Mar 24, 2022 Regular Board Meetings

ANNOUNCE THE COMMITTEE NOW.

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

[00:00:04]

DR. STINSON, WILL YOU CONFIRM THAT THE MEETING WAS DULY CALLED AND A NOTICE OF THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

YES, WE DID POST AND ADVERTISED THIS MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.

AND ALSO JUST A POINT OF ORDER FOR THE BOARD I ASKED MS. SANDERS-WISE AND ALSO MR. KUNKEL, AND ASKED ME TOO, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE ON A COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH DR.

STINSON TO TRY TO COME UP A NEW EVALUATION TOOL FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND WE'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU GUYS WILL ULTIMATELY MAKE THAT DECISION, BUT DR.

STINSON HAS SAID SHE'S PULLED SOME FROM HER CONTEMPORARIES THAT SHE THINKS HAVE SOME MERIT. AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE AND TRY TO GET THROUGH THE THE DIRT.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THAT TO YOU FAIRLY SOON.

I KNOW APRIL'S BUSY.

I KNOW RALPH IS EXCEPTIONALLY BUSY DURING APRIL, AND WE'LL ALL BE BUSY.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU, THAT'S ONE THING I WANTED TO GET DONE AS PRESIDENT, AND I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A QUIET MOMENT, AND I'VE FINALLY DECIDED THERE WILL NOT BE A QUIET MOMENT THIS YEAR, [LAUGHTER] SO.

SO ANYWAY, WE'LL DO THAT.

AND IF NOTHING ELSE, WE WILL NOW CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION AS AUTHORIZED BY TEXAS

[C. CLOSED SESSION]

THE TIME IS 5:32.

[D. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]

I'M TARDY AND WE WILL NOW RECONVENE IN TO OPEN SESSION.

I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON VANESSA SUTTON, PRINCIPAL OF WEST BIRDVILLE ELEMENTARY, TO

[E. INTRODUCTION OF MEETING]

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT TOLBERT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.

STINSON. IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU ALL ALEJANDRO [INAUDIBLE], ALEJANDRO [INAUDIBLE] AND CHLOE [INAUDIBLE].

JOINING ALEJANDRO [INAUDIBLE] THIS EVENING ARE HIS PARENTS, ALMA MURILLO, [INAUDIBLE].

JOINING ALEJANDRO [INAUDIBLE] THIS EVENING IS HIS BROTHER CARLOS AND HIS ABUELO AND ABUELA. JOINING CHLOE [INAUDIBLE] THIS EVENING ARE HER PARENTS, NICOLE AND KENNETH [INAUDIBLE]. ALEJANDRO [INAUDIBLE] AND ALEJANDRO [INAUDIBLE] WILL NOW LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES FOLLOWED BY CHLOE, WHO WILL BE PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENT EXPRESSION.

WOULD EVERYONE, PLEASE RISE? GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

MY NAME IS CHLOE [INAUDIBLE], AND I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT MY SCHOOL OVER WHAT IS ALMOST SIX YEARS AT WEST BIRDVILLE.

THE MAIN REASONS I AM HERE TONIGHT ARE BECAUSE OF MY ADMIN STAFF, TEACHERS AND MY AMAZING LIBRARIAN, MRS. GRUPE. THESE PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS HAD MY BACK.

I CONTINUE TO COME BACK BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE FRIENDLY AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY HELPFUL. I'M EXCITED TO GO TO HALTOM MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SHOW THAT WEST IS BEST.

I'LL BRING WITH ME ALL MY SKILLS THAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM ALL OF MY AMAZINGLY BRILLIANT TEACHERS. SINCE APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH.

I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH A POEM.

AN ASTRONAUT I WANT TO BE.

MAYBE ONE DAY YOU WILL COME TO MARS WITH ME.

WEST BIRDVILLE, THERE IS NO PLACE I'D RATHER BE, EXCEPT PERHAPS AT DISNEY.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY STUDENT EXPRESSION.

[APPLAUSE] ALEJANDRO AND ALEJANDRO AND CHLOE, IF YOU GUYS WOULD COME DOWN WITH YOUR PRINCIPAL AND THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME PICTURES AND PARENTS AND ABUELOS, YOU [INAUDIBLE] HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE PICTURES, TOO, AFTER THIS.

WE'LL HAVE THEM HERE.

SO IF YOU WANT--.

AS SOON AS HE GETS THROUGH, WE'LL LET YOU ALL COME UP AND TAKE SOME PHOTOS.

PRINCIPAL SUTTON, IF YOU COULD KEEP THEM THERE AFTER HE GETS THROUGH.

[00:05:03]

IF YOU COULD STAY RIGHT THERE IF THE [INAUDIBLE] AND THE [INAUDIBLE]'S.

IF YOU WANT TO COME GET A BETTER PICTURE.

BRENDA. BRENDA. BRENDA.

SORRY. SORRY.

HOLD ON A SECOND. [LAUGHTER] . [APPLAUSE] ALEJANDRO AND ALEJANDRO, YOU GUYS HAVE GREAT VOICES.

YOU ALL NEED TO THINK ABOUT MAYBE GOING INTO THEATER WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO DO THAT, YOU REALLY PROJECT WELL.

VERY WELL SAID.

LOVED YOUR POEM CHLOE THE LINE ABOUT YOUR TEACHERS THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO GET YOU A COUPLE OF EXTRA POINTS THIS WEEK TOO.

[LAUGHTER] THAT'S--. DEBATE CHAMPION YEAH. YEAH, THAT WAS WELL DONE.

HEY, I APPRECIATED THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, NEXT IS MARK.

[F. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS]

WE DO, BUT I LIKE THE LINE ABOUT DISNEY.

I'M WITH HER, I WANT TO GO TO DISNEY.

[LAUGHTER] I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. DANNY DETRICK, WHO WILL LEAD OFF OUR INTRODUCTIONS THIS EVENING.

AND FOR OUR BOARD, YOU CAN ALSO FLIP YOUR MONITORS ON BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A POWERPOINT BEHIND YOU. PRESIDENT TOLBERT, BOARD MEMBERS, DR.

STINSON AND CABINET, WHAT A PLEASURE TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT AND TO PRESENT THESE WONDERFUL STUDENTS TO YOU.

EACH FALL OVER 70,000, YES, I SAID 70,000, TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BEGIN THE ALL STATE AUDITION PROCESS WITH ONLY 1810 ULTIMATELY BEING SELECTED TO REHEARSE AND PERFORM DURING THE ANNUAL TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION CLINIC CONVENTION IN ONE OF 18 TEXAS ALL STATE ENSEMBLES.

IT TAKES AN INTENSE LEVEL OF FOCUS, WORK ETHIC, MUSICAL SKILL AND TALENT TO ACHIEVE THIS HIGHEST OF HONORS FOR A TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL MUSICIAN.

IT IS CLEAR THAT PARTICIPATION IN MUSIC HAS NUMEROUS BENEFITS, WITH ONE OF THOSE BEING STRENGTHENED COGNITIVE AND REASONING SKILLS.

WITH THAT IN MIND, IT IS WONDERFUL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALTHOUGH IN 2021 THE STATE AVERAGE FOR THE SAT WAS 1039 AND THE NATIONAL AVERAGE WAS 1088.

THE 2022 TEXAS ALL-STATE AVERAGE OF THOSE 1810 STUDENTS WAS 1307.

SO A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THOSE GUYS.

[APPLAUSE] BEFORE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THESE STUDENTS, I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO DID THIS PROCESS WITH THEM.

THEY LISTENED TO THIS MUSIC, THEY LISTENED TO THESE PIECES THEY HAD TO PRACTICE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

AND SO FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR WONDERFUL AND INCREDIBLY TALENTED DIRECTORS WHO ARE HERE WITH THEM TONIGHT.

THEY'RE AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM, AND I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE DIRECTORS.

[APPLAUSE] AND THEN THOSE PARENTS WHO STARTED LISTENING TO SOME OF THIS MUSIC AS EARLY AS JUNE AND JULY, SO IF YOU'RE A PARENT OF ONE OF THESE, ALL-STATERS, PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED. [APPLAUSE] BIRDVILLE ISD IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE EIGHT STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT ACHIEVED THE HONOR OF BECOMING A 2022 TEXAS ALL-STATE MUSICIAN.

THESE STUDENTS PERSEVERED THROUGH MULTIPLE AUDITIONS ON THE DISTRICT, REGION AND AREA LEVELS, WITH MOST BEGINNING THEIR MUSICAL PREPARATIONS THIS PAST SUMMER.

WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR BAND STUDENTS FIRST IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR CHOIR STUDENTS.

SO FIRST WE HAVE ELIZABETH GARDNER ON CONTRA CLARINET.

[APPLAUSE] BRADY GORE WAS

[00:10:10]

[APPLAUSE] MATTHEW LEEPER WAS A JAZZ TRUMPET PLAYER, AND THIS IS HIS SECOND YEAR AS AN ALL -STATER. [APPLAUSE] ZACHARY MCCLUNG ON PERCUSSION.

[APPLAUSE] AND FINALLY, SEBASTIAN SOHN ON FRENCH HORN.

[APPLAUSE] OUR ALL-STATE CHOIR STUDENTS THIS YEAR WERE HANNAH DREES ON ALTO TWO [APPLAUSE]. OUR THREE YEAR ALL-STATER LEORA OTTESON SOPRANO ONE [APPLAUSE].

AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST A TWO YEAR ALL-STATER MAKENNA POLLOCK SOPRANO TWO [APPLAUSE]. ALL RIGHT.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE GOT SOME PICTURE TIMES COMING UP HERE.

TWO ROWS.

MR. [INAUDIBLE], YOU HAVE A COUPLE THERE BEHIND YOU.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] LEORA. I'M SURE YOUR DAD'S VERY PROUD OF YOU.

MR. TOLBERT, THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO CALL CHRIS DREES FORWARD, AND HE'S GOING TO DO OUR WINTER SPORT RECOGNITIONS.

OKAY. [LAUGHTER] SORRY.

ARE YOU READY, MR. DREES? [LAUGHTER] THAT'S GREAT.

MR. FERIS, IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD AND DO YOUR RECOGNITIONS.

DELAY OF GAMES. [LAUGHTER] HE'S IN NO HURRY.

HOUSTON DOESN'T PLAY TILL 9:00.

[LAUGHTER] OH, OKAY.

EVENING BOARD.

DR. STINSON, CABINET.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.

WHAT A SPECIAL WINTER SEASON IT'S BEEN FOR US, BUT BEFORE WE RECOGNIZE SOME OF THESE FOLKS, I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE FINE ARTS FOLKS.

IT'S ALWAYS SO MUCH FUN.

I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THEM PERFORM THIS YEAR AND OF COURSE, SOME OF THE PERFORMANCES THEY GIVE AT OUR GAMES OR EVEN MORE SPECIAL.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM AND DANNY, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR DIRECTORS AND YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. LET'S START WITH WITH THE RICHMOND HIGH SWIMMERS TONIGHT.

WE HAD A REALLY SPECIAL YEAR THIS YEAR.

COACH DAVID HELTON IN HIS FIRST YEAR AS OUR SWIM COACH.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR NINE YEARS NOW AND WE HAVEN'T SENT A RICHLAND GROUP TO STATE IN SWIMMING UNTIL THIS YEAR.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS.

TONIGHT, WE'VE GOT.

WELL, ZACH GONZALES COULD NOT BE HERE.

ZACH WAS ACTUALLY THE BOYS CHAMPION IN THE REGIONAL AND WAS QUALIFIED FOR STATE IN THE 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY RELAY.

I'M SORRY, THE MEDLEY.

ALSO THE MEDLEY RELAY WITH THESE GUYS, BUT HE WAS ALSO THE 100 BREASTSTROKE SILVER MEDALIST IN REGIONAL.

THEN WE HAVE THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY THAT FINISHED WITH A SILVER MEDAL AT REGIONALS AND QUALIFIED FOR STATE, AND IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT OUR STATE AND HOW LARGE IT IS, YOU KNOW, HOW GREAT OF AN ACCOMPLISHMENT IT IS TO BE ABLE TO GO TO AUSTIN AND SWIM ON THAT STAGE AT THE STATE MEET.

WE HAVE JASON GODSELL.

LUKAS HUSKI.

THEY SHOULD BE IN ORDER THERE.

RILEY PRAIL.

AND SLOANE TOLBERT. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS, [INAUDIBLE].

[00:15:04]

AND RICHARD, YOU MIGHT KEEP THEM THERE LATER TO SEE IF PARENTS WANT TO TAKE PICTURES.

I WAS WONDERING IF THAT CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS. [APPLAUSE] HI, [INAUDIBLE]. WE COACH OUR BOYS TOGETHER [INAUDIBLE] FOOTBALL, AND IT [INAUDIBLE] ME THAT YOU TOOK THESE GUYS AS FAR AS [INAUDIBLE].

WHERE DID WE GO OUR THIS YEAR? WE WERE--. SUPER BOWL. [LAUGHTER] THANKS, GUYS.

THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE THE BIRDVILLE HIGH WRESTLERS.

COME ON IN GROUP. BIRDVILLE HIGH WRESTLERS.

[APPLAUSE] HEAD COACH ALBERT LUJAN.

HE HAD REGIONAL QUALIFIER AND FIRST TIME DISTRICT CHAMPION IN THE GIRLS WRESTLING, LIVIER DUBON. [APPLAUSE] HE HAD REGIONAL SILVER MEDALIST AND STATE QUALIFIER JEREMY JOICE.

AND DISTRICT CHAMPION, REGIONAL SILVER MEDALIST AND STATE QUALIFIER NICK HOLLOWAY.

VERY PROUD OF OUR BIRDVILLE WRESTLERS THIS YEAR AND LOOK FORWARD TO MORE GREAT THINGS TO COME. THANK YOU, GUYS.

SAME THING, MATT, IF YOU COULD KEEP THEM UP THERE SO IF PARENTS WANT TO TAKE PICTURES.

ALL GOOD. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

COME ON, GUYS. FRONT AND CENTER.

WRESTLING? YES.

YES, ABSOLUTELY. COACH MICHAEL LONG BRINGS A COUPLE OF REALLY GOOD WRESTLERS TO US TONIGHT. WE START WITH--.

WELL, I THINK MOST OF YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW HER, BUT SHE'S DONE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS THIS YEAR AND CONTINUES TO.

WE ACTUALLY GOT HER AWAY FROM THE TRACK MEET TONIGHT.

WE'VE STILL GOT TO GET HER BACK FOR THE FOUR BY FOUR, BUT DISTRICT CHAMPION, REGIONAL CHAMPION, STATE SILVER MEDALIST HAILEY TUCKER.

[APPLAUSE] AND WE ALSO HAVE DISTRICT CHAMPION, REGIONAL SEMIFINALIST AND STATE QUALIFIER RYDER CLARK. [APPLAUSE] SAME THING, MATT. KEEP THEM UP THERE.

ALL RIGHT. HAILEY-- WE GOT--.

YEAH, PARENT PICTURES.

HAILEY, I GOT TO TELL YOU, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT FIRST TIME AT THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY WHEN SOME GUY THINKS YOU'RE GOING TO BE AN EASY TAKEDOWN AND YOU SLAP HIM ON THE GROUND AND HE LOOKS UP LIKE, WHAT JUST HIT ME? I WOULD LOVE TO BE THERE.

I'LL JUST TELL YOU. THANK YOU.

GREAT JOB, BOTH OF YOU.

THANK YOU GUYS. [APPLAUSE] THANKS.

NEXT UP FROM RICHLAND HIGH WRESTLING HEAD COACH KERRY BARRETT.

COACH BARRETT BRINGS WITH US TONIGHT, DISTRICT SEMIFINALIST, REGIONAL SEMIFINALIST AND STATE QUALIFIER ISAIAH ADAMS. [APPLAUSE].

[00:20:14]

GOOD JOB. [APPLAUSE] OH.

RICHARD. RICHARD.

MOM, WANT'S TO TAKE A PICTURE.

ALL RIGHT. GREAT JOB.

CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE].

ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

LET'S MOVE TO THE HARWOOD.

WE HAVE THE RICHLAND HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM WITH US.

COME ON UP. [APPLAUSE] COACH SHELLY DAVIS' TEAM FINISHED IN SECOND PLACE IN DISTRICT THIS YEAR AND WAS A BI-DISTRICT QUALIFIER.

JUST A PHENOMENAL SEASON FOR THIS GROUP.

DID GREAT THINGS ALL YEAR THROUGH AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF THEM.

I WANT TO READ OFF THE NAMES REAL QUICK OF THOSE THAT ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT FROM THE ROYALS VARSITY ROSTER.

WE'VE GOT JORDYN JOSEPH, SARA SAVAGE, BREE HARTFIEL, EMMA BELLAH, MADISON JACKSON, AUDRIEANNA GRAVES, EMILY DICKERSON, AND WE'VE GOT ASSISTANT COACHES JOANNA CROW, LATOYA WYATT AND KECIA DENNIS.

GREAT JOB, GUYS. [APPLAUSE].

[INAUDIBLE] THE BACK ROW.

YEAH.

AND COACH DAVIS, COULD YOU KEEP THEM AFTER THE OFFICIAL PICTURE SO PARENTS CAN GET PICTURES TO? KEEP THEM THERE, MR. DAVIS.

HOLD ON, GUYS. HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

WE'RE GOING TO GET PARENTS AND RELATIVES TO TAKE PICTURES NOW.

THANK YOU. AWESOME.

THANKS. [APPLAUSE] GOOD JOB, GIRLS.

WE'LL FOLLOW THE RICHLAND HIGH GIRLS WITH THE BIRDVILLE HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM.

[APPLAUSE] THEY'RE A LOT BIGGER WHEN THEY'RE STANDING RIGHT [INAUDIBLE].

[LAUGHTER] YOU'RE GOOD.

HEAD COACH JEFF FITCH IS BALL CLUB THIS YEAR WHERE DISTRICT CHAMPIONS BI-DISTRICT CHAMPIONS AND WE'RE IN THE AREA PLAYOFFS.

SUCH A FANTASTIC YEAR FOR THESE GUYS AND THEY HAD SUCH A FANTASTIC YEAR ON WHAT, UNFORTUNATELY FOR US, IS COACH FITCH'S LAST YEAR AS HE WILL BE RETIRING, BUT WE'RE SO PROUD TO HAVE HIM HERE AND RECOGNIZE HIM HERE AND THANK HIM SO MUCH FOR ALL HIS WORK OVER, I'LL JUST SAY DECADES, COACH.

I WON'T I WON'T GIVE THE NUMBER OF YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, COACH.

FROM THAT GREAT BASKETBALL TEAM THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE WITH US TRENT BOWERS, CLYDE CUMMINGS, CHRINOVIC KAYENBE, JOSH ZAKARIA, MATT ZAKARIA-- MATTHEW ZAKARIA.

EXCUSE ME. CHASE HENDERSON, DANIEL SYKES, NATHAN BIRGE, KORYN KEELEN, GEHRIC NORMAND AND MYLES AMASON.

ALSO ASSISTANT COACHES SEAN TIPPETT, ANTHONY HOLMAN AND JEFF FITCH.

[APPLAUSE] MATT, SAME THING.

KEEP THEM--.

MATT, KEEP THEM THEIR FOR PARENT-- YEAH.

[LAUGHTER] I THINK WE'RE DONE [INAUDIBLE].

I THINK WE'RE DONE

[00:25:19]

THANK YOU. THANKS.

THEY ALL SEEM TO BE SO TALL.

YEAH. YEAH, WE COMMENTED ON THAT.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE HALTOM HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM.

COME ON, [INAUDIBLE] GUYS.

YEAH, THEY DO. THAT'S SHARP.

HATCH. THE HALTON HIGH BOYS QUALIFIED FOR THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR FOR THE FOURTH STRAIGHT TIME. EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEM AND THE THINGS THAT THEY DID THIS YEAR.

I KNOW I THINK SEVERAL OF YOU GUYS HAVE TALKED WITH COACH CLARK.

I KNOW THERE'S SOME OFFENSES AND DEFENSES THAT SHE WANTS TO RUN WITH YOU GUYS AND DO SOME WORK WITH YOU. I KNOW, SHE'S VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AND THERE'S-- I'M RECRUITING MIC].

[LAUGHTER] MAYBE A FEW ARKANSAS ON THIS TEAM.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

THE HALTOM HIGH BOYS, AS WE SAID, QUALIFIED FOR THE BI-DISTRICT PLAYOFFS AGAIN THIS YEAR, GAVE BYRON NELSON A REALLY TOUGH GAME, BUT ULTIMATELY THAT ENDED THEIR SEASON.

BUT WE'RE SO PROUD TO HAVE THEM HERE, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING US RECOGNIZE THEM HERE TONIGHT.

WITH THE TEAM WE HAVE MARLON CARRINGTON, REATH GATKEK, RAYMOND BROWN, MANUEL ARGIL. DJ RISHER KELTON BROOKINS, OLATUNJI OLUWATOKI.

HOW'D I DO? KUOL ATAK AND BARON SMITH, JR.

ASSISTANT COACHES DAVID BROOM AND LAD MOORE AS WELL.

THANK YOU, GUYS, AND CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE].

NO, NO.

SORRY. ALL RIGHT, GUYS, STICK AROUND, TOO GUYS AFTER THE PROFESSIONAL GETS THROUGH AND THEN YOUR PARENTS AND OTHERS CAN TAKE PICTURES.

. [APPLAUSE].

EITHER WAY. YOU BET. CONGRATULATIONS THANKS, GUYS. THANKS, GUYS.

THANKS, GUYS. I DO HAVE TO APOLOGIZE.

I KNOW WE HAD RICHLAND BASKETBALL ON THE SCHEDULE AND BETWEEN COACH HENDERSON AND I, EVIDENTLY, SOMEWHERE WE GOT OUR WIRES CROSSED, SO I DO APOLOGIZE.

THEY WILL NOT BE HERE WITH US TONIGHT.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN BRING THEM BACK AT A LATER DATE.

BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO BRING THIS GROUP SPECIAL TIME FOR US TO TO HAVE THESE KIDS IN FRONT OF YOU.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOU RECOGNIZING ALL THEIR AND THEIR COACHES HARD WORK.

YEAH, THANKS. THANKS.

[INAUDIBLE] NICELY DONE. GOOD JOB.

OH, DR.

STINSON, CAN YOU IMAGINE PLAYING A GAME OF PICKUP BASKETBALL AND SEEING THAT CREW WALKING IN? [LAUGHTER] I KNOW YOU SAID SHORT GUYS IN THE FRONT, THERE ARE NO SHORT GUYS, RIGHT? THAT WAS--. THEY PLAYED SOME IMPRESSIVE BASKETBALL, ALL THREE SCHOOLS.

IT WAS--. YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO WATCH THEM THIS YEAR? IT WAS FUN TO WATCH. I SAW.

I GOT TO SEE ALL OF THEM PLAY, AND IT DIDN'T MATTER WHERE YOU WENT, IT WAS A GREAT GAME.

ALL RIGHT. AND DR. STINSON, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE SOMETHING.

THANK YOU. AS A POINT OF PRIVILEGE, I WOULD LOVE FOR JUST A SECOND TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON THIS WEEK IN BIRDVILLE ISD.

AND AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, ON MONDAY NIGHT IN TARRANT COUNTY, THERE WAS FUNNEL CLOUDS, TORNADOES, ETC., AND SOMEWHERE AROUND 5:53 TO 5:58 IN THAT VICINITY ON MONDAY NIGHT, HARDEMAN ELEMENTARY WAS HIT WITH WHAT SEEMS TO BE A TORNADO.

AND SO WE ARE SO FORTUNATE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT AND WE CAN ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT IT NOW WITHOUT GASPING BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE ANY CHILDREN IN THE BUILDING.

AND SO FOR THAT, WE ARE SO VERY THANKFUL.

WE DID HAVE THREE ADULTS IN THE BUILDING.

THEY ALL TOOK COVER AND NO ONE WAS INJURED, AND SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING WE SAY.

BUT WE WANTED TO TAKE YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT WHAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE PAST 72 HOURS AND WHAT OUR BOARD HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH THE PAST 72 HOURS AND OUR STAFF AND

[00:30:03]

AND BEFORE WE BEGIN, I JUST, THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE TO THINK SO I WOULDN'T EVEN ATTEMPT TO GO BY NAME, BECAUSE I HAVE TO TELL YOU, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TOOK PART IN THIS RESTORATION EFFORT AND THIS MOVE EFFORT.

IT WAS AMAZING WHEN YOU SEE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED.

BUT I DO HAVE TO--.

I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT THE LEADERSHIP THAT IT TOOK TO TO CORRAL HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND GET THEM INTO ACTION WAS PHENOMENAL IN TERMS OF AND I DO WANT TO MENTION THREE PEOPLE, DISTRICT OPERATIONS.

THERE'S NO WAY TO EXPLAIN WHAT GOES INTO THIS TYPE OF PROCESS.

BUT KATIE BOWMAN AND OUR DISTRICT OPERATIONS REALLY TOOK THE LEAD ON EVERYTHING.

LORENE OWNBY, LORENE IS IN THE BACK.

SHE SHOULD BE RIGHT HERE ON THE FRONT ROW.

LORENE, WAVE, TELL US WHO YOU ARE.

LORENE IS IN CHARGE OF OUR ELEMENTARY OPERATIONS AND SHE TOOK CHARGE AND TOOK THE LEAD IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN IN TERMS OF OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY OF THOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

AND SO FOR THAT, WE WERE SO THANKFUL.

AND THEN YOU NEED TO KNOW THE NAME KATIE MORAN AND SHE IS THE PRINCIPAL OF HARDEMAN ELEMENTARY AND THE HEARTBEAT OF THAT.

SO I WANTED TO MENTION THOSE THREE AND THAT'S ALL I'LL DO BECAUSE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHERS. BUT WE WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY, THE BOARD, THE CITIES.

AND I KNOW MR. MINER IS HERE TONIGHT, AND SO WE WANT TO ALLOW HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AS WELL.

BUT LET US FOR JUST A SECOND TAKE YOU THROUGH IT AND DR.

JENNIFER PERRY AND DAVE LAMBSON, MR.

[Additional Item]

SO, IF YOU WILL, DR.

PERRY AND DAVE? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US TODAY.

WE HOPE THAT THIS PRESENTATION AT LEAST GIVES YOU SOME IDEA OF THE PEOPLE THAT DR.

STINSON WAS REFERRING TO.

THIS IS A VIDEO THAT WE ACTUALLY CAUGHT ON A SECURITY CAMERA FROM WATAUGA MIDDLE SCHOOL ACROSS THE STREET, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ROOF DISAPPEARING.

AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO LET THAT LOOP MAYBE ONE MORE TIME FOR YOU.

BUT IT SHOWS THE FORCE THAT THAT CAME THROUGH, AND, YOU KNOW, OUR DISTRICT, THIS IS SOME OF THE DAMAGE INSIDE THE WORST PARTS OF THAT BUILDING.

AND I WANT TO REITERATE, ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN SAFE, RIGHT.

HAD THIS HAPPENED DURING SCHOOL, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN UNDER OUR TORNADO WARNING PROTOCOLS.

THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN EVACUATED TO SAFE AREAS IN THE BUILDING, NOT IN THE ROOMS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO REITERATE THAT.

THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT WAS TAKEN THAT NIGHT.

THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT WAS THE NEXT MORNING, AND THAT IS THE SKY THAT YOU'RE SEEING THROUGH THOSE HOLES IN THE CEILING.

AND SO THE DISTRICT QUICKLY REALIZED THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT BUILDING FOR A FEW DAYS.

OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT JUMPED INTO ACTION AND QUICKLY STARTED COMMUNICATING, FOLLOWING OUR RESPONSE TEAM'S MESSAGING AND COMMUNICATING TO PARENTS.

ONCE WE KNEW STUDENTS AND STAFF WERE SAFE, WE JUMPED INTO OUR MODE.

THE NEXT DAY, DR.

STINSON HAD ALL OF THE STAFF FROM HARDEMAN ELEMENTARY GATHERED TOGETHER DOWN HERE AT OUR PLC, COMMUNICATING WITH THEM, COLLABORATING WITH THEM, GETTING THEIR FEEDBACK AND INPUT ON DECISIONS AND REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THEIR WELL-BEING WAS ACCOUNTED FOR.

WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO RELOCATE TO ANOTHER FACILITY, AND LUCKILY WE HAD RICHLAND ELEMENTARY AVAILABLE.

NOW, THIS WAS A MONUMENTAL EFFORT.

IF YOU WERE IN RICHMOND ELEMENTARY, THIS SHOWS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16TH, THIS WAS A WEEK AGO, IT LOOKED LIKE THIS, AND THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.

IT'S KIND OF DARK BECAUSE THE LIGHTS ARE OFF.

BUT IF YOU WERE THERE YESTERDAY, YOU WOULD HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS CREW AND THIS TEAM SHOWING UP AND HELPING THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

SO THIS WAS TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY, OF THIS TEAM HELPING AND YOU'LL JUST SEE IT LOOK LIKE AN ANT MOUND GOT KICKED AND THAT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE HELPING AND THIS IS JUST ONE CAMERA THROUGHOUT THAT BUILDING.

EVERY HALLWAY LOOKED LIKE THIS WITH OUR STAFF THERE HELPING.

AND THE REASON WE WERE WORKING THIS HARD WAS TO GET TO THIS POINT.

THIS WAS THIS MORNING A TEACHER WALKING HER CLASS OF STUDENTS DOWN THE HALL.

IT'S NOT JUST THAT CREW.

WE ALSO HAD OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

THEY HAD TO QUICKLY COME UP WITH PLANNING FOR TRANSPORTATION AND ACCOUNTING FOR BUS ROUTES. THEY HAD TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR STUDENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MULTIPLE CITIES, THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, MAKING SURE SCHOOL ZONE LIGHTS WERE ON, MAKING SURE THAT TRAFFIC PATTERNS WERE FUNCTIONING, COMMUNICATING OUT TO PARENTS, AND FACTORING THOSE CHANGES IN WITH ALL OF THE OTHER ROUTES THAT THEY STILL NEED TO MAINTAIN.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD THAT THEY MAINTAINED EVERY BUS ROUTE.

AND IF A STUDENT WAS A WALKER OR GOT DROPPED OFF AT HARDEMAN ELEMENTARY, THE DISTRICT SET UP A SHUTTLE SERVICE, AND THIS IS LORENE OWNBY AND CLARENCE SIMMONS AT 6:45 THIS MORNING OVER AT HARDEMAN, MAKING SURE THAT ANY STUDENT WALKING TO THAT CAMPUS OR BEING DROPPED

[00:35:05]

AND I'LL JUST LET THIS ADVANCE.

THESE ARE PICTURES OF THAT SHUTTLE SERVICE FROM THIS MORNING, THE FIRST TIME WE OPERATED IT. AND YOU'LL SEE STUDENTS GETTING ON THE BUS AND THEY MAINTAINED AND STAYED THERE THROUGHOUT THAT TIME, MAKING SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT THAT CAME TO HARDEMAN MADE IT OVER TO RICHLAND ELEMENTARY FOR SCHOOL TODAY.

WHEN THEY GOT TO RICHLAND ELEMENTARY, THEY WERE GREETED BY CHEERLEADERS FROM RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL. WE ALSO HAD SOME STUDENTS THAT WENT TO WATAUGA ELEMENTARY THAT WERE GREETED BY THE HALTOM HERDERS.

WE KNOW THAT FIRST IMPRESSIONS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND WE KNEW ALL THESE KIDS WERE COMING TO A NEW FACILITY.

WE WANTED THAT TO BE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR THEM.

SO I WOULD ADD IN TO THAT BIRDVILLE WASN'T MENTIONED, BUT BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IS SCHEDULED TO BE THERE TOMORROW, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THEM.

AS DAVE MENTIONED, FIRST IMPRESSIONS ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

DO WE [INAUDIBLE]? FIRST IMPRESSIONS ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, AND SO WE SPENT LOTS OF TIME FOCUSED ON OUR FORYER, FOCUSED ON THE MAIN AREA TO ENSURE THAT KIDS WALK INTO A WARM, WELCOME AND FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT.

ON ANY GIVEN FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT WE FELT THAT THAT ESPECIALLY WAS IMPORTANT TODAY.

THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAW WHEN THEY CAME IN.

THESE ACTUALLY ARE PICTURES FROM WATAUGA ELEMENTARY, TWO OF THE FOUR SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS THAT ARE THERE, AND THEN THIS PICTURE ON THE SIDE OF THE STAFF MEMBER WALKING STUDENTS IN WAS A VERY COMMON SCENARIO THAT WE SAW ON BOTH CAMPUSES THIS MORNING.

IF YOU WALKED INTO THE FOYER AT RICHLAND ELEMENTARY A WEEK AGO, IT LOOKED LIKE THIS.

IF YOU WALKED IN THIS MORNING, IT LOOKED LIKE THIS.

YOU'LL NOTICE THOSE FIRST IMPRESSIONS AGAIN, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

AND HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THAT FOYER OF THAT AREA.

CAMP HARDEMAN, RIGHT? [LAUGHTER] YES, CAMP HALTOM HERDERS.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THEME THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.

IT SHOWS EVERYWHERE.

DR. CLARK MADE SURE WE WERE WELL DECORATED.

DR. CLARK BROUGHT IN THE GRILL AND EVEN A TENT IN THE LIBRARY.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE TENT, BUT SHE PUT UP A BIG TENT IN THE LIBRARY AS WELL, AND KIDS WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT TODAY.

SO WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE BIG AREAS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO STUDENTS.

THIS IS THE PRACTICE FIELD OR THE RECESS OR PLAYGROUND FROM A WEEK AGO.

AND I WANT YOU TO SEE THE EFFORT THAT OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT WENT THROUGH OUR CAMPUSES. THIS MIGHT BE THE MOST SHOCKING THAT WE SAW.

WE WERE HERE PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRETY OF THE TWO DAYS AND HAD NO IDEA THAT ALL OF THIS WAS HAPPENING. BACK BEHIND THE SCHOOL, YOU'LL SEE DELIVERIES HAPPENING.

YOU'LL SEE MAINTENANCE CREWS TAKING CARE OF THE GROUNDS.

YOU'RE EVEN GOING TO SEE NEW WOOD CHIPS BROUGHT IN TO THE WHOLE PLAYGROUND TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY KIDS PLAYING ON THIS PLAYGROUND WERE SAFE.

TRACTORS. A HUGE EFFORT.

YOU DID THIS OVER THE COURSE A COUPLE OF WEEKS, RIGHT? [LAUGHTER] NO, THIS WAS YESTERDAY.

YESTERDAY. AND NOW THIS MORNING, STUDENTS PLAYING ON THAT PLAYGROUND, THRILLED TO BE EXPERIENCING A NEW TO THEM PLAYGROUND.

AGAIN, THE WHOLE REASON THAT SO MUCH EFFORT WAS PUT IN.

HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE, PROBABLY THE MOST SHOCKING TO ME.

I THINK YOU'LL SEE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN FIRST IMAGE VERSUS LAST IMAGE.

SO THERE'S TWO THINGS HAPPENING HERE, THIS IS THE CAFETERIA LAST WEEK AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED ON TUESDAY, RIGHT? WE KNEW MONDAY NIGHT, TUESDAY MORNING, WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO USE RICHLAND ELEMENTARY.

CREWS WENT OVER TO THAT BUILDING AND STARTED GOING TO EVERY ROOM, TAKING OUT THE OLD FURNITURE, BRINGING IT IN TO THE CAFETERIA.

AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME OF WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.

SO THIS IS DAY ONE.

SO THAT WAS ALL ON TUESDAY, AND THEN TODAY--.

I'M SORRY. YESTERDAY.

WE HAD HARDEMAN TEACHERS COMING IN.

SEEING IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT THEY WANTED.

AND THEN OUR WAREHOUSE FACILITIES DEPARTMENTS GOT THE REST OF THAT EQUIPMENT OUT OF THERE AND STARTED PREPARING THIS FACILITY TO SERVE BREAKFAST THIS MORNING.

OUR TEACHERS CALLED IT SHOPPING.

[LAUGHTER] AND THOSE ARE OUR STUDENTS EATING BREAKFAST THIS MORNING.

LOOKS LIKE A NORMAL DAY.

WITHIN 48 HOURS.

WITHIN 48 HOURS, YES.

REALLY, WITHIN 36.

YES. SO THAT'S THE FACILITY ITSELF OF THE CAFETERIA.

BUT THIS IS THE HEART OF THAT CAFETERIA.

IN THAT 48 HOURS, THEY HAD A COMPLETE KITCHEN UP AND RUNNING, SERVING HOT BREAKFAST AND HOT LUNCHES TODAY.

MOST IMPRESSIVE ABOUT THIS GROUP OF LADIES IS THEIR NUMBER ONE FOCUS WAS THAT STUDENTS SAW FAMILIAR FACES AND FAMILIAR PROCESSES AS THEY CAME THROUGH THE LINE.

[00:40:03]

DETAILS. ANOTHER AREA THAT'S IMPORTANT TO STUDENTS IS THE GYM, RIGHT? IF YOU WERE THERE EARLIER IN THE WEEK, IT LOOKED LIKE THIS.

THIS IS 9:00 AM ON TUESDAY MORNING OF THIS WEEK.

OUR FACILITIES TEAM JUMPED IN THERE AND STARTED PREPARING THIS AGAIN FOR STUDENT USE.

THAT WAS 10 A.M..

NOW WE'RE AT 1:00.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S FAIRLY CLEAN.

WE'RE GOING TO JUMP NOW TO THE CAMERA ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GYM, BECAUSE I WANTED TO PICK THIS UP. YOU'LL SEE THE FLOOR.

YOU'LL SEE THAT WALL OVER THERE UNDERNEATH ROCKETS.

THEY BROUGHT IN PAINTERS.

THEY CLEANED THE FLOORS.

REALLY WENT ALL OUT PREPARING THIS FACILITY TO MAKE SURE IT WAS READY FOR STUDENTS.

AND THAT BOWLING EQUIPMENT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HAD JUST BEEN PURCHASED.

IT'S THE ONE THING THAT THEY ASKED ME FOR WHEN I WENT TO THE FACULTY MEETING.

CAN I HAVE MY BOWLING EQUIPMENT? IS MY DID THE BOWLING EQUIPMENT MAKE IT? AND THE KIDS LOVED IT.

SO EARLIER, DR.

SIMPSON MENTIONED LEADERSHIP, AND AGAIN, HERE'S A PICTURE OF KATIE MORAN AND OF COURSE, DR. STINSON LEADING OUR TEAMS THROUGH THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

ALSO, HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

WE'VE GOT CAMPUS SUPPORT FROM ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY ALL ACROSS CAMPUS, WE HAVE A PTA MEMBER THAT'S REPRESENTED THERE IN THE MASCOT COSTUME.

WE HAVE AN OFFICE SUPPLY CENTER THAT WE SET UP FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE THING. IF YOU COULD ONLY TAKE A FEW THINGS FROM YOUR CLASSROOM, YOU MIGHT NOT BE GRABBING PAPERCLIPS, RIGHT? SO WE SET THIS UP SO THAT STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WOULD HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEEDED, AND BY THE START OF SCHOOL TODAY, EVERYONE WAS COVERED.

AND ALL OF THIS WAS DONATED BY OUR PTAS, BY COMMUNITIES AND CAMPUSES, JUST CONTINUING TO BRING THINGS IN. I WILL SAY-- WELL, I SAID EVERYTHING WAS PROVIDED, WE STILL MISSING CHALK BECAUSE SOME OF THE CLASSROOMS HAS CHALKBOARDS, SO.

I DO WANT TO GIVE LORENE CREDIT HERE.

HER HER ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS REALLY GATHERED AROUND HARDEMAN AND WE'RE BRINGING IN BOXES OF SUPPLIES.

ALL WE HAD TO SAY IS WE'RE MISSING TAPE.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN TAPE WOULD SHOW UP OR WE'RE MISSING BINDERS BINDERS WOULD SHOW UP OR REAMS OF PAPER.

I MEAN, YOU GOT TO THINK THIS BUILDING HAD NO SUPPLIES FOR THEM TO START SCHOOL WITH TODAY, AND THE BIRDVILLE FAMILY REALLY CAME OUT AND HELPED QUITE A BIT THERE.

THIS ONE'S KIND OF FUN.

SO WE ALSO HAD A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS THERE THAT ARE DOING TASKS THAT AREN'T NORMALLY THEIR JOB. SO THIS IS PART OF OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING DEPARTMENT, PART OF OUR DIGITAL LEARNING TEAM. THOSE CAMPUS WALLS HAD NOTHING ON THEM AND I'VE NEVER SET UP A BULLETIN BOARD, BUT WE HAD PEOPLE PUTTING THINGS UP, ADDING DECORATIONS, AND AT ONE POINT SOME OF THE TEACHERS SAID, ARE YOU GUYS FROM THE BIRDVILLE ART DEPARTMENT? AND SO APPARENTLY WE'VE GOT SOME SKILLS, BUT--.

[LAUGHTER] YEAH. YEAH, YOU ADDED THAT.

BOARD OR TWO BEFORE.

RIGHT? BUT THESE TWO [LAUGHTER] WERE FANTASTIC AND KNOCKED OUT A NUMBER OF BULLETIN BOARDS AND THEY'RE EXPERTS.

NOT EVEN GOING TO ASK.

WE DID QUITE A BIT, SO WE HAD TO SHOW THAT OFF.

WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR EVERYBODY DOING DIFFERENT TASKS THAT AREN'T RELATED TO THEIR NORMAL JOBS, RIGHT? WE CAME OUT IN FORCE AND YOU CAN SEE LOTS OF PEOPLE HERE IN THIS PICTURE THIS MORNING.

YOU KNOW, WE TRIED TO SQUEEZE AS MANY AS WE COULD INTO THAT PHOTO IN THE HALLWAY.

I THINK THIS MORNING WAS THIS WAS THE MOMENT THAT FINALLY EVERYONE GOT TO CLASS AND WE TOOK A DEEP BREATH. YES.

AND YOU CAN SEE ON KATIE MORAN'S FACE JUST HOW RELIEVED SHE WAS THAT EVERYTHING WAS PULLED OFF. THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE PIECE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING, THAT STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFETY AND WELL-BEING WAS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE.

SO ACROSS CAMPUS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE VERY INTENTIONAL PIECES THAT REFLECT THAT.

THE FIRST ONE THERE, THE BREATHE, YOU'RE SAFE.

YOU CAN HANDLE THIS. THAT IS A COMMON SAYING, A COMMON POSTER THAT'S ON THE HARDEMAN CAMPUS, AND SO WE BROUGHT THAT AND REPEATED IT.

IT IS PLASTERED EVERYWHERE THAT YOU LOOK.

AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE HALLWAYS THERE'S MORE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT.

TODAY IN CLASSROOMS, THERE WAS CONSTANT DISCUSSION AND CONVERSATIONS AROUND STUDENT SAFETY, STUDENT FEELINGS.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING? HOW ARE YOU PROCESSING THIS? HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW TEACHERS ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR LITTLES.

AND THEN THIS LAST ONE IS THIS VERY SPECIFIC ACTIVITY THAT WE ACTUALLY GOT TO WITNESS AND BE PART OF WHERE STUDENTS ARE EXPRESSING HOW THEY'RE FEELING WITH THE GOAL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO WRITE DOWN SOME REFLECTIONS TODAY, AND THEN IN A FEW MORE DAYS THEY'LL COME BACK

[00:45:01]

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MENTION ABOUT THIS ONE.

DR. PERRY AND I ACTUALLY WALKED IN ON THIS ACTIVITY WHEN IT WAS TAKING PLACE PROBABLY AROUND 9:00 OR 9:30 THIS MORNING, AND THE KIDS WERE WRITING DOWN HOW THEY FELT IN THAT MOMENT. HOW DID YOU FEEL THE PAST 48 HOURS? HOW DO YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW? AND SHE SAID THE GOAL IS THEY'RE GOING TO COMPARE IT ON THE LAST DAY THAT THEY'RE THERE AND SEE AND TALK THAT THROUGH WITH THE KIDS.

IT WAS WONDERFUL ACTIVITY.

AND OF COURSE, WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF EITHER.

LOTS OF SUPPORT POURING IN FOR THEIR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH AS WELL.

THEN THERE'S A LOT THAT'S HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF THIS BUILDING AS WELL, I KNOW OUR BUSINESS AND FINANCE TEAMS HAVE ALREADY WORKING WITH INSURANCE DEPARTMENTS, ALREADY ASSESSING THE EXISTING BUILDING.

YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO NAME EVERY DEPARTMENT.

WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IN HERE IS PICTURES OF THE RETURN SHUTTLE AND ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO REJOINING THOSE STUDENTS TO THEIR PARENTS BACK AT HARDEMAN.

I KNOW--. I THINK STUDENT SERVICES WAS THERE.

CLARENCE AND LORENE ASSISTING PARENTS, MAKING SURE THAT EVERY KID MADE IT HOME.

AND LORENE TOLD ME EARLIER THEY GOT DONE FAIRLY QUICKLY FOR A NEW FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR THESE CAMPUSES. YOU'VE GOT TO THINK NEW BUILDING, NEW PROCEDURES FOR DROP OFF AND PICKUP.

THEY WERE PROCESSED WELL, BUT IT'D BE TOO HARD TO NAME EVERY DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE WORKING WITH TWO CITIES, RIGHT? WE'RE WORKING IN DIFFERENT AREAS.

EVERY CAMPUS WAS SUPPORTING, AND I DO WANT TO REALLY THANK THE STAFF OF HARDEMAN ELEMENTARY THEMSELVES.

THEY REMAIN POSITIVE THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE EXPERIENCE AND THEY WERE SO THANKFUL FOR THE FORCE THAT CAME OUT. AND I THINK THAT CAN REALLY BE ATTRIBUTED TO GREAT LEADERSHIP BOTH AT THE CAMPUS AND HERE AT THE DISTRICT.

AND HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT, THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT STORY THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO TELL THAT WAS SHARED THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, DIDN'T TECHNOLOGY HAVE A LOT TO DO AS WELL YOU DIDN'T PUT IN THERE.

[LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW, I'LL HIGHLIGHT TECHNOLOGY, I HAD IT SECOND ON MY LIST EARLIER BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO PAT MY OWN BACK TOO MUCH.

WE DID HAVE TO MOVE ALL THE CHROMEBOOKS FROM HARDEMAN, THE EXISTING FACILITY OVER TO THE NEW BUILDING, AND AT 8 A.M.

THERE WERE ALREADY KIDS ON THEIR CHROMEBOOKS USING THEM IN CLASS.

AND SO WE MADE SURE NOT TO BREAK DOWN THE EXISTING TEACHERS DESKTOPS AND THEIR SETUPS THAT THEY'RE--. I'M SORRY, THEY'RE TEACHER STATIONS BECAUSE WE KNOW AT SOME POINT WE WANT TO GET BACK IN THERE AND WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO REPEAT SOME OF THAT PROCESS.

OUR TEACHERS, LUCKILY, OUR 2018 BOND GAVE THEM ALL LAPTOPS.

THEY BROUGHT THOSE LAPTOPS WITH THEM.

THEY'RE WORKING OFF OF THE SAME DEVICE.

THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME CONTENT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO WORK TO GET THEM ACCESS TO THINGS LIKE CARD READERS AND THE SECURITY CAMERAS AND STUFF, BUT WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF WORK.

BUT THIS IS A BIRDVILLE FAMILY THING.

THIS WAS NOT A TECHNOLOGY YOU HIT THAT NAIL ON THE HEAD RIGHT THERE, DAVE.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY IF THERE WAS EVER AN EXAMPLE OF FAMILY, YOU'VE SEEN IT THE PAST 72 HOURS.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ENSURING THAT WE HAD THOSE OPPORTUNITIES SPEAKERS] JOB. I DO WANT TO COMMENT THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

SO YOU'VE PATTED EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE BACK AND I THINK YOU DESERVE ONE AS WELL.

[APPLAUSE] THERE IS SO MUCH NEEDING TO BE DONE.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY JUST TO BURY YOURSELF INTO THE WORK ITSELF AND GET IT ALL DONE, BUT YOU ACTUALLY DID A GREAT JOB COMMUNICATING TO THE PARENTS.

I MEAN, MEETING WITH THE PARENTS THAT NIGHT WAS BRILLIANT.

THAT WAS GREAT. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AS WELL AS, I MEAN, THE COMMUNICATION MARK A GREAT JOB WITH COMMUNICATION ALL AROUND.

YEAH. JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

IT'S DEFINITELY, AGAIN, A TEAM--.

WE'RE JUST SO THANKFUL FOR--.

NOTHING ELSE, WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT THE STUDENTS WERE NOT IN THE BUILDING, AND SO MOTHER NATURE IS MOTHER NATURE AND WE WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE, BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT STORY. YOU KNOW, WE TAKE SHELTER AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT IT HAPPENED THE WAY IT HAPPENED AND IT WORKED OUT THE WAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR-- MR. TOLBERT--. I THINK--.

IF I CAN JUST ADD ONE MORE AND I WAS TRYING TO FIND THE PICTURE AND I COULDN'T GET BACK TO IT REAL QUICK, BUT IN SPEAKING TO THE CAMPUS THIS MORNING [COUGH] EXCUSE ME.

THEY WORKED THIS LAST FALL IN NAMING THEIR MASCOT.

THEY ARE THE ROADRUNNERS AND BY CHANCE, THEIR MASCOTS NAME IS ROCKET AND THEY ENDED UP AT THE ROCKETS. SO THAT VERY FITTING TO HAVE THE THE PICTURE OF THE ROADRUNNER WITH THE ROCKET TO TODAY. THAT'S COOL.

I THINK KELVIN WAS UP THERE THIS MORNING.

YEAH, I WENT UP ABOUT 11:15 TODAY AND I WALKED IN AND THE CAFETERIA WAS IN FULL BLAST AND THERE WAS A SOUND OF JOY.

KIDS BEING KIDS ENJOYING EACH OTHER'S COMPANY.

IT WAS SO REFRESHING.

I WALKED INTO THE FRONT OFFICE AND THE STAFF UP THERE WAS HAPPY.

THEY WERE SO GLAD TO BE THERE.

THERE WAS AN AIR OF JOY THROUGHOUT THAT BUILDING, AND THEN I WALKED TO THE TEACHERS LOUNGE BECAUSE WE SENT THEM SOME BROWNIES, SOME HOMEMADE BROWNIES FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD.

AND I TOOK IT IN THERE AND THOSE TEACHERS WERE REALLY HAPPY TO BE THERE.

AND I'M JUST SO THANKFUL FOR EVERYBODY WHO MADE THIS HAPPEN.

[00:50:03]

I MEAN.

WELL SAID BY EVERYBODY.

EVERYBODY ELSE GOOD? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, GUYS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

YEAH.

AND NEXT WE HAVE--.

YEAH. I'M SORRY. THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

[G. OPEN FORUM TO ADDRESS THE BOARD]

THOSE REGARDING GENERAL TOPICS, PLEASE NOTE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED OPEN FORUM BASED ON THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP, EACH SHALL BE GIVEN THE FULL 3 MINUTES. PERSONAL ATTACKS ON STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED PER TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT GOVERNMENT CODE 551.042 LOCAL BOARD POLICY BED AND THE BOARD SHALL NOT DELIBERATE OR TAKE ACTION REGARDING ANY SUBJECTS NOT ON THE AGENDA AND MAY GO A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER HERE. MAYOR MINER FROM WATAUGA IS HERE.

AND MAYOR, WE'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE, AND WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, TOO, BY THE WAY.

ERIN, YOU'LL BE NEXT.

THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GOING TO COME UP AND SAY GREAT JOB BECAUSE I HADN'T SEEN THE PICTURES. BUT THAT'S NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING.

I WAS IN THE NAVY FOR 25 YEARS AND ALL I HAD TO DO WAS MOVE 250 MILITARY PEOPLE FROM A BASE TO AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER.

AND THAT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO THIS.

MY HAT'S OFF TO EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT PARTICIPATED.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING.

I WAS OVER THERE MONDAY NIGHT WITH OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, RANDY BARKLEY, AND I SAW THE DAMAGE THAT NIGHT.

LAST WEEK I WAS AT KELLER DOING A READING PROGRAM WITH SOME OF THE KIDS, AND I ASKED EVERY ONE OF THEM ABOUT BEING AT HOME VERSUS BEING AT SCHOOL AND EVERY ONE OF THEM THEY HATED BEING AT HOME.

THEY WANTED TO BE BACK AT SCHOOL.

SO MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, HOW LONG ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO OPERATE OUT OF HOME AGAIN? AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST AMAZING.

I CAN'T USE THAT WORD ENOUGH THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO BE BACK INTO THE CLASSROOMS. SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY.

THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE WATAUGA STUDENTS AND MANY OTHERS.

WELL, MAYOR, IT'S RECIPROCAL, YOU GUYS WORKED WITH US AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DID, TOO, BECAUSE WE WERE GOING BETWEEN TWO MUNICIPALITIES AND BOTH WERE VERY KIND TO US.

BOTH. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY AS WELL, MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY--.

THE MAYORS OF THE CITIES AND THE ENTITIES THEMSELVES WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE INITIALLY WHEN I GOT THE CALL THAT CAME IN MY HEAD TO REACH OUT TO, AND SO I THAT PARTNERSHIP IS SO SPECIAL AND WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

AND YOU GUYS BEING ON SITE IMMEDIATELY WAS SUCH A COMFORT AND A HELP.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANKS.

MS. MORGAN AND DID YOU HELP WRITE THE SCRIPT ABOUT, RATHER BEING A DISNEY THAN BEEN BEING IN SCHOOL? OKAY, I'LL NEVER KNOW.

[LAUGHTER] MAYBE GHOST WROTE IT FOR HER.

HELLO, BOARD, AND DR.

STINSON.

MY NAME IS ERIN MORGAN.

I HAD SOMETHING WRITTEN HERE AND I MIGHT READ IT.

I DON'T KNOW. BUT THE POINT OF ME SHOWING UP TONIGHT AND WANTING TO SPEAK WAS JUST TO SAY THANK YOU.

TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP FROM WHAT HAPPENED ON MONDAY NIGHT.

I DON'T LIVE IN WATAUGA.

I DON'T HAVE STUDENTS THAT GO TO HARDEMAN, BUT FROM THE MOMENT I SAW THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THAT CAMPUS, MY HEART SANK.

AND TO THINK THAT STUDENTS JUST LIKE MINE, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? AND THEN I HEARD SCHOOL WAS CLOSED FOR A DAY OR TWO AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO FIX THE ROOF.

AND THEN WE BEGAN HEARING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO, WHAT IT'S GOING TO--. HOW IT'S GOING TO UNFOLD.

WE SAW THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND ALL OF THAT, AND I WANTED TO JUST SAY THANK YOU TO EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS AN EMERGENCY PLAN THAT WAS ENACTED LIKE YOU PLANNED AHEAD FOR THIS SCENARIO, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE FROM THE PUBLIC POINT OF VIEW.

YOU HAD A PLAN AND IT WORKED.

FROM THE COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE TO SIT HERE--.

I MEAN, I WROTE THAT MY LITTLE THING HERE, JUST HOW IMPRESSIVE IT IS, BUT TO SIT AND HEAR THIS DEPARTMENT AND THAT DEPARTMENT AND LOOK WHAT WE DID HERE AND LOOK WHAT WE DID THERE AND LOOK HOW ALL OF THESE THINGS WERE PREPARED AND READY FOR THESE KIDS TO COME BACK TO SCHOOL. IT IS 100% IMPRESSIVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU, DR.

STINSON, AND THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT AND THE STAFF AT HARDEMAN, THE PTA, THE

[00:55:01]

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FROM THE COMMUNITY AND JUST WANTED TO JUST EXPRESS MY--. THIS IS AMAZING HOW QUICKLY--.

I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE OUT OF SCHOOL FOR A WEEK.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I EXPECTED, AND THEN WHEN I HEARD THURSDAY, WE'RE AT SCHOOL, THAT'S INCREDIBLE. AND THEN CAN I JUST SAY THE STAFF WITH HOW GORGEOUS THE CAMPUS LOOKED.

LIKE, CAMP HARDEMAN, WHAT A GREAT IDEA.

ADVENTURE, FUN, LET'S MAKE THIS EXCITING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS IS, I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE KIDS THERE, BUT FROM A PARENT PERSPECTIVE, FROM A COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE, YOU HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK.

I'M SO PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS DISTRICT AND HOW YOU PLANNED AND PREPARED AND EXECUTED IT SO FLAWLESSLY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT, WE'LL--.

MS. BOWMAN, PURCHASING CARD PROCEDURES.

[H.1. Purchasing Card Procedures]

SO WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN GRAPEVINE CITY, I KNOW YOU'VE PROBABLY ALL SEEN IT ON THE NEWS WITH THEIR PURCHASING CARD ISSUES.

WE THOUGHT IT'D BE A GOOD TIME TO UPDATE THE BOARD ON THE PROCEDURES THAT OUR DEPARTMENT HAS PUT IN PLACE. SO I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO MS. FREEMAN AND I'LL BE HERE IN--.

WE BOTH WILL, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

YES. THIS IS A HARD TOPIC AFTER ALL OF THE EXCITEMENT OF ALL OF THE AWARDS AND EVERYTHING. BUT TODAY, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR P-CARD PROGRAM HERE IN THE DISTRICT AND LET YOU KNOW KIND OF WHAT PROCEDURES WE HAVE IN PLACE.

ALL OF OUR PURCHASES MADE WITH THE P-CARDS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR DISTRICT STANDARDS.

THIS IS BASICALLY EVERY PURCHASE MADE IN OUR DISTRICT DOES THAT, BUT ESPECIALLY EVEN THE P-CARDS. SOME ALLOWABLE PURCHASES INCLUDE THOSE THAT ARE LISTED.

I WON'T READ THEM ALL OUT.

WE HAVE LOTS OF CONTROLS IN PLACE, AND THIS IS THE PART THAT MAKES US DIFFERENT FROM OTHER P-CARD PROGRAMS AND OTHER PLACES.

PRIOR APPROVAL IS MADE FOR ANY CARD THAT'S NOT AN INDIVIDUAL CARD.

ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU SEE THE PURCHASE REQUEST FORM.

THAT'S THE FORM THAT HAS TO BE COMPLETED AND SIGNED BY THE PRINCIPAL OR DIRECTOR BEFORE THEY MAKE A PURCHASE.

THERE'S SPENDING LIMITS ON EACH CARD, SO THERE'S NOT JUST AN OPEN AMOUNT THAT THEY CAN SPEND. THERE'S MCC CODE RESTRICTIONS.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THERE ARE CERTAIN PLACES THEY CAN'T USE THE CARD.

SINGLE TRANSACTION AUDITS.

THAT MEANS ALL TRANSACTIONS ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED AND IT'S GONE THROUGH SEVERAL APPROVALS. SO WE HAVE PRIOR APPROVAL, BUT AFTER THE TRANSACTION IS PLACED, THERE IS THE PRINCIPAL OR DIRECTOR'S APPROVAL, THERE'S THE BUDGET MANAGER'S APPROVAL, BUSINESS OFFICE APPROVAL, PURCHASING STAFF APPROVAL, AND IT'S ALL JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO FRAUD, WASTE AND ABUSE.

BUDGET MANAGER. WHO IS THE BUDGET MANAGER? MOST OF THE TIME IS THE PRINCIPAL OR DIRECTOR, AND THEY'RE GOING TO VERIFY THAT THOSE PURCHASES THAT THEY SIGNED OFF ON THAT FORM ARE THE PURCHASES THAT WERE MADE.

THE BUSINESS OFFICE IS PRIMARILY REVIEWING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUDGET IS APPROPRIATE AND IS IT ALLOWABLE.

WE REVIEW THAT AS AN APPROVED VENDOR, AND THAT THERE ARE ALL THE PROPER FORMS. SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE APPROVED TRAVEL FORMS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE APPROVED NO TAXES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE DETAILED RECEIPTS, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE THINGS, THERE ARE ISSUED NOTICES.

SO WE DEAL WITH ALL THE ISSUES AND DISCREPANCIES.

P-CARD PURCHASES.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THREE TYPES OF CARDS.

WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL CARDS, THOSE ARE PRIMARILY IN OUR DEPARTMENTS LIKE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE CAMPUS CARDS, THOSE ARE CHECKED OUT.

SO THOSE ARE HELD BY THE CAMPUS SECRETARY AND THEN CHECKED OUT TO TEACHERS OR STAFF.

AND WE HAVE DEPARTMENT CARDS AND THOSE ARE ALSO HELD BY THE DISTRICT SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THEN CHECKED IN AND OUT.

AND THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS.

AT OVER $500, FOR INSTANCE, FOR THE CAMPUSES, THEY ALSO HAVE TO PUT IN A PO IF IT'S OVER $500, AND $1500 AT A DEPARTMENT.

SO YOU CAN'T GET VERY MUCH SPEND WITHOUT GETTING A BUNCH OF APPROVALS.

DISCREPANCIES. IF YOU ARE HAVING AN UNAUTHORIZED TRANSACTION, WE WILL DISPUTE THOSE WITH THE BANK. SO WE DO HAVE THAT OCCASIONALLY.

SPOTIFY LIKES TO GET ON OUR ACCOUNT FOR SOME REASON I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHY, BUT AS SOON AS WE SEE THOSE, FOR INSTANCE, WE CONTACT THE BANK.

THE CARD IS CLOSED AND IT IS DISPUTED.

WE DO NOT PAY. TAXES ARE TO BE RETURNED WITHIN 15 DAYS.

SO THAT HAPPENS. THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE MOST COMMON ISSUE THAT WE SEE IN OUR DEPARTMENT, AND WE JUST NOTIFY THE USER AND THEY GO BACK AND GET THE TAX.

[01:00:05]

THIS IS OUR POLICY THAT WAS LISTED IN OUR PICARD MANUAL.

SO THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE MAKE A MISTAKE.

SO IF FOR SOME REASON YOU WENT AND IT WAS NOT AN APPROVED VENDOR, OR IF FOR SOME REASON YOU DIDN'T GET YOUR TAX BACK WITHIN THE TIME FRAME, THESE ARE WHAT YOU GET ISSUE NOTICES.

AND THEN AT SOME POINT AS WE CONTINUE TO GO DOWN, YOU ARE RETRAINED IF YOU HAVE REPEATED OFFENSES. AND SO OUR PRIMARY OFFENSE RIGHT NOW IS TAX AND MAYBE NOT GETTING YOUR TRANSACTIONS DONE AS TIMELY, BUT WE'VE HAD TO HAVE A LOT OF GRACE DURING THIS TIME WITH COVID. HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM JUST SO YOU CAN KIND OF KNOW.

ORIGINAL PROGRAM WAS IN PLACE PRIOR TO 2012.

I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHEN THE FIRST PROGRAM WAS MADE, BUT MUNIS WAS IN 2012, AND SO I KNOW THAT IT WAS THERE AT LEAST IN 2012.

IN 2016, WE EXPANDED WHAT WAS JUST, I THINK, A FEW DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE CARDS TO A SHOPPER CARD PROGRAM WHERE WE USED TO COME AND THEY WOULD COME TO THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND CHECK OUT CARDS FROM US ON A LIMITED BASIS TO USE VENDORS WHO DO NOT ACCEPT PURCHASE ORDERS TO, IN 2019, WE DID A FULL EXPANSION TO ALL CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS. OUR CONTRACT IS THROUGH AN INTERLOCAL WITH FORT WORTH ISD.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 353 CARDS.

SO 66 OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, SO THEIR NAME IS ACTUALLY ON THEIR CARD.

THEN WE HAVE 57 DEPARTMENT CARDS AND 230 CAMPUS CARDS.

THOSE ARE OUR ANNUAL EXPENDITURES.

AS YOU SEE, IT WAS A LOT LESS THIS LAST YEAR DUE TO OBVIOUSLY THEY WEREN'T TRAVELING AND GOING AS MANY PLACES, BUT WE DO ALSO GET AN ANNUAL REBATE BACK FOR THE REVENUE FOR THE DISTRICT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? WE WENT THROUGH IT REALLY FAST. MR. DAVIS, YES SIR? YEAH.

DO YOU DO LIKE A RANDOM AUDIT OF--.

YOU GOT 66, I THINK IT WAS INDIVIDUALS.

MM HMM. YEAH, 66 INDIVIDUALS.

OR JUST PERIODICALLY DO A RANDOM AUDIT AND CHECK THEM, SAY, HAVE OUR PROCEDURES BEEN DONE THE LAST 90 DAYS OR JUST ON--? EVERY SINGLE TRANSACTION THAT THEY MAKE IS AUDITED.

SO THAT'S HOW OUR PROGRAM WORKS.

SO I SEE EVERYTHING THAT THEY PURCHASE.

SO WE DON'T--.

WE DO DO AUDITS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND CAMPUS CARS.

SO WE GO AND WE CHECK, WE MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A BINDER OF THE CARDS THAT IS LOCKED IN A SAFE. WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE LOG IN AND OUT, THEY HAVE TO LOG WHO TOOK THE CARD WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT BACK.

AND SO THERE ARE CERTAIN PROCEDURES WE DO AUDIT FOR RANDOMLY, BUT EVERY SINGLE TRANSACTION IS REVIEWED.

230 AT A CAMPUS THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT.

THAT'S WHAT, EIGHT OR NINE PER CAMPUS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT? IT DEPENDS. THE ELEMENTARIES ONLY HAVE ABOUT FOUR AND THEN THE HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE MORE.

AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE AS YOU'RE CHECKING THEM OUT TO TEACHERS, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF REASONS WHY THEY'RE CHECKED OUT AND THEY'RE CHECKED OUT FOR UP TO TWO DAYS AND THEN BROUGHT BACK RETURNED WITH A RECEIPT.

AND SO IT'S JUST SO THAT THEY CAN KEEP CONDUCTING BUSINESS.

SO THERE'S A MAXIMUM TIME THEY CAN EVEN HOLD THE CARD? YES. TO BRING IT BACK.

WE ALL READ THE TERRIBLE ARTICLES IN THE PAPER ABOUT CITY OF GRAPEVINE AND STUFF.

CAN THAT HAPPEN IN BIRDVILLE ISD? I DO NOT THINK SO, SIR.

I DO NOT. GREAT ANSWER.

[LAUGHTER] YEAH.

YOU HAVE [INAUDIBLE]. YOU KNOW, I NEVER USED A CREDIT CARD IN THE DISTRICT, BUT I WAS A TEACHER IN THE DISTRICT FOR 31 YEARS.

AND WHEN KATIE CAME IN, THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF NEW RULES AND REGULATIONS.

AND I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE TIGHTENED GRIP AND IT WAS VERY HARD FOR US TO GET USED TO THAT.

AND SO WHEN I BECAME A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, I SAT DOWN WITH KATIE.

I SAID, KATIE, WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO ALL THIS? AND KATIE SAID SOMETHING TO ME I'LL NEVER FORGET.

SHE SAID, MR. DILKS, SHE ALWAYS CALLS ME MR. DILKS, EVEN THOUGH SHE CAN CALL ME KELVIN.

SHE SAID, WE ARE A GOVERNMENT ENTITY AND IN ORDER FOR US TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE RULES, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THESE THINGS BECAUSE IT ENSURES OUR SAFETY.

AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT, KATIE AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

I WISH YOU COULD SAY THAT TO EVERYBODY WHO, YOU KNOW, NEEDS CHICKEN WINGS FOR A SCIENCE EXPERIMENT. BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF THING WE DEAL WITH IN THE CLASSROOM, JUST THOSE LITTLE BITTY THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO PURCHASE AND STUFF.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, IT WAS VERY TOUGH WHEN KATIE CAME ON BOARD.

[LAUGHTER] THAT'S--.

THAT'S POSITIVE, KATIE.

YES. IT'S A POSITIVE THING.

DR. STINSON COULD TELL YOU I'M KIND OF A PAIN AT TIMES AS WELL.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT THESE ARE SOME OF THE MOST STRINGENT POLICIES I HAVE EVER SEEN, AND I

[01:05:02]

I AM SO THANKFUL BECAUSE THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE AND YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT, MR. DILKS, GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY, AND WHEN I SEE THIS, I'M TRULY, AT BOTTOM MY HEART, THANKFUL FOR THE POLICIES AND FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AUDITS THAT TAKE PLACE ON EVERY SINGLE EXPENDITURE.

THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED.

IT'S TRANSPARENT AND IT'S VERY POSITIVE.

SO THANK YOU. AND THE THING YOU DON'T--.

I WAS JUST AGHAST WITH THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE.

I MEAN, TO IMAGINE THAT A MUNICIPALITY IN THIS NORTH TEXAS THAT THAT'S THAT LARGE AND THAT SOPHISTICATED IS--.

WHEN IT WAS ASKED TO THE CITY MANAGER, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN THAT TWO OR THREE I THINK THERE'S TWO, THAT APPARENTLY WERE MAKING TRANSACTIONS WITHOUT ANY KIND OF INVOICES BACK UP THE PLACES WHERE WE WOULD NOT ALLOW YOU TO BE SPENDING MONEY, THERE'S NO NO REASON TO BE THERE, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS JUST UNACCOUNTED FOR.

AND THE QUESTION WAS, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? AND HE SAID, WELL, WE REALLY TRUSTED THOSE GUYS, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE FLIP SIDE IS, OH, WE JUST WE TRUST YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE A GOOD PERSON.

AND THAT'S THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO YOUR COMMUNITY HOW WE'VE WASTED, YOU KNOW, ALLEGEDLY WASTED $300,000 OR $400,000 YEAH. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO.

SO I WAS GLAD YOU GUYS CAME TONIGHT, AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS THE MOST STRENUOUS ONE YOU'VE EVER SEEN. IT'S AMAZING.

I CAN TELL YOU IT IS SIGNIFICANT AND I AM BEYOND APPRECIATIVE THAT WE HAVE IT.

AND I'M GLAD WE'LL STAY OUT OF THE PAPERS.

YES. [LAUGHTERS] YES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. BOARD, WE'RE NOT DOING THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT BID RESULTS, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO SEPARATE ACTIONS.

BEFORE WE CONSIDER PERSONNEL ITEMS, I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT DR.

[I.1. Consider Personnel Items]

DO WE HEAR A MOTION FOR THE PERSONNEL ITEMS? I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVE AND ADOPT ALL PERSONNEL ITEMS AND CONTRACT RENEWALS AS PRESENTED AND RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.

MOTION BY MR. KUNKEL, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. BY MR. DILKS.

HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE IN SUPPORT AND IT'S AFFIRMATIVE.

AND UNANIMOUS.

NEXT IS CONSIDER JOINT ELECTION CONTRACT WITH TARRANT COUNTY ELECTION ADMINISTRATION FOR

[I.2. Consider Joint Election Contract with Tarrant County Election Administration (TCEA) for the May 7, 2022 General Election]

MR. PRESIDENT, MOVE THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE ELECTION CONTRACT WITH TARRANT COUNTY ELECTION ADMINISTRATION FOR THE MAY 7TH, 2022 GENERAL ELECTION. MOTION BY MR. DAVIS, DO I HAVE A SECOND? BY MS. SANDERS-WISE.

ANY DISCUSSION? ONE QUESTION, PLEASE.

I NOTICE IN THOSE EARLY VOTING SITES WITHIN OUR DISTRICT THERE ARE TWO IN HALTOM CITY, AND THERE ARE TWO IN NORTH RICHLAND AND THERE'S ONE IN HURST, BUT THERE'S NOT ONE IN RICHLAND HILLS, NOT ONE IN WATAUGA.

AND I DON'T REMEMBER THAT HAPPENING BEFORE.

IS THAT SOMETHING NEW WITH BEING ABLE TO VOTE IN ANY PLACE WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT WE DON'T HAVE--? BECAUSE YOU CAN GO MORE PLACES THAN SO OUR RESIDENTS IN RICHLAND HILLS AND WATAUGA HAVE TO FIND OTHER CITIES TO VOTE IN FOR EARLY VOTING? I THINK ON ELECTION DAY THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE A SITE.

OKAY. JUST SOMETHING I NOTICED THAT WAS WEIRD.

YEAH. UNDERLINE THAT'S NOT OUR CHOICE.

YEAH. RIGHT. YEAH. TARRANT COUNTY DOES THAT.

YEAH. AND AGAIN, AS A POINT OF RECORD, NOT HAVING EXPERIENCE WITH THE ELECTIONS HERE BEFORE AND HAVING BRENDA SITTING RIGHT THERE, AGAIN, I'M SO GLAD WE HAVE HER SPEAKERS] [LAUGHTER].

A GOOD QUESTION. ALL RIGHT.

WE'VE HAD THE MOTION AND A SECOND WE'VE HAD ALL THE DISCUSSION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND IT'S UNANIMOUS.

GOING TO CONSIDER THE TASB PROPOSED POLICY UPDATE 118 AFFECTING LOCAL POLICIES LISTED ON

[I.3. Consider the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Proposed Policy Update 118, Affecting Local Policies (Third Reading)]

SO GOOD JOB ON MR. DILKS MAKING THAT MOTION, AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. AND THAT'S MR. KUNKEL. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE CHARGE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR.

AND IT'S UNANIMOUS.

NEXT CONSIDER REVISIONS TO BOARD POLICY EHBE LOCAL SPECIAL PROGRAMS, BILINGUAL EDUCATION,

[I.4. Consider Revisions of Board Policy EHBE (LOCAL) Special Programs: Bilingual Education/ESL (Third Reading)]

MOTION BY MR. WOMBLE.

I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY MR. DAVIS. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC?

[01:10:04]

IT'S UNANIMOUS WITH AN EMPHASIS WITH C.

CONSIDER RESOLUTION TO CONVENE DISTRICTS SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, SHAC, TO

[I.5. Consider Resolution to Convene the District’s School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) to Recommend Curriculum Materials]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TO CONVENE THE SHAC TO RECOMMEND CURRICULUM MATERIALS AS PRESENTED.

MOTION BY MS. SANDERS-WISE, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

MR. DREES. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOUR FAVOR.

AND IT'S UNANIMOUS ONCE AGAIN.

NEXT IS TO CONSIDER REAL ESTATE AGENT SERVICES AGREEMENT.

[I.6. Consider Real Estate Agent Services Agreement]

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

AND WE'VE GOT MR. DILKS ON THE SECOND.

DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? I DON'T KNOW. DO WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THIS COMPANY? [LAUGHTER] YES, AND I THINK IT CHECKS EVERY BOX AS BEING AFFIRMATIVE SO FAR.

I THINK IT VERY WELL, YES.

IT'S BEEN A GOOD EXPERIENCE.

MR.--. YEP. THANK YOU, MARK.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHERS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND IT'S UNANIMOUS.

CONSIDER FURNITURE FOR PREKINDERGARTEN EXPANSION AND MODULAR BUILDING ADDITIONS AT THE

[I.7. Consider Furniture for Prekindergarten Expansion and Modular Building Addition at the Academy at Carrie F. Thomas]

THOMAS. YEAH, MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVED THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE CONTRACT TO INDECO SALES INC FOR FURNITURE FOR PREKINDERGARTEN EXPANSION AND MODULAR BUILDING ADDITIONS AT THE ACADEMY AT CARRIE F.

THOMAS, AS PRESENTED.

AND THAT'S A MOTION BY MR. DREES, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. AND THAT COMES IN WITH MR. KUNKEL. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR.

IT'S UNANIMOUS.

CONSIDER EXTERNAL AUDITOR SERVICES FOR THE 2021-22 FISCAL YEAR.

[I.8. Consider External Auditor Services for 2021-22 Fiscal Year]

THE MOTION IS MADE BY MR. WOMBLE, DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. MR. DAVIS WILL SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? TIGHT HANDS GOT THE FEE EVEN LOWER, KATIE.

GOOD JOB. I'M ALWAYS HAPPY THAT WE GET TO WORK WITH WEAVER AND TIDWELL.

I PUT MYSELF THROUGH COLLEGE WORKING FOR A LOCAL FLORIST, AND OUR BIGGEST ACCOUNT WAS WEAVER AND TIDWELL DOWNTOWN.

ONCE A WEEK, I WENT AND WATERED ALL THEIR PLANTS, REPLACED THEM WHEN NEEDED.

I GOT TO KNOW THEM WELL AS A FLORIST WATERER.

[LAUGHTER] HOW FUNNY.

BUT YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT, AND SO I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM IN THIS ROW.

THAT'S FUNNY. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. NO MORE DISCUSSION.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR.

AND IT'S UNANIMOUS.

CONSIDERATION FOR AGENDA ITEM I9 IS NO LONGER NEEDED, SO WE'LL BE MOVING TO I10.

[I.10. Consider Approval to Purchase Real Estate]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? YEAH. MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVED THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE BIRDVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WISDOM CENTER INC FOR THE DISTRICT'S PURCHASE OF LOT ONE, BLOCK ONE, INTERNATIONAL FAITH CENTER ADDITION IN HALTOM CITY, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, FOR A PURCHASE PRICE OF $7.75 MILLION AND RELATED PURCHASE COSTS, AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT OR HER DESIGNEE TO FINALIZE THE CONTRACT TERMS, SIGN THE CONTRACT IN ANY ASSOCIATED AGREEMENTS OR DOCUMENTS NECESSARY OR USEFUL TO CONSUMMATE THE TRANSACTION, AND THAT THE PURCHASE BE FUNDED WITH $7.75 MILLION FROM THE COMMITTED GENERAL FUND BALANCE.

I'LL SECOND.

SO MOTION BY MR. DREES AND SECOND BY MR. DAVIS. DO I HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES OUR DISTRICT HAS HAD BEFORE.

WE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE BOUGHT THE PLAZA PROPERTY IN HOW IT'S BEING FUNCTIONED AND USED. I THINK WE'LL FIND OUT THAT THIS PURCHASE IS GOING TO BE A GREAT LONG TERM SOLUTION TO SOME ISSUES AND STUFF WE HAVE AT SHANNON CENTER.

THE PRICE IS RIGHT, THANK YOU, MR. WOOD, FOR NEGOTIATING IT AND ALL THAT TAKEN CARE OF, BUT WHAT I'M REALLY MOST PROUD OF IS THAT WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL ABILITY TO DO IT.

AND BY DOING IT, WE COULD BE SAVING OUR DISTRICT TAXPAYERS $10, $15, $16 MILLION.

WE'LL KNOW SOME MORE NUMBERS AS TIME GOES ABOUT.

BUT WHEN OPPORTUNITIES ARISE, WHEN YOU HAVE THE FINANCIAL ABILITY TO DO IT, WHEN YOU HAVE THE PLANNING AND THE EFFORTS ALREADY IN MOTION TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE, THIS IS BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR DOLLARS HERE, AND I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT.

I SAY WE'VE DONE THAT AS A BOARD IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND IT'S ENABLED US TO DO THIS.

WE'LL GO A LONG WAY IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS, OF OUR STAFF, AND DOING IT WITH SPREADING OUR DOLLARS AS FAR AS WE CAN.

AND PURCHASING THIS WILL DO THAT.

AND I'VE GOT TO GIVE KUDOS.

IT'S A LITTLE BACK BEHIND THE SCENES STORY, AS KELVIN CALLS ME ONE DAY AND SAYS, DO YOU

[01:15:04]

AND I'M LIKE, YEAH, LET'S CHECK IT OUT.

AND YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A--.

WELL, I MEAN, WE'RE ABOUT TO SIGN THE CONTRACT, BUT IT TAD SAYS IT'S WORTH TWICE WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR IT. SO, YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE PHONE CALL FROM YOU, MR. DILKS COULD MORE THAN PAY FOR YOUR SALARY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS [LAUGHTER] FOR WHAT YOU DO HERE. I SAY WE DOUBLE HIS SALARY.

[LAUGHTER] SO NICE WORK AS A TEAM AND KUDOS AGAIN TO YOU GUYS FOR DOING SPEAKERS]. WELL, AND I DID WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE POINT BEHIND THIS IS TO SAVE THE DISTRICT MONEY IN THE LONG TERM.

LIKE MR. DAVIS SAID, IT COULD SAVE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BECAUSE WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT SHANNON. IT'S OUTLIVED--.

THE BUILDING THAT SHANNON IS HOUSED IN HAS OUTLIVED ITS USEFULNESS BY DECADES.

IT REALLY DOES--. WE NEED A LONG TERM SOLUTION.

AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT SOLUTION.

I THINK IT WILL BE GREAT FOR HALTOM CITY AS WELL, WORKING TO REVITALIZE DENTON HIGHWAY, THE CORRIDOR THERE, WHICH I'M A LITTLE BIASED, I LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THERE, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, SO.

BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DISTRICT, AND THANK YOU, KELVIN, FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. OH, YES, MR. WOMBLE? YEAH, I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAYS, THIS IS A VERY FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE DISTRICT AND THIS IS SMART.

I MEAN, THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR OUR DISTRICT, AND IT'S WITHIN THAT VEIN THAT WE DO THIS. SO, YEAH, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND IT'S WHAT I THINK OUR TAXPAYERS AND OUR CONSTITUENTS EXPECT US TO DO TO BE FORWARD THINKING AND TO GET OUT AHEAD OF THE MARKET, I THINK. SO, IT'S A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY.

WELL SAID. WELL SAID.

I AM ALWAYS IN FAVOR OF ACQUIRING CENTERS OF WISDOM AS MUCH AS-- [LAUGHTER].

MAYBE WE CAN HAVE YOU WATER THE PLANTS THAT ARE [LAUGHER] TO SAVE US EVEN MORE MONEY.

ALL RIGHT, IF THAT'S ALL, THEN ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND IT'S UNANIMOUS.

NOW TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[J. CONSENT ITEMS]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THE BOARD APPROVAL ITEMS IN CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

MR. DILKS MOTION.

SECOND? AND SANDERS-WISE SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA? NONE. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR.

AND IT IS UNANIMOUS.

THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS TO THE BOARDS, BOARD REPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AS

[K. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORTS TO THE BOARD]

[L. FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS]

CLOSED SESSION WILL BEGIN AT 5:30, AND OPEN SESSION WILL BE AT 7 PM.

AS WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. DAVIS.

I'LL SECOND.

AND THAT'S BY MR. DREES AND ALL IN FAVOR.

AND IT'S UNANIMOUS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.