May 26, 2022 Regular Board Meetings

[A. CALL TO ORDER ]

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DR. STINSON, WILL YOU CONFIRM THAT THE MEETING WAS DULY CALLED AND A NOTICE OF THE MEETING WAS POSTED IN THE ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT? YES, SIR. WE DID POST AND ADVERTISE THE MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.

[C. ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE TO RECENTLY ELECTED TRUSTEES ]

I'D LIKE TO ASK RALPH KUNKEL AND KRIS DREES TO PLEASE JOIN BRENDA RYAN DOWN FRONT AS A NOTARY PUBLIC BRENDA WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE.

YOU DOING BOTH OF US AT ONCE? I CAN SO IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, I WILL NOW ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR THE BIRDVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND I'LL READ THE OATH AND THEN YOU CAN RESPOND AT THE END.

DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT YOU WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE AND THE BIRDVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE STATE OF TEXAS? AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD. I DO.

I DO. RALPH, IF YOU MEMORIZE THAT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.

I DO. [LAUGHTER] YES. THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, MY GOSH.

OH.

OH, THANKS. KRIS, DID YOU WANT TO GET A PICTURE BEFORE? [INAUDIBLE] TELL US WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

YEAH. EVEN WITH US AND NOT HIM.

OKAY. OKAY. JUST GIVING YOU OPTIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU IN YOUR VICTORIES.

GLAD TO HAVE BACK ON BOARD.

AND MY WIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE, BUT IT'S ELLEN'S LAST SHOW TODAY, AND NO I'M JUST KIDDING.

JUST KIDDING. JUST KIDDING.

SHE COULD ALWAYS VCR IT, RIGHT? SHE'S AT WORK. ALL RIGHT.

[D. CONSIDER ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ]

DO I HEAR A NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT? MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE ELECT KELVIN DILKS AS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

A MOTION BY MR. DAVIS.

SECOND ANY DISCUSSION? KELVIN ANTICIPATING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR LEADERSHIP THIS NEXT YEAR AND LOOKING FORWARD TO LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU TAKING US TO GREAT HEIGHTS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS PREMATURELY ALL IN FAVOR.

AND IT'S UNANIMOUS AS EXPECTED.

AND NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. DILKS. DO I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR VICE PRESIDENT? MR. PRESIDENT, I NOMINATE RICHARD DAVIS FOR VICE PRESIDENT? OKAY, RICHARD.

DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THE NOMINATIONS? ELECT RICHARD DAVIS AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION IS UNANIMOUS.

DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE NOMINATION OF SECRETARY? I MOVE TO ELECT KRIS DREES AS SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

OKAY.

I HAVE A NOMINATION OF KRIS DREES FOR SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES.

[E. CLOSED SESSION ]

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REAL PROPERTY .01 CONSULTATION WITH BOARDS ATTORNEY AND .076 SECURITY.

THE TIME IS NOW 5:35 . CONGRATULATIONS.

[F. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION ]

WHEN THE BOARD OPENED THE MEETING AT 5:30 P.M.

THE TWO RECENTLY ELECTED TRUSTEES, RALPH KUNKEL AND KRIS DREES, WERE SWORN IN AT PLACE SIX AND SEVEN.

THE BOARD ALSO HELD THE ELECTION OF BOARD OFFICERS.

I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE NEW OFFICERS ARE AS FOLLOWS.

RICHARD DAVIS AS VICE PRESIDENT, KRIS DREES AS SECRETARY AND I WILL BE SERVING AS PRESIDENT.

AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE TO TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR OUR COLLEAGUES, OUR FRIENDS DOWN AT ROBB ELEMENTARY IN UVALDE.

THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR OUTGOING PRESIDENT, JOE TOLBERT, TO JOIN DR.

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YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE ELECTED TO THIS BOARD, WE PRETTY MUCH DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER.

AND WE COME TOGETHER AS STRANGERS AND WE WORK TOGETHER HERE.

AND THE THING I REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT YOU, JOE, IS YOUR EXPERTISE, YOUR 16 YEARS THAT YOU'VE SERVED ON THE BOARD HERE.

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN PRESIDENT? AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE STUDENTS IN BIRDVILLE ISD HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.

AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD IN THE BIRDVILLE ISD, DR.

STINSON AND HER CABINET, WE PRESENT YOU WITH THIS LITTLE TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

[APPLAUSE] I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING VERY, VERY, VERY I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THIS BOARD.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME IT WAS A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU.

STAFF, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME FOR THIS YEAR.

YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST.

YOUR STAFF IS AMAZING.

RECENT EVENTS LET YOU KNOW JUST HOW WHAT A STRUGGLE IT IS.

BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THE TWO TEACHERS DOWN IN UVALDE, THEY WERE PROTECTING THE KIDS AND THAT'S WHAT TEACHERS DO.

THEY GET A LOT OF FLAK FROM CERTAIN SEGMENTS, BUT THEY'RE OUT THERE PROTECTING YOUR KIDS, NOT EVEN THEIR KIDS.

AND THAT'S WHO WE HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS WE SET OUT TO HIRE THE BEST SUPERINTENDENT IN THE STATE WHEN WE HAD INTERVIEWS FOR SUPERINTENDENT.

I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT OUR FUTURE THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] WHILE THEY'RE COMING UP HERE, I WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT JOE WAS AN OFFICER THROUGH WHAT WE ALL CALL NOW THE COVID YEARS.

ALL THREE YEARS HE SERVED AS AN OFFICER, SECRETARY, VICE PRESIDENT AND EVEN PRESIDENT THIS LAST YEAR.

PROBABLY SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES WE'VE HAD AS LEADERS, AS ADMINISTRATORS, AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

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[G. INTRODUCTION OF MEETING ]

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT DILKS, DR.

STINSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CABINET.

WE'RE HONORED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

AND ACTUALLY, I THINK IT'S KIND OF KIND OF AWESOME TO BE THE LAST ONE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO WE BROUGHT KINSLEY THOMAS WITH US AND HER FAMILY'S OVER THERE, BUT SHE'S GREAT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HER PRESENTING TO YOU GUYS THE PLEDGES.

SO THANK Y'ALL. DO I SAY THIS PART.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT, MR. DILKS AND DR.

STINSON, AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

MY NAME IS KINSLEY THOMAS.

I'M A FIFTH GRADER AT JACK C.

BINION, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO START OUR MEETING WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

DO I DO THIS NOW? OKAY.

FILL OUR HEARTS WITH JOY FILL OUR MINDS WITH LEARNING.

FILL OUR CLASSROOMS WITH PEACE.

FILL OUR LESSONS WITH FUN.

FILL OUR FRIENDSHIPS WITH KINDNESS.

FILL OUR SCHOOL WITH LOVE.

AMEN.

AMEN.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH KINSLEY, YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

[H. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS ]

MARK. THANK YOU, MR. DILKS. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL PHIL BECKMAN TO THE PODIUM TO MAKE OUR FIRST PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, MR. THOMAS.

TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION, I INVITE COORDINATOR OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS KINZIE MORGAN MALLOTT TO THE PODIUM.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

I HAVE THE PLEASURE TONIGHT TO HONOR THE THETA THETA CHAPTER OF DELTA KAPPA GAMMA.

THE THETA THETA CHAPTER OF DELTA KAPPA GAMMA HAS PARTNERED WITH BISD TO PROVIDE SUITCASES FULL OF ESSENTIALS FOR OUR GRADUATING SENIORS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THAT THE DELTA KAPPA GAMMA GROUP HAS DONE A SUITCASE PROJECT FOR OUR HOMELESS TEENS.

THEY HAVE ALSO DONATED MANY GIFT CARDS TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS FAMILIES IN BISD .

DELTA KAPPA GAMMA SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTES PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL GROWTH OF WOMEN EDUCATORS IN EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION.

MOST OF THE WOMEN IN OUR LOCAL CHAPTER ARE RETIRED EDUCATORS FROM BISD.

TONIGHT, WE ARE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE THE THETA THETA CHAPTER OF DELTA KAPPA GAMMA.

WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE IN ATTENDANCE WITH US JANET SCOTT, PRESIDENT.

MS. SCOTT IS A RETIRED TEACHER WITH 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

SHE HAS WORKED PART TIME FOR BISD FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS AS ASSESSMENT SUPPORT.

IN ADDITION, SHE IS A CURRENT VOLUNTEER FOR ACADEMY FOUR AT CHENEY HILLS ELEMENTARY.

WE HAVE DR. SUZIE [INAUDIBLE] FIRST VICE PRESIDENT.

DR.

MCNEESE SERVED BISD AS A TEACHER AT RICHLAND ELEMENTARY AND AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT THE ACADEMY AT WEST BIRDVILLE FROM 1994 TO 2002. SHE THEN MOVED TO NORTHWEST ISD AND OPENED THREE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS PRINCIPAL AND SUBSEQUENTLY WAS IN THE ROLE OF DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES.

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DR. MCNEESE CURRENTLY VOLUNTEERS WITH ACADEMY FOUR AS A MENTOR AT CHENEY HILLS ELEMENTARY.

SHE HAS ALSO VOLUNTEERED IN THE PAST AS A MEMBER OF THE TEAMING FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION OR TEE COMMITTEE FOR BISD.

SUZANNE NICKEL CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.

MS. NICKEL SERVED BISD FOR 35 YEARS.

SUZANNE TAUGHT GRADES TWO THROUGH SIX FROM 1967 TO 1980.

TAUGHT GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY GRADES FROM 1980 TO 1988.

TRAVELED TO 18 CAMPUSES AS A GIFTED AND TALENTED DEMONSTRATION TEACHER IN ELEMENTARY FROM 1988 TO 90.

SERVED AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF WATAUGA MIDDLE SCHOOL FROM 1990 TO 92.

PRINCIPAL AT BIRDVILLE ELEMENTARY FROM 92 TO 96.

AND COMPLETED HER CAREER AT SNOW HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY AS PRINCIPAL FROM 1997 TO 2003.

SHE HAS ALSO VOLUNTEERED IN THE PAST AT MAJOR CHENEY ELEMENTARY AND SOUTH BIRDVILLE AS A TUTOR, AT SOUTH BIRDVILLE AS A TUTOR, EXCUSE ME.

LINDA HAMILTON.

MS. HAMILTON SERVED 51 YEARS AS A TEACHER, COUNSELOR AND TESTING COORDINATOR AT RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, EIGHT YEARS AS A TEACHER, 26 YEARS AS A COUNSELOR, AND AFTER SHE RETIRED, 17 YEARS AS A PART TIME TESTING COORDINATOR.

THAT'S NOT MUCH OF A RETIREMENT.

[LAUGHTER] SHE'S A CURRENT VOLUNTEER FOR ACADEMY FOUR AT CHENEY HILLS ELEMENTARY.

JANELLE RAYFIELD.

MS. RAYFIELD SERVED BISD FOR 38 YEARS AS A TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL AT SNOW HEIGHTS AND W.T .

FRANCISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

AND SUSAN WALKER.

MS. WALKER SERVED BISD AS A TEACHER FOR 38 YEARS.

DURING THAT TIME, SUSAN WAS A RESOURCE TEACHER FOR DAVID E SMITH ELEMENTARY, A FOURTH GRADE TEACHER AT GRACE HARDEMAN ELEMENTARY, AND A THIRD GRADE TEACHER AT NORTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY. WE ARE SO HONORED TO HAVE THESE COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

[APPLAUSE] MR. PRESIDENT, WHILE THEY'RE TAKING PICTURES, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT MS. NICKEL'S AND MS. RAYFIELD BOTH WERE PRINCIPALS FOR MY DAUGHTER AT SNOW HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND MRS. HAMILTON, SHE AND I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER.

A FEW YEARS AGO.

WE DID.

WE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER A FEW YEARS AGO.

THANK YOU. REALLY NEAT.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DR.

KRISTI STRICKLAND TO KICK OFF OUR INTRODUCTIONS OF OUR HONOR GRADUATES.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT DILKS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.

STINSON, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT THE HONOR GRADUATES OF HALTON HIGH SCHOOL TO YOU THIS EVENING.

FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR NATIONAL MERIT COMMENDED SCHOLARS.

THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

THIS PROGRAM IS AN ACADEMIC COMPETITION FOR RECOGNITION AND SCHOLARSHIP.

50,000 OF THE HIGHEST SCORES FROM THE PSAT ADMINISTRATION EVERY YEAR ARE RECOGNIZED FOR HIGH SCORES AND 34,000 OF THESE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT ALL THE STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ARE RECOGNIZED AS COMMENDED SCHOLARS.

I WOULD LIKE MY TWO COMMENDED SCHOLARS HANNAH WALKER AND HAILEY TUCKER TO JOIN ME.

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THE NUMBER TWO RANKED STUDENT AND SALUTATORIAN OF THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2022 IS ELAINE ZHU.

ELAINE IS THE DAUGHTER OF JO ZHU AND [INAUDIBLE].

IN THE FALL, ELAINE WILL ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.

[APPLAUSE] YES. ELAINE PLANS TO MAJOR IN EITHER ANTHROPOLOGY OR BIOLOGY.

CONGRATULATIONS, ELAINE, FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.

NEXT, WITH THE FINAL GPA OF 107.99, THE NUMBER ONE RANKED STUDENT AND VALEDICTORIAN OF THE HALTOM HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS OF 2022 IS VI BUI.

[APPLAUSE] VI IS THE DAUGHTER OF VINH BUI AND THETIS NGUYEN.

VI WILL ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN ARLINGTON IN THE FALL AND SHE PLANS TO MAJOR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE.

CONGRATULATIONS, VI ON AN OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL CAREER.

[APPLAUSE] HANNAH, AFTER YOU GET THIS PICTURE TAKEN, YOU CAN GO.

I KNOW YOUR THEATER'S WAITING ON YOU.

[LAUGHTER] HOW MANY DAYS UNTIL YOU GO TO COLORADO SPRINGS? 3 WEEKS? THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY.

3 WEEKS. [APPLAUSE] WAIT. WHAT SCHOOL IS SHE GOING TO AGAIN? MARK MCCANLIES, PRINCIPAL AT RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

PRESIDENT DILKS, CONGRATULATIONS.

AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.

STINSON IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THESE HONOR GRADUATES FROM RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 22 AND 23.

WE HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS WITH US THIS EVENING.

WE'LL START OFF WITH ONE OF OUR NATIONAL MERIT COMMITTED SCHOLARS, JAKOB HARRIGAN.

JACOB IS THE SON OF ANNE AND CHRIS HARRIGAN.

HE WILL BE ATTENDING UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, STUDY PETROLEUM ENGINEERING.

HE IS ALSO THE NUMBER FOUR RANKED STUDENT IN THE GRADUATING CLASS.

[APPLAUSE] THE NEXT FOUR STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY JUNIORS IN THE CLASS OF 23. FIRST IS ADRIANA FACKENDER.

ADRIANA HAS BEEN NAMED THE NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN SCHOLAR BY THE COLLEGE BOARD.

AS A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 23 SHE IS OUTSTANDING AND MULTITALENTED.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO A FANTASTIC SENIOR YEAR.

SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF SONIA GREEN AND TAD FACKENDER.

WE'RE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE THE NEXT THREE STUDENTS WHO HAVE EARNED THE DISTINCTION OF NATIONAL HISPANIC SCHOLAR IN THEIR JUNIOR YEAR.

THIS IS QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.

FIRST UP IS KATHLEEN PAZ.

SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF FONG AND FRANCISCO PAZ.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT IS ROMAN RODRIGUEZ.

ACCOMPANYING HIM TONIGHT IS HIS MOTHER, DULCE MENDEZ.

[APPLAUSE] AND NEXT IS MIA SOROLA YOSHIDA.

SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF EDWARD SOROLA AND SUZY YOSHIDA.

[APPLAUSE] THE MIDDLE FOUR WILL BE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL NEXT YEAR.

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AND OUR NUMBER TWO OVERALL GPA RANKED STUDENT, OUR SALUTATORIAN IS SLOANE TOLBERT.

SLOANE IS GRADUATING WITH AN OVERALL GPA OF 107.053.

HE'S ALSO A NATIONAL COMMENDED SCHOLAR.

SLOANE IS THE SON OF JOE AND HEATHER TOLBERT.

HE WILL BE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA TO STUDY NEXT YEAR.

OUR HIGHEST RANKING SENIOR COULD NOT BE HERE DUE TO A FAMILY GRADUATION.

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR, BUT I WILL RECOGNIZE HER ANYWAY.

THAT IS CASEY BIGGS.

SHE IS ALSO A NATIONAL COMMENDED SCHOLAR.

SHE'S GRADUATING WITH AN OVERALL GPA OF 107.240.

SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF MARK BIGGS AND BERNADINE SILVA.

SHE WILL BE ATTENDING TRINITY UNIVERSITY TO STUDY BIOLOGY IN HOPES OF BECOMING A DOCTOR.

[APPLAUSE] .

THA NK YOU [APPLAUSE] IT'S NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE PRINCIPAL OF BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, MR. JASON WELLS. [APPLAUSE] GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT DILKS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.

STINSON. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR HONOR GRADUATES FROM THE CLASS OF 2022 AT BIRDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS WITH US THIS EVENING, AND WE WILL START OFF WITH RECOGNIZING OUR NATIONAL MERIT COMMENDED SCHOLAR BARRETT CLARK.

BARRETT IS THE SON OF BRAD AND ANN CLARK.

AND BARRETT WILL ATTEND ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY TO STUDY PHYSICS.

BARRETT CLARK. [APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS, JACOB COHEN.

JACOB IS THE SON OF JENNA WATERS AND LEWIS COHEN.

AND JACOB WILL ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA TO STUDY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.

JACOB COHEN. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT UNDERGRADS ARE THE TWO HIGHEST RANKING GRADUATES, THE SALUTATORIAN AND VALEDICTORIAN. OUR NUMBER TWO OVERALL GPA RANKING GRADUATE OUR SALUTATORIAN IS GIBSON WOLK.

GIBSON IS GRADUATING WITH AN OVERALL GPA OF 106.968, AND HE IS THE SON OF RON AND PAIGE WOLK.

GIBSON IS GOING TO ATTEND BAYLOR UNIVERSITY TO STUDY BUSINESS.

GIBSON WOLK. [APPLAUSE] AND THE LAST UNDERGRADUATE BEING RECOGNIZED TONIGHT IS OUR NUMBER ONE OVERALL GPA RANKING GRADUATE, OUR VALEDICTORIAN, LAUREN ASWAD.

LAUREN IS GRADUATING WITH AN OVERALL GPA OF 108.128.

SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF FRANK AND GRETCHEN ASWAD.

AND LAUREN IS GOING TO ATTEND TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY IN THEIR BUSINESS HONORS PROGRAM.

LAUREN ASWAD. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THESE HONOR GRADUATES.

AND CONGRATS ONCE AGAIN TO THE HONOR GRADUATES FROM RICHLAND AND HALTOM.

LET'S GIVE EVERYONE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT FOR THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING.

YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE BOARD MEETING OR FEEL FREE TO LEAVE AT THIS TIME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO.

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THAT'S NOT FAIR. GET OUT WHILE THE GOING'S GOOD.

THANK YOU. YEAH. SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE OPEN FORUM TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

[I. OPEN FORUM TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ]

SO WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH GENERAL TOPICS.

FOR THOSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REGARDING GENERAL TOPICS, PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO THIS OPEN FORUM.

BASED ON THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO SIGNED UP TONIGHT EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK.

PERSONAL ATTACKS ON STAFF OR STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED PER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT GOVERNANCE CODE 551.042 AND THE LOCAL BOARD POLICY BED.

THE BOARD SHALL NOT DELIBERATE OR TAKE ACTION REGARDING ANY SUBJECT THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

AT THIS TIME I CALL UP MR. JARED ROSS.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT DILKS.

JARED ROSS 6024 MORNINGSIDE DRIVE.

I'LL BE BRIEF. I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF HEAVIER THINGS ON OUR MINDS RIGHT NOW AND A LOT OF IMPORTANT THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.

I JUST WANTED TO COME AND CONGRATULATE MR. DREES ON HIS REELECTION.

AND MR. KUNKEL, I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH MY SCHOOL BOARD RACE.

IT WAS A PLEASURE HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO RUN AND I MET A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE, LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THIS DISTRICT, AND I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO BEING INVOLVED IN ANY WAY I CAN TO HELP KEEP THIS DISTRICT GREAT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

FOR THOSE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REGARDING A TOPIC ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO THE OPEN FORUM.

INDIVIDUALS MAY BE GIVEN 3 MINUTES FOR THEIR COMMENTS DUE TO THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN THE OPEN FORUM PORTION OF THE MEETING.

BASED ON THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS TONIGHT, EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK .

AT THIS TIME EMILY KIM, COME UP.

AND EMILY, IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE.

MY NAME IS EMILY KIM.

I LIVE AT 6641 MONA LISA AVENUE IN WATAUGA.

I WISH TO POSE SOME QUESTIONS TO THE BOARD ABOUT WEAPONS IN OUR SCHOOLS AND ARMING TEACHERS.

HOW WILL THE DISTRICT PAY TO ARM OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF? SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY STRAPPED FOR CASH AND TEACHERS REGULARLY BUY SUPPLIES FROM THEIR OWN POCKETS.

WHAT ARE THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE TYPES OF WEAPONS ALLOWED? HOW ARE THESE GUNS SUPPOSED TO BE PAID FOR? IS THIS SOMETHING THE DISTRICT WILL PAY FOR? HOW WILL THEY BE TRAINED? IF SO, AT WHAT INTERVALS.

WILL THE DISTRICT PAY FOR THE WEAPONS, THE AMMO, THE TRAINING, THE LICENSING WHEN WE STRUGGLE TO EVEN PAY FOR SUPPLIES FOR SOME STUDENTS ? AND WHEN A STUDENT ACCIDENTALLY GETS SHOT BY STAFF, AM I, AS A PARENT, ALLOWED TO SUE THE DISTRICT FOR ALLOWING TEACHERS TO BE ARMED? WOULD THIS FALL UNDER A GUARDIANSHIP PLAN? HISTORY HAS ALREADY SHOWN THAT RESOURCE OFFICERS DO NOT PREVENT OR STOP SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.

IT DIDN'T AT PARKLAND.

IT HASN'T AT OTHERS.

ALL OF THIS DOESN'T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE HOW THE TEACHER STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS WILL CHANGE WHEN KIDS KNOW A GUN IS PRESENT.

HOW COULD KIDS TRUST OR OPEN UP TO A TEACHER IF THEY KNOW THAT A GUN IS PRESENT? RESEARCH INDICATES THAT ARMING TEACHERS ACTUALLY MAKE STUDENTS LESS SAFE.

MOST LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERTS ARGUE THAT TEACHERS SHOULD NOT CARRY GUNS WITH THEM BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF TACTICAL KNOWLEDGE TO HANDLE THEM.

PUTTING MORE FIREARMS IN SCHOOLS INCREASES THE POSSIBILITY THAT A TROUBLED STUDENT COULD GET THEIR HANDS ON A GUN, AS WELL AS THE LIKELIHOOD OF ACCIDENTAL SHOOTINGS.

IT ALSO TAKES FUNDING AWAY FROM STRATEGIES PROVEN TO MAKE SCHOOL SAFER, SUCH AS ADDING SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND SCHOOL THERAPISTS.

THE TEXAS STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION OPPOSES THE EXPANSION AND SAYS LAWMAKERS SHOULD INSTEAD FOCUS ON IMPROVING SCHOOL FUNDING AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. TEACHERS ARE TRAINED TO TEACH AND NURTURE CHILDREN.

THEY ARE NOT TRAINED TO BE ARMED SECURITY GUARDS.

THIS IS A POWERFUL INDICTMENT OF OUR COUNTRY THAT WE HAVE SOMEHOW CHOSEN TO ADD MORE GUNS AND WEAPONS TO OUR SCHOOLS INSTEAD OF SERVICES.

WHEN OUR YOUNGEST CITIZENS ARE SENT OFF TO SCHOOL, WE EXPECT THEM TO BE SAFE.

AND THIS HAPPENS AGAIN AND AGAIN.

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THANK YOU.

MR. PRESIDENT. YES.

I CHECKED WITH THE BOARD ATTORNEY, AND IT IS WE CANNOT RESPOND, BUT WE CAN CORRECT MISINFORMATION.

THAT IS MISINFORMATION.

WE'RE NOT ARMING TEACHERS.

THAT'S NOT ON OUR AGENDA.

THAT'S NOT BEEN DISCUSSED AND IT'S NOT HAPPENING.

AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION IS FRUSTRATING TO ME.

AND I WOULD ASK THE PUBLIC TO CHECK BEFORE YOU READ THE MISINFORMATION AND CHECK WITH PEOPLE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD OR SOMEONE ELSE.

BUT WE CAN CORRECT.

THAT'S THAT'S THE END OF THAT.

OKAY. CAN I RESPOND BECAUSE I READ THE PURPOSE AUTHORIZING POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.

IF YOU WILL. I THINK IF YOU WILL STAY AND LISTEN TO THE MEETING, YOU'LL FIND OUT WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.

AND I THINK YOU'LL BE VERY OKAY. THANK YOU.

MOVING ALONG, HEATHER KOENIG.

STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE.

HI. MY NAME IS HEATHER KOENIG AND I LIVE AT 6509 HUGHES DRIVE IN WATAUGA.

AS A BISD PARENT, I DO NOT SUPPORT ARMING BISD STAFF.

AND IF YOU'RE SAYING IT'S NOT TEACHERS, THEN I WON'T BRING UP TEACHERS.

BUT THERE IS A MOVEMENT FOR THAT.

THERE'S MUCH EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS THAT THIS PUTS OUR CHILDREN, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE ARMED TEACHERS THEMSELVES OR STAFF AT GREATER RISK INSTEAD OF PROTECTING THEM.

AND I WILL TELL YOU SOME OF THE FINDINGS OF THESE STUDIES.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS RECEIVE AN AVERAGE OF 840 HOURS OF BASIC TRAINING, INCLUDING 168 HOURS OF CONTINUING TRAINING ON WEAPONS, SELF-DEFENSE AND THE USE OF FORCE.

IN STATES THAT HAVE LAWS AIMED AT ARMING SCHOOL PERSONNEL, SCHOOL STAFF RECEIVES SIGNIFICANTLY LESS TRAINING, IF ANY, REQUIRED AT ALL.

EVEN THEN, STUDIES AND SURVEYS HAVE SHOWN THAT EVEN THE MOST HIGHLY TRAINED POLICE OFFICERS.

THIS IS A STUDY ON THE NYPD SEE THEIR ABILITY TO SHOOT ACCURATELY, DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN ENGAGED IN GUNFIGHTS WITH PERPETRATORS.

ANOTHER REASON THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT SOLUTION TO PROTECTING OUR KIDS IS THAT STUDENTS WILL LIKELY ACCESS TEACHERS GUNS JUST AS THEY DO IN THEIR HOMES.

KIDS KNOW WHERE GUNS ARE AND THEY CAN GET THEM.

AND THEY HAVE IN OTHER SCHOOLS.

THEY HAVE STOLEN GUNS FROM TEACHERS AND STOLEN GUNS FROM STAFF OR TEACHERS OR STAFF HAVE MISPLACED THOSE GUNS AND GOTTEN IN THE HANDS OF STUDENTS.

THERE ARE ACTUAL INCIDENTS REPORTED OF THIS.

IF TEACHERS OR STAFF ARE ARMED, THE RISK OF SHOOTINGS ACTUALLY INCREASES BY THREE TIMES IN THE CASE OF SUICIDE AND DOUBLES THE RISK IN THE CASE OF HOMICIDE.

A JANITOR KILLED TWO OF HIS COLLEAGUES AT A SCHOOL IN FLORIDA.

A SPANISH TEACHER WAS FIRED AND CAME BACK WITH AN AK 47 THAT HE USED TO KILL THE SCHOOL HEADMASTER AND HIMSELF, ALONG WITH OTHER INCIDENTS OF FIREARMS, SUICIDES AT SCHOOL, AND MULTIPLE EVENTS OF ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGES BY BOTH SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND TEACHERS AT THE SCHOOL.

MY HUSBAND IS IN THE ARMY.

HE HAS STAYED HOME WITH OUR SON TODAY SO THAT I COULD COME HERE.

HE ALSO OPPOSES ARMING BISD STAFF FOR ALL THE AFOREMENTIONED REASONS AND FOR THIS, IF THERE IS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER AND MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARE ARMED AND SHOOTING, IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT STUDENTS WILL BE KILLED BY TEACHERS ON ACCIDENT IN THE CROSSFIRE, POLICE OFFICERS WILL NOT KNOW WHO THE ACTUAL PERPETRATOR IS, AND MULTIPLE MORE PEOPLE WILL BE HURT AND KILLED.

TEACHERS DO NOT HAVE THE PROPER TRAINING, AND EVEN RESOURCE OFFICERS TYPICALLY DO NOT HAVE AS MUCH TRAINING AS ACTUAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO HANDLE FIREARMS IN THAT SITUATION.

AND THEN MY TIME IS UP.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD.

[J1. Insurance Renewals ]

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT DILKS.

WE HAVE DR.

GLEN TONIGHT AND OUR RISK MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT, RUSS EDWARDS, TO GO OVER OUR PROPERTY INSURANCE RENEWALS TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, MS. BOWMAN. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. RUSS EDWARDS. HE'S OUR INSURANCE CONSULTANT, AND HE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT OUR PROPERTY AND VEHICLE RENEWALS.

THANK YOU.

BOARD PRESIDENT, DR.

STINSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND STAFF HERE.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE.

I DO SERVE AS THE RISK MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT FOR THE DISTRICT TO ASSIST THE STAFF YOU WITH YOUR POLICIES, RENEWALS, THINGS OF THAT SUCH.

SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS HERE.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE.

LET'S SEE IF JUST A PRESS AND ENTER WORKS HERE FOR US.

IN THE FIRST RENEWAL WE WANT TO LOOK AT THIS EVENING AS WORKER'S COMPENSATION.

[00:40:03]

I ASKED [INAUDIBLE] I ACTUALLY ASKED WALTER [INAUDIBLE] WITH THE WORKER'S COMP SOLUTION PROGRAM TO BE HERE TONIGHT ALSO TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTION.

WE ARE SEEING, WE'VE HAD SOME REDUCTION IN CLAIMS OVER 10,000 IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT THOSE ARE BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.

THE FREQUENCY OF CLAIMS, OF COURSE, IN 21, 22 ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

OF COURSE, WE HAD THE COVID YEARS WHEN SOME FOLKS WERE BACK AT HOME, BUT THAT'S UP AND THAT'S REALLY YOU CAN SHOW IN THE DEVELOPED CLAIMS LOSS RATIO NOW THAT WE'RE PREDICTING 21-22 TO BE UPWARDS TOWARD OVER 90% CURRENTLY.

OF COURSE, THE YEAR DOESN'T END TILL AUGUST 31ST, BUT THAT IS WHAT OUR DEVELOPED CLAIMS LOSS RATIO LOOKS TO BE.

PAYROLLS ARE ABOUT THE SAME, JUST A SLIGHT DECREASE, BUT NOT MUCH.

AND OUR ESTIMATED CONTRIBUTION GOES FROM 1 MILLION 158, 910 TO A LITTLE BIT MORE, ABOUT 2.9% MORE TO THE $1, 228,765. WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THIS YEAR FROM OUR WORKER'S COMPENSATION SOLUTION PROGRAM WCS IS A GUARANTEED THREE RATE RENEWAL AND THAT'S PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, IN LIGHT OF CERTAINLY OF THINGS THIS PAST WEEK THAT AFFECT WORKER'S COMPENSATION TO GET A RENEWAL THAT WE'VE GOT A GUARANTEED RATE ON, WE FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT.

THE PROGRAM HAS ALWAYS PROVIDED SAFETY INCENTIVES TO THE PROGRAM.

I THINK LAST YEAR THE PROGRAM PROVIDED OVER 40,000 WORTH OF INCENTIVES TOWARDS SAFETY SHOES FOR THE EMPLOYEES IN THE HIGH RISK AREAS.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO SO THIS YEAR.

THEY DO HELP US WITH ONSITE TRAINING AND SOME OTHER AREAS THERE AS WELL.

BUT THAT'S OUR WORKER'S COMPENSATION PROGRAM MIGHT STOP THERE BEFORE I GO INTO MAYBE THE NEXT LINE TO SEE IF THERE'S A QUESTION OR ANYTHING I MIGHT HELP ANSWER THERE.

I THOUGHT PAYROLL DETERMINED WHAT YOUR WORKER'S COMP PREMIUM WOULD BE.

OUR PAYROLL WENT DOWN, BUT YOU'RE PROJECTING OUR CONTRIBUTION IS GOING TO GO UP.

DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE? WELL, IT'S THE RATE.

DO YOU HAVE REALLY? I THOUGHT THE RATE WAS FROZEN FOR THREE YEARS.

IT WILL BE STARTING 22, 23 YEAR FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS AFTER THAT.

YES, SIR. OKAY.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR. OKAY.

LET ME MOVE ON TO THE LIABILITY AND AUTO PORTION OF THINGS.

THAT COVERAGE HAS BEEN WITH THE PROPERTY CASUALTY ALLIANCE OF TEXAS PCAT.

KERRY SIMS IS WITH PCAT HERE.

I MIGHT MENTION AND THIS IS THE SAME FOR PROPERTY AS WELL AND I'VE GOTTEN IT UNDER THE PROPERTY SLIDE.

BUT LAST YEAR THE DISTRICT WE WENT AND DID AN EXTENSIVE RFQ RFP PROCESS TO LOOK AT BROKERS, COMPANIES TO ASSIST THE DISTRICT.

WE WENT OUT TO THE MARKET, WE LOOKED AT OUR PRIMARY LAYER OF INSURANCE AND OUR OTHER INSURANCE COVERAGES.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST RENEWAL PERIOD FROM THAT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR GENERAL LIABILITY, GL SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY AND THOSE PREMIUMS ARE VERY STEADY.

OUR AUTO'S UP A LITTLE BIT.

OF COURSE WE'VE HAD A FEW MORE ACCIDENTS.

WE'VE GOT MORE CARS ON THE ROAD.

BUT THE EXPOSURE BASE REALLY ON AUTOS CONTINUES TO INCREASE.

YOU KNOW, WE THINK OF ALWAYS PROPERTY AND HAIL DAMAGE, BUT YOU HAVE THAT FOR VEHICLES AS WELL.

IT COSTS MORE NOW TO GET A VEHICLE OR A BUS REPAIRED THAN WHAT IT USED TO BE.

SO WE'RE SEEING THOSE ITEMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE A LITTLE BIT.

OUR LARGEST INCREASE COMING THIS YEAR IS REALLY WITH OUR CYBER LIABILITY.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S A VERY ACTIVE I KNOW THERE'S BEEN NUMEROUS DISTRICTS JUST IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS AFFECTED BY CYBER LIABILITY ATTACKS.

SO WE ARE VERY PLEASED, TO BE REAL HONEST, TO GET A $1,000,000 DOLLAR POLICY.

AND A LOT OF THAT'S DUE TO YOUR HIGH SCRUTINY OF YOUR I.T.

FOLKS HERE WHO KEEP THEIR SECURITY VERY WELL.

THAT ALLOWS US TO RAISE THAT LIMIT.

SO WE'RE PLEASED TO GET THAT LIMIT RAISED, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE AT A COST TO DO SO.

SO YOU SEE THERE THAT OUR PREMIUMS, ABOUT $274,299 WILL GO UP ABOUT 11.9% TO $307,020 NEXT YEAR.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, A LARGE PART OF THAT IS DUE TO OUR CYBER LIABILITY NEEDS THAT ARE INCREASING THERE.

SO I'LL STOP THERE AS WELL BEFORE I GO TO PROPERTY FOR A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS THE PROPERTY I MENTIONED A WHILE AGO.

WE DID THAT EXTENSIVE RFQ RFP PROCESS FOR 21-22.

[00:45:03]

OF COURSE, MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT TO REBUILD A CAMPUS OR PROPERTY AND THE BUILDING COSTS CONTINUE TO SKYROCKET.

SO WE KEEP INCREASING THOSE VALUES A LITTLE BIT TO KEEP PART OF THAT.

I WISH I COULD COME TO TELL YOU TODAY I VISITED WITH YOU WAY BACK IN 2017, 2018, AND NOW I'M COMING TO YOU IN 2022 HERE, TELLING YOU THAT WE'RE STILL IN A VERY DIFFICULT PROPERTY MARKET.

TEXAS GETS AFFECTED BY EVERY TYPE OF NATURAL DISASTER, WHETHER IT'S ON THE COAST, WHETHER IT'S THE STORMS THAT HAVE PASSED THROUGH IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, OR WHETHER IT WAS THE REALLY BAD ICE STORM THAT WAS PRETTY CRITICAL IN THIS AREA.

AND THAT STORM IN ITSELF MAY BE ONE OF THE LARGEST NATURAL DISASTERS THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS ACTUALLY HAS SEEN.

SO THOSE LOSSES ARE ACTUALLY STILL BEING CALCULATED.

YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT WE DO HAVE A PREMIUM INCREASE OF ABOUT 2.1 OVER TO 2.5 TWO MILLION FIVE SEVENTY SEVEN FIFTY EIGHT.

THE RATE INCREASE, THE RATE YOU PAY FOR $100 WORTH OF VALUE IS INCREASING JUST UNDER 15%, 14.4%.

OUR LIMIT, MEANING THE BLANKET LIMIT OF IF WE HAD FOR A HELL OR A WINDSTORM OR ANYTHING, WOULD BE 300 MILLION. WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S STILL ADEQUATE AT THIS TIME.

OUR DEDUCTIBLE FOR WIND AND HAIL IS NOW GOING TO BE 2% OF THE VALUES AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION WITH A MAXIMUM OF 5 MILLION. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GLAD TO SEE THE MAXIMUM OF 5 MILLION.

MANY DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE A CAP ON THAT, BUT AT LEAST THIS DISTRICT DOES.

AND SO WE'VE WORKED HARD TO KEEP THAT CAP THERE.

I MIGHT MENTION THE PROPERTY IS WRITTEN ON A BLANKET BASIS.

SO AS FOR AN EXAMPLE, IF WE HAVE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT MAYBE IS AT $40 MILLION DOLLARS FOR A CAMPUS, TAKE IT AND LET'S SAY IT JUST WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND FOR WHATEVER REASON, AND IT COSTS US $50 MILLION DOLLARS TO REPLACE IT.

WE WOULD STILL HAVE THE FULL 300 MILLION.

NOW IT MAY BE ON THE SCHEDULE FOR 4 MILLION, 40 MILLION, BUT WE STILL HAVE UPWARDS TO 300 MILLION TO REPLACE THAT.

SO WE STILL WANT TO KEEP THOSE PER FACILITIES WHAT THE VALUES NEED TO BE.

BUT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS WAS WRITTEN ON A COMPLETE BLANKET BASIS FOR THE PROPERTY COVERAGE.

I'M HOPEFUL.

I'M NOT GUARANTEED.

I THINK THINGS ARE STARTING TO MAYBE LEVEL OFF A LITTLE BIT FROM THE FIVE YEARS WORTH OF INCREASES WE'RE SEEING.

SO HOPEFULLY LOVE TO SEE THIS BACK INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS NEXT YEAR INSTEAD OF 14 [INAUDIBLE].

IF WE CAN GET IT UNDER TEN WILL CERTAINLY BE A GOAL IF NOT BETTER AND THEN IT'LL BE SIMPLY AN THE MARKET WILL CHANGE IT WILL BE A ROLLER COASTER SAW THIS WAY BACK IN ABOUT 93 AND 94 IT WILL COME DOWN AND WHEN IT DOES COME DOWN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE BEST RENEWAL AS THOSE RATES DO COME DOWN THERE AS WELL.

SO ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING YOU MIGHT HAVE THERE AS WELL? YEAH, THE DEDUCTIBLE WENT FROM 1% TO 2%, CORRECT? YES, SIR, IT IS.

AND WHAT'S THE BASIC DEDUCTIBLE COST? 250 GOES TO 500,000.

IS THAT WHAT I READ. NO.

NO LET ME. RIGHT.

YEAH. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 250, 1% AND 250 MINIMUM.

LET ME GRAB IT HERE. SO WE RAISED THE 2% DEDUCTIBLE.

LET ME JUST LOOK SORRY.

WE'RE DOUBLING OUR DEDUCTIBLE, BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY HELP ON THE ACTUAL PREMIUM THEN AT ALL.

WE'VE GOT THE IT WAS A PER OCCURRENCE LEVEL MAXIMUM OF 2.5 MILLION.

SO WE HAVE CURRENTLY A 1% ON A PER LOCATION BASIS WITH 2.5 MILLION PER OCCURRENCE.

AND THAT'S GOING TO GO TO 2% WITH A 5 MILLION PER OCCURRENCE.

AND SO IT IS INCREASING.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT, REALLY.

AND I'LL LET, I'LL BE HAPPY FOR KERRY TO SPEAK WITH THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL.

WE'RE SEEING THAT 2% EVEN IN THIS AREA, BEING CLOSER TO 4 TO 5% AT MANY DISTRICTS.

AND SO WE WERE HAPPY TO REALLY GET THE 2% VERSUS THE THREE OR 4%.

SO IT'S ALWAYS YOU'RE EXACTLY CORRECT.

HOW MUCH DO YOU PAY IN PREMIUM UP FRONT? AND THEN IF YOU HAVE A LOSS ON THE BACK SIDE, WHAT MIGHT THAT COST? SO IT'S A DELICATE BALANCE.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT WE WERE GLAD THAT THAT DIDN'T GO UP ANY MORE TO THREE OR 4%, LIKE MANY DISTRICTS IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX ARE GOING TO THIS YEAR.

RUSS I THINK THE QUESTION HE HAD ON OUR HARDEMAN CLAIM, 1% WAS LESS THAN 250,000.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAD A 250,000 DEDUCTIBLE.

[00:50:03]

YEAH. THAT'S WHAT HE'S ASKING.

250 I APOLOGIZE. OKAY, THAT'S GREAT.

YEAH, THAT MAKES MORE SENSE TO ME NOW.

SORRY. BECAUSE USUALLY EVEN IN OUR HOMES, SURE, EVERYBODY HAS A 1% AND YOU CAN BUY DOWN WHAT YOUR PREMIUM IS.

IF YOU SAY I'M WILLING TO RISK A 2% DEDUCTIBLE OR EVEN A 3% DEDUCTIBLE IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT AND YOUR PREMIUMS ARE NOT AS HIGH BECAUSE THE RISK IS REALLY PUT BACK ON ME.

EXACTLY. WE'RE NOT GETTING, WE'RE GETTING SOME BENEFIT THERE, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS I WOULD HAVE HOPED.

AND THEY DOUBLED YOUR DEDUCTIBLE FROM 1 TO 2.

YOU'D THINK YOU'D GET SOME KIND OF RELIEF, BUT MAYBE THE RELIEF IS IN THE 250, I GUESS.

MAYBE. MAYBE.

IN THE 4 YES, SIR. TRUE.

YEAH. GO AHEAD. YEAH.

YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR FROM BECAUSE YOU'RE A BEARER OF VERY BAD NEWS WHO ALREADY KNOWS WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE AND THE IMPACT TO OUR BUDGET.

THAT'S TOUGH. BUT SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU ARE HOPEFUL THAT NEXT YEAR THIS MIGHT THE PREMIUMS MIGHT BE YOUR GOAL IS OR WHAT YOUR CRYSTAL BALL IS. AND I'M NOT HOLDING YOU JUST TO IT, BUT HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN TEN.

YOU KNOW, THE MARKET AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE MARKET AND I THINK I PUT HERE, I THINK WE'VE GOT NOW 17 OR 18 DIFFERENT CARRIERS TO MAKE UP THAT $300 MILLION DOLLAR LIMIT.

IF WE LOOK BACK FIVE YEARS AGO, I WOULD TELL YOU THERE'S PROBABLY 40 CARRIERS WHO COULD HAVE BUILT THAT BLOCK AND THAT LIMIT.

BUT MANY OF THOSE CARRIERS HAVE SIMPLY DECIDED TEXAS IS TOO OR TEXAS IS TOO EXPENSIVE, IT'S TOO HAZARDOUS TO BE IN.

SO IT'S A SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

FEWER CARRIERS, RAISE UP THE RATES AND COST.

BUT AT A CERTAIN POINT, SOME OF THOSE CARRIERS THAT LEFT WILL DECIDE THERE'S ENOUGH PREMIUM NOW THAT I THINK I'LL COME BACK.

AND WHEN THEY COME BACK, OF COURSE, THE RATES THEN START SLOWLY DROPPING BECAUSE IT GETS COMPETITIVE AGAIN.

AND SO I'M HOPEFUL INSTEAD OF A DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASE IN THAT 14% BECAUSE THIS IS THE SECOND 14% THAT WE CAN GET THAT UNDER 10% OR LESS.

SO AT FIRST IT REALLY HIT THE ROOF.

IT WAS KIND OF LIKE I RECOGNIZE THAT LIKE GOING OUT OF DENVER, COLORADO, AND YOU HIT A 14 FOOT, YOU KNOW, PEAK THERE.

AND NOW AT LEAST IT'S NOT QUITE THAT THAT LEVEL ANYMORE.

IT'S NOT INTO THAT 30 TO 40% RANGE.

AND WE SAW THAT BACK IN 18-19 AND 20-21.

SO AT LEAST IT'S LEVELED OFF SOME, BUT IT'D SURE BE NICE TO GET IT MAYBE UNDER 10% NEXT YEAR AS FAR AS AN INCREASE.

DR. STINSON HAVE YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE AWARE OF IT, BUT HAVE YOU LET TEA KNOW WHAT THIS IS DOING TO LOCAL SCHOOLS? I MEAN YEAH.

YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY DRAFT SOME INFORMATION AND HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING EARLIER TODAY DISCUSSING NOT THIS VERY THING, BUT SIMILAR SUBJECTS AND THAT THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN TERMS OF HAZARDS IN TEXAS, WHETHER IT'S WEATHER OR PANDEMIC OR WHATEVER HAVE DRIVEN UP COSTS IN EVERY SECTOR.

AND ESSENTIALLY ALSO PREVENTS US FROM HAS AFFECTED OUR HIRING PRACTICES ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT JUST IN EDUCATION BUT IN CONSTRUCTION, ETC..

AND NOT ONLY AND I THINK IRENE CAN YOU KNOW, I SAW HER LOOK UP ON THAT COMMENT.

ABSOLUTELY. IT AFFECTS US IN EVERY WAY.

YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO EVEN CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING, YOU CAN'T GET AS MUCH CONCRETE TODAY AS YOU COULD BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET THE POLYMERS THAT'S IN THE CONCRETE, ETC..

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A VICIOUS CIRCLE, WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INSURANCE OR PRODUCTS OR EMPLOYEES.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE YOU.

I'M HOPEFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, RESEARCH WAS TELLING US THAT WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER THE PANDEMIC, IT WOULD BE THE HARDEST HIT.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW.

AND WE'RE DEFINITELY FEELING IT IN EVERY WAY AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S FROM THE WEATHER OR THE PANDEMIC OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY HAVE BEEN.

SO I'M HOPING, LIKE YOU, I'M POSITIVE AND HOPEFUL THAT WE'RE COMING OUT OF THAT AND MAYBE TRENDING IN A BETTER DIRECTION FOR NEXT YEAR.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MOVING ALONG TO OUR SECOND PRESENTATION, MR.

[J2. Board Report from the Facility Naming Subcommittee ]

I'VE GOT SOME SLIDES COMING HERE.

I DIDN'T MEMORIZE ALL THIS.

[INAUDIBLE] MARK, I NEED YOU.

OKAY. SO A SUBCOMMITTEE CONSISTING OF MYSELF, MR. TOLBERT AND MS. SANDERS-WISE MET ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND WE HEARD FROM RICHLAND ATHLETIC COORDINATOR JED CATES ON A PROPOSAL TO NAME THE RICHLAND

[00:55:01]

AND I'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEF KIND OF OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED.

COACH HUGH HAMM IS A BISD ATHLETICS HALL OF HONOR MEMBER.

HE WON NINE CONSECUTIVE DISTRICT TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS THERE.

HE COACHED THE STATE CHAMPION HIGH JUMPER, A STATE CHAMPION DISCUS THROWER, WHILE THEIR COACH.

KATHY HUDSON, WAS A FORMER RICHLAND COACH AS WELL.

SHE HAD 12 DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CROSS COUNTRY TWO DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS IN TRACK AND WAS THE 2001 FCA COACH OF THE YEAR AND THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS COACH ASSOCIATION, COACH OF THE YEAR, FINALIST.

BETWEEN HAMM AND HUDSON THEY HAVE OVER 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO RHS AND BISD RICHLAND HIGH.

THE PROPOSAL IS THEY'D LIKE TO NAME THE TRACK AND FIELD COMPLEX AND COMMEMORATE THAT WITH A TWO BY ONE AND A HALF FOOT PLAQUE TO THE CONCESSION STAND IN THEIR HONOR. SO YOU SEE THE MAP LAYOUT THERE.

THERE'S THE PRACTICE FIELD, THE FOOTBALL FIELD THERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE TRACK SURROUNDING IT.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE NORTH END, THERE'S THE CONCESSION STAND AND THE PLAQUE WOULD BE AFFIXED ON ONE OF TWO PLACES, EITHER ON THIS FACING WALL OF THE CONCESSION STAND OR OVER HERE TO THE SIDE ON THE CONCESSION STAND.

AND I THINK THE NEXT ONE IS A PICTURE OF THE PLAQUE.

YOU CAN SEE THE PLAQUE THERE.

JUST LEAVE THAT UP THERE FOR A MINUTE FOR PEOPLE TO READ.

IN HONOR AND RECOGNITION OF THE OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE OF COACH HUGH HAMM AND COACH KATHY HUDSON TO THE TRACK AND FIELD LEGACY OF RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE DATE.

THAT'LL BE LATER WHEN THE DATE IS ADDED IF THIS BOARD APPROVES THIS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN COMMITTEE SUBCOMMITTEE WAS WHO PAYS? THIS IS NOT COMING OUT, I GUESS, OF DISTRICT FUNDS HERE.

IT'S FUNDS ALREADY ALLOCATED TO THE RICHLAND CAMPUS AND THEY'VE EARMARKED SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO PAY FOR THIS PLAQUE.

THE BIG THING IS, AS YOU SAW, IT'S NOT BIG GOLDEN ARCHES.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE OSTENTATIOUS RIGHT THERE AS YOU ENTER.

IT'S GOING TO BE THAT APPORTIONED PLAQUE THERE ON THE CONCESSION STAND.

SO IT'LL BE TASTEFUL, BUT IT WON'T BE OVERLY SHOWY AND WHATNOT.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS VETTING THEIR CANDIDATES.

AND YOU ALREADY SAW IN THERE THAT ONE OF OUR CANDIDATES IS ALREADY A BISD HALL OF HONOR, MS. HUDSON. SHE'S ACTUALLY ON THE BOARD OF THE HALL OF HONOR, AND THAT VOTES ON THESE THINGS.

SO SHE'S PRETTY MUCH BEEN VETTED IN AND OF ITSELF THERE BY BEING ON THAT BOARD.

BY AND LARGE, MOST PEOPLE THINK SHE WILL ALSO BE INDUCTED INTO THE BISD HALL OF HONOR AS WELL.

WE ALSO HAD THE ADMIN DO SOME CHECKS TO VET THESE CANDIDATES TO MAKE SURE IT WAS APPROPRIATE THEIR NOMINATION AND EVERYTHING CHECKS OUT FINE.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT ON THE BOARD WAS PRECEDENT.

WHAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN IS THE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS OR ANYBODY COME TO US EVERY YEAR AND WANT TO NAME THE JANITOR'S CLOSET NAMED A CERTAIN WING.

ALL THIS STUFF, RIGHT? WE WANT THERE TO BE SOME EXCLUSIVITY TO IT.

SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE FOUNDATIONAL TO BISD AND THAT ESTABLISH SOME OF THOSE BUILDING BLOCKS AND THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT MAKES BISD GREAT AND AWESOME. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE PEOPLE.

WE DO WANT TO PUT THOSE PEOPLE'S NAMES UP ON AT CERTAIN PLACES AND THAT HONORS THEM.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO AND THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS A SUBCOMMITTEE.

BUT WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS HAVE THIS HAPPEN WHERE RICHLAND COMES TO US EVERY YEAR AND WE'RE DOING IT EVERY YEAR TO WHERE IT WATERS DOWN THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF SOME OF OUR PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US AND BUILT BISD TO WHAT IT WAS.

SO I SAY THAT TO SAY AND SOMETHING WE AGREED ON IN COMMITTEE WAS THAT WE CERTAINLY DON'T MIND HEARING FROM BIRDVILLE AND THEN HALTOM NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR FROM THE SAME SCHOOL YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.

THERE HAS TO BE SOME EXCLUSIVITY TO THIS AND THERE HAS TO BE SOME SPACE IN BETWEEN SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST FILLING UP OUR HALLS AND OUR ATHLETIC COMPLEXES WITH PLAQUES AND GOLDEN ARCHES EVERYWHERE. SO THAT WAS DISCUSSED TO HAVE THAT IN MIND AND TO KEEP THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CANDIDATES THAT HAVE MEANT SOMETHING TO BISD THAT HAVE EARNED THEIR PLACE ON THAT WALL, BUT THERE'S SOME EXCLUSIVITY TO IT.

THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAD TO BRIEF YOU ON, MR. TOLBERT. MS. SANDERS-WISE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS AND I DIDN'T MAYBE COVER FROM THE MEETING? WE'RE GOOD.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SIDE? ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SIDE.

JUST WANT TO MAKE FOR RECORD THAT THREE OF COACH HAMM'S DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS, I DID IT FOR HIM.

OH, HERE WE GO. [LAUGHTER] AND I'LL LET HIM KNOW THAT.

YEAH. ALL THREE YEARS I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

WE STARTED IT.

I'M SITTING HERE WAITING FOR YOUR NOSE TO GROW.

I GOT HIM POINTS. OKAY.

THANK YOU, RICHARD, FOR THAT INFORMATIVE DISCUSSION THERE.

[LAUGHTER] INFORMATION AND DISCUSS SOME ITEMS.

[K1. Propose Authorizing Possession of Firearms by District Employee ]

[01:00:09]

THANK YOU, SIR. PURSUANT TO ITS AUTHORITY UNDER THE TEXAS PENAL CODE, 46.03 A1, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY AUTHORIZE SPECIFIC EMPLOYEES TO POSSESS CERTAIN FIREARMS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY AT SCHOOL SPONSORED OR SCHOOL SANCTIONED EVENTS AND AT BOARD MEETINGS.

IT IS REQUESTED THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL ISSUE A WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION TO A SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE.

IN THIS CASE, A POLICE OFFICER.

THE AUTHORIZATION TO POSSESS A FIREARM AT SCHOOL PROPERTY AT SCHOOL SPONSORED OR SCHOOL SANCTIONED EVENTS AND AT BOARD MEETINGS.

THIS AUTHORIZATION MAY BE WITHDRAWN BY AN ACTION OF THE BOARD OR MAY BE SUSPENDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, PENDING ACTION BY THE BOARD.

THE AUTHORIZATION TO ANY SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE TO POSSESS A FIREARM SHALL REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND SHOULD NOT BE DISCUSSED OR DISCLOSED, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE BOARD.

THE PROPOSED AUTHORIZATION OF POSSESSION OF FIREARM WILL BE BROUGHT BACK AT A FUTURE MEETING IN JUNE FOR POSSIBLE ACTION.

AND AGAIN, LET ME CLARIFY.

THIS IS FOR ONE EMPLOYEE.

THAT IS A POLICE OFFICER THAT HAS OVER 42 YEARS OF WEAPONS EXCUSE ME, OF FIREARM AND TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE. THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY TCOLE TEXAS COMMISSION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HAS DUE TO THE CHANGE IN HOW TCOLE ASSIGNS WHO CARRIES A WEAPON.

THERE HAS TO BE AN AUTHORITY THAT HOLDS THAT CERTIFICATION THAT IT WAS HELD BY A LOCAL PD.

BUT BECAUSE THEY REMOVED THAT, THE BOARD HAS THE OPTION TO ADOPT THIS POLICY SO THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL CAN ONCE AGAIN CARRY IT. THE PERSON DID CARRY IT IS NOT CARRYING IT NOW BECAUSE AGAIN, THE SANCTIONING BODY TOOK AWAY, NOT BECAUSE OF ANY ACTION OF THE EMPLOYEE, BECAUSE THEY COULD ONLY BY LAW GO BY SIX MONTHS AND THAT TIME HAS PASSED.

SO NOW THIS POLICE OFFICER CAN, BECAUSE THE PERSON IS EMPLOYED BY BISD CANNOT CARRY A WEAPON.

SO WE HAVE A POLICE OFFICER WHOSE WEAPONLESS UNLESS THIS IS TAKEN.

SO THIS IS SOMEONE WHO HAS, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN A POLICE OFFICER IN OUR AREA AND JOINED OUR DISTRICT OVER THREE YEARS AGO.

AND NOW, AS JUST AN SRO, I WOULD CATEGORIZE THIS PERSON AS AN SRO THAT WORKS FOR THE DISTRICT.

THIS LIST IS CONFIDENTIAL BY LAW.

I CAN'T MENTION ANY NAMES, HOPEFULLY GIVEN SOME BACKGROUND, SOME INFORMATION FOR THE COMMUNITY, THE BOARD TO FEEL THAT THIS IS NOT ANY EMPLOYEE AND NOT ALL EMPLOYEES. IT'S SPECIFIED AND IT'S ONLY ONE PERSON AT THIS TIME.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY THOUGHTS OF CLARIFICATION OR ANY CONCERNS.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SIDE? ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SIDE? YEAH. MR. BASKERVILLE, HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION WITH THIS BOARD OR AMONG THE CABINET ABOUT PUTTING WEAPONS WITH TEACHERS? NO, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NO, THE ONLY NOT.

NO, LET ME ANSWER.

NO, WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE STATE LAW THAT REQUIRES FOLKS TO OPEN CARRY.

THEY CANNOT DO THAT ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.

SO OUTSIDE OF THAT, NO, THIS IS ONLY FOR ONE PERSON AND NO ONE ELSE IS AUTHORIZED AT THIS TIME.

NO ONE RIGHT NOW IS AUTHORIZED TO CARRY A WEAPON BECAUSE THAT HAVE BEEN PUT ON THE LIST.

IT WAS DISCUSSED A MONTH AGO, AND IT WAS PLACED ON THE AGENDA.

IT WAS POSTED ON MONDAY.

AND THE UNFORTUNATE EVENTS OF TUESDAY DID NOT LEAD US TO THIS DISCUSSION.

IT WAS ALREADY PROPOSED ITS ONLY FOR ONE PERSON.

YES, SIR. NOT REQUIRING TEACHERS NOT GOING TO ENCOURAGE TEACHERS.

NO. NONE OF THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT ALL.

NOT ONLY TEACHERS, BUT ANY STAFF.

YEAH.

AND YES SIR, IF I MAY ADD, FROM READING FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, THIS INDIVIDUAL TO BE AN ACTIVE LICENSED CARRIER MUST COMPLETE THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS OF TEXAS OCCUPATIONS CODE OC 17 01-351 WHICH REQUIRES 40 HOURS TO INCLUDE 40 HOURS TO INCLUDE A LEGAL UPDATE COURSE AND 1701.352 WHICH REQUIRES TRAINING IN CIVIL RIGHTS, RACIAL SENSITIVITY, AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY.

SO THIS PERSON IS 40 HOURS AND THAT OTHER TRAINING THAT'S REQUIRED.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

BOARD MEMBER JOE TOLBERT.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. AND JUST TO REITERATE, I'M GOING TO TRY TO STAY WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF CONFIDENTIALITY.

[01:05:02]

RIGHT. AND THEN WE HIRED THAT POLICE OFFICER.

AND DURING THAT TIME, HE UP UNTIL SIX MONTHS AGO, HE WAS CARRYING A WEAPON.

A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, HE WAS CARRYING A WEAPON? YES, SIR. AND THAT WEAPON AUTHORIZATION WAS THROUGH A LOCAL IT WAS THROUGH ANOTHER AGENCY? YES, SIR. AND THAT AGENCY SAID THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO RE-UP IT.

RIGHT. AND SO JUST BY LAW, SOMEBODY HAS TO BE THE ONE THAT CARRIES THAT AUTHORIZATION.

SO, YES SIR. LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS BASICALLY AN SRO, JUST NOT CALLED AN SRO, BUT IT'S A TRAINED POLICE OFFICER WHO'S BEEN CARRYING A WEAPON FOR SEVERAL YEARS UP UNTIL A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. RIGHT YES SIR. AND NOW WE'LL BE THE SPONSORING AGENCY RATHER THAN THE OTHER DEPARTMENT.

RIGHT. AND WE TALKED TO OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE AREA.

IT'S THE LIABILITY IS WHAT THE ISSUE IS.

SO BY THIS INDIVIDUAL BEING SPONSORED BY THE PD, THEY'RE ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOMEONE THAT'S NOT THEIR EMPLOYEE.

THAT'S THE CUT AND DRY PART OF IT RIGHT THERE.

SO WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THIS CAME ABOUT WE LITERALLY TOLD THE PERSON THEY HAD TO PUT THEIR WEAPON AWAY AND NOW THEY'RE NOT CARRYING ANYTHING UNLESS THIS HAPPENS. AND IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, THEN, WELL, YOU KNOW, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO PUT US BACK IN THE STATE WE HAVE BEEN IN FOR QUITE SOME YEARS.

RIGHT. I JUST AND MR. DAVIS, YOU SAID IT WELL, BUT I REMEMBER THE OLD LINE THAT A LIE CAN TRAVEL HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD WHILE THE TRUTH IS STILL PUTTING ON ITS BOOTS.

I DON'T KNOW WHY WE [INAUDIBLE] YOU KNOW, MARK THOMAS DOES A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING OUT INFORMATION, BUT PEOPLE COMPLAIN ALL THE TIME IS I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GET IT.

OKAY. WELL, WE SENT YOU AN EMAIL, A TEXT AND A PHONE CALL, BUT.

OH, I'M SORRY, BUT SOMEBODY OUT THERE RAN WITH THIS AND IT SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE.

I WAS CONTACTED ABOUT IT TODAY.

I KNOW THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS CONTACTED AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WERE CONTACTED AND SOMEBODY JUST SPREAD MISINFORMATION, AND IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO TAMP THAT DOWN.

MR. WOMBLE.

YEAH, IF I CAN JUST WAX POETIC REAL QUICK, WHAT I WOULD ADD AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MYSELF IS THAT WHEN YOU TAKE THE GUN AWAY FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, I MEAN YOU YEAH.

RIGHT. WELL, AND YOU KIND OF YOU NEUTER IT.

YOU NEUTER A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

RIGHT. AND IT MAKES NO SENSE FOR US TO HIRE A POLICE OFFICER WHO'S CERTIFIED BY THE STATE TO BE A POLICE OFFICER AND NOT ALLOW HIM TO HAVE THE TOOLS THAT HE NEEDS AND THAT HE'S TRAINED WITH FOR TWICE AS LONG AS I'M TRAINED, BY THE WAY.

AND IT'D BE AKIN TO TELLING A TEACHER, YOU CAN TEACH, BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE A CHALKBOARD, YOU CAN'T HAVE TEXTBOOKS, YOU CAN'T HAVE WHATEVER.

AND TELLING A SURGEON, YOU CAN'T HAVE A STETHOSCOPE AND A SCALPEL.

YES SIR. IF WE'RE GOING TO HIRE HIM AS A PEACE OFFICER TO DO HIS JOB, WE HAVE TO ALLOW HIM TO HAVE THE TOOLS TO DO HIS JOB.

IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. YES, SIR.

AND I REITERATE, THIS IS NOT FOR ANY OTHER EMPLOYEE IN THIS DISTRICT TO CARRY A WEAPON.

WE'RE NOT EVEN HAVING THAT DISCUSSION.

AND MR. BASKERVILLE, YOU DID SAY THAT HE WAS A POLICE OFFICER FOR MANY YEARS.

SO MAKING THAT ASSUMPTION, WE'RE WAY OVER HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF TRAINING WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL.

HUNDREDS. YEAH. WITHOUT TRYING TO GIVE INFORMATION OUT DIVULGING WHO IT IS.

BUT OVER 42 YEARS OF CARRYING A WEAPON AND VARIOUS SENSITIVE AND SPECIALIZED ASSIGNMENTS, NOT JUST IN POLICE, BUT ALSO IN OTHER REALMS THAT ARE A LOT LARGER THAN OUR CITY OR STATE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

[K2. Proposed 2022-23 Student Code of Conduct and Extracurricular Honor Code ]

SKIP BASKERVILLE. YES, I'M GOING TO ASK DR.

SHOWELL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES, TO COME FORWARD TO PRESENT A VERY THOROUGH AND VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN FOR OUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR.

DR. SHOWELL. THANK YOU.

BOARD PRESIDENT DILKS, BOARD MEMBERS, DR.

STINSON.

THIS EVENING I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT UPDATE PROCESS.

AND I WANT TO.

THERE WE GO. I WANT TO THANK MR. GREG BICKNELL. HE DID AN AMAZING JOB WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND PRINCIPALS TO GET THIS PROJECT TOGETHER.

AND THEN I WANT TO THANK DR.

STINSON FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN GETTING US ACCESS TO SOME STUDENTS, ADDITIONAL STUDENTS, TO MAKE THIS PROCESS WORK.

YOU SEE WHO OUR COMMITTEE WAS COMPRISED OF.

WE HAD MEETINGS WHERE QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED AND ASKED ABOUT THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

AND THEN WE HAD SUGGESTIONS GIVEN TO US FROM, AGAIN, STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND PRINCIPALS.

[01:10:06]

WE ALSO HAD SOME ZOOM MEETINGS WITH STUDENTS.

NEXT. TO GIVE YOU A MORE DETAILED LOOK FROM THE BIRDVILLE CLUSTER, YOU SEE THE PARENT, TEACHER, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND PRINCIPAL THAT WERE PART OF OUR COMMITTEE.

THEN YOU SEE FROM THE HALTOM CLUSTER AGAIN THE PARENT, TEACHER, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND PRINCIPAL.

AND THEN YOU SEE FROM THE RICHLAND CLUSTER THE SAME THING FOR ELEMENTARY PARENT, TEACHER, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND PRINCIPAL.

AND THEN WE HAD SECONDARY PARTICIPATION FROM BIRDVILLE, HALTOM AND RICHLAND.

SO THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA.

AGAIN, WE HAD SIX SEPARATE TABLES AND EVERYBODY ROTATED THROUGH DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.

IT WAS A COMPLETE EVENING OF WORK.

SO HERE ARE SOME KEY DATES.

CHANGES TO THE COMMITTEE.

WE ADDED MORE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ON AUGUST OF 2021 AND THEN THE INNER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL AGAIN WHEN WE WORKED WITH THEM WITH DR.

STINSON AND MR. SIMMONS AND THEN STUDENT SERVICES, WE REVIEWED THE INTER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS IN NOVEMBER, AND MR. BICKNELL REALLY HELPED LEAD THROUGH THAT.

AND THEN WE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH CAMPUS STAFF FOR PARTICIPANTS, AND THEN WE INVITED ADDITIONAL PARTICIPANTS IN JANUARY.

AND THEN WE HAD A CODE OF CONDUCT MEETING AT THE BIRDVILLE PLAZA IN FEBRUARY.

AND THEN FROM THAT MEETING WE REVIEWED CHANGES WITH THE INTER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THAT WAS VIA ZOOM AND THEN REVIEW RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT AT OUR PRINCIPALS MEETING AND THEN WE SUBMITTED TO CABINET IN MAY.

SO THAT WAS OUR PROCESS.

IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHO WAS A MEMBER.

AND OF THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT THIS YEAR THE MAJOR AREA WAS DRESS CODE.

THERE WERE SOME UPDATES WITH OUR DRESS CODE.

OTHER THINGS WERE MINOR CHANGES AND LEVEL TWO AND THREE CONSEQUENCES AND SOME OTHER MINOR CHANGES.

I BELIEVE THE BOARD HAS BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF THE CHANGES OF THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, THE BLUE OUR ADDITIONS, READ OR DELETIONS, NO CHANGES CURRENTLY MADE TO EXTRACURRICULAR HONOR CODE AND THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND EXTRACURRICULAR HONOR CODE WILL BE PRESENTED IN JUNE FOR POSSIBLE BOARD APPROVAL.

WITH THAT IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, DR.

SHOWELL CAN ENTERTAIN THEM AT THIS TIME.

[INAUDIBLE] AND I APOLOGIZE.

FIRST, MR. SHOWELL, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING TO YOU BEFORE TONIGHT, BUT ON ONE EXAMPLE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK IT UP NOW.

BUT IF SOMEBODY COULD JUST MAKE A NOTE LIKE A LEVEL THREE, I THINK IT WAS NUMBER 23, POSTING OR DISTRIBUTING IT SAYS UNAUTHORIZED SLASH, INAPPROPRIATE ILLEGAL MATERIALS JUST FOR CLARITY SAKE.

INSTEAD OF USING SLASH, I DON'T I THINK I'D STAY AWAY FROM SLASHES OR BACK SLASHES.

THAT'S REGULAR SLASH.

I THINK I'D STAY AWAY FROM THAT AND SAY UNAUTHORIZED OR INAPPROPRIATE OR ILLEGAL.

JUST SO THAT SOMEBODY DOESN'T ARGUE THAT THAT WELL, IT'S NOT ILLEGAL AND THEN THAT FOLLOWS.

LET'S SEE. OH, AND THEN THE USE OF IT SAYS OFFENSIVE SLASH HATE.

SAME THING THERE I THINK I WOULD SAY OFFENSIVE OR HATE BECAUSE SOMETHING COULD BE OFFENSIVE BUT NOT HATE AND THAT MIGHT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT A SLASH MEANS AND OR SO I WOULD STICK AN OR IN THERE.

IS THIS MAKING SENSE? YES, SIR.

OKAY. SORRY.

AND I SHOULD I SHOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING TO YOU EARLIER.

I APOLOGIZE. NO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MR. TOLBERT. YOU SAID 3-23.

LEVEL 3-23.

AND THEN ON LEVEL FOUR WAS WHERE YOU GUYS ADDED THE HATE LANGUAGE.

AND I WOULD JUST I WOULD JUST PUT OR OFFENSIVE OR HATE.

GOT IT NOTED. YEAH. WE'LL MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.

ANYONE ELSE? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO DR.

SHOWELL AND THE STUDENTS AND HIS LEADERSHIP.

LEADING US THROUGH THIS WAS A YEAR LONG STARTED IN AUGUST LAST AUGUST, WORKING ON IT FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.

AND HE LED THAT CHARGE WITH MR. BICKNELL AND THE STUDENTS AND THE STUDENTS THAT STARTED WITH US IN AUGUST STUCK WITH US THE WHOLE WAY.

I MEAN, WE HAD OUR LAST MEETING WITH THEM JUST THIS MONTH.

AND SO I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THEM AND AND OUR STAFF FOR REALLY LITERALLY GOING THROUGH THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM AND TAKING A GOOD HARD LOOK AT IT, AND ADDITIONALLY REALLY COMMENDING

[01:15:07]

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST A COMPLIANCE PIECE.

THEY ACTUALLY WE HAD REALLY IN-DEPTH DISCUSSIONS WITH THE STUDENTS, LISTENED TO THEIR SUGGESTIONS, DEBATED IT WITH THEM, TOOK SOME, LEFT SOME ON THE TABLE, COMPROMISED.

BUT THE STUDENTS PLAYED AN EXTREMELY LARGE PART IN BUILDING THIS CODE OF CONDUCT.

SO I'M VERY PROUD OF EVERYONE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DR.

SHOWELL. THANK YOU. MR. PRESIDENT, I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND DR.

STINSON ON INVOLVING SO MANY STUDENTS.

I THINK THAT WAS WONDERFUL THAT YOU DID THAT.

THAT WAY YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET BUY IN FROM THE STUDENTS ON THE DRESS CODE.

I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

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

[L1. Consider Personnel Items ]

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

HAVE A MOTION BY JOE TOLBERT.

A SECOND. I'LL SECOND.

SECOND BY DREES.

ANY DISCUSSION? OK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. ARE WE SAYING AYE OR RAISING HANDS? RAISE YOUR HAND OKAY, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST TO NAME THE RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD COMPLEX.

[L2. Consider the Request to Name the Richland High School Track and Field Complex ]

OK.

I HAVE MR. DAVID WITH THE MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND.

MS. WISE WITH THE SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. IF YOU WANT TO VOTE YES, RAISE YOUR HAND.

OKAY. WE GOT UNANIMOUS THERE.

MOVING ALONG, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE RENEWAL OF DISTRICT INNOVATION PLAN FOR 2022 THROUGH 2027.

[L3. Consider Renewal of District of Innovation Plan for 2022-2027 ]

OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. DREES. DO I HAVE A SECOND, MR. WOMBLE. OKAY.

IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YEAH. YEAH. CAN WE APPROVE THIS TILL 2027 ONLY IF DR.

CLARK STAYS TILL THEN? [LAUGHTER] GOT HER NAME ON IT.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

I'LL BE TO 51 THEN.

[LAUGHTER] OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT. UNANIMOUS.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. CONSIDER THE APPROVAL TO MODIFY THE 2021-22 INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR

[L4. Consider Approval to Modify the 2021-22 Instructional Calendar as a Result of Days Missed due to COVID-19 and Inclement Weather ]

OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. KUNKEL AND A SECOND FOR MS. WISE. ALL RIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

I'M SORRY. OH, YOU GOT IT. I'M SO SORRY.

QUESTION. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR. BASKERVILLE AND DR.

STINSON. THIS WAS ALL BEHIND THE SCENES NOBODY KNEW HOW MUCH OF THE PIECES ON THE BOARD YOU GUYS WERE MOVING AROUND SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO MAKE UP DAYS.

IT WAS MASTERFUL WORK SEEING YOUR WORK.

AND I DON'T NEED TO REVEAL EVERYTHING TO PEOPLE HERE WHAT YOU DID, BUT THAT WAS MASTERFUL WORK.

AND YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB. THANKS.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? GOT IT. PASS.

ANY TRUTH TO THE RUMOR THAT WE'RE MOVING TO COUNTING SECONDS RATHER THAN MINUTES? THAT WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT, RIGHT? [LAUGHTER] I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY ON THAT.

AFTER THIS WEEK YOU KNOW, I MIGHT HAVE RESEARCHED THAT.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE WAIVER REQUEST FOR MISSED INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS AT HARDEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

[L5. Consider Approval of the Waiver Request for Missed Instructional Days at Hardeman Elementary School ]

I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. WOMBLE DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION.

ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

IT'S UNANIMOUS.

[L6. Consider Budget Amendment for the 2021-22 Child Nutrition Fund ]

[01:20:03]

MR. PRESIDENT I MOVE TO APPROVE THE 2021-22 BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE CHILD NUTRITION FUND AS PRESENTED.

OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY MS. WISE DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. MR. DAVIS SECONDS.

ANY DISCUSSION? WE HAD A RECEPTION FOR JUDY SARGENT, WHO'S LEAVING US AND ALL THE THINGS SHE'S ALREADY GOT PLANNED BEFORE SHE LEAVES.

AMAZING TO ME, YOU KNOW, REPLACING THINGS AT NORTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COOLERS, ALL THESE KIND OF THINGS.

AND SHE'S DONE A WONDERFUL SERVICE TO THIS DISTRICT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

AND SHE'S LEAVING WITH ONE MORE POSITIVE ON THE TABLE HERE FOR US.

OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION IS UNANIMOUS.

CONSIDER THE 2021 GENERAL FUND BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS.

[L7. Consider 2021-22 General Fund Budget Amendment for Special Projects ]

HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. TOLBERT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND FROM MR. KUNKEL.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT. GOT THAT PASSED? ALL RIGHT CONSIDER LIABILITY IN AUTO PROPERTY INSURANCE RENEWALS.

[L8. Consider Liability & Auto and Property Insurance Renewals ]

LIABILITY AND AUTO PROPERTY CASUALTY ALLIANCE OF TEXAS WITH AN ANNUAL PREMIUM OF $307,020 AND PROPERTY PROPERTY CASUALTY ALLIANCE OF TEXAS WITH AN ANNUAL PREMIUM OF $2,577,558.

AND EXCEPT THE LAYERED INSURANCE PROVIDERS AS OUTLINED.

I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

OK ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS SIDE? IF I VOTE YES WITH HOLDING MY NOSE, DOES THAT COUNT BECAUSE THIS STINKS? YES. [LAUGHTER] YES, I KNOW.

THIS IS MY LEAST FAVORITE NIGHT IS INSURANCE.

YES, I'M WITH YOU THERE MR. PRESIDENT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

IT'S UNANIMOUS.

CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF WORKER'S COMPENSATION, INSURANCE RENEWAL.

[L9. Consider Approval of Workers’ Compensation Insurance Renewal ]

AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO FINALIZE THE TERMS AND EXECUTE THE RELATED CONTRACT FOR THE DISTRICT'S WORKERS COMP INSURANCE POLICY AS PRESENTED WITH WORKERS COMPENSATION SOLUTIONS, WITH AN ANNUAL PREMIUM OF $1,228,765 AS PRESENTED.

I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. KUNKEL. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS SIDE? NO.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS SIDE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

AND IT IS UNANIMOUS.

CONSIDER ARCHITECT SELECTION FOR DENTON HIGHWAY PROJECT DESIGN.

[L10. Consider Architect Selection for the Denton Highway Property Design ]

OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. DAVIS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

ANY DISCUSSION OVER HERE? YEAH. IRENE, YOU'RE STILL HERE.

I THINK DR. STINSON WANTS A PALATIAL OFFICE IN THAT, SO JUST.

OH, IT'S ALREADY THERE. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT YOU WILL COME UP WITH FOR US ON THAT.

I'M VERY EXCITED. IF IT'S ANYTHING COMPARABLE, TO WHAT YOU DO AT THE PLAZA WE WILL BE FINE.

OH, YEAH. IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. IN FACT, I SAW THEY'RE HAVING A.

ESTATE SALE. AN ESTATE SALE THERE TOMORROW AND SOMETHING.

BUT YOU CAN'T BUY CHILDREN THERE.

NO CHILDREN. NO CHILDREN.

YOU CAN'T BUY CHILDREN. THERE'S NO CHILDREN.

[LAUGHTER] BUT THEY HAD ALL KINDS OF STUFF BOXED UP AND THEY'RE CLEANING IT UP.

OH,OH. IT'S KIND OF HOW IT READS.

[LAUGHTER] YEAH.

OKAY, SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

OK IT'S UNANIMOUS.

[L11. Consider Bus Purchase from Thomas Bus Gulf Coast GP, Inc. ]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVED TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF FOUR 72 PASSENGER BUSSES FROM M THOMAS BUS GULF COAST GP, INC AND THE WHEELS AND THE BUS GO ROUND AND ROUND.

[LAUGHTER] SECOND.

OKAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ANY DISCUSSION?

[01:25:01]

SHE DIDN'T TELL US ANY OTHER PRESENTATION BEFORE.

WE'RE GETTING RID OF SOME OF THE OLDERS AND WHEN YOU DO, WE WON'T GET AS QUITE AS MUCH GRANT MONEY IN THE FUTURE.

BUT WE'VE SURE DONE A GREAT THING THE LAST, I GUESS PROBABLY THREE YEARS NOW, AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB THERE.

SHE'S DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB.

I DO WANT TO SAY WE ARE WAITING ON THAT GRANT FUNDING.

WE DO THINK WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE IT.

WE'RE NUMBER 17 ON THE LIST RIGHT NOW.

SO BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY HAVE TOLD US THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AVAILABLE, WE DO EXPECT TO RECEIVE FUNDING.

SO JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT.

WE'LL GET IT. KATIE, WHERE IS THE GRANT MONEY COMING FROM? IT'S COMING FROM THE COG THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

THEY DO THE CLEAN BUS GRANTS THROUGH.

SO AS YOU GET RID OF THE, THEY'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE THE BUSSES, THE DIESEL, THE CLEAN DIESEL, AND THAT'S THE KIND OF BUSSES.

SO EARLIER WHAT MR. DAVIS WAS REFERRING TO, WE WERE GETTING ON SOME OF OUR REALLY OLD BUSSES.

WE GOT 90% REIMBURSEMENT.

BUT AS THE BUSSES GET NEWER, THE REIMBURSEMENTS GET SMALLER.

BUT IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL.

WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF BUSSES THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD.

SO THAT'S BEEN WONDERFUL.

OKAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

IT'S UNANIMOUS.

[M. CONSENT ITEMS ]

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

DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I MOVE TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS WOMBLE. I WILL SECOND, MR. PRESIDENT. MR. TOLBERT.

ANY DISCUSSION? OK ALL OF US IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.

IT IS UNANIMOUS.

[N. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORTS TO THE BOARD ]

DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNING THESE REPORTS?

[O. FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS ]

THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY, JUNE 23RD HERE AT THE BOARDROOM.

CLOSED SESSION WILL BEGIN AT 5:30 AND OPEN SESSION WILL BEGIN AT 7:00 PM.

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

ALL RIGHT. WISE AND THEN KUNKEL.

ALL RIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

RAISE YOUR HAND. IT'S UNANIMOUS.

OKAY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.