Mar 10, 2026 Facilities Committee Meeting

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WELL. GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THIS IS THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

[I. Call to Order and Determination of Quorum ]

WE ARE MEETING HERE TUESDAY, MARCH 10TH. THE TIME IS 5:58, AND WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. AND OUR NEXT ITEM ON THIS AGENDA IS TO LOOK FOR PUBLIC FORUM.

DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS TODAY, MECHELLE? OKAY. SEEING NO SPEAKERS TODAY, WE'LL GO TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT FOR HOPEFULLY A GREAT INSPIRING AND MOTIVATING MESSAGE.

[III. Superintendent's Message]

WE'RE A TOP FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR THE H-E-B AWARDS.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED.

IT REALLY WAS A TEAM EFFORT TO HOST THESE PANEL OF JUDGES THAT CAME IN AND VISITED OUR DISTRICT.

THEY VISITED TWO SCHOOLS, SACHSE AND BUSSEY. AND HAVING THEM TRAVEL THROUGH OUR DISTRICT, VISIT CLASSROOMS. YOU KNOW, BE ENGAGED AND THEN MEET A PANEL OF PEOPLE THAT REPRESENT ALL WALKS OF OUR COMMUNITY WAS TRULY A POWERFUL EVENT.

I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT H-E-B DID LEAVE IMPRESSED AND H-E-B WAS.

IT'S NOT ONLY THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT THEY FELT IT WAS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY ENERGY.

AND THE TEAM HAD TO PUT TOGETHER SO MANY LOGISTICS FROM OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM TO OUR CUSTODIAL TEAMS TO, YOU KNOW, THE PRINCIPALS MAKING SURE EVERYTHING LOOKED PERFECT TO, TO TRAVELING TRANSPORTATION CAME IN AND PICKED THEM UP, DROVE THEM AROUND. THERE WAS SO MANY MOVING PARTS THAT I COULDN'T THINK I WOULD LEAVE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT ON, ON OUR THANKFULNESS. BUT THE THING THAT STOOD OUT IS IF YOU COULD JUST SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING ABOUT THE DISTRICT FROM A GENUINE PERSPECTIVE, FROM STUDENTS TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PARENTS, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT YOU MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE TO BE IN GISD AND YOU WOULD KNOW.

WHILE WE'RE NOT PERFECT, WE'RE STRIVING FOR PERFECTION.

AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT HONOR. WHATEVER HAPPENS IN MAY IS, IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

BUT WE PUT, WE LEFT NOTHING BEHIND AND WE FEEL GREAT ABOUT IT.

SO WITH THAT, JAMIE SENDING IT BACK TO YOU. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND ON BEHALF OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE HERE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT.

IF YOU'LL PASS THE WORD ON TO YOUR STAFF. YOU'RE RIGHT.

THEY LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED WHEN IT COMES TO PREPARING FOR VISITORS.

AND THEY DO A VERY GOOD JOB. AND WE'RE PROUD OF THE WAY THEY MAKE GISD SHINE WHEN WE DO HAVE VISITORS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S GO ON. WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 4.

[IV.A. Discussion Item]

AND I'M SORRY FOR THE TRUSTEES FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY.

ITEM A DISCUSSION ITEMS. FIRST UP IS GOING TO BE DARRELL DODDS TO GO OVER THE 2026-2027 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS.

THIS IS A FIRST BLUSH AT LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

THE NEXT FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR, AND I'M SURE MR. DODDS IS GOING TO IMPRESS US. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MILLER.

I'M ALREADY IMPRESSED. AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR LOPEZ.

YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR AND, YOU KNOW, SO THANKFUL THAT OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTED US THROUGH OUR TAX RATE ELECTION.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S HAPPENING TO OUR DISTRICT AS, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS BUT YOU KNOW, MAINTAINING THE FOUR PILLARS THAT WE SAID WE WANT TO DO THIS IS BUILT INTO THIS NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. I'M NOT GOING TO SHARE ANY REALLY NUMBERS.

WE STILL HAVE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT WE'RE WE'RE WORKING ON, BUT I DO KIND OF WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME TOUCH POINTS.

I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGET, WHERE WE'RE AT AND AND THAT TYPE OF DEAL.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO THAT WILL BE A PRELUDE TO THE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NEXT YEAR.

SO ANYWAY I WENT BACK TO A HISTORICAL ENROLLMENT TREND.

I KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO US THIS YEAR.

AND THIS IS STRAIGHT LINE ACROSS RIGHT AROUND MARCH 10TH.

SO FROM MARCH 10TH 2021 TO MARCH 10TH OR WHATEVER THAT FRIDAY WAS RIGHT THERE TO 2023.

YOU SEE THAT FROM THAT YEAR WE IN, IN THAT YEAR, WE OUR ENROLLMENT DROPPED BY 938 IN 20 FROM 23 TO 24. YOU SEE THAT OUR ENROLLMENT DROPPED AROUND 895 IN 20 FROM 24

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SO WE WERE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. FOR, FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.

AND AS WE APPROVE THIS CURRENT YEAR BUDGET, WE WERE SHOWING THAT WE WOULD GO DOWN SOMEWHERE IN THE 708 ENROLLMENT BASED ON WHAT WAS TRENDING, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED.

SO YOU SEE FROM 25 TO 26 IN THE SAME MARCH AREA, WE'RE DOWN OVER 2000 STUDENTS WHICH WAS THE 700 WE LOOKED AT AND JUST WHAT IS HAPPENING IN, ACROSS THE NATION. AND SO, YOU KNOW, ACROSS TEXAS. AND I TALKED TO CFOS ALL OVER THE STATE.

THIS IS HAPPENING IN THEIR AREAS TOO. BUT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT REALLY NOBODY FORESAW IN HAPPENING. I WAS PLEASED WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS CURRENT YEAR BUDGET THAT THESE NUMBERS WERE TRENDING DOWN, WHICH MIGHT MEAN THAT WE START LEVELING OFF IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO.

BUT I'M HOPING THIS IS AN OUTLIER. I'M HOPING THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT A TREND THAT NOW WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS BIG OF A DROP FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

SO GOING INTO THIS THROWS A KINK IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU TRY TO DO ON BUDGETS.

IT THROWS A KINK IN WHAT, HOW YOU'RE TRYING TO PLAN, HOW YOU'RE TRYING TO STAFF THE CAMPUSES AND STAFF DEPARTMENTS. SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT IS IMPACTING US THIS YEAR, AND THIS IS TYPICAL TRULY OF GARLAND.

IS WE START OFF REALLY STRONG IN AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.

AND EACH SIX WEEKS WE START GOING DOWN. AND YES, I KNOW WE'RE ON A NINE-WEEK GRADING PERIOD, BUT FINANCE IS BASED OFF SIX WEEKS. SO YOU SEE, WE STARTED OFF AT 95.4% THAT FIRST SIX WEEKS, 94.7%. AND THEN WE JUST TREND DOWN. AND LOOKING AT PAST WE DON'T TREND UP IN FIFTH AND SIXTH SIX WEEKS, WHICH I WAS TALKING TO DOCTOR LOPEZ ON THIS.

I SAID IN WEST TEXAS, YOU START SEEING IT TREND BACK UP, BUT IN THE METROPLEX YOU DON'T REALLY SEE THAT HERE.

AND SO ONE THING WE'RE DOING AND STUDENT SERVICES I TALKED TO PRINCIPALS AND ADMINISTRATION ON THURSDAY ABOUT THIS, AND WE'RE TEAM GISD. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO AS A TEAM IS WORK TO GET OUR STUDENTS BACK INTO CLASSROOMS WHERE THEY BELONG. AND SO THAT WILL BE A PUSH THAT WE WILL HAVE SOME, SOME THINGS GOING ON IN THE UPCOMING MONTH TO REALLY START WORKING ON GETTING OUR ATTENDANCE BACK UP. AND YES, ATTENDANCE IS TIED TO MONEY, BUT IT'S ALSO TIED TO OUTCOMES AND STUDENT OUTCOMES AND THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS.

SO AS A COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO START LOOKING AND PUSHING AND MAKING SURE OUR KIDS ARE GETTING BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM.

USUALLY THE THIRD AND FOURTH, SIX WEEKS THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AROUND WHERE ALL THE A LOT OF SICKNESS HAPPENS.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF FLU, COVID, THOSE TYPE OF DEALS THAT HAPPEN DURING THAT TIME.

BUT TRUTHFULLY, AS WE START PULLING OUT OF THE FOUR, SIX WEEKS, WE SHOULD BE TRENDING BACK UP.

BUT YOU SEE THE IMPACT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE FIRST SIX WEEKS DOWN TO THE FOURTH SIX WEEKS, THAT'S A LITTLE OVER 1,200 ADA DROP. AND SO IT DOES IMPACT OUR FINANCIAL OUTCOMES FROM THE STATE.

THAT'S ABOUT AN $8 MILLION HIT TO THIS CURRENT BUDGET.

IF WE DON'T GET FIFTH AND SIX WEEKS ATTENDANCE RATES BACK UP TO WHERE WE STARTED FROM.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS, AS WE GET LATER ON IN THE DEAL WE'RE PUTTING.

DOING A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WILL PUSH US WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY.

AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

WHEN WE WENT OUT FOR A TAX RATE ELECTION, OUR MAIN GOAL WAS TEACHER RETENTION AND STAFF RETENTION.

CREATING PLANNING TIMES FOR OUR, OUR SECONDARY AND EVEN LOOKING AT SOME ELEMENTARY PLANNING TIMES.

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AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE DO ON OUR CAMPUS. COLLEGE FOR ALL MAGNET PROGRAMS, ALL THESE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT DURING THAT GOING OUT FOR TAX RATE ELECTION. AND WE'RE GOING TO HONOR THAT OUR, OUR SPED AND IN OUR COURSE SAFETY AND SECURITY.

AND SO I WANTED TO BRING THIS SLIDE UP. THIS IS OUR SCHOOL, OUR ENROLLMENT AS OF SNAPSHOT DATE.

AND SNAPSHOT DAY IS A BIG THING IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT'S THE LAST FRIDAY IN OCTOBER AND WE SEND OFF SNAPSHOTS AND A LOT OF THINGS ARE BUILT OFF SNAPSHOT.

BUT LOOKING AT THIS, CAN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT STICKS OUT? YOU SEE OUR 12TH, 12TH GRADE IS OUR LARGEST CLASS.

AND ACTUALLY WE HAVE SOME RIGHT CLOSE TO 4,000.

BUT IF YOU WAS TO LOOK AT THIS TEN YEARS AGO, EVERY ONE OF THOSE WOULD HAVE BEEN 4,000 AND OVER.

SO A MILESTONE IN OUR DISTRICT WHERE OUR SENIOR CLASS IS THE LARGEST CLASS THAT WE HAVE.

AND YOU START LOOKING AT EACH GRADE LEVEL GOING UP TO KINDERGARTEN, YOU SEE THERE'S BIG DIFFERENCES.

AND SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS RIGHT NOW, WHEN THESE STUDENTS WALK ACROSS THE STAGE, WE COMPARE THAT TO WHAT'S COMING INTO THE DISTRICT.

YOU COMPARE THAT TO KINDERGARTEN, AND THERE'S ROUGHLY A 900 STUDENT DELTA IN BETWEEN.

WHAT'S GOING TO WALK ACROSS THE STAGE IN MAY AND WHAT OUR CURRENT KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT IS THERE.

AND SO LOOKING AT THIS BUDGET, WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT, WE KNOW WHEN THAT HAPPENS THAT THE WAY WE'RE TRENDING, UNLESS KINDERGARTEN BRINGS IN MORE STUDENTS, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE THAT DATA RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT LEAST 900 STUDENT ENROLLMENT DROP GOING INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

SO SOME BUDGET OVERVIEWS. I WAS ON THE PHONE THIS WEEK OR LAST WEEK WITH DALLAS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND GOING THROUGH WHAT OUR VALUES WILL LOOK AT FOR NEXT YEAR.

NOW, WE WON'T GET A CERTIFIED ESTIMATE UNTIL THE END OF APRIL.

SO THAT'S ONE THING ABOUT OUR BUDGETS. EVERYTHING WE DO IS ON ESTIMATES.

AND SO IT'S THERE'S NOTHING CONCRETE UNTIL WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE NEXT YEAR.

AND SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS, HOME VALUES ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ALMOST FLAT AS, AS IN NEXT YEAR'S VALUES. THERE'S A NEW EXEMPTION COMING IN FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.

AND THAT'S THE BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY. THAT, THAT IS PART OF OUR VALUES.

AND SO THERE'S, I BELIEVE $125,000 EXEMPTION COMING IN ON THAT.

SO OUR FIRST ESTIMATE IS GOING TO HAVE IT WITHOUT THAT EXEMPTION.

THEN WE'LL GET ANOTHER ESTIMATE IN MAY. THAT WILL HAVE THAT EXEMPTION IN.

AND THEY'RE ESTIMATING THAT OUR VALUES WILL PROBABLY DECREASE SOMEWHERE AROUND $300 MILLION TO $400 MILLION JUST ON THAT PART.

NOW NEW GROWTH THAT WE'VE HAD, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY ESTIMATE ON THAT, BUT IT HAS BEEN OVER THAT AMOUNT THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND SO AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS RIGHT NOW IN OUR BUDGET, I'M NOT ESTIMATING ANY INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES.

IF THERE IS, IT MAY BE 2 TO 3%, BUT RIGHT NOW I WANT TO STAY AS CONSERVATIVE AS POSSIBLE AND WORK OUR NUMBERS. AND AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION WE WILL CHANGE IN THOSE BUDGET WORKSHOPS, WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE.

SO WITH OUR VALUES STAYING THE SAME, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE NO ADDITIONAL COMPRESSION.

THAT'S AUTOMATICALLY BUILT INTO THE TAX SYSTEM.

SO WE WOULD BE AT THE SAME RATE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER THIS YEAR.

0.7869 FOR M&O 0.3840 FOR I&S. AND THEN FOR A TOTAL TAX RATE OF $1.1709. AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY. WE STILL HAVE A GREAT TAX COLLECTION.

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AS WE LOOK AT OUR PROJECTION, THIS IS WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE TRICKY AS I SHOWED.

WE, I'M HOPING THAT ONE YEAR IS AN OUTLIER, BUT I GOTTA TAKE THAT IN, IN IN STRIDE AS WE'RE LOOKING AT IT. SO THESE ARE EARLY ESTIMATES. I'M, I'M SHOWING ABOUT A 1500 STUDENT DROP KNOWING THAT 900 IS GOING TO HAPPEN AT GRADUATION. AND THEN PROJECTING AN ADA.

AND I KNOW THAT ADA ALWAYS LOOKS A LITTLE FUNNY BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE SAME DROP AS ENROLLMENT, BUT RIGHT NOW, BASED ON OUR PUPIL PROJECTIONS AND HOW TEMPLATES IN ADA IS FIGURED IT ROUGHLY IS ABOUT 1000 LESS THAN WHAT WE ARE NOW.

SO AT 44,159, THIS MAY CHANGE AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS, BUT THESE ARE FIRST ESTIMATES AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS. AND THIS RIGHT HERE IS, IS A GRAPH ON JUST WHAT OUR TAX RATE TREND HAS BEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. YOU'LL SEE WE'RE STAYING THE SAME AS WE WERE IN THE PAST YEAR.

ONE OF THE THINGS TOO. AND I WENT AHEAD AND PULLED IT FROM THE AGENDA IS A COMPENSATION MANUAL BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

AS WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH A NEW ERP SYSTEM CHANGE AND WORKING THROUGH A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL MANUAL AND WE'VE MADE SOME CHANGES TODAY.

SO I DIDN'T WANT TO BRING SOMETHING TO YOU THAT WOULD NOT BE MORE ACCURATE THAN WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.

BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT INCREASING TEACHER BEGINNING PAY TO $63,000.

WE'RE CURRENTLY AT $61,500 AND, YOU KNOW, AT A MINIMUM.

THEY WOULD RECEIVE ABOUT A 4% INCREASE, BUT THAT'S ABOUT ALL I WANT TO SAY RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH OUR NUMBERS, WE'RE STILL ADDRESSING WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN OUR BUDGET TO GET TO WHERE WE'RE SHOWING A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPLUS. AND THEN WE WOULD ADD BACK WHAT THE SALARY INCREASES AND BEING VERY COGNIZANT ON WHERE WE WOULD BE SETTING.

SO A LOT OF WORK STILL TO DO. AND I HAVE PEOPLE CRUNCHING NUMBERS LIKE CRAZY EVERY SINGLE DAY TO TRY TO GET US TO THAT POINT. THE TIMELINE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS BUDGET, I TOLD YOU EARLIER THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT TRYING TO GET THIS BUDGET APPROVED IN MAY IF ALL POSSIBLE MAY NOT HAPPEN, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE NEW ERP SYSTEM, WHICH IS OUR WHOLE FINANCE SYSTEM THAT WE DO FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT RUNS EVERYTHING WE DO FINANCE, HR, PURCHASING, PAYROLL ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS ARE ALL TIED INTO THIS FINANCE.

AND WE'RE MAKING A CHANGE THIS YEAR AND HOPING TO GO LIVE RIGHT AT WE CHANGE FOR FISCAL YEAR, JULY 1ST. SO AS WE'RE DOING THAT, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE BUDGET APPROVED.

SO ALL OF THAT IS IN THE SYSTEM WHEN WE GO LIVE AT THE NEW IN THE NEW ERP SYSTEM.

BUT LOOKING AT THIS, WE WILL HAVE A BUDGET WORKSHOP APRIL 14TH.

WE, AS I SAID BEFORE, OUR ESTIMATED PROPERTY VALUES.

APRIL 30TH WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER BUDGET WORKSHOP.

MAY 12TH, WE'LL PUBLISH OUR BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE MAY 15TH.

THEN WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET ON THE 26TH AND THEN ADOPT THE PROPOSED BUDGET AT THAT TIME.

FOR OUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGET, WE WILL LOOK AT THE FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENTS.

THE LAST BOARD MEETING IN JUNE. AND THEN, AS I WAS SAYING, BASED ON ESTIMATES, BECAUSE WHEN WE GET TO JULY 25TH, WE WILL ACTUALLY GET OUR CERTIFIED VALUES FROM THE DALLAS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

THAT'LL BE ONE OF THE FIRST MORE CONCRETE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.

MOVING IN FOR THIS NEXT YEAR BUDGET. ANY QUESTIONS?

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COMMITTEE ANY? WE'LL START WITH MR. GLICK AND GO MR. SELDERS. THANK YOU SIR. BEFORE YOU START, CAN I JUST MAKE A CLARIFICATION? WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR ADA EFFORTS, I KNOW WE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD THAT WE WERE GOING FULL FORCE ON ADA AND WE DID START OFF STRONG.

WE DID LOSE SOME MOMENTUM IN THE WINTER MONTHS.

DUE THERE WAS A LOT OF SICKNESS, ALLERGIES. THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT.

I THINK HE WAS TRYING TO ITERATE. WE HAVEN'T LOST FOCUS.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SEE NOW HOW CAN WE RECALIBRATE, ESPECIALLY WITH TESTING SEASON COMING IN, ENDING STRONG. GPA'S ARE ON A LOT OF KIDS MINDS, YOU KNOW WE REALLY WANT TO INCREASE THAT ADA AND WE GOT TO SEE WHAT MOTIVATES KIDS TO GET THEM TO SCHOOL.

I WILL SAY ONE OTHER THING. WE DID HAVE THIS TALK WITH OUR CHANGE AGENTS AND OUR STUDENTS AND THEY GAVE US A BUNCH OF IDEAS WHICH, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE BOTH WHAT WE WOULD CALL ADDITIVE GIVING THEM LIKE PERKS AND CONSEQUENCES.

RIGHT? SO THERE'S, THERE'S DUALS TO THAT, BUT WE'RE WORKING HARD IN TRYING TO DO THAT.

AND WE HAVE SOME CAMPUSES THAT ARE SHINING STARS AND THERE'S OTHER AREAS THAT ARE POCKETS THAT WE REALLY HAVE TO FOCUS ON.

SO I DIDN'T WANT US TO LOSE FOCUS THAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THE ADA.

THANK YOU SIR. IT SEEMS ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS.

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS HAS AN ARTICLE ABOUT, I'M GOING TO CALL IT THE WORD VOUCHERS.

IT'S NOT THE ACTUAL LEGAL TERM. HAVE YOU IN YOUR 1500 DECREASE IN ENROLLMENT, CALCULATED ANY POSSIBLE EFFECT OF VOUCHERS, OR IS THAT JUST SUCH AN UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME? IT'S STILL A GREAT UNKNOWN. IN FACT, I READ AN ARTICLE THIS MORNING THAT YOU KNOW, OUT OF ALL THE VOUCHER APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TURNED IN, ONLY 24% OF THEM ARE FROM PUBLIC EDITOR.

THAT 76% OF THE APPLICATIONS AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST NUMBER, CLOSE TO 200,000 APPLICATIONS, OR MAYBE MORE THAN THAT IS FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY NOT IN THE, IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO LOOKING AT THAT, YES, I AM WEIGHING WHAT THAT COULD DO TO US.

SO YOUR PROJECTION OF 1,500 DOWN IS WITHOUT POTENTIAL VOUCHERS? IS IT MORE THE EXODUS TO HOME SCHOOLING? IS THAT PART OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING? SOME, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN COMPETITION HERE. WE'RE NOT THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN.

AND SO YES, WE DO SEE SOME EXODUS TO HOME SCHOOL.

YOU SEE SOME TO CHARTER SCHOOLS AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS AN A AND GET OUR CAMPUSES WHERE THEY NEED, WHICH WE HAVE 23 A CAMPUSES NOW AND SOME VERY CLOSE THAT WE WILL BE IN COMPETITION WITH THAT.

YES, SIR. TO EXPAND ON THAT, MR. GLICK. SO LET'S, LET'S LOOK AT THE CATEGORIES OF POST COVID, RIGHT? SO WHEN WE DID POST COVID AND WE CAME BACK TO SCHOOL, THERE WAS A NUMBER OF KIDS WE COULD NOT TRACK, RIGHT? THAT'S HAPPENING AGAIN RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S NOT ONLY THE HOMESCHOOL KIDS, WE CAN TRACK HOMESCHOOL.

IF IT'S CHARTER KIDS, WE CAN TRACK CHARTER. YOU CAN KIND OF TRACK PRIVATE, BUT IF THEY GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THEY'RE GOING. SO THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR STATE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THESE BIG DELTAS AND ENROLLMENT.

THAT'S WHY ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE FACING IT.

RIGHT? AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER TO WORK THROUGH IT.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE COULD, WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A ONE-TIME PHENOMENON, YOU KNOW? WE DON'T KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, KIDS WILL START RETURNING.

WE KNOW WHERE KIDS HAVE GONE IN HOMESCHOOL. WE KNOW WHERE KIDS HAVE GONE IN CHARTER, BUT THERE'S OTHERS THAT WE CAN'T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ON WHERE THEY'RE AT AND IF THEY'RE WITHIN A SCHOOL SYSTEM, USUALLY THEY ASK FOR RECORDS AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN GIVEN THOSE OUT YET.

SO OR GOTTEN A REQUEST YET. I THOUGHT YOU HAD YOU GOT A FOLLOW UP.

OKAY. MR. SELDERS. YEAH, THANKS FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE IMPACTS TO ENROLLMENT IN ADA WITH, YOU KNOW, VOUCHERS AND SICKNESS AND WHATNOT. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS I DON'T KNOW AT WHAT POINT, BUT HAVE YOU GUYS GIVEN ANY THOUGHT TO WHEN DO WE NEED TO ACTUALLY LIKE RESTRUCTURE OR RESIZE THE BUDGET MODEL FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO SORT OF TAKE INTO ACCOUNT

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SO ONE OF THE THINGS IN THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT IS PULLING IT DOWN TO WHERE WE'RE AT NOW WHICH TAKES THE WHOLE DISTRICT TO DO SO. YOU KNOW, WHEN I TALKED TO THE GROUP THE OTHER DAY WE HAVE TO PULL SOME NON-PAYROLL.

I CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH FROM, FROM SALARY SAVINGS OR VACANCIES OR WHATEVER.

WE HAVE TO PULL SOME FROM NON-PAYROLL. AND, YOU KNOW, AFTER I GAVE MY PRESENTATION TO THEM, THEY WERE OKAY, WE SEE WHERE WE'RE AT AND WE UNDERSTAND THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT.

NOBODY LIKES TO NOT NOT LOSE SOME OF THEIR MONEY IN THEIR BUDGET.

BUT YES. SO LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR LOOKING AT CUTTING NON-PAYROLL MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT BECAUSE TRUTHFULLY, THIS IS NOT THE TALK I WANTED TO HAVE. I WANTED TO HAVE WE ARE, WE ARE TRENDING IN A DIFFERENT WAY, YOU KNOW. BUT THE, THE STUDENT NUMBERS ARE REALLY IS WHAT IS CAUSING THAT.

SO AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD JUST LOOKING AT WHAT OUR STUDENT NUMBERS ARE, HOW WE NEED TO STAFF FOR NEXT YEAR.

ALSO WE CAN'T FUND THE, THE NON-PAYROLL BASED ON WHAT WE'VE DONE PREVIOUSLY.

AND SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS, OUR CAMPUSES AND, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT TOO AS CAMPUSES SHRINK SO MUCH. DEPARTMENTS SHRINK.

AND SO WE WERE WORKING THROUGH THAT ALSO. I KNOW, LIKE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THIS ENROLLMENT TREND IS AN ANOMALY AND WE HOPE THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY THAT HOPE IS NOT ALWAYS A GOOD STRATEGY SO.

TOO IS JUST LOOKING AT RUNNING NUMBERS THROUGH DIFFERENT PEOPLE TRENDS, COHORTS, RATIOS, WHAT LOOKS LIKE WHAT WE NEED TO BE AT. AND SO WE HOPE AND LIKE YOU SAID, THAT IS NOT A GOOD STRATEGY.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO PUT MORE CONCRETE NUMBERS BEHIND WHERE WE THINK WE WILL BE.

OKAY. AND I GUESS WITH ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, BUT DOES THAT ALSO IMPACT PROGRAMS AND STAFFING? AND IS THAT? WELL, WITH ANY PROGRAM, IT HAS TO FILL, YOU KNOW.

SO THOSE PROGRAMS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT FILLING, YOU GOT TO LOOK AT WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THAT.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HAVE WE OVERFUNDED A PROGRAM AND DO WE NEED TO PULL THAT BACK? AND SO WORKING WITH MY OTHER TWO CHIEFS AND I WILL SAY THEY ARE GREAT.

THEY KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT AND THEY ARE DIGGING HARD INTO THEIR DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR GROUPS TO SEE WHERE WE CAN PULL BACK ON OUR BUDGET TO MAKE SURE AND PROVIDE THE BEST PROGRAMS THAT WE THAT ARE FILLING TO OUR STUDENTS AND TO OUR COMMUNITY.

OKAY. AND ALL THAT'S GOING TO COME WHEN WE HAVE THE WORKSHOPS, RIGHT? YES. COOL SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF TURN THIS SLIGHTLY AND I'M THINK I'M GOING TO PROBABLY ZERO MORE ON OUR TRI CITY COALITION.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE SAID FOR A WHILE, AND I'VE HAD CONCERNS.

WHEN YOU WATCH WHAT OUR CITIES ARE DOING AND HOW OUR CITIES ARE BUILDING, THEY'RE NOT BUILDING FOR FAMILIES.

THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE CONTINUING TO REDUCE THEIR PLANS AND THEY'RE BRINGING IN MORE SMALLER APARTMENTS.

AND SO IF YOU WATCH THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT'S WHAT'S HAD ME CONCERNED FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.

AND ARE WE HAVING THOSE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS? BECAUSE IF THEY CONTINUE TO BUILD UP AND CONTINUE TO WANT TO TURN EVERYTHING INTO RESORTS AND RETAIL, AND WE DON'T START PUTTING AN EMPHASIS ON REVITALIZATION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WE'RE,

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I MEAN, THIS IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN GARLAND, FOR INSTANCE, AND I DON'T MEAN TO PICK ON THEM, I MEAN, WE'RE BUILT OUT. SO I GET THAT WE'RE BUILT OUT.

BUT WHAT WE DO HAS TO BE IN MIND OF FAMILIES.

AND I DON'T SEE THE EMPHASIS ON THE REVITALIZATION OF COMMUNITIES THAT WOULD BRING IN FAMILIES.

I SEE A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAXIMIZE REVENUE AND GET AND GET, YOU KNOW, RETIREES AND MILLENNIALS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

I'M SURE THEY'RE CALLED MILLENNIALS ANYMORE, BUT THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT I'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE.

AND THAT'S A. IS THAT COMING TO THE TABLE AND IS THAT REALLY BEING DISCUSSED? BECAUSE IF THEY CONTINUE TO NOT BRING IN FAMILIES INTO THEIR PLANNING AND THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS AND THEIR FORWARD THINKING, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE IN THIS BECAUSE NONE OF OUR CITIES HAVE A LOT OF LAND TO BUILD OUT ON, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE HAVE SOME IN SACHSE, PROBABLY THE MOST MORE SO THAN ROWLETT.

AND I'M NOT REALLY SPEAKING. THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH.

SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE WHEN I LISTEN TO ALL THIS, ALL THIS OTHER STUFF WHERE KIDS ARE GOING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT BRINGING FAMILIES INTO OUR CITIES.

AND THAT'S A CONCERN. AND, AND TO JUST EXPAND ON IT, IT'S A TWO FOLD THING THAT YOU SEE IN WHAT WE CALL AGING DISTRICTS, RIGHT? SO A LOT OF THE PEOPLE MOVED IN HERE. THEY CAME FOR THE SCHOOLS.

THEY HAD A GREAT TIME. BUT IF WE LOOK AT LOOK AT IT ECONOMICALLY, A LOT OF TIMES WHAT PEOPLE WILL DO IS THEN DOWNSIZE, MOVE, MOVE TO A DIFFERENT PART AND A NEW FAMILY COMES IN.

[LAUGHTER] THAT'S NO LONGER THE TREND BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE HOUSING CRISIS HAS REALLY LOCKED PEOPLE INTO WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE THE FOREVER, FOREVER HOME, RIGHT? SO NOT ONLY ARE WE NOT GETTING COMMUNITIES, BRINGING IN NEW FAMILIES, THE EXISTING COMMUNITIES ARE NOT BRINGING IN NEW FAMILIES.

AND SO WE'RE SEEING IT TIME AND TIME, TIME AGAIN.

AND SO THAT BECOMES A STRESSOR. AND SO YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

SO WHEN PEOPLE THAT ARE STAYING IN THEIR HOMES, AND RIGHTFULLY SO, I'M NOT I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S THE WRONG THING, RIGHT? IT IS. I MEAN, MY PARENTS HAVE BEEN IN THEIR HOUSE FOREVER, RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT THAT'S THEIR FOREVER HOME. BUT WHEN THAT DOESN'T BRING IN A NEW FAMILY, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE HOUSING THAT'S COMING UP, BRINGING NEW FAMILIES, IT LEAVES US IN A PREDICAMENT.

YEAH. SO I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I GO IS THAT I'M NOT REALLY SEEING UNLESS WE HAVE LIKE A REALLY CHANGE IN WHAT SOME OF THE CITY I SAID PLANNING GOES, I DON'T IT CONCERNS ME. AND THEN FOR THE VOUCHER QUESTION, I WAS READING SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR THAT THERE'S A LARGE PORTION OF THE VOUCHERS ARE BEING APPLIED FOR AND GOING TO BE USED FOR EXISTING TUITION-BASED FAMILIES ANYWAY.

SO I DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING. AND THEN I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS A LOT WITH SOME OF OUR SPED FAMILIES.

AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT OUR LEGISLATORS WANT TO SAY AND AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, THERE'S NOT SERVICES OUT THERE OTHER THAN IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THESE KIDS. AND SO THEY CAN APPLY AND THEY CAN LOOK AT ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

BUT I HAVE TALKED TO MANY FAMILIES, AND THEY'RE COMING UP AGAINST BRICK WALLS THAT THERE'S, THERE'S NO PLACE FOR THEM TO GO, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE SAY THERE'S OUT THERE.

THERE'S NOT. AND SO AM I CONCERNED ABOUT VOUCHERS? YEAH, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT VOUCHERS. BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE VOUCHERS ARE KIND OF TURNING INTO WHAT A LOT OF US THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO TURN INTO.

I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, MY $0.02 ON IT.

BUT I AM CONCERNED JUST ABOUT THE LACK OF MORE FAMILY ORIENTED NEW BUILDS AND MORE FAMILY ORIENTED REDEVELOPMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT IS I AM JUST GOING TO THROW THIS OUT.

I HOPE THAT WE GET MORE TIME ON OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND WHAT I SEE ADDING THEM TO COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

SO IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE WE'RE NOW GOING. TO PUT IN A BUDGET WORKSHOP, THE BOND COMMITTEE MEETING, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, AND THE ADA COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON THE SAME NIGHTS.

AND I DON'T THAT I'VE ALWAYS KIND OF STRUGGLED WITH THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S TOO MUCH.

AND SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT. COULD WE JUST PLEASE THINK ABOUT THAT AND LET US LET US SPEND TIME THAT WE NEED TO SPEND AND NOT KEEP TRYING TO SANDWICH IT INTO ONE DAY. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU WES. THANK YOU.

MR. DODDS, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE HISTORIC DROPS THAT WE'VE HAD IN ENROLLMENT OVER THE COURSE OF TIME? YEAH. I MEAN, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE SAT IN THIS ROOM AND ONCE A YEAR WE HAD A DEMOGRAPHER COME OUT.

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IT'S ALWAYS LIKE THAT THREE WAIT THREE YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO BE SAILING AGAIN.

WELL, THREE YEARS PASSED ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO AND IT PASSED AGAIN ANOTHER TWO YEARS.

I MEAN, BOTTOM LINE OF IT IS I THINK THIS IS OUR TREND.

I DON'T NEED A DEMOGRAPHER ANYMORE TO TELL ME AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF WATCHING IT, THIS IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT'S GOING WHERE.

OUR COMMUNITY IS AGING. I THINK SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT DOCTOR LOPEZ HAD POINTED OUT IS CONTRIBUTING TO IT, BUT I DO NOT SEE US GETTING BACK EVER TO 58,000 STUDENTS AGAIN.

I DON'T. AND I THINK AS THIS BOARD, WE HAVE TO CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO RIGHTSIZE THIS DISTRICT AT SOME POINT.

WE NEED FACILITIES THAT MATCH WHAT WE ARE. OUR ROLE IS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND SERVE IT AS BEST WE CAN.

AND THAT'S THE COMMUNITY WE GET, NOT THE ONE WE WISH WE HAD, AND THE COMMUNITY WE HAVE IS ONE WITH FEWER STUDENTS THAN THAN IT USED TO.

AND IT'S NEITHER GOOD. THAT'S NEITHER BAD. IT'S JUST WHAT IT IS.

AND WE'VE GOTTA. WE GOTTA TEND TO IT. NOW, THIS 2,018 STUDENTS.

I THINK WE'RE ALL DANCING AROUND THIS ISSUE HERE.

I THINK WE'VE DECIDED TO BE A LITTLE POLITICALLY CORRECT.

BUT I JUST THINK THAT WE OWE IT TO THE PUBLIC TO ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT WHY WE WENT FROM 781 TO 2,000, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE POLITICAL HERE, BUT I THINK IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT SOME OF THIS IS REGARDED TO CONCERN REGARDING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, THAT'S HAPPENED IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE COULD ATTEMPT TO ISOLATE WHAT.

BECAUSE THAT SHOULD BE HOPEFULLY LIKE A ONE TIME AND WE SHOULD MAYBE GET SOME PEOPLE BACK.

I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PERMANENT RELOCATIONS AS A RESULT OF THAT.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET 2,018 STUDENTS BACK ANYTIME SOON.

BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THAT WAS A PERMANENT LOSS OF STUDENTS.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN. AND EVEN IF IT IS, IT WON'T BE REPLICATED.

I THINK IN FUTURE YEARS, I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER BIG SURGE LIKE THIS.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE LITTLE DRIP, DRIP, DRIP LIKE WHAT WE HAD NOT DRIPS 938 STUDENTS IS A IS A BIG OR SMALL LITTLE BUCKET, NOT A DRIP. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE MORE LIKE THAT AGAIN, BUT WE GOT TO GET A HANDLE ON THIS SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT TYPE OF FACILITIES WE NEED MOVING FORWARD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE WORLD CLASS, I MEAN, THAT'S THE BIG THING IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE ABILITY FOR WORLD CLASS INSTRUCTION FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND IF THERE'S FEWER FACILITIES THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, BUT THEY'RE BETTER FACILITIES THAN I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

AND I THINK MOST OF OUR PUBLIC IS OKAY WITH THAT.

AS WE'VE SHOWN WHEN WE'VE DONE OUR CONSOLIDATIONS OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE RALLIED BEHIND THEM BECAUSE THEY SEE THE QUALITY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET.

AND I JUST HOPE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS. AT LEAST I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS.

I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYONE, BUT I THINK I CAN BECAUSE I KNOW THESE PEOPLE PRETTY WELL.

ON MAKING CERTAIN THAT WHATEVER THIS DISTRICT LOOKS LIKE IS GOING TO BE BETTER THAN IT WAS THE YEAR BEFORE.

[LAUGHTER]. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE OF THAT. SO BUT THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE A BAD THING.

IT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M GETTING AT. WE ALL I'M LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM.

IT'S ALL GLOOM AND DOOM. BUT I MEAN, WE JUST WE JUST GOT TO TAKE WHAT WE GET AND DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH IT.

AND THAT'S I THINK THAT'S HOW WE ROLL IN THE GISD.

SO THANK YOU MR. DODDS, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN SAYING IT SINCE I GOT ON THE SCHOOL BOARD. YOU KNOW, GIVE ME $600 MILLION. I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO RUN A SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE HAVE TRENDED DOWN. WE'VE TRENDED DOWN IN ENROLLMENT.

THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS. I THINK MS. STANLEY TOUCHED ON SOME OF IT. WE HAVE AN AGING HOUSING POPULATION, AGING POPULATION, PERIOD.

BUT AGING HOUSING, AGING HOUSING STRUCTURE. A LOT OF OUR CITIES ARE KIND OF GETTING TO BUILD OUT, SO WE DON'T SEE THE GROWTH OF SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH MIGHT SEE.

AND YOU LOOK AT THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SEE RAPID GROWTH.

AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE ARE MOVING TO.

AND IT'S LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE AVAILABILITY OF HOUSING.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO. SO WE LOOK AT REVITALIZATION.

I THINK THERE IS A LOT TO BE SAID FOR COMMUNITIES LIKE GARLAND, SACHSE, ROWLETT THAT HAVE SOME 60, 70, 80-YEAR-OLD HOUSING REVITALIZATION THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR, WHETHER IT WILL OR NOT.

THAT DEPENDS ON THE INVESTORS, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

THAT'S REALLY NOT ANYTHING A CITY CAN TAKE ON.

AND WHEN THE ECONOMICS ARE RIGHT, I BELIEVE THE INVESTORS WILL DO IT.

NOW I HAVE AS A BANKER, I'VE LOOKED AND TALKED TO SO MANY INVESTORS ABOUT DOING DIFFERENT THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

A LOT OF IT COMES DOWN TO WHAT THEY PERCEIVE AS DEMOGRAPHICS THAT DON'T WORK.

AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR THEM.

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I'VE SEEN IT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT ANNOUNCEMENTS.

H-E-B'S HAD INTEREST IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO DO A COUPLE OF PROJECTS.

AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON HAPPENING EVER SINCE THE ADVENT OF 190 COMING THROUGH TOWN.

THE FIREWHEEL AND SOME REDEVELOPMENTS GOING ON IN THE SOUTH PART OF TOWN.

SO THERE I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE POSITIVE.

DO I THINK WE WILL LOSE STUDENT ENROLLMENT FROM NOW ON? I REALLY DON'T. I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE TONS OF NEW HOUSING, WHETHER IT'S APARTMENTS OR HOUSES THAT ARE STILL BEING BUILT PRIMARILY IN OUR SACHSE, ROWLETT SECTORS. AND THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF COMING ONLINE.

YOU KNOW, [LAUGHTER] MAYBE THE SINGLE PEOPLE WILL BECOME PARENTS SOON.

YOU KNOW, OUR AVERAGE, OUR AVERAGE OUR AVERAGE STUDENT PER HOUSEHOLD WENT DOWN LIKE 25 FROM 1.8 TO 1.6 OR 1.55, I THINK WAS THE LAST DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT I SAW.

SO THOSE THINGS MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT 50,000 KIDS OVER A TRI CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I MENTIONED INVESTOR INTEREST. YOU KNOW, I'VE BECOME A LITTLE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE I'VE TRIED SO MANY TIMES.

I'VE GOT A LOT OF CLIENTS THAT DO A LOT OF THINGS ALL OVER THE METROPLEX, BUT THEY'VE KIND OF, THEY'VE KIND OF TURNED A DEAF EAR TO WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM DO IN OUR TOWN.

AND AGAIN, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE AGING OF THIS AND THAT AND OPPORTUNITIES.

BUT THE INVESTOR MONEY'S GOT TO BE WILLING TO COME HERE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING A CITY CAN DO BY ITSELF. SO WHAT I'D KIND OF LIKE TO SEE MR. DODDS GOING THROUGH OUR PROCESS OF BUDGETING.

YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE COMPARE TO OTHER AGING METROPOLITAN AREAS WITH RESPECT TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS? IF WE LOOKED AT OTHER SCHOOLS AND THERE ARE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO US IN DEMOGRAPHICS AND AGE, JUST WANT TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE WE FALL.

PLEASE, SIR? I'M SORRY? CAN I MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT? YES. I JUST SAW IT ON THE NEWS TODAY THAT FRISCO HAS LOST 3,500 STUDENTS.

PLANO LOST 2,800 STUDENTS. DISD LOST 5,300 STUDENTS AND RICHARDSON LOST 1,800 STUDENTS.

SO WE'RE RIGHT IN THE SAME BALLPARK. YEAH AND I CAN SEE THAT.

LIKE FRISCO FOR SURE. BUT RICHARDSON'S KIND OF IN THE SAME BALLPARK AS US.

BUT PLANO. I WAS REALLY SHOCKED TO SEE 2,800 STUDENTS THAT HAD BEEN LOST.

AND SO I THINK THAT IT'S LIKE DOCTOR LOPEZ SAID, IT'S A KIND OF A PANDEMIC OF STUDENTS THAT ARE JUST OUT THERE THAT ARE BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS. THEY'RE OUT THERE AND THEY KNOW THEY OUGHT TO BE IN SCHOOL, AND IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF MARKETING TO GET THEM BACK IN SCHOOL. WELL, I MEAN, WHAT ELSE DID GARLAND ISD CAN WE OFFER? WE GOT FREEDOM OF CHOICE. WHEN PEOPLE CAN GO FROM ONE SCHOOL TO ANOTHER AND TAKE A PROGRAM THAT THEY NEED TO GET A CERTIFICATE FOR EMPLOYMENT, JUST LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY AND WHAT WE'RE FIXING TO DO WITH THE GRCT THE OPPORTUNITY IS THERE FOR ANY STUDENT OUT THERE.

SO I THINK THAT THE TREND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT COME BACK.

I THINK THAT WE NEED TO KEEP A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AS FAR AS OUR BOARD.

I THINK WES HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD TOO, THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A CERTAIN FIGURE IN A CERTAIN PLACE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE, AND LET'S MAKE THE BEST OF THAT AND LET'S BE THE BEST THAT WE CAN BE.

AND I THINK THAT WE WILL BE. AND I THINK THAT ONCE ALL OF OUR BOND STUFF GETS BUILT OUT.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A SURGE AND I'M HOPING THAT HAPPENS FOR US.

THANK YOU. YEAH. AND THANK YOU. AND KIND OF FINISHING MY THOUGHT PROCESS ON ALL THIS.

I MEAN ONE OF THE, ONE OF MY PLEASURES IN LIFE IS I GET TO SPEND SOME EXTRA TIME WITH MR. DODDS AND SETTING THE AGENDA AND WE TALK ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND IT'S A COMPLICATING, COMPLICATED RUBRIC TO USE IN EDUCATION TERM THAT I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE HECK THAT MEANS, BUT I'LL USE IT. IT'S A COMPLICATING SITUATION, COMPLICATED SITUATION.

AND THAT ANY, ANY COUPLE OF THINGS CAN MOVE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER HAS A GREAT IMPACT ON OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

HERE'S WHAT I THINK I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS. I STOLE MY THUNDER, STOLE MY THUNDER.

I THINK THAT NO MATTER WHAT WE WIND UP WITH AS A BUDGET, WE CAN DO GREAT THINGS WITH THESE KIDS.

I CONTINUE TO SEE IT EVERYWHERE I GO. I DON'T THINK THE BUDGET IS GOING TO DEFINE WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE A GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT OR NOT.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT.

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SO I'M SO GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN OFF TO AT LEAST SOMEWHAT OF A START OF WHAT WE'RE BUILDING FOR NEXT YEAR.

I JUST HOPE EVERYBODY KEEPS THEIR EXPECTATIONS OR THEIR GLEE OR THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT JUST IN CHECK, BECAUSE THIS IS MR. DODDS' FIRST CHANCE TO STEP IN FRONT OF US TO TALK ABOUT BUDGET STUFF.

THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. AND AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, WHEN WE PASS A BUDGET IN JUNE, WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR FINAL NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE.

SO IT'S ALWAYS A SURPRISE AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS GOING FORWARD.

I DO WANT YOU TO COMMENT A LITTLE MORE ON ONE THING, A LITTLE MORE DEFINITION TO WHAT WE CAN DO.

I THINK WE HAVE ABSENTEEISM OF WHAT, OVER 4,000 A DAY? ROUGHLY, YES. ROUGHLY 4,000 A DAY. AND, YOU KNOW, 02,000.

IF WE COULD CUT THAT IN HALF SOMEHOW THAT WOULD MAKE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE IN OUR ADA.

THAT RAISES MOST OF WHAT WE'RE DOWN. SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE MORE DEFINITION IF IT'S NOT TODAY THAN AT SOME OTHER POINT WITH REGARD TO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH ATTENDANCE. OKAY. MR. GLICK. THANK YOU SIR.

ONE THING THE DEMOGRAPHER DID GET RIGHT IS THE LOW DENSITY OF STUDENTS IN APARTMENT HOUSES.

HE HIT THAT PERFECTLY. AND THAT'S BEEN THE EXACT TREND WE'VE SEEN.

AND AS WE ADD MORE APARTMENTS, THE DENSITY GETS ABOUT GETS LOWER.

THE THING THAT SCARES ME ABOUT VOUCHERS IS NOT THIS FIRST YEAR, BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAD BUDGETED LITERALLY $1 BILLION AND SAID, THAT'S IT. AND THEY DIVIDED IT UP.

THESE KIDS COULD GET $10,000 SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS, GET UP TO $30,000.

HOMESCHOOL GETS $2,000. SO WE KIND OF FIGURED OUT THE NUMBERS, BUT THE STATE CONTROLLER ALSO BUDGETED THAT IN TWO MORE CYCLES OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE. SHE INDICATED IT PROBABLY WILL GO TO $5 BILLION.

NOW THE HEADS OF THE COMMITTEES ALL SAID THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

BUT AS YOU READ THE HEADLINES AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPLYING, YOU CAN JUST SEE THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO STATE LEGISLATURE WILL BE ABLE TO USE THOSE WORDS AND THOSE NUMBERS TO SAY, YOU SEE, WE WERE RIGHT.

AND THE DEMAND IS THAT HIGH. AND I EXPECT THEY'LL START PUSHING WELL OVER THAT $1 BILLION NUMBER, MAYBE TO $3 BILLION AND THEN TO $5 BILLION. AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK IT WILL BE CONSEQUENTIAL. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON THE BUDGET PROCESS. I THINK, MR. DODDS, WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE BRINGING US KIND OF CONCEPTS OF WHAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH.

PUT SOME NUMBERS TO IT LATER. YOUR GOAL OF BEING DONE BY MAY.

I THINK THIS BOARD IS WILLING TO WORK TO HELP YOU ACCOMPLISH THAT.

SO IT'LL HELP YOU WITH YOUR NEW ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.

WAS IT ERP? YES. THE ERP SYSTEM? IT'S A FINANCE SYSTEM, BUT. RIGHT. ANYWAY, AND I HATE TO SOUND DOOM AND GLOOM.

I AM JOYFUL ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE MONEY.

[LAUGHTER]. THAT WE WILL HAVE. AND WE WILL OPEN THE DOORS IN AUGUST NEXT YEAR AND WE WILL HAVE SOME GREAT TEACHERS.

WE WILL HAVE ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE.

THE. FOR OUR STUDENTS. I DIDN'T MEAN TO SOUND DOOM AND GLOOM, BUT AT SO. WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT EVERYBODY'S EYES IS AWARE IS OPEN TO IS THE FACT THAT EVEN THOUGH WE DID HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL VATRE THIS PAST FALL THAT WE'RE ALSO FACED WITH FUNDING CHALLENGES ACROSS THE BOARD IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. AND SO WE'LL ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE.

I FEEL, I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT IT. AND LIKE YOU SAID, HOWEVER MANY KIDS WALKING TO THE DOOR, THOSE ARE THE KIDS WE'RE GOING TO EDUCATE. WE'RE GOING TO DO A GOOD JOB FOR THEM. SO THANK YOU. AND WE'LL MOVE ON IF NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

SO THANK YOU, MR. DODDS. LET'S GO TO ITEM 4.B NUMBER 1 RECEIVE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CONTRACT RENEWAL REPORT FOR MARCH OF 2026.

[IV.B. Information Items]

WE DO HAVE BEFORE YOU THE MARCH 2026 CONTRACT RENEWAL REPORT.

WE HAVE 11 CONTRACTS WHICH NONE OF THEM HAVE EXCEEDED THE THRESHOLD, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE ACTION BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THE MARCH CONTRACT RENEWAL REPORT.

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THIS IS THE REVIEW OF THE. THIS IS ITEM 4.B.2 REVIEW JANUARY 2026 MONTHLY FINANCIALS.

ARTURO VALENZUELA IS WITH US. YEAH. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

AND SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ, I PRESENT TO YOU THE JANUARY 2026 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PAGE EIGHT, WHICH I AM SHOWING ON THE SCREEN, SHOWS THE GENERAL FUND AND WHERE IT STANDS.

THE GENERAL FUND SHOWS A NET PROFIT CURRENTLY AS OF JANUARY 2026, OF $90 MILLION.

BUT THIS IS JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THE EXPENSES AND THE REVENUES.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST JUMP TO THE SUMMARY STATEMENTS FOR ALL THE FUNDS.

THE NEXT STATEMENT IS FOR THE STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES FUND.

THIS ONE SHOWS A MORE CLOSE REVENUES AND EXPENSES.

WHICH. WITH A NET LOSS OF $110,000. AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS THE INTEREST AND SINKING FUND, WHICH IS THE FUND THAT WE USE TO PAY ON OUR DEBT.

AND THIS ONE SHOWS ALSO A NET INCOME OF $49,500,000.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. NO SURPRISES THERE.

COMMITTEE ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? THANK YOU, ARTURO. LET'S GO TO ITEM 4.B.3 REVIEW JANUARY 2026 TAX REPORT.

THIS IS WHERE WE MAKE IT ALL UP. RIGHT, CHRISTIE? [LAUGHTER] WE JUST DO OUR JOB. GOOD EVENING, MR. MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR LOPEZ BEFORE YOU IS THE JANUARY COLLECTION REPORT, WHICH REFLECTS 81.23% COLLECTED OF THE 2025 BASE TAX LEVY. AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, WE'RE AT 95.69% COLLECTED.

FOR A LITTLE INSIGHT ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR TAX OFFICE DELINQUENT STATEMENTS WERE MAILED IN FEBRUARY.

IN ACCORDANCE TO TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE 33.11.

OUR 2025 TAX ROLL CONSISTS OF 103,253 ACCOUNTS.

AND OF THOSE ACCOUNTS, THERE WERE ONLY 6,600 THAT REMAINED UNPAID AND RECEIVED A DELINQUENT NOTICE.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD JOB ON COLLECTING.

WE APPRECIATE YOU. OKAY, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ITEM.

THIS IS ITEM 4.C. NUMBER 1, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AERIAL EASEMENT AND RIGHT-OF-WAY AT HILLSIDE ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE BETWEEN

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

GOOD EVENING, COMMITTEE CHAIR MILLER, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

DOCTOR LOPEZ. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

WE'VE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY.

THEY ARE DOING AN IMPROVEMENT TO THEIR LINES THAT ARE NEXT TO HILLSIDE ACADEMY.

THIS IS ACTUALLY AN AERIAL IMPROVEMENT. SO I'M GOING TO GET TO THE PHOTO HERE BECAUSE IT'S MUCH EASIER TO TALK THROUGH IT THROUGH THE AERIAL PHOTO AS OPPOSED TO THE LEGAL LANGUAGE THAT'S THERE.

SO WE'VE GOT THOSE ARE EXISTING POLES. AND SO THEY'RE REPLACING THE WIRES ON THOSE POLES AND THE ARMS TO SUPPORT THOSE, AND THEY NEED AN AERIAL EASEMENT. SO THE POLES ARE EXTENDING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT THAN WHAT THEIR EXISTING EXCUSE ME, THE ARMS ARE EXISTING, EXTENDING OUT A LITTLE BIT LONG, WIDER THAN THEIR EXISTING ARMS. AND SO THEY'RE REQUESTING AN AERIAL EASEMENT ON THAT.

SO THAT'S WHAT THAT IS ABOUT. OH DO YOU HAVE. WELL THIS IS COMMITTEE WOULD BE MADE.

THIS WILL BE ON THE ACTION ITEMS FOR THE BOARD MEETING.

BUT WHEN YOU DO THAT, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT A PICTURE OF THESE POLES LOOK LIKE.

WE'RE BUILDING A TREMENDOUSLY ATTRACTIVE NEW SCHOOL.

I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT ANYTHING.

I JUST HATE TO HAVE A LOT OF CLUTTER AROUND IT.

WELL, NOW THIS IS THIS IS ACTUALLY ON HILLSIDE, WHICH IS THE FORMER CENTERVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

YOU HAD ME TRICKED THERE FOR A SECOND. I APOLOGIZE, SIR.

SO THIS IS OUR FORMER CENTERVILLE ELEMENTARY.

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LET'S GO ALL THE WAY BACK. THIS IS CENTERVILLE. YES, SIR.

OKAY. THIS IS. YES. YOU HAD ME THROWN OFF. YES, SIR.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOUR HONOR. [LAUGHTER].

THAT'S HOW I DO IT HOPEFULLY TO SOMETHING [LAUGHTER] I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. I GOT A C.2.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BUDGET TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL FUND, DEBT SERVICES FUND AND STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES FUND.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN CHAIRMAN, MR. MILLER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND DOCTOR LOPEZ.

I HATE THAT YOU HAVE TO HEAR ME TWICE, BUT I'M JUST GIVING YOU UP FOR WHAT THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS ARE GOING TO SOUND LIKE.

SO ANYWAY. THIS IS OUR BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR.

YOU DO HAVE YOUR CROSS-FUNCTIONAL BUDGET. CAN YOU MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIGGER? [LAUGHTER] NO? I KNOW I GOT IN TROUBLE LAST TIME WHEN I TOUCHED THE SCREEN.

SO ANYWAY, ALL RIGHT, I'LL TRY TO, I'LL TRY TO WORK THROUGH THAT.

SO YOU HAVE YOUR CROSS-FUNCTIONAL AND THIS LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

AND YOU TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THIS CURRENT YEAR AND WHAT IS HAPPENING.

THIS IS ACTUALLY RIGHTSIZING THE BUDGET TO WHERE WE CURRENTLY SIT.

GENERALLY, AS BUDGET PEOPLE, WE DON'T LIKE TO DO THIS BECAUSE THIS NARROWS, YOU KNOW, YOU WON'T HAVE THAT BIG SWING THAT YOU HAVE HAD IN YEARS.

WE'RE GOING AHEAD AND TAKE THAT SWING OUT TO ONE RIGHT SIZE OUR EXPENDITURES.

AND SO AS I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ONLY GET SO MUCH BUDGET SAVED FROM VACANCIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND WE'RE HAVING TO PULL DOWN SOME NON-PAYROLL, WHICH I DELIVERED THAT TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND CAMPUSES THIS PAST WEEK. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT REDUCING.

HANG ON AND WE'RE ALSO REDUCING THE REVENUE BASED ON WHERE WE CURRENTLY SIT.

NOW, REMEMBER, WE NEVER HAVE MADE A BUDGET AMENDMENT SHOWING WHAT THE TAX RATE ELECTION IS DOING FOR US.

AND SO I WANTED TO SEPARATE THIS OUT. WE'RE RIGHT SIZING THE BUDGET IN THAT ONE, TWO, THREE FOURTH COLUMN TO WHERE WE SET CURRENTLY.

THEN TO SHOW YOU THE REVENUE THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING GENERATED BY THE STUDENT POPULATION AND EVERYTHING.

THIS CAN CHANGE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR DEPENDING ON WHAT OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE DOES.

SO THAT ADDS ROUGHLY $60 MILLION TO THE BUDGET WHICH WILL BRING OUR DEFICIT DOWN FROM WHAT WAS $60 MILLION DOWN TO AROUND $10 MILLION. 774. SO THIS IS WHAT MR. GLICK IS ALWAYS WANTING US TO DO IS TO PULL THE BUDGET DOWN.

I WON'T SAY THIS WILL HAPPEN EVERY YEAR, BUT FOR THIS, SINCE THIS WAS SUCH A GREAT THING FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR TRE, I WANTED TO SHOW WHAT THOSE NUMBERS REALLY, REALLY MEANT.

AND SO WE ALSO ADDED DOWN AT THE BOTTOM WHAT OUR CURRENT FUND BALANCE IS AND WHAT WE FEEL LIKE WE WILL FINISH AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

BUT THIS IS WHAT THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT IS ABOUT.

AND OF COURSE, THERE'S SOME DESCRIPTIONS BACK HERE, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE CONTEXT TO WHAT THESE NUMBERS REALLY MEANT AND WHERE WE FEEL LIKE WE WILL FINISH. MR. BEACH. MR. DODDS WITH THE, WITH THE FUND BALANCE PROJECTION FOR JUNE 30TH, 2026 BEING $170 MILLION, DOES THAT STILL KEEP OUR BOND RATING WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE? YES. I MEAN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT CHANGING THE FUND BALANCE GOING INTO FUND BALANCE FROM $60 MILLION TO $10 MILLION.

SO THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. AND IT KEEPS US WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN OUR FUND BALANCE.

IT'S STILL LOW. AS A BUDGET PERSON, YOU GENERALLY WANT MORE.

AND THIS KEEPS US OVER THE THREE MONTHS. AND SO AS WE LOOK AT RATINGS AND EVERYTHING.

THEY'VE ALREADY TAKEN US DOWN, YOU KNOW, FROM AAA TO AA 1.

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OKAY AND WE JUST HAVE TO STICK WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THANK YOU. MR. GLICK. YES, THANK YOU, SIR, AND THANK YOU FOR.

USUALLY AT THIS POINT IN THE CYCLE, WE'RE GETTING NUMBERS THAT ARE SAYING THE FUND BALANCE IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY, VERY LOW AND THE CALCULATIONS COME OUT WHEN WE GET THE CAFR, USUALLY IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER, AND THEY'RE MUCH. ACFR NOW. YES, YES. [LAUGHTER] SO I THINK FOR OUR PURPOSES, AS WE GO TO THE NEXT MEETINGS AND THE BUDGET DELIBERATIONS, TO HAVE A MUCH MORE ACCURATE NUMBER REALLY HELPS.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. MR. SELDERS. YES, I APPRECIATE YOU AS WELL.

JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT LARRY IS SAYING. NOW GOING FORWARD, AS WE START LOOKING AT IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOP AND MAYBE SUBSEQUENT TO THAT.

AT WHAT POINT DO WE LOOK AT AND INTENTIONALLY LOOK FOR WAYS TO PUT MONEY BACK INTO OUR GENERAL FUND? YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED AS A BUDGET PERSON, YOU DON'T LIKE THAT NUMBER TO BE WHERE IT IS. WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO OR HOW, HOW ARE WE GOING TO LOOK GOING FORWARD TO BE PUTTING MONEY BACK INTO GENERAL FUND? SO PART OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH ATTENDANCE. AND IF WE WERE UP AROUND 95% WHERE WE SHOULD BE WE WOULD BE GENERATING A LOT MORE MONEY AND PROBABLY BE CLOSE TO BEING BALANCED AT THIS POINT.

AND SO I JUST THINK THAT WE STRIVE TO DO A BUDGET THAT'S BALANCED AND END UP IN SURPLUS WHERE WE CAN ADD SOME MONEY BACK TO THE FUND BALANCE BECAUSE GENERALLY YOU KNOW, A FUND BALANCE IS THERE ONE, AS A CASH FLOW TOOL. BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, A BULK OF OUR MONEY COMES IN ON THE TAX COLLECTIONS.

THAT'S WHERE A BULK OF OUR MONEY DOES COME FROM.

WE DO GET SOME MONEY THROUGH THE YEAR EXCEPT FROM NOVEMBER TO APRIL.

I BELIEVE FROM THE STATE, WE DON'T GET IT DURING THAT TIME BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN OUR TAX COLLECTIONS ARE.

SO WE HAVE TO RELY ON A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE IN ORDER TO CASH FLOW, PAYROLL AND EVERYTHING ELSE UNTIL WE GET STARTED BACK INTO OUR TAX COLLECTIONS. SO WE DO NEED TO WORK TO GET THAT, BUT WHEN YOU'RE GOING DOWN IN ENROLLMENT AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, IT'S REALLY HARD TO RIGHT SIZE IN ONE YEAR. YOU KNOW, AND SO AS WE GET FURTHER INTO THIS NEXT YEAR, MAYBE WE CAN GET TO THAT THE NEXT YEAR.

I CAN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS DO.

YOU KNOW, AS WE HAVE DONE CONSOLIDATIONS SOME OF THESE ARE STILL IN TWO SEPARATE BUILDINGS AS SOME OF THESE NEW ELEMENTARIES COME ONLINE AND WE CAN REDUCE THAT FOOTPRINT. THAT WILL HELP TOO.

AS FAR AS UTILITIES, INSURANCE, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS, MAINTENANCE ON THOSE FACILITIES.

SO AS WE WORK THROUGH AND NEW ELEMENTARIES COME ONLINE, DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPEN.

IT GIVES US A BETTER SHOT TO WORK TOWARDS INCREASING THE FUND BALANCE AND HAVING MORE OF A 40% FUND BALANCE.

YOU KNOW RIGHT WHERE WE'RE AT NOW. GOT IT. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. AND JUST REAL QUICK, I DON'T THINK IT EVER CAN BE SAID ENOUGH.

WE GOT WE GOT THREE DIFFERENT WAYS, REALLY THREE PLUS ONE DIFFERENT WAYS TO RAISE INCREASE OUR REVENUE.

ONE OF THEM IS A TAX RATE WHICH WE'RE NOW MAXED OUT.

PROPERTY VALUES WHAT'S APPLIED TO THE TAX RATE.

BUT WE DON'T CONTROL THAT. ADA. WE'RE GOING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR ADA.

AND THEN THE STATE ALLOTMENT, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN HELPFUL NOW IN MY ENTIRE TENURE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.

[LAUGHTER]. WITH $55 BEING THE TOTAL INCREASE THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR NINE YEARS AND 26.5% AVERAGE INFLATION RATE OVER THAT TIME PERIOD, PEOPLE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT THAT IS ABSORBED BY THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET OF THESE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ENTITIES.

AND SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO DO MORE WITH LESS.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. AND THIS IS JUST A REFLECTION OF THAT.

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WE DID THAT LAST YEAR LOOKING TO DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR, Y'ALL, AT $60 MILLION IN TWO YEARS, NOBODY CAN SAY THAT. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CONTROL OUR EXPENSES.

SO IF YOU HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M CALLING BULL ON THAT RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE WORKING HARD EVERY DAY. EVERYBODY IN THIS BUILDING IS WORKING HARD TO CUT EXPENSES, AND IT'S BEING DONE. YOU CAN SEE IT. IT'S PROOF RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.

SO MY HOPE IS, I THINK IT'S SHARED BY THIS BOARD THAT WE CAN STAY AT THAT $2 MILLION OR LESS DEFICIT.

BUDGETED DEFICIT FOR THIS YEAR AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. AND THEN THERE WAS NO CHANGE TO FUND 240 OR FUND 599, WHICH IS OUR DEBT SERVICE.

YES. ANY QUESTIONS ON DEBT SERVICE? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE WILL GO ON TO ITEM 4.C.3. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE 2026-2027. THAT, THAT ITEM HAS BEEN PULLED.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED PAST THAT. NOT STOP AT GO.

CONSIDER APPROVAL. THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 4. UNDER THAT CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MODIFICATION TO REGION 10 EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER MULTI-REGION PURCHASING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. THAT IS A MOUTHFUL, MR. BOOKER. I GUESS YOU WILL EXPLAIN THAT TO US. YES, SIR.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN JANUARY, THE 27TH OF 2026 OF THIS YEAR, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DID AUTHORIZE THE USE OF REGION 10 FOR COOPERATIVE.

WE'RE BRINGING BEFORE YOU TODAY A AMENDMENT OR CHANGE TO THAT COOPERATIVE THAT WAS MADE DUE TO OUR CURRENT APPROVED SUPPLIER FOR BREAD. WAS NOTIFIED US THAT THEY WOULD BE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR.

AND SO WE ARE ASKING THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WOULD MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT BY ADDING TO THE EXISTING COOPERATIVE THE ABILITY TO BUY FRESH BREADS THROUGH THE REGION 10 COOPERATIVE. THAT'S THE COOPERATIVE THAT WE'VE BEEN USING EACH YEAR WHEN NEEDED.

SO THIS IS JUST AN AMENDMENT TO ADD A ANOTHER COMMODITY TO THAT COOPERATIVE.

BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE REGARDING THAT ACTION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMMITTEE ANY QUESTIONS ON BREAD? SEEMS APPROPRIATE AFTER BUDGET THAT WE TALK ABOUT BREAD, YOU KNOW.

YEAH, WE NEED BREAD. SO THANK YOU, MR. BOOKER.

VERY TIMELY. LET'S GO TO ITEM. [LAUGHTER] LET'S GO TO ITEM 5 NEW BIDS CONTRACT#113-26.

WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF TECHNOLOGY TICKET SYSTEMS MR. BOOKER YES SIR. THIS IS THIS CONTRACT IS WE'RE UTILIZING A COOPERATIVE ONCE AGAIN TO PROCURE THOSE SERVICES.

THIS IS SIMILAR TO A MAINTENANCE WORK ORDER SYSTEM. IT'S JUST FOR TECHNOLOGY SO THAT THEY CAN BE DISPATCHED WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING SHI GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS AS THE PROVIDER.

IT IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT WITH ONE YEAR WITH ONE ANNUAL RENEWAL CONTRACT WITH THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $155,000 PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THAT CONTRACT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BOOKER ON THIS ITEM? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? SEEING NONE, LET'S PROCEED TO ITEM 5.B CONTRACT 215-26-01.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF MAINTENANCE GENERAL TRADES MERCHANDISE AND SERVICES.

YES, SIR. THIS IS THE. THIS IS THE VERY LARGE CONTRACT THAT WE SUBMIT AS NEEDED FOR OUR DISTRICT MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.

WE POST ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES IN WHICH OUR MAINTENANCE MAY UTILIZE THOSE DIFFERENT PROVIDERS OF SERVICES.

YOU'LL SEE ON THE ATTACHMENT, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE WERE TWO ASTERISKS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED OR EXCUSE ME, THE CONTRACT THAT IS BEFORE YOU IS SET UP WITH EACH CATEGORY WITH THOSE INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR EACH CATEGORY.

THAT CONTRACT IS A NEW AWARD REPLACEMENT. IT IS ONE YEAR WITH FOUR ANNUALLY RENEWABLE OPTIONS WITH A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $3 MILLION, AND THAT IS PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. BOOKER. WE'LL MOVE ON. LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER C.5.C CONTRACT 310-25-08.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND CONSULTANT SERVICES AND MATERIALS.

YES, SIR. THIS CONTRACT IS ONCE AGAIN ONE OF OUR WHAT WE CALL EXTENDED RFPS, WHICH ALLOWS THE DISTRICT DEPARTMENTS THE ABILITY TO ADD AWARDED VENDORS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR. TODAY, WHAT WE'RE BRINGING BEFORE YOU IS THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY AN ASTERISK ARE THE TWO SUPPLIERS THAT WERE ADDED.

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SO THESE ARE THE TWO THAT WE'RE ADDING WITH THE ASTERISKS THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED FOR AN ADDITIONAL AWARD.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS ANYBODY? THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT COMPLETES SECTION 5. WE'LL GO TO SECTION 4.C.6.

MODIFICATION TO AWARDED BIDS. NUMBER A UNDER THIS SECTION IS CONTRACT#7-26.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MODIFICATION TO FUEL QUOTING.

YES, SIR. THAT CONTRACT IS UTILIZED BY OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

WHEN WE ARE NEEDING TO PROCURE FUEL FOR THE UNDERGROUND TANKS, WE USE THIS SYSTEM TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.

THIS IS JUST SIMPLY A NAME CHANGE FROM SB FLEET LUBE TO MANSFIELD SERVICES PARTNERS, LLC DOING BUSINESS AS SB FLEET. SO THIS IS JUST SIMPLY A NAME CHANGE. NO OTHER CHANGES IN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS EXIST.

OKAY. CHANGING NAME OF AWARDED CONTRACT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO 6.B. CONTRACT#23-26. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MODIFICATION TO FUEL SERVICING.

YES, SIR. SAME THING? THIS ONE IS USED FOR THE ACTUAL SERVICING OF THE VEHICLES.

THE TRANSPORTATION BUSSES THAT THEY ARE FUELING UP IN THE EVENING.

THIS IS THE EXACT SAME NAME CHANGE. IT'S JUST WAS ON A DIFFERENT CONTRACT.

I WILL ASK AGAIN IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. SEEING NONE, MR. BOOKER, LET'S GO TO ITEM 5, WHICH IS EXECUTIVE SESSION.

MECHELLE, DO WE HAVE A NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION? DOCTOR LOPEZ, DO WE NEED TO GO INTO THE ROOM TODAY? NO, SIR. OKAY. SEEING NO REASON TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[VI. Adjournment]

SO MOVED. WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED AT 7:10. THANK YOU SO MUCH

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.