE IS GOING TO BE TOMORROW.
OKAY, SO ON PAGE 15, YOU TALKED ABOUT REPAYING THE BONDS, AND YOU SAID USE THE WORD CALLABLE.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAY THEM OR REFINANCE.
OKAY, AND YOU CAN ALWAYS REFINANCE, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT RATE.
IT'S A DIFFERENT RATE, AND IT IT HAS NOT MADE SENSE YET.
THE MARKET STILL PRETTY IS FLUCTUATING. YOU KNOW, IF YOU HIT IT ON THE RIGHT DAY YOU MIGHT BE ALL RIGHT, BUT IF YOU DON'T, YOU COULD ACTUALLY BE PAYING MORE INTEREST THAN WHAT YOU WERE PAYING ON THOSE BONDS.
SO IT DOESN'T MEAN I HAVE TO REFINANCE THEM, BUT YOU KNOW, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE MONITORING THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THE MARKET DOES STABILIZE AND START DROPPING, THEN WE MAY DECIDE TO REFINANCE.
I WOULD RATHER PAY THEM OFF THAN REFINANCE IF WE CAN.
AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH OUR BOND PROGRAM. OKAY, AND THEN WITH RESPECT TO THAT, THERE'S ALSO NO PREPAYMENT PENALTIES, RIGHT? NO, ESPECIALLY ON A CALLABLE. YEAH. GENERALLY BONDS ARE SET OUT FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS AND THEN THEY'RE CALLED YOU HAVE THE OPTION, YOU KNOW BACK WHEN THE MARKET WAS A LOT LOWER.
A LOT OF BONDS WERE AT FOUR AND 5%, AND YOU COULD REFINANCE AND YOU MIGHT BE AT 2 OR 3%.
WELL, YOU SAVED A LOT OF FUTURE INTEREST PAYMENTS BY REFINANCING.
RIGHT NOW, WHERE OUR BONDS ARE AT, THE RATES ARE ABOUT THE SAME.
SO THERE'S NO INCENTIVE FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND REFINANCE AT THIS POINT, AND IF WE DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY IN I&S, THEN WE WILL USE THAT MONEY TO PAY DOWN PRINCIPAL TO PAY OFF THE DEBT FASTER.
SO TO ME, THE, YOU KNOW, THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM HERE WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGET IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL YEARS IN A ROW WHERE WE'VE HAD PRETTY LARGE DEFICIT BUDGETS APPROVED, BUT WE ALSO HAD A LARGE CUSHION IN OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT, IF YOU WILL, WITH WHICH TO PAY FOR IT, AND WE'VE RUN THAT DOWN, AND SO THIS IS THE YEAR WHERE KIND OF, I'LL JUST USE THE TERM THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD.
IT DID NOT HAPPEN. CORRECT, AND YOU DID A VERY GOOD JOB, I THINK, OF EXPLAINING THE MONEY THAT WAS RECEIVED AND WHERE IT'S REQUIRED TO GO AND WHAT, IF ANY, LITTLE BIT IS LEFT OVER TO HELP US WITH OUR BUDGETARY ISSUES? WE ALSO HAD A PRESENTATION TODAY REGARDING PROPOSITION A, WHICH WOULD BE A WAY TO PROVIDE SOME FUNDING RELIEF TO THE DISTRICT.
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REMINDING EVERYBODY THAT WE ARE A DISTRICT OF NEED, AND THERE'S NO GETTING AROUND THAT OUR KIDS NEED US TO BE THERE FOR THEM.SO I'M SITTING HERE, THOUGH, AND I'M A TOTAL OPTIMIST, AND I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO RESPOND EXTREMELY WELL TO ALL THE NEEDS OF OUR KIDS, BUT I'M ALSO SITTING HERE GOING WITH 60 MILLION.
IF NOTHING ELSE HAPPENS, WE PROBABLY DON'T ACTUALLY LOSE 60 MILLION.
WE MIGHT LOSE 40 BECAUSE WE NEVER CAN HIRE ENOUGH TEACHERS TO KEEP STAFF, BUT THAT PUTS US BELOW THE REQUIRED MINIMUM. $12 MILLION PUTS US BELOW THE REQUIRED MINIMUM.
SO TALK TO ME AND TELL THE BOARD ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THAT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR RATINGS, BOND RATINGS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS.
TELL US WHERE THAT TAKES US. WELL, JUST LIKE RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FUND BALANCE THAT WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THIS DISTRICT AS FAR AS THE CREDIT RATING FOR SELLING BONDS AND AND YOUR BOND RATING WE WERE AT A TRIPLE A WITH ONE OF THE FEW SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT WAS THERE BUT AS OUR FUND BALANCE HAS GONE DOWN AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL YEARS OF DEFICIT BUDGETS IT MOVED US DOWN. JUST ONE CLICK TO AA ONE. STILL A GREAT RATING, STILL ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATINGS THERE, BUT WE CANNOT CONTINUE DOWN THAT PATH. OR IT COULD AFFECT THE BOND RATINGS WHERE YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO OUT TO SELL, THEY'RE ALL GUARANTEED BY THE STATE, BUT YOUR UNDERLYING RATING, WHICH IS A DISTRICT RATING WILL AFFECT THE RATE THAT THOSE BONDS ARE SOLD, AND SO THAT DOES CAN MEAN THAT PEOPLE BUYING IT ARE GETTING ARE HAVING TO WE'RE HAVING TO PAY A HIGHER RATE, AND , YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE RATES ARE TODAY ON A MORTGAGE IF IT GOES UP A LITTLE BIT MEANS YOU HAVE TO PAY MORE ON INTEREST, AND TO ME, THAT'S I WOULD RATHER NOT PAY MORE ON INTEREST IF POSSIBLE.
RIGHT. SO, SO WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE BUDGET, AND WE LOOK AT NUMBERS AND I KNOW WE'RE AT THE 85, 86% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET IS SALARIES, BUT THAT NUMBER IS ABOUT 100% OF OUR REVENUE.
JUST ABOUT. YES, SIR. SO IN THESE CASES, OBVIOUSLY, THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS TO LOOK AT GETTING YOUR PENNIES AND I WISH WE WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS YEARS AGO, AS DID NEARLY EVERY OTHER DISTRICT AROUND.
RIGHT, AND SO THE AMOUNT OF PENNIES THAT ARE OUT THERE, GOLD PENNIES AND COPPER PENNIES, WHICH I'M NOT GOING TO CONFUSE ANYBODY BY HAVING YOU EXPLAIN IT. PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME GET INTO THAT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THERE, BUT I THINK I SAW THE NUMBER.
DID YOU TELL ME THAT NUMBER IS AROUND $50 MILLION IF IT PASSES? SO IN THE PRESENTATION TODAY BY THE PROP EIGHT COMMITTEE YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE ONE OF THE 2 OR 3 DISTRICTS IN THIS AREA THAT HAS NOT PASSED A TAX RATE ELECTION OR PROP A AND WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST THEM. YOU KNOW, OUR SURROUNDING DISTRICTS, EXCEPT ROCKWALL AND THEY ARE PROBABLY GOING TO GO OUT FOR, FOR A TAX RATE ELECTION ALSO. EVERYBODY AROUND US HAS APPROVED ADDITIONAL PENNIES FOR THEIR DISTRICT, AND WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST THEM. WE'RE COMPETING THEM AGAINST THEM WITH RETAINING OUR TEACHERS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
YOU KNOW, YOU ALSO HEARD IN THAT PRESENTATION, TWO MEMBERS THAT WERE GIVEN THAT PRESENTATION CHOSE THIS DISTRICT BECAUSE OF ALL THE PROGRAMS AND THE THINGS THAT WE OFFER OUR STUDENTS.
I WAS AMAZED WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, COMING FROM WEST TEXAS TO SEE ALL THE AMAZING THINGS THAT WE DO AND THE AMAZING TEACHERS THAT ARE GUIDING OUR STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND YOU KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO KEEP THAT, THAT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO WE NEED TO GO OUT FOR THESE ADDITIONAL PENNIES SO WE CAN ONE CONTINUE THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE DO FOR OUR STUDENTS. YOU KNOW, IT. THEY SAID OUR CCMR RATE WAS OVER 92%.
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AND THE THINGS WE DO FOR, YOU KNOW, IN FINE ARTS, YOU KNOW, IN THE PRESENTATION, WE KIND OF BUSTED EVERYBODY'S BUBBLE ON HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON FINE ARTS COMPARED TO ATHLETICS, BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THE AMAZING THINGS WE DO WAS THOSE TWO PEOPLE STANDING UP HERE SAYING, WE CHOSE THIS DISTRICT FOR THE THINGS YOU DO FOR YOUR KIDS, RIGHT, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE REASON THEY WERE GIVING THE PRESENTATION TO, YOU KNOW, PROPOSING THAT THE BOARD GO AHEAD AND VOTE, THAT THEY GO OUT FOR A TAX RATE ELECTION OR PROP A FOR 12 PENNIES.YEAH, CERTAINLY, AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE ADVOCATES ALWAYS JUST A FINAL THING FOR ME.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WE NEED TO PASS A BUDGET BY WHEN? TODAY. OKAY. WE WILL HOLD ON AND WE WILL FIND OUT OUR TAX VALUES BY WHEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET OUR CERTIFIED VALUES JULY 25TH OR A CERTIFIED ESTIMATE, AND , AND SO WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THEY HAVE TO HAVE YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN PROTEST THEIR VALUES.
THEY CAN DO ALL THOSE THINGS. RIGHT? THEY HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST 95% OF THE TOTAL COUNTY'S VALUES, UP TO 95% WITHOUT ANY PROTEST ON THAT 95%. OKAY.
WE'LL GET CERTIFIED VALUES. IF THEY DO NOT, WE'LL GET A CERTIFIED ESTIMATE AND THEN AS WE AS THEY GET UP TO 95, THEY WILL GIVE US, BUT JULY 25TH, THAT'S THE DATE YOU'RE ASKING, AND THEN WE GET A FINAL COMPRESSED TAX RATE BY WHEN THEY WILL SEND THAT OFF TO TEA AND THE CONTROLLER. WE SHOULD HAVE OUR PRELIMINARY TAX RATE FROM TEA THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST. SO IT COULD BE. SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THESE ARE JUST ESTIMATES ON THE TAX RATE, BECAUSE THE NEW WAY THAT THEY'RE DOING IT IS THEY'RE BASING THE VALUE GAIN FROM LAST YEAR'S CERTIFIED VALUES TO THIS YEAR'S CERTIFIED VALUES. YEAH. LAST YEAR AT $100,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND THIS YEAR AT 140,000.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE FINAL REVENUES ARE.
WE DON'T HAVE A CLUE. WE DON'T. WE REALLY DON'T.
I MEAN, IT MIGHT BE WITHIN 5 OR 10%, BUT 5 OR 10% OF 600 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY, AND I'M SORRY IT'S THIS WAY, BUT THAT'S JUST THE WAY TEXAS SCHOOL FINANCE IS SET UP.
WE'RE PASSING A BUDGET BEFORE WE KNOW WHAT THE REVENUE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE.
RIGHT. WELL, WE HAVE NOT STARTED SCHOOL. WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY KIDS ARE GOING TO BE HERE.
WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT WE'RE ESTIMATING OUR VALUES, AND THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN DRIVERS IN SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND SO AS WE DO THIS, YES, BEING A JULY 1ST BUDGET YEAR DOES HELP YOU WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING IS AN ESTIMATE AND IT CAN CHANGE, AND WE'LL THAT'S WHY WE DO BUDGET AMENDMENTS NEARLY EVERY MONTH.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY. SEEING NONE. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
THANKS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS PUBLIC MEETING TOPIC? ANYBODY FROM THE AUDIENCE. SPEAK NOW. OKAY. SEEING NONE. MR. BEACH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. OKAY.
MR. GLICK, MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC MEETING.
WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE SECOND.
WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. NO. SECOND. NEEDED.
THE TIME IS NOW 5:40. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE Y'ALL.
THANK YOU, DARRELL. OKAY. IT'S NOW 5:40, AND THAT CONCLUDES THE MEETING ON THE PUBLIC INFORMATION PROPOSED TAX RATE TAKES US TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR PUBLIC FORUM.
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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO MAKE COMMENTS MAY COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT PARTICIPATION REQUEST IN PERSON AT HARRIS HILL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING PRIOR TO THE START[00:40:01]
OF THE MEETING INDICATED IN THE POSTING NOTICE.COMPLAINTS ABOUT A STUDENT DISCIPLINE, SPECIFIC STUDENT ISSUES, OR PERSONNEL MUST BE ADDRESSED THROUGH APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANNELS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND BOARD POLICY.
AT THIS TIME. MRS. HOGAN, WE DO HAVE SOME CARDS.
WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THE PROCEDURES FOR ALL THOSE THAT WANT TO COME AND SPEAK TODAY? YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WE'RE NOW AT THE PUBLIC FORUM PORTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING AND PER BOARD POLICY, BED LOCAL. WE HAVE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT ON COMMENTS THIS EVENING TO ALLOW AS MANY AS YOU AS POSSIBLE TO SPEAK.
COMPLAINTS ABOUT STUDENT DISCIPLINE, SPECIFIC STUDENT ISSUES, OR PERSONNEL MUST BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANNELS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND OUR BOARD POLICY.
WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM PROVIDE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS AND YOUR AFFILIATION TO THE DISTRICT.
YOUR TIME BEGINS AT THE START OF THE GREEN LIGHT.
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE BEYOND THAT TIME THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE, GET WITH ME AFTER YOUR COMMENTS ARE OVER AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO DISSEMINATE THAT TO THE BOARD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CALL THE FIRST NAME.
THANK YOU, MISS HOGAN. I AM GOING TO PASS THE CARDS TO MY VICE PRESIDENT MR. JOHNSON, BECAUSE I'M ABOUT TO LOSE MY VOICE WITH THE ALLERGIES.
SO MR. JOHNSON WILL BE BRINGING THOSE FOLKS FORWARD.
THANK YOU. THE FIRST CARD IS SHEILA [INAUDIBLE] .
I BELIEVE THAT'S IT. DON'T WORRY. WE'RE NOT ALL GOING TO TALK.
I JUST HAVE TO HAVE MY WEAVER POLICY WITH ME.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BEACH AND BOARD MEMBERS.
I TEACH EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL ED AT WEAVER ELEMENTARY.
WE JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ON MAY 27TH THROUGH 29TH THIS YEAR, WEAVER SPECIAL ED CLASSES, ALONG WITH FIVE OTHER CLASSES FROM FIVE OTHER GARLAND ISD SCHOOLS, TOOK A MAGNIFICENT TRIP TO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. ONCE WE WERE THERE, WE STAYED AT MORGAN'S CAMP.
OUR STUDENTS RODE HORSES. THEY WENT SWIMMING.
THEY LEARNED ABOUT ANIMALS AND NATURE. WE ALSO SPENT A DAY AT MORGAN'S WONDERLAND, WHICH IS AN AMUSEMENT PARK THAT'S ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE, INCLUDING EVERY RIDE, EVEN ADAPT A ZIPLINE. WE ALSO SPENT PART OF THE DAY AT WHAT'S CALLED MORGAN'S INSPIRATION ISLAND. THAT'S A WATER PARK THAT PROVIDES EVEN WATER WHEELCHAIRS.
MANY OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE NEVER BEEN ON A TRIP OVERNIGHT LIKE THIS.
SO THEY WERE ACCEPTED. THEY WERE IN AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT AND IT WAS DESIGNED FOR THEM.
WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, THE BOARD, FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND WE WANT TO EXTEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MR. GLICK AND HIS FAMILY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION GRANT.
THIS IS JUST DEFINITELY AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE, AND WE WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE WE HAVE A BOOK ABOUT MORGAN, MORGAN'S AUTISM, AND WE BOUGHT THE BOOK WHILE WE WERE THERE, AND WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO MR. GLICK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE NEXT CARD IS FOR NICOLE ROBINSON.
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MY NAME IS NICOLE ROBINSON AT 4210 ASHVILLE, GARLAND, TEXAS.MY DAUGHTER ATTENDS ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL AND IS A BIG PART OF THE THEATER DEPARTMENT.
I'M NOT GOING TO PRETEND TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE BUDGET THINGS.
I KNOW IT DOESN'T SOUND GOOD TO ME, BUT I'M COMING TO YOU TODAY.
AS A PARENT AND A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND AN ADVOCATE FOR THE ARTS, SPECIFICALLY HIGH SCHOOL THEATER, THEATER IS NOT JUST AN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY.
IT'S A VITAL PART OF EDUCATION THAT CULTIVATES COMMUNICATION SKILLS, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, CRITICAL THINKING AND TEAMWORK. IN A WORLD INCREASINGLY DRIVEN BY CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION, THESE SKILLS ARE NOT OPTIONAL. THEY'RE ESSENTIAL.
THEATER REACHES THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE OR WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS, AND IT GIVES THEM A PLACE TO GROW. WE ALL WANT OUR STUDENTS TO SUCCEED, NOT JUST ACADEMICALLY, BUT AS WHOLE HUMAN BEINGS. THAT MEANS VALUING EVERY PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT, NOT JUST THE PARTS THAT COME WITH TROPHIES OR TEST SCORES.
THEATER TEACHES OUR STUDENTS TO BE HUMAN, TO FEEL, EXPRESS, AND TO CONNECT, AND IN TIMES LIKE THESE, THAT MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON THEY LEARN.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET AND HOW WE VALUE OUR TEACHERS AND HOW WE HAVE GIVEN THEM RAISES, BUT FROM MY EXPERIENCE, I'M SEEING CUTS TO OUR THEATER TEACHERS AND OUR THEATER BUDGETS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK WHERE THE CUTS MADE ACROSS THE BOARD.
OR DID THE ARTS BEAR THE BRUNT, AS THEY USUALLY DO? WHERE ATHLETICS, ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS ASKED TO MAKE THE SAME SACRIFICES THAT WE HAVE BEEN.
THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, KHALILAH WALDEN.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KHALILAH WALDEN. I RESIDE AT 1000 SHACKLEFORD LANE, FORNEY, TEXAS.
SHE ACTUALLY GOT IN AS AN OUT OF DISTRICT TRANSFER SPECIFICALLY FOR ROWLETT HIGH'S THEATER PROGRAM AND LIKE AS HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID AVID MEMBER OF THEATER WAS SUPER DEVASTATED WHEN SHE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE CUTS TO HER FAVORITE THEATER DIRECTOR, BYRON HOLDER, AND SO MY MAIN CONCERN WAS REALLY WONDERING ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY THE LACK OF NOTICE.
NOT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM PRIVY TO THE UPPER ECHELON DECISION MAKING OF YOU GUYS OF ADMINISTRATION, BUT JUST JUST WONDERING WHAT, YOU KNOW, DECISIONS WENT INTO, MAYBE THE EQUITY OF CUTS BEING MADE BECAUSE TRULY, TRULY THAT WAS MAYBE A RECRUITMENT TOOL FOR HER EVEN COMING INTO ROWLETT HIGH WAS THE THEATER PROGRAM WAS A BYRON HOLDER AND THE CONNECTIONS THAT HE HAS TO THE ARTS, HIS POOL HIS CONNECTIONS TO BROADWAY, DALLAS. MY DAUGHTER HAS ASPIRATIONS TO GO ON IN THE ARTS AND TO GO ALL THE WAY AND TO BE AN ACTRESS AND JUST ALL OF THE WAYS THAT HE COULD ELEVATE HER CAREER, AND SO JUST WHAT THOUGHT PROCESS WENT INTO THE EQUITY, THE EQUITY OF THE CUTS? I UNDERSTAND THAT CUTS DO HAVE TO BE MADE. I WASN'T AWARE OF HOW BAD, REALLY, BECAUSE I WASN'T ABLE TO ACCESS THE BUDGET.
I TRIED TO ACCESS THE BUDGET AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON MYSELF AS A PARENT AND WASN'T ABLE TO ACCESS IT ON THE WEBSITE, SO I WASN'T ABLE TO SEE JUST HOW BAD IT WAS. SO BEFORE TONIGHT, I WASN'T AWARE, BUT NOW I CAN SEE THAT OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING HAD TO HAD TO GIVE, BUT JUST THE EQUITY OF THE CUTS, BECAUSE IT CAN'T JUST ALL COME FROM THE ARTS.
SO THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN IS ARTS ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS SPORTS AS THE OTHER SPECIALS.
SO, I MEAN, FAIR IS FAIR. ARE WE GIVING FAIR, EQUAL DISTRIBUTION AND THOUGHT TO THE CUTS? NEXT CARD IS VICTORIA GIRARDI.
MY NAME IS VICTORIA GIRARDI. I RESIDE AT 3917 ROWLETT ROAD AND I'M IN THE TECHNICAL THEATER PROGRAM.
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I WANTED TO JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TEACHERS BEING CUT.THEATER IS SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST PUTTING ON A SHOW.
IT'S ABOUT EMPATHY. THEATER ALLOWS US TO STEP INTO THE SHOES OF OTHERS, GIVING US A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF PERSPECTIVES, EXPERIENCES, AND EMOTIONS. WE LEARN TO UNDERSTAND PEOPLE WE'VE NEVER MET, TO TELL STORIES THAT MATTER AND TO HONOR THE EXPERIENCES OF OTHERS, BUT WHAT THEATER TEACHES US HAPPENS OFFSTAGE, TOO.
WE'VE GROWN AS PEOPLE. THAT GROWTH HAS BEEN GUIDED BY THE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN US, PUSH US, AND HAVE CREATED A SAFE SPACE FOR STUDENTS. WHAT MAKES OUR THEATER DEPARTMENT SPECIAL IS NOT JUST THE SHOWS WE PUT ON, IT'S THE DEEP PERSONAL CONNECTIONS WE FORM AND THE TEACHERS WHO LEAD US WITH PASSION, CARE, AND HONESTY. THEY ARE THE HEARTBEAT OF WHAT WE DO.
WHEN ONE OF THEM IS GONE, IT ISN'T JUST A STAFFING CHANGE; IT'S THE LOSS THAT WE FEEL.
THANK YOU. NEXT CARD IS LISA GIRARDI.
HELLO. MY NAME IS LISA GIRARDI, 3917 ROWLETT ROAD, AND I'M A PARENT OF A SENIOR.
I'M HERE TODAY TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR MY DAUGHTER.
THEY ARE SO SUPPORTIVE, AND YOU COULD TELL THEIR HEART IS IN IT FOR THE STUDENTS.
I HOPE THAT ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL CAN KEEP THESE AMAZING TEACHERS THAT ARE MAKING SUCH AN IMPACT IN MY DAUGHTER'S LIFE, AND SO MANY OTHER STUDENTS LIVES. ALSO, MY HOPES ARE FOR RATIOS TO BE AT A GOOD NUMBER FOR THE TEACHERS AND NOT AN OVERLOAD OF STUDENTS.
THAT PUTS AN UNDUE STRESS ON THE TEACHERS, WHICH SOMETIMES DWINDLES DOWN TO THE STUDENTS.
HAVING THE RIGHT TEACHERS IN PLACE MAKES SUCH AN IMPACT ON STUDENTS LIVES.
I AM IN HOPES THAT YOU ARE NOT TRULY CONSIDERING TAKING THAT AWAY FROM OUR STUDENTS.
ONE OF THE AREAS THAT SEEMS TO POSSIBLY BE AFFECTED IS THEATER.
AN ARTS THEATER HELPS STUDENTS TO LEARN PROBLEM SOLVING, CREATIVE THINKING, AND HELP STUDENTS TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES EFFECTIVELY, VERBALLY AND NON-VERBALLY, WHICH IN TURN HELPS THEM WITH PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS.
IT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONAL REFLECTION AND GROWTH.
SO MANY OF THESE TEACHERS ARE NOT JUST TEACHERS, BUT MENTORS TO OUR CHILDREN.
THE TEACHERS ARE A POWERFUL TOOL IN OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES.
THEY ARE BUILDING THEM UP FOR THEIR FUTURE. MY DAUGHTER IS NOT GOING INTO THE FIELD OF THEATER, BUT IT HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL AND IMPACTFUL IN HER GROWTH.
LASTLY, DUE TO THE BUDGET DEFICIT OF GARLAND ISD, IT SHOULD NOT AFFECT OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.
IF YOU TAKE AWAY OR TEACHERS THAT THE KIDS HAVE MADE A CONNECTION WITH AND OVERLOAD THE TEACHERS LEFT, IT WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE STUDENT BODY.
PLEASE STAND FOR OUR TEACHERS, FACULTY AND STUDENTS.
MAYA WALDEN. HELLO. MY NAME IS MAYA WALDEN. I RESIDE AT 1000 SHACKLEFORD LANE, FORNEY, TEXAS.
MY MOTHER IS KHALILAH WALDEN, AND I'M A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN THE THEATER PROGRAM.
I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU GUYS AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT MY PASSION, WHICH IS THEATER.
THEATER IS SOMETHING THAT I USE TO REALLY EXPRESS MYSELF.
I CAN GET ALL OF MY COMPLICATED EMOTIONS OUT THROUGH THEATER.
THEATER IS ALSO A BUSINESS. IT'S A WAY TO PURSUE SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES ME WITH SO MUCH JOY AND SECURITY, AND I CAN ACTUALLY TURN THAT INTO A JOB AND BE SUCCESSFUL, AND I FEEL LIKE WITHOUT BYRON HOLDER, ONE OF MY FAVORITE THEATER TEACHERS AND WHO HAS HELPED ME SO MUCH BEYOND THEATER, EVEN IN MY PERSONAL LIFE, I CAN COME TO HIM WITH ANY STRUGGLES, AND HE'S ALWAYS THERE FOR ME.
WITHOUT HIM, I FEEL LIKE I'M JUST A BIT LOST, AND OF COURSE, I STILL WANT TO DO THIS AS A JOB AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, BUT HE JUST ENCOURAGED ME TO REALLY STEP OUT OF MY SHELL GAIN MORE CONFIDENCE IN MYSELF, AND I JUST
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FELT SO MUCH MORE EMPOWERED WITH HIM, AND WITHOUT HIM, I JUST CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THE SCHOOL YEAR NEXT YEAR, AND I REALLY, REALLY JUST HOPE YOU RECONSIDER YOUR DECISIONS.YES. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. NEXT CARD IS DARA JACKSON. HELLO. DARA JACKSON, 6530 TERESA LANE, AND I AM A ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, CLASS OF 2025.
WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR TIME IS COSTLY AND WE ARE ALL EXTREMELY GRATEFUL.
YOU MAY NOTICE THAT I AM WEARING A BRIGHTLY COLORED SASH WITH AN INTERESTING WRITING. LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT THIS SASH MEANS AND THE IMPACT IT HAS MADE ON NOT ONLY ME, BUT THIS COMMUNITY. ITS OR THE INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN SOCIETY IS A NATIONAL HONORS ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO UPLIFTING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS WITH A PASSION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS OR EDUCATION. IN 2024, I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE CHOSEN AS ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL'S CANDIDATE FOR STATE THESPIAN OFFICER OR STO. THIS MEANT I WOULD BE PART OF A PRESTIGIOUS STUDENT LEADER PROGRAM REPRESENTING THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AT THE CONSENSUS OF THREE TEACHERS, I WAS THE MOST FIT TO REPRESENT THEATER AND THEATER EDUCATION NOT ONLY ON BEHALF OF ROWLETT, BUT ON BEHALF OF THE LARGEST STATE CHAPTER OF ITS.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE PRESSURE I FELT WITH HARD WORK AND THE HELP OF MY THREE TEACHERS.
I WAS LATER ANNOUNCED AS A 2024-2025 STATE THESPIAN OFFICER.
WITH THE HELP OF THOSE THREE TEACHERS AND THE CONSENSUS OF THE STATE THESPIANS EXECUTIVE BOARD.
I WAS ROWLETT'S FIRST EVER STATE THESPIAN OFFICER, AND SO FAR THE ONLY.
TO PREPARE FOR THIS MEETING. I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE HISTORY OF THE TEXAS STATE THESPIANS STUDENT LEADER BOARD, AND I LEARNED SOMETHING QUITE INTERESTING. NOT ONLY HAVE I BEEN THE FIRST AND ONLY STATE THESPIAN OFFICER FROM ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL, I AM THE FIRST AND ONLY STATE THESPIAN OFFICER FROM GARLAND ISD.
SO FAR, I HAVE BEEN THE ONLY STUDENT TO SIMULTANEOUSLY REPRESENT THIS STATE, THIS PURPOSE, AND THIS DISTRICT. SO AS AN APPOINTED ADVOCATE, YOU CAN IMAGINE MY CONFUSION WHEN I LEARNED ABOUT SOME EXECUTIVE DECISIONS.
YOU CAN IMAGINE MY CONFUSION WHEN I LEARNED THAT SOME DECISIONS DON'T PRIORITIZE THE STUDENTS, BUT PRIORITIZE THE BUDGET. YOU CAN IMAGINE MY CONFUSION WHEN I LEARNED THAT JOB OPPORTUNITIES WERE BEING CLOSED OFF FROM ASPIRING TEACHERS TO BENEFIT THE BUDGET, AND YOU CAN IMAGINE MY CONFUSION WHEN I TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TEACHERS COULD ADJUST TO LARGER CLASSROOM SIZES AND LESS PREPARATION TIME.
I AM NOT HERE TO BASH YOU THIS DISTRICT OR THE DECISIONS.
I WEAR THIS SASH TO REPRESENT MY SCHOOL, MY DISTRICT, AND MY STATE WITH HIGH HONOR, BUT AS YOUR ONLY ADVOCATE, I AM ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED ME EARN THIS SASH.
GROWING UP, I WAS ALWAYS TOLD, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
I'M GOING TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE. SO HERE I AM.
I'M IN THIS SASH AND TODAY WE ARE ALL HOLDING YOU ACCOUNTABLE.
HELLO. MY NAME IS ANTHONY BEDOYA. I RESIDE AT TWO 2813 DENMARK DRIVE, GARLAND, TEXAS.
I'M A STUDENT AT ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE THEATER PROGRAM.
I'M GOING. I'M HERE TO INFORM YOU HOW THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE DUE TO THE BUDGET ARE AFFECTING THE STUDENT BODY AND THE TEACHERS THAT ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR LIVES. ALTHOUGH WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE MANY TEACHERS, IT IS NOT EASY TO LET GO OF THAT ONE TEACHER WHO MADE AN IMPACT ON ME.
I'M SURE ALL OF YOU HAD AT LEAST ONE TEACHER THAT YOU'LL NEVER FORGET BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT THEY MADE ON YOU. FOR A SECOND, IMAGINE THAT IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON YOU IF THAT TEACHER SUDDENLY LEFT.
THESE ARE THE KIND OF TEACHERS YOU HAVE, THE ONES THAT LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER, THE ONES THAT STAND SIDE BY SIDE, THE ONES THAT THINK OF OTHERS FIRST. THIS IS THE GARLAND ISD EFFECT.
SELFLESSNESS, DECISIONS AND EMPATHY, AND THOUGH I MAY BE BIASED, I FEEL AS IF ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL HAS ONE OF THE STRONGEST THEATER PROGRAMS IN OUR DISTRICT, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE THREE DIRECTORS THAT WE ONCE HAD, BUT AS OF NEXT YEAR, WE WILL NOT, AND YOU MAY THINK THREE DIRECTORS IS A LOT, BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, IT'S THE PERFECT AMOUNT.
YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO SPECIALIZES IN MUSICAL THEATER, SOMEONE WHO SPECIALIZES IN THEATER IN ITSELF, AND SOMEONE WHO SPECIALIZES IN TECHNICAL THEATER, WHICH IS HOW WE GET THE SHOW RUNNING BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM,
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THERE WOULDN'T BE A SHOW, AND NO ONE IS DOUBTING THE CAPABILITIES OF THE TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE LEFT, BUT THE ADDED STRESS THAT WILL COME FROM THIS HUGE DECISION, NOT ONLY BECAUSE WE ARE MISSING ONE OF OUR DIRECTORS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE NUMBERS OF THE STUDENTS IN THE CLASSES ARE INCREASING.THIS NOT ONLY REPRESENTS OUR SCHOOL, BUT PUTS OUR DISTRICT ON THE MAP.
ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL HAS WON MULTIPLE ACCOLADES, INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL, AND ALL OF NORTH TEXAS RECENTLY WON OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL CREW AND IN PREVIOUS YEARS, OUR UIL ADVANCED TO AREA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS.
THIS GOES TO SHOW YOU HOW MUCH WORK OUR DIRECTORS PUT IN ALL THREE OF OUR DIRECTORS.
THANK YOU. THE NEXT CARD IS FOR STEPHANIE [INAUDIBLE].
HI, I'M STEPHANIE [INAUDIBLE]. I RESIDE AT 2318 DENMARK.
GARLAND, TEXAS. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SCHOOL BOARD. FACULTY AND COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE. I HAVE THREE CHILDREN IN THIS DISTRICT.
NORTHLAKE ELEMENTARY AND RALEIGH HIGH SCHOOL.
I AM HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS AND THE STAFF AFFECTED IN THE CONTINUED BUDGET CUTS, ESPECIALLY THE ELIMINATION OF SPECIALTY PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS, WHETHER THEY ARE THE ARTS, STEM, CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION OR LANGUAGE, THEY ARE NOT EXTRAS. THEY ARE ESSENTIALS. THEY'RE OFTEN THE REASON MANY STUDENTS FEEL SEEN, SUPPORTED AND INSPIRED TO COME TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY.
CUTTING THEM LIMITS OUR FUTURE. IT NARROWS OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO EXPLORE THEIR PASSIONS, DISCOVER THEIR TALENTS, AND BUILD SKILLS, AND PREPARE THEM FOR REAL CAREERS.
MORALE IS LOW. RESOURCES ARE STRETCHED THIN, AND , AND IF THIS CONTINUES, WE WILL INCREASE BURNOUT, FALLING PERFORMANCES, AND GROWING INEQUALITY.
ON TOP OF THIS, WHAT MAKES THE SITUATION EVEN HARDER IS LACK OF TRANSPARENCY.
STUDENTS, PARENTS AND EVEN STAFF DESERVE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S BEING CUT, WHAT'S AT RISK, AND WHY. WITHOUT CLEAR INFORMATION, PEOPLE ARE LEFT CONFUSED AND ANXIOUS, AND WHEN FAMILIES DON'T FEEL INFORMED AND VALUED, THEY START LOOKING ELSEWHERE. MANY STUDENTS IN GARLAND HAVE OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND THIS DISTRICT, AND IF WE'RE NOT OPEN AND PROACTIVE, WE ARE RISKING LOSING THEM ALL.
PLEASE DON'T LET THESE VITAL PROGRAMS QUIETLY DISAPPEAR.
THANK YOU. CARMEN WHITE . HELLO, MY NAME IS JUDGE CARMEN WHITE, BUT TODAY I'M NOT HEARING THAT CAPACITY, BUT ONLY IN THE CAPACITY AS THE MOTHER, WHICH IS MY MOST IMPORTANT JOB. MY DAUGHTER, KAILYN WHITE, ATTENDS ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE ON THE SATURDAY AFTER SCHOOL ENDED, THE WHOLE GROUP IS HERE FOR THIS.
WE WEREN'T TOLD THAT BEFORE WE COULD AUDITION FOR BOOKER T.
WE WEREN'T TOLD THAT BEFORE I COULD APPLY TO GO TO HOCKADAY OR ANY OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS.
WHEN I'M OUT AND ABOUT, PEOPLE ASK WHERE MY DAUGHTER GOES BECAUSE I'M OUT CAMPAIGNING AND I SAY, SHE GOES TO GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEY SAY, WHY NOT THE PRIVATE SCHOOL? WHY NOT HOCKADAY? WHY NOT GREENHILL? AND I SAID, BECAUSE WE'RE IN A FANTASTIC SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO PROVIDES EVERYTHING I NEED FOR MY CHILD AND THEN AFTER AUDITIONS PAST AND AFTER I CAN APPLY, I GET NOTICED THAT THE REASON ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE'RE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ROWLETT, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE I'M NOT EVEN ZONED FOR ROWLETT.
WE GOT TO MAKE WAY TO HER TO GET TO SCHOOL, RIGHT? NOT EVEN ZONED FOR IT, BUT THE REASON WE WENT IS BEING TAKEN AWAY.
WE FEEL LIKE WE WEREN'T HANDLED HONESTLY, AND I UNDERSTAND LEVELS RIGHT.
YOU GUYS PROBABLY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO WE TALK ABOUT. MAYBE I UNDERSTAND.
CHANGES HAVE TO BE MADE, BUT WE FELT LIKE WE WERE HOODWINKED, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T TOLD UNTIL AFTER WE COULD MAKE DECISIONS FOR OUR CHILDREN. WE WEREN'T TOLD TILL AFTER WE COULD VOTE FOR WHO SITS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
RIGHT? WE WEREN'T TOLD ABOUT ANY OF THIS. WE WERE LEFT DECISION-LESS IN A SITUATION IN WHICH OUR MOST IMPORTANT ASSET IS INVOLVED, AND SO WE'RE HERE TODAY AND WE'VE TAKEN THE ROAD UP.
WE'VE COMPENSATED WITH THE PRINCIPAL. WE'VE COMPENSATED WITH THE FINE ARTS DIRECTOR.
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NOW, I'M GOING TO BE SELFISH. I HAVE ONE KID AND ONLY ONE IN THE DISTRICT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.WE'VE GOT THESE PROPOSALS COMING, THIS GREAT BUDGET STUFF COMING ON, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THESE TAXES AND ALL THAT, AND SHE'LL BE WALKING DOWN THE STAGE BEFORE THAT HAPPENS.
SO MY ARGUMENT IS RIGHT NOW FOR HER TO KEEP THE THEATER TEACHER WHO HAS THE CONNECTIONS, YOU KNOW, WE FELT LIKE HAPPENED. WE TRADED DIRK RIGHT BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS, AND WE'RE SENDING OUR TOP THEATER TEACHERS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, LIKE BILL BELICHICK IS GOING TO LEAD THE PATRIOTS COACH AT CAROLINA.
WE'RE BEING WE FEEL LIKE DONE WRONG, AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S MONEY ISSUES, BUT FOR ME WHEN IT'S THE CONNECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE I WENT TO HARVARD. RIGHT. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN UNLESS YOU KNOW SOMEBODY BYRON HOLDER KNOWS THE PEOPLE IN THE THEATER FIELD, AND MY DAUGHTER WANTS TO DO THAT, AND TO BE TOLD THAT SHE WON'T GET THAT INSTRUCTION FOR HER NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AT ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL ONLY MAKES ME SAY, WHY WOULD I STAY? PLEASE GIVE ME A REASON AND GIVE US A REASON TO STAY.
DON'T MAKE US LEAVE THE DISTRICT AND LET THE NUMBERS GO DOWN ANY FURTHER. THANK YOU.
I BELIEVE THIS IS TRACY [INAUDIBLE] . OKAY. OH, SORRY.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS, THIS EVENING, MY NAME IS TRACY HOLLEY. I LIVE AT 250 NORTH FIFTH STREET IN GARLAND.
I LIVE DOWNTOWN. I AM ACTUALLY ONE OF THE ONLY REPRESENTATIVES THAT CAN MAKE IT TONIGHT.
I AM AN ALUMNI PARENT. I WAS ALSO THE SECOND IN CHARGE OF OUR BOOSTER CLUB FOR THE THEATER PROGRAM, AND AS YOU CAN TELL, WE'RE ALL HERE FOR ROWLETT.
EVERYTHING I'VE DONE I ATTRIBUTE TO THEATER. I HAVE BASICALLY GROWN UP IN THE INDUSTRY.
THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE BACK HERE THAT WILL TELL YOU THIS I DON'T. SHUT UP.
THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO COME HERE IS BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE IN MY LIFE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE, REALLY, WITHOUT THE EFFECTS OF THEATER. I'M A MEMBER OR RETIRED MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
I ACTUALLY AM TRAVELING ACROSS COUNTRIES WITH SEVERAL HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES WORKING AS PERSONAL ASSISTANTS FOR THEM, AND I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IF I DIDN'T HAVE THE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE LIKE THESE KIDS DO.
MY SON GRADUATED TWO YEARS AGO, AND HE WAS ACTUALLY PART OF THE TECHNICAL CREW.
HE STARTED OFF IN THAT LITTLE PROGRAM, JUST BUILDING SETS BECAUSE HE JUST WANTED SOMETHING TO DO.
BYRON HOLDER SAW THAT HE HAD SOME TALENT. SO DID THE TECHNICAL THEATER DIRECTOR.
NOW, MY CHILD, HE WENT FROM BEING THIS WEIRD, GOOFY, GOOFY KID TO ACTUALLY, HE'S WAS ONE OF THE ONLY TEENAGERS TO GET THE APPRENTICESHIP FOR THEATER THREE IN DALLAS.
SO HE'S BEEN EXCELLING THERE. THAT IS ALL BECAUSE OF THE THEATER PROGRAM AT ROWLETT.
IT TEACHES EVERYBODY HOW TO ASSOCIATE WITH THE PUBLIC HOW TO COME OUT OF YOUR SHELL.
YOU COULD BE THE SHYEST PERSON IN THE WORLD, AND IF YOU HAVE A GOOD TEACHER IN THE THEATER PROGRAM, LIKE WE DID WITH BYRON HOLDER AND CLAYTON YOUNGKIN, OOPS, I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
THEIR IMPACT IS MASSIVE. SO I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THERE A WAY? SINCE I DO LIVE DOWNTOWN, I SEE ALL THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON DOWN THERE.
IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN BORROW, TAKE WHATEVER, ANY OF THE FUNDING THAT INSTEAD OF BUILDING SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S GOING ON DOWNTOWN, I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO EXPAND THE CITY AND MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE NICER DOWN THERE, BUT ARE THERE ANY OF THOSE FUNDS THAT WE CAN TAKE TO BRING THAT THEATER DIRECTOR BACK? BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE IMPACT. WE'VE BROUGHT A LOT OF NOTORIETY AND EVERYTHING ELSE WITH ALL THE MULTIPLE AWARDS THAT THESE KIDS HAVE BROUGHT BACK.
SO I AM JUST ASKING YOU IF THERE IS A WAY, PLEASE FIND SOME FUNDING FROM ANOTHER AREA, WHETHER IT BE SPORTS, WHETHER IT BE THE BUILDING, THE CONSTRUCTION STUFF, WE CAN GO WITHOUT REPAVING A ROAD IF WE CAN KEEP THIS PERSON WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT, THERE ARE NO MORE CARDS.
THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. THAT TAKES US NOW TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
INFORMATION ITEMS A EVIDENCE OF EXCELLENCE. NUMBER ONE, RECOGNIZE THE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND AS EMERITUS BUDGET AWARD RECIPIENTS. JOSE MATA.
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GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BEACH BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ GARLAND.HE IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH TWO PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS THAT HIGHLIGHT THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, TRANSPARENCY AND INNOVATION IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS HAS AWARDED GARLAND ISD THE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, AN ESTEEMED HONOR RESERVED FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DEMONSTRATE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN APPLYING PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, BEST PRACTICES, AND FORWARD THINKING STRATEGIES IN FINANCIAL OPERATIONS.
IN ADDITION, THE ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS INTERNATIONAL ASBO HAS PRESENTED THE DISTRICT WITH THE MERITORIOUS BUDGET AWARD FOR THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE IN BUDGET PRESENTATION AND COMMUNICATION.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BUDGET DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR AMAZING WORK ON THESE WELL-EARNED AWARDS.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO BRING THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT UP TO RECEIVE THEIR AWARD.
CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. WELL DONE. HERE WE GO.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. ALL RIGHT.
[V.A. Evidence of Excellence]
MOVING ON TO INFORMATION. ITEM 5 A-2 RECOGNIZED GISD FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR ADBO CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE IN A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT IN FINANCIAL REPORTING. MR. JOSE MATA, THANK YOU.GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BEACH BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
THE DISTRICT RECEIVED THE CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS INTERNATIONAL, ASBO, AND THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING.
FROM THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.
THESE ACCOLADES ARE AWARDED ONLY TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DEMONSTRATE THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY, ACCURACY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. GARLAND ISD'S ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 2024.
HELPING BUILD TRUST WITH OUR COMMUNITY EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR EARNING THIS WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION, AND FOR RAISING THE BAR IN HOW WE HANDLE AND REPORT OUR FINANCES.
NEXT ITEM. WE MOVE ON TO THE INTRODUCTION OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS.
[V.B. Introduction of District Administrators - Dr. Gradyne Brown]
DR. GRADYNE BROWN.GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BEACH BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THIS EVENING.
OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION.
I'M SORRY. ELEMENTARY TEACHING AND LEARNING. MICHAEL RUIZ.
YEAH. MICHAEL IS A STUDENT SENATE LEADER. AN AWARD WINNING EDUCATOR WHO BRINGS A DIVERSE PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AND DEEP COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.
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AFTER BEGINNING HIS CAREER IN TECHNOLOGY, SALES AND MARKETING, MICHAEL FELT CALLED TO SERVE IN THE CLASSROOM, WHERE HE QUICKLY EMERGED AS A STANDOUT BILINGUAL TEACHER.HIS DEDICATION AND INNOVATION WERE RECOGNIZED WHEN HE WAS NAMED DALLAS ISD'S 2015 ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR AND THE 2016 JOSE MARTI NATIONAL DUAL LANGUAGE TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
OVER THE PAST DECADE, MICHAEL HAS SERVED IN ROLES RANGING FROM ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND PRINCIPAL TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF STEAM AND SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. ALWAYS WITH THE FOCUS ON INSTRUCTIONAL EQUITY, STRONG COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND TRANSFORMATIONAL STUDENT OUTCOMES. AS PRINCIPAL OF GENEVA HEIGHTS IB WORLD SCHOOL, HE LED A 40% ENROLLMENT INCREASE AND SIGNIFICANTLY, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED ACHIEVEMENT IN DALLAS ISD.
HE HELPED SCALE HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ACROSS 236 CAMPUSES AND LAUNCH TEXAS LARGE STEM EXPO. IN HIS MOST RECENT ROLE AS SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN HOUSTON ISD.
MICHAEL SUPPORTED A PORTFOLIO OF 20 SCHOOLS HELPING PRINCIPALS LEAD INNOVATION ACROSS IB, MONTESSORI, MAGNET AND COMPREHENSIVE MODELS. AT THE HEART OF MICHAEL'S LEADERSHIP IS A FIRM BELIEF IN THE POWER OF INCLUSIVE, HIGH QUALITY LEARNING AND IN THE STRENGTH OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.
HE AND HIS WIFE, MAGDA, HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 20 YEARS AND THEY ARE THE PROUD PARENTS OF AMANDA, A FUTURE NURSE, AND ALEJANDRO ALEJANDRO, A RISING MIDDLE SCHOOLER WITH A LOVE FOR MATH AND CREATIVITY.
GARLAND ISD COMMUNITY. MICHAEL RUIZ. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR BROWN. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BEACH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE IN THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE SPOKEN TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, TEACHERS, LEADERS AND THE COMMON THREAD IS A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT COMMITMENT AND JUST BECOME PART OF THE COMMUNITY. I THANK YOU ALL FOR WELCOMING ME. THE NEXT INTRODUCTORY IS OUR DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE, BRIAN FINLEY.
WHEN BRIAN WAS 18, HE JOINED THE NAVY AND BECAME AN ELECTRICIAN'S MATE.
ONCE HIS ENLISTMENT WAS COMPLETE, HE BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH GARLAND ISD AS A MEMBER OF THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE CREW, AND HE WAS PROMOTED TO FILTER CREW PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE CREW LEADER, THEN TO AN HVAC SERVICE BEST TECHNICIAN.
IN 2003, HE RECEIVED THE CALL TO GO TO WAR FOR THE UNITED STATES.
IT WAS HIS PRIVILEGE TO GO, AND IT WOULD DO, AND HE WOULD DO IT AGAIN WITHOUT HESITATION.
IN 2006, HE LEFT THE DISTRICT AND ENTERED BACK INTO THE MILITARY SERVICE IN A RESERVE COMPONENT OF THE AIR FORCE, WHERE HE BECAME A POWER PRODUCTION SPECIALIST IN HVAC , ELECTRICAL AND POWER GENERATION ASSIGNED TO A COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS UNIT. ONCE HE RETIRED FROM THE MILITARY LIFE IN 2012 AS AN E-7 MASTER SERGEANT, HE HAD A BRIEF STINT IN THE OIL FIELD UNTIL 2015, WHERE HE WAS A FIELD SERVICE TECHNICIAN.
HE THEN RESTARTED HIS CAREER IN GARLAND ISD IN 2015 AND WORKED AS AN HVAC TECHNICIAN.
HE WAS PROMOTED TO MEP MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING AND PLUMBING MANAGER LATE 2016 SENIOR MAINTENANCE PROJECT MANAGER THEN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MEP TRADES, AND MOST RECENTLY DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE.
BRIAN LIVES HIS DAILY LIFE BY THE CORE VALUES OF HIS MILITARY SERVICE IN BOTH THE NAVY: HONOR, COURAGE COMMITMENT AND AIR FORCE: INTEGRITY, SERVICE, EXCELLENCE.
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NEEDS OF GARLAND ISD'S TAXPAYERS AND COMMUNITY.THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR BROWN. OKAY. THAT TAKES US TO THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM NUMBER SIX.
[VI.A. Discuss Revisions to Policy CFB(LOCAL) First Read - Lisa Ray, Arturo Valenzuela]
DISCUSSION ITEMS. AT THIS TIME I WILL CALL UP LISA RAY AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE ITEMS A THROUGH F.WE WILL DISCUSS POLICY REVISIONS TO POLICY CFB LOCAL FIRST READ POLICY CV LOCAL FIRST READ POLICIES DEC FIRST READ POLICY DH FIRST READ LOCAL AND ALSO POLICY DHE FIRST READ AND ALSO POLICY FL FIRST READ.
YES, SIR. PRESIDENT BEACH. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.
I WANTED TO BRING A FEW OF THESE POLICIES FOR YOU FOR FIRST READ AS MR. BEACH MENTIONED, AND TO LET YOU KNOW, THE POLICY ADVISORY GROUP MET ON JUNE 5TH TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THESE POLICIES, AND THESE ARE NOT PART OF AN UPDATE. YOU WILL SEE.
UPDATE 125 COME BEFORE YOU A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT THESE ARE POLICIES THAT NEEDED TO BE TWEAKED BECAUSE OF PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED AND AND SOME UPDATED LAWS. THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE CFB LOCAL, AND IN YOUR MANILA FOLDERS, YOU'LL SEE A COPY OF ALL THE PROPOSED POLICIES WITH THE REQUISITE INK CHANGES.
AGAIN, BLUE IS NEW LANGUAGE, RED IS DELETED LANGUAGE, AND GREEN IS MOVED LANGUAGE, AND AFTER CFB LOCAL YOU'LL SEE SOME TEA GUIDANCE THAT WAS ACTUALLY ISSUED THAT BASICALLY ALIGNS THE CAPITAL ASSETS.
IT'S MOVED IT NOW BASED ON EDGAR FROM 5000 TO 10,000, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT TEA ISSUED A GUIDANCE EARLIER THIS YEAR RECOMMENDING THAT CHANGE TO ALIGN THE STATE ASSET THRESHOLD TO THE FEDERAL THRESHOLD.
ANY COMMENTS CONCERNING ANY OF THESE POLICIES THAT WE THE POLICY REVIEW TEAM, WENT OVER.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? THANK YOU, MS. RAY. THE NEXT POLICY IS CV LOCAL.
[VI.B. Discuss Revisions to Policy CV(LOCAL) First Read - Lisa Ray, Mark Booker]
IF YOU RECALL, THE BOARD HAD APPROVED A CHANGE TO THE BOARD APPROVAL AMOUNT FOR CONTRACTS TO MOVE FROM 75,000 TO 150,000. AND SIMILARLY WITH OUR CV LOCAL POLICY, IT'S JUST ALIGNING THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS TO ALIGN WITH THAT CHANGE. SO IT COULD BE 150,000.THAT IS THE ONLY CHANGE THAT IS GOING TO BE IN THAT PARAGRAPH UNDER CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT POLICY CV. OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO DEC.
[VI.C. Discuss Revisions to Policy DEC(LOCAL) First Read- Lisa Ray, Dr. Gradyne Brown]
YES, SIR. DEC LOCAL IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE HR DEPARTMENT, AND AND IT'S BASICALLY STREAMLINING THE EXTENDED SICK LEAVE POLICY.WHAT THE HR DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO DONE IS DEFINED WHAT IS A CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS, WHICH YOU WILL SEE ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THAT BECAUSE IT HAD NOT BEEN DEFINED PREVIOUSLY. ALSO UNDER PAGE TWO, UNDER MEDICAL CERTIFICATION, IT NOW REQUIRES AN EMPLOYEE TO REQUEST EXTENDED LEAVE FOR THAT CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS.
IT HAD NOT BEEN CLEARLY OUTLINED IN POLICY BEFORE, AND OUR HR TEAM WANTED TO EXPLICITLY DEFINE THAT. ALSO IN PAGE THREE OF SIX, UNDER EXTENDED SICK LEAVE IT ALIGNS WHEN AN EMPLOYEE IS A ELIGIBLE FOR EXTENDED SICK LEAVE TO BASICALLY THE FMLA REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS STATING THAT AN EMPLOYEE HAS TO BE EMPLOYED FOR 12 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS WITH THE DISTRICT PRIOR TO BEING ELIGIBLE FOR THAT SICK LEAVE.
THAT HAD NOT BEEN A PARAMETER THAT HAD BEEN PUT IN PLACE PREVIOUSLY.
ALSO AN EMPLOYEE SHOULD PROVIDE SOME APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION TO EITHER DOCUMENT A THE CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS OF THEMSELVES OR THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY. ALSO A BIRTH OR A PLACEMENT OF A CHILD SIMILAR TO FMLA AND DURING MEDICAL LEAVE, WHICH IS ALSO OUTLINED IN USERRA UNDER MEDICAL MILITARY LEAVE.
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EXCUSE ME. ALSO THEY STATED THAT IF YOU SEE UNDER PAGE FOUR OF SIX, THEY WILL START USING A LASER FISH FORM. IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY PROVIDED IN THE POLICY, BUT IT DOES SAY FORM, BUT WHAT WILL OCCUR AND IT HAS ALREADY BEEN CREATED. I'VE CONFIRMED WITH HR THAT THERE WILL BE A LASER FORM THAT AN EMPLOYEE SUBMITS, AND IT WILL BE APPROVED BY ONE OF THE DIRECTORS OF HR, WHETHER THAT EMPLOYEE IS ELIGIBLE TO TAKE THAT EXTENDED SICK LEAVE POLICY, WHICH CAN PROVIDE UP TO 30 DAYS OF LEAVE THAT IS ALREADY BEEN IN PLACE, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D LIKE TO CALL DOCTOR BROWN UP HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR LISA RAY OR DOCTOR BROWN? ANY QUESTIONS? THIS POLICY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.YOU BET. THAT'S EASY. YEAH. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO POLICY.
[VI.D. Discuss Revisions to Policy DH(LOCAL) First Read - Lisa Ray, Joseph Parks]
DH. YES, SIR, AND I'D LIKE TO CALL OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS.UP HERE WITH ME. SOMETIMES IT TAKES SOME FRESH EYES TO TAKE A LOOK AT A POLICY AND TO SEE HOW IT'S IMPLEMENTED, AND IF YOU RECALL, MR. PARKS JOINED US RECENTLY AT THE EARLIER PART OF THIS YEAR, AND AGAIN, WE VETTED THIS THROUGH THE POLICY ADVISORY GROUP, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID AND WE SAW A NEED TO DO IF YOU LOOK ON LOCAL PAGE FOUR OF SIX, WE DEFINE WHAT PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES ARE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHEN CAN YOU BE TESTED AND WE'LL TALK MORE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN DHE LOCAL, BUT IT OUTLINES CLEARLY FOR EMPLOYEES WHAT IS PROHIBITED, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ON PAGE FOUR OF SIX. MISUSE OF MEDICATION IS OUTLINED IN PAGE FIVE OF SIX, AND ALSO THIS POLICY TALKS ABOUT ARRESTS. SO PREVIOUSLY THE POLICY TALKED ABOUT A FELONY, BUT IT ALSO TALKED ABOUT CRIMES OF MORAL TURPITUDE. WELL YOUR AVERAGE PERSON DOES NOT KNOW WHAT A CRIME OF MORAL TURPITUDE IS.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IF SOMEONE'S BEEN ARRESTED, THEY'RE LIKE, OH, DO I REPORT THIS? DO I CONTACT THE SUPERINTENDENT? DO I CONTACT MY SUPERVISOR? IS THIS A CRIME OF MORAL TURPITUDE? SO WE WOULD GET THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC TICKETS OR THINGS LIKE THAT, AND SO THIS CLEARLY OUTLINES YOU ARE GOING TO REPORT THINGS THAT IS A MISDEMEANOR EXCLUDING MINOR TRAFFIC OFFENSES PUNISHABLE BY FINE ONLY. SO WHEN IN DOUBT REPORT. SO THAT IS THAT CHANGE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS POLICY OR RELEASE? MR. PARKS? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO DHE. OKAY.
[VI.E. Discuss Revisions to Policy DHE(LOCAL) First Read - Lisa Ray, Joseph Parks]
THE NEXT POLICY IS OUR DHE LOCAL POLICY, AND THIS KIND OF GOES THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE DEFINITIVELY WHEN AN EMPLOYEE IS SUSPECTED OF BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, WHAT THE PROTOCOLS WOULD BE AS FAR AS TESTING THEM. ONE OF THE ACTUALLY THE BOARD AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE BOARD TONIGHT IS OCCUMED, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY PARTNERED WITH OCCUMED, AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN PREVIOUSLY IS YOU WOULD HAVE A PRINCIPAL THAT WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR CAMPUS, TAKE AN IMPAIRED EMPLOYEE TO GO GET TESTED AT OUR CLINIC, AND I JUST ASKED, WE'RE A CLIENT OF YOU GUYS.CAN Y'ALL COME TO THE CAMPUS AND TEST THERE AND THEY GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO DO THAT, AND SO NOW WE'VE BEEN USING THAT, AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT IN THE PRIVACY OF A NURSE'S OFFICE, AND SO THEY HAVE THE TESTING AVAILABLE, AND SO WE JUST KIND OF OUTLINED WHEN THE VENDOR IS GOING TO BE CALLED WHEN THEY COME TO THE DISTRICT FACILITY.
WHAT IS A REASONABLE SUSPICION BECAUSE THAT WASN'T ALWAYS OUTLINED BEFORE.
WHAT CONSTITUTES A POSITIVE TEST, AND THOSE ARE FOUND ON PAGE TWO AND THREE OF THIS POLICY.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? OKAY, MR. JOHNSON, ACTUALLY, MY QUESTION ISN'T ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE.
ACTUALLY GOES TO THE ONE JUST BEFORE IT. YEAH.
I JUST KIND OF CURIOUS AS THE THOUGHT PROCESS, YOU KIND OF INDICATED THAT PEOPLE WERE GETTING CONFUSED REGARDING THE, THE TERMINOLOGY OF MORAL TURPITUDE, AND WE CLARIFIED THAT TO NOW IT'S BASICALLY JUST ANY MISDEMEANOR OR HIGHER,
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EXCLUDING TRAFFIC TICKETS. IT WOULD SEEM THAT BEFORE WE WERE KIND OF WORRIED, WE WERE GETTING PEOPLE WHO WERE REPORTING THINGS THAT WEREN'T NECESSARILY LIKE THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF A TRAFFIC TICKET WAS A CRIME OF MORAL TURPITUDE OR NOT BUT IF IT LOOKS LIKE WE BASICALLY JUST CODIFIED ALMOST EVERYTHING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TRAFFIC TICKETS. SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ACTUALLY CODIFYING EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING.YOU KNOW WHAT? LET ME ACTUALLY BE MORE CLEAR.
THEY DID NOT REPORT IT BECAUSE IT WASN'T A MORAL TURPITUDE.
SO THE ISSUE WAS THINGS WERE BEING UNDERREPORTED.
CORRECT? OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. YES, YES, YES.
WHEREAS BEFORE IT TOOK ME A LITTLE BIT TO TRY TO WRAP MY HEAD UP.
YEAH, THAT WAS CONFUSING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE LAST ONE THERE. LISA.
[VI.F. Discuss Revisions to Policy FL(LOCAL) First Read - Lisa Ray, Joseph Parks]
FL LOCAL? YES. ON THAT ONE, IT DEALS WITH STUDENT RECORDS AND THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE, AND IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE TWO AND THREE THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION AND WE WOULD GET SOME PARENTS THAT WOULD DEMAND THAT THEY WOULD GET RECORDS OF STUDENTS AND THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT OR THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO REQUEST IT, OR YOU WOULD HAVE SPECIAL ED ADVOCATES.THEY WEREN'T EVEN THEIR OWN STUDENTS, AND THEY WOULD CLAIM THAT THEY WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE THESE RECORDS, AND SOMETIMES THEY WOULD BE 2000 PAGES, AND SO SO THEN WE'VE OUTLINED 25 PAGES NOW WILL BE PROVIDED AT NO COST OF THESE THESE RECORDS, AND AND SO WE'VE KIND OF ALIGNED IT WITH THE TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT AS FAR AS ANY FEES BEYOND THAT, BECAUSE IT WASN'T CLEAR, IT WASN'T OUTLINED.
IT WAS REASONABLE. WHAT WAS WHAT WAS REASONABLE, AND SO WHEN WHEN YOU ASK 50 PEOPLE WHAT'S REASONABLE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 50 DIFFERENT OPINIONS. SO SO WHAT WE DID IS WE KIND OF ALIGNED IT WITH THE TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT, AND ALSO AS FAR AS THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH PART OF THE POLICY SAID THAT A STUDENT, IF A PARENT WAS NOT ABLE TO VIEW THE RECORDS AT A CAMPUS, THEY COULD GET A COPY.
WELL, SOMETIMES IF YOU HAVE A PARENT THAT HAS A STUDENT THAT HAS A VOLUMINOUS RECORD, THAT COULD BE OVER 2000 PAGES, AND SO AND THIS IS BEFORE YOU IN YOUR PACKET WE'VE KIND OF AFTER OUR POLICY MEETING, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE PUT A LIMIT TO 100 PAGES, AND SO PART OF THE POLICY ADVISORY GROUP, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT AND WE WERE LIKE, WELL, WHAT IF IT'S LIKE 2000 PAGES? WHAT DO WE DO? AND SO WE DECIDED TO PUT A PARAMETER OF 100 PAGES.
SO WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A REASONABLE AMOUNT.
SO WE'RE GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? THANK YOU. MR.. THANK YOU, MR. PARKS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. HERE'S THE PRESIDENT. HIS VOICE HAS GONE DOWN AGAIN. SO I'LL FILL IN HERE AS BEST I CAN, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE TRUSTEES REPORT FOR TRUSTEE ATTENDANCE AT RECENT DISTRICT AND
[VI.G. Trustees' Report]
COMMUNITY EVENTS. I'LL START AT THE LEFT WITH MISS GRIFFIN.TO STAFF, STUDENTS AND PARENTS. ENJOY YOUR SUMMER.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, MISS GRIFFIN. I LIKE YOUR STYLE.
MR. MILLER. I'M JUST GOING TO PASS. THANK YOU.
I NEED TO DO THIS MORE OFTEN. YOU GOT IT, MISS STANLEY.
OKAY, SO I'M NOT GOING TO PASS BECAUSE I HAVE SOMETHING VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
I HAVE TO TELL THE BOARD. SO SUNDAY, I SHOWED UP TO WATCH THE GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT DO THEIR SIXTH ANNUAL SOCCER GAME THAT THEY DO AGAINST EACH OTHER, AN EXHIBITION GAME, AND IN MY FLIP FLOPS, I WAS ONE OF THE PLAYERS BECAUSE THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT BAILED, AND SO FINALLY, THE GARLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS WON A TOURNAMENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I HELPED CONTRIBUTE TO THAT WHEN SO WE GOT TOGETHER.
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THE MAYOR, MAYOR HEDRICK AND I AND MISS NGUYEN, AND WE HAVE DECIDED THAT HOPEFULLY THE BOARD WILL AGREE TO AN EXHIBITION GAME NEXT YEAR, AND IT'S GOING TO BE GEARED AGAINST THE CITY OF GARLAND, AND THE ONLY RULE IS WE GET TO KEEP MR. SELDERS. NUMBER ONE, THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU'RE ON OUR TEAM.SO THAT'S A DEAL BREAKER, AND WE CAN'T USE COACHES, BUT NOTHING WAS SAID.
IF WE PLAY OUR CARDS RIGHT, WE'LL ALL, YOU KNOW, EXCEPT FOR MR. SELDERS. HE HAS TO PLAY BECAUSE WE NEED YOU. WE'LL JUST BE THE COACHES, LARRY, AND WE'LL JUST BE THE COACHES.
YOU DON'T WANT TO PLAY? HEY, YOU CAN PLAY. HEY, IF YOU WANT TO PLAY, YOU PLAY. I DO NOT WANT TO PLAY. WILL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FORFEIT AGAIN? NO, NO, NO. WE'RE PLAYING THE CITY WORKERS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PLAYING CITY COUNCIL. WELL, WILL THEY FORFEIT FOR US? OH. WE'LL WIN. YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THEM. THEY WERE.
THEY CONTRIBUTED TO THIS. WHAT? SO WE MIGHT NEED A DIFFERENT GAME.
SOCCER. OH, NO. YOU HAD TO HAVE SEEN THIS ONE TO TRULY APPRECIATE HOW WE SHINED.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO TRY AND PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT.
SO IT WILL NOT BE A FULL ALL OUT GAME. IT'LL PROBABLY BE SOMETHING UNLESS WE CAN GET SOME RINGERS, WHICH I TRULY BELIEVE THAT AS GISD WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET SOME RINGERS.
JUST SAYING. DOCTOR LOPEZ WORK ON THAT. OKAY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT. THERE IS NOT ME.
WELL, NO, I DIDN'T SAY YOU. YEAH. I DON'T WANT ANY ASSUMPTIONS OUT THERE.
KNOW THAT I'M NOT A SOCCER PLAYER. I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, MISS PERALES LOVES TO RUN.
THERE'S GOT TO BE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE OUT HERE, RIGHT? AND SHE'S GOT SOME SONS, BUT THEY DIDN'T SAY WE CAN'T USE STUDENTS.
NO. SO THERE WE GO. WE CAN DO STUDENTS. THERE WE GO.
SAID NO, WE GOT THIS RULE WAS NO COACHES. YEAH, THERE'S A LOOPHOLE.
I THINK THE LAWYERS I THINK THE LAWYERS HAVE SEEN THAT WE THE LOOPHOLE IS WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS AND THAT WAS CITY MANAGER JUDD, THAT WAS HIS ONLY THING WAS NO COACHES. OH, WE GOT THIS ONE.
WE GOT IT, WE GOT IT. SO NEXT YEAR, THINK ABOUT IT, AND THEN I AM SO SORRY THAT YOU MISSED STEVE AND I'S PARTICIPATION IN THAT EXHIBITION GAME WITH ME AND MY FLIP FLOPS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS STANLEY, MR. GLICK. THANK YOU SIR. I'LL SEND YOU A PICTURE OF ME KICKING A SOCCER BALL IN EAST GREENLAND.
NOW THERE WAS WE WERE THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS, AND THERE WAS SOME SCUTTLEBUTT ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAD WON IN THE PAST, AND WE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T WIN AGAIN, AND WE MADE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T WIN AGAIN.
WE FINISHED KIND OF MIDDLE OF THE PACK IN THE PAST WHEN IT WAS AN IMPORTANT PUTT.
MR. MILLER, WHO WAS ON OUR TEAM, WOULD USE MY FORMAL NAME, LAWRENCE, AND THIS TIME IT WAS MR. SELDERS, AND IT DIDN'T WORK THIS TIME. IT DIDN'T WORK LAST TIME, BUT I THINK I THINK THEY RAISED OVER $150,000.
SO VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL GOLF TOURNAMENT. MISS DALY, MISS GRIFFIN AND I WERE AT THE UNVEILING OF THE DORSEY ELEMENTARY 25TH 50 YEAR TIME CAPSULE, WHICH WAS REALLY COOL.
IT HAD BEEN BURIED BY A GIRL. GIRL SCOUT TROOP.
WHEN DORSEY FIRST KIND OF JUST A FEW YEARS AFTER THEY OPENED, AND ALL OF THE GIRL SCOUTS.
NOW, OBVIOUSLY MATURE WOMEN ALL CAME BACK. SO THAT WAS PRETTY NEAT.
I WAS AT THE ROWLETT MUNICIPAL COMPLEX. GROUNDBREAKING.
YOU MAY HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE JUST SOUTH OF ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL.
NOW, IT'S BEEN MOVED ADJACENT TO COYLE MIDDLE SCHOOL ON 25 ACRES, AND THAT'LL BE THE ROWLETT MUNICIPAL COMPLEX, CONSISTING OF CITY HALL POLICE AND COURTS BUILDING AND THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
SO THAT'LL BE VERY IMPRESSIVE, AND I THINK IT'LL TAKE A FEW YEARS TO BUILD, BUT IT WILL BE IT'LL KIND OF, TO ME, MIRROR WHAT SEXY DID IN THEIR VERY IMPRESSIVE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX.
PARTICIPATED IN THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS TRACK MEET THE VOICE OF WILLIAM S STADIUM AGAIN, NOT THE VOICE TODAY, BUT THE VOICE OF WILLIAM STADIUM WAS PRESENT.
MISS DALY WAS ALSO PRESENT. WE HAD THE SENIOR SUMMIT, AND I WAS SITTING NEXT TO DOCTOR
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LOPEZ, AND HE SEES ME MAKING NOTES. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS SEE WHERE OUR TOP STUDENTS ARE GOING.MANY YEARS AGO, I USED THE PHRASE, YOU CAN GET THERE FROM HERE SAYING THAT THE GREAT EDUCATION WE GIVE. IF YOU BELIEVE YOUR STUDENT COULD BE A TOP STUDENT, WE CAN GET YOU THERE, AND SO HERE'S UST A PARTIAL LIST OF WHERE OUR TOP GRADUATES ARE GOING. FIVE HARVARD'S, TWO YALE'S, ONE PRINCETON, ONE DARTMOUTH, ONE RICE, ONE CARNEGIE MELLON, MIT, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, AND ALL THE SERVICE ACADEMIES, AND THAT'S JUST A PARTIAL LIST.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WASN'T DOING WAS MARKING DOWN UT AND DOCTOR LOPEZ WAS NOT REALLY VERY HAPPY WITH ME, AND I SAID, THAT'S KIND OF A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY.
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THESE, BUT BY THE WAY, UT IS RATED 30TH IN THE COUNTRY BY U.S.
NEWS AND WORLD REPORT. SO PRETTY IMPRESSIVE THERE.
GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL COMBINED ORCHESTRAS, BUT WHAT THEY DID AS EACH PIECE WAS ABOUT TO BE ANNOUNCED. THEY TOLD THE AUDIENCE, THE FOURTH GRADERS, WHICH SECTION THEY WERE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT.
SO AT ONE POINT THEY HIGHLIGHTED THE STRINGS, OF COURSE.
THEN THEY HIGHLIGHTED THE BRASS, THE WOODWINDS, THE PERCUSSION, BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE KIDS WERE PROBABLY GOING TO GO MORE INTO BAND THAN ORCHESTRA, AND THEY GOT TO SEE THE ALL THE DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS PERFORMING, AND THEY PERFORMED THREE MAJOR PIECES FOR ME.
I'M AN OPERA FAN. BESIDES JAZZ, MAYBE PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT AND IF YOU EVER HEAR THE MUSIC FROM CARMEN, IT'S I NCREDIBLE. PROBABLY AMONG THE TOP THREE OPERAS IN THE WORLD, AND THESE KIDS GOT TO HEAR IT.
SO THAT WAS AMAZING. MANY YEARS AGO, I MADE A PROMISE TO THE VOTERS THAT I WOULD VISIT ALL THE CAMPUSES. THAT WAS MY FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE. WAY BACK IN 2007, AND WHEN I FINALLY DECIDED TO DO IT.
TWO YEARS LATER, I TOLD DOCTOR COLWELL. HE KIND OF CHUCKLED.
HE SAYS, YOU REALLY WANT TO DO THAT? HE'S JUST GOING TO TAKE FOREVER, AND IT DID, BUT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS I GOT TO VISIT WAS RUTH ROACH ELEMENTARY AND THE PRINCIPAL THERE, JEANETTE O'NEAL, AND WE DID THE NORMAL TOUR.
TALK TO HER ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON AT SCHOOL, AND THEN SHE SAID TO ME, DO YOU UNDERSTAND? MULTI OR MULTILINGUAL PROGRAMS IN THE DISTRICT, AND I SAID, NOT REALLY, AND SHE SAT DOWN AND EXPLAINED TO ME THE WAY THEY DID ONE WAY DUAL LANGUAGE. LATE EXIT, VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE REST OF THE DISTRICT.
RUTH ROACH, BY THE WAY, ONE, TWO WHILE SHE WAS THERE.
MISS GRIFFIN WAS THERE. SEVERAL FORMER TRUSTEES, SEVERAL FORMER ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS WERE THERE, AND EVERY TIME I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT MULTILINGUAL, I COULD CALL HER, AND SHE'D SAY, COME BY AFTER SCHOOL, AND I'LL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.
WHICH SHE DID. AS THE CELEBRATION OF HER LIFE WAS GOING ON, ONE OF THE TEACHERS, A FORMER TEACHER, SAID MANY OF THE TEACHERS WERE FINISHING THEIR LESSONS AFTER 50 MINUTES, AND THEN THEY WOULD KIND OF PLAY GAMES WITH THE KIDS AND MISS O'NEAL SAID. NOT IN MY SCHOOL. SHE SAID, YOU TAKE THOSE TEN MINUTES AND YOU TEACH.
IT MAY BE DIFFERENT, IT MAY BE A DIFFERENT LESSON, BUT WE NEVER JUST PLAY GAMES YOU TEACH, AND MAYBE THAT WAS THE SUCCESS STORY OF HER LIFE, AND FINALLY, OF COURSE, JUST RECENTLY THE NAMING OF THE NATATORIUM.
I DRIVE BY THE NATATORIUM MANY, MANY TIMES IN A WEEK, AND I DECIDED TO AVOID IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE BUILDING, AND THEN, OF COURSE, SOMEONE I KNOW WHO LIVES ACROSS THE STREET SENT ME A PICTURE.
SO I SAID, OKAY, OKAY, BUT WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW, AND AS DOCTOR LOPEZ SAID, WE HAVE SOME SURPRISES FOR YOU INSIDE, AND THEY DID, AND THAT WAS KIND OF SHOCKING, AND I THINK THAT'S WHEN IT REALLY HIT ME.
AS YOU GET OLDER IN LIFE YOU START THINKING ABOUT WHAT
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THE FUTURE PORTENDS ABOUT I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE LEGACIES.WHAT YOU THINK YOU DO. WHAT YOU GIVE BACK. YOU SAW SOME OF THAT TODAY? WITH MORGAN'S WONDERLAND, AND SO I WANT TO THANK DOCTOR LOPEZ, AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE BOARD MEMBERS.
IT WAS TRULY A GREAT HONOR, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, SIR. MR. SELDERS. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE NORTH TEXAS AREA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARD'S EXECUTIVE BOARD THIS MONTH, AND WE ARE PLANNING FOR A REALLY SOLID NEXT YEAR OF PROGRAMS THAT WE WANT TO OFFER FOR TRUSTEES IN REGION TEN AND REGION 11.
OF COURSE, NEXT YEAR WILL BE A LEGISLATIVE TASB GRASSROOTS MEETING THAT WE WILL HAVE INSTEAD OF THE FOUR MEETINGS THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING OR WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE JUST HAVE TO START WORKING ON PRIORITIES NOW AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, AND SO JUST REALLY POINTING TO THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE NEED AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT MOVING FORWARD BUT ALSO TALKING ABOUT WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS NEED TO DO THEMSELVES IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PREPARED AS WELL, INDEPENDENT OF THOSE CHANGES FROM THE LEGISLATIVE LEGISLATURES OR TEA.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANKS. THANK YOU, MR. SELDERS.
I SUPPOSE IT'S GOING TO BE LEFT TO ME TO POINT OUT THAT WE WERE ALMOST ALL AT TRAINING LAST WEEK.
THEY WANTED TO PURGE IT FROM THEIR BRAINS, APPARENTLY, BUT WE WERE AT A SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE WITH TASB AND I FELT LIKE WE WERE THERE A WEEK. IT WAS A LONG TIME, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE THE TAS B PROGRAM THIS YEAR REALLY WAS ON POINT AND TAUGHT US A LOT ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE COME DOWN FROM THE LEGISLATURE.
I MEAN, THERE'S NO GOOD WAY TO SPEND SOME OF THE STUFF THAT CAME FROM THE LEGISLATURE, BUT WE WERE FORMED AND, AND WE HAVE PRETTY GOOD KNOWLEDGE WITH RESPECT TO IT, BUT JUST HATS OFF TO THE BOARD FOR PUTTING IN THE HOURS AND THE TIME OF GOING THROUGH THE STEPS OF THE REQUIRED EDUCATION, AND , MR. PRESIDENT, I THINK THAT'S THE TRUSTEES REPORT.
JUST TO ADD TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID. HERE'S A COPY OF 54 BILLS THAT WE SIT THROUGH ON SATURDAY MORNING THAT WERE PASSED, THAT WE LISTENED TO AND WHAT THEY REPRESENT AND DO THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THESE TYPE OF BILLS THROUGH TASB.
SO WE WERE DEFINITELY EDUCATED. THE ONLY COMMENTS I HAVE TO MAKE ONE IS THE 4TH OF JULY IS COMING UP NEXT WEEK AND I WANT EVERYONE STUDENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF, EVERYONE TO HAVE A NICE HOLIDAY AND BE SAFE AND TAKE CARE.
LET EVERYBODY KNOW ALSO THAT THE BOARD, ESPECIALLY JULY THE 22ND, WILL BE OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.
AUGUST THE 11TH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND THAT'LL BE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
SO ALL OF YOU THAT DIDN'T SHOW UP THIS LAST YEAR FOR ADA.
WE WANT YOU BACK. SO COME ON AND ROLL AND GET THERE AND SHOW UP.
WE GOT GREAT THINGS FOR THE FUTURE. WE WANT YOU BACK IN SCHOOL AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GONNA LET YOU GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE THE LET ME SAY ONE OTHER THING.
WE'RE FIXING TO GO INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY THESE ONES AND THEN I'LL LET YOU CARRY IT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. JOHNSON. NUMBER SEVEN.
H NUMBER SEVEN J, GG3 AND EIGHT E ARE ALL GOING TO BE PULLED.
SO AT THIS TIME, THOUGH, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION BY ON THE CONSENT SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
OKAY. YEAH. WE HAVE A COUPLE HOURS BEFORE WE GET THERE.
[VI.H. Superintendent's Report]
WE'LL LET YOU TALK. I DIDN'T MEAN TO OVERLOOK YOU.THANK YOU. NO, NOT A PROBLEM. FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE GOING TO BE ENTERING OUR SUMMER BREAK.
OFFICIALLY, THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR WILL BEGIN WHEN WE RETURN.
SO THIS WILL BE THE LAST WEEK THAT WE HAVE BEFORE WE HAVE A WEEK OFF.
THESE DECISIONS DIDN'T COME EASILY, AND SOMETIMES THERE'S SOME CONFUSION ON HOW THINGS ARE APPLIED.
RHE TRUTH IS THAT THESE WERE UNIVERSALLY APPLIED, AND WE HAVE A BIG BUDGET THAT WE'RE ROLLING IN,
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AND THEN THE SECOND REALITY IS WE GOT A CITIZEN COMMITTEE THAT GOT TO SEE EVERYTHING IN MOTION.WHEN YOU START GOING THROUGH ALL OUR ANCILLARY PROGRAMS, YOU'RE GETTING REDUCTIONS.
WE WERE GOING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS A JOB.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY GET TO STAY IN THE SAME PLACE, AND THAT CREATES SOME DISCOMFORT, AND SO WE DIDN'T WANT ANY OF THIS, BUT NOW WE HAVE A PROPOSITION ON THE TABLE, AND THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON WHETHER THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD IN AUGUST, AND THAT'S WHEN IT'LL BE OFFICIAL AND IF THEY DO, THEN WE HAVE TO GET THE WORD OUT AND INFORM PEOPLE ON BASICALLY WHAT'S AT STAKE, AND , YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE FINE TEACHERS. WE DO HAVE THINGS, AND NONE OF US MOVE LIGHTLY ON THIS.
THIS IS WITH A HEAVY HEART THAT WE GO THROUGH IT ALL, BUT IF W E GO THROUGH THIS THE RIGHT WAY, WE CAN SEE THE LIGHT, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN EASY YEAR, AND WE GOT TO HAVE ALL HANDS ON DECK.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING AND WE MAKE WE MAKE NO EXCUSES ON OUR SHORTCOMINGS, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO RECTIFY THEM, AND WE WANT TO BE THE BEST DISTRICT THAT NORTH TEXAS HAS EVER SEEN.
SO THE NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE WE'RE GOING TO BE GRINDING, WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING A LOT OF THINGS DONE, BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IT'S FOR OUR CHILDREN AND THOSE THAT SERVE THEM, WHICH IS OUR TEACHERS, AND SO IF WE CAN SECURE THE PROGRAM FUTURE FOR OUR KIDS, IT'S AMAZING HOW THIS DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO THRIVE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON ACADEMICALLY, AND SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO DETER OUR FOCUS. I REALLY FEEL THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS THE GREATEST YEAR THAT GARLAND HAS EVER SEEN, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US WORKING IN UNISON AND REALLY FOCUSING ON MAKING THINGS WORK.
SO WE HAVE THE TEAM TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, AND I REALLY FEEL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE.
I WELCOME THE NEW PEOPLE INTO OUR DISTRICT. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE MOST POWERFUL THING ABOUT OUR DISTRICT IS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE AND THAT IT'S THAT TYPE OF UNITY THAT KEEPS US WALKING LOCK AND STEP, AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MR. BEACH. WHO TURNS IT OVER TO ME, TURNS IT OVER TO US, AND WE'RE BACK ON CONSENT AGENDA.
NO, ACTUALLY, WE'RE AT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. EVERYONE WANTS TO. OH, OKAY, THERE WE GO, BUT NO, I AM NOW GOING TO ASK, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THEY WISH TO? SEEING NONE, WE FINALLY GET TO THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT EVERYONE'S READY TO GET TO.
SO NEXT ITEM IS SEVEN CONSENT AGENDA. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A SLEW OF MATTERS, AND I'M GOING TO SEE.
[VII. Consent Agenda]
DO WE HAVE ANY TRUSTEES THAT WANT TO TAKE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? OH, LOOK, MR. SELDERS IS INTERESTING. MR. JOHNSON, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS OUTLINED IN OUR BOARD. BROOK, STARTING WITH A HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT.B RATIFICATION OF THE FY 25 TAX REFUND RESOLUTION, C BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE 2024-2025 GENERAL FUND AND DEBT SERVICE FUND D FINAL AMENDMENT FINAL AMENDED BUDGETS FOR 2024-2025.
E INDEPENDENT SOURCES OF INSTRUCTION FOR THE TRAINING OF INVESTMENT OFFICERS F QUALIFIED INVESTMENT BROKERS G REVIEW THE INVESTMENT POLICY AND INVESTMENT STRATEGY AND ADOPT A WRITTEN INSTRUMENT STATING REVIEW OF SAME AND RECORDING ANY CHANGES MADE TO EITHER THE INVESTMENT POLICY OR INVESTMENT STRATEGIES.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONTRIBUTION TO THE GARLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONTRIBUTION TO THE SACHS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. L ATTENDANCE WAIVERS FOR LOW ATTENDANCE AND MISSED SCHOOL DAYS.
M MOU WITH REGION TEN EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER.
N RESOLUTION FOR EVENT AT SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
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P PUBLIC INPUT CONCERNING THE PROPOSED APPLICATION TO OPERATE AN OPTIONAL FLEXIBLE SCHOOL DAY PROGRAM.Q DALLAS COLLEGE 2025-2026 DUAL CREDIT AGREEMENT.
R DALLAS COLLEGE 2025-2026 EMT AGREEMENT. S DALLAS COLLEGE 2025-2026 .
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. T DALLAS COLLEGE 2025-2026 LCHS P-TECH INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
U DALLAS COLLEGE 2025-2026 NAAMAN FOREST HIGH SCHOOL P-TECH INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT V DALLAS COLLEGE 2025-2026 NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT W DALLAS COLLEGE, 2025-2026 NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL P-TECH INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT X DALLAS COLLEGE, 2025-2026 ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL ECHS X INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT Y DALLAS COLLEGE 2025-2026 ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL P-TECH INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT Z DALLAS COLLEGE, 2025-2026 SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL ECHS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AA DALLAS COLLEGE 2025-2026 SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL P-TECH INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
BB DALLAS COLLEGE, 2025-2026 SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, CC, DALLAS COLLEGE, 2025-2026 SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL P-TECH INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT DD FIREFIGHTER 2025-2026 AND INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN DALLAS COLLEGE, CITY OF GARLAND AND GARLAND ISD.
EE REMOTE HOMEBOUND WAIVER FOR FSP FUNDING. FF SPECIAL EDUCATION CAMERA RESOLUTION.
GG NEW BIDS NUMBER ONE CONTRACT NUMBER 108-26.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF SECURITY SUPPLIES AND ACCESSORIES.
NUMBER TWO CONTRACT 136 - 26. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF CANINE DETECTION SERVICES FOR CONTRACT 310-25-08. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF A PROFESSIONAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT.
SERVICES AND MATERIALS. FIVE CONTRACT 311-25-01.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF PRE-ADVANCED PLACEMENT MATERIALS AND SERVICES.
SIX CONTRACT 397-25-02 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE LICENSING SUBS, HARDWARE AND SERVICES. NUMBER SEVEN CONTRACT 9-26.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS FOR STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES.
HH1 CONTRACT 141-26. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MODIFICATION TO COMMODITY PROCESSING FOR STUDENT SERVICES, AND II1 CONTRACT NUMBER 325-25-07.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR RESCORING ASSESSMENTS.
SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THE VOTE IS OPEN. PLEASE USE YOUR DEVICES.
ALL RIGHT. ALL THE VOTES ARE IN, VOTES CLOSED, AND THE CONSENT AGENDA PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO GO BACK AND CATCH THE ONES THAT WERE SEGREGATED OUT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA,
[VII.H. Consider Approval of Resolution Designating Investment Officers for the District – Rhonda Rountree]
INCLUDING ITEM SEVEN H. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION DESIGNATING INVESTMENT OFFICERS FOR THE DISTRICT.THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH AT COMMITTEE MEETING, AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES.
IT WAS PULLED DUE TO A REQUEST OF A BOARD MEMBER.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CAN WE MOVE TO A VOTE? I HAVE A MOTION. MR. JOHNSON. YES? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION DESIGNATING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOR THE DISTRICT.
THAT VOTE IS SIX ZERO. MR. GLICK, ARE YOU ABSTAINING OR RECUSED? MR. GLICK RECUSED HIMSELF ON THAT VOTE. SO THAT VOTE APPROVED SIX ZERO.
[VII.J. Consider Approval of Resolution Authorizing Contribution to the Rowlett Chamber Foundation – Mechelle Hogan]
THIS AGAIN WAS PULLED AT THE REQUEST OF A BOARD MEMBER.NO, THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES IN THIS COMMITTEE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MR. JOHNSON? YES. MR. SELDERS? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONTRIBUTION TO THE ROWLETT CHAMBER FOUNDATION.
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SECOND, ON A MOTION BY MR. SELDERS AND A SECOND BY MR. STANLEY. THIS VOTE IS OPEN. GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE VOTE THAT PASSES SIX ZERO WITH MR. GLICK RECUSING HIMSELF. NEXT ENTRY IS GOING TO BE ITEM SEVEN GG THREE, CONTRACT[VII.AG.3. Contract#242-25-01 - Consider Approval of Purchase of Oracle Annual Maintenance and Support – Mark Booker and Matt Yeager]
242-25-01. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF ORACLE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT.AGAIN, THIS WAS PULLED AT THE REQUEST OF A TRUSTEE.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES SINCE COMMITTEE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES, MR. JOHNSON. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF ORACLE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT AS PRINTED IN OUR AGENDA.
SECOND. MOTION BY MR. SELDERS AND SECOND BY MISS STANLEY.
THE VOTE IS OPEN. VOTE CLOSED, AND THAT PASSES SIX ZERO WITH MR. GLICK RECUSING HIMSELF. THAT MOVES US TO ACTION ITEMS.
[VIII.A. Consider Approval of the 2025 - 2026 Salary Schedule and Compensation Information Handbook – Gradyne Brown]
NON CONSENT. EIGHT CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE 2025-2026 SALARY SCHEDULE AND COMPENSATION INFORMATION HANDBOOK.DR. GRADYNE BROWN. COME ON DOWN.
PRESIDENT BEACH BOARD OF TRUSTEES SUPERINTENDENT.
LOPEZ. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING OUR 2025-2026 SALARY SCHEDULE AND COMPENSATION INFORMATION HANDBOOK. THE INFORMATION BEFORE YOU, WHICH I HAVE JUST PASSED TO YOU, IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT NOT A LOT DIFFERENT FROM THAT WHICH YOU RECEIVED IN YOUR BOARD PACKET.
DOES EVERYONE HAVE A COPY AT THIS TIME? SO WHEN I SHOWED THIS TO YOU I GUESS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE HAD JUST BEEN LOOKING AT HOUSE BILL TWO AND NEEDED CLARIFICATION BEFORE WE COULD COME TO SOME WHAT FINAL DECISIONS, AND THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE HAVE NOW DECIDED IT AND DETERMINED THAT THE ONE APPROXIMATELY $1.7 MILLION THAT CAN BE USED AS A SUPPORT STAFF RETENTION ALLOTMENT WILL BE USED FOR ELIGIBLE STAFF, SUPPORT STAFF, AND FOR OUR COUNSELORS, LIBRARIANS AND SCHOOL NURSES. EVERYTHING ELSE REMAINS THE SAME.
THE TEACHERS WITH THREE AND FOUR YEARS EXPERIENCE WILL RECEIVE A $2,500 INCREASE PLUS A ONE STEP INCREASE, AND I THINK I'M KIND OF REPEATING WHAT MR. DODD SAID. TEACHERS WITH FIVE PLUS YEARS EXPERIENCE WILL RECEIVE A $5,000 INCREASE PLUS THEIR STEP AND EXPERIENCE. I'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO REVIEW THIS DOCUMENT, AND ARE THERE QUESTIONS? DOCTOR BROWN? YES, SIR. SO THE TEACHERS FROM 0 TO 2 YEARS, THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO GET THE STEP INCREASE.
THAT'S IT. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BOARD. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MISS GRIFFIN. I MOVE FOR US TO APPROVE THE 2025-2026 SALARY SCHEDULE AND COMPENSATION INFORMATION HANDBOOK AS PRESENTED THIS EVENING.
SECOND, ON A MOTION BY MISS GRIFFIN AND SECONDED BY MR. SELDERS. THE VOTE IS OPEN ON THIS MATTER.
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THAT VOTE PASSES SEVEN ZERO. NEXT WE MOVE ON TO ACTION ITEM EIGHT B.[VIII.B. Consider Approval of the Proposed Budgets for the General Fund, Debt Services Fund and Student Nutrition Services Fund for the 2025-2026 School Year – Elisa Cordova-Long]
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED BUDGETS FOR THE GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICES FUND AND STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES FUND FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR.GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT BEACH. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
NEW STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES FUND AND THE DEBT SERVICES FUND.
THE DOCUMENT YOU HAD BEFORE YOU WAS PRESENTED AT COMMITTEE.
THERE ARE CHANGES TO THE GENERAL FUND. THE ONLY CHANGES FALL IN THE EXPENDITURE COLUMN BY FUNCTION, WHERE WE ADJUSTED THE BUDGET WITH THE HB TWO PASSTHROUGH ALLOTMENTS, AS WELL AS SOME COST CONTAINMENT SAVING ADJUSTMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD. OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE BUDGET WORKSHOPS, COMMITTEE MEETING AND A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS LONG OR MR. DODDS, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME. SEEING NONE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM? MISS STANLEY, I'M GOING TO GIVE IT A SHOT. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED BUDGETS FOR THE GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICES FUND AND STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES FUND FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR AS PRESENTED.
SECOND ON A MOTION BY MISS STANLEY AND A SECOND BY MR. GLICK. VOTE IS OPEN ON APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED BUDGETS FOR THE GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICES FUND AND STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES FUND FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR. VOTE CLOSE THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO. NEXT ITEM UP IS ITEM EIGHT.
[VIII.C. Consider Approval of Revised Resolution to Build a Coalition with City of Garland, City of Sachse and City of Rowlett - Dr. Ricardo Lopez, Johnny Beach]
C CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE REVISED RESOLUTION TO BUILD A COALITION WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND.CITY OF SACHSE AND THE CITY OF ROWLETT. DOCTOR LOPEZ.
YES. PRESENTED IN YOUR FOLDER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN AMENDED RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BUILD A COALITION WITH THE TRI-CITY AREA OF THE CITIES OF GARLAND, ROWLETT AND SACHSE.
THERE WAS ONE MODIFICATION ON THIS ORIGINAL RESOLUTION THAT WE DID YEARS BACK, AND IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE FIRST PAGE AT THE VERY BOTTOM WHERE IT HAS THE LAST, WHEREAS AND IN THE MODIFICATION IT SAYS THE GARLAND ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRESIDENT WILL BE PART OF THIS COALITION AND ONE ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIVE AS DESIGNATED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
PRESIDENT. IT ORIGINALLY STATED THE DAC CHAIR OR DESIGNATION.
WE WANT TO KEEP IT OPEN, SO THIS COULD ALWAYS BE FLUID AND WE COULD HAVE STABILITY.
NO MATTER WHAT TIME THE CHAIR CHANGES. ANY QUESTIONS OF DOCTOR LOPEZ ON THIS RESOLUTION? NOT OF DOCTOR LOPEZ, BUT OF US AS BOARD MEMBERS.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW, WHEN WE TAKE THIS VOTE, ARE WE GOING TO ABIDE BY WHAT IS PRINTED HERE IN THIS RESOLUTION? IT HAS GONE THROUGH, I THINK IT WENT THROUGH POLICY OR WHATEVER, AND FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD, AND THE TIME IS NOW FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD UNITED, AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT OUR VOTE IS GOING TO SIGNIFY THAT ALL SEVEN OF US ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT THIS RESOLUTION SAYS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTARY? QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MR. JOHNSON? MR. SELDERS, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE REVISED RESOLUTION TO BUILD A COALITION WITH CITY OF GARLAND, CITY OF SACHSE, AND CITY OF ROWLETT AS PRINTED IN OUR AGENDA.
SECOND. SECOND. ON A MOTION BY MR. SELDERS AND A SECOND BY MR. MILLER. THE MATTER. FOR THE APPROVAL OF A REVISED RESOLUTION TO BUILD A COALITION BETWEEN THE CITY OF GARLAND, SACHSE AND ROWLETT IS UP FOR VOTE. PROMISE. I'M HITTING IT.
[VIII.D. Consider Approval of Temporary Right of Entry and Driveway Improvement Agreement between Garland ISD and Dallas County - Javier Fernandez]
COUNTY. JAVIER FERNANDEZ, HOW ARE YOU DOING, SIR?[02:10:01]
I'M DOING GREAT. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.THIS IS TO CONSIDER AN APPROVAL FOR A TEMPORARY RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT AND DRIVEWAY IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN GARLAND ISD AND DALLAS COUNTY. THIS IS ACTUALLY ON ROWLETT ROAD, AND I WILL FOR YOUR BENEFIT, I'LL JUST SHARE WITH YOU THE MAP THERE.
THE DISTRICT ACTUALLY OWNS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS RIGHT NEXT TO LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL PROPERTY WITH SMALL PIECE OF TRACT THERE, AND SO THIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE ROWLETT ROAD, AND THIS IS A REDOING OF THAT ENTRY WAY ONCE THE ROAD IS BUILT, AND SO IT'S A TEMPORARY WORK THAT'S TAKING PLACE.
NO IMPACT TO THE CAMPUS, NO IMPACT TO THE PROPERTY.
BOARD, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? NO QUESTIONS.
IS THERE MOTION, MR. MILLER? YES, SIR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.
SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ON A MOTION BY MR. MILLER AND A SECOND BY MR. GLICK. THIS ITEM IS UP FOR VOTE. GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON.
THAT PASSES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU, MR. FERNANDEZ.
[VIII.E. New Bid]
MR. BOOKER. MR. JOHNSON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO DOCTOR LOPEZ.SINCE THE COMMITTEE MEETING BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS? MR. BOOKER, REGARDING THIS CONTRACT. SEEING NONE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MR. JOHNSON. MR. SELDERS.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AS PRESENTED IN OUR AGENDA.
SECOND, ON A MOTION BY MR. SELDERS AND A SECOND BY MISS STANLEY.
THIS ITEM IS OPEN FOR VOTE. PLEASE GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES SIX ZERO. MR. MILLER, DID YOU RECUSE YOURSELF? VERY GOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[IX. Executive Session]
EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE HELD FOR THE PROMISES PERMITTED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, WHICH IS CODIFIED AT THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.001. PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.071, THE BOARD MAY SEEK PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY IN PERSON OR BY PHONE, OR WHEN THE BOARD SEES THE ADVICE OF ITS ATTORNEY ABOUT PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION, A SETTLEMENT OFFER, OR THREE A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY ON THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER, BE PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.072.DELIBERATIONS ABOUT REAL PROPERTY A GOVERNMENTAL BODY MAY CONDUCT A CLOSED MEETING TO DELIBERATE ABOUT THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY IF DELIBERATION AND OPEN MEETING WOULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH THIRD PERSON UNDER THAT PARTICULAR CATEGORY. DISCUSSION.
DELIBERATION REGARDING UPDATES ON BOND PROJECTS RELATED TO PROPERTY C PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.07 FOR DELIBERATION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, OR TO HEAR A COMPLAINT OR CHARGE AGAINST AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.
IT IS CURRENTLY 7:15 AND WE ARE ENTERING CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU. THE TIME IS 7:58 AND WE ARE RETURNING FROM CLOSED EXECUTIVE
[X. Reconvene from Executive Session for action relative to items considered during Executive Session]
SESSION. I WILL CERTIFY THAT NOTHING WAS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WAS NOT PRESENTED ON THE AGENDA OR ALLOWED UNDER THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. THERE IS NO ITEM TO BRING ON RECONVENING FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ACTION.SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? SO MOVED.
[XI. Adjournment]
WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:59 P.M.. THANK YOU ALL.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.