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>> [NOISE] THOMAS BACH, 30, AND THE QUORUM IS PRESENT.
[A. CALL TO ORDER]
DR. BROWN, WILL YOU CONFIRM THAT THE MEETING WAS DULLY CALLED AND A NOTICE OF THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT?>> YES, MR. TOLBERT. WE DID POST AND ADVERTISE THIS MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.
[C. CLOSED SESSION ]
>> WE WILL NOW CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551 SPECIFICALLY 0.074 PERSONNEL, 0.072 REAL PROPERTY, 0.71 CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD'S ATTORNEY, AND 0.076 SECURITY.
[NOISE] YEAH, TIME IS SEVEN O'CLOCK AND WE WILL NOW RECONVENE AND OPEN SESSION.
[D. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION – 7:00 p.m.]
I MUST ADMIT THAT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO HEAR TONIGHT, THIS MEETING GETS ME AS EXCITED AS THE ONE WE HAVE IN NON COVID DECEMBER TIME WHEN WE GET TO HERE.THIS IS ALWAYS FASCINATING NIGHT.
I LOVE TO HONOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE GET TO HONOR THIS NIGHT.
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO CALL ON DR. WADDELL,
[E. INTRODUCTION OF MEETING [Spicer Elementary School, Principal Cheryl Waddell] ]
PRINCIPAL AT SPICER ELEMENTARY TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENTS WITH HER TONIGHT.>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT TOLBERT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR. BROWN, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE.
THIS IS ALWAYS EXCITING FOR US SPICER TIME TO DO THIS.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE JAMIE RETTA WHO IS PROMPT RIGHT HERE, AND HER FAMILY, WHICH IS BACK THIS WAY.
HER MOM AND DAD ARE HERE, CYNTHIA AND RICHARD.
LOOKING HERE, SHE CAME UP QUICKLY.
ROBERT AND CYNTHIA CAME AS WELL AS HER SISTER JADA, FORMER SPICER STUDENT.
JAMIE IS A MEMBER OF OUR HOPE SQUAD, OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND ALSO FROM HER MEDAL, OUR OUTSTANDING CITIZEN.
SHE WILL DO THE PLEDGE THIS EVENING.
ALSO THIS EVENING I HAVE IDRIS KIAN, RIGHT OVER HERE.
HE'LL BE DOING OUR STUDENT EXPRESSION ALONG WITH HIS FAMILY, HIS DAD RIGHT THERE, RICHARD AND HIS BROTHERS, IVAN AND RICHARD THAT ALSO ATTEND SPICER.
AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO LET JAMIE STEP TO THE MICROPHONE. WHEN YOU'RE READY.
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
>> COMING UP TO THE MICROPHONE IS IDRIS.
HE IS A FIFTH GRADE STUDENT, AND ALSO OUR MALE STUDENT OUTSTANDING CITIZEN.
HE'S GOING TO READ TO YOU SOMETHING THAT HE WROTE ON HIS OWN.
I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU. GO AHEAD.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS IDRIS, AND I'M 12 YEARS OLD.
I WAS BORN IN AFRICA, CONGO, IN MAY 18TH, 2009.
WHAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT ME IS I WAS RAISED BY TWO OF THE MOST WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, NANCY AND RICHARD, MY PARENTS.
THEY HAVE BEEN THE MOST CARING AND THOUGHTFUL PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET, AND THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE FOR ME WHEN I NEED THEM.
THEY HAVE SUPPORTED ME IN EVERYTHING AND I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.
ONE DAY I WANT TO REPAY THEM FOR ALL THEIR KINDNESS THEY HAVE SHOWN ME.
I HOPE I CAN REPAY THEM FOR ALL THE THEIR KINDNESS.
BEFORE I GOT TO AMERICA, I USED TO LIVE IN CONGO.
CONGO IS A SMALL COUNTRY IN AFRICA.
I USED TO LIVE THERE WITH MY MOM, DAD, AND TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER.
WHEN I WAS LITTLE, MY DAD USED TO TELL ME ABOUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO GO TO AMERICA, HOW WE WERE GOING TO MAKE A NEW LIFE THERE.
[NOISE] WHAT MADE MY DAD SO DETERMINED ABOUT GETTING US HERE WAS HOW HAPPY WE WERE GOING TO BE WHEN WE GOT HERE.
TO HIM, THAT WAS ALL THE REASON HE NEEDED.
MY DAD WORKED HARD AND DID NOT STOP UNTIL THE DAY HE HAD DONE IT.
HE MANAGED TO GET ENOUGH MONEY TO GET US WHERE WE ARE HERE.
WHEN WE GOT HERE WE LIVED AT TEXAS AND I WENT TO SCHOOL AT [INAUDIBLE] ELEMENTARY.
I LEARNED HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH BECAUSE AT THE TIME, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ENGLISH.
WHENEVER PEOPLE USED TO TALK TO ME, I WILL TRY TO IGNORE THEM.
I WOULD TRY TO DO MY BEST TO RESPOND BECAUSE AT THAT POINT,
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I HAD NO CLUE ABOUT THIS NEW LANGUAGE AND I WAS REALLY LOST AT WHAT I WAS SAYING AND IT WAS REALLY AWKWARD FOR ME.BECAUSE I WAS NOT USED TO SPEAKING THIS NEW LANGUAGE, I TRY NOT TO TALK TO ANYBODY.
I ALSO LEARNED HOW TO WRITE IN ENGLISH, AND I ALSO LEARNED TO SPELL, SO YOU COULD SAY I LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT SCHOOL.
I WAS AT THAT SCHOOL FOR TWO-AND-HALF YEARS BECAUSE I WAS THERE IN THIRD GRADE AND FOURTH GRADE.
IN FIFTH GRADE, I SPENT AT THIS WONDERFUL NEW SCHOOL NAMED JOHN D SPICER.
AT THIS SCHOOL, I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH IN SO LITTLE TIME AND THAT IS ALL THANKS TO MY AMAZING TEACHERS, MS. NORRIS, MS. BUTLER, AND MR. MORRISSEY.
THESE THREE WONDERFUL TEACHERS HAVE TAUGHT ME HOW TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL READER, A GREAT MATHEMATICIAN, AND A WONDERFUL SCIENTIST.
THEY HAVE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR ME AND THANKS TO THEM.
I'M THE GREAT PERSON YOU SEE BEFORE YOU.
>> MARK, ARE YOU TAKING PICTURES OR? OKAY.
TO TRICE'S DAD, WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO TAKE PICTURES RIGHT AFTER THEY TAKE THESE IF YOU WANT TO.
STAY RIGHT THERE FOR A SECOND, RICHARD, IF YOU CAN KEEP HIM.
[BACKGROUND] HIS DAD CAN, DO YOU WANT TO COME AROUND? [APPLAUSE] MARK DO YOU GIVE THE PICTURES TO DR. WADDELL, AND HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH THE FAMILIES CAN MAYBE GET [OVERLAPPING] SO FAMILIES YOU WILL GET COPIES OF THOSE PHOTOS.
QUICKLY DR. CLARK, YOU'LL BE WITH ME ON THIS, AT TIMES WE GET REMINDED WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO, WE GOT REMINDED THEM OUT WHAT WE DO.
>> AMAZING STORY AND A WONDERFUL SPEECH MAKER. THANK YOU.
>> THANKS DR. WADDELL. MR. THOMAS,
[F. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS [Mark Thomas, Communications Officer]]
I THINK IT'S TIME TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU.>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TOLBERT.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON DR. VARNADO FROM HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL, WHO WILL BEGIN OUR DISTINGUISHED ACADEMIC RECOGNITIONS.
>> GOOD EVENING. AS THE PROUD PRINCIPAL OF THE HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL IS MY PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT THESE FINE YOUNG ADULT SCHOLARS TO YOU THIS EVENING.
I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH LISBETH MARTINEZ.
SHE IS THE VALEDICTORIAN OF THE HALTOM HIGH GRADUATING CLASS OF 2021 WITH A FINAL GPA OF 108.186, LISBETH IS THE DAUGHTER OF SONIA MARTINEZ.
LISBETH IS A NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR.
ELIZABETH PLANS TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN IN THE FALL AND MAJOR IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING.
IN HER SPARE TIME, LISBETH ENJOYS READING AND PLAYING VIDEO GAMES.
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NEXT WE HAVE CECILIA ROMERO.SHE IS THE SALUTATORIAN OF THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2021 WITH THE FINAL GPA OF 107.838.
SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF RUBIN AND MARIA ROMERO.
CECILIA IS A NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLAR.
SHE PLANS TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON IN THE FALL AND MAJOR IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING.
CECILIA ENJOYS ART, PLAYING VIDEO GAMES, SPEED SOLVING COMPLEX PUZZLES AS WELL, IS ONE OF HER INTERESTS, CECILIA ROMERO.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT WE HAVE JACKSON WAYNE TUCKER.
HE RANKS THIRD IN THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2021 WITH A FINAL GPA OF 107.406.
JACKSON IS THE SON OF JASON AND DARROW TUCKER.
JACKSON IS A NATIONAL MERIT SEMI-FINALISTS.
HE PLANS TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS IN THE FALL AND MAJOR IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
JACKSON ENJOYS SINGING AND SPORTS AND WITH HIS PARENTS AND SISTER LIKE TO STAY IN AND BROTHER, I DIDN'T SEE YOU.
[APPLAUSE] JACKSON TUCKER, CONGRATULATIONS.
>> DR. FERNARDO, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN THE PICTURE, PLEASE.
>> CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]
>> NEXT, WE HAVE MR. MCCANDLESS FROM RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, FOLLOWED BY JASON WELLS FROM BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.
>> HELLO EVERYONE. FOR THE 60TH GRADUATING CLASS, RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S AN HONOR TO INTRODUCE SOME TRULY OUTSTANDING MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2021.
A NATIONAL COMMENDED SCHOLAR AND NATIONAL HISPANIC SCHOLAR, WE HAVE MARINA SOROLA YOSHIDA.
SHE WILL GRADUATE WITH A GPA OF 104.426.
SHE PLANS TO ATTEND ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AND MAJOR IN MARKETING AND ADVERTISING.
WITH HER TODAY ARE HER PARENTS, EDWARD SOROLA AND SUSIE YOSHIDA.
MARINA SOROLA YOSHIDA [APPLAUSE] ALSO A NATIONAL COMMENDED SCHOLAR AND NATIONAL HISPANIC SCHOLAR IS MIGUEL APARICIO.
MIGUEL IS GRADUATING WITH AN OVERALL GPA OF 103.877.
HE WILL BE GRADUATING WITH AN ASTONISHING AP INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMA AND WILL BE ATTENDING THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE AS A PRESTIGIOUS QUESTBRIDGE SCHOLAR WINNER.
WITH HIM TONIGHT IS HIS SISTER BRITNEY APARICIO. MIGUEL APARICIO.
[APPLAUSE] THE SECOND HIGHEST RANKING STUDENT IN THE CLASS OF 2021, THE SALUTATORIAN WITH A GPA OF 107.194 IS GRACE SCHNEIDER.
SHE IS ALSO A NATIONAL COMMENDED SCHOLAR.
SHE WILL ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AND MAJOR IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
GRACE IS THE DAUGHTER OF TRACY AND WILLIAM SCHNEIDER.
GRACE SCHNEIDER. [APPLAUSE] OUR LAST COMMENDED SCHOLAR, AND THE VALEDICTORIAN OF RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL THE CLASS OF 2021, WITH A GPA OF 107.478 IS TIMOTHY SWEET.
HE PLANS TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, DALLAS AND MAJOR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE.
WITH HIM TONIGHT ARE HIS PARENTS THOMAS AND KIMBERLY SWEET.
>> IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE, YOU CAN TAKE YOUR MASKS OFF, BUT OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'D BE MORE COMFORTABLE LEAVING ON, THAT'S FINE TOO.
>> ONE, TWO AND THREE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]
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>> VERY NICE PIN WITH MY NAME ON IT.
>> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR HONOR GRADUATES FROM THE CLASS OF 2021 AT BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS WITH US THIS EVENING AND WE WILL START OFF WITH OUR VALEDICTORIAN, WHO UNFORTUNATELY IS UNABLE TO BE WITH US TONIGHT DUE TO A REQUIRED TRAINING FOR WORK.
BUT I STILL WANT TO HONOR HIM BY MENTIONING HIS NAME AND ALL OF HIS ACHIEVEMENTS.
OUR VALEDICTORIAN IS KYLE SETTELMAIER, NUMBER ONE OVERALL RANKING GRADUATE WITH A GPA OF 108.218.
HE'S ALSO BEING RECOGNIZED TONIGHT AS A NATIONAL MERIT COMMENDED SCHOLAR AS WELL.
KYLE IS THE SON OF ALISON AIMES AND JACK SETTELMAIER.
HE WILL BE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS TO STUDY MATH AND CHEMISTRY.
NEXT WITH US TO MY RIGHT, WE HAVE A NATIONAL MERIT COMMENDED SCHOLAR, FIONA BURLESON.
FIONA IS GRADUATING WITH AN OVERALL GPA OF 103.465.
SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF MARK AND GINNY BURLESON.
THEY ARE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT ALONG WITH BROTHER JARED AND GRANDMOTHER ALL THE WAY FROM INDIANA, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
[APPLAUSE] FIONA WILL ALSO BE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS AND SHE WILL STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE.
OUR NEXT COMMENDED SCHOLAR IS ETHAN HARRAH, TO HER RIGHT.
ETHAN IS GRADUATING WITH AN OVERALL GPA OF 102.934.
HE IS THE SON OF COREY HARRAH AND MELANIE TROTTER.
I BELIEVE HIS MOTHER IS HERE TONIGHT.
IF SHE'D LIKE TO STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED OR WAVE.
[APPLAUSE] ETHAN WILL BE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TO STUDY MATH.
OUR LONG-TIME AP CALCULUS TEACHER, T. J. ONEN, WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO COME BACK AND TEACH THIS YEAR, SHE WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT ETHAN IS THE MOST DISTINGUISHED MATH STUDENT WE HAVE EVER HAD AT BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE HE COMPLETED THE HIGHEST MATH COURSES THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY TAKE THAT WERE EVEN OFFERED LONG BEFORE THIS YEAR.
HE'S BEEN DOING SELF STUDIES AND WHATNOT, SO HE KNOWS HIS MATH, JUST SAYING SO.
GLAD YOU CHOSE TO STUDY MATH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.
OUR LAST HONOR GRADUATE BEING RECOGNIZED TONIGHT IS THE NUMBER TWO RANKING GRADUATE OF OUR CLASS OF 2021, OUR SALUTATORIAN ABI ASWAD.
ABI IS GRADUATING WITH AN OVERALL GPA OF 108.108 AND SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF FRANK AND GRETCHEN ASWAD.
HER FATHER FRANK IS HERE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.
[APPLAUSE] ABI WILL ALSO BE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TO STUDY PSYCHOLOGY.
SO WE HAVE TWO UTDS TONIGHT AND TWO UT AUSTIN'S TONIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE OUR HONOR GRADUATES AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HONOR GRADUATES FROM RICHLAND AND HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.
LET'S JOIN AND GIVE ALL THESE OUTSTANDING GRADUATES ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
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>> AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO CALL HIM MR. DANNY DIETRICH TO MAKE OUR FINE ARTS PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.
>> PRESIDENT TOLBERT AND BOARD MEMBERS, DR. BROWN AND CABINET MEMBERS, WHAT A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU THIS EVENING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME REALLY STELLAR TALENT FOR YOU.
IN THE ARENA OF HIGH SCHOOL ART, THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF ART EDUCATORS HOSTS THE ANNUAL VISUAL ART SCHOLASTIC EVENT, OR BETTER KNOWN AS VASE, COMPETITION AT BOTH THE REGIONAL AND STATE LEVEL.
IN A NORMAL YEAR [LAUGHTER] STUDENTS PRESENT ARTWORKS FOR ADJUDICATION WITH A PERSONAL INTERVIEW, ABOUT THEIR ARTWORK AS PART OF THE PROCESS.
THIS YEAR THE ENTIRE PROCESS WAS DONE VIRTUALLY.
UNFORTUNATELY, COVID HAD A FAIRLY STRONG IMPACT ON THE ABILITY OF OUR OVERALL STUDENT POPULATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS COMPLEX PROCESS.
ONLY THE TOP SIX PERCENT OF ARTWORKS AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL RECEIVING THE HIGHEST RATINGS ARE SELECTED BY JUDGES TO ADVANCE TO THE STATE LEVEL COMPETITION.
VERBALIZE THE HIGH SCHOOL ART PROGRAM IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE NINE STUDENTS REPRESENTING 10 ARTWORKS, SELECTED TO COMPETE AT THE STATE LEVEL COMPETITION.
OF THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS THAT COMPETE IN THE VASE COMPETITION EACH YEAR, ONLY 2,300 STUDENTS ADVANCE TO STATE, AND LESS THAN ONE PERCENT WILL RECEIVE THE HIGHEST DISTINCTION OF A GOLD SEAL AWARD FOR THEIR ARTWORK.
THIS YEAR THE STATE AWARDED ONLY 150 GOLD SEAL AWARDS.
AS WE RECOGNIZE EACH OF THESE STATE VASE PARTICIPANTS, WE WILL GIVE SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ARTIST WHO RECEIVED A 2021 GOLD SEAL AWARD.
BEFORE WE RECOGNIZE THESE FANTASTIC STUDENTS, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PEOPLE WHO GAVE THEM THE SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR, TO CONTINUE IN THEIR ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS.
IF YOU ARE A PARENT OF ONE OF THESE ARTISTS, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.
[APPLAUSE] I ALSO WANT TO SAY A TREMENDOUS THANK YOU TO OUR FABULOUS HIGH SCHOOL ART EDUCATORS WHO TEACH THESE STUDENTS BOTH IN-PERSON AND REMOTELY, THIS YEAR DOING DOUBLE DUTY AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB.
IF YOU WOULD WAVE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, ART EDUCATORS, THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] WITH THAT SAID, WE WILL NOW ACKNOWLEDGE THESE STUDENTS.
IDALIS BUNIA VAUGHN, WHO IS A SECOND YEAR STATE VASE PARTICIPANT.
ALYSSA DOTSON, WHO HAD TWO WORKS ADVANCED TO STATE THIS YEAR AND A GOLD SEAL.
AMIRA GEMINI, THIS IS HER FOURTH YEAR TO PARTICIPATE IN STATE VASE.
COLBY GOLIGHTLY, THIS IS COLBY'S FOURTH YEAR TO PARTICIPATE IN STATE VASE, A MULTIPLE GOLD SEAL WINNER, AND COLBY WILL BE HEADING TO UCLA IN SEPTEMBER TO PURSUE HIS ART DEGREE.
LAUREN ASHLEY MOORE, THIS IS LAUREN'S SECOND YEAR AS A STATE VASE PARTICIPANT.
EMILY SMAY, THIS IS EMILY'S FIRST YEAR AT STATE VASE AND SHE WAS A GOLD SEAL WINNER, AND FINALLY, HANNAH VISE.
LET'S GIVE A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THESE STATE VASE WINNERS [APPLAUSE]
>> PICTURE TIME AND AGAIN IF YOU ARE COMFORTABLE TAKING OFF MASK YOU CAN.
COME BACK UP TOWARDS THE PODIUM, PLEASE, AND THEN YOU'LL TURN AROUND.
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[APPLAUSE] THIS CONCLUDES OUR AWARDS PORTION OF THE MEETING.IF YOU WANT TO STAY FOR THE DEMOGRAPHER THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE NEXT, THEN YOU WANT TO STAY IN HERE THEN, OTHERWISE YOU'RE FREE TO LEAVE.
[BACKGROUND] THE BOARD WILL BE HAPPY TO HEAR THIS AS NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK DURING THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING, WE'LL PROCEED TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
I DON'T THINK JACK GOT TO SAY THAT [LAUGHTER] FOR A LONG TIME.
MS. BOWMAN, I THINK YOU'RE UP.
[H.1. District Demographer Update [Michelle Box, Zonda Education]]
WE HAVE MICHELLE BOX FROM ZONDA EDUCATION TONIGHT TO DO A DEMOGRAPHIC UPDATE FOR US AND TURN IT OVER TO HER.
>> I REALLY THOUGHT THAT SOME PEOPLE WOULD STAY, BUT [LAUGHTER] I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
[OVERLAPPING] I KNOW. [LAUGHTER]
>> I'M SURE THAT'S A GREAT LINE IN RESTAURANTS AND STUFF [LAUGHTER] THEY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHY.
>> YEAH. THAT USUALLY KICKS THEM OUT PRETTY FAST.
THAT'S ALRIGHT, I'M USED TO IT.
I'M REALLY OPTIMISTIC WHEN I PULL INTO THE PARKING LOT IS FULL THEN I HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF OUT, THEY ARE NOT HERE FOR ME, THEY'RE GOING TO LEAVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PRESIDENT, DR. BROWN.
MISS BOWMAN, BOARD MEMBERS, MY NAME IS MICHELLE BOX.
I'M THE RESEARCH MANAGER AND ONE OF THE CONSULTANTS WITH TEMPLETON DEMOGRAPHICS, NOW ZONDA EDUCATION.
SAME GROUP, SAME PEOPLE, JUST A NEW CORPORATE BRANDING NAME.
I AM HERE TO PRESENT JUST A VERY SHORT ENROLLMENT PROJECTION AND REVIEW.
BASICALLY, THIS WAS A PROJECTION AUDIT FROM THE REPORT THAT WE DID BACK LAST YEAR.
WE DID A SPRING 2020 REPORT BACK IN APRIL OF 2020 WHEN WE WERE ALL VERY NAIVE ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT YEAR WOULD BRING US, INCLUDING US AND OUR FORECASTS FOR THIS FALL.
NOW THAT WE HAVE A YEAR UNDER OUR BELT, THE YEAR WITH THIS PANDEMIC.
WE'VE SEEN HOW THIS FALL ENROLLMENT HAS COME IN, AND WE'RE GOING INTO THE SUMMER MUCH MORE OPTIMISTIC.
WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE THIS BASICALLY AUDIT AND LOOK AT JUST YOUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS.
THIS DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING ABOUT LOCAL ECONOMIC UPDATES OR ANYTHING ABOUT HOUSING MARKET, WHICH I KNOW HAS GONE CRAZY.
THAT IS ALL INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING BACK TO YOU IN THE FALL.
THIS IS JUST MEANT REALLY TO BE A PICTURE OF OF OUR UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.
DO WE DO HAVE TO START WITH OUR HISTORICAL ENROLLMENT HERE? WE DID LOSE ABOUT 840 STUDENTS YEAR-OVER-YEAR.
I WANT TO SAY RIGHT OFF THAT, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT HAD THIS HAPPEN, I KNOW YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS AT THIS POINT.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY DUE TO THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19.
WE SAW HISTORICALLY LOW COHORTS IN PRE-K KINDERGARTEN, AND MOST EARLY ELEMENTARY GRADES ESPECIALLY.
JUST IN YOUR E PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN, THAT ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT 500 STUDENTS OF THAT 800 AND STUDENT LOSS.
AGAIN, THIS WAS FELT AT MOST DISTRICTS AND NOT JUST DFW, NOT JUST THE STATE, BUT EVEN THE NATION.
WE WORKED WITH ABOUT 90 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS FOUR STATES.
EVERYONE FELT THE SAME IMPACT.
THAT MIDDLE TABLE IS YOUR COHORT TABLE.
SO THERE WE CAN JUST SEE, THAT'S HOW MANY FIRST GRADERS BECOMES SECOND GRADERS, SECOND GRADERS BECOME THIRD GRADERS.
THERE WE CAN JUST SEE HOW REALLY OUT OF THE BLUE THIS PANDEMIC WAS AND WHAT IT CAUSED.
THE ONE SIGN OF STRANGE OPTIMISM WAS A HIGH SCHOOL COHORT.
DID ACTUALLY HAVE A POSITIVE HIGH SCHOOL COHORT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS.
THAT WAS REALLY DRIVEN BY THE PASS FAIL MOVE INTO THE FALL.
WE SAW THIS IN MOST OF OUR CLIENTS THAT NINTH GRADE DID GET A LITTLE SMALLER BASICALLY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE QUITE AS MANY PENT UP OF TENTH GRADERS COUNTING AS 11TH GRADERS.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A MUCH HIGHER RETENTION IN BOTH 11TH AND 12TH GRADE, BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.
AGAIN, ZOOMING BACK OUT JUST THE STATE ENROLLMENT TRENDS, STATE ENROLLED ABOUT 5.37 MILLION STUDENTS ACROSS ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THIS IS TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS WELL AS CHARTER SCHOOLS.
THAT'S A DROP OF A 122,000 STUDENTS IN JUST ONE YEAR.
STATE HAD BEEN AVERAGING A GROWTH OF ABOUT 40-60,000 STUDENTS A YEAR, SO YOU CAN JUST SEE HOW DRAMATIC THAT DROP WAS.
IF WE LOOK AT JUST TRADITIONALIST, THESE IT WAS ABOUT A 150,000 STUDENTS.
CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTUALLY GAINED ABOUT 30,000 STUDENTS THIS YEAR.
JUST TO REGION 10 AND 11 ALONE, THIS IS LOOKING AT A FIVE-YEAR ENROLLMENT TREND.
SO WE DO KNOW THAT THE BIRDVILLE DROPPED ABOUT SIX PERCENT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY A REALLY BAD TIMELINE TO PICK FOR YOU GUYS, FROM 2015-2020 BECAUSE THAT DOES SHOW IN 2016 THE CHARTER IMPACT OF THE ILO OPENING AS WELL AS THE 2020 PANDEMIC THAT WE FACED.
IT'S A VERY DRAMATIC NUMBER IN THAT LAST FIVE YEARS, THAT'S A TWO-YEAR HIT ON YOUR ENROLLMENT.
AGAIN, THAT YEAR-OVER-YEAR DECLINE OF ABOUT 840 STUDENTS, 3.6 PERCENT.
COMPARE THAT TO SOME OF YOUR NEIGHBORS,
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KELLER DECLINED BY 2.7 PERCENT, H-E-B 3.6 PERCENT, GCISD 2.1 PERCENT, AND ALL OF REGION 11 FELT A DECLINE OF ABOUT THREE PERCENT.SO YOU ARE WELL WITH AN AVERAGE OF MOST OF YOUR NEIGHBORS AND MOST OF DFW.
THIS IS AGAIN, JUST A TABLE SHOWING REGION 11 ENROLLMENT TRENDS AND WHERE WE RANK.
EVEN VERY FAST GROWTH DISTRICTS, NORTHWEST ISD IS BUILDING ABOUT 2,800 HOMES RIGHT NOW, A YEAR, AND THEY WERE STILL ONLY GREW ABOUT 1.4 PERCENT.
DENTON IS ADDING ABOUT 2,500 HOMES, AND THEY DECLINED TWO PERCENT.
AGAIN, EVEN VERY FAST GROWTH DISTRICTS STILL FELT THIS PANDEMIC'S IMPACT.
STARTING TO DIVE INTO OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS, WE DO LOOK AT BIRTHRATE ANALYSIS TO HELP OUR KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT FORECAST.
KINDERGARTEN'S OBVIOUSLY THE HARDEST THING THAT WE HAVE TO FORECAST BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A REAL COHORT TO BUILD OFF OF IT.
WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT AND COMPARE THAT TO FIVE YEARS LATER, THE KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT.
BACK IN 2006, WE HAD ABOUT 1,900 BIRTHS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
THAT TRANSLATED INTO A 2011 KINDERGARTEN CLASS OF 18, ROUGHLY 50.
THEN WE TAKE THAT RATIO, AND WE CAN USE A CORRELATION TO SEE HOW STRONG THAT RATIO THEN CONTINUES OVER OUR HISTORICAL ENROLLMENT.
YOU DO HAVE A VERY STRONG CORRELATION.
WE DO FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT USING THIS RATIO.
OBVIOUSLY, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC, WITH THE DROPPING KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT THIS YEAR.
THIS IS JUST STARTING TO SHOW OUR FORECAST HERE.
WE ARE EXPECTING YOUR KINDERGARTEN CLASS TO BOUNCE BACK THIS FALL, TO ABOUT 1,700 STUDENTS, AND GET THAT RATIO BACK UP TO HISTORICALLY AVERAGE NUMBERS.
GOING FORWARD, WE DO SEE THAT THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS WITHIN THE DISTRICT IN 2018, 2019 DID START TO DECLINE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR KINDERGARTEN FORECAST DOES START TO STABILIZE AND EVEN DROP A LITTLE BIT IN THE COMING YEARS.
THAT'S REALLY DUE TO THOSE DISTRICT BIRTHS.
WE KNOW THAT BIRTH RATES HAVE DROPPED.
MILLENNIALS, ESPECIALLY, ARE PUTTING OFF BUYING HOMES, ARE PUTTING OFF GETTING MARRIED, THEY'RE PUTTING OFF HAVING FAMILIES.
WE ARE SEEING THAT IN OUR HOUSING MARKET AND WE'RE SEEING IT IN OUR KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENTS AS WELL.
THIS IS A BIG QUESTION [INAUDIBLE] THOUGH, FOR YOUR DISTRICT.
IF YOU'RE ABLE TO HAVE THAT REGENERATION, YOU GUYS ARE A DESIRABLE DISTRICT WHERE YOU CAN STILL BUY AN AFFORDABLE ENTRY-LEVEL HOME, IF WE'RE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THAT REGENERATION, IF WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THAT KINDERGARTEN CLASS CLOSER TO 1,700 STUDENTS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A MUCH EASIER TIME KEEPING CLOSER TO THAT 23,000 STUDENT ENROLLMENT, GOING FORWARD.
BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THE LAST TIME WE SAW THAT 1,700 DISTRICT BIRTHS, WE DID HAVE THAT KINDERGARTEN CLASS AT ABOUT 1,500-1,600 STUDENTS.
THIS IS OUR 10-YEAR ENROLLMENT FORECAST BY GRADE LEVEL.
WE'RE EXPECTING WHAT WE'RE CALLING A COVID BOUNCE-BACK OF 380 STUDENTS THIS FALL, FOR A 2021 ENROLLMENT OF 23,120.
I KNOW YOU MIGHT LOOK AT THAT, TOP LEVEL, AND THINK THAT THAT REALLY DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH OF A BOUNCE-BACK.
I WANT TO CAVEAT THAT. YOU DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A ROLL-UP CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW.
YOUR 12TH GRADE CLASS IS BIGGER THAN YOUR INCOMING KINDERGARTEN CLASS, SO YOU'RE ALREADY LOSING STUDENTS, JUST ON THE NET, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT YOUR PRE-K CLASS IS COMING A LITTLE SMALLER BECAUSE THAT MOVE FROM HALF-DAY TO FULL-DAY PRE-K DID DROP THE OVERALL NUMBER OF PRE-K STUDENTS, KEEPING THOSE SEATS ROUGHLY THE SAME.
WE SAW THAT PRE-K DROPPED TO ABOUT 550 STUDENTS THIS YEAR.
WE ARE HOPING, WE'RE FORECASTING THAT THAT CAN GET BACK UP TO ABOUT 600.
I WANT TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT FORECAST THOUGH.
THAT'S MORE BASED ON YOUR SEAT AVAILABILITY AND YOUR CURRENT PRE-K PLANS AT THIS TIME.
WE ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE, AS DEMOGRAPHERS, THAT THERE IS WAY MORE THAN 611 PRE-K STUDENTS THAT YOU COULD GET IN YOUR CLASSROOMS. IF YOU OPEN UP THE SPACE, WE REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL COME.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS DETERMINED BY THE DISTRICT AND THE SEATS AND CAPACITY, AND I KNOW THAT'S A DIFFICULT DECISION FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE TO MAKE.
ON YOUR COHORT GROWTH NEXT YEAR, WE'RE ACTUALLY REALLY ADDING ABOUT 500 STUDENTS.
THIS FORECAST, AGAIN, AS A COVID BOUNCE-BACK, IS PREDICATED ON PEOPLE BEING MORE COMFORTABLE ENROLLING THEIR KIDS.
WE ARE EXPECTING THAT KINDERGARTEN CLASS TO BOUNCE BACK UP TO THAT 1,700 STUDENTS.
WE'RE ALSO EXPECTING THAT FIGURE, FIRST GRADE CLASS, TO MAKE UP FOR SOME OF THOSE MISSING KINDERGARTNERS THIS YEAR.
IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WITH THAT KINDERGARTEN REMAINING A LITTLE BIT FLAT, AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE DROP IN BIRTHS, WE'RE EXPECTING, IN 2025, YOU TO ENROLL RIGHT AT ABOUT 22,700 STUDENTS; BASICALLY FLAT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, [NOISE] WE THINK YOU CAN ADD ABOUT 270 STUDENTS FOR A 2030 ENROLLMENT OF 23,000.
YOU CAN SEE IT DOES PICK UP GROWTH IN LATER YEARS.
THAT'S REALLY BECAUSE THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE 12TH GRADE CLASS AND THE KINDERGARTEN CLASS STARTS TO BALANCE BACK OUT.
IT'S MORE OF A CLASS SIZE FUNCTION THAN A REALLY ACCELERATED GROWTH FUNCTION IN YOUR 5-10 YEAR FORECAST.
LOOKING AT YOUR 10-YEAR FORECAST BY ELEMENTARY CAMPUS, AGAIN, ADDING ABOUT 300 STUDENTS THIS FALL, GETTING BACK OVER 10,400 STUDENTS IN TOTAL ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.
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I DID WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE CAMPUSES.GREEN VALLEY IS ONE THAT WE'VE SEEN INCREASING YIELDS.
THAT'S AN AREA OF REALLY POSITIVE REGENERATION IN NORTH PART OF DISTRICT.
WE ARE EXPECTING THEM TO GROW SLIGHTLY IN THE COMING YEARS, REACHING ABOUT 500 STUDENTS BY 2023.
ANOTHER ONE IS HOLIDAY HEIGHTS.
THEY HAVE SOME HOUSING, BUT THEY HAD BEEN DECLINING IN RECENT YEARS, BUT THEY HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS TRANSFERRING OUT.
IF THOSE TRANSFERS HOLD, AND IF WE CAN HOLD THOSE YIELDS, WE DO EXPECT THAT ENROLLMENT TO START TO INCREASE AS WELL IN HOLIDAY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY, AND SNOW HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY, WITH THE IRON HORSE DEVELOPMENT, ADDING BUT 900 MULTIFAMILY UNITS.
THOSE ARE UNITS THAT WE REALLY DON'T EXPECT A SIGNIFICANT YIELD FROM.
THIS MARKET RATE, LUXURY APARTMENT COMPLEXES DON'T TEND TO YIELD MANY STUDENTS.
BUT AT 900 MULTIFAMILY UNITS, EVEN AT 0.1 YIELD, STILL 90 STUDENTS COMING IN.
THAT SNOW HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY IS AN AREA THAT WE COULD SEE A LITTLE BIT OF GROWTH, GOING FORWARD; ENROLLING ABOUT 400 STUDENTS BY 2023 AND REMAINING AROUND 430 IN THE FUTURE.
LOOKING AT YOUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES, AT MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE DO SEE A BIT OF A DECLINE IN THE NEXT, BASICALLY 2-3 THREE YEARS, IN YOUR TOTAL MIDDLE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT.
AGAIN, THAT'S LARGELY DUE TO CLASS SIZES.
WE HAVE SOME LARGER EXITING EIGHTH GRADE CLASSES IN THE COMING YEARS.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE A TOTAL MIDDLE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT OF ABOUT 4,900 STUDENTS, AND THEN GETTING BACK UP OVER 5,000 STUDENTS BY 2025.
THEN AS THOSE BIGGER CLASSES WORK THEIR WAY INTO HIGH SCHOOL, YOU SEE THE SAME DROP AT THOSE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES AS WELL.
HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL WILL REMAIN AROUND IT'S BUILDING CAPACITY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS BUT WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF AS SOME OF THOSE BIGGER CLASSES EXIT IN THE NEXT 3-5 YEARS.
THIS FINAL TABLE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A HEADACHE TO LOOK AT, BUT THIS IS BASICALLY JUST OUR PROJECTION BY CAMPUS, BY GRADE.
WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE THIS, BASICALLY FOR YOUR OWN AUDIT AS WELL, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE PRE-K NUMBERS.
LIKE I SAID, WITH THE PROGRAM SHIFTS AS WELL AS THE COVID IMPACT, THAT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT FOR US TO TRY TO FORECAST THIS YEAR, SO THAT'S SOMETHING JUST LOOKING AT BASICALLY BEHIND THE SCENES ON WHAT WE'RE ASSUMING ON SOME OF THOSE PRE-K MOVES.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THAT TOTAL CAMPUS ENROLLMENT.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, CAN I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU GUYS?
>> ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? LOOKS LIKE MISS DAVIS DOES.
>>YEAH. CAN YOU GO BACK A SLIDE?
>> HALTOM MIDDLE SCHOOL, HOW IS THE MATH THERE? 32 AND 15, 47 MORE STUDENTS GROWTH THERE, BUT YOU'RE SHOWING RICHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL DROPPING DOWN, AND HISTORICALLY, EVERY TIME WE OPEN A NEW SCHOOL, PARTICULARLY MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY MAGNETS, THEY DRAW PEOPLE IN.
>> CAN YOU TELL ME WHY WE'RE THINKING THAT RICHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL'S GOING TO DROP DOWN?
>> RICHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL DOES HAVE A SMALLER FEEDER THAT'S COMING IN.
IT'S HISTORICALLY HAD ABOUT 250-270 STUDENTS FEEDING AT SIXTH GRADE CLASS.
THIS YEAR'S FIFTH GRADE FEEDER IS ONLY 216 STUDENTS, SO IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT [INAUDIBLE] IMPACTING YOUR UPCOMING SIXTH GRADE CLASS.
THAT'S WHY NEXT YEAR NUMBER LOOKS QUITE A BIT LOWER AND THEN GOING FORWARD IT DOES STABILIZE.
THAT'S AT RICHLAND MIDDLE, AND I'M SORRY, YOU ASKED ABOUT NORTHRIDGE?
>> NO. THAT'S IT. RICHLAND MIDDLE.
BECAUSE HALTOM MIDDLE AND RICHLAND MIDDLE ARE THE TWO NEW SCHOOLS, I SAW ONE OF THEM TICKING UP, BUT I SAW THE OTHER ONE GOING DOWN.
I HOPE YOU'RE WRONG, I THINK WE'LL GET MORE THERE.
AFTER WE'VE DONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND EVEN WITH NORTH RICHLAND MIDDLE, WHEN WE OPEN THAT UP, HOW MANY YEARS AGO? FOUR, FIVE? [BACKGROUND] FOUR, YEAH.
BUT IT TICKED UP FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR FROM THAT?
>> YES SIR. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
WE DO TEND TO SEE THAT ANY NEW CAMPUS OR CAMPUS INNOVATIONS CAN TEND TO EXCEED OUR FORECASTS.
>> HAVE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ALREADY STARTED ENROLLMENT PROCESS AND HAVE COMPLETED THAT? HAVE YOU TRIED TO COMPARE THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS TO WHAT YOU'RE PROJECTING, OR DO YOU USE THOSE?
>> I HAVE NOT COMPARED TO ANY ROLL-UP.
WE TEND TO FIND THAT ENROLLMENT REALLY DOESN'T STABILIZE UNTIL AFTER LABOR DAY.
THIS IS MEANT TO BE ON OCTOBER SNAPSHOT FIGURE.
THIS IS MEANT TO BE AN OCTOBER ENROLLMENT.
>> PEOPLE STAYED AWAY LAST YEAR FOR KINDERGARTEN, PRE-K, AND YOU MENTIONED THAT.
WHAT IF THEIR MUMS CAN'T GET THEM OUT OF THE HOUSE AND THEY'RE GOING TO KINDERGARTEN, NO MATTER WHAT? WE'VE HAD THAT PRE-ENROLMENT, SHOULDN'T WE LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS NOW? AT LEAST SHARE THOSE NUMBERS WITH YOU IF THE ENROLLMENTS HAVE HAPPENED.
>> DOCTOR ALL CAN SHARE WHAT WE HAVE DONE PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN SO SHE CAN SHARE ALL INFORMATION THERE, I DIDN'T NEED TO DO IT ON THE MICROPHONE, I'M SORRY.
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BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE TWO WILDCARDS THIS YEAR WE WERE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY IN PRE-K AND K. BUT I THINK WHAT I'VE SEEN IN LOOKING AT IT, I WOULD AGREE WITH HER IS THAT IS WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF REALLY SMALL FIFTH GRADE CLASSES WHICH ROLLED INTO SIX.DOES THAT CREATE CLASSES ROLL OUT THE SMALLER SHIP TRADE ROLL IN? IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT, BUT IT IS A LITTLE UNUSUAL.
COULDN'T DRAW SOME MORE STUDENTS? IT COULD. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WILL OVERTAKE THAT.
>> RIGHT WE'VE ENROLLED 544 PRE-K SO FAR.
I'VE GOT THE NUMBERS ON THIS PAGE MAYBE.
>> I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE, WHERE WERE YOU AT LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE? WHAT SHARE HAD YOU GOTTEN BY THIS POINT? DO YOU TYPICALLY GET 80-90 PERCENT BY THIS TIME OR IS THERE STILL A LONG WAY TO GO?
>> THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND YEAR WE'VE DONE PRE-K ENROLLMENT THIS EARLY.
TYPICALLY WE'D DONE IT IN THE SUMMER.
THERE'S REALLY NOT A COMPARISON OF APPLES TO APPLES, SO I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER.
>> YOU'LL HAVE A PAST HISTORY YET.
>> CORRECT. THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR TO DO IT IN THE SPRING.
>> YOU COME BACK IN OCTOBER TILL SHE BEDDED 900 OR YOU BLEW IT AND BEDDED 400? NO, NOT HER, YOU.
>> [LAUGHTER] OKAY, THAT WAS ON ME. YES, SIR.
>> I REALLY LIKE TO SEE HOW CLOSE CAN WE GET, IT'S A TOOL.
>> THAT THEY NEED FOR STAFFING AND FACILITIES ALL THE ABOVE.
IT'S A TOOL THAT'S FINDING OUT HOW WELL DO WE REALLY HIT THE NUMBER.
>> NOT TO BE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT.
>> WE GOT TO USE THE BEST DATA THAT WE HAVE.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY AROUND THIS PANDEMIC AND THAT WE'VE FACED OVER THE LAST YEAR.
I WILL FULLY ADMIT WE DID NOT FORECAST IN 840 STUDENTS DROP LAST YEAR.
THIS IS MEANT TO BE A FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE FORECAST.
>> WE BUDGETED A DROP IN POPULATION, WE DID DO THAT.
WHEN OTHERS THOUGHT WE WERE STUPID FOR DOING THAT, BUT WE DID DO IT AND OTHERS FOLLOWED.
SOME DISTRICTS DIDN'T BUDGET FOR THAT AND IT HURT HIM LATER ON.
>> I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS ARE BUDGETING FOR FLAT ENROLLMENT TO PLAY IT AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE YEAR-OVER-YEAR.
AGAIN, WE'RE OPTIMISTIC THAT BECAUSE OF THE VACCINE ROLLOUT, BECAUSE OF THE DROPPING CASES, CHANGE IN MASS POLICY.
PARENTS ARE GOING TO BE A YEAR AT HOME WITH FIVE-YEAR-OLDS.
I HAVE A ONE-YEAR-OLD SO I'LL BE AT HOME WITH MY ONE-YEAR-OLD.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE EAGER TO GET THEM BACK IN SCHOOL. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY THE HOPE.
>> LOOKS LIKE, MR. [INAUDIBLE].
>> YEAH, I WAS JUST INTRIGUED HOW TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, YOU'RE PROJECTING OVER 1,000 STUDENTS NEXT YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE EVER HAD A MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH 1,000 STUDENTS, THAT MIGHT BE HISTORIC FOR US.
MAYBE WE CELEBRATE THAT 1000TH [LAUGHTER] STUDENT IN HALL TO MIDDLE SCHOOL OR SOMETHING?
>> NOT SURE THE PRINCIPAL WILL.
>> YES. IT HAS BEEN GROWING FAIRLY STEADILY AND THAT'S ANOTHER ONE, OR THAT IS ONE WHERE THE FEEDER IS ACTUALLY GROWING.
>> [OVERLAPPING] AND THE CAPACITY WILL ALLOW THAT, SO THAT'S GOOD.
>> YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF KINDERGARTENS OUT THERE THAT WE'RE NOT CAPTURING.
CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT? DO YOU HAVE ANY INDICATION AS TO WHY WE'RE NOT AND WHAT WE CAN DO DIFFERENT TO DO SO?
PRE-K TENDS TO BE A FUNCTION OF, AGAIN, IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME.
I KNOW YOU'VE OFFERED SOME OUT-OF-DISTRICT ENROLLMENT IN YOUR PRE-K AS WELL.
WITH SOME OF YOUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS THAT HAVE PROVED VERY POPULAR.
YOU HAVE HAD AN INCREASE IN YOUR OUT-OF-DISTRICT STUDENTS IN RECENT YEARS BECAUSE OF SOME OF THOSE POLICY CHANGES.
THE PRE-K IS AN AREA JUST WE FEEL, ESPECIALLY WITH THE GROWTH IN FULL-DAY PRE-K.
IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY POPULAR AND IT HAS BENEFITED YOUR KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT AS WELL.
ANYONE THAT WE'VE SEEN ROLL OUT A BIG PUSH AND BIG PRE-K PROGRAMS HAVE HAD A SUBSEQUENT BUMP IN THEIR KINDERGARTEN CLASSES.
>> IT'S USUALLY TWO TO THREE PERCENT AT KINDERGARTEN.
>> DEMOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING, THAT'S PLEASING.
>> OKAY. THOSE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS.
LOOKS LIKE WE'VE EXHAUSTED QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> [INAUDIBLE] I THINK WE'VE DECIDED TO SKIP THE NEXT ONE SINCE I DON'T LIKE BAD NEWS,
[H.2. Property Insurance Bid Results [Russ Edwards, District Risk Management Consultant]]
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO MOVE ON [LAUGHTER] PAST THE HEADER.I GUESS SINCE WE'VE GOT IT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND LISTEN.
>> MRS [INAUDIBLE] IS HERE TONIGHT ALONG WITH OUR CONSULTANT, RUSS EDWARDS, TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON ALL OF OUR PROPERTY OR INSURANCE PROPERTY AND OTHER.
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>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT HULBERT, DR. BROWN, AND BOARD MEMBERS.
RUSS EDWARDS IS HERE TONIGHT TO REVIEW THE RENEWAL INFORMATION FOR NOT ONLY PROPERTY INSURANCE BUT ALSO WORKER'S COMP AND LIABILITY INSURANCE.
JUST AS A REMINDER, HE SERVES AS THE DISTRICT'S RISK MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT.
HE HAS WORKED WITH BISD SINCE THE SPRING OF 2008.
THEN AS WE EXPLAINED EARLIER AND STARTING IN 2019/20, HE STARTED WORKING WITH US ON A REGULAR BASIS BY COMMUNICATING WITH US ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND SOMETIMES WEEKLY BASIS AND THEN ALSO SERVING AS SUPPORT FOR OUR SAFETY COMMITTEE THROUGH THE WORKERS' COMP PROGRAM.
HE'S WORKED WITH THE DISTRICT STAFF ON THE RENEWAL PROCESS, OF ALL THREE OF THESE COVERAGES AND WE APPRECIATE HIS EXPERTISE AND THAT ALLOWS US TO ADDRESS ALL AREAS OF RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE MANNER.
HE'S PREPARED A PRESENTATION FOR YOU TONIGHT AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DISCUSSION OF ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE REGARDING THE PRESENTATION?
>> DR. BROWN AND TRUSTEES, AND STAFF THANK YOU ALL.
I WAS HERE IN APRIL FOR A COUPLE OF NEW TRUSTEES AND REVIEW WHERE WE WERE IN THE PROPERTY PROCESS.
WE'RE HERE TO ONCE AGAIN TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE NOT ONLY IN PROPERTY BUT WORKER'S COMP LIABILITY AUTO AS WELL.
JUST REAL BRIEFLY AS [INAUDIBLE] MENTIONED.
I AM BLESSED TO SERVE NUMEROUS DISTRICTS HERE IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA, ALONG DOWN IN THE HOUSTON AREA, CENTRAL TEXAS, THE BIG COUNTRY, ABILENE ISD IS A CLIENT OF MINE AND ADDED THE SOUTH PLAINS AREAS.
I DO ACT AS A RISK MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT.
I'M NOT AN INSURANCE AGENT OR BROKER BUT PURELY WORK FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN SEEKING NOT ONLY THE BEST COVERAGE, THEIR BEST PRICING, AND THE BEST RATE.
WE'LL START OFF HERE ON OUR WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAM.
I ALSO NOTICED THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT STAYED FOR MY PRESENTATION EITHER, TONIGHT.
YOU ALL WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT SOME OF WHAT THE EFFECTS COVID HAS DONE OVER THE LAST LITTLE BIT AND CERTAINLY, IT DID AFFECT SOME OF OUR WORKERS' COMP CLAIMS AND THE 19, 20, AND THEN 2021 YEAR.
OF COURSE, AS TIME LAST YEAR AND IN THE SPRING, MOST OF OUR STAFF WAS AT HOME AND SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT RISK.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT OUR REDUCTION AND CLAIMS, ESPECIALLY IF THOSE OVER 10,000 HAVE DEFINITELY COME ABOUT AND YOU JUST SEE THE LAST TWO YEARS ARE BETTER THAN THAT SIX-YEAR AVERAGE OF 75 PERCENT.
NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 50 AND THEN PROJECT IT AT ABOUT 62.
THE BIRDVILLE ISD IS IN THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION SOLUTION PROGRAM.
WE NEGOTIATED THREE YEARS AGO A RATE GUARANTEE, SO BY TIER OR BY RISK COVERAGE, THOSE RATES REMAIN THE SAME.
AS PAYROLLS INCREASE A LITTLE BIT, WE PAY A LITTLE MORE PREMIUM, BUT THE RATE REMAIN THE SAME.
WE DO HAVE PROJECTED A SLIDE TO PAYROLL INCREASE FOR NEXT YEAR, AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THAT REALLY THE CONTRIBUTIONS GOING UP SLIGHTLY IS BECAUSE THE PAYROLL IS GOING UP A LITTLE BIT FROM 1,121,888 TO THAT 1,158,910.
JUST AS A REMINDER, WORKERS' COMPENSATION IS AUDITABLE, MEANING AFTER THAT POLICY PERIOD, WE'LL END UP TAKING THE ACTUAL PAYROLLS AND THEY'RE ADJUSTED FOR THOSE RATES.
ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE THIS RENEWAL.
WORKERS' COMP SOLUTION PROGRAM DOES A LOT FOR US, FROM HELPING OUR SAFETY MEETINGS.
THEY ALSO HAND OUT FREE SAFETY SHOES TO MANY OF OUR STAFF AND SUPPORT OUR OTHER LAWS CONTROL ACTIVITY, SO WE'VE BEEN PLEASED WITH THEM.
OUR NEXT RENEWAL, TO THE END, IS OUR LIABILITY AND AUTO-RENEWAL.
THAT RENEWAL IS WITH THE PROPERTY CASUALTY ALLIANCE OF TEXAS.
OUR GENERAL LIABILITY IN SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL LEGAL LIABILITY, I DIDN'T SPELL THOSE OUT TONIGHT, THE SPLL, THOSE PREMIUMS HAVE REMAINED PRETTY STEADY THIS PAST YEAR.
OUR AUTO-RENEWAL OUR CLAIMS HAVE BEEN AVERAGE, BUT THERE'S SOME INCREASING COST OVERALL FROM HELL DAMAGE EXPOSURE, JUST LIKE WE ALL WATCH STORMS THIS TIME OF YEAR, IT COSTS MORE TO REPAIR CARS NOW, THEY'RE JUST MORE COSTLY TO REPAIR.
WE ARE SEEING A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE AUTO LIABILITY RATE IN THOSE AUTO FISCAL DAMAGE RATES THERE AS WELL.
ALSO, WE'VE GOT SOME INCREASED BIND SOME INCREASED FLEET.
WE'VE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL VEHICLES, SO THAT RAISES OUR PREMIUM JUST SLIGHTLY AS WELL, FROM ABOUT 258,000 TO 274,000, SO ROUGHLY ABOUT A 6 PERCENT INCREASE ON OUR LIABILITY AND AUTO WITH PROPERTY CASUALTY ALLIANCE OF TEXAS.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS AN UPDATE ON OUR PROPERTY, AND AS JUST A REAL BRIEF REVIEW, SINCE WE KNEW WE HAD A COUPLE OF NEW TRUSTEES.
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I'LL HAVE TO TELL YOU THE STAFF, AND OUR FIRM REALLY STARTED THIS PROCESS EARLY.IT WAS BACK IN THE DECEMBER AND JANUARY TIME THAT WE WERE FORMING WHAT THE PROCESS NEEDED TO BE.
WE DID THIS REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS TO LOOK AT MARKETS THERE IN THAT FEBRUARY TO MARCH TIME FRAME.
WE ALSO REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT FEBRUARY TO MARCH TIME FRAME WITH THE LARGE STORM AND THE PHRASES THAT HAPPEN, WE ISSUED AN RFP ON MARCH THE 13TH TO LOOK AT THAT BASE LAYER AND WE'LL LOOK AT THAT HERE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN A MINUTE.
WE RECEIVED THOSE PROPOSALS BACK, AND THEN OUR FINAL PROPOSALS CAME BACK HERE IN EARLY MAY, MAY THE 6TH.
ONE IMPORTANT NOTE ON THE PROPERTY PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE LAST FALL, WHICH WAS A COMPLETE ONSITE PROPERTY APPRAISAL.
THE DISTRICT HAD NOT DONE ONE OF THESE IN A WHILE.
WHEN I STARTED WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I COULD TELL THAT SOME OF THE BUILDING VALUES ON A PER SQUARE FOOT PROBABLY NEEDED TO BE LOOKED AT.
WE NEEDED A BETTER PROPERTY APPRAISAL THAN THE ONE WE HAD TO LOOK AT ACTUALLY THE BUILDINGS SO THAT THE PROPERTY UNDERWRITERS COULD MAKE A GOOD ASSESSMENT OF WHAT THOSE RISKS FOR THOSE BUILDINGS WERE.
THAT WAS COMPLETED, BUT YOU'LL NOTICE THERE, IT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED THE VALUES OF THE DISTRICT.
SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX MILLION WAS THE ESTIMATE AFTER THE APPRAISAL IT WAS ABOUT 912.
WE DO FEEL LIKE THAT APPRAISAL DOES GIVE US NOW A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF WHERE THAT REPLACEMENT COST IS.
THAT FREE STORM, I PUT ONE LAST NOTE.
IT'S EXPECTED ON A FRESH REPORT AND MAYBE THE LARGEST FIRST-QUARTER CATASTROPHIC LOSS THAT'S EVER OCCURRED.
A LOT OF TIMES WE THINK OF THOSE HURRICANES THAT HAPPENED IN THE SECOND, THIRD QUARTER.
THIS MAY BE THE LARGEST FIRST-QUARTER CATASTROPHIC LOSS THE US HAS SEEN, HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I WANT TO REFER YOU BACK REAL QUICKLY.
I'LL TELL YOU IF WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, YOU WOULD ONLY SEE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR CARRIERS ACTUALLY ON THIS BECAUSE THE MARKET WAS VERY COMPETITIVE, THOSE CARRIERS WERE WILLING TO TAKE ON RISK, AND WE'VE MENTIONED THAT MANY CARRIERS HAVE LEFT IN THE MARKET AND THE ONES THAT DID STAY, THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE ALL THE RISK.
I WILL POINT OUT THAT WE EXPECTED THAT ABOUT THE PRIMARY LAYER THAT FIRST $5 MILLION ROUGHLY USUALLY MAKES UP ABOUT 40 PERCENT OF THE COST.
IT ENDED UP MAKING UP 38 PERCENT, SO WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE ON THAT.
THAT'S REMAINED PRETTY STEADY.
YOU'LL NOTICE, ESPECIALLY IN THAT NEXT LAYER WHERE THERE'S ACTUALLY 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 GRAPES THAT TAKE PART OF A $20 MILLION RISK THERE, THAT'S USUALLY ONE OR TWO.
WELL, IT TOOK FIVE TO GET THAT.
THE PROPERTY MARKET, ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE GREATER DALLAS, FORT WORTH AREA, IS CERTAINLY DIFFICULT AT THIS TIME.
JUST SEEING HOW THE LAYERS HAD TO BE PUT TOGETHER TO GET US A $300 MILLION LIMIT REALLY PROVED OUT THIS YEAR.
IN THE SUMMARY HERE AND OPEN THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION AFTERWARD, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE OVER 600 THOUSAND INCREASE.
I KNOW THAT'S A 57 PERCENT OVERALL INCREASE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT IT FROM JUST A PURE RATE PERSPECTIVE, WHAT IS THE RATE PER $100 OF VALUE? WE'VE MOVED FROM ABOUT 17 AND A 1/2 CENTS TO 19.8 CENTS.
IT'S ABOUT A 12.9-13 PERCENT INCREASE.
THE GOOD NEWS IN THIS AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WAS NOT EXPECTING, IS THAT THE WIND AND HELD DEDUCTIBLE THAT CURRENTLY IS AT A ONE PERCENT FOR TOTAL INSURED VALUES TIV, WITH A MAXIMUM OF 2.5 MILLION.
I REALLY DIDN'T THINK THAT THE MARKET WOULD BRING THAT.
I'VE FIGURED IT WOULD BE HIGHER THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO GO TO AT LEAST A $5 MILLION MAXIMUM, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS LOWER MAXIMUM.
THERE'S A REPORT THAT COMES OUT USUALLY ONCE A YEAR, IT'S NOT QUITE OUT YET BY A BROKER IN THE AREA, THAT EXAMINED ABOUT 17 DISTRICTS.
THE YEAR BEFORE LAST, SO THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE 1920 YEAR.
BIRDVILLE'S MAXIMUM DEDUCTIBLE WAS ACTUALLY BETTER THAN 14 OF THE 17 DISTRICTS THEY TOOK A LOOK AT.
WE HAVE KEPT THAT, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
THE LAST BULLET POINT IS MAYBE THE MORE IMPORTANT AREA.
THIS IS ABOUT 32ND TO WORK WITH RISK MANAGEMENT, AND WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.
IT'S ABOUT THE THIRD TIME I'VE SEEN PROPERTY CYCLES COME AND GO.
THE PROPERTY WILL COME DOWN, AND WHEN IT DOES COME DOWN, THAT WILL BE OUR OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY WORK WITH OUR INSURANCE GROUP, INSURANCE CARRIERS TO MAKE SURE WE GET THOSE REDUCTIONS IN SAVINGS.
OFTEN I GET CALLED INTO A DISTRICT SAYING,
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TAKE A LOOK AT MY RENEWAL, MY PROPERTY RATE IS FINE.WE'VE GOT THE SAME RENEWAL THREE STRAIGHT YEARS, AND YET THEY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE HAD A REDUCTION BECAUSE THE MARKET HAD GONE DOWN.
SO IT'LL BE VERY ADVANTAGEOUS TO US THAT WHEN THE MARKET DOES RECOVER, WE GET RATES TO GO LOWER THEN WE REALLY EXAMINE THAT VERY CAREFULLY SO THAT WE GET THOSE SAVINGS BACK TO THE DISTRICT FOR EDUCATION.
ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP.
>> CAN WE GO BACK TO THE WORKERS' COMP QUESTION AND I DON'T KNOW IF A DISTRICT OUR SIZE, ARE WE SELF-INSURED THERE ON WORKERS' COMP? [INAUDIBLE]
>> LET ME GO BACK ONE MORE. THE WORKERS' COMP SOLUTION PROGRAM IS A MODIFIED SELF-FUNDED PROGRAM, SO IT IS A SELF-FUNDED PROGRAM THAT HAS BOTH SPECIFIC AND AGGREGATE COVERAGE LIKE THAT.
THE DISTRICT HERE, YOU'RE NOT QUITE TO THE POINT.
YOU COULD, BUT RIGHT NOW, YOU'VE ONLY GOT STILL TWO PRIMARY EXCESS MARKETS, BOTH SAFETY, NATIONAL AND MIDWEST EMPLOYERS ARE YOUR TWO, WE STILL FEEL BETTER OFF THAT WITH THE ADVANTAGES THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THE WORKERS' COMP SOLUTION AND THE GUARANTEED COST IS BETTER THAN THE CASH FLOW COST THAT MIGHT COST US.
>> WE DON'T GET AN EXPERIENCED MODIFYING RATE THERE AT ALL BASED UPON PREVIOUS YEAR'S CLAIMS?
>> BECAUSE OF OUR SIZE OR THEY STILL DO IT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS?
>> WE DO THAT VERY CAREFULLY WHEN WE EXAMINED CLAIMS AND NEGOTIATE THAT RATE.
WE CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT, AND OF COURSE, YOU LOOK AT THAT AVERAGE.
I ALSO LOOK AT IT USUALLY BY PAYROLL, BY CLASS CODE BECAUSE THAT'S A REALLY GOOD INDICATION, THAT'S WHAT MODIFIERS REALLY DO WITH THAT, EVEN THE NCCI MODIFIERS, THAT'S REALLY WHAT TO DO ABOUT CLASS CODES BUT WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC MODIFIER FOR BIRDVILLE ISD.
>> THIS IS THE ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE THAT WE CAN REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON.
I CAN'T GIVE A BIG IMPACT UPON THE PROPERTY VALUES, THE REPLACEMENT COST, WHAT THE RATE PER 100 IS, BUT MINIMIZING CLAIMS BY TRAINING, BY AUDITS, ALL THE ABOVE, GETTING PEOPLE BACK TO WORK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO THE WORKERS' COMP CLAIMS COME DOWN.
CAN WE LOOK AT SOME HISTORY? SOMETIME I DON'T CARE WHEN, SURAY SAYS AFTER JULY 1ST?
>> YEAH AFTER JULY 1ST TO LOOK AT SOME HISTORY.
HISTORY CLAIMS, ARE THE CLAIMS IN FOOD SERVICES? ARE THEY IN BUS DRIVERS? ARE THEY WHEREVER I'M SAYING? WE CAN INSTRUCT THAT WHAT WE CAN CONTROL.
WE CAN DO MORE TRAINING, WE CAN DO MORE AUDITS, WE CAN DO THINGS LIKE THAT TO BRING [NOISE] THAT DOWN.
ONCE IT COSTS US $1.1 MILLION, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
IF I CAN SAVE 10 PERCENT OF THAT, I'LL SAVE A $110,000 WHY NOT?
>> SURAY CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE THINGS WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, JUST A FEW THINGS.
>> I JUST WANT TO JUST MAKE A COMMENT.
WE DO HAVE A SAFETY COMMITTEE THAT IS MADE UP OF REPRESENTATIVES ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
WE MEET AT LEAST QUARTERLY, ABOUT THREE MEETINGS A YEAR BECAUSE OF THE SUMMER BEING OFF.
WHAT WE DO WITH THEM IS WE DO PRESENT THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE THE CLAIMS ARE HAPPENING, WHAT IS HAPPENING TO CAUSE THOSE CLAIMS. WE ALSO REQUIRE OUR AUXILIARY STAFF TO HAVE MONTHLY SAFETY TRAININGS, WHICH TENDS TO KEEP IT IN FRONT OF THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE AND HELP THEM.
OUR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF AND OUR CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS, WE REQUIRE AT LEAST FOUR TRAININGS A YEAR.
AGAIN, WE'RE KEEPING THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF THEM.
WE HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS SPRING, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO HAVE SOME INCENTIVE PROGRAMS WHERE WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE SUBMIT SOMEONE BEING SAFE AND AGAIN, KEEPING IT IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE.
WHILE THAT CAN'T HAVE A DIRECT EFFECT ON THE 62 PERCENT OF THE LOSS RATIO THIS YEAR.
I DO BUILD IT IN THE COMMITTEE, THE SAFETY COMMITTEE BECAUSE ALL OF THIS IS AT THEIR DIRECTION.
THEY'VE ASKED US TO PUT THIS STUFF TOGETHER FOR THEM.
I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT IT HAS [NOISE] LED SOMEWHAT TO THE REDUCTION OF ACCIDENTS THAT WE'VE HAD.
RUS AND JORDAN HELPED US WITH GATHERING THAT DATA FOR THE COMMITTEE, PRESENTING THAT DATA TO THE COMMITTEE, AND ASSISTING THE COMMITTEE WITH IDENTIFYING THE TRAINING TOPICS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
>> WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT COMMITTEE?
>> WE HAVE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL WRAP FROM EACH OF THE FEEDER PROGRAMS. THEN WE ALSO HAVE ONE FROM ALL OF THE AUXILIARY DEPARTMENTS AND [NOISE] HR AND THEN, OF COURSE, CANDACE AND MYSELF.
>> WE COULDN'T DO A LOT THIS PAST YEAR BUT IN INDEPENDENT, I DO SOME SAFETY SURVEYS AT THE CAMPUS AS ANOTHER SET OF EYES AS WELL.
YOU ALL HAVE GOT AN EXCELLENT SAFETY COMMITTEE HERE.
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I'LL TELL YOU, OUT OF ALL THE DISTRICTS I WORKED WITH, YOU ALL ARE THE MOST ACTIVE AND A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS ARE COMING FROM THERE.>> I WILL TELL YOU THIS, RICHARD, TOWARD THE END OF MY CAREER, WE BEGIN TO SEE SAFETY GUIDELINES, AND I NEVER REMEMBERED EARLY ON IN MY CAREER.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW IT HAS BEEN GOING ON, AND SO THAT'S ALL I NEED TO SAY.
>> THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> ANOTHER ACRONYM, ESSER III.
[H.3. Update on Federal ESSER III Grant Funds [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]
>> AGAIN, NO ONE STAYED HEAR THIS EITHER.
WELL, GOOD EVENING. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ESSER.
I WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT TO GO JUST A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES.
AS I TOLD YOU LAST WEEK, WE HAD OUR FIRST TRAINING LAST WEEK.
YOU'LL SEE IN THE SCHEDULE, OUR APPLICATION AND PLAN AND SAFETY PLANS ARE DUE VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
LET ME GO THROUGH SOME OF THIS WITH YOU TONIGHT AND THEN SEE WHAT QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
WE'LL BE BRINGING MORE INFORMATION BACK AT A LATER TIME.
THE PURPOSE OF THE ESSER GRANT, AND THIS IS DIRECTLY FROM THE ACT, TO HELP SAFELY REOPEN AND SUSTAIN THE SAFE OPERATION OF SCHOOLS AND TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
AS WE LOOK IN JUST A MINUTE AT THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU CAN SPEND THESE DOLLARS ON, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IS YOU HAVE TO PROVE THAT THERE'S A NEED THAT WAS CREATED FROM A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC.
AS YOU'LL SEE ALSO THAT SOME OF THE OPTIONS TO SPEND THIS MONEY ARE THINGS TO MITIGATE THE PANDEMIC.
THE TIMING IS A LITTLE INTERESTING, BUT IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY AS WELL TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON OUR STUDENT LEARNING LOSS, WHICH YOU'LL SEE.
ESSER TIMELINES, SO TEA JUST RELEASED THE ALLOCATION ON THE 27TH, AND SO OUR APPLICATION FROM ALL OF THE DISTRICTS AND THE CHARTERS IN THE STATE IS GOING TO BE ON JULY 27TH.
THERE WILL BE AN APPLICATION PLAN REVIEW.
TEA HAS TOLD US, THIS WILL BE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS, AND WHILE WE CERTAINLY WANT TO TAKE OUR TIME AND DEVELOP THIS PLAN WELL AND WE CAN MAKE ALTERATIONS AT LATER DATES.
THE SOONER WE GET THIS APPLICATION IN, THE SOONER WE'LL GET THOSE SPENDS RELEASED.
THIS IS ALSO THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN TEA IS GETTING ALL OF THEIR TOTAL APPLICATIONS, IDEA, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FEDERAL PROGRAMS. THEY BASICALLY WERE LETTING US KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE VERY BUSY THIS SUMMER SO THE MORE QUICKLY AND OF COURSE, EFFICIENTLY THAT WE CAN GET THIS DONE, THE BETTER OFF WE'RE GOING TO BE.
>> WHAT'S THE ACRONYM FOR LEA?
IT'S A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR A CHARTER. GOOD QUESTION.
DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO POST THIS PLAN THAT WE DEVELOP ON THE WEBSITE 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THE NOTIFICATION GRANT AWARDS.
THAT WOULD BE A TIME PERIOD WHERE TEA HAS APPROVED OUR GRANT AFTER NEGOTIATION.
THEY HAVE MADE IT EXTREMELY CLEAR THEY'RE BEING REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THERE WILL BE AUDITS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THERE WILL BE AUDITS FROM THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.
I THINK, OBVIOUSLY DUE TO THE VOLUME OF DOLLARS THAT THE STATE IN THE NATION ARE GETTING.
THEY WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH THE TRAINING, THEY'VE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THEY WILL BE GOING TO WEBSITES, CHECKING POSTINGS, CHECKING DOCUMENTATION, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE REALLY, REALLY TIGHT ON OUR COMPLIANCE, ESPECIALLY FOR THESE FUNDS BECAUSE THE REQUIREMENTS ARE SO EXTENSIVE.
IN THE EXPENDITURES, AND I'LL GO THROUGH THIS A LITTLE MORE IN DETAIL IN A MOMENT, BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, 20 PERCENT OF THESE DOLLARS WILL NEED TO BE SPENT ON INTERVENTIONS FOR THAT LEARNING LOSS, AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL ISSUES THAT STUDENTS MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC.
THAT WILL HAVE TO BE PROVEN OUT AT LEAST 20 PERCENT.
WE WILL PROBABLY SPEND MUCH MORE ON THAT.
DOCUMENTATION,, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS AND WE'LL GO A LITTLE MORE DEEP INTO THIS IN JUST A MOMENT AS WELL.
WE HAVE TO DOCUMENT THE PLAN FOR THAT EXPENDITURE FOR THOSE ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES, PUT THAT TIMELINE IN PLACE BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE YEARS TO SPEND THESE DOLLARS.
WE HAVE TO DOCUMENT HOW THESE NEEDS HAVE BEEN DETERMINED AND THEN DOCUMENT HOW WE PRIORITIZE THOSE NEEDS, AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF STEPS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN JUST A MOMENT THAT TEA AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE REQUIRING US TO DO, AND I WILL SAY THAT DR. CLARK STAFF HAVE ALREADY BEEN PULLING DATA, DOING ANALYSIS.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PIECES ALREADY STARTED, AND AS YOU SEE IN A LITTLE WHILE, HOW WE HAVE TO ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS, WE'RE WORKING ON SURVEYS AND DIFFERENT OPTIONS AS WELL TO GO THROUGH THAT.
I'LL GO THROUGH THESE A LITTLE QUICKLY.
I THINK I'VE SENT YOU AN EMAIL OF THE ON THESE BEFORE.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT A NUMBER OF THE ALLOWABLE COSTS ARE RELATED TO ADDRESSING ISSUES WITH THE PANDEMIC.
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THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.SO AT THIS TIME, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE PUTTING ANY MONEY INTO TO MASK, AND SHIELDS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
NOW, WE CAN LOOK BACK AND PULL SOME THINGS INTO THIS GRANT PRIOR PERIOD THINGS BACK ALL THE WAY TO MARCH OF 2020.
I THINK THE QUESTION WE STILL HAVE OUTSTANDING, AND I KNOW I'VE ASKED THIS OF MS. MILLER, IS WHETHER OR NOT THOSE ITEMS HAD TO BE FEDERALLY PROCURED, AND I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FEDERAL PROCUREMENT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND REIMBURSE THE GENERAL FUND FOR BY MOVING SOME EXPENSES OVER THAT WE'VE ALREADY SPENT THIS PAST YEAR, BUT IT'LL BE ALL PART OF THE BIG PLAN THAT COMES TOGETHER.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE'S PREPARED THIS PIECES.
BASICALLY, ANYTHING THAT'S ALLOWABLE UNDER ANY OF THESE ACTS CAN BE USED IN ESSER.
CERTAINLY, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO LOOK AT THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF, AS YOU CAN SEE, NUMBER 3, LOW-INCOME STUDENTS, CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, ENGLISH LEARNERS, RACIAL, ETHNIC MINORITIES, HOMELESSNESS, FOSTER CARE, ALL OF THOSE PIECES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS PLAN.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S CONTINUING THINGS TO TALK ABOUT PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE EFFORTS FROM THE PANDEMIC TRAINING ON SANITATION.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THAT THIS YEAR.
OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL SANITIZING.
YOU CAN EVEN SEE COORDINATING FOR MEALS DURING LONG-TERM CLOSURES WHICH WE'RE NOT EXPECTING HOPEFULLY TO HAVE ANY MORE LONG-TERM CLOSURE.
MANY OF THESE WILL PROBABLY NOT BE A FOCUS OF OUR DISTRICT PLAN.
TECHNOLOGY IS ALSO A PIECE, BUT WE'VE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE THE 2018 BOND FUNDS, AND IN ADDITION, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A SIGNIFICANT REIMBURSEMENT ON SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT WE PURCHASED LAST YEAR SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THE ONE-TO-ONE, AND WE DID FINALLY GET THAT PAYMENT, I BELIEVE IT WAS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
MENTAL HEALTH IS CERTAINLY A BIG PIECE OF IT, AND THEN OF COURSE 10 IS A HUGE PIECE.
SUMMER LEARNING, SUPPLEMENTAL AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. JUST A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'LL BE ADDRESSING THERE, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT LOW-INCOME STUDENTS, ENGLISH LEARNERS THAT WE MENTIONED.
THEN 12 AND 13 RELATE TO THE FACILITIES.
AS YOU KNOW, WE CAN PUT IN HVAC SYSTEMS FOR THAT PURIFYING AIR, CLEANER AIR, AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN FIND SOME FUNDS IN WITHIN THE 39 MILLION THAT WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE NEEDS IN THE DISTRICT.
THEN HEALTH PROTOCOLS, WHICH WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF THAT AND THEN OTHER ACTIVITIES.
ONE PIECE HERE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IF YOU SEE CONTINUING TO EMPLOY EXISTING STAFF.
I THINK I'VE MENTIONED TO YOU BEFORE, THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO POSSIBLY SUPPLANT SOME DOLLARS.
WE GET INTO NEXT YEAR AND OUR ENROLLMENT DOES NOT MATCH WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE, WHAT WE CAN DO IS TAKE CURRENT SALARIES, MOVE THEM OVER INTO THOSE DEATHS ARE FUNDS AND HELP COMPENSATE THE GENERAL FUND FOR ANY LOSS OF REVENUE WE MAY HAVE BECAUSE OF LOSS OF STUDENTS.
IT WOULD FIT INTO THAT CATEGORY, AND MAYBE GIVE OURSELVES A COUPLE OF YEARS TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE STUDENTS BACK AND GET BACK ON TRACK.
AS WE THINK ABOUT THE USE OF FUNDS PLAN REQUIREMENTS, THERE ARE FOUR MAJOR PIECES.
THIS WAS A BIG TOPIC ON THE TRAINING LAST WEEK.
EVERYONE HAD HAD DIFFERENT THOUGHTS ON MEETING CDC REQUIREMENTS.
WHILE THE FIRST ONE SAYS HOW FUNDS WILL BE USED TO PREVENT AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES TO THE FULLEST, THE GREATEST EXTENT PRACTICAL REGARDING OF COURSE THE CDC GUIDANCE, THIS IS ONE THAT WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO.
SO IF WE CHOOSE NOT TO SPEND MONEY ON CDC TYPE PRECAUTIONS, WHICH WE'VE REALLY DONE A LOT OF THAT THIS PAST YEAR, WERE NOT REQUIRED TO DO THAT IN THIS PLAN.
THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO.
THAT'S GOOD NEWS AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO OPENING SCHOOL IN THE FALL.
THE NEXT ONE IS REQUIRED HOW THE DISTRICT WILL ADDRESS THE ACADEMIC IMPACT OF LOST INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS.
THERE WILL HAVE TO BE PROVE SHOWING THOSE EVIDENCE-BASED PIECES, WHICH WAS WHAT DR. CLARK'S GROUP IS DOING.
THOSE COULD BE, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED.
THE SUMMER LEARNING, SUMMER ENRICHMENT, EXTENDED DAY, AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE CAN DO THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
NUMBER 3 WILL BE THAT OTHER PIECE THAT WE DECIDE TO DO.
IT COULD BE SOME OF THE HVAC, COULD BE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE WANT TO DO/ IT'S INTERESTING HOW THEY DIVIDED THIS.
NUMBER 1 WAS REALLY RELATED TO THAT 20 PERCENT, BUT NUMBER 4 IS THE OTHER PART OF THE 20 PERCENT.
HAVING TO DEAL WITH THAT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL ISSUE THAT CHILDREN HAVE EXPERIENCED THROUGH THE PANDEMIC TIME AND CERTAINLY ADDRESSING, AS WE SAID BEFORE, SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC GROUPS OF STUDENTS.
OTHER PLAN REQUIREMENTS, WE ARE REQUIRED TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL CONSULTATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN.
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I'M HIGHLIGHTING THIS. I THINK WE MENTIONED THIS LAST WEEK AT ONE OF OUR WORKSHOPS.YOU DO HAVE AN ACTION ITEM TONIGHT.
WHEN WE HAD OUR TRAINING LAST WEEK, COREY GREEN WHO'S DIRECTOR OR HE MAY EVEN BE AN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF THIS PROGRAM, OF ALL THE GRANT PROGRAMS, HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WHEN AUDITORS COME OUT.
THERE'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT WAYS OF DEFINING WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT, AND HE ENCOURAGED EVERY DISTRICT TO COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF POLICY ON HOW THAT WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE DISTRICT.
YOU DO HAVE AN ITEM TONIGHT AS AN ACTION ITEM.
MR. BASKERVILLE, DO YOU WANT TO MENTION JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE?
>> YES. THIS IS A PROPOSED CHANGE TO BOARD POLICY CB LOCAL, AND THIS NEEDS TO TAKE EFFECT, AS MS. BOWMAN MENTIONED, BEFORE THE JULY 27TH DEADLINE.
YOU WILL SEE AN UPDATE 117 FROM TASB, IT HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED YET.
THIS HOLDS IT IN PLACE UNTIL WE GET UPDATE 117, WHICH YOU NOTICE IS A THREE BOARD MEETING PROCESS.
THIS ALLOWS US TO TAKE THE ACTION WE NEED TO TAKE WITHOUT BEING IN LEGAL PROBLEMS. YOU'LL SEE IN 117, TASB HAS TOLD US THEY DIDN'T UPDATE 117.
YOU'LL SEE THIS AS PART OF THE UPDATE.
YOU'LL SEE IT AGAIN A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT WE HAVE TO CHANGE WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO CHANGE YOUR POLICY TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ESSER III.
>> THE REQUIRED STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, THERE ARE TWO SECTIONS THAT MUST INCLUDE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS, INCLUDING SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, SCHOOL LEADERS, OTHER EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL STAFF.
WE'RE REQUIRED TO SHOW PROOF OF THESE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES.
I'VE GOT A CHART ON THE NEXT SLIDE THAT DR. CLARK AND HER STAFF THAT PUT TOGETHER ABOUT WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THIS ONE, THEY MUST INCLUDE IS ONE PERSON CAN CHECK OFF MORE THAN ONE CATEGORY.
THAT'S GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL TO US AS WE TRY TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET ALL OF THESE PEOPLE TOGETHER AND DO THIS INPUT.
THE SECOND GROUP IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED IF WE HAVE THESE IN OUR DISTRICT.
TRIBES, CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS, DISABILITY RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS, AND THEN STAKEHOLDERS REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, ENGLISH LEARNERS, HOMELESSNESS, FOSTER CARE, AND THROUGH OUR OTHER TOTTO PROGRAMS, WE DO ALREADY HAVE SOME OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS WITH SOME OF THESE GROUPS.
WE ALREADY HAVE SOME OF THOSE PIECES IN PLACE.
THIS IS THE CHART, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
WE ARE THINKING THAT WE'LL HAVE A MAIN STAKEHOLDER STEERING COMMITTEE.
THAT'S BASICALLY THE ONE THAT'S HELPING ESTABLISH THE PLAN, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE FOCUS GROUPS AND DR. CLARK'S GROUP IS WORKING ON SURVEYS THAT WE CAN SEND OUT TO GET INPUT FOR THOSE PARTICULAR GROUPS AS WE PUT THIS PLAN TOGETHER.
WE'LL HAVE THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
WE PLAN TO COME BACK ON THE 24TH OF JUNE AND HAVE THAT PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE, THAT WE NEED A DOCUMENT IN OUR PLAN.
THEN WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS IF WE CAN GET BOARD APPROVAL AND EVERYTHING GOOD MOVING FORWARD, WE CAN HOPEFULLY HAVE THAT APPLICATION IN WITHIN JUST A SHORT TIME AFTER THAT JUNE 24TH MEETING TO GET OURSELVES IN LINE FOR THE REVIEW.
NOW ONE INTERESTING THING THAT COREY GREEN ALSO SAID IN THE TRAINING LAST WEEK IS THAT BECAUSE THIS IS SO MUCH WORK AND SO MUCH TIME, IF A DISTRICT JUST CANNOT GET EVERYTHING PUT TOGETHER, YOU CAN PUT WHAT HE CALLED A BASE PLAN BUT IT HAS TO BE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT WORK.
BUT YOU CAN PUT IN A BASE PLAN WITH AS MUCH WORK AS YOU CAN GET DONE AND THEN COME BACK AND DO AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN AS YOU COMPLETE IT.
THAT'S AN OPTION. WHEN YOU'RE HITTING SUMMER AND TRYING TO GET GROUPS OF PEOPLE TOGETHER.
I'M THANKFUL WE HAVE ZOOM BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO PROBABLY BE BENEFICIAL TO US, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE JUST TO GET ALL OF THE ACTIVITY DONE.
I KNOW THAT'S WHY THEY'RE TRYING TO GET SURVEYS OUT NOW TO PEOPLE LIKE STUDENTS AND ALL BEFORE THEY GO HOME FOR THE SUMMER.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MR. TOLBERT? OKAY. SORRY. THE PLAN FORMATS, SO THE DISTRICT'S ESSER PLAN MUST BE THESE ARE JUST REQUIREMENTS.
THEY HAVE UNDERSTANDABLE, UNIFORM, WRITTEN LANGUAGE THAT PARENTS CAN UNDERSTAND AND THEN OF COURSE, BE PROVIDING, THIS WAS IN EVERY PART OF THE DOCUMENT THAT WE HAD.
THEN IT HAS TO BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE WITHIN 30 DAYS AS I MENTIONED EARLIER OF RECEIVING THE NOGA.
WE HAVE TO PUT THAT WEBSITE ADDRESS ON THE APPLICATION AND THEY DID TELL US THEY WILL.
CLICK ON THAT LINK AND CHECK OUT EVERYTHING IN THAT BEFORE WE ARE GIVEN OUR NOGA, AND THEN THE STAFF WILL BE MONITORING.
THE OTHER MAJOR PIECE AND THERE'S JUST TWO COMPONENTS OF THIS, WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE A RETURN TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND CONTINUITY OF SERVICES PLAN.
NOW YOU MAY BE THINKING, DIDN'T WE DO THAT LAST SUMMER AND I THINK WE ARE ALL SAYING, DIDN'T WE DO THAT LAST SUMMER, AND WE DID.
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UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S SOME PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES AND THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN WITH THIS THAT WE DID NOT DO BECAUSE IT WASN'T REQUIRED WHEN THE STATE REQUIRED US TO PUT THIS IN PLACE.WE WILL IN THIS PLAN HAVE TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE CDC'S REQUIREMENTS WHICH I'VE LISTED THEM HERE.
THAT'S THE LIST THAT THEY GAVE US.
IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A BOARD POLICY OR A BOARD ACTION THAT SAYS MASK WEARING IS NOT REQUIRED, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW CDC.
WE JUST HAVE TO ADDRESS EACH OF THESE ITEMS BASED ON WHAT OUR DISTRICT IS DOING.
THE SECOND SECTION OF THIS IS THE CONTINUITY OF SERVICES SECTION.
JUST HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THE STUDENTS NEEDS.
THESE ARE REALLY JUST DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SERVICES.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THEM IN THE PLAN.
IT'S JUST TELLING WHAT THOSE SERVICES ARE THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS AND SO THAT'LL BE IN THIS PIECE.
WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS, THIS PARTICULAR PLAN HAS TO HAVE A REVIEW EVERY SIX MONTHS, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT EVERY SIX MONTHS.
THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN WITH THIS ONE.
IF THERE'S ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO CDC GUIDANCE, THEN WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THOSE AS WELL IN THE PLAN.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT TEA WILL BE WATCHING AND AUDITING AND REVIEWING.
THERE'S A LOT OF ONGOING WORK THAT HAS TO OCCUR IN THIS PLAN.
OF COURSE, IT'S THE SAME THING AS THE PREVIOUS ONE, UNDERSTANDABLE FORMAT.
THERE'S JUST SOME FORMATTING PIECES AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE AND THEN OF COURSE, HAVE IT POSTED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIVING THE NOGA AND PUT IT IN OUR APPLICATION AND ONCE AGAIN, THEY WILL BE CHECKING AND AUDITING THAT.
THIS IS NOT THE ACTUAL BUDGET WE'LL HAVE, BUT THIS IS A TEMPLATE WE WERE GIVEN BY A TASK BOARD, AND I WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING REALLY GREAT.
AS YOU KNOW OR YOU MAY, HOPEFULLY YOU KNOW.
WITH ALL OF OUR FEDERAL GRANTS, WE HAVE A CALCULATED PERCENTAGE OF INDIRECT COSTS TO PAY FOR BUSINESS SERVICES AND PAYROLL AND THINGS THAT ARE OPERATING SERVICES FOR THAT GRANT.
NORMALLY THAT PERCENTAGE WE USE IT'S A VERY LOW 2-3 PERCENT BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO CALCULATED INDIRECT COSTS.
FOR THIS PARTICULAR GRANT, THEY'RE LETTING US USE THE LARGER ONE WHICH IS 14 PERCENT.
WITH THIS GRANT OF 39 MILLION, WE WILL BE ABLE TO TRANSFER OVER 5.5 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE GENERAL FUND TO HELP COVER ANY COSTS THAT WE MAY HAVE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE.
I'VE GOT A FEW THINGS ON THE NEXT SLIDE TO SHOW YOU.
BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR US OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO HELP IN ADDITION TO POSSIBLY SUPPLANTING SOME POSITIONS TO HELP CONTINUE PAYING SALARIES, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER 5.5 MILLION THAT CAN HELP US OUT WITH ANYTHING WE MAY NEED ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE.
THEN OF COURSE, WE KNOW WE HAVE TO SPEND A MINIMUM OF 20 PERCENT ON THE LEARNING LOSS AND MENTAL HEALTH.
THEN WE HAVE TO TELL THEM JUST WHAT THE PERCENTAGES.
THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
AS WE TALK ABOUT THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE BETWEEN NOW AND JULY 27TH.
WHAT OUR GOAL IS, INITIALLY WE'LL HAVE SOME INITIAL STAFFING, AND BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THIS AND THE WORK INVOLVED, WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A DIRECTOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT WILL COVER ALL OF THE TOTAL PROGRAMS IN ESSER III AND WE'LL PULL AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT INTO THAT GROUP.
WE DO HAVE OUR GRANT SPECIALIST IS RETIRING THIS YEAR AND SHE'S AGREED TO COME BACK AND WORK PART-TIME TO HELP WITH ALL OF THE FILING AND ALL THAT HAS TO GO WITH ESSER.
THEN I'LL TELL YOU OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, OUR FEDERAL PROCUREMENT RULES HAVE CHANGED TO A PLACE WHERE IT'S BECOME EXTREMELY BURDENSOME, AND THREE QUOTES FOR EVERY PURCHASE WE DO IN ALL OF THE FEDERAL GRANTS.
WE'VE STARTED A SYSTEM BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY SECRETARIES WHO WERE IN, I GUESS, WORKING FOR WHATEVER CAMPUS OR DEPARTMENT, WE'RE HAVING TO GO OUT AND GET ALL OF THESE QUOTES AND ALL OF ADDITIONAL COMPLIANCE, AND IT HAS NOT BEEN WORKING WELL.
A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WE SWITCHED TO AN ONLINE SYSTEM AND ALL OF THAT SECRETARY WORK HAS NOW BEEN MOVED INTO PURCHASING AND WE'RE REALLY STRUGGLING JUST BECAUSE OF THE LARGE WORKLOAD.
WHEN WE ADD ESSER INTO THAT, WE FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO KEEP COMPLIANT TO HAVE A FEDERAL PURCHASING PROCUREMENT COORDINATOR.
IN DOING THIS, THERE IS AN OPTION FOR US IF WE CAN LOAD AND WE'RE WORKING ON IT NOW, IF WE CAN LOAD COMMODITY CODES INTO OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM, AND THEY'VE GOT TO BE PRETTY GRANULAR IN ORDER TO PULL THE NUMBERS TOGETHER.
BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT MOST SPENDING WE DO IS PRETTY LARGE BECAUSE IT'S DISTRICT-WIDE.
WE HAVE A MICRO PURCHASING OPTION WHERE IF THE BOARD APPROVES IT WILL BE BRINGING IT TO YOU IN THE JUNE MEETING.
WE CAN ACCUMULATE COSTS WITH THIS COMMODITY CODE UP $250,000 AND NOT HAVE TO DO THE ADDITIONAL FEDERAL PROCUREMENT ON THOSE PIECES.
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NOW THERE'LL BE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WILL BE KEY BECAUSE FEDERAL PROCUREMENT IS CUMULATIVE.IF YOU BUY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE SCHOOL SUPPLIES THAT WE PURCHASE, THEY'RE ALL IN A CATEGORY.
WHILE ONE PURCHASE MAYBE A $100 FOR OUR CAMPUS, WE HAVE TO LOOK 12 MONTHS OF ACCUMULATION OF COST.
IF WE COULD DO THE MICRO PURCHASING THRESHOLD, THEY CAN ACCUMULATE THIS ON A COMMODITY CODEBASES, AND WE CAN SEE MAYBE THERE'S SOME SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE DO SPIN LESS THAN 50,000 IN A YEAR'S TIME THAT WILL KEEP SOME OF THIS FEDERAL PIECE OFF, BUT THAT'S THE OTHER PIECE AND THEN OF COURSE OTHER POTENTIAL STAFFING AS WE GET THE PLAN DEVELOPED, CERTAINLY WE'LL HAVE SPECIAL ED STAFF, ACADEMIC COACHES, ESL, SEL STAFF, TUTORS AND OTHER STAFF BASED ON THE FINAL PLAN.
THOSE PIECES WILL BE PUT IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE KIDS OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
I WANT TO MAKE ONE OTHER CAVEAT BECAUSE I'M SURE A QUESTION THAT YOU'RE ALL THINKING BECAUSE IT'S BEEN ON MY MIND IS, WAIT A MINUTE, THIS IS THREE YEARS OF MONEY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
AS WE GET IN THIS PLAN, THERE MAY BE PIECES OF THIS PLAN THAT WE THINK WE REALLY NEED TO CONTINUE THAT ON MAYBE FOUR YEARS, FIVE YEARS.
IF WE'RE STRATEGIC WITH THE SUPPLANTING, WE CAN PULL MONEY TOGETHER AND PUT IT IN COMMITTED.
THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO COMMIT IT IN GENERAL FUND, BUT TO GIVE US MONEY PAST YEAR 3, TO CONTINUE ON, THERE MAY BE SOME ACADEMIC PIECES THAT WE NEED TO DO.
WE'RE SPECIAL ED BECAUSE THREE YEARS MAY JUST NOT BE ENOUGH TO GET THOSE STUDENTS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, THE STL, THE CRISIS COUNCILS.
BUT WHEN THE WHOLE PLAN IS PUT IN PLACE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE VERY STRATEGIC IN HOW WE LAY THOSE DOLLARS OUT AND THEY COULD GO ON FARTHER THAN THREE YEARS.
WHEN YOU HAVE $39 MILLION, YOU HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES.
THEN WITH THE INDIRECT COST, WE COULD ALSO HAVE THAT FOR SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PIECES THAT WE NEED FOR LONGER THAN THREE YEARS.
I KNOW THAT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT I KNOW YOU ALL ARE GOING TO HAVE QUESTIONS.
NO QUESTIONS. OH, YEAH. I'M SORRY.
HIRING THESE PEOPLE, THEY KNOW THAT THE FUNDS RUN OUT AND WE DON'T HAVE FUNDS TO GO INTO YEAR 4, IT'S ONLY A THREE YEAR COMMITMENT OR WHATEVER YEAR TO YEAR.
DO THEY KNOW THAT IF THE FEDERAL FUNDS RUN OUT AND WE DON'T HAVE THANKS TO SUPPLEMENT THAT, YOU MAY LOSE A JOB IN THREE YEARS.
IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THAT'S LEFT, PUT THEM IN.
IT'S THE BEST WAY THAT I THINK AND WE NEED, WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS.
THEY CLEARLY STATE THAT BECAUSE MR. DAVIS, I'M IN FULL AGREEMENT THAT THIS IS FUNDED THIS WAY.
DOESN'T MEAN WE CUT OFF, BUT WE NEED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IF THEY CAN BE ABSORBED IN A BUDGET DOWN THE LINE, THAT'S FINE.
BUT THIS IS A GRANT AND GRANT POSITIONS NEED TO BE STATED THAT IT IS AS LONG AS THE GRANT IS FINE, I'M 100 PERCENT.
>> MAKE SURE WE KNOW THE [OVERLAPPING] UPFRONT ON [OVERLAPPING] FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
WE MAY FIND SOME SHINING STARS IN THERE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE'VE FIGURED OUT A WAY. [OVERLAPPING].
>> YES, SIR, IT'S ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED.
>> BUT WE CURRENTLY DEAL WITH THAT SITUATION EVEN WITH OUR CATTLE FUNDS IN OUR ASPIRE PROGRAMS, THEY'RE [OVERLAPPING] GRANT FUNDED AS WELL.
>> I'LL TURN DOWN HERE. ANYBODY HAVING A QUESTION? IT LOOKS LIKE MR. KUNKEL WAS PUSHING HIS MICROPHONE BUTTON.
>> WE'VE GOT OUR STAFF TOGETHER AND A LOT OF WORK IN THE ORGANIZATION.
WHAT ARE SMALLER SCHOOL DISTRICTS GOING TO DEAL WITH ALL OF THIS? HOW IN THE WORLD ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE THE STAFF AND THE [OVERLAPPING] EXPERTISE?
>> IT'S VERY CHALLENGING, NOW THEY'VE GOT A LOT LESS MONEY.
BASED ON THE SCHOOL, YOU THINK ABOUT THESE FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED BASED ON OUR TITLE I ALLOCATION.
HIGHLAND PARK, I THINK THEY'VE GOT A BIG GOOSE EGG.
[OVERLAPPING] SOME OF THE MORE WEALTHIER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY.
BUT IF YOU'VE SEEN IN THE NEWS, FORT WORTH, I THINK THEY GOT SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE EXACT NUMBER.
I'M SURE HOUSTON GOT A HUGE AMOUNT AS WELL.
THAT'S WHY YOU WANT TO BE SO CAREFUL BECAUSE THIS IS A ONETIME SHOT AND WE WANT TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT BECAUSE THERE COULD BE A LOT OF ADVANCES WITH OUR STUDENTS.
I KNOW ON THE TEA TRAINING LAST WEEK, THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT MATERIALS AND PROGRAMS TOGETHER TO HELP DISTRICTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY SAID IS, WE WANT TO TRY TO GET TRAINING FOR YOUR TEACHERS THAT SHOW THEM HOW TO GET MORE THAN ONE YEARS ADVANCEMENT OF STUDENTS.
THERE'S VARIOUS THINGS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON TO TRY TO HELP DISTRICTS COME UP WITH WAYS TO GET THESE KIDS CAUGHT UP A LOT QUICKER.
WE MAY FIND SOME REAL BENEFITS IF WE USE THIS MONEY WISELY.
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>> IS THAT ALL MR. KUNKEL? ANYBODY ELSE? [OVERLAPPING] MR. [INAUDIBLE].
>> NOT A QUESTION, JUST APPRECIATION.
I KNOW YOU AND YOUR STAFF, BOTH OF YOU HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMED ON THIS.
I'M SURE ITS SO MUCH, SO JUST THANK YOU FOR IT.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.
WE HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE [LAUGHTER] BEHIND US AND A FEW MORE [OVERLAPPING].
I HAVE FOUND, AND I TOTALLY JUST PUT THIS TODAY, WE HAVE GOT JUST SOME OF THE MOST DEDICATED PEOPLE.
IF YOU COULD HAVE SEEN THE MEETING LAST WEEK, WE ALL DID THE TRAINING TOGETHER.
I BET WE HAD WHAT, 40 PEOPLE IN THE ROOM FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT, EVERY GROUP, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE THE FULL TEAM TO GET THIS DONE.
>> MY ANSWER TO MR. DAVIDSON'S QUESTION, I THINK SCHOOL BOARDS ARE DOING A LOT OF IT, MS. MULLEN, SO I'M REALLY THANKFUL THAT THEY'RE HERE.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. MR. WOMBLE.
>> YOU MENTIONED IT'S 39 MILLION FOR BIRDVILLE ISD, AND THAT'S BASED ON TIER ONE STATUS, THE TIER ONE SCHOOLS THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT?
>> YES, SIR, THE AT-RISK STUDENTS.
IT'S AT RISK ARE FREE AND REDUCED.
[BACKGROUND] TITLE I , IT'S BASED ON THE CENSUS.
>> THEN AT THE BEGINNING, I GUESS YOU MENTIONED, IS IT JUST A DEADLINE TO WRITE YOUR PLAN? ALSO BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THE FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED DEAL.
SO THIS IS YOUR [OVERLAPPING].
>> I'M SORRY. EVERYBODY'S APPLICATION IS DUE ON JULY 27TH.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT APPLICATION IN.
BUT BECAUSE THERE'S OVER A THOUSAND SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEY'RE GOING TO REVIEW THOSE AS THEY GO, SO GETTING THROUGH A THOUSAND, IT MAY DELAY US IN GETTING OUR NOUGAT SO THAT WE CAN GET STARTED.
I THINK THAT'S OUR ONLY CONCERN.
WE WANT TO GET IN LINE BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MANY OTHER THINGS TO REVIEW THIS YEAR.
>> COMPETITIVE. MEANING [OVERLAPPING] WE ARE GUARANTEED THE MONEY, BUT YOU GOT TO DO THE APPLICATION.
>> OUR DISTRICT IS ENTITLED TO IT, [OVERLAPPING] THEY WANT TO SEE PLAN ON PAPER. [OVERLAPPING].
>> THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T DO YOUR APPLICATION. DID THEY SAY?
>> [LAUGHTER] I DON'T WANT TO KNOW. IF 39 MILLION, I DON'T WANT TO KNOW THAT.
THANK YOU. [OVERLAPPING] I'M SORRY. YES, SIR.
>> ARE WE GOING TO HAVE BOARD ACTION ON THIS MICRO PURCHASING?
>> YES SIR, AT THE JUNE MEETING.
>> OKAY. I WOULD PROBABLY ASK IF YOU WOULD GET THAT INFORMATION TO US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE [OVERLAPPING] AND IF YOU WOULDN'T, MAYBE NOT WAIT.
I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE REALLY BUSY, AND I'M SORRY, AND I KNOW SOMEONE'S [OVERLAPPING] COMING OUT, BUT IF YOU COULD GET THAT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER SO WE COULD HAVE SOME TIME TO DIGEST AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME.
>> WE ALREADY HAVE IT READY, SO ALL GETS TO DO IS JUST GET THE AGENDA ITEMS. MS. FREEMAN HAS ALREADY DONE ALL THE WORK AND THE CERTIFICATION.
>> YEAH. IF YOU COULD JUST GO AHEAD AND GET THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD [OVERLAPPING].
MAYBE IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOT IT DONE, NEXT WEEK WOULD BE AWESOME [OVERLAPPING] AND THEN WE CAN START TUNED ON THAT.
AGAIN, THIS IS MOVING SO FAST AND YOU'RE KEEPING UP WITH IT SO WELL.
BUT I THOUGHT THERE WAS STILL SOME QUESTION IS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY. IS THAT BEEN SET?
>> IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT THAT DATE, AND I CANT GO BACK, BUT I THINK IT WAS THE [BACKGROUND] 27TH OF APRIL WAS WHEN WE RECEIVED OUR ACTUAL ALLOCATION.
>> THEN THE LAST THING IS, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS, SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HIRING AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE CAN ON ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE.
>> 3 1/2. THAT'S TOTAL UNITS, 3 1/2 TOTAL UNITS [OVERLAPPING] ON THAT SIDE.
MAYBE JUST BE RURAL AND INTENTIONAL ABOUT KEEPING US ABREAST OF THAT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> NOT SAYING IT'S A NEW DEPARTMENT, BUT ANYTIME THERE'S A NEW SECTION LIKE THAT, I'D CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE ITS BIRTH AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH ITS GROWTH AND MATURITY. [OVERLAPPING]
>> YES, SIR, ABSOLUTELY. I WILL SAY THAT TWO OF THE POSITIONS, THE DIRECTOR AND THE ASSISTANT, CAN BE PAID OUT OF ESSER, AND THEN THE PROCUREMENT PERSON AND THEN THE HALF FINANCIAL, IT'S INDIRECT COST.
SO IT WILL COME OUT OF THAT $5.5 MILLION THAT WE'LL HAVE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
>> GREAT. I JUST WANT TO SAY SO IT'S NOT MISINTERPRETING.
YOU GUYS NEED THAT HELP, YOU'VE GOT OUR FULL SUPPORT ON THAT.
>> IT'S JUST SINCE WE'RE ADDING ALL THOSE HEADS, I THINK WE'D JUST LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE [OVERLAPPING] OVERSIGHT.
>> WHEN WE HAVE THE PLAN AND WE PRESENT ALL THAT IN JUNE, IT'LL INCLUDE ALL OF THOSE PIECES AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.
YES, SIR, WE'LL KEEP YOU ABREAST TO THAT, ABSOLUTELY.
>> PERFECT. I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH
[H.4. Construction/Facilities Board Subcommittee Report [Richard Davis, Board of Trustees] ]
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. AT OUR LAST MEETING, THERE WAS QUESTIONS ABOUT GIVING AN UPDATE OF A REPORT OF OUR BOARD'S CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING.
WE DO MEET MONTHLY AND WE MET ON THE 3RD OF MAY, AND WE'LL JUST GO OVER SOME ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED.
THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE GOING TO CHENEY HILLS FROM HOLTON CITY SIDE ACROSS FOSSIL CREEK.
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WE SAW SOME PICTURES OF THE ACTUAL THE BRIDGE ACTUALLY BEING CONSTRUCTED, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE SHIPPING IN HERE.I THINK WE'VE GOT A FIRE LIT UNDER THEM.
IN FACT, SOMEONE, MR. NISHAN GUPTA WHO'S THE PROJECT MANAGER, HE WAS ON ZOOM MEETING WITH US, AND HE HAD SOME PICTURES, AND I THINK HE PERSONALLY WENT AND VISITED WHERE THE MANUFACTURER IS GETTING DONE.
SO THEY TELL US THAT'S GOING TO BE ON-SITE.
YOU'RE SEEING THE BUTTRESSES THERE FOR A WHILE, AND THE PIECES OF THE BRIDGE ARE COMING ALONG THAT WE TELL THAT'S CRITICAL, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THAT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS.
THEY DID UPDATE SOME SUMMER PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON.
I MENTIONED CHENEY HILLS ON TRACK, DOING THINGS GREAT THERE.
SMITHFIELD ELEMENTARY, IF YOU'VE GONE BY THERE, IT'S IN GREAT SHAPE.
THE ROAD STOPS WHERE IT HITS THE EXISTING BUILDING.
WE HAVE TO TEAR DOWN THE OTHER BUILDING BEFORE THE ROAD CONNECTS ALL THE WAY OVER SMITHFIELD ROAD, BUT WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT.
GREAT COOPERATION FROM THE CITY ON THERE, WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE GOOD SHAPE FAR AS AS TIMING ON GETTING THAT DONE.
THE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, UPGRADES OVER WERE COMPLETED.
I THINK IT WAS OUR LAST REPORT WAS, THOSE ARE DONE.
MENTIONED SEVERAL HVAC PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING.
THIS TIED IN TO THE ESSER FUNDS OF WHETHER TO UPGRADE SOME OF THOSE WITH FILTRATION SYSTEMS. A LOT WOULD BE HAPPENING OVER THAT OF THE NEXT TWO YEARS PROBABLY IN FAR AS PROCUREMENT OF THOSE NEW HVAC SYSTEMS. WE HAD THE VISUAL DRONE FLY OVER AT HOLTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, RICHTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THAT'S ON TRACK DOING VERY, VERY WELL.
AMAZING HOW THOSE SCHOOLS ARE HAVING AN IMPACT UPON THE COMMUNITY.
THEY'VE REALLY LOOK WELL, BUT THEY'RE ON TARGET ALSO FOR THE AUGUST GRAND OPENING, THE RIBBON-CUTTING THERE.
QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION OVER SMITHFIELD JIM EDITIONS, SOME PROBLEMS WE HAVE WITH THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR THERE.
CRAWL SPACE MOISTURE, FLY INFESTATION UNDERNEATH THE GYM FLOOR, ALL THOSE KINDS OF STUFF.
ONE OF THE SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY STEPPED UP AND THEY GET IT RECTIFIED AND GETTING THAT FIXED.
IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT LOOKS GREAT.
BUT THERE WERE SOME MOISTURE ISSUES, SO THERE WERE HOW THEY TREATED THE UNDERNEATH, THE GYM FLOOR.
THERE'S SOME PROBABILITY, IT'S BEEN FIXED.
THERE IS AN ACTION ITEM, I BELIEVE ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT REGARDING THE SNOW HOT SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM, THAT PLANE [INAUDIBLE] LEAKING NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
HE'S GAVE US SOME ABROAD UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
WE DID MENTION AT OUR LAST MEETING A LITTLE BIT AND TALKED ABOUT IT, WAS WHETHER THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT [INAUDIBLE] IN STOWE HAVEN'T BEEN LOOKED AT.
IT COULD BE A POTENTIAL SUMMER PROJECTS.
THOSE SCHOOLS WERE BUILT IN '06 BOND ELECTIONS.
THEY'RE USING THE SAME EQUIPMENT THEY HAD BEFORE '08 THAT THEY KEPT FROM THE PREVIOUS SCHOOLS.
WE MENTIONED HOW THOSE TWO SCHOOLS, IF THEY HAVE A STRONG PTA, THAT HAVE TO GO FIND FUNDS TO THAT.
THE MORE BUDGET TIME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BOARD.
IF WE DO WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT, WE CAN GET THOSE ON BY BOARD.
IN FACT, KATIE'S ALREADY WORKING AT WHAT WOULD BE THE EXACT COST IF WE DO DECIDE TO GO FORWARD AS WELL.
THERE'LL BE A BUDGET ITEM WE'LL TALK ABOUT.
I MENTIONED THE HVAC PROJECTS.
WE DID TALK ABOUT TWO THINGS ON THE PLAZAS RENOVATIONS, WHAT THE COST IS GOING TO BE FOR THE NEXT PHASE, IF YOU WILL, WHETHER IT BE CHILD NUTRITION, THE STUDENT SERVICES, CLOSE CONNECTION POSSIBLY BEING THERE, AND WORKUPS AND FINAL NUMBERS OF WHAT THE ESTIMATES.
RIGHT NOW, ESTIMATES ARE HARD TO DO IN THE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS BECAUSE MATERIAL SHORTAGES, TRUCKING ISSUES, LABOR ISSUES.
I THINK I DID MENTIONED IT AT OUR LAST BUDGET TIME TOGETHER ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO SEPARATE POTENTIALLY THE PLAZA AS ITS OWN ENTERPRISE FUND.
WHAT REYNOLDS WERE COMING IN, HOW MUCH INCOME IS COMING THERE, HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING IT ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FACILITY, ARE WE GOING BUILD UP A RESERVE FUND THAT WHENEVER THE AC UNIT GOES OUT, IT RUNS ON ITS OWN AS AN [INAUDIBLE].
SO WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT REALLY AT THE BUDGETING TIME.
BUT MR. DILKS IS HERE STILL WITH US.
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT, KELVIN?
[NOISE] I THINK YOU COVERED IT WELL.
THE SCARIEST THING FOR US RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS THE NEW BUILDINGS WERE CONCERNED WAS THE BRIDGE.
BUT THE GENTLEMAN WHO'S NOW WORKING ON IT SEEMS TO BE ON TOP OF THE SITUATION, AND WE'RE LOOKING, I THINK THEY SAID JULY, THE BRIDGE WOULD BE FINISHED.
>> WE TOLD HIM IF HE DIDN'T STAY ON THAT SCHEDULE, THEN HE WOULD NOT LIKE TO BE PRESENT AT OUR JUNE BOARD MEETING.
WE SAID, AT THE JUNE BOARD MEETING, YOU WILL BE THERE AND EXPLAIN TO THE BOARD WHY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HIT THOSE TARGETS.
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WE THINK THAT THEY GOT THEIR ATTENTION.>> THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO START PUTTING THAT THING TOGETHER NEXT THURSDAY OR FRIDAY.
>> WE'LL THEY'LL PROBABLY USE RAIN AS EXCUSE FOR A WHILE, BUT WE'LL WAIT, THAT'S GREAT NEWS.
>> THEY ARE THERE? WE WERE AMAZED HOW THEY WERE GOING TO TRUCK THAT STUFF HERE.
>> THE BRIDGE PARTS, I KNOW THEY'VE GOT TWO OF THEM ALREADY DELIVERED COLEMAN SAID DROVE DOWN BELKNAP THE OTHER DAY.
ONE OF THE PIECES OF THE BRIDGE, WAS ON A TRUCK IN FRONT OF THE ADMIN BUILDING, AND [LAUGHTER] HE PULLED OVER AND HE SAID, "DO YOU NOT KNOW WHERE TO GO?" "NO, I DON'T." COLEMAN DROVE HIM OVER TO THE PLACE IT WAS FUNNY.
YES, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO START PUTTING THE BRIDGE PIECES TOGETHER WHEN WE'RE AT GRADUATION NEXT THURSDAY.
>> WE MAY HAVE GREAT NEWS FOR YOU IN JUNE, THEN THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW TO REPORT.
>> THANK YOU. ALSO JUST I WAS BEING TOLD DURING THIS TIME THAT THERE WAS A WE NEED TO HAVE A CORRECTION DURING OUR HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTATION.
I WAS TOLD THAT JACKSON TUCKER IS ACTUALLY, IS NOT A SEMIFINALS, BUT ACTUALLY A NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS.
I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT MISTAKE WAS MADE BECAUSE THERE IS LESS THAN 0.5 PERCENT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, SENIORS THAT GET TO THAT STAGE.
IT SHOULD BE APPLAUDED AND EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW IT.
THAT'S VERY UNFORGIVABLE THAT WE DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM WHEN HE WAS HERE AND I FEEL AWFUL ABOUT THAT.
IF THE STAFF COULD MAYBE LET THE TUCKER'S KNOW, OUR APOLOGIES FOR MISIDENTIFYING HIM BECAUSE THAT'S AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TELL YOU WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE SO FEW STUDENTS MAKE, THAT LEVEL.
ANYWAY, MR. TUCKER, WE'RE PROUD OF YOU.
THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL IN THAT WAY.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS
[I. PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS THE 2020-21 STATE COMPENSATORY FUNDING]
THE 2021 STATE COMPENSATORY FUNDING.CARD.>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TOLBERT.
WITH US TONIGHT IS JENNIFER MILLER AND HILDA HAGAR.
JENNIFER IS I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH BOTH OF THESE LADIES, BUT SHE IS THE DIRECTOR OF OVER 14, SHE HAS 14 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT RANGE, FROM TITLE, FROM THE PRE-K PROGRAM ALL THE WAY TO THE ADULT ED PROGRAM AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
SHE'S THE MASTER OF INTERVENTIONS.
ACCORDING TO LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, WE ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE A REPORT, HAVE A ANNUAL PUBLIC HEARING OF OUR STATE COMPENSATORY ED PROGRAM.
HILDA HAGAR WORKS WITH JENNIFER WITH TRYING TO DO ALL THAT WE NEED TO DO TO SEE THAT OUR STATE COMP ED FUNDS ARE DIRECTED TO THE STUDENTS WHO NEED THIS SUPPORT.
JENNIFER, IF YOU WILL TAKE IT AWAY.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DR. CLARK AND YES HILDA HAGAR IS HERE WITH ME.
SHE'S THE COORDINATOR FOR, STATE, COMPENSATORY EDUCATION, AND OUR EXTENDED DAY SCHOOL PROGRAM.
THE REASON AND OUR PURPOSE TO BE HERE TONIGHT IS TO INFORM THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE STATE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROGRAM IN BIRDVILLE ISD.
IT IS NECESSARY THAT WE DO THIS IN A PUBLIC HEARING.
THE STATE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROGRAM IS AN EXPANSIVE PROGRAM AND THAT INVOLVES MULTIPLE STAFF AND VARIOUS ROLES.
HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE STAFF THAT HAS WORKED THIS YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR NUMBERS ARE CORRECT AND OUR PROGRAM SPENDING IS ALSO CORRECT.
WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT RESEARCH, DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS PEIMS RECORD THIS IS A PEIMS SUBMISSION, COORDINATOR OF STATE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION EXTENDED PROGRAMS, AND MYSELF.
THE GOAL OF THE STATE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING THAT WILL REDUCE THE DISPARITY AND PERFORMANCE ON ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS AND THE RATES OF HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE EDUCATIONALLY, AND THAT'S THEIR WORD, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, AT RISK OF DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL AGAINST ALL OTHER STUDENTS.
THE PURPOSE OF STATE COMP ED PROGRAM IS TO INCREASE THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND REDUCE THE DROPOUT RATES FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS BY PROVIDING THE SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
NOTE HERE THAT THE FUNDS MAY ONLY BE USED TO PROVIDE THE COST OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE AGAIN SUPPLEMENTAL AND DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS WHO MEET THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
THERE ARE 14 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA THAT ARE SET BY THE STATE AND THAT MAKE A STUDENT AT RISK FOR NOT GRADUATING.
I'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO LOOK THROUGH THESE.
ONE THING THAT IS OFTEN CONFUSED ON THESE IS THAT,
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IF YOU'LL NOTE ON HERE, THERE IS NO STUDENT UNDER SPECIAL EDUCATION, THERE'S NO STUDENT UNDER 504 AND THIS IS NOT OUR FREE AND REDUCED STUDENTS.STATE COMP ED FUNDS ARE SUPPLEMENTAL AND BASED ON EVERY FULL-TIME STUDENT THAT IS PREGNANT AND EVERY STUDENT THAT IS CODED ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.
PRIOR TO HOUSE BILL THREE, WE USE THE BEST AVERAGE OVER A SIX-MONTH TIME PERIOD.
HOWEVER, POST HOUSE BILL THREE, THEY CHANGED IT.
NOW IT IS BASED ON A CENSUS BLOCK DETERMINED BY THE STUDENT'S HOME AND RESIDENTS ADDRESSED.
SOME STUDENTS EARN MORE FUNDING THAN OTHER STUDENTS.
IN 2021, BIRDVILLE RECEIVED 21,251,604.
AT LEAST 55 PERCENT OF THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE SPENT ON ELIGIBLE EXPENSES.
IN 2020, 2021 BIRDVILLE REPORTED 11,822 STUDENTS.
THAT'S 52 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS AS AT RISK FOR NOT GRADUATING.
THE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE THE AT-RISK NUMBERS FOR EACH OF THE BIRDVILLE CAMPUSES, BOTH IN GRADE SPAN AND IN RANK ORDER.
>> I KNOW YOU'RE SURPRISED BY THIS, BUT WHAT, SOMETIMES GETS CONFUSED IS THAT IT BE AN ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGE IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT CAUSES YOUR PERCENTAGE TO BE THE HIGHEST.
BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN ANY OF THOSE 14 CATEGORIES, THEN THAT COULD CUT THAT BUMPS YOUR NUMBERS UP.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JENNIFER AND HILDA AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SPEND TIME ON AND THIS GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS.
IT'S HOW WE CODE THAT ROSE UP AND AGGREGATES INTO THE PEIMS AND THAT AND THE MONEY, EVERYTHING IS FUNNELED INTO THAT PEIMS CODING.
THE ACCURACY THAT IS CRITICAL AND THAT'S WHERE WE GET OUR FUNDING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THESE TWO LADIES DO IS THEY ARE CODING QUEENS.
THEY REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CODING KIDS RIGHT AND THEN, THAT WE ARE SERVING THEM BASED ON THEIR CODING CRITERIA.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
>> IN BIRDVILLE WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR AT-RISK STUDENTS THROUGH VARIOUS STAFFING AND PROGRAMS SUPPORT SUCH AS LISTED ON THE SLIDE ABOVE.
WE DO PAY FOR HALF THE FULL-DAY PRE-K TEACHER SALARIES.
WE PROVIDE SOME SPECIALIZED READING AND MATH PROGRAMS SOME ESL TEACHERS, OUR CRISIS INTERVENTION COUNSELORS, CREDIT RECOVERY.
AGAIN, WE KNOW THAT EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUAL CRITERIA, OUR RESPONSE AND THAT MUST BE DIFFERENT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THEM THE SAME.
WE HAVE SPECIALIZED RESPONSES FOR EACH OF THOSE STUDENTS.
OUR PLAN FOR 2021, 2022 IS TO SPEND IN A VERY SIMILAR FASHION WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS BEING ALLOCATED TO SUPPLEMENTAL STAFF AND THEN TO ALSO CONDUCT ANOTHER PROGRAM EVALUATION AND BRING THAT BACK TO YOU NEXT YEAR. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> [NOISE] THOSE ARE JUST YOUR AT-RISK NUMBERS.
HOW DOES THAT CORRELATE TO THE KIDS THAT ACTUALLY DO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL? YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY PERFORMING VERY WELL BECAUSE OUR RATES AREN'T THAT HIGH?
>> CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT AND I'M VERY PROUD THAT THEIR GRADUATION RATES ARE HIGH AND THE SUCCESS STORIES THAT COME WITH IT, I THINK, ARE BECAUSE THAT WE LOOK AT THOSE STUDENTS AND WE KNOW WHY, WHY ARE THEY AT RISK? ARE THEY HOMELESS? ARE THEY UNDER FOSTER CARE, UNDER CPS CARE? THEN WE CAN RESPOND TO THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE A PLAN TO GET THEM ACROSS THE STAGE.
>> I CAN ADD ALSO AND SKIP MY OWN TO THE CRISIS COUNSELORS OR SOME PEOPLE OUR GRADUATION [OVERLAPPING] COACHES.
IT TAKES A TEAM OF PEOPLE TO SEE THAT OUR KIDS GET CROSSED THE STAGE LIKE WE'RE GOING TO WITNESS NEXT WEEK.
>> I'M GOING TO QUOTE SOMETHING DR. [INAUDIBLE] USES AND THAT'S A WRAP AROUND SERVICES.
YOU PROBABLY ARE AWARE IT'S ABOUT ALL OF IT, BUT FEDERAL-STATE COMP ED PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT FINANCES FOR US TO GET THEM ACROSS THE STAGE IN MORE WAYS THAN MS. MILLER COULD EVEN DESCRIBE THIS EVENING.
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>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS SIDE? DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE. ON THIS SIDE? THANK YOU.
>> IT IS NOW TIME TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS REPORT.
IF THERE'S ANYONE PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK CONCERNING THIS REPORT, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
AS THERE ARE NO PERSONS PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK CONCERNING THIS HEARING I DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED.
NOW, LET'S GO TO THE SEPARATE ACTION ITEMS.
[J.1. Consider Personnel Items]
BEFORE WE TAKE ANY ACTION ON PERSONNEL ITEMS, I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT DR. BROWN HAS ACCEPTED 15 RESIGNATIONS.DO I HEAR A MOTION FOR PERSONNEL ITEMS?
>> MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE AND ADOPT ALL PERSONNEL ITEMS AND CONTRACT RECOMMENDATIONS AS PRESENTED AND RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.
ANY DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND IT'S UNANIMOUS.
NOW, LET'S CONSIDER PERSONNEL ITEMS.
[J.2. Consider Revisions to Board Policies FDA (LOCAL) Admissions: Interdistrict Transfers and FDB (LOCAL) Admissions: Intradistrict Transfers and Classroom Assignments]
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'M SORRY.WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER REVISIONS TO THE BOARD POLICIES: FDA LOCAL ADMISSIONS, INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS IN FDB LOCAL ADMISSIONS, INTRA-DISTRICT TRANSFERS AND CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS.
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICIES: FDA LOCAL ADMISSIONS, INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS IN FDB LOCAL ADMISSIONS, INTRA-DISTRICT TRANSFERS AND CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS AS PRESENTED.
>> MR. KUNKEL MOTIONS. SECOND?
ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR.
NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERED THE 2021-22
[J.3. Consider the 2021-22 Student Code of Conduct and Extracurricular Honor Code]
STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND EXTRACURRICULAR HONOR CODE.>> YEAH. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE 2021-22 STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND EXTRACURRICULAR HONOR CODE AS PRESENTED.
>> MOTION BY MR. DREES. SECOND?
ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR.
NEXT, LET'S CONSIDER NAVIGATE360 SOFTWARE FOR
[J.4. Consider Navigate360 - Software for Safety and Security State Mandated Programs]
SAFETY AND SECURITY STATE MANDATED PROGRAMS. DO I HAVE A MOTION?>> I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE NAVIGATE360 FOR A 36-MONTH TERM PRESENTED.
>> MR. KUNKEL MAKES A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
I THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> YOU HAD TO CALL HIM CHIEF FIRST.
>> YEAH. [LAUGHTER] IT'S UNANIMOUS.
[LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT, CONSIDER RESOLUTION REGARDING
[J.5. Consider Resolution Regarding ESSER III and Policy CB (LOCAL) State and Federal Revenue Sources]
ESSER III AND POLICY CB LOCAL AND STATE AND FEDERAL REVENUE SOURCES. DO I HAVE A MOTION?>> MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE BOARD ADOPT THE RESOLUTION REGARDING ESSER III AND POLICY CB LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL REVENUE SOURCES AS PRESENTED.
>> MR. DILKS MAKES THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR.
ALSO NOW WE'LL CONSIDER RESOLUTION REGARDING
[J.6. Consider Resolution Regarding Snow Heights Elementary Repair]
SNOW HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY REPAIR. DO I HAVE A MOTION.>> YEAH. MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON THIS ONE.
MY DAUGHTER GOES THERE, TWO DAUGHTERS.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE RESOLUTION DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SELECT AND APPROVE VENDORS FOR THE PLUMBING REPAIRS OR REPLACEMENT AT SNOW HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY AND APPROVE FUNDING FROM REMAINING 2020-21 GENERAL FUND BUDGETS AS PRESENTED.
>> MOVED BY MR. DREES, AND MR. DAVIS.
>> SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC?
>> REALLY CONCERNED WITH YOUR KIDS PLUMBING?
>> I DON'T WANT SEWAGE COMING DOWN ON THEM. [LAUGHTER] ON ANY KIDS.
>> YOU'RE A GOOD DAD, MR. DREES.
[LAUGHTER] SEEING NO DISCUSSION.
IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE HAVE UNANIMOUS ON THAT ALSO.
AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO DO THE NEXT ONE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PROPERTY INSURANCE RENEWALS. DO I HAVE A MOTION?
[J.7. Consider Approval of Property Insurance Renewals]
>> MR. PRESIDENT I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE THE PROPOSAL AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FINALIZE THE TERMS ON [INAUDIBLE] RELATED CONTRACTS FOR THE DISTRICT'S PROPERTY INSURANCE POLICIES TO NORTH AMERICAN SOLUTIONS WITH AN ANNUAL PREMIUM OF $1,828,205, SPIT ON THE GROUND AND ACCEPT THE LAYERED INSURANCE PROVIDERS AS OUTLINED IN THE PROPOSAL.
>> MOTION AND SPIT ON THE GROUND BY MR. DAVIS. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OF THIS THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY CURSE WORDS IN IT?
[01:50:02]
[LAUGHTER] ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.MS. BOWMAN, I AM JUST KIDDING I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS.
I REALIZED FACTS ARE FACTS, BUT IT'S JUST HARD PILL TO SWALLOW.
>> IT'S HARD TO SWALLOW. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HARD TO SWALLOW IF WE'D KNOWN INITIALLY ANYWAY.
>> WELL, IT DID MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER TO KNOW THAT SOME OF US BECAUSE THE VALUES.
>> THAT WAS HELPFUL PIECE OF INFO. THANK YOU.
>> ONE THING HE DIDN'T MENTION TO YOU AS HE HAD ANOTHER BID WHERE THEY COULDN'T GET ANYBODY TO BID FOR THAT DISTRICT, SO THEY HAD TO START OVER SO AT LEAST WE GOT WHAT 13 CARRIERS? [LAUGHTER]
>> WOW, THESE ARE CRAZY TIMES.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF
[J.8. Consider Approval of Workers Compensation Insurance Renewal]
WORKERS COMPENSATION INSURANCE RENEWAL. DO I HAVE A MOTION?>> THIS IS ANOTHER SEVEN FIGURE AMOUNT.
I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE THE RENEWAL AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FINALIZE THE TERMS AND EXECUTE THE RELATED CONTRACT FOR THE DISTRICTS WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE POLICY AS PRESENTED WITH WORKERS COMPENSATION SOLUTIONS, WITH AN ANNUAL PREMIUM OF $1,158,910.
>> MOTION BY MR. KUNKEL. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> MS. WISE IS THAT YOU? YES. ALL RIGHT, MOTION BY MS. WISE. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? SEEING NONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR.
IT IS UNANIMOUS. NEXT, WE WILL CONSIDER APPROVAL OF LIABILITY AND AUTO INSURANCE RENEWAL.
[J.9. Consider Approval of Liability and Auto Insurance Renewals]
DO I HAVE A MOTION?>> MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE THE RENEWALS AND AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FINALIZE THE TERMS AND EXECUTE THE RELATED CONTRACTS FOR THE DISTRICT'S LIABILITY AND AUTO INSURANCE POLICIES TO PROPERTY CASUALTY ALLIANCE OF TEXAS WITH THE ANNUAL PREMIUM OF $274,299.
>> MOTION BY MR. DILKS. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> MR. DAVIS WILL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION?
>> I JUST WANTED TO NOTE, KELVIN SPENT THE LEAST AMOUNT OF MONEY.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT, MR. DREES.
[LAUGHTER] ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THANK YOU, MR. DILKS, FOR SAVING US THAT MONEY.
NEXT IS CONSIDER AGREEMENT BETWEEN
[J.10. Consider Agreement Between the Haltom Area Band Friends Booster Club and Birdville Independent School District]
THE HALTON AREA BAND FRIENDS BOOSTER CLUB AND BERGVALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. DO I HAVE A MOTION?>> MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH THE HALTON AREA BAND FRIENDS BOOSTER CLUB AS PRESENTED.
>> MR. DAVIS MAKES THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> MR. DREES MAKES THE SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR WORKING THROUGH THIS AND MAKING THIS ACCOMMODATION.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD FOR EVERYBODY.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THAT.
IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF THIS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. IT'S UNANIMOUS.
WE'RE ALMOST THERE, GUYS. NEXT IS CONSIDER CONTRACTS WITH VLK ARCHITECTS FOR
[J.11. Consider Contract with VLK Architects for Modular Classroom Complex Design at the Academy at C.F. Thomas]
MODULAR CLASSROOM COMPLEX DESIGN AT THE ACADEMY AT CF THOMAS. DO I HAVE A MOTION?>> SINCE THIS IS WHERE MY KIDS WENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, [LAUGHTER] I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH VLK ARCHITECTS FOR MODULAR CLASSROOM COMPLEX DESIGN AT ACADEMY AT CFT AS PRESENTED. [LAUGHTER]
>> I WENT TO CHURCH WITH CARRIE FRANCIS THOMAS, SO I'LL SECOND IT. [LAUGHTER]
>> MOTION BY MR. KUNKEL, SECOND BY MR. DAVIS.
I'M SURE IT'S THE FIRST TIME VLK HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS VLK, BUT IT MIGHT NOT THE LAST.
>> THEY'RE JUST REALLY GOING TO FOLLOW WHAT WE DID AT WATAUGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, GO LOOK AT THAT MODULAR SYSTEM.
>> NOT JUST THERE, BUT NORTH OAKS AS WELL.
>> YEAH, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IT'S JUST AMAZING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE'LL GET RID OF SOME PORTABLES HERE AND THE CITY'S WORKING WITH THIS SO FAR.
THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A POSITIVE ALSO.
>> IT'S MOVABLE IF IT'S NEEDED ELSEWHERE LATER.
>> I WILL BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU I WAS VERY SKEPTICAL ABOUT THIS, BUT WHEN I SAW THE SIZE OF THE CLASSROOM, AND THE HALLWAYS, AND THE BATHROOMS THAT WERE AVAILABLE FOR OUR KIDS AT WATAUGA ELEMENTARY, IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE AND A MUCH HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT THAN THE SPREAD OUT PORTABLES.
>> IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A MODULAR BUILDING.
>> NO, THE CLASSROOM SIZE WAS SO SPACIOUS FOR THOSE KIDS, SO BETTER SECURITY AS WELL.
>> GOOD. VERY GOOD DISCUSSION. I APPRECIATE THAT.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. IT IS UNANIMOUS.
NEXT IS TO CONSIDER A PURCHASE FROM A LONGHORN,
[J.12. Consider Bus Purchase from Longhorn Bus Sales ]
NET THE [INAUDIBLE] , NOT THE SCHOOL MASCOT, BUS SALES.>> MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF FOUR REGULAR EDUCATION, 72 PASSENGER BUSES AND ONE SPECIAL EDUCATION BUS FROM LONGHORN BUS SALES FOR $626,100 AS PRESENTED.
>> MOTION BY MR. DILKS. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
[01:55:01]
>> HERE YOU GO SPENDING MONEY AGAIN.
>> ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR NEW YELLOW BIRDS? NONE. IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> I WANT TO APPRECIATE STAFF AND PICKING OUR TRANSPORTATION.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A SYSTEMATIC WAY, REPLACE THEM WITH OLD BUSES.
DR. BROWN STARTED THIS NOT JUST WITH BUSES, BUT WITH OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE IN OUR FACILITIES WOULD BE ROOFS, AC, WE PLAN AHEAD AND THIS IS PLANNING AHEAD.
THANK YOU. I HOPE WE KEEP UP THAT SAME SYSTEM.
>> BEFORE WE GET TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS OUR CUSTOM, DAVID E. AND VIRGINIA SMITH DONATED $7,500 TO THE TEACHERS OF DAVID E. SMITH ELEMENTARY TO HELP PURCHASE CLASSROOM ITEMS. IF YOU SEE MR. SMITH AT A FUNCTION, TELL HIM THANK YOU.
[INAUDIBLE] SOCCER CLUB DONATED $5,168.52 TO BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER PROGRAM.
THE BIRDVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION DONATED $5,000 TO BIRDVILLE ISD TO BE DISPERSED TO THE BHS BAND CLUSTER FOR A GRANT THEY APPLIED FOR TO HELP PERCUSSION BAND STUDENTS.
THEN THE CEC DONATED $2,955 TO COUNSELING SERVICES TO DONATE GIFT CARDS AS INCENTIVES FOR AT RISK SENIORS.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THESE DONATIONS.
NEXT, ALL ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED WITH
[K. CONSENT ITEMS]
ONE MOTION UNLESS THEY'RE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA BY A TRUSTEE FOR DISCUSSION.DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA?
>> MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE ALL ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> MR. DILKS MAKES THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> MR. DREES TO THE RESCUE AND HE GIVES A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORTS TO THE BOARD.
[L. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORTS TO THE BOARD]
REPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED INFORMATION TO THE BOARD AND HAD BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW AND BOARD BOOK.DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNING THESE REPORTS? DO NOT SEE ANY.
THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING ON THURSDAY,
[M. FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS]
JUNE 10TH AT 5:30 PM HERE IN THE BOARDROOM AND AND OUR NEXT REGULAR [BACKGROUND] MEETING WILL BE ON THURSDAY, JUNE 24TH, ALSO HERE IN THE BOARDROOM.FOR THAT MEETING, CLOSED SESSION WILL BEGIN AT 5:30 PM AND OPEN SESSION WILL BEGIN AT 7:00 PM.
ALSO BOARD, DON'T FORGET FOR THOSE THAT ARE COMING IN TOMORROW NIGHT IS SHANNON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
AS THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING?
>> THAT WAS A RACE. I'LL GIVE IT TO MR. KUNKEL.
ALL IN FAVOR? WE'RE ADJOURNED AT, WHATEVER TIME IT IS, 8:57.
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