[00:00:01] OKAY. GOOD EVENING. IT IS 5:30 P.M.. IT IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH. [I. Call to Order and Determination of Quorum] THIS IS THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES FINANCE AND FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING, AND WE WILL CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS TODAY. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN AGENDA IN FRONT OF US. SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK TO GET THROUGH IT. I DO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM SO WE CAN PROCEED TO ITEM NUMBER TWO. THIS IS WHERE WE ASK IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC WHO ARE PRESENT WHO WISH TO SPEAK. MECHELLE, HAS ANYBODY FILLED OUT THE REQUIRED FORMS? NO, SIR. WE HAVE NO CARDS IN FRONT OF US TODAY. SO WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS OUR SUPERINTENDENT MESSAGE. WE'RE GOOD. GO AHEAD. [LAUGHTER] SOMEBODY MARK THAT DOWN. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HEARD THAT BEFORE. OKAY. LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER 4 AGENDA ITEMS FOR BOARD OF TRUSTEES FEBRUARY MEETING 2026. [IV.A. Information Items] THIS IS AGENDA ITEM 4A NUMBER ONE RECEIVE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CONTRACT RENEWAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY OF 2026. MR. MARK BOOKER. YES, SIR. TO MR. MILLER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND TO DOCTOR LOPEZ, WE DO HAVE BEFORE YOU THE CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR FEBRUARY. WE DO HAVE NINE CONTRACTS, ALL OF WHICH ARE WITHIN THE REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AS IT RELATES TO THE CONTRACTS THAT ARE BEING RENEWED FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. OKAY, BOARD WE HAVE THOSE CONTRACTS IN FRONT OF US LOOK PRETTY STANDARD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BOOKER? NO. NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU, MR. BOOKER. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 4A NUMBER TWO, RECEIVE PRESENTATION ON THE FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE ANNUAL UTILITY REPORT AND ENERGY PLAN. DOCTOR JENNIFER DUPLESSIS. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE ARE PLEASED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU. CHAIRMAN MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. DOCTOR LOPEZ, ON OUR ANNUAL UTILITY REPORT. EXCUSE ME. WE ALSO HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON OUR ENERGY PLAN THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. SO THIS REPORT IS SOMETHING THAT'S DELIVERED TO THE BOARD ANNUALLY, BASED ON COMPARING OUR LAST FULL ACADEMIC YEAR TO THE PREVIOUS FULL ACADEMIC YEAR OF UTILITY INFORMATION. SO THIS REPORT WILL CONTAIN THE COMPARISON FOR 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR DATA FOR OUR THREE MAIN UTILITIES. SO OUR THREE MAIN UTILITIES BEING ELECTRICITY, NATURAL GAS AND WATER. IN THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS REPORT INCLUDE THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE UTILITY USAGE FOR EACH OF THE THREE UTILITIES DURING THAT SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO REPORT THAT. THE REASONS FOR THE REDUCTION IN ELECTRICITY ARE REALLY A RESULT OF IMPROVED MAINTENANCE ON HVAC EQUIPMENT, SOME OF WHICH WAS REPLACED THROUGH BOND WORK. OCCASIONALLY WHEN WE HAVE ISSUES WITH HVAC EQUIPMENT, WE HAVE TO RUN IT LONGER HOURS TO TRY TO KEEP UP WITH THE TEMPERATURES. SO THIS HAS IMPROVED. WE ALSO HAVE UPDATED CONTROL SYSTEMS AND SOME OF THOSE CAMPUSES DUE TO BOND WORK THAT ARE BENEFITING US ON THE UTILITY USAGE SIDE. FOR NATURAL GAS IN DECEMBER 24TH TO FEBRUARY 25TH, WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A MAJOR WINTER FREEZE. AND NATURAL GAS IS VERY SUBJECTIVE IN TERMS OF USAGE COMPARED TO THE WEATHER. SO WE BENEFITED FROM A MILD WINTER FOR WATER. WE HAD LESS LEAKS THAN WE DID THE PRIOR YEAR. WE ALSO BENEFITED FROM A COOLER 2025 SUMMER, WHICH OF COURSE REQUIRES LESS IRRIGATION, WHICH IS THE MOST COSTLY PORTION OF OUR WATER UTILITY BILL. SO THE GOOD NEWS WAS THE REDUCTION IN THOSE THREE UTILITIES IN TERMS OF USAGE. BUT THE UTILITY RATES DID INCREASE. SO WE HAD A SLIGHT INCREASE WITH GP&L THAT INCREASED OUR TOTAL ELECTRICITY COST, EVEN THOUGH THE USAGE WAS LESS. IN ADDITION, EACH WATER UTILITY ACROSS THE STATE REALLY INCREASES THEIR RATES EACH YEAR ANNUALLY, TYPICALLY IN OCTOBER. SO WE ALSO HAD WATER RATE INCREASES ACROSS ALL THREE CITIES. SO EVEN THOUGH OUR WATER USAGE WAS LESS, OUR OVERALL WATER COST WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. SO HERE YOU CAN SEE OUR UTILITY RATES. OF COURSE, THE MAJORITY OF OUR CAMPUSES THAT ARE IN GARLAND ARE ON GP&L. BUT WE ALSO HAD CAVALLO, CHAMPION ENERGY, WHICH WAS OUR RETAIL ELECTRIC PROVIDER FOR THE OTHER REMAINING CAMPUSES. AND CURRENTLY FOR THIS YEAR, WE HAVE TXU ENERGY, A NEW CONTRACT THAT HAS REPLACED CAVALLO FOR 25-26. SO WHAT YOU SEE THERE ARE BLENDED RATES BECAUSE OUR ELECTRICITY RATES CONTAIN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT WE TRY TO MANAGE OUR USAGE ON, [00:05:06] AS WELL AS OUR DEMAND. YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE WATER RATES SO YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASES THERE FOR THOSE AVERAGE RATES AS WELL YEAR OVER YEAR. AND LASTLY OUR ATMOS GAS RATES. SO AGAIN THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAD THAT BASICALLY A 1% VARIANCE YEAR OVER YEAR FROM 23-24 TO 24-25 IN TERMS OF THE TOTAL ACTUAL UTILITY COST IT WAS A DECREASE OF A LITTLE OVER $210,000. YOU ALSO SEE HERE THE UTILITY BREAKDOWN IN COST 79% OF THAT IS ELECTRICITY, 14% OF THAT IS WATER, AND 7% IS NATURAL GAS. SO THIS PAGE WILL SHOW YOU A COMPARISON FROM PRIOR YEARS TO THE CURRENT YEAR IN TERMS OF ELECTRICITY USAGE AND ELECTRIC COSTS THAT WE WERE COMPARING TO. AND YOU'LL ALSO SEE THIS MONTH BY MONTH, WITH THE USAGE ON THE LEFT AND THE COST ON THE RIGHT. TYPICALLY FOR ELECTRICITY, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NOT IN FULL SCHOOL SESSION FOR PORTIONS OF THE SUMMER MONTHS BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME HEAT, IT STILL COST US A FAIR AMOUNT OF MONEY TO KEEP THE BUILDINGS OPERATING ON SETBACK TEMPERATURES, AND ALSO OPERATING WHEN WE HAVE OTHER EVENTS IN THE CAMPUSES DURING THOSE SUMMER MONTHS. YOU'LL ALSO SEE OUR NATURAL GAS YEAR OVER YEAR BY USAGE AND COST. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, I MENTIONED THE VOLATILITY IN OUR GAS USAGE AND COST IS ALWAYS MORE SIGNIFICANT ACROSS ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS BASED ON THE WEATHER. OUR WATER, IRRIGATION, STORMWATER AND SEWER IS ALL COLLECTED INTO ONE BILL SO YOU'LL SEE THE USAGE DECREASED IN 24-25, AS DID THE COST. AND AGAIN, LOOKING AT MONTH TO MONTH COMPARISONS ACROSS THE YEAR YOU'LL SEE OUR HIGHEST WATER COST AND USAGE IS CONSISTENTLY IN AUGUST WHEN WE'RE IRRIGATING THE MOST. IN ADDITION TO UPDATING YOU ON OUR UTILITY USAGE FOR THE YEAR, WE ALSO WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE DISTRICT'S ENERGY PLAN. SO EDUCATION CODE 44.902 AND BOARD POLICY CL LEGAL REQUIRE THAT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE A LONG TERM ENERGY PLAN. SO YOU MAY REMEMBER, THE STATE SEVERAL YEARS BACK REQUIRED DISTRICTS TO REDUCE THEIR ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS. AND SEVERAL YEARS BACK, THEY REPLACED THAT REQUIREMENT WITH THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE DISTRICT TO HAVE A LONG RANGE ENERGY PLAN, RECOGNIZING THAT PUBLIC BUILDINGS ARE A HIGH USER OF UTILITIES. IN FACT, UTILITIES IS OUR BIGGEST EXPENDITURE AFTER PERSONNEL AND INSURANCE NOW. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTROLLING ANY OF THE NON-STRATEGIC, CONTROLLABLE COSTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT. THIS IS WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE BEING GOOD FINANCIAL STEWARDS GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE DISTRICT. AND SO WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A FINAL DOCUMENT FOR OUR LONG RANGE ENERGY PLAN. AND IT CONTAINS THESE FIVE MAIN STRATEGIES. SO THE EDUCATION CODE REQUIRES THAT WE IDENTIFY WHAT STRATEGIES WE'RE USING TO CONTROL OUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND EXPENDITURES. SO THE FIRST IS MAINTAINING RECORDS OF UTILITY COSTS AND USAGE. SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE JEREMY LANG OR JUSTIN LANG. SORRY. HE IS OUR ENERGY COORDINATOR, AND HE ENTERS EVERY SINGLE UTILITY BILL THAT WE RECEIVE. IS THAT RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO IT IS A LOT FOR EVERY BUILDING, FOR EVERY METER, FOR EVERY UTILITY. HE'S ENTERING THAT DATA, TRACKING THAT DATA IN A SOFTWARE PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN FIND THOSE ANOMALIES RIGHT AWAY. SO OFTENTIMES HE MAY SEE, OH WE HAVE A WATER INCREASE IN THIS PARTICULAR METER. THEN THAT GIVES US AN IDEA TO GO RESEARCH WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. SO THAT'S A BIG PART OF OUR ENERGY PLAN. THE SECOND IS EXPLORING POTENTIAL ENERGY AND COST SAVINGS FOR OUR BUILDINGS. SO WE SURVEY OUR BUILDINGS. WE LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING FROM A USAGE PERSPECTIVE AS WELL AS AN EQUIPMENT PERSPECTIVE. SO WE WANT TO MAINTAIN ANYTHING THAT WE CAN THAT'S GOING TO HELP US BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THAT. WE ALSO HAVE GUIDELINES IN PLACE. SO WE HAVE GENERAL SET POINTS THAT WE KEEP AND MAINTAIN FOR CLASSROOM COMFORT. WE ALSO LOOK AT SCHEDULING OUR FACILITIES SO WE DO NOT RUN OUR FACILITIES 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. BECAUSE THAT WOULD WASTE A LOT OF ENERGY WHEN NOBODY'S IN THE BUILDING. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF HELP ACROSS THE DISTRICT FROM CAMPUSES AND GROUPS, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE BUILDINGS ARE RUNNING WHEN THERE NEED TO BE. BUT THEY ARE NOT WHEN NOBODY'S THERE. AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE PROTECTIONS AND SETBACKS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE CONTROL SYSTEMS PRESENTATION EARLIER THIS YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALSO MAINTAINING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR BUILDINGS. [00:10:06] THE FOURTH IS MAINTAINING GOOD WASTE AND RECYCLE PRACTICES IN ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS. SO JUSTIN ALSO DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB OF MAKING SURE WE'RE MONITORING OUR WASTE, PROVIDING CONTAINERS WHEN OUR CAMPUSES NEED THEM FOR RECYCLING AND OR REDIRECTING ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE THERE THAT WE NEED TO GET RID OF TO KEEP OUR CAMPUSES NICE AND CLEAN. LAST IS GUIDELINES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT EQUIPMENT AND PRACTICES FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE BUILDINGS. SO AS OUR COMMUNITY AND THE DISTRICT HAS INVESTED IN NEW CONSTRUCTION AND LOTS OF RENOVATION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WATCHING THE DESIGN OF THOSE BUILDINGS. SO MR. FERNANDEZ MENTIONED EARLIER 90% PAGE TURN ON A DESIGN OF A BUILDING. OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF WILL SIT IN ON THOSE PAGE TURNS. THEY WILL LOOK AT THE PLANS. THEY WILL HAVE INPUT INTO THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING EFFICIENT SYSTEMS WHEN WE RENOVATE OR CONSTRUCT A BUILDING. SO WE'VE PROVIDED HERE A LINK TO OUR NEW ENERGY AND UTILITY MANAGEMENT PLAN AND PROCEDURES. IT IS POSTED ON THE INTERNET AS WELL AS EXTERNALLY. SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY FEEDBACK OR QUESTIONS AT ANY TIME, THEY CAN REFER TO THOSE DOCUMENTS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THEM AS WE MAKE NEW PLANS. WE ALSO KIND OF HAVE USED THAT TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE OUR NEXT BEST TARGETS. SO AS WE LOOK ACROSS SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE ABLE TO DO IN NEW CONSTRUCTION, AND WE WANT TO START CONSIDERING AND SOME OF OUR OTHER BUILDINGS ARE THINGS LIKE LED CLASSROOM LIGHTING OR LED SPORTS LIGHTING. THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS WE'RE DOING CURRENTLY WITH CONTROL SYSTEMS, LOOKING AT OUR SEQUENCE OF OPERATIONS. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT COME OUT OF THAT ENERGY PLAN THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN. SO AGAIN, THAT THE FULL PLAN IS POSTED. AND I BELIEVE JUSTIN'S CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON THERE. BUT YOU CAN CONTACT ANY OF US IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ENERGY MANAGEMENT PLAN. SO AT THIS POINT, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. YES, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. LET ME ASK FIRST FOR THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS, MR. GLICK? YEAH, AND I KNOW MR. BEACH HAS A QUESTION AS WELL. MR. GLICK. YES. THANK YOU SIR. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFICE, SECO. YES. WE'VE GOTTEN TWO LOAN SECO LOANS. I'M AN ENVIRONMENTALIST. I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT ALREADY. WE DID SERIOUS CHANGES TO THE DESIGN PLAN FOR DAUGHERTY ELEMENTARY WHEN WE BUILT THAT. AND THEN WITH THE SECO, THE FIRST OF THE SECO LOANS WE PUT PHOTOVOLTAICS ON ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL'S ROOF. AND SACHSE WE ADDED, I THINK YOU'RE REFERENCING THE LIGHTING. WE DID SERIOUS LIGHTING ALMOST EVERY CAMPUS WE PUT LED LIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE PARKING LOTS. AND I'M HOPING THAT AS WE START BUILDING ALL THESE, ALL THIS CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL BE IN MAYBE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER SECO LOAN, I THINK THEY'RE STILL GIVING LOANS OUT. VERY, VERY LOW COST LOANS WITH A LONG REPAYMENT PLAN. IT'S TIME. IT'S TIME. I'VE TALKED HERE ABOUT ELECTRIC BUSSES. THAT'S NOT PART OF YOUR PURVIEW, BUT IN TERMS OF ALL THE BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN I WOULD HOPE THAT IN FUTURE PRESENTATIONS WE HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE MODERN PLANS NOW WITH LIGHTING, WITH WIND, WITH WATER CONSERVATION. YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THOSE, AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE MORE OF THOSE COMING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. BEACH. YEAH. I'VE GOT JUST A FEW THINGS I'D LIKE TO ADD. ONE WITH THE AGE OF OUR BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ON ROOF REPLACEMENTS, ARE WE AS WE GO BACK ARE WE LOOKING AT THE NEW PRODUCTS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT POSSIBLY COULD BE COST SAVINGS INSURANCE WISE? AND ALSO WHEN WE REPLACE THE ROOFS OR WHATEVER WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE. BECAUSE I'VE SEEN SOME THAT ARE HELL RESISTANT AND ALSO FIRE RESISTANT. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXPENSE OF IT ALL IS, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'RE OUT THERE AND THEY SAVE THE DISTRICTS A LOT OF MONEY AS FAR AS COST ON INSURANCE SIDE. THAT'S ONE QUESTION. I'LL LET YOU ANSWER THAT IN JUST A MINUTE. THE OTHER IS ARE ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS, ARE ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS ON GAS FOR HEAT? YES. NONE OF THEM ARE TOTAL ELECTRIC. OKAY. DURING THE ICE TIMES AND WHEN WE ARE, WHEN IT'S REALLY COLD AND WE HAVE TO SHUT DOWN SCHOOL LIKE WE JUST DID? WHAT IS THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE THAT WE TRY TO KEEP THOSE BUILDINGS, TO KEEP THE PIPES FROM FREEZING? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE RUNNING THEM OR THEY WOULD FREEZE UP. [00:15:03] WHAT IS THE TEMPERATURE THAT WE TRY TO KEEP WITHIN THOSE BUILDINGS? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SETBACK IS WHAT WE CALL THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CONTROL SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAINTAINING OUR BUILDINGS WELL. AND TYPICALLY, IT'S 55 TO 60 DEGREES FOR WINTER SETBACK. AND I WOULD SAY THAT'S TYPICAL, BUT NOT WHAT WE DO DURING ICE STORMS. SO MR. FINLEY DID A GREAT JOB WORKING WITH THE MAINTENANCE TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MADE A SMART DECISION. WHILE MOST OF THE TIME WE WILL SCHEDULE OUR BUILDING ACCORDING TO ITS OCCUPANCY OR ITS USE, DURING STORMS LIKE THAT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND RUN THE BUILDINGS AS IF THEY WERE OCCUPIED. SO THAT WE'RE KEEPING WE KEPT IT A REGULAR SET POINT SATURDAY, SUNDAY, KNOWING THAT THE STORM IS GOING TO COME IN. AND WE'VE REALLY GOT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE STABILITY IN THAT BUILDING. SO, LIKE I SAID, TYPICAL SETBACK IN THE EVENING WOULD BE 55 TO 60, EXCEPT WHEN WE HAVE EXTREME TEMPERATURES. THEN OCCASIONALLY WE'LL GO IN AND SET IT TO OCCUPIED JUST SO THAT WE ENSURE THE INTEGRITY. YOU PROBABLY SAVED ENERGY ANYWAY BECAUSE PEOPLE WEREN'T GOING IN AND OUT OF THE DOORS. RIGHT. SO YOU'RE VERY FORTUNATE IN THAT RESPECT. THE REASON I WAS LOOKING AT THE GAS UTILITY RATES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR 25, 26, BECAUSE I KNOW I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE FOR FOUR HOURS WITH THE GAS COMPANY MYSELF OF WHAT THEY CHARGED ME FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY. AND I WENT BALLISTIC AND, WHAT THEY, YOU KNOW, WERE TELLING ME, OH, WELL, WE WENT UP, YOU KNOW, FROM 58 TO 78 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITHOUT EVEN LETTING ME KNOW. THEY DIDN'T GIVE ME NOTICE OR ANYTHING ELSE. IS THAT HAPPENING TO US AS WELL? YES, SIR. SO ON THE GAS SIDE, NATURAL GAS SIDE WE ARE NOT DEREGULATED. WE HAVE THE ONE UTILITY THAT WE CAN GO WITH. AND THEY DO BECAUSE OF THE VOLATILITY THAT WEATHER PLAYS INTO THE NATURAL GAS MARKETS THEY HAVE THE PROVISION TO CHANGE OUR RATE WHENEVER THEY WANT. AND PROBABLY SEVERAL OF YOU ALL REMEMBER THAT BACK IN SNOWMAGEDDON. SURE. THE SHOCK THAT SOME PEOPLE HAD FROM THOSE BECAUSE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO CHANGE THE RATE. SO ARE WE LOOKING AT A SIX CENT INCREASE FOR THE 25, 26 SCHOOL YEAR? ON THE GAS SIDE? YES, MA'AM. I WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. MAKE SURE I HAVE IT. I MEAN, AS FAR AS YOUR CHART THAT'S WHAT IT SHOWS. AND THAT'S AN AVERAGE. SO IT'S YES, IT IS ABOUT A $0.06 ACROSS THE AVERAGE. BUT THAT MIGHT HAVE SLIGHTLY CHANGED TO YOUR POINT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. I WILL TELL YOU, YOU AND YOUR STAFF, IF Y'ALL WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT EVERY AVENUE YOU POSSIBLY CAN AS FAR AS WHEN IT COMES TO ROOF REPLACEMENTS, TO LOOK AT ALL THE NEW THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE, THE NEW PRODUCTS, BECAUSE THEY ARE COMING OUT. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY WISE TO LOOK AT THOSE INSTEAD OF JUST GOING BACK WITH, HEY, WE HAVE JOE BLOW OVER HERE THAT WE USED ALL THESE YEARS. YOU KNOW, HE MAY NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS OR THE RIGHT PRODUCT AND COMPARE THE PRICES OR SEND OUT AN RFP ON THAT TYPE OF THING. BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT IT. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MR. SELDERS. THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. A COUPLE QUESTIONS. YOU MENTIONED THE VOLATILITY OF TEXAS TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER, AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS. AS THINGS CHANGE IS THERE I GUESS HAVE WE IDENTIFIED LEVERS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER ASIDE FROM THE GUIDELINES AND THE PRACTICES THAT YOU OUTLINED HERE IN THE ENERGY PLAN, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO WRITE CERTAIN THINGS IF THE COSTS RISE HIGHER THAN WE EXPECT IT TO OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO OUR BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT IS ON THE ELECTRICITY SIDE. SO FOR WATER AND NATURAL GAS, WE ONLY HAVE A SINGLE PROVIDER THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE. BUT ON THE ELECTRICITY SIDE WE KIND OF LOOK AT THE FUTURES MARKET YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR RATE SLIGHTLY INCREASED GOING INTO 25-26. BUT WHAT WE DO IS WE GO INTO MAJOR NEGOTIATIONS ON THE ELECTRICITY CONTRACT SIDE, LOOKING AT EVERY PIECE, NOT JUST OUR COST PER KILOWATT HOUR, WHICH IS OUR CONSUMPTION, BUT ALSO THINGS LIKE OUR COST PER KW, WHICH IS OUR DEMAND OR OUR SPIKE. WE LOOK AT ALL ASPECTS OF THAT BILL. WE ALSO, WHEN THE DISTRICT ENTERED INTO THIS NEW CONTRACT FOR 25, 26, ALL THE ENERGY FUTURES WERE HIGHER. SO OUR RATE WAS GOING TO GO UP. BUT IT WAS A MATTER OF NEGOTIATING EACH OF THOSE PARTS AND PIECES. ONE OF THE THINGS THE DISTRICT DID TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HEDGED OFF ANY FUTURE INCREASES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IS WE PUT PLACEHOLDERS IN THERE FOR SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WE KNEW WERE GOING TO BE COMING ONLINE IN THE BOND. SO THEY WERE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THAT CONTRACT AT THE SAME RATE. SO IF THE RATE INCREASES TWO YEARS FROM NOW WHEN A BUILDING COMES ONLINE, WE'RE STILL GOING TO PAY WHAT WE INCLUDED IN THAT ORIGINAL CONTRACT. SO REALLY MONITORING AS FAR AS NEGOTIATION AND LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE THAT, OUR ELECTRICITY CONTRACT IS WHAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO MONITOR. AND SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT, WE KIND OF ALREADY KNOW WHAT OUR ANTICIPATED OR MAYBE FORECASTED ENERGY EXPENDITURE PROFILE WOULD BE FOR THESE BOND PROGRAMS AND BUILDINGS THAT COME ONLINE AS THEY COME ONLINE. YES. ABSOLUTELY. [00:20:01] GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE REAL QUICK FOR YOU. BLESS YOU. WHOEVER WAS SNEEZING OVER THERE. FOR YOU MENTIONED YOUR REPORTING, AND YOU INTRODUCED THE GENTLEMAN WHO DOES THE REPORTING IS THAT I GUESS YOU DO THAT MONTHLY AS YOU GET THE BILLS. THERE'S NO WAY TO LIKE, IF YOU HAD A MID-MONTH LEAK GOING ON SOMEWHERE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW TILL THE END OF THE MONTH. THEN WHEN YOU GET THE BILL AND LOOK AT THE USAGE AND COMPARE IT TO NORMAL. THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. SO IT DEPENDS. IS THE ANSWER RIGHT? SO SOME OF OUR UTILITIES, OUR ELECTRICITY UTILITIES, WE CAN GET SMART METER DATA FOR AND WE HAVE A PORTAL WHERE WE CAN PULL DATA EVERY 15 MINUTES. IT AUTOMATICALLY UPDATES WITH YOUR USAGE EVERY 15 MINUTES AS WELL AS YOUR DEMAND. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE GET THROUGH ONCOR DIRECTLY FROM THE TDSB. SO WE CANNOT GET THAT FOR LIKE SOME OF OUR GP&L METERS, IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE. THEY DON'T HAVE IT SET UP FOR THAT. BUT SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ON THE MAJORITY OF OUR UTILITIES, IT IS A MONTHLY ITEM. WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT OUR GAS ON A DAILY BASIS. BUT PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY IS LOOKING AT THAT ONCOR DATA EVERY 15 MINUTES. AND LIKE I SAID, WE DO HAVE THAT PART SET UP IN A PORTAL WE CAN LOOK AT. AND WE WERE ACTUALLY DISCUSSING THIS MORNING A COUPLE OF OUR METERS. OKAY. YEAH. VERY GOOD. ANOTHER QUESTION. MR. SELDERS. WITH THE GUIDELINES THAT YOU HAVE OUTLINED HERE JUST CURIOUS, HOW ARE THOSE COMMUNICATED TO CAMPUS LEADERS? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO THIS IS WE'VE HAD PARTS AND PIECES OF THIS PLAN IN THE DISTRICT FOR SOME TIME, BUT IT'S NEVER BEEN KIND OF COMPLETELY IN ONE DOCUMENT. SO YOU'RE SEEING IT FRESH OFF THE PRESS. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN PUT TOGETHER SOME COMMUNICATION AND SHARE THAT OUT WITH OUR CAMPUSES TO MAKE SURE NOW THAT THE BOARD IS SEEING IT, THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING THAT WITH EVERYONE. YEAH, JUST MAKING SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE WITH RESPECT TO THE GUIDELINES, EXPECTATIONS FOR SET POINTS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. SO ONE THING I DO WANT TO MENTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS, AND I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT HERE AT COMMITTEE LEVEL OR BOARD LEVEL BEFORE WAS THERE WERE A LOT OF INSTANCES IN THE PAST, ESPECIALLY WITH OLD HVAC CONTROL SYSTEMS. WHERE, FOR INSTANCE, IF SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO MEET IN A PARTICULAR HIGH SCHOOL ONE EVENING WE HAD TO COOL THE WHOLE BUILDING. WE COULDN'T JUST COOL THE WING OR THE CLASSROOM. WITH MY UNDERSTANDING IS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A LOT OF OUR NEW HVAC CONTROLS SOFTWARE IS WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF CONTROLLING THE COST OF THAT BUILDING. BUT ALSO, ARE WE UTILIZING THE ABILITY TO LIKE IF WE ONLY HAVE ONE CLASS MEETING ONE EVENING, DOES IT HAVE TO BE MET IN A BIG HIGH SCHOOL? CAN IT BE MET IN A SMALLER VENUE SOMEWHERE, EVEN IF IT'S NOT ON CAMPUS? SO ARE WE UTILIZING THOSE KIND OF TOOLS TO HELP LOWER THAT COST? THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. SO WE'VE TALKED RECENTLY ABOUT ZONES BECAUSE WE HAVE KIND OF HAVE HVAC ZONES THAT WE OPERATE OUR ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND SUBSEQUENTLY OUR HVAC EQUIPMENT ON. SO WE TRY TO ADVISE CAMPUSES IF THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY PUT IN A MEETING REQUEST FOR 30 PEOPLE, AND THEY'RE REQUESTING THE CAFETERIA IN THE GYM. AND, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE PLACES WE WILL TRY TO CALL THEM AND ORGANIZE WITH THEM. AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT FRONT OFFICE STARTS TO KNOW THEIR ZONES JUST AS MUCH AS EVERYBODY ELSE. OUR EMS SYSTEMS NOW ARE BETTER REGULATED BY ZONE WHERE WE CAN. AND OUR CHILLERS ARE JUST INHERENTLY MORE CHALLENGING BECAUSE THEY'RE LARGER EQUIPMENT. BUT THE CHILLERS THAT THEY MAKE TODAY THAT WE'RE INSTALLING IN OUR PROJECTS, THEY DO PART LOAD MUCH BETTER, AND THEY OPERATE VERY EFFICIENTLY ON PART LOAD, WHICH WAS NOT THE CASE 20 YEARS AGO. SO OUR CHILLERS CAN STAGE MUCH BETTER THAN THEY USED TO. ONE OF THE THINGS STRATEGIES WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, THOUGH, IS CREATING ZONE MAPS THAT ARE READILY AVAILABLE. SO THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF OUR NEXT STEP THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FOR ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY, MISS STANLEY. GO AHEAD. I JUST HAD A QUESTION ON WHAT YOU SAID. SO YOU SAID THAT WE CAN'T GET THE SAME KIND OF METER READS AUTOMATIC WITH GP&L AS WE CAN ONCOR. HAVE WE ASKED GP&L AND WHAT WAS THEIR RESPONSE TO THAT? ARE THEY JUST NOT BIG ENOUGH? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO REALLY ONCOR DID THAT AS A RESULT OF DOING SMART METERS AND ALL OF THE, THE ROBUST SYSTEMS AND PEOPLE AND RESOURCES THEY HAVE IN PLACE. THEY SET THEIRS UP YEARS AGO. AND SO IT'S EASY FOR THEM TO GIVE ACCESS TO THEIR CUSTOMERS FOR THAT. RIGHT NOW, GP&L HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER WITH US. THEY'RE WORKING ON PROVIDING SOME REBATES OR INCENTIVES TO US. [00:25:01] WE BASICALLY SHARED WITH THEM SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY, SUCH AS THE SPORTS LIGHTING THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED FOR LED. THEY'RE WORKING WITH US ON THAT PROJECT. SO ONCE IT'S COMPLETE, WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET INSTEAD OF DOING REBATES OR INCENTIVES LIKE ONCOR DOES. THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US CREDITS ON OUR BILL. SO WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM ON SOME INITIATIVES LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE CAN TALK TO THEM ABOUT BECAUSE THEY MAY THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE RIGHT METERS TO COLLECT THAT DATA, BUT IN SOME SPOTS THEY MAY. SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT. I'M SURE THAT THEY HAVE TO REPLACE METERS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. SO HOPEFULLY IT'S IN THEIR LONG TERM PLAN. YEAH THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. BACK TO MR. GLICK. THANK YOU. I THINK JUST BEFORE YOU CAME ON BOARD, WE HAD A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE AIR QUALITY IN OUR BUILDINGS. I BELIEVE WE HIRED THAT FIRM. I KNOW THEY WEREN'T USING HEPA FILTERS, BUT ARE THEY WORKING IN OUR BUILDINGS NOW? AND HOW IS WHAT'S THE EFFECT OF THAT? SO THAT WAS BASICALLY A SMALL UNIT. ACTUALLY THOSE WERE STANDALONE UNITS. SOME OF THEM CAN BE INSTALLED IN HVAC EQUIPMENT. THESE WERE STANDALONE UNITS THAT WERE INSTALLED IN SEVERAL OF OUR CLASSROOMS AND OFFICES AND IN SEVERAL CAMPUSES. IT USES A TECHNOLOGY MORE SIMILAR TO BIPOLAR IONIZATION, BUT LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN REDUCE CONTAMINANTS INSIDE THE CAMPUSES. SO WE DID ENGAGE THAT COMPANY AND WE PURCHASED A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THOSE. WE STILL ARE ACTUALLY INSTALLING A FEW THAT WE STILL HAVE IN THE WAREHOUSE. SO ARE WE IN A TEST PATTERN NOW TO DECIDE WHETHER TO INCORPORATE FURTHER OR IS THAT THE END OF THE CONTRACT? AT THIS POINT WE'RE STILL INSTALLING THE REMAINING THAT WE HAVE IN STOCK. AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THERE'S A DESIRE TO EXPAND BEYOND THAT. I WILL SAY IN OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION, IT IS TYPICAL TO HAVE THAT IN PLACE FROM THE BEGINNING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. BACK AGAIN, MR. BEACH. JUST REAL QUICK. WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF SYSTEMS IN PLACE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN CASE OF AN ICE STORM, LIKE WE JUST HAD OF GENERATOR SYSTEMS AS FAR AS POWER OUTAGE? WE DO HAVE SOME GENERATORS IN THE DISTRICT. THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF OUR GENERATORS IS TO MAINTAIN OUR NETWORK. AND SO IT TAKES A WHOLE LOT AS WE KNOW FROM OUR EXPERIENCE DESIGNING OUR NEW NETWORK CENTER IT TAKES A LOT OF GENERATION TO PROVIDE A FAIRLY SMALL AMOUNT OF ENERGY, HONESTLY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT. IT LOOKS LIKE BRIAN STEPPED OUT. HE MUST HAVE GOTTEN A PHONE CALL OUR MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR. BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID DURING THE ICE STORM IS MAKE SURE WE HAD FUEL PREPARED FOR THOSE GENERATORS, SO OUR TECHNOLOGY DIDN'T GO DOWN. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY SPACES WHERE WE HAVE ENOUGH GENERATOR CAPACITY TO RUN AN ENTIRE CAMPUS OFF OF. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? OKAY. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOARD FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR DUPLESSIS. AND I THINK YOU MAY BE UP AGAIN FOR THE NEXT ITEM. I'LL JUST STAY RIGHT HERE. WE'RE GOING TO ITEM 4A THREE, RECEIVE PRESENTATION ON THE FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE WORK ORDER UPDATE. SO AGAIN, THIS IS OUR ANNUAL UPDATE ON OUR WORK ORDER REPORT. AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION. SOME OF IT MAY LOOK FAMILIAR FROM PAST YEARS, BUT WE'VE ALSO ADDED SOME BENCHMARKING DATA THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR WORK ORDER SYSTEM PROVIDER ON TO COMPARE OUR PERFORMANCE WITH OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO THIS DATA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY ON OUR WORK ORDERS IS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2025. AND THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT WITHIN OUR WORK ORDER SYSTEM, YOU MIGHT THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE PUT IN THE WORK, BUT ONCE IT GETS DONE, WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT? THESE ARE THE THINGS WE LOOK AT. IT HELPS US GET AN IDEA OF OUR WORK ORDER, VOLUME, HOW MUCH WE'RE GETTING, HOW MANY REQUESTS WE HAVE OUR WORK ORDER UTILIZATION, HOW MUCH OUR WORK ORDER SYSTEM IS BEING USED, OUR REACTIVE WORK ORDER COMPLETION TIME. SO WHEN REACTIVE MAINTENANCE IS NEEDED, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE US TO COMPLETE THAT WORK. WE LOOKED AT ALSO OUR COMPARISON WITH OUR PLANNED OR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE WHEN IT IS A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ITEM. HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE? ARE WE ABLE TO COMPLETE IT? AND THE LAST THREE ITEMS ARE OUR WORK COMPLETED PER EMPLOYEE, OUR WORK ORDERS BY CATEGORY, AND OUR WORK ORDER REQUESTS PER MONTH? THIS REALLY HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE MIX OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US, WHERE OUR RESOURCES NEED TO BE LINED OUT AND ORGANIZED. SO I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THIS AS A QUIZ QUESTION. IT'S KIND OF LIKE HOW MANY JELLY BEANS IN THE JAR, RIGHT? [LAUGHTER] FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2025, WE HAD 42,507 WORK ORDER REQUESTS. SO IT SEEMS LIKE I'M SURE THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE'RE GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL TO START AND SOMEBODY PUTS A WORK ORDER IN. [00:30:02] THERE'S, 42,506 OTHER ONES NEXT TO IT. SO THE SYSTEM IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR US TO ORGANIZE THIS. IN THE OLDEN DAYS, WHEN I FIRST STARTED, WE USED TO, YOU KNOW, WRITE THEM DOWN. DISPATCHER WOULD WRITE DOWN WORK REQUESTS WHEN THEY COME IN AND HAND IT TO SOMEONE. AND NOW WE'RE JUST SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN AUTOMATE GETTING THOSE REQUESTS TO THE TECHNICIAN WHO'S GOING TO WORK ON IT DIRECTLY AND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 40,719 OF THOSE WORK ORDERS WERE REACTIVE, OR WHAT YOU WOULD PROBABLY THINK OF AS REGULAR MAINTENANCE, 01,788 OF THOSE WERE PLANNED MAINTENANCE. SO THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE BELT CHANGE OUTS, FILTER CHANGE OUTS CHECKING ON EQUIPMENT, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MONITORING IT, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO ON OUR WORK ORDER UTILIZATION WE WERE LOOKING AT OUR WORK ORDERS PER ENROLLMENT OR STUDENT PER YEAR. SO GARLAND ISD HAD 0.73 WORK ORDERS PER STUDENT IN 2025, WHICH PLACED US ESSENTIALLY IN THE TOP 20% OF USERS OF THIS TYPE OF WORK ORDER SYSTEM. SO OUR GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST THE TOP 20% TO ENSURE THAT WORK ORDERS ARE ENTERED, PRIORITIZED AND APPROPRIATELY TRACKED. WE RELY HEAVILY ON OUR CAMPUSES, AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF ENTERING THAT WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO ENTER EARLY AND OFTEN. BECAUSE AS YOU'LL SEE, THERE ARE CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR WHERE WE MAY GET MORE THAN OTHERS. AND I KNOW I WILL TAKE PICTURES WHEN I GO TO CAMPUSES AND PUT IN WORK ORDERS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO STAY AHEAD OF THAT WORK. IN TERMS OF THE PERCENT OF REACTIVE WORK ORDER COMPLETED IN SEVEN DAYS OR LESS. I AM SO PROUD OF OUR MAINTENANCE GROUP. THIS IS THE BEST NUMBER I'VE EVER HAD IN MY ENTIRE LONG CAREER IN FACILITIES. 84% OF OUR WORK ORDERS ARE COMPLETED IN SEVEN DAYS OR LESS. WHICH IS PHENOMENAL. SO THANK YOU, BRIAN FINLEY, FOR YOU AND YOUR GROUP ALWAYS BEING VERY ATTENTIVE TO THOSE. ON THE PM THAT'S OUR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE. THIS IS KIND OF ONE OF OUR FOCUSES FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO TO TRY TO INCREASE, HOW MANY WORK ORDERS WE ARE PUTTING IN FOR OURSELVES, FOR EQUIPMENT THAT WE KNOW NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED ON A CERTAIN CYCLE. SO YOU'LL SEE, IT'S KIND OF VARIED FROM YEAR TO YEAR OR MONTH TO MONTH. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WHEN IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK AND WE'RE ALL SCRAPING ICE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT IT'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO GET TO REACTIVE MAINTENANCE. OUR GOAL IS 30 DAYS OR LESS. WE MAINTAIN THAT ABOUT 80% OF THE TIME ON AVERAGE, BUT IT DEFINITELY EBBS AND FLOWS MONTH TO MONTH DEPENDING ON WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON. BUT THAT'S ONE OF OUR CONTINUED FOCUSES. WORK ORDERS COMPLETED PER EMPLOYEE PER YEAR IS 355. SO AGAIN, SUPER PROUD TO REPORT THAT WE ARE IN REALLY THE TOP 10% OF NUMBER OF WORK ORDERS COMPLETED PER EMPLOYEE PER YEAR. IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING, I KNOW THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT TO READ AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. BUT THIS GIVES YOU JUST AN IDEA OF WHAT WE CALL THE CRAFT MIX OR WORK CATEGORY, THE TYPES OF WORK ORDERS THAT ARE COMING IN AND WHERE WE SPEND THE MAJORITY OF OUR TIME. SO THE LONGEST OR EXCUSE ME, THE GREATEST NUMBER OF TOTAL WORK ORDERS ARE THOSE THAT GO TO OUR BUILDING ENGINEER, FOLLOWED BY HVAC, PLUMBING AND GENERAL CRAFTSMANSHIP, THEN GROUNDS ELECTRICAL AND SO FORTH. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF CATEGORIES AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF WORK AND EXPERTISE THAT IT TAKES TO DO THE WORK ORDERS THAT WE RECEIVE. BUT THIS ALSO HELPS US ORGANIZE OUR WORK AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IF THERE'S A CERTAIN CATEGORY THAT'S TAKING LONGER OR SHORTER HOW WE CAN IMPROVE. SO AS I SAID BEFORE, THIS IS OUR WORK ORDERS RECEIVED PER MONTH. SO AUGUST IS A VERY POPULAR MONTH. SO OUR ADMINISTRATORS DO A GREAT JOB OF GOING INTO THE BUILDINGS AND TRYING TO PREPARE. SO WE TEND TO GET MORE WORK ORDERS THAN AS WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS TAKEN CARE OF. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEN OUR STUDENTS SHOW UP AND WE DISCOVER OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS TO HELP THEM HAVE A SMOOTH CLASS DAY. SO THAT IS OUR UPDATE ON THE WORK ORDER REPORT FOR THIS YEAR. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT REPORT. YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO PRESIDENT BEACH AND I TOOK AWAY A SPRAY CAN SPRAY PAINT CAN, SO THE GRAFFITI REPAIR ORDERS OUGHT TO BE GOING DOWN REAL SOON. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. YES, I WAS SURPRISED IT WAS THAT LOW, BY THE WAY. THAT'S. YEAH. THAT'S NOT BAD. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? MR. GLICK. MR. SELDERS WHY DON'T YOU LEAD OFF? THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I WAS LOOKING AT THE WORK ORDER COUNT AND JUST KIND OF THE ONES THAT ARE HANGING OUT CLOSE TO THE TOP. DO WE HAVE MANY OF THESE WORK ORDERS THAT IMPACT INSTRUCTION AT ALL OR OPERATIONS ON CAMPUSES? [00:35:06] THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I WOULD SAY THAT A LOT OF THEM DO TO VARYING DEGREES. SO AS FAR AS A TOTAL STOP TO THE SCHOOL DAY, NOT VERY OFTEN. BUT AS FAR AS HVAC IS ALWAYS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CATEGORIES. RIGHT. THE SECOND LARGEST CATEGORY. SO WE ALL KNOW IT'S HARDER TO CONDUCT OURSELVES AT OUR TOP OPTIMUM STATE WHEN WE'RE HOT OR COLD. SO WE TAKE THOSE VERY SERIOUSLY. BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, ISSUES WITH GENERAL MAINTENANCE. SO GENERAL MAINTENANCE IS ALSO ONE OF OUR LARGER CATEGORIES. AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT NORMALLY AREN'T GOING TO INTERRUPT THE SCHOOL DAY. BUT THERE MAY BE A SOMETHING BROKEN IN THE HALLWAY THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. AND I GUESS. REAL QUICK, BEFORE YOU GO TO I WANT TO PUT AN END TO THAT REAL QUICK. THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE THAT IS EXTREME PRIORITY, JUST AS A REMINDER, IS ANYTHING THAT'S DEALING WITH STUDENT SAFETY. SO LIKE WHEN WE GET OUR AUDITS ON OUTSIDE DOORS, WINDOWS, THAT GOES TO THE HIGHEST PRIORITY. SO WE DON'T HAVE LIKE THAT TO SAY LIKE, OH, THIS IS ACADEMIC RELATED, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT FOR SAFETY. I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC TO HEAR. IT'S FINE. I KNOW YOU'RE AWARE, BUT THANK YOU. I GUESS WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT IS JUST HOW ARE WE ADJUSTING RESOURCES AND HOW DOES THAT DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE PRIORITY? I MEAN, DOCTOR LOPEZ JUST TALKED ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUE GOING TO THE TOP, BUT IN TERMS OF THE WORK ORDER COUNT AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, HOW DO THOSE THINGS GET PRIORITIZED WHEN IT IMPACTS CAMPUS OPERATIONS? I UNDERSTAND, SO OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF THESE ARE CRAFTS. SO, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO'S IN GENERAL MAINTENANCE IS HANDLING THOSE. SURE. SOMEBODY WHO'S AN HVAC IS HANDLING THOSE. BUT IN TERMS OF PRIORITY WE ALLOW OUR CAMPUSES TO DESIGNATE A PRIORITY WHEN THEY PUT IN A WORK ORDER. SO WE MAY NOT ALWAYS 100% OF THE TIME AGREE WITH THAT, BUT WE TAKE THAT AS A PIECE OF INFORMATION, RIGHT? IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW HOW MUCH OF A PRIORITY IT IS FOR THAT PERSON AT THE CAMPUS WHO'S PUTTING IN ALL THEIR WORK ORDERS. THEY MAY KNOW THAT THIS MAY NOT LOOK LIKE A PRIORITY, BUT WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A TEST OR SOME SOME LARGE EVENT. AND THIS IS A BIG ISSUE. SO WE DO ALLOW FEEDBACK FROM THE CAMPUS IN TERMS OF WHAT'S PRIORITY. INTERNALLY FOR US IT'S GOING TO BE SAFETY. SECURITY WAS MENTIONED ALREADY. SO AFTER SECURITY WOULD BE ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE ANY SAFETY ISSUES OR HEALTH ISSUES WITHIN THE BUILDING. SO THOSE ARE OBVIOUSLY HIGH PRIORITY IF WE HAVE A LARGE EVENT OR STATE TESTING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WE WILL MAKE THOSE ITEMS A PRIORITY. HEALTH AND SAFETY RELATED TO THINGS LIKE PEST CONTROL, THOSE ARE PRIORITY. AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO REALLY IT'S KIND OF LOOKING AT FIRST AND FOREMOST SAFETY AND SECURITY. SECONDARILY BUILDING HEALTH, STUDENT HEALTH, STAFF HEALTH. AND THEN THE LAST WOULD BE ANY ITEMS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, EITHER ACADEMIC OR EVENT RELATED THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. MR. GLICK. THANK YOU SIR. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNEW AT ONE POINT I DID. WHAT'S THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS? DO YOU EVEN KNOW THE NUMBER? JAVIER, MAYBE. DO YOU KNOW THAT NUMBER. WAS ABOUT WAS IT 6 MILLION? IT'S KIND OF MAYBE FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND. OH. HOW MASSIVE OUR FOOTPRINT IS AND THAT'S WHY I LIKE THAT CHART THAT YOU HAVE UP THERE NOW. AND IT SAYS THE AMOUNT OF OUTSOURCING WAS ONLY 38 ITEMS. SO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE OUR BUILDINGS STAY READY FOR THE KIDS AND THE TEACHERS IF YOU COULD. YES. THAT'S A GREAT POINT. SO WE DO HAVE OVER 6 MILLION SQUARE FEET AND IT IS A LOT. SO OFTENTIMES WE FORGET THAT WE'RE ALSO NOT STAFFED LIKE A FOUR SEASONS. [LAUGHTER] BUT WE DO HAVE STAFF THAT ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR GIVEN AREAS. AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN A STAFF THAT EXPERTISE AND A STAFFING LEVEL THAT CAN TAKE CARE OF THINGS PROMPTLY AND WELL, AND NOT DO IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT REQUIRES REPEATED INTERRUPTION TO THE CLASSROOM OR REPEATED WORK. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU BROKE IT DOWN YOU PROBABLY HAVE AN HVAC TECH TAKING CARE OF 01,000,000FT² OF SPACE. SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO PRIORITIZE WHAT WE DO, MAKE SURE WE'RE GOING TO THE RIGHT PLACES. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP US. WE'VE GOT SUPERVISORS AND ZONE LEADS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, AND WE USE THE WORK ORDER SYSTEM VERY HEAVILY. IN ADDITION TO OTHER REPORTING MECHANISMS. I KNOW JUSTIN HELPS US WITH A DAILY TEMPERATURE REPORT THAT WE RUN FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, SO WE KNOW WHERE OUR HOT SPOTS OR COLD SPOTS ARE. [00:40:01] IT'S CERTAINLY A LARGE VOLUME. IT'S CERTAINLY A LARGE VOLUME OF WORK. AND I THINK, AGAIN, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC WATCHING, IT'S HARD TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES WE NEED TO KEEP THOSE BUILDINGS RUNNING ON A CONTINUING BASIS, AS MR. MILLER WAS REFERRING TO, EVEN SOMETIMES AT NIGHTS AND OVER THE SUMMERS FOR THE USE THEY GET AND THOSE ARE EXPENSES THAT WE DON'T NORMALLY TALK ABOUT. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT YOU'RE MAKING THIS PRESENTATION, BECAUSE THAT'S A COMPONENT THAT'S A COMPONENT OF WHERE OUR TAX DOLLARS GO TO IS TO KEEP THE BUILDINGS RUNNING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND TAGGING ON TO THAT I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT IT WAS THE SECOND OR THIRD LARGEST EXPENSE ITEM. IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? YES. BEHIND I GUESS PAYROLL AND INSURANCE WOULD BE UTILITIES AND I NEVER I NEVER PUT THAT TOGETHER. THAT'S A LOT MORE THAN I THOUGHT. I THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING LIKE TRANSPORTATION OR FUEL, BUT UTILITIES MAKE SENSE WITH 6,000,000FT² PLUS TO TAKE CARE OF. MR. BEACH YOU HAVE A QUESTION. JUST REAL QUICKLY ON THE OUTSOURCING? WHEN WE OUTSOURCE, DO WE SEND A DIRECTOR FROM OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT TO BE OUT THERE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WERE OUTSOURCING SOMETHING TO, TO MONITOR WHAT'S BEING DONE? SO WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE OVERSIGHT TO ANY CONTRACTOR THAT'S DOING MAINTENANCE WORK IN OUR DISTRICT. AND IT MAY VARY. SO WE DO HAVE A COUPLE ARRANGEMENTS WHERE WE HAVE SPECIFIC TECHNICIANS THAT HAVE BEEN BACKGROUND CHECKED THROUGH GARLAND ISD. AND SO WE'VE, SET UP THEIR SYSTEM SO THAT THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY RECEIVE WORK ORDERS, AND THEY CAN DISPATCH THEM BECAUSE THEY WORK FOR US EVERY DAY. THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO GARLAND ISD. BUT IF IT'S A, LET'S SAY, A SPECIALTY GENERAL MAINTENANCE TYPE CONTRACTOR THAT'S COMING IN TO DO A REPAIR ON A SPECIFIC ITEM. WE ABSOLUTELY ESCORT THEM. AND WE ALSO INSPECT THE WORK PRE AND POST BEFORE WE RELEASE ANYTHING. CAN YOU SHARE WITH US WHAT IN YOUR BUDGET, HOW MUCH OF IT IS USED FOR OUTSOURCING? WHAT PERCENTAGE? I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU TO GET YOU A VERY ACCURATE PERCENTAGE? I CAN SAY THAT AS A WHOLE, WE DON'T OUTSOURCE VERY MUCH IN SEVERAL AREAS. SO OUR GENERAL MAINTENANCE AND OUR GROUNDS THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB. THEY TAKE CARE OF SO MUCH THAT WOULD BE VERY COSTLY TO THIS DISTRICT IF WE WERE TO OUTSOURCE IT. THE ONE AREA WHERE WE HAVE HAD TO RELY A LITTLE BIT MORE ON CONTRACTED SERVICES IS HVAC, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATELY NOT COMMON. WE'RE JUST FACING A SHORTAGE IN INDUSTRY. AND AS CONSTRUCTION TAKES A LOT OF OUR TRADESMEN AWAY WE'RE HAVING TO RELY A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THAT AREA. OKAY. ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO AS A BOARD TO HELP RELIEVE THAT YOU THINK? [LAUGHTER] WE WOULD, IN AN IDEAL SITUATION AT SOME POINT, LIKE TO INCREASE OUR EXPERTISE IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS, PARTICULARLY IN HVAC. WE'VE ACTUALLY SPOKEN WITH OUR CAREER TECH INDIVIDUALS TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE WE COULD DO KIND OF AN INTERNAL GROUND UP GROWTH PROGRAM FOR MENTORING STUDENTS INTO THAT TYPE OF CAREER. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. CORRECT MYSELF. IT WAS THE UTILITIES THAT IS THE THIRD HIGHEST EXPENSE ITEM, NOT WORK ORDERS. SO I WAS ONE ITEM BEHIND. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TO 4A FOUR REVIEW THE DECEMBER 2025 MONTHLY FINANCIALS. ARTURO VALENZUELA WILL PRESENT FOR US. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN MILLER. BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ, I PRESENT TO YOU THE DECEMBER 2025 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND THE PAGE 33 THE ONE THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT THE PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE THAT WE'VE RECORDED AS OF DECEMBER 2025. THAT'S 49%. AND THE PERCENTAGE OF EXPENSES WE SPENT AS OF THAT MONTH IS 36.3%. WHEN WE COMPARE THAT TO LAST YEAR ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE. LAST YEAR WAS 36.9. DURING THIS TIME SO WE'RE CLOSE TO THE PERCENTAGE FROM LAST YEAR. THE NEXT SUMMARY THAT I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU IS ON PAGE 42. SO IN THIS PAGE, THIS ONE'S FOR THE STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES FUND. WE'VE COLLECTED 42.24% OF THE REVENUES. AND WE SPENT 38.4% OF THE EXPENSES. LASTLY, THE INTEREST AND SINKING FUND, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT MAKES THE DEBT PAYMENTS WE'VE COLLECTED 43.21% OF THE REVENUES, AND WE SPENT 36.7% OF THE EXPENSES, WITH SOME LARGE PAYMENTS COMING UP IN FEBRUARY. SO I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO BE IN APRIL WHEN WE PRESENT THOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO YOU. [00:45:01] AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO YOU SAID THERE ARE LARGE BOND PAYMENTS COMING UP IN FEBRUARY. YES. PRINCIPAL I GUESS. YES. AND INTEREST. MAINLY PRINCIPAL OR MAINLY INTEREST? I BELIEVE IT'S MAINLY PRINCIPAL. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD ON THE FINANCIAL REPORT? ANYBODY? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONTINUE ON COLLECTING. I KNOW FEBRUARY JANUARY IS A BIG MONTH FOR COLLECTIONS, SO WE'LL BE GETTING THAT REPORT NEXT MONTH. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. ALL RIGHT, SO MISS COOPER, SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US. LET ME ANNOUNCE THAT RIGHT QUICK. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM 4A FIVE REVIEW THE DECEMBER 2025 TAX REPORT. ARTURO, IF YOU DON'T MIND, CONTINUE. YES, SIR. SO I PRESENT TO YOU THE TAX COLLECTION REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2025. THIS MONTH REFLECTS 55.36 PERCENT COLLECTED. AND THE COLLECTIONS AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE AT 93.71%, WHICH IS 263 MILLION, WHICH IS PICKED UP. IT'S A REASONABLE COLLECTION RATE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. CERTAINLY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE TAX REPORT OF THE BOARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM 4A SIX REVIEW SECOND QUARTER INVESTMENT REPORT. RHONDA ROUNTREE HAS JOINED US. THANK YOU. RHONDA. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT BEACH, CHAIRMAN MILLER BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND DOCTOR LOPEZ, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS AN INFORMATION ITEM IS THE SECOND QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE TIME PERIOD OCTOBER 1ST TO DECEMBER 31ST. THE FIRST CHART YOU'LL SEE IS A PIE CHART THAT DEPICTS A SNAPSHOT OF THE DISTRICT'S INVESTMENT POSITION AS OF DECEMBER 31ST AND AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, THE DISTRICT'S $1,013,000,000 WAS INVESTED IN THREE SEPARATE INVESTMENT POOLS. TEXPOOL 45%, LONE STAR 22% AND TEXAS CLASS 33%. DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS CHART, YOU'LL SEE THE INFORMATION THAT DETAILS HOW THE POOLS INVEST, THE FUNDS THAT ARE DEPOSITED WITH THEM, AND THIS HAS BEEN PROVIDED SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE UNDERLYING INVESTMENT OF POOLS. YOU CAN ALSO SEE FROM THESE LISTS THAT THE INVESTMENT POLICIES OF THE POOLS MIRROR THAT OF THE INVESTMENT POLICIES OF OUR DISTRICT. BEHIND THESE DOCUMENTS, YOU'LL SEE A GRAPH THAT ILLUSTRATES THE DAILY INTEREST RATES AND THE POOLS OVER THIS LAST QUARTER. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW RATES HAVE CONTINUED TO DECLINE AS THE FED FUND RATES HAVE DECREASED OVER THE COURSE OF THIS QUARTER, FROM A HIGH IN THE POOLS OF 4.3% TO CURRENT 3.7 AT THE END OF DECEMBER. THE NEXT DOCUMENT IN YOUR PACKET DETAILS THE EXACT AMOUNT IN EACH OF THE FUNDS DISTRICT FUNDS AT $1231, AND THE FINAL DOCUMENT SHOWS INTEREST INCOME FOR THE SIX MONTHS OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. SIX MONTHS OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE 22.285 MILLION IN INTEREST INCOME, TOTAL, 2.8 OF THAT IN THE GENERAL FUND AND 18.4 MILLION OF THAT IN CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. I THINK EVERYBODY'S PAINFULLY AWARE OR IF YOU'RE ON THE DEPOSITOR SIDE, YOU'RE PAINFULLY AWARE OF THE LOWERING OF INTEREST RATES. IF YOU'RE ON THE BORROWING SIDE, YOU ARE VERY HAPPY FOR THE LOWERING OF INTEREST RATES. SO FOR US, WITH A LITTLE OVER $1 BILLION INVESTED, IT DOES MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF IMPACT TO OUR INTEREST INCOME. AND I'M SURE THAT WE'VE BUDGETED FOR A LOWER INTEREST RATE SCENARIO WE HAVE THROUGH THE YEAR. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS REPORT? THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW WE WILL GO TO ITEM B. [IV.B. Action Items (Non Consent)] THIS IS 4B NUMBER ONE. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL FUND DEBT SERVICES FUND AND STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES FUND FOR THE 2025 2026 SCHOOL YEAR. ELISA CORDOVA-LONG. THANK YOU. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN MILLER. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR LOPEZ. TONIGHT WE HAVE FOR YOU THE BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND. WE CAN START WITH THE EXPENDITURES. WE HAVE OUR NORMAL BUSINESS PRACTICES OF THE CROSS FUNCTIONAL, BALANCED, NEUTRAL TRANSFERS THAT HAVE NO OVER IMPACT TO THE BUDGET. THE AMENDMENT ITEM WE HAVE IS A TRANSFER IN FROM CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR THE TO RECAPTURE FUNDING FOR THE ARBITRAGE REBATE INSTALLMENT PAYMENT, WHICH WAS DUE IN JANUARY. AND ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, THE FUNDING FOR THE, WHICH WAS $550,667. AND ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, YOU SEE THE FUNCTIONS WHERE THAT FUNDING IS GOING BACK, AS WE HAD TO BORROW FROM THOSE FUNCTIONS TO EXPEDITE THE PAYMENT. [00:50:03] THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE STUDENT NUTRITION FUND SERVICES FUND. AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE DEBT SERVICES FUND. OKAY. ANY I'M SORRY. IS THAT IT? YES, SIR. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. BOARD, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REPORT? GIVE ME. GIVE ME ONE SECOND. OKAY. MR. GLICK. YES, SIR. ARE WE AT A POINT WITH MARCH, APRIL, MAY AND JUNE TO GO IN OUR FISCAL YEAR WHERE WE WANT TO START TALKING ABOUT FUND BALANCES, OR IS IT A LITTLE BIT TOO EARLY TO MAKE PROJECTIONS ON THAT? I THINK. GO AHEAD. WE HOPE TO BRING A BUDGET AMENDMENT NEXT MONTH THAT WILL BRING US WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN OUR FUND BALANCE AND SHOW WHERE THAT FUND BALANCE IS GOING TO BE. WE'LL ALSO BE BRINGING OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET IN MARCH. SO WE SHOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU IN THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING. GOOD. THANK YOU BOTH. YEAH. GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO B2, WHICH IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF EAST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY AND GARLAND ISD TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM AGREEMENT. DOCTOR GRADYNE BROWN, WELCOME. THANK YOU. AND GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ. YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU AN AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE MADE WITH THE EAST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY TO PROVIDE TEACHER RESIDENCE. AS YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE HAD RESIDENTS FROM UT DALLAS AS WELL AS DALLAS COLLEGE. WE ARE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR NUMBER OF RESIDENTS BECAUSE OF HOUSE BILL TWO. BUT ALONG WITH HOUSE BILL TWO, WE HAVE TO HAVE WRITTEN AGREEMENTS WITH THOSE COLLEGES AND OUR UNIVERSITIES WITH WHOM WE HAVE TEACHER RESIDENCIES IN THEIR PROGRAM. I HAVE HERE FROM OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TONIGHT MISS KIM CHAPMAN, WHO IS VERY HAS BEEN. KIM, WILL YOU STAND UP WHO'S BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THESE AGREEMENTS DONE WITH THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. THANK YOU KIM. THIS FIRST ONE IS WITH EAST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY. AND BECAUSE OF HOUSE BILL TWO, WE WILL BE ABLE TO ADD SECONDARY TEACHER RESIDENCE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE ONLY HAVING ELEMENTARY TEACHER RESIDENCE BECAUSE DALLAS COLLEGE ONLY GOES UP TO SIXTH GRADE FOR THEIR CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. UT DALLAS HAS A LIMITED NUMBER OF TEACHER RESIDENCE AVAILABLE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT? THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANY FROM THE BOARD? WELL, Y'ALL THINK LET ME JUST ASK YOU THIS. IN THIS AGREEMENT, IS THERE LIKE, MINIMUMS? DO WE HAVE MINIMUM TEACHERS THAT NEED TO ENROLL IN THIS, OR IS IT JUST WHOEVER COMES OR WHOEVER'S AVAILABLE OR WHOEVER EXPRESSES AN INTEREST TO PURSUE THIS. WE'VE GOT THIS TOOL AVAILABLE FOR THEM. THE LAST. OKAY. IT IS A TOOL AVAILABLE THAT WE CAN USE. ALTHOUGH MISS CHAPMAN GOES OUT TO THE UNIVERSITY AND MAKES PRESENTATIONS AND MARKETS GARLAND ISD TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN THE TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM. THIS RESIDENCY PROGRAM WILL HOPEFULLY HELP US INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO RECRUIT FROM OUR LOCAL UNIVERSITIES. OKAY, GREAT. ANYBODY ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MISS BROWN. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM 4B 3 WHICH IS THE CONSIDERATION. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF HB TWO DELAYED COMPLIANCE PLAN FOR TEACHER CERTIFICATION. DOCTOR BROWN PLEASE CONTINUE. ANOTHER ITEM THAT WAS INCLUDED IN HOUSE BILL TWO IS THAT ALL TEACHERS OF CORE SUBJECTS OR FOUNDATION SUBJECTS MUST BE CERTIFIED BY 28-29. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE ALSO HAVE TO ENSURE BEGINNING NEXT YEAR THAT THOSE TEACHERS ARE CERTIFIED. WE HAVE TWO OF OUR CERTIFICATION OFFICERS HERE AND WE ONLY HAVE TWO CERTIFICATION OFFICERS. AND WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND ANEL GONZALEZ AND SARA PERCHAN. [00:55:03] THEY LOOK AT ALL OF OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF WHO REQUIRES A CERTIFICATE AND OR PROFESSIONAL LICENSE, AND CHECK TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE DONE. BUT IN ORDER TO CONTINUE OUR CERTIFICATION PROGRAM AND CONTINUE TO HIRE NON-CERTIFIED TEACHERS, WHICH WE ARE GOING TO DECREASE ANNUALLY, WE NEED TO APPLY FOR A DELAYED CERTIFICATION PLAN UP UNTIL 29-30 SCHOOL YEAR. AND THAT IS THE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE BOARD? SO BASED ON THE TEACHERS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT ARE NOT CERTIFIED, THAT WOULD BE UNDER THIS PLAN TO GET CERTIFIED UNDER THOSE CORE FOUNDATIONAL SUBJECT MATTER, UNDER THAT SUBJECT MATTER BY THE MARCH 20TH OF 2029? YES. IS THAT WHAT I SEE? YES. AND THE EFFORT IS BEING MADE TO DECREASE RELIANCE ON NON CERTIFIED TEACHERS AS WE GO FORWARD. YES, SIR. AS YOU KNOW, NATIONWIDE WE HAVE A TEACHER SHORTAGE. AND THERE ARE FEWER AND FEWER INDIVIDUALS WHO EXPRESS AN INTEREST INTO GOING INTO TEACHER EDUCATION AT OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. BUT OUR PLAN IS TO DECREASE BY 25% THE NUMBER OF NON CERTIFIED TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN NOW AND 29-30. AND I THINK THE KIND OF THE CURIOSITY QUESTION I HAVE WITH RESPECT TO THIS IS THE FACT THAT THEY'RE CERTIFIED OR NOT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THEY'RE MOVING THE BAR WITH THE STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM. THEY'RE PROBABLY SOME OF THESE NON CERTIFIED TEACHERS WHO ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY INDICATE THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE DOING A GOOD JOB IN THE CLASSROOM. WE ARE WE ARE COACHING THEM. WE ARE TRAINING THEM. WE'RE DOING ALL THE PROPER THINGS. SO WITHIN THIS GROUP OF PERSONNEL, I WOULD THINK WE HAVE SOME VERY TALENTED AND VERY CAPABLE PEOPLE. WE JUST LOOK FORWARD TO THEM BECOMING CERTIFIED. RIGHT? YES. AND ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS THAT THEY ARE IN AN ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. BUT EACH OF THE ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS REQUIRE THAT YOU MEET CERTAIN MILESTONES BEFORE YOU ARE FULLY ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM AND ARE GIVEN AN INTERNSHIP CERTIFICATE, AND ONCE THEY REACH THAT POINT, THEN THEY BECOME CERTIFIED. OKAY. AND THAT IS GREAT. I THINK MR. BEACH HAS A QUESTION. JUST REAL QUICK ON THE SCREENING PROCESS. YES. HOW DO WE LOOK AT WHAT THE SPECIALTY OR THEIR WHAT THEIR TALENTS ARE IS WHAT FOR AS FAR AS CURRICULUM, WHAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS TEACH? HOW ARE WE SCREENING THAT TO LOOK WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PLACE THEM IN THE OPENINGS THAT WE HAVE FOR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE UNCERTIFIED. BUT LIKE MR. MILLER SAID, YOU KNOW, I HATE TO PUT SOMEBODY IN A CLASSROOM JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE UNCERTIFIED, JUST TO FEEL PUT A BUTT IN THE SEAT OUT THERE. I'D RATHER HAVE SOMEBODY THAT KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT THAT CURRICULUM. SO HOW ARE WE DOING THAT? OUR CERTIFICATION OFFICERS ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE WITH THE ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS. THERE'S A DOCUMENT CALLED STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY THAT TELLS US WHAT COURSES THESE NON-CERTIFIED TEACHERS CAN BE ELIGIBLE TO TEACH ONCE THEY REACH THE MILESTONES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THE INTERNSHIP CERTIFICATE. SO THAT IS THE SCREENING MECHANISM. AND THEY SPEND MANY HOURS MANY LATE EVENINGS IN THE SUMMER WORKING ON GETTING THOSE DOCUMENTS AND GETTING PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO BECOME NON CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS IS WHAT WE CALL THEM. WHAT'S THE NUMBER OF UNCERTIFIED THAT ARE APPLYING RIGHT NOW THAT ARE LOOKING TO COME TO WORK HERE? DO YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER? NO. APPLICATIONS. WE REALLY KIND OF DO NON CERTIFIED AS LIKE ALMOST A LAST RESORT. GOTCHA. RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT CERTIFIED PEOPLE TO FILL JOBS. AND IF WE HAVE NON CERTIFIED TEACHERS WHO HAVE NOT REACHED THE MILESTONE THAT THEY NEED BY MARCH 1ST, WE HAVE NOTIFIED THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND THEY'VE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT SAYING THAT IF THEY HAVE NOT REACHED THE MILESTONE BY MARCH 1ST, THEN THEY WILL NO LONGER BE EMPLOYED BY GARLAND ISD. ARE WE SEEING AN UPTICK IN CERTIFIED PEOPLE WANTING TO COME INTO EDUCATION, OR ARE WE SEEING A NO IMPROVEMENT AT ALL? NO, WE'RE NOT SEEING AN UPTICK. BUT THAT IS WHY WE ARE DOING THE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS AND TRYING TO GET TO NEW TEACHERS EARLY. FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TEN TEACHER RESIDENTS AND THOSE ARE PAID RESIDENCIES. [01:00:05] UNLIKE THE STUDENT TEACHING WHERE YOU DIDN'T GET PAID, BUT IT IS A MINIMUM PAY OF $20,000 PER YEAR, WHICH, YOU KNOW, HELPS A LITTLE BIT IT'S BETTER THAN ZERO. I'LL PUT IT LIKE THIS. AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE HOPEFULLY SOME HELP FROM THE STATE TO HELP US PAY ABOUT HALF THAT MUCH. BUT THOSE RESIDENCE, WE STAY IN CONTACT WITH THEM AND THEIR COOPERATING TEACHERS. AND I BELIEVE KIM SHARED WITH ME THAT SHE'S CONTACTED ALL TEN OF THOSE RESIDENCE, AND ALL TEN WANT TO CONTINUE TEACHING IN GARLAND ISD. I WAS GOING TO ASK. WHEN THEY FINISHED THEIR PROGRAMS. PUTTING THAT WORK IN AND PUTTING THAT MONEY WITH THEM, ARE THEY WANTING TO STAY WITH US? THAT'S THE KEY. YES, SIR. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MR. GLICK. THANK YOU SIR. THERE WAS JUST A MULTI-PAGE ARTICLE IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS ABOUT THIS VERY SUBJECT. THEY FOLLOWED A TEACHER IN ALLEN WHO'S NON-CERTIFIED AND PREPARING TO GET HER CERTIFICATION. EXPLAIN TO ME. WE'RE ASKING FOR A WAIVER ONE YEAR. MOVE IT BACK ONE YEAR. IS THAT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT? WELL I'LL LET ANEL EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU, BUT NO, THAT'S NOT QUITE WHAT IT'S ABOUT. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. NO. SO THE WAIVER IS ACTUALLY LIKE A FIVE YEAR PLAN. AND IT STARTED THIS SCHOOL YEAR. AND SO WE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW HAVE 294 UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS. IT'S ACTUALLY LISTED IN THE ACTUAL PLAN. AND SO, LIKE DOCTOR BROWN SAID, THE PLAN IS TO REDUCE BY 25% EACH SCHOOL YEAR. AND SO THIS IS JUST TO HELP THE DISTRICTS. MOST DISTRICTS HIRE, I THINK ALL DISTRICTS IN OUR REGION HIRE UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF CERTIFIED TEACHERS THAT ARE OUT THERE WANTING TO COME INTO THE PROFESSION. AND SO THE STATE HAS GIVEN THE DISTRICTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FILE THIS APPLICATION SO THAT WE CAN BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR 2029 2030 SCHOOL YEAR ZERO COMPLIANCE OF UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS. OKAY, SO IT'S WHAT PERCENTAGE IF YOU IF ANYBODY KNOWS THIS ARE WE AT NOW OF UNCERTIFIED. IS IT LIKE 15% OR IS IT MORE OR LESS. IT'S LESS IT'S. IT WAS UNCLEAR. THEY HAD A WHOLE CHART IN THE NEWSPAPER, BUT IT WAS UNCLEAR BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GIVE OUR NUMBER IN THE ARTICLE. SO WE HAVE ABOUT 3,500 TEACHER TEACH POSITIONS. AND SO THE 294 WOULD BE LESS THAN 10% OF OUR TEACHERS. OKAY. AND SO THE PLAN IS EACH YEAR TO DECREASE THE 294 NUMBER BY 25%. YES. AND THAT OKAY. UNTIL IT IS ZERO. UNTIL IT'S ZERO. AND DON'T WE ALSO HAVE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ALONG THE SAME LINE. WE HAVE A GROW YOUR OWN PROGRAM. COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? IS THAT ON THESE LINES OR IS THAT JUST BRINGING NEW TEACHERS IN. SO SO CURRENTLY OUR GROW YOUR OWN IS IN THE ACTUAL PLAN BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE A A PLAN FOR THEM, BUT ALSO AS A RESULT OF HOUSE BILL TWO, THE STATE IS REALLY PUSHING FOR GROW YOUR OWN PLANS. AND SO FOR THE NEXT UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR WE ARE ABLE TO PLACE OUR CAPE INSTRUCTORS OR GROW YOUR OWN UNDER THE PARAPROFESSIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TEACHING PERMIT. OKAY. WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR GROW YOUR OWN. SO AS WE REDUCE THE GOAL IS ZERO IN THE 29-30 YEAR IS THAT THE GOAL? YES. OKAY. AND WHAT IS DIFFERENT IN THIS THAN WHY ARE WE ASKING FOR A WAIVER THEN JUST EXPLAIN. THAT'S PART I GUESS I'M MISSING. IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH TEACHERS THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR TO FILL THOSE 294 POSITIONS. OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU ALL. THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU SAID WE HAVE HOW MANY TEACHERS AGAIN? UNCERTIFIED 294. AND THAT ACTUALLY ALSO COUNTS OUR 34 CAPE INSTRUCTORS. [01:05:06] AND HOW MANY TOTAL TEACHING STAFF. $3,500. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO ABOUT 8%. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. MR. SELDERS. OF THE 294 STUDENTS OR NOT, SORRY, 294 TEACHERS THAT ARE TEACHING FOUNDATIONAL CURRICULUM. HOW MANY OF THOSE TEACHERS ARE ON PRIORITY CAMPUSES? SO I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU. I DON'T HAVE IT BY CAMPUS. I DO HAVE THE REPORT BACK IN MY OFFICE BY CAMPUS, BUT I DO HAVE IT BROKEN DOWN BY GRADE LEVELS. OKAY. AND THEN FOR THE UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS, HOW LONG DOES IT TYPICALLY TAKE FOR THEM TO GO FROM UNCERTIFIED STATUS TO CERTIFIED BEING CERTIFIED? BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT THERE'S PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE THAT I GUESS THEY'RE WORKING WITH TO BECOME CERTIFIED. IS THAT RIGHT? YES. SO THEY'RE WORKING WITH OUR ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PARTNERS, WHICH INCLUDES LIKE ACT DALLAS REGION 10, ITEACH AND SO FORTH. SO TYPICALLY IT DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF CERTIFICATION EXAMS THEY HAVE TO TAKE. SO EACH POSITION, EACH CONTENT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE ONE EXAM OR TWO EXAMS. TRADITIONALLY YOUR SCIENCE TEACHER WILL ONLY TAKE TWO EXAMS, WHICH IS THE SCIENCE AND THE PEDAGOGY. BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A BILINGUAL VIETNAMESE TEACHER, THEY HAVE TO TAKE SIX EXAMS. SO ON AVERAGE. ON AVERAGE, IT CAN TAKE BETWEEN ONE SCHOOL YEAR TO THREE SCHOOL YEARS, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF EXAMS THEY HAVE TO TAKE. OKAY. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE 25% REDUCTION NUMBER THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PLAN, HOW DID THAT NUMBER GET SELECTED? THE 25% REDUCTION AS OPPOSED TO 50% OR 10%? I'M JUST CURIOUS. OH, BECAUSE THE PLAN FROM THE STATE DIRECTLY IS ONLY FOR FIVE YEARS. AND SO WE HAVE TO WE HAD TO FIND THE PERCENTAGE WITHIN THOSE FIVE YEARS. SO IT STARTED THIS SCHOOL YEAR, BUT THE PLAN WASN'T RELEASED UNTIL MID-OCTOBER. YES, MID-OCTOBER OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR OF 2025, 2026. AND SO WE HAVE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE RULES BY 2029, 2030. SO 25% IS JUST OUR TARGET INTERNALLY. INTERNALLY. IT COULD CHANGE. IT COULD GO UP OR DOWN. IT CAN GO UP OR DOWN DEPENDING ON HOW MANY NUMBERS OF UNCERTIFIED TEACHERS. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. GLICK. MY READING OF HB TWO MIGHT BE INCORRECT, BUT I THOUGHT IT HAD TO BE DOWN TO ZERO IN NOT HAVING NO NON CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN THE FOUR CORE SUBJECTS. IS THAT CORRECT OR IS IT JUST NO NON CERTIFIED TEACHERS? SO THAT IS CORRECT. AND THAT'S WHY WE WANT THE BOARD TO APPROVE THIS APPLICATION WAIVER BECAUSE FOR ELEMENTARY THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, IF WE DON'T GET THIS APPROVAL, THEN WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HIRE TEACHERS WHO DO NOT HOLD THE TEACHING CERTIFICATE. SO AT THE END OF THIS PERIOD OF TIME, WE STILL COULD HAVE NON CERTIFIED TEACHERS, JUST NOT IN THE CORE SUBJECTS. IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT? WE CAN STILL HIRE NON CERTIFIED TEACHERS OR OUR DISTRICT OF INNOVATION CTE TEACHERS IN A NON CORE AREA. YES OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. SUPER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. DOCTOR BROWN, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, WILL YOU INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM AGAIN WHILE THEY'RE ON CAMERA? YES. AND, SARA, WILL YOU COME UP, PLEASE, TOO? SO SPEAKING TO YOU HAS BEEN ANEL GONZALEZ AND SHE IS OUR CERTIFICATION MANAGER. SARA PERCHAN IS A CERTIFICATION OFFICER AND KIM CHAPMAN IS NEWEST TO THE DISTRICT. BUT TWO YEARS IT WORKS WITH GROW YOUR OWN, OUR TEACHER RESIDENCE, OUR STUDENT TEACHERS AND RECRUITMENT. SHE'S ON THE ROAD A LOT. WE'RE LUCKY SHE'S HERE TONIGHT. GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU. AS A BOARD MEMBER, IT'S GOOD TO PUT A NAME WITH A FACE, SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE TEAM ON THIS SUBJECT? IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM 4B 4, WHICH IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A [01:10:01] RESOLUTION ALLOWING COMPENSATION FOR STAFF MEMBERS DUE TO MISSED TIME DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS LIKE REALLY COLD DAYS. YES. DURING THE WEEK OF JANUARY 26TH, THE 26TH THE 27TH, THE 28TH, AND THE 29TH WE EXPERIENCED INCLEMENT WEATHER AND DANGEROUS STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. WE ASK YOU THIS EVENING TO CONSIDER IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND STAFF, TO CONTINUE TO PAY FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE UNABLE TO REPORT THAT DAY. IN ADDITION, WE DID HAVE SOME ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES WHO HAD TO REPORT, FOR INSTANCE, FOR EXAMPLE, TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T HAVE PIPES BUSTED AND WE WANT TO PAY THEM PREMIUM PAY, WHICH IS TIME AND A HALF OF THEIR REGULAR RATE. WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THIS. THANK YOU. I THINK THIS IS A PRETTY STANDARD FOR WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST FOR SIMILAR OCCURRENCES. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THAT WILL MOVE ON TO THE BOARD MEETING. WE'LL GO TO 4B 5. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AND GARLAND ISD TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM AGREEMENT. DOCTOR BROWN. THIS IS THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE COME TO WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS TO ALSO HAVE THEIR TEACHER RESIDENCE PLACED IN GARLAND ISD. ONCE AGAIN, IT IS REQUIRED BY HOUSE BILL TWO THAT WE HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH THE UNIVERSITIES WHO WILL BE PLACING TEACHER RESIDENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS. GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? SEEING NONE. LET'S MOVE. THANK YOU, DOCTOR BROWN. SEEING NONE, LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 4B 6, WHICH IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT FOR COMPLEX EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND INVESTIGATION PLANNING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE DALLAS COUNTY. YOU'RE NOT DOCTOR SHELLEY GARRETT. I AM NOT DOCTOR GARRETT. MR. QUINN, GO AHEAD. BUT I WILL PRESENT THIS MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT. GOOD EVENING DOCTOR LOPEZ COMMITTEE MEMBERS THE ATTACHED MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT WITH THE DPS AND DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS MANDATED BY HOUSE BILL 33 TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR THE PROVISION OF RESOURCES, PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES NECESSARY TO RESPOND TO ACTIVE ATTACK INCIDENTS AT GARLAND ISD PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL FACILITIES IN AN INTEGRATED MANNER. THIS AGREEMENT ESTABLISHES THE OVERARCHING FRAMEWORK FOR COLLABORATION, COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION AMONG THE PARTIES AND DEFINES THEIR RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES IN CARRYING OUT THE REQUIREMENTS OF HOUSE BILL 33. IN PARTICULAR, THE AGREEMENT ENSURES THAT GARLAND ISD IS FORMALLY INCLUDED IN PLANNING AND PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING TABLETOP EXERCISES, IN-PERSON DRILLS, AND RESPONSE PROTOCOLS. AND IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT GARLAND ISD, ROWLETT, AND SACHSE WILL ALSO BE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT. SO I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT. ANY QUESTIONS? MR. GLICK. DESCRIBE FOR ME WHAT THE IN-PERSON DRILLS ARE. SO IN-PERSON DRILLS ARE ACTUAL RESPONSES TO A PERCEIVED CRITICAL INCIDENT WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THEM ON TV AND STUFF. WE HAVE ACTORS THAT HAVE THE FAKE BLOOD, AND IT'S A COORDINATED RESPONSE BETWEEN POLICE, FIRE, FIRST RESPONDERS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS. IT'S THE WHOLE GROUP COMING TOGETHER TO WORK THE PROBLEM. AND IS THAT I THINK I SAW THAT WAS EVERY OTHER YEAR. YES, SIR. AND THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE TIMING, I GUESS. YES. WE'LL BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE. WE'LL BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE WHEN THOSE ACTUALLY GO DOWN EVERY OTHER YEAR. BUT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THEM, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY BASICALLY. YES. OKAY. SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS ON THIS SAFETY ITEM. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL GO TO 4B 7. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE NAMING OF THE ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL CONCESSION STAND TO ARCHER'S SNACK SHACK. JAVIER FERNANDEZ WILL DESCRIBE THIS ITEM FOR US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMITTEE CHAIR MILLER, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DOCTOR LOPEZ. SO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT CONSIDERATION FOR APPROVAL FOR NEXT BOARD MEETING, THE NAMING OF THE ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL CONCESSION STAND. WANTING TO RENAME THAT TO THE ARCHER'S SNACK SHACK. WE'VE GOT A SMALL PRESENTATION HERE THAT I WANTED TO GO THROUGH. BUT BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE PRINCIPAL DUNPHY, WHO IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT REPRESENTING ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE WORKED WITH HIM AND HIS STAFF ON THIS RENAMING. [01:15:02] AND SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HIM. SO THIS IS THE RENAMING OF THE BASEBALL CONCESSION STAND. THIS IS FOR ARCHER, WHO WAS A SON OF MATT AND MELISSA HILL. MELISSA HILL IS A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF GARLAND WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND HER SON WAS AN AVID BASEBALL SPORTS FAN, ESPECIALLY ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HIS BROTHERS PLAYED. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL. THE BASEBALL FIELD ACTUALLY HAS THREE SEPARATE, THREE SEPARATE SHACKS, IF YOU WILL. AND THIS IS THE SHACK WHERE ARCHER SPENT QUITE A BIT OF HIS TIME THERE AT WHEN HE WAS WATCHING HIS BROTHERS PLAY BASEBALL FOR ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL. AND SO THE PLAN IS TO RENAME THE SHACK. IT'S A CONCESSION STAND TO ARCHER'S SNACK SHACK, ALONG WITH JUST A SMALL PLAQUE ON THE SIDE OUTLINING ARCHER'S LOVE FOR THE GAME AND LOVE FOR ROWLETT BASEBALL, AND THE LOVE FOR THE SNACKS THAT HIS DAD WOULD PROVIDE HIM MONEY FOR AS HE WENT TO WATCH HIS BROTHERS PLAY. SO WITH THAT WE WANTED TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE NO NAMINGS FOR ANY OF THE CONCESSION STANDS AT THE SOFTBALL OR BASEBALL. THEY'RE NOT NAMED AT THIS TIME. AND SO THIS WOULD BE A NEW NAME FOR THE CONCESSION STAND. OKAY. BOARD, THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? THIS WOULD BE SUBMITTED THEN GOING FORWARD TO THE BOARD. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. VERY APPRECIATIVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ITEM WHICH WOULD BE 4B 8. THIS IS GOING TO BE NEW BIDS. MR. BOOKER WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE. OKAY. CONTRACT. THIS IS NUMBER A 8A CONTRACT 68-26-02. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF CHARTER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, MR. BOOKER. YES, SIR. ONCE AGAIN, TO CHAIRMAN MILLER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO DOCTOR LOPEZ. WE DO HAVE BEFORE YOU FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THAT CONTRACT. THIS CONTRACT IS ONE THAT GARLAND ISD TAKES THE LEAD FOR THE EDUCATIONAL PURCHASING COOPERATIVE OF NORTH TEXAS. WE ISSUED THAT RFP WHEN IT EXPIRES. THIS IS JUST A NEW REPLACEMENT OF THAT POTENTIAL OF THAT CONTRACT THAT WE HAD IN PLACE. WE THE METHOD WAS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT IS ONE YEAR WITH FOUR ANNUAL RENEWAL OPTIONS. THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $200,000. THAT $200,000 JUST REPRESENTS GARLAND ISD'S EXPECTATION OF WHAT WE WILL SPEND ON THIS CONTRACT AND THAT FUNDING SOURCE IS 199 THE GENERAL FUND. ATTACHED, YOU'LL FIND A LIST OF THOSE CHARTER TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS WHO ARE BEING RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE RELATED TO THIS CONTRACT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS CONTRACT? YOU SAY WE'RE TAKING THE LEAD. WHO ARE THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS? WELL, WE TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS CONTRACT. RIGHT. DO THE SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT TEN AND 11. RIGHT? BASICALLY, WE SEPARATE THOSE CONTRACTS SO THAT NOT EVERY SCHOOL HAS TO DO A TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT. SO THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF PUTTING OUT THEIR OWN. BUT THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S PRIMARILY USED BY MANY OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THIS AREA. OKAY. THANK YOU. UNDERSTOOD. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BOOKER. LET'S GO TO NUMBER B. THIS WILL BE CONTRACT 141-27. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF COMMODITY PROCESSING FOR STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES. YES, SIR. THIS CONTRACT IS USED SPECIFICALLY BY STUDENT NUTRITIONAL SERVICES, WHERE THE DISTRICT IS TAKING THOSE RAW COMMODITIES AND TURNING THEM INTO PROCESSED GOODS. THAT CONTRACT IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT. IT IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT THAT WE DO EACH YEAR. IT IS NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $7,500,000 PAID FOR OUT OF FUND 240 NATIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PROGRAM. THOSE COMPANIES THAT ARE LISTED FOR AWARD, THOSE WITH AN ASTERISK INDICATE THOSE WHO HAVE SAID THAT THEIR PRICING WAS CONFIDENTIAL. 39 THE DISTRICT RECEIVED OR SOLICITED 629 AND RECEIVED 39 RESPONSES. BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE RELATED TO THE COMMODITY PROCESSING CONTRACT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS CONTRACT? SEE A LIST OF THE PROVIDERS. MR. SELDERS. YES. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, HOW WAS THIS LIST CURATED? [01:20:04] BASICALLY, WE OUR PROGRAM IDENTIFIES THOSE COMPANIES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING GOODS AND SERVICES TO THE DISTRICT. EACH TIME ONE OF THE CONTRACTS COMES UP, IT'S ELECTRONICALLY COMMUNICATED TO ALL OF THE VENDORS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THAT COMMODITY. OF COURSE, THEY CAN ADD, EVEN IF THEY WERE NOT SOLICITED BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT IN OUR DATABASE. WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO PUT PUBLIC NOTICES OUT. SO ANY COMPANY CAN, IN FACT SOLICIT OR CAN PROVIDE A RESPONSE TO THE SOLICITATION. BUT IT'S MARKETED BY OUR ERP SYSTEM FOR EVERY VENDOR WHO REQUESTS A COPY OF THIS CONTRACT, THEY GET AN ELECTRONIC COPY TO ENSURE THAT THEY RECEIVE IT. AND I GUESS I WAS JUST CURIOUS IN TERMS OF THE LIST AND HOW IT'S CURATED, LIKE WHAT STANDARDS ARE BEING USED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT FOOD QUALITY IS WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE FOR STUDENT CONSUMPTION. LIKE, IS THERE AN OVERARCHING BODY THAT DOES THAT. YES. THE STUDENT NUTRITION DEPARTMENT THEY HAVE SPECIFIC THEY HAVE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THAT RAW PRODUCT OF HOW IT SHOULD BE PRODUCED FOR THE DISTRICT. SO THERE ARE SPECIFICATIONS FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S RAW CHICKEN, IT'S CHICKEN NUGGETS. AND SO THEY JUST TAKE THAT RAW PRODUCT, FOLLOW THE SPECIFICATIONS THAT THE DISTRICT AND THE DEPARTMENT FROM SNS PRODUCES, AND THEY PRODUCE THOSE NUGGETS TO THOSE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE STUDENT NUTRITION DEPARTMENT. OKAY. AND SAY THAT AGAIN WHO COMES UP WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS. SO THEY WILL IDENTIFY EXACTLY HOW OR HOW THOSE CHICKEN NUGGETS SHOULD BE PRODUCED OUT OF THE RAW CHICKEN. OUR STUDENT NUTRITION PROGRAM, OUR DEPARTMENT DOES THAT? OUR DEPARTMENT MAKES THE SPECIFICATIONS. OKAY. I JUST USE CHICKEN NUGGETS BECAUSE THAT'S ONE THAT'S COMMONLY USED. OKAY. IT'S BETTER THAN CANES, ROBERT. WELL, MEETING WITH THE CHANGE AGENTS. THEY LOVE THE CHICKEN WING DAY. THEY WANT MORE THAN ONE. THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE TELLING US THE OTHER DAY. THEY SAID NOT ENOUGH DAYS FOR THAT. SO WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. THERE'S THINGS THE KIDS LIKE. I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS COMING FROM, I WAS TALKING WITH A PARENT, AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD, HAD TO DO WITH THE INGREDIENTS THAT ARE BEING USED IN SOME OF THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE SERVED JUST IN GENERAL, I GUESS AS FAR AS STUDENT NUTRITION GOES. AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANSWERS TO GIVE THEM SPECIFICS AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALITY OF THOSE INGREDIENTS. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY TALKED ABOUT ALL THE CHEMICALS AND ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF. I'M LIKE, I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THAT COMES FROM. AND SO WHEN I SAW THIS, I WAS JUST CURIOUS TO UNDERSTAND SORT OF HOW WE COME TO THIS LIST AND HOW WE CURATE THAT. JENNIFER MILLER, OUR SHE WOULD BE IN THE BEST POSITION TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. HELLO. GOOD EVENING, MR. SELDERS, BOARD. SO WE DO DO A VERY IN DEPTH PROCESS WHEN WE TEST ALL THESE ITEMS AND THERE ARE INGREDIENTS OF CONCERN AND THINGS THAT WE REALLY DO MONITOR WHEN WE DO OUR SOLICITATIONS. AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REALLY GOING THROUGH AND ELIMINATING ANY INGREDIENTS OF CONCERN. WE'VE ALREADY DONE THINGS LIKE ELIMINATE ALL ARTIFICIAL DYES AND COLORS. SO THINGS LIKE THAT ARE DEFINITELY TOP OF MIND. SO I WOULD SAY THAT IF YOU EVER HAVE A PARENT THAT SPECIFICALLY HAS A CONCERN ABOUT ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR PLEASE FORWARD THEM TO ME SO THAT I CAN TALK TO THEM SPECIFICALLY ABOUT MAYBE WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE. BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE EVALUATE PRODUCTS AND DO OUR SPECS. OKAY, I'LL DO THAT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SUPER. YEAH. SO THE PARENTS QUESTION WASN'T OF A SPECIFIC CONCERN OF A SPECIFIC THING THAT WAS IN A FOOD. THEY JUST WANTED TO KNOW IN GENERAL WHAT QUALITY CONTROL OR SCREENING PROCESS. YEAH, I THINK. AND THE STUDENT NUTRITION DEPARTMENT IS THE ONE THAT DRIVES THAT. YEAH. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. BUT I THINK I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET TO YOU. YEAH I THINK, YOU KNOW SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. JUST PLEASE SEND THEM TO ME. BUT I'LL DO A SHAMELESS PLUG FOR OUR MENU ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS. WE JUST HAD A FANTASTIC ONE LAST NIGHT. WE HAVE ANOTHER 1ST APRIL 13TH, I THINK. AND THAT'S ANOTHER PLACE WHERE WE REALLY DO INVITE PEOPLE TO COME AND ASK US THOSE KIND OF QUESTIONS AND TEST THE FOOD. AND WE CAN REALLY HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSIONS. I THINK WE HAD ALMOST 55 PEOPLE LAST NIGHT. SO HOW DOES THAT MEETING GET COMMUNICATED? I MEAN, IT IS PRIMARILY VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. [01:25:01] IT'S ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AS WELL. YOU SAID APRIL 13TH. YES, SIR. I THINK APRIL 13TH I THINK IS THE NEXT ONE. IF THAT'S A MONDAY, THAT'S IT. AND THEY'RE 5 P.M. AT THE PADGETT BUILDING. OKAY. BUT THEY'RE ALSO ON THE GISD WEBSITE AND ANYONE CAN FOLLOW US AT GISD NUTRITION. AND I'LL DEFINITELY BE ALL OVER OUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT AS WELL. OKAY. YEAH I'LL GIVE THEM THAT INFORMATION. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LET ME KNOW WHEN ICE CREAM SANDWICH DAY IS AND I'LL BE THERE. [LAUGHTER] LET'S GO TO ITEM C, 4B C MODIFICATION TO AWARDED. I'M SORRY 4B C CONTRACT NUMBER 344-26. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF LIBRARY BOOKS AND MATERIALS CATALOG, MR. BOOKER? YES, SIR. THIS IS THE RFP THAT'S UTILIZED FOR THOSE LIBRARY RESOURCES THAT WE SENT OUT, THOSE RFP FOR LIBRARY BOOKS AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS FOR THOSE LIBRARY BOOKS. THIS IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT, WHICH IS PART OF OUR NORMAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS. IT IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH FOUR ANNUALLY RENEWABLE OPTIONS, WITH A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $750,000. 85% OF THAT COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND 15% FROM CAMPUS FUNDS 461. THOSE LISTED AWARDED PROVIDERS ARE LISTED WITH THEIR DISCOUNTS OFF THE LIST PRICE FOR THOSE PARTICULAR COMPANIES THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD. BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE RELATES TO THE LIBRARY BOOK MATERIAL CATALOG AWARD. GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PURCHASING PROCESS? ANY QUESTIONS BOARD. THANK YOU, MR. BOOKER. WE'RE GOING TO GO NOW TO 4B 9 MODIFICATION TO AWARDED BIDS. NUMBER A UNDER THAT ITEM WILL BE CONTRACT NUMBER 341-21-01. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MODIFICATION TO TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES. YES, SIR. THIS CONTRACT IS JUST SIMPLY A NAME CHANGE FROM A CONTRACT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. SINCE THAT TIME, THEY HAVE CHANGED THEIR NAME AND THE CHANGE IS BEING MOVED FROM TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION NETWORK, LLC. THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING BUSINESS TIN TO LANGO LLC. THIS IS JUST STRICTLY A NAME CHANGE BY THE COMPANY. ALL THE TERMS, CONDITIONS AND PRICING THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD REMAIN THE SAME. IT'S JUST A NAME CHANGE THAT NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT IS $120,000 PAID FOR OUT OF GENERAL FUND. GREAT. SO THE MODIFICATION HERE IS JUST WITH THE NAME CHANGE, NOT AN AMOUNT. ANYBODY GOT A QUESTION ON THAT? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO NUMBER 9B, WHICH IS CONTRACT NUMBER 341-25. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MODIFICATION TO TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES. IT'S THE EXACT SAME COMPANY THAT WAS AWARDED THE PREVIOUS AWARD. THIS IS JUST A SEPARATE AWARD THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE DISTRICT. AND IT IS JUST SIMPLY THE SAME NAME CHANGE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ASSUMING THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ON THAT. THANK YOU, MR. BOOKER. WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM NUMBER 5, WHICH IS EXECUTIVE SESSION. I HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF ANY NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION. MECHELLE HOGAN BOARD SERVICES MANAGER SAYS WE HAVE NONE. OUR SUPERINTENDENT SAYS WE HAVE NONE. SO WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT. [VI. Adjournment] AND I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 6:58, AND THE DAC COMMITTEE WILL BEGIN. MR. JOHNSON WHEN? 7:05. 7:05, THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.