Sep 23, 2021 Regular Board Meetings

THE TIME IS 5:30 AND A QUORUM IS PRESIDENT DR.

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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YES, SIR, THE MEETING WAS DULY CALLED, AND A NOTICE OF THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

WE WILL NOW CONVENE IT TO THE CLOSED SESSION AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE

[C. CLOSED SESSION]

THE TIME IS 5:31.

THE TIME IS 7:00, AND WE WILL NOW RECONVENE, IT OPENS SESSION BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'D LIKE

[D. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]

WE'D ALSO LIKE TO CALL ON DEBORAH COLSON, PRINCIPAL AT NORTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY, TO

[E. INTRODUCTION OF MEETING [North Ridge Elementary, Principal Deborah Coulson]]

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT TOLBERT DR.

STINSON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND MEMBERS OF THE CABINET, I AM SO HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO INTRODUCE TWO OUTSTANDING LONGHORNS.

WE HAVE LEADING THE PLEDGE TONIGHT, BRANDON BARKER, BRANDON IS THE SON OF RICHARD BARKER AND THE GRANDSON OF MS. LINDA BARKER THAT ARE BOTH HERE THIS EVENING.

LEADING US IN OUR STUDENT EXPRESSION IS MACY TILLER, AND SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF OF HEATHER SELBY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING TONIGHT, I'M VERY PROUD AND HONORED TO BE YOUR CHILD'S PRINCIPAL.

WE'LL START WITH OUR PLEDGES THIS EVENING.

IS IT ON? KIND HEARTS ARE THE GARDENS, KIND WORDS ARE THE ROOTS, KIND THOUGHTS ARE THE FLOWERS, KIND DEEDS ARE THE FRUITS.

TAKE CARE OF YOUR GARDEN AND KEEP OUT THE WEEDS.

SO IT WAS SUNSHINE, KIND WORDS AND FINE DEEDS.

THIS POEM WAS WRITTEN BY H.

W. LONGFELLOW.

WE HAVE PICTURES GUYS, AND PARENTS IF YOU'LL WAIT JUST A SECOND AS SOON AS THIS GENTLEMAN GETS THROUGH WITH THE EXPENSIVE CAMERA, WE'LL LET YOU COME TAKE YOUR YOUR PICTURES TOO.

MS. COLSON, IF YOU COULD KEEP THEM RIGHT THERE FOR A SECOND.

PARENTS IF YOU ALL WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO COME.

YOU GUYS, YOU COULD SAY HERE SO THE PARENTS, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP TO WHERE HE WAS STANDING OR IF YOU WANT TO GET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEATS, THAT'S FINE TOO, WHICHEVER.

THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH. I LOVE THE STRONG VOICE ON THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

OUTSTANDING JOB AND THE POEM GOODNESS, I WISH MORE PEOPLE WERE NICE BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN THIS GARDEN TOGETHER, AND FOR SOME REASON PEOPLE AREN'T BEING REALLY NICE IN THE GARDENS ANYMORE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

BOTH THOSE WERE GREAT. THANKS.

[F. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS [Mark Thomas, Chief Communications Officer] ]

THANK YOU, MR. TOLBERT THIS EVENING, MR. PHIL BECKMAN WILL INTRODUCE OUR PRESENTER.

THANK YOU, MR THOMAS.

TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION, I INVITE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY OF BIRDVILLE CHANCELLOR MIKE GERARD TO THE PODIUM. ALSO, I INVITE PARCHMENT PATHWAY FELLOWSHIP SENIOR PROGRAM COORDINATOR

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EVENING. I AM SO EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE THESE YOUNG GENTLEMEN WHO HAVE STARTED AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS ALREADY BRINGING GREAT THINGS TO BIRDVILLE ISD AND IT IS FROM A FORMER STUDENT.

WE HAVE A RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.

MR. VILLEGAS IS BIRDVILLE EDUCATED.

CHRISTIAN VILLEGAS AND PARCHMENT PATHWAY FELLOWSHIP HAVE BROUGHT GUEST SPEAKERS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR LAST YEAR, AND WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR THIS YEAR. SPEAKING TO OUR STUDENTS ON TOPICS FROM NETWORKING TO PERSONAL FINANCE, THEY'VE OFFERED EVENING WORKSHOPS BY ZOOM COVERING LEADERSHIP BASICS, INCLUDING GRADUATING DEBT FREE FROM COLLEGE.

AND THEY'VE CONNECTED 15 OF OUR STUDENTS BY PHONE WITH MENTORS IN THE STUDENTS ANTICIPATED FIELDS OF STUDY.

FROM ENGINEERING AND MEDICAL FIELDS TO ONE STUDENT WHO HAS PROVIDED CONNECTIONS TO TWO ASTROPHYSICISTS BECAUSE THAT'S HIS DREAM IN LIFE, AND THEY MADE THAT POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO CONNECT WITH THOSE.

THEY'VE GOT A GREAT PLAN FOR THIS YEAR, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS TOMORROW.

THEN ON MONDAY, NEXT WEEK WE HAVE AN EVENING SEMINAR THAT'S BY ZOOM.

THEY'RE PRESENTING THAT ONE AND THAT ONE IS ON WRITING A RESUME AND A COVER LETTER.

SO THEY TEACH EVERYTHING FROM REAL LIFE SKILLS TO NETWORKING TO LATER ON IN THE YEAR, THEY WILL START TEACHING THE KIDS HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF A MENTOR, AND THEN WE WILL BEGIN TO CONNECT THEM TO MENTORSHIPS.

I COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER PARTNER IN THIS.

THEY HAVE THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE DEVELOPED THIS PROGRAM FROM WHERE IT WAS LAST YEAR TO WHERE IT IS THIS YEAR IS AMAZING.

AND SO I LOOK FOR GREAT THINGS FROM THEM.

THEY ARE HELPING US ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE AS A COLLEGIATE ACADEMY TO HELP STUDENTS WHO MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE GET TO GO TO COLLEGE, NOT ONLY GET TO GO TO COLLEGE, BUT FINISH COLLEGE AND INTEGRATE CAREERS.

AND BY DOING THAT, THEY HELP CHANGE THE TRAJECTORIES OF FAMILIES IN THE FIVE CITIES THE BISD SERVES AND NOT JUST FOR ONE GENERATION, BUT FOR MANY TO COME.

SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE THEM AS PARTNERS IN EDUCATION.

WHAT YEAR ORIGINALLY? YEAH, 2015, OK, GOOD, GOOD.

I GUESS CARLA WAS STILL THERE.

THE PRINCIPAL, CARLA WAS STILL THERE? RICKS. WE WERE ALL GOOFBALL IN HIGH SCHOOL, SO NO WORRIES.

THANKS, GUYS.

HEY, YOU GUYS ARE YOU GUYS ARE FREE TO STAY AROUND, BUT IT GETS REALLY BORING AT THIS POINT. SO IF YOU ALL WANT TO IF YOU WANT TO STAY GREAT, BUT IF YOU HAVE IF YOU HAVE A LIFE, YOU CAN DO THAT TOO.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

[G. OPEN FORUM TO ADDRESS THE BOARD]

EACH WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

PERSONAL ATTACKS ON STAFF AND STUDENT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED FOR THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT GOVERNMENT CODE 55.042 AND THE LOCAL BOARD POLICY BED.

THE BOARD SHALL NOT DELIBERATE OR TAKE ACTION REGARDING ANY SUBJECT THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, AND IF YOU WOULD, I'M TRYING MY BEST TO SAY NAMES CORRECTLY.

IF I MISPRONOUNCE IT, I APOLOGIZE UP FRONT AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO CORRECT ME.

IT WON'T HURT MY FEELINGS, BUT I'M TRYING MY BEST TO SAY IT CORRECTLY.

IF YOU WOULD, WHEN I CALL YOU UP, SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND THEN MARK WILL START THE CLOCK AFTER YOU FINISH THAT LITTLE, THAT LITTLE THING.

MR. ROSS, IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD.

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HI, JARED ROSS 6024 MORNINGSIDE DRIVE NRH.

I GOT THE FULL THREE MINUTES TODAY, I WON'T TAKE IT ALL.

I'M HERE AS A CONCERNED PARENT LIKE I WAS LAST MONTH TO ASK FOR WHATEVER COVID PROTOCOLS THAT YOU ALL CAN INSTITUTE.

I KNOW THE MASKS HAVE BEEN A VERY CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC AND I GET THERE'S A LOT OF LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS WITH THAT.

BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE WHAT THE DISTRICT HAS DONE SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME NOTICEABLE CHANGES.

MAYBE NOT EVERYBODY IS HAPPY TO SEE THEM, BUT I CERTAINLY AM.

SO I JUST ASK THAT YOU ALL CONTINUE TO DO WHATEVER IS REASONABLY POSSIBLE.

IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO AT LEAST SEE SOMETHING.

OBVIOUSLY, Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT THE CONTROVERSY THAT A LOT OF OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND HERE HAVE FACED.

AND I JUST IMPLORE Y'ALL AND THE PUBLIC TO TRY TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO AVOID, I WON'T NAME NAMES, BUT Y'ALL KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT.

THERE ARE SEVERAL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN FRAUGHT WITH CONTROVERSY AND NEGATIVE ATTENTION. I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE BIRDVILLE.

I WANT US TO MAINTAIN OUR INTEGRITY.

I WANT US TO TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT.

HOPEFULLY, ANYBODY THAT'S EXPRESSING DIFFERENT OPINIONS TODAY CAN DO SO RESPECTFULLY AND CIVILLY. AND FOR ME, ALL, I JUST ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT.

I THINK THAT'S THE BEST RECIPE FOR JUST KEEPING THAT PUBLIC TRUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FILL IN CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND THEY DON'T HAVE ALL THE FACTS.

AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND RIGHT ABOUT WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DOES, WHAT THE DISTRICT DOES.

SO WHATEVER Y'ALL CAN DO TO BE OPEN, TO ANSWER EMAILS, TO BE TRANSPARENT, THAT HELPS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. YES, THANK YOU, MR. ROSS. NEXT IS ASHLEY AVERAGE.

ASHLEY AVERAGE, 4001 GLENWYCK DRIVE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS.

WHAT I SAY TO Y'ALL IS GOING TO BE IN TWO DIFFERENT PARTS, THE FIRST PART IS I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE DEAR FRIEND OF MINE WHO CANNOT BE HERE THIS EVENING.

ON JULY 20TH, MY CHILDREN LOST THEIR FATHER AND I LOST MY HUSBAND TO COVID 19.

HE WAS FULLY VACCINATED WITH NO UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS.

I GOT IT FROM SOMEONE WHO KNOWINGLY KNOWINGLY EXPOSED ME AT MY OFFICE, AND THEN I BROUGHT IT HOME TO MY HUSBAND AND SON UNKNOWINGLY.

FAST FORWARD, ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, MY DAUGHTER CAME HOME FROM SCHOOL WITH THE HEADACHE.

THE NEXT DAY, SHE ONLY HAD ALLERGY SYMPTOMS, BUT I HAD HER SEEN BY HER DOCTOR.

HER RAPID CAME BACK POSITIVE.

MY OLDEST SON'S PCR CAME BACK NEGATIVE, BUT THEN THE NEXT DAY HIS RAPID CAME BACK POSITIVE. HE DIDN'T SHOW ANY SYMPTOMS UNTIL THURSDAY.

MY DAUGHTER GOT IT FROM A FRIEND THAT HAD ALLERGIES AND REFUSED TO GET TESTS, AND HER FAMILY REFUSED TO TEST HER UNTIL MY DAUGHTER CAME BACK POSITIVE.

DURING THIS TIME, THEY CONTINUED TO GO TO SCHOOL UNMASKED, SPREADING IT THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL. TODAY, MY DAUGHTER IS BETTER, BUT MY OLDEST IS NOT.

MY DAUGHTER BLAMES HERSELF FOR PUTTING HER BROTHER'S LIFE IN DANGER AS HE IS VERY HIGH RISK. FEVER ISN'T ALWAYS PRESENT IN KIDS, AND NO MATTER THE VARIANT, IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE JUST ALLERGIES, EITHER.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE VACCINATED OR NOT.

YOU CAN GET IT, SPREAD IT AND DIE FROM IT.

KNOWING THIS IS IT WORTH TO RISK PEOPLE'S LIVES AND KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO MINIMIZE THE RISK AND PROTECT EVERYONE WITH JUST A FEW EASY, SIMPLE MEASURES.

I KNOW HER STORY IS NOT THE ONLY ONE IN BIRDVILLE THAT CAN PROBABLY MATCH THAT.

AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING THAT HER DAUGHTER FEELS THE PAIN SHE DOES BECAUSE LOSING HER FATHER AND NOW SHE'S SEEING HER, YOU KNOW, BROTHER HAPPENED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. NOW, TO ADD IN MY LAST STATEMENT, SINCE SCHOOL HAS STARTED, BISD HAS HAD AND THIS IS ON THE LOW END ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX STUDENT CASES AND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO CASES OF COVID.

MIND YOU, THAT'S ON THE LOW END BECAUSE IT'S UP TO US PARENTS TO CALL IT IN AND THERE'S A GOOD GROUP OF THEM THAT AREN'T CALLING IT IN.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S NOT JUST ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT PEOPLE AS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TIME THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS BECOME SICK WITH IT AS WELL.

SO YOU CAN DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THAT NUMBER.

IT'S CLEAR THE POLICIES THAT WE HAD LAST PLACE WERE MUCH BETTER.

GRANTED, THOSE NUMBERS HAVE DWINDLED SINCE WE HAVE NEW POLICIES IN PLACE, WHICH I THANK YOU FOR.

IN TARRANT COUNTY 92 PERCENT OF THE HOSPITAL BEDS ARE FULL TO 97.

ADULT ICU BEDS ARE TAKEN WITH ONLY FIVE PEDIATRIC ICU BEDS.

TWENTY ONE PERCENT OF THEM ARE COVID PATIENTS, THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT IT IS.

AS OF EIGHT A.M. TODAY, OF THE TWENTY EIGHT HOSPITALS IN TARRANT COUNTY, 13 ARE HOLDING ADMITS IN THE E.R. BECAUSE THERE'S NO ROOM FOR THEM.

TEN OF THEM ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF ICU BEDS AND THE REMAINING 15 THERE'S ONLY 30 BEDS LEFT. THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN IN TARRANT COUNTY WITH A POSITIVITY RATE OF 19 PERCENT, BUT AGAIN, WITH AT HOME TESTING, THOSE NUMBERS ARE LOWER THAN WHAT YOU CAN EXPECTED.

THERE ARE MANY FREE PLACES TO GET AVAILABLE TESTING.

I ASKED THE PARENTS HERE AND AT HOME, PLEASE USE IT.

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AND NEXT IS A JACK SETTLEMAIER.

HANK YOU. YEAH.

HI I'M JACK SETTLEMAIER AT 7005 MOSSYCUP LANE AND I'M HERE TO READ FOR LINDSAY WAMSLEY, WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.

SHE WAS HERE LAST MONTH, I GUESS IT WAS THE MEETING LAST TIME AND SHE.

UNFORTUNATELY, COULDN'T BE HERE BECAUSE HER DAUGHTER WAS ALL DAY AT CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT AND SPEAKING TO THE TEXAS CONGRESS ABOUT NEW LEGISLATION TO FUND CHILDHOOD CANCER, SO SHE CAN'T BE HERE.

YOU MAY REMEMBER HER FROM LAST MONTH WHEN SHE SPOKE ABOUT HER DAUGHTER ADELE' HAD A NICE POSTER WHO WAS A KINDERGARTNER AT GREEN VALLEY ELEMENTARY AND IS ON TREATMENT FOR ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA.

A FEW MAJOR POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE STEPS FORWARD TO HELP OUR KIDS BE SAFER IN SCHOOL.

WE REALLY SAW AND APPRECIATED EVERY EFFORT THAT WAS MADE IN ORDER TO KEEP THE KIDS SAFE BY INTRODUCING THE COVID DASHBOARD AND ALSO BY USING SOME STRONGER LANGUAGE.

SORRY, ALSO LONGER, STRONGER LANGUAGE FOR THE STAFF TO USE MASKS, AND I THINK THAT COULD BE EVEN STRONGER UNTIL WE CAN GET PAST TIME WE CAN VACCINATE THE YOUNGER KIDS.

UNFORTUNATELY, MY DAUGHTER AND MY SON HAVE BOTH BEEN EXPOSED TO COVID, BUT LUCKILY, DUE TO THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS THAT THEY HAD IN PLACE, INCLUDING THEM WEARING MASKS AND THE DASHBOARD AT THEIR DESKS.

ADDITIONALLY, WITH HAND-WASHING, THEY HAVE NOT YET CONTRACTED COVID 19.

SO THEY'VE BEEN EXPOSED, BUT NOT YET CONTRACTED IT.

I WANTED TO COME HERE TONIGHT AND REPRESENT THE IDEA THAT THIS FIGHT AGAINST COVID IS NOT OVER, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T BE VACCINATED AND MORE PROACTIVE MEASURES IN PLACE NEED TO CONTINUE IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE AT SCHOOLS.

WE ARE ONLY A FEW MONTHS AWAY FROM GETTING OUR CHILDREN VACCINATED AND THE VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS.

AND THE VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS STILL EXIST AND WILL BE VULNERABLE TO COVID 19.

PLEASE CONTINUE IMPLEMENTING SAFETY MEASURES AND CONTINUING AND CONTINUE TO MAKE WISE CHOICES FOR THE STAFF AND STUDENTS TO REMAIN SAFE WHILE AT SCHOOL.

ADDITIONALLY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP OUR LOCAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SAFE BECAUSE THEY'RE FACING STAFFING SHORTAGES AND WE DO NOT WANT TO OVERRUN THEM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD JOB. I LIKE YOUR SHIRT TOO.

MS. ALLISON AMES.

AND MS. AMES, IF YOU'D STICK AROUND FOR JUST A SECOND, MR. DILKS HAS SOMETHING TO SAY WHEN YOU'RE THROUGH SO.

MY NAME IS ALISON AMES.

I LIVE AT SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE MOSSYCUP LANE AND I'M STILL NERVOUS THIS WEEK AND IT WAS LAST TIME. BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT'S HARD, EVEN IF IT MAKES YOU UNCOMFORTABLE.

I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT.

AND SO THIS IS HOW I'M SPENDING MY THURSDAY NIGHT.

IN JUST OVER FOUR WEEKS OF REPORTING, WE HAVE OVER 1100 STUDENTS, 150 STAFF IN OUR DISTRICT TEST POSITIVE WITH COVID.

THAT'S ALMOST FIVE PERCENT OF OUR DISTRICT POPULATION.

I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN ALL THE FACTS AND FIGURES.

MOST OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY HAD FRIENDS OR LOVED ONES GO THROUGH THIS.

I BET MANY OF THEM HOPEFULLY MOST GOT BETTER, BUT SOME DID NOT.

I HAVE FRIENDS WHO'VE STRUGGLED FOR MONTHS WITH COVID SYMPTOMS. FRIENDS WHO'VE LOST SIBLINGS, PARENTS AND FRIENDS.

YOU CAN CLAIM THAT MOST CHILDREN WILL BE FINE ALL YOU WANT.

BUT THE AP RECENTLY REPORTED BETWEEN POINT ONE AND TWO PERCENT OF CHILDREN WITH COVID WILL END UP IN THE HOSPITAL.

THAT WOULD BE BETWEEN ONE AND 22 KIDS OUT OF OUR CURRENT NUMBER.

HOW MANY SEVERELY ILL CHILDREN DO YOU THINK IS OK? COVID PROBABLY WON'T KILL THOSE KIDS, RIGHT? THEY MAY HAVE MERE LIFELONG HARDSHIPS TO DEAL WITH, BUT THAT'S OK, RIGHT? MAYBE IF YOU WILL DIE, BUT MAYBE NOT.

IS THAT A GAMBLE WE'RE REALLY WILLING TO TAKE? AND OF COURSE, THAT DOES NOT BEGIN TO TOUCH ON THE FAMILIES OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO MAY ALSO GET SICK OR HAVE TO LOSE WORK AND LOSE OUT ON MUCH NEEDED INCOME TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILY.

BUT I GUESS THAT'S OK, TOO.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS PUT OUR DISTRICT IN A DIFFICULT POSITION ON THIS ISSUE, BUT I HAVE TO ASK WHAT THIS BOARD HAS DONE TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS.

I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH KELLY HANCOCK AND MAYBE STEPHANIE KLICK AS WELL. HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO THEM IN ANY WAY TO ASK THEM TO PUT BETTER LAWS IN PLACE OR TOOK FAILING THAT TO RETURN CONTROL ON THIS ISSUE WHERE IT BELONGS IN LOCAL HANDS? OR ARE YOU JUST SITTING AROUND HEMMING AND HAWING AND MAKING EXCUSES AS PARENTS WATCH THESE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO CLIMB AND WE PRAY FOR THE DAY THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN BE

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LAYERING PROTECTIONS, BEGINNING WITH MASKS FOR ALL.

IF YOU VALUE EDUCATION, IF YOU VALUE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS, I ASK YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS TO REACH OUT TO YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT DO YOUR JOB AS A BOARD TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS WITHOUT THEIR HELP.

THANK YOU, ALISON, I JUST WANT TO WISH YOU AN EARLY HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MISS MORGAN, YOU'RE UP, AND I GUESS IT'S NOT YOUR BIRTHDAY TOMORROW, OK? HELLO I'M ERIN MORGAN, MY ADDRESS IS 6032 PEDERNALES RIDGE IN NORTH RICHLAND HILLS.

DURING THE LAST BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD PASSED THE RESOLUTION FOR COVID 19 RELIEF LEAVE.

THIS RESOLUTION BENEFITS VACCINATED EMPLOYEES WITH EXTRA DAYS TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES OR NEXT OF KIN WHO HAVE COVID, WHILE NOT ALLOWING UNVACCINATED EMPLOYEES THE SAME BENEFIT.

ALL OF OUR STAFF WORKED DILIGENTLY LAST YEAR WITH THE MANY DEMANDS THAT SCHOOL DURING A PANDEMIC REQUIRED, AND THIS YEAR MANY ARE, EXCUSE ME, MANY ARE FEELING THE RESIDUAL EFFECTS. HOWEVER, THE POLICY DOES NOT BENEFIT THE FULL SPECTRUM OF STAFF.

MANY FEEL SLIGHTED AND UNDERVALUED BY THIS POLICY.

TONIGHT, I YIELD THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF A BISD EMPLOYEE WHO WISHES TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS AT THIS TIME, AND I QUOTE MORE THAN HALF OF OUR COUNTRY, TWENTY SIX STATES, TO BE EXACT, ARE AGAINST COVID, EXCUSE ME, AGAINST VACCINE MANDATES.

THE PEOPLE RECEIVING THE VACCINE ARE BASICALLY PART OF AN EXPERIMENT THAT IS PLAYING OUT IN FRONT OF OUR EYES.

PEOPLE WITH A VACCINE ARE STILL GETTING COVID, AND THOSE WHO HAVE HAD IT HAVE IMMUNITIES THAT VARY IN LENGTH.

GOD MADE OUR BODIES TO FIGHT AND WARD OFF DISEASE NATURALLY, PREVENTION AND GOOD HEALTH ARE A HUGE PART OF THIS SOLUTION.

GOOD HEALTH AND VITAMINS IS RARELY, IF EVER, PROMOTED, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE PROMOTED ON BISD WEBSITES.

THOSE WHO ARE VACCINATED GET TO USE COVID DAYS JUST LIKE LAST YEAR, BUT THOSE WHO ARE NOT HAVE TO USE THEIR OWN PERSONAL AND STATE DAYS.

WE FEEL THIS IS COMPLETELY UNFAIR AND BIASED.

THE POLICY YOU PUT IN PLACE IS DISCRIMINATING AGAINST EMPLOYEES WHO CHOOSE TO EXERCISE AND TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.

IT FEELS LIKE A BACKHANDED SNEAKY WAY OF MANDATING THIS FOR ALL.

WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR SOMETHING UNREASONABLE.

WE ARE ASKING THAT THIS BE RECONSIDERED, GIVEN THAT WE, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE UNALIENABLE RIGHTS AS U.S.

CITIZENS TO CHOOSE WHAT IS BEST AND RIGHT FOR OUR OWN BODIES SIGNED AN ANONYMOUS BISD EMPLOYEE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. MORGAN, NEXT IS MR. BENNETT, DANIEL BENNETT.

I LIKE THE WELCOME, THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT.

I'VE BEEN BEFORE THIS BOARD MAYBE THREE TIMES AND WELCOME.

DANIEL J. BENNETT 408 PEMBERTON IN WHITE SETTLEMENT, TEXAS.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT TONIGHT.

BEFORE I READ MY LETTER, I WANT THIS BOARD TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS ON THAT BOARD.

IT HAS CHANGED THAT BOARD FROM A DONUT AND COFFEE BOARD TO A GOVERNING BOARD.

RICHARD DEOTTE AND GARY LOSADA, THEY HAVE REALLY STEPPED UP.

IN JANUARY OF 2020, TAD BOARD MEMBER RICHARD DEOTTE.

REQUESTS REQUESTED FROM TAD'S STAFF THE NUMBER OF PROTESTS HEARD BY THE ARB FOR THE YEARS OF 2013 THROUGH 2019.

HE ALSO GATHERED THE SAME INFORMATION FROM FOUR OTHER LARGE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS, MR. DEOTTE THEN PRESENTED HIS COMPARISON TO THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, CHAIRED BY SENATOR NELSON ON FEBRUARY 25TH OF 2020.

THIS PRESENTATION, AS AN INVITED GUEST, PROMPTED SENATOR NELSON TO SEND A LETTER TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

IT'S DAY TO DAY APRIL 30TH OF 2020, WHICH I SUPPLY TO YOU.

I HANDED OUT ON THE DAIS.

THIS LETTER REQUEST INVESTIGATING THE SOFTWARE USED BY THE DISTRICT IF IT'S PLAYING A ROLE, INCREASE NUMBER PROTEST IN RELATION TO OTHER MAJOR METROPOLITAN COUNTIES.

THIS LETTER WAS SUPPRESSED BY THE DISTRICT BY NOT DISTRIBUTING THE LETTER TO EACH BOARD

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THE LETTER, THOUGH, WAS PLACED INSIDE THERE JUNE 5TH AGENDA PACKET.

THAT'S HOW THEY RECEIVED IT.

THREE WEEKS LATER.

BUT THE LETTER WAS NOT PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC ONLINE AND THAT AGENDA PACKET.

SO THE PUBLIC'S AGENDA PACKET DIFFERENT THAN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

DURING THAT JUNE 5TH MEETING, THE LETTER WAS NOT ALLOWED TO BE DISCUSSED ON THE AGENDA WAS AN ACTION ITEM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AUDIT SERVICES TO INVESTIGATE THE SOFTWARE, WHICH PASSED THREE TO TWO.

THIS IS WHERE EVERYTHING FELL APART.

SOON AFTER THIS MEETING, TWO MEMBERS ASKED TO BE RECALLED.

EACH SENT A LETTER TO THE RESPECTIVE VOTING BLOC TO BE RECALLED.

JOHN MOLINEAUX IS A THIRD YES VOTE IN THE ACTION ITEM.

MIKE O'DONNELL WAS THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD.

I SUED THE DISTRICT, EACH BOARD MEMBER AND EIGHT TAXING UNITS FOR THE MISUSE OF THIS RECALL STATUTE IN THE 96TH DISTRICT COURT.

THIS RECALL REQUEST WAS SO THE TAXING ENTITIES COULD CONTROL THE PROCESS.

EACH MEMBER HAD JUST RESIGNED, ALL NOMINATIONS OF EACH TAXING ENTITY WOULD HAVE WENT TO THE EXISTING THREE BOARD MEMBERS FOR VETTING AND SELECTION.

THIS VACUUM IN LEADERSHIP WAS IGNORED BY THE CHIEF APPRAISER JEFF LOWELL, MR. LAW, IGNORED TWO REQUESTS BY TWO BOARD MEMBERS FOR AN IMMEDIATE MEETING.

SO A CHAIR MAY BE APPOINTED.

THESE TWO BOARD MEMBERS WERE RICHARD DEOTTE AND GARY LOZADA, AND WERE JOINED BY A MAJORITY OF TAXING ENTITIES TO NO AVAIL.

THAT WAS SPEARHEADED BY MAYOR JACOB OF LAKESIDE, TEXAS.

SENATOR NELSON'S LETTER NEEDED ADDRESSED IN A TIMELY FASHION BY THE BOARD TO THIS DAY, SENATOR NELSON'S LETTERS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE TAD BODY, 16 MONTHS HAVE PASSED, MR. BENNETT. YOUR TIME'S UP.

WE HAVE THE LETTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

OK, THANK YOU.

I HAD ONE MORE SENTENCE.

I COMPLETE IT. IF YOU GOT ONE MORE SENTENCE, THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU. THIS, IN MY OPINION, IS BY DESIGN, AND THIS ARROGANCE IS A PORTION TO MR. LAW AND THE CURRENT BOD CHAIR MS. KATHERINE WOLMAN. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR. AND THE LAST IS ADRIAN WATSON, ADRIANA, SORRY.

GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS ADRIANNA WATSON.

MY ADDRESS IS 8508 NEWMAN DRIVE IN NORTH RICHLAND HILLS.

I AM A MOM OF TWO WALKER CREEK ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, I HAVE BEEN A LEADER AT A LOCAL NONPROFIT HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND, JUST AS YOU KNOW, LEADERSHIP IS HARD.

WE HAVE HARD DECISIONS TO MAKE AS LEADERS AND JUST AS MR. TOLBERT SAID, THE GARDEN IS SOMETIMES A LITTLE MESSY.

TONIGHT I STAND BEFORE YOU WEARING MY MOM ATTIRE TO REPRESENT MY KIDS, AND I'M HERE TO SHARE SOME KEY LEARNINGS THAT I HAVE HAD AS FEEDBACK IN YOUR LEADERSHIP JOURNEY THAT I'VE HAD IN MIND. THOSE KEYS ARE KEEPING A MISSION FOCUS.

MAINTAINING INTEGRITY, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND ACCEPTING AND RECEIVING FEEDBACK.

AND SO I PROVIDE MY FEEDBACK TO YOU TONIGHT AS YOU LEAD THIS DISTRICT.

I AM CONCERNED, OBVIOUSLY, AS MANY OTHER PARENTS ARE FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR KIDS, BUT I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS BOARD IN CHOOSING TO MAINTAIN MASK CHOICE IN ALLOWING US TO COME IN AND VOLUNTEER AT OUR SCHOOLS, WHICH IS SO CRITICAL AND EVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A LUNCH WITH MY CHILD.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR POSITION ON THOSE THINGS.

I AM GRATEFUL.

I APPRECIATE A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAS A STRATEGIC PLAN, AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN SAYS THAT WE WILL NOT COMPROMISE OUR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE WITH INTEGRITY.

AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS AN INTEGRITY ISSUE THAT I BELIEVE WAS COMPROMISED ON YOUR LAST MEETING AUGUST TWENTY THIRD.

I TOOK A TIME TO DILIGENTLY REVIEW THE BOARD AGENDA BEFORE THIS MEETING, AND I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A COVID RELIEF LEAVE AGENDA ITEM WITHOUT SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION.

AND AS A PRECEDENT OF THIS BOARD, SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDING SUMMARIES, IS REGULARLY OCCURRING ON THOSE POSTED AGENDAS, AND IT WAS NOT ON THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE.

THERE WERE NO SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS.

IF YOU WERE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT, NOW THEY'RE THERE, BUT ON THAT EVENING THEY WERE NOT. I BELIEVE THAT THIS REPRESENTS A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY BY THIS ENTITY, AND I KNOW ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY SPOKE ABOUT TRANSPARENCY BEING IMPORTANT FOR THIS ENTITY.

BECAUSE OF THAT, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHY YOU HAD NO PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT EVENING.

I DID LISTEN TO THE RECORDING AND SAW THAT THERE WERE NONE REGARDING THAT ACTION ITEM AND ACTION WAS TAKING TAKEN ON THAT, CALLING INTO QUESTION THE INTEGRITY OF THIS ENTITY.

IN ADDITION, AS A LEADER, I THINK EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IS CRITICAL AND I AM CONCERNED

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I BELIEVE THAT IT CAUSES A MORALE ISSUE AMONGST YOUR STAFF.

I BELIEVE THAT IT CAUSES A TRUST ISSUE IN YOUR DECISION MAKING, AND I AM CONCERNED FOR THE STAFF OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THEY WORK HARD ON THE FRONT LINES AND AS SOMEONE WHO WORKED HARD MEETING THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY DURING COVID, I CAN'T IMAGINE BEING TOLD THAT I WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR 10 DAYS OF LEAVE SHOULD I GET SICK.

THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU, MISS WATSON.

AND JUST VERY QUICKLY AND I KNOW IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE SPEAKER WAS READING, BUT JUST TO CORRECT THE RECORD, THERE IS NO VACCINE MANDATE IN BIRDVILLE ISD.

NEXT, MS.

[H.1. 2018 Bond Project Bid Results [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]

YES, SIR, ARE WE ON THE PRESENTATIONS NOW? THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT. YES, SIR.

CONNOR MASSON'S HERE TO DELIVER THE RESULTS OF OUR HVAC PROJECT BID RESULTS AND DONNIE BROWN IS HERE AS WELL IF THE BOARD HAS ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

OK, SO HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL HVAC REPLACEMENT RENOVATIONS, WE RECEIVED BIDS ON THAT GOOD TURNOUT ON THAT GOT SEVEN PROPOSALS FROM VERY GOOD FIRMS. THE PRICING WAS VERY TIGHT TOGETHER, AND SO THAT WAS A SIGN OF GOOD DOCUMENTS.

AND THE RESULT OF THE EVALUATION AND RANKING ON THAT WAS TDR CONTRACTORS WOULD BE THE TOP RANKED PROPOSAL, AND IT SO HAPPENS THEY WERE THE LOWEST PROPOSAL AS WELL.

OUR ESTIMATE THAT WE'VE BEEN CARRYING FOR ABOUT A YEAR ON THAT PROJECT WAS FIVE POINT ONE. RIGHT BEFORE WE WENT TO BID ON THAT, WE HEARD SOME RUMORS THAT YOU KNOW THAT THAT COULD BE IN JEOPARDY BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE MARKET.

AND PRICES ARE VERY UNPREDICTABLE.

SO IT WASN'T A TOTAL SHOCK TO SEE THAT COME IN WHERE IT DID.

BUT FROM THE RUMORS WE WERE HEARING, THEN IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT FIVE POINT NINE FOR THIS AND AS OPPOSED TO THAT ESTIMATE OF FIVE POINT ONE. BEFORE I GET TOO DEEP INTO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL TAKE US BACK ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE HAD FINISHED BIDDING ALL THE MAJOR PROJECTS AND WE WERE LOOKING GOOD AND WE HAD A HEALTHY PROGRAM CONTINGENCY BALANCE.

AND SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME PLANS FOR THAT BALANCE AT THE TIME.

FOR HVAC AND ROOFING PROJECTS AND MAJOR PROJECTS LIKE BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ROOF, BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, HVAC AND HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL, BISD.

AND THERE WERE PLANS TO TAP INTO THAT PROGRAM CONTINGENCY ONCE WE KNEW WHERE THIS ALL SHOOK OUT. AND SO I'M HERE TODAY TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE ON THAT.

SO THE BUDGET AS IT SITS NOW, THE 18 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR HVAC AND ROOFING PROJECTS IN GENERAL, YOU CAN JUST SEE WHAT WE'VE DONE TO DATE AND, YOU KNOW, OTHER MISCELLANEOUS SOFT COSTS AND RANDOM SMALL PROJECTS, SELF PERFORMED PROJECTS.

WE LIST THE BIG ONES THERE, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, BIRDVILLE HIGH ROOF TWO POINT ONE MILLION, WATAUGA MIDDLE AND GRACE HARDIMAN, WHICH WERE A DOUBLE CONTRACT OF HVAC REPLACEMENTS, FOUR POINT SEVEN.

WE DID A CHILLER REPLACEMENT AT HALTOM HIGH, AND THEN, OF COURSE, BIRDVILLE HIGH'S LARGE HVAC RENOVATIONS, WHICH WE FINISHED PHASE ONE OF THAT THIS SUMMER AND PHASE TWO WILL BE THIS NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN YOU FACTOR IN DESIGN FEES.

AND ONE INTERESTING THING THERE THAT'S NICE IS ENCORE ENERGY REBATES, WE ENGAGED OUR ENGINEER TO PURSUE THOSE FOR US.

AND TO DATE, THAT'S AT TWENTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLAR CREDITS TOWARDS THAT BUDGET.

SO THAT'S THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

SO CURRENTLY, WE'RE SITTING AT ONE POINT THREE MILLION IN THAT $18 MILLION POT, THAT'S OUR CURRENT BALANCE.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT BALANCE AND THEN THIS PROPOSAL THAT WE'VE BRING TO THE BOARD TODAY FOR AN ACTION ITEM TO AWARD A CONTRACT OF FIVE POINT NINE, WE NEED TO ADD IN SOME DESIGN FEES AND VARIOUS SOFT COSTS TO THAT AND SOME JUST MOST MISCELLANEOUS CONSTRUCTION COSTS LIKE ABATEMENT THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN AT THAT CAMPUS.

BECAUSE OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT A FOUR POINT NINE NEED THERE FROM THAT PROGRAM CONTINGENCY.

SO THAT PROGRAM CONTINGENCY HAS BEEN SITTING THERE HEALTHY SINCE LAST YEAR AT SIX POINT SEVEN, ALMOST SIX POINT EIGHT.

AND SO IF WE WERE TO, AS DISCUSSED, ALLOCATE THAT FOUR POINT NINE TOWARDS THAT, WE'D STILL HAVE A ONE POINT EIGHT MILLION PROGRAM CONTINGENCY BALANCE FOR WHATEVER NEEDS MIGHT BE IDENTIFIED PROGRAM WIDE, IF NOT FOR MORE HVAC AND ROOFING.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL PRESENT LATER ON IN AN ACTION IS THAT CONTRACT AWARD AND THAT CONTINGENCY ALLOCATION.

AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF UPDATE WHILE WE'LL HAVE, CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE? WELL, WE'LL HAVE ONE POINT EIGHT MILLION LEFT IN PROGRAM CONTINGENCY.

WE ALSO WILL HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER IN SOME OF OUR CURRENT PROJECTS.

WE KNOW THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS WILL HAVE SOME AND WE HAVE NOT BROUGHT TO YOU THE INTEREST THAT WE'VE BEEN EARNING ON THE MONEY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

SO WE'LL HAVE A FEW MORE MILLION DOLLARS AS WELL.

SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BACK UP TO YOU EITHER IN OCTOBER NOVEMBER TIMELINE.

OF COURSE, NEXT MONTH WE'LL HAVE THE FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT UPDATE FOR YOU FROM IRENE. SO WHILE THAT'S WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING USING THE PROGRAM CONTINGENCY, BECAUSE WE'RE AT THE END AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE ON THIS IS REALLY OUR LAST

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SO WE'RE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE AT THIS POINT.

ANY QUESTIONS THEN ON THIS END? HOW ABOUT THIS END? WELL, NO QUESTION FROM RICHARD, YOU MUST HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB.

OK GOOD, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU BET. MS.

[I.1. 2021-22 Budget Amendment for Campus 2020-21 Rollover Funds [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent]]

IT'S THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR CAMPUS ROLLOVERS.

YES, SIR, BOARD MEMBERS, EACH YEAR, WE ALLOW OUR CAMPUSES TO ROLL OVER A PORTION OF THEIR UNSPENT BUDGETS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

IT'S A METHOD WE USE TO ENCOURAGE PRUDENT SPENDING.

THEY'RE ABLE TO ROLL OVER A PORTION OF THAT ENDING BALANCE.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE THE SCHEDULE ATTACHED.

WE HAVE THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT MUCH HIGHER THAN NORMAL, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW LAST YEAR CAMPUSES WEREN'T ABLE TO TAKE A LOT OF THE FIELD TRIPS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY NORMALLY DO.

SO ANYWAY, WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL NEXT MONTH.

AND DR. CLARK, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE THE NEXT THE PROCLAMATION, THE 2022 TEXTBOOK

[I.2. Proclamation 2022 Textbook Adoption Advisory Committee for Health/Physical Education (PE) [Elizabeth A. Clark, Associate Superintendent]]

THANK YOU, MR. TOLBERT IN CONJUNCTION WITH POLICY STATEMENT EF LOCAL, THE BOARD IS REQUIRED TO APPROVE THE OFFICIAL TEXTBOOK ADOPTION COMMITTEE AND IN YOUR BOARD MATERIALS YOU HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WITH A LIST OF THE TEXTBOOKS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROCLAMATION 2022.

AT THIS TIME, IT'S INTERESTING THAT TEA IS STILL WORKING TO CONFIRM A TIMELINE FOR THE VENDORS TO PRESENT ALL THE MATERIALS TO LOCAL TEXTBOOK COMMITTEES, AND WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT MAY BE AS LATE AS DECEMBER BEFORE WE RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION, SO THAT'S GOING TO PUT US ON A TIGHT TIMELINE.

LISA MASTERS, WHO IS A SHE'S ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WORKING WITH THESE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, KNOWN AS THE SHAC COMMITTEE, AND THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING HEALTH MATERIALS FOR APPROPRIATENESS. THE PROCESS WILL INCLUDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEXTBOOK VENDORS TO PRESENT MATERIALS AND FOR TEACHERS AND PARENTS TO VIEW THESE VARIOUS MATERIALS WITHIN THE PROCLAMATION, SO THE COMMITTEE WILL BRING FORTH THEIR RECOMMENDATION EITHER FEBRUARY OR MARCH OF 2022.

GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE MAY BE RECEIVING SOME OF THESE THINGS RATHER LATE IN THE YEAR, SO TONIGHT WE ARE SIMPLY PRESENTING TO THE BOARD THE PROPOSED MEMBERS FOR THE OFFICIAL TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO ELEMENTARY SECONDARY HEALTH PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEXTBOOK COMMITTEE, AND YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE TIME TO GET THE BOOKS IN IF WE'RE RECOMMENDING IT. WE WILL WORK WITH DUE DILIGENCE.

NO, I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.

I KNOW I DIDN'T MEAN TO IMPLY THAT IS.

I KNOW IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE.

AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT IT HAS TO DO WITH CONTROVERSY AROUND THESE KINDS OF THINGS...

AND NEW LEGISLATION. YEAH, YEAH.

YEAH, EVERYBODY WOULD BE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL YEAH.

OK, ANY QUESTIONS DOWN HERE? DOWN HERE? OK, THANK YOU, DR.

CLARK. THANK YOU. I GUESS YOU'RE UP NEXT TOO THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION REGARDING LOCAL

[I.3. Adoption of Resolution Regarding Local Remote Learning Program [Elizabeth A. Clark, Associate Superintendent] ]

YES, SIR. WHEN SCHOOL STARTED, THERE WAS NO PATHWAY, AS YOU ARE FAMILIAR, TO RECEIVE STATE FUNDING FOR ANY TYPE OF ONLINE REMOTE LEARNING.

WITH THE PASSAGE NOW OF SENATE BILL 15 DISTRICTS NOW HAVE A PATHWAY, ALTHOUGH IT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE EXPERIENCED LAST YEAR.

DR. HYMAN IS HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT A RESOLUTION FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER APPROVING.

SHE WILL ALSO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN SENATE BILL 15.

GOOD EVENING, IN YOUR BOARD MATERIALS, WE HAVE PRESENTED YOU WITH A RESOLUTION TO AS REQUIRED UNDER SENATE BILL 15 OF THE SECOND SPECIAL SESSION OF THE EIGHTY SEVENTH LEGISLATURE RELATING TO VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION.

BIRDVILLE ISD HAS MET THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER SENATE BILL 15 TO ESTABLISH A LOCAL REMOTE LEARNING PROGRAM ELIGIBLE FOR ADA FUNDING.

THE TEMPORARY VIRTUAL LEARNING ACADEMY WAS ESTABLISHED AS A REMOTE OPTION FOR BIRDVILLE STUDENTS IN GRADES KINDER THROUGH GRADE SIX FOR UP TO THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY STUDENTS.

CURRENT ENROLLMENT IS ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE STUDENTS.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE RECEIVED REQUESTS FROM 12 ADDITIONAL PARENTS TO MOVE THEIR CHILDREN BACK TO FACE TO FACE INSTRUCTION BEGINNING ON MONDAY.

THIS WILL REDUCE THE ENROLLMENT TO ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE STUDENTS.

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE FOR THE REMAINING STUDENTS WILL BE CONDUCTED NEXT WEEK TO DETERMINE CONTINUED PLACEMENT IN THE TBLA AND AS STIPULATED IN OUR CURRENT PLAN THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED, ALL TBLA STUDENTS WILL RETURN BACK TO CAMPUS ON NOVEMBER 1ST.

ATTENDANCE IN THE TBLA IS TAKEN IN A SYNCHRONOUS CLASS MEETING AT 10 O'CLOCK EACH DAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEA GUIDELINES AND AND AS ALIGNED TO THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION THAT YOU

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SENATE BILL 15 REQUIRES A BOARD ACTION TO ESTABLISH A LOCAL REMOTE LEARNING OPTION ELIGIBLE FOR ADA.

TASB PROVIDED THE RESOLUTION PRESENTED IN BOARD MATERIALS, WHICH WILL STAND IN LIEU OF A FORMAL POLICY.

IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THIS RESOLUTION.

GREAT ANY ANY QUESTIONS DOWN HERE, DOWN HERE.

DISTRICT AND STATES, ARE YOU GOING TO SAY? YEAH, NO QUESTION, JUST A COMMENT, I THINK AFTER SPEAKING WITH OUR REGIONAL SERVICE CENTER TODAY AND IN THEIR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, WE FEEL LIKE IN ADDITION TO THIS, IN THE FUTURE, THERE SHOULD BE SOME CONCESSIONS COMING OUR WAY, MEANING OUR MEANING THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR ADA CONSIDERATION.

THERE ARE MANY DISTRICTS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING LOW ABSENT, HIGH ABSENTEE RATES, AND SO GIVEN THAT, I DO BELIEVE THAT TEA WILL RECONSIDER SOME OF THE OPTIONS.

OH, THAT'D BE AWESOME. AND ALSO, IS THERE ANY HOPE? I DON'T KNOW WHO TO DIRECT THIS TO ANY HOPE THAT WE'LL BE REIMBURSED FOR THE PROGRAM WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE.

IT WILL BE FOR THE ONE HUNDRED AND TEN WHO QUALIFY AND THAT THAT HAS TO DO WITH ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. OK, BUT FOR THOSE HUNDRED AND TEN, WE FEEL COMFORTABLE.

YES. AND THEN AND THEN JUST SO I'VE GOT MY NUMBER, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS I WOULD TELL YOU, I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE OVERFLOWING WITH STUDENTS, BUT WE NEVER GOT TO THE MAX AND NOW WE'RE ABOUT LESS THAN HALF WHERE WE WERE.

WELL, THAT'S THAT'S AMAZING.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

DR. CLARKE, YOU JUST [INAUDIBLE] KEEP ON GOING.

[I.4. 2021-22 District Improvement Plan [Elizabeth A. Clark, Associate Superintendent]]

UP HALF WILL PRESENT A DRAFT COPY OF THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE FIRST READING, AND WE HAVE PRESENTED THIS TO OUR DISTRICT LEVEL SITE BASED COMMITTEE KNOWN AS TEA FOR THEIR REVIEW AND INPUT.

IT'S POSTED ON FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT UNTIL WE HAVE THE FINAL READING.

AND BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMITTEE, WE HAVE MET AND WE MET WITH THEM ON SEPTEMBER 20TH TO MAKE SOME FINAL ADJUSTMENTS.

SO WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT IS REALLY STILL IN DRAFT FORM BASED UPON WHETHER OR NOT WE RECEIVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM OUR TEA COMMITTEE AND FROM THE BOARD. GOOD EVENING! IN CONJUNCTION WITH BQ LEGAL, DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANS MUST FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING ITEMS SO THEY MUST BE DEVELOPED, EVALUATED AND REVISED ANNUALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH DISTRICT POLICY WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OF COURSE, ASSISTANCE WITH THE DISTRICT LEVEL COMMITTEE. THEY'RE USED TO GUIDE THE DISTRICT AND THE CAMPUS STAFF AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE, AND THEY MUST INCLUDE WHAT WE CALL A C AND A COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. OVERALL, OUR GOALS HAVE REMAINED CONSTANT.

OUR GOAL ONE IS ABOUT STUDENTS FULFILLING THEIR FULL POTENTIAL THROUGH A SYSTEM THAT IS RESPONSIVE BOTH ACADEMICALLY SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF THE STUDENT.

WE WILL, THE SYSTEM WILL UTILIZE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE OPERATIONS TO SUPPORT AND IMPROVE THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION.

AND OF COURSE, WE WANT TO CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYBODY TO WORK AND LEARN IN AND BE RESPONSIVE.

WITHIN GOAL ONE YOU'LL SEE THAT ONE POINT ONE IS TALKING ABOUT A YEAR'S GROWTH IN READING AND MATHEMATICS.

AND THEN SPECIFICALLY, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL ITEM TO MEET THE HOUSE BILL THREE GOALS AND WE'VE PUT IN SPECIFIC PIECES FOR PRE-K THROUGH THIRD, WHICH WAS ALSO IN LAST YEAR AS WELL. ONE POINT TWO IS SPEAKING TO CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS FOR EXISTING UNDERPERFORMING GROUPS.

AND AGAIN, WE HAVE A PIECE IN THERE FOR PRE-K THREE FOR BOTH READING AND MATHEMATICS, BUT THIS IS FOR ALL GRADES AND SUBJECTS AND OF COURSE, HOUSE BILL, FORTY FIVE FORTY FIVE FEEDS INTO THIS AS WELL, ALONG WITH THE ESSER FUNDING THAT WE'RE UTILIZING IN THE DISTRICT. OOPS, SORRY.

OK, MARK. I'M GIFTED AND CHALLENGE WHEN IT COMES TO USING GIFTED AND CHALLENGING.

OK, ONE POINT THREE IS THAT STUDENTS WILL DISPLAY DISPOSITIONS INDICATIVE OF HIGH LEVEL SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND THAT WILL BE RECORDED THROUGH A DISTRICT ADMINISTERED STUDENT SURVEY. AND WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ASSIGNED TO THE BEHAVIOR RTI TIERS TWO AND THREE AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN CAREER AND COLLEGE READINESS.

AND THEN THOSE ARE BROKEN OUT FOR SPECIFICS, ONE FOR COLLEGE AND ONE FOR CAREER.

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YEAR OVER YEAR. AND OF COURSE, WE KNOW WE'RE MEETING CHALLENGES WITH THAT THIS YEAR AGAIN, AND OF COURSE, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TO IDENTIFY OR IMPROVE OPERATIONS AND OUTCOMES NOT ONLY AT THE CAMPUS LEVEL, BUT EVERY DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, GOAL THREE IS ABOUT ATTAINING A 10 PERCENT INCREASE ON SCHOOL SAFETY SURVEY THAT GOES TO STUDENTS, STAFF AND PARENTS, REDUCING THE COST OF ACCIDENTS FOR COMPENSATION CLAIMS AND ALSO THE REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF DAYS LOST, AND THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MEET OUR COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPROVEMENT PLANNING.

THIS IS A SAMPLE FROM THE VENDOR THAT WE USE PLAN FOR LEARNING THE PIECE OF SOFTWARE.

THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA THAT WITHIN THE GOAL AND THE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE, YOU HAVE SPECIFIC DATA RESOURCES ALONG WITH STRATEGIES, ACTIONS AND WHO ARE THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES FOR MONITORING.

YOU'LL NOTICE THIS IS OUR TIMELINE, SO WE START IN MARCH AND APRIL.

AND WE START WITH THE IDEA OF GOING THROUGH OUR CNA, EXCUSE ME, AND USING A PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE TO EVALUATE OUR SYSTEM.

AND THEN THE COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE GOALS AND PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES.

WE DEVELOP NEW ONES, WE TIE IN ANYTHING NEW, NEW REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS HOUSE BILL FORTY FIVE FORTY FIVE.

WE PRESENT THE DRAFT TO PRINCIPLES.

WE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEEDBACK AND THEN OF COURSE, IT GOES INTO THE SOFTWARE SYSTEM. MAY AND JUNE, WE CONTINUE THIS WORK.

WE CONTINUE TO REFINE THE STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS.

WE CONTINUE TO DO EDITS AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO HAVE FEEDBACK WITHIN OUR SYSTEM.

JULY AND AUGUST, THEN THE PRINCIPLES START TO INVOLVE IN THAT SAME PROCESS WHERE THEY TAKE THEIR 2021 CIP AND THEY START ON THEIR CAMPUS NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THEN, OF COURSE, ALIGNING IT WITH THE DRAFT DIP.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS A LONG PROCESS WHERE WE CONTINUE TO MAKE EDITS.

WE CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO SHARE WITH STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS PRINCIPLES.

AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH DR.

CLARK SPOKE TO.

PART OF THIS, THE PRINCIPLES SUBMITTED THEIR CIPS.

ALL OF THE APPLICABLE DIRECTORS ACTUALLY REVIEW THE CIPS FOR THEIR PARTICULAR COMPONENTS.

WE PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK AND THEN THE PRINCIPALS RESPOND, AND THEN THAT DRAFT WENT TO TEA COMMITTEE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, I'M HERE THIS EVENING.

AND THEN IN OCTOBER, YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE SELECTIVE CAMPUSES FOR THE WORD CAROUSEL.

LATER IN THE MONTH, YOU WILL RECEIVE ALL OF THE CIPS AND THEN FOLLOWING YOUR APPROVAL, WE WILL POST THE DIP ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AND THEN IN NOVEMBER, IT WILL BE THE SAME CASE.

WE WILL PRESENT ALL THE CIPS, A SEPARATE ACTION AND THEN THEY WILL BE FOLLOWING APPROVAL POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.

AND THIS IS JUST AN IDEA OF THE QUARTERLY PROCESS WE GO THROUGH.

SO CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS AND THE DISTRICT PLAN, WE GO THROUGH QUARTERLY AND REVIEW OUR PROGRESS.

AND THIS IS A LIVING BREATHING DOCUMENT.

SO IF WE NEED TO AMEND ANY OF THE STRATEGIES OR ANYTHING, WE DO SO AT THIS TIME.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS? NOTHING HERE. ANY QUESTIONS? OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANKS, DR. CARTER. ALL RIGHT, SECOND READING OF THE TASB PROPOSED POLICY UPDATE ONE.

[I.5. Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Proposed Policy Update 117, Affecting Local Policies (Second Reading) [Skip Baskerville, Associate Superintendent] • CH (LOCAL) Purchasing and Acquisitions [replace] • CV (LOCAL) Facilities Construction [replace, includes revisions recommended by Birdville ISD] • DEC (LOCAL) Compensation and Benefits: Leaves and Absences [replace, includes revisions recommended by Birdville ISD]]

THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF TASB'S PROPOSED POLICY UPDATE 117 AFFECTING CHANGES TO LEGAL AND LOCAL POLICIES.

IT IS NOTED THAT BOARD POLICIES SEE THE LOCAL AND DEC LOCAL INCLUDED REVISIONS RECOMMENDED BY BISD.

THE BOARD HAS BEEN PROVIDED LOCAL OVERVIEW, POLICY, EXPLANATORY NOTES, POLICY, MANUAL UPDATE AND THE POLICY COMPARISON SHOWING THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES.

I HAVE NO OTHER RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO UPDATE ONE 17.

THIS UPDATE WAS PRESENTED FOR INFORMATION IN AUGUST, FOR DISCUSSION IN SEPTEMBER AND POSSIBLE ACTION IN OCTOBER.

SO NOW IS KIND OF THE TIME TO SAY SOMETHING IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT IT, ANYBODY? THE COMMENT WAS FUN, READING I'M SURE IT'S EVEN MORE FUN FOR YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. BASKERVILLE. ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE CONSIDER PERSONNEL ITEMS, I WANT TO

[J.1. Consider Personnel Items]

DO I HEAR A MOTION FOR THE PERSONNEL ITEMS? MS. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVING ADOPT ALL PERSONAL ITEMS AS PRESENTED AND RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.

SECOND. SO A MOTION BY MR. DILKS, SECOND BY MR. KUNKEL. ANY DISCUSSION, SEEING NONE PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR AND IT'S UNANIMOUS. NEXT, WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE VERIZON CELL TOWER LEASE AMENDMENT AND THE BOARD

[J.2. Consider Verizon Cell Tower Lease Amendment and Board Resolution to Recognize a Public Purpose in the Verizon Cell Tower Lease Amendment at Haltom High School [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent] ]

MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVED.

THE BOARD APPROVED THE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE A PUBLIC PURPOSE IN THE VERIZON CELL TOWER

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MOTION BY MR. DILKS.

SECOND. AND MS.. SANDERS-WISE IS THE SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO TO MR. DAVIS FOR PUSHING THIS A LITTLE BIT HARDER AND GETTING A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THAT'S VERY WELL, VERY WELL DONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

IT'S UNANIMOUS. I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVED THE CONTRACT, I'M SORRY, I DON'T DO THAT.

NEXT IS CONSIDERED THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A DONATION THAT IS BEING...I SKIPPED, I SKIPPED THREE.

ALL RIGHT, I'M SORRY. NOW WE CONSIDERED CONTRACT HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL HVAC REPLACEMENT.

[J.3. Consider Contract for Haltom High School HVAC Replacement and Renovations [Katie Bowman, Associate Superintendent] ]

MOTION BY MR. DREES.

I'LL SECOND.

AND 2DS MR. DAVIS SECOND.

ANY ANY COMMENTS.

ALL IN FAVOR AND IT'S UNANIMOUS.

NOW I CAN GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[K. CONSENT ITEMS]

H-E-B CENTRAL MARKET DONATED $2500 TO THE [INAUDIBLE] PROGRAM.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THIS DONATION.

NOW TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT WILL BE ADOPTED WITH ONE MOTION UNLESS THEY ARE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA BY TRUSTEE FOR DISCUSSION.

DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD APPROVE ALL ITEMS AND THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. MOTION BY WOMBLE.

SECOND. AND DILKS COMES IN WITH THE SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA? NONE, ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND AND IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THE SUPERINTENDENT SUPPORTS TO THE BOARD ARE MADE.

[L. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORTS TO THE BOARD]

DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNING THOSE REPORTS? I DON'T SEE ANY. THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28TH HERE IN THE

[M. FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS]

AN OPEN SESSION WILL BEGIN AT SEVEN P.M.

WE HAVE A WORKSHOP ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH FOR THE TEAM BUILDING AND A SPECIAL MEETING ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14TH FOR THE CIP CAROUSEL.

BOTH MEETINGS BEGIN AT SIX P.M.

AND MEET AT THE PLAZA.

AND DOES ANYBODY KNOW THE SCORE OF THE HALTOM GAME? NO. 14-7 UP, DOWN OH, OK.

I WAS RECORDING IT.

OH, I'M SO SORRY. I JUST.

WELL, IT'S NOT OVER. SO YEAH, 14-7, GOOD, GOOD, GOOD FOR THEM.

AS WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS.

DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? SO MOVED.

MS. WISE AND THEN WHO SECONDED? SECOND.

I GUESS THAT WAS MR. DILKS ALL IN FAVOR AND IT'S UNANIMOUS AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:52 P.M.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.